KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Presidential of sorts. We are going to go to the White House. We are going to listen in to President Clinton as he gets ready to pardon the Thanksgiving turkey. Is that right?</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I want to thank the National Turkey Federation for once again donating this year's Tom turkey. This the eighth I've had the privilege to meet and set free in the Rose Garden.</s>LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: This is -- may strike some of you who are watching as a rather strange scene, considering the fact that we just left a near riotous situation in Miami where the ballots are still being counted to determine who is the next president. Meanwhile, things in Washington go on as normal with this tradition.</s>PHILLIPS: It is nice to be able to focus on Thanksgiving for a moment here on the South Lawn of the White House, where the president is participating in his annual tradition, our Thanksgiving tradition, to pardon the turkey from slaughter so that it may live out its days at a petting farm in Alexandria, Virginia. We understand the turkey's name the Jerry.</s>HARRIS: That's a good name for the turkey, I've within calling my brother Jerry (ph) a turkey for a long time.</s>PHILLIPS: Now we are going to get calls from your brother. Let's listen in.</s>HARRIS: Are we expecting the turkey to make a statement, Kyra?</s>PHILLIPS: Turkey for president.</s>HARRIS: OK, enough is enough.</s>PHILLIPS: I agree. Let's move on to other things.</s>HARRIS: The turkey now is going to be set free as we are.
President Clinton Pardons His Thanksgiving Turkey