yesterday vice president joe biden announced that president obama wanted to invest $53 billion in high speed rail. this taking place over the next six years. investment biden says is not only good for infrastructure but the economy as well. >> the fact is public infrastructure investment raises private sector productivity and creates jobs. >> reporter: remember this is just a proposal. president obama must convince the republican-led house of representatives to go along with this. there are many californians who wonder why the state needs high rail. it's expensive. that's assuming the cost doesn't increase which some analysts and critics believe will. then there is a question of who is going to use high speed rail. when you can fly between the bay area and los angeles at speeds faster than a train, at a relatively inexpensive cost. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:16 now. first lady michelle obama says her husband has kicked his smoking habit. she told reporters the president has not had a cigarette in about a year. the first lady did not go into details how he did

joe biden who is there. he is a very open person and everybody knows. he is often accused of talking too much and is being gazprom because he talks too much but that is the man, that is the way he is. one of the things that is not known is that beyond those servers impressions of him, he is extremely intelligent man, extremely well read, and a very good politician. i think the ridicule that he has faced over his career has been very unfortunate because it doesn't really reflect the substance of the man. >> did he provide you access to do the book? did you actually have access to mr. biden directly to do the book? >> i had a three and a half hour interview with him but i also had great access to other members of his family. i interviewed 120 people here in washington and the

senate to the white house, joe biden, jr. has forced a uniquely american story and it is far from over. now that he has moved to the other end of pennsylvania avenue, i am happy to say that our relationship is still strong as evidenced by our work on the bipartisan tax bill that preserve lower income-tax rates for everyone who pays taxes. it was partly because of that worked in new york times recently referred to the vice uber-liaison an ove with the senate. i still call him joe. i am proud to introduce to you, my friend, the distinguished vice-president of the united states joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here today. thank you for that introduction. i was told, i do not know if it is true, but this is one of the larger gatherings at the center here. i do not know if that is true, but i know that, if it is true, the reason why. you want to know whether or not a republican and a democrat really like one another. [laughter] i am here to tell you that we do. this is a beautiful, beautiful cente

yesterday, vice president joe biden announced that president obama wants to invest $53 billion in high speed rail in the country over the next six years. an invest. that biden said is good for the infrastructure and the economy. >> the fact is public infrastructure investment raises private sector productivity and creates jobs. >> reporter: keep in mind this is not a done deal. it's just a proposal. the president still must convince the republican-led house to go along with this and that could be very difficult considering there are calls for cuts of all of the budget across the board. at least in discretionary spending. there are many californians who wonder why the state needs high speed rail. it's expensive at $43 billion as mentioned and that's assuming the cost doesn't increase which some analysts and critics believe will. and then there is a question of who is going to use high speed rail when you can fly between the bay area and los angeles at speeds obviously much faster than a train, at a relatively cheap cost. reporting live, bob redell, today in the "bay area living." >> 5:0

vice president joe biden calling the vice president of this country, talking about a concrete timetable, and we saw the line of protesters waiting to get into that square, the crucial question tonight, how long will they keep going? they told me, until mubarak steps down. it was once considered inevitable. president mubarak's son was his heir apparent, but today in a move sealing his ambitions for now, he resigned from his post with the ruling party here. an official with the obama administration called it a positive step, but there were also signs that mubarak's party planness to keep him in also for as long as possible. the president has said he'll stay until elections in september, and they think mubarak should stay, too, at least for now. wisner said he was speaking for himself when he said president mubarak remains utterly critical in the days ahead. the president must stay in office to see those changes through. the thousands of protesters still going rejected that today. why not wait until september? >> we don't trust mubarak anymore. >> military check points creating a stronger

in a tell phone call vice president joe biden told the egyptian officer that attacks on journalists and demonstrators should cease. it followed a day which saw the biggest anti-government demonstration so far. the protests were boostered by the appearance of young activists. jeremy boone reports from cairo. >> al-ganine emerged from 12 days retention to find himself a hero. a local tv station has been replaying this interview. he said he wasn't a hero and he broke down when they told the stories of people who have been killed protesting. "i want to say sorry to every mother and father who lost their son but it wasn't our fault. it's the fault of all of those holding on to power, who won't let it go. they didn't need to add the sad music. message electrified his new followers. the protest in that rye square was the biggest yet. a lot were talking about his new interview. >> it was very powerful. >> the speech was the highlight of the day. we had enough, he told them. it didn't really matter what he said. he's become the first national symbol of their revolution, a very modern revolutiona

[laughter] >> and they got a sense of why it's almost impossible not to like joe biden. but anybody who's ever studied the career of joe biden or sat across a negotiating table from him knows that there's a lot more to america's 47th vice president than a winning personality. you don't win a senate seat against a popular incumbent at the age of 29 and hold it for 36 years with charm. it takes vision, determination, perseverance, and a healthy dose of confidence. it takes an extraordinary effort and joe biden has always given it his all. he set the tone early. as a 28-year-old member of the new castle county council, joe showed he wasn't afraid of a little hard work. in addition to his new political responsibilities, he had to juggle his work at the law firm he had just founded and raise a young family. and i have no doubt that he was the only councilman in new county who earned a little extra income as a lifeguard. [laughter] >> he also showed he wasn't afraid of a challenge. when no one would do it joe threw his hat in the senate in 1972. it was a biden family affair. h

kristine o'donnell was actually a witch, and joe biden was getting in trouble for his mouth. well, i guess not everything has changed. it is amazing how life brings you to places you never thought he would be from alabama to princeton to oxford a harvard law school, all that end up in congress because there are no other jobs, right? that is why most of us ran. and so we made it and so it is exciting to be sworn in on january 3rd. my parents came in. all of my family came in from alabama. i was overwhelmed by the thought of being sworn in in front of some mini family members. it was on january 3rd. two weeks later we celebrated martin luther king jr. day or as when beck calls it, monday. now, dr. king's legacy has always held a very special place in my heart. i know that folks marched, many in this audience, many in this audience so that i could be the first african-american woman to serve in congress and the state of alabama. i know that i am living proof that dr. king famous dream speech is now a reality. i can only think of ending this torture by paraphrasing dr. king's mos

senate to the white house, joe biden, jr. has forced a uniquely american story and it is far from over. now that he has moved to the other end of pennsylvania avenue, i am happy to say that our relationship is still strong as evidenced by our work on the bipartisan tax bill that preserve lower income-tax rates for everyone who pays taxes. it was partly because of that worked in new york times recently referred to the vice uber-liaison an ove with the senate. i still call him joe. i am proud to introduce to you, my friend, the distinguished vice-president of the united states joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here today. thank you for thatntroduction. i was told, i do not know if it is true, but this is one of the larger gatherings at the center here. i do not know if that is true, but i know that, if it is true, the reason why. you want to know whether or not a republican and a democrat really like one another. [laughter] i am here to tell you that we do. is is a beautiful, beautiful center. a

. >>> joe biden was promoting high-speed rail is today. lashed your congress failed to pass on the transportation plan including funds for high-speed rail and today a vice president but it announced a long-term goal of spending $53 billion for high-speed rail and they hoped to have a bill on the president's desk by august. >>> a google executive spoke to demonstrators in cairo today. he took the microphone and energize the crowd and told those on hand not to give out. robert gates said the transition of power needs to move forward and the egyptian vice president says that the government is trying to engineer a gradual change but that does not satisfy protesters. >>> an issue to -- with the quarry sparked debate today. especially since the quarry is accused of containing mercury and other pollutants. >>> how did steps taken by the mayor could improve safety elsewhere. >>> facebook could move locations and find about the potential impacts on job. >>> the winds are finally going down and san rafael is at 54 degrees at this hour. >> a massive

vice-president joe biden and the white house spokesman mentioned iran. robert gibbs said the government was scared of the will of experience. the language publicly from the obama administration has been carefully guarded on the idea of some spread across the middle east. the u.s. has still had very important allies across the middle east. the obama administration is keen to stress it is following the will of the egyptian people. they are deciding what happens and not powers in washington. >> they always talk about what countries want. they will have a long-term interest in developing the partnership. they had an allied-president mubarak. -- they had an ally in president mubarak. >> the alliance with egypt is key for people in washington. he did allude to the peace agreement between israel and the u.s. he hopes they will keep to that agreement. the importance of the statement tonight is clear. the words of our administration have been carefully chosen. >> thanks for joining us. cairo is regarded as the capital of capital is and has become under the gaze o

vice-president joe biden talk about the plan being good for the u.s. economy and will not be a burden. >> 3 all agreed we need to cut spending to get the deficit under control but as president barack obama made clear, when it comes to jobs there are three key places where we cannot compromise. we cannot compromise on education, innovation or infrastructure. >> the high-speed rail plan would be paid for over the next six years with a tab of about $8 million each year. congress will have to approve the plan first. looking at traffic on the golden gate bridge no problems coming into the city of san francisco. the right set of your screen traffic into and more and not bad problems either. we'll be back. >> here's what's happening around california, adnan has been killed by a rooster during a cockfight. authorities say the restart had a knife attached to its head during the cockfighting match. when officers broke up the fight people scramble. this say the man's leg was sliced by the knife. in los angeles authorities have confiscated more than $2 million in

kristine o'donnell was actually a witch, and joe biden was getting in trouble for his mouth. well, i guess not everything has changed. it is amazing how life brings you to places you never thought he would be from alabama to princeton to oxford a harvard law school, all that end up in congress because there are no other jobs, right? that is why most of us ran. and so we made it and so it is exciting to be sworn in on january 3rd. my parents came in. all of my family came in from alabama. i was overwhelmed by the thought of being sworn in in front of some mini family members. it was on january 3rd. two weeks later we celebrated martin luther king jr. day or as when beck calls it, monday. now, dr. king's legacy has always held a very special place in my heart. i know that folks marched, many in this audience, many in this audience so that i could be the first african-american woman to serve in congress and the state of alabama. i know that i am living proof that dr. king famous dream speech is now a reality. i can only think of ending this torture by paraphrasing dr. king's mos

. >>> vice president joe biden has announced a $53 billion investment in high-speed rail projects. it's part of an effort to create jobs by spending on infrastructure projects. he made the announcement this morning in philadelphia. the funding will be part of the budget president obama will present to congress soon. he says the plan would dedicate $53 billion to continue building a national high-speed rail network. there is no word yet on how much of the federal dollars might end up helping to fund california's high-speed rail project. >>> tonight the oakland city council will continues its debate on whether to move forward on a controversial policy on pot farms. however one key player will not be part of the discussion. city attorney john russo is fed up with the councils determination to license large- scale pot farms. russo sent the council a letter saying he will no longer represent them in this case siting ethical rules. >>> it is a blustery day for some bay area residents especially for people in the hills. the chp issued advisories for bay area bridges earlier today. you can

joe biden was there. he is a very open person, as everybody knows. he is often accused of talking too much. .. i had a three and a half-hour interview with him but i also had great access to other members of his family. interviewed 120 people here in washington in the senate and the state of delaware and also in syracuse we went to law school and scranton where he was born when he was a young boy. one of the amazing thing about it was it was heart -- wasn't hard to find anybody to say anything negative about joe biden because he is an outgoing and personable guy and as i have found out extremely on this. when he had the one episode in his career where he was accused of plagiarism and 1988, presidential campaign, it was deep -- he was deeply wounded by that because it went to his sense of integrity. he is a person who often says when he makes a speech or talking to a group, he uses the expression, i give you my word as a biden and that is very important to him. one episode in 1988 -- 87 actually it was when he was accused of plagiarism, that cut into

we know that vice-president joe biden spoke to egyptian leaders had made it clear they want to see progress. he talked about looking -- he talked about lifting the state of emergency. president mubarak said that would only be done with the situation is stable, which suggests it could be a long time to come. but we can imagine the behind- the-scenes conversations, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has been speaking to the chief of staff here almost on a daily basis. >> i think the most important thing behind-the-scenes has been the military to military contact. the united states has seen the egyptian military is absolutely key and we see statements -- >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expe

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second, he had to have chosen as his running mate a gas prone senator, joe biden, who has never oncee word literally literally. [laughter] but then senator obama girded his loins and kicked joe biden to be everlasting delight of the white house press corps. that created a vacancy for the delaware senate popular republican congressman mike castle, seeing such issue in for the republican nomination, vice presidential son and state attorney general api cited not sure run the bin cantelon christine. so we know the story, new castle county executive coons is now senator coons. ladies and gentlemen, he's not a witch. [laughter] but he may be warlock. please welcome the angry birds champion of the senate, chris coons. [applause] >> thank you, jake. i a understand this is the biggest washington press club foundation dinner ever. the biggest dinner with the shortest speaker. i take this is in the first time that jake has been the second choice to fill a job first offered to chris. [laughter] no good deed goes unpunished. you are doing a great job filling in. [laughter] i would like to start t

joe biden called his egyptian counterpart yesterday, urging a resolution that's prompt, meaningful and legitimate. >> what we need to see now is continued progress by the egyptian government to make these important, real changes, to demonstrate progress for the people. >> reporter: the administration insists, however, it won't determine who leads egypt and when they lead. there are warnings from egypt this morning that police are releasing inmates from jail, potentially to intimidate some of the protesters who continue to gather. the protesters say they will not leave until their president does. vinita and rob? >> an interesting development, to say the least. emily schmidt, thank you. >>> let's got reaction from cairo. aaron katersky is there. you're out on the streets. what's going on? >> reporter: right now, vinita, there's a protest that's moved beyond tahrir square. and they've taken to parliament, bringing their grievances to the gates of power. no longer is the crowd satisfied with president mubarak to step down. they want the government to go, as well. the protests starting much

just one little point of personal privilege on joe biden without did take a hit for not being able to say dictator. but in the united states poll tings, i mean it's always been, if someone is on our side he is a strong man. if he is on the other side he is a dick state-- dictator. that has sort of been the nomenclature throughout. all the guys who were such stalwart anti-communists, the marcoes of the world, they were dictators when they fell. >> strongman is a bad word too. but this -- >> i'm not arguing with policy, i'm just -- >> i'm not blaming biden. they told him what to say. but you know, we had a policy. i think when president obama wanted to reach out to other countries, the natural thing was to reach out to other governments. and maybe not pay as much attention to other people. and i hope one of the lessons the obama administration draws from this is that you really do have to pay attention not only to the conversation you are having with the government, but to how that government is treating its own people. and that has to be a big, big part of your factor when you are thin

taking over for gibbs will be jay carney, who is vice president joe biden's press secretary. >>> the obama administration will issue reform proposals for the troubled mortgage giants freddie mac and fannie mae. between them the two government-sponsored companies hold more than half of all u.s. home mortgages. anthony mason reports. >> reporter: they were created to help the mortgage market, but fannie mae and freddie mac have become the mortgage market. backing $5 trillion worth of home loans. >> what happens with fannie mae and freddie mac could potentially change the face of american housing. >> reporter: set up by congress as private companies, to expand home ownership, fannie and freddie buy up mortgages from lenders, so those banks have money to lend again. but they're now holding hundreds of billions of dollars in bad loans. and the government, which always unofficially backs fannie and freddie, is stuck with them. the white house will present a range of reform models that will include leaving fannie and freddie alone, creating a new entity that would only backstop the mortgage

. >> reporter: and today, vice president joe biden had a conversation with his new egyptian counterpart. it's not the first time these two leaders have spoken, but this time vice president biden had a ramped-up sense of urgency, suggesting that there needs to be a clear agenda and timeline for the transition. russ. >> mitchell: whit johnson at the white house, thanks. for more perspective on today's developments in egypt, we are joined by a former undersecretary of state, nicholas burns, who has served extensively in the middle east. nick, good evening. thanks for joining us. >> good evening. >> mitchell: when you hear some of the words the administration used today, words like "gradual," and "taking time," does it say to you the administration is somewhat softening its tone in its drive to get mubarak out. >> russ, i think the administration is dealing with the extraordinary complexity of this drama we're witnessing. one of the most important moments in the history of the middle east, millions of arabs standing up for freedom and a different way of life. so the administration is trying

oval office he was joined by a whole host of members of his administration including vice president joe biden secretary of state hillary clinton we also saw defense secretary robert gates among others and also a few of the critical lawmakers that have helped push this treaty through some of the her. that have faced in the u.s. senate namely senator. dick lugar and of course john kerry now this is an incredible development because it pushes this treaty one more step towards final ratification now the next process is for secretary of state hillary clinton to meet with her russian counterpart foreign minister sergey lavrov at the munich security council conference was supposed to come up this weekend in munich of course where they're going to exchange the so-called instruments of ratification these are the actual signed documents which will fully put this treaty into force so it's a very exciting developments that we've been reporting on for quite some time and have waited for a long while for for it's actually can through the have been some pretty major stumbling blocks have there between mosco

vice president joe biden have spoken with the egyptian vice president almost sort of this too has been greeted with anger on the streets of cairo people here who are you to rating that call that it is their country and their decision in terms of what unfolds here my colleague your image in london took a look at how the international community and particularly the united states has been to. people here meddling in local domestic affairs. president obama started a my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful it must be peaceful and it must begin now and then faithfully one after the other one the other governments followed suit bind them and caught the show these democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now for greater freedom and democracy in egypt and it seems the theme was contagious as the call for a new egypt spreads uncontrolled across the western mass media there were two hundred and fifty thousand people in the streets of cairo protesting for democracy this is how democracy happens but what right do u.s. and european leaders have to get involved in what's

joe biden called his egyptian counterpart yesterday urging a transition that prompt, peaceful, meaningfule. >> what we need to see now is continued progress by the egyptian government to make these important real changes to demonstrate progress for the people. >> the administration insists, however, it won't determine who leads egypt and when they leave. >> there are reports this morning that police are releasing prisoners from jail so they can intimidate the protestors who continue to gather. protestors say they will not leave until their president does. emily schmidt, abc news, washington. >> cal sports fans usually want the ax, not the budget ax. u.c. berkeley officials are set to announce tomorrow whether their baseball team and four other sports programs will be saved. school officials decided to cut the men's baseball, rugby, men and women's gymnastics and lacrosse teams after this school year. it would save an estimated $4 million per year. fund-raising campaigns raised about $15 million so far. a new report says cutting those women's sports programs would throw cal's athletic depa

vice president joe biden have been talking to the gyptian vice president most of them and they have been talking about possible scenarios they have been talking about the need for an urgent end to the crisis these kind of dialogues when they filter down to the egyptian public create a lot of anger and discontent in the street the mood here very much is that the united states and other international players need to stop meddling in internal affairs and allow injections to decide their future and their fate for themselves my colleague image in london took a look at the role of the meddling the interference that the international community has particularly with its high stakes here in egypt president obama starts today my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful and it must begin now and then faithfully one after the other one the other governments followed suit that these democratic change has to start now. needs to happen now to greater freedom and democracy in egypt and it seems the theme was contagious as the cool for a new egypt spreads uncontrolled acr

vice president joe biden have been talking to the egyptian vice president and most of them and they have been talking about possible scenarios they have been talking about the need for an urgent end to the crisis these kind of dynamics when they filter down to the egyptian public create a lot of anger and discontent in the streets the mood here very much is that the united states and other international players need to stop meddling in internal affairs and allow egypt's ones to decide the future and their fate for themselves. or a paul thanks very much indeed for the sub date from rome and stay safe there paulus leader reporting live from cairo. to other stories now the u.s. congress is trying to renew the patriot act which allows law enforcement agencies to search telephone and e-mail records lawmakers insist the aim is to defend the public from the threat of terror but many say the cost to civil liberties is just too high artist reports. major provisions of the patriot act about to expire are due to be extended by lawmakers brought in by the bush admin to. gratian as an emergency anti

, joe biden, that's terrible. [laughter] >> or coburn is helping us tom, coburn, get over that. get over that. this system can't work with that kind of hostility and it's disgusting. and so i see progress on so many fronts, on a person-to-person basis. here's one for you. do not throw your dinner role. bill clinton is very helpful to us in this process. very helpful. put it in your notebook. >> very good. >> solvent americans owe you guys a great debt of thanks for your hard, unpopular work so thank you very much. [applause] >> i've read your plan pretty carefully and i've read mr. ryan's plan and i understand why they're back-loaded because everybody is scared to death of this thin little recovery we have and frankly there are some of us that kind of think it's more smoke and mirrors this anything. my area of expertise is housing finance. and the census said that 11% of american homes were vacant and this sort of matches up with a shadow inventory of r.e.o. that's owned by banks of 7 million houses. we have 8 mil

i said joe biden called. thanks, joe. erskine bowles is the co-chair of the first call i received was from bob and elizabeth dole defeated -- elisabeth defeated erskine bowles in north carolina i was bob's assistant for 10 years. this is the finest person we have ever known. that is good enough for me. it took us three months to establish that centrust in our commission. -- that same trust and our commission. trust is the coin of the roman politics. it is very tarnished now in washington. once we decided to go off the cliff, finally we said maybe two of us will sign this. [laughter] that kind of irritated the rest of them. then we have 14 reasons for doing this. he has eight grandchildren and i have sex. it is that simple. -- i have six. >> i 0 is feel like we are "the sonny and cher show. you can guess which one i am. i was one of the world's worst. i walked into a meeting with of elizabeth dole and the press was asking for her autograph and that was not a good sign. [laughter] i have always believed that to get somethin

. >> carney recently served as joe biden's spokesperson. he left the white house to make money working as a commentator. >>> and looking at the 2010 world series trophy. it is on display in redwood city. fans had minutes to get their pictures taken. it was moved to south san francisco, and will head to daly city on friday. >>> all right, when we come back, looking at marin county, when it comes to plans forbidding for the building of a death row complex. >>> and why senator feinstein talks about websites. >>> and what it means for the family of the girl he hit and killed in a drunk driving accident . >>> california senator diane feinstein criticize u.s. intelligence officials for not monitoring the social networking sites during the events in egypt. at a capitol hill hearing, today feinstein said there was more information from the on- line sources than the intelligence community. >> i am not a big computer person but i looked at facebook. and i am not a member of facebook. and you could get right in and you could see everything about it. >

gibb's replacement is jay carney the current communication director for vice president joe biden. >>> there is a push in san francisco now to require someone familiar to be san francisco's next police chief. the residents and police officers voice their concerns at a public hearing last night. they don't want to see an outsider get that job. instead, they are lobbying for someone from within the police department who is going to stick around. >> odds are things will get resolved better. promoting from within the department would help moral because it gives us a sense of what they know what we have been through. >> police officers also said the department needs consistency right now. former chief george gascon has been brought in from mesa, arizona. he lasted only 18 months before becoming district attorney. there are two more meetings before it goes to ed lee in march. >>> right now it's 6:18. sal is starting in contra costa county. what is going on? >> we are looking at highway 24 that is getting busier on 24 westbound as you drive up to the tunnel. there are no major problems but yo

[laughter] but joe biden would have something to say about everything.laugh. >> you know, they say in washington if you want to have a friend, buy a dog. [laughter] the rumsfeld corollary to that is buy a small one because it might turn on you. [laughter] but many this case it's -- in this case it's not so. dick and i have been friends, as he said, for 40 years which may be something of a record in this city. it was my good fortune to find this friend at a very early stage in his prick service and -- public service and my public service and one who's been a model for all of us in his steadfast defense of our country. [applause] you know, i, i look at the many, oh, current administration's reversals of their announced policies on national security issues -- guantanamo bay, military commissions, indefinite detentions, cia drone strikes -- it makes me wonder if dick has had more influence on president obama than the people who got him elected. [cheers and applause] i only wish the president had talked to dick about health care. [laughter] it would have save

con -- the loser gets an e-mail chain letter from joe biden. [ laughter ] "forward this onto ten peoplemy: pro -- seeing a dude at the game with one of those crazy beer helmets. con -- realizing he's your ride home. [ laughter ] "come on, get in the car, vance!" my name's not "vance, it's jimmy." [ light laughter ] you thought my name was vance? >> steve: well, tone's your ride home, right? >> jimmy: tone is my ride home, i -- >> let's do it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what does he drive, again? >> steve: what does he drive? it's a subaru brat. [ laughter ] but it is tricked out. it is beautiful. it's got this -- oh, my god. >> jimmy: he removed the back seat? >> steve: he removed the back seat, he put it in the front. >> jimmy: put in subwoofers. >> steve: oh my god, it's great. [ laughter ] it's all tricked out. he got it done on that show. >> jimmy: he is so good and you know what -- you know what's good is, you can take the face off the stereo. >> steve: are you serious? >> jimmy: yeah, and just take it into the party with you. >> steve: oh my god. [ light laughter ] it's got one of tho

joe biden said mubarak should not go. that he was an ally. he refused to call him a dictator. the administration's position has been, was at that point to talk about that the fact that mubarak needed to start initiating reforms. and throughout this entire process, this journey of the last eight days, the administration has proceeded very cautiously, some say too cautiously, and it's almost as if every time they stake out a new position, events immediately overtake them. in fact one u.s. official said it's been a real crawl, walk, run for the obama administration trying to catch up with events. after president obama spoke with president mubarak on friday night, mubarak, according to sources in that call, was very defiant saying that this was something that the egyptian government was going to be able to contain. he blames it all on the islamist groups, the muslim brother hood. president obama came out afterwards and gave a speech. again he was commending the protesters for standing up for their universal rights that president obama said he supports, the right of assembly, democ

. >> chris: well, obviously that wasn't dick cheney, that was joe biden but we have cheney on our mind. can the white house reignite the political opposition in iran that it did so little to support in 2009? >> i hope so. i think the proposition will have to reunite itself. there is the proposition there and they tried to call for a demonstration tomorrow which the iranian government is trying to suppress. it is striking that the administration will not say it made a mistake but i think they now understand they made a terrible mistake in gy june of 2009 in not supporting the iranians in the streets of tehran. they put on a statement saturday afternoon calling on the iranian government which hailed the demonstrations in egypt to allow its own people to demonstrate similarly for freedom and democracy. that is a good sign and i really hope that june of 2009 is not a once in a generation event and that that can be made and history would suggest that. there has been plenty of time there's is a democratic poland and then is reemerges. i think that would be an unbelievable stride if the futur

vice- president joe biden talked about how the plan is good for the u.s. economy and will not be a burden. >> we all agree we need to cut spending and get the deficit under control. clear, when it comes to jobs there are three key places where we cannot compromise. we cannot compromise in education, innovation or infrastructure. >> president barack obama call for increased spending on high-speed rail projects is nothing new. the administration already awarded 10 billion in federal grants for high- speed rail projects last year. including 2.3 billion for california to begin work on an 800 mi. long high- speed rail line time the bay area to southern california. >> winds are starting to die down it's been a breezy day. still breezy in fairfield where winds up in the strongest today. 18 mi. an hour winds now, 50 mi. an hour winds in novato, 15 in oakland as well. the winds will die down tonight which will lead to chilly conditions over night. temperatures dropping in the 30's. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures similar to today about average for this time of yea

kristine o'donnell was actually a witch, and joe biden was getting in trouble for his mouth. well, i guess not everything has changed. it is amazing how life brings you to places you never thought he would be from alabama to princeton to oxford a harvard law school, all that end up in congress because there are no other jobs, right? that is why most of us ran. and so we made it and so it is exciting to be sworn in on january 3rd. my parents came in. all of my family came in from alabama. i was overwhelmed by the thought of being sworn in in front of some mini family members. it was on january 3rd. two weeks later we celebrated martin luther king jr. day or as when beck calls it, monday. now, dr. king's legacy has always held a very special place in my heart. i know that folks marched, many in this audience, many in this audience so that i could be the first african-american woman to serve in congress and the state of alabama. i know that i am living proof that dr. king famous dream speech is now a reality. i can only think of ending this torture by paraphrasing dr. king's mos

i'm joe biden, joe biden's husband. welcome and congratulations on your elections. -- i am joe biden, jill biden's husband. i was on the phone with you all so often during the recovery act. i know none of you liked the recovery act much. [laughter] but i want to start off by fore governor's the way in which you implemented it. there were a total of 250,000 of ford's. we had a check that needed to be cut to 250,000 different entities. there were a group of ig's and examiners of pointed out fraud or less.1 there will be continued relationships between befuddled and state and local government. we plan on trying to use that as a template as to how to move forward so we save taxpayers money. the recovery is under way, although i am sure a lot of you having to cut your budgets do not feel it. it is a very difficult time for you all. i just want you to know that i think we can all agree on the the major initiatives we know we have to do something about the long-term debt. we know we have to do something about preparing ourselv

year-ago i wrote vice-president joe biden advocating that he be invited to the united states for an orientation tour. he spent a couple years in switzerland and speaks some english and was a basketball fan. his classmates said he was a regular guy. i thought at that point in summer of 2009 it would have been a good chance to bring him to the united states where he could learn things about us he couldn't learn elsewhere and we could learn about him that we can't learn sitting here that was not done. the democratic answer to me as to why they hadn't done it was the republicans would have laughed about of town. i am all for that kind of move toward north korea. i love the koreans. i worked with them since the korean war and the people in north korea are not that different from the people in south korea so excuse me if i have been impolite but that is what i believe. yes? yes? >> i was curious what you see is the last 20 years the biggest failing of the american presidents in regard to korea and the biggest success either diplomatically or culturally? >> i think the biggest failure was the complete

as kraig was talking, just minutes ago, joe biden announced a $53 billion investment in high speed railrojects to create jobs through spending on infrastructure projects. the vice president went to philadelphia to make that announcement. he was at an amtrak station. biden said the plan would dedicate $53 billion over six years to continue building a national high speed rail network. we're not sure at this point how much of those federal dollars might end up helping to pay for california's high speed rail project. >>> in about three hours, facebook will hold a news conference, and they're expected to announce the headquarters is moving. facebook has hinted they're looking for a larger campus, and it bought a 22-acre site that used to be operated by sun microsystems. facebook has grown to 200,000 employees. >>> today the san francisco board of supervisors is expected to consider a new tax credit aimed at trying to convince twitter to stay in the city as it expands its headquarters. it's the first major policy proposal from new mayor, ed lee. the idea is to offer payroll tax exemptions for

his replacement is jay cairn nirks the current communications director for vice-president joe biden. >>> a hearing is underway on capitol hill to prevent another offshore oil drilling disaster. members of the oil commission are testifying on findings and recommendations following the huge oil spill in the gulf. these are live pictures of that hearing which is going on in washington, d.c. the final report was issued last month with 15 proposals including higher limits for spilled damage. the commission concluded that the spill was dow to failures by three companies -- bp, transopenings and halliburton. >>> safety experts are looking for answers behind a very disturbing trend. they want to know why mistakes by air traffic controllers have almost doubled in the past year. the faa recorded close to 1900 mistakes last year up from 950 the year before. the most common operation error, allowing planes to fly too close to each other. delta airlines has been the most complained about airline. delta has won of the worst on -- one of the worse. it also has trouble in the baggage handling depart

joe biden discussed military families and the way that states can assist them. they spoke at the white house earlier today for many of the nations governors gathered in washington for the national governors association. this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, and thanks to all of you for inviting us here today. it was a great time last night, wasn't it? we had a great time. [applause] michelle and i will be joining your spouse is shortly for lunch. but we wanted to speak to you today about something that is very important to all of us, military families. over the past two years, we have had the privilege of traveling around the country and around the world, visiting with servicemembers and their families and hearing their stories first-hand. many of the stories are about the price these families have in serving our country, but there are also challenges. we bring the concerns back to the white house and the president and the vice president and the cabinet have responded by committing attention and resources to support our military families. we know that