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Thirty-seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can't do justice oh a lifetime committed to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice including bussing. i never, never, never, ever opposed voluntary bussing. >> joe biden back on the campaign trail attempting to clarify his commitment to civil rights there. the former vice president has come under fire for his relationship with two segregationist senators for opposing bussing as a way to desegregate schools most pointedly by kamala harris in what became an instantly indelible moment fr...

Robert mueller has written the script. how difficult is it going to be to offer more color to answer questions which will go beyond this report. >> i think to gene's point, we need to step back and see the context. instead of watching the same news reel again and again we need to first look at the report, as mimi pointed out. robert mueller made very clear -- the president of the united states obstructed justice. the president of the united states colluded with russia to win the 2016 presidential election. the president of the united states has made clear now that he's going to do that again, ...

Now. >> well, let me say this actually, dorian, because this is something you and i have talked about in other contexts. this is not a defensive joe biden, but it's a context here that seems important. federally mandated bussing is a feature of federal department of education desegregation program as it existed in the mid 1970s and was basically ratcheted back by the courts and political losses. bernie sanders is the only person i think in the democratic field calling for that. julian castro a little bit, and last night kamala harris' press secretary when asked do you support bussing yes, a on...

Can't find a workable standard to apply. the decision delivered an example of how a new justice can create monumental change. justice kennedy with, someone who couldn't have gone where brett kavanaugh went in this decision. >> that dynamic is what we feared with the kavanaugh appointment. one that he himself, not withstanding all of the other controversy and revolting behavior, that he was not that thoughtful of a jurist. that he was not a jurist who was of the level to be on the supreme court. that he wasn't proven creative thinker. we see that. we see this significantly. we also see with his...

Of a white democratic politician in 1976, 1977 being against bussing, which to be clear substantively morally wrong in my view, but politically the correct view in terms of the majority of his white voter, the majority of the voters in delaware. it's easier to level that critique than to affirmatively say in 2019 we should have federally mandated desegregation plans that involve bussing kids. >> you know, joe biden sent out a message to his list that said look, the talk about race shouldn't be about the past. he wanted to basically let's forget about that. let's focus on the future. so yeah, l...