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That should be considered when we address the issue, which is a very current issue as well as a past issue, of desegregation in america's schools. so i think of busing as being in the toolbox of what is available and what can be used for the goal of desegregating america's schools. i believe that any tool that is in the toolbox should be considered by a school district. >> reporter: well, that launched a twitter back-and-forth between the campaigns. from the biden camp i want to read you this tweet. quote, it's disappointing that senator harris chose to distort vice president biden's position ...

Brianna. just after he finished a fourth of july parade here in independence, iowa, biden spoke to reporter as this war of words has been erupting between his campaign and kamala harris's. i asked the former vice president specifically what he thought about kamala harris' current explanation on her position on busing. take a listen to what he had to tell me earlier today just a short while ago. >> she said that busing should be considered as part of a toolbox that school districts could consider when it comes to the issue of segregation. >> she's absolutely right. >> and do you think that ther...

The case you can't drop this in 40 years later and joe biden's position in the '70s. what do you think about this? >> kamala harris was looking for a moment in the debates and she found it. but a moment in the debates is different than an ongoing conversation without a time limit on it. i think that's the reality that she's facing now. joe biden talks about how he wants to talk about the issues of the present, not the issues of the past. but of course even if busing is not going to be a driving issue of the campaign, disparity in public schools and the ability for a child to get a good educati...

Kamala harris following their tense exchange on the issue of busing at the debate last week. now both candidates are having to answer for their positions on busing. i want to go live to iowa for the latest. cnn political reporter arlette saenz is following joe biden. kyung lah is following kamala harris. harris criticized biden and she's taken a position that is raising eyebrows. tell us about this. >> reporter: well, it's raising eyebrows not among her camp per se, because her campaign is saying they feel that this is all a distraction and it's being directed at them from the biden campaign. ...

Biden, but i think, you know, over the course of the next few weeks, we're going to see her try to take maximum leverage from that window that the debates got her, biden try to get back on track and both scramble for fund-raising because when you look at president trump's fund-raising numbers, like a fight over busing compared to how do you get to $105 million is -- those are two really different issues. >> congressman, i wonder what you think watching all of this. because both of these candidates have their issues with their records. yes, biden supported civil rights broadly and he talked the...