January 28, 2011 5:34 PM EST
Never shy about sharing his opinion, Vice President Biden had some controversial comments about Egypt’s 30-year ruler Hosni Mubarak.
When asked if Mubarak should step down, Biden said “no.” Instead, Mubarak should be more “responsive to some of the needs of the people out there.”
These people are “middle class folks” looking for “more opportunity.”
Biden also said: "I would not refer to [Mubarak] as a dictator."
Below is the video of the interview with PBSNewsHour’s Jim Lehrer.
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Below is the full transcript of the interview (click here to see it on PBS' website):
JIM LEHRER: And now to our newsmaker interview with the vice president of the United States.
I spoke with Vice President Biden this afternoon in the Secretary of War suite at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington -- the first subject, the protests in Egypt.
Mr. Vice President, welcome.
U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Good to be with you, Jim.
JIM LEHRER: Has the time come for President Mubarak of Egypt to go, to stand aside?
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