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for erin burnett. the market's deep dive. the dow plunging more than 1,000 points within minutes of the opening fall. the fall epic. stocks did try to stage a co comeback but fell back. that's 3.5% for the day. overall today, the worst for the dow since august 2011. it caps the biggest three-day point loss in history for the market. america's biggest and best known companies like ge and pepsi crashing more than 20% at one point. apple dropping 10%. this is part of a meltdown on stock markets across the globe, raising fears this do be the beginning of something worse. allison kossick is "outfront" tonight. give people a sense of how crazy today was. 14 billion shares traded, the most in four years. the dow see sawing 3,000 points in the first 90 minutes of trading. what is going on here exactly?

>> it was a stunning day when you look at what happened in the markets. this was all about china and it all sort of began at least for today's trade it began the night before when we saw china's main index fall 8.5%. that triggered the jaw dropping fall of the dow at the opening bell for us, that drop of more than 1,000 points. that sort of set things into motion. but there's a bigger underlying reason for the volatility that we're seeing. we're seeing this because china's economy is slowing. we have known this for a while. the difference that's happening now is is that investors are seeing that it may be slowing more than they realized. the problem here is that china is the world's second biggest economy. in fact, at one point it was powering growth throughout the world. but now it looks like china is having some really big problems. the reason we're worried is because u.s. companies rely on china where we sell our products there. but china is having problems.

that means sales and revenues could really suffer. that could wind up ricochetting here in the u.s. and hurting consumers here in the u.s. >> no question. chinese miracle, big driver of global growth. what are traders telling you about tomorrow? >> right. you make a good point. traderstelling me they wouldn't be surprised if this continues, we could see main indexes drop lower. but you said it yourself. traders are going to watch a couple things. they will watch the asian markets which open in about two hours. they will want to see how asian markets react to our performance today. they are going to want to see if china's government makes any kind of policy change. if it does, that could kind of calm things down. the second thing that traders are going to look for is the fed. the fed is expected to raise interest rates in september. but if the fed sees how the global economy is and says we're going to wait that could bring some calm into the market.

there's no quick fix for this. there are a couple things that could calm the markets down. we shall see what happens when that opening bell rings. >> thanks for joining us. joining me now for tonight's money and power, richard quest. peter kenny is chief market strategist and jim bianco. richard, i have to ask you, this is the burning question, is this a market move, a market correction or could this be the beginning of a global crash, another crash like 2008? >> it's not 2008. everybody i have spoken to says it's not 2008, the same factors aren't at play. it's not 1997 either. is this a correction or is this a bear market. we don't know. you never know until the thing is up and running in full throttle. what we can say with a certain degree of certainty is that what needs to happen is policy

response. this market is not going to turn around and head up again unless there's some form of policy response. that might be the fed making it clear they're not going to race rates. it might be china clarifying its policies. there's 1,001 issues that are out there. all are mitxed up in the same mess. what the market is looking for is direction. >> the dow losing more than 1,100 points. people at home are watching. what if anything do we all need to be doing with our savings? >> it's true that over the last four trading days we have seen volume expand, prices coming quite, quite sharply. that sets off alarm bells for everyone. that said, it's important to remain diversified, to make sure you have exposurexposure.

there's justification for exposure. additionally, think defensively. don't try to catch the falling knife. this market is going to be intensely volatile for the next few weeks. possibly months. with that in mind, there's going to be a lot of money shaken out of very weak hands. you want to have exposure to the vehicle vix. >> interest rates are basically zero. a government could cut interest rates to give the market a boost. does washington -- sounds like we lost jim there. peter, i want to ask you that question. i will ask you richard. since interest rates are zero, that would be the government response. does washington have any tools to revert a crash or a financial crisis?

>> from my perspective, the fed is in a bit of a box given the fact that global coordination in terms of monetary policy has to today at least, at least to the last week or so, it has worked. now the fed is -- does not have that option of lowering rates or reintroducing a stimulus package. what the fed can do is speak to policy, terminology is going to matter a great, great deal. the fact of the matter is, we're getting gdp on thursday. it's probably going to be stronger than expected. the fed is going to have to address that by stating they are probably going to hold off on moving on rates. as richard indicated, it was expected to take place in september, at least initially. that's probably going to be pushed off until later in the year. >> i think we have peter back. can you hear me? >> yes. >> peter, i want to ask you as well, we were just talking about governments not having the ability to cut interest rates

because they're so low as a response to this to get the markets going again. what would you want to see? richard mentioned this before that the markets are looking for something, a positive message, some sort of change, injection. what are you looking to -- looking for to slow this crash down? >> i heard richard. he is right it is about a policy response out of china. the problem is, china has been trying to give us a policy response all year. the market has now concluded china is in a full panic. they have gone as far as threatening to arrest short sellers in their market. they have devalued their currency. they have tried everything they can to get the economy moving forward. because they can't do it, the market is losing confidence in them. is there a magic bullet they could come up with tonight or tomorrow? they tried numerous bullets in the last number of months. none of them have worked. that's the epicenter of the problem. china is the factory of the

world. everything gets produced in china and sold around the world. the reason china is slowing is the world economy is slowing. that then -- the inability of china to deal with it is making people think that the world economy is slowing a lot worse than they thought, which is why we see market turbulence not just in the u.s. but all over the world. >> thanks, jim. i called you peter but i know you are jim. before we go, richard, just want to ask you this. one of the oldest investing rules in the book is the simple thing buy low, sell high. look back at the past market crashes, people made a lot of money, who had the guts and money to buy when the market crashed. you never know when the bottom is. >> buy low, sell high, if you know the direction. if you are not trying to take on the professionals. if you are an amateur at home looking at your 401 k and worried, sit this out. i guarantee, if you try and play into this market, in this -- in these conditions, you don't know

what's happening in two hours in beijing or in shanghai or in 12 hours while you are asleep in frank for t frankfort or london. >> the market never closes. >> i'm looking to see what's happening in auckland. >> peter, he said don't try to catch the falling knife. that's the met faphor of the night. next, jeb bush on the u.s./mexico border today outlining his immigration plan and taking aim at donald trump's. how did trump fire back. joe biden meeting with president obama today and coming away with the president's blessing if he decides to make a run for president. will biden make a late bid to take on hillary clinton? can he top donald trump? this dramatic video of three young americans, friends on a tour of europe, now hailed as heros after risking their lives to stop a potential massacre.

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the battle over the border is heating up. miles from the mexican border, a notably feistier bush calling trump's plan to build a wall and deport more than 11 million undocumented immigrants unrealistic, costly and offensive. but is this trip and that message enough to change voters' minds? >> you have to have a deeper strategy than just building a fence. >> reporter: it didn't take long for jeb bush to go on the offense during his day stop at the south texas border city of mccallen. he went straight for trump's immigration policy. >> his plans are not grounded in conservative principals.

it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars. it's not realistic. >> reporter: last month trump flew his train down to loredo. >> we have a tremendous danger with the illegals coming in. >> reporter: trump is needling his fellow gop candidate. >> it's rough, tough stuff. this is not love. i think he will be able to figure that out, maybe. >> reporter: both bush and trump met with local officials, the similarities end there. campaign officials say bush has visited the border before and is familiar with the issues dominating the immigration debate. bush tweeting last week, his massive inconsistencies aside, donald trump's immigration plan is not conservative and does not reflect our nation's values. trump later responded at his

alabama rally. >> jeb bush, very weak on immigration. wants to let people come in. >> reporter: for all the back and forth, the two do have substantial differences on key issues such as birth right citizenship. >> i think that people born in this country auto be american citizens. >> you walk over the border and all of a sut we have another american citizen. it doesn't work that way. >> reporter: building a wall. >> i talked to the southwest governors. no one thinks that we should be building a fence as the solution to security. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border. i will have mexico pay for that wall. >> reporter: and how to deal with the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states. >> simple fact is, there is no plan to deport 11 million people. we should give them a path to legal status. >> they came over illegally. some are wonderful people and they have been here for a while. they got to go out. >> reporter: over the weekend, trump was short on specifics on

how he would execute the plan. >> declare how you are going to do it but you don't say how. >> george, i'm telling you, it's management. you can do this and we can expedite the good ones to come back in. >> reporter: at bush's press conference, the restaurant you see behind me, six miles from the actual u.s./mexico border. we asked his aides why he didn't make the drive to see what's happening right now. th their response was that he has been to the border on several occasions and it wasn't necessary this time around. katrina pierson, spokesperson for the tea party leadership fund and mercedes flappa. jeb bush slamming trump's immigration plan. you heard it there. offensive, violating people's civil liberties.

how do you answer that? >> it's all talk. it's really nice that jeb bush stopped for a photo op when he was there for a fund-raiser but didn't bother to see the border and wants to grand stand that his plan is the best. here is the thing, he didn't talk about what his plan would cost. he talks about the billions of dollars it would cost to get it under control but in his plan, he wants to let everybody come in, let everybody stay and share the cost with the states. he doesn't put a number on that which happens to be in the billions as well. jeb bush needs to take a step back and ask the voters what they want. if you look at the polls, it's donald trump's plan. >> it's a right leaning think tank which estimates it would cost 4 to $600 billion to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. it would reduce gdp by $1.6 trillion. these charges are not coming from the left. they're coming from the right.

>> right. >> but the point is -- hold on. he was talking to me about the numbers. the point is that there isn't a number put on what it would cost to keep them here. that was my point. >> let me give you a chance to response. >> sure. when you look at immigrants who are here legally and contributing to our economy and during a l doing jobs that americans don't want to do. this is about creating economic growth in america. if we have an immigration -- we are a land of immigrants. this is where the irish came to our country to search for a better life to contribute to america. and the key is you have individuals would left very bad situations in their own country. when you look at kwa ta hondura salvador. because we have not enforced the law and we have president obama with an executive overreach on immigration and he has ignored the problem, you have the problem here. how do you deal with it? katrina, do you think you will round up these millions of individuals that have been here?

some of these children born in america and deport them. that is not popular. >> it is popular among some republican voters. it's because no one is buying into the scary tactics of rounding people up at gun point. trump's plan calls for sending back the criminals first. the families will work with them. >> we can agree with. >> what we know is that trump's plan puts americans and their children first, including legal residents, not some off branch shoot of let everybody come. >> no one is saying to let -- >> that's what jeb bush is saying. if you are born here, stay here. we are talking about the birth right citizenship, which is a difference between the two candidates. >> which is an important debate to have at this point. you are right. there's fraud that does happen. >> individuals who come and have their babies here and then expect to get citizenship. should that be a debate? absolutely. the fact that we have ignored

immigration -- illegal immigration for so long and the problem hasn't been dealt with, now you will go after the 11 million undocumented immigrants and say, get out of here? that's not realistic. >> the american public should not have to take up for the politicians who have failed. it's time to deal with the issue. you have to deal with it swiftly. we're on economic fumes right now. we can't afford to let all these people stay here and put them on the systems. >> you are saying -- >> give me a second. bush -- we laeheard him speak i spanish, conducting an interview for telemundo in spanish. he called trump's plan offensive. he spoke about his own wife and children who, of course, latino background. have a listen to what he said. [ speaking spanish ]

>> i want to ask you, mercedes, you heard that applause there, you heard him talking about pride as well. and yet trump is still trouncing bush in the polls. why is that message not getting across? >> you know, trump loves looking at the polls. one poll i don't think he is seeing is the one that came out on gallop today saying that 65% of hispanics view him unfavorably. it might be time for him to change the rhetoric. it's about time. you know what? jeb bush and the other candidates have to be true to themselves in terms of immigration and figuring out the best way to fix the system. the point is, it's about tone and rhetoric and how you can really reach out to those hispanics in key states like florida, colorado, nevada. if we cannot win florida, we will lose. >> that's a fair question. you know that after 2012 the republican party itself looked at itself and said, we have to do a better job with latinos. how do they do that when this is the message that is coming from

the republican frontrunner? >> it wasn't the republican party. you will recall that it wasn't the base that chose the nominee. the same people that wrote that autopsy report were the same consulting cla ining classes tat we have to pander to hispanics. how insulting is it to the latino americans and legal residents of this country where they feel like they have to be pandered to. it's not true. they want the truth like everybody else. that's why trump is winning nevada. >> he's not winning latinos. he really isn't. he needs to change his rhetoric to gain hispanic support. >> in nevada and florida? >> nationally. >> you are hearing -- we are hearing right here the deep emotion and differences on this issue. keep in mind, this is within the republican party. before we get to the general election. mercedes, katrina, thank you. we will speak to you again. next, a source telling cnn that president obama has given joe biden his blessing if he

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welcome back. breaking news. president obama giving vice president joe biden his blessing to launch a presidential campaign. the president and vice president discussed a potential run over lunch today. tonight, the buildup continues. the vice president meeting with two of the president's former top advisers to discuss a 2016 run. joe johns is live at the white house. what are you hearing about this meeting going on tonight at biden's residence? are they talking about a run? >> reporter: that's a good question. they're not giving us any information about what they may be talking about. however, this is a trusted circle the vice president is meeting with, including anita dunn, bob bauer and the third

person is ted kauffman, a senator who is a trusted adviser to joe biden, all of this information coming from cnn's jeff zeleny. we're talking about the run-up, the long investigation of the choices of the vice president. joe biden arrived at the white house today with a lot on his mind. his weekly lunch with the president in the oval office taking on new meaning with speculation swirling about whether he will run. >> everybody is pretty interested to find out what decision the vice president is going to make. the president has indicated his view that the decision to add joe biden to the ticket as his running made was the smartest decision he made in politics. >> reporter: a democratic source in touch with biden's associates tell cnn the vice president is leaning toward running for president. the buzz about a possible biden candidacy intensified after he

traveled from delaware to washington this weekend for a secret meeting with influential liberal senator elizabeth warren. >> she's the leading voice. i'm not surprised they will seek her counsel. >> reporter: the massachusetts senator has refused to endorse front didn frontrunnerner hillary clinton. >> i want to see all of the presidential candidates lay out where they stand on key issues. >> reporter: biden associates see a possible opening because clinton has been battling a trust issue. >> did you wipe the server? >> with a cloth or something? >> reporter: the latest orc poll shows 53% have an unfavorable opinion of clinton while 44% view biden that way. bernie sanders sees clinton's numbers as helping him. >> where he gaining. what the polls seem to indicate is that hillary clinton support seems to be receding.

>> reporter: he would face major hurdles. in the last few weeks, he has been talking to advisors and supporters about whether a run is realistic. biden has been told he needs to make a decision by october 1. one plan would have him announce his intentions the first week of october. a little bit more about fund-raising. it has been one of joe biden's challenges in the past. cnn's john king and "the washington post" reporting that after labor day, the vice president will sit down with top democratic fund-raisers to talk about things. >> joe johns at the white house. "outfront" tonight, steve shale. he worked in the obama/biden campaigns of 2008 and 2012. you heard the reporting at the end of joe's report there. a source telling cnn if biden runs, he plans to announce the first week of october. he is beginning to meet with fund-raisers. we know even as of july 1, hillary clinton raised $45

million. how does the vice president make up that deficit? >> i think the first thing cbs reported that a fraction of the obama bundlers are committed to hillary clinton. it gives plenty of good fund-raisers out there that are uncommitted. i can tell you in the 48 or 72 hours i have been involved in the operation, that the number of folks that have expressed an interest in helping him has been staggering. i think in terms of putting to the a campaign, particularly in the early states, there will be plenty of resources based on the feedback i'm getting. >> polling from the key swing state of florida shows clinton losing to donald trump while biden comes out on top in a head to head matchup. clinton having trouble as we know on trust issues, credibility in the wake of the e-mail scandal. are democrats worried that the democratic party is in danger of losing the white house if biden doesn't get in the race? >> well, i'm going to talk about joe biden. when you look at florida, one of the places where democrats have

struggled are among white working class voters. if you look at obama in 2012, a narrow gap. charlie crist got 36% of the vote. joe biden is an authentic working class guy. i think you are seeing in the polling numbers. >> biden would be 74 years old if elected. that's older than reagan was when he started his second term. if he entered the race, would the vice president pledge to serve just one term? >> i'm not going to -- i don't know that. i can tell you that my 94-year-old grandmother in illinois drives to work and goes to work. i'm sure she would consider joe biden to be a young spring chicken. you know him better than i do. he is the most energetic 74-year-oldry been around. >> thanks for joining us. "outfront" tonight, we have former senior adviser for president obama, dan fifer.

a biden presidential run, no matter what folks say, it puts people in the obama administration in a tough spot. we heard the president's press secretary have a tough time answering questions about it today. a white house staffer said, even if their minds are with clinton, their heart is with the vice president. how tough of a choice is this in terms of loyalty -- party loyalty, personal loyalty for the president and for former colleagues? >> it's very tough. people have grown over the course of the time in the white house, secretary clinton served at secretary of state, fond of her. joe biden has been there at every step of the way with the president, tremendous loyalty, one of the best guys you will be around. these loyalties go back. a lot of the same people who were in the obama white house or former obama candidates worked for bill clinton or hillary when she ran. this would be a family feud. you know everyone on both sides. people will make judgements on who they think will be the best. it's more about a decision nor

joe biden or hillary clinton than against them. >> we're aware biden met with -- secretly with elizabeth warren. she's a liberal favorite. so is bernie sanders. you would think that would be a natural support base for him than joe biden. where does joe biden carve out a space of his own in this race? how does he differentiate himself? >> that's going to be one of the big challenges that he and his team will figure out. he is the most clear continuation of the obama legacy and agenda. he has a long record of his own. what he is going to have do is make the case for why he is the better standard bearer for democrats in the fall and what kind of president he would be. figuring that out is challenging. it's smart to talk to elizabeth warren. she's one of the power brokers with real influence who have not back a candidate. take her temperature. see what she's thinking. he is having other meetings with important people. he is going through what i think is a rigorous and smart process

to come to a decision about whether this is doable and whether it's the right thing to do. >> you heard steve deflect on the age issue. the fact is, age would be an issue. how big of an issue for joe biden? >> it's one he would have to take on. if you spent any time around joe biden as steve mentioned, you get -- you notice how young -- how energetic and young at heart he is. he would -- you can't explain that away. you have to show that you have the energy to be president and take on those challenges. i think he can do that. he is -- he runs full force at everything he does. he is full of energy. so he can do it. you will have to prove it over time. you can't give a speech saying -- explaining that away. >> it's that long exhausting campaign as well. dan, thanks very much to be on again today. >> thank you. next, how three young americans on vacation became overnight heros saving hundreds of train riders from a potentially deadly massacre.

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breaking news. we know the identity of another american hero who helped stop what could have been a massacre on a paris-bound train. a french american who is one of the first to try to wrestle an ak-47 from the attacker, shot in the neck and wounded as he did. a wife telling us a radio station that he became suspicious after the suspect went into the bathroom with a suitcase. the other three american heros were awarded france's highest honor. martin savidge is "outfront." >> reporter: they were the right people in the right place at the right time. three boyhood friends together

on a vacation. today honored by france's president for preventing a possible massacre. it began at 5:13 friday night. the train had just pulled out of brussels. that's where french investigators say ayoub el khazzani got on packing an ak-47, a pistol and a box cutter. alek skarlatos heard something in the next car. >> the shot was probably the first noise i heard. then that was followed by breaking glass. >> reporter: spencer stone, an air force medical technician sat next to skarlatos. >> i woke up. i turned around and i saw he had what looked to be an ak-47. and he looked like it was jammed order wasn't working. he was trying to charge the weapon. alek hit me on the shoulder and said, let's go. >> reporter: he wrestled away both guns, actions that saved

his life. >> all three of us started punching him while he was in the middle of us. i was able to grab him again and choke him unconscious. >> reporter: stone paid the price with box cutter wounds to his head and neck. his left thumb almost cut off, later reattaches. his first act after subduing the gunman was to stop the bleeding of a passenger who had been shot in the neck, likely saving his life. anthony sadler and a british passenger joined? . >> we had to join him. >> reporter: no one was killed. few serious injuries. back home, alek skarlatos very relieved and very proud parents. >> we never doubted alek had this in him. he is a big, buff, strong, brave guy. >> reporter: three brave and humble american heros.

>> i'm waiting to wake up. this is all just -- seems like a movie scene or something. >> reporter: skarlatos and stone are headed to another unexpected destination. it looks like germany where stone will undergo further treatment for the injuries that he suffered. as to the suspect in this case, it is expected that tomorrow he will possibly have a court appearance. either way, charges are anticipated to be filed by french authorities. he is being held at the headquarters of french intelligence tonight. >> an inspiring story. cnn terrorism analyst paul crookshank with me here in new york. we're learning about the suspected terrorist as well, particularly this time he spent in turkey. what's important about that? >> what we know is that he boarded a flight from berlin to istanbul in may of this year. european security agencies suspect he wanted to join with isis. what they're investigating is

whether he may have linked up with a french isis cell present in turkey which has been redirecting the extremists, telling them go back home and launch attacks. in april of this year in paris there was a plot thwarted by a student who went to turkey, connected with the french isis cell and online they were communicating about the possibility of launching attacks against passenger trains in europe. >> that's incredible. instead of the war zone in iraq and syria, they say go to europe and carry out terror. one thing that's concerning here, we have seen this with other suspects in europe, both spain and france were aware of this suspect before. and yet, he makes it on the train. was this a missed signal, a missed opportunity ? >> there's so many extreechlime. it's impossible to monitor them all. the resources to monitor a small

fraction. even if you are on the radar screen, doesn't mean you can be prevented from carrying out an attack. >> if you have 100 suspects, you need thousands of agents. >> for just two or three guys under observation, you need up to 100 police involved in that one operation. >> incredible. a tough game they have to play. paul crookshank, thanks very much. "outfront" next, is donald trump's tough stance on immigration at odds with his personal history? our report on trump's immigrant roots ands his czech and slovenian wives. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy.

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tonight donald trump facing new criticism from jeb bush on immigration. bush calling trump's plan costly and offensive. trump's wife and ex-wife, both immigrants, would they agree?

>> the big problem. >> reporter: for a guy as hard line on immigration as donald trump. >> they're taking your jobs. and you better be careful. >> reporter: it's ironic the woman by his side on the campaign trail is an immigrant herself. >> to marry a man like donald is -- you, you know, you need to know who you are. and you need to be very strong and smart. >> reporter: trump's wife melania was born in slovenia and moved to new york to model. she didn't become a citizen until 2005, a decade after arriving in the u.s. >> she went through a long process to become a citizen. it was very tough. >> reporter: of course, trump's first wife ivana was an immigrant too. born in czechoslovakia. she married an austrian ski instructor to get a foreign passport to leave communist czechoslovakia her divorce attorney said.

not long after she met trump. and they were married in 1977. she became a u.s. citizen 11 years later. and it's not just his wives, trump has been surrounded by immigrants his entire life. starting from the day he was born. >> my mother was born in scotland so that is serious scotland. >> reporter: as a teenager in 1930, mary mccloud sailed for america and arrived in new york and married fred trump himself a son of german immigrants. >> my grandfather, fred wreck trump came to the united states in 1885, he joined the great gold rush and instead of gold he decided to open up hotels in alaska. >> reporter: though he says he supports legal immigration. >> i want people to come into the country. they have to come in legally. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, trump seems to show little interest in the dreams of modern immigrants call for

workers abroad to take a back seat to the unemployed here at home. >> you have a border. you have a country. if you don't have a border, what are we just a -- nothing. a nothing. >> reporter: trump hasn't been shy about celebrating his immigrant roots. he was the grand marshal of the german-american parade, tradition in new york city and rim ni reminisced how far his family had come from european heritage. >> we passed trump tower, 69 stories, i looked up and said this is a long way from germany. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, trump is singing a very different immigrant song. >> we are building a wall. a wall that is not, nobody is going through my wall. trump build walls. i build walls. >> chris, trump obviously not the only candidate with immigrant ties. jeb bush married to an immigrant as well. >> that's right.

trump and bush share common ground here. bush's wife hails from mexico. the two married in 1974. she became a citizen in 1988. that's the same year as trump's first wife got her citizenship. ivana. but despite the similarity, we saw trump take a shot at bush earlier this summer on twitter when he retweeted some one who said "bush has to like mexican illegals because of his wife." trump later deleted that tweet. also, worth mentioning here, jim, marco rubio and ted cruz often talk of the immigrant experience of their parents as well. >> we all have immigrant stories don't we. thank you very much. >> "outfront" next. exciting news. a new addition to the "outfront" family. 700 pound grizzly bear.e a so pick a cage and get in it. well i'm glad i picked this cage. why did you pick the steel cage? that's a big animal right there.

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cooper starts now. good evening, john berman in for anderson. thank you for joining us. breaking news tonight. you will see it only here on cnn. late word vice president joe biden has just received the biggest green light you can get for a presidential run. cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny broke the story and joins us by phone. the president and vice president had lunch and the vice president left with more than dessert. >> that's right. president obama has always said this will be, you know, joe biden's own decision on this. i am told that he gave his blessing to a potential run. did not try to talk the vice president out of his pursuit of the presidency. it is important to point out the vice president has still not decided. but this lunch today was talking about the 2016 campaign. messages. what is happening out in