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Is mostly still around, though he is not. thats all for this edition of "dateline." im craig melvin. thank you for watching. good morning. im jo ling kent in new york at msnbc world headquarters. >> and im kendis gibson, 6:00 on the east coast, 3:00 a.m. out west. we have more on the el paso killings a week later as the community gears up for a protest march. details ahead. gun battle. the president, nra and congress. will the two mass shootings lead to new regulations or will the moment p...

Lake, iowa, where democrats lined up to speak at this event. and the big theme of the night, as you can imagine in light of the shootings in dayton and el paso this week is the rising tide of hate in america. and i want you to take a listen to what some of the candidate has to say. >> together, we will end the racism and the sexism and the islamophobia and the homophobia and all of the other phobias, that this president exhibits and we will end white nationalism in this country as well. >> becau...

>> yes. i have to. it is legitimate scrutiny. >> reporter: and now, jake, we are in clear lake, iowa. were just a few hours away from the wing ding dinner and behind me it is a lively scene. campaign supporters have been lining up for hours cheering on their candidates and this is really become a must-stop for democrat candidates n. 2007 you had barack obama come do the key note and then hillary clinton and bernie sanders made appearances but there is something different about tonights wing ding...

They call nancy pelosi a racist. shes not a racist. they call anybody a racist when they run out of cards. >> nearly every 2020 democrat getting ready to speak to voters at the iowa state fair and attend a key fund-raising dinner tonight. weve got anns arlette saenz who joins me live from clear lake, iowa, where the famous democratic wing ding dinner takes place. arlette, tell us what to expect tonight at that dinner, the wing ding dinner. >> well, nia, we are still a few hours away from the win...

Theyre desperate. theyve got lousy candidates. >> folks, right here in iowa democrats may be looking for something of a road map on how to run a campaign against someone they are calling a white supremacist in a way that can win in conservative areas. democrat j.d. shuttlon nearly defeated king. king as you might recall has been criticized by a number of his own colleagues including republican leadership for what they say are racist views and comments about white supremacy. and just a few days a...

White supremacist. julian castro became the sixth to offer that description as nearly the entire democratic field is in iowa for the political events, the wing ding dinner, so named because the menu includes chicken wings. arlette saenz reports from clear lake, iowa. >> reporter: the iowa tate fair, a proving ground for presidential hopefuls, shaking hands with fair-goers, flipping pork chops and making their case to eye -- to iowas. as they swarm the hawkeye state, they are taking aim at presid...

Certainly have not helped people here in this country. and, erin, i walked through the wing ding, a packed auditorium and i talked to hard core die hard democrats, do they kir if a candidate liebls donald trump the white supremacist or not. the great majority said they dont care about the label. they do consider trump a racist. erin. >> kyung, thank you very much. i want to go youfrpt now to former dny director maria cardona and adviser to trumps 2020 campaign david urban process. thank you on t...

He was walking around and asked how it feels to be a front runner. he said, do i still have that target on my back? he had a little bounce in his step. in this new poll out yesterday, he is showing a steady lead. still leading the pack of candidates here. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren have essentially flipped. that is sort of setting the mood here as all the candidates are descending. other candidates will be here today and tonight will be at the wing ding. a traditional event at the surf ...

Expected to show here at the wing ding dinner ton. they are crisscrossing the state in the meantime. and what you see behind me, erin, are the greeting crews before the candidates go in. its the question that they are absolutely being asked by political reporters, will you label donald trump a white supremacist? and that direct question is being asked. about half of the field saying, yes, everyone from elizabeth warren earlier in the week to andrew, kirstin gillibranding with saying he is a whit...

Will get to make their pitch to iowans. >> thanks for that report and well look forward to your reporting from the wing ding dinner tonight. thanks. annie, im going to you on this because you covered warren and really all of the candidates. what does this get folks in terms of calling the president a white supremacist. a number of them have, elizabeth warren most recently yesterday in the pages of "the new york times." >> yeah. i mean i think this idea of whether or not the president is a whit...