[laughter] >> what role does jill biden play in the public life of joe biden? >> well, she follows her own career. she's now, she's now i teaching at northern virginia community college after a long career in the community college field in delaware. and she, she's accompanied to school every day by the secret service agents, but she's managed to get them to take a discreet position, and when she's asked by her students is she, what her relationship is with the vice president of the united states, she says he's a relative of mine. [laughter] but she's not a gung ho democratic activist, but she's very aggressively supportive of the whole concept of community colleges, and she's often spoken on that subject. >> we're digressing altogether now, what do you think of the future of journalism with the current state of newspapers in this country? >> well, as someone who five years ago had to take an offer i couldn't refuse at the baltimore sun, i'm very distressed not only personally, but professionally about the state of newspapers. it seems to be a dying undertaking,

unveiled the initiative of military families today with the help of michelle obama and joe biden and jill biden. the president said the government has an obligation to help the familyings -- families of service members who off often expression care about their l oved ones. this provide will -- had this program will provide better physical and psychological care for families, along with e ducatal opportunities for military kids, career opportunities for military spouses and better child care. >>> tomorrow, the president will lay a road map for the next two years in his second annual state of the union address. he's expected to focus on jobs and the economy. he says the key to u.s. job growth is opening new markets to american products and boosting u.s. exports. he's also expected to talk more about budget cuts and deficit reduction. you can catch the president's state of the union address right here live on ktvu. it's set to start at 6:00 p.m. you will also find coverage on ktvu.com. >>> and now we want to turn to our meteorologist, a new member of the ktvu family, i would like to say welcome to

he's being welcomed by the white house by vice president joe biden and his wife jill biden. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds]

other members of the family and interviews with many of family, his sister, his brother, jimmy, jill biden and all three children, and all the allegations and setbacks are fully reported in this book. if the fates were to will a biden presidency, which nobody wants at this point, i believe he could assume the presidency with confidence and comfort. there's a kind of unpredictability as a messenger, and i find that very reassuring as the country continues to struggle with the economic problems at home and abroad. i want to thank you very much for listening. i would be happy to take a few questions. [applause] >> can you hear me? [inaudible] okay. i'm going to try and speak now. thank you very much, mr. witcover, for this wonderful exposition. we do have some questions. anybody who has questions, please, write them on cards provided on your table and the cards will be brought up to us at the head table. the first question is given the tragic death -- >> [inaudible] >> -- given the tragic death of richard holbrooke yesterday, do you think that joe biden will have to step in at least to undert

jill biden and the family of christina-taylor green. she's going to be sitting next to them. >> you see her kissing roxanna green there, and father john green, of course, the little girl that was lost in tucson just a few weeks ago. >> let's introduce you now to our political powerhouse team watching the speech with us and with you tonight. christiane amanpour, hello, great to have you here. george will, central voice of the conservative movement in america. matthew dowd, who has advised republicans and democrats, not only president bush but also president obama called him last month after the november elections. and donna brazile, democratic analyst, you've seen her so often with us here. >> and our top correspondents on capitol hill, jake tapper. and inside the house chamber tonight, jon karl. he's going to be standing right behind the shoulder of the house speaker john boehner, right above him. so, he's going to be our eyes and ears inside that room tonight. >> jon, can you hear us now? tell us about what you're sensing and seeing. >

he is joined by vice president's wife, jill biden. this is just getting under way at the white house. >> i want to offer a special welcome to our service members and military families. your presence today honors us all. i'm proud to stand here this morning as a military mom. my son is a captain in the delaware army national guard. he recently spent one year in iraq. my husband and i know well the mixture of pride and concern that all military families share. from earliest times together, michele and i have had the privilege of meeting with military service members and their families all around the country. people and families like so many of you who are with us today. people like jessica sanders, who i met at a deployment ceremony for members of the delaware army national guard 126th aviation regiment. her fiancee, captain mark thomas, was deployed in the coming weeks to afghanistan, where he and his unit will provide medical evacuation for troops, allies, and afghan civilians. captain thomas' parents are here today, too. today, too.

jill biden as well. we will be here for live coverage of the toast here at the luncheon. your once the chinese president arrives. live coverage on c-span2. and killed and another view of china. congressman chris smith and frank wolf held a news conference yesterday on human rights in china. you are going to from former chinese political prisoners and human rights activist during this news conference. they talk about various issues including religious freedom and the rights of women and abuses in chinese labor camps. it runs an hour and 20 minutes. we will show you a good bit of it until the event at the state department officially gets underway. >> first of all, thank you for coming out this afternoon. my name is chris smith. i served as chairman of the africa global human rights, global health subcommittee on the foreign affairs committee. i've held the position of the human rights chairman and several previous congresses, and i just, a little bit of background, i been in congress for 31 years. been to china many times come and personally chaired 27 hearings on human rig

vice president joe biden and his wife jill greeting the president today.u is at the start of the four-day visit to the u.s. where he'll be attending meetings on currency, trade, security and human rights concerns during his visit. our coverage of the chinese president will continue with a joint press conference with president obama. that will be live at 1:05 eastern. and then at 2:00 we'll be live from the state department where secretary of state clinton and vice president biden and his wife jill will be cohosting a launch in honor of the chinese delegation. we will focus much of our programming today on the relationship between the u.s. and china. coming up at 10:30 eastern on this network, the house foreign affairs committee is holding a briefing to discuss current relations between the two countries including the impact of china's economic security and human rights policies on the u.s. florida republican congresswoman chairs that committee. and more coverage of the visit of the chinese president tonight as the white house hosts a state dinner in his ho

in fact they testify about going to biden at one point and saying, dad, we think we should marry jilllast nigh. [laughter] >> jill was hesitant of taking on the cameras possibly a take on two small boys but they were finally married and the three of them went on a honeymoon. they were in new york and they stayed at a hotel. the boys took the honeymoon suite and joe and jill took their room, and they were that night to a hamburger joint, and then to see any. that was the honeymoon of the three of them. soon afterwards, jill and joe had a daughter, ashley, who followed the family footsteps and is now doing social work in delaware. all through this time joe biden was continue to build up a reputation as a hard-working senator. at the beginning he was a bit of a celebrity because he was 30, he had this history of the famine accident and everything, became quite a celebrity and did a lot of speaking around the country. and i think that had a factor, it was a factor of his thinking eventually about running for president. and, of course, the pieces of his senate service with a confirmation h

before that, vice president joe biden and his wife jill hosted a lunch. we'll show you as much as we can. it runs about 20 minutes. >> here with other people in this room 32 years ago when vice president bing led a historic visit to the united states, event not unlike today. [speaking chinese] >> i can literally recall our "newsweek" magazine described the visit. they said a turning point in the affairs of the modern world. [speaking chinese] >> a few months later, i had the opportunity to be among the first members of congress and the delegation led by frank church and jacob javits to visit. [speaking chinese] >> even back then there was a debate about a rising china was in the interest of the united states and the world. [speaking chinese] >> i believe then and i am even more convinced now the rising china is a positive development for not only china but the united states and the rest of the world. [speaking chinese] >> i admit my view is born out of my overwhelming confidence and the capability of the american people and confidence that a prosperous ch