and i think by the president talking about joe biden overseas, he played right into biden's hands.ink that the campaign was probably very smart in not having biden respond to it directly. they had a campaign person respond to it. and i would add, only after the president returned from overseas. and what biden has been doing and trying to make this a race about the president's values, about his character, and about foreign policy. and i think if they want to have a foreign policy debate, i think that's something biden is clearly ready to have with donald trump. >> former chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. vice president for eight years. he's ready for that debate, for sure. the former vice president, as gloria said, ryan, waited until the air force one was back on u.s. soil before they issued that statement. they used to say in the old days, politics stops at the water's edge. that's gone away, a long time ago, on both sides. but what does it tell you about the biden campaign? >> i don't think the issue with the trump statement was that he was abroad. it's the state

again, he sees biden on tv, he reacts to biden on tv. if for some reason we have a different frontrunner a week from now, i don't think he'll be fixating on biden, he'll be fixating on whoever is the frontrunner at that time. >> thank you, philippe. hallie jackson, safe travels back to america. >>> historic trial. the first case holding a drug maker responsible for the deadly opioid epidemic that's plaguing this country. that trial beginning right now in oklahoma. should a drug company be held criminally liable for the opioid crisis? we'll dig into that. >>> too many options? why that crowded democratic field of 2020 contenders may come down to a basic rule of retail. ke up! there's a lot that needs to get done today. small things. big things. too hard to do alone things. day after day, you need to get it all done. and here to listen and help you through it all is bank of america. with the expertise and know-how you need to reach that blissful state of done-ness. so let's get after it. ♪ everything is all right what would you like the po

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biden in first place. biden at 35%.t is significantly higher than where he was just over a week ago, just before he got in this race. there has been a bounce for joe biden, a big post announcement bounce. his support has moved up. that's where the race stands now that joe biden is in it. the question becomes what does that mean? what does that tell us about the strength he takes into this race? we have been talking about him as a very weak front runner. he's been compared to very weak front runners we have seen in presidential races in the week past. let's compare where biden is now that we've seen this bounce to where some of those very weak candidates were in the recent past. so let's take a look here. we can advance it. there we go. biden steps in 35%. a lot of people have been saying it is jeb bush all over again. so where after his announcement in 2016 did jeb bush stand on the republican side? let's see. 15%. that's where he stood. so already you see jeb versus biden. biden is in territory jeb never touched. jeb b

front-runner joe biden.s. >> reporter: well, john, joe biden is going to be arriving here at the community event, a pizza restaurant here in manchester, new hampshire. people are waiting over by the doors to see him walk in, but as you mentioned, he's here on his first trip to new hampshire as the clear front-runner in the democratic field. we have a poll that came out last week that showed biden above his democratic rivals coming in at 36% followed by bernie sanders and a few others behind him, but biden is going to be here making his pitch to voters in this first in the nation primary state, and this event has the potential to be a little bit different than his previous events in states like iowa and south carolina where he stood on the stage and delivers remarks and hasn't really engaged in voter question and answered and here at this small restaurant he's expecting to take a few questions from voters at the end. biden and his campaign are very aware of trying to maintain that authentic new hampshire feel

biden: thank you. i am sorry about your family. i really mean that. is thathat i do know there are three things we have to do as it relates to research and to a number of these diseases, including alzheimer's. to insistt we have that researchers share their data. what is happening now is that cancer and alzheimer's, there are no more dedicated people than there are in researchers in these medical fields, they do incredible things. when we started, i will use cancer as an example, when nixon declared the war on cancer, he meant it, he was serious about it. he had no army, no means to share data, no way to get data from hospital to hospital. the notion was that it would be jonas salk who would walk into a laboratory answer how to cure polio like it was with the silver bullet. back then we thought there was one cancer that resided in different parts of the body. we now know that there are over 204 strains of cancer that require different kinds of therapies, as many of these other diseases do as well. i ha

he is doing with joe biden. that underscores the point joe biden is trying to make. he already moved on to a general election against donald trump. in an odd way trump's actions are helping joe biden avoid a primary on the assumption that he is the strongest candidate. let's move on to that. that will be an interesting consequence of what president trump is doing. >> let me go back to brett on this. i loved your column in the times, but it used to be elite liberals. i know a lot of them who love to put their noses up in the air and look down on republicans as not quite as intellectual as they are. this is a strange thing for a guy who runs as a populist to run on relative iq. it's unusual. >> i think the psychological term is projection. when you fear that you are yourself a low iq individual. you claim it of your enemy or opponent. i wanted to take exception with nick. i don't think he will disagree and said this is unprecedent ed it's unprecedented in history. the idea that an american president may side with a psychotic or murderous dictator against an honorable o

introducing joe biden via video here before joe biden takes to the stage here.es well among women and non-whites. why is it, in your view, that he seems to appeal more to women and non-white voters, more so right now, early on, again, than, say, candidates, you know, cory booker and camikamala harr? >> listen, i think there is a myth that somehow there isn't excitement among joe bivoters a joe biden, whether college educated or non college educated voters. numbers have improved because of that. the confusion that biden has talked about in the excerpts is not being confused about why people are angry. what he's talking about is, let's not confuse anger and fight anger with only anger. why play donald trump's game? again, i think there are a lot of candidates that are -- that deserve attention here. i haven't picked a candidate. the idea that somehow that all of the energy in the party is at the far left is just not supported by the facts. the campaign -- do the campaign for the sake of finding out the answers to the questions, but i think it is wrong to say that,

biden sees a possible opening here. next week, biden is going to hit the road again. he is heading to tennessee and florida for fund-raisers. the following week in houston and dallas, texas. pretty soon, you are going to see biden start to roll out some policies, trying to put his platform in front of the american people. he says a major speech on climate change is coming next month. fred? >> thank you so much from philadelphia. we'll check back with you. >> among the folks on the trail this weekend, bernie sanders is on a four-state tour of the south. sanders is trying to show support after a drop in the polls after biden dropped the race. he is hoping to make a splash rolling out policieses, including a massive investment in education. >> billionaires do not need more tax breaks. the children of our country need quality education. my plan addresses the serious crisis in our educational system by reducing racial and economic segregation in our public schools. make sure we attract the best and brightest young people to become teachers. reestablish a positive learning

since biden announced, trump has spent the last week obsessively rage tweeting biden, retweeting 60 biden tweets in an hour at one point. much to biden's delight. >> i understand the president has been tweeting about me this morning for a while pip w. i wonder why the hell he's doing that. >> reporter: trump is giving american voters a sneak peek at what a general election could look like, and that's good for biden. as one adviser told politico of trump's biden fixation, we've asked him, i personally asked him to stop. it's not helping us, it's helping biden. we don't think biden can make it out of the democratic primary, but he will if the president gives him oxygen. it not just trump, though. the rnc is happy to help joe out, too. in an e-mail blast this week, they helpfully shared this with voters -- as vice president joe biden advised president barack obama not to go forward with the raid that resulted in the death of 9/11 perpetrator osama bin laden. all that did was remind us that joe biden was vice-freaking-president of the united states, that he disagreed once with barack obama, o

ent joe biden.e tweet this. north korea fired off some small weapons which disturbed some of my people and others. but not me. i have confidence that chairman kim will keep his promise to me and also smiled when he called swampman joe biden a low iq individual and worse. perhaps that's sending me a signal. the president initially spelled biden's name wrong bust corrected it in a follow up tweet. president trump was asked about his attacks on biden. >> does it give you pause at all to be appearing to side with a brutal dictator instead of with a fellow american, the former vice president joe biden? >> well, kim jong-un made a statement that joe biden is a low iq individual. he probably is, based on his record. i think i agree with him on that. i can tell you that joe biden was a disaster, his administration with president obama. they were basically a disaster when it came to so many things, whether it was economy, whether it was military defense, no matter what it was, they had a lot of problems. so

joe biden's big pitch. where he stands in the poll r polls. >>> migrant detainees, where they are and being flown to another state. >>> and bill barr facing questions about who he serves, the president or the public? >>> plus, omarosa, she's joining me to talk about equal pay and whether new abortion laws could backfire on the gop. >>> we begin with the battle for 2020, certainly a crowded day on the campaign trail. got 11 candidates, hold something to dozen events across several different states. joe biden will be keeping up momentum as the front-runner of this day, leading the field 35% in the new fox poll. now even though he announced his presidential run a few weeks ago, biden is comparing for the official campaign kickoff rally where you see it in philadelphia. in just about an hour the former vice president will fully lay out the final phase of his campaign rollout as he calls to unify the country. we're going to the big rally there and we have nbc's garrett haake, and bernie sanders is live in orange

biden jr. from delaware. so those who are listening, if you want to be part of your campaign, pick up your phones. pick up your phones. now. send a text to the word "united." to the number 30330. okay. that is united. 30330. or 303330. b-o-o. you got it. it's on the back there. so look. look, it is a logical question that people ask why we began this journey in this place. this great city of philadelphia. well there is a simple reason. there is a simple reason. because -- let -- let him go. that's not how we do it. other campaigns do it this way, we don't do it this way. we don't do it this way. [ applause ] you will not hear me speak -- i made a pledge. i mean this sincerely. i made a pledge. you will not hear me speak ill of another democrat. look, the reason we're here is because in a literal sense this was the birthplace of our democracy. it was here over -- the fact is two of the most important documents not only in our history but the history of the world were written right here. in 1776 the declaration

listen to uncle joe biden himself back in 1993.se of entire swaths of young men. watch. >> unless we do something, about the young people, tens of thousands of them, born out of wedlock without parents, without supervision, without any structure, without any conscience developing, because they literally, they literally have not been socialized. they literally have not had an opportunity we should focus on them now. >> again, does not mean because we created them. that we somehow forgive them or do not take them out of society to protect my family and yours from them. they are beyond the pale many of those people. beyond the pale. and it's a sad commentary on society. we have no choice but to take them out of society. kennedy: wow! certainly harsh and it is not tough to figure out who he wanted to take out of society for good. joe biden has been a series of recent rationalizations about the crime bill that will not take responsibility or make amends. even former president bill clinton has been overtly contrite about the unintended h

why do you think biden is doing so well with black women?xpected black women to support cory booker or kamala harris. >> well, let me break it down for you. cory and kamala are fine, but if i'm completely honest, they've got a bit of an image problem. cory is nice but he reminds you of the cousin who's a tattletale. even when no one asks, snitching for the love of the game. and kamala looks like a mean vice principal. she just comes up, like, dulce, i want what's best for you, which is why i'm giving you detention. corrie, thank you for coming right to me! >> trevor: it doesn't explain why black women go for someone like elizabeth warren. she's arizonaed specific issues black women have, reparations, the black mortality rate. >> younger black women will probably go for elizabeth warren, but older black women go for biden because if biden becomes president, then obama is back in the white house. ( cheers and applause ) ah! ha ha! ha ha! >> trevor: wait, wait, but that's not true. obama can't be president again. >> who said anything about pres

because every time biden takes on trump, he makes -- i mean, every time trump takes on biden, he makestwo-person race, which is exactly what biden wants. >> dana, president trump has gone through, as we were talking about with dextxter, the three national security advisers. should we have any expectation that john bolton is going to be his last? i mean, dexter raised the point that, you know, who else is there in terms of somebody who is prominent, who has a name -- in the president's parlance, looks the part and had credibility? >> no. i mean, we should have no examinations either way. we've learned that just not only on the national security adviser role, but several other, many other roles in the administration. but dexter is exactly right in his piece. i agree with you, was right on about the fact that bolton has always been a true believer. there is no gray. it is black and it is white, especially on the issues of iran, but also north korea. and the fact that he agreed to go into the administration and was eager to go into the administration, by all accounts, it's just a different

but hopefully biden, yeah, biden -- i haven't seen it here but that's what biden wants to do. those crowds, especially the firefighters you pointed out in pittsburgh. bryan llenas on the ground, bryan, we will come to you as former vice president takes the stage, thanks, kristin. >> all right, so for more on, this let's bring in political panel, former communication's director for health care at the department of health and human services, megyn smith and democratic strategist and millennial nathan ruben. as i'm watching those images of the stage where joe biden is about to speak, i can't help to wonder why he didn't do that and give a speech like that with a good-size crowd, nice sunshine, big banners projecting message, why didn't he do that for official campaign launch? >> hi, kristin, for the fast few weeks joe biden has been going around the country talking to voters and hearing their concerns and talking about his vision for the campaign and for the country and one thing that's been totally clear is two different worlds and that is the dc twitter and actual american prim

especially joe biden, right?ut clearly he is in taking that advice, he tweeted about biden five times they peered wisely hitting such a nerve? jesse: take it from me, he is not hitting enter. i know this, i spoke to him about it. donald trump is not scared of joe biden. he would love to run against him. he said it himself. >> biden seems to have lead, i'd be very happy if it were -- sleepy joe. i think he did a bad job. you think that he is beatable? >> i just don't think you'd be a very good candidate. jesse: besides being able to run against the record -- have the time he doesn't know what he is talking about. >> china is going to -- come on man! they cannot even figure out how to deal with the fact that they have this great division between the china sea and the mountains in the east. i mean in the west. they can't figure out how they're going to deal with the corruption in the system. i mean, you know, they are not bad folks but guess what? they are not competition for us. jesse: joe, where have you been the

he thinks joe biden is a threat in pennsylvania. that's why he's attacking joe biden like that. he's not attacking kamala harris. he's not going after anybody else. he's going after joe biden, going after the media sometimes. last night, going after the media again. he's going after justin amash. why? a republican that is saying it's time to impeach this idiot. >> dana: whoa. >> jesse: he's not afternoon idiot. he's the president of the united states. by the way -- >> greg: what were his reasons for impeachment? does anybody -- >> dana: because he said he read the report. >> greg: so that's an -- he goes guilty of impeachable offenses. tell me more. tell me more. he has nothing. he's looking for a job. >> dana: that's interesting. we'll have a chance to talk about it next. nancy pelosi clashing with top democrats over whether or not to impeach president trump. ♪ it's just not right. but with sofi, you can get your credit cards right - by consolidating your credit card debt into one monthly payment. you can get your interest rate right - by locking in a fixed low rate today. and

let's acknowledge we may experience biden whiplash yet again. we haven't had a debate or watched biden experience the gauntlet of campaign trail. what we're learning is that the progressive activist twitter verse doesn't reflect the universe. for now, biden is having his moment. >> if you want to know what the most important plank in my proposal is. beat trump. >> at a kick off rally in philadelphia yesterday, joe biden leaned into the idea that he is the democrat best positioned to beat donald trump. >> the american people want a president to add to our division, lead with clinched fists, a closed hand, a heart heart, to demonize your opponent, to spew hatred. they don't need me. they've got president donald trump. >> with a mushrooming field of 24 candidates and counting, 2020 candidates are jockeying to sell the perception of electability. >> we're not waiting for ideas. what's missing is courage. >> i want to beat donald trump. i beat him 21 times in a row in court. >> i know how to challenge this guy. >> in a fox news poll, 73% of democrats

i mean we know that joe biden -- joe biden's going to defend obama care.blic option as part of this. politico is saying biden is heavy on emotion and light on policy. kelly ann conway saying is biden for medicare for all? because that means obama care didn't work. do they have a point there? >> yeah, yeah, i think they have a point. it's just -- it's so scattered. it's hard to grab hold of anything they are talking about because it's this way. it's that way. it's trump. it's not. it's crazy. elizabeth: you know the other thing too, ernie, the congressional budget office out with a new report that got virtually zero coverage. we're giving it to you now. the cbo saying that medicare for all, bernie sanders plan, the democrats, the medicare for all, will cost -- it would be really expensive, 3.5 trillion dollars a year, the cbo says. it would wipe out all government spending on other programs and, yes, government imposed wait times to see a doctor would rise dramatically. your take on that, ernie? >> i agree. look at the various countries that have national h

joe biden? >> i think you're already seeing some of that in the shadow boxing that takes place in the media where you have people pitching opposition research on joe biden and hunter biden and his dealings in china and ukraine. that's been helped by president trump and his allies, who have dished on this as well. trump called -- said it was appropriate for him to intervene and bill barr to launch investigations again joe biden and hunterat biden. once the debates start kicking up in june, you'll see people throwyo more mud at biden and s, well, are you liberal enough? whatra about your climate chang plan? yesterday hecl said the most important part of his climate change plan was to defeat trump but that doesn't actually solve the global warming concerns. >> not as far as we can tell. i also want to discuss a new analysis a bit largest democrat super pac, priorities usa. it says if the election was held today, the president will not have enough electoral votes but ohio is less likely to go for de

veer man or joe biden? >> i mean i don't think it is spartacus i don't think it is sleepy joe. i don't know who verman worn hats in the past. go with berman. you don't know his name but guessing him. >>s what he described himself s a friendly fascist. yes. >> you've got it. final question. er>> i'm ready. are you ready -- or apparently not at the billboard music awards how was reality star and country singer julianne hough injured during a performance? she was hit in the throat by paula abdul cast got tang nld a dance scar is of and fell or camera hit her in the leg. >> you got what you wanted i have no idea -- this is a music question -- >> you didn't tune in i guess. i have no clue about award so this is a country music singer? >> julianne hough i gave you information that you deserve. julianne hough a video went around. >> go with camera jib hit her. you have taken out on the five -- that's what happens with with my nose is crooked. [laughter] >> camera hit her in the leg is it right? [buzzer] wait until

joe biden succeeded in doing that in 2016. it was reopened 21/2 months ago and they are quite -- trying to quash again. at the time joe biden did it his son -- getting something like 3 to $10 million from a crooked ukrainian oligarch who was hiding in russia and he got it while joe biden, vice president of the united states in charge with relations with the ukraine and in the tape you saw joe biden have a prosecutor general dismissed and the case against his son was dropped. that -- wait, that stinks, the facts are stubborn and eventually this is going to have to be investigative. i will get out of it, in order to remove any political suggestion i will step back and just watch it unfold. shannon: no trip to ukraine on sunday. >> no trip. i believe i was walking into a bunch of people, one of whom already was found to be involved in this but i wasn't aware of and i think this is a set up. and the whole thing was a setup from the beginning and that is what you will find and it goes back to january when they decided they should d

i think joe biden is formidable.residential cycles we had a party that had a very large number of candidates, and 2016, you had front runners and folks like jeb bush but i use the term front runner loosely. it sort of fell off by the time the first debate happened and it was kind of trump in the lead from there on. i think the 2012 republican primary provides an interesting comparison. we admit romney and the in the joe biden seat but he hung in there even is a crowded field there was lots of turns, rick santorum, newt gingrich, other people picking up individual states. but mitt romney holding onto his court and slowly but surely growing it as they approach the convention and wound up hanging on. gerry: they say joe biden has been running for president since william mckinley has been present. he's been around a long time. half a century and politics. is it possible that some of the people -- democrats looking for a fresh face, who of the fresh faces is the most plausible? >> are certainly a lot of footage of joe bid

biden the front runner most 2020 polls.e real clear politics polling average has the vp up 24 points. as taking aim at biden controversy in his past could make for bumpy road ahead. bien was telling donors he knows president trump is going to go after his family. our correspondent trace gallagher is live in the west coast newsroom with the details. trace? >> ed, let's begin with biden's controversy involving ukraine and what was billed as an effort to fight political corruption in 2016 then vice president biden traveled to ukraine and threatened to withhold a billion dollars in u.s. loan guarantees if the country didn't fire its top prosecutor. who was accused of ignoring corrupt politicians in his own office. here is biden recounting the story two years later. watch. >> i said you are not getting a billion. i'm going to be leaving here and i think was six hours. i said i'm leaving in six hours. if the prosecutor is not fired, you are not getting the money. well son of a [bleep] [laughter] he got fired. >> the very same pro

other candidates now defending joe biden.ng to differentiate themselves or talk about their own policy which are more and more introducing specifically on daily basis, they are in the position of having to defend joe biden in this war of words between him and the president. >> look, we talk a lot about political opponents falling into president trump's trap. a little bit trump has fallen into joe biden's trap. he made it clear he was going to run as if this was a general election. he was running against trump. he was not running against the other democrats. we see trump playing right into that strategy by treating biden as if he is going to be the ultimate opponent. >> he's the front-runner right now significantly. >> if you think about it, you're exactly right, susan. generall lly speaking, you try elevate you think you can win most against. the fact that he's elevating joe biden and not others who, who knows, you never know, but probably at this point don't look like they would be as viable against the president. that's wha

joe biden is a safe place. they know they like joe biden and can support him and not so much about the others. candidates gets in, pop, come down a little. folks are still swiping. >> still swiping. enjoyed that analogy. >>> tune new to beto o'rourke tonight with rachel madmaddow, 0 eastern only on msnbc. >>> it is crunch time as garrett mentioned. crunch time for the on the bubble democratic candidates hoping to land one of the 20 coveted spots on the debate stage next month. to get in they have to receive donations from 65,000 people in 20 different states, or get at least 1% of support in three pre-approved polls, but just because they hit the goals doesn't necessarily mean they're automatically in. i want to bring in communications director for the dnc. do you guys -- you've laid out objective criteria for what it takes to get on the debate stage in florida next month. what happens when more than 20 people qualify? >> our goal all along has been to be inclusive, fair and transparent and set the threshold ba

i think biden fits the bill. he has a lot of experience running, a lot of unsuccessful experience running for president. so to see him be more disciplined this go around, i think, is going to make democrats happy. >> david, i think we just heard joe biden make a really interesting point about the economy. maybe this is how he is going to frame it going forward, which is, trump nmis the beneficiary all of the seeds that obama and biden planted, and that the economy is now on autopilot, basically. so if voters believe it, he can make the case, you can do better on these other -- on all the other things i have to offer, and the economy is going to be just fine. how do you think that'll play? >> yeah. the other thing joe biden wuss saying there, alisyn, is that the president is now squandering the inheritance. that may be the tougher argument to make, if the economic numbers continue to show the strength they are. listen, american's perception of the economy right now is very, very high. i mean, like at an 18-year hi

sanders, sanders is talking about biden, biden is talking about trump. with the governor. the generational issues are real, he has a problem with the under-30. i like joe biden, he reminds me of my grandpa. if i asked them, do they feel grandpa joe can represent them? i got shoulder shrugs and awkward pauses. i asked a lot of voters, if it comes down to bernie and biden, how do you make that decision? every single voter when it comes down to it they want someone, anyone to beat donald trump. >> biden says he's going to be very tough on margaret thatcher. >> by the way, that's why biden i think is doing this smartly. biden doesn't want to argue with any of those people. he doesn't want to argue with bernie or buttigieg. biden's like, you want to beat trump? i'm the guy. that has to be the argument. that recent poll helps him. listen, i'm the guy who can do this and do this better than anybody else. that will override all this in the end. >> democrats want to win. >> they do want to win. >> what's interesting about that same poll also showed that democrats

do you think it only helps biden?easons that frank just outlined, but also because it gives biden the opportunity to do the contrast that he wants to do. this is exactly how he wants to be contrasted with donald trump. he wants to be the person who is the statesman, the person who is bringing a sense of morality and decency back to the presidency. so it gives him an opportunity to kind of rise above it in the way that he also waited to criticize the president until he was back on american soil going back to this what now seems like a very old-fashioned way of doing politics where you aren't criticizing your opponents, or at least attacking your opponents on foreign soil. so i think it gave him a good opportunity to contrast himself with donald trump. >> so i guess if you're biden, kirsten, do you want to do anything, or do you just let this ride for a while until you really have to get out there on the campaign trail? >> well, i think it would be better for him to be out there a little more than he is, but it's still

what did joe biden know about? >> melissa: or you might ask the dnc. >> donna: i know what the dnc knew because we were hacked. i want to know what rich mccall and pauline did. they also had information. republicans researching donald trump. you have 140 contacts with the kremlin. >> matt: now you have jumped the shark. inappropriate contact between team trump and russia and mueller said that is not factually accurate. there was no collusion period. there is no sense spending more time on that. >> donna: there is a lot. >> matt: then you don't think bob bueller's report is accurate. >> donna: if you are 140 contacts -- >> melissa: we are about to get run over by a break but weak detail that the show was going to be sizzling on the other side. don't go away. we'll be right back on "outnumbered." with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? .

- >> joe biden. >> biden seems to have a lead. biden. >> happy why? >> sleepy joe. >> now the former vice president has a new nickname for president trump, telling donors at a private fund-raiser, quote, there are so many nicknames i'm inclined to give this guy. you can just start with clown. joining me is radio talk show host rashad richie and justin safy. rashad, you first here. biden says he's not going to allow himself to get down in the mud with the president. does anointing the president with the nickname clown change that at all? >> i don't think it changes it whatsoever. i think biden was simply being somewhat funny and, yeah, it's kind of hyperbolic, but at the end of the day, day this guy has to run an election in his own lane. i think the biggest mistake that the former vice president can make right now is attempting to run an election that's reactionary to the campaign strategy of president trump. >> okay. with regard to the word clown there, justin, do you think that will work in biden's favor or could it even fuel te

and clinton voted for the iraq war both biden and clinton have lots of wall street donors and both biden and clinton screamed to lock him up in the one nine hundred ninety s. driving america's incarceration rate sky high for those who may have forgotten hillary clinton lost trump's victory in the twenty sixteen election was interpreted largely as a rebuke of a failing political establishment now hillary clinton's husband got some interesting advice here. as a go my wife gave me a psychology book several months ago in which the author defined insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result perhaps it's time to revisit that book polls are often a reflection of media coverage and the corporate media in the united states low suman gives him lots of coverage and that can give him support in polls and they often poll likely democratic voters which is not the same thing as who actually ends up voting in a general election even in jest who answers polls is not the same thing as who votes clinton she was the most experienced and the most right wing o

and biden seems like that. >> biden also speaks the language of economic dispair. i think they can all do it. i'm not saying this is a message exclusively available to biden. it's innate to biden. he went to pittsburgh and said the stock market is roaring. he acknowledged some of the economic reality and said to the room, do any of you feel it? >> steelworkers. but also on saturday, coming up the 18th, he's going to the rocky steps, the essential blue collar guy from south philly, italian stallion, never got his shot, finally gets his shot at the title, that's the working class dream of the guy in philly. biden seems like a guy, he said i wasn't part of the '60s, a bernie guy yelling at the administration building, i was wearing a sports coat trying to get the convertible. he wanted the girl, he was a normal guy. he goes to church on sundays. you know, i find it -- to say jill doesn't go anymore. they're very angry at the catholic church and maybe a lot of things because of the family tragedies but there's something human about the bidens with all their tragedies.

joe biden, jill biden, very comfortable there in pennsylvania, the birthplace of joe biden in scranton, and then jill told a story of how growing up in philadelphia, you know, is near and dear to her heart. i mean, clearly, this was an electrified crowd. it has to go beyond philadelphia. it's important for joe biden to clench pennsylvania, a state that donald trump won. how will he do it? >> well, you know, first of all, i think it was really important for him to put his campaign headquarters in pennsylvania. it signifies that this is where he's -- where the fight begins, right? to win pennsylvania -- like a republican doesn't need pennsylvania to win the presidency, but a democrat definitely does. he gave -- he needed to do three things in his speech effectively today, and i think he did do that, in terms of talking about his role as the vice president with barack obama, the things they accomplished. he also needed to talk about somish shoo ye issues that were important. he struck that with climate change. i think people thought he might be a little less progressive on that. he talked

vice president joe biden leading. in the race for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination evoking memories twenty six. no food. market. leaders. party because of their. policy. a very warm welcome from moscow you are watching our national with me. two pm here on this the ninth of may a special day to mark the seventy fourth anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany. world war two known here as the great patriotic war the conflict on the eastern front which lasted just under four years was a battle of attrition but unprecedented for all city and claimed the lives of over twenty five million subjects. well for over twenty years now a military parades have been a key component of the victory day celebrations on red square was in all types of colors this morning here some of the scenes we witnessed on the square. it's very difficult to describe the atmosphere it's it's. electric. tense but this super cheap siteman up excitement just released during the break it felt. like. it turns out. they are. could

biden on foreign soil.eath the dignity of the office. democrats are outraged and republicans in his own party seem to be largely unwilling to criticize the president for things that in the past have been outside of the norm, and that is leave politics behind. the president continues to challenge, some say trample on these norms. >> hans i'd like to, we have a screen that shows how the president contradicted his own national security adviser on this question, in terms of violating security counsel resolutions, there's no doubt about that. trump tweeted just hours later that they fired off some small wells which disturbed some people, but not me. how do they bridge this rift? >> it's what they do in some situations. you saw that in syria, jim mattis was at loggerheads with the president, he are he signed. you've seen on iran, what the posture is, clearly bolton is more hawkish. in a loot of ways is the president trying to make it clear that he's driving foreign policy. whether it's foreign policy by some, by

he'll be joe biden.'t know that you can compare the sort of loose ends quality of joe biden versus ultimater ca utter chaos of donald trump. there's a contrast there, we'll see. >> karine i want to ask you about biden facing, start point of interaction with voters we'll see today. headlines about smaller crowds others are getting. i invite garrett to jump in about anything he's seen and coverage how they are not putting him out there all day every day. i don't know if they are pacing themselves. sometimes if you don't make it, you regret not leaving it all on the field. >> you said it perfectly, leaving it on the field. this is it. this is game time. we're talking about a presidential election. i would tell the biden campaign less crowds is not a good thing. you want the energy. if you are running as the front-runner, it is good to have a crowd to give you that energy. i just really disagree -- i know what they are doing. we talked about it. they are trying to control him. he's known for having gaffes. h

they know biden and they know biden's track record, he's been there for them time and time again.- i don't think there's very many candidates in the field that they dislike but there are probably a lot that they don't know. they like them all. but biden is the guy who gives them a sense of security and comfort and he would be a champion for them probably more than anyone else right now. doesn't mean someone else can't chip away at that. until barack obama won iowa. >> dana: let me show you. in 2012, 66.6% of black turnout was a record high. that went down to 59.6%, probably helping hillary clinton to her loss. now that they have this record in the economy, they are going to try to see if they can get more african-american support as well. what do you think? >> i think joe biden is an old shoe, and there's great comfort with joe biden at the top of the ticket. i think african-american voters are socially conserved, and are a lot more pragmatic than they get credit for. that someone who increases their economic stability and security. the argument that the trump administration has,

the biden campaign referred cnn to a statement it had given to "the new york times" claiming biden acted on ukraine without any regard for how it would or would not impact his son ''s business interest. randy kay, cnn new york. >> as she mentioned, giuliani was planning to go so far as to travel to ukraine in this effort to dig up dirt on biden. then he suddenly decided to cancel that trip. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood is live on the north lawn of the white house. sarah, what's giuliani saying about why he decided to cancel at the last minute? >> reporter: well, alex, giuliani is making a reversal of this decision to travel to ukraine amid a massive backlash. he tells our colleague mike warren that he came to believe that the meeting with ukrainian officials would accomplish little, and he said, quote, it may be in the hands of those who might misinterpret it. giuliani also complained about the media coverage of his upcoming trip to ukraine. he thought that his version of events wasn't being portrayed fairly. the narrative was that giuliani was traveling overseas to meet with

and biden has faced scrutiny. >> former vice president joe biden accused of inappropriate touching. >men have come forward to say they made him feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. in response, biden releasing this video. >> i always tried to make a human connection, and i get it. i get it. >> reporter: then days later, biden addressing a predominantly-male crowd seeming to make light of the allegations. >> i just want you to know, i have permission to hug lonnie. >> reporter: some people were wondering if you really get it. >> i really do. here's the deal. i've always thought that part of leadership, part of politics was listening to people, hearing them, making them feel comfortable. it's my responsibility to be more sensitive to whether or not someone wants me to reassure them or wants to say hello or wants to show affection and support, and that's my responsibility. >> but robin, i think what you don't realize is how many people approach joe. one of the things that joe is known for is making connections with people. but going forward, i think he's going to have to be a better judge