WEBVTT - Margaret Talev: Clinton Promises Transparency (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>about Hillary Clinton, of course, her campaign said Sunday that

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<v Speaker 1>she had been diagnosed with pneumonia and would cancel a

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<v Speaker 1>plan two days swing through California. This came hours after

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<v Speaker 1>Mrs Clinton abruptly left at nine eleven Memorial ceremony in

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<v Speaker 1>New York, and the diagnosis coupled with remarks by Hillary

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton late Friday criticizing some Trump supporters as a basket

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<v Speaker 1>of deplorables, an unwelcome distraction to the campaign, to say

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<v Speaker 1>the least. Here to tell us more, Margaret toliv. She

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<v Speaker 1>is the White House correspondent covering the presidential for Bloomberg News,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can follow her on Twitter at Margaret Tollive.

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<v Speaker 1>She joins us from Washington, d C. Home to Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>and one oh five point seven h D two. Margaret,

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead, tell us your analysis of what is going

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<v Speaker 1>on with not only the Clinton campaign but the response

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<v Speaker 1>that has been generated by the Trump campaign. Well, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>good afternoon. If I had to tell you some silver

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<v Speaker 1>lining to the developments of the last twenty four hours

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<v Speaker 1>or so, it is that we now expect to get

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<v Speaker 1>more detailed health reports and records doctors records from both

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<v Speaker 1>the Clinton and the Trump campaigns Now the devils and

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<v Speaker 1>the details. We'll see what those are, but it certainly

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like midweek. By the end of this week, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll have more information from both of them, essentially the

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<v Speaker 1>sort of information that has been standard practice for nominees

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<v Speaker 1>for president for years now. Um, as you know, Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump has been slow too, and has continued to hold

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<v Speaker 1>off on releasing attack tax record, something that Hillary Clinton

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<v Speaker 1>has our an he done. But health records are also important,

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<v Speaker 1>as this episode proved. So, Uh, what is the latest

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<v Speaker 1>on her health that I think is very important just

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<v Speaker 1>at the most basic level. Uh, pneumonia, walking, pneumonia or

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it is is nothing to play with. What kind

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<v Speaker 1>of commentary have you heard from people inside her campaign

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<v Speaker 1>or health experts who have weighed in? Yeah, that's right,

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<v Speaker 1>and her Brian Fallon one of her chief spokesman has

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<v Speaker 1>been out pretty affirmatively today on television trying to sort

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<v Speaker 1>of be forthcoming about the fact that the campaign could

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<v Speaker 1>have dealt with this better and and to say that

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<v Speaker 1>there's no other conditions that have not been disclosed, that

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<v Speaker 1>she is making, uh, you know, a steady recovery, that

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<v Speaker 1>she's an an antibiotics, she's no longer contagious. Um. But

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<v Speaker 1>certainly these are all issues that we're swirling during that

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<v Speaker 1>eight hour time frame when nobody knew exactly kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like where she was, what was going on, how long

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<v Speaker 1>has she been sick, and that sort of thing. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>she does have studio allergy. These uh, they can lead

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<v Speaker 1>to a chronic cough. That cough at a certain point

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<v Speaker 1>last week reached the threshold where it became ammonia. And

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<v Speaker 1>her dark doctor they have now announced publicly disclosed that

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<v Speaker 1>last Friday she decided to go ahead with her National

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<v Speaker 1>Security meeting that was scheduled, and of course that fundraiser

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<v Speaker 1>with Barbara streisand where she made the now infamous comment

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<v Speaker 1>about the basket of deplorable. Now, in Donald Trump's case,

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<v Speaker 1>he has you know, sad yesterday out because it was

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<v Speaker 1>nine eleven. But it's certainly trying to take maximum advantage

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<v Speaker 1>of this, saying he feels invigorated by the long schedule

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<v Speaker 1>and that sort of thing. The only medical report that

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<v Speaker 1>has been released in the context of this campaign by

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is a short and curious one by a

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<v Speaker 1>doctor who proclaimed all of his test results to be

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<v Speaker 1>very positive, which is not always what they're looking for

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<v Speaker 1>in the test results, and uh, you know, proclaiming to

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<v Speaker 1>be like the healthiest nominee for president ever. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of questions on both sides because of

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<v Speaker 1>the Clinton campaigns handling of this, more but a focus

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<v Speaker 1>has been on her. But if the Clinton campaign manages

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<v Speaker 1>as they're seeking now to do, to be a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more forthcoming and sort of she's control of the narrative,

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<v Speaker 1>they may be able to put pressure on Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>to disclose much more himself. Margaret is I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to play devil's advocate here. I mean, it is the

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<v Speaker 1>press making too much of this, and mainly because there's

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<v Speaker 1>nothing else going on in the campaign at the moment

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<v Speaker 1>that right now, nothing else at all, only like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>isis and well that's what I mean. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, there are all these issues, but here we

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<v Speaker 1>are talking about whether the doctor said, you know, eight

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<v Speaker 1>hours six or whatever it is, is that does this

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<v Speaker 1>make any sense? Right? And I think one of the

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<v Speaker 1>major criticisms that she's based, and one of the interesting

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<v Speaker 1>sort of questions political questions, is could they have just

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<v Speaker 1>nipped all of this in the bud by either disclosing

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday that she wasn't feeling well, had come down

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<v Speaker 1>with pemumonia, was being treated, but was going to go

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<v Speaker 1>ahead with events, or if if she felt as it

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<v Speaker 1>now seems that she did that you know, okay, she

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<v Speaker 1>was sick, but she was, she'd seen her doctor, she

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<v Speaker 1>was getting medicine, she was okay to push ahead with

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<v Speaker 1>those events. Then, certainly on Sunday at the nine eleven memorial,

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<v Speaker 1>once she left, they could have disclosed that she had left,

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<v Speaker 1>They could have disclosed why she had left, and she

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<v Speaker 1>could have come out herself as she did yesterday in

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<v Speaker 1>front of her daughter Chelsea's house, and said at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>which she did not, Hey, I have pneumonia. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be here to uh, to honor you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>men and women killed on nine eleven, But I should

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<v Speaker 1>have taken my doctor's device and I'm going to bed.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't do any of those things. And it is

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<v Speaker 1>the handling of the situation that raises so many questions

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<v Speaker 1>about her health, but about her tramp market I'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to ask you just quickly about thirty seconds. But to me,

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<v Speaker 1>much more lasting and interesting is that she called half

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<v Speaker 1>of Trump's supporters deplorables. Who was she referring to? Does

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<v Speaker 1>she mean people who are don't have a high school education?

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<v Speaker 1>What was the context of that? That seems to me

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<v Speaker 1>that could have more lasting damage than her pneumonia. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Trump campaigns betting on it. There's an ad

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<v Speaker 1>that they were putting up now just to that effect.

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<v Speaker 1>But the clumsily, clumsily the point that she now sounds

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<v Speaker 1>that she was trying to make was that, uh, there's

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<v Speaker 1>so many examples of different sort of the slivers of

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<v Speaker 1>anti immigration attitudes, issues with women, Uh you know, uh

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<v Speaker 1>that if you put all those together, they represent a

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<v Speaker 1>huge chunk of the Trump electorate. That was her point.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure what the percentages that she wishes she

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<v Speaker 1>could redo it too. She probably wishes she'd never said

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<v Speaker 1>anything like that at all. Margaret Tall, and thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so very much politics reporter for Bloomberg News. I'm Kathleen

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