American Crime Story 3x7

1. "Tonight,

2. "I propose the first-ever national effort

3. "to reduce class size

4. in the early grades."

5. Thank you.

6. We all set?

7. Would you like to go over the list of women one more time?

8. You're a great lawyer, Bob.

9. Don't worry.

10. I'm ready.

11. Okay.

12. Now, remember what we talked about.

13. I can't go in there with you,

14. but I will be right outside.

15. Paula?

16. They're ready for us.

17. - To think

18. that a little woman like you

19. can sit across from the president

20. - of the United States...

21. look him in the eye

22. and get justice.

23. Your Honor,

24. thanks for coming all the way from Arkansas.

25. - Did you have a good flight? - I did.

26. Thank you, Mr. President.

27. I appreciate you all making yourselves available

28. on the weekend.

29. William Jefferson Clinton,

30. do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth,

31. the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

32. I do.

33. Mr. Fisher, floor is yours.

34. Thank you, Your Honor.

35. - Good morning, Mr. President. - Good morning.

36. My name is Jim Fisher, sir,

37. and I'm an attorney from Dallas, Texas,

38. and I represent the plaintiff, Paula Jones, in this case.

39. Do you understand that your testimony today

40. is subject to the penalty of perjury?

41. I do.

42. Good. Then I would like to start

43. by defining a term.

44. And that term is "sexual relations."

45. The definition was taken from the Violence Against Women Act.

46. The president might remember that he signed it into law

47. this past year.

48. I thought it looked familiar.

49. So you understand the definition, Mr. President?

50. Yes, I do.

51. Now, you are aware,

52. are you not, of the allegations made against you

53. by Paula Jones in this lawsuit?

54. Yes, sir. I'm aware.

55. Mr. President,

56. did you ever make any sexual advances towards Paula Jones?

57. No, I did not.

58. Did you ever expose yourself to Paula Jones?

59. No, I did not.

60. Did you ever ask Paula Jones to kiss your penis?

61. No, I did not.

62. So you deny her testimony that, in the Excelsior Hotel,

63. while you were governor of Arkansas,

64. you asked her to perform oral sex on you.

65. I emphatically deny it.

66. It did not happen.

67. Mr. President,

68. you realize seated to my right,

69. two chairs down, is Mrs. Paula Jones.

70. Do you remember meeting Miss Jones?

71. No.

72. Have you ever met Paula Jones?

73. I've said this many times.

74. I have never met Paula Jones.

75. I'm sorry.

76. Excuse me.

77. - That chickenshit! - Shh.

78. - He lied! He's lyin'! - Shh. Shh.

79. - Shh. Okay.

80. Oh...

81. Okay.

82. - Ah.

83. Are you familiar with a woman

84. - named Kathleen Willey? - I am.

85. So you're aware that Mrs. Willey has testified

86. that you sexually harassed her while she was working

87. as a volunteer in the White House?

88. I'm aware of that.

89. Did you place Mrs. Willey's hand

90. on your penis and kiss her on the lips

91. in the private hallway off the Oval Office?

92. Mr. Fisher,

93. in my lifetime,

94. I have never sexually harassed a woman.

95. Mr. President,

96. do you know a woman

97. named Monica Lewinsky?

98. I do.

99. - How did you come to know her? - She...

100. worked at the White House for a while,

101. first as an intern and then in the, uh,

102. Legislative Affairs Office.

103. At any time,

104. were you and Monica Lewinsky together alone

105. in the Oval Office?

106. Your Honor. Excuse me, Mr. President.

107. I'm gonna object to the innuendo.

108. Counsel is fully aware that Ms. Lewinsky

109. has an affidavit, which they are in possession of,

110. saying that there is absolutely no sex of any kind

111. in any manner, shape or form

112. - with the president.

113. Overruled.

114. The witness must answer the question.

115. Mr. President, were you

116. and Monica Lewinsky ever alone together in the Oval Office?

117. I don't recall.

118. But, uh, when she worked in the Legislative Affairs Office,

119. they always had somebody there on the weekends.

120. Uh, typically, I-I worked some on the weekends.

121. Sometimes they-they'd bring me things on the weekends.

122. I-It seems to me that she-she brought things to me

123. once or twice on the weekends.

124. And in that case, you know,

125. wh-whatever time she would be in there,

126. drop it off, exchange a few words and go.

127. Have you ever given any gifts to Monica Lewinsky?

128. I don't recall.

129. You know what they were?

130. A hatpin.

131. I don't... I don't remember.

132. A book by Walt Whitman.

133. You know, that...

134. - I give people a lot of gifts.

135. You know? And, uh...

136. And-and, you know, when people are around,

137. I-I give a lot of things I have at the White House away.

138. So, you know, I could have given her a gift.

139. Uh... I-I just don't remember a specific gift.

140. Has Monica Lewinsky ever given you any gifts?

141. Once or twice. Uh...

142. I-I think she's given me a-a book or two.

143. Has she ever given you a tie?

144. I get given a lot of ties.

145. I believe she has given me a tie, yes.

146. Mr. President, it's my understanding

147. that Monica Lewinsky has made statements to people,

148. - and I'd like for you to... - Uh, objection to the form of the question.

149. Counsel shouldn't testify.

150. I will sustain the objection.

151. Did you have an extramarital

152. sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky?

153. No.

154. If she told someone that she had

155. a sexual affair with you beginning in...

156. November of 1995, would that be a lie?

157. It's certainly not the truth.

158. It would not be the truth.

159. I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.

160. I've never had an affair with her.

161. Just so the record is clear,

162. at any time,

163. have you and Monica Lewinsky been alone together

164. in any room of the White House?

165. Mr. Fisher, let me...

166. - Is-is there something...

167. You asked that with such conviction.

168. I answered with such conviction.

169. Is there something you want to ask me about this?

170. 'Cause I don't... I don't even know

171. what you're talking about, I don't think.

172. Sir, I think this will come to light shortly

173. and you'll understand.

174. You were great, Mr. President.

175. After today, I bet Judge Wright throws the whole thing out.

176. So, how are you ladies

177. - holding up? - Monica was certain

178. that the FBI was going to break down the door at any second

179. - and arrest her. - Listen, dear,

180. that's not gonna happen.

181. What would happen is they might call me

182. and I could arrange it so that you could turn yourself in.

183. Would I really go to prison for 28 years?

184. Listen, I've never heard of anybody facing charges

185. on a false affidavit

186. - in a sexual harassment suit. - See?

187. But they are federal prosecutors.

188. I mean, they can jail anybody for anything.

189. And Ken Starr is a madman.

190. He's been holding a Whitewater witness

191. in solitary since '96 all because

192. she won't tell him exactly what he wants to hear.

193. Susan McDougal.

194. - But she's a criminal, right? - No,

195. she's just a woman. You know, a friend of the Clintons.

196. Well, a friend of one of the Clintons in particular,

197. - if you understand what I'm saying. - I can't go to prison. I can't.

198. Listen to me. You're not gonna go

199. to prison, okay? We have a meeting

200. scheduled tomorrow with Starr and his goons.

201. I'm gonna get you your immunity in writing,

202. and then that's it.

203. You're completely free and clear, okay?

204. Okay.

205. Um, before we go and sign,

206. I-I would really love to call Betty Currie.

207. Her and the president deserve to know what's going on.

208. Absolutely not. You cannot do that.

209. Starr would pull the deal.

210. I thought maybe I could use the pay phone in the lobby

211. - so they wouldn't know it was me. - Listen to me,

212. you're not calling anybody.

213. No friends, no family,

214. - no one. - Why can't I call my friends and family?

215. Anybody that you talk to is gonna get a subpoena.

216. You've got to cut them off for their own good.

217. Monica will do what they want.

218. Anything you say.

219. Listen, I'm going to fix this.

220. You understand?

221. This is what I do.

222. I thought you did medical malpractice.

223. It's more or less the same thing.

224. We're gonna get a good deal. They need you.

225. And this is the sweet spot,

226. now, before the press

227. - gets ahold of the story. - Press?

228. Yeah, the press.

229. When is that gonna happen?

230. Isikoff,

231. this is gonna make the planet explode.

232. - How did you get this scoop?

233. - Hey. Ann wants to see you in her office.

234. Pete's proofing that latest draft,

235. so we'll all be set to go to print tomorrow.

236. We're holding on the Lewinsky story, Mike.

237. I'm sorry?

238. I must have misheard you or I'm having a stroke?

239. We can't print it now.

240. New York thinks it's too risky.

241. What if Lewinsky's not telling the truth?

242. We know she's telling the truth.

243. - Yeah, that's not good enough. - Of course it is.

244. You're asking the most respected newsmagazine in America

245. to say the president is having an affair

246. and then lied about it under oath.

247. And your only real source

248. is one girl's voice on a tape,

249. a girl we haven't even actually spoken to.

250. We need more sourcing.

251. And then we'll go for it in our next issue.

252. This story is gonna break in 24 hours.

253. Call New York and tell them we can't fucking wait.

254. If you could, for just once in your life, refrain from acting

255. - like your... - We have our own Watergate.

256. We can break it, tomorrow.

257. Sometimes it's just not worth being first.

258. I thought we cut those out for good, Mr. President.

259. Do you have a moment to talk?

260. Please, sit down.

261. How's your mother's health holding up?

262. Oh, she's fine.

263. It's been a rough year,

264. uh, but we're optimistic.

265. Good. Your mom need anything, you tell me, all right?

266. Thank you, sir.

267. Listen, Betty, um...

268. something came up during my deposition

269. that I wanted to talk to you about.

270. The lawyers were asking some strange questions.

271. Questions about Monica.

272. I was hoping that you could, uh...

273. refresh my memory on a few things.

274. I can try, certainly.

275. As far as you recall...

276. you were always with me and Monica

277. when she came to visit, right?

278. That's right.

279. So Monica and I were never alone together.

280. - No, sir. - But she was...

281. interested in me.

282. How do you mean?

283. Well, this is awkward.

284. Um, I apologize.

285. I mean sexually.

286. You know, Monica came on to me and, uh...

287. she wanted to sleep with me.

288. Right?

289. Yes, sir.

290. But nothing happened.

291. Because that would be wrong.

292. - That would be wrong. - Good.

293. I'm glad we both have the same recollection.

294. Thank you.

295. - Betty? - Yes, Mr. President.

296. Would you mind checking in on Monica before you head out?

297. I'd like to know how she's doing.

298. I can do that for you.

299. Hello?

300. Hi. Is Isikoff there?

301. This is Matt Drudge. It's urgent.

302. I'll see if he's still awake.

303. It's Drudge.

304. He's already gone to bed.

305. Right.

306. Well, if you could kindly relay,

307. I'm looking for a comment

308. n a piece I'm posting tomorrowo irst thing.f

309. It's on Newsweek spiking his story

310. on the president's affair with an intern.

311. I'll let him know.

312. Thank you much.

313. It was the day

314. the president hoped never would come.

315. To shield him from public embarrassment,

316. Mr. Clinton was driven the two blocks to his lawyer's office

317. and then disappeared into an underground garage.

318. Mr. Clinton's accus...

319. - ... wading through the mob hoping for pictures. - It's Betty again.

320. the moment she had been waiting for.

321. The face-to-face meeting took place in an...

322. What does she want?

323. She clearly wants me to call her.

324. I mean, it says "emergency."

325. Bill must know.

326. - Give it to me.

327. No, she's just gonna keep paging me.

328. Monica.

329. You can't let them know you're scared.

330. This is a negotiation.

331. You must be Bill Ginsburg.

332. Yeah. Where can I put my client so we can talk shop?

333. I'll take care of her.

334. Go ahead, sweetheart.

335. How long have you lived in D.C.?

336. Two years.

337. Do you like it here?

338. No.

339. You are out of your fucking minds!

340. You asshole Nazis!

341. Negotiations can get pretty heated sometimes.

342. You know, I went to your friend Linda Tripp's house.

343. She makes really good cookies.

344. We're leaving. Now.

345. Did you get the deal?

346. They're lunatics here. They're the fucking Gestapo.

347. Okay, but did I get immunity? - Not even close.

348. In the first place, they threatened to investigate

349. - your entire family. - What?

350. And then they upped their price.

351. They want to know every single thing that you know

352. before they're willing to even consider

353. putting anything on paper.

354. Would I have to make calls?

355. There are no calls.

356. There's no nothing.

357. This just came on live.

358. It's called the Drudge Report.

359. If you attempt to call Clinton now,

360. he's gonna suspect that you're wired.

361. You're radioactive.

362. Come on.

363. - Hi. - Hi.

364. Uh, seriously?

365. Where's your brother?

366. How should I know?

367. Ryan?

368. I need to speak with you.

369. Ryan.

370. Please, sit down.

371. We're at the precipice of a change.

372. Very soon, the country is going to discover something

373. about a friend of mine.

374. - Monica? - Yes.

375. What did she do?

376. It's not important.

377. What matters is that you prepare yourselves.

378. A lot of people are going to be saying a lot of things about me.

379. Some may be nasty.

380. But others are going to cheer me on.

381. They may call me a hero.

382. Do you know who John Dean is?

383. Well,

384. he was, uh, President Nixon's chief White House counsel.

385. He was accused of turning on the president

386. because he dared to stand up to the crimes he witnessed

387. day in and day out.

388. He risked everything to defend this country,

389. and there were people who pilloried him for it.

390. But he did the right thing.

391. I want you to know...

392. I did the right thing.

393. Hillary.

394. Hillary, wake up.

395. What? What's wrong?

396. Starr's new gambit.

397. He's expanding

398. his investigation into the Paula Jones fiasco.

399. What? I don't-I don't understand.

400. Oh, it's nuts.

401. This time, he's saying I had an affair with an intern

402. and then I asked her to commit perjury.

403. Oh, and on top of that, I had Vernon set her up with a job.

404. I mean, th-this girl was subpoenaed by the Jones lawyers

405. and filed an affidavit saying nothing happened.

406. Starr has obviously gotten to her and...

407. convinced her to change her story.

408. Who is she?

409. Her name is Monica Lewinsky.

410. Do you know her?

411. Yeah, I know Monica.

412. Sh-She worked in the West Wing,

413. and now she works in the Pentagon.

414. Is there something you need to tell me?

415. No.

416. Did something happen?

417. No.

418. Because if anything happened,

419. you know it's better that I w...

420. And I would tell you.

421. You know I would.

422. But nothing happened.

423. Look, I-I met her a-and a bunch of other interns

424. during the shutdown.

425. You know, she-she was a sweet kid.

426. You know, kind of goofy.

427. You know, she-she came to see me once or twice for advice.

428. Turns out she was kind of troubled.

429. Nancy and Evelyn, they-they moved her out of the West Wing

430. as soon as they saw how she was behaving.

431. I... I don't think I was ever even alone with the girl.

432. You can ask Betty.

433. She saw the whole thing.

434. Okay.

435. - Did you tell the staff? - Not yet.

436. I wanted to get your take on things first.

437. Okay, well, you have to go down there right now.

438. This is going to explode.

439. We-we have to act.

440. You're right.

441. I'll be down in a minute.

442. I'm sorry.

443. For what?

444. This whole mess.

445. Go tell them.

446. Shocking allegations rocked the White House this morning.

447. CNN has confirmed that Kenneth Starr is investigating claims

448. that President Clinton had an affair

449. with a former White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.

450. That's... me.

451. That's... that's my face.

452. Where did they even find that?

453. It's my horrible Pentagon ID photo.

454. Oh, my God. I can't look.

455. - I can't. - They can't just plaster your face

456. all over the news without our permission.

457. - I can't be in here anymore. - Oh.

458. about the relationship she says

459. or at least alleged to have with the president.

460. - Hello? Marcia, can you hear me?

461. - Yes. - Listen,

462. - you need to stay inside, okay?

463. - Monica's got to stay inside the apartment. - What?

464. - What are you saying? - They're hyenas. They got the whole place surrounded.

465. You need to shut the windows and-and close all the shutters

466. and-and make sure you lock the doors.

467. - Whatever you do, don't go outside. - Oh, my God.

468. Now, the Washington Post reports that

469. there are tape recordings of the intern—

470. 24-year-old Monica Lewinsky— talking to Linda Tripp.

471. - No, you can't go out there. It's crazy. - I have a meeting

472. - with my new attorney. - Mom.

473. Allison, we're in crisis.

474. I have to go.

475. I'll be back.

476. Linda! Linda!

477. Do you see yourself as a patriot?

478. Have you talked to the House investigators yet?

479. - Did you talk to the House investigators? This way!

480. - Look this way! Hey! Tell us where you were at that night!

481. Mrs. Tripp, what did Ms. Lewinsky say

482. in her conversations with you?

483. I have no comment. I'm sorry.

484. Did Monica Lewinsky know you were taping her?

485. I'm a witness in a federal investigation.

486. - I have no comment. - What are you a witness to?

487. Do you think that you betrayed her?

488. - Linda!

489. reporter speaking indistinctly(

490. I've never seen anything like this.

491. And they're just looping this shit.

492. They w-they won't even cut to a commercial.

493. How bad is it in the press room?

494. Oh, it's a fucking nightmare.

495. Sam Donaldson's on my ass. Baker from the Post,

496. Bennet from the Times.

497. You know, it-it's my job to respond to their questions,

498. and I have no idea what I'm supposed to say.

499. Where is he?

500. With Hillary.

501. Uh...

502. You know, w-we look paralyzed.

503. We have to respond now

504. or the only reasonable conclusion people will come to

505. is that it's all true.

506. Do you honestly think he decided to risk his presidency

507. on a complex perjury scheme

508. involving a 24-year-old and the Revlon Corporation?

509. - Look, hey. You're close to him. - Yeah.

510. He trusts you.

511. - You have to ask him. - Ask him what?

512. Did he fuck this intern?

513. Mr. President.

514. I was looking for you two.

515. Uh, Mr. President, uh,

516. you have back-to-back meetings scheduled today.

517. Jim Lehrer on PBS. Mara Liasson at NPR.

518. - Roll Call... - I'm aware.

519. Okay. Uh, well, since we're all still, uh, searching

520. for a good comprehensive response to this,

521. maybe we should cancel those.

522. Brilliant idea.

523. Why don't we issue a formal admission of guilt

524. while we're at it?

525. They're gonna ask about the girl, sir.

526. Let 'em ask whatever the hell they want.

527. I have nothing to hide.

528. ABC's Jackie Judd. She broke the story overnight.

529. He's gonna have to resign.

530. It's all my fault.

531. Don't look at it that way.

532. What way— accurately?

533. This is a terrible week in our lives,

534. but all we have to do is get through it.

535. And, yes, maybe he will have to resign.

536. But, guess what, when he does,

537. all of this stops.

538. He goes away, all of it goes away.

539. In a statement tonight, Revlon confirmed

540. Lewinsky was referred by Vernon Jordan

541. and offered a job this month,

542. n offer Revlon rescinded todaya

543. - Jordan did try to get Monica Lewinsky - Oh, honey.

544. - a $40,000-a-year job at the Revlon Corporation, - Oh, my God.

545. - Oh, honey. Oh, no. - where he sits on the board of directors.

546. the matter has not yet been taken to a grand jury,

547. but investigators linked...

548. - Hey! - Hey, Mike. Hey, guys.

549. - I'm gonna get to you guys in a bit, okay?

550. Thank you.

551. Mike, what's going on here? Did he know this girl?

552. Guys, I'll do a-a briefing tonight.

553. - Okay... - Al Gore could be president by tonight.

554. - We need answers now. - H-Helen, Helen.

555. - Yeah? - He's about to sit down with PBS.

556. We're putting up a live feed.

557. - And, uh,

558. you can hear straight from him.

559. We're rolling in three, two...

560. Mr. President, welcome.

561. Thank you, Jim.

562. The news of this day is that Kenneth Starr,

563. the independent counsel, is investigating allegations

564. that you suborned perjury

565. by encouraging a 24-year-old woman

566. who you were having an affair with

567. to lie under oath.

568. Mr. President, is that true?

569. That is not true. That is not true.

570. I did not ask anyone to tell anything other than the truth.

571. There is no improper relationship,

572. and I intend to cooperate with this inquiry.

573. But that is not true.

574. No improper relationship.

575. Define what you mean by that.

576. Well, I-I think you know what it means.

577. It means that there is not a...

578. sexual relationship,

579. an improper sexual relationship.

580. Or any other kind of improper relationship.

581. You had no sexual relationship with this young woman?

582. There is not a sexual relationship.

583. That is accurate.

584. You know, that-that's all I can say now.

585. You see, what-what I'm trying to do i-is to contain my...

586. natural impulses and-and get back to work.

587. You know, I-I think it's important that we cooperate.

588. I will cooperate.

589. But-but I want to focus on the work at hand.

590. ust for the record, so there'sJ o ambiguity about it... n

591. - Th-There is n... - All right.

592. Y-You had no conversations

593. with this young woman, Monica Lewinsky,

594. about her testimony or possible testimony?

595. I did not urge anyone.

596. I did not urge anyone to say anything that was untrue.

597. I did not urge anyone to say anything that was untrue.

598. That's my...

599. statement to you.

600. Mm-hmm.

601. What's going on?

602. If-if it's-if it's not true,

603. uh, that means somebody made this up.

604. - I-Is that... - Look, y-you know as much about this as I do right now.

605. So, you know, w-we'll just have to look into it

606. and-and cooperate and-and we'll see.

607. ut, meanwhile, I've got to getB n with the work of the countryo

608. - You know, I got hired - I'll talk to him.

609. - to help the rest of the American people.

610. Okay, guys, thank you.

611. I'll be back tonight.

612. - Come on.

613. Did you see that shit?

614. The right wing gives them garbage

615. and they run with it every time.

616. Even PBS. It's unreal.

617. You don't deserve this, Mr. President.

618. I hope you know that.

619. Imagine the apocalypse in the press room.

620. - They're eating McCurry alive. - Yeah,

621. well, it's his job to handle that.

622. I know, Mr. President, but we do need to offer

623. a clear explanation.

624. I've made my comment, Sid.

625. Yes, but it's just what she said

626. about you on the tapes, sir.

627. Tapes?

628. CBS News White House Correspondent Scott Pelley

629. has the latest. Scott?

630. Dan, these are

631. the most serious allegations ever leveled at the president,

632. essentially perjury and obstruction of justice.

633. - What's gonna happen? - The allegations are contained in a series

634. - of secretly recorded audiotapes. - He's gonna have to resign.

635. Lewinsky swore in a deposition

636. that she never had an affair with the president.

637. But that is not what she was telling coworker Linda Tripp.

638. Tripp has been recording conversations

639. with Lewinsky over the phone.

640. source familiar with the tapeA ells CBS Newst

641. Lewinsky is often heard in tears,

642. leading with Trippp o help her cover up the affairt

643. Tripp says that if she is ever asked

644. about whether Lewinsky had an affair,

645. she would have to tell the truth.

646. Lewinsky begs her not to.

647. He's waiting for you in his study.

648. I remember when they used to let me in the front door.

649. Dick Morris?

650. No, no, no, no, no.

651. You poor son of a bitch.

652. Thanks for coming.

653. Well, I'm an expert at sexual imbroglios.

654. You know I didn't want to let you go.

655. My staff forced my hand.

656. Your political advisor

657. got caught sucking a prostitute's toes.

658. I'd have told you to fire me myself.

659. I messed up with this girl.

660. - I know. - No.

661. No, I fucked this up beyond all recognition.

662. I walk in a room,

663. I don't know what the next question's gonna be.

664. I don't know what Starr has.

665. I don't know what Monica's saying.

666. I can't form any kind of response.

667. What are people saying?

668. Honestly,

669. they're saying Al Gore better be reading up

670. on Saddam Hussein

671. because he's going to be commander in chief by summer.

672. I can't be fucking Richard Nixon.

673. You know, everything you work for gone,

674. shell of yourself for the rest of your life.

675. You told me once if, at the start of Watergate,

676. he would've manned up and admitted it,

677. he would have survived.

678. So I-I'm thinking I-I just admit it,

679. apologize,

680. kill the story.

681. But I can't.

682. Because it would destroy Hillary.

683. I think she'd walk out on me.

684. I don't know what to do.

685. Well, let me help you with that.

686. Small sample, but it's an RDD poll.

687. Good quality.

688. You think I don't know why you called me

689. instead of one of your PC liberals on staff?

690. You want the truth?

691. Well, there it is.

692. The American people know you're a man.

693. Hell, most of them actually like that about you.

694. If it were just the sex,

695. they'd forgive it.

696. But look at the unfavs on question 17.

697. It's about what you said under oath.

698. Admitting to the affair is admitting to perjury.

699. And if you admit to perjury,

700. you lose all public support,

701. even among your base.

702. You'd have to resign.

703. Take it from me— being disgraced

704. isn't as fun as it sounds.

705. You can't tell the truth.

706. Well, then it's simple.

707. We just have to win.

708. Mr. President,

709. we just need to be able to explain

710. why she would go into such graphic detail

711. talking about you.

712. Do you know this person at all?

713. Look, when Monica worked here,

714. she was a nice girl.

715. Hardworking.

716. But you could tell she was troubled.

717. You know? She comes from a broken home.

718. I would talk to her on occasion,

719. give her advice.

720. You know, I was just trying to help her out.

721. And I think she got the wrong idea.

722. She came on to you?

723. Well, she started calling Betty at all hours.

724. You know, turning up at events where she knew I'd be.

725. She got fixated.

726. You know, she told me her friends

727. called her "the stalker."

728. And she said, you know, if she and I had sex,

729. then they couldn't call her that anymore.

730. Jesus.

731. Did you tell anyone?

732. When the ladies in the office saw how she was behaving,

733. they had her moved.

734. And that was it.

735. You know, I-I can't speak for whatever...

736. fantasy she may have spun talking to her friend.

737. We'll lead off the segment

738. with her childhood— Beverly Hills,

739. - fat camp, her parents' divorce papers.

740. - Stop. Shut up. Look at this.

741. What is this supposed to be?

742. Roll ahead.

743. Okay, wait, wait. Go back.

744. There.

745. Look who's waiting like a little stalker.

746. I knew I recognized her.

747. That hat.

748. I remember seeing this in '96 and thinking

749. no one has ever been that happy to see Bill Clinton.

750. Waterbed. Mm, no.

751. Waterbed. No, I want to do...

752. - I like the movie. - Do waterbed. - All right!

753. Pitch on the monologue.

754. Uh, saw a movie today that got great reviews.

755. Everybody loved it.

756. Monica Lewinsky gave it two legs up.

757. - Eh. - A lot coming out about the Clintons in these lawsuits.

758. Apparently, Bill's pet name for Hillary

759. is "my little buttercup."

760. His pet name for Monica?

761. - "My little suction cup."

762. Okay, Ken Starr is very upset

763. he's not getting what he wants from Monica.

764. Apparently, he's the first guy that's ever happened to.

765. Bill Clinton can have sex with any woman alive

766. and he chooses her.

767. I mean, that's not a pitch. That's just a...

768. - question for the room.

769. Jay's gonna flip for these.

770. - across the United States. Is this it? Finally?

771. - Is it a federal holiday, I think? Probably.

772. All zippers at half-mast or something?

773. - I don't know what happens...

774. Well, lilies.

775. This time from Diane Sawyer,

776. who says that she would love to have you on 20/20.

777. A girl from Beverly Hills

778. rushed by her parents' divorcec

779. She attended a camp for obese youth and was viewed

780. y classmates asb n attention seeker and a flirta

781. I'm 24 now.

782. met Monica when we were youngl

783. A-Actually, uh, she became one of my first girlfriends,

784. - but... - In eighth grade. And then he was so mean to you

785. - in high school. - Shh.

786. She called and said that she shook

787. he president's hand and it wast ike having sex in a handshake.l

788. Uh, she's attracted to older men.

789. Monica's nice, but...

790. she does tend to exaggerate and embellish stories

791. to get attention.- On Linda Tripp's tapes-

792. Lewinsky reportedly says

793. he grew up in a house of lies,s

794. mother and father deceiving each other and their children.

795. ut did this troubled childhoodB ake Monica Lewinskym

796. into the kind of woman who would lie

797. - about an affair with the president? - Mom.

798. - It's okay, honey. - CNN News has uncovered

799. - this never-before-seen videotape - It's okay.

800. of Lewinsky waiting for the president

801. n a White House receiving linei

802. Mr. Clinton's loyalists are saying privately

803. that she repeatedly sought access to the president

804. and may have even fantasized

805. - a sexual relationship. Oh.

806. No one will believe that.

807. Everyone will believe that.

808. That's me.

809. There I am,

810. waiting for him.

811. Like a crazy fucking stalker.

812. Thank you.

813. Well, we're very...

814. we're very, um, happy that you're here.

815. It's a little hard for me to... hold back here.

816. Uh, you're a big fat snitch,

817. - aren't ya?

818. I am not that big and I'm not that fat.

819. mean, people arel lways talking about, you know,a

820. my looks and I'm, you know...

821. I-I thought I was here for a makeover.

822. Listen. - Yeah.

823. Is there a reason

824. why you secretly taped your friend?

825. Yes. There was a very good reason. - What is it?

826. A very good one. Okay? - What?

827. Category tonight—

828. uh, possible first lines

829. for Monica Lewinsky's, uh, new book.

830. - We've...

831. You all know the drill.

832. - e've been through this before. - W

833. "Even as a baby, my parents noticed

834. I had an unusual attachment to my pacifier."

835. Number nine.

836. - "Give me all your hot..." - That's it.

837. Enough. We're not gonna watch this anymore.

838. What are you doing? That is my only source of information.

839. No, it's not.

840. These are lies about my daughter,

841. - and I'm sick of hearing them. - They're not lies.

842. What are you talking about, Monica?

843. What they're saying is true.

844. No, it is not.

845. Monica.

846. I did have an affair with Bill.

847. And I did go to fat camp.

848. And my parents did break up.

849. And I guess, one night, I told Linda

850. that you raised me in a house of lies,

851. and now the whole world knows that, too.

852. It doesn't matter.

853. So many kids have that exact same history. Come on.

854. It's all true.

855. Just like it's true that everyone I've ever met

856. is apparently just waiting for a phone call

857. from Wolf fucking Blitzer to just go on live TV

858. and tear me apart.

859. - Honey, I know that you don't... - Please,

860. don't tell me that it's gonna be okay.

861. I messed up so bad

862. that I can't turn off the TV.

863. Because if I turn off the TV...

864. I'm just gonna imagine the horrible things

865. that people are saying about me, and that's worse.

866. Sweetheart, let me draw you a bath,

867. - do something to distract... - I know you're trying to help,

868. but, right now, all I can do is I can just sit here

869. and I can watch this.

870. Okay? That's all.

871. seeking all of the records involving Monica Lewinsky.

872. Phone records, job records,

873. - when she entered the White House...

874. - ... when she left the Wh-White House.

875. - We're told by sources

876. that she would frequently come in...

877. Hello? - Bill?

878. This has to end right now.

879. Listen, Marcia, I'm doing everything I can.

880. e're close on an immunity dealW

881. We just need her to say what she's gonna testify to.

882. She'll come with me to the office, and...

883. No, no, she can't-she can't go outside.

884. They'll mob her. You said that yourself.

885. shock America. Mom.

886. I'll call you back.

887. No! No.

888. That creep took advantage of you

889. - when you were young. - Please, Mom, stop.

890. When I heard the authorities

891. were investigating Monica Lewinsky,

892. I felt I had to come forward.

893. I'm sorry. We're turning this off!

894. Don't.

895. - Monica and I were involved for a time - I'd rather see it.

896. before she went to Washington.

897. We had an affair.

898. And while my wife and I were trying to heal,

899. - onica wouldn't leave us alone. - M

900. She became obsessed with us.

901. She convinced herself that we were in love.

902. How do I put this?

903. Uh, Monica has a history of twisting the facts.

904. Would you say that this was a Fatal Attraction scenario?

905. Um... you could say that-

906. What else can you tell us about Ms. Lewinsky?

907. There's a lot the world should know about Monica.

908. We'll walk straight to the car.

909. And it will be over

910. before you know it.

911. Bill, big day.

912. How are you guys holding up?

913. Eh...

914. Okay, all right, we're just gonna go straight to the car.

915. - We're not gonna talk to them, all right? Get back!

916. Out of my way! Excuse me.

917. Out of our way. Go. Get in there!

918. Move! Stay back!

919. Monica!

920. So,

921. we have a deal?

922. We have a deal.

923. Judge Starr will sign that as well,

924. and we'll fax it back your way.

925. We're done here.

926. Hey.

927. I know you don't believe me,

928. but it's all gonna be okay now.

929. I just want to go to sleep.

930. Okay, baby.

931. e're back again tomorrow nightW t 11:00.a

932. I don't... Um, should we watch this?

933. Of course. Who's gonna play Monica?

934. I hope they're fair to her.

935. It'll be her and Bill in the office.

936. Oh, stop it. Shush.

937. Hi. I'm meeting a friend here.

938. - Your name? - Monica Lewinsky.

939. - Oh, yes.

940. - Right this way. Ms. Tripp is already here. - Okay.

941. Oh, okay.

942. - Monica.

943. - Monica Lewinsky. - Hi.

944. - Mwah.

945. - Okay, you shouldn't watch this. No, no.

946. It's funny.

947. Oh, thank... What can I, uh, get

948. you two lovely ladies to drink- Hmm.-

949. Um...

950. I'll have a Bartles & Jaymes.

951. I'll have a Bloody Mary and two AA batteries.

952. So, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky,

953. hmm,

954. I enjoyed talking to you la...

955. You're still up?

956. Mm.

957. Is that the brandy you bought, like, five years ago

958. - to make a cake?

959. Brandy doesn't expire.

960. Are you okay?

961. Why?

962. The thing on TV?

963. Oh.

964. I'm fine.

965. You know what the popular kids used to call me in school?

966. Mm?

967. Gus.

968. It was a running joke my-my whole junior year.

969. People would ask me why and I'd pretend I didn't know,

970. but I did.

971. I knew the whole time.

972. Gus Johnson was a big famous basketball player.

973. A gigantic man.

974. - That's horrible. - No,

975. the point is, I've been teased my whole life.

976. I can take it.

977. Doesn't matter.

978. Allison.

979. Oh, God, that's disgusting.

980. - It's basically Robitussin.

981. - Yeah.

982. Love you.

983. I love you.

984. It's gonna be okay.

985. Okay.

986. The attorney for former White House intern Monica Lewinsky,

987. William Ginsburg.

988. - Welcome. - Thank you.

989. Does Ken Starr have a case without your client?

990. Well... I'm afraid

991. you're gonna have to ask Ken Starr that question.

992. What Ken Starr and his prosecutors did

993. to Monica Lewinsky

994. is completely unethical.

995. hey threatened this 24-year-olT oman with jail time,w

996. when it is, in fact, they who should really be concerned

997. about going to jail.

998. 'm not involved in any sort ofl ense negotiations whatsoever.t

999. e're just waiting for KenW tarr's office to call and makeS

1000. - some sort of an offer, if indeed they intend to make one.

1001. I had a phone call with, uh,

1002. - Ken Starr's office yesterday. Judge. Hi.

1003. Never heard from you on a Sunday before...

1004. Yeah, I came in after worship.

1005. The Lewinsky agreement— what's the status?

1006. Have we signed?

1007. Uh, no. I was gonna have you sign tomorrow.

1008. - I can bring it by now... - I'm not signing a darn thing.

1009. - What's that? - I'm not giving her immunity.

1010. paraded into a courthouse... - Ginsburg appears to be breaking

1011. the laws of metaphysics,

1012. gloating on every single Sunday show.

1013. - I know what's he doing. - ... shut down...

1014. He's signaling to the president

1015. that she isn't going to tell us anything.

1016. Judge, we gave our word.

1017. - W-We can't go back on... - I've made up my mind.

1018. No deal.

1019. That's okay. Bye.

1020. It's been five news cycles.

1021. I know.

1022. State of the Union is Tuesday night.

1023. I spoke to the whole cabinet,

1024. leadership in both houses.

1025. - They have my back. - Well,

1026. they understand who Starr is and what he's doing,

1027. but the public doesn't.

1028. We can't rely

1029. on surrogates. It needs to be you.

1030. The people want to hear from Bill Clinton.

1031. I mean, he's in there, somewhere.

1032. I assume.

1033. I hope.

1034. We could lose everything that we have fought for.

1035. The only way we do this is we meet it head-on.

1036. You deny it and you throw it back at Starr

1037. like the garbage it is.

1038. What are my options?

1039. You know, you-you listen to McCurry,

1040. he wants me to do a live TV address to the nation.

1041. Okay, that's another C-plus idea from McCurry.

1042. Who's surprised? We are not gonna give Starr that power.

1043. So what do we do?

1044. Sid and I have a plan.

1045. It was subpoenas from lawyers for Paula Jones

1046. - that led to all these revelations about Lewinsky.

1047. - Today, Mr. Clinton's lawyer, Robert Bennett, - Hello?

1048. argued that Clinton enemies

1049. are using the Jones case to destroy the president.

1050. What are you talking about?

1051. She signed it.

1052. You signed it.

1053. They can't do this to us.

1054. Why is this happening?

1055. incredibly sensitive to public opinion.

1056. As for what you are thinking—

1057. many things, it seems...

1058. They're all in there.

1059. You told them to expect something.

1060. You'll find a bigger-than-normal crowd

1061. for an event about after-school programs.

1062. - All right. The first lady is set to host an event

1063. on childcare this morning.

1064. However, we have just been tol-

1065. - that the president is going to make... - Mom, get in here.

1066. a surprise appearance.

1067. Thank you.

1068. Thank you. Good morning.

1069. Welcome to the White House.

1070. I'm especially glad to see in the audience

1071. so many people who care so much

1072. about education and childcare.

1073. Now, I am very pleased to introduce a surprise guest,

1074. the greatest champion of working parents

1075. and working families that the United States has ever known,

1076. my husband, President Bill Clinton.

1077. Thank you very much.

1078. First,

1079. let me thank all of you who are here.

1080. Many of us have been working together now for...

1081. 20 years

1082. on a lot of these issues,

1083. and this is a very happy day for us.

1084. I thank the first lady for all she has done

1085. on this issue for as long as I've known her.

1086. Every child

1087. needs someplace to go after school.

1088. What's going on? Is he about to resign?

1089. We are determined to help Americans succeed

1090. - in the workplace, to raise... - What is he up to?

1091. .. well-educated, healthy k-kid.

1092. and to help Americans succeed in the toughest job of all,

1093. that of being a parent.

1094. nd the Mott Foundation has gonA long way toward helping us.a

1095. I thank them.

1096. Now...

1097. I have to go back to work on my...

1098. State of the Union speech.

1099. And, uh, I worked on it till pretty late last night.

1100. But I want to say one thing to the American people.

1101. I want you to listen to me.

1102. I'm gonna say this again.

1103. did not have sexual relationsl ith that woman,w

1104. Ms. Lewinsky.

1105. I never told anybody to lie.

1106. Not a single time.

1107. Never.

1108. These allegations are false.

1109. And I need to go back to work for the American people.

1110. Thank you.

1111. Oh, my God.

1112. Don't.

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