information may have been mishandled. donald trump responding. kelly o'donnell has the story. >> outside hillary clinton's washington, d.c. home, a small motorcade pulled away just after 7:30 this morning. clinton's destination, fbi headquarters. where she answered investigators questions for 3 1/2 hours. her campaign called the meeting a voluntary interview about the e-mail controversy that blew up more than a year ago. over her use of a home based private server and the handling of classified materials while secretary of state. late today, secretary clinton spoke exclusively to nbc's chuck todd. >> i will continue to, you know, be as forthcomings as i can and my answers that i first game more than a year ago i stand by. >> just three weeks before her party's convention, clinton is eager to put the controversy behind her. but political damage has been done. inflaming existing voter doubt about clinton's trustworthiness. >> there are enough questions republicans have about her honesty, her exacter, her judgment. this will continue to be her great weakness. and 2k78s ignore that, but for

people don't trust her. nbc's kelly o'donnell now with the latest. >> reporter: outside hillary clinton's washington, d.c., home, a small motorcade pulled away just after 7:30 this morning. clinton's destination? fbi headquarters, where she answered investigators' questions for 3 1/2 hours. her campaign called the meeting a voluntary interview about the e-mail controversy that blew up more than a year ago over her use of a home-based private server and the handling of classified material while secretary of state. late today secretary clinton spoke exclusively to nbc's chuck todd. >> i will continue to, you know, be as forthcoming as i can, and my answers that i first gave more than a year ago i stand by. >> reporter: just three weeks before her party's convention -- >> i am so grateful to you -- >> reporter: clinton is eager to put the controversy behind her, but political damage has already been done. inflaming existing voter doubts about clinton's trustworthiness. >> there are enough questions republicans have about her honesty, her character, or judgment. this will continue to be her g

any sensitive information may have been mishandled. donald trump is respond gs. kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: outside hillary clinton's washington, d.c. home, a small motorcade pulled away. clinton's destination, fbi headquarters where she answered investigators' questions for three and a half hours. her campaign called the meetin a voluntary interview about the e-mail controversy that blew up more than a year ago over her use of a home-based private server and the handling of classified material while secretary of state. secretary clinton spoke exclusively to nbc's chuck todd. >> i will continue to, you know, be as forthcoming as i can. and my answer that i first gave more than a year ago i stand by. >> reporter: three weeks before the party convention -- >> i am so grateful to you. >> reporter: clinton is eager to put this behind her. but political damage has already been done. enflaming existing voert dou ii. >> there are enough questions republicans have been her honesty, character, her judgment. this will continue to be her great weakness. democrats ignore that, but for rep

placed on social media is anti semitic is ridiculous. kelly o'donnell with all the details. >> reporter: celebrating the fourth in indiana. >> hi, good to see you. >> reporter: governor mike pence joining a parade of potential trump running mates, a social conservative up for re-election. pence spent part of the holiday weekend with trump. >> we will always count it as a privilege that we were able to spend time with a family that we truly hope is the first family of the united states. >> reporter: using one of his golf resorts to tee up speculation about vp contenders, on twitter, trump gave the pence family a thumbs-up. and iowa senator joni ernst who delivered her state of the union response last year. for any of the running mates short listers, responding to trump made controversies, it's part of the job, today more fallout over this design used in a tweet to criticize him clinton. a star of david over the shape of $100 bills. the same graphic appeared two weeks earlier on an account that promoted racist imagery. trump's campaign altered the picture and called it a corr

, katy tur, kasie hunt, and kelly o'donnell. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning and a happy independence day weekend to everyone. we may be nearing the final chapter of the hillary clinton e-mail saga. yesterday the fbi interviewed hillary clinton for about three and a half hours at its headquarters right here in washington, d.c. about the use of her private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. i spoke with the former secretary late yesterday on msnbc, her only interview since meeting with the fbi, and asked her whether the description of the interview as civil and business like was accurate. >> well, it was both. it was something i had offered to do since last august. i've been eager to do it. and i was pleased to have the opportunity to assist the department in bringing its review to a conclusion. >> how did your private server, where you kept this classified information, some of which was retroactive, understand, after your term as secretary of state, how

kelly o'donnell is outside of clinton's washington home. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. we do not expect to see either of the candidates in a public way this weekend but there are some very important things happening behind the scenes. donald trump is hosting a potential running mate this weekend. and here hillary clinton is preparing for what could be the long-awaited interview with the fbi. her top staffers have already given testimony and we believe that the time for her to talk to the fbi is approaching perhaps as early as today. hillary clinton's washington, d.c., home has been busy with comings and goings this week. clinton has no public events today, but her interview with the fbi about her private e-mail server is expected soon. her campaign is not commenting. on the republican side, the intrigue is about the running mate search. nbc news caught up with newt gingrich in aspen. the former house speaker says it's trump's call, but he's open to joining the ticket. >> certainly something we would discuss seriously with donald. >> reporter: gingrich along

kelly o'donnell with more. >> hillary clinton's one-of-a-kind holiday weekend. saturday morning she headed to fbi headquarters in washington. saturday night, a ticket to broadway's hit hamilton with friends and the former president. and in between an exclusive phone call to nbc's chuck todd about her 3 1/2 hour fbi interview on the e-mail controversy. >> i'm eager to do it. >> clinton says the justice department did not tell her when the investigation would be over. >> i have no knowledge of any time line. this is entirely up to the department. >> she also defended her husband's controversial private visit with attorney general loretta lynch. >> hindsight is 20/20. both the attorney general and my husband said that they wouldn't do it again even though it was from all accounts that i have heard and seen, an exchange of please an tries. >> last week, bill clinton boarded the attorney general's plane in phoenix for a 30-minute conversation. widely criticized as inappropriate. while the justice department's investigation is ongoing. donald trump delighted in stirring the conspiracy pot

. let's start with kelly o'donnell. >> a big week for hillary clinton. tomorrow in north carolina, clinton will campaign for the first time with president obama and friday joe biden will join her on stage in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania. this weekend you might say there were political fireworks with clinton's highly anticipated visit to the fbi. hillary clinton's one of a kind holiday weekend. saturday morning she headed to fbi headquarters in washington. saturday night, a ticket to broadway's hit "hamilton" with friends and the former president and in between an exclusive phone call to nbc's chuck todd about her 3 1/2 hour fbi interview on the e-mail controversy. >> i've been eager to do it. >> reporter: clinton said the justice department did not tell her when the investigation will be over. >> i have no knowledge of any time line. this is entirely up to the department. >> reporter: she also defended her husband's controversial private visit with attorney general loretta lynch. >> hindsight is 20/20. both the attorney general and my husband have said they wouldn't do i

here this weekend, kelly o'donnell, kasie hunt, andrea mitchell, and katy tur. welcome to all of you. donald trump has his own reaction to the fbi interview. and he's already come to a conclusion. "it was just announced by sources that no charges will be brought against crooked hillary clinton. like i said, the system is totally rigged." andrea mitchell, even if she's exonerated, donald trump already has his talking points thanks to the tarmac meeting. >> he's called her crooked hillary clinton for white a while, so that's a been branding her in advance. the tarmac meeting was an unforced error, inexplicable. something should have told this former constitutional law professor from arkansas not to do it. something should have told loretta lynch to say, mr. president, let's go down on the tarmac, they could have walked into the terminal, any place in public. to be on that plane for 30 minutes, now no matter what happens, if she is exonerated, she will still be -- there will still be suspicions, not only among the donald trump people, but among a lot of other people, there will be suspi