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I fought my heart out to ensure that civil rights and voting rights, equal rights are enforced everywhere. >> former vice president joe biden defending his record on civil right yesterday in the aftermath of senator kamala harris' debate night attack. joining me now, margery clifton and amy holmes. ladies, welcome to you both. marjory, what do you make of how the former vice president has responded to the criticisms by kamala harris? do you think it's going to hurt him? >> the challenge biden had is a long history in politics, so in some ways this race is his to lose because he's going to have...

Known what he already had said a week or so later. honestly, joe biden put his foot in his mouth a week or so ago when he brought up the whole section about segregationist. she shoved his foot down his throat. >> laura: she didn't meanings that they were both democrats. the democrat senators in the south is a convenient fact a lot of democrats today want to sweep under the rug. joe biden tried to clean up what he said last night at a rainbow push event today. let's watch. >> i heard and listened to and i respect senator harris but we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate ...

What he already had said a week or so later. honestly, joe biden put his foot in his mouth a week or so ago when he brought up the whole section about segregationist. she shoved his foot down his throat. >> laura: she didn't meanings that they were both democrats. the democrat senators in the south is a convenient fact a lot of democrats today want to sweep under the rug. joe biden tried to clean up what he said last night at a rainbow push event today. let's watch. >> i heard and listened to and i respect senator harris but we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchan...

Committed to civil rights. i never, never, never, ever opposed voluntary busing. >> tom foreman takes a deeper look at the facts surrounding the controversial stance on busing. >> reporter: it is the sharpest attack of the debate. kamala harris lighting into joe biden for opposing racial busing decades ago. >> and there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools. and she was bused to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> reporter: and it brought a quick rebuttal. >> it is a mischaracterization of my position across the board. >>...

Accuse root problem in the community and including changing the way neighborhoods were segregated. >> we should note he never opposed voluntary busing and he said he never opposed busing period. what is your reaction? >> well, first of all, the record speaks differently from the quotes from the time and i read them, again it is decades ago, problematic and he needs to talk to the record, from the 1994 crime bill, i was a law student and who was being followed or singled out by police that led to the explosion of mass incarceration something that now i'm working in the senate have been drawing ...