treated with respect because people don't respect him. >> the gloves are clearly off. were they ever on? president trump and democratic front-runner joe biden attacking one another at dueling appearances in iowa, all but ignoring the other 2020 democratic contenders. joining our conversation, nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander, msnbc road warrior garrett haake in iowa, and nbc news national political reporter, my friend, jonathan allen. garrett, how is the biden camp feeling this morning after that showdown in iowa? >> yes, stephanie, for the biden campaign it is the democratic primary right now, they proved they can get in donald trump's head the execution of a plan in which they laid out part of the speech early in the morning, 12 hours before the former vice president was set to give it. the president responded. the vice president and president went back and forth on this all day long and they were able to look much bigger, standing head