as you know beau biden vice president biden's son served in the military and he served in iraq and he was imperfect health shortly after the camp home within nine months he started getting sick he had a brain tumor. and he eventually died from the brain tumor the same type of brain tumor that many of the soldiers that are sick from the permits are complaining about same type of cancer there's a lot of. circumstantial evidence that points to you know his death may have been caused from the burn pits. but. it just didn't make sense it didn't make sense that my young healthy husband had cancer and then it turned out there were two types of cancer how was it not the burn pits is not a type of cancer for a young twenty seven year old guy to have because first he didn't smoke he never smoked he's not a drinker usually that's the type of cancer that older gentleman who smoked for a long period of their lives should tobacco or drink the doctor he said it was chemical exposure. our troops are healthy or they don't go. in they're coming back in there not a lot of more healthy anymore. it's a ch

treat diseases by providing nearly $4.8 billion in funding for the nih, including support for the beau biden cancer moon shot and brain initiatives. all of which i would note are very important to my home state, where we are spiriting much of that new research taking place as a result. along with these investments, we included provisions in the law to equip nih with tools and authorities needed to meet the demands of biomedical research in the 21st century. we made it a priority to include children, women and other underrepresented populations in clinical research so the promise of these initiatives like precision medicine are extended to all patients. as part of this work, i championed a provision that creates a task force to better support the evaluation of drugs for pregnant and lactating women, and we addressed many of the concerns that have been holding back progress in the research community by supporting young researchers and reducing the red tape. cures also made sweeping reforms to fda and one of my top priorities was granting the agents greater hiring authority to recruit and retai

joe biden's son beau had the same type of cancer. >> there is hope.anybody can make it, your dad -- her dad is one of my best friends. her dad -- her dad goes after me hammer and tong. we're like two brothers who were somehow raised by different fathers or something. >> what do you want to be remembered for? >> he served his country. that's what i'd like to see. he served his country. hopefully with the word honorably on it. that's all. >>> we'll be back in a moment. when we do, the news media start to work their way into our list. old and new. >>> when we first sat here, one of our more boisterous conversations was about what wasn't going to make -- >> you attacked me about buying toothpaste on amazon. >> you have amazon. is that amazon prime, or are we talking three to five days? >> amazon is a multi -- it's on multiple levels. >> big customer here. >> i live above a drugstore. i order toothpaste and deodorant on amazon. >> that's tragic. they might as well call that carbon footprint toothpaste. amazon does get us to the owner of amazon, jeff bezos,

. >> the book is called "promise me dad" and it reflects on his late son beau who died of brain cancer in 2015. biden launched a cancer moon shot to find new treatments and a cure. uc president -- he did not address suggestions that he might run for president in 2020. he avoided that. >> yeah, i knew he would be asked. >>> time is 5:39. still ahead, the new technology that may save lives. coming up at 6:00, we'll take you to the consumer electronic show and show you the device that could help you parents who drive with children in the backseat. >>> also, a proposed ballot measure would raise tolls on our bridges. up next, how much we would have to pay. >>> and we do see that traffic is going to be busy approaching that bay bridge. and also busy on the east bay commutes that mostly lead to the bay bridge. westbound 24 is getting busy in lafayette. woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they

. >> woodruff: former vice president joe biden has written a book about the death of his son beau two and a half years ago from brain cancer. in it, he writes about struggling with his son's illness and loss, about his own work in the obama administration and his decision not to run for president in 2016. i sat down with biden today to talk about the book and the administration that came after his. former vice president joe biden, thank you very much for joining us. the book, "promise me dad: my year of hope, hardship and purpose." it came out a short time ago. it had to be hard to write, opening up about the loss of your son. has it been cathartic? >> it wasn't initially. it was very hard to write. i wrote it for two reasons, selfish reasons. the first one was -- it's going to sound strange -- i wanted my grandchildren, my great grandchildren, all the progeny to know what an incredible guy and document what an incredible guy bo was. i also selfishly wanted people to know what a remarkable man he was. >> woodruff: you wrote throughout the book about how he bucked you up and kept you s