joe biden isn't.able, i think, to engage on a personal level with leaders internally, dmesly and overse overseas. actually, he has learned an enormous amount through his career, and i think that's a tremendous reflection on him, but i don't think it necessarily should be used to critique someone who is that much younger. obviously one-term senator himself, the president. not as experienced in those terms in d.c. >> i'm not using it as a sort of weapon to criticize the president, but i do think it is -- it's pronounced his power in the white house. not just because of sort of the outreach and the marketing and the branding for the obama administration, but also because he gets it done. i mean, this is the closer. this is the guy that negotiated us off the fiscal cliff. >> yeah, that's important shift, though. remember, at the beginning of the first term there was all this anxiety about not having biden overshadow the president, in part, because of their age difference and experience difference, and now

why is joe biden going about it this way?we saw earlier today, him in new york and he's got the new york mayor bloomberg with him as well, family members who were victimized by the shooting in connecticut. >> well, biden as you know i don't have to tell you is very visceral politician. he was there and was an important part of the ban on assault weapons when it first passed. so there's something personal about this to him. and so there is going to be a vote on a ban on assault weapons. he understands that it could get filibustered and is not likely to pass, but he personally doesn't want to give up on it although he understands that there are other parts of the gun control measure that might well pass. >> other parts like the background checks. >> exactly like the universal background checks. there are people on both sides who can agree that a universal background check may be the way to go. and don't forget the nra itself in the '90s supported a form of a universal background check. so that's one area. maybe a ban on high ca

joe biden has been jumping into them. her absence is he positioning himself pretty effectively to run if he doesn't. by most accounts if she does run she is the 800-pound elephant. >> bill: biden will be 92. >> he would be 74 years old three weeks after the 2016 election. that would make him the oldest ever. but, hillary clinton. >> bill: good shape he just looks 92 because of what is going on the heads thing. >> three more years of the obama administration on his record which is a targets hillary clinton can escape. >> bill: you say i that biden would step aside if hillary clinton decides to run? >> that's what's interesting a lot of people are suggesting exactly that are you suggesting that or would they go would they go man on man. >> biden is going to do everything necessary to wait until hillary makes her decision. >> bill: he would step aside. he is not going to challenge her. >> you never know. that's one of the major major speculations. there has been signals around biden's camp that's a distinct possibility. >> b

i understand joe biden isn't picking the hotel. she's right.n't you think they'd say that? >> your correspondent made a very, very interesting point which is that this is normally not very transparent. we don't have numbers on this. and so when you're thinking about, you know, who we're contracting with, you would think that, hey if, there were more transparency around this, perhaps someone would say we can offer a bid that is coming in under that amount. but on the other hand -- >> from what it looked like on the sheet, noncompetitive bids. >> exactly. presumably, perhaps the hotels that you have relationships with and what have you. but surely there is some way to shave the numbers down if those numbers were actually public. but the other more important thing is this, now half a million dollars for one night sounds like an obscene amount of money. but if joe biden were somehow able to, for example, convince the president to agree to change cpi, having the federal government use a sensible index that, would save themmed 2dz 00 billion in a yea

vice president joe biden on hand.e was -- sponsored the original law that passed in 1994 and we have seen a great bit of back an forth, the final legislation passed in the house, 286-138 and seen as a huge victory for gay rights activists and native americans. lynne sweet is standing by with us and ed rendell. a lot of people saw the delay in expanding this violence against women act and the original bill had gone through without opposition and we saw it reinstated twice in the past and it lapsed in 2011 and many saw this as a part of the war on women that progressived talks so much about. >> absolutely, tamron. one of the things the white house did this morning is have a lot of women's groups in meetings and roundtables to discuss the elements of the act and these are the groups who championed this so much. also, part of the audience, when's interesting here is that the -- white house really built an audience for this bill signing. this is not just having a few people around with a few pens. they wanted this to pay t

biden is a factor in that. the idea he's mising in action on this is not right. >> what about the votes here? it's not just republicans who wouldn't vote for the assault weapons ban. it's democrats. david from raises a fair point. the numbers out there are less than 6% of the gun deaths, fewer than 6% in this country are assault weapons related. but when it happens, it's horrific. what else can we do? but you're not able to get the democrat votes. how come? >> i think rather than looking at the white house and imagining that joe biden had given, you know, two more speeches we would have a different outcome, you have to look at the nra. we have a mega lobby that people still think represents gun owners. the majority of gun owners actually support an assault weapons ban. they support the background check. this lobby now represents gun manufacturers. and they have tremendous power. and they have gotten a lot of democrats scared. i think democrats are making a mistake. this is the year to stand up to the nra, not t

it was the definition of biden being biden and also number ten on the fix list of most memorable momentso far in 2013. countdown that top ten political editor for theglobe.com and cnbc contributor and political director sarah fagan and chris cafinas. one thing i find fascinating about him, democrats love what we just watched republicans say, please, nominate joe biden in 2016 for what we just watched. >> democrats love biden. they say, most of them i talk to, ultimately because of the way biden and et cetera. but i actually had the joe biden experience myself where he like hit my in the chest. not unusual. >> some of that rock band in the '70s. sarah, i want to move on because i want to get your take on this one, on a more serious note. the violence against women act. reauthorized earlier this year. many republicans voted. 87 voted for it and president obama signed into law and this gives victims of domestic abuse, helps fund these sort of programs. a lot of republicans voted against it arguing about native american provision and some about gay and lesbian. as a female republican, the op

vice president biden, will he and any others be addressing that? >> yes, the vice president spoke at a brunch a few moments ago and the man on the stage behind us is a special counsel with the naacp legal defense fund. he argued alongside donald verilli, the u.s. solicitor general in front of the supreme court to uphold the reauthorization from thousand 6 for the voting rights act. the controversy is over one portion, section 5, which gives the federal government oversite. over election laws in several southern states, mississippi, louisiana, georgia, virginia, and localities in other parts of the country. now shelby county, alabama, brought this case before the justices to say those protections are no longer needed and the discriminations that were supposed to be eliminated by the voting rights act have ended. the solicitor general and the vice president say there has been a lot of progress. but those parts of the voting rights laws should stay intact. here's what he told the group a few moments ago. >> we still have a lot of work to do, easier th

i think joe biden, look joe biden spent a long time in the senate. he knows in his heart of hearts, the assault weapons ban is almost certainly doomed. he doesn't want to jeopardize the other pieces, high-capacity magazines. maybe broaden background check. universal background checks. he wants to keep those in play. i think that's why you're seeing him sort of put a brave face on. >> and i want you to play a little bit of the sound of that joint appearance by mike bloomberg and joe biden today on guns. >> even though restrictions on military-style weapons will not be part of the bill that goes to the floor of the u.s. senate, it will get a vote by the full senate as an amendment to the bill. and everyone is going to have to stand up and say yea or nay and we have to decide how we feel about people and their stands. >> for all of those who say we shouldn't or couldn't ban high-capacity magazines. i ask them one question. think about newtown. think about newtown. >> so chris cillizza, we now have progress on the budget on capitol hill, some breakdown,

it is now my honor to introduce vice president joe biden. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you very much, diane. my view is that those in the audience who are survivors know how much courage it takes to do what diane did. every single time -- [applause] some people who do not know what she has just recounted happened, but every single time you stand and recount what happened, it brings it all back, it brings it all back like a very bad nightmare. that you are speaking out now is literally saving the lives of so many other women who will be able to avoid the abuse that you had to put up with. i want to thank all the advocates that are here today. i got a chance to meet in my office with some of you earlier. not only those on the stage, who i again had a chance to meet with, but the many women out in the audience, as i look out and see some familiar faces, like elly smeal -- and paulette from my home state and so many others. [applause] those who have been around a while with me know that i quote my father, who would say "the greatest si

so, why did his number two in command, vice-president biden just accuse the g.o.p.ing dysfunctional and leaderless and not true to their word? we debate that seeming diversion next. and an ad agency drew up some cartoon ads for ford which ewewe were never supposed to he see. at least that's what we're told. we have an internet leak has the car company doing serious damage control and control, involving the kardashians among others. and he spent time behind bars on a rape charge on advice from an attorney. and now his name is cleared after his accuser made the whole thing up. so, why isn't this woman in handcuffs, in kelly's court. >> for so many years, it seems as if no one took the time to actually look into the case and learn the truth, and they did, so, i'm very thankful. >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bog

but we all did receive helpful advice from joe biden.hat if you have any threats at home just go outside with a double barrel shotgun and fire in the air. which is very, very useful if it so happens that you are being attacked by a flock of geese. or are for that matter a drone. >> judge jeanine: senator ted cruz taking aim at the joe biden comment. and back with me ryan and tony. ryan, even you have to admit that joe biden who chaired the president's gun violence task force after the newtown tragedy doesn't know what the hell he is talking about. go outside and shoot your shotgun, lock yourself out of the house, violate the law, maybe kill a fugees and yo fewu are sitting duck. what is the relationship between a duck and a goose. >> he shoots from the hip. kind of a regular guy. says is stuff that is a little awkward. maybe not very presidential. still a good guy with a good heart and has been a great vice president. >> judge jeanine: everybody loves him. >> i got to say, first of all, he wants women to use a shotgun to shoot an intrude

. >>> roger ales calls president obama lazy and vice president biden dumb. is that any way for the chairman of a news network to behave? the washington post abolishes the job of ombudsman after three decades. we'll ask three editors about it. plus, this bombshell. >> our other breaking story tonight, john stewart has announced he'll be taking the summer off from the daily show. we wish him all the best in his new project, ruling the country of venezuela. >> john stewart taking three months off? what will this mean for the future of state news. i'm howard kirtzman and this is "reliable sources." >>> every administration gets into its share of spats with the president. that's par for the course in washington. some journalists are crying foul. in essence what started as just some verbal frustration by the white house that i would even want a response about this story turned into a full-fledged shouting match on the phone with some choice words, shall we say. >> even liberal msnbc talked about the consequences of displeasing the white house. >> they didn't like

friend, vice president biden. he just spoke there, and i have to say that i have learned over the years so much from joe. i want to thank him for his [no audio] -- families are about from joe biden. i learned about his father. and ours are so similar, deeply grounded in values, and i just heard those values expressed. i want to also recognize -- and i am sure you will all join me in recognizing -- the defense minister barak, who i have sent

focused up. >> that's biden's face when he

here is joe biden in 2003.senator then. >> we have not slewed the incremental costs of our fighting forces in iraq, nor the cost of reconstruction. >> why? >> simply because we don't know what they will be. >> oh, come on, now is anybody here at the table think we're going to be down below 100,000 forces in the next calendar year? raise your hand, any one of you. you know it's going to be more. you know at least it's going to be $2.5 billion a month. give me a break will you? when you guys start being honest with us? >> biden essentially calling them liars. is there evidence back in 2003 that these prediction was be wildly off the mark like they are? >> the predictions that this would be a short occupation were just--i don't know. they were thoroughs-colored glasses in your best case scenario yes. but as soon as you knew there would be any kind of resistence, and that you need to reconstruct, which is the obligation of the open occupier, and you needed to provide security, which is the obligation of the occupie

joe biden says it's always a chance. the news from the battle is it's gown do background checks, which i hear could go either way. we might end up with the horror of newtown with nothing more than something about trafficking, secondhand purchases, but for all those who care about gun safety, let me repeat what i said, get ahold of your senator or member of congress and say you want a real background check on people who buy guns. get ahold of your senator, by calling 202-224-3121. if you don't know your senator or member of congress, fine, just go to www.house.gov. and enter your zip code to find out who your congressman is. and www.senate.gov to find your senator. you can then click on his or her name when it pops up. it will take you to their website with all their contact information. look, at the switchboards are jammed, wait a few minutes and try again. it means we're working, this thing is working. it's a good sign of the impact you're having. cynthia tucker is with the university of georgia, and sam tine is with th

peters square, vice president joe biden leads the u.s.tingent as leaders gather for the inauguration of pope francis including argentine president, who had lunch at the vatican today. the two had a contentious relationship whearlier. they did not release details. zimbabwe president is also in rome for the ceremony. he's been banned from travel in the european union since 2002 after allegations of elections fraud and human rights abuses. he's able to visit the vatican because it's a separate state and not part of the eu. >> while one country may have difficulty with another person or delegation being present, we repeat, we invite no one. we inform. those who wish to come, come and take part in the ceremony. no one is refused. no one is invited. we welcome all who come. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands are expected to come, packing st. peters square, spilling into the streets of rome. 500 priests part of the mass, offering communion, sharing in the historic celebration. jay gray, nbc news, rome. >> thank you very much. closer to home, the

just want to ask you because vice president biden is going to be there. he said wednesday that he couldn't believe that he's reliving this civil rights battle and it is really being put into light today because of the march. he is referring to this voting rights case that is now before the supreme court. is he expected to address that today? >> no doubt. he will talk about that today. the people who tried to cross that bridge behind me, this was the legislation they were fighting for in 1965. it's been reauthorized several times and now there is a fight in the supreme court to negate one portion, section five of the voting rights act, which gives the federal government the right to negate local and state election laws in certain areas of the country, mostly in the south, if they believe it will disenfranchise minorities and the vice president has said he didn't realize that these fights would have to be fought over and over. yesterday i spoke with one of the attorneys for the naacp defense fund and he is arguing this case in front of the supreme court alo

got more than he asked for when he attended a domestic violence event featuring vice president joe biden attorney general eric holder and maryland senator ben cardin university of maryland maryland journalism student jeremy barr was covering the event for a capitol news service when one of vice president biden's press office staffers demanded that he delete all of the photos he took when the student returned to school and he handed and explained what had happened the dean of the film errol college of journalism lucy dalglish who you see there wrote a heated letter to vice president joe biden's office saying quote rockville is not a third world country where police state style media censorship is expected i request an immediate apology to our reporter jeremy barr and to the editors and the staff of capitol news service i also request that your staff be trained in basic first amendment rights of citizens and media to ensure such tactics are not employed in the future vice president biden's office didn't send any type of official response back but the press secretary did call to offer an in

you heard vice president biden said it again. israel must always be able to defend itself by itself against any threat to its existence. [applause] the jewish people know the costs of being defenseless against those who would exterminate us. we will never let that happen again. [applause] you know, joe biden described his meeting with golda meir. she said to him, our secret weapon is we have no other place to go. well, we have our place under the sun, and ladies and gentlemen, we shall defend it. the rebirth of israel is one of the greatest events in history. i think churchill said that it transcends generations. it transcends centuries. he said it is significant in the perspective of thousands of years. we never lose sight of the perspective. we shall always defend the one and only jewish state. [applause] the second issue i intend to discuss with president obama is the situation in syria. over the last two years, over 70,000 syrians have been killed. hundreds of thousands have been wounded and maimed. millions have been forced

. >> so as a world waits to find out more about newt pope, the white house said vice president biden is going to lead the u.s. delegation to pope francis' inauguration mass next tuesday morning. abc's cokie roberts, a vatican observer has been here all week, reporting on this, and joins us now. in a big picture way, what does this mean, what does it say that the church, the cardinals have chosen this man? >> it says they're ready to make a big change. benedict after john paul ii was continuity. this is a huge difference. instead of the cerebral, theologian, you have this down

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one thing about joe biden.oe biden was part of the coalition that got the ban on assault weapons passed. >> that was a long time ago. >> he feels strongly. joe biden is a visceral politician. what you played in that sound byte, i feel sorry for my political colleagues, they have to vote this way, even though they don't really believe it. when you think about that, it is a tough statement. >> gloria, the problem is more the opposite, in '94 when they passed it, 38 house republicans from blue districts felt compelled to vote for it. today, gun control advocates have not been able to, they have to go out to mayor efforts and others, they have to beat some republicans in blue leaning areas that voted against it and haven't shown they can do it. >> democrats in '94 paid a significant price for that. >> that's why they haven't touched it since, wolf, they're afraid. absolutely afraid. >> guys, thanks very much. ron and gloria. >>> when we come back, a defense contractor with top secret clearance seduced to give away

when the poll matched joe biden he did not do as well. biden beats paul ryan 35-42.joining me now is msnbc's joy read. and maggie habermann. it looks good when you look at those numbers at a distant spot. even this far out. the republicans had a lot of the same problem that they had before. it is scott walker who doesn't have enough awareness. you know it is marcu rubio who named rappers. it is not a great field. you have chris christie who poles the best. the base doesn't want chris christie. you have marcu rubio hillary has name recognition and she goes in as a huge favorite. >> he said it is worth noting that hillary has good poll numbers in 2006 looking toward the 2008 election before she faced relative unknown barack obama. there is something to that. there is a lot to that. i remember a clinton aid telling me in april of 2007 that barack obama shouldn't have run this time. it is easy to say right now that she is field clearing not just for the democratic primary although that i think she is. it is another thing to say that there is no way that she can beat a re

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and vice president biden went down to participate in the march.rt of what i'm supposed to say -- apologize. it took me 48 years to get here. i should have been here. [ cheers ] >> i should have been here. >> jamal: right. it was 1965. i did get that number wrong. so biden regretted it and then he went on to talk a little bit more. >> courage and determination in the name of justice always always prevails but it takes men and women as individuals to demonstrate that courage for it to happen. >> jamal: wow. so joe biden goes down there, and i have to say as a political staffer when he started talking about apologizing, the first part of that is this is not in my prepared remarks, and i have got to think if you work for joe biden, and he says this is not in my prepared remarks, that is got to be one of the big moments in your life where you are nervous about what comes next. >> yeah. >> jamal: but he apologized for not coming earlier, which makes me think that he is spending a little time focusing on communities he might need to be taking care of. wh

biden's goal was to pressure congress to vote yes or no on full gun control legislation. this includes senator dianne feinstein's proposed ban on 157 models of assault-style weapons. this week senate majority leader harry reid stripped feinstein's gun ban from the bill for strategic reasons, so that the senate will take it up next month. the pared down legislation focuses on school safety and gun trafficking. at new york's city hall mayor michael bloomberg who heads mayors against illegal guns implored congress for an amendment to the stripped down legislation. >> the only question is whether congress will have the courage to do the right thingor whether they will allow more innocent people, including innocent children, to be gunned down. >> the mayor was flanked by vice president joe biden who reminded the audience that congress has passed a been on assault weapons in 1994 and could do so again. the vice president also turned to a mother of one of the schoolteachers killed in the newtown, connecticut massacre. >> you know, it's time for the political establishment to sho

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vice president joe biden is helping mark a civil rights milestone. it was 48 years ago this month when alabama state troopers and others attacked a peaceful group of marchers. they were marching from selma to montgomery in support of what would become the voting rights act. we will have a live report from selma coming up in just a few minutes. >>> right now u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia for talks. earlier today, he was in egypt meeting with president mohammad morsi. kerry announced the u.s. is starting a fund providing direct support for democratic reform in egypt. the first installment is $60 million. but kerry says the pledge will rise to $300 million in the years ahead. >>> back in the u.s. now, a horrifying car accident has rocked a hassidic jewish community brooklyn, new york an orthodox jewish couple expecting their first baby died when their cab was hit by another car. susan candiotti joining us live from new york. susan, the couple's baby, a little boy, survived. what do you know about his condition and the search for

vice president biden, reality star?ite house launching being biden, an audio series that will follow the vice president around washington and beyond as he shares his experience "in candid, behind the scenes snapshots." as the vice president once said this is a big well, you know the rest. basically what he does, pictures come up and vice president joe biden kind of describes what's happening in the picture. that's what this is all about. so the question, what do you want to know most about being biden, john? >> i want to know how much overlap there is between the onion caricature of joe biden and the real joe biden and whether he's running for president in '16. but this is actually a perfect fit for joe biden. he's become this cult figure. it's fascinating. >> ron. >> i'm with john on this one. to be a fly on the wall to see what the vice president of the united states is up to. the gift that keeps on giving. the fact that he's one heartbeat away from the presidency, i want to see what he's doing. >> for completely diff

biden's own limousine to france, a standard security procedure of course.rtment told us a bit earlier today, quote, these costs are nothing out of the ordinary. they are in line with high-level travel across multiple administrations, safety and security are not negotiable. but these two are. bob beckel former democratic campaign manager, cohost of the five. mary catherine ham editor of hot air.com and fox news contributor. bob i don't think you're in a good mood. >> thank you, grumpy cat i'll go ahead. the reason we should care about it is because any amount of scrutiny that the federal budget gets from normal people is good and healthy because they are frankly the white house invited more scrutiny by saying the only thing we could cut during sequestration is the public's access to the white house. the public thing goes, maybe we should look at how much they are spending on other things. bill: you move all this back to the sequestration issue. >> yes, i think they've invited more scrutiny to their budget. that's good, quite frankly. they are spending other

see if joe biden repeats what he said to npr about the assault weapons ban.'re watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. ♪ i am stuck on band-aid brand ♪ ♪ 'cause germs don't stick on me ♪ [ female announcer ] band-aid brand has quiltvent technology with air channels to let boo boos breathe. [ giggles ] [ female announcer ] quiltvent technology, only from band-aid brand. use with neosporin first aid antibiotic. >>> the republican party self imposed self review is generating a lot of reaction this week, both good and bad, about what direction the party needs to take to win national elections in the future. and one of the big areas of concern is with women voters. some of the recommendations from the report from the republican national committee include communications training, more women as surrogates, rapid response to attacks and more female candidates. joining me now is former republican governor of new jersey and former epa administrator christine todd-whitman, governor, thank you for spending some time. this is your party. this is a party in turmoil. i am pu

so-called biden crime book put the cops on the street. there's 30,000 badges sitting in a drawer today because of the economic difficulty of localities as a consequence of the recession. we propose adding back another 1,500 of them. doesn't move at all -- excuse me 15,000 of them, but cops matter. they matter. so there's no one thing we can do, but i'm absolutely confident and i'm not going to rest and nor is the president until we do all of these things, all of these things. enhance the safety of the american people and do not diminish one iota, not one iota, any constitutionally guaranteed right of any american. thank you, mr. mayor. >> mr. vice president, i think you've spoken for the whole country and i think you and the president should be congratulated to have the courage to stand up and i thought you couldn't be more right when you said in the end what congress has to decide is it politically popular or is it what in their hearts they know is the right thing to do. we all grew up learning the lesson we are on this earth together, w

. >>> vice-president joseph biden said the obama administration is not giving up on assault weapons. it will not be part of a gun control senate because it does not have enough votes to pass but it could still pass an amendment. vice-president joseph biden is speaking about the need for gun control this morning with the mayor meek bloomberg. >>> he met with a dozen different faiths yesterday when he was still cardinal he proposed they would legalize gay marriages but the idea was rejected. >>> some people say they are gay and will spread hate. the punishment is ugly. now pam girl is responsible for the -- pam is responsible for the ads and she said they are tee -- designed to hurt. >> if this is a small price i have to pay, it is a small price. >>> they have to run the ads because of freedom of speech but mount any will run a peace campaign at the same time as those controversial ads. >> according to new research, they favor same sex marriages and they have changed their views on the topic. it also says 44% are opposed to same sex march ram. >>> they are avoiding a them for six month

i thought joe biden saying -- remember newtown, pointing his finger, very telling. because particularly joe biden is someone who understands the math of the senate you've just laid out. john, do we, at this point, so now the big piece of the bill now appears to be background checks. can you give me your assessment of the political landscape? does that and the other few things that are attached to it, including straw purchases, do we get some gun legislation passed that the president and vice president biden can say, see, we did this. we acted when the country wanted us to act. >> i think it's still very problematic. but it's possible some sort of incremental measure will change. i think it is clear, the question that you pose to karen, how much change in the wake of newtown and the answer is not that much. that raise the prominence of this issue. that guaranteed there will be an argument for it what karen said and i agree, the underlying politic force this issue, the reason since the 1990s it was stalled, fundamentally hasn't changed. because in states that the demo

llamado para prohibir la venta comercial de armas de asalto, el vice presidente biden, el alcalde deÍctimas de newtown. >>> adolfo pÉrez esquivel dice que el papa francisco no tuvo nada que ver con la dictadura militar, hablamos con Él. >>> este es su noticiero univisiÓn con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. >>> la presiÓn parece funcionar, la reforma migratoria ya tiene fecha, activistass no quitan el dedo del renglÓn y presionan a los legisladores para que cumplan la promesa de presentar un proyecto de ley que abra el camino a la legalizaciÓn de millones de indocumentados, uno de los mÁs influyentes asegurÓ hoy que van a cumplir su compromiso a finales de mes. >>> el senador demÓcrata charles s. que encabeza las negociaciones del grupo de ocho insistiÓ que una reforma migratoria marcha a tiempo y estarÁ lista este mes. >>> despuÉs que activistass e inmigrantes se hicieron arrestar en sus oficinass en protesta por hoy venciÓ el plazo que se habÍan impuesto para presentar el proyecto de ley, el senador dijo que entienden la frustraciÓn de los que han esperado diez aÑos. >>> la buena

. >>> vice-president joseph biden said the obama administration is not giving up on assault weapons. it will not be part of a gun control senate because it does not have enough votes to pass but it could still pass an amendment. vice-president joseph biden is speaking about the need for gun control this morning with the mayor meek bloomberg. >>> he met with a dozen different faiths yesterday when he was still cardinal he proposed they would legalize gay marriages but the idea was rejected. >>> some people say they are gay and will spread hate. the punishment is ugly. now pam girl is responsible for the -- pam is responsible for the ads and she said they are tee -- designed to hurt. >> if this is a small price i have to pay, it is a small price. >>> they have to run the ads because of freedom of speech but mount any will run a peace campaign at the same time as those controversial ads. >> according to new research, they favor same sex marriages and they have changed their views on the topic. it also says 44% are opposed to same sex march ram. >>> they are avoiding a them for six month

it is his first official meeting and vice-president joseph biden will lead the mass for pope frances. vice-president joseph biden is the first roman catholic vice- president and today he will meet with leaders in italy. >> let's go to sal with a look at traffic, i hope you had a great weekend. >>> yes, traffic is off to a good start and we are looking at it right now, traffic continues to look good -- traffic continues to look good and there are no problems on interstate 880 and as you drive out to mcarthur maze. very few cars are trying to make their way into the city and if you are driving on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17, it is a nice looking drive as well. so far so good on this early monday, let's go to steve. >> it is approaching, the rain is still back here and it is going to be a day when we have sunshine and a southerly breeze out ahead. 60s on the coast and we will have more of a westerly wind. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. other locations are much milder and for a while we will have sunshine and the clouds will increase and the system looks like a won and done.