east, we begin with joe biden s big decision on the presidential run, and it could come any time now, and you are looking at the new video that came a short time agoa and the vice president attending his grand daudaughter cross country meet this morning in delaware. kristin welker is watching all of the close twomts, and kristen, what are you hearing about all of this. and well, alex, the vice president is not giving us any clues about the thinking, but we know that he did attend the sporting event which we just showed you and he is under intense pressure to know whether he is in or out. and sources close to the vice president says that a decision could come within the next 48 hours. reporter: with the democrats growing increasingly anxious, it is time for vice president joe biden and he is tucked away in his home in delaware deliberating. there is more evidence that he is seriously looking at getting in. the people close to him say that the family is in for the run,
and tweets between donald trump and jeb bush. bush is firing back at trump who suggested george w. bush shared in the blame for the 2001 terrorist attacks. talk about george bush. say what you want, the world trade center came down during his time. hold on. you can t blame george bush for that. well, he was president. don t blame him or don t blame him, but he was president. the world trade center came down during his reign. with well on twitter, jeb bush said how pathetic for donald trump to criticize the president for 9/11. we were attacked and my brother kept us safe. after initially dodging reporters questions, donald trump said, no, jeb bush you re pathetic for saying nothing happened when the world trade center was attack and came down. and on capitol hill, huma abedin met behind closed doors with the committee. i spoke with the committee s staff and today and i answered the questions to the best of my ability. with that i ll be making no further comments.
person is ted kauffman, a senator who is a trusted adviser to joe biden, all of this information coming from cnn s jeff zeleny. we re talking about the run-up, the long investigation of the choices of the vice president. joe biden arrived at the white house today with a lot on his mind. his weekly lunch with the president in the oval office taking on new meaning with speculation swirling about whether he will run. everybody is pretty interested to find out what decision the vice president is going to make. the president has indicated his view that the decision to add joe biden to the ticket as his running made was the smartest decision he made in politics. reporter: a democratic source in touch with biden s associates tell cnn the vice president is leaning toward running for president. the buzz about a possible biden candidacy intensified after he
traveled from delaware to washington this weekend for a secret meeting with influential liberal senator elizabeth warren. she s the leading voice. i m not surprised they will seek her counsel. reporter: the massachusetts senator has refused to endorse front didn frontrunnerner hillary clinton. i want to see all of the presidential candidates lay out where they stand on key issues. reporter: biden associates see a possible opening because clinton has been battling a trust issue. did you wipe the server? with a cloth or something? reporter: the latest orc poll shows 53% have an unfavorable opinion of clinton while 44% view biden that way. bernie sanders sees clinton s numbers as helping him. where he gaining. what the polls seem to indicate is that hillary clinton support seems to be receding.
. four years ago, mike kass el, a long time player in politics was on a glide path with the ultimate career capper, a spot in the u.s. senate. joe biden left his senate seat to become vice president and the seat was being temporarily filled by biden s old right-hand man, ted kauffman. he was a place holder t. idea was biden s son bo would run for the special election in 2010. then bo biden decided not to run. that made mike cassel the obvious choice to win that seat. he was a moderate. he represented them 16 years after serving as governor before that. maybe the most popular politician in the state of delaware and the rest of the country hasn t yet contended with the rise of the tee party move him with the right sudden obama era dedication to purifying itself, casting out