Transcripts For CNNW Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 201607

CNNW Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer July 6, 2016

Lied to the fbi. Can a fundraising surge help them close the gap. And a Deadly Police shooting. The Justice Department investigates a Police Shooting. And they spark protest and outrage across the country. Im wolf blitzer, and youre in the situation room. Hillary clinton is ignoring the fbi criticism of her email system. She is going on the attack targeting trump. She accused trump of multiple bankruptcies, stiffing contractors, and hurting the community. He is saying clinton lied to the fbi and added her time will come. Fbi director james comey blasted her for her handling of classified email will testify tomorrow morning. Aides say that clinton will not discuss the probe until after that house hearing and her campaign is hoping that republicans will overreach. And video of White Police Officers shooting a subdued africanamerican suspect at pointblank rank is sparking protests and rage. Ill will speak with chris murphy and our correspondents, analysts, and guests will have full coverage of todays top stories. Lets start with brianna keiler. Hillary clinton is keeping quiet for now on the email scandal, should she go on the offensive . Hillary clinton hitting trump where polls show voters think he is stronger than her, on the economy. But she is still fending off criticism that she and aides were extremely careless with classified information over email despite a move not to dii indict. What he did here in Atlantic City is exactly what he will do if he wins in november. She is still facing criticism over her email practices despite the fbis recommendation not to prosecute. Director comeys presentation sl shredded the claims that secretary clinton made throughout the year. The Republican National committee calling out her statement with a new web video. I did not email any classified material to anyone on my email. 110 emails in 52 email chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information. And House Republicans called fbi director james comey to testify tomorrow to explain why the government is not charging clinton. Donald trump is hitting clinton from the trail as she tries to shift the focus back to his record in Atlantic City where three of trumps four bankruptcies affected businesses. Contractors, many of them small businesses, took heavy losses and many themselves went bust. But donald trump walked away with millions. And here is what he says about the whole experience. He brags about it. Her campaign is unveiling an online video about how his companies and bankruptcies hurt small businesses. A lot of the people that help build were stiffed at 30 cents on the dollar. If you dont pay a 100,000 bill, it puts them out of business. Trump responded on twitter blaming others. Asking the Democratic City Council what happened to Atlantic City. And Hillary Clinton is trying to cast herself as a middle class warrior and contrast herself with donald trump so that 80 of u. S. Families qualify for free instate public college. This is a sign that Bernie Sanders is still pulling Hillary Clinton to the left. Her college plan now looking more like his plan for free college and she wants to write it as a pie in the sky and impossible to get with. And donald trump is starting to raise some serious money right now. Lets go to sarah murray, no let ups in trumps attacks against Hillary Clinton at all. Thats right, donald trump is hoping to keep the pressure on hillary here in cincinnati, ohio. He wants to hammer home his idea that the system is rigged in favor of political elites. And it comes at a time when donald trump is Getting Better at raising money. Donald trump is finally beginning to rake in some campaign cash. He is announcing he raised 51 million, a vast improvement from the 3. 1 million he raised in may, but it still falls short of what Hillary Clinton brought in last month. He tries to prosecute his own case. And you know what, folks, she cant keep our country safe. The presumptive nominee casting clinton as a crocked politician operating above the law. That after saying she should not face charges. Stupidity is not a reason that youre innocent. And i dont happen to believe that it was stupidity. Today was the best example of what we have seen of our system being rigged. And in the city, theyre saying if i get hillary off the hook i will have four more years or eight more years. But if she looses, im out of a job. Its a bribe. Its a disgrace. And today trump is facing criticism for a separate tangent in which he praised Saddam Hussein. Saddam hussein was a bad guy, right . He was a bad guy. A really bad guy. But you know what he did well . He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didnt read them rights. Today, iraq is harvard for terrorism. You want to be a terrorist, you go to iraq. And his quest for a running mate continues. But the short list is down a few members. Bob corker told cnn he is withdrawning his name from the running. Im more of a policy person. Its different if you will to be a candidate for Vice President. I just think that people like me are better suited for other kinds of things. And iowa senator joony ernst says she has not received vetting documents from the campaign but is open to speaking at the convention. I am offering my services and i think it would be a nice opportunity. A lot of curiosity still out there about what a Donald Trump Convention might look like and which of his former political rivals might speak at it. Now he is saying it will be tomorrow. So we will see as he campaigns here tomorrow. Even if newt is not picked, he could be on the list of Convention Speakers as well. Thank you very much for joining me. The member of the Senate Foreign relations committee, and early supporter of Hillary Clinton, thank you for joining us. As you know, secretary clinton once again today did not talk about fbi director comeys remarks on her use of private email servers. Is that a mistake to ignore the questions that are out there right now . Its not a mistake because you know voters in connecticut and across the country i think are sick and tired of the name calling that has been at the center of this campaign. The focus on emails and the lack of focus on the things that matter to them like jobs, education, and health care. Her focus today on whether or not donald trump will be a job creator or do what he did in Atlantic City, which was steel money from the pockets of carpenters, drywallers, and contractors, i think they will be glad to have this manufactured controversy on her email server behind her. Are you accusing james comey of manufacturing this controversy. Even though he recommended against charges, his criticism was brutal. No, he has a responsible like the department of justice to do their due diligence. It is the near excessiveness on this issue and this issue only. There are other important issues to the American Public. Im glad they came to a conclusion that they did that there is no enforcement action necessary on this issue. But people in my state want to talk about thing more relevant to their daily lives than this controversy. Because comey former u. S. Attorney and Deputy Attorney general had several scathing lines yesterday, he said it was extremely care less what she did, and she should have known that she should have known. The overall Security Culture at the state department, while she was secretary of state were lacking. These are words of comey. How worried are you about this . Im not worried in part because Hillary Clinton herself owned up to the fact that she made a mistake. She admits she would have done it differently and i think that is refreshing and reassuring to know that she can admit she has not been perfect. The investigations currently of fraud have never admitted that he ever made a mistake in lis life, i think it is a positive that secretary clinton made it clear that she would do it differently. I can attest to the fact that her service as secretary of state defending this country is one of her primary assets that she will continue to run on over the course of this campaign. She said over and over and over again that she never sent or received classified information. Yesterday the fbi director said that was not true, in fact some were marked classified, and they had a higher security level. That is a biting criticism suggesting that she was not telling the truth. Well, as you know, there is a dispute between agencies about how many of these documents are classified. And at the heart of the legal determination, maybe the department of justice was whether there was any intent involved in potentially putting this information at risk. And there is single prosecutor that could say there was any intent on behalf of Hillary Clinton that there was any risk. And i think voters want to know that this candidate for president , for the trust of this country, was not intending to put this sensitive material at risk. She says she would have done it differently, but the fact that there is no prosecution means that voters questions have largely been answered on this question. Do you know, i dont know if you had a conversation with her, what she was thinking when she became secretary of state and she decided all of her email would be done on a private server. Do you know what she was thinking at the time, why she decided to do it that way . She explained it was a matter of convenience. And there was precedent for that, Collin Powell conducted his emails in the same manner, but she admits that was the wrong way to go and she would have done it differently at ret retrospect. And again, i think what will happenow is that this campaign can hopefully move on to issues that matter and i dont think it is a coincidence that today you saw republicans running from donald trump when it came from potential Vice President s with this investigation behind Hillary Clinton. She will be a stronger candidate and donald trump will really have to go out of his way to create this as controversy to continue going. Stand by, senator. We have more questions. Well take a quick break and well take a quick break and well be right back. Sweet, sweet st. Thomas nice. So nice, so nice st. Croix full of pure vibes. So nice, so nice. St. John a real paradise. This summer experience Us Virgin Islands nice. Book 4 nights at visitusvi. 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I raise questions as to whether or not donald trump can hold on to classified information or if he will stand up at a rally and blurt out something to put the country at risk. I think it is an unfortunate instance of republicans trying to make headlines for themselves. But Hillary Clinton has proven time and time again she puts the security of the country first. Are you suggesting the cia should not provide donald trump with that classified Daily Briefing after he is the official republican nominee. I think they should give him an elementary information as to the importance of classified information and the risk he could put the country at if he disclose itd to get political advantage. She pretty clearly putting his political and business future first and puts the country second. He has done that over and over and over again. I certainly worried he might do that with classified information as well. I have spoken to high ranking intelligence officials, and they say they have to be even handed. Whatever they give one, they have to give the other. Should they tone down what they give to Hillary Clinton to protect the intelligence that would be shared with donald trump . What i know is today there is an article in a paper about a number of high level republican Foreign Policy experts endorsing Hillary Clinton. Bob corker walked away from a potential Vice President si today. And he cant stand next to donald trump when it comes to his complete absence of knowledge about how to protect this country about matters of international relations. So i think the establishment on the republican side is making it it clear they dont trust donald trump. And i think that has to be a consideration of our intelligence officials. Chris murphy of connecticut welcome thank y. Thank you for joining us. Will donald trump have any big surprises in store. Our political experts are standing by coming up. 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Should she address these questions publicly. Here is what i think is going on right now in the Clinton Campaign. It is important to remind people that elections are about choices. For her to have that planned attack on donald trump, his business ethics, his problems with his own judgment issues was important. I think at this point they are just waiting to see how it dies down. We have jim comey now on capitol hill. She will address this, but she will address it in a way that responds to what voters care about, not the media. Im assuming she will wait to see what comey says and then take it from there. It will depend on how much republicans can generate at these hearings. Clinton is not running by saying she is perfect or even on issues or that she never made mistakes, she is running on saying im not donald trump. Donald trump is something you dont want. She is going to, i think in the next two weeks before the conventions try to ride out the storm, address it if she has to but then try to move past the issue. The more she talks about it, the more it gives republicans an opportunity. You think she might stay silent . There will probably be a point in the next couple weeks he have have to address this, but if i were advising her, i would say less is more. I interviewed Bernie Sander this is morning who is still a president ial nominee. He didnt come to her defense, but he was not criticizing her, but he was not as enthuse yacia. How important is it for hillary right now to have the support from Bernie Sanders . It was not a problem, but it certainly wasnt helpful. Someone with the influence of Bernie Sanders to be saying that this case is closed and lets move on. He did stop short of that today. Bernie sanders is the one who says who cares about these emails right . In a very public way. In a way that surprise ad lot of people in the democratic primary. I thought he wasnt willing to go that far today to say the case is closed, i dont doubt he will get there at some point. And when he does, every democratic that says this is closed and over and we should move on that is helpful to Hillary Clinton. What is your reaction when you heard today, a lot of us were surprised at bob corker. He spent the day with donald trump yesterday. They were together up on the podium. He announced today he was withdrawing his name for consideration to be Donald Trumps Vice President ial running mate. I think he would be a tremendous Vice President , but aside from that i was not dispinted. Part of the conservative movement lately has been the corker bill that had to do with iraq and the iraq deal. This was very unpopular with conservatives. And i th

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