JOHNS: Hillary Clinton is not talking about the furor over her e-mails when she was secretary of state, but her former boss is. While Mrs. Clinton was silent about the e-mails when she was appearing in Miami last night, President Obama spoke out about it for the first time. Clinton has come under scrutiny for using a private e-mail account when she was secretary of state. In an interview with CBS, the president said he's glad Clinton called on the State Department to release her e-mails. Listen.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Hillary Clinton is and has been an outstanding public servant. She was a great secretary of state for me. The policy of my administration is to encourage transparency, and that's why my e-mails -- the BlackBerry I carry around -- all those records are available and archived.</s>JOHNS: Michael Smerconish is hosting "STATE OF THE UNION" this morning, coming up at the top of the hour. Michael, you've got an exclusive interview for a former ambassador who worked under Hillary Clinton. Let's talk about that.</s>MICHAEL SMERCONISH, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Hey, Joe, I am really psyched about that. We have former ambassador to Kenya, Scott Gration. Gration says he was fired in part for handling his e-mail in the same way Secretary Clinton handled her e-mail. So, it raises questions as to whether there's a double standard in play here. Also, today is the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. ground troops to land in Vietnam. We have former governor, former senator, Medal of Honor recipient, Bob Kerry, and author David Maraniss. So, it should be a great program.</s>JOHNS: All right. Michael Smerconish, thanks so much for that. Stay here for "STATE OF THE UNION". It starts at the top of the hour, 9:00 a.m. Eastern, right here on CNN. And we'll be right back.
Obama Speaks Out on Clinton's Emails