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To be a more expanded caucus system because what was going on left out a lot of voters in the democratic process. so let's talk about what we're discussing, which is the caucus process. for a caucus, you have to go as a voter to an area at a specific time, stay for several hours and that is very different from a primary where a voter can stop by, cast a ballot at any point of the day. well, just a few minutes ago, the democratic national committee officially rejected a plan in iowa, also in nevada, to allow virtual caucusing in 2020. that was a plan to allow people to call in and not have to a...

A pollster put them in. >> congresswoman you are one of the big success stories for democrats around the country in 2018. you took a republican held seat in eastern iowa. what do you see now? is that enthusiasm carrying through? how does it impact on the caucus process? >> well, the caucuses are always very interesting. we have got 20 some presidential candidates here and they're traveling all across our districts. and i've talked to some of them. and i keep trying to reiterate, you know, you can come here and do big rallies. but at the end of the day you have to sit across the table from iowa...

Of organization at this stage in the caucus process. you know, they said that even voters said that they're hearing from her staff. they're getting phone calls to discuss the issues with them. one thing that voters pointed out is the pocahontas thing has been mostly forgotten and the fact that she did do that dna test, but they do bring it up sometimes when they're talking about defeating donald trump and someone who can be on the same debate stage as donald trump. they bring that up as a potential concern, but at least most of the voters i talked to said that they feel like the substance of e...

Office opening in council bluffs, iowa, and that is where we find cnn's ryan nobles. a lot on the plate today. >> yes, victor and christi, this is quintessential weekend for bernie sanders in iowa. it is going to start with the events in the western side of iowa with office opening in council bluffs, and this is an example of the infrastructure that the sanders campaign is attempting to build here in iowa and something he can do because of the vast resources he has, and more cash on hand than any other presidential campaign and allowing for many of the offices across the state and allows for h...

Interactions with the voters here, and he has this office opening and he is going to be at the aarp forum, and then the round table and heading to the county fair to talk to voters. this is an attempt to have sanders show the more human side of him as a candidate and it is often the connection to compel someone to participate in the caucus process, and this is of course, victor and christi, enormously important to sanders' team as we head closer and closer to the iowa caucuses at  the beginning of next year. >> thank you, ryan nobles, and if you are following him all day, you will have some r...