World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-01-19
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[0:00] The governor of California
[0:00] is president, he Bill Clinton admits he
[0:03] deliberately did not tell the truth
[0:05] under oath about Monica Lewinsky. His
[0:07] lawyer's license will be suspended, but
[0:09] he will not be indicted. This matter is
[0:13] now concluded.
[0:15] May history
[0:17] and the American people judge
[0:20] that it has been concluded
[0:22] justly. And now the country looks ahead.
[0:25] George Bush will be president at this
[0:27] time tomorrow.
[0:29] The celebration gathers steam. ABC's
[0:31] Brian Ross tonight on the biggest
[0:33] spenders
[0:35] and the newest first lady, very strong
[0:38] and not always quiet.
[0:44] From ABC, this is World News Tonight
[0:47] with Peter Jennings. Reporting tonight
[0:50] from Washington. Good evening, everyone.
[0:52] This would have been a big day in
[0:53] Washington under any circumstances, the
[0:55] last night in the White House for
[0:56] President Clinton and his family, the
[0:58] eve of another Bush era. The first son
[1:01] to follow a father into the White House
[1:02] since the 1820s.
[1:04] And yet this day will surely be
[1:06] remembered because Bill Clinton finally
[1:08] admitted that he didn't tell the truth
[1:11] under oath about Monica Lewinsky. The
[1:13] scandal pursues him to the end.
[1:16] Mr. Clinton and the independent counsel
[1:18] Bob Ray have finally made a deal. Mr.
[1:20] Clinton owns up
[1:22] and he doesn't get indicted, though
[1:24] there are consequences.
[1:26] Jackie Judd, who has covered the
[1:27] Lewinsky case from the very beginning
[1:29] has the details, Jackie. Peter, these
[1:32] matters are now concluded. With those
[1:34] words from the independent counsel, the
[1:36] president was out from under the threat
[1:38] of an indictment in the Lewinsky
[1:40] scanda