clinton was flummox at al gore keeping him at a distance because of the lewinsky matter. but he couldn't resist spouting off. he held out a texas twang and gave his best bush impression. i'm a governor, my daddy was president. i own a baseball team. but al gore was right in using the lewinsky issue. >> now if he decides he can't help himself and starts campaigning against me, the shadow returns. bill: the shadow. we learned when book visited the white house after the recount of 2000, he asked clinton if that shadow offended him and he gave him a pass. and of course clinton became close to george bush 41 and the family. they consider clinton a brother of another mother. and listen to this. >> is that so ridiculous our odd couple partnership, that barbara began to refer to me as her black sheep son, you know, the one that -- [laughter] strays. there's one in every family. gets the politics wrong and make some of the mistakes. chris: you got all in the book? >> yes. chris: how ike helped ronald reagan against richard nixon and some of nixon's own sku duggery. chris: welcome

when i said this by the way monica lewinsky was a junior in high school. she wasn't around at this time. this is six years. don't set up this institution. they will be after you, your friends and everything. oh, they keep asking me about it. he folded. he folded. even hillary folded. hillary who was on my side and couldn't deal with it. they appointed the independent counsel. in the first one was replaced, bob fisk by ken starr, i theft white house because i was now a very controversial figure who gave bad advise about not appointing independent counsel so i left after a year and a quarter in the white house and what happened, happened. the rest is history. he did write in his memoir the biggest mistake he made was appointing independent counsel. so. but it's a dangerous institution to be used very sparingly, especially with respect to a president. but that's what happened. that affected me. i understood, i understood the dangers of '74 did affect me for '93-94 and i also, hillary was in 73 and 74 and with me in 93, 94. she understood it. but the great pre

lz, talk politics, talk about someone like president clinton, despite the lewinsky scandal, he's still massively popular. adored by so many. still very support d. or look at a nix op aon and watergate. how much does it have to do with timing? >> well, a lot of it has to do with timing. but it's the degree of what the scandal or controversy happens to be. and what you just proposed that to. when it comes to president clinton, had he run on a policy of family values, i'm a strong christian man, don't you ever cheat on your wife, i think we would look at him and monica lewinsky a little differently than what we do now. that's because he didn't run that type of platform. the same thing with nixon. partal of the reason why nixon is only remembered for watergate is because of the type of persona he presented to the public prior to that scandal. and then, of course, i'm not a crook and that whole sort of thing. so, i really think that in terms of the reason why it hurts paterno so much is the same thing john's been talking about. the platform that he's had his per forthat based upon. being a

i think it was a reference to monica lewinsky.sly they didn't understand this was a totally new president or maybe it was a reference to bill clinton. but certainly it was a little bit harrowing. the secretary never in any danger. her car, her vehicle was not hit. but one of the egyptian officials did get hit in the face with a tomato. >> wow. completely disrespectful. you know, it's interesting this comes after what seemed like a very welcome reception when she sat down with newly elected president morsi yesterday. i know she met with the head military leader there and also with coptic christians. you said that was a difficult encounter for her as well, meeting with the christian group. >> reporter: there seems to be a real sense, and her aides alluded to it, this sense that that's a perception that the u.s. backs the muslim brotherhood. in egypt, not everybody voted for president morsi. there were a great deal of people who were scared about the muslim brotherhood. they voted for the other one who was more in line with the old c

>> the jeers, a reference to the monica lewinsky scandal, when her husband when the president. >> try to keep the smile out of your voice there, fox. this is a global village. we are interconnected. and our mean-spirited, afraid of black helicopters, buy gold, get yourself a bunker, glenn beck crazy uncle has apparently started wandering loose out in the village. the rest of the world is now listening to him. this is one of the great challenges posed to us having the political system that we have in this free information global world. how do we let the rest of the world know that our village id yachts, who we love, should not be taken seriously. yes, michele bachmann is a member of congress, but not like a regular member of congress. you should not take her as an authority on anything, ever. our system is open and free, and that means we have some whack jobs. but isn't there some sort of warning label we could put on our crazy spear theorists for the benefit of the rest of the world. not for outside consumption. please deliver home if found lost in the world. >>> tax burden. mitt romn

>> the jeers, a reference to the monica lewinsky scandal, when her husband when the president. >> trye are interconnected. and our mean-spirited, afraid of black helicopters, buy gold, get yourself a bunker, glenn beck crazy uncle has apparently started wandering loose out in the village. the rest of the world is now listening to him. this is one of the great challenges posed to us having the political system that we have in this free information global world. how do we let the rest of the world know that our village id yachts, who we love, should not be taken seriously. yes, michele bachmann is a member of congress, but not like a regular member o

talk politics, president clinton, despite the lewinski scandal, he's still massively popular, adored by many. look at a nixon and watergate. how much does this have to do with timing? >> i think of it has to do with time, but also it's the degree of what the controversy or scandal has to be. when it comes to president clinton, had he run on a policy of family values, i'm a strong christian man, don't you ever cheat on your wife, i would we would look at him and monica lewinski differently than we do now. same thing with nixon. because of the type of persona he presented to the public. i think in terms of why it hurts paterno so much is the same thing jonathan is talking about, his persona is based on integri integrity. this isn't a single act. this is over a 14-year stretch. you go beyond making a singular mistake to a conscious decision to have a cover-up, that tarnishes the conversation. president clinton, you can say he had a weak moment with a young lady in his white house. but it's hard to describe that when you have sh years of a cover up with paterno. >> big thanks to john and

they are breaking out the monica lewinski jokes. do they have lorenna bob bit jokes next?g up donna rice who now has her life on the proper road. >> she belongs to a religious group and does charitable work, seriously. >> donna, donna, that doesn't quite do it. >> last word i want to ask you. wasn't there a time when egypt was an you -- an awesome place? and when did it change? >> about 3,000 years ago. it has been going downhill gradually. >> what happened? when i was kid it was on you so many. they had those pyramids and they the the sphynx. they had asps. they had mummies. >> they had cleo pat trough rather than hillary. >> i have a question. what is with the shoes? why do they -- why does everyone in the middle east throw shoes? from what i have seen in most of the country, they don't have a lot of shoes to spare. >> they are the nastiest thing they can think of, nasty and dirty. >> here is the thing. i am confused. you know what is nastier than shoes? asps. shoes just hurt. >> if you throw a shoe, do you need to take a spare, or do you bring a bag of shoes? >> it show

lz, talk politics, talk about someone like president clinton, despite the lewinsky scandal, he's stillly popular. adored by so many. still very supported. or look at a nixon and watergate. what's your tame take, lz, and what does it have to do with timing? >> well, a lot of it has to do with timing. but it's the degree of what the scandal or controversy happens to be. and what you just proposed that to. when it comes to president clinton, had he run on a policy of family values, i'm a strong christian man, don't you ever cheat on your wife, i think we would look at him and monica lewinsky a little differently than what we do now. that's because he didn't run on that type of platform. the same thing with nixon. partal of the reason why nixon is only remembered for watergate is because of the type of persona he presented to the public prior to that scandal. and then, of course, i'm not a crook and that whole sort of thing. so, i really think that in terms of the reason why it hurts paterno so much is the same thing john's been talking about. the platform that he's had his persona based u

and infamous former white house intern monica lewinsky turns 39 years old today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." here's a look at what's coming up later on the "today" show. a survivor of the colorado theater shooting shares his story in a "today" exclusive. with only four days until the olympic games, hear about the top u.s. athletes that will be competing in london. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> we will convict. yes. >> the accused gunman in the colorado shooting goes to court. the evidence prosecutors could use against him. >> and president obama is waking up in the bay area this morning. he has three fund-raisers here but

fast and furious would be like if monica lewinsky went down on iran-contra during the bay of pigs invasion! do you understand what this is? (laughter) wait a minute, get me bruckheimer! that will make a cool movie. anyway, there's only two problems with fast and furious being obama's watergate. i'll let governor rick perry explain problem number one. >> you've got to admit: this is almost nixonian if not absolutely nixonian in the coverup that's going on with this fast and furious. >> kpa exactly are you accusing the president of here, governor? >> i don't know. i mean, that's the issue. (laughter and applause) >> jon: i don't know. that's what's so nixonian about it! i don't know! you know, you've got to wonder how a cautious governor like this ends up executing so many people. really. (laughter) i'm telling you, this guy's mansonnian. i'm saying it. it's o.j. simpsonian. i don't know how i know i just can tell! (laughter) and the second problem, while the republicansst would like our -r our outrage at the fast and furious scandal to reach the levels it reached during watergate, it's not

the jeers are a reference to the monica lewinsky scandal when husband was present.ul ball. >> he's not just stealing tons of base. only caught once this year. that's quite a catch. >> gretchen: fans at the game, well, that fan, how does he catch the ball with his leg or did he put it will? anyway, he ended -- it ended up between his legs. he pulled it off without dropping his soda and hot dog. >> steve: welcome back to sports center. >> gretchen: three people have been abducted in egypt during a missionary trip. among them, two americans, including a 61-year-old boston man. this gentleman here, reverend michelle lewis. his family fears for his safety and his health since he is a diabetic and had to leave his medication behind. joining us is his son, john louis. is it louis or lewis? >> lewis. john louis in french. >> gretchen: i wasn't sure. so obviously you're very concerned about the safety and well-being of your father right now. >> definitely. we are concerned because again, we're human, we're concerned. we still have human passion, human feelings, but spiritual

a reference to the monica lewinsky scandal that took place during her husband's tenure as president.ent said mrs. clinton's car was not in danger. >>> now to business, the new york times is reporting that the justice department is building criminal cases against some of the world's biggest banks over the manipulation of interest rates. government investigators are looking into allegations that financial firms altered rates in an effort to bolster profits and fend off questions about their economic health and the global financial crisis. an early look at the markets as we get all up in your business this morning. cnbc's carolyn shober is live in london and joins us now. what do we have in monday, carolyn? >> let me give you the latest on the libor fixing probe. it stands for london interbank offered rate. this is the bank at which banks lend to eacher and it's the basis of trillions of financial transactions in this world. and the libor rate was manipulated by a number of banks during the financial crisis. the investigation has brought down the management of uk-based bank, barclays an

new jim blossom cd and make like bill clinton oral sex jokes that was it was it right i bet monica lewinsky is a good reason to come see earth ok time yes why do you expect to go away i mean what makes you put it like that maybe it's really the u.f.o. that came down here planted people like kate moss on the planet they brought in the whole affair with. and that's why now kate upton is fact according to some people eating french fries she bought it feel little after she bought chinese version. oh i like what you did there can we keep it going. nine hundred ninety five zero zero this is really going to be your nothing for me ok there is another story girl power story which you are not the perfect people to talk about it with but the number of women running for congress this year is higher than ever before according to research all right i say who do they have good ideas though not that just like in general i haven't looked at all of the candidates yet we are wondering within our team if maybe that's because of the you know very restrictive abortion legislation that we've seen being passed thr

(chanting) >> those cheers are a reference to the monica lewinsky scandal. of course that happened when her husband was president of the united states. protestors also throwing shoes, water bottles and tomatoes at her motorcade. >>> raising brand new safety concerns 11 days before the olympic games. a newspaper is reporting staffers have allowed several people into the country despite there being a terror watch list. they didn't hire enough guards. thousands of olympic athletes begin arriving in london today. that officially kicks off today. republican national committee moving in over the weekend. the project will set the stage for mitt romney to officially accept the nomination for president. >>> the $20 million project will take about 6 weeks to complete. the convention kicks off on august the 27th. those are your top stories at 5:00. >>> mitt romney looking to regain momentum and shift the campaign in a different direction. he's focusing on the presidential political payoff. >>> you may recall that on friday former massachusetts governor mitt romney actu

some shouted monica, monica, in reference to the lewinski scandal in the 90s. she is now meeting leaders in israel this morning. >>> a church in boston praying for the release of its pastor kidnapped in egypt. the 61-year-old was abducted along with another american tourist and their guide friday. the american embassy in cairo is working with egyptian authorities to bring the americans home. >>> beaches in australia are still closed after a deadly great white attack over the weekend. this happened saturday while a 24-year-old and his friend surfed off the coast of wedge island. officials are using helicopters and boats to track the shark with the hope of killing it and recovering the young man's remains. it marks the fifth shark fatality off the country's southwest coast in less than a year. >>> dragging efforts at an iowa lake suspended as the search for a pair of missing girls enters its fourth day. >> authorities searched the lake for days, but turned up nothing. marianne rafferty with more. >> reporter: the hunt is on for the whereabouts of two missing cous

investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinskyn in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not been murdered obviously. he didn't say anything about that. after the election when we had the hearing he then came out with a report that said by the way, on whitewater and the travel office and the fbi files the clintons did nothing wrong. he was investigating five things. three of them, he exonerated the president totally. there were four pending. three of them -- one was critical. he sent us only the critical ones. they were saying at the time -- i said to him why didn't you -- tell us that? it was basically i'm only here to tell you bad news. but anyway, i felt good about that. then of course, the financial reform bill. and one other thing that i was frustrated on. people misunderstand that. for all of my time here, i've worked hard to get rental housing here for poor peo

from the same people who helped orchestrate the monica lewinsky scandal and it originated in part in the washington times. the same paper that today is running the fast and furious $100,000 bounty ad. again, the conspiracy theory here is there's a secret muslim infiltrator high up in the state department plotting to take over the country. john mccain did a genuinely moving across the aisle honorable thing in defending that member of the obama administration from these crazy conspiratorial attacks by people in his own party. you know what? john mccain is not the presidential candidate this year for the republican party. and conspiracy theories are out there on the right like they always are. and they're all over the place, about not just this state department stuff, but a lot about the president, the president being secretly muslim, being secretly foreign, him being surrounded by foreigners. you should fear he's not the dually elected president of the country but some other country's effort to take us over. the muslim brotherhood is taking over. he has a secret plan. the mitt romney c

-- what are the rules of -- >> it is funny, i covered president clinton during the milli monica lewinsky scandal and it happened all the time. he would be with world leaders and report woeers would ask him about what people cared about in that investigation at the time. that's what people were talking about. that's what they cared about. it happens and it might look strange that -- it might look disrespectful in some ways, but when you don't have a chance to actually get to the person and ask those critical questions, sometimes you got to shout it out. and that's what you do. >> over the last several days, i've been looking at the world reaction to romney's trip. in the guardian, there was an open ed calling it the romney's insult the world tour. we had a very strong reaction from middle easterners, understandably. about what he said regarding jerusalem, it should be the capital of israel and that if he were elected president, he would move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem in tel aviv right now. by the way, i think what really irked arabs more than that is when essentially he told jewish do

some protesters, you can hear them, chanted monica when her motorcade past, in reference to monica lewinsky. they accused of them undermining the newly elected president. >>> 6:06. ahead this morning, the federal agency that lawmakers say was spying on its own employees. >>> plus, summer is back in a big way when the worst heat will arrive, weather and traffic on the ones. that's still ahead. >>> and next, meet the luckiest guy in russia. how close a big crash came to a >>> a close call for one russian man. wow! the video was posted on youtube. it's called luckiest dude in russia. you can see why. it shows a man barely escaping serious injury when several cars crashed around him at a gas station. one of the vehicles involved in the crash was a bus with 30 passengers on board. that is unbelievable. i would be in pure shock. >> i can't imagine. that's -- that's just wild. >> who was shoot that video. that's my question. >> one of the cameras on the bus, the dash cam on the bus or maybe one of the other vehicles. >> someone was looking up, looking out for him. >>> let's talking about our weath

>> that is the monica lewinsky competition. that i'm in. joking. joking.opular actress starring in the show "the good wife." >>> and wouldn't you like to eavesdrop on nicole kidman and katie holmes' secret conversations? it is all next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny ♪ so skinny >>> oh, some scary news for kristin chenoweth. everyone loves her. she's adorable, talented. emmy winner, tony winner. apparently though she was involved in an accident on the set of "the good wife." she will have a recurring role this season. sounds pretty bad. a gust of wind came through and apparently knocked some lighting equipment and knocked her out cold right in the head. pretty scary moment for her. she's 43 years old. right now her condition is not known just yet. not life threatening. she is going to be okay. according to early reports. struck in the head by a piece of lighting equipment came down because of a pretty big gust of wind. apparently, you saw the photo a second ago. of h

i think it was a reference to monica lewinsky.iously, they didn't understand that this was a totally new president and maybe it was a reference to bill clinton, but certainly it was harrowing. the secretary, though, never in any trouble, never in any danger, her car and her vehicle were never hit and one of the egyptian officials did get hit in the face with a tomato. ? wow! completely disrespectful and it was interesting, this comes after what seemed like a very welcome reception when she sat down with newly elected president morsi yesterday and she also met with the head military leader there and also with koptic christians. you said that was a difficult encounter with her as well, meeting with a christian group. >> reporter: i think there's a real sense and her aides alluded to this, the sense in egypt that there's the perception that the u.s. backed the muslim brotherhood. in egypt, obviously not everybody voted for president morsi and there were a great deal of people that were scared of the muslim brotherhood and they voted

some protestors chanted monica when she passed, an obvious reference to monica lewinsky. >>> the food and drug and administration is accused of spying on its own scientists for whistle blowing. records somehow the fda created a list of disgruntled scientists who sent messages to members of congress, lawyers, labor officials and even president obama. it looked at five scientists but quickly grew into a widespread investigation. the scientists were critical of the agency's medical review process. >>> the nation's current drought is one of the top ten worst in a past century. that's expected to be the finding of a new report due out today by the national climatetic data center. at least 60% of the lower 48 stalts are affected by severe drought conditions. 30% of the corn crop is in poor and very poor condition. eventually you see effects of that drought in the grocery stores. food prices are expected to rise more than 3% by next year. >>> fortunately, the corn is still in the stores and tastes pretty good so far, tom. it sounds like it won't last. >> locally or corn looks great. >> it ta

the first thing i thought of was bill clinton's tortured explanation during the lewinsky scandal when he said it all depends on what the meaning of is,, is and i thought about how politicians in a tight spot are always in search of good euphemisms, when inflation was skyrocketing in the 70s, then president jimmy carter appoint add cornell economist named alfred kahn to be his inflation czar, he immediately warned the possibility of a serious depression, when the white house through a tizzy about the use of the word depression he says, okay i will just call it a banana, that threw the banana roar into a tizzy and i am not making this up, kahn switched to calling the downturn a kumquat, i don't think there is much romney or obama can learn from this but kahn wrote a memo to his staff that might be helpful to all politicians. try to write, he advised, in a straightforward prose way as if you were communicating with real people. now that might just work in a campaign. back in a minute. some stations are leaving us, most will be back with our political round table and a special discussion