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It is thursday, june 20. i'm yasmin vossoughian along white house correspondent jeff bennett. we begin with vice president joe biden rejecting criticism from his rivals after he evoked his work with powerful segregationists early in his career. channelling a southern drawl he said this, i was in a caucus with james o. eastland. he never called me boy, he always called me son. well guess what? at least there was some civilitiy. we got things done. today, you look at the other side you're the opposition, not the enemy. >> you don't joke about calling black men boys. vice president biden's relati...

White man son, these segregationists, these racists could see in him themselves. the reason why they would call black men boys was an attempt to establish the other, to dehumanize, to degrade them, and for him not to understand this and why people would take a deep offense to the way he used and dredged up this awful language, and this is the thing that we need leaders that can bring us to more healing and more understanding. we all say in politics things that we regret or things that didn't come out right or as we intended it. the fact he's not apologizing -- >> you correct them as quickly as...

>> shannon: at a fund-raiser last night, joe biden said "i was in a caucus with him. he always called me son." biden then called the late george of senator "one of the meanest guys i ever knew. at least there was some stability, we got things done." here is how biden tried to clean up those comments tonight. >> the point i'm making is you don't have to agree. you don't have to like the people come in terms of their views, but you just simply make the case and beat them. >> shannon: another dispute happening tonight among 2020 dems, involving bernie sanders and elizabeth warren peered sanders t...

He never called me boy. he always called me son. there was civility. we got things done. we didn't agree on much of anything. we don't things done. but today, you look at the other side and you're the enemy. not the opposition, the enemy. we don't talk to each other any more. yesterday, cory booker called on biden to apologize and he said you don't joke about calling black men boys. vice president biden's relationship with proud segregationists are not the model for how we make america a safer and more inclusive place for everyone. in maryland last night, biden reacted with indignation and he ...

"one of the meanest guys i ever knew. you go down the list of all these guys. well guess what? at least there was some civility. we got things done." and biden recalling the white supremacist senator james o. eastland of mississippi. "he never called me boy. he always called me son." several of biden's rivals in the campaign stunned by biden's comments, including senator kamala harris. >> to coddle the reputations of segregationists, of people who, if they had their way, i would literally not be standing here as a member of the united states senate, is i think, it's just -- it's misinformed, a...