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Cory booker in iowa. he is hosting a meet and greet in marshalltown. after a busy day and a half. campaigning in that crucial state. so let's begin. in massachusetts, with cnn's mj lee, live from lawrence, where elizabeth warren officially made her announcement. describe what it was like. >> reporter: well, fred, the 2020 field just grew by one with elizabeth warren making it official. for anyone who wasn't able to tune in to the speech, they should know we are outside of an old textile mill here in lawrence, massachusetts. this is the site of the historic 1912 bread and roses labor strike. th...

>> the team is out with presidential hopefuls. rebecca buck is in iowa, political correspondent mj lee in massachusetts. >> let's begin in lawrence, massachusetts with mj lee. good morning to you. what are you seeing there this morning? >> reporter: good morning, guys. in just about an hour, we expect to see elizabeth warren take the stage behind me and formally announce she's running for president. just so viewers know where we are now, we're standing outside an old textile mill. this is the site of a historic 1912 labor strike led by workers, mostly women and immigrants to protest wage cuts....

Side. we know that senator warren is preparing to give a speech. we are standing outside of an old textile mill in lawrence, massachusetts. this you might know is the site of a historic 1912 labor strike. she will talk about things like worker rights, corruption in government and racial economic discrimination. i should note that she tweeted that she's on her way in the car with her husband driving the car and the dog in the back seat. we could see her any moment now. >> we'll come back to you when that happens. thank you so much. let's check in with cnn rebecca buck in marshall town, iowa whe...

Assembling television sets. last month, element shocked the tiny town of winnsboro by announcing it was shutting down blaming trump's proposed tariffs which the company says will make its tvs too expensive. cnn reached out to element electronics but they have not responded to multiple requests. >> any time jobs are lost there is a trickle down effect where people don't have money to spend. they can't spend it. and so it affects everyone. >> winnsboro and fairfield councoun councoun county have had what is called the summer of hell, 6,000 jobs were lost then a textile mill shut down. the county...

>>reporter: good morning. it's 126 employees slated to lose their jobs. this is the last major television assembly plant in the united states. this is a town of 3300. to give you an idea, fair field county, there's 46 counties, this county already has the highest unemployment rate in the state. it's over 10%. they already lost another textile mill. now with these tariffs in place, it's the workers here that are looking to looking to be next. i want to introduce you to donald who works across the street. they told us no the to talk with the media. but i talked to donald, and he said this is con...