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Past two months, a 16-point percent increase. and you look at elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, they've dropped a few points each. buttigieg has been pouring a lot of resources into the state. he has over 100 staff efers on ground there, 22 field offices. last night pete buttigieg was asked to respond to this. take a listen. >> that's extremely encouraging, obviously. we have felt a lot of momentum on the ground. even thousand we knnow we know well known as my competitors. it's encouraging, but at the same time there is a long way to go. >> reporter: one more interesting point in that poll ...

Was nudging him to run. for obama's inner circle the judge might have been an all out push. people like david axelrod, valerie jarrett, have made no secret of their belief that patrick is the natural continuation of the obama legacy. meantime some believe if cory booker and kamala harris continue stalling and polls, duval patrick could be an attractive alternative to joe biden who continues to get bogged down in questions about his son hunter's involvement with the ukrainian energy company and today biden was asked about his son being on the gop wishlist to testify at the impeachment inquiry. ...

Brings a tear to the eye. that's when you know you'll be able to make it. that's when you'll know. but it's hard and it gives me some -- it gives me some sense of purpose whenelp. >> what do you think of that? what do you think -- how is that connected with caucus goers in iowa? >> well, i think it's a way -- a really powerful way that the former vice president has connected with iowans here. you know, this is kind of a campaign trail staple of his. sometimes he'll ask people to raise hands if they've lost loved ones to cancer or other illnesses, it's immediately connecting that takes people a...

Options. in some respects i think the voters are responding to it, those who agree with joe biden. but there's been some criticism of it as being a sexist way of attacking her, that she's angry and that she is, you know, condescending in a way that a criticism that may not be levied against a man. we're going to wait and see how they play out over the next couple of weeks. >> absolutely. and there was a really touching and deeply emotional moment during the town hall when joe biden talked about the encounterers that encounters he has on the trail with caucus goers and people about loss and gri...

He should jump in. this that is in addition to the moves that former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is weighing as he is thinking of the same. joining me now, breanne. it's great to see you again. >> thanks for having me. >> of course. how is this back and forth between biden and warren playing among democratic voters in iowa? what do you hear about this? >> well, there's a real tension among likely democratic caucus goers right now over healthcare and really the two visions of it that they're presenting, whether it's the all-in medicare for all that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders ...