Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >>> GOOD MORNING, MPB.EVERYONE. >>> GOOD MORNING, MPB.EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. IM MEGYN KELLY. IM MEGYN KELLY. FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTONS INTERVIEW WITH OUR OWN CRAIGNS INTERVIEW WITH OUR OWN CRAIG MELVIN IS MAKING WAVES THIS MELVIN IS MAKING WAVES THIS MORNING. MORNING. THE QUESTIONS WHETHER HE OWES THE QUESTIONS WHETHER HE OWES MONICA LEWINSKY AN APOLOGY, DRAWING AN IMMEDIATE BACKLASH. DRAWING AN IMMEDIATE BACKLASH. LAST NIGHT, BILL CLINTON TRIED LAST NIGHT, BILL CLINTON TRIED TO DO A CLEANUP IN AISLE 7. CRAIG MELVIN HAS THE LATEST. CRAIG MELVIN HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, BILL >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, BILL CLINTON APOLOGIZING AGAIN. CLINTON APOLOGIZING AGAIN. >> I MEANT IT THEN AND I MEAN IT >> I MEANT IT THEN AND I MEAN IT NOW. NOW. I APOLOGIZED TO MY FAMILY AND TO MONICA LEWINSKYS FAMILY.Y AND TO MONICA LEWINSKYS FAMILY. >> Reporter: HIS NEW APOLOGY, >> Reporter: HIS NEW APOLOGY, AFTER FACING QUESTIONS HERE ON AFTER FACING QUESTIONS HERE ON "TODAY" OF HIS HANDLING OF THE MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL IN THE MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL IN THE LATE 90s. LATE 90s. DO YOU FEEL YOU OWE HER AN DO YOU FEEL YOU OWE HER AN APOLOGY? APOLOGY? >> I -- I DO NOT -- I NEVER >> I -- I DO NOT -- I NEVER TALKED TO HER. TALKED TO HER. BUT I DID SAY, PUBLICLY, ON MORE BUT I DID SAY, PUBLICLY, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, THAT I WAS SORRY.NE OCCASION, THAT I WAS SORRY. >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRESIDENT VOICING SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT VOICING SUPPORT FOR THE #METOO MOVEMENT, BUT FACING THE #METOO MOVEMENT, BUT FACING CRITICISM FOR HIS COMMENTS CRITICISM FOR HIS COMMENTS DURING THE "TODAY" INTERVIEW. DURING THE "TODAY" INTERVIEW. >> NOBODY BELIEVES I GOT OUT OF >> NOBODY BELIEVES I GOT OUT OF THAT FOR FREE. THAT FOR FREE. I LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE $16 I LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE $16 MILLION IN DEBT. MILLION IN DEBT. >> Reporter: SOME ALLIES, >> Reporter: SOME ALLIES, INCLUDING FORMER CLINTON SPOKESMAN, JOE LOCKHART, TOOK SPOKESMAN, JOE LOCKHART, TOOK ISSUE WITH HIS FOCUS. ISSUE WITH HIS FOCUS. >> HE SUCCUMBED TO BEING THE >> HE SUCCUMBED TO BEING THE VICTIM AND FEELING VICTIMIZED. VICTIM AND FEELING VICTIMIZED. >> Reporter: SOCIAL MEDIA >> Reporter: SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTING. ERUPTING. ONE USER WRITING, BILL CLINTON STILL REFUSES TO TAKEL CLINTON STILL REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY WHAT HE DID TO RESPONSIBILITY WHAT HE DID TO MONICA LEWINSKY. MONICA LEWINSKY. LEWINSKY DID NOT COMMENT LEWINSKY DID NOT COMMENT DIRECTLY. DIRECTLY. SIMPLY TWEETING SHE IS GRATEFUL SIMPLY TWEETING SHE IS GRATEFUL TO THE MYRIAD PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME EVOLVED AND GAIN PERSPECTIVE. ME EVOLVED AND GAIN PERSPECTIVE. AND LINKING TO A "VANITY FAIR" AND LINKING TO A "VANITY FAIR" PIECE SHE WROTE IN MARCH, THAT PIECE SHE WROTE IN MARCH, THAT READS IN PART, NOW AT 44, IM READS IN PART, NOW AT 44, IM BEGINNING TO CONSIDER THE BEGINNING TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE POWER IMPLICATIONS OF THE POWER DIFFERENTIALS THAT WERE SO VAST DIFFERENTIALS THAT WERE SO VAST BETWEEN A PRESIDENT AND A WHITE BETWEEN A PRESIDENT AND A WHITE HOUSE INTERN. HOUSE INTERN. NOW, SHES BEING SUPPORTED BY NOW, SHES BEING SUPPORTED BY OTHER #METOO ACTIVISTS. OTHER #METOO ACTIVISTS. ROSE McGOWAN TWEETING AT CLINTON ROSE McGOWAN TWEETING AT CLINTON IN PART, A HUMAN LIFE WAS IN PART, A HUMAN LIFE WAS ALTERED AND DESTROYED DUE TO ALTERED AND DESTROYED DUE TO YOUR SELFISHNESS. YOUR SELFISHNESS. PRIOR TO HIS OVERNIGHT COMMENTS, SHE AND OTHERS DEMANDED CLINTON, SHE AND OTHERS DEMANDED CLINTON APOLOGIZE, SOMETHING THE APOLOGIZE, SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT NEVER DID PRIVATELY, PRESIDENT NEVER DID PRIVATELY, BUT DID PUBLICLY IN 1998, AND BUT DID PUBLICLY IN 1998, AND AGAIN LAST NIGHT. AGAIN LAST NIGHT. >> I MEANT IT THEN, AND I MEAN >> I MEANT IT THEN, AND I MEAN IT TODAY. IT TODAY. I LIVE WITH IT ALL THE TIME. I LIVE WITH IT ALL THE TIME. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. PLEASE WELCOME NBCS CRAIG PLEASE WELCOME NBCS CRAIG MELVIN, CO-HOST OF PBSS "IN MELVIN, CO-HOST OF PBSS "IN PRINCIPLE," AMY HOMES AND U.S. PRINCIPLE," AMY HOMES AND U.S. ATTORNEY DAN GOLDMAN. ATTORNEY DAN GOLDMAN. WELCOME. WELCOME. MADE A LITTLE NEWS THERE, CRAIG. >> YOU KNOW.E NEWS THERE, CRAIG. >> YOU KNOW. I JUST SAT AND ASKED SOME I JUST SAT AND ASKED SOME QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. >> AND THE RESPONSES WERE, POOR ME.AND THE RESPONSES WERE, POOR ME. I WAS $16 MILLION IN DEBT I WAS $16 MILLION IN DEBT BECAUSE HES $16 MILLION IN DEBT BECAUSE HES $16 MILLION IN DEBT BECAUSE HE WAS ACCUSED. HE LIED UNDER OATH, ABOUT HE LIED UNDER OATH, ABOUT WHETHER HE DID IT OR DIDNT DO WHETHER HE DID IT OR DIDNT DO IT. IT. THATS WHY HE GOT IMPEACHED. THATS WHY HE GOT IMPEACHED. CAN I ASK YOU, AMY, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS., BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. CAN HE FIX IT? CAN HE FIX IT? AND HE SAID, THE SUGGESTION ON AND HE SAID, THE SUGGESTION ON NBC WAS THAT I NEVER APOLOGIZED. NBC WAS THAT I NEVER APOLOGIZED. I DID. I DID. I DID IT THEN AND NOW. I DID IT THEN AND NOW. CRAIGS LINE OF QUESTION, WAS CRAIGS LINE OF QUESTION, WAS DID YOU PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE? DID YOU PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE? >> HE TRIED. >> HE TRIED. YOU CAN SAY THAT. AND YOUR NICKNAME SHOULD BE AND YOUR NICKNAME SHOULD BE BOMBS AWAY. BOMBS AWAY. BOMBS AWAY MELVIN. BOMBS AWAY MELVIN. I MADE THE POINT YESTERDAY, IF I MADE THE POINT YESTERDAY, IF YOU TREAT SOMEONE BADLY IN A YOU TREAT SOMEONE BADLY IN A RELATIONSHIP, POSTING A GENERAL RELATIONSHIP, POSTING A GENERAL APOLOGY ON FACEBOOK DOESNT CUT APOLOGY ON FACEBOOK DOESNT CUT IT. IT. YOU NEED TO CONTACT THAT PERSON YOU NEED TO CONTACT THAT PERSON PERSONALLY. PERSONALLY. AND EVERY ADULT KNOWS THIS. AND EVERY ADULT KNOWS THIS. THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND IN YOUR INTERVIEW, PRESIDENT AND IN YOUR INTERVIEW, PRESIDENT CLINTON, HE DIDNT WANT TO ADMIT THAT.ON, HE DIDNT WANT TO ADMIT THAT. >> THAT WAS VERY CLEAR. >> THAT WAS VERY CLEAR. HE AND JAMES PATTERSON, JAMES PATTERSON WHO HAS PARTNERED ON PATTERSON WHO HAS PARTNERED ON BOOKS WITH BILL OREILLY AND NOW BOOKS WITH BILL OREILLY AND NOW CLINTON, HE INTERRUPTS TO SAY, CLINTON, HE INTERRUPTS TO SAY, WHAT ABOUT LBJ OR JFK? WHAT ABOUT LBJ OR JFK? THEY WERE RUMORED ADULTERERS. THEY WERE RUMORED ADULTERERS. BUT THEY WERENT ACCUSED BUT THEY WERENT ACCUSED FELONIOUS LIEARS. FELONIOUS LIEARS. >> WHAT GOT HIM IN TROUBLE WAS >> WHAT GOT HIM IN TROUBLE WAS NOT THAT HE HAD AN AFFAIR BUT NOT THAT HE HAD AN AFFAIR BUT THAT HE LIED ABOUT IT UNDER THAT HE LIED ABOUT IT UNDER OATH. OATH. >> UNDER OATH. >> UNDER OATH. >> THAT LED TO THE IMPEACHMENT >> THAT LED TO THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AND MORE OF HIS TROUBLE, PROCESS AND MORE OF HIS TROUBLE,