was senator elizabeth warren on sunday telling voters she believe she has the ground game to win the 2020 general election, from free public colleges, to breaking up tech giants. warn trying to set herself apart from the candidate with a plan. but can her policies galvanize voters? joined by msnbc political news reporter out on the trail in iowa. former clinton campaign senior adviser and contributor adrienne elrod and former adviser to mitt romney and domestic policy studies, a big thanks to you all for being with me on a holiday. start with you in the hawkeye state, on the trail with senator warren. what are you hearing? what are voters telling you? reporter: well, craig, we re actually here in burlington, iowa, where elizabeth warren will do her last event of the swing here in the hawkeye state. people are filing in behind me getting ready to go inside.
significant lead into bernie sanders support. coupled with the fact she has almost, i think, more staff in iowa, on the ground in iowa, than any other presidential candidate on the democratic side. narying that with policy proposals and s a strong game in iowa. how she s looking to position herself in the race and hopefully do very well in iowa. lana, talking policy here. have you seen any policy proposals from a democratic candidate so far that might appeal to trump voters? well, you know, the interesting one, craig, that a lot of people talk about is this freedom dividend that andrew yang has been out there campaigning on. sort of universal bake income notion. i think a lot of people across the political spectrum thought that to be an interesting idea. you might contrast that, for example, with some of elizabeth warren s policy proposals, which, for example, free college, forgiveness of college debt. a very, very high taxes on people who have done well.
the past three days i ve talked to iowans what s important to them and if it s important candidates get specific when it comes to substance? elizabeth warren has been doing it from the beginning, bringing out policies on a weekly basis. the way she decided to stand out. is it the way voters want to hear from candidates? the answer seems like yes based on conversations i ve had like this one we had on saturday. listen. is there any candidate in the field that stands out at nailing it on policy. oh, i like elizabeth warren. i just loved what i heard with kirsten gillibrand. i love cory booker. so many good ones. they got have specifics. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. reporter: here s the thing on policy, craig. there are so many ways to stand out in this field, and each candidate has to figure the best way for them to do that especially as voters make a decision and when they have so many options. elizabeth warren clearly leaning in hard to this policy laying,
left-wing base. going after his base. senator sanders closing in on national polls. how worried should they be? very worried, because a lot of sanders supporters in 2016 supported him considering him the anti-establishment candidate. the one supporting and really advocating for income inequality, although i certainly will argue hillary clinton was, too. this time around, they want somebody that will show results. bernie sanders hasn t passed legislation during his time in the senate. elizabeth warren is somebody advocating for the same policies say i have a record of getting things done and rime goii m goit forward policies with a good chance of passing and being signed into law. she s specific about her policy. that s why you see her cut a
that travel ban are the countries that do business with the trump organization. such as saudi arabia, where they can kill journalists at will, and president trump won t do anything about it. not subject to the travel ban. she have business dealings wit trump organization. we need to know where this president is getting lis monhis. it s coming in from all over the world. it s a serious threat to our national security. whether the situation in korea. whether it be the situation in the middle east or with russia. congress needs to get the documents, and if those banks don t cooperate, congress needs to make it clear they re not going to be doing business in the united states ever again. richard payne, leave it there. thank you richard, thank you, hans. president s hopeful elizabeth warren is in iowa today. touting her ideas for the future. a number of fronts. do policy specifics matter to voters just yet? we ll head to iowa, next. this time, it s his turn.