Caucuses were plagued by lack of results, irregular voting records and major technical problems. So guess who is still in des moines, jeff zeleny or cnn senior washington correspondent. Jeff, how much more time do these candidates have now . Brooke, we should point out its not a bad thing to be in des moines. We love des moines. The reality is there simply isnt much changing. We are getting new information now that campaigns have until tomorrow at noon central time, saturday, to essentially show any errors that theyve been talking about. There has been a lot of talk on social media, a lot of talk from the Sanders Campaign, the Buttigieg Campaign and others talking about all these irregularities they saw. The Iowa Democratic party is basically saying, okay, show us those with evidence by tomorrow at noon. And then they are saying if you would like to have a recount or recanvas put that request in by noon on monday. So this basically is, you know, a little bit more of a waiting game here. We are not hearing from any campaigns necessarily that want to go back into all of this because it allows them this uncertainty allows both the Buttigieg Campaign and the Sanders Campaign to essentially both declare victory and move on. Youve heard almost nothing from the Warren Campaign. The Biden Campaign of course wants to forget about iowa all together. So the reality here is well see if these candidates ask for a recanvas or a recount, but unlikely to change much. Pete buttigieg just has a narrow, narrow lead in delegates over Bernie Sanders. At the end of the day, though, brooke, they split the delegates at the county conventions that get those state convention delegates. So its been a mess, no question. The only thing that is certain here, the reputation of these Iowa Caucuses tarnished without question. Without question. Jeff, thank you very much. While the Iowa Caucuses may be a thing of the past at least according to the calendar, Elizabeth Warren and joe bidens third and fourth place finishes are not and that is raising the stakes for those campaigns in next tuesdays New Hampshire primary, decades after a surprise second place finish in the state made bill clinton remember the come back kid . So warren and biden are probably hoping they will get to say the same thing. As for Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, the top vote getters in iowa find themselves in a similar spot going into the first in the nation primary. A monmouth poll shows sanders and buttigieg holding on to the top spots followed by biden, warren and senator amy klobuchar. So lets check in with the top candidates now, all busy preparing for todays debate in manchester. That is where we find cnns jessica dean. Hi, jessica. Hi, brooke. Im following the Biden Campaign and tonight all eyes will be on joe biden on that debate stage to see how he interacts with his rivals. Over the last couple of days postiowa weve seen him sharpen his attacks, calling out Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders by name. So it will be asking to see tonight how they all interact with each other. Certainly things have changed, the dynamics have certainly changed since the last time we all saw them together on the debate stage. Through the weekend and into next week joe biden has a handful of events tomorrow and sunday and monday as he looks to firm up his support in the granite state. I will pass it along to my colleague. Reporter keeping an eye on the pete Buttigieg Campaign, the mayor off the campaign trail today but the argument between buttigieg and Bernie Sanders very much in public view. In his cnn town hall last night Pete Buttigieg really trying to turn the page from iowa to New Hampshire. What he is hoping to solidify is that he is not just the rising star, that he is trying to solidify his image as the front runner. Expect this evening in the debate the fight between these two front runners, buttigieg and sanders, to spill on to the stage tonight as buttigieg, the moderate, tries to make some daylight and some space between Bernie Sanders, the progressive. And now to the Sanders Campaign and my colleague ryan nobles. Bernie sanders seems ready to put iowa behind him and put all of this focus here into New Hampshire, but theres no doubt the result in iowa have changed his game plan just a bit. For the first time sanders is drawing specific distinctions with former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg. Listen to what he said this morning here at the politics and eggs. Pete buttigieg lures an even closer look from wall street donors following a strong Iowa Caucuses performance, forbes magazine. Here is the billionaires backing Pete Buttigieg, president ial campaign. I like Pete Buttigieg. Nice guy. But we are in a moment where billionaires control not only our economy, but our political sanders has long railed against the donor class and its influence on politics, particularly democratic politics, but this is the first time that hes put that tag on Pete Buttigieg, and that is something that could definitely come up at tonights debate. Now for more on the Warren Campaign here is leyla santiago. And with the Warren Campaign the Senior Advisor tells me senator warren will be having debate prep, make a final walk through on the debate stage and she will be with a contest inn wr. If this past week is any indication as to what well hear from her tonight, you will likely hear her make a case for electability and try to convince voters that she is the one to unify the party. This debate comes before a big weekend here in New Hampshire as her campaign will be in full force trying to reach those those undecided voters here before the big primary, and theyll also be trying to raise some money. In an email to supporters she says she wants to raise 2 million before the New Hampshire primary and that is four days away. Brooke . All right, guys, thank you so much. Lets stay in New Hampshire, Michael Parsons is a senior at Dartmouth College and the president of the New Hampshire college democrats. Michael, nice to have you on. Lets just begin with the big debate tonight, you are attending. I know youre taking a neutral stance on candidates just because of your position with the college democrats, but you tell me, what do you want to hear from the candidates . What are you looking most forward to . Its great to be with you, brooke. I think that young people, myself and others, are going to look for their issues to be taken up and talked about in a meaningful manner tonight at the debate. For instance, Climate Change being the number one issue with younger voters. Climate change hasnt really been talked about enough in the past debates so i think that for young people in New Hampshire, College Students, theyre really going to want to see this issue get the attention it deserves tonight. Climate change. What else . What else really affects College Students . I mean, Climate Change, college affordability, student debt reform, those are all issues that are very intrinsic to being College Students and those are issues that are really hot topics in New Hampshire. New hampshire is one of the most expensive states in the country to go to college in. Which candidate then, michael, do you think is addressing college affordability, Climate Change the best . I think that a number of candidates have released very good plans. Bernie sanders which ones . Can you name thank you. On College Students. Elizabeth warren has focused. Pete buttigieg has released an Affordable College plan. I know that a number of the front runners have really done their best to come and speak to college issues, but i would love to see that happen on the National Stage tonight. We now have 100 of the precincts reporting in iowa, so Pete Buttigieg does now hold a slim lead over senator Bernie Sanders. Do you think, michael, that any of that would have influence over New Hampshire voters come tuesday . Well, the New Hampshire electorate is very independent, they are not always going to look for iowa in signs, especially in past primaries. The number that i was thinking about the other day was that a tracking poll from yesterday came out and showed that unsure was in third place at 16 . This race can break a number of different ways, but i do think that that tracking poll as well also had mayor pete and senator sanders at the top, though i think that over the next three and even four days as people head to the polling place they might still be unsure. So i think that there could be a number of surprises on tuesday. Okay. I know you are not last question. I know you are taking a neutral stance but in your head do you have an idea who you like the best so far going into tuesday . I have taken an outwardly neutral stance for so long and said that so many times that ive somewhat engrained it in my head. Okay. That i think that i might walk into the polling place on tuesday and say, oh, man, ive actually got to make a decision now. You do. Michael parsons, thank you very much up there at dartmouth. Appreciate you. Lets move on to this, acquitted and apparently unleashed. 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Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today now it appears a key witness in President Trumps impeachment inquiry will soon be departing the white houses National Security council. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman had told colleagues he expects to leave the white house post in the coming weeks and return to the defense department. If that happens it would be months earlier than when his assignment is expected to end in july. Today the president talked about his displeasure with the decorated war veteran and purple heart recipient. Would you like to see Alexander Vindman out of your white house . Do you want alexander well, i am not happy with me. Do you think im supposed to be happy with me. Im not. They will make that decision. The president hinted at Lieutenant Colonel vindmans fate a short time later retweeting a call for his immediate removal because of his behavior and to protect foreign policy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed shock when she heard the president made the ousting vindman because of his testimony. Stunned by it. Ill talk to my colleagues because i know they have some concern about some of the interventions that the president has with our our military. Its such a shame. What a patriotic person. Lets start here, Kara Scannell and elie honig are with me. Is this witness retaliation . Yes, it is. Here is how textbook it is, there is a federal law that prohibits taking action against someone as pay back essentially for testimony. The one specific example that the law gives is taking action to interfere with or terminate somebodys employment. So this is right down the middle. Recourse yeah, in i harmful action. I mean is there is there any recourse . Bill barr, is there anything . I dont have any faith in bill barr to do anything about it. We havent seen bill Barrs Justice Department investigate, you know, whether there was obstruction or other actions so it would seem unusual for them to take this step now. Would this have a chilling effect, kara, on just any other witnesses who may want to speak up, testify against someone in power . I mean, i think that you often hear that as the case. I mean, if this is a result that happens when vindman speaks up, which was, you know, public, it wasnt even secret, you know, this was out in the public, you have the support of the democrats, but you can still get fired, theres certainly not going to be a lot of safety net for people hong that they might want to speak up, but then can see that this is the sort of thing that can happen and there may not be any recourse to it. The bigger concern to me is this is part of the beginning of the donald trump pay back tour. He kicked it off with a maniacal speech in the east room, ticking off the people who are angered him and now he is taking concrete action against one of them. People need to be alert whether he continues to go after people who wronged him. This is now what an acquitted President Trump looks like. Let me ask you about this court ruling today. This federal Appeals Court dismissed this lawsuit by Congressional Democrats alleging the president violated the emoluments clause of the constitution. Remind me what this means. So the emoluments clause is in the constitution, it says that a president cannot take salary or money from any foreign state or United States state. The allegation is hes profiting through his hotels from foreign leaders who are staying there, but the important thing to know about todays ruling its not on the merits. The court did not say, okay, donald trump, youre cleared, did you not violate the emoluments clause. All the court said today is this particular group of plaintiffs, a group of congress people, you are not the right people to bring this lawsuit. Its called standing. Its a technical ruling. It doesnt clear the president and there are two other emoluments lawsuits out there still alive. Thats what i was going to ask about, also at the federal level. Yes. How would what happened today affect those . So theyre all on separate base close but ultimately this could lead to this going up to the Supreme Court because one thing the Supreme Court looks for is are the various circuits in disagreement and if they are in disagreement the Supreme Court then thats a classic example where the Supreme Court needs to step in and say we need to set this straight. Do you want to add anything to that . With those two other lawsuits its a different setup like you were explaining, this was 215 democrats not the full body of congress and thats where the Appeals Court which is a unanimous threejudge decision drew the line. The other cases are more on the merits, slightly different so the same argument wouldnt play out there. There is a split in the circuits and it is going to be interesting to see where those ultimately end