[applause] mr. bidenlks, i want to thank rich fitzgerald, the county executive, for being here and mayor nezby, city of ducane is here as well. you are here somewhere. [applause] mr. biden: international firefighters general president and my friend for a long, long time, one of the guys in the union, as they say along with the teachers, brought me to the dance when i started. thank you, harold. [cheering and applause] mr. biden: and thank you for your endorsement. and kevin schmitt, president of teamsters local here. thanks for the use of the house. i appreciate it, the help. [cheering and applause] mr. biden: to the president of the firefighters, dave where are you? the pennsylvania firefighters. dave -- there you are. passed right by you. dave, thank you very much. and also, a real -- a union that helped me in the very, very beginning of my career and i've had great respect for, the united steel workers. bobby mack. bobby mack, president. [cheering and applause] mr. biden: and the building trades. frank

kaitlyn caruso said mr. biden rested his hands on her thigh, even as she squirmed to show her discomfort, and d.j. hill said the then-vice president put his hand on her shoulder and started cropping it down her bark which made her very uncomfortable. that brings the total number of women to four. >> reporter: as mr. biden seemed pushed back, issuing quotes from female friends, aides, and colleagues who said he never once crossed the line. mr. biden himself said it was never his intention to anyone uncomfortable. house speaker nancy pelosi took her long-time ally to task today, urging him to say more. >> to say, i'm sorry that you were offended is not an apology. >> reporter: pelosi added that none of this disqualifies mr. biden from a white house bid, but she did suggest that he join her in what she calls a straight-arm club, keeping at least this much distance between himself and colleagues and supporters so that there are no awkward moments in the first place, jeff. >> glor: okay. nancy cordes, thank you very mu

does he regard mr. biden as a threat? elisabeth: well, of course he does. deo you mentioned, this doctored video which shows joe biden talking yesterday and saying why he was sorry he made people uncomfortable and then you see behind him joe biden with hands coming forward and joe putting nds on joe and snuggling the back of his head, it was quite extradinary that the president did that. it is hard to know what trump is doing here by calling attention to it. it also called attention to s behavior during the 2016 campaign or came out during the 2016 campaign. seyes, the white hoes worry a lot about joe biden. he appeals to some of the same voters trump appeals to, working-class, middle-classe voters in dwest. trump is really walking a risky line calling out joe biden and this kind of behavior when he himself has engaged in behavior that many americans think is worse. jane: elisabeth bumiller, thanks as always for joining me. elisabeth: thank you. jane: turning to politics in the u.k., and the british prime minister has written to european officials asking the

mr. biden: by the way, he gave me permission to touch him. aughter] jane: after the speech, mr. told reporters he would not beurprised if more women came forward to raise concerns about his behavior, but he said again thate never meant any harm. mr. biden: i am sorry i didn't understand more. i'm not sorry for any of my intentions. i'm not sorry for anything i have ever done. i have never been disrespectful intentionally to a man or a woman. that is not the reputation i had in high school, for god's sake. jane: earlier i spoke all about this with joan biskupic -- earlier i spoke with this tf "thesabeth bumiller new yoes." how big a problem is this for joe biden? elisabeth: it doesot get his presidential campaign off to a terrific start, but he remains e front runner, at least in the eay polls. he is a well-known name. as he said, there may be more women coming forward, so we will have to see. democrats are behind him. there are a w calls for him to drop out of the race, but do not forget who he would be running against, president trump, who has -- his lawyers have paid off a porn

none of this disqualified mr. biden from a white house bid, but she did suggest that he joined her in what she called the straight arm club, keeping at least this much distance between himself and colleagues and supporters so that there are no awkward moments in the first place, jeff. >> okay. nancy cordes, thank you very much. >>> chicago made history tonight, electing its first african american female mayor. dean reynolds is there. >> reporter: the election of lori lightfoot as chicago's mayor is undoubtedly historic. lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor defeated toni preckwinkle, the president of the cook county board of commissioners by a wide margin. >> you know, when we started this journey 11 months ago, nobody gave us much of a chance. we're up against powerful interests, a powerful machine, and a powerful mayor. but i remembered something martin luther king said when i was very young. faith, he said is taking the first step when you can't see the staircase. well, we couldn't see the whole staircase when we st

mr. bidenays he gets it, at least three women including lucie flores have accused the veteran politician of physical contact they felt was inappropriate. mr. biden, a famously up-close campaigner with women and men, pledged to change his behavior. >> the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset, and i get it. i get it. i hear what you're saying. i understand it. and i'll be much more mindful. that's my responsibility. >> he posted that message on social media today. mr. biden is soon expected to announce his plans to run for president in 2020. >> we're back in 60 seconds. still ahead, unfairly targeted. that's how an apple employee describes a heated encounter with customs agents at sfo. what he was asked to do that made him so uncomfortable. >> he was sipping coffee in starbucks when the tirade began. >> today, everybody come over here, let's get this guy. he's a hater. >> why this man in the maga hat says he feels sorry for the woman who came at him in palo alto. >> more rain o

let me know, especially if mr. biden does come down that escalator. carol, for folks whose may not have caught it and for our listeners on sirius satellite radio as well, let's play a part of biden's announcement video here. >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house he'll forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation, who we are. i cannot stand by and watch that happen. >> carol, this much more direct comparison to trump than we've heard from the other candidates who have gotten in this thing so far. mostly they want to talk about healthcare and pocketbook items as well. what's biden doing here? what's the thinking? what's the strategy? >> reporter: well, if you look at that line that you played as the key line to me in his -- in that video, because it gets at the heart of what he's trying to do, send the message that he's running because he feels like we need to take something back that's being taken away from the country by president trump. he's clearly playing for the democrats who above all else say they want somebody

mr. biden says he gets it. this after three women have accused the veteran politician of physical contact they felt was inappropriate. biden pledged to change his fwe haifa your. >> the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset and i get it. i get it. i hear what they're saying. i understand it. and i'll be much more mind. that's my responsibility. >> mr. biden is expected to announce his 2020 presidential run soon. >>> 4:51, coming up here on the bay, nbc bay area responds. >> unkind, unbending, unsympathetic. that's the irs' reputation s. it buster or authentic? we have an insider's take next. >>> happening now, singer over the weekend accused of stealing songs, three song writers claim the star ripped them off on a hit "lonely night" no word on how much main they're asking for. "a hopely night" appears on star board, more after the break. >>> lonely night" appears on star board, more after the break. >>> creek >>> good thursday morning to you. taking a live look outside. this is from the east ba

for the record, i've met mr. biden ones or twice, and he definitely has pressed my flesh.eed, meeting joe biden for a man or woman, is a little like an encounter with an especially attentive and curious octopus. one tent call grips your upper arm, another prods you in the shoulder to emphasize a point. let me just offer a quick disclaimer, this isn't meant to minimize sexual harassment, and women are absolutely right to demand accountability for powerful men and women who abuse their position. but please, joe biden isn't a monster. he's an overly textile accept to yes marijuana who likes to get up close and personal with literally everyone he meets. but this is just one symptom now, i think, of the malaise in our public discourse which goes deep and wide. it's in the trivialization of serious issues, the seething mutual contempt for an to opposing voice, the rancor that suffuses discussion or of even the least consequential of topics, the wild con spear -- and yes, of course, the president with his adolescent taunting contributes to all of this. he's not alone are, of cour

mr. biden said he will be "mindful and respectful of people's personal space." mr. den is reported to announce his candidacy for president in the 2020 election. in our next hour, we want to hear from you, democrats in the audience about allegations made against mr. biden, his response, and if you think it might have an impact on his candidacy. if you want to give us a call, you can do so on one of the three phone lines. 202-748-8000 for democrats in the audience under the age of 30. 202-748-8001 if you are between the ages of 30 and 50. 202-748-8002 if you are over the age of 50. if you want to make your thoughts known on this first hour, you can do so on our social media sites as well. facebook.com/cspan is how you can post there and our twitter feed @cspanwj. it was on joe biden's twitter feed where he took yesterday posting a video about the comments of the last few days and the accusations and how he plans to address them. here is joe biden from yesterday. [video clip] to youpect to be talking about a whole bunch of issues and i always want to be direct with you.

relationship to it what exactly are the accusations coming out now from ukraine about you know that mr biden is being accused of. well it's widely known that joe biden's son hunter biden is heavily invested in bristol holdings and that's the largest non-governmental natural gas company in ukraine and back in two thousand and fourteen that raised some eyebrows and it raise some more eyebrows when joe biden visited ukraine in april of two thousand and fourteen and basically told him to stop relying on so many natural gas imports from russia but now the latest is that we at this point have video from one joe biden was speaking at the council on foreign relations last year and in that video he brags about getting the general prosecutor of ukraine fired he says there was some money that was going to ukraine and he called him up and he does this whole you know his joe biden working class tough guy thing and he says you know i told him that unless that guy was fired the money would go away he got the general prosecutor of ukraine fired he brags about this well what it turns out is this prosecutor t

mr. biden has secured the services of mark vadon, democratic ad maker known for making gripping cinematic commercials. guest: if you are asking if i think joe biden is going to enter the race, i definitely think he is. recently andme out said he intends to be the last democrat to announce entry. situation,is current guehink that is going to pla him and prevent him from being the democratic nominee in part. the other reason i think is the democratic party is looking for a little more youthful energy. it is already shown that on capitol hill, where you have io-cortez going head-to-head with nancy pelosi and nancy pelosi stepping down. be the think biden would nominee. i certainly think his ongoing somethinggoing to be that is going to push him to the side. ,ost: do use that line creepy you think that over being warm and friendly. andt: i have seen the video the images. this is not something that has cropped up recently. this has been part of joe biden's reputation, whispered among political circl

mr. biden's behavior, that it made me uncomfortable. i've been in some cases urged to call it -- was at this, was at that? it made me uncomfortable and so i think what i would say two other women is if you have this story to tell. you have to examine in your own heart how important it is for you to come forward. but i would also urge you that it is something that i think is respected. people respect other people that come forward and share a story, but they share it honestly and they are doing it for the purposes of wanting to do their civic duty. >> shannon: dj hill. we thank you for coming on to talk about it with us. it's good to have you. >> thank you so much, i appreciate it. >> shannon: and this is a fox news alert. president trump responding as the key house democrats formally launch an attempt to get the president's tax returns he also prepares to visit the southern border and he's also speaking out on vice president biden's problem. correspondent kristin fisher is here in washington with more. good evening. >> good evening. dur

in a slickly produced announcement video, mr biden presented his candidacy as a moral imperative at ament aimed at trump, about trump, and with the pitch that he's the democrat who can beat trump. if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation. officials in sri lanka revise down the death toll from the easter

mr. biden's hand went from my shoulder and started to descend down my back. it was one of those things where i'm going, oh, okay. this is making me feel uncomfortable. >> in another story, "the new york times" quotes, a sexual assault survivor who says when she was 19 was meeting with biden at a sexual assault event in nevada. biden touched her thigh and hugged her and she found it, quote, lasting just a little bit too long. we are going to turn to a special panel to discuss all the a expects aspects of this. first we want to share joe biden's full response video. this is what he posted online today. the entire discussion from joe biden is about two minutes long. >> i expect we'll be talking about a lot of issues. today i want to talk about just the support and encouragement i've made to women and some men, have made them uncomfortable. and always -- in nigh career, i always tried to make a human connection. that's my responsibility, i think. i shake hands, i hug people, i grab men and women by the shoelg derz and say, you can do this. and whether they're wom

. >> this is a time of realization and self-awareness for mr. biden. you know, time will tell, but i think that no one should define another person's boundaries period. >> and that's a little bit of what biden did in this video, talking about all the touching and the video did not include an apology, more just a walk through the way he's handled retail politics for the last several decades of his public life. >> joe biden: i hug people, i grab men and women by the shoulders and say, you can do this. whether they are women, men, young, old, it is just the way i've always been, the way i try to show i care about them and i'm listening. >> biden does not appear to have lost defenders in congress, who seem satisfied that none of the accusers go so far as to say the former vp sexually assaulted them. >> he said he's been made aware and he will change his behavior. what more can we ask? >> biden will make his first public appearance since this bubbled up in washington, d.c. tomorrow at union breakfast. it does not appear he's inching away from presidential ca

so i will be waiting to see from mr. biden, as well as other candidates, it is one thing to say it, it is another thing to show actions that you are moving toward what you say this self-realization is about. >> also yesterday, biden fellow delaware democrat defending the response. >> i was glad to see a very strong, clear, forceful statement by former vice president biden this afternoon. i think he gets it. it is important he made a clear statement today, he understands social standards have changed and perhaps he will be more thoughtful about whether or not to continue to be the person he has been, someone open-hearted and willing to engage with others and he'll be more cautious about other people's space. >> oh, boy, jon, i'm trying to think of who recently made a successful apology, it seems like no one is ever happy with apology or response when these things come out. at the same time, you know, you learn the way you make amends by saying something like, i had no idea i was making these people uncomfortable. i'm sor -- so

mr. biden's conduct disqualifying. i'm really open to people changing. , jonathan. >> yeah, we talked to anita hill yesterday at "the times" and she obviously is not fully satisfied with joe biden's explanation and his attempt at rapprochement. but what's puzzling, don, about the hill situation is why biden wouldn't reach out earlier and try and make that right. this came up during the brett kavanaugh hearing last fall when biden was widely accepted to run for president, why wouldn't he have gone to see her then or at least picked up the phone then? we did a story last year where barbara boxer, a joe biden friend and former colleague, was pleading with him in our paper in print to say joe's got to fix this, you've got to step up and i don't know why he waited so long. it is going to create a challenge. but i think, don, you raised an important point here, and that is what is the democratic party? is it the loudest voices who are following this race ten months out who tend to be online, especially on twitter, who obviously don't like biden? or is it a kind

the question now as mr. biden kicks off the campaign that mr. helped talk him out of four years ago is whether he can parlay his service to the last democratic president into his own successful quest. steve: who is the logical obama heir? president obama is still very popular in democratic circles because joe biden is going to position himself as that but then you hear talk about mayor pete buttigieg or beto and they go well he is the knew obama. so what's it going to be? the heir to the obama throne, you know, the presidency. joe biden who was at for eight years or a new guy? brian: does the president know even though he loves joe biden that he is not capable of being president. he says he would sit in a room and biden would be unguided missile in conversations take things on a tangent. james comey described how biden would take meetings off track ever time they were together. gates, whoots secretary of defense for a while says the vice president has been wrong on every single foreign policy decision over the last four decades and david plouffe

for me, mr. biden is not my candidate. however, i fully respect that people are going to make their own decisions and they're going to decide whether or not his behavior, this aspect of it among other things. i'm also not happy in the way in which he recently responded to some recent anita hill questions where he said he wishes he could have done more, even though he could have done more because he was the chair of the judiciary committee at the time. that those things are aspects that people are going to have to take into account and make their own decisions. >> two brief questions for you because you talked about how you are progressive and you supported bernie sanders in 2016 and you were at a beto o'rourke rally over the weekend. did you talk about it publicly before that happened? >> no, absolutely not. this is not politically motivated in any way. >> it has been insinuated by some folks. >> no, absolutely not. this has everything to do. i didn't speak out before exactly because of this. you have no idea how i'm being

however, we understand now mr. biden is on "the view" tomorrow. ho currently holds the senate seat that joe biden did, became the first official u.s. senator to endorse him. he was followed by pennsylvania senator bob casey. ed: let's brings in dan bongino former secret service agent. host of the dan bongino podcast. dan, good morning to you. >> good to see you guys. good morning. ed: what's your immediate reaction to that video? >> well, he goes right to identity politics, of course. and there is a reason he does that, biden. i mean, think about it, ed. is biden really going to run on hey, let's just go back to the economy of four years ago by the time the election comes around? he has nothing of substance. what's he going to run on? the takeover of the student loan market in the obama administration bankrupting it? obamacare and that disaster? they couldn't even get a website up and running. are you going to run on the 1% growth rate? let's return to 1% growth? what's he going to run on? so some focus group came to him and said, listen, you got t

mr. biden's l left. mr. den making his first campaign stop in his home state of delaware and weighing in as an early front-runner in the race. >> i tell you what. the issue is going to be who -- not only who can win this, but who is the best person to lead the country? and that's what it's going to be all about. it's going to be for the voters to decide that. >> as jessica dean now reports, the former vice president has already picked up a number of endorsements, but there is one endorsement he claims he will not be asking for. >> everybody knows donald trump. >> reporter: officially a presidential candidate, joe biden came out swinging today, going right after president trump. >> very fine people on both sides? >> reporter: in his video announcement, biden focussing on trump's response to the 2017 deadly clash in charlottesville, virginia. between white nationalists and counterprotesters. >> in that moment, i knew the threat to this nation was unlike any i had ever seen in my lifetime. >> reporter: biden als

mr. biden was on sometimes a different issue -- a different side of the issue than may be acceptable now in the democratic party on school busing, the crime bill and on anita hill. he wants to focus on the eight years in the white house. but interestingly, he received some kind words from former president obama but no endorsement. the reason for that is i'm told, jim, they came to this sort of agreement together. mr. biden did not ask for an endorsement because he knew he wouldn't get one because they both believed that this would not necessarily help him in the end. he has to win this one at least the primary on his own. >> he has a lot of competitors we know that jeff, thank you very much outfront now former dpkic snar carol mosley brawn of illinois she is among those endorsing the former vice president. biden senator. we appreciate you taking the time tonight. >> my pleasure thank you. >> a field of 20 candidates and counting perhaps. tell us buy widen is your choice. >> well to begin with t

mr. biden's hand went from my shoulder and started to descend down my back, and it was one of those things where i'm going oh, okay this is making me feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: nbc news has not verified all of the accounts but they already fodder for president trump, who has already denied accusations of sexual misconduct by multiple women, now mocking biden to republican donors >> i said general, come here, give me a kiss i felt like joe biden. >> reporter: 2020 candidates have been piling on. >> i'm glad that people are willing to and have the courage to step up. >> i believe them. >> reporter: notably, biden did not apologize and is not backing down, signaling he will be joining the race. lester >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> on capitol hill, house democrats escalated the battle to who gets to see the full mueller report hallie jackson joining us now. hallie, what move did democrats make today >> reporter: well, the judiciary, lester, offered a subpoena for mueller's entire report although that subpoena has not been served yet. republicans call this political theater given the

>> hi, mr. biden. >> hey. really great toou meetgwenn. i appreciate you coming here. >> mr. vice president -- >> one second,'m just connecting. one second. >> got to love "snl." that was from the opening of ivst night's all new episode of "saturday night" they tackled former vice utesident joe biden's recent controversies aeing a little too touchy with some women. >> of course, biden has been criticized for b ang touchy then joking about it in a speech on friday. the former vp is still expected to eventually declare his candidacy in what is already a very crowded field of democrats running to take the oval office. "saturday night live" will get you. >> i know. >> no matter what. >>> one of those candidates wilk join codd for an exclusive interview on "meet the press" this morning. pete buttigieg and mitt romney will be on the show later this morning. catch that right here on nbc 4 rightte "news 4 today." >>> this weekend the streets have been packed with people trying to see the cherry blossoms. >> crowded down there. but another family friendly event brought even more crowds

. >> mr. biden team is pushed back . issuing quotes from female friends and colleagues who said he never once crossed the line. biden said it was never his intention to make anyone uncomfortable. join our morning team for development on this latest rity aa 's r-a- resobeefing police arr a 32-year-old at the resort. according to the court documents she made her way and by presenting two chinese passports. she allegedly told a secret service agent she was there to use the pool. she soon changed her story saying she was there for a chinese-american friendship event. that is when she became verbally aggressive. >> from an intelligence point of view we are deeply interested in who center their. what is she doing there? how did she get as far as she did through security? what kind of malware was on a thumb drive? >> according to an affidavit agents found she had four cell phones, laptop, external hard drive and a thumb drive containing malicious malware. investigators are trying to find a motive. >>> coming up. california just

in a statement mr. biden said not once, never did i believe i acted inappropriately. if it is suggested that i did so, i will listen respectfully. at a nevers says bidenr head an, believed that that was inappropriate, then frankly, i think that say little bit of a disconnect. and, not being aware. >> begnaud: flores says bied in's behavior should dises qualify him for running for president. it appears act are jussie smollett is trying to keep a pretty low profile after chicago prosecutors stunned the city and much of the country by dropping charges against him for allegedly staging his own hate crime. here is ileana diaz. >> they said no jussie smollett jokes. >> jussie smollett was a no show for his nomination at the 509 annual n.a.a.c.p. image award saturday night. but that didn't keep the empire actor out of the spotlight. >> what the hell was he thinking? >> comedian chris rock roasted smol ed during an award presentation. >> are you justie frr no on you, don't even get the u no more, that u is res from from me. >> others showed support. >> i stand with jussie. >>

many consider mr. bidenbe a moderate democrat but does the gop want to push him to the left and will he go wily? >willing will.>>ingly? >> i haven't heard a lot about his vision for the country and his record. his record is not a good one to run on. he's spent 16,000 days in the swamp, nothing to accomplish except being wrong about his foreign policy issue over the past four decades, according to obama's secretary, robert gates. and also being vice president for eight years when we saw wages plummeting, a quote up quote new normal of slow growth and high unemployment. what is the record he is going to run on? so he can figure out if he wants to go further to the left to figure out what voters he wants to pander to. but the record of accomplishment is just not there for him. >> a theme already from mr. biden, he says he wants to rebuild the middle class. but i guess there are those that can argue that eight years of the obama administration created the problems in the first place. >> right. joe biden is usual

his bid but she told the "new york times" that he was lt deeply unsatisfied and not convinced that mr. biden t truly accept harm he caused her. how does the vice president deal with this? his history o statements a actions on capitol hill, the question about his conduct, does it haunt him? or can he overcome it? julie: i think it can be overcome potentially but i think it wl continue to hang over him and as you saw from my colleague's piece in the "times," anita hill is not satisfied with his explanation a lot of other women who were involved at the time still harbor a lot of anger about -- not just about whatd happe but about biden's handling of it and what we saw on friday on his intervw when he was asked about this on "the view" is he, for whatever reason, n i willing to make a direct, "i'm sorry, igi apo," not to the women who feel he may have crossed a line, not to ata hill directly. robert: why not? julie: i don't know why. robert: when you talk to top democrats, what is the sense of his thinking? julie: i think that if he apologizes, a traditional straight-up apology, that makes him v

in fact, what mr. biden did back then may cost him a chance at the presidency. egislator, lucy flores, says she felt biden quote, put his hands on my shoulders, get up very close, lean in, smell my hair and then plant a slow kiss on the top of my head, end quote. she now says that that behavior should disqualify him from the presidency. that's the biden dilemma. past behavior versus a rapidly changing #metoo landscape. some of biden's competitors have jumped in. candidate amy klobuchar says she has no reason not to believe miss flores. bernie sanders says i have no reason not to believe her. now, i don't want to get ahead of the story. mr. biden's close supporters still expect him to get into the race. but he now has a more difficult uphill struggle than he did before last friday, when miss flores first publicly revealed the five-year-old incident. she herself supported bernie sanders in 2016. she attended beto o'rourke's campaign launch and met kamala harris's campaign manager. currently she runs a company that empowers hispanic women. the older male joe biden h

amy lappos said mr biden had touched herface with both hands and rubbed noses with her a decade ago.lores, said that he made herfeel uncomfortable by kissing the back of her head at a campaign event. mr biden, who is reportedly considering a 2020 presidential run, said he did not think that he'd ever acted inappropriately. the us supreme court has ruled that a convicted murderer on death row has no right to a painless death. the ruling clears the way for the execution of russell bucklew, who asked for gas rather than lethal injection on the grounds of an unusual medical condition. the 50—year old argued the state's preferred method might cause him excessive pain. that's a summary of the main news this morning. back to you, victoria. good morning, welcome to the programme. the nhs health watchdog says women should be offered controversial vaginal mesh implants again — once certain conditions are met. two years ago ago this programme revealed hundreds of women have been left unable to walk, work or have sex after having the implants. since then, many more have come forward and partly b

she says before a campaign event, mr. biden placed his hands on her shoulders, smelled her hair, and gave her an uncomfortable kiss on the back of the head. nbc's mike momoley has more. >> reporter: good morning, marlie. former vice-president joe biden hasn't announced his candidacy for 2020, but he's on the defense i. responding sunday to allegations of an inappropriate campaign encounter in 2014. in a statement, the vice-president says in my many years of on the campaign trail and in public life, i've offered countless hand shakes, hugs, expressions of comfort, and not once did i act inappropriately. if i did so, i will listen respectfully, but it was never my intention. the vice-president is responding to the claims of lucy flores, a nevada candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014. she says that at a campaign event just days before the election, the vice-president approached her from behind, put his hands on her shoulder and kissed the back of her head making her feel embarrassed and confused. flores in an interview sunday

mr. bidenean banking and markets on the move. it is a good time to get a global synthesis with a gentleman from the oecd, angel gurria joining us from berlin, and he certainly needs no introduction. ocd -- in berlin for an oecd confab on employment. saving of deutsche bank is boxed in because he cannot cut jobs. -- labor too rigid in europe is labor too rigid in europe? angel: the rational decision of jobs will happen. whether there is a merger of commerzbank and deutsche bank or isn't. i heard deutsche bank was working with ubs on dealing with their investment banking unit so the rationalization is happening and will continue to happen because in the end, it is about the likelihood of these institutions. if they do not rationalize and roll with the punches and apply the technology, they will not survive. tom: if you have a backdrop developed by your economist, the idea of a tepid europe with negative interest rates, can the financial system of europe survive that and indeed can they prosper? i