1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,843 JUDGE MENDOZA, I'M NAMING YOU AS MY NOMINEE 2 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,345 TO BE THE NEXT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE 3 00:00:11,412 --> 00:00:12,780 OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. 4 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:14,148 MY NAME IS SAM SEABORN 5 00:00:14,215 --> 00:00:16,050 AND I'M THE DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. 6 00:00:16,117 --> 00:00:18,119 JOSH LYMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF. 7 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:19,720 I'M JOSIAH BARTLET. I'M CHARLES YOUNG. 8 00:00:19,787 --> 00:00:20,954 BUT YOU PREFER CHARLIE, RIGHT? 9 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:21,989 I SHOULD CALL YOU ZOEY? 10 00:00:22,056 --> 00:00:23,257 IF I CAN CALL YOU CHARLIE. 11 00:00:23,324 --> 00:00:24,992 WE'VE MET TEN OR 12 TIMES. 12 00:00:25,059 --> 00:00:25,993 I'M LEO McGARRY, 13 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:27,228 WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF. 14 00:00:27,295 --> 00:00:28,629 I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE BUTLER. 15 00:00:28,696 --> 00:00:30,331 LEO McGARRY IS WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF. 16 00:00:30,398 --> 00:00:31,999 I'M YOUR HOST, C.J. LET'S PLAY OUR GAME. 17 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:33,634 I'M TOBY ZIEGLER. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 18 00:00:33,701 --> 00:00:34,735 YEAH. 19 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:40,841 GOOD EVENING. 20 00:00:40,908 --> 00:00:42,543 WELCOME TO THE THIRD INSTALLMENT 21 00:00:42,610 --> 00:00:45,113 OF THIS YEAR'S MARJORIE DU PONT LECTURE SERIES. 22 00:00:45,179 --> 00:00:47,081 I SEE BY THE SIZE OF THE TURNOUT 23 00:00:47,148 --> 00:00:49,117 YOU'RE EXCITED TO MEET TONIGHT'S GUEST... 24 00:00:49,183 --> 00:00:50,951 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 25 00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:52,052 He was arrested. 26 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:53,321 FOR WHAT? 27 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:54,988 DRUNK DRIVING, RESISTING ARREST 28 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:56,490 AND, I THINK, DISORDERLY CONDUCT. 29 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:57,591 YOU THINK? 30 00:00:57,658 --> 00:00:58,426 THIS THING'S 31 00:00:58,492 --> 00:01:00,128 ABOUT 30 MINUTES OLD, JOSH. 32 00:01:00,194 --> 00:01:02,196 WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. 33 00:01:02,263 --> 00:01:03,464 MENDOZA DOESN'T DRINK. 34 00:01:03,531 --> 00:01:05,266 HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING. 35 00:01:05,333 --> 00:01:07,401 ROBERTO MENDOZA DOESN'T DRINK, JOSH. 36 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:08,936 HOW MUCH DOES THE PRESS KNOW? 37 00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:10,070 They don't know anything. 38 00:01:10,138 --> 00:01:11,539 THE COPS HAVEN'T LEAKED IT? 39 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:13,307 I SWEAR TO GOD, I DON'T THINK THE COPS KNOW. 40 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:15,343 THEY DON'T KNOW THEY ARRESTED ROBERTO MENDOZA? 41 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:17,511 THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S THAT ROBERTO MENDOZA. 42 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:19,547 I've got this... this thingnow. 43 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:20,748 I GOT A CAB. 44 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:22,150 THE WHITE HOUSE. 45 00:01:22,216 --> 00:01:23,817 I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 46 00:01:23,884 --> 00:01:26,654 STAY AHEAD OF THE PACE, SAM, AND HAVE TOBY PAGE ME. 47 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,457 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS GUY'S CALLED A LAWYER. 48 00:01:29,523 --> 00:01:31,559 IS HE SITTING IN A JAIL CELL RIGHT NOW? 49 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:34,195 YOU'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE, ARE YOU? 50 00:01:34,262 --> 00:01:36,864 I'M TALKING TO NO ONE AT ALL RIGHT NOW. 51 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:38,832 HE CAME DOWN TO THE BELTWAY 52 00:01:38,899 --> 00:01:41,769 WHERE HE WORKED AS FLOOR MANAGER FOR THE HOUSE MINORITY WHIP 53 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:45,105 AND CHIEF OF STAFF FOR CONGRESSMAN EARL BRENNAN. 54 00:01:45,173 --> 00:01:46,340 AFTER SERVING 55 00:01:46,407 --> 00:01:48,108 AS SENIOR POLITICAL DIRECTOR 56 00:01:48,176 --> 00:01:50,544 FOR JED BARTLET'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 57 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:53,113 HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF. 58 00:01:53,181 --> 00:01:54,215 PLEASE WELCOME 59 00:01:54,282 --> 00:01:55,783 JOSHUA LYMAN. JOSH. 60 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:58,118 ( applause ) 61 00:01:58,186 --> 00:01:59,187 THANK YOU. 62 00:01:59,253 --> 00:02:00,254 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 63 00:02:00,321 --> 00:02:01,455 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 64 00:02:01,522 --> 00:02:02,956 THANKS, DAVID. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. 65 00:02:03,023 --> 00:02:03,991 HAVE A SEAT. 66 00:02:04,057 --> 00:02:05,025 ALL RIGHT. 67 00:02:05,092 --> 00:02:06,494 JUST SLIP THAT MIKE ON. 68 00:02:08,196 --> 00:02:10,864 JOSH, YOU'RE HERE TO TELL US WHAT IT'S LIKE 69 00:02:10,931 --> 00:02:12,132 TO WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT. 70 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,601 I'LL DO MY BEST. 71 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:14,602 WHAT HAPPENED? 72 00:02:14,668 --> 00:02:16,103 IT'S NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK, C.J. 73 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:17,471 WAS THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE 74 00:02:17,538 --> 00:02:19,340 FOR THE SUPREME COURT JUST ARRESTED? YES. 75 00:02:19,407 --> 00:02:20,974 THEN IT'S PRETTY BAD, ISN'T IT? SURE. 76 00:02:21,041 --> 00:02:22,276 I THOUGHT HE DOESN'T DRINK. 77 00:02:22,343 --> 00:02:23,010 HE DOESN'T DRINK. 78 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:23,911 HE WAS TONIGHT. 79 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:25,279 C.J., WE VETTED THE MAN. 80 00:02:25,346 --> 00:02:26,547 I'M NOT SAYING HE'S NOT A HEAVY DRINKER. 81 00:02:26,614 --> 00:02:27,615 I'M SAYING HE DOESN'T DRINK. 82 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:28,949 THEN WHAT WAS HE PULLED OVER FOR? 83 00:02:29,016 --> 00:02:30,184 DRIVING WHILE BEING HISPANIC. 84 00:02:30,251 --> 00:02:32,152 DOES TOBY KNOW? 85 00:02:32,220 --> 00:02:34,322 I STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. 86 00:02:34,388 --> 00:02:35,989 YES. WHERE'D THIS HAPPEN? 87 00:02:36,056 --> 00:02:37,191 WESLEY, CONNECTICUT. 88 00:02:37,258 --> 00:02:38,826 WHY'D HE REFUSE THE BREATHALYZER? 89 00:02:38,892 --> 00:02:40,027 BECAUSE HE'S A CRAZY MAN 90 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:41,329 WHO'S OUT TO RUIN MY LIFE. 91 00:02:41,395 --> 00:02:42,996 TOBY, THAT'S WHAT HE'S OUT TO DO. 92 00:02:43,063 --> 00:02:43,931 HAS ANYONE POSTED BAIL? 93 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,165 NO. WHY NOT? 94 00:02:45,233 --> 00:02:46,434 THEY CAN'T FIND A JUDGE. WHY NOT? 95 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:47,835 IT'S NOT COOK COUNTY, TOBY. 96 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:49,737 IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT IN WESLEY, CONNECTICUT. 97 00:02:49,803 --> 00:02:51,439 BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THIS, C.J. 98 00:02:51,505 --> 00:02:53,073 I WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BLAME THIS ON YOU. 99 00:02:53,140 --> 00:02:54,442 I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 100 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:57,010 HAVE SOMEONE FIND HIS LAWYER AND TALK TO HIM. 101 00:02:57,077 --> 00:03:00,314 SAM, THERE'S AN AIR FORCE LEAR JET WITH ITS MOTOR RUNNING. 102 00:03:00,381 --> 00:03:02,583 FLY TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT, RENT A CAR 103 00:03:02,650 --> 00:03:05,386 DRIVE TO WESLEY AND GET THE NEXT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE 104 00:03:05,453 --> 00:03:08,722 OF THE SUPREME COURT OUT OF JAIL. C.J.! 105 00:03:08,789 --> 00:03:10,358 SAM SEES ONE REPORTER WHEN HE GETS OFF THAT PLANE 106 00:03:10,424 --> 00:03:11,492 I'M GOING TO BLAME YOU. 107 00:03:11,559 --> 00:03:12,760 TOBY'S GOT YOU COVERED THERE. 108 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:13,761 I'M GOING WITH SAM. 109 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:14,562 TOBY. 110 00:03:14,628 --> 00:03:15,629 THE JUDGE AND I ARE GOING 111 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:17,231 TO HAVE AN ABRUPT CONVERSATION. 112 00:03:17,298 --> 00:03:18,799 I WANT MY PHONE TO RING ONCE 113 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:19,933 EVERY 15 MINUTES. 114 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,502 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 115 00:04:10,384 --> 00:04:12,753 ABOUT A TYPICAL DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 116 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:14,822 WELL, THE FIRST THING I'LL TELL YOU IS-- 117 00:04:14,888 --> 00:04:16,924 THERE'S NO SUCH THING. 118 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:18,592 THERE'S A SCHEDULE 119 00:04:18,659 --> 00:04:21,462 AND THERE'S A STRUCTURE, TO BE SURE, AND... 120 00:04:21,529 --> 00:04:23,597 TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IT STARTS OUT 121 00:04:23,664 --> 00:04:27,335 AS A NINE-TO-FIVE JOB, BUT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH 122 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:30,371 COUNT ON IT BEING BLOWN TO HELL BY 9:30. 123 00:04:30,438 --> 00:04:33,541 GIVE US AN EXAMPLE. 124 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:37,878 I-I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS WEEK. 125 00:04:37,945 --> 00:04:40,381 IN FACT, THE STORY I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU 126 00:04:40,448 --> 00:04:43,050 ALL HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 36 HOURS. 127 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,185 ANYONE WHO'S BEEN READING THE PAPERS 128 00:04:45,252 --> 00:04:46,520 IN THE LAST FEW DAYS 129 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:48,656 HAS PROBABLY BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG 130 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:51,459 WITH WHAT WE CALL THE NEWS CYCLE THAT WOULDN'T END. 131 00:04:51,525 --> 00:04:53,026 DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT 132 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:56,897 IT STARTED EITHER WITH A CABINET SECRETARY LOSING HER TEMPER 133 00:04:56,964 --> 00:05:00,468 A COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BAITING HER DURING A HEARING 134 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:03,737 THE PRESIDENT ANSWERING A QUESTION HE SHOULDN'T HAVE 135 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:09,109 A DENTIST APPOINTMENT, OR ME, BEING STUPID. 136 00:05:09,176 --> 00:05:10,578 FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO SAY 137 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:13,547 THAT I DON'T THINK IT WAS AS MUCH MY FAULT 138 00:05:13,614 --> 00:05:14,948 AS OTHER PEOPLE DO. 139 00:05:15,015 --> 00:05:17,451 ( laughter ) 140 00:05:17,518 --> 00:05:18,619 ONE THING'S FOR SURE. 141 00:05:18,686 --> 00:05:20,220 IT STARTED OUT AS A DAY 142 00:05:20,287 --> 00:05:22,490 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TRUMPET THE PRESIDENT'S VISION 143 00:05:22,556 --> 00:05:23,791 FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM. 144 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:25,393 Sam: GIVE ME THE BULLET POINTS. 145 00:05:25,459 --> 00:05:27,428 I UNDERSTAND THIS, SAM. EXCELLENT. 146 00:05:27,495 --> 00:05:29,229 I REALLY DO. I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN YOU. 147 00:05:29,296 --> 00:05:30,230 THANK YOU. 148 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:31,599 GIVE HIM THE BULLET POINTS. 149 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:33,266 I FEEL BATHED IN YOUR CONFIDENCE 150 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:34,802 AS WELL, TOBY. C.J. 151 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:37,605 FORGIVE STUDENT LOANS TO PEOPLE WHO BECOME TEACHERS 152 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:39,440 AND SPEND AT LEAST THREE YEARS 153 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:41,375 TEACHING IN A RURAL OR INNER CITY SCHOOL 154 00:05:41,442 --> 00:05:42,843 GIVE CASH BONUSES TO PEOPLE 155 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:44,645 WHO LEAVE OTHER CAREERS TO BECOME TEACHERS 156 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:46,013 AND PROVIDE FEDERAL MONEY 157 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:47,981 FOR GRANTS TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS 158 00:05:48,048 --> 00:05:50,083 TO USE OLDER, MORE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS 159 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:52,185 TO TRAIN YOUNGER, LESS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS. 160 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:54,955 HALF OF ALL NEW TEACHERS QUIT IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS. 161 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:57,257 IT'S RIGHT HERE ON MY INDEX CARD, TOBY. 162 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:58,926 VERY GOOD, THEN. 163 00:05:58,992 --> 00:06:00,027 TOBY. 164 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:01,128 YEAH. 165 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,796 GOT A MINUTE? 166 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:04,097 THANK YOU BOTH. 167 00:06:09,770 --> 00:06:11,038 HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT? 168 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:12,372 WHAT TIME IS YOUR BRIEFING? 169 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:13,574 11:00. 170 00:06:13,641 --> 00:06:14,675 YOU SHOULD PUSH IT 171 00:06:14,742 --> 00:06:15,476 TO 1:00. 172 00:06:15,543 --> 00:06:16,610 I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 173 00:06:16,677 --> 00:06:18,011 DO IT AFTER THE BILL SIGNING 174 00:06:18,078 --> 00:06:19,146 AND LET THIS BE THE STORY. 175 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:20,448 LET'S CONTROL THE NEWS CYCLE. 176 00:06:20,514 --> 00:06:21,915 CAROL, MOVE THE BRIEFING TO 1:00. 177 00:06:21,982 --> 00:06:22,916 YOU CAN'T. WHY NOT? 178 00:06:22,983 --> 00:06:23,717 YOU HAVE THE THING. 179 00:06:23,784 --> 00:06:24,985 THIS IS A PERFECT EXCUSE 180 00:06:25,052 --> 00:06:26,219 TO POSTPONE THE THING. 181 00:06:26,286 --> 00:06:27,254 YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. 182 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,422 YOU HAVE A THING? 183 00:06:28,489 --> 00:06:29,657 I HAVE A DENTIST APPOINTMENT AT NOON. 184 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:31,391 WHAT'S WRONG? NOTHING'S WRONG. 185 00:06:31,459 --> 00:06:32,960 I'M EXPERIENCING SOME PAIN. 186 00:06:33,026 --> 00:06:34,428 FOR HOW LONG? 187 00:06:34,495 --> 00:06:36,964 ABOUT A MONTH NOW, BUT IT'LL GO AWAY BY ITSELF. 188 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:37,965 WHEN? 189 00:06:38,031 --> 00:06:39,099 WHEN I DIE, SAM. 190 00:06:39,166 --> 00:06:40,400 CAROL, CANCEL THE APPOINTMENT. 191 00:06:40,468 --> 00:06:41,702 CAROL, SET THE BRIEFING FOR 2:00. 192 00:06:41,769 --> 00:06:42,903 KEEP THE APPOINTMENT. 193 00:06:42,970 --> 00:06:44,071 SAM. 194 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:45,906 YOUR TEETH ARE THE BEST FRIENDS YOU GOT, C.J. 195 00:06:45,973 --> 00:06:48,341 THEY ARE? TAKE CARE OF THEM, THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 196 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:50,177 WHEN DID YOU START TALKING LIKE THIS? 197 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,845 I'M NUTS FOR DENTAL HYGIENE. 198 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:53,113 GO AWAY. NOW. 199 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:54,381 OKAY. 200 00:06:54,448 --> 00:06:56,283 SHE CALLED HIM A RACIST. 201 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:57,384 SHE DIDN'T USE THAT WORD. 202 00:06:57,451 --> 00:06:58,552 WHAT WORD DID SHE USE? 203 00:06:58,619 --> 00:07:00,387 WELL, YES, SHE USED THAT WORD. 204 00:07:00,454 --> 00:07:01,188 BONNIE, GINGER. 205 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:02,590 YES. 206 00:07:02,656 --> 00:07:04,992 I WANT ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE ON THE WIRE ALREADY 207 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:07,595 ABOUT THE HUD SECRETARY CALLING JACK WOODEN A RACIST. 208 00:07:07,661 --> 00:07:08,596 YOU WANT IT NOW? 209 00:07:08,662 --> 00:07:09,930 NO, BONNIE, I WANT IT 210 00:07:09,997 --> 00:07:12,399 AT WHATEVER LEISURELY PACE YOU TWO FEEL... 211 00:07:12,466 --> 00:07:13,333 I'M JUST ASKING. 212 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,268 I WANT IT NOW. 213 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:17,137 ON C-SPAN, SHE CALLED HIM A RACIST. 214 00:07:17,204 --> 00:07:18,672 NO, NO, NO, NOT JUST WOODEN. 215 00:07:18,739 --> 00:07:21,475 SHE WAS PRETTY CAREFUL TO INCLUDE ALL REPUBLICANS. 216 00:07:21,542 --> 00:07:23,276 WHY ARE YOU GOOD-HUMORED ABOUT THIS? 217 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:24,377 SHE WAS BAITED. 218 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:25,479 I DON'T CARE. 219 00:07:25,546 --> 00:07:26,947 SHE WAS BAITED AND SHE WAS RIGHT. 220 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:27,748 GOOD FOR HER. 221 00:07:27,815 --> 00:07:29,216 EXCUSE ME, JOSH, DID YOU KNOW 222 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:30,350 DEBORAH O'LEARY CALLED... 223 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:31,952 IS THAT A WIRE STORY? 224 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:33,086 WHAT'S IT SAY? 225 00:07:33,153 --> 00:07:35,055 "WOODEN'S LENGTHY RECITATION OF PROBLEMS 226 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:37,658 "CONFRONTING PUBLIC HOUSING DREW AN ANGRY RESPONSE 227 00:07:37,725 --> 00:07:38,826 FROM SECRETARY O'LEARY" 228 00:07:38,892 --> 00:07:40,293 AND HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID. 229 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,663 "PUBLIC HOUSING HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS, MR. CHAIRMAN. 230 00:07:42,730 --> 00:07:44,431 "I DON'T DENY THAT, BUT IF YOU 231 00:07:44,498 --> 00:07:46,466 AND YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY..." 232 00:07:46,534 --> 00:07:47,868 ( moaning ) "WERE AS INVESTED 233 00:07:47,935 --> 00:07:49,837 "IN SOLVING THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH POVERTY 234 00:07:49,903 --> 00:07:51,805 "AS YOU ARE IN SCORING POLITICAL POINTS 235 00:07:51,872 --> 00:07:53,607 "ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR PEOPLE AND MINORITIES 236 00:07:53,674 --> 00:07:55,142 YOU MIGHT JUST SEE THE VALUE." 237 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,645 "'ARE YOU CALLING ME A RACIST?' WOODEN SHOT BACK." 238 00:07:57,711 --> 00:07:59,780 "OF COURSE NOT," SHE ANSWERED WISELY. 239 00:07:59,847 --> 00:08:02,182 "'IF THE SHOE FITS," RESPONDED THE SECRETARY.'" 240 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:05,118 WELL. WASN'T THAT CLEVER OF HER? 241 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:06,286 DONALD MORALES 242 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:07,821 WHO IS THE SPOKESMAN 243 00:08:07,888 --> 00:08:11,124 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 244 00:08:11,191 --> 00:08:14,862 AND WHO WAS WISHING HE HADN'T GOTTEN OUT OF BED THAT MORNING 245 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:16,396 ( audience chuckles ) 246 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:17,898 CONFIRMS WHAT HAPPENED. 247 00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:20,400 NOW, THERE'S THE MATTER OF TELLING THE PRESIDENT. 248 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:21,635 "IF THE SHOE FITS"?! 249 00:08:21,702 --> 00:08:23,436 IT'S A LITTLE BIT WORSE, ACTUALLY. 250 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:25,806 "WHEN REPORTERS CONFRONTED SECRETARY O'LEARY 251 00:08:25,873 --> 00:08:27,775 "IN THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE HEARING ROOM 252 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:29,276 SHE DEFEN..." OH, COME ON. 253 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:30,443 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 254 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:31,545 LEO. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. 255 00:08:31,612 --> 00:08:32,746 IS SHE ON HER WAY HERE? 256 00:08:32,813 --> 00:08:35,415 SHE'LL BE HERE IN A HALF AN HOUR. 257 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:36,483 MR. PRESIDENT? 258 00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:37,484 YEAH. 259 00:08:37,551 --> 00:08:38,552 LET'S GO. 260 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:39,820 "IF THE SHOE FITS." 261 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:41,421 IS THAT THE BEST SHE COULD DO? 262 00:08:41,488 --> 00:08:42,790 OF HER MANY TRANSGRESSIONS 263 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,391 MR. PRESIDENT, LET'S NOT WORRY 264 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:45,726 ABOUT SHE RESORTED TO CLICHE. 265 00:08:45,793 --> 00:08:46,860 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 266 00:08:46,927 --> 00:08:49,697 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 267 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:51,965 THE PRESIDENT SPOKE BRIEFLY. 268 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:55,402 THE PRESIDENT HAS NEVER SPOKEN BRIEFLY IN HIS LIFE, BUT... 269 00:08:55,468 --> 00:08:56,870 ( audience laughing ) 270 00:08:56,937 --> 00:09:00,073 HE SPOKE, HE SIGNED THE BILL, HE GAVE AWAY THE PENS. 271 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:02,776 THEN HE TOOK A FEW QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS. 272 00:09:02,843 --> 00:09:05,378 NOW, BEFORE I GO ON, IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT 273 00:09:05,445 --> 00:09:08,916 THAT ACCORDING TO EVERY POLL CONDUCTED IN THE UNIVERSE 274 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:10,918 THE ISSUE THAT CONCERNS AMERICANS 275 00:09:10,984 --> 00:09:12,953 MORE THAN ANY OTHER IS EDUCATION. 276 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:15,055 NOW, THE PRESIDENT HAD JUST SIGNED OFF 277 00:09:15,122 --> 00:09:17,658 ON $700 MILLION IN NEW MONEY FOR EDUCATION 278 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:18,926 AND ANNOUNCED A PLAN 279 00:09:18,992 --> 00:09:21,328 OF AGGRESSIVE EDUCATION INITIATIVES. 280 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:24,632 WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE FIRST QUESTION FROM THE PRESS WAS? 281 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:25,899 MR. PRESIDENT 282 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:27,668 DO YOU AGREE WITH SECRETARY O'LEARY 283 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:29,302 THAT CONGRESSMAN WOODEN IS A RACIST? 284 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:31,805 AND IF NOT, DO YOU PLAN ON ASKING FOR HER RESIGNATION? 285 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:34,842 LET ME SAY THAT I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN DEBORAH O'LEARY. 286 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,777 SHE'S DONE A TERRIFIC JOB AT HUD 287 00:09:36,844 --> 00:09:38,045 HELPING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 288 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:39,913 MAKE THE VERY DIFFICULT TRANSITION 289 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,915 FROM JOBLESSNESS AND HOMELESSNESS 290 00:09:41,982 --> 00:09:43,784 TO MORE FULFILLING AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES. 291 00:09:43,851 --> 00:09:44,952 I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT. 292 00:09:45,018 --> 00:09:46,687 YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. 293 00:09:46,754 --> 00:09:48,355 I WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE THAT, DANNY. 294 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:49,923 I DID, SIR. 295 00:09:49,990 --> 00:09:51,558 THEN I WILL TELL YOU THAT I AGREE 296 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:54,928 THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM 297 00:09:54,995 --> 00:09:56,864 FOR COMBATING POVERTY IN THIS COUNTRY. 298 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:59,099 THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE COUNTLESS REPUBLICANS 299 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:01,101 WHO ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO CHANGE 300 00:10:01,168 --> 00:10:03,003 THEIR PARTY'S LEGACY ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES 301 00:10:03,070 --> 00:10:05,272 AND I HOPE TO BE WORKING WITH THEM TO DO JUST THAT. 302 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:08,108 I'M SURE THAT WAS AN ANSWER TO SOME QUESTION, MR. PRESIDENT. 303 00:10:08,175 --> 00:10:09,710 IT JUST WASN'T THE ANSWER TO MINE. 304 00:10:09,777 --> 00:10:11,511 IF ONLY WE'D STOPPED IT RIGHT THERE. 305 00:10:11,578 --> 00:10:14,047 IF ONLY WE'D SAID, "SORRY, THE PRESIDENT 306 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,616 CAN'T TAKE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW" 307 00:10:16,684 --> 00:10:19,519 OR, UH, "WE'LL COVER THIS IN THE BRIEFING" 308 00:10:19,586 --> 00:10:21,288 OR "THE BUILDING IS ON FIRE" 309 00:10:21,354 --> 00:10:22,790 ( laughter ) 310 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:26,293 BUT FOR SOME REASON, IT TOOK US ALL A MOMENT TO REALIZE 311 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:29,429 THAT THERE WAS NO PRESS SECRETARY IN THE ROOM. 312 00:10:29,496 --> 00:10:32,132 FRANKLY, I THINK SHE WENT TOO FAR IN ASSIGNING MOTIVE 313 00:10:32,199 --> 00:10:34,735 TO CONGRESSMAN WOODEN AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 314 00:10:34,802 --> 00:10:36,003 WILL YOU BE SPEAKING TO HER? 315 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:37,838 SHE'LL BE MEETING WITH LEO McGARRY. 316 00:10:37,905 --> 00:10:39,472 WILL HE ASK HER TO APOLOGIZE? 317 00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:41,241 AN APOLOGY'D BE APPROPRIATE. 318 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:42,375 OH, LEO. 319 00:10:42,442 --> 00:10:43,576 SAM. ( coughs ) 320 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,212 FOLKS, ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERED 321 00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:46,346 IN THE 2:00 BRIEFING. 322 00:10:46,413 --> 00:10:47,781 THE PRESIDENT'S LATE FOR LUNCH 323 00:10:47,848 --> 00:10:49,817 WITH THE U.N. AMBASSADOR. I'M SORRY. 324 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:51,618 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 325 00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:52,552 MR. PRESIDENT. 326 00:10:52,619 --> 00:10:53,687 ONE MORE QUESTION. 327 00:10:53,754 --> 00:10:55,555 THAT WENT PRETTY WELL. 328 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:56,556 SAM. 329 00:10:56,623 --> 00:10:57,758 YEAH. 330 00:10:57,825 --> 00:10:59,359 THE U.N. AMBASSADOR IS IN PORTUGAL. 331 00:10:59,426 --> 00:11:00,360 OKAY. 332 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:02,229 MY BAD. 333 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:04,064 EIGHT WORDS. 334 00:11:04,131 --> 00:11:06,333 "THE PRESIDENT'S NOT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW." 335 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:08,568 IF WE'D JUST STEPPED IN 30 SECONDS SOONER. 336 00:11:08,635 --> 00:11:10,503 ( beeping ) 337 00:11:10,570 --> 00:11:11,571 IT'S ME. 338 00:11:11,638 --> 00:11:12,639 I'M SORRY. I, UH... 339 00:11:12,706 --> 00:11:13,874 THERE'S A THING. 340 00:11:13,941 --> 00:11:16,143 I HAVE, I HAVE TO ANSWER THIS NOW. 341 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:18,846 THIS'LL JUST, UH, TAKE A SECOND. 342 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:23,583 UH... THIS IS WEIRD, I KNOW, BUT, UH, ANYWAY... 343 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:24,785 UH, YEAH. 344 00:11:24,852 --> 00:11:25,652 Yeah, it's me. 345 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:26,787 ARE YOU THERE YET? 346 00:11:26,854 --> 00:11:27,587 Toby: WE'RE LOST. 347 00:11:27,654 --> 00:11:28,756 You're lost? 348 00:11:28,822 --> 00:11:30,057 Sam: WE'RE NOT LOST. 349 00:11:30,123 --> 00:11:31,124 Toby: YOU'RE FROM CONNECTICUT. 350 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:32,692 WHAT EXIT DO WE WANT FOR WESLEY? 351 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,693 What? 352 00:11:33,761 --> 00:11:34,895 WE MISSED THE EXIT. 353 00:11:34,962 --> 00:11:36,429 WE DIDN'T MISS THE EXIT. 354 00:11:36,496 --> 00:11:38,498 TOBY, I'M KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING HERE. 355 00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:39,833 Just tell me. 356 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:41,368 You bet, buddy. Call me when you know something. 357 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:45,038 SORRY ABOUT THAT. 358 00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:47,340 CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT? 359 00:11:47,407 --> 00:11:49,109 THE TRADE DEFICIT. 360 00:11:49,176 --> 00:11:50,477 WHERE WAS I? 361 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:51,779 IF YOU'D ONLY 362 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:53,646 GOTTEN THERE 30 SECONDS SOONER. 363 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,548 THE DAY WOULD HAVE GONE A LOT DIFFERENTLY. 364 00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:57,450 THE PRESIDENT HAD SAID 365 00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:59,652 THAT SECRETARY O'LEARY SHOULD APOLOGIZE. 366 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,823 THE PRESS WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE WOULD BE FIRED IF SHE DIDN'T 367 00:12:02,890 --> 00:12:04,424 AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER. 368 00:12:04,491 --> 00:12:07,027 SHE WAS COMING UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A SHOWDOWN. 369 00:12:07,094 --> 00:12:09,129 THIS IS WHAT THE DAY WAS ABOUT NOW 370 00:12:09,196 --> 00:12:12,833 AND THE DAY WAS ABOUT TO GET WORSE 371 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,168 BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO STEP TO THE PLATE. 372 00:12:21,975 --> 00:12:23,176 WE'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY. 373 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:24,177 NO, WE'RE NOT. 374 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:25,412 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING EAST. 375 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:26,646 WE'RE GOING EAST. 376 00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:28,115 HOW DO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING EAST? 377 00:12:28,181 --> 00:12:29,316 THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST. 378 00:12:29,382 --> 00:12:30,984 IT'S DARK OUTSIDE. 379 00:12:31,051 --> 00:12:33,353 ALSO, THAT BRIGHT STAR IN THE NORTHERN SKY IS POLARIS. 380 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:34,621 SO WHAT? 381 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:37,224 I'M USING CELESTIAL NAVIGATION. 382 00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:39,426 HEY, GALILEO, GET OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT 383 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:40,828 AND TURN THE CAR AROUND. 384 00:12:40,894 --> 00:12:42,495 Josh: SECRETARY O'LEARY WAS TOLD 385 00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:46,066 THAT LEO McGARRY WANTED TO SEE HER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 386 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:49,136 THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE ANGRY 387 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:52,039 ABOUT THE PRESIDENT PUBLICLY ASKING HER TO APOLOGIZE 388 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:54,274 BUT AT THE MOMENT, THAT WAS LEO'S PROBLEM. 389 00:12:54,341 --> 00:12:56,643 I CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID THAT, LEO. 390 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:58,645 HOW COULD HE YOU'RE PISSED AT US? 391 00:12:58,711 --> 00:13:00,013 PUBLICLY DEMAND THAT I APOLOGIZE 392 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,849 WITHOUT HEARING MY SIDE OF THE STORY FIRST? 393 00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:03,250 WE BLEW THE PRECEDENT. WE'LL COP TO THAT 394 00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:05,385 BUT I'VE GOT VIDEOTAPE OF YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY. 395 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:06,419 THE MAN'S A RACIST. 396 00:13:06,486 --> 00:13:07,821 MAYBE SO. "MAYBE"? 397 00:13:07,888 --> 00:13:09,189 HE'S USING HIS OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY TO SPIT 398 00:13:09,256 --> 00:13:10,757 AT POOR PEOPLE AND MINORITIES 399 00:13:10,824 --> 00:13:12,459 WHICH, IN HIS MIND, ARE THE SAME THING. 400 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:13,660 LOOK! 401 00:13:13,726 --> 00:13:15,195 HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE HE CAN. 402 00:13:15,262 --> 00:13:17,030 HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE HE CAN SCORE POINTS 403 00:13:17,097 --> 00:13:18,665 WITH HIS NARROW-MINDED CONSTITUENTS. 404 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:20,067 HIS NARROW-MINDED CONSTITUENTS 405 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,602 ARE ALSO OURNARROW-MINDED CONSTITUENTS. 406 00:13:22,669 --> 00:13:23,803 OH, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! 407 00:13:23,871 --> 00:13:25,372 WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO STOP 408 00:13:25,438 --> 00:13:26,406 RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?! 409 00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:28,241 WHEN ANGELS STAND ON PINHEADS, DEBBIE. 410 00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:30,077 WE NEED THEIR VOTES ON ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES 411 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,478 INCLUDING, BY THE WAY, THE BUDGET 412 00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:33,947 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 413 00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:36,216 ATTACKING HUD IS CODE FOR ATTACKING BLACKS. 414 00:13:36,283 --> 00:13:38,418 THANKS-- HAVING BEEN BORN YESTERDAY ON A TURNIP TRUCK. 415 00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:40,187 DO YOU NOT THINK 416 00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:42,122 IT IS MY ROLE AS THE HIGHEST-RANKING AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN 417 00:13:42,189 --> 00:13:43,590 IN GOVERNMENT TO POINT OUT...? 418 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:47,827 I THINK, DEBBIE, YOUR ROLE, FIRST AND FOREMOST 419 00:13:47,895 --> 00:13:49,596 IS TO SERVE THE PRESIDENT-- 420 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:53,100 A TASK TODAY AT WHICH YOU FAILED SPECTACULARLY. 421 00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:57,770 LEO... 422 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,173 YOU GOT TO APOLOGIZE. 423 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:05,946 I'M SORRY. 424 00:14:06,013 --> 00:14:07,114 NOT TO ME, DEBBIE. 425 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:08,982 LOOK, I CALLED IT LIKE I SAW IT. 426 00:14:09,049 --> 00:14:11,118 WELL, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO APOLOGIZE. 427 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,320 I CAN'T. 428 00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:14,621 YOU CAN. 429 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:15,755 I WON'T. 430 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:18,391 YOU WILL. 431 00:14:20,961 --> 00:14:22,562 IS THAT AN ORDER? 432 00:14:22,629 --> 00:14:25,065 YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK, DEB. 433 00:14:25,132 --> 00:14:26,633 THE PRESIDENT'S NUTS ABOUT YOU; 434 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:28,168 ALWAYS HAS BEEN. 435 00:14:28,235 --> 00:14:31,371 HE'LL CRY FOR THREE MINUTES AFTER HE FIRES YOUR ASS 436 00:14:31,438 --> 00:14:33,974 AND THEN HE'LL SAY, "WHAT'S NEXT?" 437 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:42,649 LEO, IF I'VE GOT TO GO AND ASK WOODEN FOR FORGIVENESS 438 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:44,051 HE'S GOING TO LORD IT OVER ME 439 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,352 FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME. 440 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:47,887 IT'S THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. 441 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:55,929 DONE. 442 00:14:55,996 --> 00:14:58,565 DEB, HE'S BEEN TRYING TO PROVOKE YOU FOR MONTHS. 443 00:14:58,631 --> 00:15:02,635 WHEN YOU GIVE IN TO HIM, YOU SURRENDER THE HIGH GROUND. 444 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,173 HOW DID IT HAPPEN? 445 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:07,907 YOU FORGOT WHAT YOUR GRANDFATHER TAUGHT YOU. 446 00:15:07,975 --> 00:15:09,242 WHAT WAS THAT? 447 00:15:09,309 --> 00:15:12,379 "NEVER ARGUE WITH A DRUNK OR A FOOL." 448 00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:14,481 IS THE PRESIDENT VERY ANGRY WITH ME? 449 00:15:14,547 --> 00:15:17,417 MOSTLY HE'S UPSET THAT YOU COULDN'T COME UP 450 00:15:17,484 --> 00:15:21,754 WITH ANYTHING BETTER THAN "IF THE SHOE FITS." 451 00:15:21,821 --> 00:15:22,822 GOOD LUCK. 452 00:15:22,889 --> 00:15:24,524 THANK YOU. 453 00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:26,459 Josh: SO, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT, RIGHT? 454 00:15:26,526 --> 00:15:29,062 C.J. CREGG DOES THE 2:00 BRIEFING. 455 00:15:29,129 --> 00:15:30,830 TELLS THEM SECRETARY O'LEARY HAS 456 00:15:30,897 --> 00:15:32,399 AN APOLOGY FOR CONGRESSMAN WOODEN 457 00:15:32,465 --> 00:15:34,934 ALL QUESTIONS ON THE MATTER WILL BE HANDLED 458 00:15:35,002 --> 00:15:36,903 BY HER SPOKESPERSON, DONALD MORALES 459 00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:39,139 AND REDIRECTS THEIR ATTENTION 460 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:41,641 TO THE 700 MILLION BUCKS OF YOURS 461 00:15:41,708 --> 00:15:43,977 THAT WE JUST SPENT ON TEACHERS. 462 00:15:44,044 --> 00:15:47,047 WHO HERE HAS HAD EMERGENCY ROOT CANAL? 463 00:15:47,114 --> 00:15:48,215 Josh: YEAH? 464 00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:52,652 ( muffled ): JOSH. 465 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:54,087 WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? 466 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:56,023 I HAD ROOT CANAL. 467 00:15:56,089 --> 00:15:57,590 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR CHEEKS? 468 00:15:57,657 --> 00:16:00,393 I HAD ROOT CANAL. 469 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:01,894 WHY ARE YOU TALKING LIKE THAT? 470 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:02,929 I HAD ROOT CANAL! 471 00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:04,297 YEAH, I HEARD YOU 472 00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:06,399 THE FIRST TIME. I WAS JUST AMUSING MYSELF. 473 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:08,535 I CAN SUGGEST OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOURSELF. 474 00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:09,769 ARE YOU IN PAIN? 475 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:13,106 I HAD ROOT CANAL! 476 00:16:13,173 --> 00:16:14,607 YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO STOP SAYING THAT 477 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:16,743 'CAUSE YOU JUST LOOK AND SOUND SO RIDICULOUS. 478 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:18,011 I HAVE TO CANCEL THE BRIEFING. 479 00:16:18,078 --> 00:16:19,312 YOU CAN'T CANCEL THE BRIEFING. 480 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:20,113 LOOK AT ME! 481 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:21,114 YOU'LL BE GREAT. 482 00:16:21,181 --> 00:16:22,382 I CAN'T DO THE BRIEFING. 483 00:16:22,449 --> 00:16:23,350 WHY NOT? 484 00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:24,851 I CAN'T EVEN SAY "BRIEFING." 485 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,319 YOU CAN'T CANCEL. 486 00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:27,720 YOU GOT TO WRAP UP O'LEARY AND MOVE HIM BACK 487 00:16:27,787 --> 00:16:29,256 TO THE BILL SIGNING. JOSHUA! 488 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,424 I'M SORRY. DID YOU JUST SAY MY NAME? 489 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,060 YOU REALLY THINK I CAN DO IT? 490 00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:34,227 DON'T BE INSANE, C.J. 491 00:16:34,294 --> 00:16:35,795 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO A BRIEFING 492 00:16:35,862 --> 00:16:36,929 LOOKING LIKE BULLWINKLE. 493 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:38,065 OH, SO, ONCE AGAIN 494 00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:39,632 YOU WERE JUST HAVING A LITTLE FUN. 495 00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:40,833 YEAH. HA-HA-HA-HA. 496 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:42,001 WHEN CAN YOU TAKE THE COTTON OUT? 497 00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:43,303 TWO HOURS. 498 00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:45,038 I'LL HAVE CAROL CANCEL THE BRIEFING. 499 00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:46,473 NO, WE'RE STILL DOING IT. 500 00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:47,474 ME. WHO? 501 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:48,275 NO WAY. 502 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,610 C.J.... YOU GET HOSTILE. 503 00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:52,912 I "GET HOT STUFF"? 504 00:16:52,979 --> 00:16:55,915 HOSTILE. HOSTILE. YOU GET HOSTILE! 505 00:16:55,982 --> 00:16:57,050 DON'T GET HOSTILE. 506 00:16:57,117 --> 00:16:58,618 I DON'T GET RANDOMLY HOSTILE. 507 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,920 I GET HOSTILE WHEN HOSTILITY IS CALLED FOR. 508 00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:02,722 WHAT'S SAM DOING? 509 00:17:02,789 --> 00:17:04,023 SAM WENT TO FOGGY BOTTOM. 510 00:17:04,091 --> 00:17:05,992 WHAT'S HE DOING IN FOGGY BOTTOM? 511 00:17:06,059 --> 00:17:07,427 I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO SEE 512 00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:09,229 IF I COULD MAKE YOU SAY "FOGGY BOTTOM." 513 00:17:09,296 --> 00:17:11,198 SAM'S WORKING WITH THE SPEECH WRITERS. 514 00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:12,832 TOBY? TOBY'S WITH LEO AND THE PRESIDENT. 515 00:17:12,899 --> 00:17:14,801 JOSH... 516 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:15,935 HEY, THERE, CATS AND KITTENS 517 00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:17,670 THIS IS JOSH LYMAN COMING AT YOU 518 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:18,505 WITH THE 2:00 BRIEFING. 519 00:17:18,571 --> 00:17:20,073 JOSH, PLEASE, BE VERY CAREFUL. 520 00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:22,909 TRY VERY, VERY HARD NOT TO DESTROY US. 521 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:25,278 YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, C.J. 522 00:17:25,345 --> 00:17:26,813 YOU GOT A GREAT BODY. 523 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,014 HERE WE GO. WHOO! 524 00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:30,049 Woman: PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. 525 00:17:30,117 --> 00:17:31,751 WE'LL START THE BRIEFING. 526 00:17:31,818 --> 00:17:32,819 PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. 527 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:33,920 JOSH. HEY, DANNY. 528 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:35,588 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. 529 00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:36,456 DO THE BRIEFING? 530 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:38,125 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. 531 00:17:38,191 --> 00:17:39,926 I TALK TO REPORTERS ALL THE TIME. 532 00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:41,228 YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. 533 00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:45,332 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, MI COMPADRE. 534 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,268 YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN CODDLED. 535 00:17:48,335 --> 00:17:51,104 I'M NOT YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M NOT YOUR CAMP COUNSELOR 536 00:17:51,171 --> 00:17:52,805 AND I'M NOT YOUR SIXTH-GRADE TEACHER 537 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:54,040 YOU HAD A CRUSH ON. 538 00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:56,042 I'M A GRADUATE OF HARVARD AND YALE 539 00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:58,545 AND I BELIEVE THAT MY POWERS OF DEBATE 540 00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:01,148 CAN RISE TO MEET THE SOCRATIC WONDER 541 00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:03,416 THAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS. 542 00:18:06,219 --> 00:18:08,188 OKEY-DOKEY. 543 00:18:08,255 --> 00:18:10,089 Josh: Good afternoon, everybody. 544 00:18:10,157 --> 00:18:11,258 Would you take your seats? 545 00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:12,725 C.J. had a dental emergency 546 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:14,527 so I'll handle the briefing today. 547 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:17,063 I'D LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS IN MY OWN DEFENSE. 548 00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:18,565 FIRST OF ALL, EVERYTHING WAS FINE. 549 00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:20,400 I DISPENSED OF THE DEBORAH O'LEARY MATTER 550 00:18:20,467 --> 00:18:21,634 WITH EASE AND POISE. 551 00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:23,770 I OPENED THE ROOM UP TO QUESTIONS 552 00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:25,438 WHILE IMPOSING A DISCIPLINE 553 00:18:25,505 --> 00:18:28,107 I FELT HAD BEEN LACKING IN C.J.'s BRIEFINGS. 554 00:18:28,175 --> 00:18:30,743 I'M GOING TO TAKE ONE QUESTION APIECE. 555 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:31,744 JOSH. MIKE. 556 00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:32,912 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME 557 00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:34,581 THE PRESIDENT HAD A CIGARETTE? 558 00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:38,951 MIKE, YOU SURE YOU WANT YOUR ONE QUESTION TO BE THAT STUPID? 559 00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:40,987 Woman: It's not a stupid question, Josh. 560 00:18:41,053 --> 00:18:42,322 OH, MY GOD. 561 00:18:42,389 --> 00:18:44,524 If the President's going to continue 562 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:47,294 to be so adamantly anti-tobacco, why is it unreasonable to ask 563 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:48,595 IF HE'S A SMOKER? 564 00:18:48,661 --> 00:18:50,363 THE PRESIDENT QUIT SMOKING YEARS AGO. 565 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:51,964 HE BUMMED A CIGARETTE FROM ME 566 00:18:52,031 --> 00:18:54,201 ON AIR FORCE ONE TWO DAYS AGO. 567 00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:56,035 OH, MY GOD. 568 00:18:56,102 --> 00:18:59,005 WELL, THEN, UH... 569 00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:00,507 JONATHAN? 570 00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:03,075 SO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER KATIE'S QUESTION? 571 00:19:03,142 --> 00:19:04,444 I'LL LOOK INTO IT. 572 00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:05,245 DANNY? 573 00:19:05,312 --> 00:19:07,414 JOSH, ECONOMISTS WORRY THAT 574 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,782 A CONTINUING DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT WILL CREATE 575 00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:12,752 INCREASED PRESSURE ON WAGES, IN EFFECT, DRIVING THEM UP. 576 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:15,121 IS THE PRESIDENT WORRIED THAT THIS COULD LEAD 577 00:19:15,188 --> 00:19:16,723 TO A RESURGENCE OF INFLATION? 578 00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:19,426 LET ME EMPHASIZE THE PRESIDENT IS PLEASED 579 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:22,762 THAT UNEMPLOYMENT HAS DROPPED ANOTHER .5% AS A RESULT... 580 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:25,532 I'M SURE WE ALL JOIN THE PRESIDENT IN HIS JOY 581 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:27,234 BUT I'M WONDERING IF THE PRESIDENT HAS A PLAN 582 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:28,735 TO FIGHT THE RESULTING INFLATION. 583 00:19:28,801 --> 00:19:31,671 THE PRESIDENT WILL DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO MAINTAIN 584 00:19:31,738 --> 00:19:34,607 THE ROBUST ECONOMY THAT HAS CREATED MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS 585 00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:37,244 IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY AND KEPT A LID ON INFLATION. 586 00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:38,545 BUT HE HAS NO PLAN 587 00:19:38,611 --> 00:19:40,780 TO ADDRESS INFLATION SPECIFICALLY? 588 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:44,417 24 Ph.Ds ON THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS, KATIE. 589 00:19:44,484 --> 00:19:46,986 THEY HAVE A PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION. 590 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:49,956 IS THE REASON YOU WON'T TELL US ABOUT IT THAT IT'S A SECRET? 591 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,525 YEAH, DANNY, WE HAVE A SECRET INFLATION PLAN. 592 00:19:52,592 --> 00:19:53,860 Reporters: Josh! Josh! 593 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:55,295 OH, MY GOD. 594 00:19:55,362 --> 00:19:57,264 Josh: I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY MUCH 595 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,332 WHEN THE WHEELS CAME OFF THE WAGON. 596 00:19:59,399 --> 00:20:02,469 JOSH, RIGHT HERE'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE OUR BREAK. 597 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:06,539 EVERYBODY, LET'S STRETCH OUR LEGS FOR FIVE MINUTES. 598 00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:09,642 SIGN-UP SHEETS FOR 202 ARE IN THE LOBBY. 599 00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:12,412 IF YOU SMOKE, APPARENTLY, YOU CAN BUM A CIGARETTE 600 00:20:12,479 --> 00:20:13,846 ON AIR FORCE ONE. 601 00:20:13,913 --> 00:20:16,583 LET'S HAVE A HAND FOR OUR GUEST, JOSHUA LYMAN. 602 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:29,662 YOU'RE GREAT. 603 00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:30,830 THANKS. 604 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,602 ( phone rings ) 605 00:20:35,668 --> 00:20:36,703 YEAH? 606 00:20:36,769 --> 00:20:38,271 What's going on? 607 00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:41,274 SAM FEELS WE'RE ZEROING IN ON IT. 608 00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:42,275 YOU HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET? 609 00:20:42,342 --> 00:20:43,543 We've been navigating 610 00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:45,612 BY THE NORTH STAR, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE 611 00:20:45,678 --> 00:20:47,647 THE DELTA SHUTTLE FROM LA GUARDIA. 612 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:50,082 IT'S A MIRACLE WE'RE NOT IN NANTUCKET RIGHT NOW. 613 00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:51,484 TOBY, HOW HARD CAN IT BE 614 00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:53,252 TO FIND THE WESLEY POLICE STATION? 615 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:54,654 I DON'T KNOW, JOSH 616 00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:56,689 BUT WHILE WE'RE LOOKING, CAN YOU TELL ME MORE 617 00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:58,825 ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION? 618 00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:00,960 HOW LONG BEFORE YOU LET UP ON ME ON THAT? 619 00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:03,996 Oh, it's going to take a little while, I would think. 620 00:21:04,063 --> 00:21:05,532 CALL ME WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING. 621 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:07,434 THERE'S A STORE OPEN UP THERE. 622 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:08,468 I'M GOING TO PULL OVER 623 00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:09,802 AND ASK IF THEY KNOW WHERE 624 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:10,603 THE POLICE STATION IS. 625 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:12,339 OR YOU CAN JUST PULL IN THERE 626 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:14,341 AT THE POLICE WESLEY POLICE STATION AND ASK THEM. 627 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:15,342 HEY! LOOK! 628 00:21:15,408 --> 00:21:16,343 YEAH, YEAH. 629 00:21:16,409 --> 00:21:17,644 WE FOUND IT. 630 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,879 LET'S GET THIS DONE AND GET OUT OF HERE. 631 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:35,027 MY NAME IS SAM SEABORN. 632 00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:37,564 I WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 633 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:39,165 IS YOUR WATCH COMMANDER AROUND? 634 00:21:39,231 --> 00:21:40,199 IS THIS A JOKE? 635 00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:41,868 NO. 636 00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:43,770 YOU WALK IN HERE, YOU TELL ME YOU WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT? 637 00:21:43,836 --> 00:21:45,538 OFFICER PETER, WE'RE IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TROUBLE TONIGHT 638 00:21:45,605 --> 00:21:47,407 AND THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT GOING FOR ME 639 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:48,875 IS THAT YOU'RE IN MORE TROUBLE THAN WE ARE. 640 00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:50,810 MY NAME IS SAM SEABORN; I WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT. 641 00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:52,645 AND THE SOONER YOU REACH THE CONCLUSION 642 00:21:52,712 --> 00:21:53,880 THAT I'M TELLING YOU TRUTH 643 00:21:53,946 --> 00:21:55,615 THE BETTER OFF WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE. 644 00:21:55,682 --> 00:21:58,518 WHY DON'T YOU GO GET YOUR WATCH COMMANDER. 645 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:07,259 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 646 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:09,295 IF WE HAD STAYED ON THE MERRIT PARKWAY 647 00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:10,963 INSTEAD OF GETTING OFF ON EXIT 29 648 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,632 AND GOING EAST TO GREENWICH 649 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:15,568 I DON'T THINK WE'D WIND UP IN BRIDGEPORT SO MANY TIMES. 650 00:22:16,102 --> 00:22:17,470 SHUT UP. 651 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:20,239 I'M SERGEANT McNAMARA. CAN I HELP YOU FOLKS? 652 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:21,608 SERGEANT, I'M SAM SEABORN 653 00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:23,610 THE DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. 654 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:25,512 THAT'S MY BOSS, TOBY ZIEGLER. 655 00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:27,814 I'M NOT REALLY IN THE MOOD FOR A JOKE RIGHT NOW. 656 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:28,948 I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. 657 00:22:29,015 --> 00:22:30,917 YOU HAVE ROBERTO MENDOZA LOCKED UP BACK THERE. 658 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:32,452 SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR BUSINESS HERE 659 00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:35,522 OR I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE. 660 00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:36,823 MY BUSINESS IS TO TELL YOU 661 00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:38,791 TO UNLOCK THE CELL AND GIVE ME MENDOZA. 662 00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:41,360 SERGEANT... YOU COME IN HERE, 10:00 AT NIGHT 663 00:22:41,428 --> 00:22:43,229 YOU TELL ME YOU'RE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE 664 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:44,731 AND I'M SUPPOSED TO JUST... 665 00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:46,633 SERGEANT. 666 00:22:49,836 --> 00:22:51,838 SERGEANT, YOU'VE ARRESTED A FEDERAL JUDGE 667 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:55,107 WHO'S THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. 668 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:57,577 ( phone ringing ) 669 00:22:57,644 --> 00:22:59,078 YOU SHOULD GET THAT. 670 00:22:59,145 --> 00:23:01,848 THAT'S GOING TO BE THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT. 671 00:23:04,784 --> 00:23:07,820 DANNY CONCANON HAD THROWN ME A KNUCKLEBALL IN THE DIRT 672 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:10,056 WHICH THEN I HAD TAKEN A BIG SWING AT 673 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:13,259 AND, JUST LIKE THAT, THE PRESIDENT HAD A SECRET PLAN 674 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:14,594 TO FIGHT INFLATION. 675 00:23:14,661 --> 00:23:16,596 JOSH? JOSH? JOSH? 676 00:23:16,663 --> 00:23:19,331 WHEN WILL THE PRESIDENT UNVEIL HIS SECRET PLAN? 677 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,333 THERE IS NO SECRET PLAN. 678 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,936 I WAS TALKING TO DANNY; I WAS KIDDING. 679 00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:26,439 THESE ARE PEOPLE'S JOBS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, JOSH. 680 00:23:26,506 --> 00:23:28,074 YOU WANT TO GIVE US A STRAIGHT ANSWER? 681 00:23:30,009 --> 00:23:32,344 I-I HONESTLY CAN'T REMEMBER THE QUESTION. 682 00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:35,314 Reporter: Given the reduction in unemployment 683 00:23:35,381 --> 00:23:37,316 does the President have a plan to fight 684 00:23:37,383 --> 00:23:38,718 THE ENSUING INFLATION? 685 00:23:38,785 --> 00:23:40,653 AND IF SO, WHY IS HE KEEPING IT A SECRET? 686 00:23:49,496 --> 00:23:50,963 OH, MY GOD, JOSH! 687 00:23:51,030 --> 00:23:52,064 I MEAN, OH, MY GOD. 688 00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:53,533 I CAN FIX THIS. HOW? 689 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,267 I CAN FIX THIS. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. 690 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:56,603 THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO FEEL 691 00:23:56,669 --> 00:23:58,104 A LITTLE SUPPORT FROM YOU, DONNA. 692 00:23:58,170 --> 00:23:59,438 YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT, JOSH. 693 00:23:59,506 --> 00:24:00,439 DO I? YES. 694 00:24:00,507 --> 00:24:01,774 GOOD. THAT'S A START. 695 00:24:01,841 --> 00:24:03,843 TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK I SHOULD DO RIGHT NOW. 696 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:06,312 COME UP WITH A SECRET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION. 697 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:07,346 THAT'S SUPPORT?! 698 00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:08,748 JOSHUA! 699 00:24:08,815 --> 00:24:10,983 YEAH, THAT'S THE FACE I WANTED TO SEE RIGHT NOW. 700 00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:12,785 WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED IN THERE?! 701 00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:13,920 C.J... 702 00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:16,055 ( muffled ): YOU COMPLETELY IMPWODED! 703 00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:17,056 WHAT DID I DO? 704 00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:18,190 YOU COMPLETELY IMPLODED. 705 00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:19,425 I WOULDN'T SAY COMPLETELY. 706 00:24:19,492 --> 00:24:20,993 YOU WERE VAGUE. YOU WERE HOSTILE. 707 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:22,328 YOU WERE BEWIGERENT. 708 00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:23,530 Donna: BELLIGERENT. 709 00:24:23,596 --> 00:24:25,264 YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING 710 00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:26,766 TO TAKE FOR ME TO FIX THIS? 711 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:28,701 I'M GOING TO FIX THIS. NO, YOU'RE NOT. 712 00:24:28,768 --> 00:24:30,870 YOU ARE NOT EVER ALLOWED IN MY PRESSWOOM AGAIN. 713 00:24:30,937 --> 00:24:33,573 DONNA, CALL TOBY'S OFFICE AND SEE IF HE WAS WATCHING. 714 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,274 Toby: WHERE THE HELL IS HE?! NEVER MIND. 715 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:36,442 SUPPORT ME ON THIS. 716 00:24:36,509 --> 00:24:37,977 NO. THANKS. 717 00:24:38,044 --> 00:24:39,746 HAVE YOU FALLEN ON YOUR HEAD? TOBY... LISTEN-- 718 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:41,514 HAVE YOU HIT YOUR HEAD ON SOMETHING HARD? 719 00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:42,649 I FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT THIS. 720 00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:44,250 YOU DO? YES. 721 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:46,586 OH. WELL, THEN I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS. 722 00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:48,555 THAT WAS SOME VERY GOOD TELEVISION, JOSH 723 00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:50,256 AND I THINK FOUR NETWORK NEWS DIRECTORS 724 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:51,490 WILL BEAR ME OUT ON THAT TONIGHT. 725 00:24:51,558 --> 00:24:53,359 I REALLY THINK THIS ISN'T AS BAD 726 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:54,761 AS YOU'RE MAKING IT OUT TO BE. 727 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:56,829 A SECWET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION?! 728 00:24:56,896 --> 00:25:00,332 C.J., FOR A WHILE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN. 729 00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:01,868 WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 730 00:25:01,934 --> 00:25:02,869 NO KIDDING. 731 00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:03,670 IT'S NOT JOSH. 732 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:04,671 PRAISE GOD. 733 00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:06,105 ALTHOUGH, I GOT TO SAY 734 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:07,807 TELLING A REPORTER HIS QUESTION IS STUPID 735 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:09,876 IS NOT LIKE A PAGE OUT OF DALE CARNEGIE. 736 00:25:09,942 --> 00:25:10,977 THANK YOU. 737 00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:12,311 WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? 738 00:25:12,378 --> 00:25:13,880 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT. 739 00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:15,815 THE ONLY THING THAT COULD MAKE MY DAY WORSE IS IF 740 00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:17,917 ROBERTO MENDOZA GOT INVOLVED. 741 00:25:17,984 --> 00:25:19,786 Josh: ROBERTO MENDOZA IS THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE 742 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:22,789 TO FILL CROUCH'S SEAT ON THE SUPREME COURT. 743 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:27,259 THE PRESIDENT PUT TOBY ZIEGLER IN CHARGE OF HIS CONFIRMATION 744 00:25:27,326 --> 00:25:29,095 WHICH IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. 745 00:25:29,161 --> 00:25:31,731 A FAILED CONFIRMATION FOR THE COURT 746 00:25:31,798 --> 00:25:34,066 IS A BODY BLOW TO A PRESIDENCY. 747 00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:36,068 BESIDES WHICH, HE'S A BRILLIANT JURIST 748 00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:37,970 AND WE BADLY WANT HIM ON THE BENCH. 749 00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:43,375 THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS IS A TOUGH NEEDLE TO THREAD. 750 00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:45,277 YOU GOT TO MAKE A LOT OF FRIENDS 751 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:49,015 AND SUPREME COURT NOMINEES DON'T SPEAK BEFORE THEIR CONFIRMATION. 752 00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:51,350 THEY LET THE WHITE HOUSE SPEAK FOR THEM. 753 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:53,920 SOMETHING TOBY'S HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE 754 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:55,421 TEACHING ROBERTO MENDOZA. 755 00:25:55,487 --> 00:25:57,423 HE SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS WRONG? 756 00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:58,858 HE SAID THE PWESIDENT WAS WRONG 757 00:25:58,925 --> 00:26:00,760 TO MAKE SECRETARY O'WEARY APOLO... 758 00:26:00,827 --> 00:26:02,428 WHAT THE HELL IS... 759 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:03,763 C.J. SAM, TELL HIM. 760 00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:05,564 HE SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS WRONG 761 00:26:05,632 --> 00:26:07,366 TO MAKE SECRETARY O'LEARY APOLOGIZE. 762 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:08,367 TO WHO? 763 00:26:08,434 --> 00:26:09,669 TO WOODEN. 764 00:26:09,736 --> 00:26:11,070 I'M SAYING WHOM DID HE SAY IT TO? 765 00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:12,471 CHICAGO TRIBUNE. 766 00:26:12,538 --> 00:26:14,073 I THOUGHT HE'S ON VACATION IN NOVA SCOTIA. 767 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:15,608 HE IS. 768 00:26:15,675 --> 00:26:17,476 WHAT, THEY CALLED HIM IN NOVA SCOTIA? 769 00:26:17,543 --> 00:26:18,945 YEAH. 770 00:26:19,011 --> 00:26:21,313 HOW THE HELL DID THEY FIND HIM IN NOVA SCOTIA? 771 00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:24,383 THEY HAVE TELEPHONES IN NOVA SCOTIA, LEO. 772 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:26,886 IT'S NOT AMISH COUNTRY. 773 00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:29,455 I REALLY THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING, JOSH 774 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:31,991 YOU WANT TO BE THE LAST PERSON TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW. 775 00:26:32,058 --> 00:26:33,960 YOU BET. 776 00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:38,765 THE PWESIDENT NEEDS TO BE BWIEFED 777 00:26:38,831 --> 00:26:40,432 ON THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. 778 00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:43,202 C.J., SO HELP ME, IF YOU USE WORDS THE "PWESIDENT" 779 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:44,536 OR "BWIEFED" AGAIN... 780 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:47,206 THE PRESIDENT LANDS IN NEW ORLEANS IN AN HOUR AND HALF. 781 00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:49,308 THERE'LL BE NO PRESS AT THE LABOR CONFERENCE. 782 00:26:49,375 --> 00:26:50,609 WHEN HE'S DONE 783 00:26:50,677 --> 00:26:52,044 HE'S GETTING RIGHT BACK ON THE PLANE 784 00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:53,445 AND COMING HOME. 785 00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:55,848 WHEELS DOWN AT 3:00 A.M. HE'LL BE IN RESIDENCE BY 3:30. 786 00:26:55,915 --> 00:26:57,216 CAN I SAY SOMETHING? 787 00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:00,753 WHAT? 788 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,488 A LOT OF THIS IS OUR FAULT 789 00:27:02,554 --> 00:27:04,323 AND THE PRESIDENT PROBABLY ISN'T 790 00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:05,692 GOING TO TAKE THIS VERY WELL 791 00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:07,293 AND WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW 792 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,629 THAT WE WILL BE THERE WITH IN YOU SPIRIT TOMORROW MORNING. 793 00:27:10,697 --> 00:27:14,533 YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE WITH ME IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE, JOSH. 794 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,202 YOU BET. 795 00:27:16,268 --> 00:27:17,536 7:00 A.M. 796 00:27:17,603 --> 00:27:19,105 Josh: IF YOU READ THE PAPERS 797 00:27:19,171 --> 00:27:21,307 YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME 798 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:22,842 THIS HAD HAPPENED. 799 00:27:22,909 --> 00:27:26,445 IN THE EIGHT WEEKS SINCE THE PRESIDENT NAMED HIS NOMINEE 800 00:27:26,512 --> 00:27:30,416 JUDGE MENDOZA HAS ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS PUBLICLY CRITICIZED 801 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:32,952 THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, THE A.F.L.-C.I.O 802 00:27:33,019 --> 00:27:34,854 AND THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE-- 803 00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:36,756 THREE ORGANIZATIONS, WITHOUT WHICH 804 00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:39,191 THIS PRESIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ELECTED. 805 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:42,328 PUTTING OUT THE DEBRA O'LEARY FIRE FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY 806 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:45,431 HAD BEEN THEN THE ONLY THING WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT 807 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:46,799 AND NOW JUDGE MENDOZA HAD... 808 00:27:46,866 --> 00:27:49,201 ( phone ringing ) STARTED UP AGAIN. 809 00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:52,504 I-I'M REALLY VERY SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO TAKE THIS. 810 00:27:52,571 --> 00:27:53,806 YEAH. 811 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:55,141 Sam: Josh. 812 00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:56,142 YEAH. 813 00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:57,143 WE'RE IN. 814 00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:58,344 Where is he? 815 00:27:58,410 --> 00:27:59,779 TOBY'S TALKING TO HIM NOW. 816 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,418 HELLO, MR. JUSTICE. 817 00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:10,289 HOW ARE YOU? 818 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,526 INCARCERATED, TOBY. 819 00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:15,895 HOW ARE YOU? 820 00:28:15,962 --> 00:28:17,596 DO YOU NEED ANYTHING, MR. ZIEGLER? 821 00:28:17,663 --> 00:28:19,131 NO. 822 00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:21,467 THE JUDGE AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHAT. 823 00:28:29,809 --> 00:28:31,243 IS THE PRESIDENT. 824 00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:34,080 THE SECOND HARDEST JOB IS NOT CHIEF OF STAFF 825 00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:35,882 IT'S NOT NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR 826 00:28:35,948 --> 00:28:37,449 AND IT'S NOT PRESS SECRETARY 827 00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:39,819 ALTHOUGH I'M GAINING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESPECT 828 00:28:39,886 --> 00:28:41,253 FOR PRESS SECRETARIES. 829 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,589 THE SECOND HARDEST JOB IN THE WHITE HOUSE 830 00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:46,959 BELONGS TO A 21-YEAR-OLD KID NAMED CHARLIE YOUNG. 831 00:28:47,026 --> 00:28:49,695 HE'S WHAT'S CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S "BODY MAN" 832 00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:51,097 HIS PERSONAL AIDE. 833 00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:53,365 HE'S WITH THE PRESIDENT MORNING TO NIGHT. 834 00:28:53,432 --> 00:28:55,634 HE HAS A RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES 835 00:28:55,701 --> 00:28:56,936 ALL OF THEM DIFFICULT 836 00:28:57,003 --> 00:28:59,005 BUT THE ONE HE HATES MOST IS THIS: 837 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,173 FROM TIME TO TIME, IT IS HIS JOB 838 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,843 TO WAKE THE PRESIDENT UP IN THE MORNING 839 00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:05,711 AND ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING 840 00:29:05,778 --> 00:29:09,816 THE PRESIDENT HAD GONE TO SLEEP ONLY THREE HOURS EARLIER. 841 00:29:13,052 --> 00:29:16,188 GOOD MORNING, HELEN. IT'S CHARLIE. 842 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:17,924 THE PRESIDENT DID VERY WELL. 843 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:20,492 SINCE WHEN? 844 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:22,128 GOOD ONE, HELEN. 845 00:29:22,194 --> 00:29:24,196 IT'S TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT'S WAKE-UP CALL. 846 00:29:26,665 --> 00:29:28,200 ( phone ringing ) 847 00:29:38,677 --> 00:29:40,079 WHAT? 848 00:29:40,146 --> 00:29:41,848 GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S CHARLIE. 849 00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:43,215 I HOPE... 850 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:46,485 I MEAN, WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT RIGHT NOW? 851 00:29:46,552 --> 00:29:48,320 SIR, IT'S 6:30 A.M., AND... 852 00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:49,588 IN THE MORNING? 853 00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:52,258 YES, SIR, AND I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT... 854 00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:55,594 WHAT IN THE NAME OF EVERYTHING HOLY 855 00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:57,729 COULD YOU WANT RIGHT NOW? 856 00:29:57,796 --> 00:30:00,366 I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE A 7:00 A.M. MEETING 857 00:30:00,432 --> 00:30:02,168 AT THE OVAL OFFICE WITH SENIOR STAFF 858 00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:04,570 FOLLOWED BY YOUR SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS 859 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,438 AND A MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FED. 860 00:30:06,505 --> 00:30:08,074 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO HAVE THE STEWARDS 861 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:09,876 BRING SOME COFFEE AND THE WASHINGTON POST? 862 00:30:09,942 --> 00:30:11,643 WHO THE HELL IS THIS? 863 00:30:11,710 --> 00:30:13,079 Sir... 864 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,547 AND WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT? 865 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:19,451 SIR, I NEED YOU TO DIG IN NOW. 866 00:30:19,518 --> 00:30:20,752 IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE. 867 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:22,488 YOU REALLY ARE THE PRESIDENT. 868 00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:23,555 All right. 869 00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:24,556 I'LL HAVE THE STEWARD 870 00:30:24,623 --> 00:30:25,824 BRING COFFEE TO YOUR ROOM. 871 00:30:25,892 --> 00:30:28,294 I'LL GET UP NOW. 872 00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:34,133 MENDOZA WAS SUMMONED TO THE WHITE HOUSE 873 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,902 FROM HIS VACATION IN NOVA SCOTIA. 874 00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:38,137 WHEN YOU SUMMON SOMEONE TO THE WHITE HOUSE 875 00:30:38,204 --> 00:30:40,772 YOU GENERALLY EXPECT TO SEE THEM WITHIN THE HOUR. 876 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:43,876 JUDGE MENDOZA TOLD US THAT HE WOULD SEE US IN THREE DAYS. 877 00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:45,111 WHY THREE DAYS? 878 00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:47,313 BECAUSE HE WAS DRIVING DOWN TO D.C. 879 00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:50,182 STOPPING IN CONNECTICUT TO DO SOME ANTIQUING. 880 00:30:50,249 --> 00:30:52,384 YET ANOTHER THING WE'D HAVE TO TELL THE PRESIDENT 881 00:30:52,451 --> 00:30:54,553 WHO, BY THE WAY, HAD STILL NOT WOKEN UP. 882 00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:55,621 CHARLIE... 883 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:57,023 OH, COME ON. 884 00:30:57,089 --> 00:30:58,490 I'VE BEEN KNOCKING EVERY FEW MINUTES OR SO 885 00:30:58,557 --> 00:31:00,426 AND I DON'T HEAR THE SHOWER RUNNING, EITHER. 886 00:31:00,492 --> 00:31:02,328 THANKS, BILLY. GIVE ME A MINUTE, WOULD YOU? 887 00:31:02,394 --> 00:31:03,595 YOU BET. 888 00:31:19,678 --> 00:31:21,380 MR. PRESIDENT? 889 00:31:23,682 --> 00:31:25,017 MR. PRESIDENT. 890 00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:27,553 MR. PRESIDENT. 891 00:31:28,921 --> 00:31:30,189 CHARLIE, ARE YOU AWARE 892 00:31:30,256 --> 00:31:32,758 YOU'RE COMMITTING A FEDERAL CRIME RIGHT NOW? 893 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:35,294 I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE FEDS, MR. PRESIDENT. 894 00:31:35,361 --> 00:31:36,328 IT'S 7:00. 895 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:38,064 HOW DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST LADY 896 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,032 WASN'T GOING TO BE NAKED WHEN YOU CAME IN HERE? 897 00:31:40,099 --> 00:31:41,833 COME TO THINK OF IT, WHERE THE HELL IS MY WIFE? 898 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,602 ARGENTINA. 899 00:31:45,037 --> 00:31:46,472 THAT'S RIGHT. 900 00:31:46,538 --> 00:31:48,707 SENIOR STAFF IN THE OVAL OFFICE, SIR 901 00:31:48,774 --> 00:31:50,509 SO I'M GOING TO STAND HERE 902 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:51,810 TILL YOU GET OUT OF BED 903 00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:53,679 TAKE A SHOWER AND GET DRESSED. 904 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:55,982 ALL RIGHT. 905 00:32:02,021 --> 00:32:03,189 ( sighing ) 906 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:04,823 HAVE YOU SLEPT YET? 907 00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:06,192 NO, SIR. 908 00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:07,960 GOOD. 909 00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:25,877 HOW'S YOUR MOUTH? 910 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,213 WELL... 911 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:29,948 THE SWELLING'S GONE DOWN. 912 00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:33,719 ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PAINKILLERS HAVE WORN OFF. 913 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:37,423 HE'S DRIVING FROM NOVA SCOTIA TO WASHINGTON. 914 00:32:37,489 --> 00:32:38,790 YEAH. 915 00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:40,659 HOW'S A PERSON DO THAT? 916 00:32:40,726 --> 00:32:43,762 MY GUESS IS, HE'LL TAKE THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY TO NEW BRUNSWICK 917 00:32:43,829 --> 00:32:46,198 THEN MAYBE CATCH THE ONE AND TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE 918 00:32:46,265 --> 00:32:47,466 ALONG THE COAST TO MAINE. 919 00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:49,401 95 THROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE TO THE MASS PIKE 920 00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:50,469 AND THEN CUT OVER 921 00:32:50,536 --> 00:32:53,472 TO THE MERRIT PARKWAY AROUND MILFORD. 922 00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:55,641 SOMETHING REALLY KIND OF FREAKISH 923 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:57,309 ABOUT YOU, YOU KNOW THAT? 924 00:32:57,376 --> 00:32:59,178 YEAH. 925 00:32:59,245 --> 00:33:01,213 I'M TIRED, I'M CRANKY, AND MY WIFE'S IN ARGENTINA. 926 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:02,648 LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH. 927 00:33:19,431 --> 00:33:20,666 WHAT? 928 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:21,867 MR. PRESIDENT 929 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:25,471 WE EXPERIENCED A FEW PUBLIC RELATIONS... 930 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:26,572 WHAT'S THE WORD? 931 00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:28,140 CATASTROPHES. 932 00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:30,276 INCIDENTS, IN THE FEW HOURS YOU WERE AWAY LAST NIGHT. 933 00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:32,344 WHAT KIND OF INCIDENTS? 934 00:33:35,081 --> 00:33:37,083 JOSH? 935 00:33:37,149 --> 00:33:39,485 YEAH. UH... 936 00:33:39,551 --> 00:33:42,254 FIRST, I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THE INCIDENT 937 00:33:42,321 --> 00:33:45,191 INVOLVING SECRETARY O'LEARY AND CONGRESSMAN WOODEN 938 00:33:45,257 --> 00:33:46,825 HAS BEEN DISPENSED WITH... 939 00:33:46,892 --> 00:33:49,928 THOUGH, NOT REALLY, AND I'LL GET TO THAT AT THE END. 940 00:33:49,995 --> 00:33:51,430 SAM ASKED C.J. 941 00:33:51,497 --> 00:33:53,332 TO MOVE THE BRIEFING TO 2:00 942 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,734 SO THAT WE COULD FOLD IN THE TEACHERS. 943 00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:57,336 C.J. HAD EMERGENCY 944 00:33:57,403 --> 00:33:59,971 ROOT CANAL SURGERY AT NOON AND SO WAS UNABLE TO BRIEF. 945 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,673 WHO DID? 946 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:02,908 I DID. 947 00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:05,177 OH, GOD. 948 00:34:05,244 --> 00:34:06,745 YEAH. UH, LONG STORY SHORT-- 949 00:34:06,812 --> 00:34:08,847 YOU'RE GOING TO BE READING A BIT TODAY 950 00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:11,183 ABOUT YOUR SECRET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION. 951 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:13,985 I HAVE A SECRET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION? 952 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:15,154 NO. 953 00:34:15,221 --> 00:34:17,089 WHY AM I GOING TO BE READING THAT I DO? 954 00:34:17,156 --> 00:34:20,426 IT WAS SUGGESTED IN THE PRESSROOM THAT YOU DID. 955 00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:21,627 BY WHO? 956 00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:23,129 BY ME. 957 00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:24,496 YOU TOLD THE PRESS 958 00:34:24,563 --> 00:34:26,598 I HAVE A SECRET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION? 959 00:34:26,665 --> 00:34:27,866 NO, I DID NOT. 960 00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:30,369 LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, I DID NOT DO THAT. 961 00:34:30,436 --> 00:34:33,172 EXCEPT, YES, I DID THAT. 962 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,073 JOSH, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. 963 00:34:35,141 --> 00:34:37,543 SIR, THERE WAS THIS IDIOTIC ROUND ROBIN. 964 00:34:37,609 --> 00:34:38,944 IT WAS SARCASTIC. 965 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:41,447 THERE'S NO WAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 966 00:34:41,513 --> 00:34:43,715 THEY WERE JUST MAD AT ME FOR IMPOSING DISCIPLINE 967 00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:44,916 AND CALLING THEM STUPID. 968 00:34:44,983 --> 00:34:47,085 OKAY, BEFORE WE GO ON 969 00:34:47,153 --> 00:34:49,921 C.J., IF BLOOD IS GUSHING 970 00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:52,458 FROM THE HEAD WOUND YOU JUST RECEIVED 971 00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:55,761 FROM A STAMPEDING HERD OF BISON, YOU'LL DO THE PRESS BRIEFING. 972 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:57,296 YES, SIR. 973 00:34:57,363 --> 00:34:58,630 Josh: MR. PRESIDENT... 974 00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:01,066 A SECRET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION? 975 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:02,434 THERE WAS NO TURNING THEM BACK. 976 00:35:02,501 --> 00:35:03,969 I DENIED IT. THEY WOULDN'T TAKE NO. 977 00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:04,870 WERE YOU CLEAR? 978 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:05,904 I WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR. 979 00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:07,439 THEY SAID, "DO YOU THINK 980 00:35:07,506 --> 00:35:09,608 "IF THE PRESIDENT HAS A PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION 981 00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:11,310 IT'S RIGHT THAT HE KEEP IT A SECRET?" 982 00:35:11,377 --> 00:35:12,811 I SAID, "OF COURSE NOT." 983 00:35:12,878 --> 00:35:14,513 ARE YOU TELLING ME 984 00:35:14,580 --> 00:35:18,150 THAT NOT ONLY DID YOU INVENT A SECRET PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION 985 00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:20,586 BUT NOW YOU DON'T SUPPORT IT? 986 00:35:22,588 --> 00:35:24,723 WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT... 987 00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:25,791 MR. PRESIDENT... 988 00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:27,293 MUCH AS WE'D LOVE 989 00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:30,061 NOTHING MORE THAN TO STAND HERE AND WATCH YOU 990 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:32,097 BEAT THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF JOSH 991 00:35:32,164 --> 00:35:34,132 THERE'S ACTUALLY A BIGGER FISH TO FRY. 992 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,403 WHAT DID MENDOZA DO? 993 00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:39,004 HE TOLD THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE 994 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:41,240 THAT YOU WERE WRONG TO ADMONISH DEBBIE O'LEARY 995 00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:42,274 AND MAKE HER APOLOGIZE. 996 00:35:42,341 --> 00:35:43,542 I DIDN'T. HE DID. 997 00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:44,343 YOU TOLD ME TO. 998 00:35:44,410 --> 00:35:45,577 YOU SAID YOU'D FIX IT. 999 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:46,512 I DID FIX IT. 1000 00:35:46,578 --> 00:35:48,113 WELL, IT'S BROKEN AGAIN, LEO. 1001 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:49,448 FRANKLY, SIR THAT'S 'CAUSE YOUR NOMINEE 1002 00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:51,183 FOR THE SUPREME COURT'S HANDLING HIMSELF 1003 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:53,319 IN A MANNER THAT'S TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL. 1004 00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:54,986 WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST OF WHAT I THINK 1005 00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:56,755 WILL BE A SERIES OF DISCUSSION 1006 00:35:56,822 --> 00:35:59,157 ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM ANOTHER TIME, TOBY. 1007 00:35:59,225 --> 00:36:00,259 WHERE IS MENDOZA? 1008 00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:01,593 HE'S ON HIS WAY, SIR. 1009 00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:03,028 RIGHT NOW? 1010 00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:04,930 BUT HE WON'T BE HERE UNTIL DAY AFTER TOMORROW. 1011 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,332 DAY AFTER TOMORROW? YES, SIR. 1012 00:36:06,398 --> 00:36:08,500 IS HE COMING IN FROM NEPTUNE? 1013 00:36:08,567 --> 00:36:10,269 HE'S VACATIONING WITH HIS WIFE AND SON 1014 00:36:10,336 --> 00:36:12,338 AND THEY'D PREFER TO TAKE A LEISURELY DRIVE 1015 00:36:12,404 --> 00:36:13,939 THROUGH EASTERN CANADA AND NEW ENGLAND 1016 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:17,909 WHILE STOPPING FOR ANTIQUE SHOPPING IN CONNECTICUT. 1017 00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:19,110 I IMAGINE HE'LL TAKE 1018 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:20,846 THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY TO 95... 1019 00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:21,947 SAM. 1020 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,550 OKAY, WE WILL WAIT FOR MENDOZA. 1021 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:27,953 IN THE MEANTIME, C.J., YOU WILL UNTANGLE THE PRESS CORPS. 1022 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:29,688 YES, SIR. 1023 00:36:29,755 --> 00:36:31,890 AND WE WILL HOPE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TODAY 1024 00:36:31,957 --> 00:36:33,525 TO MAKE THIS ANY WORSE. 1025 00:36:33,592 --> 00:36:36,662 ALTHOUGH I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BET THE HOUSE ON IT. 1026 00:36:36,728 --> 00:36:38,230 THAT IS ALL. 1027 00:36:38,297 --> 00:36:39,798 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 1028 00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:49,608 SIR, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M SORRY 1029 00:36:49,675 --> 00:36:51,510 AND THAT THIS MESS WILL BE CLEANED UP 1030 00:36:51,577 --> 00:36:53,545 IN AN ADULT AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER. 1031 00:36:53,612 --> 00:36:55,281 GOOD. 1032 00:36:56,982 --> 00:36:59,551 IF ANYONE ASKS YOU, YOU QUIT SMOKING YEARS AGO 1033 00:36:59,618 --> 00:37:02,187 AND THE CIGARETTE YOU BUMMED ON AIR FORCE ONE 1034 00:37:02,254 --> 00:37:03,622 WAS FOR A FRIEND. 1035 00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:04,656 GET OUT. 1036 00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:05,491 YOU BET. 1037 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:06,625 AND THAT WAS IT. 1038 00:37:06,692 --> 00:37:08,794 WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDGE MENDOZA? 1039 00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:09,961 I'M SORRY? 1040 00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:12,197 DID HE EVER GET HERE FROM NOVA SCOTIA? 1041 00:37:12,264 --> 00:37:14,266 ACTUALLY, HE'S ON HIS WAY RIGHT NOW. 1042 00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:16,335 HE'S SPENDING THE NIGHT IN CONNECTICUT 1043 00:37:16,402 --> 00:37:17,669 TO DO SOME ANTIQUING. 1044 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:20,706 HE'S BEEN IN THERE A LITTLE WHILE NOW. 1045 00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:22,274 YEAH. 1046 00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:27,145 I'M THE ONE THAT PULLED HIM OVER, YOU KNOW. 1047 00:37:27,212 --> 00:37:28,814 HIS DRIVING WAS ERRATIC. 1048 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,284 I'M STILL NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED HE HADN'T BEEN DRINKING. 1049 00:37:32,351 --> 00:37:33,985 WELL, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM THERE. 1050 00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:35,454 WHAT'S THAT? 1051 00:37:35,521 --> 00:37:37,689 JUDGE MENDOZA HAS CHRONIC PERSISTENT HEPATITIS 1052 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:40,158 WHICH IS A NON-PROGRESSIVE FORM OF LIVER INFLAMMATION. 1053 00:37:40,225 --> 00:37:41,393 IF HE'D HAD ENOUGH TO DRINK 1054 00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:43,028 TO BLOW A .1 ON THE BLOOD ALCOHOL 1055 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:43,995 HE'D BE DEAD RIGHT NOW. 1056 00:37:44,062 --> 00:37:45,764 ( slurping ) 1057 00:37:45,831 --> 00:37:47,499 IT'S GOOD COFFEE. 1058 00:37:50,469 --> 00:37:53,305 WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE THE BREATHALYZER? 1059 00:37:53,372 --> 00:37:55,574 BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT. 1060 00:37:55,641 --> 00:37:57,576 I WAS DRIVING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. 1061 00:37:57,643 --> 00:37:59,445 I HAVE VALID TAGS AND REGISTRATION 1062 00:37:59,511 --> 00:38:01,547 AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY WARRANTS 1063 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,048 FOR MY ARREST IN CONNECTICUT. 1064 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:04,282 JUDGE? 1065 00:38:04,350 --> 00:38:05,317 ABSENT. 1066 00:38:05,384 --> 00:38:07,085 JUST CAUSE, TOBY. 1067 00:38:07,152 --> 00:38:10,522 BREATHALYZER'S AN ILLEGAL SEARCH AND A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION. 1068 00:38:10,589 --> 00:38:14,560 SO YOU GAVE BARNEY FIFE A HARD TIME TO MAKE A POINT. 1069 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:15,794 A POINT WORTH MAKING. 1070 00:38:15,861 --> 00:38:16,962 NOT NOW. 1071 00:38:17,028 --> 00:38:17,929 YES, NOW. RIGHT NOW. 1072 00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:19,264 ONE PHONE CALL, JUDGE. 1073 00:38:19,331 --> 00:38:20,766 TOBY, THIS HAS HAPPENED. 1074 00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:22,801 TELL THEM, "MY NAME'S ROBERTO MENDOZA 1075 00:38:22,868 --> 00:38:25,203 AND THE PRESIDENT'S NAMED ME TO THE BENCH." 1076 00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:26,638 THEY PULLED ME OVER 1077 00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:30,342 BECAUSE I LOOK LIKE MY NAME IS ROBERTO MENDOZA 1078 00:38:30,409 --> 00:38:32,711 AND I'M COMING TO ROB YOUR HOUSE. 1079 00:38:37,082 --> 00:38:38,183 LET'S GO. 1080 00:38:38,249 --> 00:38:39,518 WHERE ARE WE GOING? 1081 00:38:39,585 --> 00:38:41,152 HOME. LET'S GO HOME. 1082 00:38:41,219 --> 00:38:42,954 I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 1083 00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:44,155 JUDGE? 1084 00:38:44,222 --> 00:38:45,891 I'M UNDER ARREST, TOBY. 1085 00:38:45,957 --> 00:38:46,958 NOT ANYMORE. LET'S GO. 1086 00:38:47,025 --> 00:38:48,394 YOU PULL ALL THE STRINGS 1087 00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:49,495 YOU WANT, TOBY 1088 00:38:49,561 --> 00:38:50,896 BUT NOT FOR ME. 1089 00:38:50,962 --> 00:38:54,099 COME MONDAY, I'M GOING TO AVAIL MYSELF 1090 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,502 OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 1091 00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:58,804 FOR WHICH I HAVE WORKED MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. 1092 00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:02,007 JUDGE, DUE RESPECT, GET YOUR THINGS AND LET'S GO. 1093 00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:05,110 MY KID WAS IN THAT CAR. 1094 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:07,078 THEY PATTED ME DOWN 1095 00:39:07,145 --> 00:39:08,380 AND THEY HANDCUFFED ME 1096 00:39:08,447 --> 00:39:10,549 IN FRONT OF MY NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY. 1097 00:39:10,616 --> 00:39:13,552 THEN HE AND HIS MOTHER GOT TO SEE THEM PUT ME 1098 00:39:13,619 --> 00:39:15,621 IN A SQUAD CAR AND DRIVE AWAY. 1099 00:39:19,391 --> 00:39:21,059 HE'S ALSO SEEN YOU WEARING A ROBE 1100 00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:22,661 WITH A GAVEL IN YOUR HAND. 1101 00:39:22,728 --> 00:39:25,431 HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. 1102 00:39:25,497 --> 00:39:27,499 HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 1103 00:39:27,566 --> 00:39:29,768 HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE POLICE ARE 1104 00:39:29,835 --> 00:39:31,703 BECAUSE HE WATCHES TELEVISION. 1105 00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:34,272 THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO REMEMBER-- 1106 00:39:34,339 --> 00:39:36,542 HIS FATHER BEING HANDCUFFED. 1107 00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:38,544 SO AMERICA JUST GOT 1108 00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:41,613 ANOTHER PISSED-OFF GUY WITH DARK SKIN. 1109 00:39:46,184 --> 00:39:48,620 ROBBIE AND LAURA, WHERE ARE THEY RIGHT NOW? 1110 00:39:48,687 --> 00:39:51,623 MOTEL, A FEW MILES. 1111 00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:54,926 THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THIS THAT DOESN'T STINK. 1112 00:39:54,993 --> 00:39:58,497 IF IT WERE ME, I'D WANT TO EXTRACT VENGEANCE 1113 00:39:58,564 --> 00:40:01,232 AND I'D SAY, "LET JUSTICE BE DONE." 1114 00:40:01,299 --> 00:40:05,704 I'D ALSO WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME IN A DARK ROOM ALONE 1115 00:40:05,771 --> 00:40:10,476 SO THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO FACE MY WIFE AND MY SON 1116 00:40:10,542 --> 00:40:13,612 AND HAVE THEM SEE MY HUMILIATION. 1117 00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:21,052 ROB, I CAN'T GET THIS DONE IF THIS IS THE STORY. 1118 00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:22,988 CAN'T GET IT DONE. 1119 00:40:25,824 --> 00:40:27,793 NOTHING ABOUT THIS THAT DOESN'T STINK. 1120 00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:30,962 NOTHING ABOUT IT THAT WOULDN'T BE BETTER 1121 00:40:31,029 --> 00:40:33,865 IF YOU WERE A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 1122 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,003 LET ME TAKE YOU TO THE MOTEL. 1123 00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:40,739 GO SEE YOUR BOY. 1124 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:50,181 SO, CAN I ASK 1125 00:40:50,248 --> 00:40:51,617 A GUY IN YOUR JOB: 1126 00:40:51,683 --> 00:40:54,753 DO YOU KNOW MISSILE CODES AND THAT SORT OF THING? 1127 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:58,223 YEAH. 1128 00:40:58,289 --> 00:40:59,825 OUTSTANDING. 1129 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:05,664 GOOD EVENING, MR. JUSTICE. 1130 00:41:05,731 --> 00:41:08,166 GOOD EVENING, SAM. 1131 00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:09,901 HE'S GOT PERSONAL ITEMS? 1132 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:11,169 YES, SIR. 1133 00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:20,378 IT'S YOUR LUCKY NIGHT, OFFICERS. 1134 00:41:20,445 --> 00:41:21,780 THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE A REPORT. 1135 00:41:21,847 --> 00:41:23,615 THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE AN INVESTIGATION. 1136 00:41:23,682 --> 00:41:25,050 NO ONE'S GETTING SUSPENDED. 1137 00:41:25,116 --> 00:41:26,552 AND NO ONE'S FILING 1138 00:41:26,618 --> 00:41:28,687 A HUNDRED-MILLION-DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY 1139 00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:30,388 THAT THEY WOULD ALMOST SURELY WIN. 1140 00:41:30,455 --> 00:41:33,725 BUT IN THIS ROOM, YOU'RE GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO MR. MENDOZA. 1141 00:41:33,792 --> 00:41:36,294 AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN YOUR SQUAD CAR 1142 00:41:36,361 --> 00:41:37,696 YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW US 1143 00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:39,731 AND YOU'RE TO APOLOGIZE TO HIS SON. 1144 00:41:41,099 --> 00:41:42,568 JUDGE MENDOZA... 1145 00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:48,239 WE SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR OUR MISTAKE. 1146 00:41:50,308 --> 00:41:51,843 THANK YOU. 1147 00:41:51,910 --> 00:41:52,944 LET'S GO. 1148 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:57,649 I ALSO GOT TO SAY YOU GUYS COULD DO A BETTER JOB 1149 00:41:57,716 --> 00:42:00,185 OF MARKING THE EXITS ON THE THROUGHWAY. 1150 00:42:00,251 --> 00:42:02,020 LET'S GO. 1151 00:42:02,087 --> 00:42:04,089 WE'LL BE BEHIND YOU. 1152 00:42:10,696 --> 00:42:12,631 YOU KNOW, TOBY, IF THERE'S NO REASON 1153 00:42:12,698 --> 00:42:14,465 FOR YOU GUYS TO GO BACK TO WASHINGTON. 1154 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:16,134 YOU SHOULD SPEND THE NIGHT HERE. 1155 00:42:16,201 --> 00:42:17,168 WHAT'S UP HERE? 1156 00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:19,504 GREAT ANTIQUING. 1157 00:42:19,571 --> 00:42:20,972 KILLING ME, JUDGE. 1158 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:22,741 YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY KILLING ME. 1159 00:42:24,309 --> 00:42:25,476 JOSH. 1160 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:27,145 IT'S OVER. 1161 00:42:27,212 --> 00:42:28,179 YEAH. 1162 00:42:28,246 --> 00:42:29,247 GOOD. 1163 00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:32,751 ( sighing ) 1164 00:42:32,818 --> 00:42:35,353 THAT'S THE LAST TIME THE PHONE WILL RING. 1165 00:42:35,420 --> 00:42:36,755 I PROMISE. 1166 00:42:39,357 --> 00:42:40,826 JOSH... 1167 00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:43,929 THERE'S A PART OF THE STORY I DIDN'T TELL YOU. 1168 00:42:43,995 --> 00:42:45,030 ( laughs ) 1169 00:42:45,096 --> 00:42:46,364 I CAN'T. 1170 00:42:46,431 --> 00:42:48,566 TRUST ME, IT DOESN'T INVOLVE... 1171 00:42:48,634 --> 00:42:50,368 I-I JUST CAN'T RIGHT NOW. 1172 00:42:50,435 --> 00:42:51,870 ASK ME BACK AGAIN 1173 00:42:51,937 --> 00:42:53,772 AFTER THE SENATE CONFIRMS MENDOZA. 1174 00:42:53,839 --> 00:42:55,240 YOU REALLY SHOULD HEAR IT. 1175 00:42:55,306 --> 00:42:56,775 IT'S A GOOD STORY. 1176 00:42:56,842 --> 00:42:59,144 WHY DON'T WE TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. 1177 00:42:59,210 --> 00:43:00,946 YEAH.