For. But tonight she says theyre not valid. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. Hillary clinton fighting to return the media focus back onto her formidable candidacy for president today spoke to nbc news about the subject that has largely stolen the attention. Her use of a private email server to conduct official business when she was secretary of state. In a Rare National interview she sat down exclusively with our Andrea Mitchell for a wideranging discussion about the email controversy, what she says she is sorry about, and the two names that have become wild cards in this Campaign Season trump and biden. You said recently that using your personal email while you were secretary of state was not the best choice and that you take responsibility. Are you sorry . Well, i certainly wish that i had made a different choice, and i know why the American People have questions about it. But in retrospect it certainly would have been better. I take responsibility. I should have had two accounts, one for personal and one for workrelated. But this has created what even your own Campaign Manager said are some headwinds. A lot of noise out there. Are you sorry . Do you want to apologize to the American People for the choice you made . It wasnt the best choice. People in the government knew i was using a personal account. But i knew it would have been better if id had two separate accounts to begin with. And certainly im doing all i can now to try to be as transparent about what i did have on my workrelated emails. There were a lot of advisories. No laws. Correct . But a lot of advisories including white house guidance against using personal email and especially using personal email exclusively. The recent emails that were released indicated that the help desk at the state department didnt know, they couldnt recognize what your email address was. Well, the people i was emailing to on the dot gov system certainly knew but does it concern you that people dont trust your answers on this . I mean, there was the quinnipiac. I know this poll was everyone, republicans and democrats. But the first words that came to mind when asked about you were liar, untrustworthy, crooked. How does that make you feel . Well, it certainly doesnt make me feel good. But i am very confident that by the time this campaign has run its course people will know that what ive been saying is accurate. They may disagree as i now disagree with the choice i made. But the facts i have put forth have remained the same. Did anyone in your inner circle say this isnt such a good idea, lets not do this . You know, i was not thinking a lot when i got in. There was so much work to be done. We had so many problems around the world. I didnt really stop and think what kind of email system will there be does it raise judgment questions . Well, i dont think so. I think the facts are pretty clear that we had a lot of hard work, hard choices to make in those four years, and im very proud of the work we did. And now the state department has everything that they could have. So at the end of the day i am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions. But there are answers to all these questions, and i will continue to provide those answers. Looking at the campaign now, you see huge crowds for Bernie Sanders and for donald trump. And people talking about joe biden having an opening if he decides to make a difficult choice on an emotional level which we understand. They talk about how authentic these candidates are. Does it hurt you when people say youre too lawyerly, you parse your words, youre not authentic, youre not connecting . Well, thats just not my experience. Out campaigning, i feel very, very good about where we are. Are there real differences, big differences between you and joe biden . On domestic or Foreign Policy. You know, im not going to address any of the political questions around my friend joe biden. He has to make a really difficult decision. You can see him struggling with it. If he gets into this race, there will be plenty of time to get into the debate and the back and forth. But i think everybody should give him the space and respect he deserves to make what is a very difficult choice for him and his family. And donald trump among other things that hes done has really personally attacked one of your closest aides, houma abedin. What was your feeling about that . Well, hes attacked so many people, including my close aide and myself and many other people. I think its an unfortunate development in american politics that his campaign is all about who hes against, whether its immigrants or women broadcasters or aides of other candidates. You know, hes great at innuendo and conspiracy theories and really defaming people. Thats not what i want to do in my campaign. And thats not how im going to conduct myself. And i also believe the president of the United States does have to be careful about what he or she says. You know, i do know sometimes people say, well, im careful about what i say. Thats because for more than 20 years ive seen the importance of the president of the United States, the leader not only of our nation but of the world having to send messages that will be received by all kinds of people. Loose talk, threats, insults, they have consequences. So im going to conduct myself as i believe is appropriate for someone seeking the highest office in our country. Andrea, she talks about the convenience factor, but beyond that does she explain why she did all her business on this single personal account . No, she didnt. Theres been speculation that it was to avoid reporters requests, congressional investigators. But she did not really answer that question. Its clear, though, that shes going to be a lot less aggressive about this, less defensive. They know theyve got try to turn the page because this fbi investigation is going to continue and theyre going to have to deal with this for a long time. Andrea mitchell, thank you. You can see andreas interview with Hillary Clinton in its entirety tonight at 9 00 eastern on the Rachel Maddow show on msnbc. The republican frontrunner donald trump is in another war of words tonight claiming a conservative talk radio host hit him with gotcha questions on Foreign Policy. He nbcs Hallie Jackson tells us more about that. Reporter donald trump, an expert in dropping names. Tom brady is a very good friend of mine. I went to the Wharton School of finance. I was a really good student. Kanye west, i love him. Reporter got tripped up by a few in a talk radio interview when asked about head of irans special forces. Are you familiar with general soleimani . Yes. I go ahead. Give me a little go ahead. Tell me. He runs the quds forces. Yes, okay. All right. And i think the kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by no, not the kurds. Quds forces. The Iranian Revolutionary guard quds forces. The bad guys. Reporter trump later calling the questions gotchas. I thought he said kurds. The third radio announcer that i did 9 show. Gotcha, gotcha. Every question was do i know this one and that one. It was like he worked hard on that. Reporter its not the first time trumps response to National Security questions has raised eyebrows. Who do you talk to for military advice right now . Well, i watch the shows. Reporter but this time republican rivals are seizing the chance to question whether hes ready to be commander in chief. Youve got to have some sense of whats at risk here. Reporter for teflon don none of it seems to stick. He has said a number of controversial things over the past few months and his poll numbers are much, much better among republicans. So apparently, when he says something that people in the media and other politicians think is controversial the voters dont mind. Reporter trump, who does business in 11 countries, says hed be tough on some trading partners but open to certain adversaries. I think id get along very well with vladimir putin. Reporter he promises to delegate to experts if elected and get up to speed fast. I will be so good at the military, your head will spin. Reporter the radio host involved in all this, hugh hewitt, has asked similar Foreign Policy questions of other candidates, and he will face trump again as one of the questioners in the next gop debate. Lester . Hallie jackson tonight. Thanks. We want to turn to our political director the moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Chuck, important interviews for both these frontrunners as we head into the Labor Day Weekend. Whats your takeaway . Maybe the question is what did we learn today . I think what we learned from Hillary Clinton is what andrea reinforced there, is that the campaign is now having a different tactic on the email controversy. They know its serious. Theyre now not joking about it anymore. You dont hear her talking about being dismissive of it, trying to talk about it as a partisan issue. She took it very seriously. She stopped short of a good explanation on sort of the initial reasoning why she did it. That isnt fully explained. But it was contrite. It was different. Its an acknowledgment this isnt going anywhere and they need to figure out how to deal with it. Donald trump, on the other hand, you know, well see. These things havent taken him down before. So i hesitate to sit here and say this will take him down next. I think ultimately because of the way he aggressively deals with these issues himself when he has a bad interview, he goes out and does another interview. He doesnt retreat. And maybe thats what his supporters end up liking about him. Chuck todd, thanks. Well see you sunday for meet the press. More on all this plus an exclusive interview with former secretary of state colin powell. The new jobs report is out, showing 173,000 jobs added in august. And the Unemployment Rate dipping to 5. 1 . Its the lowest level since april of 2008. But the number of jobs created was lower than some expected, leaving investors uncertain about whether the fed will raise Interest Rates later this month. The market responded with a steep drop to end another volatile week. But some positive news heading into the Labor Day Weekend, especially if youre hitting the road. Gas prices are the lowest for the holiday in 11 years. The average for a gallon is 2. 42. By christmas it could be down to two bucks. Aaa expects this to be the busiest Labor Day Weekend in seven years. More than 30 Million People on the road. Now a new development in the crisis overseas. After days of blocking masses of migrants from boarding trains, stranding them inside hungary, the government there is now offering to bus them to the austrian border. But that was only after many had lost patience and set off on a long march. A report tonight from nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent richard engel. Reporter hungary is letting migrants know theyre not welcome here. Herding them into camps, attacking them when they try to escape, and yanking them off trains they thought were heading to the border. At the budapest rail station thousands were camped out this morning. No food, no facilities, no dignity. So today people finally had enough. They started to walk out of budapest and planned to go all the way to austria, 100 miles on foot. Cars are passing but not one has stopped to offer a lift. Taxis have been ordered not to pick them up. This is a long and cruel walk. Halil aswad intends to push his 4yearold niece uliana the whole way and doesnt understand why hungary is treating them like this. They are playing games with us, he said, and want to put us in camps. The family survived constant air strikes. Then the journey to get this far, crossing the mediterranean in a raft just like the one that flipped, drowning the boy whose image has become a symbol of a world that doesnt seem to care. Today that boy was buried in syria, along with his brother and mother. His father left weeping. Nearly all of these people made that dangerous crossing, including ahmed, who has a prosthetic leg after a bomb attack in syria. After hours, finally some humanity. Hungarian volunteers came to the highway. Children handed out water. Reporter and late tonight the hungarian government sent buses to take people to austria. But theres no trust anymore. Its unclear if people will get on them. Richard engel, nbc news, budapest. 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Reporter stops at dozens of otherwise forgotten homes. Ive got more water for you. Well just put two at each house. Reporter at 72 Donna Johnson is retired. Did you get enough or do you need one more . Okay. Reporter but cant stop volunteering. Every day is terrifying to some of these people. No well. When i say some of these people, im one of them included. Reporter thousands of people in tulare county, many of them migrant farm workers, now live without Running Water. Imagine. No flushing without a bucket. No bath for 2yearold david. This is where you wash him . Reporter until the water delivery. Dirty laundry sits for days or longer. Forget about a real lawn. Dishwasher. Or turning on a faucet, period. Its worse here than mexico. Emergency state funds and donations provide for disaster management, community showers, truckloads of bottles and water tanks. But for the people of East Porterville the real water savior is Donna Johnson. Why do you do this . Because its a gift to be able to help these people. Its hard. And i thought i wouldnt do it this long. But ill continue to do it till hopefully they have some permanent solution. Reporter with dozens of new wells drying up every week, the only real solution here is rain. Jacob rascon, nbc news, East Porterville, california. That will do it for us on a friday night. Im lester holt in los angeles. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. Good night and have a good and safe weekend. New video, Sofia Vergara and joes date night as we break all new details on their wedding plans. Now on extra. Sofia vergara and joe mobbed at dinner trying outrun the rumors about their i dos. The allstar guest list, clues about her dress and why her modern family costar warning Sofia Vergara about a wedding disaster. Plus bradley and irina shayk back from their european vacation and guess this hard body young couple. Is kylie jenner the new kim . 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