in the entire 102nd congress, when joe biden -- joe biden as chair, the senate confirmed 120 nominees, 120 judicial nominations under biden. 11 under chairman grassley. the difference is stunning. i would encourage my friend from iowa to focus on chairman biden's actions and results rather than cherry-picking remarks. the judiciary committee of joe biden honored its nomination by confirming and visiting with nominees in a timely fashion even though they were a republican president's nominees. i can't say the same of the committee today. as chairman, joe biden did his constitutional duty to process four nominations for republican presidents for the supreme court. justice kennedy, that was the last year of reagan. that vote occurred in the last year of president reagan's presidency. souter and thomas. let's fowms -- focus on thomas for just a little bit. thomas got 52 votes. he squeaked through the senate. any one senator could have forced a cloture vote. any one democrat could have done it. we didn't do that. it was never done until the republicans showed up here in the last few years.

joe biden is a well liked, and trusted candidate. charles: we are talking about the socialist with a very formidable lead, and that's got to be shocking to everyone in politics. >> i think the thing we have to consider is city would venture to guess 90% of those who are supporting bernie don't -- continues define socialist if they had to. this is the jant tie hillary vote. this is the powell would like to see. i would like to see a poll. i noticed the under currents. when i asked people supporting bernie who their second choice is, very often it's donald trump. most of the time it's another gop contendser. i think the dnc is looking at these numbers and doing the math and realizing they don't have a candidate in hillary clinton. charles: what if hilly pull hilf hillary pulls this off and she does win this? >> she cried. we'll have to pull something else out of the hat because the cry trick already worked. i wouldn't have been surprised if bernie sanders continues to lead her double digits going into new hampshire. but the wall street

i like joe biden that much. and whether he runs for something, i think he should be secretary of state if hillary wins. what i thought i'd do, write him a letter, type a letter up and send him a book signed to his office and tell him about the john hockenberry interview i and how much i admire him and i wanted to give him the gift of my book. i just sent it off today, you know? i thought maybe they'll just blow it up before it ever gets to him. they're going to have to check out that it's safe, of course. so i think if hillary falters, i think joe biden would have to enter, because i do not think bernie sanders can win the election, unfortunately. he's a great guy, but i don't think he can win. i think joe biden would come back in. that's my gut feeling. but it's a lot of ifs. after a month or two somebody could watch this tape and say, boy, are you out of date. it's going to be done already. but you asked me, so i'm answering you. all right? so i thank you for the question. anybody else want to make a comment o

joe biden is focused on his top initiative while here, eliminating cancer. he toured the research facility at uc san francisco and also held a roundtable discussion there with his wife: jill biden. the vice president is spearheading a $1 billion national initiative to find a cancer cure. of course this is an issue that is personal with the bidens. their son beau died of brain cancer last year. >> i'm counting on you, but i desperately need your help. in working through the things you think i should be trying to direct and move. i'm -- i'm just a facilitator. but i think with your help, you know, may help facilitate the things that you are on the verge of doing. >> the vice president says one of the key priorities of this initiative is to identify any regulatory barriers that could be slowing down finding a cure for cancer. >>> there's a reason lieutenant governor gavin newsom is missing from the state democratic convention here in san jose. and that reason weighs 8 pounds 12 ounces. newsom posted this photo on instagram yesterday with the caption, welcome to

credentialsa&sotsted cruz, "this is a man who, for 40 years, has given money to jimmy carter, to joe biden, to hillary clinton, to chuck schumer, to harry reid.marco rubio, "if you look at his record over the last 25 or 30 years, on issue after issue, he has not been on our side." cruz, "you funded liberal democratsa&"trump, "i funded you!"voand trump's response to the cruz-rubio double teamsa&bring it ona&sots donald trump, "you're really getting beaten badly. i know you're embarrassed -- i know you're embarrassed, but keep fighting -- keep swinging, mana&swing for the fences." on-cam tagscott thuman (not verbatim), "we saw different of marco rubio and ted cruz. but the question is, is it too little, too late - especially considering the lead built by trump heading into the oh so important super tuesday states. in houston, i'm scott thuman. now back to you." (end) 3 3 south carolina's democratic primary is just one day away now. and both presidential candidates will be in the palmetto state for a final push. senator bernie sanders will host a "historically black colleges and universities"

you shouldn't compare yourself y to joe biden. here's exactly what we are doing you haven't about been involved in a quench decision where you've been had to be held accountable. you weren't even there to votert for it. that's not leadership. l it is true answer i. i. is water boarding torture. >> under the definition of torture, no it's not. under the law torture is excruciating pain which is equivalent to losing organizes o and symptoms.d s it is enhanced interrogation, but it does not meet the generally recognized definition of torture. > so now the final republican debate before the new hampshiree is finished with two days to go it's back to some old fashioned door knocking to get the vote out. ed henry, fox news. > two days to go. >> certainly keeping it interesting. > coming up, say it isn't so, more snow on the way. > we've been saying that say it isn't snow.isn' mike thomas will be in with a final look at the forecast. stay with us. > say it isn't snow. say it ain't snow. that's what we're talking abouto the good news is w

i wonder if joe biden heard this.you know something, i like joe biden that much and whether he runs for anything, i think he should be secretary of state if not vice president if hillary wins or whatever. write him a letter, type the letter up and send him a book signed to his office and tell him about the interview and how much i admire and i want to give him the gift of my book and i will be curious on the reaction. i assume i will get a reaction. i just sent it off today. maybe they will blow it before. they are going to have to check out that it's safe, of course. if hillary faults, i think joe biden will have to enter. i do not think bernie sanders could win the election. he's a great guy but i don't think he can win. i think joe biden will come back in. that's my gut feeling. it's a lot of if's, after a month or two, boy, you ask me so i'm answering you. i thank you for the question and anybody else want to make a comment or ask a question, feel free to come up. yes, thank you. >> let's say hillary does not get

two, that vice president joe biden had a deeper relationship with justice scalia and they felt it morell that comes with a presidential visit including tremendous security, a lot of pomp, and that might not be appropriate or what a family wants at a moment like this. and lastly, i was referred to comments that a former clerk of justice scalia, ed whelan, a noted conservative in town, made, in which he said he didn't think it was inappropriate for the president not to attend today. like so many things in this town, it has become a political controversy. >> it certainly has. jeffrey, the white house yesterday said the president would spend the weekend with binders of potential nominees to succeed justice scalia. he will be busy looking at all of that. he hasn't supposedly come down with a short list yet. the criticism of the president is it would have been a gesture for him to come to the funeral because he would like to see the senate have hearings for whoever he nominates and approve whatever he nominates to be the next justice of the supreme court. >> one of our eagle-eyed colleagues

and rachel maddow will have an exclusive interview withpresident joe biden tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> many pacquiao received a big blow by nike. announced they're cutting ties with pacquiao after he called people in home sexuals worse than animals. saying man is worse than animals because animals know how to m female. he's currently running for the country's senate. nike issued a statement that said in part. the former boxing champion tweeted an apology saying he was sorry for hurting people. >>> apple ise hack into the cell phone the san and meanwhile, according to u.s.a. today, experts say it was just taken in an afternoon to create the softwareto iphones. >>> and according to a document exclusively acquired by s, a chemical went missing and they isis, it could be usedhemical weapon. >> we're aware of the reports that there may be a lost org radio id dioradioactive source in iraq. we haven't seen any information that it has been acquired any of the terrorist groups in the region. >>> sandra o'connor says president obama has a responsibility to name thefor late just

plus a big announcement by joe biden. there's lots ahead, stay with us. >>> last night we told you about a new project we're working on. it's our attempt here to flesh out some of the surprisingly elusive details about the hillary clinton versus bernie sanders race on the democratic side of the presidential contest. despite all the punditry and jibber jabber about this race in the press, there's very little hard data reported about the strengths of the clinton and sanders operations, particularly when you get beyond nevada and south carolina. if you're wondering who's going to win that race, it would be helpful to know how strong those campaigns are after nevada and south carolina. we're pretty certain it will go on past nevada and south carolina. neither candidate is expected to crop out no matter how they do in these next two states. that means the next stage, potentially the definitive stage for deciding the democratic presidential nominee this year is going to happen on march 1st and the 11 states that all vote that d

that is the killer that to joe biden son. today, he talked about the moonshot initiative. in october, he points that term and said he had a national commitment to end cancer as we know it. in january, president obama solidified his role in that. putting him in charge of the $1 billion national cancer moonshot initiative. today, as part of that, he is hosting a roundtable. we know that the ceo of the foundation will be here. will be as well. it starts at 2:30. john: thank you. to float 2016 now. donald trumpemerging from the pack of republican governors was the second-place finish with john kasich. and ted cruz, jeb bush and marco rubio all came in third, fourth and fifth. south carolina. elizabeth verbal have more on the presidential race coming up. barbara: president obama returns to springfield, illinois, nine days after he stood in front of he will adjust the general assembly and is expected to urge the nation to move beyond the bipartisan divide that has marked his time in office. he will also knowledge his share of responsibility. a massive partisan budget stalemate i

tim furlong spoke with a local student who was part of the powerful performance. >> joe biden. >> seeing vice president biden on tv talking about reducing college campus sex assault was powerful. i caught up with a woman on the way home get this, she was on the stage with the vice president last night the university of delaware student joined sexual abuse victims from schools around lady gaga's piano. ♪ >> lady gaga play add song about campus sex assault. >> we must and we can change the culture so that no abused woman or man like the survivors you'll see tonight ever feel they have to ask themselves what did i do? they didnothing wrong. >> i applied to the university of delaware because of joe biden. i always admired him and his work. he said it's not your fault. and a lot of tears. a lot of tears. >> the vice president got americans talking about campus sex abuse but others have been making headway. pennsylvania senator bob casey's save act went into effect around the country, it makes campus sexual assault proceedings more transparent. survivors must receive all up dates about the inv

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which is lovely is because here today i got an exclusive face to face interview with vice president joe bidend it was at this train station that i just decided to stay. if you were curious as to how vice president biden would score a fight between donald trump and the pope, that came up in our discussion. >> have to you ask you as a catholic and as an obber of 2016, what do you think about that? >> pope francis, trump. that's not hard call for me. not even close. >> an pampl not a hard call. the rest of that conversation is straight ahead. stay with us. connected. right now at at&t, buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones. no matter how you hang out, share every minute of it. buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones. and right now, get up to $650 in credits per line to help you switch to at&t. when your allergy symptoms start... i've been claritin clear for 14 days. ...doctors recommend taking one claritin every day of your allergy season... ...for continuous relief. with powerful, 24 hour... ...non-drowsy claritin, live claritin clear. every day. (dog) mmm, beneful h

an appeal has been made to the supreme court. >>> vice president joe biden visits the triangles today to talk about the president's to cure cancer. biden says if we can reach them and we can certainly we can find a cure r cancer. last year, his son, beau, died of brain cancer. his goal is to triple the progress on cancer by making advances in ve years. he says he plans to do two things. increase resources, and break down silos to bring all cancer fighters together. biden will host roundtable conversations this afternoon with researchers oncologists, and patience at the duke cancer institute. >>> president obama returns to illinois today to speak about building a better world of politics. the president will address the illinois neral assembly. the visit marks the return to the state capital where obama began his political career. he was elected to the illinois quite young there, esn't it? he served for eight years until his election to the u.s. senate, today marks his ninth anniversary of them announcing presidential bid in 2008 with that famous speech in springfield. >>> governor pat

on the contrary, a real public service, joe biden, vice president of the united states.ble. sure into as you saw it may be heard as the presidential asp bomb. first of all to you. would you say to that? presidente fox drops and in the same scent invokes joe biden who also used the word in a very whispered conversation with president obama a couple years ago. what do you make of this? >> you know what i make of mr. fox? maybe you should keep his mexicans in this country so we'd have to pay for them illegally hopping over the wall here in the united states in refusing to leave. it costs us a lot of money, a lot of jobs, mr. fox did i would have a few choice words for him. it is funny because no conservative could get away, but it's okay for mr. biden and mr. fox. he is going to build the wall really high. we are going to reduce the trade deficit did $60 billion. >> i'm kind of laughing. i don't think i should. but coarseness in public life these days. donald trump did it. >> there's a certain amount of decorum he should have as a leader for a set of people. i said this las

talking major amounts here.er the middle of much a general trend forecast coming up vice president joe biden lady gaga and buzz and woody from kuwait city made the 80th academy awards once in the history books.s we have every cap of fishers post chris rock wasted no time getting ready to that elephant in the room. which means this whole black nominee think has happened was 71 and other times. he spent about ten minutes of his opening monologue is in humor and frankness make his point. leonardodo dicaprio friendly when supporting acting categories joe biden introduced an emotional performance's who sang until happen to you it was sam smith who grabbed writing on the wall taking best original screenplay and best picture of the year.ar we made the cell him for all the journalists for those who areo accountable and survivors encourage and wealth is an inspiration. pick one of the night mad max series road.ro the number of oscars they won six including found at a peek at hairstyling and caused him to sense the she's us every went to ruled a play played a roleo having chris rock has his daughter's

i mean the question of joe biden on the supreme court.re was some reporting that i put to the vice president today, and it produced a very intense moment in our discussion. >> i'm going to throw you a bit of a curve ball which is just this afternoon a senate source has told msnbc that it is beyond just idle chatter, there's been significant discussion that you might conceivably be the president's choice especially under these unusual political circumstances. talk about one person who could get through and nobody else could. if the president asked you to do it, would you say yes? oh, dear. that's next. stay with us. pain when... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol? give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol? no thanks. for me... it's aleve. the nissan rogue. with the power and performance of our intuitive all-wheel drive. now get a $189 per month lease on the 2016 nissan rogue. we heard you got a job as a developer!!!!! its official, i work for ge!! what? wow... yeah! okay... guys, i'll be writing a new language fo

should scientists listen to joe biden and share more research?at: john, there's a real conflict here. many form suit cal companies and other scientists spend their whole lives and develop something and it's a miracle drug and it can n cure a tremendous amount. so they want to when rewarded and their reward is also an incentive to do more. at the same time people want to these -- use these drugs more broadly and in a humanitarian sense. there's a real conflict of legitimate interests here and it's one where i think the government should move in and if they have to, reward the scientists for what they've done, at the same time -- eleanor: there are two issues here. somebody has to be incentivized to quickly get a vaccine for zika. it is a horrible affliction to bring babies into the world for small heads and brain damage and i think it should make some countries question some of their abortion policies because if you don't know that you're carrying this child and you discover you are, i think abortion is a very reasonable procedure. but what joe bi

which is lovely is because here today i got an exclusive face to face interview with vice president joe biden. and it was at this train station that i just decided to stay. if you were curious as to how vice president biden would score a fight between donald trump and the pope, that came up in our discussion. >> have to you ask you as a catholic and as an obber of 2016, what do you think about that? >> pope francis, trump. that's not hard call for me. not even close. >> an pampl not a hard call. the rest of that conversation is straight ahead. stay with us. the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they have to end. unless you have the comcast business voice mobile app. it lets you switch seamlessly from your desk phone to your mobile with no interruptions. i've never felt so alive. make your business phone mobile with voice mobility. comcast business. built for business. >>> pope francis did his big cross border mass yesterday. >> i love that guy. >> he is

joe biden said he would like his page to discuss those causes that matter. i didn't know he was on it. >> surprising the v.p. wasn't on. soon he'll be on snapchat. >> and periscope. >> speaking of which. >>> the biggest bus in town took a field trip this afternoon just down the street from where he the higher education monster bus ventured on the children's museum along with monster truck driver jimmy tracy. >> my kids love the thing. everybody can relate to the school bus. that's something everybody can relate to. everybody has ridden on one. that's why we wanted to do something different and it turned out really good. >> okay. that thing is awesome. that thing is pretty awesome. all the kids who came out today received the discount for monster jam. there are shows tomorrow and saturday at colonel life arena. hopefully they can take that thing off-roading a little bit. >> yeah. i think that would be fun. it kind of scares me when you see those monster trucks. they're so big. >> it will pack colonel life. >>> their genre of music made it the most successful

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jan: that's then-senate judiciary committee chairman joe biden, who in 1992 suggested he was just fine with blocking any election year nominees when president george h.w. bush was in the white house. >> president bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not name a nominee until after the november election is completed. jan: the current judiciary committee chair, republican chuck grassley, immediately agreed to what he called the biden rules. >> in his heart of hearts, he understands why this senate must do what he said it must do in 1992. jan: with president obama poised to move the court to a liberal majority, republicans are vowing to block any nominee. democrats, like senate minority leader harry reid, are questioning their motives. to delegitimize president obama. jan: but democrats like reid, even then-senator obama, have blocked or tried to block

anna: joe biden in the area discussing cancer initiatives. he spent the afternoon with biden. >> this is not one of those comes in, says a few things and leaves. this was a substantive conversation on the treatment and potentially cures for cancer. the vice president spent longer here today than anyone we talked to. initiative to fundamentally change the trajectory of cancer research in america. >> double the rate of progress, understanding each treatment of cancer to make a decades worth of advances in the next five years. to eventually end cancer as we know where. there is enormous progress in the science is ready. you an incredible operation here. you guys are on the cusp of such great advances. >> the panel of experts shared with biden thoughts on where the research needs to go and what the focus needs to be on. detection, a standardized vocabulary among researchers, better access to clinical trials. >> we need to get the drugs to patients, not just getting them to the fda. thank you. this is something i think you can fix. >> i'm convince

this is the same joe biden who said this. take a look. >> in delaware, the largest growth of population is indian american, moving from india. you cannot go to a 7-eleven or dunkin' donuts unless you have a slight indian accent. i'm not joking. it's gigantic. >> if donald trump said the same thing -- >> oh, yeah. >> well, here's the think. she's guy these guys sit in judgment of everyone else and they've said the same things. far worse, they try to shut down americans. y with are law abiding citizens, pay our taxes. we want the government to put us first and instead they have wide open borders and we have hundreds of thousands of illegals. and not enforcing the law. if there's a billboard sign on the border, neon flashing saying make it to the border and you're home free. we've got to start enforcing the law, start having consequences for breaking the immigration law and a president who understands the constitution that he needs congress, he needs to enforce the laws of the land. i told him face-to-face about the second amend

but we should note in just the last several minutes, vice president joe biden down in mexico with thedent of mexico, biden apologized to the mexican people, he said, for some of the gop rhetoric, namely from donald trump that we're hearing out on the campaign trail. here's a bit of that sound from the vice president. here's what he had to say. >> there's been a lot of damaging and incredibly inaccurate rhetoric, and i would argue i feel almost obliged to apologize for some of what my political colleagues have said. it is about mexico, about the mexican people. it's a heated campaign season and i just want you to know, mr. president, that the most heated of the rhetoric you've heard from some of the competitors for the nomination for president is not who we are as the american people. it is not a view that is the view of the majority of the american people. it's the exact opposite. it's the opposite view. >> now, the vice president may have apologized there, but democratic strategists will tell you, anderson and chris, that they are very much looking forward to using donald trump's rhe

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vice president joe biden delivered the keynote address. he highlighted the successes of democrats in everything from the environment to the economy. the vice president reminded us what the democratic party stands for. >> middle class means you can send your park to a neighborhood and know they'll come home safely. if they get to college you can get them there. and in the meantime, you can take care of your mother or father when the other dies and hope your children never have to take care of you. that's middle class. that's who we are. >> the convention continues today in san jose. after yesterday's address, vice president joe biden flew to los angeles for a much different mission. today he'll introduce lady gaga for her performance and then he'll be at the academy awards. >>> while in the bay area, vice president joe biden focussed on an issue close to him. eliminating cancer. he toured a research facility and held a round table discussion alongside his wife. the vice president is spearheading a $1 billion white house initiative to find a

. >>> we have been talking about vice president joe biden, he has been here today, standing by his word determined to find a cure for cancer, this after losing his son to the disease. >> kathryn brown joins us live where the vice president spent time with the leading doctors and researchers today. >> you can tell by being in the same room with the vice publicity tour, this is a personal mission, it's one that he vows to continue even after he leaves office. >> i'm convinced. >> reporter: joe biden told the team, don't rush me as he toured the cancer research lab of noble prize winner dr. paul. the duke university lab is home to some of the biggest breahroughs in cancer research. including using the polio virus to treat brain tumors. >> these are the brightest minds in the world sitting in this room. >> reporter: he chaired a round table panel made up of those on the forefront of cancer research. his visit is part of a mission called cancer moon shot. aggressive campaign to make a decades worth of advances in research and treatment in five years. partially through a billion dollars in fe

and just 48 hours away from the caucus caucuses. exclusive interview with vice president joe biden tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> many pacquiao received a big blow by nike. they just announced they're cutting ties with pacquiao after he called people in home sexual relationships worse than animals. saying man is worse than animals because animals know how to distinguish male from female. he's currently running for the country's senate. nike issued a statement that said in part. the former boxing champion tweeted an apology saying he was sorry for hurting people. >>> apple is defending its de hack into the cell phone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooters. and and meanwhile, according to u.s.a. today, experts say it was just taken in an afternoon to create the software to break into iphones. >>> and according to a document exclusively acquired by roiders, a chemical went missing and they fear if it falls in the hands of deadly chemical weapon. >> we're aware of the reports that there may be a lost or missing radio id dioradioactive source in iraq. we haven't seen any informati

. >>> joe biden will visit the triangle to promote his cancer research initiative. >> he will toward duke cancer institute, emma rice is there reporting live with a preview of what will happen today. president turned heartbreak into helping. spearheading obama's initiative called cancer moonshot. to make decades worth of information ready in five years. >> my dad used to have an expression of father knows that successfully turns and looks at his son or daughter and knows they turned out better than he did. i am a success. i am a hell of a success. >>reporter: biden said about who died of brain cancer in may 2015 is his motivation to find a cure for the disease touched so many american families. during the state of the union address president obama announced biden will lead a federal task force on cancer research. $195 million will be spent on research this year. additional 755 million next year.>> that was emma wright reported. duke is one of the handful centers in the us. the vice president will visit at 2:30 pm and will tour the facilities and meet with doctors as well as researche

vice president joe biden is scheduled to attend scalia's funeral. >>> and the florida winners have finally come forward. they are claiming a 1/3 of the january 13th e winnings and until yesterday, they didn't tell anyone they won except for relatives and their financial advisors. >> the first day i arrived late to work they all suspected i won. so i had to say i didn't purchase a ticket and i didn't lie. sum payment of 327 million $327 million. so, a whole lot of money that they will each be spending in florida. >>> and ice jams, this one formed in augusta, causing the river to rise about 13 feet. ize jams usually occur in early spring. so, nbc meteorologist bill karins is here. normally that starts in early spring. does that mean it's feeling about spring time in that part of may? >> it just means we've been on a roller coast r is what it means. we had the warmth and the cold and the warmth and the rain. there's another huge warm up on the way. and everything is on the west coast. heavy snow to mountains in california and areas like salt lake city. and it's going to be very windy. with re

christie: marco, you shouldn't compare yourself to joe biden and you shouldn't say that's what we're doing. here's exactly what we're doing , you have not been involved in a consequential decision where you just simply haven't and the fact is when you talk about hizzbolah sanctions act that you list as one of your accomplishments that you just did, you weren't even there to vote for it. that's not leadership that's truancy. muir: senator cruz is waterboarding torture? cruz: under the definition of torture, no it's not under the law, torture is excruciating pain that is equivalent to loosing organs and systems, so under the definition of torture it is not, it is enhanced interrogation it is vigorous interrogation, but it does not meet the generally recognized definition of torture. so now the final republican debate before the new hampshire primary is finished with two days to go .. it's back to some old fashioned door knocking to get the vote out. in portsmouth, ed henry fox news. the denver broncos and carolina panthers will take to the field in santa clara this afternoon for superb

former chair of the senate judiciary committee and current vice president of the united states, joe bidenesident should put his name forth. >> look, i've been with joe out here in utah. we're close friends. i think highly of him. this is not a question about the person. this is a question about the system. this is a question about what we should or should not do, and i believe we should not put a name up no matter who it is in this very, very difficult time. >> but are you telling me that if the president puts forth your friend joe biden and he knocks on the door for an interview hatch isn't opening it? >> he can always get through my door but won't be for an interview for the supreme court, and look why? >> you're saying mr. president, you have a year left on the clock and we don't want to hear what name you're putting forth? >> don't tell me that republicans are being mean here because they are not. we just don't believe it should be done by this president in this presidential year as mixed-up as this presidential year is, we don't think we're likely to get a really tough supreme court

joe biden is still here at the end. this was a real conversation about research and treatment about cancer. biden spoke with a roundtable of professionals from anything on oncology to community health care. part of the obama administration's initiative named by biden. a national effort to end the cancer as we know it. today, biden says the science is ready with research at the forefront. talking about increasing access to clinical trials, that are utilizing data -- better utilizing data, having a better vocabulary around cancer, early biden says he knows we are talking about a long-term solution, but he says he's committed to working on it for the rest of his life. steve: we have breaking news in the race for the white house. former technology executive carly fiorina announces she's dropping out of the race. governor chris christie is getting ready to bow out after finishing 6th in new hampshire last night. all eyes or on the south carolina in the race for the white house. republican donald trump winning big in new hamps

vice president joe biden, scalia's funeral. >>> george gaynes has died. if the name doesn't sound familiar some of his memorable roles surely will. he was punky brewster's irritable foster dad in the popular '80s tv show and the bewildered commandant lessard in seven "police academy" movies. a lot remember him as the soap opera star with a crush on tootsie in the 1982 film. he was 92 years old. >>> the winner at westminster's dog show was celebrated at the top of the empire state building. >>> when we come back, they have >>> finally tonight, a florida couple's life just changed forever. they have cashed in the second of three winning tickets for last month's $1.6 billion powerball jackpot. as our janet shamlian tells us, it was tough for them to keep their excitement under wraps. >> maureen smith and david have known they were powerball winners for weeks, but it's a secret they kept, even from their own family. >> lost a lot of sleep. i lost over ten pounds, too, a lot of pacing at night, let me tell you. >> the winning numbers were one smith says she's

cuomo would like to be joe biden's running mate. he is awfully close to device president to be. curtis: my morning cannot be any worse than to see that you are here, diva girl. you rode in on that broomstick. you are back. juliet: you are convinced that governor cuomo , eva lies cuomo, will be indicted and a scandal . i am upset. crooked guy. king cuomo the first. this guy thinks he has a destiny. he thinks he is entitled. i don't think they think that anymore!we will have to find out the hard way. he was opposed to raising taxes and all of a sudden he licked his fingers in now he says he has to move left and now he is a great left-winger. he has no soul! ben: he is the mayor of new york . jeb bush may have shed some tears and had to go home. i have to tell you, talk about a waste of $100 million. 100 million! to make the speech he was so weak and so soft. donald trump just slapped him over the stage. let's get to donald. he is flexing and he is not turning it down. now he is going at rubio and cruz. it's against hillary clinton. anybody but her. does it seem clear to you that t

this was -- there was no vacancy at the time joe biden said this.said this as a preemptive strike. he said if the president nominates somebody in an election year, it is essential we will not confirm them. chuck schumer said the same thing in 2008 and now they are outraged what republicans are doing what they twice threatened to do. >> but on the other side, bill, we have the republicans, including mitch mcconnell, who, at the time came out and said -- when this was being done -- not giving up and down votes when the republicans wanted them, this is an excuse for our colleagues to run out the clock on qualified nominees who are urgently needed to fill vacancies. apparently they're not that urgent on the supreme court when it's now 4-4. having an extra justice will help break the ties. >> look, joe biden -- people should remember that he ushered through justice kennedy, you know, while there was a republican president, as well. >> no one is saying you never do it. [ overlapping speakers ] >> the rhetoric is overblown. regardless of all this, the poli

vice president joe biden will be in durham at duke university tomorrow. he is taking part in a discussion on the so-called cancer moonshot. that is the new national issue to and cancer. president obama talked about it during the state of the union address last month. the white house also announced a $1 billion initiative to joe biden sign, -- son beau died from brain cancer last may. joel: u.s. army is about to give the go-ahead to soldiers to where airbus while working out. current regulations bar them from wearing wireless or non-wireless devices or earpieces will working out in a gym. in their personal training uniform. the army's top general has approved a proposal to change the old policy. the changes are awaiting final approval, but even when it takes effect, the army will still ban earbuds while doing training outside, citing safety concerns. anna: the military men and women are always on the clock. they have to be ready at any moment. i'm sure that is where that comes from. the super bowl is congress. joel: today for the first time, cam newton is

vice president joe biden came too. despite criticism, president obama was not there sitting his security detail. scalia's son delivered the words. >> god bless dad with a love -- blessed dad with a love for his country. >> reporter: other scalia added he were to the ceremony telling a story of his father come to church for confession only to learn his son was the priest on duty. >> as he put it later, like heck i am confessing to you. [ laughter ] the feeling was mutual. >> reporter: scalia who died last weekend at a texas ranch spent nearly 3 decades on the nations high court. he was considered one of the country's most influential conservatives. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> the pilot of a sightseeing helicopter relate there were before crashing into pearl harbor thursday. just before the chopper landed the product warned air-traffic control he was going down. the helicopter was recovered yesterday. crews brought into the service using inflatable bags. the ntsb will not inspect the chopper and the inves

, i don't believe any of us should elect joe biden president of the united states. >> you have not been involved in a consequential decision where you had to be held accountable. you just simply haven't. and the fact is -- [applause] >> fact is when you talk about hezbollah sanctions act, that accomplishments, you weren't even there to vote for it. >> under the definition of torture, torture is excruciating pain, equivalent losing organs or systems, it is enhanced interrogation, vigorous interrogation, but it doesn't meet the generally recognized definition of torture. >> in port smith, ed henry, fox news. >> political editor craig patrick, you saw some of those exchanges between marco rubio and chris christie, how did marco rubio hold up craig? >> this wasn't marco rubio's finest hours. he needed a strong debate performance, chris christie knew it and he nailed him. what you didn't see was the fact that christie was nailing rubio for giving canned statements, at and repeated a talking point he had just given about president obama. that left rubio bruised. interesting parts of the debat

what's bringing joe biden to the bay area today. >> and details on last year's cyber attack on the irs, how the number affected is larger than previously estimated. >> we begin with a check of the forecast, kind of a repeat of last week. >> we are getting a great start. it's mild but warming up. we start with a live look heading out this saturday morning. it is partly cloudy, temperatures mild thanks to the cloud cover. 57 in oakland right now, 54 san francisco, 56 san josi. no freezing temperatures out there this morning. checking the headlines today, mild start and patchy fog out there this morning, partly cloudy today and dry and mild this weekend. as i mentioned, we have the possibility of showers in the forecast. i think we'll see march rain, so we'll talk about that coming up in a bit. >>> looking forward to that. happening today, voters are at the polls in south carolina to take part in the state's democratic primary. this comes a week after donald trump won the republican primary. hillary clinton is expected to win over bernie sanders. polls will close at 4:00 p.m. our time so