one person they did not invite was joe mccarthy. >> actually, mrs.was invited to tea and receptions. she did not attend. >> what is a significance of that? >> she was making a political statement on her husband's behalf to not cross the door into the white house. >> some people do not know who joe mccarthy is. a quick snapshot of who he is. >> he was -- he was the senator that went after so-called communists in government positions. it was a salem witch-hunt. they saw communists under every desk. he went after all kinds of people. people who were supposed to have had some kind of affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front. he went after all kinds of people that were supposed to have had some affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front or someone who leaned through the communists in the 1930's and 1940's and did a great deal of harm to a great number of people's careers and personal lives. and the reason that mamie would not invite him to the house entertainment is that she disagreed with the methodology that h

is she channeling nor joe mccarthy now?ng to start labelling people communists in this country. i don't agree with the nra on a lot of different things. on some things, i -- >> i'm a proud nra member. >> i understand. that i don't agree with them on everything. i believe in the second amendment and they do, too. but some other things i don't. but to say this grouch americans who are taking positions who have a right to take this position are somehow like communists that, is joe mccarthy. >> she may have gone too far with her comparison. but the nra, i'm sorry that you're a member of them. i think they're a very, very negative -- >> they have the number one -- >> i don't care how many people supports them. >> they are the number one group that teaches gun safety in this country today. >> they're also the number one group that makes it impossible to have any meaningful laws on guns. >> this is what we're hearing of the democratic party where there is no reason or proportion. people that associate with the nra are like communi

eisenhower, when he was done, said that he felt dirty from the touch of joe mccarthy. but in milwaukee, eisenhower goes in and consciously, finally tracked this down through a lot of research, consciously deleted from a speech a reference that criticized mccarthy for criticizing general george marshall. calling him a dupe of communists. eisenhower either took it out himself or had somebody take it out. it's a little fuzzy there. some say he waffled. m but maybe, just maybe, this is what was called the hidden-hand presidency. eisenhower doing things behind the scenes. maybe this was the beginning of whew eisenhower hoped would be a mob with mccarthy. he hoped that mccarthy would blow away, and he didn't. and he used richard nixon to help bring him down. but what does this say about the future president of the united states? and no one speech changes a campaign. october 16th in hartford, eisenhower says, i shall go to korea. the impact of that has been way overdone. the campaign is over by that point. the stories of steven gaining a little after that are way exaggerated.

one person they did not invite was senator joe mccarthy. marilyn irvin holt: mrs.s invited. she was invited to tea receptions but she did not attend. susan: was the significance? marilyn irvin holt: i think he was making a political statement on her husband's the half -- behalf not to -- susan: some people done of the joe mccarthy is. [laughter] edith mayo: he was the senator the so-calledr communists in government positions. it was sort of like a salem witch hunt. they sell communists -- saw communists under every desk and chair. he went after all kinds of people that were supposed to have some affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front or somebody who lead towards the communist in the 1930's and 1940's. he did a great deal of harm to a great number of people's careers and personal lives. the reason that mamie would not invite him to the white house entertainments was she disagreed with the methodology he used in the ruining of people's reputations and careers. susan: this question is connected. i remember reading she was a big fan of "i love

eisenhower, when he was done, said that he felt dirty from the touch of joe mccarthy. but in milwaukee, eisenhower goes in and consciously, finally tracked this down through a lot of research, consciously deleted from a speech a reference that criticized mccarthy for criticizing general george marshall. calling him a dupe of communists. eisenhower either took it out himself or had somebody take it out. it's a little fuzzy there. some say he waffled. m but maybe, just maybe, this is what was called the hidden-hand presidency. eisenhower doing things behind the scenes. maybe this was the beginning of whew eisenhower hoped would be a mob with mccarthy. he hoped that mccarthy would blow away, and he didn't. and he used richard nixon to help bring him down. but what does this say about the future president of the united states? and no one speech changes a campaign. october 16th in hartford, eisenhower says, i shall go to korea. the impact of that has been way overdone. the campaign is over by that point. the stories of steven gaining a little after that are way exaggerated.

and one person they did not invite to the white house was senator joe mccarthy.t: actually, mrs. mccarthy was invited. she was invited to teas, a receptions. she did not attend. swain: and what's the significance of that? irvin holt: i think she was making a political statement on her husband's behalf not to cross the door into the white house. swain: now, some people watching this don't know who joe mccarthy is, so a very quick snapshot... irvin holt: oh my goodness. swain: i know it's true. (crosstalk) mayo: well, he was -- he was... (crosstalk) he was the senator that went after so-called communists in government positions. and it was sort of like a salem witch hunt, if you will. they saw communists under every... (crosstalk) ... desk, under every chair. he went after all kinds of people that were supposed to have had some affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front or somebody who leaned toward the communists in the '30s and '40s. and he did a great deal of harm to a great number of people's careers and personal lives. and the reason that

. >> i think you have to go back to joe mccarthy, to find a process as abusive in a congressional hearing as this one was. >> why are so many news outlets saying hillary emerged unscathed while they insist the new evidence is damaging. just as most of the media were saying joe biden were about to jump into the race -- >> joe biden's decision, i think the announcement's going to come tomorrow. i think he's going to get in. >> joe biden's going to get in, i'm confident. tomorrow or tuesday. >> the vice president says he's out. how are so many so wrong so often? and will the press now down play hillary's expected coronation? >>> as donald trump keeps surging in the polls, the media establishment finally grudgingly acknowledging the obvious. he could well win the republican nomination or more. >> i know all about dismissed trust. early on, all of us, the so-called experts, i am beginning to believe he could be elected president of the united states. >> why have the pundits spent so many months in denial? i'm howard kurtz, and this is "media buzz." >> the media narrative when the house ben ggh

. >> you have to go back to joe mccarthy to find a process as abusive in a congressional hearing as this. >> why are so many news outlets saying she emerged unscathed and many insist the new evidence was damaging? >> most of the media were saying joe biden seemed about to jump in to the 2016 race... >> joe biden's decision, i think the announcement will come together. our a joe biden will get in tomorrow or tuesday. i am confident. >> the vice president said he is out. how are so many so wrong so often? >> donald trump keeping subjecting in the polls. the media establishment finally, acknowledging the obvious: he could well win the republican nomination. or more. >> i know all of us just dismissed donald trump early. i am going to believe he could be elected president of the united states. >> why have the pundits spent so many months in denial? this is "media buzz." >> the media narrative when the house benghazi hearings began was the investigation had already been tainted by partisanship. it surfaced repeatedly as republican lawmakers grilled hillary clinton. hillary clinton pushed back

. >> you have to go back to joe mccarthy to find a process as abusive in a congressional hearing as this>> why are so many news outlets saying she emerged unscathed and many insist the new evidence was damaging? >> most of the media were saying joe biden seemed about to jump in tohe

. >> i think you have to go back to joe mccarthy, to find a process as abusive in a congressional hearings. >> why are so many news outlets saying hillary emerged unscathed while they insist the new evidence is damaging. just as most of the media we

we rooted for bishop sheen, looked at joe mccarthy and thought he went too far, but liked his point of view, we were very anti-communist, and gut sense, patriotic, and i think you felt obama was too cool for school. that apart, tell me about trump and his way of appealing to that nationalistic gut. i think he has found a way to do it that is very effective with white working class guys out there. what is that thing he's gotten to, besides the racist crap around birtherism and stuff i think is terrible. >> what he's got is first of all, a very, very, very strong intellect. do not underestimate him. don't make the same mistake that people made about ronald reagan, that they always underestimated him. this is a man who graduated from the morton school of business. >> he's told us that, mr. mayor. >> i know, this is an extraordinarily -- >> he tells us that every three days. >> this is an extraordinarily intelligent buy, who can adapt, who can move with what's going on, who gets a sense of what the people are thinking. that's a very dangerous candidate. meaning, that's a candidate who can

there was very impressive and you have to go back to joe mccarthy, to the house on american committee to find a process as abusive in a congressional hearing as this was. >> you think you go back to mccarthy here. >> i do. i think this was a reckless and outrageous hearing and the process is. that said, she has a problem with stone walling on the question of these e-mails and her server. the fbi is looking at it and that's probably the appropriate place but i think we got a real look at who hillary clinton would be as president. how she, her comportment, her composure, the terms of policy and familiarity with the issues down in the weeds. the fact she had been on the senate arms services committee and what she knows about the world and policy. i thought we got a look at somebody we never saw before. >> gloria, was there a smoking gun today. sydney bloomingthal. >> most of the american public has no idea who that was until today. he's an old friend of the clintons who e-mailed her about, you know, all kinds of foreign policy things including libya and, you know, she forwarded some of h

well, she did great, because she was up against a group of demagogue, and you have to go back to joe mccarthy to see this kind of dem goj ri in a congressional hearing and what they did was to give her a platform to show her what kind of president of the united states she would be. she has never had that platform or opportunity to before, and she did it, and she was competent and she had the facts at her command, and nuanced an she did not give an inch. she knew what she was doing, and thee yat ri ri cal and complete hillary clinton such as we have have never seen before, and we still have the question of the trustworthiness and whether she tells the whole truth which is the one big thing that stands in front of her in this election, but we got a look at what madam president hillary clinton would look like tonight and it is impressive and these guys and women of the republican side teed it up for e her. >> and jim sciutto, i want to two to you the chief national security correspondent, and we heard gloria say this a moment ago of the infighting and sniping and wrangling in this thing, but wha

it was impressive given what she was up against, and another thing, you have to go back to joe mccarthy and the house on american committee to find the process as abusive as a house congressional -- >> you really go back to mccarthy? >> yes, it is reckless and outrageous and the process is, but that said, she has a problem with stonewalling on the question of the e-mails and her server. the fbi is looking at it, and that is probably the appropriate place, but i the think that we have a real look at who hillary clinton would be as president, and comportment, and the composure, and the nuance in terms of policy and the familiarity of the issues and down in the weeds, and down on the senate armed services committee, and what she knows about the world in policy and i thought that we got a look at somebody that we never saw before. >> and gloria, a smoking gun to today? the idea that sidney blumenthal has special access to the clintons is not exactly a headline. that could have been written 20 years ago. >> i have a wager that most of the public had no idea who sidney blumenthal is, and he i

joe mccarthy. the john birch society said he was a communist. russell kirk said ike is not a communist. he is the golfer. that image of ike on the golf course, not accomplishing very much. then things likes but the missile gap have affected our historically, which is corrected in his letter sputnik moment. his carefults in and measured book, and astute 1961, asisenhower, by president kennedy took office we had a huge lead in satellites and the technology of space and missiles. the quality of what we were doing made a greater difference in the history of the cold war than putting a man on the moon or a flag on the moon as the russians did, which were in essence stunts. he built more roads, schools, and houses during this time that any previous president had. yanek mieczkowsk is a historian who believes in the right stuff among presidents. he has written about president eisenhower.esident on president ford's 90th birthday he wrote a piece about him. how especially attractive thing about president ford was his integrity. that kindok you find of rig

. >> i think you have to go back to joe mccarthy, to find a process as abusive in a congressional hearing as this one was. >> why are so many news outlets saying hillary emerged unscathed while they insist the new evidence is damaging. just as most of the media were

she loved jack kennedy, hated joe mccarthy, loved bobby kennedy. >> absolutely. an emotional observer of politics. she put her heart into it. she really believed in politicians that were out there and willing to take a chance and willing to raise their voice. >> why did nixon hate her? >> they were perfect enemies. if you designed two people you couldn't make them more dissimilar. he saw her as an enemy of the state. he had the irs investigate her returns. she got a bigger return. >> three years her taxes were audited. >> she got a bigger refund because she donated to orphans. >> you said in the book she should have never been in pollapau polit politics. >> let me ask about lbj. want to give us the dirty on that? >> lbj was desperate to woo her. >> literally. >> as well as a columnist. it shows how important it was that perk what she was writing and appeared in the paper. >> look at the picture next to the oval office. that's notorious for other reasons. there is mary and lbj giving her the eye. >> with feet up. that was part of his campaign to woo her and took i

as it ended they had a contributor on cnn who said i have never seen anything worse since the joe mccarthy house on un-american activities in the 1950s. so there you have it. the press swung it hard and heavy on hillary clinton's behalf and you could see the narrative growing. that's not what these hearings are like. abby: breaking news on all of s. soldier who just lost his life in iraq. the pentagon says he died trying to free isis hostages. bill: we are waiting on the the paul ryan. will he become the number one republic dmant house? >> the people we serve do not believe we are doing the job they hired us to do. we have become the problem. if my colleagues entrust me to be the speaker, i want it to become the solution. this is todd hardy. a fitness buff, youth baseball coach-and lung cancer patient. the day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. the surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. i wanted to know what my other options were. and i found that at cancer treatment centers of america. at ctca, our experts examine a variety of therapies, treatm

you have to back to joe mccarthy to see this kind of demagoguery in a congressional hearing. what they did was gave her a platform to show what kind of president of the united states she would be. >> so your response to that? >> ma'am, i served in the army for a hand full of years. we've been focused on our mission since may of 20u --. lots of folks will say lots of things. we'll stay focused on covering the facts to make sure something like this never happens again. there were four americans killed. that's important. it matters to the american people. and we're going to continue our mission. >> one more question. in retrospect, was 11 hours too long. >> carol we had to get through all of the questions we had. secretary clinton to chose to give many answers to yes or no questions yesterday. we honored that. and she committed to staying until we asked all of ore questions. and we're going to continue. we're going to be dogged so when we're finished we can say our mission is complete we did our job. >> when all is said and done. taxpayer money, $5 million already spent almost.

you'd have to go back in old history to the days of joe mccarthy and the house on american activitiesee to find the kind of demagoguery, badgering and hectoring that she underwent as a result of the excess of the members of that committee. it was ugly. it was disgraceful in terms of what the congress of the united states ought to be. she rose above it. you heard me say to you, actually, i said she was going to make monk ceys out of them. she managed to do it by taking the facts and bend them how she wanted them interpreted. >> isn't another way of saying that a lie? >> no. david gergen, our colleague here gave my colleague, bob wordwaod a great answer. do you trust him? >> i don't think she lies. she's careful with the truth. i think that's -- there's a kind of parsing that goes on. but what we saw in the hearing was context. her enemies have never understood context. both hillary and bill clinton do and unless the republicans come to understand context, she's going to be the president of the united states if things keep going like they are. >> well, matt, if you buy carl's argument,

21--25 'i think in the end, he did what joe biden always does, he kind of does a gut check, and made the decision from the heart.' former state rep kevin mccarthy movement...he wanted joe to run but says the calender would have been tough. 15:02:55--15:03:11 "if you just start at march 15th, and work backwards in time, when you get to march 1st, youve already hit 25 states that have their contest, the first two weeks of march, and then prior to that you have the four early states. thats 29 states, to look at raising the money to campaign effectively in those states and developing the infrastructure." despite the challenging timeline... mccarthy says making the decision not to run was not an easy call for the vice president. 15:03:43--15:04:00 'this decision was so close and made so recent in time that what he really gave today was a announcement speech was going to be and its my belief that this decision was made yesterday evening.' polk county treasurer mary maloney has known biden since 1987...and has worked on both of his presidential campaigns... 15:09:16--30 'in between those times, i would you know stop in to see him when i was in washing

in grundy center sarah mccarthy kcrg tv9 news. joe, rain could impact some tail gating or early trick or treating tomorrow. strong winds caused a giant, inflatable pumpkin to terrorize an arizona town. the 14-foot pumpkin tore away from its ropes and rolled through the city of peoria. no one was hurt, but the pumpkin resulting in showers to begin the weekend. clouds and rainfall stick with us into the early part of the afternoon. the most popular time for trick or treating is between 5-9pm and during that time the weather looks dry. the start of november we have a warmup in store. highs move back into the 60s with some 70s possible for the middle of next week. have a safe weekend and don't for get to fall back with your clocks this weekend! tonight: showers likely low: 42-48 winds: s 5-15tomorrow: showers likely high: 48-54 winds: s 5-15tomorrow night: gradual clearing low: 39-45 winds: sw 5-10sunday: mostly sunny high: 64 - low: 42 monday: mostly sunny high: 69 - low: 46 tuesday: mostly sunny high: 70 - low: 48 wednesday: partly clou

21--25 'i think in the end, he did what joe biden always does, he kind of does a gut check, and made the decision from the heart.' former state rep kevin mccarthy was part of the draft biden movement...he wanted joe to run but says the calender would have been tough. 15:02:55--15:03:11 "if you just start at march 15th, and work backwards in time, when you get to march 1st, youve already hit 25 states that have their contest, the first two weeks of march, and then prior to that you have the four early states. thats 29 states, to look at raising the money to campaign effectively in those states and developing the infrastructure." despite the challenging timeline... mccarthy says making the decision not to run was not an easy call for the vice president. 15:03:43--15:04:00 'this decision was so close and made so recent in time that what he really gave today was a morphed version of what his announcement speech was going to be and its my belief that this decision was made yesterday evening.' polk county treasurer mary loney has known biden since 8..and has worked on both ofsresidential campaigns... :09:16--30 'in between those mes, i would you know

joe biden? john: the combination of kevin mccarthy's comments undermining the legitimacy of the benghazi committeend the e-mail inquiry, not total, but a lot of it. and then this performs by hillary clinton has made the terrain a lot tougher for joe biden. also went hillary clinton laid down the goblet saying, joe, if you want to come into this race and be barack obama's inheritors, i'm going to fight you for that. she pulled obama close all night. you could hear her shadowboxing with him. mark: he can still get in in february if sanders beats her in new hampshire. but things are tougher for him now. after last night, people in the party are saying, we have our candidate. the establishment knows we want to pick the first fema candidate. if joe biden gets in, he's going to have to get a huge well-crafted speech explaining the rationale for his candidacy. not just, "i'm here in case hillary clinton stumbles." john: normally candidates from the other party tried to play it cool and claimed they don't even watch the other side of the debates. last night, that was not the case. from runner donald trump

when the biggest changes is that no one has remarked the extent to which the kevin mccarthy hugely negative effect on a joeiden. what was a disaster looks increasingly like triumph. that changes biden's calculations in terms of whether the nomination will come to him. mark: cnn made a show about having the extra programs on standby. the democrats i talked to are not thirsting for it, they are not desperate to have him in this race. john: it's funny that cnn and others talk about, is biden going to come in the last minute? you and i know what kind of they -- what kind of prep they put biden through. mark: he is not the king of ad hoc-ery. he's dealing with a family situation. i am not criticizing for this. but he has left himself a steeper climb then he had a few weeks ago. john: the longer you wait, it changes your calculus. mark: debates are fun to watch, and fund to cover, but they can also be kind of a mess. john, i think you know what i'm talking about. there is controversy over the credit party in this debate. here's the vice chairman of the dnc on cnn, one of several dncrviews challenging the chairwo

former state representative kevin mccarthy was part of the draft biden movement... he wanted joe to run but says the calender would have been tough. 15:02:55--15:03:11 "if you just start at march 15th, and work backwards in time, when you get to march 1st, youve already hit 25 states that have their contest, the first two weeks of march, and then prior to that you have the four early states. thats 29 states, to look at raising the money to campaign effectively in those states and developing the infrastructure." biden said the death of his son, beau, affected the decision. he already made two attempts at the oval office... in 19-87 and 2008. some people in east des moines got an early morning wake-up call. that's as a duplex broke out in flames. it happened around four a-m in the one hundred block of east mckinley. residents at this duplex woke up to smoke and flames. two people inside got out safely.... and went to alert the neighbors. they say it started because they left a candle burning overnight. that triggered flames to build up in the basement. crews were able to keep the f

. >> let me start with chairman gowdy's remarks this morning on "morning joe" where he said kevin mccarthydo you concur? >> yes. and i think kevin mccarthy would concur. first of all, look, the reason that the benghazi select committee was created in the first place was because four americans were killed and we don't have all the answers and we want to prevent such a thing from happening again. that's it, plain and simple, and he was wrong to imply otherwise. i think kevin would be the first to admit that. >> the thing about his answer, though, it came in when he was trying to say, what would make me different, how would i lead a conservative congress, so how would you have answered that question? what is going to make -- you're a supporter of kevin mccarthy -- >> i am. >> what would a speaker mccarthy bring to the table that's different from a speaker boehner? >> well, look, i don't want to do anything to begrudge john boehner who in a very selfless act is stepping down. but kevin is a very different person. he basically comes from the new generation of young conservative leaders. he's a

joe mccarthy, somebody different. blaming. scaring. using fear.a device to build political power. we must beware of authoritarian capitalism and authoritarian poppity. but we will prevail. we, the people. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you very much. and now, i hope that i have -- who are you? i know who you are. this is connor, i want to thank you for this wonderful festival and thank you for inviting me. >> thank you. thank robert one more time. >> don't, don't. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> connor wants to skip the questions and go right to the book signing about i'd like to have a couple of questions. just a couple. if you will promise me to come and have me sign your book. yes? okay. let's do just a couple questions. ... >> >> and there are many other features in germany the top 20% but the top 1 percent is a 11% of total income and by some measures the median worker is doing better than in the united states had to do that? one way it is a lot tradition going back to bismarck but let me be quick to say there is nothing

joe mccarthy, somebody different.ng, scaring, using fear as a device to build political power. we must beware of authoritarianism and authoritarian optimism. but we will prevail. we the people. thank you. [applause] .. you. >> thank you very much. and now, i hope that i have -- who are you? i know who you are. this is connor, i want to thank you for this wonderful festival and thank you for inviting me. >> thank you. thank robert one more time. >> don't, don't. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> connor wants to skip the questions and go right to the book signing about i'd like to have a couple of questions. just a c >> is that okay? just a couple. if you'll promise me to come and have me sign your book. yes? okay. let's do just a couple of questions. all right. yeah. so you signed up and you bought the book and i think you deserve to have a question. i'll repeat your question if people can't hear. >> a western industrial -- i don't think it's on. >> i'll repeat the question. i'll change it. [laughter] >> germany

they wonder is kevin mccarthy ready. >> i guess the question at this point, what do you think, joe, doe's ready? >> he doesn't look ready. willie, is kevin mccarthy ready? >> far be it for me. this probably ends up in terms of speakership. the bigger picture for hillary clinton we started in an interview this homorning with reverend sharpton, here's the guy who will be the speaker of the house saying explicitly that the benghazi investigation is po lit sized. >> i think it absolutely, what i love is the out ranrage. the hillary clinton campaign couldn't been happier. meanwhile, she desperately wants to get out there and smile and almost thank kevin mccarthy for handing her an easy -- i think this has always been a kevin mccarthy has been always praised for his political instinct for his political savviness and this was him committing a washington gap saying something a lot of people might have believed. to watch him backtrack like this. what i've been amazed at is watch so many republicans chastise him. >> i think there's plenty of people in the republican base upset at mccarthy too fo

"morning joe" at 6:00 a.m. >>> coming up more reaction to today's big news from some of mccarthy's colleagues. >>> here's a fun question for you. you realize it doesn't have to be a member of congress? so wait till somebody proposes ben carson. stay tuned. when you're not confident your company's data is secure, the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at at&t we monitor our network traffic so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp." life reimagined gives you tools and support to get the career you'll love. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities. i love working in the salinas area becauseriselda zendejas.ve. i always wanted to do something where i could help people around me. so being a construction supervisor for pg&e gives me the opportunity to give a little bit back to my community. i have three boys. they're what keep me going every day. our friends, families live in the area. and it

that no one has remarked the extent to which the kevin mccarthy comments and the change in the benghazi issue has a hugely negative effect on joeiden. what could have been a disaster for her now increasingly looks like a triumph. that changes biden's calculations in terms of whether the nomination will come to him. mark: a lot of talk about biden. cnn made a show about having the extra podiums on standby. the democrats i talked to are not thirsting for it, they are not desperate to have him in this race. john: it is the funniest thing in the world that yesterday cnn , and others talk about, is biden going to come in the last minute? do you think there is any chance of he would arrive here? mark: he is not the king of ad hoc-ery. it is silly. i will say this. he's dealing with a family look. situation. i am not criticizing for this. but the reality is he has left himself a steeper climb than he had a few weeks ago. john: the longer you wait, it changes your calculus. that has happened for him. mark: debates are fun to watch, and fun to cover, but they can also be kind of a mess. john, i think you know what i'm talking about. the

enter the race after john boehner abruptly quit and kevin mccarthy dropped out because of conservative opposition. committing 2016. vice president joe biden changing his story about the way they killed osama bin laden. he says he advised president obama privately to go ahead with the raid. and walked upstairs, i told him my opinion, that i thought he should follow his own instinct. emily: several times in recent years, biden seem to say just the opposite. >> i said, wait another seven days for the following information. he took it under consideration. emily: then cia director leon panetta said biden did suggest the raid should be postponed for a week to allow for more intelligence to be collected. randy: the nbta' s fiscal and management control board will be meeting today and several presentations will be stalled, including a repair team, tasked with improving the t experience. there are also plans to expand safety measures like automatic braking in emergencies. subway cars are getting a makeover. the agency wants to know what you think about them. possible designs for the exterior of the new orange, green, and redline cars. you ca

joe biden. will suddenly say he's the democratic nominee, not so fast >>> other news, the vote for speaker is on this week. kevin mccarthy seemed to put his foot in his mouth saying that the benghazi committee was created to derail hillary clinton. she has come out swinging, let's listen. >> this committee was set ups as they admitted for the purpose of making a partisan political issue out of the deaths of four americans. i would have never done that, and if i was president and there was republicans or democrats thinking about that, i would have done everything to shut is down >>> mccarthy seemed to be a done deal, but how badly did he hurt himself? >> he definitely hurt himself. it was a really - to use the words - stupid thing to say. i exposed the partisan agenda. i am sure a lot of republicans thought ha was right. it was dumb to say the whole purpose was political. that made him look a little like he doesn't have enough experience, perhaps, to be the speaker of the house, and the leader of the republican party in congress. a lot of people raised eyebrows, i think there'll be second thoughts about supporting him. in

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testimony comes weeks after house majority leader kevin mccarthy made comments suggesting the committee was assembled for partisan reasons. >>> vice president joe biden hasn't announced he's running for president yet. but he is sounding more like an actual candidate. his supporters say they're ready to get to work. now the one thing missing -- the candidate. nbc's kristen welker has that story. >> reporter: in a night honoring former president jimmy carter and his vice president, walter mondale, vice president joe biden touted his own close relationship with the current commander in chief. >> i spend five to seven hours a day with him everyday for the past seven years except when we're out of the country. >> biden waste nothing time seeming to take on democratic front-runner hillary clinton, flexing his muscles on foreign policy. >> john kerry is a great secretary of state. hillary clinton is a great secretary of state. but there are times when only the vice president, if it's known of his relationship with the president, can speak for the united states. >> reporter: and for the third time in two days taking a veiled swipe at clinton with who c

statements from house majority leader kevin mccarthy suggesting hillary clinton's poll numbers were reduced due to the committee's work. john and christine? >> joeank you. >>> paul ryan is taking the pledge announcing he will run for house speaker in a let tore republican colleagues. ryan says he's ready and eager to lead and unite the party. he jumped in after two influential groups followed the house freedom caucus pledging their support and making ryan the consensus candidate. a vote for speaker is vjed for next week. >>> with a stroke of his veto pen, the president rejected a $612 billion defense bill saying it falls woefully short. he did praise the measure for ensuring military funding and making improvements in cyber security, but it fails to confront other national security. this is over budgeting. . he said that they should be able to use trick budgeting e procedure when is domestic spending priorities do not have the same option. it's about the se kwequester st. they are going to try to override the vee tea. this is all leading up to a budget showdown and a debate over the debt ceiling. >> time for an "early start" on your morning. hop

president joe biden is not expected to attend, even if he decides to declare his candidacy before the debate. >>> the chairman of the house committee investigating benghazi attack said kevin mccarthy screwed up. in an interview with fox news, mccarthy suggested the investigation helped drive down democratic presidential candidate hillary rodham clinton's poll numbers. he said he could have chosen his words better. >> benghazi is not political. it was created for one purpose and one purpose only, to find the truth on behalf of the families of the four dead americans. period. >> there's not one american who, in the course of their lifetime, wouldn't rather have the opportunity to say words over again. >> he's being challenged, but mccarthy is stiled the leading candidate to be the next house speaker. clinton will testify before the committee later this month. >> announcer: always watching, always trackin . wusa 9's first alert weather, d.c.'s most accurate. >>> how's your mad these days? >> math these days? >> pretty good. it got warm enough. will it get too warm? >> this is what i go through every day. >> the pressure. >> you have a lot riding on this, don't you? >> 78 is where we

joe biden was deciding. if he doesn't run, i'll be very curious if there was a kevin mccarthy factor there, too. the best case for biden, the reason people have been interested in biden beyond the fact that a lot of people like him is that some of the people who are for hillary were starting to worry, can she win? and in the last week she has actually looked like a winning candidate for the first time, and so, you know, someday we're going to see her having lunch with mccarthy in the white house if she makes it. >> christina, a big issue just entered the democratic side of the campaign, certainly, which is the trans-pacific partnership. it's now been negotiated. we now have a finished deal for the candidates to look at. bernie sanders didn't waste a minute, came out in very strong opposition to it, consistent with his position on it over the years. said he'll fight against it on the senate floor. hillary clinton has said in the past she will make a decision on it when she gets a chance to read the final deal. as secretary of state, she said it was the gold standard of international trade agreeme

joe biden in his camp, you still have a shot here. >> and interesting, the e-mail controversy as it relates to comments about kevin mccarthy. and kevin, who is thought to be the next speaker of the house made comments about the e-mail controversy, and the benghazi committee and we hear hillary clinton's response to her. and i will ask you about it shortly, chris. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right. we put together a benghazi special committee, select committee and what are her numbers today. her numbers are dropping, why? she is untrustable. >> i hear a statement that demonstrates that this was always meant to be a partisan political exercise, i feel like it does a great disservice and dishonors, not just the memory of the four we lost, but of everybody that served our country. >> how big of a deal is this for kevin mccarthy? >> it is not good. he did the old cliche, washington gaffe when you accidental willy tell the truth and not why the committee was formed in the first place, but one of the things that republicans were hoping, that it would find damaging combrchl information. it is largely becaus

joe biden has the rationale to get in. hillary clinton took one of her biggest liabilities which was the e-mail issue. and going after kevin mccarthyepublicans. >> let's just take a minute here and point out that the committee is basically an arm of the republican national committee. it is a partisan vehicle. and as admitted by the house republican majority leader mr. mccarthy to drive down my poll 99s and that's what they have attempted to do. i am still standing. >> i am still standing. >> reporter: another key line from hillary clinton depiet the attacks. those questions are pushing back on the benghazi committee on the claim of partisanship will not resonate with the republicans or independent voters. on.rúu of that she doubled down on the flip flop to the left and makes it more difficult for her in a general election. vice-president biden. he does better than hillary clinton in head-to-head match up. joe biden is proud of all of the candidates and they did a good job and we have to make america better. sounds like a twist on donald trump's make america better. that is an opening and his rationale for running. the clinton camp