joe biden? everybody is talking about joe biden. joe biden is what is. >> not in a good way. >> but that's what a vice president -- guess who isn't? the cameras aren't focused on the president. they were focused on the joe biden meeting and joe biden taking the hit in the book. >> wouldn't the more honorable thing be if the president thinks rather than throwing joe biden under the bus if he think joe biden has been a good vice president he would come out and say something? >> i think you will see that probably. the first time there is some q and a going on between the president and the press they are going to ask those questions. i think it was pretty smart to put the target away from the president. >> what do you think former secretary of state hillary clinton thinks when she reads this. >> this is one of those places where i really don't get it. she was running for president of the united states in 2007. the entire democratic party was opposed to the war. obama was against the war in iraq. my guy, john edwards, had come out and gi

and i'm not the least convinced she'll get the democratic nomination. >> while it's no secret that joe biden and bob gates don't see eye to eye, here is joe b. clearing the air. i'm protsheer he meant bob gates, not bill gates. >> the part i focused on is he said biden is a man of great integrity. the problem is bob gates and i have disagreed on almost every foreign policy since vietnam. i won't say who has been right or wrong, but he's a fine man. >> both of them, bill and bob, all the gates. >> he said he disagreed with everything. the problem is i guess gates was right all the time. to your question, why was he chosen as vp? to make obama look presidential by comparison. >> very good. >> eric, rick, dina, dana, it doesn't care. it doesn't matter. i'm just glad we saw joe biden. we haven't seen him in a while. i was ready to fail a missing person's report. i'm glad he's alive. even though he can't continue to get people's names right. >> is that going to hurt joe biden going forward? >> first off, that wasn't bob gates' wars. this is a remarkable public servant. not the most innovative pub

vice president joe biden is the subject of scorn: accuses him of: >> wednesday, for the first time in five years the white house allowed a photo op of the weekly lunch the president had with joe biden. it looked like a show of solidarity. jay carney insisted it was in response to the book and he defended the vice president. >> vice president joe biden is a key advisor on national security matters and domestic policy and other matters for the president. the president greatly values the council he provides, that's a fact. >> robert gates loves barack obama in places, such as the decision to go an bam re which gates called, "one of the courageous decisions i have witness", but describing a meeting, he describes the president as a reluctant worrier in afghanistan, suspicious of the the military leaders: >> resentful for having been backed into a corner in ordering the afghan surge, president obama was: >> spokesman jay carney said the president made his goals in afghanistan clear from the start. >> he thought it was important to ensure we had a withdrawal date. even after we surged our fo

he's pray that joe biden is the nominee. >> joe, planet joe biden. -- everything, of course, as -- i want to show you guys -- go ahead. go ahead. >> no, i was just going to say. joe biden is the vice president of the united states of america. and i think marc and i would both green on the same thing. who would have ever thought that joe biden would be vice president? so for him to take a step -- >> i did scla! >> -- at this point? i wouldn't be shocked by it at all. >> in a perfect world, who would republicans put up agains hillary? >> sure. >> i mean, i think pretty much any of the top people, whether it be marco rubio, a guy like huckabee coming back, have got a very legitimate -- >> did you say mike huckabee? >> hold on. she doesn't have that x factor that barack obama had. i mean, she is that barack obama didt in have to transcend and hill i have a democrat that people cannot stand her -- >> oh, i love it. he will do well against her. and ben says that a polarizing candidate can't win and then he throws out names like chris christie and ted cruz

joe biden coming under the most criticism. we understand that jay carney is telling the president's faith and confidence in joe biden, how much he enjoys working with him and values his experience and abilities here in washington. but the book says that joe biden, quote, poisoned the well between the civilian leadership at the white house and military brass attempting to poison the well saying joe biden over the course of the last four decades alleges robert gates has been wrong about every major foreign policy and national security issue that has come down the pike. the white house released the statement saying that his tame in-- >> if you would let me interrupt you, i think jay carney is talking about that now. let's listen in live. >> reporter: good. >> one that the vice president would attend. one that he has had every week that they've had when they've been in town. >> we expect the photographer will be allowed back-- >> we look at request and what we'll make happen. we'll provide better access for photographers. and ways

but on joe biden, oh, my god. he said this -- it's -- i'll put it up on the screen.as been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades. that's -- >> yeah. >> the former secretary of defense speaking about the current vice president. >> right. >> of the united states. >> now, i think that joe biden thought he had a pretty good relationship with secretary gates. they were on different sides of the issue. and i think, given the fact that joe biden, foreign policy is his calling card, wolf. you know this. former chairman of the committee. and long involved in foreign policy. i think this is a blow to him. however, if he chooses to run for president, he's going to run in the democratic party. the fact that he was on differing sides from bob gates, for example, on the surge in afghanistan, might not hurt him in a democratic primary. but if i were biden, i wouldn't feel great about this. and i guarantee you, one day, wolf, joe biden is probably going to write his own book. >> yeah. >> so we'll see what he says about gate

. >>> what about joe biden? >> he gave me that look.ood, very good segway. i wish i can do that. everybody laughs when i say the name joe biden. >> so he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.. >> i think he's provided a lot of late-night humor. >> it's true. a lot of gaffes. >> everybody makes mistakes. >> i don't know. >> joe biden. i do. >> does joe biden have a chance to be -- go ahead. >> if he wants to be president, if you remember gerald ford they made him out to be a klutz. once you're in the main stream, you're a joke it's hard to be taken seriously. >> everybody seems to love joe biden. that is what they say, he's popular. most of the people interviewed in that were young people had no idea who he was, or if they did, they started laughing. they need to keep quiet. >> i am watching this. i found another viral video called best of joe biden. it's him thinking he's a comedian at the chuckle hut. everything is a joke. i don't think as a politician you want to be laughed out loud. >> joe biden says about obama. he's clean, articulat

the administration on damage control defending joe biden. y have a case or was biden always wrong? >> chris christie, the governor of new jersey, in a traffic jam this morning over what is being called by some bridge-gate. today the new jersey governor defending himself. >> ellen degeneres ever so

and blasting vice president joe biden.being wrong on nearly every foreign policy issue for the last four decades. >> i was surprised when i saw the stories yesterday because i always thought they had a good working relationship. >>> a bridge too far? new e-mails link one of governor chris christie's top aides to possibly playing politics with the traffic flow on one of the nation's busiest bridges. >>> thawing out. the polar vortex is retreating for parts of the country, but there is no relief in upstate new york, where lake ontario is blanketed with two more feet of snow. >> i've never delivered in a storm

full-on defense of him at wednesday's white house briefing. >> as a senator and as a vice president joe biden has been one of the leading statesmen of his time. >> but jim warren in a way the white house looked like it was supporting biden but also putting so much of the focus on him it took away focus from the president. could that have been part of the white house strategy? >> what else do you do when you are number 2 guy who may be running for elective office again unlike you, is hammered in that way, and is, i mean truly disparaged in such a tough manner and when you have a spokesman who happened to be his spokesman once upon a time jay carney. on the one hand, the attention has been on the criticism leveled and mostly at the president of the united states. and the impact if there is to be impact most likely on two people, joe biden or hillary clinton if they choose to run for president. you can imagine the various ways in which opponents either in democratic primaries in a general election or if they were nominated were to use as muc --f this stuff that were continually wrong and this pe

why defend joe biden? >> yesterday "the new york times" had an article saying this is the first time the lunch between the president and vice president was photographed. >> first time in five years. and jay carney says a complete coincidence with the book coming out. >> they were talking about this lunch photo for maybe five years. they put on a full court press when it came to defending biden. take a listen. >> he's played a key role in every major national and fory debate and policy discussion in this administration, in this white house. he played an important role obviously in the policy discussion -gs and carrying out of the policy decisions the president made with regard to iraq and in the policy deliberations over afghanistan. >> there you have jay carney who interestingly enough yesterday opened his briefing by walking out and saying have you read any good books lately? that is the photo spray you see there in the private dining room, the president and joe biden, first time photographed having lunch

president joe biden represented the united states. he described sharon's and israel's journeys as inseparable. >> we will never know what the ultimate arc of his life would have been. he left us too soon. but the work of trying to reach piece continues. >> middle east peace envoy -- a middle east peace envoy spoke of a man who was a consummate pragmatist. >> the state from which the age of 14 he fought to bring into being had to be protected for .uture generations when that meant fighting, he fought. , he that meant making peace sought peace. >> reviled by palestinians for failing to stop the massacre in 1982 and by jewish settlers for he was, in the eyes of many israelis, a national hero. >> let's go now to jerusalem and our correspondent. we heard some of the eulogies from world leaders. a former friend described ariel sharon as, first and foremost, a war hero. his prowess in the military field was quite remarkable, wasn't it? >> yes. certainly, that military part of his biography is probably where you will find the most consensus i

ron as one of israel's latest military commanders foreign dignitaries including us vice president joe biden attended the state ceremony. ariel sharon died at the age of eighty five on saturday after eight years in a coma caused by a stroke. i did after he steps to shore on his body was placed in the pas out in front of the knesset. hundreds of these release lined out to pay their last respects. on sunday evening strong body was carried into parliament and the chili slaw funerals must be carried out as sane as possible. a funeral service will be held at strong range in southern israel following the statement mario. what now for around the state memorial held at the knesset illegal by two of his findings into islam than actually carney an oscillating chilling out by chris pine and stephanie flee if she is standing by at sycamore ranch thank you ladies for joining us. one actually let's begin with the lee is a president and prime minister has spoken at the service have had a name on their teacher ron. lees was a very heartfelt speeches and even though there might have been disagreements amongs

vice resident joe biden was among those paying tribute to ariel sharon -- u.s.vice president joe biden was among those paying tribute to ariel sharon this monday. >> israel bid farewell to their former leader monday. friends, family, and dignitaries from i am the world gathered in jerusalem for a state funeral service -- from around the world gathered in jerusalem for a state funeral service. highlightedanyahu the service of a veteran of most of israel's wars.

joe biden's comments show that. was a virtual replay of what israel was 1982 when compelled to withdraw from the egyptian sinai and carried out an operation that the israeli press ridiculed as operation national drama in 1982. we have to show the world how much we are suffering by carrying out an action that will benefit our and our security. and that was the peacemaking effort. but his career is one of unremitting brutality, dedication to the fixed idea his life. courage and commitment shown to pursuing this ideal, which is an ugly and horrific one. , go back to 1982 and what happened in lebanon. first, where were you? in 1982, ariel sharon was the defense minister. he was the architect of the invasion of lebanon. because sharonn tricked his colleagues into launching this operation by pretending the aims were limited , wherein fact, he had a big plan to completely change the politics of the region, to create a new order in lebanon but by helping israel's christian allies to come to power in lebanon and then sign a

but it is the joe biden criticism that is gathering the most attention.e do have a response from the national security council . . . del a day such as today. every week on wednesday the president sits down with the vice president for a private lunch on, never in the history of this administration have they opened it up for press conference, today they are ping waiting the point that they are making in this statement, they have opened it up for video and still photographer's image. as far as the president, they say that the president -- the white house really taking the high road, hayden saying that the president appreciates all of the input enhances his options and things of that nature. so the white house sort of trying to not feed this fire, but it certainly has taken washington by storm. >> mike it is also fascinating in the sense that there was a time when vice presidents had nothing to do, now with cheney and biden, they had something to do and now they are the focus of tell-all books. >> right. you look at joe biden his long experience in senate, as

joe biden may be considering a 2016 run. >> what about the question of whether a former official, and you mentioned it, and it's worth mentioning here should criticize a sitting president. >> reporter: and the issue with american troops still in the field particularly in afghanistan. we know the situation in iraq is deteriorating, but american troops are still in combat in afghanistan. the allegation that is again raising eyebrows aside from biden was from the surge when the afghan surge wag being complicatcontemplated of the sue described obama of bees suspicious of the military and resentment of putting him in are a box of putting half began putn afghanistan. it's clear that the president was not behind his own policy. he almost expected failure. he couldn't stand hamid karzai. it's on that last point that jay carney has this to say. >> i think the issues here are not about he personal personalii they're about policies. decisions that the president makes about sending and keeping military forces, american men and women in uniform, have to do with national interest, not those kinds o

vice president joe biden has addressed the memorial service. >> a once thriving town reduced to this. in south sudan fighting left utter devastation. [ ♪ music ] >> the top stories on al jazeera, thai anti-government protesters are out on the streets of bangkok trying to blockade the capital city, they have barricaded major intersections and plan to mark on homes of ministers. the u.s. secretary of state is confident talks will be attended. the friends of syrian group have been meeting with him in paris. >> iran will scale back its nuclear program in the coming days after an historic deal was reached. iran promises to limit its program and allow inspections in exchange for an easing of sanctions. >> a state service for ariel sharon has begun in jerusalem. it's being held in the plaza outside the knesset. shimon peres delivered a eulogy. tom ackerman is live in jerusalem. what is being said about this? well, this - you are hearing the concluding remarks of u.s. vice president joe biden who is describe his personal acquaintance with ariel sharon, as well as the relations with the united

and there is this narrative on joe biden. he is loveable and it's not quailesque.a lot of knocks he gets. >> obviously joe biden and bob gates have different views about how to end the wars in iraq and afghanistan. they have a big election in 2008. barack obama and joe biden said those wars would end on a timeline with the response they had to exit. the debates on how to do that. joe biden took a strong view that he should be skeptical of the leaders they are making and begin to end the wars responsibly. >> you don't think the criticism would hurt them if he ends up running for president. >> if he does run, he should carry this book around him. every stop at iowa and new hampshire. democrats were tired of these wars and they wanted these wars over and this validates the fact that vice president biden had a strong point of view as an adviser and we should end them in a responsible way. that's a big asset for him. >> we were talking about negative stereotypes being enforced and brought up the issue with chris christie. stereotypes that got reinforced and the gates bo

his sharpest barbs are aimed at vice president, joe biden. jim acosta with some of the juicy details. >> reporter: at his farewell ceremony in 2011 after serving every president since richard nixon, bob gates left the pentagon hinting he had issues with washington. >> i spent a good deal of time venting frustrations with the pane ta gone brocureaucracy. >> reporter: as it turns out, gates launched a blistering attack on ebb pr. his white house was about i far the most centralized and controlling in national security of any i have seen since richard nixon. on afghanistan, he says, the president doesn't believe in his own strategy, and doesn't consider the war to be his. for him, it's all about getting out. he goes on to say, suspicion and d distrust of senior military officers became a big problem for me. >> i think his words will have a significant impact. frankly, i'm a little surprised, because a lot of times people are not quite as candid as it appears that his book is. >> reporter: how is this for candid? >> on biden he writes, he has bee

and vice president joe biden was a target of sharp criticism.e that joe biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign-licy and national security issue over thefour dec. while he accused the vice president of poisoning the well against pentagon leaders. d finally rushing to biden's defense, and didn't offer a single concrete example to refute the obligations. >> i would reiterate that the president and the rest of us here disagree with that assessment. as a senor and a vic president joe biden has been one of the leading statesmen of his kind and he has played a key role in every major national security and foreign policy debate and policy discussion in this administration and in this white house. >> the president opening his weekly lunch meeting with bite into the press, and when asked when that is simply coincidence in light of the bill gates charges, jay carney told the press corps you decide for yourself. and on capitol hill the top democrat in thh senate, majority leader harry reid working overtime to extend the long-term unemployment be

joe biden is highly unscripted and always makes a mess of any situation he is in.e also, as you know, talks a lot. in a dinner meeting turned into a four-hour gathering, nothing we had access to, replete with family experiences from the road. with joe biden, he is wearing his aviator shades, smiling and glad handing and 30 years of history with everybody to talk about. it was epic. >> power to you, i don't know if you slept. >> i'm sleeping it off this weekend. >> have a wonderful weekend both of you. thank you for joining us. coming up, tom kean is heading to davos, before he takes off, he will give us a preview. chris christie, we're squaring off next. ♪ >> welcome back. we'll get to margaret carlson and megan mcardle in a moment. first bloomberg surveillance host tom keene is with us to give us a preview of next week's economic forum summit in davos, switzerland. tom, there is always a theme to davos, this year it's the reshaping of the world's society and business. you write that there is always a sell-by date with these themes. so what should this year be? >>

gates may have saved his brutal assessment to joe biden.or foreign policy and national security issue for the past 40er yaos. that drew the most direct response to the administration in a statement calling joe biden one of the leading states men of his time. the president and joe biden are having lunch today. they do that every week. today it will be at least briefly open to cameras. heather and ainsley. >> thank you so much, doug. i am sure our cameramen will be there. we will have that on fox. >> now to the weather. the deep freeze for the second straight day. >> deaths blamed on the weather and the dangerous conditions. >> oo that car on the left side of the screen spinning out. whoo. >> whoo to say the least. it was so cold in baltimore a water main burst fueling waspil all over in minutes. it froze and it went viral. the polar vortex proving to be too much for this polar bear. the lincoln park zoo decided to keep 12-year-old anana inside. >> when will we start to thaw out? that's what anana and everyone else wants to know. >> it is for

and blasting vice president joe biden. he says for being wrong on nearly every foreign policy issue for the last four decades. >> i was surprised when i saw the stories yesterday because i always thought they had a good working relationship. >>> a bridge too far? new e-mails link one of governor chris christie's top aides to possibly playing politics with the traffic flow on one of the nation's busiest bridges. >>> thawing out. the polar vortex is retreating for parts of the country, but there is no relief in upstate new york, where lake ontario is blanketed with two more feet of snow. >> i've never delivered in a storm like this. >>> profiling courage, to mark the third anniversary of the tragedy in tucson, gaby giffords' act of courage will surprise and inspire you. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. newly released e-mails are raising questions about whether aides to chris christie played politics by deliberately creating a huge traffic jam on the george washington bridge just to punish a mayor who chose no

he says joe biden has been wrong on everything.e says obama does not believe in his own afghanistan policy. >> not really what you want from a former cabinet member. i think they feel surprised or somewhat betrayed. for the first time this week, they allow cameras into the president's regular lunch with the vice president. is it a surprise that this was a politically motivated white house? not so much. is it surprising that it is insular white house? not so much. it leans toward what has been reported. >> that is the white house. you can agree or disagree. >> yeah. one of the lasting damages is it does reinforce the insularity of bringing in rivals from the outside now. there are trust issues that will be higher up in consideration. >> when they bring in outsiders, they will not bring in any more republicans to be defense secretaries. julianna goldman and rich miller, thank you. when we return, phil mattingly on chris christie's apology. and his 2016 chances and more bob gates's book. ♪ >> welcome back. phil mattingly is here to ta

for example, joe biden has been wrong about every foreign policy issue for the last four years. it's not true. he's write about the balkans and the first gulf war, and right about what is happening in iraq, that it would fall apart. the idea of what he says is not true. and revealing these things, secreta secretary clinton said he didn't mean it. it's beneath him and the offices. others wait for 30 years to write about what happened. sir us vance who resigned when president carter was going to rescue the hostages in iran never went out and criticised them. if he didn't like it, why did he stay, why didn't he speak up. what about his obligations to the men and women he talks about so movingly in the book, if that's how he felt. i'll give you an example where he is dead wrong. obama, when he announced he'd add the 70,000 troops with the two tranches that he did, went to west point and said, "i'll be out in two years." and the military commanders he asked that, "do you support that?", they said yes. then david petraeus tells the press, no, he didn't. they should have spoken up then

vice president joe biden was the subject of outright scorn: >> accusing biden of poisoning the well in the american milt tary. a photo op of a lunch with biden looked like a show of solidarity. jay carney said it was not in response to the book, but defended the vice president. >> vice president joe biden is a key advisor on national security and domestic policy matters. the president greatly values the council he provides. that's a fact. >> gates loves president obama in places. such as a decision to go after osama bin laden, which was one of the most courageous decisions i have witnessed. but recounting one meeting, described the president as a reluctant warrior in afghanistan, superiors of military leaders: >> resentful for having been backed into a corner in ordering the afghan surge, president obama was: according to gates. jay carney said the president made his goals in afghanistan clear from the start. >> he thought it was very important to ensure we had a withdrawal date. that even after we surged our forces as part of refocussing the mission and bringing pressure on al qaeda c

joe biden said gates had been wrong on nearly every foreign- foury issue in the last decades. we have details. office, his reputation was as a washington veteran who exuded a calm and quiet authority. he left as one of the best defense secretary's. now in his memoirs, he has fired a broadside at his former boss and administration, saying barack obama left faith in his -- lost faith in his own policy of a troop surge. he said the president doesn't trust his commander, petraeus, cannot stand karzai, and he claimed for obama it is all about getting out. gates said he never doubted the president support for the troops themselves, just their mission, and he says he .truggled with what he saw according to him the obama white micromanagement and meddling to new levels. he also attacks the adversarial nature of washington politics, saying his appearances before congress often make him quitting.e so far the response has been that the president is committed to achieving the mission in afghanistan. he said joe biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign- policy issue over the past

you say in the book, i think about joe biden. think he's been wrong on nearly every foreign policy issue over the past four decades, which i think is probably right. so. you also talk about him undermining, you felt he was creating distrust between president obama and the military? >> i did. he as early as him coming back from an early trip to iraq when we were talking about the first addition of troops in february and march of 2009 he told the press on his plane he wasn't going to let the military bully the president into making a premature decision. i think that he was -- based on everything i heard from a variety of people in the white house. he was always kind of goading the president you can't trust these guys, they're going to jack you, box you in and so forth. >> do you think he hurts the president in that sense he gave him bad council? >> i think in terms of the relationship with the military it wasn't helpful. i do say in the book, the military -- some of the senior military spoke out publicly too often and outside of co

because the vice president, joe biden, appeared on morning shows this morning. questions about his own potential run for the presidency in 2016. let's hear a little bit of what he said. >> in my heart, i'm confident that i could make a good president. it's a very different decision to decide whether or not to run for president. i'll make that decision later, but now's not the time to talk about that. now is the time to talk about the opportunity we have this year. the only reason a man or woman should run for president -- i'm sure hillary views it the exact same way -- is if they think they're better positioned to do what the nation needs at the moment. >> you spent quality time with the vice president. what do you think about those responses? >> you know, those are just your usual hemming and hawing, i wish once in a while someone would come out and say, i'm really interested in the presidency and i'm starting my super pac. >> if there's anybody that would do it by accident it's joe biden. >> his problem is that you've got some of the obama people like jim mess

if it's been voter id, joe biden has been there. if it's been voter rights, joe biden has been there. if it's been affordable health care, he's been there. affordable housing, he's been there. he's been there when he knew that it might be controversial, but he knew that it was right. and it is no greater person to have in washington this morning to speak to us on king day at this breakfast than the sitting vice president of the united states, our friend and brother, the honorable joe biden. [applause] >> thank you all very much. [applause] folks, thank you. thank you very much. y'all can put this teleprompter down. i don't need a teleprompter. [laughter] well, leave it up. if it'll make you feel better, leave it up. all right. remember what the president said a couple years ago at the gridiron dinner, he said joe biden is learning to speak with a teleprompter, i'm learning to speak without one. but i tell you what, rev, thank you so much for having me here and for those very gracious remarks. you know, look, everybody gets started f

obviously, this is not a good outlook for joe biden if people are looking for robert gates for any type of opinion on how he was in a vice presidential role. hillary clinton comes out much better. >> it hurts. vice president biden has staked his reputation on his foreign policy chops. he was the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee during his tenure as a v.p., i worked with him in turkey. a reputation exaggerated but present in the press for gaffes has hurt him and this kind of a claim for someone like gates also hurts him. and sitting vice presidents have a lot that they are up against as they leave to campaign. you know, george h.w. bush was the last sitting v.p. to make it into the presidency and before that, you have to go all the way back to martin van buren. >> let's talk about that bipartisan credibility, because some people would say, okay, since he was a holdover from president bush and brought into a democratic administration, there is that credibility, however, with a book, this memoir coming out during president obama's second determine, is kind of poisoning th

white house press secretary issued a staunch defense of biden. >> as a senator and vice president joe biden has been one of the leading statesman of his time and has been an excellent counselor to the president. >> the white house responded to gates' criticism allowing cameras to access president obama and mr. biden at lunch today for the record gates offered praise of mr. obama comparing his decision making to that of abraham lincoln. >> that is dennis rodman serenading north korean leader kim jong-un today. rodman called the game historic and said kim is his best friend. the trip has run the ire of kenneth bay, upset rodman has not used this opportunity to try to get bay released. rodman defended the incarceration during a television interview. >> today is the three-year anniversary of the deadly mass shooting in tucson, arizona that wounded former congress woman gabrielle giffords. dozens marked the area where the injured were treated. gifford was one of 13 injured when jared lee laufner opened nier a public event she hosted. gifford marked the day by sky-diving landing safe tli afternoo