chiefs of police at its convention in san diego. he says officers have sometimes been the face of oppression and says police much work with communities to rebuild trust. police in north carolina tell cnn they do not think democrats were being targeted in a graffiti incident over the weekend. a democratic campaign office was spray painted with the words hang the capitalists. police say there has been similar graffiti in the area for years and they don t think it s related to the firebombing of a campaign office in hillsborough. president obama welcomed italy s prime minister mateo rensey to the white house with a grand ceremony on the south lawn. president obama hosts the final state dinner of his presidency tonight. the celebrity chef mario batali will whip up a sweet potato pasta dish and singer gwen stefani will perform. and don t forget special coverage of wednesday night s debate.
separated. and republican candidates for president want to deport them all. debbie wasserman schultz, thank you. it s great to see you. thank you. thanks, jose. turning now to the 2016 campaign, it s a new day in the republican race for president. last night s debate, which miss wasserman schultz alluded to, focused on the economy with a few fireworks thrown in as some candidates took shots at each other. ears here s one of the exchanges. you should be showing up to work. i mean, literally, the senate, is it like a french work week? you get three days where you have to show up? i don t remember you ever complaining about john mccain s vote record. the only reason you re doing it now is because we re running for the same position and someone convinced you that attacking me is going to help you. the collective target, last night was the media. candidates lashing out at the
concern. even his campaign has acknowledged it was a tough night. his campaign saying there is a lot of race left, but there are concerns that the donors may be looking at marco rubio, a former floridian, he had a great night. very pleased with his performance last night and he was asked about that moment, the exchange between him and his one-time mentor jeb bush. he was asked about that on the today show. listen to what he had to say. i m not going to talk bad about governor bush. i m not running against him or anybody else. it s what he said last night, i m running for president. it s an incredible honor to serve in the united states senate. i enjoyed it very much and we serve real people every day. reporter: so the question is will that translate into more voter support? we see that happening for marco rubio but the next debate is only two weeks away.
more radicalized. assad s brutality is the cause of the rise of isis. and senator, i want to turn to politics. i know you previously said you would support joe biden for president. now that he s out of the race, are you going to endorse hillary clinton now? i m looking forward to having that conversation. i ve spent the last week reflecting on my own disappointment that joe is not running. the vice president would have made a tremendous candidate and a great president and i m inclined to but i m waiting until sometime in the next few weeks to make a decision and make a public announcement. what would that week buy you time to do? have some time to reflect on her policy positions, my current colleague, senator sanders, is also in the race. i ve known secretary clinton for a long time. we ve traveled together, i ve worked together, wife been impressed with her record of
religious tests in america. and if you want to talk about the issues, i m happy to talk about the issues. whether that s how president obama isn t tough enough on radical islam or anything else. they need to steer the conversation to substance and put an end to this birtherism. paul, what should trump have said in your view? well, he should said what john mccain said in 2008. senator mccain was at a town hall i think it was a woman stood up and said obama is a muslim, he s not even american. and he stopped her. he said, no ma am, first of all there s nothing wrong with being muslim, second he s a good man we just disagree. john mccain is a good man. his presence is always honor. don t necessarily agree with him on politics, but honorable. this upsets me as a citizen. the republican party nominated a morm mormon. i was really proud of your party for doing that. and now they seem to turn away 43% of all republicans not just