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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 cohen's 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 you see there? >> i think it's a strategy fraught with peril. we are probably giving him too much cr...

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. clinton's defenders went after ken starr hard. trump's 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 they asked americans, what do you think of the investigation, of the job ken starr is doing as indep...

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, it's a bold and risky move. to me, it's 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, i'm a doubter, there's a tape out there. >> with that said, remember august 1998 wimcmxcviii with ke star, bill clinton. it e...

This is likely a lifelong dream for him. how does the north see the test? >> reporter: it's noteworthy he's 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 they're developing this dangerous program. august, 1998, supreme leader kim jong-un is 15 years old when his fath...

Uneasy getting back into them. so no options are good here. there's 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 korea's frightening potential to develop rockets that reach around the region.