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Every month we get this load of new e-mails. so, you know, that keeps the story alive. and, again, jon and rich, i just dont think this is personality-driven on the part of professional journalists, as youre sunlighting. >> i agree with you really quickly. the story is important, but perm relationships are important too -- personal relationships are important too. john mccain made practically a career out of developing personal relationships with almost every major journalist. jon: well continue...

But that -- you cant do that. >> reporter: that is the kind of candor about the added difficulty of a possible campaign that has just about everybody, likely to attend a democratic caucuses next year, 91%, saying the vice president is honest, and trustworthy. that is a lot more than the 64% who feel that way about clinton in the latest "quinnepiac poll." but he still hasnt declared. he still sits in third place in iowa in that poll behind clinton and senator bernie sanders. it is still completel...

Police is that the son put it there to make it look like a suicide. >> right. jon: that doesnt sound like somebody who is mentally incompetent. >> no, exactly. what that shows that is fact which the jury can draw he knows right from wrong. he tried to hide his crime. he clearly knows right from wrong. whether he is competent to stand trial is concerned, he got through princeton. i dont know about you, took me 10 nanoseconds to get rejected from princeton. i find it at a loss how he is not compet...

More sympathetic figure than hillary is, has the entire campaign. and hillary has, you know, well-paid consultants locked in a room right now trying to come up with a plan for her to show that kind of human side that joe biden is every day. jon: well, lets talking about hillary clinton. positive or negative. she continues to dominate the 2016 coverage, at least on the democratic side. seems like no matter what she says, the media immediately picks up on it. some clinton supporters are blaming th...

Memorial and museum in downtown manhattan is honoring each and everyone of them today. rick leventhal live in lower manhattan as he was on that day. rick? >> reporter: and jon, it is extremely difficult day for you will of us who were here on new york city on september 11th, 2001, especially tough for the many thousands of family members of victims who died when both of those towers fell that awful morning. of course each year thousands of survivors and relatives and first-responders gather at t...

And i think the message hes sending is refreshingly the one were hearing. he would like to run, hes torn, and he doesnt know if hes emotionally up to it. i think in this case what we see is whats happening. jon: all right. rich, even his detractors say that joe biden is a gifted politician, somebody who can kind of light up a room. what do you think about the media treatment he is getting especially given what happened to beau? >> well, i agree with lynn. hes getting a lot of sympathy, justify b...

Said that he relied on speculation from the case and the that the case was ruled homicide without any medical evidence. fred, lets ask you about that. the report again, obtained by "the new york times," the prosecutors have not publicly released it but "the times" says, it says that the cause of death was drowning due to plug being removed by some other person. does that wash? >> right. well, actually it does wash, jon. what the defense lawyer is upset about this examiner will get on witness sta...

Someone is unfit to stand trial. they usually go to mental institute and psychiatrists and sewing workers work with them to restore competency. bring him to a level where he can stand trial in this case. then they have their day in court once theyre able to stand trial. it usually takes several months. most of the people competent tendency can be restored. only time where there is organic brain damage or something like that. doesnt sound like we have that in this case. jon: well keep viewers upd...

The towers fell and reading of those names continues this morning. while time clearly can not heal all wound, it helps families have support of each other. it helps that the site has been transformed into a beautiful memorial, powerful museum, and gleaming skyscrapers demonstrating progress and resiliency. >> there is a light at the end of the tunnel in the sense whiles losses are still hard to bear there is so much love and compassion people feel on the memorial. it is such a tradition. its a n...

Welcome to the moment no ones been waiting for. the fastest internet and the best tv experience is already here with x1. only from xfinity. jenna: some people out for dinner getting a fright of their lives. a man with a gun fleeing after a police chase, firing shots in the air before running right into a restaurant in los angeles. >> one of the deputies could see through the window that the suspect was walking near the hostages, and he was waving a gun around in the air and acting very erratical...