the most baffling things when out of nowhere, george stephanopoulous says, what about contributions and then we are off against war. hecity said he wanted to defund planned parenthood. it was a legitimate issue. this idea that the clinton foundation is some slush fund is ludacris. 43 million people have gotten support around the globe from the clinton foundation. they are fighting aids in africa. that is their own problem. they cannot fill out a good tax return. even president clinton said, mistakes have been made. we could all use better accountants. i don t think there is in way you can advance that argument and say that this is what was going on here. there are plenty of charities that george steph anopoulous
wall street journal they ll have to start changing some of their policies. they will still take foreign money, but those donations will be limited to a handful of countries, not every country in the world. no longer for example, going to take money from saudi arabia. clearly some of the criticism has gotten to them, that they ve gotten from the republicans like rand paul, while democrats like evan bayh say this is much ado about nothing. take a listen. hillary clinton s argument, you ve heard her argument for taking money from saudi arabia, she s going to do good things with it yet she s taking money from a country that percentsecutes women. what do they do in ber nye? you re stoned to death. she s not at the foundation anymore. secondly, it s all charitable work. fighting aids in africa climbed change responding to earthquake disaster relief in haiti. despite that good work, it s interesting that at least so far hillary clinton has not
nothing. you heard her argument about taking money from saudi arabia, she s going to do good things with it, yet she s taking money from a country that persecutes woman. she takes money from the sultan of brunime. if you re charged of adultery you re stoned to death. secondly, it s all charitable work. fighting aids in africa, climate change, responding to earthquake disaster relief in haiti. now, despite that good work it s interesting that at least so far, hillary clinton has not been citing the foundation s good work out on the campaign trail. it s only been a few days. maybe she ll have a chance next week. we re just learning tonight that on monday and tuesday she s going to new hampshire for round two of this campaigning. i m told she s going to a series of battlegrounds, key earlyä< states, until mid-may and planning a big speech in the middle of may to learn what she learned on the listening tour. anks for being with us. joining with us more reaction of the clinton
to continue raking this big money from some foreign governments even as she campaigns for president. the foundation today confirmed a wall street journal report that for the duration of the campaign it will limit donations to a handful of countries australia, canada, germ thee the thet err lands norway and the u.k. that are already supporting multi-year programs. the spokesman declared by implementing this new even stronger and more transparent policy the clinton foundation is reinforcing its commitment to accountability while protecting programs that are improving the lives of millions of people around the world. first she s not at the foundation anymore and secondly it s all charitable work fighting aids in africa, climate change, responding to earthquake disaster relief. reporter: clinton has not yet mentioned the foundation on the campaign trail though she did recently note a subsidiary the clinton global initiative had worked with the private sector to create thousands of jobs
take a page out of karl rove s book. in 2005, president bush, i was there, president bush had a meeting with 20 african american leaders at the white house. most of them were ministers. most of them were overwhelmingly democrats. and he sat down and listened and said what are your issues? and we saw it translate into policy. most of the room was very much anti-gay marriage. most of the room wanted to see the country do something with regard to hiv/aids in africa. we saw it translate into policy. it s not large is that what has left to the fight against aids? and he listened. an that s his greatest legacy. and the black vote went from 9% to 11% between 2000 and 2004. it takes being smart, not throwing out yahoo or somebody, absolutely. fighting aids in africa. i ve written in several columns that that was his greatest achievement. and it was a huge achievement.