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Coalition summit. . >> i heard and i listened to and i respect senator harris. we all know 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange cant do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice, including bussing. i never, never, ever opposed voluntary bussing. >> in fact, as a youngster in the 1970s, he opposed court-ordered bussing, the practice of sending white students to majority black schools and vice ver...

To vice president biden. i do not believe you are a racist. and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground, but i also believe, and it is personal -- it was actually -- it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. and it was not only that but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. and, you know, there was a little girl in califo...

Federally mandating bussing. >> i want to be clear about my record of position on racial injustice, including bussing. i never, ever, ever opposed voluntary bussing. i did address root cause of segregation in our schools and communities, including taking out banks and changing the ways red lines were segregated. >> but former vice president biden is finding himself noo new commerce that he makes ns the top speech. ladies and gentlemen, there are too many black men, and i might amend. >> cory boo...

To take it to donald trump, obviously kamala harris showed that without a doubt. i think also elizabeth war rememb ren showed that the night before. you had basically two women who won these debates. there is a long road ahead and thats what this is for. voters will choose. >> joe biden still on defense after the criticisms by harris. listen to what he said yesterday. >> we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange cant do justice to a lifetime committed to civil right...

Have been able to go to school the same exact way because it was local decision made by your city council. thats fine. thats one of the things i argued for, that we should not be -- we should be breaking down these lines. >> but vice president biden, do you agree today, do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america then? do you agree? >> i did not oppose bussing in america. what i opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. thats what i opposed. i did not opp...

Thirty-seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange cant do justice oh a lifetime committed to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice including bussing. i never, never, never, ever opposed voluntary bussing. >> joe biden back on the campaign trail attempting to clarify his commitment to civil rights there. the former vice president has come under fire for his relationship with two segregationist senators for opposing bussing as a way to ...

Robert mueller has written the script. how difficult is it going to be to offer more color to answer questions which will go beyond this report. >> i think to genes point, we need to step back and see the context. instead of watching the same news reel again and again we need to first look at the report, as mimi pointed out. robert mueller made very clear -- the president of the united states obstructed justice. the president of the united states colluded with russia to win the 2016 presidential...

Now. >> well, let me say this actually, dorian, because this is something you and i have talked about in other contexts. this is not a defensive joe biden, but its a context here that seems important. federally mandated bussing is a feature of federal department of education desegregation program as it existed in the mid 1970s and was basically ratcheted back by the courts and political losses. bernie sanders is the only person i think in the democratic field calling for that. julian castro a li...

Cant find a workable standard to apply. the decision delivered an example of how a new justice can create monumental change. justice kennedy with, someone who couldnt have gone where brett kavanaugh went in this decision. >> that dynamic is what we feared with the kavanaugh appointment. one that he himself, not withstanding all of the other controversy and revolting behavior, that he was not that thoughtful of a jurist. that he was not a jurist who was of the level to be on the supreme court. th...

Of a white democratic politician in 1976, 1977 being against bussing, which to be clear substantively morally wrong in my view, but politically the correct view in terms of the majority of his white voter, the majority of the voters in delaware. its easier to level that critique than to affirmatively say in 2019 we should have federally mandated desegregation plans that involve bussing kids. >> you know, joe biden sent out a message to his list that said look, the talk about race shouldnt be abo...