. >> democratic presidential candidate joseph biden today faces a controversy that his opponents could use in raising questions about his character. three weeks ago at a debate at the iowa state fair, he used phrases identical to those delivered by british labor party leader neil kin nick. he did not attribute the words to kin nick. instead he said they were his own thoughts. was it is plagiarism? ken bode reports. >> joe biden is known as one of the best orators in the democratic party. so it was no surprise at a forum in iowa recently, he knocked their socks off with a stirring close. listen. >> i started thinking as i was coming over here, why is it that joe biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university? why is it that my wife is sitting out there in the audience, is the first in her family to ever go to college in. >> people in britain would have been familiar with those words. they heard the same ones in a political commercial from labor party leader neil kin nick. >> why am i the first kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get the university? why is gladys

one thing, if people on a ticket, let's say barack obama and joseph biden on one ticket and you have a republican ticket. if you run together, you both could get the same number of electoral votes, but then who is president and vice president? it is weird, the tickets did not operate like today. hamilton knew this, but there were others, aaron burr was one of those people, who said do not worry about it. meant some jefferson is to be president. it cannot matter -- it did not matter. who dominates the house of representatives, the opposition party? their party, the federalists with john adams, they had to decide between thomas jefferson and their second favorite person te the chances were good that they would select thomas jefferson. a person who came to the aid of ehrenberg, alexander hamilton, who wrote letter after letter saying you have to elect jefferson because he is a man of honor. i cannot stand him, but he has principles. i do not agree with him on 100 things, but he is a man of honor . aaron burr is an opportunist. so deciding on the fate of thomas jefferson, they voted 34 t

the presidential race may be well into act 2 -- >> vice president joseph biden. >> reporter: -- but joe biden still can't decide whether he'll take the stage. >> hello. >> reporter: for weeks now he's been openly speculating. >> people who aren't willing to rick failing never succeed. >> reporter: will he or won't he run? [ cheers and applause ] the fact that we're still asking the question threatens to overshadow the candidates who have already declared especially front-runner hillary clinton. >> it absolutely impacts hillary clinton the most. >> reporter: abc news has learned this past week biden's aides met with officials from the democratic national committee, purpose, to learn about upcoming filing deadlines to get his name on the ballots in different states. the first of those deadlines comes up in less than a month, alabama, november 6th. by that date he'd have to pay $2500 and submit 500 signatures in order to qualify for the democratic primary. helping candidates figure out all the requirements is part of the dnc's job. but is biden a candidate? even though he's not yet decided

. >> pelley: today, joseph r. biden jr. stepped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then gracefully stepped off, bringing to an end his ambitions of becoming president and a nearly 50-year political career. with president obama at his

questions many americans have no clue, no answer is is there any other explanation for vice president joseph bidenin an acolyte of president obama defeating the republican challengers? about 20% of the country will vote for a democratic no matter who it is. miley sirus could be running and they would pull the lever for her. same thing on the conservative side. 20% vote republican. that leaves 60% who who could be persuaded. however, if you don't know anything or don't pay attention to current events, no matter what kind of facts are presented, you can't process them. and i believe that's what's happening in the u.s.a. right now. as always, i could be wrong. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. jung from us washington, charles krauthammer. you have a better explanation for the biden showing, charles? >> well, first, you are wrong. i think miley cyrus would get a lot more than 20%. second, look, when obama ran for his own election reelection, in a pretty dismal time when people did think more thought we were on the wrong track than right track, he won re-election. that's a t

. >> pelley: today, joseph r. biden jr.epped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then gracefully stepped off, brin t

. >> pelley: today, joseph r. biden jr. stepped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then gracefully stepped off, bringing to an end his

. >> pelley: today, joseph r. biden jr. stepped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then gracefully stepped off, bringing to an end his ambitions of becoming president and a nearly 50-year political career. with president obama at his side, the vice president announced he will not make a third run for the democratic nomination in what would have been an uphill battle against hillary clinton. major garrett broke the story today, and he begins our coverage. >> i believe we're out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. but while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. >> reporter: joe biden stood with president obama and said the democratic nominee should stand on their accomplishments. >> democrats should not only defend this record and protect this record. they should run on the record. >> reporter: but mostly, biden framed an agenda for a campaign that was not to be. >> we cannot sustain the current levels of inequality that exists in this country. i believe the huge

today, joseph r. biden jr. stepped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then

. >> the presidential campaign claims another victim as senator joseph biden drops out of the race. >topped eyes the white house. he was the first one out of the gate in 2008, announcing his campaign three years before that election. >> i know i'm supposed to tell you, you know, i'm not sure, but if in fact i think that i have a clear shot at winning the nomination then i'm going to seek the nomination. he was overshadowed by bigger stars and went nowhere in the primaries, only to catch the break of a lifetime that summer. >> for months, i searched for a leader to finish this journey alongside me, and that man is joe biden. >> reporter: for decades joe biden has dreamed of being president. at 72 years old, this is it, his final chance. >> that's the point, he could always look ahead to the future and say there's going to be another stop. this time that variable isn't there. it really is now or never no joe biden. >> so we wait. steve kornacki with that great retrospective. thank you very much. >>> coming up, amazon.com, it thinking that you will be spending big bucks this holiday seas

." >>> joseph r. biden jr. stepped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then gracefully stepped off, bringing to an end his ambitions of becoming president and a nearly 50-year with president obama at his side, the vice president announced he will not make a third run for the democratic nomination in what would have been an uphill battle against hillary clinton. major garrett broke this story and he begins our coverage. >> i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. but while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. >> reporter: joe biden stood with president obama and said the democratic nominees should stand on their accomplishments. >> democrats should not only defend this record and protect this record. they should runon the record. >> reporter: but mostly biden framed an agenda for a campaign that was not to be. >> we cannot sustain the current levels of inequality that exist in this country. i believe the huge sums of unlimited and ofte

." >>> joseph r. biden jr. stepped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then gracefully stepped off, bringing to an end his ambitions of becoming president and a nearly 50-year political career. with president obama at his side, the vice president announced he will not make a third run for the democratic nomination in what would have hillary clinton. major garrett broke this story and he begins our coverage. >> i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. but while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. >> reporter: joe biden stood with president obama and said the democratic nominees should stand on their accomplishments. >> democrats should not only defend this record and protect this record. they should runon the record. >> reporter: but mostly biden framed an agenda for a campaign that was not to be. >> we cannot sustain the current levels of inequality that exist in this country. i believe the huge sums of unlimited and often secret mon

tiene todas las de ganar el gran ausente esta noche es el vicepresidente estados unidos, joseph robinette "joe" bidencontienda, ahora regresamos contigo neida. >> muchas gracias querida christina por esa informaciÓn estaremos atentos a este debate por supuesto, ahora vamos con otras noticias que usted necesita saber esta maÑana. >> ser indocumentado y detenido harris es el temor de inmigrantes y familiares es el caso de esta mujer cuyo esposo fue arrestado por infracciÓn de trÁfico. >> tuve que meter un... porque tenÍa miedo que fueran a meter a inmigraciÓn. >> en dallas la historia parece ser diferente y podrÍa depender del hecho que el alguacil del condado es hispana y ha dicha que noten tendrÁ por mas de 48 horas a nadie que haya cometido un delito menor y tampoco lo entregarÁ al servicio de inmigraciÓn. >> no enfrentarÁ cargo el dentista que matÓ a cecil confirmaron que habÍa obtenido una autorizaciÓn legal para llevar a cabo la cacerÍa en julio, por lo tanto no hay elementos para acusarlo, cecil era un leÓn protegido y su muerte causÓ revuelo a nivel internacional. >> la popularidad de joaquÍn "

biden. now for monica malpass adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams, i'm sharrie williams.t 6:00 is up next. >> good night. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night a princeton professor wins the nobel prize for economics. and state senator pat browne enters plea in his dui case. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is an arrest in the robbery and murder of 22-year-old keisha jenkins. in custody tonight is 23-year-old pedro redding. philadelphia police say he and three others robbed the transgendered jenkins at 13th and wingohocking in logan. "action news" reporter vernon odom is lie at police headquarters with the full story. vernon. >> reporter: jim, tonight police are hot on the trail of the other three suspects. pedro redding has confessed police sources tell me and he has an extensive rap sheet for narcotics aggravated assault robbery and weapons violations. tonight police have charged 24-year-old pedro redding with murder and robbery in the case of