here in iowa the investment of education has been slipping so let's take over the iowa house and iowa senate on novembe nove. [applause] there is so much that can be done here in the state it reminds me of oregon when the republicans controlled the house and senate i organize democrats we took back the senate and the house and we had an agenda to fought for housing, education, living wage jobs and stewardship of our planet. let me tell you, we have an enormous challenge with carbon pollution damaging our planet with climate chaos. we see it in the fires in the west and the hurricanes in the south and greater flooding and routes in the heartland. let's work together on behalf of this generation and the next generations to come to completely transition 100 percent fossil fuels of clean and renewable energy to save our planet. to do all these things we have to take seriously our constitution and this is in full swing it is voter suppression and you see that right here in iowa had dark money from citizens united it floods into iowa and it is also gerrymandering and here is a complement to

can we possibly go to iowa and look at the governor's race in iowa. i've been watching these numbers come in and that's wicked close. >> kim reynolds has just taken the lead. i have to catch up where the vote is left to come in. obviously story county probably the biggest single gap we have on the board. what is the margin statewide? it's a 20,000-vote lead for reynolds. about 10% to come here. i have to look closer to find out if there's one party with an advantage. a 20,000-vote edge for kim reynolds. >> one other governor's race, it is the excruciatingly, slow-moving georgia governor's race. >> yes, yes. it is a slow-moving race. brian kemp -- i think the question right now, and you can see most of the vote in. the question right now with kemp leading by three points, is he going to finish over 50% and avoid that runoff? the guidance from our decision desk is they think he's more likely than not to do that, but they're not calling it just yet. i do want to point out one other aspect of this georgia governor's race to keep an eye on. take a look at

and he talks about how he played football in iowa and how he is raising his family in iowa and how iowa is his home and iowa has shaped his values, but then he has to get on to the business of why he is purportedly there. >> we're going to continue to provide our prosecutors and our state and local partners with the resources that they need, and we're going to keep putting fraudsters in jail. i want to thank each one of you for your contributions to this effort. this room is full of the front lines of folks that are addressing this important priority issue for the department of justice, and i cannot thank each and every one of you enough for your efforts and your attendance here today. each one of us plays a role, and certainly not just those of us in government. all of us can be on the lookout for fraud schemes and report suspected criminal activity. >> all of us can be on the lookout for fraud schemes. this is an important issue, priority issue for this justice department under this new acting attorney general. we're going to keep putting fraudsters in jail. and, you know, it's funny.

it's the most republican district in iowa. so it's not like anyone running against steve king is going to be a walk. as i said, his opponent j.g. shelton, has worked very hard, has raised i think somewhere around 1.4, $1.5 million. that's about double what king has. he's been on the air, and king has not. on the other hand, this is a very republican district that keeps bringing king back year after year after year. and as you said, these are not new comments for king. his voters tend to know what he believes on these issues, and some of them certainly agree with him. >> robert costa, let's agree that he is blunt. if memory serves, he got his start in the construction business before turning to elective office. you spoke to him this week. what kind of things does he say to you? >> you've got to think about congressman king as the jeff sessions of western iowa. this was someone who has had a hardline position on immigration, on cultural issues, really on the right wing of the right wing of the republican party for over a decade.

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let's look at what's going on in iowa. the governor of iowa was made the ambassador to china, so that is an open seat. the nominated incumbent is kim reynolds. she's fighting off fred hubbell. he's a former insurance executive. we will be watching that one closely to see how that goes. let's go out now to nevada, where we have three people running. this is an interesting one. there's an independent candidate there as well. brian sandoval is the term-limited governor. steve sisolak is running in

are you on a plane to iowa later today? >> i am not. >> are you on a plane later to iowa today? >> you talked about a beloved american, i'm thinking this is the ticket right here. you guys get the papers filed, guys, let's go. >> willie, final thoughts. >> mika talked about women. i'm inspired by the young people who ran, veterans who ran and many of them winning. we're seeing faces in that winning graphic and saying, moe, people like me should run for office and can win when we do. >> women, people of clo and young adults make up over two-thirds of this population in this country. that's where the future is. those are the people that are going to take us home and get us away from this incredible madness we find ourselves in. i do have a lot of faith that that will happen. >> eddie. >> last night proved that it was a mixed bag, that we have a lot in front of us but we have to act on behalf of democracy before democracy gives way. >> steve schmidt. >> before the next presidential

we were talking about it in iowa. one of the things i find remarkable about politics now, we saw this in the kavanaugh fight, is how sort of disempowered conservative women get. i'm married to a strong conservative woman. she can tell you this every time in terms of our media. glamor magazine, hollywood, television shows, decide what women's issues are and they tend to be from the left. and there are millions of conservative women who are smart enough to see past maybe some of the things they might disagree with the president on, but actually want a president who is strong, agree with him on the policies of his military expansion, tax cuts and business. they're smart enough to make those decisions. and to try to narrow cast them into some sort of women care about these things from the left, except for these crazy trump women who somehow are for this guy that we can't understand only further pushes those women over to his side. what i find quite often is there are women trump supporters i talk to who started off saying

and i saw what was happening right here in iowa where, in fact, iowa had the largest swing from reelecting president obama in 2012 to supporting president trump in 2016. that was a 16-point swing from 12 to 16 and i knew the republican agenda that was being enacted wasn't in step with the values that represented our state. and so when i got that phone call from my former high school history teacher, i knew that i had to say yes. >> zach wahls making me feel old. the kids are growing up too fast. >> we're trying to save the world, lawrence. >> this is a lot for me to process. zach wahls, congratulations, state senator zach wahls. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, lawrence. >> tonight's last word is next. >>> time for tonight's last word. >> the former first lady also referencing the current one, and how when they met after the 2016 election, obama told melania trump she's just a phone call away. >> has she reached out to you for help? >> no, she hasn't. >> michelle obama gets tonight's last word. and that word is no. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. the worst it's been sin

the one who wins in iowa and challenges. or is there a guy like biden or a beto o'roarke or somebody who stays in there for ten or 20 contests and finally goes around the corner and wins? is that possible? >> yeah. because of the proportional rules within the party. i'm still on the rules committee. one of the things we try to establish in the rules committee is to not just get the states to spread out a little bit, but to ensure that we have the kind of diversity and the selection of delegates that we have in every other aspect of our party. in 2008 and 2016 the democratic party clearly favored the establishment. but the voters wanted an outsider. that's why you saw barack obama come straight up the middle in that very talented field of candidates in 2008. and in 2016 hillary clinton was the favorite, and bernie came within a distance of pulling it off. had the election gone another month, bernie would have caught up. >> if they wouldn't have had the debates on nfl night. >> that's another conversation about the debate sche

and i saw what was happening right here in iowa where, in fact, iowa had the largest swing from reelecting president obama in 2012 to supporting president trump in 2016. that was a 16-point swing from 12 to 16 and i knew the republican agenda that was being enacted wasn't in step with the values that represented our state. and so when i got that phone call from my former high school history teacher, i knew that i had to say yes. >> zach wahls making me feel old. the kids are growing up too fast. >> we're trying to save the world, lawrence. >> this is a lot for me to process. zach wahls, congratulations, state senator zach wahls. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, lawrence. >> tonight's last word is next. (girl) nooooooooooooo! (man) nooooo! (girl) nooooo... (vo) quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty picks up messes quicker, and is two times more absorbent than the leading ordinary brand. (man and pirate girl) ahoy! (laughing) (vo) bounty, the quicker picker upper. opportunity is everywhere. like here. where nothing stands between you and your best friends. ♪ the full value of your ne

this is happening in iowa, folks. this is in iowa. pokes there is a place you can go out there to learn how to make cappuccinos and espresso and learn how to run the machines. they take emily up, she completes the course work up there. they come back to their hometown. the mother and father with the help of voc rehab, got a small loan, found a store front in a small town. it's a small town in iowa, right? 6,000 people maybe. 6,500 people. they find an empty store front, and they leased it, rented it, fixed it up with the loan from vr and stuff. they bought one of these coffee machines. they set up em's coffee shop. that was eight years ago. today em's coffee shop employs five people, four of whom are persons with disabilities. it has become the center of the town for people to come talk. now they make paninis for urge. they come there a talk. emily is a wonderful young woman. she remembers everyone. boy, she remembers everyone that comes in. she has other people that help her make the coffee, she does it herself. now emily found a roa

you meet a lot of people, you go to iowa. they're not voting for anyone until they meet each candidate three times. it isn't as difficult as he makes it. running for president in primaries is kind of fun as long as you can afford it. >> i can tell you, it's fun covering them. it's a resort. i love covering it. you're working harder than i am. i love it, donna. i love covering those people. >> up next, a history lesson about the position trump may find himself in next year. -these people, they speak a language we cannot understand. ♪ [ telephone ringing ] -whoa. [ indistinct talking ] -deductible? -definitely speaking insurance. -additional interest on umbrella policy? -can you translate? -damage minimization of civil commotion. -when insurance needs translating, get answers in plain english at progressiveanswers.com. ♪ -he wants you to sign karen's birthday card. it's a high honor. -he wants you to sign karen's birthday card. what's the #1 new skincare product in 2018? olay whips. absorbs faster than the $100, $200, and e

what's his reputation now in iowa? not just legally but politically. >> well, i don't think -- he's not been around on the iowa scene that much in the last few years. i think most of his reputation has been national actually. in iowa he was known as being a football player, he's in the high school football hall of fame. he's considered one of the more conservative evangelical players on the political scene. he ran for nomination on the iowa supreme court and didn't make it and claimed it was biased against people with a religious view. in another instance he had agreed to be the emcee for an event. this is while he was u.s. attorney here for the southern district. he was going to emcee a christian conservative event, and at the last minute just literally hours before that event he was told by the justice department that he couldn't do that because it would be a conflict with his role. so he has not been shy about putting his religion forward, even in the context of his role as u.s. attorney, which leads to a lot of fea

attorney for the southern district of iowa. at the time you were indicted, you were openly gay, the only openly gay? >> yes. >> reporter: legislator in the state of iowa. you were a democrat. you were considered a rising star. do you think that's why you were targeted? >> i absolutely believe that's why i was targeted. >> reporter: the federal indictment was brief. the u.s. attorney was accusing mccoy of attempted extortion by a public official. mccoy says it was a $2,000 business dispute with a private consulting client who wouldn't pay a bill. those facts didn't matter to whitaker, he says, who brought the full weight of the federal government against him. >> i believe it was a political prosecution. there's no doubt in my mind. i'm 100% certain that it was. >> reporter: here is all you need to know about the case. the u.s. attorney's office, under whitaker's direction, spent more than two years going after mccoy using the fbi, a paid informant, secret recordings, a special prosecutor. and after two years, it took a jury mere

reporter: there is a lot to watch in iowa with just days before voters hit the poll. >> mollie in iowa thank you. >> early voting ahead of next week midterm is skyrocketing more than 30 million americans have cast ballot in some states early voting turn out nearing presidential election levels, jeff paul is live in los angeles, jeff, break down the numbers. reporter: according to those latest numbers 28 states and district of columbia have surpassed 2014 early voting numbers, a little bit contributor is younger voters, in states like florida ages 18-29 are casting ballot, and tennessee, nevada, and georgia and texas, competitive senate and governor races create increase interest in those states. and elections officials in states like min machin minnesott almost feels like a presidential elect year. >> in a year like this, we would compare to a mid term that was 4 years ago, because we have so many people voting absentee we're comparing it to presidential. >> we're on pace to match or exceed the pace in a presidential elect for an early vote. vote. reporter: in georgia candidates are tr

he was a tight end for the university of iowa, u.s. attorney for five years and failed senate candidate in 2014. in his spare time, he's an amateur power lifter. look at that guy. look at that. guy's got police tape around him. that's confidence right there. he's, like, you're gonna want to tape this off because i'm about to murder these weights! aaahhh! matt whitaker basically seems like the exact opposite of jeff sessions. sessions also posted a photo of himself power lifting but it wasn't as impressive. ( laughter ) we've got to get all our short jokes in now. now or never, they're done. apart from being former u.s. attorney and looking like bane during the off season, one other thing about whitaker that probably makes him the perfect pick for president trump, he shares a similar passion for business ethics. >> matt whitaker the now acting attorney general after jeff sessions was fired, he's now linked to a company referred to as a scam. rule patent marketing billed itself as helping investors secure patent and whitaker was hands on

in iowa. i've done 19 trips to iowa and 12 to new hampshire. the way this plays out we feel good where we are at this point, next year, a lot of focus on this race. we are going to have about 20 to 25 people on the ground in iowa. we have, by far, the biggest campaign operation going on in iowa at this point. >> you're the only person running. >> well, but not true. >> the biggest operation if you're the only declared candidate, right? >> victor, as you and i know, other people are running but just not being honest about it. those are different things. we will have a hundred people on the ground by june. i think what you're going to see unfold next year is people focusing on what is going on the ground in iowa and new hampshire where we have a good sized operation and very high name i.d. and we are will do well in polls in those states and then people like yourself will start looking at polls in those states, talking about that more. my name i.d. will grow nationally and then i'll be in a good position not only in those two states but nationall

the only openly gay legislator in the state of iowa. a democrat. you were a considered a rising star. do you think that's why you were targeted? >> absolutely. i believe that's why i was targeted. >> the federal indictment was brief. the u.s. attorney was accusing mccoy of attempted extortion by a public official. mccoy says it was a $2,000 business dispute with a private client who wouldn't pay a bill. those facts didn't matter to whittaker. who brought the full weight of the federal government against him. >> i believe it was a political prosecution. there's no doubt in my mind. 100% certain it was. >> here's all you need to know about the case. the attorney office under his direction spent two years going after mccoy. using the fbi. a paid informant. secret recordings. a special prosecutor. and after two years, it took a jury minutes to reach a verdict. not guilty. >> that's correct. tifs acquitted within 20 minutes. >> whittaker was criticized heavily. reports asking why was mccoy prosecuted. asked sf the u.s. attorney case was misplaced or par

attorney from iowa. but -- but mueller was not senate-confirmed. why did they not get him senate-confirmed? he should have been. but because of all the conflicts, they did not want to bring him before the senate, because he is very conflicted. so because of those conflicts, they didn't want to bring him before the senate. so don't tell me about whitaker because mueller was not senate-confirmed. and whitaker was. reporter: the democrats keep picking up more seats in the house, now more than 31 seats. president trump: whether they get a couple more house seats doesn't matter. it doesn't matter. but you notice, the votes don't ever seem to go the other way? they hire lawyers and the votes don't ever seem to go the republican way, although -- i don't know, you tell me, it is always the democrats. it is always gps fusion. it is always crooked stuff. look. look at what happened. how many fbi are gone? how many justice department people are gone? that i found out, that i found out. there is a lot of bad stuff going on in this country and we are finding ou

. >> i grew up in iowa, started with a rusted out dozer. i lived in the same house 40 years. i know most of you agree our country is slipping away. well, i think it's worth fighting for no matter whose toes have to be stepped on to make it right. if that's okay with you, i'd sure appreciate your vote. >> no matter whose toes have to be stepped on to make it right. [ laughter ] >> wit a mait a minute, we're evaluating this from d.c., it's effective in iowa. i worked on capitol hill and he's an immigration hawk. i'm very disappointed in the language that steve king is using over the years. it's not acceptable and not necessary to do that, you know, he's becoming more difficult to explain away, which is unfortunate, but steve king is going to win that district and what is interesting, though, i sit on the board of stand up republic and our organization put money into his opponent's race, not directly but against steve king because we think that he represents is not good for republicans moving forward. and his opponent raised a lot of money. he put in $1.4 million and had several

back in iowa. tell him the democrats campaign had. borders interview lindsay james rallies are mostly female support. they plan one last push to get out the vote. especially the female vote. but it's everything to see that you're right i don't know. one of the biggest goals is to reverse the republican majority in congress. that would do a lot to reduce the president's ability to fulfill his electoral promises and legislative. and really do the following last. night. it's always encouraging to see many faces thank you for being here. but if you think so yes i know so we're going nowhere so you know so we're working for are doing that is what was said two years ago this is different now there's there's women coming out of the woodwork that never campaigned before and there we were locking up people who are helping us understand we're going to vote democrat this time so you never heard that much before. for some activists mobilizing the electorate is the only way to defeat trunk. this is so important. to many people that can't be bother

in 2007 mccoy was a young gay rising star in iowa's democratic party. matt whitaker was the young conservative republican u.s. attorney for the southern district of iowa. >> at the time you were indicted you were openly gay, the only openly gay legislator in the state of iowa. >> yes. >> you were a democratic. you were considered a rising star. do you think that's why you were targeted? >> i absolutely believe that's why i was targeted. >> the federal indictment was brief. the u.s. attorney was accusing mccoy of attempted extortion by a public official. mccoy says it was a $2,000 business dispute with a private consulting client who wouldn't pay a bill. those facts didn't matter to whitaker, he says, who brought the full weight of the federal government against him. >> i believe it was a political prosecution. there's no doubt in my mind, 100% certain that it was. >> reporter: here is all you need to know about the case. the u.s. attorney's office under mi whitaker's direction spent more than two years going after mccoy, using the fbi, a paid informant,

ohio and georgia the big ones florida iowa ohio and georgia can't get much more important than them. they were incredible they were actually incredible campaigns to incredible. as of right now republicans will control the majority of governorships across the country including three great women who work very hard the governors of alabama south dakota and iowa they work very very hard very talented by expand our senate majority the voters have also clearly rebuked. the senate democrats for their handling of the kavanaugh hearings that was a factor i think may be a very big factor the way that was handled i think was tremendous energy was given to the republican party by the way they treated then judge cavanagh justice cabinet. and expressed their support for confirming more great pro constitution judges candidates who embraced our message of low taxes low regulations low crime strong borders and great judges excelled last night they excelled they they really i mean we have a a list of people that were fantastic and i'm just going to put them out mike bost rodney davis. andy barr was fa

he said iowa is on the right track. he has helped to work with people with pre-existing condition. >> we passed legislation to make sure the pre-existing conditions are protected and not discriminated against. >> reporter: another race we are watching is the first congressional district, rod blom battling abby fink in our. >> that is a nice train that guy has. >> that doesn't press. rebecca gimp at 4:00 p.m. eastern for more news. >> see you in an hour for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure. now up to 30 grams of protein for strength and energy! . . ♪ >> the democrats want invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens to flood into your communities. they're depleting our resources and overwhelming our nation. we don't want that. republicans believe we must defend our borders. we have to defend the borders of our country and that country is a country that we love, the united states of america. [cheering] >> welcome to the journal

we've heard how he abused his office in iowa. we've now heard about campaign donations which would enable him to repay a loan to himself. at every aspect this man is unfit. and that is what hamilton was talking about. he said we need this confirmation process to avoid the appointment of cronies of unfit character. and yet that's what we have now right now, unfit character. >> is there any forcing mechanism, any leverage that democrats and minority wield in this senate between now and the new congress? >> well, if we have partisanship, and then we're -- it's going to be difficult. but if we have bipartisanship on this issue then leverage can be exerted. otherwise it's an issue for the courts to take up and say is this a violation of the constitution? and i certainly hope that that can be -- that can happen very quickly. we're asking the courts to do so. but really, the republicans sometimes say to me, jeff, i agree with you completely. this is inappropriate by the president. i say, will you join us in a public display or conversat

attorney for the southern district of iowa by george w. bush in 2004. entirely because of political connections. he's known as a mover and a shaker and people in the justice department say that he now has managed to ingratiate himself into the trump white house where it doesn't matter if he has the experience necessary. he is uniquely now positioned in a way that trump has wanted this loyalist in the justice department. now he's the one that's ready to serve that up. >> let me show, there's a law professor, julia, i think from iowa who posted this on twitter, which i'm sort of reeling at. it kind of makes perfect sense. whitaker told me in june 2017 he was flying out to be on cnn regularly because he was hoping to be noticed as a trump defender and to get a trump judicial appointment back in iowa. here's this guy i've got to get back in the game, i'm going to go on cnn and talk about -- here's the kinds of things he said on cnn. this is him in july 2017, defending don jr. for taking a meeting whose explicit purpose was for a foreign government to give t

polls in montana, nevada, utah, and iowa close at 10:00 p.m. california and hawaii close their polls at 11:00 p.m. eastern. ballots are due by 11:00 p.m. alaska closes voting at midnight eastern. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. >> on monday, former president barack obama was in fairfax, virginia, to meet with staffers and volunteers working on behalf of senator tim kaine and jennifer went extent. wextis about -- jennifer on. this is about 30 minutes. president obama hello, people. cheers and applause] let me just say these are officially approved by michelle. all of you have been working so hard. you have been moving. have a little treat. >> even with this crowd likes you or they like donuts. [laughter] jennifer, you want to start handing them out? let's take the mic. this, but weeed are facebook and live. and so, jennifer wexton. extent -- ms. wexton: thank you for coming out in the rain. i am going to replace and repeal candidate comstock. president obama is the person who inspired me to run for office in the first place. [] ch

it may help elect democrat fred hubbell, governor of iowa on tuesday night. for other republicans who don't want a reputation like steve king's, for other republicans, particularly those in tight races who are trying to steer clear of the steve king-donald trump effect at this late day date. a lot of them have been trying to avoid this anti-demagoguery stuff as much as they can. they try not to answer questions about it. please don't ask a follow-up. a lot of them have been trying to run instead on things like health care, which we've been covering for the last few weeks now. that, of course, has its own awkwardness for republican candidates this year. after all these years of the republican party as a unified front running vituperatively against obamacare, and everything the affordable care act stood for and did, now this year all these republicans who are up for election or reelection this year, they're all trying to run like they're the biggest champions of obamacare ever. vote for me. i will protect what obamacare -- vote for me. i'll make sure that obama

we went back to iowa, in fact, we went back to iowa every summer. we were on route 66 and going back yards. we were meeting all the people going to california and disneyland and the beach and they had inner tubes on the top of the car, they're all laughing, they're in bikinis, and we're norwegians going to iowa. so we can eat five times a day and talk about crops. [laughter] anyway. every summer we would go. of course my dad was from that -- he was old school. had to get up at 4:00 a.m. had to drive for an hour. we always stopped at the copper cart in swingman, arizona, and my dad always had two eggs over easy with bacon and coffee. i was precocious. i was an only child. my mother lost two children. so she doted on me and made me wear a scarf which i didn't wear tonight. for obvious reasons. anyway, she -- wanted to please me. my dad was the norwegian who didn't want to ever stop, all right. we were on route 66, i was standing on the transmission hump and i see signs going by and it goes world's largest buffalo. and i go, hey, dad, dad, can we stop?

it paints a dire future for american agriculture, especially states like yours in iowa. higher temperatures, drought and flooding would devastate corn and soy bean production. this report put out by several agencies says it would shrink the economy by 10% over the next several decades. should you and your fellow republican senators take action to stem climate change? >> we know our climate is changing. we see those ebb and flows through time. american agriculture has faced very difficult situations in decades past as well. i think there are a number of things that we can do and iowa certainly is stepping up and is a leader on making sure that we are keeping our air, water and soil healthy. we lead in things like wind and solar energy. >> anything that the senate should do? >> any time we are putting regulation out, we need to consider impact to american industry and jobs. we want to make sure that it makes sense going forward. there is a balance that can be struck there. again, in iowa, as a state, we have set that standard. and it hasn't been by mandating. it has been b

attorney in iowa is also under scrutiny. here now is cnn senior investigative correspondent drew griffin. >> i initially thought i can't think of a more ill-qualified person. >> reporter: matt mccoy has a history with president trump's new acting attorney general matt whitaker. in 2007, mccoy was a young gay rising star in iowa's democratic party. whitaker was the young conservative republican u.s. attorney for the southern district of iowa. at the time you were indicted, you were the only openly gay -- >> yes. >> reporter: you were a democrat, considered a rising star. you think that's why you were targeted? >> absolutely believe that's why i was targeted. >> reporter: the federal indictment was brief. the u.s. attorney general was accusing mccoy of attempted extortion by a public official. mccoy says it was a $2,000 business dispute with a private consulting client who wouldn't pay a bill. those facts didn't matter to whitaker he says who brought the full weight of the federal government against him. >> i believe it was a

it paints a dire future for american agriculture, especially states like yours in iowa. higher temperatures, drought and flooding would devastate corn and soy bean production. this report put out by several agencies says it would shrink the economy by 10% over the next several decades. should you and your fellow centers take action to try to stem climate change? >> we know our climate is changing. we see those ebb and flows through time. american agriculture has faced very difficult situations in decades past as well. i think there are a number of things that we can do and iowa certainly is stepping up and is a leader on making sure that we are keeping our air, water and soil healthy. we lead in things like wind and solar energy. >> anything that the senate should do? >> any time we are putting regulation out, we need to consider impact to american industry and jobs. we want to make sure that it makes sense going forward. there is a balance that can be struck there. again, in iowa, as a state, we have set that standard. and it hasn't been by mandating. it has been by inc

iowa state state university professor, what do you think? >> this is one of those years where we have got a lot of really squeaky close races. you know when the president is running you get a bigger turnout. it's a smart thing for him to go and, in a way, act as if he were the one running for re-election and he hopes that will excite the base of the party, people who vote forward him before. and then that will create that turnout for sen at and go have's races and house races. >> neil: in some of the house races, steve king comes to mind in iowa, how is that looking? >> steve king was, you know, going to have no problem getting re-elected. all of a sudden at the last minute, things have been breaking with him supporting a conservative right wing, maybe a neonazi politician in austria. somebody up in canada, who's running for mayor in toronto. and that really blew up in 9 news. it caused a lot of major iowa companies to publicly withdraw their support from king and to say they were not going to be giving him any more campaign finance donation

the question now, is will it hurt him with iowa voters. more from our sara sidner. >> reporter: in iowa's fourth district, filled with small towns and fields of corn, congressman steve king's words echoing far and wide. >> i don't think he belongs in a white supremist meeting. that's just, hey, listen, that's wrong. >> he's calling a spade a spade, which he has the guts to do. >> reporter: they're self-described centrists. king, now serving his eighth term in congress, got 61% of the vote, following years of racially charged rhetoric. about former president barack obama. >> this president would not be president today if any of the other races were so racially motivated and the balance that >> reporter: comparing immigrants to dogs. >> we got the pick of every civilization on the planet. >> reporter: and making this claim about immigrants crossing the u.s./mexico border. >> for every that's a valedictorian, there's another out there that weigh 130 pounds and they have calves the size of cantaloupes because they're carrying marijuana across

what's happening in iowa? >> i actually went to king's district, and i'll get to that in a second, but i talked to ann se selzer, kind of the dean of iowa pollst pollsters. she just did a poll for the iowa register. her poll has all three of those republican districts potentially flipping to democrat. you've got an incumbent governor, which her poll has incumbent governor kim rounds losing. so you have the state donald trump won overwhelmingly in 2016 that's dominated by republicans at the level of the state house that could be a sea of blue on tuesday night. that's obviously not certain. a lot of those races are close. but if you're looking again for all various signs of potential blue waves, iowa obviously important for a variety of reasons, including control over the 2020 process. the steve king poll is fascinating. they did kind of a generic ballot across the state and then isolated that district. she's got steve king up by four right now or has the republicans up by four. steve king got elected to congres

fivethirtyeight lists the governor's race as likely democrat in iowa. that's with a republican incumbent trying to hold onto that seat. one of the late emerging issues this that iowa governor's race is the republican incumbent governor kim reynolds, she picked as her statewide co-chair for her campaign, congressman steve king. congressman steve king has a national profile because he had these virulent anti-immigrant politics and known for his raw unapologetic racist appeals to immigrants and retweets of neo-nazis. he was known for all of that before trump made it cool in the republican party. after congressman king went so far as to take a trip to austria this summer, literally to meet with a neo-nazi political party, king's own district in iowa, even though they've been electing him and reelecting him for years, and he's never exactly hid this light under a bushel, they're finally shuddering a little bit about the prospect of reelecting him one more time. his hometown paper which supported him in the past, his hometown paper has now abandoned him. it d

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are there people in your campus, for instance there at iowa state university in ames, iowa in the district that steve king represents talking about this race? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. one thing i want to point out, though, is that steve king is a person who traveled on a plane across the globe to austria to talk to white supremacists, but won't talk to his own constituents. >> that's hurting him right now in his district. >>> a special report from trymaine lee on a wave of black women elected to shelby county, tennessee. think it's too late to save on insurance? don't miss the deadline. there's only days remaining in the enrollment period. funny thing about health insurance. you don't think about how much you need it. until you need it. he's not going to be okay. from emergencies to just regular life. having the right plan for you can mean all the difference in the care you get and how much you pay. don't worry, sweetheart. it's going to get better. (silence) that's why i love health markets, your insurance marketplace. they guarantee you won't find a lower price anywhere for the plans the