r robby mook talked to chuck todd today about it earlier on meet the press hey, do you think it will cost them the election, and he said, no, i don t think so. that is the vibe from the sources, and certainly a bump in the road, but at this point, this late in the game, it is not something derailing the campaign right now, ari. that is an interesting interview, and of course, it would have been weird if robby said, yes, we will lose the election over this. and yes, my reporting is bearing out the sense that when you are on the phone with the clinton aides, it does not feel like the world is ending and certa certainly negative stories and panic mode, and clearly they were taken by surprise, but i think that they have processed it and figured out how to move forward wit, and they don t believe in the end it is a fundamental change for the course of this race. right. and the politics might align with the facts there and it is a an open question of the there is a there, there, and
official who say that he is damaging democracy and they are arguing that the attorney dep the deputy general is way out over his skis and any tack that he is taking is invited by the conduct and no place for the fbi. on the politics though, do you believe that the clinton campaign wants to spend the closing days trying to make the argument to americans about jim comey who is still not a household name? well, they don t want to, ari, but they are put in a position that they don t have to and that is the most effective strategy moving forward and the fact that he is going to be puttinging a stem on it, and that is going right to the stump on the campaign trail. thank you to all of you. we will see you again soon. i want to go again into the politics of this and nine days to go and liz smith, former
welcome back to pulse of america. i m ari in new york. do you believe that the fbi needs to release more information about the newly discovered e-mails? and now this is after the shock of director comey s letterer, and what some people say is an unprecede unprecedented move. some officials close to the situation say that while the doj did not prohibit the fbi from sending the letter to congress, it advised against it. and some believe that director comey then defied eric holder when confronted with political ties he said that we have to be sensitive to keep the department s reputation for fairness, neutrality and nonpartisanship. and now o, joining us is a cyber
hyperbole wins the day here, and trump supporters are hoping that extends to the polls. ari? thank you, gadi schwartz. and there is a saying in hip-hop that says act like you know, and sometimes you to pretend that you know more, and gx adi schwartz is saying that some trump support ers don t know th facts, but they feel. and some supporters of clinton say they don t know anything, but the letter itself seems as a political matter to invite this kind of speculation, because it was so vague. and this is the point that you are seeing made, ari n a rare point of agreement on both sides of the aisle from republicans and democrats they want more information. and the republicans are hoping that it will show that clinton re really did do something wrong and confirm their suspicion, and the democrats are hoping to prove that she did not, and so that is what it has come down to, and now it is james comey
curious. well, it may be curious, but we have curious reporters here to el help with us the angles. kasie hunt, and gad di gadi schwartz. and i have the as ssistant director coming to join thus hour, and we will get into the law and the substance. i want to go to you on the politics, how does the clinton campaign deal with this politically while trying to eventually try to get off of the topic? well, ari, i think that you is seen it play out over to the course of the last 48 hours, and the response to this on offense. she went out to do the press conference late friday and she mentioned it at the rally yesterday in daytona beach saying that comey owes it to the american public to say more about what exact ly it is that they have found or not found on this new laptop. and today, you have seen her