frontrunners and in phoenix, arizona, democrats, bernie sanders and martin o malley will be attending a progressive group s annual conference. we are covering both live events right now. chris moony is in phoenix and mark press sonton is in ames iowa. mark let me begin with you. donald trump has been dominating the news and the polls. the format will allow for some other voices to be heard. explain. you know donald trump comes up from arkansas where he had some very harsh things to say about others running, including jeb bush. he will be taking questions from a moderator but unscripted questions out of the audience. this audience are social conservatives. they are the engine that fuels the republican side of the iowa caucuses. very important folks. about 2000 of them here today. if donald trump is really serious about trying to run for president, he needs to do well here in iowa fred.