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>> reporter: and, look, amy klobuchar obviously pretty willing to just go full bore even though getting very little sleep. we've seen her out here even on the campaign trail after that l.a. debate. one thing that struck me as i talked to her about what the best case scenario here in a state like iowa. conventional thinking tells you three tickets out of this state. amy klobuchar telling me, though, with a field this big, anywhere in the top is good. of course, you look at what iowa can do for candidates like klobuchar who aren't polling very highly nationally. it can be a springboard heading i...

Found they weren't missing biden's word on the debate stage last night. >> we'll see if what happened last night on the debate stage translates into enthusiasm down on the ground, which these candidates that aren't polling really well, they need to excite voters when the pollsters give them a call. guys, thank you very much. senator tammy duckworth says the president's decisions around turkey and syria show its quote incompetence has fatal consequences. she'll join me coming up. first another man is in custody in the campaign finance investigation involving rudy guiliani's associates. wher...

Cover and in a year nobody will remember he ran for president. let me bring in our senior political writer and analyst to talk about how we ended up from there to here. and it's interesting the current political race is exactly where we were at when trump jumped in. so what did the polls say then about trump? >> they said that he had no chance in heck. i remember writing so many articles i i wish i could change. he was 2% in the national average at this point in his campaign. he was able to win the nomination and started with the escalator ride down. >> so you're saying there's a chance. for a...

To get that as well. i feel good about how the rnc handled this on behalf of the candidates and we'll have a great debate on cnbc. >> the last debate was three hours long. almost all the viewers stayed. isn't it good for viewers, voters to have longer debates, not shorter? >> i think it's a formula. it's not just a question of timing. it's how many candidates are on stage. in the case of the reagan library it's what people don't see necessarily off camera is the room was rather hot. the candidates -- it was late in the evening. it was a west coast debate. it's not just, you can't say this is t...

Two debates one at five featuring the contenders that aren't polling that well. any in that crew jump out at you, miller, in the early debate? >> if anybody in that crew jumped at me outside of carly fiorina i you would go in the federal witness relocation program because they're all creepy. i am going to miss rick perry because now he is going to have to take his smart girl ashley banfield glasses over to the kid's table. i hope encarlie cuts his steak up into little pieces so he doesn't choke over there. there is the genius right there. rick, how many departments are there? which department ...