Party and the last four democratic elections where there was no incumbent running, the iowa caucus winner went on to become the nominee. Al gore, john kerry, barack obama, and Hillary Clinton. And it helps explain why 19 of the candidates are not that there weekend. Guess who is not there. Joe biden. Leyla santiago joins us from des moines and it must be like herding cats trying to follow the action in iowa this weekend. What stands out to you so far and how are iowaens dealing with the barrage of candidates and cameras. Reporter listen here, in front of this mix of pride and politics, among those who are here for a very vibrant celebration for pride fest, a very liberal crowd no surprise and they want someone who cares about the lbgtq communitys rights and abortion rights, and as we speak, the candidates are actually having a forum, where eight candidates have ten minutes to make their pitch. To try to get some support from these iowa voters. And really show the strength of their camp
If they dont step up tariffs will go on. And if they go high, the companies are moving back into the United States. Thats all. Its very simple. Well it is very simple. You know, companies arent moving back to the United States. They cant and wont make decision that is quickly. Theyll wait. Becauses in hundreds of millions of tars at stake. Any will instead pass along the tariff in the form of higher prices to americans for everything from cars to food. Republican senator john cornyn lays it out pretty clearly today. Tariffs on the other hand would be a mass tax. The u. S. Chamber estimates that texas alone would face 5. 35 billion in increased costs as a result of a 5 tariffs that could take effect as early as monday. In translates into about 1,000 more on a car. 1,000 more per car. Deutsche bank says its in fact 1300 a car and thats just as they begin. A gnaw nonpartisan analysis estimates it could wipe pout 400,000 jobs in the United States. Thats what happens when tariffs stay on. H
Become the democratic nominee. As you know, there is no democrat in the white house today. Hillary clinton, barack obama, john kerry, al gore, no democrat incumbent, they won the iowa caucuses, they became the nominee. The results youre about to hear point to who iowas democratic voters like most right now, what they like most in their candidates, and even how they feel about the idea of impeaching President Trump. This is big. The cnn Des Moines Register poll. Lets go straight to des moines, iowa. Our political director David Chalian is there. David, there is a lot of data in your hands but we all want to know the big headlines. More than 20 candidates jostling for the democratic nomination. Who is leading . Ana cabrera, you set this up correctly. Lets get right to those numbers and just show the standings right now in the horse race here. You see joe biden leading the field in iowa 24 . Sanders follows at 16 . With warren at 15. Buttigieg at 15. Harris at 7 there. Just note, this is
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the people who were involved in the courier, and not only the higher-ups who made the paper possible but the writers, the reporters, the runners, they were all very, very sweet, decent, highly professional people, and what they did was run a national paper. pittsburgh is my city it is indeed a privilege and a delight to be standing here on what i consider hallowed ground, because this is where the old pittsburgh courier stood. female narrator: on a september day in 2004, a group of people gathered in pittsburgh to dedicate a historical marker for the pittsburgh courier. and when you came upstairs and there was the editorial department, with the greatest collection of characters that anyone would encounter anywhere. and we used to come down the street to the end of the street and sit on the steps of the ymca and look across the street in this building. the courier building had huge glass panes, and you could see inside, and they had these big, frightening mach