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Is doing on climate change and criminal justice reform, and the message today of joe biden if you want a fight in 2016, you beter fight for what we have ak can come plished and keep going. >> and also, if you dont want to be losing the blue collar older men, you have to appeal to the guys in scranton and you have to appeal to the guys in there who want to tell the kids "it is going to be all right, honey." and he does not want the abandon that simply because he is not running. >> and to continue...

Hillary clinton but the debate last week, her solid performance there, the republican answer notwithstanding, left a lot of people in the democratic party sort of -- their concerns. they think shes ready for this test. yes, there are a lot of people in delaware who like joe biden and a lot of people in scranton who like joe biden. his former aides who like to talk to the press a lot like joe biden. >> lets talk about whats going to happen tomorrow in that vain. clinton will be testifying on beng...

Are not paying attention. when he says he will play a role in this campaign i believe him. this is a scrappy kid from scranton, pennsylvania who pulled himself up 40 plus years in politics based on wit and raw intelligence. he aint going anywhere. >> off the stage, though. im going to hand it to matthew. you beat the buzzer. 30 seconds for you. good day or bad day? >> i will cheat. it is a bad day for america. joe biden was exactly the kind of public servant that people want. in time joe biden i...

Eye in an often-polarizing controversial figure for more than 20 years. and the e-mail server scandal has taken a real toll on her, make no mistake. but the reality is especially within the democratic field, only hillary clinton is actively competing for the center, which is 50% of democrats. so while bernie sanders can rally the activist base around him and get a lot of enthusiasm, when it comes to actually winning swing voters in swing states, hillary clintons born on third base because thats ...

To delay the announcement and the last point, on the lane that joe biden can run in, hillary clinton trying to make herself a pop list. think about this. in august, she vacationed in the hamptons at a house that cost $100,000 and left it to campaign in the midwest and trying to make her out to be a populist and joe is joe from scranton so he can fill that lane a little bit better perhaps though hes still part of the establishment. he cuts between hillary clinton and bernie sanders and, of course...

Mr. marks today, is there any working theory why he would pick these two individuals, i mean, i dont get it. alison parker is a nice reporter. she is a nice woman. everybody says so. adam ward, young cameraman, i worked in scranton, pennsylvania, you know, thats like your station. people are -- work hard. most of them get along. i mean, why we target these two individuals for this heinous crime so long after you let him go? is there any workable theory there? >> well, there may be one at law enf...

Gives us to sort out what biden stands for and im not sure what biden stands for thats different from the centrist nightmare of what hillary might have stood for. though now shes moved left. so what is he going to do? run to the right offer? that seems like a bad idea. >> thats the thing. there was one line from one of bidens people anonymously talking about the coalition he was put together and it was like this bizarre thing about it was going to be -- oh, there it is, reagan democrats, jews an...

Terms of the dynamics of the race. >> you know i think, chris, he probably means that or as a cultural and symbolic thing than an ideological thing. hes from scranton and hes got that working class catholic thing going so i think he probably means that more than actual specific economic positions that one would identify as centrist. i would bet he would try to find space on the quasi-populist left because thats where the action is. hes not going to get anywhere saying, you know, i want to uphold...

Gay marriage and rust belt voters. i was like what are you talking about? and also the reagan voters made me think maybe he thinks theres space on the right of hillary? and that would be strange in terms of the dynamics of the race. >> you know i think, chris, he probably means that or as a cultural and symbolic thing than an ideological thing. hes from scranton and hes got that working class catholic thing going so i think he probably means that more than actual specific economic positions that...

From a storm. how about being in a kayak. this is in florida. he did get wet but he avoided the lightning thankfully. that will make you paddle a little quicker. over the weekend we saw some severe weather in the northern plains. the fire weather continues to be the problem out there, still a lot of big huge blazes, ens in washington state. today the winds are going to pick up. over the weekend the air was stagnant so it was bad to breathe but at least it was easy to fight the fires. that change...