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Always have your back. Securing key endorsements along the way. Im with her. I am ready to get in this fight. Well speak to a top clinton reporter, senator Amy Klobuchar on the historic week, the dems strategy for taking on trump and the investigations that still dog clinton. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusive. Plus, despite growing pressure on Bernie Sanders to drop out, hes still in for now. Well ask our sunday panel if the democrats can unify after a long bruising primary battle. All right now on Fox News Sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington, we begin with breaking news. Police in orlando say approximately 20 people are dead after a shooting inside a florida nightclub, at least 42 people have been taken to area hospitals. It happened early this morn at the pulse orlando nightclub, police described the shooter as, quote, well organized and prepared. They say the shooter in their words was armed with an assaulttype rifle, a handgun and suspicious device and he died in a gun battle with s. W. A. T. Officers. After taking hostages and opening fire on the crowd. The fbi says it is investigating it as an act of terrorism, adding, also suggestions the suspect had, quote, some leanings toward that particular ideology, islamic radicalism. We will get a live report from the scene in orlando in a moment. First to the politics. The voters have spoken this week after a handful of final cont t contests including california, Hillary Clinton now joins donald trump as her partys presumptive nominee. For clinton it came eight years to the day she formally ended her last president ial campaign. For trump even his supporters concede he has just had his worst week yet on the campaign trail and hes trying to bounce this hour we will speak with two key supporters for both candidates here in washington, Jeff Sessions of alabama, the first senator to endorse trump, and in minneapolis senator Amy Klobuchar who threw her support behind clinton in 2014. First to senator sessions, chairman of Trumps National security committee. Welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Thank you. I want to get your reaction first to this breaking news out of florida and all that were hearing approximately 20 dead and what were hearing from authorities so far in this investigation. Well, it certainly looks like another one of the extremist attacks, islamic extremism. Just within the Wonderful Group of islamic people are a Certain Group of radicals and its been there for a long time and it seems to be growing and we have to accept that fact, we have to be cautious about it. Our committee, my subcommittee this week just concluded that weve had over 570 individuals either convicted or charged or connected to terrorism since 9 11. 570. This is the Judiciary Committee report, that 570 convicted or indicted since 9 11. Since 9 11. And its not stopping. We see apparently today more of these attacks are coming, its a real part of the threat that we face and if we cant address it openly and directly and say directly that there is an extremist element within islam thats dangerous to the world and has to be confronted, we need to slow down and be careful about those we admit into the country. We know about twothirds and we havent completed it yet, but about twothirds of those people that were charged were foreign born, almost all islamic individuals. So its a serious matter. I wish it werent so. I wish there were some easy solution, but theres not. We have to be more vigilant. Authorities are cautious. This is early. We dont know who this person is. At least we dont know it was interesting to hear the fbi answer a question about islamic ideology, saying that this person had leanings toward that ideology, but the Investigation Continues. You seem to be making that jump already, that i dont know if authorities are there yet, but it did seem like they went further than we usually hear at the beginning of these investigations. Thats what i took it to be. I think pretty clearly the fbi knew what they were saying. Maybe not. We dont have conclusive proof, you are correct about that. It certainly shows, again, the reluctance of them to actually say the words islamic extremism or islamic terrorism. Of course most islamic citizens and visitors to america are not violent, but there clearly is a problem here. This comes and usually this an incident like this, a mass shooting, eventually the discussion quickly goes to guns and this comes about a week after Hillary Clinton on a sunday show seemed to have an definitively that an individuals right to bear arms is a constitutional right. Youve talked about that and her trouble in answering that question. The Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. If her view and the haller court were to be reversed what that would mean is and this is what she said she favors it would mean that any city, county or state could completely ban the use of firearms in america. It would be the greatest evisceration of the protections of the Second Amendment since the founding of the republic. It was 54 in the Supreme Court. Scalia was the fifth vote. Now that he has passed away the next president will appoint the fifth vote. If she is elected president , count on it, she will appoint a judge who will declare it not to be a personal right, guaranteed against any state, federal and local government, but would say that it could be constricted by be a huge thing. You know, she says and her Campaign Says thats way over the line as far as where she is. Its not. Imagine the cities in america that would immediately if had the power would ban firearms in their cities. Washington, d. C. Had to have a federal court overrule their ban of all firearms in washington. This is not an extreme position, its absolute fact. Haller is the only thing that protects us, it was 54 and it could flip 54 the other way if she appoints the next justice. Well get back to the breaking news and that shooting in florida in a bit. Now to politics. How would you describe Donald Trumps week politically . Well, it was a rough week because it got him off message and allowed people to and put members of congress having to answer questions they dont like to answer and it was just not the best of week, but i was with him friday at the speech to the well received and strong. Hes going to make another big speech on monday night and i think that will address the weaknesses and differences he has with Hillary Clinton. This man communicates. Hes talking about the issues people care about. Peoples wages are not up, theyre down. The percentage of americans actually working with a job continues to decline. It was a terrific terrible week last week on those numbers. So i think hes gotten the message and the hope that people want. Were going to make change, were going to protect you from excessive and unfair imports. Were not going to allow excessive illegal immigration to take your jobs and pull your wages down as is happening today. And i think people are ready to hear it. The horrific nature of todays event this morning also brings into mind national security. Do you think that this event changes the perspective, changes this the focus of this election now . Movement in the direction that donald trump has set forth. We need to defeat the radical extremists around the world and he will do so and use whatever force is necessary. And we need to be careful about how many people we bring in and be sure we can vet them properly before we admit them to the United States. The last gop nominee as you know is saying that he cannot in any way support the pre sump testify gop nominee. Here is mitt romney friday talking about the comments of donald trump about that judge in the Trump University case. I dont want to see trickle down racism. I dont want to see a president of the United States saying things which change the character of the generations of americans that are following. President s have an impact on the nature of our nation and trickle down racism, trickle down bigotry, trickle down mess oj knee all these things are extraordinarily dangerous to the heart and character of your reaction to that, senator. Look, this is was one off the cuff comment that he probably shouldnt have made. He has explained it and ive said he is going to stay off this subject. Not to interrupt but he did say it numerous times in a couple of interviews and he was pressed on it. Its not the kind of comment that is focused on the main issues facing america. Its something he was irritated about because he felt he was not being fairly treated in that lawsuit, but what i would say to governor romney is we have got a nation at risk. We are about to elect a person like Hillary Clinton who will take this country one way and donald trump another. I cannot understand the differences that he might have there. He is an outlier on this. The leadership in the house and the senate have endorsed donald trump, they like to give advice on how he ought to conduct his campaign, but they are supporting him and we are going to be victorious in november. Last thing on this and the judge comment. Youre right, he has frustration with this particular judge. He said it differently at the beginning, he has since said that race nor religion should be used to determine if someone can do their job fairly. That said, his supporters will say this judge curiel has an affiliation with the Hispanic National Bar Association, la raza Bar Association and they say that he had past statements about his company or trump, these organizations did. But through all the proceedings trumps lawyers never made a motion to move the trial or to have the judge recuse himself. You are an attorney, you are the former attorney general of alabama. If he had a real problem with this judge on these issues, shouldnt they have filed a motion . Well, the recusal motions require a very specific proof of very specific acts and statements to recuse a judge. Maybe they dont think they meet those legal tests. Still obviously mr. Trump believes he has not been having fair treatment there, but hes correct, trump was correct in every american should be treated on the content of their character, not their race, not their ethnicity, not their religion. Thats an important principle for all of american leaders to understand and notice and i believe we will move beyond this and focus on the key issues for next election this next election. Do you think its a conflict of interest for president obama to endorse Hillary Clinton while his fbi still investigating her on not only the emails but also the Clinton Foundation . Look, he has a right to endorse her. Presumably he is not managing that investigation personally. Although in fact he did cause a lot of concern when he met right after endorsing her with the attorney general who will make the final decision, bret. The fbi can make a recommendation, they present the facts to the attorney general, attorney gene that was very problematic to me. I thought that was a bad signal. He should not have done that. Hes got to show that he supports the fbi and the prosecutors totally in doing their duty, whatever the facts say. Finally, senator, here is donald trump over the weekend talking to a crowd about who he should pick as vp. We have some great people in the republican party. Everybody wants to know who im going to choose for Vice President. Who do you like . He says newt. Who do you like . They say sessions. Sessions. So, senator, you had some people in that crowd. What do you think . One, would you take the job, if offered, and two, understanding its Donald Trumps choice, what qualities do you think he needs to look for in vp . I really think that this will be a big decision for him. I think hes given it thought and hes somebody that people recognize could be a good president first, because they could become president. He needs somebody that he can work with and trust and if they can bring some political advantage because of a state or a group of people that trust him and like him i think thats helpful, too. I just said when pressed, you know, of course i would consider it if i were asked but i dont expect that to happen. A lot of better people out there than i and i look forward to supporting this ticket, though, until november. Senator, we appreciate your time. Thanks for rolling with the breaking news. Thank you. Up next, well bring in our sunday group to discuss some of his gop colleagues who are wavering in their support over some of trumps rhetoric, plus more on that mass shooting at that orlando nightclub. Authorities are investigating it as terrorism. Keep it here. 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That was foxs peter doocy asking the fbi about the possibility of a terror connection in the deadly mat shooting at an orld nightclub. Peter, the reporter and, bret, we know that seven hours ago pulse, which bills itself as orlandos premiere gay nightclub, came under attack and things were so dire they tweeted desperately, everyone get out of pulse and keep running. Things started at 2 02, just about a block and a half behind us here in orlando, about a tenmile drive from all of the te theme parks when an Orlando Police officer who was working security engaged in gunman in a fire fight. There were some backup officers that came, the gunman ran back inside where about 320 club goers were enjoying themselves late on a saturday night, early on sunday. Many managed to escape, but 30 hostages were held until about 5 00 a. M. , so for three hours this person held 30 or so hostages until the s. W. A. T. Team decided at 5 00 a. M. While they they needed to go in and try to rescue those people. During the rescue they did a nineman s. W. A. T. Team managed to shoot and kill the attacker, but once he was neutralized they realized that there were approximately 20 dead club goers laying inside. Now, we do not have a precise victim count yet because the facility still being swept for devices. We know that the shooter had a long gun, a handgun and some kind of a device that concerned authorities enough that they have had the bomb squad in there all morning. This is still an unfolding situation. Keep in mind it has been just over seven hours since the first shots rang out and we have an update coming from the fbi here in a few minutes. They say that they are not ruling anything out, but that they do have indications this shooter has leanings towards radical islamic terror. Bret. Peter doocy live in orlando. A conference we will bring you the latest and all the information from that. Its time for our sunday group. Fox news senior political analyst brit hume, julie pace, george will and juan williams. Brit, i was surprised in that press conference to hear that fbi agent go down that road this soon in this shooting. They must have something that suggests that to them. We dont know what that is. We dont know who the shooter is. Of course we dont know, as even the fbi acknowledged, what the motivation for this was. So, you know, beyond that its interesting that they said that, but well see if it pans out. Its early days and perhaps wise to reserve judgment about what this is really all about. Julie, were just getting a white house statement coming in right now that the president was briefed this morning by the assistant to the president for meland security lisa monaco in counterterrorism t shooting in orlando saying our thoughts and prayers are with the pham police and the loved ones of the victims. The president asked to receive regular updates as the fbi and other federal officials work with Orlando Police to gather more information and directed that the federal government provide any assistance necessary to support the recovery. Nothing out of the ordinary with that white house statement but the fbi engaged early on. Absolutely. I think that the white house and counterterrorism officials are certainly going to be looking for what brit talked about, more information to expand on that somewhat vague comment that we heard which was unusual to hear a Law Enforcement in one of their very first briefings raise a possibility. Usually they wait until they have much more information to put that out there, knowing that doing so really will get a lot of attention and raise a lot of questions. So i think that well hopefully have more from them in their next update. George. First of all, not every act that the terrifying is terrorism. When the fbi says this is being investigated as an act of telling us way too much, which is that its associated somehow in the public mind with International Terrorism or theyre telling us nothing at all, which is that theyre not ruling out the possibility that there could be some connection. If its an International Terrorism its implausible it seems to me that al qaeda or one of its franchises would target a gay nightclub in central florida. Now, were told that this gentleman has leanings. If all that means is he doesnt like gay people and isis doesnt like gay people, that, im sorry, is not enough to establish leanings towards terrorism. So this would be an excellent time for everyone to take a deep breath. Deep breath. On the politics, juan, donald trump tweeting out already this morning, really bad shooting in orlando. Police investigating possible terrorism. Many people dead and wounded. Whenever Something Like this happens, a massive event, tragedy like this and well g to the bottom of how and why it happened, it does change the dynamic politically and nationally about the conversation. Yeah, it raises the temperature and raises the degree to which the American People feel that we need to do a better job of protecting the homeland and protecting americans, but also going after the terrorists. I think thats why we saw this morning senator sessions here, i think, push a little precipitously towards the idea that it is a terrorist attack linked to islamic extremist or islamic radicalism. I tried to dial him back there. We all saw that. We appreciate that. But i think that thats why, you know, like there was a shooting at love field on friday here in the United States, people initially think, oh, my god, is this a terrorist incident at an airport. We are all sort of alert to this, especially in the political arena, because, again, if it happens i think that you see donald trump and the republicans have the sense it would be to their advantage to say, do you know what, president obama and Hillary Clinton as his former secretary of state have not done enough to go after isis and to wipe out the terrorist threat. One thing, though, brit, senator sessions said is his Judiciary Committee working on these numbers. 4 570 indictments or convictions of radical islamists since 9 11. That seemed like a new number today. It might have been a new number but this is what were looking back, what, 15 years now and, you know, you think about it makes sense. I just think, you know, everybody is going to go to battle stations here on gun control and on the question of terrorism and its too soon to do that on either cause and i think it would be well to, you know, kind of hold our fire here. Julie. I think thats right. We sort of get into these modes after these shootings where we initially or immediately go to our corners. You have republicans that will immediately stake out their positiones in terms of what the administration is or is not doing on terrorism, you have democrats that will immediately start calling for more gun control. I think in some ways it has actually frozen our ability to do anything about these issues because you do have people that go to their corners and it ends up being very little overlap in terms of what you can do to prevent both terrorism and just shootings that happen at a really alarming rate in this country. George. When the egyptian airliner went down in the mediterranean americas foremost tweeter said instantly this is an act of terrorism. Maybe it was, i dont know if mr. Trump is right about that, but 25 days have passed and we still know absolutely nothing about what happened to that plane. Understand that we can take the pause, but if it turns out to be an effort of terrorism here on the homeland, it does dramatically potentially change the president ial race and the focus of the last few days. Sure, but then the question is we have to make distinctions or the idea of terrorism becomes a classification that no longer classifies anymore. If this is some person deranged by his hatred of gay people and he says, well, isis got that right, that doesnt make this into an international episode. All right. Turn to the politics of the past week. Donald trump, how his week unfolded, even sessions saying it was a pretty bad week. Well, i think the effort at this juncture for republicans should be to unify. And what weve seen to the contrary is republicans coming apart largely in response to Donald Trumps comments about the judge, judge curiel, in which he said that, you know, he is a mexican and i want to build a wall and therefore theres some bias. I think republicans were wise to say, thats not the way we think. We dont play identity politics like that on the conservative side. We usually leave that democrats. Donald trump not only damaged himself in that way but i think that when you start to hear paul ryan the speaker of the house say that was textbook racism usually republicans like to say, you know, we have policy differences and we wish you democrats would stop screaming racism. But there were a number of people in the republican ranks this week who said, do you know what, thats a step too far. George. Well, senator sessions said its a bad week because mr. Trump got off message. This is his message which is a constant barrage of that sort of thing. Senior republicans are going to him saying change your persona. Its like going to the Rolling Stones and kelg Keith Richards and mick jagger rock and roll has been good for you but its time to go for chamber music. I dont think they do that and i dont think he does that. Brit, your thoughts of wrapping up this week. Trump must appeal to a much larger universe of voters than he did during the primary season and he seems not to recognize what that means. And what simply have to be very careful and disciplined in what you say and as george suggests it may not simply be in the man to do that. We will see. But these kind of reactions to things, this is this is a personal reaction to what he claims is unfair rulings by a judge and he shot from the hip and it worked like crazy this sort of stuff during the primary season. It will not work during a general election when you need to gather in people who previously werent for you. Its as simple as that. And he needs to recognize that and act accordingly if he can. Well see if he can. Panel, well take a break right here, we will see you a little later. 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Unitedhealth group built for better health. A look along the cno canal in georgetown as the Nations Capital prepares to vote in d. C. s last in the nation primary. Her supporters and many politics watchers will tell you that Hillary Clinton had a great week making history and picking up key endorsements, but the inspector of the investigations of her private email server and the Clinton Foundation still linger. Joining me from minneapolis senator Amy Klobuchar a supporter of Hillary Clinton. Senator, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Well, thank you. Its great to be on, bre senator, obviously the breaking news today has dominated the morning, 20 dead, the authorities down in florida looking at this as an act of terror, possibly the shooter with a leaning towards radical islamic ideology. Your thoughts on this as it develops this morning. Well, i cant even imagine what the families of these victims are going through. Were praying for them. But as your commentators just pointed out from brit to george will to julie to juan, it is just too early to know. We know this was a premiere gay nightclub in orlando. We know that there was one question asked about what connections that this man might have to islamic extremism and we just dont know enough about what happened here and being the local prosecutor during 9 11 when they caught ma saw would he in our state i know when these things come together you want to make sure that you have the evidence clear before you make statements about what the solution was, what could have happened here. But once again if that is in fact the case i think we know some of the things that have to happen here. The continual work to root out this evil at its roots at the enclave of isis in iraq and syria, to stop the flow of the international money, to go after the recruiting that weve seen in the u. S. Over the internet. Now, understanding with all the caveats in place as we learn more about this and the investigation, in minnesota, for example, there have been numerous cases about people being recruited to go to isis or to be a part of the isis campaign. Yes. In fact, fbi director jim comey was just in minnesota commending our u. S. Attorneys office and local fbi here for the work theyve done. Dozens of indictments, recent jury verdicts and what weve found here is that always these terror cells and those kinds of things, that just individual people are recruited over the internet, no mom wants their kid recruited to go fight for isis. One of the things were proud of here is our muslim community, our so he mali community, we have the biggest so he male community in the country and they have come together against this kind of evil and have been helpful and worked with Law Enforcement. I thought it was important what senator sessions said at the beginning of the show is that you dont want to indict an entire religion, you dont want to indict an entire community over a lone wolf. Also senator sessions raised concerns about these events eventually leading to conversations about guns and gun rights and had a problem with the secretary, secretary clinton, not being able to answer last weekend that definitively, that an individuals right to bear arms is a constitutional right. But i know that she believes in the right for individuals to have guns and i believe in the Second Amendment. I believe she does as well. But what shes been talking about here is simply something that the vast majority of the American People believe in and that is some background checks which the Supreme Court has left open in its gun decision, that in fact you could have more enhanced background checks. The idea that you shouldnt have stalkers be able to go out and get a gun and some of the things that i think would be a vast hope in saving lives including the fact that people on the terror watch list can still get guns. I think what shes talking about here are some sensible reforms. Lets turn to politics now, senator. Secretary clinton told the wall street journal she will deliver a speech about the u. S. Economy in recent days specifically going after donald trump. The background for the speech will be the right track, wrong track question. The average of polls 65 of americans saying the country is currently on the wrong track. The latest poll to ask the question who would do a better job of creating jobs has donald trump beating secretary clinton by 11 points. Given those numbers i asked secretary clinton wednesday what she would do as president that would be different than president obama on the economy. She didnt have too many specifics, she said Infrastructure Projects and and blamed the Republican Congress for holding that up. I put the same question to you. How would a president Hillary Clinton deal with the economy differently than president obama would . Well, i think, first of all, because theres been a primary on the democratic side thats just ending she hasnt had that opportunity to show this clear contrast with her opponent donald trump in terms of what is going to be what her economic plan is. What we do know is that his plan right now would cost 30 trillion added to the debt in 20 years, 11 trillion in ten years. We know that he himself the king of debt and that he has even put the countrys full faith in credit in question. Hillary clinton on the other hand has worked very hard to find paid fors for the things she proposes, like infrastructure investment. When you look at what president obama inherited, he inherited a mess. The first month he took office we were losing more jobs than there were people in the state of vermont and we have had steady stable job growth since that time. What i see is that the next president is going to be governing from opportunity not from crisis. President obama saw us through this crisis and now we have an opportunity to invest in more roads and bridges and opportunity to do something about immigration reform, an opportunity to move forward to help middle class people to pay for college and other things that have help you in a highly competitive global economy. Do you think of interest that president obama endorses Hillary Clinton even as the Investigation Continues on the emails and the Clinton Foundation . First of all, i think that president obama you would expect the sitting president to endorse a candidate from his own party. Hes going to have some incredible credibility to talk about this. He started out as her adversary and has seen her, worked next to her, he has seen how she responded to crisis. But in terms of your question id say this investigation if he was so bias or the administration was so bias wouldnt have even began. It began and it has been ongoing and, in fact, it is overseen by the head of the fbi, jim comey. I happen to go to law school with him, i obviously have not discussed this investigation with him, but when you spend three years with someone in a class of less than 200 people you get to know their reputation and he is a man of high integrity, he was a bush u. S. Attorney, he is a bush appointed Deputy Attorney general and that this investigation. So i see that as separate from any political endorsement that the president may make. There are more emails that have markings were told that were classified from their origin. House lawmakers are looking for more answers on that. But either way they were on the server, the home brew server. This is from the Associated Press last week, at least 47 of the emails contain the notation b 3 cia per org which indicates the material referred to cia personnel or matters related to the agency. This seems, senator, were getting more and more nuggets about this investigation every few days. How can secretary clinton definitively say that there wont be an fbi referral and that there wont be an indictment . Well, again, as a former prosecutor i havent seen those documents, but i think what she knows and what has been widely accepted is that in fact, in one, no evidence of actual rsers out there talking about it, but it appears that classified systems have not been used. Number three, we have to look at the totality of the evidence here and thats something that the fbi will be doing and the Justice Department will be doing. One glaring question i have is the media of course it is your job, bret, to go on these kind of fishing expedition, to look at every page of the 55,000 pages of emails shes released, but on the other hand you have donald trump not releasing one page of his tax returns, something every major candidate on every major ticket has done for years. Secretary clinton has released hers going back 30some years. So i do think that that is something thats going to be also a big deal during this campaign because of the allegations and all the questions raised about how hes not paying people that worked for him for the casinos, questions raised about Trump University. So i think youre going to have on both sides, but you cant even drop the line into the water here on his tax returns and here she has released 55,000 pages of emails. And we continue to ask questions about those tax returns. You mentioned Trump University, the Clinton Campaign out with an ad about Trump University, attacking donald trump. Obviously Trump University has gotten a lot of attention and focus in recent days. But another education controversy has not gotten as much coverage, thats lure yad education. Since 2010 the former president bill clinton has brought in short of 16. 5 million for his role as an honorary chancellor of lure i cant tell education, bloomberg examined this nonprofit run by lure yads chairman called International Youth foundation, iyf, its public filings show 2010 think got 14 grants worth 15 million from the u. S. Government, state or us aid, 2011, 13 grants, 14. 6 mil up to 21 grants with 25. 5 million including a direct grant from the state department. You have 55 million in three years, senator, going to this group when Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and the former president is then the chancellor of this education. Is there a problem with that . Will that be a focus in the election . First of all, i dont know what that has to do with her being secretary of state. Because the grants came from the state department. I dont know all the facts of this. Okay. Well, i have no okay. Thank you. I just havent looked at the facts of this. But i just first of all, believe all these things are going to be vetted out through the next few months. I also believe that that Clinton Foundation has given 89 of the money that it has to charitable causes including reducing aids greatly around the world and so theres no doubt commended by former president bush and others that it has done good work. And so all of these things are going to be vetted but what i really want to have the discussion start on, what the people that i talk to in minnesota care about is which candidate is going to be the more stable leader for our economy going forward, for our world going forward, who is going to be the one that can bring the country together and for me that answer is Hillary Clinton. Last thing, senator. You are on the Judiciary Committee. I believe quickly, how potent an issue will the republicans lack of action on the Supreme Court nomination on judge garland about, do you believe, in 2016 for your side . Well, i believe that this hits right in the senators races. The senators who have not even allowed a hearing to go forward. For me when i look at history and for those who want to protect the constitution that says that we should advise and content on the president s nominees, you go back to when judiciary hearings started since 1916 we have had a hearing for every nominee except ten or so of them that confirmed with and so if you respect history, if you respect the constitution we should at least have a hearing and an up or down vote on this man that oversaw the Oklahoma City bombing, he oversaw the uni bomber investigation, he is a man of integrity, someone who works well with republican appointed judges, someone who is a consensus builder, the exact type of judge that should be nominated during this difficult time. Thank you for your time today and thank you for dealing with the breaking news. It was good to be on. Thank you. When we come back well bring back the panel to discuss president obamas endorsement of clinton and the impact on the active federal investigations involving her. 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Thats what im saying. That happens to be the truth. President obama telling Fox News Sunday in april there are no politics involved in the investigation into Hillary Clintons private server and clinton this week telling me it wont affect her run for the white house. Were back now with our panel. Julie, what about that . I mean, shes had arguably if you even talk to anybody who is running against her a pretty good week politically, but this is still lingering and hanging over the Clinton Campaign. Shes had probably her strongest week of this primary season, not only did she away but she got very quickly president obama, Vice President biden, senator warren to rally around her. I think youre going to see senator sanders in the next couple of days meeting with her and likely backing her as well. At the same time if you look over these next five months the biggest challenge that Hillary Clinton will have will likely be this perception that she is not honest, that she is not trustworthy. Its not necessarily about one matter. Its not just the emails. Its not just the Clinton Foundation. It is this general impression that if the clintons are back in the white house that these types of things will continue and if the election becomes a referendum on that then i think that shes going to be in trouble. Obviously her campaign is going to try to make this about donald trump and not these issues and that will be one of the questions that we have to ask going forward, what is this about . Brit, the latest fox news poll shows nearly a third of democrats think that Hillary Clinton lied about her emails. 64 of independents say shes lying about her emails. T politicians as a whole are not trusted and are thought to be habitual liars, but her numbers on this are sort of over the moon and it embodies the paradox of this campaign, which is that each candidate is the others best hope. Hillary clinton with her untrustworthy reputation reputation for being untrustworthy, donald trump with his very high negative each represent the others best chance. And that was perfectly illustrated when you asked Amy Klobuchar to identify what it was that Hillary Clinton would do differently from barack obama on the economy. And she answered by talking about donald trump and what he might do. Thats what were in for and thats where this goes. Whether shes indicted or not shes going to carry this burden of not being trusted into the general election. No question about it. Whether that will be whether trumps negatives on that and other issues, the trustworthiness will be enough to deliver her the election is the question. To brits point, juan, who can make the other candidate more untrustworthy or paint them in a way that affects voters thoughts about that is in a better position to win. Without a doubt. Thats why this is going to be a real dirtbag type campaign. I think you already see should we put that in quotes . Its pretty obvious. Look at the advertising, look how the money is being spent and its, you know, for example, on the Hillary Clinton side putting out ads using trumps words against trump as he makes obnoxious statements about one group of people or another. The question i think well, knowing that Hillary Clinton had a good week but that her numbers remain highly negative, so what are the chances that she would be indicted . We see no indication at this point from fbi, from legal authorities, no leaks in the press, that, oh, an indictment is pending. To the contrary weve seen that if someone was going you would have heard something, especially with the conventions approaching and before the highly politicized general election season. We dont have a timing, george, but we do have these nuggets about the actual emails and the classified nature of them and what they discuss and the cia personnel and the drone operations. More and more every day we seem to get Little Things that suggest that maybe theres more there. And we dont know the timetable but director comey of the fbi is a big boy and hes vastly experienced in washington and he knows this is taking place in the context of the election of the next chief executive. Its inconceivable to me that they are not going to act with more than deliberate speed on this. So much attention has been focused on this, however, that i think she stands to win big if nothing happens. That is if theres no criminal referral sent to the Justice Department. People will say this took a long time, it was extremely thorough, they found nothing. Thats the way it will be presented. No. And the way it comes out is potentially very good for her. Julie, we see these stories about donald trump and how he ran his businesses, the casinos and the allegations that he didnt pay people to finish work, but on the flip side the clintons have all of this Clinton Foundation stuff, the Laureate Education that hasnt even been delved into yet. I asked senator klobuchar about it. It is a wash when it comes to the public and looking at the back stories here . It might end up being that. There are so many stories on both sides about so much money floating around that really for most americans is inconceivable to think about. I do think that the argument that the clintons are going to make about donald trump and some of these stories is that the controversies are focused on him trying to hurt or con average americans and that they will say that that is the difference, that he is creating businesses like Trump University or not paying contractors for his casinos and that the fallout is on average americans while he benefits. I think that is where they are going to try to push that story line with trump. The trump people will push the Clinton Foundation line. Of course they are. Now that trump is officially the nominee, we know he has it, its stories that were lying out there to be picked up off the street like the stories of the people who got hurt in his bankruptcies while he pros period, the stories about his refusal to pay contractors on time and trying to chisel down the payments that he is contracted to make in his building projects and so forth. Theyre flourishing everywhere. They could have been done earlier. One has suspicions as to why they were held. Last thing, juan, we look at a lot of polls but gallop has a poll out of the about the president s job Approval Rating now up to 53 . At this time george w. Bush was in the 20s in 2008. Is that a sign that democrats are well positioned foril candidate she is. You and i both historically that the president s Approval Rating when he is for his party is a key indicator of the likely success of his party at that election. Very good news at the moment for Hillary Clinton. Panel, thats all the time we have. Thanks for joining us. Well see you all next week. Coming up, a final word on the mass shooting it the and the investigation in world. Kenneth, are they closing thand the investigation in world. For auditions . Whats on that piece of paper . Oh, miss maroneyorlando. Should not be doing anything. I just had botox. I know exactly whats happening ah whoa this is a bad streaming experience. The girlie show is a real fun lady show. vo dont let bad streaming ruin a good show. Dont look at me vo only verizon has the largest, most reliable 4g lte network. Can your network say that . Switch now, buy two samsung phones and get a free tv, plus up to 650 back. Only on americas best network. Do we consider this an act of terrorism . Absolutely, we are investigating this from all parties perspective as an act of terrorism. Anytime that we have potentially dozens of victims in any of our communities that i think we can qualify that as terrorist activity. Breaking news now. We can confirm that the shooter the suspect in this case that is dead was in fact muslim and that Authorities Say the number of fatalities will increase dramatically were told. Stay tuned to this channel and Fox News Channel for continuing coverage of that mass shooting at that nightclub in orlando. Again, right now the number stands at 20 killed, 42 others wounded after that gunman took hostages and opened fire earlier this morning. The gunman shot dead. We will have continuing coverage here on fox. Thanks for joining us here in washington, im bret baier. music open . applause joel osteen well god bless you. Its a joy to come into your homes and if youre ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services. 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