bill clinton is only in it for bill clinton. so louis freeh, the khobar towers bombing occurs to louis freeh is investigating it. the suspects are being held by saudi officials, and louis freeh needs bill clinton to talk to saudi officials and to make sure that they can cooperate with them and they canno can have aco the suspects. >> host: i said 9/11. i met khobar towers. >> guest: so they have this, all the groundwork for this meeting is late. the deputies on each level, freeh is talking to saudi counterparts and they know this conversation will take place. i now this is at the end of the clinton administration or tortured in. bill clinton in this private meeting doesn't bring up the khobar towers. he brings up a donation to his own foundation from the saudis, which he secures. he would have had the get-go. he would have had the ability for them to say, go ahead and investigate, go ahead and we are willing to cooperate as much, give you access to the suspects. and it stifle because clinton himself just won't make the ask. >> h

's. >> guest: bill clinton, a lesson on recklessness is a word from bill clinton. bill clinton is reckless in his entire life certainly his entire political life and with bill clinton in its recklessness that gets into the white house and the first place. again we talk about shame earlier and i think recklessness is required by any politician in a way because you need to stand up and try to win people over and it's the stakes are so high and you can humiliate yourself on such a grand scale that any politician needs to be reckless to some degree that bill clinton being dill -- bill clinton takes it to the extreme. his recklessness is something that haunts him in arkansas. he pounds his 92 presidential campaign. obviously. >> host: we are talking about sex here. >> guest: we are talking about sex, that's correct but on many different levels. >> host: what do you mean by that? >> guest: it's not just the sex. he would do stuff in the oval office, do things like wild campaigns. it's not just wondering. it's not just philandering is reckless. it's that he would take suc

but for bill clinton, bill clinton, his flaw is women. so i think that about sums it up. >> host: wait a second. you are saying to one specific woman he's been having a long-term relationship with? >> guest: i think the our multiple, constantly, that's correct. in the book i talk about one specific, but more broadly there are more. >> host: widget you learned about mrs. clinton's reaction to this track to a common question. what does hillary clinton say about this? a general consensus is that she probably doesn't know and almost certainly doesn't want to know. that hillary clinton realizes that bill clinton has this flaw. this is not new to her. she's been humiliated on a national stage by bill clinton. she understands how he works and how it operates, and she doesn't want to know the details. the way the clinton world works, clinton inc. works, is bill clinton has his own column. he has his own staff, his own secret service detail. that's completed separate from hillary clinton was her own chief of staff, our own staff, her own secret se

hillary clinton loves and adores bill clinton. she thinks the world of him and bill clinton loves bill clinton and thinks the world of him and that's how he described it. [laughter] and i think that's probably how that relationship pretty much worked. >> host: so you are the editor of the online weekly standard. and so, the question would be as part of the conservative media in america and people looking at the book do you think that there is a case built here by daniel halper? use that it doesn't disqualify her but -- >> guest: that isn't the case i'm making. i don't know whether after reading this book somebody might decide that there is no way that they could eve never vote for hillary clinton. or i don't know the opposite. people are sort of smart enough to know who they should vote for and i don't want to go around telling people who to vote for my contention is this is an amazing story to where they are today and that is what i'm trying to tell is this amazing story. so it's not, you know people will conclude what they want

and what did bill clinton do? bill clinton, rather than dig is and say well, i'm just going to do what i want to do lated irrespective of the congress, he triangulated, as they call it. he found common ground with thee remember h congress to do many very important things that we've already mentioned. balance the budget, reform welfare. send 100,000 new police officers on to the streets of american oc cities and on and on and on. not so there was a political calculation on bill clinton's part that he could work we have been a dug-in opposition. this has not happened during the obama administration.unicatio there is virtually no ng communication and the republicans. i was talking to vernon jordan e who has been a major figure the democratic party and he said yea the republicans have made it difficult but when you're elected president you're expected to lead and this leader has been missing. >> and you wrote that vernon jordan is a relative of valerie jarrett? >> his wife is a relative. >> gotcha. ray from massachuse

hillary clinton loves and adores bill clinton. she thinks the world of hemp and bill clinton loves bill clinton and thinks the world. [laughter] i think that is probably how that's pretty much works. >> host: you are the editor at the online weekly standard and so the question would be as part of the conservative media in america people looking at the buck do you think there is a case with bill helper it doesn't disqualify her but -- >> guest: that is not the case that i'm making. i don't know whether after reading this book somebody might decide they could ever vote for hillary clinton or the opposite. people are smart enough to make their own decision as to who they should vote for and things like that and i don't want to go around telling people who to vote for. my intention is that this is an amazing story from matches to where they are today and that's what i'm trying to tell is this amazing story. so it's not -- people will conclude with a walk to conclude. i can't control that. but what i can control and this is the story t

and what did bill clinton do? bill clinton, rather than dig in and say, i'm just going to do what i want to do... tive of triangulated and found common ground with the to do manycongress very important things we have already mentioned, bound the welfare, send 100,000 new police officers onto the streets of american cities, and on and on. a political calculation on bill clinton's part, that he could not work opposition. this has not happened during the obama administration. p. could work even with a dug in opposition. this is not happen during the obama administration. there is virtually no communication between him and the republicans. i'm not suggesting for a second the republicans haven't been very critical of him, they have but vernon jordan and african-american, who was on the record in my book by the way, and has been a major figure in the democratic party for many many years. he said yes, the republicans have made it difficult for this president that when you are elected president you are expected to lead an

and what did bill clinton do? bill clinton, rather than dig in and say, well, i'm just going to do what i want to do, irrespective of the congress, he triangulated, as they call it. he found common ground with the republican congress to do many very important things that we've already mentioned. balanced the budget, reform welfa welfare, send 100,000 new police officers on to the streets of american cities and on and on and on. so there was a political calculation on bill clinton's part that he could work even with a dug in opposition. this has not happened during the obama administration. there is virtually no communication between him and the republicans. i'm not suggesting for a second that the republicans haven't been very critical of him. they have. but you know, i interviewed vernon jordan, an african-american, who was on the book, and has been a major figure in the democratic party for many, many years and heñr said, yes, e republicans have made it difficult for this president, but when you are elected pre

clinton as he signed that bill. and today, james brady passed away. 73 years old. the bill that was named after him wasn't the only piece of gun legislation that was passed during bill clinton's first term. a year later, september of 1994, clinton signed the federal assault weapons ban. it was written by a senator from california who, herself, had been witness to a political assassination. senator dianne feinstein. she was the first person on the scene to find the body of the supervisor member harvey milk when he was shot and killed in 1978. president clinton inaugurated in 1993 and in the first couple years of his presidency, two major pieces of gun control legislation passed the house then they passed the senate. they make it to his desk. bill clinton signs them into law. one in 1993, the other in 1994. two months after he signed that assault weapons ban in 1994 came this. 1994 midterm election. those were elections in which democrats famously got absolutely clobbered. they call it the republican revolution. the r

go after bill clinton. when clinton was elected president in 1992, the resistance from the right was instant. it was heated. it was often way, way over the top. suggestions he had been involved in drug running, he had been involved in murder things like that. there was a lot of money behind the resistance too. a lot of money to be made by channelling it. this is how david brock first got famous. linked up with the magazine, american spectator. a fairly small and very conservative publication. but the man who was bank rolling it had big plans. his name was richard mellen scaffe, right-wing billionaire inherited a fortune from his father. he poured a lot of money into publishing. for decade he had been the single biggest supporter of "the american spectator" magazine. basically the guy keeping the thing alive. like the right, he couldn't stand bill clinton. heave couldn't believe he had ever been elected. he believed he was unworthy of the presidency and convinced. there were deep, dark secrets back in arkans

hillary clinton got a rapist off. bill clinton let a terrorist off. i cannot condemn clinton for this other than that he likes to tell stories. and this is what happens when you tell stories. sometimes the stories come back and bite you in the butt. >> and sometimes the stories get exaggerated. i spent half of today trying to remember why i didn't think this was news. and trying to figure out, you know, i had heard this before, but i think it was probably because somewhere in the white house, i had heard it over time. and something we talked about. because i think as those points are made, it wasn't all that relevant. what i always understood when i tried to confirm it today, i didn't talk to the cia, okay, but osama bin laden at the time wasn't in the town. he was in a camp. when bill clinton said he would have killed all those women and children, unless he was planning on a carpet bomb, like a huge area, that actually wasn't going to happen. it could be the case of a story gets better the more you tell it. >> maybe he should stop telling it. >> a lo

with a new generation of leaders that included bill clinton and al gore joe biden was young once. [laughter] a bunch of new leaders who developed the idea is to challenge the party orthodoxy and organizer own forum said conferences around the country and the first four years we became a political force but what really gave us the impetus was that landslide loss three expected to win 1988. after that we really became an unstoppable force in '89 i travel to little rock arkansas to ask a young governor to become chairman of the dnc had to deal for him and if he would become chairman we would pay for his travel around the country and shape the agenda that i thought of a democrat could win the white house on and he would be president some day we would both be important and bill clinton took the deal. we immediately embarked on a four part strategy and if you think about where republicans are today you may think about the strategy. [laughter] and nt strategic advice from the opposition. [laughter] >> i like to give it but it is good for the country. first i call a reality therapy. me te

one was ronald reagan, i disagreed and the other was bill clinton. they both came to the whitehouse i might add with an agenda that they fought for that challenged their own parties and made their own parties better. >> i will use my discretion to say we have three questions and to the panel we will have to give brief responses because i got the word we are not good listeners. >> governor erlich, the social democracy of europe by many metrics are providing a better quality of life for people than the united states. >> not the freedom metric. >> not the freedom dimension? that might be a relative thing. we have tried a market-based approach to providing a better life to the american people and that seemed to have succeeded in providing a better life to the american people on top of the pyramid. what is freedom worth against quality of life? is freedom the measure of quality of life? is it the perception of the people of the european democracies that they don't have freedom? >> it is fascinating to see this viewpoint as income in equality becomes a man

i think that everybody knows that bill clinton is and was a patriot. and to say that he's a moral coward i think is vastly, vastly overstating. >> wouldn't you agree that it does have the tone of political expediency. that he put a political calculation over national security and making these repeated calls not to attack bin laden? >> i would put it a different way. i would say there was a balancing test he used. certainty of success versus the risk to our position globally from failure. he made a judgment whether it was right or wrong history will tell. >> quickly, what does this do if anything to hillary clinton's 2016 presidential prospects? >> i don't think it does anything to hillary clinton. >> doesn't call into judgment sort of the clintonian judgment? >> i think her questions will have to do with her service as secretary of state and benghazi. there are probably still questions to answer. >> doug, great to see you. thanks so much for being here. >>> coming up, two family members who lost loved ones on 9/11 react to bill clinton's startling conf

do you think that bill clinton did not take that declaration seriously? >> i think much of the intelligence community didn't take it seriously. and frankly, one guy declaring war on the united states is an unusual situation. but after he bombed two embassies in africa, clearly the war was on. and everything that has flown -- has flowed after clinton's refusal to kill osama bin laden when he had the chance has been disastrous for the united states. and now we have an enemy that's much bigger than it was in 2001. i'm sorry, but i think the matter of civilian casualties among enemy -- in an enemy country is irrelevant when it comes to the president's job of protecting the united states. and he uses that as a crutch all the time. as does mr. obama. >> do you think he's a coward? >> i think he's a moral coward, yes. i think his behavior is evidence of a mor wall cowardess or just the simple pleasure in being the toast of the town. the toast of the world. now we've seen both clintons, mrs. clinton in benghazi, mr. clinton with osama bin laden, both of them pref

bill clinton's a hillbilly. that's the genius of bill clinton. in new york and l.a., he can talk to elites. in boston and philadelphia, he can talk to academics. in arkansas and west virginia and kentucky, he relates to ordinary hillbilly citizens who work in the coal mines, work on the farms. she's distancing herself on policy from the president. she hasn't said anything negative about the president personally. and she uses the popularity of bill clinton, who really does relate. i've seen him relate to people in west virginia and people in western pennsylvania and, boy, he talks their language. >> he is a man for all seasons and perhaps all colors of states. amy, you know, in terms of the role he will play if hillary announces that she is indeed running for president, does he sort of act as an intermediary for hillary to distance herself from this administration? or do you think ultimately by the time -- as jonathan proposes, by 2016, it's just as likely that clinton will want to align herself with president obama as anything else. >> maybe, but

we'll know at 9:00 this morning. >> did bill clinton drop the ball on bin laden? listen to this shocking new recording that was released on september 10,

so from that point on it was clear bill clinton was the nominee. so you have all heard that clinton had a few problems on the way to the nomination and there was this story that came on with a woman named gennifer flowers and he had written a letter to the drop or what some people interpreted as trying to get out of a draft during vietnam and so in january of 1992 i was going up to new york and i had just done an hour down with arthur and in those days the newspapers were really important. and they were the whole currency of politics in many ways. so i decided that they had just taken over as publisher and i decided that i was going to go up and visit him. so i get up to the 11th floor and he's at the elevator saying that there is an emergency and you have to call your office and so i called my office and someone on my staff read me a story that was going to within the next two days alleging a 12 year affair that bill clinton had with this woman named gennifer flowers. so i go back having made that call from the publisher of "the new york times" st

more from former president and cgi founder, bill clinton. i'm not going to ask you about secretary clinton's decision to run for office. if you feel like sharing that, i am sure we would all be happy to hear it. [laughter] >> i don't know, but i'm for whatever she wants to do. [laughter] this is an immensely rewarding thing. i wanted to say to all of you that the fundamental fact of power in a highly integrated, interdependent world is that it is more dispersed. the good news is you have more of it. you can come here and form alliances and drastically increase your impact. the bad news is, people who are trying to wreck things have more influence, too. the traditional nationstate all over the world is under stress, which is driving some people to support more authoritarian governments. we don't want that in america. it's not like you can't have a meaningful life outside of politics, but it's not like politics isn't still really important. for the rest of the life of everybody in this room, you will live in a period where power is more disper

she was also deputy counsel for bill clinton. >> we're not supposed to question that. if the clintons were an s&p sector, they would rank pretty decently. bill clinton gave speeches in china, russia, egypt, these countries, people in countries like saudi arabia gave money to the clinton foundation. don't you think we should be asking questions about that? >> is it worth asking a couple questions? >> of course, it's a con applicant of interest, but we're mistaking symptom for the real problem, which is big government, government that has lots of activity around the world that a lot of people support. if government were smaller, clinton's speaking fees would be smaller as would the clinton initiative. >> as the u.s. is, and i'm curious to know whether or not some of these people paying bill clinton thought they could have extra influence with the secretary of state because hillary and bill are married and share the bank account. >> i'm sure that's what they thought, but if they thought that, they were mistaken. just because bill will take the check and go on to his next

more from former president and cgi founder, bill clinton. i'm not going to ask you about secretary clinton's decision to run for office. if you feel like sharing that, i am sure we would all be happy to hear it. >> i don't know, but i'm for whatever she wants to do. this is an immensely rewarding thing. i wanted to say to all of you that the fundamental fact of power in a highly integrated, interdependent world is that it is more dispersed. the good news is you have more of it. you can come here and form alliances and drastically increase your impact. the bad news is, people who are trying to wreck things have more nfluence, too. the traditional nationstate all ver the world is under stress, which is driving some people to support more authoritarian governments. we don't want that in america. it's not like you can't have a meaningful life outside of politics, but it's not like politics isn't still really important. or the rest of the life of everybody in this room, you will live in a period where power is more dispersed and the competition t

and bill clinton would never pull the trigger. clinton would never do it. time and time again. and it was just disgraceful. >> so it wasn't just -- your point is it wasn't just this one time he's recalling where he says i didn't want to do it because i didn't want to take out civilians because that would have made me no better than him. it was many times. >> according to shoyer, no one would have been killed on that evening. according to him bin laden was in an isolated area of a hotel and could have been hit with a missile and killed without that. but clinton demonstrated cowardliness during his period of time. and i will add in 1996 we had cobart towers attack on the united states and we had 17 soldiers killed, over 400 injured. and the clinton administration did everything possible to suppress the knowledge that iran was involved in that. they did everything possible to hide the fact that iranians murdered americans because the administration was afraid to act against iran. only louis freh later made it public or the clintons would have held that and suppressed that forever.

hillary clinton, especially when it comes to bill clinton, is given a pass. it's seen at magical years and really nothing went wrong and the impeachment was a big joke. that is white washed over. but now as we find out about things that matter, what is her foreign policy? it's in some ways a lot different than bill's and that could be a problem for her. >> vince, good having you on again. >> thank you. >> in the meantime, check this out. ♪ >> this ceo was given a retirement party to end all retirement parties. which has me wondering, what would dionne do for me when i decide to retire? virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business, protect your family, and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. that's why i always choose the fastest intern.r slow. the fastest printer. the fastest lunch. turkey club. the fastest pencil sharpener. the fastest elevator. the fastest speed dial. the fastest office plant. so why wouldn't i choose the fastest wifi? i would. switch t

you're calling bill clinton a liar. he told that story the day before september 11, 2001, and he is lying, flat outlying? >> if you looked up the picture of the word lie, his face would be right next to it. what he's saying, sir, is that everybody else is more important than protecting americans. if you had killed osama bin laden in 1998, you would not have had 9-11. you probably would not have had iraq. but he is a monumental liar, sir. i told chris wallace that several years ago and as a result, i got fired from cbs because they didn't like me talking badly about their hero. >> they fired you because you were telling them candidly about bill clinton and what you knew? >> after i was on with mr. wallace and i told him that, they had me on the next morning and i told them he was a felonious liar and that was kind of the end of my contract with cbs. >> i want to move back just a moment. where were you that day? >> i was with -- once we had the information, we were sure where osama bin laden was, i drove in the car with t

. >>> sky news in australia has aired some chilling audio of former president bill clinton speaking in melbourne on september 10th of 2001. it's chilling because of the subject matter, osama bin laden, and what no one could have known was about to happen no more than ten hours after bill clinton spoke these words. >> and i'm just saying, you know, if i were osama bin laden, he's a very smart guy, i've spent a lot of time thinking about him, and i nearly got him once. i nearly got him, and i could've gotten -- i could've killed him, but i would have had to destroy a little town called kandahar in afghanistan and kill 300 innocent women and children, and then i would have been no better than him, and so i didn't do it. >> bill clinton on september 10th, one day before the world changed, and sure enough, the 9/11 commission report says a missile strike was canceled back in '98 due to a large number of probable civilian casualties. >>> back in 2010 when they were building the foundation of the world trade center site in lower manhattan, they found what appeared to be a 32-foot-long section

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president clinton signed the brady bill into law in 1993. in a statement today, former first lady nancy reagan said she was deeply saddened to learn of jim brady's passing today. thinking of him brings back so many memories, happy and sad, in a time in all of our lives where we learned to play the hands we were dealt. we'll be right back. dsl myth #1. it can help your business save money. false. the truth is when you compare our fastest internet to the fastest dsl from the phone company, comcast business gives you more for your money. why pay more for less? call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. and find out more about our two-year price guarantee. comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to "hardball." a political prize fight is the best description for kentucky's fancy foreign political forum where candidates come as close to mano a mano combat as anywhere in congress. this week, alison lundergan grimes did battle with mitch mcconnell while a tent full of supporters cheered, jeered, hooped and hollered. >> what a

bill clinton is extraordinarily popular. look at mitch mcconnell. he doesn't have a surrogate out there working for him who is as popular as the clintons at this point. his wife came out and tried to rebut attacks against him, but i'm not as sure this will be effective for him. right now the clintons have a corner on the market. >> mitch still has rand paul. he's pretty popular in the state. >> this is the state, too, where they don't have the issue of obamacare. no state has been as successful with the state implementation of obamacare. >> it seems the president wouldn't be the one to come down. she wants president clinton. that health care law to your point, performing better there. >> they don't associate it with obamacare. it's the state exchange. >> despite the successes of obamacare, it's just to loss. politically it is just a loss. >> why do you think that is? >> even in kentucky, joe? >> i think it's just too big. >> i think her point is a good one. they give the state management of it the credit. >> you look at the last two presidencies and

so she brings in bill clinton, a guy who's carried the state twice. a national democrat who can inspire the base, but also appeal to those southern white male voters who are never going to vote for obama, but don't think mitch mcconnell is one of them either. he sort of is a stand in and is a bridge if you will to some of those voters that would never have looked to a democrat. >> and jackie, it's interesting, what was grimes getting at, she said i will not rubber samptamp anything, i am a clinton democrat, what she was trying to very clearly say? >> i am not an obama democrat. a clinton brand in general is very good in kentucky. you remember hillary beat obama there during the primary. so it's not just bill, it's hillary. and you'll notice that bill mentioned here in that fact yesterday as well. >> he said you've been very good to me and to hillary. david, this is not the first challenger mcconnell has faced, he ended up crushing the tea partier matt bevin'. what are crimes real chances? >> she is in this race, but if you talk to people on both sides

i didn't know bill clinton from -- let me reverse this. bill clinton didn't know me and i'm one of 435 guys down there. i step off the elevator and he is standing there and we're nose to nose. sticks out his hand, calls me by my name and immediately mentions something that was peculiar to my congressional district. >> and you're sitting there going -- >> what an amazing guy. and he just made you feel good. you know, i could disagree with him on policy, but we could still have a conversation and he engaged with you. he liked to get things done. >> i have to say the animating aspect of all those questions about congress with all of those guys, all four of them when i would mention bill clinton, all of them, both sides, had similar stories about bill clinton and engagement with congress. so with my very last tdr before heading to "meet the press" my producers have been springing mystery guests on me. john mccain, jay barb rewere here earlier this week. i've got a good feeling i know who this next one is going to be so time to find out who's b

i'm not just talking about her husband, bill clinton. are you ok with that? are you all right? to give you a little bit of evidence of this, audio of hillary clinton gleefully defended the child rapist was published by the freebie can. to give the laid-back story on this in 1975 in her time as an attorney hillary clinton took on the case of thomas alfred taylor who brutally waked the 12-year-old girl at the age of 41. clinton said she thought taylor was guilty. the issue isn't her defense of the accused. after all this is america, the worst of the worst in our society get their day in court and are entitled to an attorney. instead the issue is clinton's behavior after getting tower of a lengthy sentence for his crime when she thought he was guilty. he served less than one year in prison. a reported, quote, describing the event a decade after they occurred clinton struck a casual and complacent attitude toward her client in the trial rate for a minor. i had him take a polygraph, clinton said which he passed which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs and she started laughing.

. >> but bill clinton he wasn't bad to them, right? >> bill clinton was much more respectful and treated them well. >> was there a reason that mrs. clinton -- >> -- i think it goes back to her character. it shows an arrogance and imperial and unstable personality which when you feel you have to put down other people who are less powerful than you. i think it's very important. when we choose a president, we need to consider that just as we. >> i'm a little uneasy with that characterization. i don't know mrs. clinton well. people have said that about me almost the exact same words you you use. how do you know that? because so and so told me. there is is never a so and so name attached to it unless the guy is trying to make money or something like that. be that as it may. people can make their own assessment. throughout history, you say character is important, right? character is important. >> character and track record. >> for electing a leader in this country. but i will submit to you that fdr in my upcoming book on baton. >> you will f

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thank you be at bill: at bill clinton hours before the attacks of 9/11 took place. he said he passed on the chance to take out usama bin laden. >> i spent a lot of time trying to find him and i nearly got him once. i nearly got him, and i could have killed him but i would have had to destroy a little town in afghanistan and killing 200 innocent people, and i would have been no better than him, so i didn't do it. bill: he went on to say something similar to "i would have been just as guilty as him" for doing that. august of 1998 was a terribly bloody month. august 1 of that month our embassy was blown up, on the same day at the same time, and about 20 days later bill clinton launched several tomahawk missiles into sudan and afghanistan. four different places in afghanistan. now, what did you think of what you heard on the tape from the former president? >> it is interesting it took so long for the tapes to come out, but the 9/11 commissioners report pointed out we had chances to get bin laden. he did take some sort of action, but the reality is the intelligence capab

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