Bill Clinton's $165 million presidential library — with 80 million pages of presidential records, 79,000 museum objects and almost two million photographs, more material than any president thus far — opens today in Little Rock and a host of notables including the former president, Sen. Clinton, President Bush, and former Presidents Carter and Bush will speak. Bono and the Edge will provide musical entertainment and Air Force F-16s will rattle the windows and 30,000 invited guests with a flyover.

Take a virtual tour of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center
here.

In conjunction with the opening, Peter Jennings interviews Mr. Clinton in a special edition of "Primetime Live," airing at 9:00 pm ET. Some excerpts from their conversation:

On Iraq:
"I think that even I underestimated the level of opposition, at least given the troop strength we had there. You know, my position on the Iraq War was different from almost everybody else's that I've heard talk. I supported giving the president the authority to take action against Saddam Hussein if he did not cooperate with the U.N. inspectors, or if he was found to have had weapons of mass destruction he wouldn't give up. I did believe that the administration made a mistake going to war when they did, and that's what alienated the world. Most Americans still haven't focused on this."

"We as America, we don't need to look like an occupying power. We don't need to be trying to rig the outcome. But if they're capable of both self-government and security, then I think, in the end, it could still be a net plus for the region. And that is what I think our goal ought to be. You know, I don't follow it on a day-to-day basis. I'm not there. I'm concerned about it."

On his attempts to capture Osama bin Laden:
"If you look at the 9/11 Commission's report about what we did, and how we prepared for, we had 9/11-style threats for the millennium. And the extent of our preparations, and the work we did, the number of terrorists we brought to justice, the 20 al Qaeda cells we broke up, if you look at all that, and the fact that we apparently still came closer to getting bin Laden than anybody has since, even though they have a lot more options — military options — than we had — I wish that I had gotten him."

On his health after undergoing heart bypass surgery in September:
"As far as I know, I'm doing well. I'm walking a mile a day, uphill, vigorously. I still get tired easily, I haven't recovered my stamina. But everybody who's done this says I will. So I'm just waiting, and after the library dedication, Hillary and I are going to try to get a little rest between now and Thanksgiving, and try to get my strength back."

On his changed view of life:
"I was always working too hard and too long. And so, today, when I take these hourly walks that are part of my recovery, you know, and I walk past 40 trees, I can probably tell you what color 30 of them were. You know, I find birds that I used to know, I'm more alive to just the pace of daily life than I used to be, and I'm very grateful for things that are easy to take for granted."