[applause] [cheers & applause] mr. biden: thank you, reverend. well, i am here to introduce another biden who is going to become president of the united states, my granddaughter, finnegan biden. [cheers & applause] mr. biden: if anyone will make it, this one will. by the way, i lost a daughter, i have one daughter that survived, and i have four granddaughters, and let me tell you, they are incredible. how many of you have a granddaughter out there? how many of you have had a daughter as well? here is the deal -- daughters always are wonderful. we have an expression, "a son is a son you get to wife, a daughter is a daughter you have the rest of your life." but here is the deal, when your daughter is 12 and a half years old, you put a butterfly, you kiss her good night. the next morning when you walk in there is a snake in her bed. "daddy, daddy," and they all come back between 19 and 21, and the congresswoman said you're not hydrating enough. i have to take care of you, dad. she is a social worker. but here is the deal. granddaughters not only alwa

mr. biden: in the interest of time, i have detailed a global warming initiative. focusing on the communities that are the poorest communities, hit the worst by environmental degradation, whether it is flooding, lead paint on the wall, whether you can't turn on a faucet without drinking poison water, that would be the first and foremost focus immediately as we move toward zero emissions. idea that, the whole everyonerming hurts equally, it does long run, but in the near term, it is a gigantic, gigantic, gigantic unfairness to people in poverty because they live in the wake of all of these things that are happening. piece ofe additional this is, there is no reason why -- by the way, it is overwhelmingly in the interest of everybody, everybody, if we end this division, bring people out of power where they are able to compete and get a fair shot, whether it is housing, education, health care, whatever it is, it benefits the whole nation. we have to stop letting these guys use the divisions that exi

mr. biden brought up a deceased georgia senator and one of the meanest guys i ever knew. you go down the list of all these guys. guess what. at least there was civility and got things done. we got things done. cory booker issued a statement saying you don't joke about calling black men boys. he used words like that and the racist policies that accompanied them and strip black americans of humanity.

mr. biden: go spread the faith. joy: thank you very much. e it is. ♪ comes.re he your four minutes begins now. mr. yang: it is such a thrill to be here. thank you all. i was just talking to tamika whitfield backstage. she drove 16 hours from little rock, arkansas. that is the spirit in this place. am i right? i could not agree more with your mission of a national call tomorrow revival. and i have some bad news for you, which is that your work is more vital than even you know. a study came out recently that projected median african-american net worth will be zero by 2053. you have to ask yourself, how is that possible? the reason it's possible is that the most common jobs in our economy are being automated away. we have automated away factory 4 million jobs and now we are going to automate retail jobs, call center jobs, truck driving jobs, and on and on. this is an economic natural disaster. who suffers in an economic natural disaster? poor people, people of color marginalized communities. ,as usual, look to the writings and teachings of dr. m

[applause] mr. bidening, i'm sorry. thank you, everybody. i never like to cut off cheers but my time is running. welcome, south carolina, we are happy to be here. this is my buddy, fritz hollins, one of my mentors and i am sorry he is not here. you know in your bones this election is more important than anyone you have been engaged in as we have a president who has promoted hate and division and encourages white supremacy and embraces dictators and goes around the world weakening our alliances. our children are watching. it matters what the president says and does. barack obama they emulated and wanted to be like him. [applause] mr. biden: four more years of donald trump will permanently change the character of this country and we cannot let that happen. we have to beat donald trump, the number one and paired if we have. we have to rebuild the backbone of this nation, hard-working people, middle-class people, wall street did not build america, you built america. average people given a chance built america

mr. biden: oh, yes. >> vice president biden, we will on in.ght mr. biden: why does that not surprise me? kelley: you have a long career in politics -- mr. biden: skip the long part, h uh? i'm joking. there was a joke. kelley: a couple weeks ago you came out as a champion for women's health when you spoke out against the heideman met which we know disproportionately discriminates against low income people. as president, how would you put forward a federal budget that eliminates hyde? mr. biden: let me claim what happened. i laid out a health care plans that will provide federally-funded health care for all women and women who are now denied even met -- medicare on their home states, you can automatically sign up under an obamacare-like provision for a medicaid type policy that will provide the same services. it became really clear to me that although the height amendment was designed to split amendmentence -- hyde was designed to split the thatrence, you cannot have with a federal policy. abide by theonger heideman met. that's the reason. what else do

mr. biden occupies that position, there -- candidates are fickled, as you can imagine. mr. biden is now trying to figure out just how different this political landscape is from, say, his previous run for the presidency, 1988, for example, 2008. this is now 2019, 2020. it's a different field. yes, there's a lot of energy on the left, but there's also a great deal of new voters who are now in the democratic party who would like to see a candidate who's more progressive, forward looking is and someone who could possibly lead us into the future. so i think joe biden is the front-runner, but it's more like a front-runner not on firm ground but more like quicksand. because this race can change over the next six or seven months. gerry: what do you think, for example, of the slips that he made just a week or so ago on the hyde amendment? did that point to his vulnerability there? you know, he's got a long record in policy, broadly sort of centrist, center-left democrat. the party maybe doesn't like tha

mr. biden: thank you very much. joy: appreciated. mr. biden: go spread the faith. joy: there he is. your four minutes begins now. mr. yang: it is such a thrill to be here. thank you all. there is a spirit in this place. am i right? more with youree mission, and i have some bad news for you, which is that your work is more vital than even you know. a study came out recently that projected median african-american net worth would be zero by 2053. you have to ask yourself, how is that possible? thateason it's possible is the most common jobs in our country are being automated away. we have automated factory jobs and now we are going to automate retail jobs, call center jobs, truck driving jobs, and on and on. is an economic natural disaster. in an economic natural disaster? poor people and people in marginalized communities. look to the teachings of dr. martin luther king jr. he said in 1967 that fighting on the day he was assassinated in 1968. there is an asian man running for president. all those things are true. the dividend that seems dramatic now and 2019, but not when dr. king fou

here was mr. biden going after the current president. mr. biden: this is a guy who does everything to separate and frighten people. it is about fear and loathing. it is about what he calls ople, the names he calls them. no president has done something like that, for god's sake. rre, and it'sbi damaging. and he has generally -- i think he is genuinely a threat to our core values. laura: before he took off, here is what the president had to say about joe biden. pres. trump: no, i would rather run against, i think, biden than anybody. i think he is the weakest mentally, and i like to run ainst people that are weak mentally. joe is the weakest up here. the other ones have much more i don't agree with their policies, b i call him 1% joe because until obama came along he didn't do very well. laura: for more on what the people of iowa are i spoke to ann selzer, one of the top pollsters in the state. how engaged are voters in the state? ann: you know, one of the things that is really striking in there nt poll that we took over the weekend is how exci

mr biden, the front—runner for the democratic candidacy in next year's election, accused the presidenthe reputation of the united states. let's get a flavour of how that spat developed. joe biden is a dummy. joe biden is a dummy. the way he calls people the name he calls them. i heard that joe calls people the name he calls them. i heard thatjoe biden was a loser. nope resident has done something like that for god sake. nope resident has done something like that for god sakelj nope resident has done something like that for god sake. i called him 196 like that for god sake. i called him 1%job like that for god sake. i called him 1% job because until 0bama like that for god sake. i called him 1%job because until 0bama came along, he didn't do very well. as we used to stay in the business, my friend donald trump. i'd rather run againstjoe biden than anybody. i think is the weakest mental level. againstjoe biden than anybody. i think is the weakest mental levellj think is the weakest mental levellj thinkjoe the think is the weakest mental levellj think joe the weakest think is the weakest

mr biden, the front—runner for the democratic candidacy in next year's election, accused the presidentging the reputation of the united states. both men have been holding campaign events in iowa, let's get a flavour of what they have been saying. joe biden is a dummy. the way he calls people the names he calls them. well, i heard biden was a loser. no president has done something like that, for god's sake! i called him 1%joe, because until obama came along, he didn't do very well. as we used to stay in the business, "my friend, donald trump. " i'd rather run against, i think, biden than anybody. i think he's the weakest mentally. i thinkjoe is the weakest up here. this is a guy who does everything to separate and frighten people. when a man has to mention my name 76 times in a speech, that means he's in trouble. it's about fear and loathing. i have to tell you, he's a different guy, he looks different than he used to, he acts different than he used to, he is even slower than he used to be. i mean, it's bizarre and it's damaging, and so i think he is genuinely a threat to our core value

let me ask you, as a member of congress, you've endorsed mr. biden. ere are 24, i think, another person announced today, maybe 25 candidates, 20 of them will be debating this week on msnbc and nbc. why do you think biden is the best choice for the democratic party to face donald trump and why is he the best your constituents? >> well, first of all, let me say that i believe all the candidates are good democrats and have good intentions. the reason why i think joe biden stands above the rest is because of experience. not only has he served in the united states senate, but he was shoulder to shoulder with barack obama for eight years advancing policies in the trenches fighting for the american people and fighting for progressive values. he's the one who has the most foreign policy experience because as you've seen from the current occupant of the white house, we need to restore our dignity across the globe. dignity at home. dignity across the globe. i believe that joe bides son is best person situated to do just that. >> now, you have 20 candidates debat

mr biden didn't support the policy at the time.tors who built their reputations, their careers on segregation of race in this country. everything i've done in my career, i ran because of civil rights, i continue to think we have to make fundamental changes in civil rights and those civil rights, by the way, include not just only african—americans, but the lgbt community. at times, joe biden seemed a little rattled, put on the spot by several other candidates on his record and told he should pass on the torch to the next generation. joe biden was right when he said it was time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans 32 years ago. he's still right today. i'm still holding onto that torch. but he wasn't the only one who felt discomfort. the young 37—year—old gay mayor from indiana, pete buttigieg, has had to deal with the fallout of a police shooting of a black man ten days ago. he was asked why his city did not have more black officers? because i couldn't get it done. i am determined to bring about a day when a white perso

mr. biden: i've got to see you. [applause] mr. biden: i want to look at you. >> hi, vice president joe biden, thank you for taking my question. mr. biden: thank you for your service, by the way. [applause] >> i live in west virginia. i'm a veteran. i'm a single mother. i'm a community organizer. i'm also one of the one in four women in this country who have had in abortion. i have had three abortions from the only clinic that provides care, the women's health center, and every single one of those abortions was necessary for me to survive. i spent five years in an abusive marriage with a man who was assaulting me. i was also sexually assaulted in the military and tri-care does not cover abortion health care for military survivors of sexual assault. my bodily autonomy is precious to me, and that is why i am here telling you the most personal story of my life for the first time. when my husband was three months old, my husband and i were separated. we went to the house we shared to pick up my belongings and my sons belonging. at that

conway said about her prior comments concern mr. bidenhanks for the free commercial about all the things joe biden didn't get done for the eight years he was vice president. ms. conway also commented that she found it fascinating that mr. biden said he asked former president obama not to endorse him and that it was also going to be fascinating to watch the democratic candidates who were not doing well in the polls on the topic of those democratic candidates, she dismissively said i can talk about them too, if you like no, problem. the facts set forth above show that ms. conway engaged in a well established pattern of using her official authority as play the for to engage in blatantly partisan attacks. some activity in her official capacity constitute statutes a clear and continuing violation of the hatch act. the sheer number of occurrences underscores the egregious nature of her violations. the white house counsel's office wrote an 11-page reply denied defending her by seeksly sayings hatch act does not apply to "the most senior advisers

mr. biden seems to have gotten into the president's head, at least for now. and on tuesday the president will engage with him if indirectly for the first time in the 2020 campaign when they both make appearances in iowa. what else do we have to talk about on this broadcast tomorrow night? but there's still tonight. here to talk about all of it sam stein, politics editor for the daily beast, and tamara. keith, very npr. on another night i suppose you and i could make the case no political gathering has less to do with national electability than the iowa caucuses. having perhaps established that, tell me about the dynamic in iowa right now as you know it. >> iowa voters i've spoken to over the course of the spring, you know, again and again they talk about this idea of electability. but what the iowa poll that just came out over the weekend and any number of other polls and conversations show us is that these voters don't really know what electability means. every time someone mentions electability to me, i try to qum do you mean by that? what counts as what co

as quoting a dictator of north korea, actually misquoting him, saying that mr. bidenq idiot. that's just not the way -- i mean, our children if they were ten years old we'd send them to their room without supper if they talked like that. >> when do you think we will hear from republicans, members of the republican party, coming out to condemn the statements we're hearing overnight and this morning from the president from inside the oval office? >> don't hold your breath. the republican party today is more homogeneous, more without dissent than it has been since teddy roosevelt went to war against william howard taft because he wanted the white house back. we've had dewy against taft in the '40s, goldwater against rockefeller in the '60s. the republican party has always had factions. unfortunately the republican party has no faction today. it is entirely mr. trump's party. >> so do you think the republican party any longer stands for all the values you write about in this book? >> certainly not or i might not have written the book. this book is to say this is what cons

campaigns are about moments and mistakes and momentum and this week shows mr. biden still has vulnerabilities and he may not handle them with the ease required. this apparent willingness to shift positions when he starts to take fire is only going to encourage more attacks. now i want to get back to tonight's breaking news. the terror threat. no more for mexico. the president strikes a deal. the great debate, next. calling all sunscreen haters. you're gonna love this. new coppertone sport clear. not thick, not hot, not messy, just clear, cool, protected. coppertone sport clear. proven to protect. sometimes, bipolar 1 disorder makes you feel like you can do it all. but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by asking your healthcare provider about vraylar. vraylar treats acute mania of bipolar 1 disorder. vraylar significantly reduces overall manic symptoms,... ...and was proven in adults with mixed episodes who have both mania and depression. vraylar should not be used in elderly patien

we mentioned mr. biden is here tonight. she will be here tomorrow for one of five fund-raisers on her schedule and plans to participate in the city's pride parade on sunday. harsh reactions for democrats over what president trump didn't say with russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. president trump wrapping up the first full day in japan. he met with several world leaders including putin. the president refused to reprimand putin about interference in the 2016 presidential election. mr. meddle. >> don't meddle in the election. >> foreign interference, americans lose faith in their democracy and this president jokes at it. it's appalling and shows he shouldn't be president. >> the white house said the president is considering an invitation to visit russia next year. >> the supreme court will decide the fate of daca in their next session. they allowed dreamers to remain in america if their parents arrived by 2007. president trump ordered an end to the program two years ago resulting in protests and failed congre

there is the front-runner, mr. biden. bernie sanders center stage with his handlers and assistants. the mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg is coming in. we mentioned the east bay congressman who did the walk through with his wife earlier this morning. there he is there. needless to say this is a critical night for all the candidates, hoping to make a mark with the voters in the country and finding out which are still viable moving forward, especially mr. swalwell who is trying to get his name out there. >> they are trying to take over for president trump. da millo,eporr from miami. we will have analysis during the newscast at 9:00 following the be bait. >> we will go over to lester holt who is not only moderating, but anchoring the coverage there in miami. >>> tonight, from miami, the front runners face off in a final round of the first 2020 presidential debate, biden versus sanders as ten more democrats take our stage biden out to protect his lead in the polls. sanders looking to gain ground on the former vp and rising stars kamala harris and pete buttigieg hoping to stea

peering down the stage to look at mr. biden directly.he assailed him for remarks invoking his work in a senate that included a pair of notorious segregationists. her quote. there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her schools and she was bussed to school every day to school. that little girl was me. >> it was an amazing moment and described perfectly, but it wasn't the first time she made the argument. when he made the comments, she responded essentially on these lines. to all of your points, he had days to prepare. maybe he didn't know she was going to say it in such a dramatic and powerful and effective way, but he knew what she might say. it is as much -- it's not a trouble sign for biden, but for the people who would like him to prepare for what they can reasonably predict, this was an attack for her that they could have predicted. >> he used a phrase, local control. i am old enough to remember when this phrase was used. it was a thing. it's always been this way defense of local communities

mr. bideng at a fundraiser at the carlisle hotel in new york city on tuesday night stressed the need to be able to reach consensus under our system and cast his decades in the senate as a time of relative -- at the end mr. biden noted that he served with the late senators james o. eastland and talmadge. >> yeah. so, let's put politics aside for a second. what he said is just wrong. and when you juxtaposition with the day that we are going through today, which is today is juneteenth, which is we are celebrating, acknowledging, the end of slavery. the house judiciary subcommittee just held their first hearing on reparations. and what he's remembering fondly is the time when the body of the senate was primarily white and male, and they were working overtime to deny the rights of people of color, to deny the rights of women. and this is what was happening during the time that he's remembering fondly. and that's incredibly problematic for so many people. and also it puts -- it really contrasts what

he had not actually marched during the civil rights movement and more than once mr. bidenhat he understood and kept telling the story anyway. that is really, really weird. >> it is. and the story was a reminder that in that race, he was one of the younger candidates. he was 44 years old. but if you haven't read the book about what it takes about the 1988 campaign, but it does point out a problem, a challenge for joe biden. has he fixed that issue? when he gets very comfortable out on the stump speaking and other things, he has tended to embellish. he has tended to, you know, make things sound slightly rosier than they are. his aides have went back to say, look, he was in office marching for the idea of civil rights, but wasn't actually marching in the streets. but that would not fly as much. he was supporting civil rights. >> that's not what the word marching means. >> i know, you're just telling what they said. >> but in the day of twitter and instagram, there would be pictures of him not marching. so you cannot get away with that. that's his big challenge, can he moderni

mr. biden brought up a deceased georgia senator and one of the meanest guys i ever knew. you go down the list of all these guys. guess what. at least there was civility and got things done. we got things done. cory booker issued a statement saying you don't joke about calling black men boys. he used words like that and the racist policies that accompanied them and strip black americans of humanity. i'm disappointed that he has not issued an immediate apology. he should. then this happened. >> how does it feel that your democratic rivals are implicitly saying you have issues talking about race? >> they know better. >> you going to apologize sf. >> apologize for what? >> cory booker called for it. >> cory should apologize. he knows better. there is not a racist bone in my body. i have been involved in civil rights my whole career. period, period, period. >> senator and presidential candidate, cory booker. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to get your reaction to what we heard joe biden say. i know you had a phone call after he said that. before the

you can see mr. biden at the podium there addressing the crowd. back here in california, though, he did send aides to the california democratic convention to represent him. biden by the way is leading nearly all national and early nominating state polls. >>> there is a lot going on in san francisco and our team reporters will continue following the candidates and the democratic convention at the mosqueny center. our facebook and twitter feeds are constantly being updated. make sure you follow us at nbc bay area. >> now to the microclimate weather coverage starting to feel like summer. finally, i mean it is june looks like summer. also if you look out there i was driving down to work looking out seeing the thunderstorm clouds up interest. te rob mayeda may have a better explanation of what's going on out there than that rob. >> if you're in eastern santa clara county you have a hamton this afternoon. you see the lightning strikes out there. for a time radar detecting quarter-sized hail. with that particular storm now weakening but you can see the cl

. >> reporter: mr. biden is heading to silicone valley for los altos. >>> thank you so much. well, meantime, senator kamala harris is coming back to the bay area. back to her home. she will be here for one of five fundraisers and plans to participate in san francisco's pride parade on sunday. now, if you miss this week's debate, we posted several moments from the nights on our website. >>> just in tonight, north korea is calling it very interesting suggestion. president trump has invited kim jong-un to meet him in the dmz between north and south korea earlier this weekend. he s sake his hand and say hello. he is in asia already and japan has not received an official proposal. if the meeting would take play, it will be the first time that leaders have met in the dmz. >>> a major set back for the trump boarder wall. funds have been blocked to build the wall. the judge issued a permanent injunction preventing the construction from moving forward. the trump administration is expected to appeal. >>> two people in the hospital following a fire. the fire broke out in a senior comple

and perhaps the most memorable moment of the past and tonight she went to the front runner, mr. biden in a very personal way over his past statements defending his work with segregationists senators. >> it is hurtful. to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on segregation of race in this country. he also worked with them to oppose busing. and there was a little girl in california who is part of the second class to integrate her public school and she was bussed to school every day. that little girl was made. >> a miscarriage ration my position across the board. i did not praise racist, is not true. gerry: the other main candidates had mixed performances.in such a big field bernie sanders lacked the punch that he had last time when he was challenging hillary clinton. pete buttigieg was neatly penitent over some racial issues involving the police force in south bend where his mayor and in the more policy heavy first night senator elizabeth warren stood out as expected with her command of the issues. what are the parties