Im more than willing to work with him. A senator, a Vice President , and finally President Elect on his third try. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. Tonight, do you see yourself as the Polar Opposite of donald trump . I hope so. A cnn special report. Fight for the white house joe bidens long journey. Its a good night its a good night and it seems to be getting even better. More than 30 years after his first run for the presidency joe biden with a lead tonight and a lead overall in the del inaugurate race. On his third try for the white house. We are very much alive it was the Sweet Super Tuesday that joe biden had always dreamed of, setting a clear path to the nomination finally at age 77. It was like, okay, lets buckle up. Were going to go. It was a really good feeling. It was glorious. Glorious and unusual to say the least. Fact no one has ever come in fourth in iowa and fifth in New Hampshire and gone on to become the democratic president ial nominee. To
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about how government can work is what he was his description of how the american space program began, when russia got into space before we did. didn t deny that it happened. our view about the science, he said. the congress got together, the president got together. they appropriated money, they started a program. they built a space program, faster than the russians did. 12 years later, we were walk on the moon. that was a fascinating and quick lesson about how government can and should work in a cooperative way in an era that is now way behind us. i would say to that point, you highlighted the fact that the president did announce this initiative on curing cancer. we saw that sort of extemporaneous moment when he turned around to vice president biden and said we re going to put you in the control room. the white house has already put out an announcement from the vice president s office in terms of what that is going to be. they are calling it a moon shot to cure cancer. you ll remem
america is every immigrant and entrepreneur from boston to silicon valley racing to shape a better future. [ applause ] that s who we are. and over the past seven years, we ve nurtured that spirit. we ve protected an open internet and taken bold new steps to get more students and low income americans online. we ve launched next generation manufacturing hubs and online tools that give an entrepreneur everything he or she needs to start a business in a single day. but we can do so much more. now, last year, vice president biden said that when the new moon shot america can cure cancer. last month, he worked for this congress to give scientists at the national institutes of health the strongest resource
president. he said had i run, i would be running to cure cancer. and now this will be a new national initiative to do that with the vice president at the helm. joining us now chris murphy, democrat from connecticut, one of the people we could see responding to the president s speech. thank you very much for being with us tonight. what s your overall take on the speech tonight and having been there in the room? i thought it was an exceptional finish. essentially, i think it was the president handing over his administration to the people and asking them to elevate this question of partisanship, this question of how we engage in debate when they re going to the polling place. and i did think a lot of this was an answer to trump. i thought especially the foreign policy section, which is talking about the danger of allowing our base politics to essentially create messaging that supported isil s campaign. it was really important. i was really pleased to hear him walk through how we keep am