host: >> next on c-span, we will hear from former hillary clinton , whoor philippe reines talks about the 2016 presidential election, and white house press secretary sarah sanders takes questions from reporters. later, andrew cuomo delivers the new york state of the state address. announcer: c-span's "washington journal," live with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, we will focus our program on the nation's infrastructure, starting with congress and the trump administration's approach to infrastructure spending. we talked to a senior congressional reporter. and then spending with frederick right. -- wright. we will discuss how to make federal infrastructure spending more efficient. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. saturday, american history tv on c-span3 takes you to the american historical association's annual meeting in washington, d.c. for life, all day coverage 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern. join us as historians and scholars talk about civil rights in 1960 eight, watergate and the ri

. >> up next on c-span, we'll hear from former hillary clinton advise other philippe reines, who talks about the 2016 presidential election. then white house press secretary sarah sanders takes questions from reporters and later, governor andrew cuomo delivers the new york state of the state address. in the afternoon, a discussion on the future of air warfare with two top u.s. air force officials. the mitchell institutes for aerospace studies hosts this forum on c-span 2 and the vermont governor thrives his state of the state address to lawmakers at the capital in mopt pellier. live coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. you can follow all of these events live online at c-span.org and with the free c-span radio a.m. next, hillary clinton advisor philippe reines talks about the 2018 presidential campaign, the trump presidency and 2018 directions. he spoke at the washington center for san bernardinoships and academic seminars. >> all right, friends, we are reconvening. we have a speaker. get going. a quick reminder. we are going to be on television. when you have a question, g

next, hillary clinton advisor philippe reines talks about the 2018 presidential campaign, the trump presidency and 2018 directions. he spoke at the washington center for san bernardinoships and academic seminars. >> all right, friends, we are reconvening. we have a speaker. get going. a quick reminder. we are going to be on television. when you have a question, go up to the mike, say your name and school and keep your question concise. it's my distinct pleasure to get to introduce philippe reines, who is an american political consultant, a senior advisor to hillary clinton when she became secretary of state in 2010. in 2010 promoted to secretary of state for strategic communications. he's worked for a number of political campaigns and holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from columbia university school of general studies. here we have an example of what you have you can do with a political science bachelor's grieve degree. i'm going to hand over the mike phone to him and i'm looking forward too a great presentation. >> good morning, thank you for having me. thank you julia and

it's my distinct pleasure to get to introduce philippe reines, who is an american political consultant, a senior advisor to hillary clinton when she became secretary of state in 2010. in 2010 promoted to secretary of state for strategic communications. he's worked for a number of political campaigns and number political campaigns and holds a bachelor of arts degree in political sciencestudies. here we have an example of what you have you can do with a political science bachelor's grieve degree. i'm going to hand over the mike phone to him and i'm looking forward too a great presentation. >> good morning, thank you for having me. thank you julia and ann and kevin. i didn't know this was on tv any more than you did until a few minutes ago so hello out there. i want to say a few things up front quickly and then get right if earing from you guys and that's anything i want to add at the end, maybe we'll save a couple of minutes. first off, some context of who you're hearing from and give you a few warnings. up until 8:00 p.m. on election night last november 8, i could not fathom the idea of

. >> philippe reines is a longtime advisor to hillary clinton, who worked on the senate, state department, and on the campaign trail. he talks about the 2016 election, trump presidency, and the presidential campaign landscape in this is just under 2020. an hour. center for san bernardinoships and academic seminars.

she said bill clinton should have resigned the presidency over the monica lewinsky scandal and philippe reinesher a hypocrite after accepting the clintons money and endorsements. i asked her about her relationship with the clintons and her fight to stop sexual harassment on capitol hill. >> what is different about the context of congress and politics that makes people so afraid to come out and either name the people that they're talking about or show their faces in public? i've talked to probably a dozen women in politics, even as this movement has become so public and none of them want to go on the record. why do you think that is? >> i think they're afraid of retaliation. >> why are they more afraid here than -- >> i think they're afraid everywhere. people in hollywood didn't come forward for years and years. people on wall street don't come forward for years and years. i had a girlfriend who just sent me an e-mail that she sent her old boss about all the things he did to her that he never took these claims seriously. and this is 20 years later, 30 years later. it's a moment of reckoning and

and in light of today's report, former senior advisor to clinton, philippe reines wrote on twitter, quotely a political persecution. really? here with reaction fox news contributors tomi lahren and jessica tarlov. happy new year to both of you. >> happy new year. >> sean: here it is, you have to admit james comey months before even investigating the email server scandal, writing the exoneration and he had a special category for hillary. it wasn't done by the field offices of the fbi. now that they're opening investigation into both of, this can you just admit you can't write an exoneration before the investigation? >> no, i can't admit that. >> sean: you can't admit that? >> according to several. >> sean: can you have the exoneration and do the investigation later. >> several said it was normal practice drafting what you saw the outcome would be. i completely take your argument. >> sean: you completely take myer argument and dismiss it? >> it's not what i think about it and what a number of people who defended james comey's decision say about this either. >> sean: doing it with a guy that