what are the chances that sidney blumenthal would not be mentioned in this book? carlos: he played a more significant role during her white house years. i seem to recall there was a conversation about him maybe having a role in the state department. but i don't recall that. brian: he has been deeply involved with the e-mails back and forth when she was secretary of state. carlos: on consequential matters, sometimes deeply inane matters. i would subscribe to the rule of thumb on political memoirs. these should not be interpreted as a true record of what took place. brian: you have written several articles on donald trump. you talk about -- he doesn't seem to be a huge fan of the giffer. you say after he lost the election to ronald reagan, talking about jimmy carter, this is donald trump. carlos: yes. the donald turned him down. but he said that it impressed him that carter had guts to ask them for something big. he hadn't been impressed with carter as a president. but asking in and asking the donald for five million made him seem like a gutsy guy. brian: later he s

i also don't think the fact she is talking to sidney blumenthal is a big deal and a lot of this otheris a big deal and could cause a problem is the discussion of private e-mail server really could undercut hillary clinton's biggest selling point for the presidency, the reason she might get the most votes and that is kabul using government as first lady, senator, secretary of state she is supposed to be among the most competent candidates, supposed to know what she's doing and why she is doing it, supposed to be a good mind on foreign policy and national security particularly given her last job and the secret e-mail server undercuts all of that or at least it could. a republican candidate drive for that home it could cause for a big problem, undercuts her big selling point and that is the biggest danger. not necessarily that she might have done something illegal even though it might have been illegal with classified information. gregg: it is a crime to divert classified e-mails from the government and secure menu but what will the government recommend? absent an indictment, what do you

clinton's e-mails to sidney blumenthal, a former aide to her husband. >> by the summer of 2014, the benghazi committee requests documents about the terrorist attack that killed four american earns in libya. it is only then that the state department realizes there are no records to or from an official state department e-mail account for then-secretary clinton. march of last year, a month before she declares her candidacy for the white house, "the new york times" reports clinton used a private server to conduct official business. eight days later in her first public comments about the growing scandal, she says she used a single device for "convenience." >> by summer, the fbi investigation widens. an inspector general's report shows some clinton e-mails did include classified information. the clinton campaign shifts into damage control mode as she is questioned about it on the campaign trail. >> you were the official in charge. did you wipe the server? >> what? like with a cloth or something? in retrospect, this didn't turn out to be convenient at all and i regret this has been such a cause cel

. >> sidney blumenthal, a long-time clinton confidante.bama administration prohibited from working for clinton at state. conduct confidential government business, clinton enjoys a commanding lead over her democratic challengers, one former maryland governor, martin o'malley has failed to secure his name on the ohio primary ballot. clinton remained a fundraising force. her campaign says she took in more than 55 million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2015 and $112 million in all of of last year. >> thank you, rich. >>> social media has become a huge part of daily life for millions of americans. >> for all the 2016 candidates, a way to connect and interact with real people for real cheap. but how much will those connections and likes usually translate into votes? correspondent peter doocy reports now, what you might call viral voters. >> the path to the white house goes through your pocket. because social media feeds on your phone or on your computer are where presidential hopefuls are trying to pick up traction, like instagram with 15-seco

question is whether people were put in action, there is an interesting exchange about a lunch with sidney blumenthal where he claims blumenthal said we are going to take care of this situation and weird thing started taking place at kathleen willy's house. whether she can put herself forward as a woman and a candidate and not have these thing revisited. and even more importantly, does it bring it all back up and make some people say there is so much interest in outsiders. enough with them? >> i think for a lot of people including people like katie who weren't around when this happened. they don't know much about this, they on learned about it by reading about it. i think more other voter who are more concerned about moving forward and about the things that need to be fixed in this country, they will move forward. there are plenty of people who don't like hoik and would never vote for her no matter what and i think we hear many of them all the time. in november you will have a choice between two people. it might be donald trump and it might be hillary clinton. when they have that choice they will ren

what are the chances that sidney blumenthal would not be mentioned in this book? carlos: he played a more significant role during her white house years. i seem to recall there was a conversation about him maybe having a role in the state department. but i don't recall that. brian: he has been deeply involved with the e-mails back and forth when she was secretary of state. carlos: on consequential matters, sometimes deeply inane matters. i would subscribe to the rule of humb on political memoirs. these should not be interpreted as a true record of what took place. brian: you have written several articles on donald trump. you talk about -- he doesn't seem to be a huge fan of the giffer. you say after he lost the election to ronald reagan, talking about jimmy carter, this is donald trump. carlos: yes. he donald turned him down. but he said that it impressed him that carter had guts to ask them for something big. he hadn't been impressed with carter as a president. but asking in and asking the donald for five million made him seem like a gutsy guy. brian: later he sai

and we have seen close relationships between the clintons and sidney blumenthal whom clinton was relying on for her information. bill: catherine herridge has done some terrific reporting on this. the way i understand it is at issue whether individual or governments over seas would have been able to take advantage of the clinton foundation based on a dough nation made to the clinton foundation while hillary clinton was secretary of state. is that the issue here? >> i'm not certain what the f.b.i. is looking at. but we have all seen the public records where bill clinton was giving speeches to foreign governments at the say time issues were before the state department where secretary clinton would have needed to make decisions. it looks embarrassing and a potentially greater risk to the use the. it was appropriate for -- fit was appropriate for the united states. our work on the benghazi committee has been hampered by the democrats on the committee and the state department refusing turn over documents. bill: are you suggesting you are being stonewalled? >> no suggestion, sir, that's the abs

the chairman recently tried to argue that sidney blumenthal was secretary clinton's primary advisor on libya. this past sunday, representative pompeo claimed on national television that secretary clinton relied on sidney blumenthal for most of her intelligence on libya. earlier this week, the washington post fact checker awarded this claim four pinocchio's. it's worst rating. select committee has spent 17 months and $4.7 million of taxpayer money. we have held four hearings and conducted 54 interviews and depositions. yes, we have received some new e-mails from secretary clinton, ambassador stevens him and others. yes, we have conducted some new interviews. but these documents and interviews do not show any nefarious activity. in fact, it is the opposite. the new information we have obtained corroborates the facts we already knew from eight previous investigations. to provide more detail but they do not change the basic conclusions. it is time now for the republicans to end this taxpayer-funded fishing expedition. >> the terrorist attacks at our diplomatic compound and later at the cia

could raise money for the clinton foundation so that she could have access to information from sidney blumenthalans like you. >> i could care less. i'm not -- this is justice. she's not above the law. >> you said two aspects. one was legal and one was political. you have to ask yourself as a voter are you comfortable with the judgment of the secretary of state to leave this stuff -- [ everyone talking at once ] >> by the polling it is clear that the political aspect of the scandal has polled profoundly on hillary clinton. it is -- >> as well it should. >> it is i think exactly tied in to bernie sanders refreshing candor honesty, you know, maybe bungling the professor from back to the future and all that larry david, but the fact of the matter is he didn't use sneaky e-mails, she did. she's not guilty of a crime. but she -- >> she's guilty of many crimes. she's guilty of destruction of evidence, destroying them, concealing them. you know what she's scrubbed -- >> the justice department ruled that she had a clear legal right to delete any e-mail she felt was personal. >> really? >> that's what the

number one, there's more e-mails from sidney blumenthal, her controversial adviser and some of them hillarys at a news conference with hillary clinton a couple months ago where she said she never solicited these e-mails from sid blumenthal. he's just an old friend and he would just send me stuff. actually there are e-mails now saying hey, give me more info. what other intelligence do you have? that seems to run counter to what she said. number two, when you have that e-mail from 2011, before benghazi, but it was in 2011, where he says, you should go on all five sunday shows to talk about this specific issue, to show you're america's chief diplomat, show strength, it's interesting, because obviously, a year later she had that opportunity to do all five sunday shows, talking about benghazi, decided not to and susan rice went on and the rest is history. >> a lot of personal exchanges in those e-mails. you've got the moment hillary clinton discovered the infamous blackberry photo and the response from sheryl mills. you look cute in the photo. in t not necessarily the response you expect from an