the 2020 democratic presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail after meeting face to face for the first time on the debate stage last week in miami. former vice president joe biden is defending himself after his tense exchange with senator kamala harris over race. meanwhile, senator corey booker also criticizing the current front runner over his recent comments. whoever our nominee is going to be, who the next president is going to be really needs to be someone who can talk openly and honestly about race, because none of us are perfect, to really call this country to common ground to reconciliation. i m not sure if vice president biden is up to that task given the way this last three weeks have played out. mark meredith is in washington with more on that race. mark? john, tonight former vice president joe biden is facing fresh criticism as you just mentioned from fellow democrats over his record on civil rights. new jersey senator corey booker also running for preside
president making his way back to the nations capitol ahead of a fourth of july celebration in washington, only this year, he ll have plenty to celebrate both at home and from his accomplishments here in south korea. i should also point out john the president said the nuclear talks would likely resume at least negotiations at the mid-level but he didn t give us a real hard timetable on that and he suggested it might take place origin the next few weeks and we ll see if that happens. john? a lot of handshakes yesterday, kevin corke, thank you so this marked president trump ses first visit to the dmz widely regarded as one of the world s most dangerous borders since it was drawn in 1953. several u.s. presidents visited the demilitarized zone since but never while in office, jill ran turner explains from washington. reporter: president trump made history by being the first president to visit the kingdom but he s not the only american president to set foot inside north korea. so ultimatel
place. its been almost two weeks since iran carried out an attack in the persian gulf. this lull in military action mesa lou for diplomatic channels to find a solution in the near future. john? thank you, trey. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle accuse a manufacturing company of ripping off the u.s. government. they say it overcharged the department of defense by $16 million. david spunt has that story. reporter: ripping off the american taxpayer, ripping off our military. inside a building where it s hard to find much agreement republicans and democrats have joined forces, against the company with questionable billing practices. california democrat congressman says transdygm, a company that owns military aircraft parts supplier over charged the department of defense by $16.1 million. you had a company that was buying up smaller companies and then they were jacking up the prices 1,000%, 5,000%.