knowing mr. bidenngton and he likes to take the train. there is a couple of options, he can take the train down, amtrak it up from washington to 30th street still got to get that motor case into the university of pennsylvania, expect delays on campus, noon time on, and then, of course, the the return of motorcade madness when the the event is over to get him back out of town. it will all impact the schuylkill, university south street, 30th street area, keep that in mind for the the afternoon rush hour. and then through the weekend septa changing it up, media elwyn line and chestnut hill line they will run on a special schedule all due to construction and detourness northeast philadelphia around septa frankford transportation center, and an early morning accident, let's role video from the news van. steve keeley pulled out the camera and shot this for us, down wires right in front of the wegmans on route 70 at haddonfield road an early morning accident, pulled down the telephone pole and the wires, so c

mr. biden was returning home politicians in turkey. definance secretaryense secretary ash carter as wife was also dipverted to the warm erp state. at fort lauderdale mime mitch international, 83 flights were cancelled. another 654 flights already cancelled for tem. back here at home some 20,000 runners are taking over the streets of miami today for the 14th annual miami marathon and half marathon. the race started about three hours ago. erika glover is near the finish line where i'm pretty shaur a lot of folks are celebrating >> that exact lit rye. -- exactly right. it's not keeping supporters from coming out. >> in is a really fun marathon. >> more than 20,000 participants are hitting the pave ment for the miami marathon. >> reporter: while many are layering up and bracing for the chilly temperatures, this group is dancing their way to the starting line. >> we have to keep motivated and keep the enthusiasm going. >> experienced marathoners have >> you're going to see a lot of running and walking. do your pace. that's it. >> smile. >>

in an interview with nbc connecticut, mr. biden said it was a decision he regretted every day but at the same time, the vice president said it was family. biden's oldest child bo died in may of brain cancer. the vice president joe biden has been very open about talking about the death of his an emotional toll. >>> coming up today at the noon hour as we continue, stage pressure. today, there are plenty of unanswered questions about that. here's jason with some questions about the weather. >> questions, yeah. when are we going to get cold again? here's our next batch of cold now. it's far away and it will move here into northern ohio. i will let you know when and more importantly, how long it will stick around. >>> happening today in washington, d.c., a new bill is expected to be introduced which would strip comedienne bill cosby of his medal of freedom. it comes as cosby was indicted on sexual assault charges filed iacs woman in pennsylvania -- filed by a woman in pennsylvania. yesterday, he learned he will not face charges in two a

annie mccormick is live at the university of pennsylvania where mr. biden will meet with researchers, annie. >> reporter: tam, that's right, he will be here later on today at the cancer center. this is his first appearance since president obama made the announcement during the state of union address that they want to find a cure for cancer. president obama called on the new generations to fight the bounds of innovation and like president kennedy bomb maria announced a -- obama announced a moon shot for cancer. >>> for the loved ones we've all lost, for the families that we can still save let's make america the country that cures cancer once and for all. >>> this fight is personal for the white house, vice president's son beau died at 46 leaving behind a wife and two kids and large extended family. tonight his father with travel at the abraham son cancer center as part of the first push of the initiative. obama announced he will increase resources private and public to fight cancer and he wants to bring the network of cancer fighters together to breakdown wa

mr. biden's office posted information online about the plan. it says it will work with doctors, patients and the government. as you may know, the vice president lost his son to brain cancer last year. >>> 4:42 right now. we'll be right back. >>> coming up on quarter to 5:00, you see a micro climate weather alert. you decided to wear red just to drive the point home. >> that's right. >> we do have that alert in place because we have heavy rainfall across parts of the bay area. we're not done just yet, even though you step outside, it's barely coming down. we're still looking at rain across the radar. in san jose right now it's pretty light. you can see that from our camera. as you get going up across the inner bay, especially in oakland, a pretty heavy cell moving on. heavy showers across the coastline. showers will continue to form as we head through the morning hours into the afternoon. we talk about moving into oakland hills right now. you can see where it's headed toward concord. eventually in plil. there's another one down there as well. so

think things are going to be able to move faster because if there is a magic drug, i think that mr. biden can help move it through the fda faster. >> reporter: sports bar owner bill knows all about cancer and what it can do to the body. he is a cancer survivor who appreciates what president obama wants the u.s. to accomplish it. >> i think we have the best doctors in the world. there is no reason why we can't put it to the forefront and try to find a cure. >> reporter: while great strides have been made in the the president want to see more public and private funding. >> we want to make something good come about. that has been done with medications and treatments for cancer but we are definitely looking for more cures. >> reporter: now, the president did not spell out a specific timetable, but like the space race in the 1960s , he would like to see an accelerated effort to find a cure for cancer. >> it sownes amazing but keep in mind places like the cancer center at watson clinic, that's a business so a cure would mean a different kind of strategy for them i imagine. >> reporter: no quest

that was so touching from mr. biden.k it tells you an awful lot about how his relationship with the president has evolved over the last seven years. you know, they've had their tough times. remember when joe biden got out ahead of the president on the issue of gay marriage, for example. they've disagreed on iraq policy, on afghanistan. they've had their difference which, by the way, they talk about. but i think over the years -- you know, when you work down the hall from somebody every day, you get to know them pretty well. they're two very different people, right? i mean, biden is a hot politician. obama is a cool politician. but you can really sense from joe biden in this interview that after his son got sick, he had no better friend than the. . he confided in the president. i'm sure he confided in the president about whether he was going to run for the presidency. and, you know, the idea that the president would have said to him, don't sell your house. joe biden has spent the last 40 years in public service. he's not

annie mccormick is live at the university of pennsylvania where mr. biden will be meeting with researchers, annie there may be no fight that touches the veep like this one. >> reporter: this is a personal fight and the fight begins today. this is part of a major initiative that president obama called for during the state of the union address. he said he wants a decade of advancements done in five years. in president obama's state of the union address he announced a push to cure cancer and wants vice president joe biden at the wheel. >>> tonight i'm announcing a new national effort to get it done, because he has gone to the matt for all of us on so many issues over the past 40 years, i'm putting joe in charge of mission control. for the loved ones we've all lost, for the families that we can still save, let's make america the county that cures cancer once and for all. >> reporter: the fight is personal for the white house, biden's son beau died from the disease at 46 leaving behind a wife and two kids and large extended family. today his father will travel t

turkey has come around to the idea that that border is an issue that it needs to tighten >>> is mr biden likely to delve into matters of a more internalal nature. for instance, about the turkish government's handling of the kurdish question and about freedom of expression? >> reporter: well, yes. there has been this crackdown at the moment by the turkish security force in the south-east, the kurdish dominated areas, particularly d acres abacu because the pkk has been involved in urban battles there with the turkish security forces. the first time the pkk has done this. this is trapping civilians in between the fight, in between the pkk and the government. the government has been accused by about a thousand sore so academics, domestic and foreign, are being heavy handed in its crackdown on the pkk and catching civilians in that fight. last week more than a thousand academics signed a petition accusing the government in the crackdown, urging the president accused them in turn of producing propaganda for the pkk. that prompted joe biden to speak out on friday in a meeting saying that more t

. >> reporter: mr. biden says his plan is two-fold. first, increased funding from the government and citizens. second, coordinate and collaborate all government agencies working on the fight against cancer. >> so that we are partners, not impediments, we are partners with the private sector. >> we are so much better positioned than any nation in the world to lead the world. >> reporter: and it is that sharing of information that vice president joe biden says has to happen in order to help patients now get better care and in order to help find a cure faster in the future. that's the late of the here, we're live in university city, ali gorman, channel6 "action news." jim. >> ali, thank you. >>> world news tonight with david muir will have more on biden's cancer initiative and his visit to the university of pennsylvania. that is now and next after "action news." >>> the eagles can't talk about it yet but we know that the next head coach will be doug pederson. and while the reaction in some quarters has been mixed at best, former eagles qu

about north korea, president obama's new directives on gun control, and during many discussions, mr. bidented not running for president. he made the decision last year. he said that he regrets it, while, at the same time, says it was the right decision for his family. so what do you make of that, sam? >> probably he regrets it, and it was the right decision for his family. it's really hard in the throes of the grief that he was experiencing over the death of beau biden, his son, to think that you could gather the forces necessary to do what would have been required to run, but i do think that joe biden would have made the democratic primary more competitive. it might have been an outcome through this primary. >> joe biden was my senator for more than 30 years, and i think everything he said is consistent with who he is and who he has been all along. of course he has regrets. looking at the race that has developed, you know, it has to heighten his sense of regret that he sees a role that he could have played in that ongoing debate. on the other hand, i think it's still true what he says, th

it is the first time mr. biden spoke publicly about the decision since making his announcement in october. he also said we have two good candidates in hillary clinton and bernie sanders. for the latest on campaign 2016 can you download the cleveland 19 news app and it is free for your smart phone or tablet. >> dan: wall street chalked up another day of losses. investors are spooked by the stock market turmoil in china and what it might mean. hedda hedda daniels has more. average closed down more than 390 points. it was the 3rd triple digit loss of the week. >> once again, the trouble started in china where trading was automatically halted after stocks fell more than 7%. the market had been open for just 30 minutes. >> just that sense of oh, my god what's really going on. >> chinese regulators say they are suspending circuit breakers since they may be adding to the sense of panic. >> the market is way too volatile. >>> speeding into volatility is considered a downturn in china's economy and whether the weakness will

. >>> cancer took the life of bo biden, and mr. biden said he is ready to use his son's memory as inspiration. >> one of the things the president will talk about tonight in the state of the union is this fight against cancer. something that you have taken the mantle of and have said is very, very personal. who are you hoping to accomplish? >> well, we're so close to so many breakthroughs in cancer. this is one of those reflection points, but they are sort of stove pipes. there's a lot of brilliant people doing a lot of important stuff but not enough integration, and i'm hoping and so far the response has been very positive from the leaders in the field to -- to let me be the convener of these folks and move things along more quickly. >> when he announced he would not run for president, vice president biden called his fight against cancer personal. >> it is something that touches nearly everyone's life. approximately 13 million americans alive today have a history of cancer in some way. >> want to change gears now and get another check of

tells cnn that sanders has "credibility on income inequality among the primary voters, something mr. bidenhinks hillary clinton lacks. he also told nbc donald trump has a real chance of winning the presidente. the vice did not see himself reversing his decision to stay out of the the trump scenario become more likely to paul ryan is blaming the federal reserve for a week economy. he accused the fed of embracing liberal style policies that, along with president obama's agenda, have hurt the economy. the speaker discussed his plan for growing the economy. mr. ryan: we are going to go on offense on ideas. we will give the country a bold progrowth agenda so they can choose the direction the country will head. matt: the speaker says the president must present a plan for the state of the union address. you can watch that speech live at 9:00 new york time right here on bloomberg television. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 150 news bureaus around the world. back to you. betty: since the start of the year, you saw china sending a shockwave throughout global markets. rbs is giving in

mr. biden is there as vice president of the senate. susan: does he have a working office in the capitol building? betty: he does. the vice president has had his own office in the capitol of the senate chamber and he has a working office in the dirksen office building as well and he has a small staff that is always for the in the capitol vice president. we can see senators making their way down the main aisle of the house of representatives. president's speech begins at half an hour. they have to -- you have to tell about the ritual of getting ifts on the aisle, because you watch this network and you know the members of the house, you will see some very familiar faces. always getting this prime seats. fory: it is like waiting "star wars" to open, the people who lined up early and they will start sticking out spaces in the house chamber and sometimes they will send staff over, sometimes they will send interns over. they will hold spaces in the chamber so they can have an isle seat and that is because when the senate comes in, when the ca

[laughter] mr. biden: presidents do not get up for me. >> this president does. madam president, thank you very much and think for you -- thanks for you. in a sense this is taking you from the important work you're doing. but dr. collins and i are here and i have had an opportunity to speak with my friend, she really is my friend, dr. gutman. i, like so many of you and maybe members of the press and familys, i'm a typical in that my family has been touched by cancer. some family members have survived and some have not. my mother, god love her, used to have an expression. joe a little bit of knowledge is , a dangerous thing. when you are engaged with someone you love who is fighting for their life, you become acquainted with at least the parameters of what they are dealing with. and as death will tell you, -- dad will tell you you do , everything in your power to be able to learn as much about the fight that is underway as you can. and so i want to make it clear, when the president set up -- when i decided not to run for president, i indicated in the rose garden t

mr. biden's office posted information online saying he's going to work with doctors, patients and the government. as you know, the vice president lost his son beau biden to brain cancer last year. >>> the seat next to first lady michelle obama was left empty. since the last state of the union address, more than 30,000 people in the u.s. killed by a gun. to have an empty seat for each of those victims, you have to empty the chamber 28 times. "today" show will have much more on the state of the union address including a live interview with south carolina governor nikki haley coming up at 7:00 this morning. >>> 6:39. live look at the foster city side of the san mateo bridge. the brunt of the storm moving out of the bay area. the roadway still very wet this morning. we'll check in with mike in just a moment. right now let's check in with anthony slaughter with a look at the rainfall so far. >> the rain has been very impressive across the north bay. santa rosa just under an inch. vallejo under .25 inch. in the south bay, much less amounts. some starting to pull into san jose. we had one cell move thr

clinton have led gop front-runner donald trump to speculate about the circumstances that could cause mr. biden to reconsider his decision in october. to sit the season out. >> if she, for instance, gets indicted. if she has to go on trial. they're going to have biden or somebody else come in. i wouldn't mind that, either. >> in recent days, the state department released an email, in which then secretary of state hillary clinton appeared to instruct an aide to send classified feerl in a quote nonsecured way. and shot down a colleague's request that clinton stop using her personal email account. >> there is no classified materials. >> the intelligence community's inspector general said several dozen emails classified above top secret arrived on clinton's private server. no one has formally accused clinton of wrongdoing, the stakes would seem to be heightened with a probe into her email practices. with early voting days away and clinton still the favorite to clinch the nomination, would the democrats have any option to nominate someone else at last minute? to democrats cast as candidates is highl

. >> mr. biden says president obama will soon announce an executive order putting federal agencies at the vice president's disposal for this fight against cancer. >> six people are critically ill in france after a failed drug experiment. one person is brain dead. 90 people have taken part in a clinical trial which has now been suspended. nadim baba reports. >> one declared brain dead and five others in hospital, the french government has ordered an investigation. >> translator: the families are devastate peched we'll make sure they are given all the answer he as particularly right now i'm not aware of any comparable case. what has happened is unprecedented and requires the greatest possible vigilance in the coming investigation. >> the drug was being trialed at this private clinic in rennes in france, meant to act on the enendo k canabbanal system. >> one person did not have any symptoms and is clearly under surveillance. >> such an accident could still happen. at this moment i have unfortunately no

there was a recent interview with mr. biden where many interpreted he was maybe regretting his decision not to president. here's what he said to savannah. >> i made the right decision, i'm positive for that, and the right decision for my family in terms of the timing that was available. what i meant was and i was being directly honest was that i care deeply about the plight of the middle class and a whole range of other issues and it's the best forum in the world to have your views made known and try to convince the public of your views. but we have a full year left as president and vice president, and we have a lot more to do. >> for you is there no scenario in which you could see yourself getting into this race of 2016? >> i've learned never to say no if i won the lottery maybe, $1 billion. >> even vice president biden getting in on the lottery. >> he's going to be a part, even if he's not in it,s me s me it, he's going to be a part of this democratic race. >> it seems folks on both sides, particularly independents, people no

now, mr. biden says that we need much more funding, we need more sharing of information.t he believes that a cure can be found. >> truth of the matter is i believe from my exposure over two years of my son fighting glioblastoma of the brain stage four that i know i became acquainted enough with the brilliant minds around this table and others to realize that we're on the cusp -- you're on the cusp of some phenomenal break throughs. >> reporter: and those breakthroughs, that's the overall goal to save more lives and earlier today we got a great example of that workinworking: 20-year-old nics rang the bell in celebration of his last radiation treatment. >> it was amazing. it was just the best feeling out there, my biggest support team, everybody was there, my family, friends. dr. robert lustig of penn medicine explains it's been a battle for nicholas. he was diagnosed with an extremely rare type of brain cancer. >> it actually grew on the lining of his brain surrounding his brain. >> reporter: nicholas said he started getting headaches last year. then one morning in april w

we'll play what mr. biden said. deadly explosion in istanbul in the heart of a busy tourist area. the turkish prime minister said the suicide bomber responsible for the attack was a member of isis. good morning. i'm tamron hall. we begin in iowa where hillary clinton is feeling pressure from a rising bernie sanders. live pictures from iowa state university campus where clinton is locked in a dead heat with senator sanders. she's about to accept endorsement of a major gun control group as she questions sanders' own gun record and clinton is deploying her family on the campaign trail dispatching her daughter to new hampshire for a series of events on her behalf. this as i mentioned the new brand new poll out this hour shows bernie sanders is opening up a sizable lead in that state. it all comes amid an escalating war of words between clinton and sanders in iowa yesterday with the first caucus votes if you can believe it now just 20 days away. >> there was a vote in the congress. do we give the gun lobby, the manufacturers and the sellers, absolute immunity from any liability or acco

speaking at an event in baltimore with president obama thursday, mr. biden says he does not know which republican he'd pick to run. >> challenge your opponents. are they for the republican bucket, for what's being says? by the way, we may be given a gift from the lord in the presidential race here. i don't know who to root for gure, cruz or -- what's that y's name? >> the vice president urges democrats to run on the accomplishments of the obama administration citing the improving economy and gains against islamic state rebels. >>> coming up, who's accused of helping three dangerous inmates escape from a california prison. >> a first look at newly released video of the f.b.i.'s fatal encounter with the members of that oregon standoff. >> i'm first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. quiet this morning. we do have temperatures, though, which are down in the 20s and 30s. so watch out for slick spots. the winds are light now. they're going to pick up big time this afternoon. flurries possible. dress for 20s because that's what the the windchills will be doing

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mr. biden later said that he would not run because it is in his family's best interests.ar-old daughter was sick subjected to a two-minute search by a gsa official for having a capri sun and juice box. she was frisked and her luggage was searched. double check it was unnecessary and violated my daughter. the man says he plans on filing report against the tse said. but the gsa says they followed proper procedure a man got onto a bus toward city hall. this man told people they a my riding a bus with a bomb. >> mark: the retailer called macy's will be shutting down 36 stores laying off over 4000 employees. >> darya: there is a settlement against employees as the world-- sea world. the trainers would not be able to swim under the wells or on top of the whales. >> mark: the man who made the original star wars helmets' 40 years ago started selling visas and george lucas promptly sued. >> because we on this will leave to the that this man could not be stopped from his artistic talent this is ridiculous. >> i'd rather not say but it was a lot of money. >> mark: we have some sun a

mr. biden is there as vice president of the senate. susan: does he have a working office in the capitol building? betty: he does. the vice president has had his own office in the capitol of the senate chamber and he has a working office in the dirksen office building as well and he has a small staff that is always for the in the capitol vice president. we can see senators making their way down the main aisle of the house of representatives. president's speech begins at half an hour. they have to -- you have to tell about the ritual of getting ifts on the aisle, because you watch this network and you know the members of the house, you will see some very familiar faces. always getting this prime seats. fory: it is like waiting "star wars" to open, the people who lined up early and they will start sticking out spaces in the house chamber and sometimes they will send staff over, sometimes they will send interns over. they will hold spaces in the chamber so they can have an isle seat and that is because when the senate comes in, when the ca

mr. biden: emily. >> and one of our top immunology researchers who is very much into creating vaccines and other things for cancer in the you know dr. june does not need any introduction. as president has focused based on these many meetings he has had with leading oncologists on several areas of exceptional opportunity. i suspect those are the kinds of things we like -- might want to talk about. i can't help but mention that one but it is the case that cancer is a disease of the genome. we have the technology to discover why sell those bad. -- cells go bad. me istherapy if you ask maybe the area that shows the and muchrkable promise credit to people at this table and this institution. coley tried infecting people considered that was a quick thing to do and it faded into the mists of time. steve rosenberg labored away at this for several decades, usually failing but occasionally succeeding and not quite sure why his melanoma treatment sometimes worked but the full flowering of this is in last f

> well, here at home president obama set to take aim at what vice president joe biden called a moonshot to cure cancer. mr. obama will sign a presidential memorandum today force on cancer appointing biden to lead the panel. mr. obama pledged in his state of the union address earlier this month to initiate a governmentwide push to cure the disease similar to the efforts in the 1960s to send a man to the moon. >>> parts of south florida cleaning up today. from a series of severe storms that spawned even a tornado. the twister tossed around cars and trucks, knocked down trees and damaged some rooftops there. at least one person was injured. the national weather service says the twister had winds estimated at 100 miles an hour. let's look at the radar, shall we, because over south florida a thick line of storms, once again, continuing to rake across that area. some storms could be severe around west palm beach, ft. myers, as well as miami and might include some damaging winds and even a threat for a few weak tornadoes. >>> well, crews from the nfl are working hard to spruce up levi stadium for super bowl 50.

mr. bidenas held private meetings with hillary clinton, bernie sanders,' former maryland governor martin owe mallly. let me hear from frederick in account k a democrat. you are up, good morning. caller: yes. good morning. thank you for taking the call. number one, i just want to say that donald trump is a bully and it has proven he can dish it out but can't take it. thin skinned person like that should not be president. the other thing is donald trump is called a match against bernie sanders a dream come true. to which i can say, be very careful of what you wish for. thank you for taking my call. host: i assume you are a bernie sanders supporter? caller: yes, i am. host: what do you think about the democrats? they limited their amount of debates to six. and many democrats critical of the democratic national committee for doing that. and also when they held these debates, having them on weekend nights and that this was done to smooth the way for hillary clinton. do you think that? caller: i do t

``there was a recent interview ``with mr. biden where many ``interpreted that he was maybe ``regretting his decision not to ``president. ``>> i made the right decision. ``i'm positive of that and the ``right decision for my family, ``and in terms of the timing that ``was available. ``what i meant was, and i was ``being directly honest was, that ``i cared deeply about the plight ``of the middle class and a whole ``range of other issues, and if -- ``it's the best for in the world ``to have your views made known ``and try to convince the public ``of the views, but we have a full ``year left as president and vice ``president, and we have a lot ``more to do. ``>> for you is there no scenario ``in which you could see yourself ``getting into this race in 2016? ``>> i've learned never to say no, ``but i can't imagine one. ``i can't imagine one. ``if i win the lottery maybe, $1.4 ``billion. ``everybody says i'm going to ``return. ``well, i'll run if i -- i'm only ``joking. ``that's a joke. ``>> got to love vice president ``biden, joking abo

there was a recent interview with mr. biden where many regretting his decision not to jump in to the 2016 race for president. here's what he said to savannah. >> i made the right decision. i'm positive of that and the right decision for my family, and in terms of the timing that was available. what i meant was, and i was being directly honest was, that i cared deeply about the plight of the middle class and a whole range of other issues, and if -- it's the best for in the world to have your views made known and try to convince the public of the views, but we have a full year left as president and vice president, and we have a lot more to do. >> for you is there no scenario in which you could see yourself getting into this race in 2016? >> i've learned never to say no, but i can't imagine one. i can't imagine one. if i win the lottery maybe, $1.4 billion. everybody says i'm going to return. well, i'll run if i -- i'm only joking. that's a joke. >> got to love vice president and getting in on the lottery like everyone else. >> he

> well, here at home president obama set to take aim at what vice president joe biden called a moonshot to cure cancer. mr. obama about sign a presidential memorandum creating a task force on cancer appointing 3w50id appoint ing biden no lead the panel. he wants to sdid this. >>> it spawned a tornado and the twister tossed around cars and trucks, knocked down trees and damaged some rooftops there. at least one person was injured. the national weather service says the twister had winds estimated at 100 miles an hour. let's look at the radar, shall we? over south florida a thick line of storms, once again, continuing to rake across that area. some storms could be severe myers, as well as miami and might include some damaging winds and even a threat for a few weak tornadoes. >>> well, crews from the nfl are working hard to spruce up levi stadium for super bowl 50. >> their main focus cuss is the playing field which has been known to flood easily and you know you have the el nino storms brewing and keeping a close eye on the newly grown sod. coddling it like a newborn baby. >> and the break in the rain allowe