years. >> first of all, mr. vice president, it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. let me begin by telling you -- [ cheers and applause ] let me just start out by answering that question. my immigration plan would also fix the broken legal immigration system because we do have a problem with that. secondly, the only way that we're going to guarantee that these kinds of family separations don't happen in the future is that we need to repeal this law. what we need are politicians that actually have some guts on this issue. >> new york mayor bill de blasio also hammered biden under -- over deportations under obama. >> did you say those deportations were a good idea? or did you go to the president and say this is a mistake, we shouldn't do it? which one? >> i was vice president. i am not the president. i keep my recommendations to him in private, unlike you i expect you would go ahead and say whatever was said privately with him. that is not what i do. what i do say to you

thank you very much for joining us tonight, mr. secretary. >> thank you. >> "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >> tonight, trump takes a walk back on tariffs on chinese goods. he says he's just thinking about holiday shopping. he also today estimated that being our president is costing him billions of dollars. >>> also tonight it's midday in hong kong where there is a feeling of foreboding in the air and where freedom and tierney may depend on when and if troops cross the border. we'll speak to a former u.s. ambassador to china. >>> and cut-down day may be approaching for the democratic field. one is being asked to go home to run for senate.

it's not one that -- >> thank you, mr. vice president. secretary castro. >> it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. my plan would fix the broken legal immigration system because we have a problem with that. secondly, the only way we're going to guarantee these kinds of family separations don't happen in the future we need to repeal the law. what we need is a politician to have some guts on this issue. >> mr. vice president your response. >> i have guts enough to say his plan doesn't make sense. >> vice president biden, i didn't hear your response when the issue came up of deportations, i didn't hear whether you tried to stop them or not using your power, influence in the white house. did you think it was a good idea? >> the president is the guy who came up with the idea first time ever of dealing with the dreamers, he put that into law. he talked about a comprehensive plan which he laid before the congress saying that we should find a pathway to citizenship for people. he said we should up the num

secretary castro, please, your response. >> first of all, mr. vice president, it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. let me begin by telling you -- let me start off by answering that question. my immigration plan would also fix the broken legal immigration system because we do have a problem with that. secondly, the only way that we're going to guarantee that these kinds of family separations don't happen in the future is that we need to repeal this law. >> what we need are politician that's actually have? guts on this issue. >> and on the topic of busing, that came up again in this second round of debates, and after biden and harris addressed the issue separately senator michael bennet of colorado offered his take. >> this is the fourth debate that we have had, and the second time that we have been debating what people did 50 years ago with busing when our schools are as segregated today as they were 50 years ago. we need a conversation about what's happening now. and when there's a group of kids in th

and mr. president, this is america. and we are strong and great because of this diversity, mr. president. not -- not in spite of it, mr. president. so mr. president, let's get something straight. we love it. we are not leaving it. we are here to stay and we're certainly not going to leave it to you. >> i mean, it was donald trump. even as the candidates had contentious arguments over race, nearly every candidate was in agreement on the president's stance on race in america. >> first of all, the president's racist rhetoric should be enough grounds for everybody in this country to vote him out of office. that one thing alone should be enough. >> the president is a racist. and that was just one more example of it. we know that whether it's baltimore or cities like detroit, they have their tremendously rich in history and culture and also in possibility. >> we can no longer allow a white nationalist to be in the white house, number one and number tw -- number two, we have to make america what it'

. >> first of all, mr. vice president, it like looks like us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. let me begin by telling you -- let me start out by answering that question. my immigration plan would also fix the broken legal immigration system because we do have with . secondly, the only way that we're going to guarantee that these kinds of family separations don't happen in the future is that we need to repeal this law. >> thank you. >> we need -- >> your time is up. >> -- a politician to actually have some guts on this issue. >> congresswoman? >> well, i think secretary castro had a really strong moment there. i think for vice president biden, at some point or other he's going to have to separate himself on occasion with the obama administration. the deportation policies under the obama administration did really great damage. and i think it would be appropriate for the president to acknowledge -- for the vice president to acknowledge that and then describe what he's going to do to fi