The Special Relationship Page #6

you did even harder to understand.

I did it because I like him.

And because now he owes you.

And because I believe in

what he's trying to do,

what we can do together.

And because now he owes you.

Well, is there anything

wrong with that?

We've been on borrowed

time in the balkans.

Milosevic is playing us for fools.

we should

have seen this coming.

We got milosevic to the

negotiating table over bosnia

by agreeing that kosovo was an

internal matter for the serbs,

and now he thinks that

he can do what he wants.

And by the time the un is

finished arguing

over the finer points of

international law,

milosevic will have killed

another 250,000 people

and driven another two

million from their homes,

just like he did in bosnia.

Now that's not going to happen,

not on my watch.

John major acted too slowly

and too reluctantly on bosnia.

This government's not going

to make the same mistake.

Yes, we have to make

our case to the u. n.

That the serbs are

guilty of genocide,

but at the same time

we've got to come up

with a credible threat

to stop milosevic.

You and madeleine albright are

preaching from the same pulpit.

So where do we go from here?

We start with the full range

of economic sanctions,

work to get nato on board

and consider our military options.

What about the russians?

Well, you just leave the

russians to me.

Boris... he's going to kick and

scream just like he did over bosnia,

but we just gave him

$5 billion in aid,

so I've got a little

leverage there.

I'm more concerned about europe.

Well, the italians will be

against any action for a start,

- as will the germane.

- What about the french?

Chirac will want to

play by the book.

He'll do nothing without

the full support

of the international community.

You've got the perfect forum there.

Presidency of the e. u.

For another three months.

It hasn't made any

difference so far.

You can be very persuasive, tony.

You know, I've a theory.

You can take any word

in the english language

that excites you,

like sex, food, music or money,

and completely remove

any pleasure it arouses

simply by adding

the prefix "euro. "...

good morning, jacques.

Perhaps you could enlighten us?

We've been struggling with a small,

but I think important,

technicality.

- of course. happy to help.

- Exactly how many centimeters

is five and a half inches?

You'd think some of these guys

would actually step to his defense.

As leaders, we're all hanging

from the same thin thread.

But the joy of seeing an

american president slip up...

It's irresistible.

the pressure on

bill clinton to testify

before the grand jury

intensified today

with the announcement of a deal

between monica lewinsky

and kenneth starr.

Under total immunity,

monica lewinsky is

is reportedly telling prosecutors

she and the president talked about how

to conceal their relationship.

This is what the president is

desperate to avoid...

the indignity of appearing

at a federal courthouse

in washington.

The special prosecutor, kenneth starr,

is playing a tough game.

He is determined to question the

president under oath,

and he is backed by mr. clinton's

republican opponents in congress.

Get me kendall.

If kenneth starr does have

additional information,

I think it could snowball

into a real impeachment

problem for the president.

I have a very

strong belief...

tell them I'll testify,

but I want the subpoena revoked,

I'd like to have my

lawyers present

and we do it in the white house.

First reports now suggest

that monica lewinsky has

changed her story

to admit there was an affair

and has even turned over to

the special prosecutor

tapes of phone calls

from the president

and a dress, possibly stained,

that may help prove the

relationship.

Today her lawyer denied

that information

about the dress had been leaked either

by him or her other lawyer.

The white house claims much of this

is unsubstantiated rumor,

but the fbi confirmed to me today

it has received the dress

from kenneth starr

and is processing it for testing.

Are you awake?

I am now.

I need to...

Tell you about the situation.

It's much more serious

than I let on.

What?

I'm going to say in my testimony

that there... was something

inappropriate

about that relationship.

in deposition

last january

I was asked questions about

my relationship

with monica lewinsky.

While my answers were

legally accurate,

I did not volunteer information.

Indeed, I did have a relationship

with miss lewinsky that

was not appropriate.

In fact... - I'd like

to know the distinction

between "legally accurate"

and "big f***ing lie. "

I can only tell you I was

motivated by many factors.

First, by a desire

to protect myself

from the embarrassment

of my own conduct.

I was also very concerned

about protecting my family.

The fact that these questions

were being asked...

what a you gonna say?

I don't know.

Maybe nothing.

Well, they'll be

expecting a statement.

Saying what?

That I am all too aware thh

because of my public

support for the president?

That I find all this

excruciatingly embarrassing?

That I feel I had no

option but to stand by him?

I think not.

Our country has been distracted by

this matter for too long,

and I take responsibility

for my part...

do you think she'll ever leave him?

Would you leave me?

No.

But I'd make your life hell.

...real problems to solve,

real security matters to face.

And so tonight I ask

you to turn away...

from the spectacle of the past seven months,

to repair the fabric of our

national discourse

and to return our attention

to all the challenges

and all the promise of the

next american century.

Thank you for watching

and good night.

How do you wanna do this?

You first, me a few steps behind?

Together?

I want us to do this together.

Whether or not that's possible,

I don't know.

I have to find my way

through this in my own time.

By myself. okay?

Okay.

How do I look?

Incredible.

- mrs. clinton?

- mrs. clinton?

- hillary, one picture.

- this way, ma'am.

- so what are his chances?

- Of surviving impeachment?

I'd say 50/50 at best.

His approval rating's gone

right down the toilet.

Even if he does survive,

his party will take

such a pounding in the mid-terms,

he'll be gridlocked.

He's a lame-duck president.

Which, of course, presents the

chance for others to shine.

Well, he's still our strongest ally

and the best hope we've got of

seeing things through in kosovo.

Evil triumphs when

good men do nothing.

We can all sit here,

throw our hands up and say,

"what does what's happening

in kosovo have to do with us?"

ethnic cleansing, systematic rape,

mass murder.

No one in the west who has seen

what is happening in

kosovo can doubt

that nato's military

action is justified.

20 years ago we would not have

been fighting in kosovo.

We would have tued our

backs on it.

But we are a community.

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