>> you have to remember the people in the justice department, the obama justice department, don't want to hear about violent black radical nation of islam style murderers. they don't want to hear about the new black panthers. when we had that case in philadelphia, we brought to the attention of top justice department officials, low justice department officials, every justice department official, the threats to kill police officers. there's a video up at the pj media story called training day where they talk about lying in wait, teaching people how to hide behind bushes, shoot cops with ak-47s. this was brought to the attention of the people at the obama justice department but they didn't take it seriously. they didn't think it was a serious concern. >> but the case itself, forget about warning them about the danger of this new black panther party and the new black panther threat, but the voting rights case where, unfortunately, i guess we don't have it, but there were bats and i remember this, justice department bringing this lawsuit. they were intimidating republicans and other voters

>> you have to remember the people in the justice department, the obama justice department, don't wantar about violent black radical nation of islam style murderers. they don't want to hear about the new black panthers. when we had that case in philadelphia, we brought to the attention of top justice department officials, low justice department officials, every justice department official, the threats to kill police officers. there's a video up at the pj media story called training day where they talk about lying in wait, teaching people how to hide behind bushes, shoot cops with ak-47s. this was brought to the attention of the people at the obama justice department but they didn't take it seriously. they didn't think it was a serious concern. >> but the case itself, forget about warning them about the danger of this new black panther party and the new black panther threat, but the voting rights case where, unfortunately, i guess we don't have it, but there were bats and i remember this, justice department bringing this lawsuit. they were intimidating republicans and other voters. >> w

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i think the justice department strongly hopes that when the fbi finally makes a recommendation to justice, it goes to the career prosecutors and that's the way these things normally work. the fbi can't prosecute anybody by itself. it doesn't have that authority. whenever they investigate a case, if they think charges should be filed, they refer it to doj. >> pete, thank you so much. let me bring in dana milbank with "the washington post" to talk about the fallout of it. the first question people have at this point including democrats, david axelrod among those who tweeted out the question of why this error of judgment. yes, apparently these two planes on a tarmac, these are private government planes. bill clinton decides according to reports to go over and say hello. that's what they are reporting. this was a social greeting but nevertheless, it lasted 30 minutes and no one around them said this might be a bad idea. >> yeah. it's really baffling, tamron. it's another one of these sorts of embarrassments that the former president has inflicted on his wife, the presumptive democratic nomine

they're not going to recommend charges be filed, that's going to be the recommendation to the justice department. how then can republicans make an effective case? >> well, a couple things, i was chairman of the chief investigative committee in the house, and we referred things often to justice. the fbi still referred this to the justice department, their recommendation is not to prosecute, but they thought there was, you know, obviously some things that have gone on there that met the criminal threshold. just probably using the discretion not to prosecute. look, i think republicans were grasping at straws if they thought that it was going to take a criminal indictment to turn this thing around. this goes to the heart of hillary clinton's credibility and people are going to read it i think depending at what perspective they come from closely dwieted country, this is not a clear win for hillary clinton, but the fact she's not being indicted allows her campaign to move forward, i think forecloses anything. >> governor, you have to wonder whether we're going to see snippets from that news conference

the justice department is investigating. we're going to have much more on this breaking news when we come right back. the heirloom tomato. when you cook with incredible ingredients... you make incredible meals. fresh ingredients, step-by-step recipies, delivered to your door for less than nine dollars a meal. get your first two meals free at blueapron.com/cook . >>> the justice department is investigating the death of alton sterling, a black man shot to death by a white police officer outside the convenience store in baton rouge, louisiana, my hometown. the incident caught on camera. that video sparking outrage tonight. cnn's martin savidge is in baton rouge for us. so, martin, what's the reaction there? >> it's still a mixed reaction. the fact that the justice department is involved is of course encouraging, but it is not the final answer for many people in this community. in fact, it just the beginning. and they are going to be watching very closely and very carefully. we're in the midst of a huge throng of people, cameras

the justice department is not just investigating the state department, but the clinton foundation which he heads. lou: did you expect james comey whom you exhalted on this broadcast to mention the public corruption questions that surround the clinton foundation, the clinton global initiative? >> i was wondering whether he would mention it. i did not hear a single word about the corruption investigation that is currently ongoing. so i don't know the answers whether there is another statement ready to come down the pike at some future date. but i can tell you jim comey lowered the bar today. i'm incredibly disappointed in him. lou: how about the american people. donald trump said the system is rigged. he made it clear he didn't expect anything to come of this investigation even as others were in fact saying that james comey is too much of a man of integrity to sully himself with this administration, forgetting he had worked with this administration from it inception. your thoughts as we wrap up. >> i think the american people always believe the fix is in, and all this did today was reinfo

this is routinely done in the justice department. they turn over their findings to the attorney general, it's not that common that the attorney general overrules for overturns those findings, but that she's coming out and making this public announcement that this is the way it's going to come down, it's pretty clear the timing of this after the political outcry of her meeting, this impromptu meeting. and raise the concern that there could be political intervention in this case, so it's clear that she's making this announcement to alay those concerns and sort of downplay that meeting by saying, look, this decision is really going to be from those career prosecutors who have no political incentive here. i'm going to defer to them on this. >> so what does this announcement mean for the investigation that is ongoing right now? >> frankly it doesn't mean much, because this has been in the works, and she it's going to defer the decision by the career pollut prosecutors, they know the political sensitivities and so that is a big reason why

we have yet to see what the department of justice does. we already know that hillary clinton -- the formerment met with loretta lynch. you're turning this evidence over to the department of justice that you have to question what going on here. they had a private meeting last week. what happened in the meeting, what really was said between president clinton and attorney general lynch. the system looks like when the fbi turned it over, the department of justice has made it clear what they're going to do. the fact that she won't face penalties is ridiculous. >> remember loretta lynch who had a meeting with bill clinton says she's removing herself from the process and will accept the recommendation from the fbi director who recommends no charge also be brought. we have to get the find word from the justice department on that. i presume that will come soon. i want to bring in david axelrod. you've been listening to rnc strategist sean spicer clearly making clear that republicans do intend to use this as a political issue going forward saying it

but the department of justice did find in their investigation racism all throughout that police departmentso you look at those types of investigation results. you look at some of the statistics and studies that show black people are more likely to be pushed to the ground and pepper sprayed than their white counter parts. there is factual proof that this is happening. laura, president obama is going to dallas today. here he is, the nation's first african-american president and here we have still this tremendous racial divide that is so raw right now in our country. if he can't fix it, who can? >> dialogue is important. but people have to understand it's not simply about dialogue. they have to take a three-pronged approach. protest is one way to be heard and get the attention of the media. but there has to be legislative action that takes place. there is prevention but accountability breeds prevention. and our justice system is geared around being able to ensure that we deter bad behavior through accountability in the criminal justice system. what president obama and other leaders have to do

and certainly what i'm hopeful is that the justice department will proceed with dispatch. we certainly, our own urban league in the area is part of a community meetings that are taking place, i understand, in the next few hours. as the community seeks to not only support the family, but support, i think, a thorough investigation and ensure that the response by the community is productive and constructive. we don't want to see, don't support the idea that there ought to be any violatience, bu it's got to be clearly understooded that people are upset. >> former new orleans mayor. keep us posted, please. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> let's turn back to hillary clinton, latest sucker punch of a speech wrapping up just a few moments ago here. clinton at the casino. trump made famous calling his bet about what is the more potent hand to have at the gamblers table, her e-mail, or his many business troubles? >> this city has it's share of big names on big building. you can just make out the word trump where it used to be in flashy lights. not far from here is the old trump marin

politics trumps law when it comes to the justice department. m: the attorney general is supposed to be separate but the attorney general serves at the pleasure of the president. on the president's cabinet, how can you separate the politics from the department of justice? >> well, ultimately you can't, but there are certain standards you should abide by, and this attorney general, this justice department has been punished repeatedly by federal judges. in new orleans, in texas, and frankly been ordered to undergo ethics training because of the gross misconduct by lawyers up and down the chain of command at the d.o.j. by attorneys over the last few years. and you have them stopping questions from being asked by the fbi during the interviews. they were in league with hillary's lawyers to prevent certain lines of questioning. clearly, the d.o.j. process cannot be trusted, and perhaps the fbi raised the white flag and said we're not going to fight this fight. tom: i think back to the court of public opinion, the public has the feeling that they don't

over the officers' body cameras and the store surveillance video to the justice department. as for the two officers, they're on administrative leave. developing now.. a d.c. woman is under arrest.. charged with first-degree child sex abuse. 42-year-old larona steele lives on clay place in northeast. she allegedly lured three juvenile month by offering them popcorn and ice cream. police say once the children were inside, steele locked the door and sexually assaulted them. police believe there may be additional victims. if you have any information.. police want to hear from you. a terrifying ordeal for a family in fairfax county... a bullet- fired into their nine year old daughter's bedroom landing just feet from where she sleeps. the search is on for whoever fired that shot. tim barber reveals just how close of a call it was. the case against the highest-ranking a traffic stop. the investigation going on in minnesota to find answers on how a man was gunned down by police inside a car with a woman and child inside. the heatwave continues -- eileen whelan is back to tell us how

firestorm intensifies over a private meeting she had with bill clinton this week while her justice department is investigating his wife and her email practices as secretary of state. hello, welcome to "happening now", i jon scott. heather: i'm heather childers in for jenna lee . it's friday but there's a lot of news going on. loretta lynch set to speak at any moment in colorado. she's expected to say she will accept the recommendations of prosecutors and the fbi concerning the investigation of hillary clinton's email used as secretary of state. lynch insists that her meeting with the former president on the tarmac at the phoenix airport was a casual conversation after the former president learned that her claim happen to be part of their monday night as well. she said there was no mention of the investigation into his wife's private email server but critics say it does raise serious questions about her impartiality the one we are joined now by brett baer, anchor of special report every weekend here at fox news channel. when you first heard about this is was described as a chance meeting at an

it is a justice department or injustice department that went after robert mendoza on similar shaky charges because he opposed president obama on a iran and cuba. this justice department is worse than nixon. the president himself went out before any of this with bill clinton and said she's innocent. said that on this network. and then further endorsed her. the first time in history a candidate has been endorsed under criminal investigation. if you don't think the fix is in here, yes, i depend on comey. we are you can taing about the lonely prosecutor and because this is movie z in greece, who is the one person who would stand up for truth, this hangs on the eve of the 4th of july, not since '73 like this with co comey's hands. >> i think the bill clinton loretta lynch thing has enhanced jim comey's role now. i think he is strengthen when he does decide whatever the fbi will decide. they can't criticize him. >> john is right. the best asset hillary clinton had was loretta lynch. appointed by bill clinton in '99. obviously most sympathetic figure. but by having the meeting that president clin

it is so discouraging to someone who loves the justice department to see a decision like this. >> you fought your whole life for justice. >> i'm to disappointed in this. i brought cases against the teamsters union during the 1988 election when it did serious damage to the republican party. gosh almighty. you just put that out of your mind, you put all that stuff out of your mind. she violated 18 usc section 793. the interesting thing is, the statute of limitations will not have run on this. and if trump should win and appoint an attorney general who has got the courage to do it, they could bring this indictment. >> that's a significant point that nobody has made today. that's why the world has been wait to go hear from you for sure on this. a lot of people upset saying, look at the different standard applying, because david petraeus, the trouble he got into. >> she should at least resign as a candidate on the grounds that if she can't pass a top security clearance, she can't be president of the united states. >> now the american people will decide. >>> director comey said clinton and

>> well, the justice department says no, thomas. they say that she's been broadly hinting that this is the step she was going to take just as recently as a couple of weeks ago when she appeared on all the sunday morning programs, including "meet the press." she said she would be guided by i don't think those were exact words, but she said this would go through the career justice department prosecutor. she was responding to the question of whether she would recuse herself and she said she wouldn't discuss exactly what the internal justice department steps would be, but what we are told by senior justice department officials this morning is that this has always been her plan, to defer to the guidance, to the recommendations by career justice department prosecutors. that's the way these cases normally work anyway. the only question where there's a little uncertainty here is precisely what her exact role will be. these officials say she's not simply going to sort of ministerially accept whatever they say and pass it on and just put her

reportedly wanted to kill white police officers, attorney general, lore eight lynch, says the justice department is keeping a close eye on the situation. >> we intends to provide any assistance that we can to investigate this attack. and also, to help heal a community, that has been severely shaken and deeply scarred. police departments across the country taking extra precautions. many including new york, philadelphia, and las vegas, ordering their officers to patrol in groups. some officials say the shooting and the increased threat is direct result of recent pattern of disrespect towards law enforcement. >> we need to honor the fallen, never forget them, then also need to start figuring outweighs that we can support our law enforcement officers. >> and in dallas, police still out in transform the tension here into a feeling of safety many same the attack coming during otherwise peaceful protest sign the city needs to change. >> for this top harks for officers to be killed, during this, like a wake-up call that something different needs to happen. police kill micah johnson after stands off earl

justice department. >> we want to get to the answers, the bottom of the answers and the truth. that's what our investigation -- we felt best for an independent and transparent investigation. >> reporter: the shooting has sparked protests across the city. the head of the baton rouge naacp is calling for the police chief to be fired. today the chief says he has no plans to leave. an autopsy found sterling dade from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and the back. >>> opening statements are expected tomorrow at the trial for a baltimore police lieutenant brian rice. he is the highest ranking officer charged in the death of freddie gray. rice is accused >> reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. he will have a bench trial meaning a judge not a jury determines his guilt or innocence. >>> a navy official pointing a gun at people was detained for a moment but could face charges. the man is karnig channessian, a deputy assistant secretary of the navy. this happened about a month ago in front of his house. two young men filed complaints with police who arrested and charged cha

as i said earlier, we're not going to interfere with the process before the department of justice. i don't have any more updates on the possible scope or timing of our process. >> so one of the words i think that kind of stood out in this regarding the state department was "careless." i think he even said extremely careless at one point regarding the former secretary and how she handled her e-mails, top staff around her, including some still at the department and the agency as a whole. do you agree that this agency was extremely careless with how it dealt with classified and otherwise sensitive information? >> well, i'm not going to, again, comment on the specific findings and recommendations that the fbi director noted today. >> reporter: why not? >> but the question about -- >> reporter: this is a public statement. >> the claim about -- i do want to address the claim about lax environment or culture when it comes to handling classified information and i would just say -- and i'm comfortable commenting on that because as the director himself said, that was not part of their investi

democrats and republicans but says politics did not play a role in today's recommendation to the justice department. >> i have not coordinated this statement or reviewed it in any way with the department of justice or any other part of the government. they do not know what i'm about to say. >> tonight chief washington correspondent james rosen examines comey's career in depth and finds a unique figure both seen as an incorruptible lawman and savviest of animals. >> indeed, from his service on the senate whitewater committee as a u.s. attorney in new york, a brief tenure as deputy attorney general. now as head of the fbi, james comey, all 6'8" of him has always enjoyed a reputation in lay terms as a boy scout. >> and i think that that reputation will maintain itself afterwards. and i think it's really hard to judge, to second guess his judgment without being on the investigative team. but i don't have any doubt that he made the judgment that he thinks is appropriate in the case. >> disclosure that attorney general loretta lynch met privately with former president clinton last week and lynch's subseq

they are going to have the justice department coming down on them for defending themselves? s true. john. she announced a civil rights investigation is opened in the death of sterling in louisiana. police departments are worried about p. that >> and an investigation is opened up in the texas shooting where it appears that people were targeted on the basis of race. it seems to me like the justice department only investigates racial crimes or a crime that has a racial component rather when it is against a nonwhite. >> i know you spent time working with the justice department and this is an investigation that said, the police have too much heavy weaponly and war vehicles and so part. we'll don't want them to have that stuff because p it makes them look too brutal i guess. and some of that surplus is taken away from police officers. >> i worked for the justice department and proudest day of my life was when i sworn on the bible it uphold the institution of the united states. i agree with the administration. some of the military vehicles that are used by the police departments is

department of justice and integrity is important. look at the madison work on everything. whether they involve a high-profile matter or eight matter where you never heard the person. look at the victims we deal with every day. look at the people that we protect every day. that is our mission. this issue has overshadowed that mission, yes. that is painful. i think it is important that we provide as much information as we can so people can have faith and confidence in the work of the department. and the work of the people who carry on this work every day. >> last question. whenweight we expect -- might we expect your acceptance? weeks, months, days? >> i don't know that. i don't have the insight into the nuts and bolts of the investigation. they are working on it very hard. they're working on it to make sure they are as thorough as they can be. that they have covered every angle. they are doing the work that the people in the department of justice to every school day. i cannot be more proud of that work. i could not be more proud to present that work to the american people w

and they did not discuss the department of justice's review. and i know that some nonetheless viewed it in a different light and both the attorney general and my husband said they would not do it again. and the bottom line for me, i respect the professionalism and integrity of the officials in the department of justice handling this process. >> reporter: clinton would not respond to reports that are breaking from unnamed sources to cnn suggesting that the justice department has decided not to indict her. that seemed premature given the fact that the fbi only spoke to hillary clinton today. >> and right, who was at the fbi meeting today? >> reporter: we don't know for certain because the campaign did not release the names of those present. her lawyer david kendall was present and cheryl mills is a long- time advisor was present and we saw her at hillary clinton's residence after the meeting. cheryl mills was questioned by the fbi not too long ago about her knowledge of the e-mail server and we know from the new york times that eight members of t

all of this has been turned over to the justice department. keep it here on news 4. we are expecting to get new video that shows a tighter, different angle of what happened. that will be coming into the newsroom very shortly. meantime, sterling's friends and family are holding a vigil later tonight. we'll have more from baton rouge in about 15 minutes. vance? >> chris, thanks. >>> to politics now. tonight, hillary clinton trying to take the focus off her e-mail controversy and put it back on donald trump. meantime, republicans are still angry over the fbi decision. they're also annoyed with trump. some of them say he's not taking advantage of clinton's missteps. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: thanks, jim. despite donald trump maddeningly in the view of many republicans and hillary clinton more talk about other things. hillary clinton today outside the trump taj mahal in atlantic city, cleared of criminality, but her judgment smeared, she tried to change the subject to donald trump bankrupting his casino, hurting employees. >> it's shamefu

out days before, days before the target of the investigation is interviewed by the fbi, the department of justice, her husband gets on the airplane owned by the united states department of justice and has a private conversation with the chief law enforcement officer of the united states of america, the attorney general. i'm with you. we're past recusal. she needs to resign. she needs to go. >> let me ask you this. the fbi interviews her. she's got five lawyers and what happens? do they -- they ask her questions. she said it was civil. i mean, really? what did she think? she was going to be waterboarded? come on. >> right. >> and then the other thing is do they then present evidence she may may not know they had? what do you think happened in there? >> well, look. i think one of the things you've got to be crystal clear about, they gave immunity of the i.t. person who put this together. that person got immunity. you don't get immunity unless you get a proffer. it was so much so they say we will not prosecute you for a crime so long as what you're saying is going to be the following and so they giv

what the integrity issues are when you are voting for a clinton. >> let's be clear from the justice department. they have been compromised about the investigation from the get-go. when did they know about the clinton email system? we have justice lawyers, prosecutors in the justice department criminally investigating hillary clinton's email use and telling the courts that her email use was fine. this is a mess to begin with. and now the head of the agency blew it up. in a way i don't know if all the king's horses and king's men can put it together again. deirdre: former attorneys general, eric holder, janet reno recused themselves in much less i would argue significant cases. we'll see what eventually happens with this. tom fitton, we tha always from "judicial watch." >> thank you. deirdre: democrats included as we've been saying concerned about the optics of this meeting between loretta lynch and the former president. as for donald trump he said he can't believe the u.s. ag met with former president bill clinton. >> i thought somebody was joking but it's a not a joke. hillary is so guilty. sh

. >>> this as the fbi and department of justice meet over how to investigate the police killing of alton sterling. there are new protests and video as calls for justice in that shooting grow louder. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm boris sanchez. we are following breaking news with what is the most disturbing police shooting yet. here is the scene in falcon heights minnesota. a car stopped by police. a man at the wheel and a child at the back. the woman in the front passenger seat was streaming live when gunfire erupted. the video we will show you is graphic and some may find it offensive. the reason we are showing you is because diamond reynolds wants you to know. >> we got pulled over for a busted taillight. we were pulled over. he is licensed and he can carry. he was trying to get his wallet out of his pocket. he let the officer know he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet. the officer shot him in his arm. we are waiting for -- i will, sir. no worries. he just shot his arm off. we got pulled over. >> i told him not to reach for it. >> yo

as he mentioned just there, generally, the fbi makes a recommendation to the department of justice. in this case, loretta lynch, the head of the department of justice, has just, in essence, recused herself, saying she would accept whatever the recommendation of the fbi was. and here they've decided not to prosecute, but that doesn't mean they give a free pass to hillary clinton and some of the behavior here. >> it wasn't. it was an extraordinary -- this was an extraordinary 15 minutes in the history of this presidential campaign. and maybe in the history of presidential politics. what was extraordinary about it, director comey felt he had to do what he had to do today, which is walk people through this -- we live in such an era of mistrust and distrust, he felt he had to spend half of his time painstakingly going through everything. but if you're hillary clinton, it is a clean legal bill of health. she does not have a clean political bill of health. this cloud is not going anywhere. it's not going to dump rain, dump sleet, dump stuff on her, but the cloud doesn't go away. this e-mail

democrats and republicans but says politics did not play a role in today's recommendation to the justice department. >> i have not coordinated this statement or reviewed it in any way with the department of justice or any other part of the government. they do not know what i'm about to say. >> tonight chief washington correspondent james rosen examines comey's career in depth and finds a unique figure both seen as an incorruptible lawman and savviest of animals. >> indeed, from his service on the senate whitewater committee as a u.s. attorney in new york, a brief tenure as deputy attorney general. now as head of the fbi, james comey, all 6'8" of him has always enjoyed a reputation in lay terms as a boy scout. >> and i think that that reputation will maintain itself afterwards. and i think it's really hard to judge, to second guess his judgment without being on the investigative team. but i don't have any doubt that he made the judgment that he thinks is appropriate in the case. >> disclosure that attorney general loretta lynch met privately with former president clinton last week and lynch's subseq

the justice department just opened a civil rights investigation. >> louisiana's governor is calling for transparency. under pressure to resign, the baton rouge police chief says much like the public he, too, has the questions about the shootin shooting. >> reporter: baton rouge is a city on edge. a shooting during an arrest, all caught on cell phone video. confrontation shows two police officers tackling alton sterling. seconds later, someone is heard saying he's got a gun. then police open fire. officers arrived at the scene after a 911 call, claiming someone had a gun. police chief says sterling was armed. something the family's attorney questions. >> mr. sterling was not reaching for a weapon. he looked like a man who was trying to get his head up and was actually fighting for his life. >> the convenience store owner said sterling hung out at the store, selling cds. he described him as confused during the incident. >> i don't think he knew what was going on. if they took the time to tell him what was happening, what fs going on, i think it would have ended up differently. >> reporter

justice has to make a recommendation to make a move now. >> avery? >> yeah, i think what's going to happen here is there's a diamond within the department of justice, thetorney general of the united states. she's in charge of operations. i think in fact loretta lynch has wonderful credentialed and wonderful her reputation is, it is imperative that she step aside not normally but put it in the hands of the deputy attorney general and get this done. the final interview took place today and frankly as i said, this chapter is over fredericka, we don't have to worry about re-loretta lynch or the fbi, it's time to close this. >> real quickly, your analysis, it's brilliant on this but i wond wonder, put yourself in her shoes for a moment. i guess you've had to do that. what would you have done in the moment bill clinton knocking on the door of your plane, his plane happened to be right next to yours. what would you have done, avery? not answer the door? >> nobody is home. don't answer -- >> and richard, the former president of the united states knocks on your door and he appointed you why back when. what would you do? >> open the door and welcome him in. that

we don't know what kind of a recommendation there will be from the department of justice. in other kind of cases, there can be a situation where they say it may have been and improper handling but no charges. thinking in terms of the irs and the targeting of conservative groups. that went through a lo process. in the end they decided not to file any criminal charges. we don't know. >> let me ask you this about the meeting that had taken place between bill clinton and attorney general loretta lynch. how did the campaign respond to that or react to that to the fact that the attorney general publicly said she would accept the fbi's recommendation on the server investigation. what has been the fall out of this for the campaign? >> certainly they tried to say this was a social meeting between the former president and the attorney general talking about, you know, sort of family life things. grand kids and their lives. it's apparently lasted 30 minutes base ed accounts from gd sides. that's a good, healthy conversation. the speculation has been that whether they talked about anyt

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jill steinberg, serving as the justice department national coordinator for child exploitation prevention and interdiction in that role, she oversees the implementation of many of the department's human trafficking initiatives. previously, ms. steinberg served as assistant u.s. attorney for the northern district, georgia. she also served as attorney adviser within the department's national security division, and as assistant district attorney, philadelphia. she received an undergraduate degree from the university of georgia and law degree, drake university -- drake's in my state -- duke university. our second witness, dr. greta goodwin, she serves as acting director of homeland security and justice team at the u.s. government accountability office. her portfolio covers justice and law enforcement issues. since joining gao, dr. goodwin has conducted research in a wide range of domestic policy issues. she earned her phd in economics from the university of nebraska, lincoln. and she received her bachelor's degree in economics from the university of houston. ms. steinberg, would you proceed p

he said the justice department didn't know what he was going to say. i can assure you that's true because i was trying for the last hour what it was he was going to say and they didn't know. i've been talking to people at the fbi for weeks now saying if you don't file -- if you don't recommend charges, how are we going to know you're done? within the last couple of weeks they were saying well we're discussing that now. so the fact that he did this this morning i don't think is a surprise, but you're right, it's extremely unusual for a director of the fbi to lay out what the recommendations to the justice department are. now, it's not over. justice will still make a decision but the attorney general said last week that she will be guided by the recommendations of cuomo and the career people at justice so i would be very surprised if this goes any way other than no charge had a personal sever is not directly relevant to whether she mishandled classified information but there was another part of this investigation and that was whether any hostile actor or

they don't go out and say publicly what their recommendation is to the justice department. this just reflects the unusual nature of this case, obviously, and the fact that you have a sitting or the leading contender the democratic nomination who had to be interviewed by the fbi on saturday this last weekend. this is how unusual this case is. they thought it was necessary to put it out there to make sure that people knew what was going on. >> very strong statement from paul ryan, david, the speaker of the house, the top republican in congress. let me read it to you and then we'll assess. "while i respect the law professionals at the fbi, this announcement defies explanation. no one should be above the law. but based upon the director's own statement, it appears damage is being done to the rule of law. declining to prosecute hillary clinton for recklessly mishandling and transmitting national security information will set a terrible press debt. the findings made clear that secretary clinton misled the american people when she was confronted with her criminal actions. while we

he previously worked at ubs, the itself,nk, and ubs had, cooperated with the justice department.ntially the first bank to go to the justice department, to admit misconduct, and tell the authorities about the conduct that was going on in the market at the time, and as --t of that who operation, cooperation, gardiner was helping the doj make their case. will thist president set for other cases being built against individuals? david: well, that remains to be seen. i think what we can assume, like in any criminal investigation, the justice department prosecutors need, typically in very complex cases, they need a cooperator to help them explain the conduct going on, so if it is true gardiner is cooperating, he will help them make that case for them. shery: david, thank you so much for joining us. scarlet: that does it for bloomberg news. "what you miss" in the market close is next. u.s. stocks are a little mixed -- ♪ scarlet: it is time for the closing bell. joe: i am joe weisenthal. >> i am all of her running. -- oliver rennick. ♪ scarlet: u.s. stocks closing at a record high for the

sfwl right, so the fbi is working with the justice department and the justice department has a publicgri integrity section that would probably be the one in charge of this, with i would imagine several career trial attorneys. who would have been supervising the investigation the entire time. there would be a recommendation coming from the fp and those career prosecutors as to whether or not the evidence warrants any charges, that would then have to go probably this case to the deputy would be my guess to make a recommendation as to whether or not to bring an indictment. the fbi does not make that decision. that's a decision made by career prosecutors. as for a timeline, could be a week, could be a month. my guess is they at least recognize we have an election coming up. and it is and always has been the o.j. policy to try to avoid having criminal investigations interview with the electoral process. that could cut either way. you could say let's make the decision more quickly so it's resolved one way or the other. >> so, how much do you think the fact loretta lynch, this is probably go

to distance herself from any engagement with this decision and let the professionals in the department of justicepointed by a democratic or a republican president. they are lifers in the department, and experts in conducting these kinds of investigations. let them do their work without any intermediariey ies involved >> recusing herself you don't think is necessary. >> no, i think it is. >> okay. >> i think what she announced she is going do, which is to not be involved in the decision, is the right decision and will help to overcome the question about the propriety of the meeting that was held at the phoenix airport. >> okay. senator graham thank you so much for speaking with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, more on the breaking news story that we have been covering this hour. cnn legal analyst paul callan joining us live for his take on hillary clinton's meetings with fbi vettle investigators today. is this the beginning of the end for the e-mail server investigation? paul will give us his take next. you are live in the cnn newsroom. >>> finally this hour, meet this

the justice department needs a favor, too. and the nation needs a favor.se yourself from this investigation. if you don't get out of this now, it will get worse. don't believe me? well, try this. just two days after your primarily social meeting with the spouse of someone under fbi investigation your lawyers at doj went to court seeking 27 month delay between former top aid and secretary clinton and officials with your new best friend's foundation. that smells really bad. so take my advice. recuse now. it will get worse. and that's my off-the-record comment tonight. that's all for now. "on the record" is back tomorrow 7:00 p.m. eastern. go no-to-my facebook page and like it. up next the >>> welcome to "red eye." hello. i'm tom shillue. let's check in with andy levey at the "red eye" tease desk. >> "bill -- bill clinton has a private meeting with loretta lynch. no they weren't hooking up. they were colluding to keep his wife out of prison. and should tom shillue have less of a vote than me and joanne? find out in the senior moment with tom. and finally pare

someone committed a crime in the justice department? >> no. allow the fbi to ask all of the questions they tried to ask during these interviews because of deals they cooked up with the clintons. and so there has been evidence coming out of this investigation that shows that the justice department has been biased, shocker. they've been biased in a lot of other areas except when it involves people like bob mcdonald, the governor of virginia who they brought a flimsy case against. so flimsy cases are brought against republicans and g cases against democrats are not brought. >> well, how about this, here is the case the federal government brought against a naval reservist last year, guy by the name of brian nishamira. he was in afghanistan in 2007 through 2008 apparently had some stuff on one of his laptops like hillary clinton, the fbi investigation did not reveal evidence that he intended to distribute to unauthorized personnel and yet that man was sentenced to two years probation. he was fined $7,500 and ordered to surrender any currently held

and they did not discuss the department of justice's review. and i know that some nonetheless viewed it in a different light and both the attorney general and my husband said they would not do it again. and the bottom line for me, i respect the professionalism and integrity of the officials in the department of justice handling this process. >> reporter: clinton would not respond to reports that are breaking from unnamed sources to cnn suggesting that the justice department has decided not to indict her. that seemed premature given the fact that the fbi only spoke to hillary clinton today. >> and right, who was at the fbi meeting today? >> reporter: we don't know for certain because the campaign did not release the names of those present. her lawyer david kendall was present and cheryl mills is a long- time advisor was present and we saw her at hillary clinton's residence after the meeting. cheryl mills was questioned by the fbi not too long ago about her knowledge of the e-mail server and we know from the new york times that eight members of t