but bill clinton and hillary clinton really wanted to do health care first.rch for health care reform was the great democratic holy grail. >> for 60 years this country has tried to reform health care. president roosevelt tried, president true man tried, president nixon tried. president carter tried. every time the special interests were powerful enough to defeat them. but not this time. [ applause ] >> it was a masterful performance and the president has reengaged the congress and the american public on the issue of health care and probably will have success with it. >> if we do not guarantee health insurance to every american, then we have failed all americans. >> hillary clinton was given enormous responsibility by her husband to do this very hard thing, to reform health care. >> in a hostile political environment, you don't come up with something this complicate and had do it in public. but the process always requires political input. they didn't do it right. and as a result, congress got very defensive. >> the president is asking you to trust the governme

tim, the republican sweep, what does it mean for bill clinton? >> when bill clinton promised he'd bring change to washington, tom. this is not what he had in mind. if these trends continue, it will be the worst democratic appearance in a race like this in 50s years. >> democrats lost eight senate seats and 52 house seats held by the then speaker of the house. that was as well years after a similar shellacking happened to ronald reagan, not eight years, sorry, never do math on live television. that first midterm for bill clinton, 1994, republicans called it their revolution at the time. it wasn't actually a revolution, a strong midterm showing by the republican party. the president himself did find himself struggling to string together the right words when he tried to describe it the next day. >> stunned by the public's rejection of his party, an exhausted bill clinton said he will work with the majority and get the voter's message. >> i think they were saying two things to me -- or maybe three -- they were saying -- maybe 300. [ laughter ] >> i t

it was after bill clinton admitted to the affair.predicted this will gain 40 seats for the republicans in the house. he was talking about a huge majority. >> he was saying that overtly? >> he had a public speech where he said that talking about getting 40 seats from this. the star report landed september 1998. a month later, october '98, a month before the elections, the vote in the house was opened to formal imbeachment inquiry. a month later, republicans, one of the rare exceptions to all of husband try, they lost seats. the opposition party lost seats in the midterm election. days later, newt gingrich was deposed, resigned from congress and that was it for that phase of his career. >> and now he's the husband of the vatican ambassador. >> that's right. >> that's totally normal. this has been a lot of fun tonight. thanks for being here. more to talk about. stay with us. we'll be right back. billions of mouths. billions of problems. dry mouth? parched mouth? cotton mouth? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath oral rinse and loz

. >> in little rock, arkansas, governor bill clinton makes it official.d president bush is out of touch with americans because he favors the rich and at the expense of the middle class. >> i believe that together we can make america great again. >> bill clinton is very formidable. he proves early on to understand the major vulnerability of george h.w. bush, and that's the economy. >> and that is why today i proudly announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> americans compete for fewer jobs and it's a sure bet unemployment will be growing again by election day. >> 83,000 jobs gone. >> another 140,000 americans became unemployed. >> i know the pain up here. i have heard about the lost homes and the shattered lives. we had won the cold war and i thought instead of putting all these countries abroad first, it was time that we started looking out for our own country and our own people. all of these things led me to believe that if nobody's going to do it, i think i might. >> he is yesterday, and we are tomorrow. so i am declaring m

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the same thing did happen to ronald reagan and bill clinton in their first midterms of presidency. reagan's, republicans lost 26 seats in the house. >> still, it was a conciliatory, a president who met with reporters and talked about seeking bi-party solutions in congress. >> there is been compromises in both directions on all major issues and we expect to continue to work with congress in that way. >> the election results were a shock. only 50% of the candidates mr. reagan campaigned for one yesterday. >> that was ronald reagan's first midterm of his presidency of 1982. eight years later on november 8th, 1994, the coururse o f the first midterm visited the bill clinton's presidency. >> the sound you hear is a sound of a moving ban preparing to move in a republican majority, the republicans have picked up the seven seats that they needed to take control of that chamber. we don't have a reading oen tn house of representatives. republicans need 40 seats to gain control. they are feeling confident tonight and with good reasons. there is a republican sweep that's underway. the last tim

i'm not sure bill clinton got totally away with it but it did work. for how long did monica lewinsky have to stay in hiding over something that happened that was true? , that he eventually admitted to. more than the line, what i took away from that moment was how viciously liberals and liberal women, feminists like gloria steinem, you talk about this in the book, turned their target on these women accusers which is so startling to remember, especially in this me too era. but before me too when trump was discrediting his multiple accusers during the campaign, it really did harken back to that and bill clinton got away with it, and so did trump. >> guest: lacey trump supporters make the same argument that the feminists did to cover for bill clinton saying well, we want to get the policies would want everyone to do x, y and z. this isn't high on the priority list. >> host: so trump is president now. >> guest: for another couple of years probably. >> host: you talk about how the gaslighting is different but still happening and when approaching midterms, a

. >> laura: governor huckabee, arkansas roots, bill clinton. whatever you say about clinton, he understood the heartland and he had a sensibility. i was going to say he had a touch. i don't want to say. he had a sensibility. all right, it's late night tv. he had a sensibility, governor. some of these new faces, you don't see it. >> no, you don't see it. i'm very tempted to not say anything and say let my friend doug schoen continue to talk because he's making more sense and the rest of the democratic party put together. bill clinton did understand middle america. he campaigned on the third way. he got elected because he wasn't way out to the far left. they would do well to listen to bill clinton and to understand why he won twice for the presidency. unfortunately they are not listening to people like bill clinton, at least the weight bill clinton believed in the '90s. they are listening to the girl wandered from new york and they are listening to bernie sanders, and they are listening to people who oppose dianne feinstein in san francisco becaus

investment in asia. >> former president bill clinton and george w. bush is set down for an interview at the clinton presidential center to talk about a range of topics am a including immigration and u.s. foreign aid. they look at get their careers and talked about lessons they have learned from their political defeats. this event was organized by the clinton foundation and was part of a ceremony recognizing members of the presidential leadership scholars program area and

bill clinton wagging his finger, all the rest of them, denying it. weiner, all of them. don't want to leave out the republicans, bill o'reilly. and so they -- first of all, they behave atrociously toward women. and then they behave atrociously towards everyone by insulting our intelligence and lying about it. brian: why do wives stay with them? mona: that is a complicated thing. in many cases they have children. to divorce is to break up a family and cause tremendous pain to a lot of people. and i would not ever presume to judge anybody who finds themselves in that situation. brian: in your book -- if i can find it here -- you write this -- far too many young men behave like pigs. mona: yes, they do. one of the things i have noticed is that, as with so many things in our culture, questions about the campus, so-called campus rape crisis, has sort of divided people. you have people on the right say it's all a hoax, it does not exist. not a problem. and you have people on the left say we have a misogynistic society that raises men to be rapists. and so what i tried to say is

he didn't say that when he was investigating bill clinton. when he was investigating bill clinton. he didn't care about how, busy, bill clinton was. so i think there is a, there is a -- there is a creepiness about the timing there too. >> creepingness or creepiness. >> creepy. creepy. >> the president, sitting as president. new reports that mueller, agrees. with the legal counsel member. this is not something new. and i think the fact that, that judge kavanaugh you know, has that opinion is not, you know, he has been through it. he understands it. i think there is a very. >> weird he has been on it through the other side. during the investigation. >> no, i dent thidon't think it weird. you learn from your experience. make the observations in the whack of wh wake of what he worked on under starr. don't find it surprising or intriguing. matter of this investigation is taking its course. and it is going to run its course. the investigation is on going. the investigation is not going to stop. >> you know there is a question, and, michael zelden raised this earlier in the evening. wheth

bill clinton wagging his finger, dying it, anthony weiner, all of them. bill o'reilly.irst of all, they behave atrociously towards women. and then they behave atrociously towards everyone buy it insulting our intelligence. brian: why do wives stay with them? mona: that is complicated. in many cases they have children. to divorce is to break up a family and cause tremendous pain to a lot of people. ever presume to judge anybody who finds themselves in that situation. brian: in your book -- if i can find it -- you write this. to many young men behave like pigs. mona: yes, they do. one of the things i have noticed is that, as with so many things in our culture, questions about crisis hasampus rape divided people. people on the right say it's all a hoax, it does not exist. say we have aleft misogynistic society that raises meant to be rapists. what i tried to say is, i don't to bewe raise men rapists, but i do think it's wrong for conservatives to deny there is a problem. with all the statistics i have looked at and the students i spoke to, it's undeniable that the gates ha

i always liked bill clinton. he and i had a good personal relationship, disagree strongly philosophically on issues, but you've been around him. he's impossible not to like in terms of his gregarious nature. didn't have such a warm, fuzzy relationship with hillary, to be honest with you. not sure if anybody of my party ever has, but even when clinton was president and i was governor, i had a very good working relationship with him, and i will say in fairness, bill clinton was a terrific president for all governors, including all the republican governors who, if they were honest, and maybe not on the record, would tell you, that they got more cooperation from the clinton white house as republican governors than they did from the bush white house. mark: why do you think that is? >> there was an attitude that bill clinton, who had been a governor and loved the job, recognized that governors really were the front line of policy. he knew that washington didn't really get things done, and he understood that if you want

his friend bill clinton was the first state visit or reconciliation monday in the style even the wives of former oppressors were invited to his perplexed friend mandela responded talk to. the wife what we should do could there. be a what do you going to say so you had something to say today mrs said don't leave my side mr may stay. here to the disgust of everybody. who is good i think for him the king thing was to bring to unite south africa's. deep at the time. in hearings of the truth and reconciliation commission terrible things came to light the father of the nation heard of the sufferings of the victims and the motives of the perpetrators he saw his friend a man of god despair. we cood he. amnesty immediately treated us. whether it is. the the the the of the victims. and the government. today the rainbow nation is suffering from a devastating in china b aids epidemic. the number of orphans has been rising with a number of picked. for a long time the government of kabul mbeki neglected the trying to get states. to help the millions of impoverished orphans monday live from that his

up next, former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush sit down for an interview at the clinton presidential center in little rock, arkansas. they discuss immigration, education and u.s. foreign aid -- toeviate policy alleviate disease. [applause] good afternoon. that was good. just last year, i remember being right there. i was working at one of the most prominent financial institutions in the world having not long ago been permitted to a new world

issue and i think what you're trying to do is you're trying to justify your favorite president bill clinton's behavior by comparing it to donald trump's look here's the deal the american idol from his was worth say let the donald trump hillary clinton lost get over it yes that's going to morrows that's another argument. reportedly it is a bipartisan push to impose new sanctions on russia it's gaining ground in the senate you think we might see that john. yet we might i think a lot of most republicans have been pretty consistent and i would i would join in this russian interference our election is something that should be condemned defended against should be aggressively pursued investigation and otherwise and i think republicans are really interested in pursuing that i think that's different then then that the accusation that somehow donald trump colluded with the russians but i would join with the republicans that have been aggressive on this and i think they should impose additional sanctions on russia for what they did to our election the reported visit julian the visit of this to putin to

earlier in his career he worked on the impeachment of president bill clinton.to the supreme court ofjustice kavanaugh. i'm joined from chicago byjosh blackman, who is an associate professor at the south texas college of law, specialising in constitutional law and the us supreme court. given that is your speciality, is this the choice you thought president trump would choose?m this the choice you thought president trump would choose? it is not a surprise. 0ver president trump would choose? it is not a surprise. over a year ago it was reported that president trump was reported that president trump was considering justice kennedy as a replacement. as a way to persuade him to require a retired. brett kavanaugh him to require a retired. brett kava naugh served the him to require a retired. brett kavanaugh served thejustice kennedy 20 years ago and i may suspect that had someone to do with the decision to step down. so now he has appointed two candidates to the court that they are both very conservative. you mentioned are leaning is because of the short list of the f

get well wait in my late to all the sudden the democrats like deserve my vote you know obviously bill clinton is longer solace wolf or two it's a gay federal bills while he was president you know find a president that's more alarmed the gay community than the clintons you know so it's like it was always the. only people only allowed out you know i think only the you that supporting this political party which was this very early the candidates are very determined by the money influence and they fear and put it on the very you know voter groups and just assumes that every single gay person has the same thing in every single black or for the same it's completely insulting it's completely a little bit racist to assume that interior bowl or mitt will not do more than the . political or if. it were a certain earth or they have to go in certain ways one of. the things that will warm it's insulting but it's insulting because they take you for granted i mean and that's the worst thing a politician can do take you for granted you're only one of the things that really are the big bugs with this the new

issue and i think what you're trying to do is you're trying to justify your favorite president bill clinton's behavior by comparing it to donald trump's look here's the deal the american idol from his was worth say elected donald trump hillary clinton lost get over it yes that's going to morrows that's another argument. reportedly it is a bipartisan push to impose new sanctions on russia it's gaining ground in the senate you think we might see that this john. yeah we might i think a lot of most republicans have been pretty consistent and i would i would join in this russian interference our election is something that should be condemned defended against should be aggressively pursued investigation and otherwise and i think republicans are really interested in pursuing that i think that's different then then that the accusation that somehow donald trump colluded with the russians but i would join with the republicans that have been aggressive on this and i think they should impose additional sanctions on russia for what they did to our election for did visit julian the visit of mr putin to the

said the same thing about bill clinton. >> bill clinton had many many flaws. >> relatively speaking -- >> it's unfair to say it's the same with bill clinton. >> i'm not likening it, not apples-to-apples, but literally republicans said the same thing. >> i hate to cut you guys off. less than 100 days before the midterms and biden and obama are having lunch in a bakery in d.c. >> what are you suggesting? >> i'm asking you what is going on? is there something more? >> they're reminding voters of a different day. also, joe biden is running for president. >> thank you. do you think he's running? >> that is a staged viral video to announce your presidential intentions if i've ever seen one. >> it's a visual -- >> that's a lot of carbs. >> joe is a nice guy, however, i would love for the democrats to have a new crop of candidates. >> this idea of -- >> the whole leadership being a whole different generation than where the energy is is so out of sorts and problematic. >> i agree with you. just a question. you have to pick the person who can beat donald trump. maybe people think he's the bes

we hear from june shih who worked with president bill clinton and first lady hillary clinton and from john mcconnell who wrote for president george w. bush and vice president dick cheney. new york university hosted the 90-minute program. >> i am the external affairs associate here at nyu washington, d.c. bradmus of the john center thanks for coming to tonight's event. this marks the first of many summer events in the young leaders' network series. the center seeks to create

wednesday night, former speechwriters for bill clinton and george w. bush talk about how they communicated policy ideas from the president's point of view. thursday night, world war ii d-day films featuring the 20 anniversary of saving private ryan. friday, the icons conference. watch american history tv next week in prime time on c-span3. >> i do want my kid to read stories that are sad disturbing down the downbeat. that is not a totally legitimate thing to say. when my kidoose understands stuff that might bring them grief but there is a point beyond which, they are 14 now when are you going to introduce them to the idea that not everything is perfect. all those factors swirled together to create the perfect abstract fire of mass censorship of books by marginalized people. discussing his latest book walk away. interact with him by phone, twitter, or facebook. in depthal series fiction edition. we are back now live in harrisonburg virginia with more from the confederate icons conference. up next, author caroline ginny. you are watching american history

the yale educated lawyer worked on the ken starr investigation of bill clinton. he worked in the george w. bush white house. sources close to the selection process say the president was encouraged by the conservatives who came to kavanaugh's defense. >> after the announcement, the nomination fight was under way as you expect. senate democratic leader chuck schumer issuing the statement within seconds. president trump has put reproductive rights and health care protections for americans on the chopping block. >> my judicial philosophy is forward. a judge must be independent and interpret the law and not make the law. a judge must interpret the constitution as written. informed by history and tradition and precedent. >> vice president mike pence kicks off the white house campaign to pressure red state democrats to support kavanaugh. pence is supporting kavanaugh to take him to the office of mitch mcconnell this morning. >> sources of both parties say because of the lengthy paper trail of a judge, moving his nomination along quickly could be a challenge. for the lat

gonna turn to al gore, and i'm gonna point my finger and i'going to say, "al, you and your buddy bill clintonutions of government." - i've got character. i'm a war hero, pow. and he really had a set of credentials that blew away tll of this sense clinton years as superficial, as erratic, as immoral. - that the lincoln bedroom has become a motel 6 where the president of the united states serves as the bell hop. ink it was natural, you know, by 2000 that, you know, john mccain, who had been then in the senate for 14 years, would take a sho at the pr. - he just seemed to be the man for the moment to re-engage p pple's faith in americitics and run as a conservative, but a reformer. - it is because i owe america more than she has ever owed me that i am a candid te for president united states. [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ - i'm going to run a campaign that is optimistic and hopeful and positive. - i'm proud of our son. i'm proud of our whole family and this boy, this son of ours, is not gonna let you down. he's gonna go all the way and serve with great honor all the way. - george w. had

trump, he talked like bill clinton and acted like bill clinton, and i for deliffgep him and do anything we can in this body to help make america stronger so those people, those souls crying out around the world so they have a chance at peace will have a chance at peace. we have been given a. to whom much is given, much will be required. we have to do much better than this. but there is nothing ever wrong with facing a liar and calling him a liar and the only thing woofert than a serial liar at a hearing in the u.s. capitol is when the serial liar that has damaged the country not irrepublicbly tries to make himself a victim. we have had enough of that. let's get back to truth. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house >> c-span's washington journal , with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, arkansas republican congressman hill discusses trade and tariff policy. then, california democratic congresswoman karen bass talks about the u.s.-russia summit

every moment because it felt like we may lose a presidential candidate and then he brought out bill clinton accuser's. part of the reason that i recount this is because it will happen again. how many times have we heard this. he isn't going to change but people who need to take him on or have to live in this environment have to deal with without. >> in reading this i was transported back. it was astonishing because i left it but for someone who didn't, you feel like you are right in. >> guest: imagine if someone puts you on the street, and they say what color is the sky you look up and say blue and they say green. then they create a field of expert with studies from the internet and they say no it's green. you sort of have two choices in this goes on you either say okay they have a viewpoint and develop economic anxiety. then it's no the sky is blue. that is pretty much the message this year. >> host: one of the most fascinating things you identify the steps that they take every single time they are always the same. walk me through them. speaking out the narrative is something he always doe

and to quote or somewhat quote bill clinton it somewhat depends on what the meaning of settled is. senator collins was saying last week or the week before that she didn't think justice gorsuch would vote to overrule roe. that was just after justice gorsuch had voted in a 5-4 majority to overrule another 40-plus-year-old precedent. so the wavering senators, and i suspect as they waver they will either -- they will stick together and we'll either see most likely the two of them voting to confirm judge kavanaugh or they'll defect together, not one peeling off and the other one going the other way. but they will hear in what judge kavanaugh says kind of what they want to hear because every nominee gets before the judiciary committee and talks about their respect for precedent and ticks through the various factors that are involved when you decide to jettison the president. it's a kind of trust but verify situation. if you want to trust them, you'll trust them. let's see what she -- you know, she'll hear what she wants to hear. >> ezra levin, your organization was very effective in coun

served in both bush administrations and helped write ken starr's report outlining grounds for bill clinton's impeachment. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell calling kavanaugh a superb choice, despite cnn learning that mcconnell advised the president to choose a nominee with less obstacles to be confirmed. senate minority leader chuck schumer declare ig will oppose judge kavanaugh's nomination with everything i have. as opponents express concern that kavanaugh will vote to overturn rulings protecting minorities. >> are you ready for a fight! are you ready to defend roe versus wade! >> reporter: kavanaugh has not outrightly opposed same sex marriage or roe v. wade but he sided with the trump administration last year to block an abortion for a pregnant immigrant teenager, siting the government's permissible interest in favoring fetal life. kavanaugh addressed the landmark abortion ruling during his confirmation to the d.c. circuit. >> if confirmed to the d.c. circuit, i would follow roe v. wade faithfully and fully. >> what is your opinion? you're not on the bench yet. you've talked about t

bill clinton is true you didn't work for the clinton. did you work for credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women well i personally didn't see that my interactions with him were entirely professional i thought he was very sharp on his game and so i didn't see that and so what i would tell you is that you're only going to get things you see well did you see bill did you see bill clinton having an affair in the way as you how do you have a call now moment ago thank you thank you very much. that's what you would do just about just over there in the black jacket how much of the negative media coverage concerning russia do you think is down to dinner. personal hatred for donald trump rather than legitimate evidence well it's not just democrats there are a lot of republicans too there was a republican senator who had one of his aides come here to london to get the from christopher steel the x m i six agent his assistant colleague brought it back to washington and that senator senator mccain gave it to the f.b.i. director james calle

when bill clinton was caught lying, they said, "look, he was just lying about an affair.re. >> but what people rightly said at the time is we think about our presidency, it has always been founded around the idea of honesty. we called him "honest abe." the first story we tell about our first president is george washington cutting down the tree and saying i cannot tell a lie, which turns out to not be true. >> stephen: so the first story of honesty is a lie. >> yes. ( applause ). >> right, no, no. it's quite true. but it tells us something about what we want to believe about our presidents. >> stephen: sure. >> that we embed this in our for us president and have ever sense. now, obviously, presidents have told lies here and there in a variety of different ways, and as you quite rightly point out this is not about a national security untruth. but it is a big deal. we should still think it's a big deal when the president says something and it turns out not to be the case. and back to your original question, when you're heard on tape saying-- arranging this deal, that should

when bill clinton got suspended it was because of monica lewinsky. ed: appreciate your time.we return, democrats came out in opposition to the latest supreme court pick before he was named but other democrats are saying they won't meet with brett kavanaugh. how low can they go? that story next. ed: fox news alert, mitch mcconnell issuing an ultimatum to senate democrats, keep demanding documents on brett kavanaugh and risk landing is confirmation vote before the midterms. shannon bream filed what is and is not in the document. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh must recuse himself from any potential case involving the mueller investigation. he and others point to comments the judge made to a conservative group involving the supreme court decision upholding independent counsel law. >> it has been effectively overruled but i would put the final nail in. >> reporter: mike lee says critics of those comments are conflating independent counsel appointed by a 3-judge panel with special counsel answering the executive branch. >> justice scalia got that right in his dissent. he may have los

he was involved in the whitewater investigation into land dealings involving bill clinton, involvingtion. he is described in the press release as a brilliant man with impeccable legal credentials. what that press release doesn't mention, a couple of things, the fa ct mention, a couple of things, the fact thatjudge kavanaugh voted last year against a fact thatjudge kavanaugh voted last yearagainsta migrant fact thatjudge kavanaugh voted last year against a migrant teenager in texas getting an abortion. he also criticised liberaljustices for creating what he called a new right foran creating what he called a new right for an unlawful minor in the us government detention to obtain abortions on demand. and, it should be pointed out, that he wrote a laura review article arguing that presidents should be shielded from criminal investigation and civil lawsuits while in office —— law review. that's potentially significant when you bear in mind president trump is under investigation into alleged obstruction of justice investigation into alleged obstruction ofjustice by the special counsel, ro

as a zunt of bill clinton.reason he survived impeachment with high approval ratings was the economy. the economy was genuinely great in the 1990s as a result of the policies during that era, the political policies, some of which he gets credit for. donald trump is not politically benefiting from what you might call the obama economy. the economy is strong. low unemployment rate. wall street has seemingly not reacted even to the tariffs. it's still going up. why isn't donald trump benefiting from that or the republican party? they don't seem to be benefiting at all. >> i'd say there are a number of reasons, joy. one is trump always steps on their own message. michelle is right, the headlines matter and we have upwards of 4% right now. he will find ways to make sure that message is overshadowed by bad news including the russia investigation, his latest tweet storm, the fact he's attacked all our allies and he's become a stooge of the kremlin. all those things step on the good message for him about the economy. bu

he's not going to make the mistake that bill clinton made. he's learned that lesson. nobody, no decent lawyer is ever going to allow the president to testify in a civil case. it will be resolved in another way. the problem cohen poses is not about the past because you can't prosecute a president while he's sitting and you can't impeach him for business dealings in the past that cohen may know about even if there isn't a crime. cohen poses a problem because if the president were to testify, cohen could contradict him. then you have a current perjury prosecution which is an impeachable offense. >> that's one concern. final question though. if indeed there is some charge related to the stormy daniels case and the president is implicated in that, that was in service -- that would be the charge of getting him elected, that comes close to an impeachable offense. >> in my book i argue that that's a close question whether or not you can impeach a president for a crime that helped him get elected. i think the stormy daniels would be a real stretch. >> thanks very much. >>> whe

he raised a lot of eyebrows by hiring lenny davis, a lawyer who worked for, of all people, bill clinton reporter: the president appears to be taking all precautions, to the man who once would have done anything to protect donald trump. a respected biographer of donald trump says if the president isn't worried about michael cohen, he's not paying attention. >> i would put my money on him flipping on him giving michael cohen ample information. the threat cohen is to donald trump is enormous. >> reporter: there is a question of what his next move will be. cohen has not yet been charged with a crime, but he's waiting for a possible indictment in an ongoing criminal investigation by prosecutors from the southern district of new york, a probe into cohen's business dealings and a possible violation of election law. one of cohen's friends recently told cnn, quote, if they want information on trump, he's willing to give it. another friend saying cohen feels let down and isolated by trump. a cohen friend tells cnn he recently said he doesn't think trump will offer him a pardon. analysts say all o

then he brought out bill clinton this was wild and recounting that part of the reason i recount all of this is because it will happen again. there is a fantasy that suddenly he will wake up and be presidential. how many times have you heard that? can you believe what he just said? i have been hearing that since 2016 he will not change. people need to take him on or live in this environment. >> in reading this i was transported back. i was. it was astonishing because i lived it but for someone who didn't, you really feel like you are right in there so first explain what gaslighting is. >> that is the subtitle nobody can test that he lies. we all agree on that. but the way i explain it is if imagine somebody stops you on the street and says what color is the sky? blue. no. it is green. no it's blue. then the parade field of experts with scientific studies from the internet to say it is green then on the debate channel what color the sky is. so you have to choices you either say okay, they have a viewpoint maybe they see the sky is green, or you go crazy. no you idiots. it is below. look

now, everyone knows that bill clinton served two terms as president of the united states, right? but, you may not know -- [applause] feel freed to applaud. >> and he averaged four or five books per week. and to do heavy lifting for the country so how many of you had a chance to read or see the bible book interview last week? if you did read it you will appreciate his taste in books is serious and voracious and vast history to literary action philosophy and poetry and i could go on. a president who reads. imagine that. [laughter] the 17. [applause] those were the days. before publishing t17 he had written more than a few best-selling books but the latest work is the four a into fiction he studied about cyberwarfare and this is what he knows more about than anyone on the planet what it is like to be president of the united states when your country is threatened with an attack. we hope this remains fictional and combining with the author james patterson. [applause] it would take all night to enumerate his contributions but to summarize briefly he has written more new york times best

he actually wrote some of the more sexually charged questions that prosecutors wanted to ask bill clintonfair with monica lewinsky. and then he also helped write the 1998 starr report that went to the hill that led to the impeachment in the house of representatives but an acquittal in the senate of bill clinton. and then you also had -- he was part of elian gonzalez's representation in 2000. you also had up there bush v. gore, that most people will remember decided the presidency in 2000 after the florida election recount. >> joan, thanks very much for breaking it down for us. >> sure, thank you. >>> well, just in now, we have some news. cnn learning that michael cohen, the president's former lawyer, long-time fixer, feels that there is a strong parallel in himself to john dean, the former white house counsel under president richard nixon, who eventually became the star witness against president nixon in watergate. two sources close to cohen adding that dean eventually stepped up and told the truth, not for his career or fear of going to jail, but because it was the right thing to do. the