1 00:00:04,372 --> 00:00:06,040 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,074 --> 00:00:08,276 The President will be announcing a blue-ribbon commission 3 00:00:08,309 --> 00:00:10,978 to study the long-term future of entitlement programs. 4 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:12,346 We want you to go to a meeting. With who? 5 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:14,148 A Democrat on the ethics committee. 6 00:00:14,182 --> 00:00:15,516 You set me up with my ex-wife. 7 00:00:15,549 --> 00:00:17,551 Come sit next to me. I'm a responsible adult. 8 00:00:17,585 --> 00:00:19,053 I'm a member of the United States Congress. 9 00:00:19,087 --> 00:00:20,721 Danny. Does the White House 10 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:21,789 make a crusade out of 11 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:22,490 defending the rights of drug users? 12 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:23,491 Oh, please. 13 00:00:24,792 --> 00:00:26,160 MAN: Now we have some questions 14 00:00:26,194 --> 00:00:28,529 about drug use in general and marijuana in particular. 15 00:00:28,562 --> 00:00:29,863 WOMAN: Yeah? 16 00:00:29,897 --> 00:00:32,433 JerseyGirl wants to know if marijuana can make you sterile. 17 00:00:32,466 --> 00:00:35,103 Is this JerseyGirl asking the question 18 00:00:35,136 --> 00:00:36,204 or JerseyBoyfriend? 19 00:00:36,237 --> 00:00:37,471 Both. 20 00:00:37,505 --> 00:00:41,509 Okay, well, there's no evidence so far that marijuana 21 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:45,479 has a permanent effect on the male or female reproductive systems. 22 00:00:45,513 --> 00:00:49,483 A few studies have suggested that heavy marijuana use 23 00:00:49,517 --> 00:00:53,821 may have an effect on male testicular function 24 00:00:53,854 --> 00:00:55,456 but that effect would be reversible 25 00:00:55,489 --> 00:00:58,426 so if JerseyBoyfriend is concerned 26 00:00:58,459 --> 00:01:00,361 he should mention it to his doctor. 27 00:01:00,394 --> 00:01:04,198 PIXALADD wants to know if marijuana can cause cancer. 28 00:01:04,232 --> 00:01:08,302 No conclusive study to date has shown that it does. 29 00:01:08,336 --> 00:01:11,439 However-- and this is a big however-- 30 00:01:11,472 --> 00:01:15,476 cellular genetic and human studies all suggest 31 00:01:15,509 --> 00:01:19,313 that, uh, the smoke from pot is a risk factor 32 00:01:19,347 --> 00:01:20,914 in acquiring respiratory disease 33 00:01:20,948 --> 00:01:23,617 so, if PIXALADD wants to be able 34 00:01:23,651 --> 00:01:25,586 to walk up a flight of stairs without throwing up 35 00:01:25,619 --> 00:01:27,755 he should put the bong back in the closet 36 00:01:27,788 --> 00:01:31,325 behind the Allman Brothers albums where it belongs. 37 00:01:37,698 --> 00:01:38,432 I'm done? 38 00:01:38,466 --> 00:01:38,899 Yeah. 39 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:40,401 Efficiency, Donna. 40 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:41,068 Yeah. 41 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:42,336 Efficiency and professionalism 42 00:01:42,370 --> 00:01:45,373 and we're out of here at 9:00 on a Wednesday night. 43 00:01:45,406 --> 00:01:47,341 Doesn't hurt the President's in Tokyo. 44 00:01:47,375 --> 00:01:49,910 Yeah, well, there does seem to be a little less work to do 45 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:52,146 when he's in a different hemisphere, but nonetheless... 46 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:53,514 Efficiency and professionalism. 47 00:01:53,547 --> 00:01:56,217 With a healthy dollop of leadership skills. 48 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:58,319 The well-placed, well-worded memo. 49 00:01:58,352 --> 00:02:00,087 Nobody goes off the reservation. 50 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,355 Everybody does their job. 51 00:02:01,389 --> 00:02:02,390 Turn off your computer. Let's go. 52 00:02:02,423 --> 00:02:04,192 No, I'm going to stay and watch this. 53 00:02:04,225 --> 00:02:05,926 I think maybe you should, too. 54 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:07,060 What is it? 55 00:02:07,094 --> 00:02:08,962 The Surgeon General's doing an on-line chat. 56 00:02:08,996 --> 00:02:10,063 What's she talking about? 57 00:02:10,097 --> 00:02:11,232 Decriminalizing marijuana. 58 00:02:11,265 --> 00:02:12,733 See you tomorrow. 59 00:02:16,003 --> 00:02:17,438 What's she talking about? 60 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:20,741 "Do you favor the decriminalization of marijuana?" 61 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:22,009 "That's not for me to say. 62 00:02:22,042 --> 00:02:23,477 "I can tell you that marijuana 63 00:02:23,511 --> 00:02:26,180 poses no greater public health risk than nicotine or alcohol..." 64 00:02:26,214 --> 00:02:28,182 "...and doesn't share the same addictive properties 65 00:02:28,216 --> 00:02:29,817 as heroin and LSD." 66 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:33,587 "Yet, bizarrely, to many of us in the health care profession 67 00:02:33,621 --> 00:02:37,958 "the law categorizes it as a Schedule One narcotic... 68 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:41,662 while putting a government seal on a pack of cigarettes." 69 00:02:43,231 --> 00:02:46,166 Yeah, somebody didn't get your memo. 70 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,170 [Captioning sponsored by NBC 71 00:02:50,204 --> 00:02:54,007 WARNER BROS. TELEVISION 72 00:02:54,041 --> 00:02:57,978 and "TOYOTA 73 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:02,216 More choices. Better selection. Experience Toyota today."] 74 00:03:35,082 --> 00:03:35,716 JOSH: C.J.? 75 00:03:35,749 --> 00:03:36,450 Yeah. 76 00:03:36,484 --> 00:03:37,818 I need you to take a look at this. 77 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:38,619 What is it? 78 00:03:38,652 --> 00:03:40,220 It's a transcript of an on-line chat 79 00:03:40,254 --> 00:03:43,991 Millicent Griffith just did-- page eight. 80 00:03:44,024 --> 00:03:46,226 Toby's headed to his office and Sam's on the phone. 81 00:03:46,260 --> 00:03:47,094 I can't talk to him right now. 82 00:03:47,127 --> 00:03:48,061 He says it's important. 83 00:03:48,095 --> 00:03:49,096 I'm going to be there in a minute. 84 00:03:49,129 --> 00:03:50,063 "The Allman Brothers"? 85 00:03:50,097 --> 00:03:51,465 It gets a lot worse. 86 00:03:51,499 --> 00:03:54,201 "...marijuana poses no greater public health risk 87 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:56,504 "than nicotine or alcohol... 88 00:03:56,537 --> 00:04:00,173 "...doesn't show the same addictive properties as... 89 00:04:00,207 --> 00:04:02,710 ...bizarrely categorizes it as..." 90 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:03,744 And... I quit. 91 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:04,545 Let's go. 92 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:05,646 Is she kidding me with this? 93 00:04:05,679 --> 00:04:06,113 No. 94 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:07,014 When did it happen? 95 00:04:07,047 --> 00:04:08,115 She finished five minutes ago. 96 00:04:08,148 --> 00:04:09,249 Talk me through the next 12 hours. 97 00:04:09,283 --> 00:04:10,318 These people got a story. 98 00:04:10,351 --> 00:04:11,785 I guarantee they've called AP already-- 99 00:04:11,819 --> 00:04:12,653 Carol, get me the wires. 100 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:13,621 Yeah. 101 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:15,289 It's too late for the Times and the Post 102 00:04:15,323 --> 00:04:17,325 but LA and San Francisco will have it 103 00:04:17,358 --> 00:04:18,692 and it'll be above the fold. 104 00:04:18,726 --> 00:04:20,093 The Today Show will lead with it. 105 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:21,061 Russert's going to do a segment... 106 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:22,095 Toby... 107 00:04:22,129 --> 00:04:23,931 Guys, I'm in the Blue Ribbon meeting. 108 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:24,898 I got Labor yelling at me. 109 00:04:24,932 --> 00:04:26,900 I got a real situation developing over there. 110 00:04:26,934 --> 00:04:27,935 We've got a bit of a situation 111 00:04:27,968 --> 00:04:28,936 developing here, Toby. 112 00:04:28,969 --> 00:04:29,470 What's going on? 113 00:04:29,503 --> 00:04:31,171 Read that. Page eight. 114 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:32,272 Why didn't you call me? 115 00:04:32,306 --> 00:04:32,973 While it was happening? 116 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:33,474 Yes. 117 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:34,375 So you could do what? 118 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:35,676 When did it happen? 119 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,745 She finished about five or ten minutes ago. 120 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:38,479 You saw it happen? 121 00:04:38,512 --> 00:04:39,513 Yeah. 122 00:04:39,547 --> 00:04:41,315 Why didn't you get me? What were you going to do? 123 00:04:41,349 --> 00:04:42,149 End the interview. 124 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:42,816 How? 125 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:43,651 By ending it. 126 00:04:43,684 --> 00:04:45,619 Listen, something's happened. We know. 127 00:04:45,653 --> 00:04:46,354 How do you know? 128 00:04:46,387 --> 00:04:47,721 Josh was watching it in real time. 129 00:04:47,755 --> 00:04:50,257 I'm not going to belay into the computer screen, Toby. 130 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:51,359 What are you talking about? The Surgeon General. 131 00:04:51,392 --> 00:04:52,460 What are you talking about? 132 00:04:52,493 --> 00:04:53,761 Never mind. What did Griffith do? 133 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:55,796 She reversed our position on marijuana. 134 00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:58,265 All right, first things first-- what time is it in Tokyo? 135 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,333 They're 14 hours ahead. 136 00:04:59,367 --> 00:05:01,001 I thought it was 13. Eastern Daylight. 137 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:02,135 So it's 14 hours ahead. 138 00:05:02,169 --> 00:05:03,437 We're sure it's ahead and not behind? 139 00:05:03,471 --> 00:05:06,507 Guys, there are clocks on the wall. 140 00:05:07,508 --> 00:05:09,377 Okay, so it's almost 11:00 in Tokyo. 141 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:10,378 Ginger... Yes. 142 00:05:10,411 --> 00:05:12,012 Yeah. Get Larry and Ed. 143 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:13,313 And anybody left in my office. 144 00:05:13,347 --> 00:05:14,648 TOBY: We'll be in the Roosevelt Room. 145 00:05:14,682 --> 00:05:17,351 I'm sorry. 11:00 in the morning, 11:00 in the afternoon? 146 00:05:17,385 --> 00:05:18,352 C.J.: It's 11:00 a.m. 147 00:05:18,386 --> 00:05:19,487 "The Allman Brothers"? 148 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,654 TOBY: Keep reading. 149 00:05:20,688 --> 00:05:22,423 If it's not a story until tomorrow morning 150 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:24,057 then they won't have it till tomorrow night 151 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:24,925 so we bought a day. 152 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:26,293 We bought two days. How? 153 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:27,428 The plane ride. When does he leave? 154 00:05:27,461 --> 00:05:28,529 7:00 p.m. Thursday. 155 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:30,097 Tomorrow? Local time? Yes. 156 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:31,432 Which local-- theirs or ours? 157 00:05:31,465 --> 00:05:34,001 It will be 7:00 p.m. Thursday in Japan when he leaves. 158 00:05:34,034 --> 00:05:35,369 And he lands here when? 159 00:05:38,105 --> 00:05:39,440 Okay, the flight is 13 hours long... 160 00:05:39,473 --> 00:05:40,541 This isn't happening. 161 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:42,342 He's going to travel eastward from Tokyo 162 00:05:42,376 --> 00:05:43,577 leaving at 7:00 p.m. 163 00:05:43,611 --> 00:05:45,513 so when he crosses the International Dateline... 164 00:05:45,546 --> 00:05:47,080 He'll have traveled back in time to what? 165 00:05:47,114 --> 00:05:48,315 3:00 a.m. Which puts him down 166 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:50,050 in Washington 6:00 p.m. Thursday. 167 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:51,419 He's going to land in Washington 168 00:05:51,452 --> 00:05:52,653 an hour before he took off? 169 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:53,353 Yeah. 170 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:54,388 And that's not a story 171 00:05:54,422 --> 00:05:55,789 that beats the Surgeon General? 172 00:05:55,823 --> 00:05:58,125 Toby, they're calling for you over there. 173 00:05:58,158 --> 00:05:59,993 I'm going to go get yelled at some more. 174 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:01,194 Josh, you need to get Leo. 175 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:02,496 Yeah. Call Tokyo. 176 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:04,632 Carol's got the wires. 177 00:06:04,665 --> 00:06:05,666 Thanks. 178 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:07,801 Those clocks should be in military time. 179 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:10,037 Yeah, 'cause that's less confusing. 180 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:11,639 The man's gone 150 hours. 181 00:06:11,672 --> 00:06:13,707 How can it be Thursday the whole time? 182 00:06:13,741 --> 00:06:17,545 Listen, Japan is nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time... 183 00:06:17,578 --> 00:06:18,612 Don't. 184 00:06:18,646 --> 00:06:19,980 Sophie, this is Donna Moss. Could you locate the Chief 185 00:06:20,013 --> 00:06:21,882 of Staff for me? What were you talking about before? 186 00:06:21,915 --> 00:06:24,485 I've just been told by someone I believe 187 00:06:24,518 --> 00:06:26,386 that a full-page ad taken out 188 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:27,788 by the Family Values Leadership Council 189 00:06:27,821 --> 00:06:29,990 is going to appear in 22 newspapers tomorrow. 190 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:32,793 It lists many prominent people and it congratulates them 191 00:06:32,826 --> 00:06:34,762 for denouncing the movie Prince of New York. 192 00:06:34,795 --> 00:06:35,896 Margaret, I've got Josh for him. 193 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:36,930 So what's the problem? 194 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:37,798 The President is one 195 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:39,166 of the prominent people they congratulate. 196 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:40,568 The President denounced the movie? No. 197 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:42,035 Then how can they run that ad? 198 00:06:42,069 --> 00:06:43,170 I have no idea... 199 00:06:43,203 --> 00:06:45,238 but I don't like who we're being congratulated by. 200 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:46,006 Josh? 201 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:47,407 Yeah. 202 00:06:47,441 --> 00:06:52,179 Yeah, Leo, we've got a couple problems here. 203 00:06:53,547 --> 00:06:57,485 ( ball bouncing off wall ) 204 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:59,520 ( bouncing continues ) 205 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:11,131 I'm here. 206 00:07:11,164 --> 00:07:11,899 Thanks. 207 00:07:11,932 --> 00:07:12,800 We're doing this again? 208 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:14,001 Yeah. 209 00:07:14,034 --> 00:07:17,404 'Cause I just got you off that little bellman's thing. 210 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,039 Here's my problem. 211 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:20,240 The AARP wants the President 212 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:21,942 to put Seth Gillette on the Commission. 213 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:23,644 So does the AFL-CIO-- it's important to them 214 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:25,045 and, I think, for that reason, it's got to be 215 00:07:25,078 --> 00:07:26,780 important to us. There's another good reason. 216 00:07:26,814 --> 00:07:27,881 It neutralizes him. He can't 217 00:07:27,915 --> 00:07:30,183 attack the Commission if he's on it. 218 00:07:30,217 --> 00:07:31,418 Which is why if we ask he'll say no. 219 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:32,419 Maybe, maybe not. 220 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:33,654 Yeah, but we can't risk that. 221 00:07:33,687 --> 00:07:35,422 First of all, we need him on the Commission 222 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:36,524 or else labor and seniors 223 00:07:36,557 --> 00:07:37,991 will be suspicious from the get-go. 224 00:07:38,025 --> 00:07:39,727 Second, if he's not going to be on the Commission 225 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,828 it can't be 'cause he turned us down. 226 00:07:40,861 --> 00:07:42,329 So either we get him on the Commission 227 00:07:42,362 --> 00:07:46,066 or if we don't, make sure it's 'cause we never asked him. 228 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:47,467 Yeah. 229 00:07:47,501 --> 00:07:48,869 Sam, he's on the phone. 230 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:50,771 Thanks. 231 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,306 Yeah, I don't know the answer to that. 232 00:07:53,340 --> 00:07:54,274 Thanks for stopping by. 233 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:55,509 Yeah. 234 00:08:00,781 --> 00:08:01,549 Charlie. 235 00:08:01,582 --> 00:08:02,550 CHARLIE: Moshimoshi. 236 00:08:02,583 --> 00:08:03,917 Konichiwa, Sam. 237 00:08:03,951 --> 00:08:05,452 Ikaga dess ka. 238 00:08:05,485 --> 00:08:06,754 SAM: Yeah, listen. 239 00:08:06,787 --> 00:08:08,488 Did you have a phone conversation 240 00:08:08,522 --> 00:08:10,558 with a movie producer named Morgan Ross? 241 00:08:10,591 --> 00:08:12,025 Yeah, last week. 242 00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:14,528 Can you tell me about that conversation? 243 00:08:14,562 --> 00:08:15,563 He's got a movie coming out. 244 00:08:15,596 --> 00:08:17,097 Prince of New York. 245 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:19,232 Yeah, they wanted to screen it at the White House. 246 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:20,701 What did you say? 247 00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:22,970 They sent me the print the week before and I looked at it. 248 00:08:23,003 --> 00:08:23,971 And you passed? 249 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:25,272 Yeah. 250 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:26,707 Charlie, was the President 251 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:28,576 involved in that decision at all? 252 00:08:28,609 --> 00:08:30,343 Nah, he lets me choose the movies. 253 00:08:30,377 --> 00:08:31,845 I just didn't think he'd like it 254 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:33,847 so I got Dial M for Murder instead. 255 00:08:33,881 --> 00:08:34,848 Sam? 256 00:08:34,882 --> 00:08:35,649 Okay. 257 00:08:35,683 --> 00:08:38,151 Domo arigato. 258 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:39,787 Yeah. 259 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:41,722 JOSH: Well, there'd be fallout from women voters 260 00:08:41,755 --> 00:08:43,390 and I'm pretty sure the AMA 261 00:08:43,423 --> 00:08:45,993 to say nothing of the First Lady. 262 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:47,060 Yeah. 263 00:08:47,094 --> 00:08:48,596 Leo? 264 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:50,363 I've got about nine people on a conference call 265 00:08:50,397 --> 00:08:51,431 at several points of longitude. 266 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:52,700 When's your first briefing? 267 00:08:52,733 --> 00:08:54,902 An hour. Can you show support for the Surgeon General 268 00:08:54,935 --> 00:08:56,236 without supporting her policy? 269 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:56,670 Yeah. 270 00:08:56,704 --> 00:08:57,671 Show me. Try me. 271 00:08:57,705 --> 00:08:58,939 C.J., did you know 272 00:08:58,972 --> 00:09:00,574 that Dr. Griffith was going to criticize 273 00:09:00,608 --> 00:09:02,342 the administration's drug policy last night? 274 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:04,678 I don't agree with your characterization of her comments. 275 00:09:04,712 --> 00:09:06,013 I think she expressed her opinion about 276 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:07,915 the health effects of certain illegal drugs. 277 00:09:07,948 --> 00:09:10,751 Well, she basically called for the legalization of marijuana. 278 00:09:10,784 --> 00:09:12,385 Does the President agree with her? 279 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:13,654 Wrong again, and I'd refer you 280 00:09:13,687 --> 00:09:14,788 to the Surgeon General's comments. 281 00:09:14,822 --> 00:09:16,624 When asked if marijuana should be legalized 282 00:09:16,657 --> 00:09:19,159 she said, and I'm quoting, "It's not for me to say." 283 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:22,029 And she's right and it's important that people understand this: 284 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:23,897 The Surgeon General is not a lawmaker. 285 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:26,033 She doesn't set drug policy, the President does 286 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:28,869 and the President is 100% against legalizing drugs 287 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:32,405 including marijuana. Yeah. 288 00:09:32,439 --> 00:09:36,644 Leo, I can take it to the next step. 289 00:09:38,345 --> 00:09:39,279 Okay. 290 00:09:42,249 --> 00:09:44,084 ( heavy sigh ) 291 00:09:44,117 --> 00:09:44,952 Okay. 292 00:09:44,985 --> 00:09:47,254 Leo wants me to show her support? 293 00:09:47,287 --> 00:09:48,421 Yeah. 294 00:09:48,455 --> 00:09:49,422 Josh? Yeah. 295 00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:50,658 While I'm showing her support 296 00:09:50,691 --> 00:09:52,826 what are you showing her? 297 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:53,794 The door. 298 00:10:00,834 --> 00:10:02,135 C.J.: Hang on. Katie? 299 00:10:02,169 --> 00:10:03,470 Did you know the Surgeon General was 300 00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:04,705 going to criticize 301 00:10:04,738 --> 00:10:06,606 the administration's drug policy last night?" 302 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:07,875 C.J.: Well, first of all, I disagree 303 00:10:07,908 --> 00:10:09,643 with your characterization of her comments. 304 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:10,944 She expressed her opinion 305 00:10:10,978 --> 00:10:13,847 about the health effects of certain illegal drugs. Jeff? 306 00:10:13,881 --> 00:10:15,749 I'm sorry, but didn't she say...? 307 00:10:15,783 --> 00:10:18,418 Actually, what she did say, and I quote is 308 00:10:18,451 --> 00:10:21,521 that there has been no conclusive study to date Josh? 309 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:22,656 to show that marijuana causes cancer. 310 00:10:22,690 --> 00:10:23,657 Dr. Griffith. 311 00:10:23,691 --> 00:10:25,192 However-- and I'm still quoting... 312 00:10:25,225 --> 00:10:25,993 You want to come in? 313 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:28,061 ...and this is a big however-- Yeah. 314 00:10:28,095 --> 00:10:29,697 "Cellular genetic and human studies all suggest..." 315 00:10:29,730 --> 00:10:30,563 How have you been feeling? 316 00:10:30,597 --> 00:10:31,999 Well. 317 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:34,301 They're checking your blood pressure once a week? 318 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:36,704 Yeah, 130/87. 319 00:10:36,737 --> 00:10:38,605 Hmm, it's a little high. 320 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:40,607 What about the right leg and arm? 321 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,175 There's a little stiffness. 322 00:10:42,209 --> 00:10:43,110 Yeah. 323 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:46,479 You know the guys at G.W. did a fantastic job. 324 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:48,315 It's a beautiful scar. 325 00:10:48,348 --> 00:10:50,083 When have you seen my scar? 326 00:10:50,117 --> 00:10:51,051 At the hospital. 327 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:52,452 I don't remember. 328 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:54,421 You were unconscious. How about your back? 329 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:56,123 There's some pain. 330 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:57,324 It's in your head. 331 00:10:57,357 --> 00:10:59,059 Along with all manner of things. 332 00:10:59,092 --> 00:11:00,127 Well, you know, Josh 333 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,562 just because the white supremacists didn't kill you 334 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:04,531 doesn't mean that crap you eat isn't going to. 335 00:11:04,564 --> 00:11:05,632 I eat fine. 336 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,400 You eat like you're still in college. 337 00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:08,702 I was in great shape in college. 338 00:11:08,736 --> 00:11:10,137 You were 19 in college. 339 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:11,371 You could eat Tupperware 340 00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:12,873 and your system would deal with it. 341 00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:14,808 Millicent, what were you thinking about? 342 00:11:14,842 --> 00:11:18,178 I was asked a question, Josh. 343 00:11:18,211 --> 00:11:19,179 I understand. 344 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:20,513 But your answers... 345 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:21,614 My answers were correct. 346 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:23,350 Is anyone challenging me on the facts? 347 00:11:23,383 --> 00:11:24,551 Not yet. 348 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:25,819 Well, they won't. 349 00:11:25,853 --> 00:11:29,056 As a doctor, I have an obligation to tell the truth. 350 00:11:29,089 --> 00:11:30,523 Come to think of it, as a person 351 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:32,459 I have that obligation as well. 352 00:11:32,492 --> 00:11:34,694 The truth is different if you're a GP 353 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,363 or a member of the Stanford Faculty Club 354 00:11:36,396 --> 00:11:37,264 than if you're 355 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:38,966 the country's chief medical practitioner. 356 00:11:38,999 --> 00:11:41,735 Well, no, I think truth is pretty much truth 357 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:43,203 across the board, never more so 358 00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:45,939 than if you're the country's chief medical practitioner. 359 00:11:45,973 --> 00:11:48,776 Did you know that 69% of Americans 360 00:11:48,809 --> 00:11:51,311 oppose legalization? 361 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:53,480 The number gets a lot higher Only 23% suthan that 362 00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:54,915 if you ask people under 30. 363 00:11:54,948 --> 00:11:56,383 Well, that's a shock. 364 00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:58,585 Did you know that the number gets even higher than that 365 00:11:58,618 --> 00:12:01,488 if you limit the polling sample to Bob Marley and the Wailers? 366 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:04,157 I mention that particular age group 367 00:12:04,191 --> 00:12:06,794 because an awful lot of them seem to be in prison. 368 00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:07,995 Is that what this is about? 369 00:12:08,028 --> 00:12:08,661 No. 370 00:12:08,695 --> 00:12:09,529 The criminal justice system is 371 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:11,198 nowhere near your jurisdiction. 372 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:12,565 I wasn't commenting on the system... 373 00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:13,600 Millicent... 374 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:15,468 I wasn't commenting on the system. 375 00:12:15,502 --> 00:12:17,871 "Yet, bizarrely, the law categorizes it 376 00:12:17,905 --> 00:12:19,672 as a Schedule One narcotic." 377 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:24,611 I was commenting on medicine. 378 00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:26,346 I've had three conversations with Leo McGarry 379 00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:28,081 in the last 12 hours. 380 00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:29,549 The reason I've come here... 381 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,984 Josh, I'm not a politician 382 00:12:31,018 --> 00:12:33,821 but it's not like I haven't lived here for two years. 383 00:12:33,854 --> 00:12:36,723 C.J.'s up there right now giving you our support. 384 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,793 I'm sorry, but we need you to resign. 385 00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:46,133 No. 386 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:50,437 Dr. Griffith, I say this with all possible respect 387 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:55,008 but you serve at the pleasure of the President. 388 00:12:55,042 --> 00:13:01,014 And I'll continue to right up until the moment he fires me. 389 00:13:03,550 --> 00:13:07,955 Okay. 390 00:13:07,988 --> 00:13:09,589 Thank you, ma'am. 391 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:11,224 Josh... 392 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:15,262 See the doctor, get a lollipop. 393 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:24,637 ...and the fact that the President disagrees with her 394 00:13:24,671 --> 00:13:26,139 doesn't mean he's going to fire her. 395 00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:28,241 The Surgeon General's an executive appointee 396 00:13:28,275 --> 00:13:30,143 and the President stands by his staff. 397 00:13:30,177 --> 00:13:33,080 Excellent. 398 00:13:33,113 --> 00:13:35,782 REPORTER: There's a full-page ad that appears in today's Times. 399 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,050 In fact, I've been told that it might have appeared 400 00:13:37,084 --> 00:13:38,952 in as many as 22 papers this morning. 401 00:13:38,986 --> 00:13:40,187 The ad was taken out 402 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:42,722 by the Family Values Leadership Council and praises 403 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,157 among others, the President 404 00:13:44,191 --> 00:13:46,726 for denouncing a movie that's opening next week called 405 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,061 Prince of New York. Yes. 406 00:13:48,095 --> 00:13:49,329 Do you know anything about it? 407 00:13:49,362 --> 00:13:51,664 No, I don't know what the hell's going on there. 408 00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:53,867 C.J., the President didn't denounce it? 409 00:13:53,901 --> 00:13:55,102 Not unless he did it in the shower 410 00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:56,136 but he hasn't denounced it to me 411 00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:57,670 and he certainly hasn't to the public. 412 00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:59,739 That's all. See you this afternoon. 413 00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:00,373 Sam's here. 414 00:14:00,407 --> 00:14:01,574 Thank you. 415 00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:02,775 Good job. 416 00:14:02,809 --> 00:14:04,711 Please tell me what's going on with this movie. 417 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:05,778 It's called Prince of New York. 418 00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:06,880 Right. 419 00:14:06,914 --> 00:14:08,348 There's been some controversy about it... 420 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:08,916 Sex and violence? 421 00:14:08,949 --> 00:14:10,183 And religious imagery. 422 00:14:10,217 --> 00:14:12,352 Family and religious groups are organizing boycotts. 423 00:14:12,385 --> 00:14:12,986 Right. 424 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,354 The studio phone-banks Charlie 425 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:16,423 'cause they want a screening and Charlie passes. 426 00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:17,857 Why? 'Cause he did. 427 00:14:17,891 --> 00:14:21,128 The producer goes on Imus and says Bartlet's a coward 428 00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:22,996 who's siding with puritanical censors 429 00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:24,331 and that Hollywood should know 430 00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:26,066 he's no friend of the First Amendment. 431 00:14:26,099 --> 00:14:27,867 And then the Family Values Leadership Council took out 432 00:14:27,901 --> 00:14:29,636 an ad congratulating us for that? 433 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:30,770 Yeah. 434 00:14:30,803 --> 00:14:32,906 Seriously, I quit. 435 00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:34,207 Here's the thing... 436 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:35,375 Wait, wait. 437 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,177 We've got these people... we've got industry people... 438 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:39,712 Prince of New York is Morgan Ross's movie. 439 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:41,214 Morgan Ross went on Imus? 440 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:42,782 Well, he did it by phone, but... 441 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:44,617 Morgan Ross called the President a coward? 442 00:14:44,651 --> 00:14:46,019 He didn't call him a coward as much as 443 00:14:46,053 --> 00:14:47,820 he called him "cowardly," which is different. 444 00:14:47,854 --> 00:14:48,821 How's it different? 445 00:14:48,855 --> 00:14:49,822 It's not. But still... 446 00:14:49,856 --> 00:14:50,657 I'm going to crush him. 447 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:51,758 C.J.... 448 00:14:51,791 --> 00:14:53,026 This guy's trying to get a little free media 449 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:53,760 by screwing with us. 450 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:54,995 Look... 451 00:14:55,028 --> 00:14:57,364 I'm the enforcer, Sam. I'm going to crush him. 452 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:58,966 I'm going to make him cry, and then I'm 453 00:14:58,999 --> 00:15:00,133 going to tell his mama about it. 454 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:01,068 You're not going to make him cry. 455 00:15:01,101 --> 00:15:03,670 You want to watch me make him cry? 456 00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:04,972 I believe that you can make him cry. 457 00:15:05,005 --> 00:15:06,706 I'm saying you're not going to do it. 458 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:07,874 Sam... 459 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,977 We're meeting with these people tomorrow. 460 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,278 I'll straighten things out with Morgan Ross. 461 00:15:11,311 --> 00:15:12,579 Just keep telling the press that 462 00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:13,613 you don't know anything? 463 00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:15,215 That shouldn't be a problem. 464 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:16,049 Thank you. 465 00:15:16,083 --> 00:15:17,050 Danny Concannon's on the phone 466 00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:18,085 and I think you should take it. 467 00:15:18,118 --> 00:15:19,086 Why? 468 00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:21,021 He wants the President's reaction to a comment 469 00:15:21,054 --> 00:15:22,755 about the situation with Millicent Griffith. 470 00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:23,690 Who made the comment? 471 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:24,657 That's the thing. 472 00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:25,392 Carol... 473 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:26,393 It was Eleanor. 474 00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:27,460 Eleanor who? 475 00:15:27,494 --> 00:15:29,596 It was Eleanor Bartlet. 476 00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:36,636 Hey, it's C.J. 477 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:38,605 Toby, it's not that we don't understand your predicament 478 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:39,639 but I'm telling you 479 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:41,474 the Commission will not be credible with our people 480 00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:44,644 unless they know there's someone on it who's a friend of labor. 481 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:45,945 And a friend of seniors. 482 00:15:45,979 --> 00:15:47,147 The President's a friend of labor 483 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:49,149 a friend of seniors, a friend of small animals. 484 00:15:49,182 --> 00:15:49,916 Toby... 485 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,418 We're running out of time, Lenny. 486 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,186 We announced this thing at the State of the Union. 487 00:15:53,220 --> 00:15:54,254 We've got to get it going. 488 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:56,023 The State of the Union's your problem. 489 00:15:56,056 --> 00:15:57,624 Nobody brought us in. 490 00:15:57,657 --> 00:15:59,126 And I for one am not sure 491 00:15:59,159 --> 00:16:01,761 I see a need for emergency-like speed. 492 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:02,829 Really? 493 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:03,730 If current economic conditions continue... 494 00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:04,897 Forever? 495 00:16:04,931 --> 00:16:06,599 If we never have another recession ever again? 496 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,501 Then the fund can withstand all of 30 years 497 00:16:08,535 --> 00:16:09,369 before going bankrupt. 498 00:16:09,402 --> 00:16:11,171 Unfortunately, the actuarial tables say 499 00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:14,474 I won't be dead yet. 500 00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:19,479 Guys, Gillette's a tough needle to thread. 501 00:16:19,512 --> 00:16:21,548 I want to know that we have your trust; 502 00:16:21,581 --> 00:16:24,251 that whoever we do get will look out for your interests 503 00:16:24,284 --> 00:16:25,652 and that you therefore will support the Commission. 504 00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:30,423 Can I assume from your total silence 505 00:16:30,457 --> 00:16:34,027 and blank faces that you're all with me? 506 00:16:34,061 --> 00:16:35,795 Maybe if we talk some more. 507 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,630 Oh, could we? 508 00:16:37,664 --> 00:16:38,631 Josh. C.J., listen... 509 00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:39,766 She didn't? 510 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:41,034 No. Leo's going to need to talk to her. 511 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:42,335 In the meantime 512 00:16:42,369 --> 00:16:44,837 you should start to walk back some of what you said... 513 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:46,005 There's something stickier 514 00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:47,674 than the support I gave her in the press room. 515 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:48,841 What? 516 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:50,510 Danny Concannon's quoting Eleanor Bartlet. 517 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:53,113 She said, "My father won't fire the Surgeon General. 518 00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:54,514 He would never do that." 519 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:55,848 Eleanor? Yeah. 520 00:16:55,882 --> 00:16:57,084 You mean Zoey. 521 00:16:57,117 --> 00:16:58,351 No, it was Eleanor. 522 00:17:04,057 --> 00:17:05,792 PRESIDENT: They're trying to export their way 523 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:07,160 out of their own economic problems. 524 00:17:07,194 --> 00:17:08,261 CHARLIE: Yes, sir. 525 00:17:08,295 --> 00:17:10,230 And by dumping low-priced steel on the U.S. 526 00:17:10,263 --> 00:17:11,264 you know what they're asking for? 527 00:17:11,298 --> 00:17:12,599 A protectionist response? 528 00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:15,135 They're begging for a protectionist response. 529 00:17:15,168 --> 00:17:18,105 Steel and mining employ 170,000 workers. 530 00:17:18,138 --> 00:17:19,139 They're not going to sit around 531 00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:21,040 while discount steel comes flying into-- 532 00:17:21,074 --> 00:17:22,309 How you doing? 533 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:23,976 They're going to want retaliatory tariffs 534 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:25,178 and you know what that means? 535 00:17:25,212 --> 00:17:26,646 A return to Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression. 536 00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:28,515 A return to Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression. 537 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:30,850 You should go to Japan and tell them that, sir. 538 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:33,386 Charlie. Yes, sir. 539 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:35,488 Leo, I'm walking over to the press and telling them 540 00:17:35,522 --> 00:17:36,889 the retaliatory tariffs are going 541 00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:40,993 to cost American tax payers $800,000 for every job saved. 542 00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:43,996 We're not taking questions. Let's get in the car. 543 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:44,964 What's going on? 544 00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:46,566 Eleanor made a comment on the record 545 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,635 and you can't answer questions right now. 546 00:17:48,668 --> 00:17:50,470 Eleanor? You mean Zoey. 547 00:17:50,503 --> 00:17:52,739 It was Eleanor. 548 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:54,006 When did this happen? 549 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,375 About six hours ago. 550 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:57,677 Why didn't you tell me six hours ago? 551 00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:00,180 'Cause I didn't want you crash-landing the plane. 552 00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:03,082 Let's get in the car. 553 00:18:03,116 --> 00:18:04,817 Welcome back, Mr. President. 554 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:16,996 DONNA: Josh, is there anything to suggest 555 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:18,398 that there are a significant number of people 556 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:19,799 who are inclined to smoke pot but 557 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:20,733 don't because it's against the law? 558 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:21,768 No. 559 00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:23,303 Then why do you think if it were decriminalized 560 00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:24,904 there'd be a sudden stampede of people 561 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,239 showing up to work stoned 562 00:18:26,273 --> 00:18:28,841 dragging down the economy and clearing supermarket aisles 563 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:30,076 of Pringles and Twinkies? 564 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:31,644 That's not a reason to make it legal. 565 00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:32,745 In a free society 566 00:18:32,779 --> 00:18:34,214 you don't need a reason to make something legal. 567 00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:35,682 You need a reason to make something illegal. 568 00:18:35,715 --> 00:18:37,817 Donna, parents are keeping drugs away from their kids 569 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:38,951 with a whip and a chair. 570 00:18:38,985 --> 00:18:39,552 It doesn't help them out if... 571 00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:40,420 Yeah. 572 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,989 That's okay, it's just me talking. 573 00:18:43,022 --> 00:18:44,624 The President's back. 574 00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:45,425 Does he want to see me? 575 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,727 Yeah. 576 00:18:51,398 --> 00:18:52,031 Welcome back, Mr. President. 577 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:53,200 Thank you. 578 00:18:53,233 --> 00:18:55,568 I've had it, C.J., I've absolutely had it! 579 00:18:55,602 --> 00:18:57,937 What the hell is Danny Concannon doing calling my kids? 580 00:18:57,970 --> 00:18:58,871 Mr. President... He knows better than that. 581 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:00,173 They all know better than that... 582 00:19:00,207 --> 00:19:01,341 Sir, he didn't... 583 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:03,176 C.J., you're going to suspend his credentials 584 00:19:03,210 --> 00:19:04,644 for six months and I don't give a damn. 585 00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:06,279 His paper wants to cover the President 586 00:19:06,313 --> 00:19:07,580 they can send someone else. 587 00:19:07,614 --> 00:19:09,682 Mr. President, Danny didn't call her. 588 00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:11,651 I was told it was Danny. 589 00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:15,455 Yes, sir; she called him. 590 00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:21,894 She called him? 591 00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:28,701 Good evening, welcome back, Mr. President. 592 00:19:33,139 --> 00:19:36,776 The Allman Brothers, Josh? 593 00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:39,178 How was the flight, sir? 594 00:19:39,212 --> 00:19:42,181 Tokyo is willing to show economic restraint 595 00:19:42,215 --> 00:19:45,151 in exchange for a good fielding short-stop 596 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:46,419 and a left-handed reliever. 597 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,722 Who's against us so far? 598 00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:52,259 The Judiciary Committee, Government Reform and Oversight 599 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:54,227 Appropriations... Why Appropriations? 600 00:19:54,261 --> 00:19:56,429 They control the Surgeon General's budget. 601 00:19:56,463 --> 00:19:57,630 Who's coming to her defense? 602 00:19:57,664 --> 00:20:01,000 The Cannabis Society, the Cannabis Coalition 603 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,302 E Cannabis Unum 604 00:20:02,335 --> 00:20:03,836 The American Hemp League 605 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:06,606 and Friends of Mary Jane. 606 00:20:06,639 --> 00:20:06,973 Sir? 607 00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:08,040 Yeah. 608 00:20:08,074 --> 00:20:09,376 Sam's waiting to see you. 609 00:20:09,409 --> 00:20:11,378 Yes, I understand I've been congratulated 610 00:20:11,411 --> 00:20:13,746 for denouncing a movie I've never heard of. 611 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:14,547 Yes, sir. 612 00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:15,615 Well, I got to hand it to you guys. 613 00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:17,417 You've pulled off a political first. 614 00:20:17,450 --> 00:20:19,419 You've managed to win me the support of the Christian right 615 00:20:19,452 --> 00:20:23,055 and the Cheech and Chong fan club in the same day. 616 00:20:23,089 --> 00:20:25,292 Leo's seeing her tomorrow. 617 00:20:25,325 --> 00:20:26,559 Anything else? 618 00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:27,560 No, sir. 619 00:20:27,594 --> 00:20:28,127 Thank you. 620 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:28,895 Thank you, Mr. President. 621 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:30,563 Thank you, Mr. President. 622 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:33,666 Charlie. 623 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,502 Yes, sir? 624 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:37,804 Would you arrange for my middle daughter 625 00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:40,907 to come see me at her earliest possible convenience? 626 00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:43,343 Yes, sir. 627 00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:45,177 Ah, screw her convenience. 628 00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:46,546 Get her ass down here. 629 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:08,134 Yeah. 630 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:10,169 What's this note? 631 00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:11,504 That note? Yeah. 632 00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:13,573 It says that we should stand by the Surgeon General. 633 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:17,977 Actually it says we should stand by the "Sturgeon" General. 634 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:18,678 Does it? 635 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:19,446 Yeah. 636 00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:20,680 I meant Surgeon General. 637 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:22,649 Well, I think we should stand by her, too. 638 00:21:22,682 --> 00:21:24,283 I just wanted to make sure we were agreed 639 00:21:24,317 --> 00:21:26,386 that smoked white fish was pretty much on its own. 640 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:27,820 Toby? Yeah. 641 00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:28,821 She's here? 642 00:21:28,855 --> 00:21:30,256 In the lobby. 643 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,924 You're with the ratings people? 644 00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:33,059 Soon. 645 00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:34,093 What's the food for? 646 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:36,028 Today's attempt at insuring our future. 647 00:21:36,062 --> 00:21:37,029 What's your plan? 648 00:21:37,063 --> 00:21:38,297 The first thing I have to do 649 00:21:38,331 --> 00:21:40,733 is be nice to a liberal Democratic congresswoman. 650 00:21:40,767 --> 00:21:41,834 Will that be hard? 651 00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:45,071 Well, it was when I was married to her. 652 00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:47,239 Good to see you; thanks for coming. 653 00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:48,274 You look fantastic. 654 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:49,275 Thank you. 655 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,176 How've you been, Sam? 656 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:51,277 Sam's great. 657 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,879 Fit as a fiddle, Andy. 658 00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:54,180 Although, to tell you the truth, I found... 659 00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:56,015 Nobody cares. 660 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:58,217 Yeah. 661 00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:59,586 Hi. 662 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,188 How you doing? 663 00:22:02,221 --> 00:22:03,690 Congresswoman Wyatt. 664 00:22:03,723 --> 00:22:04,657 Yes, indeed. 665 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:07,159 You are growing into that title very nicely. 666 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:09,762 This is going someplace hysterical. 667 00:22:09,796 --> 00:22:11,330 Yeah. 668 00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:13,199 Labor wants Gillette on the Commission. 669 00:22:13,232 --> 00:22:14,000 Yes. 670 00:22:14,033 --> 00:22:15,602 So does the AARP. Yes. 671 00:22:15,635 --> 00:22:16,903 It's important to them. Yes. 672 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:17,970 You know why? 673 00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:19,138 'Cause they've been suspicious of the Commission 674 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:20,440 since you announced it 675 00:22:20,473 --> 00:22:22,241 and want one of their people protecting their interests. 676 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:24,711 We're one of their people. 677 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:26,446 Have you had an easy time convincing them of that 678 00:22:26,479 --> 00:22:28,448 since you announced the Commission? 679 00:22:28,481 --> 00:22:30,216 No, but I bring you here 680 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:32,084 and we sit, and we have coffee 681 00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:33,252 and we have Danish 682 00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:35,522 in the hope that calmer, and dare I say 683 00:22:35,555 --> 00:22:37,624 prettier heads prevail. 684 00:22:37,657 --> 00:22:39,459 Oh, how I miss patronizing sexist Toby. 685 00:22:39,492 --> 00:22:42,429 I was referring to myself. 686 00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:43,630 You don't want to ask Gillette? 687 00:22:43,663 --> 00:22:44,397 No. 688 00:22:44,431 --> 00:22:45,498 'Cause you think he might say no? 689 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:48,267 Right; this is really important, Andy. 690 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:51,137 Can you help us? 691 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:53,205 No. 692 00:22:53,239 --> 00:22:54,441 GINGER: Toby? 693 00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:55,608 Close the door. 694 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:01,347 Put the Danish down. 695 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,082 Dial M. Yeah. 696 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:03,983 A fine film. 697 00:23:04,016 --> 00:23:04,951 I know it well. 698 00:23:04,984 --> 00:23:08,421 Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings. 699 00:23:08,455 --> 00:23:09,321 He likes the part 700 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:10,389 where the guy looks for the key. 701 00:23:10,423 --> 00:23:12,124 And what was the other one about? 702 00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:13,493 Prince of New York? Yeah. 703 00:23:13,526 --> 00:23:16,162 It's an updated version of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot 704 00:23:16,195 --> 00:23:19,231 which tells the story of a Christ-like epileptic young man 705 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:20,500 who embodies goodness 706 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:22,902 but encounters sex, crime and family dysfunction. 707 00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:24,704 It's hard to image why you didn't think the President 708 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:25,905 would enjoy that, Charlie. 709 00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:27,507 Well, he would've especially enjoyed the scene 710 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:29,576 where the Prince Myshkin character has a seizure 711 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:31,410 while engaging in erotic fantasy 712 00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:32,712 in a Long Island church. 713 00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:34,814 Charlie, please don't say the word "erotic" 714 00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:35,782 in the Oval Office. 715 00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:37,450 I'd be happy not to say any of those words 716 00:23:37,484 --> 00:23:38,485 anywhere ever again. 717 00:23:38,518 --> 00:23:40,787 John Williams as Chief Inspector Hubbard. 718 00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:41,287 Not to mention... 719 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,623 ELLIE: Excuse me. 720 00:23:43,656 --> 00:23:44,557 Ellie. 721 00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:48,695 I was told my father wanted to see me. 722 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,502 MARGARET: Let me ask you this: 723 00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:57,870 Red meat has been found to cause cancer in white rats. 724 00:23:57,904 --> 00:23:59,972 Maraschino cherries have been found to cause cancer 725 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:01,173 in white rats. 726 00:24:01,207 --> 00:24:03,776 Cellular phones have been found to cause cancer in white rats. 727 00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:05,645 Has anyone examined the possibility 728 00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:08,681 that cancer might be hereditary in white rats? 729 00:24:08,715 --> 00:24:09,849 Let me tell you something. 730 00:24:09,882 --> 00:24:11,984 I'm not 100% sure we've ruled that out. 731 00:24:12,018 --> 00:24:15,121 Dr. Griffith. 732 00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:16,856 I'm on. 733 00:24:20,326 --> 00:24:22,161 Congratulations, Milly. 734 00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:23,395 You're now the pamphlet girl 735 00:24:23,429 --> 00:24:25,898 for every right wing fund-raising cause. 736 00:24:25,932 --> 00:24:28,535 That interview's got to be worth at least 737 00:24:28,568 --> 00:24:30,903 20-30 million bucks in contributions 738 00:24:30,937 --> 00:24:32,639 from people who think you're going to distribute 739 00:24:32,672 --> 00:24:34,206 dime bags of Hawaiian sens 740 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,441 at junior high schools 741 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:38,545 along with condoms and fornication manuals. 742 00:24:38,578 --> 00:24:40,479 Can I say, I was never given 743 00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:42,048 a fornication manual, so... 744 00:24:42,081 --> 00:24:43,449 You think this is funny? 745 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,184 I think that we're spending 746 00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:46,085 $8 billion a year 747 00:24:46,118 --> 00:24:48,921 keeping more than 40,000 people locked up. 748 00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:49,756 That's not your... 749 00:24:49,789 --> 00:24:51,223 I know, that's not my jurisdiction 750 00:24:51,257 --> 00:24:54,326 which is why I never commented on decriminalization. 751 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,728 Six different committee chairs-- 752 00:24:55,762 --> 00:24:57,196 three in the House, three in the Senate-- 753 00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:58,464 are all talking about hearings. 754 00:24:58,497 --> 00:24:59,766 What are they going to find? 755 00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:01,367 They don't need to find anything. 756 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,469 They just need to say your name and "drugs" 757 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:05,705 as many times as possible on television. 758 00:25:05,738 --> 00:25:08,007 I don't think you said anything wrong. 759 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,142 Nobody with a brain thinks you did anything wrong. 760 00:25:10,176 --> 00:25:12,712 And I'd like to do the right thing all the time but I can't. 761 00:25:12,745 --> 00:25:15,014 I can't let us get bogged down in this crap. 762 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:15,882 Government will stop. 763 00:25:15,915 --> 00:25:17,149 This'll be what we do for two months 764 00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:19,619 and there are more important things than that. 765 00:25:19,652 --> 00:25:21,621 I'll take the heat from the First Lady but I want 766 00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:23,389 your resignation by 8:00 tonight 767 00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:25,457 or the President's going to fire you. 768 00:25:25,491 --> 00:25:28,895 I've got a meeting. 769 00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:36,102 Thanks. 770 00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:39,906 Zoey said you were thinking about Oncology. 771 00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:41,473 Excuse me? 772 00:25:41,507 --> 00:25:43,610 Zoey said you were thinking about oncology. 773 00:25:43,643 --> 00:25:48,981 Yeah... or neurology. 774 00:25:49,015 --> 00:25:50,249 He's just tied up in this meeting down the hall. 775 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:51,984 I'm fine. 776 00:25:52,018 --> 00:25:53,252 They said he should be back any minute. 777 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:57,189 I'm... good. Yeah. 778 00:25:57,223 --> 00:26:00,059 You like medical school? 779 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:01,493 I do. 780 00:26:01,527 --> 00:26:03,763 I like my professors. 781 00:26:03,796 --> 00:26:05,665 I have a pathophysiology professor 782 00:26:05,698 --> 00:26:07,333 who teaches clinical skills by... 783 00:26:07,366 --> 00:26:08,601 Eagle's moving. 784 00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:10,302 PRESIDENT: $800,000 in consumer costs 785 00:26:10,336 --> 00:26:11,570 per job saved. 786 00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:13,239 Retaliatory tariffs 787 00:26:13,272 --> 00:26:15,708 on steel imports are a disaster. 788 00:26:15,742 --> 00:26:18,711 Anyone wants to check my math, they're more than welcome to. 789 00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:20,312 Anybody wants to shove the Golden Gate Bridge 790 00:26:20,346 --> 00:26:23,115 up Japan's ass, they're more than welcome to do that, too. 791 00:26:23,149 --> 00:26:25,384 Mr. President? 792 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:28,755 Oh... thank you. 793 00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:30,222 Ellie, thanks for coming. 794 00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:31,791 Hi, Dad. 795 00:26:33,993 --> 00:26:35,227 Come on in. 796 00:26:37,897 --> 00:26:39,331 Did you get down here okay? 797 00:26:39,365 --> 00:26:40,466 Yeah. 798 00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:43,269 Did you take an airplane? 799 00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:44,503 An airplane? Yeah. 800 00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:45,371 No. 801 00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:46,472 A helicopter? 802 00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:47,807 No, the agents drove me. 803 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,509 That's 'cause you go to school at Johns Hopkins, right? 804 00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:51,477 Dad... 805 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:54,180 And Johns Hopkins is in Baltimore. 806 00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:56,683 I'm asking 'cause Baltimore's a 45-minute car ride 807 00:26:56,716 --> 00:26:58,350 from Washington, D.C. 808 00:26:58,384 --> 00:27:00,119 and we hardly see you anymore. 809 00:27:00,152 --> 00:27:02,221 So I thought either you transferred 810 00:27:02,254 --> 00:27:03,690 to a different medical school; 811 00:27:03,723 --> 00:27:05,157 they moved Johns Hopkins 812 00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:06,225 or they moved Baltimore. 813 00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:08,027 Are any of those things true? 814 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:08,761 No. 815 00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:10,196 Okay, and this is accurate, right? 816 00:27:10,229 --> 00:27:13,465 This quote: "My father won't fire the Surgeon General. 817 00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:17,403 He would never do that." 818 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:18,370 Yes. 819 00:27:18,404 --> 00:27:19,739 Eleanor... 820 00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:21,941 when you put your head down, your hair falls in your face 821 00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:23,142 and I can't see your face 822 00:27:23,175 --> 00:27:24,877 and I can't hear what you're saying. 823 00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:27,780 Now look at me and talk to me. 824 00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:29,648 Yes, the quote is accurate. 825 00:27:29,682 --> 00:27:31,217 What the hell are you doing 826 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:32,351 talking to a reporter? 827 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:33,753 I have set up I was... 828 00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:35,654 monumental, unprecedented 829 00:27:35,688 --> 00:27:38,424 unbreakable rules about my children and the press. 830 00:27:38,457 --> 00:27:40,159 I have gotten White House reporters 831 00:27:40,192 --> 00:27:42,394 transferred to Yemen 832 00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:43,996 for approaching Zoey and Elizabeth. 833 00:27:44,030 --> 00:27:46,365 It is the law! 834 00:27:51,237 --> 00:27:53,239 Well, I'm sure before you gave the quote 835 00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:55,808 you cleared it with the Communications Office. 836 00:27:55,842 --> 00:27:58,711 I'm sure you went over the exact wording with C.J. Cregg 837 00:27:58,745 --> 00:28:00,847 and coordinated it with White House strategy 838 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,481 so that the timing was right 839 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,582 in the news cycle. 840 00:28:03,615 --> 00:28:05,051 I'm certain you consulted 841 00:28:05,084 --> 00:28:06,986 the appropriate party leadership 842 00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,355 because you're a pretty knowledgeable operative 843 00:28:09,388 --> 00:28:11,157 having spent so much time with me. 844 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:12,091 Ellie... 845 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:13,659 What? Dad, she was... she was... 846 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:14,927 Pick your head up. 847 00:28:14,961 --> 00:28:17,196 She was doing exactly what she is supposed to do. 848 00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:22,701 She... I'm sorry. 849 00:28:22,735 --> 00:28:23,970 She was asked a question 850 00:28:24,003 --> 00:28:25,938 and she said what she knew to be true. 851 00:28:25,972 --> 00:28:27,907 And when you start firing doctors for that 852 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:29,108 you've crossed a line somewhere. 853 00:28:29,141 --> 00:28:31,610 There is politics involved in this, Ellie 854 00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:33,980 and you knew it would make me unhappy 855 00:28:34,013 --> 00:28:35,948 and that's why you did it and that's cheap. 856 00:28:35,982 --> 00:28:38,117 I didn't do it to make you unhappy, Dad. 857 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:39,551 You didn't do it to make me happy. 858 00:28:39,585 --> 00:28:41,553 I don't know how to make you happy, Dad. 859 00:28:41,587 --> 00:28:43,890 For that, you got to talk to Zoey or Liz. 860 00:28:49,796 --> 00:28:51,297 Okay, let's drop it. 861 00:28:56,302 --> 00:28:57,937 Mom gets back first thing in the morning 862 00:28:57,970 --> 00:28:59,038 and we're running a movie tonight 863 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,473 if you want to stay over. 864 00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:04,110 I can stay over if you want me to. 865 00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:05,945 Yeah, thanks. 866 00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:21,693 I go out...? 867 00:29:21,727 --> 00:29:24,096 That door over there. 868 00:29:33,672 --> 00:29:34,640 Mr. President? 869 00:29:34,673 --> 00:29:35,341 Yeah. 870 00:29:35,374 --> 00:29:36,275 The Labor Secretary. 871 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:38,210 Send him in. 872 00:29:38,244 --> 00:29:39,278 Charlie... 873 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:42,314 Give me just a minute, would you? 874 00:29:42,348 --> 00:29:43,983 Yes, sir. 875 00:29:55,094 --> 00:29:56,595 Look... Hang on a second! 876 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:57,463 No, I will not hang on! Yes, you will. 877 00:29:57,496 --> 00:29:58,730 You will summon your strength 878 00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:02,501 and you will listen to me for a moment. 879 00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:04,904 You guys made a hairpin turn at the State of the Union 880 00:30:04,937 --> 00:30:06,238 and you did it without consulting a whole lot 881 00:30:06,272 --> 00:30:08,607 of members of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. 882 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,043 Sad to say, Andrea, there aren't a whole lot of members 883 00:30:11,077 --> 00:30:13,079 of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. 884 00:30:13,112 --> 00:30:14,881 So you'll forgive some people if they're concerned 885 00:30:14,914 --> 00:30:16,448 that one of the options you're going to explore 886 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:17,984 is raising the retirement age. 887 00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:19,919 Andy, people are living decades longer 888 00:30:19,952 --> 00:30:21,553 than anyone anticipated in 1935. 889 00:30:21,587 --> 00:30:22,754 So you are considering. 890 00:30:22,788 --> 00:30:23,990 We want to consider everything 891 00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:25,757 but we can't consider anything unless... 892 00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:27,026 Why does this have to happen in secret? 893 00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:31,363 'Cause it's the only way it's going to happen. 894 00:30:31,397 --> 00:30:33,199 'Cause you can't... solve Social Security 895 00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:36,368 and ask people to run for election at the same time. 896 00:30:36,402 --> 00:30:39,038 So why not give politicians some cloud cover 897 00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:41,307 and let them be lawmakers for a while? 898 00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,575 15 people in a room with the door closed. 899 00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:45,511 Seven Democrats, seven Republicans 900 00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:47,613 and the President of the United States who will not have a vote 901 00:30:47,646 --> 00:30:49,048 and they walk out of that room 902 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:51,083 and with one voice, they make a recommendation 903 00:30:51,117 --> 00:30:53,886 to Congress and the American people. 904 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,455 And nobody knows who was where. 905 00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:02,261 ( sighs ) 906 00:31:02,294 --> 00:31:05,731 The only way it's going to happen is in secret. 907 00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:07,066 And the only way it's going to happen is 908 00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:09,601 if all the sides are confident in their representation. 909 00:31:09,635 --> 00:31:11,070 Otherwise, it's dead. 910 00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:13,805 And so, I need Seth Gillette on the Commission 911 00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:16,842 but I can't ask him, 'cause if he says no 912 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,211 there'll be no Commission! 913 00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:27,286 Anyway... I appreciate your coming down and talking to me. 914 00:31:31,057 --> 00:31:33,059 I like when you ask for my help, Toby. 915 00:31:33,092 --> 00:31:34,326 Listen, I read in the paper 916 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:35,261 that I'm on the benefit committee 917 00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:37,763 for the Child Leukemia Foundation. 918 00:31:37,796 --> 00:31:39,365 Yeah, I saw that, too. 919 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:40,532 Why do you suppose the paper wrote that? 920 00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:42,068 I don't know; I guess they must have gotten it 921 00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:43,669 from that press release I sent them. 922 00:31:43,702 --> 00:31:45,037 I guess they must have. 923 00:31:45,071 --> 00:31:47,139 You didn't think it'd be a better idea to ask me first? 924 00:31:47,173 --> 00:31:48,340 I really didn't. Interesting. 925 00:31:48,374 --> 00:31:49,875 I've found that when I skip over that first step 926 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,010 and move right to the second step 927 00:31:51,043 --> 00:31:53,045 it becomes a lot harder for people to say no. 928 00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:55,982 Listen, you'll have fun, you'll look nice in your tuxedo 929 00:31:56,015 --> 00:31:59,518 you don't have to stay, you don't have... 930 00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:02,188 Toby? 931 00:32:02,221 --> 00:32:06,225 Skip over the first step and move right to the second. 932 00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:07,393 Toby. 933 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:07,826 Hey, Andy. 934 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:08,827 Hey, C.J. 935 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:10,296 Toby, when you have a minute 936 00:32:10,329 --> 00:32:12,831 can you stop by the office and... 937 00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:14,233 What? 938 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:15,767 C.J., tomorrow morning, I want you 939 00:32:15,801 --> 00:32:17,469 to announce that Seth Gillette's joined 940 00:32:17,503 --> 00:32:19,838 the Blue Ribbon Commission on Social Security. 941 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:21,673 Toby... Make sure the press knows 942 00:32:21,707 --> 00:32:23,609 the Senator put the Democratic Party 943 00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:25,044 above personal differences 944 00:32:25,077 --> 00:32:26,812 and that he put people above all. 945 00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:28,947 Make sure they know that he's a patriot 946 00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:31,317 and when the President asked him to serve 947 00:32:31,350 --> 00:32:34,653 Senator Gillette answered the call. 948 00:32:34,686 --> 00:32:35,954 Did he? 949 00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:37,156 Yeah. I just saw it 950 00:32:37,189 --> 00:32:39,458 at your press briefing tomorrow morning. 951 00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:43,962 Okay, but this is really 952 00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:46,332 the last thing I'm doing before I quit. 953 00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:51,203 Okay. 954 00:32:51,237 --> 00:32:52,404 ED: It's like checking the sugar and fat content 955 00:32:52,438 --> 00:32:53,605 on a box of cereal. 956 00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:56,842 We bend over backwards to help parents make choices. 957 00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:58,610 We put V-chips in TVs 958 00:32:58,644 --> 00:33:01,980 warning labels on records, TV shows, film ads... 959 00:33:02,014 --> 00:33:03,249 And when we do, we suffer 960 00:33:03,282 --> 00:33:05,551 because our products become demonized and marginalized 961 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:09,588 and every ten years, the Government asks for something more. 962 00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:12,124 LARRY: The only reason we have to come to you every ten years is that 963 00:33:12,158 --> 00:33:14,060 the situation isn't getting any better. 964 00:33:14,093 --> 00:33:16,295 When's the Government going to ask the NFL 965 00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:17,229 Can I talk to you?ockey League Sure. Come on. 966 00:33:18,897 --> 00:33:20,099 He's wrong in there, by the way. 967 00:33:20,132 --> 00:33:21,200 The situation hasn't stayed the same. 968 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:23,435 There's been a 28% drop in juvenile crime 969 00:33:23,469 --> 00:33:24,336 the last five years 970 00:33:24,370 --> 00:33:26,572 ten percent drop in the overall crime rate. 971 00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:27,706 I don't care. Why? 972 00:33:27,739 --> 00:33:30,109 'Cause the American Academy of Pediatrics, the AMA 973 00:33:30,142 --> 00:33:32,311 the American Psychological Association all say 974 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:34,413 that watching violence on TV is bad for kids 975 00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:36,348 and we're going to listen to the experts. 976 00:33:36,382 --> 00:33:38,016 I'll remember that tomorrow morning when I read 977 00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:40,086 in the paper the Surgeon General's been fired. 978 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:42,154 Remember it whenever you like. 979 00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:43,622 What is he seeing tonight? 980 00:33:43,655 --> 00:33:45,357 Dial M for Murder. Good 981 00:33:45,391 --> 00:33:47,426 'cause Hitchcock never used sex or violence in his films. 982 00:33:47,459 --> 00:33:49,728 Yeah. Morgan, the President's never seen your movie. 983 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:50,896 He's never heard of your movie. 984 00:33:50,929 --> 00:33:53,232 He has no particular objection to your movie and you know it. 985 00:33:53,265 --> 00:33:54,366 The Family Values Leadership Council 986 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,667 seems to see it differently. 987 00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:58,370 Gloriosky, Morgan, the Family Values Leadership Council 988 00:33:58,404 --> 00:34:00,506 distorted the truth; stop the presses. 989 00:34:00,539 --> 00:34:01,307 Well, thanks to that ad 990 00:34:01,340 --> 00:34:02,474 I've got exhibitors in Mississippi 991 00:34:02,508 --> 00:34:04,510 Oklahoma and Alabama pulling the film. 992 00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:06,145 I've read the press synopsis of the film 993 00:34:06,178 --> 00:34:08,280 and if exhibitors put you on every screen 994 00:34:08,314 --> 00:34:10,015 of every multiplex in every mall 995 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:11,217 you still wouldn't do any business 996 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:12,984 in Mississippi, Oklahoma or Alabama. 997 00:34:13,018 --> 00:34:14,353 You're an industry expert now? 998 00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:16,988 No, but you are, which explains a lot to me about Hollywood. 999 00:34:17,022 --> 00:34:18,324 And you know the ad was going to get you 1000 00:34:18,357 --> 00:34:19,625 more business than you lost 1001 00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:22,161 and that's why you went on Imus and said what you did. 1002 00:34:22,194 --> 00:34:23,962 I'm here for a Sam Seaborn scolding? 1003 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:26,398 Yeah. 'Cause it makes me crazy, Morgan. 1004 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:29,168 This is exactly the kind of thing that should be celebrated 1005 00:34:29,201 --> 00:34:30,502 by First Amendment advocates. 1006 00:34:30,536 --> 00:34:32,771 The guy was offered a choice and he made one. 1007 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:34,340 Why aren't you standing up and saying, "See it works! 1008 00:34:34,373 --> 00:34:36,408 "You don't need to ban movies like Prince of New York. 1009 00:34:36,442 --> 00:34:38,744 You just have to choose not to watch them." 1010 00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:43,115 And, Morgan, you ever call the President a coward again 1011 00:34:43,149 --> 00:34:44,316 for your own P.R. purposes 1012 00:34:44,350 --> 00:34:45,584 it's not going to be C.J. Cregg 1013 00:34:45,617 --> 00:34:47,519 you got to deal with, it's going to be me. 1014 00:34:47,553 --> 00:34:52,291 You understand what I'm saying, right? 1015 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:54,826 Yes. 1016 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,862 Now, why don't you go back to your meeting and show me 1017 00:34:56,895 --> 00:34:59,598 how much you want to make it up to us? 1018 00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:09,275 ( dull thud ) 1019 00:35:11,143 --> 00:35:13,479 Good job. 1020 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,918 ( phone ringing ) 1021 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,754 ( ringing continues ) 1022 00:35:29,761 --> 00:35:31,730 ( phone still ringing ) 1023 00:35:36,034 --> 00:35:37,836 Hello? ( whispering ): This isn't good. 1024 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:38,837 What? 1025 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:41,207 The President's not talking. 1026 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,974 There's a movie on. 1027 00:35:43,008 --> 00:35:44,976 He usually talks during the movie. 1028 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:46,312 Hello?! 1029 00:35:46,345 --> 00:35:48,347 ( clicks phone cradle ) 1030 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:50,216 ( phone cradle clicking ) 1031 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:52,551 ( cradle clicks ) 1032 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:53,685 Hello! 1033 00:35:59,258 --> 00:36:00,392 PRESIDENT: Good evening. 1034 00:36:00,426 --> 00:36:02,394 Good evening, Mr. President. 1035 00:36:02,428 --> 00:36:04,596 I'm sorry about this. 1036 00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:05,764 Yes, sir. 1037 00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:06,865 Is that your resignation? 1038 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:07,866 Yes, sir. 1039 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,034 Thank you. 1040 00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:11,403 On thinking about it, I felt your firing me 1041 00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:14,540 would send a dangerous signal to whomever had my job next. 1042 00:36:14,573 --> 00:36:15,841 Did you not think that playing down 1043 00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:18,977 the dangers of drug use sent a dangerous signal as well? 1044 00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:21,480 I do not believe that is what I did, sir. 1045 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:25,083 I was asked, by and large, if marijuana holds the same 1046 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:27,619 addictive properties as heroin or LSD. 1047 00:36:27,653 --> 00:36:28,754 It does not. 1048 00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:31,523 I was asked if marijuana poses a greater health risk 1049 00:36:31,557 --> 00:36:34,526 than nicotine or alcohol, and in my opinion, it does not. 1050 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,428 And I believe if you look at the transcript... 1051 00:36:36,462 --> 00:36:38,597 Milly, did you put her up to it? 1052 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:40,065 Sir? 1053 00:36:40,098 --> 00:36:41,833 "My father won't fire the Surgeon General. 1054 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:42,701 He would never do that." 1055 00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:44,470 You didn't put her up to it? No, sir. 1056 00:36:44,503 --> 00:36:46,372 You didn't pick up the phone after Josh came to see you 1057 00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:48,374 and say, "Ellie, it's your godmother. 1058 00:36:48,407 --> 00:36:52,611 Let's stick it to your old man and paint him into a corner"? 1059 00:36:52,644 --> 00:36:54,580 No, sir. 1060 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:05,824 Why haven't I ever been able to get her to like me? 1061 00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:11,563 I'm asking you. 1062 00:37:11,597 --> 00:37:12,664 Sir, I'm not sure it's appropriate... 1063 00:37:12,698 --> 00:37:14,933 I'm asking you. 1064 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:16,535 I think you're wrong. 1065 00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:18,970 I'm not. 1066 00:37:19,004 --> 00:37:19,938 She worships you, Mr. President. 1067 00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:21,273 She's mad at me. 1068 00:37:21,307 --> 00:37:22,641 Well, you're mad at her. 1069 00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:23,909 Yes, I am. Sir... 1070 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:26,077 I was running for President, where the hell was she? 1071 00:37:26,111 --> 00:37:27,679 She was with us. 1072 00:37:27,713 --> 00:37:28,847 Not like Zoey and Liz. 1073 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:29,548 Sir... 1074 00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:32,818 She's always belonged to Abbey. 1075 00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:36,788 You frightened her. 1076 00:37:36,822 --> 00:37:38,089 No, I didn't. 1077 00:37:38,123 --> 00:37:38,824 Sir... 1078 00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:40,426 How did I frighten her? 1079 00:37:40,459 --> 00:37:42,494 Jed, look where you're standing! 1080 00:37:42,528 --> 00:37:45,531 I was elected two years ago, she's 24 years old. 1081 00:37:45,564 --> 00:37:48,266 You've been the king of whatever room you've walked into 1082 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:50,502 her entire life. 1083 00:37:50,536 --> 00:37:52,904 It never seemed to intimidate Zoey or Liz. 1084 00:37:52,938 --> 00:37:55,040 Well, kids are different; they're not the same. 1085 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,576 You'd be amazed, you'd be stunned 1086 00:37:57,609 --> 00:37:59,411 at how soon they understand 1087 00:37:59,445 --> 00:38:02,213 they're not their father's favorite. 1088 00:38:02,247 --> 00:38:03,615 That's not true. 1089 00:38:03,649 --> 00:38:04,082 Sir... 1090 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:05,016 That's not true. 1091 00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:07,118 Mr. President... No, no, no. 1092 00:38:07,152 --> 00:38:08,219 I will bear 1093 00:38:08,253 --> 00:38:09,721 with the nonsense of the Christian right 1094 00:38:09,755 --> 00:38:12,023 and the Hollywood left and the AFL-CIO 1095 00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:14,793 and the AARP and the Cannabis Society and Japan 1096 00:38:14,826 --> 00:38:17,696 but I will not stand and allow someone to tell me 1097 00:38:17,729 --> 00:38:21,733 that I love one of my children less than the others. 1098 00:38:27,439 --> 00:38:29,408 She's frightened of me? 1099 00:38:29,441 --> 00:38:30,542 ( sighs ) 1100 00:38:30,576 --> 00:38:33,445 She ain't the only one. 1101 00:38:33,479 --> 00:38:36,782 I wanted to be so mad at her. 1102 00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:40,686 I heard the news and my first thought... 1103 00:38:42,454 --> 00:38:46,257 My God, King Lear is a good play. 1104 00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:48,727 ( sighs ) 1105 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,563 "My father won't fire the Surgeon General. 1106 00:38:51,597 --> 00:38:53,899 He would never do that." 1107 00:38:56,201 --> 00:38:59,538 I wanted to be so mad at her... 1108 00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:01,973 but the truth is... 1109 00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:06,578 it's the nicest thing she's ever said about me. 1110 00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:12,017 Well... 1111 00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:13,952 Good night, sir. 1112 00:39:13,985 --> 00:39:14,920 Good night. 1113 00:39:17,389 --> 00:39:18,790 Hey, Doc. 1114 00:39:18,824 --> 00:39:20,459 Sir. 1115 00:39:20,492 --> 00:39:22,794 I don't accept. 1116 00:39:22,828 --> 00:39:24,430 I'm sorry, sir? 1117 00:39:24,463 --> 00:39:26,732 I don't accept your resignation. 1118 00:39:26,765 --> 00:39:29,067 Sir, I appreciate that, but Leo's right. 1119 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,503 This shouldn't stop you from doing the bigger things... 1120 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:33,672 These are the bigger things. 1121 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:36,107 I don't accept your resignation. 1122 00:39:36,141 --> 00:39:38,209 You work for me. 1123 00:39:38,243 --> 00:39:39,978 You go when I tell you to. 1124 00:39:45,551 --> 00:39:47,118 You're an excellent role model 1125 00:39:47,152 --> 00:39:47,686 Mr. President. 1126 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,287 Yes, I know. 1127 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,789 So you're back. 1128 00:39:50,822 --> 00:39:53,825 Yes, indeed. 1129 00:39:58,497 --> 00:40:00,365 ( whispering ): Tell C.J. when she gives Milly 1130 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:03,735 our support on Monday, she can mean it. 1131 00:40:05,471 --> 00:40:07,338 You know, it's going to seem to some people 1132 00:40:07,372 --> 00:40:09,875 like you did it 'cause your daughter asked you to. 1133 00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:11,510 Yeah. 1134 00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:13,945 You know, Josh, I think if you ever have a daughter 1135 00:40:13,979 --> 00:40:16,648 you're going to discover there are worse reasons 1136 00:40:16,682 --> 00:40:18,283 in the world to do something. 1137 00:40:18,316 --> 00:40:20,185 Sit down; we're coming to the good part. 1138 00:40:20,218 --> 00:40:21,553 MAN 1: What's he doing? 1139 00:40:21,587 --> 00:40:23,855 MAN 2: He's wondering why that key doesn't fit. 1140 00:40:23,889 --> 00:40:26,792 He's going round to the back entrance; he stopped again. 1141 00:40:29,795 --> 00:40:31,129 ( sighs ) 1142 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:32,664 How you doing? 1143 00:40:32,698 --> 00:40:33,565 Hmm? 1144 00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:36,334 I said, how you doing? 1145 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:39,605 Fine. 1146 00:40:39,638 --> 00:40:41,540 You know, we're coming up to the good part. 1147 00:40:41,573 --> 00:40:43,341 Dad, people are trying to watch the movie. 1148 00:40:43,374 --> 00:40:44,776 You want to bet me your tuition 1149 00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:47,913 no one in this room's going to shush me? 1150 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:55,253 I hear you're thinking about ophthalmology. 1151 00:40:55,286 --> 00:40:56,955 Oncology. 1152 00:40:56,988 --> 00:40:59,991 Why do you want to study people's feet? 1153 00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:01,326 That's podiatry. 1154 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:02,427 Then what's children's medicine? 1155 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:03,495 Pediatrics. 1156 00:41:03,529 --> 00:41:06,097 I thought it was obstetrics. 1157 00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:07,432 That's pregnant women. 1158 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,100 And what's the study of feet? 1159 00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:11,436 Dad, you're not going to get me to laugh. 1160 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,639 Really? 1161 00:41:14,873 --> 00:41:16,842 ( sighs ) 1162 00:41:21,647 --> 00:41:23,114 ( door slamming on-screen ) 1163 00:41:27,118 --> 00:41:30,488 The only thing you ever had to do to make me happy 1164 00:41:30,522 --> 00:41:34,092 was come home at the end of the day. 1165 00:41:46,805 --> 00:41:52,811 MAN: As you said, Mark, it might work out on paper, but, uh... 1166 00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:54,913 congratulations, Inspector. 1167 00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:55,380 Oh, by the way... 1168 00:41:55,413 --> 00:41:57,783 So, endocrinology 1169 00:41:57,816 --> 00:42:01,052 would be what, disorders of the gallbladder? 1170 00:42:01,086 --> 00:42:02,387 Thyroid. 1171 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:03,855 I am pretty sure you're wrong about that. 1172 00:42:03,889 --> 00:42:06,124 I think endocrinology is your subspecialty 1173 00:42:06,157 --> 00:42:10,195 of internal medicine devoted to the digestive system. 1174 00:42:10,228 --> 00:42:11,963 That would be gastroenterology. 1175 00:42:11,997 --> 00:42:15,200 Are you sure it's not nephrology, immunology 1176 00:42:15,233 --> 00:42:18,169 cardiology or dermatology? 1177 00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:19,838 Just stop it. 1178 00:42:19,871 --> 00:42:22,841 I'm trying to watch the movie. 1179 00:42:22,874 --> 00:42:24,876 Okay. 1180 00:42:27,646 --> 00:42:30,782 Here comes the good part. 1181 00:42:30,816 --> 00:42:32,618 [Captioning sponsored by NBC 1182 00:42:32,651 --> 00:42:34,620 WARNER BROS. 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