he continued to work for biden. he was disillusioned. biden was not a nurturing boss. it turned into a transactional washington-style relationship. "what is in it from a." -- what is in it for me. money with a of prominent lobbying firm in washington during the boom of lobbying over the last 15 years. he lost a lot of money in the financial crisis. that is a watershed moment for all the characters in the book. the senator who replaced joe , made it hisufman mission to impose reform on wall , to reinstate something like glass-steagall. --e of that came too fast pass. he decided that he had had enough of washington. he burned every bridge that he had to the city but -- by telling his story to me. now he lives in savannah, georgia. characters. 10 side give about five or six pages to them. john walton. --in powell will stop jay-z colin powell. jay-z. the structure of the book was tough for me to come up with. it was crucial that i get it right. i'm telling the story of america over a generation in a panoramic way. what wasto show happening at the top of society, society, t

a speech which was a dazzling speech and he attached his ambitions to joe biden and told biden, i'm going to -- if you run for president, i'll be there with you. he thought he would ride that horse to the white house. he was involved in biden's '88 campaign which ended badly in a certain scandal. and over the years, he continued to work for biden but was increasingly disillusioned. biden was not, to say the least, a nurturing boss. it turned into a transactional washington relationship, what he was up to, what was in it for me. conton left government service and became a lobbyist. that's part of why i was interested in him because the revolving door is basically what it means to be in washington. he made a lot of money with a prominent lobbying firm here in washington during the boom of lobbying of the last 15 years and lost the lobby in the financial crisis in 2008 and the reconciliation of all of the characters in the book. he came back in the government as the chief of staff to the senator who replaced biden. two years, kauffman and conton made it their mission to impose serious

a pin or a ho got dinner with biden. if one had to seed biden, he had to donate $1,000. connoton would tell the big-time donors, for $50,000, dinner with the senator at his house. $25,000, i could get you a dinner with the senator but not his house. the uch of this is new to unwinding here? connoton who jeff has the courage to tell in the l what goes on between politicians and the people who raise money for them and the people who give them money. an incredibly detailed picture of washington and on the in the media, seems to be tremendous polarization right but t and really they're joined by money and the need to raise money and to shape er of money legislation which is true for the democrats and republicans. connoton has honored himself by talking about the way it works. there's always been money in politics. read robert carroll and l.b.j. how that corrupted him when he was in the house and the senate. the late at began in '70s and has gotten bigger and the period , that's of the book, is how systematic it is. everything.des how it there's no escape from it. harken said

defense. >> john: the biden defense? that's actually a chess move where if you're losing you just eat your opponent's queen. how has a guy who fired a shotgun got anything to do with the vice president? >> he claims he was trying to scare off would-be car prowlers but deputies say he went above the law. >> i did what joe biden told me to do. i went outside and fired my shotgun in the air. >> john: come on. he did not tell you to do that. there is no way that biden literally told you you should go and get a shotgun and fire two blasts outside your house. >> if you want to protect yourself, get a double-barrel shotgun. if there's ever a problem just walk out on the balcony here, walk out, put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house. snob a little advice for trick or treatersality joe biden's house, if he's not offering you a treat, run. look, this man didn't actually shoot anyone so what is the problem. >> prosecutors and sheriff deputies say the way the law is written doesn't afford people the rig

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joe biden gets one. but if you're an outsider, you're not having lunch on the patio. >> yes, journalists and politicians have to deal with the issue of access. if you roll with the punches and you go along with the status quo you're more likely to be rewarded for it. that's unfortunate. this whole discussion is unbelievably frustrating. it's 2013. i can't believe we're already talking about the next election. the last election was mind-numbingly dull. i couldn't handle it. i didn't want to deal with it any more. now we're doing pre-election covers. it's unbearable. i want to talk about policy, issues, i don't want to talk about this. the fact that we're already starting for 2016 blows me away. >> cenk: look, fantasy football, my hobby that i'm obsessed with, i start twitching in june. it's way early. you should start twitching in august, but i'm an addict. what's happening with the packers' camp. that's how all the political reporters are, policy, don't make us talk about policy. i know we're in 2013, bu

biden stressed the u.s. position that japan and china should each seek to ease tension between the two countries. abe met biden in singapore. abe is on a tour of three nations in southeast asia. biden said the united states reconfirmed its position on the senkaku issue including its responsibility as japan's ally. abe said japan always keeps the door for dialogue with china open. the senkaku islands are controlled by japan but claimed by china and taiwan. >>> all nippon airways says it has found damage to the wiring cover in distress signal wiring in 787 dreamliners. ana says the damage was found in two transmitters. one had been taken out for inspection from a plane used for domestic flights and the other was kept as a backup. the carrier says the actual wiring is unaffected and no safety risk exists. the japanese carrier discovered the damage while inspecting all emergency locator transmitters for its fleet of 787s. earlier this month at heathrow airport, a fire broke out on an ethiopian airways dreamliner

vice president joe biden in singapore. biden stressed that the u.s. position that japan and china should each seek to ease tension between the two countries. biden said the united states reconfirmed its position on the senkaku issue, as well as its responsibility as japan's ally. biden suggested that both countries have a role to play in easing tension. abe said japan always keeps the door for dialogue with china open. >>> police are questioning the man at the center of spain's worst rail disaster in decades. they suspect the 52-year-old driver of a train that derailed in the northwest of reckless homicide. 78 people died in the accident. the express train went off the tracks at the bend near the town of santiago de compostela. the speed limit there is 80 kilometers per our. a local newspaper says the train was traveling at around 190 kilometers per hour, nearly two and a half times the limit. police detained the driver while he was receiving treatment for injuries at the hospital. more than 140 passengers were also hurt. spain's interior minister jor

so president correa reminded vice-president biden that that was the case. sometimes it is important to remind each other of such matters. , of course, we respect the opinions of the added states with regard to the asylum request of snowden, but ecuador will exercise its sovereignty in about a wedding the asylum request. suffice it to say, it was a cordial exchange. president correa highlighted the butial nature of the call did table the fact that ecuador has been requesting the extradition of these bankers for , and thatf years ecuador is happy to hear the opinions of the united states on a variety of issues, but will make its own decisions. givingident correa said the travel documents to edward snowden that allowed him to leave hong kong was a mistake on the part of the consul in london. does he still feel that way, why does he feel that the broadwell, bolivia, and venezuela have out right offered asylum, and ecuador has not, which surprised many, since it offered asylum to julian assange? >> [speaking spanish] can you hear me? i did hear the question. the

so president correa reminded vice-president biden that that was the case. sometimes it is important to remind each other of such matters. , of course, we respect the opinions of the added states with regard to the asylum request of snowden, but ecuador will exercise its sovereignty in about a wedding the asylum request. suffice it to say, it was a cordial exchange. president correa highlighted the butial nature of the call did table the fact that ecuador has been requesting the extradition of these bankers for , and thatf years ecuador is happy toear the opinions of the united states on a variety of issues, but will make its own decisions. givingident correa said the travel documents to edward snowden that allowed him to leave hong kong was a mistake on the part of the consul in london. does he still feel that way, why does he feel that the broadwell, bolivia, and venezuela have out right offered asylum, and ecuador has not, which surprised many, since it offered asylum to julian assange? >> [speaking spanish] can you hear me? i did hear the question. the l

joe biden would be the only one. but joe biden has got his weaknesses too. >> you think it's a political breakfast in the morning? >> i think so. i think it's basically trying to gauge where he is and making sure he is on board if she chooses to run. i also think if you see the transformation of biden, he has actually been much more care informal the way he speaks. he has also been courting different constituencies from the lgbt to the latino in a very, very big way. and he's starting to talk a lot of the talk you would see in presidency. she is holding court today with the president, trying to make sure that their legacies are uniting and basically making sure that biden is on board if she decides to run. >> in that little chat, i didn't ask her if she is rung. but i can say she looks great. she looks like she's got a pep in her step. let's put that it way. maria teresa kumar, and terrance page, thanks to both you have for your time this evening. >> thank you. >>> coming up, news is breaking inside the right-wing ra

chris: of course sarah palin's biggest task was taking on joe biden in their debate and biden is our next fascinating character and in one of our economic bits we picked on biden's sweet spot, his tendency to say exactly what is passing through his mind. we look back at the time he was still in the senate and his notorious questioning of supreme court nominee samuel alito. biden said some sort of record for the longest question on the history of the planet. take a look, and remember, this is one question. >> i understand, judge, i'm the only one standing between you and lunch, so i'm sorry to make this painless. judge, i'd like to say a few very brief things at the outset. the question is, sometimes some of the things you've said and done puzzle, at least puzzle me, and i'd like to -- and one of the things, it's not part of the line of question i wanted to ask, but again, this is just by way of, you know, why some of us are puzzled, because if i was aware of it and i didn't even like princeton, no, i mean, i really didn't like princeton. yeah, i was an irish catholic kid who thought

>>> joe biden is the subject of a revealing new profile in "gq" magazine. among a ton of notable stories, quotes and vignettes from the vice president, which won't do anything to quiet speculation about 2016. he says, "i can die a happy man never having been president of the united states of america, but it doesn't mean i won't run." >>> speculation is flying as the rumored due date flies by and the wait goes on for the arrival

joe biden asked the request be turned down. corea told biden his country couldn't consider the request until snowden arrives in ecuador or shows up at a diplomatic mission. he told biden it would be in accordance with ecuadorian law. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast tracks of land are still waiting to be restored. and more than half of the fishing ports must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster. but step by step, they are moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." >>> the operator on the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant defected a higher level of radio activity including at a new observation well closer to the sea. tokyo electric power company says it'll further investigate possible leaks of contaminated water into the ocean. tepco said it determined on friday that level of beta radiation in water at a newly dug reservation well was more than twice the level at an older one. the higher level was

if there's one legal precedent set by this case, it should be for god's sake ignore joe biden. we'll be right back. ers heers

vice president joe biden says china should play a more responsible role in world affairs. he says authorities in beijing need to do more to address cyber security and global warming. >> china now has the second largest economy in the world. it comes with some new international responsibilities. >> biden spoke at the opening of the annual u.s./china strategic and economic dialogue

>> senator biden made quite a lot about your exchange with him at the hearings last month. can you explain what you meant when you said there was not data collection on millions of americans? >> well, the -- first, as i said, i have great respect for senator weiden. i thought i was asked when are you going to stop beating your wife kind of question, which is meaning not answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no. so i responded in what i thought was the most truthful or least

biden's play is to wait and see what hillary does. i think if she doesn't run he's got a real shot at that nomination. and he -- but she's holding the cards right now as far as i'm concerned. there's a broad consensus within the democratic party that she -- if she wants to run, that she'll and very strong candidate and likely the nominee. biden must jund understaunderst well but it is not a guarantee to run so he's smart to keep his options open here because there may be a play. >> david axelrod who's seen it all, including rahm dancing. we'll be right back. g? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. what makes a sleep number what makes a sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you wanted a firm bed you can lie on one of those. if you want a soft bed you can lie

but vice president joe biden is not ruling out a third shot at the white house in 2016. biden tells "gq" magazine, i can die a happy man never having been president of the united states of america. but it doesn't mean i won't run. biden now 70 years old was also quoted as saying, we'll see where the hell i am. >>> some intriguing speculation about the impending royal birth. a report out of london claims today, yes, today, is the real due date for kate and william's baby. the palace said it was mid-july. according to another report, kate's mother says the baby will be a leo, which means the birth wouldn't be expected until july 24th. we're talking about a pregnant lady. she's going to give birth when she gives birth. >> yeah. everybody's chomping at the bit. >> oh, yes. >>> the family that tweets together stays together. what social media says about your relationships at home. >>> and brand-new pictures of the suspected boston bomber moments before he was captured. they've been released. who released them and why? >>> a heart-stopping moment caught on camera. how a motorc

>> ruth, you got your money down on vice president joe biden. chris, your colleague at the national journal jill lawrence, great piece. i was reading through it. titled what is keeping women from getting presidential buzz? hillary clinton. so when you look at that dynamic here that of the former secretary of state, is she overshadowing other women out like elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar and kristen gill la brands? >> when you look at the republican field generally you have vice president joe biden number two looking at a run for number one in 2016. you have hillary clinton, the former secretary of state. you had really big players on the democratic side who need to decide or take a pass before some of the smaller players like amy klobuchar and kristen gillibrand would get more ink. on the republican side it's a wide open field and freshman senators and got sworn in january like tes cruz and rand paul another freshman senator as well creating buzz there isn't that republican juggernaut in the room. i think hillary clinton sucks a lot of air o

vice president biden hasn't hinted away from the run. he hasn't talked about it in terms of against hillary. his most recent comments came in a gq interview when he said this, quote, i can die a happy man, never having been president of the united states of america, but it doesn't mean i won't run. will biden's run help the party or end up being a distraction? joining me now, "washington post," president of american bridge and former spokesman to senate majority leader harry reid. and from tax reform, matty dupler. the dup ler radar is here. we'll have a detroit conversation, a longer one. i want to quickly -- you've wrote about cracking the glass ceiling. you have a great book about this. nancy pelosi was not interested in cracking that glass ceiling in '08. she was a barack obama person through and through. for her, it was about pure politics. never a clinton democrat. >> not at the presidential level. she was happy to crack the dome as she called it of the capitol herself. she was neutral in the beginning of 2008. >> behind the scenes

guess what, he has the defense thinks the vice-president joe biden. he will take that up with the "a-team". what is happening in the body of politics next. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of hi and win fiy thousand dlars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. nobody likes to miss out. that's why ally treats alltheir. whether you're the first or the millionth. if your bank doesn't think you're special anymore, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ lou: it was bound to happen. remember this advice from vice-president joe biden. >> if there is ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here. walkout, but that double barrel shotgun and fired two blasts outside the house. lou: a washington state man is now accused of illegally discharging a firearm after a fire shut again to scare people he thought were trying to break into his car. he pled not guilty this week saying he was doing what joe biden told me to do. the vice-president is agai

i wld love to see joe biden run. let's see if he can break is 1%. for the vice-president of the net estate same going to run, keeping as an option weakens the president by the day. >> deflect deflect and retract. i was in chicago when they have the rainbow push coalition of an where you had 11 black children killed over the fourth of july weekend. this is obama country. where is the protest? this president is self-servin. lou: we'll have to come up with solutions and answers. this is appalling what is happening in chicago and other cities as well. in today'sarkets, a lot can happen in a second. with fidelity's guaranteed one-second trade execution, we route your order to up to 75 market centers to look for the best possible price -- maybe even better than you expected. it's all part of our goal to execute your trade in one second. i'm derrick chan of fidelity investnts. our one-second trade execution is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. >> health care law is crumblin

. >> senator biden made quite a lot about your exchange with him at the hearings last month. can you explain what you meant when you said there was not data collection on millions of americans? >> well, the -- first, as i said, i have great respect for senator weiden. i thought i was asked when are you going to stop beating your wife kind of question, which is meaning not answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no. so i responded in what i thought was the most truthful or least

>> knowing joe biden as you and i do, i wouldn't rule anything out. he tends to be very direct. i do think it's a little premature for either one of them to be doing this dance now. he doesn't have to ask her directly. i bet at a certain point when she makes her decision he would be one of the first people she calls. >> i'm sure you're right on that. at to top of the hour the president's going to deliver another in a series of economic speeches. this one in tennessee. he's giving the republicans at least a little bit of an olive branch by proposing major tax reform meaning lower tax frs corporations but he wants them to reciprocate. what's going on? >> reporter: he's going to want to lower corporate tax rates. it's nothing new. in exchange he says he wants to use the one time revenue wind fall to create more middle class jobs by fixing the nation's infrastructure, for example. the republicans already have said this isn't a grand bargain because it's not part of an overall tax scheme. they don't want to spend this money. they're dismissing it as dead on arrival. you see what the

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biden who is 70 years old said, quote, we'll see where the hell i am. oh, joe biden. >> he has some interesting quotes. >> yes, he does. >>> the one-armed bandit didn't stand a chance. against an ax-wielding man out for revenge. the man marched straight for the slot machines at a bar in the italian village where he lives and smashed all seven of them. >> as he swung the weapon he was heard complaining that he had lost more than $6500 to the machines over the last two weeks. afterwards, he walked outside skaumly, gave a thumbs up to customers and waited for the police to apprehend them. >> but you were the one who put the money in the machine. >> i agree. i hear what you're saying but i have been in situations where i have been at my penny slots and i've been giving away my pennies and not getting anything back. and i have wanted to whack the machine just like that. it must have felt so good. >> i am a not much of a gambler but i think i played the nickel slots in new orleans. and i won -- i didn't know what to do when i won. i think $225 in nickels came

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. >>> at the opening of talks with china and washington today, vice president biden opened with remarks about the two chinese teenagers killed in the crash. >>> i want to start by expressing my sadness, the sadness of the american people in the loss of two beautiful young lives, young chinese students in the asiana plane crash on saturday. our sympathize to their families, and to your country. >> biden called the loss of the young lives devastating. questions remain whether one of the girls was run over by an emergency vehicle. >>> that very thing happened after another bay area plane crash in 1973. two planes collided in mid-air on approach to moffitt field. 16 people aboard died. the only survivor was suckeded out of the navy plane -- sucked out of the navy plane and landed on the sunnyvale municipal golf course. a young student found him, assumed he was dead, and covered the body with the parachute. >> one one of the crash trucks from the base run over the parachute shroud. it didn't hit my body, but it straddled it over the parachute. they didn't see me! then i guess someone told hi

joe biden has run for president a couple of times before. do you think he has the chops to run this time around? >> he clearly has the chops as you said he has done it before. it's something that he wanted for a long time. i think people thought when he was named vice presidential running mate, i think this might be his last shot. he i i don't think he'll run against hillary clinton. but has the chops and this new push we're going to see more of will focus on his intellect and his know-how roar than the character view of the vice president, even with the aviator glasses. >> michael tomasky what are your thoughts? joe biden for president in 2016? >> i think it's a reach. if hillary clinton runs she squeezes out him and a lot of other people. but it's also the fact that although i think he'd been a pretty good vice president his ratings, his approval ratings favorability ratings they really aren't that good, and they never really have been that good on a national level. the unfavorables are higher than favorables to dip into political lingo, a

don't forget, joe biden very involved in foreign policy. maybe it was personal, maybe they talked about issues like syria, john kerry's negotiations on the middle east today. i'm sure those kind of things would come up between a president and his former secretary of state as well as tomorrow with joe biden. >> i assume the president just wants to pick her brain a little bit. maybe he thinks she can come up with some guide ideas. what do you think? >> sure. i think is more about his presidency than her presidential ambitions. look, 2008 was an extraordinary race. they divided the democratic party about as close in half as mathematical precision could get. they were probably the only candidates other than bill clinton who could have beaten either one of them in the past 40 years of the democratic primary. obama was probably the only one who would beat hillary clinton. it is remarkable how much they have been able to rebuild their ties. you see that today, an ease and a comfort. >> take a look at these two pictures. we'll show you this is a pi

, biden, my name from mumbai, that we were related. and so i was thinking about that, if that were true, i might run here in india for office. i might be qualified. qualified, maybe. eligible? probably not. >>> talking about starting off on the wrong foot, mark sanford, remember him? never got the memo that the house was voting last night, nor did he get the memo about the dress code. the newly elected south carolina congressman showed up in a sweat-soaked t-shirt, gym shorts and sneakers. while protocol requires that congressmen wear appropriate business attire, he did the next best thing. he borrowed a blazer from an aide. i think he was out hiking on the appalachian trail. >>> president obama fighting back against the republicans who have been at war with him since day one. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ mal

our sympathies to their families and to your country. >> biden and other government officials are meeting with chinese leaders in washington for two days of bilateral talks. we have an update on the survivors of the asiana crash at sfo. more than a dozen passengers are still in the hospital. 12 people remain at san francisco general. five of them are in critical condition. four passengers are still at stanford hospital. one is in critical but stable condition. passengers on flight 214 could be paid millions. leading aviation law experts say those who are paralyzed will probably get the largest settlement, 182 passengers sent to the hospital for injuries and could be eligible for money based on lost wages, pain and medical costs. experts say passengers who escaped unharmed could also see 7-figure settlements from asiana and its insurance carriers. >>> more passengers from that flight are coming forward with their stories of survival. kpix 5's cate caugiran has more on what they saw as the plane came crashing down. >> reporter: one passenger was on board with his wife and three children. we

the victim's families were presented with american flags and vice president joe biden spoke about the importance of heros like the hot shots. >>> stunning video in china. home and bridges swept away from floods in the heavy rains and this video, a man struggles to find safeties as buildings come down around him. >>> defense attorneys in the trial of george zimmerman could wrap up their case as early as today. this followed a marathon 13-hour court session that went late into the night. following all that nbc's sara dallof. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday, the defense put what some are calling their star witness on the stand, a forensic pathologist who kept the jury's attention. legal analysts say it was also effective. >> thank you very much. call your next witness. >> reporter: a shift in court yesterday from testimony centered around 911 calls to technical testimony from forensic expert dr. dimaio. as jurors took notes, the doctor laid out his findings that george zimmerman suffered six impact injuries to his face and head. and that while the gun was agains

a host of celebrities got in on it including vice president biden's wife, jill biden. another disappoint league slow response from fema, #sharknado. >> can you imagine pitching this? i have an idea about a tornado that sucks sharks. >> everyone wants to know what the sequel is going to be. >> it got one quarter the tweets the super bowl did. >> i'm going to go home and watch it. >>> i'm paige hopkins. this is "early today." >>> leading the news in britain, how microsoft handed the nsa access to encrypted messages. secret documents allege microsoft allowed u.s. intelligence access to its e-mail services including outlook and hotmail even allowing them to circumvent the company's own encryption. >>> filner, i need help. the mayor issuing a videotaped apology in response to allegations from political allies that he has sexually harassed numerous women. >>> topping our news, new developments in the edward snowden saga. the self-professed nsa leaker is accusing u.s. officials of threatening behavior and waging an unlawful campaign against his attempts to seek asylum. snowde

we will get to biden in a second. i have heard so much about this show. >> right. >> as you know, i don't have time to watch any television at all but everybody tells me watch this show. >> my 77-year-old mother is watching it. >> binge watching it. >> binge watch. i'll do a binge watch. >> the great thing, it's one of the great character transformations in tv. everyone talks about tony soprano and "mad men" and what he does on this show, he starts off as mr. chips and ends as scarface. it's all going to end this season. everyone wonders how it's going to end. the creator of the show vince gilligan he says he's not giving anything away but always references "m.a.s.h." at the end everyone wanted to go home. >> it looks like an incredible charact character. >> i watched some of them. we didn't quite get into it. it's interesting watching this clip you can see how much the characters transformed from the early episodes i did see. >> the tony soprano less menace that's there. >> what happens to him as an actor when he has

the question there is does vice president joe biden show up? if biden shows up, reid needs 50 because the vice president can break a tie in the senate on a ruling like this. the white house would not touch the question yesterday of whether senators joe biden, would show up and preside over this. they want to keep an arm's length from this and let it be a senate issue if biden has to show up to settle it, maybe he would, but that gives reid a leeway of one more vote if he loses it. >> so we're going to take you inside now where the senate has just gaveled in. we expect vice president joe biden to begin the day by swearing in the former house member from massachusetts who won a special election a couple weeks ago. live coverage now of the u.s. senate now on c-span2. alone are omnipotent. shine your light upon the challenging path which our lawmakers must walk, dispelling the shadows of doubt and division. lord, use our senators as instruments of your glory, keeping their faith strong as they trust you to order their steps and choreograph their de

today wiki leaks founder julian assange lashed out of biden and the u.s. >>> the united states has left him for the moment marooned. >> reporter: meanwhile, senator john mccain fired a volley at russian president vladimir putinputin >> he's an old colonel and he dreams of the russian restoration of the empire. >> reporter: he doesn't want the long-term headache of keeping snowden here in russian, but extraditing him could create problems elsewhere. >> snowden is seen as a guy who at least deserves protection. >> reporter: in snowden's latest bombshell, they reported that the national security agency digitally spied on european and triggering a short official response that the u.s. government collects intelligence like every other nation. snowden still unseen in a moscow airport but making his presence known. nbc news, moscow. >> to south africa now where president obama has made a point of honoring nelson mandela's legacy at every point on his trip. he called it an honor and a privilege where he was in prison for so many years. nbc chuck todd is with the president. >> reporter: presiden

rounds, first lunch with the president, then breakfast with boo biden. was their potential 2016 match-up on the menu. >>> on the campaign trail today, anthony weiner brushed aside reports he's incurred the wrath of the clintons. >> i am not terribly interested in what people who are not voters in the city of new york have to say. i am focused like a laser beam on their interests. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we are expecting bradley manning's verdict at any moment. we'll have that for you when it happens. >>> but first, it is the most important meal of the day and this morning, former secretary of state hillary clinton enjoyed breakfast with her former senate colleague and possible 2016 presidential primary adversary, vice president joe biden, on his turf at his house. joining me now for our daily fix, chris cillizza, msnbc contributor, managing editor of postpolitics.com, politico's senior reporter mag ihaberman and peter alexander, a new dad. to you first, peter. let's talk about the president's role today. he's just arrived in chat

, biden, my name from mumbai, that we were related. and so i was thinking about that, if that were true, i might run here in india for office. i might be qualified. qualified, maybe. eligible? probably not. >>> talking about starting off on the wrong foot, mark sanford, remember him? never got the memo that the house was voting last night, nor did he get the memo about the dress code. the newly elected south carolina congressman showed up in a sweat-soaked t-shirt, gym shorts and sneakers. while protocol requires that congressmen wear appropriate business attire, he did the next best thing. he borrowed a blazer from an aide. i think he was out hiking on the appalachian trail. >>> president obama fighting back against the republicans who have been at war with him since day one. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. uy's a pro, . [ herbie ] there's no doubt about it brent, a real gate keeper. here's kevin, the new boyfriend. lamb to the slaughter. that's right brent. mom's baked cookies but he'll be lucky to make it inside.

a recent poll showing that she would get 63% of the vote, joe biden just 13%. as you said, perhaps she is saying, you know, joe, it's okay, but 2016's pretty far away. neither one of them have said they are jumping in. >> it's fun to surmise, isn't it? brianna keiler reporting live from the white house. >>> alex rodriguez's future in baseball now coming into sharper focus. major league baseball could suspend a-rod this week as part of a doping scandal, but should he fight that ban? the commissioner's office is looking at ways to keep alex rodriguez from ever playing baseball again. joe carter is following the story in tampa. good morning, joe. >> reporter: hi, good morning, carol. yeah, we're just outside the yankees spring training facility here in tampa, florida. alex rodriguez showed up to the facility just a short time ago dressed in a t-shirt, dressed in shorts, ready for his typical daily workout. he usually spends about two to three hours here at the facility, in the batting cage, taking ground balls, working out on the fields. as he continues his workou

she is scheduled to have lunch with joe biden tomorrow. what does this have to do with 2016? >> it has a lot to do with 2016. she is going to tell the vice president, joe biden, that she is going to meet him at 9:30, and she won't show up until 10:00 and basically try to undermine him early now, because hilary very much thinks this is a position she deserves, she doesn't want to have to compete with joe biden for the role, and it is setting up what she thinks will be a cake walk for her in 2016. >> michael: bill, that makes a lot of sense. do you think she is going to say, hey, listen, joe, i'm telling you i'm running for president. don't tell anyone, please? >> she doesn't have to do that. he knows it. [ laughter ] >> i was at the white house today. two things, quick. i see that they ended up having lunch outside. that's the very table where president obama had the beer summit in the rose garden -- the lunch was originally scheduled for the private dining room, and they moved it outside. i just find that curious, but at the briefing today, somebody asked what are they going

biden has been moved into the number two slot. that's ironic because biden's veto service name unmanned drone if i'm not mistaken. number one position continues to be hot blooded by foreigner four weeks in a row at the top of the chart ♪ hot blooded ♪ catch us and see. >> bill: celebrity couples, forbes magazine making a lot of money together. all right? number one, beyonce and jay-z apparently makes $78 million in a year ending may 2012. and you -- do you believe that first of all 78 million these two? >> well, probably. i'm sure, billy. i don't know much about him. might as well call them jay zzz he is a bit of snooze. people trying to sing like alicia keys sounds like a nice song answered starts talking >> long live the. >> i'm in state building ♪ new york. >> if is he making 78 million off that is he a freak of genius. and the two slot you have got tom brady who is a complete merrill lynch. and you have got the woman who next to my wife is the hottest woman of this generation gisele. they deserve whatever they are gettin

. >>> vice president joe biden is now fueling speculation about a white house run. in an interview with "gq" magazine, biden said he's far from throwing his name in the ring but he hasn't ruled it out either rpz. the "house of cards" won a best nomination. it's the first time that they won an online show. cbs's "big bang theory" was among the best nominated for best comedy. the awards will be broadcast on cbs on september 22nd. >>> it never ceases to amaze what people try to smuggle onto airplanes. customs officers in india seized more than 10,000 live exotic turtles from two passengers on thursday. all of these tiny reptiles were packed in suitcases. >>> and if you have ever been told you look a lot like earnest hemingway, you missed out on a chance. it drew out more than 25,000 competitors wednesday. the winner will be picked on saturday. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs morning news," an update on the fast-moving wildfire near palm springs. i'm vinita nair, and this is the "cbs morning news." m springs. i'm vinita nair, and this is the "cbs morning new

leyes, sino tiene la mayorÍa republicana Él no tomar proyecto en el pleno, asÍ que no piensen, ay john biden ahora lo tiene escogido con los hispanos o con los inmigrantes, eso es la norma porque despuÉs de obama care que se pasÓ tan tarde la noche y eran miles de pÁginas, las personas no quieren presentar y pasar un proyecto masivo que nadie ha leÍdo, por eso lo van hacer pedazo a pedazo eso ha sido la norma que estableciÓ john biden, y lo esÁa cumpliendo, no solamente inmigraciÓn con todas las cosas, lo que queremos, jorge, es, pasar un proyecto de ley, cualquier proyecto para despuÉs estar en conferencia con el senado y de ahÍ poder pasar un proyecto que podamos adoptar en la cÁmara, va a ser difÍcil, no le voy a decir que va a ser fÁcil, no fue facil en el senado, las normas y las reglas de la cÁmara son distintas, pero tenemos que hacerlo en una manera bipartidista. >> congresista garcÍa. >> jorge, si aÑado. >> adelante, adelante. >> lo que es preocupante es que por ejemplo, todo lo que hemos pasado la cÁmara a este momento ha sido restrictivo, antiimigrante, por ejemplo

joe biden gets 13% and andrew cuomo down with 6%. the president is close to joe biden but there's a lot of people who assume. i wonder if you want to weigh in, if hillary runs, joe biden won't. >> i think that's the case. in talking to people who are close to the vice president, it seems while he really is toying with the possibility of a presidential run, i think that if hillary clinton runs, i don't think he would engage on that. she is such an overwhelming favorite. the democratic party would be behind her. the big question is what is he deciding what she wants to do. we really do not know the answer to that. sdp you saw the interview yesterday. something he says is destroying the nation's overwell being. he's back to a major theme he used during the campaign. >> reporter: he's trying to reset the agenda. this theme worked for him during the campaign. the rich versus the poor. we're not paying enough attention to the middle class. the middle class doesn't feel like it's part of the economic success after this country. he's got, if

. >>> and vice president joe biden speaking for the very first time about that crash at the opening of two days of talks between u.s. and chinese leaders in washington. biden expressing his condolences for the two victims who died at sfo. >> it was remarkable -- remarkable to see that plane, the state it was in. the loss of those two young lives is for families, most devastating thing that. happens in their lives. >> the crash of the asiana jetliner has created a controversy over different levels of safety on board the plane. preliminary reports from victims suggest business class passengers had full shoulder harnesses while those flying in coach only had a lap belt to restrain them. this raises one very big question for burlingame attorney, frank pete trip. >> you start to compare the injuries that occurred in one area of the aircraft where you will the dual restraint system with those that didn't and you see whether there were dramatic differences in the nature and type of injury. >> but biomechanics experts say the extra restraints in first class are because there's more room for pa