night. another issue that the campaign has at this point in time which has to do with plagiarism and the climate change plan. there's been at least -- well, there's been several instances at this point in time in the plan where passages were lifted from other sources without proper attribution. how did that happen? >> look, it was a staff level error. it was not something that the vice president was aware of, i would say right out of gate, and second -- as soon as it was brought to our attention we immediately amended it and added the citations and i think, you know, it's a bold, significant plan for climate change, to tackle climate change, and -- and, you know, as soon as the issue was raised we fixed it. >> was telling a reporter that he supported the hyde amendment still, a story published on wednesday a staff level error or something that the former vice president himself is behind? >> the vice president makes his decisions about where he stands on issues? those are his decisions alone? >> so that was his answer to that question on wednesday and there was a different answer