why does it matter? what happens if you don t win iowa? well, we ll talk then. fox news reporting, the fight for iowa, here s bret baier. the author who described a sleepy iowa farm as a field of dreams was writing about baseball. but he could have been talking about presidential politics, where the dreams are even bigger. you have heard it before, the first in the nation, iowa caucuses, always first in the nation. well, some people worry that iowa mostly rural state with a relatively small population, plays too big a role in the electoral process. the counter argument goes like this. in iowa, individual people still matter, citizens need to harb things now the firehouses and school gyms and community centers. candidates can t just make big tv buys, they earn their votes, handshake by handshake n. iowa, a well-fund, well-known politician can learn he doesn t have what it takes or a small campaign can catch a second win. this cycle, president obama is a formality.
what happens if you don t win iowa? well, we ll talk then. fox news reporting, the fight for iowa, here s bret baier. the author who described a sleepy iowa farm as a field of dreams was writing about baseball. but he could have been talking about presidential politics, where the dreams are even bigger. you have heard it before, the first in the nation, iowa caucuses, always first in the nation. well, some people worry that iowa mostly rural state with a relatively small population, plays too big a role in the electoral process. the counter argument goes like this. in iowa, individual people still matter, citizens need to harb things now the firehouses and school gyms and community centers. candidates can t just make big tv buys, they earn their votes, handshake by handshake n. iowa, a well-fund, well-known politician can learn he doesn t have what it takes or a small campaign can catch a second win. this cycle, president obama is a formality. but it s a different s
cam, it is july 18th, 2011, monday morning, thanks for waking up with fox 5 news. i ve steve schenn ovie. a heat wave is gripping parts of the country, heat advisors reese and warnings are in place in 17 states and relief isn t expected any time soon. in milwaukee people flopping to the pools, beaches and cooling centers over the weekend and in oklahoma city forecasters say another day of 100-degree temperatures is likely. looks like it is going to be headed our way soon without the triple digits. some of that heat is what s pushing into our area and it has been hot in the midwest across the plains in the southeast, it s been the southern plains, it s been brutal across the nation and some of that is making its way in here. it starts today but the real intense he heat is at the episode of the week so it s gonna be rough around here a little while. let s start this morning by taking a look at the satellite radar composite. we can show you across the region skies looks