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So race was a big topic in last nights debate. were going to talk about what the candidates said and what it means. you just heard joe bidens answer to a question about the legacy of slavery. he went from education to child rearing to record players. lets discuss now with what the former vice president said. cornell west from harvard university. cnn political commentator tara setmayer. good evening to both, two of my favorites right here. >> we love you too. we love you too. >> you know two of m...

Favorites right here. >> we love you too. >> you know two of my favorites means i love you guys. professor, it was a rambling answer. an editor for "time magazine" tweeted that it was, what they say, racist, classist, incoherent, and disqualifying. what do you make of it? >> well, i think we have to acknowledge the degree to which the rich legacy of william wilson, we just had a wonderful celebration of his life at harvard, you cant talk about race unless you talk about class and you have to tal...

Combative and then everyone else had their typical response to it and that he wanted it to be the this gladiator staged for tv moment and that speaks to the live audience quality but everyone else was seeing it as big picture. i feel like im an outlier in this. i have to say i have no idea how biden has gotten the approval he got from last night. i found him appalling. and, yet, some of the mainstream media coverage of him called him decent up from disaster last time and reassuring. i found his ...

Play the radio. make sure you have the record player on at night. the phone. make sure the kids hear words. a kid coming from a very poor school -- or a very poor background will hear 4 million words fewer spoken when they get there. >> the author of winners take all and smith of rolling stone in response to that, fired off a column in which he said its time for joe to go. he said democrats need an anti racist dom knee nominee. a third confirmed biden isnt up to the task but before that even cam...

Back of a lot of peoples minds. all it took was a credible voice to bring that forefront. and on the debate stage, julian castro did that. i do wonder going forward how much that, from the back of the voters mind, moves to be more of the mainstream conversation, that joe biden is just not really fit for this campaign. i dont think its disqualifying, his age and what weve seen thus far, but i wonder how much it becomes part of his narrative as we move forward into the cycle. >> what was interesti...

Democratic party. is the candidate who has ridden so far on the mantle of electability win. and the best of the three so far for the former vice president, other progressive commentators are saying that a rambling answer he gave about the legacy of slavery was disqualifying. jeff zeleny kicks off our coverage. >> are you for getting what you said two minutes ago? are you for getting already what you said just two minutes ago in. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden brushing aside another...

Else had their typical response to it and that he wanted it to be the this gladiator staged for tv moment and that speaks to the live audience quality but everyone else was seeing it as big picture. i feel like im an outlier in this. i have to say i have no idea how biden has gotten the approval he got from last night. i found him appalling. and, yet, some of the mainstream media coverage of him called him decent up from disaster last time and reassuring. i found his response to the questions of...

History. thank you. >> the point here is not that mayor petes future will follow obamas past. nobody knows. the voters, you, will decide whether to reward or punish pete or any other politicians ambition. we know that even huge ambition taking a loss as a sign you should get a promotion is not always seen as disqualifying by the voters and sometimes voters embrace a call to blow up the way things are run when its offered by new people who have literally nothing to do with the way things are run ...

Matter. that nothing can move republicans in congress. even another outbreak of gun violence like we saw in texas where a mass shooter left a trail of destruction, killing seven people, injuring more than 20 in one of the most gun-friendly states in the union, which has been increasing access to handguns left and right. investigators say the gunman bought the gun he used from a private seller, not a licensed dealer. a private sale does not require a background check. so law enforcement officials...

Details. what are you learning? >> reporter: lester, they say the gunman who killed 7 people and injured 20 bought the gun he used from a private seller, not a licensed dealer. authorities in texas said the gunman failed a gun background check in 2014, and tonight several law enforcement officials tell nbc news thats because he had a disqualifying mental health issue. but a private sale does not require a background check so investigators are now looking into who sold him that gun if that person...