GREATEST STORYTELLERS EVER. >> AND IT BEEN FUN FOR ME SORRY
I WEREN’T THERE.
>> ALSO, MIKA LAST NIGHT TALKING
TO INTEREST.
TO INTEREST. VERY HONEST AND VULNERABLE WITH
ALL OF THE UPS AND DOWNS THAT
THEY HAVE FACED AS A FAMILY AND
I FOUND HER TO BE REMARKABLE.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND WE
REALLY APPRECIATE BEING -- THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH HER ON
STAGE AND LISTEN TO HER STORIES,
BUT WE ALSO DID AN INTERVIEW FOR
THIS SHOW, TALKED A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE POLITICS OF THE
SITUATION AND WE’LL BE SHOWING
THAT LATER IN THE SHOW.
BUT FIRST --
>> I WANT TO GO TO JOHN BECAUSE
THERE’S ANOTHER SPORTING EVENT.
>> NO, WE GOT TO GET TO THE
NEWS.
NEWS. >> INTERESTING HE MADE AN
OBSERVATION BECAUSE HE HAD
WORKED WITH RICHARD BEN CRAMER
VERY WELL AND AWARE OF THE
REMARKABLE BIDEN STORIES.
AND BIDEN WOULD ALWAYS TAKE THE
BAIT.
BAIT. SOMEONE WOULD ACCUSE HIM OF NOT
BEING THE SMARTEST GUY AND HE
JUMPED BACK AND SAID THINGS HE
ALWAYS REGRETTED.
ALWAYS REGRETTED. 2008 THE SAME THING.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JOE BIDEN
AND IS HE TOO OLD?
AND JACK SAID AND MIKA LATER ON
WAS TALKING TO JILL ABOUT THIS
WHO AGREED.
WHO AGREED. IN THIS CASE OLDER DOES SEEM TO
EQUAL WISER, AND PERHAPS MAKES A
DIFFERENCE FOR HIM THIS YEAR
THAT HE IS OLDER AND WISER AND
HAS LEARNED FROM TWO CAMPAIGNS,
LIKE RONALD REAGAN LEARNED FROM
TWO CAMPAIGNS OF SERVICING.
>> REMEMBER THAT MOMENT IN 2008
THERE WAS A DEBATE WHERE I THINK
BRIAN WILLIAMS ASKED ARE YOU AT
ALL MORE DISCIPLINED NOW?
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US SHORT
ANSWERS?
ANSWERS? DO YOU BELIEVE YOU’VE CONQUERED
THIS?
THIS? AND I BELIEVE I’M RIGHT THAT JOE
JUST SAID "YES" AND THAT WAS THE
ANSWER.
ANSWER. I CAME AROUND IN FEBRUARY WITH
THIS INCOIT SENSE HE MIGHT NOT
RUN.
RUN. THERE ARE TWO THINGS RECENTLY
THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. ONE IS THE STUDY ABOUT THE LEFT
ON TWITTER IS NOT THE BASE OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
IT THE BASE OF
IT’S THE BASE OF THE PROGRESSIVE
PART OF TWITTER.
I THINK THAT’S SIGNIFICANT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS MOST
AMERICANS, FOR BETTER OR FOR
WORSE, AND I WOULD SAY FOR
BETTER, DON’T FOLLOW THE PUBLIC
LIFE OF THE NATION IN AS
DETAILED A WAY AS WE ALL DO.
SO BIDEN TO THEM REPRESENTS A
WORKING CLASS -- WHITE WORKING
CLASS WING OF THE OBAMA YEARS.
THEY THINK OF OBAMA, OBAMA LOOKS
PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
OF COURSE ALL PREVIOUS
PRESIDENTS NOW LOOK LIKE CICERO,
BUT THAT’S OKAY.
>> JAMES BUCHANAN’S FAMILY, BY
THE WAY, VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH
TRUMP’S PERFORMANCE THUS FAR.
>> AS ’43 HAS SAID IN PUBLIC,
"DON’T LOOK SO BAD NOW."
>> LOVE THAT GUY.
WE MISS HIM BADLY.
>> SO I THINK ALL OF THAT IS
COMING TOGETHER.
COMING TOGETHER. SO YOU HAVE A DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THAT MAY NOT BE AS CLOSE TO THE
WAR
WAR WARREN AND SANDERS WORLD THAT
CABLE MEDIA MIGHT SUGGEST TO YOU
AND FOLKS WHO DON’T GET WRAPPED
UP IN THE SERIALIZATION OF
CONFLICT IN WHICH WE ALL PLAY A
PART, WHETHER IT’S -- WHATEVER
THE CONTROVERSY OF THE MOMENT IS
AND BIDEN LOOKS OUT OF TOUCH OR
HE LOOKS AS THOUGH HE’S GETTING
WRAPPED UP IN THIS MOVEMENTnd A
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CARRY
PENNSYLVANIA.
PENNSYLVANIA. LET’S TAKE A HARD LOOK AT HIM.
I THINK THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT
PART OF WHY HE’S DOING SO WELL
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> AND THE LIFE STORY IS
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ADD TO WHY
HE BRINGS MORE TO THE TABLE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE COMMITTEEOF COURSE, IT TOO EASY
TO FORGET ALL THIS MAN HAS BEEN
THROUGH AND IT CAME CRASHING
BACK ON ME LAST NIGHT.
TALK ABOUT GOD’S AWFUL GRACE.
HE LOST HIS WIFE AND HIS BABY
DAUGHTER IN A CAR ACCIDENT RIGHT
BEFORE HE GOT SWORN INTO THE
SENATE.
SENATE. HE HAD -- EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE
WAS GOING TO DIE AFTER THE ’88
CAM PAN.
CAM PAN. THEY OPENED UP HIS SKULL, BUT
THE DOCTORS SAID WHEN WE DID, IF
THE VESSEL GOES IN, YOU’RE GOING
TO DIE.
TO DIE. HE CALLED HIS KIDS TO THE
BEDSIDE AND TOLD HIS SONS
ESPECIALLY, LISTEN, THERE’S A
CHANCE I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU NEVER
HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOUR LIFE
ASKING WHETHER DAD WAS PROUD OF
YOU.
YOU. KNOW NOW I’M PROUD OF YOU,
YOU’VE ALREADY MADE ME PROUD.
AND THEN HE LOSES HIS SON BEAU.
THIS MAN HAS BEEN -- HE’S LOST
TWO CHILDREN, HE’S LOST A WIFE.
I MEAN, HE ALMOST DIED IN ’88.
>> THEIR HOUSE BURNED DOWN.
>> YEAH, THEIR HOUSE BURNED
DOWN.
DOWN. AS JILL SAID LAST NIGHT, WHEN
THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN, HE CAME
IN FROM WASHINGTON, HE’S WALKING
IN, EVERYTHING’S BURNED DOWN AND
HE LOOKED AT HER AND SHE WAS
AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO BE SO
BROKEN HEARTED AND HE SAID,
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS GIVES
US A GREAT CHANCE TO FIX ALL THE
THINGS THAT WE MESSED UP ON WHEN
WE BUILT THIS HOUSE.
SHE SAID THAT’S WHO HE IS.
I DON’T KNOW HOW HE LOST TWO
CHILDREN, LOST A WIFE IN A CAR
ACCIDENT, ALMOST DIED AND HE
JUST KEEPS GOING.
AND HE’S OPTIMISTIC.
>> AND HIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL
THAT GRIEF IS SEPARATE FROM
HERS, IS DIFFERENT.
SHE TALKS ABOUT THAT IN THE FULL
INTERVIEW WITH DR. BIDEN WE’LL
SHOW ON "MORNING JOE" STRAIGHT
AHEAD.
AHEAD. IT WAS FASCINATING HOW SHE
SHARES A LOOK INTO THEIR
PERSONAL LIFE BUT HAS A VERY
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW ABOUT
HOW SHE HANDLES GRIEF.
IT GOING TO ESPECIALLY IF SHE
WINS THE WHITE HOUSE.
I THINK SHE MIGHT BE
TRANSFORMATIVE IF THAT EVER CAME
TO PAP.
TO PAP. >> HIS POLITICAL KROOR BEGAN IN
HIS CHILD’S HOSPITAL ROOM.
HE WAS SWORN IN AS A SENATOR.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE COURSE OF
HISTORY AS JOHN MEACHAM DOES, IN
2016 THIS COUNTRY MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
PLACE IF HIS SON, BEAU, HAD NOT
DIED SO TRAGICALLY.
HE SAID I CAN’T RUN FOR SENATE
RIGHT NOW, I DON’T HAVE IT IN
ME.
ME. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT
ELECTION AND DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
>> FEW AMERICANS WITH SPEAK
ABOUT GRIEF LIKE HE CAN.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
IDENTIFY WITH THAT.
WHEN HE SPEAKS, THEY CAN FEEL
THAT AND THEY CONNECT WITH HIM
ON THAT LEVEL.
>> SO BEN WITTES, I KNOW YOU
THOUGHT YOU WERE COMING TO
"MORNING JOE."
"MORNING JOE." BUT THIS HAS BEEN THE REGIS SHOW
WHERE I SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT
WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT.
ABOUT. >> WHERE DID YOU GO TO DINNER
LAST NIGHT?
LAST NIGHT? >> WE DIDN’T GO TO DINNER.
>> REGIS, HE’S THE ABSOLUTE