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'Focus on ethics': Sen. Durbin discusses efforts to reform the Supreme Court

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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For more on the 2024 Democratic National Convention, the Harris-Walz ticket and efforts to implement ethics reforms for the U.S. Supreme Court, Geoff Bennett speaks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on the convention floor in Chicago. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

more on the evenings events. We are joined here in Chicago by Illinois

0:04.5

senior senator Dick Durbin. Welcome back to the news hour. It's good to be here. I

0:07.9

want to start with what we heard from President Biden last night. You have known

0:11.0

Joe Biden for decades. He is capping a half century now of public

0:15.2

service. And what we heard last night he defended his record. He also made an impassioned case

0:20.6

for Kamala Harris. How do you think the campaign will use him

0:24.6

on the campaign trail moving forward?

0:26.5

And how does Vice President Harris

0:28.8

navigate this new moment where she has to define herself without necessarily breaking away too far from the Biden presidency.

0:36.6

Joe Biden's been my friend for 30 years plus. I've had a chance to talk to him privately in the last few days and I can tell you that

0:44.5

was an important statement in his speech last night.

0:47.4

He said I love this job but I love my country even more.

0:50.6

I think those few words really define his situation. He realizes he'd love to

0:56.1

continue his president but that isn't going to happen because of his age. I

1:00.6

think he's going to be a very valuable asset for all Democratic candidates.

1:05.0

I'd welcome Joe Biden to any corner of Illinois and I mean it, the most conservative Republican

1:10.0

area, guarantee you he can reach the crowd in that area too.

1:14.0

And he can do the same thing for Kamala Harris.

1:16.5

In your view, is a Harris Wall's ticket better positioned to win the White House

1:20.4

than a Biden Harris ticket would have been?

1:22.2

I'm not sure.

1:23.1

I think Joe could have won it in a very close race,

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