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that's a crucial part, david gergen. he may leave the tough talk to others but there will be incredibly tough talk in the context of what just happened in baton rouge and dallas. donald trump has been -- and his speakers tonight, these are speakers who have criticized black lives matter. >> absolutely. i think he can turn it around tonight. if this is well organized. i think they scrambled to put together sort of law and order evening so they can cover the full range of issues that are out there. this could be very, very well done. to come back to the melania speech, i think that will be the highlight of the evening, likely to be. worth remembering in the last republican convention four years ago, the most memorable speech of the convention was by ann romney. >> by far. >> remember that? she came out and told us stories about her husband that we had not heard before. you kept wondering why didn't they tell us this before? it was very compelling. melania has the chance, along with the children who are going to follow duri
that's a crucial part, david gergen. he may leave the tough talk to others but there will be incredibly tough talk in the context of what just happened in baton rouge and dallas. donald trump has been -- and his speakers tonight, these are speakers who have criticized black lives matter. >> absolutely. i think he can turn it around tonight. if this is well organized. i think they scrambled to put together sort of law and order evening so they can cover the full range of issues that are...
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david gergen is back with me now.half hours standing by that she didn't break the law. this issue of intent, but he couldn't say she didn't lie and that obviously could be very crucial. is this a win for her or not? >> listen, i think this is one man's opinion, but my sense was that director comey held both sides. i think he made a compelling case why she should not be prosecuted and no reasonable prosecutor would go forward based on these facts. at the same time, he made it clear if this had occurred by one of his employees had done t what she did and there would be severe sanctions and that plays into the republican argument that there are two standards. one for clinton and one for all of the working people. the second point is, to go to your point, that there are significant discrepancies in what the fbi has found and what mrs. clinton and others around her have told the country over the last year, and so i do think it's still imperative that she face questions and not regard this as a closed door. i would note tha
david gergen is back with me now.half hours standing by that she didn't break the law. this issue of intent, but he couldn't say she didn't lie and that obviously could be very crucial. is this a win for her or not? >> listen, i think this is one man's opinion, but my sense was that director comey held both sides. i think he made a compelling case why she should not be prosecuted and no reasonable prosecutor would go forward based on these facts. at the same time, he made it clear if this...
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david gergen, cnn senior analyst.irst off, watching ted cruz this morning with his texas delegation, show of hands -- who thinks ted cruz -- explaining that this is personal. who thinks cruz is walking away looking good? show of hands. >> well, this is like -- >> i'm not trying to do verbal jujitsu with you. >> i personally think he looks good but that's because i have an opinion that standing up to donald trump is a good thing. people here, i'm not sure if they think. i think trump would tell you he embarrassed himself. >> before we get to trump thoughts, why do you think maybe he looks -- >> because i think -- >> -- strong. >> this is a divided party. the idea that it was going to get papered over and solved here was false from the beginning. there is a real group of people in that arena that liked him standing up to trump. another group of people are on fence and saying i don't know how to say no to this, and he's saying, here's the way. to me it looks like some courage and i think down the road when we look back a
david gergen, cnn senior analyst.irst off, watching ted cruz this morning with his texas delegation, show of hands -- who thinks ted cruz -- explaining that this is personal. who thinks cruz is walking away looking good? show of hands. >> well, this is like -- >> i'm not trying to do verbal jujitsu with you. >> i personally think he looks good but that's because i have an opinion that standing up to donald trump is a good thing. people here, i'm not sure if they think. i think...
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david gergen, your thoughts?>> i think the colonel report was very important, but martin luther king was assassinated about a month later and there were over 100 riots that broke out across the country after his assassination. we look back at that troubled time. hard to heal, the country hard to move forward. i think it takes sustained effort. this is not exactly 1967, 1968 again, in part because the rioting frankly has not been as big, but the gulfs are big. we thought we would be much farther along than we are in race relations, and the fairness of the criminal justice system. it's heartbreaking that we have so much still to do. but i do think that we have to understand that '67-'68, there was a division within the democratic party but we were not as divided politically as we are today, so we now have racial tensions playing and mixing in to the political tensions in the country. we're heading into a campaign which sounds -- really, the level of discourse is already descending to the depths. there is already se
david gergen, your thoughts?>> i think the colonel report was very important, but martin luther king was assassinated about a month later and there were over 100 riots that broke out across the country after his assassination. we look back at that troubled time. hard to heal, the country hard to move forward. i think it takes sustained effort. this is not exactly 1967, 1968 again, in part because the rioting frankly has not been as big, but the gulfs are big. we thought we would be much...
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david gergen a former presidential adviser to four presidents. bakari seller, jeffrey lord. david to you first. >> sure. >> the importance of the timing here. if the fbi announces the results of this probe shortly before the start of the democratic convention, how does that -- and that would be around the time that donald trump is having his convention -- how does that affect the political prospects for hillary clinton? >> well, there is so much about this we don't know yet. >> david chuckles. >> we have to be patient. we have to be patient because this is the big decision -- this is the biggest potential block to her becoming president that we all know about. you know, she's in very good shape politically at this point. close race but pretty good shape. but if there were a blockbuster decision to, and a recommendation to indict her, of course that could enher campaign. but if they clear her a lot of block will disappear. of course there will be conspiracy theoryis, of course there will be people who complain about it. nonetheless it is going to clear the way for her and she
david gergen a former presidential adviser to four presidents. bakari seller, jeffrey lord. david to you first. >> sure. >> the importance of the timing here. if the fbi announces the results of this probe shortly before the start of the democratic convention, how does that -- and that would be around the time that donald trump is having his convention -- how does that affect the political prospects for hillary clinton? >> well, there is so much about this we don't know yet....
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pro-clinton superpac and ari keller and the former adviser to four presidents, reagan and clinton, david gergen and david chalian. debbie wasserman schultz is stepping down but at the end of the convention s. that good enough for you? >> i think signal of the voices of bernie sanders supporters have been heard and hillary clinton supporters, who felt this was the last straw, that she had to go and been heard an move forward toward november. united to deal with the problem of donald trump. >> all right. so you're trying to make an argument for being united but obviously as this campaign was going on you had deep frustration. you used the words that debbie wasserman schultz throwing shade at your campaign. right? of course very serious sentiment. but she insisted again and again and again, jeff, she said it wasn't true. that's not what these e-mails show and said multiple times. >> let me just reiterate that the democratic national committee is neutral in the primary based on our rules. let me state again, we are not putting our thumb on the scale for any candidate. i neutrally manage the primary
pro-clinton superpac and ari keller and the former adviser to four presidents, reagan and clinton, david gergen and david chalian. debbie wasserman schultz is stepping down but at the end of the convention s. that good enough for you? >> i think signal of the voices of bernie sanders supporters have been heard and hillary clinton supporters, who felt this was the last straw, that she had to go and been heard an move forward toward november. united to deal with the problem of donald trump....
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. >>> out front now, the former adviser to presidents reagan and clinton, david gergen and our politicalector david chalian, and former president of trump productions andy dean who supports donald trump, ana navarro -- >> who doesn't support donald trump. >> in case you haven't been watching cnn over the past year. >> and bakari sellers, hillary clinton supporter. >> david gergen, let me just start. without a doubt, this is the most important night of mike pence's career. there is so much at stake tonight for him. >> there is, indeed. what he has to do is help this convention pivot away from the negativity and the sense of discord and the sort of -- this has aren't had a lot of crackle in this hall compared to most conventions and if ted cruz and pence can turn that around tonight they would really help trump sail in tomorrow night and he can go in with a lot of momentum, but i tell you, i was there in 1976 when we had the most contested, the last most contested convention and reagan was the challenger and in the ted cruz division and he was pretty high up and ford came out and at first
. >>> out front now, the former adviser to presidents reagan and clinton, david gergen and our politicalector david chalian, and former president of trump productions andy dean who supports donald trump, ana navarro -- >> who doesn't support donald trump. >> in case you haven't been watching cnn over the past year. >> and bakari sellers, hillary clinton supporter. >> david gergen, let me just start. without a doubt, this is the most important night of mike...
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david gergen was an aide to the president at the time. >> she's an extraordinarily competent woman.he knows the issues better than anybody i know, including her husband. that was threatening to some people, to some voters. men of the older generation would say, "i would be really proud if my daughter grew up to be like hillary clinton, to be the kind of path breaker she is, but i sure as hell am glad that my wife isn't." >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> woodruff: in the beginning, the health care effort looked promising, says author rebecca traister. >> when she first took on the project, and initially testified in front congress about health care reform, it actually looked like it might go well. she was already a very divisive figure-- people hated her, people loved her. she was so clearly smart, competent, her approval ratings went way up, people liked it. >> woodruff: but as weeks passed, clinton's healthcare plan was attacked by the right and the left. conservatives called it a government takeover. even with a democratic majority in congress, the bill never made it out o
david gergen was an aide to the president at the time. >> she's an extraordinarily competent woman.he knows the issues better than anybody i know, including her husband. that was threatening to some people, to some voters. men of the older generation would say, "i would be really proud if my daughter grew up to be like hillary clinton, to be the kind of path breaker she is, but i sure as hell am glad that my wife isn't." >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >>...
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david gergen made a very important point. the hillary clinton story is very damaging and let it sit there and let it develop and the questions tomorrow should be in my opinion does donald trump really believe that james comey, the director of the fbi was bribed to not prosecute hillary clinton? >> all right. we'll hit pause on that for just a moment. you're all going to be with me because he did, in fact, use the word bribery. no beating around the bush about it, and this comes just an hour or so after the attorney general loretta lynch made it official there will be no charges for hillary clinton. we're going have that and what donald trump had to say about it and our panel will be back and then the other major news story today. a deadly police shooting and it is absolutely unbelievable footage when you see this. we have shocking new video to show you so you can see for yourself whether this was a cold-blooded killing or not. that's coming up. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 gra
david gergen made a very important point. the hillary clinton story is very damaging and let it sit there and let it develop and the questions tomorrow should be in my opinion does donald trump really believe that james comey, the director of the fbi was bribed to not prosecute hillary clinton? >> all right. we'll hit pause on that for just a moment. you're all going to be with me because he did, in fact, use the word bribery. no beating around the bush about it, and this comes just an...
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david gergen agrees. she needs answer in a news conference which would be a great idea.ou very much. stick around. coming up, donald trump says saddam hussein was bad, very bad. he did say that saddam hussein was good at killing terrorists. this is not the first time trump has expressed a certain admiration for dictators. i love my shop, but my back pain was making it hard to sleep and open up on time. then i found aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. now i'm back. aleve pm for a better am. if legalzoom has your back.s, over the last 10 years we've helped one million business owners get started. visit legalzoom today for the legal help you need to start and run your business. legalzoom. legal help is here. which saves money.rance a smarter way, like bundling home and auto coverage, which reduces red tape, which saves money. when they save, you save. that's home and auto insurance for the modern world. esurance, an allstate company. click or call. esurance does insurance a smarter way. they offer a single de
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until that happens, i will rudely interrupt you david gergen. until it does, we want to know about this seeming rather tumultuous. >> we understood there would be this unity and there was, but and here i think, we thought this would be fairly harmonious, as bernie sanders had been so gracious, that people would follow him. but turns out, his voters are independent folks and from his point of view right now, they are too independent. >> here they come. mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake will be gaveling in. let's listen in. this is the mother beth al ame choir, local church here in philadelphia and they will sing. ♪ mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord ♪ ♪ the trampling out the vintage where the greats of wrath are stored ♪ ♪ he has lost the faith for lightning of his terrible swift sword ♪ ♪ his truth is marching on >> glory glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ glory, glory hallelujah ♪ glory, glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪ his truth is marching on ♪ i have seen him in the lifetime of a hundred circli circling ♪ the
until that happens, i will rudely interrupt you david gergen. until it does, we want to know about this seeming rather tumultuous. >> we understood there would be this unity and there was, but and here i think, we thought this would be fairly harmonious, as bernie sanders had been so gracious, that people would follow him. but turns out, his voters are independent folks and from his point of view right now, they are too independent. >> here they come. mayor of baltimore, stephanie...
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david gergen glor i can't bonlgia borger, michael smer con in addition thanks to one and all for beingere. patty, what does she need to do tonight? >> i think all week we've heard from people who know her, give testimony to her humanity give testimony too why we should truss her. her husband gave stories in a we've never heard about their courtship, about their marriage. she will be introduced by her daughter. so everyone has been personal. and i think what she needs to do is be personal itself. we need to hear from her about why she wants to be president, what drives her. and be aspirational. this is not her forte giving speeches. perhaps the best orders not the only in the democratic party, but in the country, in the world, have given speeches this week. so the bar is pretty high. but if she is revealing, i think she can hit it out of the park. >> anna navarro, you are a republican whole not vote for donald trump. >> i like to call myself a republican in exile. >> what do you think hillary clinton needs to do? >> you know i think she does need to be personal. i think she needs to be
david gergen glor i can't bonlgia borger, michael smer con in addition thanks to one and all for beingere. patty, what does she need to do tonight? >> i think all week we've heard from people who know her, give testimony to her humanity give testimony too why we should truss her. her husband gave stories in a we've never heard about their courtship, about their marriage. she will be introduced by her daughter. so everyone has been personal. and i think what she needs to do is be personal...
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larry sal va do, the director of university of politics, david gergen and former adviser to president reagan, ford, clinton and nixon and a history professor. david, hillary clinton, as you heard, chris said he was willing to do this as far back as august of last year. and here we have three weeks from the convention and the interview takes place now. why do you suppose it would take as long as it has and how potentially damaging or perhaps is there more of a silver lining for hillary clinton at this point? >> that's the big question, isn't it? we simply didn't know at this point enough to make intelligent guesses as to how this will come out. this has been a longary thorough and somewhat mysterious investigation in that it has taken so long. there are a number of people on the outside who wondered why was it so complicated and i guess we'll find that out when we get a report or a conclusion. what i also think is very important is that there has been a growing sense in washington that they need to wrap this up before the democratic convention not only for the sake of the democratic pa
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now jeffrey toobin, former federal prosecutor and our legal analyst david gergen who served to reagan clinton on the list. david axelrod served as senior adviser to president obama. let me start with you because you heard comey, very respected and he said, he used the words extremely careless to describe hillary clinton's action. he did say no charges, but his words and his tone were pretty harsh. >> it was harsh, but you know, i would argue there was never going to be an elegant end to this investigation because the facts were damning and -- but, what was important to hillary clinton was that he established that there was no intent, was there no crime. it would have been very difficult to move forward with this cloud hanging over her and it would have been impossible to move forward with an indictment. so her opponents will use his language liberal, if i can use that word from now until november, but it's much better than some of the other results that could have resulted here. >> jeff, when you hear david axelrod say the facts were damning. here's what hillary clinton has been sayin
now jeffrey toobin, former federal prosecutor and our legal analyst david gergen who served to reagan clinton on the list. david axelrod served as senior adviser to president obama. let me start with you because you heard comey, very respected and he said, he used the words extremely careless to describe hillary clinton's action. he did say no charges, but his words and his tone were pretty harsh. >> it was harsh, but you know, i would argue there was never going to be an elegant end to...
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cnn political commentator amanda commentator and senior political analyst, david gergen.rsation. i know some of you are over it. >> i'm not. >> not over it at all. >> to you. the trump surrogate. >> yeah. >> not van? me? >> to you. not to mr. jones. listen, sara was sort of -- she wasn't saying yes, plagiarism. she didn't go that far but she was acknowledging it was mighty, mighty familiar to michelle obama's speech. >> we all watched it. this is not trigonometry. it was kind of some basic concepts. i love my husband. he's trustworthy. he's going to keep his promises. >> you think they're common words. >> this is pretty common. is there a chance that some lawyer say this crossed some kind of line? i think that's a little silly. think about two things. first thing is you literally have a vice president of the united states who's been there for seven and a half years who is the most flagrant plagiarizer in the history of our politics. he also lied in lie school. i don't think this is the right road to be down for our country. but let's go see what they're doing. we have a d
cnn political commentator amanda commentator and senior political analyst, david gergen.rsation. i know some of you are over it. >> i'm not. >> not over it at all. >> to you. the trump surrogate. >> yeah. >> not van? me? >> to you. not to mr. jones. listen, sara was sort of -- she wasn't saying yes, plagiarism. she didn't go that far but she was acknowledging it was mighty, mighty familiar to michelle obama's speech. >> we all watched it. this is not...
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here now to talk about this is david gergen, former presidential adviser to nixon, reagan, ford and clintonlarry sabado, director of the university center virginia for politics. david, i want to try something new here. i want to remove politics. let's do that, shall we? >> go dark? >> go dark because this is really important. according to the fbi, secretary clinton was careless with some of the nation's most sensitive documents. top secret information. how concerned should voters be about this? >> when the fbi says she's been extremely careless, there's a natural reason voters should be concerned. the fbi went on to say had this happened to someone who was working at the state department there would have been sanctions. presumably blocking access to e-mails. so there's a distinct impress that even show she may not be guilty a felony, she's been careless with national security. i think people have a sense either the system is rigged or they have a sense of entitlement. that there is one set of rule also that apply to everybody else. if you work at the state department, you get fired. but the
here now to talk about this is david gergen, former presidential adviser to nixon, reagan, ford and clintonlarry sabado, director of the university center virginia for politics. david, i want to try something new here. i want to remove politics. let's do that, shall we? >> go dark? >> go dark because this is really important. according to the fbi, secretary clinton was careless with some of the nation's most sensitive documents. top secret information. how concerned should voters be...
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david gergen i think is with us. we lived this 20 years ago.d a number of things. and then republicans went too far in how they pursued the investigation. turned on the republicans as much as they turned on bill clinton. bill clinton came out of it. the republicans had a political problem for a long time. there are some veteran republicans who are urging their members be careful, focus on the facts, don't attack jim comey. ask him to explain how they recklessly and carelessly handled classified information. not over weeks and months but over four years. that's what the strategists are telling them. as you see in hearings, the motions kick in. hillary clinton testified in the benghazi experience for example. republicans thought they had a good case against her. how do the republicans calibrate this is a part of this. to your point about donald trump, this is a golden issue for donald trump. he wants to change washington. no special treatment for the elites if you will. there's a lot of frustration in the republican party that gets diverted into
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. >> joining me now is david gergen, former presidential adviser to reagan, clinton and nixon. ake of the response by both candidates? >> anderson, i think most americans right now are both sad and bewildered by this series of attacks over these months but they're also looking for tougher and more effective leadership. i think both candidates are trying very hard to respond to that. both saying this is war, donald trump, always donald trump, going two or three steps beyond, saying he wants a formal declaration of war that you know is quite rare. i do think, anderson, what's missing is any plan of action on their part that people can rally to. people don't know what they actually stand for yet. i would think that what's going to come in the next few days may be more important than their initial response. that is trump with his con convention coming up i would assume -- the first night would have a couple of speakers who do take on this question of terrorism and that would be a major theme in his own acceptance address later in the week. also anderson, i would imagine the trump pe
. >> joining me now is david gergen, former presidential adviser to reagan, clinton and nixon. ake of the response by both candidates? >> anderson, i think most americans right now are both sad and bewildered by this series of attacks over these months but they're also looking for tougher and more effective leadership. i think both candidates are trying very hard to respond to that. both saying this is war, donald trump, always donald trump, going two or three steps beyond, saying...
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with me now, kaley mcnirny, david springer, david gergen, and senior political correspondent for mtv the dnc, everyone. can we just begin with that moment last night? i don't know how many of you were on the floor and just sort of hearing it and feeling the president speaking, then suddenly i heard this like cacophonous cry and it was hillary clinton walking out. and that embrace and the hands. >> i actually couldn't make it on the floor. it was packed. >> it was. i snuck in just in time. >> i heard you could barely hear her obama, roars of crowd were so loud. but i want to say about that embrace. you know what? everyone can probably remember if you're a political junkie, their first embrace in 2008 -- >> not so warm and fuzzy. >> there was always a little awkwardness there. >> i think that embrace is obviously symbolic. their policies have come closer together and i think the families, the two families, have actually become closer. i think we are looking at genuine respect and friendship right now. >> david gergen, just to note history there, the first african-american president and
with me now, kaley mcnirny, david springer, david gergen, and senior political correspondent for mtv the dnc, everyone. can we just begin with that moment last night? i don't know how many of you were on the floor and just sort of hearing it and feeling the president speaking, then suddenly i heard this like cacophonous cry and it was hillary clinton walking out. and that embrace and the hands. >> i actually couldn't make it on the floor. it was packed. >> it was. i snuck in just in...
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senior cnn political analyst, david gergen. scottie hughes, a trump supporter. and cnn anchor hala gorani from london. howard, first to you on what trump said about hillary's i mails directing that to russia. how dangerous is that? >> i think very dangerous. i think that we should reasonably expect that there should be a broad consensus in our politics, whether you are republican or democrat, that it is not a good idea to invite or encourage the leader of a foreign power to break our laws and engage in espionage. i mean that seems to basic obviously putting it that way, yet here we have a major party nominee who is in fact encouraging a leader of a foreign power who is either our antagonist or our adversary or competitor, depending on your perspective. but clearly not somebody who is our best friend -- to engage in this kind of behavior. it is really unprecedented. we spend a lot of time talking about donald trump's unprecedented comments and his positions, but this is just the latest one. >> scottie, espionage. how do you defend that? >> well, it is not defendi
senior cnn political analyst, david gergen. scottie hughes, a trump supporter. and cnn anchor hala gorani from london. howard, first to you on what trump said about hillary's i mails directing that to russia. how dangerous is that? >> i think very dangerous. i think that we should reasonably expect that there should be a broad consensus in our politics, whether you are republican or democrat, that it is not a good idea to invite or encourage the leader of a foreign power to break our laws...
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brad woodhouse, jackie kucinich, and david gergen.n. 2012, bill clinton basically like ad libbed half the speech. >> sure did. >> what does he need to do tonight? >> i think this is his eighth convention speech. i don't think anybody in history -- only fdr only had five. he started out, he gave a terrible speech. >> "in closing -- thank you." >> but last time he gave the best convention speech. his capacity is to tell someone's story better than they can do it. he told barack obama's story better than barack obama could. i think he tells hillary clinton's story better than she does. question is, can he compress it and keep it down. there is such a big difference between what he had's like to say tonight and what he can say tonight. >> this is his first mega speech as a spouse. >> yeah. this is why it is going to be so personal tonight. i'm sure we're going to hear the story about how the two of them met in the yale law library. you'll hear pieces of hillary that will make her a person and i'm sure they'll get into the politician. but
brad woodhouse, jackie kucinich, and david gergen.n. 2012, bill clinton basically like ad libbed half the speech. >> sure did. >> what does he need to do tonight? >> i think this is his eighth convention speech. i don't think anybody in history -- only fdr only had five. he started out, he gave a terrible speech. >> "in closing -- thank you." >> but last time he gave the best convention speech. his capacity is to tell someone's story better than they can...
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. >> let's discuss this, david gergen is here, a cnn senior political analyst, former adviser to presidents nixon, reagan, ford. angela rye, former executive director of the congressional black caucus. with us as well, the campaign director for the center for american progress action fund and a hillary clinton supporter. thank you all so much for being here. kayleigh, big news that james comey is heading to capitol hill, loretta lynch heading to capitol hill. what are republicans going to learn in these hearings? >> one thing i think jason chaffetz pointed out, the fbi director said this was extremely careless. he laid out the leg definition for gross negligence and then said nothing to see here. despite saying there might be evidence that met the statute. so he wants him to explain what is your definition. it's clearly not the legal definition. why did you contradict hillary clinton's public statements there were no classified e-mails but then nothing to see here once again. it was extremely odd to lay out seamlessly where clinton was wrong, how she met the legal definition for the espiona
. >> let's discuss this, david gergen is here, a cnn senior political analyst, former adviser to presidents nixon, reagan, ford. angela rye, former executive director of the congressional black caucus. with us as well, the campaign director for the center for american progress action fund and a hillary clinton supporter. thank you all so much for being here. kayleigh, big news that james comey is heading to capitol hill, loretta lynch heading to capitol hill. what are republicans going to...
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david gergen, a powerhouse here. >> and my former student. >> i deferred to him -- >> i take credit forverything he does. >> this is wa was said by donald trump. >> and hillary then says i think i'll reappoint the attorney general. and you're waiting for a decision by the attorney general and you're saying heuyou're goi to give her a job. you're not allowed to do that. that's bribery, folks. >> alan, she hasn't said she was going to appoint loretta lynch as attorney general. >> if she has said that she was going to appoint loretta lynch as attorney general, that would be a problem. but she didn't say that. every day in every part of the united states, people do acts that could be charged as crimes. our criminal laws are so accordion like and elastic and discretion is always exercised. this is a case where any responsible prosecutor, as comey said, would have decided not to prosecutor. the real question is whether comey should have gone further and made the statement he made and talked about all the other things. also whether he should be the one making the decision whether to prosecute.
david gergen, a powerhouse here. >> and my former student. >> i deferred to him -- >> i take credit forverything he does. >> this is wa was said by donald trump. >> and hillary then says i think i'll reappoint the attorney general. and you're waiting for a decision by the attorney general and you're saying heuyou're goi to give her a job. you're not allowed to do that. that's bribery, folks. >> alan, she hasn't said she was going to appoint loretta lynch as...
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i want to bring in my panel along with david gergen, presidential adviser for four former presidents.ese hacks, beyond politics, extremely concerning, but looking at politics, how much of a political headache do you think this is likely to be? >> it could be very serious, kate. >> it's one thing to be hacking into the democratic national committee which had pledged to be neutral. it's a very different thing and there are only a few e-mails in the democratic national committee which were very bias, but they didn't affect the outcome of the campaign, whereas if you go into the hillary clinton campaign itself and into the campaign committee, that's where you would find the memos and the conversations about strategy, about how you plan to win and that information is extremely vital to keep private for a campaign. if wiki leaks and russians hate the democrats so much there will be great temptation to pass it to the opposition and then you have an invasion and there is a whiff of watergate when you get into that kind of level of hacking and into the inner sanctum of politicali thinking and
i want to bring in my panel along with david gergen, presidential adviser for four former presidents.ese hacks, beyond politics, extremely concerning, but looking at politics, how much of a political headache do you think this is likely to be? >> it could be very serious, kate. >> it's one thing to be hacking into the democratic national committee which had pledged to be neutral. it's a very different thing and there are only a few e-mails in the democratic national committee which...
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sally comb and david gergen is back with me and let me start with you, david, justice ginsburg hit firste did hit first weighing in on a candidate on a personal level as a supreme court justice of the united states. appropriate? >> no. >> if you go back to the beginning of the republicier a he did take aside in politics and roughly so, but the tradition in modern jurisprudence that you don't and the judge stays on the sidelines. in fact, the federal code or the code of ethics for federal judges at the circuit court level at the federal level and the district court level specifically tells you that a judge may not either endorse or oppose a political candidate for office and she did so not just once, but repeatedly and i admire justice ginsburg and she is one of the most outstanding women and jurists in this country and at the same time on this issue i think she made a mistake. >> as he points out, history is one thing, but this is not what you're supposed to do. >> you are also not supposed to, you know, sit for 119 days which is how long the republicans and the senate haven't even had a
sally comb and david gergen is back with me and let me start with you, david, justice ginsburg hit firste did hit first weighing in on a candidate on a personal level as a supreme court justice of the united states. appropriate? >> no. >> if you go back to the beginning of the republicier a he did take aside in politics and roughly so, but the tradition in modern jurisprudence that you don't and the judge stays on the sidelines. in fact, the federal code or the code of ethics for...
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out front now, david gergen joins me, adviser to four presidents and mae reston and former president of trump production, andy dean and ana navarro and hillary clinton supporter bakari sellers. people who came here were perhaps willing to be convinced and many of them were not die hard trump supporters. they were die-hard cruz supporters or rubio supporters and she said more of them are getting onboard than many would have thought and so much is at stake. the biggest night of his career. >> absolutely. i really think it's a night for both trump and his daughter. after all of the stumbles this week and all of the distractions they can still turn this convention around and they can rescue this convention, and i think the two trumps together. after all, the best speech so far has been by the son, donald trump jr., and if she can deliver, he can deliver, and i think it can erase the memories it would be a big lift for him, but that's a challenge and one of the things i want to ruminate on here is this is a reprise, what we've seen from the excerpts and a very familiar theme from trump ag
out front now, david gergen joins me, adviser to four presidents and mae reston and former president of trump production, andy dean and ana navarro and hillary clinton supporter bakari sellers. people who came here were perhaps willing to be convinced and many of them were not die hard trump supporters. they were die-hard cruz supporters or rubio supporters and she said more of them are getting onboard than many would have thought and so much is at stake. the biggest night of his career....
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governor in 1979, hillary took on an unofficial but active role, says former white house aide david gergen for a long, long time even before she got to the white house, when the clintons were in arkansas and she was asked by her husband to take the lead on some various initiatives there and she bravely went out and did that. >> woodruff: indeed, clinton appointed his wife to head up the arkansas education standards committee, where she worked to reform the state's public schools, at a time when arkansas was one of the lowest performing states in the country. >> we're going to give them every chance we can to develop their minds so they can play a role in this state, this country to make it the kind of place it needs to be! >> woodruff: by the end of his time as governor, bill clinton was praised for his education reforms, many of which came out of that committee, and public school performance had improved markedly. >> the clintons' argument has always been, even if unspoken, this sort of idea that you get a two for one deal with them. you get two people who are incredibly smart and well ed
governor in 1979, hillary took on an unofficial but active role, says former white house aide david gergen for a long, long time even before she got to the white house, when the clintons were in arkansas and she was asked by her husband to take the lead on some various initiatives there and she bravely went out and did that. >> woodruff: indeed, clinton appointed his wife to head up the arkansas education standards committee, where she worked to reform the state's public schools, at a...
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on that note, david gergen, you said you wanted those personal anecdotes from melania and that was nother speech was about. you heard don jr., speaking to dana bash and he did seem to indicate i would like to do that, but i'd like to talk about the future of the country. do we need to get it? >> yes, we need to get it, and the trump camp must regret that they didn't have a couple of anecdotes they could tell last night and they could have steered clear of the controversy that erupted thereafter, but the overall impression will will be positive for donald trump even though melania trump has emerged as a figure of controversy. i think she can still walk away with her dignity and she left leaving a woman of strong values and the trump camp mishandled it badly today and didn't help her at all and what we haven't heard from is from donald trump is this controversy and many tonight he could possibly just say something or what i thought about, and you guys may think this is crazy, but -- >> go ahead, though. >> but you know what i think he ought to think about doing is having melania trump in
on that note, david gergen, you said you wanted those personal anecdotes from melania and that was nother speech was about. you heard don jr., speaking to dana bash and he did seem to indicate i would like to do that, but i'd like to talk about the future of the country. do we need to get it? >> yes, we need to get it, and the trump camp must regret that they didn't have a couple of anecdotes they could tell last night and they could have steered clear of the controversy that erupted...
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former white house aide david gergen calls clinton's senate years the finest, and probably most satisfyingears of her public life. >> there's a famous phrase about when you go to the senate-- are you going to be a show horse or a workhorse? and she was very much the workhorse. >> woodruff: she served on the powerful senate armed services committee, worked to extend healthcare to national guard members and fought for expanded services for veterans and their families. but one vote in particular would plague her for years to come. >> this is probably the hardest decision i've ever had to make. any vote that might lead to war should be hard. but i cast it with conviction. >> woodruff: clinton now calls her 2002 vote to authorize the use of military force in iraq a mistake. but in 2007, when she first set her sights on the presidency, she doubled down on the iraq decision. reporter indira lakshmanan calls it a political miscalculation. >> they thought it was a coronation. they thought that she was definitely going to have the democratic nomination in the bag. and so they were already, from the
former white house aide david gergen calls clinton's senate years the finest, and probably most satisfyingears of her public life. >> there's a famous phrase about when you go to the senate-- are you going to be a show horse or a workhorse? and she was very much the workhorse. >> woodruff: she served on the powerful senate armed services committee, worked to extend healthcare to national guard members and fought for expanded services for veterans and their families. but one vote in...
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right now david gergen joins me, former adviser to four presidents including reagan and clinton.ari sellers with me, donna brazile, a superdelegate, and mark burns along with corey lewandowski. let me start with you on a very personal basis. when you heard this news this morning, your heart sank like everyone in this country. but you got on the phone with your family in baton rouge, your family in new orleans. >> i have family in both places, i have family all over the state of louisiana. our hearts are grieving. we just buried a young man days ago. the city came together today. people going to churches. it's the lord's day after all. grieving, trying to heal, trying to bring about reconciliation. and then this awful tragedy. tonight families in baton rouge are mourning. we have an officer who is still recovering from his wounds. he just got out of surgery. and speaking with the governor's office, our hearts are really broken. i mean, this has to stop. i went to school in baton rouge. i know baton rouge. it's not just a government town and a college town, home of the jaguars and
right now david gergen joins me, former adviser to four presidents including reagan and clinton.ari sellers with me, donna brazile, a superdelegate, and mark burns along with corey lewandowski. let me start with you on a very personal basis. when you heard this news this morning, your heart sank like everyone in this country. but you got on the phone with your family in baton rouge, your family in new orleans. >> i have family in both places, i have family all over the state of louisiana....
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and now the democratic mayor for philadelphia michael nutter and along with bakari sellers and david gergenald trump supporter. this is a crucial announcement for hillary clinton as it was for donald trump a week ago. he delayed his announcement because of the terror attack in nice, and now we have this horrific terror attack in munich happening tonight. how important is it for her to get this right? she does need to do this tonight, really. i think she does. she could wait until tomorrow so by then it will leak out and she needs to do it tonight and do it early. i suspect if she doesn't it tonight it will be the next half our or so and the role of this has changed so much in the social media and you used to do it with someone standing alongside you and these announcements on twitter is for me, lacks the drama of what we've had before. what's been interesting today that i think is striking is one more reason for going for a safe choice like tim kaine, and that's what he is, he's the safe choice, and the democratic strategists are saying after hearing the trump speech last night they think i
and now the democratic mayor for philadelphia michael nutter and along with bakari sellers and david gergenald trump supporter. this is a crucial announcement for hillary clinton as it was for donald trump a week ago. he delayed his announcement because of the terror attack in nice, and now we have this horrific terror attack in munich happening tonight. how important is it for her to get this right? she does need to do this tonight, really. i think she does. she could wait until tomorrow so by...
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back now with our panel, joining the conversation, cnn senior political analyst david gergen, regionalyou, you get to this issue of trust, and you get to this issue of truth, and we talk about the e-mails and what director comb my announced yesterday. hillary clinton said she never sent or received classified e-mails, the fbi director said that's not the case. she never sent or received e-mails that were not marked classified. hillary clinton said she turned over all of her e-mails. that's not the case. this gets to the issue of trust. this gets to the issue of leveling with the american people. do you see how that is a problem for her and why she would need to address it more? >> on the e-mails in question, i think the campaign's been clear, they had not seen and i don't know if they have yet, the e-mails the director's referencing. we can't speak to what their response is on that, what the facts are on that from their perspective. not that they should have before the director's report, but that is the facts, we don't know what e-mails he's referring to yet. i think secretary clinton
back now with our panel, joining the conversation, cnn senior political analyst david gergen, regionalyou, you get to this issue of trust, and you get to this issue of truth, and we talk about the e-mails and what director comb my announced yesterday. hillary clinton said she never sent or received classified e-mails, the fbi director said that's not the case. she never sent or received e-mails that were not marked classified. hillary clinton said she turned over all of her e-mails. that's not...
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our senior plital analyst david gergen is with us.cal analyst gloria borger. so very different responses from the president and donald trump. >> polar opposites. you know, donald trump's response was exactly what president obama said the country does not need, period. you know, in the president's speech, he said we don't need an inflammatory rhetoric or careless accusations to advance a political agenda. he was clearly referring to donald trump in that. what you see is not only a polarized country here, but we have polarized politics that reflects that country and, you know, i think that what you heard with president obama was a president who almost seemed to sound like there was some futility to his remarks, that he's done in 15 times and that each iteration to me seems to get harder and harder for him. with donald trump, it was effectively, it's his fault. i'm for law and order and the president doesn't have a clue. >> molly, how do you see it? >> i think that's right. and i think that donald trump's campaign from the very beginning
our senior plital analyst david gergen is with us.cal analyst gloria borger. so very different responses from the president and donald trump. >> polar opposites. you know, donald trump's response was exactly what president obama said the country does not need, period. you know, in the president's speech, he said we don't need an inflammatory rhetoric or careless accusations to advance a political agenda. he was clearly referring to donald trump in that. what you see is not only a...
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here now to talk about this is david gergen, former presidential adviser to nixon, reagan, ford and clinton, and larry sabado, director of the university center virginia for politics. david, i want to try something new here. i want to remove politics. let's do that, shall we? >> go dark? >> go dark because this is really important. according to the fbi, secretary clinton was careless with some of the nation's most sensitive documents. top secret information. how concerned should voters be about this? >> when the fbi says she's been extremely careless, there's a natural reason voters should be concerned. the fbi went on to say had this happened to someone who was
here now to talk about this is david gergen, former presidential adviser to nixon, reagan, ford and clinton, and larry sabado, director of the university center virginia for politics. david, i want to try something new here. i want to remove politics. let's do that, shall we? >> go dark? >> go dark because this is really important. according to the fbi, secretary clinton was careless with some of the nation's most sensitive documents. top secret information. how concerned should...