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Carolina is joy reid. great to see your face, joy. that looks like a fun event. what's the atmosphere like? what are you expecting? >> reporter: the music is great. the crowd is huge. it took forever to get in here, chris, because there are so many people here. i don't know that i've ever seen this many people in one place, ear than a football game, huge. people that are passionate. you can hear cheering before any of the candidates got here. the people are here for their candidates and obviously here for the politics and the fish. fried fish is good. >> here's one way of thinking about the de...

>> i think the poll is a good reflection of what iowans want. what you'll see in the list are some of the things that we've written about, that you've aired about, like the green new deal are not necessarily the thing that iowans are saying this is what we're desperate for. yes, they're saying climate change is a threat, yes, we want our candidates to acknowledge that. they're not necessarily wedded to something like the green new deal. i thought the abortion numbers were really interesting. that's something that not only comes from the federal government. but obviously a lot of action in stat...

Is a failed political strategy. >> failed political strategy, jonathan. they are taking on joe biden on the issue of electability which is fascinating. >> i think it's safe to say that those barbs were aimed at joe biden. you're very observant, john, to point that out. they don't want to say joe biden's name explicitly because it's too early in the game and they don't want the mud to splash back on them. if you look at the cross-tabs of this iowa poll and look at the self-described liberal voter in iowa, you see buttigieg, sanders, warren and bide all bunched up. they're all trying to cut that...

Leyla santiago in cedar rapids, thank you very much. with me now is ron brownstein, senior editor for "the atlantic" and senior political analyst, as well as jackie al mainy from the author of the must-read "washington post" daily newsletter. thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> we have seen the latest iowa polling that shows that joe biden is still very much in the lead. but the lead is shrinking. he is not at that dinner today. he has an excuse. he's at his granddaughter's graduation. how important is this dinner for those other 19 candidates, not just introducing themselves, but trying to...

Coddle them? great election message for the president to run on. >> jon: she has gazed out on the field. bernie sanders incredible shrinking candidate is your fox news opinion piece. why he won't be the dem nominee. >> look at the fox news poll. when you go into the cross tabs bernie sanders doesn't have the support of the very folks who will determine the nomination and the general election. >> sandra: this number fox news polling on nominee preference. joe biden is pulling 35%. that is up from where he was march 2019. he is gaining a few points but clearly the frontrunner. bernie sanders sti...