World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-09-10

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[0:02] World

[0:04] >> on World News Tonight this Thursday. The

[0:05] Star Report report on the president.

[0:07] What will Congress do next? What's in

[0:09] the report? When will the public see it?

[0:12] What does the president's own pastor

[0:14] think of his behavior? Could he be

[0:16] kicked out of his church? Another

[0:18] political upheaval in Russia. Does the

[0:20] new man have what it takes to survive?

[0:23] And Ko the whale. What will it take to

[0:25] survive in the ocean again?

[0:35] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:38] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:41] Peter Jennings.

[0:42] >> Good evening. Now that the Congress has

[0:44] the Independent Council's report on the

[0:46] president and the Monica Lewinsky

[0:47] investigation, there are the most

[0:49] serious political and legal decisions to

[0:52] be made. And sometimes they're the same

[0:54] thing. In the Congress today, they are

[0:56] wrestling with the possibility of

[0:57] impeaching the president now that he's

[0:59] accused of numerous crimes. Important

[1:02] note, this is purely a prosecutor's

[1:04] document. There has been no defense so

[1:07] far. The Congress is also deciding how

[1:10] the report will be released to the

[1:11] public, which it will, but it is the

[1:13] charges which the independent council

[1:15] makes that are the serious core of all

[1:18] this. And so, first we go to ABC's

[1:20] Jackie Jud.

[1:23] Ken Starr and his prosecutors accused

[1:25] President Clinton of 11 offenses which

[1:27] they consider grounds for potential

[1:29] impeachment. The allegations involve a

[1:32] broad pattern of deception intended to

[1:34] keep the truth of his affair with Monica

[1:37] Lewinsky under wraps. It is in count one

[1:40] where Mr. Clinton is accused of

[1:42] committing perjury last January when he

[1:44] denied under oath having sexual

[1:46] relations with Lewinsky. Elsewhere, he

[1:49] is accused of telling the same lie to

[1:51] the grand jury. Counts 10 and 11 involve

[1:54] alleged obstruction of justice and abuse

[1:57] of power. According to sources,

[1:59] prosecutors say Mr. Clinton cited

[2:02] executive privilege not to protect the

[2:04] office of the presidency, but only to

[2:07] protect himself and to keep witnesses

[2:09] away from prosecutors. They claim Mr.

[2:12] Clinton was involved in the long battle

[2:15] to keep Secret Service agents from

[2:17] testifying, even though the president

[2:19] publicly denied that. I literally have

[2:21] had no involvement in that decision

[2:23] whatever.

[2:24] >> And on the issue of obstruction of

[2:26] justice, the president is accused of

[2:29] lying to employees who were prospective

[2:31] grand jury witnesses, knowing those lies

[2:34] would be told to investigators. Sources

[2:37] familiar with the report also say

[2:39] prosecutors tried to establish a pattern

[2:41] of obstruction. The claim is made that

[2:44] the efforts to get Monica Lewinsky a job

[2:46] are similar to efforts made on behalf of

[2:48] the president's friend Webb Hubble when

[2:51] Star was trying to gain Hubble's

[2:53] cooperation in the Whitewater

[2:55] investigation. The report concludes that

[2:57] in both cases the motive was the same.

[3:00] Keep witnesses happy and less inclined

[3:03] to offer evidence damaging to the

[3:05] president. Peter,

[3:07] >> thanks very much. Jackie Jackie Jud in

[3:08] Washington. The report is still under

[3:10] lock and key. The House Rules Committee

[3:12] decides tonight how to make it public.

[3:15] President's lawyers went to Capitol Hill

[3:17] today to argue again that he should see

[3:19] it first. Here's ABC's Linda Douglas.

[3:23] >> Sources tell ABC News that when

[3:25] President Clinton's lawyers came to

[3:27] Capitol Hill, they pleaded with

[3:29] Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde. Could the

[3:31] president see Star's report 48 hours

[3:34] before it is released? Hyde said no. How

[3:37] about 1 hour before? Hyde said no. Could

[3:40] the lawyers have the right to interview

[3:42] witnesses? Hyde said no. Later, the

[3:45] lawyers gave no hint that they had asked

[3:47] and been denied.

[3:48] >> This was just a an initial very cordial

[3:51] uh meeting about procedures and other

[3:54] matters of common concern. Uh the

[3:57] referral by the prosecutors is simply uh

[4:00] a collection of their contentions,

[4:03] claims, and allegations. And we look

[4:06] forward to the chance to rebut those.

[4:08] Earlier in a closed door meeting, some

[4:10] Democrats said they didn't care if the

[4:12] president got any advanced notice. They

[4:14] want to get the report out fast so they

[4:16] could deal with the consequences before

[4:18] election day. Democratic leaders are

[4:20] struggling to tamp down members anxiety.

[4:23] >> This is not a process where we just go

[4:28] with whims or rumors or half facts or

[4:33] innuendo.

[4:35] We have to be careful and we have to be

[4:38] sensible and we have to be fair.

[4:41] >> Aware that the public will be watching

[4:42] all of this, Speaker Gingrich announced

[4:44] today he will enforce rules of decorum

[4:46] on the House floor.

[4:48] >> Members engaging in debate must abstain

[4:51] from language that is personally

[4:53] offensive toward the president,

[4:55] including references to various types of

[4:57] unethical behavior. At this hour, a

[5:00] House committee is debating a resolution

[5:02] that calls for the release of STAR's

[5:04] 445page report tomorrow if the House

[5:07] votes to do so. Thousands of pages of

[5:09] additional sensitive material would be

[5:11] edited and released later this month.

[5:13] One Democrat said if Star's report is

[5:16] bad and credible, Democrats will start

[5:18] running from the president. Peter,

[5:19] >> Linda, thank you. Linda Douglas on

[5:21] Capitol Hill. The Democratic leader in

[5:22] the House, Richard Ghart, has said that

[5:24] an impeachment inquiry may be the most

[5:27] important duty of the House short of

[5:29] declaring war. So, let us take a closer

[5:32] look at what impeachment is and how it

[5:33] might happen. We turn to our legal

[5:35] analyst, Jeffrey Tubin. Jeffrey, the

[5:37] Constitution, the president says, can be

[5:39] impeached for treason, bribery, or other

[5:41] high crimes and misdemeanors. Gerald

[5:44] Ford once said that high crimes and

[5:46] misdemeanors mean whatever the Congress

[5:48] thinks they mean. What is explain? Well,

[5:50] the formal impeachment inquiry would

[5:52] begin in the uh in in the House

[5:54] Judiciary Committee and from there it

[5:57] would they would examine witnesses and

[5:59] discover and examine the evidence.

[6:01] Committee could then vote on articles of

[6:03] impeachment which are like individual

[6:05] criminal charges. If any of the articles

[6:07] pass the committee, the battle would

[6:09] shift to the full house. If a majority

[6:12] of the House vote in favor, then the

[6:14] president is impeached, but he remains

[6:16] in office until a trial in the Senate.

[6:19] That would be much like a criminal

[6:20] trial. Members of the House serving as

[6:22] prosecutors, senators playing the role

[6:24] of the jury, and the chief justice of

[6:26] the United States presiding. And if

[6:29] finally, Peter, if twothirds of the

[6:31] senators vote against any of the

[6:33] president on any article of impeachment,

[6:35] he would immediately be removed from

[6:36] office.

[6:37] >> No, as you know, I totally led you in

[6:39] the wrong direction. I do very much

[6:40] apologize. Tell me about tell me about

[6:42] what Gerald Ford said, that impeachment

[6:43] means whatever Congress says it means.

[6:45] Well, the the term is somewhat of a

[6:47] constitutional mystery because it's not

[6:49] really in a modern sense a crime or a

[6:52] misdemeanor. It doesn't have to be

[6:53] against the criminal law and it's not

[6:55] really a misdemeanor in the sense of a

[6:57] minor offense. What it is is a serious

[7:00] abuse of power and that's really well an

[7:03] example seems to be a systematic

[7:06] obstruction of justice. That's what

[7:07] happened in Watergate. And the real core

[7:10] issue I think Congress will be wrestling

[7:11] with now is is the Monica Lewinsky case

[7:14] an isolated personal example of

[7:17] misconduct by the president or is it a

[7:19] systematic obstruction of justice as

[7:21] Star alleges in the report.

[7:23] >> Jeffrey as always. Thank you. Sorry to

[7:24] send you down the wrong path as I did.

[7:27] Now very serious now getting to the Star

[7:29] report on to the public. Releasing it

[7:32] over the internet may be the fastest way

[7:34] but there are concerns of course that

[7:36] not everyone will be able to get access.

[7:38] some of the other options, including the

[7:40] internet. From ABC's Jack Smith,

[7:43] >> Congress is so concerned about the surge

[7:45] in public demand when it posts the Star

[7:47] Report on the internet that it's

[7:49] planning to open up additional websites.

[7:51] It may even give the report to other

[7:54] organizations to distribute for fear the

[7:56] server or computer at Congress's website

[7:59] will simply jam up.

[8:00] >> It becomes a bottleneck. If there's too

[8:02] many people trying to squeeze through

[8:03] that door, they'll be turned away and

[8:05] they'll keep trying. and and the problem

[8:08] perpetuates itself as people try over

[8:10] and over to get access to the

[8:11] information.

[8:12] >> There's also concern about the 83% of

[8:15] American households who do not have

[8:17] access to the internet. There is the

[8:19] government printing office which

[8:20] promises to have copies a day later, but

[8:23] most Americans will have to rely on the

[8:25] print media and they are responding to

[8:27] an extraordinary degree. The Washington

[8:30] Post will print the report in its

[8:32] entirety in a special edition on

[8:33] Saturday. Other newspapers are

[8:36] considering doing the same, as are

[8:38] national news magazines, and at least

[8:40] one publisher is already planning an

[8:42] instant book. Its cover is ready.

[8:45] >> We expect the report to be released on

[8:47] Friday afternoon, and we anticipate

[8:49] having books in the stores on Tuesday.

[8:52] >> Both the special prosecutor's office and

[8:55] Congress had feared the report might be

[8:56] excerpted and taken out of context, but

[8:59] in the age of the internet, that it

[9:01] seems will not happen. All 445 pages of

[9:04] Stars report will be available to

[9:06] virtually all Americans. If not in a few

[9:08] minutes, then in a few days. Jack Smith,

[9:11] ABC News, Washington.

[9:13] >> When we come back, could the president

[9:15] be kicked out of his own church? Peggy

[9:17] Wayar's exclusive interview with the

[9:19] pastor of the president's own

[9:21] congregation.

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[10:50] In the face of a political catastrophe

[10:52] for the president and a constitutional

[10:54] crisis perhaps, President Clinton tried

[10:56] to explain himself today to his cabinet

[10:59] and to the Democratic leadership in the

[11:01] Senate. Here's ABC's John Cochran.

[11:05] Coming to the White House for what

[11:07] proved to be a long, difficult meeting,

[11:09] Senate Democratic leaders heard the

[11:10] president assure them that he believes

[11:12] there are no surprises in the Star

[11:14] report. Not all of them were convinced.

[11:16] and we were all going to read the report

[11:18] and I'm my guess is there's going to be

[11:19] surprises in there. Every single person

[11:21] that was down there said directly to

[11:23] them that this is this is extremely

[11:25] serious and we don't know where it's

[11:26] going to end and we all uh could

[11:29] potentially be in your jury.

[11:31] >> Although furious that the president has

[11:33] lied to them in the past, Democratic

[11:35] leaders gave him as much support as they

[11:36] felt it was safe to give.

[11:38] >> I accept the president's apology and I

[11:40] think my colleagues do as well.

[11:41] >> You trust him?

[11:42] >> Of course.

[11:42] >> Mr. Clinton admitted to the senators he

[11:45] knows he is in trouble and told another

[11:46] group all he can do is continue to

[11:48] apologize.

[11:49] >> Part of this process I'm going through

[11:52] of talking to people with whom I work

[11:54] and with whom I must uh work in your

[11:57] behalf to ask for their understanding,

[11:59] their forgiveness and their commitment

[12:03] not to let the events of the moment in

[12:05] Washington deter us from doing the

[12:07] people's work here and building the

[12:09] future of this country. The president

[12:11] also apologized to cabinet members who

[12:13] backed him for months because he had

[12:15] assured them he had done nothing wrong.

[12:17] >> It was an extraordinary meeting.

[12:20] >> The president apologized.

[12:23] He was hurting.

[12:26] Cabinet, myself, we support him.

[12:31] It

[12:31] >> was an extraordinary meeting. It was

[12:33] emotional.

[12:35] The president had a strong message for

[12:37] all of us and that was that we should

[12:40] press ahead with the business of the

[12:41] country.

[12:42] >> Tonight, Mrs. Clinton is expected to

[12:44] introduce the president at a party

[12:45] fundraiser, but her aids say there is no

[12:48] indication yet that she is ready to say

[12:50] publicly that she forgives the

[12:51] president. Peter,

[12:53] >> thank you, John. John Cochran at the

[12:54] White House. President Clinton looks for

[12:56] forgiveness tomorrow when he meets with

[12:58] religious leaders at a national prayer

[13:00] breakfast in Washington. We will be on

[13:02] the air live when the president speaks.

[13:04] The question is, will he find it from

[13:06] those this forgiveness from those who

[13:08] feel very deeply that he has sinned?

[13:10] There are members of his own

[13:12] denomination who want him to resign.

[13:14] Peggy Waymire, who covers Religion for

[13:16] Us, has had an exclusive conversation

[13:17] with the president's own pastor.

[13:23] >> Bill Clinton, a lifelong Southern

[13:25] Baptist, has professed a deep commitment

[13:28] to his Christian faith. But leaders of

[13:30] the president's own denomination now say

[13:33] his public profession of faith is in

[13:35] such contradiction to his private

[13:37] behavior that he should resign.

[13:40] >> You cannot live a life of disregard for

[13:44] morality and integrity and truthfulness

[13:48] and still be qualified to serve in any

[13:50] office in this land. Some Baptist

[13:54] leaders have pressured the president's

[13:55] Little Rock pastor to sever Clinton's

[13:58] church membership, but Reverend Rex Horn

[14:00] has spoken with the president about the

[14:02] Lewinsky affair and has no intention of

[14:04] expelling him.

[14:05] >> I was grieved about the whole thing. I

[14:07] definitely think what the president did

[14:09] and what he's admitted to is

[14:11] indefensible. It is inexcusable,

[14:15] but I do not believe it's unforgivable.

[14:17] >> What would you want people to know about

[14:19] him that only you might know? I do

[14:21] believe that there's a real tension in

[14:24] his life related to faith. Uh I believe

[14:27] that there are things that he wants to

[14:29] do and he does not do them. There's some

[14:31] things that he does that he does not

[14:32] want to do. Uh and I think that uh he is

[14:36] at a real crossroads and his life in a

[14:38] lot of different ways.

[14:40] >> What advice would you give him as pastor

[14:43] if you could at this crossroads?

[14:45] >> Just simply to make things right with

[14:46] God and let everything else fall where

[14:47] it will. President Clinton has always

[14:50] said that he depends on God's

[14:52] forgiveness.

[14:53] >> It frees you of all the guilt that you

[14:55] would otherwise carry around from all

[14:57] the mistakes you make.

[14:59] >> I mean, the uh

[15:02] the important thing to me about uh about

[15:05] my life and my faith is that every day I

[15:08] get to get up and try again

[15:10] >> because

[15:11] >> because the God I believe in is a God of

[15:14] second chances.

[15:17] Peggy Wayer, ABC News, Washington.

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[18:16] >> In Russia today, Boris Yelson was forced

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[18:26] foreign minister ifi Primikov, a man the

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[18:34] Moscow. ABC's Jim Wooten.

[18:37] >> Primacov at the Kremlin today. This

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[18:55] others embraced him as the only solution

[18:58] to the stalemate.

[18:59] >> Mr. Primikov is not our favorite choice,

[19:03] but this is a compromise which the

[19:04] democratic opposition is ready to

[19:07] support in the current conditions.

[19:09] >> But for many in the parliament,

[19:10] Primikov's main attraction is his

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[19:15] its traditional allies against the West,

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[19:58] News, Moscow.

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[21:50] >> Oh my gosh, it's late. I better make you

[21:53] some dinner. Look, Mommy. Mommy, they're

[21:56] quieting for you.

[21:58] >> That's beautiful, honey.

[22:01] You know what? I'm going to make

[22:03] something special for you, too. Tonight,

[22:05] make them something that comes from the

[22:07] heart, not the freezer. Campbell soup

[22:09] and sandwiches. Dinner with a lot of

[22:10] love. That's not a lot of time. So, what

[22:13] else did you learn in school today?

[22:16] >> Healing.

[22:17] >> Campbell. Good for the body, good for

[22:19] the soul.

[22:22] >> Great. Now, you know, the other thing we

[22:24] wanted to talk to you about was mutual

[22:26] funds that help minimize the capital

[22:28] gains taxes.

[22:29] >> They don't exist, sweetheart.

[22:31] >> Actually, index funds can do that.

[22:33] >> Really?

[22:34] >> Yeah. Some are designed to be more tax

[22:36] efficient. And given your long-term

[22:38] goals, it might be an option that makes

[22:40] sense for you.

[22:43] >> I stand corrected.

[22:45] >> So, sit down. This is the one I was

[22:47] taking.

[22:47] >> This is index funds here. It's a whole

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[23:06] In Iceland today, at least a taste of

[23:08] freedom. It's been 19 years since Ko the

[23:11] whale was on his own in the North

[23:12] Atlantic. He's been around the world and

[23:14] in the movies. And tonight, after

[23:16] extraordinary efforts by children and

[23:18] others who love him, Ko is back in deep

[23:21] waters again. ABC's Judy Mueller tonight

[23:24] in the Icelandic coastal village of

[23:26] Vesman.

[23:29] Ko arrived back in Iceland on an

[23:31] enormous Air Force cargo plane. Then a

[23:34] short drive to the harbor cheered on by

[23:36] school children where the world's most

[23:38] famous killer whale was taken to a

[23:40] pendin cove not far from the waters

[23:42] where he was first captured at the age

[23:44] of two.

[23:45] >> You know, it's not just an ordinary

[23:47] whale. It's very important movie star.

[23:49] You know,

[23:53] >> had it not been for his starring role in

[23:55] the film Free Willie, the world would

[23:57] have paid no attention to the fact that

[23:58] Ko was ailing in a small warm tank in

[24:01] Mexico City. A huge fundraising effort

[24:03] brought Ko to an Oregon aquarium for

[24:06] rehabilitation. Some people are critical

[24:08] of the plan to return KO to the wild

[24:10] because he has depended on humans for 20

[24:13] years and may be a poor candidate for

[24:15] such an experiment.

[24:16] >> Our human compassion for animals has

[24:19] been misinformed and misguided largely

[24:22] due to Hollywood.

[24:24] >> But on this special day of homecoming,

[24:26] there were few naysayers in the crowd as

[24:28] Ko was lowered into the huge bay pin.

[24:32] If Ko can learn to survive by hunting

[24:34] for his own food, he'll be released one

[24:37] day to the open sea. That is still a big

[24:40] if. But today was an important step. And

[24:42] for his trainers, an emotional one.

[24:45] >> As a veterinarian, as a medical

[24:46] supervisor, and as a human being,

[24:50] it can't get any better.

[24:52] >> Even if KO never leaves this bay, he's

[24:54] better off than he was before. This bay

[24:56] pen is 60% bigger than his tank in

[24:58] Oregon. He'll have plenty of lived fish

[25:00] to eat, and he'll be able to communicate

[25:02] with passing pods of killer whales. Late

[25:05] today, he was observed talking with a

[25:07] couple of curious dolphins. But for now,

[25:10] his best friends are still the human

[25:12] variety. Judy Mueller, ABC News,

[25:15] Vestmanire, Iceland.

[25:17] >> We'll be back with our top story in just

[25:19] a moment.

[25:25] The other day I'm driving down Broadway

[25:27] when that pastramian ride catches up

[25:29] with me. Heartburnt big time. My

[25:32] passenger says, "Here, take a Zante 75."

[25:35] I say, "What are you, a doctor?" And he

[25:37] says, "Yeah."

[25:40] >> The medicine in Zantek 75 is the number

[25:42] one doctor prescribed acid reducer. It

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[25:47] controlling acid for up to 12 hours. A

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[25:51] >> Zantag 75 the final word in heartburn

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[26:25] Hey, you want a green light to eat like

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[26:31] >> We have breaking news out of Washington

[26:32] to tell you about. The president is

[26:34] speaking right now, we believe, on

[26:35] Northwest Airlines.

[26:37] >> All right, let's see what he has to say.

[26:39] >> Alone. They deserve credit for their

[26:41] determination.

[26:43] Again, let me say that uh this is good

[26:46] news for the American people. This is an

[26:49] indication that the collective

[26:50] bargaining process, if entered into in

[26:52] good faith, can actually work in a way

[26:55] that benefits everyone. Uh I know there

[26:58] are a lot of people that depend upon

[26:59] Northwest, who are relieved tonight. And

[27:01] again, I just want to thank all the

[27:02] parties, including you, Mr. Secretary.

[27:05] Thank you very much,

[27:06] >> Mr. President. What did you tell your

[27:07] cabinet?

[27:10] >> What did you tell your cabinet, Mr.

[27:11] President? Congress is also deciding how

[27:13] the independent council's report, it's a

[27:15] big one, will be released to the public,

[27:17] which as we said it will. There's been

[27:19] no defense so far, but in the report,

[27:21] the prosecutors accuse the president of

[27:23] 11 offenses which they consider

[27:25] potential grounds for impeachment. That

[27:28] is our report on World News Tonight

[27:30] later on Night Line. More on Congress

[27:31] and the Star Report. One other program

[27:33] note, President Clinton's personal

[27:35] problems have become a matter of public

[27:37] debate almost immediately. It took more

[27:38] than 30 years before President Kennedy's

[27:42] private life had a thorough airing and

[27:45] the implications of that to his

[27:46] governance. Tonight, an ABC News

[27:48] special, President Kennedy, the

[27:50] dangerous years. You might want to join

[27:51] us for that. I'm Peter Jennings. Have a

[27:53] good evening. We'll see you tomorrow.

[27:54] Good night.

[28:01] Tomorrow, what lies ahead for the

[28:03] president? Did he abuse his power? Will

[28:05] this crisis lead to impeachment? For the

[28:08] latest, watch ABC's World News Tonight

[28:10] with Peter Jennings. This has been a

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