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Perspective, it's not like you see a man in the sunset of his career. he's very fired up. you could see it in his face that he knows he has a lot more to contribute. look, he may not run, but he was making a pretty strong pitch at least to me. what do you think? >> reporter: first of all, really nice work on this interview, kate. this is biden leaning in harder to 2016 than he has at any point so far. there's no reason for him not to run as he mentioned. he has a long career in the senate, in the white house. he can get out in iowa, parades, talk about his career and not inflict a lot of intra...

Still interested in the white house. he now says there's a 50/50 chance he'll make a run for president in 2016 but he'll jump into a crowded gop field. david vitter said bobby jindal is laying groundwork for himself. it took 12 years, but new york mayor michael bloomberg finally made his weekend update debut on "saturday night live" and just a week before he leaves office. >> what's next for you, mayor bloomberg? >> i'll be fulfilling a life-long dream of enjoying a soda on a nonsmoking beach. >> you don't have another job lined up? >> i applied to teach spanish at a few universities but i'v...

>> we're talking about laying groundwork here. we're talking about quietly working those relationships. not so quietly working relationships that helped get tim elected twice. >> let me put this this way. when you're talking two years out and a field that has not come to bear in terms of who may be running, hillary is going to be, if she decides to run, is going to be a reformed little opponent. i think the groundwork is being built without them necessarily building it. but, yeah, there's going to be an added benefit them going around the country and making these political contacts. there's no...

Hosting a special event today. here is more. >> hi. that's right. chris christie is headlining a luncheon this afternoon but they kicked off their event today, the big event that really got things moving today was about the rising stars of the republican party, the g.o.p. highlighting those stars in a town hall meeting underway still right now. new initiative aims to inspire expansion within the party to promote individuals who are new voices, including women and minorities. among the new stars is a new hampshire state rep, first elected in 2006 when she was just 23 years old. take a listen. >...

Changes after they were written by the cia. these were concerns raised by the state department that the white house directed the inner agency process to use in making these talking points. cia original version included references to al qaeda, references ansar al-islam. the original cia version included extensive discussion of the previous threats of tariffs attacks in benghazi. those were taken out after the cia wrote its initial draft. >> and then the cia wrote another draft -- >> based on input from the state department. >> but here's what i've been saying -- >> do you deny that? >> no, john...