- partners.
- through thick and thin.
Night or day.
Right or wrong.
if you're ever in a jam,
here I am
if you ever need a pal,
I'm your gal
if you ever feel so happy
you land in jail,
I'm your bail
it's friendship, friendship
just the perfect blendship
when other friendships
have been forgot
ours will still be hot
if you're ever down a well,
ring my bell
if you ever catch on
fir send a wire
if you ever lose your teeth
when you're out to dine,
borrow mine
it's friendship, friendship
just the perfect blendship
when other friendships
go up in smoke
ours will still be oke
if you ever lose your mind,
I'll be kind
if you ever lose your shirt
I'll be hurt
if you're ever in a mill
and get sawed in half,
I won't laugh
it's friendship, friendship
just the perfect blendship
when other friendships
have been forgate
ours will still be great
when other friendships
have been forgot
ours will still be hot!
- quack quack!
- woof woof!
Hi. tony blair, that's me.
Uh... uh, could you just
open the boot, please?
Hey.
- - 1988.
Voters with an annual income
of $15,000 to $50,000
voted 20% democrat, 48% republican.
In 1992 those same voters
go for clinton 45%,
versus 35% for bush.
Why?
Because we redefined ourselves.
We reached out to voters
who felt that the social
policies of conservatives
were selfish and uncaring
and convinced them that
we were not the old style,
wasteful tax-and-spend liberals
conservatives would have
them believe we were.
So welfare... provide welfare
but with a time limit,
mandate job training,
get those people skills
and get them back off the dole.
The same with crime.
Be tough on the causes of crime...
education, lack of education,
poverty...
but be tough on criminals as well.
You're gonna have to listen
to what people are saying.
Don't keep coming at them
with ideas and language
they don't want.
It's a hell of a lot easier to
change what your party stands for
than to change what people want.
Policy is only going
to get you so far.
If you guys are
serious about putting
the labour party back into power,
above everything,
you're going to need to get
yourselves one of these...
a bona fide, triple-a
vote-winning political superstar.
Monsieur le president.
Our prime minister, john major,
and my political
opponents in britain,
believe that they will
win the next election
by expressing their
hostility to europe.
Well, not me.
let- I'm sorry, mr. blair...
Excuse me. excuse me.
Tony, that was terrific.
They loved you.
So good, I almost
believed it myself.
I just got a confirmation
from the foreign office.
It's a yes for the washington trip.
- great! - meeting with the
chairman of the federal reserve,
reception at the british embassy-
- And clinton?
A one-on-one with the man himself
in the oval office.
With the full white house
press corps in attendance.
But I thought leaders of the opposition
were meant to be kept at a distance
so as not to upset
the prime minister.
- they are.
- So why the exception?
Well, it's obvious, isn't it?
They think you're going to win.
Have you seen my blue shirt?
- what? - have you seen
my blue shirt?
I can't hear you!
Well, they'll have to go to
the court of appeals for that,
if they have the stomach for it.
- have you seen my blue shirt?
- Which blue shirt?
- the pale blue.
- Look in the basket.
Yeah, I'll see you at court 27.
If I put it in the basket,
why didn't she do it?
- take another shirt.
- I've already chosen my tie.
- then take another tie.
- I don't want to take another tie!
It's touching. I've not seen
you this nervous before.
- I'm not nervous.
- Then why are you snapping?
I'm not sna...
The last time you
went to washington,
I seem to remember a slightly
more casual attitude.
Last time I went to washington,
I met with clinton's advisors.
- to nick their ideas. - no, to seek
their advice on reshaping the party.
Reshaping yourself more like.
You came back clinton hair,
clinton suit...
Everything minus the
tarty girlfriend.
Why does his wife put up with...
Oh, tony, don't worry.
He'll love you.
Hopefully there'll be
somewhere in washington
I can get a bloody shirt done.
Good god. they're bringing us in
through the northwest gate.
- what does that mean?
- it's the front door,
the heads of state entrance.
As if you were already
prime minister.
- switch sides.
- Why?
They'll open the door on the left.
You have to get out first. come on.
For goodness' sake.
- well, help, alastair.
- Tony.
I hope nobody saw that.
- comfy?
- Yes.
Thanks.
Good morning, sir.
Welcome to the white house.
Thank you. this is
alastair campbell...
- how do you do? - ... m
y press secretary,
and jonathan powell,
chief of staff.
Yes, we know.
Right this way, gentlemen.
First time in the white house?
- yes.
- Please tell me you're getting
- a kick out of this.
- Yes, thank you.
Potus is still in the
family residence right now.
- potus?
- President of the united states.
Ah. -
- heading
down the staircase.
Will we have one of those?
On the ground floor now...
into the colonnade.
Not bad. 15 minutes late.
You must be important.
Okay, here we go, sir.
Straight ahead.
Be sure to ask him
about the moon rock.
Excellent.
I'm very glad we
had this chance to talk.
I've always been straight with you, mr.
Ambassador,
so when I tell you that we share the
concerns of the people of okinawa,
I know that you'll believe me.
Secretary perry and I have
been talking through some ideas
that will safeguard our security
interests in the northern pacific,
as well as fulfill our
commitments to your people.
Japan has long been a
close security partner
with the united states and nothing,
I promise you,
is going to jeopardize that.
Well, it's good talking
to you too.
- mr. blair.
- Tony, please.
Welcome to the white house.
I have been following your
career with great interest.
So you know we've taken
a page out of your book.
Quite a few pages, which I
consider to be a big compliment.
Have a seat.
You know, we keep a pretty
close eye on things over here,
and we think that the
smart money is on you...
And I thought a high-profile
visit with an american president
might just help you
across the finish line.
Because I believe you're
going to win by a landslide.
So what you've got to realize is
rhetoric can only get you so far.
You can talk your way into office
but you're not going to stay
there unless you can deliver
on the promise of your words.
Well, we've had 17 years
of conservative government,
during which the country's
veered wildly off course.
If labour does get in,
I'd like to make sure that
we stay in long enough
to get us back on the right track.
I think we're going to
enjoy working together.
Now don't get me wrong-
major's not all that bad.
He's been great on
northern ireland.
And when you're elected
it is my sincere hope
that you continue
the fight for peace.
Oh, peace in northern ireland
is at the top of my agenda.
I just don't think it's
reasonable in today's world
to carry on with
that kind of dispute.
If you need my help,
just pick up the phone.
Thanks, I will.
And don't be surprised if you feel
completely, totally overwhelmed
when you do get into office,
because in all that
time out on the road,
scrambling and fighting
to actually get that job,
no one briefs you on what
you do when you get there.
- - now you
seem a pretty quick study,
I bet you're going to
settle in just fine.
So we have a few minutes
before the press.
Did anyone around here
tell you to ask
about the moon rock?
Uh, they did, actually.
You know, sometimes when things
get stressful around here,
I just shut that door,
sit on the couch, hold that rock
and think, "we all just
gotta chill a little. "
a productive meeting, mr.
President?
Very. we discussed
a number of things
including the peace process
in northern ireland,
which is an article of faith
for me personally, as you know.
Do you think you've been talking to the
next prime minister of great britain?
Oh, come on. that's not
a diplomatic question.
Look. I just hope he's been talking
to the next president
of the united states.
Tonight bill clinton
proves his title,
"the comeback kid," after winning
an historic second term
in the white house.
Bill clinton is the first democrat
to win re-election since
franklin delano roosevelt.
- a labour
prime minister in #10
after 18 years of
conservative ruling.
this is a presidential
moment if ever there were one.
Look at them grabbing at h with
pason in their faces.
He's their man. what a moment.
Let's just listen to the
sound for a second.
tony blair and his
wife cherie led labour
out of the wilderness and back
into downing street.
the new prime minister promised
to work for all the people.
He said his government would
take practical measures
in pursuit of noble causes.
Hey, good to see you.
- hello.
- How are you?
Tony, president chirac on the line.
How do you want to do this?
In english or french?
- does it matter?
- Well, he speaks fluent english,
as you know,
but my guess is he'll
start in french,
thinking it'll give
him the upper hand.
- - I think you
should stand your ground,
do this in english.
I'll be listening in.
hello. -
thank you, jacques.
Let's hope so.
Well, I will do everything I can
to live up to that.
Tony. clinton, line two.
Uh, unfortunately, jacques,
I've got to go.
Sorry about...
Bill! how great of you to call.
Please hold for the president
of the united states of america.
right.
- your call, mr. president.
- Thank you. excuse me.
Is this tony blair I'm speaking to
or the new dictator
of great britain?
- congratulations, tony.
- Thank you.
A majority of 179.
It's unbelievable.
I'm gonna make a
prediction right now
and say that the 2nd of may, 1997,
is the day that
progressive politics
became the default setting
in western democracies.
So that's your name in the
history books right there.
And you won edgbaston...
the first labour victory
there ever...
and wirral south.
Tony, it's sensational.
Hey, listen. I've gotta go,
but we're gonna see each
other in about a month.
- yes, indeed. - all right.
We'll catch up properly then.
Hey, why don't we have dinner
one night, the four of us?
Sherry and hillary too.
Uh, cherie. I'd love that.
Okay, it's a date.
I'll let you pick the place.
We're easy. we'll eat anything.
Just no catfish or fried
green tomatoes, okay?
That's a promise.
See ya.
Did we win edgbaston?
Yes.
And wirral south?
Apparently.
He's got no business knowing that.
That's just showing off.
President clinton and first lady
hillary rodham clinton
made a detour to london to pay a flying
visit to tony blair today.
All the stops... -
a pair of postwar baby boomers
who came to power by moderating
the liberal tendencies
of their respective
political parties.
the meetings will be
closely watched for signals
as to what can be expected of the two men
who sm to have so much in common.
Are you sure I can't
offer you anything?
No, I'm good.
I suppose you know the awful term
"special relationship"?
It's something our foreign
office is always keen to promote.
Oh, I know it. every
country on earth claims it.
Although, in terms of actual
effect on u. s. foreign policy,
israel, china, saudi arabia,
and the irish republic are
the ones who merit it.
Still, every now and again
a situation arises where...
Personal chemistry
between the two leaders...
As well as the shared language,
shared history...
Is such that it could
actually have some currency.
You think this is one
of those moments?
I do actually.
You have to ask yourself: all.
When did it last happen that
two guys on the same team,
found themselves with their
hands on the joystick like this?
It's a unique opportunity.
- yes, it is.
- We take away the bullshit,
all the reasons that things
don't get done...
the same old excuses,
the same roadblocks
to progress that people have
been throwing up for years...
We could put right-wing politics
out of business for a generation.
Heck, maybe forever.
- the same with the old far left.
- Exactly.
Progressive, center-left
politics is the future.
What you're talking about is a...
Is a whole paradigm shift.
A new kind of politics
for the new millennium.
We build a global consensus
around our ideas,
there's nothing that
we can't tackle.
I mean, you look at the facts:
I've got three more years,
then al gore...
That's eight years right there.
And then in europe,
you're just getting started.
There's persson in sweden,
schroeder in germany.
Beyond that, there's cardoso
in brazil. you're right.
People are ready for this
and we're on the
right side ohistory.
It's a sladunk.
He understands the
limitations of power,
of what can be accomplished,
he just refuses to
be limited by them.
He's a visionary, a true visionary.
Well, before you develop
too much of a crush,
it's also worth remembering
that this visionary is
also the first president
of the united states
to be up on a sexual
harassment charge.
No, if you'd been there,
if you'd heard him,
you'd understand, you know,
what this could mean
- for me, for all of us.
- Well, I wasn't there, was I?
I was out entertaining
the visionary's wife.
So how was it with the first lady?
Oh, fine...
Until on the way
back from the theatre
she let slip how big her staff is.
She has her own policy advisors,
her own chief of staff,
a bloody airplane at her disposal,
if you please!
Darling, would it help if I sent
jonath out to buy you a filofax?
Ha ha.
- listening to her,
you realize...
yeah, effectively,
it's a co-presidency.
He takes her advice on everything.
- I take yours.
- Oh, bollocks.
I mean, it's all
boys' town with you
with your jonathans, your alastairs
and your gordons.
You know, bill clinton
was once asked
who would he go to if there
was a crisis in the room.
He said his wife.
Now you'd never say that.
- yes, I would.
- Rubbish.
Whereas they're so tight,
such close collaborators,
they're effectively running
that country together.
I think there's something
quite romantic about it.
Do you know, when he was
governor of arkansas,
the staffers actually referred
to them as "biliary. "
biliary?
"terie"?
- "chony"?
- Tony, no no.
- you can't get me-
- You can't... - give us a kiss.
- no no no no.
- Give us a kiss.
Oh, stop it.
It's because we're such
tight collaborators.
Well, that's a great strike...
what did you get up to today?
I was taken to see the newly
renovated globe theatre
- by cherie blair.
- Oh, god.
What did you do to deserve that?
That's what we do,
the wives of great men.
Then we had some lunch,
just the two of us.
Did you swap stories?
Talking about tony and me?
All the things we do that drive you crazy?
Your names came up.
She ask your advice?
I told her to shield her children
from the tabloid spotlight
as much as possible
and to try to be herself,
both of which she will
discover are impossible.
She's in kind of a tough spot
and she doesn't get much help,
which she whined about a bit.
That's just the working class.
You know she's from liverpool?
It's the arkansas of england.
She obviously adores him though.
Well, he's quite a catch.
It's not often you see that.
What?
A couple where the husband is more
attractive than the wife.
- he is handsome. - blair?
You think so?
- well, you don't?
- He's got charm, I guess,
but there's something about him.
He's too perfect.
So you prefer your man imperfect?
'cause I hate to disappoint you,
hon,
but my mama told me a million times
- that I'm just too good to be true.
- Yeah, right.
Is there ever a moment when
you're not stuffing that thing?
So you continue to practice?
You're not giving up the law?
Oh, no, never. I mean,
that's if anyone will bring me cases
- now that tony is in #10.
- Oh, that's right.
- blame it on me. - what did
your predecessor do?
- norma major?
- she wrote a book.
Oh! umm...
The prime minister's country house
- and its history. " - perfect.
Cherie's going to do one about
downing street. don't laugh.
- tony. - can I offer one
piece of serious advice?
- if it's not too presumptuous...
- Oh, here we go.
- ... or self-aggrandizing?
- Can I make a disclaimer here?
- please, feel free to ignore him.
- No. please.
- I'd like to hear it.
- Hit the ground running.
Now we got off to a bad start,
and it's taken us
four years to recover.
The other thing is
to start thinking now
about what you want
your legacy to be.
I've been in office
less than a month,
- and you want me to work out my legacy?
- No no no, bill's right.
Because if you don't do it,
other people will do it for you.
Legacy is reductive. people tend
to remember you for one thing.
You have to make sure you get ahead
and define what that is.
And if you decide
to take up a cause,
make sure it isn't healthcare.
And if someone in your first
press conference
asks you about gays
in the military,
you say nothing!
People often ask me
if I'm exhilarated
by our election victory.
Of course I'm excited about it,
but I feel an equally profound
sense of responsibility
I feel it...
...perhaps especially about here...
northern ireland.
This is not a party
political game.
It is about life and death
for the people here.
The people of northern ireland
have stood up to terrorist
violence for 25 years.
They have not been
destroyed by it,
but the legacy of bitterness
has made the normal political
give and take
virtually impossible.
The I. r.a. and sinn
fein have a choice
between negotiations
and violence.
My message to sinn fein is clear:
The settlement train is leaving.
I want you on that train,
but it is leaving anyway.
And I will not allow
it to wait for you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
The search for peace in
northern ireland
was dealt a devastating blow today
when the ira murdered two
police officers.
Two ira gunmen caught them
in a side street.
It's believed they came
up behind them
and fired a number of shots into
their heads at close range.
all this after sinn fin
attacked tony blair's
impassioned ultimatum
for peace as pro-unionist.
gerry adams,
told about the shootings
at a book signg, said that
on a personal level
he was shocked but reluctant to comment
on the political fallout.
How could they do that?
I merely suggest they enter talks
and they kill two people.
I mean, maybe I went too far.
You said what had to be said
and they heard it...
The men who murdered those cops.
That's why they did what they did.
They're scared. they're scared,
because after all the decades
of endless back and forth
and false starts there's
finally a man in downing street
who's not going to put up
with their bullshit anymore.
Gerry adams assured me
that he was ready to
push for a ceasefire,
so that sinn fein
could join the talks.
He knew what I was going to say.
And then this, and he says nothing.
Nothing.
Not a word against the
people who killed those men.
Well, how can I help?
Do you want me to make
a statement?
Well, your advisors
will tell you that
there's no mileage in
you involving yourself
in the domestic
problems of the u. k.
Gerry adams owes me.
I gave that guy visas
and political legitimacy when you
brits weren't even allowing him on tv.
Now I want to do this right.
Why don't have your guys
jot down a few ideas,
come up with a few lines?
You'll have them before
you get up.
the ira has
claimed responsibility
for what is ultimately an
outrageous act of cowardice
and no one should ever make
the mistake of thinking
that actions of this kind represent
anything equating to patriotism.
I, frankly, think now the ball
is in sinn fin's court.
Everyone has decisions
to make in life.
Their decision is,
are they going to be part
of the peace process or not?
I hope the answer will be yes.
good evening.
The sinn fin leader,
gerry adams,
walked into #10 downing
street today.
The first such meeting
for 76 years.
We had a good meeting
because I think we engaged.
I think we faced up
to the difficulties.
In many ways the engagement
could be described
as a moment in history,
because usually the moments
in anglo-irish relationships
in history are bad moments.
Today was a significantly
good moment.
It is thought that president
bill clinton
helped to revive the peace process
in northern ireland today,
proving, yet again, the long reach
of his political clout.
bill, thank you.
My pleasure. happy to help.
Sometimes it just takes an outsider
to help settle a family dispute.
Well, I can't thank you enough.
After all these months,
the peace process is back on track.
Well, I guess we can jot one down
for the good guys, eh?
Well, we've got a
real shot at this now.
And we could never have done
it without your support.
Hey, there are no debts here.
No I. o.u. s. we're just pulling
together to get a job done.
So if there's nothing else,
I've got to go.
If there's anything anytime...
tonight,
partly cloudy and cool,
dropping to the mid-upper 50s.
Weather updated around
the clock...
mr. president.
Let's go.
There's gonna be something in the
news today you should know about.
What? what is it?
It's not that I don't
know the answer,
it's just a very
badly-worded question.
And if I did tell you the answer,
- you wouldn't learn anything, would you?
- Except cheating.
- - right, euan,
you've got one more minute on that
and that's it. hello...
Yeah, are you near a television?
- yeah.
- Switch on the news.
Right. I'll have to
call you back, alastair.
- come on, nicky. come on.
- Give it here.
taken the city by storm.
This just in from washington.
Kenneth starr, the independent
counsel investigating
- alleged criminal conduct...
- Stop drawing pictures and get on with it.
...of president and mrs.
Clinton in the whitewater affair
issued a wave of white house
subpoenas today,
accusing the president of having
sex with monica lewinsky,
a 23-year-old white house intern.
Federal investigators are rumored
to be in possession
of taped conversations discussing
the alleged affair
between miss lewinsky and
president clinton.
The recordings,
in which she refers
to president clinton as
"the big he" and "the creep,"
recalling the paula jones case
in which detailed descriptions
of the president's penis...
okay, kids. enough.
- come on. out.
- come on.
Out, euan.
- nick.
- Oh, come on.
Come on. come on. come on.
Out out out out out.
Miss lewinsky is also
rumored to have said
in one of the taped conversations
that "I have lied my entire life. "
worse still, lewinsky alleges...
this might not be the best time to
be planning a trip to washington.
Well, who says any of it is true?
If ken starr is involved,
it's probably a right-wing witch hunt,
another muckraking exercise.
You watch.
This story could go away
as quickly as it's broken.
The president of america having
sex with a girl half his age?
Tonight, the president's
own lawyer...
this story hasn't even started.
...dismissed the allegations as
mischievous invention.
Okay, well, how-
how do you know this girl?
She was interning in the west
wing a couple of years ago.
- yeah.
- I talked to her a few times.
She said she was looking for a job
and, you know me,
I offered to help.
I gave her a couple of names
of people she could talk to.
I was just trying to be nice,
but apparently she seemed to
think it was something more.
She thought... she thought
it was more, why?
Why... why on earth
would she think that?
Well, I don't know.
You know how it is,
how people are around me.
So you're telling me that you did
nothing that could be misinterpreted?
- no. no.
- Nothing that could be misread?
- no
- Nothing?
Nothing. I swear.
Now the way they tell it,
I was having sex in the
oval office, midday.
- oh, for heaven's sake.
- Yeah, you know that's ridiculous.
With all the guards and the
windows around there,
that's not gonna happen.
These people...
This is just all the same bullshit.
They think they can put
something in the paper
and that just makes it true.
The same old innuendo.
The same old digging for dirt
when there's nothing there.
Ken starr is gonna go after you
with everything he's got.
They're discussing his
penis in public now...
"five and a ha inches with a
curve in the middle when erect. "
hardly errol flynn, is it?
I wonder who's angrier
with him now...
His wife for his betrayals
or his press secretary
for his modest endowment?
Now had it been 8"
long and thick as a baguette...
Oh, for god's sake, shut up.
A little irritable today,
aren't we?
I am. why do these european summits
always fill one with gloom?
Because they're full of pompous,
irrelevant twats
with stupid accents who
are stuck in the past
- and never know when to shut up.
- That would be the reason then.
Plus events in washington will
dominate all the front pages now.
Which makes the whole thing
feel rather pointless.
Sir. morning, sir.
The list you asked for
on the current members
of the european commission
and their staffs.
Thank you.
Who is she?
A new intern from
the foreign office.
You should know the tapes
of lewinsky's conversation,
her phone calls that are
supposed to be out there...
Well, are they out there or not?
Well, it's an ongoing
investigation. it's...
The information's privileged.
There's no way we can...
Fine, so these tapes that may
or may not be out there...
Yes, well, it's been suggested
they contain certain
revelations about...
the president's voicemails
to miss lewinsky,
an exchange of gifts,
his... his preference for oral sex
and the supposed existence
of a dress with semen stains.
That's enough.
Whether these...
tapes are out there or not,
it's a "he said, she said. "
we have a starstruck intern versus
the president of the united states.
They've got nothing.
Now the best way for
us to turn the tables,
to stop this being personal,
is to make it political,
because I'm not gonna conduct a
public debate about my marriage.
I want to conduct a debate
about the right-wing media
and ken fucking starr,
because they have been on our
backs right from the begning.
So this is what we're gonna do.
the white house
said to bin crisis mode,
with one administration... -
inside politics
as mr. clinton prepares to give another
state of the union address.
... the prosecutor puts the
pressure on the white house intern.
White house scandal is
already the biggest soap
opera running
and the viewers show no
sign of tuning out.
But I want to say one thing
to the american people,
and I want you to listen to me.
I'm gonna say this again:
I did not have
sexual relations with that woman...
Miss lewinsky.
These allegations are false.
Now I need to go back to work
for the american people.
- thank you. -
There's been one subject
in particular weighing
on the minds
of the american public-
the alleged sexual relationship
between the president and
miss lewinsky.
Has your husband explained
the nature
of this relationship to
you in detail?
Well, we've talked at great length
and I think as this matter unfolds
the entire country will
have more information.
But we're right in the middle
of a rather vigorous
feeding frenzy right now.
And I have learned over these
last many years,
being involved in politics,
that the best thing
to do in these cases
is just to be patient,
take a deep breath
and the truth will come out.
But there's nothing we can
dto fight this firestorm
of allegations that are out there.
Do you think that your
husband would admit
again causing pain in
your marriage?
No, absolutely not
and he shouldn't.
You know, we've been
married for 22 years,
and I had learned a long time ago
that the only people who
count in any marriage
are the two that are in it.
And I guess I've just been
through it so many times.
I mean, bill and I have
been accused of everything,
including murder,
by some of the very same people
who are behind these allegations.
The great story here,
for anybody willing to find it,
write about it and explain it,
is this vast right-wing conspiracy
that has been conspiring
against my husband
since the day he
announced for president.
A few journalists have kind of caught
onto it and explained it,
but it has not yet been
fully revealed
to the american public
and actually, you know,
in a bizarre sort of way,
this may do it.
You know, the longer this goes on,
the worse it is for clinton.
I wonder whether we might not
want to take a step back.
I'm on my way to washington to do a
press conference with the man, jonathan.
It may be a little late in
the day for a step back.
Come on, let's be realistic here.
He's hardly bloody
milosevic, is he?
What he did or did not do
is a personal matter.
Public people are entitled
to private lives, alastair.
There's nothing private about his.
It doesn't affect his ability
to govern though, does it?
Not to mention he's a friend.
Tony, all political friendship is
strategic and conditional.
A slight cooling may
be no bad thing.
What? backff from the
"special relationship"
we've all been so keen to promote?
No, not back off. just re-evaluate.
And if there is any
truth to the story,
they're in so deep
they'll never get out.
Well, he can hardly come clean,
can he?
America elected him,
knowing his history with women.
If he did do it, he should make a
big public apology and move on.
No, his lawyers would hate that idea.
They probably see it as a chance
to tough it out on definition and
hope that they'll all go away.
Would you if you
were defending him?
Who? the big creep?
I suppose it comes down
to what you actually
think constitutes "sex. "
that's easy... it's intercourse,
penetration.
What, so blowjobs don't count?
- no.
- No.
God. you men are pathetic.
Come on, you know the deal...
- eating ain't cheating.
- Oh, that's disgusting.
- if it ain't in, it ain't a sin.
- apparently
there's even a passage in the
bible that supports it.
- supports what?
- the idea that
oral sex doesn't
constitute adultery.
- bollocks!
- Really?
Ecclesiastes. discovered by
clinton's rapid response team.
God, they're good.
It's hardly bloody
fidelity either!
I mean, organs from one person's
body have entered another.
How can that not be sex?
Huh. god, this language.
This is just bizarre.
I mean, technically,
what we're doing is having a
political conversation here,
but it's just... blue.
Yesterday c. n.n.
Put out an announcement
before their nightly news bulletin
warning parents the content might
not be appropriate for children.
- god. - which brings us back
to the original question:
Shouldn't we be thinking
about taking a step back?
all eyes today
will be on tony blair
as he flies into a political storm
the likes of which hasn't been seen
since the watergate affair.
With his back against the wall,
bill clinton may benefit
from his close connection with the
british prime minister,
who is widely admired in
the united states.
It is likely the official
agenda for the meeting
between the president and
prime minister
will be pushed aside for questions
about bill clinton's relationship
with a former white house intern.
There's an article in tomorrow's
"new york times" that suggests
clinton coacd his secretary
to lie about his
relationship with lewinsky.
If that's true, then it implies
he did lie in the
paula jones hearing
and he did lean on lewinsky
to lie in her affidavit.
Infidelity by a
president is one thing.
Perjury is quite another.
he's here.
Let me see those numbers
straightaway.
yes, sir.
Tony, sorry to put
you through this.
- not at all.
- We'll get through it.
ladies and gentlemen,
the president of the united states
and the prime minister of great
britain and northern ireland.
Let me just start by saying
that it's a real pleasure
to welcome prime minister
blair here to washington.
Today on the verge
of a new century,
a new millennium,
america is prouder than ever
to stand shoulder to shoulder
with its close friend
the united kingdom.
It continues a great tradition
and a special relationship
between our two countries.
Mr. president. mr. president.
- eric.
- Prime minister,
as a friend and as a religious man,
I was wondering whether you offered
your personal advice to
president clinton
during these difficult times
of criminal investigation
into his sexual behavior.
That's what, in the british media,
we call a helpful question.
Uh, no.
Michael.
Prime minister, some people
are struck by the warmth
of the personal statements of
support that you've been giving
to the president. can I ask
had you ever considered
that might be a politically
risky strategy?
You heard the president talking
about the special relationship
between our two countries
and the great tradition of standing
shoulder to shoulder
with one another,
and I'm reminded of a story
from the height of world war ii,
when britain desperately
needed america's help.
It wasn't always certain that
they would come to our help,
and at one point harry hopkins,
the emissary to the american president
roosevelt, was sent to britain.
Hopkins said to churchill,
"I suppose you wish to know
what I'll be saying to president
roosevelt on my return. "
well, he said he would be quoting
from a passage from the bible:
"whither thou goest, I will go;
Whither thou lodgest, I will lodge.
Thy people shall be my people,
and thy god my god,
even to the end. "
you just asked whether my support,
my friendship,
is a politically risky strategy?
I've worked with president clinton
for some nine months.
I have found him throughout
someone I could trust,
someone I could rely upon,
someone I am proud to
call not just a colleague,
but a friend.
And I happen to think that if you
look at the american economy,
if you look at the respect
with which america is held
right round the world today,
it's a pretty impressive
record for anyone.
- prime minister. - mr.
President. mr. president.
Do you appreciate mr.
Blair's support?
No. no.
I think he should have
just come over here
- and jumped all over me.
- Mr. president.
- thank you. - mr. president.
Mr. president.
I hope you worked out
what you want in return,
because you saved that man today.
He owes you big time.
Who says I want
something in return?
Well, if you don't, it makes what
you did even harder to understand.
I did it because I like him.
And because now he owes you.
And because I believe in
what he's trying to do,
what we can do together.
And because now he owes you.
Well, is there anything
wrong with that?
We've been on borrowed
time in the balkans.
Milosevic is playing us for fools.
we should
have seen this coming.
We got milosevic to the
negotiating table over bosnia
by agreeing that kosovo was an
internal matter for the serbs,
and now he thinks that
he can do what he wants.
And by the time the un is
finished arguing
over the finer points of
international law,
milosevic will have killed
another 250,000 people
and driven another two
million from their homes,
just like he did in bosnia.
Now that's not going to happen,
not on my watch.
John major acted too slowly
and too reluctantly on bosnia.
This government's not going
to make the same mistake.
Yes, we have to make
our case to the u. n.
That the serbs are
guilty of genocide,
but at the same time
we've got to come up
with a credible threat
to stop milosevic.
You and madeleine albright are
preaching from the same pulpit.
So where do we go from here?
We start with the full range
of economic sanctions,
work to get nato on board
and consider our military options.
What about the russians?
Well, you just leave the
russians to me.
Boris... he's going to kick and
scream just like he did over bosnia,
but we just gave him
$5 billion in aid,
so I've got a little
leverage there.
I'm more concerned about europe.
Well, the italians will be
against any action for a start,
- as will the germane.
- What about the french?
Chirac will want to
play by the book.
He'll do nothing without
the full support
of the international community.
You've got the perfect forum there.
Presidency of the e. u.
For another three months.
It hasn't made any
difference so far.
You can be very persuasive, tony.
You know, I've a theory.
You can take any word
in the english language
that excites you,
like sex, food, music or money,
and completely remove
any pleasure it arouses
simply by adding
the prefix "euro. "...
good morning, jacques.
Perhaps you could enlighten us?
We've been struggling with a small,
but I think important,
technicality.
- of course. happy to help.
- Exactly how many centimeters
is five and a half inches?
You'd think some of these guys
would actually step to his defense.
As leaders, we're all hanging
from the same thin thread.
But the joy of seeing an
american president slip up...
It's irresistible.
the pressure on
bill clinton to testify
before the grand jury
intensified today
with the announcement of a deal
between monica lewinsky
and kenneth starr.
Under total immunity,
monica lewinsky is
is reportedly telling prosecutors
she and the president talked about how
to conceal their relationship.
This is what the president is
desperate to avoid...
the indignity of appearing
at a federal courthouse
in washington.
The special prosecutor, kenneth starr,
is playing a tough game.
He is determined to question the
president under oath,
and he is backed by mr. clinton's
republican opponents in congress.
Get me kendall.
If kenneth starr does have
additional information,
I think it could snowball
into a real impeachment
problem for the president.
I have a very
strong belief...
tell them I'll testify,
but I want the subpoena revoked,
I'd like to have my
lawyers present
and we do it in the white house.
First reports now suggest
that monica lewinsky has
changed her story
to admit there was an affair
and has even turned over to
the special prosecutor
tapes of phone calls
from the president
and a dress, possibly stained,
that may help prove the
relationship.
Today her lawyer denied
that information
about the dress had been leaked either
by him or her other lawyer.
The white house claims much of this
is unsubstantiated rumor,
but the fbi confirmed to me today
it has received the dress
from kenneth starr
and is processing it for testing.
Are you awake?
I am now.
I need to...
Tell you about the situation.
It's much more serious
than I let on.
What?
I'm going to say in my testimony
that there... was something
inappropriate
about that relationship.
in deposition
last january
I was asked questions about
my relationship
with monica lewinsky.
While my answers were
legally accurate,
I did not volunteer information.
Indeed, I did have a relationship
with miss lewinsky that
was not appropriate.
In fact... - I'd like
to know the distinction
between "legally accurate"
and "big fucking lie. "
I can only tell you I was
motivated by many factors.
First, by a desire
to protect myself
from the embarrassment
of my own conduct.
I was also very concerned
about protecting my family.
The fact that these questions
were being asked...
what a you gonna say?
I don't know.
Maybe nothing.
Well, they'll be
expecting a statement.
Saying what?
That I am all too aware thh
because of my public
support for the president?
That I find all this
excruciatingly embarrassing?
That I feel I had no
option but to stand by him?
I think not.
Our country has been distracted by
this matter for too long,
and I take responsibility
for my part...
do you think she'll ever leave him?
Would you leave me?
No.
But I'd make your life hell.
...real problems to solve,
real security matters to face.
And so tonight I ask
you to turn away...
from the spectacle of the past seven months,
to repair the fabric of our
national discourse
and to return our attention
to all the challenges
and all the promise of the
next american century.
Thank you for watching
and good night.
How do you wanna do this?
You first, me a few steps behind?
Together?
I want us to do this together.
Whether or not that's possible,
I don't know.
I have to find my way
through this in my own time.
By myself. okay?
Okay.
How do I look?
Incredible.
- mrs. clinton?
- mrs. clinton?
- hillary, one picture.
- this way, ma'am.
- so what are his chances?
- Of surviving impeachment?
I'd say 50/50 at best.
His approval rating's gone
right down the toilet.
Even if he does survive,
his party will take
such a pounding in the mid-terms,
he'll be gridlocked.
He's a lame-duck president.
Which, of course, presents the
chance for others to shine.
Well, he's still our strongest ally
and the best hope we've got of
seeing things through in kosovo.
Evil triumphs when
good men do nothing.
We can all sit here,
throw our hands up and say,
"what does what's happening
in kosovo have to do with us?"
ethnic cleansing, systematic rape,
mass murder.
No one in the west who has seen
what is happening in
kosovo can doubt
that nato's military
action is justified.
20 years ago we would not have
been fighting in kosovo.
We would have tued our
backs on it.
But we are a community.
What happens in one part of europe
affects every other part.
And there is only one place to be
and that's in the thick of it,
trying to sort it out.
following a further
upsurge in violence,
the un security council
issued a resolution
demanding an end to serbian
action in kosovo
and putting 500 aircraft
under wesley clark,
nato's supreme commander.
Faced with the threat of
a unified nato,
slobodan milosevic has
backed down.
president clinton's personal
envoy, richard holbrook,
has negotiated a ceasefire with
the yugoslav president
who has agreed to reduce
troop numbers
and to allow 2,000 unarmed
observers into the province.
It's not enough, bill.
Nate's agreement could
fall apart at any second.
The russians are only going along
with it to keep up appearances.
Milosevic isn't
fooled by any of it.
Well, look at you, baby brother,
stepping up to the big roulette table.
He's just waiting us out.
Meanwhile, winter is coming
and hundreds of thousands
of displaced people
need to get back to their villages.
As far as I can tell,
the ceasefire is holding.
We've got observers on the
ground watching his every move.
He tries anything... - yeah, but look
what he's done to his own people.
Do you think he cares about a bunch of
observers without a gun between them?
It's just a matter of time.
What do you want me to say, tony?
Well...
Unless we back up the
threat of air strikes
with a willingness to
put men on the ground,
I just... I just don't see
how he can take us seriously.
Look, I hate milosevic as
much as the next guy,
but sending troops
into a sovereign state
that hasn't attacked us?
Now that's a pretty tough sell
to congress and the
american people,
and I like to think I'm
a pretty good salesman!
Bill, if... - I know why
you want to do this.
I understand your ambition.
You want to take a step up,
but that dog just won't hunt.
I want to do it because
it's the right thing to do.
We both want to do the right thing
and mobilizing nato so
it's ready to strike
- is the right thing to do.
- Yeah, but bill...
in case you haven't noticed,
there is a bookoos
of people over here
- looking to get me impeached.
- Yes, I'm very much aware of that.
Look, if we don't do this now,
I guarantee we'll be
forced to do it later.
Let me be clear:
Until milosevic does
something that proves
he violates the deal on the table,
we do nothing.
You can hardly be surprised.
Politically, his hands are tied.
Yeah, maybe physically too,
if hillary's got
anything to do with it.
But he's the one who
talked about legacy.
I mean, it could really
help to sort things out
if he did the right
thing over this.
Being seen to be doing something
is completely different to
actually doing it.
Thatcher always said,
"no point being here
if we don't do things,
- big things. " - please don't
start again on thatcher.
The lives of those
people depend on the whim
of an insane tyrant and we
have the power to change that.
And if bill won't or can't,
then it's up to me, isn't it?
Right. come on, winston.
Parents' evening.
Thank you, marcus.
What's the math
teacher's name again?
Humberstone, paul.
- hello, good to see you.
- Hello, headmaster.
on a hillside
above the village
of racak in kosovo...
45 people hacked to death by
serbian paramilitaries
right under the noses
of the observers.
I know. I saw the news.
Every station in the world is
showing the same footage.
We've got to stop fiddling
around the edges
and prove to milosevic that
we mean business.
If we don't, there's going to be
more massacres, more refugees.
The people over here,
they just don't get that.
All they want to know is,
is this a war america
should be fighting?
If we do go in,
bomb the hell out of milosevic,
what happens if all we
wind up doing is
pissing him off and he ramps up
his assault on kosovo?
We don't even have a grantee,
if nato does go in,
air strikes are going to do any go.
How long are you going to
keep going arou on this?
Til you tell me it's
the right thing to do.
It's the right thing to do
and you don't need
me to tell you that.
No.
But it sure does
make me feel better
hearing you say it.
the serbs say they shot
several dozen terrorists
in uniform,
but these men wear no uniform...
...and receive no hearing from the
police who separated them...
- hello? -
are you watching this?
I am.
Because this shit is bad.
Yes, it is.
Okay, bombing from 15,000'.
I'll tell my guys to
tell nato we're in.
... to find
their loved ones. -
"look what they've done," she cries.
"it's a massacre. "
and the obscene way these men
and boys have died
is a kind of proof.
Get me the secretary
of state for defense
and the chief of defense staff.
Yes, I know what the time is.
nato's attack on yugoslavia,
long threatened,
is tonight under way with
massive force.
the stealth fighter
bombers led the way
for an attack that has tonight
put the western alliance at
war with yugoslavia.
we have learned twice
before in this century
that appeasement does not work.
If we let an evil dictator
range unchallenged,
we will have to spill
infinitely more blood and treasure
- to stop him later.
- hear hear!
This is not a battle for territory.
It is a battle for humanity.
- it is a just cause.
- Hear hear!
in response
to nato air strikes,
milosevic's forces have stepped
up their campaign
to drive kosovan albanians
from serbia,
leaving hundreds of
thousands homeless.
Refugees appear, of course,
as a result of bombing,
and everybody knows it.
Man #2: where will you go now?
I don't know,
but mostly what I would like
is to come back at my home
and to live normal like...
Like all europeans do,
because we are part of europe.
Today, tony and cherie blair
came to see the situation
themselves,
to witness the scale of the
humanitarian crisis
for which many nations
throughout the world
are increasingly taking
nato to task.
Just to see these people...
These completely innocent people,
who've been forced
from their homes,
mercilessly, at the point of a gun.
Some of them,
as we've just been hearing,
faced unspeakable horrors.
I just feel we have
a duty to ensure
that they can return to
their homes in peace.
do you have a message
for the people of kosovo?
Well, we will not let you down.
As civilian casualties
from nato bombings
continue to mount,
european leaders are coming
under increasing pressure
to justify the military campaign
against the serbs.
Stop the war! stop the bombing!
Nato out! nato out!
This is a nightmare.
I mean, we've bullied the e.
U. into this
and all we've done is
make matters worse.
The air campaign
simply isn't working,
not as currently configured.
It's too half-hearted.
The list of approved
targets is too limited.
It's done nothing to impede
milosevic's ability to wage war.
So all we've really done
is rally the serbs.
Milosevic is looking like a hero,
because he stood up to western
aggression and we look like fools.
We're losing the p. r.
Campaign, tony, big time.
Unless nato is prepared
to step up the bombing
and commit to ground troops,
we could lose this thing.
Nato will never commit,
not without clinton.
I know you're committed to
intensifying the air campaign,
but I'm here to ask you
to also commit to a ground
invasion into kosovo
to resolve this situation
once and for all.
Unless we do so
I am of the firm opinion
that milosevic will
persist in believing
that nato will lack the will
to finish what it's started.
Strategically, we have two options:
The first, a limited
invasion of 80,000 troops
that will drive serb
forces out of kosovo
and create safe havens
for refugees to return;
Secondly, a general
invasion of serbia itself
with 200,000 troops,
inging about the total overthrow
of the milosevic regime.
And actually,
we'd favor the former...
A smaller invasion,
the air units parachuted into-
- howard.
If we do what you're suggesting,
people will interpret it
as an admission on our part
of the failure of our
air campaign,
so politically it's a
non-starter right there.
Also, the minute you
put our troops
into milosevic's territory,
you're fighting on his
terms in his backyard,
handing him a huge advantage.
With the bombing we keep
our distance,
limit the risk, yet still
maintain our advantage.
But the bombing's not working.
We all know that.
Plus, even in your
limited-invasion scenario
we'd have to call up reservists
for a conflict in a place most
americans don't know exists.
I really don't understand
your hesitancy.
We are staring a wholesale
human catastrophe in the face.
Are you going to send over as
many troops as you expect us to?
Well, that's not possible.
As you well know,
given the relative size
of our armies, our resources.
We get the point, prime minister.
You're ready to fight
to the last american.
We have to win this.
I've made a promise.
Politically, I've really
stuck my neck out here.
Why don't we step
outside for a moment?
The two of us.
Let me get this straight.
You want me to spend
billions of dollars
of american taxpayer money
and lose american lives?
This is a battle
between good and evil,
between civilization and barbarity.
The intervention and removal
ourechristiantors responsibility.
"christian responsibility"?
You know, for a
center-left democrat
you're beginning to sound an
awful lot like jerry falwell.
And what about the repercussions?
Civilian casualties
from a ground campaign
could be even greater than those
caused by errant bombs without,
in my estimation, enhancing
our prospects for victory.
Nothing could have more
serious consequences
- than being defeated in kosovo.
- Losing is not an option.
I am committed to winning
this thing
and I will do whatever it takes
to make sure that happens.
Now if you want to talk about
sending in ground troops
at some future date, fine.
But we keep it between ourselves...
Off the record.
Now, on the record,
here's what I'm saying,
so listen up:
Nato won't go for ground troops
and neither will I.
Well, of course they don't care.
Half of them don't know
where bloody yugoslavia is.
- this could be the end of me.
- Come on.
No, I'm serious, alastair.
I'm completely out on a limb here.
If we don't win this thing, I'm the
one who's gonna have to answer for it.
Why not take clinton up on his
offer to start quietly working
on a ground invasion
as an interim measure?
Because I don't believe him.
He's lied to everybody else,
why should he be
telling me the truth?
No. no. bollocks to that.
It's the chicago
speech tomorrow, right?
- yeah. - right. well, I want
you to beef it up a bit.
I want us to put his back
right up against the wal
hang on a minute, tony. are you sure
this is what you want to be doing?
This could really backfire on us.
And I want every right-wing
hack with an axe to grind
about the moral bankruptcy
of this administration
to be there to hear it-
front row seats.
No one who has seen what is
happening in kosovo
can doubt that nato's military
action is justified,
and that military action
will continue...
...until milosevic is
defeated absolutely.
Success is the only exit strategy
I am prepared to consider.
We are witnessing the beginnings
of a new doctrine of
international community...
many nations working hand in hand,
cooperating on issues
that conont us all.
You are the most powerful
country in the world.
It must be difficult and
occasionally irritating
to be the recipient
of every demand,
to be called upon in every crisis.
The cry "what's it
got to do with us?"
must be regularly heard on
the lips of your people.
Yet the nations with
the greatest power
have the greatest responsibility.
We need you engaged.
I say to you:
Never fall again
for the dorine of isolationism.
The world cannot afford it.
And realize that in britain
you have a friend that
will stand with you
and fashion with you
the design for a future built
on peace and prosperity for all,
which is the only dream
that makes humanity
worth preserving.
Too slow.
Only me.
"all hail king tony,
" "chicago tribune. "
"why don't we have a president like
tony blair? " "the new york times. "
"blair shows courage while
white house vacillates,"
"washington post. "
"listening to the british
prime minister
in chicago last night,
one couldn't help thinking
how much president
clinton could learn
from his churchillian
younger colleague.
Both these men talk the talk.
The difference is,
behind closed doors,
blair actually walks it too. "
"wall street journal. "
wow. you must've been up
all night writing those.
In terms of public approval,
you're the number-one leader
in the world right now.
leaders of the nato powers
convened in washington today
to debate the worsening
situation in kosovo.
...speculation as to the
determination of nato
to stay the course,
with some members suggesting
they might be having
second thoughts.
... the celebration of
nato's 50th birthday
but it is expected to be totally given
over to discussions on kosovo.
Give the prime minister
and me a moment, will you?
Yes, sir.
- who would've guessed?
- What?
What a tough little son of a
bitch you turned out to be,
stabbing me in the back
in my own front yard.
- now that takes balls.
- My head was on a block.
- you gave me no choice.
- Well, the way I see it,
your head's still on the block
- and I still have a choice.
- That's not what your papers suggest.
Oh, that's right... your new friends.
"all hail king tony. "
so ground troops? are you in?
Maybe you ought to ask
yourself this question:
What kind of a king begs
others to do his fighting for him?
Well, if we act now,
we can end the fighting.
with its pledge to
do whatever it takes
to prevail in kosovo,
nato agrees to expand its bombing
campaign against serbia.
Assured by nato's resolve
and the increasing effectiveness
of the air strikes,
president clinton
publicly announced
the us will consider all
military options
- to resolve the conflict. -
To capitulate is one step closer to fruition.
Under intense pressure from the
clinton administration,
a russian delegation
flew to belgrade
to deliver an ultimatum to
president milosevic...
"remove all troops from kosovo
or risk losing the support
of boris yeltsin,"
his one remaining ally.
- right away, sir.
- Thank you.
this job would become,
in not so many years... -
...a far more substantial one than
the government now pretends.
Seen as the president of europe
by the rest of the world... -
tony.
The yugoslav parliament
has conceded.
All serbian troops are to
be immediately withdrawn.
A nato-led peacekeeping force
is to be deployed in the region.
Kosovo is to be placed under u.
N. administration.
Of course clinton will
claim it was his strategy,
that forced milosevic's hand.
We'll claim it was ours,
but either way now, it's over.
We've won. you've won.
This is a victory for civilization.
A victory for a
fundamental principle
necessary for humanity's progress:
That every human being
has the inalienable right to
live free from persecution.
Milosevic knows and
the world now knows
we will not tolerate
racial genocide.
Hear hear.
Let no one ever doubt again
the moral justification
for invading another country
for humanitarian ends.
here on the roads of
kosovo they cheer his name.
But tony blair was always going
to get a hero's welcome.
Tony! tony! tony!
and indeed those
polls have closed
and the first lady of the
united states of america,
hillary rodham clinton,
has defeated
congressman rick lazio
and will become the junior
senator from new york.
Al gore and george w bush
are men in waiting today.
We still don't know who
won the presidency.
We may not know until tomorrow.
as controversy rages in washington,
president clinton,
accompanied by his wife,
headed to the british prime
minister's country residence.
A farewell celebration
between the two men
whose shared political
philosophy...
oh, I'm so sorry.
I really do have to take this.
- of course.
- What did I get?
"environment and public works"?
What happened to foreign
relations and budget?
- those were the things...
- I think I'll turn in.
Excuse me.
Well, I just can't get over
how much those kids have grown.
- good night, tony.
- Good night.
Bill.
While we've...
Got a moment, I'd like to...
Well, I'd like to apologize to you
for what happened over kosovo,
briefing against you
in your own media.
I was out of order.
In the years I've known you,
you've been a good
friend to me, personally,
you've been a loyal
friend to my party
and a great ally to this country.
In the end I got all the credit,
credit we should've shared.
It was wrong.
I was wrong.
I'm sorry.
That's bullshit.
You don't mean a word of that.
- - hey,
you saw the papers
the weekend after
milosevic withdrew...
Seven out of 10 americans
said they'd like
to have tony blair
as their president.
Handsome, energetic, churchgoing,
morally upstanding,
maritally faithful.
Are you sure you weren't
born in america?
Huh. scotland.
Well, that too bad,
'cause you'd win by a landslide.
Good evening. the opera,
at times farce, is over.
The fat lady has sung.
The final supreme court verdict
has persuaded al gore to give up.
He's finally accepted that
his long legal battle
- has nowhere else to go.
- Let there be no doubt
while I strongly disagree
with court's decision,
I accept it. and tonight,
for the sake of our unity
as a people,
and the strength of our mocracy...
I offer my concession.
Prime minister,
you asked to be woken.
Thank you.
I- - - thanks again. - george w.
Our country has been through
a long and trying period,
with the outcome of the
presidential election not finalized
for longer than any of us
could ever imagine.
- after a difficult election...
- Thanks.
...we st put politics behind us
and work together to make the
promise of america
available for every one
of our citizens.
Our nation must rise
above a house divided.
Americans share hopes,
goals and values
far more important
than any political disagreements.
I have a lot to be thankful
for tonight,
and thankful to the american
people for the great privilege
of being able to serve
as your next president.
what are you going to do
with bush?
I know what everyone
wants me to do...
Back off,
concentrate on domestic politics,
deepen ties with europe.
That's not what I asked you.
What do you want to do?
I still want to get
things done, bill.
And I know he's not on the
same team as us, but...
I'd rather be in the room
where the big decisions
are being made
than outside it,
whingeing about them.
I would be the senior partner now.
Bush would be the junior.
I could help him
like you helped me,
advise him.
I just want to do the right
thing for my country.
Are you sure about that?
It's in my country's
best interests,
quite possibly the world's,
for me to stay close to
the american president.
Well, you can sure
move your bones...
Continue to use the white house
to stay in the spotlight,
consolidate yourself as leader
and expand your legacy.
I'm not sure how
to take that, bill.
That felt vaguely like an insult.
Well, it's true, isn't it?
I mean, come on. we both know
that the best way to ensure
that you're remembered
is to link yourself to
an american president.
But be careful.
These guys, they play rough.
Their administration
has been born in controversy,
national shame
and illegality. and it is my bet
that that's the way they'll go out.
So the question you
need to ask yourself is
what business
does a progressive
center-left politician
from a tiny little
island in europe have
making friends with
folks like that?
But then again...
I'm not sure whether you are
a progressive center-left
politician anymore...
Or if you ever were.
I'm gonna say good night.
I might sleep late.
I hope you don't mind.
I'm tired. I need the rest.
Go ahead.
Sleep as long as you like.
...but to serve one nation.
The president of the united states
is the president of every
single american.
The tower is awaiting our call.
- 10 minutes, everyone.
- are we flight go?
Yeah, we've got clearance.
clear here?
Me too, george. absolutely. me too.
Yeah. well...
- when are you going to be sworn in?
- In three weeks.
After eight years with the
title and no portfolio,
finally you'll have both.
Let me know what it's like...
Waking in the morning,
knowing that you're
speaking for yourself.
- I will.
- In you go, senator!
Oh, bill. for heaven's sakes.
Just practicing, hon.
Isn't she something?
Only first lady in u. s.
History to win elected office.
Euan, kathryn, behind the wall.
- right, that's it.
- Up you go.
Back into the house,
because if you're...
so after our little talk,
did you decide which way to jump yet?
Hug 'im close, go for glory
or do the right thing
and head for home?
Not yet.
Well, I guess I'll have to
be like everybody else...
Just watching the press
conference on tv,
scrutinizing the body
language for telltale signs.
I guess you will.
I guess so.
- goodbye, tony.
- Goodbye, mr. president.
Right face!
Yeah, he's just leaving now.
Yeah, I've got it in hand. yeah.
Yeah. yeah, okay.
All right, I'll see you then.
All right, get ahold of john
and tell him to bring...
It's my honor to welcome
the prime minister
from our strongest
friend and closest ally
to camp david.
We've had a couple
of formal visits.
More importantly, we've had a
nice walk around camp david
and gotten to know each other.
As they've told me,
he's a pretty charming guy.
He put the charm offensive on me.
I- - - and it worked.
A question for both of you.
There's been a lot said
about how different you
are as people.
Have you already in your talks
found something maybe that you...
some personal interest that
you have in common,
maybe in religion, sport or music?
Well, we both use
colgate toothpaste.
They're gonna...
they're gonna wonder how you
know that, george.
I don't know if you found
any common ground or not.
I think that's enough
to be going on with.
See you at the gym.
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my na should be woe
for trouble and heartache
is all that I know
yes, lonely
lonely blue boy
is my name...
my life has been empty
my heart has been torn
it must have been raining
the night I was born
yes, lonely
lonely blue boy
is my name
well, I'm so
I'm so afraid of tomorrow
and so tired
- so tired of today
- tired of today
they say that love
is the answer
but love
never came my way
I'm writing this letter
to someone unknown
so if you should find it
and if you're alone
well, lonely
lonely blue boy
is my name
remember lonely
lonely blue boy