many guests told me they are excited to meet mr. biden. >> i would say he's one of the more authentic politicians out there. i think he's just a real person. >> joe biden! >> reporter: about 60 protesters shouted at mr. biden as he drove by. he did wave at the group. they had signs objecting to the keystone pipeline project. that's a project that would bring oil from canada down to the gulf of mexico through the u.s. protesters included members of the sierra club, green peace and other environmental organizations. >> for everyone here, it's a no- brainer that the keystone xl pipeline should be off the table, not a project we should be putting all of that time, energy and money into. >> reporter: police and secret service agents have been here throughout the day and they searched every car that came into the area. the vice president is staying in the city overnight and plans to head back to washington tomorrow. back here live, you can see the police presence is still strong, along with the secret service agents. no telling how long he will

people living in the city had mixed reactions about the visit. >> i'm sure mr. biden be treated carefully, but it still is very difficult when you can't get through your own home. >> i don't find it to be annoying. i'm honored they show up. >> mr. biden's visit comes one week after president obama was in the bay area for fund-raising events for the democratic party as well. >>> this morning the state budget is on its way to governor jerry brown's desk, he is expected to approve it lawmakers in sacramento passed the budget yesterday, a day before today's deadline. the $96 billion budget will redistribute education funding to help needier school districts and expand public health care coverage and lay the ground work for years of spending increases for social services. it was passed with a party line vote. >> the process is not democratic. it's just simply done by the democrats, that's what we object to. >> most of the bills have been out in public for days. there are a few. the way that works, last-minute negotiation, they have only recently come in print. if they want

. >> i'm sure mr. biden has to be treated carefully. still difficult when you can't get through to your own home. about 50 people who owe pose the keystone pipeline project were kept a few blocks away. they wanted joed by tine hear their mess j about protecting the environment. >> this is the fight of our generation. something that is going to affect everyone. >> the vice president's motorcade drove quickly past protesters heading straight to the private fund raisiser hoste by the ceo of a major company. the price to get in $500 to $10,000. >> i don't find it annoying. >> the vice president and mr. obama have been to the bay area numerous times to collect money for their party. the president staged three fundraisers in two states wednesday. it is no secret that the democrats are desperate to maintain power in the senate. and win seats back in congress. stow right now, money is imrtant. to help in the party's campaigning efforts. and even more important for the vice president who its rumored to be running for president in 2016. mr. biden

mr. biden spent about an hour at the restaurant this morning along with south bay congressman mike honda. meet meeting the vice president was a thrill for many people. >> i think what is moving is that i am meeting him in the setting and not meeting at a big rally. it's so homey this setting here and for him to come in like a regular person, it made it all perfect. >> the vice president has arrived bay area last night to raise money for democratic congressional candidates and today he had a more personal agenda. >> i enjoy the bay area. my niece casey owens is graduating from stanford and getting masters degree today and i'm heading ovthere right now. so it's going to be a good day. >> mr. biden took off from san francisco airport at about 7:30 tonight. in an off-camera interview he dead the government's contraverse whyial phone data collection and told the mercury news his criticism in 2006 of the phone surveillance under president bush was of a "different program." >>> former closed captionin

up until this point, mr. biden stands on the keystone -- stance on the keystone project has been ambiguous. they hope to gain the support for their effort to stop the project. back out here live, if you live in the sea cliff neighborhood r or san francisco's outer richmond, expect heavy traffic around 5 to want as vice president biden -- 5 tonight as vice president biden comes in. some of the streets may be blocked off. live in san francisco, katie utehs. >>> the cause of a deck collapse that injured dozens of people is being initiatived. during last night's miami heat game a crowded outdoor deck at a sports bar fell into the water. three people were critically injured. a hostesses said the collapse happened just as fans jumped to their feet to cheer a basket. >> there were people that were wet completely from head to toe, like they were actually submerged in the water. >> a dive team responded to pull people out of the water. the water was shallow but there was so much wood and debris they couldn't get out. all of

president rafael correa told mr. bidenwould respect the administration's view while evaluating snowden's request, the white house confirms only that the phone call took place and that smoand was discussed. >> snowden was discuss discussed. the identified the american killed in egypt during the cairo's violent demonstrations. >> andrew porch search pochter of chevy chase, maryland was stabbed to death by a 52 tester, he was a student at kenyon college living in egypt for the summer teaching english and taking pictures of the battles between supporters and opponents of president mohamed morsi. >> the, s government is warning united states citizens to stay away from protests as they are expected to grow more violent tomorrow. clarissa is in egypt with us tonight. >> that's right, the us embassy warned all u.s. citizens to avoid nonessential travel to egypt, they have also sent some diplomatic staff and their families out of the country, and security is being beefed up around the u.s. and other embassies as this country braces

mr. biden is set to spend the night in san francisco with his wife, dr. jill biden, and return to washington tomorrow. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> vice president's trip to san francisco comes a week after president obama was in the bay area. he attended fundraisers in the south bay and delivered a speech. >> a hearing will be held on monday for firearms dealers. the proposed amendment would require a permit process for the sale of firearms, ammunition or explosive devices. this comes after some people complained about a gun shop opening last year without a public hearing. but they did follow all laws and regulations in opening. >> they did all of the proper permits. i feel like there are rights to conduct business in town. and then, you know, i'm not a gun owner. i'm not interested in being a gun owner. i would never have a gun in my house. so i am a little conflicted about if i want to have the store in town. >> the store says the ordinance be could impact the store's existence. >>> in in out hamburger withdre

mr. biden will attend a fundraising for example in the upscale sea cliff.>>> here is a riddle for you. what is 8x12, hard as concrete and painted in yellow or white and. if you answered one block from at&t park, you're the winner. that's what this space is going for. once the new owner writes that check for $82,000, it will be yearly property taxes and monthly hoa dues to pay as well. the realtor who sold the space says you could consider it a bargain or maybe an investment. a parking space can add $100,000 to the price of a home or condo in south beach. >>> live picture news of the bay bridge this evening. it looks beautiful, or could we call it the willie brown bridge? california lawmakers want to name the western span of the bridge in honor of the colorful former san francisco mayor. when brown was da mayor, he had significant input in the upgrade of the seismic portion of the bridge. >> it will have to have a fedora as well. >> there will be a lot of color on the bridge. >>> let's turn things over to jeff ranieri. the next couple of days we're going to

. >> mr. bidend the counter and talked with kitchen staff before enjoying some famous blueberry coffee cake. after visiting the diner, the vice president headed to stanford to watch his niece graduate. >>> secretary of state leon panetta was in the south bay this weekend. he gave the commencement speech at his ala mater santa clara university. more than 1,000 students earned their bachelor's degrees at the university yesterday. panetta, who earned both his bachelor's degree and law degree from santa clara university asked to hold the officials not as accountable. >> you are our future. and the key to whether we remain a government of by and for our people, congratulations. >> panetta also met his wife on campus and this summer they will celebrate 51 years of marriage. >>> authorities in castro valley are still gathering information this morning on the robbery at a restaurant which ended with the gunman dead and several employees feeling very thankful to be alive. the owners posted a sign explaining

what say you, mr. biden? >> talking points respect differing opinions on this issue. but here is what should happen. president obama has an obligation it tell all-americans exactly what the nsa, cia and other intel agencies what they are doing. are they really accumulating e-mails from americans, is that happening? we know phone records are being stored but we don't know about the internet stuff and we have a right to know. it's not going to hurt the war on terror, us knowing that. it is a general strategy. terrorist know we are watching them. interesting to see liberals battling liberals. this is one issue that has crossed party lines big time. >>> now for the top story. latest on a news state controversy and federal snooping. joining us from washington, fox correspondents. a cover-up of crimes, crimes by state department officials under former secretary of state hillary clinton. what do you know about this? >> we know there will be more than one whistle-blower. you know i've been reporting this week on a set of eight cases of state department personnel who are accus

despite the setback, mr. bidenthey have been able to strengthen the existing background check system but their work is not over. >> as proud as the president is, as proud as i am of the progress we've made, we need congress to act. the american people are demanding it. as i've said before, we need to make sure the voices of those we lost are the loudest ones we hear in this fight. we need to make sure that everyone in the country knows that this fight isn't over. >> gun control advocates say the president's executive actions are only baby steps. the real question is will the administration make another congressional push for gun control legislation? joining me now, sirius xm michael who's an msnbc contributor. michael, what do you assess is happening, is this a real push or a libicking of the wounds? the president and many others taking it personally that even the background checks went nowhere. >> i think they'd like to get it done. the interest is legitimate and earnest but i'll dubious as to the chances because

. >> joe biden waking up and the issue that mr. bidenhe's ahead of everyone on. >>> good morning, welcome to mornings on 2, thanks for waking up with us. i'm claudine wong. >> let's head over to rosemary i didn't. i'm brian flores. >> good morning. this is going to be bringing us a drop in chemistry. this is what we're expecting today versus yesterday. it's 79 today, anywhere five to ten degrees cooler for your afternoon. i'll have a broader look around including your area in just a few moments. it's a cooler start as well. we'll have a look at the cooler temperatures. >>> it started as a robbery in progress in castro valley. >> i didn't feel safe. bullets were flying and it wasn't a good place to do. >>> alex savage joins us, now, with the events that led up to a deadly officer shooting. >> i talked to the owner of this restaurant, she told me that three of her employees were inside this place late last night, just around closing when they were held at gun point by this sheriff's deputie interrupted this hold up though and eventually sh

also joining us, delaware attorney general bo biden. mr.orney general, thanks for being here. >> happy to be on. >> tell us about your gun reform efforts. what are you doing in the state of delaware? >> well, in our state, the general assembly and our governor have led an effort to pass universal background check legislation that was not only passed by both chambers of our general assembly by signed into law by our governor to led that fight which is a very good thing. we joined a number of other states to pushing that universal background check and our state, 5,000 convicted felons, those have been convicted of crimes of domestic violence, as well as other crimes have been stopped from illegally purchasing weapons and more will be stopped as a result of the universal application. it is obviously something that congress thus far has failed on and something i hope they revisit this session. it is vital to this nation that it not just and patchwork of universal background checks that have been passed in certain states but it be universal appl

mr. president, look at me! whatever you do, do not let joe biden put that ring on his finger! (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause). >> john: welcome back. the supreme court this week issued an interesting-- if obvious-- ruling. >> we turn now to the supreme court's decision today on genes and its impact for patients and medical research. the justices unanimously ruled that a company cannot patent an isolated human gene. >> john: um, yes, clearly they can't. of course a corporation can't patent human genes. how did this question even get to the supreme court? we don't live in a world where businesses can patent human genes because we don't live in a (bleep)ing phillip k. dick short story. (laughter) and what company would even want to do this? >> the case involved myriad genetics, a company that holds patents on genes correlated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer known as brca 1 and brca 2. myriad sells the genetic tests for those cancers. >> john: oh, so that's fine. i clearly misunderstood. it sounded bad at first but it was just a company attempting to own the

biden. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you you all very much. ,r.er, leader pelosi id and mcconnell and rea ms. nettie washington douglass, what a proud day for your family. dr. edna g. medford, great to see you here. dr. black and reverent. laurie williams. you have the voice of an angel. you are amazing. [applause] thank you for having me here. i am honored to be here. thank you for fighting so hard for this day. mitch, i agree with you. -- frederickss was douglass was a great republican, one of my favorite. [laughter] as are you mitch, as are you. he was born in a horrific circumstance sanctioned by bthe laws passed in this very building. he embraced the stated principles and use them as a sort to try and free others. he fought to make it live up to this capitol and those enabling words -- ennobling words in the constitution. is juneory over slavery 1 three. -- 13. to message finally got texas. i did not mean it the way it sounded. [laughter] it just took time. it took a long time to get to delaware. the passage of the 13th and 14th amendments. h

mr. bush favorably, that's up nine point from when he left office. >>> vice president biden will restart a push for gun reform next week touting the administration's progress in combatting gun violence. >>> elsewhere on that front, new york's mayor bloomberg wants to hit four democratic senators where it hurts. their wallets. bloomberg is sending personal letters today to hundreds of the party's biggest donors urging them to cut off contributions to the four democrats who helped block a senate bill to strengthen background checks. >>> next to immigration where senator leahy is trying again to aed g add gay rights, he wants to allow a way for foreign spouses of gay americans to become permanent residents. >>> and tuesday while the senate was preparing to vote on the immigration bill, one member thought it might be nice to say a word or two in spanish. [ speaking foreign language ] >> virginia's tim kaine became the first senator to deliver an entire floor speech in spanish. >>> and michele bachmann is still fund-raising despite a decision against seeking re-election. the tea party favorit

capitol hill when you listen particularly to the progress f sieves, ron biden, mark udall, who certainly would have listened to mrsnowden. there were perhaps other ways to do this. i understand this is a man wanted for trial, so i can see why he wouldn't want to come to the undited states, but you're not suggesting the other countries has more freedom of the press and more open society? >> i don't think anyone thinks he's going cuba. ecuador and venezuela has all sorts of things to criticize them for, but the real issue that we ought to focus on is what is it that mr. snowden has revealed about the government that makes them want to put him into prison so eagerly. you said there were other ways to do this. ron wyden and mark udall has been running around the country for three years now saying the obama administration has been using secret law to engage in domestic spying that would stun the american people and yet they were prevented even members of the senate intelligence committee were prevented from telling uses as americans what it is that they were so al lamped about.s as americans what is that they were so

biden in brockton. >> bill clinton the president of united states going to wither. the president of the united states and mrsa separately campaigning for him. >> they are not taking any chances. if there is anything they can do to make sure they don't have anotr scott brown situation they are going to do that. >> the president is speaking in boston on behalf of markey. the clip you didn't show was showing why it's in gridlock or break down and he said that's because what they care about is the next election and not the next generation. he said that. >> markey has been there so long but he is not a hack. he is a very smart guy who knows a lot. that is a quality that has been diminishing on citol hill. he knows what he is doing. > a democrat honored this weekk as the longest serving m membern cocongress in history. quite an achievement mark. >> quite an achievement. and one thing i remember about john dingle was in 1925eu6 civil rights revolution. it wasn't just a southern thing. it was very much more than industrial areas and john dingle put at risk his own career by voting for the act in 1965. the "wall stre

there's a big concern, the reason obama's been up here, biden's been up here, caroline kennedy's been up here, mrs. obama has been up here. >> ed markey is going to take all the support he can find and put it to work so he wins tomorrow, number one. number two, scott brown is a candidate who had given 20 years of service in the state legislature. he was an individual who knew who he was. he knew where he stood on the issues. this guy has a campaign. i dare say he came into this race not expecting to win it. and not completely understanding who he was when he got the nomination. >> governor, you have a great voice for politics. you should go into it again. tommy o'neal. former lieutenant governor. and vicki kennedy. thank you for being here. we'll be right back from boston. after this. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the new fiber one caramel nut protein bar. they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to

mr. obama. >> snowden is hiding somewhere in hong kong in the company of supporters. he says he has no plans to leave. >> vice-president joe biden surprised some custom everrers by making an unannounced restaurant at a sunnyvale restaurant this morning. people smiled and greeted the vice-president. biden was a clear crowd pleaser. he did not take any questions from reporters before heading off to attend his grand niece's graduation at stanford. biden arrived yesterday and attended a fundraiser nor democratic nationalityee. >> runners in the san francisco marathon are urged to get there early. >> and lowon pa net returns to his bay area roots and the place where he met the love of his life. >> then up, up, and away, a look how google plans to get the entire planet online. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser, boy, did we cool down considerably today. we'll look ahead towards our sunday forecast. see if there's any warming ahead. >> we've already picked two big winners of the shell gas card give away but we have five more to go. you still have a chance to win $700 in free gas cards from shell. just click the like button on our

mr. obama look if joe biden wants it and he's been a good first lieutenant and yet, sorry, joe.since you are friends with the clintons, would hillary even want barak obama's endorsement given the fact that right now in his administration, there are are scandals left and right? >> you have to still get the endorsement and you would want the endorsement and that would bring the democrats together because there is a certain group for obama and there was a certain group -- you know what was interesting is during that campaign, that was the single most vicious campaign that i've ever seen. hillary against obama. that was far more vicious, i think, than romney, if you want to know the truth. people forget that. but he accused clintons of racism and bill clinton, i never thought i'd see it because, you know, i know him well and i like him a lot. i never thought i'd see him backing obama. i never thought i was going to see it because nobody ever took the charge of racism and as you know, almost everybody is accused by the obama administration of being a racist. i never -- even bill clin

. >> biden went behind the counter and talked to the kitchen staff before enjoying blueberry coffee cake with congressman mike honda. getting to his table wasn't easy. >> mr. vice president i love you. >> thank you. >> what is your name? >> karen vaughn. i have been voting since i was 20 years old. >> been voting two times. i got it. >> thank you so much for looking out for us little people. >> i am going to enjoy more of it. my niece, casey owens is graduating from stanford, master's degree today. i am heading over there right now. so, it's going to be a good day. >> reporter: the vice preside l pro li prolivic fund raiser. he is headed become to washington to make a push for gun control at a was event tuesday. in sunshi >> new safety requirements for the fair lawn boat races a year after five people dieden the same race. sailors in today's race are heading for the finish line right now. the accident last year was the deadliest yachting accident in 30 years in the bay area. that prompted organizers to upgrade safety gear including having two sets of overboard gear instead of one. and everybody tethered. the race goes 37 miles past the golden gate bridge

is a big concern, there has been, the reason obama has been up here, biden has been up here, caroline kennedy has been up here, mrsen up here. you don't want to lose this one. >> he is going the take all the support he can find and put us to work so that he wins tomorrow. number one. number two, scott brown was a candidate who had given 20 years of service in the state legislature. and so he was an individual who knew who he was. he knew where he stood on the issues. this guy has a campaign which evolves. edare say he came into this race not expecting to win it. >> right. >> and not completely understanding who he was when he got the nomination. >> governor o'neilo'neill, you great voice for politics. you should go in it again. you could have been a senator any time you wanted. thank you for being here. vicki kennedy. we'll be right back from boston right after this. love holds us in the beginning. comforts us as we grow old. love is the reason you care. for all the things in your life... that make life worth living. ♪ ♪ sweet love of mine because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them

vice president joe biden however it was revealed that rare has not yet made up his mind on snowden's asylum application it is impossible for mr edward snowden to actually leave the sherif mansour international airport which is based here in moscow and the u.s. government has read. his passport which means that he neither can get a russian visa to actually leave the airport nor can he if the are radically bly any tickets to have vanno or appledore so however as the story develops now the vinous well young president nicolas maduro will arrive in moscow on monday and that there are some speculations that his upcoming visit may actually resolve the situation in a way and meanwhile the whistleblowers father believes that snowden would return to america under certain conditions on those terms in a letter to the u.s. attorney general that he snowden says his son should not be detained before trial or subjected to a gag order he also declared that his son should be allowed to choose where the court proceedings will take place with the snow to admits that he hasn't spoken to edward since april and insists that while the x. cia contrac

talks with the us vice president joe biden however it was revealed that rare has not say yet made up his mind on snowden's asylum application it isn't possible for mr edward snowden to actually leave they share much of our international airport which is based here in moscow and the us government has. his passport which means that he can get a russian visa to actually leave the airport nor can he if the are radically blowing a need to have vanno or appledore so however as the story develops now even as well you and president nicolas maduro will arrive in moscow on monday and that there are some speculations that he has upcoming visits may actually resolve the situation in a way meanwhile the whistleblower's father believes that snowden would return to america under certain conditions on those terms and the u.s. attorney general when he snowden says his son should not be detained for trial or subjected to a gagging order he also declared that his son should be allowed to choose where the court proceedings will take place over snowden admits that he hasn't spoken to would since april and insists that while the cia contractor committed the crime he's a

vice president joe biden however it was revealed that rare has not yet made up his mind on snowden's asylum application current he it is impossible for mr edward snowden to actually leave the share much of our international airport which is based here in moscow and the u.s. . has revoked his passport which means that he neither can get a russian visa to actually leave the airport nor can he is the a rat sickly boy any tickets to have on the or adequate door so whatever the story develops now vinous willian president nicolas maduro will arrive in moscow on monday and that there are some speculations that his upcoming visit may actually resolve the situation in a way. meanwhile the father of the fugitive whistleblower believes that his son could return to the u.s. that is if certain conditions are met and he's outlined those terms in a letter to the u.s. attorney general eric holder longyou snowden says his son should not be detained before trial that's one of the conditions that he should not be subject to a gag order which is basically something that would ban him from talking publicly about this issue and that the son should be allowed

mr. san francisco. right? >> willie brown was san francisco's first black mayor. the proposal needs a majority vote in the legislature to take effect. >>> vice president joe biden is coming to the bay area this afternoon. he is scheduled to attend a democratic party fundraiser at a private home in san francisco. keystone pipeline opponents plan to hole a protest there. the vice president's stop comes a week after president obama visited san jose, palo alto and portola valley. >>> a judge says the man accused of stealing a sailboat in sausalito is mentally competent to stand trial. 62-year-old leslie allen gardner from wyoming was arrested after the 82-foot boat ran aground in pacifica in march. his lawyer says gardner is delusional and believes the boat was his. >>> it's like seeing two baseball games in one, right? >> it was. 18 innings. the giants -- it's the as, of course. >> the as. >> it's friday. it's the as and the yankees. they set a record yesterday afternoon. they started playing at 12:37 yesterday but it wasn't until 6:12 in the evening when they finally finished this game. it was the longest day game in oakland history. there it is right now. bottom of

biden make the call. >> the bill as amended is passed. now -- the clerk will call the roll. >> mr.lexander. >> subsequently order was restored. the chanting died down. the roll call was taken and it passed. 68-32. this bill includes stricter border security, a long path to citizenship, more visas for high-skilled workers, more series saturday for low-skilled workers. it passed 68-32. >> i'm not going to be scrambling jets. to get a 29-year-old hacker. >> no big deal? president obama saying he is not going to make a big stink over trying to nab the nsa leaker but former cia operate of says that's a big mistake. would you want the president over the united states to scramble jets and take him out of of the sky? >> i don't know if i'd go as far as taking the jet out of the sky, but i assure you that the president should show some leadership, some spine and let our enemies as well as our allies know that we mean business. snowden is not just your order run of the mill hacker. this guy absconded, premeditatedly with some of the countries -- evidently with some of our country's greatest

and fighter jets to protect the president, joe biden gets a pair of running shoes and a can of pepper spray. you're on your own. >> greta: g why he says what mr. snowden is going through is because of what he went through. >>> i am andrea tan tar as, with bob beckel, dana perino, greg gutfeld, eric bolling. this is "the five." >>> the obama administration kicks into overdrive to quiet the outcry over its spying agenda. in an interview that aired last night, the president broke his silence of more than a week to discuss the controversy. here he is defending the secret surveillance program. >> if you are a u.s. person, the nsa cannot listen to your telephone calls unless they, and usually it wouldn't be they, it would be the fbi, go to a court and obtain a warrant and seek probable cause, the same way it has always been. nsa is not listening to your phone calls, it is not targeting your e-mails unless it is getting an individualized court order. >> and his nsa director, keith alexander made another appearance on the hill today to double down. >> in recent years these programs together with other intelligence has protected the u.s. and our allie

mr. snowden. i can't say anything about the present situation. but, you know, the united states cancelled his passport. joseph biden, the day before yesterday, personally called president correia, trying to pressure him. that's not acceptable. asylum is a right that we all have. it's an international right. the united states has been founded largely on accepting political refugees from other countries and has prospered by it. mr. snowden has that right. ideally he should be able to return to the united states. unfortunately that's not the world that we live in and hopefully another country will give him the justice that he deserves. >> edward snowden's father has spoken out, he fears that you and wikileaks are manipulating his son. he said, quote, i think wikileaks, their focus is not necessarily the constitution of the united states. that's a concern for me." how do you respond to his father? >> he didn't say that. he said might be. mr. snowden's father as a parent, of course he is worried in this situation. every father would be worried in this situation. we have established contact with mr. snowden's father's la

mr. amtrak himself is the one who gave the eulogy yesterday. joe biden.esident biden -- i call him joe. i know him well. but vice president biden has continued the tradition of being the morning in chief. joe biden gives a eulogy like nobody else. and he and frank of course new jersey, delaware, and they were both regulars on amtrak. and he said yesterday that he had taken amtrak between washington and willington 8,000 times. and he talked about one time he was rushing to catch the train and the conductor said don't worry, joe we're holding it for frank lautenberg. and biden said never did they hold the train for him, but they were holding it for frank because they considered him their biggest supporter. and he talked yesterday -- joked about how he and frank used to talk about religion. >> by the way, josh i'm representing the pope. [ laughter ] >> and bonnie knows frankie has been calling me the only catholic jew he knew. >> bill: hillary clinton former secretary of state who served with frank lautenberg in the senate also spoke talking about how he was

and fighter jets to protect the president, joe biden gets a pair of running shoes and a can of pepper spray. you're on your own. >> greta: g why he says what mrhrough is because of what he went through. >>> i am andrea tan tar as, with bob beckel, dana perino, greg gutfeld, eric bolling. this is "the five." >>> the obama administration kicks into overdrive to quiet the outcry over its spying agenda. in an interview that aired last night, the president broke his silence of more than a week to discuss the controversy. here he is defending the secret surveillance program. >> if you are a u.s. person, the nsa cannot listen to your telephone calls unless they, and usually it wouldn't be they, it would be the

earlier this week, vice president joe biden also stirred up the crowd at a fundraiser by reportedly suggesting that mr. cruz is pulling strings in the senate, suggesting he's forcing "good republicans to vote against good bills." why is it that so many on the left and others appear to view texas senator ted cruz as such a threat? now, alan gomes, and mike gallagher. i could name four other hosts on that network who have gone after ted cruz in the past week. there's nothing particularly newsy about ted cruz right now. he's not in the news any more than he has been. but boy oh boy, there must have been a memo that went out or something on the left, mike, about this guy needs to be brought down. and brought down fast. because if you hear the attacks -- i mean, everyone from bill maher, who calls him a steely-eyed -- he says he has the steely-eyed focus of a serial killer, to the msnbc host who compared him to a nazi sympathizer. and to the vice president. the vice president suggesting -- look at him, he's just a freshman senator, why would anybody listen to him? what's going on? >> well, what's going on

biden will be become the fourth democrat to stump for the congressman. former president bill clinton will appear with him at a rally today. president and mrs.bama have already attended campaign events. republicans say democrats are nerve. but the demes disagree, they say they're just playing it safe. >>> 17 minutes after the hour now. and from time to time, we like to take a closer look at our politicians. >> why not. >> yes. and some of the things they say and maybe they should not have said. yesterday, it was jeb bush with his comment on immigration. watch. >> immigrants create far more businesses than native-born americans over the last 20 years. immigrants are more fertile and they love families and they more intact families. and they bring a younger population. >> yeah, he said immigrants are more fertile. >> okay. if you think that's bad. how about arizona republican congressman trent frank. this is his response to democrats who wanted a raise in insect exception to his 20-week abortion ban. >> before, when my friends on the left side of the aisle here tried to make rape and incest the subject, you know, the incidents of rape resultin

biden. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you all very much. mr.losi, leader mcconnell and reid and ms. nettie washington douglass, what a proud day for your family. dr. edna g. medford, great to see you here. dr. black and reverend. most of all, laurie williams. you have the voice of an angel. you are amazing. [applause] thank you for having me here. i am honored to be here. thank you for fighting so hard for this day. mitch, i agree with you. frederick douglass was -- frederick douglass was a great republican, one of my favorites. [laughter] as are you mitch, as are you. he was born in a horrific circumstance sanctioned by the laws passed in this very building. he embraced the stated principles and used them as a sort to try and free others. he fought to make it live up to this capitol and those enabling words -- ennobling words in the constitution. the victory over slavery is june 1 three. -- 13. the message finally got to texas. i did not mean it the way it sounded. [laughter] it just took time. it took a long time to get to delaware. the passa

mr. president, at that time when that vote was held in 2006, then senators obama, biden be, and clinton supported that bill. along with a lot of the current members -- authors of the legislation that's before us today. so it makes perfect sense to the american people. i think it is a necessary and i think essential, actually, requirement to be met, not only for us to move on the other elements of the immigration debate but, more importantly, to rolely secure the border, wheys the american people want to see a mr. president, i would -- i'd call up and ask that the amendment -- amendment number 1197, be made pending. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, proposes amendment numbered 1197. mr. thune: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with and with that, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. ms. landrieu: i'm going to ask unanimous consent to call up amendment 1222 to have p pending, the citize

mr. excitement. >> the mistake the democrats made in 2010 in massachusetts they did not rally behind her quickly enough with in limit of money. >>gregg: there is bidenstate 2-1 or 3-1 democratic and have not elected a republican other than scott brown for a long time. >>gregg: if gomez is one or two points and loses republicans can take a win from that. >> pat: and they have not supported him or helped him the way they did others because they are still a party in retreat mentality. this is what the democrats capitalize on. they have a weak candidate who has very high negatives been in congress 37 years and with biden, between the two of them it is 100 years so... >> >>john: the republican party doesn't like what gomez has said. >>gregg: gentleman, thank you so much. catch political insiders on monday every monday at foxnews.com. they will be back next sunday and follow them on twitter. >> still to come, baby boomers set to strain the medicare system but is there a way to take pressure off this fast-growing bill? hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain. i worked a patrol unit for 17 years in the city of baltimore. when i first started experienci

mr. transportation was brought to washington on an amtrak train. the train left from a station named for lautenberg himself early yesterday. vice president bidenfering eulogies at his funeral. frank lautenberg will be buried tomorrow at arlington national cemetery. >>> a new development in the case of critically ill girl, the philadelphia girl who need a lung transplant. a federal judge has ruled that the child may be put on adult transplant list. but the fight is far from over. here is the reporter from our station in philadelphia. >> reporter: 10-year-old sarah murnaghan has taken a turn for the worse over the past couple of days. her parents say cystic fibrosis decimated her lung capacity to the single digits. she has just days to live. but ruling, allowing her to be on an adult donor list, gives her family hope. >> hard to explain how excited i was now that sarah and, you know, will have an opportunity, an equal opportunity, to recei lungs. >> we think this is for sarah all the difference. we are so excited. >> reporter: a rule in the department of health and public services says a child under 12 cannot be on the adult transplant lists. he

mr. kerry would not elaborate on specifics. but talks are aimed at establishing an independent palestinian state alongside israel. >>> ecuador's president has our vice president, joe bidento refuse asylum to edward snowden. they will not decide what to do until snowden actually arrives in ecuador. the u.s. and ecuador are having extradition issues due to another case. >>> starting tomorrow, a new policy goes into effect at facebook. they will no longer place ads on pages with sexual or violent content. the move comes after several businesses pulled their ads after they were placed alongside controversial pages. facebook relies heavily on ads, which account for roughly about 85% of the company's revenue. >>> meanwhile, if you've noticed several photos of fruit on your instagram page, it could be part of a spam attack. spammers are posting photos of fruit along with a link promoting aing weight loss product. instagram says it has reset the passwords of users affected. >>> starting tomorrow, student loan rates are going up. lawmakers failed to reach a deal to keep them at 3.4%. they will double now to 6.8%. the hike will cost the average student more than $2500. >> we're a