Warren wows in Iowa:

The chant – “2 cents, 2 cents, 2 cents” – started in the back of a massive crowd that packed sidewalks at the Iowa State Fair. Elizabeth Warren, basking in the unprompted adulation of her proposed wealth tax, prompted roars as she called on the ultra-wealthy to “pitch in 2 cents so everybody gets a chance to make it.”

A night before, the Massachusetts senator enjoyed similar treatment when Democrats at a party dinner jumped to their feet – some beginning to dance – at the opening bars of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” the song that would usher Warren on stage.

For someone whose White House ambitions were dismissed by some Democrats earlier this year after a shaky campaign launch, Warren’s reception in Iowa this weekend was a clear warning sign to other candidates that hers is a campaign to be reckoned with in the state that kicks off the race for the party’s nomination.

Warren was one of nearly two dozen candidates who paraded through Iowa this weekend, speaking at the state fair, the annual Wing Ding dinner and a forum on gun control. (AP)

Los Angeles Police Department officers place flowers on fellow Officer Juan Jose Diaz’s coffin during his funeral at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills cemetery on Aug 12 in Los Angeles. Diaz was killed while off duty in Lincoln Heights after visiting a taco stand. (AP)