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Wanted a sitdown under oath and give sworn testimony to the special counsel, we could put his sworn testimony up against michael cohens sworn testimony. of course, president clinton sat for four hours to the special prosecutor back in august 1998. president trump has yet to do so. >> frank, as a veteran investigator, precisely the people carol covers for a living, how does it strike you that you have donald trump seemingly unable to stop talking about manafort and cohen? is there jeopardy that y...

Into the summer of 1998 into an attack on the starr investigation. it has gone on too long, he said, it has cost too much, it has hurt too many innocent people. clintons defenders went after ken starr hard. trumps defenders and trump himself are going after robert mueller with abandon. but there is one notable difference between now and then, at least, because back then, in august of 1998 when bill clinton admitted he had lied and the prospects of perjury became real, fox news took a poll and th...

Testimony under oath, you are in another sphere legally. if it can be determined what you said is a lie, now you have other issues and you are not only obstructing justice, but into perjury. as a result of that, its a bold and risky move. to me, its another indication there would be no such tapes, because in the event there were tapes and he was saying something like this, bang! i think he would expose himself to something cig nsignificant. this demonstrates, i doubt, im a doubter, theres a tape...

This is likely a lifelong dream for him. how does the north see the test? >> reporter: its noteworthy hes been the leader overseeing two nuclear test. 2013 and now today. for the last 15 years north korea has been the only country continuing to conduct nuclear tests in spite of condemnation from the international community. the north korean regime has a track record of provoking enemies but why are they trying to do it? what are they trying to gain by continuing to show the world theyre developi...

Uneasy getting back into them. so no options are good here. theres no good choices. >> this is not the first time north korea has conducted nuclear tests. our next guest spoke with nuclear scientists who insisted they work. >> august 1998, speem leader kim jong un is just 15 years old when his father, the leader kim jong il fires a multistage rocket over japan, demonstrating north koreas frightening potential to develop rockets that reach around the region.

Expertise in this area, but this is a man who has probably a lot to say, has been on the run for 15 years. its a big deal, 15 years on the run, a $5 million bounty on his head. abu anas al libi captured in less than a minute. the former senior al qaeda operative picked up in a dawn raid by u.s. authorities in his innative libya. believed to be a mastermind of the al qaeda attacks on the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in august 1998, he is accused of conspiracy to kill u.s. nationals, murde...

Libya deemed his missing a kidnapping. u.s. commandos came under fire and were forced to retreat. back to the operation in libya now. the plan now is to bring al libi to new york to face terrorism charges. cnn senior national correspondent nic robertson takes a closer look at al libis role in al qaeda. >> reporter: its a big deal, 15 years on the run. $5 million bounty on his head. al libi captured in less than a minute. former senior al qaeda operative picked up in a dorm raid by u.s. authoriti...

Counting down to the debut of cnns new "crossfire," starting monday at 6:30 eastern right here on cnn. thank you, gentlemen. selling the case for military action to the american people is never easy, but some cases are more challenging than others, and that may have something to do with whats going on at home. august 1998, when president clinton fired on presumed terror targets in sudan and afghanistan. >> our target was terror. our mission was clear. >> reporter: he was in the heat of another...

Heartbreaking moment in tanzania was the wreath laying at the site of the former embassy that was destroyed during that attack, the bombing in 1998, august 1998 during the clinton years. and that was one of the first examples of an al qaeda attack, that was tanzania and also kenya, of course. the embassies had to be rebuilt. but the suffering there was profound. of course, that was eventually traced back to osama bin laden. it was a precursor of 9/11. >> thats exactly right. as we talk about all...

The president said there was not excessive celebration at white house over the bin laden anniversary and theres other foreign policy news as well. lets bring in nicholas burns, profess of of international politics, served as international ambassador to nato to the white house and the state department. great to see you again. this is a signature day. i mean you were in office during the beginnings of the al qaeda movement. you had to grapple with it yourself. how do you think the white house is g...