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Bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america? do you agree? >> i did not oppose bussing in america. what i opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. >> reporter: it was a performance even many admirers described as rusty. one ally telling cnn, he knows he has to do better, after waking up to brutal headlines and tough critiques, biden is trying to seize command over his long record which he struggled to do on the debate stage. >> i want to be absolutely clear about my position on racial justice and...

Conference. he talked about trade, the election and a potential meeting with jim jong-un on the dmz. >> might happen tomorrow. we won't call it a summit. we'll call it a handshake. >> the president is sticking up for joe biden. senator kamala harris, he says, is getting too much credit for her exchange with the former vice president. >> i want to be clear about my record and position on racial justice including bussing. i never, never, never ever opposed voluntary bussing. >> the supreme court decided that for now the census will not include this question, is this person a citizen of the unite...

And she accused biden of being against busing children to white schools. biden came out swinging after being slammed at that debate. >> before i start, i'd like to say something about the debate we had last night. >> reporter: joe biden is playing cleanup, after a rocky first debate, raised questions about whether he deserves to be the front-runner in the democratic presidential race. >> i heard and i listened to and i respect senator harris. but, you know, we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can't do justice to a lifetime commitment to civil rights. >> repo...

She as a black woman and is part of the black experience in the country. speaks for a large percentage of the people who will be very important in the democratic primary. >> biden, he's obviously, been on the defense here. listen to how he is now defending his comments from the debate. >> i heard and i listened to and i respect senator harris. but you know we all know 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can't do justice to a lifetime commitment to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice. including bussing. i never, never, ne...

>> i understand there are a lot of politicians who say oh, it's just not possible. we just can't do it. it's -- have a lot of political reasons for this. what they're really telling you is they just won't fight for it. well, health care is a basic human right, and i will fight for basic human rights. >> in this campaign, we've also heard, and i'm going to now direct this to vice president biden. i do not believe you are a racist. and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground. but i also believe, and it is personal. i was actually very -- it was hurtfu...