1 00:00:05,039 --> 00:00:06,274 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,307 --> 00:00:08,342 Josh was shot in the chest. 3 00:00:08,376 --> 00:00:10,511 40% of the teachers in Kirkwood, Oregon 4 00:00:10,544 --> 00:00:12,480 reported having insufficient textbooks-- 5 00:00:12,513 --> 00:00:14,248 Textbooks are important if for no other reason 6 00:00:14,282 --> 00:00:16,150 than they'd accurately place the town of Kirkwood 7 00:00:16,184 --> 00:00:17,851 in California and not Oregon. 8 00:00:17,885 --> 00:00:19,320 We should hire her. She's a Republican. 9 00:00:19,353 --> 00:00:20,554 Appeal to her sense of duty. 10 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:21,789 I'm offering her a job. 11 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:22,890 What the hell made you think 12 00:00:22,923 --> 00:00:24,392 I wouldn't scream where there are people? 13 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:26,194 Did you meet anyone there who isn't worthless? 14 00:00:26,227 --> 00:00:28,996 Don't call them worthless. They are patriots. 15 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:30,631 And I'm their lawyer. 16 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:32,566 Josh: Donna! 17 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:33,801 Donna: Don't shout. 18 00:00:33,834 --> 00:00:37,305 Donna, come here! 19 00:00:37,338 --> 00:00:38,606 Did you hear me say don't shout? 20 00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:39,507 No. 21 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:40,274 You know why? 22 00:00:40,308 --> 00:00:41,209 'Cause you weren't shouting. 23 00:00:41,242 --> 00:00:42,510 That's right. That's right. 24 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:43,377 What's the problem? 25 00:00:43,411 --> 00:00:45,779 They're still saying I owe them $50,000 26 00:00:45,813 --> 00:00:47,248 and that "failure to pay 27 00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:50,118 will result in a negative report on your credit." 28 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:51,519 On my credit? 29 00:00:51,552 --> 00:00:52,653 On my credit. Sam! 30 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:53,554 Don't shout. 31 00:00:53,587 --> 00:00:54,288 I got another letter. 32 00:00:54,322 --> 00:00:55,489 Don't worry about it. 33 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:56,290 I am worried about it. 34 00:00:56,324 --> 00:00:57,491 I called an insurance guy. 35 00:00:57,525 --> 00:00:59,927 They're referring me to insurance code 4336. 36 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:01,429 You know what that means? 37 00:01:01,462 --> 00:01:02,463 No. 38 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:05,399 Okay, there's $50,000 worth of hospital bills 39 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:06,700 they're saying they don't cover. 40 00:01:06,734 --> 00:01:07,401 You know what that means? 41 00:01:07,435 --> 00:01:08,436 You may have to get yourself 42 00:01:08,469 --> 00:01:09,637 a job mowing lawns after school. 43 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:10,638 Sam. 44 00:01:10,671 --> 00:01:11,639 Don't worry about it. 45 00:01:11,672 --> 00:01:12,640 Sam! 46 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:13,707 Don't shout. Sam... 47 00:01:13,741 --> 00:01:14,708 Hi. 48 00:01:14,742 --> 00:01:15,676 I'm doing the radio today. 49 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:16,510 What's it about? 50 00:01:16,544 --> 00:01:18,712 You don't know what it's about? No. 51 00:01:18,746 --> 00:01:19,913 You're a speech writer. 52 00:01:19,947 --> 00:01:21,415 I'm the Deputy Communications Director. 53 00:01:21,449 --> 00:01:22,916 I don't do the radio address. 54 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:24,685 I think this one's about leaves turning. 55 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:25,786 Wouldn't be surprised. 56 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:26,820 Will he take it seriously? 57 00:01:26,854 --> 00:01:27,755 The President? 58 00:01:27,788 --> 00:01:28,789 Yeah. 59 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:30,057 Why wouldn't he take it seriously? 60 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,259 You don't take it seriously. 61 00:01:31,292 --> 00:01:32,726 I'm not the one who has to read it. 62 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,562 I'm saying it's the end of the week. He gets a little punchy. 63 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:36,096 It's not live. He can do another take. 64 00:01:36,130 --> 00:01:37,565 Yeah. Remember last April? 65 00:01:37,598 --> 00:01:38,632 Eleven takes. 66 00:01:38,666 --> 00:01:39,533 I remember. Eleven. 67 00:01:39,567 --> 00:01:41,969 What did he say, insurance code 9336? 68 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:44,405 4336-- I had to give those people key chains. 69 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:45,339 What people? 70 00:01:45,373 --> 00:01:47,975 The guests at the radio address were standing 71 00:01:48,008 --> 00:01:49,143 in the Oval Office for an hour and a half. 72 00:01:49,177 --> 00:01:50,844 I sent them home with White House key chains. 73 00:01:50,878 --> 00:01:52,012 Knock 'em dead. 74 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:53,381 Oh, wait-- stay here for a second. 75 00:01:53,414 --> 00:01:54,248 Why? 76 00:01:54,282 --> 00:01:55,449 I'm gonna do my thing. I've seen it. 77 00:01:55,483 --> 00:01:56,884 Yeah, but I'm adding a joke. 78 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:57,885 I'm sure it's great. 79 00:01:57,918 --> 00:01:59,687 Just, you know... 80 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:00,654 Sure. 81 00:02:02,656 --> 00:02:03,657 Excuse me. 82 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:05,159 ( clears throat ) 83 00:02:05,193 --> 00:02:06,160 Good morning. 84 00:02:06,194 --> 00:02:07,395 Welcome to the White House. 85 00:02:07,428 --> 00:02:09,129 My name is Donnatella Moss. 86 00:02:09,163 --> 00:02:11,165 I work here in the west wing as an assistant 87 00:02:11,199 --> 00:02:13,667 to Deputy Chief of Staff Joshua Lyman 88 00:02:13,701 --> 00:02:16,670 which, I guess, makes me Deputy Deputy Chief of Staff. 89 00:02:21,775 --> 00:02:25,813 Okay, uh, we're going to go over to the Oval Office now 90 00:02:25,846 --> 00:02:26,947 if you'll follow me. 91 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:28,382 As you probably know 92 00:02:28,416 --> 00:02:31,084 the President does a regular Saturday morning radio address 93 00:02:31,118 --> 00:02:32,820 which he records on Friday. 94 00:02:32,853 --> 00:02:35,589 The address is usually two to three minutes in length. 95 00:02:35,623 --> 00:02:39,493 when it's over, the President will be happy to stand for pictures. 96 00:02:39,527 --> 00:02:42,996 I'm going to ask you to form a horseshoe against that wall. 97 00:02:43,030 --> 00:02:44,532 Not an actual horseshoe 98 00:02:44,565 --> 00:02:46,900 that takes special training as a blacksmith. 99 00:02:48,602 --> 00:02:50,304 Okay. 100 00:02:51,572 --> 00:02:52,940 Oh, thank God. 101 00:02:52,973 --> 00:02:54,542 How's it going? 102 00:02:54,575 --> 00:02:56,176 They didn't laugh at the blacksmith joke. 103 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:57,745 That's almost hard to believe, Donna. 104 00:02:57,778 --> 00:02:59,112 How is everybody? 105 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:00,814 Good morning, sir. ( crowd murmurs ) 106 00:03:00,848 --> 00:03:02,683 We all set for the speech? 107 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:03,917 Not quite. 108 00:03:03,951 --> 00:03:04,985 What do you need, sir? 109 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:07,521 The speech. 110 00:03:07,555 --> 00:03:09,089 Right here. 111 00:03:09,122 --> 00:03:10,157 Thank you. 112 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,792 Let's do this in one, shall we? 113 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:15,229 One-Take Bartlet-- that's what old Jack Warner used to call me. 114 00:03:15,263 --> 00:03:17,030 Here we go, in three... 115 00:03:17,064 --> 00:03:18,232 two... 116 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:20,601 "Good morning. 117 00:03:20,634 --> 00:03:23,537 "This month, as autumn is in full bloom in much of the nation 118 00:03:23,571 --> 00:03:25,673 "the weekends will be devoted, by many of you 119 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:28,742 to leaf peeping and football watch... ing..." 120 00:03:30,711 --> 00:03:31,679 Cut tape. 121 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:32,480 I'm sorry. 122 00:03:32,513 --> 00:03:33,981 "Leaf peeping," is that something 123 00:03:34,014 --> 00:03:35,215 we do now? 124 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,585 Try another? 125 00:03:37,618 --> 00:03:39,219 We better get some key chains in here. 126 00:03:39,253 --> 00:03:40,288 I heard that. 127 00:03:40,321 --> 00:03:41,689 Here we go, in three... 128 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:42,756 two... 129 00:04:32,239 --> 00:04:33,607 Engineer: Okay, let's cut. 130 00:04:33,641 --> 00:04:35,175 Sorry, everybody. This is going to be it. 131 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:36,477 Four is my lucky number. 132 00:04:36,510 --> 00:04:39,046 This is take five, sir. Five is my lucky number. 133 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:40,113 Fifth-Take Bartlet. 134 00:04:40,147 --> 00:04:41,515 That's what Jack Warner used to call me. 135 00:04:41,549 --> 00:04:43,484 Did you really know Jack Warner, Mr. President? 136 00:04:43,517 --> 00:04:46,053 Yeah, because I used to be a contract player in Hollywood 137 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:47,655 and I'm 97 years old. 138 00:04:47,688 --> 00:04:48,656 Okay. 139 00:04:48,689 --> 00:04:49,457 Here we go. 140 00:04:49,490 --> 00:04:51,325 Engineer: In three, two... 141 00:04:51,759 --> 00:04:52,726 C.J.? 142 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:53,594 How you doing, Toby? 143 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:55,963 I'm fine, thanks. Listen... 144 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:58,566 Have you noticed that I'm one of the few people around here 145 00:04:58,599 --> 00:05:01,635 whose nose isn't bent out of shape over Ainsley Hayes? 146 00:05:01,669 --> 00:05:02,670 Yeah. Listen... 147 00:05:02,703 --> 00:05:03,837 I'm serious. 148 00:05:03,871 --> 00:05:04,772 You heard the news 149 00:05:04,805 --> 00:05:06,974 and you slammed a door so hard it broke, okay? 150 00:05:07,007 --> 00:05:08,642 You heard the news and you broke the White House. 151 00:05:08,676 --> 00:05:11,144 But I'm over it now, and other people aren't 152 00:05:11,178 --> 00:05:12,179 and they should get over it. 153 00:05:12,212 --> 00:05:13,414 I'll see what I can do. 154 00:05:13,447 --> 00:05:14,582 In the meantime... I'm gonna tell you something-- 155 00:05:14,615 --> 00:05:16,116 I don't think it's that she's a Republican 156 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:18,652 It's that she's a Republican woman and she's good-looking. 157 00:05:18,686 --> 00:05:21,021 Well, those are three things, when in combination 158 00:05:21,054 --> 00:05:22,423 usually spell careerism, but... 159 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:23,991 Well, I think it's sexist in a bad way 160 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:24,992 and I'm coming down on her side. 161 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:26,026 Good for you. Look... 162 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:28,596 Toby, I am serious about this. Ed Barrie's doing 163 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:31,331 Meet the Press on Sunday. 164 00:05:31,365 --> 00:05:34,001 Did you know that? 165 00:05:34,034 --> 00:05:35,636 No. This Sunday? 166 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:38,406 Day after tomorrow. He's retiring. 167 00:05:38,439 --> 00:05:40,140 Maybe it's just a farewell retrospective... 168 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,075 He's also doing Sam and Cokie 169 00:05:42,109 --> 00:05:43,811 Late Edition, and Capitol Beat. 170 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:47,515 Are you sure about this? 171 00:05:47,548 --> 00:05:49,383 Sam got it from Mark Gottfried. 172 00:05:49,417 --> 00:05:50,918 Has anyone talked to Judy? 173 00:05:50,951 --> 00:05:53,621 The DOD press office isn't confirming anything. 174 00:05:53,654 --> 00:05:55,756 They won't confirm whether a three-star general 175 00:05:55,789 --> 00:05:57,725 is going on television to beat up the President? 176 00:05:57,758 --> 00:05:58,726 No. 177 00:05:58,759 --> 00:06:00,160 Carol! 178 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:01,294 By the way 179 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:03,096 you are a beautiful woman... 180 00:06:04,665 --> 00:06:06,467 and no one around here has ever assumed 181 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:09,002 you were either ambitious or stupid. 182 00:06:09,036 --> 00:06:10,037 Toby? Yeah. 183 00:06:11,472 --> 00:06:14,074 Took two years. 184 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:15,609 Carol: Yeah. 185 00:06:15,643 --> 00:06:17,044 I need to see General Barrie. 186 00:06:17,077 --> 00:06:18,011 Go to the Pentagon and get him 187 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:19,713 and I don't want him anywhere near a press line 188 00:06:19,747 --> 00:06:21,114 when he comes into the west wing. 189 00:06:21,148 --> 00:06:22,382 Earliest possible convenience? 190 00:06:22,416 --> 00:06:24,117 I could give a damn if it's convenient or not. 191 00:06:24,151 --> 00:06:26,219 He's the Army Chief of Staff, C.J. 192 00:06:26,253 --> 00:06:29,389 And I work for his boss, so get him here. 193 00:06:29,423 --> 00:06:30,924 Want some help? 194 00:06:30,958 --> 00:06:32,192 No. 195 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,527 Have a nice day. 196 00:06:33,561 --> 00:06:34,695 Hey, has Leo told Tribbey 197 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:36,630 about his new Associate Counsel yet? 198 00:06:36,664 --> 00:06:39,399 I'll check the wire to see if any maimings have been reported 199 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:41,234 but I don't think he's told him yet. 200 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:42,836 Should be some decent dinner theater. 201 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:45,072 Let me know if you need me on Captain Queeg. 202 00:06:46,674 --> 00:06:48,075 Ainsley: He was okay with it? 203 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:49,376 He thinks it's a great idea. 204 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:50,377 He can't wait to meet you. 205 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:51,579 Lionel Tribbey? 206 00:06:51,612 --> 00:06:52,580 Yeah. 207 00:06:52,613 --> 00:06:55,583 Lionel Tribbey thinks hiring me was a great idea. 208 00:06:55,616 --> 00:06:56,650 Why are you surprised? 209 00:06:56,684 --> 00:06:58,852 Well, because I'm a Republican 210 00:06:58,886 --> 00:07:01,722 and Lionel Tribbey is... incredibly not. 211 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:03,991 Lionel Tribbey is the White House Counsel. 212 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:06,259 He is a brilliant and fair-minded attorney 213 00:07:06,293 --> 00:07:10,130 and he will accept you on his staff because he is, well... 214 00:07:10,163 --> 00:07:11,932 fair-minded, and because... 215 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,266 You haven't told him yet. 216 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:15,435 I have, in fact... 217 00:07:15,469 --> 00:07:16,604 not told him yet, no. 218 00:07:16,637 --> 00:07:18,238 So you lied to me just then. 219 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:19,540 I'm a politician, Ainsley. 220 00:07:19,573 --> 00:07:21,609 Of course I lied to you just then. 221 00:07:21,642 --> 00:07:23,911 My first day is getting off to a great start. 222 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:25,078 About to get better. 223 00:07:25,112 --> 00:07:26,146 Why? 224 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:27,080 Leo. 225 00:07:27,114 --> 00:07:28,281 Yeah. Lionel Tribbey 226 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:29,483 is on his way over. 227 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:32,152 I just want to die. 228 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:33,220 It's the White House. 229 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:34,287 You'll get used to that feeling. 230 00:07:34,321 --> 00:07:35,322 Maybe I should go. 231 00:07:35,355 --> 00:07:36,857 Ainsley... I'll go, so you two 232 00:07:36,890 --> 00:07:38,659 can talk by yourselves... You'll meet him now. 233 00:07:38,692 --> 00:07:39,727 It's going to be fine. 234 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,894 It's not going to be fine. 235 00:07:40,928 --> 00:07:43,096 He'll yell and scream. I've seen him on TV. 236 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:45,198 Well, that's TV-- he's making a full-throated 237 00:07:45,232 --> 00:07:46,366 defense of the President. 238 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:47,835 That's what we do. 239 00:07:47,868 --> 00:07:50,037 In real life, when the cameras are off... 240 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:53,240 ( loud slam ) Leo! 241 00:07:53,273 --> 00:07:55,576 I will kill people today, Leo! 242 00:07:55,609 --> 00:07:56,844 I will kill people 243 00:07:56,877 --> 00:07:58,946 with this cricket bat which was given to me 244 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,881 by Her Royal Majesty Elizabeth Windsor 245 00:08:00,914 --> 00:08:03,751 and then I will kill them again with my own hands. 246 00:08:03,784 --> 00:08:04,585 Lionel... 247 00:08:04,618 --> 00:08:05,619 Has anybody in this building 248 00:08:05,653 --> 00:08:07,187 heard of "contempt of Congress"? 249 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:08,188 Look, if I may... 250 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:09,523 Congress will hold the White House 251 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:12,560 in contempt, which is nothing compared to the contempt 252 00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:13,994 in which I will hold the White House 253 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:15,295 if this keeps happening. 254 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,329 What did we do? 255 00:08:16,363 --> 00:08:17,831 Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline 256 00:08:17,865 --> 00:08:19,667 testified at Governmental Affairs 257 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:20,668 that the White House 258 00:08:20,701 --> 00:08:22,269 couldn't produce the Rockland memo 259 00:08:22,302 --> 00:08:24,772 because the White House didn't have the Rockland memo. 260 00:08:24,805 --> 00:08:25,606 Do we? 261 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:26,707 Holding it in my hand, Leo! 262 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:28,542 I'm sure there's... When your guys 263 00:08:28,576 --> 00:08:29,810 go the Hill, they can't drop their testimony 264 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:33,246 on my desk at 9:15 and testify at 9:30. 265 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,883 I was ready to take a vacation, Leo. 266 00:08:35,916 --> 00:08:39,119 I was going to go someplace warm, with a beach 267 00:08:39,152 --> 00:08:42,155 somebody bringing me drinks with little umbrellas 268 00:08:42,189 --> 00:08:43,456 in them. 269 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:44,858 I had this thing closed. 270 00:08:44,892 --> 00:08:45,959 Now I've got to go back up there, hat in hand 271 00:08:45,993 --> 00:08:49,062 because the circus is in town! 272 00:08:49,096 --> 00:08:50,130 Who is this? 273 00:08:50,163 --> 00:08:51,031 This is Ainsley Hayes. 274 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:54,401 She's scared of meeting you, so be nice. 275 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:56,203 The girl who's been writing the columns. 276 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:57,537 Yeah. 277 00:08:57,571 --> 00:08:58,839 You're an idiot. 278 00:08:58,872 --> 00:08:59,640 Leo... 279 00:08:59,673 --> 00:09:01,108 She's not an idiot, Lionel. 280 00:09:01,141 --> 00:09:02,275 She clerked for Dreifort. 281 00:09:02,309 --> 00:09:03,443 Well, Dreifort's an idiot. 282 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:05,478 Dreifort's a Supreme Court Justice, Lionel 283 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:07,014 so let's speak of him with respect 284 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:09,382 and practice some tolerance for those who disagree with us. 285 00:09:09,416 --> 00:09:10,383 I believe as long 286 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:12,252 as Justice Dreifort is intolerant 287 00:09:12,285 --> 00:09:13,621 toward gays, lesbians 288 00:09:13,654 --> 00:09:15,989 blacks, unions, women, poor people 289 00:09:16,023 --> 00:09:18,391 and the First, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Amendments 290 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:20,994 I will remain intolerant toward him. 291 00:09:21,028 --> 00:09:23,230 Nice to meet you. 292 00:09:23,263 --> 00:09:24,865 She's working for you, Lionel. 293 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:28,535 Excuse me? 294 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:29,803 She's working for you. 295 00:09:29,837 --> 00:09:32,239 The President asked me to hire her for your office. 296 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:37,444 The president of what asked you to hire her for my office? 297 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:38,979 The United States. 298 00:09:44,217 --> 00:09:45,986 ( laughing ) 299 00:09:48,355 --> 00:09:50,724 Excuse me. 300 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:54,127 I thought it went pretty well. 301 00:09:54,161 --> 00:09:56,196 "Our farming families stand for the values 302 00:09:56,229 --> 00:10:00,600 that keep our nation strong: faith, calm perseverance and pa..." 303 00:10:00,634 --> 00:10:01,869 Mr. President... 304 00:10:01,902 --> 00:10:03,871 have you lost what little was left of your mind? 305 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:05,438 I can't possibly work like this! 306 00:10:05,472 --> 00:10:06,373 Oh, dear God. 307 00:10:06,406 --> 00:10:07,307 Cut. 308 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:08,075 I had it. 309 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,009 Sir, is this a bad time? 310 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:11,111 It's a bit of a bad time. Forgive me, sir 311 00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:12,612 but when you have a few moments I would like to discuss 312 00:10:12,646 --> 00:10:14,815 the hiring of blonde and leggy fascists 313 00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:17,685 whose knowledge does not include the proper order of the alphabet 314 00:10:17,718 --> 00:10:19,653 for positions in the White House Counsel's office. 315 00:10:19,687 --> 00:10:21,755 And we will, Lionel, but right now 316 00:10:21,789 --> 00:10:23,090 I don't know if you've noticed 317 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:25,826 but there are 30 or 40 other people in the room 318 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:28,061 many of whom have donated 319 00:10:28,095 --> 00:10:31,799 significant amounts of money to the Democratic Party, so perhaps 320 00:10:31,832 --> 00:10:34,334 you could get a tighter grip on your horses 321 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:38,105 and we will talk about it later. 322 00:10:38,138 --> 00:10:39,973 Yes. 323 00:10:40,007 --> 00:10:41,041 Well. 324 00:10:44,444 --> 00:10:46,847 Good morning, everyone. 325 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:48,215 Thank you, Mr. President. 326 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:55,723 ( door closes ) 327 00:10:55,756 --> 00:10:59,392 Well, obviously, Lionel Tribbey is a brilliant lawyer 328 00:10:59,426 --> 00:11:01,194 whom we cannot live without 329 00:11:01,228 --> 00:11:04,597 or there would be very little reason not to put him in prison. 330 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:07,334 Let's try again. 331 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:10,503 You've got two paragraphs on H-404 for the AFL-CIO. 332 00:11:10,537 --> 00:11:11,571 I want you to re-think them. 333 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,206 Re-think them how? 334 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,442 Cut them. 335 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:16,710 Why can't he talk about Superfund? 336 00:11:16,744 --> 00:11:18,411 Because it's the AFL-CIO 337 00:11:18,445 --> 00:11:20,447 and they want to hear about how we'll protect their jobs. 338 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,615 How about we start by protecting the planet they live on? 339 00:11:22,649 --> 00:11:23,683 How about you start by cutting 340 00:11:23,717 --> 00:11:26,653 the paragraphs? Fine. 341 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:27,888 What are you doing? 342 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:30,824 I'm trying to help Josh with his insurance thing. 343 00:11:30,858 --> 00:11:32,125 The hospital was "out of network." 344 00:11:32,159 --> 00:11:33,894 Therefore, they're claiming responsibility 345 00:11:33,927 --> 00:11:36,930 for only 20% of a life-saving medical procedure. 346 00:11:36,964 --> 00:11:40,633 Also, he didn't get the procedure cleared beforehand. 347 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:43,670 His lung was collapsed and blood stopped flowing to his brain. 348 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:44,972 He was supposed to dial up 349 00:11:45,005 --> 00:11:47,240 the automated 24-hour customer care service line? 350 00:11:47,274 --> 00:11:49,810 If it keeps up like this, he'll have to sue these people. 351 00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:51,945 I like a country where you can sue the insurance company 352 00:11:51,979 --> 00:11:54,447 but not the people who shot you. 353 00:11:54,481 --> 00:11:56,884 Anyway, cut the two paragraphs. 354 00:12:08,195 --> 00:12:10,864 What? 355 00:12:10,898 --> 00:12:12,833 He can sue the people that shot him. 356 00:12:12,866 --> 00:12:15,168 The people who shot him are dead. 357 00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:16,770 No. 358 00:12:16,804 --> 00:12:18,806 Hardly any of them are. 359 00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:28,548 till he went on elocution safari 360 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:29,817 during the word "protuberance." 361 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:31,518 When did he finally nail it? 362 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:32,519 Oh, he hasn't yet. 363 00:12:32,552 --> 00:12:34,754 He hasn't done it yet? 364 00:12:34,788 --> 00:12:36,756 There are matters of State to attend to, Josh. 365 00:12:36,790 --> 00:12:37,858 He can't spend the day, you know 366 00:12:37,891 --> 00:12:38,892 indefinitely in this room... 367 00:12:38,926 --> 00:12:40,227 What about the audience? 368 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:41,228 I sent them home. 369 00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:42,830 I'm going to bring in a new audience, you know 370 00:12:42,863 --> 00:12:44,131 like the old Carson show. 371 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:45,598 What the hell are we talking about? 372 00:12:45,632 --> 00:12:47,334 Did you know "leaf peeping" was a thing? 373 00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:49,736 ( phone rings ) 374 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:50,770 Josh Lyman. 375 00:12:50,804 --> 00:12:51,972 Leaf peeping? 376 00:12:52,005 --> 00:12:53,606 Yeah. 377 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,308 Sam wants to see you. 378 00:12:55,342 --> 00:12:56,609 Insurance victory. 379 00:12:56,643 --> 00:12:58,846 "And the weak shall be made mighty," Donna 380 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:02,715 not "might is right," but rather "might for right." 381 00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:04,852 This relates to leaf peeping how? 382 00:13:04,885 --> 00:13:05,986 It doesn't. 383 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:08,388 Don't eat my French fries. 384 00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:12,292 Hey. 385 00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:13,460 Hey, good, come on in. 386 00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,228 Did you beat them into submission? 387 00:13:15,262 --> 00:13:16,029 No. 388 00:13:16,063 --> 00:13:17,330 Did you beat them at all? 389 00:13:17,364 --> 00:13:18,631 Forget about the insurance. 390 00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:19,867 Unless the insurance company forgets 391 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:20,934 about the insurance... 392 00:13:20,968 --> 00:13:22,970 The Southern Poverty Law Center. 393 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:24,171 Josh, I think you know 394 00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:25,873 that for the three months you were out recovering 395 00:13:25,906 --> 00:13:27,975 a lot of people were looking for a new legislative avenue 396 00:13:28,008 --> 00:13:30,710 for Federal law enforcement to get the extremists. 397 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:32,479 You could throw out the Bill of Rights. 398 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:33,480 Toby tried. 399 00:13:33,513 --> 00:13:34,848 I was kidding. 400 00:13:34,882 --> 00:13:37,650 Josh, this is our way in, a civil action. 401 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:39,419 You could subpoena everything 402 00:13:39,452 --> 00:13:40,653 membership rolls, donor rolls 403 00:13:40,687 --> 00:13:43,891 minutes of meetings, weapons inventory, computer downloads. 404 00:13:43,924 --> 00:13:45,758 And you depose every man and woman 405 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:46,759 who's every been to a meeting 406 00:13:46,793 --> 00:13:49,396 and every man and woman they name. 407 00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:52,565 Josh, the Southern Poverty Law Center wants you 408 00:13:52,599 --> 00:13:54,334 to sue the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 409 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:56,136 for $100 million. 410 00:13:57,537 --> 00:13:59,139 Josh. 411 00:13:59,739 --> 00:14:00,974 Yeah. 412 00:14:01,008 --> 00:14:03,143 Donna called, she said don't be late for budget. 413 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,211 Yeah. 414 00:14:06,813 --> 00:14:08,281 I got to go. 415 00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:18,558 Charlie. 416 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:19,960 Good afternoon, ma'am. 417 00:14:19,993 --> 00:14:21,428 Charlie, is the President free for a moment? 418 00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:23,663 He's in the Roosevelt Room with the Far East advisors. 419 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:24,664 Would you like me to... 420 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:26,133 No, no, don't interrupt him. 421 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:27,834 Korea might have more plutonium. 422 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,769 Just give him a message for me. Sure. 423 00:14:29,802 --> 00:14:31,171 You'll want to write this down. Yes, ma'am. 424 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:33,640 Your blood pressure is 120 over 80. 425 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:34,841 How did you know that, ma'am? 426 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,476 I'm saying his blood pressure... 427 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:37,744 ...is 120 over 80. 428 00:14:37,777 --> 00:14:38,878 Yeah, your EKG 429 00:14:38,912 --> 00:14:40,647 shows a good sinus rhythm. Okay. 430 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,349 No evidence of ischemic changes. 431 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:43,650 How are we spelling... 432 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:45,485 Doesn't matter. Your electrolytes and metabolic panels 433 00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:46,719 are within normal limits. 434 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:48,021 Chest x-ray's clear 435 00:14:48,055 --> 00:14:49,556 and prostate screens are fine. 436 00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:50,557 Okay. 437 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:53,026 So we can have sex now. 438 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:55,262 Okay, that's not me and you, right? 439 00:14:55,295 --> 00:14:56,263 Go. 440 00:14:56,296 --> 00:14:57,297 Yeah. 441 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:05,205 Good afternoon, Mrs. Bartlet. 442 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:06,406 Good afternoon, Mrs. Landingham. 443 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:07,207 How are you today? 444 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:08,608 Oh, I'm just fine. Thank you. 445 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:09,809 Are you looking for the President? 446 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:11,711 I imagine he'll be along in a moment. 447 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:12,779 ( door slams ) 448 00:15:12,812 --> 00:15:13,947 Really?! Oh, yeah. 449 00:15:13,981 --> 00:15:15,182 Good afternoon, Mr. President. 450 00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:16,416 Good afternoon, Mrs. Landingham. 451 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:17,417 Is there anything I... 452 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:18,651 Go away right now. 453 00:15:18,685 --> 00:15:19,652 You seem a little tense 454 00:15:19,686 --> 00:15:20,520 Mr. President. 455 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:21,521 Not for long, Mrs. Landingham. 456 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:22,455 Why don't we go inside? 457 00:15:22,489 --> 00:15:23,456 Absolutely. 458 00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:27,660 Sir, would you like me 459 00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:29,296 to inform Mr. McGarry and the advisors 460 00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:30,363 that they could... 461 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:31,564 B.P. 120 over 80. 462 00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:32,799 Who cares? It's been 14 weeks. 463 00:15:32,832 --> 00:15:34,968 Do these curtains close? Not here, Jed. 464 00:15:35,002 --> 00:15:35,835 Yes, you're right. 465 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:36,603 Where? 466 00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:37,404 How about our bedroom? 467 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:39,139 New Hampshire's an hour and a half. 468 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:40,240 I don't have that kind of time. 469 00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:42,209 How about our bedroom in the residence? 470 00:15:42,242 --> 00:15:43,643 We have a bedroom right here in the building. 471 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:44,677 That was so smart. 472 00:15:44,711 --> 00:15:45,678 Yes. Let's go. 473 00:15:45,712 --> 00:15:46,679 Jed. What? 474 00:15:46,713 --> 00:15:47,981 Korea, plutonium. 475 00:15:48,015 --> 00:15:49,716 Oh... God. I hate plutonium. 476 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:51,518 We have to find time before 6:00. 477 00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:52,552 What happens at 6:00? 478 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:54,387 I have to fly to Cochrane's Mills, Pennsylvania. 479 00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:55,922 Where the hell is Cochrane's Mills? 480 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,224 Pennsylvania. 481 00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:58,025 Right. 482 00:15:58,058 --> 00:15:59,692 So, you talk to Charlie. 483 00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:00,693 I'll talk to Lilly. 484 00:16:00,727 --> 00:16:01,828 We'll coordinate our schedules. 485 00:16:01,861 --> 00:16:02,962 We'll find a free hour. 486 00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:03,963 I don't think it's going to take 487 00:16:03,997 --> 00:16:04,964 more than a couple of minutes 488 00:16:04,998 --> 00:16:05,965 but I like your confidence. 489 00:16:05,999 --> 00:16:06,966 Just get back to work. 490 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,201 Can't we just close the curtains? 491 00:16:08,235 --> 00:16:10,003 Just get back to work. 492 00:16:13,773 --> 00:16:15,408 C.J. Is he here? 493 00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:16,643 He sent... Carol. 494 00:16:16,676 --> 00:16:19,679 He sent an aide, Lt. Buckley. 495 00:16:19,712 --> 00:16:20,713 C.J. 496 00:16:20,747 --> 00:16:21,914 Ms. Cregg. 497 00:16:21,948 --> 00:16:24,017 Lt. Buckley. I'm a staff aide to General Barrie. 498 00:16:24,051 --> 00:16:25,385 I understand you need to speak with him. 499 00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:27,020 Yes, I do, so what are you doing here? 500 00:16:27,054 --> 00:16:28,021 I'm an aide to Gen... 501 00:16:28,055 --> 00:16:28,921 I heard you the first time. 502 00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:29,856 Where's the General? 503 00:16:29,889 --> 00:16:30,823 The General sent me. 504 00:16:30,857 --> 00:16:32,192 Well, I'm going to send you back. 505 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:33,360 Ma'am, if I could just know the exact nature... 506 00:16:33,393 --> 00:16:34,961 Is Ed Barrie doing the morning shows? 507 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,229 I wouldn't know that, ma'am. That's handled... 508 00:16:36,263 --> 00:16:37,297 I would know, and I do 509 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:38,998 and so do you, so cut the crap. 510 00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:40,267 Ma'am... He's going to go on TV 511 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:41,534 and trash the President. 512 00:16:41,568 --> 00:16:43,303 That will be the last thing he does before he retires? 513 00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:44,504 Once again, ma'am, it's... 514 00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:45,505 Lieutenant. 515 00:16:45,538 --> 00:16:46,506 He's going to trash 516 00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:47,907 the President? 517 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:49,209 I don't think it's a surprise to you 518 00:16:49,242 --> 00:16:51,378 that General Barrie has some very serious disagreements 519 00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:54,414 with this administration, particularly your President. 520 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:56,583 My President is your President, too. 521 00:16:56,616 --> 00:16:58,651 Additionally, he has some very real concerns 522 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,820 over the current state of readiness of our armed forces. 523 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:02,955 That shouldn't get too many people alarmed for no reason. 524 00:17:02,989 --> 00:17:05,758 And so he feels that taking this opportunity 525 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:07,060 to express his opinions-- 526 00:17:07,094 --> 00:17:09,262 opinions which are considered at the most expert level-- 527 00:17:09,296 --> 00:17:12,199 taking this opportunity before he leaves the service 528 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:14,101 is his patriotic obligation. 529 00:17:16,203 --> 00:17:17,837 It's called ring and run. 530 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:19,539 Ma'am? Go back to the Pentagon right now. 531 00:17:19,572 --> 00:17:22,709 Tell General Barrie C.J. Cregg says he's a coward. 532 00:17:30,217 --> 00:17:31,518 Leo: I'll be honest with you 533 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,786 I didn't even know we had offices down here. 534 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:35,021 That bodes well for me. 535 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:37,023 I wonder what else we got down here. 536 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:39,226 Bats possibly? 537 00:17:39,259 --> 00:17:42,762 Room 442 is what we're looking for. 538 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:45,598 I wouldn't be surprised if we see it any second now. 539 00:17:45,632 --> 00:17:47,500 You really didn't need to take me down here, Leo. 540 00:17:47,534 --> 00:17:49,169 There's no way you'd find it yourself. 541 00:17:49,202 --> 00:17:50,670 You're the White House Chief of Staff. 542 00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:51,571 You shouldn't be... 543 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:52,705 Don't worry about it. 544 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:55,642 442... Where the hell is it? 545 00:17:57,544 --> 00:17:59,279 You've been really decent to me, Leo. 546 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:00,947 I want to thank you for that. 547 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:03,116 Kid, the others are going to come around. 548 00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:04,851 No, they won't. 549 00:18:04,884 --> 00:18:05,952 See, you've got to remember 550 00:18:05,985 --> 00:18:07,120 that the people you're talking about 551 00:18:07,154 --> 00:18:10,290 live their lives under siege, 24 hours every day 552 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:12,359 at a time in their lives when they're trying 553 00:18:12,392 --> 00:18:13,660 with all their might to do good. 554 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:15,162 You're in their foxhole. 555 00:18:15,195 --> 00:18:18,398 Sam Seaborn had this innocent relationship with a girl-- 556 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,267 Bam, here comes the enemy. 557 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:21,868 I'm a recovering alcoholic-- 558 00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:26,173 Bam, radio, TV, magazines, cameras in front of my house 559 00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:28,841 people shouting at my daughter at the ball game. 560 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:31,844 Editorials, op-eds-- "He's a drunk. 561 00:18:31,878 --> 00:18:34,714 He's dangerous. He should resign." 562 00:18:36,383 --> 00:18:38,718 I wrote one of those op-ed pieces. 563 00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:40,320 I know. 564 00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:45,192 It's right over here, 442. 565 00:18:58,137 --> 00:18:59,739 It's written down here. 566 00:18:59,772 --> 00:19:03,776 This is the steam pipe trunk distribution venue. 567 00:19:07,347 --> 00:19:12,018 I'm working in the steam pipe trunk distribution venue? 568 00:19:12,051 --> 00:19:15,455 No, you're working in your office. 569 00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:16,656 Well... 570 00:19:21,394 --> 00:19:23,596 Thank you for the help. 571 00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:29,369 Ainsley, don't worry 572 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:33,005 about Sam or Josh and Toby or C.J. 573 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:34,974 or the Democrats on the Hill 574 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:37,577 or the Republicans on TV. 575 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,912 You're here to serve the President. 576 00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:43,850 Anyway... 577 00:19:45,452 --> 00:19:47,720 welcome to the White House. 578 00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:05,372 ( footsteps ) 579 00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:08,641 Leo? 580 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:11,177 Mr. Tribbey. 581 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,279 I see they've found you an office. 582 00:20:12,312 --> 00:20:15,248 Such as it is. 583 00:20:15,282 --> 00:20:16,583 Good men and women have worked 584 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:18,385 in whatever room was available in this building 585 00:20:18,418 --> 00:20:20,720 and have done so without complaint. 586 00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:22,922 I don't believe you heard me complain, Mr. Tribbey. 587 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:24,724 I believe I did, Miss Hayes. 588 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:25,525 Now, why don't you 589 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:26,826 tell me what this is all about? 590 00:20:26,859 --> 00:20:27,694 Sir? 591 00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:28,728 These people here are 592 00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:30,196 trying to do something. 593 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:31,130 I'll have their backs while they're trying. 594 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:32,665 What are you doing here? 595 00:20:32,699 --> 00:20:33,666 Serving my country. 596 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,001 Why not join the Navy? 597 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:36,002 I was asked to do this. 598 00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:37,036 And you said yes. Yes. 599 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:37,970 Why? 600 00:20:38,004 --> 00:20:40,239 I feel a sense of duty. 601 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,242 I'm sorry? 602 00:20:43,276 --> 00:20:46,212 I said I feel a sense of duty. 603 00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:47,380 What, did you just walk out 604 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:49,015 of The Pirates of Penzance? 605 00:20:49,048 --> 00:20:50,149 Sir? 606 00:20:50,182 --> 00:20:51,784 "Why, he's an Englishman." 607 00:20:51,818 --> 00:20:54,020 "He is an Englishman" is from H.M.S. Pinafore. 608 00:20:54,053 --> 00:20:55,422 It's from Penzance. 609 00:20:55,455 --> 00:20:58,525 Don't tell me about Gilbert and Sullivan. 610 00:20:58,558 --> 00:21:01,961 It's from PenzanceorIolanthe-- one of the ones about duty. 611 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:04,664 They're all about duty, and it's from Pinafore. 612 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:05,698 Miss Hayes... 613 00:21:05,732 --> 00:21:07,600 Is it so hard to believe, in this day and age 614 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:09,369 that someone would roll up their sleeves 615 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:14,006 set aside partisanship, and say what can I do? 616 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,775 Yes. 617 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:22,114 I want you to go up to the Hill this afternoon 618 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:23,616 and I want you to talk to the Associate 619 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:25,151 Majority Counsel at Governmental Affairs. 620 00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:26,486 You're sending me to the Majority Counsel 621 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:28,254 'cause I speak Republican. 622 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,490 Yes. Two staffers in the Communications Office-- 623 00:21:30,523 --> 00:21:32,325 Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline-- 624 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:33,660 The two you wanted to kill with your cricket bat 625 00:21:33,693 --> 00:21:35,828 for screwing up on possession of the Rockland memo. 626 00:21:35,862 --> 00:21:37,897 Yes. 627 00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:41,768 Read about it, then fix it. 628 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:43,436 I will. 629 00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:45,237 And thank you for asking me. 630 00:21:45,271 --> 00:21:46,573 Yeah. 631 00:21:48,608 --> 00:21:50,443 Mr. Tribbey? 632 00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:52,479 I'd like to do well on this, my first assignment. 633 00:21:52,512 --> 00:21:54,013 Any advice you could give me that might point me 634 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:58,851 the way of success would be, by me, appreciated. 635 00:21:58,885 --> 00:22:01,220 Well, not speaking in iambic pentameter might be 636 00:22:01,253 --> 00:22:03,089 a step in the right direction. 637 00:22:03,122 --> 00:22:04,457 Yeah. 638 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,962 The President's way too moderate for your taste. 639 00:22:12,599 --> 00:22:15,001 Excuse me? 640 00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:16,235 Way too moderate... 641 00:22:16,268 --> 00:22:17,470 on affirmative action, capital gains 642 00:22:17,504 --> 00:22:18,871 public schools, free trade. 643 00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:21,107 You left a lucrative practice in Chicago 644 00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:22,875 and a seven-figure income. 645 00:22:24,477 --> 00:22:26,846 It wasn't out of duty? 646 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:35,555 How are they tying the two shooters 647 00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:37,123 and the signal guy to the Klan? 648 00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:38,257 They're tying them to the Klan 649 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,159 West Virginia White Pride 650 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,327 the Brotherhood of Aryan Nations. 651 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,462 How does that...? 652 00:22:42,495 --> 00:22:44,731 The following is in the possession of the FBI: 653 00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:46,799 A map and the President's itinerary 654 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:49,769 given to the shooters by the chapter head of White Pride 655 00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:51,871 a videotape of a meeting the shooters attended 656 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:54,741 with the leader railing against interracial couples 657 00:22:54,774 --> 00:22:57,143 specifically citing Charlie and Zoey 658 00:22:57,176 --> 00:22:59,512 using the term "lone wolf" over and over 659 00:22:59,546 --> 00:23:00,947 which is the phrase they use when they want 660 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:04,183 their younger members to take matters into their own hands 661 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:06,252 a copy of Hunter, by William Pierce 662 00:23:06,285 --> 00:23:07,787 bought at a Klan rally in Blacksburg. 663 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,789 In the book, Pierce encourages fellow supremacists 664 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:11,958 to rid the Earth of interracial couples 665 00:23:11,991 --> 00:23:13,225 by shooting them. 666 00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:14,594 This is enough, more than enough 667 00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:16,195 to begin deposing witnesses. 668 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:17,430 You wanted to see me? 669 00:23:17,464 --> 00:23:18,898 Uh, yeah-- I just wanted to tell you 670 00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:22,201 that Joyce and Brookline are at it again. 671 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,402 What'd they do? 672 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:24,837 They told Government Affairs 673 00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:26,506 that we never had the Rockland memo. 674 00:23:26,539 --> 00:23:28,407 I think we did have the Rockland memo. 675 00:23:28,441 --> 00:23:30,477 We did. Would you talk to the two of them? 676 00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:31,744 Yeah-- I think I also better talk 677 00:23:31,778 --> 00:23:32,912 to somebody in Government Affairs. 678 00:23:32,945 --> 00:23:34,481 Tribbey already sent Ainsley Hayes. 679 00:23:34,514 --> 00:23:35,648 To do what? 680 00:23:35,682 --> 00:23:37,283 Talk to the Associate Majority-- 681 00:23:37,316 --> 00:23:39,418 That's something I couldn't do? 682 00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:40,987 He wanted to send a lawyer. 683 00:23:41,020 --> 00:23:43,456 I'm a lawyer; everybody in the room's a lawyer. 684 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:44,991 From the Counsel's Office. 685 00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:46,759 Good-- and I'll tell everybody else to keep 686 00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:48,561 their fingers crossed a story hasn't been leaked 687 00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:50,563 we withheld evidence, then tried to cover our tracks. 688 00:23:50,597 --> 00:23:52,699 Sam, that's enough. 689 00:23:55,968 --> 00:23:57,036 Anything else? 690 00:23:57,069 --> 00:23:58,237 No. 691 00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:00,006 Thank you. 692 00:24:02,341 --> 00:24:04,911 His point isn't wholly without merit. 693 00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:07,079 What do you need? 694 00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:08,180 Sam was talking to me. 695 00:24:08,214 --> 00:24:10,717 The Southern Poverty Law Center... 696 00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:11,884 We know. 697 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:15,187 What do you think? 698 00:24:15,221 --> 00:24:17,056 Well, I'm not wild about it. 699 00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:18,324 Why? 700 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:19,726 Our people can be deposed, too 701 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:20,760 which leaves them vulnerable 702 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:22,529 to embarrassing questions like... 703 00:24:22,562 --> 00:24:24,731 "Have you ever tried cocaine?" 704 00:24:24,764 --> 00:24:27,233 They can ask Sam has he ever slept with a prostitute. 705 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,768 Those questions are irrelevant. 706 00:24:28,801 --> 00:24:30,069 That's why they'll ask them. 707 00:24:30,102 --> 00:24:30,937 If one of our people 708 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:32,438 refuses to answer, it's a story. 709 00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:33,773 So we're not wild about it. 710 00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:37,209 That said, say the word, we'll take a leave of absence 711 00:24:37,243 --> 00:24:38,645 and join your legal team. 712 00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:47,119 Tribbey says it's from Penzance, by the way. 713 00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:48,287 It's from Pinafore. 714 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:49,656 He says it's the one about duty. 715 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:50,957 They're all about duty. 716 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:53,826 I want to be very clear. I could give a damn. 717 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:54,861 Yeah. 718 00:24:56,996 --> 00:25:01,000 Engineer: Okay, Saturday morning radio address, Take 21. 719 00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:03,836 I have a really good feeling about this one, sir. 720 00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:05,437 Is this still my first term? 721 00:25:05,471 --> 00:25:07,640 Yes, sir, but I do take your point. 722 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:09,308 We've spent quite a bit of time on this. 723 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,577 Here we go. 724 00:25:10,610 --> 00:25:13,880 In five, four, three, two... 725 00:25:13,913 --> 00:25:14,881 "Good evening." 726 00:25:14,914 --> 00:25:15,882 Cut. 727 00:25:15,915 --> 00:25:16,616 What?! What?! 728 00:25:16,649 --> 00:25:17,349 It's morning. 729 00:25:17,383 --> 00:25:18,417 It's evening. 730 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:19,552 It's dark outside, Charlie. 731 00:25:19,586 --> 00:25:20,987 It's evening now, Mr. President. 732 00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,021 It's morning tomorrow. 733 00:25:22,054 --> 00:25:23,489 What time is it? 734 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,657 It's 5:45, sir. 735 00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:27,026 Here we go. 736 00:25:27,059 --> 00:25:27,960 In five... 737 00:25:27,994 --> 00:25:29,862 Excuse me. 738 00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:31,030 No, I can't. 739 00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:32,264 I got to go. 740 00:25:32,298 --> 00:25:33,265 Sir, I... 741 00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:35,401 Kids, I am so sorry. 742 00:25:35,434 --> 00:25:38,104 I have to go now to a special meeting 743 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:40,039 of the government. 744 00:25:40,072 --> 00:25:41,774 I will mail you all 745 00:25:41,808 --> 00:25:44,376 an autographed copy of the picture we took together 746 00:25:44,410 --> 00:25:47,179 and one day, you will all understand. 747 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:49,348 Mr. President. 748 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:50,382 Take a break, Charlie. 749 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:51,383 She's not there, sir. 750 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:52,852 I'm going to a special meeting-- 751 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:54,286 Of the government. Yes, sir. 752 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,455 She had to go to Pennsylvania early. 753 00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:57,556 Would you like to come back inside 754 00:25:57,590 --> 00:26:01,160 and take another swing at the radio address? 755 00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:02,528 Sure. 756 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,263 Would you like to get that smile off your face 757 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:05,331 before I send you 758 00:26:05,364 --> 00:26:06,899 on special assignment to the Yukon? 759 00:26:06,933 --> 00:26:08,635 Yes, sir. 760 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:15,174 I've ordered many men on assignment, Ms. Cregg. 761 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:16,475 I've sent them 762 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:17,977 to Hue City, Khe Sanh Village, Danang-- 763 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:18,645 Sir... 764 00:26:18,678 --> 00:26:19,746 Don't interrupt me, lady. 765 00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:21,447 I've sent them to Grenada 766 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,649 I've sent them to Haiti 767 00:26:22,682 --> 00:26:23,650 and I've sent them 768 00:26:23,683 --> 00:26:25,752 to Iraqi-occupied Kuwait. 769 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:27,019 All acts of cowardice? 770 00:26:27,053 --> 00:26:27,787 Sir... 771 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:29,288 You think sending my aide here 772 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:30,189 was an act of cowardice? 773 00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:32,491 You think I have the time and inclination... 774 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:33,525 Sir, due respect-- 775 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:35,294 that wasn't what I was referring to. 776 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:36,395 I think jumping up and down 777 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:37,496 on the Commander in Chief 778 00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:39,065 and then beating a path out of town 779 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:40,232 is an act of cowardice. 780 00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:41,968 I think alerting the public 781 00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:44,871 to staggeringly dangerous vulnerabilities 782 00:26:44,904 --> 00:26:46,706 of the current state of the military 783 00:26:46,739 --> 00:26:48,007 is an act of conscience. 784 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:49,709 And I would, too, sir, except-- 785 00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:51,844 and again I say this with all due respect-- 786 00:26:51,878 --> 00:26:54,580 Shove your respect! I don't want it! 787 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,282 I say this with all due respect. 788 00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:57,483 I think your motives are personal 789 00:26:57,516 --> 00:26:59,151 and I'd like to discuss that, sir. 790 00:26:59,185 --> 00:27:02,221 Sure-- How about we discuss new defense spending 791 00:27:02,254 --> 00:27:06,158 being down to $300 billion from $400 billion ten years ago? 792 00:27:06,192 --> 00:27:06,926 Is that personal? 793 00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:07,960 No sir, I think that's about 794 00:27:07,994 --> 00:27:09,696 the Cold War ending ten years ago 795 00:27:09,729 --> 00:27:11,430 and America not needing to spend quite so much money 796 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:14,266 defending itself against a country that can't bake bread. 797 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:15,367 Kitten... 798 00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:17,503 Op-tempo is up, which is fine 799 00:27:17,536 --> 00:27:19,772 but the problem is, pers-tempo is up, too. 800 00:27:19,806 --> 00:27:20,940 Do you know what that is? 801 00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:23,509 It's the rate of turnover in individual jobs. 802 00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:24,811 Yes, sir, pers-tempo is up 803 00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:26,946 because higher-paying civilian jobs are luring men 804 00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:28,547 and women trained in high tech. 805 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:29,949 We're more than happy to take the rap 806 00:27:29,982 --> 00:27:31,483 for a booming economy, sir. 807 00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:32,518 Two divisions: 808 00:27:32,551 --> 00:27:34,486 the Tenth Mountain Division at Fort Drum 809 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,222 and the First Infantry in Germany 810 00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:37,924 have been rated C-4. 811 00:27:37,957 --> 00:27:40,693 That's the lowest of four possible readiness grades. 812 00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:42,829 it means "unfit for service." 813 00:27:42,862 --> 00:27:44,864 No, sir-- Again, with all respect, I hate to disagree 814 00:27:44,897 --> 00:27:46,165 but it means unfit for service 815 00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:48,768 based on the Pentagon's "two war" doctrine. 816 00:27:48,801 --> 00:27:51,337 It's based on how fast these divisions would 817 00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:53,973 be able to extract themselves from their peacekeeping mission 818 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:58,510 retrain on home bases, and ship off to a second of two 819 00:27:58,544 --> 00:28:01,748 full-scale, Gulf-War-sized conflicts. 820 00:28:01,781 --> 00:28:02,949 There are also some 821 00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:04,851 both inside and outside the Pentagon 822 00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:07,019 who question whether the C-4 ratings might not be 823 00:28:07,053 --> 00:28:09,088 a political maneuver on the part of the DOD 824 00:28:09,121 --> 00:28:10,890 to help Republican allies in Congress 825 00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:13,225 secure more defense money. 826 00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:17,163 Well, I'll be telling my story to Tim Russert. 827 00:28:17,196 --> 00:28:21,200 No, I don't think you will, General. 828 00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:22,301 I'm sorry? 829 00:28:22,334 --> 00:28:24,170 I said I don't think you will. 830 00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:27,907 I notice among your many decorations 831 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:30,476 is the Distinguished Combat Service Medal. 832 00:28:30,509 --> 00:28:31,778 You're wearing it now 833 00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:34,413 as well as in numerous photographs 834 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:38,985 including some taken with enlisted men in the field. 835 00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:40,419 You won it while on temporary duty 836 00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:44,723 with the Navy's U.S.S. Brooke. 837 00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:47,393 The thing is, the Brooke was never fired on 838 00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,996 and it never shot its guns. 839 00:28:50,029 --> 00:28:51,630 Right now, and in photographs 840 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:53,966 you're wearing a medal you never won. 841 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,202 How does that usually go over with the boys? 842 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:06,345 He never served in uniform-- 843 00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:08,547 not once-- 844 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,716 and he presumes-- 845 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:13,752 Is there anything else, sir? 846 00:29:24,196 --> 00:29:25,965 ( door closes ) 847 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:51,323 Excuse me... 848 00:29:51,357 --> 00:29:54,360 I'm looking for Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline. 849 00:29:54,393 --> 00:29:56,328 Woman: Steve? Mark? 850 00:29:56,362 --> 00:29:57,897 Ainsley: Thanks. 851 00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:03,836 Hi, I'm Ainsley Hayes. 852 00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:06,072 Mark Brookline. 853 00:30:06,105 --> 00:30:07,206 Steve Joyce. 854 00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:09,976 Is there someplace a little more private we can speak? 855 00:30:10,009 --> 00:30:11,543 What do you think, the Oval Office? 856 00:30:11,577 --> 00:30:12,912 The Oval Office works. 857 00:30:12,945 --> 00:30:15,181 Or the Cabinet Room. 858 00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:16,815 Why don't we just step out into the hall. 859 00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:30,129 Okay, we'll keep our voices down. 860 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,931 Okay. 861 00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:35,667 Lionel Tribbey asked me 862 00:30:35,701 --> 00:30:37,003 to take care of the false testimony 863 00:30:37,036 --> 00:30:38,804 you gave to the Governmental Affairs Committee. 864 00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:39,838 False testimony? 865 00:30:39,872 --> 00:30:41,507 Regarding the Rockland memo. 866 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:42,708 Look at your watch, Steve. 867 00:30:42,741 --> 00:30:44,410 17 seconds it took her to call us liars. 868 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:49,048 Fellas, that's not what I was saying... 869 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:52,218 I chose the wrong word and I apologize. 870 00:30:52,251 --> 00:30:54,286 Mistaken testimony-- you're absolutely right. 871 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,255 Anyway, I spoke to the Associate Counsel 872 00:30:56,288 --> 00:30:58,057 and I think we're going to be fine. 873 00:30:58,090 --> 00:30:59,825 Two things I wanted to mention: 874 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:02,194 Mark-- I'm sorry, I have work to do. 875 00:31:02,228 --> 00:31:02,929 Yeah. 876 00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:04,530 No, this'll just take a second. 877 00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:07,466 First of all, forgive me if I'm repeating somebody else 878 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:10,569 but I'd be remiss if I didn't make sure you understood 879 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:12,571 that Section 194 of the Federal Code 880 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:15,674 says Congress can turn your testimony over to a U.S. Attorney 881 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,643 and he'd most likely impanel a Grand Jury. 882 00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:19,145 You don't want any part of that. 883 00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:22,248 Thanks-- You know, we both went to high school. 884 00:31:22,781 --> 00:31:24,616 Yeah... um... 885 00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:26,986 The second thing is this: 886 00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:29,855 Your attitude during your testimony is being taken 887 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,358 by some of the Republican committee members 888 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:34,560 as a sign of disrespect. 889 00:31:34,593 --> 00:31:35,962 ( laughing ): Oh, please. 890 00:31:35,995 --> 00:31:36,996 No, hang on a second. 891 00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:38,664 This is so easy to fix 892 00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:40,366 we are going to pick up yardage. 893 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:41,500 Write a short note 894 00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:44,270 have it delivered by messenger to the Majority Counsel 895 00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:46,472 and copy the Chairman and the Speaker. 896 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:47,506 Your first act on the job 897 00:31:47,539 --> 00:31:49,775 is asking us to apologize to the Republicans 898 00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:51,343 on the Governmental Affairs Committee. 899 00:31:51,377 --> 00:31:52,811 And the Speaker of the House, Steve. 900 00:31:52,844 --> 00:31:53,912 Because they didn't like 901 00:31:53,946 --> 00:31:55,547 our attitude? 902 00:31:56,949 --> 00:32:01,220 Yeah, I know this doesn't look good. 903 00:32:01,253 --> 00:32:03,922 But the fact is, it's the smart thing to do. 904 00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:06,125 And if you don't do it at my suggestion 905 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:08,860 I know Lionel Tribbey is going to come down here 906 00:32:08,894 --> 00:32:10,529 and you're going to have to do it at his. 907 00:32:10,562 --> 00:32:11,563 I have work to do. 908 00:32:11,597 --> 00:32:12,598 Yeah. 909 00:32:13,899 --> 00:32:16,935 ( door closes ) 910 00:32:16,969 --> 00:32:18,104 Agent: Good evening, Mr. President. 911 00:32:18,137 --> 00:32:19,371 Guys, it's very important 912 00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:21,640 that nobody tries to kill me in the next hour or so. 913 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,109 Yes, sir. 914 00:32:23,142 --> 00:32:24,977 Where have you been? 915 00:32:25,011 --> 00:32:26,545 I was on a conference call 916 00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:28,714 with Cardinal Law and the Archbishop of Chicago. 917 00:32:28,747 --> 00:32:30,182 You couldn't get off the phone? 918 00:32:30,216 --> 00:32:31,950 Yeah, excuse me, Your Eminence 919 00:32:31,984 --> 00:32:33,785 but the First Lady is a little randy 920 00:32:33,819 --> 00:32:35,087 and she says I'm good to go. 921 00:32:35,121 --> 00:32:36,522 I am a little randy, Jed. Good. 922 00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:37,523 Take your clothes off. 923 00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:39,525 Whatever happened to romance? 924 00:32:39,558 --> 00:32:40,692 A couple of cocktails 925 00:32:40,726 --> 00:32:41,527 Mel Torme... 926 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,095 Get 'em off. 927 00:32:43,129 --> 00:32:44,596 Okay, I'll go into the bathroom 928 00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:46,999 where I am going to change into a special little garment 929 00:32:47,033 --> 00:32:48,267 I think you might enjoy. 930 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:49,135 Abbey, you have two minutes 931 00:32:49,168 --> 00:32:50,269 or I swear to God 932 00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:52,004 I'm going to get Mrs. Landingham drunk. 933 00:32:52,038 --> 00:32:54,740 Loosen your tie. Loosen whatever you'd like. 934 00:32:58,777 --> 00:33:00,812 What was that thing you were doing? 935 00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:02,048 When? 936 00:33:02,081 --> 00:33:03,682 Tonight, in Pennsylvania. 937 00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:05,417 You know what it was. 938 00:33:05,451 --> 00:33:07,753 It was a monument dedication. A statue. 939 00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:08,887 Yeah. 940 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,256 A statue to who? 941 00:33:10,289 --> 00:33:11,490 Nellie Bly. 942 00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:14,060 You went all the way to Cochrane's whatever 943 00:33:14,093 --> 00:33:16,695 to dedicate a monument to Nellie Bly? 944 00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:20,199 Abbey, you can really pass that kind of thing along. 945 00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:21,767 You don't have to accept every invitation 946 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,835 from every yahoo historical society 947 00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:26,138 that knows someone in the social office. 948 00:33:26,172 --> 00:33:28,006 If you want, I can have Charlie... 949 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:33,079 You haven't changed into the... 950 00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:35,647 "special garment." 951 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:38,550 Cochrane's Mills is where I went. 952 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,387 Yeah. 953 00:33:41,420 --> 00:33:44,323 You know what I did, just then, that was stupid? 954 00:33:44,356 --> 00:33:47,159 I minimized the importance of the statue 955 00:33:47,193 --> 00:33:48,927 that was dedicated to Nellie Bly 956 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:49,928 an extraordinary woman 957 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:51,029 to whom we all owe a great deal. 958 00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:52,698 You don't know who she is, do you? 959 00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:55,101 This isn't happening to me. 960 00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:56,735 She pioneered investigative journalism. 961 00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:58,537 Then she's the one I want to beat the crap out of. 962 00:33:58,570 --> 00:34:01,307 She risked her life by having herself committed 963 00:34:01,340 --> 00:34:02,774 to a mental institution for ten days 964 00:34:02,808 --> 00:34:04,876 so she could write about it. 965 00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:06,578 She changed entirely 966 00:34:06,612 --> 00:34:08,714 the way we treat the mentally ill in this country. 967 00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:09,581 Yes, Abigail-- 968 00:34:09,615 --> 00:34:11,517 In 1890, she traveled around the world 969 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:15,254 in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds 970 00:34:15,287 --> 00:34:18,624 besting, by more than one week, Jules Verne's 80 days. 971 00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:20,359 She sounds like an incredible woman, Abbey. 972 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,594 I'm particularly impressed that she beat a fictional record. 973 00:34:22,628 --> 00:34:25,397 If she goes 21,000 leagues under the sea 974 00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:27,566 I'll name a damn school after her-- Let's have sex. 975 00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:30,469 When it comes to historical figures 976 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:32,471 being memorialized in this country 977 00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:33,872 women have been 978 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:35,474 largely overlooked. 979 00:34:35,507 --> 00:34:37,809 Nellie Bly is just the tip of the iceberg. 980 00:34:37,843 --> 00:34:39,077 I couldn't possibly hear about 981 00:34:39,111 --> 00:34:40,246 the rest of the iceberg 982 00:34:40,279 --> 00:34:42,214 right now. Elizabeth Blackwell 983 00:34:42,248 --> 00:34:44,283 was the first American woman 984 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,985 to be awarded an M.D.-- She founded 985 00:34:47,018 --> 00:34:48,620 the Women's Medical College... Keep talking. 986 00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:49,888 I'm just going to sit here 987 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:53,225 and think about plutonium and the things I can do with it. 988 00:34:53,259 --> 00:34:55,861 Brown v. Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 989 00:34:55,894 --> 00:34:58,630 the court found for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 990 00:34:58,664 --> 00:35:00,499 and the marchers attacked in Decatur. Sam... 991 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:02,168 Vietnamese Fisherman's Association 992 00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:03,435 v. The Knights of the KKK. 993 00:35:03,469 --> 00:35:05,103 A civil action enjoining the Klan 994 00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:06,972 from operating the Texas paramilitary army. 995 00:35:07,005 --> 00:35:08,640 They shut them down. Yeah... 996 00:35:08,674 --> 00:35:10,542 Donald v. United Klans of America. 997 00:35:10,576 --> 00:35:12,911 A suit on behalf of a black youth who was lynched. 998 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:14,980 The jury returned a $7 million verdict 999 00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:16,815 and deeded the headquarters to the mother. 1000 00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:18,217 The court took the Bat Cave, Josh. 1001 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:20,652 Sam, here's the thing: It's not just-- Hang on a second. 1002 00:35:20,686 --> 00:35:21,687 I'm kind of caught in a-- 1003 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:22,654 Hang on a second. 1004 00:35:25,357 --> 00:35:26,458 Hey. 1005 00:35:28,694 --> 00:35:30,262 Hey. 1006 00:35:30,296 --> 00:35:32,130 Hey. 1007 00:35:32,164 --> 00:35:33,965 Did you talk to Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline? 1008 00:35:33,999 --> 00:35:35,267 Yes, I did. 1009 00:35:35,301 --> 00:35:36,268 See, I was told you'd just be working 1010 00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:37,403 in the Majority Counsel's Office 1011 00:35:37,436 --> 00:35:39,137 which I wasn't wild about 1012 00:35:39,171 --> 00:35:41,240 but it's my understanding that I'd be talking to them 1013 00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:43,108 seeing as how they work for me. 1014 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:45,444 I was taking initiative. 1015 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,913 Well, wasn't that spunky of you? 1016 00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:50,081 Sam, do you think there's any chance 1017 00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:52,551 that you could be rude to me tomorrow? 1018 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,953 Tomorrow is Saturday; I will be here. 1019 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,055 You can call me and be rude by phone 1020 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:58,357 or you can stop by and do it in person 1021 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:00,192 'cause I think if I have to endure 1022 00:36:00,226 --> 00:36:01,327 another disappointment today 1023 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:02,994 from this place that I have worshipped 1024 00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:05,497 I am going to lose it. 1025 00:36:05,531 --> 00:36:07,866 So if you could wait until tomorrow 1026 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:10,636 I would appreciate it. 1027 00:36:18,244 --> 00:36:19,611 ( sighing ): Anyway... 1028 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:22,814 the jury returned a $7 million... 1029 00:36:25,651 --> 00:36:28,420 I'll be back in just a second, okay? 1030 00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:35,927 Ainsley? 1031 00:36:38,997 --> 00:36:40,899 Look... 1032 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:43,235 Can I talk to you for a minute? 1033 00:36:43,269 --> 00:36:45,203 All I was really trying to say... 1034 00:36:49,575 --> 00:36:51,543 Who did this? 1035 00:36:52,578 --> 00:36:54,546 Who did this? 1036 00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:56,014 I don't know. 1037 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,783 Yes, you do. 1038 00:36:57,816 --> 00:36:59,017 Don't worry about it. 1039 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,619 Who sent you this? Don't worry about it. 1040 00:37:00,652 --> 00:37:01,653 Ainsley? 1041 00:37:01,687 --> 00:37:03,221 Sam... 1042 00:37:03,255 --> 00:37:05,123 How did your meeting go with Brookline and Joyce? 1043 00:37:05,156 --> 00:37:07,626 It went great, Sam-- I talked to them 1044 00:37:07,659 --> 00:37:10,396 for a couple of minutes, and I think that-- 1045 00:37:10,429 --> 00:37:12,264 Sam! 1046 00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:17,202 Did anybody order a pizza 1047 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,038 and if they didn't, could they do it now? 1048 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,474 You know what, guys? 1049 00:37:22,508 --> 00:37:24,510 When I write something, I sign my name. 1050 00:37:26,211 --> 00:37:27,045 Here, I'll show you. 1051 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,213 Sam! 1052 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:29,415 Do you have any idea 1053 00:37:29,448 --> 00:37:33,285 how big a harassment suit you just exposed us to? 1054 00:37:33,319 --> 00:37:34,986 She just... 1055 00:37:36,722 --> 00:37:39,491 She works here. 1056 00:37:39,525 --> 00:37:41,727 Which is more than I can say for either one of you. 1057 00:37:46,998 --> 00:37:51,269 You're fired. S. Seaborn. 1058 00:37:51,303 --> 00:37:52,804 Sam, I don't know who you think you are 1059 00:37:52,838 --> 00:37:53,805 but you can't fire us. 1060 00:37:53,839 --> 00:37:55,607 Oh... 1061 00:37:55,641 --> 00:37:57,275 yes, he can. 1062 00:37:58,477 --> 00:38:04,650 Leave here, and don't ever come back. 1063 00:38:04,683 --> 00:38:07,753 It's time for both of you to write your book now. 1064 00:38:19,965 --> 00:38:22,668 Lionel. 1065 00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:25,871 What are you looking at? 1066 00:38:25,904 --> 00:38:29,174 I'm... nothing. 1067 00:38:29,207 --> 00:38:31,543 I'm not... nothing. 1068 00:38:31,577 --> 00:38:33,912 Except it's from Pinafore. 1069 00:38:33,945 --> 00:38:35,914 It's from Penzance. 1070 00:38:35,947 --> 00:38:37,816 I hate to stick my head in the lion's mouth 1071 00:38:37,849 --> 00:38:39,017 but I got to ask you: 1072 00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:40,218 Were you the recording secretary 1073 00:38:40,251 --> 00:38:42,721 of the Princeton Gilbert and Sullivan Society for two years? 1074 00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:44,122 No, but then again, I'm not a woman, so... 1075 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:45,323 I was just saying-- 1076 00:38:45,357 --> 00:38:48,093 Little drinks I'm supposed to be having right now 1077 00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:51,830 umbrellas sticking out of them. 1078 00:38:51,863 --> 00:38:52,964 Shishkabob. 1079 00:39:06,412 --> 00:39:08,113 President: Belva Lockwood, for instance 1080 00:39:08,146 --> 00:39:09,581 the first woman to practice law. 1081 00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:14,653 She argued a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1879 1082 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:17,423 decades before she'd have the right to vote. 1083 00:39:17,456 --> 00:39:18,824 Ellen Swallow Richards 1084 00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:20,759 the first woman to be a professional chemist. 1085 00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:24,262 Maria Mitchell, who discovered a comet in 1847 1086 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:26,164 and was the first woman admitted 1087 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:28,166 to the Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1088 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:31,403 Oh, I could go on and on and on and on. 1089 00:39:31,437 --> 00:39:33,439 The fact remains that, of all of the monuments 1090 00:39:33,472 --> 00:39:34,906 built with public money 1091 00:39:34,940 --> 00:39:36,642 only 50 of them pay tribute 1092 00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:38,844 to the women who helped build this country 1093 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:42,313 and open its doors to all our daughters who would follow. 1094 00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:44,816 In the coming months, I'll try to persuade Congress 1095 00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:45,884 to rectify that. 1096 00:39:45,917 --> 00:39:47,586 In the meantime, enjoy your weekend. 1097 00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:49,921 God bless you and God bless America. 1098 00:39:49,955 --> 00:39:50,822 We're out. 1099 00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:52,958 Do it live, that's what I always say. 1100 00:39:52,991 --> 00:39:54,292 Very nice, babe. 1101 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:56,261 By the way, Sweet Knees, the Statue of Liberty. 1102 00:39:56,294 --> 00:39:57,328 Get upstairs. 1103 00:39:57,362 --> 00:39:58,363 Right there at the front door 1104 00:39:58,396 --> 00:39:59,364 to the country. 1105 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:01,032 Get upstairs. Like a lawn jockey. 1106 00:40:01,066 --> 00:40:01,833 Mr. President? 1107 00:40:01,867 --> 00:40:03,469 C.J., the President's going to take 1108 00:40:03,502 --> 00:40:06,037 a little personal staff time... No, it's okay. 1109 00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:07,238 I'll be right behind you. 1110 00:40:07,272 --> 00:40:08,540 Special garment. 1111 00:40:08,574 --> 00:40:09,808 Go. 1112 00:40:09,841 --> 00:40:11,076 Mr. President. 1113 00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:13,445 Is this about Ed Barrie? 1114 00:40:13,479 --> 00:40:15,647 Yes, it is. I wanted to ask... 1115 00:40:15,681 --> 00:40:17,549 Go ahead and let him out of the box. 1116 00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:20,051 Say what you want about Barrie 1117 00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:21,453 and I can say plenty 1118 00:40:21,487 --> 00:40:23,421 but the man was the first one in and the last one out 1119 00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:26,658 of a war that I didn't want anything to do with. 1120 00:40:26,692 --> 00:40:29,427 The man's earned the right to say whatever he wants. 1121 00:40:29,461 --> 00:40:31,396 Let him out of the box, would you? 1122 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:32,531 Yes, sir. 1123 00:40:32,564 --> 00:40:34,332 Anything else? No, sir. 1124 00:40:34,365 --> 00:40:35,801 I'm out of here. 1125 00:40:38,236 --> 00:40:39,538 Josh: It ties up the staff 1126 00:40:39,571 --> 00:40:41,072 indefinitely when there are... 1127 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:43,775 I mean, there are other things they should be doing. 1128 00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:45,744 I'd appear to be using a high-profile position 1129 00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:47,412 for my personal agenda. I don't-- 1130 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:51,382 But mostly, I just think a lawsuit is too small. 1131 00:40:51,416 --> 00:40:54,452 I can't have it be like 1132 00:40:54,486 --> 00:40:58,790 I slipped in their driveway. 1133 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:01,560 It's different than that to me. 1134 00:41:04,162 --> 00:41:06,031 I don't want to sue them. 1135 00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:08,466 Okay. 1136 00:41:10,235 --> 00:41:11,202 What about the insurance company? 1137 00:41:11,236 --> 00:41:12,370 Them I'll sue, no problem. 1138 00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:14,439 ( phone rings ) 1139 00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:15,541 Yeah. 1140 00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:17,042 We're on our way. 1141 00:41:17,075 --> 00:41:18,109 She's here, let's go. 1142 00:41:24,349 --> 00:41:25,984 Hello? 1143 00:41:27,786 --> 00:41:28,854 Hello? 1144 00:41:30,722 --> 00:41:37,228 Singers ( on tape ): * He is an Englishman! * 1145 00:41:37,262 --> 00:41:44,803 * He is an Englishman 1146 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:50,275 * For He himself has said it 1147 00:41:50,308 --> 00:41:54,746 * And it's greatly to his credit * 1148 00:41:54,780 --> 00:41:59,450 * That he is an Englishman 1149 00:41:59,484 --> 00:42:04,322 * That he is an Englishman * 1150 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:08,894 * So despite all the temptations * 1151 00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:13,498 ( voices join in ): * To belong to other nations 1152 00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:17,736 * He remains an Englishman 1153 00:42:17,769 --> 00:42:28,546 * He remains an Englishman 1154 00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:33,184 * So despite all the temptations * 1155 00:42:33,218 --> 00:42:37,555 * To belong to other nations 1156 00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:42,260 * He remains an Englishman 1157 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:45,831 * He remains an Englishman!