i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room." >> we begin with breaking news. up to 75 government scientists and staffers possibly exposed to the deadly anthrax bacteria. the alert is taking place at the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta. officials say it began when live samples were moved from a highly secure lab to another lab. workers believe the samples were inactive. they did not wear protective equipment. so let's get more on then like serious breach. how could this happen? this was a safety lab taking this anthrax and moving it to a lower biosafety lab, one that takes less precautions. they were supposed to inactivate the bacteria first, wait 4 hours to make sure the deactivation process worked and then move the bacteria. those two things didn't happen. the process didn't work and they didn't wait to see that it didn't work and that caused some of the problems. it was at least a week, could have been longer when they realized what was now sitting in the lower safety lab was in fact live anthrax. and it could have been aerosolized in t

brianna keilar is back with me tonight.tions doesn't she want to ask 1234. >> there are a number of them. some of them have to do with benghazi. she doesn't feel great about revisiting the '90s and monica lewinsky but she is prepared to do. that and as the democratic front runner she is in the republican cro crosshairs. so this book tour give her a chance to flex those political mussels and to try out a message for a presidential run. after decades in the political spotlight, hillary clinton comes with an entourage of issues and controversies and her critics have every intention of keeping them in the spotlight. she is a pin yeah that for the conservatives on the drudge report. carl rove raising issues of her health and a fall she took. >> she had a serious episode, a serious health episode. >> reporter: add to that her age. if elect shed would be the second oldest president in history, younger only than ronald reagan. >> i wish him well. >> reporter: and then there is monica lewinsky, writing in "vanity fair" that she foun

here's cnn senior political correspondent brianna keilar. >> hi there, van.nton's much anticipated book, "hard choices" out officially on tuesday and in some of the excerpts we see a break between hillary clinton and president obama on some issues of foreign policy. for instance, on syria, clinton details wanting to initially arm the rebels. something that president obama was not in favor of and has not done. she says to

senior political correspondent brianna keilar is here to talk more about this.orning. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. in these interviews hillary clinton is giving as her book rolls out, seems less about groundbreaking revolutionrevolu revelations and making connections with women, when it comes to votes in a possible 2016 presidential election. the other thing we notice, this morning on "good morning america," hillary clinton doing a little bit of cleanup after a misstep in her interview last night with diane sawyer. hillary clinton in an interview with abc news found herself in the awkward position of defending her wealth. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got there and struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for chelsea's education. >> reporter: houses, plural. clinton's opponents jumped on that, shamelessly out of touch, rnc declared. the rising super hillary pac tweeted pictures of the two multimillion dollar homes and hamptons vacation rental. that mistake aside,

cnn's senior correspondent brianna keilar is in washington with more.to you, carol. you can say this took a while, but hillary clinton finally gave the answer to the wealth question that she probably should have given from the start. >> you're in denver -- >> reporter: hillary clinton finally nailing the question about her wealth in an interview with pbs's gen eiffel. >> i shouldn't have said the five or so word'ss i said, but inartful use of those few words doesn't change who i am, what i've stood for my entire life, what i stand for today. >> reporter: it took almost three weeks for her to clean up the mess from this comment to abc's diane sawyer during the debut interview for her new book. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke, but in debt. we had no money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for chelsea's education. >> reporter: clinton made another gaffe this weekend, this time in an interview with britain's "the guardian" newspaper. she said people, quote, don't see

cnn senior political correspondent brianna keilar has more. >> reporter: on the eve of her headline grabbing book rollout, hillary clinton shares with abc news her timetable for deciding whether she's running for president. >> i want to get through this year, travel around the country, sign books, help in the midterm elections in the fall, then take a deep breath and go through my pluses and minuses about what i will and will not be thinking about as i make the decision. i will be on the way to making a decision by the end of the year, yes. >> reporter: she's already in the political spin cycle. she didn't pull out a hearing before a republican-led house committee investigating the benghazi attack. >> we'll see what they decide to do, how they conduct themselves, whether or not this is one more travesty about the loss of four americans or whether this is in the best tradition of the congress, an effort to try to figure out what we can do better. >> reporter: only 37% of americans approve of her handling of benghazi. but a majority still approve of her overall performance as secretary of stat

joining me is chief tracker of all things hillary, brianna keilar.rst step for clinton. why did she pick "people" magazine? >> picking "people" magazine as first interview she does for the book "roll out" she gets to show a softer side of herself. she talks about becoming a grandmother what she likes to watch on tv and opens up about her health and topic of monica lewinsky. she's mum, she's over it and everybody else should be, too. >> reporter: hillary clinton commenting for the first time on monica lewinsky's reemergence in "vanity fair." clinton tells "people" magazine she hasn't read the essay, i've moved on, refusing to acknowledge whether in a conversation with a confidante she called the former mistress a narcissistic loony tune. i think everybody needs to look to the future. and she sure is. on her 2016 presidential aspirations, clinton tells "people" i know i have a decision to make, to have a woman president is something i would love to see happen, but i'll have to make my own decision about what i think is right for me. she was asked if th

. >> and let's bring in senior political correspondent brianna keilar, chief congressional correspondentrger. in the "washington post," this is not typical talk for a lifelong defender of women and children. in the affidavit she cast the victim as emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and to engage in fantasizing. i know she was doing her job. she had to defend this client. that was -- he's entitled to the best defense possible. she's not obviously responsible for that, but do you think this is politically a problem for her in any way? >> i do. i think it's -- i think it's good lawyering but i think it is bad politics. i think it's really bad for a certain subset of voters. that would be young people. you know, i've gone to certain events and the people who are kind of coming out to see what she's about are you know, for lack of a better term, the millenial generation. they're still being introduced to her. fancy that in 2016, these are people who were born 1998 or slightly before, right? so you're talking about people who don't really identify with her as first lady

i want to bringing in senior political correspondent, brianna keilar covering hillary clinton for us.the clinton camp on the defensive about the issue of the clinton family finances. rich isn't necessarily the problem, john. it's really the out of touch that is the problem here. a lot of americans think that hillary clinton, bill clinton, they've been in public service for the right reasons. but she's in danger here of damaging that when she's not acknowledging, they are pretty well off at this point. the big issue with the guardian" comments is they come right on the heels of thing she said to to abc's. >> dan: sawyer. lis. >> and we cape out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got there, and we struggled to you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses for chelsea's education. >> houses plural talking to the outs of touch thing we were discussing. that's not something is, having multiple houses a lot of americans connect with. she has to be very careful saying things like that. >> we say republicans criticizing it. but it's

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brianna keilar is here with us.s to keep people guessing. >> she definitely does. that does add to intrigue of this carefully calculated book rollout. "people" magazine interview is interesting. it deals with a lot of light topics and very serious ones. she talks about her plans for 2016 and the kind of grandmother she wants to be. she says she wants to be emotionally supportive but she also wants to set expectations and she wants to baby sit a lot. hillary clinton sitting down for an exclusive interview with "people" magazine at her washington home as her newest book hits shelves next week. on political aspirations, clinton tells "people," i know i have a decision to make. she says we need to break down that highest hardest glass ceiling in american politics. to have a woman president is something i would love to see happen but i'll just have to make my own decision about what i think is right for me. her book rollout is certainly starting to look like a campaign. a busy schedule of appearances. >> let me shake a f

thank you so much for watching, im brianna keilar and now into the crossfire. >>> today president obama announced a number of steps to prevent a terrorist takeover in iraq. >> unfortunately nothing he announced shows us he's moving out of george w. bush's shadow. the debate starts right now. >> tonight on "crossfire." -- chaos spreads in iraq. president obama offers u.s. military advisers. >> american combat troops are not going to be fighting in iraq again. >> the threat of terrorism has increased exponentially under this president's leadership. >> on the left, stephanie cutter, on the right, secubb. in the crossfire, representative loretta sanchez, a california democrat and representative anna kinninger. an illinois republican. will u.s. advisers make a difference or draw america closer to war. tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire" i'm stephanie cutter. >> and i'm s.e. kup on the right. two members of congress, today president obama spent more time talking about what we aren't going to do in iraq. and why. than he did making a case that the terrorist takeover of the levant

here's cnn senior political correspondent brianna keilar. >> hi there, van. cbs news has obtained hillary clinton's much anticipated book, "hard choices" out officially on tuesday and in some of the excerpts we see a break between hillary clinton and president obama on some issues of foreign policy. for instance, on syria, clinton details wanting to initially arm the rebels. something that president obama was not in favor of and has not done. she says to that point, "no one likes to lose a debate including me, but this was the president's call and i respected his deliberations and decision." she also talks about benghazi, and she says that "there will never be perfect clarity on everything that happened." so it's really a hot-button issue. it's going to continue be a political flashpoint. certainly that's not something that republicans will be satisfied. nor do i think that hillary clinton expects they will buy that. finally, a really interesting little vignette that she shows in her book, obtained by cbs news, the meeting, the first meeting between she and t

brianna keilar is joining me from washington now. being able to afford her mortgages. mortgages. there's a plural there. >> that's right. more than one. she was in debt, actually, the family was, until 2004, according to her financial disclosures. but two houses, indeed. one in new york, one here in washington, d.c.. not unusual for an ex-president, senator, or perhaps secretary of state. but most americans do not enjoy multiple residents and they are highlighting what some are calling her first highly anticipated book rollout. hillary clinton in an interview with abc news found herself in the awkward position of defending her wealth. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for chelsea's education. >> reporter: houses, plural. clinton's opponents jumped on that shamelessly out of touch the rnc declared. america rising, the anti-leading super pac tweeted pictures of their multimillion dollar

. >>> hi everyone, i'm brianna keilar. hundreds more u.s. troops are moving into the striking range today. the transport ship carried 550 in a rotor aircraft into the persian gulf. the pentagon says those ship, troops and planes will give the president options to protect american citizens and interest should he choose to use them. john kerry was asked today whether air strikes are one of those options. >> they may be one of options that are important to be able to stop the movement of people moving around in open convoys or trucks and terrorizing people. when you have people murdered and assassinated in these mass massacres, you have to stop that. you do what you need to do if you try to stop it from the air otherwise. >> the pressure shot up dramatically over the weekend. isis stands for islamic states in iraq and syria. i want to go straight to baghdad and to nic robertson. iraq government talking pretty tough but what's the reality there? >> reporter: their air force says they are killed 200 isis fighters. they are still taking territory

i now turn you over to brianna keilar filling in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." breeann pa na? >> happening now, breaking news. middle east on the brink. israel vows a tough response an after the bodies of three missing teenagers are found in the west bank. >>> and new terror threats. the u.s. weighs new airport security measures to counter next generation undetectible bombs that could be delivered by western jihadists. >>> and dangerous weather. the midwest has already been hit by massive flooding. could a tropical storm drown out july 4th festivities on the east coast? wolf is off today. i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with breaking news. middle east could be on the brink of a new conflict. tonight, israel is poised for a tough response after the bodies of three missing teenagers are found in the west bank more than two weeks after they disappeared. israel accusing hamas of kidnapping the teens and a massive crackdown already underway. prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened an emergency cabinet meeting and vows hamas will

very lucky to have brianna keilar with us. we have breaking news.eing taken prisoner by the taliban. arriving at brook army medical center in texas just hours ago. remember, five years of captivity and abuse in his past. ahead of him, a long process of recovery and what they call reintegration. cnn's martin savidge is in san antonio with the latest. good morning, martin. >> good morning, chris. when that plane touched down, and it was in the dead of night here in san antonio, there was no special greeting. there was no sort of special welcome for sergeant bergdahl. instead, it was just as they had carefully rehearsed. this is all going to be done, the army says, by the book. >> reporter: after five years in taliban captivity, u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is back on american soil, touching down overnight, he arrived at lackland air force base and then transported to a military facility with a room prepped for his arrival. >> he came out of five years of captivity. we're going to get a chance to find out what was in his head that day when he was t

brianna keilar is live for us at the newseum. , brand new wrinkle to the benghazi story line here. should we, i have to imagine she will be asked about this new arrest tonight at the town hall. >> reporter: i would certainly think so, brooke. i think hillary clinton would obviously say that this is a positive development, that it looks like someone is going to be held accountable for this, but at the same time, talking a lot about benghazi as she's eyeing a potential presidential run isn't necessarily a really good thing for her, when americans talk about what they like about hillary clinton, they feel very positively about her state department experience. but benghazi is really the bruise on that resume. 55% of those polled in a cnn/orc survey that came out yesterday said they were really dissatisfied with how she handled benghazi, more dissatisfied with the obama administration but it's not a really good thing for her and this coming out today means she will be talking about it. >> yeah. obviously beyond the bruise for that moth

brianna keilar working the story for us. what exactly did the russian leader say? >> u.s. relations are strained at this point in time. we've heard a lot of criticism from hillary clinton towards vladimir putin, but putin firing back, taking aim not at the substance of her remarks but partially based on her gender. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin taking a jab at former secretary of state hillary clinton, saying it's bert not to argue with women, but miss clinton has never been too graceful in her statements. his sexist barbs come after criticism of clinton. in march she compared his tactics to the most reviled history in modern history. >> if this sounds familiar it's what hitler did in the '30s. >> reporter: she walked that comment back a bit but called putin this -- >> a tough guy with a thin skin. >> reporter: then this memorable description of putin in early april -- >> he will even, you know, throw an insult your way, he will look bored and dismissive, he'll do all of that, but i have a lot of experience with people acting like that, so it's not like, yo

senior political correspondent bree y brianna keilar is here. >> she talks about her split with the presidentsyria and her thoughts on taliban negotiations for bowe bergdahl's release. hillary clinton details her role in negotiations to secure army sergeant bowe bergdahl from taliban forces in afghanistan. >> that's not how war works. >> reporter: the controversy surrounding his exchange likely does not surprise her. she writes, "i acknowledged, as i have many times before, that opening the door to negotiations with the taliban would be hard to swallow for many americans after so many years of war." she says she pushed president obama to arm moderate rebels but he disagreed. no one likes to lose a debate, including me, she says, but this was the president's call and i respected his deliberations and decision. clinton offers her strongest mea culpa yet for voting in 2002 to authorize the use of force in iraq. a vote that cost her liberal support in 2008. i wasn't alone in getting it wrong but i still got it wrong. plain and simple, she writes. she speaks warmly of her relationship with obama,

we get more from brianna keilar. >> hillary clinton details her role in negotiations to secure army sergeant bowe bergdahl pr taliban forces in afghanistan many her memoir first obtained by cbs news. this trade does not surprise her because she writes i acknowledged that opening the door to negotiations with the taliban would be hard to swallow for many americans after so many years of war. her starkest difference of opinion with president obama is on syria's civil war. she says she pushed him to arm rebels but he disagreed. no one likes to lose a debate, but this was the president's call and i respected his decision. she speaks warmly of her relationship with obama, which grew out of a bitter primary battle and she describes their first meeting after she dropped out of the race. we stared at each other like two teens on an awkward first date ticking a few sips of chardonnay. both barack and i had long list of grievances it was time to clear the air. a few light moments in a memoir about her time at the state department officially out on tuesd tuesday. >> thank you. >> the chardonnay, helpfu

. >> but she is running all alone, brianna keilar, thank you very much for joining me. >>> and cominge new york times" columnist, and lanny davis, the author of crisis tales, five rules for coping with crisis in business, politics and life, and a special white house correspondent. i feel like it is the '90s. i'll take it because i felt like i was a lot younger and thinner. guys, how did she do? >> well, i won't surprise anyone on the panel to say she did great. >> she did well, she had a clear gaffe and had questions she will continue to get asked that she didn't answer specifically for people, especially on benghazi. that is not going away. but given how long the interview went, over an hour. >> the questions on benghazi? >> i think she will be continued to be asked about security and whether she did enough. she has taken responsible but also said she had to make security decisions. these questions and answers are legitimate. it is just not going to go away. whether it was decisive or not, she will get asked. >> i agree with maggie, people have been talking about the issue of the cli

our senior political correspondent brianna keilar has more. >> in her much anticipated memoir, firstbtained by cbs news, hillary clinton details her role in negotiations to secure army sergeant bowe bergdahl from taliban forces in afghanistan. >> that's not how war works. >> reporter: the controversy surrounding his release and exchange for five top taliban leaders likely does not surprise her. she writes, i acknowledged, as i had many times before, that opening the door to negotiations with the taliban would be hard to swallow for many americans after so many years of war. clinton's starkest difference of opinion with president obama is on syria's civil war. she says she pushed him to arm moderate rebels bus he disagreed. no one likes to lose a debate, including me, she says, but this was the president's call and i respected his deliberations and decision. clinton offers her strongest mea culpa yet for voting in 2002 to authorize of use of force in iraq. a vote that cost her liberal support in 2008. i wasn't alone in getting it wrong, but i still got it wrong, plain and simple, she

let's bring in our senior media correspondent brian stelter and senior political correspondent brianna keilar. you were reporting all yesterday on what some people were calling perhaps the first gaff of the clinton campaign or the clinton effort when she talked about being dead broke when she left the white house with her bill clinton. this morning it may be the first campaign cleanup. let's listen to what she said. >> as i recall we were something like $12 million in debt. that was something that we really had to work hard and i was in the senate and could not do anything to help us meet those obligations. i'm very grateful that my husband who has always been a hard worker since he was born poor and given opportunities with a good education and strong values to work hard and take responsibility, he did that. you know, we understand what that struggle is because we had student debts, both of us. we had to pay off. we've had to work. i had a couple jobs in law school. he had lots of jobs. so we have a life experience that is clearly different in very dramatic ways from many americans but we al

our senior political correspondent brianna keilar has more on what hillary clinton is now saying. >>illary clinton has said she has a decision to make, but if you are looking for clarity on exactly when she'll do that, you won't find it in this interview, because she is keeping her options open. on the eve of her headline grabbing book rollout, hillary clinton shares with abc news her timetable for deciding whether she's running for president. >> i just want to get through this year, travel around the country, sign books, help in the midterm elections in the fall. and then take a deep breath and kind of go through my pluses and minuses about whether i will and will not be thinking about as i make the decision. >> pushing back her personal deadline to 2015. >> i will be on the way to making a decision by the end of the year, yes. >> but she's already in the political spin cycle. clinton didn't rule out appearing before a republican led house committee investigating the benghazi attack. >> we'll see whether or not this is, you know, one more travesty about the loss for americans or whe

brianna keilar, maggie haberman, political writer for politico and peter hamby.a book. >> i think that's the case. maggie reported today how many books has she sold. >> 100,000 on the first day. >> and e-books, too. >> is that enough for the reported i guess $14 million advance? >> time will tell. but the question is going to be i think it debuts on "the new york times" best sellers list tomorrow or wednesday, the question is how long it stays there. >> at number one, you mean? >> i would say so. >> she's selling books, trying to do -- >> she's saying the title a lot. >> she's got to make a living because you remember a few years ago she didn't have that much money. >> she was dead broke. >> that's what she said. she's making some money right now. nothing wrong with that. you get the sense that it's not just a campaign to sell the book, it's a campaign to start something else. >> and i also think it might be a campaign to kind of connect in a way. in 2008 she didn't really connect. it was to her detriment. she realizes that, she talked about it today especially t

. >> we bring in our senior political correspondent brianna keilar and our chief political a analystgiving a ceo answer and walking a fine line here. the first is, as the ceo, at the state department, she says, i take responsibility for it, but i was not the person making security decisions. that happened, you know, that responsibility was people below me. as secretary of state, i can't always be on top of all of these things. but in the end, she did take responsibility. secondly, what she's trying to do politically is turn it around on the republicans. she uses the phrase, you know, we shouldn't be playing minor league ball. which i -- is that a line that might have been written by a guy, i don't know. but playing minor league ball, meaning that they're playing petty politics with a very large issue that we need to -- so she turned it around. >> isn't it interesting how she's bringing up attacks that happened under her husband's administration? it remines me of when she was talking about her concussion. she said, remember, paul ryan told me he's had three. she's widening out the dri

brianna keilar, thanks so much. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. good morning, once again. i'm carol costello. we begin with breaking news that uruguayen stricker whose mouth fell into the shoulder of an italian soccer player, well, he's been suspended. andy scholes here to tell us more. >> they announce he's been suspended the rest of the world cup, nine games in total, four months, he can't get on the soccer field and compete at all whether that be for his national team or club team. >> expensive bite. >> expensive bite. you're not kidding. >> this is the third time he's about bitten someone and open got nine games. some people were saying this should have been harsher. the most severe penalty would have been a two-year ban. this is still not, you know, as severe as it could have been for him. >> why do you suppose they didn't issue the most severe ban if this is the third incident sp. >> i don't know. i'm not a soccer expert but like the uruguayens are saying soccer is an athletic game, not a game of more reality. >> let's talk about the rain fa

very nice to have brianna keilar here this morning. >> great to be here. >> overnight, sergeant bowegdahl back on u.s. soil after five years in taliban captivity. 28-year-old arriving over night at brook army medical center in san antonio, texas. bergdahl's return is overshadowed by questions about his disappearance and controversy over the taliban prisoner swap. cnn's martin savidge joins us from san antonio with the latest. >> u.s. military officials tell me the most critical part of sergeant bowe bergdahl's return to freedom begins right now and very important to that will be the reunion with his family. after five years in

our senior political correspondent brianna keilar is here. book tour just getting ready. the criticism already getting ready. >> certainly. and this time, this criticism came, wolf, as she defended the millions that she's earned in speaking fees in the last year. and republicans are making sure to highlight what some are calling her first gaffe of this book rollout. hillary clinton in an interview with abc news found herself in the awkward position of defending her wealth. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke, but in debt. we had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for chelsea's education. >> reporter: houses, plural. clinton's opponents jumped on that. shamelessly out of touch, the rnc declared. america rising, the leading anti-hillary superpac tweeted pictures of the multimillion dollar home and hamptons vacation rental, republicans trying to use clinton's two houses against her the way democrats used john mccain's seven houses against him. >> whe

brianna keilar is filling in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room" today. >> thanks, jake.king news. anthrax scare, dozens of people may have been exposed to live potentially deadly bacteria. and back to iraq. president obama is ready to send hundreds of military advisors to help iraq's military but he insists u.s. troops will not be returning to combat. sound familiar? and terrorists heating up as isis militants leave a trail of death in iraq. there are new concerns that they will team up with another al qaeda

let's bring in our senior political correspondent brianna keilar.details. >> well hillary clinton is tlegd the needle. she is attached to president obama. she worked for him. but he's also showering her independence from him. but critics are taking aim, blaming clinton. >> as tensions mount in ukraine as pro-russian separatists shot down a military plane killing all 49 people on board and i ra iraq descends into krit similar, they're seeing political playeder. >> what's the play book to beat her? >> i believe the play book is to look at her record. i believe you have to consider what's happened around the world during the years she was secretary of state and i was a monumental bust. >> so far voters don't seem to agree giving clinton high marks on how she would handle terrorism. benghazi libya is the exception. 55% of those polled said they're dissatisfied with how she hand tl 2012 attacks on the american consulate. as clinton continues her high profile book tour and eyes another presidential run, she is emphasizing her differences with president ob

let's bring in brianna keilar. what are you finding out?d had to do repair work today. meantime, rand paul is hitting her hard for it today, saying, "she's going to have some surprises once she gets out of her limousine and meets the american people." as fans lined up outside a new york book store, waiting hours to see hillary clinton and have her sign copies of her book, she was trying to tamp down a republican uproar over her comments that she and her husband were dead broke and in debt when they left the white house. >> we had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for chelsea's education. >> that aired monday on abc news. tuesday morning, clinton was on cleanup duty, telling "good morning america" she and bill were $12 million in the hole in 2000. >> it was just a reality what we faced when he got out of the white house, meant that we had to just keep working really hard. we always have, that's who we are. we're grateful we can do that, but i worry a lot about pe

brianna keilar, cnn, washington. ♪ >> it's kind of weird.that could be going on in some office. >> that's the thing. >> or social circle. >> or maybe on a playground somewhere? >> yeah, now they control the peace of the entire globe. >> i know. >> interesting. you're a man. >> i know. >> you're dumb. that's how we will start our fight. >> i am. i will have agreed with that. everything you're complaining is probably true, because i'm a man. >>> coming up on "new day" as if president obama, another man, didn't have enough to deal with. now there is controversy surrounding his workout routine. >> look at that! >> especially because he was caught in poland pumping iron. huge breach of security, is it? or is not? any way the video is worth seeing and we will show it to you. >>> "cnn's series "the 60s" returns. when american risked nuclear war staring down tsoviet union. >> 7 minutes past 1:00 this morning, a man went around the world. a spaceship was built in russia. >> if you can put a man into space, you can put nuclear war heads into space. >>

brianna keilar has more. >> reporter: hillary clinton in an interview with abc news found hears herself defending her wealth. >> we came out of the white house dead broke and we had no money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for chelsea's education. >> reporter: houses plural. clinton's opponents jumped on that. shame leslie out of touch the rnc declared america rising the hillary clinton superpact tweeted their $2 million homes and their hamp's vacation rental. that mistake aside clinton's first big interview as her new memoir goes on sale showed a more personal side as she spoke about monica lewinsky who resurfaced last month writing an interview with the "vanity fair. >>." i hope she is able to think about her future and construct a life that she finds meaning and satisfaction in. >> reporter: she talked about moving beyond the toughest time in her life. >> somebody said forgiveness is releasing a prisoner and discovering the prisoner was yourself. >> i am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the

brianna keilar has that part of the story for us. ng to you, chris. this was pretty interesting, because hillary clinton in her new book talks about benghazi and makes it clear that she really sees the debate over it in a political light. she says she doesn't want to engage in this political fight in what she refers to on the backs of dead americans but last night, she toned it down, she said there's stale lot that we don't know and she also said that she is still looking for answers. hillary clinton gave her first reaction to the capture of the mastermind of the attack in benghazi, ahmed abu khattala by u.s. forces. >> well, i'm very pleased. the united states has an unwavering commitment to bring to justice those who are responsible for attacks on americans new york matter where they are, no matter how long it takes. >> reporter: but earlier on cnn, the mother of one victim had demanded more answers. >> i dotely relate to her as a mother or any of the mothers of the four americans killed that night. i can see why she and others are

here's cnn's brianna keilar with more. >> reporter: hillary clinton finally nailing the question aboutve said i think five or so words that i said, but, you know, my inartful use of those few words doesn't change who i am, what i've stood for my entire life, what i stand for today. >> reporter: it took almost three weeks for her to clean up the mess from this comment to abc's diane sawyer during the debut interview for her new book. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for chelsea's education. >> reporter: clinton made another gaffe this weekend, this time in an interview with britain's "the guardian newspaper." she said people, quote, don't see me as part of the problem because we pay ordinary income tax unlike a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names, and we've done it through i didn't of hard work. she went on to talk about her record and creating a level playing field according to a transcript of the full interview o

brianna keilar has details on the juicy stuff between the cords of "hard choices." brianna?president. if she throws her hat into the ring, she needs to distant herself from some of president obama's decisions, and her book may provide the road map to her message. in her much anticipated memoir, first obtained by cbs news, hillary clinton details her role in negotiations to secure army sergeant bowe bergdahl from taliban forces in afghanistan. >> that's not how war works. >> reporter: the controversy surrounding his release in exchange for five top taliban leaders likely does not surprise her. she writes i acknowledged as i had many times before that opening the door to negotiations the taliban would be hard to swallow for many americans after so many years of war. clinton's starkest difference of opinion with president obama is on syria's civil war. she pushed him to arm moderate rebels but he disagreed. no one likes to lose a debate, including me, she says, but this was the president's call and i respected his deliberations and decision. clinton offers her strongest yet for

brianna keilar is at the museum where the town hall will be held. imagine it's bustling already this morning preparing. how are things going? >> reporter: yeah, this is a really big day and this is a big event, ana, because this is the only televised town hall surrounding hillary clinton's book rollout. obviously she is really considering her options for a 2016 presidential run. as she has put out our book, "hard choices" last week about her time at the state department, there's so much curiosity about her foreign policy record, about what her vision perhaps for the future would be, and so there are a lot of questions that need to be asked. we'll be hearing them tonight from christiane as well as from members of the live audience, which cnn has picked by going through universities and colleges, civic organizations, social organizations, not just here in washington, d.c., but also farther afield. so we'll be getting questions from those folks. we'll also be getting questions through tumblr, they have been submitted. all of these being closely guarded

we're joined by cnn senior political correspondent brianna keilar, maggie haberman and our national politicale is trying to sell a book. how many? >> 100,000. >> that's pretty good. >> 100,000 hard cover books. >> and e-books too. >> is that enough for the reported i guess 14 million advance? >> time will tell. but the question is going to be i think it debuts on the "new york times" best-sellerless presumably tomorrow wednesday. i think the question is how long it stay there's. >> it debuts at number one? >> i don't know. wile find out tomorrow. >> she is saying the title a lot. >> got to make a living. it was few years ago she didn't have that much money. >> she was dead broke. >> that's what she said. she is making some money right now. nothing wrong with that. you get the sense, though, that it's not just a campaign to sell the book. it's a campaign to start something else. >> and i also think it might be a campaign to kind of connect in a way. in 2008, she didn't really connect. it was to her detriment. she realizes that. she talked about it today, especially talking about herself as a w

cnn's brianna keilar is here with much more.there are light topix and serious topics. she talks about plans for 2016. she talks about what kind of grandmother she wants to be which will happen before the end of the year. she says she wants to be emotionally supportive and set expectations and wants to baby-sit a lot. >> hillary clinton sitting down for an exclusive interview with "people" magazine at her washington home as her newest book "hard choices" hits sell vs next week. on her presidential aspiration clinton says i know i have a decision to make. we need to break down that highest hardest glass ceiling in politics. i'll have to make my own decision about what i think is right for me. her book rollout is certainly starting to look like a campaign, a busy schedule of appearances, interviews and calculated releases of parts of her memoir about her time at the state department. just monday she dropped this hint, talking about the gruelling nature of apartmental race. she assured the crowd she has -- >> a lot of resilience and

brianna keilar joins us now from washington. good morning. how are you?it is a tricky sort of line she has to walk here. but hillary clinton will have to distance herself from president obama if she wants to run are for president. his popularity has dipped. hers is still rather high and she will need to preserve that the best she can if she wants a shot at winning the white house. forget republicans, hillary clinton is walloping a big name democrat in a new poll, her former boss, president obama. in a new cnn orc poll, she tops obama in every area tested, from how she would handle the economy, to immigration, even terrorism despite criticism over her handling of the terror attack at the u.s. consulate in benghazi that killed a u.s. ambassador and three others. >> let me shake a few more hands. >> reporter: as clinton considers whether to try persuading voters to back presidents from the same party, she also must decide how much to distance herself from an increasingly unpopular commander in chief. she's already started drawing contrast on foreign policy,

we turn to brianna keilar with a preview. >> you know hillary clinton has said she has a decision to make. well, if you're hoping for a little clarity on when she's going to do that you're not going to find it in this interview because hillary clinton is keeping her options open. >> reporter: on the eve of her head-grabbing book rollout, hillary clinton shares with abc news her timetable to decide whether she's running for president. >> i just want to get through this year, travel around the country. sign books. help in the midterm elections in the fall. and then take a deep breath and go through my pluses and minuses about what i will and will not be thinking about as i make the decision. >> reporter: pushing back her personal deadline to 2015. >> i will be on the way to making a decision by the end of the year, yes. >> reporter: but she's already in the political spin cycle, clinton didn't rule out appearing before a republican-led house committee investigating the benghazi attack. >> well, we'll see what they decide to do, how they conduct themselves. whether or not this is one mo