he is just steadily raised a ton of money, which is basically what is giving him the strength to have this strong appearance in iowa right now that natasha was describing. it s so much money that he can pay the organizers to get him where he needs to be in iowa. he can run ads. he can he can be everywhere. beto o rourke never raised any money. strangely enough since he d raised so much in that senate race. never raised much in the presidential. so he saw the writing on the wall. he wasn t going to lead his supporters on any longer in iowa. natasha, so we re looking at the top tier candidates, biden and bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg. but there s another bunch of candidates, another grouping, where we have to see what happens to them in iowa. we re talking about kamala harris, cory booker, amy klobuchar. they re all hanging around at below 5% at the moment. right. and i think a lot of them are, you know, have been banking, as many candidates have been for a
clinton and it was that point on that folks saw what kind of ground organization he had. the grass roots enthusiasm. the race turned. of course barack obama ultimately won that iowa caucus. the question is not only is there a candidate that stands out tonight but those other candidates. there s 14 overall, ali, who will be speaking tonight who are trying to grasp for relevancy at this point. vaughn, always good to see you, my friend. vaughn hillyard in des moines, iowa for us. let s go to capitol hill where speaker nancy pelosi says public hearings could start as early as this month. we are now in november. during a round table with bloom berg reporters, speaker pelosi said i would assume there will be public hearings in november but made it clear that any case that is made to impeach the president quote, has to be iron clad. quote we have not made any decisions on if the president will be impeached. the resolution passed yesterday in the house maps out exactly how the inquiry will b
truth from voters. it is impossible to pay for medicare for all without middle class tax increases. colorado senator michael bennet also said in a statement voters are sick and tired of politicians promising them things that they know they can t deliver. one of president trump s top economic advisors also weighed in on elizabeth warren s plan. it is the middle class who would have to pay the extra $100 billion or more to finance this kind of socialist government takeover of healthcare. it would have a catastrophic effect on the economy. okay. you know that there s very little i like talking about more than healthcare. and more than the economics of it. so i want to get into this. i want to begin our coverage with nbc news political reporter ali vitali who was with the warren campaign in des moines, iowa. ali v, senator warren has vowed that middle class taxes will not go to pay for medicare for all.
call 911 and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. new numbers in the battle ground state of iowa show senator elizabeth warren leading the race there. latest poll from the new york times shows warren is at the top with 22%. vermont senator bernie sanders right behind her at 19%. right behind him, south bend mayor pete buttigieg at 18%. former vice president joe biden is in fourth place at 17%. we should note, know, the margin of error on this poll is 4.7%. joining me from des moines, iowa, is nbc s vaughn hillyard. vaughn, what s the situation? i think what you see in that poll there, ali, is the fact that though four candidates in this race have essentially pulled away from the rest of the
we could hardly even hear you. that is one voibt russ crowd. the rain is not dampening any spirits here. we re out here before the liberty injustice dinner, which is a big gathering of democrats. we re going to show you a little of the crowd. we got the warren team here. buttigieg team behind them. everyone doing what they call vis, getting out there and showing they have the most energy, the most cheers. so certainly not the the rain s not dampening any of their spirits and all of this again coming before this big dinner tonight. one of those cattle calls where a lot of the candidates are going to be here in iowa making their pitch to voters. just another sign we re less than 100 days to the iowa caucus. ali v, good to see you as always for the latest installment of the ali v show. senator warren s plan was released on the first day of open enrollment for the obama care insurance exchanges and many private insurers. but joining us now to take a close look is elizabeth