robert fisk was one of the first to enter the palestinian camps. i've never before had to walk on carpets of dead bodies in my life and the smell was appalling and we went on the saturday morning when the kotite the financials were still there the motors were still still in the camp. was back in the air and one of the nestle our home was the subject of the them. well my dear brother remember. who are you and the moment you know them as they are what. kind of people are some of. us long ago that dog. was the subject at either the about what we were about because to some of us after me again if you set out the national public. the sabra and shatila massacres so are over two thousand palestinian and lebanese civilians killed i started writing and writing and writing. unfortunately the times didn't come out on sunday so i had to wait for the next day's paper. but i got all the story going to the. news of the eighteenth of september massacres shocked the world and the international coverage angered the israelis and the story that those organizations. th

the former times correspondent robert fisk decided to base in south permanently in beirut in one nine hundred seventy six. so when i came to bear i already knew the city but i knew it before when i went downtown here i could not believe the extraordinary destruction i mean it takes you can destroy a city very quickly if it's an awful long time to rebuild it. i casually went to the commodore with a piece stuff just to have lunch sometimes or meet other journalists but i didn't stay there i didn't like it very much when i thought it was another seedy hotel with extraordinary high prices the commodore hotel was safe and so you could be there and it was quite bizarre really you could be in this it'll save enclave and then you went out into a very grave civil war. and the use of management the beirut commodore became a global center for news and information. for years and as i was a young man then and he seemed to have an extraordinary uncanny ability to know what journalists wanted and he realized quickly and brilliantly that the journalists would need first of all all above. good communi

the former times correspondent robert fisk decided to base in self permanently in beirut in one nine hundred seventy six. so when i came to bear i already knew the city but i knew it before when i went downtown here i could not believe the extraordinary destruction i mean it takes you can destroy a city very quickly if it's an awful long time to rebuild it. i casually went to the commodore with a piece stuff just to have lunch sometimes for me other journalists but i didn't stay there i didn't like it very much when i thought it was another seedy hotel with extraordinary high prices the commodore hotel was safe and so you could be there and it was quite bizarre really you could be in this it'll save enclave and then you went out into a very grave civil war. and the use of management the beirut commodore became a global center for news and information. for years and as i was a young man then and he seemed to have an extraordinary uncanny ability to know what journalists wanted and he realized quickly and brilliantly that the journalists would need first of all all above. good communic

eighteenth dozens of local and foreign journalists headed straight to the southern beirut suburb robert fisk was one of the first to enter the palestinian camps. i've never before had to walk on carpets of dead bodies in my life and the smell was appalling and we went on the sunday morning. at times the financials were still there the motors were still still in the camp. was second in the air and one of a messenger who was the subject of the them. being able to come on board. who are you know them as they were. or are now kind of all of us all of. us long ago it. was the subject at the though we were marcus to some of the softening of the set out of the russian public. the sabra and shatila massacres so over two thousand palestinian and lebanese civilians killed i started writing and writing and writing. unfortunately the times didn't come out on sunday so i had to wait for the next day's paper. but i got all the story going to the. news of the eighteenth of september massacres shocked the world and the international coverage angered the israelis and the story that those organizations. the s

in another sense because why are journalists doing this has journalism got to that point robert fisk said recently that it's become a cancer as he put it a cancer of the bottom of journalism that so many journalists are now speaking for power are going along with power our power out how when i say how i'm talking about british government the u.s. government the west the inventor the super cold war a cold war actually doesn't exist in most of the world most of the world doesn't know what it's about it exists in the enlightened centers of london and washington . and perhaps in berlin and brussels and elsewhere you see obviously mainstream media hasn't really been covering the story because they've been favoring breck's it negotiation coverage but that will it has a bit of mainstream media they have been saying that the reporting all of the existence of such alleged to british taxpayer funded conspiracy is it self. shows that most go is trying to undermine the democratic values all of britain and this is a you know with this group incident and the b.b.c. has defended his decision to be

robert fisk was one of the first to enter the palestinian camps. i've never before had to walk on carpets of dead bodies in my life and the smell was appalling and we went on the saturday morning when the could time the financials were still there the motors were still still in the camp. was back in the air and one of the necessary are was that somebody said to them go well my dear governor i can remember. who are you and the moment you know them is there what. or how kind of some of. us long ago lived or. was the somebody that they about what we were about because there's some of us often in a confused. the national public. the sabra and shatila massacres so over two thousand palestinian and lebanese civilians killed i started writing and writing and writing. unfortunately the times didn't come out on sunday so i had to wait for the next day's paper. but i got all the story going to the. news of the eighteenth of september massacres shocked the world and the international coverage angered the israelis and the story that those organizations. the sa

robert fisk was one of the first to enter the palestinian camps. i've never before had to walk on carpets of dead bodies in my life and the smell was appalling and we went on the saturday morning when the could type the financials were still there murders were still still in the camp. was a good idea and one of the necessary are who was the subject of the them come or go . remember. who are you going as they are what. or how kind of us all of. us long ago lived or. was the subject at either the about what we were about because the some of us often in a country set out the national public. the sabra and shatila massacres so over two thousand palestinian and lebanese civilians killed i started writing and writing and writing. unfortunately the times didn't come out on sunday so i had to wait for the next day's paper. but i got all the story going to the. news of the eighteenth of september massacres shocked the world and the international coverage angered the israelis and the story that those organizations. the same day they arrested use of no zone a

the former times correspondent robert fisk decided to base in self permanently in beirut in one nine hundred seventy six. so when i came to bear i already knew the city but i knew it before when i went downtown here i could not believe the extraordinary destruction i mean it takes you can destroy a city very quickly fix an awful long time to rebuild it. i casually went to the commodore with a peace stuff just to have lunch sometimes or meet other journalists but i didn't stay there i didn't like it very much when i thought it was another seedy hotel with extraordinary high prices the commodore hotel was safe and so you could be there and it was quite bizarre really you could be in this it'll save enclave and then you went out into a very grave civil war. and the use of management the beirut commodore became a global center for news and information. for years and as i was a young man then and he seemed to have an extraordinary uncanny ability to know what journalists wanted and he realized quickly and brilliantly that the journalists would need first of all all above. good communicati

they did do that and they did and then the people left and the next day two journalists went in robert fisk the independent it's a perfectly reputable english newspaper broadsheet west tabloid actually but. and and also a strange journalist he was i'm working for a conservative christian t.v. station from texas and his name was pearson shop and they both extensively went all over to him but they both went to the hospital where the video had been. shot and everybody told them the same story. absolutely nobody knew anything about any chemical attack the doctor said there was no chemical attack we had a few people in you've got dust in their throats there was no single definite do that nobody nobody was killed certainly nobody was affected by chemical supply any kind and so this is two independent journalists in and sending out these reports that were unequivocal and i believe i believe them to be true funnily enough the official you know chemical weapons inspectors went in for five weeks later with all this stuff and their report came out and they said they couldn't find a single trace of any

while we have great confidence in the integrity of robert fisk, he was appointed by the attorney generals a very formalistic analysis. yours truly is appointed. that system of appointment by the attorney general, the current system where robert mueller wasn't disappointed, was structurally -- was appointed, was structural. that's unfortunate but let's goes on. after the truman attorney general fired the special counsel fired the attorney general. it goes with the territory that if an individual will be investigating the president of the united states, probably half of the nation will think the person is a skunk at a garden party. why are you doing this? you are exceeding your mandate. you are out of control. these kinds of things are said from time to time. heard, thes we rancor and the anger and angst with respect to the saturday night massacre. the old system actually did work. it's working again with bob mueller. hopefully we will understand it. the second thing i want to say, i will be brief. in contrast to their traditions life hasuntry, our been an experience. the life of the law h

grant model, she put her authorities into power and put in place robert fisk, a distinguished lawyert integrity who had been a prosecutor in new york. he started the investigation and then congress chooses to reauthorize the statute. the attorney general, understandably, goes to the special division, now back in business, and says, the investigation -- i am paraphrasing -- the investigation is already underway. just anoint bob filner, -- just sk, who wasfi already working on this, and let him continue his work. to the shock and chagrin of many people, the special division -- i do not know if it was unanimous or not -- in any way, they said no, we have to appoint someone completely independent of the incumbent administration. while we have great confidence in the integrity and uprightness of robert fisk, he was appointed by the attorney general. analysis,formalistic and yours truly is appointed. that system of appointment by the attorney general, the current stem underway -- the current system under which bob mueller was appointed was structurally sound. yes, bad things happened. ulys

and while we have great confidence in the integrity and uprightness of robert fisk, he was appointedy the attorney general. so a very formalistic analysis, and yours truly is appointed. now that system of appointment by the attorney general, which is the current system under which bob mueller was appointed, was structurally sound. yes, bad things happened. ulysses s. grant fired the special prosecutor. well, that is unfortunate, but life goes on. yes, harry truman, after the attorney general fired the special counsel, fired the attorney general. my friends, it just goes with the territory that if an individual is going to be investigating the president of the united states, probably half the nation is going to think the person is a skunk at a lovely garden party. so you are out of control and on a witch hunt. attorney general. my friends, it just goes with the territory that if an individual is going to be investigating the president of the united states, probably half the nation is going to think the person is a skunk at a lovely garden party. so you are out of control and on a witc

. >> the first special prosecutor, robert fisk -- >> as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. >> -- up his investigation quickly. >> would you guys get down. >> but he was replaced, and his successor, ken starr, was far more aggressive. >> our job is to gather facts and to get at the truth. >> expanding the inquiry way beyond whitewater. >> how could that be? how is this whitewater? >> the investigation kind of leads in all these different directions. >> this is truly a wildly historic night. i mean this is just -- >> no one could have been happier with starr's aggressive approach than newt gingrich and the republicans. >> there's been a sea change in american politics. >> we're winning. we're winning. >> they had swept into congress in 1994. >> this is an earthquake. >> preaching a new gospel of strict, orthodox conservative. >> newt gingrich reshapes the republican party. our base wants this, we do this. we do not compromise with democrats. ♪ >> president clinton became the democrat the republicans despised the most. he was morally corrupt, they said. >> i experimented with mariju

. >> the first special prosecutor, robert fisk -- >> as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. >> --kly. but he was replaced and his successor, ken starr, was far more aggressive. >> our job is to gather facts and to get at the truth. >> expanding the inquiry way beyond white water -- >> how is this white water? >> the investigation kind of leads in all of these different directions. >> this is truly a wildly historic night. my mean, this is just -- >> no one could have been happier with starr's aggressive approach than newt gingrich and the republicans. >> there's been a sea change in american politics. >> we're winning. we're winning. >> they had swept into congress in 1994. >> this is an earthquake. >> preaching a new gospel of strict orthodox conservatism. >> newt gingrich reshapes the republican party. our base wants this, we do this. we do not compromise with democrats. >> president clinton became the democrat the republicans despised the most. he was morally corrupt, they said. >> i experimented with marijuana a time or two and didn't inhale. >> creative with the truth. >> i w