biden back in i wasn't. when he defeated a popular incumbent to become one of the youngest members ever elected to the united states senate at the age of 29 years old. big six weeks after his win, before he had a chance to even be sworn in, he suffered a devastating loss with his wife , andaughter were killed his two boys injured in a car accident. how he could go one was uncertain. he knew that somehow he had to. that he truly understood what his dad meant when he said the art of living is simply getting up after you have been knocked down. , courage,he strength and faith to get up. he stayed at his boy's bedside until they had fully recovered, and was actually sworn into united states senate right there in their hospital room. he got up, and he found love again. -- are, he married distinguished second lady. they were blessed with a beautiful daughter. athough washington was backdrop to his new career, his family was always center stage. he vowed be home every evening with his family and took more than 14,0

we wouldn't have had a fiscal cliff deal without joe biden. of the important legislation through. so he's very, very impressive and i think -- >> he could still have a hand in a win on guns depending on how things go. there is conflicting opinions about how that might go. >> i think the bigger question, though, in this debate is what does the economy look like in a couple years. certainly we've had a good jobs report today, but at the end of the day, it's fairly unpreced t unprecedented for a party to have three presidential wins in a row. it's happened a few times in history, but really, the bigger question for joe biden isn't hillary clinton, it's what does the economy look like. can -- could he actually be president if he was the nominee. >> is she right about that? is that the bigger question? >> the bigger question is -- >> people could say to quote for the 700 millionth time, it's the economy. >> if it's hillary clinton versus joe biden in a primary, and i don't think it will be, that's not going to be an issue. look, i think hillary cli

biden is a little bit more instrumental about the relationship.nd it ends up being sort of an unrequieted ambition of konoton. he then becomes a lobbyist because it turns out not only can you make a lot more money will beeeing than working government but you can also actually do better. you can succeed in a way as a junior-- . >> jon: you could affect more change but i think that was for me-- there are many heartbreaking aspects to this and many that are inspiring. that is a pretty heartbreaking episode. >> because he becomes a lobbyist, makes a ton of money in a very successful firm and then the financial crisis hits and all the characters lives are sort of converging on 2008. and that's the big upheaval and drama that changes everybody's course. jeff konoton goes back into government because his old friend ted kaufman takes biden's seat. and their whole ambition is to make wall street pay. and they try. >> jon: done tell me how it turns out. i don't want to know. i bet at the don't get away with it. stick around for a little bit though, okay. >>

vice president joe biden. the caribbean and latin america. maybe this is the reason. >> you can't relate. >> the man who will be the next president of the united states -- >> his mom lived in long island for ten years or so. god rest her soul. your mom is still alive. has your dad passed? >> to heed the timeless advice of roosevelt, speak softly and carry a big stick, end of quote. i promise you the president has a big stick. [ laughter ] i promise you. >> eric: take six. her favorite line. >> dana: big stick. [ laughter ] >> dana: please. >> eric: what about it. >> greg: okay, not just him, joe biden, general petraeus, susan rice, they are weird version of survivor going on. at this rate the white house should be putting no cards. >> andrea: i actually laughed when i saw the email where is joe biden. where is joe biden. maybe it's how serious they are taking the scandals. they don't want to put him out there. every time he put out there he has a gaffe, it's great for them. i do think it's serious and that is

ted cruz, joe biden both in south carolina. any chance that's your 2016 matchup? >> probably not, peter. one thing, we're off and running. we have our 2016 caps on right now. >> you have clinton and christie, as well, doing a little dance. >> next month. >>> still to come, the white house's take on the brand-new job numbers and also new details from the surviving suspect of the boston bombing. the marathon was apparently not their original target for last month's terror attack. we'll talk to philadelphia mayor michael nutter on what he is doing to keep his city safe. >>> first, a look ahead at today's politics planner. department of agriculture just shy of noon. nra 70,000 expected kicks off at 1:00 p.m. you are watching "daily rundown" on msnb krp. have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not sure. enough of the formalities... lets get started shall we? jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dracula volunteering at a blood drive. we have cookies... get happy. get geico

joe biden. meanwhile, there has been a development in another story we have been following tonight. >> this goes on for days. it is a 24-hour channel. camille, the fact that the kid wants to use m&m's as bullets or biden has enough free time to respond. >> i think the first point is the one that is bothering me. it highlights crisis in education. chocolate bullets are not safe. they are dangerous and you can put someone's eye out. >> it would kill the dog. >> i don't think biden ran this by mayor bloomburg. i think this is a serious problem. invisible bullets trump chocolate bullets. this kid needs to be chasenned. >> chasenned? >> yes. >> what does that mean? >> should he be responding from letters from grade schoolers or should that be his official duty? >> did anyone read this as a joke? >> i thought this 7-year-old was super smart and he says you want gun control, how about this? and then he says you are a good boy. people love chocolate. this is a brilliant choke on the vp and he didn't get

senator joe biden for the democrats. senator ted cruz -- vice president joe biden.publicans. take a look. >> as soon as i show up in south carolina, there will be washington press coming down, saying biden's getting ready. >> vice president joe biden's in town. you don't even need a punch line. you just say that and people laugh. >> where are these guys from? where do they think a 75-year-old is going to get another $6,500 to get the same health care they have now? >> he told everyone, if anybody is attacking your home, attacking your family, just go outside with a double-barreled shotgun and fire both barrels in the air. that's great advice, if it so happens you're being attacked by a flock of geese. >> a lot of red meat for the crowd. they were laughing. they were enjoying it. this came amid some stories this week that he's taking a real look at the presidential race in 2016. >> i think he's keeping his focus on the senate. the fact that he shows up in south carolina, was really just a favor to me and the republican party. he is a great speaker. >> that early prim

. >> joe biden viaja a colombia e inicia una visita oficial a tres paÍses del kocontinente. >> esperamoss. >> el vice presidente joe biden iniciÓ una visita oficial a 3 paÍses de amÉrica del usted sur que incluye trinidad y tobago, brasil ademÁs de colombia, es reestablecer los vÍnculos econÓmicos. >> la visita del vice presidente de estados unidos a colombia significarÍa el lanzamiento de una nueva etapa en la relaciÓn binacional. >> como socios mirÁndonos a los ojos, hablando de tÚ a tu y trabajando juntos. >> (en inglÉs). >> esto no es solamente con colombia es todo el hemisferio quÉ podemos hacer con los paÍses del hemisferio para lograr beneficios para todos. >> muchos como este analistas cree que estados unidos ha perdido terreno en latinoamÉrica frente al crecimiento de brasil y el giro hacia el socialismo de algunos paÍses. >> el presidente obama ¿quÉ busca?. >> busca volver a capturar en alguna medida poder econÓmico que ha perdido frente amÉrica latina. >> la reciente visita del presidente barack obama a mÉxico y costa rica y esta de joe biden lanzarÍan un mensaje. >> latinoamÉ

biden is hoping for.nton has been pretty coy about whether or not she'll even run. what signs has she given us either way? >> she's hitting the speaking circuit. she's made several high profile speeches. she's just inked a book deal. i think in the coming months really and also years she's going to be continuing to weigh in on issues of the day. we saw this with the same-sex marriage announcement with her endorsement of same-sex marriage. so as we get closer, we'll see more of hillary clinton getting back into domestic politics. >> let's turn now to gun control. joe mansion is hoping to get a second vote to expand background checks. could the outcome be different given those who voted against it the first time around? >> i was speaking with senator mansion, i ran into him over the weekend. when i asked him, he said he's committed to bringing a second bill. the question really becomes will this be any different than the first? obviously, the nra put up a tough fight and largely won. they did in that the bi

. >>> gun control reform, vice president joe biden, says will have to wait. during a meeting with religious leaders, he conceded any new vote on expanding background checks won't come before the end of summer. >>> political comeback could come for former south carolina governor mark sanford. voters choosing between the republican and democrat newcomer. a democrat has not been elected since 1978. >>> fixes to the student visa program could come this month. that is according to homeland security secretary janet napolitano. after it was learn aid man charged with obstruction in the boston terror case was let back in the country on a bad visa. >>> steve palazzo says he doesn't like how gay rights are, quote, being crammed down the throat of the boy scouts. >> i feel like in a large sense the boy scouts are actually being bullied, worse than any group or organization has ever been bullied before. >>> al gore was worth less than $2 million when he lost the presidency in 2000. now, though, bloomberg news says the former v.p. may be worth a whopping $200 million, shy

biden's blunders the residents laurie harf announced. that your. seven year old boy recently sent a letter to vice president joe biden which said i think guns should shoot out chocolate bullets and then no one will get killed and no one would be sad and because he's just a regular joe the vice president actually sent a note back to the kid writing i really like your idea if we had guns that shot chocolate not only what our country be safer it would be happier people love chocolate you are a good boy a. whenever i hear gosh golly stories like this i immediately want to vomit because it just reeks of a publicity stunt it seems like some white house insiders use to this story to promote gun control using a cute little kid in a dumbed down way to me it just reeks of another example of politicians using the media to deliver asinine stories to control how the mindless masses think well maybe not maybe joe biden does think chocolate bullets are a great idea it certainly wouldn't be the first asinine idea he's put out there in two thousand and six while he

we showed you joe biden. here's some of what ted cruz had to say. >> freedom is really, i think, the foundational value of our country. and the tool we crafted, our framers crafted, that was revolutionary to preserve freedom was the constitution. thomas jefferson described the constitution as chains to bind the mischief of government and right now we're seeing our freedom under assault every day because our constitutional liberties are threatened. in my view, we should stand for the constitution and every part of the constitution. [applause] we should stand for the first amendment and yet all of us are shocked and horrified to read newspaper headlines this weekend that this administration is threatening to court-martial members of the military if they share their faith to others. you know there comes a point where you just can't make this stuff up. the first amendment protects our free exercise of religion and let me be very, very clear, the united states government has no authority to tell any american in th

, joe biden's son and beau biden received the vice president's chair.ose. their wives are close. they have a great relationship. >> since it's the end of week, let's take a little bit of a look back to who are our big political winners and losers this week. what do you say? >> for the winner, i'm going to have to go with mark sanford. he had a huge comeback this week. he beat elizabeth colbert bush in what was seen as an upset victory for him after his extramarital affair scandal. he's making a political comeback. the biggest loser, governor chris christie's weight critics. chris christie really has used -- turned this negative into a positive as he drops the pounds. it's going to be interesting to see if he's able to relate more and connect more with voters who struggle with their weight. >> i'm going to have to agree with both of those picks. kevin, thank you for being here this morning. >> thanks for having me. >>> speaking of the week that was, from shocking verdicts to big wave wipeouts let's take a look back at the week. >>> the sound of history a

joe biden could be running against hillary clinton for the democratic nomination. few years off, we thought it would be helpful to show a side by side comparison to see some of their differences. take a look. hillary wants to bridge the gap between democratic and republican leaders. biden wants to bridge the gap between marvel and dc superheroes. [ laughter ] hillary has had to fight against a sexist political system. biden has had to fight against the safety cap on his flintstones vitamins. [ laughter ] they're very tricky. you gotta push down and turn. push down and turn. forget it. hillary has already imagined what it would be like to sit in the president's chair. biden has already spent hours sitting in it and spinning around. [ laughter ] here's the last one. hillary believes her greatest asset is her experience at dealing with complicated international issues. biden just laughed at the word "asset." [ laughter ] that's very funny. [ cheers and applause ] he's right. it is pretty funny. i'd laugh at it, too. he's right. it's funny. i just saw that the national

and joe biden was like, "you rang?"king of the president, last week obama gave a commencement speech at ohio state university. and on monday, joe biden spoke at the university of pennsylvania. and not surprisingly, their speeches were pretty different. here, i'll show you what i mean. during his speech, obama said, "between courage and compassion, a sense of civic duty and a recognition that we are not a collection of strangers." and in biden's speech he said, "you should never take candy from a stranger, unless it's milk duds. those things are the bomb-diggity." [ laughter ] they are delicious. [ applause ] very, very different. here's another one. obama said, "while things are still hard for a lot of people, we have every reason to believe that your future is bright." biden said, "my favorite thing about the future is dippin' dots." [ laughter and applause ] ice cream of the future. last one here, obama said, "incredible advances in information and technology have the potential to change the way we do almost everythin

any way, i don't want to make any news tonight. >> vice president joe biden's in town.ow the great thing is you don't even need a punchline? >> i wanted to highlight that middle class part because the white house is all of a sudden talking about a refocus, they are calling it a middle class jobs and opportunity tour, clearly, biden sort of on message there with that respect. you know, trying to do an outside game again is it going to have any impact for the president? >> it's -- so far, not had much impact but i think it's part of what they feel they are going to have to do constantly through the second term, that the inside game alone is not enough. but there's a -- you know, there's a two-fold strategy to that, obviously, one to see if you can put pressure on congress but the second is to make the case that if things respect going the way people want, the president and the vice president are on the side of the middle class and the other side. >> you know, the white house is pushing this saying he will be talking about things he said at the state of the union, i'm thin

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biden took over and chuckles the clown took over after him. it cares about earnings per share, adjusted for inflation compared with other investments. these earnings have nothing to do with that. >> neil: by the way, chuckles the clown, no offense to you in the joe biden comparison. here's what i want to know, adam. i always think the president can skate by crises if the backdrop is a good economy. i think that saved bill clinton. in large part it helped get ronald reagan through iran contra. night and day differences, i grant yo but because the economy was as bad as it was and we're dealing with inflation and oil embargoes and the rest as 1973 ensued, it was the wind facing richard nixon, not his back. i'm wondering if this relatively improving economy, not gangbusters economy, could help this president no matter how these hearings evolve. >> well, i don't disagree with anything you said. i'd make a stronger statement. >> neil: i thought mne was pretty strong, but that's okay. [ laughter ] >> nixon even probably could have survived if it didn

joe biden. [applause] [laughter] biden is the ringleader of obama's gun control task force. let's just say she has some interesting ideas on self.-- self defense. take a look. >> buy a shotgun. >> joe biden on self-defense for women. >> you want to protect yourself, get a double barrel shotgun, as i told my wife. i said come until there is ever a problem walk out on the balcony here, but that double barrel shotgun and fire to blast outside the house. >> more than 300,000 women face aggravated assault every year. joe biden's answer. >> fire two blasts outside the house. >> not only would that be illegal, for tips on safe and responsible gun ownership, ask the nra, not joe biden. [applause] >> that i needed a different disclaimer. it should've said, the opinions of the vice president are idiotic, dangerous, and should not be attended at home or anywhere else. [laughter] there is also senator dianne feinstein. wasn't it what you think our guns should be banned. >> step up and ban these weapons. the other very important part of this is to ban large capacity ammunition seeking de

joe biden. [applause] biden is the ringleader of obama's gun control task force. let's just say she has some interesting ideas on self. take a look. >> by a shotgun. >> joe biden on self-defense for women. >> you want to protect yourself, get a double barrel shotgun, as i told my wife. i said come until there is ever a problem walk out on the balcony here, but that double barrel shotgun and fire to blast outside the house. >> more than 300,000 women face aggravated assault every year. joe bidens answer. >> fire two blasts outside the house. >> not only would that be illegal, for tips on safe and responsible gun ownership, ask he nra, not joe biden. >> that i needed a different disclaimer. it should've said, the opinions of the vice president are idiotic him a dangerous, and should not be attended at home r anywhere else. there is also senator dianne feinstein. wasn't it what you think our guns should be banned. >> step up and ban these weapons. the other very important part of this is to ban large apacity ammunition seeking devices. those that hold over 10 rounds.

. -- the nra, not joe biden.applause] >> that i needed a different disclaimer. it should've said, the opinions of the vice president are idiotic him a dangerous, and should not be attended at home or anywhere else eerie a -- anywhere else. [laughter] there is also senator dianne feinstein. wasn't it what you think our guns should be banned. >> step up and ban these weapons. the other very important part of this is to ban large capacity ammunition seeking devices. those that hold over 10 rounds. we have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds, and yet it is legal to hunt humans with 15 rounds, 30 rounds, even 150 round magazines? >> hold on a minute. it is legal to hunt humans? [laughter] not even in texas. [laughter] [applause] we have heard a lot of unintelligent garbage coming from politicians, and feinstein might just win the prize for that one. or maybe not. over in the house of representatives, she has some competition. take a look. >> in february you introd

in the sense that biden is out there happy to talk about this. this is is an issue the democrats wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole for years. now there's talk that harry reid may reintroduce the bill to force republicans to vote on it again. there was a thought that max baucus could flip now that he's retiring or some guys could find an excuse to switch their votes. harry reid is happy to vote on this ten times. they have a sense that the politics of it -- >> they can there dpofore -- >> they were shocked to discover it wasn't as toxic as they initially thought. that's the thing. >> i wonder, pat toomey and the president made the case this week that reason certain republicans voted against the bill is because it would be seen as a victory for the president. i tend to think that this is sort of bigger than just the president. as it becomes more you know, as more constituents speak out and as the sort of battle lines are less directly correlated to 1600 pennsylvania avenue, i think that opens up some room. i guess i would take some issue that thi

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this is what bob schrum said about the chances of joe biden.use she is a democrat i can't say she is the elephant in the room but she is the dominant donkey." that is what he said about hillary. does it mean owe is out? >> it doesn't mean joe is out. hillary clinton has to decide for herself whether she wants to run. whether it's hillary clinton or joe biden, or great governors around the country, we have a climate now where democrats have the advantage and n the presidential race. it's happening -- >> do you think, do you think just between us chickens here. do you actually think that joe biden in any way, shape or form is going to be the nominee of the democratic party? really? you think that is possible? >> it's certainly possible. absolutely. >> laura: if what happens? hillary wants it, is it not hillary's? >> i think it will be tougher for other candidates to get in the field if she decides to run. that doesn't mean it won't or can't happen. a long way away. a lot of thing consideration happen between now and then. >> bill clinton went out

biden trails both bush and paul, are all democratic hopes here riding on hillary clinton then?e, it's really early to say one way or another, definitively, but, you know, secretary clinton, i think would be and if she runs, is going to be a formidable candidate. she's got an incredibly accomplished career, she's a powerful voice. she would be a groundbreaking candidate again. and so i think, those are enormous strengths against a republican field that is going to be stronger -- well, anything would be stronger than the last field they fielded, but i think they have, you know, significant weaknesses of party, in terms of their message, in terms of their policies, whether it's secretary clinton or whether it's vice president biden, whoever the nominee might be, will give democrats a good shot again in 2016. >> matt, do you agree with that? and even if biden does run and hillary does not, republicans, as was being said, they still have a challenge here. name recognition, evidently. the poll finding that 42% have not heard enough to have an opinion of rand paul. and the same number

. >> joe biden is having a great time by himself. >> i'm over here. i'm joe biden. i'm here.k. we've seen two ads last week, from republican groups, video ads, attacking hillary clinton. these are the earliest attack ads we have seen, i think ever. >> but we said, it's a long way way away. does that issue fade? or is this going to be a central issue with hillary clinton? >> the idea we can say what's going to be a central issue in 3 1/2 years, there's no way. but i do believe that we will see that clip in one form or another in political attack ads in the 2016 election. >> i think it undermines -- what it does is undermines her. not only with the general electorate. here we go again. i think democrats are going to start to say, do we want to relitigate all of the stuff we had from her husband because here we go. we have another thing. the only thing i counsel, is republicans better be careful what they wish for. as of right now, she's strong. you get rid of her and joe biden has a hard time going anywhere, a new candidate could emerge. and that could be harder to beat than hi

even biden--michael, biden comes out and says, we're going keep fighting on this. he wrote about this, biden is not going to write that in an op-ed unless they have plans to bring the bill back up. >> no, he definitely is not going to, and he's not going to print it in the houston chronicle in houston. they continue to be on the offensive, and told be told this is vice president biden's baby. he was handed this power in the administration. it helped him politically but it's a issue that will come up. if they weren't going to bring this up again, it would be a different strategy. >> cenk: by the way, for years we've had this discussion on "the young turks." what are the poor democrats supposed to do? they're supposed to hammer them until they switch their votes. that's what is happening here. the drumbeat on what is happening with guns. we have the two-year-old who was shot by her six-year-old brother and now we have a 13-year-old who was shot by a 16-year-old. >> i don't know how it went down. >> a 13-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister, and some how the gun wen

joe biden. you are a good -- do you think he thinks he was writing a letter to a dog? the saddest part is, that is the first letter joe biden has ever received since he took office. [ laughter ] miles asked why he chose chocolate as the magic substance he chose for bullets to be made of, he had a good reason. >> i just love chocolate very much. that's why i made it chocolate bullets. >> if you really want a politician to get behind guns with chocolate bullets, the guy you should be writing to is governor christie. he will get this done. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] broadly agreed. tonight, the much anticipated release of the new movie "star trek into darkness." you know, they loved -- the release date moved up a day. they moved it from friday to thursday because people were having asthma attacks. they were so excited. the film is expected to make $100 million this weekend. that's a lot but imagine how much it would make if the people buying tickets were going with dates. [ laughter ] you know, whenever there's a big movie like this coming out, the studio will t

. >> but vice president joe biden debunked the gun registry conspiracy theory in a conversation with senator john mccain last week by explaining exactly how these background checks work. >> you say i want to buy that shotgun. or i want to buy that ar-15 or i want to buy whatever it is. that glock .9. what happens is, the clerk picks up a phone, there is an automatic dial number, gets either the fbi -- and so they say, i've got joe biden here. he lives at such-and-such. gives my address. and says i'm a u.s. citizen. and i assert he's never -- asserts he's not disqualified from owning a gun. it doesn't say what kind of gun i want to buy. it doesn't give the registration number, serial number. it doesn't do anything. and within three minutes, 93% of the time, it comes back and says, accept or reject. it doesn't say don't sell him a gun because he has been adjudicated mentally incompetent. don't sell him a gun because he's a convicted felon. it just says that's it. and that outfit in west virginia has to tear up the request. they can't even keep for 24 hours the fact that somebody called

not only would our country be safer, it would be happier and finishes you are a good boy, joe biden. >> great idea. >>> thanks for joining us. [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you. hi, baby. >> meredith! [smooches] i'm ready to go. >> hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. some people grow up believing they are destined to be a doctor or an astronaut, but tiffany watson believess soy her fate is something veryunusu. unusual. what is your destiny, tiffany? >> well, my destiny, meredith, truthfully, as i've gotten older, is--[sighs] i'm an elementary school teacher--but to be a drag queen. >> to be a drag queen? >> yes, i love it. i love the hair. i love the makeup. i love the wigs. i love the glitz. you see--you see how i am? >> i see a lot of--there's a lot of glam going on there... >>es

. >> vice president joe biden speaking out against violence against women.st night in washington, biden said that women who had been abused are afraid to file a police report. >> why do you think women who get raped, so many don't report it. they don't want to get raped again by the system. they want to be put through what they have to be put through. >> incredibly strong words. biden says women are afraid to leave abusers because they would have to leave behind their children. he's touting the recently re-authorized violence against women act as critical to help women escape violent situations. >> these remarks came at a benefit for the d.c. volunteer lawyers project, an organization for which his daughter-in-law, kathleen biden, wife of hunter biden serves as vice president. >> it's just great that finally something is getting done. >>> gruesome new evidence this morning that the early settlers at jamestown were cannibals. scientists at the smithsonian revealed the discovery of the bones of a 14-year-old girl that show clear signs she was cannibalized. evi