Elections. Even after top u. S. Security Officials Say this our adversaries are trying to undermine our country on a persistent and regular basis. Our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. President trump says this. Now, were being hindered by the russian hoax. So hoax or threat, what does the Trump Administration want us to believe . My guests this morning, republican senator roy blunt of missouri. Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota and Nbc News National Security analyst clint watts. Also, the trump loyalty test. Hugging President Trump has become the republican goto strategy. Then mr. Trump said youre fired. I love that part. It works great in the primaries, but will candidates pay a price in november . Ill ask long time republican adman mike murphy. Joining me for insight and analysis are robert costa, moderator of Washington Week on pbs. Helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york
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finish fourth in iowa. john altar and steve kornacki, thank you, gentlemen. let s go to iowa and vaughn hilliard and, von, you have just spoken to elizabeth warren who is stumping there today and what did she tell you? yes, katy. we will be getting answers over the next three months and if you will recall where we were in the middle of the summer, and i say it, because the candidates are going to continue to face more specific questions in the last couple of months. largely, introducing themselves to the iowans here, and what you want to see her is right here at the cornell college, and elizabeth warren starting up the photo line, and we have had the opportunity to talk with warren briefly to talk to reporters and our colleague ben fhun who said when we were talking about medicare for all she said that she wants to eliminate the filibuster and so that means in the senate with president warren it would take 51 votes to pass medicare for all and there are
for democrats, he has a very strong relationship to the latino community across the country and he s going to be an integral surrogate for folks running for the democratic nomination and then running in the general. and if we think of texas as a swing state, especially important here. so it s at a fork in the road. i m at 50/50 at this point. but he is going to be a presence that we continue to see until november of 2020. let s go to iowa and talk about the recent enthusiasm for amy klobuchar. one voter had the following thing to say, seeing her in person just closed the deal for me. she understands what it s going to take to win, which is to win over independents and former trump voters. that is exactly the sound bite that amy klobuchar is looking for. is it big enough that it s going to help her? pete buttigieg, too, we re hearing the same thing. so i feel like mayor buttigieg started with a position that was a little more
something for the house democrats, where they re all going to have to say, we see what we see, what are we going to do about it? right now, nancy pelosi is shying away for political reasons from moving ahead on impeachment. that s going to get harder to do. okay, john, melanie, good to see you both and having this conversation. thank you so much. thank you. let s go to iowa. we ve been talking about joe biden. let s go to our nbc road warrior vaughn millard. you re there at the stake fry and joe biden is expected to be there any moment. is he within your sight now? is he there? i think he s here. reporter: you re watching joe biden. he just met up a drum line just greeted joe biden. this is the iowa steak fry. thousands of folks here four months from the iowa caucus and you ve got 17 democratic presidential candidates and i think you re looking at a live shot of joe biden. he was just greeted by a couple hundred of his supporters as well as a drum line here. he is about to ta
remember, he is very popular, very popular among republicans. and anthony scarmucci is a prominent voice, but he is by far not representative of that republican base that is still with trump. 85%, 95%. fair enough. always good to have your voice. thank you so much. always a pleasure. let s go to iowa. today 2020 hopeful kamala harris is wrapping up a week of barnstorming the state. the california senator is on the last leg of a five-day bus tour hoping to gain momentum ahead of the iowa caucuses, just five months away. dozens of democrats descended on iowa paying to a campaign right of passage that is the iowa state fair. joining me to discuss is the chief politics reporter for the des moines register. good morning, and have you had your fill of iowa state fair food yet? yes, i ve perhaps had too much. i think i would do the same at the minnesota state fair.