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Call one of his opponents out by name. a defiant joe biden facing extreme backlash after making remarks recalling his work with segregationist senators in the 1970s. the democratic front runner telling donors at a fund raiser that former senator jaichmes eastland, quote, never called me boy. he always called me son. he was one of the meanest guys i never knew. well guess what. at least there was civility. we got things done. we didn't agree on much of anything. we got things done. senator cory booker slamming the former vice president, quote, i'm disappointed he hasn't issued an apology for th...

Breaking overnight, an iranian missile shoots down a u.s. drone in international air space. we go live to tehran. a fight breaks out between parents at a little league baseball game in colorado. what set them off? this game, by the way, between 7-year-olds. >> really, come on. it's just ridiculous. >> i think it's rather indicative of the entire country. certainly our political environment. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it's 5 a.m. in the east. let's begin with politics. joe biden invoking criticism for invoking the name james e...

Nobody as much as anybody sometimes there's no issue where he disagrees with his own staff as much as his view that this is something that helps him in the campaign. it's been interesting. at a time when the campaign thought they were going to weather this storm only to have the vice president reescalate it last night. he goes for the own campaign. >> we have talked about the segregationist senators themselves. but when biden was make iing th remarks at the fundraiser, he talked about james eastland and the former vice president said, quote, he never called me boy. he always called me son. and...

The highest offices in the land divisiveness, racial hatred and bigotry being spewed, he should have the sensitivity to know that this is a time i need to be an ally. i need to be a healer. i need to not engage in usage of words that will harm folks. so this is deeply disappointing. we waited for him to apologize. he didn't. until the next day. whether i'm running for president or not, as many people have been, on juneteenth, no less, calling out for the vice president to acknowledge that his words were harmful and hurtful. >> so that means no apology from you. >> no. >> he said you should apo...

Refusing to apologize for remarks that he made about his ability to work with segregationist senators during his time in congress. here is exactly what the former vp said during a fund-raising event on tuesday night. quote, i was in a caucus with james o. eastland. he never called me boy, he always called me son. guess what, at least there was some civility. we got things done. we didn't agree on much of anything. we got things done. we got it finished. today you look at the other side and you are the enemy. not the opposition, the enemy. we don't talk to each other anymore, end quote. biden's...