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>> ive got a lot of them. cory booker with an "a." heres why. the iowa democratic party has a dinner, its called the wing ding dinner which is probably my favorite name ever. it was over the weekend, last friday night. booker i think along with pete buttigieg got the best response. that comes hard on his really, really strong i thought debate performance in detroit. this is the moment. if booker doesnt get a bump here, if he doesnt start moving, youve got to wonder if its ever coming. because he...

Theres an appetite for the field to narrow. a sense that these number of candidates, its hard to focus on so many. they get five minutes, for example, the other night in the wing ding. you want to hear more from the candidates. and i think that thats the next phase of this is to sort of narrow the field a little bit and focus it. but youre right that biden, i think, there are questions right now, significant questions and theres anxiety about him as the front runner. >> matt, thank you. natasha,...

Bombing each other, some exchanging hugs as well. different from what we saw on the debate stage in detroit a couple weeks ago. your most recent piece you cite voters chris schism, writing some democrats later expressed concern over the perception that the primary is turning into an ugly month long spectacle of democratic infighting that would only make trumps reelection much more likely. do you get the sense were going to see a friendlier primary going forward? >> well, we certainly seem headed...

So call now. . welcome back. it was to say the least an eventful weekend in iowa for the 2020 democratic presidential hopefuls, stops at the state fair, a forum on gun violence and the wing ding, a democratic fund-raising event. kamala harris is still there today finishing up a bus tour meant to show she plans to make a strong play in the kickoff caucus state. >> this five-day bus tour has been about just five continuous days of being able to, frankly, go to places where there may not be an ai...

Spillover crowds out here on into the streets here at the fair. so again i think that shows theres a lot of excitement behind our candidates, number one. and number two, theres a lot of interest in this race by iowans. iowans are hungry for change and they want a chance to get to know these candidates. thats what was on display this weekend at the fair. i was at the wing ding this weekend, and i sauna tasha up there. but i was up at the wing ding this weekend and, again, huge crowds, huge excite...

Conversations here among voters are at top of mind and youre having that conversation with the candidates. jay inslee was here this morning. i talked to julian castro makin you have to have these type of conversations as essentially this fair was unfolding. the activist sponsored a wing ding dinner in clear lake, iowa, and at that dinner you had one notable figure who was sitting in the front row for all those speeches, joe biden. he remembered a couple weeks ago there was that conversation comi...

What we have seen consistently over the last months is the trend line of growth here. not only here in i, was but nationally as well. its reflected as well on the ground here in iowa. she had an incredibly enthusiastic event last night at the wing ding event. with signs, chanting, a show of force for elizabeth warren. of course, there is still six months to go until the iowa caucuses. and a lot can change in this race. weve seen already, how fluid it is. but a very interesting snapshot of where ...

Weeks ago. a lot of democrats watched those debates and thought, gee, they seem to be attacking each other and maybe barack obama and debating the fine points of which medicare for all provision will never see the light of day and forgetting theyre running against donald trump in 2019. for better or for worse, the events on of the last week or two have been telling. >> i saw joe biden, the former vice president, sat front row and center at that wing ding in iowa to watch his own opponents speak....

Breaking news about the nevada man who has been charged. what is your reaction to this charge from the justice department? how many more men like him are out there? >> theres -- unfortunately, theres a lot of them. and its -- the lone wolf thing is coming into play after timothy mcveigh and the oklahoma city bombings. thats the plan. when is it going to end? when is it going to stop? this country needs an intervention. we need a hate intervention in a way. everyone says, everyone calm down, you ...

Last night, the candidates spoke at the iowa democrat wing ding dinner. talking about whats happening and what to do about it. joining us from des moines is rebecca buck, shes a cnn political reporter. rebecca, what did they have to say? christi and martin, nine candidates will be giving their tradition at the traditional soapbox. elizabeth warren, kamala harris, will be among them. over the whole iowa week. this is such an important week on the political calendar with the traditional iowa stops...