BILL: "Tonight,
"I propose the first-ever national effort
"to reduce class size
in the early grades."
-(mimics cheering) "Thank you." -(knocking)
Thank you.
(inhales, exhales)
We all set?
Would you like to go over the list of women one more time?
You're a great lawyer, Bob. (exhales)
Don't worry.
I'm ready.
Okay.
*
(indistinct chatter)
Now, remember what we talked about.
I can't go in there with you,
but I will be right outside.
(door opens)
Paula?
They're ready for us.
-(exhales) -To think
that a little woman like you
can sit across from the president
-of the United States... -(exhales)
...look him in the eye
and get justice.
(exhales)
(clears throat)
-(Fisher clears throat) -(quiet chatter)
(exhales)
-(clears throat, sniffs) -(muffled chatter)
(doors close)
BILL: Your Honor,
thanks for coming all the way from Arkansas.
-Did you have a good flight? -I did.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I appreciate you all making yourselves available
on the weekend.
COURT REPORTER: William Jefferson Clinton,
do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
I do.
Mr. Fisher, floor is yours.
Thank you, Your Honor. (grunts)
-Good morning, Mr. President. -Good morning.
My name is Jim Fisher, sir,
and I'm an attorney from Dallas, Texas,
and I represent the plaintiff, Paula Jones, in this case.
Do you understand that your testimony today
is subject to the penalty of perjury?
I do.
Good. Then I would like to start
by defining a term.
And that term is "sexual relations."
The definition was taken from the Violence Against Women Act.
The president might remember that he signed it into law
this past year.
I thought it looked familiar.
So you understand the definition, Mr. President?
Yes, I do.
(inhales) Now, you are aware,
are you not, of the allegations made against you
by Paula Jones in this lawsuit?
Yes, sir. I'm aware.
(inhales) Mr. President,
did you ever make any sexual advances towards Paula Jones?
No, I did not.
Did you ever expose yourself to Paula Jones?
No, I did not.
Did you ever ask Paula Jones to kiss your penis?
No, I did not.
So you deny her testimony that, in the Excelsior Hotel,
while you were governor of Arkansas,
you asked her to perform oral sex on you.
I emphatically deny it.
It did not happen.
FISHER: Mr. President,
you realize seated to my right,
two chairs down, is Mrs. Paula Jones.
Do you remember meeting Miss Jones?
No.
FISHER: Have you ever met Paula Jones?
I've said this many times.
I have never met Paula Jones.
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
(cries, sniffles)
(door closes)
(crying)
-That chickenshit! -Shh.
-He lied! He's lyin'! -Shh. Shh.
-(crying) -Shh. Okay.
Oh... (exhales)
Okay. (sniffles)
-(exhales) -Ah.
FISHER: Are you familiar with a woman
-named Kathleen Willey? -I am.
So you're aware that Mrs. Willey has testified
that you sexually harassed her while she was working
as a volunteer in the White House?
BILL: I'm aware of that.
FISHER: Did you place Mrs. Willey's hand
on your penis and kiss her on the lips
in the private hallway off the Oval Office?
Mr. Fisher,
in my lifetime,
I have never sexually harassed a woman.
FISHER: Mr. President,
do you know a woman
named Monica Lewinsky?
I do.
-How did you come to know her? -She...
worked at the White House for a while,
first as an intern and then in the, uh,
Legislative Affairs Office.
At any time,
were you and Monica Lewinsky together alone
in the Oval Office?
Your Honor. Excuse me, Mr. President.
I'm gonna object to the innuendo.
Counsel is fully aware that Ms. Lewinsky
has an affidavit, which they are in possession of,
saying that there is absolutely no sex of any kind
in any manner, shape or form
-with the president. -(Fisher clears throat)
Overruled.
The witness must answer the question.
FISHER: Mr. President, were you
and Monica Lewinsky ever alone together in the Oval Office?
I don't recall.
But, uh, when she worked in the Legislative Affairs Office,
they always had somebody there on the weekends.
Uh, typically, I-I worked some on the weekends.
Sometimes they-they'd bring me things on the weekends.
I-It seems to me that she-she brought things to me
once or twice on the weekends.
And in that case, you know,
wh-whatever time she would be in there,
drop it off, exchange a few words and go.
Have you ever given any gifts to Monica Lewinsky?
I don't recall.
You know what they were?
A hatpin.
I don't... I don't remember.
A book by Walt Whitman.
(stammers) You know, that...
-I give people a lot of gifts. -(exhales)
You know? And, uh...
And-and, you know, when people are around,
I-I give a lot of things I have at the White House away.
So, you know, I could have given her a gift.
Uh... I-I just don't remember a specific gift.
Has Monica Lewinsky ever given you any gifts?
Once or twice. Uh...
I-I think she's given me a-a book or two.
Has she ever given you a tie?
I get given a lot of ties. (chuckles softly)
I believe she has given me a tie, yes.
Mr. President, it's my understanding
that Monica Lewinsky has made statements to people,
-and I'd like for you to... -Uh, objection to the form of the question.
Counsel shouldn't testify.
I will sustain the objection.
(Fisher clears throat)
Did you have an extramarital
sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky?
No.
If she told someone that she had
a sexual affair with you beginning in...
November of 1995, would that be a lie?
It's certainly not the truth.
It would not be the truth.
I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.
I've never had an affair with her.
Just so the record is clear,
at any time,
have you and Monica Lewinsky been alone together
in any room of the White House?
(stammers) Mr. Fisher, let me...
-(exhales) -Is-is there something...
You asked that with such conviction.
I answered with such conviction.
Is there something you want to ask me about this?
'Cause I don't... I don't even know
what you're talking about, I don't think.
Sir, I think this will come to light shortly
and you'll understand.
You were great, Mr. President.
After today, I bet Judge Wright throws the whole thing out.
*
(door closes)
*
GINSBURG: So, how are you ladies
-holding up? -Monica was certain
that the FBI was going to break down the door at any second
-and arrest her. -Listen, dear,
that's not gonna happen.
What would happen is they might call me
and I could arrange it so that you could turn yourself in.
Would I really go to prison for 28 years?
Listen, I've never heard of anybody facing charges
on a false affidavit
-in a sexual harassment suit. -See?
-(exhales) -GINSBURG: But they are federal prosecutors.
I mean, they can jail anybody for anything.
And Ken Starr is a madman.
He's been holding a Whitewater witness
in solitary since '96 all because
she won't tell him exactly what he wants to hear.
Susan McDougal.
-But she's a criminal, right? -No,
she's just a woman. You know, a friend of the Clintons.
Well, a friend of one of the Clintons in particular,
-if you understand what I'm saying. -I can't go to prison. I can't.
Listen to me. You're not gonna go
to prison, okay? We have a meeting
scheduled tomorrow with Starr and his goons.
I'm gonna get you your immunity in writing,
and then that's it.
You're completely free and clear, okay?
(inhales) Okay.
Um, before we go and sign,
I-I would really love to call Betty Currie.
Her and the president deserve to know what's going on.
Absolutely not. You cannot do that.
Starr would pull the deal.
I thought maybe I could use the pay phone in the lobby
-so they wouldn't know it was me. -Listen to me,
you're not calling anybody.
No friends, no family,
-no one. -Why can't I call my friends and family?
Anybody that you talk to is gonna get a subpoena.
You've got to cut them off for their own good.
Monica will do what they want.
Anything you say.
GINSBURG: Listen, I'm going to fix this.
You understand?
This is what I do.
I thought you did medical malpractice.
It's more or less the same thing.
We're gonna get a good deal. They need you.
And this is the sweet spot,
now, before the press
-gets ahold of the story. -Press?
Yeah, the press.
When is that gonna happen?
Isikoff,
this is gonna make the planet explode.
-(chuckles softly) -How did you get this scoop?
-Hey. Ann wants to see you in her office. -(exhales)
Pete's proofing that latest draft,
so we'll all be set to go to print tomorrow.
We're holding on the Lewinsky story, Mike.
I'm sorry?
I must have misheard you or I'm having a stroke?
(sighs)
We can't print it now.
New York thinks it's too risky.
What if Lewinsky's not telling the truth?
We know she's telling the truth.
-Yeah, that's not good enough. -Of course it is.
You're asking the most respected newsmagazine in America
to say the president is having an affair
and then lied about it under oath.
And your only real source
is one girl's voice on a tape,
a girl we haven't even actually spoken to.
We need more sourcing.
And then we'll go for it in our next issue.
This story is gonna break in 24 hours.
Call New York and tell them we can't fucking wait.
If you could, for just once in your life, refrain from acting
-like your... -We have our own Watergate.
We can break it, tomorrow.
Sometimes it's just not worth being first.
(scoffs)
I thought we cut those out for good, Mr. President.
(crinkling)
Do you have a moment to talk?
Please, sit down.
How's your mother's health holding up?
Oh, she's fine.
It's been a rough year,
uh, but we're optimistic.
Good. Your mom need anything, you tell me, all right?
Thank you, sir.
(crinkling)
Listen, Betty, um... (exhales)
something came up during my deposition
that I wanted to talk to you about.
The lawyers were asking some strange questions.
Questions about Monica.
I was hoping that you could, uh...
refresh my memory on a few things.
I can try, certainly.
As far as you recall...
...you were always with me and Monica
when she came to visit, right?
That's right.
So Monica and I were never alone together.
-No, sir. -But she was... (exhales)
interested in me.
How do you mean?
Well, this is awkward.
Um, I apologize.
I mean sexually.
You know, Monica came on to me and, uh...
...she wanted to sleep with me.
Right?
Yes, sir.
But nothing happened.
Because that would be wrong.
-That would be wrong. -Good.
(crunching, sucking)
I'm glad we both have the same recollection.
Thank you.
-Betty? -Yes, Mr. President.
Would you mind checking in on Monica before you head out?
I'd like to know how she's doing.
I can do that for you.
(door opens)
(door closes)
(phone ringing)
Hello?
Hi. Is Isikoff there?
This is Matt Drudge. It's urgent.
I'll see if he's still awake.
It's Drudge.
(inhales, exhales)
He's already gone to bed.
Right.
Well, if you could kindly relay,
I'm looking for a comment
n a piece I'm posting tomorrowo irst thing.f
It's on Newsweek spiking his story
on the president's affair with an intern.
I'll let him know.
Thank you much.
-(clicks) -NEWSWOMAN: It was the day
the president hoped never would come.
To shield him from public embarrassment,
Mr. Clinton was driven the two blocks to his lawyer's office
and then disappeared into an underground garage.
Mr. Clinton's accus...
(buzzing)
-...wading through the mob hoping for pictures. -It's Betty again.
...the moment she had been waiting for.
The face-to-face meeting took place in an...
(quietly): What does she want?
She clearly wants me to call her.
I mean, it says "emergency."
Bill must know.
-Give it to me. -(exhales)
No, she's just gonna keep paging me.
Monica.
(door opens)
*
You can't let them know you're scared.
This is a negotiation.
(dings)
You must be Bill Ginsburg.
Yeah. Where can I put my client so we can talk shop?
I'll take care of her.
*
GINSBURG: Go ahead, sweetheart.
*
How long have you lived in D.C.?
Two years.
Do you like it here?
No.
GINBSBURG: You are out of your fucking minds!
You asshole Nazis!
Negotiations can get pretty heated sometimes.
You know, I went to your friend Linda Tripp's house.
She makes really good cookies.
(door opens)
We're leaving. Now.
(breathing heavily)
Did you get the deal?
GINSBURG: They're lunatics here. They're the fucking Gestapo.
-MONICA: Okay, but did I get immunity? -Not even close.
In the first place, they threatened to investigate
-your entire family. -What?
And then they upped their price.
They want to know every single thing that you know
before they're willing to even consider
putting anything on paper.
Would I have to make calls?
There are no calls.
There's no nothing.
(paper rustling)
This just came on live.
It's called the Drudge Report.
If you attempt to call Clinton now,
he's gonna suspect that you're wired.
You're radioactive.
Come on.
(indistinct voices on TV)
(exhales)
(TV playing indistinctly)
-Hi. -Hi.
Uh, seriously?
Where's your brother?
How should I know?
Ryan?
I need to speak with you.
Ryan.
Please, sit down.
We're at the precipice of a change.
Very soon, the country is going to discover something
about a friend of mine.
-Monica? -Yes.
What did she do?
It's not important.
What matters is that you prepare yourselves.
A lot of people are going to be saying a lot of things about me.
Some may be nasty.
But others are going to cheer me on.
They may call me a hero. (chuckles softly)
Do you know who John Dean is?
Well,
he was, uh, President Nixon's chief White House counsel.
He was accused of turning on the president
because he dared to stand up to the crimes he witnessed
day in and day out.
He risked everything to defend this country,
and there were people who pilloried him for it.
But he did the right thing.
I want you to know...
I did the right thing.
*
(door opens)
(exhales)
(clock ticking)
Hillary.
Hillary, wake up.
What? What's wrong?
Starr's new gambit.
(exhales) He's expanding
his investigation into the Paula Jones fiasco.
What? I don't-I don't understand.
Oh, it's nuts.
This time, he's saying I had an affair with an intern
and then I asked her to commit perjury.
Oh, and on top of that, I had Vernon set her up with a job.
I mean, th-this girl was subpoenaed by the Jones lawyers
and filed an affidavit saying nothing happened.
Starr has obviously gotten to her and...
convinced her to change her story.
(stammers) Who is she?
Her name is Monica Lewinsky.
Do you know her?
Yeah, I know Monica.
Sh-She worked in the West Wing,
and now she works in the Pentagon.
Is there something you need to tell me?
No.
Did something happen?
No.
Because if anything happened,
you know it's better that I w...
And I would tell you.
You know I would.
But nothing happened.
Look, I-I met her a-and a bunch of other interns
during the shutdown.
You know, she-she was a sweet kid.
You know, kind of goofy.
You know, she-she came to see me once or twice for advice.
Turns out she was kind of troubled.
Nancy and Evelyn, they-they moved her out of the West Wing
as soon as they saw how she was behaving.
I... I don't think I was ever even alone with the girl.
You can ask Betty.
She saw the whole thing.
(sighs)
Okay. (exhales)
-Did you tell the staff? -Not yet.
I wanted to get your take on things first.
Okay, well, you have to go down there right now.
This is going to explode.
We-we have to act.
You're right.
I'll be down in a minute.
I'm sorry.
(stammers) For what?
This whole mess.
Go tell them.
(inhales, exhales deeply)
(clears throat)
NEWSWOMAN: Shocking allegations rocked the White House this morning.
CNN has confirmed that Kenneth Starr is investigating claims
that President Clinton had an affair
with a former White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
That's... me.
That's... that's my face.
MARCIA: Where did they even find that?
It's my horrible Pentagon ID photo.
Oh, my God. I can't look.
-I can't. -They can't just plaster your face
all over the news without our permission.
-I can't be in here anymore. -Oh. -(phone ringing)
NEWSMAN: ...about the relationship she says
or at least alleged to have with the president.
-Hello? -GINSBURG: Marcia, can you hear me?
-Yes. -Listen,
-you need to stay inside, okay? -(clamoring)
-Monica's got to stay inside the apartment. -What?
-What are you saying? -They're hyenas. They got the whole place surrounded.
You need to shut the windows and-and close all the shutters
and-and make sure you lock the doors.
-Whatever you do, don't go outside. -Oh, my God.
NEWSMAN: Now, the Washington Post reports that
there are tape recordings of the intern--
24-year-old Monica Lewinsky-- talking to Linda Tripp.
(crowd clamoring)
(clamoring outside)
-No, you can't go out there. It's crazy. -I have a meeting
-with my new attorney. -Mom.
Allison, we're in crisis.
I have to go.
I'll be back.
(reporters clamoring)
(door closes)
-WOMAN: Linda! Linda! -(clamoring continues)
Do you see yourself as a patriot?
Have you talked to the House investigators yet?
-Did you talk to the House investigators? -WOMAN 2: This way!
-Look this way! Hey! -MAN: Tell us where you were at that night!
Mrs. Tripp, what did Ms. Lewinsky say
in her conversations with you?
I have no comment. I'm sorry.
Did Monica Lewinsky know you were taping her?
I'm a witness in a federal investigation.
-I have no comment. -What are you a witness to?
(clamoring continuing)
Do you think that you betrayed her?
-Linda! -(tires screech)
reporter speaking indistinctly(
I've never seen anything like this.
And they're just looping this shit.
They w-they won't even cut to a commercial.
How bad is it in the press room?
Oh, it's a fucking nightmare.
Sam Donaldson's on my ass. Baker from the Post,
Bennet from the Times.
You know, it-it's my job to respond to their questions,
and I have no idea what I'm supposed to say.
Where is he?
With Hillary.
Uh...
You know, w-we look paralyzed.
We have to respond now
or the only reasonable conclusion people will come to
is that it's all true.
Do you honestly think he decided to risk his presidency
on a complex perjury scheme
involving a 24-year-old and the Revlon Corporation?
-Look, hey. You're close to him. -Yeah.
He trusts you.
-You have to ask him. -Ask him what?
Did he fuck this intern?
Mr. President.
I was looking for you two.
Uh, Mr. President, uh,
you have back-to-back meetings scheduled today.
Jim Lehrer on PBS. Mara Liasson at NPR.
-Roll Call... -I'm aware.
Okay. Uh, well, since we're all still, uh, searching
for a good comprehensive response to this,
maybe we should cancel those.
(Blumenthal chuckles)
Brilliant idea.
Why don't we issue a formal admission of guilt
while we're at it?
They're gonna ask about the girl, sir.
Let 'em ask whatever the hell they want.
I have nothing to hide.
ABC's Jackie Judd. She broke the story overnight.
(Monica sighs)
He's gonna have to resign.
It's all my fault.
Don't look at it that way.
What way-- accurately?
This is a terrible week in our lives,
but all we have to do is get through it.
And, yes, maybe he will have to resign.
But, guess what, when he does,
all of this stops.
He goes away, all of it goes away.
NEWSMAN: In a statement tonight, Revlon confirmed
Lewinsky was referred by Vernon Jordan
and offered a job this month,
n offer Revlon rescinded todaya
-Jordan did try to get Monica Lewinsky -Oh, honey.
-a $40,000-a-year job at the Revlon Corporation, -Oh, my God.
-Oh, honey. Oh, no. -where he sits on the board of directors.
EWSWOMAN:N s for the Starr investigation,A
the matter has not yet been taken to a grand jury,
but investigators linked...
(indistinct chatter)
-Hey! -Hey, Mike. -McCURRY: Hey, guys.
-(all clamoring) -I'm gonna get to you guys in a bit, okay?
Thank you.
Mike, what's going on here? Did he know this girl?
Guys, I'll do a-a briefing tonight.
-Okay... -Al Gore could be president by tonight.
-We need answers now. -H-Helen, Helen.
-Yeah? -He's about to sit down with PBS.
We're putting up a live feed.
-(clamoring) -And, uh,
you can hear straight from him.
(murmuring)
CAMERAMAN: We're rolling in three, two...
LEHRER: Mr. President, welcome.
BILL: Thank you, Jim.
LEHRER: The news of this day is that Kenneth Starr,
the independent counsel, is investigating allegations
that you suborned perjury
by encouraging a 24-year-old woman
who you were having an affair with
to lie under oath.
Mr. President, is that true?
That is not true. That is not true.
I did not ask anyone to tell anything other than the truth.
There is no improper relationship,
and I intend to cooperate with this inquiry.
But that is not true.
No improper relationship.
Define what you mean by that.
Well, I-I think you know what it means.
It means that there is not a...
sexual relationship,
an improper sexual relationship.
Or any other kind of improper relationship.
You had no sexual relationship with this young woman?
There is not a sexual relationship.
That is accurate.
You know, that-that's all I can say now.
You see, what-what I'm trying to do i-is to contain my...
(chuckles) natural impulses and-and get back to work.
You know, I-I think it's important that we cooperate.
I will cooperate.
But-but I want to focus on the work at hand.
ust for the record, so there'sJ o ambiguity about it...n
-Th-There is n... -All right.
Y-You had no conversations
with this young woman, Monica Lewinsky,
about her testimony or possible testimony?
BILL: I did not urge anyone.
I did not urge anyone to say anything that was untrue.
That's my...
statement to you.
Mm-hmm.
What's going on?
If-if it's-if it's not true,
uh, that means somebody made this up.
-I-Is that... -Look, y-you know as much about this as I do right now.
So, you know, w-we'll just have to look into it
and-and cooperate and-and we'll see.
ut, meanwhile, I've got to getB n with the work of the countryo
-You know, I got hired -I'll talk to him.
-to help the rest of the American people. -(reporters clamoring)
Okay, guys, thank you.
I'll be back tonight.
-(clamoring continuing) -Come on.
(quiet chatter)
Did you see that shit?
The right wing gives them garbage
and they run with it every time.
Even PBS. It's unreal.
You don't deserve this, Mr. President.
I hope you know that.
Imagine the apocalypse in the press room.
-They're eating McCurry alive. -Yeah,
well, it's his job to handle that.
I know, Mr. President, but we do need to offer
a clear explanation.
I've made my comment, Sid.
Yes, but it's just what she said
about you on the tapes, sir.
Tapes?
RATHER: CBS News White House Correspondent Scott Pelley
has the latest. Scott?
PELLEY: Dan, these are
the most serious allegations ever leveled at the president,
essentially perjury and obstruction of justice.
-What's gonna happen? -The allegations are contained in a series
-of secretly recorded audiotapes. -He's gonna have to resign.
Lewinsky swore in a deposition
that she never had an affair with the president.
But that is not what she was telling coworker Linda Tripp.
Tripp has been recording conversations
with Lewinsky over the phone.
source familiar with the tapeA ells CBS Newst
Lewinsky is often heard in tears,
leading with Trippp o help her cover up the affairt
Tripp says that if she is ever asked
about whether Lewinsky had an affair,
she would have to tell the truth.
Lewinsky begs her not to.
He's waiting for you in his study.
I remember when they used to let me in the front door.
Dick Morris?
No, no, no, no, no.
(sighs)
You poor son of a bitch.
Thanks for coming.
Well, I'm an expert at sexual imbroglios.
You know I didn't want to let you go.
(exhales) My staff forced my hand.
Your political advisor
got caught sucking a prostitute's toes.
I'd have told you to fire me myself.
I messed up with this girl.
-I know. -No.
No, I fucked this up beyond all recognition.
I walk in a room,
I don't know what the next question's gonna be.
I don't know what Starr has.
I don't know what Monica's saying.
I can't form any kind of response.
What are people saying?
Honestly,
they're saying Al Gore better be reading up
on Saddam Hussein
because he's going to be commander in chief by summer.
I can't be fucking Richard Nixon.
You know, everything you work for gone,
shell of yourself for the rest of your life.
You told me once if, at the start of Watergate,
he would've manned up and admitted it,
he would have survived.
So I-I'm thinking I-I just admit it,
apologize,
kill the story.
But I can't.
Because it would destroy Hillary.
I think she'd walk out on me.
I don't know what to do.
Well, let me help you with that.
(grunts, inhales)
Small sample, but it's an RDD poll.
Good quality.
You think I don't know why you called me
instead of one of your PC liberals on staff?
You want the truth?
Well, there it is.
The American people know you're a man.
Hell, most of them actually like that about you.
If it were just the sex,
they'd forgive it.
But look at the unfavs on question 17.
It's about what you said under oath.
Admitting to the affair is admitting to perjury.
And if you admit to perjury,
you lose all public support,
even among your base.
You'd have to resign.
Take it from me-- being disgraced
isn't as fun as it sounds.
You can't tell the truth.
Well, then it's simple.
We just have to win.
BLUMENTHAL: Mr. President,
we just need to be able to explain
why she would go into such graphic detail
talking about you.
Do you know this person at all?
Look, when Monica worked here,
she was a nice girl.
Hardworking.
But you could tell she was troubled.
You know? She comes from a broken home.
I would talk to her on occasion,
give her advice.
(exhales) You know, I was just trying to help her out.
And I think she got the wrong idea.
She came on to you?
Well, she started calling Betty at all hours.
You know, turning up at events where she knew I'd be.
She got fixated.
You know, she told me her friends
called her "the stalker."
And she said, you know, if she and I had sex,
then they couldn't call her that anymore.
(exhales) Jesus.
Did you tell anyone?
When the ladies in the office saw how she was behaving,
they had her moved.
And that was it.
You know, I-I can't speak for whatever...
fantasy she may have spun talking to her friend.
PRODUCER: We'll lead off the segment
with her childhood-- Beverly Hills,
-fat camp, her parents' divorce papers. -(door opens)
-Stop. Shut up. Look at this. -(door closes)
What is this supposed to be?
Roll ahead.
Okay, wait, wait. Go back.
(whirring)
There.
Look who's waiting like a little stalker.
REPORTER: I knew I recognized her.
That hat.
I remember seeing this in '96 and thinking
no one has ever been that happy to see Bill Clinton.
-MAN: Waterbed. -MAN 2: Mm, no.
-MAN 3: Waterbed. -MAN 4: No, I want to do...
-I like the movie. -Do waterbed. -All right!
Pitch on the monologue.
Uh, saw a movie today that got great reviews.
Everybody loved it.
Monica Lewinsky gave it two legs up.
-Eh. -A lot coming out about the Clintons in these lawsuits.
Apparently, Bill's pet name for Hillary
is "my little buttercup."
His pet name for Monica?
-"My little suction cup." -(chuckling)
Okay, Ken Starr is very upset
he's not getting what he wants from Monica.
Apparently, he's the first guy that's ever happened to.
(laughter)
Bill Clinton can have sex with any woman alive
and he chooses her.
I mean, that's not a pitch. That's just a...
-question for the room. -(laughter)
HEAD WRITER: Jay's gonna flip for these.
appy Monica Day, everybody.H oday is Monica Day, of course,T
-across the United States. -EUBANKS: Is this it? Finally?
-Is it a federal holiday, I think? -(laughs) Probably.
All zippers at half-mast or something?
-I don't know what happens... -(laughter)
MARCIA: Well, lilies.
(news theme playing)
This time from Diane Sawyer,
who says that she would love to have you on 20/20.
ANCHOR: A girl from Beverly Hills
rushed by her parents' divorcec
She attended a camp for obese youth and was viewed
y classmates asb n attention seeker and a flirta
DAVE: I'm 24 now.
met Monica when we were youngI
A-Actually, uh, she became one of my first girlfriends,
-but... -In eighth grade. And then he was so mean to you
-in high school. -Shh.
She called and said that she shook
he president's hand and it wast ike having sex in a handshake.l
Uh, she's attracted to older men.
ENGHOUSE: Monica's nice, but...
she does tend to exaggerate and embellish stories
to get attention.- ANCHOR: On Linda Tripp's tapes-
Lewinsky reportedly says
he grew up in a house of lies,s
mother and father deceiving each other and their children.
ut did this troubled childhoodB ake Monica Lewinskym
into the kind of woman who would lie
-about an affair with the president? -Mom.
-It's okay, honey. -CNN News has uncovered
-this never-before-seen videotape -It's okay.
of Lewinsky waiting for the president
n a White House receiving linei
Mr. Clinton's loyalists are saying privately
that she repeatedly sought access to the president
and may have even fantasized
-a sexual relationship. -MARCIA: Oh.
No one will believe that.
(chuckling softly)
Everyone will believe that.
That's me.
There I am,
waiting for him.
Like a crazy fucking stalker.
(cheering, laughter on TV)
(whooping, laughter)
-(exhales) -DUNN: Thank you.
-(laughter) -BARR: Well, we're very...
we're very, um, happy that you're here.
It's a little hard for me to... hold back here.
Uh, you're a big fat snitch,
-aren't ya? -(laughter)
DUNN: I am not that big and I'm not that fat.
mean, people areI lways talking about, you know,a
my looks and I'm, you know...
I-I thought I was here for a makeover.
-BARR: Listen. -Yeah.
BARR: Is there a reason
why you secretly taped your friend?
-DUNN: Yes. There was a very good reason. -What is it?
-DUNN: A very good one. Okay? -What?
(applause)
LETTERMAN: Category tonight--
uh, possible first lines
for Monica Lewinsky's, uh, new book.
-We've... -(laughter)
You all know the drill.
e've been through this before.W
(laughter)
"Even as a baby, my parents noticed
I had an unusual attachment to my pacifier."
Number nine.
-"Give me all your hot..." -That's it.
Enough. We're not gonna watch this anymore.
What are you doing? That is my only source of information.
No, it's not.
These are lies about my daughter,
-and I'm sick of hearing them. -They're not lies.
What are you talking about, Monica?
What they're saying is true.
No, it is not.
(clanging)
Monica.
I did have an affair with Bill.
And I did go to fat camp.
And my parents did break up.
And I guess, one night, I told Linda
that you raised me in a house of lies,
and now the whole world knows that, too.
MARCIA: It doesn't matter.
So many kids have that exact same history. Come on.
(sighs) It's all true.
Just like it's true that everyone I've ever met
is apparently just waiting for a phone call
from Wolf fucking Blitzer to just go on live TV
and tear me apart.
-Honey, I know that you don't... -Please,
don't tell me that it's gonna be okay.
I messed up so bad
that I can't turn off the TV.
Because if I turn off the TV...
I'm just gonna imagine the horrible things
that people are saying about me, and that's worse.
Sweetheart, let me draw you a bath,
-do something to distract... -I know you're trying to help,
but, right now, all I can do is I can just sit here
and I can watch this.
Okay? That's all.
NEWSMAN: ...seeking all of the records involving Monica Lewinsky.
Phone records, job records,
-when she entered the White House... -(exhales)
-...when she left the Wh-White House. -(dialing)
-(line ringing) -We're told by sources
that she would frequently come in...
-GINBSURG: Hello? -Bill?
This has to end right now.
Listen, Marcia, I'm doing everything I can.
e're close on an immunity dealW
We just need her to say what she's gonna testify to.
She'll come with me to the office, and...
No, no, she can't-she can't go outside.
They'll mob her. You said that yourself.
-NEWSMAN 2: ...shock America. -(sobs) Mom.
I'll call you back.
(clamoring)
No! No.
That creep took advantage of you
-when you were young. -Please, Mom, stop.
-(clamoring) -(cameras clicking)
When I heard the authorities
were investigating Monica Lewinsky,
I felt I had to come forward.
I'm sorry. We're turning this off!
Don't.
-Monica and I were involved for a time -I'd rather see it.
before she went to Washington.
We had an affair.
And while my wife and I were trying to heal,
onica wouldn't leave us alone.M
She became obsessed with us.
She convinced herself that we were in love.
How do I put this?
Uh, Monica has a history of twisting the facts.
REPORTER: Would you say that this was a Fatal Attraction scenario?
(Kate chuckles)- ANDY: Um... you could say that-
REPORTER 2: What else can you tell us about Ms. Lewinsky?
ANDY: There's a lot the world should know about Monica.
(TV clicks off)
*
We'll walk straight to the car.
And it will be over
before you know it.
Bill, big day.
How are you guys holding up?
Eh...
(muffled chatter)
(muffled shouting)
(man shouts)
(all clamoring)
Okay, all right, we're just gonna go straight to the car.
-We're not gonna talk to them, all right? -GUARD: Get back!
Out of my way! Excuse me.
Out of our way. Go. Get in there!
(clamoring continues)
GUARD: Move! Stay back!
Monica!
(all clamoring)
(siren chirps)
GINSBURG: So,
we have a deal?
We have a deal.
Judge Starr will sign that as well,
and we'll fax it back your way.
We're done here.
(inhales)
*
(grunts softly)
(exhales)
Hey.
I know you don't believe me,
but it's all gonna be okay now.
I just want to go to sleep.
Okay, baby.
NCHOR:A ell, that's gonna do it for usW e thank you for watching.W
e're back again tomorrow nightW t 11:00.a
I don't... Um, should we watch this?
Of course. Who's gonna play Monica?
I hope they're fair to her.
It'll be her and Bill in the office.
Oh, stop it. Shush.
(traffic sounds)
Hi. I'm meeting a friend here.
-Your name? -Monica Lewinsky.
-Oh, yes. -(cheering and applause)
-Right this way. Ms. Tripp is already here. -Okay.
Oh, okay.
-Monica. -(laughter)
-Monica Lewinsky. -Hi. (giggles)
-Mwah. -(microphone feedback)
-Okay, you shouldn't watch this. -LINDA: No, no.
It's funny.
-SHANNON: Oh, thank... -KATTAN: What can I, uh, get
you two lovely ladies to drink- GOODMAN: Hmm.-
SHANNON: Um...
I'll have a Bartles & Jaymes.
I'll have a Bloody Mary and two AA batteries.
(laughter)
(clapping, whooping)
So, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky,
hmm,
I enjoyed talking to you la...
(footsteps approaching)
You're still up?
Mm.
Is that the brandy you bought, like, five years ago
-to make a cake? -(chuckles)
Brandy doesn't expire.
Are you okay?
Why?
The thing on TV?
Oh.
I'm fine.
You know what the popular kids used to call me in school?
Mm?
Gus.
It was a running joke my-my whole junior year.
People would ask me why and I'd pretend I didn't know,
but I did.
I knew the whole time.
Gus Johnson was a big famous basketball player.
A gigantic man.
-That's horrible. -No,
the point is, I've been teased my whole life.
I can take it.
Doesn't matter.
Allison.
Oh, God, that's disgusting.
-It's basically Robitussin. -(groans)
-Yeah. -(chuckles)
Love you.
I love you.
It's gonna be okay.
Okay.
RUSSERT: The attorney for former White House intern Monica Lewinsky,
William Ginsburg.
-Welcome. -Thank you.
Does Ken Starr have a case without your client?
Well... (chuckles) I'm afraid
you're gonna have to ask Ken Starr that question.
What Ken Starr and his prosecutors did
to Monica Lewinsky
is completely unethical.
hey threatened this 24-year-olT oman with jail time,w
when it is, in fact, they who should really be concerned
about going to jail.
'm not involved in any sort ofI ense negotiations whatsoever.t
e're just waiting for KenW tarr's office to call and makeS
-some sort of an offer, if indeed they intend to make one. -(line ringing)
I had a phone call with, uh,
-Ken Starr's office yesterday. -EMMICK: Judge. Hi.
Never heard from you on a Sunday before...
Yeah, I came in after worship.
The Lewinsky agreement-- what's the status?
ll good.A he signed, her counsel signed.S
Have we signed?
Uh, no. I was gonna have you sign tomorrow.
-I can bring it by now... -I'm not signing a darn thing.
-What's that? -I'm not giving her immunity.
-GINSBURG: ...paraded into a courthouse... -Ginsburg appears to be breaking
the laws of metaphysics,
gloating on every single Sunday show.
-I know what's he doing. -...shut down...
He's signaling to the president
that she isn't going to tell us anything.
EMMICK: Judge, we gave our word.
-W-We can't go back on... -I've made up my mind.
No deal.
*
(door opens)
(indistinct chatter in distance)
WOMAN (in distance): (laughs) That's okay. Bye.
*
It's been five news cycles.
I know.
State of the Union is Tuesday night.
I spoke to the whole cabinet,
leadership in both houses.
-They have my back. -Well,
they understand who Starr is and what he's doing,
but the public doesn't.
We can't rely
on surrogates. It needs to be you.
The people want to hear from Bill Clinton.
I mean, he's in there, somewhere.
I assume.
I hope.
We could lose everything that we have fought for.
The only way we do this is we meet it head-on.
You deny it and you throw it back at Starr
like the garbage it is.
What are my options?
You know, you-you listen to McCurry,
he wants me to do a live TV address to the nation.
Okay, that's another C-plus idea from McCurry.
Who's surprised? We are not gonna give Starr that power.
So what do we do?
(exhales) Sid and I have a plan.
NEWSWOMAN: It was subpoenas from lawyers for Paula Jones
-that led to all these revelations about Lewinsky. -(phone rings)
-Today, Mr. Clinton's lawyer, Robert Bennett, -Hello?
argued that Clinton enemies
are using the Jones case to destroy the president.
What are you talking about?
She signed it.
You signed it.
They can't do this to us.
Why is this happening?
(departing footsteps)
NEWSMAN: ...incredibly sensitive to public opinion.
As for what you are thinking--
many things, it seems...
BLUMENTHAL: They're all in there.
You told them to expect something.
You'll find a bigger-than-normal crowd
for an event about after-school programs.
-All right. -REPORTER: The first lady is set to host an event
on childcare this morning.
(applause)- However, we have just been tol-
-that the president is going to make... -Mom, get in here.
...a surprise appearance.
(applause continues)
HILLARY: Thank you.
Good morning.
Welcome to the White House.
I'm especially glad to see in the audience
so many people who care so much
about education and childcare.
Now, I am very pleased to introduce a surprise guest,
the greatest champion of working parents
and working families that the United States has ever known,
my husband, President Bill Clinton.
Thank you very much.
(exhales) First,
let me thank all of you who are here.
Many of us have been working together now for...
20 years
on a lot of these issues,
and this is a very happy day for us.
I thank the first lady for all she has done
on this issue for as long as I've known her.
Every child
needs someplace to go after school.
What's going on? Is he about to resign?
We are determined to help Americans succeed
-in the workplace, to raise... -What is he up to?
..well-educated, healthy k-kid.
and to help Americans succeed in the toughest job of all,
that of being a parent.
nd the Mott Foundation has gonA long way toward helping us.a
I thank them.
Now... (exhales)
I have to go back to work on my...
State of the Union speech.
And, uh, I worked on it till pretty late last night.
But I want to say one thing to the American people.
I want you to listen to me.
I'm gonna say this again.
did not have sexual relationsI ith that woman,w
Ms. Lewinsky.
I never told anybody to lie.
Not a single time.
Never.
These allegations are false.
And I need to go back to work for the American people.
Thank you.
Oh, my God.
(scoffs softly)
(indistinct chatter)
Don't.
(remote clatters)
*
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