hello, everybody. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy day in the republican race for president. in the next two hours, two new candidates as the field grows to ten. that s ankeney, iowa, where mike pence will announce his candidacy for the republican normination next hour. and in fargo, north dakota, the first lady is about to introduce the government nor. he, too, will enter the republican race for president. that will bring the field to ten. we believe these are likely the final two entries in the crowded republican field. we have reporters to bringout latest. let s start in iowa where mike pence will make it official next hour. what are we going to see? reporter: you re going to see in about an hour this official in-person rally for mike pence. this is the kickoff for his iowa campaign, where his campaign says they have to lean all in. this is where they will make their mark or be allowed to continue. and they plan on try too good that by go
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