thank you, joe, for being tough but fair. >>> coming up, there was one word joe biden literally loved saying last night. what was it? literally it was the word. he loves saying the word literally. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> bill clinton threw out more specific numbers in one speech last night than the republicans did in the entire week in tampa. >> a reasonable plan of $4 trillion of debt reduction in a decade. for every $2.5 trillion of cuts. >> not that the republicans did not have a plan to solve the nation's economic problems. >> we are going to solve this nation's economic problems. we need to stop spending money we don't have. we will not duck the tough issues, we will lead. >> and as a last resort, we will use magic. >> back to "hardball." speaks of clinton's speech, you may have caught this snapshot of hillary clinton making her diplomatic address. she was in southeast asia. before watching, the secretary of state had this to say about the remarks. quote, i received the as-prepared version which i am anxious when i can to compare with the as-delivered vers

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joe biden is ready, barack obama is ready. i'm ready. you're ready. thank you. god bless america. >> woodruff: not an empty seat in the house in the time warner cable arena here in charlotte, north carolina. as massachusetts candidate elizabeth warren finishes her remarks to the delegates you can see them standing, cheering, waving. waving signs, we are getting close to the moment when former president bill clinton will speak. right now we're going to hear from the chair of the convention, the mayor of los angeles, antonio villaraigaso. >> pursuant to our nominating rules, only one candidate is qualified to be the nominee of our party for president of the united states. our next speaker will place before you that nomination. ♪ >> unemployment in june was the highest in march of 1984 -- >> u.s. economy has been in a resection. >> ten million americans still officially unemployed. >> there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be cured by what is right with america. we believe that in -- we have got to go beyond the brain dead politics in washington and give

that is something i don't see joe biden doing as well and we of course have the paul ryan/joe biden debate coming up which will be a huge proving ground. james, i wonder in terms of bill clinton, how does the administration best use him apart from dispatching him out to florida and so forth? are there marching orders they should give him in terms of things to focus on? >> how to use him best. four words. as much as possible. the guy is a political person and you're right, i agree with you absolutely. he possesses the numbers, he possesses -- it's underneath his skin, waiting to bubble out, and people like him. they like him because they know he means it. politicians, a lot of terrible people can mean it. hitler meant it. stalin meant it. on the other hand, franklin d. roosevelt and john f. kennedy meant it. just meaning it isn't enough. but there is a kind of ardor, a kind of passion that emerges from deep inside. we teach students to find themselves inside, to access themselves and then at the proper moment onstage, to let it emerge and it emerges genuinely. that's when we believe them. t

loves joe biden. he is prone to go over times. he delivers the terms -- in term s of hit a lot of points that fire of people in this hall and presumably across the country. >> he did mention repeatedly the fact that the republican presidential nominee did not discuss the troops overseas, dii that has been a talking point for the democrats since the -pconvention began. >> that is correct. you heard him reference barack obama as the commander in chief. he talked as a person who was in the oval office with president obama when tough decisions came what do we do about getting osama bin laden? there are risks involved with that mission. he talked about the automotive industry, which was crumbling before our eyes. president obama had to make a decision about how to handle it. he gave a personal testimonials about the guy in the room with the president of the united statee and his decisive leadership when tested by huge events that were taking place before our eyes. >> the vice president has been known as un

joe biden was trusted. he's the guy who always took the train from washington back up to wilmington. >> because? >> because that's where he lived. >> and because his two kids were orphaned. >> his kids were orphaned. his first wife died in a tragic accident. he's the kind of guy who liked to ride the train, who liked to talk to people on the train. his dad was a car dealer. he's an average guy. he went to state schools. he knows how to speak the real language. the onion newspaper, the humor newspaper, they've got a guy they call onion joe biden, and he's a guy with tattoos and a muscle tee who's always polishing his pontiac. that's an exaggeration, but on the other hand, that's who joe biden is. and the other thing about joe biden -- and i think the senator will agree with me -- he was one of the best informed, most detail focused guys. he was chairman of the foreign relations committee, chairman of the judiciary committee. this is not just a show horse by any means. >> it helps if you're 29 years old when

[applause] joe biden did a great job with those. [applause] president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primaries. he even appointed hillary. [applause] wait a minute -- i am very proud of her. i am proud of the job she and the national security team have done for america. [applause] i am grateful they have worked together to make us safer and stronger, to build a world with more partners and fewer enemies. i am grateful for the relationship of respect and partnership she and the president have enjoyed and the signal that stands to the rest of the world of democracy does not have to be of blood sport. it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest. [applause] besides the national security team, i am very grateful to the men and women who served our country in uniform through these perilous times, and i am especially grateful to michelle obama and joe biden for supporting those military families while their loved ones were overseas and for supporting our vet

and joe biden. he was fantastic. >> president bush was not present at the convention and was barely mentioned by anyone except briefly by his brother, who said it's time to cut him a break. >> and my brother, well, i love my brother. he is a man of integrity, courage and honor. and during incredibly challenging times, he kept us safe. so mr. president, mr. president, it is time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. >> well, i always like to remind people he didn't keep us safe september 11th, 2001. it was always after that. if a democrat had been president on 9/11, the republican party would have participated such villainizing of the democrats, it would never have ended. let's move on to the broader question here of how they treated the most recent chief executive. not much action there for w. pure love for bill. >> well, chris, i think they decided down down in tampa that for every minute george bush was mentioned, they were going to drop that percentage in the polls.

[cheering] >> and joe biden... joe biden did a great job with both! [cheering] >> president obama -- appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck... he even appointed hillary! [cheering] >> i am very proud of her. i am proud of the job she and the national security team have done for americans -- [cheering] >> i am grateful that they have worked together to make it safer and stronger to build a world with more partnerships and fewer enemies. i am grateful for the relationship of respect and partnership she and the president have enjoy and the signal that sens to the rest of the world that democracy does not have to be a blood sport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest. [cheering] besides the national security team, i am very grateful to the men and women who served our count in uniform through these perilous times and i am especially grateful to michelle obam -- and to joe biden for supporting those military families while their loved ones were overseas. and...: for s

. >> reporter: and that's why vice president joe biden went all out too. we can now proudly say what you've heard me say the last six months. osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the president did something else. he addressed directly the frustrated hopes and mixed feelings about his leadership out across the country. >> now, i won't pretend the path i'm offering is quick or easy. i never have. you didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. you elected me to tell you the truth. [ applause ] and the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. >> reporter: truth and struggle. ♪ >> reporter: a long way, perhaps, from the euphoria of hope and change. this was really the president's biggest challenge tonight, the biggest challenge in his campaign, to overcome the disappointments and the doubts among so many americans who voted for him in 2008. and give them home again. >> i think they're looking for the combination of that vision, the ho

[cheering] >> and joe biden... joe biden did a great job with both! [cheering] >> president obama -- appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck... he even appointed hillary! [cheering] >> i am very proud of her. i am proud ofhe job she and the national security team have done for americans -- [cheering] >> i am grateful that they have worked together to make it safer and stronger to build a world with more partnerships and fewer enemies. i am grateful for the relationship of respect and partnership she and the president have enjoy and the signal that sens to the rest of the world that democracy does not have to be a blood sport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest. [cheering] besides the national security team, i am very grateful to the men and women who served our count in uniform through these perilous times and i am especially grateful to michelle obam -- and to joe biden for supporting those military families while their loved ones were overseas. and...: for sup

and joe biden did a great job with both. now, he, president obama, president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. now, wait a minute, i am -- i am very proud of her. i am proud of the job she and the national security team have done for america. i am grateful that they have worked together to make us saver and stronger to build the world with more partners and fewer enemies. i am grateful for the relationship of respect and partnership she and the president have enjoyed and the signal that sends to the rest of the world that democracy does not have to be a blood sport. it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest. president obama's whole record on national security is a tribute to his strength, to his judgment and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship. we need more of it in washington, d.c. now, we all know that he also tried to work with congressional republicans on health care, d

they came in with joe biden who was classic joe biden. n. barack obama, talking in a really tough terms. the democrats suddenly all national security? what happened to american policy as we know it? >> one of the interesting things about this night is it gives democrats a chance to look strong on some of their biggest issues traditionally. both defense and national security. how many times did we hear the name bin laden tonight? one of his favorite lines, osama bin laden is dead and general motors is a life. >> all three of them were killed mitt romney and paul ryan. it was relentless. >> the president wrote it in. -- rubbed it in. and bill clinton had the best speech. what surprised me about this is it seemed aimed more at democrats. this gives you a sense of what's this will be going forward. we can see them try to do that with democrats. he had them chanting, "four more years" constantly. >> i thought going in that -- because bill clinton did so well that barack obama of a competitor would want to outshine him and it would lead him to do

joe biden and his wife will attend three events in minnesota. >> meantime, republicans are keeping their focus on virginia. a day after mitt romney's dump in fairfax, his younger son greg is -- and mitt romney stumped in fairfax, his younger son greg is visiting the area. paul ryan will attend a rally in harrisonburg. much more to come here on abc seven years. a final farewell -- on abc 7 news, a final farewell to neil armstrong. >> the boss is coming back to d.c., and there is good news if you want tickets to the show tonight. >> and steve is back with a look at i'm barack obama and i approve this message. some of our children's greatest experiences have been in the smaller classrooms. vo: but mitt romney says class sizes don't matter... and he supports paul ryan's budget which could cut education by 20%. you can't do this by shoving 30, 35 people into a class and just teaching to some test... these are all issues that really he personally cannot relate to. to be able to afford an education, to want the very best public education system for your children. >> after yesterday's emotional

is studied joe biden's tapes and record and joe biden's, john style and said, as you know, one of the best litigators in america and is good at adapting to that. chris: have you got lines already prepared, attack lines. >> i'm not a "line" guy, i'm more of a gut guy. i'm more of a -- you know me well, i don't try to be anybody other than who i am. i believe in what i believe. i do what i do, and i really believe in the policies we're providing, we are pursuing. and, at the end of the day, i am just going to go in there and be me. >> chris: are you hoping joe biden makes one of his -- >> i don't think he will. he doesn't do that in debates, the gaffes, he's legendary for this, that is not in these kinds of situations, he's a very disciplined person when he speaks in these kind of situations and doesn't produce gaffes in these moments, those are when he's off the cuff, on the stump, out giving speeches. >> chris: you are not counting on one. >> no. >> chris: thank you so much for talking with us. >> thanks, chris, appreciate it. >> chris: with that interview we have now talked with both

we knew it when he chose joe biden as his running mate. [applause] joe was the perfect choice, because like the president, he had lived the american dream, going from humble middle-class roots, to the united states senate, to the vice presidency of the united states. [applause] and we all know from his incredible speech last night that he has been side by side with the president's, fighting to make sure that we open the doors of opportunity for all americans, working to create good jobs and to invest in education, to make health care and retirement and schools affordable for everyone. it is what he has fought for his entire career. [applause] and we know joe biden is also a very smart guy. we know this because we have met the woman that he married. jill biden, isn't she great? [applause] when she and michelle got together to support military families, they made this country so proud, and they have made such a great difference for military families across this country. [applause] now, i do have to tell you that i do have one problem with ba

joe biden knows that story. he's lived it. our vice-president, joe biden. [cheering] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice-president of the united states... joe biden! [cheering] [cheering] >> legalo, my fellow democrats! [cheering] and my favorite democrat... i want you to know that beau and hun and ashley and i are so proud of you, kate. you know... we admire the way with every single solitary young person -- and they are not all young, walk into your classroom, you not only teach them, you give them confidence. you give me confidence. and the passion, the passion she brings to trying to ease the burden on the families of our warriors, they know you understand them. and that makes a gigantic difference. [cheers and applause] >> and folks... i tell you what, it was worth the trip. to hear my wife say what i have never heard her say before. she's always loved me... [laughter] if that's the case, why in the heck did it take five times of asking you -- and that's true! five times. i don't know what i would have done, kiddo, huon that fifth time sai

the other guys put on the up up man for the president, joe biden. i think you lost some of your luster in this business. >> well, chris, i know it's going to make a lot of our republican friends unhappy with me, but i thought it was kind of strange seeing clint eastwood talking to an empty chair. i get the point, but the one hour you have the american people tuning in that aren't on the table networks and you're looking at an empty chair? i didn't see the humor in it. a lot of people did. i wouldn't have chosen that line of attack against the president. >> you know, joe, he apparently thought up of this shtick in the green room. to say could i have that chair please? >> i think even though obama seems to have gotten the big bounce today in the gallup approval, you can bet that romney is way up with people who yell at empty chairs. i would say that's a demographic that they capture. >> you are cruel to our hero. i'm going to forgive my saying something later. this is probably the man's career going on hunches. this didn't work. let's talk about the c

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>> everybody in our party and the country knows joe biden. joe biden wanaque teleprompter. and when you get off the teleprompter, sometimes you say things that you would rather phrased differently. neil: the facts push it to the degree that -- it troubled him. and it was that was part of the theme that bothered him. >> i think that i respect the governor. i think that is going too far. a lot of times we do go to pot. there are a lot of dumb things that are said that a racial that were sent without intentionality. and without mean-spiritedness. i think that was one of them. that is going to file a. neil: african-american support, still very strong for the president. i often wonder why it is so monolithic. especially when minority unemployment is at 15%. you think that they would be angry and at least a good many would say, look, hope and change, and on the spare change. >> it is important to understand. unemployment among african americans is 14% and that is too high. however, i think that african-americans will be the last group to say that we are going to back away from pr

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now, a vice president joe biden speakes said a campaign rally in the fort myers, florida. this is about 40 minutes. >> all right. thank you very much. thank you so very much. it is great to be back in fort myers. i always joke. a man should always have two things. a brother with a place in florida, and a brother in law with a pickup truck. for the long this time my brother had a place here in fort myers. i got to come down here all of the time. and then he sold it. i have not spoken to him since. i am only kidding. since i have been here a number of times over the last 20 years -- do you mind if i take my coat off? ok. thank you very much. when i got here and i was introduced to jamie, i thought she was my sister a lot. she looks like my sister-in-law kelly more than you can imagine. thank you for the introduction. thank you for the hard work you have under way. all of the for being here on a saturday morning. i want to get right to it. the fact of the matter is, you know as well as i do that this country is facing the starkest choice for president that we have faced at le

why is joe biden -- why do we live near the train tracks? but mostly he did what vice presidential candidates are supposed to do -- try to get into some sort of cathartic response and call cadence with the audience. >> john voted again and again against renewable energy. that's not change. that's more of the same. that's not change, that's more of the same. that's not change. that's more of the same. >> that's more -- wait, you say the first part and i'll say -- help us! let me show you how it's done. when you take off your clothes, then put the same clothes back on -- >> that's not change. that's more of the same. >> when you give a clerk a $5 bill and he gives you a different $5 bill back -- >> that's not change. that's more of the same. >> when you go for a sex change, and they sew on a second penis -- >> that's not change. that's more of the same. >> so that was wednesday night. and i'm sorry, what's that? >> honey, tonight we have a very special surprise guest. >> ohmigod, ohmigod, ohmigod, let me it be mario lopez. oh, it's barack obam

ohioans love joe biden. you know, he may be old school, but even the tea party folks like medication and social security, and the ryan budget would decimate in my judgment actually kill medicare as we know it, begin the privatization of social security, cut pell grants for our students, raise taxes on the middle class, give tax toss wealthy people. we can debate the paul ryan/mitt romney budget. i hope we do during the next 65 days, because that is is draconian extreme budget, and mitt romney called it a marvelous budget, but a budget that would be devastating to the programs that working middle-class ohioans and americans care about. >> i have no doubt we will do that. john, let me go back to the convention, do you think you're at a disadvantage? do you think there's an advantage in going second, that you can answer the things that were said at the previous convention? >> not this time, because i do think the president will spend the majority of his time trying to explain himself, what happened, why his pre

vice president joe biden nominated and accepting. here are the highlights of night three. >> the current right wing tea party dominated republican not only has hasn't learned from mistakes of the past they're determined to repeat them. we will not let that happen. >> one side of the campaign we have a president who has made america lead like america again. and what is there on the other side? an extreme candidate lacking the judgment and vision so vital to the oval office. the most inexperienced foreign policy to run for president and vice president in decades. >> and barack obama is the kind of leader my he father brought wrote bchl he does what is hard. he does what is right. >> congressman ryan says he wants medicare to be around for his grandkids. well... if that is the case, he had better vote for barack obama. >> this man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart and a spine of steel. and, because of all of the actions he took, because of the polls he made and determination of american workers and unparallelled bravery o

>> joe biden. the vice-presidential candidate is usually the taft person, but you have to have some kernel of truth. there were blatant lies that were being told. >> a word on the republican party and minorities. >> if you look at the speakers, you have the strongest bench any party has had in memory. romney is sort of the old guy. you have got margo rubio -- marco rubio. you have these new governors. you have this new guy cruz from texas. all in their 40's who represent the future of the party, although ideologically, they are more conservative, more reagan night -- reagan-ite. you have a new generation emerging of which romney in many ways is the anomaly. >> the reality is this -- the republican party today is 89% white. they are increasingly white in a nation that is decreasing the white. the electorate when ronald reagan was elected with 86% white. it was 74% white when john mccain lost and it may be 72% white in 2012. the part ability -- the parti's inability to reach any message to latinos wi

they're working it hard and on larry's point about joe biden, that was as good as he can speak. he was direct. sober. he resisted the tendency he has to shout. he didn't do that so much. took directly on the bain argument, accused mitt romney of not understanding what the auto industry meant to america. said he thought about it the the bain way, which was balanced sheets. you mentioned the point about osama bin laden. the emotional moment about the troop was meant to contrast on the republican ticket. >> yeah, we did hear earlier this week that corporations were not people and yet, we also heard gm essentially referenced as a person. gm is alive. >> exactly right. look, both sides are a little silly with that argument. corporation, mitt romney is right. corporations are composed of human beings who organize themselves to make profits and pay themselves and pay their shareholders and all that. that's kind of a partisan tool. quote from mitt romney, but that was joe biden at his best tonight and i think in the same way that the republican ticket was very happy with the spectacular

. >> i am looking forward to joe biden. he gets under republicans' scan. -- skin. >> my heart is always with my home state. i think he is so talented. we loved it. i cannot wait. >> joe biden. the republicans have made this guy out to be a clown. he has been around the block. he is a fighter. he is a middle-class guy. he will get out there and tell him what they -- tell them what he really thinks. this is a real. i am excited to hear him fight back against paul ryan and mitt romney. >> we love joe. >> on washington journal, we will focus on the convention. at 11:00 a.m., the mayor of charlotte on how the city has prepared for the convention. that is followed by bob morgan. "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. a conversation tuesday with valerie jarrett. you can see it live starting at 7:55 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> c-span's gavel-to-cavill coverage starts tomorrow at 5:00 eastern. featured speakers include at the san antonio mayor and first lady michelle obama. wednesday, former president bill cl

. >> reporter: and that's why vice president joe biden went all out too. >> we can now proudly say what you've heard me say the last six months. osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the president did something else. he addressed directly the frustrated hopes and mixed feelings about his leadership out across the country. >> now, i won't pretend the path i'm offering is quick or easy. i never have. you didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. you elected me to tell you the truth. [ applause ] and the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. >> reporter: truth and struggle. ♪ >> reporter: a long way, perhaps, from the euphoria of hope and change. this was really the president's biggest challenge tonight, the biggest challenge in his campaign, to overcome the disappointments and the doubts among so many americans who voted for him in 2008. and give them hope again. >> i think they're looking for the combination of that vision, the hope that he offered in '08, p

you know, joe biden's thing is he is average joe from scranton. i think in that way, he was very successful, very persuasive tonight. >> brit. e >> in you know, he spoke with a certain conviction. it's always difficult to assess while watching in the hall, even though we can see tv screens, how it's playing on television of but it did see seem to me, the times that roused the audience, he seemed to be shouting and angry. anger is something you have to deal with very carefully on television. if you come through as -- as he seemed he may have, as an angry, angry politician, i am sure that goes down well and makes the case effectively. that would be my thought. >> let me ask you -- >> go ahead. >> we heard from senator kerry and vice-president biden the tribute to the troops, specifically. >> that was an opening left wide by the fact that mitt romney did not mention that in his speech. there were plenty said about it in tampa generally. but that was an opening that they took advantage of and it was politically shrewd to do so. >> what do you make of

joe biden knows that story. he has lived it. our vice-president, joe biden. [applause] [♪] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice-president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] [applause] >> oh, my fellow democrats. and my favorite democrat. jilly, i want you to know that beau and hunt and ashley and i are so incredibily proud of you, kid. we admire the way you with every single young person and they are not all young, walk into your classroom you not only teach them, you give them confidence. you give me confidence. and the passion, the passion she brings to trying to ease the burden on the families of our warriors. jilly they know you understand them. and that makes a gigantic difference. [applause] and, folks, i tell you what, it was worth the trip to hear my wife say what i've never heard hearsay before. she's always loved me. [laughter] if that is the case why in the heck did it take five times of asking you and that is true. five times. i don't know what i would have done kiddo had you on the fifth time said no. i love you. you are th

biden. if you -- if you want -- if you want america -- if you want every american to vote and you think it is wrong to change voting procedures, just to reduce the turnout of younger, poor, minority and disabled voters, you should support barack obama. and if you think, if you think the president was right to open the doors of american opportunity to all those young immigrants brought here when they were young so they can serve in the military or go to college, must vote for barack obama. if you want to a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the american dream is really alive and well again and where the united states maintains its leadership as a force for peace and justice and proererity in this highly competitive world, you have to vote for barack obama. i love our country so much and i know we're coming back. for more than 200 years, through every crisis, we've always come back. people have our demise ever since george washington

about joe biden, richly reported, well-written. we saw him out hammering this theme, osama bin laden is dead, general motors is alive. tell me about joe biden and the difference he makes compared to most vice presidents. >> he's the number one surrogate for this campaign and this candidate. in some ways he embodies the spirit in good and bad ways of 2012 more than mitt romney or barack obama. neither one of them are dirt fighters. they don't get down in the mud with gusto. joe biden is a guy who is like the id. he's, he has the much, from the gut. he can throw a punch in the gut and still smile at you after he hits you there, that's kind of an incredible skill in politics, he's a guy with longstanding real appeal to white working-class voters. where the obama's campaign greatest weakness is with that class of voters and older white voters, those are the primary targets for the romney/ryan campaign. and biden speaks to that group in a lot of ways more comfortably, more persuasively than president obama does himself. so he'll in a lo

that is what we get with joe biden and barack obama. [applause] for maintaining grant programs so fire departments nationwide have the save staffing and equipment to support our people that president obama and vice- president biden had our backs. supporting my voice, the have collective bargaining on the jobs, president obama has my back. president obama has kept thousands of first responders on the job and he sent plans to congress to keep even more of is working. the republicans must stop obstructing progress and do the right thing for the middle- class. they must pass the president's jobs plan. for me, this election is about who respects middle-class workers like me and my family. i saw firsthand what the republicans thought of me and my fellow public employees last year when ohio legislators passed senate bill 5 in an attempt to silence us. we all know how that and that. while they were not successful cutting our collective bargaining rights, they were successful in cutting funding for cities and towns all across ohio. we have watch