obama and mrs. bidenjoined military kids to help them create mother's day cards for their moms. >>> cool for summer and spicy to boot. tony and stephanie are cooking up pepper corn. >> we're still in the spring mode here. corn from california is coming in. it's coming in with some beautiful flavor and color. >> it's going great in this pan with the red bell peppers. the corn is already nice and plump. it's great warm weather food. >> we have the corn going right there. >> a little oil, salt and pepper and cilantro. >> i'll add the red pepper to go with that cilantro. smells really good. let the oils from the cilantr oshes blend inside with the corn. that's it. >> adding in fresh herbs into a piping hot pan is a really great idea because it disperses all the oils. >> look at this. thank you. beautiful. . >> coming up, they're special newborns. we'll explain why they're so unique. >> let minder, if you have a consumer problem or question, call our hotline, 888-5-helps- u. volunteers are there right now. ,,,

tickets start at $500 a piece and go up to $10,000 for a one-on-one with mr. biden.nt obama was here a couple weeks ago to hold a fundraiser at a silicon valley tech company. >>> it's time to check on the weather. we have the big race tomorrow. i was thinking it is windy. will it be windy tomorrow? >> it will be and cool enough for most folks to wear costumes, we hope at the race tomorrow. we'll see 50s and 60s. the winds have backed off. it has been gusty. winds around 30 miles an hour in san francisco. but the speeds are dropping off. we will see a sea breeze that will pull in low clouds across the bay. partly cloudy skies for now. areas of coastal clouds moving inland. might see drizzle at the coastline and highs in the 60s to 70s. you saw that area of low pressure off to the north. that will start to drop to the south. the weekend ends dry. but now you are looking at a chance of seeing showers popping up on the hill tops and if the cool air aloft that is a recipe for seeing a slight chance of thunder as well. here's the deal with the weather system. if we get the

obama, vicet, mrs. biden,t biden, dr. general dempsey, ladies and gentlemen.families military men and women who are here today and who are watching this all over the world. welcomeo particularly the families of the fallen who are here with us this morning. we admire you and are grateful. we will never forget your sacrifices and the sacrifices of your loved ones. i very much appreciate the opportunity to be here. in this morning. it in this place. as we observe this very sacred day in america, the morrill day. remember people who sacrificed everything in defense of our nation. next week marks the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings at normandy. that was the bloodiest day in all of world war ii. a day with more than 10,000 allied casualties. such a staggering toll is difficult to comprehend the. fallen, iemorate the think of the wisdom and the humility of our allied commander, dwight david eisenhower. that any battlefield to -- commanderder would face that his honors cannot last in his memory. they cannot soothe the anguish whose sonow or orphan or daughter w

obama and mrs. bidenlso joined to help mother's day cards. >>> lost luggage could soon become a thing of the past instead of a paper tag. there is a bar code that lets you track your bag every step of the way with an app. travelers can go directly to an ebag dropoff. british airways is doing the tag. they could be on some flights by tend of the year no word yet on how much they will cost. >>> a police officer is nearly crushed by falling tree. tonight, incredible video of that freak accident. can you see him there? happened in iowa. the 30-foot oak tree came crashing down on the officer. he had just pulled over the woman in that suv for driving without her lights on. he credits that suv for absorbing most of the impact. >> i was pickening tree bark out of my hair, my ears. i just kind of exploded. tree crumbs every where. i just thank god that it could have been a lot worse than it was. >> oh, it could have been. he came away with three stitches to his elbow, scrapes, bruises. the driver of the suv wasn't

mr. biden was in colorado yesterday for another fundraiser and to push for immigration reform. >>> president obama spoke to the 2014 graduating class at the u.s. military academy today at west point. he noted they may be the first class in a long time not to be sent to combat. instead the president is said the u.s. needs to work with international partners to battle terrorists. he wants $5 billion for a new fund to help countries do that. mr. obama reaffirmed his decision to not put troops in the middle of the syrian civil war, either. >> the strategies that involve invading every country that harbors terrorist networks is naive. >> it follows an announcement yesterday to remove troops from afghanistan. under the plan troops will be reduced each year until the end of 2016 when only 1,000 embassies and security forces will remain in kabul. >>> donald sterling isn't letting go of his team. why he is flip-flopping his decision to sell the clippers. >> these are tough times. keep your -- [ indiscer

mr. biden kicks off his visit in san francisco where he will attend a reception at the private home of tom styier. he wraps up the day at the fairmont hotel. the vice president expected to stay overnight. the hidden cash guy could be in the south bay right now planting cash. >> today in the bay's bob redell are following him on twitter. any crews yet this morning? >> reporter: not yet. there are 125,000 people following him ever since the man behind that hidden cash started tweeting envelopes. several hours ago he did tweet that he would be making some drops this morning but he has not yet released any clues. yesterday he dropped several hundred dollars throughout the area. he put three envelopes at pier 39. for one of the pier 39 drops he tweeted out the picks with a text that reads this is the view from behind the blue railing and look for something white and folded. >> i walked on over and on that area over there it was taped up and folded with $100 in it. >> i'm going to buy my friends food

so a little bit of traffic in the city for mr. biden.test on traffic and your weather too, coming up right after the break. so stay right there. budget deficit. n dollar that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. >>> good morning. we're still seeing delays of about 20 minutes into and out of oakland. there was a problem near lake merritt station. 20-minute delays in all directions from the lake merritt stop. ace train 3 and 5 no delays. vta and ferries also on track. but again, there is the latest tweet from bart saying they are in recovery mode due to earlier police activity. >> also, to the south bay now cupertino we have a traffic alert in effect. southbound 280 to northbound 85 that connector ramp is blocked overtu

mr. biden trying to clarify recent remarks in which he said the 11 million illegal immigr t immigrants in the country are already american. >> i know i was criticized for saying a couple months ago in florida that these 11 million folks in the shadows are already americans. and i got pretty roundly criticized for that. but, you know, they are americans. they may not be citizens, but they are americans. and the definition of teddy roosevelt who said americanism is not a question of birthplace or creed or a line of descent. it's a question of principles, idealism a character. and i would argue that those 11 million folks who have been here breaking their neck, working hard, they are americans. >> joining us now, manhattan institute senior fellow contributing editor heather mcdonald. heather, great to have you here. >> thank you. >> the vice president rather eager in his distortion of teddy roosevelt's views, was he not? >> well, there's a reason why he didn't give us the full quotes from presiden

mrs. biden's done so much and i see that as part of the president's push but added, i think he's relied onretary shinseki. but we could use his personal attention at this point. that's coming from a democrat you c echoing similar things we've heard from people like eric cantor. listen. >> it is time for our president to come forward and take responsibility for this and do the right thing by these veterans and begin to show that he actually cares about getting it straight. >> jay carney would not explain more of what he said yesterday about -- when he said the president will talk about all this soon. but obviously with memorial day coming up this weekend, he traditionally goes to arlington cemetery on monday. a lot of speculation he may address it there. >> interesting. so i know that you pressed jay carney on that memo we reported about at the top of the show. the memo from 2010 showing the v.a. knew about some of these problems. what did you ask jay? >> we pressed him on your point, which is that, look, jay carney at the podium day after day said these are just allegations. and it has to

ukraine's affairs also insisting that america will help reduce its dependency on russia's energy mr biden just didn't mention that his own son and the u.s. would be better if it in the interim reporting from new york arena r.t. . when asked to comment on the sudden appointment of the us state department to deflected saying it is none of the government's business. i'm wondering if the state department has any concerns or any thoughts about the vice president's son joining the board of directors of this ukrainian. gas company know he's a private citizen you consider that the russian oligarchs who control or the iranian oligarchs who control these. they're all private citizens as well it certainly wouldn't put them in the snow not suggesting that it should be in the same category but i'm wondering if there are concerns in this building about the perception. about how the russians or the ukrainians we perceive the involvement of the son of the vice president of united states especially given the situation no there are not. but in son is not the only one with a new job one of the vice presiden

most recently, mr. bidenmocratic event and was talking about the squeeze on the middle class and basically said, according to sources in the room, that the beginning of the decline of the middle class actually didn't begin with george w. bush, it began with the clinton administration. i wonder if you would translate that for me through the eyes of 2016. >> i think vice president biden has given every sign of being interested in running in 2016. he thinks apparently there's an opening to hillary clinton's left, making the same kind of critique that you would expect senator elizabeth warren to make if she runs. >> it was described as a very warren-esque speech. is there running room? >> there is running room to the left of hillary clinton. the most liberal activists would like someone to the left of hillary clinton. i think hillary clinton may be open to vulnerabilities in terms of her husband's record. it's hard to argue on the economy, that's where the argument is when you look at the bill clinton record. i f

obama and mrs. biden made veterans their sort of signature issue. it seems like something that would have gotten the attention of the president, who also, i think, has really said, at least talked the talk right on how important veterans are to him. >> these -- he has helped me help the veterans. and i think he is genuinely interested. this is a subjective question is it your opinion that the president is simply not paying attention? is he distracted? does he not like his job? is he bored? because, look, the evidence is overwhelming. they keep saying we didn't know about it we didn't know about it. we didn't know about it it. >> yeah. >> what's going on? what's really happening? >> well, i mean he seems disengaged i think would be fair toay. what the cause of it is whether is he bored or doesn't like his job, i have no idea. but it's clear that he is disengaged. and i think if you go back to the obamacare web site, what -- if he is not interested in that, then he is not interested in anything. this is his signature accomplishment, his legacy, and he

mr. biden will urge officials in cypress to step up sanctions against russia. and in bucharest, the vice president plans to discuss how the romanians can help europe with its energy needs and lessen dependence on russian gas supplies. >> okay, so what about the president, then? >>> happening today, big business comes to the white house. president obama expected to greet business leaders from across the country and around the world. ford, honda among the corporate giants represented at the meeting with the president. the topic is jobs, investing in and creating good-paying jobs here in the u.s. and i mean, i'm interested in what kind of leverage the president has, because he's had job councils before and we have seen big companies lagging in the big job creation. >> i'll bet the discussion there will be about as high brow as it was last night for the president when he paid a surprise visit -- >> i love this. >> -- to a little league baseball field in northwest washington. while heading to a fund-raiser, he dropped off press secretary jay carney, who was there to

. >> if the whole presidential thing does not work out for mr. bidenan spokesmanship? >>> coming up just ahead, hundreds of teenage girls kidnapped by group bokko haram. but it was only their parents armed with bows and arrows who looked for their daughters for week. nick kristof joins me coming up next on "now." if you a me about shingles, i'd say, did you ever have chickenpox? 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. guess which one i was. kidnapped by group boko haram. (meow mix jingle) right on cue. it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, it's the only one cats ask for by name. >>> three weeks after over 300 school girls were kidnapped by islamic militants in nigeria while taking a physics exam, the group in charge of that abduction boko haram claimed responsibility today. in a video the leader shekau said i abducted your girls and will sell your girls in the market. something allah told him to do. i will marry off a wo m at the age of nine. boko haram which translates to west

ukraine's affairs also insisting that america will help reduce its dependency on russia's energy mr. biden just did mention that his own son and the u.s. would be better fitting in the interim reporting from new york arena for nigh on r.t. . hunter however is not the only american on board with close ties to the us government devon our joining the gas company a day after joe biden's visit to ukraine and archer was an advisor to the now secretary of state john kerry during his presidential campaign in two thousand and four the us state department said it wasn't troubled by the appointments when the issue came up at a briefing. i'm wondering if the state department has any concerns or any thoughts about the vice president's son joining the board of directors of this ukrainian. gas company know he's a private citizen do you consider that the russian oligarchs you can for ole or the iranian oligarchs you control these. they're all private citizens as well it certainly wouldn't put them in the snow and i'm not suggesting that it should be in the same category but i'm wondering if there are conc

obama, mrs. bidenng a lot more military families, but she says, quote: i think he's relied on secretary shinseki, but we could use his personal attention at point. so when you have not just republicans, but now some prominent democrats, that's going to resonate here at the white house and puts a lot of political pressure on them. martha: we heard from the president's chief of staff. he said the president's madder than hell about this. he said he had been, basically, beaten up for talking to the president about it because he was so angry. and it just doesn't seem to be translating into his public stance on this, and the big question, eric shinseki, does he deserve to be fired, and will the president speak out about that? >> well, right. they say the president's madder than hell. if he is, where is he? why is he not expressing that in public? that's obviously a question now democrats are asking. i also asked jay carney yesterday after jay listed all the great things he says the administration's done in t

she said yes that is from mr. biden. >> that's cute. >> nicely done.istory plagiarism charges for the song "stairway to heaven." the band stewart is saying they lifted one of the most famous riffs. here's zeppelin's version. ♪ all right. so that's zeppelin. now here is spirit's song "taurus." ♪ >> that sounds kind of similar. i don't know. >> so the band played several shows with zeppelin in 1969. led zeppelin allegedly wrote "stairway to heaven" two years after they toured together in the united states. >> "stairway to heaven," the ultimate slow dance song. >> where have they been for 40 years? >> someone's in need of money. >> i think so. looking for cheese. >> did you slow dance to it? >> i'm sure i did. >> we're going ask your father. >> the problem with that song if you're slow dancing with someone you don't want to dance with, it goes on forever. you're like, my gosh. that happened to me. okay? that's the only thing that ever happened to me in high school. the longest slow dance that i didn't want to have. >> that's a long song. >> yeah. it was b

ukraine's affairs also insisting that america will help reduce its dependency on russia's energy mr. biden just didn't mention that his own son and the u.s. would be better fitted in the interim reporting from new york. are to. look at some other stories from around the world in turkish police have clashed with crowds angry at the deaths of at least two hundred thirty eight workers in tuesday's coal mine blast security forces fired water cannon to disperse the rally rescuers are desperately trying to locate more than a hundred people still unaccounted for the explosion was caused by an electrical fault and as one of the worst mining accidents in turkey's history. a french photojournalist has been killed in the central african republic the twenty six year old was found dead in a vehicle in the west of the country where christian militaria are about pulling muslim fighters so far over seven thousand troops from france the e.u. and the african union a failed to well sectarian tensions that have left thousands of people dead some twelve thousand u.n. peacekeepers are also expected to be deploy

ukraine's affairs also insisting that america will help reduce its dependency on russia's energy mr biden just didn't mention that his own son and the u.s. would be better if it in the interim reporting from new york. r.t. . in an unprecedented move by the pentagon the soldier sentenced to thirty five years in prison for something classified military documents to wiki leaks could be moved from military prison federal prison in order to receive treatment for a gender disorder private chelsea manning formerly bradley manning had asked for the hormone therapy required to begin the transition to living as a woman the d.o.d. refuses though to provide such treatment though its doctors can diagnose the need for it and having manning's case though they don't ask don't tell law has been repealed transgender people are still barred from military service defense secretary chuck hagel gives his reasons for that the issue of transgender is a bit more complicated because it. has. a medical component to it i do think it continually should be reviewed i'm open to that by the way. at the same time legal e

mrs. obama and dr. jill bidenave been out there, that's their big cause, they were always talking about the veterans' families and how they are looking out for them. i'm amazed this didn't seep out somehow, these stories. >> put one of them in charge of the va. there's been complaints coming out of the health care side for the last five years. again, this didn't start with arizona. there have been people bailing out of va health as a consequence of poor leadership. >> why does it seem so immune to this knowledge? >> i don't have the answer to that question. all i know is, in my view, he's failed to manage the agency to do what the president said he wanted to do when he campaigned in 2008. >> i think general shinseki and his supporters would argue he's done a lot, he's done x, y, z, waiting times were down, although it turns out maybe that was falsified. maybe they weren't down, we now need to see, but let's give him credit for whatever he has accomplished, but let's recognize he doesn't seem to be able to go that

jill biden and defense secretary chuck hagel among others. mr. obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown then thanked america's men and women currently in uniform and praised them for their efforts and sacrifice. >>> because the progress that they have made were in a pivotal moment. our troops are coming home. by the end of this year our war in afghanistan will finally come to an end. >> memorial day originally known as decoration day was established to honor those who died serving in the u.s. military. also this morning pope francis wrapped up his visit to jordan. the palestinian territories and jerusalem by visiting some of the city's most holy sites. anne thompson has more from jerusalem. ♪ >> reporter: today pope francis confronts the future and past of the middle east. at israel's memorial to the holocaust, francis kissed the hands of several survivors, praying that there would never be another such crime. he visited the dome of the rock where muslims believe the prophet mohammed ascended to heaven. here the pope asked that no one abuse

mr. president, you sent out michelle and dr. jill biden. they made it their priority to support military families. they were listening to their concerns. really? maybe they should stop listening and start acting. or maybe they just weren't listening at all. and by the way, mr. president, wasn't michelle a hospital administrator in chicago? your administration is the most lawless in american history. after five years, nothing surprises me. i'm not shocked, but i am heart broken. our veterans have already suffered, and i take it personally. my dad and granddad are veterans. you reduced veterans benefits, and refused burial benefits during the sequester. thank god for people like the fishers. and i don't want to hear about lessons learned and a wakeup call. this alarm has been ringing throughout your administration. they answered your call. it's time, mr. president, that you answered theirs. and that's my open. with me now is sally breen. her father died waiting for treatment. thank you for being here, and condolences to your family. you broug

mrs. obama, vice president biden, dr.inseki, general dempsey, major general buchanan, ladies and gentlemen, first, i want to acknowledge and add my ourome to the families of military men and women who are here today and who are watching this around the world. i want to particularly welcome whofamilies of the fallen, are here with us this morning. we admire you. we are grateful. we will never forget your sacrifices and the sacrifices of your loved ones. gentlemen, i very much appreciate the opportunity this morning in this observed this very sacred, very sacred day in america, memorial day. we gather to remember those who sacrificed everything in defense of our nation. this memorial day has a special next weekiven that marks the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings at normandy home of the day that was, bloodiest dayca's in all of world war ii, a day when more than 10,000 allied casualties, such a staggering toll which is difficult to comprehend, and as we commemorate the fallen, i think of the wisdom and humility of our

mrs. obama, vice president biden, dr., general dempsey, ladies and gentlemen, first i want to acknowledge and add my welcome to the families of our military men and women who are here today and who are watching this all over the world. i want to particularly welcome the families of the fallen who are here with us this morning. we admire you and are grateful. we will never forget your sacrifices and the sacrifices of your loved ones. i very much appreciate the opportunity to be here. to be here this morning, in this place, as we observe this very sacred day in america, memorial day. we remember people who sacrificed everything in defense of our nation. next week marks the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings at normandy. that was the bloodiest day in all of world war ii. a day with more than 10,000 allied casualties. such a staggering toll is difficult to comprehend. as we commemorate the fallen, i think of the wisdom and the humility of our allied commander, general dwight david eisenhower. not long after, he said that

mr. president. >> the first family does. and what's interesting, joe biden refinanced his house. >> i read the same thing and that popped out at me. you have to be kidding! >> we're such old suburban homeowners to notice the interest rate. >>> 11 minutes after the hour now. donald sterling not going down without a fight. according to "sports illustrated," the banned los angeles clippers owner has told the nba he will not pay, he will not pay a $2.5 million fine and that he plans to sue the league because he says he did nothing wrong. now, this news was reportedly delivered in a letter from sterling's new attorney, prominent antitrust litigator maxwell blecher. cnn has reached out to the nba and sterling and has not been able to independently confirm the report. by the way, the los angeles clippers' season is over. they lost. >> yeah, that's true. >>> a deadly virus spreading. another case of mers is confirmed. we are going to break down the very latest developments what you need to know about this after the break. >>> welcome back, everyone. some disturbing

mr. president, vice president biden.d gentlemen, first i want to acknowledge and add my welcome to the families of our military and men and women who are here today and who are watching this all over the world. i want to particularly welcome the families of the fallen who are here with us this morning. we admire you. we are grateful. we will never forget your sacrifices and the sacrifices of your loved ones. ladies and gentlemen, i very much appreciate the opportunity to be here. to be here this morning in this place. as we observe this very sacred day in america, memorial day. we gathered to remember those who sacrificed everything in defense of our nation. this memorial day has a special meaning given next week marks the 70th anniversary of the d- day landing at normandy. the day america's day in all of world war ii. a day with more than 10,000 allied casualties such a staggering toll is difficult to commend. as we commemorate the fallen, i think of the wisdom and the humility who our general dwight eisenhower. he said

mrs. obama, to dr. jill biden, the vice president's wife.our veterans front and center. and so i think this is a very difficult issue for him and it also goes to the core of his presidency in another way, jake. that is that this is a president who has been talking about how government can be reformed and it can work well for you. republicans say he's a big government president. if you look at the rollout of health care reform which was another governmental solution on health care, that got botched. questions about what the president knew on irs controversy. this seems to just sort of be one more layer that he has to peel away when he is trying to defend government as something that can actually work well on behalf of all american citizens and it's been a problem for him throughout his presidency. i think this particular issue with the va, jake, is really very personal for him. >> michelle kosinski at the white house. one of the reasons we were told president obama picked retired general eric shinseki to become the secretary of the department

biden talked me into it. he leaned over and he said, mr. president, this is no ordinary dinner. bleep ] meal. >> and president bush 43. >> ladies and gentlemen, here i am. here i am at another one of these dang press dinners. i'm absolutely delighted to be here. as is laura. she's hot. muy caliente. >> but the speechwriters went way too far at the correspondents dinner one year, making fun of not finding weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> those weapons of mass destruction got to be somewhere. nope, no weapons over there. >> okay, some laughed, but it really wasn't funny, at all. so here's my advice to president obama. no benghazi jokes. there's absolutely nothing funny about benghazi. not even a smidgen of humor. that's my advice, and that's my off the record comment tonight. if you have an important story, issue you think i should take off the wire, tell us about it. >>> and panic and fear under the streets of a major u.s. city. ♪ ♪ no matter what kind of business you own, at&t business experts can help keep it running... seamlessly. so you can get back to what you love. w

mrs. obama, vice president biden, dr. i want to particularly welcome the families of the fallen who are here with us this morning. we admire you. we are grateful. we will never forget your sacrifice sacrifices and the sacrifices of your loved ones. ladies and gentlemen, i very much appreciate the opportunity to be here sh, to be here this morning in this place, as we observe this very sacred, very sacred day in america, memorial day. we gather to remember those who sacrificed everything in defense of our nation. this memorial day has a special meaning, given that next week marks the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings at normandy, and a day that perhaps was america's bloodiest day in all of world war ii. a day with more than 10,000 allied casualties. such a staggering toll is difficult to comprehend. as we commemorate the fallen, i think of the wisdom and the humility of our then supreme allied commander dwight d. eisenhower. not long after the first anniversary of d-day, he said that any battlefield commander, no matt

mrs. clinton is the number one candidate for the democrats and elizabeth war sen tied with vice-president bidenwo out of three you will get a female running on the top of the democratic ticket. the question for republicans, how do you get younger white women who lean to the democrats say it is less important to put a woman in the white house than put money in my own pocket. >> as you point out, there is inner- party fighting and that is normal this time of year among the democrats and joe biden said the economic problems began in the clinton administration. >> exactly right. you get joe biden's whose path to the nomination is blocked by the hillary clinton, said recently in a private fundraiser that the economic inequality and the great divide between the rich and poor and squeeze on the middle-class started under the policies of president clinton, and hinting that the economic policies of hillary clinton are going to be a problem. potentially weakening her and then a fight going on with elizabeth warren who is the populate anti- wall street candidate saying that the obama administration chose

so it's fitting that vice president biden would conclude our conference because few have done more than you, mr. vice president, to promote and advance vision of a united europe. during his tenure in the senate as chair of the foreign relations committee, then senator biden provided critical bipartisan leadership to the cause of stopping genocide in the balkans and bringing former warsaw pact countries into nato. after his election as vice president, he has continued his role as a leading architect and voice on european policy. and most recently, vice president biden has again been in the lead on providing reassurance to u.s. allies in supporting the new government in kiev in light of the recent crisis in ukraine. last month he visited poland and lithuania. and just last week he returned from meetings in kiev to offer u.s. support for the interim government. i am delighted the vice president can be here with us today to offer the obama administration's perspective on the challenges facing a europe whole and free and how it intends to respond. so please join me in welcoming the vice president of

and i don't have a celebrity crush, but joe biden cracks me up so i thought he would be a good person to ask. >> she wrote the vice president, quote, dearest mr, man of many chuckles, i would like to formally invite you to my senior prom. i could only tolerate a high school dance if i were to be escorted by the most delightful man in all of america, joe biden. i fear if you turn me down, i may have to invite speaker john boehner, and we can't have that now, can we? speaker boehner never made it to the prom, but unfortunately neither did the vice president. he declined saying he couldn't make it. but the day of her prom, a corsage showed up at talia's doorstep with a handwritten note from the vice president. and he tweeted from his official account, i hope you will accept this corsage and enjoy your prom as much as i did mine. he also invited talia to be his guest at the white house as soon as she was available. talia didn't go to her prom, but it's an event she'll never forget. avo: with expedia you always get the lowest price book any flight or hotel and if you find it for less we'll match it and give you fifty dollars back that's the expedi

mrs. bush and everyone here at the institute. this is terrific, thank you. dr. biden, god bless you for what you're doing at a national level. all of you here in the audience, i know many, many of you, and i know each of you here of course you love your fellow countrymen serving the country right now and thank you for being here. so who are these veterans we're trying to empower? first of all, they're patriots. every single one of them has enlisted, or enlisted multiple times since 9/11. they know, and they knew, what they were volunteering to do. they were volunteering to enter the armed forces of the united states while the nation was at war. and they fully knew and expected that they would be deployed to war. they're incredible patriots. they also know how to grow where they're planted. meaning they have their own personal desires but these are men and women who subordinate themselves to what the organization needs. whatever you ask them to do, they will do to the best of their ability. they're decisionmakers. you know, the admirals and generals plan the battles bu

mrs. bush and everyone here at the institute. this is terrific. thank you. dr. biden, god bless you are joining us. all of you in the audience, i know many of you. each of you love your fellow countrymen serving the country right now. who are the veterans we are trying to empower? they are patriots, first of all. every single one of them has enlisted or re-enlisted multiple times since 9/11. they know what they were doing. they volunteered to enter the united states while their nation was at war and they fully expected and knew that they would be deployed to war. they're incredible pate rots -- patriots. they also know how to grow where they're planted. meaning, they have their own personal desires but these are men and women who subordinate themselves to what an organization needs. whatever you ask them to do, they're going to do to the best of their ability. their decision makers. the admirals and generals plan the battles but the lieutenants and the captains, the lance corporals, corpses and sergeants, they're the ones who make -- corporals and sergeants, they're t

biden has made no public appearances. >>> 5:35. right now let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. she has your -- >> microclimate forecast. >> she has it all. >> including a compliment. i noticed that hair cut, mr. scott mcgrew. >> nothing 12 bucks can't do. >> hey, you have to tell me who your barber is. 54 degrees in san francisco and 53 to kick off the day in the east bay. we have a good-looking day. it is going to be warm. i have to tell you off the bat. temperatures approaching the upper 80s in the north bay and the tri-valley and mid-80s here for us in the south bay and hold on to the 70s for one final day in san francisco. this is what you can expect. peak warmth for today and those low clouds will develop and roll in as you're making your way in home from work. temps will tumble tomorrow and six to ten degrees cooler as we get into your friday and the weekend temps stay seasonably mild for saturday and boost the numbers up for sunday. if you're trying to get to the beach, sunday looks fantastic. do want to draw your that we will warm you up as we get into next week. enjoy the natural coolant friday and saturday and comfortable conditions mostly for saturday and then a little warm as we

biden talked me into it. he leaned over and he said, mr. president, this is no ordinary dinner.his is a big [ bleep ] deal. all this change hasn't been easy. change never is. so i've cut the tension by bringing a new friend to the white house. he's warm, he's cuddly, loyal, enthusiastic. you just have to keep him on a tight leash. every once in a while he goes charging off in the wrong direction and gets himself into trouble. but enough about joe biden. in the next hundred days, our bipartisan outreach will be so successful that even john boehner will consider becoming a democrat. after all, we have a lot in common. he is a person of color. although not a color that appears in the natural world. >> it's funny, i remember all of these. the dinner is about to get underway. so do you think the president is nervous? what about the headliner, joe mchale? talk about a tough crowd. well, he does. he's going to talk about a tough crowd to our jake tapper, next. your education is built to help move your career forward. here's how: we work with leading employers to learn what you need to

biden a sample from his supposed auto biography. uncle joe and buffalo wings wing challenge hall of fame member. >> that's not easy. >> whitenak karaoke night third place and mr the runner-up. and la quinta inns gold elite membership 1993 to present. any publicity is good publicity. one thing i've been struck by is i came to the obama -- mainstream national political figure and i would say to peep the last few years it's 2016 who would run? what about joe biden? i'm saying are you kidding me? he is kind of a joke. has this hurt his stature? >> i actually don't think it's hurt his stature. i am someone who believes that authenticity because people do feel like they know joe biden even though they don't. they feel like they know who he is and get him when he stands up in front of a crowd he has that ability to connect with the audience which is such a rare gift and i think people feel that about him. in this moment when folks are very concerned about the future of the middle class, i think he has that like i'm one of you, i get your struggles, i get your pain. i know what to do. i think he has all of that vibe. is he going to be the democratic nominee? no. but