State of the Union and the Iowa caucus

We discuss President Trump's State of the Union address with two Republican analysts. Then, what happened in Iowa?

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A pedestrian walks past a sign for the Iowa Caucuses on a downtown skywalk, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)

A pedestrian walks past a sign for the Iowa Caucuses on a downtown skywalk, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)

Guests: John Brabender, Joe Watkins, Molly Ball

It’s been a busy week in politics already between President Trump’s State of the Union last night and the Iowa caucuses on Monday. We’ll start the hour getting reaction to the President’s address from our guests, Republican strategist JOHN BRABENDER and former Bush White House advisor JOE WATKINS. Then we discuss the implications of the Iowa caucus catastrophe and fallout with Time’s national political correspondent MOLLY BALL who just returned from Des Moines.

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