Veep Biden defends Bernie Sanders on guns, authenticity

(CNN) – Could Hillary Clinton lose Iowa and New Hampshire to Senator Bernie Sanders? And now Clinton is really hitting Bernie Sanders hard on that. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday attempted to defend his controversial vote to protect gun producers and sellers from legal liability if a gun is used in a crime, but proposed a revision to the law that already exists.

Brzezinski said that while Clinton is “brush[ing] off” her poll numbers in Iowa and New Hampshire, she has also been differentiating herself from Sanders “like she never has before”. And in April 2015 before Sanders’ even announced his campaign for presidency, Obama said Clinton “would be an excellent president”.

Half of New Hampshire Democrats feel that her husband, former President Bill Clinton can help his wife win, while 12 percent say his presence on the trail hurts her, and 32 percent say he’ll have little impact.

Ms. Clinton still holds a strong advantage among black and Latino voters who play a bigger role in the primaries in late February and March. I don’t think she ever thought she was the prohibited favorite. Asked whether Sanders needed to change his position to qualify for his support, Biden said no.

Three weeks before the lead-off Iowa caucuses on February 1 and with polls suggesting a tightening race, she now is confronting the Vermont senator more directly, attempting to undermine his liberal credentials on gun control, health care and even the Wall Street regulations that have been the core of his insurgent campaign. Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in a recent interview, failing to outright endorse the self-declared socialist for president – but coming pretty close.

Donald Trump hasn’t had many nice things to say about Hillary Clinton lately, but the GOP frontrunner said Monday it would be an “amazing thing” if the two faced off in the November election.

Sanders said he’d take a “new look” at that legislation, though, and allow lawsuits for targeting gun sales to “criminal elements”.

The moderators ended their time with each of the candidates by having a “lightning round” and in Clinton’s, Browne brought up racial reparations and if the country could consider them in 2016: “Do you think 2016 is the year – kind of on the federal level we should start studying reparations?” She also answered a question about whether and how she had benefited from “white privilege”, saying, “Where do I start?”

In a talk with CNN, Biden said he told Obama of his concern about helping Beau’s family financially, and that he might have to sell his DE home in order to provide. Don’t, Joe – promise me.