First 45 minutes today. We are asking for democrats and independent to weigh in. The line for democrats for the first 45 minutes and for independents. You can catch up with us on a a very good friday morning it to you. Much of the speculation about a joe biden run this week came in the wake of a story yesterday on the front page of the wall street journal. Front page. D on the since that story came out, others have noted that its clutch time for joe biden. Bernie sanders should be rooting like crazy for joe biden. The headline from the new york , we want to hear your dots. Thoughts. Join us on the phone now is one of the reporters who worked on that wall street journal story. We appreciate your time in a getting with us this morning. Guest thank you for having me. Host talk about that headline. Which allies in particular are we hearing about . He has vacationing this week in South Carolina. We assumed he would be talking with his family and weighing the decision. He is doing more than that. He has been reaching out to political allies, people who have backed his previous campaigns. Has good relationships with over the years in the white house. He is talking to them about the logistical challenge. Its a shift. Previously, people were urging him to run it. He was just listening and taking that in. Now we see him proactively asking people questions and taking kind of a deeper look at the possibility of doing this. Host what is the timeline . Up thise debates coming fall. What kind of a timeline is he looking at . Guest all along, he said he would make a decision by late summer. The timeline started to shift a little bit with the death of his son. A lot of people assume he wouldnt even consider making a bid. Eventually, it became a. This was something on the table. He would likely announce a decision in september, at that point you are five months away from the iowa caucuses. Even though he would come in with a lot of builtin advantages of being the sitting Vice President , he has not been secretly building an organization. He would have a lot of catching up to do in bringing together advisers and getting donors and Hillary Clinton has a huge head start and has wrapped up a lot of key people and gotten commitments and endorsements from them. Host how much has her issues with personal email servers and the investigations surrounding that played into the chatter this week about joe biden nominating . Guest thats the backdrop for all of this. The controversy that has been dogging the clinton campaign, that has been fueling speculation about joe bidens candidacy. You hear a lot of democrats say what if there is more to, on Hillary Clinton . What if it gets worse . A lot of democrats will argue that the email issue is a partisan issue or that the Clinton Foundation donations are not of great consequence, she could probably survive the storm we are seeing right now. They worry if there is another shoe to drop. If there is, they would like to have an alternative. Host does joe biden have a natural race in the party . I certainly think he would make more of a dent in Hillary Clintons support than in the Bernie Sanders supporters. He is not as far to the left as Bernie Sanders is. Bernie sanders has staked out his own spot in this race. Joe biden is not likely to peel off a lot of those votes. It would be competing with Hillary Clinton for the same voters. Constituency in that he would appeal to a lot of catholics, a lot of bluecollar workers. There are states where he has eight to get you and see, South Carolina is a place where he has built up a lot of relationships over the years. They havent early contest. States along the way were he could do well. Let you go, what has been the response from the Hillary Clinton cap to some of the stories this week . Far, they have had very little to say about any of her challengers. She is focused on talking about the republicans and what is wrong with them. Was with her in New Hampshire earlier this week and she was asked about the prospect of a joe biden candidacy and she said that he is a friend. Bidensnded beau funeral the summer. She offered very little on the subject. We need to let him be with his family and make this decision and she said i will respect whatever decision he makes. We are reigniting some of the chatter around a joe biden presidency. Out allies. Nding we appreciate your time. We are asking our viewers to weigh in. Just our democratic and independent viewers. We will get to that line for democrats with james taking us off this morning. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host your thoughts on the joe biden candidacy . Caller i love hillary. I have been a clinton supporter for years. I am concerned about these emails. I think this is going to drip like water. The republicans are just going to drive us in the ground. I love hillary to death. I think we would be better if joe biden would jump in. I hope the jump since it are the later. I hope you will make a decision by the end of the month. Host what do you like about joe biden . Is it his style . Caller i like the character. Hes got good character. He has never had baggage. Not like the clintons. He is a good man. He is smart. There is nothing in Foreign Policy that he could deal with. He doesnt need a secretary of state if he is president. He could do both. Host let me bounce this tweet off you from monty. He said the country needs new blood. Is that a problem that joe biden would have . Caller no. I dont think so. He is different from most. He is very trustworthy. People trust him. I have never heard anybody say anything bad about joe biden. People just love joe biden. Something, people listen. Right, itot come out dont hang around his neck. Like ittons it seems sticks with them. The media is all over them. Host we are getting your thoughts. The headline in the hill newspaper, crunch time for joe biden. Alice, and morning. Caller good morning. I thank you so much. Stew relax biden with his family needs to relax with his family. He needs to be a supportive person to a new uprising candidate. I think someone just stole my thunder from twitter or facebook. Enough of clintons, enough bushes. It doesnt mean that they are wrong. Support somebody new, support new ideas. Who is a new candidate in your mind . Caller the person i would support hasnt said she would run. Host who might that person be . Caller that person would be the senator from massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren. Host alice is in maryland. Elizabeth born is the subject of a gallup pole. It measured democrats desire for an additional candidate in the race. Democrats say she should jump in. 49 say she should not. Say the viceats president should run for the presidency. 47 said it no. Most say they would consider voting for him, but few are certain to about it. That came out this week. Virginia, good morning. Caller thank you for cspan. I have been listening to you for years. I like joe biden. This is hillarys time. She has a love for our country that started years and years ago. There is something wrong with our country that they dont think a woman is capable of the the president. Why would they want to bring in joe biden because his son passed and his son told him to run. Hillary clinton has been taken advantage of. All of the democrats are aware that we are prepared that they will go after her. There is something concerning the news media with the clintons , they hate the clintons. Our country thrived under bill clinton. Couldid everything they to him, they even impeached him, but the economy thrived. Would take fiorina Vice President. Do you think it helps hillary if joe biden jumps in . Does that make her a stronger candidate . Does it prepare her for a general election russian mark . Caller its very possible. I like Vice President biden. I really do. To be president , thats something different. Hillary to me has the fight. Yearss fought throughout for what she believed in. Got in the mold of being a candidate for president that she did in the last election. I would just like to see her be more forward in telling the things she will do what she did before. Is to make a stance strong. Fiorina is speaking out. The way she talks about hillary, calling her a liar. Right, the wayt they are treating her as much as she has done for our country. Host that is virginia in huntsville, alabama. Hillary clinton picked up an endorsement from those who are familiar with congress. Tom harkin put out his endorsement of Hillary Clinton yesterday. That te thoughtsting your morning on the potential candidacy of Vice President joe biden. David is in jackson, mississippi. You are on the independent line. Caller i think there are two joe bidens. There is the big mouth, over which he has no control. He has got away with it. He has embarrassed obama several time. He has gotten away with it. I dont think we should have a president who lets his mouth run away from him. He has been in the establishment for his entire career. He should just retire and enjoy his grandchildren. Host what is an example of an incident where he is embarrassed the end, Obama Administration . He endorsed gay marriage ahead of obama. Obama was forced to jump in. He had to catch up. There are many. I do think it would hurt him in a democratic primary. He doesnt know what hes going to say. Therein lies the problem. As a color said yesterday and earlier, hes been in the establishment for too long. I think america wants change and i think he should just retire. Host edwin on twitter says he should run if he wants to. He has a history of wrong turns. Past 24e a story in the hours on a potential biden candidacy. There appears at least one truth, his supporters are hoping he will run even though they are hearing little from the man himself. One person downplaying the significance saying he makes calls all the time. That is a story on cnn. Sheila is up next. We are talking just to democrats and independents in our first 45 minutes. Caller yes. Hello . I had called the white house comment line. This was quite a long time ago. President toice run. Died, i sent him a condolence letter. Ago, they sentks me a letter back, they are such kind people. I want him to run. I would vote for him. What do you think its a strength . Caller i like everything. I like that he is out there. He does say some silly things marriage, is for gay i dont have any problem with gay people. I know gay people. The president didnt come up with first. Thats my comment. Host that was sheila in georgia. Janet writes on our twitter page, why isnt bernie plan b . Be rootingers should for joe biden to run for president. It would be the best possible thing. A lotand clinton occupy of the same space in the democratic party. Sanders is unlike oath of them. He is antiestablishment. An establishment lane is divided enough for him to have a chance. In takoma parker maryland. Caller good morning. Baden biden in 1988, it might be worth considering. I think he is an endearing fellow, but gaffe prone. The republicans would have an easy time with him. Those are my two cents. Host the white house is getting questions about his plans when it comes to 2016. Here is a recent White House Press conference where eric schultz was asked if the resident has an talked to the Vice President about running. To theve not talked president about his private conversations with the Vice President during. He could not be more impressed and appreciative of the Vice President s service. Host joe biden is on vacation this week. He is reaching out to political allies. He is expected to appear in chattanooga tomorrow at a Memorial Service for those killed in that shooting last month. That is his next public appearance. We are talking about a potential Vice President candidacy for president. Missouri is up next. Caller thank you very much. The lady that called in prior said that the economy was great under bill clinton. This is spread all over the world. On nafta and calf the. We are 18 trillion in debt. The economy did well because of ill gates and silicon valley. We went to all new computers across the United States. He was taking credit. Clinton was right next to his. Thank you very much for cspan. Host lets go to humble, texas. In morning. Good morning. Caller with all due respect to joe biden, the definition of same thing doing the over and over and each time expecting a different result. This will be the case so long as we continue to vote for these of establishment candidates, that includes Hillary Clinton. My choice is senator Bernie Sanders. He is a nonestablishment candidate. That is humble, texas. Joe writes on twitter. Lets go to st. Louis, missouri. Good morning. Caller can you hear me . Host go ahead. Caller i would love to see joe biden run. Always liked him. I find him to be a very genuine , as genuine as they can be in politics anyway. Primarily, i want to see him run for the same reason i wanted to see Elizabeth Warren ron and the same reason i appreciate Bernie Sanders running. We need more diversity of voices because the democratic hardy isnt just one idea. This seconde that time hillary has run, there is this air of coronation of her being the first woman president of the United States. Im not saying we dont eat a woman president of the United States. Weve got a lot of very capable female leaders. They need to step up. They need to stop trying its a competition print its not a coronation make your case and be a grownup. Stop trying to be polite. This the future of our nation. Bernie sanders, run. But your ideas out there for nancy pelosi for heaven sakes, run. Upt some of colors brought joe biden being too gaffe roan and previous gas might come back to haunt him. But you make a question . Caller the media runs on gaffes. They make great soundbites. Planet whon this hasnt put their foot in her mouth at one time or another. Tv, itsdo it on noticeable. Weve gotten to this point. Extent, its a level of Political Correctness when you know what somebody is trying to say that because they did not say it the right way, you get three days worth of news. It ends up in somebodys file to attack them again. When you know what somebody is trying to say, let them elaborate a what they are saying rather than just jumping on them. Host weve been talking a lot about the Vice President he is on vacation this week. He did appear at the center for american progress. He addressed an audience of young people about ways they could translate positive change. This is a bit of that address. There is more reason now to be idealistic. Think of it this way. If youre ever going to be involved in public affairs, this is the time to do it. Things are changing. Change nooing to matter what you do. The question is how they change. There are very few times in american history, we call them reflection points. Its like driving down the highway at 60 miles an hour and you turn to the writer left. You can never get act on the path you were on. Thats whats happened. Not because of barack obama and joe biden or anyone else. These are moments of great change. Host that was joe biden speaking last month. We are asking just our democrat and independent viewers to weigh in. Weve got about 15 minutes left in this segment if you want to call in. Charles krauthammer in the Washington Post noted that joe biden fills the vacuum. Journal, whenreet mrs. Clinton and it over her private email server to the justice department, democrats sniffed vulnerability. Is unenthused about the old clinton machine. We want to hear from you. Maxine is up in michigan. Good morning. Caller good morning and thank you for taking my call. Biden, i thinkoe he is a very good person. My concern with his running for president is the loss of his son and his grieving process. In son just passed away june. This is august. That is a major decision. Any grief counselor will tell you dont take any major decisions for at least three years. Would be a good president. I am concerned about the pressure he would be under. That is too much for one person to overcome. That is my opinion. He is already lost a child. Its not easy to get over. That is my concern. His grieving process has not completed yet. Him do not want to see harm to himself or the country. Thats all i got to say and thank you. Host michael is on twitter. Otherbout some of the contenders who have already jumped in. Martin omalley had a story in the Washington Post. Still early. Jimmy is up next in san antonio, texas area good morning. I support joe biden. Democrat and i have not donated to the dnc for a couple of years. Money tong up my President Biden should he jump in. I support him wholeheartedly. I do not think there will be a viable debate. Him or senator sanders would be my choices. Thank you. Host maria is up next in connecticut on that line for independent. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Morer i think we need independent people come in. No more people with money. We need more independent people that dont have anything to do with politicians and other countries, in china, in afghanistan. People in america need help. We need so much help. Its no joke. Kids are dying in the streets. Kids are hungry in america. People talk about other countries, in america, we need help. Opinion. Thank you and god bless. God bless america. Waits andhe country the political world speculates, the Campaign Continues this week in iowa. Democratic and republican candidates mounted the official soapbox at the iowa state fair. There is a bit of one of those candidates, mike huckabee. I think a lot of times you and i, we hear politicians talk. We hear a lot of people in your state. This time, 17 republicans are coming to iowa to ask for your support. There will be democrats who come as wel