attorney general lynch, thank you for making time to do this.i appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> is this, in fact, your first interview in a bar? >> it is my first interview in a bar. >> well, i particularly appreciate it then. this, of course, is stonewall, newly designated national monument. >> yes. >> and the -- what is commemorated here is basically an uprising -- >> yes. >> -- by gay men and lesbians and a lot of trans people in the lead, in 1969 they physically fought the police, they rioted because they were fed up with having their lives criminalized and i was thinking about that today. i mean, you're the top law enforcement official in this country and i wonder how that squares for you in terms of this -- i mean, this is a site of police violence, a site we commemorate because of the riot that happened here. how does this square for you? >> a night when ordinary people decided they were able to live their life fully and openly as americans and they publicly stated that and faced a great deal of re distance as every group who

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jeff: this is the second largest mosque in the united states, and attorney general loretta lynch was stressing themes of unity during her speech this afternoon. this is the situation that had many different leaders from theerent legions around country -- members of the jewish, buddhist, christian, and ikh communities. attorney general lynch along with the other speakers addressed the recent spike in takenrimes that have place across the country, especially since the presidential election. many of those hate crimes happening against muslim americans. the message today from all of the speakers of all the religions that love, peace, respect, and understanding during a time of great division in america. loretta lynch: we may read from different books of scripture and call our guide by a different name. but we all of this country and we all of the ideals for which it stands. we are all committed to upholding them. we all want our children to lead lives of safety and opportunity, and we proudly claim the title of american. during her speech today, loretta lynch quoting some statistics from

attorney general loretta lynch was in virginia today to visit attorney general lynch visited the all dulles area muslim society center in sterling. fbi's statistics released last month show reported hate crimes against muslims rose by 67% in 2015 to their highest number since the aftermath of the september 11th terrorist attacks. >> when one of us is threatened, we all have to speak out regardless of the discomfort it may cause upon us. when one of us is in harm's way, we're all in harm's way. ♪ america, america, ♪ >> at the end of the event, students treated everyone to a rousing rendition of "america the beautiful." >>> charleston church shooter dylann roof is back in a south carolina courtroom this afternoon in the death penalty trial against him. these are sketches from the courtroom. that's because in a federal case cameras aren't allowed inside. friday jurors watched the chilly video confession when he said, he had to do it ." and he said he was "racially aware" meaning he sees everything through a racial lens. >>> a fire in montgomery county is still burning four days later. i

attorney general loretta lynch yesterday. the attorney general refusing to say whether fbi director james comey's decision to release that letter upending the 2016 presidential race in the process was in direct defiance of the justice department and of loretta lynch herself, though it has been reported as such. as of now, the attorney general has chosen not to say publicly what happened here or how sharply she rebuked the fbi director when it happened. but director combey does remain in his job. and now there is the matter of not just how much director combey's letter may have interfered with the election. but vladimir putin, there is also still a lot to be determined in just how much damage this year has caused to our electoral process moving forward. in the meantime, stay tuned. that does it for tonight. rach legal be back tomorrow. and i will see you this weekend on my show, "a.m. joy."

lorettaney general lynch talks about her tenure as head of the justice department. as well as police and community relations, and the rise in hate crimes in the u.s.. this is about 40 minutes. >> good morning and thank you for joining us today. my name is anna palmer. i am here with jake sherman. i want to thank you for joining us for one of our last playbook events of the year and thank you to those tuning in on livestream and on c-span from what we expect to be a very fun and exciting conversation. this morning we are thrilled to host attorney general loretta us on stagel join to talk about the time in the obama administration, and what she is most focused on. started, i would like to extend our special thanks to our partners at the bank of america for their tremendous support. i will come onto the stage, tony allen. this you, tony, for doint event. jake, thanks, anna and and happy holidays, everybody. excited about our partnership with politico and the opportunity to support meaningful by log about our country's path forward and the responsibility we all have. em

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this mornings program we are thrilled to host attorney general loretta lynch you will join us on stage in a few minutes to talk about her time in the obama administration and what she's most focus on in the waning days of her tenure. before we get started with the program i would like to send our special extra partners at bank of america for their tremendous support of the playbook series and i'm going to welcome onto the stage tony allen. thank you so much for doing this event again. [applause] >> thanks, anna for thanks jake and happy holidays to everybody. thanks to political for continuing this wonderful tradition of bringing us all together. we are very excited about our partnership with political and the opportunity to support meaningful dialogue about our countries passport and responsibility we all have to ensure its future. today bank of america employs 200,000 people, 40% of whom are people of color and house one out of every two households and hundreds of thousands of small and local businesses. we have a presence in 90% of the nations top markets and maintain more than $900

screen, a roundtable discussion with the attorney general, loretta lynch. she's at a muslim center to discuss hate crimes and the uptick in violence since the election was held. for now, he's scoffing at reports that russia helped put him in the white house but four senators are concerned. they are demanding an investigation. and they say the findings of russian interference should, quote, alarm every american. we're following it all. manu raju is live on capitol hill. let's start with you, manu. >> reporter: good morning. this news conference is designed for mitch mcconnell to talk about the accomplishments in the 114th congress but expect a lot of questions about russia, especially given the facts that senator mcconnell sits on these top briefings that not other members get because he's the senate majority leader. whether or not he supports calls for a bipartisan investigation, look, he's stepping in right now. >> well, i think this has been one heck of a year. i hate to see it end. it was topped off saturday night. you see i have my global sweater on. to

i imagine you, attorney general lynch, have faced similar challenges in your decorated legal career. you are the first female african-american u.s. attorney general. you fought public corruption in new york city. you fought for our civil rights. you even worked pro bono for the international criminal tribunal for rwanda to prosecute those responsible for egregious human rights violations. you are a champion, a superhero, if you will, maybe without the cape. i'm hopeful that you will continue to work for justice for a very long time to come, and even after leaving your post, because we need you and people just like you, to do the kind of work that you do. ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the u.s. attorney general, miss loretta lynch. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you all. thank you all. thank you so much for that warm welcome. thank you for coming here today. let me also say [ speaking in foreign language ] to everyone here today. yasmin, thank you so much for that warm introduction. you mentioned that you did not have an analogy for our little excitement on stage, but i

we're truly honored by the leadership and the general loretta lynch and the civil rights leader and all of the department of justice staff and a round of applause for all of their leadership. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> i will now invite the beats choir to join us for a remember dags of salam and peace. we have an amazing choir. they have sang around the dc area and we welcome them up here to sing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you again. thank you gain to the adam beats choir and then to the brothers and sisters and now going to introduce and then it's the theaters and then i would like to ask some of the faith leader to stand and we have pastor stephen and then pastor david milam and then sister and -- and then triple it and then it's the o officials and then jennifer and then the house of delicates and the county supervisors and then who iwho is representing. to uphold the united states of america and the brothers and sisters and on the stage we have here and joining us today and that's my right and to the left we have the community and sister the board member and then the

please join us in welcoming attorney general loretta lynch. [applause] anna: all right. thank you so much for joining us. atty. gen. lynch: thank you. anna: we are thrilled to have this conversation, and in true playbook tradition, we have a little bit of news of the top, which we always like. you were sworn in as attorney general on april 27, 2015. you traveled shortly thereafter to baltimore in the aftermath of freddie gray's death. since then, you have led the civil rights division, released a report, the city of baltimore and the baltimore police department has been working on reforming the process. an update on where things stand? atty. gen. lynch: yes, as you noted, i think that when you look at the work we have been able to do on policing issues baltimore represents the arc of , that work, the issues and the challenges. it was the first issue that confronted me the day i was sworn in, freddie gray's funeral, the violence that broke out. i briefed the president on that that afternoon and my first trip as ag was to baltimore to meet with young people and rank-and-fi

. >> ana, i want to play sound from attorney general loretta lynch.as on jake tapper with state of the union this morning and attributed a recent rise in height crimes to the rhetoric during the election. take a listen. >> i know that the uptick in hate crimes around the election has been an issue of focus for you. why do you think there was an uptick around the election? >> we've been seeing this uptick really in the last several years. the report that the fbi just issued focused on 2015 and saw a rise in hate crimes overall, and rather alarmingly large hate crimes against muslim americans and we've gotten more reports of incidents over the last several years and those reports are under investigation also. we're watching it very, very carefully. it's a combination of things, the rhetoric certainly around the election makes people awakens certain views in people and they may or may not feel empowered to act on it. my advice to the new add understamrgs to look at the new information as we are and they are taking safety seriously. for me it's important

attorney general loretta lynch's book about the issue on monday at a mosque in sterling, virginia, where she urged all americans regardless of religion hate.nd up to act of this is 45 minutes. attorney general loretta lynch: they do offer that warm welcome. thank you for coming here today. thank you so much for that warm introduction. you mentioned it you did not have the analogy for our little excitement on stage but i think you do. because when you fell, everyone came to help. and that is the story we have to process. [applause] attorney general loretta lynch: when one falls, we have to step up without regard to our own safety. without knowing what laid behind that curtain, everyone went to help. when one of them is threatened, we'll have to speak out regardless of the discomfort in may cause upon us. when one of us is in harms way, we are all in harms way. and that is the story of today's event and yes, want to thank you for illustrating that for us. [laughter] [applause] attorney general loretta lynch: i consider down now but being from the long line of baptist ministers, you know th

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we have got attorney general loretta lynch joining us this hour tonight for the interview.ery excited about that. did you hear? lor reetta lynch. attorney general of the united states right here. in a few minutes. >>> all right. you ready? the nation of chad is landlocked. it's right smack dab inafrica. if you are in chad and you want to go to the ocean, it is a very, very long way. and honestly, that's the least of chad's problems. chad is with one of the poorest countries on earth. it's considered to be one of the most corrupt countries on earth in terms of its government. it's been run by the same dictator for more than 25 years. and the rest of the world,

. >>> attorney general loretta lynch opening up about the meeting with bill clinton over the summer. lynch told jake tapper she didn't know their talk would turn out to be so problematic. she insists she did not discuss anything inappropriate with clinton. especially the probe into the e-mail server. >> i do regret sitting down and having a conversation with him. it gave people concern. my greatest concern is making sure people understand the department of justice looks at everybody equally and independently. when you give somebody a reason to think something differently, it was painful for me. it was important to clarify it as quickly as possible. >> now that meeting came before the fbi which lynch supervises was set to deliver its findings in the e-mail probe. >>> a deadly terror attack on a popular tourist spot in the middle east. we have details on that next. >>> welcome back. 22 minutes past the hour. security forces in jordan killed four gunmen linked to terror attack. gunmen targeted ancient castle popular with tourists. ten people died in attack. 34 people wounded. let's get

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [indistinct conversation] >> attorney general loretta lynch sits down with political tomorrow to talk about the tenure as head of the justice department in the obama administration. that is live at 8:00 a.m. eastern. paul ryan among the speakers at a forum examining the challenges of economic mobility for low and middle class income americans. that is hosted by the american enterprise institute, live 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. every weekend, but tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. here is some of the programs coming up this weekend. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on afterwards, georgetown callssity jason brennan for a change in how government is run in his book "against democracy." he is interviewed by the vice president of the cato institute. >> fairness doesn't get you to democracy. that system.reject they think it will not work very well and will lead to bad outcome. they are probably right. once you say that, i care about conscious fairness but bad outcomes, then you have to ask, how are you going to weigh fairness

and if they do, as attorney general lynch said, continue to give a good, hard look at hate crimes andem and investigate them, then i think that's really what people should pay attention to. and so i have no reason to believe the department of justice won't continue to do its job once donald trump is inaugurated. assuming they do, i think, you know, that'll go a long way. >> ellis, do you have any maybe doubts that jeff sessions may continue the work that loretta lynch started, when it comes to specifically prosecuting hate crimes? >> i'm trying so hard to be hopeful today, boris. it is the holiday season. you know, if you look back at the history of jeff sessions over the years, i'm not sure that it ought to bring you a lot of encouragement on that. some of the republican party rhetoric over the issue of voting rights might give you pause. i'm assuming that lynch's statistics aren't just hate crimes in the vicinity of trump rallies but more general. let me leave it at that. i'm remaking hopeful. leave it there. >> ellis and brian, again, very much appreciate a lively conversation. tak

attorney general loretta lynch addressed people from all walks of life in sterling. and abc7 bureau chief jeff goldberg is at the "live desk" with a powerful message from a young woman who listened to the speech. jeff? jeff: today in sterling what we heard was a strong call to action from religious leaders of all faiths calling on others to stand up and speak out against hate crimes. hundre u.s. attorney general loretta lynch the featured speaker today at the event which focused on unity and peace. this was at the adam center in sterling. they claim to be the second biggest mosque in the united states. quoting f.b.i. statistics lynch staying in 2015 hate crimes nationwide were up 6% from 2014. but hate crimes against muslim americans increased 67%, the sharpest increase after 9/11. joining lynch on stage, leaders that were talking about the need for understanding and tolerance. >> when one of us is threatened we all have to speak out. regardless of the discomfort on us. >> we stand together as americans as diversity and background to combat hate crimes. jeff: you hea

please welcome attorney general loretta lynch. [applause] >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> we are thrilled to start this conversation and in true playbook fashion we have a little bit of news at the top which we always like. you were sworn as an attorney general on april 27, 2015. you traveled to baltimore in the aftermath of freddie grey's death. since then the city of baltimore, the baltimore police department has been working on reform that you have an update about where things stand. >> yes. >> as you noted, i think when you look at the work we have been able to do on policing issues, but my really represents the heart of that work for the issues and the challenges but it was the first issue that confronted me the day i was born in. it was the night the violence broke out that i briefed the president on that issue that afternoon and my first trip was to baltimore to meet with residents and elected officials and young people and also rank-and-file police officers. we had been working with baltimore prior to

today in an exclusive interview on "state of the union" attorney general janet lynch weighs in on podesta's claims. >> john podesta is trashing the fbi and saying the investigation into the hacks of the dnc was substandard. that's clearly what he's saying. do you agree with that characterization? >> i don't. i don't. first of all, the investigation isn't even over so i think it's impossible to characterize it in any one way or the other. you know, again, i don't know where mr. podesta is obtaining information. >> he said "the new york times." big long "new york times" story. >> i know also because of his involvement with the campaign he's going to have a certain interest in this and a certain view of that. and so i -- again, i allow him his opinion. everyone has a great deal of respect for him so i allow him that opinion but i disagree with that if that is, in fact, the characterization he is trying to make. >> jake tapper hosts "the state of the union" joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's your take on the degree of frustration that loretta lynch is feeling over podesta's

. >>> attorney general loretta lynch will be in delaware. facing community leaders and talking about juvenile justice. after that lynch will be visiting the wilmington police department. >>> two people are dead after a car they were in slammed into a school bus on roosevelt boulevard last night. we have learned that minutes before the wreck the bus dropped off two dozen teenagers. "nbc 10's" monique braxton is live in philadelphia. monique, what can you tell us? monique, can you hear us? we'll get back to monique once we re-establish communication with her. >> we're still having technical difficulties. i hear nothing. i hear nothing. >>> all right. we're starting out by taking a look at your conditions currently where they sit and we're also looking at those live cameras. they're still dark live cameras because the sun has not yet come up so what we're looking at is a cold start out there. 28 degrees in philadelphia right now. 25 in parts of pennsylvania suburbs, new jersey as well. look at the lehigh valley, down to 23 degrees now and 28 in

attorney general loretta lynch is calling on protesters and police to avoid violence, but has not said anything specific about the evacuation order. authorities have said they won't enforce it even as brutal cold weather is set to hit the region. thousands of native american activists have been protesting because they don't want a massive oil pipeline to be built near tribal land. >>> charged in the murder of walter scott, you remember this video that shows the shooting, the jury struggling. one of the jurors says he simply could not convict a former police officer of murder and told the judge he could not convict in good consciousness. >>> we are learning more about orleans. joe mcknight junior was killed after an apparent road rage incident. the man who shot mcknight was freed friday afternoon. he has not been charged for the shooting and this has sparked outrage. authorities asked the community not to rush to judgment and warning those who may be planning to protest. so far officials say there is no evidence this was a hate crime. >>> the sun is out cold breeze this morning. tom is

you also have attorney general loretta lynch who redacted information from the 911 calls for the orlando shooter, so they're either naive or downplaying the threats. i'm not convinced president obama does understand the threats we're facing. >> this pc nature is deadly. remember the san bernardino shooting? remember the neighbors of the san bernardino shooters, and they said, you know, there's strange stuff going on. but i was concerned because there was a muslim couple who i would consider islamophobic if i called the cops on them. people are dead in the aftermath of that. >> absolutely, political correctness can kill. it did in that circumstance. we weren't able to capture those people before they went to the christmas party they were invited to. don't forget also that the press was the first one to say, now, the family didn't know anything about it and it was a candidate donald trump who said, b.s. these people, there's no way the parents or the family didn't know about this. i'll tell you one other politically correct policy of barack obama's that's killing people in the war on terro

. >>> attorney general loretta lynch was at an open forum yesterday talking about how to decrease violent crime in city like wilmington and by breaking the psyching of cri icycle of c in prison. >> people with leave prison with a license or certificate for a particular job or skill for a job that they do significantly better than those individuals who don't have those options. >> they also visited the wilmington police department and the children's advocacy center at the dupont hospital. >>> this morning, patients at a burkes county dental office are warned to get tested for hepatitis and hiv. >> investigators learned that mice and cockroaches were found in the same area that dental instruments were being clean. family and specialty dentistry is closed. the state investigation found expired medications. we spoke to the former office manager. she said she was let go for speaking up. >> it was two years expired. wasn't like a week. >> the state suspended the owner's dental license. >>> a montgomery county pediatrician is dead weeks after he was jailed on child por noll fi charges. dr. kenne

. >> have you got an answer for soledad: when attorney general loretta lynch spoke at a virginia mosquehis month, she said, "hate crimes represent a stain on america's soul." she also acknowledged the increase in hate crimes against muslims - up 67% in 2105, according to the fbi, and the link to anti muslim campaign rhetoric. dean obeidalluh, a comedian and the first muslim american host a national radio show, says he feels the hate daily, fielding calls and emails that attack his background and religion. he let us sit on one of his ecent shows. > there's something wrong. >> my name is dean obeidallah, and i want to be your friend. that's how i start my radio show every day. >> he's a muslim, he's a writer, he's a comedian. >> and hello friends. i'm here to be your muslin friend. i get tweets and emails. i've never met a muslim before. you're my muslim friend, the first person i know as a muslim. that's so much the issue. >> today is a very special hate you. p.s. i i'll read the first email from a man who identifies himself as shane. why not pack up and go back to palestine? you're not

election is james comey might not have felt empowered to do everything he did had the attorney general loretta lynch not reached used had attorneyhis -- general loretta lynch not recused herself from decision-making because bill clinton had a meeting with her on the tarmac. do you agree with that trust that bill clinton somehow empowered james comey? kellyanne: yes. that is true. the meeting between the attorney general and president clinton bothered the voters because it played into the culture or of corruption and the different set of rules for them and the rest of us. to walk across and within your talking up the grandchildren for 45 or 50 minutes. but to let jim comey be the scapegoat, in fairness, hillary clinton had a very bad time convincing americans she was honest and trustworthy. that was in everybody's polling and it was long before the investigation. jake: you refer to this as a post factual election where facts do not matter and you are taking issue with something donald trump said. the fake news and disinformation out there, there was a crazy story toward the end of the campaign where

attorney general lynch said that the investigation isn't even over. and then you said that the electoral college needed to be briefed on the intelligence. president obama said it's up to them. do you feel as if the obama administration sort of is abandoning your efforts? >> i think the obama administration is doing what it thinks is the right thing to do. that's their judgment and their call. >> are they making the right call? >> when i said that 70 members bipartisan members of the electoral college have asked to be briefed, in "the new york times" it was said it's not that putin and trump were colluding, to the affect the election, but the russians were trying to elect a lap dog. but it is very much unknown if there was collusion. i think russian diplomats have said post election that they were talking to the trump campaign. roger stone in august foreshadowed the fact that they had hacked my e-mails and those would be forthcoming when he said he was in touch with julian assange and wikileaks. carter page, one of trump's foreign policy advisers went

. >> attorney general loretta lynch say hate crimes tear at fabric of communities and are a stain on our nation's very soul and she made that comment at a mosque in virginia in wake of reports that hate crimes targeting muslims continue increase throughout the country. >> when one of us falls we all have to step up without regard for our own safety, without knowing what lay behind that curtain, everyone fwoz to help. when one of us is threatened we all have to speak out regardless of the discomfort it may cause upon us. >> lynch is expected to travel to new york tomorrow for discussion with lg fwxt yunl at harvey mill high school and she'll visit stone fwhal and stonewall national monument. >>> well, virginia republican law maker is raising eyebrows with controversial offer to his supporters. cory stewart chairman of the prince william board of supervisors plans to give away ar 15 semi-automatic rifle for christmas. the reason is to show his dedicate to the second >> this is semi-automatic rifle one of the more popular in the united states. i want to bring attention to the need for c

the lawsuit was announced on the same day attorney general loretta lynch paid a visit to a mosque in sterling. she spoke about a spike in hate crimes targeting muslims. >>> president-elect donald trump will announce the biggest appointment in his cap net tomorrow morning. sources familiar with the process tell nbc news his pick exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson. a top transition source tells nbc news it will make that decision as early as 6:00 tomorrow morning. one announcement trump was supposed to make this week now will not be happening as planned. chris lawrence has more from the live desk. >> before he takes the oath of office next month, the president-elect is going to be under oath, answering attorneys questions in a lawsuit tied to dc's trump international hotel. ironically, that will happen within weeks of donald trump explaining how he's going to separate himself from his business. today mr. trump postponed what was supposed to be a major news conference on thursday so that his team will have more time to work out the conflicts of interest. trump claims he sold off his stock p

new castle county today attorney general loretta lynch will hold a discussion about juvenile justice in delaware and across the country. she wants to hear concerns about public safety. state and political leaders will participate. after that she'll visit with wilmington police department. >>> 5:03. happening today new jersey lawmakers are voting on a bill some calling the revenge bill. it requires governments, businesses and people to publish legal noticeness newspapers. instead government agencies and municipalities would post the notices on their websites. now if approved, the bill would hit the newspapers that hounded governor christie over the bridgegate scandal. it hurt the bottom line. it's about saving taxpayers money and has nothing to do with the press. >>> there is also a vote today for a change in law that would allow the gov for to profit from a book deal. that's only part of it. if the law is changed it would give legislative staff, judges and other officials a pay raise. those for the change say it's been too long since some aides have gotten a raise and that there's no

advisory committee, and that's been a privilege under both attorney general holder and attorney general lynch, encounter note a good bit about the departments viewpoint on things like individual accountability. nice to be here, thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is leo reichert. general counsel of wellstar welr health system system, integrated delivery system in metropolitan atlanta. we have about 11 hospitals. we have a large medical group, about 1000 providers in the medical group, about 200 and those were locations around the city and run 20,000 team members total. we had the privilege of acquiring the facilities that were subject discussion yesterday which is how we went from five hospitals to 11 hospitals last year and i'm william pericak. i've been with my firm for two years. i do that i had a 25 year career at doj, including a stint in the fraud sections healthcare fraud unit supervising cases in brooklyn, in houston and in baton rouge and really getting a flavor for and including healthcare fraud matters, which was a more recent trend of the healthcare fraud unit, and getting a fla

also on the show tomorrow, attorney general loretta lynch. don't miss those interviews at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow only here on cnn. >>> the pentagon says china has agreed to return a u.s. drone that it seized in international waters. but not before beijing accused the u.s. of, quote,s hi hyping the incident. this started on thursday when china grabbed the drone from international aware that in the south china sea. the president-elect weighed in, tweeting, quote, china steals united states navy research drone, and takes it to china in an unprecedented act. cnn's matt rivers is following the story for us from beijing. matt, what can you tell us about the response so far from the chinese? >> reporter: the chinese have come out and said yes, that they did in fact take this drone. but when they took it out of the water, they didn't know it belonged to the u.s. navy. and they didn't realize what they had until it was on board. and that's when they made the decision to go through what they would call the proper military channels to return it. this all happened on thursday, about 50 miles off th

lorettaney general lynch talks about her tenure as head of the justice department.

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attorney general loretta lynch -- >> when one of us is threatened, all of us are threatened. jeff: joining faith leaders from all religion standing understood and speaking out against hate crimes, hundreds of which are reported nationwide since election day. >> they target the fabric of our communities. they stain our dearest ideals. they stain our nation's very soul. jeff: according to the f.b.i., hate crimes in 23015 were up 6% for 2015 were up 6% but hate crimes against muslim americans increased 67%. highest increase since 9/11. >> as a southern baptist i want you muslims to know i love you, i scare about you. i support your right of religious freedom. >> i have fears walking down the street. >> she feels uncertain about the future but she has no intention of remaining silent. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: a soccer player that survived the plane crash in colombia wakes up. what he is saying and how much money the team was nearly fined for missing the championship game. alison: calls for change after the i-team learns how often weapons are brought into schools in one ar

. >> attorney general loretta lynch breaks her silence on what meeting with president bill clinton on an arizona tarmac meant. >> what happens when you ask college student to sign a at the time petition banning christmas. >> we are sending a letter to the administration to be like hey this can be depressing for people. would you like to sign? >> yes. >> why to a few places... ...and those places keep changing every few months. the quicksilver card from capital one doesn't do any of that. with quicksilver you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. leave complicated behind. what's in your wallet? fight heartburn fast. with tums chewy delights. the mouthwatering soft chew that goes to work in seconds to conquer heartburn fast. tum tum tum tum. chewy delights. only from tums. >> welcome back. i regret it. that's what loretta lynch said about the tarmac meeting. they met for 45 minutes while the fbi was still investigating hillary clinton's e-mails. days later director james comey recommended no charges. lynch says it was painful to see how everything played out. >> i

department should take action against jim comey, at the end of the day, he works for attorney general loretta lynch, should she try to have him removed. >> there's not enough time to do that, that would be a gesture in futility. >> and do you believe that jim comey's actions should be investigated by the united states senate? >> i think he should be investigated by the senate, i think he should be investigated by other agencies of the government, including the security agencies because if there were ever a matter of security, it's this. it's clear, it's so clear. you look at the accounts we have, just in the press the last few days, it's stunning the conclusions reached by the press. thank goodness we have got them still around. this is not fake news, okay? intelligence agencies have connection to the russian government there,'s no doubt about that. >> members of your staff said yesterday that you were interviewed by the "new york times," that you discussed these very issues with the times, and that your interview was not included in their article, that they put forward that the russian interventio

for lawyers demanding attorney general loretta lynch looking to what she calls grave concerns of human in tampering she claims were uncovered. it is unclear how it changes her less than one percent vote she got nationally. >> remember donald trump getting votes in wisconsin. president obama is blaming us at fox news for the backlash against him. i am blaming pete personally. >> in an interview with david axelrod most people will have a positive view of the nation over the course of his presidency blaming this news network for the negative approval numbers against republicans. listen. >> i would argue in partisancally somebody like mitch mcconnell or roger ailes at fox news. i think specifically mobilized a backlash to this vision. >> it is not the policies, it is us. obama going on to say that games republicans made in congress were because of the political maneuvering of those men and this network. >> and the time is 5:25 here on the east coast. firing back president elect donald trump taking new aim at the liberal media coming up next. >> oops the internet did it again. please tell m

adam: even some within obama administration are not going along with president, attorney general loretta lynch, and john kerry not walking in step with the rus russia connection claims. >> we did not see the typical interference that i know people had concerns about in terms of voting machines and like, a lot of education went on about that, a lot of training. a significant number of states, did reach out to dhs, and talk with them about those issues. adam: we have two for price of one, john kerry also refusing to walk in line with the claim. >> look. i am not going to start making comments at-this-point, i have not comments on this publicly because of the job i do. let me say today, i'm not going to comment on anonymous reports from intelligence officials that are not identified. adam: to political power panel . janine bore alley is hear. and eric scheffer, what do you think about people within the democratic party? own administration not coming out with states much support or definitive statements about, yep, this happened. >> true, but they are knoll not suggesting that you know it done --