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results are available at c-span.org. it does get confusing, but you have to get 15% threshold in order to be viable. ouports would go somewhere else. we expect to get the official results coming from the iowa democratic partyhi a half hour. all of it available at c-span.org. david is a longtime iowa reporter. in a q&a program with c-span, he explained the results that will becoming in tonight. >> caucuses have always been criticized, convoluted and counting system. it is complicated. it is not a binary, which is very clean. numbers are counted. these votes are strong votes on the republican side. they put a slip of paper in a box and then count it. the democratic side is the initial preference of this. it is very confusing. there are a couple thousand precincts. there are all counts of opportunities or accounts to go wrong. that is one of the criticisms that have been made. both parties in the state have tried to get it right and accurate, verifiable. there is not much tolerance for error in the way we tabulate of elections in america after the year 2000. , so the standards are a little different than they were in 76 or 1984. john glenn finished way back in the pack. the democratic party said, we are for sure mondale won and gary hart came in second, but after that we are not so sure. that is terrible. they left john glenn by the roadside when he may in fact have done better than the reporting. both parties are really watched pretty closely for how they tabulate the votes. not only how quickly they get them, but making sure they declare the white -- the right winner. you can go back and get a recount. you mess up a caucus count, you cannot go back and take back the time magazine cover the candidate was denied. >> that is from david yepsen. and we sought -- we sat down with them for part of q&a's program. things are clearing up quickly. the associated press with a tweet, the iowa democratic party official saying an early issue with the mobile app, designed to report the results, will not hinder the iowa caucus process. there is this tweet, most of the iowa caucus is still going on based on the utter lack of results. the iowa democratic party will result -- will give all results at once from precincts as the data rolls in. we will monitor inside valley high school. earlier we were in milo, iowa, which is 45 minutes to an hour south of des moines. part of there rural state that went heavily for donald trump. the caucus we were covering is a suburban mix of demographic voters in polk county. we will continue to watch this. a reminder, we will have the results as they come in from the iowa democratic party. by the speakers -- speeches the top candidates. our coverage continues here on c-span. >> just email it. let's meet in the middle. >> i am the distribution group. when you guys send a message, i don't know who they are from. >> ok. i would say, let's have a pizza night. oh my goodness. you guys did great. >> thank you. thank you. >> we work until 10:00 to get all of this paperwork stuff done. i remember that. >> ok. >> the vote tabulation continues at valley high school in west a. our phone minds are open. >>your reaction to what you saw tonight. 20274889014 republicans. every four years, iowa is the first in the nation caucus. we will go back to david yepsen who explains the who explains the significance and history of the iowa caucuses as we await the results from tonight. dark who explains co. why is iowa fra cultural standpoint a cultural state? >> it has been that way for many years going back to 1916. it is just the way the two parties have chosen to organize themselves. you have the basic element of government, the precinct, and that is simply the way iowa has always done it. 1972 whenimportant in it became early, the earliest. it is important because it is early. it is not early because it is important. >> that is from david yep sent who is the host of iowa press. we will continue to monitor at valley high school. the caucus organizers going through the numbers. towill phone in the numbers the iowa democratic party. let's once again listen in. >> i thought that just the --ographics of the precinct there would be more people my agethen there were -- my than there were. .h, god >> take care. 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[indiscernible] >> the tabulation continues. brian connolly who we talked to at the start of the program is the caucus chair. he will at some point phone in the results. there are some results on the republican caucuses with donald trump winning overwhelmingly. he faced two contenders, joe walsh and bill weld. the president getting over 18,000 votes. that translates to about 97% compared to 1.3 percent for a bill weld and the same for former congressman joe walsh those from the iowa republican party. we will go to andrew who is joining us from arkansas. independent line. >> are there other parties holding caucuses? >> not that i aware of. the democrats and republicans holding tonight. >> i did have -- one nice thing about the caucus is one last grassroots opportunity to persuade people because i think they are allowed to have literature and talk about their primaryes unlike a where you go into a voting booth and cannot have that kind of literature. host: this is organized by the political parties. we'll go to michael in chicago, democrats line. i watched the coverage. i found it to be very interesting. i would like to see more local coverage outside of the presidential caucus on c-span. i found it to be very interesting to see how the process plays out. host: did it all makes sense? it does get confusing when you are talking about a 15% threshold. did it make sense to you? caller: i studied a bit what was going to happen. during the process, it seems like it did not make sense to anyone even the guy leading it. host: there he is right now. he is making a phone call. let's listen in. >> that i see you? -- did i see you? [indiscernible] host: the democratic party also putting together an app. this is from cbs news. most of the caucus participants identified as liberal including a quarter who called themselves very liberal. a third were moderate or conservative. biden vice president joe was not viable, so the question is, what does that mean in terms of the overall results? chris is on the phone in cleveland. republican line. what have you seen so far? caller: that must be a mistake. i am a democrat. sorry. never actually seen a caucus before. it is neat to see how everyone is moving aground -- moving around. it is so fluid. think the polling could go out the window. if a candidate does not hit 15%, they are done for. it will help boost other candidates or take other candidates down. it is a marvel of democracy. host: thank you for tuning in on c-span. the more rural caucus aired on c-span two that wrapped up a short while ago. linda in pennsylvania. good evening. go ahead please. we will go to tom in branson, missouri. caller: yes, sir. i know there is a lot of farmland up in iowa. for president trump to pass that far made bill was a big -- farm aid bill. iowa andyou live in participated in the caucuses, we would love to hear from you. 748 phone number is 202 8902. how is it going? what we have seen so far is a caucus at a local level. through all of the research i am trying to do online, i hear that they are always reporting on the local level, but through watching your program, delegates are now going to either both the county and state level on the democratic side. i am curious -- excuse me -- how likely are the delegates to shift their preference for candidacy at the next level and then the state level? has it happened before? has there been an early front-runner? later on?een changed your thoughts? host: are you still with us? caller: did i lose you? host: go ahead. --ler: basically, what have what i've seen on a local level -- everything i have tried to look at and then my research in terms of how caucuses work, but through watching your program, what i see are delegates moving to the next level. what i mean by the next level is county level and then state level after that. i'm curious as to the likelihood of candidates to choose at that level. have there been front runners that have changed later on? host: i will leave it there. my job is not to explain. what i can tell you is this is the first step in the process. it will go to the county and state conventions. delegates will not be awarded until june. if you're a delegate for a candidate who has dropped out, you can go to another candidate, which is not unusual. next up is marcus in houston, texas. independent line. good evening, marcus. caller: how are you guys doing? westched your coverage of des moines. i was a little confused at the end. i guess they appropriated the delegates. it was something like, i do not have my numbers right bernie sanders had 99. the next two candidates had 70 something. host: stay on the line. we have that moment. let me show that to you. we will come back and get your response. >> if i could get the final bernie wasndidate, 99. elizabeth warren came up with 76. [applause] buttigieg 73. amy klobuchar, 57. results fromre the one precinct, one location in west des moines. a mix of urban and suburban caucus voters. marcus, your response. guess the three top candidates received three delegates at that particular location and the fourth-place one received two. the math of it did not make sense to me because 99 versus 25% then?what in other 26 or 27% over the next one. you know, fortysomething over the last. how do you get 3, 3, and two? host: i understand what you are saying. what will happen is these precinct delegates will go to the caucus location and then ultimately, they will go to the state convention to award what will be a total of 49 delegates from iowa that will go to the democratic party convention. need 1990 to get the nomination. this is the very first step in the process. go from the precinct to the county level next. caller: so that is where the actual individual account become more important? host: exactly. and then you have to assume there may be some candidates who may drop out between now and june. caller: got it. that helped a little bit. thank you. host: we will go to gym next in california. caller: thank you very much for taking my call. the caucus is fascinating. though innt is it anything? it seems to have so much of an impact. i am waiting for the results to come in and see what the impact is going to be. care forreally much caucuses. the idea is wonderful if it is like a town hall meeting in vermont or something. i am not sure it translates up. ultimately, i do not know as i say, the relevance of it in terms of picking candidates and yet, it has become more and more important over the years. it did not mean much back in the 1960's. by now, it is absolutely vital. the other point i want to make as i was making -- i was watching c-span earlier today and there was joe walsh at a walsh at a table talking to one guy. there were two reporters the other end of the table. i think trump got 97% of the caucus votes on the republican side. interesting. thank you very much. host: our colleague ben o'connell on the ground in west des moines indicating that brian connolly does not have a phone number to call in with the results. this is a process that is very grassroots. we heard from the associated press that there was a problem with the app that was used by some locations. that could be part of the reason why there was a delay. we will continue with your phone calls. we will have the results as they come in. we will also have the speeches by the candidates. you are positioned at a number of campaign headquarters across the greater des moines area. ine of the senators were washington for the impeachment hearing. pete buttigieg headquarters were located at drake university. senator amy klobuchar was in the des moines marriott in downtown day morning. senator bernie sent -- downtown des moines. senator bernie sanders was at the holiday inn. biden vice president joe who is also at drake university. positioned toe show you the speeches. we will have them in their entirety and the results. in the meantime, let's hear from you. jim jim is up next from iowa. jim is up next from iowa. caller: i was just calling in to let everyone know what we see in iowa. i caucused at a location where we had about 30 people present. townmparison to another that is only 10 minutes away, a much larger turnout. group elizabeth warren's not even a viable at our location, but 10 minutes away, she had almost 47% of the vote. really analyzing this at one to get you not going a lot of information. it is going to be an interesting night as we see this come in. host: thanks for the call. michael in michigan. good evening. caller: first, i want to thank you for running this live report from the caucus. it was exciting to see this for the first time. on the one hand, it was great to see democracy in action. i am in my 60's. i am excited to see so many people under my age active. we really need to go to a and let primary one day the states decide whether they want to do caucuses or primaries, but i do not think iowa -- but iowa is a great state. it is exciting to see them participating, but it is not representative of the country. it would be much better -- we have been talking about this for a few decades to go to a national primary. host: thank you. a handful of people left at valley high school. brian connolly is still working through the numbers and making sure all of the information is sent to the iowa democratic party. jonathan martin from the new york times reporting the iowa democrats expecting at least some of the results at 9:00 central. that is about 10 minutes away. 10:00 here in the east. go to susan in colorado. -- let's go to susan in colorado. caller: hi, thank you. i wanted to say first off, thank you for the coverage. greatly appreciate having the exposure to the iowa caucuses. never having seen it firsthand, i was curious about it. this is my second time watching it. the first time was a little bit confusing. tonight, it was very clear. i got inspired because it was great to see so many people from a community come out and exercise their responsibility, their privilege to vote and participate in the election process. for me, that was heartening because we are so divided, and we tend to rely on headlines for our information. assee people coming together a community and participating was very helpful to see how transparent it is and that we can still agree on our democratic process. i just wanted to say thank you. i really enjoyed seeing the coverage tonight. host: thank you very much. kind of a lonely room right now with the caucus organizer. you sell some video earlier. it was full with participants. i want to share some early results. these are mostly from satellite caucus locations including outside iowa here in washington, d.c. one in minnesota. a couple overseas including in london and paris. results showing a few hundred votes total. only 1% of the caucus participants. the former mayor of south bend, indiana in the lead. 700 12 votes followed by senator 23%.e sanders at just over former vice president joe biden at 19 and a half percent. elizabeth warrant -- senator elizabeth warren at 16.1% or about 428 votes. this is a very small percentage. mostly satellite caucus locations. let's go to mike in new jersey. are you with us? please go ahead. caller: my name is frank, not mike. host: hello, frank. caller: yeah. i believe in the caucuses to a certain extent, but i agree with one of the previous people speaking. i am a republican. shouldo donald trump they think he is doing -- donald trump. i think he is doing a great job as president. primary isationwide probably the best thing because that will give us real results. the caucuses in different places just give you what is in that town in that state. read.tough to i cannot understand some of it. that the republican caucuses is the same way. i believe it should be nationwide. i think donna -- i think donald trump would carry the whole state, the whole country on the republican side. it is just to say that some of the stuff going on that i disagree with like the impeachment. the lies and stuff the democratic organization was giving to discredit trump even before he became president. let the man do his job. he got elected. let him do his job. host: mike, thanks for the call option we will have live coverage of -- for the call. we will have live coverage of the state of the union address. by thell be followed democratic response. wednesday on c-span2, the senate will be expected for the acquittal of the president. we are in new hampshire with event coverage tomorrow. we will be with the former vice president joe biden, with the sanders campaign, and the warren campaign. this is from cnn. a tweet earlier saying the cnn entrance polls showing 56% of caucus-goers supported clinton in 2016. 30% percentage -- 30% supported sanders. buttigieg leaves -- buttigieg leads. sanders leads with first-time caucus-goers. would a judge coming in second. -- buttigieg coming in second. joyce from western iowa. did you caucus tonight? caller: i am afraid i did not. it is 25 miles away. i do not care to drive after dark. thank you for broadcasting this. i think it is an excellent thing for our democracy, especially at the grassroots level. this is incredibly refreshing after the last couple weeks in washington. this is wonderful grassroots democracy. comment about the lack of diversity here. we worry that state that put barack obama forward -- we were the state that put barack obama forward. we have a republican party. we have a democratic party. we do not need a black party, a woman's party, or a party. we have republicans and democrats. that is our diversity. identity politics is part of the problem rather than the solution. this is so refreshing. host: what was your overall take in watching the back-and-forth in the different campaigns? caller: i think it is kind of fun to watch them when they try to take people over when they do not have viability. host: thanks for the call. we will go to michael joining us in florida. good evening. caller: hi, how are you doing? host: fine. how are you? caller: thank you for taking my call. i was watching your broadcast from west des moines. i think it is great the people out and support their candidates. there were two things i noticed on your broadcast that through me back. that was, it was my understanding out and support tr candidates. that when they have the first vote and people are not viable, they are supposed to move to another candidate. is that correct? host: right, you have to get a 15% threshold. caller: exactly, but the gentleman that counted -- they had 44 votes for amy klobuchar. the people behind them were the amy supporters. they did not move to other candidates. toy stood there and tried call people to their side even though they did not get the threshold. the only had 44. the gentleman allowed them to recount. the second count was 57. the biden people also did not want to move, but the gentleman walked over to the table and told them, you either have to or moveck up your card, to a viable candidate. those people were leaving. captain,rter asked the what are you going to do now? -- said, since biden did not did not have enough votes, she was going to go to another state she said, i'm going to go to nevada. how can somebody from iowa go to and vote in another caucus? host: we do not have a reporter. what you saw was totally organic. what use -- and vote in another caucus? host:organizers and democratic y activists and brian connolly. caller: i am watching him. he is still on the video. i do not understand why amy klobuchar had only 44 votes, and he led them recount and get 57 be viable again. -- i am sorry? two delegates. mind, the in delegates are at the precinct level. then it goes to the county level. then it goes to the state level. this is the beginning of the process in iowa. waser: yeah, but the point she was not viable after the first count, but he allowed them to count again. i agree with the gentleman they should just have a national vote. host: the caller from michigan. althougheah because -- it is great people come out and thingspate, those two that i had kind of had the endedon -- amy klobuchar up getting two. i appreciate you taking my call. host: it does get kind of confusing. it is 10:00 here in washington, d.c. and 9:00 in iowa. the results should be coming in within the hour. expect to hear from the candidates. we are positioned across the greater des moines area where most of the candidates are positioned for the speeches. any of the senators heading to new hampshire before returning to iowa. let's listen to bill in latham, new york, democrats line. good evening, bill. caller: good evening a couple questions. the ones that are not viable, they can make a candidate viable. that is like klobuchar was made viable because they had 109 votes that were not viable and they had enough to make her viable. the other thing i was watching is the reason there were only three delegates for bernie is they have to round up the ones closest to the next number, get it first, and bernie was the furthest away of the three rounded up. that is why it was 3, 3, 3, 2. i guess you guys didn't in point those things out. -- didn't point those things out. that's why bernie only got three. he was the furthest away from four. host: what do you think of the caucus process versus the primaries? caller: i think caucus's are good because it is a social network that this country lacks. this country tends to be very isolated. we all go independently to vote. we might talk to some people when we go in but it looks like there is a much more conversation about -- among people in iowa than other states where you go and vote and you drive off in your car. host: thanks very much for the call. we appreciated. we will go to jack in los angeles. did you watch the caucuses tonight on c-span or cspan 2? caller: this is the first time i have ever seen a caucus. host: what did you think? my democratic heroes, will rogers who we lost in 1935 -- host: i think i know what you are going to say. [laughter] caller: pardon? i'm sure you do. i was called to chicago to help break up the riots, the democratic riots. i can't forget the words of will rogers. he said i'm proud to say that i'm not a member of any organized political party. host:. i'm a democrat caller: i'm a democrat. when i watch the goings-on on tv tonight, that rings true. i think you so much. host: thank you. be two setsing to of numbers coming out of the iowa democratic party. the first round for those who were at the caucuses, even if you did not get the 15% threshold, and in the second thed, the final results, final alignment of the results from the iowa caucuses, you have to hit the 15% threshold to be viable. the delegate equivalent supporting a candidate would be determined as the final alignment of the results from the iowa the process continues to unfold. 49 delegates total given to the democrats when this is all said and done. 1990 needed to get the democratic nomination in milwaukee when they meet this july. some early results, most of those from the satellite precincts numbers coming in. you can see with 2% reporting, senator bernie sanders at 25.2%. followed by elizabeth warren at 20.9%. pete buttigieg third at 18.8%. former vice president joe biden fourth at 14.1%. translating to really just a few thousand votes coming in. a lot more to talk about as more returns come in across the state. there are 99 counties in iowa and more than 1600 precincts costs -- precincts caucusing tonight. melissa, cleveland, tennessee. caller: hi, how are you? i flip back and forth between c-span and cspan 2. because i wanted to see the small town. host: what did you think of the one in milo? caller: i liked that, even though they had difficulty figuring out what 15% of 55 was. host: we got the same thing. caller: yeah. host: and we should point out, that his warren county. that is an area that went for donald trump. it went for her earlier he clinton in 2016 in the caucuses. i love the process. it is a lot of fun and it reminded me of my father's old statement, he used to call i love thepolitics the great an contact sport. it was a little bit symbolic to me. but it was a lot of fun. i have to agree with an earlier these needsaid that to be covered like caucuses on local elections. because that is really where politics start. people see this stuff as going on locally, then they started running. it would be a good idea to start showing some of the more local things that are slightly different than sitting in a booth. host: thank you for the call. some information on warren county. this is a rural part of this state, agriculture and farming. big issues in milo. a population of just about 700 residents. it is a county -- a caucus -- an area that went for hillary clinton back in 2016. we have it on the screen. it went for donald trump in the general election. let's go to catherine who is joining us from georgia. good evening, kathryn. caller: hello? host: go ahead. caller: this is my first time watching a caucus on tv. one of the reasons i was interested in it is my oldest daughter moved out to des moines a few years ago and this was going to be her first time voting their. -- there. she goes, do you know anything about a caucus? i didn't and was trying to help her. in the end, she decided not to go because she had two small children and didn't have anybody to watch them. i just remember the last few months watching these candidates and how hard they have been out there campaigning, and one of them even came to her door, she told me, it was senator warren. know, she decided not to go, and she did call to see if there was another way she could vote other than going there because she could not take her small children for that long of a time. host: right. caller: i just wonder, i mean, yes, it is a nice hometown kind of thing, but i just wonder how many people choose not to vote -- and youate in know, with these candidates spending all that much money and time and effort, i just kind of see a lot of people probably not voting that may be might have voted. host: just keep this in mind, of the democrats, only two have won the iowa caucuses and gone on to win the presidency. jimmy carter who technically came in second in 1976. they declared him the winner in the iowa caucuses. and then of course, barack obama. those are the only two democrats who have won the iowa caucuses and gone on to win the presidency. caller: yeah. and i see that. but i just think there is a lot of, you know, people that might devote that are not voting. host: very good. thanks very much for the call. itcus is an indian term, means tribal meeting with leaders of the tribe. now of course, it is what is happening in iowa, first of the caucuses. next week, the new hampshire primary and then onto south carolina and nevada before super tuesday. 16 states with primaries on that date. next is kathleen joining us from salem, massachusetts. good evening. caller: good evening. thank you, c-span. i don't know a lot about caucuses, i'm learning. although i have to -- i'm learning. it is a great civics lesson for everyone and i hope the school kids got to see it. however, i do think it lets us open -- the people that are going to these caucuses, i think it is a lot of things i can go wrong. additions, like someone said, they could not figure what 15% of 55 was. in a lot of errors could happen even more so than if you had a regular primary. i think all the primaries should be one day around the country on a weekend or a holiday that everybody is off, there is no excuse. and i also wanted to say that trump is always talking about -- he is any which trial. well, i'm from salem, massachusetts this is not a which trial. i wanted to say i'm not a republican, but mr. wells was our governor and i would rather see mr. weld than donald trump. it is a sad day for america for that reason. host: donald trump overwhelmingly winning the iowa caucuses with 97% of the vote. very vic -- very, very distant second and third for joe weld and joe walsh. you can see the reports from the iowa republican party. 75% reporting. president trump getting over 25,000 votes and only a few hundred for joe walsh and bill weld. to explain how these caucuses work, if you don't meet a certain threshold, you want to take other supporters and, bring them to your side here's one of those moments for the klobuchar campaign at valley high school in west des moines. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43,, 40, 44, 45, 46. 47, 48. >> two more. >> two more. two more. two more. two more. two more! one more! one more! one more! one more! one more! one more! >> i got you. >> 49. >> i'm not sure you counted me. i don't think you got me counted just now. host: the moments at valley high school in most des moines -- in west des moines. a chance for the campaigns to organize at the grassroots level and make sure they have that 15% viability in order to proceed. this is the scene at the campaign headquarters across the greater des moines area. the pete buttigieg campaign. the andrew yang campaign which is at the iowa event center. also the amy klobuchar campaign which is at the des moines marriott in downtown des moines. the sanders campaign is at the holiday inn. senator elizabeth warren at the fourth bank -- fourth banquet. in the biden campaign also at drake university. we will have the speeches by the candidates as they come in. you can see the supporters are beginning to gather. now a chance to hear from you. montgomery, alabama. good evening. caller: good evening. tonight is very important for all of america because basically, it is the first round of voting. we get to see who are the grassroot candidates and who are the established candidates. we get to see who can do a lot with a little as far as campaign whoing or organizing, and are the well-established candidates that are just favorites. tonight is very important for everyone, whether you are democrat or republican, because he get to see how the winners carry themselves. what is the message moving forward? are they presidential? and we also get to see the losers. how they carry themselves. do they have the fight in them to continue? because americans love a fight. host: and who is your candidate? caller: i'm leaning very heavily toward donald trump. being a black voter in alabama, i know it is -- a kind of sounds bizarre, but he has the record. he has done the work. apart from politics, just look at what he has done. i think it has been very successful. his message of america first appeals to me because i would rather spend billions of dollars in this country instead of building nations overseas. for me tonight, it is important to see who are the other candidates? as far as the undercurrent of tonight. did the bernie sanders supporters feel like they have got a fair shake tonight? do the war and supporters, are they identical to the sanders supporters? what is the difference? what is the appeal? and for pete buttigieg, what is his appeal? because obviously, the numbers are showing that he does have support. he has grassroot movements. he has done the work to get his name out there. that is very impressive. but can he appeal across the board to a whole wide range of people as far as the coalition? and get it done to earn my support in november? i'm leaning toward donald trump. but, anyone who has the best message, the best path forward to a successful future for myself and this country, give them a fair shape. give them equal time to state their case. host: ok. (202) 748-8002. if you live in iowa, we would love to hear about your experiences caucusing tonight. we are awaiting the results from the state democratic party. this is different from a primary in terms of where the results come in. they come from the parties themselves. not the secretary of state that handles primaries. annamarie kok increasing 41 with this tweet. 102 to by this 15 short. spontaneous eruption of taunting and hyping. a lot of questions in terms of where the former vice print -- what the vice president will do. he first ran in 1988. and then again in 2008. and now of course in 2020. john is joining us from south dakota. did you watch any of the caucuses tonight? caller: know, unfortunately i did not get a chance to. i was at a high school function here in south dakota. i'm originally from ames, iowa. host: college town. caller:? absolutely. -- yeah, absolutely. i consider myself to be a conservative democrat. but i wanted to make just a couple of comments when i heard, as i turn the tv on here, the first thing is the lady that was talking about learning about caucuses and about civics. because outaugh here in this section of the country, and i won't say it is a disrespect by the rest of the country, but we take our civics very, very seriously. i don't think there are a lot of people in this country if you ask them what the definition of civics is, they would be able to tell you that. and they don't teach you in school. the right and duties of citizenship. we take it very seriously here. i disagree with the national primary. because the national primary, and then the influences from the left coast, the east coast, all these other places, this is why the electoral college is so important. everybody has to has -- has to have a say in which the country works. a lot of people don't understand that there are a lot of hard-working people here who supply a vast majority of your food, a vast majority of the things we use on a daily basis. this process, whether it is diverse or not diverse, however you feel about it, it is a process that has to happen to give everybody in this country an opportunity to express their opinion. host: we will go to randall in san antonio, texas. good evening. caller: good evening, sir. i was listening to your footage and listening to all those people yelling. host: what did you think of that? caller: hooligans. i caucused many years ago. i lived in colorado. 2008, i remember. between president obama and clinton. and there were boo's any time people picked hillary. it is a mob mentality. when i see these things -- the previous caller made some good points. but i am dismayed that this midwestern small populated state has such a factor in who our nominee is going to be. henry doesn't think the caucuses are demo. that supported her in the primaries. and supported her in the general election and believe that she was going to be a good president and believe she was a good candidate. i don't believe the email hacking by the russians tipped the balance for the sanders campaign. and what they discovered, what some personnel in the d&c were saying about sanders making snarky comments in emails. i don't think that was a factor. i would like to use the word dog whistle. it is probably not the best term, but i think it might be appropriate. think the dog whistle is to show democrats to not support sanders. i think he might come out good today. i think he might win the caucuses. i think he would be a horrible general election candidate and a lot of people agree with her. he is a textbook curmudgeon. i think he is a snake oil salesman. i think president trump will beat him like a drum if he gets the nomination. that is why we are hearing so much about hunter biden and the constant attacks by the trump administration because they would love to go against sanders in the general election. host: thank you for the call. you saw the scene from the holiday inn in west des moines, iowa. what we are hearing is that the iowa democratic party has results. they are checking them. obviously, learning the lessons from 2016 which is why there are two sets of numbers. we will share with you the final results numbers. everything is available on the web at c-span.org. this is what we know so far with only 2% reporting. i think we have that. here it is. 2% reporting, we can show you that pete buttigieg campaign is ahead at 27.8%. followed by senator bernie sanders at 26.3%. the warren campaign at 20%. former vice president joe biden at 13.8%. these are early numbers. including in the early satellite and caucus locations. we should be getting more momentarily according to the iowa democratic party. from iowa city, jared, you are next. good evening. did you caucus tonight? caller: i did caucus tonight. i caucused in a town called morse north of iowa city. it is the grand precinct. and it was amy klobuchar. we only got one delegate to go to the county convention from our caucus. it was a very small caucus. amy klobuchar had the most support. so she won. it seemed pretty even. all of the support was even between biden, buttigieg, bernie, and elizabeth warren. it just -- seeing those results for the first time, it looks like that what is what i was thinking. it doesn't seem like anyone is going to pull away. it was a very nice event, very friendly. we all really -- it was a nice moment to sit down and talk to people we had not seen any while. i feel like the thing everybody talked about with how everyone expressed the way they think their candidates specifically can beat donald trump, and we all talked about the ways that we perceive of the other candidates as well. and how some biden supporters don't like pete or this and that or bernie and elizabeth. the one thing we really did leave with was this urgency to understand whoever the candidate is, it felt like a very united room that whoever it would be, they would support. it really seemed like -- somebody said something about how everybody looks at another candidate and thinks that they will make a mistake that will impact their lives, or they will do the wrong thing. and we all realize that no matter what that candidate does but you don't like, they will do a better job than donald trump. it was exciting. i was there for bernie. honestly thought there would be more support previously. we had a ton of people at the caucus last time for bernie. i was surprised that some of the older people do not support -- show up for bernie. so it goes. host: to is going to win tonight? caller: i am not really sure. wouldn't think -- i give a nod -- i would give a nod it. being pretty even may be the first ballot candidate, a thing bernie is going to get the vote total. allocation ofe the delegates to the county conventions and who those candidates -- those delegates represent, i don't know. on not sure how those second numbers will break down. host: what happens if the former vice president comes in fourth? caller: joe comes in fourth, i don't know. that is something we discussed. bernie has a message of labor and joe's messages also labor. there are points between all of the candidates where there is these ties that hold them altogether. thosek bernie and joe -- joe voters understood my perspective i think. i've bernie's conception of labor and the way he will help it. host: thank you for the call. ben jacobs who covers the politician for the guardian. final delegate count, 56. senator warren, five. senator sanders, five. pete buttigieg, three. karen is joining us from new york. good evening, karen. you with us? caller: yes. this is very chaotic. there was a whole group disenfranchised in the des moines caucus. there were two that did not reach -- quite reach the 50 threshold. one understoodar that they could hold together and get a few more, and they did that and they got to 50 something. the other one did not realize they have that option and they disbanded and went to other places. so that a whole group did not know that they -- didn't get their vote represented because they did not realize they could stick together and get a few more people. it is all confusing. i don't know how you get any good account out of these things. host: ok. thank you for the call. let's go to maddie in sterling, new jersey. go ahead. caller: hi. thanks for taking my call. host: you are on the air, go ahead. caller: thank you. this is my first time watching the iowa caucus. i thought it was really interesting, being from new jersey, and you go in and you vote, you don't really have to face your neighbors. but with a caucus, everybody has to basically see everybody they live around and the people they experience in their everyday lives and they debate with them to make their final decisions within the caucus. i think it is really interesting to see a community come together like that and make those decisions together. host: ok. thank you for the call. let's go to thomas in new albany, ohio. you are calling on the republican line. good evening. caller: i just wanted to say i thought the first time i was watching the caucuses and i thought it was really a cool experience to see everybody, like the last caller just said, talking to everyone. and just trying to come together and pick a candidate. awesomehought it was that c-span covered that. host: what was your take away overall? youer: my take away was, know, it think it is a great experience because you have to get along with everyone who you live with and work with. and discuss it in a more public way than just the singular way of urban america where you go in your car or in your mcmansion and you go to the polling place in an isolated place and you don't have to discuss what you vote. it seems like in iowa, you have to get out and justify, or make your second choice, which is kind of what we do in life anyway. i think it was -- it was just very fascinating to watch. host: i'm glad you enjoy it. the, caucusto watch for milo it is on our website at c-span.org. bernie jackson is covering the caucuses for hearst new pays -- newspapers and is joining us on the phone as we look at the scenes from the hamp -- the campaign headquarters. what are you hearing at this hour? >> there is still a lot of uncertainty at this hour. we are waiting for the numbers to come in. there are whispers of who is ahead. but we are hearing from caucus-goers. it is a wide range of who people are supporting. one thing one of your caller said earlier that we have consistently heard his people say no matter who wins, even if it is not the candidate that they are caucusing for tonight, they will support whoever moves forward when it comes to the democratic nomination. they just want someone that can beat president trump. that is something we have heard consistently from caucus-goers tonight. numbers,ed on early and i want to caution that these are very early numbers, it appears as if the former vice president joe biden is going to come in third or possibly fourth. if the numbers hold true. brie: yeah, and like you said, those are early numbers. we still have it here at the media headquarters, we have not seen any official numbers come in. obviously, for the biden is -- that would be tough news for them. that is something that they would not want to hear. we have heard joe biden being a front runner throughout this election cycle. and so for early numbers to come in and if he continues to be more of on the third or fourth place, that is something that their campaign is going to have to evaluate. host: we are talking to bree jackson from hearst television. for years ago, the results were coming in much quicker than they are tonight. it is 10:30 p.m. in the east, 9:30 in des moines. what is the hold up? brie: you know, it is hard to say what the holdup is. i know they have had some issues with their app. we were talking with some of the officials in iowa. they were saying the app issue was for that issue. interesting part is that they made changes to the process this year so it would only be two rounds. they did that to streamline the not really think the information on saturday as planned. because it was a disappointment for some people. it is something that they have put out for decades. in some cases,s something thatt it was not widespread. with caucus-goers that we have talked with, they have not brought that up as much. we are waiting and there is a delay in the returns. out whenying to figure we might get these results. do you have any insight? no. we are waiting for them to come in. he looked up at the screen and we do not have any new information. side.o on the republican we are not getting much of any updates yet. host: thank you for being with us in des moines. know.ow what we we are waiting for returns. there is a delay from the democratic party. once we get the numbers, we will have them for you. in the meantime, let's hear from you. >> how are we doing today? host: how are you? >> i am good. i am a democrat and this year i am going republican. i just feel like we do not have a chance. there is just no wrong he has done. as a person, him but as far as running the country, he is doing a good job. did you vote for four young -- years ago? >> i voted for hillary. done,at i see what he has i cannot go against him. the: a quick note after iowa caucuses, we are on to new hampshire. the results from the new hampshire primary. we are partnering with wmu are for coverage in the evening and we will come on live with each is from the candidate. tomorrow is the state of the union address. the final vote expected to acquit the president and his impeachment trial. >> how are you? host: good. how about you? caller: i actually worked the caucuses out in nevada in 2016, so watching the iowa caucuses has been a little familiar but also different. host: how is it different? caller: we did it on a saturday and 10:00 in the morning was the start time. ,here are some similarities since it is a finite amount of time that you have to be there. it is important to get your alignments done quickly. lines and transportation is always an issue. coordinating that is always important. i would say that some of the differences this year, but i appreciate in particular, they have made changes that i think is positive. they are reporting the numbers from the first and second rounds, not just giving you the delegate counts, but the vote tallies. they are keeping the written preference cards, which is new. it adds a layer of accountability, so if we have a situation where there are contested numbers, they have that available to them. i think that is why it has taken longer to get the numbers because they have to double check these things. you have the physical cards. i do not know if they are preemptively counting them. host: as a veteran of the nevada caucuses, do you like that or the primary? caller: i do not know which one i would say i like better. to beingare close choice voting, so i appreciate that in a sense because it is an opportunity to help people flesh out, if it is not the person i was leaning towards, what are my options to hear from supporters for this candidate and potentially be brought about? it is almost anti-democratic because you have to physically be there and for a certain amount of time. you need babysitters for your kids, you need to be able to take off work. i appreciate that some states have some outreach satellite locations at all of the casinos for casino workers in vegas. iowa did a few satellite locations for people that would be working late shift. i think that those are helpful ways to make it a better process . similar to some of those satellite caucuses, i think iowa did a good job in terms of outreach to the smaller communities. there is a lot of talk about diversity in the state, and i will not claim that they are more representative than other parts of the country, but is more diverse than people realize. ofy have done a good job putting together caucus locations inside mosques, so they can come together and represent their community, and satellite caucuses conducted in spanish for spanish speakers. if people want to have a broader sense of what it looks for these candidates in other states with diverse populations, they should be watching what is coming out of those specific satellite locations. host: next we will go to david. david? caller: yes. -- donald isat going to clean house with the democrats. happyople in iowa are not about illegal immigration. they are going to stick a fork in her. elizabeth warren is not going to go on. host: let's look at some of the early results from the satellite 2%ations with pete buttigieg reporting. about 1800 votes, 27.5%. bernie sanders is a close with senator warren and former vice president joe biden holding steady at 13.8%, but these are just a few thousand votes. from satellitee locations, including across part of europe, d.c. and other states out side of iowa. let's go to tyson. tyson? caller: good evening. thank you for c-span. i just want to say that democracy in this country is a beautiful thing. i am a republican and i was raised republican, but i have an open mind. c-span for their continuous coverage of every single aspect of every candidate, and these caucuses are interesting. you have to open your years, close your mouth and listen because each individual speaking and running, you could take something from each individual, and it is not just for this candidacy. it is a beautiful thing. i respect c-span for that. thank you for the call. we will go next to john. good evening. >> hello. there are a lot of people around the world saying, who is pete buttigieg? host: senator warren, the lead with 131 votes. caller: what a great thing you guys are doing tonight. we sat down to watch some network coverage, and what a fantastic surprise. year that sherst would vote. there was one point when amy klobuchar finally made it over the line. host: let's show you what happens. i want to get her reaction. this is the other caucus that we covered in a more rural part of the state. what is your daughter's name? get her on the phone and let's watch this. tonight i am volunteering for violent dust bernie sanders because i know that when he is in the white house, he will fight for us because he always has. midiyears ago, isla statement that we'll change is possible like making health care affordable for everyone, lowering prescription drug all,s with medicare for making big corporations and people like donald trump pay their fair shares that we can raise wages, expand social, guarantee equal pay for equal work and combat climate change. bernie sanders is the best candidate to beat donald trump because bernie has raised more money than any other candidate without any billionaire donors. every poll,rump and especially swing states. his campaign motto is not me, us. he believes the future of america should be decided right here, in this room, by us. not the wealthy and powerful. tonight we ask all of you to join our movement and win the iowa caucus and defeat donald trump and transform this country. you very much. host: one of the moments in milo, ottawa. jason, is your daughter the phone? >> hi, it is eva. caucuses were interesting to watch. i will not get the chance to see it in real life and response about the isla caucus today and my ap government class, so i was looking forward to seeing what we were talking about in class come to life in front of me. c-span made it feel organic anyway that other networks not. host: what was your take away? caller: i think that having a second option, having a number two is really important. putting all your eggs in one basket, worrying about the candidates and what you like about them is really important. just remember these are all well-rounded individuals. if you can agree with one thing one person is campaigning for and another, it is important to know your candidates. host: watching this tonight, does it make you more interested to get involved in politics? definitely. i am still deciding who i will vote for in the primaries, but this has been very insightful. i will keep watching and stay informed. host: we appreciate the phone call. in, weare just tuning are waiting, like all of you to get the results, to give you some perspective. david pointing out that we had already spoken and we are well into the celebration right now back with the obamas in 2008. we are taking your phone calls and showing you the campaign had orders. --soon as we get the results everyone is getting the same information, all the other networks as well. theident easily winning in public and caucuses with 97% of the vote. the president was in des moines last thursday. 82% of the votes in and just a few hundred for former governor wells. really no contest on the republican side. a lot of questions on what the results will be like in the early numbers. again, this is a small fraction. primarily satellite locations outside of iowa itself. let's go to nathan. i disagree with the other callers about it being fascinating. chaotic,archaic and almost frustrating for people involved. it just seems like we have a better way to conduct democracy. i think that voting should not be social like this. voting should be an individual exercise. resorting towe are this. it seems like we have evolved, so is there historic stasia? why do they continue to do it this way? have this from bloomberg news. app,ting issues using the potentially delaying the results. some of them are struggling to use the new phone application for reporting the new results. is one of then ways local officials who oversee individual caucuses are able to whichvolt -- results compiles and text of adults. they will send the results to the party via a call number. it has always been available to precinct chairs. no concerns that the results will be counted inaccurately. let's go to dan in iowa as we continue to wait. caller: how are you? tonight. the caucus im a registered republican, but i went to observe. it was really cool to see. discussion byt of average citizens who made speeches. i am not originally from isla, but i think they did a great job without any grassroots experience. how enthusiastic was it? >> there were several people there and about seven candidate represented. that biden, me bernie and pete buttigieg were the top three at the place i was at. do their negotiations after the first round and a lot dideople did sweet -- switch people when their people were eliminated or not viable, as they say. host: thank you for the call. covering the caucuses for the washington post. tell us what you know at this hour. caller: i do not know much except for what happened in pleasantville, where i watched democracy in action on a basketball court. in pleasantville. .hey divided themselves up maybe buttigieg won. they had to flip a coin to determine who got one extra delegate. host: the delay we are getting tonight on democratic party as we watched the seed. four to eight years ago, the candidates had already woken and the results were already in. it is approaching 10:00 in iowa. any indication why the delay? some people think there is a problem with cap. it sounds like it is taking longer for the results to get in. if they do not know who won, it is hard for them to eat. host: where are you tonight, physically? caller: i just arrived at the bernie sanders watch party. there are people gathering now, starting to file in. they are waiting for bernie to say whatever he has to say. it looks like a fairly large crowd for this hour. caller: they are trying to figure out how to -- how excited to be or not. host: thank you very much for being with us. caller: thank you for having me. this statement from isla democrats. timing. guidance on the the integrity of the result is paramount. we have experienced a delay due to quality checks and the fact that the iowa democratic party is reporting three data sets for the first time. around 25% of precincts have reported an early dated indicate -- clay is joining us from cascade, isla. iowa.: -- did you participate in the caucuses? caller: i sure did. i have been going to caucuses since i became eligible to vote. my impression is the same as it always has been. participate, but it is time that we gave it up. the people unable to attend because of time commitment and obviously cannot vote in advance , it is time that we gave it up, in my opinion. host: we do not know how the night will totally unfold, but a significant delay in results because of the act -- app. does this diminish the role that might play in future caucuses? definitely. the fact that we cannot get a handle on it in this state and be able to report the results add to my disgruntlement with the process. we had a statement saying that integrity of the results is paramount from ed o'keefe. emma, go ahead. emma? yes.r: minor and i am a democrat. i come from a house of wanteddents and i just to give my opinion on maureen. i am really excited and really hoping for her to win. host: thank you for the call. , curiouss gathering for when the results will come in. jim in cincinnati, ohio, you are next. caller: i just wanted to talk about tulsi gabbard. this is a huge opportunity for her. .opefully she gets some votes she could make a big statement. michael.'s go to caller: good evening. been following the politics closely. republican.tered moderate, but he does not have the passion of bernie sanders. bernie sanders has the passion, but the question is, how will he pay for all of the programs? pete buttigieg is the most moderate candidate, but he does not have the experience. this is from an independent perspective, but he stands out as the most moderate. the second point i wanted to asks, whyyone always did the polls not reflect the truth with donald trump in the previous election? i did my own pole and what happened is a lot of the people, when asked about who they voted embarrassedamed or to admit who they voted for. when you go into the pull box, people make their own to -- their own decisions. that is probably why the polls were so messed up because a lot of people would not admit that they voted for donald trump, when they did vote for donald trump. the last point i wanted to make was, where is al gore? as an independent voter, i wanted to say that i think america is looking for a moderate leader with experience. i felt that if we had died, it would be a different ballgame. host: thank you for the call. this comment from david. witnessing may be the last of the iowa caucus. let's go to colorado. are you with us? caller: i am here. i wanted to say this is a fundamental battle for the heart of our democracy. this is the first election that i will be voting in. i am voting for bernie sanders and i encourage everybody else to as well. host: let's go to you alex. i am a democrat from beenoma, but i have watching the caucus tonight on twitch tv. it has been an entertaining, interesting event so far. i never watched the caucus before until this year and it is an interesting process. it,ke the social aspect of but in the future, they should look forward to a bank twice voting system, so that they get more participation and a message ans as a whole instead of giving up a huge time commitment where people may not be able to voice their opinion. that is what i thought about tonight. host: next we will go to charles in bailey, texas. caller: i am great. i live up here in north texas right on the red river, right south of oklahoma. ago or so, i years got really discouraged and i did not know if i wanted to vote anymore, the way the country was going. recently, with the impeachment and now the caucuses , i am an old man, 72 and all of these years, i never understood what a caucus was, but i have been watching and it is very interesting. i understand now what they mean texas, it isbut in hard to find a democrat where i live. countyin an agricultural . in the 1950's, everybody were democrats. some of the things the democrats have been doing in the 1950's, y -- anyway, i guess i will get back into it again because i think we are going in the right direction now. i just hope that a lot of the schools have been showing what has been on tv for the past is very,eks because it very educational. our kids could help themselves a lot and learned a lot, if they get to see this stuff. i wanted to say good evening and i enjoy watching the returns of everybody and i wish well. i will probably vote for trump. in who i am interested might come ahead to challenge president trump. host: i want to go back to the most recent information. the integrity of the results are paramount. inhave experienced a delay the results due to the quality checks. reporting out three data sets for the first time. around 25% of precincts have reported. for 2016. on pace alsooncord monitor is contributing to fox news and a friend of this network. he is joining us live on the phone. what can you tell us? enter: i am not event where a lot of the -- media is parked. i have heard from a source close -- they areratic using this app to get the results back to the party headquarters. there might be technical difficulties that could be contributing to the delay. it makes a lot of sense. there were plenty of reports leading up to tonight that there were concerns about it and security. it looks like they are doing that old-fashioned way with calling the numbers in. these numbers should be pretty accurate. another thing that you had that i found interesting were the turnout matching 2016. that is nothing to brag about. it was way down from 240,000 back in 2008. there were a lot of people saying that a large turnout could break the 2008 turnout. that is not happening. talking about how turnout is so important. bernie sanders told his supporters that if turnout is big, we win, if it is not that big, we all win. tonight, isla -- iowa becomes a pumpkin and it is onto new hampshire. who has the ground game in new hampshire? best two campaigns with the ground game are sanders and warren campaign. fromsenators are neighboring states, they are extremely well-known. sanders won huge over hillary clinton -- hillary clinton in new hampshire. they have that advantage. if warren does not do well tonight, if she does not have a stellar performance, it is a lot on the line for her in new hampshire. she has to perform there. by then, new hampshire, he does not need to win, but he is hoping for a good performance in south carolina and nevada. he only has 9 million cash on hand. behind bernie sanders. host: pete buttigieg is in league with a small percent of the vote. bitppears to be a little stronger than people initially expected. caller: i was talking to a buttigieg campaign official and he was emphasizing how much time these been spending in counties that went for barack obama and then flipped to trump. in these parts of iowa, they are -- is campaigning there he will help him out and give him some good numbers. we will find that out later tonight. guess what? cory booker is no longer a candidate, but he won a delegate. -- they wereity not viable and decided to put their support behind bucher. michael bloomberg is waiting in the wings and putting it into the big states on super tuesday. what is his path based on what happens in iowa? caller: this has never happened before, a candidate with that much money sitting out early voting states and waiting for super tuesday? he is looking for any clear leader coming out of the first four states. again, no clear incentive. iowa hard to tell from the results, but he has the money and the organization. host: so when will he know the returns? we are all waiting. caller: i know. go back eight years. that went well past midnight. at the time, we thought romney had won, but it was rick santorum us. covering for the concord monitor, thank you for joining us live from des moines. we appreciate it. we will go back to phone calls. good evening. caller: hello and ink for taking my call. about an hour ago, i returned from a caucus in this part of town, iowa city. it was full of a lot of people. senator warren won big. third, but ie in have to agree with one caller commenting about how it feels archaic process. way toas to be a better do it than what i just experienced. it was interesting and pretty fun, it was well-run and efficient. could beeels like this the last time that we need to come up with something better. a primary would be so much simpler, in my opinion. host: 20 out that it is now 11:00 in the east and people will start going to bed. even the ultimate winner will be screwed. all expectations were that it would exceed 2008, which was nearly a quarter million. finally, from jennifer epstein, saying if i had the candidate, i would put them on the stage now because carried the beach, but we do not have the results, so i do not know what they could say. just now of the city and i live in a smaller community. i just got home little while ago. organized andll it was pleasant. we are a smaller town, so we do not have big crowds, but bernie carried it here and amy was our second place, then elizabeth and then pete buttigieg. biden was not viable at all. but it went very well. host: who did you support? caller: bernie. host: janet, go ahead. caller: thank you for what you are doing. not able to go to the caucus tonight, but i have been watching everything and i think it is so interesting. all eyes are on iowa. doingeciate everyone their duty and getting out there. i was not able to go, but i wish i could have. i am exciting -- i am excited to see the results. host: thank you for the call. from thement democratic party, the integrity of the results is paramount. we have experienced a delay due to quality checks. reporting three data sets for the first time. next is patricia. caller: hello. this is a great thing that they are doing. i have never seen anything like this before. we are in the northern part of indiana and i am a democrat through and through. voted republican one year and that was when i was little. i am going on 79 and i am there and i have seen a lot of stuff to tell some i aim people that i never thought trump was president material from the start. i do not see nothing. cannot imagine who he takes after, but i do not understand this guy. global warming is very important to the world. it keeps the balance. like the rain forests, cutting trees down is another balance. host: patricia, your final point? i did not mean to cut you off. buttigieg or misses warren, elizabeth warren has good ideas. pete buttigieg must be doing .retty good patricia, thank you. the hometown of the chief justice of the u.s., john roberts. we have some numbers to share with you, but not those numbers. numbers from the boston globe, a new poll out in new hampshire. sanders leading joe biden by six points in new hampshire. this with eight days to go before the new hampshire primary. in the meantime, we are waiting for results from iowa. doing? how are you i just want to tell you what a great job c-span is doing, covering. i just do not get it. this is the first primary with democrats that is so chaotic and nobody knows what is going on. what is going to happen when it gets to the bigger state? i hear people talking about how organized everything is, but it is chaotic. the republican polls are in. credibility do we have? it seems that anytime there is an election, there is some kind of chaos that happens with the numbers. it just does not seem fair at all. for the call.u denise, republican line. caller: hello. i have a comment. thank you for covering the impeachment hearings as well as you did. i watched every minute of it and you had good insight. just toocuses are folksy in this age of technology. they need to get rid of that system. cnn andjust tuned into the people at cnn are looking so dismayed. what everyone will start to think is with this delay in reporting, even when the results bee out, they may or may not valid. the democratic party as a whole, they have become very political. i know that seems a play on words that a political party would be political, but the way that they cheated bernie out of the nomination in the last election with hillary, i think that they want the numbers to reflect a certain thing and when the numbers are not coming out that way, i think it seems like they are scrambling. it seems like instead of quality control, it seems that they are cooking the books. host: thank you for the call. this is from sebastian on twitter. i have been on hold for over an hour to report the results. we have six delegates with bernie sanders in the lead followed by senator warren and pete buttigieg. to paul in seattle, washington. caller: hello. delegate fors obama in 2008 and then for bernie sanders and 2016. felt a groundswell of support for president obama. there were a lot of people for hillary and talking about breaking the glass ceiling, but then president obama had the energy. i joined the sanders campaign because we were excited about the momentum and energy. i was disappointed to see the bigoted reporting or the nonreporting. concern.like a quality it is not biden as they expected, which means that it would be somebody else. i hope it is biden because i think he is a great candidate. host: thank you for the call. let's look at the early numbers. these are primarily from caucus locations outside of iowa. senator sanders narrowly in the lead. second placen in followed by pete buttigieg, senator amy klobuchar in fourth with just under 12% of the vote and former vice president joe biden, followed by uncommitted and andrew yang. these are numbers from outside of iowa. the isla results continue to be delayed for a number of reasons. that 12 years ago, by this time, the speeches were done and the campaigns were celebrating. this is a significant delay. they are the ones who control the caucus and release the information. we will listen in to the amy klobuchar campaign. >> we are so happy. thank you to everybody here. we have great volunteers and staff. give yourself a hand. we do not have results yet, so we are still waiting, but i do have one result i can tell you about. we won my precinct. so we are so excited about amy. amy is the person who can take us all the way and can be the next president of the u.s. do you agree with me? how about we bring her out? next president of the u.s., senator amy klobuchar. [applause] amy]ting >> thank you so much. unbelievable. we do not know the results. i did not want to let another minute go by without thinking all of you. we know that there are delays, but we know we are punching above our weight. heart is full tonight. i had a fantastic staff. and daughter are here with me. thank you to our tireless field .rganizers we have feeling so good tonight. i cannot wait. somehow, someway i will get on a plane to new hampshire tonight. we are bringing this ticket to new hampshire. even in a crowded field of during the even well-earned impeachment hearing , we kept j. trump fighting. and you kept fighting for me. blizzard,arted in a and a lot of people did not predict that i would finish that speech. in the summer, they kept saying, is she going to make it through the summer? debate after debate and all i can say is that we are here and we are strong. and with that same great that got us through the blizzard, we are ready to head to new hampshire. know weds in iowa, you have beaten the odds every step of the way. we have done it with merit, ideas and hard work. thank you. we know in our hearts that in a democracy, it is not about the latticed voice or the biggest bank account. it is about the best ideas and the person that can turn those ideas into action. we know that our party cannot win big by trying to out divide the divider in chief. we win by bringing people with us instead of shutting them out. nightmare is that the people in the middle, the people who have had enough of the name-calling and the mudslinging have a candidate to vote for in november. donald trump's worst nightmare is that the fired up democrats will march to victory alongside a big coalition of independent and moderate republicans that see this election as we do, that this election is an economic check but also a patriotic check. it is a decency check. idea that the heart of america is so much bigger than the heart of this guy in the white house. [applause] country cannot take another four years of donald trump. our collective sense of decency cannot take another four years. the rule of law cannot withstand another four years of a president who thinks that he is above it. our democracy cannot tolerate another four years of a president who wants to bulldoze right through it. takemerican dream cannot another four years of a president who thinks that he can choose who gets it. his playbook is not hard to understand. words, dividehree and demoralize. lead. unite and how i have passed over 100 bills as a lead democrat in the u.s. senate. electionsw i have won in the reddest of red and the bluest of lose. president might as well have a sign on his desk that says the bus stops anywhere but here. look at what she has done. he blames everyone for our problems. , baracks immigrants obama, the fed shared that he nominated, the energy secretary that he appointed, the generals he commands and yes, the king of denmark. he even recently blamed justin trudeau for cutting him out of the canadian version of home he even recentlyalone two. who does that? let me tell you what i will do. when i am behind that desk, i will take responsibility instead of passing it on. inill work with americans good faith. some of you may know that old story about franklin delano roosevelt. it was a story about how after , it worked its way to washington dc and there was a story about a man who was crying on the side of the tracks. he had his hat on his chest and he was sobbing. the reporter said sir, do you know president roosevelt? and the man said no, i did not know president roosevelt, but he knew me. are missing so much right now in our country is that sense of empathy. we are missing that caring. i policy this. i will bring back that sacred the american people and the president of the united states. [applause] >> if you are sick and tired of hearing how the economy is when you do not feel it, when your paycheck is stretched to the breaking point month-to-month, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are sick of choosing between choosing -- between daycare for your kids and long-term care for your parents, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are sick between being torn between selling a free refrigerator and getting a prescription, i know you and i will fight for you. if you want a nominee who can make our tent bigger and our coalition wider -- [cheering and applause] amy]ting >> if you want that, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are sick and tired of being strained in our politics, you have a home with me. please join our campaign at amy klobuchar.com. us because we are going to ,e here for a long time tonight and you will have plenty of time to join us at amy klobuchar.com. a goodtay up and stay in spirit because you all know what happened out there in those precincts. you know that we have been punching way below our weight. resources,e limited compared to bigger bank accounts , we are way on the board. .et's stay up let's stay happy and had to new hampshire. thank you, iowa. [cheers and applause] [chanting amy] or amy klobuchar. thank -- we got to go. ok, guys, i want to thank one very special person. that is lauren dylan, our incredible staffing director. we have just had such an amazing time with all the volunteers. i want to thank you for everything you have done. ok. >> ok, we can put the music back on. [laughter] ♪ >> from the klobuchar campaign headquarters in downtown des moines to the conference center also in des moines, senator elizabeth warren campaign. she is expected to speak momentarily. we are also mom and -- monitoring the other campaigns. a significant delay in the returns. we will show you what is happening at campaign headquarters. a big heart and a brilliant mind. that is why we want her to be the first woman president of the united states dates. -- united states. because that's what girls do. , on out -- come on out! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you, iowa. thank you so much. so listen, it is too close to call so i am just going to tell you what i do know. >> you won! [crowd cheering] >> as the baby daughter of a janitor, i am so grateful to be up on this stage tonight. as a party, we are one step closer to defeating the most corrupt president in america. tomorrow, donald trump will make a speech about the state of the union, but i have a message for every american. our union is stronger than donald trump! and unless -- in less than a year, our union will be stronger than ever when that one man is persistent one very woman. [crowd chanting "warren"] sen. warren: donald trump and i see america from very different viewpoints and we have since we were born. trump grew up in new york city in a 23 room, nine bathroom mansion. i grew up out in oklahoma in a two-bedroom house with one bathroom and a converted garage where my three brothers slept, and by the time he was three, donald trump was getting a $200,000 allowance every year from his dance real estate empire. in total, he got nearly $.5 billion from his dad. me? takek on small jobs to money, babysitting, waitressing, sewing dresses for my aunt. donald trump claimed bone spurs to avoid the draft. all three of my older brothers signed up for military service and the oldest spent 5.5 years off and on in combat in vietnam. before he keeping -- he became a reality tv host, donald trump spent most of his career running one company after another into bankruptcy, stiffing small businesses, ripping off workers, and scamming students. i spent most of my career studying -- fighting to make it easier for families to get back on their feet. before i was even elected to office, i felt an entire federal agency to stop big banks and financial institutions from cheating people. i tell you this -- [crowd chanting] but i tell you this because a person's values matter. a president's values matter. and the only thing donald trump values is donald trump. he believes that government is just one more thing to exploit. a tool to enrich himself and his corrupt buddies at everyone else's expense. i believe that government should work for everyone. we don't know all the results tonight, but tonight has already showed that americans have a deep hunger for big, structural to make our democracy work for everyone. tonight showed that our path to victory is to fight hard for the changes americans are demanding, changes that democrats, independents, and republicans are demanding. tonight showed that our agenda is not just a progressive agenda. it is not just a democratic agenda. it is an american agenda. throughout our history, when moments of prices have called on ,- crisis have called on us americans have answered the call. even when the doubters and critics say that our dreams are two and the fights are too hard, we persist. the 1700s, when people said we could never overthrow a king and form a new republic, farmers and merchants came together and fought side-by-side until we won our independence. 1800s, people said that slavery would endure forever and african-americans would never see liberation. but abolitionists, enslaved, and formerly enslaved people formed an underground railroad and more than 2 million people waged war to defeat slavery. in the 1900s, people said we could never rescue our economy from the depths of the great depression or defeat fascism, deal. forged a new we mobilized to defeat fascism. we expanded unions. we built a middle-class. and we marched for civil rights. americans do big things. that's who we are. we don't settle. we don't back down. with eveng problems bigger solutions. so i am here tonight because i areeve that big dreams still possible in america. tonight, you showed that when you imagine an america that lives up to its ideals, you can set in motion the process of making it a reality. all it takes is some hard work and better connections. here in iowa, that's what happened. you came together. you organized. you showed that we are united in our conviction that hope defeats fear, that courage overcomes cynicism. be awe will always stronger party and a stronger nation. when we unite around our shared values to advance justice and expand opportunity to everyone. so right now, across america, there are folks standing with groups of friends or sitting on the couch with loved ones or maybe even watching this quietly on their phones because everyone else in the house is asleep. , maybe iand thinking could help out. maybe i could volunteer some time. maybe i could get in the fight. and that is how we are going to do this. i am here tonight to tell you, if you have hope that america can be better than it has been in these last few years, and if you have the courage to speak out and do a little organizing with us, then this campaign is for you. if you can imagine an america where corruption does not block our ability to reduce gun violence, and america -- an america where we can urgently tackle climate change, where we can bring an end to the opioid epidemic, then this campaign is for you. if you can imagine an economy where every job has dignity, where people are paid a livable wage, and where everyone, everyone has a real chance to thrive, then this campaign is for you. and if you could imagine a democracy where people, not this campaignrst, is for you. and if you can imagine an thatca of moral clarity lives it's values every day, then this campaign is for you. tonight, we are one step closer to winning the fight for the america we imagine is possible. tonight, it's for you. volunteer for every who put their feet to the pavement to fight for change. it's for every organizer who braved the blistering cold to knock on doors. it's for every person who made the call or send a text to spread the word. i am going to tell you about some of our volunteers because tonight, it's for the veterans who came back diagnosed with ptsd and who volunteered every a nationelp us become that honors its promises to its veterans. tonight is for every organizered, unafraid and volunteer. who proudly knocked on doors to let the world know that the path to progress runs through courage, not fear. the innovative, persistent women who organized babysitting clubs so they could get in more hours of volunteering. and tonight is for the single mother who had been homeless and who was so determined that her twin daughters would grow up in abetter world, that she found spare moment to make calls on our behalf. tonight is for everyone who believes that no matter the color of your skin, who you love, how you worship, where you were born, or what zip code you live in, you should be safe and your opportunities should be pretty much as good as everyone else's. yes. every day and in every way, this movement is made up of people who know that the only way to make progress and to build power is to fight from the heart. so tonight, iowa and all of you, i want to say thank you. thank you for living your values. thank you for standing together, fighting together, persisting together. you have made me a better candidate, and you will make me a better president. >> from the warren campaign, we go to the bernie sanders campaign. also in des moines, iowa. [crowd chanting "bernie"] sanders: let me begin by stating that i have a strong feeling that at some point, the results will be announced. and when those results are announced, i have a good feeling we are going to be doing very, very well. and the message that iol has sent to the nation, the message shared by the american people is that we want a government that represents all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors and the 1%. tonight, in this enormously consequential 2020 election, the first state in the country has marks and today, today the beginning of the end for donald trump. thethe most dangerous presidentn modern american history. you know, no matter what our political views may be, the people of america understand we cannot continue to have a president who is a pathological liar. who is corrupt. who does not understand our constitution and is trying to divide our people up based on the color of their skin, based on their religion, their sexual orientation, or where they were born. and all of that hatred, all of that divisiveness, is going to end when together we are in the white house. we are going to win this election because the people of the united states are sick and ofed of a massive level income and wealth inequality. want tax breaks for billionaires and cuts to social security, medicare, and medicaid. the american people understand that if you work 40 hours a week, you should not live in poverty. we have got to raise that minimum wage to at least $15 an hour. the american people understand that health care is a human right, not a privilege. that our administration is going to take on the greed and corruption of the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry. and whether they like it or not, we will pass a medicare for all single-payer program. the american people understand that in the year 2020, all of incomeple, regardless of , are entitled to get a higher education. and that is why, together, we will make public colleges and universities tuition free. why we will cancel all student debt in america. thate are going to do through a modest tax on wall street speculation. 11 years ago, we bailed out the slerks on wall street -- crook on wall street. now, it is their time to help the middle class. unlike the president of the united states, the american people -- the american people understand that climate change is not a hoax but is an existential threat to our country and the entire world. they understand that the time is now for us to take on the fossil fuel industry. to transform our energy system , energym fossil fuels efficiency, and sustainable .nergies as president of the united states, because this is a global issue, not just an american issue, we are going to speak to the people in china and russia and countries all over this world and say, maybe, just maybe, instead of spending $1.8 trillion a year on weapons of destruction designed to kill each other, maybe we should pool our resources and fight our common enemy, which is climate change. and the people of america know the time is long overdue for major reforms to a broken and racist criminal justice system. we are going to invest in our young people, in jobs, and education, not for jails and incarceration. people alsoican understand that our immigration system is broken, and together, we will pass comprehensive and a path reform towards citizenship. and the american people know that gun safety legislation will be written by the american people, not the nra. and the american people most it isnly know that women who must control their own bodies, not politicians. so brothers and sisters, yes, together, we will defeat donald trump, but we are going to do more than that. our message to wall street and the insurance companies and the drug companies on the fossil fuel industry and the andtary-industrial complex the prison industrial complex -- our message to them is change is coming! [crowd chanting "bernie"] sen. sanders: together, together, together, with the strongest grassroots movement this country has ever seen -- [no audio] that was the network pool feed. we apologize for it all the networks were getting the same video and the breakup of the audio, clearly an audio issue. we just heard most of what senator bernie sanders was saying. he is back up so we will try to listen for just a moment. sen. sanders: and now, it is onto the hampshire -- new hampshire, nevada, south and onwardalifornia, to victory. thank you all very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ mats from the bernie sanders campaign. let's update you on what we know right now, which is not a lot. this is a headline from the drudge report, saying that iowa blows it. we don't have the results from the state democratic party. this headline from the quad city times, the democratic party hits a major snag reporting the results and the dams holding an emergent -- dems holding an emergency meeting as the results are delayed. from politico, the campaign is on ice. here is a statement, her second statement of the night, trying to explain what is going on. "we found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results. in addition to the tech systems being used, we are using photos of the results and a paper trail to validate that all the results match and ensure that we have confidence and accuracy in the numbers that we report. this is simply a reporting issue. the app did not go down and this is not a hack or an intrusion. the underlying data and the paper trail is sound and it will take time to further report the results." what does that mean? they are man u ailey tabulating -- manually tabulating all the results. we had early numbers but the last time we had an update on the iowa democratic party was shortly after 11:00 in the evening and those were results from outside of iowa, and those results are also available on our website at c-span.org. joe biden also in des moines earlier tonight, speaking to supporters. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ mr. biden: hello, everyone. joe"] chanting "we want well, looks like it's going to be a long night, but i am feeling good. all, all thank you those incredible people who hold public office in this state to endorse this. my colleagues in the senate and the house and from the vice presidency, all of you, and all the people from delaware, california, all the people who came from all over to campaign here. i want to say -- [laughter] mr. biden: and most of all, i want to thank the iowans who are here. partythe iowa democratic is working to get the results, get them straight. i want to make sure they are very careful in their deliberation. is indications are -- it going to be close. we are going to walk out of here with our share of delegates. we don't know exactly what it is yet, but we feel good about where we are. it's on in new hampshire. carolina well beyond. we are in this for the long haul. remember not just tonight but throughout this campaign -- thank you. this is not just another election. this is well beyond the party. this is about ending an era of, well, ending an era, god willing, of a president who -- look, this is bigger than any of us. it really is. we cannot allow donald trump to be reelected to the united states presidency again. i am ready to give a new nickname -- the former president from. -- the former president trump. and folks, as i said, it's bigger than any candidate, bigger than any party, and folks, you know, i said from the outset, jill and i both said we are in a battle for the soul of a nation paired we really believe that and i think it has been demonstrated every single hour he remains as president of the united states. each and every one of us knows that deep in our bones, and everything this nation stands for is at stake, and i really mean it. four more years of donald trump will fundamentally alter the character of this nation and character is on the ballot. that is what this is. everything that makes america america is at stake and our democracy is at stake in our view. you have been doing as much as i have. -- i love her too, man. the other reason we are running, we are going to make sure it happens. we have to rebuild the backbone of this country, the working class, the middle-class. they have been getting laid out we have to unify this country. that wallnderstands street bankers did not build america. ordinary hard-working people led by unions built america. [applause] is not a president who only ready to fight, but is also ready to heal this country. we cannot hold grudges. we have to unify the country. there is nothing we have ever failed that when we have tried to do it together. i want that that -- say thank you to the firefighters. everyone knows who donald trump is. it is fortunate they know now. they did not know last time. we have to let them know who we are. we choose hope over fear. we choose science over affection. unity over division. and compassion over cruelty. truth overlies. we are going to do this. i promise you. god willing, we will do it together. may god bless you all and protect our troops. thank you. on to new hampshire. ♪ >> former vice president joe biden along with his wife on the campus of drake university. that was just a short while ago. we continue to wait for the results from the iowa caucuses. if you just tuning in, we are awaiting the results from the democratic party. this has been a significant delay. hours longer than expected. >> i think iowa has been overrepresented in this whole thing. kind of a homogenous state. less than 10% population nonwhite. does not seem to represent the country as far as choosing a candidate. . know they have this law andn't think it is just himself.idn't kill >> this a tweet. in their are stewing own creation with the sloppy's train wreck in history. it would be natural for people to doubt the fairness of the process. caller: thank you for taking my call. this wholehed corrupt presidential impeachment charade. the thing that bothers me the most is nancy pelosi and another one of her members and managers were very proud to have said that they were staunch catholics. two diocese and 53 catholic priests have been indicted for child molestation. host: this headline from the quad city times. the democratic party hitting a major snag and reporting results. dems holding an emergency meeting. president trump easily winning the republican caucuses. here are the results. more than 90% reporting. a very easy victory for president trump. donald trump going on to win iowa and proceeding to new hampshire. in newa campaign rally hampshire on monday, february 10. andrew yang is also speaking to supporters in des moines. pete buttigieg is on the campus of drake university. let's take you to those headquarters. ♪ >> we had some indication that pete buttigieg was coming out. clearly he has not yet. we are also covering andrew yang. still awaiting the results. a couple of hours late because of the number of issues with the iowa democratic party. hitting a major snag in reporting the results. what do you think of all of this? caller: i don't really know what to think at this point. i am really concerned about this hiccup in reporting that is going on. host: do you have a candidate in this race? find myself pulling for amy klobuchar but i'm not certain as to why. host: who would be your second choice if not her? caller: pull c gabbard -- tulsi sure if shei'm not is in it at this point. host: thank you for the call. if you want to get all of our campaign coverage, is -- it is available at c-span.org. we are getting worried that senator sanders will come out once again to speak. all of this is up in the air. the results have been delayed so significantly. senator sanders is ahead with only 2% reporting. followed by senator moran. -- warren. sample ofvery small those participating in the caucuses. vice president joe biden with under 11%. andrew yang with 0%. evening.ood i am doing fine. i have been a c-span viewer my entire life. i am 45 years old. i used to live and work in washington dc for years. i wanted to call tonight for the first time ever to give a message to democrats everywhere. i support amy klobuchar. but i also support all of the democratic candidates. iowa is a bit of a ceremony. it represents the beginning of the voting. which is really important, especially in the area era of trumpism.ian >> you got the job done. had an opportunity about three weeks ago to announce my endorsement for the next president of the united states. just like you, i took that responsibility seriously. in less than a year, we will have the opportunity to choose the leader who will make us stronger at home and abroad. i spent three decades in uniform. i know pete brings a very deep intellect and experience grounded in his time and a war zone. he understands the global challenges we face. south bend, indiana was written off years ago. today, it is thriving. .ou will hear more about that greatly.s me pete made progress in the african american community and south bend. there are no easy solutions to ingrained problems. people are yearning for change. not the change that is rooted in washington. the change that is bubbling up in communities across america. some call her a living legend. she is a community leader, civic activist, and when i asked her about the real pete, she said, he is honest and cool. >> thank you. .ello, iowa this is the first time i have been here. it is a warm, friendly place to be. i have a friend who used to tell stories. one of her stories was, looking good. good for pete. i have 30 years of experience working in the neighborhood. anding with grassroots branch routes to improve our communities. my role was coming up with strategies and activities to engage people in that process to help them make decisions about their own lives and their own communities. to come together and help to something for yourself and your neighborhood. somewhere along the line i met pete buttigieg. allycame my friend and my in working in the neighborhood. we looked at issues in our community. all kinds of things that happen in the -- neighborhoods all around the country. i would say, are you going to help me? and he said, yes i am. [cheers] i did not have to ask twice. people in south bend and the national press have a narrative that says south bend does not support him. here i am, black and proud. [cheers] [chants of u.s.a.!] >> he has helped us with the martin luther king celebration every year for eight years. this year, he missed it, but guess what? people at a breakfast. he was campaigning in the carolinas, a place he needed to be. [cheers] pete has changed street signs. kingve a martin luther boulevard running straight through the heart of town, not just in a black neighborhood. programslack history where people who have not been recognized and have had commitments, he has recognize those people. they have been on billboards throughout our city. african-americans who have contributed to the life of our communities. buttigiega but -- did that. ago, hisof years administration put $4 million into a center on the far west side of town. i grew up in that center. it was a city dump. now i am so proud of it. i am very proud of it. [cheers] i did not come here to disrespect any democrat running to get in the white house. i came here to support pete buttigieg. [cheers] he is the candidate for us to vote for to occupy that white house. he has the skills, courage, integrity to run for that white house. we need all of you to help them win. [cheers] in the words of ella baker, we will believe in freedom cannot rest. win.will help us when black people do what it is they have to do, when discrimination is put behind us, we can win all over this country. and take the white house back. [cheers] i want to introduce you to our candidate, our man from south bend, that we black stew love and support. that is pete buttigieg. ♪ [chants] mayor buttigieg: thank you, iowa. [cheers] thank you. [cheers] thank you. [cheers] thank you. what a night. [cheers] tonight, an improbable hope became an undeniable reality. [cheers] [chants] mayor buttigieg: we don't know all of the results. know, by the time it is all said and done, iowa, you have shocked the nation. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: by all indications, we are going on to new hampshire victorious. [cheers] pete!]s of pete! pete! one year ago,g: in the deep freeze of age -- and iowa january is when we began this unlikely turning. we were not well known, but we had a new idea. at this moment when washington has never felt further from our everyday lives, a middle-class mare from the american midwest could carry the voices of the american people all the way to the american capital and make sure they are actually heard. [cheers] we had the belief that in the face of exhaustion and cynicism , in spite of every trampled norm and poisonous tweet, that a rising majority of americans was hungry for action and ready for new answers. [cheers] we could see an american majority yearning for leadership to rally us together behind those ideas to make a difference in our lives. were ready americans to come together, but our politics were not. needede this moment, we a new path forward. a path that welcomes people instead of pushes them away. best and maybe last shot. we are on the cusp of changing the game for americans. if we could come together, the future that we know is possible will start on january 21, 2021. [cheers] [chants] mayor buttigieg: there were an awful lot of skeptics who said, not now. not this time. all of this talk of belonging and bridging divides is too naive. sky.risky -- too ri full ofith a heart gratitude, iowa, you have proved the skeptics wrong. [cheers] [chants] mayor buttigieg: it was by your efforts that we brought together an extraordinary coalition of americans. progressives, moderates, and a good number of what we like to call future former republicans. [cheers] that is how we will win in november. about adding people to our cause. adding to our majority. on the day donald trump leaves office, we will be able to move america forward. [cheers] i want to thank every member of our campaign family. anyone who shares our vision can the grassroots supporters fueling our movement. [cheers] [chants] p.m. johnson: while we are at it -- mayor buttigieg: while we are at it, i want to recognize a few other people who helped us get to this night. my mother. [cheers] [chants] mayor buttigieg: my father, who left us just in the very early days of this journey, but whose own journey to this country may tonight possible in the first tonight possible in the first place. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: and to the love of my life keeping my feet on the ground. how about a hand for the ture first gentleman of the united states. [cheers] [chants] i also want to: congratulate my fellow democratic competitors in this diverse and formidable field. for months, we have been having an honest and respectful but vigorous debate about the course of our party in the future of this nation. tonight, iowa chose a nupathe. -- a new path, -- path. [cheers] from river tog: in churches, community centers, high school gyms, you joined your neighbors to say that the time has come to turn the page and open up a new chapter in the american story. you chose to move on, not just from the broken policies of these last few years, but the broken politics that got us here. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: tomorrow, because of what we did here, the nation will have that choice, too. we take our message onward to new hampshire, wh has a way of making upich -- which has a way of making up its own mind, and to every corner of america. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: and as we do, we will be building the movement that not only will win the election against a donald trump, era for our shared values. we have exactly one shot to defeat donald trump. we are not going to do it by overreaching. we are not going to do it by division. we are not going to do it by saying, it's my way or the highway. , our only shott to galvanize an american majority to win. make no mistake, hours is the campaign that -- ours is the campaign that would defeat this president -- will defeat this president. [cheers] [chants] mayor buttigieg: a president who cuts taxes for corporations while crushing the rights of workers to organize ought to have to compete with a middle-class mayor who entered politics fighting for autoworkers and actually lives and works in the industrial midwest. [cheers] a president who tries to cloak himself and his wrongdoing in religion should how to debate a candidate not afraid to remind america that god does not belong to a political party. [cheers] -- have to debate a candidate not afraid to remind america that god does not belong to a political party. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: and a president who avoided serving when it was his turn it should have to stand next to a veteran ready to show what troops deserve from a real commander-in-chief. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: now, this president may get a pass on the floor of the senate, but this november, the verdict. will be up to us -- verdict will be up to us. and when i am your nominee, we will win big enough to send trumpism itself into the dustbin of history where it belongs. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: something is stirring in america right now. you can feel it. we sought tonight, in the bluest -- saw it tonight in the bluest counties, in the reddest, in industrial towns, cities, in the suburbs, and between. we are seeing democrats hungry to win, independent voters, who had been turned off by our politics, republicans tired of having to look at their kids in the eye and explain this presidency all standing together , and all standing together to declare that we are defined not by who we voted for in the past, but by what we are voting for in the future. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: this is the coalition that no pundit saw coming. it is the coalition the president won't see coming either. a majority we are assembling to agree not just on who we are against, but on what we are for. we are unifying a rising american majority ready to raise wages and empower workers in this fast changing economy. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: a majority ready and determined to put an end to end this war -- endless war. a majority committed to bringing about a day in america where your race has no bearing on your health, your wealth, your access to education, or your relationship with law enforcement. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: a majority of americans ready to support our teachers with a president and a secretary of education who believe in public education. [cheers] those americans are counting on us to come together and act, and they cannot wait. i met americans not even yet old enough to vote, but who know that we cannot wait. an 11-year-old asking how his family will be able to afford the insulin he needs. he can't wait for a president who will ensure there is no such thing as an uninsured american or an unaffordable prescription. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: a 14-year-old who let me know she has already risen out of basic will because she is terrified her next day in school will be her last. president.wait for a a 10-year-old who let me know he expects to be around in 2100 and look back at whether we acted fast enough to secure his future. he cannot wait for a president prepared to enlist every american in the fight for our climate. [cheers] we are running: for them. this campaign is giving voice to them and it has room for everyone, because no matter who you voted for in elections past, and for that matter, no matter who you caucused for tonight, we welcome you in our campaign. you belong in the future that we are building for america. [cheers] [chants] mayor buttigieg: whether you are a young woman with autism will or a veteran battling addiction in claremont, you belong. rooms inou clean hotel las vegas or are getting a new business up and running in charleston, you belong. i believe the presidency has a purpose, and the purpose of our american presidency is not the glorification of the present, it is the unification -- of the president, it is the unification and empowerment of the american people. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: america has a place for everyone, and i believe this not because of my age, but because of my experience. i believe in american unity because of my experience serving , of lacing up my boots in the dust of a war zone alongside americans so different, we hardly had anything in common beside the flag on our shoulders, yet learned to trust each other with our lives. >> thank you! [cheers] mayor buttigieg: i believe in american boldness because of my experience governing, guiding a city once called dying out of the shadows of our empty factories and into a brighter future. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: and i believe in american belonging because of an experience you are part of right here tonight. looking out at you and remembering how it felt to be an indiana teenager wondering if you would ever belong in this world -- he would ever belong in this world, wondering if something deep inside of him meant he would forever be an outsider, that he might never wear the uniform, never be accepted, never even know love. now, that same person is standing in front of you a mayor, a veteran, happily married, and one step closer to becoming the next president of the united states! [cheers] [chants] mayor buttigieg: that is the america we are building. that is the america so many islands chose tonight -- iowa wins chose tonight -- iowans chose tonight. this is our chance! [cheers] mayor buttigieg: if you are ready to build an american politics divined by boldness -- defined by boldness, this is our chance! mayor buttigieg: if you are ready to build an american future defined by unity in the face of our greatest challenges, this is our chance. [cheers] mayor buttigieg: so with hope in our hearts and fire in our bellies, we are going on to new hampshire come onto the nomination, and onto chart -- new hampshire, onto the nomination, and on to chart a new course for this country. thank you, iowa. thank you so much! [cheers] mayor buttigieg: thank you! ♪ steve: the former mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg, with his husband, mother, campaign supporters declaring victory, although the results are not in from iowa. that scene from drake university across town. senator elizabeth warren continues with the selfie line. she is supposed to be in new hampshire tomorrow morning for an event at 11:00 eastern time as it approaches 12:45 in washington, d.c., 11:45 in des moines. the worn campaign is saying -- warren campaign is saying that i think that every single second that passes where we do not have a final result is concerning. another tweet. upde democratic party hung -- the iowa democratic party hung up. this from "the new yorker." this from jake tapper. with 0% of the precincts reporting from cnn's jake tapper. we will continue to monitor the results and have them on our website, c-span.org. who in des moines saying it was the app that did not work. there are significant delays because of some issues with the app. in an abundance of caution, they want to make sure the returns are 100% accurate. all we have are the early returns from those satellite locations. it shows that senator bernie sanders is in the lead with about 27 or 28% of the vote, compared to senator elizabeth warren at 25%, mayor pete buttigieg at 23%, senator amy klobuchar at nearly 20% and former vice president joe biden at just over 11 percent. those are early numbers. results coming from the party not from the secretary of state. earlier tonight, andrew yang speaking to supporters in the greater des moines area. here's what he had to say. ♪ mr. yang: hello, des moines. hello, iowa! i want to say thank you to my wife. i love you so much, baby. woo! what a night here in iowa. thank you also much for the hard work and dedication you put into making tonight a tremendous andt for the yang ghang this campaign -- yang gang and this campaign. this is a great time to pause for reflection and how far we have come. we declared over two years ago. over 30 people ended up jumping into the race. remember that first debate stage, there were 20 candidates? they had to break it up into two nights. i am going right from here to new hampshire, where i will be one of the seven candidates on the debate stage on friday night in new hampshire. [cheers] so many of you dropped everything and came here to iowa to fight for this campaign. raise your hand if you are here from out of state and came here. let's give them a round of applause. let's give you a round of applause. look at this. [applause] mr. yang: that is humanity first. that is what has made this campaign the political force of nature that no one saw coming. we've raised tens of millions of dollars from almost half a million americans in increments of only $30 each. that is because people have made this case to other people at every step of the way. and tonight, what happened? we saw that tens of thousands of iowans around the state realized economy is transforming around them in profound ways. i have seen it myself. it has gone from the farms to the factories to the main streets and eventually will hit the highways. this is what we have to turn around, yang gang. we have to make an economy that actually works for us instead of the bottom lines of these huge companies. to say it is all about our bottom line, because we all hear their record high corporate profits, record high gdp in this country. you know what else is at record highs in the united states of america right now? anxiety, drug overdoses, suicides, depression, student loan debt, medical bankruptcy. if your corporate profits are going up, then your very life expectancy is going down, which do you listen to? that's right, it's our lives. it's our lives, america. we have to start measuring how we are doing by how we are doing and not how these giant companies are doing, because the two are no longer lining up. if anything, they are heading in opposite directions more and more. that is what this campaign can change. this campaign can make our country's bottom line, our family's bottom line, our kid's bottom line, our town's bottom line. you look around and see that our current economy does not reward the kind of work that stay-at-home parents do every single day. it does not recognize and reward the kind of work that caregivers taking care of their ailing mom do every single day. volunteers and activists a work in your communities, artists -- doing work in your communities, artists, people trying to make the community stronger. all of these are getting zero doubt one by one by one. our very democracy is getting zeroed out. it is the money that wins. this campaign is about turning that around. this campaign is about saying, the best way we can solve our own problems is by putting economic resources into our hands. we know how to improve our lives better than any other government program. [cheers] mr. yang: that message rang loud and clear here in iowa tonight thanks to each and every one of you, and now we are going to take that message to new hampshire and the rest of the country. [cheers] say, i am agot to numbers guy. we are still waiting on numbers from tonight. we are all looking around like, what's the math? this is one of those situations where we can essentially throw some algebra letters up on the wall and be like, i guess we will project onto these letters for now what the numbers are going to be. the math that i care most about is the fact that this movement has become something that has already shocked the political world, and it's going to keep on going from here. it's going to keep on growing from here. [cheers] is yang: you know what's fun , when some of the other campaigns hold a fundraiser, they get together in a fancy place, put on their nice duds, come together, say expensive words. they think expensive thoughts. you know the way the yang gang has a fundraiser? we are going to have a fundraiser right now. what we are saying is, yang gang, if you want to keep this movement growing through new hampshire, chip in five dollars, $10, $30 per night, on that show that this campaign is going to grow and grow all the way to the white house. we have shock to the world time and time again, yang gang -- we have shocked the world time and time again, gang gang. are we done yet -- yang gang. i we done yet? -- are we done yet? >> no! mr. yang: i will be on the debate stage on friday and they will see that this campaign has just begun and it is going to go all the way! thank you, iowa! thank you, yang gang! i love you all. ♪ mr. yang: thank you so much! i love each and every one of you. you are the best. you are beautiful human beings and we are going to keep on going all the way to the white house, and then we are going to have a big celebration at the end a year from now on the white house lawn. thank you, yang gang! ♪ [laughter] ♪ during this election season, the candidates be on talking points are only revealed over time. but since you can't be everywhere, there is c-span. our campaign 2020 programming differs from all political coverage for one simple reason, it is c-span. we brought you your unfiltered view of government every day since 1979. this year, we are bringing you an unfiltered view of the people to be in our government this november. this election season, go deep, direct, and unfiltered. see the biggest picture for yourself and make up your own mind with c-span's campaign 2020, brought to you as as a public service by your television provider. >> tonight, caucus-goers met in iowa for the first early contest in the 2020 presidential race. according to a statement from the iowa democratic party, there were "inconsistencies in the reporting which prevented a clear winner from being named of 2020e field democratic candidates." next, we take you back t

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