what do we know about james biden? zero experience -- by the way my story gave the stock a pop. they should be happy it is up. up .07% today after the fox business report on these connections. what do we know about james biden? started a hedge fund a couple years ago. got some headlines -- in liquidation right now, got some headlines that there was allegations a former partner was screwed out of the deal. also his hedge fund was sold through alan stanford, more allegations. that hedge fund is gone. what he's done after that no one can tell until he showed up at hill. hill got this deal. there's multiple layers of the story that's on foxbusiness.com. i talked to the man who runs hill international. he had one of the more interesting quotes of this. can we put it on the screen? where is that quote? >> ask and maybe you will receive. doesn't look good. >> it doesn't look good. there we go. that's david richter -- but anyway you get the point. the company is essentially conceding that these political ties open doors. there

james biden is the younger brother of joe biden. known as a businessman.paper trail. he tried to start a hedge fund. in 2010 coming he landed at a construction company. not long after that, they got their hands on a fairly big deal worth $1.5 billion. the company is at least telling analysts they will cash in on that very soon. possibly before the end of the year. what was interesting is that the ties to the obama administration into the iraq a government help secure this deal. what is really interesting about this is that james biden, again, no construction development. they will build affordable housing in iraq. maybe as much as 500,000 if this goes through. no discernible experience in that field. if this goes through, he stands to make a lot of money. he is part of a partnership that brought that. $1.5 billion comes true, half of that goes to help, half of it goes to that partnership. he is part of that partnership. he and his colleagues, minus expenses, walk away with a lot of money. this deal is not a done deal yet. they say it isn't close to being d

james biden, nobody knows what great construction experience he has.0 homes in iraq. what people are saying right now if they get the financing and they expect to get the financing they are going to break ground on this thing in the next couple months possibly before the end of the year. that means a huge pay day for joe biden's brother, a guy, james biden doesn't have a lot of experience in this field. he and his partners will split up something like $700 million minus expenses. question is, did he use his political influence to get this. hill international had talked to people in state department about this. this is an iraqi contracted. so there is a lot, whether you connect the dots. it does look like there is crony capitalism. we have a full story on foxnews.com. >> gretchen: ceo says, his name helped him get in the door but doesn't help him get business. >> he also told me that if his name was obama he would open more doors. [ laughter ] >> i wear swair to god, he said it. >> gretchen: good to talk to you. parents, do you worry about your kid ever

biden fashion. this is malarkey, a batch of staff. >> when they turn this around a little bit, james. we are talking about biden, whether we've remember his substance or laugh. which you remember about ryan during this whole thing? >> the effort to be human and real. what i expected from ryan, what the biden people did is that ryan would drop numbers to be the guy with the powerpoint to did not the powerpoint. be really wonky, kind of the guy in the numbers in the weeds. and instead, ryan tried so hard that at times it was awkward to be the guy who has the friend and that the person that knows the person, when in the clip is that it's not getting social security. he talked about his friend in janesville. biden seemed ready to go after him on the numbers. so is a role reversal. biden spent a lot of numbers and statistics and ryan spent a lot of time talking about people. >> biden spoken the camera into the american people and seemed most comfortable doing that. i thought ryan seemed a little stiff in the beginning and loosened up as the debate went on. you could tell a little bit him is

president biden routinely fires up crowds with empassioned speeches but lately his words have been getting away from him. but no one seems to be calling him on it. chief washington correspondent jamessarasota, florida, vice president biden did not commit a gaffe. the absence punctured a week and long season of campaigning in which the scrappy democratic ticket mate repeatedly stuck his foot some place other than the floor. last friday's wild inflation of the g.o.p. tax plan. >> $500 trillion tax cut to 120,000 families. >> followed by monday's use of a dollar figure never before heard in annals of economics. >> additional $1-point-trillion dollars in tax cuts. >> in between those came identity crisis involving the virginia senate candidate tim kaine. >> i am a big tom kaine fan. a big tom kaine fan. >> biden boyd has been the beneficiary of a great personality. when he commits a gaffe, often times it's just dismissed as well, it's just joe. whereas a lot of republican candidates don't get that flak. >> serious bidenologists know all biden gaffes are not equal. they distinguish between the epic hot mic moment. and those instances where it remains unclear whether he misspoke at all.

george in pennsylvania says, "ask yourself, how important has joe biden been for the last four years? next question." and james expects much from joe biden. he's like that crazy uncle you see at the family reunion. he's a nice guy, but everyone takes what he says with a grain of salt." and pat in michigan says, "critical for obama. biden might make a few stupid statements now and again, but he is a savvy politician and let up ryan like a cheese sandwich." rich in texas writes, "unfortunately, it means very little. i have never seen the choice of vice president decide an election. the vp is like a spare tire, it rides around in the trunk of your car for years as extra weight, wasting gasoline on the offchance that one day you might need it." and ed in maryland writes, "in a race to determine if the country is going to be led by coke or pepsi, the vice presidential debate will help determine bottles or cans." if you want to read more on the subject, go to the blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile or through our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. wolf? >> you know, the pressure is really on, i think, especially t

. >> last night, joe biden said the white house had no intelligence, we didn't know 24 hours, or five days after-- >>> that's not true. we know that jamesrom the dni had told the state department, he told the white house what was going on, it was a terror attack. joe biden conveniently last night said, we had no idea. also, he said the state department never asked for security leading up to the terror attack. we have had the state department tell everybody, the world, in congressional hearing, guess what? we did tell the white house. >> have you seen the pictures of the attack? >> i understand your board here, but have you seen the pictures? have you seen the pictures? [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: what about the pictures? >> it wasn't just like a car bombing. they infiltrated the entire compound ---- >>> stop. >> the white house said and stuck with the story. this was spontain nowsious. spontaneous, you have a rocket-propelled grenade and a mortar in your back pocket. >> no, it was clearly planned. that to me, was the worst thing that the president could have done. at the u.n. said-- said, this was youtube-- >>> the president knew wi

of the post debate analysis, vice president biden mannerisms, histrionics, perhaps overshadowed anything either man said. chief washington correspondent jameswhat happened and the reaction. >> that's a bunch of m malarkey. >> they'd be better off if we didn't interrupt each other. >> this is a bunch of stuff. >> what stuff? >> it's irish. >> there was a few shot of irish and healthy sample of vintage biden. to virtually every thrust made by the republican nominee paul ryan the hyper animated vice president responded by grinning and smiling, many called it smirking. by rolling his eyes to the heavens. >> i think that undid the advantage in rhetoric that he had in carrying the debate. it was so disrespectful. >> biden made a lot of strong points tonight. i don't know if we're -- did women find him likable or not? >> my sense about it was it was so compelling that people probably couldn't take their eyes off of it. unattracttive and rude. >> i don't think he should be laughing in a discussion about thurmo nuclear war with iran. however amuse you are it's tone as well as cop tent. >> slashes of the lawyerly wileyness that marked the chairman as

biden. >> i think joe just has to be joe. >> we're delighted to welcome dr. jamesson, a contributor to the griow.com and in kentucky, site of the debate itself, tamron hall, host of "news nation." we're just hours away from the debate. you just heard the president there, should joe just be joe? because sometimes that works, and other times there are unintended consequences. >> well, you know what, martin? both of us love music and i know you are a hip-hop artist in your own mind. the bottom line is eminem says i am whatever you say i am. joe biden should always be joe biden. no one can ever beat you at your own game. my mother, a southern mama, used to tell me all the time it's only when you try to be someone else that you fail. and that is the accusation against governor romney. that is perhaps why friends of mine who are conservatives don't totally buy into mitt romney. you may make mistakes being yourself, but that you a then tisity that is needed, that is palpable, that can be felt through a television screen, it has to come from you being you. so i marvel at t

biden's facial expression. >> steve: saturday night live. >> brian: gretch gretchh -- gretchen has a personal reaction. >> steve: mr. jamesreal winner in the debate is joe biden's dent mr. #2: . he does have a beautiful set of choppers and we saw them a lot in inappropriate times and saw them a lot when paul ryan talked about the four americans murdered in libya and we saw the greatt big grin and laughs, inappropriate. >> gretchen: that specifically yes. and if you are thinking in the of the advisors, look people know you as a charming guy and nice guy and get along with everybody . show how nice you are and smile. that was overdone maybe and then it went in the condescension mode and very inappropriate at times as well. >> brian: i have a friend when somebody falls and hurt themselves can't stop laugh every time someone falls she break in laughter. in one way when joe biden wants to show excitement and intensity. he can't help but smile. look at the left side of the screen. >> steve: rnc had a video put together . runs a minute long and shows all of the inappropriate laughs during moments of comber conversation by paul r

biden. governor romney and running mate paul ryan will campaign in nevada and colorado. >>> england's prince charles and the duchess of cornwall will attend the london world premiere of the new james bond film "skyfall." this month marks the 50th anniversary of the 007 franchise. >>> and actor ryan reynolds turns 36 today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan weigh in on last night's presidential debate. and tony bennett is live in studio to perform a duet from his new cd alongside a surprise guest. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

biden put everything on the table. he expressed things he should not have expressed. >> thank you for the call. -- james is joining us on our independent line from south dakota. go ahead. are you with us? caller: i was calling about on- line commentaries on youtube that went along with the bait. he heavily criticized the intervention in afghanistan. >> thank you for the call. you can view a debate. watch and engage. it is part of our campaign coverage. we are joined from georgia. republican line. go ahead. caller: i would like to compliment congressman ryan. he has a fresh new mind. america needs that. we do not need to focus on roe vs. wade and this crap. we need to focus on getting our society back together and being the united states of america. people fear to mess with us. it seems to me we are getting weaker and weaker. our military. i am for the republicans and i am for mr. romney. that is what i have to say. >> they give for the call. two 19th century presidents graduated from the college in kentucky. this is the second time the college has hosted a vice presidential debate. the first was in 2000. back again for

biden, that he needs to make up for president obama's performance. caller: i don't agree. he needs to put their policies against romney and ryan. host: let's hear from james in missouri, an independent. everybody wants your vote. what do you think? caller: vice-president biden need to bring a calculator to the debate so that paul ryan can show us his budget. host: you think that will be one of those moments? caller: that's what needs to do. if they give enough time where he could show his budget instead of dodging the question all the time. host: you sound like you are voting for president obama. caller: yes. host: erick is a democrat in georgia. caller: every time ryan gets up there and they tried to lie, just like romney told lies the whole time he was up there. president obama needs to grill romney on a 47% comment and ask him about his opinion on abortion. and about the budget. them to what they said. every time they tell a lie, call them a lawyer. host: you sound passionate. does this debate tonight matter to you? we lost him. let's go to barbara, a republican in georgia. caller: hello. host: what do you think about tonight's debate and have a vice-p

. >> james, i want to go back to my friends, my friend, my friend i would like to return to -- i think that when -- of course joe bidene to saying my friend quite a bit because he is a former u.s. senator and that's one of the conventions of being a u.s. senator. but i think that he used that phrase more often last night than he does in the course of i even a normal joe biden conversation because party of his strategy last night was to be consendingly dismissive of ryan and i thought that kunds sense was very much intentional, part was sincere and heartfelt but i think that he in a theatrical way amped it up to make this newbie look like he was a newbie. >> i think that what he was doing was trying to make political points which had not been made by the president in the previous debate. i don't think that he was being condescending to him so much as being on the point over and over again. he was going to do what he felt and i think everybody who watched that first debate felt, the president had failed to do. that's what he was doing. you may feel it was condescending that may reflect your opinion of biden or eat lex o

james kieffer. and as joe mentioned, the vp debate night. joe biden and paul ryan set to square off in kentucky. >> we think he's probably going to come at me like a can november ball. but the achilles' heel he has is president obama's record. >> i just want to make sure that when i say these things that i don't have the congress saying, no, no, i don't have that position or that's not the governor's position. >> among our guests this morning, reince priebus. also former senator ted kaufman. he once served as biden's chief of staff. and he's been prepping the vice president for tonight's debate. and there is new poll data out this morning. mitt romney now leads president obama by 48% to 47% in virginia. and in florida, obama leads 48% to 47% among likely voters. and in ohio, romney trimmed two percentage points off of obama's pre-debate lead. the president holds a 51-45% edge among likely vote everies there. john harwood will be joining us live from kentucky with more in just a few minutes. but first andrew has this morning's top business stories. >>>

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biden's showdown against sarah palin four years ago drew close to 70 million viewers. shannon? >> our thanks to james ro rosenr that piece. president obama and mitt romney are deep in the throes of prep for their debate. so what strategies will the two candidates use to try to score points. former south carolina governor mark sanford joins us live to break it down. governor, thank you for joining us today. governor. can you hear us? sounds like we're having a bit of technical trouble. can we hear the governor? okay. we will get back to governor sanford shortly to talk about campaign strategy, debate strategy as the two get ready, the two candidates, for tuesday matchups. we'll be back to him as soon as we can iron the trouble. >>> former alaska governor and vice-presidential nominee sarah palin who was in that hot seat four years ago is going to join us live. so if you want to know important things like what bristol's next dance is going to be on dancing with the stars, well, you can ask the governor yourself. she's answering your questions. tell us what would you like to ask sarah palin. tweet us yo

but james clapper put out a statement which said, our initial assessment which we told the executive branch was, was a spontaneous protest. i think biden cover there. he said we didn't know there was a security issue there and there were requests. i may be that biden didn't know, i mean that is i suppose possible, but there is no question about the fact that the state department knew, that they were repeatedly requested by the security people on the ground that there be more security and help in libya and that they rejected it so much so that in that congressional hearing on tuesday the regional director of security said i was so frustrated i felt my biggest problem was the state department and i felt like the taliban was inside the building, inside the state department. so the state department knew, whether joe biden knew or not that its on him. bill: tuesday night is a combination of destic and for earn policy. this will come up again and the president will have to respond to it. we'll see how governor romney goes off it. i look forward to seeing you on sunday. but today, chris, happy birthday. >> thank you for that. if i could have

james layer would be. my thanks to all of you. we'll be right back here with one week from tomorrow for the vice-presidential debate. joe bidenpaul ryan. thanks for being us with tonight. good night from denver.

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