i did not ask to do that. meanwhile, some of his fellow democrats are requesting the rational for vice president biden run. i don t see the space, i don t see the rational, and arguing that you said in meetings with the president more than the other person, i don t think that s what this election is really about. so we have every angle of this story covered. nbc s ron allen is at the white house for us, steve kornacki is going to break this down in just a few moments with a look at what biden versus clinton and the debate night look like. let s go to ron, he is at the white house. any clues this morning on where biden s decision may land or when an announcement of the fact that he s not in it may actually emerge to light? no firm clues, just reading more tea leaves, thomas. the decision could come today, there was some thinking it may have come yesterday, of course that didn t happen. and there are different scenarios as to whether he would get in or would not get in.
starting to get a little pathetic. you never know. he did take the nomination for vice president. you don t turn a job like that down and he may look at this job ultimately in the same way. it s really hard to say and between him and his family. finally, if he does do it what would a paul ryan speakership look like? that may be another reason why he decides not to do it. i think a lot of republicans are thinking, well, he s the guy we can rally around, but you know, he looks, looks great and nice now, before he runs. a speakership with paul ryan may end up being really contentious, like it would have been under kevin mccarthy and was under john boehner. underlying issues within this republican conference that eastern someone like paul ryan may not be able to address. i d be interested to see what other republicans are out there who might be thinking about it in this week of recess that the house is facing, and think, maybe i m the guy to step up? i m not sure paul ryan is necessari
to mark the 70th anniversary of the country s ruling party. the working party of korea. in his speech the supreme leader said his army is ready to respond to any kind of war. that s a quote against the u.s. experts say today s elaborate event was meant to bolster the leader s image. and back here at home, new signs tonight that vice president joe biden may be moving closer to a bid for the white house. members of the vice president s team met with democratic national committee officials this past week discussing various deadlines we re told and those arcane but critical rules he in a presidential campaign would need to follow if he does indeed decide to run. we have more on all of this from washington. reporter: joe biden still isn t saying whether or not he s going to run, but he is at least taking steps in that direction. the vice president is home with his family in delaware this weekend but earlier this week a group of his representatives met with staffers from the
i don t know about bernie sanders. he d probably be happy, too. face it. there s a debate next tuesday night. seeing hillary debating bernie sanders and my friend martin o malley is not near as interesting, shall we say, or hot, as if we had joe biden in there. if we had donald trump even more fun, but joe biden would make the debate more interesting and i think would give people a let me not get into too much trouble, but a credible alternative to hillary. somebody who is obviously qualified, and is a credible alternative, which i m not sure bernie sanders sorry bernie really is. yes or no. will vice president biden run? i keep saying no, because i like him as a person. i respect him as an individual, and i know how grueling and horrible presidential politics can be, and i don t think he can win. that s the problem. so i hate to see him get hurt. so i ll say, no. okay. by the way, i think i called
stirring up more speculation about a possible white house run, giving hillary clinton sagging poll numbers. what kind of an impact could a biden bid have on the race? joining me now, professor of law and political science at usc and a fox news contributor. always good to see you, susan. good to see you. i love that color, by the way. thank you very much. so let s you look great today. ah, thank you, susan. what s the upside for vice president biden, if he throws his hat in the ring? you know, he wanted to be president. he wanted to be president enough to try for it twice. he s been a loyal number two for eight years. it s now or never. we used to joke in massachusetts that every alderman sees a president when he shaves in the morning. you know? had he looks in the morning, that s the president. almost every member of the senate, i think, in my experience, dreams of being president, and joe biden has been around washington a long