obviously elizabeth wairp has done that effectively, josh ernest i should note the press secretary fore is at the podium right now. we're going to monitor what he says, it's striking because we were under the impression it was going to be deputy press secretary. the press secretary here on what's certainly a big day for this white house as well. but kristin, as we talk about elizabeth warren, i think, i think the folks that you speak to in the clinton campaign would obviously agree that what she has done so well is focus the attention on the other guy. now as i say that, i want to listen to josh ernest who's speaking live, let's listen. >> they received from house republicans today. this was a $7 million effort, funded by tax payers, to do what the would be speaker of the house says was their goal, which was to tear down secretary clinton's poll numbers. so that was their goal, remains to see if that's what they accomplish. >> specific blame that the military was slow to respond to the results and eight hours after it had -- no military assets were directed towards libya. >> this has b

. >> secretary josh ernest says the president is deeply saended by shoolting and is frustrated with the gun control methods. >> i think there were a lot of people seeing 20 first graders get massacred in the classroom that that might have sufficient pull on the nation's conscious and on the conscious of individual members ever the united states congress to get them to change some of the laws and it didn't. so i don't know whether this profound tragedy will have more of an impact on the mind and members of congress, hopefully it wil >> a number of democrats are discussing gun control legislation. pennsylvania senator bob casey is proposing hate crimes prevention act and it would ban anyone convicted after a misdemeanor or baitly race, religion, sexual orientation or disability. >>> a rare meeting is scheduled between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. they'll sit down to talk. >> she plans to ask hillary clinton to embrace progressive agenda he want to see where she'll stand on certain issues if she becomes president. sanders wants cooperations and billionaires to pay higher tax and wan

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politics now, josh ernest this afternoon refused to answer questions about the propriety of loretta lynch meeting with former president bill clinton. it creates an appearance of impropriety because she is overseeing that fbi investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. the conversation between the two took place on a private plane hours before benghazi released their final report on the attack. let's bring in cnn's jeff zelani. this could not come at a worse time for the secretary. she is trying to beat back impressions that she is not trustworthy and that the clintons don't think the rules apply to them. >> it was just hours after she said monday afternoon in chicago, a blended mission about her trust deficit, but former president bill clinton did something that is causing democrats to shake their heads and republicans to call for a new prosecutor. >> i saw the president at the phoenix airport the other night. >> that meeting between attorney general loretta lynch, and former president bill clinton is raising new questions tonight. >> he cdid come over to speak t myself an

josh ernest white house press spokesperson said we didn't want to do it because we didn't want to interfere with on going investigation. the american public will not interfere with the investigation if they know what happened. that is a law enforcement investigation. no rhine the american public shouldn't see or hear what was said. deirdre: also, colonel, just from a practical standpoint, just seems highly unlikely in this day and age, that this would not come out. we were speaking with somebody who participated in a documentary and he recorded his part in it. as it turns out he was misedited but he had his own recording. everybody has the same technology. >> it was going to come out one way or the other, deirdre. just unfortunate but very telling that the white house wanted to hold it back. by talking about isis and talking about al-baghdadi you make the impression to listeners, the american public, that isis is still out there creating problems and al-baghdadi is out there creating problems. this administration wants to pretend neither al-baghdadi or isis either exist. they want to preten

. >> press secretary josh ernest says the president is deeply add end by the shooting and frustratedss's inability to pass more measures on gun control. >> i think there are a lot of people that suspected seeing 20 first graders get msa their classroom tat that might have sufficient pull on the naetion's conscious and on the conscious of individual numbers of the united states conditioning gress to get them to change the laws and it didn't so. i don't know whether this profound tragedy will have more of an impact on the mind of members of congres congress. hopefully it will. >>> now a number of democrats are discussing gun control legislation. bob casey is pro positioning hate crimes prevention act banning gun purchases to anyone convicted of misdemeanor hate crime as anyone that commits a hate crime by race, religion, sexual orientation or disability. >> a make shift memorial sl growing in dew point circle to support those of or land owe. several speakers talked about their connection to the lgbt community and muslim commun >> in addition to there being a side of it where lgbt commu

here's what josh ernest had to say. >> it's going to be secretary clinton's responsibility to win over those people. i'm confident that she will have a very forceful case to make. i think this is an indication of president obama's enthusiasm to get engaged in the general election and his enthusiasm about hillary clinton. >> all right. take a look now at how the president's endorsement could potentially help clinton. a recent poll shows mr. obama with a 51% approval rating. if you only look at democrats, it's much higher. 88%. perhaps the most important number for clinton, among sanders' supporters, rating. president obama will make his first campaign appearance with clinton next wednesday in green bay, wisconsin. jim? >> chris, thank you. with the primary season nearly behind us, we'd like to know what you think. which party is now more unified? you can call or text the number on your screen or vote on our nbc washington facebook page where we will share those results a little bit later on on news4. >>> a teenager is just moments away from hearing his fate in the death of two of his fr

yesterday the white house press secretary josh ernest was asked and said the president is monitoring the debate but didn't put on a full court pitch from the administration. >> we have been very clear about the president's view that united states benefits from having u.k. as a member of a strong ei but this a british people who should decide for themselves. >> reporter: top administration officials have weighed in. the treasury secretary, jack lew, said it would be in the best interests of the u.k., of europe, and of the global economy, for u.k. voters to decide to remain in ei. >> everybody in the u.s. is worried it how this might affect they're investments. >> right. check your 401(k) today. chances are it's doing pretty good. the market has been on a tear. the dow has been up 150 points or so. market as a whole up about one percent. here's the reason why. investors love certainty, and the tracking polls, even though it's been tightening, there's a feeling that voters will decide to remain in the european union. there's a few bookies over there in the uk and the overwhelming money

josh ernest yesterday used the word criminal investigation when talking about the investigation. >> correct. >> does she know something we don't know? does he know something we don't? has no one told her she's under criminal investigation? >> denialing just a river in egypt. everyone knows it's criminal investigation. the fbi doesn't exactly go after misdemeanors. the problem with clinton is you have this report coming out from the state department who has said her rationale was flawed. and oh wait. her whole defense everyone else did it is false according to an obama appointee. >> very good -- you know? because we're going to be talking about the e-mail scandals coming up next. most americans believe hillary clinton is lying about her e-mail scandal. but will it make any difference as she takes on donald trump? that debate when the factor comes right back. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. wi probably got that q

it's interesting everyone today jumping on the bandwagon to stand behind hillary on the day that josh ernestwledge and confirm that hillary clinton is under criminal investigation. it's interesting. it's a good distraction from that. everyone's jumping on board, because the democrats dlout history have been good about rallying together as quickly as possible in a situation like this, and uniting, having a united front as we move closer to the general. it's not a surprise, i expect we'll see certainly bernie sanders take a little more time before he makes a decision, whether or not he'll do this. i think having elizabeth warren coming out there and showing her support. she's a darling of the progressive left, very well liked amongst those in the left. she will do a lot to help galvanize support without a doubt. >> vice president joe biden had some choice words for trump. >> to use the office of presidency were he to acquire it, to intimidate and undermine an independent judiciary would be blatantly unconstitutional abuse of power. either mr. trump which is possible doesn't understand -- i mea

. >> let me ask you before you go, josh ernest saying this was all about hurting hillary clinton in the polls, hillary clinton saying this was a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. what's your reaction to that? >> if i were them, that's exactly what i would be saying. the truth of it is, heather, this report was about what happened to four brave americans who lost their lives serving our country in libya. that's what this was about. anybody else, and i hope every american will read the report and come to their own conclusion about what happened, why it happened, and the results of the -- to me the delays and the inaccuracies that our government trying to -- >> we certainly hope that things have changed for the better. congressman westmoreland, thanks for joining us, from the house benghazi committee. >>> we are awaiting a donald trump policy speech on trade in a crucial swing state, pennsylvania. that's where we find john roberts live there. john, what can you tell us? >> reporter: heather, good afternoon to you. we're at an aluminum recycling plant in pennsylvania. donald trump is expe

. >> reporter: in a white house statement issued minutes ago by press secretary josh ernest, the whiteisa monaco. she's the assistant to the president for counter terrorism and homeland security about this tragic shooting according to ernest and in it it says our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the victims. now the president has asked that he receive regular updates on the investigation into this, and he has ordered all federal agencies that should be involved to provide whatever kind of support in the investigation or the aftermath to assist the community after this tragic shooting and during this tragic time. now according to officials we talked to, so far it appears that there is no immediate change in the president's schedule and no immediate plans for any kind of formal briefings out of the white house, but as this develops we would expect to receive further staples. >> homeland security joining in the fbi looking into all of this. jim miklaszewski at the white house, thanks very much. we'll have much more on the shooting in orlando. again, approximate

governor kasich, josh ernest. i want to thank the people who we cover, who understand that when we ask hard questions, when we try hold them accountable, that we are doing our jobs, and it is -- [applause] and lord knows both of you, governor kashich, josh, many people in this room, you have tangled with, we have had tense moments and asked hard questions and you have never tried to cut off our access, revoke credentials, never tried to deny us the ability to do our jobs, so i appreciate it. thank you very much. [applause] >> here to present the jerry thompson award, the 2011 chairman of the rtca, cnn's senior photojournalist, jay mcmichael. [applause] >> i knew john carl when he started at cnn, and he was our generation x reporter. [laughter] so i take partial credit for that award he just got. i'm here to present the jerry thompson award. the jerry thompson memorial award was created five years ago by the rtca to honor a camera person, photo journalist engineer, or other behind the scenes broadcast employee that

host: >> white house spokesman josh ernest expected to field questions about gun control and national security issues in light of the mass shootings in orlando. during today's white house briefing you'll be able to watch that live starting at about 12:45 eastern. we'll have it for you here on c-span. president obama also met with f.b.i. direct your james comey this morning to get an update on the investigation into the orlando shootings. afterwards he made remarks to the press during which he called the incident an apparent example of homegrown extremism that u.s. officials have been worrying about for years. here's what the president had o say. >> i just had the opportunity to get the latest briefing from f.b.i. director comey as well as deputy attorney generalates and the rest of my national security team about the tragedy that took place in orlando. they are going to be doing a more extensive briefing around noon, little bit after noon over at f.b.i. headquarters. i will allow them to go into all the details but i thought it was important for you to hear directly from me. first of

governor kashich, josh ernest. i want to thank the people who we cover, who understand that when we ask hard questions, when we try hold them accountable, that we are doing our jobs, and it is -- [applause] -- and lord knows both of you, governor kashich, josh, many people in this room, you have tangled with, we have had tense moments and asked hard questions and you have never tried to cut off our access, revoke credentials, never tried to deny us the ability to do our jobs, so i appreciate it. thank you very much. [applause] >> here to present the jerry thompson award, the 2011 chairman of the rtca, cfn n's senior photojournalist, jay mcmichael. [applause] >> i new john carl when he started at cnn and he was our generation x reporter. so i take partial credit for that award he just got. i'm here to present the jerry thompson award. the jerry thompson memorial award was created five years ago by the rtca to honor a camera person, photo journalist engineer oar other behind the scenes broadcasted employee that embod

today's white house briefing with press secretary josh ernest. he said probe isn't yet ready to -- president obama isn't yet ready to endoers hillary clinton although media has said she has the delegate. mr. earnest: good afternoon, everybody. nice to see you. i do not have any announcements at the top so we can go straight to questions. kevin, would you like to start? reporter: sure, thank you, josh. i wanted to ask about the timing of the fundraisers in new york city tomorrow. were they planned so the president could hit the trail running on the heels of today's primaries? mr. earnest: these fund raisers have been on the books for quite some time. i don't believe that most people expected that the democratic nomination would continue to be contested into the first week in june. i can't tell you that the president does not expect to -- i can tell thought president does not expect to see or meet or appear with secretary clinton when he's in new york tomorrow. he'll be focused on the schedule that involves two fundraisers and the taping of "the to

let's discuss with white house press secretary, josh ernest. mr.ng question. do you know when we will see barack obama and hillary clinton on the trail. >> chris, hopefully soon. we haven't been able to schedule it. this is something that was originally planned for last week, but obviously in the aftermath of the terrible terrorist attack in orlando, the event has been rescheduled. but we don't have it on the books yet, but the president is quite enthusiastic about her campaign, her character and service to the country, and what a good president she would be. there will be an opportunity for the two of them to get together and campaign together soon. the president is looking forward to it. >> let's check two boxes this morning, big ideas that matter and what actions are coming or not. the first, guns. the president, after everyone of these, sometimes even emotionally comes out and says it is about the gun. but josh, time and time again, we've seen somebody doesn't agree, right? because despite all the polling data, there is nothing that gets throug

press briefing our own kevin corke asked josh earnst if any senior administration official had lied publicly about the nuclear deal. here's that question and ernest'sion has ever lied publicly about any aspect of the iran nuclear deal? >> no. >> ernest went on to defend the nuclear deal. but, when you look at the white house's official transcript from that briefing, you can see that initial response where he says, no, kevin. is completely left out. a white house official told abc news, which first reported the omission that the line was left out because it was [inaudible]. though you can clearlier that in the video. this latest incident is just the second time in the last few weeks the obama administration has been found altering the public record regarding the iran nuclear deal. the state department admitted this week that an official ordered part of a 2013 press briefing to be deleted from the department's website and youtube channel. that deleted part included an admission by then spokeswoman jen psaki that the government had lied about its negotiations with iran and came in response from questions from our own james rosen. in paris yesterday, s