do you have any bad dealings with joe becker or mike mcintyre? >> i do not. >> okay.t that's what we're talking about this morning. >> do you think bill clinton should take $500,000 for a speech in moscow while all these other dealings are going on and hillary clinton is -- >> i don't know the circumstances of that. >> yes or no, is that a legitimate question? >> i have to idea. you have to know the circumstances. >> that's all i need to hear. >> johnnathan capehart your newspaper has not been maligned yesterday, but it will be if they dare to -- i have to say we're seeing this in real time how the clintons they wonder why they get bad press and it's because they bring it on themselves. if you ever question them on very legitimate -- which the time the first to admit, it will take me a while to sit down and read this article and sift through it and draw the lines. because it's very complicated. which means maybe it won't stick with voters. but they will go out and made line oig reporter, made line newspapers. that's what they do. >> one i will -- i know one of the two

. >> the story caught the attention of pulitzer prize winning new york times reporter joe becker. >> what the president got was this huge propaganda could you. bill clinton endorse ds the progress that kazakhstan had made in terms of their own democracy which was interesting given that president nazarbiof was elected with 96% of the vote. >> bill clinton has a public press conference with president nazarbiof where he praises his rule and praises his human rights record but the bottom line is after they leave a couple of days later frank justra gets his uranium concessions which end up being enormously lucrative to him and to a small group of canadian mining investors. >> his company was like a bit player and really had gone from worthless shell company overnight got this huge uranium mining deal and then soon after that bill clinton got a huge donation $31 million from frank justra to his charitable foundation followed by a pledge to donate $100 million more. >> our calls to the kazakhstan embassy were never returned. we talked to frank justra who told us he considers this an old sto

. >> the story caught the attention of pulitzer prize winning new york times reporter joe becker. >> what the president got was this huge propaganda could you. bill clinton endorse ds the progress that kazakhstan had made in terms of their own democracy which was interesting given that president nazarbiof was elected with 96% of the vote. >> bill clinton has a public press conference with president nazarbiof where he praises his rule and praises his human rights record but the bottom line is after they leave a couple of days later frank justra gets his uranium concessions which end up being enormously lucrative to him and to a small group of canadian mining investors. >> his company was like a bit player and really had gone from worthless shell company overnight got this huge uranium mining deal and then soon after that bill clinton got a huge donation $31 million from frank justra to his charitable foundation followed by a pledge to donate $100 million more. >> our calls to the kazakhstan embassy were never returned. we talked to frank justra who told us he considers this an old sto

. >> the story caught the attention of pulitzer prize winning new york times reporter joe becker. >> what the president got was this huge propaganda. bill clinton basically endorsed this progress that kazakhstan had made in terms of their own democracy, which is interesting because the president won 90% of the vote with an election that is highly looking to be rigged. he praises this rule and praises this human rights practice but the bottom line is after they leave a couple of days later frank justra issues a small number of uranium investments. >> his company was like a player and really had gone from the worthless shell company overnight. he got the huge mining deal and soon after that bill clinton got a huge donation $31,000, to his foundation followed by a pledge to donate $100 million. >> our calls to the kazakhstan embassy were not returned. we talked to frank justra who considers this an old story and says he's not interested in poll politics. meanwhile, they say no undue service was exerted in kazakhstan because the deal did not require the kazakhstan's government approval.

the report by joe becker and mike mcintyre carried the headlines, car flowed to clinton foundation as russians pressed for control of uranium company. it describes the russian takeover of a company with vast holdings around the world. the times report says at the heart of the tale are several men, leaders of the canadian mining industry who have been major donors to the charitable endeaf hes of former president bill clinton and his family. members of that group built, financed and eventually sold off to the russians a company that would be known as uranium one. uranium one's chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totalling $2.35 million. those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the clintons despite an agreement mrs. clinton had struck with the obama white house to publicly identified all donors. other people with ties to the company made donations, as well. shortly after the russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in uranium one, mrs. clinton received $500,000 from a moscow speech from a russian investment bank with links to the kre

so peter schweitzer the author, the conservative awght owas sort of following joe becker. >> woodruff: and, carolyn ryan, i want to ask both of you this question, is there a sense at this point of the political implications for hillary clinton's campaign? >> well, i think the timing is not great because i think though many people thought that she had a good campaign roll-out, she's really trying to present herself in a way that blunt the elizabeth warrens of her party as a sincering messenger for the message of economic mobility economic inequality. and i think these stories they're intricate and sometimes hard to understand, these stories have a way of underscoring the international orbit that the clintons operate in which is sort of a world awash in money and connections and a very privileged place. >> woodruff: and jonathan allen, to you, a sense of the political implications? >> no, i mean i-- i-- i-- agree with what was said. un i think in the case of the problems on these forms, earlier reporting we did that found this transparency agreement mrs. clinton signed with the obama ad

pc story caught the attention of new york times reporter joe becker. >> it was a huge propaganda coupd progress at kazakhstan had made in terms of their own democracy which was interesting given that he was elected with 90% of the vote in any election that was widely criticized as being rigged. >> bill clinton has a public press conference where he praises his rule and praises his human rights record but the bottom line is after is they leave a couple days later, frank gets his uranium concessions which end up being enormously lucrative to him and to a small group of canadian mining investors. >> his company was like a bit player and really had gone from shell company overnight, cute uranium mining deal and soon after is that bill clinton got a huge donation $31 million, followed by a pledge to donate $100 million more. >> our cost to the kazakhstan embassy whenever returned. we talked to frank justa who considers this an old story and said he is not interested in politics. meanwhile his defenders insist that no undue influence was exerted in kazakhstan because the deal did not requir