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. >> there is not an inherent conflict of interest in any of my husband's work at all. >> the clinton foundation failed to disclose 1100 foreign donors. >> reporter: more damaging democrats are enjoying the push to answer questions from the press as she arrived today for campaign events a former spokesman for harry reid wrote a "wall street journal" op-ed writing of the interview saying it's not enough to say that the clinton foundation hasn't done anything knowingly inappropriate. the faster that mr. clinton and hillary clinton and her presidential campaign realize this the better off they will be. clinton is holding a roundtable illegal immigrants as she targets the la

we showed that snippet of this video, but it's brian fallon. >> it was her spokesman. saying it was the former president. carly firn carly fiorina yesterday did a conference call with reporters. she doesn't have the same ideas as hillary clinton. she wants to answer these questions. today i was on "fox and friends" ed her on her credentials as commander in chief are. >> very specific things our allies asked us to do. first, i would arm the kurds. we still haven't. i would provide what king abdullah of jordan has asked, bombs and materials. i would share intelligence with the egyptians. they asked us to do that, we haven't. >> other candidates get into the race they are facing the tough questions people are asking them about their own credentials. at some point, secretary clinton herself has to face the nation. >> we want to show you a live shot of carly fiorina in new york city speaking live at the tech crunch. obviously, that is a very important, will be a very important part of the 2016 campaign. we'll talk about that later. ed henry, you're in studio. >> nice to see

>> brian fallon. >> he always looks like he just came back from bowling. >> he's a good guy. >> he mayign when all you have is a guy named brian fallon no relation to jimmy, who comes out and basically reads talking points and then -- how do you cover it? ? >> in fairness all campaigns have people out there reading the talking points. >> every republican who has declared is answering every question on the road and everybody has access to him. >> i was about to say what is different is the candidate is not making herself available. but i've talked to her advisers. i've been at most of her events. i've been in iowa new hampshire, i watched her events with my own ears, i talked to the voters. some people who sat with her at the round tables and try to get as much information as i can to tell our viewers what i think is really happening not just at the event, but behind the scenes. but you're raising a good point which is she's not making herself available. >> i don't know how you cover it. >> so all these allegations are piling up about the clinton foundation and everything else, and she'

. >> reporter: this video featuring clinton's press secretary brian fallon is the latest attempt to push back against the litany of distractions hanging over clinton's presidential bid from questions about her response to the 2012 benghazi attacks use of private e-mail while secretary of state, and allegations of improper donations to her family's foundation. >> so while republicans are latching on to the most farfetched theories in an attempt to cut hillary clinton down, she's going to stay focused on helping everyday americans get ahead and stay hey haed. >> reporter: the campaign's efforts are timed to today's official release of the book "clinton cash." over the last several weeks it and other articles have raised questions about bill clinton's paid speeches and his relationship with wealthy donors on the clinton foundation, many of them foreign and whether they expected anything in return from then-secretary of state clinton. bill clinton said yesterday that they've done nothing knowingly inappropriate. scott, hillary clinton has largely avoided addressing the controversies, and tha

the problem is brian fallon doesn't talk about the eight other individuals giving who are shareholders and chairman of the company and giving to the clinton foundation at the very time the state department is considering this deal. they want to selectively try to steer the conversation one way without looking at the larger facts. they are hoping people want read the narrative of the book and they will take their word for it which i think is really quite remarkable on their part. >> "clinton cash" is the name of the book and peter schweizer is the author. phone numbers are on the screen. if you would like you can go to our facebook page. facebook.com/cspan. we have a discussion going on there about the book and topic. let's go to john in great falls, montana. >> caller: hi, peter. i would like him to speak to the fact of people like mika and the host today even attacking you on the ability to do research on the clinton project and all they look for is personal attacks. i would like you to defend yourself there. >> i don't feel that the current conversation is a personal attack. i think

the video was narrated by clinton's press secretary brian fallon, that the book has farfetched and crazy conspiracy theories and written by a friend of the koch brother. >> the book is being debunked far and wide, full of sloppy research and attacks pulled out of thin air with no actual evidence. it is missing the most important thing of all, facts. >> that is some of the video. clinton's website was ready for the release of "clinton cash." it had a full-page, 10-point fact check. now clinton has yet to personally address the allegations in the book. it is possible she could today at some point during a campaign stop in nevada. yesterday, bill clinton, defended the foundation telling nbc news it had done nothing, quote, knowingly inappropriate. there are also questions about hillary clinton's potential testimony on capitol hill coming up involving benghazi and her private email server. her attorney wrote to congressman trey gowdy yesterday, head of house select committee on benghazi that clinton would be available to testify at length, but only would do so once, as early as may 18th. the

. >> her spokesman, brian fallon he found some remarks that peter schweitzer made at a koch brothers event last year. he said this is the clearest evidence yet that this widely discredited book is part of a coordinated republican attack strategy. >> they want to make this about the republicans. they want to make it about that book. they don't want to make it about the facts. they don't want to explain why she took her e-mails rogue. they want to make it about why she promised the white house, her president, our president, that she would not take foreign donations. . and yet they did. they didn't want to make it about why they couldn't release the fact that there was over 1,000 secret donations when in fact, they could. they don't want to make it about her actions. they want to make it about us in the media and about whether or not this affects her campaign. as soon as her polls start going up they'll say, people don't care about this this is old news. but this can never be old news the way somebody -- the way their record and actions reflect on how they'll be as a leader. >> the old

kennedy: that was clinton press secretary brian fallon. not a model of objectivity.my next guest knows a thing or two about the clinton subject. he wrote a clinton book of his very own, here to help us sort out sordid facts and details. it's frankin hillary. i think i like it. the audacious rebuilding of a political machine. daniel, welcome. >> thank you. so nice to have you here. as we're hearing about another clinton book, what did you find about this subject, the clinton foundation of the donations when you were doing research for clinton inc. >> my book tells the story how they left the white house in a scandal and disgrace and came back threatening to return to the white house. this is a little more narrow. kennedy: have you read "clinton cash"? >> i did, it's well researched, impressive reporting, it's a more narrow focus, but it's great. i recommend it. kennedy: there is so much to focus on with the family, and they are cause for speculation for conservatives and liberals, republicans and democrats alike, what is frankenhillary. >> i wrote this week in the mag

brian fallon her campaign press secretary, nobody's heard of him. the audience doesn't know him.y know her. and she has yet to speak. >> well that's true. and eventually it would appear that if this doesn't die down and shows no signs of abating at least not yet, she's probably going to have to come forward and deal with these questions at some kind of event, a news conference or whatever. but turn it around megyn, and look at it the other way. the question for her campaign really when you think about it h she has no real opposition yet on the democratic side. so she looks like she's got a clear glad path to the nomination. so the question for her is how many people who turned out to vote for barack obama in 2008 and again in 2012 in the general election will be turned off by this case and all the other related baggage that it suggests enough to vote for a republican? that's the question. when you look at it. and i think from the clintons' point of view they're probably at this point thinking well probably not very many. >> right, it's a pretty good gamble for her. what do you ma

yesterday it was bill clinton, today it was brian fallon.a today to get out there with the rhetoric. but she is making a beating. >> a quarter find her trust worthy. 25%. and the negative votes went up how much? 7% >> in a month. it is a crowded republican field yes but hilary clinton may be damaged as well by the fact she doesn't have competition. bernie sanders is out there saying he is not tough enough on wall street. maybe o'mally and web might run. what is filling the vacuum of no competition? negative stories. >> watt did you pick up on the inside of clinton world as to whether or not they thought bill helped her hurt yesterday? >> for the record they are saying he helped. but in private some democrats are saying he didn't move the ball forward in terms of pushing back. he raised more questions saying i am not giving up the pricy speeches because i need to pay the bills. that is a flashback to the interview of hilary clinton having her book coming out saying we were dead broke. think about it. bill clinton one of the best politicians o

the problem is brian fallon doesn't talk about the eight other individuals who are giving to the clintonoundation who are shareholders in the deal who are the chairman of the company who are engaged with the company and giving to the clinton foundation at the very time the state department is considering this deal. they want to selectively try to steer the conversation one way without looking at the larger facts and they are hoping that people won't actually read the narrative of the book enables her to take their word for it which really is quite remarkable on their part. >> host: "clinton cash" is the name of the book. peter schweizer is the arthur. phone numbers are up on the screen. if you would like, you can go to her face but page. if the.com/c-span. we have a discussion going on there about the book. let's begin with the call from john in great falls montana. you are wrong with peter schweizer. >> caller: i would like to get off page a little bit and speak to the fact that people like mika and george stephanopoulos just attacking you personally on your ability to do research on th

brian i was reading. it is very interesting. he was looking at viral videos saying they're really partly what killed him off. he was saying, jimmy fallonmy kimmel. they got the hang of it. he never got the hang of it. never really understood that whole new way. and so, he thought he should bow out. talk to us about that. because he is still relevant. >> that's interesting you say that. letterman is in some ways a vestige of an earlier era. think about the generational change that is happening here with jimmy kimmel, with jimmy fallon, conan o'brien and others. these guys know huh to create viral video sensations great to watch on the web the next day. that's not letterman's "late show." the late show is about spending an hour with somebody you like, spending an hour with somebody you know. not about necessarily crazy gags, that are going to go viral the next day. i think that is something that is special and something permanent about letterman's late show. certainly there are moments that he, he had on his show, many moments that kid go viral. he had moments on the show in the 90s that would have gone viral if we had internet back then

we will see kimball or fallon or one of the other new late night comedians all of them influenced by letterman over the years. maybe we'll see one of them tonight instead. >> brianing me now to talk about letterman's career my next guests. let's talk that juicy bit of information. jay leno declined. we don't know why. >> we don't know why. i actually would be disappointed if he did come on the last show. i tell you why. i feel like this night should be and will be all about dave. i think that in jay was there, then you have all of that other stuff and muck they've been through and that and then there's questions and i just think that this should be the night to celebrate dave and not bring all that other mess into the building. >> i actually think, chuck, that if jay leno came on and kissed david letterman on the lips it could be funny. >> and not to mention sexy. i agree with nischelle. it's about dave. if i were jay, i would decline. it's your day and night. you share that spotlight with no one. go for it. >> let's talk about our favorite moments. stupid pet tricks was my favorite moment. what about you? >> i'll be honest right now, i've never watched the show