APTN interview with fmr US presidents Bush Snr and Clinton

(9 Mar 2005) APTN 1. Pan view of President Bill Clinton and President George H.W. Bush walking in to interview 2. Pan from reporter to Presidents seated 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, former US President: "I feel fine. I just had a little fluid build-up after my surgery. I had it before we went to Asia, but you can''t have this surgery because it might leave a little air pocket for a few days so you can''t fly. So I have just been waiting for the opportunity to do it. I am fine. In a small percentage of cases, when you have bypass surgery, you have fluid build-up outside the lung in the pleural cavity and I just have to have it drained. Its no big deal. I''ll be fine." (Q: Any impact from your travels?) "No. (Bush: He was going a mile a minute, I can attest to that.) I can''t keep up with him. We are going to Florida right now to play golf tomorrow. So I am not too sick." 4. Close-up of President Clinton, side view of both Presidents 5. Wide view of interview 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) George H.W. Bush, former US President: "This was drawn by a young child, who was asked by a teacher to let it all out and tell us what you felt in crayon. This is the child''s mother drowning at sea and you see that, you see the little kids working on these pictures. Then there is a couple of others that might others. There is one that shows the support ... does that show the helicopters? 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, former US President: "Yes, another child showed the helicopter and the ships, the military helicopter and the ships bringing support to people. Try to help them start again and getting a ladder, a lifeline up and a rope." 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) George H.W. Bush, former US President: "These are young kids. Here is the darkness, to try to ... when you say to a kid ''now tell us what it seemed like'' they grabbed a black crayon, a black pencil. That was the part that moved me the most, was the children ... And yet, on the upbeat side of it there was the people that were teaching them and helping them get over this terrible crisis in their hearts and minds. It was just wonderful ... but it was just tough." 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, former US President: "I think the people, the American people, that have given money to this effort would really be heartened to see that private citizens from America and around the world are working with these children, you know basically asking them to work through their feelings with these drawings and it is very helpful for them and very therapeutic and boy it was moving to us." 10. Cutaway camera 11. Close-up President Clinton and Bush 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, former US President: "My instinct is that this had such a profound impact on the world''s thinking that public opinion in every country in the world would want us to finish the job, that is what I believe, and I know what Americans would think." 13. Wide view of interview 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, former US President: "I would say it varies a bit from country to country, but this takes some time to get right. Let me say this, it may not be perfect but it is better than I thought it would be by and large." 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) George H.W. Bush, former US President: "I would agree with that, I would definitely agree with that." 16. Side view of interview 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) George H.W. Bush, former US President: 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, former US President: 19. Pull back view of Presidents seated at end of interview STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...