martin o'malley, running for president. one of the most devicive issues, some strange reason right now, seems to be gun control in america. help me understand this. what does gun control even mean? some people think gun control means no guns, some people think it means background check, what does gun control mean? >> well, in maryland, after the slaughter of the innocent in newtown, connecticut, we pulled people together to pass comprehensive gun safety legislation. the components of it were essentially these. we banned the sale of combat assault weapons. we required licenses for the purchases of new guns with fingerprints. and universal background checks. and that was essentially it. and-- (cheers and applause) so if my understanding is correct, then what you are saying is if you were to be elected, this is something you would try to implement on a national level. >> oh, absolutely. >> we are the only country developed country on the planet that buries as many of our citizens as we do year in an year out from gun violence.

so, good on martin o'malley. in fact, today, hillary clinton unveiled her own series of actions she says she could take on guns a. series of actions she says she could take on the guns issue with or without congress. hmm. these new proposals from secretary clinton today significantly ramp up her aggressiveness on this issue. she seems to be very well aware, by saying i can do this without congress. she seems very well aware she is inviting the hysteria the gun lobby is known for. she's not explicitly saying, bring it on. it's clear that democrats, including hillary clinton, are starting to see the gun lobby being mad at them as more a badge of pride than something to worry about anymore. also, what hillary clinton has just done -- this is fascinating -- she has just specifically put the obama white house in a really interesting position. because, yes, martin o'malley put forward specific policies he wants. that's interesting. bernie sanders has this record he comes from the left. not particularly on gun issues. s

martin o'malley as a mayor stood behind that. amy: and yet you have them talking, for example, about black lives matter and the movement. i want to go to the clip that we have of the democratic presidential debate last night theas vegas, the part of debate about the black lives matter movement. or doblack lives matter all lives matter? let's put that to senator sanders. >> black lives matter. and the reason -- the reason those words matter is the african-american community knows that on any given day some , innocent person like sandra bland can get into a car, and then three days later she's , going to end up dead in jail, or their kids are going to get shot. we need to combat institutional racism from top to bottom, and we need major, major reforms in a broken criminal justice system. [applause] in which we have more people in jail than china. and i intend to tackle that issue. to make sure that our people have education and jobs rather than jail cells. >> governor o'malley, the question from arthur was do , black lives matter,

why not martin o'malley. both have records of caring about the issues that certainly matter to people here in nevada, strong working class community. why not one of those? >> i think all of our democratic candidates look good and so are so much better than those you see on the republican stage. and they all agree on basic issues like income inequality and voting right asks those things democrats feel strongly abo about, but i just believe hillary has the experience and she's been test over and over again. and she's comes back fighting for i'm other and rying to one this every vote one at a time. >> the polls echo your interest in hillary clinton if we can put them up from people. the latest numbers in nevada valley hilly 50% there i think. this is with joe biden. when you take him out the numbers become even more expansive. let's ask about the big x factor. the vice president, obviously if he's not in bigger bump for hillary clinton. do you think the vice president is going to get into this race. >> i don't s

martin o'malley is hoping to make the most of the jefferson jackson martin o'malley is hoping to make the most of the jefferson jackson dinner. the quinnipiac university poll shows clinton leading, with 51 - bernie sanders falls in second with 40 percent. and martin o'malley is in a distant third with 4 percent. ben carson is solidifying his lead in iowa... a des moines register-bloomberg poll shows carson pulling in 28-percent of the support of likely republican caucus goers. august poll. trump is nine points behind at 19-percent. ted cruz is in third place with 10- fourth with 9- percent. jeb bush and rand paul are tied for fifth place. louisiana governor bobby jindal pulled in just three percent, but says his time in iowa will move him up in the polls. jindal talked with political campaign. he confirmed that he will take part in the october 28th debate with the other candidates lagging behind in the polls... jindal says that's despite polling higher than some candidates on the main stage in early voting states. he insists spending time in iowa will help 5:00-5:11 there is a saying

martin o'malley has to make a move. >> how do you prepare for guys like martin o'malley, jim webb and lincoln chafee who have nothing to lose. they have to go out of here with something. >> they could attack bernie sanders because that's the non-hillary vote that bernie is really gathering successfully. i don't think that's a good strategy. o'malley has hinted -- not hinted, he's been attacking hillary on the stump, which is his right. if he doesn't in the debate, he'll look like a wuss. >> like tim pawlenty. >> went down the last cycle from attacking mitt romney. >> how does hillary clinton then prepare? what's going on behind closed doors in this debate prep when there's a certain amount of unpredi unpredictability? >> i can't coordinate with her campaign, as you know, because i run a super pac. i've been at a lot of debate preps, a lot. one side is practicing and someone playing say martin o'malley attacks her. and they're saying hit him back, hillary. don't take any guff off of this guy. i know hillary, she's tough and she's got a temper. they're saying show that. that's who you a

martin o'malley and lincoln chaffee and jim webb. hillary clinton at a union rally outside a donald trump hotel. a doubly advantageous moment for clinton. she can bash donald trump and appeal to organized labor. a group she needs in nevada and across the country. senior political correspondent brianna keilar has the story. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton arrived here in las vegas and almost immediately went where? the donald trump hotel. she joined union workers picketing outside the hotel co- owned by donald trump. the culinary union trying to make a splash as hillary clinton came into town. >> some people think mr. trump is entertaining. i don't think it is entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. that is unacceptable behavior. and so, when we are here together in solidarity to organize, we want to send a message to mr. trump. if you are going to run for president, you should represent all the people of the united states and that includes hard working people and you should not sta

does martin o'malley go there? bernie sanders doesn't go there. i personally tried to ask him about this subject. does jim webb go there? if you do go there, you're alienating the risk the very democrats you need to win primaries and caucuses. this is percei-- >> he said yes, it was a mistake. hillary clinton herself has said. i think the more that this committee looks like it's imploding, you know, that it becomes crass and partisan, it's all good news for hillary clinton. she's already done an ad on it. this helps her as she heads before that committee on october 22nd. it makes her look like she can go before the committee and say, let's find out what happened in benghazi. this isn't the about me. this is about the people who died. so gives her an opportunity either tomorrow night or next week. >> that was quite a gift that kevin mccarthy, majority leader in the house gave hillary clinton in advance of this debate. >> former speaker mccarthy. absolutely. >> not exactly. thanks very much. remember, it's your first chance to see the democratic pre

martin o'malley, the former mayor of baltimore is a music n musician. he's bringing his guitar into his greenroom tonight. to sort of prepare him and to relax him for this. he also spent some time working out today. and reading some policy papers and brianna is right. he's going to draw the sharpest contrast we believe with hillary clinton tonight. he's been doing it from the sidelines but no one has been paying attention. but tonight, of course, at center stage, everyone will be watching this. so just in about an hour and a half or so, debate night begins. >> thank you very much, jeff. out front now, the host of sma conish here on cnn and a friend of rubio's and a senior adviser for obama. and great to have you with. late today, this report came out this memo that you were one of the authors of. this is from 2008 when you were preparing then candidate barack obama to beat hillary clinton in the debates. great day to come out. the memo says -- >> i certainly feel that way. >> okay. i'm going to quote from it. quote, hrc is driven by politics, not convic

martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb. they don't always make the campaign headlines but all three will share the stage with hillary clinton and bernie sanders come tuesday night. >> whether vanes shift in the wind. i know where i stand. >> reporter: let's start with martin o'malley. you could say the married father of four was tailor-made for politics. he left briefly to work on the presidential campaign of colorado senator gary hart. from the baltimore city council his political as operations grew, first mayor of baltimore, then governor of maryland. ♪ but here's something you probably didn't know about martin o'malley. he's fronted a rock band and he even used his goit tar skills to tease his presidential bid. ♪ on the issues, gun control, o'malley wants stronger, expanded background checks and assault weapons ban plus a limit on the size of gun magazines. on immigration, he supports a path to citizenship. and on climate change, o'malley says it is real and a real threat. he want stronger regulation of greenhouse ga

martin o'malley, let's see what he does. i'm sure and his campaign staff see this as the moment if there's going to be a breakout moment for him, he has to do something tomorrow night. he's a former governor, very smart guy. we'll see what he can do. there's only five. five is a lot less than 11, which was at the first republican debate. i mod. rated debates with 9 or 10. and i did one of 9 last hillary clinton and barack obama debates in 2008. and they went at it back and forth. it was a serious substantiative debate. >> people at home watching can also be involved for those folk who is are on facebook. don lemon will be here helping with that. >> there's going to be questions. this this is an opportunity for cnn and facebook making it available all over the country. you have a question for any of these five, post that question. so be an opportunity for voters o out there to get a question to one of these five presidential candidates. >> wolf blitzer, the king shs do you like that? >> no. man of the people. >> thank you so

nats of o'malley martin o'malley knows about inevitability in a political campaign. in 1984, o'malley was a 20- year-old staffer for democratic presidential candidate gary hart. though a finished a surprising second to former vice president walter mondale. mondale went on to win the nomination, but the race taught o'malley something. "people in iowa aren't intimidated by polls," said martin o'malley, (d) presidential candidate. "they're not intimidated by the washington pundits and the so-called power brokers because, in the iowa caucuses the individual matters". during my one-on-one interview with o'malley, i asked the former maryland governor to size up the democratic race for president. o'malley touted his executive experience. "my candidacy offers something that neither of the other candidates does... and that's 15-years of executive experience," said o'malley. "as a big city mayor, and a governor, bringing people together to get things done." passing marriage equality in "these weren't words, these were actions," o'malley said. to create a better future for the

martin o'malley and lincoln chaffee and jim webb. >> martin o'malley, for example, needs a breakout moment. he has a tremendous resume that is understated. he hasn't been able to breakout from the bottom of the polls. in terms of the issues that are important to labor and latinos. as governor of maryland, he passed the dream act. he was focused on progressive policies. those are issues he will go after hillary clinton on. he pre-viewed the line. he has been here for a long time. that will be the big contrast with what has been the clown car debacle of the republican party debate. >> maria cardona, thank you for waking up with us. you all need to stay with cnn for big coverage of the first democratic presidential debate. tune in tonight. coverage begins at 8:30 p.m. eastern time here on cnn. there's a lot before that. 15 more hours of exciting analysis. christine romans. >> we won't miss a single second. pre game and post game. it is fodder most of the week. you can expect to hear from hillary clinton and bernie sanders on income inequality and making college more affordable. here is where

nats of o'malley martin o'malley knows about inevitability in a political campaign. in 1984, o'malley was a 20- year-old staffer for democratic presidential candidate gary hart. though a long shot, hart finished a surprising second to former vice president walter mondale. mondale went on to win the nomination, but the race taught o'malley something. "people in iowa aren't intimidated by polls," said martin o'malley, (d) presidential candidate. "they're not intimidated by the washington pupuits and the so-called power brokers because, in the iowa caucuses the individual matters". during my one-on-one interview with o'malley, i asked the former maryland governor to size up the democratic race for president. o'malley touted his executive experience. "my candidacy offers something that neither of the other candidates does... and that's 15-years of executive experience," said o'malley. "as a big city mayor, and a governor, bringing people passing marriage equality in maryland, and abolish the death penalty. "these weren't words, these were actions," o'malley said. to crea

i think martin o'malley is in a different predicamenpredicament. i think he needs to make some noise on tuesday night. i think the best way for him to do that is go after hillary clinton, the front-runner. >> it's easy to forget there is another guy on that stage, jim webb, who might bring it up because he has a lot of armed services experience. he is a former vet. and he has been to the right of hillary clinton on some of these issues. bernie sanders of course has been to the left. and jim webb, frankly, needs to, you know, light himself on fire, go nuclear up there on that stage, because we're talking about this debate on tuesday and nobody's even mentioning the fact there are two other guys, lincoln chafee and -- what's his name? >> jim webb. >> or as i call it 50 shades of quite. >> on benghazi, you have kevin mccarthy's statements over the last two weeks which probably contributed to him not becoming the next speaker of the house, this whistle-blower or in quotation marks coming out talking about this. a lot as changed in terms of the discussi

to her left, martin o'malley. and on the wings, jim webb and lincoln chafee who i don't believe we will see in a walk-through. one difference frin this debate two minute opening statements. and then they will have one minute to answer questions from anderson cooper, juan carlos lopez, dana bash and 30 second rebuttals if they get called out by name. one of the most interesting questions by how is will any of the candidates get called out by name. how much of a need will there be for rebuttals? that's what the campaigns have been preparing for. wolf. >> and don lemon will be getting questions from our facebook viewers, as well. so that will be an interesting element of this upcoming debate. john berman, thanks very much. i want to go to jim acosta, he's been watching the candidates arrive here at the hotel to get their first look at the debate stage. what have you seen so far, jim? >> that's right. we're in the loading dock of the hotel and casino, we've seen a couple candidates come through so far. bernie sanders

martin o'malley is a wildcard. this is the first time he will have the chance to actually stand toe to toe with these two people who totally eclipsed him. one expected, clinton, one unexpected, sanders. i think the big question is, does om malley go negative or not? mark: i hate to keep going back to moderators, but they are the timekeepers. do they give o'malley the same time as sanders and clinton, or give him roughly the same amount of time to talk as jim webb and lincoln chafee? and does he fight his way in? he does have something to say that is different. he is a younger guy. he has been a chief executive. he has things to say. he has been saying them on the campaign trail for months. this is a big audience. he has got a chance to say it. john: hillary clinton is still the dominant frontrunner, even with all the problems she has had. if i were martin o'malley, i would be trying to figure out how to get a contrast going with bernie sanders, whether it's generational, executive -- i believe the same things, but

on her left, former governor martin o'malley, a lot at stake for him. jim webb and linco

meantime, martin o'malley holding his own pre-dinner rally at 5th and center. the former maryland governor came from osage where he attended a meet and greet concert before coming to des moines to perform with local musicians at his rally. >> this is really just an introduction. the democratic primary is just giving started at my death will introduce himself to thousands of caucus-goers. they got a solid first impression of him and the debate and we will draw on that closure of february. alyx: and while the democrats took over downtown des moines, the iowa republicans say they're not worried. they say iowa will stay red this november. rep. ken rizer: so as they try to put on their best face this weekend, iowa democrats are rightfully worried about having placed all of their eggs in one basket with a deeply flawed candidate. republicans, however, are laying the ground work to make sure we deliver iowa to our eventual republican nominee, reelect senator grassley, reelect all of and color the state red in local races. alyx: governor chris christie is just one repu

martin o'malley, lincoln chafe chaffee and webb. those three guys need to bring on the heat and try to figure out how to get attention. >> isn't that part of the debate, you try to tear the other guy down? >> listen, if i'm jim webb, you can be a complete come kozzy. he has a real reason to fight. he does not agree with hillary clinton on foreign policy. everybody is talking about bernie and hillary. the day after we could be talking about jim webb because he totally just tore the place up. >> but you know what? while senator webb has a great deal of political experience, i don't think he's bringing that type of experience to the table. i think senator webb is there to talk about the forgotten american, those who have been left behind. what i've heard on the campaign trail to the extent i've been able to hear him, to the extent i have twitter, he has tried to -- he's a populist. he's trying to bring that on. >> nobody even remembers he's running for president. >> he's a father of six. he -- look, he's running a very decent campaign,

joining me now is the former maryland governor martin o'malley. governor, let me start with what happened on capitol hill today. because it strikes me that if there is a democratic president the odds are that democratic president is going to inherit a congress they're going to have to work with which is functionally in disarray and almost certainly controlled by this kind of republican faction. what good are any policy proposals you or any of your rivals put forward if that's what you're going to have on day one? >> chris, you know what, the good news about our republic is that all -- every congress is temporary. we have the opportunity to vote for a new congress every two years. and in this national election if we're tired of the dysfunction, if we're tired of having 40 hardcore very, very right-wing unrepresentative representatives gridlock our congress we can make that change. but i think it also underscores something else very important for the democratic party and for our country. we need to elect someone not only that can win in the general

jay: and former maryland governor martin o'malley. o'malley's supporters believe that his years of executive experience will bode well for his presidential bid. backers hope that his military experience from the vietnam war and his foreign-policy expertise from the u.s. senate will set him apart. party,ate watching people said they like what both candidates are talking about. >> the thing i liked about governor o'malley in particular, he has a record. he has done a good job in maryland. pleased as we are not talking about e-mail or benghazi, and it's more about the issues that are important to the mark in public -- gun laws, the economy, how to get people jobs. keep in mind, martin o'malley and jim webb are both pulling in the low single digits. it remains to be seen if those numbers will change coming out of tonight's debate. live in the district, jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: moving on to the other big story of the night, less than 30 minutes ago, crews may have found the source of the water main break that floated a busy road in m

martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb? they don't make the headlines but they'll share the stage come tuesday night. >> weather vanes shift in the wind. i know where i stand. >> reporter: let's start with martin o'malley. you could say the married father of four, born in washington, d.c., was tailor made for a career in politics. he left college briefly to work on the presidential campaign of gary hart. by 28 was ready for office himself, winning a seat on the baltimore city council. from there his political aspirations grew. first mayor of baltimore and then governor of maryland. ♪ >> reporter: but here's something you probably didn't know about martin o'malley. he's fronted a rock band. and he even used his guitar skills to tease his presidential bid. ♪ on the issues, gun control, o'malley wants stronger, expanded background checks, assault weapons ban plus a limit on the size of magazines. on immigration he supports a path to citizenship. on climate change, o'malley says next lincoln chafee, a u.s. senator from rhod

>> how many people know who martin o'malley is? put your hand up if you know martin o'malley. almost everybody. three of you have heard of martin o'malley. you know what job he previously had? >> i don't. >> i don't know much about him, was governor of maryland. >> i think he is articulate. he is personable and has a plan. >> who will win the new hampshire primary? >> sanders. >> sanders. >> sanders. >> sanders. >> sanders. >> who'll win the iowa caucus? on the democratic side. >> bernie. >> bernie. >> bernie. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> i don't know. >> i have no idea. >> who will be the democratic nominee for president? >> sanders. >> clinton. >> sanders. >> clinton. >> sanders. >> clinton. >> sanders. >> clinton. >> clinton. >> as a betting person, who will be the nominee? >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> i'm not sure. >> >> hillary. >> hillary, but i would not be surprised if sanders gets it. >>, or that you bob? >> i think he might be a bit liberal for great parts of the country. >> the fact that he has been branded a s

martin o'malley has been working for weeks. he also is doing some debate prep today as well, ab der son. >> thank you brianna. peter beinart is here. donna brazil. democratic strategist, paul is here. pro-hillary clinton super pac and was a long time adviser to president bill clinton. paul, if you were backstage with hillary clinton, which i'm pretty sure you're not allowed to be, since they're part of a super pac, what will you be telling her to do? >> this is the part i miss the most. i was the last person to talk to bill clinton before he went out to every debate. this is what i would say to hillary, which is what i said to her husband. you've got good one-liners, you've got a good plan. but if something pops in your head, say it. you have great extinction. you trust your extinction and don't rehearse canned lines. that's what she needs more than anything. the confidence to throw deep. it's hard to do when you're the front-runner. >> are her instincts as good at her husband's? >> nobody is as good as him. >> is a candidate w

both bernie sanders and martin o'malley held rallies of across town martin o'malley held his own concert and serenaded the crowd. bernie sanders... and crossed the women's bridge to come tonight's venue. " " jacob/tvu again all three democratic candidates are gathering here at hy-vee hall tonight for the jefferson jackson dinner starting at 7. look for full coverage tonight on local 5 news late edition. reporting live in des moines jacob peklo local 5 news we are reporting live in des moines jacob peklo local 5 news we are iowa. nikki: we'll be right back. you're watching you're watching local 5 news at 6. most accurate forecast certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" bree/wx wall we will continue to see clearing skies and calming winds across the state as we go through the evening and overnight. it will be a cool one tonight and 40s. sunday will be a beauty! there will be sunshine, calm winds and comfortable temperatures in the 60s for central iowa. the work week will start off dry, despite the increase in cloud cover, and temperatures will again be into the 60s. we wo

the wild card i think is martin o'malley. it's martin o'malley from this standpoint -- he is desperate. he has gotten no traction. he has done everything you're supposed to do if you are running for president. he has gotten no support, no media attention and the reason is because his strategy is bernie sanders' strategy. it is to run to the left of hillary clinton. bernie sanders has completely and totally boxed him out on the left. what i am looking for tonight is not so much will martin o'malley go after hillary clinton, it is will martin o'malley go after bernie sanders and specifically on the inssue of guns and try t open up some of that space on the left that sanders has completely occupied. >> one quick thought to pass on. the real difference between the republican party and the democratic party -- you'll see this tonight in the debate -- is that democrats for the first time actually love their leadership. they are supporting their president and their party. versus the republican who every poll shows a rebellion against

and martin a o'malley and lincoln chafee and jim webb are hoping to get a breakout moment as happened with carly fiorina in the republican debates. we will see the candidates coming to the winn hotel, and start to check out the debate stage, and wolf, it has been a big build-up, but we are almost there. >> and the debate is et up, with the whole notion of the candidates, themselves, when they have a chance to see what it is like up on the stage, the five candidates, that is later this afternoon, right? >> yes. i would say in the 4:00 to 5 :0 eastern time, our time, i should say, eastern time, we will start to show up here at this auditorium, and fascinating to watch. you know, hillary clinton despite that she has had secret service protection for two decades, and involved in many debates from the senatorial debates and presidential level, she has not been a debate like this for a decade. and who would have thought that bernie sanders would have captured the imagination of the left much like barack obama did, and standing right next to the hillary clinton in this big moment. it is goin

his name was also martin o'malley. many of you might know that the irish it's a shame there's a whole race of people but only seven first names. he came here back in the late 1800s without any money. his first language was not english, it was irish. he was a stranger in a strange land. but the hopes and dreams that he had for his children were purely american. starting from zero like so many other new americans today, he worked beside a lot of other new americans who risked their lives in the mines of southwest arizona to feed their families, to give their children and grandchildren a better future. and new americans today have very similar experiences. the same drive. the same spirit. the same love of family and country that builds our nation up, one person and one family at a time. it's a spirit that has always made us the land of opportunity. think about it. there's not another nation on the planet that has earned that brand of the land of opportunity. for many years i had very intentionally and repeatedly used the

what can martin o'malley do to make the final table of the democratic race? >> is bernie sanders now playing with house money. >> if she busts tomorrow night, will that enough to convince vice president joe biden to pony up and join the table. >> trevor: jake tapper is having so much fun. in fact, he's still doing it right now. he's at the airport, and he's going on. "can i upgrade to business class or is it a full house? hope you didn't seat me between a pair of jokers. these chips are going all in... my mouth." i'm not gonna lie, i was really impressed with cnn's wide real estate of vegas puns until i found out they've been doing the same thing for years. >> high stakes as the clock ticks down here at las vegas. high stakes here in las vegas. >> high stakes here in las vegas. >> what happens in vegas could change the course of the democratic race. >> what happens in vegas tonight could tilt the race. >> what happens in vegas could shape the race. >> it is fight night. >> fight night in vegas. >> fight night in vegas. >> vegas, baby. >> vegas, baby. >> will

followed by martin o'malley... ending with hillary clinton. reporter jeff zeleny gives us a recap. " (nats katy perry sings) fireworks in the presidential race. democratic rivals descending on iowa 100 days before the first votes of the 2016 primary. hillary clinton seizing on the star power of katy perry. ( katy perry/ singer) "fight on 2016 is right around the corner." and the political power of bill clinton - in his campaign trail debut. (bill clinton no font) "i've never been the warm up act for katy perry before. but i am well aware i am the warm-up act." the biggest week yet of the democratic presidential race ended in iowa.where clinton had plenty of company - and competition. (nats sanders) "people power! wooo!" bernie sanders has become a democratic star of his own . his campaign chartered a plane to fly over their dueling rallies, calling for a revolution ..before marching side-by- side with his followers. ( bernie sanders/(d) presidential candidate) "this is a march which will end up in a year when you will join me at the white hous

few looked inside martin o'malley's words, read the transcript. he had a lot of slow zincers at hillary clinton, in the end, i respect what hillary clinton and her husband has done for our country. our country needs new leadership. that was the beginning of that alternative. >> hillary clinton said to him, i appreciated your endorsement in 2008. she was right. she was ready for that. >> he said something changed since 2008. >> right. >> you know, right at that moment, her team and her allies were sending out the full endorsement. >> how big a deal is it? bernie sanders said after the debate, they didn't talk enough about income and equality. they did talk a lot about wall street. i thought you saw a very important distinction. hick hick kept saying, hey, if states want to do that let them do it. that wasn't the question s. question is what will you do about banks and wall street. o'malley was strong on that, does it matter to the voters at least right now? >> i think it might. it's almost a republican argument that she kept making that this will a

martin o'malley on where democrats stand after the jefferson jackson dinner. and there has been yet another twist in the pharma bro saga. >> after this backlash i may support a republican now. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it had been billed months ago as a celebration. a gathering in houston of jeb bush's big donors where they would have a chance to mingle and take pictures with a pair of former presidents who also just happen to be jeb's father and brother. instead, that closed-door conference which wrapped up today with remarks by george w. bush is being cast as something more like a funeral for jeb's foundering campaign. now, bush still has plenty of advantages in his quest for the gop presidential nomination, a marquee name, access to a massive donor network, a well-funded super pac, and more endorsements than any other republican candidate. but if the bushes and their backers once expected a coronation, well, what they've gotten thus far is closer to a catastrophe, and they know it. the patient is eit

rose: martin o'malley, hoping for similar results. mr. o'malley: i've learned how to be a very effective leader. i've learned how to get things done. i'm clear about my principles . i know where i stand. rose: in a key night for the candidates kcci's political , analyst dennis goldford says he saw positives from the two front-runners. >> the level of enthusiasm of the sanders supporters was certainly extremely memorable to me. but the fact that, at least in my assessment, governor clinton seemed more relaxed and settled into her role as a presidential candidate, that was a plus for her. rose: they will face off at the next debate at drake university on november 14. that event is co-sponsored by kcci. live in des moines, rose heaphy, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader >> it's time to wake up america. we can do better. we have better choices. laura: plenty of action happening before the dinner. that's pop-star katy perry. she joined former president bill clinton at hillary clinton's rally downtown. more than 1000 people packed into the parking

>> i think martin o'malley has a hard job. martin o'malley was hillary clinton's biggest supporter on the campaign trail in 2008, something was was only too happy to point out on the campaign trail. >> he said things change. >> he did. he has to explain why things change in a clear, concise way at the same time he's presenting himself to an america who hasn't seen him before. i think he, jeff, has a point. america saw him, oh, there's this guy from maryland that we're going to look at. they're going to give him a chance but he has to seal the deal and do it soon. >> errol, hillary clinton's challenge was to seem approachable, seem spontaneous. we played that moment where she was asked -- she couldn't have known she was going to be asked about who her enemies were. she seemed to relish it. took her time, smiled and gave the zinger, the republicans. there was another moment she couldn't have predicted. that was when lincoln chafee talked about her character and anderson asked if she wanted to respond. watch this moment. >> i thi