WEBVTT 00:00.401 --> 00:02.369 IOWA TODAY. SECRETARY KERRY JOINED HIM 00:02.370 --> 00:02.669 SECRETARY KERRY JOINED HIM TODAY. 00:02.670 --> 00:04.104 TODAY. NBC CAUGHT UP WITH BOTH OF THEM 00:04.138 --> 00:04.871 NBC CAUGHT UP WITH BOTH OF THEM EARLIER TODAY. 00:04.905 --> 00:06.472 EARLIER TODAY. >> WE KNOW YOU THINK POLLS DO 00:06.474 --> 00:07.707 >> WE KNOW YOU THINK POLLS DO NOT SHOW THE ENTIRE PICTURE HERE 00:07.742 --> 00:10.009 NOT SHOW THE ENTIRE PICTURE HERE IN IOWA, BUT WHY DID YOU ENDORSE 00:10.011 --> 00:11.011 IN IOWA, BUT WHY DID YOU ENDORSE HIM NOW? 00:11.012 --> 00:13.113 HIM NOW? >> WELL, I ENDORSED HIM NOW 00:13.114 --> 00:17.050 >> WELL, I ENDORSED HIM NOW BECAUSE I KNOW THE FINAL WEEKS 00:17.084 --> 00:21.588 BECAUSE I KNOW THE FINAL WEEKS OF DECEMBER, AS I EXPLAINED 00:21.589 --> 00:22.789 OF DECEMBER, AS I EXPLAINED EARLIER WHY 00:22.790 --> 00:23.490 EARLIER WHY EARLIER, SOMETHING HAPPENS IN 00:23.491 --> 00:23.924 EARLIER, SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE AIR HERE. 00:23.925 --> 00:24.624 THE AIR HERE. SOMETHING CHANGES WHEN YOU GET 00:24.659 --> 00:29.562 SOMETHING CHANGES WHEN YOU GET INTO THIS DECEMBER AND JANUARY. 00:29.597 --> 00:32.733 INTO THIS DECEMBER AND JANUARY. THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT PEOPLE 00:32.767 --> 00:33.467 THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT PEOPLE IN IOWA ARE REALLY STARTING TO 00:33.501 --> 00:35.602 IN IOWA ARE REALLY STARTING TO TAKE STOCK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT 00:35.603 --> 00:36.103 TAKE STOCK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE RACE. 00:36.104 --> 00:41.208 OF THE RACE. THEY’RE TESTING EVERYTHING. 00:41.209 --> 00:43.243 THEY’RE TESTING EVERYTHING. I WAS AMAZED HOW YOU MEET THE 00:43.278 --> 00:46.213 I WAS AMAZED HOW YOU MEET THE SAME PEOPLE AGAIN AND AGAIN. 00:46.247 --> 00:48.148 SAME PEOPLE AGAIN AND AGAIN. THEY WRITE IT DOWN. 00:48.182 --> 00:50.484 THEY WRITE IT DOWN. BUT IOWA SURE IS ABOUT THAT. 00:50.518 --> 00:51.251 BUT IOWA SURE IS ABOUT THAT. IT’S A GREAT -- IT’S AN 00:51.285 --> 00:52.586 IT’S A GREAT -- IT’S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRACY. 00:52.620 --> 00:55.755 IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRACY. AND THIS IS THE WAY YOU HONOR 00:55.757 --> 00:57.558 AND THIS IS THE WAY YOU HONOR THAT DEMOCRACY AND EARN VOTES. 00:57.592 --> 01:02.329 THAT DEMOCRACY AND EARN VOTES. AND I KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENT. 01:02.363 --> 01:04.364 AND I KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK IN 01:04.365 --> 01:07.267 I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK IN IOWA AND WORKING. 01:07.268 --> 01:09.069 IOWA AND WORKING. >> WHAT SORTS OF ADVICE ARE YOU 01:09.070 --> 01:11.271 >> WHAT SORTS OF ADVICE ARE YOU GIVING THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 01:11.272 --> 01:11.572 GIVING THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT IN IOWA? 01:11.606 --> 01:12.907 IN IOWA? >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? 01:12.941 --> 01:16.744 >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? NOT ADVICE BUT THEY ASK ME WHAT 01:16.745 --> 01:17.878 NOT ADVICE BUT THEY ASK ME WHAT DID I TELL THE PRESIDENT? 01:17.879 --> 01:20.247 DID I TELL THE PRESIDENT? COME ON, MAN. 01:20.248 --> 01:22.583 COME ON, MAN. YOU KNOW, I THINK HE’S DOING 01:22.617 --> 01:22.883 YOU KNOW, I THINK HE’S DOING GREAT. 01:22.884 --> 01:24.118 GREAT. I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND 01:24.152 --> 01:26.287 I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT HE SHOULD BE 01:26.321 --> 01:26.587 OF THING THAT HE SHOULD BE DOING. 01:26.588 --> 01:29.590 DOING. UTS A GREAT WAY TO MEET IOWANSS, 01:29.591 --> 01:32.526 UTS A GREAT WAY TO MEET IOWANSS, A GREAT WAY TO BE MOBILE AND 01:32.561 --> 01:38.065 A GREAT WAY TO BE MOBILE AND DOWN TO EARTH AND TALK TO 01:38.067 --> 01:38.399 DOWN TO EARTH AND TALK TO PEOPLE. 01:38.400 --> 01:40.267 PEOPLE. AND IOWANS RESPECT THE PROCESS. 01:40.269 --> 01:44.905 AND IOWANS RESPECT THE PROCESS. IF ANYTHING, I LEARNED THAT THEY 01:44.939 --> 01:47.808 IF ANYTHING, I LEARNED THAT THEY LISTEN CAREFULLY. 01:47.809 --> 01:49.443 LISTEN CAREFULLY. >> FOREIGN POLICY MEN HAVING 01:49.478 --> 01:51.312 >> FOREIGN POLICY MEN HAVING EXPERIENCES ABOUT THE POLITICAL 01:51.347 --> 01:52.613 EXPERIENCES ABOUT THE POLITICAL CAREER IN THAT SECTOR, DO YOU 01:52.614 --> 01:54.782 CAREER IN THAT SECTOR, DO YOU THINK THE VACANCIES -- NOT EVEN 01:54.816 --> 01:56.217 THINK THE VACANCIES -- NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE ALLIANCES THAT 01:56.251 --> 01:59.187 TALKING ABOUT THE ALLIANCES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BROKEN ABROAD, BUT 01:59.221 --> 02:00.421 MAY HAVE BEEN BROKEN ABROAD, BUT THE VACANCIES WITHIN THE STATE 02:00.456 --> 02:00.821 THE VACANCIES WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 02:00.822 --> 02:05.759 DEPARTMENT. WHERE DO YOU START ON DAY ONE? 02:05.794 --> 02:06.527 WHERE DO YOU START ON DAY ONE? HOW DO YOU EVEN TRY TO REBUILD 02:06.528 --> 02:07.595 HOW DO YOU EVEN TRY TO REBUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS 02:07.596 --> 02:09.897 THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN 02:09.898 --> 02:12.199 NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN THE ALLIANCES ONCE AGAIN. 02:12.201 --> 02:16.037 THE ALLIANCES ONCE AGAIN. >> 135 MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY EX 02:16.038 --> 02:17.538 >> 135 MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY EX EXPERTS HAVE ENDORSED ME. 02:17.573 --> 02:20.674 EXPERTS HAVE ENDORSED ME. THE PEOPLE SHOWING DEMOCRATS AND 02:20.709 --> 02:23.144 THE PEOPLE SHOWING DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, THERE’S A WEALTH OF 02:23.178 --> 02:25.079 REPUBLICANS, THERE’S A WEALTH OF TALENT, A WEALTH OF TALENT THAT 02:25.114 --> 02:28.816 TALENT, A WEALTH OF TALENT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BEGIN 02:28.818 --> 02:30.451 IS AVAILABLE TO BEGIN RESTRUCTURE AND RECREATE WHAT A 02:30.485 --> 02:31.652 RESTRUCTURE AND RECREATE WHAT A STATE DEPARTMENT IS ALL ABOUT. 02:31.654 --> 02:33.622 STATE DEPARTMENT IS ALL ABOUT. I CAN ASSURE YOU, IN MY STATE 02:33.656 --> 02:42.030 I CAN ASSURE YOU, IN MY STATE DEPARTMENT THERE WILL BE NO ECHO 02:42.031 --> 02:42.463 DEPARTMENT THERE WILL BE NO ECHO CHAMBERS. 02:42.498 --> 02:43.564 CHAMBERS. THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE WHO 02:43.566 --> 02:46.267 THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE CAPABLE AND, READY WANTING 02:46.269 --> 02:47.735 ARE CAPABLE AND, READY WANTING TO GET ENGAGED BECAUSE THEY’RE 02:47.770 --> 02:48.970 TO GET ENGAGED BECAUSE THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE 02:48.971 --> 02:49.270 WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD. 02:49.271 --> 02:52.173 WORLD. AND THERE ARE QUALIFIED EXPERTS 02:52.174 --> 02:53.041 AND THERE ARE QUALIFIED EXPERTS IN THE AREAS THEY WOULD OCCUPY. 02:53.042 --> 02:54.542 IN THE AREAS THEY WOULD OCCUPY. I MAKE NO JUDGMENT ABOUT ANY 02:54.544 --> 02:55.843 I MAKE NO JUDGMENT ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR PERSON, BUT THINK OF 02:55.845 --> 02:59.848 PARTICULAR PERSON, BUT THINK OF ALL THE TALENT OUT THERE 02:59.849 --> 03:01.850 ALL THE TALENT OUT THERE INCLUDING THE TALENT THAT JOHN 03:01.851 --> 03:03.651 INCLUDING THE TALENT THAT JOHN AND I AND OTHERS CONVINCED TO 03:03.653 --> 03:05.853 AND I AND OTHERS CONVINCED TO TRY TO STAY WITH THIS PRESIDENT 03:05.855 --> 03:07.756 TRY TO STAY WITH THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE WE KNEW HE DIDN’T KNOW 03:07.757 --> 03:12.794 BECAUSE WE KNEW HE DIDN’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, FOREIGN POLICY. 03:12.795 --> 03:15.563 MUCH ABOUT IT, FOREIGN POLICY. SO, THE HARDEST PART IS GOING TO 03:15.564 --> 03:18.499 SO, THE HARDEST PART IS GOING TO BE CHOOSING ONE AND ACTUALLY 03:18.501 --> 03:22.204 BE CHOOSING ONE AND ACTUALLY FROM A PLETHORA OF QUALIFIED 03:22.205 --> 03:22.504 FROM A PLETHORA OF QUALIFIED WOMEN. 03:22.505 --> 03:25.106 WOMEN. >> YOU SAID MR. KERRY TODAY 03:25.108 --> 03:27.609 >> YOU SAID MR. KERRY TODAY WOULD BE ENGAGED IF YOU BECOME 03:27.643 --> 03:29.544 WOULD BE ENGAGED IF YOU BECOME PRESIDENT, POTENTIALLY A 03:29.579 --> 03:30.912 PRESIDENT, POTENTIALLY A SECRETARY OF STATE AGAIN FOR 03:30.914 --> 03:33.014 SECRETARY OF STATE AGAIN FOR YOU? 03:33.015 --> 03:34.015 YOU? HOW DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 03:34.016 --> 03:37.919 HOW DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> WE’VE ALWAYS COMMISERATED OUR 03:37.920 --> 03:39.921 >> WE’VE ALWAYS COMMISERATED OUR ENTIRE CAREER. 03:39.922 --> 03:43.325 ENTIRE CAREER. AND WHAT I MEAN IS THAT I WOULD 03:43.359 --> 03:44.960 AND WHAT I MEAN IS THAT I WOULD CONTINUE TO BE GOING TO JOHN FOR 03:44.994 --> 03:45.327 CONTINUE TO BE GOING TO JOHN FOR ADVICE. 03:45.328 --> 03:46.595 ADVICE. JOHN KNOWS MORE ABOUT WHAT’S 03:46.596 --> 03:48.330 JOHN KNOWS MORE ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD THAN 03:48.331 --> 03:48.997 HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD THAN VIRTUALLY ANYBODY. 03:48.998 --> 03:50.398 VIRTUALLY ANYBODY. JOHN HAS RELATIONSHIPS AROUND 03:50.400 --> 03:50.732 JOHN HAS RELATIONSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD. 03:50.767 --> 03:53.969 THE WORLD. THERE’S A LOT OF WAYS IN WHICH 03:54.003 --> 03:55.437 THERE’S A LOT OF WAYS IN WHICH JOHN -- I WOULD HOPE HE WOULD 03:55.471 --> 03:58.407 JOHN -- I WOULD HOPE HE WOULD STAY INVOLVED IN TERMS OF 03:58.441 --> 04:02.611 STAY INVOLVED IN TERMS OF WHATEVER ELSE HE’S DOING IN HIS 04:02.612 --> 04:02.911 WHATEVER ELSE HE’S DOING IN HIS LIFE. 04:02.912 --> 04:04.012 LIFE. JOHN’S A FRIEND. 04:04.013 --> 04:06.915 JOHN’S A FRIEND. I’VE ALWAYS SOUGHT HIS ADVICE. 04:06.916 --> 04:07.549 I’VE ALWAYS SOUGHT HIS ADVICE. I THINK IT’S FAIR TO SAY WE’VE