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Enthusiastic the biden campaign has been so are if a. there you go. i don't think that's an accurate portrayal. ed: let's be fair. pete: that's as interesting as his campaign has been right there. ed: no malarky bus tour. got to do something because you have pete buttigieg who seemingly has come out of nowhere for the biden camp. hey, he is the former vice president. he will be in lead in states like iowa but instead pete buttigieg is surging. take a look at recent polls. buttigieg 24%. bernie sanders below him at 18.3. elizabeth warren down to 17.7 and there on. joe biden being at 16.3. let m...

Four with 16.3. but when looking at national polling averages, biden leads with 27%. that's followed by sanders at 18.3, warren with 15.8 and buttigieg rounds out the top four with 11%. joining us now nbc road warrior mike memoli in iowa following biden and npr's lead political edit editor dominico montinaro as you look at this bus, the no malarkey tour, for those who don't know what mar llarkey is think they have the definition on the bus. >> reporter: malarkey is a classic bidenism, it means foolish talk. that's what the tour is about, showing to voters here in iowa the first caucus state, o...

Senator elizabeth warren with 17.7. biden rounds out the top four with 16.3. but when looking at national polling averages, booin leads with 27%. that's followed by sanders at 18.3. warren with 15.8. and buttigieg rounds out the top four with 11%. joining us now, nbc road warrior mike memoli in iowa following biden and npr's lead political editor. mike, we'll start with you. and you've been -- i've been watching your reporting all day. and as you look at this bus, the no malarkey tour, for those who don't know what malarkey is, you can clearly go through that for us and i think they have a def...

Doug mckelway is live in washington with more on this story. doug? >> hi, dana. biden's iowa bus tour gets underway as polls show mayor pete buttigieg surging to the top first test of the 2020 democratic race. the rcp average has pete buttigieg at 24%. bernie sanders at 18.3. elizabeth warren at third at 17.7 and biden in fourth at 16.3. lunch bucket joe though says it's way too early to pay attention to those numbers. >> i think everybody is a legitimate threat. you know, look, historically, i know from experience iowans make up their mind at the very last minute there is a long way to go in ...

And this can be traced to the efforts of the trump administration to kill the aca but do other stuff administratively that hurts it. let's look at the specific types of people who get hurt by it. interestingly enough, the change in healthcare coverage among both whites and blacks, number of uninsured did go up just a little bit. but here's where the real differences are. the real differences are over in some other groups among hispanics, foreign born, and among incredibly among noncitizen children who's uninsured rate went from 15.6% to 18.3%. the trump administration -- and these are mainly p...