are three tickets out of iowa. so candidates like booker who are polling below 5%, they really need to up their game if they want to have any shot at winning the nomination. let s bring in robert zimmerman, democratic strategist for the dem naocratic national committee. let s start first with cory booker. this is not an end of the quarter stunt, this is a real unvarnished look under the hood at a level of transparency unprecedented in presidential politics. $1.7 million he needs in ten days or they don t see a legitimate path forward, never cracked into the top tier. is the writing on the wall for senator booker? either it s a bold political stunt to galvanize his supporters or it s a hail mary pass. but it s very obvious that he is sounding an alarm and clearly it s not just about the low polling numbers, it s just about being able to qualify for the debates, being able to raise the money and show he s got the broad support to keep in the