I asked Joe Biden: What is your response to the NYPost story about your son, sir?
He called it a “smear campaign” and then went after me. “I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.”
New: Here’s a breakdown of the 17 executive actions President Biden will sign this afternoon in the Oval. Many directly undo Trump's touted accomplishments.
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Wow:
@justinamash
is NOT backing down. He is now talking to a school group on steps of the Capitol about why Trump impeachment proceedings should begin. “Really dangerous for our country” when ppl don’t tell the truth
WATCH: "You’re full of sh*t,"
@JoeBiden
tells a man who accused him of "actively trying to end our Second Amendment right."
"I support the Second Amendment," Biden adds while vising under-construction auto plant in Detroit.
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Biden ad now playing in FL features couple from The Villages talking about how they can't see their 2 grandkids due to COVID. "I don't blame Donald Trump for the virus, I blame him for his lack of action...I trust Joe Biden to get this virus under control."
This is how I will remember Sen. Feinstein: I snapped this pic in Sept. 2018 in the middle of Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings. Sen. Murkowski (right) was weighing her support, and…Feinstein moved in.
A few days later, Murkowski opposed the nomination.
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Sweet moment at
@FLOTUS
event: 4th grader started to cry (happy tears) while introducing Dr. Biden. "I really wanted to meet you. I adore you because you embrace change from my generation and the ones to come. I look up to you."
.
@CBSNews
survey of
#SOTU
watchers: Will President Biden’s policies deal with Russia effectively?
71% - Will
29% - Will Not
Overall, 78% of watchers surveyed said they “approved” of Biden’s speech
NEW:
@JoeBiden
responds to
@berniesanders
saying the “establishment” is trying to defeat him.
“The establishment are all those hardworking, middle class people, those African Americans...they are the establishment!”
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Asked Biden if he will encourage teacher unions to cooperate to get kids back in school because the COVID task force said it is safe to be in the classroom. He didn't answer.
“Why are you the only guy that always shouts out questions?” he said.
Biden now leads Trump among Black voters 90% to 6%, according to new
@CBSNews
poll. This is higher than the 72% percent of Black voters backing Hillary Clinton heading into her nominating convention in 2016.
Pelosi asked if she will talk w/ Rep. Tlaib about her “impeach the motherf***er” comment:
“I’m going talk to the president about his remarks,” she said as she heads to WH shutdown negotiation.
New: Joe and Jill Biden released 2019 tax returns ahead of debate.
Total income: $944,737.
Total tax payment: $346,204
Refund: $46,858
Joe lists occupation: "EXECUTIVE," Jill: "TEACHER"
Spotted in the Biden drive-in crowd at the Atlanta rally: former US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
She says she feels good about Biden’s chances in Georgia
Watch: Jill Biden pulls Joe Biden further away from press while answering Qs at airport. Biden said he is happy to debate Trump on 10/15 if scientists deem it is safe. [Biden & reporters were COVID tested within past 24 hours]
Let the transition begin:
@CBSNews
confirms the GSA sent a letter ascertaining Joe Biden as the election winner, allowing the transition process to officially start.
WOW: Major Ginger Tate led 130 troops in Afghanistan and just told
@JoeBiden
she has been waiting 6 yrs to give him this coin. "I hope and pray that you will be our next president." [Credit: Iris Earls]
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via
@LacraiMitchell
Biden to FL seniors: “[Trump] throws super spreader parties at the White House. Republicans hug each other without consequences. How many of you have been unable to hug your grandkids?”
“One of the worst classified briefings we have received from the Trump Administration,”
@SpeakerPelosi
said as she exited the briefing w/Sec. Mnuchin on Russian sanctions.
Pelosi said all that happened was they read from an unclassified document
Aunt Becky went for it:
Lori Loughlin indicted as she "agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team...thereby facilitating their admission to USC."
.
@amyklobuchar
touts her work w/
@BernieSanders
. I asked her if the Bernie she knows would say a woman cannot be president, as
@ewarren
alleges he said.
Klobuchar referenced Bernie’s assurance on the debate stage he thinks a woman could win.
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New: I asked
@POTUS
if he thought
@itskerrii
’s suspension was fair?
Biden said the “rules are the rules” but questioned if they should remain that way.
“I was really proud of the way she responded,” he adds.
.
@JoeBiden
was asked if he would consider choosing a Republican running mate if he is nominee for a show-of-force unity ticket:
“I would” Biden said but added he couldn’t think of anyone at the moment.
Presidential Medal of Freedom for Dolly Parton?
“I’ll call Biden,” Obama quips to Colbert when asked why he didn’t bestow her the honor during his presidency
At start of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s confirmation hearing, Judiciary Chairman Joe Biden said: “Judge Ginsburg, you come before the committee with your place in history already secure…You have already helped to change the meaning of equality in our nation.” The News Journal, 7/21/93
.
@JoeBiden
camp responds to "unmasking" list: "These documents simply indicate the breadth and depth of concern across the American govt...over intelligence reports of Michael Flynn’s attempts to undermine ongoing American national security policy" via
@AndrewBatesNC
President Biden’s first trip to Walter Reed as commander-in-chief: he visited five wounded warriors and now is checking out the COVID vaccination process there.
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.
@BernieSanders
told LATimes Trump will "eat [
@JoeBiden
's] lunch" in a general election bc of his votes on Iraq War, trade agreements, etc.
Biden said tonight in Iowa he will invite Bernie for "dessert" at the White House.
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.
@JoeBiden
calls me a “pain in the neck” & says I “scream a lot.” After I asked about super PAC supporting him and whether he’d discourage his supporters from contributing to it? He said “no.” He then told
@BernieSanders
& critics to “watch” for his grassroots support.
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Full
@JoeBiden
response calling for "arsonists and anarchists" to be prosecuted for the violence/destruction occurring at some protests. Says Trump is "stoking division and chaos" because "his campaign is failing and he is looking for a political lifeline."
As
@realDonaldTrump
takes the podium,
@JoeBiden
releases statement: "Much has been made of changes in the President’s tone in recent days...it’s time to be less interested in the President’s words and more focused on his actions — or inaction."
📢Noteworthy:
@JoeBiden
defends fracking. "Well, fracking is not going to be on the chopping block," he tells
@chelseastrub
.
Sanders, Warren, Harris, Steyer, Booker all wanted to ban fracking.
New: Biden camp internals show “strong” numbers in WI, MI, NC, GA, PA, AZ & NE-2. FL is true toss-up, senior adviser tells
@NorahODonnell
. Source says not seeing “red tide of low-propensity voters” for Trump. Dem says they are over-performing in WI, NC and GA.
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A small detail from Ukraine you maybe haven’t seen today: after shaking President Zelenskyy’s hand, POTUS turned to First Lady Zelenska and goes: “I got a handshake here, too!”
“That is the most important handshake,” President Zelenskyy quipped .
Our
@CBSNews
story: before this exchange Biden was warmly received by hundreds of workers.
"You're the best damn workers in the world," Biden told them, adding he is union from "from belt buckle to shoe sole, man."
Biden at town hall was asked how as an old White man he can represent Gen Z and other young Americans. This is the meat of his answer and he ended with: “The future is yours and I’m counting on you.”
“[VP Pence] didn’t mansplain, he man-dodged,” Biden campaign senior adviser
@SymoneDSanders
says on post-debate call, “I’m flabbergasted by the fact that the VP evaded and dodge. He was rude and ineffectual--- that’s not going to FLY with voters.”
VP Harris speech: “Racism is a real in America. And it has always been. Xenophobia is real in America and always has been…The last year we’ve had people in positions of incredible power scapegoating Asian Americans. People with the biggest pulpits spreading this kind of hate.”
Watch: For the first time
@JoeBiden
criticizes
@BernieSanders
campaign for pushing video comparing Biden and Paul Ryan's stances on social security. Biden says its "beneath" Sanders' campaign and hopes that they'll "disown" it
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She's handing out chocolate chip cookies from the WH.
"I’m a National Guard mom and when I saw all of the great work you have done during the inauguration…I just wanted to say thank you from President Biden and from the whole entire Biden family," FLOTUS told the troops.
WATCH: Before
@amyklobuchar
addressed this NH retirement community, 85yo Mary Neuhauser was thinking about supporting her. Mary ended up donating & told Amy how impressed she was. “I’m tired of our President with no sense of humor,” she told me after this.
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BREAKING: The husband of Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-CA, was indicted today with four others connected with a southeastern Connecticut energy cooperative with offenses related to the theft of federal funds. W/
@PaulaReidCBS
@edokeefe
@ClareHymes22
@RebeccaRKaplan
Story to come:
.
@JoeBiden
invokes Roe v. Wade and says Amy Coney Barrett has "written track record of disagreeing with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act"
Joe Biden tells press ahead of trip to NYC & PA for 9/11 memorial that this is a “solemn day” and the Biden campaign took down their ads for the day. Says he will resume campaigning tomorrow.
Secretary of State Pompeo tells King Abdullah of Jordan he saw an early draft of the president's address to the nation tonight: "He'll make a lot of news," and then laughed.
More clarity on Joe Biden's proposed face mask mandate:
He tells CNN tonight he cant "mandate" mask wearing everywhere but he *can* mandate on federal property and would fine people who do not wear masks.
I’ve asked
@joeBiden
several times about his record on Social Security. Tonight in Iowa he handed me these talking points: “
@BERNIESANDERS
FALSE ATTACK ON SOCIAL SECURITY”
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One participant on
@JoeBiden
's virtual town hall said both his parents were diagnosed w/COVID but they feel better now after prescribed hydroxychloroquine.
Former surgeon general Murphy says that drug is still being analyzed for COVID.