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Muslims dont like me. i dont care because i have scranton and ear ri. >> this is why they havent replaced obamacare, why we dont have a tax bill or immigration legislation or infrastructure. its because we keep getting distracted. were willing, particularly those of us in the media to follow the distractions he throws out there and make it all about donald trump. but nothing has happened. >> but if hillary were president, wed be arguing about education programs and serious business. well be righ...

Scranton and working-class -- >> rust belt, not rural than donald trump, sorry. >> clearly believes he would have won this election if he had run instead of hillary clinton. clearly a tragic time for him, but it was very painful choice for him not to run. and he clearly at very least wants to remain relevant for the next stretch. and is really, really tempted. >> is it time for the democrats to bring in somebody without any baggage whatsoever, ties to the past? >> not baggage but i think its imp...

>> i remember talking about the kwoel rolling stone" piece and here we are with the former vice president making news. of all of the potential headlines what stood out the most to you? >> that biden is truly considering a run in 2020. some people raise the age factors, but if donald trumps still in office and hes running it would be two men in their 70s and biden hits a lot of the identity politic check marks of the democratic party. theres not one demographic that doesnt like joe biden, african...

More rural areas in the center of the state, it can be indicative space for people to think of politics going forward. >> lets talk about the suburbs, any of the nice suburbs around the big cities, chicago, philadelphia and new york. they are likely to depart, unhook themselves from trump, tougher old neighborhoods like johns town, erie or scranton, they seem to be sticking, why would the suburbs be the first to leave trump as they seem to have done this week? >> yeah, i think, some of this is a...

Youre not talking to my guys in scranton talking about hillary clint clinton. but there seems to be tension between the ren dell biden wing of the democratic party. and the more coastal progressive elements in the pear. do you feel the tension and which side revails? >> there is a tension, but there could be a commonality, the pro-life democrats, and there are still some and we ought to nurture them. the thing that ties us together is we do care about working people. and thats been the theme of ...

Right. but i believe youre right. >> thats important information to have. >> no, no. i think hes always running, and hes running until he isnt running. and thats a good thing to remember are joe biden. if i were his campaign consultant or speaking to him directly as vice president, i would say what he would do -- >> youre getting ahead of your skis here. i just want to know who you think is running. >> i think everybody is running. >> who would scare you if you were donald trump? >> thats intere...

Relief. today, these are the record highs, these areas in the orangish color with the white number in them. were easily going to beat all of those record highs. the question is will we get to the all-time record highs? and that is 107 today in portland. yesterday in salem, oregon, we missed it by one degree. we also have to keep an eye on severe storms yesterday. we had a lot yesterday in areas of the northeast. today were focusing on milwaukee, madison, chicago, the quad cities to peoria. may e...

Again, it looks like it was a weaker low-end tornado, but enough to do a lot of roof damage. power is out to a lot of this region, and there are reports of a house fire from one of them and boats that were tossed out of the chesapeake on to the shore. well get you more pictures as we get the day break here, but it may have been a maryland tornado overnight. the heavy rain associated with that is still to the east. still a flash flood warning south of philadelphia. thats improving, though. now al...

Warnings. were still waiting to see how bad the tornado damage was in stevensville, maryland. kent island, in the middle of the chesapeake. we know a bunch of roofs were knocked off. power is out on the island. well wait and see at day break just how bad it is. heres the storms now. the ones that were really strong, and now theyre out over long island. theres not as much lightning flashes with it. torrential rain over all of long island. thats going to be a slow morning commute. off to new york ...

About something that is on a lot of peoples mind, the weather. bill karins, people want to know how fourth of july will play out. >> people have fireworks displays and parades and barbecue plans. were not seeing anything too horrible but it wasnt pretty over the last couple of hours. little rock thunderstorms blew through. these storms are dying out heading towards wichita. only issues over the next two days is in the central plains, dodge city, oklahoma city, 2 million people at risk, large hai...