joe biden.honored to have you here today since you began your career you have stood up for the middle class, for working people, for families and the interests of the less fortunate everywhere. your time in the senate and in the white house have made this country better and i just want to welcome you back home to pennsylvania. [ applause ] >> i'm proud to be here to help commemorate the opening of the new museum, this museum of the american revolution that will act as a monument to the lives of those who created this great nation. there is no better home for this museum than in philadelphia, than in pennsylvania, am i right? [ applause ] >> because this museum tells the story of the women and the men who created this nation right here in philadelphia where this nation began. located with only -- within only a few blocks of the museum are a number of historic treasures that tell the story of how a loose band of cologne yalz toppled a mighty empire for two centuries from independence hall to the s

. >>> former vice president joe biden has harsh words for president trump.iden wrote in the atlantic magazine, today we have an american president who has publicly proclaimed a moral equivalency between neo-nazis and klansmen and those who would oppose their venom and hate. biden went on to say, there is no place for these hate groups in america. >>> made in america concert. it's a week away, but you will already start seeing changes happening around town. that's next at 6:00. >>> denise, kids are starting to go back to school tomorrow. some kids, anyway. and i do have the weather update for your neighborhood and, of course, your bus stop forecast. it looks pretty nice for the first day of school. >>> and don't forget to vote for our high school football game of the week. this week's choices are st. augustine and malvern prep. you can call or text your choice to 610-624-4111. >>> now back to our coverage of tropical storm harvey. the rain continues to pound the houston region. the tropical storm is not letting up and people are pushing their cars to get them

>> i wouldn't expect vice president biden to, you know, be preparing for his own 2020 run. he kind of lost his opportunity in 2016. a lot of democrats wished he had run back then, and he may be president biden if he had done that because he would not have that baggage of the e-mail server like e-mahillary clinton. some of the challenges the democrats have going forward is they have toy find a new message to appeal to voters who are tired of just hearing anti-trump, you know, 24-7. >> you know, though, i have heard some experts say that biden could be the one person that could go against president trump and really give him a run for his money in 2020, but we'll have to wait and see what happens there. you never know. right? >> yes. >> daniel lipman, i'll talk to you in a bit. >> he so you soon. >>> senator richard bloomenthal say he is unphased by the tweets from the president yesterday. he is co-sponsoring legislation that would make it harder for the president to fire special counsel robert mueller, and yesterday appeared on cnn to talk about the ongoing russia investigati

president vice president joe biden had advocated to focus on counterterrorism not on nation building that time biden i think lost the argument to people like stanley mcchrystal the military officials and the other military officials in the obama administration but you know as i said it doesn't seem to be a very very big. you know different story a strategy which is completely set separate and different from other strategies which we've heard from former american officials i think one difference maybe is that there was more of a still an or a maybe escalade to return towards pakistan that is something which we didn't hear whether it be with the obama administration or with the bush administration you know there were threats by trump maybe in direct threats i would call them to go to to cut off financial to pakistan so there was an escort returned towards that country there was also will call on india which is pakistan's archrival to step up its role as well that in afghanistan after all this speech was termed as a south asia speech not just an of the only speech so when it comes to pa

black, and whatever that sense is, barack obama doesn't manifest that, at least in instances that biden thought relevant to name. so, the point is that talking black is one way of thinking about the acting whitephone but there's the acting white dimension, too. i want to say onemerring to to be clear. nice true way to act black or act white. let's be absolutely clear about that so one does not leave this conversation thinking i'm saying this is the dui act white and the way to act black. that's note claim of the book. the opinion is that people nevertheless have some understanding of what it means to act black and what it means to act white. they're not ex-step chalet -- innings stenchalet given and there's are studies that when you pick up the phone and hear a person speak you make some assumptions about that person's racial identity. not just the look of race that we employ to determine whether you're in and out of a category. it's the talk of race. it's your speech that allows to us map you into categories. >> host: you are you from. >> guest: i was born in the uk, been in birmingham

. >> something is else you rerns is joe biden remarks about barack obama before he was elected presidentand harry eyed reis remark that obama had a reasonable are chance of success in part because he spoke, quote, with no dialect unless he wanted to have one. >> so there you have i think -- a pop cultural reference if you like in the political context a political reference is probably the better way to put it in which the phenomenon that i'm describing is one that we've heard before. so that particular reference suggest that we -- have some sense of what it might hen to quote unquote talk black had. and whatever that sense is barack obama doesn't manifest it at least in instances that -- biden you know has a name so the point is that talking black is one way of thinking about the acting white phenomenon. but there's the act out black or acting white demension of it too. i want so say one more hinge to be perfectly clear there's no true way to act black or act white let's be absolutely clear about that because that one doesn't leave this conversation thinking that he's saying what this is

as you know beau biden vice president biden son served in the military and he served in iraq and she was in perfect health shortly or three count home within nine months he started getting sick he had a brain tumor. and she eventually died from the brain tumor the same type of brain tumor that many of these soldiers that are sick from the four inputs 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 it's 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 and 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. or the troops are healthy or they don't go. in they're coming back in there not a lot of more healthy an

he was the opposite of his very unfiltered vice president joe biden who would do all those things. joe biden was up there right now is a very authentic man in whatever you think of him good or bad, right or wrong on the policies he is what he is and he is exactly what you see in public. he is to have, every year a barbecue on the lawn of the vice president's mansion and for kids of reporters and staff and they put up these moon bounces and water games all over the place and he would run around the backyard squirting guns at all the kids. the first year, the kids actually all teamed up on him. by the second year he figured it out and he rousted them and made him his posse and attacked the reporters. that is not obama. that's not the kind of guy he was. he didn't roll that way. he was a reserved personality, intellectualize, he was thoughtful and not like george w. bush. he didn't get out playful nicknames to people. he was not like bill clinton who charged into any card you find. my favorite story about bill clinton he would go out and hit the robe while hillary would wait in the wi

i know that general biden, obama, general graham are not really good generals. bannon won't be any better. little -- i'm going to be a little briefer. [laughter] to this. afghanistan, what's happening is everyone's hedging bets, everyone. so because the region has no idea what our policy is going to be, they're beginning, many of them are backing the taliban, we know that, you know, pakistan, we know for a fact, is doing so. to play weginning think. iran's definitely playing. have awe've got to policy that is sustainable. i really appreciate and the president's frustration. i have a lot of respect for nicholson also and spent a lot talking through afghanistan with him. thishatever comes out of has got to be something that we know to be sustainable and something that we believe is to change their trajectory the regionlong as believes we're six months away from stepping out or we're six giving up, from they're going to continue to do all they can to play both sides is that playing both sides what puts u.s. soldiers most in harm's way. on the first issue i had a lo

-- he g jones is kind of hasn't run a very visible although he did pick up the endorsement of joe biden last week. you go, alabama, of course, a very red state, how the general s election supposed to be? guest: i wouldn't say, it is say, yeah, to it's -- we're all expecting the whoever n candidate, the runoff to win the seed. but you know, you never know, trump lly after donald and also, if you just consider what happened last week in charlottesville and doug jones, you know, he prosecuted, prosecuted the 16th street in the baptist church bombing, so i would expect him to play that up the general election. al.com, ard koplowitz, thanks for breaking down today's primary. guest: thank you, john. and the phone lines are yours now, open phones on "washington journal." issue you wantcy to talk about, phone numbers again, democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. anne up first in washington, democrats, for annewhat is on your mind this morning? caller: good morning, thank you call.aking my i'm thinking of the harlottesville incident and what it is about,

i know that general biden, general obama, general graham are not really good generals. general bannon won't be any better. sen. corker: so i'll be a little -- i'm going to be a little briefer. [laughter] i'm used to this. but look, in afghanistan, what's happening is everyone's hedging their bets, everyone. so because the region has no idea what our policy is going to be, they're beginning, many of them are backing the taliban, we know that, you know, pakistan, we know for a fact, is doing so. russia's beginning to play we think. iran's definitely playing. and so we've got to have a policy that is sustainable. i really appreciate and understand the president's frustration. i have a lot of respect for nicholson also and spent a lot of time talking through afghanistan with him. but whatever comes out of this has got to be something that we know to be sustainable and something that we believe is going to change their trajectory because as long as the region believes we're six months away from stepping out or we're six months away from giving up, they're going to continue t

. >> the animated crime fighting duo of obama and biden could be at a small screen near you. we'll explain when we come back. >> 4:37 is the time, 63 is the temperature. back in a moment. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ ♪♪ before they can stand tall... ...they must first learn to stand out. get everything they need to shine, for less. this week at staples, shop our ninety-seven cent deals. staples. it's pro time. >> we're back with what's hot on the web this morning. >> aerial images are showing the extent of the damage and devastation caused by what is now tropical depression harvey. streets look more like rivers. more than 50-inches of rain has fallen in the houston area. killed and tens of thousands are now left without a home. >> next up in the wake of harvey an online petition is calling for congress to fund fema instead of president trump's proposed wall along the u.s.-mexico border. the petition criticizes the president's proposed cuts to the agency s last month house republicans allocated more than $1 billion for the border wall and the president's proposed 28 even budget suggests a $600

biden, sanders, warren.e from the second tier? >> it is worth looking at them seriously. i like warren the most because of his commitment to economic justice and the way her appeal cuts across a younger demographic. but i think there are three, pun intended, dark horses we're not talking about. we have cory booker in senate, we have to think about kamal ah harris who is emerging and a former governor from the state of massachusetts we might see enter into the scene as well. >> michael dukakis. >> totally wrong decade. i think pairing harris with someone like joe biden, i think the democrats have to focus on honing their message. i don't think putting out people who are seen as out-to-pasture is a good strong part of that. i think unless they pair those folks with younger members of the party, they're going to be in trouble. >> and in harris we should add came out for single payer health care that bernie sanders is for. >> my vote is somebody old and well-known, but not any of those three, al frank en. he bri

now, biden writes that we are living through a battle for the soul of this nation. we have to do what he will not. we have to remember our kids are watching. those are the words of former vice president joe biden. >>> it's going to be a hot one today. triple digits. could be dangerous for people and pets out there, kari. >> especially if you're spending time outdoors, you want to make sure you pay attention if you start to get lightheaded or you feel a little dehydrated. you also might be checking out some places like this where temperatures will be cooler. looking from san bruno mountain, you can see the fog rolling over the city in san francisco. temperatures stay cool, so as you drive around the bay area, you're watching the thermometer in the car going up or down. it may change by 20 to 30 degrees, especially during the hottest hours of the day. it's only 59 degrees right now in ocean beach, but you can see the low clouds still hanging along the coast. and the 7-day forecast is now coming up at the bottom of the screen. you'll see there won't be much relief in t

joe biden wrote an opinion piece in the atlantic, to express his disappointment with the president.the article he says, we have an american president who has emboldened white supremacist with messages of comfort and support. this is a moment for this nation to declare what the president. [inaudible] >> so we are talking about this on a day where americans are coming together to save people and rescue them from the aftermath of tropical storm harvey. >> donald trump has often had bad timing in the things he said and i think joe biden had bad timing. i've known him for 30 years. if you read that statement i think it's pretty sanctimonious. >> you compared this is something he did when romney was running for president in 2012 the we have a clip. let's listen. >> romney said in the first hundred days he will let the big banks write their own rules. unchain wall street. they're going to put you all back in jane's. >> that's what he said about mid romney. >> joe biden is a great rhetorical specialist. he goes over the top all the time. i don't think this is the time for that kind of rheto

. >> joe biden's comments before he was elected vice president negative obama had a reasonable tints of success in part because he spoke with no negro dialect of. >> there you have a pop cultural reference in which that phenomenon that i am describing is one that i have heard before so with that thought relevant so talking black is that acting white phenomenon and one more thing to be clear there is no one way to act black or act white wood to be absolutely clear this is the way to act white or black that is at the point of the book but nevertheless for what it means to act black it is not given the part of that understanding that when you pick up the phone you make some assumptions it isn't just the look of race that you use if you are in or out of a category but allows to map into categories as well as the mecca was born in the u.k. i grew up in london and came to the u.s. when i was 18 and went to college the rest is history and with ucla. >> is this book for a general audience or scholarly audience?. >> definitely a general audience. so we try to write that in the pros that we su

former vice president joe biden. active in politics just this week, as a matter of fact, reporting a robocall for the mayor of detroit. >> this is vice president joe biden. mike duggan is a very good friend of mine. no mayor in america has done a better job for this city than mike has done for detroit. we've all seen what happens in this country when people don't vote. so vote. >> another democrat keeping a high profile is senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts. and last night she highlighted one of her signature moments in washington with these tweets about the stand she took against jeff sessions during the senate debate over his nomination for attorney general. i can already hear bernie sanders, you know, in his living room saying, why are we talking about this already? but you know what? >> he should talk. he was in iowa recently as well. that is the -- >> exactly. there you go. >> the best example there. the list of maims there y names is incredibly interesting. we won't know in mid-election. see who's the mo

and vice president biden said we should go in to kill terrorists. it looks like president trump signed onto the military's request for afghanistan but pushed back further than president obama had and essentially signed up to what president vice president biden asked for. it will work but the question is troop numbers, it's not the way in which the military has always approached afghanistan. but you know, this strategy is the first time it's being implemented and we shall see if it will work. >> i've got to safghanistan not functioning government in decades, we thought he had one in karzai. that didn't work out well. it's not an entire power vacuum like there are in some other middle eastern countries but there's quite a power vacuum in afghanistan. if the united states doesn't want to help fill that political vacuum, are there others who will? >> no, actually, that's the contradiction in president trump's statement. you cannot expect the afghan government to function and be a partner and do all of the things he asks without doing nation building. yo

been divided it's just another set of problems of democratic senators were friendly yeah they are biden and and the early days of mccain and back and goldwater and all that. boy it's a good question i don't i don't i don't know the answer i know that that that there was great resentment to the way that bill clinton was able to ascertain power by playing the game in a way i think that republicans used to play it by by getting into bed with certain elements whether it's wall street or others and that led to some deregulation so that he could do some good things as well domestically. and i think there was great resentment to the fact that he did that so well and i think up structure isn't began under under clinton and then you know i don't i think when you have the two thousand election in florida and i don't know what the inside dope is on that but all i know is that. is that gore was declared the winner and then by some miracle. it all gets reversed and maybe the inside you know maybe democrats you know what really happened that led to opposition to bush which went overboard i don't know

standards and they i think joe biden would have certainly won and i think yeah i do think sanders would have one eye on that of campaigning for hillary. i certainly have a lot of respect for her but i i also think that she should not have run and especially with that much of a skeleton in her closet which was already out of her closet to run with that hanging over her had not resolving it early on i think was devastating was to go to becoming go what happened i'm going to read it. yeah maybe i will yeah. the trim white house mired in the soviet invest russian investigation do you believe. in your gut you think those clues. i mean i'm not a journalist you know and i'm not a politician so i i can have an opinion based on the knowledge that i do have without proof in my mind there's absolutely no doubt based on what i've seen and is now there's absolutely no doubt. specially because trump accuse the other side of collusion way back when and that's the all this technique in the book if you're guilty of something blame the other side first and then and then it confuses the issue all right yo

it was a opposite of his very unfiltered vice president joe biden would do all those things. joe biden is a very authentic man, whatever you think of them good or bad, right or wrong on the policies he is what he is. he's exactly what you see in public. he used to have every year a barbecue on the lawn of the vice presidents mansion, and for kids of reporters and staff, and they put up these moon bounces and squirt guns and water games all over the place and he would run around the backyard squirting guns at all the kids. the first year, my kids were there, the kids actually teamed up and gained up on him. by the second your he figured it out. he rousted them and made them his posse and attacked the reporters. [laughing] very smart. that's not obama. that's not the kind of guy he was. he didn't roll that way. he was a very reserved personality, intellectualized. he was thoughtful but he is not -- he's not like george w. bush. he didn't give up playful nicknames to people. he was not like bill clinton who chartered into any crowd he could find. my favorite story about bill cli

it was the opposite of his unfiltered vice president joe biden who would do all those things. he's up there right now. joe biden is a very authentic than whether you think he's good or bad, right or wrong on the policies whatever that is. he's what you see in public and he used to have every year a barbecue at the vice president's mansion and the reporters and staff put up these moon bounces and squirt guns and water games oveall over the place and he wod run around the background squirting guns and the super soakers of all the kids. the first year, the kids actually getting tough on him and by the second year he figured it out and made them his posse. [laughter] that's not obama. that's not the kind of guy he was. he was a very reserved personality, intellectualized, thoughtful, that's just not his style. he's not like george w. bush. he didn't give out nicknames to people. he wasn't like bill clinton that charged at any crowd he could find. my favorite story about bill clinton he would go out and hit the road while the first lady waited because bush and biden and i'm sorry,

>> vice president joe biden is loved and known for his hyperbole. i think that's another example of it. i think there is disproportionate coverage right now. as i and governor abbott focus on the 4.6 people in the greatest houston area. i think the arpaio pardon is straightforward. george, as you know, the president you worked for and just about every modern president ends up with some controversial pardons. i think the president has been pretty clear on it. it's not fair to characterize him about not caring about the rule of law. >> that came from senator mccain and speaker of the house paul ryan, as well. you're absolutely right. presidents have absolute pardon power. president clinton got criticized for his pardon of mark rich. but this is somewhat different. president trump said arpaio was con vicked for quote doing his job. how is defis a court order to protect constitutional rights doing his job? >> as i understand it, it was a contempt order, not an issue of -- of his job or not his job. i don't know the details of it. i know the president is

. >>> the message from the beau biden foundation for the protection of children. the first of three free training sessions held to teach ways to prevent abuse. and it was established shortly after beau biden pass add way in 2016. >> we are past the day that they make great neighbors it's everybody's business every adult's business to protect kids and we cannot expect kids to protect themselves. >> tonight's training session is at delaware law school in wilmington from 6:00 until 8:00 and again it is free. register ahead of time online or right at the door. you can log on to 6abc.com for a link to register and find out the dates, locations and times for the other two training sessions. >> believe it or not it has been nearly 20 years since the passing of princess diana, beginning tonight abc and "people" magazine are teaming up to take a look back at her life and legacy including a discussion with her younger brother, charles he wants to make sure her legacy lives on. >> after 20 years someone shifts from being a contemporary person to one of history actually and d

president biden rented a grand moth mother-in-law cabin.ma leased a tiny bit of space, this is the first time i have ever heard of the foegss breaking down so that now the command post is more than 50 floors away and on the street in a temporary trailer, almost like a hot dog vendor. >> well, let's leave it there, washington postnational security reporter carol lennon, thank you for being here. >> getting the job done, president trump is taking credit for the positive july jobs report, but what is really fuelling the country's growth? and the next job for sean spicer? he turned down an opportunity to be on "dancing with the stars." spicer says he will have an overwhelming number of commitments in the fall. we hope one of those is a cameo on "snl." goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do

that's from joe biden.his isn't done yet in terms of the fallout of charlottesville. >> jonathan is right. we're also ending august in a moment of a culture war that did not seem to exist at the beginning of the summer. that is by design here. yes, there are some external events happening. this is part of the president's strategy to build his base here. this divisive culture war is perilous for both sides and politically damaging, too. as steve bannon said we want democrats to talk about race every day. the white identity politics here work in this administration. so, this is something that we have to keep an eye on. >> indeed. >>> latest commander in chief test, leading the country as the gulf coast braced for hurricane and its aftermath. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ karl, have you met everyone? you see, time is just a construct of human perception, an illusion, like this one. help, i can't breathe! which means there's no pressure to get a great rate on a hotel. they're available for an unlimited time, always. so, book now.

sanders runs again, warren runses, biden runs, kamala harris. the democrats have to worry about getting younger. i think they might need a fresh face because the party, whether it's in congress or these people who are considering running, it's old. and that usually doesn't work. >> but getting back to -- [inaudible conversations] >> their base is going to be one place, which is hard left, anti-trump -- >> right. >> and the swing that they're going to need is going to be going a lot of this is working. >> okay. >> right? and they're going to have a big challenge on the left. i think they're going to wind up getting their tail handed to them in '18, and that's going -- connell: the democrats are, in the midterms? >> the democrats are, and that's going to -- connell: real quick, charlie. >> "the new york times," does "the new york times" play to that base as a business decision and we get such skewed coverage over the next two years? i mean, that is really where the business story is. they see an opportunity in left-wing media. and "the new york ti

donald trump has given more to charity than joe biden, half of the democrat leadership. >> nonsense. >> that is unfortunate for united ways. bill: we have heard time and again, people scrutinizing the charities,ing abou going after , paying this ceo 250 grand a year, i hear country club and trump national and i say something is wrong, then i hear about charities going mar-a-lago, i thinking that is something is wrong right there, why are they not doing it at tents on the beach. >> you want people to spend money, a couple hundred red a ticket to go. if you try to a money to matt's point, that i want to go somewhere, where it is worth their money. bill: just a bunch of rich people making themselves feel better by going to a fancy cocktail party. >> i am volunteering too much. bill: trump's speech, he was aggressive out in front. >> he is the fake newser out there. he read what he said, about charlottesville. then he left out ofen offensive. bill: was he off the rail. >> he is always off the rail. bill: do you agree. >> no. senator know, antifa is a designated terrorist group in new jer

senator john mccain will receive the award presented by former vice president, joe biden. people can enter an online raffle for two complimentary tickets. and 6 abc of course is the broadcast partner of the ceremony. >>> much more ahead on "action news" now. coming up at 12:30, for the second time this summer a holocaust memorial falls victim to an attack. and long associated with purple and now the late super star prince has a shade named just for him. >>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again sara is off, here are the stories we are following for you now at 12:30. >>> north korea appears to back down at least for now on the missile threat against guam. and a day care prepare the accused of abusing two young children appears in court. >>> and the battle goes on, on what to do with confederate statues. >>> and fiery rhetoric it appears that north korea has backed down from firing missiles at guam. the state news agency says that kim jong un reviewed the missile plan but quote wait until see wha

joe biden wrote in the atlantic can tempt the u.s. constitution and willingness to divide this nation knows no bound. >> this is something who talks about healing, healing, almost every single one of his actions as president has been the opposite. >> reporter: secretary of state tillerson struggled to defend the president's values. >> i don't believe anyone doubts the american people's values or the government's agencies to advancing the values. >> and the president's values? >> the president speaks for himself, chris. >> reporter: as harvey was approaching the white house was expanding a ban on the trans gendered to join the military. aclu filed a challenge to that in court. >>> bodies of all ten sailors missing since the collision of u.s.s. john mccain and a oil tanker have been recovered. they were all in the bow of the ship. no word when their bodies will be brought back to the u.s. we learned last week one of the sailors was kenneth smith of cherry hill, new jersey. >>> a lighten bolt threw an austrian hiker to the ground and bur

. >> the animated crime fighting duo obama and biden could soon be on a small screen near you.. >> ♪ >> live look outside, 5:43 is the time, 68 is the temperature. this coffee is so good with this dessert. >> ♪ >> yes, i want to ride in your mercedes. that's a little old school right there. >> are you. >> he's riding in his mercedes. >> i thought you were riding dirty. >> he's riding in a mercedes. you can't ride dirty in a mercedes. >> mike you're invested in this story. >> is >> this is pebbles. she doesn't sing any. >> that was my second guess its quiet today but we have harvey on the way. a little rhyme there for the weekend unfortunately as we get into saturday. there's what's left of harvey. it's a tropical depression this morning, winds of 30 miles an hour. again it's going to continue to slowly work its way off to the north. spreading a lot of rain across western portions of tennessee today, potentially up to 7-inches. in d.c. we have a cold front off to the north that's going to slide down later today and kind of protect us for another day here from harvey's remnants.

of step to secretary of state hillary clinton and national security adviser to vice president joe biden clinton's 2016 campaign and has been one of her closest aides for over a decade. many believe he would have been the national security adviser if clinton had won the election. visiting professor at yale law school and was an advisor on the iran nuclear negotiations. i am pleased to have him at this table.

former vice president joe biden declared that president trump's contempt for the u.s.n and willingness to divide this nation knows no bounds. biden writes we have an american president who emboldened white supremacists with messages of comfort and support. this is a moment for the nation to declare that president can't with any clarity, consistency or conviction, there is no place for these heat groups in america. be right back. i should know. i have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation. so i use restasis multidose. it helps me make more of my own tears, with continued use, twice a day, every day. it's also what i prescribe to my patients who have this condition. restasis multidose helps increase your eyes' natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to chronic dry eye. restasis multidose did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs. to help avoid eye injury and contamination, do not touch the bottle tip to your eye or other surfaces. wait 15 minutes aft

i want to bring in ron clain and chief of staff to vice president biden, chris whipple. of staff define every presidency. guys, good to see you both. ron, i'm surprised you're back with me. i kept you up to the middle of the night on thursday when the health care bill passed. chris, let me start with you. would it be normal or acceptable for somebody who works within the confines of the white house who's not the president to not be reporting to the chief of staff? >> well, look. back in december i wrote an epi loug to my book, the gate keepers. trump who has no experience and is the ultimate outsider would fail unless he empowered a white house chief of staff as first among equals who was a real gatekeeper. >> nobody ever thought reince priebus was. >> priebus was never authorized to do that. family i think is an exception. i think nobody expects ivanka to report through kelly. it turns out reporting scaramucci to it. this is a white house that isn't broken. you can't do anything right. you have a president who is famously undisciplined who continues to tweet out of cont

senior advisor to hillary clinton's presidential campaign also advisor to the former vice-president joe biden. react to this new information that we're learning. i don't know if you knew about this in advance, that the fbi was actually monitoring this russian fake news, trying to damage hillary clinton on election day. >> well, i have two immediate reactions. the first is this is consistent with what american intelligence agencies told us in a comprehensive report in january. they said the russians mounted a sophisticated multifaceted information warfare campaign designed to hurt hillary clinton and help donald trump. and that that was directed from the highest levels of the kremlin. and this is just more evidence that, in fact, that finding, that conclusion is backed up by real solid evidence that the fbi was seeing on the day of. they also said that the russians have lerpd from this and they're likely to do it again. so whatever you think about the 2016 election, this remains an ongoing threat to american democracy and democrats and republicans should be focused on stopping it in the future

>> when you worked for joe biden, you didn't need to think about that. it was natural. we're seeing how unnatural empathy is to president trump, to be honest about it, not just in this situation, but in other situations where we lost soldiers overseas, have seen other situations where a president usually is consoleer in chief, it doesn't come naturally to president trump. and seven months in, he still doesn't have it. >> congress coming back next week and turning to disaster response. i want to show you a little bit of a back and forth that is brewing between two other titans of the republican party. chris christie and ted cruz. they have gone back and forth with chris christie, the governor of new jersey, having tough words for cruz. take a look. >> the problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with sandy. >> you know, he talks about playing politics, that's what he did. with people's lives in 2012, 2013. he should just stand up now and say, i was wrong. i was wrong i

i still think joe biden gives them the best opportunity. he is somebody who is just a great a politician, he's able to get out there and make a case about working-class agenda which democrats have not had for sometime, i would keep an eye on him, i'm not convinced of deval patrick. maria: real quick. >> i think a couple of things, we are going to start with over 20 democratic candidates running, if bide -- biden, warren. i'm not so sure delal will even run. maria: we will be right back maria: manhunt is over. cheryl casone with the story, which i recall. cheryl: it all started with peanut butter, maria. last of 12 prisoners who used peanut butter to escape from alabama jail has been captured. remember the escape was on sunday night. brady was caught in martin county, florida yesterday, the only one to make it out of the state of alabama, tin mates used peanut butter to trick a guard into opening a locked door. well, the senate has confirmed christopher wray to be the next fbi director. most democrats actually voted for wray who was presiden

sullivan is here, deputy chief of staff to clinton and national security adviser to vice president joe biden6 presidential campaign. he has been one of for closest aides for over a decade. many believe he would have been national security adviser had clinton won the election. he is now a visiting professor at yale law school and a senior advisor to the u.s. government on the iran-u.s. negotiations. i am pleased to have them at this table for the first time. welcome. jack:th