i did not have sexual relations with that woman, miss lewinsky. never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never. >> when we heard that statement, wagging his finger, you know, it was not believable. >> a lot of people thought he was toast. you couldn't survive a scandal like this. >> if the president thought his denial would dampen interest in the story, he was very wrong. >> on the day that he wagged his finger, he set up a lie that the entire investigative machinery of the media set out to prove was false. that set up a battle not just between bill clinton and ken starr, between bill clinton and the forces of the mainstream media. >> did the president mean to say to the american people that he had no sexual intercourse? >> i think the president was very straightforward in his comment, and i'm not going to dignify the question. he didn't leave any ambiguity whatsoever. abel? >> like, he meant no sexual encounter whatsoever? >> he said, "i did not have any sexual relations with that woman." he couldn't have been clearer. >> it seemed that all

lewinsky was gonna deny the relationship.y anything would be linda tripp, and, therefore, she should say nothing. according to linda tripp, monica lewinsky told her that the president said, "if there are two people in a room and both people deny what happened there, then nothing happened." >> on january 7, 1998, lewinsky signed the affidavit following vernon jordan's approval of the draft. the president's deposition was scheduled for january 17, 1998. >> president clinton knew he was gonna be asked about monica lewinsky. that's the whole reason he had her do an affidavit. so that was not a surprise to him, contrary to what people think. >> but what he didn't know was that the jones lawyers had a lot of information. on the next episode of "scandalous"... >> come hell or high water, i was sharing this information. >> we assumed that nothing would come of it. we were wrong. >> he was the most powerful person on the planet, and she was an intern. >> i get a phone call from a source. "you're not gonna believe what's going on." >>

lewinsky that was not appropriate.uh, not believable in many respects. lying to the american people, then coming back and saying, "well, you know, i did have an inappropriate relationship" -- i knew he was in real trouble. >> now this matter is between me, the two people i love most -- my wife and our daughter -- and our god. i must put it right, and i am prepared to do whatever it takes to do so. >> this seemed to me to be just part of a continuing effort to keep the public on his side. >> at no time did i ask anyone to lie, to hide or destroy evidence, or to take any other unlawful action. >> i was heartbroken. i suppose i should also add i was angry at him because he had already shown extraordinary skills as president. i was one of his earliest supporters. i felt like i was still one of his strongest supporters, and yet he had done something totally unacceptable. >> the next morning, bill and hillary clinton, their daughter, chelsea, and dog, buddy, attempted a tense show of solidarity as they departed for a brief a

lewinsky a job. >> ...and the person many people were most eager to hear from, monica lewinsky. >> io myself -- i knew i would deny the relationship. >> if you believe her, you will see, how the president wove a web of perjury and obstruction of justice. >> it was 24/7. we listened to all the testimony and all the evidence. i'd went and spent 4 or 5 hours listening to monica lewinsky's deposition. it dominated everything. >> two days later, house prosecutors and the president's lawyers made their closing arguments. >> the next morning, the senate shut its doors to the public for 3 days of private deliberations. the historic importance of the proceedings was palpable. >> no staff, no press. >> this is 100 senators. the doors are shut. you're in the room, and it's just you. >> each senator, in turn, got 10 or 15 minutes to address all the other senators, and they're all sitting there, all other 99, paying rapt attention to what you're saying. >> we heard each one of them stand and make their case as to why they were voting yes or no. >> we've done it twice in the history of the country

absolutely not, will not have monica lewinsky testifying about the stained blue dress.would sully the floor of the house to have monica lewinsky there and we will not have it. i don't think it is appropriate and i will not be part of it. >> i want to make this very clear. at no point will we ask any questions of monica lewinsky about her explicit sexual relations with the president. >> if the senate tells us they will not let us call witnesses, we leave the senate chamber and refuse to proceed. >> days of arguments and secret deliberations, a senate vote shot down the idea of calling live witnesses. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> the senate approved a motion to authorize depositions from 3 witnesses. monica linsky, friend vernon jordan and sidney blumenthal. >> we were all in a state of disappointment. it was not the climactic day for us as house managers. >> every 12th is the goal for ending the trial unless something new and explosive emerges from the depositions. the white house hopes and predicts that will not be the case. house managers hope that it will. >> on

lewinsky.ean, at what point do you stop? >> that's the way these independent-counsel things work. you're appointed to do "a," and you wind up to "z." >> we, as counsel for monica lewinsky, have reached an agreement today. >> the last person to talk to is president clinton. >> the blue dress made it impossible for the president to deny that he had had some sexual contact. >> indeed, i did have a relationship with ms. lewinsky that was not appropriate. >> i was heartbroken. >> i knew he was in real trouble. >> if you have substantial and credible evidence that may constitute grounds for an impeachment, you shall refer that to the house. >> ken starr decided we're going to submit the referral on september 9. >> and it was then up to the political process -- what do we do with the truth? ♪ ♪ [ crowd cheering ] >> the summer of 1998 saw baseball fans transfixed on the race between chicago cubs outfielder sammy sosa and mark mcgwire of the st. louis cardinals, both on track to potentially break the h

with monica lewinsky.arr now had a case for perjury. >> there are new allegations of infidelity and perjury this morning against president clinton. >> over the next few months, all hell broke loose. >> charges of sex, lies, and audiotapes. >> clinton kept denying the affair. >> there is no improper relationship. the allegations i have read are not true. >> but starr was able to get monica lewinsky's dress that had clinton's dna on it. the president was forced to tell the truth. >> indeed i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. >> this goes into considerable details. >> there was in fact semen on that dress. >> many viewers may find it somewhat offensive. >> starr released a detailed x-rated account of the scandal. >> bringing her to orgasm on two occasions. >> list 11 possible grounds for impeachment including lying under oath and obstruction of justice. it's easy to forget in hindsight but bill clinton was in real danger of being pushed out of office.

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, to yes, i admit i did have sexual relations with that woman, miss lewinsky, to of course i had sex with that woman, miss lewinsky, it was great, it was perfectly normal and appropriate and you wish you did, too. that's trump on every lie. so how many people are willing to go out and try to pave that road as outrageous as that behavior is? because that is what trump did with stormy daniels, that's what trump tries to do with everything, and in this case, just like with the payments to stormy daniels which we minimize when we talk about them as if they were payments to a porn star, they were perpetrating a fraud on the american electorate, just so in this case, what donald trump said was in a much more severe and consequential way, perpetrated an 18-month-long -- from the time he got into the presidential race to election day -- he perpetrated an 18-month-long fraud against the american electorately lying to them about something that would have had huge political consequences had he told the truth, so now this attempt to make that seem like it was not just normal, and not just okay,

another, even though i don't like saul lewinsky who is a political agitator and activist that has become a demon head on the right in the last 10 years in part because of me, because i helped introduce him out there, what has dismayed me on the right is how so many people say you have to be like him when my argument is this is a bad guy and is i don't about ends justifying the means are bad thing and people on the right are saying the only way to beat the old in skiites is to be one and i hate that thinking, if you can't beat them join them, fight fire with fire that has suffused this sort of populist nationalist crowd which i'm not part of. >> host: when you talk about tribalism, what tribes do you belong to? >> guest: part of my argument is one of the things that makes modernity work and makes democratic capitalism work is you want a portfolio of allegiances, 2 different institutions and different identities. i am against what chesterton called the clean and well lit prison of a single idea. what makes modernity possible is labor in terms of jobs but division of labor in terms of our m

accusation that led bill clinton to being impeached over the lies he told of his relationship with monica lewinskytarted with a bizarre spectacle. the president came out before the cameras and said he was not working for the russians. the reason this is so significant is that obstruction of justice is considered a high crime and misdemeanor. something that can lead to impeachment. bbc news, washington. host: for more on this reportth anlegal implications, i'm -- i spoke with former u.s. attorney michael moore from atlanta. if these allegations are true, how serious could they be for the president? guest: this is damaging news for the president. let me put it in context from what has happened. if in fact the allegations are true, if the story is true and if in fact we are to believe william barr before the senate judiciary committee in his hearing, it seems to me at this point that william barr has told us that this constitutes this -- this type of conduct would support obstruction charge. it is a significant development. probably the strongest to date. bob mueller's a professional prosecutor and t

siting the president's direction of monica lewinsky to lie about their relationship.at quote he obstructed justice by encouraging ms. lewinsky to give false testimony. he was interested in saving his hide, no truth and justice. if we have no truth, justice, then we have no nation of laws. 14 of today 's current u.s. senators voted to hold bill clinton accountable for obstruction of justice. if this new report is true, will republicans hold president trump to the same standards that they held bill clinton? and a white house reporter for the "new york times"s. both opinion writers for the "washington post." you first, i think the question is consistency that we expected. >> first of all if this story turns aught to be true it carries serious implications for the president. it's a much more partisan time and i think republicans and democrats alike have a way of being able to make a well, that was then and this is now argument. so consistency, these clips will be played a lot if they change their positions. >> they're hypocritical by nature. >> i see it differently now. >

and in the middle of it, monica lewinsky. in the story. >> i heard a snip pet of the tape. when you listen to them, you hear the disstress in her voice. and she even says at one point it's too much for one person. you hear her grief. will the viewer feel sorry for her? >> i don't think there's any question about it. you have to have a heart of stone not to feel compassion. for a young woman who was clearly in love. whatever bill clinton was. she was in love. this was the great romance of a 20 something year-old woman. >> you did have a front row seat to this. i want to ask, do you think the affair will ever stop being interesting to people? >> well, it's such an incredible human drama and a piece of history. it will always be interesting to people. people always want to know what was he thinking. what happened. how were they trapped. without the tapes you hear so much of, you would not we would not know about this. and what's changed is us. we are different. because of me too and other things. so we see these events and these

linda tripp and monica lewinsky. >> oh, such an act of betrayal.oung reporter at the time for abc news and i got the legal angle of it and it was extraordinary to me. i was full of idealism about washington, d.c. and here was the presidency, the congress, the supreme court, in fact, at the impeachment trial getting wrapped up in this story between bill clinton and monica lewinsky. and i remember coming onto the white house grounds which you do all the time, go through the gates, it's very impressive, i thought, you know what would be an appropriate punishment for bill clinton is, if we walked on to the white house grounds, the second floor window where the president lives were open and hillary was throwing all of his stuff out onto the lawn and he had to move out. i think the american people would have said, fine. we won't have an impeachment trial. >> we're looking forward to your special definitely. "truth and lies: monica and bill" airs tonight right here on abc at 9:00 p.m. over to you, ginger. >> this one from cedarville, arkansas. i think tha

don't criticize him on the basis that there is no justification for you looking into the monica lewinsky phase of the investigation. because i had the evidence that caused me to believe that the president of the united states may have committed perjury, may have tried to intimidate witnesses. he did. he did both. and it had to be investigated under the statute. justice stu said at the outset. when the trigger with was too much of a hair trigger and for them to have to go through that. but he went through it because the attorney general determined i had to do it. and that's what janet reno did , to her credit, that the investigation has to be investigated. but she then wasn't there to tell the public he's doing what i told him to do. criticize his techniques but don't criticize the fact of the investigation itself. that's the erosion of lines of accountability that i think were really at the heart of the structural problem with the independent counsel statute. that has been corrected. >> to answer your question and 's point, there's no question it was difficult to fire than it is now. you

the williams and connolly lawyer who represented bill clinton in the whitewater and then monica lewinskying out on television or in an interview with "the new yorker" and saying, actually, yeah, you know, he did have sex with that woman, miss lewinsky. you know, or i heard the tapes. then had to come out and say, actually, i didn't mean tapes, and by the way, if i seem to admit something, that's an unimaginable thing. that's the same role that rudy giuliani is apparently in with respect to this president. so most people can't even name george bush's lawyer, either george bush lawyer, or who represented ronald reagan in the iran contra matter. that's the way the president's lawyers should be engaging. >> on that point, and this is the last point. rudy giuliani was asked about his legacy and what he thinks might be -- what he thinks it might be once this is all over. he said, i'm afraid it will be on my gravestone, rudy giuliani, he lied for trump. >> a rare moment of self-awareness. >> is he admitting he lies for trump? >> well, he's at least admitting that people might -- a reasonable pe

been all alone today because of the avalanche then the chef cancelled and went home again so ms lewinsky the one from. the only road that's open leads to the other side of the mountain it's a two hour detour to by everest and it goes at a snail's pace. dangerous still lurks from above at any moment trees could collapse under the weight of all the snow. it's a different picture the next morning by ernest says has become a winter wonderland the tourists are thrilled. and of course for an outsider it's wonderful but you hear about all the problems from the locals and the hotels which is. the locals make use of the long awaited break to clear as much snow as possible . because more snow and rain are forecast. than we have been it's getting so heavy with a house as old as this it was built in one nine hundred thirty three you have to make sure you get rid of the snow before the roof collapses. by a priest has been luckier than other mountain villages so far there's been no casualties here but things are tense. the helicopters used to trigger more avalanches the town's mayor watches. almost al

led to bill clinton too being impeached over lies that he told about his relationship with monica lewinsky of the president feeling it necessary to come out before the cameras and say that he wasn't working for the russians. it ends with him facing serious allegations of obstructing justice. the reason this is so significant is that obstruction ofjustice is considered a high crime and misdemeanour — something that can lead to impeachment. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the prime minister has spent the day speaking to other european leaders, and meeting members of her cabinet, to discuss the future of her brexit plans, which were overwhelmingly rejected by mps earlier this week. mrs may is due to present new proposals to parliament on monday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. mr gove, are you confident of getting a brexit deal toshare theiradvice... , , who has a brexit deal the house of commons hates and the eu insists cannot be changed. just got to get into a car. tight lipped, but for brexiteers, some red lines on trade must stay. i don't believe we could have an independ

to bill clinton, too, being impeached over lies that he told about his relationship with monica lewinskyhe bizarre spectacle of the president feeling it necessary to come out before the cameras and say that he wasn't working for the russians. it ends with him facing serious allegations of obstructing justice. the reason this is so significant is that obstruction ofjustice is considered a high crime and misdemeanour — something that can lead to impeachment. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news: rescue workers in southern spain are preparing to dig a vertical tunnel in an effort to reach a two—year—old boy who has been trapped in a deep well since sunday. the child fell into the well, which is just 25 centimetres wide and 100 metres deep, as his family walked through a private estate near malaga. the family suffered another trauma in 2017 when their three—year—old son died suddenly while walking along a nearby beach. thousands of poles have taken part in a procession following the coffin of pawel adamowicz. the 53—year—old mayor of gdansk died after being

clinton, too, being impeached over lies 422.4 la; 4.2.5.4, egg. 4 ls; ffigee'fifisys — with monica lewinskymore to come. prince philip has visited hospital for a precautionary check—up after his car crash on thursday. the prime minister has spent the day speaking to other european leaders and meeting members of her cabinet to discuss the future of her brexit plans, which were overwhelmingly rejected by mps earlier this week. mrs may is due to present new proposals to parliament on monday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. reporter: mr gove, are you confident of getting the brexit deal that you want? so, what now? today, the prime minister continued to listen, with cabinet ministers trooping in and out to share their advice with the prime minister, who has a brexit deal the house of commons hates and the eu insists cannot be changed. just got to get into a car. well, i don't believe we could have an independent trade policy if we stayed in a customs union. and the reason for that is in a customs union with the european union, we would have to apply european trade law without ha

that led to bill clinton too being impeached over lies he told about his relationship with monica lewinskyof the president feeling it necessary to come out before the cameras and say that he wasn't working for the russians. it ends with him facing serious allegations of obstructing justice. the reason this is so significant is that obstruction ofjustice is considered a high crime and misdemeanour — something that can lead to impeachment. jon sobel, bbc news, washington. the prime minister has spent the day speaking to other european leaders and meeting members of her cabinet, to discuss the future of her brexit plans, which were overwhelmingly rejected by mps earlier this week. mrs may is due to present new proposals to parliament on monday. here's our political correspondent ben wright. mr gove, are you confident of getting a brexit deal that you want? so, what now? today the prime minister continued to listen with cabinet ministers trooping in and out to share their advice with the prime minister, who has a brexit deal the house of commons hates and the eu insists cannot be changed. just

then president bill clinton about a tie he was wearing that supposedly they were talking to monica lewinsky, he was talking to them as whether or not he had been using it as a public signal. so if they were going to take that kind of public gesture seriously, why wouldn't mueller look at real interviews and make real statements on material matters from his probe. >> any statement or action that the president takes, spoken, written or jgesture it may have significance to somebody, can be probative of somebody's intent. public statements by themselves would certainly not support an obstruction of justice. >> right. >> charge of anything. >> that's the worst part of it, john, are you bringing it up if they use it as evidence of probative intent, that's a whole charge the, you believe that's what it can go to. >> i don't want how close or away bob mueller is ar any other charge against donald trump. however the way you prove intent is by people's actions and statements. >> right. that includes a public statement. >> that's why we see, walter, his lawyers have always pushed back on this as obstr

>> can you imagine if president clinton had publicly gone after monica lewinsky's family?en he was worried she was going to testify against him. if reagan had gone up against the families going in front of congress to testify. people in their party would have been out raged and calling them out. what's so striking is the silence from republicans. who are again just sort of standing by. while the president is plows through another norm. does something that none of us thought a president would do. >> this is the president. this is the president of the united states. saying well, did he do this with his wife and sound like people sitting around a bridge game talking crap about -- or a bar. saying you know what his wife's father did. remember him? they were nasty. it's so beneat the dignity of not even the presidency. of just someone sitting on a bar stool. a drunk sitting on the bar stool at at bar. it's disgusting. congressman tweeted this. cohen is delaying testimony due to threats from trump and giuliani. whoever says knowingly uses intimidation, threatens or attempts to d

but this is a page from lewinsky's book.ration and generation of failed, whether communist propaganda that the facts are unimportant. >> the ends are what's important. however you get there is okay. again, to the buzzfeed story, you now have adam shift, even those been totally denied by all of the interested parties, whether donald trump, giuliani or robert mueller was no big fan of donald trump and vice versa, they have denied it. yet adam shift will continue on with his investigation. what world are they living in? >> you have some journalist saying this one part of it is debunked but that doesn't mean the story at large is not true. same thing after the steel dossier came up. item after item in the dossier was debunked. you still have people saying that doesn't mean everything else is not true. actually, does start to mean that. when you start seeing the prejudice that goes into this reporting, you realize these people have an agenda. they are willing to make up things. then, you have a real problem. the disturbing thing

monica lewinsky was freshly famous. it was a sweltering august night, hottest of the year, when cheryl deedham got a strange call from her dad, jack jessee. >> i was getting ready for bed and my phone rings and it's my dad on the phone. >> what time was this? >> 9:20. >> reporter: he was worried about his wife sandra. she was missing. >> he thought she may have got in an accident or something. >> reporter: she'd run to this nearby mall on a quick errand, said cheryl's dad, but was gone so long. would cheryl please find her, asked her dad. >> went through there, the lucky's, the burger king where she was supposed to be, walmart, back 15 minutes later. >> reporter: when she went back into her dad's house she found -- >> one of the worst sights i've ever seen in my life. he was laying facedown on the floor in a pool of blood. it was horrible. >> what did you think happened? >> i thought he had fallen because he had a big gash in the back of his head. i went to the kitchen phone and called 911. >> reporter: when she rolled

run, i'm not going to say he would or would not obstruct justice, what i would say is that aaron lewinsky was in the courtroom in florida today. he interviewed me and the other associates, and i found what they did not include yet in this indictment is as am mouse as somebody who is still skeptical of the case. >> what did they not include that you're saying they could include later? >> i'm saying they have not included who stone spoke to, even the campaign. they have not, and of course they have not said whether or not he directly had contact, nor do i know if he did. >> but you know how it worked, roger was your mentor, and -- >> hold on, i'll let you finish, and you're speaking to the fact that your reading of this is that they may identify and make actions against that small number of potential people in the future >> i think they're making a case that we have not got to the transition yet we have not got to trump tower moscow i think that this is coming you listen to a individual who was linked to stone and trump saying that who has been in the grand jury room, what does it say to yo

the week that i'm about to go into the white house this little scandal name monica lewinsky broke and no one would talk to anyone. they did this whole huge story that said only a fool would be writing about the white house right now. what's going on is so crazy that you can't compete with it. and no one should be writing it. zero my gosh. and that full. but i was obsessed with the white house. i just wanted to know what goes on in there. how does the president get out. the eventually let me in. i and the fiction writer. i'm the guy that goes in. i bet you can find footage of me going to the white house. i have the head person of the investigation in the white house talking to me. they all wanted to be. i was in there what's it like when the whole world is staring down at a controversy like this. here's the best part. this tiny little tv show debuts for the first time. everybody in that moment in time becomes interested in the white house again. it's the biggest book i have ever done at this point. the only dummies that have anything to do with the white house was the west wing and me.

>> i mean, can you imagine if president clinton had publicly gone after monica lewinsky's family whent testify against him? can you imagine if reagan had gone after some of the witnesses in the iran contra episode going up to congress to testify? people in their own party would have been outraged and calling him down. what's so striking about this is just the silence from republicans who are just sort of standing by while the president plows through another norm, does something that none of us thought a president would do. >> this is a president. this is the president of the united states saying, well, did he do this? it sounds like people sit iting around a bridge game talking crap about or sitting at a bar saying, do you know what his wife's father did? they lived on elm street. they were the nastiest. it's so beneath the dignity of not even the presidency, but of just someone sitting on the bar stool, a drunk sitting on a bar stool. it's disgusting. harry, cohen is is delaying his testimony due to threats from trump and giuliani. here's what 18 u.s. krflt says. whoever knowingly us

monica lewinsky was freshly famous. it was a sweltering august night, hottest of the year, when cheryl deedham got a strange call from her dad, jack gemsy. >> i was getting ready for bed and my phone rings and it's my dad on the phone. >> what time was this? >> 9:20. >> reporter: he was worried about his wife sandra. she was missing. >> he thought she may have got in an accident or something. >> reporter: she'd run to this nearby mall on a quick errand, said cheryl's dad, but was gone so long. would cheryl please find her, asked her dad. >> went through there, the lucky's, the burger king where she was supposed to be, walmart, back 15 minutes later. >> reporter: when she went back into her dad's house she found -- >> one of the worst sights i've ever seen in my life. he was laying facedown on the floor in a pool of blood. it was horrible. >> what did you think happened? >> i thought he had fallen because he had a big gash in the back of his head. i went to the kitchen phone and called 911. >> reporter: when she rolled h

what's going on in the white house, in the midst of monica lewinski is so crazy.nobody would -- only a fool would start a white house thriller. i was like, i'm that fool. i'm the fool. i was obsessed with the white house. still wanted to no what goes on, the secret tunnels. how does the president get out and eventually they let me in because i am the fission writer. i'm the -- fiction writer. i i'm not going to quote you our say you did something bad. it's heyday. you inbound find footage of me going the white house. one i had the head person of the lewinski investigation in the white house, setting and talking to me. every reporter in the whole country wanted to me but was in there because i was like, what's it like when the whole world is staring down and i had the best seat in the house. now two years past. and this -- my book is coming out. the book is coming out in i think a month or two, and this tiny little tv show debuts for the fir time called "the win e west wing" and everybody at that moment in time is interested in the white house again, and a week or

he talks about the #me too movement in his last tour he was asked what you think about the monica lewinskydid everything right. [laughter] >> hi approval rating! never mind that she was 22 years old and democrats, disemboweled her. but it is nice that history is being kinder to monica. i don't think there's anything that he can write that will shellac the truth. and democrats and republicans are both kind of on the same page. >> if he wanted to sell copies, he should actually embrace his true persona. title it, the art of the feel. you know what i'm saying? lynn-- >> it could be a pop-up book. you can do a lot with. i blame hillary with this because if she would like he would not have to write a book. they could shake down foreign governments for charity money. >> but are you going to talk about jeffrey epstein? >> no! you know who has escaped the limelight? the donor they had two people die in his house in the last year. >> yes! whatever his name is. >> new rugs are very fancy. you can sweep anything under them. >> brought to you by the new york times! >> i guarantee they'll be nothing wh

>> can you tell us what he says on those including he gives a tour of where he says the clinton/lewinskyal happened. >> the suite off the oval office. he has a beautiful white marble bathroom there. he's a construction guy. he points out the quality of these things. there's the private study where you mentioned various nefarious events may have taken place. the private dining room which he says was a dump. he got a new chandelier in there which he paid for with his own money. the whole new england patriots team goes up to the residence to see the lincoln bedroom. he loves to show the emancipation proclamation there. he's a gregarious host. loves to explore the wonder of the white house. the whole atmosphere is like, can you believe it? here we are. it's funny. >> now he thinks the white house is up to snuff. he thought it was a dump. >> i'll defend him. people thought he was talking about the residence. he wasn't. the west wing, in all fairness, was a dump when we got there. it had been eight years since it was renovated. wasn't anybody's fault. he did enjoy sprucing it up. >> now that i

and some of the allegations about monica lewinsky were serious.ple felt good about the direction of the country. they didn't want to replace the president. >> no, no, i don't think that's why, i think it's because they thought the underlying conduct was trivial, which was lying about sex. in this case we have to see is mueller going to come up with the goods. >> we'll see. >> the underlying conduct i think is potentially more serious which is collusion with a hostile foreign policy. >> what's the underlying conduct then -- we're looking back to the 2019 or 2018 lens it would be seen as much more serious. with the me too movement. >> people at the time, i remember living through it. i was working for the republicans in congress back then. people thought it was very serious charges against bill clinton. maybe not as serious. but people felt good about the country and felt good about -- >> let me ask you something. i don't disagree. i think the democrats have said that they are concerned that they'll make him into a martyr if they tried to impeach hi

. >> there had been so many corrupt activities at the white house, monica lewinsky became the straw that. ♪ >> new year but no resolution to a partial government shutdown. president trump says calm down and enjoy the ride. special counsel robert mueller's russia probe nearing a pivotal point, or is it? we have heard many predictions. tonight we take a look at the people and events shaping the investigation. and find out whether it's really winding down. "addicted in america," part two. we investigate alcohol addiction all across america. this is "special report" ." >> ed: good evening, welcome to washington. i am ed henry in again for bret baier. president trump woke up early and again was

compare that to ken starr's investigation, which went on for five years before he even got to monica lewinskynvestigated land deals in arkansas. he investigated the suicide of vince foster. he investigated fbi file use at the white house. he investigated the travel office firings. those things had nothing to do except they all lightly touched on bill clinton. what we're seeing mueller doing is much more tightly linked to the activities of donald trump, both during the campaign, his family, his business, his foundation. and then of course claims of obstruction of justice that have sprung up since president trump became president including the firing of jim comey. >> really quickly, what's the first headline we're likely to see, big news out of the mueller investigation this year? >> indictments because that's how mueller speaks. if the report never sees the light of day, we will learn what mueller was up to through his indictments. he puts plenty of detail where plenty of detail isn't necessarily required. >> nelson cunningham, thank you as well, happy new year, both of you. >>> up next, the e

and when bill clinton was being impeached for lying under oath about his relationship with monica lewinskylicans weren't saying these are process crimes. they were saying this is threat to the rule of law. and i believe that. because you cannot have a president and his closest associates obstructing justice. you cannot have them lying to the fbi or congress. this goes at the very heart of our democracy. our legal system would not function if people thought they could get away with perjury and obstruction. so this is not something that's minor or trivial. this is actually a high crime and misdemeanor if it's committed by the president of the united states. >> you mention this just a moment ago, michael. let's talk about this filing by mueller this afternoon. russians waging this disinformation campaign against the mueller investigation. using these documents that shimon talked about, they got from the russia-related case mueller is prosecuting. what's your assessment of that in. >> look, what's interesting about that is the whole scenario was odd to begin with. mueller indicts this troll fa

you, joe, i saw you at the podium during the lewinsky issue you had to answer questions sometimes wherey not have known what the president's position is. as you heard sarah sanders there was she protecting herself for the possibility that the president was involved? >> my guess is she doesn't know. the way the law works, if she walked into the oval office this morning and said, hey, mr. president, are you this person, she becomes a fact finder. she has no privilege and she'll be in the grand jury tomorrow. if she had said i talked to the president this morning and he denies it. it is a quick trip to the grand jury and a lot of legal bills. i don't think she knows. she's been burned. remember stormy daniels. >> joe, i'm sorry. please forgive me. stay with us. we have a statement now from roger stone's attorney. this is from grant smith, the attorney for roger stone. let me read it in full. they found no russian collusion or they would have charged him with it. roger stone is vindicated by the fact that there was no russian collusion. also added that roger stone received no materials from

service agents who had been in and around bill clinton when he was with -- allegedly with monica lewinskyn order to collaborate the story. the clinton white house fought that furiously. they said look, secret service agents are neutral people. we don't want to get them involved and we should keep them out of it. ken starr won that battle and the secret service agents testified before the grand jury. this is different because it's dealing with national security. although i've never heard of a president doing what donald trump did. i also worked in national security issues in the clinton white house. i have never heard of a president doing what donald trump did, but we have to recognize conversations between a president and foreign leader go to the very heart of our national security, our foreign policy enterprise. yes, it's terribly concerning if the president was doing something untoward in those conversations but we have to be very careful about setting a precedent where the congress has the ability to subpoena what was said in private one-on-one conversations between the president and a

. >> does the president have anything to say to monica lewinsky? increases to use the briefing for more than just information, but use it as an opportunity to persuade. >> in 2000, the press room was officially named after press secretary james brady, who never returned to the podium. by 2007, there was a major renovation of the room and surrounding press space. >> welcome back to the west wing. we missed you. sort of. [ laughter ] >> new cables and servers laid the groundwork for the next technological wave to change the briefing room. the internet. they were tucked away, tucked below, actually. remember the swimming pool? >> this is the way down. >> what you're looking at here are the actual tiles of the swimming pool. >> they've been autographed over the years by some famous and not so famous visitors. >> this is bono here, see the glasses with the nose. and then i signed my name right next to his. >> should i sign near you and bono? i'm on it, it's official. >> and here he is. >>> ahead, presidents in the briefing room. thanksmrs. murphy. unite