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>> what a fantastic spot we have here in des moines, iowa. it's great to be with you today, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. it is sunday, we don't usually see you on a sunday, but we're really excited to be here for "the story" in iowa, one day to go. so much on the line for all of these candidates and voters across the state as we kick off the 2024 presidential race now in earnest. >> here in iowa you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. >> vote for the candidate who's going to speak the truth to you. >> every step of the way we're moving because we're co...

Among those questions, what it could mean for 2020. Could some in the president s party be rethinking whether they want to stick with mr. Trump amid the impeachment fight. Well break down all the im kagss of last nights elections results. A significant new twist in the Impeachment Inquiry. Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland changing his story now, backing up the testimony of several other key witnesses regarding aid to ukraine and the commitment to investigate the 2016 election and the bidens. But why was he allowed to change his testimony . Were going to dig into that in just a moment. Lets go rig...

>> but on election night at the gubernatorial level and in virginia it did work. it's generally been working in the suburbs in 2018 in special elections. matt bevin if i'm not mistaken he gets 200,000 more votes than 2015, and he still loses because both sides are so activated. >> massive turn out. 1.4 million people turned out in that kentucky gubernatorial election. 2015, 973,000. basically a 50% increase in turn out there. mid-term turn out last year you're talking over 115 million people. normally you're getting about 85 million. in a presidential election you get 130. i think there's talk...

That national gubernatorial election. 2015, 973,000. mid-term turn out last year you're talking over 115 million people. normally you're getting about 85 million. in a presidential election you get 130. i think there's talk next year just given these turn out trends we're seeing, 145, 150 million, easily going to be the highest turn out in our presidential election history. >> and the beginnings of campaign are well run, one will think of -- and they'll do the math and that'll determine the field plan, their advertising buys. they're trying to figure out how do we add up enough votes to hit th...

Right now who are saying i don't live in virginia, mississippi, kentucky, why do i care, break down for us these results and what they tell us about the electorate, because these states matter. >> a couple things jump out. in kentucky, where bevin lost the turnout, the turnout was huge, 1.4 million, a little bit more than 1.4 million votes cast in kentucky. >> put that in perspective. >> the last time they had a governors race in 2015, it was 973,000. so you had almost a 50% increase there in turnout from governors election to governors election. this is more on par with what you get in a midt...