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Change. >> eric brandstad, the son of long time governor, runs the operation and says his appeal reaches beyond the gop base. >> i have gone to republican rallies my entire life. we are seeing new voters like we've never seen before. >> early voting has been under way for more than a month and democrats usually win the early vote. >> i mean literally hundreds of times i've had republicans tell me no, i want to vote on election day, you know, and for them it's a tradition, it's something that they've grown up with. >> reporter: this year, iowa gop officials are trying to bank more early votes t...

>> it's at an all-time high. >> reporter: so far republicans are doing better than in 2012 but still lagging with 33.9% of the early vote, compared to 43.2% from democrats. to push the early vote both candidates recently came to cedar rapids, iowa just hours apart. >> she is the candidate of yesterday. >> we have come too far to let donald trump take us back. >> reporter: the challenge for democrats, iowa was never clinton country. her stunning 2008 democratic caucus loss was the beginning of the end for that campaign. and her 2016 win against bernie sanders was a struggle. iowa democrats argu...

We will soon find out if hillary clinton can get a michelle obama bump in arizona. michelle obama campaigned for hillary clinton in phoenix today. the latest poll in arizona, the arizona republic cronkite news poll shows hillary clinton at 39%, donald trump at 33.9%. that is an extraordinary lead for hillary clinton in that state at this time. and we'll see what effect michelle obama can have. everyone says she is the most effective speaker for hillary clinton on the campaign trail. the clinton campaign certainly believes that. let's listen to michelle obama in arizona today. >> perhaps livin'...

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>> appreciate that, ron. stay warm out there. >> you bet. i want to go back to missouri where there's major flooding. we just heard from governor jay nixon, who has activated the national guard throughout the state to help with the response. i'm joined by missouri mayor mike livengood. give us a sense about how bad it is in your neck of the woods. >> okay, well, first, it's crested here. the river that has given us our problems, it has crested. so that's a good thing for us. we crested at an all-time record high, where our previous of 33.9 inches. now it's 34.3. we're fortunate that we do no...