you in what van na, handsome guy then. well, we were both young once. we get to there we are with nancy reagan a few years back. we get to sit around and talk about how times have changed. to you my question is, what are the differences and similarities between the two crises that these two very different white houses face? well, the first thing i would say about 20 years ago and your clips give a hint of it, although we now look back or many people do on that scandal and the lewinski scandal as a punch line, as though it s something funny. when that scandal first broke, it seemed very urgent, very grave. and a lot of people thought bill clinton might have days or weeks to go in office. the reason that turned out not to be true is he was quickly able to pivot the scandal from did he was he involved in this conduct or not. it became pretty clear soon that he was. did people approve of it or not. most people did not. but that was not the main question.
impressed. reporter: there are still many people in indianapolis who are in a state of shock, a good shock. because they never really truly believed that carrier could be prevented from taking hundreds of jobs down to mexico as it said it was going to do back in february. yesterday president-elect donald trump and vice president elect mike pence showed up and were given a hiero s welcome. it was all smiles and handshakes. and it was then during a speech that trump made a revelation that really surprised a lot of people, implying that he never really thought he could save carrier either. here s his words. i ll never forget. about a week ago i was watching the nightly news. they had a worker, a great guy, handsome guy. he said something to the effect, no, we re not leaving, because donald trump promised us that
going to make you a one termer. we don t need more of that. we could very likely see it. i think that the lesson that s been learned from what the republicans did is that it works. yeah. i want to talk more about this carrier deal, okay? so in the behind-the-scenes story of how it played out and why he picked the phone to call carrier. let s listen to this. and i ll never forget, about a week ago, i was watching the nightly news, i won t say which one because i don t want to give them credit because i don t like them much, i ll be honest. i don t like them. not even a little bit. but they were doing a story on carrier. and i said, wow, that s something. i want to see that. and they had a gentleman, a worker, great guy, handsome guy, he was on. and it was like he didn t even know they were leaving. he said something to the effect, no, we re not leaving because
took them on a tour of the facility, but it was smiles and handshakes. then it was during a speech that trump made a revelation that surprised a lot of people, implying that he never really thought he could save carrier either. here s his words. i ll never forget. about a week ago i was watching the nightly news. they had a gentleman, worker, great guy, handsome guy. he said something to the effect, no, we re not leaving. because donald trump promised us that we re not leaving. and i never thought i made that promise. and then they played my statement. and i said carrier will never leave , but that was a euphemism. i was talking about carrier like all other companies from here on in, because they made the decision a year and a half ago. but he believed that that was, that i could understand it.
something. i want to see that. and they had a gentleman, a worker, great guy, handsome guy, he was on. and it was like he didn t even know they were leaving. he said something to the effect, no, we re not leaving because donald trump promised us that we re not leaving. and i never thought i made that promise. i actually said when they played it, i said i did make it but i didn t mean it in quite that way. so now because of him, whoever that guy was is he in the room by any chance? that s my son. that s your son? stand up. you did a great job. right? that s fantastic. that s a pretty remarkable story, don t you think? first, i think he was watching news and not cable. i think it s a remarkable story because it s so candid. he s telling a story that he made a promise that he forgot he made and then he saw it on