he just lost today the fbi primary. bernie sanders talked about bad, bad judgment but he's not happy tonight, folks, it looks like it's over for bernie. you know what? i have a feeling they're going to have a lot of people marching on philadelphia. let's see what happens. tom: joining me former white house political director, great america pac strategist and fox news contributor, ed rollins, donald is being friendly about bernie sanders. >> get some of the votes, one out of four, one out of five are coming across, most of them go back home. they're democrats. >> i know you follow them, you're the republican side of the aisle, but one out of four will come over, that's important, but what happens to the three out of four? where do they go? do they stay home or vote for hillary? >> most of them come back into the party. she's got to make inroads into the community. she's got to pay attention to them. tom: she was talking about free college today. she's adopting more of his -- >> more of his ideology. democrats are going t

"fbi, don't move!" >> garriola: gave the words, "hey, fbi." "get your hands up." hands went up right away. and then, at that moment, we told him get down on his knees and he gave us... ( laughs ) yeah, he gave us a "i ain't getting down on my "f"-ing knees." >> kroft: didn't want to get his pants dirty. >> garriola: didn't want to get his pants dirty. you know, wearing white and seeing the oil on the ground, i guess he didn't want to get down in oil. >> kroft: even at 81, this was a man used to being in control. >> garriola: i asked him to identify himself and that didn't go over well. he asked me to "f"-ing identify myself, which i did. and i asked him, i said, "are you whitey bulger?" he said, "yes." just about that moment, someone catches my attention from a few feet away by the elevator shaft. >> kroft: it was janus goodwin from the third floor, coming to do her laundry. >> goodwin: and i said, "excuse me. i think i can help you. this man has dementia, so if he's acting oddly, you know, that could be why." >> garriola: immediately, what flashed through my mind

the fbi of hillary clinton is withers. you have would think americans would be to he electricity a person with exerm competency does it not? compared to questions about his competency, the email caves blows that out out of the worth. trump university? come on. no matter what happens there, it doesn't come bows chot fbi of hillary clinton's email situation. many who support don't care. they believe she is better for the country than donald trump so issues don't matter. same thing on the other side. millions of americans have already convicted mrs. clinton on many, many things they will never vote for her. talking points is in the business of infamily rooming and at times reforming. the intelligence thing bothers me. it bothers me. ocean if there were no i object tent to subvert fremple law the cob unone version happened. secretary clinton is directly responsible for that if you the american citizen lee a child in a hot carp and that child was harmed by that you will be eneven if your action was unintentional. many analysts

and by the fbi director. and then as is the common process, they present it to me, and i fully expect to sep their recommendations. >> did you notice she says she expects to accept? does accepting their recommendations mean she doesn't have the right to overrule it? no. she didn't say i will recuse myself. she didn't say i'll stay out of it. she didn't say i'll ask for a special prosecutor, aisle ask for an independent counsel. this is all smoke and meld mirr folks. what's going on in this country? you have a president lying about everything in benghazi to you can keep your health care and doctor. and the despicable video causing the deaths of an ambassador and three americans to having her own server for convenience. folks, these are people for whom there are no consequences, and yet they keep going higher and higher in our government. these are people openly flaunting the system while we ordinary americans are held to a completely different standard. now, i've spent over three decades in the criminal justic

, and by the fbi director. and then as is the common process, they present it to me, and i fully expect to accept their recommendations. >> you're on your plane, and in walks the former president of the united states. what were you thinking at that moment? >> well, as i've said, you know, he said hello, and we -- we basically said hello, and i congratulated him on his grandchildren as people tend to do. i may have viewed it in a certain light, but the issue is how does it impact the work that i do and the work that the department of justice does. and i certainly wouldn't do it again. >> and last night on fox news, the reporter who broke this story, abc's christopher sign dropped this bombshell about the clinton-lynch tarmac meeting. take a look. >> they then make the decision -- they meaning the president's team, the former president's team -- they wait for her to land. she arrives. some people step off of her plane. the former president steps into her plane. they then speak for 30 minutes privately. the fbi th

and she could be interviewed by the fbi as early as today. kelly o'donnell is outside the clinton residence in washington, d.c. another good day to you. you've been keeping your eyes peeleded on that front door all day. do we believe mrs. clinton has had this interview? can you hear me? >> sorry, alex, i had that funny feeling that something might have gone wrong with our connection for a a moment. yes, did i have that oh, my gosh, she's on camera not responding to me look? that's always pleasant. >> just fine. get right to it. >> very good. all right, the update. we had a flurry of activity here a few minutes ago. the secret service vehicles we saw depart the home here in washington, d.c. early this morning, have now returned. there was a lot of activity that suggests someone being protected by the secret service has in fact returned. now, i'm giving you all those qualifiers because we have no official response from hillary clinton's team or from the department of justice and we are accustomed to seeing secret service vehicles move in and ou

with the bureau investigators at fbi headquarters. she was questioned for more than three hours saturday over her use of a private e-mail server to conduct official business during her time as secretary of state. it's widely believed that clinton would be one of the last people to be interviewed during the open fbi investigation. so with her interview being done, could this be wrapping up? nbc's kelly o'donnell joins me now on the phone. and kelly has traveled to fbi headquarters to get in place in advance of director comey's statement. kelly, right now we can only speculate about what this means, but why would director comey kind of send out a cryptic briefing update at 11:00 a.m. if it didn't have to do with the three-and-a-half hour meeting with hillary clinton? >> well, i don't want to presume to know what's in the mind of the fbi director. but i can tell you i'm at the j. edgar hoover fbi building in downtown washington. and everything you just described, the way this message went out to the media, giving everyone plenty of time

fbi investigated. but he did admit in a plea agreement, correct? director comey: yes. rep. cummings: here's what the department said about the general. davidacts taken by petraeus were in all respects knowing and deliberate, and were not committed by mistake, accident, or other innocent reason." is that an accurate summary in your view? director comey: yes, it actually leaves out an imprint part of the case, which is the obstruction of justice. rep. cummings: was he charged with obstruction of justice? director comey: no. rep. cummings: why not. director comey: the decision was made by that leader of the department of justice not to participate in the felony. rep. cummings: the question is, do you agree with the fact that general petraeus "got in trouble for far less"? director comey: it is the opposite. rep. cummings: what do you mean? director comey: his conduct illustrates the category of behavior that the prosecutions would bring. he clearly knew what he was doing was a violation of the law. huge a

questioning took place at fbi headquarters in washington. the interview is part of a lengthy investigation into clinton's use of a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state. today's meeting may suggest that investigators are close to wrapping up the clinton probe and announcing results. for clinton, timing now becomes crucial. she is just 23 days away from the start of the democratic convention in philadelphia where she is expected to accept her party's nomination for president. the next few weeks are very significant. they are huge as clinton waits for the fbi to announce its findings. the clinton campaigns

hillary clinton has been interviewed by the fbi we're learning that she sat down with the fbi for three and a half hours earlier today and as they investigate her use of a private e-mail server. we have a statement from the clinton campaign. i want to read that statement to you now. it says quote, secretary clinton gave a voluntary interview this morning about her e-mail arrangements while she was secretary. she's pleased to have had the opportunity to assist the department of justice in bringing this review to a conclusion out of respect for the investigative process, she will not comment further on her interview. now, that comes from nick merrill, a spokesman for secretary clinton. not a lot of details there but it's important to point out this was a routine interview in an investigation like this. the fbi has also talked to a number of hillary clinton's top aides, including huma and we long expected her to sit down with the fbi, her campaign and aide pointing out when this probe launched in august, she said that she would in fact sit down with the fbi 11 months ago. now democrats fee

it did begin with the fbi director james comey announcing the fbi would not recommend that secretary clinton face charges, but he sharply, sharply condemned her judgment. then from the president of the united states, a ringing and rousing endorsement. the first time he and she had been on the campaign trail together this year. so much to talk about in the next 90 minutes. joining us now from raleigh, cnn's sara murray. sara, you've been in the hall for donald trump's speech right now. it was 90 -- no, 66 minutes. it covered a broad range of subjects to put it politely, but people were watching because they wanted to know what his reaction would be to the fbi director's news conference today saying he would not recommend charges against hillary clinton. how did he handle that specifically? >> reporter: well, john, it was a pretty fiery takedown from donald trump today, not only of hillary clinton and also of president obama and he continued with the notion that the system is rigged, that hillary clinton was only able to get away with it because she is a clinton essentially saying no o

the fbi launched an investigation, and hours ago fbi director james comey announced his agency's findings. the fbi director finding the evidence does not support criminal charges against mrs. clinton, but absolutely supports a finding that she misled the american people over and over and over again while under federal investigation. for example, mrs. clinton argued right from the get-go that she never, never sent or received any classified information on her personal e-mail. watch. >> i did not e-mail any classified material to anyone on my e-mail. there is no classified materials. >> i never sent or received any classified material. they are retroactively classifying. >> from a group of 30,000 e-mails returned to the state department in 2014, 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. >> they were classified at the time they were sent or received. this is not a matter of retroactive classification. that was another misleading statement from the clinton camp. next, mrs. clinton's repea

. >> a house committee grilling fbi director james comey. did the agency go soft on hillary clinton? >> one of the president's most important advisors had a server in her basement that had information that was collected from our most sensitive assets and it was not protected by anyone and that's not a crime? that's outrageous. >> we have a number of reports tonight. >> a set of immigration bills both failed to move forward in the senate today. >> democratic senators blocked kate's law, a disgrace. we will tell you exactly what happened. >> do you have a problem with christmas break? >> yeah [bleep] christmas. >> also ahead, jesse watters on microaggressions. are you offended by everything? >> i think that hat might be a microaggression. >> i don't care. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the nation in an uproar over hillary clinton and today fbi director james comey had to explain himself in a house committee. the talking points

he lost the fbi primary. bernie, my poor bernie, oh bernie, i feel so badly for bernie. >> donald trump out last night. you had an interesting reaction. >> so i was here yesterday for the breaking news coverage of the fbi presser and the obama/hillary speech. i thought yesterday would be a day when someone on the trump campaign could assemble the montage that we did where you don't even have to call her crooked hillary. you just show it. so i had an expectation -- i had projected my own hopes about what a functioning trump campaign might look like. i got home in time to watch his rally and i turned it on and i watched all 66 minutes and i we want. it was really a night where he could have not talked at all and maybe moved up in the poll. >> stayed out of the way. >> i disagree. >> are you saying praising saddam hussein was a mistake? >> yeah, it was a mistake. but it was a night to focus your message on exhibit a, folks. i've been called her crooked hillary all along, but don't take my word for it. listen to

we don't know what the fbi has. they have not leaked for a year. the fbi has been careful about it. let me say this, the word trust, do we trust hillary clinton? do we trust bill clinton, loretta lynch, barack obama, a lot of people are saying no, i don't trust them. thank god n this particular case, there is one person that i think we can trust to be honest and fair and when this person finally speaks about it, whatever he says will hold and that is jim comey of the director of the fbi. >> you think he will speak? >> he will speak in infection, do or say something and that is the key to the case. >> the timing seems, it comes on a fourth of july weekend, it happened quickly. 3 1/2 hours in front of the fbi and then it appears that's the only amount of time she will spend with the fbi. >> that's a pretty long session. i don't worry about the timing over the weekend. that's a good time to do it. it is a holiday for her. look, let's deal with the real fact. this has been an effort by the president of the united states directly and his subordinates to rig this system for her. it's incr

making no mention of the fbi's finding or the e-mail investigation. as the president made his debut on the 2016 campaign trail. there they are. trying to rub some of his rising popularity on clinton. the president showered praise on clinton. giving her a glowing endorsement. this big rally in rally, north carolina. cnn's brianna keilar was there. >> reporter: christine and george if you were only at this event with president obama and secretary clinton, you almost wouldn't have known what had happened with this announcement from the fbi director. there was no mention of it. and yet, the trust gap that has resulted in part because of it all showing that many voters don't see hillary clinton as trustworthy. that's a big reason that president obama was here, vouching for hillary clinton's character. he also took on donald trump, not by name, but he was so clear who he was talking about. he essentially said that he had been lying. he said republicans didn't know what he was talking about, and he implored north carolinians to value hillary's experience and

>> to the fbi? we have no basis to conclude she lied to the fbi. >> did she lie to the public? >> that's a question i'm not qualified to answer. i can speak about what she said to the fbi. >> did she -- did hillary clinton lie under oath? >> to the -- not to the fbi, not in the case we're working. >> did you review the documents where congressman jim jordan asked her specifically and she said, quote: there was nothing marked classified on my e-mails either sent or received, especially quote? >> i don't remember reviewing that particular testimony. i'm aware of that being said though. >> did the fbi investigate her statements under oath on this topic? >> not to my knowledge. i don't think there's been a referral from congress. >> do you need a referral from congress to investigate her statements under oath? >> sure do. >> you'll have one. [laughter] you'll have one in the next few hours. did hillary clinton break the law? >> in connection with her use of the e-mail server? my judgment is that she did not. >> you're just not able to prosecute it, or did hillary clinton break the

the politicization of the department of justice, of the fbi, j. edgar hoover is spinning in his grave. this is, and kimberly is right, the optics are so clear, you have somebody who owes bill clinton, he meets her when he knows he shouldn't meet her, fbi meets her on a day they don't normally meet her. she said i'm going to keep this person who has my career in her hands if they become president, next day they are on air force one. one way to handle this, congratulations we're having hearings tomorrow, this is a november decision and it's up to the american public. >> i only have a few more seconds, mr. adams, what happens -- for months we've heard you don't need to have intent if you're grossly negligent, that's still indictable. apparently now you have to have intent. when did it change? >> apparently it changed on the way to the press podium. you notice he avoided that entirely. a county d.a. could have prosecuted this case successfully. apparently, we're not going to see whether our justice department can. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up n

and the fbi by the fbi director. and then as the the common process, they present it to me and i fully expect to accept their recommendation. >> the attorney general did not officially recuse herself essentially leaving her some wiggle room in the event that criminal charges are filed. >> all right. thank you. >>> all right. so there's a republican side to all of this. donald trump is trying to silence the nay sayers. the gop nominee saying he has more than enough speakers lined up for the republican national convention which is just over two weeks away. this as reports surface that he may be having trouble getting big names to sign on for the big event. we're live from our new york city news room with the very latest on this. >> well, we now know that donald trump will be releasing the list of republican national convention speakers on wednesday. trump tweeting quote, the speaker slots at the clonventios are filled with a long waiting list of those that want to speak. the presumptive nominee has historically high un

who was at the fbi meeting today? >> reporter: we don't know for certain because the campaign did not release the names of those present. her lawyer david kendall was present and cheryl mills is a long- time advisor was present and we saw her at hillary clinton's residence after the meeting. cheryl mills was questioned by the fbi not too long ago about her knowledge of the e-mail server and we know from the new york times that eight members of the fbi and justice department questioning hillary clinton. >> jennifer you have a great vantage point. what do you make of the timing? >> look at the timing of the meeting on a holiday weekend. that is by design and not it by chance. if you are the hillary clinton campaign, you would want it to happen in a new's cycle when the rest of america is focusing on other things in the 4th of july weekend. that is not a coincidence. the timing is good for it the campaign if they wrap things up before the convention. it is notable. it is not clear if it was arranged after bill clinton's

and. >>> the fbi director saying here that the federal government's policing agency, the fbi, will not recommend to the legal folks, the department of justice, that they filed a case against hillary clinton as a result of the e-mails that were sent and received during her time as secretary of state. we want to continue now with the special report and turn it over to nbc news. >> she was the secretary of state. as he mentioned there generally the fbi makes a recommendation to the department of justice. in this case it is usual as i turn to chuck todd because loretta lynch has recused herself saying last week she recommendation of the fbi was and her they decided not to prosecutor but they don't give a free pass to hillary clinton. >> it was an extraordinary -- this was an extraordinary 15 minutes in the history of this presidential campaign and maybe in the history of presidential politics because what was extraordinary was that the director felt he had to do what he had to do today which is walk people through this extensive -- we live in such an era of mistrust that he felt he had to

>> to the fbi? we have no basis to conclude she lied to the fbi. >> did she lie to the public? >> that's the question i'm not qualified to answer. i can speak about what she said to the fbi. >> did hillary clinton lie under oath? >> not to the fbi, the case we're working. >> did the fbi investigate her statements under oath on this topic? >> not to my knowledge. i don't think there's been a referral from congress. >> do you need a referral from congress to investigate her statementings under oath. >> sure do. >> you'll have one. you'll have one in the next few hours. >> interesting moment there. on the hill to defend representations not to prosecute hillary clinton for improperly handling classified information. throughout five hours of testimony, comb he said there's no charges against clinton, but admitted many claims about the e-mail scandal were false. >> hillary clinton said she used just one device, was that true? >> she used multiple devices in the four years of her term as secretary of state. >> secretary clinton said all work-related e-mails were returned to the state

a straight shooter and think the fbi does good work. and so on the one hand, they all think that hillary clinton did something wrong. on the other hand, they have faith in director comey. so donald trump is essentially attacking the fbi there. and we will have to see how that shakes out. but it's, obviously, been his standard message and this fits into it. >> the president is not going to touch this but when and how and if will hillary clinton address this further in person? >> well, she will have to do it with an interview to answer some of those claims and questions because this is not just about something that happened back when she was secretary of state. this is about the answer she gave and the explanation she gave about an ongoing event and whether those matchup with the reality. that is kind of a central part of the presidency and so that is something she will have to address in some kind of interview to speak about it on the stump or if she were to choose to and fall in the realm of public relations again so she will have to fi

i am very proud of the fbi. that law enforcement is a very intense thing. -- the candidate will have the opportunity to run and be effective. -- [indiscernible] bernie sanders. think it will come back to her. i want to say thank you for you all for putting this on. and giving me the opportunity to talk. thank you. host: a couple of quick tweets why we have the chance. looked at everything she did wrong and what difference does it make? james comey must resign. now to live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span. paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2016, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the

the fbi of hillary clinton is withers. you have would think americans would be to he electricity a person with exerm competency does it not? compared to questions about his competency, the email caves blows that out out of the worth. trump university? come on. no matter what happens there, it doesn't come bows chot fbi of hillary clinton's email situation. many who support don't care. they believe she is better for the country than donald trump so issues don't matter. same thing on the other side. millions of americans have already convicted mrs. clinton on many, many things they will never vote for her. talking points is in the business of infamily rooming and at times reforming. the intelligence thing bothers me. it bothers me. ocean if there were no i object tent to subvert fremple law the cob unone version happened. secretary clinton is directly responsible for that if you the american citizen lee a child in a hot carp and that child was harmed by that you will be eneven if your action was unintentional. many analysts

no, no, the fbi told us that. did she make mistakes? absolutely. >> but as we just demonstrated, the congressman is misleading us. the fbi clearly stated that some of hillary clinton's statements were not true. so congressman, this is from me to you, you need to be a bit more careful in your statements as a representative of your district, okay? >>> joining us now from north carolina, bernard goldberg. general question, has the media reaction to this story been fair? >> you know, that's a lot of the main stream media that has been fair. i'll give you fair examples from the broadcast networks. on abc, brian ross said the fbi statement is an indictment without a criminal charge. that's pretty tough. on cbs, john dickerson said, comey undermined a lot of what hillary clinton has said about her private server. that's a nice way of saying she lied. and on nbc, chuck todd said hillary has a credibility problem, but then he says, but she can recover because her opponent is donald trump. that may sound biased, but it isn't, because donald trump

whatever the fbi says i'm going to do. yeah, she knew what the fbi was going to recommend. that's what you got. >> when she spoke, it was done. >> so when you talk about extreme carelessness versus gross negligence and you pile on lie after lie after lie for 16 months. >> to me, that adds up to intent. it adds up to intent. no political consequences. the american public -- >> she deleted 34,000 e-mails. that doesn't show the intent that -- >> there is no need for intent. you don't even have to have intent for this crime. yet he imputed an intent requirement to a gross negligence statute that doesn't require it. it's im -- >> wouldn't this be a felony punishable by ten years. >> yes, it is a felony, absolutely. >> instead she's going to be in the oval office. >> well, let's hope not. >> you will -- >> what she would do as president, immigration, infrastructure, it's what i want. but i'm troubled by today. i have to say. >> what has she done so far? >> troubled. the rules are going out the window here. i would be handcuffed, mug shotted and sent to prison, and you would be sa

a straight shooter and think the fbi does good work. and so on the one hand, they all think that hillary clinton did something wrong. on the other hand, they have faith in director comey. so donald trump is essentially attacking the fbi there. and we will have to see how that shakes out. but it's, obviously, been his standard message and this fits into it. >> the president is not going to touch this but when and how and if will hillary clinton address this further in person? >> welhe with an interview to answer some of those claims and questions because this is not just about something that happened back when she was secretary of state. this is about the answer she gave and the explanation she gave about an ongoing event and whether those matchup with the reality. that is kind of a central part of the presidency and so that is something she will have to address in some kind of interview to speak about it on the stump or if she were to choose to and fall in the realm of public relations again so she will have to find some point to addres

>> not to the fbi. not in a case we were working. >> did the fbi investigate her statements under oath on this topic? >> not to my knowledge. i don't think there's been a referral from congress. >> do you need a referral from congress to investigate her statements under oath? >> sure do. >> you'll have one. you'll have one in the next few hours. >> kind of an interesting moment there. comey was on the hill to defend his recommendation not to prosecute hillary clinton for improperly handling classified information throughout nearly five hours of testimony, jim comey reiterated that no prosecutor would bring charges against clinton. but comey also admitted that many of clinton's claims about her e-mail scandal were false. >> secretary clinton said she used just one device. was that true? >> she used multiple devices during the four years of her term as secretary of state. >> secretary clinton said all work related e-mails would return to the state department. was that true? >> no. we found work related e-

. >>> tonight no charges recommended against hillary clinton by the fbi, despite calling her private e-mail use extremely careless and revealing hostile actors possibly hacked her account just hours before she campaigns with barack obama for the first time. >>> and donald trump deals with his own firestorm over accusations of anti-semiti anti-semitism. >>> tonight a new threat of tornadoes and floods. >>> american murderers, police make an arrest in the death of a u.s. college exchange student just hours after arriving in europe. >>> guilt free eating, a surprise for your waistline if you like foods like this. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt." >>> hillary clinton got some very welcome news today from the head of the fbi but it came along with a virtual public shaming. james comey saying he's not recommending criminal charges against hillary clinton because of her personal e-mail server while he was secretary of state. he called her handling of sensitive e-mail -- pete williams begi

>> to the fbi? we have no basis to conclude she lied to the fbi. >> did she lie to the public? >> that's a question i'm not qualified to answer. i can speak about what she said to the fbi. >> did she -- did hillary clinton lie under oath? >> not to the fbi, not in a case we're working. >> did you review the documents where congressman jim jordan asked her specifically, and she said, quote, there was nothing marked classified on my e-mails, either sent or received, end quote. >> i don't remember reviewing that particular testimony but i'm aware of that being said though. >> did the fbi investigate her statements under oath on this topic? >> not to my knowledge, i don't think there's been a referral from congress. >> do you need a referral from congress to investigate her statements under oath? >> sure do. >> you'll have one. you'll have one in the next few hours. did hillary clinton break the law? >> in connection with her use of the e-mail server my judgment is she did not. >> did you just not able to prosecute it or did hillary clinton break the law? >> well, i don't want to g

fbi. my grandfather was a career fbi agent. i am here because we are mystified and confused by the fact pattern that you laid out in the conclusions that you have reached. it seems that there are two standards. there is no consequence for these types of activities in dealing in a careless way with classified information. it seems to a lot of us that the average joe, the average american, if they had done what you laid out in your statement, that they would be in handcuffs. they might be on their way to jail and they probably should. i think there is a legitimate concern that there is a double standard. if your name is not clinton or you're not part of the powerful elite, that lady justice will act differently. it's a concern that lady justice will take off that blindfold and come to a different conclusion. hillary clinton created this mess. it was not republicans, not anyone else. she made a very conscious decision on the very day she started her senate confirmation. she set up and got a d

usually the fbi doesn't do this. they don't come out in detail with such precision exactly what they did. they piece together fragments of e-mails that have been discarded into a delete file that all of us delete and always happens but they went back and reconstructed that. he said they spent thousands of hours of manpower time, thousands of hours the fbi spent son this case. he walked through every step of the process and public will gain a sense of confidence from that or they won't. one thing you and i have to be asking, do we want the fbi spending quite so much time on instances such as this. could it have been done in a more trun indicated way. >> you said at the very beginning this is not over. take us into tomorrow and a week from now and month from now, into the fall. how can you forecast as to the effect and impact of today's headline and how that will play in a hillary clinton and what is clearly now a hillary clinton/donald trump election. >> you could see the statements from the republican national commit

but that's not what the fbi is supposed to do. the fbi looks at criminality or not. if they don't find criminality, which they didn't in this case, they aren't supposed to insert themselves in the middle of a political campaign as director comey did. it wasn't appropriate for a law enforcement official to do. >> matt, thank you. i see a lot of iphones and cameras which tells me perhaps this moment is imminent. where we will see the signs "stronger together" meaning both the president of the united states and secretary clinton. they'll walk out. this is the first time the president has stumped on the trail for the presumed democratic nominee. big picture she. our cnn political director is standing by. a cnn presidential historian. brianna keilar is there in charlotte where we are watching, waiting for those two to appear. david, first just to you. can you just tee this whole thing up with me? obviously you have the optics of this. walking down the stairs out of that air force one. walking out together. all the while this news hanging over both of them or depending who

for more, what do you hear from inside the fbi? all along i had thought even after president clinton getting on the plane with loretta lynch, the attorney general, if director comey, an fbi agent, issued a recommendation to indict that was ignored, the outcry from inside the fbi would be deafening and pletcally explosive. what are you hearing today? >> i've heard from a handful of law enforcement, some still within the bureau and some recently retired. so it's not a scientific survey, if you will. they genuinely are very disappointed with what they heard from that statement from the fbi director today. they thought it was uncharacteristic of the director and their assessment was that there was sufficient evidence to proceed. but it was not necessarily a slam dunk, 150% that. to bring prosecution and to not succeed would effectively take a presidential nominee out of the electoral process and that would be interfering with the election in this country, juan. >> wow! >> katherine, we heard all along there are two tracks that the fbi

did you get the answers you were looking for from the fbi today? >> i think the whole thing was frustrating. and to me, this is about just -- it's more than just one conversation. this is how we prevent a culture that allows the mishandling of classified information. i don't think we achieved that today. but it's still hard for me to realize that, you know, this is someone who had an unauthorized server, those are the director of the fbi's words, in her basement. it was barely protected. and it passed classified information at the top secret level. and how that is not a violation of law. and the director of the fbi is saying it's because she didn't know the difference between unclassified information and classified information? >> director comey a short while ago indicated that a private gmail server, we all know what that is, or gmail account, could actually be more secure than what she used. what was your reaction when you heard that? >> absolutely. this is about her own server. you're supposed to have somebody running it. if you're using a comme

. >> is it a crime to the line to the fbi?david petraeus did lie to the fbi and he was prosecuted. >> could have been, was not for that. >> that's always a judgment call. >> correct >> was she evasive? >> i don't think the agents assessed she was it evasive . >> how many emails are we talking about? total universe? that were examined? by your team? >> tens of thousands. >> tens of thousands and how many are in a questionable category that maybe could have, should have been looked at more carefully because there could be some element of classification, apparently my friend from north carolina assumes we are all intimately familiar with the fact that this theater means there's a classification although there seems to be dispute about that because the state department as i understand it has actually said some of those were improperly marked and shouldn't have had to see . are you aware of that? >> yes. >> so be that in her hundred trip for years, 100 overseas trips to 100 countries as secretary of state trying to restore us credi

had the fbi looked over here or there. by the speech leading up to the announcement, he let everybody know he did consider all the facts and circumstances. so we've got to -- ashley: covering his backside. >> we've got to respect the integrity of the process. we were saying that. ashley: yeah, okay. >> and he did that to make sure that we're not sitting here at the table afterwards saying where was he when this happened? why didn't he look at that? he did consider everything that we know about and much more, i guarantee you that. and then still reached that conclusion. >> but we don't necessarily agree with that. what we heard him say, be we all thought he should be indicted. so just because he gave this case that they considered everything. if they considered everything -- ashley: well, they did consider everything. >> the conclusions they came to -- don't add up. >> that's why people are wondering whether this was a political decision. and it gets back so what we're talking about. why petraeus and not hillary? >> rigged;

general petraeus when he was interviewed by the fbi, lied to the fbi. all these other cases -- paul knows this. when prosecutors look at whether they can make a fraud case, any white collar case, they're looking for guilty conscience, did you destroy documents and there is no evidence -- >> what about all the emails? >> is there a double standard? there is. she's the democratic candidate for president of the united states and comey is saying we're not going to win this case in the end and is it right to take her out of the running for the presidency on a case that's a tough case to win that's a very weak case. but try to picture this. an assistant to an undersecretary of state that had a home computer with classified information she was exchanging with people without classified coverage. >> said she asked for permission and didn't. >> had a press conference and told her friends lies. hillary said only one mobile device. he said there were multiple servers. she would be indicted and charged. >> not a chance. >> i think important thing here is hillary cli

thank you very much. >>> that is fbi director comey. as you just heard, though the department of justice will makes the final decision. in the fbi's words no charges are appropriate in this case. we'll take a moment to digest some of this. john harwood? >> first of all, carl, at the largest, 30,000-foot level, hillary clinton and democrats will be celebrating the conclusion that no criminal charges are recommended. however, i think james comey's presentation was pretty damning toward hillary clinton. what he described was a culture in the state department that was lax with respect to handling classified information, extremely careless. those are pretty strong indictments for somebody who is as experienced in government as hillary clinton, and who wants to be commander in chief. so she is not going to, we assume that the justice department will go along with comey's recommendation that no criminal charges would be fined. no reasonable prosecutor would pursue such case. however, that was strong criticism that james comey leveled against h

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bigger than the fbi. all weekend long, cnn, dishonest as hell, cnn, morning to night, i have tweets saying cnn won't talk about anything but the star. they say it's the star of david. all right. i have a son-in-law who is jewish, jared, who is a great guy. my daughter is jewish. i have grandchildren who are jewish. okay, and i love them. i love them. and these are great people. ivanka, married a jewish guy who is brilliant, who is wonderful, who has a great heart. they have kids, beautiful kids. beautiful kids. so they took this star, could have been a star for anything. to me it was just a star. but when i really looked, it looked like a sheriff's star. but cnn started this dialogue going, it's the star of david. and because it's the star of david, donald trump has racist tendencies. these people are sick, folks. i'm telling you, they're sick. they're sick. and i'll tell you, some day i'm going to tell you the real story of cnn, but i'm not going to tell it yet. but they're sick. i don't watch it. don't

the fbi met with clinton three days ago. the justice department has been looking into whether anyone mishandled classified information that flowed through clinton's e-mail server. >> and coming up, we'll take a look at a heat wave in the forecast, also another chance for thunderstorms before the week is over. that's next. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. it's almost 11:45. nbc 10 is providing another way for you to get your headlines. amazon echo will give you the news on command. all you have to do is ask. here's nbc 10's keith jones. >> nbc 10 news is at your fingertips like never before. take amazon echo right here. it will give you up to the second nbc 10 news headlines. wait a minute. doesn't that make my job obsolete? >> keith, i'll take it from here. hi, i'm alexa. cue the video. basically, i'm a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. you can ask me anything. >> alexa, what's the score of the phillies' game? >> alexa, what's the weather like in atlantic city? >> alexa, when are they going to finish the construction