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is joe biden nimble enough? one of the tests of a presidential candidate especially in a live town hall or debate is being nimble. >> this right now is the really crucial period for joe biden. i think more than any of the other candidates he needs to come out strong out of the gate because there have been so many people whispering, including the other candidates, that his best day is going to be the day that he announces, and it's all going to be a downhill slide from there as more and more voters hear things that disenchant them or if they find out he's not the person that they thought he was. he's got to show energy. because the president is calling him sleepy joe and he has to prove what he's got what it takes to be out there on the trail and because he starts as the front-runner and he has to build grass roots and enthusiasm, the guy that is doing the high-dollar fund-raising. >> it's real early. i'll tell you what, not only who can win this, but who is the best person to lead the country, and that's what ha

what do you hear biden doing there? >> i'd note, also, remember, the american public did not find donald trump honest and trust worthy when they elected him president either. i don't know if that'll be the most resonant message to win back voters, or if it'll be more on an economic appeal, which joe biden spent much of the speech yesterday doing, alisyn. i mean, this was sort of a piece, a pillar of his campaign, about his vision for how to rebuild the middle class. when he said that if a democrat is going to win back the white house, it is going to be right here, i mean, this is why i think he is getting under the president's skin. i think the president is keenly aware that joe biden may have a unique appeal in this field of 20 democrats to actually win back some of the very voters that delivered the oval office to donald trump in pennsylvania, in michigan, in wisconsin, that he may have a unique appeal to bring some of the people back into the democratic fold. >> let's let people see the numbers once again. joe biden

president trump of about that came after biden's inhales mitt do you think donald trump takes biden's candidacy seriously is he afraid of by. he definitely takes it seriously there are candidates who have announced their tennesse for president and the president hasn't tweeted anything he hasn't given them the time of day. you know bite him is someone that trump has been talking about for months last year he said it would be a dream if biden got into the race because he considers biden someone he doesn't think can wed a liason joe biden has run for president before and not made it trump has said that he wants to challenge biden and so you can expect to see trump weighing in on anything that biden says and does going forward and we know that joe biden was vice president for brought obama for but eight years said when obama left office in two thousand and six he had a depressive approval rating of fifty nine percent yet biden is not taking advantage of that positive energy take a listen to what he said about that today. if you are the best choice for the democrats in two thousand and twe

now it's a biden video. take a look. >> this is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service. somebody who has devoted his entire professional life to service to this country. there could not have been a more effective partner in the progress that we've made. the best part is he's nowhere close to finished. >> and, larry, no way biden is doing this unless obama gives him some kind of sign-off on it, you have to think. the other thing, though, that occurs to me is you have a former vice-president running. this is not walter mondale with jimmy carter, dan quail with george w. bush. this is a vp who can call on the former president and the administration. >> it's only four years prior. people, certainly democrats, everybody else remembers obama and democrats remember him very, very well. it kind of reminded me a little bit of how nixon kept invoking eisenhower, even in 1968 when he was running the second time, but eight years after the eisenhower administration left office. eisenhower was

biden: my name -- [cheering and applause] mr. biden: thank you. my name is joe biden and i am jill biden's husband. [laughter] mr. biden: that's how i'm known back home. that's how i'm known most places. thank you. before i begin, i want to take a moment, quite friendly, to reflect on something that happened here in the state not long ago. as a matter of fact, very recently. reflect on the anti-semitic attack that took place this weekend in poway synagogue in california. one dead, three injured. but, folks, we saw hate in charlottesville, we saw it again in pittsburgh at the tree of life synagogue in the attack of the deadliest in american history on a jewish community. and we're reminded again that we are in a battle. we are in a battle for america's soul. >> yes we are. mr. biden: i really believe that. and we have to restore it. [applause] mr. biden: so, folks, i want to thank rich fitzgerald, the county executive, for being here and mayor nezby, city of ducane is here as well. you are here somewhere. [applause] mr. biden: international firefig

does then senator biden, now vice president biden need to do more? >> he said he called her and listen, you have to look at the entirety of the record. that was a mistake back then. you have to look at people through their own -- we all make mistakes, learn by them. joe biden made a lot of mistakes. i have made mistakes. i learned. i'm sure you have, too. it's all about the issues and mistakes you may have made. no one has dug in more on fighting on women's issues than joe biden. you have to look at the totality of someone's record. he was the author of the violence against women act. we have to look at the whole record. also look at the world stage. i'm disgusted about the way america is viewed on the world stage, what president trump has done. relationships to nato, what he's done with tariffs. farmers in virginia. soybean farmers in virginia are no longer selling soybeans to china because of the ridiculous tariffs >> you're saying lots of nice stuff about joe biden, but to be clear, you haven't endorsed him yet. >> i'm a big fan of joe biden. i vi

will it be joe biden? joe biden, any minute now, will officially release a campaign video online. is he not making a speech or anything like that. he is going to put it out there as soon as it is available and we think it is going to be soon available. ainsley: under construction looks like they are making changes. we will bring you that as soon as it drops. steve: i'm being told it has just appeared online. now what we will do is we will take it off the website and we will ingest it in the back room. the boiler room of the fox news channel and we should have it by the conclusion of this segment. ed: he tweeted. ainsley: what did he say? ed: fox business half hour ago waiting for announcement. you could have used that any point the last couple months. we have been waiting and waiting. steve: here's the point. when you see the video something that will be missing from it, you will not see barack obama sitting right next to him saying, you he no, i endorse him. because a source who has talked to barack obama, who was the president as joe biden was vice president said, quote: he is n

he knows joe biden well. his dad knew joe biden when he was governor really well. this is an asset we have tended to underplay. they are new faces. joe biden will be a test of the importance of that longstanding deep relationship >> what's also important, david cohen who is throwing the fundraiser who was the general counsel of comcast which owns nbc is one of the most powerful democratic donors and most active in the country. it's a show of force to donors which is important to joe biden to provide shock and awe in the democratic field. he never wants to run a two-way race. as one democratic strategist said, this is trump. he wants to be biden against a field of 20. it's always him against the rest of them. not one on one. this is an attempt to show the power of the fund raising potential >> i think david is right to flag david cohen's role in this. not to pick on him individually, but the presence of him and other folks in the room will be a test to the rest of the democratic field. it's bait for the populous to have the guy who oversees a major media company's l

you vote for biden? >> let's wait and see how this all goes. >> that's not one word. you know, i didn't vote -- because i don't know. i don't know how joe biden's going to do and i'm not going to -- >> if it was. >> i'm not -- >> i'm not saying he's going -- >> short answer, when the time comes, i'll let you know. how's that? anti-biden short answer. not saying another word. >> that was a politician's answer, thank you, john kasich. >> i just don't know. what if i run, you going to vote for me if i run, d. lemon? >> it depends what you do over time. >> wait a minute, you're doing the same thing. >> if you answered one word, i would have answered one word too. so my answer is no. how about that? i'm kidding. >> oh, come on. you're breaking my heart. >> i've got to run, governor. >> don't do that to me. >> see you next time. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> a lot more on former vice president joe biden announcing his bid for president, coming out swinging against president trump. is that the message

during the video that biden made? it sort of runs counter to what a lot of the other candidates are saying, this can't just be about donald trump. >> i thought it was an interesting strategic move. when you think about it, what everybody says about joe biden, yeah, he would be a very strong candidate against donald trump, but we don't know whether he can get through this democratic party and these nominating fights. and so what he decided to do was give people a preview of what that battle would look like. and he lifted the stakes in a way that i thought was very, very effective. >> so in a sense, kind of looking past the primary? >> exactly. saying, you know, i think he in a subtle way kind of consigned everybody else to the kiddie table and said i'm coming back to try and make things right, and i'm ready for that fight. >> it also sort of sets an idea of what the stakes are as opposed to important things like, you know, economic issues or health care or things like that. >> yeah. at the end of the day, i think every

government to biden companies when joe biden was vice president and went to biden went soft on china. effectively it countered china's rise is the single most important strategic challenge for the next president. how can joe biden possibly do that when the chinese government has been funding biden family businesses? just on the basis of what we already know by the standards the democrats have set for donald trump joe biden is compromised by foreign power and unfit to be president. there's a lot more we need to know and what went on in those beijing meetings and billet number five and what promises were made? what favors were exchanged? why did joe biden. in china when it's aggression and our allies demanded a response? to borrow nancy pelosi's words, what does china have on joe biden politically, personally or financially? here's the bottom line about to biden. he's a fake and phony. tomorrow he launches his campaign and in the union hall to brand himself as a man of the working people. don't let them fool you. he's training on reputation that has not been true for decades. when he c

i personally like joe biden, but i don't know if my like of joe biden validates him enough to take him over the finish line for this particular race in 2020. >> paul, where do you see his strengths and weaknesses? >> well, he needs to begin with the black community. and this is something i think my republican friends never understand. they think the democratic party is white liberals. if you look at a lot of these candidates running right now in the democratic that. >> seem to think that the whole party is white liberals. the first strategy question james carville and i had with bill clinton in 1991, we said the path to the nomination runs through the african american community, and when doug wilder, the african american governor of virginia decided not to run, we thought we could win. that's how clinton won. that's how barack beat hillary. that's how hillary beat bernie. i'm not for any of these candidates. i'm completely undecided. but somebody is going to figure that out. the heart and soul of the republican party i believe is the white christian evangelicals. they're not the majori

biden. before i read this, i should point out that like little marco rubio or low energy jeb, the president's nickname for joe biden is apparently sleepy joe. so some context there. president trump tweeting, welcome to the race, sleepy joe. i only hope you have the intelligence to wage a successful primary campaign. it will be nasty. you'll be dealing with people who have sick and demented ideas. if you make it, i'll see you at the starting gate. what do we know about how worried trump's people are about the entrance of joe biden ? >> from the beginning of the administration people around president trump have thought of joe biden as one of the potential threats to the votes that helped power donald trump to the white house. working class white voters, working class white men voters in particular. certainly the word sleepy is not one that's typically been applied to joe biden. he's an energizer bunny. his aides have struggled for years to get him out of events because he wants to shake hands

biden is running. i think we need his wisdom and his experience and if he chooses a younger running mate, i think they would make an unbeatable team. host: should he choose a woman? caller: man or woman. does not make any difference to me. i think we have some wonderful candidates, female candidates that are running for president and any of them would make a wonderful vice president. host: who do you like -- who else do you like in this democratic field? caller: i like mayor pete and kamala harris. host: robert, clinton, maryland. independent. hi, robert. caller: good morning. joe biden, the issue with joe biden, your last caller brought it up, he had business dealings in the ukraine where he helped his son out of a jam and got the attorney general fired because his son was having business dealings in the ukraine. the caller from georgia said he had nothing to do with putin, but he had a lot of business dealings in the ukraine. he made a lot of money and help his son get out of a jam. was sitting. bide

stay close to a camera in case we have more breaking biden news. i want to thank neera tanden, bob costa. good to see both of you. >>> we have nbc news exclusive reporting breaking right now on this show. acting defense secretary patrick shanahan and the investigation that seems to have been delaying his formal nomination to that position. let me bring in nbc pentagon reporter courtney kuby who joins us. what are you hearing? >> we first heard about this about a month ago in march when there were allegations made by a non-profit group, activist group in d.c. that secretary shanahan had been pressuring pentagon leadership, military leadership to support boeing. of course, shanahan was a three-decade career official at boeing before he came to the pentagon in 2017. the allegations made their way into the media. there were news reports about it. the ig opened an investigation. what we've learned today, hallie, is based off of part of this ig investigation that we obtained a copy of, the first allegation against acting secretary shanahan was actually l

joe biden can. at the end of the day, the party has to make a decision, and we'll see how it goes out, but the person who can go and get those votes back is joe biden. >> scott, what do you make of the obama factor? we heard jeff zeleny talking about obama's response to this, his kind of positioning here. he's excited about the diversity of the field. he thinks a robust primary made him when he was running a better candidate and better president. while he loves joe biden, he's not likely to be endorsing anyone anytime soon. does it surprise you? >> i think it shows both that they have a genuine and sincere friendship that was great for both of them and great for the country, but also shows that joe biden has to win this race on his own with the allies, with the folks who fight for him. >> i guess everyone would probably want that. >> we as a party do better when it's not a coronation, when it's a fight. i think that watching this fight for our values and who we are as a party and as a country matter

so joe biden brings that to the stage. and now as a republican, lifelong, obviously, i haven't always agreed with joe biden on things, but i think if he has what it takes to beat trump in those areas where people like me can find a political home backing him, just solely to get trump out of there. >> and obviously, there's a lot of questions coming from the left, especially we heard today, questions about how he handled the anita hill/clarence thomas hearings. and also, whether he gets too touchy/feely with people. do you think he handled that okay? >> i think it's a work in progress. and makes me wonder, what has he been doing? why isn't there slightly a sharper answer to that. >> we knew these questions were coming. >> for sure. joy behar on "the view" was basically leading him to water there. to say, why not say, "i'm sorry" for. instead of speaking in past tense, i'm sorry for what happened. >> mistakes have been made. >> exactly! but he didn't drink. he believes that he did not do anything intentional here. so i think

president trump going out of his way earlier today to take on former vice president joe biden after biden officially jumped into the race just 24 hours ago. and it comes as cnn learns that biden is already making the president sweat, but he's not about to concede that. here's what president trump said just minutes ago. >> i think we beat him easily. i just feel like a young man. i'm so young. i can't believe it. i'm the youngest person. i am a young vibrant man. i look at joe, i don't know about him. i don't know. >> if you have to declare you're a young vibrant man, are you? we'll deal with that later. it's not just the president taking on biden this morning. possibly solidifying biden's status as the democratic front-runner, fellow democrats running are also taking shots. senator bernie sanders, he sent out a fund-raising email jabbing at biden's announcement, writing this. it's a big day in the democratic primary, and we're hoping to end it strong. not with a fund-raiser in the home of a corporate lobbyist but with an overwhelming number of individual donations in response to today's n

look at biden among non-white voters, a key constituency among democrats. 50% are more biden. next is sanders at 14%. this is a huge advantage, and it is what is powering his lead. i want to caution, we're still early. 64% of democrats in our poll say they might change their mind. 36% say they are definitely supporting the candidate they're with right now. we also tested some candidate qualities. look what comes out on top. the chance to beat donald trump, 46% of democrats say that is extremely important. electability is key. the right experience comes in at 31%, saying extremely important, working across party lines. electability, way out in front. issues matter, too. take a look at the issues that are dominating inside the democratic nomination race. climate change, 82% of democrats say it is extremely important. medicare for all, 75%. it goes down then from there. guns. free public college, impeaching the president, paying reparations, voting rights for felons, much lower. it is climate change and medicare for all that are animating this race for the nomination. john, alisy

biden is very assuring. the president is he can reassure suburban voters, he was the vice president, he was a good leader, and he can l reach out to workig classri voters. he r represents a very, very strong candidate. probably the strongest candidate in the field today would be my guest. he's going to have to stand up to the primary. can he defeat bernie sanders? >> do you agree with mark's analysis?pr does he have a woman problem? given at the apology and there's grope and sniff gate. >> i'm sure there will be a strong strain to can we get back to two years ago, four years ago. biden runs a real risk of looking at that. if you look at the electorate, they are not risk avers -- adverse. they are furious. >> i know. trump has moved the ball on those t issues. doesn't that make it steeper than last time? >> they are furious that our government is incompetent and incapable of addressing the issues the country is faced with. we w are tired of them blaming each other. the whole thing is a problem. if biden says

joe biden will get to that. to have not only the strategy but the discipline to say, i will solely focus on this notion that i am the person you can envision in the general election against donald trump and beating him because of who i am, my stature and experience. joe biden is telling the voters he'll get to those issues. no doubt he'll be asked about them. as much as he'd like to fast forward through the primary, that's not the case. he'll have to share a debate stage. he'll be tested, poked and prodded by voters and he has to fight for the nomination inside the modern day democratic party. we'll see how he does it. to come out of the gate with this focus and discipline on where he wants to keep the message, i found surprising. >> there was a big debate about when to do this. everybody was waiting. there was thought it would happen yesterday. that would have competed with the she the people conference talking about women's rights and equality. he wanted to have a moment that was his own. he has achieved it >>

now look, we all know joe biden, right? he spent eight years as america's vice president and surprise masseuse, but before that, he had a whole career that you might not know about. you know, kind of like how some people only know billy ray cyrus from little nas' "old town road" remix. and like billy ray, bind was doing his own thing for decades before he was made cool by a young black man. so let's learn more about the democratic race's newest frontrunner in another installment of getting to know them. ( cheers and applause ) joe biden, the man may be new to the race but he definitely isn't new to life. in fact, at 76, he's older than two buttigieg -- buttigieg -- buttigieg -- (pronouncing). that makes biden one of toldest in the 2020 race, along with trump who is 72 and bernie sanders who is 278. looks good for his age, though. doesn't look a day over 240. but joe biden, like most old people, wasn't always old. when started his political career, he was the fresh face. >> biden's senate career began with him at the fifth y

be the think biden would nominee. i certainly think his ongoing somethinggoing to be that is going to push him to the side. ,ost: do use that line creepy you think that over being warm and friendly. andt: i have seen the video the images. this is not something that has cropped up recently. this has been part of joe biden's reputation, whispered among political circles for years and years. it is my view that if you are a politician and part of your job is to read people to get their votes, you should know about the reputation you have. if you are stuck with a reputation like that, a good politician, a decent human being would work hard to change that reputation. the fact that joe biden has not but has laughed it off and excuse it as being simple friendliness has defied logic. host: what about president trump, who has talked about women's parts, that access hollywood video, and 18 to 20 women claiming he has abused them. if you want to make a case out of president trump, that is fine by me. there were certain valid ques

just doesn't look like the same biden. i said is that really joe biden? he doesn't look the same to me. >> reporter: he referenced the former vice president on twitter at least four times today alone. some advisers are urging the president not to single out any democratic presidential hopefuls just yet, those closest to the president are following his lead on biden. >> why is he using charlottesville to launch a candidacy as somebody in the senate for decades, vice president for 8 years. >> reporter: the white house has been on defense after biden made trump's comments that left a counter protest dead a central focus of his campaign announcement. >> when president trump condemned racism, bigotry, evil, violence and took it many steps further, called out neo-nazis, white supremacists, kkk, that's darn near perfection. >> reporter: after a shooting in a synagogue in san diego left one dead and several injured, president trump offered a denouncement of hate at his latest rally. >> we forcefully condemn the evil of anti-semitism and hate which must be defeate

the myth of joe biden collided with the reality of joe biden. america went to sleep, in this moderate version of him. and woke up to a campaign announcement that we are all nazis. it's a weird way to launch a campaign. he was born in '42, lived through the kennedy and the king assassinations and the rights. he says donald trump is our biggest threat we've ever faced. it's a difficult way, i think, to start off this campaign. then to see, like you said, the progressive democrats saying the vice president to the first black president doesn't have the credentials. that someone who is leading in the polls right now, because he spent eight years on the national stage, he is leading in the polls because of racism baked into america's founding grade that's what he's up for. >> melissa: i don't know if that is quite what the other side of the democrats were saying, leslie. it seems like they were saying he has not bold enough. that he's maybe sleepy joe. which so the present certain he said. he would be the oldest person ever elected president, look at

later, biden still on trump's mind. in a late night interview with fox news >> i think when you look at joe, i have known joe over the years. he's not the brightest lightbulb in the group. he's a pretty sleepy guy. >> reporter: within hours of being in the race biden's past is exposing vulnerabilities including his handling of anita hill's testimony during the clarence thomas confirmation hearings. >> to this day i regret i couldn't come up with a way to get her the kind of hearings she deserved. he recently reached out to hill >> it was a private discussion. they have spoken. >> reporter: hill telling "new york times" i cannot be satisfied by saying i'm sorry for what happened to you. i will be satisfied when there is real change and real accountability. with a late start to the race biden had a fundraiser at the home of a media executive in philadelphia. now to how much biden raised in the first 24 hours and he'll have his first interview on "the view." monday, his first campaign event in pittsburgh. it will be a busy

biden is in. the longtime senator, two-time -- two-term vice-president launched his third attempt for the democratic presidential nomination early this morning in a video that frames 2020 in visceral, emotional terms. >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of the nation, who we are. i cannot stand by and watch that happen. the core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our democracy, everything that has made america america is at stake. that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> with that long expected announcement, the democratic field now stands at an even 20. while joe biden is not the oldest, that honor belongs to bernie sanders, he has more political experience than the other 19 candidates combined. you heard that right, 19 combined. you have been covering biden for some time. this opening salvo really goes viscer visceral, emotional, for the soul of the nation as he

. >>> plus joe biden day two. a national tv interview moments ago includes his response to anita hill and take on the crowded 2020 race and team trump sees biden as a formidable challenger but the president earlier today predicts he would win that matchup and win it easily. >> i think we'd beat him easily. i just feel like a young man. i'm so young! i can't believe it, i'm the youngest person. i am a young, vibrant man. i look at joe, i don't know about him. i don't know. i would never say anyone's too old, but i know they're all making me look very young, both in terms of age and i think in terms of energy. [ laughter ] >> look, if he looks young and vibrant compared to me, i should probably go home. >> we begin there, maybe that's a joke, maybe not. on day two of joe biden's third campaign for president, biden just wrapping up his first national television interview just a short time after president trump took some pot shots at biden's age, at his intelligence answer i had energy levels. biden sat down on "the v

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

when you look at joe biden, can you support joe biden? would you support him and what did hillary clinton's campaign teach you? >> first of all, i'm an independent, not a democrat. i voted for democrats, i have voted for republicans. i've voted for third party candidates think what biden is going to have to face is a left wing of the party that has wind in its sales. they are saying, why should we go with another centrist, moderate democrat. it would happen with hillary in 2016. she snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and lost to donald trump. they are going to need a true believer and joe biden has to face some tough questions. to be what i both to look at this, this is kind of the middle america reaction. watch. >> i have to say, i am so moved by that video. >> i mean, our uncles were in normandie, we were the good guys in this country and now we are not. and now we are not. people look at this country in horror and say what happened to america? it is not just about policy right now. he will get to that. but america, look at this a

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biden now a 26 point advantage. and that is not bernie sanders in second place in this quinnipiac poll. that is elizabeth warren moving in to second. obviously a very distant second, but this is her best showing in a poll in some time. but biden up close to 40%. and this is not the only poll showing a result like this. this morning the morning consult weekly tracker, they have biden at 36%. 14 point advantage over sanders. there is also this from cnn, out this morning, biden 39%, a 24 point advantage over bernie sanders. so again, three polls coming out in the space of about 12 hours here. all of them have biden now into the high 30s, approaching 40%. there have been all these comparisons made, they say biden the week frontrunner, is he jeb bush from 2016, mitt romney from 2012, is he john kerry. kerry did win the nomination. romney did win the nomination. but none of those three names i mentioned at this point in their campaign or for nts nos afterwards were anywhere near 40%. so there was some who sort of had a fe

it's joe biden. we won't make any. >> it will surprise you about when kenny rogers sang about the gambler he was not thinking of donald trump. donald trump has the worst poker face. he was talking about joe biden being in and he understands this year will be all about pennsylvania, pennsylvania, pennsylvania, and he has drawn the worst card in joe biden if he wants to went pennsylvania. >> well, joe, talking about a poker face, it's really hard to maintain a poke are face with your competition when tweet out exactly what you think. i found it very telling that president trump was -- he was definitely unnerved by the union support that joe biden enlisted yesterday and was ripping into union leadership as taking money from the rank and file and he still maintains his support. but i thought that that shows that joe biden has definitely gotten under his skin and that the way joe biden is going about attacking him, not directly head on but references the lies and the lack of moral character and definitely

biden: that is the american story. the story of ordinary people from the neighborhoods you and i grew up in. given a chance to do extraordinary things. how do think we built the great middle-class? i have been saying this for 45 years. unions. unions. [cheers and applause] that's a fact! unions. some people are afraid to use the word unions. not me. unions. they built the middle class. for real. i think we even forgot it. my grandpa used to say, joy, -- , if you have any doubt that you guys built the middle class, think about it. the sacrifices that you made, all the dues that you pay, the -- you paid, the picket lines that you walked, the negotiations you selected through, although sacrifices, -- all those sacrifices, they didn't just benefit you. they benefited every american worker. here's the deal, guys. there is no one who has done more, including the political system, congressmen, senators, governors, nobody who has done for labor unions than unions. it's just a fact. minimum wage, overtime pay, 48-hour weeks, we

can biden address any of that? would you try to? >> i think that he can and he attempted to perhaps in his announcement video that he put out together today. i've been saying for some time that joe biden gave the eulogy of john mccain showing up as a candidate, he could be a very, very dangerous candidate. >> dana: he would have to do that for the next 16 months. i want to play one more thing for you, this is stephen colbert having fun with a number of 2020 candidates. watch. speak of the democrats have assembled a group of every available person in the univers. including, kamala harris, julian castro, table stander, the amazing hicken looper, the incredibly qualified candidate that is a woman, rosario dawson's boyfriend, maybe antman, and the wasp, and this wasp. mayor pete buttigieg, he is doing well. stock photo of a politician, infinity vogue. >> dana: if we cannot laugh, that is not the "avengers" coming out this weekend. marianne, now you have 20 candidates, what are you going to do? >> we would have to one up the republicans

my name is joe biden and i am joe biden's husband. that's how i'm known back home. that's how i'm known most places. thank you, bernice. before i begin, i want to take a moment, quite frankly, to reflect on something that happened here in the state not long ago. as a matter of fact, very recently. and reflect on the anti-semitic attack that took place this weekend in a poway synagogue in california. one dead, three injured. but folks, we saw hate in charlottesville. swe saw it again in pittsburgh at the tree of luf synagogue, the attack was the deadliest in american history on a jewish community. and we're reminded again that we are in a battle. we are in a battle for america's soul. i really believe that. and we have to restore it. so, folks, i want to thank rich fitzgerald, the county executive, the allegheny county executive for being here and mayor, mayor nezby, city of duquesne, is here as well. you're here somewhere, mayor. i got to see it. and international firefighters' general president and my friend for a long, long time, one of the guys that in the unions

joe biden is on the side of credit card companies. >> bernie sanders sent fundraising e-mails attacking biden for launching his fund with a fundraiser in the home of a corporate lobbyist. >> biden was in philadelphia for the first big donor event. he lamented the idea that the way to gain power and control is to split the nation, today biden will be on the view. for the next few weeks he'll campaign in florida, nevada, iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. i should have said nevada. people hate that. his big 2020 kickoff rally is set for philadelphia, my hometown, on may 18th. >>> democrats on the house oversight committee threatening jail time for white house officials who defy congressional inquiries or subpoenas. three officials have refused to comply with the request to testify about the census, immigration policy and security efforts. part of a wider effort to stone wall with the president's blessing. house democrats don't plan to put up with it. >> if a subpoena is issued and you're told

this is joe biden's strength. pennsylvania, wilmington, delaware and the delaware air so they view this president -- this vice presidential candidate who is now a presidential candidate, well the vice president now a presidential candidate, it is so confusing as a big competitor -- it is like -- it is cyclical around washington now. who was once one thing is now the next. you could be the president of the united states. so they view him as possibly the democrats' break-out candidate they need. he is a challenge or a rival for this white house to them. >> it is fascinating that we saw the president,arlet, bring up age and we heard joe biden address that directly but this is going to be something that we hear a lot about. especially looking at other democratic contenders. pete buttigieg is, what, 37? >> that is right. and joe biden as over and over again said that he understands that age will be a factor for some people. he has said over the past year, i've been following him a lot and so i hear this pretty often, b

president is doing, brianna is helping joe biden. what did he do out of the gate and talked about charlottesville and went right after trump. he wants to advance beyond the primary. his whole reason for running is that he can beat pump and joe biden was making that. >> he's criticized his firefighter union head. there's been four tweets with biden in half an hour. what do you attribute that to? does he feel challenged? >> yes. >> i mean, is he getting under his skin? >> we know from our reporting that team trump is very wary about joe biden. they think he poses the biggest threat to winning some of those voters that went from obama/biden in 2012 to donald trump in 2016 and that he perhaps has the unique appeal among the 20 democrats to win some of those back. you mentioned the firefighters which dovetails what. he did win a lot of union members but exactly that case that joe biden is making, he's the one that is getting that endorsement that he can win the voters back and donald trump is keenly aware of that threat. >> we'll have the

joe biden. he was really running like george bush senior on a sort of report and test sort of willy fortin. , thisastonishing this man politician should be considered a front runner for the democrats. amy: could he simply say he has completely reversed his decision? >> not really. he has apologized for a few things. not, i notote, on busing. not on choice or his record is truly teterrible. heasas said he is kind of a bit sorry a about his crime legislation and said he is sorry for the financial deregulation, the queue for appeal of glass-steagall. ofsaid that was the worst - his entire career. just thinking of his political viability, supposing he has to go through the campaign saying, i am sorry i did what i did on busing, i'm sorry i did what i did on cririme, i'm sorry i did what i did on banks, he is going to sell like another shifty politician. amamy: and on anita a hill, i'm sorry but what i did? >> yes. he has expressed some regret for that, i should admit. has very, his record little tha

>> do you see joe biden as a threat? >> no, i don't see joe biden as a threat. i don't see him as a threat. i think he's only a threat to himself. i just don't see him as a threat. he's been there a long time. his record is not good. he would have to run on the obama failed record. you look at what happened with so many different things, north korea, the middle east, the economy never got going. no, i don't think joe is a threat. look, i'd be happy with any of them, to be honest. i never changed my mind at all. i may shut it down at some point. but i would rather do tariffs. so, mexico, i have to say, has been very, very good. you know that. over the last four days. since i talked about shutting down the border. if they continue that, everything will be fine. if they don't, we're going to tariff their cars at 25% coming into the united states. so every time they make a car, it's a 25% tariff. that means we make money as opposed to lose money. we probably bring those car companies back into the united states. but if on the other hand it doesn't work, 100%, the ta

president trump welcomes biden to the race while insulting both biden and his rivals. in almost two decades after being officially eradicated, measles is back in the u.s. this is "special report." ♪ good evening. i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. joe biden says america is in a battle for its soul. tonight he is the 20th democrat to announce a bid to replace the person, president trump. but before he can take on the president, biden must win over enough democrats to get the nomination and there are already indications that won't be easy. correspondent peter doocy starts us off from philadelphia. >> joe biden started today first and primary polls but he also started his day last in primary fund-raising. so to catch up he's not going to be one of those democrats that keeps lobbyists at arm's length because a few minutes from right now, he will attend a fund-raiser hosted by the head lobbyist for nbc's parent company, comcast. the motorcade is gone and so is the support. >> if you are the best choice for democrats in 2,020, why didn't president obama endorse you? >> i

we have our resident biden whispering. and also with us, ashley parker, msnbc senior political analyst. i will start with you, back from the train station in delaware. joe biden taking heat from two sources today, anita hill as we understand it and the mother of the woman who was killed in charlottesville, virginia whom biden mentioned in his announcement video. walk us through these two controversies. >> in some ways yesterday was a very good rollout, sort of a classic joe biden day. it starts with this direct to camera very emotional determined appeal about his candidacy, the battle for the soul of the nation. of course he was on that sell la up to wilmington, we had that day on the tick scene, the retail scene, joe biden mixing it up with some of his supporters. but a classic joe biden day also involves some of the ghosts from the past and of course it didn't take long before the name anita hill emerged. the campaign was trying to get ahead of the story just simply mentioning the two had spoken and then anita hill in th

isn't so much, hasn't been so much is joe biden going to run but which joe biden is going to run because the options we are seeing is apologist personality where he is going around apologizing for his political career trying to appeal to the far left which doesn't have much tolerance anymore for a lot of his past policy positions which they find problematic or are we going to see the joe biden emerge that will openly say he loves john mccain it is willing to reach across the aisle and work with republicans to accomplish things on behalf of americans in a bipartisan basis? shannon: what do you think? the mccain family, there was word yesterday they are going to support joe biden? >> that would be wonderful. i was on the staff in 2008. i know joe biden personally. he's a great guy. what he has got to work on is messaging for the youthful because it is going to be crucial. look at 2016, 41.9% of registered voters sat home. the question is can joe biden deliver a message exciting enough to get those apathetic people out to the polls? especially that crucial youth vote? i'm anxious to see wha

and you know what, he picked joe biden and he picked joe biden for a reason, because he knows joe biden and he knows he's a fighter. so i think african-americans respect that. i think they both respect kamala harris and cory booker. also both phenomenal people. but the future of our country is at stake. and we need someone whose core principles are that and consistent with african-americans, consistent with working families, consistent with women. he's been a leader with lgbtq issues. he passed the only assault weapons ban in history. he passed the violence against women act. so when you look at his body of work, people know he's a fighter and he's not afraid to stand up to bullies. right now we have the biggest bully that the country has ever seen sitting in the white house and i think that's the value he brings. >> congressman cedric richmond, thank you for taking a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> up next, we have breaking news out of the justice department, rod rosenstein has submitted his resignation. nbc's pete williams is up straight after the break. when you rent from national...

anita hill said the call from biden left her feeling deeply unsatisfied and biden said he wouldn't judge her interpretation of their conversation. >> i'm sorry she was treated the way she was treated. i wish we could have figured out a better way to get this done. i did everything in my power to do what i thought was within the rules to be able to stop things. >> i think what she wants you to say is i'm sorry for the way i treated you. not for the way you were treated. that would be closer. >> but i'm sorry the way she got treated. i never -- if you look at what i said and didn't say, i don't think i treated her badly. >> i don't think i treated her badly. >> i want to bring in susan page. that answer and your judgment kills the story or not. >> for does not. it keeps the story going. totally predictable. what was surprising is it didn't have a crisp clear answer. the same mistakes were made as an unsatisfying apology in politics. this gets raised with him again and again until he comes up with a more compelling response. >> remember the anita hill hearings. an african american on the su

but joe biden has vehemently opposed this. he has never acknowledged that the due process rights of young men on campus have sometimes been completely ignored. even as he's saying, my intent is good. so, i don't have to apologize. >> margaret, a quick final thought from you as to how this shapes up in the fall, if it's the two of them left standing. >> well, trump just showed a complete lack of self awareness or conscious by taking on joe biden when he is far more guilty of offenses against women. and never acknowledges, never comes close to an explanation, or asking for any type of forgiveness. if it's the two of them, it's going to be two very old white men. kind of eliminates that thing that time has passed joe biden by because certainly they're both in their 70s. and they're both out of touch. but only trump has the "access hollywood" tape and 20 women who have made serious me too complaints. >> emily, margaret, thanks so much. that was excellent. >> thanks, michael. >> thank you. >>> what are your thoughts? tweet me @smer