1 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:06,140 PREVIOUSLY ON THE WEST WING: 2 00:00:06,207 --> 00:00:07,775 I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. 3 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:10,711 THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I'LL EVER DO, JENNY. 4 00:00:10,778 --> 00:00:12,480 IT'S NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR MARRIAGE. 5 00:00:12,546 --> 00:00:15,316 IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY MARRIAGE RIGHT NOW. 6 00:00:15,383 --> 00:00:16,784 SAY, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING TONIGHT? 7 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:18,119 WHAT AM I WEARING TONIGHT? 8 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:19,353 YOUR PAPER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT I'M WEARING? 9 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:20,621 NOT MY PAPER. THAT WAS JUST FOR ME. 10 00:00:20,688 --> 00:00:23,023 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT TO A MEETING? 11 00:00:23,091 --> 00:00:27,328 A.A.? WHAT MEETING COULD I POSSIBLY GO TO? 12 00:00:27,395 --> 00:00:28,496 MINE. 13 00:00:28,562 --> 00:00:29,463 SOMETHING I CAN 14 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:32,600 HELP YOU WITH, MR. McGARRY? 15 00:00:32,666 --> 00:00:34,602 YEAH. I'M HERE FOR THE... CARD GAME. 16 00:00:35,903 --> 00:00:41,809 ( banging ) 17 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:47,248 YES... YES. 18 00:00:51,319 --> 00:00:52,420 YES. 19 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:59,160 SO ARE YOU PREPARED AT THIS POINT TO... 20 00:01:02,963 --> 00:01:05,666 THANK YOU. 21 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:07,368 THANK YOU, SIR. 22 00:01:07,435 --> 00:01:09,337 UH, IF YOU'LL SIT BY THE PHONE FOR A FEW MINUTES 23 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:13,607 YOU CAN EXPECT A CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT. 24 00:01:13,674 --> 00:01:15,476 THANK YOU AGAIN. 25 00:01:17,345 --> 00:01:18,078 YES! 26 00:01:18,146 --> 00:01:18,912 IT'S DONE. 27 00:01:18,979 --> 00:01:19,613 WE DID IT! 28 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,481 IT IS DONE! 29 00:01:20,548 --> 00:01:21,215 IT'S DONE! 30 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:21,982 WE DID IT! 31 00:01:22,049 --> 00:01:23,351 I DID IT. 32 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:24,885 C.J. WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HER FINGERS CROSSED. 33 00:01:24,952 --> 00:01:26,454 JOSH, IT WAS ONE PHONE CALL. 34 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,656 IT WAS A SERIES OF PHONE CALLS WHICH I MASTERMINDED 35 00:01:28,722 --> 00:01:31,091 AND WHILE I'M NOT ONE TO BE SELFISH ABOUT CREDIT 36 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:34,395 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT IS DONE AND I DID IT! 37 00:01:34,462 --> 00:01:38,031 DONNA, CALL TOBY, CALL SAM, CALL LEO, CALL THE PRESIDENT. 38 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:38,999 TELL THEM I'M ON MY WAY OVER. 39 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:39,967 CONGRATULATIONS! 40 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:41,034 NOTHING TO THE PRESS. 41 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:42,035 YES! 42 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:44,071 CLAUDIA JEAN, WE DID IT. 43 00:01:44,138 --> 00:01:45,072 YES! 44 00:01:45,139 --> 00:01:46,507 WHOO! 45 00:01:46,574 --> 00:01:47,141 WAIT! 46 00:01:47,208 --> 00:01:48,276 WHAT? 47 00:01:48,342 --> 00:01:49,577 DON'T YOU WANT TO KNOW 48 00:01:49,643 --> 00:01:51,479 ABOUT THE BANGING IN YOUR OFFICE? 49 00:01:51,545 --> 00:01:53,514 THE BANGING IN MY OFFICE? THEY'VE BEEN AT IT ALL MORNING. 50 00:01:53,581 --> 00:01:55,149 BANGING? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 51 00:01:55,216 --> 00:01:56,717 JOSH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING OR THUMPING 52 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:58,819 COMING FROM THE FLOOR ABOVE YOUR OFFICE. 53 00:01:58,886 --> 00:02:00,354 I DIDN'T NOTICE. HOW COULD YOU NOT NOTICE? 54 00:02:00,421 --> 00:02:01,722 BECAUSE I DIDN'T, DONNA. 55 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:03,457 I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE FOR THE LAST HOUR 56 00:02:03,524 --> 00:02:05,159 TRYING TO SEAL A DEAL TO FILL A SEAT 57 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:06,560 ON THE SUPREME COURT, SO, YOU KNOW... 58 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:08,128 IT WAS A PRETTY LOUD BANGING, JOSH. 59 00:02:08,196 --> 00:02:09,530 YOU UNDERSTAND I'M TAKING ABOUT 60 00:02:09,597 --> 00:02:11,365 THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, RIGHT? 61 00:02:11,432 --> 00:02:12,166 YES. 62 00:02:12,233 --> 00:02:13,167 WHO DA MAN? 63 00:02:13,234 --> 00:02:14,034 YOU'RE DA MAN. 64 00:02:14,101 --> 00:02:15,669 WE DA MAN! 65 00:02:15,736 --> 00:02:16,804 THIS IS JUST GROSS. 66 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:18,906 WAIT HERE FOR ME. 67 00:02:18,972 --> 00:02:20,208 GOOD MORNING, MRS. LANDINGHAM. 68 00:02:20,274 --> 00:02:23,377 GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, INDEED. 69 00:02:23,444 --> 00:02:25,078 JOSH? YES, MRS. LANDINGHAM? 70 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,380 IS IT DONE? 71 00:02:26,447 --> 00:02:29,016 WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR ANSWER 72 00:02:29,082 --> 00:02:31,485 TO THIS QUESTION, MRS. LANDINGHAM: 73 00:02:31,552 --> 00:02:33,587 WHO DA MAN? 74 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:35,055 EXCUSE ME, JOSH? 75 00:02:35,122 --> 00:02:35,789 ( chuckling ) 76 00:02:35,856 --> 00:02:37,157 MMM... 77 00:02:37,225 --> 00:02:38,659 WHO DA MAN? 78 00:02:38,726 --> 00:02:39,993 YOU DA MAN. 79 00:02:40,060 --> 00:02:41,061 WE DA MAN! WE DA MAN! 80 00:02:41,128 --> 00:02:42,263 WE DA MAN. 81 00:02:42,330 --> 00:02:43,564 HE'S WAITING FOR YOU. 82 00:02:43,631 --> 00:02:44,732 THANK YOU. 83 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:46,200 ( sighing ) 84 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:49,670 I HEARD WE MAY HAVE... 85 00:02:49,737 --> 00:02:50,671 YES, SIR! 86 00:02:50,738 --> 00:02:51,472 I CAN CALL HIM? 87 00:02:51,539 --> 00:02:52,740 HE'S WAITING FOR YOU, SIR. 88 00:02:52,806 --> 00:02:53,707 IT'S DONE? 89 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:54,242 IT'S DONE. 90 00:02:54,308 --> 00:02:55,476 YOU GOT YOURSELF 91 00:02:55,543 --> 00:02:56,810 A SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, MR. PRESIDENT. 92 00:02:56,877 --> 00:02:59,513 THIS IS HUGE. WHICH ONE OF YOU IS THE MAN? 93 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:01,215 ON THIS ONE, WE'D LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES COLLECTIVELY 94 00:03:01,282 --> 00:03:02,616 AS THE MEN, SIR. 95 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:05,118 MISS LANDINGHAM, LET'S MAKE THAT PHONE CALL. 96 00:03:05,185 --> 00:03:07,087 CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. 97 00:03:07,154 --> 00:03:07,988 WELL DONE, SIR. 98 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:11,191 THANK YOU. 99 00:03:11,259 --> 00:03:12,192 YOU GUYS ROCK. 100 00:03:12,260 --> 00:03:13,394 OH, WE REALLY DO. 101 00:03:13,461 --> 00:03:14,862 LET'S BRING IN THE CHAIRMAN 102 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:16,830 AND THE RANKING MEMBER FROM JUDICIARY 103 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:20,834 THE LEADERSHIP FROM BOTH SIDES AND C.J., YOU SHOULD... 104 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:21,869 WHERE IS C.J.? 105 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:22,770 RIGHT HERE. 106 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:24,071 SORRY. 107 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:25,339 YOU SHOULD WEAR A BELL AROUND YOUR NECK, YOU KNOW THAT? 108 00:03:25,406 --> 00:03:26,440 THANK YOU. 109 00:03:26,507 --> 00:03:27,475 SO, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? 110 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:28,809 C.J.'LL LET THE PRESS KNOW 111 00:03:28,876 --> 00:03:30,511 THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL INTRODUCE HIS NOMINEE 112 00:03:30,578 --> 00:03:33,180 AT AN EAST ROOM PRESS CEREMONY THURSDAY, 5:00 P.M. 113 00:03:33,247 --> 00:03:34,848 CAN WE DO IT ON FRIDAY AND GIVE OURSELVES MORE TIME? 114 00:03:34,915 --> 00:03:36,317 THURSDAY. WHY? 115 00:03:36,384 --> 00:03:37,451 'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE WATCH TV. 116 00:03:37,518 --> 00:03:38,552 WE CAN DO THIS IN FOUR DAYS? YEP. 117 00:03:38,619 --> 00:03:39,887 ARE YOU SURE? YEP. 118 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:41,555 TOBY, YOU'RE RUNNING THE SHOW. I KNOW. 119 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:43,156 PUT THE BALL IN THE HOLE. IT'S DONE. 120 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:44,024 NO, IT'S NOT. 121 00:03:44,091 --> 00:03:45,025 SO GET IT DONE. 122 00:03:45,092 --> 00:03:46,794 YES, SIR. 123 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:48,329 JOSH, GET ME EVERYTHING. 124 00:03:48,396 --> 00:03:49,630 WE VETTED HIM TWO MONTHS. 125 00:03:49,697 --> 00:03:50,731 I'M GOING TO VET HIM FOUR MORE DAYS. 126 00:03:50,798 --> 00:03:52,833 I WANT TO KNOW EVERY PARKING TICKET 127 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:55,969 I WANT TO KNOW EVERY GIRLFRIEND HE STOOD UP FOR DINNER IN 1953... 128 00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:58,105 AMANDA, YOU'RE GOING TO ROLL THIS GUY OUT IN A SHOW 129 00:03:58,171 --> 00:03:59,640 THAT MAKES THE QUEEN'S CORONATION LOOK LIKE DINNER THEATER. 130 00:03:59,707 --> 00:04:00,841 SAM, YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE 131 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:02,310 THE PRESIDENT'S INTRODUCTION. 132 00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:03,277 YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO WRITE 133 00:04:03,344 --> 00:04:04,678 HARRISON'S REMARKS. 134 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:06,046 HARRISON'S NOT GOING TO LIKE THAT. 135 00:04:06,113 --> 00:04:06,980 SHOW HIM THE ROBE HE GETS-- 136 00:04:07,047 --> 00:04:07,948 HE'LL LIKE IT FINE. 137 00:04:08,015 --> 00:04:09,283 C.J., NO LEAKS. 138 00:04:09,350 --> 00:04:10,384 IF THE NAME OF THIS NOMINEE LEAKS OUT 139 00:04:10,451 --> 00:04:11,852 BEFORE I WANT IT TO BE LEAKED OUT 140 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:13,321 I'M GOING TO BLAME YOU 141 00:04:13,387 --> 00:04:15,923 AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT UNPLEASANT. 142 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,691 I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU SOMETHING, TOBY-- 143 00:04:17,758 --> 00:04:19,293 YOU'RE HOT WHEN YOU'RE LIKE THIS. 144 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,829 I AM GOING TO PUT HARRISON ON THE COURT! 145 00:04:21,895 --> 00:04:23,331 I SWEAR TO GOD I AM. 146 00:04:23,397 --> 00:04:24,998 WE MEET AGAIN IN THREE HOURS. 147 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:26,266 C.J., COME TALK TO ME. 148 00:04:26,334 --> 00:04:28,669 DID YOU SEE HIS FACE? 149 00:04:28,736 --> 00:04:29,470 WE'RE HOME. 150 00:04:29,537 --> 00:04:31,339 I'LL SEE YOU LATER. 151 00:04:31,405 --> 00:04:33,240 IT'S A MAINTENANCE CREW. 152 00:04:33,307 --> 00:04:34,274 THEY'RE BANGING. 153 00:04:34,342 --> 00:04:36,043 THEY'RE WORKING UPSTAIRS. 154 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:37,945 PEYTON CABOT HARRISON III. 155 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:38,979 YES. 156 00:04:39,046 --> 00:04:40,981 "PEYTON CABOT HARRISON III"-- 157 00:04:41,048 --> 00:04:42,950 HE SOUNDS LIKE HE SHOULD BE A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 158 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:44,284 IT'S A GOOD NAME. 159 00:04:44,352 --> 00:04:46,820 PHILLIPS EXETER, PRINCETON, RHODES SCHOLAR... 160 00:04:46,887 --> 00:04:47,888 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 161 00:04:47,955 --> 00:04:50,123 FOR WHICH HE WAS, OH, YEAH, THE EDITOR... 162 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:53,060 DID I MENTION THAT HE WAS DEAN OF HARVARD LAW SCHOOL? 163 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:54,362 DID I MENTION THAT HIS FATHER 164 00:04:54,428 --> 00:04:56,096 WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO EISENHOWER? 165 00:04:56,163 --> 00:04:57,965 PEYTON CABOT HARRISON III. 166 00:04:58,031 --> 00:04:58,832 THAT'S RIGHT. 167 00:04:58,899 --> 00:05:00,067 JEWISH FELLA? 168 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:02,002 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RUIN THIS MOMENT FOR ME, DONNA. 169 00:05:02,069 --> 00:05:03,437 I'M SHARING THIS MOMENT. 170 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:05,105 THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR US. YOU'RE THE MEN. 171 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:06,507 YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO HAVE? 172 00:05:06,574 --> 00:05:08,175 A WASPY OLD MAN ON THE SUPREME COURT? 173 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:10,143 A SMOOTH CONFIRMATION PROCESS. 174 00:05:10,210 --> 00:05:11,445 YOU THINK? IT'S GOING TO SAIL. 175 00:05:11,512 --> 00:05:13,080 I HOPE SO. IT'S GOING TO SAIL, DONNA. 176 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:15,549 THERE'S MANY A SLIP TWIXT THE TONGUE AND THE WRIST, JOSH. 177 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:17,585 YOUR FORTUNE COOKIE WISDOM NOTWITHSTANDING 178 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:18,719 IT'S GOING TO SAIL. 179 00:05:18,786 --> 00:05:20,087 PLEASE DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP. 180 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,288 WHY SHOULDN'T I GET MY HOPES UP? 181 00:05:21,355 --> 00:05:22,356 BECAUSE WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT 182 00:05:22,423 --> 00:05:23,357 YOU END UP DRUNK IN MY APARTMENT 183 00:05:23,424 --> 00:05:24,525 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 184 00:05:24,592 --> 00:05:25,893 AND YELL AT MY ROOMMATES' CATS. 185 00:05:25,959 --> 00:05:27,828 SMOOTH SAILING, DONNA. CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM, JOSH. 186 00:05:27,895 --> 00:05:31,131 NOTHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK. EXERCISE CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM. 187 00:05:31,198 --> 00:05:32,433 LOOK, THERE'S NO REASON... 188 00:05:38,305 --> 00:05:41,409 WELL... 189 00:05:41,475 --> 00:05:42,743 OKAY. 190 00:06:31,191 --> 00:06:33,761 YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO RETIRE, JOSEPH. 191 00:06:33,827 --> 00:06:38,666 ( chuckling ): YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT LIAR, MR. PRESIDENT. 192 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:41,368 ( chuckling ): YES, SIR. 193 00:06:41,435 --> 00:06:43,771 ( clears throat ) 194 00:06:43,837 --> 00:06:46,006 YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH HARRISON? 195 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:48,075 HE'S ON THE SHORT LIST. 196 00:06:48,141 --> 00:06:49,076 YEAH? 197 00:06:49,142 --> 00:06:50,478 YEAH. 198 00:06:50,544 --> 00:06:53,447 WITH HOW MANY OTHER NAMES? 199 00:06:53,514 --> 00:06:55,883 WE'LL MAKE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT ON THURSDAY. 200 00:06:55,949 --> 00:06:57,184 ( sighing ) 201 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:59,553 YOU'VE DECIDED ON HARRISON. 202 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:02,089 I HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION YET, JOSEPH. 203 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:05,392 YOU'VE MADE THE CALL. 204 00:07:05,459 --> 00:07:07,127 ( scoffing ) 205 00:07:07,194 --> 00:07:10,163 DID YOU EVEN CONSIDER MENDOZA? 206 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:11,765 MENDOZA WAS ON THE SHORT LIST. 207 00:07:11,832 --> 00:07:13,400 MENDOZA WAS ON THE SHORT LIST 208 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:17,170 SO YOU COULD SHOW YOU HAD AN HISPANIC ON THE SHORT LIST. 209 00:07:17,237 --> 00:07:18,872 THAT'S NOT TRUE, JOSEPH. 210 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:22,409 YOU RAN GREAT GUNS IN THE CAMPAIGN. 211 00:07:22,476 --> 00:07:26,313 IT WAS AN INSURGENCY, BOY, A SIGHT TO SEE. 212 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:27,715 AND THEN YOU DROVE 213 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:30,317 TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THE MOMENT 214 00:07:30,383 --> 00:07:31,619 AFTER YOU TOOK THE OATH. 215 00:07:31,685 --> 00:07:33,020 ( clears throat ): JOSEPH... 216 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:35,255 MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. 217 00:07:35,322 --> 00:07:38,291 NOTHING BUT A LONG LINE PAINTED YELLOW. 218 00:07:38,358 --> 00:07:39,493 EXCUSE ME, SIR... 219 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,796 I WANTED TO RETIRE FIVE YEARS AGO. 220 00:07:42,863 --> 00:07:45,566 BUT I WAITED FOR A DEMOCRAT. 221 00:07:45,633 --> 00:07:48,201 I WANTED A DEMOCRAT. 222 00:07:48,268 --> 00:07:49,503 HMM! 223 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:52,640 BUT INSTEAD, I GOT YOU. 224 00:08:07,755 --> 00:08:08,355 HEY. 225 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:09,222 HEY. 226 00:08:09,289 --> 00:08:10,157 HOW YOU DOING? 227 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:11,358 I'M DOING FINE, DANNY. 228 00:08:11,424 --> 00:08:12,626 IS IT GOING TO BE HARRISON? 229 00:08:12,693 --> 00:08:14,327 WHY, WHY, OH, WHY DO YOU ASK ME QUESTIONS 230 00:08:14,394 --> 00:08:15,395 THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY KNOW 231 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:16,764 I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER? 232 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,298 IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION STARTER. 233 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:19,432 I CAN'T GO OUT ON A DATE WITH YOU, DANNY. 234 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:20,901 WHO ASKED YOU? 235 00:08:20,968 --> 00:08:22,202 YOU THINK HARRISON'S GOING TO BE A GOOD JUSTICE? 236 00:08:22,269 --> 00:08:23,704 DANNY... SEE WHAT I DID THERE? 237 00:08:23,771 --> 00:08:25,372 I TRIED TO TRICK YOU INTO CONFIRMING IT WAS HARRISON. 238 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:26,774 IT DIDN'T WORK. 239 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,508 AND YOU WON'T GO OUT ON A DATE WITH ME, RIGHT? 240 00:08:28,576 --> 00:08:29,810 RIGHT. OKAY. 241 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:40,053 I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD GET OUT THERE. 242 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,254 NOT YET, SIR. 243 00:08:41,321 --> 00:08:42,890 I'M SORRY, JOSEPH, BUT I AM... 244 00:08:42,956 --> 00:08:45,993 I SERVED ON THIS BENCH FOR 38 YEARS. 245 00:08:46,059 --> 00:08:49,730 I TOOK MY SEAT THE YEAR YOU BEGAN COLLEGE. 246 00:08:49,797 --> 00:08:53,433 I BELIEVE I'VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO SAY A WORD. 247 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,102 YOU'VE SAID QUITE A FEW WORDS. 248 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:57,270 NOT ENOUGH. 249 00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:58,672 LET'S GET OUT THERE. 250 00:08:58,739 --> 00:09:01,508 TAKE THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH YOUR STAFF 251 00:09:01,575 --> 00:09:04,712 AND GIVE MENDOZA THE CONSIDERATION HE DESERVES. 252 00:09:04,778 --> 00:09:07,615 JOSEPH, WHEN THE NEXT SEAT OPENS UP, I PROMISE YOU... 253 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:09,482 WHEN THE NEXT SEAT OPENS UP 254 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:11,251 YOU'LL BE WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS. 255 00:09:11,318 --> 00:09:13,486 IN THREE YEARS, I WOULD HOPE TO BE RUNNING FOR REEL... 256 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:16,790 YOU'RE GOING TO GET BEAT IN THREE YEARS. 257 00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:18,558 THAT'S A LITTLE PESSIMISTIC, JOSEPH. 258 00:09:18,626 --> 00:09:23,496 THE AMERICAN VOTERS LIKE GUTS, AND REPUBLICANS HAVE GOT THEM. 259 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:27,167 AND IN THREE YEARS, ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BEAT YOU. 260 00:09:29,803 --> 00:09:31,304 YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE THE... VIEW 261 00:09:31,371 --> 00:09:34,207 FROM YOUR LARGELY UNSCRUTINIZED PLACE IN HISTORY 262 00:09:34,274 --> 00:09:37,344 MUST BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM MINE. 263 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:39,046 BUT I'D REMIND YOU, SIR 264 00:09:39,112 --> 00:09:42,349 THAT I HAVE THE FOLLOWING THINGS TO NEGOTIATE: 265 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:43,851 AN OPPOSITION CONGRESS 266 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:46,787 A SPECIAL INTEREST WITH POWER BEYOND BELIEF 267 00:09:46,854 --> 00:09:48,121 AND A BITCHY MEDIA. 268 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:49,757 SO DID HARRY TRUMAN. 269 00:09:49,823 --> 00:09:51,258 WELL, I AM NOT HARRY TRUMAN. 270 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:55,295 MR. BARTLET, YOU NEEDN'T POINT OUT THAT FACT. 271 00:09:57,865 --> 00:10:01,401 IT'S "DR. BARTLET", YOUR HONOR. 272 00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:03,436 NOW... 273 00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:05,338 LET'S GO START YOUR RETIREMENT. 274 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:11,578 WANT MY GLOVES? 275 00:10:11,645 --> 00:10:12,579 NO, THANKS. 276 00:10:12,646 --> 00:10:13,580 YOU LOOK PRETTY COLD. 277 00:10:13,647 --> 00:10:15,315 I'M FINE. 278 00:10:15,382 --> 00:10:16,950 WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THERE? 279 00:10:17,017 --> 00:10:18,786 THE PRESIDENT AND JUSTICE CROUCH ARE OLD FRIENDS. 280 00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:20,654 THE PRESIDENT AND JUSTICE CROUCH CAN'T STAND EACH OTHER. 281 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:22,723 THE MAN'S RETIRING TODAY. IT'S A COURTESY CALL. 282 00:10:22,790 --> 00:10:23,924 WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? DINNER AND A MOVIE. 283 00:10:23,991 --> 00:10:25,625 NO. YOU THINK CROUCH IS PISSED 284 00:10:25,693 --> 00:10:26,827 'CAUSE THE PRESIDENT ALREADY SETTLED ON HARRISON? 285 00:10:26,894 --> 00:10:28,528 DANNY... I DID IT AGAIN! 286 00:10:28,595 --> 00:10:29,496 YES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID? 287 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:30,964 WHAT? YOU OUTFOXED ME. 288 00:10:31,031 --> 00:10:32,966 YOU'RE KILLING ME, YOU KNOW THAT, DANNY? 289 00:10:33,033 --> 00:10:34,134 HERE WE GO. 290 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:48,615 THAT WAS INCHES FROM MY HEAD. JOSH... 291 00:10:48,682 --> 00:10:50,317 INCHES. IT WAS NOT INCHES. 292 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:52,753 IT WAS INCHES-- A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY, A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY... 293 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:54,121 ( snaps finger ): BAM, MASSIVE HEAD WOUND. 294 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:55,255 YOU'RE FINE. 295 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,324 YEAH, BUT THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD... 296 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:58,358 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 297 00:10:58,425 --> 00:10:59,827 YES. 298 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:01,361 I REALLY THINK IF BIG CHUNKS OF THE CEILING 299 00:11:01,428 --> 00:11:04,698 ARE GOING TO FALL DOWN ON ANYONE, I DON'T KNOW... 300 00:11:04,765 --> 00:11:07,200 ( inhaling ) 301 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:08,168 WHAT? 302 00:11:08,235 --> 00:11:09,336 IT SHOULD BE YOU. 303 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:10,838 OH, I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT. 304 00:11:10,904 --> 00:11:12,639 FROM NOW ON, BEFORE I COME IN IN THE MORNING 305 00:11:12,706 --> 00:11:14,407 I WANT YOU TO TEST MY OFFICE. 306 00:11:14,474 --> 00:11:15,408 JOSH... 307 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:16,443 STAFF IN TEN MINUTES. 308 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:17,610 YOU SEE THIS? YEAH. 309 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,246 INCHES FROM MY HEAD. 310 00:11:19,312 --> 00:11:21,448 WHY IS PETER LILLIENFIELD HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE? 311 00:11:21,514 --> 00:11:22,983 WHO CARES? I DO. 312 00:11:23,050 --> 00:11:24,818 WHY IS LILLIENFIELD HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE? 313 00:11:24,885 --> 00:11:26,987 I DON'T KNOW. IS HE UNHAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING? 314 00:11:27,054 --> 00:11:28,789 HE'S ALWAYS UNHAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING. 315 00:11:28,856 --> 00:11:32,025 DONNA? WHERE'S MY EAST ASIA MEMO?! 316 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:33,093 IT STARTS IN TWO MINUTES. 317 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:34,594 WHAT STARTS IN TWO MINUTES? 318 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:36,129 LILLIENFIELD'S PRESS CONFERENCE. 319 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,530 ( shouts ): THAT'S OKAY, DONNA. 320 00:11:37,597 --> 00:11:40,233 I'LL JUST COME AND GET IT MYSELF. 321 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:41,869 JOSH? MANDY? 322 00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:44,371 I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY SURPRISES TODAY. 323 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:45,638 WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY SURPRISES TODAY. 324 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:46,807 I'M PUTTING ON A SHOW 325 00:11:46,874 --> 00:11:47,975 AND I DON'T WANT TO GET UPSTAGED. 326 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:51,311 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET UPSTAGED. 327 00:11:51,378 --> 00:11:52,145 HERE. 328 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:52,880 THANK YOU. 329 00:11:52,946 --> 00:11:54,114 YOU'RE WELCOME. 330 00:11:54,181 --> 00:11:55,348 YOU SHOULD BE NICE TO ME. 331 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:57,684 I COULD BE DEAD, YOU KNOW. 332 00:11:57,751 --> 00:11:59,987 I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF LUCK. 333 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,955 ( television playing ) 334 00:12:02,022 --> 00:12:02,555 YEAH? 335 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:03,824 I'D LIKE YOU 336 00:12:03,891 --> 00:12:05,558 TO PLAY UP THAT, AS A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT 337 00:12:05,625 --> 00:12:07,594 HE CLERKED FOR A REPUBLICAN, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLAY DOWN 338 00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:10,798 THAT HE'S NEVER WRITTEN A JUDICIAL OPINION ON ABORTION 339 00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:12,933 OR REVEALED HIS THINKING ON ROE. 340 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,134 I'M ALREADY THERE. 341 00:12:14,201 --> 00:12:15,668 WELL, THANK YOU. 342 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,404 WHO'S THIS? 343 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:19,807 LILLIENFIELD'S TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING 344 00:12:19,873 --> 00:12:21,474 THAT'S BOTHERING HIM TODAY. 345 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:24,311 WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE LESS INTERESTING? 346 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:25,112 I'LL BE IN MY OFFICE. 347 00:12:25,178 --> 00:12:26,479 OKAY. 348 00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:30,083 Gone are the days of the best and the brightest. 349 00:12:30,150 --> 00:12:31,919 Stained, I believe, are the legacies 350 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,254 of the great White House staffers. 351 00:12:34,321 --> 00:12:38,025 Names like Schlesinger, Sorenson, Rumsfeld 352 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:39,960 and Persons have been replaced 353 00:12:40,027 --> 00:12:43,063 by a roster of Ivy League liberals 354 00:12:43,130 --> 00:12:49,202 and Hollywood darlings, one in three of who-- 355 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:51,471 one in three-- 356 00:12:51,538 --> 00:12:56,676 used drugs on a regular basis. 357 00:12:56,743 --> 00:13:00,447 And in case there should be any confusion about my meaning 358 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:03,383 I'm not talking about aspirin or decongestants. 359 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,485 Members of my staff will be passing out 360 00:13:05,552 --> 00:13:06,619 the most recent figures. 361 00:13:06,686 --> 00:13:08,889 ( dialing ) GET HER. 362 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:11,491 C.J.? 363 00:13:11,558 --> 00:13:13,293 TELL HIM I'M WATCHING. 364 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,697 ...and to ask who exactly is it that's helping lead our country? 365 00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:20,067 Who has the ear of the president... 366 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:21,534 advising the president? 367 00:13:24,037 --> 00:13:25,906 HE SAID ONE IN THREE 368 00:13:25,973 --> 00:13:27,407 WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS WERE ON DRUGS? 369 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:29,076 YES. WHERE DOES HE GET THESE STATS? 370 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:30,743 LEO... I MEAN, WHERE DOES HE PULL THEM FROM? 371 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:31,811 OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY 372 00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:33,113 BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. 373 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:34,514 IS SOMEBODY BRINGING ME A TAPE ON THIS? 374 00:13:34,581 --> 00:13:35,582 THEY'RE GETTING IT. 375 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:36,749 THIS ISN'T HAPPENING TO ME. 376 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,318 NOTHING'S HAPPENING. STAY COOL. 377 00:13:38,385 --> 00:13:40,120 IS IT POSSIBLE FOR PETER LILLIENFIELD 378 00:13:40,187 --> 00:13:41,554 TO BE A BIGGER JACKASS? 379 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:43,823 YOU THINK IF HE TRIED HARD THERE'S ROOM FOR HIM 380 00:13:43,891 --> 00:13:44,992 TO BE A SLIGHTLY BIGGER HORSE'S ASS 381 00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:46,193 THAN HE'S BEING NOW? 382 00:13:46,259 --> 00:13:47,895 YOU HIT YOUR HEAD ON THE CEILING. 383 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:49,429 I THINK THERE'S UNEXPLORED POTENTIAL. 384 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:50,430 WHAT'S UP? 385 00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:51,798 JOSH? 386 00:13:51,865 --> 00:13:52,933 FIVE WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS IN THE ROOM. 387 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,402 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE 1.6 OF YOU 388 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:58,205 WHO ARE STONED RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S TIME TO SHARE. 389 00:13:58,271 --> 00:13:59,706 Mandy: THIS ISN'T FUNNY, JOSH. 390 00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:00,908 Josh: IF YOU CAN'T LAUGH 391 00:14:00,974 --> 00:14:02,342 AT THIS, YOU'RE JUST NOT HAVING 392 00:14:02,409 --> 00:14:03,643 ENOUGH FUN IN SHOW BUSINESS. 393 00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:04,978 JOSH... HE'S A FEATHERWEIGHT. 394 00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:05,979 HE'S A HAIRDO. 395 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:06,980 Sam: I THINK IF HE PUT 396 00:14:07,047 --> 00:14:08,181 HIS SHOULDER INTO IT 397 00:14:08,248 --> 00:14:09,349 HE COULD BE A SLIGHTLY BIGGER GASBAG. 398 00:14:09,416 --> 00:14:10,383 YEAH. 399 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:12,085 IF HE REALLY REACHED FOR THE STARS. 400 00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:14,221 MORNING. THERE WAS NO WAY YOU SAW THIS COMING? 401 00:14:14,287 --> 00:14:15,488 TOBY... 402 00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:17,390 LEO, I KNOW I'M IN YOUR OFFICE-- FORGIVE ME-- 403 00:14:17,457 --> 00:14:19,292 ( yelling ): BUT NOBODY SAW THIS COMING? 404 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:22,429 YEAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE MY PSYCHIC DIDN'T TELL ME, TOBY. 405 00:14:22,495 --> 00:14:24,864 REST ASSURED, I'M GOING TO GET MY 20 BUCKS BACK. 406 00:14:24,932 --> 00:14:26,566 SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM? 407 00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:27,534 SHORT-TERM-- NOTHING. 408 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,002 I CAN'T GO WITH NOTHING. 409 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:30,537 Josh: WHY NOT? PRETEND WE DIDN'T SEE IT? 410 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:31,438 HE'S A LIAR. 411 00:14:31,504 --> 00:14:32,372 HE'S A FOOL. 412 00:14:32,439 --> 00:14:33,806 CATEGORICALLY DENY IT AND MOVE ON. 413 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:34,942 SHE CAN'T. 414 00:14:35,008 --> 00:14:36,243 I CAN'T. Josh: WHY NOT? 415 00:14:36,309 --> 00:14:38,645 BECAUSE MORE THAN 1,300 PEOPLE WORK 416 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:39,779 FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, JOSH. 417 00:14:39,846 --> 00:14:40,981 I GO INTO THE PRESS ROOM 418 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:42,682 AND CATEGORICALLY DENY ANYONE USES DRUGS 419 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:44,251 AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THREE GUYS IN THE PHOTO LAB 420 00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:45,752 BLEW A JOINT OVER THE WEEKEND 421 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:48,855 WHICH IS NOT, LIKE, OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY 422 00:14:48,922 --> 00:14:49,957 AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS... 423 00:14:50,023 --> 00:14:51,191 YOU CATEGORICALLY DENIED IT. 424 00:14:51,258 --> 00:14:52,292 NOW YOU ADMIT THERE ARE THREE? 425 00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:53,793 WELL, I CATEGORICALLY DENY 426 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:55,295 THERE ARE ANY MORE THAN THREE. 427 00:14:55,362 --> 00:14:57,764 Mandy: BUT NOW THE ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR 428 00:14:57,830 --> 00:14:58,765 OF WHITE HOUSE BEVERAGES 429 00:14:58,831 --> 00:14:59,899 ALL RIGHT. IS CONFESSING 430 00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:01,468 TO A LIFE AS A CLOSET JUNKIE. 431 00:15:01,534 --> 00:15:03,236 C.J.: AND SHE'S SELLING HER STORY TO RANDOM HOUSE 432 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:04,804 FOR A MIDDLE-SIX-FIGURE ADVANCE. 433 00:15:04,871 --> 00:15:05,872 ALL RIGHT, ARE WE DONE 434 00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:09,542 WITH MASTERPIECE THEATRE? 435 00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:10,810 C.J.... 436 00:15:10,877 --> 00:15:12,345 WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT, OKAY? YEP. 437 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:13,981 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW. 438 00:15:14,047 --> 00:15:15,515 I DON'T CARE IF WE SAY THAT 439 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:19,819 BUT... WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO IT, ARE WE? 440 00:15:19,886 --> 00:15:20,820 YES. 441 00:15:20,887 --> 00:15:22,322 THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT? 442 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:22,990 LEO? 443 00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:24,424 YEAH? 444 00:15:24,491 --> 00:15:25,658 TOBY? 445 00:15:25,725 --> 00:15:27,460 YEAH. 446 00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:31,664 C.J., GO DO YOUR BRIEFING. 447 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:34,634 THE PRESIDENT PAID A COURTESY CALL ON CROUCH THIS MORNING. 448 00:15:34,701 --> 00:15:35,868 WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING NAMES. 449 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:37,437 ON THE SHORT LIST IS ED HARRISON. 450 00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:40,840 WE'LL INTRODUCE THE NOMINEE THURSDAY, 5:00. 451 00:15:40,907 --> 00:15:41,941 THIS BUSINESS WITH LILLIENFIELD... 452 00:15:42,009 --> 00:15:43,343 I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT. 453 00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:44,644 I'D LIKE THE CHANCE TO SEE IT BEFORE I COMMENT. 454 00:15:44,711 --> 00:15:46,013 IS THE PRESIDENT AWARE? 455 00:15:46,079 --> 00:15:47,480 WE KEEP THESE THINGS OFF THE PRESIDENT'S DESK 456 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:48,748 UNTIL WE MEASURE WHAT CREDIBILITY... 457 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:49,749 GOOD GIRL. 458 00:15:49,816 --> 00:15:51,118 TOBY, IF THE ALTERNATIVE IS 459 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:52,385 GETTING HARRISON BUMPED FROM THE TOP STORY... 460 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:53,720 WE'RE NOT GOING TO POSTPONE. 461 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:54,887 LET'S END THIS FAST. HOW? 462 00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:55,989 YOU KNOW HOW? NO, I DON'T. 463 00:15:56,056 --> 00:15:57,857 MANDY... WHAT I AM SAYING IS... 464 00:15:57,924 --> 00:15:58,791 GO BACK TO WORK, MANDY. 465 00:15:58,858 --> 00:15:59,859 NO, HANG ON A SECOND. 466 00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:00,827 I WANT TO HEAR WHAT... HEY. 467 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:01,995 GO BACK TO WORK. 468 00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:03,463 LILLIENFIELD IS WALKING ON OUR STAGE 469 00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:05,032 AND HE'S NOT GOING TO GET OFF UNTIL HE GETS OFF 470 00:16:05,098 --> 00:16:06,199 IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 471 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:07,567 WE ARE NOT TAKING DRUG TESTS. 472 00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:08,568 WHY NOT? 473 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:09,569 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT! 474 00:16:09,636 --> 00:16:10,303 TOBY, LET'S END THIS. 475 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:12,205 TOBY, IF YOU... SHUT UP. 476 00:16:12,272 --> 00:16:13,906 GO. 477 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:15,608 SAM, GO BACK TO DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 478 00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:18,211 THEY JUST DELIVERED FIVE CARTONS OF HARRISON'S OLD PAPERS. 479 00:16:18,278 --> 00:16:19,846 THEN GO START READING. 480 00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:20,847 TOBY... 481 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:21,714 WHAT DO WE KNOW? 482 00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:23,116 WHAT DO THEY KNOW? 483 00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:24,317 NOW, WAIT, HANG ON A SECOND. 484 00:16:24,384 --> 00:16:26,186 JOSH... YOU'RE NOT MAKING ME... 485 00:16:26,253 --> 00:16:27,954 I'M NOT GOING TO BE THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS COP AROUND HERE. 486 00:16:28,021 --> 00:16:29,789 YES, YOU ARE. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO'S DOING WHAT AROUND HERE 487 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:30,890 YOU ASK THEM YOURSELF. 488 00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:32,092 THIS ISN'T THE TIME, JOSH. 489 00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:33,493 WE'RE TAKING WATER OVER THE SIDE. 490 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:34,794 AND I'M NOT INDIFFERENT TO THAT 491 00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:36,029 BUT THERE IS A PRINCIPLE HERE... 492 00:16:36,096 --> 00:16:37,164 NO, THERE'S NOT, NOT THIS WEEK. 493 00:16:37,230 --> 00:16:38,365 WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A YEAR. 494 00:16:38,431 --> 00:16:40,167 ALL WE'VE GOTTEN IS A YEAR OLDER. 495 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:42,635 OUR JOB APPROVAL'S 48% AND I THINK THAT NUMBER'S SOFT 496 00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:44,571 AND I'M TIRED OF BEING THE FIELD CAPTAIN 497 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:46,839 FOR THE GANG THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT! 498 00:16:46,906 --> 00:16:48,741 WE'RE GETTING THIS DONE! 499 00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:52,845 WHAT DO WE KNOW? 500 00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:53,846 WHAT DO THEY KNOW? 501 00:16:53,913 --> 00:16:55,248 START WITH ME, IF YOU WANT. 502 00:17:04,057 --> 00:17:06,793 ( phone rings ) 503 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:07,794 HELLO? 504 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,696 THIS IS SAM SEABORN. 505 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:17,504 WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 506 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:18,305 I'M NOT A COP. 507 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:21,874 WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 508 00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:23,743 WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW? 509 00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:26,979 ALL RIGHT, I'M THE ONLY ONE IN MY OFFICE 510 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,815 BUT AS SOON AS MY SECRETARY GE... 511 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:29,816 YOU KNOW WHAT? 512 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:30,817 HANG ON. 513 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:32,152 I'M ON MY WAY. 514 00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:39,159 OW. 515 00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:41,261 A QUICK CONFIRMATION'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR US. 516 00:17:41,328 --> 00:17:42,995 RITTER SAYS WE'LL GET UNANIMOUS APPROVAL 517 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,897 OUT OF COMMITTEE AND 90 VOTES IN THE SENATE. 518 00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:46,233 THAT'S A BLOWOUT, LEO... MM-HMM. 519 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:47,500 JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. 520 00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:48,468 THANK YOU. 521 00:17:48,535 --> 00:17:50,002 MORNING, MRS. LANDINGHAM. 522 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:51,204 GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. 523 00:17:51,271 --> 00:17:52,272 Both: GOOD MORNING. 524 00:17:52,339 --> 00:17:53,573 WHEN IS HARRISON GETTING IN? 525 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,374 LATE TONIGHT. 526 00:17:54,441 --> 00:17:55,942 GOOD. MORNING, CHARLIE. 527 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:57,144 GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. 528 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:59,146 PEYTON CABOT HARRISON-- 529 00:17:59,212 --> 00:18:01,248 FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF CIGARS HE LIKES 530 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,183 WHAT KIND OF PERFUME HIS WIFE LIKES 531 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:05,017 AND HAVE THEM SENT OVER TO THEIR HOTEL, OKAY? 532 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:05,618 BACK CHANNELS, SIR? 533 00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:06,719 YEAH. 534 00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:07,554 THEY'LL STAKE THE HOTELS. 535 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:08,455 GIFTS COMING FROM... 536 00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:09,689 WE'RE USING BACK CHANNELS. 537 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:12,192 WHAT IS GOING ON WITH LILLIENFIELD? 538 00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:13,426 YOU'RE STAYING OUT OF IT. 539 00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:14,627 FINE. 540 00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:15,795 ANYTHING ELSE? 541 00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:17,264 WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE, RIGHT? 542 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:18,965 YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. 543 00:18:19,031 --> 00:18:20,500 MR. PRESIDENT.... 544 00:18:20,567 --> 00:18:21,301 I'M ON MY WAY. 545 00:18:21,368 --> 00:18:22,135 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 546 00:18:22,202 --> 00:18:24,337 THANK YOU. 547 00:18:24,404 --> 00:18:25,138 LEO... 548 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:26,239 YES, SIR? 549 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:27,474 WE LOOKED AT EVERYBODY, RIGHT? 550 00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:28,575 SIR? 551 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:30,210 THE SHORT LIST-- WE LOOKED AT MENDOZA? 552 00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:31,378 WE LOOKED AT HIM. 553 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:32,812 LEO... WE FIXED ON HARRISON. 554 00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:34,046 AW, YOU'RE RIGHT. 555 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,582 I'LL SEE YOU LATER. YES, SIR. 556 00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:37,984 ( sighs ) 557 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:39,152 GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. 558 00:18:39,219 --> 00:18:40,119 SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING. 559 00:18:40,187 --> 00:18:41,120 LET'S GO. 560 00:18:41,188 --> 00:18:42,722 MORNING. MORNING. 561 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:46,226 HANG ON A SECOND. 562 00:18:49,562 --> 00:18:50,297 MORNING. 563 00:18:50,363 --> 00:18:51,498 KEEP YOUR SEATS. 564 00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:52,432 GOOD MORNING. 565 00:18:52,499 --> 00:18:53,733 MORNING. 566 00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:56,135 MORNING, TOBY. 567 00:18:56,203 --> 00:18:57,670 MORNING, SIR. DO THIS FOR ME. 568 00:18:57,737 --> 00:19:00,707 PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION ON ROBERTO MENDOZA. 569 00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:04,177 SIR, TH... IT'S NATURAL TO HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS, BUT... 570 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:05,345 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW SOMETHING. 571 00:19:05,412 --> 00:19:06,479 THERE'LL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 572 00:19:06,546 --> 00:19:07,780 I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE 573 00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:09,316 WE HAD A HISPANIC ON THE SHORT LIST. 574 00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:10,750 WHAT IS IT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, SIR? 575 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:12,719 THE REASON WE DIDN'T GO WITH HIM. 576 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:14,921 THE REASON WE DIDN'T, SIR, IS 'CAUSE HARRISON SAID, "YES." 577 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:15,955 LET'S DO BETTER THAN THAT. 578 00:19:16,022 --> 00:19:17,424 YES, SIR. 579 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:19,492 OH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS DRUG THING? 580 00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:21,194 YOU DON'T WANT A PIECE OF THAT. 581 00:19:21,261 --> 00:19:22,429 ALL RIGHT, I'LL TRUST YOU. 582 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,231 THANKS. 583 00:19:24,297 --> 00:19:25,097 GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. 584 00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:26,633 GOOD MORNING, SAM. 585 00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:27,567 TOBY... 586 00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:29,736 HE WANTS ME TO LOOK AT... MENDOZA. 587 00:19:29,802 --> 00:19:30,537 WHAT...? 588 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,505 I GOT A PHONE CALL BEFORE 589 00:19:32,572 --> 00:19:33,373 FROM A GUY WITH SOME INFORMATION. 590 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,807 I JUST PICKED IT UP. 591 00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:37,109 I READ IT ON THE WAY BACK. IT'S NOT GOOD. 592 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:37,944 IS IT THE DRUGS? 593 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:38,745 NO. 594 00:19:38,811 --> 00:19:39,812 WHAT IS IT? 595 00:19:39,879 --> 00:19:41,781 IT'S HARRISON. 596 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,550 CLOSE THE DOOR. 597 00:19:49,589 --> 00:19:51,391 EVERY MEMBER OF LAW REVIEW 598 00:19:51,458 --> 00:19:52,925 IS REQUIRED TO PREPARE ONE. 599 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:54,394 IT'S LIKE AN ARTICLE. 600 00:19:54,461 --> 00:19:55,528 IT'S 40 OR SO PAGES, WELL-RESEARCHED 601 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,063 FOOTNOTED, AND REVISED 602 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:59,198 WITH FACULTY SUPERVISION, THEN IT'S PUBLISHED. 603 00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:00,867 WITHOUT THE NAMES. 604 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:03,102 WITHOUT THE NAMES, IT'S A SCHOLARLY WORK. 605 00:20:03,169 --> 00:20:04,737 HOW DO WE KNOW HARRISON...? 606 00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:07,374 WHAT, I'M SUPPOSED TO JUST TRUST "THE GUY ON THE PHONE"? 607 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:08,741 I SPENT THE LAST THREE MONTHS 608 00:20:08,808 --> 00:20:10,343 READING EVERYTHING HARRISON'S WRITTEN 609 00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:12,645 FROM DECISIONS TO MEMOS TO AMICUS BRIEFS, TOBY. 610 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,714 HE'S THE AUTHOR OF THE UNSIGNED NOTE. 611 00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:20,853 BONNIE. 612 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:26,793 YEAH? 613 00:20:26,859 --> 00:20:28,127 I'M GOING TO NEED THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES 614 00:20:28,194 --> 00:20:29,629 THE PRESIDENT'S GOT. 615 00:20:29,696 --> 00:20:30,863 YEAH. 616 00:20:34,501 --> 00:20:36,503 HOW DOES LILLIENFIELD GET HIS INFORMATION? 617 00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:38,671 HE'S ON THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 618 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:40,507 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LITERALLY DECIDE 619 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:42,375 IF WE GET HEAT AND ELECTRICITY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 620 00:20:42,442 --> 00:20:43,376 SO THEY HAVE ACCESS 621 00:20:43,443 --> 00:20:44,677 TO BACKGROUND INFORMATION? 622 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:45,678 YES. 623 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:46,679 JOSH? YEAH? 624 00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:48,047 YOU SHOULDN'T FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE 625 00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:49,316 ABOUT INTERVIEWING ME. 626 00:20:49,382 --> 00:20:52,018 I MET YOU, I TALKED TO YOU, I HIRED YOU. 627 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:53,686 YOU KNOW ANYBODY AROUND HERE WHO USES DRUGS? 628 00:20:53,753 --> 00:20:54,587 YES. 629 00:20:54,654 --> 00:20:55,755 YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHO THEY ARE? 630 00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:56,623 NO. GOOD FOR YOU. 631 00:20:56,689 --> 00:20:57,957 CONSIDER YOURSELF INTERVIEWED. 632 00:20:58,024 --> 00:20:59,292 YOU'RE A GOOD BOY, JOSH. 633 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,728 I'VE SEEN YOUR RECORDS. 634 00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:03,530 YOU NEED TO LEARN THAT "NO PARKING" MEANS "NO PARKING." 635 00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,865 THE THING IS, SOMETIMES I CAN'T FIND A SPACE. 636 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:08,435 GO TO WORK. 637 00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:09,936 WE HAVE EVERYONE TAKE A DRUG TEST 638 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:10,970 AND BE DONE WITH IT. 639 00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:12,439 WHAT MAKES YOU THINK 640 00:21:12,505 --> 00:21:13,740 THAT EVERYONE HERE CAN PASS A DRUG TEST? 641 00:21:13,806 --> 00:21:15,274 THE ONES WHO CAN'T ALREADY KNOW IT 642 00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:16,609 AND WILL QUIETLY RESIGN. 643 00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:18,611 OKAY. PROBLEM SOLVED. 644 00:21:18,678 --> 00:21:20,146 WHAT IS WRONG, IN THIS DAY AND AGE 645 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:22,582 WITH DEMONSTRATING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS DRUG FREE? 646 00:21:22,649 --> 00:21:24,050 WHAT IS WRONG WITH GIVING PEOPLE THAT COMFORT? 647 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:25,752 I WOULD THINK THAT, IN THIS DAY AND AGE 648 00:21:25,818 --> 00:21:27,554 PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE 649 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:30,122 KNOWING THAT THE WILL NOT NOW, NOR WILL THEY EVER BE 650 00:21:30,189 --> 00:21:32,492 FORCED TO TURN OVER EVIDENCE AGAINST THEMSELVES. 651 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:34,827 AND PLEASE, DO NOT TRY AND PAINT YOUR POSITION 652 00:21:34,894 --> 00:21:37,229 AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN PRESERVATION OF A SPOTLIGHT. 653 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,698 THIS THING GETS BUNGLED 654 00:21:38,765 --> 00:21:40,066 AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO STRUGGLE MUCH 655 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,468 TO FIND THE SPOTLIGHT. 656 00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:49,676 SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS REALLY GOING ON HERE? 657 00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:51,010 I DON'T KNOW. 658 00:21:51,077 --> 00:21:52,144 I DON'T KNOW EITHER. 659 00:21:52,211 --> 00:21:53,446 THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME NERVOUS. 660 00:21:53,513 --> 00:21:55,014 WHAT DO I DO? 661 00:21:56,015 --> 00:21:57,283 IT'S TIME TO TALK 662 00:21:57,350 --> 00:21:59,552 TO WHOEVER IT IS YOU TALK TO. 663 00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:02,855 YEAH. 664 00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:11,197 IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE 665 00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:14,734 THAT WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS REGULARLY USE ILLEGAL DRUGS? 666 00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:17,336 FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ME THE FIRST NINE TIMES 667 00:22:17,404 --> 00:22:18,705 WE ARE LOOKING INTO THIS. 668 00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:21,541 C.J., WOULD YOU FORGIVE A BLUNT QUESTION? 669 00:22:21,608 --> 00:22:23,309 THESE QUESTIONS HAVEN'T BEEN BLUNT YET? 670 00:22:23,376 --> 00:22:24,611 DO YOU USE DRUGS? 671 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:26,145 NO, AND YOU'RE FORGIVEN. 672 00:22:26,212 --> 00:22:27,714 IT'S BEEN 24 HOURS 673 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:30,149 SINCE CONGRESSMAN LILLIENFIELD MADE HIS ACCUSATIONS. 674 00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:31,751 WHEN IS THE WHITE HOUSE...? 675 00:22:31,818 --> 00:22:33,453 WE'VE GOT OVER 1,300 PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL, CHRIS. 676 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,154 THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GATHER 677 00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:37,356 AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE WERE LOADED WITH FREE TIME BEFORE. 678 00:22:37,424 --> 00:22:38,825 AND LET ME JUST ADD THAT 679 00:22:38,891 --> 00:22:40,960 AS NO ONE AND NOTHING HERE HAS BEEN SUBPOENAED 680 00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:42,562 AND AS MR. LILLIENFIELD HAS OFFERED NOTHING 681 00:22:42,629 --> 00:22:44,296 TO SUPPORT HIS VERY BIZARRE CLAIM 682 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,432 WE'RE NOT FEELING A REAL NEED 683 00:22:45,498 --> 00:22:47,099 TO GET THIS DONE IN A HURRY. 684 00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:48,635 THANKS. THAT'S ALL. 685 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:54,073 SET FIRE TO THE ROOM. 686 00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:55,842 DO IT NOW. 687 00:23:01,581 --> 00:23:02,815 HOW YOU DOING? 688 00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:03,783 WHAT DO YOU WANT? 689 00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:05,017 IT WAS A BIT OF A BLUNDER BACK THERE. 690 00:23:05,084 --> 00:23:06,385 IT WAS FINE. 691 00:23:06,453 --> 00:23:08,254 YOU CHALLENGED LILLIENFIELD TO PRESENT EVIDENCE. 692 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,321 HE KNOWS HIS CUE WHEN HE HEARS IT. 693 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:10,657 I LEFT MY NOTEBOOK SOMEWHERE. 694 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:12,459 DID YOU REALLY WANT TO BE THE FIRST PERSON 695 00:23:12,525 --> 00:23:14,193 TO USE THE WORD "SUBPOENA"? 696 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:17,296 IT'S THE ONLY WORD ANYBODY'S GOING TO READ TOMORROW. 697 00:23:17,363 --> 00:23:18,765 I REALLY DON'T NEED YOUR TIPS, DANNY. 698 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:20,166 AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU DO, C.J. 699 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,668 BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE. 700 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:23,202 I'M HERE BECAUSE THE NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS 701 00:23:23,269 --> 00:23:24,737 ARE PLAYING IN TOWN TOMORROW NIGHT. 702 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:26,439 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO A BASKETBALL GAME. 703 00:23:26,506 --> 00:23:27,640 NEITHER DO I, SO WE'LL WATCH IT 704 00:23:27,707 --> 00:23:29,141 IN YOUR OFFICE, WHILE I EXPLAIN IT 705 00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:30,577 IN A PATRONIZING MANNER 706 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:32,378 'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WOMEN USUALLY LIKE. 707 00:23:32,445 --> 00:23:34,180 THANK YOU ANYWAY. 708 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:35,548 YOU UNDERSTAND I'LL TALK SLOW 709 00:23:35,615 --> 00:23:38,417 AND EXPLAIN IT IN A WAY A GIRL WOULD APPRECIATE. 710 00:23:38,485 --> 00:23:40,953 DANNY. 711 00:23:41,020 --> 00:23:42,722 YOU GOT A MINUTE? 712 00:23:45,458 --> 00:23:46,659 WALK ME TO MY CAR. 713 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,265 JOSH, THE INFORMATION I GET, I HAVE TO PRINT. 714 00:23:53,332 --> 00:23:54,366 DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION? 715 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:55,434 NO. 716 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:56,503 WOULD YOU TELL ME IF YOU DID? 717 00:23:56,569 --> 00:23:57,369 WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION? 718 00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:58,571 YOU KNOW WHAT KIND. 719 00:23:58,638 --> 00:23:59,839 YOU KNOW NO ONE KNOWS WHERE I GOT IT. 720 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,541 WHY ARE YOU ALLOWED TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD 721 00:24:01,608 --> 00:24:03,275 AND I'M SUPPOSED TO HAND OVER ANY INFORMATION I GET? 722 00:24:03,342 --> 00:24:04,243 YOU'RE RIGHT. I KNOW I'M RIGHT. 723 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:05,411 I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 724 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:06,846 IT'S NOT MY JOB TO HELP YOU OUT. 725 00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:08,915 I GET FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR HELPING YOU OUT. 726 00:24:08,981 --> 00:24:12,685 I KNOW THAT. 727 00:24:12,752 --> 00:24:14,386 LILLIENFIELD IS A JACKASS 728 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:15,722 BUT HE'S NOT STUPID. 729 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:17,323 IF HE'S TALKING, HE'S GOT SOMETHING. 730 00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:18,625 WHAT? 731 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:20,226 WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S SMALL POTATOES-- 732 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,461 JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE ROCK ROLLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. 733 00:24:22,529 --> 00:24:23,596 WHAT'S HE TRYING TO HIT? 734 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:24,597 I DON'T KNOW. 735 00:24:24,664 --> 00:24:25,832 IS IT THE NOMINATION? 736 00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:27,534 THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, TOO 737 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,835 BUT HARRISON'S GOING TO SAIL BY, NO MATTER WHAT. 738 00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:29,936 NO ONE SAID IT'S HARRISON. 739 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:32,939 YEAH, YEAH. MY POINT IS THIS-- 740 00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:35,908 HE'S NOT GOING TO WASTE IT ON A DONE DEAL. 741 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:37,944 HE'S AFTER SOMETHING BETTER. 742 00:24:40,446 --> 00:24:42,381 OKAY. THANKS. 743 00:24:42,448 --> 00:24:44,383 JOSH, THIS IS ONE 744 00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:45,351 OF THOSE TIMES, MAN. 745 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:48,320 DON'T SCREW THIS UP. 746 00:24:48,387 --> 00:24:50,857 C.J. LIKES GOLDFISH. 747 00:24:50,923 --> 00:24:52,224 WHAT? 748 00:24:52,291 --> 00:24:53,593 SHE LIKES GOLDFISH. 749 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:55,361 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM. 750 00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:56,428 THANKS. 751 00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,197 YEAH. 752 00:24:58,264 --> 00:25:00,299 President: HERE'S AN INTERESTING STATEMENT. 753 00:25:00,366 --> 00:25:04,571 "I JOIN JUDGE BLACK INSOMUCH AS, WHILE ENJOYING MY PRIVACY 754 00:25:04,637 --> 00:25:05,905 "I AM COMPELLED TO ADMIT 755 00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:07,774 "THAT GOVERNMENT HAS A RIGHT TO INVADE IT 756 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,508 "UNLESS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED 757 00:25:09,576 --> 00:25:12,812 BY SOME SPECIFIC CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION." 758 00:25:12,879 --> 00:25:15,582 MR. PRESIDENT, THIS PAPER IS, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS 759 00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:17,550 AN ARGUMENT THAT PRIVACY IS NOT A RIGHT 760 00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:18,985 GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION. 761 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:20,119 WHY HASN'T THIS EVER BEEN BROUGHT UP? 762 00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:21,420 IT NEVER CAME UP, SIR. 763 00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:24,523 WE SPENT TWO MONTHS VETTING OUR HOME RUN NOMINEE 764 00:25:24,591 --> 00:25:26,258 HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN A PRIVACY GUARANTEE 765 00:25:26,325 --> 00:25:27,560 AND IT NEVER CAME UP? 766 00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:28,761 IT WAS SIMPLY NEVER AN ISSUE 767 00:25:28,828 --> 00:25:29,896 IN ANY RULING HE HANDED DOWN. 768 00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:31,598 AND, IF I MAY, SIR, WE DON'T KNOW 769 00:25:31,664 --> 00:25:33,132 FOR SURE THAT HE'S THE AUTHOR OF THE DOCUMENT. 770 00:25:33,199 --> 00:25:34,366 WE DO KNOW. 771 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:35,902 IF HE IS, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY HOLD 772 00:25:35,968 --> 00:25:38,204 A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING 773 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:39,572 HE WROTE WHEN HE WAS 26. 774 00:25:39,639 --> 00:25:40,773 WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE 775 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,341 IF WE PUT HIM ON THE BENCH 776 00:25:42,408 --> 00:25:45,144 WHERE, I PROMISE YOU, THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO COME UP. 777 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,650 WHEN DOES HARRISON GET IN? 778 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:52,018 LATER TONIGHT. 779 00:25:52,084 --> 00:25:53,786 I WANT HIM FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. 780 00:25:53,853 --> 00:25:55,922 YES, SIR. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME EITHER OF YOU SLEPT? 781 00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:56,789 I DON'T CARE. 782 00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:59,091 GET READY FOR THIS. 783 00:25:59,158 --> 00:26:00,392 YES, SIR. 784 00:26:00,459 --> 00:26:02,261 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 785 00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:03,429 THANK YOU, SIR. 786 00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:05,131 $17 BILLION ISN'T GOING TO FLY. 787 00:26:05,197 --> 00:26:07,834 THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S TOO MUCH AT 13.5. 788 00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:11,337 EXCUSE ME. 789 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:12,905 GIVE US THE ROOM. 790 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:19,646 I WANT TO MEET MENDOZA. 791 00:26:21,347 --> 00:26:23,215 YES, SIR. 792 00:26:36,028 --> 00:26:38,064 DOES MENDOZA KNOW WHY HE'S COMING HERE? 793 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:39,999 HE THINKS HE'S INTERVIEWING FOR A PLACE 794 00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:44,937 ON THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION FOR HISPANIC OPPORTUNITY. 795 00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:46,706 IS THERE SUCH A THING AS THE PRESIDENT'S...? 796 00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:48,607 IT'S THE BEST I COULD DO ON SHORT NOTICE, TOBY. 797 00:26:48,675 --> 00:26:50,643 FINE. 798 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,078 I HAD TO MAKE A LETTERHEAD. 799 00:26:52,144 --> 00:26:52,945 THAT MUST HAVE TAXED 800 00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:54,380 YOUR CONSIDERABLE CREATIVITY. 801 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:55,381 TOBY. 802 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:56,615 THAT'S FINE. 803 00:26:58,584 --> 00:26:59,919 FIRST THINGS FIRST. 804 00:26:59,986 --> 00:27:01,654 ARE YOU THE AUTHOR OF THIS UNSIGNED NOTE? 805 00:27:07,794 --> 00:27:10,596 WELL, YES, SIR. 806 00:27:10,663 --> 00:27:12,631 WHEN I WAS 26, I WROTE A PAPER 807 00:27:12,699 --> 00:27:16,235 SUPPORTING THE DEREGULATION OF FAR EAST TRADE BARRIERS. 808 00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:17,569 I NEARLY GOT THROWN OUT 809 00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,071 OF THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS. 810 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:23,475 I WAS YOUNG AND STUPID, AND TRYING TO MAKE SOME NOISE. 811 00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:25,211 YES, SIR. 812 00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:28,014 I'M GOING TO BRING TOBY ZIEGLER AND SAM SEABORN IN HERE 813 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,682 AND TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. 814 00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:30,817 THAT'S FINE, SIR. 815 00:27:30,883 --> 00:27:32,885 OKAY. CHARLIE, PLEASE? 816 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:37,589 TOBY. 817 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:38,590 YEAH? 818 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,092 YOU GOT A MINUTE? 819 00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:42,161 THEY'RE ABOUT TO CALL ME IN. 820 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:46,198 PRIVACY? 821 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:48,567 WE DON'T KNOW. 822 00:27:48,634 --> 00:27:50,870 HE DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROTECTION? 823 00:27:50,937 --> 00:27:52,338 WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME THIS? 824 00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:54,173 NUMBER ONE: I DON'T REPORT TO YOU. 825 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,542 NUMBER TWO: HE WROTE THE PAPER A QUARTER CENTURY AGO. 826 00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:58,044 HE HASN'T CHANGED HIS MIND. 827 00:27:58,110 --> 00:27:59,979 WE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S CHANGED HIS MIND. 828 00:28:00,046 --> 00:28:02,749 YOU DON'T CARE WHETHER HE CHANGED HIS MIND OR NOT. 829 00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:06,418 YOU'RE PAINTING A PICTURE FOR THE PRESIDENT. 830 00:28:06,485 --> 00:28:08,387 THE PRESIDENT CAN PAINT HIS OWN PICTURE. 831 00:28:08,454 --> 00:28:10,456 YEAH, BUT HE LISTENS TO YOU. 832 00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:18,965 WHEN DID WE GET THE IDEA THAT HARRISON WAS OUR GUY? 833 00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:20,332 WHEN WE USED TO TALK 834 00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:22,301 IT WAS NEVER HARRISON. 835 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:26,372 TOBY. 836 00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:27,339 YEAH? 837 00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:28,908 THEY'RE READY FOR YOU. 838 00:28:45,091 --> 00:28:47,526 ( knocking on door ) 839 00:28:47,593 --> 00:28:49,028 LEO. YEAH? 840 00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:52,031 JOSH WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD A MOMENT. 841 00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:53,800 YEAH. 842 00:28:58,604 --> 00:28:59,671 LEO. 843 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,273 HEY. 844 00:29:04,610 --> 00:29:05,912 I GUESS YOU'RE THE GUY 845 00:29:05,978 --> 00:29:10,216 WITH THE WORST JOB IN THE BUILDING THIS WEEK, HMM? 846 00:29:10,282 --> 00:29:12,318 I WAS INTERROGATING THIS INTERN 847 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:15,054 FROM THE LEGISLATIVE LIAISON'S OFFICE 848 00:29:15,121 --> 00:29:16,755 AND SHE BROKE DOWN CRYING 849 00:29:16,823 --> 00:29:18,724 WHILE TELLING ME ABOUT A BONG 850 00:29:18,791 --> 00:29:20,726 SHE HAD MADE OUT OF AN EGGPLANT. 851 00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:22,428 YOU CAN DO THAT? 852 00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:23,930 I USED TO USE A POTATO. 853 00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:25,998 YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN INDUSTRIOUS. 854 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:30,702 LILLIENFIELD'S NOT AFTER THE KID 855 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,071 IN THAT LIAISON'S OFFICE 856 00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:35,274 AND HE'S NOT EVEN AFTER THE SENIOR STAFF. 857 00:29:35,341 --> 00:29:36,843 YEAH? 858 00:29:38,677 --> 00:29:43,715 LEO, YOU KNOW THAT THE WORST-KEPT SECRET IN WASHINGTON 859 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:47,887 IS THAT YOU'RE A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC, RIGHT? 860 00:29:48,687 --> 00:29:50,356 I HAD A HUNCH. 861 00:29:53,259 --> 00:29:57,596 LEO, YOU'RE BOSTON IRISH-CATHOLIC. 862 00:29:57,663 --> 00:29:59,031 BACK THERE AND BACK THEN 863 00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:02,768 A DRINKING PROBLEM WASN'T A PROBLEM. 864 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:05,071 THIS ISN'T WHAT HE'S AFTER. 865 00:30:06,873 --> 00:30:08,807 WERE YOU, MAYBE, INTO SOMETHING 866 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:12,144 THAT WASN'T SO... ACCEPTABLE? 867 00:30:16,682 --> 00:30:19,518 PILLS. 868 00:30:19,585 --> 00:30:22,054 WERE YOU IN TREATMENT? 869 00:30:23,022 --> 00:30:26,258 SIERRA TUCSON, SIX YEARS AGO. 870 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:27,293 OH, YEAH. 871 00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:29,195 RECORDS KEPT BY THESE FACILITIES 872 00:30:29,261 --> 00:30:30,897 ARE CONFIDENTIAL, JOSH. 873 00:30:30,963 --> 00:30:32,431 HE'S GOT THEM. 874 00:30:39,038 --> 00:30:42,041 YOU'RE LEO McGARRY. 875 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:46,112 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN BY THIS... 876 00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:48,881 SMALL FRACTION OF A MAN. 877 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:54,386 I WON'T PERMIT IT. 878 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:07,533 JUDGES ARE BOUND TO INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION 879 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:11,537 WITHIN THE STRICT PARAMETERS OF THE TEXT ITSELF. 880 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:14,806 THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR A RIGHT OF PRIVACY. 881 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,142 THE RIGHT DOESN'T EXIST. 882 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:17,609 THE THIRD AMENDMENT SAYS 883 00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:19,345 SOLDIERS CAN'T BE QUARTERED IN PRIVATE HOMES. 884 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,813 THE FIFTH PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION 885 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,815 AND THE FOURTH AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES. 886 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:26,385 DO YOU DENY THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY LIVES IN THOSE PASSAGES? 887 00:31:26,452 --> 00:31:27,519 NO, I DO NOT DENY IT 888 00:31:27,586 --> 00:31:30,122 BUT THE FACT THAT THE FRAMERS ENUMERATED 889 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:32,324 THOSE SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS 890 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:33,759 IS ALL THE MORE REASON TO BELIEVE 891 00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:35,027 THAT THEY HAD NO INTENTION 892 00:31:35,094 --> 00:31:38,064 OF MAKING PRIVACY A DE FACTO RIGHT. 893 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:39,398 THEY JUST FOUGHT A REVOLUTION. 894 00:31:39,465 --> 00:31:41,133 THEY HAD NO QUESTION OF THEIR FREEDOMS. 895 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,901 THE BILL OF RIGHTS WAS MEANT TO CODIFY 896 00:31:42,969 --> 00:31:44,203 THE MOST CRUCIAL OF THOSE RIGHTS 897 00:31:44,270 --> 00:31:45,437 NOT TO LIMIT THE OTHERS. 898 00:31:45,504 --> 00:31:49,108 I DO THIS FOR A LIVING, MR. SEABORN. 899 00:31:49,175 --> 00:31:50,876 SO DO I, YOUR HONOR. 900 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:53,212 President: PEYTON, DO I HAVE THE RIGHT 901 00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:56,782 TO PUT ON AN UGLY PLAID JACKET AND A LOUD POLKA-DOT TIE 902 00:31:56,848 --> 00:31:59,551 AND WALK DOWN MAIN STREET? 903 00:31:59,618 --> 00:32:01,220 YES. 904 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:03,755 AND WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION IS THAT RIGHT GUARANTEED? 905 00:32:03,822 --> 00:32:05,657 FIRST AMENDMENT, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. 906 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:09,228 WHAT ABOUT THE USE OF CREAM IN MY COFFEE? 907 00:32:09,295 --> 00:32:11,597 SURELY THERE CAN BE NO FREE SPEECH ARGUMENT 908 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:12,764 TO BE MADE THERE? 909 00:32:12,831 --> 00:32:14,100 NO. 910 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:16,668 SO YOU HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE STATE 911 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:18,037 OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PASSING A LAW 912 00:32:18,104 --> 00:32:20,106 BANNING THE USE OF CREAM IN COFFEE? 913 00:32:20,172 --> 00:32:22,541 I WOULD HAVE STRONG OBJECTION, MR. PRESIDENT 914 00:32:22,608 --> 00:32:24,210 AS I LIKE CREAM AS WELL. 915 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:26,578 BUT I WOULD HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS 916 00:32:26,645 --> 00:32:27,980 TO STRIKE DOWN THE LAW 917 00:32:28,047 --> 00:32:30,449 WHEN YOU BROUGHT YOUR CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT. 918 00:32:30,516 --> 00:32:34,086 AS I LOSE THE VOTES OF COFFEE DRINKERS EVERYWHERE. 919 00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:35,487 ( chuckles ) 920 00:32:37,723 --> 00:32:38,824 HEY. 921 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:39,825 HEY. 922 00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:41,727 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 923 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:42,594 YOU WERE RIGHT. 924 00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:43,996 I KNOW. 925 00:32:44,063 --> 00:32:45,364 THE WORD SUBPOENA APPEARS IN THE LEAD 926 00:32:45,431 --> 00:32:46,632 IN EVERY STORY IN THIS MORNING'S PAPERS. 927 00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:48,434 I KNOW. NOT YOURS. 928 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,137 THAT'S 'CAUSE I COULDN'T SPELL IT. 929 00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:52,204 WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING? 930 00:32:52,271 --> 00:32:54,506 IT'S A GOLDFISH. WHY? 931 00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,742 IT'S FOR YOU. 932 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:58,110 REALLY? 933 00:32:58,177 --> 00:33:00,512 JOSH SAID YOU LIKED GOLDFISH. 934 00:33:02,848 --> 00:33:05,151 ( laughing ) 935 00:33:09,855 --> 00:33:11,590 THE CRACKERS, DANNY. 936 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:15,161 THE CHEESE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE AT A PARTY? 937 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:18,364 ( laughing ) AH. WELL... 938 00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:19,331 YOU KNOW WHAT? 939 00:33:19,398 --> 00:33:20,399 I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE 940 00:33:20,466 --> 00:33:21,900 I WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT. 941 00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:23,902 THE CRACKERS, DANNY. 942 00:33:23,969 --> 00:33:25,604 WELL, FINE. NOW I GOT A GOLDFISH. 943 00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:27,706 ( laughing ) 944 00:33:27,773 --> 00:33:28,874 GIVE IT TO ME. 945 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:30,242 NO, NO, NO. NO, YOU'LL KILL IT. 946 00:33:30,309 --> 00:33:31,543 YOU THINK I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF A GOLDFISH? 947 00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:33,045 I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT. 948 00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:34,580 HER NAME'S GAIL, BY THE WAY. 949 00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:35,581 THE FISH? YEAH. 950 00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:36,748 YOU NAMED IT GAIL? 951 00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:38,717 NO, THE GUY IN THE STORE. 952 00:33:38,784 --> 00:33:39,718 ( laughing ) 953 00:33:39,785 --> 00:33:42,054 OH... THAT'S... 954 00:33:42,121 --> 00:33:43,322 COME HERE. 955 00:33:46,225 --> 00:33:48,394 THANKS FOR THE FISH. 956 00:33:50,196 --> 00:33:52,064 KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. 957 00:34:00,172 --> 00:34:01,573 ( laughing ) 958 00:34:03,642 --> 00:34:06,312 IN 1787, THERE WAS A SIZABLE BLOCK OF DELEGATES 959 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:09,215 WHO WERE INITIALLY OPPOSED TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS. 960 00:34:09,281 --> 00:34:10,949 THIS IS WHAT A MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA DELEGATION 961 00:34:11,016 --> 00:34:13,752 HAD TO SAY BY WAY OF OPPOSITION: 962 00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:15,287 "IF WE LIST A SET OF RIGHTS 963 00:34:15,354 --> 00:34:17,556 "SOME FOOLS IN THE FUTURE ARE GOING TO CLAIM 964 00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:19,991 "THE PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED ONLY TO THOSE RIGHTS ENUMERATED 965 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:20,992 AND NO OTHERS." 966 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:22,328 SO THE FRAMERS KNEW... 967 00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:25,297 WERE YOU JUST CALLING ME A FOOL, MR. SEABORN? 968 00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:27,133 I WASN'T CALLING YOU A FOOL, SIR. 969 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:28,700 THE BRAND-NEW STATE OF GEORGIA WAS. 970 00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:32,904 GENTLEMEN, LAWS MUST EMANATE FROM THE CONSTITUTION. 971 00:34:32,971 --> 00:34:34,773 THERE ARE NATURAL LAWS, JUDGE. 972 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,743 I DO NOT DENY THERE ARE NATURAL LAWS, MR. ZIEGLER. 973 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:42,080 I ONLY DENY THAT JUDGES ARE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE THEM. 974 00:34:42,148 --> 00:34:43,615 THEN WHO WILL? 975 00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:46,051 THAT'S NOT UP TO ME. 976 00:34:46,118 --> 00:34:47,519 AND THIS SIDESHOW IS OVER. 977 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,155 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MR. PRESIDENT 978 00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:50,956 I FIND THIS KIND OF QUESTIONING... 979 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:52,724 VERY RUDE. 980 00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:55,194 THEN YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO ENJOY MEETING THE U.S. SENATE. 981 00:34:55,261 --> 00:34:59,131 WELL... BE THAT AS IT MAY, IT'S DISGUSTING. 982 00:34:59,198 --> 00:35:01,367 WE ALL KNOW YOU NEED ME AS MUCH I NEED YOU. 983 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:05,103 I READ THE SAME POLLING INFORMATION YOU DO. 984 00:35:05,171 --> 00:35:07,173 SEVEN TO TEN POINT BUMP 985 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,074 90 VOTES, UNANIMOUS OUT OF COMMITTEE. 986 00:35:09,141 --> 00:35:10,776 I WAS COURTED. 987 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:14,480 NOW YOU HAVE ME TAKEN TO SCHOOL BY SOME KID. 988 00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:17,216 THAT SAM IS YOUNG DRIVES ME NUTS, TOO 989 00:35:17,283 --> 00:35:19,718 BUT HE TOOK YOU OUT FOR A RIDE, SIR 990 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:22,488 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HIM TO DO. 991 00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:28,093 I AM AN EXTREMELY WELL-CREDENTIALED MAN 992 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:29,661 MR. PRESIDENT. 993 00:35:29,728 --> 00:35:34,233 AND I AM UNACCUSTOMED TO THIS SORT OF QUESTIONING. 994 00:35:35,901 --> 00:35:37,469 I UNDERSTAND, PEYTON. 995 00:35:37,536 --> 00:35:39,771 COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE TIME, PLEASE? 996 00:35:39,838 --> 00:35:41,740 WE'LL MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE WHILE YOU'RE WAITING. 997 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:42,508 CERTAINLY. 998 00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:43,709 THANK YOU. 999 00:35:47,679 --> 00:35:50,148 ( door closes ) 1000 00:35:50,216 --> 00:35:51,917 PUT HIM ON A BUS. 1001 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,620 THAT'S A GUARANTEED CONFIRMATION WE'RE SENDING OUT THE DOOR 1002 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,955 BASED ON A 30-YEAR-OLD PIECE OF PAPER 1003 00:35:57,022 --> 00:36:00,025 WHICH, BY THE WAY, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW ABOUT BUT US. 1004 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,927 YOU DON'T THINK THE GUY THAT CALLED SAM 1005 00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:03,695 WOULD KNOW HOW TO CALL A SENATOR'S OFFICE? 1006 00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:04,563 MR. PRESIDENT 1007 00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:06,064 IF THIS IS ABOUT ABORTION... 1008 00:36:06,131 --> 00:36:07,399 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ABORTION. 1009 00:36:07,466 --> 00:36:08,900 IT'S ABOUT THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 1010 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:11,102 '20s AND '30s, IT WAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT. 1011 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:12,771 '50s AND '60s, IT WAS CIVIL RIGHTS. 1012 00:36:12,838 --> 00:36:15,073 THE NEXT TWO DECADES ARE GOING TO BE PRIVACY. 1013 00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:17,142 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNET. 1014 00:36:17,209 --> 00:36:18,210 I'M TALKING ABOUT CELL PHONES. 1015 00:36:18,277 --> 00:36:19,345 I'M TALKING ABOUT HEALTH RECORDS 1016 00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:21,747 AND WHO'S GAY AND WHO'S NOT. 1017 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:25,417 AND MOREOVER, IN A COUNTRY BORN OF THE WILL TO BE FREE 1018 00:36:25,484 --> 00:36:27,919 WHAT COULD BE MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN THIS? 1019 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:32,824 TOBY? 1020 00:36:36,495 --> 00:36:37,863 LET'S MEET MENDOZA. 1021 00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:42,334 ( knocking ) 1022 00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:45,804 THEY'RE MEETING WITH MENDOZA. 1023 00:36:45,871 --> 00:36:48,006 YEAH. 1024 00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:49,508 YEAH. 1025 00:36:49,575 --> 00:36:53,579 AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO KILL MYSELF NOW. 1026 00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:55,414 YOU THINK MENDOZA WOULD BE A BAD JUSTICE? 1027 00:36:55,481 --> 00:36:56,848 I THINK MENDOZA WOULD MAKE A GREAT JUSTICE. 1028 00:36:56,915 --> 00:36:59,385 I THINK HE MAKES A LOUSY NOMINEE. WHY? 1029 00:36:59,451 --> 00:37:01,553 HE'S RULED IN FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES... 1030 00:37:01,620 --> 00:37:02,888 HE DIDN'T RULE IN FAVOR OF IT, MANDY. 1031 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:04,456 HE'S NOT RECOMMENDING IT. 1032 00:37:04,523 --> 00:37:06,592 HE RULED THAT THE STATE HAS NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE WITH IT. 1033 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:09,295 HE'S GOT THE BROADEST POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION FOR FREE SPEECH... 1034 00:37:09,361 --> 00:37:10,896 AND LISTENING TO YOU SOMETIMES 1035 00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:12,798 I WISH HE'D NARROW IT SOME. 1036 00:37:12,864 --> 00:37:14,500 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME HOW TO BE A GOOD PERSON. 1037 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:16,268 I'M THE ONE WHO HAS TO SELL THIS 1038 00:37:16,335 --> 00:37:20,806 AND HE IS NOT EXACTLY AMERICA'S IDEA OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 1039 00:37:20,872 --> 00:37:24,643 LET'S DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON. 1040 00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:27,413 HARRISON WENT TO WALNUT PARK COUNTRY DAY 1041 00:37:27,479 --> 00:37:29,648 PHILLIPS-EXETER AND PRINCETON UNDERGRAD 1042 00:37:29,715 --> 00:37:31,082 AND HARVARD LAW. 1043 00:37:31,149 --> 00:37:34,386 MENDOZA ATTENDED P.S. 138 IN BROOKLYN 1044 00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:36,154 CITY UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK 1045 00:37:36,221 --> 00:37:38,123 AND THE NEW YORK POLICE ACADEMY. 1046 00:37:38,189 --> 00:37:39,725 HARRISON CLERKED FOR WARREN BURGER. 1047 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,226 MENDOZA... 1048 00:37:41,293 --> 00:37:44,029 NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, '65 TO '76 1049 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:47,366 ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BROOKLYN, '76 TO '80. 1050 00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:49,568 ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY, EASTERN DISTRICT 1051 00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:50,669 FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE... 1052 00:37:50,736 --> 00:37:52,137 BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 1053 00:37:52,203 --> 00:37:53,305 MENDOZA WENT TO LAW SCHOOL THE HARD WAY. 1054 00:37:53,372 --> 00:37:54,740 HE GOT SHOT IN THE LEG 1055 00:37:54,806 --> 00:37:57,008 AND WHEN THEY OFFERED HIM 100 PERCENT DISPENSATION 1056 00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:59,811 HE TOOK A DESK JOB INSTEAD AND WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AT NIGHT. 1057 00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:03,248 HE IS BRILLIANT, DECISIVE, COMPASSIONATE AND EXPERIENCED 1058 00:38:03,315 --> 00:38:06,017 AND IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT HE'S AMERICA'S IDEA OF A JURIST 1059 00:38:06,084 --> 00:38:08,387 THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH IN AMERICANS. 1060 00:38:08,454 --> 00:38:10,221 IT'S NOT AMERICANS I DON'T HAVE FAITH IN, JOSH. 1061 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:14,526 IT'S THE WHITE HOUSE SENIOR STAFF. 1062 00:38:14,593 --> 00:38:16,462 THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY ONE. 1063 00:38:16,528 --> 00:38:18,464 AND IF ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE OVER LILLIENFIELD 1064 00:38:18,530 --> 00:38:21,099 IT COULD HONESTLY CRIPPLE US FOR A YEAR, MAYBE MORE. 1065 00:38:21,166 --> 00:38:22,601 ( sighs ) 1066 00:38:22,668 --> 00:38:25,571 WELL, I MEAN, JUST THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS SAYS 1067 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:28,073 WE GOT TO WIN ONE ONE OF THESE DAYS, RIGHT? 1068 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,475 YEAH. 1069 00:38:29,541 --> 00:38:32,778 SO LET'S MAKE IT A GOOD ONE. 1070 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,648 I STILL HATE YOU. 1071 00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:39,351 WHATEVER. 1072 00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:53,365 WHO WAS THAT? 1073 00:38:53,432 --> 00:38:54,800 ROBERTO MENDOZA. 1074 00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:09,881 IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR YOU TO STAY HERE. 1075 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:11,316 THE PRESIDENT ASKED ME TO STAY WITH YOU 1076 00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:13,251 IN CASE YOU NEEDED ANYTHING. 1077 00:39:13,318 --> 00:39:15,387 I'D BE GLAD TO STAY OUTSIDE IF YOU PREFER. 1078 00:39:15,454 --> 00:39:16,688 YES, THANK YOU. 1079 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:17,756 WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING? 1080 00:39:17,823 --> 00:39:18,757 COFFEE, PLEASE. 1081 00:39:18,824 --> 00:39:20,526 YES, SIR. 1082 00:39:20,592 --> 00:39:21,927 YOU LOOK VERY FAMILIAR. 1083 00:39:21,993 --> 00:39:23,128 IS IT POSSIBLE WE'VE MET? 1084 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:26,798 I CADDIED FOR THREE SUMMERS AT SANDY HOOK, SIR. 1085 00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:27,799 OF COURSE. 1086 00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:28,900 CHARLIE YOUNG. 1087 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:30,636 CHARLIE, OF COURSE. 1088 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:32,404 I'LL GET YOUR COFFEE. 1089 00:39:36,442 --> 00:39:38,744 ( door closes ) 1090 00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:47,252 JUDGE MENDOZA, I HAVE A NOTE THAT YOUR RULINGS 1091 00:39:47,318 --> 00:39:48,854 HAVE BEEN UPHELD BY THE COURT OF APPEALS 1092 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,090 MORE THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT JUDGE IN THE COUNTRY. 1093 00:39:52,157 --> 00:39:53,459 WELL, THAT'S WHAT COMES 1094 00:39:53,525 --> 00:39:56,161 FROM BEING RIGHT MOST OF THE TIME, I GUESS. 1095 00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:59,064 ( President chuckling ) 1096 00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:00,231 YOU NEED ME, LEO? 1097 00:40:00,298 --> 00:40:01,567 FOR JUST A MOMENT, SIR. 1098 00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:02,801 WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME, PLEASE? 1099 00:40:02,868 --> 00:40:04,002 CERTAINLY. 1100 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:15,380 MR. PRESIDENT... 1101 00:40:15,447 --> 00:40:17,449 WHAT IS IT, LEO? 1102 00:40:17,516 --> 00:40:19,551 THERE'S GOING TO BE TROUBLE. 1103 00:40:19,618 --> 00:40:21,186 LILLIENFIELD? 1104 00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:22,721 YES, SIR. 1105 00:40:22,788 --> 00:40:23,855 HE KNOWS? 1106 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:24,923 WE THINK SO. 1107 00:40:24,990 --> 00:40:25,991 WE? 1108 00:40:26,057 --> 00:40:27,392 JOSH HAS IT. 1109 00:40:27,459 --> 00:40:29,528 WHAT DOES JOSH SAY? 1110 00:40:29,595 --> 00:40:31,930 GET THROUGH IT. 1111 00:40:31,997 --> 00:40:33,632 JOSH IS A SMART GUY. 1112 00:40:33,699 --> 00:40:36,502 NO, SIR. JOSH IS A YOUNG GUY. 1113 00:40:36,568 --> 00:40:39,304 WE USED TO BE, TOO. 1114 00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:40,438 MR. PRESIDENT... 1115 00:40:40,506 --> 00:40:41,740 DID YOU HAVE A DRINK YESTERDAY? 1116 00:40:41,807 --> 00:40:42,674 NO, SIR. 1117 00:40:42,741 --> 00:40:43,942 ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ONE TODAY? 1118 00:40:44,009 --> 00:40:44,976 NO, SIR. 1119 00:40:45,043 --> 00:40:48,514 THAT'S ALL YOU EVER HAVE TO SAY TO ME. 1120 00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:53,418 YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS VERY HARD FOR A WHILE. 1121 00:40:53,485 --> 00:40:54,820 YOU FOUGHT IN A WAR. 1122 00:40:54,886 --> 00:40:58,089 YOU GOT ME ELECTED, AND YOU RUN THE COUNTRY. 1123 00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:01,192 I THINK WE ALL OWE YOU ONE, DON'T YOU? 1124 00:41:06,331 --> 00:41:07,298 MR. PRESIDENT. 1125 00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:08,199 DID HARRISON GET OFF OKAY? 1126 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:09,768 YES, SIR. 1127 00:41:09,835 --> 00:41:11,136 THERE'S A BIT OF A CROWD BUILDING UP OUTSIDE YOUR OFFICE. 1128 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:12,738 WHY? 1129 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:14,506 I THINK WORD HAS GOTTEN OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE, SIR. 1130 00:41:14,573 --> 00:41:16,508 I'LL BET IT HAS. 1131 00:41:16,575 --> 00:41:18,176 DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, SAM? 1132 00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:20,512 NO, SIR. I HAVE ONE, SIR. 1133 00:41:20,579 --> 00:41:23,515 LET ME SAY THIS IS NOT AN EASY COMMISSION TO GET APPOINTED TO. 1134 00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:28,486 JUDGE, WITHOUT KNOWING DETAILS 1135 00:41:28,554 --> 00:41:29,821 OR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 1136 00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:31,456 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY OF SOMEONE BEING FIRED 1137 00:41:31,523 --> 00:41:32,858 FOR REFUSING TO TAKE A DRUG TEST 1138 00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:34,560 AT THE ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT? 1139 00:41:34,626 --> 00:41:37,162 WITHOUT DETAILS OR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES? 1140 00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:38,730 YES, SIR. 1141 00:41:38,797 --> 00:41:40,265 WITHOUT SHOWING CAUSE 1142 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:43,769 I WOULD SAY THAT THE ORDER CONSTITUTES AN ILLEGAL SEARCH 1143 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:47,005 AND I WOULD ORDER THAT THE EMPLOYEE BE REINSTATED. 1144 00:41:50,275 --> 00:41:52,043 TOBY? 1145 00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:53,545 SOLD. 1146 00:41:59,918 --> 00:42:01,787 JUDGE MENDOZA, WOULD IT SURPRISE YOU 1147 00:42:01,853 --> 00:42:03,755 TO LEARN THAT FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS 1148 00:42:03,822 --> 00:42:05,657 YOUR NAME HAS BEEN ON THE SHORT LIST OF CANDIDATES 1149 00:42:05,724 --> 00:42:07,726 FOR THE BENCH? 1150 00:42:07,793 --> 00:42:10,328 YES, MR. PRESIDENT. 1151 00:42:10,395 --> 00:42:13,599 WELL, THEN, THIS IS GOING TO KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF. 1152 00:42:13,665 --> 00:42:15,634 TOMORROW EVENING AT 5:00 1153 00:42:15,701 --> 00:42:18,704 I AM NAMING YOU AS MY NOMINEE TO BE 1154 00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:19,871 THE NEXT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE 1155 00:42:19,938 --> 00:42:22,540 OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. 1156 00:42:22,608 --> 00:42:24,442 YOU WERE NOT THE FIRST CHOICE 1157 00:42:24,509 --> 00:42:26,477 BUT YOU ARE THE LAST ONE 1158 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,714 AND THE RIGHT ONE. 1159 00:42:30,982 --> 00:42:33,819 WILL YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? 1160 00:42:36,021 --> 00:42:38,456 WITH HONOR. 1161 00:42:38,523 --> 00:42:40,058 GOOD. 1162 00:42:40,125 --> 00:42:41,326 THANK YOU. 1163 00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:43,862 SAM AND TOBY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR CONFIRMATION. 1164 00:42:43,929 --> 00:42:45,163 CONGRATULATIONS, JUDGE. THANK YOU. 1165 00:42:45,230 --> 00:42:47,398 IT WILL BE AN EXCRUCIATING BATTLE, MR. JUSTICE 1166 00:42:47,465 --> 00:42:48,834 BUT ONE I HAVE NO INTENTION OF LOSING. 1167 00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:51,136 WHAT DO YOU SAY, LEO? YOU UP FOR A GOOD FIGHT? 1168 00:42:51,202 --> 00:42:53,939 I BELIEVE I HAVE ONE IN ME. YES, SIR. 1169 00:42:54,005 --> 00:42:54,773 GOOD. 1170 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,208 LET THE GOOD FIGHT BEGIN. 1171 00:43:04,449 --> 00:43:06,551 MR. JUSTICE MENDOZA! 1172 00:43:06,618 --> 00:43:09,320 ( applause and cheering )