i call it sticking with what works. >> there's joe biden. you know joe biden pretty well. you know he's very proud of his record of accomplishment. what do you think of that as political advice, not just a joke's pride -- joe's pride? >> i think if the affordable care act is intact, and if the economy keeps getting better joe biden is onto something. i guarantee you hillary clinton be caught in a daily psychodrama of conference calls and memos and discussions with her husband about, should i distance? kinder, gentler? biden has a simpler philosophy. if things are going well, a better one. embrace what was done, and win the argument. >> he said the same thing about democrats in 2010. he said the same thing about democrats in 2014. you've got to live with the record you've got, so why not embrace it and fight for it rather than trying to pick and choose? for me, she's going to have to make careful choices about where she was with the administration on foreign policy. on this economic stuff, if those conditions hold, i think you are right. you got to wrap your arms around the

i call it sticking with what works. >> there's joe biden. you know joe biden pretty well. you know he's very proud of his record of accomplishment. what do you think of that as political advice, not just joe's pride? >> i think if the affordable care act is intact, and if the economy keeps getting better joe biden is onto something. i guarantee you hillary clinton be caught in a daily psychodrama of conference calls and memos and discussions with her husband about, should i distance? kinder, gentler? biden has a simpler philosophy. if things are going well, a better one. embrace what was done, and win the argument. >> he said the same thing about democrats in 2010. he said the same thing about democrats in 2014. you've got to live with the record you've got, so why not embrace it and fight for it rather than trying to pick and choose? for me, she's going to have to make careful choices about where she was with the administration on foreign policy. on this economic stuff, if those conditions hold, i think you are right. you got to wrap your arms around the obama white house

this brings us to our newest segment joe biden you only have one (bleep) job! as vice president your mission is simple! you show up! you shake a couple of hands, flash the pearlies get home in time for "the mindy project." that's it! but we've already seen that remorse -- (laughter) (applause) we've already seen that remorse about lady touching is the one thing joe biden will not feel! >> we both have something in common. we both married up. you're beautiful. hi emily, how are you? i hope you have a big fence around the house. >> jon: i can still see it! ahhh! what could you possibly be saying to her! "be still my child... while i absorb your precious life source... "" (laughter) you're not officially sworn if until delaware joe has felt up every single member of your immediate family. here's what's so weird about this, biden is usually good on women's issues in general. >> no means no! the right of women to at the side for themselves whether or not they want to use contraception. no man has the right to raise a hand to a woman. >> jon: in general it's great. i

biden, right? dr. jill biden, she sees him rubbing the shoulders of this woman. >> i think he is an old guy just like -- >> i think it is first degree -- i'll tell you what is sick, when he gets in the cab with a somali driver then he leans over while he is driving and puts his tongue in her ear. >> he also says look if you come to delaware, you will see i'm friends with these guys they drive the cab. they're not your friend he is that annoying guy who thinks he is everybody's pal. >> we have really taken this segment apart, we'll wrap this up. he doesn't do this to men. he is homophobia-like. if he was rubbing the shoulders of i don't know the husband of -- nancy pelosi. >> right, right. >> then i would say -- >> he is a homophobe no better than the isis animals. >> i think -- and racist and islamic-phobic. >> coming up, why do jihadis love porn? because they're guys first we're doing this for our sponsor. >> lions have been the king of the jungle for too long, we must remember that all animals are cr

it looks kind of weak. >> what do you think of joe biden and joe biden's image? >> joe biden has too much personality. let's just kindly call it that. there's a lot of character going on. he's affable with laughable unfortunately. >> what about the look that jim webb presents? is that a good presidential look? >> i like that's been a military man. he carries himself like a military man. that's very good for a presidential candidate. however, he tends to have his hair parted a little too close to the center. that's a little more of a small town type of look not very sophisticated in the world stage. >> what do you think of martin o'malley? here's a former governor of maryland in his 50s but still have a sense of boyish charm. >> you will see him in a black t-shirt and jeans. he has a band. i think that could help him out. he seems much more approachable. and so people will enjoy that about him and that he's easy to talk to. >> bernie sanders, independent from vermont. what's his image? >> stodgy. his posture is rather forward and a little slumpy like this and his

biden, dr. jill biden. she sees this footage, rubbing the shoulders of this woman. >> i think it's, i'm, i think it's just an old guy just, like, i don't know. >> i think it is first degree sexual -- >> i tell you what's sick is when he gets in one of those cabs with the somali drivers, then he leans over while they're driving and puts his tongue in their ear. >> if you come to delaware i'm friends with these guys. they're not your friends. >> he's that annoying guy who thinks he's everybody's pal. >> but i think the big question here, and we have to wrap this up because we've really taken this segment apart. he doesn't do this to men. he's homophobic. if he was doing this equally if he was rubbing the shoulders of, i don't know, the husband of insert nancy pelosi, then i would say oh, okay. >> he's a homophone. he's no better than those isis animals when you come down to it. >> he's sexist and homophobic. >> and racist and islam phobic. >> he should be appeased. >>> coming up, why do jihadis love porn? bec

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biden does have a history of close encounters. leader is leaning in to say something to daughter of senator christopher kunz last month. and this time he rubbed the stories of a biker back in bowl of 12 photographed talking in her ear. one commenter got creative create this montage titled "50 shades of biden." >> since we first put up this story it has been viewed 100,000 times and a lot of people are weighing in. someone mocked the vice president calling ima "creepy uncle," and someone said if this was anything to this i don't think the v.p. would be so blatant, just being friendly. and another seas "it is inappropriate and rude to get in personal space without invitation." another writes "gross." biden has not commented on what happened yesterday or what he whispered in the woman's ear but people on-line are having fun guessing. >> new this morning, bay bridge officials are investigating why smoke was coming from the old span of the bay bridge this morning. smoke could be soon by drivers passing by and the officials say it could

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joe biden takes being biden to new heights or depths. and then another post biden gets creepy. >>> we have new information this morning about a high school hazing case in middlesex county. the court rules that the seven high school students will remain closed to the media. and the seven face charges from hazing to aggravated sexual assault. the school district canceled the rest of the team's season last october amid the investigation. >>> and princeton university is marking the largest gift in history. the fiphilanthropist left his large value of books and man you scripts valued at $300 million and houses in the library named for shy. >>> and there's a plan for a proposed group home in this camden county community. rutgers university behavioral health care will not be building that home in berlin after dozens of people came out to protest the plan citing their safety concerns. under the plan up to eight people who have mental health issues would have been able to live in the group home at any given time. >>> and gloucester county is work

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. >>> plus biden being biden. the latest example of social awkwardness by the vice president is taking social media by storm. >>> i'm tracking some snow showers heading our way as well as potential for record cold and a storm that affects your weekend. the timing of it all, just ahead. >>> we are learning more this morning about an oil train derailment and explosion in west virginia. we just found out the train's tanks were a newer model that already met a higher safety standard than federal law requires and this is new video from the scene of that derailment this morning. it appears the train cars no longer smoldering. investigators could get close enough today to figure out why this train derailed. >> happening today, president obama will host an international summit on violent extremism. joe biden will open the three-day gathering by meeting with mayor the. several city run pilot studies determining how to work with terrorism. the summit is to persuade year years to acts of violence. >>> the ruling temporarily

tara biden 2016 is it possible? >> if i say that biden wants to run, that's like saying the sun came up this morning. does biden want to run, is water wet? he absolutely wants to run. the question is will he run. and the biggest problem for joe biden, because i think he would run in a heartbeat, the issue for him is right now just how formidable hillary clinton is looking in the polls at this point in time. but he's clearly testing the water. he's going into these states to try to see what type of reception he'll get from the people in those states from party leaders, grassroots activists in those states. this is clearly strategic. he's definitely advancing a strategy on this front. >> abby this could be a lot of fun, though. >> yeah i don't think he's running. i think the writing's on the wall that he's not actually going to go through with it. he won't run against hillary clinton. let's be honest about that. he loves the attention. this is the fun time for joe biden. have the media make speculation on whether they

vice president biden, thank you as well for being here today. i have not forgotten some of the stories that you told. i recall very well us calling my mother on that trip to the mountains in iraq, and i remember you wanted to speak with her. [laughter] and hours and hours later -- [laughter] -- she never forgot that, mr. vice president. she was so proud of that phone conversation. and so, i thank you for your generous reaching out to my mother at a very difficult time for her. because she was gone about a month later. so, thank you. one of my greatest joys during my time here in washington has been the development of our friendship and as you have noted in the president has noted, our time together, the three of us on the senate for -- on the senate foreign relation committee, and secretary kerry is here, i include you in those days. our former chairman, chairman lugar is here as well. to dick lugar, thank you. as you noted, there are special people in our life. that we benefit from. vice president biden thank you , for your years of service as

we'll show you other times biden is caught cuddling on camera and why a would be burglar apologizeds to the duo that caught him in the act. >>> and a deadly stabbing outside a montgomery county meat packing facility. at the gbs plant but it did not end well, one was dying of stab wounds and the other being rushed to the hospital and police have no idea what caused two coworkers to turn on one another, chad pradelli is live at the scene in franconia township with the latest on this story. >> reporter: hey brian authorities have an idea why this happened but they have not released the motive in this killing but the suspect in this killing is in the hospital and i am told by a source he may not survive his own injuries. >> it happened at 8:00 a.m. the alleged assailant stabbed danny vazquez outside of the gbs meat packing facility where they both worked. the suspect was air-lifted to paoli hospital with stab or slash wounds they suspect the injuries may have been self-inflicted. a knife was involved and recovered and we are processing the scene and there is a lot of work to do on the in

i would like to choose joe biden, but i have to go with clinton. >> what about you mark? >> i say biden first, then clinton, then kerry is the nominee if she doesn't run. >> let's go on to question number 2 -- what will happen first gentleman? scott walker complete his educational degree columba bush speaks in public, or brian williams goes back on the air? >> i will go with number two columba bush speaks first. >> john? >> i want to say one of the other ones, but i have to agree with mark. it is going to be columba just because the other two are almost totally unlikely. >> and when she speaks -- watch out. >> now we are going on to question number three? who was playing the best game right now? bibi netanyahu, elizabeth warren, or monet davis? >> you saw her do that crossover that drove kevin hart to embarrassment and shame so that he would never play in the celebrity game again, you would know the answer all the way is monet davis. >> i say to you pimm fox -- drei del dreidel dreidel. benjamin netanyahu is playing two continents like a pro. >> that you agree monet davis

vice president biden, thank you as well for being here today. i have not forgotten some of the stories that you told. i recall very well us calling my mother on that trip to the mountains in iraq, and i remember you wanted to speak with her. and hours and hours later -- [laughter] -- she never forgot that, mr. vice president. she was so proud of that phone conversation. and so, i thank you for your generous reaching out to my mother at a very difficult time for her. because she was gone about a month later. so, thank you. one of my greatest joys during my time here in washington has been the development of our friendship and as you have noted in the president has noted our time together, the three of us, on the senate for -- on the senate foreign relation committee, and secretary kerry is here, i include you in those days. our former chairman, chairman lugar is here as well. to dick lugar, thank you. as you noted it there are special people in our life. as you noted, there are special people in our life that we have benefited from. dig lugar is

we will talk about joe biden in a moment. peter barnes is at the fcc where they are about to vote on changing the internet as we know it. five guys, and elected about to tell the world how the government is going to take over the internet. i would expect some real drama on an occasion like that. am i going to get any? >> there has been some drama already and we have supporters of the so-called open internet rules standing up and doing applause but no drama in the outcome, this proposal will be approved in the next hour or so, 3-2 vote along party lines three democrats indicated their support for this. with republicans said they would vote against it. stuart: i would like to have seen real drama. i would like to have seen real verbal come back but i guess we didn't get it. you have a tough job getting drama into that situation but you did it. what does this mean for you? a new report from the public policy institute that is on the left says you have to pay even more for your cellphone and internet service. an extra $67 in fees

and joe biden takes new heights and is creepy. and take a listen to this. >> i might add, if you come to the train station with me. i have a great relationship with them and a lot of them are driving cabs and are friends of mine for real. >> he made those comments while attempting to draw parallel between the radicalization between his hometown of minneapolis. >>> and officials are gearing up for next year's democratic convention and restaurant owners are doing the same. one big decision is whether to serve meals during normal hours or host private groups. our partners say restaurant owners have to determine if money made from private parties will outpace business as usual. the economists say normal hours do have their perks and some restaurants could see a 30% jump in sales. >>> now speaking of the democratic national convention we are learning more about how philadelphia was chosen to be the host city. democratic national chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz wrote an editorial and in it the congresswoman talked about the year-lon

joe biden takes being biden to new heights of depths. >>> she has a tail and drinks from a bowl but last night she was queen. >> my choice for the best in show is the beagle. >> at the westminster kennel club dog show miss pea is her name. she comes from a pretty powerful family grand niece of the winner. she beat out mat tease the top winning male, a portuguese water dog, also the cousin of president obama's family pet sunny. congratulations to miss pea. >>> let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. >> apple may be going virtual. the company has been granted a patten for the wireless headset that uses the iphone as a display screen. apple may be getting into the virtual reality market. samsung started selling a device last month and google plans to launch one later this year. >>> household debt is rising. the fed said the debt hit nearly $12 trillion with the biggest increases in car and student loans. if consumers run into paying these debts, that could hurt their ability to make other purchases potentially chilling the u.s. company. >>> starbucks has launched a delivery ser

vice president biden in iowa. what he's saying now that's turning heads. >>> and, jon stewart's sign-off. why he's had such an impact. and who will replace him? from abc news "this week" with george stephanopoulos begins right now. >>> good morning. i'm martha raddatz in amman, jordan. all week, the world is focused on this reen region and the threat posed by the terror group isis. a threat called the greatest since 9/11. we've been faced with several stark reminders of isis brutality this week, beginning with the death of american kayla mueller, who died while being held hostage by isis. friday, a brazen attack by the jihadist group on an iraqi air base with u.s. marines inside. just this weekend, isis releasing another haunting video tape that we won't air. this one purporting to show captured kurdish fighters being paraded through the streets in cages. back home, the president now asking congress to authorize more military action to defeat the group. but why is this threat so hard to contain? we have been repor

it is insane for joe biden and the democrats to boycott that. i would love to see them do that because it is unbelievable and bad politics. with biden, maybe something was going on at chucky cheese and we could not make it that night. >> can i just stop you there. why do you think they would care? they don't run anything on capital hill. they just lost. it is a bicaramel shellacking. is that the term we are using this week? >> having the image of the camera folkcused on the steps and not seeing biden there will be a snub. >> there is a rift isn't there within the pro-israel communities in the united states. some are very liberal. some are more conservative. and what are they telling their friends and congress about the speech? >> well as the ambassador for the jews here -- >> only the upper side of manhattan gets this >> that is andrea's territory. she is up there with you. >> roman is not conservative but it as it full of jewish people who are pro-israel and in favor of strong defense for israel. but obama is seem at best ambivalent about israe

when biden says putin ignores agreements that he signs putin and the russians will say that's exactly what nato has done, as well that nato made promises after the fall of the soviet union, not to expand eastwards and yet russia is in a position where nate to you he is now up gets its borders in the baltics and up and down its western flank. that they are deeply unhappy with so a massive divorce is going on at the moment, no trust really on either side. >> rory, thanks very much indeed. >> thousands rallied in jordanned capitol in a show of salad dart for the family of pilot muath al-kaseasbeh. demonstrators support the government's military campaign against isil. we have more now mom amman. >> thousands have participated in this protest in downtown amman in support of the government and king abdullah and the army. they are right now chanting in support of the king. they say that the best thing that happened out of the tragic death of muath al-kaseasbeh is that it has united people together, that jordanians are now speaking with one voice. they say that before, there were people who d

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vice president biden in iowa. what he's saying now that's turning heads. >>> and, jon stewart's sign-off. why he's had such an impact. and who will replace him? from abc news, "this week" with george stephanopoulos begins right now. >>> good morning. i'm martha raddatz in amman, jordan. all week, the world is focused on this region and the threat posed by the terror group isis. a threat called the greatest since 9/11. we've been faced with several stark reminders of isis brutality this week, beginning with the death of american kayla mueller, who died while being held hostage by isis. friday, a brazen attack by the jihadist group on an iraqi air base with u.s. marines inside. just this weekend, isis releasing another haunting video tape that we won't air. this one purporting to show captured kurdish fighters being paraded through the streets in cages. back home, the president now asking congress to authorize more military action to defeat the group. but why is this threat so hard to contain? we have been reporting

we know joe biden from the delaware biden as well. maybe they've run into each other over the years know each other very much, very well. we don't know that. >> coming up, nate allen speaking out after he was detained in florida. why he says he is shocked and discussed over >>> good morning, i'm tom shred end point, every point for the flyers critical, start tuesday with the blue jackets six points out of playoff spot, 26 games to go. flyers down one point, two to nothing, cut it to one late, tied at two after two. but, third period, mid-way through, vinny tosses up, bad turn over, matt makes them pay. to the blue jacket, they beat the flyers, five to two. >>> good news for the flyers before the game, defenseman timonen skated with the team for the first time since being diagnosissed when blood clots. he is still at least a week to ten days away from playing in the game. >> sterling gibbs two games for this tomahawk, unnecessary punch, during the villanova archie, gibbs tweeted afterward got caught up in the heat of the moment. villan

and joe biden takes being biden to new heights or depths. and biden gets creepy. the most talked about about came while discussing this. take a listen. >> i have great relations with a lot of the cab drivers because there's an awful lot of them driving cabs and are friends of mine for real. >> vice president biden made the comments while attempting to draw a parallel between the radicalization of somali youth in his hometown of wilmington delaware. >>> more than 11 million people are covered under president obama's affordable care act but the final number could grow or shrink because some people didn't finish their application before the deadline. and if they don't pay their premiums, the numbers could go down. >>> so imagine that you learn that you have been accepted to college only to find out it's a computer error. it happened in pittsburgh and here's what happened. the university e-mailed the acceptance letters on monday. then seven hours later they sent out correction notices, no you really weren't accepted. carnegie's mail spokesperson blames the serious mis

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. >> i would say bill clinton, giving us the clinton-bush race we all want to see. >> i say biden first then clinton, then kerry is the nominee. >> number two, what will happen first, scott walker completes his educational degree, columba bush speaks in public or brian williams goes back on the air? >> i will go with number two, columba bush speaks first. >> john? >> i think i have to agree with mark. columba just because the other two are almost totally unlikely. >> and when she's, watch -- when she speaks watch out. question number three. homestretch. who is playing the best game right now? netanyahu, elizabeth warren, or monet davis? >> if you saw that crossover that drove kevin hart to embarrassment and shame so that he would never play in the celebrity game again, you would know the answer all the way is monet davis. >> dreidel, dreidel, dreidel benjamin netanyahu is playing two continents like a pro. >> that you agree monet davis could take him in a one-on-one? >> totally. >> who is more transparent governor chris christie of new jersey silvio burwell or norm mcdonald? >> nor mcdo

they talked about biden, o'malley, webb. democrats want to see a debate. >> there's a lot of restlessness. that's something that i think, the clinton campaign, if it becomes a campaign will have to address. there's a hunger to debate some of these yooshs. yooshs. issues. like most americans, we have opinions, too. >> you think she should debate whoever is running? >> we know the republicans will debate among themselves. most of their positions will be against hillary. yes, i think she should have that debate. >> she definitely should. i think one of the things that worked against john mccain in 2008 is that he wrapped up the nomination so quickly while there was this vibrant contest going in the democrat side. mccain couldn't get attention if he doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire. >> okay so let's turn to the republicans. we had reportedly "the washington post" reporting that jeb bush is planning a whole series of fund raisers. $100,000 a ticket. is there anybody else on the rb side that can raise that kind

biden putting his hands on carter's wife's shoulders even appearing to whisper a little sweet nothing in her ear. >> awkward. it sometimes to be a habit for the veep. here's a picture from 2000. then senator biden getting close to the president of ireland. >> i, no. >> sir, please back away from this gentleman's wife. i kept on top of things. i was a doer. then the chronic widespread pain slowed me down my doctor and i agreed that moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. he also prescribed lyrica®. for some patients, lyrica® sign ificantly relieves fibromyalgia pain and improves physical function. with less pain i feel better. lyrica® may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these new or worsening depression or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica®. don't drive or use m

he was sworn in as defense secretary by vice president joe biden yesterday at the white house. he replaces chuck hagel who resigned under pressure. carter is president obama's fourth defense secretary. >>> more than 11 million people so far have signed up this year for obamacare and there's good news if you missed sunday's deadline to apply. the administration is now offering a grace period for people who started their applications but couldn't finish them before sunday. the new deadline is this sunday. and those without insurance who don't apply will face a penalty at tax time. >>> well, the measles outbreak is spreading with more than 140 people diagnosed so far in 17 states. most of the cases have been directly linked to disneyland and the u.s. has exported several cases to canada and mexico. most of the people who contracted the highly contagious disease contains disease were not vaccinated includes babies too young to be immunized. >>> and we're getting a new look inside the world of the wisconsin girls accused in the slenderman stabbing. a notebook from one of the girls s

gets the halo effect. >> al, i know we have seen joe biden's favorable percents rise, not as because we like them, but also because he is just such a nice guy. when we come back, a groundhog a mayor, and a murder. ♪ >> happy groundhog day, everyone. a long, long time ago, "the new york post" dropped a bombshell on gotham city. it was about murder. mayor bill de blasio was implicated in the death of a groundhog after he dropped the animal in the groundhog ceremony last year. to explain the situation to our youngest viewers, we wrote a children's book, and now we decided it is time to share this tale. it is a little bit like "charlotte's web." a web of lies. >> once upon a time on the isle of manhattan, a mayor named bill went to the island of staten. >> mayor bill wore large gloves to prevent getting hurt, but instead he dropped chuck face first in the dirt. >> after one week he was dead, and poor chuck was dead, but we must keep this quiet, the poor zoo staff said. >> weeks turned to months and they kept a straight face, that the truth finally emerged in the most sensational place.

unidos en la toma posesiÓn residencial en brasil se ha tornado amarga, biden que respondiÓ a los ataques de maduro dice que el vicepresinte de estados unidos estÁ detrÁs de un plan. cÓmo le respondieron en ee.uu. >> acusado de conspirador y golpista el vicepresidente de ee.uu. estÁ en la mira del presidente maduro. durante una cadena de radio televisiÓn el domingo el mandatario venezolano le puso su nombre a lo que dice es un no complot estadounidense para derrocarlo >> acuso al vicepresidente de ee.uu., biden, personalmente he hablado con primeros ministros. >> tuvieron un contacto en la toma posesiÓn de russeff realizÓ una reuniÓn con los gobiernos del caribe. el departamento de estado rechazÓ la acusaciÓn. >> son falsas tales alegaciones distraen sus propias acciones por culpar a los ee.uu. de otros miembros de la cumbre internacional por lo que ocurre en venezuela. maduro tiene dÍas hablando de complicaciones en medio del recrudecimiento del cacique vive _recrudecimiento que vive el paÍs la cual atribuye. >> hasta quÉ . los complace. >> se anota en la lista de las acusac

joe biden's office announced that mr. biden will not attend it when israeli prime minister netanyahu, addresses congress. the white house has already faced criticism for saying that officials are not even meeting with mr. netanyahu because the trip comes two weeks after the israeli voters head to the polls. but supporters here in the united states say that the israeli prime minister should speak. molly henneberg has the very latest from washington. >> reporter: we don't know exactly where the vice president will be on march 3. his office says he'll be out of the country. when israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addresses congress. vice president biden as president of the senate usually would attend a joint meeting of congress, especially when a foreign leader speaks and sit behind the podium. he missed another address by a foreign leader the australian prime minister n 2011. the vp's office says this trip was planned before house republican speaker john boehner announced that netanyahu would be addressing lawmakers.

here's vice president biden today. today. >> given russia's recent history, we need to judge it by its deeds, not its words, don't tell us show us president putin. too many times, president putin has promised peace and delivered tanks, troops and weapons. so we will continue to provide ukraine with security assistance not to encourage war, but to allow ukraine to defend itself. >> reporter: now, here at the white house on monday there's a very important meeting going on between president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. that is happening at the white house. merkel has already come out. she is opposed to sending any more additional lethal aid to ukraine. she does not want to see any additional weapons into this conflict. the white house internally is going through a big debate whether they should do this. of course, key at the ender of that debate if they do send in more weapons, what will putin's reaction be? will he counter with adding more weapons of his own in ukraine and what that means for violence on th

i'm going to go chips and guac. >> hillary clinton and joe biden? >> i love them both. good try. >> i had to try. >> a little bit of deja vu. the gop-led house rules committee will spend tonight, the evening of groundhog day, once again considering a bill to repeal the affordable health care act. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> all right, 21 past. i'm joined by msnbc reporter jane tim. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so we are learning and we have had the weekend to mull it over mitt romney has decided, hey, i'm not going to run for president next year. was this his decision or do you think maybe the gop top had something to do with this? >> i think the real winner was mitt romney has always been a numbers guy and the numbers didn't look good. we saw a poll out of iowa this weekend that i thought said it all where it said the voters knew mitt romney and made their opinion and while a fair amount liked him there was not enough margin for him to rise over anybody. a lot of governors eyeing 2016 campaigns have sort of big ranges of people

david, i want to go to this passage about joe biden. one of the many gems that i find so fascinating in the book. i'm going to read it for the audience. one day biden called me into his stately office down the hall from the oval. do you remember that conversation we had at my sister's house in delaware? recalling the interview in which he told plouf he would be the best person for the job? this is when he knew david, that there was some rumblings in the white house about the possibility of swapping him for hillary clinton on the reelection campaign and i just want to read what follows that. in the book you say swapping clinton for biden would have been seen as weak and disloyal. i argued when summoned the campaign suggested we had an obligation to test it in polling. when we did, it made no difference. the subject never came up again. what would have happened, david, if hillary clinton polled well ahead of joe biden for you in that poll? >> well i don't i could use the old political copout and say i don't want to talk about a hypothetic

biden is on the trail but has done almost nothing to assemble a team. clinton has the biggest and most expensive campaign in the history of the country. the ethics controversy over the clinton foundation taking foreign donations did not come up. now it's bill's paid speeches that are getting the scrutiny. when mrs. clinton was secretary of state, every time mr. clinton requested state department ethics approval for a speech they were all approved. 215 speeches he gave while she was secretary of state and he got paid $48 million according to documents. today joe biden, the vice president, said he didn't know enough to make any comment about it. let's be realistic, this is joe biden and if he had any plans to run against clinton he would have figured out something to say today. he said he'll make a decision by the end of the summer but it sounds like he's keeping impatient democrats occupied until clinton hits the trail. >>> still ahead, another looming partial government shutdown. a big deal or just political theater? >>> first, maria bartiromo in new yo

and then this also happened today, listen to joe biden discuss violent extremism. >> it is a large very identifiable somali community. i might add if you ever come to the train station with me, you notice i have great relations with them because there are an awful lot of driving cabs. >> a lot of somalians driving cabs. check off somalia off our -- >> #2016. >> what's next? julie? >> on the buzz kill segment, today is mardi gras. everybody should be safe, don't go under any cows like greg just recommended. do not do anything to get extra beads if you're in new orleans. stay safe, do not drink and drive and have a great lent if you are observing. >> kicks off tomorrow. >> dana. >> this happened on cspan andy harris, republican from maryland, sits there behind his colleague and several times he winks into the camera and for those of you watching cspan you may have been thinking what is he doing? it was revealed he was winking at a certain lady, but it was his mom who loves to watch him on cspan. that's kind of cute. >> that's very cute. >> the old mom excuse. >> telling isis something. co

. >> vice president joe biden tried to laugh off a moment that made national headlines biden was caught on camera getting up close and personal. after speaking close with ashton carter's wife. led he poked fun at himself. >> i enjoy the evening and i hope you'll stick around and i just want you to know that i will not be offended if you don't want to but i'll be in that room, if anybody wants a photograph i would not blame you if you didn't. >> the video from last week went viral on social media biden responded saying he is close friends of the carters. >>> kitchen looks spotless but are there hidden risks only a health inspector could spot. >> we give in kitchen the white glove treatment and tips to keep your family safe and healthy. that is today on "action news" at 4:00. >> we are getting our first look at frozen fever we'll show you a sneak peek at anna and elsa's next adventure. >> i can't wait speaking of frozen, this is a live look at spring mountain a few skiers are taking advantage of the weather and david murphy is tracking a break in the snow before more snow heading our way.

david, i want to go to this passage about joe biden. one of the many gems that i find so fascinating in the book. i'm going to read it for the audience. one day biden called me into his stately office down the hall from the oval. do you remember that conversation we had at my sister's house in delaware? recalling the interview in which he told plouffe he would be the best person for the job? this is when he knew, david, that there was some rumblings in the white house about the possibility of swapping him for hillary clinton on the reelection campaign, and i just want to read what follows that. in the book you say swapping clinton for biden would have been seen as weak and disloyal. i argued when summoned, the campaign suggested we had an obligation to test it in polling. when we did, it made no difference. the subject never came up again. what would have happened, david, if hillary clinton polled well ahead of joe biden for you in that poll? >> well, i don't, i could use the old political copout and say i don't want to talk about a hyp