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5 Months From Iowa: Checking In With Sanders' Campaign Adviser Jeff Weaver

Jeff Weaver, presidential campaign adviser for Sen. Bernie Sanders, in the center of a press scrum in Des Moines, Iowa during Sanders' 2016 presidential bid.
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Jeff Weaver, presidential campaign adviser for Sen. Bernie Sanders, in the center of a press scrum in Des Moines, Iowa during Sanders' 2016 presidential bid.

There are just five months to go before theIowa caucuses, and a number of polls put Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders among the front-runners for the Democratic presidential nomination. We're talking with Sanders' senior presidential campaign adviser Jeff Weaver about the challenges facing the Sanders campaign in the months ahead.

Broadcast live on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Correction 11:15 a.m. Aug. 26, 2019: Weaver is a senior campaign adviser to the Sanders campaign, not the campaign manager. The above text reflects his correct title.

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