The Special Relationship Page #5

dto fight this firestorm

of allegations that are out there.

Do you think that your

husband would admit

again causing pain in

your marriage?

No, absolutely not

and he shouldn't.

You know, we've been

married for 22 years,

and I had learned a long time ago

that the only people who

count in any marriage

are the two that are in it.

And I guess I've just been

through it so many times.

I mean, bill and I have

been accused of everything,

including murder,

by some of the very same people

who are behind these allegations.

The great story here,

for anybody willing to find it,

write about it and explain it,

is this vast right-wing conspiracy

that has been conspiring

against my husband

since the day he

announced for president.

A few journalists have kind of caught

onto it and explained it,

but it has not yet been

fully revealed

to the american public

and actually, you know,

in a bizarre sort of way,

this may do it.

You know, the longer this goes on,

the worse it is for clinton.

I wonder whether we might not

want to take a step back.

I'm on my way to washington to do a

press conference with the man, jonathan.

It may be a little late in

the day for a step back.

Come on, let's be realistic here.

He's hardly bloody

milosevic, is he?

What he did or did not do

is a personal matter.

Public people are entitled

to private lives, alastair.

There's nothing private about his.

It doesn't affect his ability

to govern though, does it?

Not to mention he's a friend.

Tony, all political friendship is

strategic and conditional.

A slight cooling may

be no bad thing.

What? backff from the

"special relationship"

we've all been so keen to promote?

No, not back off. just re-evaluate.

And if there is any

truth to the story,

they're in so deep

they'll never get out.

Well, he can hardly come clean,

can he?

America elected him,

knowing his history with women.

If he did do it, he should make a

big public apology and move on.

No, his lawyers would hate that idea.

They probably see it as a chance

to tough it out on definition and

hope that they'll all go away.

Would you if you

were defending him?

Who? the big creep?

I suppose it comes down

to what you actually

think constitutes "sex. "

that's easy... it's intercourse,

penetration.

What, so blowj*bs don't count?

- no.

- No.

God. you men are pathetic.

Come on, you know the deal...

- eating ain't cheating.

- Oh, that's disgusting.

- if it ain't in, it ain't a sin.

- apparently

there's even a passage in the

bible that supports it.

- supports what?

- the idea that

oral sex doesn't

constitute adultery.

- bollocks!

- Really?

Ecclesiastes. discovered by

clinton's rapid response team.

God, they're good.

It's hardly bloody

fidelity either!

I mean, organs from one person's

body have entered another.

How can that not be sex?

Huh. god, this language.

This is just bizarre.

I mean, technically,

what we're doing is having a

political conversation here,

but it's just... blue.

Yesterday c. n.n.

Put out an announcement

before their nightly news bulletin

warning parents the content might

not be appropriate for children.

- god. - which brings us back

to the original question:

Shouldn't we be thinking

about taking a step back?

all eyes today

will be on tony blair

as he flies into a political storm

the likes of which hasn't been seen

since the watergate affair.

With his back against the wall,

bill clinton may benefit

from his close connection with the

british prime minister,

who is widely admired in

the united states.

It is likely the official

agenda for the meeting

between the president and

prime minister

will be pushed aside for questions

about bill clinton's relationship

with a former white house intern.

There's an article in tomorrow's

"new york times" that suggests

clinton coacd his secretary

to lie about his

relationship with lewinsky.

If that's true, then it implies

he did lie in the

paula jones hearing

and he did lean on lewinsky

to lie in her affidavit.

Infidelity by a

president is one thing.

Perjury is quite another.

he's here.

Let me see those numbers

straightaway.

yes, sir.

Tony, sorry to put

you through this.

- not at all.

- We'll get through it.

ladies and gentlemen,

the president of the united states

and the prime minister of great

britain and northern ireland.

Let me just start by saying

that it's a real pleasure

to welcome prime minister

blair here to washington.

Today on the verge

of a new century,

a new millennium,

america is prouder than ever

to stand shoulder to shoulder

with its close friend

the united kingdom.

It continues a great tradition

and a special relationship

between our two countries.

Mr. president. mr. president.

- eric.

- Prime minister,

as a friend and as a religious man,

I was wondering whether you offered

your personal advice to

president clinton

during these difficult times

of criminal investigation

into his sexual behavior.

That's what, in the british media,

we call a helpful question.

Uh, no.

Michael.

Prime minister, some people

are struck by the warmth

of the personal statements of

support that you've been giving

to the president. can I ask

had you ever considered

that might be a politically

risky strategy?

You heard the president talking

about the special relationship

between our two countries

and the great tradition of standing

shoulder to shoulder

with one another,

and I'm reminded of a story

from the height of world war ii,

when britain desperately

needed america's help.

It wasn't always certain that

they would come to our help,

and at one point harry hopkins,

the emissary to the american president

roosevelt, was sent to britain.

Hopkins said to churchill,

"I suppose you wish to know

what I'll be saying to president

roosevelt on my return. "

well, he said he would be quoting

from a passage from the bible:

"whither thou goest, I will go;

Whither thou lodgest, I will lodge.

Thy people shall be my people,

and thy god my god,

even to the end. "

you just asked whether my support,

my friendship,

is a politically risky strategy?

I've worked with president clinton

for some nine months.

I have found him throughout

someone I could trust,

someone I could rely upon,

someone I am proud to

call not just a colleague,

but a friend.

And I happen to think that if you

look at the american economy,

if you look at the respect

with which america is held

right round the world today,

it's a pretty impressive

record for anyone.

- prime minister. - mr.

President. mr. president.

Do you appreciate mr.

Blair's support?

No. no.

I think he should have

just come over here

- and jumped all over me.

- Mr. president.

- thank you. - mr. president.

Mr. president.

I hope you worked out

what you want in return,

because you saved that man today.

He owes you big time.

Who says I want

something in return?

Well, if you don't, it makes what

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