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Today, she's in the all-important primary state of iowa, impossible to miss that significance. cnn political reporter maeve reston is just north of des moines and joins us now. maeve? >> reporter: hey, erica. so kamala harris was here today, talking to young voters and really voters of all ages on a community college campus. early voting, as kyung mentioned, is also underway here in iowa. right behind me, there's a very slow trickle of people headed in there. but that's why, ostensibly, kamala harris was here today, to really generate the vote, generate the enthusiasm, get people out to vote. ...

Democrats with an opportunity. a couple months ago you never would have said that in this district. how about utah's 4th district? utah, one the most red states in the country. and yet today look at this, mia love, the republican, tied there. the key there, utah, this is a state as red states go very trump-phobic i think you can see. evan mcmullen the third-party candidate in utah got 25% of the vote a couple years ago. trump's worst primary state. this is the least conservative district in utah. mia love in trouble out there. on paper doesn't make sense. west virginia is third. trump won this...

Have to distance yourself from him. >> donald trump will not carry the majority of the state. you'll have to get some other voters. there's not a republican majority that will win in a contested primary state or in a general election. rick scott has been eight years as governor. he's been tremendously focused on jobs and diversionification of the florida economy. there's a lot of people who thinks it would have been a much tighter race. >> a quarter of the voters are registered as independents. those voters have tended to go republican. the latest poll are showing them lean democratic. that ha...

Mitchell. she join us live now from the new yorker hotel in manhattan. what are you hearing behind the scenes? just what is the overall reaction, this devastating loss for her? >> shock, disappointment, bereavement. staff members crying. if you can see around me, the rows here of seats are filled with longtime supporters. ambassadors, former diplomats, friends, supporters, donors, longtime hillary clinton pals. groups of women who have come to every rally and every major primary state who travel frequently with her. and then surrounding that and in the balconies are staff members. they are jus...

Clinton on the stump for his wife hillary, and sans hillary, too, and doing it without hillary and the first in the campaign. this is the key primary state the of new hampshire where he is, and he spoke a few moments ago about this race. >> sometimes i follow this debate in the presidential elections, and especially when i watch the other guys debating, and i think this, you know, i don't fit anymore. first of all, i'm a happy grandfather, and i'm not mad at anybody. and secondly, i thought that the elections were more of a job interview. >> and now joining in dana bash and brianna keeler who ...