john podesta is the campaign's chairman. he's been running things behind the scenes, keeping everything running tight. and it's very customary when you make a big announcement like this, to give people a heads up. insiders, friends, political allies. we heard that that might come 5, 10, 15 minutes before the official launch to the public. there'll probably be several rounds of these e-mails going out to various friends and allies. donors, as well, will likely get a heads up, which means that the video is coming any second now to the rest of the public. i've also been told by campaign officials that hillary clinton herself is making calls today. she's at her home in chappaqua, not here in brooklyn. she's calling around to friends and supporters and you can bet that everybody here behind me, all the senior officials, are calling out to people in iowa and new hampshire, on capitol hill, donors in california and new york, all over the country, telling them the big news, making sure they hear it from a campaign official and not j

but john podesta, who is basically her campaign chairman is telling supporters she is in which we amll knew for a long time leland. >> we're all officially tweeting this in the control room, in the meantime, as you heard from podesta saying you're going to hear from hillary in a few hours, give us a sense in iowa, is she building a ground game there. she came in third last time pretty embarrassing there. what will she do differently this time? >> you ask a good question clearly she is doing a lot. we talked to party officials who say she hired a lot more people who actually understand the state are here preparing quietly behind scenes to figure out how to win the caucuses. you know obviously, they were out-foxed by barack obama last time. and others had a warning that voters in iowa are not just going to worry about money and endorsement, he says the race is wide open. listen. >> she is taking it more seriously this time, at least when we talk to our staffers. she understands she has to earn the nomination. this is totally more open than the media things. >> yeah, and he is talking abo

podesta this is woven together conspiracies. we disclosed so much, unprecedented but really not combating any of the details these benefits that the donors allegedly looked like they received. and that is really the problem that she is going to have. she is out there in new hampshire saying that, just every day american. fact she is not an everyday american. she is person of power who once again is in a scandal that she used her power for personal gain. jon: yeah. kind of interesting, betsy, she is taking on ceo pay. that seems to be one of the issues that she wants to campaign against, like high pay is a bad thing. how does that going to fly? >> look that could get her in a lot of trouble because she made upwards of $300,000 for giving speeches to these kinds of folks to ceo's like this. mark tapskott of the "washington examiner," if you parse the payout per hour she is making as much as ceos. reality::has much more in -- hillary clinton has much more in common people making 300 times employees than the minimum wage employees a

>> rose: welcome to the program, tonight al hunt on the story with john podesta the pan expected to head the hillry clinton presidential campaign. >> we are in weak one of a 19 month campaignment so i think that the press will have plenty of time to ask her questions. but rit now she wants to have a dialogue with the voters. i think she doesn't want that necessarily intermediated with just through reporters questions. she wants to go directly to voters to listen to their stories. to understand what the challenges of their lives are. >> and from madam secretary a conversation with actress tea leoniness we get to see the humanity of this woman you know? we didn't-- hillary and mad line and condoleezza these are women with very full lives. and we never really got to see-- behind the curtain. >> . >> elizabeth mccourt has a very full life too. >> yes, and we get to see it. and that's what is entertaining, that is what is real. that is where the show is doing what i wanted it to do. >> rose: al hunt, john podesta and tea leoni when we continue. funding for carlie rose is provided by the follo

al: the most influential democratic party insider today is john podesta. chief of staff to president clinton he spearheaded an historic climate change pact with china and he is now chairman of hillary clinton's presidential campaign. we are pleased to have him here. thank you for being here. the clinton rollout has been colorfully carry a graft but low-key. is this contrast with 2007? john: we are excited about the way this campaign has begun. we wanted to make the point that this is not -- all what she was to do to be their champion. at her determination. the primary caucuses in new hampshire, to talk to voters one-on-one, to ask them some questions to exchange ideas and build this campaign from the bottom up. al: she is not talking to the press. she is not very accessible. john: she's done a few. al: not very many. is that the general approach? john: we are in week one of a 19 month campaign. the press will have plenty of time to ask her questions. right now, she wants to have dialogue with the voters and she doesn't want it intermediated just through re

. >> nor did chairman podesta. i didn't know campaigns got chairmans like that.hat's really impressive p. but for chairman podesta and this campaigns it t isn't about answering the charges but it's about attacking the messenger, and this book and these allegations are as you and the judge were talking about far more consequence. in the past it was about appearance of impropriety. it looked bad to delete 41000 pea mails. while you were getting ready to run for president. this is an actual bad thing that they were accused of. so to attack. >> it sounds like -- at best a circumstantial case. it doesn't sound like there's a smoking gun document that shows it was a quid pro quote this for that. instead it shows at best colombia wanted something done. it was done. bill clinton got a speech. it was a circumstantial time line argument to the people but not necessarily something they might prosecute for. >> the whole point of the clinton campaign now going forward is rally democrats to here what she used to call the right wing conspiracy. anybody who raises an attack. can

al: john podesta, thank you for being with us.ll be back in just a moment. ♪ charlie: tea leoni is here. she is back on television after 16 years and stars in the cbs drama madam secretary. the hollywood reporter writes "she is the center and appeal of madam secretary. the casting is spot on. her gravitas is believable at every turn." here is a look at the series. >> madam secretary, the ambassador of canada is still -- >> holy -- >> ahem. not sound proof. >> the government is doing every thing to keep you safe even if it means nuking someone else. >> remember, remind me again why we had kids. >> how did i do? >> no one has launched any missiles at us yet. ♪ charlie: we have tea leoni at the table for the first time. tea leoni: don't say it like i didn't want to come. i've been looking at this for years. charlie: you were doing unicef or something like that. you just took 16 years off? i don't need this acting thing and i will go do good things? tea leoni: i just find that there is a lot to be done. flyfishing must fit in there. i

so podesta doesn't have any right to disparage anything. doesn't that disturb you that this is an acolyte of hillary clinton? come on. >> i'm happy to think that david brock is a good guy, and you don't. so we have a disagreement about david brock. >> i got to tell you something. i respect you but if you think that man is a good guy after all the garbage and the harm and the hate that he's put out, i have lost, lanny i'm just telling you. i have lost a lot of respect for you tonight. and i'm going, i'm not going to let you. i'm going to monica to wrap it up. >> the problem for hillary clinton is that she's left with a handful of people who are willing to defend her on this. lanny davis, god love him, but you mentioned james carville. >> carville as all right. >> but to some extent she has a little bit of an eliot spitzer problem, when the crud hits the fan, which it always does. she has no reservoir of goodwill. very few people are willing to stand up and fight for her. >> davis does. she has enough people to fight for her. >> the most dama

the campaign structure is such that john podesta running the whole show close to clinton, used to be chief of staff in the white house. there are pre-existing relationships now. i think clinton understands he has to back off to a certain degree. don't forget brian, he has a 56% approval rating in the country, making him one of the most popular politicians out there. so they have to find a way to harness him to a degree yet use him. i think what was interesting about the interview in town & country, it let's us know towards the end maybe bill clinton will be doing big events outreach to the african-american community, perhaps, or latino community. maybe they will position him in a state like florida, which will clearly be a competitive state. i think they are trying to work it out. the big deal is keep him inside keep him involved in strategy behind the scenes so he doesn't kind of implode on them at key moments. >> a meteor right? let me ask you about one big media story that broke, bob schieffer. we know he retired from "face the nation." minutes ago he announced his successor john

bill: john podesta runs her campaign. this is what he said last night with charlie rose. >> it's a book that is written by a former bush operative who is reporter for that august news institution, breitbart.com or has been in the past. he is cherry-picked information that has been disclosed. and, woven a bunch of conspiracy theories about it. the facts there is nothing new about, the conspiracy theories i guess we'll get to the judge when we read the book. bill: very few people have read the back but he went after the writer peter schweizer. what do we need to understand about schweizer? >> on one hand, john podesta is right, people need to be honest about the fact, right in general, not in general everything he said, schweizer for example, was a foreign policy advisor to sarah palin, bush operative. that kind of stuff. he has been a republican. i don't know his politics. i never met him before. he has worked with republicans and conservative sites about breitbart. people have to be honest about that. on the other hand as

robby mook, she has more high tech people, john podesta can walk in the room and say no to hillary clinton. she's the candidate. she'll have to set the tone. robby mook said in a statement the campaign distributed. this is not about hillary clinton, not about us, of course it is, of course it is, we are humble. we take nothing for granted. we are never afraid to lose. yes, you are. we are out to compete and fight for every vote. we know this campaign will be won on the ground. >> i followed one of my favorite writers, me. in 2013 i wrote a memo to hillary. people like her, think she needs to get her authentic self out there. they wrote through me in this memo to her, she needs to be accessible, vulnerable, small and scrappy campaign, she needs to show she's nimble, humble, honest, authentic. fearless. something she's never been, fearless. she has people around here who respect her, think she'd be a great president, think she's a decent person and want to show that side of her for the first time. back to your point, can she be that person. can she finally be fearless? >> that's why the e-ma

the clinton campaign tries to coordinate with lawmakers a group of top clinton advisers including podesta of with the senate and it is an organization but not to be surprised but to do this level of coordination. >> what they discovered quickly is president obama rand to a successful campaign did not leave much behind say to themselves to the private sector. so to create a whole campaign and obviously she had to be very careful to beecher she does not run against the president but be careful she does not run for the third term. if she does she has to live with the liabilities of the president. lou: what about the koch brothers? with a cattle call of scott walker and jeb bush rand paul and marco rubio? >> is and that of nancy lee for the republican party? vitter person and i would pervert the they have been generous to the party in the past but to do that prescreening element we have some fine governors and of the governor of texas. let voters have a shot to see how -- today's choose then they can contribute. lou: democrats are divided boozing the trans-pacific partnership free trade in tr

betty: did and she hired john podesta to stop that?he has taken steps to indicate she gets what went wrong last time. she hired john podesta, a powerful, respected democrat as her campaign chairman, and veterans of the no drama obama campaign including her campaign manager robby mook. so far it has been smooth sailing. the only thing being written is what she encountered at chipotle . she is not encountered resistance. betty: do you give her credit for that, josh? she is the most-watched and follow -- josh: eating at chipotle? betty: for being an everyday american. also, the element of surprise -- she's the most followed these days. josh: she has a new group of advisers. we understand social media. they know reporters like me are tired of hiring -- covering the hillary clinton campaign, are jaded. they need to do things to shakeup. the first five days are an example they can do this. we had this nationwide -- i not know what you want to call it, manhunt? -- to follow her around chipotle and her van. i guess that is better than writing

al: the most influential democratic party insider today is john podesta.aff to president clinton he spearheaded an historic climate change pact with china and he is now chairman of hillary clinton's presidential campaign. we are pleased to have him here. thank you for being here. the clinton rollout has been colorfully carry a graft but low-key. is this contrast with 2007? john:

she is, she is picked off john podesta, jen palmieri from the white house. she has the campaign whiz from the obama campaign, jim messina is already running a super pac. she doesn't have to compete for dollars. this is incredible advantage she will start off with. jon: is anybody on the democratic side jonah, going to be able to compete with that? >> probably not. it is conceivable you can imagine, if elizabeth warren ran, which i don't think she will that would really upset hillary's narrative because they're trying to front-load this as an argument that the country needs a woman and she is only one who qualifies as a woman. jon: wait a minute. you're treading into that dangerous territory that the clinton campaign said it does not want people to focus on. >> well, come on, but that is a lie. the simple fact that the whole argument about ready for hillary, the talking points we heard from harry reid recently, how her chief qualification she is a woman. the benefit of harry reid he is not sophisticated enough to hide spin in a clever way. you can figure out

interesting a short while ago politico had a story saying john podesta was here in new york talking to campaign donors trying to raise money and was getting hit with questions from the donors saying what's going on with this book? >> ed henry. interesting stuff. >>> a potentially historic vote happening on the floor of the u.s. senate. we'll have that for you after the break. >>> a very busy news day. thanks for hanging with us. "the real story" with gretchen stops now. >> sshgs. >> president obama says a u.s. drone strike accidentally killed an american and italian being held hostage by al qaeda. it all happened during a counterterrorism operation back in january. i'm gretchen carlson and we are here to bring you the real story today. now an investigation is going to be launched into that strike. here are the victims. american doctor warren weinstein who was abducted in pakistan and giovanni lo porto an italian aide worker. pete doocy, what more are we learning about this tragic raid? >> we heard minutes ago from the presence secretary josh earnest in the

talk of hostility from the hillary clinton camp but off the record meeting at the house of john podesta's house with reporters from "new york times" and "washington post" and "politico" and more a peace offer increasing. >> he is making pasta so i hope they brought someone to test the food. >> and bloomberg ran a story based on a hoax saying nancy reagan endorsed hillary clinton. it will be crazy. >> there are thin they want believe and by the way kate does a great job as hillary clinton and that can form a narrative that the media can follow and she nails it in a biting way. >> she will always have to dodge that. they are trying a different strategy. but clinton, overall, he could be polarizing and he is still a popular figure can that overriding factor will help her. not hurt. even given the "saturday night live," skits it will be positive. >> if you elect hillary clinton you get two for the price of one. >> i cannot begrudge chelsea as someone who has buck teeth and frizzy area i love it. >> you had a great makeover. >> and marco rubio announces on monday. ahead a very different media

you saw that from john podesta who said the author is a republican and cherry-picking information. >>ht back hard against the credibility of the author. what about the substance of this book and all this secrecy about what's actually in it? >> the author briefed some republican law makers on the senate foreign relations committee. one is rand paul. he is running for president. he said this today. >> it's unseemly. we have the constitution specifically says you can't take gifts from foreign government. is it skirting or going around the law to accept them through your foundation? i think it is and it has a real sense of impropriety. i think it ought to stop. >> obviously, rand paul has been out here on the campaign trail. some of his republican colleagues as well. that's why this issue is clearly not going away. >> doesn't seem to be. thank you very much. >>> mrs. clinton taking a swipe at republicans on the campaign trail for their focus on her instead of the issues she says. >> it is i think, worth noting that the republicans seem to be talking only about me. i don't know what they w

coordinate with sitting lawmakers, capitol hill allies a group of top clinton advisors led by john podesta working with house and senate folks. this is quite a little organization. not to be surprised by it. it's impressive doing this level of coordination this early. >> i think what they have discovered very quickly is president obama whose organization ran two very successful campaigns did not leave much behind. they didn't put in the democratic national committee. they sort of took it themselves, went in the private sector with much of it. you really have to create a whole campaign. obviously she has to be very careful to make sure she's not running against the president and she has to be very careful that she's not running for the third term because if she's running for the third term she basically will have to live with the liabilities of this president. >> what do you think of the koch brothers throwing their support early on holding a cattle call if you will, for scott walker, jeb bush ted cruz, rand paul and marco rubio. isn't that a little unseemly and a little little thoughtless

talk of hostility from the hillary clinton camp but off the record meeting at the house of john podesta's house with reporters from "new york times" and "washington post" and "politico" and more a peace offer increasing. >> he is making pasta so i hope they brought someone to test the food. >> and bloomberg ran a story based on a hoax saying nancy reagan endorsed hillary clinton. it will be crazy. >> there are thin they want believe and by the way kate does a great job as hillary clinton and that can form a narrative that the media can follow and she nails it in a biting way. >> she will always have to dodge that. they are trying a different strategy. but clinton, overall, he could be polarizing and he is still a popular figure can that overriding factor will help her. not hurt. even given the "saturday night live," skits it will be positive. >> if you elect hillary clinton you get two for the price of one. >> i cannot begrudge chelsea as someone who has buck teeth and frizzy area i love it. >> you had a great makeover. >> and marco rubio announces on monday. ahead a very different media

here is clinton n podesta. >> he cherry picked information that's been disclosed and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories about it. the facts, there's nothing new about the conspiracy theories he'll get the judge when we read the book. >> your response? >> they are not conspiracy theories and he's incorrect. one of the finds in the book is that you have multimill dollar donations never disclosed. the thing we have to keep in mind the clintons try to say they are transparent. the reason they are transparent with the foundation is the barack obama transition team in 2008 insisted on disclosure. the senate foreign relations committee insisted they disclose donations and as the wall street journal and new york times confirmed on thursday there are multimillion dollar donations never disclosed. those were the only ones we could find by going through canadian tax records. >> the clinton camp notes you work for george w. bush and his white house and worked for the conservative news website. and this is a right wing pitch -- >> it's an interesting statement, the two previous books looked at i

applause ] [ rimshot ] did you guys see this, last week, president obama's outgoing senior adviser john podestae news when he said his biggest failure from 2014 was not disclosing government ufo files. yeah. he said, "the truth is still out there." [ laughter ] it didn't take long for several prospective republican candidates to jump on the issue. here's what they're saying. chris christie said "it's time for obama to disclose these ufo files." rand paul said, "what is the president hiding?" [ laughter ] rick scott said, "we should probably just forget about it." [ laughter and applause ] jeb bush said, "are there aliens among us?" rick scott said, "seriously, let's just move on to something else. what's up with immigration, huh?" [ laughter ] marco rubio said, "did anyone notice rick scott is sweating green fluid?" [ laughter ] and finally illinios congressman dan lipinski said, "you idiot, they're on to us! get back to the mothership! gleep glorp -- [ laughter and applause ] this is pretty interesting. i heard that george washington may have been one of the first people to use medical marijua

here is clinton campaign chairman john podesta. >> he's cherry-picked information to be disclosed and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories about it. the fact there's nothing new about the conspiracy theories, i guess we'll get to judge when we read the book. >> your response. >> they're not conspiracy theories. he's incorrect. one of the big finds in the book is you have multimillion dollar donations that were never disclosed. the clintons tried to say they're very transparent. the reason they're transparent with the foundation is the barack obama transition team in 2008 insisted on disclosure. the senate foreign relations committee insisted they have full closure. as new york times said on thursday, there were millions of dollars never disclosed. >> the clinton camp notes that you work for george w. bush in his white house. they note you also work for the conservative news website, and what they say, in effect this is a right wing pitch job. >> it's an interesting statement. the two previous statements i've done "throw them all out," looking at self enrichment and insider trading by

this time they've got someone like john podesta, former chief of staff to bill clinton, senior advisor to president obama. his job is sort of corral the old bill clinton crowd and the former president himself, keep them in the loop. because he was actually kept out of the loop sometimes of campaign decisions. i think that's one way they think they can sort of corral him. >> on the republican side i know you sat down with senator rand paul who says there is a sense the clintons think they're above the law. there's already messaging put out there about personal e-mails. is this going to be the main line of afaq for the republican party? >> i think it is. just look at -- i mean some early polls in swing states colorado virginia and iowa had he asked is hillary clinton honest and trustworthy to be president and she was on the wrong side of that answer. more people in iowa colorado and virginia said she wasn't honest and trustworthy. the e-mail story gives republicans an entree into that issue. i think this is something she's got to fix. this is a long-term problem for her if she's not care

. >> why didn't podesta go to it algeria if he wanted to raise money. >> he could have gotten more moneythere does this name ring a bell? richard nixon. >> it does. >> just read, go back and read. all the statements from his team, nothing here. nothing here. we're going to go business as usual. you can't -- this has to be vetted. it has to be. ed henry glz good to see you. directly ahead senator marco rubio makes nice showing and latest political poll karl rove has some thoughts on that. federal judge rules a sign killing jews is worship is okay to be posted on new york city buses. right back. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event! is ending soon! get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster serta icomfort even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, free set-up, and free removal of your old mattress and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sle

. >> why didn't podesta go to it algeria if he wanted to raise money. >> he could have gotten more moneythere does this name ring a bell? richard nixon. >> it does. >> just read, go back and read. all the statements from his team, nothing here. nothing here. we're going to go business as usual. you can't -- this has to be vetted. it has to be. ed henry glz good to see you. directly ahead senator marco rubio makes nice showing and latest political poll karl rove has some thoughts on that. federal judge rules a sign killing jews is worship is okay to be posted on new i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. ha, you better have a jet pack under there turtle. tortoise, actually. on your marks, get set...go! later road kill. huh, huh. on your left, coming thru! hmm. plot twist. woo hoo! who's your turtle? (huh?) introducing the hair-raising power and performance of the mercedes-amg gt. it's no fairytale. you know, just because your bladder is changing it do

glenn: john podesta, this is a characteristic of this guy. he is a fast thinking, sharp talking kind of guy. he is sort of a prototype for rahm emanuel. he is rahm emanuel before rahm emanuel was rahm emanuel. he has an alter ego called skippy. when he loses his temper, he turns into skippy, they say. with the clintons, he was impatient with the slow pace of the planning, the hiring. one of the interesting things i discovered to my reporting was that there was some thought of being an exploratory phase going around to talk with people in a more public way, maybe even set up an export tory committee. -- an exploratory committee. he thought that would be a waste of time and she needed to announce as president. he prevailed in that regard, but he was also pushing for a january, february launch. but she did not go for that. she wanted to push it back. host: glenn thrush is chief political reporter for politico. what is going to happen today and this week? glenn: to a certain extent, what is interesting about this is eight years ago, this was a bi

. >> and here is clinton campaign chairman john podesta. >> he's cherry-picked information that's been disclosed and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories about it. the facts there's nothing new about. the conspiracy theories we'll get to judge when we read the book. >> your response? >> they are not conspiracy theories. i don't engage in theorizing. the clintons try to say that they are very transparent. in 2008 barack obama insisted on disclosure. the senate foreign relations committee insisted that they disclose the information and there are multimillion dollar donations that were never disclosed. those were the only ones we were able to find by going through canadian tax records. >> the clinton camp notes you work for george w. bush and his white house and worked for the conservative news website. and this is a right wing pitch -- >> it's an interesting statement, the two previous books, i threw them all out, which looks at inside trading by members of congress. i looked at dennis hastert and his stock trades and in extortion i was criticized by john boehner about his practices. whe

john podesta was quoted incoming, this will not stop.she did all she spent her time doing was talking about all the stuff coming in utterly unsubstantiated, okay? that's all she would be doing. the voters out there, let me tell you the evidence of what she is doing is right. republicans spent two weekends ago in new hampshire bashing hillary. hillary has been out there talking about problems that are facing every day voters. guess what? in the fox news poll itself from the month ago until now, her standing is better against rubio paul, christie the fox news poll actually has her up half as much as the real clear politics. >> she definitely is losing ground. >> no, she is not. >> simon it's one thing when it's a former president or it's a secretary of state and you're trying to, i don't know, buy favor or get some political influence. but it's another thing completely when that person wants to be the most powerful human being on the planet. there is a lot of influence to pedal if she becomes president. >> yeah, i mean, look. she is the mo

. >> amy we saw clinton's compare chairman podesta meeting jed with senate democrats. scenes on those conversations. >> right. clearly there's outreach going. on there's a lot of asking what they want from the campaign. i think that there's -- there was a sense that they don't want to her to look entitled obviously. there's talk to progressive democrats, as well, about what issues she needs to address. it's interesting while the candidate is going on this "listening tour" in iowa, new hampshire, talking to voters, listening, i think her aides are doing a similar thing with party luminary who's they'll need on their -- luminaries who they'll need on their side. >> a juggernaut that's how they want it to appear. amy, thanks, alex, nice to see you in person. thank you very much. >>> to mark earth day today, msnbc is airing a new documentary taking a look at food wasted. some of these numbers are staggering. the average american family, hear this, throws away as much as $2,300 worth of food each year. to illustrated the problem two filmmakers sets out on a six-month projec

i took note of staff her chief of staff, john podesta invited journalists into his home cooked them a meal on thursday night. is that part of a typical roll out or does she have a problem? >> of course she has a problem. look she's going to be running against the press and the press is going to be running against her. the press is probably her biggest impediment. >> why do you say that? >> if she wins the nomination she will have defeated those candidates. the press is still going to be there. the press is very cantankerous with her they can be thoughtless. occasionally they can be very thoughtful. there's been a lot of bad reporting on hillary clinton and there's been a lot of good reporting on hillary clinton. she has little respect for most of the, quote, mainstream media. and with some reason. >> conservatives right now are falling off their sofas saying wait a minute carl bernstein is saying they as they would put it lame-stream media is going to go rough on her? she's their candidate. >> first of all, that's not true. everybody loves a good story. problem about our politics and

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an interview last night on the charlie rose show, the chairman of her presidential campaign john podestalled the book inaccurate. >> he's cherry picked information that's been disclosed. and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories about it. >> reporter: clinton arrived here in new hampshire just as 19 republican hopefuls were leaving. >> hillary clinton -- >> hillary clinton -- >> hillary clinton -- >> i could have sworn i saw hillary's scooby-doo van outside. >> reporter: some even tweeted photos of themselves being more accessible to the press than the public. >> i don't know what they'd talk about if i weren't in the race but i am in the race. >> reporter: wisconsin governor scott walker mentioned herd half a dozen times in a speech. and again on fox last night. >> this is not someone connected to everyday americans. >> reporter: larry sabato said it's no accident even though they face each other in the primaries first. >> it's a tryout to be the nominee. one thing the republican nominee has to do is not be afraid to take on hillary clinton in a very blunt direct way. >> reporter: it's n

it saw the testimony of white house officials, including john podesta, who was chief of staff. charles ruff, now deceased then, white house counsel. cheryl mills, a deputy counsel in the white house, later became chief of staff to mrs. clinton in the state department. although the court did not unfortunately, find of structuring of justice, it was called loathesome and he said that mills was responsible for the actions of the fiasco and were inadequate to address the problem. mills is responsible to disclose to investigators about these e-mails. she had been highlighted for a special calling out by a federal court judge back during the clinton years in 1990 -- i guess the whole scandal took place in the late 90's and the ruling was more recent. i can tell you -- she was under oath back in the clinton administration. i don't think that was well understood. the judicial watch has been active in areas involving the freedom of information act and we have filed requests with the state department and have sued 20 times under the freedom of information act on issues ranging from mrs.

not for all the noise that was made this morning from clinton supporters including david brock john podesta and others that this is a partisan hit job. it really is detailed laying out the bullet that thes of the fact of each of these events and leave it to the reader to decide how you piece it together. basically a lot of this comes down to a convergence of time lines where secretary clinton, then secretary of state is meeting with big players or adjusting policy in one way or another at the same time bill clinton is getting paid the biggest dollars for speaking in these various countries $750,000 for a speech, $5,000 at the same time within a day or two of meetings but secretary clinton has on certain topics. that is one of the aspects of this connecting the dots and that is why it is getting a lot attention. we will have a piece friday on the fox news channel at 10:00 p.m. eastern. charles: people can complain about the exclusives different media outlets have with the author but we have to point out it is pretty interesting because the criticism has to come from the far right. the washin

she has former obama people working for her in her campaign like john podesta. about corporate tax cuts, the left is going to go public and they are going to go ballistic attacking her so we are teed up for a really interesting campaign. stuart: we are right into it. dan henninger eric, thanks very much. more of today's top stories. loren is back with a headline in case you missed it. >> we have a victory to tell you about for general motors. a judge ruling gm is protected by its bankruptcy, meeting claims over its faulty ignition switches from before it emerged from bankruptcy are not valid. here is what the judge has to say about that. judge napolitano: innocent people will not have redressed the unfortunate consequences of a government regulated managed and forced bankruptcy. >> potentially billions of dollars is saved because many lawsuits will not be allowed to proceed. that is why flying skinnier, smaller planes means fewer seats and fewer cheap airfares. no new orders have recently coming by any domestic carrier for an airbus or boeing jumbo jet. senator

people look at this you can lay all this out but there is not a shred of evidence-- listen to john podestaabout this. >> it's a book that is written by a former bush operative who is reporter for that august news institution breitbart.com or has been in the past. he is cherry-picked information that has been disclosed. and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories bit. the facts there is nothing new about, conspiracy theories i guess we'll get to judge when we read the book. martha: so what do you say to the not a link, not a shred of evidence for an actual thing that took place in policy, that was triggered by these payments? >> it is funny because he says i cherry-picked information. i didn't cherry-pick the information. we followed the money. we looked at major foreign money donors. is there business before the state department and how does it end up for them? what we find out consistently ends up well. that is the key thing. obviously in terms of a quid pro quo we don't have access to emails, we don't have access to correspondence but pattern of behavior is overwhelming. martha: you make th

problems created by a memorandum of understanding, late 2008, early 2009, this is one of the things john podestaed on. lawyers for the clinton side and lawyers for the obama side sat down during the transition and said this is a big deal. she is secretary of state bill clinton has been called president of the world and global ambassador by various people he's raising money and giving speeches, we need rules of the roads the they created a memorandum of understanding. the administration having a heads of who he was speaking to. it certainly looks from the outside that there wasn't anything, i want to stress so many laws were broken we don't know that. peter schweitzer has said he could not connect the dots but he is raising a lot of serious questions please connect some dogs. why can't he connect the rest of the dots? maybe there is no there there or may be as you talking about a moment ago with martha, maybe there were some e-mails we haven't seen yet that could tell us more of this picture but bottom line to me is the administration, the white house itself at the beginning of her tenure as secr