let me take you to iowa where presidential hopefuls are getting chummy with the locals over fried oreos and a butter cow at the famous state fair. let s go straight to nbc news correspondent dasha burns who is joining us from the fairgrounds. we re going to see tons of candidates in the next couple of days. what can we expect today? reporter: well, ana, one candidate just wrapped up his fairside chat with governor kim reynolds, former vice president mike pence. he s in a crowd of voters over there, a little hard to see. he s mingling with some iowans right as we speak. he just sat with the governor for about half an hour answering questions from her, some voter questions that she had for him as well. she ll be doing this with pretty much all the candidates that are willing except for former president trump, who is taking issue with her neutrality in the race. he will not be sitting down with her. but take a look around. look at how many voters are
plus, 36 month financing on select smart beds. shop now only at sleep number. . pence is a traitor, anybody that says he has a power, uses those words, he is not a christian, when you say higher power. we don t buy it as believers, pence, you are far from a christian. former vice president mike pence faces some heckling from trump supporters at the iowa state fair. republican presidential hopefuls are there, and what s become an important political tradition in the first in the nation caucus state. it s one of the biggest state fairs in the country. it s eleven days long. if people come for the typical call fair atmosphere, the rides and the corn dogs and the famous butter cow, but every four
here. this is why candidates come to the fair. voters are here. they are ready to listen. they are ready to take a look and kick the tires of all the candidates. the vast majority of folks we talked to here, ana, they are still undecided. they re open minded. take a listen to some of the conversations we had. it is always good to come here and they re willing to listen to us. i don t think we are super thrown off by the glitz of presidential candidates. and i think that gives us the freedom to ask difficult questions and not just be thrown off by somebody because the maybes. reporter: next the former vp is to flip some pork chops. doug burgum is looking at the butter cow, making that visit, doing all the classic fair things you got to do, show you re the real deal, show you can connect with voters. tomorrow, the clash of the titans, the two top candidates,
will likely go to caucuses in january, trying to shore up votes. they are answering questions and iowans have a lot of questions about how the candidates are going to proceed forward and make our country better. steve: i forgot about the butter cow, i love that, too. senator, tell us a little bit about, you know, it is unscientific poll, what are you hearing from people you talk to in iowa on the ground about the state of the race on the republican side? yeah, it has been really interesting, steve. everyone i talk to and i ve got 97 of our 99 counties done. i do a full grass 99 county tour every single year. i m out and about and hear republican caucus goers, i hear them talk about how they fresh start for america. they want to see a level of energy and excitement brought
miami mayor frances suarez is with iowa governor kim reynolds as we speak. former vice president mike pence is answering questions from voters after he spoke with the iowa governor earlier today. donald trump and ron desantis will be arriving there tomorrow. someone who is already there, nbc s dasha burns, in des moines, with the very latest. dasha, good morning. what are you hearing today? reporter: well, jose, the former vice president is on his way right now to a must see, must stop location, the pork chop on a stick stand. he ll be flipping some chops, i think some others will be stopping here as well. we know governor burgum is headed to the location we showed you yesterday, that very famous butter cow, the iowa state fair tradition like no other, clearly. this is a real opportunity for these candidates at the fair