5.21.15 HRC TV Coverage

National

-- Report on The New York Times’ story from Thursday about HRC’s private emails; report focuses on HRC sending sensitive information about Benghazi, focuses on Blumenthal’s emails to HRC; panel with Matt Schlapp and Bob Shrum; Schlapp said Blumenthal’s business deals in Libya made this troublesome news for HRC; Shrum said the emails prove what BHO and HRC’s comments about the aftermath of Benghazi were true about there being a cloud of uncertainty; Schlapp said there was no smoking gun in this release, but that HRC would have deleted any smoking gun when she deleted her personal emails. MSNBC’s The Ed Show, 5.21.15

-- Report on 50 Cent’s endorsement of HRC; mentions Snoop Dogg, Neyo, Waka Flakka Flame, and Ja Rule’s endorsements of HRC; led into HRC’s announcement that HRC’s official campaign announcement speech would come on June 13^th. MSNBC’s NOW With Alex Wagner, 5.21.15

-- Report on Sidney Blumenthal’s emails from The New York Times’ story on Thursday; used footage of HRC’s Blumenthal answer from Iowa on Tuesday; one host said getting foreign policy tips from Blumenthal was like getting cooking advice from Jeffrey Dommer; discussion about the absurdity of Benghazi attacks being based on a video; Dana Perino brought up how BHO did not want Blumenthal at State, and HRC found a way to work around that. Fox News’ The Five, 5.21.15

-- Report on The New York Times’ release of HRC’s emails on Thursday; interviewed Michael Schmidt; discussed HRC’s response to Blumenthal’s emails right after the Benghazi attacks; Schmidt said that HRC had information that went against what BHO and Susan Rice said at the time; discussed Blumenthal’s influential role with HRC; Schmidt said Blumenthal worked for The Clinton Foundation while sending HRC emails about Libya; Schmidt said HRC told Jake Sullivan to send Blumenthal’s memo to the White House, to Ben Rhodes; Schmidt said the argument Clinton staffers made was that people send government officials unsolicited emails regularly; Schmidt dismissed this argument though and said Blumenthal’s emails were more systematic. CNN’s The Lead With Jake Tapper, 5.21.15

-- Panel with Glenn Thrush, Chris Cillizza, and Amy Chozick; Thrush said maybe HRC was not talking to the press because Jeb Bush is doing such a bad job answering questions; Chozick said HRC was grappling with WJC’s legacy in talking about the adverse effects of the crime bill and that HRC would probably grapple with WJC’s legacy with deregulating Wall Street banks; Chozick said every time HRC breaks with WJC’s legacy that it will play into a narrative; Chozick said we are already seeing that with trade and NAFTA; Cillizza said it helped that we were more removed from the Clinton years than the Bush years which is why Bush was having more problems than WJC; conversation about Christie; shifted into conversation about The New York Times release of HRC’s emails; Chozick said the campaign is fighting the narrative the press is helping create; Chozick said Blumenthal’s emails were a reminder of some of the Clintons’ complicated relationships; Wagner questioned the NYT putting that no confidential information was sent in this batch in the third paragraph and burying that fact; Thrush said we were only talking about a culled set of emails anyways; Cillizza said if Bush and HRC are the nominees then 98 percent of Americans would have their minds made up six months before the election. MSNBC’s NOW With Alex Wagner, 5.21.15

-- Reporter asked John Boehner about HRC’s emails that were released to the press; Boehner said he had not reviewed the emails, and they were in the possession of the Benghazi Committee. CSPAN’s Key Capitol Hill Hearings, 5.21.15

-- In a larger story about David Letterman’s last show; mentioned that HRC tweeted, “ThanksDave—for two decades of laughs, insights, and yes, even pantsuit jokes. Letterman, you’re a legend. – H.” MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts, 5.21.15

-- Report on HRC handing over her Twitter account to Mary Jo Brown, a small business owner in Portsmouth; reported that HRC joined LinkedIn today. MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts, 5.21.15

-- Report on the State Department’s announcement that it would release HRC’s emails in the next day or two; interviewed Ed Henry; Henry discussed The New York Times’ release of HRC’s emails; Henry focused on Blumenthal’s emails in The New York Times’ emails; showed footage of Lynn Westmoreland saying he wanted the documents from the State Department; showed footage of Marie Harf saying that the State Department would release the first batch of emails; Henry said the broader security implication of the emails was that HRC was sharing sensitive information; used audio from Mike Morell’s interview last week when he said HRC’s server could have been compromised. Fox News’ The Real Story With Gretchen Carlson, 5.21.15

-- Report on the State Department’s imminent release of the first batch of HRC’s emails; interviewed Brianna Keilar; Keilar focused on Sidney Blumenthal’s emails from The New York Times release on Thursday; discussed Blumenthal’s emails about the Benghazi attacks and how they ran counter to the Obama administration’s narrative about the attack; profiled Blumenthal. CNN’s Wolf, 5.21.15

-- Discussion about a Bloomberg focus group of Iowa Democrats; showed footage of focus group participants praising HRC; showed footage of focus group participants unable to name one of HRC’s accomplishments as Secretary of State; discussion about HRC; Sandra Smith said obviously HRC is doing something right, because people like HRC; Smith noted that it was uncommon for people to know specifics from candidates’ track records. Fox News’ Outnumbered, 5.21.15

-- Report on the State Department’s cooperation with a federal judge’s order to hand over HRC’s emails; reported on The New York Times’ publication of some of HRC’s emails on Thursday; interviewed Chris Wallace; Wallace said the single most damaging email released was Blumenthal’s from Sept. 13, 2012, that HRC circulated; on Sept. 14, 2012, HRC spoke at an event to honor the four victims and did not call Benghazi a terror attack. Fox News’ Happening Now, 5.21.15

-- Led with report on The New York Times’ publication of about a third of the 180 pages of personal emails HRC turned over to the State Department from the time she was Secretary of State; the State Department turned over the emails to the Benghazi Committee; interview with Mike Pompeo; reported the Benghazi Committee would interview Blumenthal on June 3^rd; Pompeo said the Benghazi Committee had not seen all the emails it had requested; the National Archives said around 1,000 emails it analyzed were personal; Pompeo said the National Archives was not a legitimate source of being the final arbitrator of whether HRC’s email was personal; Pompeo refused to go into communications between the Committee and Blumenthal; showed HRC’s Blumenthal answer from Iowa on Tuesday; Pompeo said it was important for the Committee to talk to Blumenthal because HRC apparently relied on him, needed to find out who Blumenthal’s sources were for the information he provided HRC; shifted into panel with Chris Cillizza, Kelly O’Donnell, and Ruth Marcus; Marcus said the emails revealed how foggy information was in the aftermath of Benghazi; Marcus said she was confused about what the Benghazi Committee’s goal was in having all of HRC’s emails; Marcus said she was not sure how interviewing Blumenthal would help the Benghazi Committee discover what happened during the Benghazi attack; Marcus said it’s clear that HRC doesn’t totally endorse what Blumenthal passed along to her. MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, 5.21.15 [Part Two]

-- Report on The New York Times’ publication of 349 emails from HRC’s tenure as Secretary of State (this is the second report Roberts did on this today); interviewed Alex Seitz-Wald; Seitz-Wald said there was no smoking gun; discussed Blumenthal; Seitz-Wald said he did not know who leaked the emails. MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts, 5.21.15

-- Report on The New York Times’ publication of 349 emails from HRC’s tenure as Secretary of State; reported the emails contain sensitive but not classified information; interviewed Alex Seitz-Wald; Seitz-Wald said the emails were lightly redacted; Seitz-Wald reported on the contents of the emails; Seitz-Wald said there was no smoking gun in the batch of emails. MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts, 5.21.15

-- Interviewed Maeve Reston about how 2016 candidates, including HRC, are struggling with how to answer questions about Iraq. CNN’s Wolf, 5.21.15

-- Report on The New York Times’ publication of nearly 400 pages of HRC’s emails as Secretary of State; interviewed Mark Murray; Murray said these emails were not from the State Department’s official release; Murray said much of what was in the release was already known; Murray said the release did not change the emails much; discussed the Bloomberg focus group with Democrats in Iowa; showed footage of the person saying HRC’s honesty most concerned him; Murray said most Democrats he spoke to said they just want to win in 2016, and they say HRC is the best chance they have to win. MSNBC’s News Nation With Tamron Hall, 5.21.15

-- Report on The New York Times’ publication of nearly 400 pages of HRC’s emails as Secretary of State; reported the State Department’s response to the publication, that the documents were not as redacted as the agency would prefer; panel with Alex Seitz-Wald, McKay Coppins, and Jane Timm; Seitz-Wald said there was no smoking gun in the released emails; Seitz-Wald discussed Sidney Blumenthal. MSNBC’s The Rundown With Jose Diaz-Balart, 5.21.15

-- Interview with Adam Smith; Smith said the Benghazi Committee left the topic of Benghazi long ago; Smith said now the Committee was all about HRC; said that we’ve had nine separate investigations of what happened in Benghazi; reported on The Washington Times’ report that detailed an intelligence report that was circulated before the Benghazi attack; Smith said reports like that come in all the time; Smith said we did not provide proper security in Libya; Smith said what was next for the Committee seemed to be just hassling Hillary Clinton, called it a “partisan witch hunt.” CSPAN’s Washington Journal, 5.21.15

-- Brief report on Sidney Blumenthal’s subpoena; regurgitated information from The New York Times story on Tuesday about Blumenthal. Fox News’ Fox and Friends First, 5.21.15

-- During an interview with Mike Huckabee, Hasselbeck played footage from Mark Halperin’s focus group with Iowa Democrats who could not name a single accomplishment of HRC as Secretary of State; Huckabee said HRC was in a leading position due to her celebrity not due to her accomplishments; Huckabee called HRC a known quantity who is hiding, afraid to face the press; Huckabee said O’Malley was being smart in challenging HRC. Fox News’ Fox and Friends, 5.21.15

-- Discussion about the Bloomberg focus group; used footage of the focus group; one participant said he wished HRC would talk more about Benghazi; one person said he was most concerned about HRC’s honest; one person said he was not concerned about WJC and HRC’s speaking fees; one person said he thought it was silly that HRC used a gmail account for her server but that he understood wanting to keep some emails private; Halperin said focus group participants liked that HRC moved to the left; Halperin said the participants in the Democratic focus group bordered on cynical while the participants in the Republican focus group were more idealistic; Scarborough said Republicans were not being pragmatic enough; made the point that if the Republicans lose the White House then it will change the world forever. MSNBC’s Morning Joe, 5.21.15

-- Discussed Pataki’s comment that US ground troops should be sent to Iraq; Paul Begala briefly contrasted Pataki’s remarks with HRC’s remarks on Iraq; Begala said Americans were more in line with HRC’s stance on Iraq than Petaki; host said HRC’s plan does not work if ISIS decides to continue attacking America; Begala said ISIS was not attacking America; Begala pivoted to Jeb Bush without mentioning HRC; Chris Cuomo said HRC would have to give a clearer answer since she was one of the architects of foreign policy over the last six years. CNN’s New Day, 5.21.15

-- Brief report on Mark Halperin’s Bloomberg focus group of Iowa Democrats; showed footage of focus group participants struggling to come up with something HRC accomplished as Secretary of State; hosts said Democrats must be nervous given all of the scandals swirling around about HRC. Fox News’ Fox and Friends, 5.21.15

-- Interviewed Mitt Romney; Romney said he would rather have Carly Fiorina than HRC; Romney said people wonder if they can trust HRC. Fox’s Extra, 5.21.15

-- 10-minute segment on two focus groups, one of Republican likely caucus-goers and one of Democrat likely caucus-goers; the Republican group was more concerned with the general feeling about a candidate than specific ideology like Jeb Bush’s positions on Common Core or Immigration; Republicans were more concerned than Democrats about political dynasties; the Democrat group was not very concerned about HRC’s scandals; hosts argued that fear of Republicans drives Democrats to support anyone who can realistically win, which is HRC since there is not “sexy alternative.” MSNBC’s Morning Joe, 5.21.15 [Part Two]

-- Led with a segment about Bernie Sanders challenging HRC; jokingly compared Sanders and HRC; Stewart said HRC would crush Sanders; Stewart said nothing would stop HRC; led into news footage that said at least 180 Clinton Foundation donors lobbied the State Department while HRC was Secretary of State; Stewart joked about The Clinton Foundation forgetting to report foreign contributions; showed news coverage that said CVC gets paid as much as $75,000 per speech to talk about diarrhea; Stewart joked about CVC’s interest in diarrhea; Stewart said the optics of the foreign donations were not good but there was no proof of quid pro quo; showed footage of HRC answering questions about quid pro quo from her Iowa stop on April 20. Comedy Central’s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, 5.20.15

-- Said HRC got testy with Ed Henry; Hannity bemoaned the HRC did not treat Henry better after he interrupted her event in Iowa; Henry talked about how long it had been since HRC spoke to the press; Henry said, regarding reporters, “we are not potted plants”; Henry said that HFA said HRC was taking questions from voters; showed footage of Howard Dean on MSNBC’s Morning Joe; panel with Juan Williams and David Limbaugh; Hannity said if HRC wanted transparency then she wouldn’t have had her own server; Williams pointed out Hannity was speculating; Williams said HRC had an ethical problem though; Williams defended HRC wiping her server free; Limbaugh said HRC snubbed and mocked Ed Henry; showed footage of Bloomberg’s focus group with Democratic voters in which voters were asked to name an accomplishment of HRC’s as Secretary of State; Hannity asked Williams for three accomplishments; Williams listed HRC’s backing BHO’s decision to go after Bin Laden, HRC repairing relationships abroad after the war in Iraq, and HRC was the one who backed additional troops in Afghanistan; Limbaugh said the press gave HRC a pass; Williams said the press was not giving HRC a pass, pointed to the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal stories this week. Fox News’ Hannity, 5.20.15

-- Showed footage of Bill Burton from The Kelly File on Wednesday; led into discussion with Robert Zimmerman to discuss whether Fox News and the media were inventing scandals about HRC; Zimmerman said there was not a cloud of corruption following the Clintons at all; Zimmerman said scandal stories live and die with the facts; pointed to Amazon reissuing Clinton Cash due to major revisions due to inaccuracies; Kelly said the Clinton Cash story hasn’t collapsed, is circumstantial; Kelly said there’s no smoking gun but there’s still a case to be made; Kelly brought up Ron Fournier’s column, Blumenthal, private email servers, Clinton Cash, and Benghazi in one breath as creating a narrative that could lead people to distrust HRC; Zimmerman pointed to all of the Benghazi hearings that have already taken place, pointed to this investigation taking longer than Iran-Contra; Kelly pointed to a Quinnipiac poll that said HRC was not trustworthy; Zimmerman hit back with a Gallup poll that said HRC weathered the storm on the email scandal and a Pew poll that showed HRC with high approval ratings from Democrats. Fox News’ The Kelly File, 5.20.15

-- Brief report on HRC’s hiring of Lorella Praeli as Latino Outreach Director; led with DREAMers interrupting HRC’s Maryland campaign stop in fall 2014 and an overview of DREAMer activism. MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes, 5.20.15

-- Follow-up on Sidney Blumenthal; reported the Benghazi Committee subpoenaed Blumenthal; discussed Blumenthal’s business interests in Libya; mentioned BHO banned HRC from hiring Blumenthal at State; panel with Andrea Tantaros and Nomiki Konst; O’Reilly said people hacked into Blumenthal’s server to get access to emails that Blumenthal sent to HRC; Konst said the story doesn’t look good but nothing reported was illegal; Tantaros mentioned that Blumenthal was an employee of both The Clinton Foundation and Media Matters, a 501(c)3, and questioned whether the FEC should get involved to see if campaign finance laws were being violated. Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, 5.20.15

-- Report on HRC taking questions from reporters after talking to small-business owners; showed footage of HRC talking about economic issues from Iowa on Tuesday; reported on The USA Today story, “Why is Clinton running?”; panel with Howard Fineman, Susan Milligan, and Perry Bacon about why people ask HRC for her rationale for running and not Republicans; Milligan said the question is sexist; Fineman said HRC needs a narrative; Bacon mentioned HRC’s four fights but said HRC has not clarified what her main theme is yet; used footage from the Bloomberg focus group; Milligan said most Americans could not name a success of any Secretary of State; Fineman said HRC was mostly running for a third term of BHO; Milligan said HRC would have a hard time being the candidate of the middle class having just made $25 million from speeches. MSNBC’s Hardball With Chris Matthews, 5.20.15

-- Brief mention in a longer segment about Bin Laden’s emails that Bin Laden criticized HRC’s Libya policy, calling her “weak.” Fox News’ On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, 5.20.15

-- Speculation about how Iraq/ISIS would affect HRC if it becomes a focal point in the campaign; panel with Sara Murray and Jeff Zeleny; Murray said HRC would have to answer more questions about her Iraq War vote and differentiate herself from Republicans; Zeleny said HRC did not say what she would different from BHO on Iraq moving forward. CNN’s Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer, 5.20.15

-- Report on HRC’s hiring of DREAMer Lorella Praeli; showed footage of HRC’s roundtable in Las Vegas; profile of Praeli; used footage of Al Sharpton’s interview of Praeli in 2012; Sharpton lauded HRC’s hiring of Praeli, morally and politically; showed breakdown of how Latinos voted in the last three presidential elections; panel with Clarissa Martinez-De-Castro and Erika Andiola; Martinez-De-Castro said Praeli’s hire was a big get for HFA; Andiola said she hoped HFA listened to Praeli instead of just using her. MSNBC’s PoliticsNation With Al Sharpton, 5.20.15

-- Report on how Republican candidates are attacking BHO and HRC for their foreign policy; main angle of the segment is on BHO, but included footage of Perry asking HRC whether she would have pulled the troops out of Iraq in 2011; reported that Huckabee said the fair tax could help woo minority voters from supporting HRC; led into Ed Henry segment about HRC defending The Clinton Foundation; led with HRC’s fundraisers in Chicago on Wednesday; used footage from HRC’s campaign stop in Chicago when she talked about CEOs making 300 times what their employees make; juxtaposed that comment with reports on the wealthy people hosting HRC’s fundraisers; reported on the disparity between what Fred Eychaner’s foundation donated to The Clinton Foundation and what The Clinton Foundation said Eychaner’s foundation donated; used footage of HRC defending The Clinton Foundation on Tuesday; led into report about Cheryl Mills sometimes blocking FOIA requests at the State Department; reported the State Department dodged defending HRC; used footage of Marie Harf from the State Department briefing; shifted into HRC being pressured by Elizabeth Warren’s disappointment that HRC did not weigh in on trade; reported that the Benghazi Committee sent two US Marshalls to Blumenthal’s home to serve him a subpoena. Fox News’ Special Report With Bret Baier, 5.20.15

-- Interview with Ian Bremmer who said HRC articulated strategy reasonably well as Secretary of State. Bloomberg’s Bloomberg West, 5.20.15

States

Iowa 

-- Report on a Dubuque political analyst’s opinion of HRC’s Iowa stops; report on HRC’s Tuesday stop in Iowa where she appeared before 80 people; mentioned the event was closed to media; reported that Loras College’s Christopher Budzisz said HRC’s campaign approach was more typical to an incumbent. KCRG’s Good Morning America segment, Iowa City (IA), 5.21.15

-- Report that HRC was stressing the importance of more training and increased wages for early childcare workers; showed footage of HRC’s Wednesday stop in Iowa; reported that HRC said she stood with unions and workers’ right to organize. KWQC’s KWQC Today @ 6am, Davenport (IA), 5.21.15

-- Reported one of Santorum’s claims about Iran was misleading; Santorum claimed he authored sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table, but was opposed by HRC and POTUS; Santorum actually introduced several bills to aid Iran’s “transition to democracy” i.e., opposite of sanctions; HRC and then-Senator Obama did vote against a bill with sanctions in it but so did a number of Republicans. WQAD-DAV WQAD News 8 at 10, Davenport, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported on HRC’s small business roundtable at Bike Tech in Cedar Falls; reported she “took aim” at high CEO pay and income inequality; quoted HRC’s opening remarks, “there’s something wrong when a CEO makes 300 times more…”; reported her use of using private email accounts while Secretary of State; quoted HRC, “ I want those out…”; reported HRC did not address Republican claims she had 2, not 1, private email accounts while at State dept.; reported federal judge ordering new timetable for emails release by next week. WHBF-DAV Local 4 News This Morning at 6am, Davenport, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported Mike Huckabee “slammed” HRC, saying she was “out of touch” with voters; Quoted Huckabee, “everywhere I go I take question…I don’t screen people…I don’t fly them in…I have no idea who I’m going to face…I’m not afraid to face the people of America… I know what I believe…”; Reported HRC “regretted” her vote in favor of military action in Iraq; quoted HRC, “I’ve made it very clear that I made a mistake…”;  reported on HRC’s visit to Cedar Falls and her plans to spur small business growth; reported federal judge ordering state dept. to speed up release of emails, giving one week for new schedule; quoted Jim Rathke, spokesperson for State Dept., “…we take our legal obligation seriously…”; Reported that federal judge want a separate schedule for release of emails related to Benghazi. KWQC-DAV KWQC Today at 6am, Davenport, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC talked to reporters for the first time in nearly a month; Reported HRC answered questions from the media while in Cedar Falls; Reported HRC answered questions about the 25 million she and Bill Clinton made for paid speeches; quoted HRC, “…most Americans understand the deck is stacked for those at the top, and I’m running a campaign to reshuffle the deck…”;  Reported state department may need more time to release all emails; reported HRC says now is the time to release those emails. WQAD-DAV Good Morning Quad Cities, Davenport, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC visited home of Carrie Tedore and met with supporters on Tuesday; quoted Ioras College PoliSci Prof. Christopher Budzisz, “these close door events…more like an incumbents approach to a campaign…HRC feels they don’t necessarily need as much coverage…may not sit well with Iowa voters, who expect candidates to get out and meet with voters”; Quoted Patrick Burgwinke, campaign spokesperson, “We try to open as many of these as possible to folks so they can see our organization…sometimes spaces aren’t large enough to accommodate everyone”; Reported Iowa Republican Party claims these closed door meetings are to avoid press, “always opt for secrecy,” mention deleting thousand of emails from private server. KCRG-IOW ABC KCRG TV9 News at 5, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC faced the media for first time in nearly a month at small business roundtable at Cedar Falls; quoted HRC, “made a mistake” on Iraq; Reported HRC’s emails will be released in batches; quoted HRC, “nobody wants them out more than I do”; Reported HRC answered questions on person wealth after making $25million for paid speeches, connecting with Americans; “Obviously Bill and I have been blessed…most Americans understand deck is stacked for the top”; Reported HRC visited local coffee shop and book store, and made a stop in Dubuque at Carrie Tedore’s. KCRG-IOW ABC KCRG TV9 News at 11, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC is “finally” answering questions to Iowa reports; Reported state dept. will release HRC’s emails but not until January; quoted HRC, “nobody wants those emails released more than I do…but they’re not mine, they’re the state dept.’s; reported HRC attended a small business roundtable in Cedar Falls, Iowa; Mike Huckabee said voters should “challenge” candidates over their views on the issues. KWWL-IOW NBC Today in Iowa at 6, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC’s stop in Cedar Falls; Reported HRC was asked about emails, “broker her silence” after a month of silence; State Dept. won’t release emails until January; reported HRC asked emails be released last March; quoted HRC, “I want these out as much as anyone…”; release in January could hurt her chances in Iowa during primaries; reporters “Grilled” HRC. KWWL-IOW NBC Today in Iowa at 5, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC’s visit to Cedar Falls yesterday; quoted HRC that regulations enacted during Great Recession were hurting small businesses, “I will fight to level the playing field…”; reported HRC supports expanding technology to smaller businesses to reach more customers; reported HRC’s visit with Carrie Tedore; reported HRC supported expanding technology reported Mike Huckabee criticized HRC for not doing more as Secretary of State after Benghazi attack. KCRG-IOW ABC KCRG TV9 Morning News, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC “breaks silence” with media and answers questions; reported HRC was ready for emails to be released, but state department says it will take months; reported HRC’s small business roundtable in Cedar Falls. KWWL-IOW NBC Today in Iowa at 6, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15   

-- Reported HRC visited pre-selected small businesses; reported HRC answered questions about private emails. KGAN-IOW CBS CBS2 This Morning, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC’s small business roundtable in Cedar Falls; Reported HRC wants to cut red tape for small businesses to expand; Reported HRC supports public and private partnership to help small businesses. KGAN-IOW CBS CBS2 This Morning, Iowa City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC’s small business roundtable in Cedar Falls; reported HRC answered questions on a number of topics including private emails while at the state dept. KWWL-IOW NBC Today in Iowa at 5

-- Quoted Osama Bin Laden’s remarks on HRC and America’s Middle East policy in Libya, calling it weak. KDSM-DM 13 News at Nine on Fox 17, Des Moines, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC visiting Iowa on Monday and Tuesday; quoted Rick Perry, “we are a few policy changes and a leadership change at the top from the best days this country has ever had,”;  reported that only HRC and Sanders are in the race for the democratic nominee at this time; O’Malley expected to announce on May 30. WHO-DM NBC Channel 13 News at 6, Des Moines, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC and Huckabee finished 2-day visits to Iowa yesterday.  WHO-DM NBC Channel 13 Live at 5, Des Moines, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC’s small-business roundtable in Cedar Falls; reported HRC took questions from the media concerning private emails while at State Dept. and investigation into Benghazi; Reported State dept is sorting through emails and plans to release them in January; reported HRC wants those emails out quickly but it’s “out of her hands”; quoted HRC, “…I want those emails out…but State Dept. has there process…if there’s anyway to release them sooner I heartily support it.” WHO-DM Today in Iowa at 6, Des Moines, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC “bombarded” by tough questions in Iowa. KTVO ABC KTVO News at 10, Ottumwa, IA, 5.20.15

 -- Reported HRC facing questions about funding she received in the last year and half from paid speeches; opposition asking what will the people who paid her one day ask in return; reported HRC on campaign trail “finally” taking questions from reporters; answered questions about funding received by Clinton Foundation, quoted HRC “proud of the work…”; questions on donations “raked in” over the years; questions about HRC’s paid speeches, Washington Post report says she made “almost 12 million dollars for 51 speeches, 3.2 million from tech. industry,”; Peter Schweizer, author of “Clinton Cash” said donations can be “influence payments,”; over 2 million dollars in Union dues paid to Clinton Foundation; HRC still “plowing ahead” on campaign trail, according to NYT/CBS poll continues to soar in the polls; Lanny Davis, Clinton supporter said, “people care about the issues that affect their lives, families lives”; Reported that Democratic leaders are rallying to her support on emails, quoting Rep. Xavier Becerra, “…hopefully the charade will stop…”; with little opposition from the left, scrutiny might be heating up. KTVO ABC KTVO News at 10, Ottumwa, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC answered questions about private emails while at State Dept.; quoted HRC, “I want those emails out…”; Reported federal judge ordered timetable for email release sped up; Reported HRC wanted emails out “even though it was her use of private server that started the controversy in the first place”; quoted HRC, “…I want those out as soon as possible…”; Reported HRC answered questions from reporters and “even flashed a smile until we asked about her old friends and controversial allies”; quoted HRC, “I have many, many old friends…”; Reported on Sidney Blumenthal sending emails to HRC; quoted HRC, “emails were unsolicited…I’m going to keep talking to my old friends whoever they are…”; Reported she answered questions on the Clinton Foundation and foreign donations; quoted HRC, “I am so proud of the work the Foundation has done…”; reported HRC on Iraq; quoted HRC, “…I made a mistake…”; reported HRC making $25million from paid speeches and whether that puts her out of touch with everyday Americans; quoted HRC, “…obviously Bill and I have been blessed…”; Reported Democrats want her to take a stronger stand on trade agreements, but HRC is walking a fine line; “..I’ve supported some…been against some…want to see the final agreement.” KHQA CBS KHQA This Morning, Quincy, IL, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC’s small business roundtable in Cedar Falls; reported State dept. will take until next year to release all emails; quoted HRC, “nobody has a bigger interest getting them released than I do…”; reported State Dept. will not release all emails until Jan. 15. KCAU ABC ABC9 News This Morning at 5   

-- Reported HRC’s visit in Cedar Falls; reported Republican demands that HRC release emails to further the investigation into Benghazi attacks; quoted HRC, “…nobody has a bigger interest in releasing them than I do…”; reported HRC said when emails are released Americans will see how hard she worked as Secretary of State. Lead into national story, identical to story from:  . KTVO ABC KTVO News at 10, Ottumwa, IA, 5.20.15 (see above.) This story reported by: KMEG CBS Siouxland News at Sunrise, Sioux City, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC “finally” answered questions in Iowa this week; Quoted HRC regretted voting for Iraq War; reported HRC wants private emails release ASAP, but Stat Dept. says it will take until January to release all 55k. KSFY ABC KSFY Morning News, Sioux Falls, IA, 5.20.15

-- Reported HRC was able to “avoid mention of her email controversy”; Reported HRC’s small business roundtable in Cedar Falls.  (Note, she did not “avoid email controversy”: she answered questions about emails at Press Q and A).

NOTES:

-- Several stations in Iowa Media Markets are reporting that HRC’s private emails won’t be released until January. This sounds misleading. Federal Judge did order a new timetable by next week, and emails will presumably start being released much sooner than January 2016 in small batches.

South Carolina 

-- Report on HFA hosting neighborhood parties across South Carolina including one in Mt. Pleasant; showed event’s time and location on the screen; reported that supporters and friends would meet with their neighbors to share their stories and get involved in HRC’s run for the White House. WCBD’s New 2 Today, Charleston (SC), 5.21.15

-- Report that HRC made a stop in Chicago on Wednesday; said that the trip was mostly a fundraising visit but that HRC spoke at an event for childcare workers; said HRC stressed the importance of small classes, higher wages, and more training; used footage of HRC’s Chicago stop; reported HRC said she stood firmly with unions and their right to organize. WCSC’s Live 5 News at 6am, Charleston (SC), 5.21.15

-- Report on the HFA phone bank on Wednesday evening; said HRC’s South Carolina state office in Columbia opened on Wednesday; reported HRC planned to visit South Carolina next week. WTAT’s Morning News at 7, Charleston (SC), 5.21.15

-- Report on the HFA phone bank on Wednesday evening; said HRC’s South Carolina state office in Columbia opened on Wednesday; reported HRC planned to visit South Carolina next week. WMBF’s WMBF News Today at 6:30am, Myrtle Beach (SC), 5.21.15

Nevada

-- Report on The New York Times’ release of the first batch of HRC’s emails from her time as Secretary of State; mentioned the emails included messages about Benghazi from a longtime advisor. KSNV’s News 3 Live at Noon, Las Vegas (NV), 5.21.15

New Hampshire 

-- Report on HRC’s event in New Hampshire on Friday; said HRC would focus on small business; reported HRC would appear at Smuttynose Brewing Company before meeting with people in New Hampshire working on her campaign. WMUR’s News 9 @ Noon, Manchester (NH), 5.21.15

-- Report on HRC’s event in New Hampshire on Friday; reported that HRC would appear at Smuttynose Brewing Company before attending private events. WMUR’s News 9 Daybreak, Manchester (NH), 5.21.15