5.19.15 HRC TV Coverage

National 

-- Interviewed Howard Dean about HRC’s answer on the Iraq invasion; used footage of HRC’s answer today; Dean said HRC’s response on her Iraq record was absolutely brilliant, “end of issue for Hillary Clinton.” MSNBC’s The Ed Show, 5.19.15

-- Report on the State Department’s rejected proposal of a January 2016 deadline to produce HRC’s emails from her tenure as Secretary of State; judge gave the State Department one week to come up with an alternative rolling schedule; interviewed Mercedes Schlapp and Angelo Carusone; Schlapp said HRC wants the emails out because they distract from her campaign; Carusone said there was no difference because Republicans would find a way to hit HRC regardless of when the emails are released. MSNBC’s The Ed Show, 5.19.15

-- Led with HRC breaking her silence with the press; discussed HRC’s State Department emails – mentioned the federal judge’s decision that the State Department must release the emails on a rolling basis – used footage of HRC talking in Iowa today about her emails; Heilemann said the email situation was out of HRC’s hands; Halperin said HRC has been on the side of public disclosure in the case of her email server; Halperin said the redactions from the emails were not addressed today; shifted into conversation about Blumenthal; used footage of HRC talking about Blumenthal today; Heilemann said the Clintons have an insatiable appetite for people who work in the dark arts which is why they would stand by Blumenthal; shifted into conversation about HRC’s wealth and used that footage from today; shifted into conversation about The Clinton Foundation and used that footage from today; shifted into conversation about HRC’s perspective on the TPP and used that footage from today; throughout all of this, Heilemann hammers the press for asking poor questions today. Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect, 5.19.15 [Part Two]

-- Report on HRC’s use of two private email addresses as Secretary of State; report on HRC breaking her silence after Ed Henry’s outburst; used footage of HRC’s discussion of her emails; said HRC addressed her relationship with Sidney Blumenthal; Dana Perino said HRC handled the interruption by Henry well; Perino said HRC wants people to see her emails because they are her hand-selected emails; Perino said Obama would probably be concerned that Blumenthal was running a rogue information system at the State Department. Fox News’ The Five, 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC taking five press questions today; interviewed Jeff Zeleny who said HRC was very practiced at answering questions – she just didn’t decide to until today; used footage of HRC answering questions about her emails as Secretary of State; mentioned the federal judge’s order to the State Department to speed up the process of releasing HRC’s emails; shifted into a report on Sidney Blumenthal, used footage of HRC’s answer about Blumenthal today; said HRC answered questions today about The Clinton Foundation; used footage of HRC’s answer about her Iraq War support; discussed how HRC answered questions about her wealth; said HRC walked a fine line on trade; teased HRC’s events in New Hampshire later this week. CNN’s The Lead With Jake Tapper, 5.19.15

-- Led with HRC taking press questions; used footage of HRC answering a question about her emails; reported on the State Department’s timeline of releasing HRC’s emails; reported on HRC’s answer today about her and WJC’s wealth; interviewed Jason Leopold, Jess McIntosh, and Nick Confessore; McIntosh pointed to HRC’s speeches on immigration policy and criminal justice reform; Leopold said he expected the State Department to comply with the federal judge’s order and start releasing emails in July; Confessore said the rolling release schedule serves the public interest; McIntosh said the Clintons’ wealth did not complicate HRC’s message to the working class, said the Clintons are a couple who come from a working-class background; interviewed Confessore about Sidney Blumenthal; Confesssore said HRC’s description of Blumenthal of someone she knew before she got into politics was unusual since they met after she was involved in politics. MSNBC’s NOW With Alex Wagner, 5.19.15 [Part Two]

-- Led with HRC taking questions from reporters; report on The New York Times’ Sidney Blumenthal story; report about the State Department’s announcement it would release HRC’s emails in January 2016; interviewed Alex Seitz-Wald who said that local press didn’t seem to care about HRC not talking to the press; interviewed Patricia Murphy about Sidney Blumenthal; Murphy said there were a series of smaller stories that were adding up for the Clintons; Murphy said HRC’s campaign was in denial that they need to talk to the press; Murphy said HRC would have to explain her time as Secretary of State; Murphy said she thought it was a mistake for HRC to coast to the nomination; Murphy said HRC hit her Iraq War answer out of the park. MSNBC’s The Cycle, 5.19.15 [Part Two]

-- Led with HRC taking questions from reporters; reported that reporters mainly question HRC on her emails; said that a federal judge ordered the State Department to start releasing HRC’s emails next week; interviewed Ed Henry; Henry talked about how he interrupted HRC’s panel; used footage of HRC talking about the Clintons’ wealth; interviewed John Bussey who said HRC is likely to come out and support the TPP; used footage of HRC discussing Iraq today; Bussey said this was HRC saying that she goofed on Iraq; Harris Faulkner (the guest host) said that HRC deleting her emails created conflict-of-interest questions; Faulkner (the guest host) said HRC threw the State Department under the bus by saying State needed to speed the process of looking through her emails. Fox News’ Shepard Smith Reporting, 5.19.15 [Part Two]

-- Warren said it was interesting that HRC was not able to see the current version of the TPP; Warren said that was a reason to not support the TPP; Warren said HRC said she was opposed to the Investor State Dispute Resolution, and Warren would like HRC to be clearer on that; Warren demurred when asked if TPP would affect who she would support in 2016. Bloomberg’s Bloomberg Markets, 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC talking to the press today; interviewed Ed Henry; Henry said he tried to interrupt respectfully when there was a pause in HRC’s speaking; Henry said HRC may be listening to Axelrod; brief report on HRC’s email exchanges with Sidney Blumenthal and HRC’s comments about it today; Henry reported on HRC’s comment about HRC and WJC’s PFDs; shifted into interview with Kirsten Powers; said the State Department said it would comply with the court order to hand over emails; Powers said there was not enough information to determine whether Blumenthal’s emails were a problem; Carlson revisited the hashtag she launched yesterday and read some of the responses. Fox News’ The Real Story With Gretchen Carlson, 5.19.15

-- Interview with Bernie Sanders; Sanders said he had been talking about income inequality for years; Sanders said HRC may be in the top one percent; Sanders demurred when Blitzer asked him whether HRC and WJC’s speaking fees were a problem; Sanders refused to answer a direct question about whether HRC was committed to the cause of affordable college; Sanders said he wanted to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans; Sanders said Iraq was a fair topic to draw a contrast with HRC. CNN’s Wolf, 5.19.15

-- Report on the State Department’s order to come up with a rolling schedule for releasing HRC’s emails; interviewed Alex Seitz-Wald who said HRC wanted her emails released sooner; follow-up of HRC and WJC’s PFD, quickly shifted into HRC’s comment on her finances today, “the deck is still stacked against those at the top”; interviewed Mark Murray about handling her question about Iraq today; Murray noted HRC’s answer was almost word-for-word from “Hard Choices.” MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts, 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s Q&A after her Iowa small-business roundtable; footage of Kristen Welker asking HRC about whether she had a conflict of interest in giving paid speeches ahead of her run for President; HRC said no; HRC said she wanted her emails released more than anyone; HRC said she was proud of the Foundation; led into comments from the State Department about creating a rolling schedule to release HRC’s emails; interviewed Alex Seitz-Wald about why HRC spoke to the press today; Alex Seitz-Wald said it was to address mounting pressure from the press. MSNBC showed an unscientific Pulse poll that showed 7 percent of viewers said HRC’s email controversy would impact their vote. MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts, 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s comments about Iraq today; interviewed O. Kay Henderson; Henderson said Iraq was not an issue on the Democratic side but could be if Webb started to talk about it in Iowa; Henderson said pocketbook issues motivated voters more than anything else; Henderson said HRC had reached a tipping point at which she needed to speak to the press. MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts, 5.19.15

-- Led with HRC breaking her silence on Iraq; used footage of HRC answering a question about the Iraq War; interviewed Jeff Zeleny who said she had been pressured by Democrats to make her position clear on trade; Zeleny said HRC was not defensive and came over to talk to the press with a smile on her face; used footage of HRC answering questions about her emails; Zeleny said he believes HRC when she said she wanted her emails released soon; interviewed Dana Bash and David Chalian; Bash said HRC is staying on message; Chalian said HRC’s press gaggle was a sign that she was improving as a candidate; Bash said HRC looks and feels more comfortable with people she picked “but real human beings” none the less; teased HRC’s fundraisers tomorrow in Chicago and events in New Hampshire later in the week. CNN’s Wolf, 5.19.15

-- Report on Sidney Blumenthal emails; interviewed Rich Lowrey and Alan Colmes; Colmes said he’d like to see HRC answer questions from the press; host said HRC was either lying or wrong when she said she didn’t have two devices; Lowrey said HRC was passing along information from Blumenthal who had a business interest in certain happenings in Libya; discussed the State Department releasing HRC’s emails in January 2016. Fox News’ America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum, 5.19.15

-- Led with report on the State Department’s announcement it would not release HRC’s emails until 2016; report that HRC used two email accounts while working as Secretary of State; the State Department requested a deadline of January 15, 2016; used footage from HRC’s UN press conference in March; noted the Benghazi committee did not have response yet; mentioned David Axelrod’s Meet The Press appearance this weekend; interview with Chris Stirewalt who said the sooner the emails came out the better for HRC; discussed the New York Times story about HRC’s communication with Sidney Blumenthal and her use of a second email address; MacCallum said HRC was passing Blumenthal’s information to Jake Sullivan. Fox News’ America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum, 5.19.15

-- Report on the State Department’s request to release HRC’s emails in January 2016; shifted into New York Times report about Blumenthal, saying the Benghazi Committee will subpoena Blumenthal; interviewed Michael Tomasky; Tomasky said HRC would probably prefer for her emails to be released sooner than January; showed footage of Christie hitting HRC for her use of a private email server, footage of Santorum saying HRC has not been transparent; Tomasky said the email story would go away if there was nothing in the emails; discussed Blumenthal; Tomasky said he couldn’t make heads or tails of The New York Times story, he said he didn’t understand what the story was about. MSNBC’s News Nation, 5.19.15

-- Report on Sidney Blumenthal emails about Libya; indicated Gowdy wanted to subpoena Blumenthal; Blumenthal had business interests in the State Department following his advice; interviewed AB Stoddard and Charles Hurt; Hurt said he marveled at the Clintons’ staying power; Stoddard said that HRC would pass along Blumenthal’s emails to other members of the State Department; Stoddard noted that Huma Abedin also worked for private enterprises while advising HRC; noted the Obama administration rejected Blumenthal’s employment at the State Department; Hurt said Obama must be mad about HRC talking to Blumenthal behind his back. Fox News’ Happening Now, 5.19.15

-- Report on how presidential candidates are responding to questions about the invasion of Iraq; noted HRC voted in favor of the use of force against Saddam Hussein; showed footage of HRC’s appearance on BBC Newsnight from June 2014; noted The Washington Post’s clock counting time since HRC last answered questions. Fox News’ Happening Now, 5.19.15

-- 20-minute report on HRC’s avoidance of the press; led into report on a federal judge’s order for the State Department to turn over HRC’s emails from the State Department on a rolling basis; led into report on HRC’s emails with Sidney Blumenthal; panel conversation with Nick Confessore, Chris Cillizza, and Susan Page; Confessore described Blumenthal from the panel; Page said all of these stories coming out about HRC show that HRC may not be as vetted as we thought; Cillizza butchers a Faulkner quote, “The past is never past;” Mitchell noted that HRC and WJC’s PFDs were released on a Friday night; Mitchell said the Blumenthal story and the delayed Benghazi Committee hearing get wrapped up in a narrative that cannot be helpful to HRC; shifted into footage of HRC talking about trade; Page said HRC needs to come down on trade; interviewed Alex Seitz-Wald who said HRC did talk about the emails during her Q&A and her wealth; Seitz-Wald said HRC’s Q&A would sate the cries of the press for a while; played footage from HRC’s Q&A; Confessore said he could not see how extending the State Department vetting process would benefit HRC; Mitchell said this is the most extensive Q&A she’s seen HRC give; Seitz-Wald said HRC was running a classic front-runner campaign; Page said HRC could handle any question thrown at her. MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, 5.19.15 [Part Two]

-- Report on HRC answering questions from the press; used footage of HRC talking about Sidney Blumenthal, her emails from the State Department, and her speaking fees from her Q&A today; interviewed Ed Henry, who said the reason she had a news conference was because Henry started to yell questions at her; Henry said HRC had not said she wanted the emails out ASAP before; Tantaros said that HRC’s statement that she could not provide her emails directly to the American public was a flat-out lie; Henry said the State Department needed to go through the emails and see what was confidential and what wasn’t; Tantaros said the emails sets up a back-and-forth between the Clinton camp and the Obama administration; Tantaros said HRC’s server was paid for by The Clinton Foundation in a potential quid pro quo. Fox News’ Outnumbered, 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC answering questions from the press; led into the news that the State Department said it would take until January 2016 to review all of HRC’s emails; showed footage of HRC answering questions from the press in Iowa. CNN’s Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield, 5.19.15

-- Report on the State Department’s announcement that HRC’s emails would not be available until January 2016 and HRC’s avoidance of reporters; interviewed Alex Seitz-Wald and Jackie Kucinich; Seitz-Wald said one of the benefits of Clinton Cash is it airs a lot of the email stories now before people are paying attention in the primaries when the emails will likely be released; Seitz-Wald said the tension between HRC and the press was natural; Kucinich said Americans weren’t paying attention yet. MSNBC’s The Rundown With Jose Diaz-Balart, 5.19.15

-- Report on the State Department’s announcement that HRC’s emails would not be available until January 2016; interviewed Kristen Welker; report about HRC’s use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State; included footage of Christie hitting HRC for use of the private server; mentioned HRC and WJC’s PFD; footage of Rick Santorum knocking HRC for not being transparent; coverage of HRC not taking questions from the press; campaign officials did not weigh in on the State Department’s intended release of HRC’s emails; led into interview with Ken Vogel who said this delay on the emails was bad for HRC because it would lead to a rush of scrutiny around the Iowa Caucus; Welker said holding smaller events was a strategy for HRC; Vogel said Blumenthal was a bad story for HRC. MSNBC’s The Rundown With Jose Diaz-Balart, 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s trip to Iowa today; mentioned Sidney Blumenthal emails about Libya; Jeff Zeleny said reporters and Republicans were criticizing HRC’s demurral of the press; Zeleny said HRC would push the economy today, but quickly pivoted to talking about Blumenthal’s emails; Zeleny noted it was like HRC had two different campaigns in two different universes. Also, Carol Costello says, “email scandal schmandal.” CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello, 5.19.15

-- Brief report that HRC had a second private email address as Secretary of State; said the account was used to communicate with Sidney Blumenthal about Libya. CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello. CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello, 5.19.15

-- Brief report on George Stephanopoulos’s donations to The Clinton Foundation; angle is that ABC signed a $105 million contract extension with Stephanopoulos last year; led into HRC using a second private email address at the State Department. Fox News’ Fox and Friends, 5.19.15

-- Interviewed Laura Ingraham about HRC’s use of multiple email address at the State Department; Ingraham said HRC had been castigated; Ingraham said HRC’s team would get away with what they could get away with until there was an evidentiary equivalent of a blue dress; Ingraham talked about Blumenthal for a bit as an example of old Clinton cronyism. Fox News’ Fox and Friends, 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s use of more than one personal email account as Secretary of State; Doocy said it looks like either HRC or her lawyer did not tell the truth; Kimbell said he was annoyed it would take until 2016 to get HRC’s emails; footage of Christie from The Kelly File in which Christie said to Kelly that HRC’s use of private email should be looked into; led into Stephanopoulos’s salary from ABC News. Fox News’ Fox and Friends, 5.19.15

-- Interview with Robert Gates, who is releasing new book “Duty.” Gates says he’s unimpressed with 2016 field. Gates says he’s sorry HRC hasn’t come out in favor of the trade agreement. Gates said Clinton private email was a “risky way” to do business. Gates weighs in on ISIS threat and foreign policy history leading up to creation ISIS. Gates says Jeb Bush made a mistake in the way he answered question on Iraq war Gates says Bush’s answer should have been about lessons learned from Iraq war, not what he would have done. Gates predicts trouble in the middle east will continue for a long time. Gates say U.S. doesn't have a strategy in middle east and seems to play it day by day. Gates says splitting Iraq up, as suggested in the past, would be problematic. Discussion of policy towards Turkey. says Turkey is one of the few stable players in middle east.  MSNBC’s Morning Joe, 5.19.15

-- Interviewed Michael Schmidt about HRC’s use of Blumenthal at the State Department, even when Blumenthal had a conflict of interest since he was contracted to work for businessmen who were working to establish business in Libya; Schmidt said Blumenthal’s were different than other emails from the outside because of their format and frequency. MSNBC’s Morning Joe, 5.19.15

-- Preview of a story on the delayed release of Hillary Clinton’s emails until “right before the Iowa caucus.” CNN’s New Day, 5.19.15

-- Panel talking about the State Department’s delayed release of HRC’s emails, the Sidney Blumenthal emails, and HRC not taking reporters’ questions; included Gloria Borger, Olivier Knox, and Jackie Kucinich spoke; Borger said it remains to be seen whether the public cares about HRC’s emails. CNN’s New Day, 5.19.15

-- Brief report on the State Department’s inability to produce HRC’s emails until 2016; mentioned the New York Times’ report on Sidney Blumenthal. CNN’s New Day, 5.19.15

-- O’Reilly said HRC would have to deal with questions about Iraq because she was Secretary of State; O’Reilly pondered whether HRC had an ISIS strategy. Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, 5.18.15

-- Report on HRC and WJC’s PFD; interviewed Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham; Ham said the scale of the Clintons’ speaking fees was questionable; Ham said HRC embodies a bad feeling Americans have about political culture and that HRC is slimy; Williams challenged Ham and said that HRC understood everyday Americans; O’Reilly said HRC gave speeches at public universities that were paid by the taxpayers; Williams said Democrats wanted a populist champion like Elizabeth Warren; Ham said Democrats were stuck with HRC; Ham said HRC’s staffing was shady with Blumenthal; O’Reilly noted that HRC’s poll numbers have not changed. Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, 5.18.15

-- Interview with Chris Christie; Christie said HRC was pandering when she said she supported a path to citizenship; said HRC’s position was not based on an educated study of the issue. Fox News’ The Kelly File, 5.18.15

-- Report on HRC and WJC’s PFD; mentioned HRC’s dead broke comment; Van Susteren said people at Fox were talking about it a lot and asked her panelists AB Stoddard and John McCormack whether people in Iowa were talking about it;  McCormack mentioned the New York Times uranium story; Stoddard said HRC has to win over skeptics. Fox News’ On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, 5.18.15

-- Interview with Peter Schweizer about George Stephanopoulos’s donations to The Clinton Foundation; Schweizer touched on Stephanopoulos also participating in events with The Clinton Foundation; Schweizer said ABC did not find Clinton Cash not credible, that was just Stephanopoulos; used footage of Stephanopoulos from “The War Room”; Schweizer said this was worse than the Brian Williams case. Fox News’ Hannity, 5.18.15

-- Report on HRC’s Iowa visit; included footage from HRC’s Mason City stop; mentioned HRC and WJC’s PFD; said HRC did not speak to the media at her Mason City stop; included clip of Santorum saying HRC should answer questions; report contrasted Santorum’s accessibility at a town hall with HRC’s closed-press events; used clip of David Axelrod from Meet the Press saying HRC should speak to the press; included Bernie Sanders on State of the Union pressuring HRC. Fox News’ Fox News’ Special Report With Bret Baier, 5.18.15

-- Gloria Borger touched on HRC’s involvement in the Iraq War vote and noted that HRC’s explanation for her vote changed over time; Sara Murray said Republicans were impressed at how HRC’s team dealt with the Iraq War question because she hasn’t had to speak about it. CNN’s Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer, 5.18.15

-- Panel discussion with Dana Perino and Lewis Black; Wilmore said the Clintons can’t get out of their own way with Clinton Cash and the emails; Perino said WJC would hurt and help HRC. Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, 5.18.15

States

Iowa: 

-- Report on HRC’s Cedar Falls roundtable where the reporter noted she talked to caucus goers about her plan for “supporting entrepreneurs and spurring small-business growth.” WHO-DM NBC Channel 13 News at Noon, Des Moines (IA), 5.19.15

--Report on HRC’s private email use. Used footage from today’s event’s press Q&A about the state department releasing emails. KWWL News at Noon, Iowa City (IA), 5.19.15

--Report on HRC’s Cedar Falls roundtable and Mason City event. Used footage from yesterday’s event on “clean energy.” Reporter Marlie Hall talks about HRC’s use of two private emails to conduct state department business. Includes report on Huckabee’s visit and said he took a shot at HRC saying she is “run[ning] from the very people that want to trust you to lead the country” by not taking questions from anyone CBS KCCI 8 News at Noon, Des Moines (IA),5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s private email use. Reporter noted how the emails are dominating her political headlines today, rather than Cedar Falls roundtable. Discussed Mason City event and HRC’s views on same-sex marriage. Used footage from Iowa GOP leader Charlie Szold who accused her of not answering questions about emails/finances. WOI ABC Local 5 News Midday, Des Moines (IA), 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s private email use. Noted that the agency is responding to FOIA lawsuits seeking all of HRC’s emails. Included footage from March announcement about emails. KCRG TV9 News at 11, Iowa City (IA), 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s Cedar Falls roundtable. Noted that her focus was on making it easier for small businesses to grow and stay competitive. KCRG TV9 News at 11, Iowa City (IA) 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s Cedar Falls roundtable. Used footage from yesterday’s event about strong American workers and families. Reporter discussed HRC’s answer to trade deal press question. KCRG TV9 News at 11

-- Report on Republican’s Iowa visits. Noted Huckabee criticized HRC and Santorum said he would be a stronger candidate than HRC. KCRG TV9 News at 11, Iowa City (IA), 5.19.15

-- Report on HRC’s private email use. Noted email release date is interesting timing given her presidential run and the Iowa caucuses/following primaries dates. Said used Twitter to address the subject. CBS KCCI 8 News This Morning, Des Moines (IA), 5.19.15

--Report on HRC’s Mason City event. Included footage from yesterday’s event on smaller group events. Mentioned Cedar Falls event is happening later in the day. CBS KCCI 8 News This Morning, Des Moines (IA), 5.19.15

-- Preview of HRC’s Iowa visits from today and yesterday. Fox 28 Morning Live, Iowa City (IA), 5.19.15

--Preview of HRC’s Iowa visits and why she wants to “keep her events small.”Today in Iowa at 6, Des Moines (IA), 5.19.15

--Report on HRC’s Mason City event. Noted that she would increase minimum wage and lower college debt. Included footage from yesterday’s event on smaller group events.  Today in Iowa at 5

--Report of Santorum explaining why he would be a strong candidate than HRC. KCRG TV9 Morning News, Iowa City (IA), 5.19.15