many candidates sometimes do in iowa at the state fair there? i think he has been heckled at events. he quickly brushes that stuff off. he almost doesn t see it. he has blinders on to the people supporting him. you re going to see him move through the aoh what state fair with a golf cart and walking through the crowd. he s going to do meet and greets with people but they re not going to be that long. we are told though they h will visit the butter cow. there s excitement for that. it s unclear if he s if you re wanting to see him eat a corn dog, his campaign says there s no way in heck that s going to happen. fried butter is huge at the state fair. it will be interesting to see the contrast with him there and hillary clinton, too, and how they go about it. nbc s katy tur, thank you very much. don t forget to watch meet the press on sunday, moderator chuck todd will have a face to face interview with donald
trump. as we talked about the fried butter, fried oreoa. right now the biggest thing in iowa is the state fair. the presidential candidate is speaking on the soap box, one of the biggest draws, talking about the food here as the main attracti attraction. hold on to your waist bands because msnbc s kasie hunt got a taste for herself. reporter: more than 75 foods on a stick at the iowa state fair. most of them are fried. fried peanut butter and jelly or corn dog. what you can t get a is a calorie count. you guys know how many corn dogs you sell in a day? i ll have to kill you to tell you that. fresh fried apple pie. apple pie, what could be more american. exactly. put come sugar on it. chili kraut hot dogs. funnel cake is a staple. deep fried dill pickles. cajun cheese on a stick. this is american cheese but we got hot pepperjack and
mozzarella. what now? i put this in here? yeah. ic is it in there. right in there? yep. here you go. there you go. come back later and we ll put you to work. she needs to try that fried butter. that will be next on her assignment. that is msnbc s kasie hunt reporting. turning to an historic diplomatic breakthrough. live pictures of the american flag flying over the u.s. embassy in cuba. the cold war era tension between washington and havana have officially thawed after more than 50 years. moments ago secretary of state john kerry spoke from cuba saying his meeting with leaders there today marked historic cooperation. kerry said the next big step will likely be a lifting of the embargo against cuba. it s our hope that over the next days we will be able to layout a road map whereby steps are taken and make it possible for us to move to the next level. and from cuba to little