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Builden consensus, recalling his work with democrats james eastland of mississippi and herman talimage. he said i was in a caulk cau/* caucus and he never called me boy, he called me son. we didn't agree on much of anything. we got things done, got it finished. today you look at the other side, you're the enemy, not the opposition. the enemy, we don't talk to anybody anymore. biden's contrasting his time with the current political landscape highlighted with the reality of today's democratic party, generating fares rebuttals from his democratic opponents. that's coming up next. his demo opponen...

Bipartisanship but he was highlighting it with two segregation senators. he said this at a fundraiser. i was in a caucus with james o. eastland. he never called me boy, he always called me son. he said, a guy like herman talmadge, one of the meanest guys i ever knew, you go down the list of all of these guys, we didn't agree on much but we got things done. i want to highlight cory booker weighed in on this, another presidential candidate and he is calling for him to apologize. he said, you don't joke about calling black men boys. he also said that vice president owe biden's relationship with p...

James eastland and former georgia senator her man tallage both average segregationists and as an example of how we got things done. he said he never called me boy, he called me son. but biden didn't agree with the pairs racist views, the front-runner is not getting backlash. >> it is about time we find the common ground and the common purpose to deal with the ugly past. >> reporter: senator cory booker of new jersey releasing a statement saying i'm disappointed that he hasn't issued an immediate apology. adding, you don't joke about calling black men boys. he's wrong for using his relationship...

Lot of criticism today. that's when he was talking about james eastland, he never called me boy, he always called me son. biden went on to say, at least there was some civility. that was a time when there was more time in the senate. those comments have drawn criticism from biden's 2020 rivals. one of those being cory booker, who has refrained from directly engaging at times or taking on some of his colleagues. i wanted to read you a statement, a very pointed statement from booker about biden, he said, vice president biden's relationships with proud segregationists are not the model for how we...

Ways as a restoration of what? that establishment. but there is notable angst in the democratic party over whether or not biden really represents the future of the party or simply he's just an idea that is about cleaning the trump thing out. and right now we are seeing that angst on full display as we head into the first democratic debate. at this hour biden has taken heat from comments he made about restoring civility in our politics. and he did so by invoking a pair of segregationist senators. here's what he said. i was at a caucus with james o. eastland. he never called me boy. he always ca...