paula jones would get everything that her original lawsuit asked for -- $700,000. her not to accept it. >> there were people talking in paula's ear. one was her husband, steve, and the other was susan carpenter-mcmillan. she was against settling the case. >> i said, "you should really hold out for a lot more money." steve said, "no. you should really hold out for an apology." >> on national television. >> if he said it publicly, on national tv, i mean, that would be one thing, but if he just said it privately, that's like a chicken, you know, trying to hide and then do it after the fact. no, i wouldn't accept it. >> her attorneys were frustrated by the fact that paula would not accept a settlement that included everything her lawsuit had originally asked for. >> "if you win, would you write her a letter of apology while you're at it?" that doesn't happen. you get money. so, we had all the money she asked for, plus an apology. >> they said, at that time, "if you don't take the deal, then we are not going to represent you anymore." >> there were people that wanted us

paula jones. >> thespectatorarticle alleged that jones had gone to the then-arkansas governor's hotelin 1991 for a sexual encounter. >> he leaned up against the chair. he started to put his hands and slide up my legs. >> her story was different from the published account. >> as she told the story, she was summoned to the hotel room by the governor's security guard, and he proceeded to make sexual advances to her. >> it's wrong that a woman can't work in the workplace and be harassed by a figure that high. and it's just humiliating, what he did to me. >> and it drew a lot of skepticism, because paula jones would not explicitly say what it was that went on. >> the event did not get the media attention its organizers had hoped for. >> although, people at the cpac conference were billing this as a big-news, startling disclosure, the whole setting seemed a bit untoward. clearly being put on by the president's political enemies. she was paraded out there in ways that were a bit unseemly. >> but isikoff decided the story was worth investigating a bit more. >> she was saying something that, i

1998, president clinton was inside the white house following several hours of deposition in the paula jonesase. the jones team knew it had not gone well for the president, but they were not allowed to tell anyone. >> paula came out, and she said, "just know there's a gag order." >> so they would have to find another way to get their message out. >> i said, "fine. there's a certain restaurant in washington that has this huge picture glass window," and i said, "we cannot say a word, but this is what we're going to do." we ordered a big bottle of champagne. all the media was going by and snapping pictures. the headlines the next day read, "jones camp toasts with champagne. clinton's camp cancels dinner reservations." >> but there were more explosive headlines, at first, seen only by folks who were up late surfing the web in those early days of the internet. just after midnight, the drudge report dropped the world's biggest exclusive, "newsweekkills story on white house intern." >> it was the beginning of the importance of the internet. >> the internet was not what it was today. even though the

lewinsky occurred during the time of the paula jones case. ed under oath about it and was trying to undermine a federal criminal investigation. >> the judge ordered mr. clinton to pay for ms. jones' legal fees. the judge will refer the information to the arkansas supreme court for appropriate disciplinary action. >> while clinton awaited his punishment for civil contempt, the independent counsel statute hit its 5-year mark and, consequently, its expiration date. >> the reason that that statute was allowed to expire was due, in large part, to criticism of the ken starr investigation. >> we were operating within the specific grant of authority given by the attorney general appointed by president clinton. >> the independent counsel statute was not thereafter renewed with members of both parties feeling that that was the right outcome for that law. >> the problem with the independent counsel statute, as a lot of us see it, is that it could go wherever it wanted to, and, to some extent, you can understand it. if they come get evidence that the pres

lewinsky at the moment that the question was asked by paula jones' attorneys right there in front ofebber wright, that it was technically true. >> i just want to make sure i understand, mr. president. do you mean today that because you were not engaging in sexual activity with ms. lewinsky during the deposition, that the statement of mr. bennett might be literally true? >> no, sir. i mean that at the time of the deposition, it had been...that was well beyond any point of improper contact between me and ms. lewinsky. >> it did more to damage his image than anything throughout the entire process. >> the use of the word "is" might have a perfectly appropriate legal defense in a brief written by his lawyer. but it was not the right way to approach testimony in front of a grand jury that would be seen by the whole world. >> he knew that there was a lot of evidence about it and that he was left really to sort of split hairs with the meaning of the word "is." >> it would become the defining moment of the entire ordeal. >> people remember the sound bite and the look on his face when he gave

the lies told behind closed doors at the paula jones deposition were now close to being exposed. >> it stopped in its tracks had the president done what he should have done -- refused the test and settled the case. >> but it was too late for that now, as it became clear to the president that he was careening towards a very public reckoning that could alter history. i am not for colds. i am not for just treating my symptoms... (ah-choo) i am for shortening colds when i'm sick. with zicam. zicam is completely different. unlike most other cold medicines... ...zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds. i am a zifan for zicam. oral or nasal. omar, check this out. uh, yeah, i was calling to see if you do laser hair removal. for men. notice that my hips are off the ground. [ engine revving ] and then, i'm gonna pike my hips back into downward dog. [ rhythmic tapping ] hey, the rain stopped. -a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it. -tell me about that dental procedure again! -i can still taste it in my mouth! -progressive helps keep you out there. ♪ [ indistinct conversations ]

the lies told behind closed doors at the paula jones deposition were now close to being exposed. >> it tracks had the president done what he should have done -- refused the test and settled the case. >> but it was too late for that now, as it became clear to the president that he was careening towards a very public reckoning that could alter history. ♪ -morning. -morning. -what do we got? -keep an eye on that branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. i'd stay close. morning. ♪ get ready to switch. protected by flo. should say, "protected by alan and jamie." -right? -should it? when you bundle home and auto... run, alan! ...you get more than just savings. you get 'round-the-clock protection. ♪ [ indistinct conversations ] >> four days after bill clinton's blood was secretly drawn in the map room of the white house, the world awoke to horrific news from overseas. >> move out of the way! >> terrorists detonated a large truck bomb outside the united states embassy in nairobi, kenya, and a few minutes later, another truck bomb slammed through the u.s. embassy i

in paula jones the only reason the court went forward they said it was a small case and not a big dealt was otherwise the case can be stayed. you know perfectly well since you read those opinions that oc drew a lot of comfort from the fact that in three leading supreme court cases, the cases against nixon and clinton versus paula jones the supreme court validated the balancing approach starting from the proposition you can't incapacitate the president. >> norm, you brought up rudy giuliani. he says mueller's team admitted to him that they can't indict. he said all they can do is report. they can't indict. they acknowledged that to us. do you think mueller actually said that to rudy giuliani? >> no, erin. i suspect that there is a lot of spin in that. now, i will say in fairness, bob mueller may feel that he is confined by that. i think the wrong oc opinion. it's not just me. conservative legal seculars disagree. ken starr himself said a president could be indicted. but mueller has a variety of ways of dealing with that. i think he could ask, for example, i want to indict the president

. ♪ on the next episode of "scandalous"... >> and this is paula jones. >> he started to put hisitted suicide in fort marcy park the body may have been moved. >> it became yet another grist for the mill of people who wanted to accuse of the clintons of horrible things, including murder. >> he said, "you won't believe this, but you have been replaced by ken starr." >> so, that's how it began, with a phone call in the early summer of 1994. >> the stack of papers suddenly reappeared in the white house book room. >> i would like to know how those documents showed up. >> oh, please. really? ♪ >> previously on "scandalous"... >> jim and susan mcdougal were straight out of central casting. >> jim got the clintons to invest with him in the whitewater estates. >> whitewater failed. >> jim mcdougal bought madison guaranty savings and loan. >> savings and loans began to drop like flies. >> here was this young upstart governor from arkansas. came out of nowhere. >> i still believe in a place called hope. >> president clinton canceled his public schedule after the tragic death of his white ho

booming at the time, everybody said no, he will stay in office because people aren't concerned about paula jonesut the dowjones. that is the obverse of what's happening now, people are really concerned. why people aren't concerned about the collapse of the stock market, for example? it isn't collapsing. it is — 1,000 points. let's not go back to that. i believe trump will face a huge problem, immediately, maybe next week, because the house of representatives will be dominated by the republicans... by the democrats. so the republicans are extremely worried that the same thing could happen actually in any coming election. i believe mueller will actually issue his statement. you've mentioned the democrats, bari, this should be, come the new year, the time when we start seeing the democratic white knight if there is such a thing, appearing on the horizon. is there a figure? this is a problem with the press and particularly with the washington press. 2019 promises to be very interesting and i think the idea that most of the articles in the last month coming from washington are about 2020 speculation,

. >> a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by paula jones. >> your testimony is subject to the penaltyir? >> i do. >> in his testimony clinton was not truthful about lewinsky. >> i never had sexual relations with monica lewinsky. i never had an affair with her. >> starr 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 im

forces including arbitrary detentions and torture and spitting it is a thousand or so you know paula jones tomorrow but just for the sake of time in twenty fourteen in fact there were six countries that requested an i.c.c. investigation of alleged crimes in venezuela how likely is that to actually happen that was actually last year and it's ongoing the i.c.c. prosecutor it announced in february that it would begin this preliminary examination and it's now up to the core to the prosecutor to determine if the evidence that's out there including in this report amounts to crimes against humanity and it is the i.c.c. that has the power to prosecute individuals implicated in these abuses and send them to jail which is something that is necessary because there is absolutely no way that victims will get justice and benefit all rights and just to confirm you're absolutely correct that that request was indeed last year not twenty fourteen for the time being we thank you very much for speaking to us so tamara bruner. now a trial is due to begin for a former french boxer record on camera punching poli

brian: when bill clinton was in trouble with monica lewinsky and paula jones, they went after clintonat. with obama as well. and with clinton, they suffered midterm losses. came back and won a second is term. so you can't count donald trump out yet but this house majority, this democratic house majority will make the president's life a living hell next two years. that is what they think their job is. brian: if they think that helps them do better in 2020, not being productive, just attacking. you have in your column, the democratic hopefuls into two main category ares. some of the ones standing out, democrat ibb hopefuls for 2020. put in one category, senator warren, who says i have a exploratory committee, kamala harris in the blocks as well as cory booker and gillly brand. what category do you but them in. >> they're to the left of the country, far to the left of the country. that is where democrats could overplay their hand. yo that the country is looking for a left-wing bomb thrower to replace president trump in 2020. you look at the cast of characters there, they seem to be falli