World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-01-24

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-01-24
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[0:00] News two

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

[0:07] Public opinion moves against President

[0:09] Clinton. A growing number of Americans

[0:11] now doubt his honesty and ability to

[0:14] govern. The former White House intern

[0:16] who could challenge President Clinton's

[0:18] sworn testimony once again talking a

[0:20] deal with a special prosecutor. and

[0:23] close friends and advisers rush to offer

[0:26] their advice to the president as the

[0:28] White House sinks deeper into crisis.

[0:36] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:38] York,

[0:40] January 24th,

[0:43] this is World News Tonight, Saturday.

[0:46] Here's Forest Sawyer. Good evening.

[0:49] There are clear indications tonight. The

[0:51] crisis in the White House is growing

[0:53] worse for President Clinton, possibly

[0:55] much worse. A new ABC News poll today

[0:58] shows less than half of Americans

[1:00] believe Mr. Clinton has quote the

[1:02] honesty and integrity to serve

[1:04] effectively. Our poll also shows that

[1:06] 48% of Americans believe the president

[1:09] did have an affair with Monica Lewinsky.

[1:12] 35% believe he told her to lie. And if

[1:15] the president lied under oath by denying

[1:17] the affair, 67% of Americans think he

[1:21] should resign. The crisis in the White

[1:23] House is now 4 days old. So you can see

[1:25] how quickly events are moving. And there

[1:27] were fresh developments today. We have

[1:29] several reports beginning with ABC's

[1:31] Jackie Jud in Washington.

[1:34] >> How about putting a sneeze on Miss

[1:36] Lewinsky out at the Ritz Curl? No cover.

[1:39] The struggle between independent council

[1:42] Ken Starr and lawyer William Ginsburgg

[1:44] about Monica Lewinsk's future reached no

[1:47] resolution today. Ginsbu