Hillary Clinton to do first national TV interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton on Tuesday will give the first nationally televised interview of her presidential campaign to CNN senior political correspondent Brianna Keilar.

The Democratic front-runner has largely stayed away from the press, only occasionally taking questions from reporters and granting interviews to local news outlets in early-voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

But she hasn't granted national outlets interviews since jumping into the 2016 race in April. The first one, with Keilar, will take place in Iowa City, as Clinton campaigns in the first state to vote in the presidential nominating process.

Clinton's status as her party's favorite isn't in doubt, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has narrowed the gap in recent polls, particularly in New Hampshire and Iowa.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/06/politics/hillary-clinton-tv-interview-july/index.html

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The full interview with Hillary Clinton will air Tuesday on CNN's "The Situation Room" at 5 p.m. EDT and again on "Anderson Cooper 360" at 8 p.m. EDT.

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

[RoccoR5955]

2. This I gotta see.

Will she attack, or will she stick to issues.
This I gotta see.
I only hope that she doesn't tell the same lies that Clare McCaskill told last week.
That would be a mistake.

[George II]

4. Holy crap! For weeks Sanders supporters have been whining "when is she going to speak...

...to the press?" Now that she's going to do that, they're STILL whining about what THEY think she'll say and taking negative shots at her.

WHY THE FUCK don't you wait to see what she says?????

[RoccoR5955]

11. That is

What the fuck I was saying damnit!
I said that I can't wait to see what she is saying. YOU added the fuck into it. Geeze, what a grouch!

[George II]

14. Nope, you said...........

"Will she attack, or will she stick to issues." and "I only hope that she doesn't tell the same lies that Clare McCaskill told last week."

You're characterizing what she may say before she says it.

[RoccoR5955]

15. Oh please.

You can take it for whatever you like, but I feel that you are projecting.
Are you saying that McCaskill was telling the truth? I don't think that she was, and I also stated that if she uses the same tactics that McCaskill did, it would be a mistake. Do you feel that it would not be?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Have a great day.

[George II]

18. "Projecting" and you're bringing up McCaskill here?

Tell you what, let's continue this discussion AFTER the interview is broadcast. That way the substance OF the interview instead of speculating about what she might say, how she might say it, what her interview tactics will be, etc.

You only have to wait until tomorrow evening.

[snooper2]

41. already know what she is going to say...chuckle chuckle, run positive campaign, trade

we need fair trade, need read bill...need all the details-

Bernie, yes, good man- welcome the debate, chuckle chuckle, trump, republicans- need to respect people, most people coming across border looking for better life- We need real immigration reform- smile, chuckle, thanks for having me!

[jalan48]

3. Great to hear. I look forward to hearing Hillary talk about the issues.

[MrMickeysMom]

5. If I were to ask "non-softball" questions...

… or ones that Hillary's staff did not prepare ahead of time, they might include…

1) How was it that she weighed a "yes" vote on the Iraq war?

2) What support she would have for prosecuting the Wall Street fraudsters?

3) What motivated her to receive hundred of thousands of dollars to deliver speeches to well heeled donors?

4) What motivated her to accept foreign funding for the Clinton Foundation?

5) Why would she have thus far been mute on climate change?

6) How would she address climate change and how soon?

Put this in your situation room and close the door. Don't let anyone before these are answered.

[murielm99]

6. The press never asks her softball questions.

She is usually attacked in interviews. The press saves their softballs for the repubbies.

[MrMickeysMom]

9. I just stopped off here (NPR link) and wouldn't agree with that...

Here: http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/13/406250488/the-13-questions-hillary-clinton-has-answered-from-the-press

12.-13. Criticism of a staged campaign

And then a reporter from WMUR asked her to respond to criticism that the campaign is too staged.

"This is exactly what I want to do. I want to hear from people in New Hampshire about what's on their minds," she said.

And the follow-up:

"Are you planning to answer reporter questions about some of the things that are coming up regarding the play-for-pay allegations in the latest book, emails back in 2012?" the reporter asked.

"Those issues are in my view distractions from what this campaign should be about. What I'm going to make this campaign about," Clinton responded.

But does avoiding questions or not answering them directly hurt her with voters?

"The premise of your question presupposes that the way that Hillary Clinton needs to reach voters is through the national media, and that's simply not the case anymore," said Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist who was a senior adviser on John McCain's Straight Talk Express campaign back in 2000.

He argues a campaign as sophisticated Clinton's can bypass the media filter and target voters directly.

"The notion that real voters worried about real issues care one whit about how often a presidential candidate talks to their traveling press corps or answers questions from them is just ludicrous. It's not the case," he said.

You can argue other candidates have to answer reporter questions. They need the free media. Clinton doesn't. And with minimal primary competition, she'd be happy to have much less media attention.

[murielm99]

13. That is a very slanted article.

NPR has become so much more conservative that I am not surprised that they would have something so ridiculous.

You reference an article that quotes one of McCains advisers, and references the book Clinton Cash? That makes a positive comparison to Carly Fiorina?

Read this, please, if you want to know how the press really treats the Clintons.

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/6/8900143/hillary-clinton-reporting-rules

I don't expect you to have an open mind about Hillary. You are obviously here to smear her in any way you can.

[RoccoR5955]

16. RU Kidding!

National Petroleum Radio is nothing more than Fox ultra lite these days!
It gets me sick with all their right wing crap, and their religious stuff. I can't listen on Sunday without puking!

[murielm99]

17. I'm not the one who posted something

from NPR. Your fellow Bernista did that.

[RoccoR5955]

19. WTF is a Bernista?

Something like a Barista, or are you calling names?

[murielm99]

20. How about you correct your above post

instead of changing the subject? I did not post the NPR link.

[RoccoR5955]

21. So you disagree that NPR

has turned into just another conservative media outlet?
Interesting.

[murielm99]

23. I'm the one who SAID that

NPR had turned into a conservative outlet. Go back and read more carefully.

[MrMickeysMom]

30. If you didn't expect that I would have an open mind about HRC, why did you ask me to read something?

Instead, you might say,

Here, read this, but you feel you might need to remind me of how I am, I suppose. Nice.

[murielm99]

32. You were the one who posted a very biased

article, quoting people who are generally our opposition. It is obvious you would use any source to smear Hillary and support Bernie, including one that quotes a McCain advisor, references "Clinton Cash" and is positive toward Carly Fiorina. Why should I expect you to have an open mind?

We used to have a lot higher standards about sources. Bernie supporters seem to have flushed those standards down the toilet.

[MrMickeysMom]

34. Quoting an NPR article that I point out as not in agreement with what you stated is biased?

I thought it was finding something contrary to what you said that was supposed to have been from NPR and not the some right wing yellow journalism.

There's no pleasing you with anything that challenges what you say. Nobody can play nice, and the rest of the story, contrary to yours gets labeled as - what was it you called those people - Bernistas? Really nice.

[murielm99]

35. You are not addressing anything I said.

Since when do we use anything said by the McCain camp as positive source material? Since when do we support Carly Fiorina? I suppose you think "Clinton Cash" is Pulitzer Prize material?

You are not worth my time. Goodbye.

[MrMickeysMom]

37. What the fuck...

You stopped making sense with that one. I suggest sleep, after the ignore button.

Bye

[MrMickeysMom]

31. And, another thing, murielm...

I read the article, and see that all of the vast right wing conspiracy or hateful shit that comes Hillary's way is a very real phenomena. I've seen the Republicans at their worst, which is pretty well covered by this article.

So, because some constituent from the same political party (me) points to things I find no longer support me as a Democrat in the lead up to this race… I get it! I'm just like the Republicans who castigated her all these years.

Of course! It must be that… It couldn't be anything else, could it?

Jeebus…

[murielm99]

33. Did you ever read "The Hunting of the President,"

look at how Fox News operates, watch Farenheit 9-11, look at the details of the impeachment against Bill Clinton, look at what ALEC does, or any of the activities of the right wing?

The hateful shit comes from the right, and now it is coming from Bernie supporters right here on DU.

[MrMickeysMom]

36. Again, murielm… where is the hateful shit of which you speak?

I'm not saying "hateful" anything when I ask the hard questions I ask. They have to be asked by someone, and since we are leading up to a primary where these same points (Iraq, Wall Street) HAVE been addressed by the candidate I like, why shouldn't I be able to ask questions like that. They haven't been answered yet.

In the last primary, I liked Clinton. I was scorned by her actions when in the Senate, but I liked her enough to support her. Now that I've had a broader background with which to brush in the numbers of this vast scenery we call the lead up to the primaries, somehow, you are associated me with the "hateful".

Nice… right here on DU, as well. Perhaps you should just hit the "ignore" button now. I know that I'm a thinking human being with the next few generations right in front of me and I care. If expressing that concern about the candidates I once believed in is too much, then I must be too much for you, but I'm not hateful.

[RoccoR5955]

22. NPR = National Petroleum Radio

or Fox Ultra Lite.

[840high]

38. The other day she was asked

what her fav ice cream was. So never say never.

[brooklynite]

7. You really think people care about speeches and the Clinton Foundation?

And what questions would you NOT ask when you're taking up time on those?

[MrMickeysMom]

8. I think people care a good deal more than those questions...

… but, if you think it would not INCLUDE those questions, maybe you just don't want to hear it?

[RoccoR5955]

12. Don't count on it.

They will probably ask her questions about hair, and accents.

[24601]

29. And, 7) why should the press cover you like a candidate when you have consistently ducked any

reasonable contact with the press? and,

9) Is your transparency as Secretary of State and presidential candidate an indication of the transparency your administration would demonstrate if you were elected?

8) If the press all reported "Hillary Clinton withdrew from the race" and offered no further coverage of you at all, would it change your behavior regarding transparency and a free press? and,

9) Will you turn over your erased server to a neutral third party to recover any more work-related email?

Go Bernie!

[closeupready]

10. Not interested. I know all I need to know, and I'm not voting for her.

[SamKnause]

24. x 100000000000000

[misterhighwasted]

25. Then vote for the Republican candidate. Suit yourself. You will be on the losing end either way.

You don't have to watch the interview, & you can vote for anyone you want.

[closeupready]

27. I'll never vote for the GOP, but I won't vote for her.

And thank you for reminding me that I can vote for anyone I want. Palpably relieved...

[kjones]

43. Well then I hope you won't be complaining about it.

It's like books. I hate it when people complain about a book they haven't even bothered to read.
At least they should admit, "Well, all I really did was read the review."

[closeupready]

46. I'll vote, and then I have the right to complain.

That's how it works.

[kjones]

47. Premature decisions...preemptive complaints...

You can do that, I think I'll go read.

[Duckhunter935]

26. Well I will watch it

I just hope a few things will happen

She gets asked tough but fair questions
She actually answers those questions and does not change the subject or filibuster a non-answer
If she does not answer the question, Brianna Keilar keeps following up until she does.
Puts out some actual specific policy positions, not generic feel good platitudes with no substance.
I hope she does well, but she is not my primary candidate. Bernie already has done many national interviews and answers all questions put to him. He also has a weekly Q&A on talk radio.

[Thinkingabout]

28. Hillary will do great. Hopefully she will be able to get her message out for those who still have

Not heard her positions. More information is part of her selling her campaign. EVER ONWARD!

[riversedge]

40. +1

[840high]

39. CNN - lol

[Calista241]

42. It's her first real interview this cycle so it'll be a puff piece.

"How's it feel to be a grandmother?" And "how's it feel to be on the precipice of being the first female president?"

[George II]

44. Have you seen the list of questions already?

[Calista241]

45. Yeah, they asked me for my thoughts as a potential voter.