Biden Speaks to Reporters Aboard Air Force One

Virtually every...mass shooting...every....circumstance where large number of people have been victimized or lost. I've spoken with them. I learned a long time ago, what you all learn in your life. When someone is going through something that is beyond their comprehension that they never thought they's have to go through. If they see someone who they think understand, have maybe been through something, not the same, but similar, it gives them some sense of hope. And I always get criticized, sometimes by my staff, because when I go to these events I stay. 3 or 4 hours. Answer all the questions. Because it matters. It matters a lot. And, look, some of you have gone through a hell of a lot more than I have gone through, and a lot more than other people have gone through. and you understand. It's just-- uh- people are looking for just something to grab. Something that gives them some sense, sense of hope. And that's- and if I can do a little bit of that, then you know, it's worth doing.Show more

>> REPORTER: People all over the region are upset about the Hospital and don't necessarily believe you or the Israelis that they didn't have anything to do with it. Do you have a message to the people in the streets?

BIDEN: Well I can understand why in this circumstance they wouldn't believe. I understand that. And- but- uh- I would not - you notice I don't say things like that unless I have faith in the source from which I've gotten it. Our defense department says it's highly unlikely that it was Israelis and had it been a different footprint- and- had intercepted some- anyway- that's why you notice I didn't say it first, I wanted to make sure that I knew. And look- and I'm suggesting that Hamas deliberately did it either. It's that old thing, gotta know how to shoot straight. And it's not the first time Hamas has launched something that didn't function. So- I don't know all the detail, but I do know the people at the defense department that I respect and intelligence community that I respect say it is highly improbable that Israel did that.