Bill Clinton

Yes. But it's not just the people who don't have health insurance--the people who have it who are afraid of losing it because somebody in their family's been sick, and they can't change jobs. There are millions of Americans locked into…

Well, we might end up that way as long as it doesn't lead to a whole range of deliberate outings. I mean, we don't want to make it worse. I think we're very close to a compromise along those lines. And I think most Americans will agree…

Well, the answer to your question is, the only way to control the health care entitlements is to get control of health care costs. And the only way to control health care costs in this country, in which we're spending 35 percent more of…

This tie is part of a series of ties representing Beatles songs. And this one is ``Let It Be.'' And there's Mother Mary here; there's a line in the song that says, ``Mother Mary calls to me, whispers words of wisdom, let it be.'' And here…

Absolutely. Absolutely---- Ms. Zahn. Let me just ask you this--that people who voted for you in the election and bought into this image of the man from Hope and that maybe stories like the $200 haircut with a guy who has one name might…

Yeah. I mean, look, I wear a $40 watch. Do I look like the kind of guy that would go and sit on an airport--you know, I mean, it was just a blow-up. I'm glad they didn't find out about the manicure. [Laughter] Health Care Reform

Oh, no. The Secret Service asked, and they were told that there would be no delays. It was just a mess-up. I mean, it was just a mess-up. But it's just not---- Ms. Zahn. Do you wish you hadn't gotten that haircut?

The Secret Service said no. Ms. Zahn. The Wall Street Journal is suggesting that maybe the staff members don't have enough of a spine to stand up to you. Can you comment on that report?

I just learn to live with it. I think you've got to learn to laugh at things like that. You know, when little things get made big, and big things get made little, you know, and you make a boner--I mean, I really--I told you the truth…

Some days I do. What I really think of is stupid little things happen to every- body, and I just hope that if some stupid little thing happens to me, it won't overshadow all the big good things I'm trying to do. But actually, when I get up…

Quick answer. The Nation does not enforce its immigration laws. We should let immigrants come in. It makes us a stronger country. But we can't let everybody in overnight. We should attempt to enforce the laws more rigorously. And when…

That gives people the right to at least access what they've got now in their health insurance plan, if they're private citizens and they get that, as a result of this change we've got, because what we're trying to do is not run this money…

I'm talking about--the money should be going to the things I mentioned. What we need is for people in each of these communities to be involved with those kids. I can't do that. We need people in these communities sponsoring schools…

No hints. But I would also say that I wonder whether people think the staff is younger than it is. I mean, you have the head of my economic team, Bob Rubin, is in his fifties and was one of the most successful people on Wall Street. Our…

No, but they're working hard and we've gotten a lot done. I'm glad I got to talk about that. I think there are always going to be--you can't--this is the hardest place in the country to work in some ways. And I think that we've had a…

No. It may look like that, but the bottom line--it wasn't an act of cronyism. The bottom line is if we can run an office with three that they were taking seven to run, and we can save 25 percent off a trip because we have competitive…

She can question whatever she wants to, I think. She's a fine person. I like her. But I'm just saying, to the best of my knowledge, there has never been a policy that the White House, if they had some internal activity going on here, would…

Well, to the best of our ability to determine it, there has never been a policy that if the White House had a local internal matter, they had to go through the Attorney General to get to the FBI. The FBI's always been an independent…

Oh, the FBI, because--the FBI was called in to look at the auditor's report, not to accuse any of these people of doing anything criminal but because there were sufficient questions raised that there had to be a review of it. And the FBI…

It's just one of those things. Something always goes wrong. White House Travel Office Mr. Smith. You know what, we need to talk about this, ``Travelgate.'' Who knew what when, and why was the FBI called in, and why did you hire your…

I said if you were a politician and all these mikes went out, they'd say, are you a failed network, are you a failed newscaster? [Laughter] Ms. Zahn. They will be saying that maybe in a half hour from now.

Well, let me just mention the Attorney General thing. First of all, I think I've got a pretty good Attorney General, don't you? Mr. Smith. I think people would agree with that.

You want to talk about it, we can. See, that's what people do; you can't just lob these things out there. Mr. Smith. We have 2 hours to talk about all of this. We have 2 hours to talk about all of this, but it seems like a day or a couple…

I think it will help. This is an agreement that I have wanted for a long time, because I think that the people are entitled to know that if we pass these budget cuts, that they're actually going to be made. I've been concerned, as someone…

Good morning. Budget Proposal Ms. Zahn. We wanted to start off by talking about the late night you kept last night. Word of an agreement that was struck between Democratic leaders and conservative members of your party on your economic…