end of biden quote. well, mr. president, that doesn't sound consistent with all of those biden rules that i shared with my colleagues on monday. so we ask, is it really possible to square chairman biden's 1992 election-year statement with vice president biden's 2016 election-year statement? was chairman biden's 1992 statement really just all about greater cooperation between the senate and the white housenan bt if a vacancy suddenly arises -- quote -- "action on a supreme court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over." was he simply calling for more cooperation when he called for withholding consent -- quote -- "no matter how good a person is nominated by the president"? was he merely suggesting that the president and the senate work together a little bit more, when he said we shouldn't hold hearings until these circumstances, was that all about cooperation between the branches? well, since we're talking about filling justice scalia's seat, it seems problem to ask, how would he solve t

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

end of biden quote. well, mr. president, that doesn't sound consistent with all of those biden rules that i shared with my colleagues on monday. so we ask, is it really possible to square chairman biden's 1992 election-year statement with vice president biden's 2016 election-year statement? was chairman biden's 1992 statement really just all about greater cooperation between the senate and the white house when chairman biden said in 1992 that if a vacancy suddenly arises -- quote -- "action on a supreme court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over." was he simply calling for more cooperation when he called for withholding consent -- quote -- "no matter how good a person is nominated by the president"? was he merely suggesting that the president and the senate work together a little bit more, when he said we shouldn't hold hearings until these circumstances, was that all about cooperation between the branches? well, since we're talking about filling justice scalia's seat, it seems prob

biden became an advocate for his son passed away from brain cancer. after tragedy struck the biden family the vice president turned heartbreak into helping. spearheaded president obama's new cancer research initiative called cancer moon shots. the goal to make decades worth of research and find a cure in five years. >> my dad used to have an expression, he'd say a father knows his success when he turns and looks at his son or daughter and knows they turned up better than he did. i am a success. i am a hell of a success. >>reporter: biden says his son broke who died of brain cancer in may 2015 is his motivation to find a cure for the disease that touched so many american families. during the state of the union address present obama announced biden will lead the federal task force. $195 million was spent on research this year. the president is asking for an year. biden will be at duke 2:30 pm and we are told to give a speech that he will take a tour of the facility and meet with some doctors and researchers. wncn will be there and will bring you updates

vice president joe biden is still speaking. he is wrapping up his keynote address to a very energetic crowd that has a lot at stake here. thousands of democrats pack the san jose convention center to hear biden motivate skin spire with the presidential nomination and the u.s. senate seat before voters california democrats have a lot to gain or lose. a heckler disrupted biden off the top of his speech but was quickly escorted out by security. biden started offsinging his fellow democrat's praises then took jabs at republicans in washington, talking about the u.s. being the epicenter of energy around the world, urged voters to unite and warned they have a long, important battle ahead of them. >> let me start by giving our republican friends not so much republican party friends and candidates a tip. you can't lead this great country without recognizing what made it great in the first place. and more important ly, you can' lead america unless you believe in the american people and their capacity to do virtually anything they set th

end of biden quote. that doesn't sound consistent of the biden rules i shared on monday. we ask if it is possible to chair biden's 1992 election year state with vice president's 2016 election year statement. was he simply calling for more cooperation when he called for withholding consent quote no matter how good a person is nominateno nomina nominated by the president end of quote. was he suggesting the president and senate work together a little bit more when he said we should not hold hearings until these circumstances was that all about cooperation between the branches? well, since we are talking about filling justice scalia's seat it seems appropriate to ask how would he solve this puzzle? i suppose he would start with a text. so let's begin with. in 1992, chairman biden discussed cooperation between the branches. yes, in fact, he did. so far so good for vice president biden. but that can not be the end of the matter because it doesn't explain the two vastly different interpretations of the statement. let's look at the text. here is what chairman biden said about coo

. >>> vice president biden will visit the circle. people toward duke cancer institute. emma wright joins us from to with a preview of what is taking place. >>reporter: the vice president says he chose duke because they are a leader and cancer research. he became an advocate for finding a cure for cancer after his son passed away from brain cancer last year. after tragedy struck the biden family last year the vice president quickly turned heartbreak into helping. spearheaded president obama to cancer research initiative cancer moonshot. the goal is to make decades find a cure in five years. >> my dad used to have an expression, he would say a father knows he is a success when he turns and looks at his son or daughter and knows they turned out better than he did. i am a success. i am a hell of a success. >>reporter: biden says his son beau who died of brain cancer in may 2015 is his motivation to find a cure for the disease. during his state of the union address president obama announced biden would lead a federal task force on cancer research. $195 million will be spent

i mean the question of joe biden on the supreme court. there was some reporting that i put to the vice president today, and it produced a very intense moment in our discussion. >> i'm going to throw you a bit of a curve ball which is just this afternoon a senate source has told msnbc that it is beyond just idle chatter, there's been significant discussion that you might conceivably be the president's choice especially under these unusual political circumstances. talk about one person who could get through and nobody else could. if the president asked you to do it, would you say yes? oh, dear. that's next. stay with us. pain when... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol? give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol? no thanks. for me... it's aleve. the nissan rogue. with the power and performance of our intuitive all-wheel drive. now get a $189 per month lease on the 2016 nissan rogue. we heard you got a job as a developer!!!!! its official, i work for ge!! what? wow... yeah! okay... guys, i'll be writing a new languag

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joe biden is still here at the end. this was a real conversation about research and treatment about cancer. biden spoke with a roundtable of professionals from anything on oncology to community health care. part of the obama administration's initiative named by biden. a national effort to end the cancer as we know it. today, biden says the science is ready with research at the forefront. talking about increasing access to clinical trials, that are utilizing data -- better utilizing data, having a better vocabulary around cancer, early biden says he knows we are talking about a long-term solution, but he says he's committed to working on it for the rest of his life. steve: we have breaking news in the race for the white house. former technology executive carly fiorina announces she's dropping out of the race. governor chris christie is getting ready to bow out after finishing 6th in new hampshire last night. all eyes or on the south carolina in the race for the white house. republican donald trump winning big in new hamp

cancer impacted the biden family when the vice president's son bo biden died in may from brain cancer. >> i'm not naive. i didn't think we could quote end cancer. i'm not looking for a silver bullet. there is none. as part of biden's cancer moon shot initiative. he's hoping to make decades worth of advances in the fight against cancer in the next five years. the research labs at the duke cancer institute. >> are there trauma scene areas that are potential breakthrough technologies. >> i think our wisdom in knowing what we're picking up at every earlier phases is what's really lagged behind the technology. >> the vice president also talked about increased access to clinical trials while the goal of curing cancer is a moon shot, the vice president believes it's a goal that will eventually be in sight. >> the science is ready. the science is ready. it seems to me. much more has to be done. >> biden asked what the federal government can do to help in the fight to cure cancer. president obama is asking for $800 million in this year's budget for cancer research. bo minnick, wncn news now. >

watch wncn news at 10:00 pm for coverage -- 6:00 pm.>>> biden will visit duke. the cancer institute has 100 oncology port certified physicians and 500 staff dedicated to cancer research. you can count on wncn as well as nbc17.com for live coverage. >>> tens of thousands of dollars seized by law enforcement after rates at two sweepstake parlors yesterday for the first business the a1 cafi on 70 w. in goldsboro. illegal terminals and $70,000 in cash. second business the longhorn on highway 117. they found 50 illegal terminals and 15,000 in cash. the owners about the establishment of facing felony charges. >>> raleigh police issued a warning of a phone scam. the person is impersonating a deputy sheriff and threatens to arrest the victims if they don't comply with demands for officials say no real law enforcement will ever contact you in any way like this. residents asked to hang out and notify police if they get the call. >>> president obama will walk down political memory lane and address the state legislature in springfield, illinois. the university of his presid

i can't imagine. >>> on a positive note, vice president biden headed to durum. coming up. you're watching wncn is now on this wednesday morning. happy hump day. will have a check of the >>> good morning. thanks for waking up with us. am alive indurham firefighters you visit. let's check in with melissa. >> if i could turn up the heat this morning is in the coldest

and, again, that isn't just a matter of doing as senator biden recommends, as then-senator biden recommended, that's doing as then-senator biden actually did. and that's what we're counting on, on republicans in the united states senate to do. and, again, they shouldn't do it because they are forced into some position based on awkward quotes that they themselves have given. and goodness knows there's plenty of them. we'll see how long this goes. maybe we can discuss some of those as well. but in some ways, the most important element of this is we have a constitutional duty. they swore to uphold an oath and to fulfill the responsibility that the institution of the united states senate has to consider the president's nominee, to the give that individual a fair hearing and to give that person a yes or no vote. and i know there are at least two senate republicans yesterday who acknowledged that oath and acknowledged that if the president, when the president nominates someone, that hearing should go forward. senator kirk himself specifically referenced the oath that he took not just as a member o

there is no doubt what senator biden it mr. president there is of course, a broader point, and i hope in the next several months we concentrate on the point that text matters. justice scalia had devoted his adult life to these principles to the american people want to elect a president in the mold of scalia to replace him or do they want to elect a president clinton or sanders fuel to view any more liberal decision? do they want a justice looking to the constitutional text while drilling down on the most difficult constitutional questions? or do they want another justice for those really tough cases based on what is in the judge's part and it comes down to this we have lost one of the great that is set to the american people whether we preserve his legacy and more importantly to follow the text of the constitution with the text of the law or follow what is in the hearts of the justices on the supreme court? this is a debate we should have. this is a debate with we are for national debates before nominee clinton nor sanders or n

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's son beau died of brain cancer last year. one of the key priorities of the initiative is to identify any regulatory barriers or red tape that are slowing down the research for a cancer cure. >>> and it is hillary clinton by a landslide in south carolina. clinton says today's primary sets her up strong for super tuesday. >> we are going to compete for every vote in every state. we are not taking anything, and we're not taking anyone for granted. >> out of all 12 states voting often tuesday, democratic rival, bernie sanders leads clinton only in his home state of vermont. among republican candidates, ted cruz is taking on donald trump on the subject of income taxes. >> but his defense for not releasing his tax returns, he says, well, gosh, i'm being audited. okay. that's the reason to release your tax returns. >> now in the same speech, cruz suggested that trump's tax returns will reveal the billionaire is not as wealthy as he claims. >>> new at 11:00, the warrior, steph curry with a beautiful finish to pull out a win over the

first, my colleagues should read chairman biden's speech for themselves. it takes up ten full pages in the "congressional record," so there is as much context as anyone could possibly want to consider. a second option is to consider how the media have described that speech. one cbs news story, for example, has the headline "joe biden once took g.o.p.'s position on supreme court vacancy." perhaps they, too, are contextually challenged. here is what "the washington post" said about the speech. let me refer to the chart here. "biden's remarks were especially pointed, voluminous and relevant to the current situation. embedded in the roughly 20,000 words he delivered on the senate floor were rebuttals to virtually every point democrats have brought forth in the past week to argue for the consideration of obama's nominee." well, the constant refrain of senate democrats and their media allies over the past few days is that the senate should just -- quote -- do its job, unquote. of course what they really mean is that the senate should do what they want the senate

for now ask colleagues to consider the words of vice president biden. some will criticize such a decision in the hopes that a member ofa member of my party will be permitted to fill it, but that would not be our intention. instead it will be our pragmatic conclusion that was the political season is underway acting on a supreme court nomination must be put off until after the campaign is over. that is vice president biden when he was chairman of the judiciary committee. .. to bereal resources, not just lp service, to this important problem. i know the republican leader is doing his best to try to make a good picture here as to why he's made the decision that the senate's not going to confirm any supreme court nominee that the president puts forward. i heard one statement by the former chair of the judiciary committee this morning say it doesn't matter who he puts up, we're not going to vote for him yen -- anyway -- or her whatever the case might be. but the facts of my case are distracting and wrong. he can read all the statements of the senior senator o

anna: joe biden in the area discussing cancer initiatives. he spent the afternoon with biden. >> this is not one of those comes in, says a few things and leaves. this was a substantive conversation on the treatment and potentially cures for cancer. the vice president spent longer here today than anyone we talked to. initiative to fundamentally change the trajectory of cancer research in america. >> double the rate of progress, understanding each treatment of cancer to make a decades worth of advances in the next five years. to eventually end cancer as we know where. there is enormous progress in the science is ready. you an incredible operation here. you guys are on the cusp of such great advances. >> the panel of experts shared with biden thoughts on where the research needs to go and what the focus needs to be on. detection, a standardized vocabulary among researchers, better access to clinical trials. >> we need to get the drugs to patients, not just getting them to the fda. thank you. this is something i think you can fix. >> i'm convince

biden lost his son to cancer last year. a very cold morning out. we're just going to have to get used to that this week elizabeth. >> we are looking at a whole temperatures. we might warm-up by the middle of next week. take a look at the raleigh sky cam. we will be treated tonight sunshine this morning. this afternoon, skies got up and there may be a flurry or sprinkle similar to yesterday. we appreciate everybody who send tweets, pictures, video of the little bit of snow that we saw in our ighborhood yesterday. please do the same again this afternoon. it is cold out there, colder than yesterday. 21 southern pines, 27 rocky fayetteville, only three in degrees. just a bit of wind makes it feel colder, 17 in southern france and roxborough, 18 rocky mount and goldsboro. expect mostly cloudy skies by the afternoon with a flurry or sprinkle. westwind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. when you figure in the windchill, it will feel like the 30s for much of the afternoon. we will see sunshine for thursday, start at 20, and about 40, and friday, the chance of a w

biden will introduce singer lady gaga and make a call for sexual assault awareness. lady gaga will perform "til it happens to you" which was nominated for best original song. 3 3 r-and-b singer bobby brown has his seventh chililon the way. he and his wife just had a baby girl seven months ago and also have a six-year old son. bobbi kristina, his daughter with the late whitney houston, died last year after bathtub. 3 how big will "batman versuses superman" be? analysts and executives say the super-hero flick, opening march 25th, could debut anywhere from 100-million to 140-million dollars. the range is so wide because the last t per-hero movie to hit theaters, "deadpool," was projected to debut with around 70-million dollars, and wound up earning nearly twice that. 3 3 3 here is a look 3 at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more 3 president 3 obama sends a letter to his former teacher. what it said and what the teacher is now doing with the note. 3 it's 4:xx it's t-m-z time. jay, kelly clarkson is expecting but that didn't stop her from enjoying th

jan: that's then-senate judiciary committee chairman joe biden, who in 1992 suggested he was just fine with blocking any election year nominees when president george h.w. bush was in the white house. >> president bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not name a nominee until after the november election is completed. jan: the current judiciary committee chair, republican chuck grassley, immediately agreed to what he called the biden rules. >> in his heart of hearts, he understands why this senate must do what he said it must do in 1992. jan: with president obama poised to move the court to a liberal majority, republicans are vowing to block any nominee. democrats, like senate minority leader harry reid, are questioning their motives. to delegitimize president obama. jan: but democrats like reid, even then-senator obama, have blocked or tried to block

cancer is very personal to the vice president, his son beau biden died in may from brain cancer. as a part of this initiative biden has said his goal is to make decades worth of advances within the next five years in the fight against cancer. prior to beau biden's passing say about his son back in 2008.>> my dad used to have an expression, he say father knows he is a success when he turns and looks at his son or daughter and notes that they turned out better than he did. i am a success. -- >> the present after $785 million in this year's budget for funding for cancer moonshot project. the vice president will tour laboratories at duke this coverage throughout the afternoon on nbc17.com. we will live stream at and that will have an update at 6 pm and >>> at johnson county couple recovering after an accident involving and e-cigarette. investigators say the device -- devices battery exploded in the the man is being treated for second and third degree burns. his fiancie was also burned trying to put the fire out. investigators believe it caught fire after coming in contact with loose

biden's first facebook post comes on world cancer day. the cause is near to biden's heart after his son died from brain cancer last may. president barack obama has also added to the list of people on facebook and he also has asked barack obama and joe biden have asked people to designate part of their page to add for the fight for cancer. joe biden said he would like his page to discuss those causes that matter. i didn't know he was on it. >> surprising the v.p. wasn't on. soon he'll be on snapchat. >> and periscope. >> speaking of which. >>> the biggest bus in town took a field trip this afternoon just down the street from where he the higher education monster bus ventured on the children's museum along with monster truck driver jimmy tracy. >> my kids love the thing. everybody can relate to the school bus. that's something everybody can relate to. everybody has ridden on one. that's why we wanted to do something different and it turned out really good. >> okay. that thing is awesome. that thing is pretty awesome. all the kids who came o

biden's statements -- vice president biden's statement was made in the middle of the summer of the year that he spoke, but there's so much time left. we have 333 days left in president obama's term of office, so there's plenty of time to get the work done, because average days to confirm justices, 67 days. so i think we should be able to squeeze out of 333 days, 67 days. i don't want to burden everyone with facts, but sometimes they get in the way of some of these ridiculous diversions from what our job should be. when senator biden was chairing the judiciary committee in 1991 and 1992, george w. bush's term, we confirmed 120 judges. certainly that hasn't been the case in the last few years because the republicans basically opposed all judges, and now this new direction toward making sure there's no confirmation of a supreme court justice is obstruction on steroids. but this is really a pivotal moment for the republican party and this republican senate. the republican party of abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt is transforming before our eyes, abandoning its last vestiges of decency

vice president joe biden made history today.. becoming the first vice president to have a facebook page. biden posted some pictures today .. including of the day he was sworn in. biden's first facebook post comes on world cancer day. president barack obama has tapped biden to lead a new task force designated to end cancer. next at six ... time to pick a winner of this weekend's big game.. broncos .. or panthers... we let a tiger decide. keep watching for an all new more access. coming up with 40 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. okay. be "paul giamatti." that's the essence of this role. feel like a hollywood insider here's a look at some of the 'all new' stories we are working for fox5 news at ten. another deadly crash at a valley

i got a fairly epic sitdown, a one-on-one with vice president joe biden. he talked about everything from donald trump's new war with pope francis of all people to what's about to happen with the vacate supreme court seat. it's all straight ahead. >>> one of the reasons the president has been able to move so far to the right is that there is no primary opposition to him. and i think it would do this country a good deal of service if people starred thinking about candidates out there, to begin contrasting what is a progressive agenda as opposed to what obama is doing. >> all right. that was you in 2011. understand that. >> but that was in response to a question on a radio show. this is a media issue. this is one thing i said on one radio show many, many years ago. media likes that issue. >> you were pretty tough on bill clinton's record and you said you hit his record on wall street. you said this was a guy who wanted to deregulate wall street, for welfare reform, and got nafta through. it didn't sound like a presidency you were very pleased with. >> i was a

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. >> 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

the whous says biden's security detail is less disruptive and biden had a personal relationship with scalia. senate republicans are closing ranks and supporting mitch mcconnell's opposition to president obama's choosing scalia's successor. some senators say they would be well within their right to refuse to confirm the president's nominee. on the other side, republican presidential candidate jeb bush said if he were in the probably nominate a replacement for scalia. coming up, complete coverage of justice scalia. pete williams will have a live report coming up after news 4 today. >> you should not be roaming around the building and having the opportunity to establish these relationships with these children. >> anger and frustration this morning after a school system admits that it failed to protect students from sexual predator. 17 victims have come forward saying school volunteer deonte carraway sexually abused them. the abuse happened at judge sylvania woods elementary school in glenarden and other places. the school board is now reviewing policies on whether students should be lef

well, i think probably everybody kind of knows that these are the biden rules. the biden rules recognize -- quote -- "the framers intended the senate to take the broadest view of its constitutional responsibility. the biden rules recognize the wisdom of those presidents, including another lawyer and former state lawmaker from illinois who exercised restraint by not submitting a supreme court nomination before the people had spoken. the biden rules recognize the court can operate smoothly with eight members for some time and -- quote -- the cost of such a result, the need to reargue three or four cases that will divide the justices 4-4 are quite minor compared to the costs that a nominee, the president, the senate and the nation would have to pay for what assuredly would be a bitter fight." end of quote. the biden rules recognize that under these circumstances -- quote -- "the president should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not name a nominee until after the november election is completed. the president that he's referring t

i like joe biden that much. and whether he runs for something, i think he should be secretary of state if hillary wins. what i thought i'd do, write him a letter, type a letter up and send him a book signed to his office and tell him about the john hockenberry interview i and how much i admire him and i wanted to give him the gift of my book. i just sent it off today, you know? i thought maybe they'll just blow it up before it ever gets to him. they're going to have to check out that it's safe, of course. so i think if hillary falters, i think joe biden would have to enter, because i do not think bernie sanders can win the election, unfortunately. he's a great guy, but i don't think he can win. i think joe biden would come back in. that's my gut feeling. but it's a lot of ifs. after a month or two somebody could watch this tape and say, boy, are you out of date. it's going to be done already. but you asked me, so i'm answering you. all right? so i thank you for the question. anybody else want to make a comment o

chairman biden, now vice president biden, said this, and i quote -- "the senate, too, mr. president, must consider how it would respond to a supreme court vacancy that would occur in the full throes of an election year. it is my view that if the president goes the way of presidents fillmore and johnson and presses the election year nomination, the senate judiciary committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over." he went on to say -- "and i sadly predict, mr. president, that this is going to be one of the bitterest, dirtiest presidential campaigns we'll have seen in modern times." the vice president concludes by saying, -- "mr. president, i'm sure after having uttered these words some will criticize the situation and say it was nothing more than an attempt to save a seat on the court in the hopes that a democrat would be permitted to fill it. but that would not be our intention, mr. president. if we -- if that were the course we were to choose as a senate to not consider holding th

that's the biden benchmark. the reid rule the schumer standard than the biden benchmark rate i read a statement from the vice president that he issued after he saw this ole miss clip and his statement has been made public. the he quite conveniently said this is not an accurate description of my views on the subject. is that t well, i think the words are pretty clear. i think we might have said is that these are no longer my views on the subject because of course you 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 contrary. what we are doing is what the democrats top leadership is advocating in the past. what do they think we are? do they think we are going to abide by a different set of rules and they themselves advocated? how ridiculous would that be?lis i cannot explain it to my constituents in texas. is when republicans are the majority repub

joe biden is a well liked, and trusted candidate. charles: we are talking about the socialist with a very formidable lead, and that's got to be shocking to everyone in politics. >> i think the thing we have to consider is city would venture to guess 90% of those who are supporting bernie don't -- continues define socialist if they had to. this is the jant tie hillary vote. this is the powell would like to see. i would like to see a poll. i noticed the under currents. when i asked people supporting bernie who their second choice is, very often it's donald trump. most of the time it's another gop contendser. i think the dnc is looking at these numbers and doing the math and realizing they don't have a candidate in hillary clinton. charles: what if hilly pull hilf hillary pulls this off and she does win this? >> she cried. we'll have to pull something else out of the hat because the cry trick already worked. i wouldn't have been surprised if bernie sanders continues to lead her double digits going into new hampshire. but the wall street

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there was nothing that senator biden said that prevented the senate from fulfilling its constitutional duty. reporter: [inaudible] mr. earnest: i wasn't there in 1992. i was a senior in high school. of. it's hard for me to assess with a lot of clarity exactly what the dynamics were. but what is clear is that there was no vacancy at the time, there's nothing here that he said that prevented the senate from fulfilling its constitutional duty. and in fact in the same speech then senator biden made clear that he would be open to consultation with the white house, that was controlled by the other party, and fair consideration of the thomny that was put forward by the president -- nominee that was put forward by the president of the other party. reporter: could you tell us a little bit more about the president's -- [inaudible] mr. earnest: that's right. the president periodically has con -- convenes meetings with his national security team to discuss the ongoing effort to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. the president will convene the meeting or the next meeting on thursday at the state

biden: "president bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors. and not - and not november election is completed." the current judiciary committee chair, republican chuck grassley, immediately agreed to what he called the "biden rules." grassley: "..in his heart of hearts he understands why this senate must do what he said it must do in 1992" with president obama poised to move the court to a liberal majority, republicans are vowing to block any nominee. democrats, like senate minority leader harry reid, are questioning their motives reid: "this is a full-blown effort to delegitimize president obama." but democrats like reid even then senator obama have blocked - or tried to block -- republican nominees when they controlled the senate...and republicans-who were in the senate minority-- cried foul. judicial nominees, after full debate, deserve a simple mitch mcconnell yesterday. mcconnell: "it is today the american people who are best positioned to help make this important decision." covering the story, john potter, channel 2 news. in a letter made pub

that's the biden benchmark. i read a statement from the vice afterent that he issued he saw this old news clip. this is not an accurate view, not an accurate description of my views on the subject. think the words are pretty clear. what he might've said is that these are no longer my views on the subject because he would like president obama to be able to make that nomination. i want to reject this myth. that many of our democratic thatagues are spreading what we're doing here and now is somehow unprecedented. what we're are doing is what the democrats top leadership has abdicated in the past. who do they think we are? that we are going to abide by a different set of rules? how ridiculous would that be. i could not explain that to my constituents back home. the democrats can apply one set of rules, but republicans must apply a different set of rules? burned byok has been the democrats. and what we are operating under is the status quo that they advocated back in 1992, 2005, and 2007. they have every right under

and i think seeing joe biden also apologize, joe biden can't keep out of this race either, you know. i think trump takes every opportunity he can. he knows exactly what he's doing because this -- in his tweet about fox, he's playing to his base. this will be great. he's picking a fight with fox. works for him. so why not do it. it is rich, but it works, right? >> pick up the other side of that then, nia. what is the perceptive downside to having the former president of mexico show the obvious disdain for this idea? >> i think broadly if you look at the demographics in this country and you think about trump's rhetoric here in terms of building the wall and forcing mexico to pay for it, we already know that he isn't doing well in the polls. >> we just had one today that showed really tough numbers for trump. >> essentially 80% of latinos view him unfavorably. so if you think about states like nevada, which he won in this last caucus, but in a general election in nevada, a state like florida, north carolina, even virginia and the entire south, which is growing in terms of the latino pop

. >>> now to emily turner in san jose where joe biden spoke at the state democratic convention today. hi, emily. >> reporter: it was a big day. in fact, you can see all these people behind me pouring out of the convention center as things are starting to wind down, although they will continue until 8:00. a big day for balance lot measures, signatures and candidates who had to gather their support. some of the candidates were going to find out tonight if they got the nomination for the democratic party. two are vying for the senators seat in the u.s. senate. barbara boxer is retiring. also today was a big pep rally for democrats going into a big election year that is so hotly contested. none of the speakers had to pick sides about which one they supported but they did, as you can expect, have a lot to say about the hot topics, things like racism, immigration, the economy and also about republicans. >> all you've got to do is go back to george bush in 2000. mccain, 2004. romney, 2012. it's the same tired prescription. they haven't changed at all, folks. they've just gotten meaner. >> re

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i think what biden is saying, look. furm betting right now, as bret baier is saying, it looks good for trump. the question then becomes, exactly how do you run against trump? it is hard. and harder than a lot of democrats previously thought. because trump is the anti-establishment candidate. hillary looks like the establishment personified. for all the upset americans may feel about even income equality, how does hillary defend it? i can say trump saying, hillary, you're standing with wall street. that sounds like sanders but it would work for trump. i think a lot of democrats who may have thought, can't wait for hillary versus trump, they're not so sure anymore. >> you bring up sanders. biden could be talking about his own party. he is talking about looking over at the republicans. there is a disturbing thing that's happening. he could be a nomination but he could lose. they're about to nominate a socialist. a guy who lived in a shack and wrote porn for money. >> well he wouldn't do it for free. >> he was not even any

vice president joe biden stops by the oscars. the issue he's bringing awareness to, live from >> oscar's big winners, and chris rock's take on the diversity issue. spring garden chicken salad sandwich. rotisserie-style chicken raised without antibiotics... blended with green onion seasoning and light mayo. topped with mild cheddar cheese and veggies, all on freshly-toasted bread. people aren't just eating them... (inhale) ...they're inhaling them. (exhale) eric: welcome back at 6:24. this morning, vice president joe biden is headed back to washington, d.c. after a night of glitz and glamour at the oscars. elizabeth: nikole killion joins us live from washington. and nikole, the vice president introduced lady gaga. nikole: something you do not see too often except on an oscars stage. vice president joe biden got a standing ovation as he took the stage on one of hollywood's biggest nights. the v.p. was there as part of the it's on us campaign to address the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. biden called on everyone to sig

the cause is near to biden's heart after his son, beau biden, died of brain cancer in may last year. president barack obama has tapped biden to lead a cancer. the vice president says he'd like the to discuss issues that matter." " there's great hope, there's great possibilities and i'd like to share them with you but i'd also in your mind to help you." president obama also has a personal facebook page... that launched in november. lukas: if you see a lot of folks wearing red today, here's why -- it's national go red day! the american is working to of the toll ... heart disease takes on women. they're asking women to wear red and donate to help fund research. the group says heart disease and strokes kill a woman every 80 seconds... the vast majority of these event however ... are preventable. you can learn more at go-red- for-women dot org. mercy medical center is participating in the holiday. make sure to tune in to our midday show for a special report. lukas: and punch out cancer is the official theme for a cancer fundraiser in norfolk. here's susan risinger with the details. "a dec

that's the biden benchmark. i read a statement from the vice afterent that he issued he saw this old news clip. this is not an accurate view, not an accurate description of my views on the subject. think the words are pretty clear. what he might've said is that these are no longer my views on the subject because he would like president obama to be able to make that nomination. i want to reject this myth. that many of our democratic thatagues are spreading what we're doing here and now is somehow unprecedented. what we're are doing is what the democrats top leadership has abdicated in the past. who do they think we are? that we are going to abide by a different set of rules? how ridiculous would that be. i could not explain that to my constituents back home. the democrats can apply one set of rules, but republicans must apply a different set of rules? burned byok has been the democrats. and what we are operating under is the status quo that they advocated back in 1992, 2005, and 2007. they have every right under

i wonder if joe biden heard this. you know something, i like joe biden that much and whether he runs for anything, i think he should be secretary of state if not vice president if hillary wins or whatever. write him a letter, type the letter up and send him a book signed to his office and tell him about the interview and how much i admire and i want to give him the gift of my book and i will be curious on the reaction. i assume i will get a reaction. i just sent it off today. maybe they will blow it before. they are going to have to check out that it's safe, of course. if hillary faults, i think joe biden will have to enter. i do not think bernie sanders could win the election. he's a great guy but i don't think he can win. i think joe biden will come back in. that's my gut feeling. it's a lot of if's, after a month or two, boy, you ask me so i'm answering you. i thank you for the question and anybody else want to make a comment or ask a question, feel free to come up. yes, thank you. >> let's say hillary does not get

biden's statements -- vice president biden's statement was made in the middle of the summer of the year that he spoke, but there's so much time left. we have 333 days left in president obama's term of office, so there's plenty of time to get the work done, because average days to confirm justices, 67 days. so i think we should be able to squeeze out of 333 days, 67 days. i don't want to burden everyone with facts, but sometimes they get in the way of some of these ridiculous diversions from what our job should be. when senator biden was chairing the judiciary committee in 1991 and 1992, george w. bush's term, we confirmed 120 judges. certainly that hasn't been the case in the last few years because the republicans basically opposed all judges, and now this new direction toward making sure there's no confirmation of a supreme court justice is obstruction on steroids. but this is really a pivotal moment for the republican party and this republican senate. the republican party of abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt is transforming before our eyes, abandoning its last vestiges of decency