"joe" gardner. the valiant efforts of these men saved the lives of many people in the courthouse in a time of tragedy and crisis, cooper and gardner responded immediately with selfless courage, placing the lives of others before their own. court security officer cooper lived hads i life protecting the lives of other people. and after 26 years of service with the las vegas metropolitan police department he retired to work at the las vegas courthouse as a security officer. it was here that officer cooper died valiantly defending the halls of justice. for even after being fataly wounded he continues to try to subdue the gunman. ultimately ensuring the safety of those that were in the courthouse that kay -- day. we join in the sorrow of his family and mourn of loss of this great individual. his legacy of a life dedicated to public service will not be forgotten. in the moments that followed the fatal shooting, deputy united states marshal joe gardner and six other members of the united states marshal ser

joe biden said today. i don't think john nantz gardner said that when franklin roosevelt passed social security. i laughed about it. that's what's going to be on tv. >> here's vice president biden today with president obama at the white house, let's give pat his jiggle and giggle. let's listen. >> this is a big [ bleep ] deal. >> okay. >> that's how american history is made. >> people like that. >> somebody please explain to the vice president that we have microphones. i don't know -- >> david's right about this -- >> i want to ask you -- >> wait a second, he's going to agree with me. >> are you offended by that language? >> i laughed my head off. here's the thing. david is right about this -- if you run for repeal, everybody knows you're not going to do it. if you say repeal, repeal and reform. say we're going to get rid of these, we're going to keep these and we're going to put these in there. that might work. if you say it's not going to happen until 2013. because then it's got credibility. but it ain't going to happen -- >> these guys don't have credibility. they took themselves out of the c