WEBVTT 00:01.202 --> 00:03.036 FEDERAL AMENDMENT. IT IS THE LATEST FLASHPOINT IN 00:03.037 --> 00:04.437 IT IS THE LATEST FLASHPOINT IN THE FIGHT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. 00:04.472 --> 00:06.572 THE FIGHT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS MORNING FACING HIS FIRST 00:06.607 --> 00:08.241 THIS MORNING FACING HIS FIRST MAJOR CONTROVERSY AS THE 00:08.242 --> 00:10.744 MAJOR CONTROVERSY AS THE DEMOCRATIC FRONTRUNNER, FORMER 00:10.745 --> 00:12.145 DEMOCRATIC FRONTRUNNER, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAKING 00:12.146 --> 00:13.947 VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAKING AN ABRUPT CHANGE ON A POSITION 00:13.981 --> 00:16.216 AN ABRUPT CHANGE ON A POSITION ON ABORTION HE HELD FOR DECADES, 00:16.250 --> 00:18.752 ON ABORTION HE HELD FOR DECADES, SEEMING TO BOW FROM FELLOW 2020 00:18.786 --> 00:19.352 SEEMING TO BOW FROM FELLOW 2020 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. 00:19.354 --> 00:21.421 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. >> THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE 00:21.455 --> 00:21.821 >> THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED. 00:21.823 --> 00:27.160 CHANGED. >> Reporter: BIDEN REVERSING HIS 00:27.162 --> 00:30.063 >> Reporter: BIDEN REVERSING HIS SUPPORT OF THE TROFRLCONTROVERSI 00:30.097 --> 00:31.164 SUPPORT OF THE TROFRLCONTROVERSI HYDE AMENDMENT. 00:31.165 --> 00:33.400 HYDE AMENDMENT. CRITICS SAY THE PROVISION 00:33.434 --> 00:34.568 CRITICS SAY THE PROVISION PREVENTS LOW-INCOME WOMEN FROM 00:34.602 --> 00:36.503 PREVENTS LOW-INCOME WOMEN FROM HAVING ACCESS TO SAFE ABORTIONS. 00:36.537 --> 00:38.772 HAVING ACCESS TO SAFE ABORTIONS. THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SAYING 00:38.806 --> 00:40.173 THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SAYING HE NOW NO LONGER SUPPORTS IT 00:40.174 --> 00:42.642 HE NOW NO LONGER SUPPORTS IT BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICANS’ 00:42.677 --> 00:45.078 BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICANS’ STEPPED UP EFFORTS TO RESTRICT 00:45.079 --> 00:45.478 STEPPED UP EFFORTS TO RESTRICT ABORTIONS. 00:45.480 --> 00:47.147 ABORTIONS. >> I CAN’T JUSTIFY LEAVING 00:47.148 --> 00:48.849 >> I CAN’T JUSTIFY LEAVING MILLIONS OF WOMEN WITHOUT THE 00:48.850 --> 00:51.652 MILLIONS OF WOMEN WITHOUT THE ACCESS TO CARE THEY NEED AND THE 00:51.653 --> 00:56.190 ACCESS TO CARE THEY NEED AND THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE THEIR CON 00:56.191 --> 00:56.890 ABILITY TO EXERCISE THEIR CON STUKT 00:56.925 --> 00:57.557 STUKT CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED 00:57.592 --> 00:57.891 CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT. 00:57.892 --> 01:01.595 RIGHT. I CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT AN 01:01.629 --> 01:01.995 I CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT. 01:01.996 --> 01:03.363 AMENDMENT. >> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO 01:03.398 --> 01:04.498 >> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO REITERATING HIS LONG STANDING 01:04.532 --> 01:08.235 REITERATING HIS LONG STANDING SUPPORT FOR THE LANDMARK 1973 01:08.269 --> 01:09.269 SUPPORT FOR THE LANDMARK 1973 ROE V. WADE DECISION. 01:09.270 --> 01:10.904 ROE V. WADE DECISION. >> I SUPPORT ROE. 01:10.905 --> 01:14.708 >> I SUPPORT ROE. I SUPPORT A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO 01:14.709 --> 01:16.510 I SUPPORT A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE UNDER THAT CONSTITUTIONAL 01:16.511 --> 01:18.379 CHOOSE UNDER THAT CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEED PROVISION, AND QUITE 01:18.380 --> 01:19.279 GUARANTEED PROVISION, AND QUITE FRANKLY I WILL. 01:19.281 --> 01:21.114 FRANKLY I WILL. >> Reporter: PRIVATING AFTER NBC 01:21.116 --> 01:22.816 >> Reporter: PRIVATING AFTER NBC REPORTED A DAY EARLIER THAT HE 01:22.851 --> 01:24.251 REPORTED A DAY EARLIER THAT HE STILL SUPPORTED THE MEASURE, 01:24.286 --> 01:25.319 STILL SUPPORTED THE MEASURE, PUTTING HIM OUT OF STEP WITH 01:25.354 --> 01:27.988 PUTTING HIM OUT OF STEP WITH MOST OF HIS OTHER DEMOCRATIC 01:28.023 --> 01:28.422 MOST OF HIS OTHER DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS. 01:28.423 --> 01:30.124 CONTENDERS. OVERNIGHT CANDIDATE AMY 01:30.158 --> 01:32.326 OVERNIGHT CANDIDATE AMY KLOBUCHAR REACTING ON MSNBC. 01:32.327 --> 01:34.962 KLOBUCHAR REACTING ON MSNBC. >> ARE YOU GLAD THAT THE VICE 01:34.996 --> 01:35.729 >> ARE YOU GLAD THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT CHANGED HIS POSITION 01:35.730 --> 01:36.030 PRESIDENT CHANGED HIS POSITION ON THIS? 01:36.064 --> 01:37.798 ON THIS? >> YES, I AM. 01:37.833 --> 01:38.933 >> YES, I AM. I’M NOT SURPRISED. 01:38.967 --> 01:41.435 I’M NOT SURPRISED. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 01:41.437 --> 01:41.802 I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM. 01:41.837 --> 01:43.938 PROBLEM. >> Reporter: A DEVOUT CATHOLIC, 01:43.972 --> 01:45.573 >> Reporter: A DEVOUT CATHOLIC, HE HAS LONG WRESTLED WITH HIS 01:45.607 --> 01:46.741 HE HAS LONG WRESTLED WITH HIS VIEWS ON ABORTION. 01:46.775 --> 01:48.276 VIEWS ON ABORTION. BUT NOW PROTECTING ABORTION 01:48.310 --> 01:50.011 BUT NOW PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS AMID WHAT HE 01:50.012 --> 01:52.713 RIGHTS AMID WHAT HE CHARACTERIZED AS A RELATIONSHIP 01:52.715 --> 01:53.113 CHARACTERIZED AS A RELATIONSHIP ONSLAUGHT. 01:53.115 --> 01:53.848 ONSLAUGHT. >> FOLKS, TIMES HAVE CHANGED. 01:53.849 --> 01:54.715 >> FOLKS, TIMES HAVE CHANGED. I DON’T THINK THESE GUYS ARE 01:54.717 --> 01:56.317 I DON’T THINK THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO LET UP. 01:56.318 --> 01:59.153 GOING TO LET UP. >> KRISTEN, BIDEN’S REVERSAL 01:59.154 --> 02:02.156 >> KRISTEN, BIDEN’S REVERSAL PUTS HIM IN LINE WITH OTHER 02:02.157 --> 02:02.857 PUTS HIM IN LINE WITH OTHER DEMOCRATS IN THE PRIMARY FIELD. 02:02.891 --> 02:04.959 DEMOCRATS IN THE PRIMARY FIELD. HOW COULD THIS PLAY IN A GENERAL 02:04.960 --> 02:05.326 HOW COULD THIS PLAY IN A GENERAL ELECTION? 02:05.360 --> 02:06.627 ELECTION? >> Reporter: WELL, IT GETS A 02:06.628 --> 02:08.262 >> Reporter: WELL, IT GETS A WHOLE LOT MORE COMPLICATED IN A 02:08.263 --> 02:08.963 WHOLE LOT MORE COMPLICATED IN A GENERAL ELECTION, CRAIG. 02:08.964 --> 02:11.666 GENERAL ELECTION, CRAIG. IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT RECENT 02:11.667 --> 02:12.967 IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT RECENT POLLS, THEY SHOW THAT A MAJORITY 02:13.002 --> 02:14.335 POLLS, THEY SHOW THAT A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE STILL OPPOSED 02:14.369 --> 02:16.737 OF AMERICANS ARE STILL OPPOSED TO USING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 02:16.738 --> 02:17.071 TO USING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS. 02:17.105 --> 02:19.073 ABORTIONS. NOT SURPRISINGLY, REPUBLICANS 02:19.074 --> 02:21.075 NOT SURPRISINGLY, REPUBLICANS ALREADY POUNCING THE GOP RAPID 02:21.076 --> 02:22.043 ALREADY POUNCING THE GOP RAPID RESPONSE TEAM OVERNIGHT SAYING 02:22.077 --> 02:24.445 RESPONSE TEAM OVERNIGHT SAYING THAT BIDEN IS EMBRACING THE 02:24.446 --> 02:25.947 THAT BIDEN IS EMBRACING THE RADICAL LEFT AND THIS FROM THE 02:25.948 --> 02:26.681 RADICAL LEFT AND THIS FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. 02:26.682 --> 02:31.953 TRUMP CAMPAIGN. HE IS JUST NOT VERY GOOD AT 02:31.954 --> 02:32.253 HE IS JUST NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS. 02:32.254 --> 02:32.954 THIS. JOE BIDEN IS AN EXISTENTIAL 02:32.955 --> 02:33.488 JOE BIDEN IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO JOE BIDEN. 02:33.522 --> 02:33.721 THREAT TO JOE BIDEN. ALL WITH THOSE FIRST DEBATES