World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-08-18

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[0:03] On World News Tonight, this Tuesday, the

[0:05] day after, the Pur family leaves

[0:08] Washington for vacation, but the

[0:10] president's ordeal is far from over.

[0:13] Mrs. Clinton says she forgives her

[0:15] husband. What are the people saying?

[0:18] We'll take a closer look. Also today,

[0:20] new threats to Americans overseas. The

[0:23] government is taking them very

[0:25] seriously. And alarming news for

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[0:42] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:45] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:49] Peter Jennings. Sitting in tonight,

[0:51] Forest Sawyer.

[0:52] >> Good evening. The day after President

[0:54] Clinton's unprecedented speech to the

[0:56] nation has been a bumpy one. New polls

[0:59] indicate a growing number of Americans

[1:01] are willing to accept Mr. Clinton's

[1:03] statement about Monica Lewinsky, and a

[1:05] considerable majority want the

[1:07] independent council's investigation

[1:09] over. But the president is getting

[1:11] rougher treatment in Congress, including

[1:13] a few calls for his resignation. Through

[1:16] it all, the Clinton family left this

[1:17] afternoon for vacation on Martha's

[1:19] Vineyard. Not likely to be a pleasant

[1:22] one. ABC's Sam Donaldson is at the White

[1:24] House. Sam, it it felt like this was a

[1:26] day in which reality began to sink in.

[1:28] >> That's right, Forest. The undercurrent

[1:29] of strain here at the White House today

[1:31] is impossible to miss. The president

[1:33] placed about a dozen calls to members of

[1:35] Congress asking for their support, and

[1:37] the first lady issued her first public

[1:39] reaction to the events of the past 48

[1:42] hours. Her spokeswoman said her love for

[1:45] her husband is compassionate and

[1:47] steadfast. Does she forgive him? Yes,

[1:49] said her spokeswoman. She believes in

[1:51] this marriage, but clearly this is not

[1:54] the best day in Mrs. Clinton's life. And

[1:57] indeed, when the Clinton family left the

[1:59] White House this afternoon for their

[2:00] delayed Martha's Vineyard vacation, she

[2:02] never looked up. He was tight-lipped and

[2:04] unsiling as they walked with daughter

[2:07] Chelsea between them. At Andrews Air

[2:09] Force Base, as the Clintons boarded Air

[2:11] Force One, observers winced at the body

[2:13] language as she brushed past him in the

[2:16] doorway. But then none of the

[2:18] president's problems appears to have

[2:19] been ended by his speech last night as

[2:21] he hoped they would be. A speech crafted

[2:24] only after an internal struggle which

[2:26] was won by the hardliners. On one side

[2:28] were the president's political adviserss

[2:30] led by Paul Begala and Rahm Emanuel. On

[2:33] the other was the president's lawyer

[2:35] David Kendall and Mrs. Clinton.

[2:37] >> I did not have

[2:39] >> both sides thought he had to confess

[2:41] that he lied to the country last January

[2:43] and he did.

[2:44] >> Indeed, I did have a relationship with

[2:46] Miss Lewinsky. That was not appropriate.

[2:48] In fact, it was wrong.

[2:51] >> Both sides thought he had to express

[2:53] some remorse and he did.

[2:55] >> I misled people, including even my wife.

[3:00] I deeply regret that.

[3:02] >> But the political advisers wanted him to

[3:04] go further, to actually apologize to the

[3:07] country and ask the country's

[3:08] forgiveness and pledge to be a better

[3:10] president. He did not. Instead, the

[3:13] hardliners got the narrow legal document

[3:15] they wanted.

[3:16] >> While my answers were legally accurate,

[3:19] I did not volunteer information

[3:21] >> and the tone of personal defiance

[3:23] concerning the Clinton's private life.

[3:26] >> It's nobody's business but ours.

[3:29] >> Above all, the hardliners got the attack

[3:31] on independent counsel Kenneth Star's

[3:32] investigation the polls said might be

[3:34] popular, but the political advisers

[3:36] thought unwise. This has gone on too

[3:39] long, cost too much, and hurt too many

[3:43] innocent people.

[3:45] >> The intense dislike of Star was only

[3:46] heightened by yesterday's questioning of

[3:48] the president in the White House map

[3:50] room. Sources say the prosecutors pushed

[3:52] Mr. Clinton unmercifully to describe

[3:54] graphic details of his moments with

[3:56] Monica Lewinsky. The president refused,

[3:58] citing privacy grounds, understanding

[4:01] that if he were to describe details that

[4:03] fit within the definition of sex used

[4:05] during his Paula Jones deposition last

[4:08] January, he would be admitting perjury.

[4:10] When his testimony was over, the

[4:12] president is said to have been extremely

[4:14] angry at Star, which helped seal the

[4:16] tone of his speech.

[4:20] When the Clintons arrived in Martha's

[4:21] Vineyard, they were met by Vernon

[4:22] Jordan, the lawyer friend who helped

[4:24] Lewinsky look for a job, and singer

[4:26] Carly Simon, among others. All three

[4:28] Clintons shook hands with a friendly

[4:30] crowd of Islanders. But the president

[4:32] and Mrs. Clinton exchange no public

[4:34] signs of affection before driving away

[4:37] to their borrowed estate and a vacation

[4:39] that has begun on such a sour note.

[4:41] Usually after presidents have addressed

[4:44] the nation in moments of difficulty,

[4:45] their aids fan out immediately to

[4:47] declare victory, telling reporters how

[4:49] many favorable phone calls have come in

[4:51] and how their internal polls have gone

[4:53] skyhigh. But today there was almost none

[4:55] of that. Today basically there was

[4:57] silence. Another indication for us that

[4:59] this president knows he's in real

[5:01] trouble.

[5:02] >> And Sam, you know that this president in

[5:04] tough times tends to go out and and and

[5:06] deal with people. I think he takes some

[5:07] comfort in that. But he's going to

[5:09] Martha's Vineyard now. Do you think

[5:10] he'll he'll venture out from the

[5:11] vineyard?

[5:11] >> It's very interesting. His staff put out

[5:14] the word that this Friday he might go to

[5:15] Philadelphia to take place a photo

[5:17] opportunity on one of his healthc care

[5:19] programs. So reporters called the first

[5:21] lady's office and said, "Will the first

[5:23] lady accompany him?" And the reply was,

[5:25] "What trip to Philadelphia?" And forest

[5:27] a few hours later, the trip was off. So

[5:30] I suppose this week at least he's going

[5:32] to stay pretty close to ground.

[5:34] >> Much has been made of the concern that

[5:35] that people who were out there talking

[5:37] for him feel betrayed. What are you

[5:39] hearing?

[5:40] >> Well, I think a lot of them do. A couple

[5:42] of them were very loyally talking this

[5:43] morning in the talk shows. Anne Lewis

[5:45] for one, Rahm Emanuel for another. But

[5:47] again, they weren't declaring victory.

[5:48] They were just saying they understand.

[5:50] But a lot of the members of the staff

[5:52] that you see in the White House today

[5:54] have downcast eyes and they clearly feel

[5:56] humiliated. Sam Donald at the White

[5:59] House. Thank you very much, Sam. One big

[6:00] question. What happens to Kenneth Star's

[6:02] investigation now? Well, he presses on,

[6:04] of course. But the direction of the

[6:06] investigation will be determined in

[6:08] large measure by what the president said

[6:10] and did not say during yesterday's

[6:13] testimony. Here's ABC's Jackie Jud.

[6:17] >> Monica Lewinsky has been summoned back

[6:19] to the grand jury Thursday at the

[6:21] request of the grand jurors themselves

[6:23] who want to question her, possibly about

[6:26] discrepancies between her testimony and

[6:28] that of the president. Sources familiar

[6:31] with Mr. Clinton's testimony say the

[6:33] president was surprised by the amount of

[6:35] detail and knowledge that prosecutors

[6:38] had about his involvement with Lewinsky.

[6:40] That element of surprise, according to

[6:42] the sources, led the president to

[6:44] frequently confer with lawyer David

[6:46] Kendall.

[6:47] >> I don't know whether I or the country is

[6:50] going to be more happy to have yesterday

[6:53] behind us. Have a good day. A source

[6:56] tells ABC News that when President

[6:59] Clinton was asked yesterday about issues

[7:01] related to alleged obstruction of

[7:03] justice, he blamed others for actions

[7:06] that prosecutors had viewed as

[7:08] suspicious. Further questioning of the

[7:10] president has not been ruled out.

[7:12] Sources say prosecutors asked Mr.

[7:15] Clinton to extend his testimony

[7:17] yesterday and he refused. It is not

[7:20] known if Ken Starr is prepared to issue

[7:22] a subpoena and possibly trigger a

[7:25] constitutional crisis. Either way, Mr.

[7:27] Clinton's troubles are not over. Star's

[7:30] staff is preparing a report that is

[7:32] likely to allege impeachable offenses.

[7:35] The testimony the president gave will

[7:37] become a part of that report and may

[7:40] determine how strong or how weak a case

[7:43] Ken Star has built. Forest

[7:46] >> ABC's Jackie Jud. Thanks very much,

[7:47] Jackie. Of course, the next big test for

[7:49] Mr. Clinton will likely come when that

[7:51] report reaches Congress, and the

[7:53] strength of the report will help

[7:55] determine the congressional appetite for

[7:57] impeachment hearings. If today is any

[7:59] indication, the going may not be easy

[8:01] for the president. ABC's Koki Roberts

[8:03] joins us tonight from Capitol Hill. And

[8:05] Koki, you have been taking the

[8:07] temperature of people on the hill. What

[8:08] do you hear? The best the president gets

[8:11] from members on the hill is a tepid,

[8:13] well now the country should get back to

[8:14] business and let his family deal with

[8:17] this. Uh there is a lot of anger here

[8:20] from both Democrats and Republicans.

[8:22] People furious at his statement last

[8:24] night uh seeming to place the blame

[8:27] someplace other than on himself. And

[8:29] some Democrats genuinely upset saying

[8:32] that they they had believed the

[8:34] president. They had taken him at his

[8:36] word. He had looked them, some of them,

[8:38] personally, in the eye and said that uh

[8:40] that this was not true. And now they're

[8:43] questioning not only his credibility,

[8:45] but what they should do about it.

[8:47] >> You know, Cookie, I think it's almost

[8:48] genetic with members of Congress. When

[8:50] the wind blows, they like to stick their

[8:51] finger up and see how how it's blowing.

[8:54] The public opinion is really running in

[8:56] President Clinton's favor so far. Will

[8:58] that affect Congress's thinking?

[8:59] >> Of course. And the anguish that's going

[9:02] on right now is among the more

[9:04] sobersided members who are saying at

[9:06] what point do we have a responsibility

[9:08] to lead public opinion instead of

[9:10] following it. These members are talking

[9:13] about the rule of law. They they're

[9:15] suddenly saying well this was a

[9:17] 21-year-old intern. We have interns in

[9:19] our offices who were sent here for our

[9:22] safekeeping. Uh they are uh talking

[9:25] about credibility. They remind us of

[9:27] General Rolston who was unable to become

[9:29] chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

[9:31] because of an affair with an adult woman

[9:34] while he was separated from his wife.

[9:36] There's a lot of concern going on here

[9:38] about what is their responsibility now

[9:41] to the voters first and then to the

[9:44] country as a whole.

[9:45] >> All of which says this this crisis is

[9:47] far from over. Koki Roberts on Capitol

[9:49] Hill. Thanks very much, K. Public

[9:51] opinion absolutely critical. In just a

[9:52] moment, we will take a closer look at

[9:54] how people across America are reacting

[9:57] to the president's address.

[10:03] >> And later in the broadcast, we'll have

[10:05] some of the day other news. New threats

[10:07] to Americans abroad and a popular

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[11:43] With the Independent Council's report

[11:45] expected in just a few weeks, President

[11:47] Clinton's future could well be decided

[11:49] in Congress. There is the looming

[11:52] possibility of impeachment hearings. But

[11:54] both the president and Congress are

[11:55] closely monitoring the judgment of an

[11:58] even more powerful group, the American

[12:00] people. Tonight, a closer look for the

[12:02] president. So far, the news is mostly

[12:05] good. In an ABC News poll conducted

[12:09] shortly after the president spoke last

[12:10] night, 61% of those asked said they

[12:14] still approve of the way Bill Clinton is

[12:16] running the country.

[12:17] >> Some of the decisions he's made

[12:19] personally have been horrible, but as a

[12:21] president, I think it's fine.

[12:22] >> We also sent our reporters around the

[12:24] country to Seattle and Chicago to LOL,

[12:27] Massachusetts and Greenville, South

[12:29] Carolina to listen to what people are

[12:31] saying about the president.

[12:33] >> Did it seem sincere? No. Here in

[12:35] Chicago, we were struck by the number of

[12:37] people who thought the president was

[12:39] less than honest and candid in his

[12:41] speech. Even some people who

[12:42] characterize themselves as supporters

[12:45] say Mr. Clinton is still playing word

[12:47] games and hiding behind lawyerly

[12:49] distinctions.

[12:50] >> But nationally, a large majority in our

[12:53] polls said they were satisfied with the

[12:55] president's explanation of his

[12:57] relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

[12:59] >> He was honest, and I have respect for

[13:02] that. When asked should the president

[13:05] now resign, 57% said no. The punishment

[13:10] would not fit the crime.

[13:11] >> Here in Seattle, even the people who

[13:13] don't like the president are

[13:14] uncomfortable with the government

[13:16] inquiring into his personal life. Most

[13:18] people seem to think that his public

[13:19] admission of doing wrong is good enough

[13:21] for them.

[13:22] >> In fact, 59% in our poll believe Mr.

[13:25] Clinton should not be impeached, even if

[13:28] he lied under oath. Well, it's not

[13:30] against the law to be a lousy person. To

[13:33] me, if Hillary can put up with it, I

[13:34] can.

[13:35] >> The lie that he told, I don't think it

[13:37] justifies the impeachment.

[13:39] >> Now, the investigation.

[13:40] >> But for many people in South Carolina,

[13:42] that's not good enough.

[13:44] >> Here in Greenville, a conservative city

[13:46] in a conservative state, we met a man

[13:48] who said he was very dissatisfied with

[13:51] the president's remarks, especially when

[13:53] he said he'd been asked to answer

[13:54] questions that no American should have

[13:56] to. Well, heck, said this man. He's not

[14:00] just any American. He's the leader of

[14:02] our country. We put him up on a

[14:04] pedestal, and it's his responsibility to

[14:06] stay up there. And even though 52% of

[14:09] those asked do not believe Bill Clinton

[14:12] when he said he did nothing to obstruct

[14:14] justice.

[14:15] >> It's difficult for me to believe

[14:16] anything he says at all.

[14:18] >> An overwhelming majority of Americans

[14:21] now say they have had enough of the

[14:23] investigation of the president. that

[14:25] it's time for us to put put this all

[14:27] behind us.

[14:28] >> Here in l Massachusetts, in the home

[14:30] state of John F. Kennedy, many say it's

[14:32] not the first time a president has acted

[14:34] scandalously in his personal life. It's

[14:36] simply the first time one has had to

[14:38] fully confess to it. In this heavily

[14:40] democratic workingclass town, many feel

[14:43] this investigation has not uncovered a

[14:45] criminal act, but a personal one, and

[14:47] that it should end.

[14:49] >> This is it. Let's move on. Let's get

[14:51] Let's just go on to some other issues. I

[14:53] didn't think it was that big of a deal.

[14:54] Let the man go on. The economy is good.

[14:56] We're not at war.

[14:59] >> Things are good for the average

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[15:03] >> Perhaps most typical, a woman in

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[17:27] Overseas tonight, Secretary of State

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[17:31] East Africa meeting with workers at the

[17:34] two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania

[17:37] attacked by terrorists. In Kenya, she

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[17:49] against American embassies, the most

[17:51] serious situation in Pakistan. Here's

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[17:57] More than 200 Americans, diplomats and

[17:59] their families left Pakistan today after

[18:02] US officials received threats of a

[18:04] terrorist attack aimed at US targets

[18:07] there. The American diplomatic presence

[18:09] in Pakistan was cut in half.

[18:11] >> It is a draw down rather than a pull

[18:14] out.

[18:15] Uh for those of us who are going to be

[18:18] staying, we're here. For those of us who

[18:20] are leaving, uh we're coming back.

[18:22] Officials are particularly worried about

[18:24] Pakistan because police there helped the

[18:27] US arrest a man who may be linked to the

[18:30] Kenya bombing. Pakistan has provided

[18:32] that kind of help in the past for

[18:34] Washington and it has nearly always

[18:36] resulted in a bloody retaliation aimed

[18:39] at Americans. Another country in which

[18:41] the US has sharply reduced its

[18:43] diplomatic presence is Albania, which

[18:46] just two weeks ago helped the US arrest

[18:48] Islamic militants. Officials say a

[18:51] terrorist threat in Albania last week

[18:53] was so specific that 50 US Marines were

[18:56] flown in to bolster security at the

[18:58] embassy. The case of American jitters is

[19:01] worldwide. The embassy in Jordan today

[19:03] stopped all business after receiving a

[19:05] threatening phone call. And in Koala

[19:08] Lumpur, Malaysia, the US embassy has

[19:10] gone so far as to take control of a gas

[19:12] station that is next door. Officials

[19:15] realized its huge tanks of flammable

[19:17] liquids represented the fuel for a

[19:19] gigantic potential bomb. All that was

[19:22] needed was a match. After what happened

[19:24] in Africa 11 days ago, there is now an

[19:26] urgent push to make these kinds of

[19:28] changes and to do it quickly. John

[19:31] McQuey, ABC News. The Pentagon.

[19:34] >> Still overseas in Northern Ireland

[19:35] today. The first funerals for the 28

[19:38] people killed by Saturday's car bomb in

[19:40] the town of Oman. They buried a young

[19:42] girl and her pregnant mother. Later,

[19:45] thousands of people, Catholics and

[19:46] Protestants, gathered for a vigil near

[19:48] the bomb site. A group calling itself

[19:51] the real IRA today claimed

[19:53] responsibility for the attack. That

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[22:51] about the hormone estrogen. More than 20

[22:54] million women use doses of estrogen to

[22:56] blunt the symptoms of menopause. It's

[22:59] also supposed to strengthen bones, guard

[23:01] against Alzheimer's, and help prevent

[23:03] heart disease. Which is why a study in

[23:05] tomorrow's Journal of the American

[23:07] Medical Association is stirring

[23:09] controversy. ABC's Ned Potter explains.

[23:16] >> Everyone had thought estrogen was the

[23:18] great protector.

[23:19] >> You say breathing. cutting heart disease

[23:21] in women after menopause by up to 50%.

[23:24] But the new study makes a mess of the

[23:26] accepted wisdom.

[23:30] Doctors followed 2,700 women with

[23:32] existing heart disease for 4 years. They

[23:35] found that women who began taking

[23:37] hormones actually had more heart attacks

[23:39] in the first year than women who took a

[23:41] placebo. Only after two or more years of

[23:44] treatment did heart attacks drop.

[23:46] >> We were surprised. We are really not

[23:49] sure how to explain that early increase

[23:51] in risk.

[23:52] >> Doctors say the reason may be that while

[23:54] estrogen does improve one's cholesterol

[23:56] levels over time, in the short run it

[23:58] increases the risk of blood clots and

[24:00] the danger from that have been

[24:02] underestimated.

[24:03] >> For elderly women who have serious heart

[24:06] disease, the benefits may not outweigh

[24:09] the risks, especially in the early time.

[24:11] If you think doctors were surprised,

[24:13] think about the test patients such as

[24:15] Mary Rose of suburban Baltimore. She had

[24:18] a bypass operation 15 years ago and

[24:21] thought estrogen would help.

[24:23] >> I could have been one of those women

[24:24] that had the heart attack in the very

[24:26] first year.

[24:27] >> The study's authors say women with heart

[24:30] problems who already take estrogen

[24:32] should stick with it because the risk is

[24:34] already passed. But if they're not

[24:36] taking it yet, they probably should not

[24:38] start. Ned Potter, ABC News, New York.

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[27:11] >> Our last word tonight is about pushing

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[27:54] >> That is our report on World News

[27:55] Tonight. Later on Night Line, the inside

[27:57] story on how the president's speech came

[27:59] together and the fallout among his

[28:01] closest adviserss. I'm Forest Sawyer.

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