Entire country as we winnow the field. I cannot be more excited for todays panel of experts who will die further into this. Our program will include one hour discussing the history of the Iowa Caucuses with a short 30 minute break where you can enjoy refreshments and visited the first in the nation exhibit on the first floor. We will then come back for an hour long discussion about the horserace of the current field of candidates. Now, it is my pleasure to introduce todays moderator. This iowa native is one of the best in the business. Having spent 34 years as a political reporter for the Des Moines Register, please join me yepsen. Ming david david thank you, susan. Museum andhank the staff for hosting this conversation. For better or worse, the iowa precinct caucuses have played a role in the election of american president s. And also, they have all spent time helping hardworking reporters seeking to make sense of it all. Starting from your left, they ldford, drake hoffman, theonna di
Cspan is light and i what where scholars are looking ahead to the democratic caucuses, which take place on february 3. Museumnt to thank the for this work and trying to develop a greater understanding of what our significant events in our states political history. I would like to thank cspan for being here today, making this accessible all over the world. Myself andan junkie i know many of you are. We appreciated them taking the time to make this a nationwide event where people from all over the country can participate and watch this discussion. Right, give them a hand. [applause] question, i will start with you. I would like to get a comment from each person on this stage. Significance of the caucuses in the nations political history and iowas political history . Have they been a good thing or bad thing for democracy . Increasingly, i thought, caucuses are great for us, they give us things to do. We meet people across the country, we need candidates, help moderate appearances. Whether
I235 valley west i35 oralabor first on 13. The first vote of 2016 is finally upon us. Today the nation turns its focus to iowa to see who iowans want in the oval office. Now just about 12 hours out from the caucus, we have Team Coverage this morning. Channel 13s josh nguyen is live in Capitol Square where media is already gathering. But first, well go to megan reuther, who is live at west end salvage we went to smittys, zombie and jethros, we have the folks from pullmans coming from iowa city and the notes lets take a look at our coverage for the day. Here are the highlights but we will follow each candidate. Lets start with dave price. He will in the spot i am standing in right now. Onto, donald trump he will be at the sheridan in West Des Moines with sonya hetisuhen. Right behind him in the polls is ted cruz and he will be at the fairgrounds and Stephanie Moore will be giving us the lastest from his camp. On the dems side, Hilary Clinton will be at drake, in the olsted center. Lynn m
The big day is finally here. Caucus day 2016. Tonight the First Americans will decide who they want for their next president. There are more than 16hundred caucus sites all over this state. Well have full Team Coverage all day leading up to the caucus. Channel 13s josh nguyen is live now in Capitol Square where much of the caucus chaos is expected to take place. But first, well go to megan reuther, who is live at west end salvage which is notes lets take a look at our coverage for but we will follow each candidate. Lets start with dave price. He will in now. Onto, donald trump he will be at with sonya hetisuhen. Right behind him in the polls is ted cruz and he will be at the fairgrounds and Stephanie Moore will be giving us the lastest from his camp. On the dems side, Hilary Clinton will be at drake, in the olsted center. Lynn melling will live from there and to close out Bernie Sanders will setup his hq today from the airport will be tracking the results with him. From most experts we
Caucus day is here. Channel 13s josh nguyen is live in Capitol Square where media is already gathering. Rollcue to vo from most experts we talk to this is shaping up to be an all timer. Not sure it will have the turnout of the 2008 caucus but the tight races on both sides have people excited. But the year that keeps coming up when i talk with professor is 1988 and the similarities are striking. We all know this year, the gop has a packed field and no one knows who will come out on top. The dems had that issue in 1988 with 8 candidates. Richard gephardt ended up winning that year. Its a much different on the dem side with just a 2 horse race with sanders and clinton. The republicans, dealt with that in 88 too. With bob dole and bush sr. Dole won that year with almost 40 percent of the vote. But where this resembles 1988 most is the amount of media here. We caught up msnbcs chris make this night historic is just one man. Roll to sot. 88 was so too. I think the most important election ton