national review staff writer charles cook. if i had to pick two words to describe him they would be hupg gree and -- hungry and hupg gree. let's start the show. >>> attorney general loretta lynch held a private meeting with bill clinton amid the fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. it sounds bad, but don't worry, they were talking about clinton's grand chirp. -- grand. >> i did see the president. as i was landing he was coming out. he said hello and spoke about his grandchildren and travels and things like that. that was the extent of that. no discussions were held on any cases. >> no discussions of any cases. good enough for me. lynch has been taking a lot of heat for the meeting from republicans and democrats. i was surprised that donald trump thinks it is much to do about nothing. >> when i heard that i thought they were joking. i thought, no way. there is no way that will happen. it happened. i am just -- i am flabbergasted by it. it is amazing. i never have seen anything like that before. >> t

national review staff writer charles cook.f i had to pick two words to describe him, they would be hungry and hungry. towering over me is giant comedian ben kissell. let's start the show. attorney general loretta lynch held a private meeting with bill clinton earlier this week amid the fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. it sounds bad. but don't worry. they were just talking about clinton's grandchildren. >> well, i did see the president at the phoenix airport the other night as i was landing. he was headed out. he did come over and say hello and speak to my husband and myself. talk about his grandchildren and his travels and things like that. so that was the extent of that. and no discussions were held on any cases or -- >> no discussions of any cases. good enough for me. lynch has been taking a lot of heat for the meeting from republicans and democrats. but i was surprised. donald trump thinks it's much ado about nothing. >> when i first heard that yesterday afternoon, i actually thought they we

charles cook is here. he's an online editor for the "national review." and tom shillue, host of "red eye" on the fox news channel. intense pondering, the clintons don't just think they are above the law, tabove the law. >> i think that you mentioned something in your monologue, it's up to the voters. that's the real message here. maybe comey was sending that message. he is a republican. he's very ethical but he may have taken a pass on this because it's saying the base in your court. he's telling us what she did. we know what happened. if we elect her, it's our fault. kennedy: it seems like he was keeping score of every statement she made and the flimsy defenses she made of the actions she had taken. he knew they were falsehoods and they were proven on further investigation. comey took the easy way out. he was standing at an important crossroads and he chose the path of least resistance. >> if comey genuinely believed there would be no reasonable prosecution and no grand jury would push the case further, then okay. if he believed this was to go to the pu

jamil smith, charles cook and "the washington post" columnist catherine rampel. welcome to you all.th you. two people pulled out pulled ou. after doing a test drive, and what was interesting was, all of a sudden, you got the sense, oh-oh. this would be a story. people don't want to be with me. i'll make a call and say, no. i've got people waiting in line. what do you think is going on? >> i didn't think it went badly that joni ernst would be a good partner. i think she was told by everyone she knew, do not do this. i think possibly the same will happen with a great number of candidates. if you have a future in politics, especially -- >> you think it is -- i've said, some people in the republican party think donald trump is a stain that can be washed out. and some believe he is a tattoo. >> i think he is more of a tattoo. at least, a henna tattoo that comes out over a period of time. he is going to hurt people who have a future if they stick with him. i think he is going to lose. i think he will say even more ridiculous things. whereas newt gingrich, maybe you roll the dice. you're f

antoine perkins, jeremy rogers, denzel, angelo, demetrius, marshawn jackson, victor robinson, melvin cook, charles wiley, latrell mccannon, eric knock, eric smith, margaret shanahan, alexander roseas, michael brown, carlton hall, alvador suarez, otis richmond, ramell hicks, brandon knowles, reginald turner, trayvon ilson, shelton ellis, fredrick johnson, lonnie king, amar'e catchings, stanley boston, sica hampton, eric berjon, alfondia kelly, arrell guy jr., marshell hillson, robert barnes, kenette wit consider, willie pittman. we were led during our sit-in by an icon, congressman john lewis, and i was very, very, very proud to participate and would do it again. he's fond of referencing a dream he shared with his mentor, a mentor of many of us, dr. king, the dream of the beloved community, a place where people of all races, creeds, religions and gender identityification can live together in peace -- identification can live together in peace. certainly interests' no place for assault -- certainly there's no place for assault rifles in the community. there's no place for gun rights for criminals and

antoine perkins, jeremy rogers, denzel, angelo, demetrius, marshawn jackson, victor robinson, melvin cook, charles wiley, latrell mccannon, eric knock, eric smith, margaret shanahan, alexander roseas, michael brown, carlton hall, alvador suarez, otis richmond, ramell hicks, brandon knowles, reginald turner, trayvon ilson, shelton ellis, fredrick johnson, lonnie king, amar'e catchings, stanley boston, essica hampton, eric berjon, alfondia kelly, arrell guy jr., marshell hillson, robert barnes, kenette wit consider, willie pittman. we were led during our sit-in by an icon, congressman john lewis, and i was very, very, very proud to participate and would do it again. he's fond of referencing a dream he shared with his mentor, a mentor of many of us, dr. king, the dream of the beloved community, a place where people of all races, creeds, religions and gender identityification can live together in peace -- identification can live together in peace. certainly interests' no place for assault -- certainly there's no place for assault rifles in the community. there's no place for gun rights for criminals a

exxon, the american petroleum institute and the charles g. cook charitable foundation, and -- i got this wrong. the charles g. koch charitable foundation and coal giant company southern company made payments to sune, payments that he rarely disclosed when promoting his climate change denial research. in other words, sune was raking in fossil fuel cash by producing research helpful to the fossil fuel industry. great deal. willie sune left the science and public policy institute a few years ago, and these days the most prominent figure at the organization is christopher moktin, the think tank's chief policy advisor. let's ask the question here who is christopher moktin. oh, boy. christopher moktin is a former politician from the u.k. he has presented himself as a member of the house of lords, a claim that is so off base that the house of lords was forced to do something that it had never done before, and that is issue a statement saying no, he is not part of the house of lords and he should not -- and he should stop lying about it. moktin used to re

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cook. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i'm michael holmes at the cnn center in atlanta. >> i'm george howell live here in dallas, texas. >> charlesrights attorney and a former prosecutor and trial lawyer. he joins me now from new york to talk about things. we were talking earlier with someone else about the temperature in the u.s. and how to lower it. we've been seeing already pepper spray and the like in phoenix, arizona. there's been a little bit of tension around the country, not to mention what we saw unfold in dallas and the incidents that led to those demonstrations. what do you think needs to be done to make everyone stop and take a deep breath and have a look at things? >> one of the things that happens when we have these conversations about community and police relationships is oftentimes the one element that we omit from the conversation is the importance for law enforcement to actually come to the table with open hands willing to really have the conversation about how policing can be better in america. we have a lot of conversation about the need for unity, the need to unite, to do things better. but seldom is law enfo

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charles kennedy is vindicated. it is a tragedy that he is not here to experience that vindication, and it is equally a tragedy that neither is robin cook. >> hear, hear. >> clilcot concludes what so many of us have known for over 13 years. there was no legal or strategic case for the invasion of iraq. it was unnecessary. a military action was not a last resort. instead of improving our security, it in fact made our country, their country, and the world that we share less safe. in the case of iraq, mr. blair appeared to be more concerned with supporting american president george bush than he was in pursuing british interests and the interests of the iraqi people. the most -- well, indeed infamous now quote, i will you will be whatever was not written to it the iraqi people suffering under their undeniably cruel regime of such a brutal dictator, nor was that letter written to the british public as a clear display of the priorities of our elected leader. instead, it was written to a neoconservative u.s. president, intent on proving american superior or the by waging war against an abstract noun. a president who was failing to make dramati