it is one of the most critical stops of the presidential cycle and beto o'rourke is joining his fellow democratic candidates talking to voters in iowa and appearing at several different campaign events there today. cory booker and amy klobuchar also making appearances of their own trying to make their mark in the hawkeye state. nbc news von hilliard is live in waterloo, iowa, where beto o'rourke just spoke, i guess that was the pickup truck from which he spoke? >> reporter: yeah. this scene looked a little different just about 20 minutes ago. this is the pickup truck essentially beto o'rourke is trying to replicate what he did in texas, except this time pull off a victory. he lost to ted cruz. a lot of those he visited in