but biden not running. i'll tell you the way he has been flip-flopping for the last letter two, i'm glad he decided not to, because if you cannot make up his mind in the length of time he was given, then, but my question on the benghazi hearings, why i called. it'snow, what gets me is unfortunate four deaths. whenack in the iraqi war were.n. peacekeepers requesting two weeks to verify whether there was wmd -- aboutwe are going to talk the benghazi hearing because that is happening on capitol hill today. hillary clinton will be testifying up there 10:00 a.m. eastern time. that will be shown on c-span 3 as well as c-span radio and our website c-span.org. if you don't have access, you have got your phone. you can call up the c-span app and listen on there. we are going to talk more about it coming up in our first 45 minutes. let's stick to the topic at hand. david, oxon hill, maryland. what do you think of the news that joe biden is not running? iller: i heard him speaking, thought he was announcing he was goi

joe biden, yes. other gentlemen i would vote for, if he is the only one running against her in the democratic party, i would vote for. never hillary. host: thank you for the call from georgia. "the wall street journal" also writing about bernie sanders saying the life inside the bewildering. is a self-described democratic socialist, often observed eating alone in the cafeteria, these , he began attracting to produce. rally in covered his south carolina as part of our road to the white house coverage. your comments on our facebook page on joe biden, here are a couple of thoughts. joe biden i think would make an excellent secretary of state. don't run, iplease beg you not to, you are only going to hurt the two viable candidates already in the field. rants has this tweet, biden is part of the establishment. we desperately need more change .- bernie sanders for potus next is jim from delaware. caller: good morning, how are you today? it is a beautiful day in delaware. i am a republican, so that means i i

one of the bidens is, either hunter or joe. they have the bidens over a barrel. host: the lines for the democrats. independent others (202) 748-8002. how should the u.s. response between russia and ukraine. the republican on house of foreign affairs committee. he was on yesterday on face the nation on cbs about how the nation should respond. congress should get busy working on sanctions against russia. [video clip] let's pick back up on the issue of russia. >> we are talking about immediate action potentially. congress has been away for the week. i know you're working on one you the house. do you have that kind of time to play it with legislation? or do you need sermons -- something in terms of a toolset? >> i am working on a bill i introduced appeared t get key . that is important. what is also porton is deterrence. -- what is also important is deterrence. right now putin does not think we are serious. that is why it is taken place. i think this all started in afghanistan and the taliban when he saw weakness. we saw that with hendler. -- hitler's. is not just ab

that's the biden benchmark. the reid rule, the schumer standard, the biden benchmark. now i read a statement from the vice president where -- that he issued after he saw that this old news clip and his statement had been made public. he quite conveniently said this is not an accurate view -- this is not an accurate description of my views on the subject. well, i think the words are pretty clear. i think what he might have said is that these are no longer my views on the subject because, of course, he would like president obama to be able to make that nomination. so i want to reject this myth that many of our democratic colleagues are spreading that what we are doing here and now is somehow unprecedented. quite the clear, what we are doing is what the democrats' top leadership has advocated in the past. what do they think we are? they think we're going to abide by a different set of rules than they themselves advocated? how ridiculous would that be? i could not explain that to my constituents back home in texas. if i was going to say well, the democrats can apply one se

so now you hear this talk about the biden rule. frankly ridiculous. there is no biden rule. it doesn't exist. there is only one rule i ever followed. -- followed in the judiciary committee. that was the constitution's clear rule of advice and consent. article 2 of the constitution clearly states whenever there is a vacancy in one of the courts created by the constitution itself, the supreme court of the united states, the president shall -- not may, the president shall appoint someone to fill the vacancy with the advice and consent of the united states senate. and advice and consent includes consulting and voting. nobody is suggesting individual senators have to vote yes on any particular presidential nominee. voting no is always an option and it is their option. but saying nothing, seeing nothing, reading nothing, hearing nothing and deciding in advance simply to turn your back before the president even names a nominee is not an option the onstitution leaves open. it's a plain abdication of the senate's solemn constitutional duty. it's an abdication, quite frankly, that has

i have never heard anybody say anything bad about joe biden. people just love joe biden. something, people listen. right, itot come out don't hang around his neck. like ittons it seems sticks with them. the media is all over them. host: we are getting your thoughts. the headline in "the hill" newspaper, crunch time for joe biden. alice, and morning. caller: good morning. i thank you so much. stew relax biden with his family -- needs to relax with his family. he needs to be a supportive person to a new uprising candidate. i think someone just stole my thunder from twitter or facebook. enough of clinton's, enough bushes. it doesn't mean that they are wrong. support somebody new, support new ideas. who is a new candidate in your mind? caller: the person i would support hasn't said she would run. host: who might that person be? caller: that person would be the senator from massachusetts, elizabeth warren. host: alice is in maryland. elizabeth born is the subject of a gallup pole. it measured democrats desire for an additional candidate in the race. democrats say she should ju

and what is joe biden doing? he is in delaware. we are helping biden -- putin. we can open up our pipeline. if donald trump was in office this would not have happened. you democrats need to wake up. host: thomas is calling us from ohio. caller: thank you for taking my call. the caller's need to understand who joe biden is. hunter took 3.5 million dollars from the mayor of moscow. i warned people in 2020 if you vote for joe biden he will help china fulfill their mission statement. host: we are going to stay on the russian invasion of ukraine. let's go to don on the democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. nobody has talked about the nuclear arsenal or the atomic weapons that russia has an putin could use those weapons at any time. can you imagine what the radiation fallout would be? nobody talks about that possibility. host: we are going to talk about it. we have a guest coming on at 8:00 to talk about that. anything else he wanted to say? caller: we have to look at what russia could possibly do and if we do not stop them now, we may open up a whole

why not joe biden? caller: i love joe biden. don't misunderstand it, but you can't have two presidents. we feel like we let him down. mark in new york, independent line. caller: i don't have a problem with biden. hillary, billver clinton's presidency was a disaster. host: why not biden in more than just comparing it to the clinton presidency? if hillary is anything --e bill clinton in the past bombs iraq continuously, went to war against yugoslavia, got rid of glass-steagall, the list goes on and on. he did a lot of things that led to the recession we had. it goes back to regular and all ronaldngs they did -- to reagan and all the things they did. what do you support in joe biden? caller: i just prefer her over hillary. i don't really like him. i would prefer bernie sanders or ralph nader. on the republican mine. caller: good morning, i think you should have another line. pendantsd have the that she should have dependence ts,you should have dependen because that is what this country is running into. you heard the last caller tal

guest: i think there is a certain -- the people who want to see biden enter the race are not only biden supporters, but a lot of people thinking what will help the democratic party in this race and help clinton -- for him to enter the race and get her another person to debate with. i don't think biden is going to necessarily run only to help clinton, but it is certainly helping the party and adding to the race for that to be a calculation. and newter iowa hampshire, the third primary is in south carolina in february. that is where this is -- this caller is from. charlie from south carolina. url -- you are a republican? who are you going to support? are you with us? caller: yes i am. host: who are you going to support, do you know yet? caller: i think donald trump. i know he is not a pure republican but he stands for everything a republican should stand for. is whyy question i have ofuld we build a wall jack why don't we just make mexico a part of the united states? make it the 51st state. there are a lot of good citizens. the past who, in have you supported in the south carolina republi

here is what biden said. [video clip] >> the american people overwhelmingly agree with me on prescription drugs. they agree with me on the cost of education. they overwhelmingly agree with me on childcare. we just have to make the case of what we are for and what the other team is not for. we knew all along that a lot of this was going to be an uphill fight. one of the ways to do this is to make sure we make the contrast as clear as we can. one of the things i think we are going to have to do is make the case. i don't think there is anything unrealistic about what we are asking. i am not asking for castles in the sky. i am asking for practical things the american people have been asking for for a long time. i think we can get it done. >> you are not going to scale down any of these priorities. so far that strategy is not working. you have not been able to get some of these big legislative tickets done. >> i have done bigger than any other president. >> currently, your legislative package is not going anywhere

that they both know on biden and his son. the united states has never stood by before and watched such killing go on without making a move. no president in the united states has ever stood by, like biden, and watched this. there is more behind this than americans know -- host: such as what? caller: well, i believe that what is going on in years past with russia and china and biden and his son and his brother and his whole family is lying -- is why biden has not made a move. host: ok. off our twitter feed, "i am simultaneously heartbroken and inspired by the cleaning people." david roth off of our defeat saying that putin is here to reinstall his public, trump. perfectly fine with the republican party to kill thousands of it as a people for this goal. and this one saying that -- enjoy your weekend in delaware, mr. president. if you want to text us, do so at (202) 748-8003. post on twitter, as many of you have, at @cspanwj. facebook is available at facebook.com/cspan. johnny up next in massachusetts, independent line. good morn

biden -- vice president biden is speaking to the health centers association and that will be live at 10:15 a.m. weekend, 48ery hours on c-span twos and 48 hours on c-span three, booktv and american history tv. c-span2 and c-span3. ui for being with us. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. march 21, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. as the hope of a delayed spring lifts the spirits of all working at the capitol, we ask your blessing upon those in our world facing difficult and uncertain futures, most especially in crimea and venezuela, as well as other chronically suffering

chairman biden was very clear. whatever you do, all the spin in the world is not going to change that fact. now, we have talked a lot about the biden rules, but we have not talked about why he felt so strongly that conducting hearings in these circumstances would be bad for the nominee, but the process, and bad for the senate. it was because under these circumstances, the process would not be about constitutional interpretation and the proper rule of the court -- role of the court. it would be a hyper political slugfest as chairman biden said. "where the nation to be treated to a consideration of constitutional -- all it will get in such circumstance is partisan bickering and political posturing from both parties from both ends of pennsylvania avenue." chairman biden was making the point that all of us know to be true, but only some of us are willing to admit. considering his supreme court nomination in the middle of a presidential campaign would be all politics and no constitution. if there is any doubt that this

it's also been said that the biden rules somehow don't apply when chairman biden took to the floor in 1992, but consider that for a minute. chairman biden spoke on that -- and of course that's the day that justices often announce their retirement. it's true there was no vacancy at that time. public, -- and put the all nine justices and the president of the united states on notice. if any justices -- if any justice was considering retirement, they should know that the senate should not consider any replacement based on past practices. now, based on what we heard over the past few days we would think that to express their disagreement with chairman bide engine 1992, but for some reason that did not happen. not a single democrat went to the floor that day or in the weeks -- days and weeks that follow to say you had that history wrong. not one, not one democrat had that -- land the may be very good reason for it, but i think we should press ahead with a -- not a single democrat went to the floor and said no, mr. chairman, i disagree. and we have not -- so much then for fairness between th

there is no biden role. thank you. host: if the senate declines to take up garland's nomination, this is from the washington post, before president obama leaves office, the next president will have the option of resurrecting the nomination or choosing someone else to fill the vacancy on the supreme court . either way, the process would begin a new with the next congress. this process is only good until the end of this congress. said the senate should hold hearings on obama's nominee to replace the late justice antonio scalia while 32% said it should not hold hearings and leave it to the next president according to the washington post-abc news poll released last week. administration officials are hopeful that the gop senators who are most vulnerable this november they lobby their leaders for a vote. if these gop senators up for reelection want to be more conciliatory they could say they regard judge garland as a suitable choice for a democratic president, and would be happy to vote for him in a lame-duck session if mrs.

joe biden comes in, what is the first two things biden does? shuts down american energy by shutting down the xl pipeline, and he approves the nordstrom pipeline, which is a lifeline of money. that is how russia is funding this, and you have india -- you have idiot democrats calling in whining still about donald trump and the fbi-run insurrection on january 6. this is why putin is doing what he is doing, because he knows that about 55% of the american people are complete more on's. -- morons. and if anybody thinks that joe biden is going to do a thing about this, you people are crazy, because remember all that garbage about the russian dossier and donald trump and the salacious video that they supposedly had that they never came up with 5, 6 years later? well, i got news for you, that video exists, the only problem is donald trump isn't in it. one of the bidens is, either hunter or joe. so they have the bidens over a barrel. host: democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. how should the u.s.

biden: hey, guys. good to see you. how are you? >> thank you. mr. biden: it is like home. good to see you. hey, man. how are you? how are you? good to see you. hey, guys. how are you, man? how are you? >> tell the guys up front to go slow. mr. biden: good to see you. yes? [indiscernible] mr. biden: me, too. >> the director -- [indiscernible] mr. biden: me, too. by the way, i do enjoy it. hi, how are you? hi, how are you? hi. >> thank you. >> she wants to meet you. >> i have been a democrat my whole life. mr. biden: hey, guys. how are you? it is good to see you. thank you. hey, folks. how are you? it is good to see you. >> how are you doing? mr. biden: i am doing well. i am doing well. considers year-end iran nuclear deal today, and coming up, harry reid speaks at the carnegie endowment for international peace on why he supports the deal. then at 1:00 p.m. eastern, also live on c-span, as senator on the other side of the issue, republican lindsey graham, who is running for president, speaks at the national press club on why he is opposing the deal. at 5:00 p.m., considerati

the: that new ad from draft biden organization. usa today weighing in on joe biden. one of the losers of the democratic debate maybe biden. after hillary clinton's performance, analyst see no reason for the vice president to enter the race. former maryland governor martin kno all malley has been calling for more debates. this from national journal. what is he planning to do with them? the governor wants more stage time but he was reticent to criticize her on tuesday night. glen from ohio, democrats line. what issue would motivate you to vote in 2016? good morning, glen. good morning. we'll move on to ben in nebraska. good morning, gen. ben. ben: yeah, well, i want, first program,turn on your hank williams played the song "everything is ok." if you're living, everything is ok. i would ask that you play that sometime. anyway, i'm going to talk about 1973 when the trouble started, they faked the oil embargo. $15,000 inuse for minnesota. it would probably cost $75,000. gallon.was 25 cents a then i want to talk about education. when i was four years old, i got in the firs

joe biden is stuck in a trap. the oil companies have admitted that they don't want to uncap the wells because they are afraid they may get stuck if there is another outbreak. oil was so cheap. they couldn't even wait. they have oil out in tankers. now they are afraid. also, somebody from chevron is trying to recoup their losses from before when they couldn't sell oil. oil companies don't like democrats. they are trying to undermine democrats going into the election. host: are you optimistic? caller: yes. i think it's going to turn around. it causes a bottleneck because people are shipping again. it has caused a bottleneck at the ports. we've seen a of that, where the ships can't get unloaded fast enough. there is a shortage of truck drivers. at some point, it will straighten out. that was because nobody was driving. the jets are flying again. remember all the jets were parked for a while. people are traveling again. there aren't enough jets to move people around. host: let's go to north carolina next. good morning

biden has done that. back in 2019, putin was upset about the fact that when oil was down to $30 a barrel, that they weren't making money because russia became 90% of their income from oil and gas. the thing is, he went to trump. trump then went to opec who went to -- or went to saudi arabia and they came up with a deal because putin wanted them to raise, they didn't want them to do it, at that time. or stop production. now it's all connelling to a head right now. it's taken a year-and-a-half to get to that point. so when people complain about the higher gas prices in inflationary prices, they need to understand this is about simple supply and demand. if you have less supply, the price -- and higher demand the price is going to go up. you have nothing to do with infrastructure. it has nothing to do -- our oil pro production in the united states has gone up from last year. this is all about corrections being made from the pandemic when we weren't using as much oil and i believe that that is what's driving e

was senator biden. neither could know then how much they would subsequently do together to alter the course of history and ultimately saved so many lives by getting the brady bill passed. during the effort to pass the brady bill, we relied heavily on senator biden, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, to help shepherd the bill through the senate. he was always there for us, as was his tremendously dedicated staff. we were in constant communication and we knew that joe biden always had our back. later, when jim and sarah moved to rehobeth beach, delaware, they became constituents of senator biden and the strong bond between the bradys and the bidens endured. the bear and the vice president have a lot in common. speaking truths and telling it like it is. when jim first testified before the senate judiciary committee in 1989, he not only talked about what it was like to be in his wheels, but he said there were too many cowardly lion's walking the halls of congress. you bet there were. our next s

doing as senator biden actually did. ont is what we are counting republicans in the u.s. senate to do. they should not do it because they are forcing -- forced into a position based on awkward quotes that they themselves have given. goodness knows, there are plenty of them. we could discuss those as well. in some ways, the most important element of this is they have a constitutional duty. they swore to uphold an oath, and fulfill the responsibility that the institution of the u.s. senate has to consider the president's nominee, to give them a fair hearing and give that person a yes or no vote. i know there are at least two senate republicans yesterday he would knowledge that oath and acknowledged that if the president, when the president nominates someone, the hearings should go forward. senator kirk himself specifically referenced the oath he took, not just as a member of the united states senate, but also as a member of the armed forces. he takes that oath seriously, and recognizes that giving the president's nominee a

biden: good to see you. yes? >> the director -- [indiscernible] mr. biden: me, too. by the way, i do enjoy it. hi, how are you? hi, how are you? hi. >> thank you. >> she wants to meet you. >> i have been a democrat my whole life. mr. biden: hey, guys. how are you? it is good to see you. thank you. hey, folks. how are you? it is good to see you. how are you doing? mr. biden: i am doing well. i am doing well. announcer: earlier, president obama was in new england to address the greater boston labor council's breakfast. this is about half an hour. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united dates. ♪ ♪ [applause] mr. obama: hello, boston. well, everybody, have a seat. everybody, have a seat. happy labor day, everybody. this is a day where we celebrate the great and resilience and hard work of american working families, and we start by saying your mayor, maher walsh, who has stood up for working folks were a long time, since before he you have gotice, two outstanding senators, elizabeth moran in the house -- elizabeth moran -- warren in the house. i b

and what biden has done to this country? everything is going downhill. i will be voting republican all the way. host: there is more ahead on washington journal. up next we will be talking about , retirement. the american retirement associations will hansen will be talking about efforts on capitol hill to improve american's ability to save for retirement. and then we will talk about broken doors, which looks at the , use of no knock warrants by police. that is ahead. >> next week, on the c-span network. both chambers of congress is in session, the house will take up legislation to increase aid to ukraine. they will consider the federal reserve nomination. members of the president's cabinet will talk about the budgets, including secretary of state antony blinken. attorney general, merrick garland on thursday. on wednesday at 11:00 eastern. live coverage of the funeral for former madeleine albright from secretary of state madeleine albright from, the washington national cathedral. homeland security secretary will testify at a hearing about the mexico border

2007, we loved joe biden. i mean, we are obama people. we voted for him. i would like to see him get a shot, the other fellow, i think it is awful, i cannot think of his name and i do not have my computer right now, but the fellow who is very young, he is mayor of new jersey, i think he has just become a center -- host: senator cory booker? caller: yes! oh, i want to see him, if not this election, the next one. i think he is our next president obama. but i would love to see a biden-cory booker ticket. host: all right. what do you do in danville, mary? caller: nothing. i am home on social security with a book that may come out from a small publisher. i have been a reporter in my life. living on social security. host: all right. happy holidays to you. caller: you, too. be blessed. just int's go back to washington. you are on the air, and we are all listening. caller: good day. how are you doing? love that c-span. host: we are all listening. caller: i think what we need is a realist. we do not need all of these s

there caller: beneficiaries joe biden being joe biden. guest: host:we looking you year it's not and just a minute. gasoline are getting this for you. you can also send us an e-mail. fifth it is late. he writes. he left to her as an washington with his ear and grace. he is seeing and the background. he put his arms on stephanie's shoulders. it could be interpreted as an embrace. it does on tuesday this conflict needs signatures. it brought by the being vitamin c enhances general. he planters assets anything. this has been lost for last minute this support is in a difficult position. when it this ok winky vice president got it. we went to get your documents. apr has is coming out to their website. he is making news for all the wrong reasons. he is doing this. he was caught with the defendant chief life. people mocking joe biden and sit understand ship not be embarrassed. when does it go too far. you can see the picture and the headlines. he time magazine on their website. let's do you think about this behavior. this is just joe biden being

my name is joe biden. [applause] vice president biden: everybody knows i love israel. i was thinking as ron was saying that he does not know what it is like an catholic families, whether we argue as much as allegedly occurs in jewish families. two of my three children married jews. [laughter] vice president biden: and you want to see what happens then. as a matter of fact, my daughter the dream of every irish catholic father is for his daughter to marry a jewish surgeon [laughter] vice president biden: and she did. i want you to know, i think the only time on record in the state of delaware at the oldest catholic church in the state, or the second oldest, 1842, we signed it in the catholic rectory. [laughter] vice president biden: not a joke, i think that is a first. we had a hopa on the altar. we have a catholic priest, father murphy, and a rabbi. and it was hard getting a rabbi, by the way. [laughter] vice president biden: i had to go up to montgomery county to find one. [laughter] vice president biden: montgomery county, pennsylvania. the reason he came was because

we'll also hear from vice president joe biden. this is a half-hour. [applause] vice president biden: good morning, everyone. this is one of our favorite events. and it's an honor to be with so many faith leaders and lay faithful this one last time for easter in the white house -- with us, anyway. audience: noooo -- vice president biden: well, i'll tell you what, it's been a great honor. [laughter] it's been a great honor. he's not bad to work for either, you know what i mean? [laughter] you know, my wife, jill, whenever she wants to make sure i get the message that she wants to deliver to me that morning, literally, she tapes it on the mirror while i'm shaving. [laughter] you think i'm joking -- i'm not joking. and about a year and a half ago -- a little longer, actually, almost two years ago -- she taped a quote on my mirror at home in wilmington which is still there, and it's a quote from kierkegaard. he said, "faith sees best in the dark." faith sees best in the dark. and all of you know better than anyone that faith is a gift from god. because fai

clinton and vice president biden. i want to say i appreciate that she will be something about the for childcare. recently i read something where someone was fired because they needed to take an emergency leave. sad that if you have ,n emergency with your child's a lot of people have children or if you have some kind of illness that instead of giving the person a couple of weeks to or take care of that means, that you have to fire them. that is not the american way. americans, most of us, were up on-- brought compassion. empathy. word is what if that were i? what would i expect from the i had anson if emergency not just with my child, but any other family member? the other thing i wanted to say, vice president biden and mrs. out we arents and every day people even though they are in the position of government. but they are still public servants. they are there to serve. we appreciate the call. thank you very much. enjoy the rest of your day. is with us now from chicago. caller: the reason i called is listening to presi

election without joe biden, i think a lot of the people who were waiting on joe biden will be supporters of hillary clinton. i've been a supporter of bernie sanders since i was an undergraduate in new jersey. a political science major. as that earlier caller talked have -- we can't socialism. the truth is i studied with socialism. and it's not, it's not something that you, it is not something in opposition to capitalism. what we had was dictatorships in this world that call themselves socialist but they had nothing to do with the critique of, of capitalism and the industrial revolution that was, that was what socialism came from, began as and still is. it is just a philosophy that is a critique of what is. theit sis not what we saw in centralized governments that were dictatorships that call themselves socialism. perhapsu mentioned that it was history that played a factor in joe biden's decision. the new york times and wall street journal report that fundraising was a big one. the wall street journal says as time elapsed, the challenge of playing catch-up grew steeper. mrs. clinton had d

biden and hunter biden, nothing. practically nothing. ignoring the border topics, ignoring inflation, i know you had a couple. host: we have done plenty of inflation and border stories over the years. caller: not like you would with trump and you guys did with trump. you guys -- i've not seen one employee that's conservative. host: just wanted to correct that for you. we will go to trenton, new jersey. democrats line. caller: good morning america. the threat we face from people who feel that they don't have their way, that they have a right to overthrow the government is a clear and present danger to the united states. those who minimize the threat from the white -- the right wing who says if they don't have their way every day in all cases will take violence into their hands to overthrow the government to assert themselves is a clear and present danger. and they are fascists because they declare themselves to be fascist. these people make no bones about it. host: we have been over a year since january 6, why do you think it's a clear an

senator biden, chairman biden, when he spoke, does anyone here know, well, it would be the chairman, do you know when he spoke? somebody designed to gain the system. we are talking here about confirming someone to replace a justice who has died. think about how different that is everybody. when chuck schumer says an extra nurse situation, he is talking about someone dying. scientists tell us they're to math month left. and justice scalia minded not agree with him. i thought he was a very witty, funny guy. that is a high compliment coming from me. i value that highly. no one dies to gain the system. what biden was talking about is a justice, as soon as the supreme court session ends with an resigning in order to gain the system. as far as senator obama going to filibuster, that is the 60 vote threshold. >> you can listen to it as i go. it is, justice thomas was confirmed 52 to 42. a little bit irritating. i think the chair for his indulgence in all my colleagues. >> i seem to be the last person sitting or standing. ask permission to include my remarks in the record. >> without objecti

chairman joe biden. consider that last part. senator biden said that the cost of the nation would be too great no matter who the president nominates. president obama and his allies may now try to pretend this disagreement is about a person. but as i just noted, his own vice president made it clear it's not. the biden rule reminds us that the decision the senate announced weeks ago remains about a principle and not a person. about a principle and not a person. it seems clear that president obama made this nomination not, not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. which is the type of thing then senate judiciary committee chairman biden was concerned about. the exact thing chairman biden was concerned about. the biden rule underlines what the president has done with this nomination would be unfair to any nominee and more importantly, the rule warns of the great cost the president's action could carry for our nation. americans are certain to hear a lot of rhetori

biden: i swear to god. i thought she was the only one -- i unwittingly -- i was supposed to be looking straight ahead -- turned and said, madam prime minister? she said, senator, we have no place else to go. [applause] v.p. biden: i tell that story and i say to you students -- i tell it over and over again because it was a piercing moment for me. a formative event that has shaped my life for decades. it remains as relevant today as when she said it 40 years agito. we have nowhere else to go. it still captures the fire and the steel, the optimism, determination of the israeli people. it still brings to vivid light the plight of the jewish people everywhere. it ignites the passion that supporters of the israeli feel in the marrow of their bones. ladies and gentlemen, i have been honored for 30 years to be part of aipac events from the first time i was elected. i still support the work in mission of this organization. and to make sure that there will always be an israel, to make sure there will always be a pla

that is the biden way. seen how he fights for working families because he believes in the basic bargain that makes america great. should work for everyone not just those at the top. and he stands up against i injustice. he has led the fight to end violence against women and girls. and he stands up for peep's and and -- people's lives including the project he is behalf of president obama, the cancer moon shot to breakthroughs and save lives. you know, his beau, a great father, a great public servant, being, passed away last year. to joe is personal biden. he knows it is personal to a lot of families. why he is fighting so hard to make a difference. this fall i'mcted going to ask joe to continue the to rtant work he's begun help us fight and defeat cancer. [cheers and applause] has ry: so, as someone who worked with joe for years, first in the senate, then as a member the obama-biden cabinet, i attest that passion for standing up for people and trying to make lives better. pushes him to work as hard as he can

biden: because here is what we know. our servicemen and women are among the most highly skilled workers in this country. discipline, work ethic, it is in their blood, it is who they are. educationns of higher half in making some big strides in helping veterans succeed on campus. 850 governors in city and county officials are working to end veteran homelessness in their communities. and many have already done it. michelle and i intend to continue pushing forward on this work for our remaining time in the white house and beyond. and we hope that all of you here today will join us to show the members of our military and veteran families that we stand by all of those who are willing to do so much to sacrifice everything for the good of our great nation. thank you again for having me here today. have a wonderful women's history month. ourbless our troops, veterans, and their families. thank you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the honorable cathy mcmorris rodgers. ms. mcmorris rodgers: good afternoon. it is an honor to join

jill biden. [applause] dr. biden: good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much, leader pelosi for hosting today's event and for your enduring commitment to those who serve and sacrificed so much for our country. let me start by apologizing as the leader said for leaving a little early and as leader pelosi said i have the honor of traveling to houston to welcome home astronaut scott kelly from a year in space. we are so proud of scott kelly and it is going to be a really special celebration. i will be joined by scott's twin brother and members of his family. as part of our joining forces education initiative, i have invited three military connected students from aberdeen high school in maryland to travel with me to tour the johnson space center and welcome home retired navy captain scott kelly . [applause] i want to show the students that if they work hard and if they dream big, there is no limit to where they can go. and it is always a pleasure to spend time with our first lady, michelle obama, who works tirelessly for military families and i a

god bless joe biden. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back this morning to talk about wasteful spending in washington. the federal deficit, either way, billion, the7 federal debt more than $19 trillion. the federal debt equals about $165,000 per american household according to the 2016 federal fumbles report. billion in wasteful spending and inefficient regulations. joining us from capital bill -- capitol hill, senator lankford: oklahoma, republican. is the wasteful spending this year that you outline any worse than other years? is it getting worse or better? guest: i am not sure it is getting worse or better. it is somewhat wet a mole when you have $3.5 trillion in federal government spending. what we try to identify is 100 ormples of types of waste, areas where the government is not fulfilling its responsibility. so we can start looking for systemic issues and work on how to fix those. host: 100 ways the government dropped the ball, what stands out to you? guest: quite a few things. when you deal with grants or a federal r

biden should lead into this fact. he should host a we say day conference and celebrate the lgbtq community. she should go to taxes and read of banned book, for read toni morrison's bluest eye. he should hold the summit around reproductive rights. you have too much silence and timidity and it results in a lack of enthusiasm. the key to winning is enthusiasm and a high level of participation of the american majority. host: let me ask you about black voters and what you think democrats should do to get those voters to the polls. what issues they should focus on. host: fundamentally, the reality, this gets back to the civil war never ended. there is a profound racial wealth gap in this country. the notion of economic equality is key. there is this whole debate on whether they should forgive student loans that is out there. if they took more bold action towards promoting economic equality such as forgiving student debt, you did not have to take this much debt to get a college education. that is a function of reagan's work

it was that willingness announced by the biden administration yesterday. the press secretary said the two leaders agreed to high stake talks, only if the invasion hasn't happened. we are always ready for diplomacy. we are ready for swift and severe consequences should russia choose war. they are continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on ukraine. the president would meet after that meeting between the secretary of state and his russian counterpart. they convene their meeting on thursday. that's the latest from the white house. there could be a meeting later this week. back to your phone calls on this issue of the three branches of government. this is maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for reading that article. i did think there were three coequal ranches of government until the article point of that. it is heartening to know that congress has more mount -- power than i thought. given that, that means mitch mcconnell is the most powerful person in the world and not the president. we have seen that. he stole a supreme court justice

biden: the senate stands adjourned. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> up next, transportation secretary anthony foxx talks about challenges facing the federal highway trust fund. then we will hear from epa administrator mccarthy. and later, a conversation about nuclear talks with iran with lauren jakes of foreign policy magazine. with the tax filing deadline just over two weeks away, the head of the irs will be at the national press club tomorrow. we will have live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. later in the day, deputy rarity -- that the secretary of the state antony blanck and will talk about -- he will get questions about nuclear negotiations with iran. live from the brookings institution at 3:30 a.m. eastern -- 3:30 p.m. eastern. up next, a conversation with secretary anthony foxx. topics include federal funding for a transportati

biden: and i mean that. ladies and gentlemen, i learned a long time ago what jason knows intuitively. when i first got to the senate after i got elected, my wife and daughter were killed. i got elected november 7, and december 18, i got a phone call in washington saying a tractor-trailer broadsided the car my family was in and killed my baby daughter, killed my wife, and my two boys were not likely to make it. so i did not want to go to the senate. but because of guys -- and i mean this sincerely. because of tom eagleton and a guy named fritz hollings in south carolina and senate majority leader mike mansfield from montana -- they convinced me, just come and stay six months. just help us organize. because i did not think i could be a father and senator at the same time. and i used to go over to senator mansfield's office every tuesday at 3:00. i would get an assignment. i'm the first united states senator i ever knew. so, i did not know senators did not get assignments. no, for real, i did not know senators

. >> we do know that president biden. vice president biden and mrs. biden will be attending the funeral tomorrow. that funeral is at 11:00 a.m. at the basilica here in washington, just a few miles north of the supreme court. almost due north of the supreme court. and that will be live on c-span at 11:00 a.m., as well. justice and mrs. scalia, marine scalia have had nine children. cliff is in flint, michigan. what do you think justice scalia's legacy is? caller: i think for a lot of americans, justice scalia was a divisive figure on the court. while he claimed to view the constitution as far as its original intent, he was always 100% behind all conservative views. and that is like saying he had already pre-judged his opinion before he heard any case. 100% of the time, justice scalia was going to decide for whatever conservative views are. not what the constitution was. if we really looked at the constitution original intent. that means african-americans are three fifths of a human being. you cannot sit there and say i view it the way it was written. th

vice president biden: thank you. folks, let me begin by -- as i walked through the room here, reminding me of a story they tell about calvin coolidge. he was at a whistle stop tour coming back home, and every time they would get in, he would step in the caboose, how are you, man? step back in his caboose and make a speech. this one-stop they made somewhere in ohio, he walked out, stood in the back of the caboose, the flag draped spares, and he walked back in and they said, what is the matter? and he said, well, the audience is too big for conversation and too small for oration. i think we are in that place. i will try to do neither. [laughter] i will try to find something in between here. let me begin by thanking you not only for your friendship but your advice over all these years, particularly on the subject. i have tried to keep close contact with strobe because i find him to be one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on issues that i have a great interest in and unfortunately, are very much center stage

joe biden. -- the other thing i would like to say is about joe biden. he has locked up more inican-american people than slavery in the 1800s. black people are voting for him, which i cannot understand. those people who were locked up, they have lost their right to vote. that is mass incarceration equals mass voter suppression. -- thing on roosevelt warren elizabeth warren. the women's movement is strong. the #metoo movement is strong. without the women being nominated to the house, the democrats could not have won the house. the democrats can take the woman, but you need a not sanders and not biden, you need a woman. a woman can be donald trump. hillary clinton beat donald trump in the popular vote. women won the senate for the democrats. you can take a woman, elizabeth she can be trumped. thank you for your time. -- onehank you for your writes, we need a respectful leader that we can be proud of. independent, hi, julia. so disappointed last night in the debate. it was an argument against each o

so my feeling is biden really screwed up. host: here's my question. you said it's going to take years and years to have green energy so shouldn't we start now? caller: well, listen, he already started. they have already started with the windmills and all of these things. how long will it take to put 150,000 electric stations throughout the united states? it is just no way. this was a big mistake from the start. nothing you can do about -- but what you can do about it now is turn on the oil. turn on our oil, get it going. the keystone pipeline, there's all this controversy but -- by the way, the 9000 and the federal lands that they say that the companies aren't doing anything -- the leases on the land. well, there's no incentive. there's a lot of what do you call them, i don't know what you call them. all i can say is he should have left it alone. his executive orders to cut all this out started this problem. has nothing to do with russia, nothing to do with ukraine. they should have just left it alone and we wouldn't have had this energy problem today

biden, joe biden represents the heart and the soul of america. we love you joe, we do. and we especially love you here in the mahoney valley. and we love you because of your ofues, we love you because what you have done with your life. we love you because you understand what america is feeling. and too many americans are feeling left out and left behind. messagebiden has the that america needs to hear. and it is my privilege to introduce to you my friend, our friend, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] biden: thank you very much. it is good to be back in the valley. now, i and serious. i come from the lackawanna valley in northeastern pennsylvania. and made of the same stuff, man. if you knew where i came from, you would think you were home. i mean it. look folks, i have campaigned over the years for a lot of people. there is no one that i admired more than ted strickland. ted and i have gone -- no, i really mean this. we have gone up and down and across the state in two campaigns right i was here last campaign, 23 days. he probably wanted me