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Democratic debate, this is going to become a 2020 issue for trump as well. >> it's interesting. as you described the status of the talks, a lot of talking, a lot of dependence on a personal relationship so far on those talk and so far on the chinese trade talks no actual progress on those negotiations. good to have ow-on to help us frame this important ming between xi and trump. more explanations from the former vice president joe biden concerning race and his past work in the senate with segregationists. coming up, the letters biden wrote to a segregationist senator in his fight to stop bus...

And a more equitable education. it was the mid-1970s. biden favored desegregation but not through busing. what's less known is how he followed the lead of some of the senate's most fervent segregationists. in a series of never before published letters reviewed by cnn, the strength of biden's opposition to busing comes into sharper focus. on march 25th, 1977, biden wrote my bill strikes at the heart of the injustice of court ordered busing. it prohibits the federal courts from disrupting our educational system. he received support from eastland. he frequently spoke of blacks as, quote, an infer...

Favored desegregation but not through bussing, less known is how he followed the lead of some of the senate's most fervent segregationists. in a series of never before published letters, the strength of biden's opposition to bussing comes into sharper focus. march 25, 1977, my bill strikes at the heart of the injustice of court ordered bussing, prohibits the federal courts from disrupting our educational system. biden saw it and received support from mississippi senator james eastland. the democratic chairman of the judiciary committee and a leading southern resistance to desegregation. spoke ...

People i don't agree with, because i worked with fervent segregationists while i was in the senate. that didn't sit well with a number of african-american lawmakers. clyburn did come to biden's defense, so did another prominent black republican, but booker took a hard line saying you need to apologize, so did ka kamala harris and biden said no, i think you should apologize. this is back to your question, david, i think this is a bit of both. i think booker and harris probably do believe deep down there shouldn't be a nominee who speaks this way about race. but also it provides them an opening ...