1 00:00:05,833 --> 00:00:07,375 - President Clinton said today 2 00:00:07,458 --> 00:00:09,958 he is very pleased with his first year in office, 3 00:00:10,042 --> 00:00:12,292 but not a bit happy about how it's ending. 4 00:00:12,375 --> 00:00:14,167 - Let 'em look into it-- I just want to go back to work. 5 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:16,000 - Whitewater is not going to go away. 6 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:17,667 - The Republicans smell blood. 7 00:00:17,750 --> 00:00:19,375 - The seismic shift to the right 8 00:00:19,458 --> 00:00:21,500 in the political landscape of America tonight. 9 00:00:21,583 --> 00:00:24,750 - His re-election campaign is heating up. 10 00:00:24,833 --> 00:00:26,792 - Clinton has won a second term 11 00:00:26,875 --> 00:00:29,083 as President of the United States. 12 00:00:29,167 --> 00:00:31,125 - Political trouble for the president. 13 00:00:31,208 --> 00:00:33,208 - The possibility of impeaching the president 14 00:00:33,292 --> 00:00:35,500 must now be addressed. 15 00:00:36,542 --> 00:00:39,417 [dramatic music] 16 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:46,667 ♪ ♪ 17 00:01:28,292 --> 00:01:32,125 - ♪ Don't stop thinking about tomorrow ♪ 18 00:01:32,208 --> 00:01:36,125 ♪ Don't stop, it'll soon be here ♪ 19 00:01:36,208 --> 00:01:39,958 ♪ It'll be, better than before... ♪ 20 00:01:40,042 --> 00:01:42,500 - Bill Clinton was a president who was turning the corner 21 00:01:42,583 --> 00:01:46,042 to a different time in American life. 22 00:01:46,125 --> 00:01:48,250 That song, "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" 23 00:01:48,333 --> 00:01:51,833 became the theme of the Clinton presidency. 24 00:01:51,917 --> 00:01:54,792 - 46-year-old Bill Clinton of Arkansas was sworn in today, 25 00:01:54,875 --> 00:01:58,917 right back there at the Capitol building. 26 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,708 Bill Clinton, the first baby boomer president-- 27 00:02:01,792 --> 00:02:04,583 what he represented was a fresh start. 28 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:07,708 Hopes were high, very high. 29 00:02:07,792 --> 00:02:10,000 - The office of President of the United States. 30 00:02:10,083 --> 00:02:13,500 - Congratulations. [cheering and applause] 31 00:02:13,583 --> 00:02:16,958 - Bill Clinton defeats the man with the best resume 32 00:02:17,042 --> 00:02:20,750 in modern American political history, George Bush. 33 00:02:20,833 --> 00:02:22,292 It seemed impossible. 34 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:26,667 - A new season of American renewal has begun. 35 00:02:26,750 --> 00:02:29,542 [cheering and applause] 36 00:02:29,625 --> 00:02:31,250 - He was like a meteor. 37 00:02:31,333 --> 00:02:36,500 He came on the scene, smart, well-spoken, appealing, 38 00:02:36,583 --> 00:02:38,875 and kind of fun. 39 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:41,083 - Now let's listen to President Bill Clinton 40 00:02:41,167 --> 00:02:44,417 tear it up! [saxophone playing] 41 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:50,083 - Clinton comes to office brimming with energy, 42 00:02:50,167 --> 00:02:52,458 enthusiasm, and self-confidence. 43 00:02:52,542 --> 00:02:55,292 The first few months would be a real trial for him. 44 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:57,167 - President Clinton and his staff 45 00:02:57,250 --> 00:02:59,875 are regrouping after an embarrassing political setback. 46 00:02:59,958 --> 00:03:01,625 - His choice for Attorney General 47 00:03:01,708 --> 00:03:03,625 was before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, 48 00:03:03,708 --> 00:03:07,167 apologizing for hiring illegal immigrants. 49 00:03:07,250 --> 00:03:09,458 - Well, we got off to a rocky start for a number of reasons. 50 00:03:09,542 --> 00:03:11,917 There were hiccups... [chuckles] 51 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,792 in the appointment process, and there were policy hiccups. 52 00:03:15,875 --> 00:03:18,000 - Senate critics bashed President Clinton's policy 53 00:03:18,083 --> 00:03:20,708 on gays in the military, calling it very confusing. 54 00:03:20,792 --> 00:03:22,792 - "It hasn't been easy," 55 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:24,458 that's the way President Clinton described 56 00:03:24,542 --> 00:03:26,583 the first three months of his administration. 57 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:29,125 - You dreamed of being here. 58 00:03:29,208 --> 00:03:32,500 What's the difference between the dream and the reality? 59 00:03:32,583 --> 00:03:35,125 - The reality is that from the day I got here, 60 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:37,000 we've had a world of work to do. 61 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:38,667 I enjoy coming to work here every day, 62 00:03:38,750 --> 00:03:40,125 it's an enormous privilege. 63 00:03:40,208 --> 00:03:41,917 Even the tough days are good days. 64 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,375 - You had an enormously charismatic and popular 65 00:03:44,458 --> 00:03:47,625 president who didn't seem to understand 66 00:03:47,708 --> 00:03:51,542 how to move the levers of government. 67 00:03:51,625 --> 00:03:54,167 - Bill Clinton came into office with some bad news. 68 00:03:54,250 --> 00:03:56,958 Turned out the deficit was much worse than they thought. 69 00:03:57,042 --> 00:03:59,458 He had to figure out a way to get us out of a recession, 70 00:03:59,542 --> 00:04:03,708 and the 1993 budget was an attempt to do that. 71 00:04:03,792 --> 00:04:07,167 - I had hoped to invest in your future by creating jobs, 72 00:04:07,250 --> 00:04:09,750 expanding education, reforming healthcare 73 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:13,375 and reducing the debt without asking more of you, 74 00:04:13,458 --> 00:04:15,000 but I can't. 75 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:16,583 - When we finally put out a budget, 76 00:04:16,667 --> 00:04:18,375 there was something for everyone to hate. 77 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:20,458 The Republicans hated it because it had tax hikes, 78 00:04:20,542 --> 00:04:22,583 and it had program cuts, 79 00:04:22,667 --> 00:04:24,792 so something for the Democrats to hate. 80 00:04:24,875 --> 00:04:26,833 - The stakes seemed enormous. 81 00:04:26,917 --> 00:04:28,917 There was a sense that if this didn't pass, 82 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,500 his first year might be a failure, 83 00:04:30,583 --> 00:04:33,167 his whole presidency might be a failure. 84 00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:35,583 - From the early, early morning to the early, early night, 85 00:04:35,667 --> 00:04:38,125 the nation's first lobbyist was at it all day. 86 00:04:38,208 --> 00:04:41,000 His morning run with Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman 87 00:04:41,083 --> 00:04:42,833 was a way to pay him back for coming out 88 00:04:42,917 --> 00:04:44,083 for the plan yesterday. 89 00:04:44,167 --> 00:04:47,375 - Bill Clinton had total faith 90 00:04:47,458 --> 00:04:49,042 in his ability to persuade. 91 00:04:49,125 --> 00:04:52,042 He always thought that if he got anybody in a room, 92 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:54,500 one on one, he could change their minds. 93 00:04:54,583 --> 00:04:56,833 - Most of the rest of the day was spent like this-- 94 00:04:56,917 --> 00:04:59,500 on the phone to Capitol Hill to so many members 95 00:04:59,583 --> 00:05:02,250 that this afternoon Mr. Clinton said he lost count. 96 00:05:02,333 --> 00:05:05,958 - It's close, this is the Clinton presidency. 97 00:05:06,042 --> 00:05:08,917 All of the other stuff we want to do will not happen 98 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,583 unless we approve this plan. 99 00:05:11,667 --> 00:05:14,250 - As majority leader, I was very much concerned, obviously, 100 00:05:14,333 --> 00:05:16,333 about what the outcome was going to be. 101 00:05:16,417 --> 00:05:20,875 We needed 50 votes and we were at 49. 102 00:05:20,958 --> 00:05:25,208 Bob Kerrey, Senator from Nebraska, he had genuine doubts. 103 00:05:25,292 --> 00:05:27,583 - Will you tell us what you plan to do, Senator? 104 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:29,208 - No. 105 00:05:29,292 --> 00:05:30,833 - Until the time he got up to speak to the Senate, 106 00:05:30,917 --> 00:05:32,708 I wasn't sure what he was gonna say. 107 00:05:32,792 --> 00:05:34,375 - President Clinton, if you're watching now, 108 00:05:34,458 --> 00:05:36,667 as I suspect you are, I tell you this, 109 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:39,042 I could not and should not cast the vote 110 00:05:39,125 --> 00:05:41,125 that brings down your presidency. 111 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:43,417 - By the slimmest of all possible margins, 112 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:47,250 the president saved his budget bill and the political clout 113 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:48,875 of his administration. 114 00:05:48,958 --> 00:05:52,083 [cheering and applause] 115 00:05:56,250 --> 00:06:00,208 - After 12 long years we can say to the American people tonight, 116 00:06:00,292 --> 00:06:02,625 we have laid the foundation for the renewal 117 00:06:02,708 --> 00:06:04,000 of the American dream. 118 00:06:04,083 --> 00:06:05,958 - Passing the budget was a victory 119 00:06:06,042 --> 00:06:07,875 because we didn't lose, 120 00:06:07,958 --> 00:06:12,292 but usually you could get one member from the other side. 121 00:06:12,375 --> 00:06:16,250 - Every single Republican in the Congress voted against it. 122 00:06:16,333 --> 00:06:19,542 - Republicans viewed Bill Clinton's presidency 123 00:06:19,625 --> 00:06:21,250 as illegitimate. 124 00:06:21,333 --> 00:06:24,042 They thought George H.W. Bush deserved a second term. 125 00:06:24,125 --> 00:06:27,792 From the very beginning they were not going to work with him. 126 00:06:27,875 --> 00:06:30,958 - President Clinton said today he is very pleased 127 00:06:31,042 --> 00:06:32,625 with his first year in office, 128 00:06:32,708 --> 00:06:35,333 but not a bit happy about how it's ending-- 129 00:06:35,417 --> 00:06:36,958 under a cloud of controversy 130 00:06:37,042 --> 00:06:38,500 over his personal life and business dealings. 131 00:06:38,583 --> 00:06:40,458 - The White House is anticipating 132 00:06:40,542 --> 00:06:42,000 questions about Whitewater. 133 00:06:42,083 --> 00:06:43,542 - The Whitewater controversy-- 134 00:06:43,625 --> 00:06:44,667 - Whitewater-- - Whitewater-- 135 00:06:44,750 --> 00:06:46,375 - The Whitewater Affair. 136 00:06:46,458 --> 00:06:50,083 - The President, the First Lady, a bad real estate deal, 137 00:06:50,167 --> 00:06:53,125 a failed S&L. - Whitewater... 138 00:06:53,208 --> 00:06:55,042 Nobody knew what Whitewater was. 139 00:06:55,125 --> 00:06:57,750 - The story begins in 1978. 140 00:06:57,833 --> 00:06:59,833 - Hillary and Bill Clinton-- 141 00:06:59,917 --> 00:07:01,958 when Bill was governor of Arkansas, 142 00:07:02,042 --> 00:07:04,625 invested in a land development project. 143 00:07:04,708 --> 00:07:06,125 It was a fiasco. 144 00:07:06,208 --> 00:07:09,042 - The Clintons say they lost almost $70,000. 145 00:07:09,125 --> 00:07:11,208 Their partners are now the focus of widening 146 00:07:11,292 --> 00:07:13,208 Federal and Congressional investigations. 147 00:07:13,292 --> 00:07:15,542 - The press starts asking more and more questions-- 148 00:07:15,625 --> 00:07:18,208 who was involved? Where did the money go? 149 00:07:18,292 --> 00:07:20,458 What happened to all the records? 150 00:07:20,542 --> 00:07:23,125 - The more puzzling and pertinent questions may concern 151 00:07:23,208 --> 00:07:26,292 whether the White House engaged in a cover-up. 152 00:07:26,375 --> 00:07:28,500 - In Washington by the '90s, 153 00:07:28,583 --> 00:07:30,708 there was a giant scandal machine. 154 00:07:30,792 --> 00:07:32,750 I was part of the scandal machine. 155 00:07:32,833 --> 00:07:34,958 And I remember kind of having this uneasy sensation that, 156 00:07:35,042 --> 00:07:36,917 you know, what began with Watergate, 157 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,708 which was a noble crusade by the press-- 158 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:43,292 out of that came this kind of scandal culture. 159 00:07:43,375 --> 00:07:45,958 - This is one of those stories that, that, um, 160 00:07:46,042 --> 00:07:49,125 has been fed, as such stories tend to be, 161 00:07:49,208 --> 00:07:51,125 by the way the administration has handled it. 162 00:07:51,208 --> 00:07:53,750 - The Whitewater development is not going to go away. 163 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:55,375 There are too many questions 164 00:07:55,458 --> 00:07:56,542 and there are too many implications, frankly, 165 00:07:56,625 --> 00:07:58,208 of breaking the law. 166 00:07:58,292 --> 00:07:59,792 - Mr. President, do you support the idea of naming 167 00:07:59,875 --> 00:08:01,667 a special prosecutor to investigate 168 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:03,292 the Whitewater affair? 169 00:08:03,375 --> 00:08:04,750 - I have nothing to say about that. 170 00:08:04,833 --> 00:08:06,458 I have said we turned the records over 171 00:08:06,542 --> 00:08:08,750 and there's nothing else we need to say about that. 172 00:08:08,833 --> 00:08:10,583 - Pressure was mounting in the media. 173 00:08:10,667 --> 00:08:13,542 The more they resisted, the more suspicious people became. 174 00:08:13,625 --> 00:08:15,833 There were now calls for the appointment 175 00:08:15,917 --> 00:08:19,667 of an independent counsel, which was a really serious issue. 176 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:22,000 At this point he still thought, 177 00:08:22,083 --> 00:08:23,833 you know, "This thing will go away." 178 00:08:23,917 --> 00:08:25,125 And so he went along with it. 179 00:08:25,208 --> 00:08:26,917 - I just want to do my job, 180 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,833 I don't want to be distracted by this anymore. 181 00:08:28,917 --> 00:08:31,000 Let 'em look into it--I just want to go back to work. 182 00:08:39,375 --> 00:08:42,208 [dramatic music] 183 00:08:42,292 --> 00:08:43,917 [indistinct chatter] 184 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,958 - The President of the United States! 185 00:08:46,042 --> 00:08:49,208 [cheering and applause] 186 00:08:53,208 --> 00:08:55,125 - When he comes to office, 187 00:08:55,208 --> 00:08:57,833 a few Democrats say, "Fix welfare first," 188 00:08:57,917 --> 00:08:59,708 but Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton 189 00:08:59,792 --> 00:09:01,500 really want to do healthcare first. 190 00:09:01,583 --> 00:09:03,458 You could say that the search for healthcare reform 191 00:09:03,542 --> 00:09:05,542 was like the great Democratic Holy Grail. 192 00:09:05,625 --> 00:09:08,667 - For 60 years this country has tried to reform healthcare. 193 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:11,500 President Roosevelt tried, President Truman tried, 194 00:09:11,583 --> 00:09:15,667 President Nixon tried, President Carter tried. 195 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:19,167 Every time the special interests were powerful enough 196 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:21,375 to defeat them. 197 00:09:21,458 --> 00:09:23,708 But not this time. 198 00:09:23,792 --> 00:09:26,167 [cheering and applause] 199 00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:28,708 - It was a masterful performance and I think the president 200 00:09:28,792 --> 00:09:31,167 has re-engaged the Congress and the American public 201 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:32,750 on the issue of healthcare 202 00:09:32,833 --> 00:09:34,625 and probably will have some success with it. 203 00:09:34,708 --> 00:09:36,542 [upbeat music] 204 00:09:36,625 --> 00:09:38,125 - If we do not guarantee 205 00:09:38,208 --> 00:09:41,083 health insurance to every American, 206 00:09:41,167 --> 00:09:44,417 then we have failed all Americans. 207 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:47,583 - Hillary Clinton was given enormous responsibility 208 00:09:47,667 --> 00:09:50,333 by her husband to do this very hard thing, 209 00:09:50,417 --> 00:09:52,583 to reform healthcare. 210 00:09:52,667 --> 00:09:54,292 - In a hostile political environment, 211 00:09:54,375 --> 00:09:56,042 you don't come up with something this complicated 212 00:09:56,125 --> 00:09:57,792 and do it in public. 213 00:09:57,875 --> 00:10:01,667 But the process always requires political input. 214 00:10:01,750 --> 00:10:03,583 They didn't do it right. 215 00:10:03,667 --> 00:10:06,458 And as a result, Congress got very defensive. 216 00:10:06,542 --> 00:10:08,125 - Clearly the president is asking you 217 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:09,792 to trust the government 218 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:12,208 more than you trust your doctor and yourselves. 219 00:10:12,292 --> 00:10:15,167 - Protestors have been trailing the president 220 00:10:15,250 --> 00:10:17,292 around the country, and today he started debating them. 221 00:10:17,375 --> 00:10:20,167 - You got people here, holding up signs saying, 222 00:10:20,250 --> 00:10:22,167 "No socialized medicine." 223 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:24,792 Most of 'em have parents on Medicare. 224 00:10:24,875 --> 00:10:26,875 You want to repeal Medicare, ma'am? 225 00:10:26,958 --> 00:10:28,375 - Since last September, 226 00:10:28,458 --> 00:10:30,042 when the president proposed his health plan, 227 00:10:30,125 --> 00:10:31,833 the Clintons have campaigned endlessly for it. 228 00:10:31,917 --> 00:10:33,583 The net result? 229 00:10:33,667 --> 00:10:36,417 In almost every poll the plan's popularity has plummeted. 230 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:41,083 - Healthcare reform very quickly became a kind of smoking ruin. 231 00:10:41,167 --> 00:10:43,542 It just crashed and burned. 232 00:10:43,625 --> 00:10:46,750 - Administration officials acknowledge now it was a mistake 233 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:50,250 when Hillary Clinton's task force drafted a healthcare bill 234 00:10:50,333 --> 00:10:52,792 in secret, then sprung it on Congress. 235 00:10:52,875 --> 00:10:55,208 - This had been the major issue they wanted 236 00:10:55,292 --> 00:10:57,917 to sell to the public, and the Clintons understand 237 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,917 that defeat is both policy, but it's also gonna be political. 238 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,917 - It was a really challenging time, and some of those events 239 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,875 were beyond President Clinton's control 240 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,083 and some of them he seemed to be right in the middle of. 241 00:11:11,167 --> 00:11:14,125 There was Whitewater still ticking along in the background. 242 00:11:14,208 --> 00:11:17,667 And then Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment lawsuit. 243 00:11:17,750 --> 00:11:20,167 - A former Arkansas state worker, Paula Jones, 244 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:21,917 accused then Governor Bill Clinton 245 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,708 of sexually harassing her in 1991. 246 00:11:24,792 --> 00:11:27,208 The White House is denying everything. 247 00:11:27,292 --> 00:11:29,750 - It's just humiliating, what he did to me. 248 00:11:29,833 --> 00:11:32,625 - True or not, this lawsuit is a major embarrassment 249 00:11:32,708 --> 00:11:34,833 to President Clinton. and if his lawyers 250 00:11:34,917 --> 00:11:36,542 can't get this suit dismissed, 251 00:11:36,625 --> 00:11:39,375 he may be forced to answer these charges under oath. 252 00:11:39,458 --> 00:11:41,958 - There was scandal, scandal, scandal, scandal. 253 00:11:42,042 --> 00:11:44,958 It was a really concerted attempt 254 00:11:45,042 --> 00:11:48,792 to eat away at his moral authority. 255 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:52,042 [cheering and applause] 256 00:11:53,458 --> 00:11:55,583 - Well, the midterm election is just two weeks away 257 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:58,625 and the Republicans, to put it bluntly, smell blood. 258 00:11:58,708 --> 00:12:00,292 - House Republicans are presenting 259 00:12:00,375 --> 00:12:02,750 what they are calling a contract with America. 260 00:12:02,833 --> 00:12:04,958 - As much as anything else, 261 00:12:05,042 --> 00:12:06,708 this was a rally for Congressman Newt Gingrich, 262 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:08,833 possible Speaker of the House. 263 00:12:08,917 --> 00:12:11,875 - We offer this contract as a first step 264 00:12:11,958 --> 00:12:14,375 towards renewing American civilization. 265 00:12:14,458 --> 00:12:18,083 - During the 1980s New Gingrich had gained this reputation 266 00:12:18,167 --> 00:12:20,958 as someone who would investigate scandal, 267 00:12:21,042 --> 00:12:23,667 who would use the media-- every tool available-- 268 00:12:23,750 --> 00:12:26,875 and that's the Gingrich who had his eyes set now 269 00:12:26,958 --> 00:12:29,083 both on President Clinton, 270 00:12:29,167 --> 00:12:32,208 but also on re-taking control of the House. 271 00:12:32,292 --> 00:12:35,083 - Good evening. There is a seismic shift to the right 272 00:12:35,167 --> 00:12:36,667 in the political landscape of America tonight. 273 00:12:36,750 --> 00:12:38,458 - It doesn't take a genius to see 274 00:12:38,542 --> 00:12:40,292 that it's going Republican, Republican, Republican. 275 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:44,250 - This is truly a wildly historic night. 276 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:47,083 - The Republican victory in '94 had a shocking effect 277 00:12:47,167 --> 00:12:48,583 on Bill Clinton, 278 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:50,167 because the President of the United States 279 00:12:50,250 --> 00:12:51,875 was suddenly marginalized and New Gingrich, 280 00:12:51,958 --> 00:12:53,750 the Speaker of the House, was the big man in town. 281 00:12:53,833 --> 00:12:56,792 [epic music] 282 00:12:56,875 --> 00:12:58,750 ♪ ♪ 283 00:12:58,833 --> 00:13:00,333 - Last September the House Republicans 284 00:13:00,417 --> 00:13:03,917 signed a contract with America. 285 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,958 We signed this contract 286 00:13:06,042 --> 00:13:07,417 and made some promises. 287 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:09,667 You elected us, and for the last 93 days 288 00:13:09,750 --> 00:13:11,542 we have been keeping our word. 289 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:15,000 - President Clinton, Republicans have dominated political debate 290 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:17,917 in this country since they took over Congress in January. 291 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,875 Do you worry about making sure that your voice is heard 292 00:13:19,958 --> 00:13:22,333 in the coming months? - No. 293 00:13:22,417 --> 00:13:24,792 The Constitution gives me relevance, 294 00:13:24,875 --> 00:13:26,625 the power of our ideas gives me relevance, 295 00:13:26,708 --> 00:13:29,250 the record we have built up over the last two years 296 00:13:29,333 --> 00:13:31,417 and the things we're trying to do to implement it 297 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:32,917 give it relevance. 298 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,458 The president is relevant. 299 00:13:34,542 --> 00:13:39,333 - The press assumed, and I assumed, 300 00:13:39,417 --> 00:13:40,875 that Clinton was toast, 301 00:13:40,958 --> 00:13:43,375 that he was never going to be able to come back. 302 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:47,875 - Watch the electricity line! 303 00:13:47,958 --> 00:13:50,542 [indistinct radio chatter] 304 00:13:50,625 --> 00:13:52,667 We just had some kind of an explosion downtown. 305 00:13:52,750 --> 00:13:55,167 - Here in Oklahoma City today a car bomb demolished 306 00:13:55,250 --> 00:13:59,667 a Federal office building with hundreds of people inside. 307 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:02,000 - This occurs the day after a news conference 308 00:14:02,083 --> 00:14:03,625 in which the president found himself 309 00:14:03,708 --> 00:14:06,417 insisting that he is indeed relevant 310 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:08,208 to our nation and its agenda, 311 00:14:08,292 --> 00:14:09,833 and here we are, the next day, 312 00:14:09,917 --> 00:14:12,083 finding it in one of the first places we look, 313 00:14:12,167 --> 00:14:14,250 is indeed the White House. 314 00:14:17,667 --> 00:14:20,333 - The bombing in Oklahoma City 315 00:14:20,417 --> 00:14:23,958 was an attack on innocent children 316 00:14:24,042 --> 00:14:25,750 and defenseless citizens. 317 00:14:25,833 --> 00:14:28,333 - I was on Air Force One that day going from Washington 318 00:14:28,417 --> 00:14:31,500 to Oklahoma City, and the mood on the plane that morning 319 00:14:31,583 --> 00:14:35,333 was very somber and very scared. 320 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:37,458 - In Oklahoma City today, President Clinton 321 00:14:37,542 --> 00:14:41,542 spoke of the great grief and the spirit of healing. 322 00:14:41,625 --> 00:14:46,333 - Your pain is unimaginable, and we know that. 323 00:14:46,417 --> 00:14:47,833 - It was a moment that did play 324 00:14:47,917 --> 00:14:49,458 to Bill Clinton's natural strengths-- 325 00:14:49,542 --> 00:14:51,792 to channel emotion and to connect 326 00:14:51,875 --> 00:14:53,375 with people at the human level. 327 00:14:53,458 --> 00:14:56,667 - You have lost too much, 328 00:14:56,750 --> 00:15:00,042 but you have not lost everything. 329 00:15:00,125 --> 00:15:03,833 And you have certainly not lost America. 330 00:15:03,917 --> 00:15:04,958 [applause] 331 00:15:05,042 --> 00:15:06,625 - Clinton's response I think 332 00:15:06,708 --> 00:15:08,458 not only helped the country through a terrible, 333 00:15:08,542 --> 00:15:09,958 terrible moment, incident, 334 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:12,125 but helped right his administration. 335 00:15:20,917 --> 00:15:23,708 [dramatic music] 336 00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:27,292 [band playing "The Army Goes Rolling Along"] 337 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:29,083 - The Commander in Chief, Bill Clinton. 338 00:15:29,167 --> 00:15:31,625 This photo op had extra meaning on a day 339 00:15:31,708 --> 00:15:33,583 when the president was considering the prospect 340 00:15:33,667 --> 00:15:37,208 of sending American airmen into the Bosnia conflict. 341 00:15:37,292 --> 00:15:39,917 - The end of the Cold War caused the world, 342 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,542 in many places, to unravel. 343 00:15:41,625 --> 00:15:44,583 One of those places was the former Yugoslavia, 344 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:46,500 a country that is falling apart, 345 00:15:46,583 --> 00:15:48,292 and people are dying by the thousands. 346 00:15:48,375 --> 00:15:51,708 - [crying] - Americans are very generous 347 00:15:51,792 --> 00:15:53,750 about putting their treasure and their lives on the line 348 00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:56,250 around the world, but we have to be disciplined 349 00:15:56,333 --> 00:15:58,167 and very careful where we do it. 350 00:15:58,250 --> 00:16:00,542 - When President Clinton came into office, 351 00:16:00,625 --> 00:16:04,792 there was a reluctance to get American forces involved. 352 00:16:04,875 --> 00:16:06,333 We were trying to figure out 353 00:16:06,417 --> 00:16:09,833 what is America's moral responsibility, 354 00:16:09,917 --> 00:16:14,292 if, in fact, people are being killed and we know about it? 355 00:16:14,375 --> 00:16:16,375 - Stunning news from Somalia. 356 00:16:16,458 --> 00:16:19,292 The deadliest battle yet involving US forces. 357 00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:21,917 - The battle began after this jeep 358 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 carrying Americans was blown up. 359 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:26,042 Two US helicopters were shot down. 360 00:16:26,125 --> 00:16:28,917 - President George Bush, as his parting gesture, 361 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,333 sent in a humanitarian mission to rescue the Somalis 362 00:16:33,417 --> 00:16:34,833 from this terrible famine. 363 00:16:34,917 --> 00:16:36,833 It turned from a humanitarian mission 364 00:16:36,917 --> 00:16:40,500 into a terrible military catastrophe. 365 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:42,292 - Twelve American soldiers killed. 366 00:16:42,375 --> 00:16:45,750 - Why let the Somalis drag more dead GI's by ropes 367 00:16:45,833 --> 00:16:47,625 through the streets of Mogadishu? 368 00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:50,042 - We have gone way beyond what our original intention was 369 00:16:50,125 --> 00:16:52,792 in Somalia, and it's time to get out. 370 00:16:52,875 --> 00:16:54,917 - After two days of stinging criticism, 371 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,083 the president said today the US needs to, and I quote now, 372 00:16:58,167 --> 00:17:00,542 "Conclude its role in Somalia." 373 00:17:00,625 --> 00:17:04,542 - If the American people are to say yes to UN peacekeeping, 374 00:17:04,625 --> 00:17:09,250 the United Nations must know when to say no. 375 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:11,458 - There was enormous pressure on the Clinton administration 376 00:17:11,542 --> 00:17:13,000 not to commit the United States 377 00:17:13,083 --> 00:17:14,917 to similar operations in the future. 378 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,583 Fast-forward-- Rwanda. 379 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:19,417 - Good evening. Fighting is going on tonight 380 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,667 in the small African nation of Rwanda. 381 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:25,542 - 20,000 are believed dead after five days of massacres. 382 00:17:25,625 --> 00:17:27,167 - In this orgy of violence, 383 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:29,583 three women can be seen pleading for their lives. 384 00:17:29,667 --> 00:17:31,417 They are first savagely beaten 385 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:33,625 and then hacked to death by soldiers. 386 00:17:33,708 --> 00:17:36,708 - Village after entire village wiped out by Hutus 387 00:17:36,792 --> 00:17:39,792 incited by extremists to kill their Tutsi neighbors. 388 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:42,500 - Because of the horror of Somalia, 389 00:17:42,583 --> 00:17:46,833 there was no will whatsoever to intervene in Rwanda, 390 00:17:46,917 --> 00:17:50,917 even though there were many early warning signals, 391 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,833 but a modicum of intervention 392 00:17:52,917 --> 00:17:55,500 could have stopped that genocide. 393 00:17:55,583 --> 00:17:58,042 - The savagery in Rwanda is turning out to be 394 00:17:58,125 --> 00:18:00,458 far worse than anyone had imagined. 395 00:18:00,542 --> 00:18:02,917 - 7 to 800,000 people 396 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,250 would be killed one at a time. 397 00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:09,500 They weren't killed by bombs, they were killed by machetes. 398 00:18:09,583 --> 00:18:13,375 And then the thought that we could've done 399 00:18:13,458 --> 00:18:14,875 something about it. 400 00:18:14,958 --> 00:18:16,792 As Clinton began to realize that, 401 00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:19,375 it tortured him and it changed him, you know, 402 00:18:19,458 --> 00:18:21,667 he said it's the biggest regret of his presidency. 403 00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:24,417 - In eastern Bosnia this has been one of the darkest days 404 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:26,333 in the history of the United Nations. 405 00:18:26,417 --> 00:18:29,292 The Bosnian Serbs have captured the town of Srebrenica. 406 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:32,500 - They had been made these safe zones 407 00:18:32,583 --> 00:18:35,500 around eastern Bosnia, one of them was Srebrenica. 408 00:18:35,583 --> 00:18:37,208 - Once again, Bosnian civilians 409 00:18:37,292 --> 00:18:39,333 forced to flee their homes in terror 410 00:18:39,417 --> 00:18:41,917 while the western European nations and the United States 411 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,708 do nothing about it. 412 00:18:43,792 --> 00:18:45,792 - This is the tragedy of Srebrenica, 413 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:49,000 now overrun by Bosnian Serb forces. 414 00:18:49,083 --> 00:18:50,417 The Bosnian Serb General Mladic 415 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:53,375 walked in as if a conquering hero. 416 00:18:53,458 --> 00:18:56,750 - General Mladic came swaggering into Srebrenica, 417 00:18:56,833 --> 00:18:58,875 and in some of the most chilling video 418 00:18:58,958 --> 00:19:02,417 that will always remain with me, he said, 419 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:04,667 You know, "Don't be afraid, we're not going to hurt you." 420 00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:06,917 And he instructed his soldiers to give them sweets, 421 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,333 candy and things like that. 422 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:10,208 As soon as the cameras were turned off, 423 00:19:10,292 --> 00:19:13,750 the men were put on buses, taken out, 424 00:19:13,833 --> 00:19:17,833 lined up, and machine-gunned to death. 425 00:19:17,917 --> 00:19:19,542 And just because they were Muslim. 426 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:22,750 - Bosnian Serbs face new charges of genocide. 427 00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,917 The US Ambassador to the UN, Madeline Albright, 428 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,625 displayed photographs of mass graves. 429 00:19:27,708 --> 00:19:30,667 - There were terrible things going on in Bosnia, 430 00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:34,667 but it took the visuals to prove it. 431 00:19:34,750 --> 00:19:37,500 - The Sarajevo market was crowded 432 00:19:37,583 --> 00:19:41,792 with Monday morning shoppers when death fell from the sky. 433 00:19:41,875 --> 00:19:45,000 - Bill Clinton decided to use force. 434 00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:47,792 The idea that he would be the American leader 435 00:19:47,875 --> 00:19:50,292 who would get NATO to participate 436 00:19:50,375 --> 00:19:51,917 in its first military campaign 437 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,083 was not something that was predictable. 438 00:19:54,542 --> 00:19:56,875 - More than 60 NATO jets began pounding 439 00:19:56,958 --> 00:19:59,833 Bosnian Serb positions around Sarajevo overnight. 440 00:19:59,917 --> 00:20:03,167 - Allied fighters and bombers, most of them Americans, 441 00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:04,792 swooped down on Bosnian Serb 442 00:20:04,875 --> 00:20:07,000 military positions around Sarajevo. 443 00:20:07,083 --> 00:20:10,000 Bosnian government troops are racking up stunning gains 444 00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:11,625 in north and west Bosnia. 445 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:13,750 - A campaign will make clear to the Bosnian Serbs 446 00:20:13,833 --> 00:20:16,500 that they have nothing to gain and everything to lose 447 00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:20,208 by continuing to slaughter innocent civilians. 448 00:20:20,292 --> 00:20:23,125 - President Clinton finally came to the right judgement. 449 00:20:23,208 --> 00:20:25,083 We don't have to put a boot on the ground, 450 00:20:25,167 --> 00:20:27,125 we don't have to send in our tanks. 451 00:20:27,208 --> 00:20:31,958 We can just bomb those bullies, and it worked. 452 00:20:32,042 --> 00:20:33,583 - Good evening from Paris. 453 00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:36,625 This was an historic day for American diplomacy. 454 00:20:36,708 --> 00:20:38,167 The Serbs and the Croats 455 00:20:38,250 --> 00:20:40,375 and the largely Muslim Bosnian government 456 00:20:40,458 --> 00:20:43,333 committed themselves to a lasting peace. 457 00:20:43,417 --> 00:20:45,458 [applause] 458 00:20:45,542 --> 00:20:47,000 This scene would not have been possible 459 00:20:47,083 --> 00:20:48,583 without the United States 460 00:20:48,667 --> 00:20:50,875 leading the Europeans on a peace offensive 461 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:53,667 that Europe was unable to pull off on its own. 462 00:20:53,750 --> 00:20:57,625 - Seize this chance and make it work. 463 00:20:57,708 --> 00:21:02,375 You can do nothing to erase the past, 464 00:21:02,458 --> 00:21:05,958 but you can do everything to build a future. 465 00:21:06,042 --> 00:21:09,125 - This was a major breakthrough for Clinton 466 00:21:09,208 --> 00:21:10,750 in terms of foreign policy. 467 00:21:10,833 --> 00:21:15,875 It was clear that he had begun to see himself 468 00:21:15,958 --> 00:21:20,250 not just as a domestic figure, but as a world figure. 469 00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:29,208 [dramatic music] 470 00:21:29,292 --> 00:21:30,542 ♪ ♪ 471 00:21:30,625 --> 00:21:32,542 - The feeling grew pretty quickly 472 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:37,292 that an era of bipartisanship was through and finished. 473 00:21:37,375 --> 00:21:38,833 The sense among Republicans 474 00:21:38,917 --> 00:21:41,750 is that it's political trench warfare. 475 00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:45,125 They're completely dedicated, hour by hour, day by day, 476 00:21:45,208 --> 00:21:46,833 to trying to ensure that Bill Clinton 477 00:21:46,917 --> 00:21:48,458 doesn't get a second term. 478 00:21:48,542 --> 00:21:50,292 - This year the Republicans who now control 479 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:52,750 Congress are sending a budget to the president's desk 480 00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:55,750 that is like nothing we have seen for decades. 481 00:21:55,833 --> 00:21:58,292 - House Republicans emerge from a morning meeting 482 00:21:58,375 --> 00:22:00,875 with outlines of the plan they're hoping will save 483 00:22:00,958 --> 00:22:03,750 $270 billion over seven years. 484 00:22:03,833 --> 00:22:07,208 - The big savings are the most politically dangerous ones, 485 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:09,000 from Medicare and Medicaid. 486 00:22:09,083 --> 00:22:11,875 - If these healthcare cuts come to my desk 487 00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:16,792 of this size, I would have no choice but to veto it. 488 00:22:16,875 --> 00:22:20,000 - Clinton figured out a very clever bit of jujitsu. 489 00:22:20,083 --> 00:22:21,917 The way to attack the Republicans 490 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,500 was to say that New Gingrich 491 00:22:23,583 --> 00:22:27,083 wants to make your grandmother destitute. 492 00:22:27,167 --> 00:22:29,917 - Think about a party whose last stand 493 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,583 is to frighten 85-year-olds, 494 00:22:32,667 --> 00:22:36,083 and you'll understand how totally morally bankrupt 495 00:22:36,167 --> 00:22:37,542 the modern Democratic party is. 496 00:22:37,625 --> 00:22:38,958 - The Speaker of the House 497 00:22:39,042 --> 00:22:41,083 has made an unprecedented threat. 498 00:22:41,167 --> 00:22:43,875 Yesterday Mr. Gingrich told government securities dealers 499 00:22:43,958 --> 00:22:45,542 that he was willing to let the United States 500 00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:47,000 default on its debt. 501 00:22:47,083 --> 00:22:49,167 - The Republicans decided to go to the wall 502 00:22:49,250 --> 00:22:51,375 and to shut down the government. 503 00:22:51,458 --> 00:22:54,208 - We're prepared to negotiate on the budget issues, 504 00:22:54,292 --> 00:22:56,250 but let's not threaten the country with a shutdown. 505 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:58,750 The president said we really ought to meet 506 00:22:58,833 --> 00:23:01,208 at the White House, in the Oval Office. 507 00:23:01,292 --> 00:23:04,667 - Is the White House showing any progress? 508 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:06,208 - We'll work it out tonight. 509 00:23:06,292 --> 00:23:08,875 - It came to whether or not 510 00:23:08,958 --> 00:23:11,667 we were gonna cut Medicare deeper. 511 00:23:11,750 --> 00:23:14,250 The president said something I'll never forget. 512 00:23:14,333 --> 00:23:17,375 "It may cost me the election, 513 00:23:17,458 --> 00:23:19,292 but I cannot do this." 514 00:23:19,375 --> 00:23:22,458 The Washington Passport Agency is closed for lack of funding. 515 00:23:22,542 --> 00:23:24,375 Due to the shutdown of the Federal government. 516 00:23:24,458 --> 00:23:26,917 Social Security-- - The Library of Congress-- 517 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,583 National Park service... - Is closed indefinitely. 518 00:23:28,667 --> 00:23:30,708 - 800,000 Federal employees will be told 519 00:23:30,792 --> 00:23:33,125 to go home today without pay. 520 00:23:33,208 --> 00:23:34,750 - Republicans thought that the public 521 00:23:34,833 --> 00:23:36,542 would rally to their side, 522 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:38,875 but actually shutting down the government 523 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,333 left a lot of Americans 524 00:23:40,417 --> 00:23:41,958 with a really bad taste in their mouths, 525 00:23:42,042 --> 00:23:43,167 and it ended up hurting the public. 526 00:23:43,250 --> 00:23:44,750 [crowd chanting] 527 00:23:44,833 --> 00:23:46,750 - The anger and resentment of Federal workers 528 00:23:46,833 --> 00:23:50,125 is mounting with every passing day and every missed paycheck. 529 00:23:50,208 --> 00:23:52,792 - Wake up, you bunch of dummies, and get with it. 530 00:23:52,875 --> 00:23:55,125 - I'm a registered voter, I have friends 531 00:23:55,208 --> 00:23:56,542 that are registered voters, 532 00:23:56,625 --> 00:23:59,333 and we'll remember come November. 533 00:23:59,417 --> 00:24:02,042 - Polls show most Americans blame Republicans 534 00:24:02,125 --> 00:24:05,042 more than they do the president for the current stand-off. 535 00:24:05,125 --> 00:24:07,750 - A three-week shutdown ended on Saturday. 536 00:24:07,833 --> 00:24:09,750 Thousands of Federal workers across the country 537 00:24:09,833 --> 00:24:12,042 were able to go back to their jobs today. 538 00:24:12,125 --> 00:24:14,042 - The Republicans learned an important lesson, 539 00:24:14,125 --> 00:24:17,583 that it would make a lot more sense for them to try to govern 540 00:24:17,667 --> 00:24:21,958 with the president than to try to confront him. 541 00:24:22,042 --> 00:24:23,417 - Here we go, heads up! 542 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:26,083 - The Whitewater investigation unfolds 543 00:24:26,167 --> 00:24:27,875 and Hillary Clinton 544 00:24:27,958 --> 00:24:31,667 becomes the focus of prosecutors' interests. 545 00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:34,875 - The First Lady arrived to a crush of cameras. 546 00:24:34,958 --> 00:24:38,792 There were vocal Hillary Rodham Clinton supports and detractors. 547 00:24:38,875 --> 00:24:41,083 - It's the first time the wife of a sitting president 548 00:24:41,167 --> 00:24:43,750 has ever been forced to appear before a grand jury 549 00:24:43,833 --> 00:24:45,333 and testify under oath. 550 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:47,292 - She was subpoenaed by the independent counsel 551 00:24:47,375 --> 00:24:49,750 Kenneth Starr, who wants to ask her 552 00:24:49,833 --> 00:24:52,208 about those missing law firm billing records 553 00:24:52,292 --> 00:24:55,667 that mysteriously appeared in the First Family quarters. 554 00:24:55,750 --> 00:24:58,708 - You now have independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, 555 00:24:58,792 --> 00:25:02,083 a prosecutor with unlimited financial resources 556 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:04,417 and unlimited time who is doing nothing 557 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:07,500 except investigating you. 558 00:25:07,583 --> 00:25:10,292 If you have anything to hide, 559 00:25:10,375 --> 00:25:12,792 that is not a situation you want to be in. 560 00:25:12,875 --> 00:25:16,458 - These re-emerging issues add up to political trouble 561 00:25:16,542 --> 00:25:19,208 for the president just as his re-election campaign 562 00:25:19,292 --> 00:25:23,875 is heating up. [cheering and applause] 563 00:25:23,958 --> 00:25:26,750 - The '96 campaign for re-election was underway. 564 00:25:26,833 --> 00:25:28,750 Clinton started reaching out to an old advisor 565 00:25:28,833 --> 00:25:31,500 from his days in Arkansas, a consultant, Dick Morris, 566 00:25:31,583 --> 00:25:34,000 who by that point was mostly working for Republicans. 567 00:25:34,083 --> 00:25:36,208 He established a plan with Dick Morris 568 00:25:36,292 --> 00:25:38,042 to help him reposition himself. 569 00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:40,875 - Morris calls his strategy triangulation, 570 00:25:40,958 --> 00:25:43,583 an effort to position Clinton in the political middle. 571 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:44,958 - How could he come over here and say, 572 00:25:45,042 --> 00:25:46,750 "Some days I'm a Republican"? 573 00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:48,958 - No, no, you don't say some days you're a Republican. 574 00:25:49,042 --> 00:25:52,458 You take the best from each party and you bring it together 575 00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:55,292 in an amalgam of what the American people want. 576 00:25:55,375 --> 00:25:57,208 - I have learned a lot about the good ideas 577 00:25:57,292 --> 00:25:59,875 that each side has that we could all embrace. 578 00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:02,042 - They are shifting to the right. 579 00:26:02,125 --> 00:26:05,333 He campaigns by saying, you know, "I'm not gonna be soft. 580 00:26:05,417 --> 00:26:08,625 I'm not gonna be one of these bleeding heart liberals." 581 00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:11,167 - An officer killed in the line of duty. 582 00:26:11,250 --> 00:26:13,375 A father gunned down at work. 583 00:26:13,458 --> 00:26:15,375 A student shot at school. 584 00:26:15,458 --> 00:26:18,250 - Deadly assault weapons off our streets. 585 00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:20,917 100,000 more police on the streets. 586 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,500 Expand the death penalty. 587 00:26:22,583 --> 00:26:25,667 That's how we'll protect America. 588 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:30,167 - From '93 up until '96, he enacts NAFTA, 589 00:26:30,250 --> 00:26:33,958 he enacts crime bills, he enacts welfare reform-- 590 00:26:34,042 --> 00:26:36,875 almost all of that is coming out of Republican 591 00:26:36,958 --> 00:26:40,000 and conservative policy circles. 592 00:26:40,083 --> 00:26:43,208 - Liberal Democrats felt betrayed by Bill Clinton. 593 00:26:43,292 --> 00:26:45,750 They believed that Clinton had sold out 594 00:26:45,833 --> 00:26:49,042 to the right wingers and to the penny pinching conservatives. 595 00:26:49,125 --> 00:26:53,833 - This bill is welfare fraud, not welfare reform. 596 00:26:53,917 --> 00:26:57,083 - Despite the break in their own ranks over this welfare bill, 597 00:26:57,167 --> 00:26:59,042 White House officials are still confident 598 00:26:59,125 --> 00:27:02,875 that when the choice comes down to Bill Clinton or Bob Dole, 599 00:27:02,958 --> 00:27:06,458 their fellow Democrats don't have anywhere else to go. 600 00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:09,208 - What Clinton did, to steal away issues 601 00:27:09,292 --> 00:27:11,792 from the Republicans, actually worked. 602 00:27:13,417 --> 00:27:15,667 - President Clinton has won a second term 603 00:27:15,750 --> 00:27:17,500 as President of the United States. 604 00:27:17,583 --> 00:27:23,000 [cheering and applause] 605 00:27:23,083 --> 00:27:24,625 - Can you imagine what this must feel like? 606 00:27:24,708 --> 00:27:26,292 Particularly when you think how far down 607 00:27:26,375 --> 00:27:29,542 Mr. Clinton seemed to be just two years ago, 608 00:27:29,625 --> 00:27:31,875 for him to ascend to this pinnacle again 609 00:27:31,958 --> 00:27:35,792 is the act of truly a master politician. 610 00:27:35,875 --> 00:27:38,083 - Bill Clinton is christened the Comeback Kid 611 00:27:38,167 --> 00:27:40,125 because he was resilient. 612 00:27:40,208 --> 00:27:41,917 No matter what doubts you had about him, 613 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,250 no matter what charges you laid against him, 614 00:27:44,333 --> 00:27:46,292 every day he walks into the White House 615 00:27:46,375 --> 00:27:47,875 and with a laser focus he says, 616 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:49,958 "Let's focus on getting the job done." 617 00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:53,458 - It is time to put politics aside, 618 00:27:53,542 --> 00:27:57,917 join together and get the job done for America's future. 619 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,792 [cheering and applause] 620 00:28:01,875 --> 00:28:03,833 - This has been Election '96, Bill Clinton 621 00:28:03,917 --> 00:28:06,250 has been re-elected, and the country goes on. 622 00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:09,417 [band playing "Hail to the Chief"] 623 00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:10,750 [applause] 624 00:28:10,833 --> 00:28:12,667 - You have a bipartisan group here 625 00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:14,708 to come together and hail this agreement. 626 00:28:14,792 --> 00:28:18,083 - 1997 was a happy time for Bill Clinton 627 00:28:18,167 --> 00:28:20,125 and a happy time for America. 628 00:28:20,208 --> 00:28:22,458 The budget was balanced-- think of that. 629 00:28:22,542 --> 00:28:25,625 - By '97 there's a feeling that there can be some cooperation, 630 00:28:25,708 --> 00:28:28,792 they were reaching across party lines, things were getting done. 631 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:30,292 [fanfare playing] 632 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:32,583 - We can say with pride and certainty 633 00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:36,125 that those who saw the sun setting on America were wrong. 634 00:28:36,208 --> 00:28:41,125 The sun is rising on America again, and I thank you all. 635 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:44,250 [applause] 636 00:28:44,333 --> 00:28:46,292 - Today, as you may already have heard, 637 00:28:46,375 --> 00:28:49,042 there are serious allegations about the president 638 00:28:49,125 --> 00:28:52,042 having had a sexual relationship with a young White House aide. 639 00:28:52,125 --> 00:28:55,958 Let's go to ABC's Jeff--No, let's go first to the president. 640 00:28:56,042 --> 00:28:58,125 - Is that Kenneth Starr-- the independent counsel, 641 00:28:58,208 --> 00:29:02,542 is investigating allegations that you suborn perjury 642 00:29:02,625 --> 00:29:05,500 by encouraging a 24-year-old woman-- 643 00:29:05,583 --> 00:29:08,458 former White House intern, to lie under oath 644 00:29:08,542 --> 00:29:11,375 about her having had an affair with you. 645 00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:13,750 Mr. President, is that true? - That is not true. 646 00:29:13,833 --> 00:29:15,917 That is not true. 647 00:29:22,292 --> 00:29:25,083 [dramatic music] 648 00:29:25,167 --> 00:29:27,750 [reporters shouting questions] 649 00:29:32,917 --> 00:29:34,417 - In the course of an investigation 650 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:36,083 into the White[bleep] scandal, 651 00:29:36,167 --> 00:29:38,708 special prosecutor Kenneth Starr would discover 652 00:29:38,792 --> 00:29:41,583 that Clinton had had an affair with an intern 653 00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:43,292 in the White House. 654 00:29:43,375 --> 00:29:45,833 - Kenneth Starr opened a federal grand jury probe 655 00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:48,208 into the allegations about the president's relationship 656 00:29:48,292 --> 00:29:51,708 with Monica Lewinsky and whether there was a cover-up. 657 00:29:51,792 --> 00:29:54,125 - What has all this got to do with Whitewater, 658 00:29:54,208 --> 00:29:56,083 and what's Kenneth Starr doing in this business? 659 00:29:56,167 --> 00:29:58,625 - Ken Starr was going to pursue Clinton 660 00:29:58,708 --> 00:30:01,292 until they caught him doing something, 661 00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:03,833 and the something was Monica Lewinsky. 662 00:30:03,917 --> 00:30:05,833 - A couple of weeks ago a woman named Linda Tripp 663 00:30:05,917 --> 00:30:09,208 walked into Ken Starr's office and said, "I have these tapes. 664 00:30:09,292 --> 00:30:11,792 "I have about ten phone calls of a young woman 665 00:30:11,875 --> 00:30:14,875 "named Monica Lewinsky, and in it she talks about 666 00:30:14,958 --> 00:30:18,417 having had a sexual relationship with the president." 667 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,625 - So Monica Lewinsky bares her soul about her love 668 00:30:21,708 --> 00:30:23,875 for Bill Clinton to her friend, Linda Tripp. 669 00:30:23,958 --> 00:30:28,292 Linda Tripp gives those tapes to Paula Jones' lawyers 670 00:30:28,375 --> 00:30:30,333 and Kenneth Starr's office. 671 00:30:30,417 --> 00:30:33,125 Ken Starr knows that the president 672 00:30:33,208 --> 00:30:35,500 has to give a deposition in the Jones case. 673 00:30:35,583 --> 00:30:37,458 - Part of the danger for the president 674 00:30:37,542 --> 00:30:41,958 lies in what he said under oath to lawyers for Paula Jones. 675 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:44,000 Mr. Clinton denied in his deposition 676 00:30:44,083 --> 00:30:47,083 having a sexual relationship with Lewinsky. 677 00:30:47,167 --> 00:30:49,083 - Did the president agree with Lewinsky 678 00:30:49,167 --> 00:30:51,250 to deny their affair under oath? 679 00:30:51,333 --> 00:30:55,083 - If the president, in fact, encouraged this woman 680 00:30:55,167 --> 00:30:57,167 to lie under oath or ask someone else 681 00:30:57,250 --> 00:30:59,208 to encourage her, that's a crime. 682 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,958 - It is a different order of magnitude 683 00:31:02,042 --> 00:31:05,042 from many of the previous charges that the president's had 684 00:31:05,125 --> 00:31:06,667 to put up with over the last several years. 685 00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:08,333 - What the White House is in for 686 00:31:08,417 --> 00:31:10,125 is another legal nightmare. 687 00:31:10,208 --> 00:31:12,625 - [chanting] Hey, ho, Clinton's gotta go! 688 00:31:12,708 --> 00:31:16,042 Hey, ho, Clinton's gotta go! 689 00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:18,125 - There was a howl coming up from the media 690 00:31:18,208 --> 00:31:20,167 and from Republicans. 691 00:31:20,250 --> 00:31:22,125 People were horrified of this. 692 00:31:22,208 --> 00:31:25,250 It was overpowering. 693 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:29,125 - I want you to listen to me, I'm gonna say this again. 694 00:31:29,208 --> 00:31:32,667 I did not have sexual relations 695 00:31:32,750 --> 00:31:35,167 with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. 696 00:31:35,250 --> 00:31:38,000 I never told anybody to lie, 697 00:31:38,083 --> 00:31:40,583 not a single time, never. 698 00:31:40,667 --> 00:31:42,750 These allegations are false, 699 00:31:42,833 --> 00:31:46,333 and I need to go back to work for the American people. 700 00:31:46,417 --> 00:31:47,792 Thank you. 701 00:31:47,875 --> 00:31:50,500 [applause] 702 00:31:53,250 --> 00:31:54,708 - I think from the very beginning 703 00:31:54,792 --> 00:31:56,542 the people who knew him the best, 704 00:31:56,625 --> 00:31:58,042 if they were honest with themselves, 705 00:31:58,125 --> 00:32:00,167 knew that something had happened. 706 00:32:00,250 --> 00:32:02,417 - Why do you think that in the face of the president's 707 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:05,167 very strong denial, a lot of Americans 708 00:32:05,250 --> 00:32:07,708 still apparently don't believe him? 709 00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:10,167 - In part because of many of you, apparently don't. 710 00:32:10,250 --> 00:32:14,000 - This theme, that the press and Mr. Clinton's political enemies 711 00:32:14,083 --> 00:32:16,417 are responsible for any problems of credibility 712 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,125 is now being pressed vigorously 713 00:32:18,208 --> 00:32:20,500 by some of the president's aides and friends. 714 00:32:20,583 --> 00:32:23,917 - The great story here for anybody willing to find it 715 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000 and write about it and explain it, 716 00:32:26,083 --> 00:32:28,250 is this vast right wing conspiracy 717 00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:30,958 that has been conspiring against my husband 718 00:32:31,042 --> 00:32:32,875 since the day he announced for president. 719 00:32:32,958 --> 00:32:35,375 - So when people say there's a lot of smoke here, 720 00:32:35,458 --> 00:32:37,333 your message is, where there's smoke... 721 00:32:37,417 --> 00:32:39,250 - There isn't any fire. 722 00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,125 - Hillary Clinton was half-right. 723 00:32:41,208 --> 00:32:44,542 It wasn't a vast conspiracy, it was a small conspiracy. 724 00:32:44,625 --> 00:32:47,583 There were some Republican activists and lawyers 725 00:32:47,667 --> 00:32:50,917 who did plug into the Lewinsky scandal, 726 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,292 helped feed it to "Newsweek" and to the special prosecutor-- 727 00:32:54,375 --> 00:32:56,625 they were Republicans conspiring together. 728 00:32:56,708 --> 00:32:58,500 And maybe it wasn't the vast conspiracy 729 00:32:58,583 --> 00:33:01,000 that Hillary talked about, but it was a conspiracy. 730 00:33:01,083 --> 00:33:03,917 - The law is the law, the law is sacred, 731 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,833 the facts have integrity, and we're going to go about our job. 732 00:33:07,917 --> 00:33:10,333 Thanks very much. 733 00:33:10,417 --> 00:33:13,792 - This is not something we'd ever thought we would see. 734 00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:17,083 The president ending up in that kind of a battle-- 735 00:33:17,167 --> 00:33:18,958 you couldn't take your eyes off it. 736 00:33:19,042 --> 00:33:21,542 - Mr. President, Monica Lewinsky's life 737 00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:23,083 has been changed forever, 738 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:25,542 her family's life has been changed forever. 739 00:33:25,625 --> 00:33:28,542 I wonder how you feel about that and what, if anything, 740 00:33:28,625 --> 00:33:32,167 you'd like to say to Monica Lewinsky at this minute? 741 00:33:34,292 --> 00:33:36,917 [scattered chuckles] 742 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,042 - That's good. 743 00:33:38,125 --> 00:33:41,208 [laughter] 744 00:33:48,375 --> 00:33:49,875 That's good, but at this minute, 745 00:33:49,958 --> 00:33:53,083 I'm gonna stick with my position and not comment. 746 00:33:53,167 --> 00:33:55,583 - Bill Clinton is a fighter, but ultimately 747 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:58,917 there's a famous dress that has DNA evidence. 748 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,667 - At this point we believe that FBI technicians do know 749 00:34:02,750 --> 00:34:04,583 whether there was a substance on that dress. 750 00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:07,917 - It becomes clear he wasn't always telling the truth. 751 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,958 - Over the years there have been dramatic late night speeches 752 00:34:11,042 --> 00:34:12,458 from the White House-- 753 00:34:12,542 --> 00:34:15,125 national tragedies and national triumphs. 754 00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:17,625 But nothing like the speech that we're about to hear 755 00:34:17,708 --> 00:34:19,250 from there tonight. 756 00:34:19,333 --> 00:34:22,042 - Indeed I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky 757 00:34:22,125 --> 00:34:24,375 that was not appropriate. 758 00:34:24,458 --> 00:34:26,875 In fact, it was wrong. 759 00:34:26,958 --> 00:34:29,250 It constituted a critical lapse in judgement 760 00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:31,167 and a personal failure on my part 761 00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:35,792 for which I am solely and completely responsible. 762 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:37,458 I misled people, 763 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:39,833 including even my wife. 764 00:34:39,917 --> 00:34:43,333 [crowd exclaims] I deeply regret that. 765 00:34:43,417 --> 00:34:46,875 - That's where the '90s took us. 766 00:34:46,958 --> 00:34:50,083 The President of the United States had to testify 767 00:34:50,167 --> 00:34:55,125 under oath about a woman in the Oval Office. 768 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:56,792 This would have been inconceivable 769 00:34:56,875 --> 00:34:59,333 in the time of John F. Kennedy. 770 00:34:59,417 --> 00:35:01,208 But the '90s weren't the '60s. 771 00:35:01,292 --> 00:35:04,042 mea culpa sparked a lot of reaction 772 00:35:04,125 --> 00:35:06,583 from people who watched his speech, from New York... 773 00:35:06,667 --> 00:35:08,958 - I still like him as the president. 774 00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:10,500 - To California. 775 00:35:10,583 --> 00:35:12,792 - He should've laid more of his cards on the table. 776 00:35:12,875 --> 00:35:14,542 - There was skepticism in Houston. 777 00:35:14,625 --> 00:35:16,792 - What else has he lied about? 778 00:35:16,875 --> 00:35:18,500 - And cynicism in Minneapolis. 779 00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:20,167 - If Hillary don't mind, 780 00:35:20,250 --> 00:35:22,333 then it shouldn't be anyone else's business. 781 00:35:23,208 --> 00:35:26,792 - It all came down to this-- some three dozen boxes 782 00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:29,917 containing the case that independent counsel Ken Starr 783 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,750 has built against the president. 784 00:35:31,833 --> 00:35:34,750 - The Office of Independent Counsel submitted a referral 785 00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:36,375 to the House of Representatives 786 00:35:36,458 --> 00:35:39,458 containing substantial and credible information 787 00:35:39,542 --> 00:35:42,250 that may constitute grounds for impeachment 788 00:35:42,333 --> 00:35:44,417 of the President of the United States. 789 00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:52,125 [dramatic music] 790 00:35:52,208 --> 00:35:54,042 - Tonight the independent counsel's report 791 00:35:54,125 --> 00:35:56,167 has been delivered to the Congress. 792 00:35:56,250 --> 00:35:58,792 The possibility of impeaching the president 793 00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:00,542 must now be addressed. 794 00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:03,208 - Bob Schieffer has his hands on the report now--Bob? 795 00:36:03,292 --> 00:36:06,458 - Well, I've got it, Dan, we just got it here 796 00:36:06,542 --> 00:36:08,875 and I'm going to skip some of the top of it here. 797 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,958 - Starr produces this very lengthy report 798 00:36:11,042 --> 00:36:14,083 with all the minutiae of their sexual interaction. 799 00:36:14,167 --> 00:36:15,500 - I'm going to read part of the heading 800 00:36:15,583 --> 00:36:17,167 under "Physical Evidence" for you. 801 00:36:17,250 --> 00:36:18,542 - Sharyl, if I may... - Yes. 802 00:36:18,625 --> 00:36:20,208 - We want to be careful here, 803 00:36:20,292 --> 00:36:22,083 this is daytime television and there are children 804 00:36:22,167 --> 00:36:25,917 in the audience, so I do encourage you to paraphrase. 805 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,708 - Okay, I'll do my best. 806 00:36:27,792 --> 00:36:30,625 - While the president was on the telephone, according to her, 807 00:36:30,708 --> 00:36:33,833 he--let me just read this to make sure we don't-- 808 00:36:33,917 --> 00:36:37,083 - I remember reading it on an airplane, 809 00:36:37,167 --> 00:36:40,167 and it was like reading the raciest novel 810 00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:42,083 I'd ever read in my life. 811 00:36:42,167 --> 00:36:44,375 It was almost too hot to handle. 812 00:36:44,458 --> 00:36:46,375 - Ms. Lewinsky raised her jacket in the back 813 00:36:46,458 --> 00:36:50,458 and showed him the straps of her revealing underwear. 814 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:55,042 - He unzipped his pants and exposed himself and--and, uh, 815 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:57,208 they had sex of a kind. 816 00:36:57,292 --> 00:37:01,875 Again, he stopped her before, I would say, he was completed, 817 00:37:01,958 --> 00:37:03,542 I guess a better way to put that. 818 00:37:03,625 --> 00:37:07,042 - There was something icky about pursuing this. 819 00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:10,167 And there was no dignity here from anybody. 820 00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:13,542 - Prosecutors emphasize the real issue here is not sex, 821 00:37:13,625 --> 00:37:16,167 but the president allegedly subverting the legal system 822 00:37:16,250 --> 00:37:19,500 by getting others to lie and obstructing justice. 823 00:37:19,583 --> 00:37:24,042 - The evidence suggests that the president repeatedly 824 00:37:24,125 --> 00:37:27,458 tried to thwart the legal process in the Jones matter. 825 00:37:27,542 --> 00:37:30,042 - The Constitution says that a president can be impeached 826 00:37:30,125 --> 00:37:31,958 for high crimes and misdemeanors, 827 00:37:32,042 --> 00:37:35,875 but the Constitution does not define what those terms mean. 828 00:37:35,958 --> 00:37:38,125 So they're up to Congress to define. 829 00:37:38,208 --> 00:37:41,875 - I do not think that unless this misconduct 830 00:37:41,958 --> 00:37:44,542 raises to the level of an assault on our fundamental 831 00:37:44,625 --> 00:37:47,125 political system, that they're impeachable, 832 00:37:47,208 --> 00:37:48,875 even if every one of them is true. 833 00:37:48,958 --> 00:37:50,833 - This was not an impeachable offense. 834 00:37:50,917 --> 00:37:52,708 It's very painful, it's very embarrassing. 835 00:37:52,792 --> 00:37:54,917 It has nothing to do with the running of the government. 836 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,375 There were a number of Republicans 837 00:37:57,458 --> 00:37:59,833 who knew that this was all nonsense, 838 00:37:59,917 --> 00:38:01,500 but they were going to go along 839 00:38:01,583 --> 00:38:03,292 because they were being forced by the party. 840 00:38:03,375 --> 00:38:06,417 - History unfolding in the nation's capitol today 841 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:09,333 as a somber House of Representatives voted 842 00:38:09,417 --> 00:38:11,750 for only the second time in American history 843 00:38:11,833 --> 00:38:14,750 to impeach a president of the United States. 844 00:38:16,542 --> 00:38:19,833 - After a lifetime of striving for a celebrated rank 845 00:38:19,917 --> 00:38:23,167 among American presidents, this diligent student of history 846 00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:25,417 was handed his place today, 847 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,583 one he did not want but can never give back. 848 00:38:28,667 --> 00:38:30,667 - I want the American people to know today 849 00:38:30,750 --> 00:38:33,250 that I am still committed 850 00:38:33,333 --> 00:38:34,750 to working with people of good faith 851 00:38:34,833 --> 00:38:36,833 and good will of both parties 852 00:38:36,917 --> 00:38:39,375 to do what's best for our country. 853 00:38:39,458 --> 00:38:42,125 It's what I've tried to do for six years, 854 00:38:42,208 --> 00:38:46,208 it's what I intend to do for two more until the last hour 855 00:38:46,292 --> 00:38:50,583 of the last day of my term. 856 00:38:50,667 --> 00:38:52,667 - It was up to the House to decide whether there was 857 00:38:52,750 --> 00:38:54,875 grounds to impeach the president, 858 00:38:54,958 --> 00:39:00,083 and then it is up to the Senate to conduct the trial and act as, 859 00:39:00,167 --> 00:39:01,583 essentially, the jury. 860 00:39:01,667 --> 00:39:04,292 - Said William Jefferson Clinton be and hereby is 861 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:07,042 acquitted of the charges in the said articles. 862 00:39:07,125 --> 00:39:11,333 - The President of the United States found not guilty. 863 00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:13,208 - Clinton lied under oath. 864 00:39:13,292 --> 00:39:16,542 He did not challenge the Constitutional system 865 00:39:16,625 --> 00:39:19,292 of the United States, so he's not removed from office. 866 00:39:19,375 --> 00:39:21,333 - Three out of four Americans are saying, 867 00:39:21,417 --> 00:39:23,750 we know Bill Clinton is a scoundrel, 868 00:39:23,833 --> 00:39:26,208 and yet we think he's effective as president. 869 00:39:26,292 --> 00:39:29,292 - The really amazing thing is how Bill Clinton 870 00:39:29,375 --> 00:39:30,875 bounced back from that. 871 00:39:30,958 --> 00:39:32,292 He just kept climbing in the polls, one... 872 00:39:32,375 --> 00:39:36,375 notch, notch, notch, notch. 873 00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:38,000 Incredible. 874 00:39:38,083 --> 00:39:39,917 - By the end of the 1990s, 875 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,708 it looks like a different country for many Americans. 876 00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:45,667 The economy is booming and our deficit is gone. 877 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:49,167 - 1999 was the longest peacetime economic expansion 878 00:39:49,250 --> 00:39:51,000 in US history. 879 00:39:51,083 --> 00:39:52,792 - Clinton was one of the greatest politicians 880 00:39:52,875 --> 00:39:54,708 the White House has ever seen. 881 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:57,125 He was a great leader in the sense of being a-- 882 00:39:57,208 --> 00:40:02,333 a charismatic, well-intentioned, visionary president. 883 00:40:02,417 --> 00:40:06,375 But he undermined himself with his personal foibles. 884 00:40:06,458 --> 00:40:09,083 - As Mr. Clinton moves into his final year in office, 885 00:40:09,167 --> 00:40:11,875 he's already sharing the spotlight with the candidacies 886 00:40:11,958 --> 00:40:13,833 of his wife and Vice President. 887 00:40:13,917 --> 00:40:16,792 - It's one of the tragedies of the Clinton years, 888 00:40:16,875 --> 00:40:21,500 that this period of real prosperity and real peace 889 00:40:21,583 --> 00:40:24,625 leads to a more polarized America. 890 00:40:24,708 --> 00:40:29,083 Bill Clinton leaves a country more divided than he found it. 891 00:40:29,167 --> 00:40:32,000 - He came with these enormous expectations, 892 00:40:32,083 --> 00:40:34,583 the expectations of a generation behind him, 893 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:36,292 and although he had some big achievements, 894 00:40:36,375 --> 00:40:38,208 he also had some enormous setbacks, 895 00:40:38,292 --> 00:40:40,750 and that cycle of achievement and setback 896 00:40:40,833 --> 00:40:43,958 came to define his presidency. 897 00:40:44,042 --> 00:40:47,500 - We know the sun will always rise on America 898 00:40:47,583 --> 00:40:53,125 as long as each new generation lights the fire of freedom. 899 00:40:53,208 --> 00:40:57,000 Our children are ready. 900 00:40:59,542 --> 00:41:02,417 - The thing about Bill Clinton was he never stopped trying 901 00:41:02,500 --> 00:41:05,875 to find a sliver of ground on which you could build agreement 902 00:41:05,958 --> 00:41:07,958 and move the country forward. 903 00:41:08,042 --> 00:41:10,750 And I think that brand of politics, you know, 904 00:41:10,833 --> 00:41:12,375 in spite of Clinton's flaws, 905 00:41:12,458 --> 00:41:14,167 in spite of the things, you know, 906 00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:18,000 we all wish he had done differently or not at all, 907 00:41:18,083 --> 00:41:20,417 gosh, the country could use that. 908 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,750 [cheering and applause, fireworks exploding] 909 00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:26,917 - Al Gore surprised no one 910 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,208 when he declared his candidacy in June. 911 00:41:29,292 --> 00:41:33,500 On the GOP side, 1999 belonged to the man with the money, 912 00:41:33,583 --> 00:41:35,208 Texas Governor George W. Bush. 913 00:41:35,292 --> 00:41:38,750 Pat Buchanan left his Republican home for the Reform party 914 00:41:38,833 --> 00:41:41,458 where none other than Donald Trump is threatening 915 00:41:41,542 --> 00:41:44,583 to challenge him for the nomination. 916 00:41:44,667 --> 00:41:47,625 And the story that rivaled the presidential race... 917 00:41:47,708 --> 00:41:52,000 - So the answer is yes, I intend to run. 918 00:41:52,083 --> 00:41:54,375 - Hillary Clinton made her Senate campaign official, 919 00:41:54,458 --> 00:41:57,958 facing off with New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani. 920 00:41:58,042 --> 00:42:05,167 ♪ ♪ 921 00:42:17,667 --> 00:42:20,625 [gentle music] 922 00:42:20,708 --> 00:42:27,833 ♪ ♪