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Previously:
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Have you seen the first lady?
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Do you know how many other people
I could have married?
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I've been trying to
be a better boyfriend.
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This is one of the times it's okay.
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- It's hard to tell the difference.
- Doesn't that suck for you?
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- This is Gina Toscano.
- Zoey's got a new agent.
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Walking around campus with a wire.
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- White supremacists?
- I'm not sure.
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But I know what I'm looking for
in a crowd.
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Zoey, walk on the other side of me.
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Thirty seconds.
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If you're nervous, I'll know
and mock you on national television.
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People might think it's cruel
for me to mock a boy...
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...who gets nervous talking in front
of millions of people, but I'll do it.
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- I understand.
- Jeffrey, I was kidding.
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Now, if you do get nervous,
just look at me or your parents.
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But you won't get nervous.
If you do, I'll beat you up.
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Not me, personally.
I have people to do it for me.
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Ten seconds.
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- I should have worn the gray suit.
- You're good.
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And here we go.
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25 minutes past the hour
and 42 degrees outside our studios.
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Abigail Bartlet is no stranger
to the fight for children's health...
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... and she's taken the time
to speak with us today.
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- Good morning.
-You're speaking from the Mural Room.
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I'm here to introduce
this young man, Jeffrey Morgan.
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Jeffrey helped open my eyes
to child labor exploitation.
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You started your organization because
of a pen pal who was in trouble.
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-Yes.
- When did Jeffrey happen?
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- Sam.
- When did Jeffrey happen?
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- I dug it up for her. You'll love him.
- Let's find out.
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Your organization, the Kids '...
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-The Children's Crusade.
-I'm sorry.
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The organization was created when
your pen pal was sold into slavery.
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It's not what it's called
in India, but that's what it is.
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Panshin's mother borrowed $25 and
Panshin had to work to pay the loan.
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He's good.
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She borrowed the money
from a loan shark.
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Then Panshin worked for the loan
shark but couldn't pay the loan.
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- Here's my thing.
- What?
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What if the president brings the
leadership here for the budget talks?
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- Why?
- We want the news cycle.
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She's got the National Press Club
tomorrow. We want the news cycle.
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- It doesn't belong to us.
- You know what I'm talking about.
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We want the president going
to Congress for a compromise.
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- He's in a car. He's not Henry Clay.
- It's a symbol.
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Your guy steps out of a car and it's
above the fold. My guy's on page 23.
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Our guy won an election.
Something you have to get used to.
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Your guy has a 48% approval rating.
My guy's at 61. And bite me.
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Point well argued.
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Mrs. Bartlet, does the company know
its contractors are using child labor?
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If not, they're criminally negligent.
If they do, they're simply criminal.
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- There it is.
- That was a good pitch to hit.
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Come on, see Toby.
Give us some room to run.
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Change the channel.
Hi. Turn to channel 5.
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- What happened?
- Bernie Dahl died.
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... in darkness and silence.
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... suffering a massive heart attack...
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... was pronounced dead
at John Hopkins.
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The chief architect in the longest
economic expansion in history...
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... was in his second term
as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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You lost your news cycle.
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- Is there gonna be a coup?
- Excuse me?
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- Is there gonna be a coup?
- No.
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We believe they'll appoint successors
from many groups, including the Ibo.
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They've been complaining.
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- This is on page...?
- 17 in the classified book.
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- Page 17.
- Excuse me, Mr. President.
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Excuse me, please.
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Intelligence briefings. Sometimes I
just nod my head. That can't be good.
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Bernie Dahl had a heart attack.
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He died about an hour ago
on the way to the hospital.
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- Bad timing.
- I'll say.
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- Who knows?
- We got it off the news.
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- Market's gonna open 200 points down.
- If we're lucky.
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- When's the last time we were lucky?
- Super Tuesday.
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It's gonna be 300, 350.
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- Announce Ron Erlich.
- Not yet.
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Announce Erlich
as Dahl's successor.
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- Not yet.
- Do it today, everybody calms down.
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I'm not sure it's Erlich.
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It's the Fed chairman.
Give me a day.
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- It'll be expensive.
- How expensive?
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You say 300 points.
It could be more.
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- Wall Street needs to trust me.
- Should I tell them that?
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I'll tell you what else.
You could've been nicer.
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- How?
- By saying Wall Street trusts me...
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...and the market will hold
until I appoint a chairman.
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Just give me a minute to call
my broker and dump my portfolio.
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I'm taking the day.
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I'm gonna leak it's Erlich.
It'll calm things down.
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- No.
- Mr. President...
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I'm not ready to jump into bed
with Ron Erlich yet.
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Making me one of the few people
in my family who can say that.
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Yes, sir.
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- That was page 17.
- Yes, sir. The leader of the....
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- I'm reading this book.
- I'm on the phone.
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You're on hold. The light's blinking.
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- What book?
- About life 100 years ago.
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The fact that I'm on hold isn't a cue
to tell me about life 100 years ago.
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100 years ago, women washed their hair
once a month with borax or egg yolks.
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Florence was in the top 10 names.
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- In five minutes.
- Now it's not in the top 10,000.
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- Excuse me. What?
- It isn't in the top 10,000 names...
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- I'm actually back on the phone now.
- I'll wait.
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Toby's gonna be fine.
Don't worry about it.
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- Toby's in his office?
- The population of Las Vegas was 22.
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- I'm going. But keep talking.
- Here.
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- Thank you.
- You know what else?
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- Drive-by shootings were a problem.
- What were they driving? Horses.
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Young boys on horseback, riding
through town shooting stagecoaches.
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- When do you read?
- It's important to make time.
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- And you do it here.
- I'm adaptable.
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Among other things.
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C.J. needs a reason for waiting that
doesn't say we're reconsidering.
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- I just gave her one.
- What?
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Respect.
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The man just died.
Out of respect for his memory....
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- It would be wrong to name...
- Respect works.
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- I'm going to the gym today.
- That doesn't interest me.
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Bernie Dahl has a heart attack
out of nowhere?
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- It's his fifth. He's 138.
- I haven't been to the gym in weeks.
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How much healthier do you wanna be?
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If anybody needs me,
I'll be at the gym.
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- I'm gonna live longer than you.
- Don't count on it.
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We are waiting a day
out of respect.
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- For whom?
- The dead. And how I wish I were.
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- You'll love this meeting.
- Bet you I'm not.
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- It's locked down.
- I know.
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With 15 votes to spare!
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There's value to having
these congressmen.
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- What is it?
- A public demonstration...
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...that the liberal base
hasn't turned their backs.
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In the case of these three...
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...I'd like a public demonstration
that they've turned and run.
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- You think it's beneath you to ask.
- It is!
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It's sewn up by 15!
We've got the trade bill.
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It's bipartisan. We're the victors.
I'm not going in, hat in my hand.
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No one's asking you to.
We're gonna do good cop, bad cop.
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- No, we're really not.
- Why not?
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This isn't Hawaii Five-O.
I'll be the cop that doesn't go.
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You have to go. If you're not there,
they'll start out insulted.
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- If I go, they'll end up insulted.
- Let's go.
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I need to get to exercise more.
Exercise more, eat better.
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You're gonna sit
in that room and behave.
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You'll sit there
while I court their votes...
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...and you are going to smile
to indicate warmth.
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I can still kick the crap out of you.
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Then what are we waiting for?
I'll be nice.
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- The president's serious.
- Shouldn't be.
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So you've said, but they're here
so I guess he disagrees with you.
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I understand. Let's go.
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You're going to sit there. If you
open your mouth, say something nice.
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It's sewn up. By 15 votes.
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Good morning. How are you?
Nice to see you. Thanks for coming.
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He is saddened by the death.
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For 11 years, Dahl oversaw
the largest economic expansion ever...
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...and I assure you he will be...
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- Missed.
- Is Ron Erlich the new Fed chair?
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- The candidates...
- Who's on the short list?
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I want to be clear. No list exists.
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As number two man at the Reserve,
Erlich is a candidate.
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- Sydney Bloom?
- A candidate.
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- Lawrence Ottenberg?
- A candidate.
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Mrs. Bartlet's declared
a preference for Erlich.
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Will that weigh in
on the president's decision?
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- I'm not aware of that.
- It's a wire piece.
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People say she'd hoped he'd appoint
Erlich when Dahl's term expired.
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I don't know who the people are, but
it's possible, on a social occasion...
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When will a chairman be named?
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- We're hoping by tomorrow.
- Why the delay?
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Respect.
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- Get me the report.
- On your desk.
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- Did I sound stupid saying respect?
- You were fine.
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I need you. I got a question about
Mrs. Bartlet's preference for Erlich.
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- Publicly?
- It's in a wire piece on my desk.
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- Back to your office?
- Yeah.
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She was fantastic.
That's just the opening salvo.
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She'll lead the charge
against child labor.
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There are index cards on Patty's desk.
I need them.
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Yeah, she'll do Larry King,
then go to St. Louis.
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Call me later
and I'll give you 10 minutes.
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- Did you see the interview?
- I didn't.
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Jeffrey raised enough for Panshin
and his village to get out of debt.
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- Solves that.
- Abbey's running with it.
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- I want to be sure we call the plays.
- What's wrong?
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C.J. was asked about the first lady's
preference for Erlich.
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- It's well-known.
- It was in a wire piece.
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- "Sources close to Mrs. Bartlet. "
- I don't know anything about it.
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- It wasn't you?
- I don't know anything about it.
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We'll tell you
when we want something leaked.
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I'm telling you I don't know. If C.J.
wants to come and call me a liar...
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C.J. didn't come. I did.
No one's calling you a liar.
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We need our two staffs
to work together better.
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We need your staff
to work better with ours.
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That's the spirit, Sam.
I'm late for a speech.
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That was a nice bit of diplomacy
I just did. It was good.
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- I'm going to the gym now.
- Okay.
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Without regard to past arguments...
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The national debt was so high
we sucked up to the bond market.
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That condition doesn't exist anymore.
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Historically, prosperity has been
built on growth and a GDP of 5%.
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With the deflationary pressures
of the global economy...
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...growth can be achieved
without rampant inflation.
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- Do you understand?
- C.J. doesn't understand.
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I understand the oeuvre.
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I get the basic mise en scene
of what you're saying.
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- I don't understand.
- Ron Erlich might not be the guy.
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It's not a mortal lock.
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I suggest I talk to the first lady
and ask her to clarify her position:
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"My husband will choose the best man. "
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C.J., we don't handle my wife.
When we try, do you know what happens?
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- You get a little punishment.
- Screw it.
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Let's move on.
It's not a big deal.
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But find out who those friends of
my wife's are in the wire piece...
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...and have them shot.
Can I do that? Leo says I can.
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Phyllis doesn't like me.
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Susan thinks I'm xenophobic
because I don't like Mexican food.
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These are my wife's friends.
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Could be our old neighbors
Herb and Marjorie Douglas.
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They're angry because
I ran them over with my car.
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- Zoey's here.
- Thank you.
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Anything else?
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- No.
- Thank you, Mr. President.
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I'll tell you what else. Historically,
2 to 2.5% GDP expansion...
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...is classified as lackluster,
even anemic, economic growth.
228
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4.5 to 5% is needed to be considered
robust and not even spectacular.
229
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- I don't know what you're saying.
- Sometimes I just make it up.
230
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Hello, sweetheart.
231
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- You used to go to school in overalls.
- I used to be 5.
232
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- What's up, Zoey?
- Keeping it real.
233
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- Who the hell knows?
- Anything else?
234
00:16:05,422 --> 00:16:08,466
No. Thank you, Leo.
What you got today?
235
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Intro to Cinema
and 19th Century Studies.
236
00:16:11,593 --> 00:16:14,762
- What about math?
- I graduated high school.
237
00:16:14,971 --> 00:16:18,681
Wiseass all you want,
but this is the 21 st century...
238
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...in which mathematics is going
to play a starring role.
239
00:16:22,892 --> 00:16:26,602
I would definitely put my shoulder
into Intro to Cinema.
240
00:16:26,852 --> 00:16:28,812
It got me where I am today.
241
00:16:29,062 --> 00:16:33,564
- Did you call me to make fun of me?
- That's a big part of my day.
242
00:16:33,773 --> 00:16:36,692
I met with Butterfield
and some agents.
243
00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:39,235
- What did I do?
- Nothing.
244
00:16:39,443 --> 00:16:41,611
They think you should take math.
245
00:16:41,820 --> 00:16:45,656
It's time to tell you about
some letters we've been getting.
246
00:16:45,864 --> 00:16:47,115
Threats?
247
00:16:47,323 --> 00:16:53,244
Yeah. They don't like the president's
daughter dating a black man.
248
00:16:54,369 --> 00:16:55,620
Charlie?
249
00:16:55,829 --> 00:16:58,998
- You're not dating more than one guy?
- No.
250
00:16:59,205 --> 00:17:03,834
Okay. One guy for you is one more
than I'm comfortable with.
251
00:17:04,042 --> 00:17:07,377
- So you've said.
- I see it's had an impact on you.
252
00:17:07,585 --> 00:17:12,255
- How bad are the letters?
- No worse than anything else they get.
253
00:17:12,463 --> 00:17:15,507
- These are from white supremacists?
- Yeah.
254
00:17:15,716 --> 00:17:18,759
Why did Butterfield
and the guys meet with me?
255
00:17:18,968 --> 00:17:22,803
There's a national convention
of some sort in Virginia.
256
00:17:23,012 --> 00:17:27,889
It was in the papers that you're
going to a club opening this weekend.
257
00:17:28,098 --> 00:17:31,600
- You want me to cancel?
- You don't have to cancel.
258
00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:34,686
But you can't bring Charlie.
259
00:17:36,353 --> 00:17:38,896
- Okay.
- You want me to tell him?
260
00:17:39,897 --> 00:17:44,025
- We're meeting later. I'll tell him.
- Tell him the truth.
261
00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:47,527
- Don't make something up.
- He won't like it.
262
00:17:47,736 --> 00:17:50,737
You sure you don't
want me to tell him?
263
00:17:51,446 --> 00:17:54,406
- Yeah.
- Okay.
264
00:17:55,365 --> 00:17:59,284
- The assistant secretary of Treasury.
- You gotta go.
265
00:18:00,034 --> 00:18:04,704
Sorry about Bernie Dahl.
Is Ron Erlich gonna be the new chair?
266
00:18:04,912 --> 00:18:10,332
You want the job? Can't have it.
Know why? No math. Goodbye.
267
00:18:14,710 --> 00:18:18,379
We're Democrats.
Since when do we like lower taxes?
268
00:18:18,587 --> 00:18:23,424
We don't. We like lower tariffs
on Indian textiles, German cars...
269
00:18:23,673 --> 00:18:29,510
...and Chilean wines negotiated with
130 countries over the past 7 years.
270
00:18:29,719 --> 00:18:34,013
The Global Free Trade Markets
Access Act is on its third president.
271
00:18:34,221 --> 00:18:36,723
We're proud it's ready to be voted on.
272
00:18:36,931 --> 00:18:41,518
Where it will win by some 15 votes.
Anyone eating that doughnut?
273
00:18:41,726 --> 00:18:46,146
All yours. What happens
when you lower the cost of something?
274
00:18:46,354 --> 00:18:52,733
Economists will say you get a more
efficient allocation of resources.
275
00:18:52,983 --> 00:18:57,652
That's nothing to me. To an economist,
that's a week in St. Barts.
276
00:18:57,903 --> 00:19:00,279
Don't talk to us like we're 12.
277
00:19:00,488 --> 00:19:04,491
We're concerned with the effect
the flow of cheaper goods...
278
00:19:04,698 --> 00:19:08,284
...into the country will have
on American labor.
279
00:19:08,493 --> 00:19:11,495
We're concerned about
environmental controls.
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- Concerns which are reasonable.
- You're concerned with American labor?
281
00:19:16,956 --> 00:19:18,957
- What do you drive?
- Toyota.
282
00:19:19,166 --> 00:19:21,417
- Then shut up.
- Excuse me.
283
00:19:21,626 --> 00:19:26,170
What Toby meant to say is
that we don't see you often...
284
00:19:26,378 --> 00:19:28,796
...and it's a crying shame.
285
00:19:30,839 --> 00:19:35,301
Sit tight. We're just getting started.
Think about lunch.
286
00:19:35,550 --> 00:19:39,178
Think about the fact that
we're courting your vote...
287
00:19:39,428 --> 00:19:42,472
- ...for reasons passing understanding.
- Get out here.
288
00:19:45,182 --> 00:19:51,101
This is why you have a reputation as
a pain in the ass. Can you try harder?
289
00:19:51,310 --> 00:19:55,104
- Sure, because I'm not trying at all.
- I'm standing here.
290
00:19:55,313 --> 00:19:59,482
The wire has a piece.
Sources close to the first lady...
291
00:19:59,690 --> 00:20:02,484
- Who are the sources?
- Lilli doesn't know.
292
00:20:02,692 --> 00:20:04,235
- Is it Lilli?
- Yeah.
293
00:20:04,443 --> 00:20:08,571
Mrs. Bartlet should make a statement.
She supports whatever...
294
00:20:08,779 --> 00:20:13,574
- She won't unless someone tells her.
- That sounds like your job.
295
00:20:13,823 --> 00:20:17,326
The president doesn't want me
to handle her.
296
00:20:17,534 --> 00:20:23,413
Did he say that, or did he say,
"Handle her, but I didn't say that"?
297
00:20:23,622 --> 00:20:25,831
- I don't know.
- Gotta learn the signs.
298
00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,124
- I've got most of them.
- Not that one.
299
00:20:28,333 --> 00:20:31,876
Where's Sam?
I want him to talk to Lilli again.
300
00:20:32,085 --> 00:20:34,586
What if the president meant it?
301
00:20:35,170 --> 00:20:39,173
We're not handling Mrs. Bartlet.
We're talking to her staff.
302
00:20:39,382 --> 00:20:42,091
- I know most of the signs.
- Go.
303
00:20:43,384 --> 00:20:48,387
- What if he drove an American car?
- Humiliate him some other way.
304
00:20:48,637 --> 00:20:52,847
- You like winning, don't you?
- Saves you from saying please.
305
00:20:53,056 --> 00:20:56,016
- Let's go.
- Absolutely.
306
00:21:08,774 --> 00:21:12,318
- You all right?
- Congresswoman. Yes, I'm fine.
307
00:21:12,527 --> 00:21:16,362
- I heard the "ow. " Figured it was you.
- Getting healthy.
308
00:21:16,570 --> 00:21:18,738
- How's your head?
- I'm fine.
309
00:21:18,947 --> 00:21:23,282
- I came over for a different reason.
- How can I help you?
310
00:21:24,534 --> 00:21:28,160
Can I talk to you over there
for a second?
311
00:21:33,497 --> 00:21:36,874
- Congresswoman.
- Becky's fine.
312
00:21:37,083 --> 00:21:40,794
- Where are you on the trade bill?
- We're 15 votes up.
313
00:21:41,001 --> 00:21:44,754
We're meeting some friends
of yours to run up the score.
314
00:21:44,963 --> 00:21:50,925
I'm talking to you as a courtesy.
There's no obligation to come to you.
315
00:21:51,134 --> 00:21:55,594
This is not an invitation for you
to try to talk me out of it.
316
00:21:55,803 --> 00:21:58,638
- You're not offering an amendment.
- I am.
317
00:21:58,847 --> 00:22:03,808
Child labor restrictions. The
first lady blew the trumpet on TV.
318
00:22:04,015 --> 00:22:07,893
With my record, I can't be left out.
This is a courtesy.
319
00:22:08,102 --> 00:22:11,895
- We fast-tracked it to avoid...
- This is a courtesy!
320
00:22:12,146 --> 00:22:14,814
This will blow the vote
out of the water.
321
00:22:15,064 --> 00:22:19,400
I'm talking to you as a courtesy.
I'm introducing it tonight.
322
00:22:19,608 --> 00:22:22,485
Josh and Toby are gonna
have to count again.
323
00:22:23,570 --> 00:22:26,530
You should put some ice on that head.
324
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:38,454
Global Free Trade
Market Access Act. GFTMAA.
325
00:22:39,746 --> 00:22:43,999
- I'll call you back.
- Walk with me. I'm on my way out.
326
00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:47,376
The market opened 320 points down.
327
00:22:47,584 --> 00:22:51,086
- We noticed.
- It's rebounding. Not very fast.
328
00:22:51,295 --> 00:22:57,007
The president needs a new Fed chair.
Half my salary's in technology stocks.
329
00:22:57,215 --> 00:23:02,177
The president was wondering
if you had a few minutes.
330
00:23:03,177 --> 00:23:05,928
It'll just be you. Off the record.
331
00:23:06,137 --> 00:23:11,307
There's a reception for the Michigan
Women's Caucus. He'll step out....
332
00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:14,017
- What?
- It sounds like...
333
00:23:14,225 --> 00:23:17,811
Like it will be lousy with
female Democrats? Yeah.
334
00:23:18,020 --> 00:23:19,812
- Okay.
- Thanks.
335
00:23:22,314 --> 00:23:26,941
Hello. I don't have time for you.
Sam, I paged you.
336
00:23:27,150 --> 00:23:31,652
I got it. Becky Reeseman came over.
I need Josh and Toby.
337
00:23:31,861 --> 00:23:33,862
- I need you first.
- What is it?
338
00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:38,449
I told the president about it.
He didn't want the first lady handled.
339
00:23:38,699 --> 00:23:40,992
- Did he mean it?
- I don't know.
340
00:23:41,242 --> 00:23:44,660
- Gotta pick up the signs.
- I have most of them.
341
00:23:44,869 --> 00:23:48,038
- It's important.
- If you talk to Lilli again....
342
00:23:48,288 --> 00:23:51,415
- Clarification.
- Nudge her in that direction.
343
00:23:51,664 --> 00:23:54,083
- Where are Josh and Toby?
- Meeting.
344
00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:57,627
- Gotta learn the signs.
- I know.
345
00:23:58,419 --> 00:24:03,464
Can you deny the fact that you can
buy a British-made Range Rover...
346
00:24:03,714 --> 00:24:05,965
...has hurt Ford to a degree?
347
00:24:06,174 --> 00:24:07,925
I can.
348
00:24:08,133 --> 00:24:11,761
I can deny it. Range Rover
inspired the Explorer...
349
00:24:11,969 --> 00:24:16,805
...a bestseller
and Ford's biggest success in years.
350
00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:19,349
Will you excuse us for a moment?
351
00:24:19,557 --> 00:24:23,935
- Are we keeping you from something?
- Many, many things.
352
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,063
If you've had an attitude improvement,
it's marginal.
353
00:24:29,271 --> 00:24:32,023
- We're in hour 4 now.
- Guys.
354
00:24:32,231 --> 00:24:36,150
- I thought you were at the gym.
- Becky Reeseman came over.
355
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,069
She made it clear
it was just a courtesy.
356
00:24:39,277 --> 00:24:41,945
She's attaching
a child labor amendment.
357
00:24:42,154 --> 00:24:43,780
- To what?
- To this.
358
00:24:43,988 --> 00:24:44,989
- When?
- Tonight.
359
00:24:45,198 --> 00:24:49,617
- This is why we fast-tracked it.
- She's on Ways and Means.
360
00:24:50,076 --> 00:24:53,952
- This wasn't a joke?
- She was inspired by the first lady.
361
00:24:54,161 --> 00:24:57,538
- She thought there were trumpets...
- Trumpets?
362
00:24:57,747 --> 00:25:01,957
- The trumpet call. They sounded?
- What goes on at that gym?
363
00:25:02,166 --> 00:25:05,210
She thinks the train is leaving.
364
00:25:05,418 --> 00:25:08,420
Mrs. Bartlet has to get Reeseman
to back off.
365
00:25:08,628 --> 00:25:12,255
- What if she's on Abbey's orders?
- I'll talk to Lilli.
366
00:25:12,464 --> 00:25:16,633
I'll go. I'm going in on Erlich.
Might as well take two hits.
367
00:25:16,841 --> 00:25:21,677
Impress upon her that it's taken
7 years to get the bill this far.
368
00:25:21,928 --> 00:25:25,889
Add this amendment,
I gotta be nice to these people.
369
00:25:26,139 --> 00:25:28,682
Bring this one home, Sam.
370
00:25:30,308 --> 00:25:33,310
- After you.
- After you.
371
00:25:40,481 --> 00:25:44,150
- 20 minutes and we're on campus.
- Rutledge? I read a review.
372
00:25:44,358 --> 00:25:48,444
It's great. It begins, "In the summer
of 1900, my grandmother... "
373
00:25:48,653 --> 00:25:51,154
- You took notes.
- Know why?
374
00:25:51,363 --> 00:25:54,407
- You're totally anal?
- No.
375
00:25:54,739 --> 00:25:56,282
Yes, that's it.
376
00:25:56,491 --> 00:26:00,118
" 100 years ago, the average
life expectancy was 47. "
377
00:26:00,326 --> 00:26:04,287
- Only 14% of homes had a bathtub.
- "8% had a telephone. "
378
00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:07,414
More than 95% of births
took place at home.
379
00:26:07,622 --> 00:26:10,707
"90% of physicians had
no college education. "
380
00:26:10,916 --> 00:26:14,752
This is fun.
It's a time-travel thing we're doing.
381
00:26:14,961 --> 00:26:18,337
- You want my egg salad, don't you?
- I really do.
382
00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:26,050
- You have to get back?
- I've got a few minutes.
383
00:26:27,051 --> 00:26:31,095
- I need to talk about Friday.
- I took back the suit.
384
00:26:31,303 --> 00:26:37,432
I liked it, you didn't, that's okay. I
got a powder-blue tuxedo with ruffles.
385
00:26:37,641 --> 00:26:39,767
Listen to me.
386
00:26:40,309 --> 00:26:44,603
- We can't go Friday night.
- That's okay.
387
00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:49,398
Why not?
388
00:26:50,566 --> 00:26:54,192
- You've been getting death threats.
- From?
389
00:26:55,861 --> 00:26:57,820
Because of you?
390
00:26:58,028 --> 00:27:02,573
Because of me and you, yeah.
There's some sort of meeting.
391
00:27:02,781 --> 00:27:05,366
The Secret Service
doesn't think that...
392
00:27:05,575 --> 00:27:11,828
We tried to secure it. Too many dark
corners, alleys, windows, a cellar.
393
00:27:12,036 --> 00:27:15,581
- We can't secure the street.
- I don't give a damn.
394
00:27:16,039 --> 00:27:21,084
I don't give a damn. I bought
a new suit. In fact, I bought two now.
395
00:27:21,543 --> 00:27:23,085
We can't go.
396
00:27:30,047 --> 00:27:32,883
Hey, look.
It says here, 100 years ago...
397
00:27:33,133 --> 00:27:38,636
...a black guy couldn't go out with
a white girl for fear he'd be killed.
398
00:27:45,724 --> 00:27:48,225
I have to go to the ladies' room.
399
00:27:49,518 --> 00:27:51,519
Bookbag's up.
400
00:27:56,731 --> 00:28:00,025
You know, if nothing else...
401
00:28:00,232 --> 00:28:04,444
...if one of us is gonna be pissed,
it ought to be me.
402
00:28:04,986 --> 00:28:08,779
I'm the girl whose job is
to jump in front of the bullet.
403
00:28:08,988 --> 00:28:12,240
I like it when she stays home
and watches videos.
404
00:28:15,284 --> 00:28:18,702
I gotta go. Tell her I had to go.
405
00:28:19,286 --> 00:28:23,204
- Tell her yourself.
- I'm back at the office.
406
00:28:29,709 --> 00:28:33,628
- Is Lilli in?
- You can go on in.
407
00:28:40,215 --> 00:28:43,967
- Hello, Sam.
- Mrs. Bartlet.
408
00:28:44,676 --> 00:28:47,928
Lilli tells me we have a problem.
409
00:28:48,721 --> 00:28:50,513
Yes, ma'am.
410
00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:57,017
It's the tactics, Sam.
The strategizing.
411
00:28:57,225 --> 00:28:59,977
I don't understand.
We used to be close.
412
00:29:00,186 --> 00:29:03,188
Now I have a large
and energetic staff...
413
00:29:03,396 --> 00:29:06,939
...whose main function
is waging war with your staff.
414
00:29:07,148 --> 00:29:11,193
- Is that accurate?
- No, ma'am, I don't think it is.
415
00:29:11,777 --> 00:29:15,070
- We're professional.
- I don't think you are.
416
00:29:15,278 --> 00:29:16,988
Beg your pardon?
417
00:29:17,196 --> 00:29:22,657
I like Lilli Mays. She's topnotch.
It was hard for us to give her up.
418
00:29:22,908 --> 00:29:27,369
But I believe that you're prone
to amateur mistakes.
419
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:32,789
So my staff is professional,
just not me.
420
00:29:32,997 --> 00:29:37,708
You can't go on national TV
and have a kid next to you on a whim.
421
00:29:37,917 --> 00:29:41,336
- You gotta vet this stuff.
- What was the problem?
422
00:29:41,544 --> 00:29:47,423
It looked like you discovered child
labor because Jeffrey told you.
423
00:29:47,673 --> 00:29:49,466
I don't believe that.
424
00:29:49,674 --> 00:29:52,176
I don't believe
exercise makes me healthier.
425
00:29:52,384 --> 00:29:56,678
But you went to med school.
You say so, then I go to the gym.
426
00:29:56,887 --> 00:30:01,056
Talk to Reeseman and tell her
not to offer that amendment.
427
00:30:01,264 --> 00:30:03,724
- I will.
- Excuse me?
428
00:30:03,974 --> 00:30:06,810
I said I will.
429
00:30:10,562 --> 00:30:13,438
Is there anything else?
430
00:30:14,064 --> 00:30:18,234
- No, ma'am.
- Okay.
431
00:30:20,235 --> 00:30:21,860
Thank you, ma'am.
432
00:30:34,952 --> 00:30:37,954
- How you doing, Mrs. Landingham?
- Fine.
433
00:30:38,162 --> 00:30:41,456
You're glancing over
like I'll steal something.
434
00:30:41,664 --> 00:30:44,165
I'm not used to having
the media here.
435
00:30:44,374 --> 00:30:49,377
- I'll try not to get ink on the chair.
- I was about to offer you a cookie.
436
00:30:49,585 --> 00:30:51,254
- And now?
- No.
437
00:30:51,462 --> 00:30:54,713
I'll be back in a few minutes.
Good evening.
438
00:30:56,048 --> 00:30:58,883
- Good evening.
- Are you covering the event?
439
00:30:59,092 --> 00:31:04,136
- The many women of Michigan?
- The Michigan Women's Caucus?
440
00:31:04,636 --> 00:31:06,930
No, I'm here to see the president.
441
00:31:07,138 --> 00:31:09,014
- Really?
- Yes.
442
00:31:19,646 --> 00:31:22,064
- So, what's up?
- Not too much.
443
00:31:22,273 --> 00:31:25,148
- You're going to the opening?
- No. Security.
444
00:31:25,357 --> 00:31:26,650
Is Zoey bummed?
445
00:31:26,858 --> 00:31:30,027
I say it here
and millions read it tomorrow.
446
00:31:30,236 --> 00:31:34,488
Thanks for the circulation boost.
I'm off the record.
447
00:31:34,697 --> 00:31:39,157
- It's not gonna work.
- You and Zoey? Why?
448
00:31:39,366 --> 00:31:44,703
If it's a problem for the Secret
Service I'm black, that's how it is.
449
00:31:44,953 --> 00:31:46,787
But she shouldn't expect flowers.
450
00:31:46,996 --> 00:31:50,623
It's not that you're black.
It's that you're stupid.
451
00:31:50,872 --> 00:31:54,125
- Thanks, Danny.
- You bet.
452
00:31:54,333 --> 00:31:56,835
The Hardy Boys in these letters...
453
00:31:57,043 --> 00:32:01,754
...may be armed, but I wouldn't
bet on their marksmanship.
454
00:32:02,463 --> 00:32:06,091
Marriage proposals, death threats,
a dozen bodyguards.
455
00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:09,801
Everyone wants to get close.
Everyone wants a thing.
456
00:32:10,010 --> 00:32:13,679
And I say this standing
by the Oval Office...
457
00:32:13,886 --> 00:32:17,055
...life with Father
couldn't have been a picnic.
458
00:32:17,764 --> 00:32:20,182
If it was me, just for now...
459
00:32:20,391 --> 00:32:24,768
...I'd make sure I was the one guy
in her life who's hassle-free.
460
00:32:25,019 --> 00:32:26,686
That's just me.
461
00:32:31,189 --> 00:32:32,606
Yes, sir.
462
00:32:37,026 --> 00:32:38,944
Please.
463
00:32:41,738 --> 00:32:44,989
- Hey, Danny.
- Good evening, Leo.
464
00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:53,536
I'd like to say I urged the president
not to have this conversation.
465
00:32:53,745 --> 00:32:57,747
- I'm just sitting here.
- We'll note your lack of conviction.
466
00:32:57,955 --> 00:33:00,457
Note it well, sir.
467
00:33:07,336 --> 00:33:10,130
- I miss our late-night talks.
- Yes, sir.
468
00:33:10,337 --> 00:33:13,173
Out there on the campaign trail.
469
00:33:13,381 --> 00:33:17,509
Ames, Iowa, Tulsa, Skokie,
Center City, Tallahassee...
470
00:33:17,718 --> 00:33:20,469
...Albany, San Antonio,
Jasper, Wyoming.
471
00:33:20,677 --> 00:33:22,554
Yes, sir.
472
00:33:22,763 --> 00:33:25,555
- We got very close.
- I'm flattered, sir.
473
00:33:25,764 --> 00:33:28,932
- You cover the first lady as well.
- Yes, sir.
474
00:33:29,141 --> 00:33:31,851
You literally wrote the book
on my wife.
475
00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:36,645
I want to emphasize
the strong personal bond we built...
476
00:33:36,854 --> 00:33:37,897
For God's sake.
477
00:33:38,105 --> 00:33:41,356
Did you call me in to ask
who the sources were?
478
00:33:41,940 --> 00:33:46,860
I was going to
in a proper, gentlemanly...
479
00:33:47,068 --> 00:33:50,029
- Even Byzantine.
- ...way.
480
00:33:51,613 --> 00:33:55,741
Save me from having
this conversation with my wife...
481
00:33:55,991 --> 00:33:58,451
...or let me be armed when I do.
482
00:33:58,659 --> 00:34:04,621
I'm sorry. I'd be revealing a source.
I'd be in trouble with the first lady.
483
00:34:04,829 --> 00:34:07,998
Welcome to the club.
We had some jackets made.
484
00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:10,666
Let him go.
485
00:34:13,335 --> 00:34:16,378
Albany, Tulsa, Wichita.
486
00:34:16,587 --> 00:34:19,088
I'm not getting
a personal bond here.
487
00:34:19,297 --> 00:34:24,175
If it makes you feel better,
I gave sage dating advice to Charlie.
488
00:34:24,383 --> 00:34:28,385
You're coaching my aide on
how to score with my daughter?
489
00:34:28,594 --> 00:34:32,596
- Yes, that makes me feel better.
- Anything I can do to help.
490
00:34:32,805 --> 00:34:35,848
- Go away.
- Thank you, Mr. President.
491
00:34:36,057 --> 00:34:37,599
Thanks, Danny.
492
00:34:41,310 --> 00:34:44,062
- It's interesting.
- The 100 years ago thing?
493
00:34:44,270 --> 00:34:50,357
Authorities warned that seamstresses
might be aroused by the pedal rhythm.
494
00:34:50,565 --> 00:34:55,568
They recommended bromide
to diminish sexual desire.
495
00:34:55,777 --> 00:34:59,112
Why would anyone diminish
a woman's sexual desire?
496
00:34:59,321 --> 00:35:01,906
We can get out of hand.
497
00:35:02,114 --> 00:35:04,241
Here we go.
498
00:35:07,535 --> 00:35:09,202
- Excuse me.
- Good evening.
499
00:35:09,410 --> 00:35:12,621
May I have a word
with the congresswoman?
500
00:35:12,829 --> 00:35:15,081
I'll find you in a minute.
501
00:35:15,623 --> 00:35:17,249
That's a beautiful suit.
502
00:35:17,457 --> 00:35:22,210
Becky, did you decide to run
for the Senate and not tell me?
503
00:35:23,169 --> 00:35:27,129
Because Jed and I would be there
with anything you need.
504
00:35:27,713 --> 00:35:32,466
- I know the amendment is a surprise...
- Your amendment is a poison pill...
505
00:35:32,675 --> 00:35:36,094
...that will kill the GFTMAA
in the following way.
506
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:40,304
The Republican leaders won't let
their guys wear black hats.
507
00:35:40,513 --> 00:35:45,975
They'll be released from a party-line
vote. This won't shock Democrats...
508
00:35:46,183 --> 00:35:48,184
...as they've seen it before.
509
00:35:48,393 --> 00:35:54,229
It'll pass there because it'll never
pass the Senate, and you know it.
510
00:35:55,063 --> 00:36:00,400
- It felt like the train was leaving.
- When the train leaves, you'll know.
511
00:36:00,608 --> 00:36:03,902
- There's a seat open.
- The president will help.
512
00:36:04,111 --> 00:36:09,571
- I've heard that before.
- This isn't Steve's boat. Don't barter.
513
00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:13,074
I put this amendment back in,
I'll have problems.
514
00:36:13,283 --> 00:36:16,326
- How many people know?
- You, Steve, my staff.
515
00:36:16,535 --> 00:36:18,995
- The president's staff.
- You're fine.
516
00:36:19,203 --> 00:36:23,539
- Am I supposed to trust his staff?
- Yes.
517
00:36:24,790 --> 00:36:27,041
Are we done?
518
00:36:28,041 --> 00:36:29,292
Yes.
519
00:36:30,292 --> 00:36:32,128
Thank you.
520
00:36:33,378 --> 00:36:37,297
- The rhythm of the pedals?
- That's what it says.
521
00:36:37,506 --> 00:36:41,717
Marijuana, heroin, morphine
were available over the counter.
522
00:36:41,925 --> 00:36:46,344
According to one pharmacist,
"Heroin clears the complexion...
523
00:36:46,553 --> 00:36:50,180
...gives buoyancy to the mind,
regulates the bowels...
524
00:36:50,389 --> 00:36:53,098
...and is a perfect guardian
of health. "
525
00:36:53,306 --> 00:36:55,100
Now they tell me.
526
00:36:55,642 --> 00:36:56,934
Mr. President?
527
00:36:57,143 --> 00:36:59,519
- I'm out of here.
- Stay. Chicken.
528
00:37:03,272 --> 00:37:05,356
- Hello, pumpkin.
- Abbey.
529
00:37:05,565 --> 00:37:08,524
- Hello, gumdrop.
- Listen...
530
00:37:08,733 --> 00:37:12,485
Sam Seaborn came to see
my chief of staff today. Twice.
531
00:37:12,694 --> 00:37:18,406
Your chief of staff is an attractive
woman. Maybe he was, you know...
532
00:37:18,614 --> 00:37:24,117
- I told C.J. specifically.
- Then C.J. got the signal wrong.
533
00:37:24,701 --> 00:37:26,452
No, she didn't.
534
00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:29,495
What?
535
00:37:29,704 --> 00:37:33,665
She didn't get it wrong.
I wanted her to send someone.
536
00:37:34,331 --> 00:37:38,626
This wire thing is a problem.
The kid on TV was a mistake.
537
00:37:38,835 --> 00:37:44,046
Reeseman's amendment will bring down
a bill that was worked on for years.
538
00:37:44,255 --> 00:37:48,215
- I said I just killed it.
- Fine.
539
00:37:48,716 --> 00:37:51,509
We share a bed.
Why didn't you come to me?
540
00:37:51,718 --> 00:37:53,510
I staffed it out to C.J.
541
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,220
- You staffed it out?
- That's right.
542
00:37:56,429 --> 00:37:58,555
You don't staff me out.
543
00:37:58,764 --> 00:38:03,808
Don't give C.J. signals, don't send
Sam and don't bring Concanon here.
544
00:38:04,017 --> 00:38:08,311
- Don't handle me, Jed!
- Then don't play me! Don't work me.
545
00:38:08,728 --> 00:38:13,647
People think Lilli Mays planted that
you have a preference for Ron Erlich.
546
00:38:13,856 --> 00:38:16,983
- It wasn't Lilli Mays.
- I know. It was you.
547
00:38:17,192 --> 00:38:20,526
Sorry, but I wanted Ron
to know he had my support.
548
00:38:20,735 --> 00:38:25,071
You put me in a spot. I name
Erlich now, which I was gonna do...
549
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,865
...and it looks like
I'm taking instructions from you!
550
00:38:29,073 --> 00:38:32,117
- It was wrong!
- You talking about you or me?
551
00:38:32,326 --> 00:38:35,369
I'm talking about you
sending people for me.
552
00:38:35,578 --> 00:38:40,247
I'm talking about you waiting a day
to name a new Fed chair...
553
00:38:40,456 --> 00:38:44,500
...because 30 years ago
I dated Erlich for six months.
554
00:38:44,708 --> 00:38:50,128
I am talking about sending messages
and setting agendas on morning shows.
555
00:38:50,337 --> 00:38:52,963
We won't be these people.
I won't do it.
556
00:38:53,172 --> 00:38:57,132
I'll walk up to the Hill right now
and give my resignation!
557
00:38:57,341 --> 00:39:00,885
- The House isn't in session.
- I'll put it in session!
558
00:39:01,093 --> 00:39:02,344
Don't yell at me.
559
00:39:02,677 --> 00:39:06,387
It was nine months,
and I waited a day on Skippy...
560
00:39:06,596 --> 00:39:11,724
...because the Fed chair is important
and I wanted my decision to be right.
561
00:39:11,933 --> 00:39:17,478
You made a decision. "I name
Erlich now, which I was gonna do...
562
00:39:17,686 --> 00:39:22,314
...and it looks like I'm taking
instructions from my wife. "
563
00:39:31,445 --> 00:39:33,905
So just ease up on the high ground.
564
00:39:34,113 --> 00:39:37,406
On that point,
I concede the high ground.
565
00:39:37,782 --> 00:39:40,617
I concede I was wrong about the thing.
566
00:39:40,825 --> 00:39:42,451
- Good.
- However...
567
00:39:42,701 --> 00:39:46,579
No "however. " Just be wrong.
Stand there being wrong.
568
00:39:46,788 --> 00:39:48,622
- However...
- Nine months.
569
00:39:48,830 --> 00:39:52,124
However, I'll still kick your ass
on child labor.
570
00:39:52,333 --> 00:39:55,084
- Abbey, please.
- Jed.
571
00:39:55,292 --> 00:40:00,253
If it was one of our girls in that
factory, you'd send in the Marines.
572
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:21,058
We just had
our first Oval Office fight.
573
00:40:33,565 --> 00:40:35,317
Talk to Zoey today?
574
00:40:35,526 --> 00:40:40,112
She went back to her dorm.
She and Charlie had a fight...
575
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:44,698
...because the Service doesn't want
them at this thing together.
576
00:40:44,906 --> 00:40:50,326
Maybe she'll be so traumatized
she'll never date another boy again.
577
00:40:50,535 --> 00:40:54,704
He left here a little while ago.
I'd say in about an hour...
578
00:40:54,912 --> 00:40:57,497
...there'll be a sock
on the doorknob...
579
00:40:57,706 --> 00:41:02,041
Don't finish that sentence.
I'm a man of questionable health.
580
00:41:05,210 --> 00:41:08,838
Michigan women are waiting for me.
581
00:41:59,326 --> 00:42:01,202
I came to apologize.
582
00:42:01,453 --> 00:42:05,372
- You left me sitting there.
- I feel bad about that.
583
00:42:05,581 --> 00:42:10,750
Are there other things you feel
bad about too? Name them, please.
584
00:42:12,418 --> 00:42:16,003
Off the top of my head,
I don't have a full list.
585
00:42:16,420 --> 00:42:18,880
But anything that's upset you...
586
00:42:19,088 --> 00:42:24,466
...even if it only exists in your
confused mind, I really apologize for.
587
00:42:27,177 --> 00:42:29,344
What'd you bring me?
588
00:42:29,553 --> 00:42:31,971
- Flowers.
- I see that. What else?
589
00:42:32,180 --> 00:42:34,848
- A book.
-Introduction to Trigonometry.
590
00:42:35,056 --> 00:42:37,850
- Your father made me get it.
- What else?
591
00:42:38,058 --> 00:42:40,018
- Popcorn.
- Why the popcorn?
592
00:42:40,226 --> 00:42:42,603
Because I brought videos.
593
00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:47,022
Get in here.
594
00:42:50,524 --> 00:42:53,318
Bookbag is in for the night.