chosen to be the next attorney general of the state of california. reporter: as california s first black woman attorney general, progressive says say harris was not progressive enough failing to seek justice for the wrongfully imprisoned, decisions harris says were made by attorneys who reported to her. there were folks who made a decision in my office and had not consulted with me and i wish they had but again, i take full responsibility for those decisions. reporter: a history that is both an asset and an opening for attack. this month at a book tour stop in san francisco, an audience outburst. we are so i think that she does have to address that because that s a real important issue in the black community. reporter: she did talk about that several times in the book tour, you can be prolaw enforcement, prolaw order as well as for reforming the system. she says picking one or the other is a false choice and i
there s merit to not trying to psychoanalyze what is happening and the individual honored today here in washington and the day after that, in texas. so much symbolism. i believe that platform was built for abraham lincoln. and as you notice, the honor guard has a member of each of the services. inarmy, the navy, who bush was a veteran, air force, marines, coast guard. everybody taking a moment to show their respect. beautiful. beautiful. well, in politics, we re already talking about 2020 because the midterms are behind us. former president, vice president joe biden giving his most clear signal yet that he may throw his hat into the ring for 2020. in a book tour stop in montana, he said the following. i ll be as straight with you as i can. i think i m the most qualified person in the country to be president. the issues we face as a country today are the issues that have been in my wheelhouse, that i
do not want to reengage in iraq. they re happy that u.s. forces are out. president obama s been very clear, he s not going to put boots of the ground. he said a decision is not implement, that means we ll likely hear something in days, not necessarily a matter of weeks. potentially some time in this coming week. thank you so much. nbc white house correspondent with the president if palm springs looks very nice out that way. you re missing the bad weather on the east coast. surprise visit for hillary clinton during a book tour stop in suburban washington, d.c. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor just happened to be shopping at the costco. clinton burst out into laughter and said, i can t believe it. clinton spent more than three hours signing books as part of her book tour. she talked about being dead broke earlier this week, the deteriorating situation in iraq could prove a bigger challenge for the former secretary of
hollow than you might think. one is oil drilling bill: i don t know that. that is a fascinating example. i don t want to you enter the land of oz by expecting the mainstream media. wait a minute. i m young and idealistic. don t be you are so cynical, please. i m young. let me keep my idealism about me. bill: talking about young and idealistic. you had a run-in with code pink in beverly hills. didn t you expect when you went to beverly hills that you have nuts coming at you for a book-signing? didn t you expect it. what was interesting was i thought this was well-organized event it was supposed to be a prestige venue as my publisher said it was the first and it will be the last book tour stop i have where there was not security. but, you know what? i wish there wasn t so much attention paid to it. because i had a fantastic swing through california. 500 people showed up in fresno at 7:00 a.m. to buy the book. 350 people in lafayette, california, east of san francisco showed u
hollow than you might think. one is oil drilling bill: i don t know that. that is a fascinating example. i don t want to you enter the land of oz by expecting the mainstream media. wait a minute. i m young and idealistic. don t be you are so cynical, please. i m young. let me keep my idealism about me. bill: talking about young and idealistic. you had a run-in with code pink in beverly hills. didn t you expect when you went to beverly hills that you have nuts coming at you for a book-signing? didn t you expect it. what was interesting was i thought this was well-organized event it was supposed to be a prestige venue as my publisher said it was the first and it will be the last book tour stop i have where there was not security. but, you know what? i wish there wasn t so much attention paid to it. because i had a fantastic swing through california. 500 people showed up in fresno at 7:00 a.m. to buy the book. 350 people in lafayette, california, east of san francisco showed u