More women candidates than ever before. This is the largest field weve seen in modern president ial campaign history. The big crowds. The town halls, the rallies. [ chanting ] its exhilarating, but its exhausting. Watch your feet, watch your feet. It is not glamorous. Ive had to pee in a starbucks cup in a moving car before just because i was trying to make political events. Youre young and on the trail. My name is daniella. Im caitlin. You have so much efficiency and so much love for what youre doing. This is it. Being a woman in my business is hard. I need to stop crying and do my piece. Now we have so many women. How did this all turn . It was the debate. It doesnt make it easier, but it does mean we have other people to talk to. Give me your hand. Its a little scary. Of course, its very scary. Youll be okay, yeah. When youre in the grind and youre covering a campaign, you wonder, is this really breaking truths . Its been a pretty broken couple of days for you. But now more than ever the notion of leadership is front and center like never before. Its been a strange and unpredictable couple of days. Its put up or shut up time. We get a front row seat to history and i cant imagine a more front row seat than this. People are voting. This is just the beginning. These are okay if theyre a little brown, right . Crispy ones are gross. Crispy pancakes are good. They taste burnt. Theres nothing after school. Hey. It looks like theyre having you guys go out to iowa tomorrow. Tomorrow. Yes, for the caucus and then to New Hampshire through the primary. Okay. Do you follow . Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Youre very agreeable. Youre usually more feisty, whats wrong with you. Shut up. You have a camera crew following you. Oh, go yourself. 11 days to the caucus and im back on the trail. I travel for the campaign. I stay healthy. Minor mall i dont have a normal. Id be saying if i if a candidate is out on a big long stretch, then i will be out on a big long stretch. People always ask, oh, my god, you have kids, youre married, how do you do it because i travel so much. Do you want some more . There was one period of time it was 3 1 2 weeks on the road . Mike was not he was wondering if i was ever going to come home and clean the toilet. Ill be home. Im going to aim for about 3 3 00ish. Mike used to work for abc news. Hes the one taking the professional hit in order for me do what i im doing. See you later. Go get em. Give me a hug. Where are you going . To work. If you were to ask my kids, theyll tell you that they dont like my job at all. Its tough to be away from your kids. Its tough to make those choices. But in order to tell the story, you have to go to the story. And thats what i thrive on. Exceed expectations. Thats the mantra. Right now im covering Amy Klobuchar. We have joe biden who has two correspondents. Joe biden takes off what hes calling his normal malarkey bus tour. Hes working to build momentum here in iowa. Everyone has a correspondent. So does donald trump. Thats right. The president has held several rallies and hes hoping to win in 2020. Its almost like youre the traveling sports announcer for that team. You find out the story of that candidate, share it with the voters, let the Voters Decide if that is their candidate. So klobuchar is trying to plan her travel into iowa, but she doesnt know her travel, i dont know my travel. Is it making me nuts, lena . Mmhmm. You have the ones assigned to covering the candidate if the correspondent cant always be there. They live on the road. Its crazy. Clothes, purses, shoes, they all need to go to fedex. These will go in storage, these photos. I am a correspondent. With this job, my life is just so transitional. Were on the road sometimes six, seven days a week. E im going to sublet my place from now until november. This is my pile of press passes. Kamela harris, iowa bus tour. Laminated. You can hear it. Oh. This msnbc one is cursed because i sprained my ankle at this event. I actually just landed in d. C. Solely for the purpose to pack up my room. I have 24 hour fos figure my life out, which for folks is not that much time. This will be the last time i get to be in my home. That was a perfect squat, i just want you to know that. Thats what you witnessed. But im cleareyed of the fact that our life is in service to the trail right now it. Ee in servi its in service to the election and trying to find out whos going to be the next democratic nominee. Thats the stage were at right now. This morning the candidates are heading into the crucial final stretch of the Iowa Caucuses. Its crunch time for these president ial candidates who will racing across the nation to try to win over undecided voters. This is the first true test to see who can gain momentum. Fehr democrats, this race remains as close as ever. [ cheers and applause ] its so good to see all of you. Its good to be back in ames. We talked for so long about where the polls are, whos up, whos down. Were in it. Were in the thick of it right now. This is the moment to dream big, fight hard, and win. Can i take a selfie with you . Yes. Awesome, thanks. Are you an iowan. Im not. Im from alabama, and a student. In alabama we dont quite get this. True. But you never know this year. Ive been at cnn for 27 years. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. I started before i finished college, got a fulltime job right after i graduated, and ive been at cnn ever since. I so appreciate how positive this rally was. I love being able to talk to voters, look them in the eyes, and understand what they want, what they dont want in a leader. What did you think of senator warren . I think shes great. Being in the room and actually feeling the way that people are responding to the candidates, it makes a difference. Number one, i think we should have a woman president. Is that right . Men have screwed it up so many times in the past. You said that. I didnt say that. This is an incredibly critical election and we have to keep our eyes on the ball in a big way. Hi. Im sorry. Could we discuss this situation . Oh, yeah. We got them at headquarters for five bucks. Im so lucky i get to work with so many young women. How are you . Good. Its not easy. I know what it was like for me when i was younger to have somebody help me keep perspective, and so i really try do that with them. Ill find you in a little while. Okay. I need cold air. This is what we call hell week. Oh, my god, this feels so nice. On a normal day, i do three events a day. This isnt going to work. I stalk president ial candidates for a living. Let me just get in there. I run around with a 20pound camera seven day as week, 24 hours a day. Oh, there she is. Documenting everything that a president ial candidate is doing. Right now im covering senator Elizabeth Warren. Ive been traveling the country with her for eight months, fulltime, nonstop, providing the base for coverage to our company. Here she comes. Here she comes. This is what democracy is all about. Get out. Do the best you can for how we can make this a better nation. Thank you. Im constantly feeding back every single detail. This is new, this isnt new, she did this funny thing, she did this weird thing. Its so complicated. They may not ever be president. I got a shot of her through the window. Yay. For the inbed, your life is not your own. Youre on a campaign bus, youre on a plane, youre at a rally. It takes somebody who really wants to give it their all, and it takes somebody whos young who can give it their all. Theyre off to the races in a way that i have so much respect and admiration for. What is more important than this election, for me, there is really nothing else. Its stressful. I dont really breathe until the day is over. Like all day im just on edge. What am i missing, what do i need do, what if im late to work. Bernie, bernie, bernie. Our campaign is about fundamental reform. You are responsible for everything that your candidate says, and i feel the stakes of that. What do you say to people who say a woman cant win this election . We are cnns eyes and ears on the ground. We know what you have to raise the roof about. If we dont walk toward her and she goes there, well miss out. Its a grueling job that takes look everything you have some days. Senator, were you satisfied at Bernie Sanders answer on whether a woman could win the election . I was not in the room. Youre basically giving up a part of your life for the next nearly two years, but afterward, you will have covered a president ial election. How does that feel . Feels good. Its why i do this job, yeah. Should i just go right into it . I mean its rude. Oh, hell, yeah. Thank you. This is my second lunch, but, i mean, youve got to eat when theres food in front of you. Second breakfast. With so much coming at us all the time, weve got to travel between events, planes. Sometimes i wake up and forget where i am or what im doing or i think i have a flight and i wake up rushing around like i have to catch a flight and im like, no, no. We know what each of us are going through. My friends who i love deeply will never understand. I literally cannot i dont have time to deal with, you know, you being upset about something and i feel like a terrible friend, but its either you or i miss this thing in my job. Missing things in my job is not an option. Its not an option. I honestly dont know how you manage a Long Distance relationship. Its really hard. I say, im really tired, im under the covers, i say, i love you, good night. Commitment, whats that like . There was a guy i was hoping things would take off. But theres nothing you can do when things get in the way. My entire life is centered around Elizabeth Warren. Did you ever think your life would evolve around an old jewish man from new york . As a jewish woman does it make sense . It makes sense. Nd get two nes of unlimited for only 90 and 2 iphone 11 pros on us. Only at tmobile. Balanced nutrition for strength and energy. Whoohoo great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. And nutrients to infallible up to 24hr demand morfresh wear. Wear. By loreal paris. Excellent coverage with no weigh down. A breathable formula for fresh skin hour after hour. Defies transfer, no excess. Infallible up to 24hr fresh wear. By loreal paris. Im going to start the bidding at 5. Thank you, sir. Looking for 6. 6 over there do i hear 7 . 7 in the front 7 going once. Going twice. Sold to the onion lover in the front row next up is lot number 17, a spinach and artichoke dip, beautifully set in a hollowedout loaf of sourdough bread. Dont get mad get e trade and get more than just trading investing. Banking. Guidance. Get e trade and get more than just trading the big events are back. Xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. s just a matter of hours that were going to have the first contest in the 2020 election, the Iowa Caucuses. All four frontrunner polls have shown them all fairly close, neck and neck. Former Vice President joe bide snoon so really its all entirely left in the hands of the democratic voters of iowa. So many people look to us for hope. Biden and all the candidates are keenly aware that if you win here, youre going to be heading out of the state with a lot of momentum, and thats something you try to close the deal with. Here at Elizabeth Warrens headquarters, people are starting to fill into the ball room, so theres a level of excitement here. Its the same thing that will take to win this. How well do you need to do in iowa . We certainly need a strong performance. People are still making up their minds. Thats why its so important to me to engage iowans. We need to have a strong finish. Thats what were working toward. All right. Well, thank you, mayor buttigieg. Today is the super bowl of caucuses, the first in the nation caucuses in iowa. I cannot believe that its here. Weve all been working toward the coverage of this group of candidates for when did i start this . In december of 2018 . So, i mean its game day. This is my very first president ial campaign cycle. Its all brandnew to me. My background is in local news and breaking news. Its not exactly panic, but thats what its starting to become. I was based in tokyo, covering the japanese stockmarket and the massive architect quakes. These are some of the 160,000 people who have been evacuated. I didnt have this hunger to work on the hill, to cover the minutia of government, but when cnn called me to cover the election, i dont think im qualified, but im not going to tell you. And so i went for it. Given this climate, i didnt want to let go of this opportunity to give a voice at a time when i feel this shift in america. My family is korean, it is immigrant, and it adds to the mix of opinions and the way we approach a story that i think matters. We are going to Klobuchar Campaign headquarters. Shes running against expectations. She doesnt have to win. She doesnt have to have a certain number. She just needs to do a bit better than what everyone is expecti expecting, so well see. Welcome and thank you for attending your 2020 caucus. Exit the bleachers and break into preference groups. This is it. We get our first real result from voters in the 2020 president ial race. 24, 25. Democrats are gathering all over to give the First Official verdict on the 2020 democratic field. Whats the sense of the crowd of the caucus where youre at . Its big. You can see the numbers. It goes down the hall. Still a lot of tension here as they prepare to make their commitment, wolf. Were awaiting the results, the first results from the Iowa Caucuses. Hang on one second. About this time, you know, were starting to expect to hear candidates lay out how they did for the night. Well have results. People are walking around. We work very well together. I get the information i need to get and we get it out. Theyre not going to tell us whats going on. Ive always been very good at talking to people and being able to extract information to get what i want. Do you have a sense . Maybe. What do you say . I view that as a positive in the most humble way. You know, i never thought when i was younger like, oh, i want to be an ambassador. I didnt know what that was. But i knew i loved politics, so when i went for my interview for cnn, i had my hair grown out, and then when i came in, i went in with my afro and im like, whats up, this is who you hired. Its exciting, but i felt like i had a lot to prove because im a woman and a black woman at that. Its so rare to have people of color in our position, in this really integral level of news gathering, and sometimes i feel like i can be perfect at my job and im being judged like its a onetime thing or like look at this amazing thing she did. I bet she cant do it again. People can think what the they want but im going to get the job done. Jasmine. Democratic aide. Without jasmine, i am in trouble. Amy klobuchar. Shes intelligent, strong, and she knows the story, and shes going to speak her mind. At this point we know exactly what each other needs. Comma. Okay. Our writing styles are different, but they meld together. I found this on the web. Its been a long day. Its so easy to be around her and we always joke that whenever we go to a town in iowa, we doubled the person of color. Its like, you get a korean and black girl in here, its like whats happening. Iowa Democratic Party. I didnt think i would be as successful in my job without her. Standing by. What are you hearing over there . Wolf, we spoke to a democratic aid here. Theyre asking what is up. They think that something is up. This is far later than when weve seen reports in Iowa Caucuses past. Yeah. It gives you a perspective. Two hoursplus in, about 27 of the precincts had been reporting. There is no briefing from the Iowa Democratic party. As far as i know from what ive been told, theres no meeting. This definitely puts what we expected tonight cross that out. Thats not happening. Were in uncharted territory right now. Thank you so much. Unbelievable. So you probably heard we dont know the results. All i can say is we are here and we are strong. Our country cannot take another four years of donald trump, and what we are missing so much right now in our country is that sense of empathy. I will bring back that sacred trust between the American People and the president of the United States. Amy, amy, amy. Thank you. This is a historic night because it is ten minutes to midnight and there is absolutely no result. All you have is anecdotal quotes, all you have are people saying i won, i won, but theres no data behind it, and that is obscene. This iowa caucus mess never happened like this before. This is not a good night for democracy. The bottom line is we hit a stumbling block on the back end of the reporting of the data, but the one thing i want you to know, we know this data is accurate. How can you verify . The results are finally starting to come in. Right now Pete Buttigieg is in the lead and joe biden is coming in fourth. Im not going to sugarcoat it. We took a gut punch in iowa. A name who started four years ago, a noname recognition is taking front place to replace the current president with a better vision. Four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years, four more years. So it looks like were outside doing tv, but secretly weve got this fancy heated trailer. Do you want people sitting or standing . Whatever you like. Trumps the only president ive ever covered. This is like my first one. Im peaking at 27. [ indiscernible ] youve checked out the crowd before the event. What are you learning . Long lines hours before the doors even open, waiting in the rain. Sources weve spoken we say hes going to be more emboldened tonight. Im from alabama, a small town outside of montgomery. I didnt grow up in a political family at all. It wasnt something we talked about a lot. The county i grew up in is solidly republican. It is incredibly supportive of the president. Im so much more aware of it now that its a part of my life. Hi, guys. You guys are obviously Trump Supporters . Yes. What do you guys like him . Hes not a typical politician. He gets things done. He makes proms a iprommises and them. I think its not only gender and race, but also where youre from thats important. Are you guys New Hampshire voters . Massachusetts . Vermont . Massachusetts . Living in washington, you can get caught up in what people think, and its really important to see what people out in the country think. A lot of people are saying hes not a politician. Hes a businessman, and thats what this country n