when i first contacted both the clinton foundation, the clinton spokesman, and mr. justra, they denied any such meeting took place. when we said, well, we already talked to him and told us all about the meeting has a picture of bill and him at the helm and it was probably acknowledged on his wall. and then they acknowledged, yes, the meeting had taken place. >> so what happened to the company that benefited from the deal in kazakhstan? after a merger it became a uranium giant called uranium 1. and then the russians bought it. >> uranium 1 was important. in 2008 and 2009 they attracted the russian government. they would acquire 50% of projected uranium output in 2015. >> in other words russia now controls what was projected to be up to half of america's uranium. >> does secretary clinton factor into this? >> for that deal to go through, it needs federal government approval and one of the people that has to approve that deal is secretary clinton. >> who as senator clinton was vigorously opposed to these buys from countries into the u.s. >> that's a great point, bret.

you look at the website and see bill clinton and chelsea and hillary clinton holding children in africa or asia but the clinton foundation really doesn't do a lot of hands-on work with people in those countries. they partner with other organizations that do. they function as a middleman as it were. and he needs a middleman but it's not like doctors without borders or american red cross or some of these other organizations actually doing the hands-on work. at the the clinton foundation is more like a management consultant firm working in the area of charity and this is why for example the charity navigator that as well regarded as an evaluator of charities you can look online they won't even rate a foundation because of what they call its unique business model and they've been deemed by the better business bureau because they are lacking internal control as it relates to finances and governance etc.. so there are real problems there. >> host: eugene in hickory kentucky. please go ahead. >> caller: yes. first of all i'm not a republican democrat libertarian. i'm an american and i don't be

clinton rich" is the name of the book and on page 183io write the clinton's are the most politically sophisticated and know foreign governments are trying to influence policy and know bribery is rampant. they have numerous avenues for making money and some not be as lucrative as giving a $700,000 speech in nigeria but they would be clear. >> one of the defenses you hear from the clinton camp is they are unaware of certain things or perhaps there is nothing seriously afoot with all of this money phlog money flowing to the flint clinton foundation. a lot of people that pay for speeches by bill clinton are not an insurance company in the uk or a media company in germany. these are companies that operate in places like nigeria, the congo, south america, and some of these individuals have sketchy history as it relates to financial crimes. i think the clinton's are not ones who would be shocked there is gambling going on. they know what it is going on and that is what is troubling. they don't seem to have a filter that prevents them from taking money from sketchy characters. >> host: why d

let's not kid ourselves. >> queue hillary clinton. we need to fix our dysfunctional system and get upaccountable money out of it once and for all. even bill de blasio the progressive mayor of new york could have an impact on clinton. >> vision. >> you are not endorsing here. i would say this about any candidate. against all of this president obama outflanked her to the left. it supported as a senator. officials say they have lingering fears, with centrist husbands. liberal activists, many skeptical about hillary clinton seem so have an outside primaries. >> regardless of whether hillary clinton is moving to the left because of policy positions have evolved, or because of political expediencery, democrats say it's a wise move, saying they believe it helps clinton ratchet up the democratic a. >> when i hear the former secretary of state saying the deck is stacked in favour of those at the top, is it different from what i would have heard her say in west virginia in 2008, in western pennsylvania, in northern ohio, in places where deindus

bill clinton and chelsea and hillary clinton holding children in africa or asia but the clinton foundation really doesn't do a lot of hands-on work with those countries. they partner with other organizations. they function kind of as a middleman. the world needs its middleman but it's not like doctors without borders or american red cross were some of the other organizations that are actually doing the hands-on work to the clinton foundation is more like a management consulting firm working in the area of charity. this is the reason why for example charity navigator which is well regarded as an evaluating charities, they have been doing by the better business bureau because they lack internal controls as relates to the linux as an government etc. so there are real problems with that. >> host: eugene in hickory kentucky please go ahead eugene. >> caller: first of all i'm not a republican democrat or libertarian. i'm an american and i don't believe in being affiliated with -- my question is if you or i or any other average american were brought up were questioned by congress and asks to give

some of the things have been caused not by hillary clinton but by bill clinton. bill, your namesake, what about that hurting her chances of winning? l: i do not think that is going to be a big issue. there was a lie he got caught in on the past. mark: do you have a concern that bill clinton can pose a problem for her? i was a watching my favorite show, "scandal," i think they will try to attack them. they will not see hillary and bill. they will see bill clinton. hillary, she is more laid back to herself, and bill is a little more out there, so i think they will try to attack him more to get to her. mark: amanda do you think a bill clinton scandal can be something for hillary? amanda: all it takes is one miss said thing here or there, a word in the wrong place, and a huge scandal. and it is all blown out of proportion. >> look at the scandal he survived though. to get over cheating on your wife in the oval office his popularity soared after he was impeached. mark: so if i understand him, it is that there is no scandal too big for bill clinton to overcome. >> i ac

a former clinton advisor, a chief of staff, and clinton's 2008 general counsel, loyal to hillary clinton to a fault. smart and speaks honestly. number two, and here we go, her recent activity. hillary clinton's state department staff kept a tight rein on records. and number three. that is a picture of her in the 1990's, cheryl mills, when she was defending bill clinton in that impeachment investigation back on capitol hill, earning a reputation with republicans for that. mark, tell me. these are characters both of some controversy, so are they net positive or net negative for her? mark: cheryl mills is a top advisor, and sidney blumenthal also. they have been through controversies and have dealt with the legal aspects of being associated with the clintons and they are now in the crosshairs of the benghazi committee. i think they will both be caught -- called to testify, and it will be interesting to see how they handled the public spotlight on them. they are both extraordinarily smart and extraordinarily combative. john: these are tough people who fashion themselves as tough people, who

to bill clinton. and in many cases contracts from the state department came out. if you are going to say there's no suchling as corruption -- such things as corruption, unless you have an email saying "give me the money, i'll give you the contract", that can be your opinion. but that wasn't the case with george bush, alleged to take money from oil companies, democrats saying it's a problem. suddenly it's not a problem to democrats, and there's hypocrisy there. for journalists, we have to look at the money going in and policy going out. and shine the light on them so voters can make an informed decision. >> is that what makes emails leaked, that there may have been information in hillary clinton's emails about some of this? >> certainly. i mean, look, any time that a government official is hiding something, you have to ask the question why are they hiding something. i have no information to say that there were or weren't emails about various emails coming into the clinton foundation or policy coming ou

clinton? is this bill clinton's influence on his wife? he was a free trader. he was for nafta. what's going on here? why can't we get the absolute answer from hillary clinton? is this loyalty to her former boss? president obama, that's a question in itself. when president obama was in the united states senate, he said that he was going to do something about currency manipulation. guess what? this trade deal doesn't have anything about currency manipulation. it doesn't have anything about investor state disputes or circumventing american law. why do we have representatives in washington if we're going to let international try bualestribunals deal with trade? there's going to be a lot of people to remember she didn't take a complete stand on trade before the house voted. if this is causing political problems for hillary clinton, why in the world would john boehner bring it to the floor for a vote? why not make sure hillary clinton takes a stand on this? i would venture to see the republicans would rather go against bernie sanders than hillary clinton, so there's a lot of politica

clinton on libya, mr. blumenthal who had been barred from a state department job by aides to president obama, was also employed by her family's fin lanll lan tlop pea and many describe it among foreign governments and here's what she said about that today. >> it's important when you get into politics to have friends you had before you were in politics and to understand what's on their mind and he's been a friend of mine for a long time. he sent me unsolicited e-mails which i passed on in some instances and i think that's just part of the give and take. when you're in the public eye, when you're in an official position tough work to make sure you're not caught in a bubble and you're only here from a small group of people and i'm going to keep talking to my old friends, whoever they are. >> what about that george? >> the solution to being in a bubble to sis to talk to an old friend like sidney blumenthal. the question really is did her friend, mr. blumenthal have business in libya? that's part of the questio

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i said once a liberal clinton hack always a liberal clinton hack. we went back and we found some video footage of some of the history when he was in the war room. this is from a documentary and i think this reminds people how close they have been for decades. watch this. >> governor clinton has a character problem but i take it that your line -- >> he has no character problem. bill clinton's passed character tests throughout his life and this campaign. >> all politics. >> convinced it won't work again? >> we'll hit them back. >> another good night for bill clinton. >> it is completely [ bleep ]. if you went on the radio and said that bill clinton is the father of ill legitimate black child you would be laughed at. people would think you're crazy. i guarantee you if you do this -- you'll never work in democratic politics again. very proud to have done this. i'm just happy as i can be and so proud. governor i mean it is looking like close to 400. we ought to be the -- i mean, happiest man in the world. i just got to tell you, i mean i just appreciate

it was bill clinton. the former president of the united states. >> so ann guerin, dpeem hold grudges. >> certainly bill clinton was absolutely livid. he was so angry that -- he felt that the rug had been pulled out from under him, and hillary clinton in 2008. he clearly did hold a grudge at the time. and certainly, you know clyburn was mad enough to put that entire unflattering episode in his book and talk about it later. there has been detant certainly directly between the clyburn camp and clinton camp. but as joy said more importantly for hillary clinton now, she's got to be able to build on a solid foundation of african-american support here and not always have to be second-guessing whether or not they really are going to support her in sufficient number. >> there's -- no evidence yet that it's hurting her with voters. but what about all the money stuff and whether that hurts her, anne, and connect to every day americans that she says she's the champion of. now you've got the $30 million in earnings fr

and hillary clinton supporter? >> he has been a loyal follower of the clintons through all the clinton years. >> i think he assumes we should believe what we are told told. that's kind of not our job. >> you know what's interesting, he made it sound like we wanted to hang out with bill and hillary clinton and i'm serious. you do things when it's in your favor we went over to cgi a couple times, it's great. >> it's five blocks from here. >> i was of course complaining every step of the way. you sit down. he's president. you want to listen to the good things he is doing across the globe. i don't understand, as you said you want to cover him. you don't want to golf with him. you don't want to hajj out with him. and this whole thing about oh well when it's your when it's convenient to you to be nice to them. well, i'm into is to a lot of people that i disagree we have hemtly. >> i would suggest it's very inconvenient to be -- >> i actually was a part of running newt gingrich literally out of town. out of congress and y

the clintons are secretive and deceptive but they are not stupid. whatever is there and indicting has been scrubbed and removed. so we're going to have this long saga of the release. she will take the credit for, i asked for it to be released i wanted it to be released but it's the wrong stuff and when people attack her later in the campaign she's going to say, it's all been released the press has looked at it spent weeks and months examining it so it's old news. that's the script and we are all falling into it. >> well and without the server though obviously there are questions that will never be answered. >> of course. and if it's totally scrubbed we will never know. the only way we'll ever know is to get in there but they won't allow us because she owns it. it was all planned way in advance, even before she stepped into office. >> okay. something else today, a revelation from the clinton foundation that as much as $26 million, maybe more was previously undisclosed in payments from corporations and other groups. the money came in as speech fees to

something the clinton tape. -- clinton's hate. guest: it is what it is. i think if they get outspent then they get outspent. i think we will raise quite a bit of money for her. i think she's a phenomenal candidate. i think as people get more excited, there will be more money be raised. it also depends on who that republican nominee is. right now it's kind of hard to , raise a lot of money when you don't know who you are running against. john: do you have a sense from president clinton about how he feels right now about her prospects generally and about who he thinks will be the toughest possible opponent she might face? guest: i think he views her prospects as being very good. if he had to choose, he would tell you she is the best candidate out there. it is a biased view, but i think that is definitely it. i think as to who would be the best nominee on the republican side, i think jeb bush is going to be very strong. i think walker will also be strong. they are very different. rubio obviously. but i think at the end of the day, it will be bush, or walker,

made bill and hillary clinton rich" about the clinton personal finances. the author talks about the reception of the book. the book. peter schweizer joins us from tallahassee. on page 100 83, you write that the clintons are perhaps the most politically's -- of their generation. they know how things work in the corridor's of power and around the world. they know that foreign governments are trying to influence machen foreign policy and they know that bribery is rampant around the world. they have numerous avenues for making money. some of those avenues may not be as lucrative as giving a $700,000 speech in nigeria, but they would be much -- guest: one of the defenses you hear from the clinton camp is that they are unaware of certain things, or perhaps there is nothing seriously afoot with all the money flowing to the clinton foundation or to them as speaking fees. but they have been players on the international stage a long time. a lot of the people who pay for speeches by bill clinton they are not an insurance company in the u.k. or a media company in germ

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clinton: there are a lot of long-time friends here. i won't try to mention everybody, but i do want to thank susan and the entire board for d.w.c. i want to thank gilda who i think has been in the legislature since 1992, started in elementary school and worked her way up. former governor jim hodges we're delighted he is here, thank you. \[applause] sec. clinton: a national democratic chair, a state democratic chair, of course, don and carol fowler, so happy to see them. \[applause] sec. clinton: your candidate for the senate last time, joyce dickerson. thank you, joyce. \[applause] sec. clinton: i was thinking on the way down here that i first came to south carolina as a young lawyer working for the children's defense fund started by your own south carolina native marion wright edelman from bennettsville. i came back many times to renaissance weekend, going to hilton head and then to charleston. made a lot of friends and had a lot of good time and am thrilled to be back. i'm back because i want to support you. you know the theme of thi

which secretary clinton did. you can look at this and say one is a coincidence, but you find a pattern repeated over and over again. with regards to the colors question about the foundation they give about 10% of their money to other charitable organizations. the clinton foundation model is incredibly unique. you look at the website and you see bill clinton and chelsea and hillary clinton holding children in africa or in asia. but the clinton foundation really does not do a lot of hands-on work with people in those countries. they partner with other organizations that do. they function as a kind of middlemen. the world needs its middlemen but it is not like doctors without borders or american red cross or some of these other organizations that are actually doing the hands-on work. the foundation is more like a management consulting firm working in the area of charity. this is the reason why for example a charity navigator which is well regarded as a evaluator of charities, they will not rate the clinton foundatio

add the $25 million to the $5 million that hillary clinton made in her book "hard choices" and the clintons already make more than 99.9% of the population. the clintons also listing the number of security investments and life insurance policies worth millions more. remember hillary clinton does not have to disclose personal assets like homes, cars or federal retirement plans, and other assets in stocks and companies only have to be disclosed within a broad range, not specific numbers. experts say the disclosure forms are intended to guard against conflicts of interest or potential conflicts. they are not meant to establish a candidate's net worth. although, the clintons wealth will come up in the campaign considering she is positioning herself as a champion for the struggling middle class. the clintons are moving up the financial ladder as well. in her last disclosure hillary clinton declared she and her husband had made at least $16.7 million in 2012 that of course was before she hit the speaking circuit. the clintons' effective federal tax rate in 2014 was 30%, that tax information, by th

up next, more questions about the link between donations to the clinton foundation and hillary clinton's tenure at the state department. this team they're about the timing of arm sales to countries that gave money to the clinton foundation. the man behind the exclusive investigative report joins me in two minutes. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >>> america's role in conflict raging in the middle east is a tricky issue for any candidate runs for president in 2016. an exclusive investigation published today in the international business times says that under hillary clinton's leadership the state department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arm sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the clinton foundation at some time. the article also says clinton's state department also authorized $151 billion of separate pentagon-brokered deals for 16 of the countr

clinton foundation. the foundation revealed late thursday that bill hillary, and chelsea clinton delivered 100 speeches negative the charity $26 million that had not been previously disclosed. republicans say the bigger issue for them is the email the public has not seen. since clinton deleted 30000 emails that her lawyers claimed were personal. >> i personally won't be satisfied until we look at the server. we need to keep searching to see if we can find all of her emails to see if she's honest with us. >> the state department and clinton releasing bad news before the holiday weekend. classic time for a news dump. lori. lori: ed henry lot to talk about tonight. former white house chief of staff and former new hampshire governor. welcome. >> happy memorial day weekend. >> like wise. one of the things i find fascinating about the emails released today. (?) clinton was told there was detailed intelligence that the benghazi attack was, in fact planned. right? even before the state department went public wit

which secretary clinton did. you can look at this and say one is a coincidence, but you find a pattern repeated over and over again. with regards to the colors question about the foundation they give about 10% of their money to other charitable organizations. the clinton foundation model is incredibly unique. you look at the website and you see bill clinton and chelsea and hillary clinton holding children in africa or in asia. but the clinton foundation really does not do a lot of hands-on work with people in those countries. they partner with other organizations that do. they function as a kind of middlemen. the world needs its middlemen but it is not like doctors without borders or american red cross or some of these other organizations that are actually doing the hands-on work. the foundation is more like a management consulting firm working in the area of charity. this is the reason why for example a charity navigator which is well regarded as a evaluator of charities, they will not rate the clinton foundatio

that is more like the real hillary clinton and not the fake hillary clinton. not as good as the previous one we looked at but still , pretty strong. but the foundation questions are going to keep question -- coming. john: and you have to put a little bit of fault on the reporters. they have been waiting for one month to get the questions in, and they ask questions -- asked questions that would be set up -- that would set her up in a simplistic way and be able to appeal one off. finally, question number five. which did not come from a media-credentialed american, but from an everyday person. at a so-called roundtable, asking where hillary stands on tpp. hillary clinton: i have said i want to judge the final agreement. i have been for trade agreements and against. i have tried to make the evaluation depending upon what i thought they would produce. that is what i am waiting to see. john: later in the day, our colleague got to ask colleague -- colleague got to ask elizabeth warren about this. she took a pass on hammering hillary, even though she has continued to

long-time clinton crony was being paid $10,000 a month by the clinton foundation while sending error-filled e-mail messages offering advice and, quote, intelligence on libya to hillary clinton who, in fact forwarded the e-mails. the author of "clinton cash," peter schweizer is with us. she would forward these e-mails, right? >> right. >> okay. from him. wasn't he looking to do business with libya at the time? >> he was, sean. i mean this is a classic example of what we call the clinton blur. you had sid bloomen paid $10,000 a month, being brought to the clinton foundation to work on legacy projects but he's working with clinton, secretary of state. the obama administration said they weren't going to allow him in the administration. he's providing reports for an area he's not an expert for, while working for a company seeking contracts from the libyan government. sid was pushing them. talk about a massive conflict of interest. if this isn't one, i don't know what one would be. >> what do you know about the slush fund of bill clinton? what do you know about this nexus of the swiss wanting to

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nancy pelosi: the clintons will have to answer for the foundation. i would imagine president clinton's participation in that event increased the take and the money spent at the foundation was a very good cause as well. everyone benefited from it. no question, it raises questions they have to answer. john: ouch. with friends like that who needs enemies? which of these three developments are the most ominous for hillary and bill clinton? mark: in 2008, nancy pelosi was often not the most supportive of democrats for hillary clinton. i think it is a tie. in both cases, you have people speaking out and being critical of the clintons and not helping them in a way that is ominous because if people are not afraid to say what they think and what they know about the clintons' past practices, they will have a tough time emerging as a general election campaign in a strong position. john: i think it is unequivocally the third story. everybody looks at the clinton foundation -- the thing with the charity is sort of shocking. the fact of nancy pelosi not being more

there is growing reaction or concern about clinton cash. >> reporter: as the book "clinton cash" today finally hit bookstores after weeks of hype hillary clinton spent another day not facing the music about the substance of the allegations against the clinton foundation. and after letting her husband, former president bill clinton take the heat a tough clinton campaign official today appeared to throw him under the bus amid a backlash for declaring he still needs to rake in $500,000 a speech in order to pay the bills. >> that's president clinton and we are focused on her and what she is doing here and what is going on with her. >> reporter: except, it's difficult for the candidate to separate from the foundation and today there was a video released in which brian fallon tried to push back on the new book. >> it's dead wrong. >> reporter: the problem is the public appears to believe just the opposite with a new "wall street journal" and nbc poll showing that the negative view of clinton has shot up 42% and while a quarter of registered voters consider clinton honest and straightforward.

i think everyone is thoroughly well agrees, including the clinton people there will be an anti-clinton vote somewhere in the democratic primary. i just don't think it matters. >> that's what blows me away, they don't think this matter if you ask the clinton people they will say trust us, they have convinced themselves because bill clinton did beat bob dole and beat bush with his trust numbers being worse than theirs they learned their lesson hillary clinton trust numbers can go down in most polls and doesn't matter i think they are wrong, times have changed enough she is not the kind of candidate he was and really the times have changed in a way, trance opinions situate and accountability are really going to matter integrity in this elect and nothing she can floss over. >> schieffer: i asked this as a reporter will she have a news conference any time soon? >> here is -- i think it was a mcclinton at this story, bernie sanders has had 31 encounters with reporters since he announced and hillary clinton has had zero. and that, i think, is not sustainable for someone who wants iowa and new

michael shure is this tie are frying to get hillary clinton to talk about something only the clinton cash? >> the same day the book was released, it's the kind of thing that i'm sure the campaign got together, very savvy figured what they could do to take a little bit of the thunder that part worked, better than they expected because the immigration debate has been taken away from the republicans with what she did. it was very, very savvy campaigning, and you mentioned in your piece that will be very important and one other thing to remember about that state there's a little bit political wonkiness but brian sandoval is a latino governor in nevada, harry reid is not running. if he runs for that seat which many are trying to do, it is a multilayered thing she's done. >> that could ultimately swing nevada the ultimate swing state, when hillary clinton is trying to get the magic number in terms of electoral votes. >> exactly. it is already forgetting sandoval, that's really a reach forgetting that it is already a state that the democrats want to make a play and the numberers overwhelmin

tell us what forced hillary clinton to break her silence. why did she take reporter's questions today? >> reporter: that's right thomas. it's been 28 days since hillary clinton answered a question from the press. the pressure has definitely been mounting. the washington post has been running counter on their website counting down days minutes seconds since clinton answered. opponents have been attack ago her. -- been attacking her. i think the campaign recognized it was time for her to address questions and guilty or innocent there. she doesn't typically do this at all. she spoke for five minutes with reporters before leaving. there was many questions left to answer. she did address top things on our minds. >> top being also about iran. she discussed that, true? >> reporter: that's right. this question has been imposed to candidates in the last few weeks. she acknowledged the question, knowing what you know now, would you have invaded iraq? clinton said she regrets her vote to authorize the iraq war. that was a major issue in the campaign in

clintons. is that okay? >> it appears that that happened and has happened in the past. that is okay. yes. that's -- that's a person, a private person doing something to help the charity. and as long as the purpose of the trip is to advance the goals of the charity that's appropriate. >> okay. so we have a lot of that. now. how about all meals right? how about rent? how about, you know, living expenses al sharpton has a foundation national action network. i understand he lives in a facility owned by that network. i could be wrong about that that's just floating around. but is that legal? >> well, you should only have expenses, again that are required as part of your duties for the organization. >> so what if you are doing work and you need office? you can have an office, right? >> of course. >> what if that office contain sleeping quarters? it's a little odd to sleep in your office. >> no it's not. you could have an office. nobody is going to check and see what you have got in there. >> look, if

of the clintons were not facing the allegations of the paid information to clinton. so there is yet more information to come out on the activities. >> i know the democratic spin is this is old news vast right wing conspiracy after "the new york times" and "the washington post." and even "the atlantic" wrote about this. do you think this is a little odd at least, if this involved a republican secretary of state democrats would have just shrugged it off, as well? >> no i think a lot of questions are fine. but that is not hard evidence. even the author of this book said there is no hard evidence to back this. so looking at the spin zone if you trace back everything that has been haunting hillary clinton as a candidate even before she announced, let's start with the e-mails, her favorability rate and the way people see her as a leader has only gone up. >> we're about to dissect that right now. >> you can do that all you want but this is supposed to be -- >> i just want to make sure on the record on the record you want to say that you would take the same attitude with an

they have more progressive platforms than hillary clinton. are -- is the union open to endorsing her, to supporting her this time? >> i think we are open to all of our options, it is may of 2015 plenty of time to see if anyone else will jump in the race and lots of time to hear where secretary clinton stands on issues this are important to us and members. >> what do you want to hear from her? >> think we want to hear specific measures she is going to take to make sure we are not talking about a minimum wage class, that we are really talking about a middle class and how that's going to be created and sustained and we want to hear how that will affect issues like the affordable care act and changes that we've -- that we've pushed see that and see where she stands on things like immigration reform and how she is gonna work to make sure that more people enter and stay in the middle class. >> she has talked about the middle class. she says she is a champion of every day americans. she hasn't put any specifics on that. she is, today, going to say t

clinton commented on the e-mails. hillary clinton: i want them to release all of them as soon as possible. they're in the process of doing it. i understand there is a certain protocol that have to be followed and they are following that. these that are being released today have been in the committee jurisdiction. they were given to the committee some months ago. now, finally those are getting released. so it is beginning. i would like to see it expedited so we get the more out quickly. peter: clinton supporters says the e-mails bolster her previous accounts of benghazi. but a republican congressman on the special committee investigating this tragedy says they relieve unresolved questions, that is why he wants to blumenthal and eventually from hillary clinton herself. -- eventually hear from clinton herself. mark: back to the focus group -- john and i were in des moines, iowa earlier this week. we did a lot of focus groups we spent a lot of time with democrats and republicans. we want to bring you more material we have

up next more questions about the link between donations to the clinton foundation and hillary clinton's tenure at the state department. this team they're about the timing of arm sales to countries that gave money to the clinton foundation. the man behind the exclusive investigative report joins me in two minutes. >>> heavy rains and flooding have paralyzed parts of texas and may have kimmed more than a dozen people. we'll have the latest from some of the hardest-hit areas. >>> iraqi troops started a new operation to take back territory and reversing isil's recent gains. >>> one of the most powerful forces on earth is threatening one of the world's unique environment. the danger at gal galapagos island. we'll have more on that in the next hour. next hour. >>> america's role in conflict raging in the middle east is a tricky issue for any candidate runs for president in 2016. an exclusive investigation published today in the international business times says that under hillary clinton's leadership the state department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arm sales to 20 nations whose

puppets, along with hillary clinton. there's no heart or hope behind it or anything. host: a couple of facebook comments we have received about the o'malley presidency,, the democratic presidential race in general. posting, i can't say i know anything about the guy referring to o'malley. you can join the conversation at facebook.com/c-span or tweet us at cspan. to portland, maine, it is michael. caller: i am registered as a republican. my family owns their own home and life is easier for people who have a certain amount of assets, and that i have been waiting for martin o'malley to get into this race. i'm very pleased he has decided to run for president worried -- president. both parties are being subservient to the wealthy interests and i don't think that sustains their support, the middle class. i did send money to bernie cap -- bernie sanders' campaign. the majority of americans are middle-class. even the politicians the one in new hampshire, he's a very pro-middle-class republican, and he is being attacked viciously

and by the clintons that bill clinton will not raise money for her. do you see the logic in him not being a fundraiser at private events this year? al: i think that becomes immersed in what you just asked about, the foundation and all of those conservations -- controversies. i would not be surprised if they altered that a little bit as the season proceeds. as we know, bubba can do anything. whether it is give a speech for her or enlist political support or raise money. john: we talked yesterday on the show about your column, about hillary clinton and trade, and you said she could not continue to waffle. she has waffled comfortably so far on that question. i think part of the reason is that they want to make sure that no one can get any oxygen on her left. do you see the political logic of that? you see that, but you think that trumps what we all suspect, that she is a free trader at her heart? al: as you know, you could just see the conference calls and the debates. almost every single positive that policy advisor she has says to be for the tpp. it's

politico is reporting long-time clinton cronies blumenthal were paid around 10 grand a month by the clinton foundation while sending e-mail messages offering advice and intelligence on libya to then secretary of state hillary clinton, who in fact forwarded these e-mails. joining us with reaction the author of the best-selling book "clinton cash." she would forward these e-mails from him. wasn't he looking to do business with libya at the time? >> he was, shaep. this is a classic example of what we call the clinton blur. so sid blumenthal paid ten grand a month, he's been brought to the clinton foundation to work on so-called clinton legacy projects what he's actually doing is providing intelligence to hillary clinton as secretary of state. the reason he's not doing that from the state department is the barack obama white house said no way, we're not going to allow him in this administration. and so he's providing these so-called intelligence reports, in an area he's not an expert for, while at the same time he's working with this company that's seeking contracts from the libyan government a