1 00:00:13,973 --> 00:00:18,686 Assuming the court erred in allowing the jury to consider factors... 2 00:00:18,895 --> 00:00:23,441 ...that were vague or duplicative in violation of the 8th Amendment... 3 00:00:23,650 --> 00:00:27,278 ...such error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. 4 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:30,865 A stay of execution of the sentence of death... 5 00:00:31,115 --> 00:00:35,912 ...presented to the chief justice and to the court, is denied. 6 00:00:36,162 --> 00:00:39,999 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. 7 00:00:40,250 --> 00:00:44,963 The petitioner is remanded to the federal facility in Indiana... 8 00:00:45,171 --> 00:00:50,927 ...to be executed by lethal injection Monday morning at 12:01 a.m. 9 00:00:51,135 --> 00:00:56,265 - Who's our guy at the White House? - It's over. We don't have a guy. 10 00:00:56,474 --> 00:01:00,395 - Who can we call right now? - The switchboard operator. 11 00:01:00,603 --> 00:01:03,106 - Who's got the president's ear? - Nobody. 12 00:01:03,314 --> 00:01:06,567 - Sam Seaborn. - You know Seaborn? 13 00:01:06,818 --> 00:01:10,279 - I beat him up in high school. - You're kidding me. 14 00:01:10,488 --> 00:01:14,742 You can call him right now? He'll take the call? 15 00:01:14,951 --> 00:01:17,078 Let's find out. 16 00:01:19,455 --> 00:01:23,126 - I'm out of here. - You've gotta see Sam. 17 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:27,338 - I'll see Sam, then I'm out. - You gonna behave tonight? 18 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:31,467 It's a bachelor party. I can drink with the best of them. 19 00:01:31,676 --> 00:01:35,888 - You can't drink with any of them. - I'm in politics, I can. 20 00:01:36,139 --> 00:01:39,851 - Your system's sensitive. - Stop telling people that. 21 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:42,729 Two drinks and you'll sleep all weekend. 22 00:01:42,979 --> 00:01:48,568 It's the first time I've had a chance to spend the weekend not working. 23 00:01:48,776 --> 00:01:53,614 - Are there gonna be strippers? - No. Men don't like that anymore. 24 00:01:53,865 --> 00:01:56,617 - Men don't like naked women? - We do. 25 00:01:56,826 --> 00:02:00,246 Looking at them with your friends makes you feel... 26 00:02:00,455 --> 00:02:04,459 - Sleazy? - Uncomfortable. Sam, what do you need? 27 00:02:04,709 --> 00:02:07,837 - I need you to do me a favor. - On O'Dwyer? 28 00:02:08,045 --> 00:02:11,007 - People wanna know what's going on. - Who? 29 00:02:11,257 --> 00:02:14,886 - Campaign manager named Joey Lucas. - What's he like? 30 00:02:15,094 --> 00:02:17,555 - I didn't talk to him. - What favor? 31 00:02:17,764 --> 00:02:21,976 - I scheduled a meeting tomorrow. - Aren't you going sailing? 32 00:02:22,226 --> 00:02:24,520 - How are you gonna...? - Ten minutes. 33 00:02:24,729 --> 00:02:26,731 - On Saturday? - You have plans? 34 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:29,776 - I planned on doing nothing. - Ten minutes. 35 00:02:30,026 --> 00:02:34,864 He's gonna be excited to meet you. Joshua Lyman, deputy chief of staff. 36 00:02:35,072 --> 00:02:38,201 - What do I tell him? - Tell him the truth. 37 00:02:38,409 --> 00:02:40,912 - I don't think so. - What time? 38 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,831 - 10 a.m. - You have to be here at 10 a.m. 39 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,708 - We have to. - Why me? 40 00:02:45,958 --> 00:02:49,712 - Because you work for me. - I have things to do tomorrow. 41 00:02:49,921 --> 00:02:51,839 - What things? - Shopping. 42 00:02:52,089 --> 00:02:53,758 - For what? - Whatever. 43 00:02:54,008 --> 00:02:56,636 When it's over, I'll buy you shoes. 44 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,554 - Really? - I'm out of here. 45 00:02:58,763 --> 00:03:02,934 - I'm bringing back the cup! - Stay in the boat this time. 46 00:03:03,142 --> 00:03:04,602 - Okay. - Good luck. 47 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:07,438 I got foul-weather gear! See you! 48 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:10,024 - Bonnie, I'm done? - You're done. 49 00:03:10,233 --> 00:03:13,653 I'm gonna be unreachable for the weekend. 50 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:15,321 Good. 51 00:03:15,571 --> 00:03:18,658 I'm not taking my pager or my cell phone. 52 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:20,117 You earned it. 53 00:03:20,368 --> 00:03:23,371 Out on the ocean, cut off from the White House. 54 00:03:23,621 --> 00:03:28,668 - It'll be good for you. - I'll take my pager and my cell phone. 55 00:03:28,918 --> 00:03:32,463 No, I'm cutting the cord. No cell phone or pager. 56 00:03:32,672 --> 00:03:36,300 - Sam, you need to relax. - Yeah. 57 00:03:36,509 --> 00:03:39,929 - Have a good weekend. - You too. 58 00:03:52,942 --> 00:03:54,193 Sam Seaborn. 59 00:04:40,489 --> 00:04:43,409 - Is he guilty? - That's not the point. 60 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:44,660 Is he guilty? 61 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:50,082 Blackmun went on record. It was a drug cartel, he killed two kingpins. 62 00:04:50,291 --> 00:04:53,711 - Public service murder? - These weren't schoolgirls. 63 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:56,922 - He supported the death penalty. - He reversed. 64 00:04:57,173 --> 00:05:00,551 He said, "I no longer shall tinker with death. 65 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:06,056 I feel obligated to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed. " 66 00:05:06,265 --> 00:05:11,020 - Don't quote Harry Blackmun. - Tell the president he can't run. 67 00:05:11,228 --> 00:05:13,439 He's gotta consider my client. 68 00:05:13,689 --> 00:05:19,111 I don't talk to the president that way. People don't talk to me that way. 69 00:05:19,361 --> 00:05:23,824 I got a guy 48 hours away from death. You're gonna make it personal? 70 00:05:24,033 --> 00:05:28,204 - How long you been with the PD's office? - About two years. 71 00:05:28,412 --> 00:05:30,748 I heard you were at Ross-Lipton. 72 00:05:30,956 --> 00:05:32,583 - I was. - What happened? 73 00:05:32,792 --> 00:05:37,379 They gave me a partnership and a corner office. What do you think? 74 00:05:37,588 --> 00:05:40,674 The president's serious about separation of powers. 75 00:05:40,925 --> 00:05:46,597 The Constitution says he can grant pardons for offenses against the U.S. 76 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:51,685 - The judicial branch has spoken, so... - That's what he'll hide behind? 77 00:05:51,894 --> 00:05:55,314 He's not hiding. He's on Air Force One. 78 00:05:55,564 --> 00:05:56,982 When does he land? 79 00:05:57,191 --> 00:06:00,319 - 9 a.m. - That's when you'll talk to him? 80 00:06:00,528 --> 00:06:03,030 - I won't, but I'll ask Toby... - What? 81 00:06:03,239 --> 00:06:09,245 I'll pass it up to Toby Ziegler. But I have to be honest with you... 82 00:06:09,453 --> 00:06:11,497 Talk to him in the morning. 83 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:15,543 - Toby will be at temple first thing... - What temple? 84 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:17,461 - Bobby... - What temple? 85 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:20,047 - I don't know. - Know where it is? 86 00:06:20,256 --> 00:06:23,842 - I think it's on Delaware. - Thank you. 87 00:06:42,653 --> 00:06:44,488 - Leo? - I thought you left. 88 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:47,199 - I came to get my bag. - What's up? 89 00:06:47,408 --> 00:06:49,952 - They denied the appeal. - Simon Cruz? 90 00:06:50,202 --> 00:06:52,121 - I thought they... - Me too. 91 00:06:52,371 --> 00:06:55,958 Our guy said they would send it to the 6th Circuit. 92 00:06:56,166 --> 00:07:00,212 - They denied the appeal, 5-3. - It wasn't supposed to happen. 93 00:07:00,421 --> 00:07:05,884 - We've gotta get Mendoza on the bench. - If he was, they would've lost 5-4. 94 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:10,472 The execution is scheduled for 12:01, Monday morning. 95 00:07:10,723 --> 00:07:13,100 So, ball's in our court. 96 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:16,186 I'm not sure the president wants the ball. 97 00:07:16,437 --> 00:07:18,897 That makes two of us. 98 00:07:19,815 --> 00:07:22,234 Have a good weekend. 99 00:07:23,277 --> 00:07:26,822 - You're not gonna...? - He lands at 9 a.m. tomorrow. 100 00:07:27,031 --> 00:07:30,617 - I'll talk it through with him. - I'll brief Toby. 101 00:07:30,826 --> 00:07:33,412 - Right. - I'll see you later. 102 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:36,081 - Sam. - Yeah? 103 00:07:36,290 --> 00:07:38,333 - Why Monday? - What do you mean? 104 00:07:38,584 --> 00:07:42,004 The court denied the appeal, why not tonight? 105 00:07:42,212 --> 00:07:46,341 We don't execute people between sundown Friday and sundown Sunday. 106 00:07:46,592 --> 00:07:48,218 - Why? - Hard to believe... 107 00:07:48,427 --> 00:07:50,095 - You're kidding me. - No. 108 00:07:50,304 --> 00:07:54,808 - We don't execute people on the Sabbath. - No. 109 00:07:55,017 --> 00:07:57,936 That's the most bizarre thing I've heard. 110 00:07:58,187 --> 00:08:04,651 You'll find that there's no part of this discussion that isn't bizarre. 111 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:07,905 I'm gonna go. I got a race in the morning. 112 00:08:08,113 --> 00:08:11,867 - Hold on to a rope or something. - Yeah. 113 00:08:13,786 --> 00:08:15,370 Damn it. 114 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:07,673 Josh? 115 00:09:08,674 --> 00:09:10,467 Josh? 116 00:09:11,385 --> 00:09:14,346 - Hi. - What are you doing? 117 00:09:14,555 --> 00:09:17,808 - What? - Did you spend the night here? 118 00:09:18,016 --> 00:09:21,645 - No, a couple of hours. - The party went till morning? 119 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,856 - Yep. - Why didn't you go home? 120 00:09:28,485 --> 00:09:31,113 - What? - Why didn't you go home? 121 00:09:31,321 --> 00:09:35,784 I couldn't find my keys. Or remember where I lived. 122 00:09:36,618 --> 00:09:40,080 I think there might have been strippers there. 123 00:09:40,330 --> 00:09:43,625 Oh, my God! What happened to your clothes? 124 00:09:43,875 --> 00:09:45,836 - I wrinkled my suit. - Josh! 125 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:50,549 - You wanna speak very softly. - How did you get like this? 126 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:55,512 - People were pouring champagne. - And then wrestling in dirt? 127 00:09:55,721 --> 00:09:59,683 I can't remember, but it's not out of the question. 128 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:07,399 - You have a meeting. - Yeah, I know. I'm not, you know.... 129 00:10:09,234 --> 00:10:13,488 - What was the meeting again? - Joey Lucas about O'Dwyer. 130 00:10:13,697 --> 00:10:17,451 - Josh, you can't wear those clothes. - I'm fine. 131 00:10:17,701 --> 00:10:22,205 - They're the only clothes I got. - I'll find some other clothes. 132 00:10:22,414 --> 00:10:25,459 - You'll listen from now on? - I'm not listening now. 133 00:10:25,667 --> 00:10:30,797 - I said, are you gonna...? - Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! 134 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:37,429 - C.J. - Don't start with me. 135 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,557 I was being entertaining and instructive. 136 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:44,936 I'm no longer belted down next to the passenger from hell. 137 00:10:45,145 --> 00:10:47,856 - Welcome back. - What're you doing here? 138 00:10:48,106 --> 00:10:50,359 - How was the flight? - Gruesome. 139 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:55,739 We got a history of the fjords, then we got a quiz on the fjords. 140 00:10:55,947 --> 00:10:59,951 You know how much I want to drop-kick you into a fjord? 141 00:11:00,202 --> 00:11:03,455 - You don't know how to have fun. - It was quite a trip. 142 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:06,416 It's not over yet. 143 00:11:22,391 --> 00:11:26,104 - Josh, here. - What's that? 144 00:11:26,354 --> 00:11:29,190 - Sam's foul-weather gear. - Coffee? 145 00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:32,110 It's strong. Drink it all. 146 00:11:33,236 --> 00:11:35,738 It's from yesterday, it might not be hot. 147 00:11:35,947 --> 00:11:38,866 - What time's he coming? - 40 minutes. 148 00:11:39,617 --> 00:11:42,411 - I'm not wearing that. - One-hour cleaners. 149 00:11:42,620 --> 00:11:46,207 - He'll be here in 40 minutes. - Zuzu'll do it in 30. 150 00:11:46,457 --> 00:11:49,710 - Who's Zuzu? - The guy from the dry cleaners. 151 00:11:49,919 --> 00:11:52,755 - His name is Zuzu? - Change your clothes. 152 00:11:52,964 --> 00:11:56,717 I'll look like the Gorton's fisherman in this thing. 153 00:12:02,348 --> 00:12:04,892 With Passover on the horizon... 154 00:12:05,309 --> 00:12:09,230 ...millions of Jews will gather around Seder tables. 155 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:14,861 We'll sing our songs and ask our questions... 156 00:12:15,152 --> 00:12:20,700 ...about the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the kid. 157 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:26,330 We'll sing to entertain our children and to be reminded by the Haggadah... 158 00:12:26,581 --> 00:12:33,004 ...the simple truth. That violence begets violence. 159 00:12:33,921 --> 00:12:39,051 Vengeance is not Jewish. 160 00:12:43,389 --> 00:12:46,058 - Sam Seaborn. - What do you want? 161 00:12:46,309 --> 00:12:48,019 I'm at temple right now. 162 00:12:48,227 --> 00:12:53,691 By any chance, is your rabbi giving a sermon on capital punishment? 163 00:12:53,899 --> 00:12:58,237 No matter how deep our desire to witness the suffering of enemies... 164 00:12:58,446 --> 00:13:02,617 ...we are commanded to relocate our humanity. 165 00:13:02,867 --> 00:13:05,995 Vengeance is not Jewish. We are commanded to.... 166 00:13:06,245 --> 00:13:08,873 Yeah, he is. How did you know that? 167 00:13:09,123 --> 00:13:12,418 - I'll explain when you get here. -Why am I coming? 168 00:13:12,627 --> 00:13:17,006 - The appeal was denied. - All right, I'm on my way. 169 00:13:23,763 --> 00:13:27,350 Are you the jackass who has the DNC choking up funding... 170 00:13:27,558 --> 00:13:30,311 ...for the O'Dwyer campaign in the 46th? 171 00:13:30,519 --> 00:13:33,981 - What in God's name is happening? - I'm Joey Lucas. 172 00:13:34,774 --> 00:13:39,737 - You're Joey Lucas? - No, I'm Joey Lucas. 173 00:13:39,945 --> 00:13:42,448 Help me, because I don't... 174 00:13:42,698 --> 00:13:47,036 You idiot, I'm Joey Lucas! 175 00:13:48,537 --> 00:13:53,000 - Okay. I'm Josh Lyman. - I know who you are. 176 00:13:53,209 --> 00:13:56,420 - You're Joey Lucas? - What were you expecting? 177 00:13:56,629 --> 00:13:58,923 - A man. - I'm a woman. 178 00:13:59,131 --> 00:14:01,675 You're O'Dwyer's campaign manager? 179 00:14:01,884 --> 00:14:05,304 Yes, and I have three sources, two at the DNC... 180 00:14:05,513 --> 00:14:08,808 - What the hell are you wearing? - Me? 181 00:14:09,016 --> 00:14:13,729 - Yes. - I spilled some things on my clothes. 182 00:14:13,938 --> 00:14:18,067 Let's take a deep breath while I try and remember... 183 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:21,570 ...you know, where I am right now. 184 00:14:21,779 --> 00:14:25,157 - Are you drunk? - I have a very delicate system. 185 00:14:26,283 --> 00:14:30,496 I'm serious. I'm trying to get a guy elected to Congress. 186 00:14:30,704 --> 00:14:35,000 I wanna know why the White House is screwing around with me. 187 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:36,752 - Excuse me. - Thank God. 188 00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:40,422 - What's going on? - This is my assistant, Donna. 189 00:14:40,631 --> 00:14:44,176 - Donna, Joey Lucas. - Hi. 190 00:14:44,385 --> 00:14:48,472 I'm just gonna go... I'm gonna go change my clothes. 191 00:14:48,681 --> 00:14:50,891 I'll be right back. 192 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:55,104 - Took you long enough. - I got stuck. 193 00:14:55,312 --> 00:14:59,108 - You know how dumb I looked? - Joey Lucas is a woman? 194 00:14:59,358 --> 00:15:01,110 - Yes. - And she's deaf? 195 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,195 - Cool. - Give me that. 196 00:15:03,445 --> 00:15:06,282 - You need to see Sam. - What's Sam doing here? 197 00:15:06,490 --> 00:15:10,578 - The appeal was denied. - What are you talking about? 198 00:15:10,786 --> 00:15:13,330 All he said was, the appeal's denied. 199 00:15:13,539 --> 00:15:17,710 Oh, man. Make sure they're gonna be okay in there. 200 00:15:17,918 --> 00:15:20,462 This might take a few minutes. 201 00:15:20,754 --> 00:15:24,341 Are you saying my rabbi wrote a sermon just for me? 202 00:15:24,592 --> 00:15:29,013 - How'd he know what was going on? - Public defender, Bobby Zane... 203 00:15:29,221 --> 00:15:34,476 A public defender spoke to my rabbi? How did he know where I go to temple? 204 00:15:34,685 --> 00:15:37,354 I thought they'd send it to the 6th Circuit. 205 00:15:37,563 --> 00:15:38,772 I thought so too. 206 00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:40,691 - Where's president? - Home. 207 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:42,985 - We getting a briefing? - Yes. 208 00:15:43,235 --> 00:15:45,112 - When's the execution? - Sunday. 209 00:15:45,321 --> 00:15:47,406 - Monday, 12:01. - Tomorrow. 210 00:15:47,615 --> 00:15:50,659 - Lethal injection? - Did you sleep in a dumpster? 211 00:15:50,868 --> 00:15:54,580 - Possibly. Why aren't you sailing? - I stayed. 212 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:57,958 Evidence of capital punishment as a deterrent? 213 00:15:58,167 --> 00:15:59,418 Speculative. 214 00:15:59,627 --> 00:16:04,089 - What are the stats on executions? - '63 was the last execution. 215 00:16:04,298 --> 00:16:06,759 - Who commuted the sentence? - Lincoln. 216 00:16:06,967 --> 00:16:09,178 - Abraham? - No, Burt Lincoln. 217 00:16:09,386 --> 00:16:10,679 I'm surprised. 218 00:16:10,888 --> 00:16:15,517 I don't wanna debate on the death penalty. Let's get stuff ready. 219 00:16:15,726 --> 00:16:19,980 - I'm gonna start working with C.J. - I gotta get back too. 220 00:16:20,189 --> 00:16:23,442 Joey Lucas is waiting for me in my office. 221 00:16:23,651 --> 00:16:27,071 - What's he like? - He's got very nice legs. 222 00:16:27,321 --> 00:16:30,324 - He's a woman? - Yes, he is. He's also deaf. 223 00:16:30,532 --> 00:16:33,869 And very pissed. I'll be right back. 224 00:16:37,998 --> 00:16:39,917 Sam? 225 00:16:40,626 --> 00:16:45,714 There's room to give the president judicial cover if he wants to commute. 226 00:16:45,923 --> 00:16:51,011 This guy was convicted of three murders by a Mexican court. 227 00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:55,641 The trial judge let the prosecutor introduce the evidence. 228 00:16:55,849 --> 00:16:57,893 Mexican courts are ridiculous... 229 00:16:58,102 --> 00:17:03,399 - How did he know I was at that temple? - He didn't have great legal counsel. 230 00:17:03,649 --> 00:17:05,901 - How did he know? - I told him. 231 00:17:06,110 --> 00:17:09,321 - You told him. - Yeah. 232 00:17:09,738 --> 00:17:12,741 What are you doing giving out that inform...? 233 00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:16,245 At that moment, it seemed like what I should do. 234 00:17:16,495 --> 00:17:21,834 - He's not gonna commute the sentence. - We don't know what he's gonna do. 235 00:17:22,042 --> 00:17:26,588 - It seemed like what you should do? - Yeah. 236 00:17:26,797 --> 00:17:28,715 Okay. 237 00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:36,473 So anyway, he was tried and found guilty four years ago... 238 00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:42,187 ...in the district court in Michigan. The 6th Circuit turned down his appeal. 239 00:17:42,437 --> 00:17:47,109 The Supreme Court gave him a stay, heard the case, turned him down. 240 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:51,071 - We need Mendoza on the bench. - Your problem's today. 241 00:17:51,321 --> 00:17:54,199 - Why is it my problem? - As opposed to who? 242 00:17:54,449 --> 00:17:57,870 - Governor of Michigan. - Why isn't it a state crime? 243 00:17:58,078 --> 00:18:01,456 It was prosecuted under the Drug Kingpin Law... 244 00:18:01,665 --> 00:18:05,085 ...that was modified into the Omnibus Crime Bill. 245 00:18:05,294 --> 00:18:08,422 Allows the death penalty in drug-related homicides. 246 00:18:08,672 --> 00:18:12,843 The deputy AG's office is putting together a briefing. 247 00:18:13,051 --> 00:18:14,970 - How long? - About an hour. 248 00:18:15,179 --> 00:18:17,556 - Okay, I'll wait for that. - Yeah. 249 00:18:17,806 --> 00:18:22,394 - I'm gonna wanna see our people. - Everyone's here or on the way. 250 00:18:22,603 --> 00:18:27,191 - I'm not gonna be good at this. - You'll be joining a big club. 251 00:18:27,399 --> 00:18:28,984 Yeah. Charlie! 252 00:18:29,193 --> 00:18:31,278 - I'll call you. - Thank you. 253 00:18:31,486 --> 00:18:33,405 Thank you. 254 00:18:33,614 --> 00:18:34,907 Yes, sir? 255 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:38,577 There's a priest in Hanover, Thomas Cavanaugh. 256 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:44,041 I'd like to arrange to have him come down and see me this weekend. 257 00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:48,128 It's important the White House not pay for this. 258 00:18:48,337 --> 00:18:50,631 And I'm going to.... 259 00:18:52,758 --> 00:18:56,595 - I'm sorry, sir? - No, no. Never mind. 260 00:18:56,803 --> 00:19:00,557 Yeah. I'm gonna wanna talk to the pope. 261 00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:03,352 I'm gonna ask you a question. 262 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:09,274 It's okay to tell me I've crossed the line and I should shut my mouth. 263 00:19:09,483 --> 00:19:12,402 What happened to the guy who shot your mother? 264 00:19:12,611 --> 00:19:14,613 They haven't found him yet. 265 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:18,408 If they did, would you want to see him executed? 266 00:19:18,909 --> 00:19:24,247 Killing a police officer is a capital crime. You must have thought about it. 267 00:19:24,456 --> 00:19:25,749 And? 268 00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:29,753 I wouldn't want to see him executed, Mr. President. 269 00:19:30,796 --> 00:19:33,632 I'd want to do it myself. 270 00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:39,888 Yeah. 271 00:19:42,057 --> 00:19:44,559 I'll get started on these arrangements. 272 00:19:44,768 --> 00:19:48,438 - Thank you, Charlie. - Thank you, Mr. President. 273 00:19:57,155 --> 00:20:01,660 I'm running a campaign against a conservative Republican. 274 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:06,039 He opposed gay rights, abortion and gun control. 275 00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:11,878 He supports amending the Bill of Rights to prohibit burning an American flag. 276 00:20:12,087 --> 00:20:17,217 We have a chance to beat him. Why is the DNC cutting down my funding? 277 00:20:17,426 --> 00:20:20,554 - Because you have a chance. - Excuse me? 278 00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:25,600 - Your campaign is doing way too well. - Are you deranged? 279 00:20:25,809 --> 00:20:29,980 He's a preposterous figure. We wanna keep him where he is. 280 00:20:30,230 --> 00:20:32,691 As a poster boy for the radical right? 281 00:20:32,941 --> 00:20:37,154 When he comes out with a declaration about "brown people"... 282 00:20:37,362 --> 00:20:41,616 ...the DNC makes it a mail campaign. He's good for $2 million. 283 00:20:41,825 --> 00:20:44,995 - I wanna speak to the president. - No problem. 284 00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:46,246 I'm serious. 285 00:20:46,455 --> 00:20:50,625 He doesn't take meetings on this level. I don't either. 286 00:20:50,834 --> 00:20:53,128 What level is that? 287 00:20:53,378 --> 00:20:57,048 You should be afraid. I can create problems for you. 288 00:20:57,257 --> 00:21:01,970 - I'm not hearing party loyalty. - Maybe if your head wasn't so far... 289 00:21:02,179 --> 00:21:06,725 - I wanna speak to the president! - Lunatic, trust me when I say... 290 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:09,853 ...that there is no way you're gonna see him! 291 00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:12,272 Hey, Josh. 292 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:15,859 - Hello, Mr. President. - How are you? 293 00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:19,571 - I'd like this day to be over. - Who are your friends? 294 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:22,324 - This is Joey Lucas. - How are you? 295 00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:24,367 - Nice to meet you. - Thanks. 296 00:21:24,618 --> 00:21:26,870 - This is Kenny Somebody. - Thurman. 297 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:32,125 - We were just finishing up. - I was wandering the halls, thinking. 298 00:21:32,334 --> 00:21:36,004 I'll show these people off and I can wander with you. 299 00:21:36,213 --> 00:21:39,299 - You ever seen the White House? - No, sir. 300 00:21:39,883 --> 00:21:44,095 - Let's take a walk. Come on. - Yes, sir. 301 00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:48,058 I need biographical information on Simon Cruz. 302 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:49,935 - C-R-U-Z? - Don't know. 303 00:21:50,185 --> 00:21:53,897 - What information? - We need to spell his name right. 304 00:21:54,105 --> 00:21:56,274 - Do you read lips? - Yes, sir. 305 00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:58,693 - Joey? - Yes, sir. 306 00:21:58,902 --> 00:22:02,781 - Is that short for Joanne? - Josephine. 307 00:22:03,031 --> 00:22:05,909 - Your last name is Lucas? - Yes, sir. 308 00:22:06,159 --> 00:22:09,537 - Is that Polish? - Dutch. 309 00:22:09,746 --> 00:22:12,874 - Protestant? - Quaker. 310 00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:16,211 Well, this is the Oval Office. 311 00:22:19,965 --> 00:22:23,677 Come in, please. Sit down. 312 00:22:28,556 --> 00:22:33,728 - Where did you go to school? - UCLA and Stanford. 313 00:22:34,604 --> 00:22:40,026 There's a guy named Cruz on death row. He's gonna be executed in 36 hours. 314 00:22:40,235 --> 00:22:42,696 What do you think I should do? 315 00:22:45,615 --> 00:22:48,952 - Stay the execution. - Why? 316 00:22:49,452 --> 00:22:51,329 The state shouldn't kill. 317 00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:55,834 He was found guilty of a double murder and drug trafficking. 318 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:58,169 Send him to prison. 319 00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:01,381 - You're against capital punishment? - Yes, sir. 320 00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:04,843 - Did you study St. Augustine? - Yes, sir. 321 00:23:05,093 --> 00:23:07,220 - Thomas Aquinas? - Yes, sir. 322 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:12,308 Two smart guys, right? They believed in the Old Testament, which said: 323 00:23:12,517 --> 00:23:16,896 "Who sheddeth a man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. " 324 00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:22,068 Immanuel Kant said that the death penalty is a categorical imperative. 325 00:23:22,277 --> 00:23:25,071 But those writings are from other centuries. 326 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:30,827 A Harris poll says 71 % of American people support capital punishment. 327 00:23:31,035 --> 00:23:35,415 - That's a political problem. - I'm a politician. 328 00:23:37,709 --> 00:23:40,753 Thank you, Mr. President. We should.... 329 00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:44,549 Excuse me? 330 00:23:45,133 --> 00:23:49,804 I'm here because I'm running the campaign for O'Dwyer who's running... 331 00:23:50,013 --> 00:23:52,182 For the California 46th. 332 00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:54,851 O'Dwyer's an empty shirt. 333 00:23:55,059 --> 00:23:59,439 I don't like guys who run because they think it's a good gig. 334 00:23:59,647 --> 00:24:02,400 Find a live one and I'll get interested. 335 00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:07,489 The devil you know beats the devil you don't. I like the devil I got. 336 00:24:07,697 --> 00:24:10,492 Josh will take care of you from here. 337 00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:18,500 We're going. Nice meeting you. 338 00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:21,836 - Nice to meet you. - That was me saying that. 339 00:24:22,045 --> 00:24:24,881 You didn't have a good time meeting me? 340 00:24:26,341 --> 00:24:29,677 You know what? I actually know that sign. 341 00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:35,308 Don't know that one, but I can probably guess. 342 00:24:42,857 --> 00:24:46,986 I just wanna go through this piece a few times. 343 00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:55,328 - Rabbi Glassman. - Toby. 344 00:24:55,536 --> 00:24:58,873 I didn't hear you, which is fairly unusual. 345 00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:03,878 You missed the end of my sermon yesterday. 346 00:25:04,087 --> 00:25:08,383 I had to go back to my office and I think you know why. 347 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:12,512 Bobby Zane called Friday, told me what was happening. 348 00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:15,890 He asked if I had any influence on Toby Ziegler. 349 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:21,187 I told him, clearly he hadn't spent any time with Toby Ziegler. 350 00:25:24,607 --> 00:25:29,278 She's practicing a piece for a funeral service in the morning. 351 00:25:29,487 --> 00:25:32,115 - That's funny. - What? 352 00:25:32,323 --> 00:25:37,120 - I never imagined them practicing. - Day and night. 353 00:25:37,328 --> 00:25:43,292 You and Zane, what were you expecting when you gave your sermon yesterday? 354 00:25:43,543 --> 00:25:50,174 There was hope you might take the Sabbath day to consider your position. 355 00:25:51,718 --> 00:25:56,180 As communications director, I'm a counselor to the president. 356 00:25:56,389 --> 00:26:00,309 But my role in these situations is generally.... 357 00:26:02,186 --> 00:26:06,733 I create a public face for what... I don't influence policy. 358 00:26:06,941 --> 00:26:08,401 Of course you do. 359 00:26:08,609 --> 00:26:12,238 You want me to say, "Vengeance is not Jewish?" 360 00:26:12,447 --> 00:26:16,159 - Why not? - Well, neither is the president. 361 00:26:16,367 --> 00:26:21,539 The Catholic church's position on life is no abortion, no death penalty. 362 00:26:21,748 --> 00:26:23,166 I spent the day... 363 00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:26,461 Hoping the president wouldn't call the pope. 364 00:26:26,669 --> 00:26:27,712 Damn right. 365 00:26:27,962 --> 00:26:32,967 If he commuted the sentence after that, the fears of every non-Catholic... 366 00:26:33,217 --> 00:26:35,470 ...would be realized. 367 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:41,350 Congratulations, you may now join the White House communications staff. 368 00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:47,940 You look like you're having a long weekend. I appreciate you stopping by. 369 00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:52,320 Yeah. Well, you're welcome. 370 00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:56,908 The Torah doesn't prohibit capital punishment. 371 00:26:57,408 --> 00:26:59,827 - No. - It says, an eye for an eye. 372 00:27:00,036 --> 00:27:02,121 You know what it also says? 373 00:27:02,371 --> 00:27:06,000 It says a rebellious child can be stoned to death. 374 00:27:06,209 --> 00:27:10,296 It says homosexuality is an abomination, punishable by death. 375 00:27:10,505 --> 00:27:15,259 It says men can be polygamous and slavery is acceptable. 376 00:27:15,468 --> 00:27:21,098 For all I know, that thinking reflected the best wisdom of its time. 377 00:27:21,474 --> 00:27:26,312 But it's just plain wrong by any modern standard. 378 00:27:26,562 --> 00:27:31,776 Society has a right to protect itself, but not to be vengeful. 379 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:37,573 It has a right to punish, but it doesn't have a right to kill. 380 00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:44,038 You know what I think? You knew I was coming back here. 381 00:27:44,247 --> 00:27:47,583 And I think you put her there on purpose. 382 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:51,337 She's our communications director. 383 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,507 Yeah. Anyway.... 384 00:27:54,757 --> 00:27:58,010 - Shalom, Toby. - Shalom, Rabbi. 385 00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:13,442 - C.J.? You have everything you need? - Yeah. 386 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:15,945 I mean, for a briefing? 387 00:28:16,153 --> 00:28:21,784 I have this biographical information. His mother's name is Sophia. Sophia. 388 00:28:21,993 --> 00:28:25,538 - You're gonna need more than that. - I have more. 389 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,331 Okay. 390 00:28:27,581 --> 00:28:31,585 You know, I have no position on capital punishment. 391 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:35,423 Been trying to get worked up about it... 392 00:28:35,673 --> 00:28:39,135 ...but the truth is, I don't care if Cruz dies. 393 00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:43,723 If it brings comfort to the families of the victims, why not? 394 00:28:43,973 --> 00:28:45,266 That's valid. 395 00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:50,146 So here's my job tonight, if this thing happens. 396 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:54,692 - At 12:01, he'll get the injection... - C.J. 397 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:58,362 No, I'm saying, I'm reading it right here. 398 00:28:58,571 --> 00:29:01,991 The first sign of death will be his hands twitching. 399 00:29:02,199 --> 00:29:05,453 After 60 seconds, he'll strain against the straps. 400 00:29:05,703 --> 00:29:11,292 His head will snap back violently. 90 seconds, he'll be in convulsions. 401 00:29:11,542 --> 00:29:15,588 At 12:04, he'll be pronounced dead. 402 00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:21,010 He killed two people. Probably more. 403 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:26,974 - Sorry I don't get worked up over it. - Me neither. 404 00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:31,896 Except at 12:04... 405 00:29:32,146 --> 00:29:37,276 ...because that's when the warden calls me. That's my job tonight. 406 00:29:37,485 --> 00:29:43,949 I have to tell the president he's dead and we're the ones who killed him. 407 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:51,707 So, I just wish I didn't know his mother's name was Sophia... 408 00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:54,126 ...is all I'm saying. 409 00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:01,884 Okay. 410 00:30:18,859 --> 00:30:21,695 Mr. President? Toby's here. 411 00:30:21,946 --> 00:30:23,864 Okay. 412 00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:28,410 - Good afternoon. Welcome back. - Thank you. 413 00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:32,790 - How was your trip? - Fine. What do you need? 414 00:30:32,998 --> 00:30:35,584 I had a strange experience this weekend. 415 00:30:35,793 --> 00:30:41,173 A PD on the Cruz case, trying the things you do when you're desperate... 416 00:30:41,382 --> 00:30:43,842 ...he went and spoke to my rabbi. 417 00:30:44,051 --> 00:30:47,304 - Jewish law doesn't prohibit... - I know. 418 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:51,475 The commandment does not say, "Thou shalt not kill. " 419 00:30:51,684 --> 00:30:56,939 I know. But the fact is that even 2000 years ago... 420 00:30:57,189 --> 00:31:03,737 ...the rabbis of the Talmud couldn't stomach it. 421 00:31:03,988 --> 00:31:06,574 They weren't about to rewrite the Torah... 422 00:31:06,824 --> 00:31:09,910 ...but they came up with legal restrictions... 423 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,831 ...which make our criminal justice system look.... 424 00:31:15,708 --> 00:31:19,461 They made it impossible for the state... 425 00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:23,465 ...to punish someone by killing them. 426 00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:27,886 - We make it very hard to kill anybody. - Should be impossible. 427 00:31:28,095 --> 00:31:31,140 - But it's not. - But it should be. 428 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,023 Hey, what's going on? 429 00:31:39,732 --> 00:31:42,192 Toby went to Shul. 430 00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:49,867 Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. 431 00:31:56,373 --> 00:32:00,252 Japan opened huge. Up two cents against the yen. 432 00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:05,883 I commute him for no reason other than I don't like the death penalty... 433 00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:11,638 ...and the next president sees it differently, I've laid track to all... 434 00:32:11,889 --> 00:32:14,975 The next guy will have 8th Amendment problems. 435 00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:17,269 If that's the only thing.... 436 00:32:17,478 --> 00:32:23,067 We cannot execute some people and not others depending on the mood. 437 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,985 It's cruel and unusual. 438 00:32:25,194 --> 00:32:31,200 If that's the only thing stopping you, then I'll say this for the first time: 439 00:32:31,575 --> 00:32:35,162 Let that be the next guy's problem. 440 00:32:37,539 --> 00:32:43,253 - Sir, Sam Seaborn. - Give me a minute, please, Nancy. 441 00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:51,011 - I'll take care of it. - Thank you. 442 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,015 The U.S. is 1 of 5 countries that puts to death... 443 00:32:55,224 --> 00:32:58,227 ...people under 18 when they commit a crime. 444 00:32:58,477 --> 00:32:59,978 - Nigeria. - Pakistan. 445 00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:04,817 - Saudi Arabia and Iran? - So that's a list we want to be on. 446 00:33:05,067 --> 00:33:08,111 - I put my notes together... - Walk with me. 447 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,864 - I was... - You're not gonna see him. 448 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:13,450 - Leo. - He's done. 449 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,912 - We have six hours. - He's done. 450 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:21,291 - It's not an impossible sell. - I've lived longer than you. 451 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:25,963 He's done and this was bungled. We were totally unprepared. 452 00:33:26,213 --> 00:33:29,842 This was supposed to go back to the 6th Circuit. 453 00:33:30,092 --> 00:33:33,011 What are you talking about? The court sat! 454 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:36,765 - What would you have done different? - I'd have.... 455 00:33:36,974 --> 00:33:40,644 Keep the president out of the country another two days? 456 00:33:42,396 --> 00:33:44,398 Yes. 457 00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:53,156 Leo, there are times when we are absolutely nowhere. 458 00:34:32,321 --> 00:34:37,701 - Thank you for meeting me. - Our flight's in one hour. 459 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:41,121 Aren't you impressed I tracked you down? 460 00:34:41,330 --> 00:34:42,998 - Was it hard? - Very. 461 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:47,419 I had to have my assistant call your office in California. 462 00:34:47,669 --> 00:34:51,340 When I say it out loud, it doesn't sound that impressive. 463 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:54,509 Did you make me meet you here for jokes? 464 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,220 I came at the request of the president. 465 00:34:57,429 --> 00:35:02,100 He felt that he was rude to you in the Oval Office yesterday. 466 00:35:02,309 --> 00:35:08,940 He apologizes, and while the tightening of funding was political strategy... 467 00:35:09,149 --> 00:35:12,277 ...he feels that your candidate is a schmuck... 468 00:35:12,486 --> 00:35:15,739 ...who gives liberalism a bad name. 469 00:35:19,076 --> 00:35:21,578 Yeah, I think so too. 470 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:25,165 I know you do. Why are you working for him? 471 00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:28,210 I'm a professional political operative. 472 00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:32,964 There's not exactly a seller's market for deaf campaign managers. 473 00:35:33,215 --> 00:35:35,342 I'd imagine. 474 00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:40,180 He wanted me to say he meant what he said. 475 00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:44,184 Come up with a live one and we'll get interested. 476 00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:47,270 - Did he have any suggestions? - He did. 477 00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:49,731 Who? 478 00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:52,067 You. 479 00:36:00,242 --> 00:36:03,286 You guys have a nice flight back. 480 00:36:34,317 --> 00:36:36,194 Mr. President? 481 00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:40,574 - Excuse me, Mr. President? - Yeah? 482 00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:44,578 - Father Cavanaugh. - Thank you. 483 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:51,877 - Tom. - Mr. President. 484 00:36:52,127 --> 00:36:54,588 Thank you, Charlie. 485 00:36:56,965 --> 00:36:59,801 - Thanks for coming. - It was no trouble. 486 00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:04,556 - Sorry I couldn't get here until now. - Seems like a wasted trip. 487 00:37:04,764 --> 00:37:07,767 - I can see the Oval Office. - This is it. 488 00:37:08,018 --> 00:37:11,938 - Show me around the room. - You're looking at the room. 489 00:37:12,188 --> 00:37:16,359 - Where's the red phone? - We don't use a red phone anymore. 490 00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:21,489 - How do you talk to the Kremlin? - I tell Mrs. Landingham. 491 00:37:21,698 --> 00:37:24,826 - Would you like a drink? - No. No, thanks. 492 00:37:25,619 --> 00:37:31,791 I don't know how to address you. Would you prefer Jed or Mr. President? 493 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,210 - I prefer Mr. President. - Fine. 494 00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:36,713 - Understand why? - Do I need to? 495 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:39,174 - It's not ego. - I didn't think so. 496 00:37:39,382 --> 00:37:44,012 The decisions I make in this room, do I send troops into harm's way? 497 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:48,058 Which fatal disease gets the most research money? 498 00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:54,105 It's helpful not to think of yourself as the man, but as the office. 499 00:37:54,314 --> 00:37:57,776 Then Mr. President it is. 500 00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:05,533 I had people on my staff search for a reason... 501 00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:09,871 ...the public would find palatable to commute the sentence. 502 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,709 A technicality. Any evidence of racism. 503 00:38:15,377 --> 00:38:19,839 So your staff spent the weekend looking for a way out? 504 00:38:20,048 --> 00:38:24,886 Like the kid in right field who doesn't want the ball to get hit to him? 505 00:38:25,762 --> 00:38:31,851 I'm the leader of a democracy. 71 % of the people support capital punishment. 506 00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:35,188 The people have spoken, the courts have spoken. 507 00:38:35,438 --> 00:38:38,650 Did you call the pope? And how do you do that? 508 00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:42,570 For crying out loud, I say, "Somebody get me the pope. " 509 00:38:42,779 --> 00:38:46,783 I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I was thinking.... 510 00:38:47,409 --> 00:38:53,832 You're just this kid from my parish, and now you're calling the pope. 511 00:38:54,249 --> 00:38:59,754 Anyway, I looked for a way out. I really did. 512 00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:05,802 "Vengeance is mine," sayeth the Lord. You know what that means? 513 00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:10,140 God is the only one who gets to kill people. 514 00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:14,435 - I know. - That was your way out. 515 00:39:15,562 --> 00:39:17,313 I know. 516 00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:21,484 - Did you pray? - I did, Tom. 517 00:39:21,734 --> 00:39:26,364 - Hard to believe, I prayed for wisdom. - And none came? 518 00:39:26,573 --> 00:39:32,412 It never has. And I'm a little pissed off about that. 519 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:39,127 I'm not kidding. 520 00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:41,588 You know.... 521 00:39:42,964 --> 00:39:46,551 You remind me of the man that lived by the river. 522 00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:51,890 He heard a radio report that the river was gonna flood the town. 523 00:39:52,098 --> 00:39:55,393 And that residents should evacuate their homes. 524 00:39:55,602 --> 00:40:01,858 But the man said, "I'm religious, I pray. God loves me, God will save me. " 525 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:06,863 The waters rose up. A guy in a rowboat came and shouted: 526 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:11,910 "Hey, you! The town is flooding! Let me take you to safety! " 527 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:19,042 The man shouted back, "I'm religious. I pray. God loves me. He'll save me. " 528 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:24,923 A helicopter was hovering overhead and a guy with a megaphone shouted: 529 00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:29,594 "Hey, you! You down there! The town is flooding! 530 00:40:29,844 --> 00:40:32,180 I'll take you to safety! " 531 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:36,517 The man shouted that he was religious, that he prayed... 532 00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:40,229 ...and that God would take him to safety. 533 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:45,860 Well, the man drowned. 534 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:53,701 Standing at the gates of St. Peter, he demanded an audience with God. 535 00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:59,832 "Lord," he said, "I'm a religious man, I pray. 536 00:41:00,041 --> 00:41:04,712 I thought you loved me. Why did this happen?" 537 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:11,719 God said, "I sent you a radio report, a helicopter and a guy in a rowboat. 538 00:41:11,928 --> 00:41:14,597 What the hell are you doing here?" 539 00:41:19,602 --> 00:41:23,731 He sent you a priest, a rabbi... 540 00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:27,568 ...and a Quaker, Mr. President. 541 00:41:27,777 --> 00:41:34,200 Not to mention his son, Jesus Christ. What do you want from him? 542 00:41:38,579 --> 00:41:40,706 Excuse me. 543 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:27,837 Jed, would you like me to hear your confession? 544 00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:31,465 Yes, please. 545 00:42:51,611 --> 00:42:55,156 Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. y killing them. 426 00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:27,886 - We make it very hard to kill anybody. - Should be impossible. 427 00:31:28,095 --> 00:31:31,140 - But it's not. - But it should be. 428 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,023 Hey, what's going on? 429 00:31:39,732 --> 00:31:42,192 Toby went to Shul. 430 00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:49,867 Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. 431 00:31:56,373 --> 00:32:00,252 Japan opened huge. Up two cents against the yen. 432 00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:05,883 I commute him for no reason other than I don't like the death penalty... 433 00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:11,638 ...and the next president sees it differently, I've laid track to all... 434 00:32:11,889 --> 00:32:14,975 The next guy will have 8th Amendment problems. 435 00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:17,269 If that's the only thing.... 436 00:32:17,478 --> 00:32:23,067 We cannot execute some people and not others depending on the mood. 437 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,985 It's cruel and unusual. 438 00:32:25,194 --> 00:32:31,200 If that's the only thing stopping you, then I'll say this for the first time: 439 00:32:31,575 --> 00:32:35,162 Let that be the next guy's problem. 440 00:32:37,539 --> 00:32:43,253 - Sir, Sam Seaborn. - Give me a minute, please, Nancy. 441 00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:51,011 - I'll take care of it. - Thank you. 442 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,015 The U.S. is 1 of 5 countries that puts to death... 443 00:32:55,224 --> 00:32:58,227 ...people under 18 when they commit a crime. 444 00:32:58,477 --> 00:32:59,978 - Nigeria. - Pakistan. 445 00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:04,817 - Saudi Arabia and Iran? - So that's a list we want to be on. 446 00:33:05,067 --> 00:33:08,111 - I put my notes together... - Walk with me. 447 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,864 - I was... - You're not gonna see him. 448 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:13,450 - Leo. - He's done. 449 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,912 - We have six hours. - He's done. 450 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:21,291 - It's not an impossible sell. - I've lived longer than you. 451 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:25,963 He's done and this was bungled. We were totally unprepared. 452 00:33:26,213 --> 00:33:29,842 This was supposed to go back to the 6th Circuit. 453 00:33:30,092 --> 00:33:33,011 What are you talking about? The court sat! 454 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:36,765 - What would you have done different? - I'd have.... 455 00:33:36,974 --> 00:33:40,644 Keep the president out of the country another two days? 456 00:33:42,396 --> 00:33:44,398 Yes. 457 00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:53,156 Leo, there are times when we are absolutely nowhere. 458 00:34:32,321 --> 00:34:37,701 - Thank you for meeting me. - Our flight's in one hour. 459 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:41,121 Aren't you impressed I tracked you down? 460 00:34:41,330 --> 00:34:42,998 - Was it hard? - Very. 461 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:47,419 I had to have my assistant call your office in California. 462 00:34:47,669 --> 00:34:51,340 When I say it out loud, it doesn't sound that impressive. 463 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:54,509 Did you make me meet you here for jokes? 464 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,220 I came at the request of the president. 465 00:34:57,429 --> 00:35:02,100 He felt that he was rude to you in the Oval Office yesterday. 466 00:35:02,309 --> 00:35:08,940 He apologizes, and while the tightening of funding was political strategy... 467 00:35:09,149 --> 00:35:12,277 ...he feels that your candidate is a schmuck... 468 00:35:12,486 --> 00:35:15,739 ...who gives liberalism a bad name. 469 00:35:19,076 --> 00:35:21,578 Yeah, I think so too. 470 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:25,165 I know you do. Why are you working for him? 471 00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:28,210 I'm a professional political operative. 472 00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:32,964 There's not exactly a seller's market for deaf campaign managers. 473 00:35:33,215 --> 00:35:35,342 I'd imagine. 474 00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:40,180 He wanted me to say he meant what he said. 475 00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:44,184 Come up with a live one and we'll get interested. 476 00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:47,270 - Did he have any suggestions? - He did. 477 00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:49,731 Who? 478 00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:52,067 You. 479 00:36:00,242 --> 00:36:03,286 You guys have a nice flight back. 480 00:36:34,317 --> 00:36:36,194 Mr. President? 481 00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:40,574 - Excuse me, Mr. President? - Yeah? 482 00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:44,578 - Father Cavanaugh. - Thank you. 483 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:51,877 - Tom. - Mr. President. 484 00:36:52,127 --> 00:36:54,588 Thank you, Charlie. 485 00:36:56,965 --> 00:36:59,801 - Thanks for coming. - It was no trouble. 486 00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:04,556 - Sorry I couldn't get here until now. - Seems like a wasted trip. 487 00:37: