TRUMP OF PLANTING THE SEEDS OF THIS CRISIS. BIDEN SAT DOWN WITH ME
WHERE HE DEFENDED SOME
OF HIS OWN DECISION
MAKING.
MR. VICE PRESIDENT,
HOW YOU?
>> Reporter: I MET UP
WITH JOE BIDEN MOMENTS
AFTER HIS SPEECH
BLASTING PRESIDENT
TRUMP ORDERING HIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
TARGET SOLEIMANI.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAYS
HE WANTS TO END WARS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS
BRINGING US
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO
STARTING A BRAND-NEW
ONE.
>> Reporter: YOU GAVE
A POINT BY POINT
ANALYSIS OF HOW YOU
THINK THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS
GOTTEN IT WRONG IN
IRAN.
BUT LET ME ASK YOU.
YOUR PRESIDENT AND
YOUR INTEL FOLKS COME
TO YOU AND SAY WE’VE
GOT EVIDENCE OF AN
IMMINENT ATTACK
AGAINST U.S. TROOPS,
AGAINST U.S.
INTERESTS.
WOULD SOLEIMANI EVEN
BE ON YOUR LIST OF
RESPONSES?
>> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON
WHETHER OR NOT HELP
WAS THE ESSENTIAL PART
OF THE REASON THE
ATTACK IS GOING TO
TAKE PLACE.
LOOK, ANY PRESIDENT,
HAVING SAT IN THE
SITUATION ROOM OVER A
THOUSAND HOURS GOING
OVER A WHOLE RANGE OF
THINGS THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS, THE QUESTION IS
WHAT IS THE SECOND OR
THIRD ITERATION OF THE
ATTACK YOU MAKE?
ARE YOU GOING TO BE
BETTER OFF OR WORSE
OFF?
AND SO WE DON’T KNOW,
AT LEAST I DON’T KNOW
WHAT CONCRETE EVIDENCE
THEY HAD ABOUT
IMMINENT ATTACKS.
>> DO YOU GIVE A
PRESIDENT, THIS
PRESIDENT THE BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT WHEN HE
SAYS THERE IS
INTELLIGENCE OF AN
IMMINENT ATTACK.
>> I DON’T GIVE HIM
BENEFIT OF ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: YOU DON’T
BELIEVE HIM?
>> I DON’T GIVE HIM
THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT BECAUSE HE HAS
LIED SO MUCH ABOUT
VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: WITH THAT
COMES A HISTORY TO
REVIEW.
YOU VOTED IN FAVOR OF
THE IRAQ WAR.
YOU’VE SPLIT HAIRS A
LITTLE BIT ON THE
NOTION OF THE RAID ON
BIN LADEN, BUT YOU HAD
SAID YOU WERE AGAINST
HIT, RECOMMENDED
AGAINST IT.
>> I SAID WE OWE THE
MAN A DIRECT ANSWER.
MR. PRESIDENT, MY
SUGGESTION IS DON’T
GO.
>> Reporter: SO WHY
SHOULD YOUR JUDGMENT
BE VALUED?
>> BECAUSE I’D STAKE
ANY JUDGMENT AGAINST
ANYONE OUT THERE.
LOOK, I’M THE GUY THAT
STARTED THE EFFORT TO
MAKE SURE WE TOOK DOWN
THE -- A GUY WHO
ENGAGED GENOCIDE IN
THE BALKANS, SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC.
I WAS THE GUY WHEN I
WAS A SENATOR THAT
HELPED PUT TOGETHER
THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
TREATY.
BUT ON THE ISSUE OF
DEALING WITH INSIDE
RELATIONS AND OUR
STANDING IN THE WORLD,
I THINK THAT I’M HAPPY
TO PUT MY OVERALL
RECORD AGAINST ANYONE
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT,
PARTICULARLY THIS
PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: MANY
DEMOCRATS, BERNIE
SANDERS MOST RECENTLY,
TALKED ABOUT LACK OF
ENERGY, THE NEED THAT
FOR DEMOCRATS TO
PREVAIL IS GOING TO BE
ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT
AROUND A CANDIDATE,
AND THAT YOUR STANCE
ON POLICIES DOES NOT
ALLOW YOU TO BE THAT
PERSON.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO
THAT?
>> WELL, I JUST THINK
BERNIE, SEE YOU AT THE
CAUCUS.
I’LL SEE YOU IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
I’LL SEE YOU IN THE
PRIMARIES.
LET THE VOTERS DECIDE
THAT.
ALL I KNOW IS OUT ON
THE STUMP, THINGS ARE
FEELING REALLY GOOD
THERE IS A WHOLE LOT
OF ENERGY, A LOT OF
PEOPLE SHOWING UP.
>> Reporter: LET ME
GET TO A PLACE WHERE
YOUR JUDGMENT HAS BEEN
QUESTIONED, AND THAT
HAS TO DO WITH YOUR
SON WORKING FOR A
UKRAINIAN ENERGY
COMPANY, THE OPTICS OF
THAT.
YOU’RE A PRO.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF OPTICS.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU’VE HANDED A
GIFT-WRAPPED PACKAGE
TO REPUBLICANS?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> IN A TALKING POINT?
>> NO.
LOOK, EVERY MAJOR
REPUBLICAN WHO
TESTIFIED UNDER OATH
IN THIS ADMINISTRATION
SAID BIDEN WAS A MAN
OF INTEGRITY.
>> WHAT I’M ASKING
ABOUT, NOT ABOUT HOW
YOU DID YOUR JOB OR
WHETHER YOU DID
ANYTHING WRONG, IS THE
OPTICS.
>> MY SON HAS SPOKEN.
HE WISHED HE HADN’T
DONE IT.
>> DO YOU WISH YOU
HADN’T?
>> NO.
NO MATTER WHO THE
NOMINEE IS, DO YOU
THINK THE PRESIDENT IS
NOT GOING TO LIE ABOUT
THEM?
THE ONLY THING I’VE
NOTICED IS THE MORE
HE’S ATTACKED ME, THE
MORE I’VE GONE UP IN
THE POLLS.
AND BY THE WAY, I’VE
RELEASED 21 YEARS OF
MY TAX RETURNS.
MR. PRESIDENT, RELEASE
ONE OF YOURS.
YOU TALK ABOUT
CORRUPTION.
WHY WON’T YOU RELEASE
ANY OF YOUR TAX
RETURNS?
STOP TALKING ABOUT
CORRUPTION, MR.