clinton cash is 186 pages of information about foreign donations to the collin fon foundation by peter switesera republican speech writing consultant to george w. bush and fellow of the hoosker institution, "the new york times" preview of the book suggested that some news outlets, have agreements with the author to follow up on his reporting. today all three outly thes issued statements clarifying their position on that matter. we'll talk about that in a second. in new hampshire hillary was asked about the book and other allegations. mark: and when she was asked about it she called it a big distraction. my question for you, this whole thing. there's a lot to say about. this john: let's start at the top. what do you think the story, the book and how it all comes together says about hillary as a target and the news media? mark: there's nobody who will be targeted like she is. for a variety of reasons. there's going to be an iron triangle between the so-called mainstream media conservatives who produce books and movies and other opposition research, and then republican operatives. what you're goin