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Has shown any indication that hes going to be reasonable. hes only got to do this -- hes been a hand maiden to the nra from the beginning, and they provide him a huge amount of financial fire power in elections, and he makes sure that they can sell as many guns as possible. thats a deal with the devil, if you ask me. >> so kendis, as you heard, hes not sounding that hopeful about whether hes going to be able to pass in mitch mcconnells senate. he said for him its about a lot of common sense gun ...

Delicacies on display. the jalapeno popper pizza. i assume youve availed of all that thus far. >> real fast, david, the state fair is 11 days and there is a long game to this here. so i think theres a little bit of time to save everything up. so i plan on eating plenty of that. bacon box is over here on our right, the new addition to the state fair this youre, youre right. >> help us understand the import of this to these 20 plus candidates. were going to be there, beto rourke has remained in te...

Good cook, and she also shares those tips. arthel: all right, hillary, thank you very much. have fun. eric: one of the great traditions of the legendary iowa state fair is you can partake in almost anything thats fried or on a stick, like bacon wrapped hot dogs for fried twinkies and here you can see a presidential candidate. new jerseys cory booker is there on the soap box right now giving a speech. lets listen in. >> -- who we must be to each other in the generation ahead. [cheers] >> we have ...

Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? the iowa state fair is a crucial stop for candidates. its been described as sort of stations of the cross. they give a soapbox speech, eat some of the fried foods, interact with the regular folks, maybe get on a ride or two. and there are rules. most importantly, whatever you do, for the love of god, do not get photographed eating a corn dog. so...

The des moines register says 20 candidates are set to appear before the end of the fair. hillary vaughn is reporting live from the iowa state fair. hillary? >> rick, former hud secretary julian castro kicked off the soap box today talking a lot about immigration, continuing to criticize the president over the ice raids that happened over the weekend and teeing up a new gun control proposal that he says will help reign in extremism. he said he chose not to stay in his home state of texas like bet...

Theres one reason that were going to see two dozen presidential candidates, including one republican by the way, in william weld, attend the state fair, speak at that soap box. this is an excellent opportunity for the hand-to-hand retail campaigning that we know joe biden loves well. iowa, of course, the early caucus, first in the nation caucus is all about organizing and it takes a lot of effort to get yourself all over the state, to different kpucommunities to begin to build that support well,...

State in america so islands are proud of it and want candidates to know that their livelihood is right there sizzling on the grill in front of them. >> i suppose that you could, if your candidate, you could bypass the fair and maybe it wouldnt hurt you with votes but the islands would talk about you an awful lot, wouldnt they? >> yeah, and it may hurt you because islands are a little coil at the end they are used to getting there 20 minutes on the soapbox with the candidates but they are also us...

Morning. >> thank you very much for being with us this morning. staying on politics now, he is now part of the next democratic debate. he made that debate stage, hes getting on his soapbox later. what andrew yang wants voters in iowa to know next. usaa took care of her car rental, and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran, and they were with another insurance company, i would tell them, you need to join usaa because t...

Mike memoli in boon with the biden campaign and ali vitale in humboldt with senator warren. what is the feeling within joe bidens campaign at the moment? >> reporter: stephanie, we moved from the state fairgrounds yesterday to the county fairgrounds today where the former vice president is now in the third day of a four-day trip. here through iowa the campaign is feeling very good about their position here but what you hear from them and what you heard yesterday from the vice president himself i...

>> dana: well keep an eye on that. have a great weekend. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> dana: 2020 candidates continue their pitches to voters in iowa this weekend. five more taking to the soap box at the state fair today. thats where we find our own hillary vaughn. whats going on there, hillary? >> former hud secretary julian castro took to the soap box earlier today. this is after joaquin castro publicly shamed those that gave to the trump campaign. castro tells me his brother didnt d...