the criteria of 40,000 donors being added to the requirement of being at a certain place in the polls is somewhat new. we accept that criteria. confident that we will get there. reporter: pence campaigned in iowa talking to first responders about public safety at the community level. he did not directly go after donald trump. his former running mate. when asked about the attack delivered by will hurd on an iowa stage, the former vice president said he always believed that trump was going to run for re-election, he had intended to right from the start, so he didn t buy that line of attack, saying that trump was running to stay out of prison. and herein lies the difficulty of being a candidate like mike pence. when you speak to caucusgoers here in iowa, they will widely tell you that they dismiss any new federal charges. people see through this as a political trial. it s political by nature.
coming in. our focus is on the campaign, to be honest with you, you know. are the criteria of 40,000 donors being added to the requirement of being at a certain place in the polls is somewhat new. we accept that criteria. confident confident we will get there. reporter: talking to first responders about public safety at the community level. he did not directly go after donald trump. his former running mate. when asked about the attack delivered by will hurd on an iowa stage, the former vice president said he always believed that trump was going to run for re-election, he had intended to right from the start, so he didn t buy that line of attack says that trump was running to stay out of prison. and herein lies the difficulty of being a candidate like mike pence. when you speak to caucusgoers here in iowa, they will widely tell you that they dismiss any
Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) has a sterling reputation not only in its home state, but across the nation and within opera communities globally. Their visionary growth strategy has given Iowans unique bragging rights. Their programming is celebrated each year and draws a significant part of its patr
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