1 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:06,440 Previously on The West Wing. 2 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:08,676 Zoey: My father sees danger, like, behind the curtains. 3 00:00:08,742 --> 00:00:11,179 Hey, Zoey, do me favor-- walk on the other side of me, would you? 4 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:12,012 You know something, Josh? 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,247 Sometimes I wonder 6 00:00:13,314 --> 00:00:14,748 if I'd listened to you two years ago 7 00:00:14,815 --> 00:00:16,250 would I be President right now? 8 00:00:16,317 --> 00:00:17,785 You ever wonder that? 9 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:19,720 No, sir. I know it for sure. 10 00:00:19,787 --> 00:00:20,654 Gun! 11 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:23,023 ( gunfire ) 12 00:00:23,824 --> 00:00:24,792 Get down! 13 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:31,799 ( gunfire continues ) 14 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:35,035 ( tires squealing ) 15 00:00:37,271 --> 00:00:41,542 Man ( over radio ): We have no idea on the sweep of the perimeter at this time. 16 00:00:41,609 --> 00:00:43,777 No idea. 17 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:46,013 ( sirens wailing ) 18 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,049 ( garbled radio transmission) 19 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:55,789 Ron: Zoey's secure. 20 00:00:55,856 --> 00:00:57,158 President: Get her again. 21 00:00:57,225 --> 00:01:00,328 She wasn't hit, sir. She's... 22 00:01:00,394 --> 00:01:02,530 Why can't she talk? She's vomiting t her on in the car. the radio, ple 23 00:01:02,596 --> 00:01:03,364 Why the hell...? 24 00:01:03,431 --> 00:01:04,765 It happens, sir. We'll... 25 00:01:04,832 --> 00:01:05,799 Why is she vomiting? 26 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:07,601 It happens. It could be shock. 27 00:01:07,668 --> 00:01:09,437 Ron... Is Gina with her? She might've gotten an elbow in the stomach. 28 00:01:09,503 --> 00:01:10,671 Gina put her in the car. 29 00:01:10,738 --> 00:01:11,705 She's not with her? 30 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:13,207 She's got two other agents in the car. 31 00:01:13,274 --> 00:01:14,675 She's got Mike and Fred, sir. 32 00:01:14,742 --> 00:01:15,909 They're going to have her back in the White House... 33 00:01:15,976 --> 00:01:17,545 Why isn't Gina in the car? 34 00:01:17,611 --> 00:01:20,914 Gina put Zoey in the car, then stayed behind for the ID Agent. 35 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:23,016 Mr. President, please. 36 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:27,721 ( gasping ) 37 00:01:27,788 --> 00:01:29,790 Is anybody dead back there? 38 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:31,058 We don't know. We don't think so. 39 00:01:31,125 --> 00:01:32,660 What happened to your hand? 40 00:01:32,726 --> 00:01:33,461 I got hit. 41 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:34,595 Oh, God! Coop, turn around! 42 00:01:34,662 --> 00:01:36,096 We've got to go to the hospital. 43 00:01:36,164 --> 00:01:37,431 We've got to get you to the White... 44 00:01:37,498 --> 00:01:38,999 We're going to the hospital. Let's go! 45 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:41,969 I have to put you inside the White House, Mr. President. 46 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:43,237 This isn't something we discuss. 47 00:01:43,304 --> 00:01:46,374 This is... My daughter is throwing up 48 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,442 on the floor in the car behind us 49 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:50,010 you're losing blood by the liter, not to mention 50 00:01:50,077 --> 00:01:52,346 God knows how many broken bones you've got in your hand 51 00:01:52,413 --> 00:01:54,548 but let's make sure that I'm tucked in bed 52 00:01:54,615 --> 00:01:56,850 before we do anything... Mr. President? 53 00:02:03,491 --> 00:02:06,160 G.W.! Blue! Blue! Blue! 54 00:02:10,298 --> 00:02:11,999 Left thigh, neurovasc intact. 55 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:14,168 She's stable. Give me some 4 x 4s. 56 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:15,569 I'm really fine. 57 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:18,038 Scalp laceration secondary to fall. 58 00:02:18,105 --> 00:02:19,707 I hit my head on the ground. 59 00:02:19,773 --> 00:02:20,708 No LOC? 60 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:22,009 Somebody pulled me down. 61 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:23,010 Are you C.J. Cregg? 62 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:24,212 Yeah. 63 00:02:24,278 --> 00:02:25,979 Can you tell me what day it is? 64 00:02:26,046 --> 00:02:27,548 It's still Monday. 65 00:02:27,615 --> 00:02:29,617 Okay, C.J., you're more shaken up than anything else. 66 00:02:29,683 --> 00:02:31,084 I don't think you're going to need stitches 67 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:32,920 but you should find someplace to lie down. 68 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:34,121 Is The President dead? 69 00:02:34,188 --> 00:02:35,589 I wouldn't know anything about that. 70 00:02:46,033 --> 00:02:46,767 You all right? 71 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:48,001 What? 72 00:02:48,068 --> 00:02:49,537 Are you all right? Yeah. Where's the President? 73 00:02:49,603 --> 00:02:51,239 He's on his way back to the White House. 74 00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:53,807 So is Zoey. They just put Leo in a car. 75 00:02:53,874 --> 00:02:54,808 You all right? 76 00:02:54,875 --> 00:02:56,910 Somebody pulled me down. 77 00:02:56,977 --> 00:02:57,878 Gina! 78 00:02:57,945 --> 00:02:59,046 I can't talk right now. 79 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:00,414 Gina Toscano. Tommy Cho. 80 00:03:00,481 --> 00:03:01,415 Are you the ID Agent? Yeah. 81 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:02,883 Two shooters in that window. 82 00:03:02,950 --> 00:03:05,152 We got them both from the roof, but there was a signal. 83 00:03:05,219 --> 00:03:06,287 There was somebody on the ground? 84 00:03:06,354 --> 00:03:08,589 White male, 20, 25, maybe five-ten. 85 00:03:08,656 --> 00:03:09,423 What else? 86 00:03:09,490 --> 00:03:10,891 He was wearing a baseball cap. 87 00:03:10,958 --> 00:03:12,293 What kind of cap? 88 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:13,994 Maybe it got knocked off in the crowd. 89 00:03:14,061 --> 00:03:16,230 What kind of cap? 90 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:17,931 I don't know. 91 00:03:17,998 --> 00:03:19,267 Fix a perimeter. 92 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,768 Close the airports, shut them down. 93 00:03:20,834 --> 00:03:22,770 I want the Harbor Patrol and the Coast Guard. 94 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:23,771 Man: You got it. 95 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:25,205 Stevie! Paul! 96 00:03:25,273 --> 00:03:27,207 Toby: Josh?! 97 00:03:28,809 --> 00:03:29,977 Hey, Charlie. 98 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:31,879 Are you okay? Yeah. Have you seen Josh? 99 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:33,180 He got in the car with Leo. 100 00:03:33,247 --> 00:03:35,015 No, he didn't. Shanahan got in with Leo. 101 00:03:35,082 --> 00:03:36,317 Josh didn't get in the car. 102 00:03:36,384 --> 00:03:37,451 Woman: Can I get some help? 103 00:03:37,518 --> 00:03:38,986 Yeah, stay right there. 104 00:03:41,188 --> 00:03:42,490 Josh! 105 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:44,392 Didn't you hear me shouting for you? 106 00:03:44,458 --> 00:03:46,360 I didn't know where the hell you... 107 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:52,400 I need a... I need a doctor! 108 00:03:53,367 --> 00:03:54,602 I need help! 109 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:50,257 Hey. 110 00:04:50,324 --> 00:04:52,993 Hey. Your best friend's back. 111 00:04:53,060 --> 00:04:54,795 Thank you for that. 112 00:04:54,862 --> 00:04:57,197 Cynthia. Hi. 113 00:04:57,264 --> 00:04:59,299 You can follow me. 114 00:04:59,367 --> 00:05:00,468 She's been in twice a week 115 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:01,802 for the last three weeks 116 00:05:01,869 --> 00:05:03,437 'cause she can't feel the baby kick. 117 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:04,538 I should just tell her 118 00:05:04,605 --> 00:05:05,773 "Ma'am, wait till eight months. 119 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:07,575 "The kid'll be doing the Macarena. 120 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:09,443 In the meantime, this is an emergency room." 121 00:05:09,510 --> 00:05:10,911 Did you really say that? 122 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:13,313 No. I'm saying I should've said that. 123 00:05:13,381 --> 00:05:14,848 ( phone ringing ) 124 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:17,718 Emergency Room. 125 00:05:17,785 --> 00:05:20,354 ( phone continues ringing ) 126 00:05:22,089 --> 00:05:23,056 Station One. 127 00:05:23,123 --> 00:05:24,091 We're coming in! 128 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:25,593 I copy that. Is this a drill? 129 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:26,727 No! 130 00:05:26,794 --> 00:05:28,562 The thing is, I have a few patients, not many 131 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:31,131 but I do have a couple of kids with alcohol poisoning. 132 00:05:31,198 --> 00:05:32,933 We're expecting more in a bit, so if this is a drill 133 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,436 I'd just as soon... 134 00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:40,340 ( beeping ) Trauma One. 135 00:05:40,408 --> 00:05:42,476 Trauma One! Blue! Blue! 136 00:05:42,543 --> 00:05:43,477 Trauma One! Blue! 137 00:05:43,544 --> 00:05:45,546 Let's go! 138 00:05:45,613 --> 00:05:46,714 You got priorities? 139 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:47,881 No priorities. 140 00:05:47,948 --> 00:05:49,349 Put them in a van. They're going to Memorial. 141 00:05:49,417 --> 00:05:50,050 Okay, people. 142 00:05:50,117 --> 00:05:51,284 Right here. 143 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:52,319 I need you to follow this gentleman 144 00:05:52,386 --> 00:05:54,121 to the van that's waiting. 145 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:55,456 Get the south side clear. 146 00:05:55,523 --> 00:05:57,558 There are two back doors and a loading dock. 147 00:05:57,625 --> 00:05:59,660 Put two units on the scaffolding 148 00:05:59,727 --> 00:06:01,261 and get some light out there. 149 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:03,564 Give me ultrasound and a crash cart. 150 00:06:03,631 --> 00:06:06,467 Eagle's two minutes away. 151 00:06:06,534 --> 00:06:09,703 Man: Mr. Vice President, can you hold the shirt up a little bit? 152 00:06:09,770 --> 00:06:12,139 Now, one of my roommates at SMU was Drew Harper. 153 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:13,441 Anybody know that name? 154 00:06:13,507 --> 00:06:15,976 '72? '72 Olympics in Munich. 155 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:18,746 Well, I played against him in a pick-up game on the quad 156 00:06:18,812 --> 00:06:21,148 and I thought I'd stuff him with an overhead slam. 157 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,550 He sent that ball back at my face 158 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:25,085 like I talked about his sister. 159 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:27,588 Coach, I want to congratulate you and your team 160 00:06:27,655 --> 00:06:29,457 and the NCAA on a great season last year. 161 00:06:29,523 --> 00:06:31,358 I know you've got four starters returning 162 00:06:31,425 --> 00:06:32,359 so I'm confident... 163 00:06:32,426 --> 00:06:33,360 Excuse me! 164 00:06:33,427 --> 00:06:36,830 Everyone stay where you are. 165 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:40,434 Mr. Vice President, would you come with us, please. 166 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:46,640 Mrs. Bartlet! Is he conscious? 167 00:06:46,707 --> 00:06:47,841 He's conscious and they're moving him to pre-op. 168 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:49,443 He was hit in the side. Entry and exit. 169 00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:50,678 What about Zoey? 170 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:52,312 They got her in the car. She's clear. 171 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:54,782 She's on her way to G.W. 172 00:06:54,848 --> 00:06:56,116 Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! 173 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:01,254 He's been shot in the abdomen. 174 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:03,090 Visible entry and exit wound. 175 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:05,659 BP 134/78, pulse 108. 176 00:07:05,726 --> 00:07:07,060 What's his pulse ox? 177 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:09,530 98. Mr. President, I'm Dr. Keller. 178 00:07:09,597 --> 00:07:10,864 I'm the trauma surgeon on duty. 179 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:11,965 The exit wound is a good indication 180 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:13,266 and we like your vitals. 181 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:15,102 Swear to God, if I don't speak to my daughter 182 00:07:15,168 --> 00:07:16,970 in the next five minutes, I'm going to attack someone. 183 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:18,305 She's on her way. 184 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:20,040 This guy's got about seven broken bones in his hand 185 00:07:20,107 --> 00:07:23,076 if somebody wants to give him an aspirin or something. 186 00:07:23,143 --> 00:07:24,745 We're there. 187 00:07:24,812 --> 00:07:26,947 Okay, sir, we're just going to get you stabilized. 188 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:28,616 Listen, I want you to wait as long as you can 189 00:07:28,682 --> 00:07:30,317 before you give me the anesthesia. 190 00:07:30,383 --> 00:07:31,652 I need to speak to Leo McGarry 191 00:07:31,719 --> 00:07:33,153 before you give me the anesthesia. 192 00:07:33,220 --> 00:07:34,321 He's on his way as well. 193 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:35,889 I need to ask you some questions, sir. 194 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:37,758 Do you have any medical conditions? 195 00:07:37,825 --> 00:07:40,694 Well... I've been shot. 196 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,431 Good evening, Mrs. Landingham. 197 00:07:44,498 --> 00:07:45,533 Good evening, Margaret. 198 00:07:45,599 --> 00:07:46,800 The President's not back yet? 199 00:07:46,867 --> 00:07:48,902 I imagine he's schmoozing the rope line. 200 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:50,571 You know, he says he's coming straight back 201 00:07:50,638 --> 00:07:52,339 but he can't resist a rope line. 202 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:56,777 Never has. Oh, he'll complain, but he just can't resist it. 203 00:07:56,844 --> 00:07:58,646 I remember a time in the Governor's Mansion 204 00:07:58,712 --> 00:07:59,613 this was about ten years ago... 205 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:00,480 Mrs. Landingham. 206 00:08:00,548 --> 00:08:01,281 More. Maybe 12. 207 00:08:01,348 --> 00:08:02,783 Mrs. Landingham. 208 00:08:04,685 --> 00:08:06,219 Good evening. 209 00:08:06,286 --> 00:08:09,456 We are getting reports that multiple gunshots were fired 210 00:08:09,523 --> 00:08:13,260 at President Bartlet as he was leaving a public event 211 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:14,895 in Rosslyn, Virginia. 212 00:08:14,962 --> 00:08:17,865 The shots were fired approximately seven minutes ago 213 00:08:17,931 --> 00:08:20,367 from an office building across the... 214 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:21,268 Dad? 215 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:22,369 I'm okay. 216 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:23,937 Daddy? It didn't hit anything. 217 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:26,206 They're just going to look around and make sure. 218 00:08:26,273 --> 00:08:27,507 Are you in a lot of pain? No. 219 00:08:27,575 --> 00:08:28,642 Are you lying? 220 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:30,110 Yeah, 'cause I want these guys 221 00:08:30,177 --> 00:08:32,212 to tell reporters that I was brave and joking around. 222 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:34,615 You are brave. You were so good tonight, Dad. 223 00:08:34,682 --> 00:08:35,716 Honey, I'm fine. 224 00:08:35,783 --> 00:08:37,350 I'm just so happy to see you. 225 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:38,418 Mom's on her way. 226 00:08:38,485 --> 00:08:40,353 Mom's going to be pretty pissed. 227 00:08:40,420 --> 00:08:41,755 Yeah. 228 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,327 How you doing, kid? 229 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:48,161 I'm Fine. 230 00:08:48,228 --> 00:08:48,829 She booted all over 231 00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:50,263 the back of her car. 232 00:08:50,330 --> 00:08:52,199 You know they're going to bill me for that. 233 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:53,200 Yeah. 234 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:54,234 Honey, do me a favor, will you? 235 00:08:54,301 --> 00:08:55,603 Yeah, I'll step outside. 236 00:08:55,669 --> 00:08:56,970 I'll go wait for Mom. 237 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:58,572 Tell her not to frighten the doctors. 238 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:00,073 I'll see you in a couple of hours. 239 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:01,074 I love you. 240 00:09:01,141 --> 00:09:03,476 I love you, too, hon. 241 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:04,544 Anybody killed back there? 242 00:09:04,612 --> 00:09:05,646 The two shooters. 243 00:09:05,713 --> 00:09:07,314 They got them through the window. 244 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,415 Anybody in the crowd? 245 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:09,482 There were some injuries. 246 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:10,550 They're coming right now. 247 00:09:10,618 --> 00:09:11,551 What about our people? 248 00:09:11,619 --> 00:09:13,587 C.J. hit her head on the ground 249 00:09:13,654 --> 00:09:16,089 but other than that... 250 00:09:16,156 --> 00:09:19,126 Get the Cabinet together, and the Security Council. 251 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:21,995 Tell Jerome to suspend trading on the stock exchange. 252 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:22,996 Yeah. 253 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:23,563 Do we know who 254 00:09:23,631 --> 00:09:24,865 the shooters were? 255 00:09:24,932 --> 00:09:27,167 No. 256 00:09:27,234 --> 00:09:29,837 I'm going to be under anesthesia for a couple hours. 257 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:31,138 It'll be fine. 258 00:09:31,204 --> 00:09:32,640 You know what I'm talking about, right? 259 00:09:32,706 --> 00:09:33,707 I'll talk to Abbey 260 00:09:33,774 --> 00:09:35,042 Sir, it's time. 261 00:09:35,108 --> 00:09:36,677 Hey, come here. 262 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:43,717 It's okay. 263 00:09:43,784 --> 00:09:47,688 I'll see you in a few hours, Mr. President. 264 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:53,093 Okay, Zoey, I'll find out. 265 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,127 You all right? 266 00:09:54,194 --> 00:09:57,264 Yeah. And Dad's making jokes. 267 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:58,098 Good ones, or...? 268 00:09:58,165 --> 00:09:59,099 No. Okay. 269 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:00,233 Abbey? 270 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,035 Hi. This is Dr. Keller. 271 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:03,804 Oh, yes. We spoke from the car. 272 00:10:03,871 --> 00:10:04,938 Hello. What's his PaO2? 273 00:10:05,005 --> 00:10:06,106 It's good. It's a hundred. 274 00:10:06,173 --> 00:10:07,274 You going to do a laparoscopy? 275 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:08,308 Yeah. We want to make sure 276 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:09,643 the peritoneum's intact. 277 00:10:09,710 --> 00:10:10,644 Mm-hmm. Who's the anesthesiologist? 278 00:10:10,711 --> 00:10:11,879 Dr. Lee. 279 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:12,980 Right. Will you be okay for a minute? 280 00:10:13,046 --> 00:10:15,082 Yeah. 281 00:10:15,148 --> 00:10:16,149 Excuse me. 282 00:10:21,989 --> 00:10:23,190 Dr. Lee? 283 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:24,758 Dr. Bartlet. 284 00:10:24,825 --> 00:10:27,060 I hope they told you that it's looking very good. 285 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:30,097 There are 14 people in the world who know this 286 00:10:30,163 --> 00:10:33,033 including the Vice President, the Chief of Staff 287 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,102 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. 288 00:10:35,168 --> 00:10:37,004 You're going to be the 15th. 289 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:40,540 Seven years ago, my husband was diagnosed 290 00:10:40,607 --> 00:10:43,911 with a relapsing/remitting course of MS. 291 00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:46,747 When all this is over 292 00:10:46,814 --> 00:10:48,982 tell the press, don't tell the press-- 293 00:10:49,049 --> 00:10:50,417 it's entirely up to you. 294 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:04,664 You all right? 295 00:11:04,732 --> 00:11:05,866 Yeah. 296 00:11:05,933 --> 00:11:08,601 Was there someone on the ground? 297 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:09,770 There was a signal. 298 00:11:09,837 --> 00:11:10,904 I couldn't give a description. 299 00:11:10,971 --> 00:11:11,839 Did they close the airports? 300 00:11:11,905 --> 00:11:13,040 And Union Station. 301 00:11:13,106 --> 00:11:14,507 We've got troopers on the bridges 302 00:11:14,574 --> 00:11:16,143 and 300 field agents working Rosslyn 303 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:18,511 but I can't tell 'em what they're looking for. 304 00:11:18,578 --> 00:11:20,513 You got the girl in the car, Gina. 305 00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:22,249 It's right in front of my face. 306 00:11:22,315 --> 00:11:23,450 Look... 307 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,886 Woman: Gunshot wound! No exit! 308 00:11:25,953 --> 00:11:27,654 He's got decreased breath sounds on the left. 309 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:30,390 Pulse ox is 92 on 15 liters. 310 00:11:30,457 --> 00:11:31,859 It's Josh. 311 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:33,026 I've got the hemocue! 312 00:11:33,093 --> 00:11:34,227 Trauma panel, serial crits... 313 00:11:34,294 --> 00:11:34,962 What happened? 314 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:36,463 He was behind us. 315 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:39,499 Single gunshot wound, entry left fifth intercostal space. 316 00:11:39,566 --> 00:11:41,902 Sam: Josh, I'm here! 317 00:11:41,969 --> 00:11:43,370 I shouldn't be at this meeting. 318 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:44,805 Trauma one's ready. 319 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:47,674 I need a chest tube tray, 32 French. 320 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:48,575 Leo: Tell me what's happening. 321 00:11:48,641 --> 00:11:49,743 I don't have time. 322 00:11:49,810 --> 00:11:50,811 I shouldn't be at this meeting. 323 00:11:50,878 --> 00:11:52,045 Pulse ox 88. 324 00:11:52,112 --> 00:11:53,881 I need to get to New Hampshire. 325 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:55,215 You went to New Hampshire. 326 00:11:55,282 --> 00:11:56,249 We both did. 327 00:11:56,316 --> 00:11:57,117 You came and got me. 328 00:11:57,184 --> 00:12:00,754 On my count: One, two, three! 329 00:12:00,821 --> 00:12:02,322 Josh, a bullet collapsed your lung. 330 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:03,690 I'm putting in a tube to re-expand it. 331 00:12:03,757 --> 00:12:04,858 We've got blood in the thoraseal. 332 00:12:04,925 --> 00:12:05,893 He's bradying down. 333 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:07,327 8.0 ET tube. Tube him now. 334 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:08,328 Cricoid pressure. 335 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:09,897 All right cut him. 336 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:11,865 Hoynes: Social security is the black hole. 337 00:12:11,932 --> 00:12:13,166 Josh: Senator, Senator 338 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:14,467 Social Security... 339 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:18,671 Social Security is the black hole of national politics. 340 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:19,873 Josh, was cutting me off 341 00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:21,174 because he knew I was going to say that 342 00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:22,475 and he knew I was going to say that 343 00:12:22,542 --> 00:12:23,510 because I have said it what? 344 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:24,711 A few hundred times, Senator. 345 00:12:24,778 --> 00:12:27,014 It is the black hole of national politics 346 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,649 and I would just as soon not get lost in it 347 00:12:29,716 --> 00:12:31,852 13 weeks before the New Hampshire primary. 348 00:12:31,919 --> 00:12:33,053 It is the third rail. 349 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,988 You step on it and you die. 350 00:12:35,055 --> 00:12:37,891 Of the 537 federal elected officials 351 00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:40,093 there are 30 who've put their names 352 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,629 on Social Security reform legislation and you're one of them. 353 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:43,897 Why not say so? 354 00:12:43,964 --> 00:12:44,965 He will say so. Just not now. 355 00:12:45,032 --> 00:12:46,299 Mark, at $400 billion 356 00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:48,902 Social Security represents one-fourth 357 00:12:48,969 --> 00:12:52,372 of the federal budget, and it will be bankrupt in exactly 17 years 358 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:53,340 right around the time 359 00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:54,774 you're going to check your mailbox. 360 00:12:54,842 --> 00:12:56,376 Half of the elderly population 361 00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:57,610 will be living in poverty. 362 00:12:57,677 --> 00:13:00,180 This now qualifies as a priority 363 00:13:00,247 --> 00:13:02,382 and running for President of the United States 364 00:13:02,449 --> 00:13:04,584 without putting Social Security front and center 365 00:13:04,651 --> 00:13:07,287 is like running for president of the Walt Disney corporation 366 00:13:07,354 --> 00:13:09,322 by saying you're going to fix the rides at EPCOT. 367 00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:10,991 We're going to get to Social Security, Josh. 368 00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:12,325 It's a long campaign. 369 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:14,461 For now, we focus on the tax cuts. 370 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:16,529 It's what magicians call "misdirection." 371 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:18,531 Really? Because it's what the rest of us call bull... 372 00:13:18,598 --> 00:13:20,600 Knock it off. 373 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,735 I have a vote. 374 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:23,904 The rest of you should stay here 375 00:13:23,971 --> 00:13:25,672 and work on the ethanol tax credit. 376 00:13:25,738 --> 00:13:29,109 Josh, come with me, would you? 377 00:13:33,746 --> 00:13:36,049 You don't seem to be having a very good time lately. 378 00:13:36,116 --> 00:13:38,218 I don't think the point of this is for me to have... 379 00:13:38,285 --> 00:13:39,719 No, I'm saying you've been pissed off 380 00:13:39,786 --> 00:13:41,088 at every meeting for a month. 381 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:43,290 Senator, you're the prohibitive favorite 382 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:45,025 to be the Democratic Party's nominee for President. 383 00:13:45,092 --> 00:13:47,160 You have $58 million in a war chest 384 00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:52,232 with no end in sight and I don't know what we're for. 385 00:13:52,299 --> 00:13:53,833 Josh... I don't know what we're for. 386 00:13:53,901 --> 00:13:55,268 I don't know what we're against 387 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:56,904 except we seem to be for winning 388 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,838 and against somebody else winning. 389 00:13:58,906 --> 00:14:00,140 It's a start. Senator... 390 00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:01,674 Josh, we're going to run a good campaign. 391 00:14:01,741 --> 00:14:02,943 You're going to be very proud of it 392 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:04,077 and when we get to the White House 393 00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:05,745 you're going to play a big role. 394 00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:07,480 In the meantime, cheer up 395 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:10,417 and get off my ass about Social Security. 396 00:14:10,483 --> 00:14:11,484 I've got a vote. 397 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:25,232 Josh. Mr. Secretary. 398 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:27,467 I hope you don't mind I didn't make an appointment. 399 00:14:27,534 --> 00:14:29,436 I'm trying to fly under the radar a little. 400 00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:30,904 No, of course I don't mind, but the Senator 401 00:14:30,971 --> 00:14:32,405 just went down to the floor for a vote. 402 00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:34,574 That's probably the annual vote to override the veto 403 00:14:34,641 --> 00:14:37,310 on the resolution to ship nuclear waste to Nevada. 404 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:37,911 Yeah. 405 00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:38,845 It won't pass. 406 00:14:38,912 --> 00:14:39,846 No kidding. 407 00:14:39,913 --> 00:14:42,615 Actually, I came to see you. 408 00:14:42,682 --> 00:14:44,651 Really? Yeah. 409 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:45,652 What can I do for you? 410 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,487 You mind if we take a walk? 411 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:48,922 Sure. 412 00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:50,290 I heard your dad was in the hospital again. 413 00:14:50,357 --> 00:14:52,392 Yeah, they think they got it all this time. 414 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:54,294 Is he taking it easy? 415 00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:57,264 No. He goes to the office at 7:00 every morning 416 00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:58,698 comes home at 8:00 every night. 417 00:14:58,765 --> 00:15:00,300 On the weekends he cleans the gutters 418 00:15:00,367 --> 00:15:01,801 and yells at the squirrels. 419 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,270 Why does he yell at the squirrels? 420 00:15:03,336 --> 00:15:04,537 Because they eat the seeds 421 00:15:04,604 --> 00:15:05,805 out of the bird feeder. 422 00:15:05,872 --> 00:15:07,107 They make a thing now... 423 00:15:07,174 --> 00:15:09,943 He knows, but he prefers to admonish them. 424 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:12,612 Listen, I need to get back to this meeting. 425 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:15,148 Josh, I'd like you to come to Nashua, New Hampshire 426 00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:19,186 Thursday night and hear Jed Bartlet speak. 427 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,221 I work for Senator Hoynes. 428 00:15:21,288 --> 00:15:21,955 Yeah. 429 00:15:22,022 --> 00:15:23,290 Mr. Secretary... 430 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:25,058 I'm not in the Cabinet anymore. Call me Leo. 431 00:15:25,125 --> 00:15:27,227 Look, Hoynes has the nomination sewn up. 432 00:15:27,294 --> 00:15:28,095 Yeah. 433 00:15:28,161 --> 00:15:28,962 If Bartlet's looking to be 434 00:15:29,029 --> 00:15:30,397 Treasury Secretary 435 00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:33,800 or a slot at the convention, this really isn't... 436 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:35,702 Come to Nashua Thursday night. 437 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:37,170 Why? 438 00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:38,471 Because that's what 439 00:15:38,538 --> 00:15:41,141 sons do for old friends of their father's. 440 00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:42,142 I'll see you then. 441 00:15:42,209 --> 00:15:44,144 Mr. Secretary... Leo. 442 00:15:44,211 --> 00:15:47,580 Leo, the Democrats aren't going to nominate 443 00:15:47,647 --> 00:15:50,984 another liberal academic former governor 444 00:15:51,051 --> 00:15:52,419 from New England. 445 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:56,623 I mean, we're dumb, but we're not that dumb. 446 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:59,692 Nah, I think we're exactly that dumb. 447 00:16:11,238 --> 00:16:13,506 Yeah, Janet, I need you 448 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:18,411 to set up some train tickets for me. 449 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:21,181 Uh, make it tomorrow to New York 450 00:16:21,248 --> 00:16:23,516 and then on up to Boston. 451 00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:37,697 $18 million is a cheap price, isn't it? 452 00:16:37,764 --> 00:16:39,699 Yes, it is. 453 00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:42,001 What you're happy about isn't the price. 454 00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:43,703 It's the structure of the deal. 455 00:16:43,770 --> 00:16:45,072 Well, how do you figure that? 456 00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:47,274 Sam's going to tell you about it. Sam. 457 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:48,475 Hmm? 458 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:49,776 Structure versus cost. 459 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,711 Uh, yeah. What Jack means is that 460 00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:53,146 if you were getting the tankers 461 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:54,714 for a buck 85 and trading stamps 462 00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:55,915 it'd still be a bad deal 463 00:16:55,982 --> 00:16:57,217 if we didn't limit your liability. 464 00:16:57,284 --> 00:16:58,485 And did you do that? 465 00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:00,120 We did. How? 466 00:17:00,187 --> 00:17:02,589 The same way we do with any other asset acquisition-- 467 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:04,924 create a separate corporation for each one of them 468 00:17:04,991 --> 00:17:06,793 then mortgage the boats top to bottom. 469 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:07,794 Ships. 470 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,162 I'm sorry? 471 00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:11,664 Oil tankers aren't boats, they're ships. 472 00:17:11,731 --> 00:17:13,433 Mr. Cameron, you want me to buy the boats. 473 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,602 You're not asking me to be the first mate, right? 474 00:17:15,668 --> 00:17:17,337 No. 475 00:17:17,404 --> 00:17:20,073 You want to finance the tankers 100% 476 00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:23,476 so that if litigation does penetrate the liability shield we set up for you 477 00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:26,346 there are no real assets at the end of the line, just debt. 478 00:17:26,413 --> 00:17:27,747 You're judgment-proof. 479 00:17:27,814 --> 00:17:29,549 Let me run back to my office and get the tax figures 480 00:17:29,616 --> 00:17:32,051 while David and Rita talk about IMO regulations. 481 00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:39,526 Sam, there's a guy waiting in your office 482 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:40,760 who said he's a friend of yours. 483 00:17:40,827 --> 00:17:41,794 What's his name? 484 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,230 Josh Lyman. 485 00:17:43,296 --> 00:17:46,199 Seriously? Yeah. 486 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:51,571 Hey, how you doing? 487 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:52,739 Hey, you look fit. 488 00:17:52,805 --> 00:17:54,040 You made partner? 489 00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:55,975 Next month. Listen, I'm hungry. 490 00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:58,478 You want to go get a hot dog or something? 491 00:17:58,545 --> 00:18:00,046 It's 9:30 in the morning. 492 00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:01,848 Yeah, they'll be fresh. Come on. 493 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,116 Okay. 494 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:05,051 Josh: I was going to call 495 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:06,219 before I came here 496 00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:07,420 but then the strangest thing happened. 497 00:18:07,487 --> 00:18:08,288 What? 498 00:18:08,355 --> 00:18:10,223 I forgot the name of your firm. 499 00:18:10,290 --> 00:18:12,159 Gage Whitney. Yeah. 500 00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:14,127 You couldn't remember Gage Whitney? 501 00:18:14,194 --> 00:18:15,695 The second biggest law firm in New York? 502 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:16,396 I know. 503 00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:17,397 We did the Shearson deal. 504 00:18:17,464 --> 00:18:18,298 Yeah. 505 00:18:18,365 --> 00:18:19,632 I really do know Gage Whitney. 506 00:18:19,699 --> 00:18:23,470 I'm saying I'm having a brain problem. 507 00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:25,805 What are you doing in town? 508 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:27,674 I'm on my way to Nashua. 509 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:28,875 What's in Nashua? 510 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,210 A waste of time. 511 00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:32,279 Listen, you know why I'm here? 512 00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:33,313 You want me to quit my job 513 00:18:33,380 --> 00:18:35,047 and come work for Hoynes. 514 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,082 He's going to win, Sam. 515 00:18:36,149 --> 00:18:37,083 So, what does he need me for? 516 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,084 A better campaign. 517 00:18:38,151 --> 00:18:40,820 Come do some speech writing. 518 00:18:40,887 --> 00:18:44,857 Lisa and I are getting married in September. 519 00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:45,858 Ah. 520 00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:47,494 Yeah. 521 00:18:49,496 --> 00:18:50,730 Okay. 522 00:18:52,399 --> 00:18:54,133 Listen, I got to go. 523 00:18:54,201 --> 00:18:55,202 I should let you... 524 00:18:55,268 --> 00:18:57,036 I got to get back to this thing. 525 00:18:57,103 --> 00:18:58,538 It's good seeing you again. 526 00:18:58,605 --> 00:19:01,208 It's good seeing you, too. I miss you. 527 00:19:03,210 --> 00:19:05,312 Hey, congratulations on the partnership. 528 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:07,714 Josh. 529 00:19:10,617 --> 00:19:11,918 Hoynes. 530 00:19:13,286 --> 00:19:16,856 He's not the real thing, is he? 531 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:19,559 See, the thing you got to know about Hoynes is... 532 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:20,360 It's okay. 533 00:19:20,427 --> 00:19:21,661 No, I'm saying... 534 00:19:21,728 --> 00:19:23,162 Josh... 535 00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:27,767 What are you doing? 536 00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:28,835 I don't know. 537 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:34,674 What are you doing? 538 00:19:34,741 --> 00:19:36,876 Protecting oil companies from litigation. 539 00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:38,010 Okay. 540 00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:39,779 They're our client. 541 00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:43,149 They don't lose legal protection because they make a lot of money. 542 00:19:43,216 --> 00:19:46,386 I can't believe no one ever wrote a folk song about that. 543 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,892 If I see the real thing in Nashua 544 00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:55,428 should I tell you about it? 545 00:19:55,495 --> 00:19:57,397 You won't have to. 546 00:19:57,464 --> 00:19:58,398 Why? 547 00:19:58,465 --> 00:20:01,200 You've got a pretty bad poker face. 548 00:20:01,268 --> 00:20:02,535 Okay. 549 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:04,737 Take it easy. 550 00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:06,306 Okay. 551 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,212 I'm sorry. 552 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,281 That's okay. 553 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:15,982 I'm sorry. I was just... 554 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:17,183 George Washington Emergency. 555 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:19,051 We're not giving any information. 556 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:20,620 Dr. Bartlet? Yes. 557 00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:22,422 The President's going to be fine. 558 00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:23,356 Oh. 559 00:20:23,423 --> 00:20:24,757 You can see him in the recovery room 560 00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:25,825 in about two hours. 561 00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:28,361 Thank you. 562 00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:29,762 No organ damage? 563 00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:32,399 No, ma'am, and the blood loss was minimal. 564 00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:35,201 Dr. Keller was able to visualize the entire abdomen 565 00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:36,636 and he's secure 566 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:39,339 with the diagnostic sensitivity of the laparoscopy. 567 00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:40,707 What about Josh? 568 00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:44,311 The bullet lacerated his pulmonary artery. 569 00:20:44,377 --> 00:20:46,145 Can they try a Gortex graft? 570 00:20:46,212 --> 00:20:47,647 No. They're going to have to stay in 571 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:51,083 and try to repair the artery primarily. 572 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:52,319 Thank you. 573 00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:56,923 The President's going to be fine. 574 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,558 The bullet seems to have gone out of its way 575 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,026 not to hit anything. 576 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,662 Now, here's what's happening with Josh. 577 00:21:04,897 --> 00:21:05,765 Thank you. 578 00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:06,899 What do you know? 579 00:21:06,966 --> 00:21:08,301 He'll be out of surgery in about two hours. 580 00:21:08,368 --> 00:21:10,002 Fitzwallace is on a plane? 581 00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:11,638 He was on his way to Manila. 582 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:13,506 They turned around and he'll be back in about four hours. 583 00:21:13,573 --> 00:21:14,841 We've got him by phone? Yeah. 584 00:21:14,907 --> 00:21:15,642 Good evening. 585 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:16,876 Good evening, Mr. McGarry. 586 00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:18,378 Where's the National Security Advisor? 587 00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:19,412 She's on her way, sir. 588 00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:21,180 So is the Vice President. 589 00:21:21,247 --> 00:21:22,615 Good evening, everybody. 590 00:21:22,682 --> 00:21:23,983 Mike, could you have somebody 591 00:21:24,050 --> 00:21:25,284 send over some clothes from my office, please. 592 00:21:25,352 --> 00:21:26,553 I look like an idiot. 593 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:28,220 Nancy, you've seen the KH-10 pictures? 594 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,121 Yeah. 595 00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:30,222 You know what they mean? 596 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,491 Well, I wouldn't go that far. 597 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:33,059 Good evening, Mr. Vice President. 598 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:34,827 Good evening, Nancy. Leo. 599 00:21:34,894 --> 00:21:35,828 Jack. 600 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:36,929 Ten-Hut. 601 00:21:40,066 --> 00:21:40,967 No, as you were. 602 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:42,535 It's, it's okay. 603 00:21:44,604 --> 00:21:47,006 Bobby, can you report on domestic activity? 604 00:21:47,073 --> 00:21:48,708 Yes, Sir. There's not much. 605 00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:52,044 Air traffic control was down for 22 minutes at Logan. 606 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:54,213 CitiBank computers were offline 607 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:55,448 for a little more than an hour 608 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:56,616 and the lights went out 609 00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:58,518 for seven minutes at the Delta Center. 610 00:21:58,585 --> 00:21:59,686 Now, somebody tell me, these shooters-- 611 00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:00,953 they didn't have a wallet on them? 612 00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,822 They didn't have a driver's license? 613 00:22:02,889 --> 00:22:04,491 They didn't have anything on them, Mr. Vice President. 614 00:22:04,557 --> 00:22:05,958 They knew we were going to get them through the window. 615 00:22:06,025 --> 00:22:07,960 If this signal guy isn't in custody in one hour 616 00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:08,995 I'm going to federalize 617 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:11,030 the Virginia and Maryland National Guard. 618 00:22:11,097 --> 00:22:12,899 It's worth mentioning that at this moment 619 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:15,101 we do not know the whereabouts of about a half-dozen 620 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,370 cell leaders, including bin Laden 621 00:22:17,437 --> 00:22:19,071 but that's not my concern right now. 622 00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:20,373 And what is your concern? 623 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:21,408 Can we look at the KH-10s? 624 00:22:21,474 --> 00:22:23,275 Leo: I've seen them. 625 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:24,677 I'm not worried about it. 626 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:26,613 Leo, these images show a sudden buildup 627 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:27,914 of frontline Republican Guard units 628 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:29,749 along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. 629 00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:30,850 The buildup isn't sudden. 630 00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:32,485 They do it every couple of months. 631 00:22:32,552 --> 00:22:33,986 And they're moving south. 632 00:22:34,053 --> 00:22:37,957 Not 13 hours ago, they shot down an F-117 in the no-fly. 633 00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:40,026 The rescue mission invaded their airspace 634 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:43,329 with armed M-50 Pave Hawks, and my recommendation would be 635 00:22:43,396 --> 00:22:45,398 that the President order Fitzwallace 636 00:22:45,465 --> 00:22:47,033 to put the 32nd Tactical on Ready-Alert 637 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,601 and take us to DefCon-4. 638 00:22:48,668 --> 00:22:51,871 The President is under general anesthesia right now. 639 00:22:51,938 --> 00:22:54,407 If he weren't, I'm sure he'd be comforted by knowing 640 00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:57,544 that RDF can put Marines on the ground in 36 hours. 641 00:22:57,610 --> 00:22:59,579 We may not have 36 hours. 642 00:22:59,646 --> 00:23:00,947 The Iraqi Republican Guard 643 00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:03,450 can't find their car keys in 36 hours. 644 00:23:03,516 --> 00:23:05,084 Look at the pictures, Mr. Vice President. 645 00:23:05,151 --> 00:23:06,118 I think they found 'em. 646 00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:25,605 Nancy... 647 00:23:25,672 --> 00:23:28,307 we're going to follow Leo for the moment. 648 00:23:28,374 --> 00:23:31,478 Jack, what's the best way to get a message to Iraq? 649 00:23:31,544 --> 00:23:32,945 King of Jordan. 650 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:35,181 Okay. 651 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:36,616 Leo... 652 00:23:36,683 --> 00:23:38,485 What do you want the message to be? 653 00:23:41,187 --> 00:23:43,723 Don't mess with us tonight. 654 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,369 Uh... excuse me. 655 00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:59,171 We can't make you very comfortable here 656 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:03,510 and Josh's procedure's likely to take 12 to 14 hours, so... 657 00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:05,111 ( door opens ) 658 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:06,345 I'm sorry-- they told me 659 00:24:06,412 --> 00:24:08,114 I should come back here. 660 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:09,516 I'm sorry. 661 00:24:13,352 --> 00:24:15,354 Is there word on the President? 662 00:24:15,421 --> 00:24:17,557 The President's going to be fine. 663 00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:19,425 Oh, thank God. 664 00:24:19,492 --> 00:24:23,229 Oh, thank God-- that's the best news I've ever heard. 665 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:24,697 I got here as fast as I could. 666 00:24:24,764 --> 00:24:26,032 I had a hard time getting in. 667 00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:28,668 I had to, I had to find an agent who knew me 668 00:24:28,735 --> 00:24:31,270 and I was shaking... I didn't know... 669 00:24:31,337 --> 00:24:32,939 Donna. 670 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,808 Josh was hit. 671 00:24:42,582 --> 00:24:44,751 Hit with what? 672 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:47,954 He was shot-- in the chest. 673 00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:49,288 C.J.: He's in surgery 674 00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:50,957 right now. 675 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:55,928 I don't understand. 676 00:24:55,995 --> 00:25:00,299 I don't understand. Is... 677 00:25:00,366 --> 00:25:02,669 Is it serious? 678 00:25:02,735 --> 00:25:04,971 Yes, it's critical. 679 00:25:05,037 --> 00:25:07,540 The bullet collapsed his lung and damaged 680 00:25:07,607 --> 00:25:08,975 a major artery. 681 00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:17,349 I was just saying, we can't 682 00:25:17,416 --> 00:25:18,851 make you very comfortable here 683 00:25:18,918 --> 00:25:21,187 and the procedure's likely to take 12 to 14 hours. 684 00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:22,889 We won't know anything until morning. 685 00:25:22,955 --> 00:25:24,223 I'm sure there are things 686 00:25:24,290 --> 00:25:26,058 you're supposed to be attending to right now 687 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:28,094 so, if you like, we can stay in touch with you 688 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,296 at your homes and offices throughout the night. 689 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:49,048 Leo's going to meet with the leadership 690 00:25:49,115 --> 00:25:50,249 in ten minutes. 691 00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:51,751 When he's done, I'll talk to the press. 692 00:25:51,818 --> 00:25:53,753 I'm going to go back to the residence 693 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:55,788 and pick up some things for the President. 694 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:09,969 When can we talk to the medical team? 695 00:26:10,036 --> 00:26:12,438 Benjamin Keller, the Chief Surgeon 696 00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:14,907 and Admiral Jarvis, the President's personal physician 697 00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:17,443 will be made available for a debriefing in a few hours. 698 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:19,145 ( clamoring ) 699 00:26:19,211 --> 00:26:20,713 Danny: Has there been any discussion 700 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:21,848 of the 25th Amendment? 701 00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:22,581 No. 702 00:26:22,649 --> 00:26:23,716 All: C.J.! 703 00:26:23,783 --> 00:26:25,051 Danny: Why not? I'm sorry? 704 00:26:25,117 --> 00:26:27,119 Why hasn't there been a discussion? 705 00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:29,121 Danny, as I've said before, the President's wounds 706 00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:30,890 are relatively superficial. 707 00:26:30,957 --> 00:26:32,925 He'll be out of surgery before morning 708 00:26:32,992 --> 00:26:36,595 and he's expected to make a full and speedy recovery. 709 00:26:36,663 --> 00:26:37,596 Anything on the identity 710 00:26:37,664 --> 00:26:38,497 of the shooters? 711 00:26:38,564 --> 00:26:39,799 I'm sorry? 712 00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:41,300 Anything on the shooters? Not yet. 713 00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:43,836 A.P. is reporting that two bodies were brought out 714 00:26:43,903 --> 00:26:45,137 of the office building. 715 00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:46,639 I don't have anything for you on that. 716 00:26:46,706 --> 00:26:48,440 They're also reporting that there is now 717 00:26:48,507 --> 00:26:49,876 a massive manhunt underway 718 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:52,178 for a possible third accomplice on the ground. 719 00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:54,613 I don't have anything for you on that either. 720 00:26:54,681 --> 00:26:56,215 All: C.J.! C.J.! C.J.! 721 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:59,686 Can-can you tell us why the A.P. knows more than you do you? 722 00:26:59,752 --> 00:27:01,420 I don't believe they do know more than I do. 723 00:27:01,487 --> 00:27:03,990 I just believe they're willing to tell you more than I am. 724 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:04,991 All: C.J.! C.J.! 725 00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:06,058 One more question. Arthur? 726 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:07,393 In previous administrations 727 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:09,295 the President entered and exited public buildings 728 00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,664 under a tent or a canopy, the Secret Service wanting 729 00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:13,532 to limit his visibility in open air. 730 00:27:13,599 --> 00:27:15,001 Can you talk at all 731 00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:16,669 about why this precaution isn't taken 732 00:27:16,736 --> 00:27:18,037 for President Bartlet 733 00:27:18,104 --> 00:27:19,939 or at least why it wasn't tonight? 734 00:27:20,006 --> 00:27:21,674 Arthur, it's policy not to comment 735 00:27:21,741 --> 00:27:23,209 on protection procedures. 736 00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:25,611 If you won't answer straightforward questions... 737 00:27:25,678 --> 00:27:26,813 Arthur... Is there anything 738 00:27:26,879 --> 00:27:28,080 you can tell us? 739 00:27:30,416 --> 00:27:31,350 I'm sorry? 740 00:27:31,417 --> 00:27:32,518 Is there anything you know? 741 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:35,421 Is there anything you can tell us? 742 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,623 I'll be back for a briefing 743 00:27:37,690 --> 00:27:39,191 in an hour and a half. 744 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:41,027 Hopefully, we'll know more then. 745 00:27:41,093 --> 00:27:42,829 ( reporters clamoring ) 746 00:27:42,895 --> 00:27:44,063 The Cabinet's meeting in five minutes. 747 00:27:44,130 --> 00:27:45,364 What the hell was that supposed to mean-- 748 00:27:45,431 --> 00:27:46,933 "Since you can't seem to give us answers"? 749 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,134 You scratched your neck. 750 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,535 What? The side of your neck. 751 00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:51,103 I lost my necklace. 752 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,604 It must have come off when... 753 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:53,773 When what? 754 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,808 Somebody pushed me down. 755 00:27:55,875 --> 00:27:57,076 It must have come off when somebody pushed me down. 756 00:27:57,143 --> 00:27:58,210 C.J.? Yeah. 757 00:27:58,277 --> 00:27:59,779 I'm sorry, I'd like to not be a reporter 758 00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:01,013 for a few minutes and just... 759 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:01,981 but you got to answer my question. 760 00:28:02,048 --> 00:28:03,182 What was the question? 761 00:28:03,249 --> 00:28:04,383 The President's been under anesthesia 762 00:28:04,450 --> 00:28:05,852 for more than an hour. 763 00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:07,019 He'll probably be on a morphine drip in post-op. 764 00:28:07,086 --> 00:28:08,254 Without the 25th, who's in charge? 765 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,956 The Vice President, the Secretary of State 766 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:12,925 the National Security Advisor, the Secretary of Defense 767 00:28:12,992 --> 00:28:14,026 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 768 00:28:14,093 --> 00:28:15,394 the White House Chief of Staff... 769 00:28:15,461 --> 00:28:16,863 You just named six people. Who's in charge? 770 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,597 The Canadians. C.J.... 771 00:28:18,664 --> 00:28:20,166 You understand I'm talking about the hockey team. 772 00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:21,000 Look... 773 00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:23,069 Just... give me a little time. 774 00:28:29,275 --> 00:28:31,710 Leo: Fitzwallace agrees with me, Nancy. 775 00:28:31,778 --> 00:28:33,279 Any upgrade in our DefCon posture 776 00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:35,347 and the whole world's going to wake up 777 00:28:35,414 --> 00:28:36,448 in the middle of the night. 778 00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:37,784 The world's awake, Leo. 779 00:28:37,850 --> 00:28:39,685 Look at the TV. Look out the window. 780 00:28:39,752 --> 00:28:41,153 Now there was more than one shooter. 781 00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:42,654 We think they had a guy on the ground. 782 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:44,423 If we think they had one 783 00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:46,392 we have no reason to believe they didn't have more than one. 784 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:48,494 Somebody had to get him into that office. 785 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,661 This wasn't a lonely guy 786 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:51,230 who lived with his cats. 787 00:28:51,297 --> 00:28:53,399 There was a plan, and one of the things we have to assume 788 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:55,935 is that we are under attack right now. 789 00:28:56,002 --> 00:28:57,169 Man: In which case the Vice President 790 00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:58,971 should order the 32nd tactical 791 00:28:59,038 --> 00:29:00,840 on a Ready-Alert, and take us to DefCon-4. 792 00:29:00,907 --> 00:29:03,375 Counsel's office isn't sure he can. 793 00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:04,777 Why not? 794 00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:06,278 He never signed a letter. 795 00:29:06,345 --> 00:29:08,547 What letter? Nancy: Customarily 796 00:29:08,614 --> 00:29:09,715 if the President's going to be 797 00:29:09,782 --> 00:29:10,917 under a general anesthetic... 798 00:29:10,983 --> 00:29:11,984 He's got to sign a letter 799 00:29:12,051 --> 00:29:12,919 giving the Vice President power? 800 00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:14,286 Absent the 25th 801 00:29:14,353 --> 00:29:15,687 the Constitution doesn't give it to him 802 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,523 unless the President's dead. 803 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,325 He's hemorrhaging, and he's supposed to draft a memo? 804 00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:20,860 Yeah. C.J.: I'm getting questions 805 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:22,094 from Danny Concanon on it. 806 00:29:22,161 --> 00:29:24,196 It gets more complicated if you'd read 807 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:28,100 Section 202 of the National Security Act of 1947. 808 00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:29,735 Let's assume I haven't. 809 00:29:29,802 --> 00:29:31,237 It says that the Secretary 810 00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:32,905 of Defense will be the principal assistant to the President 811 00:29:32,972 --> 00:29:35,007 on all matters relating to the national security. 812 00:29:35,074 --> 00:29:38,410 What does "principal assistant" mean? 813 00:29:38,477 --> 00:29:39,611 It doesn't specify. 814 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:40,779 Toby: No, it wouldn't 815 00:29:40,847 --> 00:29:42,148 because this is an area of Federal law 816 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,250 where'd you want as much ambiguity as possible. 817 00:29:44,316 --> 00:29:45,918 Yeah. Toby: Excuse me. 818 00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:47,920 I'm going to go back to the hospital. 819 00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:49,922 I'll be there in a little bit. 820 00:29:49,989 --> 00:29:51,390 ( sighs ) 821 00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:53,292 Try and hold Danny off for a few hours 822 00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:55,527 till the Counsel's office tells us where we are. 823 00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:56,762 Yeah, listen... 824 00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:57,796 You scratched your neck. What? 825 00:29:57,864 --> 00:29:58,965 Your neck. 826 00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:00,366 Yeah, it's where my necklace... 827 00:30:00,432 --> 00:30:02,168 Listen, Toby, they're asking me about the canopy 828 00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:04,703 the Secret Service used to use for outdoor entrances and exits. 829 00:30:04,770 --> 00:30:05,872 Who asked you? 830 00:30:05,938 --> 00:30:07,739 It was Arthur Leeds 831 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:11,143 and then a couple of others stopped me. 832 00:30:11,210 --> 00:30:13,445 Okay. 833 00:30:13,512 --> 00:30:15,347 We don't comment on protection procedure so... 834 00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:16,983 Yeah. 835 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:18,650 ...I don't think I'll have to answer the question. 836 00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:19,886 Yeah. 837 00:30:20,786 --> 00:30:22,388 Okay. 838 00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:23,622 See you at the hospital. 839 00:30:23,689 --> 00:30:24,991 Yeah. 840 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:28,427 Toby: I need Section 202 841 00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:31,898 of the National Securities Act of 1947. 842 00:30:31,964 --> 00:30:33,065 Hey, Ginger. 843 00:30:33,132 --> 00:30:34,266 I didn't know you were here. 844 00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,235 I just got here. 845 00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:38,570 I just... 846 00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:41,941 I turned on the TV. 847 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:43,475 It's okay. 848 00:30:45,978 --> 00:30:47,513 Come here. 849 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,748 It's all right. 850 00:30:49,815 --> 00:30:52,351 It's okay. 851 00:30:52,418 --> 00:30:53,585 I'm sorry. 852 00:30:56,989 --> 00:30:58,690 You all right? 853 00:30:58,757 --> 00:31:00,426 Yeah. 854 00:31:00,492 --> 00:31:02,394 Ready to go to work? 855 00:31:02,461 --> 00:31:04,130 Yeah. 856 00:31:05,497 --> 00:31:07,599 Man: You want another one of those? 857 00:31:07,666 --> 00:31:08,867 What? 858 00:31:08,935 --> 00:31:10,736 I didn't say anything. 859 00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:11,904 You want another one of those? 860 00:31:11,971 --> 00:31:13,472 Toby: Yeah. 861 00:31:17,443 --> 00:31:18,444 I got to tell you. 862 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:19,511 Yeah? 863 00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:21,813 I didn't even know Bartlet was running. 864 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,184 Yeah. We keep that secret pretty good. 865 00:31:25,251 --> 00:31:27,954 You know, he's speaking at the VFW hall tonight. 866 00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:29,221 You should come. 867 00:31:29,288 --> 00:31:32,058 I'm not very political. 868 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:34,026 There'll be free chicken. 869 00:31:34,093 --> 00:31:36,795 You've been, uh, um, what you call it? 870 00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:38,264 Professional political operative. 871 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,332 You've been one your whole life? 872 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:43,369 Well, there was a while there I was in elementary school... 873 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:45,237 Right. 874 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:48,574 You any good at it? 875 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:57,716 I'm very good at it. 876 00:31:57,783 --> 00:32:00,486 What's your record? 877 00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:01,520 My record? 878 00:32:01,587 --> 00:32:05,557 Yeah, how many elections have you won? 879 00:32:05,624 --> 00:32:07,093 Altogether? 880 00:32:10,229 --> 00:32:12,898 Including City Council, two Congressional races 881 00:32:12,965 --> 00:32:15,167 a Senate race, a Gubernatorial campaign 882 00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:18,104 and a national campaign... 883 00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:23,909 ...none. 884 00:32:23,976 --> 00:32:26,312 None of them? 885 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,348 ( clears throat ) 886 00:32:29,415 --> 00:32:33,185 You got to be impressed with my consistency. 887 00:32:33,252 --> 00:32:35,387 So let me ask you something. 888 00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:37,456 Sure. 889 00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:41,093 How come you're drinking so much so early in the day? 890 00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:46,098 I'm about to get fired. 891 00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:57,076 It was good meeting you. 892 00:33:07,419 --> 00:33:08,754 with overall consumer spending 893 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:11,357 than it does with the consumer price index. 894 00:33:11,423 --> 00:33:13,692 The markets tend to be late in responding to those trends 895 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:15,127 and, as a result 896 00:33:15,194 --> 00:33:17,829 you can get what doctors would call a "false positive." 897 00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:21,600 The science of economics is a lot less an exact science 898 00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:22,934 than we pretend. 899 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,436 We build complex models 900 00:33:24,503 --> 00:33:27,439 with thousands of interdependent and independent variables 901 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:29,708 to predict exactly how the economy will work. 902 00:33:29,775 --> 00:33:31,377 What's he going to say? 903 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:32,511 About what? 904 00:33:32,578 --> 00:33:34,446 If he's asked the question. 905 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:35,214 What question? 906 00:33:35,281 --> 00:33:37,049 The New England D.F.C. 907 00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:39,318 I don't know. 908 00:33:39,385 --> 00:33:41,053 You talked to him, didn't you? Yeah. 909 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,622 So what's he going to say? I don't know. 910 00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:44,856 You talked to him 911 00:33:44,923 --> 00:33:46,825 about the New England D.F.C. if he's asked? Yes. 912 00:33:46,892 --> 00:33:48,260 You wrote him a memo? Yes. 913 00:33:48,327 --> 00:33:50,096 And I'm asking, "What's he going to say?" 914 00:33:50,162 --> 00:33:51,463 I have no new information 915 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,365 since the last time you asked me that question. 916 00:33:53,432 --> 00:33:56,135 ...in an effort to raise the minimum wage. 917 00:33:56,202 --> 00:33:57,469 Let me put it another way: 918 00:33:57,536 --> 00:33:59,638 You and your husband are paying $600 more 919 00:33:59,705 --> 00:34:01,573 every year than you would if you were unmarried 920 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,475 living together, and filing individually. 921 00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:04,910 And couples who live together 922 00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:07,913 outside the covenant of marriage do so... 923 00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:09,381 You told him to go ahead 924 00:34:09,448 --> 00:34:11,550 and piss off the dairy farmers, didn't you? 925 00:34:13,585 --> 00:34:15,521 If he's asked about the New England D.F.C. 926 00:34:15,587 --> 00:34:19,791 you told him to piss off the dairy farmers. 927 00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:20,659 I asked him about his vote. 928 00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:21,627 He told me. 929 00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:23,629 I said that if asked about it tonight 930 00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:25,731 he should-- if only because it's the easiest thing to remember-- 931 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:28,033 tell the truth. 932 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,501 Do you enjoy losing? 933 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:30,736 Not that much, no. 934 00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:33,172 But then again, I really don't have a lot 935 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:34,573 to compare it to, so... 936 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,308 ...the bulk of other previous losses 937 00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:38,877 which in effect is a much larger tax 938 00:34:38,944 --> 00:34:40,646 on overstated real profits. 939 00:34:40,712 --> 00:34:41,980 Yes. 940 00:34:42,047 --> 00:34:44,750 You really didn't understand any of that, right? 941 00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:45,984 A little. 942 00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:47,653 Me, too. Yeah? 943 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,056 Governor Bartlet, when you were a member of Congress 944 00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:52,758 you voted against the New England 945 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:54,360 Dairy Farming Compact. 946 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:56,162 That vote hurt me, sir. 947 00:34:56,228 --> 00:34:57,963 I'm a businessman and that vote hurt me 948 00:34:58,029 --> 00:35:00,666 to the tune of maybe 10 cents a gallon. 949 00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:03,202 And I voted for you three times for Congressman. 950 00:35:03,269 --> 00:35:06,172 I voted for you twice for Governor 951 00:35:06,238 --> 00:35:07,573 and I'm here, sir 952 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:09,775 and I'd like to ask you for an explanation. 953 00:35:16,315 --> 00:35:20,619 Yeah. I screwed you on that one. 954 00:35:20,686 --> 00:35:21,420 I'm sorry? 955 00:35:21,487 --> 00:35:23,155 I screwed you. You got hosed. 956 00:35:23,222 --> 00:35:24,290 Sir... And not just you 957 00:35:24,356 --> 00:35:26,292 a lot of my constituents. 958 00:35:26,358 --> 00:35:29,361 I put the hammer to farms in Concord 959 00:35:29,428 --> 00:35:33,232 Salem, Laconia, Pelham, Hampton, Hudson... 960 00:35:33,299 --> 00:35:34,733 You guys got Rogered but good. 961 00:35:36,402 --> 00:35:37,969 Today, for the first time in history 962 00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:42,308 the largest group of Americans living in poverty are children. 963 00:35:42,374 --> 00:35:44,910 One in five children live in the most abject 964 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,478 dangerous, hopeless 965 00:35:46,545 --> 00:35:48,046 back-breaking, gut-wrenching poverty 966 00:35:48,113 --> 00:35:49,348 any of us could imagine. 967 00:35:49,415 --> 00:35:52,318 One in five. And they're children. 968 00:35:52,384 --> 00:35:54,620 If fidelity to freedom and democracy 969 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,788 is the code of our civic religion 970 00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:59,891 then surely the code of our humanity is faithful service 971 00:35:59,958 --> 00:36:02,093 to the unwritten Commandment that says 972 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,062 "We shall give our children better 973 00:36:04,129 --> 00:36:05,764 than we ourselves received." 974 00:36:05,831 --> 00:36:08,200 Let me put it this way: 975 00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:09,668 I voted against the bill 976 00:36:09,735 --> 00:36:10,869 'cause I didn't want to make it harder 977 00:36:10,936 --> 00:36:12,404 for people to buy milk. 978 00:36:12,471 --> 00:36:14,240 I stopped some money from flowing into your pocket. 979 00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:16,275 If that angers you, if you resent me 980 00:36:16,342 --> 00:36:18,277 I completely respect that. 981 00:36:18,344 --> 00:36:19,578 But if you expect anything different 982 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:21,380 from the President of the United States 983 00:36:21,447 --> 00:36:22,914 you should vote for someone else. 984 00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:24,516 Thanks very much, everybody. 985 00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:25,817 Hope you enjoyed the chicken. 986 00:36:25,884 --> 00:36:29,821 ( applause ) 987 00:36:32,491 --> 00:36:35,561 ( siren wailing ) 988 00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:44,836 Jed, please. 989 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,973 I want you to lie still for a few hours. 990 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:49,007 Mr. President... 991 00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:50,075 I want to see him. 992 00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:51,076 Is he okay? 993 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:52,077 I told him about Josh. 994 00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,845 Please help me to the door. 995 00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:54,946 You should stay in bed. 996 00:36:55,013 --> 00:36:58,149 Charlie brought me some clothes. Please... 997 00:36:58,216 --> 00:36:59,651 let me see him. 998 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:07,192 Okay. 999 00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:09,160 Just for a minute. Great. 1000 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,262 What's next? 1001 00:37:10,329 --> 00:37:11,297 The thing about saying the name... 1002 00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:12,398 I understand. 1003 00:37:12,464 --> 00:37:13,965 If I could just reframe the point 1004 00:37:14,032 --> 00:37:15,367 that Cal was making... 1005 00:37:15,434 --> 00:37:16,735 I understood the point that Cal was making. 1006 00:37:16,802 --> 00:37:18,670 I was sitting next to him when he made it. 1007 00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:21,106 My ears are connected to my brain just like everybody else 1008 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:22,441 and I'm saying, "What's next?" 1009 00:37:22,508 --> 00:37:24,075 Sir, not to put my head in the lion's mouth 1010 00:37:24,142 --> 00:37:26,312 but by repeating the name of your opponent in public 1011 00:37:26,378 --> 00:37:28,314 you're essentially giving him free advertising. 1012 00:37:28,380 --> 00:37:30,282 Cal thinks you should start referring to him 1013 00:37:30,349 --> 00:37:32,217 as "my opponent" 1014 00:37:32,284 --> 00:37:33,519 or "the other guy," "the other side." 1015 00:37:33,585 --> 00:37:34,820 I don't know, maybe there are 1016 00:37:34,886 --> 00:37:36,021 other suggestions. 1017 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:38,424 You want me to refer to Senator John Hoynes of Texas 1018 00:37:38,490 --> 00:37:40,626 who at the moment has a 48 point lead 1019 00:37:40,692 --> 00:37:43,194 for the Democratic nomination as "the other guy"? 1020 00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:45,263 Sir... You're not afraid it's going to make me 1021 00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:47,132 look like I can't remember his name? 1022 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,067 No. I am. 1023 00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:50,736 I think it's going to make me look like 1024 00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:52,438 I can't remember his name. 1025 00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:54,039 I think it's going to make me look addled. 1026 00:37:54,105 --> 00:37:55,774 I think it's going to make me look dotty. 1027 00:37:55,841 --> 00:37:58,610 And even if it didn't make me look like those things 1028 00:37:58,677 --> 00:38:00,512 it would remain a stupid idea. 1029 00:38:00,579 --> 00:38:02,247 What's next? 1030 00:38:02,314 --> 00:38:05,050 Nothing? Excellent. 1031 00:38:11,523 --> 00:38:13,525 Okay, what's next? 1032 00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:16,194 Leo, we have to talk about what happened tonight. 1033 00:38:16,261 --> 00:38:17,596 I thought he did well. 1034 00:38:17,663 --> 00:38:19,331 I'd like to have seen more of those seats filled. 1035 00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:20,298 That's not what I'm talking about. 1036 00:38:20,366 --> 00:38:21,367 What are you talking about? 1037 00:38:21,433 --> 00:38:22,501 He's talking about 1038 00:38:22,568 --> 00:38:23,869 the Governor's answer tonight. 1039 00:38:23,935 --> 00:38:25,070 I'm just guessing. 1040 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:28,106 I'm pretty drunk. 1041 00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,676 I am talking about the Governor's answer tonight. 1042 00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:32,611 But I'm also talking about 1043 00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:34,179 every day there's some... 1044 00:38:34,245 --> 00:38:35,246 Look, Toby, we can talk about this 1045 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:36,515 with you in the room 1046 00:38:36,582 --> 00:38:38,049 or if you're more comfortable we can... 1047 00:38:38,116 --> 00:38:39,551 Listen, I don't have time to make people comfortable. 1048 00:38:39,618 --> 00:38:40,919 If a change has to be made 1049 00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:42,788 it has to be made. 1050 00:38:42,854 --> 00:38:47,258 Jerry, Cal, Mack, Steve, you're fired. 1051 00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:48,927 What? 1052 00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:50,228 What? 1053 00:38:50,295 --> 00:38:52,130 No kidding, it's moving day. 1054 00:38:52,197 --> 00:38:53,399 I want Toby 1055 00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:55,834 the rest of you, thanks very much. 1056 00:38:59,270 --> 00:39:01,973 Fellas, look at my face. 1057 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:03,074 You're done. 1058 00:39:16,488 --> 00:39:18,590 Don't screw up. 1059 00:39:26,297 --> 00:39:28,834 It's freezing cold in October. 1060 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,502 I don't know how you people live here. 1061 00:39:30,569 --> 00:39:32,270 Did you just fire Cal Mathis? 1062 00:39:32,337 --> 00:39:33,539 Yeah. You fired him? 1063 00:39:33,605 --> 00:39:35,541 Yeah. And, uh, Jerry 1064 00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:38,376 and Mack and Steve and the other guy. 1065 00:39:38,444 --> 00:39:39,344 Is there anyone you kept? 1066 00:39:39,411 --> 00:39:40,912 I kept Toby Ziegler. 1067 00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:43,214 You kept Toby Ziegler and you fired everybody else? Yeah. 1068 00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:46,284 Toby Ziegler's the only person working for us I don't know 1069 00:39:46,351 --> 00:39:47,419 and he's the one you kept? 1070 00:39:47,486 --> 00:39:48,820 Take him home, would you? 1071 00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:50,288 Those were the only people I knew. 1072 00:39:50,355 --> 00:39:51,523 Those people were worthless. 1073 00:39:51,590 --> 00:39:53,224 It's time we bring in what we need. 1074 00:39:53,291 --> 00:39:54,893 So you made that decision on your own? 1075 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:55,927 Yeah. You know why? 1076 00:39:55,994 --> 00:39:57,896 'Cause you're a crappy politician. 1077 00:39:57,963 --> 00:40:00,566 I think you'll find I'll be making a lot of decisions on my own 1078 00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:01,900 so start getting used to it. 1079 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:03,835 You know I got elected to Congress by this state. 1080 00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:05,637 This state sent me to Congress three times 1081 00:40:05,704 --> 00:40:07,038 and then elected me Governor. 1082 00:40:07,105 --> 00:40:08,073 All without your help. 1083 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:09,575 Don't start. 1084 00:40:09,641 --> 00:40:12,043 No, seriously, that's a real political accomplishment 1085 00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:14,412 considering your family founded this state. Hey... 1086 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,582 Were you even opposed in any of those elections? 1087 00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:18,216 You got rid of all the people I know. 1088 00:40:18,283 --> 00:40:20,586 Yeah. 1089 00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:23,989 Have a good night. 1090 00:40:24,055 --> 00:40:26,224 Why are you doing this? 1091 00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:27,593 You're a player. 1092 00:40:27,659 --> 00:40:28,960 You're bigger in the party than I am. 1093 00:40:29,027 --> 00:40:30,829 Hoynes'd make you National Chairman. 1094 00:40:30,896 --> 00:40:33,231 Leo, is this one of the 12 steps? 1095 00:40:33,298 --> 00:40:34,766 Yeah, that's what it is. 1096 00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:37,135 Right after admitting that we're powerless over alcohol 1097 00:40:37,202 --> 00:40:39,505 and that a higher power can restore us to sanity 1098 00:40:39,571 --> 00:40:40,672 that's where you come in. 1099 00:40:40,739 --> 00:40:41,940 Leo... 1100 00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:44,810 Because I'm tired of it year after year after year 1101 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:47,145 after year, having to choose between 1102 00:40:47,212 --> 00:40:48,680 the lesser of who cares. 1103 00:40:48,747 --> 00:40:50,916 Of trying to get myself excited about a candidate 1104 00:40:50,982 --> 00:40:53,485 who can speak in complete sentences. 1105 00:40:53,552 --> 00:40:56,655 Of setting the bar so low I can hardly look at it. 1106 00:40:56,722 --> 00:41:00,926 They say a good man can't get elected President. 1107 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:04,596 I don't believe that, do you? 1108 00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:06,364 And you think I'm that man. 1109 00:41:06,431 --> 00:41:07,699 Yes. 1110 00:41:07,766 --> 00:41:10,001 Doesn't it matter that I'm not as sure? 1111 00:41:10,068 --> 00:41:11,302 Nah. 1112 00:41:11,369 --> 00:41:15,406 "Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you." 1113 00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:19,410 Put another way, fake it till you make it. 1114 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:21,246 You did good tonight. 1115 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:22,581 Yeah. 1116 00:41:22,648 --> 00:41:25,350 This is the time of Jed Bartlet, old friend. 1117 00:41:25,416 --> 00:41:29,420 You're gonna open your mouth and lift houses off the ground. 1118 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:31,923 Whole houses clear off the ground. 1119 00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:34,860 ( reporters overlapping ) 1120 00:41:34,926 --> 00:41:36,528 And it's unknown at this time 1121 00:41:36,595 --> 00:41:40,165 whether or not the President, before going under anesthesia 1122 00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:42,668 signed a letter that would give temporary custody... 1123 00:41:42,734 --> 00:41:44,202 ...staffers shuttling back and forth 1124 00:41:44,269 --> 00:41:45,804 between the White House and George Washington Hospital 1125 00:41:45,871 --> 00:41:47,573 where several thousand people have begun to... 1126 00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:49,608 ...gather behind the police barricades 1127 00:41:49,675 --> 00:41:52,878 an impromptu vigil, with prayers being made 1128 00:41:52,944 --> 00:41:54,245 their collective breath being held... 1129 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:56,047 ...clearly, and, I think, understandably 1130 00:41:56,114 --> 00:41:58,950 are rocked on their heels at this hour, to put it mildly. 1131 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:01,720 Press Secretary C.J. Cregg has appeared at her briefings 1132 00:42:01,787 --> 00:42:03,354 to be shaken and withdrawn... 1133 00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:07,125 ...officials at George Washington University Hospital. 1134 00:42:07,192 --> 00:42:10,662 And in the fourth hour of a massive manhunt for a third suspect 1135 00:42:10,729 --> 00:42:13,965 airports up and down the Atlantic coast are closed. 1136 00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:16,001 National Guard units in Maryland... 1137 00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:17,836 ...in Washington and Baltimore report massive delays 1138 00:42:17,903 --> 00:42:21,406 cancellations and closures at major airports, rail stations... 1139 00:42:21,472 --> 00:42:23,675 ...bus stations and harbors. 1140 00:42:23,742 --> 00:42:25,510 Travelers are strongly advised 1141 00:42:25,577 --> 00:42:27,212 to either wait or take alternate... 1142 00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:28,780 ...two Navy carrier groups 1143 00:42:28,847 --> 00:42:31,249 as well as the 32nd Marine Tactical Division, have been put 1144 00:42:31,316 --> 00:42:33,518 on a state of heightened alert, and AWACs... 1145 00:42:33,585 --> 00:42:34,953 ...Special Agent Juan Butterfield 1146 00:42:35,020 --> 00:42:36,988 head of the President's Secret Service detail 1147 00:42:37,055 --> 00:42:40,025 who was shot in the hand during the attack on the President. 1148 00:42:50,468 --> 00:42:52,037 Look what happened.