i deployed over to iraq and afghanistan. and the vice president's commitment to the military is very important to us as well. >> when you talk about authenticity does that mean you don't think hillary clinton is authentic? >> it's not that, carol. it's just when we look at all the candidates and potential candidates out there, we believe the vice president is the perfect candidate. right now on the democratic field, we only have five candidates running. and i view the whole entire primary process like a playoff before the super bowl. you want to make sure your team's ready, your candidate's ready. it's not going to be a competitive democratic primary because we don't have as many candidates in there. but with the vice president in there, we can have a robust debate and talk about key issues kuchs such as the keystone pipeline and get more ideas out there. >> will thanks for joining us. still to come in the "newsroom," for the first time in three years, we're hearing from the family of the convicted colorado theater shooter. the shooter's father says he had no clue his son was mentally ill.