HAPPY MONDAY. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

IM MEGYN KELLY. EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND?

EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND? WAS YOUR WEEKEND BUSY?

WAS YOUR WEEKEND BUSY? FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON HAD A BUSY ONE.

HAD A BUSY ONE.

HES PROMOTING A NEW BOOK THAT

HES PROMOTING A NEW BOOK THAT

HES CO-WRITTEN WITH AUTHOR

HES CO-WRITTEN WITH AUTHOR

JAMES PATTERSON.

JAMES PATTERSON.

ITS A THRILLER FEATURING A

ITS A THRILLER FEATURING A

FICTIONAL PRESIDENT WHO

FICTIONAL PRESIDENT WHO

OVERCOMES TREMENDOUS OPTIONBSTAC

OVERCOMES TREMENDOUS OPTIONBSTAC

INCLUDEING AN IMPEACHMENT.

INCLUDEING AN IMPEACHMENT.

WHILE DISCUSSING THE BOOK, THE

WHILE DISCUSSING THE BOOK, THE

PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ASKED

PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ASKED

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE #METOO MOVEMENT. ABOUT THE #METOO

MOVEMENT. ITS INTERESTING, HIM ANSWERING

ITS INTERESTING, HIM ANSWERING

QUESTIONS IN TODAYS CLIMATE, AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT

AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS TIME IN OFFICE, INCLUDING

HIS TIME IN OFFICE, INCLUDING HIS AFFAIR WITH MONICA LEWINSKY.

HIS AFFAIR WITH MONICA LEWINSKY. CRAIG MELVIN SAT DOWN WITH BILL

CRAIG MELVIN SAT DOWN WITH BILL CLINTON AND JAMES PATTERSON, IN

CLINTON AND JAMES PATTERSON, IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EXCHANGE,

AN EXTRAORDINARY EXCHANGE, THATS MAKING A LOT OF NEWS.

THATS MAKING A LOT OF NEWS. HERES SOME OF THE CONVERSATION,

HERES SOME OF THE CONVERSATION, WATCH.

WATCH. >> A FEW DAYS AGO IN RESPONSE TO

>> A FEW DAYS AGO IN RESPONSE TO CRITICS WHO SUGGESTED THAT YOU

CRITICS WHO SUGGESTED THAT YOU

SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED IN THE WAKE OF THE LEWINSKY SCANDAL.THE WAKE

OF THE LEWINSKY SCANDAL. AND YOU SAY YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE.

AND YOU SAY YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE. IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT NOW, IN

IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT NOW, IN

2018, WITH EVERYTHING THATS

2018, WITH EVERYTHING THATS

GOING ON WITH THE #METOO

GOING ON WITH THE #METOO

MOVEMENT, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE

MOVEMENT, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE

APPROACHED THE ACCUSATIONS

APPROACHED THE ACCUSATIONS

DIFFERENTLY?

DIFFERENTLY?

>> I DONT THINK IT WOULD BE AN

>> I DONT THINK IT WOULD BE AN

ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE

ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE

USING THE FACTS INSTEAD OF THE IMAGINED FACTS. INSTEAD OF THE

IMAGINED FACTS. IF THE FACTS WERE THE SAME

IF THE FACTS WERE THE SAME TODAY, I WOULDNT.

TODAY, I WOULDNT. >> Reporter: IN 1998, PRESIDENT

>> Reporter: IN 1998, PRESIDENT CLINTON SHOCKED THE WORLD.

CLINTON SHOCKED THE WORLD. FIRST DENYING THEN ADMITTING TO

FIRST DENYING THEN ADMITTING TO AN AFFAIR WITH THEN-INTERN

AN AFFAIR WITH THEN-INTERN MONICA LEWINSKY.

MONICA LEWINSKY. THE SCANDAL LAUNCHED A LENGTHY

THE SCANDAL LAUNCHED A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION, WITH CLINTON

INVESTIGATION, WITH CLINTON BECOMING THE SECOND PRESIDENT

BECOMING THE SECOND PRESIDENT EVER TO BE IMPEACHED.

EVER TO BE IMPEACHED. >> WE HAVE A RIGHT TO CHANGE THE

>> WE HAVE A RIGHT TO CHANGE THE RULES, YES.

RULES, YES.

YOU DONT HAVE A RIGHT TO CHANGE

YOU DONT HAVE A RIGHT TO CHANGE

THE FACTS.

THE FACTS.

>> Reporter: CLINTON SAYS

>> Reporter: CLINTON SAYS

CRITICS ARE POUNCING IN LIGHT OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT. IN LIGHT OF

THE #METOO MOVEMENT. BUT HE STANDS BY HIS DECISION TO

BUT HE STANDS BY HIS DECISION TO FIGHT IMPEACHMENT RATHER THAN

FIGHT IMPEACHMENT RATHER THAN RESIGN.

RESIGN.

>> A LOT OF THE FACTS HAVE BEEN

>> A LOT OF THE FACTS HAVE BEEN

CONVENIENTLY OMITTED TO MAKE THE

CONVENIENTLY OMITTED TO MAKE THE

STORY WORK.

STORY WORK.

I THINK PARTLY BECAUSE THEYRE FRUSTRATED THAT THEY GOT ALLE

FRUSTRATED THAT THEY GOT ALL THESE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS

THESE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE CURRENT OCCUPANT OF

AGAINST THE CURRENT OCCUPANT OF THE OVAL OFFICE AND HIS VOTERS

THE OVAL OFFICE AND HIS VOTERS DONT SEEM TO CARE.

DONT SEEM TO CARE. I DID THE RIGHT THING, DEFENDING

I DID THE RIGHT THING, DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION.

THE CONSTITUTION. >> Reporter: YOU THINK THIS

>> Reporter: YOU THINK THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN A PASS

PRESIDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN A PASS OF THE WOMEN THAT HAVE COME

OF THE WOMEN THAT HAVE COME FORWARD AND ACCUSED HIM OF

FORWARD AND ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT?

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT?

>> NO.

>> NO.

BUT IT HASNT GOTTEN THE COVERAGE YOU WOULD EXPECT.

COVERAGE YOU WOULD EXPECT. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY NUMEROUS WOMEN

BEEN ACCUSED BY NUMEROUS WOMEN OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL

OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ALL OF WHICH HE DENYIE

BEHAVIOR, ALL OF WHICH HE DENYIE DENIES.

DENIES.

>> I LIKE THE #METOO MOVEMENT. IT DOESNT MEAN I AGREE WITHNT.

IT DOESNT MEAN I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS

I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS

ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS

ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS

WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE.

WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE.

>> Reporter: THIS MARCH, MONICA

>> Reporter: THIS MARCH, MONICA

LEWINSKY PENNED AN OP-ED IN

LEWINSKY PENNED AN OP-ED IN

"VANITY FAIR," TAKING

"VANITY FAIR," TAKING

RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER PART IN

RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER PART IN

THE SCANDAL.

THE SCANDAL.

BUT ALSO ADMITTING THAT YOURS LATER, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

LATER, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD FROM THE UNRELENTING PUBLIC

PTSD FROM THE UNRELENTING PUBLIC SCRUTINY.

SCRUTINY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS

#METOO ERA HAS DONE. ITS FORCED A LOT OF WOMEN TO

ITS FORCED A LOT OF WOMEN TO SPEAK OUT.

SPEAK OUT.

ONE OF THE WOMEN, MONICA LEWINSKY.E WOMEN, MONICA

LEWINSKY.

SHE WROTE AN OP-ED, THAT THE #METOO MOVEMENT CHANGED HER VIEW

#METOO MOVEMENT CHANGED HER VIEW OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. QUOTE, HE WAS MY BOSS, HE WAS

QUOTE, HE WAS MY BOSS, HE WAS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON THE

THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON THE PLANET, HE WAS 27 YEARS MY

PLANET, HE WAS 27 YEARS MY SENIOR, AND ENOUGH LIFE TO KNOW

SENIOR, AND ENOUGH LIFE TO KNOW BETTER, HE WAS AT THE PINNACLE

BETTER, HE WAS AT THE PINNACLE OF HIS CAREER, WHILE I WAS AT MY

OF HIS CAREER, WHILE I WAS AT MY FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE.

FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE. THROUGH THE LENS OF #METOO NOW,

THROUGH THE LENS OF #METOO NOW, DO YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY OR FEEL

DO YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY OR FEEL MORE RESPONSIBILITY?

MORE RESPONSIBILITY? >> NO.

>> NO. I FELT TERRIBLE THEN.

I FELT TERRIBLE THEN. AND I CAME TO GRIPS WITH IT.

AND I CAME TO GRIPS WITH IT. >> DID YOU APOLOGIZE TO HER?

>> DID YOU APOLOGIZE TO HER? >> YES.

>> YES. AND NOBODY BELIEVES THAT I GOT

AND NOBODY BELIEVES THAT I GOT OUT OF THAT FOR FREE.

OUT OF THAT FOR FREE. I LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE $16

I LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE $16 MILLION IN DEBT.

MILLION IN DEBT. BUT YOU, TYPICALLY, HAVE IGNORED

BUT YOU, TYPICALLY, HAVE IGNORED GAPING FACTS IN THIS.

GAPING FACTS IN THIS. AND ILL BET YOU DIDNT KNOW

AND ILL BET YOU DIDNT KNOW THEM.

THEM.

THIS WAS LITIGATED 20 YEARS AGO.

THIS WAS LITIGATED 20 YEARS AGO.

TWO-THIRDS OF THE AMERICAN

TWO-THIRDS OF THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE SIDED WITH ME. THEY WERE NOT INCENSESENSITIVE T

THEY WERE NOT INCENSESENSITIVE T THAT.

THAT.