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He was asked about it, and here's what he said. >> i have no reason to believe she's annoyed. i've got pundits saying it means this or that. they don't know what they're talking about. >> do you think a man who is politically smart enough to get elected to congress and to be able to play this game the way he is playing it doesn't know that hillary is being abused, their relationship is being abused by this, michael? >> i think the clinton world right now is protect the brand. you see the most trusted adviser to hillary clinton phillipe reinees has started playing a role in the weiner campaign,...

Friend of miss abedin's. he says he's trying to mitigate the fallout for her and help a friend through a difficult time. right after he -- right around the time he talked to her last week, he called mrs. clinton to let her know what was about to happen. >> 15 years the clintons have had a clear record without embarrassments like this. they've cleaned up their act. they get all the credit for that and this comes along and reminds everybody of the whole problem. i don't think it's going to hurt in the end but i can't believe they're not going to think it does, andrew siff and michael grynbaum fo...

And help a friend through a difficult time. of course, right around the time he talked to ms. abedin before she came out at the press conference last week, he called mrs. clinton to let her know what was to be happen. >> okay. 15 years the clintons have had a clean record without any embarrassments like this. they've done a good job. they've cleaned up their act. they get all the credit for that and this comes along and reminds everybody of the whole problem. i don't think it's going to hurt in the end but i can't believe they're not going to think it does. andrew siff, thank you so much. and ...