. >> taking you to iowa now. senator ted cruz is expected to talk about his role in the government shutdown, other issues facing the country come other public and party. this makes for the third visit in iowa in three months for senator cruise. a lot of speculation that it means a possible suspect -- possible presidential run in 2016. also expectight, we to your marks from iowa governor terry branstad and iowa senator chuck grassley. and senator cruise is expected to be speaking shortly. we are inside the community choice credit union convention center in downtown des moines, iowa. we expect that he may touch on his role in the government shutdown and various things going on on capitol hill. his third visit here in three months. earlier from a local reporter about what to expect tonight. we will take a listen to what she had to say as we wait for senator ted cruz of texas to appear here in iowa. iowannifer jacobs covers politics for the des moines register. you wrote this morning that this will be senator ted cru

we came up with originally the healthy iowa plan. it became the iowa health and wellness plan. there were five core principles that drove the development of that plan. the first was a pretty simple principle that we see in private sector plans everywhere. that is investment. what we had seen is that co-pays were not effective. they were not equitable. they were not predictable and frankly they were not working. we said why don't we look at a premium contribution from iowans above 50% of the poverty level that lets them know there is value for the services they are getting. there is an investment in their healthcare. the next goes hand in hand with that. that is a personal responsibility principle. you have to pay for a portion. a modest amount, no more than $10 at 50% of the poverty level per month. if you do the right thing, not only will we waive your premium, we'll give you a bonus. it is not a new idea. it is not a new concept. private health insurance plans have been taking people and their problem is trying to get people who are on heart meds to getting off heart meds. my

it is his third visit to iowa in three months. some speculate he will be one of the contenders in the presidential race in 2016. iowa traditionally holds the nation's first presidential caucuses. other speakers included terry branstad and senator chuck grassley. this is part of the road to the white house coverage. it is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> thank you. i'm only going to use half of my time and yield the other half to my colleague senator cruz. you don't know how long i was given, do you. i would not have thought of this except it was that i run and then i do. tomorrow morning, if any of you are going to be in the race for the cure and you don't run any faster than 11 minute miles, i would like to have you run with me, if you would. and come up afterwards and tell me who you are and where we will meet there. there will be about 25,000 people in that run. all, usually somebody says he needs no introduction. that is why i stood here. you introduce me. thank you very much for your kind words. and thank you to all of you fo

kim reynolds is a rising star in iowa politics. during her foreign trade missions, she worked hard to market our state, attract investment, and create jobs for iowans. she gained national recognition for her performance as the secretary of the 2012 republican national convention. kim reynolds was elected as clark county treasurer in 1994 and was reelected three times. she served as the president of the iowa state county treasurers association. she received our standing county treasurer united states award in 2004. kim reynolds was elected to the iowa senate in 2008. her work as county treasurer and as iowa senator earned her respect, selection, and nomination as the running mate of terry branstad. after the 2010 elections, she proved that she is a quick learner and became a good political partner for our governor. please welcome our lieutenant governor, kim reynolds. [applause] >> thank you, gopal, for that introduction and thank you, senator grassley, for being a dedicated server and for the citizens of iowa and a voice of reason

this fight in iowa, ted cruz takes the day right now at the reagan dinner in iowa tonight. this fight in iowa is the same fight they're having nationally. this week, the autopsy report said the party should reach out more and support immigration reform and not be so social on conservative issues that they repeal people who agree with them on other issues. that autopsy report this being got a rebuttal from an anti abortion and anti gay group who argued that the party had it all wrong. they say the real reason lost in 2012 was because they were not socially conservative enough and the reason cuccinelli's going to lose that virginia governor's race and the reason any republican is going to lose is because they're not socially conservative. they need to get more hard lined and that's how they'll start winning. this is the national story for the republican party. that is a fight in the states and in washington. about whether or not republicans should just give in and admit, hey, this is what we have to offer. we make no bones about it. we will force you to give birth against you

also expectight, we to your marks from iowa governor terry branstad and iowa senator chuck grassley.

we came up with originally the healthy iowa plan. it became the iowa health and wellness plan. there were five core principles that drove the development of that plan. the first was a pretty simple principle that we see in private sector plans everywhere. that is investment. what we had seen is that co-pays were not effective. they were not equitable. they were not predictable and frankly they were not working. we said why don't we look at a premium contribution from iowans above 50% of the poverty level that lets them know there is value for the services they are getting. there is an investment in their healthcare. the next goes hand in hand with that. that is a personal responsibility principle. you have to pay for a portion. a modest amount, no more than $10 at 50% of the poverty level per month. if you do the right thing, not only will we waive your premium, we'll give you a bonus. it is not a new idea. it is not a new concept. private health insurance plans have been taking people and their problem in private health insurance is trying to get people who are on heart meds t

other speakers at tonight's inner -- dinner includes iowa governor terry branstad and iowa senator chuck grassley. >> i wouldn't have thought of -- tomorrow morning, if any of you are going to be in the race for the cure, and you don't run any faster than 11 minute mile, i would like to have you run with me if you would. 9:00 on capitol hill. and come up afterwards and tell me who you are and where we will meet there, because there'll be about 25,000 people in that run. all, usually, somebody says he needs no introduction. so that's why i stood here. and you introduce me. thank you so much for your kind words. and thanks to all of you for giving me an opportunity to serve you and the united states senate heard it is quite a privilege not only to be in senate, the morbid or alleged to even represent good people like you. coming from the trenches in washington, is good to be here among friends and iowans. iowansood to be among even if they aren't your friends. saying thatfor washington is an island surrounded by reality. it is a very true statement. energy and your support, we are going to

he'll be in iowa tonight. and though cruz got quite a homecoming welcome in texas, here's what iowa's governor had to say when asked how he'll receive the senator from texas when they meet tonight. >> he's a bright young guy. he's just one of 100 members of the senate i think we should hear from all viewpoints. but as you've heard from me, i believe the leadership in this country is coming from the governors and from the states, not from washington, d.c. and i don't think one freshman senator can turn this all around. >> i'm guessing ted cruz better not be expecting a terry branstad endorsement anytime soon. cruz headlines the reagan dinner being thrown by the republican party of iowa. if you don't have a ticket, you're out of luck. officials say they're sold out. we sent somebody there to track mr. cruz down. our casey is live for us in des moines. casey, he's got quite a packed schedule. and it is a very conservative schedule politically. tell us about it. >> reporter: absolutely. he is, as you said, doing t

everyone who is thinking about running in three years is in iowa already, because the iowa caucuses, of course, are first in the nation. that said, iowa screwed up its caucuses this past time, at least they did on the republican side. part of it was that the republicans never said with any confidence this past year who actually won their caucuses, so that was bad. now, though, there are gory new details emerging about the other much bigger problem that they have in iowa. and that problem, apparently, is bribery. republican politicians paying off iowa politicians for endorsements in the caucuses. the state senate ethics committee filed a 500 page report yesterday which found probable cause that an iowa state senator accepted payment from a michele bachmann pac for being her iowa chair. though that is against ethics rules. though the senator denied the bachmann camp paid him. not only did the bachmann camp apparently pay him, apparently they did not pay him enough. because just before the caucuses after taking off that money from michele bachmann and endorsing her, the same state senat

governor reynolds of the state of iowa. before joining governor branstad's staff, michael worked as an attorney private practice in his hometown of davenport iowa where he represented individuals, businesses and medical professionals throughout iowa and illinois. before practicing as an attorney he was a consultant in chicago. michael learned his account in accounting and master's and accounting and business taxation from the university of iowa and his law degree from treat university school law to the >> thank you. good morning everybody. how are we doing? are you still awake? good. are you happy the government is no longer shut down? questionable? okay. we have about an hour this morning and a panel of really good people. so i think we are going to try to keep this fairly low key conversational and informal. so not a whole lot of standing of here and talking and you. we are going to do a couple minutes each and give you a high level overview and then we will get into more of the dialogue. so, i'm going to give kind of the

unlike anything this country it is the third time since july cruz visited iowa. the site of the first in the nation presidential primary. coinciden coincidence? i don't think so p although overall public opinion of cruz plummeted during the government shutdown. failed tactic made him more popular than ever in the republican base. those are the people most likely to vote in primaries. while the gop didn't get anything out of the shutdown, ted cruz is emerging as the party's new standard bear and a front-runner for 2016. it is yet another sign that democrats and moderate republicans alike cannot afford to write him off was just a wing nut. this guy knows exactly what he is doing. joining me now, ed o'keefe, congressional reporter for "the washington post," who happens to be in iowa. and joe madison, host on sirius xm radio. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> good to be with you. >> i want to start with you, ed, since you are there in iowa. i mean, we have seen the -- today's speech and last night he's wooing the crowd. i note his wife is traveling with him. ce

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. >>> we start on the road to the 2016 election in, where else, but iowa. that's where ted cruz is on the hunt today, literally. his morning began with pheasant hunting with local congressman steve king. and casey hunt asked him about those rumors that he's in iowa with presidential aspirations. >> in 2011, governor perry did this with the congressman when he was running for president. are you here for that? >> that's a very dangerous comparison on a lot of fronts, not the least of which is governor perry is a lot better shot than i am.

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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. pastor: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. pastor: here we go again. this week the house has onsidered bill after bill to fund pieces of the federal government. we can open the entire government if the house would simply pass the clean continuing resolution passed by the senate nearly two weeks ago. instead, we are considering a bill to fund the federal aviation administration, but we are leaving many other agencies within the department of transportation in shutdown status. i strongly support the mission of the f.a.a., the comp trollers, technicians, and safety inspectors. i strongly support the mission of the f.a.a., controllers and technicians and safety inspectors are highly skilled and dedicated public servants. however, i cannot support this piecemeal approach to funding our transportation system.

the gentleman from iowa. mr. latham: mr. speaker, i reserve my time at this point. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa is reserving. mr. pastor: mr. speaker, it's interesting that we have talked about bringing our employees back from the shutdown. we were told by the chairman of the appropriations that this is very important because here we are dealing with safety and the reality is that probably the majority of air traffic controllers and safety personnel as required by f.a.a.le is working -- f.a.a. is working. i can't imagine that the add martor -- administrator would put the american public in any kind of taker. -- danger. again f. we would have had a budget conference several months ago, we could have done the appropriation process and probably funded the entire government using regular order. but i keep hearing that if this vote was to come to the floor, that it would pass in a unanimous -- not unanimous but it would pass in a bipartisan manner. so, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take h.j.res. 59 f

for some like dale veers at iowa state penitentiary, that means the chance to pick up a new skill or two. >> you start out with a block. then cut it down. and then i keep grinding and shaping it until i get it where it's supposed to be. >> a life sentence for kidnapping has given viers a chance to master bird carving. >> i kept the very first bird i ever carved because i just knew that i would get better. that is the first one i carved. that's my duck head. duck's getting a little bit better. i have another bird here. they get better. >> when we met him, viers was hard at work on his most elaborate piece yet. >> i have a robin pulling a worm out of the ground. >> he even had a live model to work with. >> i've got a worm in here. see? he's alive. i've had him for three weeks. so i can get the color and everything right when i make it. >> viers is hardly alone when it comes to finding creative ways to kill time. at first our crew thought indiana state prison inmate donte kidd's stack of toilet paper with a mirror on top was some form of abstract art. but he had a far more practical rea

that is not a welcome to iowa remark to say the least. whatever his feelings maybe, said a lot with that remark. >> terry branstad falls closer into moderate republican, pragmatic practical republican. and those people here in iowa are not necessarily excited to see ted cruz. they are the only ones in doubter's camp, the activists are excited to see him. they have a crowd of 600 people for an off political year for the reagan dinner they are hosting tonight. on the flip side, the other group that are welcoming him here are democrats. they just put out a memo, all five the party committees charged with electing get democrats essentially saying ted cruz has been the face of the republican party here in iowa and especially after the shutdown, that's something they think will again fit their candidates, it will let democrats run against cruz instead of running against a democrat governing in a different way. >> ted cruz has not been in office a year. he's always ever elusive when it comes to answering the question of what his goal is for 2016

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it's looking a little like january right now in the great state of iowa. give us a sense if you can, set the scene. where is senator cruz going to be this weekend? which other well-known republicans will join him. >> hey, peter, we are having a little cold snap in iowa. cruz is starting here in des moines where he'll be speaking at the reagan fundraising dinner, an annual event. heading for a pheasant hunt with congressman stephen king, the right wing congressman whose district is out in the more conservative part of the state, a critical area for conservative republicans to court. cruz is the republican of the moment out here in iowa, gracing the front page of the des moines register today. i actually spoke with king at some length about where he stands. he pointed out there are three things he's had to do, king had to do to keep him independent of the party which is where cruz is heading. independent funding, independent media profile not dependent on establishment figure and staying popular at home. those three things are what cruz is building on here.

everyone focuses on iowa. just ask president huckabee or santorum how good it is to win iowa in terms of your chances in the general or even your chances in the republican party primary fight. ultimately those chamber of commerce republicans really do matter. >> and what strikes me is there is safety in numbers, political safety, and so coming out against ted cruz, you have a lot of company in the republican party if you do that. >> that's the key part. he got to take this dance out farther than the incumbent establishment wanted. it blew up in everyone's face and they will continue to hang that on him. that's why we're seeing the louder noises and seeing bainer and mcconnel saying -- they don't always single him out but they say we're not doing this awful failed strategy again which everyone knows is the cruz strategy. he does still have the following whether people are making noise at a given event or not, he has the following of the right right. these are people watching the blaze, glen beck's network. >> t

i hope it doesn't bite. >>> this is a lucky play during a high school game in iowa. the quarterback attempting a two point conversion. it is caught in the end zone. i don't know if that was lucky. >>> some people wouldn't dare to bungee jump. this person broke the record for the most jumps in 24 hours. how many? >> ten. >> try 150 in 21 hours. the previous record was 105 jumps. >>> who needs a bike lane miller is the first man to bike across the hudson river. he founded the bay cycle project and said any bike can use two inflatable pontoons connected to the bike. that is pretty cool. >> try doing that in the middle of february in new york. >> too cold. >>> just aheadt battle betweentia nade o'connbetween sinead o'connor and miley cyrus. >>> welcome back to "early today." tropical storm karen is not going to be a devastating storm for the gulf coast. saturday windy and rainy and wet from louisiana into the panhandle of florida. it will move into areas of the southeast. it will have good rain with it. the other big thing today is the chance of tornadoes especially the

he spent the weekend pretending to be a populist in iowa. and what's better than having the right wing pr game of a little pheasant hunting trip with the far right tea party congma

and iowa is not rolling out the red carpet for senator cruz. one says his fellow republican is one of 100 senators and wants to here from all viewpoints. cruz is scheduled to headline the state dinner. and then the super pack will drop more than 1 million on mccalla. the ap quickly retracted the story. arkansas congressman calling it quits after two terms. the 45-year-old republican says he will retire at the end of the term and it's an unexpected announcement that could present democrats with a seat in the deep south. chris christie abandoned his suit against same-sex marriages. >>> boris, good morning to you. surprising he made this choice not to challenge the decision? >> not at all. he read the tea leaves, and it's not the right way to go for him right now, and even as governor and looking forward to 2016, the right way to go is to concentrate on business and the economy and not social issues. >> this cuts both ways. conservatives will say you didn't fight long ago and the moderates will say this is good. >> even conservatives will recogniz

texas trailing iowa state 30-24 late in the game. it appears iowa state forces a fumble near the goal line, but the officials say the play was dead when the ball came loose. texas tries again and punches it in for the go-ahead score. texas wins, 31-30. iowa state paul rose expressing his displeasure with the officials after the game. >> to make a play on the 1 yard line with their backs against the wall, cleared everybody, and have it taken away from them! i've got pretty good eyesight. the view i had of that gigantic screen in the north end zone showed player that was knocked down and our guy with the football. >> how do you really feel? it's the 11th straight loss in a conference opening game. >>> when we return, reducing your risk of breast cancer. how a little walking can go a long way in warding off the disease. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (man) brilliant! (announcer) a revolution is sweeping the country. from the company that invented litter, comes litter re-invented. introducing tidy cats lightweight. with a clumping litter this light and

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numbers of storms that have come in, tornado warnings and reports through nebraska and iowa. it is moving through iowa, watches have been extended and these are current tornado warnings. so a lot to talk about, tropical storm in the gulf and flooding in the mid atlantic and neeng neeng new england possibly joie. >> thank you dave. >>> bobby jindal mobiled national guardsmen who had been furloughed during the shutdown. >>> general russell monroe, you're not just an expert in all of this, you are a resident of the gulf state. do you have a sense that folks there are understanding and preparing for something that could be a very serious storm that already calls for evacuation? >> absolutely along the coast you talking about places like grand isle and the greater part of plaqueamans parish, clearly know when you talk about a tropical storm or category 1 that the tidal surge alone will yoaf top roads in those areas. many of them have already started to evacuate. >> they are taking it seriously. but we were hearing in the wire service reports people were concerned whether there was