a.g. lynch: good afternoon, everyone. thank you all for being here. i am joined here today by the the district of florida, lee bentley. i am also joined by the fbi special agent in charge, the a guy assistant special agent in charge, and the atf assistant special agent in charge. by thenored to be joined orlando chief of police and orange county sheriff. i thank them all for being here with me as well. i am here in orlando today to meet with our investigators and the state and local partners here on the ground and to support the people of this great city and all of those who have been affected by this devastated -- devastating tragedy. i am also here to reaffirm this administration's unshakable commitment to the safety of our citizens, the security of our nation, and the strength of our values. u.s.er today, i met with attorney lee bentley and his staff, who were helping to coordinate the justice department participation in this ongoing investigation, which includes my colleagues at the f dei, a

lynch. that meeting took place in the a.g.'s parked plane on a tarmac at the phoenix airport while both clinton and lynch were visiting the city for separate reasons. both of them said this was just a chance meeting and that their conversation was only about family and other personal matters. the encounter of course raises questions about the ongoing justice department investigation into the use of hillary clinton's private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. lynch says the conversation steered clear of anything having to do with that case. some democrats criticized lynch's judgment in allowing the former president to get on her plane and have a private talk. donald trump went further in his criticism this morning on mike gallagher's radio program. >> it was really a sneak. i mean, it was really, you know, it was really something that they didn't want publicized as i understand. is that correct? >> it is. >> i just think -- >> what a stark difference. >> i think it's so terrible. i think it's so horrible. i think it

florida, i wonder if attorney general lynch would preach compassion and love if a radical terrorist kills one of her family members. not entirely fair, ahmed. the a.g that our society is not violent like the jihad crew. the mistake she made was context. it was way too soon after the mass murder in orlando to go holistic. don kramer, parrish, florida. somehow i can't picture chris christie as attorney general, talking about love after a terrorist atrocity. jim debell oes, bloomington, minnesota. miller is right. the sun is getting hotter. 10% every year. in a billion years, the oceans will boil away. that's good to know. we can plan. miles murray. bill, many of my fellow millennials find it trendy to criticize fox news. many don't even watch. they get their opinion from social media. not just younger americans, miles. on the rare occasion that someone tells me fnc is bad to my face, i politely can them why they think that way. almost always they have no backup. that kind of person is called a lemming. ken campbell. tennessee. o'reilly, i've read all your books. i believe you sell your books for children short. they have every bit as informative as t

lynch. now, this took place earlier this week and, as you know, the attorney general is investigating hillary clinton. here's what the a.gdent clinton at the phoenix airport as i was leaving and he spoke to myself and my husband on the plane. our conversation was a great deal about his grandchildren. it was primarily social and about our travels. >> wow. so, eboni williams and monica crowley join us. i was surprised. weren't you surprised? 30 minutes. i could see hey, how are you, you have got to be polite. though know each other. 30 minutes about the grandchildren? >> here's what's interesting we are just hearing about it today on wednesday. apparently this meeting took place on monday. so 48 hours has gone by since we have heard about it. the attorney general said it was social. that they talked about their grandchildren and president clinton's golf game in phoenix. >> yeah, golf. >> sort of like mrs. clinton's deleted emails were all about her yoga schedule and chelsea's wedding. >> no. you are creeping into that partisan realm here what do you say. >> i know we can't speculate because we weren't on the plane. this is

lynch, they bumped into each other on the runway of the phoenix airport. why isn't the former president of the united states not ming commercial? why was the a.g. up aircraft. he stopped the boat and waltzed over to her plan