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Msnbcs alex sidewall out on the trail today. did she get some answers out, more of the muffling through with the white ring and other skeptics asking questions, she keeps giving answers but it never gets concluded. >> reporter: i think with this it will never have a final conclusion. its going to come down to whether you fundamentally trust hillary clinton or not. if you trust her you think she turned over all the e-mails that were work-related to the state department and everything is more or l...

Its a big question. to what degree is the real poverty problem? is it a perception problem and to what degree is a policy problem and the president is mistaking one for the other. >> if you are a champion of the liberal approaches to poverty, starting with the war on poverty which not only wasted trillions of declaration but actually undermined the very communities it was trying to help, if you are the advocate of that policy, you have to blame it on perception because you cant defend the policy...

Sunday night. both were called by a policeman. they knew, the fbi, that simpson was interested in that event, but had no reason to believe he had to attack there. while the investigation is far from complete at the fbi, the events of sunday down there have spurred new debate about the potential for more isis-inspired lone wolf attacks here in this country. and in a senate hearing, terrorist recruitment today, senator ron johnson of wisconsin said theres a perception problem when it comes to how ...

Earned through transparency. and i think they have not been particularly transparent on a whole host of things. >> reporter: with the new book "clinton cash" officially released today analysts say the controversy is not going away. >> it looks really really bad and its more than i think what bill clinton says its not just a perception problem, its a reality problem. >> reporter: and still on another front, clintons lawyers now say that they have told the house committee investigating benghazi th...

In an exclusive interview, the former president insisted those donations were not influence peddling and he defended his wife. >> not a single solitary fact has been introduced that she has done anything wrong. people should live to be as honest as she is. >> reporter: republican candidates are pouncing questioning the clintons trustworthiness. >> bill clinton is saying what hillary clinton has said on many occasions, just trust us just trust us. and unfortunately, trust is earned through transp...

Asked them about this and how it would play in the campaign. they said, look, were still in a good position the game hasnt even started yet. we dont want to be a frunt runner if you look how last go around played out. interesting, though jose how quickly things can change in politics. chris christie was the most coveted endorsement you could have gotten. all the other candidates were saying, wow, we wish we could have gotten him. he was the one everyone wanted and now the only time were really t...

Earnest about this he said weve been presented with no evidence of any problem here. >> everybody is talking about theres no smoking gun, and its the letter of the law. its a perception problem. >> going back to the late 1990s one asset the clintons had on their side was republican overreach. bill clintons approval ratings went up after the impeachment. do you think the republicans might overplay their hand once again and set the table for hillary clinton by overreaching this time? >> i dont thi...

And that did not happen. but the bigger question is this is it going to affect the trust and credibility of her, and the bigger question is are people going to say, more scandal and more this? >> i want to turn to carol on this because there may not be a smoking gunning and i am curious, carol, how big of a problem is it going to be for the white house, because when we asked john earnist of this he said we have not been presented with evidence of the wrong doing here? >> everybody is talking abo...

And it looked like bribery. >> bribery is a strong word, julie, and thats romneys opinion. the perception problem, look, this campaign says there is zero evidence and there is no evidence that as of secretary of state she was involved in the decision, and she said the decisions were made down below her and never got to her and there is no evidence of quid pro quo. but why would you introduce your business friend, why would you go to russia and take $500,000 for a speaking fee from a bank that ha...

Candidate clinton? >> so far politically, not a great deal. clearly, her campaign is concerned about the allegations in this forthcoming book. they are concerned about the perception problem. you see them pushing back very very hard. on each of these constituent parts. however, i mean polling would suggest that while most likely democratic voters think she would be a good president and support her, i mean well over 60% in most polls, there is also a large constituent group of democrats, likely d...