Starr Ready To Wrap Up

President Clinton was at the White House Monday trying to save a part of his legacy -- a youth volunteer program called Americorps.

"In so many ways Americorps is the embodiment of the deal I struck with the American people," he said to a group of graduating Americorps volunteers.

Hillary Clinton was on the New York senate campaign trail promoting herself and attacking Republicans on education.

"The Republican tax plan would literally gut this investment," she said during a speech.

While they were thus engaged, the man who could change the legacies of both Clintons was also talking.

Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr said he would issue his final report on the Clinton investigation before the 2000 election, reports CBS News Correspondent Phil Jones.

"It would need to be a comprehensive final report that is factually straight forward, that does not engage in characterization," he said.

In response, Lanny Davis, one of the president's White House lawyers during the impeachment crisis, today called for Starr to issue a complete exoneration of the Clintons and say:

"'I investigated the Clintons. I found no wrong-doing. I investigated the travel office, I found no wrong doing. I investigated the FBI files concerning the Clintons, I found no wrong doing.' We would all be amazed if Kenneth Starr would do that because so much of his orientation was to find guilt and he should be conscious; where he doesn't find guilt, say so," said Davis.

In spite of speculation in the press that Starr has decided not to prosecute either of the Clintons, he's refusing to confirm that.

Bill Clinton would not be the first president to leave the White House with an uncertain legal future. Twenty-five years ago Monday, Richard Nixon left facing possible indictment. He was saved by a presidential pardon.