1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,074 Subtitles downloaded from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:05,215 --> 00:00:07,800 - Previously on The West Wing: - You're scared of Babish. 3 00:00:08,009 --> 00:00:10,428 Like you're not. Oliver, I'm gonna tell you a story... 4 00:00:10,678 --> 00:00:13,556 ...and I need you to tell me whether I've engaged 16 people... 5 00:00:13,765 --> 00:00:15,892 ...in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the public... 6 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:17,727 ...in order to win an election. 7 00:00:17,936 --> 00:00:20,980 Have you signed a document in which you were asked about your health... 8 00:00:21,189 --> 00:00:23,149 - ... and did not disclose you have MS? - No. 9 00:00:23,399 --> 00:00:24,817 - Toby? - Yeah? 10 00:00:25,068 --> 00:00:26,819 - Why are you lying to me? - Charlie... 11 00:00:27,028 --> 00:00:30,448 When Zoey and Ellie went to college, they had to fill out a health form. 12 00:00:30,698 --> 00:00:33,701 Because she was 17, a parent had to sign it. 13 00:00:33,952 --> 00:00:35,787 - And she left off the MS? - Yeah. 14 00:00:49,717 --> 00:00:51,302 - Good morning. - Good morning. 15 00:00:51,511 --> 00:00:53,513 - Did anyone see you come here? - I don't know. 16 00:00:53,721 --> 00:00:55,974 - Why not? - I wasn't paying that much attention. 17 00:00:56,182 --> 00:00:57,392 I wish you would. 18 00:00:58,142 --> 00:01:00,603 I walked from my office to your office. 19 00:01:00,812 --> 00:01:03,731 - Is there press outside your office? - Not at 5:30 a.m. 20 00:01:03,940 --> 00:01:07,235 When did you find out about the president's MS? 21 00:01:07,443 --> 00:01:08,987 Last night, when Leo told me. 22 00:01:09,195 --> 00:01:10,863 - Who else was there? - Nobody. 23 00:01:11,114 --> 00:01:12,865 - Nobody else was in the room? - No. 24 00:01:13,074 --> 00:01:15,702 Have you ever lied about the president's health? 25 00:01:15,910 --> 00:01:17,620 - Should I have my lawyer here? - I'm your lawyer. 26 00:01:17,829 --> 00:01:20,164 - You're the president's lawyer. - I'm White House counsel. 27 00:01:20,373 --> 00:01:21,749 Have you lied about his health? 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,668 - When did he tell you? - I'm sorry? 29 00:01:23,918 --> 00:01:26,129 - When did the president tell you? - Six days ago. 30 00:01:26,379 --> 00:01:27,922 - And Josh? - Two days after that. 31 00:01:28,172 --> 00:01:29,966 - Toby? - Two days before he told me. 32 00:01:30,174 --> 00:01:31,759 Have you lied about the president's health? 33 00:01:32,010 --> 00:01:34,178 - And Leo he told more than a year ago. - Yeah. 34 00:01:34,429 --> 00:01:36,597 I've had this for six hours, so giving me some room... 35 00:01:36,806 --> 00:01:38,850 ...wouldn't be out of line, know what I'm saying? 36 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:40,435 I have to ask you questions. 37 00:01:40,643 --> 00:01:45,022 The less you could be pissed at the world for no reason, the better I think. 38 00:01:46,065 --> 00:01:48,067 - I don't know you. - I'm sorry? 39 00:01:48,276 --> 00:01:50,403 I was told to report to you, I don't know you. 40 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:51,904 - You've been here, what? - Three months. 41 00:01:52,155 --> 00:01:55,450 - Three months. Why should I trust you? - I don't care if you trust me. 42 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:58,327 - Imagine my shock. - I've got better things to do. 43 00:01:58,703 --> 00:02:01,289 This is going really well so far. It's hard to believe... 44 00:02:01,497 --> 00:02:04,667 ...that four different women have sued you for divorce. 45 00:02:08,963 --> 00:02:12,800 You can do that if you want. I've been through it with Josh and Toby... 46 00:02:13,050 --> 00:02:14,761 ...but you're gonna have to answer questions. 47 00:02:15,011 --> 00:02:16,637 - Either to you or...? - A grand jury. 48 00:02:16,846 --> 00:02:19,432 - Compelled by? - A Justice Department subpoena. 49 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:24,228 Well, I have to tell you it'll be the first time I've been asked out in a while, so... 50 00:02:24,437 --> 00:02:27,732 It's entirely possible that the president has committed... 51 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:32,153 ...multiple counts of a federal crime to which you were an accomplice. 52 00:02:32,403 --> 00:02:34,363 That much has sunk in in the last six hours. 53 00:02:34,614 --> 00:02:36,073 - Has it? - Yes. 54 00:02:36,324 --> 00:02:38,451 So why don't you knock off the cutie-pie crap... 55 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:41,621 ...and answer the damn question?! 56 00:02:42,330 --> 00:02:43,706 What was the question? 57 00:02:43,956 --> 00:02:48,044 Have you ever lied about the president's health? What is your answer? 58 00:02:49,962 --> 00:02:52,632 Many, many times. 59 00:03:47,979 --> 00:03:49,355 - Mr. Connelly? - Yes. 60 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:51,357 I'm Donna Moss, Josh Lyman's assistant. 61 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:54,944 He's tied up with Mr. McGarry. I hope you don't mind waiting. 62 00:03:55,152 --> 00:03:56,737 No. 63 00:03:59,865 --> 00:04:03,286 Does anybody know if it's gonna rain this afternoon? They're asking me. 64 00:04:03,494 --> 00:04:06,414 - The paper said mid-afternoon. - So we know it won't be that. 65 00:04:06,622 --> 00:04:09,834 - Call the Navy Yard for me, would you? - Yeah. 66 00:04:11,127 --> 00:04:12,211 - Donna. - Yeah. 67 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:14,296 - Have you seen C.J.? - No, what's so funny? 68 00:04:14,505 --> 00:04:16,716 Ed just got a fax from.... 69 00:04:16,966 --> 00:04:19,593 I'm sorry. Ed got a fax from a man named Byron Talmadge. 70 00:04:19,802 --> 00:04:23,389 He's the associate administrator for NASA's Office of Space Cadets. 71 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:24,849 - Flight. - Office of Space Flight. 72 00:04:25,057 --> 00:04:26,517 - The OSF. - What'd the fax say? 73 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:28,978 A Chinese satellite is gonna crash to Earth... 74 00:04:29,228 --> 00:04:30,938 ...and we don't know where and when. 75 00:04:31,147 --> 00:04:33,274 - Seriously? - Yeah, it's right here in the fax. 76 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:37,653 A satellite is crashing to Earth and NASA sent us a fax? 77 00:04:37,903 --> 00:04:39,030 - Yeah. - This is for real? 78 00:04:39,238 --> 00:04:40,322 Yes. 79 00:04:40,531 --> 00:04:42,783 - A satellite is gonna crash into the Earth? - Yes. 80 00:04:42,992 --> 00:04:45,327 - Why are you laughing? - We thought it was funny. 81 00:04:45,536 --> 00:04:47,580 What am I supposed to do with this? 82 00:04:47,830 --> 00:04:50,916 The fax was for C.J. Just give it to her when you see her. 83 00:04:51,125 --> 00:04:54,003 Donna, they say it's not gonna rain this afternoon. 84 00:04:55,004 --> 00:04:56,922 Well, that's a relief. 85 00:04:57,131 --> 00:04:59,008 - Hear me out on this, okay? - Yeah. 86 00:04:59,216 --> 00:05:01,469 We want to see some polling. 87 00:05:01,677 --> 00:05:04,263 - Why? - We need to know what to do next. 88 00:05:04,513 --> 00:05:06,140 - We know what to do. - We don't know... 89 00:05:06,390 --> 00:05:10,644 ...which is the more insurmountable problem, the perception that... 90 00:05:15,065 --> 00:05:17,526 We'll call back. 91 00:05:21,530 --> 00:05:25,534 The perception that he's not physically up to the job or that he lied about it. 92 00:05:25,785 --> 00:05:29,455 There's no way to gauge public opinion on this until the issue occurs. 93 00:05:29,705 --> 00:05:32,166 Public opinion is gonna be shaped by the press. 94 00:05:32,416 --> 00:05:34,376 All public opinion is shaped by the press... 95 00:05:34,585 --> 00:05:38,631 ...but the fundamental foundation already exists in their perception of... 96 00:05:38,881 --> 00:05:40,716 - How are you gonna take a poll...? - We can do it. 97 00:05:40,925 --> 00:05:41,926 - Look... - Leo. 98 00:05:42,176 --> 00:05:44,720 I don't trust any of our people and even if I did... 99 00:05:44,929 --> 00:05:47,389 ...what questions could they ask that won't trip an alarm? 100 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,434 Josh trusts Joey Lucas. 101 00:05:50,643 --> 00:05:52,645 - From California? - Yeah, she's flying in. 102 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:55,147 - What did you tell her? - That we were commissioning a poll... 103 00:05:55,356 --> 00:05:58,734 ...to explore attitudes toward subsurface agricultural products. 104 00:05:59,401 --> 00:06:01,237 - Subsurface agricultural... - Underground. 105 00:06:01,445 --> 00:06:03,280 - What the hell...? - Americans eat more beets. 106 00:06:03,531 --> 00:06:05,533 - Beets? - Yeah. 107 00:06:07,409 --> 00:06:10,204 - All right. - Okay? 108 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:12,790 Yeah. 109 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,253 Toby, you want to talk about when we tell Sam? 110 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:20,130 - I wouldn't do it right now. - Why? 111 00:06:20,339 --> 00:06:22,550 His head is in the SME speech for Chicago. 112 00:06:22,758 --> 00:06:24,218 - The thing... - Hang on. 113 00:06:24,426 --> 00:06:26,679 His head is in Chicago. That's where we need it. 114 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:29,098 Would you want to write the speech with this around your neck? 115 00:06:29,306 --> 00:06:31,141 No. 116 00:06:31,475 --> 00:06:33,852 The president wants him to know by the end of the day. 117 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:37,815 - The end of the day, then. - Okay. 118 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:41,652 - Anything else? - No, thanks. 119 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:44,530 - Thank you. - Thanks. 120 00:06:51,412 --> 00:06:53,330 - When does she get here? - 6:00. 121 00:06:53,539 --> 00:06:55,124 - You do this carefully. - No kidding. 122 00:06:55,332 --> 00:06:57,793 You trust this person? 123 00:06:58,002 --> 00:06:59,795 I gotta trust somebody right now. 124 00:07:00,004 --> 00:07:03,424 Good, because I don't trust anybody right now. 125 00:07:04,341 --> 00:07:07,720 - Josh? - Yeah. 126 00:07:08,721 --> 00:07:12,433 A fax was sent to the Press Office from the Office of Space Flight at NASA. 127 00:07:12,641 --> 00:07:15,602 A Chinese satellite called Zodiac has fallen out of its orbit... 128 00:07:15,811 --> 00:07:18,564 ...and will be falling to Earth at an unspecified time and place. 129 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:21,150 - What are you telling me for? - What am I telling you for? 130 00:07:21,358 --> 00:07:25,070 This thing is falling to Earth. Isn't there something we do? 131 00:07:25,321 --> 00:07:27,448 - Like what? - Like sound the alarm, I don't know. 132 00:07:27,656 --> 00:07:29,366 - Sound the alarm? - There is no alarm. 133 00:07:29,575 --> 00:07:31,160 - There's really not. Martin? - Yes. 134 00:07:31,368 --> 00:07:32,870 - Sorry to keep you. - That's okay. 135 00:07:33,078 --> 00:07:36,165 Come on back. The fax is for the Press Office. Give it to them. 136 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:39,334 The deputies are at breakfast and I don't know where C.J. is. 137 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:42,963 Martin, you can have a seat in my office. 138 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:46,425 C.J. 's meeting with Babish. I'll be inside. 139 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:49,553 - You're not concerned about this? - No. 140 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:52,431 - I apologize again. - No, that's all right. 141 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:56,643 - I assume you know why I'm here. - I don't, actually. 142 00:07:57,436 --> 00:08:01,774 - Mac Sheridan was gonna talk to you. - I have a call to return to Mac. 143 00:08:02,316 --> 00:08:06,445 - I should wait until he talks to you. - Why don't you talk to me now? 144 00:08:07,571 --> 00:08:09,198 The case is running out of money. 145 00:08:09,531 --> 00:08:11,617 - Which case? - The USV... 146 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,368 - You're kidding me. - No. 147 00:08:13,619 --> 00:08:16,121 Martin, we spent 13 million the first year... 148 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:19,416 ...23 million the second. Where's the money going? 149 00:08:19,625 --> 00:08:21,960 Outside counsel and staff, depositions... 150 00:08:22,169 --> 00:08:25,464 ...expert witnesses, processing, database, research... 151 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:29,843 We have 31 lawyers on a case against five tobacco companies... 152 00:08:30,052 --> 00:08:32,679 ...just one of which has 342. 153 00:08:32,930 --> 00:08:36,725 We won't count the 13 subsidiaries that have mounted their own defense. 154 00:08:36,934 --> 00:08:42,189 Tobacco has spent $380 million to the government's 36. 155 00:08:42,397 --> 00:08:45,567 When I come asking for money, it's not because the Justice Department... 156 00:08:45,776 --> 00:08:47,903 ...blew its allowance on video games. 157 00:08:53,826 --> 00:08:58,705 - I should've let Mac talk to you first. - Aren't you allowed to transfer funds...? 158 00:08:58,914 --> 00:09:00,374 That's what we've been doing. 159 00:09:00,624 --> 00:09:03,126 We've transferred money from Health and Human Services... 160 00:09:03,335 --> 00:09:07,005 ...to pay for the lawsuit, but then the House passed H. R. 260... 161 00:09:07,256 --> 00:09:09,049 - ... and now the committees... - Yeah. 162 00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:11,718 - You understand? - Yeah, let me run it by Leo. 163 00:09:14,513 --> 00:09:17,849 - This is a fight worth winning. - You don't have to convince me. 164 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:20,394 These people perpetrated a fraud against the public. 165 00:09:20,644 --> 00:09:22,020 I'm sorry? 166 00:09:23,272 --> 00:09:26,942 I said, they perpetrated a fraud against the public. 167 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:32,281 - The tobacco companies? - Yeah. 168 00:09:34,116 --> 00:09:37,327 Well, I'm gonna talk to Leo, and I'll tell Mac you were here. 169 00:09:37,578 --> 00:09:39,371 Thank you. 170 00:09:45,711 --> 00:09:47,212 Let me just finish this. 171 00:09:47,462 --> 00:09:51,883 He was hemodynamically stable with a blood pressure of 140/80. 172 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:53,927 Cholesterol level is 185. 173 00:09:54,136 --> 00:09:58,056 The QRS interval on the EKG is slightly long, but otherwise good. 174 00:09:58,265 --> 00:10:01,643 The president is pronounced in excellent physical health. 175 00:10:01,852 --> 00:10:05,022 - Was that March of last year? - How many times have you done that? 176 00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:07,607 - I'd have to go and check. - Estimate. 177 00:10:07,816 --> 00:10:11,403 If that was March of last year, then that was his fourth physical. 178 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,447 A couple of times during the campaign. 179 00:10:13,655 --> 00:10:15,365 - And after the shooting. - Yeah? 180 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:18,910 - The time he rode his bicycle into a tree. - When he sprained his ankle? 181 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:20,704 Tell me how it works. 182 00:10:20,912 --> 00:10:23,749 - What do you mean? - When the president has a physical. 183 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:27,294 The president's physician.... Right now it's Admiral Leonard Morrow. 184 00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:31,590 The president's physician calls and gives me a short statement, including vitals. 185 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:33,175 - Then you make a statement? - Yeah. 186 00:10:33,383 --> 00:10:36,511 - Do you speak to the president before? - Yes. 187 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,181 - Why? - Because of doctor-patient confidentiality. 188 00:10:39,389 --> 00:10:42,017 - You only get so much from the doctor. - What do you ask? 189 00:10:42,225 --> 00:10:44,978 " Is there anything I should know the doctors won't tell me? " 190 00:10:45,228 --> 00:10:47,189 - I'm gonna ask you something. - What? 191 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:49,191 Do you say, " Is there anything I should know? " 192 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:51,777 Or do you say, " Is there anything I need to know? " 193 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,904 - What does it matter? - Which do you say? 194 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:56,907 " Is there anything I need to know? " implies you want to know enough... 195 00:10:57,115 --> 00:10:59,159 ...to face reporters while maintaining deniability. 196 00:10:59,409 --> 00:11:01,369 - It's an expression. - Did you use it? 197 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:03,997 I really don't remember, I don't. 198 00:11:04,247 --> 00:11:06,750 - I don't choose words that carefully. - With the president? 199 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,505 - You think I speak to him in code? - No, I was just asking. 200 00:11:15,050 --> 00:11:16,968 Yeah. 201 00:11:17,260 --> 00:11:20,347 Excuse me. C.J., this is a note from Donna Moss. 202 00:11:20,555 --> 00:11:24,476 - She wanted you to see it right away. - Thanks. 203 00:11:31,316 --> 00:11:34,152 The sky is falling down. 204 00:11:36,905 --> 00:11:40,200 "The debate over a tax cut, whether to have one or not... 205 00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:42,119 ...how large it should be, how small it should be... 206 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:46,123 ...what share should be received by whom. All of this, my friends... 207 00:11:46,331 --> 00:11:50,252 ...is the wrong debate at the wrong time over the wrong issue. " 208 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:52,838 - We need to get back to fundamentals. - Where is that? 209 00:11:53,088 --> 00:11:55,173 - Where's what? - "We need to get back to fundamentals. " 210 00:11:55,382 --> 00:11:59,803 It's not in the speech, I'm saying it. We need to get back to fundamentals. 211 00:12:01,596 --> 00:12:04,975 Excuse me. Think about fundamentals. 212 00:12:07,769 --> 00:12:09,437 - You ready for some good news? - Yeah. 213 00:12:09,646 --> 00:12:11,982 Not out here. 214 00:12:15,277 --> 00:12:16,945 This is gonna be a front-page story. 215 00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:19,656 There's a front-page story I don't know about yet? 216 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:23,577 - You'll know about it in two hours. - But I'm gonna know about it now, right? 217 00:12:23,827 --> 00:12:26,496 The CBO's gonna issue a new estimate of the surplus. 218 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,123 - They're projecting down? - Yeah. 219 00:12:28,331 --> 00:12:29,749 - We don't have as much money? - No. 220 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:31,042 - That's great news. - Yeah. 221 00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:34,588 It's not great news we have less money. The floor fight's gonna be easier. 222 00:12:34,838 --> 00:12:36,339 - Yeah. - How much less money? 223 00:12:36,548 --> 00:12:40,594 Eight years out it's 200 billion less. Nine years out it's 400 billion less. 224 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:41,970 - That is great. - Yep. 225 00:12:42,178 --> 00:12:44,681 - It's not great that we have... - We get why it's great. 226 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:46,683 I can't tell you how much this helps. 227 00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:49,185 I'm drafting the SME speech for Chicago... 228 00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:51,896 That's why we're telling you. There's a line that ATJ... 229 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:53,940 ...and the Progressive Caucus want in the speech... 230 00:12:54,149 --> 00:12:55,775 I got it here. 231 00:12:58,445 --> 00:13:00,488 "We want a real tax cut for working families... 232 00:13:00,697 --> 00:13:02,866 ...to help them pay for education and housing... 233 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:05,243 ...while our opponents want to help the rich... 234 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:08,413 ...pay for bigger swimming pools and faster private jets. " 235 00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:11,541 - No, I don't think so. - They want it in. Why not? 236 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:13,668 - It's bad writing. - Change the writing. 237 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:16,129 - "Summer homes and sports cars. " - The poetry is not my problem. 238 00:13:16,379 --> 00:13:19,674 - They want it in Chicago. - Well, tell them to do their own speech. 239 00:13:19,924 --> 00:13:21,301 - You want to tell them that? - No. 240 00:13:21,551 --> 00:13:23,511 - Okay. - We have less money? 241 00:13:23,762 --> 00:13:26,389 - Isn't that great? - Yes, it is. Thanks. 242 00:13:29,851 --> 00:13:33,104 Are you aware that a year ago January the president had an attack? 243 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:35,315 - I am now. - You were there when he collapsed. 244 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:36,608 I was outside the room. 245 00:13:36,858 --> 00:13:39,194 - You went in and he was unconscious. - Yes. 246 00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:40,862 What made you go into the room? 247 00:13:41,071 --> 00:13:44,240 The sound of a Steuben glass pitcher crashing to the floor. 248 00:13:44,449 --> 00:13:46,451 - What'd you think had happened? - I didn't know. 249 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,578 Well, what'd you think? 250 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,623 At first glance, I thought he might have a virus... 251 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:55,377 ...contracted from a rare African tsetse fly, possibly tropical sprue. 252 00:13:55,585 --> 00:13:57,879 I'm not an expert, but I did meet a man in India. 253 00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:01,424 It could be anything with presidents. James Polk had diverticulitis. 254 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,510 - Yeah. - He couldn't digest nuts. 255 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,305 One in 40 American men wear women's clothing. We've had over 40 presidents. 256 00:14:07,722 --> 00:14:10,934 One of these guys was dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. 257 00:14:11,142 --> 00:14:12,644 Let's get to the bottom of that. 258 00:14:12,894 --> 00:14:14,729 - C.J.? - Yeah. 259 00:14:14,938 --> 00:14:17,649 In my entire life I've never found anything charming. 260 00:14:20,568 --> 00:14:21,861 Really? 261 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:24,781 - You announced that it was the flu. - Yes. 262 00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:28,034 - Who told you to say it? - I wasn't told to say it was the flu... 263 00:14:28,243 --> 00:14:30,870 ...I was told it was the flu. I'm not getting into that. 264 00:14:31,121 --> 00:14:35,166 I'm not getting into who said what. We can do that at the next session. 265 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:39,504 Okay. Do you know what time it is? 266 00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:43,716 It's five past noon. 267 00:14:43,925 --> 00:14:46,177 I'd like you to get out of the habit of doing that. 268 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:49,305 - Doing what? - Answering more than was asked. 269 00:14:51,182 --> 00:14:53,977 Do you know what time it is? 270 00:14:58,064 --> 00:14:59,732 Yes. 271 00:15:00,775 --> 00:15:04,028 We'll take a break and meet again later today. 272 00:15:08,533 --> 00:15:10,201 - Hey. - You see this? 273 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:13,121 - That was nice. - Good reviews on the speech. 274 00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:15,373 - Yeah. - From Maynard Wachtel of all places. 275 00:15:15,623 --> 00:15:18,668 - You got a second? - He calls you and me Batman and Robin. 276 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:21,212 - I don't think he does... - He doesn't, but he should... 277 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:22,922 - ... because that's what we are. - Okay. 278 00:15:23,172 --> 00:15:24,549 We're Batman and Robin. 279 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:27,302 - Which one's which? - Look at me, Sam, am I Robin? 280 00:15:27,510 --> 00:15:28,511 - I'm not Robin. - Yes, you are. 281 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,306 - Okay, well, let's move off this. - You bet, little friend. 282 00:15:31,514 --> 00:15:34,434 - We're not Batman and Robin. - We'll keep those identities secret. 283 00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:36,644 I'm Bruce Wayne and you're my ward. 284 00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:38,897 - Dick something. - Jane Gentry and Richard Will... 285 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:41,232 ...came to me with news. The CBO's projection... 286 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:44,569 - Really? - Yes, has us 200 billion lower in 8 years. 287 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:46,905 - That's fantastic news. - Yes. 288 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,781 - When is this real? - This afternoon. 289 00:15:48,990 --> 00:15:51,284 - The projections are lower? - Measurably lower. 290 00:15:51,534 --> 00:15:52,952 I'm so happy I could spit. 291 00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:56,789 This is the first administration in history to favor slower economic growth. 292 00:15:56,998 --> 00:15:59,918 I favor it when it gives us a bat and ball on tax cuts. 293 00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:03,338 We offer them a deal, we lower the bottom rate from 15 to 10%... 294 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:07,717 ...but we stand our ground on no tax cut in the top bracket, and you know why? 295 00:16:07,925 --> 00:16:10,011 Because we might not be able to afford it. 296 00:16:10,219 --> 00:16:12,305 - Isn't it great? - Yeah, it's Christmas in Paris. 297 00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:16,684 There's a line ATJ and the Progressive Caucus want put in the draft for Chicago. 298 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:19,729 - What? - That we want to do great things... 299 00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:23,274 ...but our opponents want bigger swimming pools and faster private jets. 300 00:16:23,524 --> 00:16:25,318 - Their private jets are too slow? - Toby... 301 00:16:25,526 --> 00:16:27,403 - Change the writing. - It's not the writing.... 302 00:16:27,612 --> 00:16:29,489 I know. 303 00:16:30,573 --> 00:16:33,076 - Listen. - Yeah. 304 00:16:35,119 --> 00:16:36,788 - Nothing. - Okay. 305 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:38,790 Don't worry about it. 306 00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:40,750 - So... - I have to go to a meeting. 307 00:16:40,958 --> 00:16:44,253 - Talk to somebody at ATJ or the Caucus. - Okay. I'm gonna do that, then. 308 00:16:44,462 --> 00:16:46,547 Yeah. Okay. 309 00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:50,468 - Hey, Donna. - Hey, Charlie. 310 00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:54,180 - Is there anything you need? - Nope. Just came in to say hi. 311 00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:56,599 - How you doing? - Good. 312 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:03,147 So NASA's OSF tells us that the 30th Space Wing... 313 00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:06,567 ...at Vandenberg Air Force Base believes that a Chinese satellite... 314 00:17:06,776 --> 00:17:09,737 ...has fallen out of its orbital flight plan. 315 00:17:09,946 --> 00:17:13,741 The last detection the 30th had placed it in what they call... 316 00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:17,078 ...a "degrading orbital path. " And it's now dropped off their radar... 317 00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:20,123 ...suggesting it's begun to fall toward the Earth's atmosphere. 318 00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:22,250 - Cool. - What's the matter with you people? 319 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:24,710 - What'd I do? - A thing the size of a garbage truck... 320 00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:27,964 ...is in a 2000-mile-an-hour free fall and no one knows where it'll hit. 321 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:30,299 I'll root for Zurich. I've had it with the Swiss. 322 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:31,884 - You don't... - Hang on. 323 00:17:32,135 --> 00:17:34,887 Excuse me. 324 00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:40,935 - Good afternoon. - Welcome back, Mrs. Bartlet. 325 00:17:41,144 --> 00:17:43,771 - Thank you. - A couple of reminders. 326 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:46,315 You're at the board of the Children's Cancer Fund... 327 00:17:46,524 --> 00:17:49,026 - ... at the Sheraton at 3... - Before that I wanna be... 328 00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:51,654 You're gonna read at the Head Start Program. 329 00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:54,365 - Welcome back, Mrs. Bartlet. - Snappy suit, Bobby. 330 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:57,493 - How did it go yesterday? - I got a helicopter named after me. 331 00:17:57,702 --> 00:18:02,582 - Yeah? - An AS 335 F1 Twinstar named Abigail. 332 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:05,585 I got to break a bottle of cider over its nose. Charlie. 333 00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:08,379 - Welcome back, ma'am. - Thank you. Where's the president? 334 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:11,424 - He's waiting for you inside. - Thank you. 335 00:18:13,342 --> 00:18:15,094 Hey. 336 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,598 - Hi. - Welcome back. 337 00:18:18,806 --> 00:18:21,809 - How come I just found out about this? - How was the flight? 338 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:24,979 - How come I just found out about this? - When Leo talked to you... 339 00:18:25,188 --> 00:18:28,608 - ... he thought you already knew. - You think I'm saying this is Leo's fault? 340 00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:31,110 I'm asking how come you didn't tell me last week? 341 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:33,070 And I'm saying we still do this. 342 00:18:33,321 --> 00:18:36,866 We're husband and wife and parents and before we launch into intrigue... 343 00:18:37,074 --> 00:18:39,702 ...we do "Welcome back, how was the flight? " 344 00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:42,371 - What happened? - One of the forms Zoey had to fill out... 345 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:45,583 ...for Georgetown asks for a family medical history. 346 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:47,376 Yes. 347 00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:50,296 - Did Leo tell you the rest? - Not after he realized that you... 348 00:18:50,504 --> 00:18:52,840 ...hadn't told me already, which is a subject... 349 00:18:53,049 --> 00:18:55,259 ...I assure you, we will be returning to. 350 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:59,513 Zoey wasn't 18 yet when she started. A parent had to sign the form. 351 00:18:59,764 --> 00:19:02,350 - Did you sign it? - No, you did, hot pants. 352 00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:04,310 - I signed it? - It's gonna be okay. 353 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,439 Why didn't you tell me on the phone? We talk on the phone three times a day! 354 00:19:08,689 --> 00:19:12,234 Because I didn't! Because that's... Because I didn't. 355 00:19:30,461 --> 00:19:33,923 I talked to Zoey this morning, she's gonna ace her finals. 356 00:19:34,382 --> 00:19:37,677 - She told me. - I hate Ellie's boyfriend. 357 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:40,429 She told me. 358 00:19:46,060 --> 00:19:49,772 I need you to speak to the White House counsel, Abbey. 359 00:19:50,481 --> 00:19:52,024 I know. 360 00:20:06,580 --> 00:20:06,913 Hey. 361 00:20:08,165 --> 00:20:11,334 - The first lady's back? - Yeah. 362 00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:20,427 I was talking to her on the phone and I mentioned Zoey's application... 363 00:20:20,635 --> 00:20:23,013 ...without realizing the president hadn't told her. 364 00:20:23,263 --> 00:20:25,557 - Why hadn't the president told her? - What do you want? 365 00:20:25,807 --> 00:20:27,350 - Thirty million dollars. - No. 366 00:20:27,601 --> 00:20:30,896 Martin Connelly, assistant attorney general, says they're out of money. 367 00:20:31,146 --> 00:20:32,647 - On the suit? - Yeah. 368 00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:36,193 - They're always out of money. - We don't give enough. 369 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:39,487 We passed a law last summer that says they can transfer funds... 370 00:20:39,696 --> 00:20:42,157 ...from Commerce, from Health and Human Services. 371 00:20:42,365 --> 00:20:46,119 They can take it from Veterans Affairs up to, what? I think $ 12 million. 372 00:20:46,369 --> 00:20:49,539 The problem is the law says those transfers are subject to approval... 373 00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:52,000 ...by House committees, each of which has a chairman... 374 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:55,128 ...elected with the $8 million tobacco spent in the last election. 375 00:20:55,378 --> 00:20:59,799 Even then it wouldn't matter, because 12 million isn't gonna get it done. 376 00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:03,261 - Neither is 30 million. - Then let's give them more. Why not? 377 00:21:03,470 --> 00:21:04,512 Because we're gonna lose. 378 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:07,515 - Give them enough to win. - And liquidate the Grand Tetons? 379 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:11,311 They're saying 30 million and I think it's a steal at twice the price. 380 00:21:11,561 --> 00:21:14,356 Staff it out to some people and report to me on it in, what...? 381 00:21:14,564 --> 00:21:16,232 - Two, three days? - Good. 382 00:21:17,734 --> 00:21:19,736 I'm going out to the airport. 383 00:21:20,236 --> 00:21:22,489 All right. Do a job. 384 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,993 Yeah. 385 00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:32,916 - Hi. - Hey, Sam. 386 00:21:33,124 --> 00:21:36,419 - Henry. Helen. Hey, Bruce. - How you doing, Sam? 387 00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:38,880 Lewis. We just have a few minutes, right? 388 00:21:39,214 --> 00:21:41,424 - There's a caucus. - You've heard the good news. 389 00:21:41,675 --> 00:21:44,219 The CBO, projected eight years out, has the budget surplus... 390 00:21:44,427 --> 00:21:46,054 ...coming in $200 billion lower. 391 00:21:46,304 --> 00:21:48,723 - That's great. - There's something wrong with us... 392 00:21:48,932 --> 00:21:50,517 ...but that's for a different time. 393 00:21:50,725 --> 00:21:53,353 I wanted to mention that Jane Gentry and Richard Will... 394 00:21:53,561 --> 00:21:55,772 ...say you guys want a line in the Chicago draft. 395 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:59,109 - Jet planes and swimming pools. - " Our opponents want to help the rich... 396 00:21:59,317 --> 00:22:00,944 ...pay for bigger swimming pools and faster private jets. " 397 00:22:01,194 --> 00:22:02,404 - Yeah. - Hit them hard. 398 00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:04,781 We are hitting hard. I'm not gonna use the line. 399 00:22:05,031 --> 00:22:07,117 - Why not? - First of all, it's bad writing. 400 00:22:07,325 --> 00:22:09,994 - What's wrong with it? - Sounds like a high school girl wrote it. 401 00:22:10,245 --> 00:22:11,663 Is something wrong with how women write? 402 00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:14,124 - There is when she's in high school. - Sam! 403 00:22:14,374 --> 00:22:17,627 It's not the writing. Come on, faster private jets and swimming pools? 404 00:22:17,877 --> 00:22:20,672 - We can take out the heavy bats now. - And do what with them? 405 00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:23,717 - The line works. - So does " How about them Cowboys? "... 406 00:22:23,925 --> 00:22:26,261 ...when you're in Dallas, but it won't change the mind... 407 00:22:26,469 --> 00:22:28,388 ...of anyone who doesn't already agree. 408 00:22:28,638 --> 00:22:30,765 Are you in favor of tax cuts for the wealthy? 409 00:22:31,099 --> 00:22:33,852 I am not. I am in favor of tax cuts... 410 00:22:34,060 --> 00:22:36,938 ...for whom it will do the most good. That's a tough enough battle. 411 00:22:37,188 --> 00:22:39,399 It looks like we've got a fair fight. 412 00:22:39,607 --> 00:22:41,693 I'm not talking about policy, I'm talking about rhetoric... 413 00:22:41,943 --> 00:22:44,612 ...and the men you work for need to dial it down to five. 414 00:22:44,821 --> 00:22:47,824 Henry, last fall, every time your boss got on the stump and said: 415 00:22:48,032 --> 00:22:51,369 " It's time for the rich to pay their fair share, " I hid under a couch. 416 00:22:51,619 --> 00:22:53,663 I left Gage Whitney making 400,000 a year... 417 00:22:53,913 --> 00:22:57,083 ...which means I paid 27 times the national average in income tax. 418 00:22:57,292 --> 00:23:00,378 I paid my fair share. And the fair share of 26 other people. 419 00:23:00,628 --> 00:23:03,965 And I'm happy to, because that's the only way it's gonna work. 420 00:23:04,174 --> 00:23:08,011 It's in my best interest that everybody go to schools and drive on roads. 421 00:23:08,261 --> 00:23:11,764 But I don't get 27 votes, the fire department doesn't come... 422 00:23:11,973 --> 00:23:15,477 ...27 times faster, and water doesn't come out of my faucet 27 times hotter. 423 00:23:15,685 --> 00:23:20,356 The top 1% of wage earners in this country pay for 22% of this country. 424 00:23:20,565 --> 00:23:22,525 Let's not call them names while they do it. 425 00:23:23,067 --> 00:23:24,652 - You're not using the line? - No. 426 00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:26,154 - Or anything like it? - No. 427 00:23:26,404 --> 00:23:29,240 Make it clear to your people this has nothing to do... 428 00:23:29,449 --> 00:23:33,828 - ... with cozying up to Republicans. - No, why would they think that? 429 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,539 We've got a caucus. 430 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:40,710 I know women who can write, Helen. 431 00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:43,630 I know women who can blow the walls off brick buildings. 432 00:23:43,838 --> 00:23:45,590 This sounds like a girl. 433 00:23:48,635 --> 00:23:52,722 - Airlines flight 1106 arriving.... - Joey. 434 00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:58,478 - Joey, how you doing? - Hi. 435 00:23:59,270 --> 00:24:01,105 - I'm Josh Lyman. - Dale Bracket. 436 00:24:01,314 --> 00:24:03,316 What happened to Kenny? 437 00:24:03,733 --> 00:24:04,859 He's on vacation. 438 00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:08,571 - So you're the substitute interpreter? - Yeah. 439 00:24:08,821 --> 00:24:11,157 - You came here to pick me up? - Not exactly. 440 00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:14,619 Dale, I'm gonna ask you to wait over here, okay? 441 00:24:14,869 --> 00:24:19,707 Joey, you're gonna read my lips, and if I can't understand... 442 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:23,127 ...what you're saying you'll write it down, all right? 443 00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:26,130 - Okay. - Excuse us. 444 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,136 - Dale? - Yes. 445 00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:35,306 He's pretty good-looking for an interpreter, wouldn't you say? 446 00:24:35,515 --> 00:24:37,266 He's good-looking for anybody. 447 00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:39,727 - Dale Bracket? - Yes. 448 00:24:39,936 --> 00:24:43,439 And he's not a television detective? 449 00:24:44,565 --> 00:24:47,360 We can't talk about this in the car? 450 00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:51,155 - I'm sorry? - We can't talk about this in the car? 451 00:24:51,364 --> 00:24:55,618 - You're not getting in the car. - Why? 452 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:01,040 Because you're getting back on a plane in an hour and 10 minutes. 453 00:25:05,628 --> 00:25:11,759 All right, if we sit like this, can Dale Bracket, PI read my lips? 454 00:25:13,302 --> 00:25:15,138 No. 455 00:25:17,432 --> 00:25:19,183 Okay. 456 00:25:20,518 --> 00:25:25,022 You're not talking to me about an agriculture poll. 457 00:25:25,898 --> 00:25:28,359 - No kidding. - You guessed that? 458 00:25:28,609 --> 00:25:31,487 We think we're eating more beets? 459 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:35,199 Well, we are, but that's not important. 460 00:25:35,742 --> 00:25:38,202 Well, what's important? 461 00:25:38,411 --> 00:25:42,957 - Hi, what can I get for you? - Cranberry juice and club soda... 462 00:25:43,166 --> 00:25:46,878 ...and I'll have a large glass of ice water. 463 00:25:57,221 --> 00:26:01,893 I told Leo McGarry that we could trust you and Toby backed me up. 464 00:26:03,770 --> 00:26:05,229 What's important? 465 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,068 Eight years ago... 466 00:26:11,277 --> 00:26:16,532 ...the president was diagnosed with an illness that was never disclosed. 467 00:26:32,715 --> 00:26:34,342 Yes. 468 00:26:35,218 --> 00:26:37,261 What is it? 469 00:26:45,394 --> 00:26:48,022 Cranberry and club... 470 00:26:48,439 --> 00:26:51,150 ...and a large glass of ice water. 471 00:26:56,614 --> 00:26:59,992 - Excuse me, the first lady. - Thank you. 472 00:27:02,870 --> 00:27:04,705 - Oliver. - Good afternoon, Mrs. Bartlet. 473 00:27:04,914 --> 00:27:06,374 - How are you? - Fine, thank you. 474 00:27:06,582 --> 00:27:09,669 I haven't been in this office since you moved in. It looks great. 475 00:27:09,877 --> 00:27:11,504 - Thank you. - I haven't come in here... 476 00:27:11,712 --> 00:27:14,465 ...because it seems that every time I do, there's a new counsel. 477 00:27:14,674 --> 00:27:18,135 Leo keeps them in the basement like those ladies in Arsenic and Old Lace. 478 00:27:18,344 --> 00:27:20,137 - Yeah. - Anyway... 479 00:27:20,346 --> 00:27:24,058 ...the president's very glad you're here, particularly in this time of nonsense. 480 00:27:24,267 --> 00:27:26,018 Would you mind if I asked a few questions? 481 00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:29,105 I'm not as experienced in this as the senior staff. 482 00:27:29,313 --> 00:27:32,817 I read a book about Daniel Webster. I read a book about Benjamin Disraeli. 483 00:27:33,025 --> 00:27:35,236 What experience I do have is with dead lawyers. 484 00:27:35,486 --> 00:27:37,238 Just out of curiosity, how'd they die? 485 00:27:37,446 --> 00:27:40,616 If you're under the impression you're the fifth White House counsel... 486 00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:43,953 ...instead of the first because of me, you're mistaken, Oliver. 487 00:27:44,203 --> 00:27:47,248 I wasn't under that impression, but we should stick to the matter. 488 00:27:47,915 --> 00:27:49,709 - You want to ask me some questions. - Yes. 489 00:27:49,917 --> 00:27:52,128 - About Zoey's health form. - Yep. 490 00:27:52,336 --> 00:27:55,965 It was a form. It asked for, among other things, a family's medical history. 491 00:27:56,215 --> 00:28:00,219 It was blank. It was a form, one of many forms. I signed it without reading it. 492 00:28:00,469 --> 00:28:03,556 - Was anyone in the room? - It was a year ago, I don't remember. 493 00:28:03,764 --> 00:28:05,975 - Was the president in the room? - I don't remember. 494 00:28:06,225 --> 00:28:08,853 When I ask the president that, he's gonna tell the truth. 495 00:28:09,228 --> 00:28:14,692 And the president will also resent your implication that I didn't do the same. 496 00:28:14,942 --> 00:28:18,070 - The president wasn't in the room? - I don't remember. He doesn't remember. 497 00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:20,990 - Mrs. Bartlet... - Oliver, you have kids. There are forms. 498 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,410 School trips and soccer and band uniforms... 499 00:28:24,618 --> 00:28:27,246 ...and report cards and notes to get out of gym. 500 00:28:27,496 --> 00:28:29,790 - You signed those forms. - Their mother signs them. 501 00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:32,501 So do I. And by the way, when you're the daughter... 502 00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:36,464 ...of the president of the United States, there's a lot more forms on top of that. 503 00:28:36,714 --> 00:28:37,882 - I understand. - Do you? 504 00:28:38,090 --> 00:28:40,760 Yes, but a lawyer half my size... 505 00:28:40,968 --> 00:28:44,013 ...while cross-examining you, will say the following: 506 00:28:44,221 --> 00:28:46,015 " Do you have an MD from Harvard? 507 00:28:46,807 --> 00:28:51,061 Are you certified in internal medicine? Are you certified in thoracic surgery? 508 00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:57,902 Are you a professor at Harvard? Are you on the staff at Boston Mercy? 509 00:28:58,110 --> 00:29:00,696 Have you practiced medicine for 26 years? 510 00:29:00,946 --> 00:29:03,699 Are you not able to recognize a medical history form... 511 00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,242 ...when it is in front of you? " 512 00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:08,120 I didn't read it. I didn't think it was important. 513 00:29:08,370 --> 00:29:11,081 "What else have you signed without thinking? Prescriptions? 514 00:29:11,332 --> 00:29:12,958 Patient instructions? So just this? " 515 00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:16,587 Oliver, I am not an expert on diseases of the central nervous system... 516 00:29:16,796 --> 00:29:19,507 ...but I can tell you that MS is not hereditary. 517 00:29:19,715 --> 00:29:24,678 The president's condition has absolutely no relevance to Zoey's health status. 518 00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:27,598 - Now you're changing your story. - No, I'm not. 519 00:29:27,848 --> 00:29:30,059 Did you sign it because you were absent-minded... 520 00:29:30,267 --> 00:29:36,273 - ... or because you knew best? - I signed it because... I just signed it. 521 00:29:36,482 --> 00:29:38,817 It was a form. 522 00:29:40,027 --> 00:29:43,072 Making a big thing out of it is what makes it into a big thing. 523 00:29:43,489 --> 00:29:45,741 - Really? - And I'm not 100% sure... 524 00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:47,493 ...that's not what you're going for. 525 00:29:47,743 --> 00:29:50,621 - Why would I want it to be a big thing? - Because defending the president... 526 00:29:51,163 --> 00:29:52,748 ...in prime time looks good on a résumé. 527 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:55,417 Well, I've got a pretty good-looking résumé already... 528 00:29:55,626 --> 00:29:59,421 ...and it's not a big thing because I say so, ma'am. It's a big thing. 529 00:30:00,005 --> 00:30:02,383 You'll get all the questions I just asked and more. 530 00:30:02,633 --> 00:30:06,554 And then they're gonna ask the president if he was in the room when you signed it. 531 00:30:06,762 --> 00:30:09,640 And that's when he's gonna give everyone's favorite answer... 532 00:30:09,848 --> 00:30:15,062 ...from a president who has announced that he has MS, " I don't remember. " 533 00:30:27,783 --> 00:30:30,077 When are you gonna go public? 534 00:30:32,204 --> 00:30:36,834 Probably in a week. They're still strategizing. 535 00:30:37,042 --> 00:30:40,546 - A live interview on the networks? - Yeah. 536 00:30:40,796 --> 00:30:43,757 Jim Lehrer, Tim Russert, Barbara Walters... 537 00:30:43,966 --> 00:30:47,553 ...you, somebody, the president sitting in a den? 538 00:30:47,761 --> 00:30:49,888 - Yeah. - Followed by a live conference. 539 00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:53,017 They're working on the strategy. 540 00:30:54,476 --> 00:30:57,980 " I regret that I concealed my condition from the public. 541 00:30:58,355 --> 00:31:01,483 I regret the appearance that I tried to deceive voters to win. " 542 00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:03,027 Yes. 543 00:31:03,235 --> 00:31:05,779 And if we don't make it a big thing, they won't? 544 00:31:06,196 --> 00:31:09,366 Mrs. Bartlet, I'm not sure you have an appropriate appreciation... 545 00:31:09,575 --> 00:31:12,911 ...of the size of what happens next. 546 00:31:20,544 --> 00:31:25,049 - When are you going public? - Probably in about a week. 547 00:31:25,299 --> 00:31:28,010 - A week? How? - We're deciding. 548 00:31:28,260 --> 00:31:31,930 Probably a live interview followed by a press conference. 549 00:31:32,139 --> 00:31:34,224 So we need to know what we're talking about. 550 00:31:34,475 --> 00:31:39,229 Joey, we need you to put a poll in the field. 551 00:31:39,938 --> 00:31:43,317 You've gotta come up with a model that gets us the answers we need... 552 00:31:43,525 --> 00:31:46,528 ...without asking the questions we can't ask. 553 00:31:46,737 --> 00:31:49,531 You've gotta come up with the model by yourself. 554 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:51,825 You've gotta break down the results yourself. 555 00:31:52,034 --> 00:31:57,039 Not even the callers can understand the questions they're asking. 556 00:31:57,873 --> 00:32:01,877 And you've got to do it all in 96 hours. 557 00:32:03,462 --> 00:32:07,007 Is what I'm describing possible? 558 00:32:10,511 --> 00:32:13,388 - We make it a governor. - A governor. 559 00:32:13,889 --> 00:32:17,226 Of an industrial state. 560 00:32:17,893 --> 00:32:19,812 I didn't.... 561 00:32:21,522 --> 00:32:25,400 - The governor of an industrial state. - Michigan. 562 00:32:25,651 --> 00:32:29,613 And you give him a degenerative illness? 563 00:32:33,450 --> 00:32:37,579 Joey, you understand that before this is over, we're probably all gonna be... 564 00:32:37,788 --> 00:32:40,666 ...spending some time in front of a grand jury. 565 00:32:43,919 --> 00:32:47,089 - You can do this? - No problem. 566 00:32:47,297 --> 00:32:51,760 Los Angeles passengers preboarding flight 1217, please use gate.... 567 00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:53,637 That's your flight. 568 00:32:53,846 --> 00:32:55,722 - Josh? - Yeah. 569 00:32:55,931 --> 00:32:59,643 - How is the president? - He's fine. 570 00:33:03,772 --> 00:33:05,899 He's fine. 571 00:33:06,108 --> 00:33:07,693 I'll tell him you asked. 572 00:33:12,781 --> 00:33:16,326 - Ninety-six hours? - Yeah. 573 00:33:18,787 --> 00:33:21,373 I have to go work now. 574 00:33:36,096 --> 00:33:38,557 The Chinese Embassy won't admit it's their satellite. 575 00:33:38,765 --> 00:33:41,852 We know it's their satellite. We've been looking at it for years. 576 00:33:42,060 --> 00:33:44,146 It's like knowing Mars is Mars. 577 00:33:44,354 --> 00:33:46,023 Tell me you didn't call the Chinese Embassy. 578 00:33:46,231 --> 00:33:49,192 I didn't call the embassy, people called the embassy. 579 00:33:49,401 --> 00:33:51,528 - It's not like this isn't cause for concern. - Right. 580 00:33:51,737 --> 00:33:54,906 The Chinese news aren't reporting it because they won't admit it. 581 00:33:55,115 --> 00:33:57,034 Why do you think the American news isn't reporting it? 582 00:33:57,242 --> 00:33:59,745 - That's a fascinating question to me. - To all of us. 583 00:33:59,953 --> 00:34:02,664 - We don't know what kind of satellite. - It could be anything. 584 00:34:02,873 --> 00:34:03,957 - Communications. - Right. 585 00:34:04,166 --> 00:34:06,376 - It could be a spy satellite. - It could have plutonium. 586 00:34:06,585 --> 00:34:08,295 That's right. 587 00:34:14,384 --> 00:34:15,802 - Plutonium? - Yeah. 588 00:34:16,219 --> 00:34:18,513 - Plutonium. - Well, nuclear reactors on a satellite... 589 00:34:18,722 --> 00:34:20,349 ...aren't common, but you never know. 590 00:34:20,932 --> 00:34:24,269 No, I suppose you don't. 591 00:34:24,478 --> 00:34:26,938 - Hey, Donna. - Good evening, ma'am, welcome back. 592 00:34:27,147 --> 00:34:28,899 - Thank you. - How was the trip? 593 00:34:29,107 --> 00:34:31,360 - I got a helicopter named after me. - Mrs. Bartlet. 594 00:34:31,568 --> 00:34:33,362 Hello. How are you? 595 00:34:33,570 --> 00:34:35,238 I'm fine, but there's a giant object... 596 00:34:35,447 --> 00:34:38,033 ...hurling its way toward us at a devastating velocity. 597 00:34:38,241 --> 00:34:40,327 Tell me about it. 598 00:34:43,205 --> 00:34:45,540 - C.J.? - Good evening, ma'am. 599 00:34:45,791 --> 00:34:48,168 - Can I talk to you for a second? - Sure. 600 00:35:01,389 --> 00:35:03,266 How was your day? 601 00:35:04,267 --> 00:35:08,772 I got bitch-slapped by the White House counsel. How about you? 602 00:35:12,609 --> 00:35:15,403 I wanted to be here when you were told. 603 00:35:17,405 --> 00:35:20,450 I didn't know they were gonna tell you last night. 604 00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:24,955 You know, Leo called me into the Oval Office about 11:00... 605 00:35:25,163 --> 00:35:28,792 ...and I was standing with Toby when Leo called me in. 606 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,253 And Toby said: 607 00:35:32,462 --> 00:35:36,258 " I'll be right here in my office when you're done. " 608 00:35:41,179 --> 00:35:44,724 I didn't know what he meant or why he said it. 609 00:35:45,225 --> 00:35:46,643 Yeah. 610 00:35:47,853 --> 00:35:50,564 Babish said there's a difference between asking the president: 611 00:35:50,772 --> 00:35:54,150 " Is there anything I should know? " and " Is there anything I need to know? " 612 00:35:54,359 --> 00:35:57,487 He seemed to think " need to know " implies I know something already... 613 00:35:57,737 --> 00:36:02,492 ...but I don't want it confirmed in order to maintain... 614 00:36:03,410 --> 00:36:05,161 ...deniability. 615 00:36:05,871 --> 00:36:08,331 Well, he's a lawyer, C.J. He's vetting, it's his job. 616 00:36:08,957 --> 00:36:11,918 I told him I couldn't remember which one I say. 617 00:36:12,168 --> 00:36:15,255 There were a lot of things I couldn't remember. 618 00:36:17,007 --> 00:36:18,925 Abbey... 619 00:36:22,304 --> 00:36:26,641 ...during the campaign we were in Manhattan, Kansas at a Sheraton... 620 00:36:26,850 --> 00:36:30,979 ...or a Marriott. I can't remember, but we were in Manhattan, Kansas. 621 00:36:31,479 --> 00:36:35,108 I came to your suite early to tell you we'd be doing Nightline that night... 622 00:36:35,317 --> 00:36:38,737 ...and we had to get to an ABC affiliate. 623 00:36:40,030 --> 00:36:42,699 And I think by then the two of you were so used to people... 624 00:36:42,907 --> 00:36:46,578 ...walking in and out of your room that you didn't hear me open the door. 625 00:36:48,246 --> 00:36:50,749 And I was almost sure I saw you... 626 00:36:50,957 --> 00:36:53,918 ...giving the president an injection of something. 627 00:36:54,127 --> 00:36:56,338 It was Betaseron. 628 00:36:58,882 --> 00:37:02,385 It reduces the frequency of the attacks. 629 00:37:09,684 --> 00:37:13,438 When the president has his physical and I do the release... 630 00:37:13,646 --> 00:37:17,192 ...I only ever ask " Is there anything else I need to know? " 631 00:37:31,581 --> 00:37:33,541 Come on in. 632 00:37:37,170 --> 00:37:39,714 - She's in. - What's she gonna do? 633 00:37:39,964 --> 00:37:42,801 " If the governor of a major state had a degenerative illness... 634 00:37:43,009 --> 00:37:45,261 ...which he hadn't disclosed but which has yet... 635 00:37:45,470 --> 00:37:47,889 ...to impair his performance, would you support him? " 636 00:37:48,139 --> 00:37:50,058 - Which governor? - Michigan. 637 00:37:50,975 --> 00:37:52,602 Well... 638 00:37:53,269 --> 00:37:54,687 ...then we'll wait. 639 00:37:55,105 --> 00:37:56,940 Yeah. 640 00:37:59,859 --> 00:38:02,153 Listen, about this Justice appropriation... 641 00:38:02,403 --> 00:38:04,489 - You're gonna do a report? - Yeah. 642 00:38:04,739 --> 00:38:07,492 Then can I read the report before you ask me to green-light... 643 00:38:07,700 --> 00:38:11,121 ...another multi-million dollar battle that'll have no support in Congress? 644 00:38:11,371 --> 00:38:12,831 Yeah. 645 00:38:13,998 --> 00:38:18,294 I just brought it up because this assistant A.G., Martin Connelly... 646 00:38:18,503 --> 00:38:22,549 ...when he left my office this morning, he turned and said: 647 00:38:22,757 --> 00:38:25,802 "They perpetrated a fraud against the public. " 648 00:38:26,010 --> 00:38:31,307 And the look on his face when he said it.... 649 00:38:33,476 --> 00:38:35,353 They want to get these people. 650 00:38:37,063 --> 00:38:39,023 We're not big tobacco. 651 00:38:40,525 --> 00:38:42,443 Yeah. 652 00:38:45,155 --> 00:38:48,616 - He's expecting me. - Okay. 653 00:38:55,331 --> 00:38:56,916 Good evening, Mr. President. 654 00:38:57,125 --> 00:39:02,171 Leo, how could you tell Abbey about the health form before I did? 655 00:39:02,380 --> 00:39:04,716 I didn't know you hadn't told her. 656 00:39:04,924 --> 00:39:08,011 My wife and I are fighting battles on several fronts at the moment... 657 00:39:08,219 --> 00:39:10,597 ...including one with each other. Can you and I be men? 658 00:39:10,805 --> 00:39:13,057 Can we have a bond? 659 00:39:14,309 --> 00:39:17,395 - We're putting a poll in the field. - How? 660 00:39:17,604 --> 00:39:20,648 We're using a woman Josh and Toby trust named Joey Lucas. 661 00:39:20,899 --> 00:39:22,150 I met Joey Lucas. 662 00:39:22,358 --> 00:39:26,487 She's basically giving MS to the governor of Michigan. 663 00:39:26,738 --> 00:39:29,115 - How's he gonna feel about that? - Don't worry. 664 00:39:29,699 --> 00:39:32,577 - This is a bad idea. - We've gotta do it. 665 00:39:32,827 --> 00:39:34,787 I'm coming clean. I'm doing it voluntarily. 666 00:39:34,996 --> 00:39:37,916 It's gonna look like I did it because a poll told me to. 667 00:39:38,166 --> 00:39:41,669 Then it'd be a good idea if nobody found out. 668 00:39:43,046 --> 00:39:45,173 All right. 669 00:39:48,384 --> 00:39:50,511 Why don't you get Sam? 670 00:40:09,405 --> 00:40:11,491 - So. - Yeah. 671 00:40:12,033 --> 00:40:13,660 - I think I may have offended... - Oh, God. 672 00:40:13,868 --> 00:40:15,620 - Yeah. - Who? 673 00:40:15,870 --> 00:40:17,330 I met with some of the staffers... 674 00:40:17,538 --> 00:40:19,916 ...for Americans for Tax Justice and the Progressive Caucus. 675 00:40:20,166 --> 00:40:24,003 - You think you may have offended them? - Yeah. And girls, possibly. 676 00:40:24,879 --> 00:40:26,964 - Were you right? - Yeah. Toby, it's class... 677 00:40:27,215 --> 00:40:29,342 That's all you need to tell me. I trust you. 678 00:40:30,635 --> 00:40:31,844 - Sam? - Yeah. 679 00:40:32,053 --> 00:40:34,180 - Come see the president, would you? - Yeah. 680 00:40:34,389 --> 00:40:35,765 - Sam? - Yeah. 681 00:40:36,015 --> 00:40:38,684 I'll be here in the office when you're done. 682 00:40:39,310 --> 00:40:41,396 Yeah, okay. 683 00:40:54,867 --> 00:40:56,911 - C.J. - Hey. 684 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,622 - You walking? - Yeah. 685 00:41:00,456 --> 00:41:03,501 - I met with Joey Lucas today. - I heard. 686 00:41:03,709 --> 00:41:06,963 The president's got Leo worried it's gonna look like we announced it... 687 00:41:07,171 --> 00:41:11,843 ...because we took a poll. What do you think? 688 00:41:14,887 --> 00:41:16,597 What? 689 00:41:21,352 --> 00:41:24,105 The president and Leo are worried about that? 690 00:41:24,313 --> 00:41:27,191 Yeah. What? 691 00:41:28,151 --> 00:41:30,486 You guys are like Butch and Sundance... 692 00:41:30,695 --> 00:41:33,823 ...peering over a cliff to the boulder-filled rapids 300 feet below... 693 00:41:34,031 --> 00:41:37,743 ...thinking you better not jump because there's a chance you might drown. 694 00:41:39,370 --> 00:41:42,540 The president has this disease and has been lying about it... 695 00:41:42,748 --> 00:41:45,501 ...and you guys are worried that the polling might make us look bad? 696 00:41:45,710 --> 00:41:48,754 It's the fall that's gonna kill you. 697 00:41:51,966 --> 00:41:54,594 - Us. - What? 698 00:41:58,055 --> 00:42:03,603 You said, " It's the fall that's gonna kill you. " You meant us. 699 00:42:04,979 --> 00:42:07,857 - Where are you going, C.J.? - Home. I know what you meant. 700 00:42:08,065 --> 00:42:10,776 I want to sleep for a while. I'm going home. 701 00:42:15,364 --> 00:42:19,201 You know, Donna got hold of this fax... 702 00:42:19,410 --> 00:42:22,038 ...that was sent to the Press Office from the OSF at NASA. 703 00:42:22,246 --> 00:42:24,415 - What, something falling out of the sky? - Yeah. 704 00:42:24,624 --> 00:42:27,627 - We get that fax once a week. - Yeah, but Donna doesn't know that. 705 00:42:27,835 --> 00:42:31,714 - She thinks it's an emergency. - And you didn't want to tell her? 706 00:42:31,923 --> 00:42:36,344 No, the other way you get a day of entertainment without leaving the office. 707 00:42:36,761 --> 00:42:40,431 She doesn't know that these things fall out of the sky all the time. 708 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,935 Once every 10 days, as a matter of fact. 709 00:42:44,143 --> 00:42:46,646 Since the first year we started putting objects in space... 710 00:42:46,854 --> 00:42:50,358 ...17,000 have come back. Remarkably, not one person has been hit. 711 00:42:54,862 --> 00:42:58,991 So I suppose there's an argument to be made that we're due. 712 00:43:00,117 --> 00:43:04,455 Yeah, you picked me right up there, Josh. 713 00:43:06,290 --> 00:43:08,751 - See you tomorrow. - Yeah. 714 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,123 Best watched using Open Subtitles MKV Player