and joe biden could not have a better partner than dr. jill biden. we love these folks. give them a round of applause. [applause] some of you may have heard the story of andrew jackson's inaugural reception. partygoers got so rowdy, they broke expensive china. [laughter] i also want to thank the source for their outstanding entertainment. the u.s. navy see chanters and the guy who has been known to make pretty good music, mr. stevie wonder. [applause] i am delivering another speech tomorrow. so, tonight i am going to be pretty brief. there are a limited amount of good lines, and i do not want to use them all up tonight. my main purpose tonight is to say thank you. as i look out on the room, we have people of all walks of life. every state, city, suburb. eagle who have invested so much heart, soul, time, money, energy, and one of the things that made this campaign unique was the degree of investment and ownership people had in this common object of hours. you understood this was not just about the candidate. not just about joe biden or barack obama. this was about us. who

when we look at the biden team now and incoming biden administration, they have put broadband as a top priority. and the pandemic. you have seen after the election president-elect biden putting together a task force, thinking how best to help people with coronavirus. a lot of people who talked about help point to broadband, they point to the people who can't do remote learning, they point to the people struggling to have connectivity at home when they need to be home to be safe. that is a huge thing to watch . the biden campaign talked about different pieces of broadband. we have seen democratic lawmakers talk about other ways to help, giving different stopgap relief to help with consumer billing, things like that. you will see some action there. it is notable that one of the biggest surrogates for president biden is jim clyburn. he is one of the lawmakers that tried to push this issue on capitol hill. with him in leadership in the house, it is hard to say it will not be front and center when they enter 2021. you also have a democratic led ffc which will be looking -- led fcc which wil

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

biden: thank you very much. please. my name is joe biden and i am barack obama's vice president. [cheers and applause] i'm jill biden's husband. [laughter] by the way, the reason she is not here today, she is working, she is teaching. i just want you to know that's why she is not here. mr. president, welcome back to the white house, man. feels like the good old days. [applause] being here with you brings back so many good memories. we just had lunch together and we weren't sure who was supposed to sit where. it is fitting that the first time you return to the white house is to celebrate a law that is transforming millions of lives because of you. i say because of you. we had a lot of help. i helped a little bit, but it is because of you. a law that hope leads to change, and you did that. you did it. let's be honest, the affordable care act has been called a lot of things, but obamacare is the most fitting. [laughter] [cheers and applause] pres. biden: i know you all know how much barack obama cared about getting this done, about the countless hours of negotiations and he never ev

then, biden took on a thankless job of implementing it. he has gotten one $50 billion out the door quickly and with no waste. cabinet members tell me that his leadership is making this massive programmer. his task force on middle-class working families is making sure that average families are not forgotten when policy is made. so, what you think about vice- president joe biden's performance so far? you can send us tweets at cspanwj. cedar falls, go ahead. caller: yes, the constitution says the job is to be president when the president cannot be. so far, president obama has been able to be president every minute of his time. biden has been healthy, so he has done his job perfectly so far. i did have a comment about the previous thing. one of the comments that john lott kept saying is that there is competition right now and there really is not. most of the health care that is not government like medicare or medicaid or veterans' is through employers. the employers contract competitively with different companies to helfor health insue as long

joe biden and i did a lot together. [applause] we help save the global economy, made record investments in cleanenergy . we put guardrails on our financial systems. we help turn the auto industry around. repeal don't askdon't tell . but nothing made me prouder than providing better healthcare and more protections tomillions of people across this country . so when president biden said he was not going to just celebrate the aca but also announced actions that would make it even better, i had to show up. i think it's been well documented just how difficult it was to pass the aca. you can get a lot of testimony here in case folks haven't heard. as a country we have been talking about reforming healthcare for 100 years. unlike almost every other advanced economy on earth we didn't have a system that guaranteed access to health care for all of its citizens. millions of people didn't have health insurance. often because their employers didn't provide it or because it wastoo expensive . but despite the fact that our healthcare

so, how does biden, you know, how does biden put those pieces together? pursue some kind of diplomatic engagement with iran without creating the perception that, i think, would be incorrect but is quite likely among these hypersensitive regional partners, that biden is just being the anti-trump and switching sides, back to the iranians? and of course, there are plenty of republican critics in the united states who would jump on that as well. so, you know, i think it would be to his advantage to find a way to kick the nuclear can down the road a little bit, and adjust the allies' immediate concerns, and our immediate concerns, about nuclear activity in iraq, about the ability to defend against missile attacks and rocket attacks from the iranians and from their houti allies and hezbollah. and you know, to have some really tough and honest conversations with regional partners about the ways in which their behavior over the last four years has gone, not just beyond the bounds of partnership, but beyond the bounds of basic international norms. the violations o

biden: i didn't say progressive. my whole career i wish i had been labeled as a moderate the seven times i ran. i have never been labeled as a moderate. of all aecord traditional organizations, i have never walked away from them. i am not sure when everybody came out and said they are for gay marriage and talked about a lot of the things i talked about, but my point is, the definition of progressive noise to be changing. do you believe in, whatever? i was talking about, up until this last time around, the traditional -- whether or not you were a liberal, was whether or not what was your position on race, women, lgbt communities, civil liberties -- i stuck my record on those things against anybody who has ever run and is running now or who will run. let me say one last thing. here is the deal. if you look at all the polling data and look at the actual results, the party has not moved to whatever characterization you just made. thefact of the matter is, vast majority of the members of the democratic party are still lib

. >> the biography of jill biden. i am trying to think of how many first ladies have come into the role with as many years of experience. were you surprised that she has been regarded like this? >> when she talks about it being 24/7, the first lady is the first lady at all times. she is also teaching, she is still teaching two days a week in northern virginia community college. she has that on top of her first lady sponsor abilities. it is probably a lot to juggle. >> she has made history in her role of teaching. you described in the book that it resented a lot of challenges for the white house team to avoid the cause of the constitution. can you explain what kind of compromise they had to come to with her salary? >> because she is teaching at a state school, there is a cause were -- where she is not supposed to be paid with state money. the compromise is that northern community college may do so she is paid from a separate -- a separate pot of money so the funds are not coming from the state. >> reading the descripti

biden. we hope to begin with the vice president's comments coming up shortly which everything running a little bit late because of the parade earlier today. we showed you the very end of the ceremony at the capitol. at least 1 million people were on the national mall for the president's swearing in ceremony. if the figure is accurate it would put the attendance up 55% of the 2009 crowd. >> 8800 marnlers and 60 units, here's a look look. [indiscernible] ladies and gentleman, a pershing -- approachg the presidential reviewing stand, the president of the united states. the vice-president of the united states, joe biden, and dr. jill biden. the president of the united states, barack obama, and michelle obama. the vice president of the united states, joe biden, and dr. jill biden. they are at the reviewing stand. a beautiful couple. [indiscernible] the president of the united states and first lady, followed by the vice-president of the united states, joe biden, and dr. jill biden. united states s

biden's cabinet and the agency workforce. max, good morning. guest: good morning. host: first of all, let's get into with the biden administration faces. on screen are going to see the biden political appointee tracker, which is done by our public service, that biden has picked 51 nominees to fill key roles so far. only 2 have been confirmed by the senate. max, what does president biden face when it comes to filling his key cabinet rules? guest: it is a big task and as you say the biden team is ahead of the curve in the historical term. they have got over 50 nominations they have made in the next highest administration in terms of having the outside the gate was the obama administration at 42. that is just nomination, not confirmation. there are over 1200 positions that the incoming administration has to fill that are senate confirmed. 4000 total appointees of those 1250 that require senate confirmation. president biden currently only has 2 people actually confirmed, the director for national intelligence and the secretary of

and i'm jill biden's husband. jill biden is working, teaching. and i just want you to know that's why she is not here. mr. president, welcome back to the white house, man. feels like the good old days. being here with you, brings back so many memories and we had lunch together and wasn't sure where we were supposed to sit where. this is to celebrate a law, a law that is transforming millions of lives because of you. had a lot of help, it was because of you, a law that hope leads to change, and you did that. you did it. let's be honest, the affordable care act has been called a lot of things, but oklahoma -- obamacare is the most fitting. [cheers and applause] vice-: president biden countless hours of negotiations and he never ever gave up. i guarantee you that. i could tell you all the times should we compromise and i said we have to think about this and this group of people won't get covered. meeting our -- during our weekly lunch and we met every single day and he reminded me why we were doing it in the first place for people who needed it and

biden, his wife is speaking tonight. there was a video about amtrak and how he commuted back and forth from washington, and respected and was kind to the workers on amtrak, and i think you will see more about the pieces of his personality that is well known to us who pay a lot of attention to politics but may not be as well-known to people who are not as engaged on it. just give a sense of really the key piece of biden's political brand, that he is a good guy, a guy with a heart and empathy that he is going to work hard to fight for every single working person and not just for the rich or other elite. that is at the core of how he is running. host: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, barbara, democrat's line. barbara, good morning. sorry, thanki am you very much. i want to get my thoughts about the convention last night, which i would say in my words, polite. not the usual screaming, and i will be doing that and that. thathing was, the photos they give you this polite message was that the photos of the common people throughout tha

with joe biden becoming the president, possibly, what is joe biden going to do to change? he has had all this time to correct these things and i see the good that donald trump is doing even though he may word things not the greatest way, but his actions are proven and how is it that joe biden is actually going to make america down a and of equality, for jobs everything else, given his track record that i have seen over the past 40 years? a great question, a fundamental question of this campaign, and i have been reporting on the economy long enough to know that it is something people are tired of. i would ask quickly, what policies you think have been both effective that the president has pursued for helping the economy? host: i think the caller hung up. guest: sorry. i would just answer then. a very good question, i was looking for a little more context for it. to sell toden has the american public is the idea that he can be effective with hascies, many of which he been talking about for a long time, some of which he has not been talking about for a long time, both reversi

every meeting with him and with vice president and now president joe biden. just a few weeks ago under president biden's leadership, and with the votes of congressional democrats, we passed the american rescue plan. that plan is the biggest advance in health care since the aca. it reduces the cost of premiums for millions of americans. more people can get coverage and more people can pay their bills. particularly those people who have lost their jobs in the pandemic. it invests in racial disparities in a meaningful way. let me say again, this bill passed without a single republican vote. with that, let me turn it over to laura packard. lori echo -- laura? >> hi. my name is laura packard. i am a small business owner in denver. i am here today because the affordable care act saved my life. four years ago, i walked into a doctor's office with a nagging cough. i walked out with a stage iv cancer diagnosis. without the aca, i would never have afforded the six months of chemotherapy and month of radiation it took for me to be in remission today. i used to have junk

host: what is the tallest turtle for joe biden? the tallest hurdle for joe biden? guest: the senate. naived to have this belief that if you have a president from one party and a congress from another party that the result will be moderation and compromise but we are in an incredibly polarized time and that does not produce compromise, it produces gridlock. it is in the interest of the republican party the biden presidency fail. well.mcconnell knows this it is the strategy he used during the obama presidency and it was effective. mitch mcconnell is brilliant in opposition. this is assuming the democrats do not take both of those senate seat in georgia, which there will be runoffs in january, which they could, but if they do not, mcconnell and other republicans will look at the situation and to say " we can make the biden presidency a failure by not allowing any legislation of significance." all of those things biden ran on -- if you went to his website he had policy papers from here to sunday -- all those things he said he would do, bringing a public option to healt

when the biden administration came then, was the regime in tehran mistrustful of the biden administration? did they show any sign other than opening up for talks that they would be willing to engage in these discussions? guest: obviously because the u.s. reneged on the agreement, the iranians were extremely mistrustful of the u.s. as a reliable negotiating partner and the president had promised during the campaign that he would return to the jcpoa. the iranians expected the biden administration would do what it did in the case of the paris climate deal or return to the world health organization, the idea was that the u.s. unilaterally went out of the jcpoa nuclear deal and would unilaterally return to it. that didn't happen and also when the biden administration didn't really do much in its first few weeks in office in terms of any goodwill gestures towards the iranians on him in a terry relief from sanctions given that iran was dealing with a deadly situation given the covid pandemic, all of that really disappointed the iranians and push them to harden their position. from the time talks

president-elect biden has a different view. he does not pretend frankly that american t kind of story that can communicate what the future of the united states is likely to be. is, in fact, i have the relationships. i have these kind of fundamental person-to-person contacts, and most of all, i believe that if first back to that principle, that you acknowledge that somebody else's interest that's egitimate, that the basis for a meaningful discussion. briefly just very mention one other thing, which is, it is significant that he a lot of these people. george said at one point we used to have foreign leaders who went with joe biden for a long time, we would have foreign leaders come all the time to the senate and my job go around and introduce the foreign leaders. -- over is senator here is senator so and so, then leaders would say hi, joe. they just knew him. now, when oment like the united states frankly looks nfamiliar in so many ways now, in the nature of politics, the nature of our divisions, to our opponents abroad, an lemen

they came in with joe biden who was classic joe biden. n. barack obama, talking in a really tough terms. the democrats suddenly all national security? what happened to american policy as we know it? >> one of the interesting things about this night is it gives democrats a chance to look strong on some of their biggest issues traditionally. both defense and national security. how many times did we hear the name bin laden tonight? one of his favorite lines, osama bin laden is dead and general motors is a life. >> all three of them were killed mitt romney and paul ryan. it was relentless. >> the president wrote it in. -- rubbed it in. and bill clinton had the best speech. what surprised me about this is it seemed aimed more at democrats. this gives you a sense of what's this will be going forward. we can see them try to do that with democrats. he had them chanting, "four more years" constantly. >> i thought going in that -- because bill clinton did so well that barack obama of a competitor would want to outshine him and it would lead him to do

joining her was beau biden. this is about 15 minutes. >> are you ready to kick off this day of doing a lot of good? i will be your and see today. let's have a huge national day of service welcome to the woman who was the co-chairman of the reelection campaign, and she is currently serving as the co- chair for the inauguration committee, let's hear it for eva longoria. >> good morning. i am so excited to be here. it is so inspiring to see so many of you come out for this national day of service and give back to your community. a lot of the know -- >> a lot of you know, i grew up in corpus christi, texas. and i grew up in a family of volunteers and a family and community of people who wanted to give back. my three sisters and i were very blessed to have a great role models, which were my parents, who dedicated their lives to serving the others. i mother was a special-education teacher. [cheers] yeah, teachers. my dad worked on the army base. my parents were crystal clear about what they wanted for us and that was

biden: good afternoon, everyone. today, we are in the middle of the worst global health crisis in living memory and donald trump will file in the supreme court today and attempt to strip away healthcare coverage from tens of millions of families in the united states. strip away their peace of mind, away from more than 100 million people with pre-existing conditions. if he succeeds, more than 23

biden: because i responded. debate hope on the next -- our aim is to fix the things that trump has broken, not how barack obama made mistakes. he didn't. what i want to make clear is that this going back 20-30 years, this is a game to make sure we handle republicans in the election coming up. look, folks, there are a lot of things everybody has done in the past, votes that don't have a context today. it was taken out of context. i want to make the point that some of the assertions being made were absolutely, how can i say it nicely? not true, taken out of context. and if they meant what they said, they would not have done what they did. >> do you think your party has gone too far to the left? on immigration, for instance? mr. biden: the world has changed since obama, and here's the deal. this is about the future. this is about taking the same kind of integrity and moving beyond it. by the time the president's term ended, he was able to focus in ways that weren't just about keeping the car from going over the cli

vice president biden: right. president obama: i know how deeply you care about american families, and that any loss of life that is pretty -- that is preventable, if you're president of the united states, it's your job to try to prevent it. and one of the things that i think you said that's so important and we understood this during the financial crisis, you can't separate out the public health crisis from the economy. if you want the economy growing again, people have to feel safe. vice president biden: what you did and what all great presidents do is not only lead, they persuade. i think what you did with obamacare, the aca, and what you wanted to do, to have a public option. it's the quickest, fastest way to get everyone covered. i remember when beau was toward the end, and the only person i told the detail all the time was you, because you had a right to know exactly what -- and he only had months left to go. and i used to sit there and watch him in the bed, and in pain, and dying of glioblastoma. and i thoug

i think joe biden did. colorado and had the one good line raising fear on increases of middle-class taxes. >> -- paul r. ryan had one good line of reasoning here on increasing middle-class taxes. >> the republican line, good morning. >> thank you. i feel like joe biden in this debate was a little offensive and rude. it might have turned off a lot of people from his point. i thought paul ryan was a very well-prepared. he knew what he was talking about. i just thought joe biden came off like a 12-year-old. he got louder and more rude thinking that would change his point. the whole debate was a little weird and crazy. paul ryan said this is not what a real recovery looks like. i agree with that 100%. oh by the -- obama-bite and are not running a real recovery, there are running it into the ground. >> this is from the facebook page. from our twitter page. next is on our line for democrats is nick from columbus, indiana. >> i was very a impressed with what democrat can did it was talking about. that is our vice-

biden: not at all. thisay remember that when administration went after askedg obamacare, i was by the house as we were leaving office. this is all about trying to do away with a safety net. this is about trying to get rid of the safety net. they will significantly increase the deficit. the house was going to call for massive amounts of social security. what did the head of the budget committee do? he proposed cutting medicare by $500 billion as i predicted would happen. and guess what? they didn't get it done because we went out and elected a democratic house. that is why we have to elect a democratic senate. there will be no compromise on cutting medicare or social security. that is a promise. another matter is immigration policy. we need some kind of collaborative solution there. communities don't look back on the obama and biden administration fondly. , youold hector sanchez privately know where i was on that but i'm not going to get into that. what did you mean? mr. biden: i'm not going to get into

now he is lying about joe biden. isaac will see us make a strong response. >> do some people see risks ahead for democrats? one is the controversy of hunter biden in ukraine and elsewhere when his pop -- his father was vice president. has joe biden addressed effectively or do you think he needs to do more? think he has addressed effectively. i would just remind folks that we have a trump organization that is currently making millions of dollars off of donald trump's presidency. push for akushner tax rebate in the current tax bill that was passed by republicans that directly benefited his companies. some of it i believe is just a distraction from the real issue. really corruption has been by the trump kids, by trump's son-in-law and people serving in the current administration. everybody that has looked at the hunter biden situation said there was nothing wrong. i think we will continue to prosecute the case is best we can, focusing on the fact that this administration has been engaged in quid pro quos that benefited

president biden the set a goal of 100 days. we hit that goal by day 58. now, we are racing toward our new goal of 200 million shots in one hundred days. the administration's opening quickly to open new vaccination sites across the country so 90% of americans will be living within five miles of one by april 19. that is two weeks from today. although while, we have been producing vaccine at a rapid clip. by the end of may, we will have enough vaccine supply for all adults in america. so far, news about the efficacy of the vaccines has been very reassuring. the american people can take hope and pride in the fact we are making strong progress against the virus at home will stop it is a credit to our health workers, our scientists, our government. still, we are not at the finish line yet. we cannot afford to ease up. this is the time for americans to keep wearing masks, social distancing, and to get vaccinated when it is your turn. do it for yourselves, your families, your neighbors and the people you might never meet, but whose lives you might save through yo

biden. he knows how to keep going, unify, and lead, because he has done that for his family and country. are stronger, if we together, we will heal together. we will redeem the soul and promise of our country led by president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. >> tonight is a night steeped in women who have stepped into service and advocacy, and are using their power for good, and the power of women is undeniable, whether in the office, home, or house of representatives. it is my honor to introduce the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. speaker pelosi: i was never raised in a way that i would be running for public office, it did not interest me, when i graduated from college, got married and had five children and six years, so that was my life. when the children were grown, the opportunity to run for congress came along. >> she ran because another woman said run and she won. starting on a path that would make history, the first woman speaker of the house. speaker pelosi: for our da

how did joe biden do? >> he did very well. i love the way his speech went and president obama, and it is so rare, because when you talk to people on the streets, they want to blame him for losing jobs, but i believe if we give obama another four years, he will make a change, so he has definitely got my vote. >> she and is next from illinois supporting republicans. 5 i want to say i am completely behind mitt romney 100%. i am tired of what we have had for the past three and a half years, and it is time for a change, and i hope the entire country sees it and get behind mitt romney, and that is how we feel in illinois. axillary rights, -- >> larry rights, that gives me hope reminds me of jesse jackson. this is ashley in illinois, an independent. caller: i wanted to give a shout out to jan, our fellow twin city. i am an independent voter. i fact check both sides, and people should not give in to the crazy, the emotional passion we almost do not sacrifice liberty and you need to do your own research, and i really feel like we need

let's revisit statements by joe biden. the obama-biden administration left us high and dry. joe biden is asking people to vote for him to become president in a couple of months. if joe biden wants to become president, he has got a lot of questions to answer. he repeatedly downplayed the serious threat china poses to the united states and free nations around the world. he criticized the president's lifesaving china travel restrictions, called him xenophobic and your mongering before his campaign suddenly claimed he supported them all along. he continues to resist holding china accountable for the global coronavirus pandemic even when president trump responded to china's claim that the u.s. military was responsible for the outbreak. what sort of damage do you think joe biden's china appeasement could pose to american strength and security? sen. mcconnell: a biden administration would cause a lot of problems, but this is top of the list. to declare the travel ban xenophobic means he must've had his head in the sand about the health challenge. not just for this country but the r

biden and hisort administration. after following presidents in my 88 years from franklin delano supportt and eleanor, i all the presidents in the democratic party except for a few republicans that i truly loved and honor. if you watch the body language of every president we have ever had, look into their eyes when isy speak, you can tell who truthful and who is deceitful. we all bleed red in this country , black white or blue. i am totally in favor of every first responder as a democratic person. we need to look after each other in this country. we need to make concessions and we have to love their neighbors as ourselves. thank you for listening and i hope america is listening. host: that is eleanor. guest: those are wonderful sentiments. we can pre-much predict how joe biden is going to act as president. he will try to get republicans to join with him, but there is a fundamental substantive problem with that. we have this myth that if everyone would just put aside their petty partisanship bend get in the room and ro

is your take on what you have seen so far on the biden administration? guest: pretty soon, we will be yearning for the good old days of the obama administration. the current administration's approach actually seems to be much more anti-enforcement than the obama administration. for instance, the secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson, the second month under obama, was quite serious about, for instance, security related measures. i am skeptical we will see that in this administration. the enforcement priorities of this administration, where, for instance, right now, the biden administration has said no one is going to get deported for the next 100 days with certain very limited exceptions, which are going to carry over into the post-100 days period of enforcement. it includes an exemption from immigration enforcement for illegal immigrants who have committed all but the most serious crimes. which means that illegal immigrants who have committed pretty serious crimes -- drunk driving being among them, but a lot of others, including fraud, money launde

jill biden. we will be discussing the very different life of a married silly -- merit -- military child compared to those in the states. two distinctly different people, we share a lot in common. we both care about the interest of others. now i would like to introduce -- thank you. dr. biden: thank you. when you joined us in february i felt like i knew you from the first words you spoke. you are open, funny and sincere. in fact, it does not surprise me at all that you managed to make friends when you moved to germany, despite not speaking any german. and then you became a mentor so that you could help others feel less alone. it's that resilience and heart that makes military kids like you so special. so thank you, ryzun, for joining us today. i will never forget the emotions that ran through me as i stood in front of the bow of this 2010 uss -- to chris and us. just praying the bottle i held in my hand would break when it was time. i was nervous and excited, and most of all, deeply proud to becom

biden, as well. i'm just thrilled for them and i'm thrilled for the american people because the american people need competent withrship, leadership values and character that have what backs and that's they're going to see in joe biden. we're going to restore honor and house and the white our place in the world as a pandemicader on response, on healthcare, on on all theuality, critical issues that keep people night. jake: one thing that's a subplot and in thisy election is joe biden's need to bring together the bernie his supporters, new interview just dropped in the "new york times" shortly on here ofame alexandria ocasio cortez who she's not spoken with the campaign. thesaid she wouldn't be in same party with joe biden in another country. i'm curious how you see those challenges? mr. perez: i think we are really well poised to come together as a party. eight weeks ago you were writing stories about conventions. we had eight people in the race. we started with two dozen and in down to a presumptive

biden.] ok. thanks. sen. biden: [to gov. palin.] thank you. gov. palin: [to sen. biden.] thank you. [to ms. ifill.] thank you, gwen. thank you. thank you. thank you. [cheers, applause.] ms. ifill: welcome to you both. as we had determined by a coin toss, the first question will go to senator biden, with a 90-second follow up from governor palin. the house of representatives this week passed a bill, a big bailout bill -- or didn't pass it, i should say -- sen. biden: [laughs.] ms. ifill: -- the senate decided to pass it and the house is wrestling it -- with it still tonight. as america watches these things happen on capitol hill, senator biden, was this the worst of washington or the best of washington that we saw play out? sen. biden: let me begin by thank you, gwen, for hosting this. and governor, it's a pleasure to meet you, and it's a pleasure be with you. i think it's neither the best nor worst of washington, but its evidence of the fact that the economic policies of the last eight years have been the worst economic policies we've ever had. as consequence, you've seen what's hap

biden,n the spike, biden, biden. ray charles can see it. host: thanks for calling. marc morial, "the new york times" talks about record turnout, hinting at the future vote in the u.s. guest: the turnout was powerful. the gentleman who called, he's upset because his candidate lost. when your candidate loses, do not disparage those who voted for the other guy. do not disparage the will of the american people. i don't like the electoral college one bit. i think it's antiquated. yet for years ago, when donald trump -- 4 years ago when donald trump won the electoral college victory, people assented, clinton conceded, and the peaceful transfer of power from obama to trump took place. in this instance, you have a big majority, a big margin of some 7 million votes in the popular , decisive is a clear win and i can understand people upset when their candidate loses in politics, in an election, but to disparage the system, to take spreade house, to conspiracy theories, to suggest legislatures overturn -- you are suggesting -- i'm not going to make this charge, but it sounds l

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

biden: yeah. well, you know, until two weeks ago, it was two mondays ago john mccain said at 9:00 in the morning that the fundamentals of the economy were strong. two weeks before that, he said george -- we've made great economic progress under george bush's policies. nine o'clock, the economy was strong; 11:00 that same day, two mondays ago, john mccain said that we have an economic crisis. that doesn't make john mccain a bad guy, but it does point out he's out of touch. those folks on the sidelines knew those two months ago. ms. ifill: governor palin, you may respond. gov. palin: john mccain, in referring to the fundamental of our economy being strong, he was talking to and he was talking about the american workforce. and the american workforce is the greatest in this world, with the ingenuity and the work ethic that is just entrenched in our workforce. that's a positive, that's encouragement, and that's what john mccain meant. now, what i've done as a governor and as a mayor is truly had that t

vice president biden: i can win michigan. they know me, i come from the middle class, i know what is going on. i promise you, if i get the nomination, i will win michigan, i promise you that. i will win pennsylvania, i will win ohio. i will win these states that he got 72,000 votes to get the election. it is not just migration to him. we are talking about 72,500 votes in three states, otherwise hillary clinton would be president with a margin of over 3 million votes. reporter: do you think you drew enough of a sharp contrast with the liberal elements of the democratic party? would you say your plan is more moderate? vice president biden: it is not more moderate. below one ofisted the most 25 liberal people in the senate. i wished you had called me moderate when i ran for reelection in delaware. there is nothing moderate about what barack did and obamacare. no president had come close. they tried and tried, seven presidents. this guy did an incredible thing. covered a hundred million people who had pre-existing conditions. he

i talked to joe biden about it. and he had said he was against the raid because they were not clear enough on whether it was definitely bin laden. and that a lot of people in the room were against it. in fact he said many people have said hillary clinton was also not as supportive of the raid as she later said she was. but joe biden fell on his sword. he says. he wanted to make it clear that this was a decision that president obama took and made. he realized it could break bad for him, because it came out in the report that he didn't support the raid. which was of course a big success. part of being vice president is taking those kinds of risks and just saying, you know, this is where i stood on this issue. i was wrong. joe biden told me later on he escorted the president from the oval office after they had the situation room meeting to discuss the raid, and he took obama aside and said, i think you should follow your gut. and if your gut tells you to go in, go in. so he his real message to obama, spock iny called m