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Hospitals and so forth where we can receive those services. >> very quickly in our remaining time we want to ask you about the presidential race and in the all-important state of iowa your home state, there's a new poll out this morning to show donald trump in the lead. this is from the quinnipiac poll with 20%. his closest rival, scott walker 13%. he has twice as much as jeb bush who has 10%. do you believe that iowans will make donald trump a leader? >> well, today i'm not going to speak for all of iowans because we have a very interesting caucus process which will be coming up at the beginn...

Having run before. it's going to destroy the early primary caucus process. we need to push back to the rnc. this is a dumb way to do it. at the end of the day, brad pitt would be in our debate. iowa, south carolina and new hampshire are good for the party. they are good for democracy. >> joy reid, you are in one of those states tonight. there's lindsey graham saying iowa, south carolina and new hampshire are good for the party and democracy. is he right? >> well with, i mean this process has been good for iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. that's for certain. they have had tremendous powe...

It. we are doing very very well. we have had meetings all over the state of iowa. the turnout has been great. we're now focusing on how you win the rather complicated caucus process in iowa. >> it's early, but the polls are tightening. in may clinton led saunders in iowa 60 to 15%. now her lead is 52 to 33%. still a wide gap, but getting smaller. so how will this race play out? will progressive leaders like elizabeth warren and bill de blasio support sanders? and where will progressive voters turn out? as clinton said tonight, it appears this is going to be competitive. let's bring in "boston ...

Obviously, has always wanted the challenge, and south carolina, they backed off. why should south carolina be the test in the south and not florida, north carolina? >> well, i echo jennifer's statements in that south carolina is the first state where a traditional test of the full spectrum of the republican party, the social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and sort of national security focus conservatives, and let's back -- >> high veteran population. >> and remember why it's important we have small states in the beginning. yes, underfunded, upstart candidates have a chance to get momentu...

The money thing has been a gap for a month. the rga hasn't thrown in any money in the last couple of weeks. you put that all together. >> is that because ken cuccinelli is too far right? >> no. this is a win and a lose. a political party will support any candidate with a shot of winning. right, steve? the last two weeks for a campaign, it's about winning and losing. >> the terry mcauliffe, i'm sorry. i know the guy. i like him very much. he's just not a tight fit for virginia and the b fact that the republicans have apparently lost the race to terry mcauliffe speaks ill of the republican party...