the plane was carrying the one person who can derail hillary's presidential aspirations, loretta lynnjust happened to be landing at the same airport bill was leaving. >> i did see president clinton at the phoenix airport is a was leaving an spoke to myself and my husband on the plane. our conversation was a great deal about the grandchildren. it was primarily social and about our travels. he mentioned the golf he played in phoenix. kennedy: nothing else came up? this has been in the news for over a year. >> there was no discussion of benghazi or the state department emails. i would say the current news of the day was the brexit. kennedy: but no current news about the federal investigation into hillary clinton's email server. you know, the one where you are the person who decide whether his wife is indicted for a number of serious crimes. that's so weird. so what is the nature of our relationship with loretta, bill. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. kennedy: slow, down, i know you two are a couple of pieces of sweet eye candy. but no one is speculating about a fling.

attorney general loretta lynn at the center of an firestorm, outrage after she calls a crossing of pathsnt bill clinton monday. in her account of the event tuesday, clinton was about to depart from the phoenix airport when he called to say hello and ask for a meeting. the former president then had a half hour long private meeting aboard the aircraft. she blasted the conflict

i don't think loretta lynn' was ever going to overrule what came from james comey the f.b.i.irector. he has a long history, he's a republican, and well respected as i said. the idea that comey was going to make a recommendation and lynn' was going to reject it would have been a political firestorm. when you introduced segment, you said it will determine who will be the next president. we are talking about a specific sandal that's not supposed to be politically related. but now any decision will come so late in the game, the convention is within 2 or 3 we. it take on a tremendous political significance. it's unlikely to call for an indictment of hillary clinton. >> president clinton does war he want to do. mercedes, ways your response to the blame being put on bill clinton. >> it's both of their faults. but i have to say, what happens with bill clinton and the clintons in general is they build on to a narrative of corruption, of scandals and following a separate set of rules. when you have this informal meeting with the attorney general. the same person who is part of this inv

attorney general loretta lynn at the center of an firestorm, outrage after she calls a crossing of pathsh former president bill clinton monday. in her account of the event tuesday, clinton was about to depart from the phoenix airport when he called to say hello and ask for a meeting. the former president then had a half hour long private meeting aboard the aircraft. she blasted the conflict

. >> reporter: outcome rests with attorney general loretta lynn hotch sparked a political fire storm when she met privately with bill clinton last week. encounter in the feign i can airport tarmac generating ammunition. >> bren this meeting before bill clinton and lynch, trump campaign had essentially seen this investigation as a win/win, either she's prosecuted in some way or if not, they would claim whitewash. >> reporter: trump tweeting it is impossible for fbi not to recommend criminal charges against hillary clinton. what she to was wrong. lynch says she will accept whatever recommendation is made from the lawyers and fbi agents investigating the case. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> for his part it appears president obama is already looking ahead. he and first lady spent the day talking about his presidential library. couple met with the group planning the design and construction of the library. new york architectural form that designed the barnes foundation right here in philadelphia was picked to design the presidential library. it will be built on the south side of chi

he sent out tweets about the meeting with loretta lynn. >> crooked hillary knew her husband wanted to meet up with loretta lynch. yesterday the surrogates and possible vp picks rallied to her defense. here is the congressman. >> i think she has made it clear. if you don't believe what i am telling you it was a chance encounter it was a social conversation let me make it clear. the folks doing the investigation, the professionals at the fbi the prosecutors and how the facts will interrelate to the law they are the ones that will make the recommendation and i am prepared to accept that recommendation. >> speculation is swirling he will announce his running mate this week. indiana governor mike pence who trump met with yesterday. trump surrogate ben carson puts it all in perspective. >> concentrating significantly on who would be the best fit. looking for foun who really loves america and is looking to put forth direct effort. understands how serious our financial situation is how serious the activity of the terrorist is. >> both trump and clinton are taking the fourth of july off. this

attorney general loretta lynn at the center of an firestorm, outrage after she calls a crossing of pathser president bill clinton monday. in her account of the event tuesday, clinton was about to depart from the phoenix airport when he called to say hello and ask for a meeting. the former president then had a half hour long private meeting aboard the aircraft. she blasted the conflict

attorney general loretta lynn at the center of an firestorm, outrage after she calls a crossing of paths with former president bill clinton monday. in her account of the event tuesday, clinton was about to depart from the phoenix airport when he called to say hello and ask for a meeting. the former president then had a half hour long private meeting aboard the aircraft. she blasted the conflict of judgment and interest, an agency that reports directly to her, the fbi. in addition to hillary clinton's e-mail scandal the fbi is also reportedly investigating the clinton global initiative foundation and its sources of money. the attorney general then may have met directly with a party directly involved in that part of the investigation as well. donald trump says he was shocked when he found out. >> when i first heard that yesterday afternoon, i actually thought they were joking. i said no way. there's no way that's going to happen. it happened. i'm flabbergasted by it. i think it's amazing. i've never seen anything like that before. >> adding to the bad optics and clearly bad judgment, we're

attorney general loretta lynn set to give a press conference filing suit against both the aetna humana deal and sigma merger saying these four fomps would provide too much concentrationen the insurance industry bringing the five largest insurers effectively to three and giving them tremendous power. deputy attorney general says there's no reason to put the dynamic in the market at risk by having this concentration. i will speaking with him following this press conference live and be sure to tune in on the "halftime report" when we will speak exclusively to ceo mark bertie linney and get his reaction to these lawsuits. back to you. >> bertha coombs at the doj. good news. >> good morning. it's 8:00 a.m. at qualcomm headquarters in san diego and squawk alley is live! ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "squawk alley." we're live in cleveland this morning, the site of the republican national convention. holding back the fort there. >>> the night was supposed to belong to donald trump's running mate, mike pence, but it was ted cruz who stole the show not endorsing the ticket. he's calling on voters to do th

attorney general loretta lynn at the center of an firestorm, outrage after she calls a crossing of pathsh former president bill clinton monday. in her account of the event tuesday, clinton was about to depart from the phoenix airport when he called to say hello and ask for a meeting. the former president then had a half hour long private meeting aboard the aircraft. she blastedheonflt of

[laughter] [applause] >> governor weld you were a former doj official to believe loretta lynn's overstepped her bounds? >> i don't know she had much choice about it. [laughter] i have not ben as troubled about bull e-mail affair as others have i thought the conclusion that no reasonable prosecutor would indict that case was the correct conclusion. >> do your you have private e-mail servers? >> yes. [laughter] >> well i have you for a second you have been on good terms with the secretary clinton since you were young staffers in 74 president clinton nominated you so why are you challenging her as a third-party candidate rather than have her move towards libertarian views? >> we represent the views of the majority of the people of the united states. we are fiscally responsible and are open and inclusive and tolerant on social issues the democratic party to be honest is not there they're not the party of fiscal restraint so i think we consider this a great pleasure and an honor to stand before the american people but it is also a duty and i feel that way because of the absence of substance in t

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attorney general loretta lynn set to give a press conference filing suit against both the aetna humanamerger saying these four fomps would provide too much concentrationen the insurance industry bringing the five largest insurers effectively to three and giving them tremendous power. deputy attorney general says there's no reason to put the dynamic in the market at risk by having this concentration. i will speaking with him following this press conference live and be sure to tune in on the "halftime report" when we will speak exclusively to ceo mark bertie lin

you think about that theory >> well, i think we need to get rid of loretta lynch and bring in loretta lynne would do a much better job than loretta lynch. look this is a disaster. but it's even a greater disaster if they get away with it because david petraeus got in trouble for a whole lot less and i mean a whole lot less than hillary has been accused of and it's not like hillary can claim gee i didn't know. hillary clinton alongbill, very skilled trained lawyers, well educated, she was in one of the top most prestigious law firms in the south before she became, you know, first lady of the united states. this is not a person who is 0 bri -- oblivious to perjure herself and violate law. i'm amazed democrats would be circling the wagons and think their smart play is to push forward. what if she guess the nomination, which she obviously will, get elected president god forbid and then we find out she has criminal charges. it would be a disaster for the country. so i hope if democrats really feel that this is the best they've got, they are buckle up their seat belts because it's going to be a

of classified information coming across those servers on friday, attorney general lynn archer wrench -- atty. gen. lorettaid she well except whatever conclusions are given to her. the president traveled with hillary clinton taking his first trip supporting her on her push for the white house. what we are -- but we are keeping an eye on washington dc this morning. director komi is now making his way to the podium. >> good morning. i am here to give you an update on the fbi investigation of secretary clinton's use of a personally email system during the time the secretary of state. after a tremendous amount of work over the last year, the fbi has completed its investigation and is referring the matter to the department of justice for a prosecuting decision. i want to tell you three things. i want to tell you what we did. i want to tell you what we found. i want to tell you what we are recommending to the department of justice. this will be an unusual statement in at least a couple of ways. first, i will include more detail than i ordinarily would. i think the american people deserve it these details. second