I was walking out of the office listening to an interview of former general mccaffrey and cohen, former secretary of defense. I want to speak a little bit to what they talked about. The revelations about President Trumps disregard for our military and our veterans. Quite frankly, if what is written in the atlantic is true, it is disgusting. It affirms what most of us believe to be true, that donald trump is not fit to be the commanderinchief. The president reportedly said, and i emphasize, that those who signed up to serve instead of doing something more lucrative are suckers. Let me be really clear. When my son was an u. S. Attorney and he volunteered to go to kosovo while the war was going on as a civilian, he was not a sucker. Volunteered and joined the United States military as the attorney general and went to iraq for a year and won another brown store accommodation, he was not a sucker. He servicemen and women served with, particularly those who did not come home, were not losers. These statements are not true. The president should apologize to every goldstar mother and father and every Blue Star Family that he has denigrated and insulted. Who the heck does he think he is . Is it true . We have heard from his own mouth his characterizations of john mccain as a loser in 2015. Donald trump said he was not a war hero, i like people who were not captured. Well, good for him. Dismissal for the traumatic brain injury suffered by troops serving in iraq as , he headaches not long ago actiony failing to take or even raise the issue with Vladimir Putin while the kremlin puts bounties on the heads of american troops in afghanistan. And you areed duty tired of hearing me say this, i will get in trouble for saying it, but i will say it again. We have many obligations in the government. We have only one truly sacred obligation. To support those we send into harms way, care for their families while they are gone and care for them when they are home. That is the only truly sacred obligation the government has. Honor, country. These are values that drive our service members. It is an all voluntary outfit. President trump has demonstrated he has no sense of service, no loyalty to any cause other than himself. Honored of being the next commanderinchief, i will ensure that our american heroes know i will have their backs, honor their sacrifice, and those who have been injured would be in military parades. I am always cautioned not to lose my temper. This may be as close as i can come. Just a marker of how deeply President Trump and i disagree about the role of president of the United States of america. Report cameobs up this morning. I am grateful for everyone who found work again, found a glimmer of hope. But there is real cause for concern, as well. The pace of the job gains in august was slower than july and may and june. More and more temporary layoffs are turning into permanent layoffs. 28 Million People have filed for unemployment. After six months in a pandemic, we are than halfway back to , with 11. 5 million americans not getting their jobs back. We are still down 720,000 manufacturing jobs. May be thenald trump only president in modern history to leave office with fewer jobs than when he took office. I spoke to a lot of real working people, asked them if they feel like they are being left behind, how they feel about the economy coming back. You will find, they dont feel it. That is why i am here today, to thank paul c. And his team for hosting us here in wilmington. Paul, your continued tradition of doing gods work in this community is important. Hes been around for its been around for more than 130 years. Through pandemics, wars, depressions. West end has been here for generations of people just looking for a chance, not a handout. Just a fair shot at a good job, a safe place to live, and a better life to pass down to their kids. There is a special place this is a special place for the biden family. My daughter was a caseworker here, helping young people aging out of foster care. When i was senator and vice resident, plenty of economists around me, i always talk about think about the people walking through the doors here. What are they doing . Are they ok . If they werent ok, we were not doing well. That is what i think about this latest jobs report. Yearseinforces the worst of painful truce. The economic inequity that began have only downturn worsened during this presidency. One thought they would lose a job for good or see Small Businesses shut down. But that kind of recovery requires leadership. Leadership we did not have and still do not have. As a result, economists are starting to call this recession a kshaped recession, which is a fancy phrase for what is wrong with everything about trumps presidency. Topk means those at the dont see things go up. Those in the middle and the lower and see things go down and getting worse. End see things go down and getting worse. Mismanaged thes global crisis, and that is why there is a kshaped pandemic. First, the president s chaotic mismanagement of the pandemic is comparedding us back, to other countries, like europe and asia. Are Unemployment Rate is still. Ore than double other nations why . Because the president has botched the covid response. Botched it badly. We cant deal with an economic crisis until you beat the pandemic. You cant have an economic comeback when almost 1000 americans die each day from covid. When the death toll reached 200,000. More than 6 million americans have been infected. When millions more worry about getting sick and dying, in schools and businesses trying to reopen. As schools and businesses try to reopen. It didnt have to be this bad to begin with if the president just did his job. If he just at the virus seriously early on as it spread around the globe, if he just took the steps when needed back in march and april to do widespread testing and testing androl the virus tracing to control the virus, if he just set a good example, like social distancing and wearing a mask, its not too much to ask. Its almost like he doesnt care, it doesnt affect him, because it doesnt affect him for his class of friends. Anyone with a big enough check book can get rapid tests on demand. If you dont, you might have to wait in line for hours and wait for weeks to get your result, if you get the metal. Them at all. If you have the kind of job or you can work from a laptop at home remotely, risking getting covid is very small work. This job reports shows that 37 Million People reported teleworking. If you work at an Assembly Line or checkout counter, meet wrecking plant, you drive a truck meatpacking plant, you drive a truck, there are much bigger risks. The jobs report shows more than 27 million workers reported today could not work or lost hours because their employer had to close or loss business during the pandemic. You can hire a private tutor or have a live in childcare. You can balance being a parent and remote schooling. If you cant, you have to do your job and be a teacher all at once. We held a meeting asking the questions that parents call us with, as well. What are they supposed to do with her children . When the president has made it so hard for schools to reopen safely. What is the alternative when it is devastating to keep them isolated from their friends and support system . I also said earlier this week, to the shock of many, we lost more cops this year to covid than on patrol. Just a reminder how an already dangerous job, law enforcement, has gotten more dangerous because of trumps mismanagement. What may be just as shocking as many other jobs also become dangerous due to covid. Being a Health Care Worker is now more dangerous than ever. We have lost hundreds of them this year because they were not protected from covert onthejob. Being amy acker is more dangerous they were not protected from covid on the job. Being a meatpacker is more dangerous than ever. Ladies and gentlemen, no matter claims,says or what he you are not safer in Donald Trumps america. You are not safe in Donald Trumps america, where people are dying at a rate last seen when americans were fighting in world war ii. Donald trump smack practice has made being an american malpractice has made being an American Life or death work. Opiod deaths were up during the pandemic. Another crisis that trump continues to all but ignore. In the meantime, trump and his friends have strong views about what the rest of america should do. Benefits toyment force people to go back to their jobs. Defund Social Security and the limited obamacare in the middle of a pandemic. Withoutpublic schools resources or guidance. Reopen main street businesses for reopen main street businesses without protections for work. This is the plan. Remainsomic pain unrelenting to millions of working people. Meanwhile, they are doing just fine. Some better than ever. The painful truth is, we just have a president who just does not see it. He does not feel it. He does not understand. He just doesnt get it. He thinks that the stock market is up and everything is fine. And his wealthy friends and donors are doing well and everything is doing well. If corporations either valuations rising, then they theire hiring see valuations rising, then they must be hiring. A measure of our economic success is the quality of life of the American People. Soars andr stock there are families on the brink of homelessness and the president called that success, when you see the world as such a narrow prism, its no wonder he doesnt see millions of americans on unemployment, one out of six Small Businesses closed right now. He doesnt understand what life is like for people walking by their boardedup shops. Educators afraid of doing their love thathey the job they level bring the virus to the people at home that they love. Its no wonder he doesnt see the single mom forced to wait in a threehour food line. So for the first time in her life, she can feed her family because she is not part of the one in six households with children that dont have enough to eat. He wants us to believe we are doing better. Wants us to not notice that this remains the worst Economic Situation is the great depression. And our country faces historic diversions in our way of life. Which gets me to my third and final point, what the American People really need to understand. All pain and suffering stems from President Trumps failure to lead. His sheer in ability and willingness to bring people together. He likes to senate thicket of orders he likes to sign executive orders, actions for photo ops, he says protecting renters from eviction, thats what is doing, but he is not giving them any support to pay the rent when it comes to. Will be of americans left with a terrible choice between eviction and living in the streets or paying back rent they simply do not have. Offerede was an answer and rejected. When there was an answer offered and rejected. He should be doing his job of calling congressional leaders together immediately to get a deal and deliver real results for the American People. This is the first president in the middle of a crisis i have never seen has called congress into the oval office. Get it done like previous president s. Rentals, food, unemployment assistance, student loan release, Small Business support, eight schools and state governments going bankrupt. Aid schools and state governments going bankrupt. As long as a pandemic and the economic catastrophe persists, no one should have their water and light cut off because they cannot pay the bill. Bottom line, mr. President , do your job. Leaders into the oval office. Make a deal that the levers for working americans. That eases their anxiety and pain. Over the next three weeks, i will be laying out in sharp contrast my plan. I will be asking American People three basic questions who can handle the pandemic . Who can keep their promises . And who cares about and will fight for working families . Like the people here in west end, throughout this pandemic, they found a way to keep the center open safely and provide the critical services. No one here has been laid off. They adjusted their spaces for social distancing. They started helping local businesses, hair salons, other Small Businesses. They continued their childcare services, critical for so many working families. By pure courage, heart, and grit, they never give up and he never given and they never give in. That is the story of the people of this community and this country. That is who we are. Give ordinary americans just half the chance, and they never let the country down, they will do extraordinary things. They will never let us down, unlike the current president. And unlike the current president , i wont let you down, either. This is what this election is about. Helping people unite. Get together. Move this country back in the direction that we can be. Theres nothing beyond our capacity. Nothing. If we just do it together. Thank you all. I will now take your questions. I guess, are you calling on people . I dont have a list. Thank you, sir. This morning, and reference to the article in the atlantic in reference to the article in the atlantic, the comments that President Trump is a testament to selfishness and that his soul is that of a coward. This as aalked about different view of how you see the job as a present president , as a president. What does that tell you about President Trumps soul and life he leads . Biden im going to try to be measured in my response. True, i believe the article is true, i would ask you all a rhetorical question. How do you feel . How would you feel if you had a kid in afghanistan right now . If you lost afeel son or daughter or husband or wife . How would you feel . The real . I know that it up to express this, but you know i know that it is not your job to express this, but you know. It isow in your gut deplorable. Its deplorable. As i have said many times and i will say again, these folks are the backbone of america. They are the heart, the soul, the grit. That is what patriotism is about. Ive just never been as disappointed in my whole career a leader i have worked with, president or otherwise. Truese if the article is and it appears to be based on what he said, it is absolutely damnable. It is a disgrace. What would you say to the qanon,ers of the q1 that there is sex trafficking, conspiracies against President Trump. What would you say to President Trump for not rejecting the conspiracy and the people who believe in it . Biden ive been a big supporter of Mental Health and recommend that people who believe it take advantage of it while it still exists in the Affordable Care act. Its bizarre. Totally bizarre. Have you guys found that planeload of people in uniforms flying around . Have you found them yet . By the way, i respect conservative and liberal point of view when the press. Anybody found that plane . What in gods name are we doing . Makes us look around the world. It is mortifying. It is embarrassing. And it is dangerous. It is dangerous. If the president doesnt know better, which he has to know better, and my lord, we are in more trouble than i ever felt we were, its bizarre. Whereow, this is a case i have been pleased, but sidesed with both arguments. This cant go on. This cannot go on. Its a deconstruction of a democratic system. They know it. Just i will conclude with what you heard me say many times before, the words of a president matter. Even a lousy president. It gives succor, it gives encouragement to people who are starting irrational views that no one has even close to ever presuming or showing ever existing. Ever existed. Beginning, hes understood the only way he can win the first time and this time is if he fundamentally divides the nation. Ts the nation so that we are at each others throats. That is not who we are. That is not who we are. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Vice president. Trumpet, president last night, President Trump this is a sign you have b issues despite the cdc saying wear a mask save lives. Joe biden i wear this because i am a smart fellow. I listen to science. This is not a game. Death. D death, life and the reports that we are going to , as many as 100,000 dead more by the end of the year there are reports that we are going to have as many as 100,000 dead more by the end of the year. I dont understand. Its hard to respond to something so idiotic. Have you been tested now for covid19 . Joe biden yes, i have. I have been tested once with a deep test and it will continue to be tested on a regular basis i will continue to be tested on a regular basis. Said on cnn this week that his assessment right now is that china poses the most aggressive threat to u. S. Elections, even more than iran or russia. Do you believe in that . It is consistent with the Intelligence Briefings you have received . Joe biden it is not consistent with the Intelligence Briefings i have received. He is a really bad intelligence officer. Becausenot consistent, you believe . Joe biden because i believe what ive been told. And you all know it. There are a lot of countries around the world i think would be happy to see our elections destabilize, but the one who was working the hardest, most consistently, and never has led up his russian let up his russia. Let up is ask yourself the rhetorical question, why is he so afraid of Vladimir Putin . Mean, what is the problem . I mean, nothing, nothing. Its almost obsequious. I just want to make it clear, i believe in a country that engages in any activity to delegitimize or impact an American Election is a direct violation of our sovereignty. If i am president of the United States, there will be a response. Thank you. Sir, its been a couple of weeks since you announced senator harris as your running mate. We have not seen her out very much, including yesterday in kenosha. What role do you see her playing in the final . Joe biden shes been on the road. Shes on herself. The role is that just like when barack and i campaigned, we try to cover as much territory as we could. And both of us are out campaigning. She is an incredibly competent candidate. She is doing a great job. There will be times when we are together, but theres a load of theres a lot of territory to cover. I speak with her every day, we work together, and i have great confidence in her. There is nothing about not campaigning together, it is about being able to cover more territory. Do you know when you will have another covid test . Do you have any plan . Joe biden they are going to do it on a regular basis, because everyone on my service detail, people who come into the house with me, they are all tested. , yes, sir, show up, and put my head back when they tell me. You dont know when the next one will be . Joe biden i imagine it will be sometime this week. I just dont know. It will be a regular basis. Thank you, sir. President once again suggested last night to his supporters that they should consider voting twice if they are in one of those states that can allow you to request an absentee ballot, fill that out, then go try voting again in person. State officials have said that is a felony, in some cases. Just curious what you make of it. Just curious what you make of it. It is a felony here in the state of delaware. I mean, how many times has the president suggested things . He is a fraud. Not an opinion. Maybe we should delay the election, maybe we ballots you know, are fraudulent, not a single bit of evidence. And to think it is all designed to create so much chaos that no matter what the outcome of the election is, that it is thrown up in the air. Ason,must be his re because he says and does things that no other president that i am aware of in American History has ever done. We all go, well, theres another ridiculous, and appropriate thing he said so many of them, it doesnt matter. Inappropriate thing, but he said so many of them, it doesnt matter. It just undermines the legitimacy of our democratic process, and its dangerous. You said today is the angriest you have been as a president ial candidate. But you said you are trying to restrain yourself. Inclined lot of people to not vote for the president who would say, why isnt joe biden angrier about all of this . Joe biden because president s of the United States should be president ial, and should lead by cleare, as well as make exactly where they stand. Getting down in the gutter like the president does, saying things that i would be inclined if we were behind somewhere, would be a different thing. But thats not the job of the president. The job of the president is to set an example. My anger is real, because i must tell you, i carry and i deliberately didnt bring with today the National Guard had a pin made up that is a gold star who was made for my son beau who did not die in the field. I always carry it with me. And i didnt carry it today, i was worried that if i focused too much on it, that i engage in some of the kind of language the president has used. It i just think it is sick, is deplorable, it is so un american, it is still unpatriotic, than watching him then watching him this morning talking about how he never said anything like that, he honored john mccain he is the reason why flags are flown at half mast. When the same guy that ship went into harbor, he made sure the uss mccain was covered. You couldnt see it. He is the same guy that denigrated john. He is the same guy who did the hme thing when bush was shut down in the pacific. But he just stands there. Shot down in the pacific. He just stands there. It is pathological. One has been better to the military. I just have to focus on what has to be done, not what he did, what i do from here, would get some from here. Thank you, sir. If i could follow up on the question about voting. We know the president has been attacking mailin voting. Hes even knows adjusting his supporters vote twice. Will sunil russia has been trying to sow doubt about the system. Me u concerned this this messaging may be work ing . Are you concerned this messaging may be working . Joe biden the more we talk about it theres two things he wants us to talk about. The election being legitimate, and the whole country is up in flames. Everything is burning. Law and order. Because he doesnt want to talk about anything. Anything at all about the job he has not done. And so, it is a conundrum. Theres a lot we can talk about in terms of the specifics that russia is doing and not doing, but when you do, all it does is ermine what people think what i dont want to have happen, i dont want people reaching the point where you cant understand sometimes its not worth voting. It seems to me that one of the things that i keep trying to say iwillvle is, go to ote. Com. Com. L vote dor dot com. Figure out where you can vote, when you can vote, etc. Plan now. The more chaos that is sown here, it will prevent people from showing up. Every time i mention it, i feel like i am playing at his game. Does it make sense what i am saying . I think that is all part of the deal. [indiscernible] thank you, mr. Vice president. Going back to the jobless report from this morning, you had acknowledged less than half of the 22 million jobs that were lost this spring because of the pandemic have been recovered. What do you think the 1. 4 million added back in august says about just the general direction of the economy . Joe biden i any job at it back as positive. I think any job added back as positive. It matters to the person who got the job back. Maybe you will were raised in households like i was, where a mom or dad was losing a job because of the economy, what is going on in your community, you could feel the tension, the emmys in the household unease in the household, wondering if you can provide for your family. Along the way, also look at the got close to ae couple Million People out there who are parttime workers who but arennot make it, listed as employees. A lot of them also are in the process of wondering whether or not i mean, there are a lot of people lined up in food lines. Many of them who have lost their health care provided by their employer. The same people out there worrying, if this president is able to wipe out the entire Affordable Care act, all the hundred Million People with preexisting conditions will not be able to get insurance even if we had the money. Its just the anxiety is enormous. Is a norm is. Is enormous. Again, im not being solicitous. Mong the brightest people have dealt with in my career have been the press. Not a joke. You are all extremely educated, you are well read, you have significant backgrounds. And the vast majority have tried to report the news, not just opinions. Hat yout believe t dont feel the same not democratrepublican, ok . You dont feel the same anxiety, because you have a sister, mother, father, center dot are daughter we have jobs. It is a real concern. Thank you guys, thank you. [indiscernible] if i may ask, [indiscernible] serbia deal, President Trump has Just Announced an economic normalization deal between serbia and portugal. Portugal and israel having diplomatic normalization is part of the deal. You have stated you support the two state solution in the middle east. Would you support more of the majority countries normalizing relations with israel even though it may mean the palestinians will lose leverage in their fight for the two state solution . Joe biden first of all, i dont know what the deal is you are referring to. What i have argued, relative to serbia and kosovo, is that kosovo should be an independent country. Not a part of serbia. I dont know how that would reinforce that independence, but i dont know based on what is being said. I think normalization of relations among countries is a, by and large, a good thing. A majority Muslim Country normalizing relations with israel seems positive to me, but i have to note the detail of what is happening. What is going on. You may know that be right that that would cause the palestinians to lose leverage any decision on a two state solution. Would you support more countries recognizing israel . Joe biden i do. Absolutely. I do. I think that is the thing, recognizing israel as an independent state, i think that is important. But also, i believe that israel has to be prepared to work toward a genuine two state solution. Thank you all very much. Thank you, mr. Vice president. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] record is a shameful rollcall of the most catastrophic betrayals and blunders in our lifetime. He has spent his entire career on the wrong set of history. Are correct president has ourin his most current president has failed in his most basic duty of the presidency. He has failed to protect americans. And my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. 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