1 00:00:05,973 --> 00:00:06,974 He's a lunatic. 2 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:08,876 He's colorful. He's certifiable. 3 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:10,544 Who? Lord John Marbury. 4 00:00:10,578 --> 00:00:12,646 You really going to let him loose in the White House 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:13,714 where there's liquor and women? 6 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:14,748 We can hide the women 7 00:00:14,782 --> 00:00:16,184 but the man deserves a drink. 8 00:00:16,217 --> 00:00:18,086 Allow me to present myself. Lord John Marbury. 9 00:00:18,119 --> 00:00:19,887 I was summoned by your President. 10 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,723 Yes. We've met ten or 12 times. 11 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:23,824 I'm Leo McGarry. 12 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:24,992 I thought you were the butler. 13 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,660 You're the one who's been saying 14 00:00:26,694 --> 00:00:27,961 we need a radical approach. 15 00:00:27,995 --> 00:00:29,163 Yes, yes, I have 16 00:00:29,197 --> 00:00:31,132 and I got shouted down in every meeting. 17 00:00:31,165 --> 00:00:32,366 I prefer not to paint a picture 18 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,667 in the interest of great oratory. 19 00:00:33,701 --> 00:00:34,835 The year is one week old 20 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:37,004 the legislative session hasn't begun 21 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:39,240 and we can't put a fork full of waffles in our mouth 22 00:00:39,273 --> 00:00:40,641 without coughing up the ball. 23 00:00:40,674 --> 00:00:42,910 You got beat. Yes. 24 00:00:42,943 --> 00:00:44,645 Figure it out; tell me what you're going to do. 25 00:00:49,717 --> 00:00:53,654 ( indecipherable radio communications ) 26 00:01:01,229 --> 00:01:03,197 Yeah. Are we patched into the Pentagon? 27 00:01:03,231 --> 00:01:04,332 Yeah. We can hear them? 28 00:01:04,365 --> 00:01:05,899 We can hear what they're saying at Command? 29 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:08,602 Yeah. 30 00:01:08,636 --> 00:01:10,338 Why can't I hear anything? 31 00:01:10,371 --> 00:01:12,240 Guys, why aren't we hearing anything? 32 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:15,075 MAN 1: 15 seconds to target launch. 33 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:17,445 Okay, why don't you just tell me to shut up? 34 00:01:17,478 --> 00:01:19,480 MAN 2: We have a target launch sequence. Go flight. 35 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:20,981 Kwajalein Atoll, how do you read? 36 00:01:21,014 --> 00:01:22,116 MAN 3: We read you 5 by 5, Command. 37 00:01:22,150 --> 00:01:23,917 Positive target launch sequence. 38 00:01:23,951 --> 00:01:25,119 Here we go. 39 00:01:25,153 --> 00:01:26,720 MAN 1: Target launch in five... 40 00:01:26,754 --> 00:01:28,289 four, three... 41 00:01:28,322 --> 00:01:29,857 two... 42 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:31,058 Target is aloft. 43 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,226 MAN 2: We confirm target launch. 44 00:01:32,260 --> 00:01:33,827 How long do I have? Two minutes, ten seconds. 45 00:01:33,861 --> 00:01:35,163 I'm going to see 46 00:01:35,196 --> 00:01:36,764 if I can get the President to watch this. 47 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:40,234 Mr. Sumatra, I understand you're a sports fan. 48 00:01:40,268 --> 00:01:41,469 Yes, sir, Mr. President. Golf. 49 00:01:41,502 --> 00:01:43,137 Okay, well, golf's not a sport. 50 00:01:43,171 --> 00:01:44,638 It's fine-- don't get me wrong-- 51 00:01:44,672 --> 00:01:47,408 but let's not you and I confuse it with things that men do. 52 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:48,209 Yes, sir. 53 00:01:48,242 --> 00:01:49,410 We're going to Bangkok 54 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:50,944 in June, I think. June, Charlie? 55 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:51,979 Yes, sir. You're staying at the Oriental. 56 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:53,447 Best hotel in the world, right? 57 00:01:53,481 --> 00:01:55,749 Your own James Michener wrote many of his books 58 00:01:55,783 --> 00:01:56,917 at the Oriental 59 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,519 and one of his typewriters remains 60 00:01:58,552 --> 00:02:00,254 in the suite they named for him. 61 00:02:00,288 --> 00:02:01,622 Is that right? Yes, sir. 62 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:02,656 Make sure I see that. 63 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:02,956 Yes, sir. 64 00:02:02,990 --> 00:02:03,991 Tom? 65 00:02:04,024 --> 00:02:05,726 Mr. President, it is with pleasure 66 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:07,094 that I present His Excellency 67 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:08,929 Tada Sumatra of Thailand 68 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:11,031 and, by request of the Secretary of State 69 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:12,800 ask that you accept his credentials 70 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:14,235 from King Bhumibol Adulyadej 71 00:02:14,268 --> 00:02:16,604 as Thailand's Ambassador to the United States. 72 00:02:16,637 --> 00:02:19,106 Mr. Sumatra, I accept your Letter of Credence 73 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:20,408 from King Adulyadej 74 00:02:20,441 --> 00:02:23,877 and, by affixing my signature and seal 75 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:25,513 do hereby declare you to be 76 00:02:25,546 --> 00:02:29,116 an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. 77 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,185 May our people know peace and prosperity. 78 00:02:31,219 --> 00:02:32,720 Congratulations. 79 00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:34,455 Thank you, Mr. President. 80 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:36,089 We've got some gifts, and we'll stand for pictures. 81 00:02:36,123 --> 00:02:38,025 Ambassador, right here. 82 00:02:38,058 --> 00:02:41,662 Madam, congratulations. 83 00:02:41,695 --> 00:02:42,930 He's got about another two minutes 84 00:02:42,963 --> 00:02:43,931 and then I've got to pull him. 85 00:02:43,964 --> 00:02:46,434 Okay. 86 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:48,969 Hey, Charlie, is he done? 87 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:50,070 He's got about another two minutes. 88 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:51,171 I'd like him in the Situation Room. 89 00:02:51,205 --> 00:02:52,206 Can I pull him? 90 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,073 Shall I tell him it's an emergency? 91 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:53,941 It's not an emergency 92 00:02:53,974 --> 00:02:54,875 just time-sensitive. 93 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:55,876 Okay. 94 00:03:00,314 --> 00:03:01,715 What are you looking at? 95 00:03:01,749 --> 00:03:02,550 You're testing 96 00:03:02,583 --> 00:03:04,285 that preposterous contraption again. 97 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:05,353 It's not preposterous 98 00:03:05,386 --> 00:03:06,254 it's not a contraption 99 00:03:06,287 --> 00:03:07,388 and mind your own business. 100 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:09,390 In my day, we knew how to protect ourselves. 101 00:03:09,423 --> 00:03:11,392 In your day, you could pretty much turn back the Indians 102 00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:13,227 with a Daniel Boone musket, couldn't you? 103 00:03:13,261 --> 00:03:15,162 Ah, sarcasm-- the grumpy man's wit. 104 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:17,731 Sharpen a pencil, would you? 105 00:03:17,765 --> 00:03:18,666 What's up? 106 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:20,100 The target's in the air. They're going 107 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:21,402 to launch the intercept any moment. 108 00:03:21,435 --> 00:03:22,836 And I'm sure somebody 109 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:24,171 will come along soon thereafter and tell me it didn't work. 110 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:25,373 Why do you take that attitude? 111 00:03:25,406 --> 00:03:26,274 'Cause it's not going to work. 112 00:03:26,307 --> 00:03:27,341 What do I get if it works? 113 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:28,876 Yes. What do you get? 114 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:30,077 Well, I can't make you 115 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:31,279 Thailand's Ambassador to the U.S. 116 00:03:31,312 --> 00:03:33,080 'cause I just signed that guy's letter. 117 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:34,882 Come with me to the Situation Room. 118 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:39,420 You know what you are? 119 00:03:39,453 --> 00:03:41,054 You are the Charlie Brown of missile defense. 120 00:03:41,088 --> 00:03:42,122 The Pentagon is Lucy. 121 00:03:42,155 --> 00:03:43,891 I'm not familiar with the reference, sir. 122 00:03:43,924 --> 00:03:44,892 Peanuts-- Charlie Brown. 123 00:03:44,925 --> 00:03:45,859 I've heard of them. 124 00:03:45,893 --> 00:03:47,127 I'm just not conversant in them. 125 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,330 Why? I've never read the comics. 126 00:03:49,363 --> 00:03:52,132 Leo, were you born at the age of 55? 127 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:53,601 I know that there's a dog. 128 00:03:53,634 --> 00:03:55,436 Charlie Brown wanted to kick a football 129 00:03:55,469 --> 00:03:56,604 and Lucy would hold it 130 00:03:56,637 --> 00:03:59,172 except she'd pull it away at the last minute 131 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:02,710 and Charlie Brown would fall on his butt. 132 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:04,111 That's funny? 133 00:04:04,144 --> 00:04:05,546 No, but each time 134 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:07,781 Lucy would find a way to convince Charlie Brown 135 00:04:07,815 --> 00:04:09,983 that this time she wouldn't pull the ball away 136 00:04:10,017 --> 00:04:11,352 but she would and, once again 137 00:04:11,385 --> 00:04:13,120 Charlie Brown would fall on his butt. 138 00:04:13,153 --> 00:04:14,455 And that's funny? It's satirical. 139 00:04:14,488 --> 00:04:15,789 What's it satirizing? 140 00:04:15,823 --> 00:04:17,691 The DOD bringing you to the Situation Room 141 00:04:17,725 --> 00:04:19,793 every time they run a new missile test 142 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:22,129 so that you can come tell me how great it works 143 00:04:22,162 --> 00:04:23,764 so I'll put money in the NMD system. 144 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:25,198 You should put money in the NMD system. 145 00:04:25,232 --> 00:04:26,133 It doesn't work. 146 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:27,901 It will work-- one day, soon. 147 00:04:27,935 --> 00:04:29,603 There are a couple of three-star generals in there. 148 00:04:29,637 --> 00:04:31,605 Call them Lucy and you're on your own. 149 00:04:31,639 --> 00:04:33,006 Good morning, Mr. President. 150 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:34,342 Hey, where are we? 151 00:04:34,375 --> 00:04:37,144 The Kill Vehicle is on a clear trajectory. 152 00:04:37,177 --> 00:04:39,146 What's its time to the target? 153 00:04:39,179 --> 00:04:40,481 50 seconds. 154 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:41,782 Colonel, could you walk the President through? 155 00:04:41,815 --> 00:04:42,816 Yes, sir. 156 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:45,018 Mr. President, approximately three minutes ago 157 00:04:45,052 --> 00:04:47,521 a missile was launched with a simulated nuclear warhead 158 00:04:47,555 --> 00:04:50,023 from the Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific. 159 00:04:50,057 --> 00:04:52,593 And it's going to hit my garage in New Hampshire exactly when? 160 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:55,128 Sir, once the missile cleared cloud cover 161 00:04:55,162 --> 00:04:56,530 it was detected by 162 00:04:56,564 --> 00:04:58,632 the early warning satellites, which launched an interceptor 163 00:04:58,666 --> 00:05:00,033 or Kill Vehicle. 164 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:01,602 MAN 1: Ten seconds to SRB sep. 165 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:04,438 OFFICER: "SRB sep" is "Solid Rocket Booster separation." 166 00:05:04,472 --> 00:05:06,474 That means the high-resolution radar on the ground 167 00:05:06,507 --> 00:05:09,109 has gotten a "lock-on" signal from the Kill Vehicle. 168 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:10,611 MAN 1: Go SRB sep. 169 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:12,513 MAN 2: Confirm Solid Rocket Booster Separation. 170 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:15,549 MAN 1: Kill Vehicle's away. 171 00:05:23,591 --> 00:05:26,026 MAN 3: 20 seconds to target intercept. 172 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:27,060 MAN 1: Go Flight. 173 00:05:27,094 --> 00:05:28,696 So what happens now? 174 00:05:28,729 --> 00:05:31,131 In 20 seconds, it collides with the nuclear warhead. 175 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,199 Where? Outer space. 176 00:05:32,232 --> 00:05:33,934 17 miles above the Earth's atmosphere. 177 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:36,303 But we don't have anybody out there right now, do we? 178 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:37,671 MAN 1: Ten seconds to intercept. Sir... 179 00:05:37,705 --> 00:05:40,408 When we stay at the Oriental in Bangkok 180 00:05:40,441 --> 00:05:43,076 we have to check out James Michener's typewriter. 181 00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:44,244 MAN 1: Intercept in five... 182 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:45,413 Here we go. 183 00:05:45,446 --> 00:05:46,414 MAN 1: three... 184 00:05:46,447 --> 00:05:48,582 two... one... 185 00:05:55,423 --> 00:05:58,792 Is that silence usually a pretty good sign? 186 00:05:58,826 --> 00:05:59,960 No. 187 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:02,229 MAN 1: Negative intercept. 188 00:06:02,262 --> 00:06:03,564 Have we got sensor readings? 189 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:05,032 No. 190 00:06:05,065 --> 00:06:06,099 MAN 1: Negative intercept. 191 00:06:06,133 --> 00:06:07,601 KM warhead has overshot its target. 192 00:06:07,635 --> 00:06:09,136 It was just enthusiastic. 193 00:06:09,169 --> 00:06:10,270 By how much? Uh, Leo... 194 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:12,305 By how much did it miss the target? Colonel? 195 00:06:12,339 --> 00:06:14,608 One-three-seven. 196 00:06:14,642 --> 00:06:17,578 We missed it by 137 feet? 197 00:06:17,611 --> 00:06:19,179 Miles. 198 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:21,782 We missed it by 137 miles? 199 00:06:21,815 --> 00:06:24,518 When you consider the size of outer space, Leo, that's not so bad. 200 00:06:24,552 --> 00:06:27,287 Sir... By the way, the words you're looking for are 201 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,389 "Oh, good grief." 202 00:07:18,572 --> 00:07:20,073 C.J.: For those of you who haven't seen it 203 00:07:20,107 --> 00:07:22,075 it's a very lovely ceremony. 204 00:07:22,109 --> 00:07:23,410 It's relatively informal. 205 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:25,445 The ambassadors are led into the Oval Office 206 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:28,415 probably with a few friends and family. 207 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,183 They chat for a few moments with the President 208 00:07:30,217 --> 00:07:33,353 maybe exchange some gifts, and they're officially presented 209 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:35,088 by the State Department's Chief of Protocol 210 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:37,891 who asks the President to accept the ambassador's credentials 211 00:07:37,925 --> 00:07:40,694 and the President signs a letter to that effect. Yes. 212 00:07:40,728 --> 00:07:42,796 C.J., you're accepting four new ambassadors this week. 213 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:45,465 Is there an order, a protocol, in which they're seen? 214 00:07:45,499 --> 00:07:46,500 There is. It's the order 215 00:07:46,534 --> 00:07:47,935 in which they arrived in Washington. 216 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,437 This morning, the President saw Ambassador Sumatra of Thailand. 217 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:51,739 Then it will be Peter Hans of Sweden 218 00:07:51,772 --> 00:07:55,142 followed by Her Excellency Renee Ernesto of Argentina 219 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:56,777 Noah Jola of Burkina Faso 220 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,312 and the newly named British Ambassador to the United States 221 00:07:59,346 --> 00:08:00,914 will be arriving in the United States 222 00:08:00,948 --> 00:08:02,816 just as soon as he's been newly named. 223 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:03,951 I thought it was going to be... 224 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:05,853 I've forgotten his name. Anthony Bratt. 225 00:08:05,886 --> 00:08:07,688 Anthony Bratt cited family obligations at home 226 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:09,723 and withdrew over the weekend. 227 00:08:09,757 --> 00:08:11,224 But weren't they going to replace him with... 228 00:08:11,258 --> 00:08:12,760 Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach, yes. 229 00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:14,928 No, Sir Christopher has been diagnosed with a rare form 230 00:08:14,962 --> 00:08:16,630 of encephalitis contracted during 231 00:08:16,664 --> 00:08:17,965 his recent posting to Kenya. 232 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:20,233 So who's the new British Ambassador? I don't know. 233 00:08:20,267 --> 00:08:22,670 As soon as the State Department tells me, I'll know. 234 00:08:22,703 --> 00:08:24,437 In the meantime, it's pool photographs only 235 00:08:24,471 --> 00:08:25,773 until tomorrow night when there'll be 236 00:08:25,806 --> 00:08:27,841 a cocktail reception for the new ambassadors. 237 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:29,076 That's all. 238 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:31,612 Anybody want to know who's been here the longest? 239 00:08:31,645 --> 00:08:33,714 The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps? Anybody? 240 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:36,950 Guys, you know, I study these things just for you. 241 00:08:36,984 --> 00:08:41,021 It's Prince Bandar Bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia. 242 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:43,523 I could've also told them that Burkina Faso 243 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:45,092 has a population of 11 million 244 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:47,661 and in even years, they host Africa's largest crafts market. 245 00:08:47,695 --> 00:08:50,063 I need a chance to use that knowledge. Yes. 246 00:08:50,097 --> 00:08:51,231 C.J. 247 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,667 Do you know the chief crops of Burkina Faso? No. 248 00:08:53,701 --> 00:08:56,303 Millet, sorghum, rice, peanuts and cotton. 249 00:08:56,336 --> 00:08:59,640 You should mention in your afternoon briefing that we've accepted 250 00:08:59,673 --> 00:09:01,909 a last-minute invitation for the President to address 251 00:09:01,942 --> 00:09:04,678 the Global Defense Council tomorrow night at the Sheraton. 252 00:09:04,712 --> 00:09:06,179 I thought we passed on the GDC. 253 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:07,480 We passed on it three months ago 254 00:09:07,514 --> 00:09:10,350 when we thought the President was going to be in South America 255 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,820 but the trip got canceled and they lost their keynote speaker 256 00:09:12,853 --> 00:09:14,521 so we're going to use this to launch CARE 257 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:17,324 and that's what I want you to announce at the afternoon briefing. 258 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:18,358 CARE? Yeah. 259 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:20,360 Okay. Clean Air Rehabilitation Effort. 260 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:21,695 Yeah. You don't know what it is. 261 00:09:21,729 --> 00:09:23,296 The Clean Air Rehabilitation Effort? Yes. 262 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,564 It's an effort by which... Okay. 263 00:09:24,598 --> 00:09:25,966 we clean the air and rehabilitate it. 264 00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:28,035 I'm not involved in the nuances of environmental policy. 265 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:29,569 Which will come as a relief to environmentalists. 266 00:09:29,603 --> 00:09:30,570 Sam... I'll brief you later. 267 00:09:30,604 --> 00:09:32,339 I knew the crops of Burkina Faso. 268 00:09:32,372 --> 00:09:34,708 I'll brief you later. 269 00:09:34,742 --> 00:09:36,243 Have we heard from Toby? 270 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:37,444 No. 271 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:38,411 Do we know if he's landed? 272 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:39,546 No. 273 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:40,513 How's everybody doing in here? 274 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:41,782 They're doing fine. 275 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:43,684 Is global warming a real environmental condition 276 00:09:43,717 --> 00:09:45,719 or merely a temporary anomaly? 277 00:09:45,753 --> 00:09:49,522 Is it a global threat or the exaggerated claim of alarmists? 278 00:09:49,556 --> 00:09:51,659 The time for such debate is over. 279 00:09:51,692 --> 00:09:53,193 As of today, it shall be 280 00:09:53,226 --> 00:09:55,796 the unequivocal position of the United States government 281 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:59,366 that global warming constitutes a clear and present danger 282 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:00,901 to the health and future well-being 283 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:03,637 of this planet and all its inhabitants. 284 00:10:03,671 --> 00:10:05,472 Yes. Did somebody get that? 285 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:06,606 I didn't see anyone writing. 286 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,075 You already wrote it. I added a thing. 287 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,744 We got it. I added, "The time for such debate is over." 288 00:10:10,778 --> 00:10:12,045 We got it. It sets up the reveal. 289 00:10:12,079 --> 00:10:12,713 Yes. 290 00:10:12,746 --> 00:10:15,515 Okay, $22 trillion in benefits 291 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:17,651 versus a half a trillion in compliance costs-- 292 00:10:17,685 --> 00:10:19,619 we're making sure that's right in a couple places? 293 00:10:19,653 --> 00:10:20,587 They're making sure. 294 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:21,621 Three sources. 295 00:10:21,655 --> 00:10:22,890 And we don't know if Toby's back? 296 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:24,524 Sam, you'll know as soon as he's back. 297 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:25,592 Sam? It is Toby? 298 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:26,727 Yeah. Can I have the phone? 299 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,296 He's standing right there. 300 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:30,731 Thanks. 301 00:10:30,764 --> 00:10:34,301 22,000 fewer respiratory-related hospital admissions. 302 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:37,337 I don't want to use the stats unless I have three sources. 303 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:38,505 How was the trip? 304 00:10:38,538 --> 00:10:39,572 It was fine. 305 00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:40,941 What's going on? 306 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:42,075 The President's going to speak 307 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:43,911 at the GDC conference tomorrow night. 308 00:10:43,944 --> 00:10:44,812 I'm sorry? He's going to... 309 00:10:44,845 --> 00:10:45,879 What are you talking about? 310 00:10:45,913 --> 00:10:47,247 He's going to launch CARE. 311 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,382 Since when? Their keynote speaker fell through. 312 00:10:49,416 --> 00:10:50,617 When was this decision made? 313 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:51,852 Last night. 314 00:10:51,885 --> 00:10:53,520 Why wasn't I involved? 315 00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:55,055 You were in Kansas City. I have a telephone. 316 00:10:55,088 --> 00:10:56,790 Toby... I have a damn telephone, Sam. 317 00:10:56,824 --> 00:10:58,826 Frankly, I didn't think... 318 00:10:58,859 --> 00:10:59,860 I thought there'd be a consensus. 319 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:01,094 Who was at this meeting? 320 00:11:01,128 --> 00:11:02,462 Where? 321 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,197 Where the decision was made. 322 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:07,467 It was me, Carl Taub of the EPA, Jane Ziskin... 323 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:09,903 Toby, we've been looking for an opportunity to launch... 324 00:11:09,937 --> 00:11:11,204 Leo wasn't there? No. 325 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:13,373 We've been looking for a platform, the opportunity... 326 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:15,809 I understand. presented itself. What's the problem? 327 00:11:15,843 --> 00:11:17,144 There are a number of problems 328 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:18,678 any one of which I could have told you about 329 00:11:18,712 --> 00:11:20,047 had you gotten me on the phone. 330 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,514 What's the problem? For one thing 331 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:23,183 we already blew off the AFL-CIO 332 00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:25,618 telling them the President was going to be in South America. 333 00:11:25,652 --> 00:11:26,586 The President was going to be 334 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:28,588 in South America. Now he's not. 335 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:31,624 Instead, he's speaking to labor's good friend, the environmental lobby. 336 00:11:31,658 --> 00:11:35,195 Also, he's the President of the United States. He's nobody's understudy. 337 00:11:35,228 --> 00:11:37,297 You got him going out there like Joey Bishop. 338 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:38,631 I got to say, I hear all that 339 00:11:38,665 --> 00:11:40,400 but the President was very enthusiastic. 340 00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:42,369 Of course he was enthusiastic. 341 00:11:42,402 --> 00:11:44,838 I'm saying I wasn't in there twisting his arm. 342 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:46,606 I told him this opportunity had opened up 343 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:48,909 we had enough notes so that I could finish the speech in time 344 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:51,344 he asked us a few questions, we answered them, he said yes. 345 00:11:51,378 --> 00:11:52,712 All right, all right. 346 00:11:52,746 --> 00:11:53,981 All right. 347 00:11:54,014 --> 00:11:55,282 It's going to be a good speech. 348 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,349 Yeah. 349 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:57,484 They need you. 350 00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:58,485 Thanks. 351 00:11:58,518 --> 00:11:59,652 How was the trip? 352 00:11:59,686 --> 00:12:01,454 Fine. 353 00:12:01,488 --> 00:12:02,422 I need to see Leo. 354 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:04,724 Yeah. 355 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:05,759 C.J.: It's not going to be 356 00:12:05,793 --> 00:12:07,694 Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach. I heard. 357 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:10,998 I said it's not going to be Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach. And I said I heard. 358 00:12:11,031 --> 00:12:12,866 But I like to say "Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach." 359 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,969 Who's it going to be? I'm waiting to hear from someone at the State Department. 360 00:12:16,003 --> 00:12:17,838 Me, too. Maybe it'll be Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach. 361 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:19,472 Can I stop talking to you now? 362 00:12:19,506 --> 00:12:20,808 What are you doing? 363 00:12:20,841 --> 00:12:23,510 I'm standing with my back straight against the wall. 364 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:24,244 Why? 365 00:12:24,277 --> 00:12:24,912 I was told by doctors 366 00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:26,646 it would relax me. 367 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,048 Josh? 368 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:29,516 Got to go. 369 00:12:29,549 --> 00:12:31,318 Yeah. 370 00:12:31,351 --> 00:12:32,452 Are you okay? 371 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,387 Yeah. What? 372 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:37,357 Is it true that Leo can't stand a guy named Lord John Marbury? 373 00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:39,626 Why? A reporter asked me. 374 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:42,762 What's a reporter doing talking to you? It's a friend of a friend. 375 00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:45,032 Leo McGarry has nothing but respect and affection 376 00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:46,499 for John Marbury. That's what I said. 377 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:47,600 Leo thinks he's a lunatic. 378 00:12:47,634 --> 00:12:48,768 He's very handsome. 379 00:12:48,802 --> 00:12:50,603 That may be so, but Leo thinks he's a lunatic. 380 00:12:50,637 --> 00:12:51,905 Are you threatened by his brilliance? No. 381 00:12:51,939 --> 00:12:53,373 You seem threatened by his brilliance. 382 00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:55,642 How do you know he's brilliant? I saw his picture. 383 00:12:55,675 --> 00:12:57,077 I'm not threatened by his brilliance 384 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:58,345 nor am I threatened by his good looks. 385 00:12:58,378 --> 00:13:00,313 What about his charm? I'm not threatened at all. 386 00:13:00,347 --> 00:13:01,381 I'm sorry. I meant Leo. 387 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:02,816 Neither Leo or I 388 00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:04,818 are threatened by his brains, his looks or his charm. 389 00:13:04,852 --> 00:13:07,487 He is, however, a lunatic Brit 390 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,656 and we're grateful there's an ocean between us. 391 00:13:09,689 --> 00:13:10,657 There isn't anymore. 392 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:11,691 There isn't what? 393 00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:12,659 An ocean between you. 394 00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:14,394 Please don't tell me... 395 00:13:14,427 --> 00:13:16,329 He's the new British Ambassador to the United States. 396 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:24,437 ( sighs ): Yeah. 397 00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:26,306 Josh? 398 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:27,607 Yeah. 399 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:28,842 He's dreamy. 400 00:13:28,876 --> 00:13:30,543 I'm just going to stand next to the wall 401 00:13:30,577 --> 00:13:32,479 a little while longer. 402 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:33,881 Okay. 403 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:35,182 ( door bangs ) 404 00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:37,350 ( groans ) 405 00:13:40,587 --> 00:13:42,122 Josh? 406 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:43,857 Okay, what I need people to do is knock. 407 00:13:43,891 --> 00:13:45,092 I did knock. 408 00:13:45,125 --> 00:13:46,626 But you didn't wait for a response. 409 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:47,660 Why would I? 410 00:13:47,694 --> 00:13:48,929 Because I could have been relaxing 411 00:13:48,962 --> 00:13:51,131 by standing behind that door. 412 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:51,798 All right. 413 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:53,200 How was the trip? 414 00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:55,435 It was fine. So we're pinch-hitting at the GDC conference. 415 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:58,505 For the record, I didn't think it was a good idea and I said so. 416 00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,140 And that seems to have helped. 417 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,075 Look, we can't appear to be at the beck and call of the environment. 418 00:14:02,109 --> 00:14:03,610 We could try insulting them. 419 00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:04,611 Yes. 420 00:14:04,644 --> 00:14:05,612 I'm kidding. 421 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:06,379 I'm not. 422 00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:07,247 We were invited. 423 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:07,680 Don't care. 424 00:14:07,714 --> 00:14:08,882 What do you have? 425 00:14:08,916 --> 00:14:11,018 Environmental terrorists burned down a ski resort 426 00:14:11,051 --> 00:14:12,619 and the GDC didn't comment? 427 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:15,255 Why did environmental terrorists burn down a ski resort? 428 00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:16,389 To save the lynx. 429 00:14:16,423 --> 00:14:17,824 The links? Yep. 430 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:20,360 Environmental terrorists burned down a ski resort 431 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:21,528 to save a golf course? 432 00:14:21,561 --> 00:14:22,862 It's an animal. 433 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:25,232 Sam's going to have strong objections. 434 00:14:25,265 --> 00:14:26,433 Yes, I know. 435 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:27,434 You want me to talk to Leo? 436 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:28,435 I'm going to talk to him. 437 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:29,236 I want you to talk to C.J. 438 00:14:29,269 --> 00:14:30,237 About what? 439 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:32,472 The Will Rogers dinner is going to ask 440 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:34,007 Cornelius Sykes to host. 441 00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:35,308 You're kidding me. 442 00:14:35,342 --> 00:14:37,310 Nope. He didn't laugh at the joke. 443 00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:38,445 Yeah. Talk to C.J. 444 00:14:38,478 --> 00:14:40,247 Why do you relax by standing behind a door? 445 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,049 I'm not standing behind the door. 446 00:14:42,082 --> 00:14:44,751 I'm standing with my back straight against the wall, so I... 447 00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:47,287 I don't care. 448 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,788 Yeah. 449 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:51,758 McGarry: Keith, I... 450 00:14:51,791 --> 00:14:54,527 Keith, I can't tell him that. 451 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:56,496 I can't tell the President 452 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,966 that nine out of ten things went right. 453 00:14:58,999 --> 00:15:01,434 He's going to say, "Yeah, but we didn't hit anything." 454 00:15:01,468 --> 00:15:03,270 Would you, please? 455 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:04,504 Thank you. 456 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:05,272 ( hangs up phone ) 457 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:07,107 We had an NMD test this morning. 458 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:10,677 We were successful on nine out of ten criteria. 459 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:11,678 We missed? 460 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,280 Yeah. 461 00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:14,047 By how much? 462 00:15:14,081 --> 00:15:15,482 We were trying to shoot down 463 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,484 an incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. 464 00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:20,920 Once you miss, it really doesn't matter by how much. 465 00:15:20,954 --> 00:15:21,921 I suppose. 466 00:15:21,955 --> 00:15:24,624 137 miles. 467 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:27,760 Sam just told me about the speech. 468 00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:28,761 Which speech? 469 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:29,762 The GDC. 470 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:30,897 Yeah. Leo... 471 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,932 How did...? I wasn't in the meeting. 472 00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:33,633 It happened fast. 473 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:34,101 I'm saying... 474 00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:35,268 It happened fast. 475 00:15:35,302 --> 00:15:36,469 Sam pitched it and the President 476 00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:37,337 wanted to do it. 477 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:38,938 How could you not be in that meeting? 478 00:15:38,972 --> 00:15:40,540 'Cause I'm trying to get the President to warm up 479 00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:43,410 to a missile shield that's supposed to save humanity 480 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,245 and there is a limit to the number 481 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:47,147 of rooms I can be in at once. 482 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:48,481 You want to file a complaint? 483 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:49,482 No. 484 00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:54,054 Good. 485 00:15:54,087 --> 00:15:55,122 Here's what I think. 486 00:15:55,155 --> 00:15:56,689 Screw the environmental lobby? 487 00:15:56,723 --> 00:15:57,890 Did I say that? 488 00:15:57,924 --> 00:15:59,226 Did I say, "Screw the environmental lobby"? 489 00:15:59,259 --> 00:16:00,360 You didn't say anything. 490 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:02,162 That right, and before I even open my mouth 491 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:03,696 you decide I'm going to say, "Screw the... " 492 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:07,134 I apologize. 493 00:16:07,167 --> 00:16:08,301 There's an extent to which 494 00:16:08,335 --> 00:16:10,637 we've got to screw the environmental lobby. 495 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:12,972 Yeah. A clear and public demonstration that the President's 496 00:16:13,006 --> 00:16:14,941 not beholden to them isn't a bad idea right now. 497 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:18,311 You think he should walk into their ballroom and smack them around? 498 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:20,313 I really do, for 30 seconds out of a 40-minute address 499 00:16:20,347 --> 00:16:21,781 announcing an initiative they love. 500 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:24,351 How do you think they're going to feel about the 30 seconds? 501 00:16:24,384 --> 00:16:26,319 Not that good, but that's the point. 502 00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:27,720 We don't have to move to our right 503 00:16:27,754 --> 00:16:30,223 if there's an opportunity to spank the people to our left. 504 00:16:30,257 --> 00:16:32,692 Anything in particular we want to spank them for? 505 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,462 Failing to publicly admonish acts of eco-terrorism. 506 00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:38,431 The GDC doesn't engage in acts of eco-terrorism. 507 00:16:38,465 --> 00:16:39,232 Yes, but they fail 508 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:41,334 to publicly admonish those who do. 509 00:16:41,368 --> 00:16:42,001 For example? 510 00:16:42,035 --> 00:16:42,869 A $12-million 511 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:44,003 Colorado ski development 512 00:16:44,037 --> 00:16:45,638 that was under construction was set on fire 513 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:48,808 because it threatened the habitat of a rare local lynx. 514 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:49,809 Is a lynx a...? 515 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:50,743 I don't know. 516 00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:51,511 I think it's like 517 00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:53,180 a possum or something. 518 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:55,382 All right, tell Sam to find a place to out it. 519 00:16:55,415 --> 00:16:57,150 I don't want it in the advance text 520 00:16:57,184 --> 00:16:59,852 and I don't want Sam and his 14 objections. 521 00:16:59,886 --> 00:17:01,654 It should just be a drop-in. 522 00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:04,057 I'll talk to the President. 523 00:17:04,091 --> 00:17:06,826 Anything else? 524 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:08,261 137 miles? 525 00:17:08,295 --> 00:17:10,130 Yeah. 526 00:17:10,163 --> 00:17:11,764 Is that a lot? 527 00:17:11,798 --> 00:17:13,933 Yeah. 528 00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:15,568 Okay. 529 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:20,207 We have 30 minutes at the ballroom 530 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,341 after the speech to spin 531 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:22,909 and obviously, the next morning as well. 532 00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:25,645 Among the things you'll want to be emphasizing are what? 533 00:17:25,678 --> 00:17:28,248 America is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide. 534 00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:30,150 We have four percent of the population. 535 00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:32,352 We're responsible for 25% of the greenhouse emissions. 536 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:34,087 How are we going to reduce those levels 537 00:17:34,121 --> 00:17:35,555 of greenhouse emissions, you ask? 538 00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:36,723 Through the Clean Air Rehabilitation Effort. 539 00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:39,092 Yes, which you can read about in bullet points 540 00:17:39,126 --> 00:17:41,261 beginning on page 11. Please don't skip the footnotes 541 00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:42,729 and please don't just read what's underlined. 542 00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:43,630 C.J.: Question. Yes. 543 00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:44,931 Did girls go out with you in high school? 544 00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:46,833 Yes. Really? 545 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,101 Under these regulations 546 00:17:48,135 --> 00:17:50,503 there will be a cap on the volume of carbon dioxide 547 00:17:50,537 --> 00:17:52,739 a company could emit in a year, but what's the good news? 548 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:55,675 If a company comes in lower than the cap, they can sell the balance 549 00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:57,877 of their emissions allowance to another company. 550 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:00,079 Creating what? BOTH: A cash incentive. 551 00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:01,214 A cash incentive. 552 00:18:01,248 --> 00:18:03,015 Can you tell us anything else about that, C.J.? 553 00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:06,253 No, but I can tell you that lumber, cocoa beans 554 00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:08,455 aluminum and petroleum products are the major exports 555 00:18:08,488 --> 00:18:09,189 of Cameroon. 556 00:18:09,222 --> 00:18:10,723 Then you're all set. Yeah. 557 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:12,259 Can I have her for a second? 558 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:14,127 Yeah. Why do you ask him and not me? 559 00:18:14,161 --> 00:18:15,195 He looked in charge. 560 00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:16,829 Of where I go? Can we please? 561 00:18:19,866 --> 00:18:21,534 Did you hear they named John Marbury 562 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:22,034 British Ambassador? 563 00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:22,702 Yes, I did. 564 00:18:22,735 --> 00:18:23,803 Lord John Marbury? 565 00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:24,471 I know. It's got to be 566 00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:26,273 like Davy Jones is showing up. 567 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:28,375 Don't make fun of Davy Jones, all right? 568 00:18:28,408 --> 00:18:30,109 He once wrote me a letter. 569 00:18:30,143 --> 00:18:33,313 He took that kind of time, and he still tours. 570 00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:35,348 Plus, my love for John Marbury is real. 571 00:18:35,382 --> 00:18:36,883 It's not a schoolgirl crush. 572 00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:38,518 He calls me Principessa. 573 00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:39,852 Does he? Yes. 574 00:18:39,886 --> 00:18:41,120 He calls Leo Gerald. 575 00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:42,155 He's eccentric. Yeah. 576 00:18:42,189 --> 00:18:43,390 What do you need? 577 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:45,225 Janice Barry is saying they're going to ask 578 00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:46,993 Cornelius Sykes to host the Will Rogers dinner. 579 00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:48,027 They know for sure? 580 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:49,462 They're going to ask him on Monday. 581 00:18:49,496 --> 00:18:50,830 Yeah. They're trying to stir this up again? 582 00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:52,565 He didn't laugh at the joke. How many more ways are there 583 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:54,334 for me to say that? He didn't laugh at the joke. 584 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:55,902 You guys are friends; I was thinking... 585 00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:57,470 We're not friends. You know each other. 586 00:18:57,504 --> 00:18:58,971 I don't hang out with Corey Sykes. 587 00:18:59,005 --> 00:18:59,806 Yeah, but you know him. 588 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:01,474 Where is he? 589 00:19:01,508 --> 00:19:02,809 He's in New York doing stand-up. 590 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:04,811 Since you'll be there... I'll see him tomorrow night. 591 00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:05,812 Thank you. 592 00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:07,046 He didn't laugh at the joke. 593 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:08,515 Yes. You'll see him tomorrow night? 594 00:19:08,548 --> 00:19:10,817 Josh... Would you see that a meeting is arranged 595 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:12,319 for tomorrow night in New York 596 00:19:12,352 --> 00:19:14,521 Yeah. with C.J. and Cornelius Sykes and no one else? 597 00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:15,322 Thank you. 598 00:19:15,355 --> 00:19:17,123 And I was thinking... 599 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:18,425 Yeah? When Marbury gets here? 600 00:19:18,458 --> 00:19:19,859 Yeah? You can encourage him 601 00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:23,630 to introduce me to any royal and single men he might know. 602 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:25,832 That's a good idea. I'm going to do that. 603 00:19:25,865 --> 00:19:26,866 You're not really, though, are you? 604 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:28,067 No. 605 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:29,202 You know what I think? 606 00:19:29,236 --> 00:19:30,703 A lot of people don't realize 607 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:33,473 that Swedes have lived in Sweden more than 5,000 years longer 608 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:35,174 than nearly any other European people. 609 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:36,142 That's right, sir. 610 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,078 In fact, Gothic tribes from Sweden 611 00:19:39,111 --> 00:19:40,480 played a major role in the disintegration 612 00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:41,848 of the Roman Empire, did they not? 613 00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:42,882 They did. 614 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:44,617 So you've got that to answer for. 615 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:46,052 Yes, sir. 616 00:19:46,085 --> 00:19:47,454 Uh, Mr. President, it is with pleasure 617 00:19:47,487 --> 00:19:48,888 that I present His Excellency 618 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:50,657 Peter Hans of Sweden 619 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:52,692 and by request of the Secretary of State 620 00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:55,628 ask that you accept his credentials from King Carl Gustaf 621 00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:57,364 as Sweden's Ambassador to the United States. 622 00:19:57,397 --> 00:19:59,766 Mr. Hans, I accept your Letter of Credence 623 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:01,268 from King Gustaf 624 00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:04,237 and by affixing my signature and seal 625 00:20:04,271 --> 00:20:06,273 do hereby declare you to be an Ambassador 626 00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:08,408 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. 627 00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:09,842 Thank you, Mr. President. 628 00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,077 Congratulations. 629 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:12,211 ( both men chuckling ) 630 00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:13,313 Mr. Ambassador. 631 00:20:13,346 --> 00:20:15,282 Family, please. 632 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:22,822 Congratulations, Ambassador. 633 00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:24,023 Leo. 634 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,358 Is he still holding you responsible 635 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:26,826 for the fall of the Roman Empire? 636 00:20:26,859 --> 00:20:27,827 Oh, yes. 637 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:29,228 Welcome to my world. 638 00:20:29,262 --> 00:20:30,997 I'll see you at the reception, right? 639 00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:32,399 Yes, sir. Congratulations. 640 00:20:32,432 --> 00:20:36,002 Mr. Ambassador, you and your family can step this way. 641 00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:39,306 Sweden has a 100% literacy rate, Leo. 642 00:20:39,339 --> 00:20:41,708 100%. How do they do that? 643 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,576 Well, maybe they don't, and they also can't count. 644 00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:44,577 Maybe. 645 00:20:44,611 --> 00:20:46,112 Sir, I really think you should know... 646 00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:47,079 Yes? 647 00:20:47,113 --> 00:20:48,515 That nine out of the ten criteria 648 00:20:48,548 --> 00:20:52,319 that the DOD lays down for success in these tests were met. 649 00:20:52,352 --> 00:20:53,185 The tenth being? They missed the target. 650 00:20:53,219 --> 00:20:54,687 Damn! So close. Sir... 651 00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:56,789 Mr. President... It's that tenth one. 652 00:20:56,823 --> 00:20:57,790 See, if there 653 00:20:57,824 --> 00:20:58,891 were just nine... 654 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:01,594 Look, the tracking software on the KM vehicle 655 00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:04,831 clearly acquired a read on both the target and the decoy 656 00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:06,132 and for the first time ever 657 00:21:06,165 --> 00:21:07,834 successfully rendered a clean 658 00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:09,068 identification differential. 659 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:11,671 Leo, seriously, when they were telling you that on the phone 660 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:13,973 how stupid did you think you'd sound saying it to me? 661 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:15,041 This project needs money. 662 00:21:15,074 --> 00:21:16,142 It doesn't work. 663 00:21:16,175 --> 00:21:17,644 Neither did several phases of Apollo 11 664 00:21:17,677 --> 00:21:19,646 but Neil Armstrong claims it was a success. 665 00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:21,113 Do we need to decide this right now? 666 00:21:21,147 --> 00:21:23,282 No. Okay. 667 00:21:23,316 --> 00:21:24,717 So, about the GDC speech? 668 00:21:24,751 --> 00:21:25,718 Yeah. 669 00:21:25,752 --> 00:21:27,520 Since we're giving them exactly what they want 670 00:21:27,554 --> 00:21:29,155 Toby thinks it's not such a bad idea 671 00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:30,923 if we signal our independence as well. 672 00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:32,625 How? A drop-in. 673 00:21:32,659 --> 00:21:35,362 Eco-terrorism that's gone un-admonished by the GDC. 674 00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:36,596 For example? 675 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:37,930 A ski development in Colorado 676 00:21:37,964 --> 00:21:40,066 that threatened a rare lynx was burned in protest. 677 00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:41,734 And we can't take it for granted 678 00:21:41,768 --> 00:21:44,371 that everyone pretty much fundamentally opposes arson? 679 00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:45,438 A year and a half ago 680 00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,139 you stood in the Mural Room 681 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:49,942 and took Al Caldwell's head off because the Christian League 682 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:52,311 hadn't publicly admonished religious extremists. 683 00:21:52,345 --> 00:21:53,646 It would be hypocrisy 684 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,615 Yes. not to hold our friends to the same standard 685 00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,417 and yet it feels strange to score political points 686 00:21:57,450 --> 00:21:58,951 by doing the right thing. Yeah. 687 00:21:58,985 --> 00:22:00,119 I'm victim to my own 688 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,454 purity of character. 689 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:04,591 Whatever. We got you some information on the lynx 690 00:22:04,624 --> 00:22:06,826 which is a kind of possum, I think. 691 00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:08,428 Okay, well, it's not a kind of a possum 692 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:10,096 so why don't you get me that information? 693 00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:11,364 Toby doesn't want it in the speech? 694 00:22:11,398 --> 00:22:12,164 Just a drop-in. 695 00:22:12,198 --> 00:22:14,033 Did you hear? 696 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,968 About Marbury? Isn't it great? 697 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:17,169 Yes, sir, and I assume 698 00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:18,771 you're enjoying my suffering? 699 00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:19,472 Absolutely. 700 00:22:19,506 --> 00:22:21,073 Anything else? No. 701 00:22:21,107 --> 00:22:22,308 Thank you, Mr. President. 702 00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:23,976 2,000 environmentalists are going to try 703 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:25,445 to kill me tomorrow night. 704 00:22:25,478 --> 00:22:27,146 They're going to come at me 705 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:28,615 with vegan food and pitchforks. 706 00:22:28,648 --> 00:22:31,083 That doesn't really sound like something people do. 707 00:22:31,117 --> 00:22:32,284 Still, I'd like you to get between me 708 00:22:32,318 --> 00:22:34,954 and any boiled seaweed you see coming my way. 709 00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:35,988 Mr. President? 710 00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:37,023 Leo just talked to me. 711 00:22:37,056 --> 00:22:38,190 About the GDC tonight? 712 00:22:38,224 --> 00:22:39,926 Yeah. I'm not doing this for the politics. 713 00:22:39,959 --> 00:22:42,328 I'm doing it 'cause it's the right thing to do. 714 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,996 Well, I'm doing it for the politics. 715 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,231 A lynx isn't a possum. 716 00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:47,133 I think it's in the possum family. 717 00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:48,300 It's a cat. 718 00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:50,102 Oh, and we don't have enough of those. 719 00:22:50,136 --> 00:22:51,270 How does Sam feel about this? 720 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:53,172 Toby? 721 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:54,240 This isn't Government Camp. 722 00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:55,575 It's not like... 723 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:57,710 It's not important that everybody gets to play. 724 00:22:57,744 --> 00:22:59,746 I'm not going to tell you how to run your office, Toby. 725 00:22:59,779 --> 00:23:02,314 Thank you, sir. 726 00:23:02,348 --> 00:23:04,984 Vegan food coming at me all night long. 727 00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,152 C.J.? 728 00:23:06,185 --> 00:23:07,787 Yeah? 729 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:08,387 Where you going? 730 00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:09,622 New York, New York, Toby. 731 00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:11,223 The town so nice they named it twice. 732 00:23:11,257 --> 00:23:12,124 What are you doing there? 733 00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:13,325 I'm receiving the Matrix Award 734 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,861 from New York Women in Communications. 735 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:15,962 For what? 736 00:23:15,995 --> 00:23:16,963 I discovered a comet. 737 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:17,864 What do you mean "for what"? 738 00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:18,965 Past winners, by the way 739 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:22,201 include Cokie Roberts, Diane Sawyer and Ms. Leslie Stahl. 740 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,402 Did Josh talk to you about...? 741 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:24,971 I'm meeting him for a drink after the thing. 742 00:23:25,004 --> 00:23:27,106 And you're briefed on the Clean Air Rehabilitation...? 743 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:28,174 Yeah. 744 00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:29,642 Okay. You might need this. 745 00:23:29,676 --> 00:23:32,011 "The President has always spoken out 746 00:23:32,044 --> 00:23:33,446 "against moderate groups 747 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,081 "not taking responsibility for extremism 748 00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:37,484 "and he isn't going to stop with the environmental lobby. 749 00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:39,752 Friends are honest with each other." 750 00:23:39,786 --> 00:23:41,220 He's going to do a drop-in? 751 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,890 I'll see you tomorrow night. 752 00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:45,558 Hey, Toby, you want to see the speech? 753 00:23:45,592 --> 00:23:47,059 Sam's writing a good one. 754 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:49,729 Oh. 755 00:23:56,836 --> 00:23:58,370 SAM: Climate changes have accelerated. 756 00:23:58,404 --> 00:23:59,972 Glaciers are shrinking. 757 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:01,407 Polar sea ice is what? 758 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,609 TOBY: It's thinning. 759 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:04,143 The polar sea ice is thinning 760 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:06,779 causing a rise in sea levels around the globe. 761 00:24:06,813 --> 00:24:07,847 And what do we say when they say 762 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,381 "But the proposals in the Clean Air 763 00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:11,283 "Rehabilitation Effort would seriously choke 764 00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:13,252 the auto, trucking and utility business?" 765 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:14,921 $22 trillion in benefits produced 766 00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:18,024 versus a half a trillion in compliance cost. 767 00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:19,025 Public health benefits? 768 00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:19,826 We'll make that clear. 769 00:24:19,859 --> 00:24:21,027 Where's C.J.? 770 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:22,028 She's in New York. 771 00:24:22,061 --> 00:24:22,829 What's she doing in New York? 772 00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:24,030 She had a lunch. 773 00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:25,031 Media Women, Women of Media. 774 00:24:25,064 --> 00:24:26,032 That was this afternoon. 775 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:26,833 She had to stay around. 776 00:24:26,866 --> 00:24:28,234 So it's just me? 777 00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:29,836 Yeah. Call me from the place. Yeah. 778 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:36,308 Final draft? 779 00:24:36,342 --> 00:24:37,777 Well, it's the 12th draft. 780 00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:39,912 Whether it's the final draft is really up to you. 781 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,681 Was that sass? 782 00:24:41,714 --> 00:24:42,749 Yeah. 783 00:24:43,783 --> 00:24:44,984 Okay. 784 00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:48,354 The difference between a good speech and a great speech 785 00:24:48,387 --> 00:24:50,256 is the energy with which the audience 786 00:24:50,289 --> 00:24:51,357 comes to their feet at the end. 787 00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:53,760 Is it polite? Is it a chore? 788 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:56,328 Are they standing up because their boss just stood up? No. 789 00:24:56,362 --> 00:24:58,197 We want it to come from their socks. 790 00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:59,398 We got a half an hour. 791 00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:00,733 Let's read this again. 792 00:25:01,934 --> 00:25:05,071 Every time one of these tests fails 793 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:06,005 Congressional Democrats 794 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:08,407 jump on it as a reason to kill the program. 795 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:09,942 You're not going to turn the President around 796 00:25:09,976 --> 00:25:10,877 on the missile shield. 797 00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:12,411 Well, I'm not going to turn him around today 798 00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:14,647 and probably not tomorrow 799 00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:16,583 but as long as somebody has the money 800 00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:18,985 to keep trying to make it work, then I'm fine. 801 00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:19,819 Leo? 802 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:20,653 Yeah. 803 00:25:20,687 --> 00:25:22,054 There's someone here to see you. 804 00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:23,322 Who? 805 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:24,123 Gerald! 806 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:26,325 Oh, God. 807 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:27,594 Gerald, old friend. 808 00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:31,263 Good to see you, Ambassador. 809 00:25:31,297 --> 00:25:33,532 It's as if the gods themselves 810 00:25:33,566 --> 00:25:35,735 insist that we be not long apart, you and I. 811 00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:38,137 They do seem to strongly insist upon that, yes. 812 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:40,840 Your assistant, Margaret, is looking positively buxom. 813 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:42,041 Thank you, I'll tell her. 814 00:25:42,074 --> 00:25:43,042 MARGARET: Thank you. 815 00:25:43,075 --> 00:25:44,110 Yes, well done. 816 00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:45,578 John? 817 00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:47,046 Oh, oh, my aide, Caprice. 818 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:48,247 How do you do? 819 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,248 Leo McGarry. 820 00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:50,482 Good to see you, Ambassador. 821 00:25:50,516 --> 00:25:51,818 God bless you, Josh. 822 00:25:51,851 --> 00:25:54,453 The prayers of millions were answered. 823 00:25:54,486 --> 00:25:55,554 Thank you, sir. 824 00:25:55,588 --> 00:25:57,089 I have come. Yes. 825 00:25:57,123 --> 00:26:00,326 I am Lord John Marbury, along with my aide, Caprice, and I'm 826 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,493 hereby presenting my credentials 827 00:26:01,527 --> 00:26:02,561 in the fervent hope that... 828 00:26:02,595 --> 00:26:03,996 John, we do that later with the President. 829 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:05,064 Excellent. 830 00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:07,700 I will tell you, though, that I personally welcome you 831 00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:09,769 and I look forward to our new partnership. 832 00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:10,770 As do I. 833 00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:13,005 I know we've had our differences in the past 834 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:15,608 but I think you know I respect you. 835 00:26:15,642 --> 00:26:17,644 I congratulate you on this auspicious occasion 836 00:26:17,677 --> 00:26:19,545 and, as a matter of fact, the timing 837 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:22,014 How so? of your arrival couldn't be better. 838 00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:25,284 Leo's trying to convince the President to give the NMD more time. 839 00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:26,485 You're an expert in the field 840 00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:27,887 and I hope I can count on your support. 841 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,488 You may hope for it, but you'll not have it. 842 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:30,990 Because the NMD Why not? 843 00:26:31,023 --> 00:26:32,925 is an absurdly wasteful military boondoggle 844 00:26:32,959 --> 00:26:35,194 that will never produce a working missile. 845 00:26:35,227 --> 00:26:37,797 It violates any number of elements of the ABM treaty 846 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:39,598 and any argument you make in its defense 847 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:41,233 will surely be moronic. 848 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:43,002 Ah... detente. 849 00:26:43,035 --> 00:26:44,003 I'm sorry, Gerald. 850 00:26:44,036 --> 00:26:45,604 We're going to have this out. Excellent. 851 00:26:45,638 --> 00:26:47,039 Let's go get you knighted 852 00:26:47,073 --> 00:26:49,275 or whatever the hell it is we do. 853 00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:52,611 ( water running ) 854 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:04,123 Hey. 855 00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:04,891 Hey, how you doing? 856 00:27:04,924 --> 00:27:05,524 Not bad. 857 00:27:05,557 --> 00:27:06,558 Thanks for taking the time. 858 00:27:06,592 --> 00:27:08,427 Yeah. I got to get back pretty soon. 859 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:09,762 I won't take long. 860 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,367 You want to stay for the show? 861 00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:17,770 I got to get the 7:00 shuttle. 862 00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:19,405 You want something to drink? 863 00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:21,373 Uh, club soda. 864 00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:22,775 Alicia, can I get some club soda? 865 00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:24,811 Oh, I haven't seen the movie yet. 866 00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:26,378 You should see it. It's good. 867 00:27:26,412 --> 00:27:27,546 That's what everyone's saying. 868 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:28,580 Well, I appreciate that. 869 00:27:28,614 --> 00:27:31,083 ( both laughing ) 870 00:27:31,117 --> 00:27:33,986 So, you know, this is about the Will Rogers dinner. 871 00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:35,287 Yeah. 872 00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:36,723 They're going to ask you to host 873 00:27:36,756 --> 00:27:38,991 and, obviously, the President's going to be there. 874 00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:41,861 We, uh... 875 00:27:41,894 --> 00:27:44,163 appreciate the support... 876 00:27:44,196 --> 00:27:45,164 You want me to say no. 877 00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:47,366 We think the press will go back two years 878 00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:49,268 Let them. and bring up the whole... 879 00:27:49,301 --> 00:27:50,602 I don't want to. 880 00:27:50,636 --> 00:27:52,504 You know, you know how I feel about you. 881 00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:54,941 You know I don't mean you disrespect... 882 00:27:54,974 --> 00:27:55,942 You don't? 883 00:27:55,975 --> 00:27:56,943 No. 884 00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:01,313 I've raised money for you. 885 00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:03,015 I've registered voters for you. 886 00:28:03,049 --> 00:28:04,550 I've done commercials for you 887 00:28:04,583 --> 00:28:05,818 and I've voted for you. 888 00:28:05,852 --> 00:28:08,587 Because of something I never did wrong two years ago 889 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:10,656 you don't want to be on the same dais with me. 890 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:11,690 That's not... 891 00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:13,025 It takes a special kind of arrogance 892 00:28:13,059 --> 00:28:16,462 not to think that that's disrespectful. 893 00:28:16,495 --> 00:28:18,097 Ah, thanks, Alicia. 894 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,001 Make your case. 895 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:24,303 I got to be funny in a while. 896 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:26,238 It missed by 137 miles. 897 00:28:26,272 --> 00:28:27,073 Yes. 898 00:28:27,106 --> 00:28:28,407 It could've missed by 37 fewer miles 899 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,576 and it would've still missed by a hundred miles. 900 00:28:30,609 --> 00:28:31,610 It doesn't work. 901 00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:33,145 That depends what your definition is. 902 00:28:33,179 --> 00:28:36,015 My definition is precisely the same as everyone else's. 903 00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:37,149 John! 904 00:28:37,183 --> 00:28:38,350 Mr. President. 905 00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:39,585 It's good to have you here. 906 00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:40,820 Your servant, as always. 907 00:28:40,853 --> 00:28:42,889 What made you agree to take the post? 908 00:28:42,922 --> 00:28:44,824 I suppose it's possible I was drunk. 909 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:46,125 Reasonable bet. 910 00:28:46,158 --> 00:28:48,594 Listen, I got to go a few blocks across town 911 00:28:48,627 --> 00:28:49,996 and give an address on global warming 912 00:28:50,029 --> 00:28:51,630 and the future of our planet. 913 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:53,432 That's not something you're interested in? 914 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:54,767 Oh, good God, no. 915 00:28:54,801 --> 00:28:56,769 Okay. Stay here and fight with Leo about something. 916 00:28:56,803 --> 00:28:58,971 We'll get you some dinner. I'll be back in an hour. 917 00:28:59,005 --> 00:29:00,873 We'll do your thing and then enjoy the reception. 918 00:29:00,907 --> 00:29:02,174 Excellent. Indeed. 919 00:29:02,208 --> 00:29:03,175 Charlie? Here we go. 920 00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:04,510 Eagle's moving. 921 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:05,644 An hour, did he say? 922 00:29:05,677 --> 00:29:06,846 Yes. 923 00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:08,347 I'll need some amusement. 924 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,381 Good evening, Your Lordship. 925 00:29:09,415 --> 00:29:10,349 Excellent. 926 00:29:11,650 --> 00:29:12,418 Wait a second. Let me finish. 927 00:29:12,451 --> 00:29:13,986 It was not a benign joke. 928 00:29:14,020 --> 00:29:15,154 You don't tell benign jokes. 929 00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:16,155 That's a matter... 930 00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:17,890 It was a joke about New York City cops 931 00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:18,690 shooting black men. 932 00:29:18,724 --> 00:29:20,226 I'm black man. 933 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:22,895 I'm in a room full of rich Democrats in an election year. 934 00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:23,996 You thought I was going to talk about airline food? 935 00:29:24,030 --> 00:29:25,932 It was a political fund-raiser in the heat 936 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:27,366 of a national campaign. 937 00:29:27,399 --> 00:29:29,735 You weren't doing a 2:00 a.m. set at Catch a Rising Star. 938 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:30,736 You know how many years it's been 939 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,238 since I worked Catch a Rising Star? 940 00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:35,207 You made the joke, and inoffensive as you think it may have been 941 00:29:35,241 --> 00:29:36,909 there was enormous pressure on the candidate 942 00:29:36,943 --> 00:29:38,945 to disavow your remarks, and he did not. 943 00:29:38,978 --> 00:29:40,279 And I'm supposed... 944 00:29:40,312 --> 00:29:42,081 Corey... I'm supposed to feel good about that? 945 00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:43,649 That he didn't disavow me? 946 00:29:43,682 --> 00:29:44,917 That I wasn't disavowed? 947 00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:46,685 We were courting law enforcement, Corey. 948 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:47,820 Don't be naive. 949 00:29:47,854 --> 00:29:49,889 You were also courting the black vote, C.J. 950 00:29:49,922 --> 00:29:51,824 I'm not naive. 951 00:29:51,858 --> 00:29:54,060 What'd you expect us to do? 952 00:29:55,527 --> 00:29:57,229 I expected that when I was called 953 00:29:57,263 --> 00:29:59,498 in any of number of places a Hollywood sleaze 954 00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:02,301 that you might have said a few words, maybe, on my behalf. 955 00:30:02,334 --> 00:30:03,903 I expected that you we're going to say 956 00:30:03,936 --> 00:30:05,371 "We in the Bartlet campaign 957 00:30:05,404 --> 00:30:08,074 "don't believe Cornelius Sykes is a Hollywood sleaze. 958 00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:09,708 "We believe he's a world-class humorist 959 00:30:09,741 --> 00:30:11,443 "and millions of Americans agree. 960 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:14,013 "We believe his humor can be disconcerting to some 961 00:30:14,046 --> 00:30:16,015 "but those who are making noise right now 962 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:17,616 "are feigning their concern 963 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:20,853 in an effort to frighten white men." 964 00:30:20,887 --> 00:30:22,454 But what you said was 965 00:30:22,488 --> 00:30:24,156 he didn't laugh at the joke. 966 00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:28,360 Corey... 967 00:30:28,394 --> 00:30:29,929 He did laugh at the joke. 968 00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:32,731 Yeah. 969 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:35,834 He laughed at the joke, C.J. 970 00:30:35,868 --> 00:30:37,003 I've been doing this 20 years. 971 00:30:37,036 --> 00:30:39,906 You don't think I know if I had him? 972 00:30:39,939 --> 00:30:42,374 I killed that night. 973 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:45,644 That was a very big deal for me. 974 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:48,881 To play in front of that audience 975 00:30:48,915 --> 00:30:51,350 to get that man to laugh? 976 00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:52,518 And the next day 977 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:57,356 my parents read in the paper that I am Hollywood sleaze. 978 00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:01,827 But that's okay 979 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:04,096 'cause the candidate didn't think I was funny. 980 00:31:08,334 --> 00:31:09,368 I understand. 981 00:31:12,104 --> 00:31:16,208 I don't want to cause any trouble for the President. 982 00:31:16,242 --> 00:31:17,944 You knew that when you walked in here. 983 00:31:19,145 --> 00:31:21,813 I'll pass on the dinner. 984 00:31:21,847 --> 00:31:23,149 I'll tell them... 985 00:31:23,182 --> 00:31:25,451 it was 'cause I couldn't get out of a booking. 986 00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:30,822 But the President laughed at the joke, C.J. 987 00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:32,624 I killed that night. 988 00:31:34,460 --> 00:31:35,928 You did. 989 00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:43,135 Okay, I got to go. 990 00:31:48,774 --> 00:31:51,677 I'll see you next time. 991 00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:53,345 Is the President offstage yet? 992 00:31:53,379 --> 00:31:54,546 Just about. 993 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:55,681 Anyone know how it's going? 994 00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:56,848 Toby? Yeah. 995 00:31:56,882 --> 00:31:58,184 It's Sam. Yeah. 996 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:03,722 Yeah? 997 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:05,924 Sam... He admonished them. 998 00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:07,994 He went off the speech right at the end 999 00:32:08,027 --> 00:32:09,928 and slapped them down for not speaking out 1000 00:32:09,962 --> 00:32:11,397 Yeah. Listen... on eco-terrorism. 1001 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:13,132 Sam, listen... He just flew right off the speech. 1002 00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:14,600 Something about a Colorado ski resort. 1003 00:32:14,633 --> 00:32:17,669 Sam, are you listening? Here's what you say: Talk to me. 1004 00:32:17,703 --> 00:32:19,105 Friends are honest with each other. 1005 00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:21,140 The President has always spoken out on moderate groups 1006 00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:22,774 not taking responsibility for terrorism 1007 00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:25,111 and he isn't going to stop with the environmental lobby. 1008 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,745 God bless you all, and God bless America. 1009 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:28,614 Got that? Yeah. 1010 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:31,017 What's happening? 1011 00:32:31,050 --> 00:32:32,684 Sam, what's happening? 1012 00:32:32,718 --> 00:32:35,021 They're not standing. 1013 00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:42,894 So, you're actual royalty? 1014 00:32:42,928 --> 00:32:43,895 Well, yes. 1015 00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:45,597 It's not just an honorary thing? 1016 00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:46,832 No. In fact, there's little honor 1017 00:32:46,865 --> 00:32:48,500 attached to it at all. 1018 00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:50,369 Tell me about yourself. 1019 00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:52,171 Well, my mother was a descendant 1020 00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:54,173 of the third of the nine children of Queen Victoria. 1021 00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:56,375 Victoria was the granddaughter of George III 1022 00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:58,177 who was the great grandson of George I. 1023 00:32:58,210 --> 00:33:01,813 George I was the great nephew of Charles I 1024 00:33:01,847 --> 00:33:04,383 who was the son of James I 1025 00:33:04,416 --> 00:33:07,819 and, uh, James's mother was Mary, Queen of Scots. 1026 00:33:07,853 --> 00:33:11,290 And are you and Caprice an item? 1027 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:12,091 Uh, no. 1028 00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:13,325 Mr. Ambassador? 1029 00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:14,326 Is he back? 1030 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:15,527 He's back, but he's receiving credentials 1031 00:33:15,561 --> 00:33:18,064 from Her Excellency Renee Ernesto of Argentina 1032 00:33:18,097 --> 00:33:19,031 and asks for your patience. 1033 00:33:19,065 --> 00:33:20,732 My patience he shall have. 1034 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:25,704 C.J.... 1035 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:26,838 Yeah? 1036 00:33:26,872 --> 00:33:28,040 You just get back? Yeah. 1037 00:33:28,074 --> 00:33:29,041 You heard what happened? 1038 00:33:29,075 --> 00:33:30,509 Yeah, and here's what it is: 1039 00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,478 The President has always spoken out on moderate groups 1040 00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,446 not taking responsibility for extremism 1041 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,382 and he isn't going to stop at the environmental lobby. 1042 00:33:36,415 --> 00:33:39,151 Friends are honest with each other. 1043 00:33:39,185 --> 00:33:40,152 Sam? 1044 00:33:40,186 --> 00:33:41,920 Have you spoken to Toby? 1045 00:33:41,953 --> 00:33:42,854 When? 1046 00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:44,290 Since after the speech tonight? 1047 00:33:44,323 --> 00:33:44,823 No. 1048 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,492 Okay. 1049 00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:48,594 They're setting up for the reception? 1050 00:33:48,627 --> 00:33:49,661 Yeah. 1051 00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:53,532 $60 billion can be spent on other things. 1052 00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:54,933 I'm all for retention pay. 1053 00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:56,235 I'm all for health benefits. 1054 00:33:56,268 --> 00:33:57,703 I'm all for procurement. 1055 00:33:57,736 --> 00:33:58,604 I'm talking about Abrams tanks 1056 00:33:58,637 --> 00:34:01,107 and Apache helicopters, which we know work. 1057 00:34:01,140 --> 00:34:02,574 An Apache helicopter 1058 00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:06,078 will not stop a Shahab-3 long-range Stiletto 1059 00:34:06,112 --> 00:34:07,513 or a North Korean ICBM. 1060 00:34:07,546 --> 00:34:09,315 Well, so far, neither can anything else. 1061 00:34:09,348 --> 00:34:11,550 Hey, Sam? 1062 00:34:11,583 --> 00:34:12,584 I'm going back in there. 1063 00:34:16,955 --> 00:34:18,324 Have you been getting questions? 1064 00:34:18,357 --> 00:34:19,491 I'm sorry? 1065 00:34:19,525 --> 00:34:20,959 Have you been getting questions? 1066 00:34:20,992 --> 00:34:22,628 Yeah. 1067 00:34:22,661 --> 00:34:23,762 From the press, or...? 1068 00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:25,264 The press'll be tomorrow. 1069 00:34:25,297 --> 00:34:26,398 So, who's asking...? 1070 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:28,200 The chairman of the GDC, four congressmen 1071 00:34:28,234 --> 00:34:29,568 the Secretary of the Interior. 1072 00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:31,370 Who'd you think would be talking to me? What did...? 1073 00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:33,939 I said, "Sometimes friends have to be honest with each other." 1074 00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:35,507 I said exactly what you told me to say 1075 00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:38,544 which, coincidentally, is exactly what C.J. told me to say 1076 00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:39,911 which is remarkable when you consider 1077 00:34:41,012 --> 00:34:42,614 during the event and didn't speak to you afterward.York 1078 00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:44,450 I mean, it's almost as if there were people 1079 00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:45,884 who already knew it was going to happen. 1080 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:46,852 Sam... Get away from me. 1081 00:34:56,862 --> 00:34:58,630 ( door opens ) 1082 00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:02,134 Hey, Sam. 1083 00:35:02,168 --> 00:35:05,304 Is it possible I could get in for just a minute? 1084 00:35:06,071 --> 00:35:07,038 He's pretty tight right now. 1085 00:35:07,072 --> 00:35:08,140 I don't think 1086 00:35:08,174 --> 00:35:10,342 I can get you in. 1087 00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:20,252 MARBURY: Oh, well, yes, uh, certainly. 1088 00:35:20,286 --> 00:35:22,521 There's, uh, Edward, Earl of Ulster. 1089 00:35:22,554 --> 00:35:24,323 He's the son of Richard, Duke of Gloucester 1090 00:35:24,356 --> 00:35:27,326 who's the son of Henry, Duke of Gloucester. 1091 00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:28,894 Edward, Earl of Ulster? 1092 00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:29,895 Yes. 1093 00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:30,929 You think he'd like me? 1094 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:31,997 Do you date younger men? 1095 00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:32,964 Sure. How old is he? 1096 00:35:32,998 --> 00:35:34,233 Five. 1097 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:35,934 Okay, well, let's stick a pin in that for a moment 1098 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,169 and move on. 1099 00:35:37,203 --> 00:35:38,537 Hello. Hello. 1100 00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:39,471 Am I interrupting? 1101 00:35:39,505 --> 00:35:40,639 Not at all. 1102 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:42,474 Ambassador Marbury was just telling me 1103 00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:44,910 about how royal men are schooled in the ways of courtship. 1104 00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:46,412 King George III, for example 1105 00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:48,013 sailed his bride up the River Thames 1106 00:35:48,046 --> 00:35:49,515 to music that was specially composed. 1107 00:35:49,548 --> 00:35:51,617 Yeah. That was just a few years 1108 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:54,553 before we opened up a big can of whup-ass on him at Yorktown. 1109 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:55,554 Leo, uh... 1110 00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:56,388 How can you look 1111 00:35:56,422 --> 00:35:58,724 at North Korea, which 24 months ago 1112 00:35:58,757 --> 00:36:00,091 fired a Taepodong missile... 1113 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:01,092 Uh, which failed. 1114 00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:02,261 And with some modifications 1115 00:36:02,294 --> 00:36:03,395 it'll be able to reach Alaska. 1116 00:36:03,429 --> 00:36:04,663 Well, I don't live in Alaska. 1117 00:36:04,696 --> 00:36:05,831 I live in England, which, by the way 1118 00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:08,234 is not protected by the shield. 1119 00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:10,502 Not that anybody else is at the moment, either. 1120 00:36:10,536 --> 00:36:12,871 You've also forgotten that we're both signatories 1121 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:15,407 to the '72 ABM Treaty, of which this shield is in clear violation. 1122 00:36:15,441 --> 00:36:17,276 You've forgotten that it will 1123 00:36:17,309 --> 00:36:19,311 compel China to strengthen their nuclear arsenal. 1124 00:36:19,345 --> 00:36:20,746 You've forgotten that the European allies 1125 00:36:20,779 --> 00:36:22,614 have strong reservations about the shield 1126 00:36:22,648 --> 00:36:25,083 and you've forgotten that it doesn't work. 1127 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,818 You know what I haven't forgotten? 1128 00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:27,353 What? 1129 00:36:27,386 --> 00:36:28,454 That we opened up 1130 00:36:28,487 --> 00:36:30,989 a big can of whup-ass on you at Yorktown. 1131 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:31,890 All right. 1132 00:36:31,923 --> 00:36:33,525 CHARLIE: Leo? 1133 00:36:33,559 --> 00:36:34,960 Excuse me. 1134 00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:36,662 Excuse me. 1135 00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:38,564 I'm going to correspond with Edward, Earl of Ulster 1136 00:36:38,597 --> 00:36:40,699 once he learns how to read and write. 1137 00:36:40,732 --> 00:36:41,733 Okay. 1138 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:51,042 Here you go. 1139 00:36:51,076 --> 00:36:52,744 TOBY: No, no, Alice, I got it. 1140 00:36:52,778 --> 00:36:53,645 It's all right. 1141 00:36:53,679 --> 00:36:54,680 No, I got it. 1142 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:55,681 You want a beer? 1143 00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:58,350 Yeah, thanks. 1144 00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:01,620 ( sighs ) 1145 00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:04,122 You don't ever go into the Oval Office mad. 1146 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:06,425 Look... No. No, no. 1147 00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:09,661 No, Sam, you don't ever go in there mad. 1148 00:37:09,695 --> 00:37:13,031 I think the President's remarks were... ill-advised 1149 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:14,366 to say the least. 1150 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:15,767 Well, you're wrong. 1151 00:37:15,801 --> 00:37:18,437 The drop-in's the story now, Toby, not the energy package. 1152 00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:19,571 The energy package doesn't need to be 1153 00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:21,307 a story. It's going to be a law. 1154 00:37:21,340 --> 00:37:22,040 You'd don't think we need 1155 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:23,141 the environmental lobby? 1156 00:37:23,174 --> 00:37:24,410 I think we need them. 1157 00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:25,477 I just don't think we're going to lose them. 1158 00:37:25,511 --> 00:37:27,078 And I think you're tragically misguided. 1159 00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:28,246 Sam, I... 1160 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:29,648 Many, if not most environmentalists 1161 00:37:29,681 --> 00:37:31,650 are absolutists who will use this insult to pull 1162 00:37:31,683 --> 00:37:34,019 their support under cover we cut a deal with Detroit. 1163 00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:35,921 Well, then, they can grow up, Sam. 1164 00:37:35,954 --> 00:37:37,623 "Use this insult"? 1165 00:37:37,656 --> 00:37:39,190 They just got the energy package they wanted 1166 00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:40,759 they just got the President at their dinner 1167 00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:41,593 and they should shut up! 1168 00:37:41,627 --> 00:37:42,528 Well, you should 1169 00:37:42,561 --> 00:37:44,863 explain it to them just that way, Toby 1170 00:37:44,896 --> 00:37:47,999 'cause they're really pretty receptive to that argument. 1171 00:37:48,033 --> 00:37:50,168 When they look down the ballot and see the alternatives 1172 00:37:50,201 --> 00:37:51,603 they get receptive in a hurry. 1173 00:37:51,637 --> 00:37:55,774 Was there anything else, or can I sit here now? 1174 00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:57,476 Yeah, you can sit here. 1175 00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:58,677 I'll see you tomorrow. 1176 00:37:58,710 --> 00:38:00,679 Yeah. 1177 00:38:00,712 --> 00:38:02,348 ( sighs ) 1178 00:38:02,381 --> 00:38:04,249 Sam, I'm looking at opposition polling 1179 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:05,351 that scares the hell out of me. 1180 00:38:05,384 --> 00:38:06,952 I'm looking at internal numbers 1181 00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:08,487 that change by the hour. 1182 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,389 I'm listening to economists that tell me there's weather... 1183 00:38:10,422 --> 00:38:13,058 You left me out. 1184 00:38:13,091 --> 00:38:14,159 ( sighing ): Yeah. 1185 00:38:14,192 --> 00:38:15,561 You think I'm the reason you got beat 1186 00:38:15,594 --> 00:38:16,728 on the Leadership breakfast? 1187 00:38:16,762 --> 00:38:17,496 I got creamed, Sam. 1188 00:38:17,529 --> 00:38:18,397 You think I'm the reason? 1189 00:38:18,430 --> 00:38:19,365 I didn't want the discussion! 1190 00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:20,131 Then what are you doing here 1191 00:38:20,165 --> 00:38:22,200 talking to me? 1192 00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:24,470 Now you want the discussion. 1193 00:38:24,503 --> 00:38:25,804 You and the President may think they deserved it 1194 00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:28,340 but the cynicism of attacking your friends 1195 00:38:28,374 --> 00:38:32,878 for political protection offends them and it offends me. 1196 00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:35,347 It offends you, and there's really nothing I can do 1197 00:38:35,381 --> 00:38:39,084 to make you feel better about that. 1198 00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:40,752 We can't govern if we don't win. 1199 00:38:43,722 --> 00:38:47,025 You should talk to me about the numbers more. 1200 00:38:47,058 --> 00:38:48,594 Yeah. 1201 00:38:50,729 --> 00:38:52,731 Anyway, I have this beer, so... 1202 00:38:52,764 --> 00:38:54,566 Yeah. 1203 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,735 I was just going to sit down and drink it. 1204 00:38:56,768 --> 00:38:58,737 Yeah. 1205 00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:03,208 I mean, we don't have to talk or anything. 1206 00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:05,744 Yeah. 1207 00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:16,254 That was Chairwoman Shelly Loobis 1208 00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:18,490 I just got off the phone with. 1209 00:39:18,524 --> 00:39:21,393 Before that was a conference call with Jamie Schwartz 1210 00:39:21,427 --> 00:39:23,261 from the Environmental Defense Fund 1211 00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:25,196 Bryce Davis from the Sierra Club 1212 00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:26,932 and three Democratic Congressmen 1213 00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:29,535 from the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. 1214 00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:31,336 The number of different words 1215 00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:33,104 they had for "manipulative..." 1216 00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:34,740 Leo, there's no way they didn't have 1217 00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:36,575 a thesaurus open in front of them. 1218 00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:38,143 Bryce Davis said if I keep this up 1219 00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:40,178 he's going to encourage Seth Gillette 1220 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,346 in a third-party bid. 1221 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:42,548 What'd you say? 1222 00:39:42,581 --> 00:39:44,616 I said for 50 bucks and a ride to the airport 1223 00:39:44,650 --> 00:39:46,518 Gillette could have the job right now. 1224 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:47,619 ( chuckles ) What'd you say? 1225 00:39:47,653 --> 00:39:49,588 I politely reminded them that it's probably 1226 00:39:49,621 --> 00:39:52,458 not a good idea to threaten the President. Nancy! 1227 00:39:52,491 --> 00:39:54,192 I want to know, when you're pushing me 1228 00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:55,594 towards the missile shield 1229 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:57,896 it's not 'cause you want me to look strong on defense. 1230 00:39:57,929 --> 00:39:59,330 NANCY: Yes, sir? 1231 00:39:59,364 --> 00:40:00,732 Would you tell Charlie I'm ready? Yes, sir. 1232 00:40:00,766 --> 00:40:01,900 Don't. I'm not. I'm pushing you 1233 00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:03,401 toward the shield 'cause I think it works. 1234 00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:04,369 Based on what? 1235 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:05,604 Confidence... 1236 00:40:05,637 --> 00:40:08,273 and the understanding that there's been a time 1237 00:40:08,306 --> 00:40:10,275 in the evolution of everything that works 1238 00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:11,376 when it didn't work. 1239 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:12,578 JOSH: You know, can I say this? 1240 00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:15,046 Why don't we just give the $60 billion 1241 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,016 to North Korea in exchange for not bombing us? 1242 00:40:18,049 --> 00:40:19,518 It's almost hard to believe 1243 00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:21,720 that you're not on the National Security Council. 1244 00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:23,955 I know. I feel like they're missing an important voice. 1245 00:40:23,989 --> 00:40:24,956 ( door opens ) 1246 00:40:24,990 --> 00:40:25,957 Good evening. 1247 00:40:25,991 --> 00:40:27,158 PRESIDENT: John! 1248 00:40:27,192 --> 00:40:28,494 Let me explain why you've been waiting. 1249 00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:30,629 I have to see people in the order in which they arrive 1250 00:40:30,662 --> 00:40:31,897 and you got beat by Argentina. 1251 00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:32,898 Oh, uh, well, yes. 1252 00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:35,501 You also lost out on preferred seating 1253 00:40:35,534 --> 00:40:36,668 for the State of the Union. 1254 00:40:36,702 --> 00:40:37,903 I'm required to attend the State of the Union? 1255 00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:38,570 Yes! 1256 00:40:38,604 --> 00:40:39,705 Well, then, attend it I shall. 1257 00:40:39,738 --> 00:40:41,673 Okay. Tom? 1258 00:40:41,707 --> 00:40:44,109 it is with pleasure that I present His Excellency 1259 00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:45,944 Lord John Marbury of Great Britain 1260 00:40:45,977 --> 00:40:48,279 and by request of the Secretary of State 1261 00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:49,548 ask that you accept his credentials 1262 00:40:49,581 --> 00:40:51,917 from Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II 1263 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:54,820 as Great Britain's Ambassador to the United States. 1264 00:40:54,853 --> 00:40:55,821 Hmm... 1265 00:40:57,255 --> 00:40:59,991 Where are you on the missile shield? 1266 00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:04,362 Well, I think it's dangerous, illegal, fiscally irresponsible 1267 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:06,431 technologically unsound 1268 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:09,234 and a threat to all people everywhere. 1269 00:41:09,267 --> 00:41:10,869 Leo? 1270 00:41:10,902 --> 00:41:13,772 I think the world invented a nuclear weapon. 1271 00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:15,807 I think the world owes it to itself 1272 00:41:15,841 --> 00:41:17,843 to see if it can't invent something 1273 00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:19,511 that it would make it irrelevant. 1274 00:41:19,545 --> 00:41:21,379 Well, that's the right sentiment 1275 00:41:21,412 --> 00:41:23,314 and certainly a credible one 1276 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:25,350 from a man who's fought in a war. 1277 00:41:25,383 --> 00:41:27,385 You think you can make it stop? 1278 00:41:27,418 --> 00:41:31,189 Well, you can't. 1279 00:41:31,222 --> 00:41:32,490 We build a shield. 1280 00:41:32,524 --> 00:41:34,593 Somebody will build a better missile. 1281 00:41:36,695 --> 00:41:39,464 Well, it's a discussion for serious men. 1282 00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:40,666 They say a statesman 1283 00:41:40,699 --> 00:41:43,268 is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. 1284 00:41:43,301 --> 00:41:47,072 I'd like us to be statesmen while we're still alive. 1285 00:41:47,105 --> 00:41:48,039 Lord Marbury, I accept 1286 00:41:48,073 --> 00:41:49,841 your Letter of Credence from Queen Elizabeth 1287 00:41:49,875 --> 00:41:52,443 and by affixing my signature and seal 1288 00:41:52,477 --> 00:41:53,745 do hereby declare you to be 1289 00:41:53,779 --> 00:41:58,116 an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. 1290 00:41:58,149 --> 00:42:01,452 Well, thank you, sir. 1291 00:42:01,486 --> 00:42:03,689 Congratulations. 1292 00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:07,092 God bless America. 1293 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:08,493 God save the Queen. 1294 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,829 Let's go. 1295 00:42:15,601 --> 00:42:18,103 ( chuckling )