and what better to do that than to take on obama's own vice president? so biden has had this special place in trump's mind and orbit for some time now. >> eddie, we know that donald trump doesn't do anything based on the motive of the state. the motive is never -- so that i heard a lot of republicans talk about part of his anti-corruption agenda. former senior doj official said find me one other part of that agenda dmes cli or internationally. >> he is a thoroughly self interested actor. >> by his own admission. >> by his own admission. we're standing on a knife's edge as a democracy. and this -- to paraphrase thomas payne, corruption like a jaundiced eye colored everything. and it sees everything stained and impure. to paraphrase payne. right? so what we see is that the