because this was hardscrabble scranton, pennsylvania, the hometown of joe biden and also the hometown of hillary clinton's dad, she spent a lot of time there as a kid, because pennsylvania's considered a background state, because pennsylvania is considered a background state because of blue collar white people in parts of the state like scranton, i think there was a lot of expectation today this biden-clinton event would be oo blue collar white people event and focuses on what the campaign sees as hard core middle class working and interests and talking about manufacturing and good trades. there was some of that but they also did other stuff and interesting news made. hillary clinton announced the pure cancer moon shot the obama administration has taken up in its second term vice president biden has been running from the white house. she said if elected, her administration will continue that effort and she will keep joe biden in charge of it. that was interesting. the vice president talked about that cancer moon shot effort some today. most of what he talked about was national securit

of course, as i said, i am here with the one and only vice president joe biden. ering] [applause] [cheering] joe grewon: you know, up on north washington avenue. traveled,how far he he never forgets where he is from. i had seen him in a lot of settings, in the spotlight as vice president and senator, in a quiet movements -- moments with constituents in -- constituents, and in the situation room helping to make decisions that affect our lives and security. wherever he goes, he is always the same guy. he is a fighter for anyone that needs a champion. he is a fighter for the town of scranton. and he is a fighter for families. [applause] [cheering] you know, i think he would be the first to say that he cares about your family because of his family. joe senior anne catherine todd -- and catherine taught joe that all people deserve to be treated with dignity. you see someone fall, you help them up. we are all in this together. that is the biden way. we have seen how he fights for working families, because he passionately believes in the a sick bargains that make our ame

joe biden is an important character witness for her. about what it was like to work with her when she was secretary of state during the obama administration and they're hoping those types of care to -- character witness statements coming from the vice president willhe president himself help her with that deficit she has with voters' trust. mark: it is extraordinary to have the fbi release investigative data. it is almost never happened in the history of the fbi. they planned to do it in the case of hillary clinton. is the clinton campaign objecting to that and asking why they are being subject to different treatment? reporter: they object to the notes from the fbi interviews being released to select lawmakers. their argument is if you are releasing the notes, release them to the public. them to if you release lawmakers, they are subject to having portions leaked out and used as political weapons without the public seeing the broader context. it is important to note that these are not the transcripts. they are notes. republican lawmakers

arms out, welcoming that vp help on the nats clinton and vice president joe biden's scranton roots were on full display to reach those working class voters. clinton's father and biden were born in this blue collar

eugene dell pasqua lirks, tlirkpasquali, too, and i'm here with the one, the only, vice president joe biden. [ cheers and applause ] [ crowd chanting "hillary" ] you know, joe grew up over on north washington avenue. no matter how far he travels, he never forgets where he's from. i have seen him in a lot of settings in the spotlight as vice president and senator, in quiet moments with constituents, and in the situation room helping to make decisions that affect our lives and security. and where ever he goes, he's always the same guy, a fighter for everyone who needs a champion for towns like scranton and above all, a fighter for families. [ cheers and applause ] [ crowd chanting "joe" ] >> and you know i think he'd be the first to say that he cares about your families because of his family. joe senior and kathryn taught joe that all people deserve to be treated with dignity. when you see someone fall, you help them back up because we are all in this together. that is the biden way. we have seen how he fights for working families because he passionately believes in the basic bargain that mak

that's why i drink the champagne of beers. >>> vice president joe biden hit the campaign trail today,onald trump at an event with hillary clinton in pennsylvania, their first campaign stop together. biden blasted trump as totally unqualified, clueless, dangerous. our senior washington correspondent joe johns reports. >> reporter: if it's joe biden and pennsylvania, it's blue collar. >> hillary understands the hopes and aspirations of the people in claymont, in scranton and every scranton and claymont in the united states of america. >> reporter: the vice president also taking the opportunity to hammer away at gop presidential nominee donald trump. >> this guy doesn't care about the middle class. and i don't even blame him in a sense because he doesn't understand it. he doesn't have a clue. no, he really -- i mean, he really doesn't. >> reporter: saying trump is the most unprepared nominee ever for the job of president. >> i have worked with eight presidents of the united states. i have served with hundreds of senators, dozens of secretaries of state and secretaries of defense of both

want to talk about hillary clinton's campaign event with vice president joe biden in pennsylvania todaybiden was extraordinarily subtle in his remarks about donald trump or not. he said trump would have loved stalin. real fruit, wholesome nuts and crunchy flakes. good things come together to make one great thing. great grains. why be good when you can be great? ♪ ♪ (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man snoring (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) woman snoring take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >>> vice president joe biden hit the campaign trail today, taking on donald trump at an event with hillary clinton in pennsylvania, their first campaign stop together. biden blasted trump as totally unqualified, clueless, dangerous. our senior washington correspondent joe johns reports. >> reporter: if it's joe biden and pennsylvania, it's blue collar. >> hillary understands the hopes and aspirations of the people in claymont, in scranton and every sc

more mall la props or ridiculous statements than joe biden.unning for president if media treated him like donald trump. this is pile on. harris: when you hear someone say that you see a backfire coming. what do you mean? >> backfire, donald trump, next few days, next few weeks, keep making speeches, stay on message. this sounds like act of desperation. this is johnny-one-note. they played their one card. melissa: feels like, we, know how this works where there is backlash stories. reporters making fun of other reporters who are reporting that hillary clinton didn't found isis. president obama took it that seriously. there is that wave. if he can avoid making another mistake and still rehashing old ones, starts to sound ridiculous. got to avoid making more mistakes. harris: go ahead. >> two things watching that, one he served under president obama, who was a one-term senator and who was a a activist. a professor? he never run anything. how was he fit to be president of the united states? secondly we see a lot of hyperbole on the campaign trail.

and of course, as i said, i am here with the one and the only vice-president joe biden. [applause] you know, joe grew up over in north washington avenue. [applause] no matter how far he travels, he never forgets where he's from. i have seen him in a lot of settings in the spotlight as vice-president and senator, in quiet moments with constituents and in the situation room, helping to make decisions that impact our lives and security. and wherever he goes, he's always the same guy, a fighter for everyone who needs a champion for towns like scranton and above all a fighter for family. [applause] [chanting joe] >> and you know, i think he'd be the first to say that he cares about your family because of his family. joe senior and catherine taught joe that all people deserve to be treated with dignity. when you see someone fall, you help them back up because we are all in this together. that is the biden way. we have seen how he fights for working families because he passionately believes in the basic bargain that makes america great. that our economy should work for everyone,

people like him. >> and they love joe biden as that guy, joe biden, like when he's not running for presidentlse running for his job, that's taim kaine. this has not aired any where . yet. this is him cueing up at a north carolina brewer ry. let's take a little listen here. >> here is your vice president. ♪ >> it reminds me -- >> who has that kind of skill on a harmonica. >> i don't even know -- >> that's good harmonica. >> if you watch it he gets the whole crowd to start singing to her. >> you see, i don't want to overdo it but it's arguably lovable. >> at the end of the day, man, democrats are playing harmonica at a bar and donald trump is trying to get people to take him seriously. this is where the campaign is. >> and style, manner and politics. donald trump pushing fame and celebrities. democratics are pushing something else. you see a lot but the democratic convention did feel and look a lot younger. i think that's a fair statement and it shows hillary leading. >> exactly, 56 to 20. young voters, he is not offering them any message and not offering them any policy. >> we are out of time

>> sure, but again, i can't-- >> stephen: no joe biden. >> joe biden was fine. >> stephen: feelings. >> i nevermented to be called scamp by someone as much as i have. >> stephen: hey, sport. >> bedtime, scamp, late. >> stephen: assistant manager of a local hardware store? >> exactly. here, i'll open your beer. i'd rather you drank it here with me. >> stephen: so he's the cool step-dad. >> he's as cool as could possibly be. i never saw anyone more about to he can do it. >> i think he must have been frisked on the way out. "tell me you do not have it with you, tim." they want to hear it. i promise you, they don't want to hear it. we'll slap it out of your mouth. >> stephen: that's your impression of hillary clinton? >> that's right. i will open hand slap it out of your mouth. i so wanted to him hear say, "i hereby accept the nomination for ? ? ? >> except my impression of a harmonica is more like a tim kaine impression because it sounds nothing like a harmonica or anything. >> stephen: that's because you're trying on play your fingernails but you can't do that. >> like a stubby flute.

president joe biden has landed in the turkish capital of ankara. visit comes more than a month after a failed military coup. his visit will focus on turkey's request for the extradition of a muslim cleric living in america. here are the details. >> turkey has wanted him for years. now the u.s. state department says it has received a formal extraditeom ankara to this muslim cleric. >> we can confirm turkey has requested the extradition. you have seen turkish politicians talk about him or make allegations that he was connected. is that this request does not relate to his involvement or allegedly involvement in the coup. >> turkey is still reeling from last month's coup attempt. at least 240 people were killed. the turkish president says the plot was orchestrated by the cleric, who has lived in exile in pennsylvania since 1999. he denies any involvement. around 80,000 people accused of having links to him have been sacked or suspended from the police,, civil service, and judiciary. turkey has made his extradition one of the key issues in a relationshi

hillary clinton got help from joe biden today in scranton, pennsylvania. it is the same town where her family has deep roots. there was a bevy of classics to offer throughout the day, including a slightly awkward tarmac hug that kept going and going. release, joe. 'sere was also some of biden usual folksy banter. >> good to be home with so many friends. as i look around, one of the people in the reception line said my aunt owns your house. [laughter] >> tell her i'm coming. i'm coming home. runningere when i was and up in the bedroom, written biden wall is joe slept here. and then lived here. i'm glad they added that part. mark: there were also a lot of moments of high emotion. iraq,my son were still in and i say to all those who were -- thetheir threat threat to their life has gone up a couple of clicks. what happened in turkey. turkey accusing us of being part of the crew attempt -- coup attempt. does he have any idea the consequence of his outlandish comments? this guy doesn't care about the middle class. i don't even blame him because he doesn't unders

of course, as i said, i am here with the wind, the only, vice president joe biden. [applause] ms. you know, joe grew up on north washington avenue. no matter how far he traveled, he never forgets where he is from. i have seen him in a lot of settings, in the spotlight as vice president and senator, in quiet moments with constituents, and in the situation room, helping to make decisions that affect our lives and security. wherever he goes, he is always the same guy. he is a fighter for anyone that needs a champion, for towns like scranton, and, above all a , fighter for families. [applause] joe, joe! ms. clinton: you know, i think he would be the first to say that he cares about your family because of his family. joe sr. and catherine taught joe that all people deserve to be treated with dignity. when you see someone fall, you help them back up. we are all in this together. that is the biden way. we have seen how he fights for working families, because he passionately believes in the basic bargains that make america great that our economy should , work for everyone and not just tho

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twaps reported earlier, several weeks ago that joe biden and hillary clinton were going to scranton, pennsylvania, however that appearance got postponed due to the shootings of several police officers in dallas, back to you. >> joe johns, thank you. joe, they do like what they're looking at in the polls in pennsylvania, the average is with clinton up nine points. we'll see what they say. let's talk much more about donald trump and his big policy rollout today. his plan to take -- his plan to take on isis and radical islam. joining me to discuss, cnn senior international correspondent clarissa ward who has reported from the battleground, especially in syria. and security intelligence analyst bob baer, former security operative. important context to set before we get to the speech is where is the u.s., where is the u.s. and its allies right now in the fight against isis? >> well, kate, thing it's kind of ironic actually the timing of this speech because i will say for the first time in two years the u.s. is really starting to see some momentum building in this battle for isis. so agains

joe biden is from there. hillary clinton's father is from there. joe biden really came out of the gate today basically talking about why he thought hillary clinton was fit to be president and trump was unfit and went further than that basically saying that donald trump would be a danger to national security because he cannot be trusted. he talked about how there was someone in the back who had nuclear codes and basically said that, look, donald trump is someone who can't be trusted with those nuclear codes. he's too erratic. he cannot be trusted. his shame has no limits. he even said at one point, don, that he's someone who could be friends with the former leader of the soviet union which some may say, hey, he may have crossed the line there. clearly trying to evoke fear that donald trump is not fit for president. >> it was a blistering attack, pamela. let's listen to some of it. >> i have worked -- i've worked with eight presidents of the united states. i have served with hundreds of senators. only 13 senators in history, i'm embarrassed to say, h

vice president joe biden is a champion of train travel. he rode the train from wilmington to washington during his 36 years in congress. >> starbucks supervisor's action saves customers and employees before a twister hits the shop. >> up next, the murder mystery of two catholic nuns. >> reporter: health officials in new jersey declared an ozone-action day. if you're in south jersey or delaware, you want to take it ease request, if you're in the risk group especially the elderly and those with heart and lung conditions. the worst will be between noon and 6:00. we'll be back with the hot forecast for today and better for the weekend, that's coming up. >> people in indiana are cleaning up after several tornadoes ripped through the central and northern part of that state, ef twisters with winds 152 miles per hour flattened a starbucks they moved into the bathroom. >> we got everyone inside and closed the doors and all of a sudden it started rattling. >> it's a miracle, we should not be here at all. >> a miracle. minutes later, the building was

let's go to hillary clinton just wrapping up a campaign event with vice president joe biden. jennifer griffin is live in scranton with the latest. jennifer, how significant is it for biden to join her on the trail today? >> reporter: well, it's very significant. remember, this was a campaign stop that was cancelled after the dallas shooting, when those police officers were killed in dallas earlier in july. vice president biden just finished speaking. it was about a 30 to 40-minute speech. it covered everything from a very passionate speech about his roots here, hillary clinton's roots here. but he spent the last 15 minutes or so talking about donald trump and why he thinks he's not qualified to be the commander-in-chief. one of the anecdotes that he spoke about at the end was particularly upsetting to biden. he said trump had of course last week been quoted saying that president obama had been the founder of isis and that hillary had been the founder of isis. he quoted a hezbollah commander yesterday who is now quoting that as fact and saying how dangerous it is when america's

friends should not let friends vote for trump. >> joe biden in the city where he raised tore into donald trump. cnn's joe johns has more. >> reporter: hillary clinton continues to stump for votes in pennsylvania where polls show she has a healthy lead. she still needs support from white working class voters. she came here to scranton, pennsylvania and joined by vice president joe biden. his hometown. he took her to the house where he grew up and participated in a rally and launching a stinging attack on donald trump calling him unqualified for the white house. >> there's a guy that follows me right back here. he has the nuclear codes. so god forbid anything happened to the president, the codes are with me. he is not qualified to know the code. he can't be trusted. this guy doesn't care about the middle class. i don't blame him in a sense because he doesn't understand it. he doesn't have a clue. he really doesn't. he doesn't have a clue. >> reporter: at the event in scranton, there was not mention of the notes of hillary clinton's interview with the fbi. the campaign preferring to stay on

of course, as i said, i am here with the one and only vice president joe biden. ms. clinton: you know, joe grew up on north washington avenue. no matter how far he traveled, he never forgets where he is from. i had seen him in a lot of settings, in the spotlight as vice president and senator, in a quiet movements -- moments with constituents in -- constituents and in the situation room helping to make decisions that affect our lives and security. wherever he goes, he is always the same guy. he is a fighter for anyone that needs a champion. he is a fighter for the town of scranton. and he is a fighter for families. [applause] [cheering] ms. clinton: you know, i think he would be the first to say that he cares about your family because of his family. joe senior anne catherine todd -- and catherine taught joe that all people deserve to be treated with dignity. you see someone fall, you help them up. we are all in this together. that is the biden way. we have seen how he fights for working families, because he passionately believes in the a sick bargains that make ou

moving speech. ( cheers and applause ) a moving speech that posed the eternal question: why can't joe biden be the nominee?" and uncle joe wasted no time going after donald trump. >> he's trying to tell us he cares about the middle class? give me a break! that's a bunch of malarkey! ( applause ) >> stephen: what? we're live. next he's going to say fawlderal, i can't believe it. and he closed with a rousing call to optimism. >> we are america, second to none! and we own the finish line! don't forget it! god bless you all. and may god protect our troops! come on! ( cheers and applause ) we're america! thank you! >> stephen: come on! come on! let's do this! come on! you gotta be kidding me! what are we doing! it's ridiculous, is what it is! what are we doing? oh, hey! ( cheers and applause ) ? ? ? it's malarkey is what it is! and the theme of the night was love, which seemed to resonate a little better than the r.n.c. fear festival last week. it's almost as if-- and i'm just guessing here-- it's almost as if an audience wants to hear something other than their country is a giant flaming turd p

more missing trump's past insistence that president obama founded isis, his attempt at sarcasm, joe biden says has no place in politics. it gets repeated in the middle east and puts a target on u.s. troops. >> if my son were still in iraq, and i say to all those who are there, the threat to their life has gone up a couple clicks. >> reporter: trump's message on isis blunted today by new questions over his campaign chairman's business ties in the ukraine. the anti-corruption task force uncovered a ledger allegedly documenting $7.12 million in off the books cash payments. from ukraine to paul .12 million in off the books cash payments. 12 million in off the books cash payments. from ukraine to paul . million in off the books cash payments. 7 million in off the books cash payments. from ukraine to paul manafort. manafort called the allegation silly and nonsensical. >> reporter: this is hillary clinton is going after donald trump where he's strongest, with white working class voters. trump is counting on them to give him his best and perhaps only shot at the white house. clinton today bringin

it is remarkable that joe biden would say that. melissa: you see joe biden out on the stump today.aign trail and appeals to the common man. this was a, this was a stop planned awhile ago. there was yet another terror attack i believe it was that pushed this off. so they are out doing it today. seems like trump is losing this group though? >> joe biden is a great campaigner. he is a good speaker. he connects with people. i will give him that. joe is terrific campaigner, far better than hillary clinton. to me the takeaway incredibly awkward encounter and hillary clinton when he got off the airplane if you get a chance to see the footage, his mantra today was all hands on deck and hers was the song by the georgia satellites, keep your hands to yourself. it was classic joe biden the, mr. touchy-feely. you could tell hillary was not unbelievably and visibly uncomfortable with the whole thing. >> you know, not everyone is comfortable with that. but back on the subject of trump a little bit, as it seems like as he gets out there, i talked to more people over the weekend, recently who woul

run a business, he knows how to make the economy grow. >> reporter: clinton's fix, a big dose of joe biden. andrea mitchell, nbc news. >>> tonight we have a rare look inside a secret operation saving lives in war torn syria. it's an underground hospital hidden away as the brutal conflict between government forces and rebels rages on above. and so many patients brought here are children. our richard engel takes us inside where some of the images may be disturbing to targeted so many hospitals the few still working have been forced below ground. nbc news was granted rare access to one of these unmarked hidden basement clinics, where 2-year-old bayon was barely alive after an air strike on his home. medical staff tirelessly tried to push and pump life into the boy. then listen for a heart beat that wasn't there. but there's no time to take in the horror, children keep streaming in. after bombings in this city, rescue workers often save children first, so it's children who fill nearly every bed. >> the images never leave you, they scar you. >> reporter: dr. samer attar is a surgeon in chicago,

joe biden is helping clinton make her case. >> if you're worried about your job, then there's only one person in this election who will possibly help you and that is hillary clinton. >> we're going to make the biggest investm ii. >> reporter: joe biden telling me donald trump's economic plan doesn't add up. >> he has no notion what he's talking about. and just look at his budget. >> reporter: what do you say to white, not college educated men in pennsylvania, in scranton. >> that's what i'm saying here, take a look at the facts, take a look at what he's talking about. >> reporter: clinton is practically camping democrats held their convention, launched her bus tour, and though polls have her head among white working class voters, trump is up and gaining. so we went to a local coffee house and asked why trump? have you decided who you're going to vote for? >> i'm going to vote for trump because i think he can by jobs back because he's a successful businessman. >> donald trump knows what it is to run a business, he knows how to make the economy grow. >> reporter: clinton with a big dose

a better advocate from that. >> i think we went into this event looking far white working class joe biden appeal in this place where you heard the vice president himself sort of tout the success of the obama/biden ticket in 2008 and 2012 in this area and trying to parlay some of that on to hillary clinton but what we walked away from was a total trump takedown and again thises that sitting vice president. obviously everyone will say of course, this is a democrat supporting hillary clinton, he'll take down donald trump but that doesn't get at -- and we've seen this from the president and now we're seeing it from the sitting vice president -- about how rare it is even in these partisan days for a sitting vice president to say thing s like "without hesitation i can say no major party nominee in history has known less or been less prepared to deal with national security." and what amazes him that he doesn't seem to want to learn about it. these are just complete gutting of donald trump to a home crowd but also someone who goes to work everyday at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> and at the dnc re

in another world that i'm sure joe biden things about it would be joe biden running in scranton, pennsylvaniao ca carry the keystone state. how did he do today? >> reporter: look, he delivered a blistering attack against donald trump. there's no doubt about that. you're right, steve this is a role he's very comfortable in being out on the campaign trail pressing the flesh. that is what he did today takinging on donald trump saying he's the most unprepared candidate in u.s. history when it comes to foreign policy and hit him for a couple specific points. number one, saying president obama is the found earp of isis. he said that kind of talk is actually dangerous. he slammed him for praising leaders like putin and saddam hussein, and then he talked in very personal terms about what it was like to work with secretary clinton. take a look at what vice president biden had to say today. >> i've known her for over 30 years. i knew her before she was first lady. when she became first lady, when we served together in the senate during her year as secretary of state once a week we'd have breakfast at m

and vice president joe biden.w warning today that donald trump cannot be trusted with nuclear codes or with anything involving america's security. cnn senior washington correspondent joe johns is live for us in pennsylvania. he has more on biden's campaign appearance with hillary clinton. he really went after donald trump today, joe. >> reporter: that's for sure. vice president joe biden back here in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania. of course, this is his first campaign appearance with hillary clinton on the trail. in what can only be called a blistering attack on donald trump, calling him, among other things, totally unqualified to be president. joe biden on the trail for the first time with democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton. channelling his blue collar roots in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania. >> hillary understands the hopes and aspirations of the people in scranton and every scranton in the united states of america. >> reporter: hammering away at donald trump. >> this guy doesn't ca

should joe biden have taken heat for that joke? >> no. >> i say yes. >> why? it would be like you and i joking. >> it's still a joke threatening violence. it's the exact same thing. >> i have to go back to the context word. you and i will agree to disagree on that. i think they were very very different. i think particularly with everything else that's going on with trump. it's the same joke as boy, the russians should hack in and help us out and get the 30,000 e-mails. they are all jokes but they are all bad jokes. they are all at the expense of our national security. they are all temperamentally insane. >> i hope i have been clear condemning what trump said. but i do believe republicans are going to look at what joe biden said and probably find other examples of democrats joking about guns and if you want to have the moral authority to condemn what trump said, i don't think you can look at what joe biden said and just dismiss it. >> only problem is when you are running a clinton ad and in that ad you are running sound bites whether about the khans, whether ab

joe biden losing his cool and dropping the "m" bomb. and at the same time making the c-span viewers clutch their pearls. joe, you bad boy. actually for that joke i wanted to say pearl necklace. my writer told me in america a pearl necklace in america means -- you people are disgusting. that's all i will say. you're disgusting. i will say, i haven't seen joe biden this angry. it's like seeing your grandpa angry for the first time. i told you not to buy me a japanese lawn moor, malarkey! joe biden came out with fire. then tim kaine came out and said some things. >> can i be honest with you. i never expected to be here. i was born in minnesota. grew up in kansas city. my parents here tonight, going strong. i spend a lot of time with republican senators who will tell you how fantastic a senator that hillary clinton was. you know who i don't trust. mmm, i wonder. donald trump. >> trevor: yo, yo, can i be real for a second? i heard hillary's vp pick was a white dude but that's a white dude. [ applause ] >> trevor: that dude is white like tim k

hillary clinton, president obama and joe biden. we will show you what they have to say. >>> and a finish for the ages. did allyson felix take gold in the women's 400-meter final? you cannot believe how close this was. >> what a race. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm george howell. it is tuesday, august 16th. 5:01 on the east coast. donald trump hoping to improve his campaign after giving a speech explaining his plan to take on and defeat isis. trump went on promising a global clash against islamic terror. he compared it to the cold war. he called for the testing of the values of would-be immigrants. trump vowed to keep guantanamo bay open. he also slammed hillary clinton and president obama. this time without calling them the quote founders of isis. trump blamed the terror group's rise on the policy decisions. >> we cannot let this evil continue. nor can we let the hateful ideology of radical islam. oppression of gays and women and children. be allowed to spread within our countries. any coun

i was there when i was running and up in the bedroom, written on the wall, still is "joe biden slept here." then it said "lived here." i'm glad they added the "lived here" part. >> as with every biden event, it wasn't just humor. there were also a lot of moments of high emotion. >> if my sonere still in iraq, and i said all those who are there, the threat to their life has gone up a couple clicks. it's gone up a couple clicks. you saw what's happening in turkey. some in turkey are accusing us of being part of the coup attempt. ladies and gentlemen, does he have any idea the adverse consequence these outlandish comments have on our allies, our friends and the physical safety of our troops? this guy doesn't care about the middle class. and i don't even blame him in a sense because he doesn't understand it. he doesn't have a clue. what hillary's all about is making sure that every one of you, every one of you, can look your child and your grandchild in the eye and say honey, i mean this sincerely, everything's going to be okay. hillary understands that the most damaging thing to a parent

a visit today by vice president joe biden will be meeting with turkey's leaders. ddress the concern about a crackdown with military please and the military coup. biden is also expected to tell baltic states not to take donald trump seriously. in a meeting biden pledged the u.s. will always honor its nato. >>> and the president faced criticism for not cutting his summer vacation short to visit the state sooner but he shrugged off those critics, praised the efforts of fema, and urged americans not to forget the scope of disaster facing the people of louisiana. >> sometimes, once the floodwaters pass, people's attention spans pass. this is not a one op. is this not a photo op issue. is this how do you make sure a month from now, three months from now, six months from now, people are still getting the help that they need. >> white house confirmed the president with the family of alton sterling. he's the learn it-year-old baton rouge man shot to death by police in july. he also met with the families of slain and wounded baton rouge police officers. >>> attorneys for arm