Subject: July 7 Evening Cable News
From: Charles Hicks <[email-masked]>
To: HRC Rapid <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, Julie McClain <[email-masked]>, Meredith Thatcher <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 12:56:08 -0400
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National

-- Report that HRC answered her first campaign question about Donald Trump;
mentioned HRC attended Trump’s most recent wedding; reported nine
organizations cut ties with Trump; panel with David Corn, Joy Reid, and
Jeremy Peters; O’Donnell said he was confused that HRC said “disappointed”
because it implied that she expected more from Trump; Corn said HRC sounded
“schoolmarmish,” said HRC was trying to lump Trump and other Republicans
together; O’Donnell wondered why HRC didn’t reach back to bring up Trump’s
BHO birtherism comments; Reid said HRC needed to take every opportunity to
remind blacks and Hispanics that she’s with them; Peters said he was
surprised and outraged that the presumptive Democratic nominee was asked a
serious question about Trump; Reid said Trump was offending HRC’s base and
there wasn’t much the rest of the GOP could do about it; shifted into
conversation about how HRC wouldn’t answer question about taxes; O’Donnell
said Bernie Sanders was honest about raising taxes and HRC wasn’t; showed
HRC’s taxation answer from CNN; Reid said the way for HRC to answer that
question was to say that the wealthy should pay more. MSNBC’s The Last Word
With Lawrence O’Donnell
<http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=7bcac3c9-ee21-48fb-b02a-e410260cf953>,
2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Clips, National, Corn Reid Peters
Lawrence ODonnell on HRC Trump 1.mp4 MSNBC’s The Last Word With Lawrence
O’Donnell
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2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Clips, National, Corn Reid Peters
Lawrence ODonnell on HRC Trump 2.mp4

-- Report on former President Jimmy Carter not endorsing HRC yet for
President; Chris Matthews interviewed President Jimmy Carter; Carter said
he's never endorsed a Democratic candidate earlier in the campaign and
doesn't intend to before the convention; Carter believes HRC will become
the nominee and once she does he'll be eager to support her; Matthews asks
if Carter would be eager to oppose Donald Trump if he becomes the nominee;
Carter said Trumps candidacy gives Matthew's show a lot to talk about
MSNBC Hardball
with Chris Matthews
<http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=dd2af64d-48bf-4276-b3d3-66ff2ba88d6b>,
2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Interview, National, 20150707 Carter on HRC
endorsement.mp4

-- Report HRC gave her first major interview of her 2016 campaign; Megyn
Kelly draws comparisons between HRC's response to her untrustworthiness
numbers and her response when WJC was accused of having an affair in 1998
as a right-wing conspiracy; interviewed Chris Stirewalt; Kelly reported on
HRC not commenting on Clinton Foundation, thinking the e-mails are fun, and
that the trustworthiness numbers are a right-ring conspiracy; Stirewalt
said HRC is doing what Obama administration does, which is try invalidate
the line of questioning and reporters must choose either ask questions we
like or you won't be allowed in; Kelly said HRC is basically saying to
Keilar, "are you stupid? No one wants to hear about emails"; Stirewalt
faulted Keilar for not pressing HRC on the Clinton Foundation Fox News the
Kelly Files
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2015
07 07 Hillary Clinton, Commentary, National, 20150707 HRC first national
interview commentary.mp4

--Report HRC gave her first major interview of her 2016 campaign; Megyn
Kelly questions HRC's response that she didn't do anything wrong by having
her own e-mail server; panel with Shannen Coffin and Robert Zimmerman;
Coffin said the law required her to keep copies of what was on her private
email and from laws in place in 2009 she violated those rules; Coffin said
she destroyed and concealed records; Coffin noted that in 2011 HRC sent a
cable out to the field that said stop using private emails to everyone at
State; Kelly said Powell didn't exclusively use a private email; Zimmarman
said the only thing HRC did different than Powell was turn over all of her
emails; Zimmerman said Powell says he doesn't have his personal emails from
his time as Secretary of State; Zimmerman noted that the Wall Street
Journal investigation showed that there was no evidence of favoritism;
Zimmerman
said HRC leads polls when the question is what candidate do you trust to
fight for you, to stand up for you?; Zimmerman said on HRC's immigration
comments that Bush only supports a pathway to legal status not citizenship;
Kelly questions Zimmerman because Bush is married to a Mexican immigrant;
Kelly said HRC has reversed her position on immigration regarding drivers
licenses Fox News’ The Kelly File,
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2015
07 07 Hillary Clinton, Commentary, National, 20150707 HRC first national
interview commentary.mp4

-- Report HRC gave her first major interview of her 2016 campaign; Erin
Burnett reported that HRC and WJC are friendly with Donald Trump having
attended his wedding/other events and asked if it was hypocritical for HRC
to disown Trump; panel with S.E. Cupp and Paul Begala; Begala said HRC was
gentle, she distanced herself from the comments by saying they were
disappointing; said he's been scorched by HRC and this was mild for
her; Begala said HRC wasn't hypocritical because she didn't go that hard at
Trump, but when much harder at Jeb Bush; S.E. Cupp said this was a gift to
GOP for Rick Perry, Lindsey Graham, and Jeb Bush to contrast themselves
from Trump as they have nuanced views on immigration; Cupp said HRC's
larger comments on immigration sounded extreme and outside mainstream
because most people prioritize border security not a pathway to citizenship;
Cupp said most illegal immigrants prioritize legal status not a pathway to
citizenship as many want to return to their country; Cupp said most people
are not in the mood to be told by HRC that we're not sending them all home
this made HRC seem tone deaf in an otherwise great interview from Brianna
Keilar; Begala said to cut HRC a break when she follows polls we say she's
inauthentic, now she's tone deaf; Begala said HRC said what she thinks and
this was one of the better parts of the interview. CNN’s OutFront with Erin
Burnett
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2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Commentary, National, 20150707 HRC comments on
GOP and immigration.mp4

-- Report HRC gave her first major interview of her 2016 campaign; Anderson
Cooper reported that HRC's comments on Donald Trump have gotten the most
press; panel with John King and Maggie Haberman; King said it says a lot
about the dynamics because the Trump/GOP response she gave on immigration,
although not completely accurate for all the Republicans, helps HRC keep
the Obama coalition, Latino voters, and others in the Democratic base; King
said she has much more passion, energy, and emotion when talking about that
then when she's answering questions about trustworthiness; Cooper says
she's unable to really answer that question of trustworthiness; King says
shows what HRC wants to talk about and what she wants to shut down; Cooper
reports on Jeb Bush's response to HRC's comments on immigration; Cooper
notes that Bush clearly sees an opening here; Haberman says he sees an
opening but it won't hurt HRC because she is running to the left of
President Obama on immigration; Haberman says it shows where HRC sees this
election going and that the election will be about immigration reform and
gun control; Haberman notes that HRC has Jeb Bush on her mind as she was
clear in her answer to Keilar to show Bush is a flip-flopper on
immigration; Cooper says best case is for Bush to be nominee so
establishment argument cancels out; King said some people agree with
Cooper's statement while others worry more about Marco Rubio because he
could grow and if he wins the nomination could make a better generational
argument; King said HFA is assuming GOP nominee will be Bush, which will be
tough general election because of Bush's popularity in Florida; King said
HFA does think Bush will be the nominee but that doesn't really matter
right now as long as she can turn out Latinos and African Americans in
similar numbers to 2008 and 2012 she can win regardless of nominee and have
advantage being the first woman; Cooper pivots to HRC's trustworthiness
numbers and that they continue to decrease; Haberman says that HFA would
say, and notes they're not wrong, that this race is not run in a vacuum
there will be a general election so those negatives will be what they will
be; Haberman says HRC is trying to make the entire GOP own Donald Trump;
Haberman said that the Democrats will get the Republicans negatives so high
so toxic to HRC's voters, particularly Hispanic voters, that it won't be a
problem, but she has taken a hit; Haberman said she was in Hanover, NH over
the weekend and many HRC supporters said they wanted her to answer
questions about the e-mails, on these issues, these "speed bumps," which
was a word a lot of them used, they do want to hear from HRC. CNN’s
Anderson Cooper 360
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2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Commentary, National, 20150707 HRC first
national interview commentary.mp4

-- Report on Donald Trump sucking up the oxygen from the GOP field;
interview with Rudy Giuliani; showed HRC’s CNN answer about Donald Trump
and immigration; Giuliani said HRC’s statement about immigration was
untrue, said it was George Bush who proposed comprehensive immigration
reform; Giuliani noted Lindsey Graham favored a path to citizenship which
hurt him in his primary, said the last immigration reform was passed by
Ronald Reagan; Chris Matthews asked how someone could be hawkish enough,
traditional enough, and libertarian enough to beat HRC; Giuliani said the
emphasis had to be on the economy and national security; Giuliani said the
GOP could not win if it opposed a path to citizenship down the line;
Giuliani said he thought the GOP could win even as an anti-choice party and
with HRC on the ballot. MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
<https://twitter.com/YasminYonis/status/618796243972521984>, 2015 07 07
Hillary Clinton, Clips, National, Rudy Giuliani on HRCs CNN interview
immigration.mp4

-- Report on the undocumented immigrant who shot and killed a woman in San
Francisco; showed clip from HRC’s CNN interview when she spoke about the
shooting. CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront
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2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Clips, National, HRC comment about San
Francisco immigrant shooting.mp4

-- Report that HRC addressed the surging Bernie Sanders campaign; showed
footage of HRC talking to press in Iowa on Tuesday; panel with Tara Dowdell
and Shira Center; Dowdell said people shouldn’t discount Sanders in Iowa
because organization and enthusiasm trump all else; Center said HRC was
setting expectations so that expectations weren’t so high for early states,
said lowering expectations was to HRC’s advantage. MSNBC’s PoliticsNation
With Al Sharpton
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7.7.15.

-- Report that HRC gave her first major interview of her 2016 campaign;
interviewed Brianna Keilar; discussed HRC’s answer about Donald Trump;
Keilar noted HRC lumped all Republicans into the same category as Trump
regarding immigration; Keilar said HRC had been noticeably aligned with
Hispanic voters on immigration, said HRC was creating a fault line for the
general election; mentioned Jeb Bush’s response to HRC on immigration;
shifted into discussion about HRC’s trustworthiness; Keilar said HRC
deflected and did not take responsibility for her trustworthiness; Keilar
noted HRC’s trustworthiness among Iowa voters was high; shifted into
conversation about HRC’s emails; Keilar said to HRC’s credit that the
regulations regarding preserving emails were vague; Keilar said some feel
HRC violated the spirit of the law; Keilar noted HRC would unveil economic
policy proposals on Monday; panel with Gloria Borger and Ron Brownstein;
discussion about HRC talking about Republicans hitting the Clintons; Borger
said it was a smart move for HRC to pin her scandals on Republicans;
Brownstein noted that trust was not usually the decisive factor in whether
a candidate gets someone’s vote; Brownstein noted the majority of Americans
didn’t trust WJC the day he was reelected in 1996 yet they voted for him
anyway; Borger said the key for HRC was if she could become relatable and
empathetic, not if she was trustworthy; shifted into conversation about
HRC’s response to Bernie Sanders; Keilar said HRC tried to demonstrate in
Iowa that she had an organizational muscle, said HRC said she and Sanders
were playing their own games; shifted into conversation about whether HRC
could lose Iowa to Sanders; Borger said yes but it was unlikely; Brownstein
said yes but it was unlikely. CNN’s The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
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2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Clips, National, Situation Room review of HRCs
first CNN interview1.mp4 CNN’s The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
<http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=9b6cea3a-29af-49f7-b7dc-ec95fe965645>,
2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Clips, National, Situation Room review of HRCs
first CNN interview2.mp4

-- Report that Puerto Rico may appeal to SCOTUS to allow the territory to
file for bankruptcy; noted HRC tweeted support for Puerto Rico. Fox News’
Special Report With Bret Baier
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2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Clips, National, Bret Baier mentioned HRC
Puerto Rico support tweet.mp4

-- Report that HRC continued to defend her use of a private email server;
interviewed Peter Doocy; showed clip of HRC’s statement that everything she
did was permitted; Doocy reported that San Francisco made a mistake in
letting a known criminal be on the streets; reported that HRC joked about a
rope line when she answered questions in Iowa; reported HRC was shifting
her strategy by sitting for national interviews, said this was happening
because of Bernie Sanders’ surge. Fox News’ Special Report With Bret Baier
<http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=2aa4b25c-be47-4d31-aebe-4514eee8adc8>,
2015 07 07 Hillary Clinton, Clips, National, Bret Baier review of HRCs
first CNN interview.mp4

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Charles Hicks
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