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washington elected since george h.w. bush in 1988. david: ok. thank you for joining us, professor lara brown george washington university. the author of an upcoming book, "amateur hour." coming up, we will speak to donna shalala about the fight against the coronavirus in her state of florida. that is next on "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ evision and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. florida is really putting the coronavirus with record numbers of both cases and deaths now, after having been one of the first states to reopen. we now welcome congresswoman donna shalala. give us the latest from your perspective on what is going on with the virus in your state of florida. donna: very nice to see you again, david. it is simply out of control. we opened too soon, we didn't have the discipline that you had at the beginning where you close everything down, and then you gradually open safely. the governor put enormous pressure -- and he had pressure from the economic interests in the state to open up. they just did not do it right, they didn't

also talks about the history and design, and shows what he .onsiders the crown jewels george washington universityeling exhibit. tim bray works by heart assist -- contemporary works by artists reinterpreting the four freedoms. >> next, a visit to philadelphia's museum of the american revolution. in the first of a two-part program, we learned about the location and design, tour the exhibit galleries exploring the origins of the revolution. >> my name is michael quinn. i am the president and ceo of museum of the american revolution. i am now standing on the plaza of the museum in old city philadelphia.

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rico's interest he is an adjunct professor of legislative politics at the george washington university and the health care law originally cost up close and i think that means you can jump any time you want but i also appreciate it well that is going to david 1st in montreal very broadly speaking you know we've been seeing a lot of deep plot forming the monetization so the platforming all kinds of things going on and we can talk about some of the specifics but is this a cultural revolution or we have a cause a cultural revolution go ahead i don't know that it's a cultural revolution is a is a loaded term it's a big term i hear people using it i hear people comparing this to the french revolution so the fall of rome a lot of sort of i won't say exaggerated talk a lot of lofty talk whether or not it's that serious there's definitely a pendulum swing and it's definitely swinging very far to whichever side just to use example but it's swinging hard to one side right now where people are getting punished i think excessively for what some would feel to be minor indiscretions but they're alway

as we know anything is that for grabs right now is indeed elizabeth and get that from george washington university great to get your insights here on out of there thanks for being with us as. well as it is both are saying trump did suggest that the election be delayed just minutes after a staggering new figures were released showing the u.s. economy experienced its sharpest downturn since the 1940 s. g.d.p. shrank 9.5 percent in the 2nd quarter triggered by this pandemic while another 1400000 americans filed jobless claims just last week was under has more from new york. to see how badly the u.s. economy is doing all you have to do is look at this parking lot full of empty new york city taxis because of the pandemic and slow economic recovery ridership was down over 90 percent last month. there are 15000 taxis in new york city 4 out of every 5 of them are parked because of a lack of passengers leaving thousands of drivers without a livelihood nobody is working because nobody in the road. is not a normal life in april congress pumped trillions of dollars into the u.s. economy with the expectation t

tom is the director of the national security archive at george washington university and joins us now on book tv to talk about this prepublication review system. >> a guy named victor sent a block and said there's 339 passages here that you have to delete because they are revealing national security information. they went to court and cut that over and cia cut to 339 to 168 and at the end of the day 30 publicker put outed -- publisher put bold space and so much of this can be. that was process inside the intelligence's community. >> he did go through review process. >> right, the case that went to the supreme court was about a guy named frank who did not -- that's what it's referring to in bolton case. bolton is risking losing. in 1980 the supreme court upheld the seizure of all of royalties. he did not give the book for review. the government admitted it didn't have classified information but what they went after snip on he violated his contract and the supreme court without holding oral arguments without even fully briefing took away all of his royalties in the snip case and the iro

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i went to the george washington university. i've lived here my whole adult life.e and just taking it all in. and we're able to do it and show it to america, as we've been saying, so they can stay home safely. or if they're in a place where fireworks are canceled, they can still celebrate the fourth of july, the way it is supposed to be celebrated by watching these fantastic displays. >> i mean, it's really amazing to look at. and you know, there aren't as many people out on the mall watching it, dana, but you've been watching the d.c. fireworks for longer than i have. i've been a new yorker for a while, so i watch these. have they ever had fireworks last this long for the fourth of july in d.c.? >> you know, they last a long time, i have to say, but, you know, you never know what kind of weather you're going to get. today, it's perfect. it's hot, but it's perfect for this kind of display, to light up the sky the way these fireworks are still happening. we were told it was going to be about 30 minutes and they kept true to their word. and it's not just a little bit

dr leana wen is an emergency physician and public health professor at the george washington universitys getting worse every single day. we are seeing a spike in infections followed by spikes in hospitalisations. our icus are getting overwhelmed in parts of the south and the west, and we're now seeing increases in mortality again. and there is no peak in sight. we were seeing this type of trend back in march and april in the new york region, but that was also at the time we started implementing a national shutdown. we don't have such a shutdown right now, and that is why we have not even seen the peak of this epidemic and so the president is right, that it is going to get much worse. what did you make of the president's apparent change of tack on face masks and also some of the other figures that he gave? i'm glad he's coming around to what public health experts have been saying for months, which is universal mask wearing is one simple step we can all be taking that makes a big difference. it will reduce the risk of transmission, of spreading the virus by up to five times, it is somethi

we crossed like rico's risk he is an adjunct professor of legislative politics at the george washington university and the health care law originally crossed out rules in effect that music in japanese i want i also appreciate it ok let's go to david 1st in montreal very broadly speaking you know we've been seeing a lot of the plot forming the monetizations platforming all kinds of things going on and we can talk about some of the specifics but is this a cultural revolution or we have a cause a cultural revolution or had it i don't know that it's a cultural revolution is a is a loaded term it's a big term i hear people using it i hear people comparing this to the french revolution so the fall of rome a lot of sort of i won't say exaggerated talk a lot of lofty talk whether or not it's that serious there's definitely a pendulum swing and it's definitely swinging very far to whichever side i just use example but it's swinging hard to one side right now where.

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is a political science professor at george washington university he says the i.c.c. investigation of the threat of e.u. sanctions may signal the situation in libya is changing. well i hope we've reached a tipping point one of the things that really characterizes libya. is the idea and this has been a characteristic a hallmark of middle eastern international politics for decades now is the use of proxies and what's made this particularly dangerous is that you have. many nation states and paramilitary organizations associated with some of these nation states aligning with either the tripoli government or the broke of or hopefully the idea is that we've we've reached a tipping point the sanctions will be imposed if these violations are substantiated one of the key players here of course is the united states and the united states while you know the past is vacillated in terms of its support for the flurry of essentially is something called it last year with the. car but the role of the united states is important the role of other support of countries for the g.n.a.t. fra

capital's suburbs let's bring in richard charles day he's a political science professor at george washington university joins us live from washington d.c. richard the i.c.c. says it has credible information regarding nearly a dozen mass graves so how significant is this i.c.c. team on the ground in libya and what are they likely to find do you think. well it's extremely significant that significant because. this is a critical set of actions that are really designed to enhance the system of international law. this i.c.c. team has the i.c.c. in general as have already since the united nations authorized the i.c.c. to conduct investigations this is part and parcel of the united nations security council resolution 1970 that was passed in 20 allows. what the ice presumably what the i.c.c. team is going to do it is to investigate these 11 and other unmarked graves. there have been indications of. of these 11 have been uncovered they will document these atrocities. as they will report back to the i.c.c. and. consequently that information will become part and parcel of the un and i see you i.c.c. the un record

she's an emergency physician and public health professor at the george washington university and sheer. thank you very much for talking to us. first of all, when the president says this will get worse before it gets better, you think is right, and how much worse do you think it is likely to get? it is absolutely going to get worse, because it is getting worse every single day. we are seeing a spike in infections followed by spikes in hospitalisations, our icus are getting overwhelmed in parts of the south and west, and we are now seeing increases in mortality again. and there is no peak inside. we were seeing this type of trend back in march and april in the york region, but i was also at the time we started implementing a national shutdown. we don't have such a shutdown right now, and that is why we have not even seen and that is why we have not even seen the peak of this epidemic and though the president is right, that it is going to get much worse. what did you make of the president's apparent change of tack on face mask and some of the other figures he gave? i'm glad he's coming

think there is an associate professor of american studies and political science at the george washington university she says tongues comments erode trust in the democratic process he certainly trying to . divert attention from the fact that his own poll numbers are very low that economy is doing badly which is partly what he thought he was going to be able to run on to secure a 2nd term and we also know that trump personally have a big difficulty actually accepting failure or taking responsibility for things so i already starting to see to make claims about voter fraud it's another way for him not to have to take responsibility for it for whether or not he's actually going to do this or the election but we do know that this kind of rhetoric even if it's being used as a deflection tactic can have very dangerous effects because it continues to undermine people's trust in the democratic process the trust that has already been frayed do you know there's also as obama had mentioned a huge amount of voter suppression that we're seeing up close things like where polling places in minority neighborhoods wh

chris was raised in iowa city after graduating from city high school, he attended george washington university where he majored in history and enrolled in the rotc program. he graduated from george washington in 1987 and then he immediately accepted a commission in the u.s. army as an infill tree officer. in the army, chris had an impressive and distinguished career. he served in afghanistan in 2001 and in iraq in 2003 and in the following years, like a lot of military people, he served on numerous additional deployments to both of those countries. on behalf of the people of iowa, we thank you and other people for your service to the country particularly in those difficult times. following his time in the army, chris went on to become a deputy assistant secretary defense for special operations and combative terrorism where he is currently performing the duties of the assisted secretary of defense for special operations. whether as a member of the armed forces or in public service, chris has given the best of himself for the american people in the defensive our country. of course, that should b

and doctor the director of the program at george washington university hospital. good evening.ast week it seemed the president was going tor more realist k about this pandemic. why he is pushing governors to open up because kellyanne conway said some people the governors opened up too fast and against our rules and blah blah. all the numbers show that is how we got into this mess in the first place. what is going on? >> you're right. kellyanne conway said the reason the president is starting the briefings and they felt like some states opened up too soon. and we saw the president today revert to what he had been saying. he believed governors were not doing enough to open up and weren't going far enough. even though that comes as dr. birx and vice president right hand woman during this has been going around and saying that there are certain areas that need to scale back openings. they have gone too far and too quickly. what you saw today is the president saying what he really thinks. what our sources say he thinks on this. he was making it clear those we have seen him going into

nguyen is a doctor at george washington university hospital. i want to begin with the new projection. 5,000 fewer deaths because more americans are wearing masks. that is it good news but also prompts the question should there be a federal mask mandate? >> yeah, at this point there absolutely should be that mandate because we know that all us wear masks, we reduce the chance of transmitting or acquiring covid-19 by five times. imagine if there's a pill we can take now a vaccine that reduces our chances by five tons, we would all want that. but something thels model shows is that so much is within our power. that whatever death and suffering could be projected to come, it doesn't have to be that way. it's not inevitable. but we, as policy makers, as individuals, have to take the necessary steps right now and that would include, in these very hard-hit states to reimpose stay-at-home orders because we have to stem the tide of rising covid-19 deaths. >> that's a very positive way to look at it, which is this is information you can actually use ever

george washington university professor takes a tour of the norman rockwell museum traveling exhibit. tim bray works by heart assist -- contemporary works by artists reinterpreting the four freedoms. >> next, a visit to philadelphia's museum of the american revolution. in the first of a two-part program, we learned about the location and design, tour the exhibit galleries exploring the origins of the revolution. >> my name is michael quinn. i am the president and ceo of museum of the american revolution. i am now standing on the plaza of the museum in old city philadelphia. philadelphia was the headquarters of the revolution. this is where delegates came. this is when the -- this is where the declaration of independence was written. so this really is the most central element of the american revolution, the birth of our this museumh is why is located here. just down the street from me is the first bank of the states. alexander hamilton's branch bank. it is also the first building constructed by the united states of america. so we, truly, are where the nation began, and it is the right

many of the programs that we have run for a long time, like our george washington university public healthograms like that we are seeing record cohorts right now. we think there is a profound share shift happening from campus programs to online programs. vonnie: you say it is an accelerant, but what does that mean? is your business up 5%, 50%? chip: we have any earnings call it a couple of weeks, and we will talk about it at that time. we have been public for six years. proud to say that we have never been better positioned in terms of the larger opportunity for the business. we have technical courses, boot camps that are hugely in need. about a third of americans were no say they will need training for their next job. technical courses are a way to do it. we are launching our first undergraduate degree. it is for the london school of economics and it opens in october for students and is doing incredibly well. we love where the company is positioned. for now, we are helping our schools in the fall get ready for what is an incredibly complicated moment. curious for your view on this fight,

shawn har word wood is here, an reiner from george washington university hospital. thank you very much. i want to take a listen to what we just heard from republican -- john kennedy of louisiana on fox. >> there are some people who want to keep our schools closed because they think it gives them a political advantage. and they're using our kids as political pawns. and to them, i say unashamedly, they can kiss my ass. that's wrong to do that to the kids of america. >> john? this is where we are now? >> don, it is sad that the republican party in the trump era has been dumbed down so much that senator is reduced to making an argument like that. no one wants to keep schools closed for a political advantage. no wants to wear masks for political advantage. no one wants to close bars and rest ran restaurants for a political advantage. 135,000 americans have died. and florida having more cases in the single day than the european union. other countries have crushed the curve, that the president has mismanaged the situation. so you have allies like senator kennedy trying to

she works at george washington university, and george mason university. and she put together a book to look at the advice that eleanor roosevelt gave. and it is something how relevant the questions are to our society today even though they were 50 years ago. her advice remains inspiring and practical at the same time, and i think it is something that we could all use right now is some advice that will help us get through our daily lives. so please help me welcome mary jo binker. >> thank you, i'm delighted to be here with you. it is a great treat for me to be here with you. i'm here to talk about my new book "if you ask me: essential advice from eleanor roosevelt." this is the top half of a page from a column in 1953. she wrote this column for 21 years from 1941 to her death in 1962. and she wrote it for two women's magazines. first the lady's home journal from 1941 until 1949 and then she moved over to mccalls and she was there until her death in 1962. so in the beginning, "if you ask me" was an idea before a column. the editors originally envisioned it

jonathan reiner, director of the cath lab at george washington university hospital and advised the team under george w. bush. round two, i guess, gentleman i wanted to ask you about tonight's briefing. sanjay, tonight the president, he put a lot of blame for the surge in cases which i was -- i found curious. i wanted to hear where he thought the problem was coming from. he did mention young people going to bars. that's one thing we know people have talked about. but he also blamed protesters and spent quite a bit of time blaming mexico. is there any data to back ythat up? >> no, i don't think there's any data specifically on mexico, you know. i heard him mention that as well. we actually looked up to see if there was any data on that, and i didn't find any. this is a simple sort of thing to understand in term of viral dynamics. when people are more closely clustered together, unmasked and they're spending duration of time together is over 10 to 15 minutes, that's when they're most likely to spread the virus. a couple of things can help reduce the likelihood of that transmission. wearing

jonathan reiner, the director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. gentlemen, good evening. every night i can hardly believe i'm reporting these numbers and reporting what the president is doing to either ignore them or to say something really whacky is the word about it. john, 150,000 dead americans. 50 times more americans than died on 9/11. and the president was in a hot spot today without a mask, no social distancing. why isn't this president doing everything in his power to stop this carnage? >> don, i think he's made a psychological turn away from the coronavirus and he cannot look back. he can't make himself do it. he would have to admit error. he would have to recalibrate. and that's not something i think his ego can handle. he was forced last week into recommending that people wear masks. that was positive when it happened, but he doesn't -- he's made plain he doesn't really mean it. and when you see him advancing these crackpot theories about hydroxychloroquine and advancing kookie doctors who say you don't need to wear masks, it

jason charter's linkedin says he studied computer science at george washington university.uition there by the way when the highest in the country, more than $55,000. another angry rich kid, so many of them. still, far more than five people are involved in the attacks on those statues in washington. hundreds more have attacked monuments and destroy public property around the country. to talk about the ongoing effort to bring these criminals to justice, we are joints made by michael sherwood. he's a u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. thank you so much for coming on. we just read a small number of the 128 who been charged so far. you know a lot about these people. what do they have in common? who are they? are they all antifa? are they people pulled in out of enthusiasm? what are we looking at? >> thanks for having me, tucker. i appreciate it. i want to start by saying the images you showed a very disturbing, the destruction, the arson, the destruction of federal monuments. look, that being said, there's a process. people can't unilaterally decide what is right and wh

. >>> joining us, cnn medical analyst and professor of medicine at george washington university. dr. reiner, at time when facts are sorry important, how concerned are you about this reporting that some white house officials don't trust dr. fauci? >> well, it's just a matter of time. dr. fauci has really been the only consistent member of the task force who has been willing to say things the president doesn't like. that is the truth. almost every other public face on the task force, views very closely to the administration's line. this is why tony fauci has been increasingly ostracized. look, what the public needs is the voice of physicians and scientists simply telling them what they need to know. not what the president wants them to know. not what the president would want in a fantasy world the public to know, or what the public absolutely has to know. that's what tony fauci has been doing. what this highlights is really the essential conflict of interest created by a white house that's actively running for re-election during a pandemic. the public needs to know the truth. tony

jonathan reiner is director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital and craig spencer is here, director of global health at new york presbyterian columbian university medical center. thank you so much. dr. reiner, let's start with you. over 3 million coronavirus cases, more than 132,000 deaths in this country. this president is pretending that this pandemic is over overruling his medical experts. dangerous. >> yeah, super dangerous. it's almost as if he's trying to sabotage the recovery. look, from the very beginning the president has made the wrong calculus. what he's tried to do is make believe the virus was going to go away. you know, we had 15 cases, it will soon go to zero when it gets warmer. the virus will go away. masks. he didn't see the need for it. he said last week testing is overrated. he urged -- despite the fact that the cdc developed really good guidelines for states opening he urged the states to open early, which is why we are where we are now. so all along the president has had the wrong instinct. his instinct to sort of try and get

he is the director of the program at george washington university hospital. good evening to you. before the break, i said i had breaking news. you have new reporting tonight about a positive coronavirus case at the white house? tell us what you know. >> white house staffers got an e-mail tonight telling them not to panic or have any kind of alarm. they want to tell the tafr who works in one of the cafeterias on the grounds tested positive for coronavirus. now this is not the one that is in the actual west wing. that's where staffers usually go. there are two restaurants. one inside the building next door to the white house. where the vice president office is. and the national security counsel staffers are and hundreds of others and another one in the new executive office building also here on the white house grounds. both have been closed after a staffer tested positive and the white house medical office said they conducted contact tracing and don't think anything in the west wing needs to self-quarantine. it shows you this is another thing where staffers who are coming back to w

susan glasser, and jonathan reiner, director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. good to see you. i haven't seen you in a while. welcome back to the program. doctor, good to see you. long time no see, meaning i saw you last night. so let's start with this.

. >> jon: i want to read to you part of the response from the george washington university professorhiff berman, he writes "if you create a true public forum and let's lots of people's protest, the government can't favor of some sort of speech over other sorts of speech. if this is not a public park, this is a government itself choosing to speak. the government painted the black lives matter painting on the streak and the is speaking and they're not required to allow a space for alternative viewpoints." i find that quite a view a little surprising because when is the government always right? >> especially since they allowed the group to paint "defund the police." we ask to go through the rows and we promise to go through the rules. we need a permit, we get the permit. if we need paint, will buy the paint and we do everything necessary and comply with them long to get the message there. the government obviously can have certain restrictions about how it is done, they initially said, well, i don't know if it'll work because it might interfere with traffic. you know, we can close the st

jonathan reiner, cnn medical analyst and professor of medicine at george washington university. dr.ays good to have you on. it's regrettable how much time we have to spend on this broadcast knocking down falsehoods coming from the white house on this infection but it keeps on happening. the president said the increase in our cases is all happening because it's so massive. this is false, we know this. because dr. giroir his own assistant hhhs secretary, one of the leaders on this, said we're also seeing a rise positivity rates. just for folks at home that means a greater number of people are testing positive as you test more which means the infection is spreading, and just for the shake, dr. reiner, of our viewers. here is arizona, a state hard hit by this. the their tests are up 175%, yes, increasing positive cases up 700%. just explain in the simplest terms why it's a lie to say that the number of cases in this country are rising only because we're testing more? >> sure. you know, early on in a pandemic when there is a lot of virus in the public and when you test people you find a

jonathan reiner the director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. thank you for joining us, doctor. in just four weeks the u.s. went from 2 million to 3 million coronavirus cases, but the president says that we're doing great. in what world is 133,000 dead americans a sign of a great job? >> in a fantasy world. in the president's fantasy world. in his sort of distorted reality that he's tried to create so that he can re-present a really horrible situation in order for him to attempt to get re-elected. in no part of the real world are we doing well. the virus is really out of control in the south and southwest. as has been mentioned all evening we're running out of hospital capacity in places like texas and arizona. it's really dire straits there. to hear the president's press secretary try and really distort the crisis in the hospitals by somehow trying to allege that the hospitalizations were elective procedures is really disturbing. when we report hospitalizations we're reporting covid hospitalizations. really, one of the only few states that doe

you know, director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. pleasure to have both of you here. john, if i can start with you. i mean, you sigh thee that we'v now top republicans, including vice president pence. they've all seen the light. and they're now talking about the wisdom of wearing a mask. this epiphany, now, that everyone seems to be having, except for the president of the united states. john, why do you think the president is not, at least, acknowledging the epiphany, let alone getting on board? >> laura, it's a bizarre situation. and all those republicans are talking to the president, as if he were a child. this is irrational by the president. it is self-defeating. it counters his objectives of getting the economy back in shape, resolving the public health crisis, and re-election. the only conclusion you can draw, since there's no more scientific debate. it's unanimous, even within his own government, his own aides. the only conclusion you can draw is that the president is psychologically incapacitated from doing this. he thinks, as

jonathan reiner, director of the cardiac cath lab at george washington university and advised the medical team under george w. bush at the white house and of course gloria borger. the president retreats, calls governor cooper of north carolina backward and behind and too bad for you. now cancelling that convention in jacksonville. but still pushing to reopen schools and saying i've got $100 billion but i'm only going to give it to you if you reopen. these are two completely seemly diametrically opposed messages. are they? >> yeah, they are, and they're also at odds with what the coronavirus task force has been saying. you know, when they talk about schools, i mean they've been very clear on this issue, the same guidance that they've been talking about with regard to florida. if you have a lot of viral spread in your community and the numbers are going up, going up in the community at least five days in a row. that is not the time to open schools. we do know as you mentioned, erin, we do know kids are less likely to get sick. but we say once you get to 10 years old, you're just as likely t

she spent many days here when she was working on the eleanor roosevelt papers for george washington university. which is a tremendous resource. she is now with george mason university down in virginia. she has put together a book that looks at the advice the eleanor roosevelt gave. i think it is amazing how relevant so many of the questions were, even though they are 50 years old. how relevant they are to our society today and the questions we are asking today. her advice remains inspiring and practical at the same time. i think it is something we could all use right now. some of vice that will help us get through our daily lives. please welcome mary jo binker. [applause] ms. binker: thank you. i am delighted to be here with you today. there is no place i enjoy being more than in hyde park and the hudson valley. it is a great treat for me to be here with you. i am here to talk about my new book. "if you ask me: essential advic e from eleanor roosevelt." here is the top half of the page from one of the columns. years.te for she wrote it for two women's magazines, first of all ladies' home journ

just to launch products that would in some cases destroy competitors a law professor at george washington university, it's great to have you here what kind of case do you see coming together against the big tech giants, if any, here? >> i think there is a strong chance that by the end of the calendar year and maybe as soon as september, we're going to see two or three major cases being run collectively by the department of justice, the federal trade commission or the state governments. one type of case will probably focus on how platforms are using their position as gatekeepers to determine how third parties compete against them another type of case will look to the extent of which, when presenting information, they present information in a way that favors their own products another part of the case will look at how they use acquisitions as a technique to stall the emergence of independent competitors, so there is a very good chance that by the end of this calendar year, or sooner, we'll see several big cases running against these companies. >> and some said there is no consumer harm you can demonst

." >> laura: he needed to be asked, do you support renaming george washington university?ill you prevent or speak out against the renaming of thomas jefferson high school? let's ask specific questions -- that wasn't done. these were very general, easy questions? >> they were all given a little amount of time that he had to prove today he was cognitively with it, that's a high hurdle for the vice president when most of the word to use at the his press conference today were um and uh. >> the uh...." the former mayor of new orleans said the difference between u uh... there are latina women, there are asian... where is the uh... the delaware state news? i mean, the dental delaware news channel, i say? >> this is a feeling of the bob dole campaign for he's like bob dole without the war record or mitt romney without the hair. it's a lackluster depth in the air. i don't see how this works. >> laura: i know how it works, sadly. despite all ofe this, the left were all over the media today hailing the presser. watch. >> strong words from joe biden. >> this was a bristling critique o