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A book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! welcome back to "state of the union." i'm jake tapper. in a major speech yesterday, former vice president joe biden attempted to defend his record saying he's changed since the 1970s and that he was vetted and selected by president obama. that defense comes after weeks of criticism from his democratic opponents who are suggesting the former vice president is out of touch on issues such as race. the vice president spoke exclusively with my colleague chris cuomo and tried to explain his...

Busing. where the court showed that in fact a legislative body took an action preventing black folks from going to a school. that is the -- i know you know. that is the desegregation and 50 years ago people don't understand the context. the third one is do you have an administration through their non-elected officials department of housing decide every school should be equally balanced across the board. that is a different issue. and the way to deal with that problem is what i did from the time i was a kid. i got out of -- i got out of law school and became a public defender. i fought for putt...

Been able to stand up and say that the things that are coming out of donald trump mouth are wrong. >> that is wrong. because there have been. i've said it and other people have said it. they have been. and the ones that have said it have been targeted. so that -- just -- >> 100% loyalty. >> no. but -- >> it didn't start with the mueller report. let's go back. his voting record has been out of step with the rest of the house republican conference since the moment he got there. he's been one of the least likely people in the house republican conference to support the current republican agenda. t...

Touch on issues such as race. the vice president spoke exclusively with my colleague chris cuomo and tried to explain his position on voluntary school busing in the 1970s. >> if busing didn't work then it made sense you weren't for it back then. but why say you were for it? why not just be straight about it and move on? >> because there are three different pieces. i was -- i was for voluntary busing. number one. i was in support where the court showed that in fact a legislative body took an action preventing black folks from going to a school. that is du jour -- de-jure segregation. i know you...

Defender. i fought for putting housing in low-income housing in suburbia. and talking about eliminating red line and school districts should be consolidated in ways that made sense so in fact -- >> why didn't you fight it like this in the debate? >> in 30 seconds in come on, man. >> what happens most in a debate? people blow their time cue. that is the only person on a debate stage say i'm out of time. i didn't want to get in that scrum. do you think the american public looked at that debate and take me out of it and boy, i like the way that's being conducted. their showing themselves to do re...