. >> who is a leader you admire in business or philanthropy, or academia? >> i worked for a great ceo at lockheed martin. he came from the humblest of circumstances and was a grunt marine in vietnam. got his first job building aircraft and was the ceo of lockheed martin. never lost the ability to connect with people. in case i left anyone off the list, i was going to say you next. >> does bill clinton's meeting with loretta lynch help make a decision told the press release? >> yes. it was that meeting in conjunction with loretta and loretta's decision to know she would not recuse herself but accept my recommendation. at that point, i decided as much as i like her this would not have credibility with the american people if i announce it standing next to her. i never thought i would be in that situation. given where we are, worse would be standing there having the american people having doubts about the work she said she would accept doing it separately. people can disagree about it but we thought we would have to do bad not worse. >> the justice department l

[applause] >> who's a leader you admire in business or philanthropy or academia? >> i worked for a great ceo of lockheed martin in bob stephens who came from the humblest of circumstances, was a grunt marine in vietnam who got his first job helping build aircraft and grew up to be the ceo of lockheed martin and never lost that ability to connect to people and to try to get the truth from them, so i admire him a lot. i'll stop there. in case a lift anyone off the list, i was going to say you next. [laughing] >> did bill clinton's meeting with loretta lynch influence your decision. >> yes. it wasn't, it was the meeting in conjunction with loretta who i like very much and had known a long time. her decision to announce that she would not recuse herself but would accept my recommendation and that of the career prosecutors. at that point i decided, as much as i like loretta, this result will not have credibility with the american people if i announce it standing next to her. and so never thought i'd be, thought of this as a fife and your flood, never thought i'd be in

[applause] >> was a leader you admire in business or philanthropy or academia? >> i worked for a great ceo at lockheed martin named bob stevens, who came from the humblest of circumstances, was a marine in vietnam, got his first job helping build aircraft and grow to be the ceo of lockheed martin and never lost that ability to connect with people and try and get the truth from then. i admired him a lot. in case i left anyone on off the list, i was going to say you next. >> did though clinton's meeting with loretta lynch influence the press conference? >> yes, it was the meeting in conjunction with the rather worry like very much in about a long time the decision to announce she would not recuse herself, except my recommendation and at that point, i decided as much as they liked the red outcome of this will not have credibility with the american people if i announce it standing next to her. and so, i thought this was a 500 year flood. never thought i'd be in a situation. given where we are, bad and worse, they of course have doubts about the credibility of the wo