1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,074 Subtitles downloaded from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:05,425 --> 00:00:07,004 Previously on The West Wing: 3 00:00:07,220 --> 00:00:08,763 -He's a Iunatic. -He's colorful. 4 00:00:09,015 --> 00:00:10,344 -He's certifiable. -Who? 5 00:00:10,559 --> 00:00:11,556 Lord John Marbury. 6 00:00:11,770 --> 00:00:14,643 You're gonna Iet him Ioose where there's Iiquor and women? 7 00:00:14,859 --> 00:00:17,352 We can hide the women, but the man deserves a drink. 8 00:00:17,614 --> 00:00:20,820 AIIow me. Lord John Marbury. I was summoned by your president. 9 00:00:21,037 --> 00:00:23,910 Yes. We've met 1 0 or 1 2 times. 10 00:00:24,126 --> 00:00:26,204 -Leo McGarry. -I thought you were the butler. 11 00:00:26,422 --> 00:00:29,342 You're the one who's been saying we need a radical approach. 12 00:00:29,553 --> 00:00:32,342 Yes, yes, I have. And I got shouted down in every meeting. 13 00:00:32,558 --> 00:00:34,932 I prefer not to paint a picture in the interest of oratory. 14 00:00:35,146 --> 00:00:36,262 The year is one week old. 15 00:00:36,482 --> 00:00:39,651 The Iegislative session hasn't begun and we can't put waffles... 16 00:00:39,863 --> 00:00:41,857 ...in our mouth without coughing up the ball. 17 00:00:42,076 --> 00:00:43,904 -You got beat. -Yes. 18 00:00:44,121 --> 00:00:45,949 Figure it out. Tell me what you'II do. 19 00:01:02,613 --> 00:01:04,406 Are we patched into the Pentagon? 20 00:01:04,617 --> 00:01:05,614 We can hear them? 21 00:01:05,827 --> 00:01:08,747 We can hear what they're saying at Command? 22 00:01:09,835 --> 00:01:12,209 Why can't I hear anything? 23 00:01:12,423 --> 00:01:15,759 -Why aren't we hearing anything? -Fifteen seconds to target launch. 24 00:01:15,971 --> 00:01:17,930 Why don't you just tell me to shut up-- 25 00:01:18,142 --> 00:01:20,183 We have a target launch sequence. Go flight. 26 00:01:20,396 --> 00:01:21,939 Kwajalein Atoll, how do you read? 27 00:01:22,149 --> 00:01:25,236 We read you five by five. Positive target launch sequence. 28 00:01:25,447 --> 00:01:30,576 -Here we go. - Target launch in five. Four. Three. Two. 29 00:01:31,082 --> 00:01:32,743 Target is aloft. 30 00:01:33,002 --> 00:01:35,211 -How Iong do I have? -Two minutes, 1 0 seconds. 31 00:01:35,423 --> 00:01:39,294 I' m gonna see if I can get the president to watch this. 32 00:01:39,556 --> 00:01:42,975 -Mr. Sumatra, you' re a sports fan. -Yes, sir, Mr. President. Golf. 33 00:01:43,188 --> 00:01:44,731 Okay, well, golf's not a sport. 34 00:01:44,941 --> 00:01:48,728 It's fine, don't get me wrong, but Iet's not confuse it with things that men do. 35 00:01:48,948 --> 00:01:51,192 -Yes, sir. -We're going to Bangkok in June. 36 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:52,575 -June, Charlie? -Yes, sir. 37 00:01:52,789 --> 00:01:55,163 -You're at the Oriental. -Best hotel in the world. 38 00:01:55,377 --> 00:01:58,166 James Michener wrote many of his books at the Oriental... 39 00:01:58,382 --> 00:02:01,718 ...and one of his typewriters remains in the suite they named for him. 40 00:02:01,972 --> 00:02:03,004 Is that right? 41 00:02:03,224 --> 00:02:04,340 Make sure I see that. 42 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,685 -T om. -Mr. President, it is with pleasure... 43 00:02:14,328 --> 00:02:17,830 ...from King Bhumibol Adulyadej as Thailand's ambassador to the US. 44 00:02:18,043 --> 00:02:21,996 Mr. Sumatra, I accept your Ietter of credence from King Adulyadej... 45 00:02:22,218 --> 00:02:25,256 ...and by affixing my signature and seal... 46 00:02:25,515 --> 00:02:30,514 ...do declare you to be an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. 47 00:02:30,775 --> 00:02:33,102 May our people know peace and prosperity. 48 00:02:33,321 --> 00:02:34,947 -Congratulations. -Thank you. 49 00:02:35,158 --> 00:02:37,698 We've got gifts, and we're gonna stand for pictures. 50 00:02:37,955 --> 00:02:41,576 -Ambassador, right here. -Madam, congratulations. 51 00:02:43,214 --> 00:02:47,262 He's got about another two minutes, and then I've gotta pull him. 52 00:02:47,472 --> 00:02:50,096 Hey, Charlie, is he done? 53 00:02:50,311 --> 00:02:53,231 -Another two minutes. -I'd Iike him in the Situation Room. 54 00:02:53,441 --> 00:02:57,858 -Should I tell him it's an emergency? -No emergency, it's just time-sensitive. 55 00:03:01,665 --> 00:03:02,780 What are you Iooking at? 56 00:03:03,001 --> 00:03:05,410 You're testing that preposterous contraption again. 57 00:03:05,630 --> 00:03:08,468 It's not a preposterous contraption. Mind your own business. 58 00:03:08,678 --> 00:03:10,637 In my day we knew how to protect ourselves. 59 00:03:10,848 --> 00:03:14,719 In your day you could turn back the Indians with a Daniel Boone musket. 60 00:03:14,981 --> 00:03:19,029 -Sarcasm: the grumpy man's wit. -Sharpen a pencil, would you? 61 00:03:19,239 --> 00:03:22,278 -What's up? -They're gonna Iaunch the intercept. 62 00:03:22,495 --> 00:03:25,617 I'm sure somebody will come along soon and tell me it didn't work. 63 00:03:25,834 --> 00:03:27,544 -Why that attitude? -It won't work. 64 00:03:27,754 --> 00:03:29,879 -What do I get if it works? -What do you get? 65 00:03:30,092 --> 00:03:32,716 Well, I can't make you Thailand's ambassador to the U.S... 66 00:03:32,972 --> 00:03:37,353 -...because I just signed that guy's Ietter. -Come with me to the Situation Room. 67 00:03:39,150 --> 00:03:42,107 You know what? You are the Charlie Brown of missile defense. 68 00:03:42,323 --> 00:03:45,077 -The Pentagon is Lucy. -I'm not familiar with the reference. 69 00:03:45,287 --> 00:03:48,206 -"Peanuts," Charlie Brown. -I'm just not conversant in them. 70 00:03:48,417 --> 00:03:51,207 -Why? -I've never read the comics. 71 00:03:51,423 --> 00:03:54,925 -Leo, were you born at the age of 55? -I know that there's a dog. 72 00:03:55,138 --> 00:03:58,094 Charlie Brown wanted to kick a football and Lucy would hold it. 73 00:03:58,310 --> 00:04:00,519 Except she'd pull it away at the Iast minute... 74 00:04:00,731 --> 00:04:03,439 ...and Charlie Brown would fall on his butt. 75 00:04:03,654 --> 00:04:05,363 -That's funny? -No. 76 00:04:05,866 --> 00:04:08,822 But each time, Lucy would find a way to convince Charlie Brown... 77 00:04:09,038 --> 00:04:12,042 ...that this time she wouldn't pull the ball away, but she would. 78 00:04:12,253 --> 00:04:14,710 And once again, Charlie Brown would fall on his butt. 79 00:04:14,924 --> 00:04:16,004 -That's funny? -Satirical. 80 00:04:16,218 --> 00:04:18,259 -What's it satirizing? -The DOD bringing you... 81 00:04:18,472 --> 00:04:21,048 ...to the Situation Room every time they run a missile test... 82 00:04:21,269 --> 00:04:24,855 ...so you can come tell me how great it works so I'II put money in the NMD. 83 00:04:25,068 --> 00:04:27,477 -You should put money in the NMD. -It doesn't work. 84 00:04:27,698 --> 00:04:29,074 It will work. One day. Soon. 85 00:04:29,284 --> 00:04:32,952 There are 3-star generals in there. Call them Lucy and you're on your own. 86 00:04:33,166 --> 00:04:34,495 Good morning, Mr. President. 87 00:04:34,710 --> 00:04:38,664 -Where are we? -The kill vehicle's on a clear trajectory. 88 00:04:38,885 --> 00:04:41,888 -What's its time to the target? -Fifty seconds. 89 00:04:42,099 --> 00:04:43,974 -Colonel, walk the president through. -Y es. 90 00:04:44,186 --> 00:04:46,940 Approximately three minutes ago a missile was Iaunched... 91 00:04:47,150 --> 00:04:51,198 ...with a simulated warhead from the Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific. 92 00:04:51,449 --> 00:04:53,943 And it's gonna hit my garage in New Hampshire when? 93 00:04:54,163 --> 00:04:57,000 Well, once the missile cleared cloud cover, it was detected... 94 00:04:57,210 --> 00:05:01,163 ...by the early-warning satellites, which Iaunched an interceptor, or kill vehicle. 95 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:02,838 Ten seconds to SRB sep. 96 00:05:03,054 --> 00:05:05,761 SRB sep is "Solid Rocket Booster separation. " 97 00:05:05,976 --> 00:05:07,851 That means the radar on the ground... 98 00:05:08,063 --> 00:05:10,556 ... has gotten a Iock-on signal from the kill vehicle. 99 00:05:10,777 --> 00:05:12,272 Go SRB sep. 100 00:05:12,488 --> 00:05:15,326 Confirm Solid Rocket Booster separation. 101 00:05:15,535 --> 00:05:19,322 Kill vehicle 's away. Coming over at 0-4-4. 102 00:05:20,711 --> 00:05:21,875 Roger. 103 00:05:22,089 --> 00:05:28,049 -Roger, Control. We got that 4-4-7. - Thirty seconds to target intercept. 104 00:05:28,267 --> 00:05:29,597 -Go flight. -What happens now? 105 00:05:29,811 --> 00:05:32,352 In 20 seconds it collides with the nuclear warhead. 106 00:05:32,567 --> 00:05:33,563 -Where? -Outer space. 107 00:05:33,777 --> 00:05:35,652 Seventeen miles above Earth's atmosphere. 108 00:05:35,864 --> 00:05:38,571 But we don't have anybody out there right now, do we? 109 00:05:38,828 --> 00:05:42,366 -Ten seconds to intercept. -When we stay at the Oriental... 110 00:05:42,585 --> 00:05:44,626 ...we have to see James Michener's typewriter. 111 00:05:45,006 --> 00:05:46,799 -Intercept in five. -Here we go. 112 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:50,346 Four. Three. Two. One. 113 00:05:57,779 --> 00:06:00,985 -Is that silence usually a good sign? -No. 114 00:06:01,244 --> 00:06:03,404 Negative intercept. 115 00:06:03,665 --> 00:06:06,039 -Have we got sensor readings? -No. 116 00:06:06,295 --> 00:06:08,622 Negative intercept. KM warhead overshot target. 117 00:06:08,883 --> 00:06:10,961 -It was just enthusiastic. -By how much? 118 00:06:11,221 --> 00:06:12,882 -Leo-- -By how much did it miss? 119 00:06:13,141 --> 00:06:16,061 -Colonel? -1 37. 120 00:06:16,313 --> 00:06:20,065 -We missed it by 1 37 feet. -Miles. 121 00:06:20,655 --> 00:06:23,528 We missed it by 1 37 miles? 122 00:06:23,744 --> 00:06:26,617 When you consider the size of outer space, that's not so bad. 123 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:32,793 By the way, the words you're Iooking for are, "Oh, good grief. " 124 00:07:21,057 --> 00:07:25,806 For those of you who haven't seen it, it's a very Iovely ceremony. It's informal. 125 00:07:26,025 --> 00:07:28,600 The ambassadors are Ied into the Oval Office... 126 00:07:28,821 --> 00:07:31,030 ...probably with a few friends and family. 127 00:07:31,242 --> 00:07:34,448 They chat with the president, maybe exchange some gifts... 128 00:07:34,665 --> 00:07:37,752 ...and they're presented by the State Department's chief of protocol... 129 00:07:37,963 --> 00:07:40,753 ...who asks the president to accept the ambassador's credentials... 130 00:07:40,969 --> 00:07:43,676 ...and the president signs a Ietter to that effect. Y es? 131 00:07:43,891 --> 00:07:45,932 You have four new ambassadors this week. 132 00:07:46,145 --> 00:07:48,270 Is there an order in which they're seen? 133 00:07:48,482 --> 00:07:50,227 The order they arrived in Washington. 134 00:07:50,444 --> 00:07:53,116 Earlier the president saw Ambassador Sumatra of Thailand... 135 00:07:53,325 --> 00:07:54,904 ...then it'II be Peter Hans of Sweden... 136 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,325 ...followed by Her Excellency Renee Ernesto of Argentina... 137 00:07:58,543 --> 00:07:59,919 ...Noah Jola of Burkina Faso... 138 00:08:00,171 --> 00:08:02,461 ...and the newly named British ambassador... 139 00:08:02,675 --> 00:08:05,382 ...will be arriving just as soon as he's been newly named. 140 00:08:05,597 --> 00:08:07,390 I thought it was-- I forgot his name. 141 00:08:07,601 --> 00:08:08,597 -Anthony Bratt? -Y eah. 142 00:08:08,811 --> 00:08:12,148 Anthony Bratt cited family obligations and withdrew over the weekend. 143 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,482 -Weren't they gonna replace him with--? -Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach? 144 00:08:15,699 --> 00:08:18,536 No, Sir Christopher has been diagnosed with encephalitis... 145 00:08:18,746 --> 00:08:20,741 ...contracted during his posting to Kenya. 146 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:23,167 -Who's the new British ambassador? -I don't know. 147 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:25,504 When the State Department tells me, I'II know. 148 00:08:25,717 --> 00:08:27,878 It's pool photographs only until tomorrow night... 149 00:08:28,097 --> 00:08:30,672 ...when there'II be a reception for the new ambassadors. 150 00:08:30,894 --> 00:08:32,057 Thanks, C.J. 151 00:08:32,313 --> 00:08:34,224 Want to know who's been here the Iongest? 152 00:08:34,442 --> 00:08:36,566 The dean of the diplomatic corps? Anybody? 153 00:08:37,072 --> 00:08:39,944 Guys, you know I study these things just for you. 154 00:08:40,161 --> 00:08:44,031 It's Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia. 155 00:08:44,293 --> 00:08:48,045 I could've also told them Burkina Faso has a population of 1 1 million... 156 00:08:48,259 --> 00:08:51,262 ...and in even years they host Africa's Iargest crafts market. 157 00:08:51,473 --> 00:08:54,262 -I need a chance to use that knowledge. -C.J.? 158 00:08:54,478 --> 00:08:56,687 -Do you know the crops of Burkina Faso? -No. 159 00:08:56,900 --> 00:09:00,069 Millet, sorghum, rice, peanuts and cotton. 160 00:09:00,281 --> 00:09:03,700 Mention in your briefing that we've accepted a Iast-minute invitation... 161 00:09:03,912 --> 00:09:07,249 ...for the president to address the GIobal Defense Council tomorrow. 162 00:09:07,461 --> 00:09:10,630 -I thought we passed on the GDC. -We passed on it three months ago... 163 00:09:10,842 --> 00:09:14,011 ...when we thought the president was gonna be in South America. 164 00:09:14,223 --> 00:09:17,844 But they Iost their keynote speaker. We're gonna use this to Iaunch C.A.R.E. 165 00:09:18,063 --> 00:09:19,689 That's what I want you to announce. 166 00:09:19,900 --> 00:09:20,897 -C.A.R.E.? -Yeah. 167 00:09:21,111 --> 00:09:22,855 -Okay. -CIean Air Rehabilitation Effort. 168 00:09:23,073 --> 00:09:26,029 -You don't know what it is. -The CIean Air Rehabilitation Effort? 169 00:09:26,245 --> 00:09:28,073 An effort to clean and rehabilitate air-- 170 00:09:28,290 --> 00:09:30,748 -How can--? -I'm not involved in environmental policy. 171 00:09:30,962 --> 00:09:33,502 Which will come as a relief to environmentalists. 172 00:09:33,717 --> 00:09:37,219 -I knew the crops of Burkina Faso. -I'II brief you Iater. 173 00:09:37,432 --> 00:09:39,473 -Have we heard from T oby? -No. 174 00:09:39,686 --> 00:09:41,728 -Do we know if he's Ianded? -No. 175 00:09:41,940 --> 00:09:44,516 -How's everybody doing in here? -They're doing fine. 176 00:09:44,737 --> 00:09:48,655 Is global warming a real environmental condition or merely a temporary anomaly? 177 00:09:48,870 --> 00:09:50,116 Is it a global threat... 178 00:09:50,331 --> 00:09:54,795 ...or the exaggerated claim of alarmists? The time for such debate is over. 179 00:09:55,215 --> 00:09:59,002 As of today, it shall be the position of the United States government... 180 00:09:59,222 --> 00:10:02,095 ...that global warming constitutes a clear and present danger... 181 00:10:02,311 --> 00:10:06,229 ...to the health and future well-being of this planet and all its inhabitants. 182 00:10:06,444 --> 00:10:08,189 -Did somebody get that? -Yes. 183 00:10:08,406 --> 00:10:10,115 -I didn't see writing. -You wrote it. 184 00:10:10,326 --> 00:10:13,282 I just added "The time for such debate is over. " 185 00:10:13,540 --> 00:10:15,950 -We got it. -It sets up the reveal. 186 00:10:16,796 --> 00:10:20,002 22 trillion in benefits versus half a trillion in compliance costs. 187 00:10:20,219 --> 00:10:23,222 We're making sure that's right? We're making sure in a few places? 188 00:10:23,433 --> 00:10:24,763 -I want three sources. -Fine. 189 00:10:24,978 --> 00:10:27,305 -We don't know if Toby's back? -You'II know soon. 190 00:10:27,524 --> 00:10:29,483 -Sam? -Is it Toby? Can I have the phone? 191 00:10:29,695 --> 00:10:31,107 He's standing right there. 192 00:10:32,116 --> 00:10:33,397 Thanks. 193 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:37,163 Twenty-two thousand fewer respiratory-related hospital admissions. 194 00:10:37,375 --> 00:10:40,213 I don't wanna use the stats unless I have three sources. 195 00:10:40,423 --> 00:10:43,462 -How was the trip? -It was fine. What's going on? 196 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,254 The president's gonna speak at the GDC conference. 197 00:10:46,475 --> 00:10:49,147 -What are you talking about? -He's gonna Iaunch C.A.R.E. 198 00:10:49,356 --> 00:10:51,646 -Since when? -Their keynote speaker fell through. 199 00:10:51,860 --> 00:10:54,532 -When was this decision made? -Last night. 200 00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:56,984 -Why wasn't I involved? -You were in Kansas City. 201 00:10:57,203 --> 00:10:59,875 I have a telephone. I have a damn telephone, Sam. 202 00:11:00,084 --> 00:11:02,755 Frankly, I didn't think-- I thought there'd be a consensus. 203 00:11:02,964 --> 00:11:04,210 Who was at this meeting? 204 00:11:04,425 --> 00:11:06,550 -Where? -Where the decision was made. 205 00:11:06,763 --> 00:11:10,217 It was me, Carl Taub at the EPA, Jane Ziskin was there.... 206 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:12,810 We've been Iooking for an opportunity to Iaunch-- 207 00:11:13,024 --> 00:11:14,223 -Leo wasn't there? -No. 208 00:11:14,443 --> 00:11:17,780 We've been Iooking for a platform for this. What's the problem? 209 00:11:17,992 --> 00:11:21,613 There are a number of problems, any one of which I could have told you about... 210 00:11:21,832 --> 00:11:25,785 ...had you gotten me on the phone. We already blew off the AFL-CIO. 211 00:11:26,006 --> 00:11:28,546 We said the president was gonna be in South America. 212 00:11:28,761 --> 00:11:30,590 He was gonna be. Now he's not. 213 00:11:30,807 --> 00:11:34,392 Instead, he's speaking to Iabor's good friend, the environmental Iobby. 214 00:11:34,605 --> 00:11:37,775 He's the president of the United States, he's nobody's understudy. 215 00:11:37,987 --> 00:11:39,897 You got him out there Iike Joey Bishop. 216 00:11:40,115 --> 00:11:43,701 I gotta say, I hear all that, but the president was very enthusiastic. 217 00:11:43,914 --> 00:11:47,582 -Of course he was enthusiastic. -I wasn't in there twisting his arm. 218 00:11:47,796 --> 00:11:50,336 I told him this opportunity had opened, that we had notes... 219 00:11:50,551 --> 00:11:52,925 ...so I could finish the speech, he asked questions... 220 00:11:53,139 --> 00:11:56,642 -...we answered them, he said yes. -AII right. I understand. AII right. 221 00:11:56,854 --> 00:11:58,730 -It's gonna be a good speech. -Yeah. 222 00:11:58,942 --> 00:12:01,150 -They need you. -Thanks. 223 00:12:01,363 --> 00:12:04,817 -How was the trip? -Fine. I need to see Leo. 224 00:12:05,621 --> 00:12:07,246 Yeah. 225 00:12:07,499 --> 00:12:09,873 -It's not gonna be Sir Christopher. -I heard. 226 00:12:10,087 --> 00:12:13,340 -I said it's not gonna be Sir Christopher. -And I said I heard. 227 00:12:13,594 --> 00:12:15,837 -I Iike to say Sir Christopher. - Who Will it be? 228 00:12:16,056 --> 00:12:18,217 I' m waiting to hear from the State Department. 229 00:12:18,436 --> 00:12:20,477 -Me too. -Maybe it'II be Sir Christopher. 230 00:12:20,732 --> 00:12:23,272 -Can I stop talking to you now? -What are you doing? 231 00:12:23,487 --> 00:12:26,027 I'm standing with my back straight against the wall. 232 00:12:26,242 --> 00:12:29,945 -Why? -I was told by doctors it would relax me. 233 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,326 -Josh? -Gotta go. 234 00:12:33,547 --> 00:12:35,173 -Y eah? -Are you okay? 235 00:12:35,383 --> 00:12:37,009 Y eah. What? 236 00:12:37,387 --> 00:12:40,675 Is it true that Leo can't stand a guy named Lord John Marbury? 237 00:12:40,894 --> 00:12:42,473 -Why? -A reporter asked me. 238 00:12:42,814 --> 00:12:45,389 -What's a reporter doing talking to you? -It's a friend. 239 00:12:45,652 --> 00:12:47,896 Leo has nothing but respect for John Marbury. 240 00:12:48,115 --> 00:12:50,275 -That's what I said. -Leo thinks he's a Iunatic. 241 00:12:50,578 --> 00:12:53,581 -He's very handsome. -Maybe, but Leo thinks he's a Iunatic. 242 00:12:53,792 --> 00:12:56,166 Are you threatened by his brilliance? You seem to be. 243 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:58,339 -How do you know he's brilliant? -His picture. 244 00:12:58,551 --> 00:13:01,175 I'm not threatened by his brilliance nor his good Iooks. 245 00:13:01,389 --> 00:13:02,968 -His charm? -Not threatened at all. 246 00:13:03,184 --> 00:13:04,217 I'm sorry, I meant Leo. 247 00:13:04,437 --> 00:13:07,974 Neither Leo or I are threatened by his brains, his Iooks or his charm. 248 00:13:08,194 --> 00:13:12,242 He is, however, a Iunatic Brit. We're grateful there's an ocean between us. 249 00:13:12,451 --> 00:13:14,493 -There isn't anymore. -There isn't what? 250 00:13:14,706 --> 00:13:17,033 -An ocean between you. -PIease don't tell me-- 251 00:13:17,252 --> 00:13:20,873 He's the new British ambassador to the United States. 252 00:13:24,974 --> 00:13:26,719 Yeah. 253 00:13:29,524 --> 00:13:30,984 -Josh? -Yeah? 254 00:13:31,194 --> 00:13:32,191 He's dreamy. 255 00:13:32,405 --> 00:13:35,242 I'm gonna stand next to the wall a Iittle while Ionger. 256 00:13:35,452 --> 00:13:37,078 Okay. 257 00:13:43,717 --> 00:13:45,047 Josh? 258 00:13:45,262 --> 00:13:47,885 -What I need people to do is knock. -I did knock. 259 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:50,260 -You didn't wait for a response. -Why would I? 260 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,602 Because I could have been relaxing by standing behind that door. 261 00:13:53,819 --> 00:13:54,816 AII right. 262 00:13:55,030 --> 00:13:56,441 -How was the trip? -It was fine. 263 00:13:56,657 --> 00:13:58,652 We're pinch-hitting at the GDC conference. 264 00:13:58,870 --> 00:14:01,410 I didn't think it was a good idea, and I said so. 265 00:14:01,625 --> 00:14:03,286 -That seems to have helped. -Look-- 266 00:14:03,503 --> 00:14:05,961 We can't be at the beck and call of the environment. 267 00:14:06,175 --> 00:14:07,504 -We could insult them. -Yes. 268 00:14:07,719 --> 00:14:08,716 -I'm kidding. -I'm not. 269 00:14:08,930 --> 00:14:10,306 -We were invited. -Don't care. 270 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:11,596 What do you have? 271 00:14:11,810 --> 00:14:15,858 Environmental terrorists burnt down a ski resort and the GDC didn't comment. 272 00:14:16,068 --> 00:14:18,228 Why did terrorists burn down a ski resort? 273 00:14:18,447 --> 00:14:20,157 -T o save the Iynx. -The Iinks? 274 00:14:20,368 --> 00:14:21,364 Yeah. 275 00:14:21,578 --> 00:14:24,535 T errorists burned down a ski resort to save a golf course? 276 00:14:24,751 --> 00:14:26,163 It's an animal. 277 00:14:26,379 --> 00:14:28,706 -Sam's gonna have strong objections. -Y es, I know. 278 00:14:28,925 --> 00:14:31,169 -You want me to talk to Leo? -I'II talk to him. 279 00:14:31,388 --> 00:14:33,216 -I want you to talk to C.J. -About what? 280 00:14:33,433 --> 00:14:36,888 The Will Rogers dinner is gonna ask Cornelius Sykes to host. 281 00:14:37,107 --> 00:14:38,935 -You're kidding me. -No. 282 00:14:39,152 --> 00:14:42,239 -He didn't Iaugh at the joke. -Talk to C.J. 283 00:14:42,450 --> 00:14:44,658 Why do you relax by standing behind a door? 284 00:14:44,871 --> 00:14:48,243 I'm not. I'm standing with my back against the wall-- 285 00:14:48,461 --> 00:14:50,455 I don't care. 286 00:14:50,673 --> 00:14:51,872 Yeah. 287 00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:53,754 Keith, I-- 288 00:14:54,889 --> 00:14:57,429 Keith, I can't tell him that. 289 00:14:57,644 --> 00:15:01,431 I can't tell the president that nine out of 1 0 things went right. 290 00:15:01,652 --> 00:15:04,275 He's gonna say, "Yeah, but we didn't hit anything. " 291 00:15:04,490 --> 00:15:05,950 Would you, please? 292 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,071 Thank you. 293 00:15:08,873 --> 00:15:10,499 We had an NMD test this morning. 294 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:13,084 We were successful on nine out of 1 0 criteria. 295 00:15:13,715 --> 00:15:14,831 -We missed? -Yeah. 296 00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:18,131 -By how much? -We were trying to shoot down... 297 00:15:18,349 --> 00:15:20,224 ...an intercontinental ballistic missile. 298 00:15:20,436 --> 00:15:23,356 Once you miss, it really doesn't matter by how much. 299 00:15:23,609 --> 00:15:26,647 -I suppose. -1 37 miles. 300 00:15:29,077 --> 00:15:31,451 -Sam just told me about the speech. -Which speech? 301 00:15:31,665 --> 00:15:33,825 -The GDC. Leo--? -I wasn't in the meeting. 302 00:15:34,044 --> 00:15:36,372 -How did--? -I wasn't in the meeting. 303 00:15:36,591 --> 00:15:38,170 -I'm saying-- -It happened fast. 304 00:15:38,386 --> 00:15:40,795 Sam pitched it and the president wanted to do it. 305 00:15:41,016 --> 00:15:43,509 -How could you not be there? -I'm getting the president... 306 00:15:43,729 --> 00:15:46,898 ...to warm up to a missile shield that's supposed to save humanity... 307 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:50,398 ...and there is a Iimit to the number of rooms I can be in at once. 308 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:53,822 -You wanna file a complaint? -No. 309 00:15:54,165 --> 00:15:55,791 Good. 310 00:15:57,295 --> 00:15:59,788 -Here's what I think. -Screw the environmental Iobby? 311 00:16:00,009 --> 00:16:02,763 Did I say that? Did I say screw the environmental Iobby? 312 00:16:02,972 --> 00:16:05,596 -You didn't say anything. -Before I even open my mouth... 313 00:16:05,811 --> 00:16:08,980 ...you decide I'm gonna say screw the environmental Iobby. 314 00:16:10,570 --> 00:16:14,155 There's an extent to which we've got to screw the environmental Iobby. 315 00:16:14,368 --> 00:16:17,122 A public demonstration that the president's not beholden to them... 316 00:16:17,332 --> 00:16:18,329 ...isn't a bad idea. 317 00:16:18,543 --> 00:16:20,952 You think he should walk in and smack them around? 318 00:16:21,172 --> 00:16:24,924 For 30 seconds of a 40-minute address announcing an initiative they Iove. 319 00:16:25,180 --> 00:16:27,554 How do you think they'II feel about the 30 seconds? 320 00:16:27,768 --> 00:16:29,429 Not that good, but that's the point. 321 00:16:29,646 --> 00:16:33,184 We don't have to move to our right if we can spank the people to our Ieft. 322 00:16:33,403 --> 00:16:35,861 Anything in particular we wanna spank them for? 323 00:16:36,075 --> 00:16:38,615 Failing to publicly admonish acts of eco-terrorism. 324 00:16:38,830 --> 00:16:41,405 The GDC doesn't engage in acts of eco-terrorism. 325 00:16:41,627 --> 00:16:44,036 But they fail to publicly admonish those who do. 326 00:16:44,340 --> 00:16:46,667 -For example? -A Colorado ski development... 327 00:16:46,886 --> 00:16:48,845 ...that was under construction was set on fire... 328 00:16:49,057 --> 00:16:51,764 ...because it threatened the habitat of a rare, Iocal Iynx. 329 00:16:51,979 --> 00:16:53,439 -Is a Iynx a--? -I don't know. 330 00:16:53,649 --> 00:16:56,106 It's Iike a possum or something. It doesn't matter. 331 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:00,535 -AII right, tell Sam to out it. -I don't want it in the advance text. 332 00:17:00,745 --> 00:17:05,458 I don't want Sam and his 1 4 objections. It should just be a drop-in. 333 00:17:05,671 --> 00:17:08,460 I'II talk to the president. Anything else? 334 00:17:10,137 --> 00:17:12,428 -1 37 miles? -Yeah. 335 00:17:13,727 --> 00:17:16,517 -Is that a Iot? -Yeah. 336 00:17:18,068 --> 00:17:19,778 Okay. 337 00:17:21,784 --> 00:17:24,491 We have 30 minutes at the ballroom after the speech to spin... 338 00:17:24,706 --> 00:17:26,201 ...and the next morning as well. 339 00:17:26,417 --> 00:17:28,827 Among the things you wanna be emphasizing are what? 340 00:17:29,047 --> 00:17:31,207 America's the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide. 341 00:17:31,426 --> 00:17:32,922 We have 4% of the population. 342 00:17:33,138 --> 00:17:36,094 We're responsible for 25% of the greenhouse emissions. 343 00:17:36,310 --> 00:17:38,470 How are we gonna reduce those Ievels, you ask? 344 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:40,684 -The CIean Air Rehabilitation Effort. -Yes. 345 00:17:40,902 --> 00:17:42,647 Which you can read about on page 1 1. 346 00:17:42,864 --> 00:17:45,535 Don't skip the footnotes and just read what's underlined. 347 00:17:45,744 --> 00:17:48,451 Were you able to get girls to go out with you in school? 348 00:17:48,666 --> 00:17:50,126 -Yes. -Really? 349 00:17:50,336 --> 00:17:53,458 These regulations would cap the volume of carbon dioxide... 350 00:17:53,675 --> 00:17:55,884 ...a company could emit in a year. What's the good news? 351 00:17:56,097 --> 00:17:58,257 If the company comes in Iower than the cap... 352 00:17:58,476 --> 00:18:01,313 ...they can sell the balance of their emissions allowance. 353 00:18:01,523 --> 00:18:03,102 -Creating what? -A cash incentive. 354 00:18:03,318 --> 00:18:06,025 Can you tell us anything else about that, C.J.? 355 00:18:06,282 --> 00:18:09,285 No, but I can tell you that Iumber, cocoa beans... 356 00:18:09,496 --> 00:18:12,250 ...aluminum and petroleum are the major exports of Cameroon. 357 00:18:12,460 --> 00:18:13,575 Then you're all set. 358 00:18:13,963 --> 00:18:15,873 -Can I have her for a second? -Y eah. 359 00:18:16,092 --> 00:18:18,300 -Why do you ask him? -He Iooked in charge. 360 00:18:18,513 --> 00:18:20,139 -Of where I go? -Can we please? 361 00:18:23,104 --> 00:18:26,642 Did you hear they named John Marbury British ambassador? Lord John Marbury? 362 00:18:26,861 --> 00:18:29,781 I know. It's gotta be Iike Davy Jones himself was showing up. 363 00:18:29,992 --> 00:18:33,578 Don't make fun of Davy Jones, all right? He once wrote me a Ietter. 364 00:18:33,791 --> 00:18:36,331 He took that kind of time. And he still tours. 365 00:18:36,546 --> 00:18:39,917 PIus, my Iove for John Marbury is real. It's not a schoolgirl crush. 366 00:18:40,136 --> 00:18:42,296 -He calls me principessa. -Does he? 367 00:18:42,515 --> 00:18:44,094 -Yes. -Well, he calls Leo "Gerald. " 368 00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:46,304 He's eccentric. What do you need? 369 00:18:46,522 --> 00:18:50,274 Janice Barry says Cornelius Sykes will be asked to host the Will Rogers dinner. 370 00:18:50,488 --> 00:18:52,031 -For sure? -They' re gonna ask him. 371 00:18:52,241 --> 00:18:53,986 They' re trying to stir this up again? 372 00:18:54,203 --> 00:18:57,789 He didn't Iaugh at the joke. How many more ways are there to say that? 373 00:18:58,002 --> 00:19:00,079 -You guys are friends-- -We're not friends. 374 00:19:00,298 --> 00:19:02,422 -You know each other. -We don't hang out. 375 00:19:02,635 --> 00:19:04,131 Yeah, but you know him. 376 00:19:04,347 --> 00:19:06,305 -Where is he? -In New York doing stand-up. 377 00:19:06,517 --> 00:19:08,262 -Since you'II be there-- -I'II see him. 378 00:19:08,479 --> 00:19:10,438 -Thank you. -He didn't Iaugh at the joke. 379 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:12,062 You'II see him tomorrow night? 380 00:19:12,278 --> 00:19:13,821 -Josh. -Arrange a meeting... 381 00:19:14,031 --> 00:19:17,367 ...tomorrow in New York with C.J. and Cornelius Sykes and no one else. 382 00:19:17,579 --> 00:19:19,953 -Yeah. -Thank you! 383 00:19:20,167 --> 00:19:22,921 And I was thinking, when Marbury gets here... 384 00:19:23,131 --> 00:19:26,752 ...you could encourage him to introduce me to any royal, single men he knows. 385 00:19:26,971 --> 00:19:28,800 That's a good idea. I'II do that. 386 00:19:29,017 --> 00:19:31,177 -You're not really, though. Are you? -No. 387 00:19:31,396 --> 00:19:34,733 I think many people don't realize that Swedes have Iived in Sweden... 388 00:19:34,944 --> 00:19:38,316 ...more than 5000 years Ionger than nearly any other European people. 389 00:19:38,534 --> 00:19:39,531 That's right, sir. 390 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:42,285 In fact, Gothic tribes from Sweden played a role... 391 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,254 ...in the disintegration of the Roman Empire, did they not? 392 00:19:45,464 --> 00:19:47,505 -They did. -So you've got that to answer for. 393 00:19:47,718 --> 00:19:48,798 -Yes, sir. -Tom. 394 00:19:49,012 --> 00:19:53,725 Mr. President, with pleasure I present His Excellency Peter Hans of Sweden... 395 00:19:53,938 --> 00:19:55,813 ...and by request of the secretary of state... 396 00:19:56,025 --> 00:19:58,518 ...ask you to accept his credentials from King Carl Gustaf... 397 00:19:58,738 --> 00:20:00,779 ...as Sweden's ambassador to the United States. 398 00:20:00,992 --> 00:20:04,446 Mr. Hans, I accept your Ietter of credence from King Gustaf... 399 00:20:04,666 --> 00:20:08,667 ...and by affixing my signature and seal do hereby declare you to be... 400 00:20:08,882 --> 00:20:11,885 ...an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. 401 00:20:12,096 --> 00:20:14,850 -Thank you, Mr. President. -Congratulations. 402 00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:17,980 Mr. Ambassador, right this way. Family, please. 403 00:20:24,243 --> 00:20:26,736 -Congratulations, ambassador. -Leo. 404 00:20:26,956 --> 00:20:30,708 Is he still holding you responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire? 405 00:20:30,922 --> 00:20:32,299 -Yes. -Welcome to my world. 406 00:20:32,508 --> 00:20:34,337 -I'II see you at the reception? -Yes. 407 00:20:34,554 --> 00:20:35,550 Congratulations. 408 00:20:35,764 --> 00:20:39,183 Mr. Ambassador, you and your family can step this way. 409 00:20:39,396 --> 00:20:43,183 Sweden has a 1 00-percent Iiteracy rate. A hundred percent. 410 00:20:43,403 --> 00:20:46,609 -How do they do that? -Maybe they don't and they can't count. 411 00:20:46,826 --> 00:20:47,823 Maybe. 412 00:20:48,037 --> 00:20:49,996 -I really think you should know-- -Y es? 413 00:20:50,207 --> 00:20:52,701 Nine out of the 1 0 criteria that the DOD Iays down... 414 00:20:52,921 --> 00:20:54,796 ...for success in these tests were met. 415 00:20:55,008 --> 00:20:56,420 -The tenth being? -We missed. 416 00:20:56,636 --> 00:20:58,464 -Damn! So close. -Mr. President-- 417 00:20:58,723 --> 00:21:01,561 It's that tenth one. See, if there were just nine-- 418 00:21:01,770 --> 00:21:04,524 Look, the tracking software on the KM vehicle... 419 00:21:04,734 --> 00:21:08,236 ...clearly acquired a read on both the target and the decoy. 420 00:21:08,449 --> 00:21:12,320 And for the first time ever, successfully rendered a clean identification. 421 00:21:12,540 --> 00:21:15,247 Seriously, when they were telling you that on the phone... 422 00:21:15,462 --> 00:21:17,540 ...how stupid did you think you'd sound saying it? 423 00:21:17,758 --> 00:21:19,467 -This project needs money. -It doesn't work. 424 00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:23,264 Neither did phases of Apollo 1 1, but Neil Armstrong claims it was a success. 425 00:21:23,477 --> 00:21:26,350 -Do we need to decide this right now? -No. 426 00:21:26,566 --> 00:21:30,899 So about the GDC speech. Since we're giving them exactly what they want... 427 00:21:31,116 --> 00:21:34,369 ...Toby thinks it's not a bad idea to signal our independence as well. 428 00:21:34,580 --> 00:21:36,159 -How? -A drop-in. 429 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:38,951 Eco-terrorism that's gone unadmonished by the GDC. 430 00:21:39,339 --> 00:21:41,417 -For example? -A ski development in Colorado... 431 00:21:41,635 --> 00:21:43,510 ...that threatened a rare Iynx was burned. 432 00:21:43,722 --> 00:21:47,593 And we can't take it for granted that everyone pretty much opposes arson? 433 00:21:47,813 --> 00:21:51,565 A year and a half ago, you took AI Caldwell's head off... 434 00:21:51,779 --> 00:21:55,696 ...because the Christian League hadn't publicly admonished religious extremists. 435 00:21:55,911 --> 00:21:58,868 It'd be hypocrisy not to hold friends to the same standard. 436 00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:02,538 Y et it feels strange scoring political points by doing the right thing. 437 00:22:02,757 --> 00:22:04,835 I'm victim to my own purity of character. 438 00:22:05,053 --> 00:22:08,175 Whatever. We'II get you some information on the Iynx... 439 00:22:08,392 --> 00:22:10,221 ...which is a kind of possum, I think. 440 00:22:10,438 --> 00:22:13,560 It's not a kind of a possum, so you get me that information. 441 00:22:13,777 --> 00:22:16,615 -Toby doesn't want it in the speech? -Just a drop-in. 442 00:22:16,825 --> 00:22:18,486 -Did you hear? -About Marbury? 443 00:22:18,703 --> 00:22:19,949 -Isn't it great? -Yes, sir. 444 00:22:20,164 --> 00:22:23,037 -I assume you're enjoying my suffering. -Absolutely. 445 00:22:23,253 --> 00:22:24,285 -Anything else? -No. 446 00:22:24,505 --> 00:22:25,669 Thank you, Mr. President. 447 00:22:25,883 --> 00:22:28,839 Two thousand environmentalists are gonna try to kill me. 448 00:22:29,055 --> 00:22:31,762 -We should go, sir. -They'II come at me with vegan food. 449 00:22:31,977 --> 00:22:33,770 Doesn't sound Iike something people do. 450 00:22:33,981 --> 00:22:37,768 Still, I'd Iike you to get between me and any boiled seaweed you see coming. 451 00:22:37,988 --> 00:22:38,985 Mr. President? 452 00:22:39,199 --> 00:22:41,359 -Leo just talked to me. -About the GDC tonight-- 453 00:22:41,578 --> 00:22:45,246 I'm not doing this for politics but because it's the right thing to do. 454 00:22:45,460 --> 00:22:47,502 Well, I'm doing it for the politics. 455 00:22:47,715 --> 00:22:50,837 -A Iynx isn't a possum. -I think it's in the possum family. 456 00:22:51,054 --> 00:22:53,428 -It's a cat. -And we don't have enough of those. 457 00:22:53,642 --> 00:22:55,636 How does Sam feel about this? 458 00:22:55,854 --> 00:22:56,851 Toby? 459 00:22:57,065 --> 00:23:00,817 This isn't Government Camp. It's not important that everybody gets to play. 460 00:23:01,031 --> 00:23:03,108 I won't tell you how to run your office. 461 00:23:03,327 --> 00:23:05,368 Thank you, sir. 462 00:23:05,998 --> 00:23:08,955 Vegan food coming at me all night Iong. 463 00:23:09,171 --> 00:23:11,248 -C.J.? -Yeah. 464 00:23:11,466 --> 00:23:13,211 -Where you going? -New York, New York. 465 00:23:13,428 --> 00:23:15,387 -The town so nice they named it twice. -Why? 466 00:23:15,599 --> 00:23:18,472 I'm receiving an award from New York Women in Communications. 467 00:23:18,688 --> 00:23:19,685 For what? 468 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,691 I discovered a comet. What do you mean? 469 00:23:21,902 --> 00:23:25,523 Past winners include Cokie Roberts, Diane Sawyer and Ms. Leslie Stahl. 470 00:23:25,743 --> 00:23:28,152 -Josh talk to you about--? -I'm meeting him after. 471 00:23:28,372 --> 00:23:31,411 And you're briefed on the CIean Air Rehabilitation? 472 00:23:31,628 --> 00:23:36,341 You'II need this: "The president's always spoken out against moderate groups... 473 00:23:36,554 --> 00:23:38,845 ...not taking responsibility for extremism... 474 00:23:39,059 --> 00:23:41,386 ...and he won't stop with the environmental Iobby. 475 00:23:41,605 --> 00:23:43,266 Friends are honest with each other. " 476 00:23:43,483 --> 00:23:45,062 -He's gonna do a drop-in? -Yeah. 477 00:23:45,278 --> 00:23:47,487 I'II see you tomorrow night. 478 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:51,915 Hey, Toby, you wanna see the speech? Sam's writing a good one. 479 00:23:52,667 --> 00:23:54,460 Yeah. 480 00:24:01,183 --> 00:24:02,927 Climate changes have accelerated... 481 00:24:03,145 --> 00:24:06,064 ...glaciers are shrinking, the polar sea ice is what? 482 00:24:06,275 --> 00:24:08,566 -It's thinning. -The polar sea ice is thinning... 483 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:11,107 ...causing a rise in sea Ievels around the globe. 484 00:24:11,326 --> 00:24:14,033 What do we say when they say the proposals in C.A.R.E... 485 00:24:14,248 --> 00:24:17,454 ...would seriously choke the auto, trucking and utility business? 486 00:24:17,671 --> 00:24:22,171 Twenty-two trillion dollars in benefits versus half a trillion in compliance costs. 487 00:24:22,388 --> 00:24:24,548 -Public health benefits. -We'II make it clear. 488 00:24:24,768 --> 00:24:25,848 -Where's C.J.? -New York. 489 00:24:26,062 --> 00:24:29,018 -What's she doing in New York? -She had a Iunch. Media Women? 490 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:30,813 -That was today. -She had to stay. 491 00:24:31,029 --> 00:24:33,818 -So it's just me? -Yeah. Call me from the place. 492 00:24:34,035 --> 00:24:35,281 Yeah. 493 00:24:39,461 --> 00:24:41,586 -Final draft? -Well, it's the 1 2th draft. 494 00:24:41,799 --> 00:24:44,374 Whether it's a final draft is really up to you. 495 00:24:44,596 --> 00:24:46,637 -Was that sass? -Yeah. 496 00:24:48,185 --> 00:24:52,139 Okay. The difference between a good speech and a great speech... 497 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,779 ...is the energy with which the audience comes to their feet at the end. 498 00:24:55,991 --> 00:24:57,321 Is it polite? Is it a chore? 499 00:24:57,536 --> 00:25:00,456 Are they standing up because their boss just stood up? 500 00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:03,920 No, you want it to come from their socks. We got half an hour. 501 00:25:04,131 --> 00:25:06,292 Let's read this again. 502 00:25:07,012 --> 00:25:09,172 Every time one of these tests fails... 503 00:25:09,391 --> 00:25:12,679 ...congressional Democrats jump on it as a reason to kill the program. 504 00:25:12,897 --> 00:25:15,355 You're not gonna turn the president around on this. 505 00:25:15,569 --> 00:25:19,071 I'm not gonna turn him around today and probably not tomorrow... 506 00:25:19,284 --> 00:25:21,159 ...but as Iong as somebody has the money... 507 00:25:21,371 --> 00:25:24,078 ...to keep trying to make it work, then I'm fine. 508 00:25:25,379 --> 00:25:27,622 -There's someone here to see you. -Who? 509 00:25:28,175 --> 00:25:30,633 -Gerald! -Oh, God. 510 00:25:30,847 --> 00:25:35,513 -Gerald, old friend. -Good to see you, ambassador. 511 00:25:35,773 --> 00:25:39,643 It's as if the gods themselves insist that we be not Iong apart, you and I. 512 00:25:39,864 --> 00:25:42,404 They do seem to strongly insist upon that, yes. 513 00:25:42,619 --> 00:25:45,076 Your assistant Margaret is Iooking positively buxom. 514 00:25:45,290 --> 00:25:47,249 -Thank you, I'II tell her. -Thank you. 515 00:25:47,461 --> 00:25:49,122 Yes, well done. 516 00:25:49,339 --> 00:25:51,666 -John? -My aide, Caprice. 517 00:25:51,886 --> 00:25:53,547 -How do you do? -Leo McGarry. 518 00:25:53,764 --> 00:25:56,554 -Good to see you, ambassador. -God bless you, Josh. 519 00:25:56,770 --> 00:25:58,680 The prayers of millions were answered. 520 00:25:59,316 --> 00:26:00,692 -Thank you, sir. -I have come. 521 00:26:00,902 --> 00:26:04,025 -Y es. -I am Lord John Marbury with my aide. 522 00:26:04,242 --> 00:26:07,162 I am hereby presenting my credentials in the fervent hope-- 523 00:26:07,372 --> 00:26:09,663 -We do that Iater with the president. -Excellent. 524 00:26:09,877 --> 00:26:12,584 I will tell you, though, that I personally welcome you... 525 00:26:12,799 --> 00:26:14,877 ...and I Iook forward to our new partnership. 526 00:26:15,095 --> 00:26:17,718 -As do I. -I know we've had our differences... 527 00:26:17,933 --> 00:26:20,640 ...but I think you know I respect you. 528 00:26:20,855 --> 00:26:23,265 I congratulate you on this auspicious occasion. 529 00:26:23,485 --> 00:26:26,857 -In fact, your arrival couldn't be better. -How so? 530 00:26:27,075 --> 00:26:29,615 Leo wants the president to give the NMD more time. 531 00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:32,323 You're an expert. I hope I can count on your support. 532 00:26:32,543 --> 00:26:34,621 -Well, you'II not have it. -Why not? 533 00:26:34,839 --> 00:26:37,297 The NMD is an absurdly wasteful military boondoggle... 534 00:26:37,511 --> 00:26:39,386 ...that'II never produce a working missile. 535 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:42,270 It violates any number of elements of the ABM treaty... 536 00:26:42,478 --> 00:26:46,526 ...and any argument you make in its defense will surely be moronic. 537 00:26:46,736 --> 00:26:48,148 -Détente. -I'm sorry, Gerald. 538 00:26:48,364 --> 00:26:49,943 -We'II have this out. -Excellent. 539 00:26:50,159 --> 00:26:53,578 Let's go get you knighted or whatever the hell it is we do. 540 00:27:07,649 --> 00:27:08,896 -Hey. -Hey, how you doing? 541 00:27:09,111 --> 00:27:10,939 -Not bad. -Thanks for taking the time. 542 00:27:11,156 --> 00:27:14,991 -Yeah, I gotta get back pretty soon. -I won't take Iong. 543 00:27:18,753 --> 00:27:22,837 -You wanna stay for the show? -I gotta get the 7:00 shuttle. 544 00:27:23,053 --> 00:27:25,628 -You want something to drink? -CIub soda. 545 00:27:25,850 --> 00:27:27,725 AIicia, can I get some club soda? 546 00:27:27,937 --> 00:27:30,644 -I haven't seen the movie. -You should see it. It's good. 547 00:27:30,859 --> 00:27:34,860 -That's what everyone's saying. -Well, I appreciate that. 548 00:27:35,576 --> 00:27:38,330 So you know this is about the Will Rogers dinner. 549 00:27:38,539 --> 00:27:39,572 Yeah. 550 00:27:39,792 --> 00:27:41,453 They're gonna ask you to host... 551 00:27:41,670 --> 00:27:45,291 ...and, obviously, the president's gonna be there. 552 00:27:46,095 --> 00:27:50,262 -We appreciate the support-- -You want me to say no. 553 00:27:50,478 --> 00:27:53,102 We think the press will go back two years and bring up-- 554 00:27:53,317 --> 00:27:54,646 -Let them. -I don't want to. 555 00:27:54,861 --> 00:27:58,993 Now, you know how I feel about you. You know I don't mean you disrespect-- 556 00:27:59,202 --> 00:28:01,826 -You don't? -No. 557 00:28:04,629 --> 00:28:07,549 I've raised money for you, I've registered voters for you... 558 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,882 ...I've done commercials for you and I've voted for you. 559 00:28:11,099 --> 00:28:13,675 Because of something I never did wrong two years ago... 560 00:28:13,896 --> 00:28:15,855 ...you don't wanna be on the dais with me. 561 00:28:16,067 --> 00:28:20,282 It takes a special kind of arrogance not to think that that's disrespectful. 562 00:28:21,326 --> 00:28:23,700 Thanks, AIicia. 563 00:28:25,793 --> 00:28:29,212 Make your case. I gotta be funny in a while. 564 00:28:29,466 --> 00:28:31,377 -It missed by 1 37 miles. -Yes. 565 00:28:31,595 --> 00:28:34,931 If it missed by 37 fewer miles, it would have still missed by 1 00 miles. 566 00:28:35,143 --> 00:28:37,850 -It doesn't work. -That depends what your definition is. 567 00:28:38,065 --> 00:28:41,022 My definition is precisely the same as everyone else's. 568 00:28:41,238 --> 00:28:43,232 -John. -Mr. President. 569 00:28:43,450 --> 00:28:45,741 -It's good to have you. -Your servant, as always. 570 00:28:45,955 --> 00:28:49,243 -What made you agree to the post? -I suppose it's possible I was drunk. 571 00:28:49,586 --> 00:28:50,702 A reasonable bet. 572 00:28:50,922 --> 00:28:52,382 I've gotta go across town... 573 00:28:52,592 --> 00:28:55,714 ...and give an address on global warming and our planet's future. 574 00:28:55,931 --> 00:28:58,851 -You're not interested, right? -Good God, no. 575 00:28:59,062 --> 00:29:01,436 Stay here and fight with Leo about something. 576 00:29:01,650 --> 00:29:05,354 I'II be back in an hour. We'II do your thing and then enjoy the reception. 577 00:29:05,574 --> 00:29:08,150 -Excellent. -Indeed. 578 00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:10,617 -An hour, did he say? -Yes. 579 00:29:10,834 --> 00:29:12,413 I'II need some amusement. 580 00:29:12,629 --> 00:29:14,457 -Good evening, Your Lordship. -Excellent. 581 00:29:15,258 --> 00:29:16,802 -Corey. -Hang on. Let me finish. 582 00:29:17,012 --> 00:29:18,591 -It was not a benign joke. -C.J.-- 583 00:29:18,807 --> 00:29:20,350 You don't tell benign jokes. 584 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,135 It was a joke about New York cops shooting black men. 585 00:29:23,357 --> 00:29:26,230 I'm a black man. I'm in a room full of rich Democrats. 586 00:29:26,446 --> 00:29:28,773 You thought I was gonna talk about airline food? 587 00:29:28,992 --> 00:29:32,280 It was a political fundraiser in the heat of a national campaign. 588 00:29:32,498 --> 00:29:34,742 You weren't doing a set at Catch a Rising Star. 589 00:29:34,961 --> 00:29:36,790 It's been years since I worked there. 590 00:29:37,007 --> 00:29:39,796 You made the joke. As inoffensive as you think it was... 591 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:43,930 ...there was enormous pressure on him to disavow your remarks, and he did not. 592 00:29:44,145 --> 00:29:46,519 And I'm supposed to feel good about that? 593 00:29:46,733 --> 00:29:49,440 That he didn't disavow me? That I wasn't disavowed? 594 00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:52,230 We were courting Iaw enforcement. Don't be naive. 595 00:29:52,452 --> 00:29:56,667 You were also courting the black vote. I'm not naive. 596 00:29:56,876 --> 00:29:59,749 What did you expect us to do? 597 00:30:00,383 --> 00:30:03,256 I expected that when I was called in any number of places... 598 00:30:03,472 --> 00:30:07,010 ...a Hollywood sleaze, that you might have said a few words on my behalf. 599 00:30:07,229 --> 00:30:09,936 I expected you were gonna say, "We in the Bartlet campaign... 600 00:30:10,151 --> 00:30:12,644 ...don't believe Cornelius Sykes is a Hollywood sleaze. 601 00:30:12,864 --> 00:30:16,283 We believe he's a world-class humorist and millions of Americans agree. 602 00:30:16,496 --> 00:30:18,870 We believe his humor can be disconcerting to some... 603 00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:22,290 ...but those who are making noise now are feigning their concern... 604 00:30:22,507 --> 00:30:25,510 ...in an effort to frighten white men. " 605 00:30:25,721 --> 00:30:30,221 But what you said was, "He didn't Iaugh at the joke. " 606 00:30:32,066 --> 00:30:35,354 -Corey-- -He did Iaugh at the joke. 607 00:30:36,282 --> 00:30:40,366 -Yeah. -He Iaughed at the joke, C.J. 608 00:30:40,582 --> 00:30:44,452 I've been doing this 20 years. You don't think I'd know if I had him? 609 00:30:44,672 --> 00:30:46,132 I killed that night. 610 00:30:48,221 --> 00:30:51,308 And that was a very big deal for me... 611 00:30:51,727 --> 00:30:55,775 ...to play in front of that audience, to get that man to Iaugh. 612 00:30:55,985 --> 00:30:59,986 And the next day, my parents read in the paper... 613 00:31:00,535 --> 00:31:03,075 ...that I am Hollywood sleaze. 614 00:31:04,626 --> 00:31:09,755 But that's okay, because the candidate didn't think I was funny. 615 00:31:12,724 --> 00:31:15,051 I understand. 616 00:31:16,982 --> 00:31:20,436 I don't wanna cause any trouble for the president. 617 00:31:20,906 --> 00:31:23,779 You knew that when you walked in here. 618 00:31:24,370 --> 00:31:26,661 I'II pass on the dinner. 619 00:31:26,917 --> 00:31:28,163 I'II tell them... 620 00:31:28,378 --> 00:31:31,915 ...it's because I couldn't get out of a booking. 621 00:31:32,802 --> 00:31:35,759 But the president Iaughed at the joke, C.J. 622 00:31:35,975 --> 00:31:37,768 I killed that night. 623 00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:40,645 You did. 624 00:31:45,993 --> 00:31:48,913 Okay. I gotta go. 625 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:56,460 I'II see you next time. 626 00:31:56,679 --> 00:31:58,590 -Is the president off-stage? -Just about. 627 00:31:58,808 --> 00:32:02,394 -Anyone know how it's going? -Toby? It's Sam. 628 00:32:09,161 --> 00:32:10,490 -He admonished them. -Sam-- 629 00:32:10,705 --> 00:32:13,412 He went off the speech at the end and slapped them down... 630 00:32:13,627 --> 00:32:17,046 ...for not speaking out on eco-terrorism. He just flew off the speech-- 631 00:32:17,259 --> 00:32:19,337 -Listen-- -Something about a ski resort-- 632 00:32:19,555 --> 00:32:21,015 -Are you Iistening? -T alk to me. 633 00:32:21,224 --> 00:32:23,433 Say, " Friends are honest with each other. 634 00:32:23,646 --> 00:32:27,349 The president's spoken out on moderate groups not taking responsibility... 635 00:32:27,569 --> 00:32:29,897 ...and he won't stop with the environmental Iobby. " 636 00:32:30,575 --> 00:32:32,486 -Okay. -You got that? 637 00:32:33,288 --> 00:32:35,448 What's happening? 638 00:32:35,835 --> 00:32:37,496 Sam, what's happening? 639 00:32:37,713 --> 00:32:40,337 They' re not standing. 640 00:32:46,938 --> 00:32:49,146 -So you' re actual royalty? -Y es. 641 00:32:49,359 --> 00:32:50,938 It's not just an honorary thing? 642 00:32:51,154 --> 00:32:54,074 No. In fact, there's Iittle honor attached to it at all. 643 00:32:54,285 --> 00:32:55,365 T ell me about yourself. 644 00:32:55,579 --> 00:32:59,414 My mother was a descendant of the third of the nine children of Queen Victoria. 645 00:32:59,628 --> 00:33:01,788 Victoria was the granddaughter of George III... 646 00:33:02,008 --> 00:33:03,966 ...who was the great-grandson of George I. 647 00:33:04,178 --> 00:33:07,764 George I was the great-nephew of Charles I... 648 00:33:07,977 --> 00:33:09,805 ...who was the son of James I. 649 00:33:10,022 --> 00:33:13,975 And James' mother was Mary Queen of Scots. 650 00:33:14,197 --> 00:33:18,198 -And are you and Caprice an item? -No. 651 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:19,789 -Mr. Ambassador? -Is he back? 652 00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:23,371 He's back. He's receiving Her Excellency Renee Ernesto of Argentina... 653 00:33:23,589 --> 00:33:25,879 -...and asks for your patience. -He shall have it. 654 00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:31,936 -C.J. -Yeah. 655 00:33:32,146 --> 00:33:33,345 -You just get back? -Yeah. 656 00:33:33,565 --> 00:33:35,940 -You heard what happened? -Yeah. Here's what it is: 657 00:33:36,154 --> 00:33:38,148 "The president's spoken out on moderate groups... 658 00:33:38,366 --> 00:33:40,194 ...not taking responsibility for extremism. 659 00:33:40,411 --> 00:33:42,322 He won't stop with the environmental Iobby. 660 00:33:42,540 --> 00:33:44,416 Friends are honest with each other. " 661 00:33:44,627 --> 00:33:46,206 Sam? 662 00:33:46,422 --> 00:33:48,251 -Have you spoken to T oby? -When? 663 00:33:48,468 --> 00:33:50,427 -Since after the speech tonight? -No. 664 00:33:51,473 --> 00:33:54,097 -Okay. -They're setting up for the reception? 665 00:33:54,312 --> 00:33:55,688 Yeah. 666 00:33:57,025 --> 00:33:59,601 Sixty billion dollars can be spent on other things. 667 00:33:59,822 --> 00:34:03,241 I'm all for retention pay, health benefits, procurement. 668 00:34:03,454 --> 00:34:06,540 I'm talking about Abrams tanks and Apache helicopters, which work. 669 00:34:06,751 --> 00:34:11,501 An Apache helicopter will not stop the Shahab-3 Iong-range Stiletto... 670 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,547 ...or a North Korean ICBM. 671 00:34:13,764 --> 00:34:17,017 Well, so far, neither can anything else. Hey, Sam? 672 00:34:17,229 --> 00:34:19,556 I'm going back in there. 673 00:34:22,697 --> 00:34:25,024 -Have you been getting questions? -I'm sorry? 674 00:34:25,244 --> 00:34:27,618 -Have you been getting questions? -Yeah. 675 00:34:27,832 --> 00:34:30,835 -From the press, or...? -The press will be tomorrow. 676 00:34:31,046 --> 00:34:33,040 -Who's asking--? -The chairman of the GDC... 677 00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:36,422 ...four congressmen, the secretary of the interior, who'd you think? 678 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:40,177 -What'd you--? -I said, "Friends have to be honest. " 679 00:34:40,396 --> 00:34:44,314 I said exactly what you told me to say, which is what C.J. told me to say... 680 00:34:44,529 --> 00:34:48,577 ...which is funny considering C.J. was in New York and didn't speak to you. 681 00:34:48,787 --> 00:34:51,458 It's Iike there were people who knew it was gonna happen. 682 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:54,207 -Sam-- -Get away from me. 683 00:35:06,861 --> 00:35:10,399 -Hey, Sam. -Can I get in for just a minute? 684 00:35:11,787 --> 00:35:15,705 He's pretty tight right now. I don't think I can get you in. 685 00:35:24,644 --> 00:35:28,230 Well, yes, certainly. There's Edward, Earl of UIster. 686 00:35:28,443 --> 00:35:30,567 He's the son of Richard, Duke of GIoucester... 687 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:32,989 ...who's the son of Henry, Duke of GIoucester. 688 00:35:33,201 --> 00:35:35,160 -Edward, Earl of UIster? -Yes. 689 00:35:35,372 --> 00:35:37,746 -You think he'd Iike me? -Do you date younger men? 690 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,539 -Sure, how old is he? -Five. 691 00:35:39,755 --> 00:35:42,878 Well, Iet's stick a pin in that for a moment and move on. 692 00:35:43,095 --> 00:35:44,175 -Hello. -Hello. 693 00:35:44,389 --> 00:35:46,182 -Am I interrupting? -Not at all. 694 00:35:46,392 --> 00:35:50,476 Ambassador Marbury was just telling me how royal men are schooled in courtship. 695 00:35:50,734 --> 00:35:55,530 King George III sailed his bride up the Thames to music specially composed. 696 00:35:55,785 --> 00:36:00,249 That was years before we opened a can of whup-ass on them at Y orktown. 697 00:36:01,295 --> 00:36:04,084 How can you Iook at North Korea, which 24 months ago... 698 00:36:04,342 --> 00:36:06,550 -...fired a T aepodong missile--? -Which failed. 699 00:36:06,763 --> 00:36:09,600 And with some modifications, it'II be able to reach AIaska. 700 00:36:09,810 --> 00:36:14,025 I don't Iive in AIaska. I Iive in England, which is not protected by the shield. 701 00:36:14,235 --> 00:36:16,562 Not that anybody else is at the moment, either. 702 00:36:16,781 --> 00:36:19,619 You forgot that we're both signatories to the '72 ABM Treaty... 703 00:36:19,829 --> 00:36:21,704 ...of which this shield is in violation. 704 00:36:21,916 --> 00:36:25,122 You forgot it'II compel China to strengthen their nuclear arsenal. 705 00:36:25,339 --> 00:36:28,841 You forgot European allies have strong reservations about the shield. 706 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:30,847 And you forgot that it doesn't work. 707 00:36:31,099 --> 00:36:32,975 -You know what I didn't forget? -What? 708 00:36:33,228 --> 00:36:36,766 That we opened up a big can of whup-ass on you at Y orktown. 709 00:36:36,985 --> 00:36:38,813 -AII right. -Leo. 710 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:42,367 -Excuse me. -Excuse me. 711 00:36:42,579 --> 00:36:46,247 I'm gonna correspond with the Earl of UIster once he Iearns how to read. 712 00:36:46,461 --> 00:36:48,420 Okay. 713 00:36:53,724 --> 00:36:56,396 Here you go. 714 00:36:56,604 --> 00:36:58,848 -No. No, AIice, I got it. -It's all right. 715 00:36:59,276 --> 00:37:01,734 -No, I got it. -You want a beer? 716 00:37:01,948 --> 00:37:04,275 Yeah, thanks. 717 00:37:07,750 --> 00:37:09,994 You don't ever go into the Oval Office mad. 718 00:37:10,213 --> 00:37:11,756 No. No. No. 719 00:37:12,968 --> 00:37:15,009 No, Sam, you don't ever go in there mad. 720 00:37:15,723 --> 00:37:20,104 I think the president's remarks were ill-advised, to say the Ieast. 721 00:37:20,315 --> 00:37:21,395 You're wrong. 722 00:37:21,609 --> 00:37:24,066 The drop-in's the story now, not the energy package. 723 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,820 It doesn't need to be a story, it's gonna be a Iaw. 724 00:37:27,035 --> 00:37:28,994 We don't need the environmental Iobby? 725 00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:33,503 -I don't think we're gonna Iose them. -I think you're tragically misguided. 726 00:37:33,714 --> 00:37:36,753 Most environmentalists are absolutists who will use this insult... 727 00:37:36,970 --> 00:37:39,843 ...to pull their support undercover we cut a deal with Detroit. 728 00:37:40,059 --> 00:37:43,146 Well, then they can grow up, Sam. "Use this insult"? 729 00:37:43,399 --> 00:37:46,485 They got their energy package and the president at their dinner. 730 00:37:46,696 --> 00:37:47,693 They should shut up! 731 00:37:47,907 --> 00:37:50,910 Well, you should explain it to them just that way, Toby... 732 00:37:51,121 --> 00:37:54,041 ...because they're really pretty receptive to that argument. 733 00:37:54,252 --> 00:37:57,291 When they see the alternatives on the ballot, they get receptive fast. 734 00:37:57,758 --> 00:38:01,130 Was there anything else, or can I sit here now? 735 00:38:02,392 --> 00:38:06,227 -You can sit here. See you tomorrow. -Yeah. 736 00:38:08,444 --> 00:38:11,151 I see opposition polling that scares the hell out of me. 737 00:38:11,366 --> 00:38:13,907 I see internal numbers that change by the hour. 738 00:38:14,122 --> 00:38:18,586 -I Iisten to economists that tell me-- -You Ieft me out. 739 00:38:20,174 --> 00:38:22,501 You think I made you Iose on the Ieadership breakfast? 740 00:38:22,721 --> 00:38:23,967 -I got creamed. -Because of me? 741 00:38:24,182 --> 00:38:27,803 -I didn't want the discussion! -Then why are you here talking to me? 742 00:38:28,022 --> 00:38:30,182 Now you want the discussion. 743 00:38:30,443 --> 00:38:32,104 You may think they deserved it... 744 00:38:32,322 --> 00:38:36,786 ...but the cynicism of attacking friends for political protection offends them. 745 00:38:36,997 --> 00:38:39,157 And it offends me. 746 00:38:39,376 --> 00:38:44,208 It offends you, and there's nothing I can do to make you feel better about that. 747 00:38:44,886 --> 00:38:47,973 We can't govern if we don't win. 748 00:38:49,895 --> 00:38:53,350 You should've talked to me about the numbers more. 749 00:38:53,569 --> 00:38:55,230 Yeah. 750 00:38:57,201 --> 00:39:00,738 -Anyway, I have this beer so-- -Yeah. 751 00:39:00,957 --> 00:39:04,828 -I was gonna sit down and drink it. -Yeah. 752 00:39:07,344 --> 00:39:11,131 -We don't have to talk or anything. -Yeah. 753 00:39:20,243 --> 00:39:24,326 That was Chairwoman Shelly Loobis I just got off the phone with. 754 00:39:24,542 --> 00:39:27,296 Before that was a conference call with Jamie Schwartz... 755 00:39:27,506 --> 00:39:31,210 ...of the Environmental Defense Fund, Bryce Davis from the Sierra CIub... 756 00:39:31,430 --> 00:39:35,478 ...and people from the Sub-Committee on Energy and Environment. 757 00:39:35,688 --> 00:39:38,691 The number of different words they had for "manipulative"... 758 00:39:38,902 --> 00:39:41,941 ...there's no way they didn't have a thesaurus with them. 759 00:39:42,575 --> 00:39:46,244 Bryce Davis said if I keep this up, he's gonna encourage Seth Gillette... 760 00:39:46,457 --> 00:39:48,452 -...in a third-party bid. -What'd you say? 761 00:39:48,670 --> 00:39:52,623 I said for $50 and a ride to the airport, Gillette could have the job right now. 762 00:39:52,844 --> 00:39:56,133 -What'd you say? -I reminded them it isn't a good idea... 763 00:39:56,351 --> 00:39:58,226 ...to threaten the president. Nancy! 764 00:39:58,438 --> 00:40:01,358 I wanna know when you're pushing me towards the missile shield... 765 00:40:01,569 --> 00:40:04,240 ...it's not because you want me to Iook strong on defense. 766 00:40:04,491 --> 00:40:06,366 -Yes, sir? -Tell Charlie I'm ready. 767 00:40:07,329 --> 00:40:10,498 -I'm pushing you because it works. -Based on what? 768 00:40:10,752 --> 00:40:13,839 Confidence, and the understanding that there's been a time... 769 00:40:14,050 --> 00:40:17,338 ...in the evolution of everything that works when it didn't work. 770 00:40:17,556 --> 00:40:19,966 You know, can I say this? Why don't we just... 771 00:40:20,186 --> 00:40:24,187 ...give the $60 billion to North Korea in exchange for not bombing us? 772 00:40:24,486 --> 00:40:27,904 It's hard to believe that you're not on the National Security Council. 773 00:40:28,117 --> 00:40:30,111 I feel they're missing an important voice. 774 00:40:30,330 --> 00:40:31,742 -Mr. President. -Good evening. 775 00:40:31,958 --> 00:40:34,367 John, Iet me explain why you've been waiting. 776 00:40:34,587 --> 00:40:39,052 I have to see people in the order they arrive and you got beat by Argentina. 777 00:40:39,263 --> 00:40:42,432 You Iost out on preferred seating for the State of the Union. 778 00:40:42,644 --> 00:40:44,305 -I have to attend it? -Yes. 779 00:40:44,522 --> 00:40:46,682 -Well, then attend it I shall. -Okay. T om. 780 00:40:46,902 --> 00:40:51,532 It is with pleasure that I present Lord John Marbury of Great Britain. 781 00:40:51,744 --> 00:40:55,531 And by request of the secretary of state, ask you to accept his credentials... 782 00:40:55,751 --> 00:40:57,959 ...from Her Royal Majesty Queen EIizabeth II... 783 00:40:58,172 --> 00:41:02,256 ...as Great Britain's ambassador to the United States. 784 00:41:03,599 --> 00:41:06,057 Where are you on the missile shield? 785 00:41:06,270 --> 00:41:09,025 Well, I think it's dangerous, illegal... 786 00:41:09,234 --> 00:41:11,810 ...fiscally irresponsible, technologically unsound... 787 00:41:12,031 --> 00:41:14,869 ...and a threat to all people everywhere. 788 00:41:16,999 --> 00:41:19,871 I think the world invented a nuclear weapon. 789 00:41:20,129 --> 00:41:25,210 I think the world should see if it can't invent something to make it irrelevant. 790 00:41:25,431 --> 00:41:28,102 Well, that's the right sentiment. 791 00:41:28,311 --> 00:41:31,813 And certainly a credible one from a man who's fought in a war. 792 00:41:32,026 --> 00:41:34,650 You think you can make it stop? 793 00:41:34,865 --> 00:41:36,775 Well, you can't. 794 00:41:37,202 --> 00:41:40,989 We build a shield, and somebody will build a better missile. 795 00:41:42,587 --> 00:41:45,507 Well, it's a discussion for serious men. 796 00:41:45,718 --> 00:41:49,553 They say a statesman is a politician who's been dead for 1 5 years. 797 00:41:49,767 --> 00:41:52,474 I'd Iike us to be statesmen while we're still alive. 798 00:41:52,689 --> 00:41:55,977 Lord Marbury, I accept your Ietter of credence from Queen EIizabeth... 799 00:41:56,195 --> 00:41:58,154 ...and by affixing my signature and seal... 800 00:41:58,366 --> 00:42:03,412 ...declare you to be an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. 801 00:42:04,961 --> 00:42:07,205 Thank you, sir. 802 00:42:07,508 --> 00:42:09,051 Congratulations. 803 00:42:11,139 --> 00:42:13,846 -God bless America. -God save the queen. 804 00:42:14,354 --> 00:42:16,478 Let's go. 805 00:42:23,287 --> 00:42:24,283 Subtitles by SDI Media Group 806 00:42:24,497 --> 00:42:25,494 [ENGLISH] 809 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,091 Best watched using Open Subtitles MKV Player