the cnn film little richard is up next. ow! man: little richard, it s now 16 years since you had your first hits. oh, yes. do you realize that well, you must realize that at your performances now there are people who weren t even alive when you first began? yes, but i have woke them up now. everybody that wasn t alive when i started and was gone, i have brought the spirit and put it on them. were you always so shy? no, i m not. a lot of people say i m shy, but i let it all hang out, every bit. the love, the gentleness, the tenderness, the kindness, you ain t supposed to hide them. you got it. god gave it. show it to the world. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, if you will, a man who s become a legend in his own time, little richard! [ cheers and applause ] good golly, miss molly sure like to ball that music, that beat, his voice. the oooh my god, who is that? who is that? can t hear your mama call good golly, miss molly i d never seen any
situation, a key event is happening this evening. what do you expect to hear from the candidates tonight? reporter: we have a few thousand iowa republican activists who are here to see their field of candidates with the exception of the front runner, donald trump. you mentioned his legal woes. that has become part of the campaign. at least for a night, this will be a trump-free evening in the sense that he will not be here. his rivals will be. when you talk to some republican voters here, some of his supporters are very much with him, of course. we know that his core base is strong. but several are saying that they are willing to turn the page, in fact, interested in turning the page. and the candidates are now trying to seize upon that. there is a sense of urgency among many of his rivals. particularly ron desantis. he s been trying to hit all 99 counties across iowa. he s up to 56 counties. he was campaigning in the western part of the state before coming here to des moin