The past hasnt been dull. Its been many things, but it aint dull. And its anyones race. The polls, tight. The stakes, high. As iowans get set to make their choices, weve come to the center of the political universe today, monday, february 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, iowa votes, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from des moines, iowa. And good morning, everyone. We thought this day would never come, but its finally arrived. Welcome to a special edition of today on a monday morning. We are, yes, in des moines, iowa, joined by a lot of enthusiastic residents of this state on a very pivotal day in the president ial election. This is so exciting. Its an Early Morning for you and will be a late night for the caucus. Finally time to vote. Its caucus day. In a few hours from now, iowa will be the first state to officially vote for who they year. The candidates have been crisscrossing the state for months. Here. Countless doors have been knoc
The past hasnt been dull. Its been many things, but it aint dull. And its anyones race. The polls, tight. The stakes, high. As iowans get set to make their choices, weve come to the center of the political universe today, monday, february 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, iowa votes, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from des moines, iowa. And good morning, everyone. We thought this day would never come, but its finally arrived. Welcome to a special edition of today on a monday morning. We are, yes, in des moines, iowa, joined by a lot of enthusiastic residents of this state on a very pivotal day in the president ial election. This is so exciting. Its an Early Morning for you and will be a late night for the it happens every four years. Fiownally time to vote. Its caucus day. In a few hours from now, iowa will be the first state to officially vote for who they want in the white house next year. The candidates have been crisscrossing the st
Good monday morning. The wait is over. Decision day in way what. The 2016 president ial nomination process kicking off today. And the candidates are spending the night crisscrossing the state hoping to win the first in the nation caucus. Reporter the new poll on the republican side showing donald trump taking the lead, back from senator ted cruz. Senator marco rubio if third. For the democrats the newest poll from the Des Moines Register has Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders neck and neck in a statistical tie. Lana zak the is live in iowa. Reporter good morning. Were so excited to be here. You know, at 7 00 central time, iowans are gather together with their neighbors in church basements, School Auditorium as they try to pick the next president of the united states. Make a political revolution. Im a better candidate and thanks to you, ill be a better president and i want you to know that. Reporter this is it. Time is up for the three democrats and the 11 republicans running for presid
Barbecue weather. Is in your family in town . Was it your family members . Heres the deal. Make sure you are ready to get inside if you need to we do have potential for strong storms today. A round of rain early this morning. If the cloud cover lenders it will decrease our chance of the storms. If we have more sunshine you can almost place your money on more thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. Right now that line is to go west. It will weaken but you can see the big front moving through. There will definitely be showers through the day. Typical high, 80 degrees. We make 815 5 00. Tonight we dry out and stayed dry. Over menlo 67 all sunshine tomorrow. Highs near 80 degrees. With construction on ashland avenue as a head out this morning. Between 37 pyrrhic washed for that also closures are in place downtown in the aftermath of the jazz festival which goes through the weekend. Watch for that along jackson boulevard. Thats a quick look at traffic. A car crashed into a day care and pre
Choosing people which is one of the most important jobs of president has. It is an open question. I am not saying she would do a bad job but in the past, she sometimes has chosen people for their loyalty rather than for their talent. Not always but sometimes. This has been a real problem with the Obama Administration is that there has not been a real reaching out to the best and the brightest. He pretty much has the same people who he had on the hill who got him elected. I think through four people basically run that white house. I think hillary who has been a victim of that closed shop as secretary of state, i cannot imagine that she would repeat that formula for governing keeping that small group and power. The white house these days is pretty insular. There are people who have been tried in true, they feel they can trust. Not every president needs people around them the contrast trust. You make a lot of appointments and the batting average in those appointments we do not know. She c