congressman -- >> paul strauss. >> any candidate seeking to earn the trust of the presidency of the united states has to become engaged with the people of iowa. >> newt gingrich. >> jon huntsman. >> senator joe lieberman. >> senator chuck grassley. >> i can't describe it. it's like going to heaven. >> we need to push back to the rnc. this is the dumb way to do it. at the end of the day brad pitt will be in our debate. >> i think it's important. it's a first contact. >> the nominee gets to pick who their vice president is going to "b" should we be doing? >> >>. >> we have to make sure to do proper screening of syrian refugees before they come to our country. a lot of times you listen to the republican debate and it seems like they live in an either/or world. a an us or them world. the truth of the matter is, syrian refugees, fleeing for their lives, they are fleeing from these barbaric, genocidal murders, the same ones that attack the people of france and same ones that could launch attacks here. we need to be leaders. we need to lead in humanitarian way is, not just on opposite end of drone strikes. part of that leadership is making sure we do our part in the international league of nations to ahe eliminate refugee crisis, particularly syrian refugees. second thing, we need to rally people to improve conditions in the camp, in that region. we've been more generous than any other nations but there's still a lot more than we need to do as a community of nations in order to alleviate the conditions in those massive refugee camps, and hopefully john kerry will be successful getting the russians to realize that the top priority should be training our fire power on isil and lead to a second tier, the transition of power and syria. >> give me an apostrophe. [ chanting ] >> welcome back. we're here with the chairwoman of the dnc. thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure, thank you for being here. >> tonight is a big night. is everything going as plan sod far? >> it is. we've had a fantastic and twitter, and there's a real excitement here. this is, first of the nation state and they pride themselves on kicking the tires of the candidates as they come through. it is really a proving ground for the coming rest of the campaign, so that you can ramp up and really show, you know, who has got what it takes to move all of the way through and become the nominee. >> when you're first dealing with the networks is there disappointment they would only give you prime time for the weekends as opposed to week nights for this debate? >> obviously, we would like to have the maximum opportunity to be seen, but because we are on broadcast, we have a much broader audience that you would have an stable. and give that broadcast networks are free access in terms of their viewership versus cable. five of six debates are on a broadcast network, like the republicans, the -- who also have two debates op broadcast, both of those are on a saturday night. it's a little tougher to get them to -- because they have less flexibility in their programming. we're confident there while be a wide viewership. >> you represent florida's 22nd -- >> 23rd. >> you have a couple floridians running for president. what are your thoughts on the florida presidential candidates? >> not much. i served when jeb bush was governor, he really decimated our education system. really, because he was so focused on cutting taxes or the wealthiest and most fortunate floor indians it left us on really shaky ground when the great recession hit and made it much harder for florida to climb back out of that recession. we were slower to recover as a result of him cutting the heart out of our tax base. >> interesting. the sanders and o'malley campaigns talked about wanting more debates. is there a reason why there's six debates this year? debates that were sanctioned in 2004 and 2008 by the dnc. that's the number of debates that we sanctioned. there had been a real explosion of debates sponsored by different organizations, 26 in the last open primary, and we really felt it was important to give our candidates and voters a wider opportunity to see the candidates in different formats. we have candidate forums that have also been televised, and that will be a mix of different opportunities going forward. >> i've talked to a lot of iowa voters. about 75% are still calling themselves undecided. how is the florida voter right now? do you think they picked their person yet? >> we're a year out. 360 days from the general election. i think it's probably premature to guess that voters are ready to pick their choice. you certainly have die hards who are confident about their choice. what i am confident on, one of the three candidates tonight on that stage will be the 45th because we have such a stark contrast between any one of our candidates who, tonight you'll hear not only their plans for how to keep americans safe, especially in the wake of the tragedy in paris, but also to help americans build those cornerstones of the middle class, build on success that president obama and prosperity that we've been able to have as opposed to the entire republican field that's engaged in a childish food fight in politics and have spent a lot of time talking about how to take us backwards to policies that got us into that recession in the first place. >> congress nn debbie wasserman schultz is the chairwoman of the dnc. don't go anywhere. welcome back to roske on politics. here's with nikki schwab. how are you doing? welcome to iowa. >> i'm so happy to be here? is this your first trip to iowa? >> it's a mecca. i've been wanting to come here for years. you're not a real political reporter until step off the plane in des moines. >> i've known miss schwab for a long time. you were with "u.s. news". >> i was. >> what is your position with "daily mail". politics, and just my back story was gossip, we have a little of that, too. >> so, last night, nikki and i were having a very serious meeting at a place called el bait shop. you mentioned how much traffic it gets. how big is the site now? >> i should know this. but we getle ms of millions of page views a month. >> it is a monster. >> we're talking about dryer stories. like superdelegates. >> she doesn't write dry stories. >> the wonkier stories are getting 50 shares on average. people are really interested in politics who read "the daily mail." they are also more doctored in our pop culture oriented coverage we'll call it as well. >> miss schwab wrote about "chasing the hill." you wrote about my run for congress. what did you think when you start heard i was starting a tv show? >> i figured you caught the politics run. it's a great town. i had my first zombie burger experience today which was wonderful. and i drove up by the capitol. a gorgeous area up there. >> des moines is very cool. >> done it. >> zombie burger, which zombie burger did have you? >> i had the elvis-based burger. it included -- peanut butter, bacon, fried banana. an egg, and i actually told them to hold the mayo. because i figured i didn't need the mayo on top of all of that. >> did you like it? >> it was so good. probably one of my most favorite burgers in life. i eat burgers a lot. >> if you're coming to des moines, zombie duringburger is a staple staple. >> el bait shop. >> it's got the most taps of any beer of any bar in america. >> i looked it up. it was around my hotel. i saw the wallace taps. i said i'm going. i got to stop. >> i do believe we end corporate loopholes. because of income tax. yes, i do believe there must be a tax on wall street speculation. we fail bailed out wall street. you're their time to help our kids go to college tuition free. we do demand that the wealthiest people pay their fair share. >> let's get specific. how high would you go? you said you'd go above 50%? how high? >> we haven't come up with an exact number yet, but it will not be as high as the number in dwight d. eisenhower which was nice, but -- >> this is robert becker, part of the bernie sanders campaign. you got to be feeling good? >> we dominated tonight. we feel the entire debate, policy ideas were dicktated by bernie sanders not only in the debate but the entire election. right from the beginning, foreign policy which is supposed to be not his strong suit. the entire segment was wisdom of the iraq war. what bernie proved he was judgment to be commander in chief but has the result to not only defend this country but bring people together to find solutions, terrorism. >> also free college got a lot of play tonight from all of the candidates. where did the idea come from? >> it's been his core belief. as he was saying, it's 2015, a college degree especially for young kids may have economic reasons why they might not even achieve that dream. it's a big difference between the plans. he believes public college should be free and people that opportunity. and it's one of the turning points here tonight. >> you have been working on the iowa sanders campaign for quite some time now. how are the iowans receiving your message? >> the more they hear from bernie sanders the more they like him. we've gone from zero to 40 in a short time the last four, five months. we have another 80 days to go. we'll keep talking to iowans, taking question and sharing bernie's vision for the future of this country. >> i started to see television spots. will there be more traditional campaigning as well as we go forward? >> yes. all summer long, we were outspent 2.4 million to zero on television. television helps. but we're going to keep doing work, the grass roots work. the type of work that iowans expect. we have young organizers out there joining this campaign. ing knowing on doors, doing the out the next 80 days and we competitive. >> robert becker, we just finished the debate. >> thank you. welcome back to roske on politics. you know who this is, donna brazile. how do you think the debate was? >> i think it was great. we listened to three great candidates. give their visions. they had a tough job to reflect the mood of the american people. we are standing with one with the people in france. we are concerned about the ongoing terror that isis poses, not just the western world, but all over the world. so, i think the candidates had an opportunity to deal with national security issues, but also talk about, you know, domestic issue, health care, wall street regulations. should wall street be more regulated? they talked about main street, give americans a way. overall, i thought it was delightful. we heard from three great candidates, one of whom i believe will be the 45th >> you've ran a presidential campaign in the past. i understand you have endorsed? >> i have not, i'm neutral. >> i'm neutral but very excited about the candidates. >> as a campaigner, which one is getting out there and doing a great job? >> i had an opportunity the last couple days to be here, to thank the volunteers, meet the staff people. you know what? like 2008, there's a lot of excitement. there's a lost commitment that people are giving to the candidates. i think we're going to have a great turnout on february 1st in terms of democratic party. >> are you surprised there's only three candidates on the democratic side? >> we started out with six, down to three. but who knows in a month. it's not the number of candidates but the quality of the candidates. >> you ran al gore's presidential? >> i have been on three presidential cycles. working for dick gebhart and the gore campaign. i was here in 2007, 2008, mainly as a democrat. republicans. if you watch this show, you know who this is, the best pollster op the planet. ho are you? >> i'm well. the spin room there, loud, lots of energy, this is a much more somber tone. >> today. i think so. the fans have shifted in the last 24 hours in how people are thinking about this debate and how the candidates are prepared. >> so, miss selzer does polling. how do you think that affected the race after paris? sanders put together the same sort of cocktail barack obama did. only he did it later. he's doing well with young people, with independents, first-time caucus goers, making it more than 20 points over hillary clinton with those groups. >> wow. >> so, on paper, it looks as though he's got some breathing room in terms of being able to sort of push his issues. so, then paris happens. and i think people are going to be trying on the three candidates, including martin o'malley, from the eyes of, well, what is presidential, what does that look like among these candidates. i think they're viewing bernie sanders in particular. saying, can i envision him in the situation? it's a job skill. unexpected things happen and presidents need to address the nation with very little notice. so, it's not -- i think it's, in a way, very telling how they will come off. >> for folks watching this, in a couple days but the paris attacks just happened last night. but, back to the horse race of the presidential, in the past, have you seen someone gain this much ground from now? what are we? 84 days out? >> yes. >> is there enough time for sanders to do it? >> there's enough time for i in do it. in the last poll we do, four days in the field, we see the lead change in those four days. so someone who has been very strong like ron paul led the opening day in 2011, and then he dropped. down to third place. so, things change. and, you know, for a policy sister, thank goodness things change, because then we need to poll more often. >> you mentioned -- tell us about rick santorum, he peaked at juicest the right time. >> he peaked about the right time. second day, 5%, then he got to 10%. he suddenly surged and his final day, were enough that the line with romney saying where he was, looked like he could catch it. so, things happened very late. but, i can say in 2007, hillary clinton led by seven points in october, in october she led by seven points over bernie sanders this time around. so, anything can happen. >> governor bobby jindal, is he starting to climb? >> i can't say that i have new datata-to-say he's climbing. he obviously didn't make it in terms of national polling. he's got higher favorability than iowa. he's better known, putting in time here. >> january selzer. $750 to help you buy your first home and rates are at