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Events have been taking place all week. big one later today with president obama. lets get started with my first read of the morning, and we begin with just that. just over three hours from now, president obama will deliver the keynote address here to mark the 50th anniversary of lbjs 1964 civil rights act. its the latest chapter, and in a sometimes complicated, tense relationship, apparently between the families of the 36th president and the 44th president. few things annoy this white house mor...

Restless. and thats because often the vice presidency has been described as nothing but it could be everything. and he is trying to figure out how to make it everything. but so far he is looking at those poll numbers certainly. but also looking at clinton, who hasnt made up her mind. the folks i talked to in her circle say she is legitimately grappling with this decision. and i think for both of these folks, primarily hillary clinton, shes got to probably make up her mind at some point, because ...

>> definitely all eyes will be on that sight. so hillary clinton she has largely owned the medias attention when it comes to the 2016 presidential race. >> but what about joe biden. brian tod is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: alison and george, the vice president is going to need all the momentum he can get to overtake hillary clinton in the speculative race that were running right now. joe biden has enough experience, gravitas and political experience to bear that we have to take h...

President. a new cnn poll suggests democrats all but assume that hillary clinton will be the partys standard bearer in 2016. but with joe biden heading to asia sunday at a key moment in u.s./china relations and a quiet support raising campaign now under way for him, some are wondering if biden might have some presidential joe-mentum of his own. brian todd has been looking into that today. anybody who has met vice president biden knows hes not a guy who will rest on his laurels. you get the sense...

Kennedy. you look, nominations can go a lot of different ways. i would say judging from that treatment, it seems very unlikely to me. i think the most fascinating thing, im obviously a campaign guy and i do remember when she stepped forward when hillary clinton took the isnt of state job. she stepped forward and said i would like the then governor to appoint me. it seemed an odd fit at the time. shes always been someone reluctant to go in the public eye. she has admitted shes shy. that campaign ...

Hero on civil liberties. hes also a villain on civil rights for not supporting dr. kings strategy to bring in the federal government for discrimination. so let us have a real debate and not have it just break down on party lines on every single issue. >> shorter answer, because i want to get to this next thing and were rung out of time. lets talk about what some people are calling the presidents charm offensive. he hasnt exactly been a back slapper since taking office, negotiating with republica...

Face what is coming next there are so many obstacles that he doesnt even know about that hell have the face. but i think the campaign itself will be very far receded into the background. >> another criticism from inside the beltway has been the presidents approach to governing to a certain extent. he is not a schmoozer. he is not a back slapper. he doesnt like to play golf with members of the opposition party. do you think that we might see a different approach in his second term, or do you thin...

And then were going to get this whole thing set up. >> you know, cynthia, one thing that i liked about this, and this isnt politics, when the president said the other night, ill return your call in 15 minutes. that has been a critique of this white house, that it has been a bit isolated, a bit in a bubble. you know what im talking about. hard for politicians to get to this president. >> yes. but this was a crisis, chris. what youve heard mostly from politicians is that the president isnt a schmo...

>> were going to help you get it all together. i promise. i promise. youre going to be okay. everybodys safe. thats the most important thing and then were going to get this whole thing set up. >> you know, cynthia, one thing that i liked about this, and this isnt politics, when the president said the other night, ill return your call in 15 minutes. that has been a critique of this white house, that it has been a bit isolated, a bit in a bubble. you know what im talking about. hard for politician...

White house, that it has been a bit isolated, a bit in a bubble. you know what im talking about. hard for politicians to get to this president. >> yes. but this was a crisis, chris. what youve heard mostly from politicians is that the president isnt a schmoozer. hes not a back slapper. and i think thats probably true but i havent heard anybody say that the president isnt available at the important moments and i think it was krit blee important that the president said to the governors, to mayor b...