. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to our honored special guest, bill clinton. [applause] mrclinton: thank you very much. i know you have been here a long time. i lostd news for you is my voice when i woke up this morning. [laughter] mayor,ery honored, mr. that you invited me to come here and make the last talk i believe effort tognificent commemorate, honor, and celebrate the progress that has been made and rededicate ourselves to finish the job. the people ink ,orked with a decade ago including you and your role as lieutenant governor. senator., i think leader nancy pelosi. and all the others who are here who were there in those dark days. one president obama was here, he spoke about going to houston to the astrodome to see all the people who were gathered there. i actually escorted him. he was a young senator from illinois and hillary wanted to go because he was a senator from new york. [applause] wait, this is important. i am tried to make it really important point here. it is important for you to love her but i want to tell you -- [applause] [laughter] hillary wanted to

mr. bill clinton. ♪ >> after katrina, the young boys in the city were just lost.e was going on it it is a hot city. i knew some of the kids were looking for some sort of guidance. if they don't have someone to guide them, they may go down the wrong path. my sister and i were on a rooftop in downtown new orleans looking at the superdome. i wanted to give back. it was my job. i had some extra time. i wanted to have my own program. i wanted to do something my way. we decided to start. we have been around since 2011. we are growing. their fathers have been murdered. or are in long-term incarceration. they quickly to have no connection to their father. their ages 10-13. a boy could be with us from five years to eight years. this organization and nurtures the boys we have now in the program. we talked to them all the time about education and job opportunities and what they do now in school to be a success. it will affect their happiness in the future. we talk about crime with them. if they get into the wrong now, it goes on the permanent record. we want to prevent them

come back, more of a betty liu's interview with bill clinton and the decision he may have to face between guiding his foundation and advising his wife. mrclinton: she will have to decide how i can be of best use. ♪ >> welcome back to bloomberg television's special report from cgi 2015. here is betty liu with cgi president and founder bill clinton. betty: tell me the commitment you think will have the biggest impact that has been made so far at cgi america. mr. clinton: diverse people have a chance to grow with our partnership. some of them that are really exciting are those who have a chance to grow. there was a a fascinating commitment involving financial institutions putting in developmental funds to bring clean energy jobs to native americans. they are still the poorest group of americans. the native americans who live on tribal land who don't have casinos. that has gotten a chance to really blow up. there are several like that. the biggest one in terms of dollars and jobs by far is the continuation of the original $10 billion for the american federation of teachers, infrastructure. to retrofit buildings. the first $5.6 billion of th

come back, more of a betty liu's interview with bill clinton and the decision he may have to face between guiding his foundation and advising his wife. mrclinton: she will have to decide how i can be of best use. ♪ >> welcome back to bloomberg television's special report from cgi 2015. here is betty liu with cgi president and founder bill clinton. betty: tell me the commitment you think will have the biggest impact that has been made so far at cgi america. mr. clinton: diverse people have a chance to grow with our partnership. some of them that are really exciting are those who have a chance to grow. there was a a fascinating commitment involving financial institutions putting in developmental funds to bring clean energy jobs to native americans. they are still the poorest group of americans. the native americans who live on tribal land who don't have casinos. that has gotten a chance to really blow up. there are several like that. the biggest one in terms of dollars and jobs by far is the continuation of the original $10 billion for the american federation of teachers, infrastructure. to retrofit buildings. the first $5.6 billion of th

come back, more of a betty liu's interview with bill clinton and the decision he may have to face between guiding his foundation and advising his wife. mrclinton: she will have to decide how i can be of best use. ♪ >> welcome back to bloomberg television's special report from cgi america 2015. here is betty liu with cgi president and founder bill clinton. betty: tell me the commitment you think will have the biggest impact that has been made so far at cgi america. mr. clinton: more than 90% of them now represent partnership, that have a people chance to grow with our partnership. some of them that are really exciting are those who have a chance to grow. there was a fascinating commitment involving financial institutions putting in developmental funds to bring clean energy jobs to native americans. they are still the poorest group of americans. the native americans who live on tribal land who don't have casinos. that has got a chance to really blow up. there are several like that. the biggest one in terms of dollars and jobs by far is the continuation of the original $10 billion commitment for the american federation of teachers, infrast

. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to our honored special guest, bill clinton. [applause] mrow you have been here a long time. i lostd news for you is my voice when i woke up this morning. [laughter] mayor,ery honored, mr. that you invited me to come here and make the last talk i believe effort tognificent commemorate, honor, and celebrate the progress that has been made and rededicate ourselves to finish the job. the people ink ,orked with a decade ago including you and your role as lieutenant governor. senator., i think leader nancy pelosi. and all the others who are here who were there in those dark days. one president obama was here, he spoke about going to houston to the astrodome to see all the people who were gathered there. i actually escorted him. he was a young senator from illinois and hillary wanted to go because he was a senator from new york. [applause] wait, this is important. i am tried to make it really important point here. it is important for you to love her but i want to tell you -- [applause] [laughter] hillary wanted to go because she had been a senator

mr. bill clinton. ♪ >> after katrina, the young boys in the city were just lost. remember seeing how much crime was going on it it is a hot city. i knew some of the kids were looking for some sort of guidance. if they don't have someone to guide them, they may go down the wrong path. my sister and i were on a rooftop in downtown new orleans looking at the superdome. i wanted to give back. it was my job. i had some extra time. i wanted to have my own program. i wanted to do something my way. we decided to start. we have been around since 2011. we are growing. their fathers have been murdered. or are in long-term incarceration. they quickly to have no connection to their father. their ages 10-13. a boy could be with us from five years to eight years. this organization and nurtures the boys we have now in the program. we talked to them all the time about education and job opportunities and what they do now in school to be a success. it will affect their happiness in the future. we talk about crime with them. if they get into the wrong now, it goes on the permanent re

mr. trump and bill clinton discussed during a private discussion few weeks ago. >>> it happened again. a night at a movie theater turned deadly. >>> bill cosby forced to go under oath. >>> "first look" starts now. good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. tonight is the night. top republicans on one stage including # donald trump taking center stage. tracey pots is is where it's going down, cleveland ohio. a lot of people interested in tonight's debate. >> exactly. we're going to be busy watching candidates come to town. rick santorum will be here early. he's got an event nearby. couple of others are here. the strategy is show up early, and cameras will follow you. final preparations at the time arena where seven will debate this afternoon and top ten night. >> the happy hour debate earlier one. >> 40% of republicans know my name. don't worry, they will. >> if you pop with any answer you're going to get a lot of coverage. wait for your moment. >> rubio is in town early telling nbc he's not worried about running against donald trump. >> i'm not running against any

bill clinton relationship? it was rocky. how is it now? >> mr. todd: i think it is better. i write it this way because i believe it. i think they see the swaths and then the flaws first. bill clinton looks at a obama and see as guy who is not an ex executive and doesn't understand how to explain politics to regular people. i think obama thinks here is an undisciplined guy. smart, disciplined and how do you do yourself with that. i think they see each other's flaws first. they have come to get to respect each other more. i think there is almost a lack of respect between the two of them. >> host: what do you think changed that? >> mr. todd: obama suffering so badly in 2010. it was like now you know how it feels. and i think obama started to appreciate bill clinton's talents. >> host: which came after that? >> mr. todd: their bonding experienced happened with the meeting at the white house. a fantastic theater of where the two of them -- this was not obama's idea. they had called a lid which was lingo for saying we will not produce any more news today if you need to go home you

george bush, bill clinton, ross perot? mr. trump: i actually liked ross perot a lot. thought he was great, but he went off the deep end. i will say this -- had he not existed, you are not talking about bill clinton. mark: did you vote for him? mr. trump: i don't know, i figure probably would've voted for bush. but i respect perot. i think he really hit something. had he not come out and gone back in, i think he would've had a number that was substantially better. john: you said probably, though. so you don't remember who you voted for? mr. trump: i do remember. i don't like to talk about who i voted for. in this case, i voted for bush. mark: what about 2004 versus the other bush? do you remember who you supported in that election? mr. trump: bush. mark: why? mr. trump: i was hoping he would do a good job. mark: what didn't you like about gore? mr. trump: i became more and more conservative. he was certainly more conservative, who wasn't, then gore. but bush was somebody i was very disappointed in. as you know, in 2003 and 2004 i said iraq was a mistake. i am a person w

clinton. 37% view her positively. and now 48% have a negative view. and back in 1992, her husband, bill faced the same. and mrs. clinton is by far the leading democrat in the field right now, leading by more than 20 points. and on the republican side, jeb bush, 26% positive and front runner, also has a 26% positive rating bought 56% negative rating. and the new poll shows 75% of hispanics have a negative view and that includes some who answered very negative. he skipped last night's debate in new hampshire. and nbc tracie potts joins me live from washington. plenty of candidates, waking up this morning, hoping to be in that top 10. >> reporter: but today is the cut off and here is the line up as we see it based on the average of the last five poll -- five major poles. donald trump, scott walker, and jeb bush and rounding off the top 10 for now, governor chris, christie and kasich. and the one thing we saw in the forum last night that maybe we haven't seen as much of in the campaign trail, lots of issues being discussed. isis, and the border. rick perry, who was governor of texas, talked about that. balancing the

mr. trump and bill clinton discussed during a private discussion few weeks ago. >>> it happened again.ht at a movie theater turned deadly. >>> bill cosby forced to go under oath. >>> "first look" starts now. good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. tonight is the night. top republicans on

mrs. clinton and former president bill clinton earned nearly $141 million.lmost $31 million in federal taxes and donated nearly $15 million to tax. jeff zeleny joins us. the fact that the clintons have become very wealthy since leaving the office, that's certainly not a surprise. people know that. actual dollar figures and tax returns, i guess there's clearly a reason they released this stuff on a friday afternoon. it's like classic late summer document dump. >> it's so clintonian. but so much wealth. this is $141 million we're talking about here. of course, they gave a lot of money away to a charity, but this really, you know, it goes right at the narrative, against the narrative that hillary clinton's most famous comment that she was dead broke when they left the white house. this is not dead broke. look, i don't think voters punish people for their wealth, but this does feed into the narrative of, is she out of touch with voter? i think it could be more damaging in their democratic primary. if you look at where she made the money from. so many speaking fe

mrs. clinton's campaign, bill clinton wanting to go out there to make speeches in north korea and congo andlaces? >> connell, this this is no question this will continue to surround the presidential campaign and created an opening for someone like vice president joe biden to get into the race. clearly the former secretary of state will be speaking with democratic national committee folks at their annual meeting and conference but she has not been able, connell, to put this scandal behind her. comes as fbi is investigating and she is set to testify in october on capitol hill, right around the same time as the first democratic presidential debate. connell: so you think something like this, this new information that ed just reported is just one more thing that makes it more likely joe biden will run for president? >> it is one more thing. and i got to be honest with you, connell, really looks like hillary clinton has boxed herself in by not answering these questions. she tried, you know, to make this thing go away but, and kind of isolate this incident as not a news story but it is a real news

two years and did not bother to introduce an immigration bill even though he had plenty of time to push obamacare. to the president and mrs. clinton, immigration is about dividing america by injecting ethnic and racial politics into this debate. not doing right by struggling workers. immigration is another example of how mrs. clinton has abandoned the millions of americans want the opportunity to work and to provide for

but e-mails obtained by abc news show bill clinton tried to get approval to give a north korea secretary of state. the request coming from one of his top aides to mrs. clinton's chief of staff, cheryl mills. mills' terse reply -- "decline it." but the former president's aide asked for an explanation. mills wrote back to tell bill clinton -- "if he needs more, let him know his wife knows and i am happy to call him." the e-mails came to light because of a lawsuit by the conservative group citizens united. today, mrs. clinton acknowledged her husband asked for approval to give this speech and many others. >> there was some unusual requests, but they all went through the process to try to make sure that the state department conducted its independent review. >> reporter: another unusual request -- a speech for $650,000 in the congo attended by two of africa's most clinton's own speaking agency recommended declining the invite, noting, "the prevalence and intensity of sexual violence against women in eastern congo is widely described as the worst in the world." take no for an answer. his aide asking if he could do the speech if all the money went to the

mrs. clinton now being forced to defend e-mails on behalf of her husband, bill, who sought government approval while she was secretary of state for lucrative speeches tied to questionable countries. >> he did neither of those speeches. >> reporter: as mrs. clinton heads back to the hamptons for vacation, some democrats are quietly considering other candidates. >> the energy, the excitement and the momentum is with our campaign right now. >> reporter: at a meeting of top democrats, activists who want vice president joe biden in the 2016 race distribute these ridin' with biden candy bars. >> he's the original authentic candidate. i think folks are really craving that. >> reporter: republicans craving donald trump turning out in droves overnight at a bash in massachusetts, protesters outside, $100 dinners inside but the republican front-runner insisting it's not a fund-raiser. >> hi, everybody. everybody is offering me money and i don't want it, so i'm turning down millions of dollars and no interest. >> reporter: there was even a cake version of trump's famous hat and plenty of swipes at hillary

mr. trump may have talked politics with former president bill clinton a few weeks ago, according to the "washington post," president clinton had a private phone call with mr. trump a few weeks before the billionaire decided to make his white house run. we don't know what it was said in their conversation but some represents for both said trump clinton encouraged trump's efforts to make differences in the party. well as you head off to work this morning, consider this -- the average ceo of an s&p 500 company likely earns about 216 times more money than you do. >> these details are part of new securities and exchange commission guidelines that force companies to disclose ceo and worker pay. consider that the ceos on your screen earn over 1,000 times more than the median salary of their employees. in the 1950s, ceos made 20 times as much as the average worker. >>> and this morning, police are searching for a motive after another attack inside a movie theater, this time just outside of nashville. police were able to rush in and the suspect was stopped before anyone was seriously injured. jay

bill clinton. fox news obtained e-mails from mr. 's reps to the state department asking for permission to do paid speeches in repressive regimes like north korea. this was shot down by the state department. hillary spoke to the issue when questioned about it by fox news's ed henry. take a look. >> the process that was set up in my years as secretary of state was for any request that my husband received to be sent to the state department, to be vetted. so it didn't matter where it was coming from. david: with me now, republican strategist noelle nikpour and jessica ehrlich, good to see you both. noelle, just to fill out what hillary said, she suggested when bill clinton went to north korea, he could gather intelligence information, sometimes help to release prisoners that north korea was holding, so was that a sufficient answer to put this issue to bed? >> she tried to make it a sufficient issue, answer, to put the thing to bed and put it to rest. if one thing the clintons are talented at, both of them, is creative vocabulary, creativ

bill clinton, were here on martha's vineyard over the weekend. white house official tells us the former secretary of state did chat briefly with president obama on saturday night. that was after mron were hitting the golf course together on saturday, and that may be the biggest challenge to biden, carol. it is this optic, this image of the obamas and the clintons, both camps have really healed those wounds that existed way back in 2008 and in many ways hillary clinton is sort of carrying the mantel of the obama legacy heading into this next presidential election. that's the view of many people not only inside the white house but inside the democratic party as well. i'm told hillary clinton is already seen by top democratic strat i strategists who will protect and expand on president obama's legacy. white house officials have been talking of the vice president saying president obama believes tapping biden as his vp was the best political decision he has made. it sets up an interesting dilemma for president obama, having to choose between hillary clinton and joe biden. that was his team of rivals. nobody ever thought they would run against each other for president, carol. >> inter

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mr. dole. campaigning against president bill clinton turns out to be a dangerous affair for bob dole.ching out to his supporters in california, he falls head first off stage. it turns out that the presidency is just beyond his reach. and speaking of feet, waiting around for dignitaries can be tedious work. president bush takes the opportunity to entertain the press with some fancy footwork of his own. >> i don't know of any times when it's really good for a president to try to dance. >> president bush, it seems, disagrees. here he is again in africa. >> and secretary of state hillary clinton gets down in kenya. >> thank you very much. stop the music. >> even russian president boris yeltsin seems comfortable on the dance floor. >> kick it. >> not all politicians are quite so musically inclined however. just ask karl rove. ♪ tell me what is your name >> mc rove. >> i saw this one live, i'm afraid. it was even scarier to watch karl rove rapping in person than on the tv. he's got some of the movements that only dick cheney could manage. >> mc rove. ♪ our dnc is what they're calling me ♪ >

bill clinton were here over the weekend. a white house official tells me the former secretary of state did briefly chat with president obama saturday night. that was after mr saturday. and that is a big challenge for vice president joe biden. this image of the obamas and the clintons really coming together. they were rivals once. now they're very much joined at the hip. i'm told that hillary clinton is seen both inside and outside this white house as someone who will pretend and expand on president obama's legacy. we should point out lately white house officials have been talking up the vice president saying president obama believes tapping biden as his vice president was the best political decision he made. no question about it, the president has to choose between hillary clinton to joe biden. it might have to be one of the toughest calls he'll have to make as president. >> jim, thank you. let's discuss it now with cnn political commentator paul. a senior advisor for priority usa action a pro hillary clinton super pac. great to have you. paul, let's ask the question. is joe biden getting into this race? >> i have no idea. i have no idea. you have to ask t

bill clinton. you prevailed. and you do it? mr. boyle: i started out in april. that is where the campaign kicked off for three of the four of us and then officially party candidate who is the front runner the following month. i remember a poster came back and said, i have good news and i have bad news. the good news is that out of four candidates, your second. the bad news is you are 32 points behind is in first place. it was a woman who happen to be related to the clintons, and chelsea clinton's mother-in-law. i knew the odds were against us, it was daunting. looking at it realistically, i thought you had a legitimate shot to rent if i worked incredibly hard, but the boat team together. i felt strongly if the message would resonate with voters in my area. i went to work up deep. people think that you only need money to run for office and went. our campaign and victory is a great example that that is not the case. while yes, we needed to raise money, without our field grandma and grinder-to-door entering of a 200 five community events often only very small event

mrs. clinton has made. bill: ron fournier said it's the press conference he has ever seen or given. ed henry said he just talked to donald trump. we have new polling numbers that show you how even donald trump is cutting into hillary clinton's lead. martha: there is still no deal over deflategate and tom brady's case is heading back to court. the fight over his four-game suspending after roger goodell ruled the quarterback conspired to deflate game balls. in new york city they are trying to get a deal and they haven't been able to work one out so far. >> reporter: according to the associated press, both side met at an undisclosed location in new york city for self hours yesterday to try to hammer out a deal. but the two side remain far apart. so here we are back in federal court today. tom brady will not be here in the courthouse today. he's in west virginia in a team practice against the saints and he hopes to be in the game against the saints. the commissioner does not have to be here either. his lawyer showed up without hip. lawyers for both side will spend an hour or two laying

mike: you believe she will be greater than bill clinton? mr. brock she has been such a : trailblazer in so many ways. mike: how do you think history will regard her? mr. brock: i expect we will win this election and i expect that will likely lead to reelection. the obvious precedent here is the first woman president. i feel like people are ready for that and i think that will happen. mike: how powerful is that single point? does that single fact mean she is more likely to be president? how decisive will that be? mr. brock: i think it will play a role. as you know the history of it is , that it is very hard to win that third term. certainly one of the reasons recedent will be broken is because people are ready. it is not just for a woman, it is for this one. mike: you mentioned, it says his hard-hitting journalism has cast him as the bob dorn of the right. how did the right turn you left? mr. brock: basically, to make a long story short, i was trying to do two things at once. i was trying to be politically active for the conservatives and do jou

obtained by abc news show bill clinton tried to get approval to give a north korea speech while hillary was secretary of state. the request coming from one of his top aides to mrsinton's chief of staff, cheryl mills. mills' terse reply -- "decline it." but the former president's aide asked for an explanation. mills wrote back to tell bill clinton -- "if he needs more, let him know his wife knows and i am happy to call him." the e-mails came to light because of a lawsuit by the conservative group citizens united. today, mrs. clinton acknowledged her husband asked for approval to give this speech and many others. >> there was some unusual requests, but they all went through the process to try to make sure that the state department conducted its independent review. >> reporter: another unusual request -- a speech for $650,000 in the congo attended by two of africa's most notorious dictators. clinton's own speaking agency recommended declining the invite, noting, "the prevalence and intensity of sexual violence against women in eastern congo is widely described as the worst in the world." but mr. clinton did not want to take no for an answer. his aide asking if he

leveled the first trump,f attack at donald questioning his previous donations to bill clinton's foundation and the reports that mrtrump and mr. clinton spoke before the billionaire businessman announced his candidacy. did any of you get a phone call from bill clinton? i did not. it be because i did not give money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate campaign. here is carly fiorina from yesterday. [video clip] >> hillary clinton lies about ,enghazi, lies about e-mails still defending planned parenthood and she is still her parties front runner. be a fight between conservatism and the democrat party that is undermining the character of this nation. we need a nominee who is going to throw every punch, not pull punches, and someone who cannot stumble before he even gets into the ring. i'm not a member of the political class, i am a conservative. i can win this job, i can do this job. i need your help and support. lead the resurgence of this great nation. thank you. host: as to megan kelly, we have this tweet. fred is on the line from cherry hill, new jersey. democrat. won.r: not sure anybody wasthing tha

stuart: and bill clinton wants to know. >> well, i think this is his way of. stuart: bill says mr. o prosecute my wife? and barack obama says if i prosecute my wife, what will she do? >> what leverage does bill clinton have barack obama right now? none. stuart: what will hillary clinton do if barack obama supports joe biden. >> what leverage does he have on barack. stuart: the leverage is -- >> he can do whatever he wants. i mean one of the things is that bill clinton has to woo president obama right now. that's what he has to do. because if he doesn't, this guy could really make life miserable for hillary clinton. all he has to do is say it's an open contest, i told joe do whatever is your heart's content, and that's the problem. that's what i think it's all about. stuart: cozing up? >> i tried to pull this off on bowing this morning, but he wouldn't take. these are gummy bears. stuart: please keep them. i know what they look like. i got it. all right, charlie, thank you very much indeed. staying on politics, donald trump calling for ground troops in the fight against isis and sugg

. >> it was under bill clinton, he would assign mr. mccarty who is a special assistant to handle our groups, so to speak. we were invited were invited several times but only to see him. >> i see so here you are named one of the hundred most influential people of the 20th century by time magazine, by life magazine, by atlantic, monthly, i'm just flabbergasted at having run for president and having an impact, i understand assaulting a politics that you bring your friends closer and your enemies closer so whatever you are whether you seen as a friend or an enemy, bringing you closer would probably be a better purpose don't you think. >> why do you think there is this resistance to ralph nader question mark. >> i think to reason one the 2000 campaign. it produced a lot of shunning by the democrats in congress and the white house. how dare i challenge a mutating democratic party that is a shell of what it was in the 1960s. we could've gotten through all these bills for environment, worker safety, we could've got them through today. we got t

mr. spiky porcupine jr. frosty chicken will be running as an independent. remo cutest dog ever is running in the dog party. all cams, d-o-g. forrest gump is running. bill clinton is running. i don't think it is that bill clinton. marshawn lynch is running for the peace and freedom party. i'm not sure if this is a mr. or a mrs. but there is a person named cranky pants who has filed with the fec to run for president. mr. wookas is also running. first name mister. last name wookas. also elizabeth warren and joe biden. the fec. this is a daily thing. the fec has to respond to all of them just in case the remo mini schnauzer will make a run for it. they have to process all paperwork and process the paperwork when people create political action committees, pacs and super pacs. and just like with candidates, whether or not the pac is a serious thing or not, the fec has to make sure you follow the letter of the law. so for both candidates and pacs, you know this letter of the law says you cannot include the name of the candidate in the name of the committee. because of that, a political action committee called the stop chris christie pac, they just got themselves a st

bill." clinton did not want to discuss the fbi investigation when fox caught up with her today. >> mrs. clinton, have you been contacted by the fbi yet? are you willing to talk to the fbi? >> reporter: clinton's troubles have opened the door for vice president joe biden. at a former obama-biden fundraiser today expressed the alarm among democrats. fundraiser douglas gouldman telling the "wall street journal" "at this point i don't think hillary clinton is electable in a general election." the quinnipiac poll shows biden doing better in matchups with republicans. biden beats trump 48% to 40% and tops bush 45% to 39%. biden could make a strong play for the obama coalition, which may be why clinton is keeping a close eye on the african-american vote. >> black lives matter. >> reporter: late today the vice president met with the afl-cio president richard trumka. the labor union has not endorsed anyone yet. that could be a difficult sign for clinton. meanwhile the "washington post" has just posted a long investigative piece about close clinton aide huma abadin that allowed her to do conflicti

ambassador to president bill clinton, bill richardson. mr. , i understand you're joining us on the phone. i want to quickly ask you about your endorsement of hillary clinton last week. why did you decide to do so now? were your differences recently patched up and you thought, all right, i'm going to go with it? >> yes, alex. we'd had like seven years of a little bit of hostility between myself and hillary and president clinton. when i endorsed president obama over her, when i got out of the presidential race. and i don't regret my endorsement of president obama. that was, i think, sound. but the way i did it, and so i reached out to them, and i said, let's patch things up. they responded positively. we'd always had close relationships between us. and i basically wanted to patch things up. and it happened. and i've always thought very highly of both of them. and i think very highly of her and that's why i'm supporting her. >> what's it like to be in the doghouse with the clintons? you just get frozen out, or what? >> it's a lot more than that.

mr. trump announced. and i'm not surprised at all that bill clinton would take a call from donald trump or michael bloombergl if he had his number. that being said, look, him ear clinton favorability is much higher than donald trump. we know he is comfortable around the camera. he has been handling himself very well as a nonpolitician. the person who can tap into the outrage, the resentment that most americans feel about politicians right now. so i say advantage trump. advantage, ben carson. he is not a politician. the rest of the politicians better be on their a game. i think donald trump is going to bring it on tomorrow night. >> jeff, in terms of advantage on that debate stage because of the time limits. you have 1:00 to explain your position. 30 second to respond. i mean that's -- that does help donald trump who has not fleshd out a lot of policy positions. >> you could deliver a lot of message in those few seconds. you can't deliver a lot of substantive policy positions without getting into the weeds and into the weeds quickly. you are right it does help him. and i would add having been on television f

mr. trump. >> i've don't know, i didn't get a phone call from bill clinton before i jumped in the race. did any of you get a phone call from bill clinton? i didn't. maybe it any because i hadn't given off to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate campaign. >> when you and president clinton spoke, what did you discuss? >> well that's none of your business. but it was really routine. i will say, my mind, when we spoke, this is where most of it was written incorrectly. my mind was already fully made up. in other word i was already going to run. so when we spoke, when we called, my mind was totally made up. i was recall aed runnialready r. nothing big. i had known them over the years. i hadn't spoken to them in a long time. my mind was totally made up. >> did he encourage you to run? >> my mind was made up a long time ago. >> did he encourage you to run? >> no, not at all. i think he was upset. we didn't really discuss it. but i think he, look, i am hillary's worst nightmare. she knows it. he knows it. i think the smart people in politics know it. when i went and i said i was going

bill clinton apologized for implementing policies that led to mass incarceration. something the black lives matter group alluded to when they were talking to hillary clinton. but mrs. clinton wouldn't apologize, saying different times called for different measures. david? >> tom, thank you. as you know, hillary clinton making headlines just before we came on the air tonight. asked about her e-mails on that server and if there were any attempts to possibly erase some of those e-mails. and here's how she answered a reporter from fox news. >> we have turned over the receiver server. they can do whatever they want to figure it out. we turned over edge that was work related. every single thing. personal stuff, we did not, i had no obligation to do so and did not. thank you all. thank you very much. >> hillary clinton late today. >>> and we move on tonight to two women making military history in this country. the first to complete the gruelling physical and mental training and to qualifying a army rangers. but now, this question tonight. after achieving this feat, should they be able to serve? abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with what those women