>>> WELCOME BACK. WHILE THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE
PREPARING TO TAKE THE DEBATE
STAGE TONIGHT, THEY’RE BEING
OVERSHADOWED TODAY AT LEAST BY A
NATIONAL INTERVIEW WITH JOE
BIDEN’S SON, HUNTER BIDEN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PURSUIT OF
POLITICAL DIRT ABOUT THE BIDENS
IN THE UKRAINE TRIGGERED THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. AND HUNTER HAS BECOME A TARGET
PERSONALLY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
IN THE INTERVIEW HUNTER BIDEN
DEFENDED HIS OVERSEAS WORK BUT
ALSO SAID HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE
BORDER OF A UKRAINIAN GAS
COMPANY WAS, QUOTE, POOR
JUDGMENT.
JUDGMENT. BIDEN DID BENEFIT FROM HIS
FATHER’S NAME AND POSITION.
>> IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE
ON ANY BOARDS WITHOUT SAYING I’M
THE SON OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> IF YOUR LAST NAME WASN’T
BIDEN, WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED
TO BE ON THE BOARD OF BURISMA?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
PROBABLY NOT.
PROBABLY NOT. THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED IN MY
LIFE IF MY LAST NAME WASN’T
BIDEN.
BIDEN. >> KATE, NICE TO SEE, HAPPY
DEBATE DAY.
DEBATE DAY. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, CHUCK.
>> LET ME START WITH, YOUR
CAMPAIGN SEEMED PRETTY EMPHATIC
THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULDN’T HAVE
TO GO OUT THERE, YOU GUYS DIDN’T
NEED TO BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS
ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN, HE HAD
NOTHING TO ANSWER FOR, THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS PLAYING A
CONSPIRACY GAME, AND THAT YOU
SHOULDN’T GIVE IT CREDIBILITY.
THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY WHAT I FELT
LIKE YOU GUYS WERE SAYING FOR
THE LAST MONTH.
WHAT CHANGED?
WHAT CHANGED? >> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS DONALD TRUMP’S GAME.
LOOK, HUNTER BIDEN HAS BEEN
ATTACKED VICIOUSLY AND
PERSONALLY BY DONALD TRUMP FOR
THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
HE SAT DOWN THIS MORNING AND
ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION THAT WAS
THROWN AT HIM WHICH FRANKLY IS A
LOT MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY FOR
DONALD TRUMP AND RUDY GIULIANI
AND THEIR ILK WHO ARE
STONEWALLING AND REFUSING TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS IN THEIR OWN
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, BY THE WAY.
BUT YOU HAD HUNTER ACID DOWNSIT
ANSWERED QUESTIONS.
ANSWERED QUESTIONS. HE’S SHOWN HE’S NOT GOING TO BE
BULLIED IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION?
CONVERSATION? IT’S BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP DOES
NOT WANT TO FACE JOE BIDEN AT
THE BALLOT BOX.
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
HE’S COMMITTED IMPEACHABLE
OFFENCES.
OFFENCES. HE HAS SENT HIS PERSONAL
ATTORNEY TO DIG UP DIRT ON JOE
BIDEN.
BIDEN. HE HAS OPENLY FROM THE SOUTH
LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED
ON FOREIGN NATIONS TO STEP IN
AND TRY TO INFLUENCE THE
ELECTION BECAUSE HE’S AFRAID HE
WILL LOSE TO JOE BIDEN.
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE LOOKING
FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAN GET DONALD
TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE.
JOE BIDEN IS THAT CANDIDATE.
DONALD TRUMP CLEARLY BELIEVES
HE’S THAT CANDIDATE.
JOE BIDEN IS THE GUY THAT CAN
GET DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. >> NOT ONLY DID HUNTER BIDEN’S
LAWYER PUT OUT A STATEMENT BUT
YOUR CAMPAIGN PUT OUT WHAT YOU
WOULD ASK FOR IN CONFLICT OF
INTEREST ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
THAT. I GUESS I’M CURIOUS, WHY WASN’T
THAT ON DAY ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN?
IT DOES FEEL LIKE DONALD TRUMP’S
CAMPAIGN IS DICTATING SORT OF
WHEN YOU GUYS ADDRESS THESE
THINGS.
THINGS. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT SEEMED
LIKE YOU COULD HAVE ADDRESSED ON
DAY ONE.
DAY ONE. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
JOE BIDEN GOT INTO THIS RACE
MAKING THE CASE AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. AND WHEN YOU GOT IN, YOU GUYS
ALL SAID, OH, HE’S MAKING A
GENERAL ELECTION ARGUMENT, IS
THIS REALLY THE ARGUMENT FOR THE
MOMENT.
MOMENT. HE’S THE ONE WHO’S BEEN MAKING
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE CASE AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP SINCE HE GOT INTO
THE RACE.
THE RACE. HE’S TALKED THE DAMAGE TRUMP IS
DOING, SHREDDING OUR
CONSTITUTION, THE FACT THAT HE’S
AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, WE PUT
OUT A PLAN OVER THE WEEKEND THAT
GIVES VOTERS A SENSE OF EXACTLY
WHAT KIND OF ETHICAL
ADMINISTRATION A PRESIDENT BIDEN
WOULD RUN.
WOULD RUN. BIDEN HELPED RUN ONE OF THE MOST
ETHICAL WHITE HOUSES IN HISTORY,
EIGHT YEARS OF THE OBAMA WHITE
HOUSE WITHOUT A HINT OF SCANDAL.
FOLKS KNOW WHAT KIND OF LEADER
HE’LL BE.
HE’LL BE. HE PUT FORWARD A POWERFUL PLAN
TO GET PRIVATE MONEY OUT OF
POLITICS ENTIRELY.
POLITICS ENTIRELY. HE CALLED FOR A BAN ON POLITICAL
INFLUENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, SOMETHING THAT THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO
FIND --
FIND -- >> I GET ALL THAT.
I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS,
KATE, WHY ON THIS CONFLICT OF
INTEREST THING, WHICH FRANKLY ON
THE HUNTER BIDEN SITUATION WAS
KNOWN THEN, WHY NOT THROW THAT
OUT THERE ON DAY ONE?
IT SEEMED LIKE AN OBVIOUS THING
TO DO.
TO DO. >> PEOPLE KNOW JOE BIDEN.
THEY KNOW WHO HE IS.
THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT HE HAS BEEN
IN OFFICE FOR FOUR YEARS.
HE CAME INTO THE SENATE AS ONE
OF THE POOREST MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE AND LEFT AS ONE OF THE
POOREST MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT HOW JOE BIDEN
MADE HIS MONEY, THEY KNOW THAT
AND THEY KNEW THAT ON DAY ONE OF
THIS RACE.
THIS RACE. DONALD TRUMP, WE CAN’T SAY THE
SAME THING FOR.
HE’S CURRENTLY SITTING IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, LINING HIS POCKETS,
WE DON’T KNOW FROM THERE, AND
HAS REFUSED TO PUT HIS TAX
RETURNS OUT.
RETURNS OUT. THERE’S NO QUESTION VOTERS KNOW
WHO JOE BIDEN IS AND WHAT KIND
OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP HE WOULD
BRING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> DO YOU VIEW YOUR CHIEF
PRIMARY RIVAL AS ELIZABETH
WARREN, AND IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR
CASE OF WHY VOTERS SHOULD PICK
JOE BIDEN INSTEAD OF ELIZABETH
WARREN?
WARREN? >> WE’RE FOCUSED, LOOK, WE’RE
FOCUSED ON RUNNING OUR RACE.
I WOULD IMAGINE THE OTHER
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS WOULD SAY
THE SAME THING, WE VIEW OUR
OPPONENT AS DONALD TRUMP.
THE CASE FOR JOE BIDEN IS HE IS
THE LONE CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE
WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE, WHO HAS
THE RECORD OF PROGRESSIVE
ACTION, WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET
THINGS DONE.
THINGS DONE. HE DOESN’T JUST TALK ABOUT
CHANGE.
CHANGE. HE’S DONE IT.
HIS ENTIRE LIFE, HE’S COMMITTED
TO MAKING CHANGE IN PEOPLE’S
LIVES.
LIVES. THAT INCLUDES THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT, THAT INCLUDES THE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, THAT
INCLUDES THE RECOVERY ACT, ONE
OF THE SINGLE BIGGEST
INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ENERGY IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. THERE’S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
CHANGE IN THIS RACE.
HE’S THE CANDIDATE WHO HAS
ACTUALLY DELIVERED IT.
AS DEMOCRATIC VOTERS DESPERATELY
WANT DONALD TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE,
THEY KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE
CANDIDATE TO GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH
HIM AND THEY KNOW HE’S THE
CANDIDATE WHO CAN DELIVER REAL
CHANGE FOR THEIR LIVES BECAUSE
THAT’S WHAT RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT IS ABOUT, MAKING REAL
CHANGE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.
JOE BIDEN HAS DELIVERED ON THAT
EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS CAREER.
>> ON DEBATE NIGHT OUTSIDE OF