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President joe biden a superpac is out with the first ad set to run on cable in an effort to encourage biden to get into the contest. >> incredible bond i have with my children is a gift im not sure i would have had had i not been through what i went through. but by focusing on my sons i found my redemption. >> after seeing the ad former obama political strategist tweeted am i alone in finding this draft biden ad tasteless? i cant believe he would approve. conducted a simultaneous focus group of ...

This draft biden ad tasteless? i cant believe he would approve. conducted a simultaneous focus group of democrats in the crucial first states of iowa and new hampshire and those democrats are not sold on a biden candidacy. >> how many people in the room want joe biden to get in the race? would think it would be a good thing if joe biden entered the race. >> raise your hand if you think joe biden is qualified to be president. >> i guess you can say qualified. >> what are your reasons for not want...

The draft biden super pac is out with his first television ad today. take a listen. >> six weeks after my election, my whole world was altered forever. i got a phone call. my wife and three children were christmas shopping. a tractor trailer broadsided them and killed my wife and killed my daughter. and they werent sure that my sons would live. >> joining me now is senior adviser to draft biden, he was also the former political director for beau biden, the son of joe biden. youre not officially ...

Matchup. joining me is democratic strategist with the group draft biden steve, let me start with you. whenever vice president biden talks about the personal tragedy he has experienced it is powerful to listen to and watch that ad. there has been criticism of that ad today including from david axelrod, the architect of president obamas campaigns saying that was going over the line and exploiting personal tragedy. what do you say to that? >> i respect david a lot but i do disagree with him. the gu...

The group draft biden is out with its first national tv ad urging the vice president to enter the 2016 presidential race. the emotional 90-second ad posted online just this morning focuses on bidens personal story of trying to overcome tragedy in his family. it uses audio taken from a commencement address given by biden earlier this year shortly before his son beau died of brain cancer. >> by focusing on my sons, i found my redemption. many people have gone through things like that. my dads defi...

The new hampshire primary, the iowa caucuses. in the era of trump, the era of bernie sanders, of ben carson all doing well, i think bidens folks think this could be an unpredictable thing. he doesnt have a campaign account. hes raised no money. hes got no infrastructure. so this group thats trying to draft him into the race i think is very good for him. >> i asked the question, maria shriver was on during our coverage, i guess it was last week, she said people should be aware of these draft said...

All comes amid pushback by bidens team to an explosive report on politico accusing the vice president of leaking the story about his sons dying wish to "the new york times" for political purposes. a spokesperson for biden calls the report categorically falls. joining me now, managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. i want to talk to you about this focus group you and john heilemann put together. first this draft biden ad thats coming out at this point, does that hurt or help in that...

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Because what happens to the desires of a draft biden campaign and for you and the colleagues that work with you when it comes to being supportive of the eventual democratic nominee? >> youll have to -- i can only speak for myself. theres no issues. i ran the state of florida if 2008. we came out of a brutal primary of senator obama and senator clinton. i had staff members on both campaigns working together to get it done. if joe biden doesnt run, ill show up at the field office to help out the d...

Biden. jeff, to you first, tell us more about this ad. >> well ana, this ad is going to start airing next week, on tuesday in fact, in the run up to the first democratic presidential debate. joe biden is not going to be on stage in las vegas. were told hes not taking steps to prepare. we dont even know if hell be a candidate at that point. but what this ad is designed to do, it is by the draft biden movement, which is a group that want him to run and believe hes on the cusp of running. they want...