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First and foremost. it is early. one thing i take from the poll, gun violence is a top issue. i am running to be a champion for ending gun violence. i see an opportunity as i introduced myself to iowans, being the only candidate calling for a ban on assault weapons, with a plan to reduce gun violence. that will resonate with people across america. we are a long way from caucuses. they can expect more. >> i'm not sure they know you're their hometown boy in iowa. >> my job to make sure they do. >> do you understand the fixation on vice president joe biden? >> i don't understand many of his fixat...

What have we seen where he's changed his mind or moderated? have we seen thing at all? >> no. that idea that they would be the moderating influence on this president took a big hit yesterday the withdrawal from the ris accord. and you're right. we have yet to see any concrete proof ofthat. >> is that just a narrative they would like to have out there? >> that they've worked very hard to put out there at times. i think regardless of the sort of fixation on who was up, who was down, who the president is listening to at any given moment, we know that he listens to a lot of people inside the admin...

Success. so what's happened is in the last 15 years, first no child left behind, then race to the top. we've boiled kids down to a test score. teachers to algorithms. we've had this fixation on sanctioned based upon test rather than fixating on children. and the public is saying in a big neon light "stop it, already:" >> so where is that energy going to go in the democratic primary? you have already endorsed hillary clinton. >> so one of the things she said early on which really -- which our leadership said, wow, she said "stop scapegoating teachers for the ills of society." and she -- you kno...

Can actually ascertain student success. so what's happened is in the last 15 years, first no child left behind, then race to the top. we've boiled kids down to a test score. teachers to algorithms. we've had this fixation on sanctioned based upon test rather than fixating on children. and the public is saying in a big neon light "stop it, already:" >> so where is that energy going to go in the democratic primary? you have already endorsed hillary clinton. >> so one of the things she said early on which really -- which our leadership said, wow, she said "stop scapegoating teachers for the ills ...

That should be focused on. >> sometimes older white male republican, they believe that's the whole party. maybe this would be a hip thing. i'm not saying i agree with it one way or another but interesting to watch the politics of it. fixation on hillary clinton out of this world quite literally. the magazine portraying hillary as her own planet hovering in the universe. that is a good -- i'm all for women looking good, i just don't think that is a good depiction of her. are we supposed to get a greater meaning, people will gravitate toward her for christmas. >> they will. in 2008 we thought ...