'I am not running for president,' Attorney General Todd Blanche says at the Iowa State Fair

On day five of his Drive to Decision Day series, NBC News senior national politics reporter Jon Allen joins Meet the Press NOW to break down his one-on-one with Attorney General Todd Blanche at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

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