a public draft, but in this case this was a story that it s more clear today than it s been during the last five months, it s a story of a man who was in a situation that was poignant and cruel. beau biden only passed the last day of may, less than five months ago. so you see a vip who s been thinking about running for president for decades coping with this horrible event in his life, trying to see if hi family is okay, trying to get through the grief process at the same time these nominating processes these days are very front loaded, harder and harder for a candidate to declare this late. you see him going back and forth in public. i think it was natural for people to assume it was posturing, in retrospect, the zigs and zags, that was all very real. any historical precedent for the public playing out of this saga? obviously a lot of people take a
had closed and it s clear as well that his family and he are still going through the grief process because of the loss of his son beau. but the vice president was also certainly aware of the realistic political calculus that he faced which was very difficult. to get into the race at this time, to take on hillary clinton, and to a lesser extent, bernie sanders. it was a very difficult thing to do. and most people looking at this said that he did not really have a very realistic chance of winning. although, of course, the vice president probably felt very strongly that he could pull it out if he got into it. he s been thinking about this for decades, you could say, because he s been in the political game since he was 29 years old or so. and this essentially felt like the end for him, the end of his career. he made a speech that he probably would have made had he been announcing for president, but as he said, the next 15 months or so, as the obama administration ends, you ll hear more fro
governor there in oregon. the two senators and a representative who came in from washington to tell us how this has ripped apart their community there and how maybe it s not day today to talk about solutions but in the very near future after the grief process of that will be done. let me bring in, mary ellen whod at these cases frequently. we were talking about the idea of copy cats. you were saying that has changed in your mind with these types of crimes. explain that again and why. well, the copy cat phenomenon is very powerful in these cases. one case will encourage another and will encourage another. what we re also seeing as the years have gone by is that current shooters look at other cases and they learn about, for example, police response. they learn from the kind of weaponry that prior shooters bring to the scene. it s prior cases now are not
to conclude he can put his heart and soul into the race. if i were to announce to run, i have to commit to all of you that i would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul. right now, both are pretty well banged up. we are trying to figure out that issue. reporter: at a campaign event in iowa, hillary clinton responding to all of the buzz about biden with some deeply personal remarks. referencing the fact that the biden family is going through the grief process after the death of beau biden in may. i want him to reach whatever the right decision is and he has to do that. it has to be a really, really hard one. i was at his son s funeral. i cannot even imagine the grief and heart break. joe has had more terrible events
right now, both are banged up. we are trying to figure out that issue. reporter: meanwhile, at a campaign event here in iowa, hillary clinton responding to all of the buzz about joe biden with deeply personal remarks. referencing the fact that the biden family is still going through the grief process after the death of beau biden in may. i want him to make the decision which is best for him. he has to do that. it has to be a really hard one. i was at his son s funeral. i cannot even imagine the grief and the heart break. joe has had more terrible events than most people can even contemplate. losing his first wife. losing his first daughter. now losing his son.