1 00:00:03,037 --> 00:00:05,739 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:05,773 --> 00:00:06,774 You're scared of Babish. 3 00:00:06,807 --> 00:00:07,808 Oh, like you're not. 4 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:09,477 Oliver, I'm going to tell you a story 5 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:11,379 and then I need you to tell me whether or not 6 00:00:11,412 --> 00:00:13,814 I've engaged 16 people in a massive criminal conspiracy 7 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:16,350 to defraud the public in order to win a presidential election. 8 00:00:16,384 --> 00:00:18,152 BABISH: Have you ever signed any document 9 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:19,987 in which you were asked about your health 10 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,455 and did not disclose you have MS? 11 00:00:21,489 --> 00:00:21,989 No. 12 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:22,990 Toby... 13 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:23,857 Yeah? 14 00:00:23,891 --> 00:00:24,992 Why are you lying to me? 15 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:25,993 Charlie... 16 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:28,062 When Zoey and Ellie went to college 17 00:00:28,096 --> 00:00:29,530 they would have had to fill out a health form. 18 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:32,766 Because she was 17, a parent had to sign it. 19 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,235 And she left off the MS? 20 00:00:34,268 --> 00:00:34,802 Yeah. 21 00:00:47,915 --> 00:00:49,016 Good morning. 22 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,118 Good morning. 23 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:51,652 Did anyone see you come here? 24 00:00:51,685 --> 00:00:52,453 I really don't know. 25 00:00:52,486 --> 00:00:53,487 Why not? 26 00:00:53,521 --> 00:00:55,489 I really wasn't paying that much attention. 27 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:56,457 I wish you would. 28 00:00:56,490 --> 00:00:58,826 I walked from my office to your office. 29 00:00:58,859 --> 00:01:00,994 Was there press outside your office? 30 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:03,030 Not at 5:30 in the morning, no. 31 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:05,699 When did you find out about the President's MS? 32 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:07,535 Last night when Leo told me. 33 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:08,869 Who else was there? 34 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,003 Nobody. 35 00:01:10,037 --> 00:01:11,439 Nobody else was in the room? No. 36 00:01:11,472 --> 00:01:13,807 Have you ever lied about the President's health? 37 00:01:13,841 --> 00:01:15,109 Should I have my lawyer here? 38 00:01:15,143 --> 00:01:16,110 I'm your lawyer. 39 00:01:16,144 --> 00:01:17,578 You're the President's lawyer. 40 00:01:17,611 --> 00:01:19,012 I'm the White House Counsel, C.J. 41 00:01:19,046 --> 00:01:20,781 Have you ever lied about the President's health? 42 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:21,915 When did he tell you? 43 00:01:21,949 --> 00:01:22,816 I'm sorry? 44 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:23,951 When did the President tell you? 45 00:01:23,984 --> 00:01:25,085 Six days ago. 46 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:26,086 And Josh? 47 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,087 Two days after that. 48 00:01:27,121 --> 00:01:28,822 Toby? Two days before he told me. 49 00:01:28,856 --> 00:01:30,924 C.J., have you ever lied about the President's health? 50 00:01:30,958 --> 00:01:32,293 And Leo he told more than a year ago. 51 00:01:32,326 --> 00:01:34,495 Yeah. And I've had this for six hours now 52 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:36,797 so maybe giving me some room wouldn't be totally out of line. 53 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:38,031 You know what I'm saying, Oliver? 54 00:01:38,065 --> 00:01:39,533 C.J., I'm going to have to ask you some questions 55 00:01:39,567 --> 00:01:41,802 and the less you can be pissed at the world for no particular reason 56 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:44,772 the better, I think. 57 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:46,540 I don't know you. 58 00:01:46,574 --> 00:01:48,709 I'm sorry? I was told to report to you. 59 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:50,444 I don't know you. You've been here what...? 60 00:01:50,478 --> 00:01:51,044 Three months. 61 00:01:51,078 --> 00:01:52,045 Three months 62 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:53,281 so why should I trust you? 63 00:01:53,314 --> 00:01:54,615 I don't care if you trust me or not. 64 00:01:54,648 --> 00:01:55,616 Imagine my shock. 65 00:01:55,649 --> 00:01:57,451 I got better things to do with my imagination. 66 00:01:57,485 --> 00:01:59,353 I think this is going really well so far, Oliver. 67 00:01:59,387 --> 00:02:00,988 It's almost hard to believe that four different women 68 00:02:01,021 --> 00:02:04,825 have sued you for divorce. 69 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:08,596 Well, you can do that if you want, C.J. 70 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:09,897 I've been through it 71 00:02:09,930 --> 00:02:12,233 a couple times with Josh and Toby, but sooner or later 72 00:02:12,266 --> 00:02:13,967 you're going to have to answer questions. 73 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:15,203 Either to you or...? A grand jury. 74 00:02:15,236 --> 00:02:16,437 Compelled by? 75 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:17,738 A Justice Department subpoena. 76 00:02:17,771 --> 00:02:20,140 Well, I have to tell you 77 00:02:20,174 --> 00:02:22,243 it'll be the first time I've been asked out 78 00:02:22,276 --> 00:02:23,777 in quite awhile, so... 79 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:25,246 It's entirely possible 80 00:02:25,279 --> 00:02:28,216 that the President has committed multiple counts 81 00:02:28,249 --> 00:02:31,352 of a federal crime to which you were an accomplice. 82 00:02:31,385 --> 00:02:33,554 That much has sunk in in the last six hours. 83 00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:34,755 Has it? Yes. 84 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:36,257 So why don't you knock off 85 00:02:36,290 --> 00:02:39,260 the cutie-pie crap and answer the damn question. 86 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:42,563 What was the question? 87 00:02:42,596 --> 00:02:44,932 Have you ever lied about the President's health? 88 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:45,933 What is your answer? 89 00:02:48,602 --> 00:02:50,471 Many, many times. 90 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:45,326 ( footsteps ) 91 00:03:45,793 --> 00:03:46,460 Mr. Connelly? 92 00:03:46,494 --> 00:03:47,461 Yes. 93 00:03:47,495 --> 00:03:49,129 I'm Donna Moss. I'm Josh Lyman's assistant. 94 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:51,599 He's tied up with Mr. McGarry for just a couple more minutes. 95 00:03:51,632 --> 00:03:53,000 I hope you don't mind waiting. 96 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:54,435 No. 97 00:03:57,671 --> 00:04:00,408 Does anybody know if it's going to rain this afternoon? 98 00:04:00,441 --> 00:04:01,542 They're asking me. 99 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:03,110 The paper said mid-afternoon. 100 00:04:03,143 --> 00:04:04,512 So we know it won't be that. 101 00:04:04,545 --> 00:04:06,580 Call the Navy Yard for me, would you? 102 00:04:06,614 --> 00:04:07,615 Yeah. 103 00:04:07,648 --> 00:04:09,082 ( laughter ) 104 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:09,783 Donna. 105 00:04:09,817 --> 00:04:10,250 Yeah. 106 00:04:10,284 --> 00:04:11,452 Have you seen C.J.? 107 00:04:11,485 --> 00:04:12,453 No. What's so funny? 108 00:04:12,486 --> 00:04:14,154 Ed just got a fax from... 109 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:15,155 I'm sorry. 110 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:16,256 Ed just got a fax from 111 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:17,425 a man named Byron Talmadge. 112 00:04:17,458 --> 00:04:18,626 He's the Associate Administrator 113 00:04:18,659 --> 00:04:20,828 of NASA's Office of Space Cadets. 114 00:04:20,861 --> 00:04:21,562 Flight. 115 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:23,297 Office of Space Flight. The OSF? 116 00:04:23,331 --> 00:04:25,699 What'd the fax say? A huge Chinese satellite 117 00:04:25,733 --> 00:04:27,067 is going to come crashing to Earth 118 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,135 and we don't know where 119 00:04:28,168 --> 00:04:29,737 and we don't know when. Seriously? 120 00:04:29,770 --> 00:04:31,305 Yeah, it's right here in the fax. 121 00:04:31,339 --> 00:04:34,141 A satellite is... crashing to Earth 122 00:04:34,174 --> 00:04:35,008 and NASA sent us a fax? 123 00:04:35,042 --> 00:04:35,809 Yeah. 124 00:04:35,843 --> 00:04:38,245 This is for real? Yes. 125 00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:39,880 A satellite is going to crash into the Earth? 126 00:04:39,913 --> 00:04:40,414 ( laughing ): Yes. 127 00:04:40,448 --> 00:04:41,415 Why are you laughing? 128 00:04:41,449 --> 00:04:42,683 We thought it was funny. 129 00:04:42,716 --> 00:04:43,984 I'm an assistant. What am I supposed 130 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:45,018 to do with this information? 131 00:04:45,052 --> 00:04:46,420 The fax was for C.J. 132 00:04:46,454 --> 00:04:49,089 Just give it to her when you see her. 133 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:52,092 Donna, they say it's not going to rain this afternoon. 134 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,861 Well, that's a relief. 135 00:04:54,862 --> 00:04:56,296 All right, hear me out on this, okay? Yeah. 136 00:04:56,330 --> 00:04:59,667 We want to see some polling. 137 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:00,267 Why? 138 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,134 'Cause we need to know 139 00:05:01,168 --> 00:05:02,269 what to do next. 140 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:03,637 We know what to do next. No, we don't know 141 00:05:03,671 --> 00:05:05,339 which is the more insurmountable problem-- 142 00:05:05,373 --> 00:05:06,440 the perception that... 143 00:05:06,474 --> 00:05:08,342 ( knocking ) 144 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,982 We'll call back. 145 00:05:17,117 --> 00:05:18,652 ( sighs ) 146 00:05:18,686 --> 00:05:21,154 The perception that he's not physically up to the job 147 00:05:21,188 --> 00:05:23,223 or that he lied about it. 148 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:25,258 There's no way to gauge public opinion on this 149 00:05:25,292 --> 00:05:26,927 until the issue occurs. 150 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,663 Public opinion is going to be shaped by the reaction of the press. 151 00:05:29,697 --> 00:05:31,932 All public opinion is shaped by the reaction of the press 152 00:05:31,965 --> 00:05:34,067 but the fundamental foundation already exists 153 00:05:34,101 --> 00:05:36,103 in their current perception of the President... 154 00:05:36,136 --> 00:05:38,338 Josh, how the hell are you going to take a poll without...? 155 00:05:38,372 --> 00:05:39,407 We can do it. Leo... 156 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,941 I don't trust any of our people 157 00:05:40,974 --> 00:05:43,644 and even if I did, what kind of questions could they ask 158 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:45,413 that won't trip an alarm? 159 00:05:45,446 --> 00:05:48,348 Josh trusts Joey Lucas. 160 00:05:48,382 --> 00:05:49,383 From California? 161 00:05:49,417 --> 00:05:50,918 Yeah, she's flying in right now. 162 00:05:50,951 --> 00:05:51,719 What did you tell her? 163 00:05:51,752 --> 00:05:53,120 I told her we were commissioning a poll 164 00:05:53,153 --> 00:05:57,391 to explore attitudes towards subsurface agricultural products. 165 00:05:57,425 --> 00:05:59,326 Subsurface agricultural...? Underground. 166 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:00,327 What the hell...? We think Americans 167 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,595 are eating more beets. 168 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:02,596 Beets? 169 00:06:02,630 --> 00:06:04,064 Yeah. 170 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:06,667 All right. 171 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,135 Okay? 172 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:09,069 Yeah. 173 00:06:10,270 --> 00:06:12,473 Toby 174 00:06:12,506 --> 00:06:15,308 you want to talk about when we tell Sam? 175 00:06:15,342 --> 00:06:17,110 I wouldn't do it right now. 176 00:06:17,144 --> 00:06:18,211 Why? 177 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:20,514 His head is in the SME speech for Chicago... 178 00:06:20,548 --> 00:06:22,282 The thing... Hang on. 179 00:06:22,315 --> 00:06:23,283 His head is in Chicago 180 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:24,284 and that's where we need it. 181 00:06:24,317 --> 00:06:25,385 Would you want to write the speech 182 00:06:25,419 --> 00:06:26,820 with this other thing around your neck? 183 00:06:26,854 --> 00:06:27,755 No. 184 00:06:28,622 --> 00:06:30,290 The President wants him to know 185 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:31,391 by the end of the day. 186 00:06:31,425 --> 00:06:33,360 The end of the day then. 187 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,128 LEO: Okay. 188 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:38,198 Anything else? 189 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:39,266 No. Thanks. 190 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:40,634 Thank you. 191 00:06:40,668 --> 00:06:41,802 Thanks. 192 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:49,777 When does she get here? 193 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:51,044 Six o'clock. 194 00:06:51,078 --> 00:06:52,079 You do this carefully. 195 00:06:52,112 --> 00:06:53,280 No kidding. 196 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:54,715 You trust this person? 197 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:56,850 I got to trust somebody right now. 198 00:06:56,884 --> 00:07:00,087 Good, 'cause I don't trust anybody right now. 199 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:03,190 DONNA: Josh. 200 00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:06,359 Yeah. 201 00:07:06,393 --> 00:07:08,261 A fax was sent to the press office 202 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:10,430 from the Office of Space Flight at NASA. 203 00:07:10,464 --> 00:07:12,299 A Chinese satellite called Zodiac 204 00:07:12,332 --> 00:07:13,701 has fallen out of its orbit 205 00:07:13,734 --> 00:07:15,536 and will be falling to Earth 206 00:07:15,569 --> 00:07:16,670 at an unspecified time and place. 207 00:07:16,704 --> 00:07:18,506 What are you telling me for? 208 00:07:18,539 --> 00:07:19,507 What am I telling you for? Yeah. 209 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:20,674 This giant thing is falling to Earth. 210 00:07:20,708 --> 00:07:21,675 They're watching it on radar. 211 00:07:21,709 --> 00:07:23,176 Isn't there something we do? 212 00:07:23,210 --> 00:07:24,177 Like what? 213 00:07:24,211 --> 00:07:25,378 Like sound the alarm, I don't know. 214 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:26,480 Sound the alarm? 215 00:07:26,514 --> 00:07:27,481 There is no alarm. 216 00:07:27,515 --> 00:07:28,482 There's really not. 217 00:07:28,516 --> 00:07:29,650 Martin? Yes. 218 00:07:29,683 --> 00:07:31,218 Sorry to keep you waiting. Oh, that's okay. 219 00:07:31,251 --> 00:07:32,520 Come on back. Josh... 220 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:34,321 The fax is for the press office. Give it to them. 221 00:07:34,354 --> 00:07:35,756 The deputies are at breakfast 222 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,324 and I don't know where C.J. is. 223 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:40,060 Uh, Martin, you can have a seat in my office. 224 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:42,863 C.J.'s meeting with Babish. 225 00:07:42,896 --> 00:07:43,664 I'll be inside. 226 00:07:43,697 --> 00:07:45,733 You're not concerned about this? 227 00:07:45,766 --> 00:07:47,267 No. 228 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,036 I apologize again. 229 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:49,937 No, that's all right. 230 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:52,305 I assume you know why I'm here. 231 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:54,708 I don't, actually. 232 00:07:54,742 --> 00:07:57,845 Mac Sheridan was going to talk to you first. 233 00:07:57,878 --> 00:07:59,747 I have a call to return to Mac. 234 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:02,249 I should wait until he talks to you. 235 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:04,317 Why don't you talk to me now? 236 00:08:04,351 --> 00:08:07,287 The case is running out of money. 237 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,321 Which case? 238 00:08:08,355 --> 00:08:09,723 The U.S. v... You're kidding me. 239 00:08:09,757 --> 00:08:11,424 No. 240 00:08:11,458 --> 00:08:14,194 Martin, we spent $13 million the first year 241 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:15,195 $23 million the second. 242 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:16,363 Where's the money going? 243 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:21,334 Outside counsel and staff, depositions, expert witnesses 244 00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:23,203 processing, database, research. 245 00:08:23,236 --> 00:08:23,837 Yeah. 246 00:08:23,871 --> 00:08:26,106 We have 31 lawyers on a case 247 00:08:26,139 --> 00:08:30,477 against five tobacco companies, just one of which has 342. 248 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,946 We won't count the 13 subsidiaries 249 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:34,815 that have mounted their own defense. 250 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:38,919 Tobacco has spent $380 million to the government's 251 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:39,953 $36 million. 252 00:08:39,987 --> 00:08:41,989 So when I come here asking for money 253 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:43,857 it's not 'cause the Justice Department 254 00:08:43,891 --> 00:08:45,659 blew its allowance on video games. 255 00:08:50,998 --> 00:08:53,634 I should have let Mac talk to you first. 256 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:55,335 Aren't you allowed 257 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:56,570 to transfer funds...? 258 00:08:56,604 --> 00:08:58,171 Yeah, that's what we've been doing. 259 00:08:58,205 --> 00:08:59,673 We've been transferring money 260 00:08:59,707 --> 00:09:01,675 from Commerce and Health and Human Services 261 00:09:01,709 --> 00:09:02,910 to pay for the lawsuit 262 00:09:02,943 --> 00:09:04,778 but then the House passed HR-260 263 00:09:04,812 --> 00:09:06,880 and now the Committees... Yeah. 264 00:09:06,914 --> 00:09:07,881 You understand? 265 00:09:07,915 --> 00:09:09,282 Yeah, let me run it by Leo. 266 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:13,553 This is a fight worth winning. 267 00:09:13,587 --> 00:09:15,623 You don't have to convince me. 268 00:09:15,656 --> 00:09:18,191 These people perpetrated a fraud against the public. 269 00:09:18,225 --> 00:09:19,960 I'm sorry? 270 00:09:19,993 --> 00:09:24,698 I said they perpetrated a fraud against the public. 271 00:09:25,833 --> 00:09:28,035 The tobacco companies? 272 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:30,037 Yeah. 273 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:33,240 Well, I'm going to talk to Leo 274 00:09:33,273 --> 00:09:35,108 and I'll tell Mac you were here. 275 00:09:35,142 --> 00:09:36,977 Thank you. 276 00:09:42,816 --> 00:09:44,985 C.J.: Let me just finish this. 277 00:09:45,018 --> 00:09:49,790 He was hemodynamically stable with a blood pressure of 140/80. 278 00:09:49,823 --> 00:09:51,725 Cholesterol level is 185. 279 00:09:51,759 --> 00:09:55,062 The QRS interval on the EKG is slightly long 280 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,263 but otherwise good. 281 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,397 The President is pronounced 282 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:58,832 in excellent physical health. 283 00:09:58,866 --> 00:10:01,368 What was that, March of last year? 284 00:10:01,401 --> 00:10:02,169 Yeah. How many times 285 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:02,870 have you done that? 286 00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:03,904 I'd have to go back and check. 287 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,038 Estimate. 288 00:10:05,072 --> 00:10:06,073 If that was March 289 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:08,742 of last year, then that was his fourth physical. 290 00:10:08,776 --> 00:10:11,144 Then there were a couple times during the campaign 291 00:10:11,178 --> 00:10:12,512 and after the shooting... 292 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:13,213 Yeah? 293 00:10:13,246 --> 00:10:14,214 And the time he rode 294 00:10:14,247 --> 00:10:15,248 his bicycle into a tree. 295 00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:16,516 When he sprained his ankle. 296 00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:17,718 Yeah. 297 00:10:17,751 --> 00:10:19,019 Tell me how it works. 298 00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:19,953 What do you mean? 299 00:10:19,987 --> 00:10:21,922 When the President has a physical. 300 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:24,091 The President's physician-- right now 301 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:26,626 it's Admiral Leonard Morrow-- the President's physician calls 302 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:28,696 and gives me a short statement including vitals. 303 00:10:28,729 --> 00:10:30,497 And then you make a statement to the press. 304 00:10:30,530 --> 00:10:31,665 Yeah. 305 00:10:31,699 --> 00:10:32,700 Do you speak to the President 306 00:10:32,733 --> 00:10:33,967 before you make a statement? 307 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:34,935 Yes. Why? 308 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:36,804 Because of doctor-patient confidentiality. 309 00:10:36,837 --> 00:10:38,872 There's only so much you're going to get from the doctor. 310 00:10:38,906 --> 00:10:40,774 So what do you ask the President? 311 00:10:40,808 --> 00:10:43,043 I say, "Is there anything I should know about your health 312 00:10:43,076 --> 00:10:45,045 that the doctors won't tell me?" I'm going to ask you something. 313 00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:47,014 What? Do you say, "Is there anything I should know?" 314 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:48,749 Or do you say, "Is there anything I need to know?" 315 00:10:48,782 --> 00:10:50,450 What does it matter? 316 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:51,752 Which do you say? What does it matter? 317 00:10:51,785 --> 00:10:53,253 "Is there anything I need to know" 318 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:55,488 implies you only want to know enough to face reporters 319 00:10:55,522 --> 00:10:57,224 while maintaining deniability. 320 00:10:57,257 --> 00:10:58,358 It's an expression. 321 00:10:58,391 --> 00:10:59,426 Did you use it? 322 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:01,929 I really don't remember, I don't. 323 00:11:01,962 --> 00:11:03,330 I don't choose my words that carefully. 324 00:11:03,363 --> 00:11:04,664 With the President? 325 00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:05,866 You think I was speaking 326 00:11:05,899 --> 00:11:07,134 to the President in code? 327 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:09,436 No, I was just asking. 328 00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:11,504 ( knocking ) 329 00:11:11,538 --> 00:11:13,741 Yeah. 330 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:16,043 Excuse me. 331 00:11:16,076 --> 00:11:18,478 C.J., this is a note from Donna Moss. 332 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,613 She wanted you to see it right away. 333 00:11:20,647 --> 00:11:22,716 Thanks. 334 00:11:28,822 --> 00:11:30,891 The sky is falling down. 335 00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:38,732 how large it should be, how small it should be 336 00:11:38,766 --> 00:11:40,633 what share should be received by whom-- 337 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:44,371 all of this, my friends, is the wrong debate at the wrong time 338 00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:47,007 over the wrong issue. Yes. 339 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:48,575 We need to get back to fundamentals. 340 00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:50,543 Where is that? Where is what? 341 00:11:50,577 --> 00:11:51,611 "We need to get back to fundamentals." 342 00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:52,746 It's not in the speech. 343 00:11:52,780 --> 00:11:53,747 I'm saying it. We need 344 00:11:53,781 --> 00:11:55,082 to get back to fundamentals. 345 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:57,517 ( knocking ) 346 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:58,886 Excuse me. 347 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:00,353 Think about fundamentals. 348 00:12:03,791 --> 00:12:05,225 Ready for some good news? 349 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:06,426 Yeah. 350 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:07,427 Not out here. 351 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:13,100 This is going to be a front page story tomorrow. 352 00:12:13,133 --> 00:12:14,701 There's a front page story tomorrow 353 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:16,036 I don't know about yet? 354 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:17,304 You're going to know about it in two hours. 355 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:19,940 But I'm going to know about it now, right? 356 00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:22,843 CBO's going to issue a new estimate of the surplus. 357 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:24,144 They're projecting it down? Yeah. 358 00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:25,913 We don't have as much money as we thought? No. 359 00:12:25,946 --> 00:12:27,647 That's great news. It's not great news Yeah. 360 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,616 that we have less money. I'm saying... Yeah. 361 00:12:29,649 --> 00:12:31,919 'Cause the floor fight's going to be easier. 362 00:12:31,952 --> 00:12:34,354 How much less money? When they project eight years out 363 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:35,522 It's $200 billion less. 364 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:36,289 Nine years out 365 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:36,824 it's $400 billion less. 366 00:12:36,857 --> 00:12:38,025 That is great. Yeah. 367 00:12:38,058 --> 00:12:39,459 It's not great that we have... 368 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:41,061 Sam, we get why it's great. 369 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:42,896 I can't even tell you how much this helps. 370 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:45,498 I'm drafting the SME speech for Chicago and I can really... 371 00:12:45,532 --> 00:12:46,733 That's why we're telling you. 372 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:48,802 There's a line that ATJ and the Progressive Caucus 373 00:12:48,836 --> 00:12:49,736 want in the Chicago speech. 374 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:50,938 I got it here. 375 00:12:54,975 --> 00:12:56,877 "We want a real tax cut for working families 376 00:12:56,910 --> 00:12:58,378 "to help them pay for higher education 377 00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:01,214 "and housing, while our opponents want to help the rich 378 00:13:01,248 --> 00:13:05,352 pay for bigger swimming pools and faster private jets." 379 00:13:05,385 --> 00:13:06,119 No, I don't think so. 380 00:13:06,153 --> 00:13:07,420 They want it in. No, no, no. 381 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:09,556 Why not? Well, for one thing, it's very bad writing. 382 00:13:09,589 --> 00:13:10,457 Change the writing. 383 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:11,558 Summer homes and sports cars. 384 00:13:11,591 --> 00:13:12,559 The poetry's not my problem. 385 00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:13,894 They want it in Chicago. 386 00:13:13,927 --> 00:13:15,028 Tell them to do their own speech. 387 00:13:15,062 --> 00:13:16,463 This one's for the President. 388 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:17,464 You want to tell them that? 389 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:18,165 No. 390 00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:18,731 Okay. 391 00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:19,732 We have less money? 392 00:13:19,766 --> 00:13:20,667 Isn't that great? 393 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:22,836 Yes, it is. Thanks. 394 00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:28,008 C.J., are you aware that a year ago January 395 00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:29,309 the President had an attack? 396 00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:30,844 I am now. 397 00:13:30,878 --> 00:13:31,912 You were there when he collapsed. 398 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:32,913 I was outside the room. 399 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:34,314 But you went into the room 400 00:13:34,347 --> 00:13:35,248 when he was unconscious. 401 00:13:35,282 --> 00:13:37,117 Yes. What made you go into the room? 402 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:38,852 The sound of a Steuben glass pitcher 403 00:13:38,886 --> 00:13:40,053 crashing to the floor. 404 00:13:40,087 --> 00:13:41,788 What did you think had happened? 405 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:42,789 I didn't know. 406 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:45,592 Well, what did you think? 407 00:13:45,625 --> 00:13:48,228 Well, at first glance, I thought he might have a virus 408 00:13:48,261 --> 00:13:50,430 contracted from a rare African tsetse fly 409 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:51,965 possibly Tropical sprue. 410 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:54,367 I'm not an expert, but I did meet a man once in India. 411 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:55,635 Yeah. It could be anything 412 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:56,603 with these Presidents. 413 00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:57,938 James Polk had diverticulitis. 414 00:13:57,971 --> 00:14:00,007 Yeah? Couldn't digest nuts. I'll tell you what else. 415 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,042 One in 40 American men wear women's clothing 416 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:03,810 and we've had well over 40 Presidents. 417 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:04,844 Yeah. I'm just saying 418 00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:06,046 one of these guys was dancing 419 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:07,414 around the Oval Office in a prom dress. 420 00:14:07,447 --> 00:14:09,116 Now, let's get to the bottom of that. 421 00:14:09,149 --> 00:14:09,917 C.J. Yeah. 422 00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:11,251 In my entire life 423 00:14:11,284 --> 00:14:14,154 I've never found anything charming. 424 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:18,158 Really? 425 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:20,360 You announced to the press it was the flu. 426 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:22,629 Yes. Who told you to say it was the flu? 427 00:14:22,662 --> 00:14:24,064 I wasn't told to say it was the flu. 428 00:14:24,097 --> 00:14:25,298 I was told it was the flu. 429 00:14:25,332 --> 00:14:27,367 Who told...? I'm not getting into that! 430 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:28,735 I'm not getting into who said what. 431 00:14:28,768 --> 00:14:29,802 We can do that at the next 432 00:14:29,836 --> 00:14:31,371 of what I'm sure will be many sessions. 433 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:32,172 Okay. 434 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,374 Do you know what time it is? 435 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:39,712 It's five past noon. 436 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:40,880 I'd like you to get out 437 00:14:40,914 --> 00:14:42,715 of the habit of doing that. 438 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:43,850 Doing what? 439 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:45,518 Answering more than was asked. 440 00:14:47,254 --> 00:14:49,389 Do you know what time it is? 441 00:14:54,094 --> 00:14:56,396 Yes. 442 00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:57,730 We'll take a break 443 00:14:57,764 --> 00:14:59,332 and meet again later today. 444 00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:05,405 Hey. 445 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:06,573 You see this? 446 00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:07,540 That was nice. 447 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:09,943 We got good reviews on the commencement speech. 448 00:15:09,977 --> 00:15:11,945 Yeah? From Leonard Wachtel, of all places. 449 00:15:11,979 --> 00:15:13,646 You got a second? He calls you and me 450 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,082 the Batman and Robin of speech-writing. 451 00:15:15,115 --> 00:15:16,950 Well, I don't think he does. 452 00:15:16,984 --> 00:15:18,551 He doesn't, but he should, 'cause that's what we are. 453 00:15:18,585 --> 00:15:19,486 Okay. 454 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:20,887 We're Batman and Robin. 455 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,122 Which one's which? 456 00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:23,823 Look at me, Sam. Am I Robin? 457 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:25,058 I'm not Robin. Yes, you are. 458 00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:26,693 Okay, well, let's move off this. 459 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:27,827 You bet, little friend. 460 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:29,696 Listen, we're really not Batman and Robin. 461 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,264 No, we'll keep those identities secret. 462 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:33,033 I'm Bruce Wayne and you're my ward. 463 00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:34,034 Toby... Dick something. 464 00:15:34,067 --> 00:15:35,202 Jane Gentry and Richard Will 465 00:15:35,235 --> 00:15:36,869 came to see me with some news. 466 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,138 The CBO's projection... Really? 467 00:15:38,171 --> 00:15:39,839 Yes. Has us $200 billion lower 468 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:40,840 eight years out. 469 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:42,875 That's fantastic news. Yes. 470 00:15:42,909 --> 00:15:44,444 When is this real? 471 00:15:44,477 --> 00:15:45,245 This afternoon. 472 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:46,779 The projections are lower? 473 00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:47,814 Measurably lower. 474 00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:49,216 I'm so happy I could spit. 475 00:15:49,249 --> 00:15:51,918 This is really the first administration in history 476 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,586 to favor slower economic growth. 477 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:56,323 I favor it when it gives us a bat and a ball on tax cuts. 478 00:15:56,356 --> 00:15:57,124 Yeah. 479 00:15:57,157 --> 00:15:58,125 We offer them a deal. 480 00:15:58,158 --> 00:15:59,459 We lower the bottom rate 481 00:15:59,492 --> 00:16:01,228 from 15 to ten percent, but we stand our ground 482 00:16:01,261 --> 00:16:02,795 on no tax cut in the top bracket 483 00:16:02,829 --> 00:16:03,863 and you know why? 484 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:04,931 Because it turns out 485 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,733 we might not be able to afford it. 486 00:16:06,766 --> 00:16:07,734 Isn't it great? 487 00:16:07,767 --> 00:16:09,102 Yeah, it's Christmas in Paris 488 00:16:09,136 --> 00:16:11,238 but there's a line ATJ and the Progressive Caucus 489 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:13,373 want me to put in the draft for Chicago. 490 00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:14,174 What? 491 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:16,076 That we want to do great things 492 00:16:16,109 --> 00:16:18,511 but our opponents want bigger swimming pools 493 00:16:18,545 --> 00:16:19,879 and faster private jets. 494 00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:21,314 Their private jets are too slow? 495 00:16:21,348 --> 00:16:22,782 Toby... Change the writing. 496 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,617 It's not the writing. 497 00:16:24,651 --> 00:16:25,885 I know. 498 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,220 Listen. 499 00:16:27,254 --> 00:16:28,355 Yeah? 500 00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:31,624 Nothing. 501 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:32,825 Okay. 502 00:16:32,859 --> 00:16:35,162 Don't worry about it. 503 00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:36,096 So... 504 00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:37,497 I have to go to a meeting. 505 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,232 You should talk to somebody at ATJ or the Caucus. 506 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:41,301 Okay, I'm going to do that then. 507 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,136 Yeah. Okay. 508 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:44,971 Hey, Donna. 509 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:45,972 Hey, Charlie. 510 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,474 Is there 511 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:48,608 anything you need? 512 00:16:48,641 --> 00:16:50,777 Nope. Just came in to say hi. 513 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:51,911 How you doing? 514 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:53,280 Good. 515 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,185 So, NASA's OSF tells us 516 00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:01,188 that the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base 517 00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:03,056 believes that a Chinese satellite 518 00:17:03,090 --> 00:17:05,625 has fallen out of its orbital... flight plan. 519 00:17:05,658 --> 00:17:07,594 The last detection the 30th had 520 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:10,397 placed it in what they call a "degrading orbital path" 521 00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:12,465 and it's now dropped off their radar 522 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:14,834 suggesting it's begun a rapid fall 523 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,736 towards the Earth's atmosphere. 524 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,004 Cool. No, it's not. 525 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:19,839 What's the matter with you people? What'd I do? 526 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:21,174 A thing the size of a garbage truck 527 00:17:21,208 --> 00:17:23,042 is going to be in a 2,000-mile-an-hour free fall 528 00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:24,644 and no one knows where it's going to hit. 529 00:17:24,677 --> 00:17:25,445 I'm voting for Zurich. 530 00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:27,013 Charlie... I've had it up to here 531 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,548 with the Swiss. You don't... 532 00:17:28,581 --> 00:17:29,616 Hang on. Excuse me. 533 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:36,089 Good afternoon. 534 00:17:36,123 --> 00:17:37,690 Welcome back, Mrs. Bartlet. 535 00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:38,691 Thank you. 536 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:40,227 A couple of reminders. 537 00:17:40,260 --> 00:17:41,428 You're at the Board 538 00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:43,763 of the Children's Cancer Fund at the Sheraton. 539 00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:44,764 That's at 3:00. 540 00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:45,898 Before that, I want to be... 541 00:17:45,932 --> 00:17:46,933 Yeah, you're going to read 542 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:48,368 at the Head Start program in Southeast. 543 00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:49,769 Welcome back, Mrs. Bartlet. 544 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:51,804 That's a snappy suit, Bobby. 545 00:17:51,838 --> 00:17:53,740 I got a medevac helicopter named after me.ay? 546 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:54,574 Yeah? 547 00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:59,412 An AS335 F1 Twinstar named Abigail. 548 00:17:59,446 --> 00:18:01,714 I got to break a bottle of cider over its nose. 549 00:18:01,748 --> 00:18:02,549 Charlie. Welcome back, ma'am. 550 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:04,651 Thank you. Where's the President? 551 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,052 He's waiting for you inside. 552 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:08,121 Thank you. 553 00:18:08,155 --> 00:18:09,756 ( door opens ) 554 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:10,557 Hey. 555 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:13,160 Hi. 556 00:18:13,193 --> 00:18:14,394 Welcome back. 557 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,796 How come I just found out about this? 558 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:17,797 How was the flight? 559 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:18,931 Jed. 560 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:20,400 How come I just found out about this? 561 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:22,101 When Leo talked to you on the plane 562 00:18:22,135 --> 00:18:23,336 he thought you already knew. 563 00:18:23,370 --> 00:18:25,272 You think I'm saying this is Leo's fault? 564 00:18:25,305 --> 00:18:28,007 I'm asking, how come you didn't tell me last week? 565 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,542 And I'm saying we still do this. 566 00:18:29,576 --> 00:18:31,378 We're husband and wife and parents 567 00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:33,413 and before we launch into palace intrigue 568 00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,448 we do "Welcome back. How was the flight?" 569 00:18:35,482 --> 00:18:37,284 What happened? 570 00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:40,287 One of the forms Zoey had to fill out for Georgetown 571 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,622 asked for a family medical history. 572 00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:43,623 Yes. 573 00:18:43,656 --> 00:18:45,225 Did Leo tell you the rest? 574 00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:48,328 Not after he realized that you hadn't told me already 575 00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:50,230 which is a subject, I assure you, we'll be 576 00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:51,798 returning to in a moment. 577 00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:52,865 Zoey wasn't 18 yet 578 00:18:52,899 --> 00:18:54,066 when she started. 579 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:56,035 A parent had to sign the form. 580 00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:57,069 Did you sign it? 581 00:18:57,103 --> 00:18:58,671 No, you did, hot pants. 582 00:18:58,705 --> 00:18:59,939 I signed it? 583 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,040 It's going to be okay. 584 00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:02,074 Why didn't you tell me on the phone? 585 00:19:02,108 --> 00:19:02,909 Look. 586 00:19:02,942 --> 00:19:04,076 We talk on the phone 587 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:05,178 three times a day! 588 00:19:05,212 --> 00:19:06,713 'Cause I didn't! 'Cause that's... 589 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:07,514 'Cause I didn't. 590 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,868 I talked to Zoey this morning. 591 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:30,670 She's going to ace her finals. 592 00:19:30,703 --> 00:19:32,339 She told me. 593 00:19:32,372 --> 00:19:34,407 I hate Ellie's boyfriend. 594 00:19:35,708 --> 00:19:37,176 She told me. 595 00:19:42,382 --> 00:19:45,452 I need you to speak to the White House Counsel, Abbey. 596 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:48,588 I know. 597 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,169 Hey. 598 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,671 The First Lady's back? 599 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,739 Yeah. 600 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:13,446 I was talking to her on the phone 601 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,482 and I mentioned Zoey's application 602 00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:18,117 without realizing the President hadn't told her yet. 603 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:19,752 Why hadn't the President told her yet? 604 00:20:19,786 --> 00:20:20,820 What do you want from me? 605 00:20:20,853 --> 00:20:21,754 $30 million. 606 00:20:21,788 --> 00:20:22,622 No. 607 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:23,456 Martin Connelly 608 00:20:23,490 --> 00:20:24,291 who's an Assistant Attorney General 609 00:20:24,324 --> 00:20:25,124 in the Civil Division 610 00:20:25,157 --> 00:20:26,025 says they're out of money. 611 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,194 On the suit? Yeah. 612 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,161 They're always out of money. 613 00:20:29,195 --> 00:20:30,330 We don't give them enough. 614 00:20:30,363 --> 00:20:32,198 We passed a law last summer 615 00:20:32,231 --> 00:20:35,001 that says they can transfer funds from Commerce 616 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:36,869 from Health and Human Services. 617 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:39,972 They can take it from Veterans' Affairs up to what? 618 00:20:40,006 --> 00:20:41,408 I think $12 million. 619 00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:42,842 Yeah, but the problem is the law says 620 00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:44,811 that those transfers are subject to approval 621 00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:47,314 by various House Committees, each of which has a chairman 622 00:20:47,347 --> 00:20:49,215 elected with the $8 million tobacco spent 623 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:50,417 in the last election 624 00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:52,218 and even if the transfers were approved 625 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:53,453 it wouldn't matter 626 00:20:53,486 --> 00:20:55,154 'cause $12 million isn't going to get it done. 627 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:56,255 Neither is $30 million. 628 00:20:56,289 --> 00:20:57,990 Then let's give them more. 629 00:20:58,024 --> 00:20:59,526 No. 'Cause we're going to lose. Why? 630 00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:00,660 So you give them enough to win. 631 00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:02,529 We'd have to liquidate the Grand Tetons. 632 00:21:02,562 --> 00:21:04,230 They're saying $30 million 633 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,366 and I think it's a steal at twice the price. 634 00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:08,134 Well, staff it out to some people 635 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:09,369 and report it to me in what...? 636 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:10,570 Two, three days? 637 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:11,371 Good. 638 00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:14,874 I'm going out to the airport. 639 00:21:14,907 --> 00:21:16,309 All right. 640 00:21:16,343 --> 00:21:17,610 Do a job. 641 00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:21,581 Yeah. 642 00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:27,554 Hi. 643 00:21:27,587 --> 00:21:28,355 Hey, Sam. 644 00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:29,356 Henry, Helen. 645 00:21:29,389 --> 00:21:30,357 Hey, Bruce. 646 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:31,524 How you doing, Sam? 647 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:34,026 Lewis. We just have a few minutes, right? 648 00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,227 There's a caucus. 649 00:21:35,261 --> 00:21:36,463 Well, you've already heard the good news. 650 00:21:36,496 --> 00:21:38,331 The CBO, when they project eight years out 651 00:21:38,365 --> 00:21:39,699 has the budget surplus coming in 652 00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,167 $200 billion lower than we thought. 653 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,402 That's great. 654 00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:43,703 Yeah, okay, there's something wrong 655 00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:45,805 with all of us, but that's for a different time. 656 00:21:45,838 --> 00:21:48,408 What I wanted to mention was Jane Gentry and Richard Will 657 00:21:48,441 --> 00:21:50,276 say you guys want a line in the Chicago draft. 658 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:52,545 "Jet planes and swimming pools." 659 00:21:52,579 --> 00:21:54,046 Yeah, that "our opponents want to help the rich 660 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,082 pay for bigger swimming pools and faster private jets." 661 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:57,450 Yeah, hit them hard. 662 00:21:57,484 --> 00:21:58,685 Well, we are hitting them hard 663 00:21:58,718 --> 00:21:59,952 but I'm not going to use the line. 664 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:01,488 Why not? 665 00:22:01,521 --> 00:22:03,356 First of all, it's bad writing. What's wrong with it? 666 00:22:03,390 --> 00:22:05,392 It sounds like it was written by a high school girl. 667 00:22:05,425 --> 00:22:06,859 Is there something wrong with the way a woman writes? 668 00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:08,761 There usually is when she's in high school. 669 00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:09,295 Sam... 670 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:10,162 It's not the writing. 671 00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:11,197 Come on, Henry. 672 00:22:11,230 --> 00:22:12,632 "Faster private jets and swimming pools"? 673 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:14,467 We can take out the heavy bats now. 674 00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:15,968 And do what with them? 675 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:16,669 The line works. 676 00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:18,438 So does "How 'bout dem Cowboys?" 677 00:22:18,471 --> 00:22:19,806 when you're playing a club in Dallas 678 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:21,674 but the line isn't going to change the mind 679 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:23,443 of anyone who doesn't already agree with us. 680 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:25,945 Sam, are you in favor of tax cuts for the wealthy? 681 00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:27,146 I am not. 682 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:28,548 I am in favor of tax cuts 683 00:22:28,581 --> 00:22:30,617 for those for whom it will do the most good 684 00:22:30,650 --> 00:22:32,118 and that's a tough enough battle 685 00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:34,554 and it looks like all of a sudden, we've got a fair fight. 686 00:22:34,587 --> 00:22:35,922 But I'm not talking about policy. 687 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:36,889 I'm talking about rhetoric 688 00:22:36,923 --> 00:22:38,057 and the men you work for 689 00:22:38,090 --> 00:22:39,325 need to dial it down to five. 690 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:41,394 Henry, last fall, every time your boss 691 00:22:41,428 --> 00:22:42,629 got on the stump and said 692 00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:44,731 "It's time for the rich to pay their fair share" 693 00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:46,433 I hid under a couch and changed my name. 694 00:22:46,466 --> 00:22:48,601 I left Gage-Whitney making $400,000 a year 695 00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:52,271 which means I paid 27 times the national average in income tax. 696 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:53,673 I paid my fair share 697 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:55,442 and the fair share of 26 other people 698 00:22:55,475 --> 00:22:58,277 and I'm happy to 699 00:22:58,310 --> 00:22:59,612 'cause that's the only way it's going to work 700 00:22:59,646 --> 00:23:01,247 and it's in my best interest that everybody 701 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:02,214 be able to go to schools 702 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:03,450 and drive on roads 703 00:23:03,483 --> 00:23:05,585 but I don't get 27 votes on Election Day 704 00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:07,954 the Fire Department doesn't come 27 times faster 705 00:23:07,987 --> 00:23:10,723 and the water doesn't come out of my faucet 27 times hotter. 706 00:23:10,757 --> 00:23:13,125 The top one percent of wage earners in this country 707 00:23:13,159 --> 00:23:14,494 pay for 22% of this country. 708 00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:16,763 Let's not call them names while they're doing it 709 00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:17,764 is all I'm saying. 710 00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:20,099 HELEN: You're not using the line? No. 711 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:21,601 Or anything like it? No. 712 00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:23,570 And I hope you'll make it clear to your people 713 00:23:23,603 --> 00:23:26,238 that this had nothing to do with diluting our position or cozying up to Republicans. 714 00:23:26,272 --> 00:23:27,840 No, why would they think that? 715 00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:33,480 We've got a caucus. 716 00:23:33,513 --> 00:23:35,347 I know plenty of women who can write, Helen. 717 00:23:35,381 --> 00:23:36,649 I know women 718 00:23:36,683 --> 00:23:38,885 who can blow the walls off brick buildings. 719 00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:40,787 This sounds like a girl. 720 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:46,392 MAN ( over PA ): ...Airlines flight 1106 now arriving from Los Angeles. 721 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,594 JOSH: Joey! 722 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,397 Joey... 723 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:52,599 how you doing? 724 00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:54,266 Hey. 725 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:55,301 I'm Josh Lyman. 726 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:56,168 Dale Bracket. 727 00:23:56,202 --> 00:23:58,871 What happened to Kenny? 728 00:23:58,905 --> 00:23:59,872 He's on vacation. 729 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:02,274 So, you're the substitute interpreter? 730 00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:03,610 Yeah. 731 00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:05,344 You came here to pick me up at the airport? 732 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:06,312 Not exactly. 733 00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:07,313 Dale, I'm going to ask you 734 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:09,348 to wait over here, okay? 735 00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:12,451 Uh, Joey, you're going to read my lips 736 00:24:12,485 --> 00:24:15,221 and if I can't understand what you're saying 737 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:18,324 you'll write it down, all right? 738 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:19,258 Okay. 739 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:20,960 Excuse us. 740 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:25,264 Dale? 741 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,266 Yes. 742 00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:29,836 Pretty good-looking for an interpreter 743 00:24:29,869 --> 00:24:30,837 wouldn't you say? 744 00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:32,872 He's good-looking for anybody. 745 00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:33,873 Dale Bracket? 746 00:24:33,906 --> 00:24:35,141 Yes. 747 00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:39,245 He's not a television detective? 748 00:24:39,278 --> 00:24:42,348 We can't talk about this in the car? 749 00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:43,415 I'm sorry? 750 00:24:43,449 --> 00:24:46,152 We can't talk about this in the car? 751 00:24:46,185 --> 00:24:48,921 You're not getting in the car. 752 00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:50,657 Why? 753 00:24:50,690 --> 00:24:53,359 'Cause you're getting back on a plane 754 00:24:53,392 --> 00:24:55,227 in an hour and ten minutes. 755 00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:02,201 All right, if we sit like this 756 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:06,973 can Dale Bracket, PI, read my lips? 757 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:09,241 No. 758 00:25:12,244 --> 00:25:13,646 Okay... 759 00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:17,516 You're not talking to me 760 00:25:17,550 --> 00:25:20,186 about an agriculture poll. 761 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:22,388 No kidding. 762 00:25:22,421 --> 00:25:23,455 You guessed that? 763 00:25:23,489 --> 00:25:25,391 We think we're eating more beets? 764 00:25:25,424 --> 00:25:30,329 Well, we are, but... that's not important. 765 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:33,199 What's important? 766 00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:34,366 Hi, what can I get for you? 767 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,437 Uh, cranberry juice and club soda 768 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:41,908 and, um, I'll have a large glass of ice water. 769 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:55,121 I told Leo McGarry that we could trust you 770 00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:57,089 and Toby backed me up. 771 00:25:57,123 --> 00:26:00,292 What's important? 772 00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:09,135 Eight years ago, the President was diagnosed with an illness 773 00:26:09,168 --> 00:26:11,638 that was never disclosed. 774 00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:29,455 Yes. 775 00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:31,357 What is it? 776 00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:41,533 WAITRESS: Cranberry and club 777 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:45,304 and a large glass of ice water. 778 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:50,376 ( knock on door ) 779 00:26:50,409 --> 00:26:51,410 BABISH: Yeah. 780 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:54,080 Excuse me, the First Lady. 781 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,281 Thank you. 782 00:26:57,516 --> 00:26:58,517 Oliver. 783 00:26:58,550 --> 00:26:59,886 Good afternoon, Mrs. Bartlet. 784 00:26:59,919 --> 00:27:01,921 How are you? I'm fine, thank you. 785 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,956 I haven't been in this office since you moved in. 786 00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:04,957 It looks great. 787 00:27:04,991 --> 00:27:05,758 Thank you. 788 00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:06,759 I haven't come in here 789 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:08,427 because it seems like every time I do 790 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:09,628 there's a new White House Counsel. 791 00:27:09,662 --> 00:27:11,197 I think Leo keeps them in the basement 792 00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:13,165 like those two ladies in Arsenic and Old Lace. 793 00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:14,200 Yeah? 794 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:16,703 Anyway, the President is very glad you're here 795 00:27:16,736 --> 00:27:18,738 particularly in this time of nonsense. 796 00:27:18,771 --> 00:27:19,906 Ma'am, would you mind 797 00:27:19,939 --> 00:27:21,373 if I asked you a few questions? 798 00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:23,976 I'm not as experienced in this as the senior staff. 799 00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:25,712 I've read a book about Daniel Webster. 800 00:27:25,745 --> 00:27:27,479 I've read a book about Benjamin Disraeli. 801 00:27:27,513 --> 00:27:30,216 It seems the little experience I do have is with dead lawyers. 802 00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:32,284 Just out of curiosity, ma'am, how'd they die? 803 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:33,585 If you're under the impression 804 00:27:33,619 --> 00:27:35,487 you're the fifth White House Counsel 805 00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:37,423 instead of the first White House Counsel 806 00:27:37,456 --> 00:27:38,991 because of me, you're mistaken, Oliver. 807 00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:40,993 I wasn't under that impression, but I think we should stick 808 00:27:41,027 --> 00:27:42,394 to the matter if it's all right with you. 809 00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:44,296 You want to ask me some questions? 810 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:45,297 Yes, ma'am. 811 00:27:45,331 --> 00:27:46,332 About Zoey's health form? 812 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:47,333 Yep. 813 00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:48,334 It was a form. 814 00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:49,769 It asked for, among other things 815 00:27:49,802 --> 00:27:51,170 the family's medical history. 816 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:52,238 It was left blank. 817 00:27:52,271 --> 00:27:53,940 It was a form; it was one of many forms. 818 00:27:53,973 --> 00:27:55,207 I signed it without reading it. 819 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:56,709 Was anyone else in the room when you signed it? 820 00:27:56,743 --> 00:27:58,811 It was over a year ago. I really don't remember. 821 00:27:58,845 --> 00:28:00,813 Was the President in the room? I really don't remember. 822 00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:03,916 You understand that when I ask the President that question, he's going to tell the truth. 823 00:28:03,950 --> 00:28:05,785 And I imagine the President 824 00:28:05,818 --> 00:28:07,854 will also resent your implication 825 00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:09,789 that I didn't just do the same. 826 00:28:09,822 --> 00:28:11,690 So the President wasn't in the room when you signed it? 827 00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:13,292 I don't remember; he doesn't remember. 828 00:28:13,325 --> 00:28:14,493 Mrs. Bartlet... 829 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:16,228 Oliver, you have kids, there are forms. 830 00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:17,797 School trips and soccer 831 00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:20,366 and band uniforms and report cards 832 00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:22,634 and notes to get out of gym. 833 00:28:22,668 --> 00:28:23,836 You've signed those forms for your kids. 834 00:28:23,870 --> 00:28:25,071 Their mother usually signs them. 835 00:28:25,104 --> 00:28:26,005 And so do I 836 00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:27,506 and by the way, when you're the daughter 837 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:28,741 of the Governor of New Hampshire 838 00:28:28,775 --> 00:28:30,142 and the President of the United States 839 00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:31,610 there's a lot more forms on top of that. 840 00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:32,779 I understand. Do you? 841 00:28:32,812 --> 00:28:34,313 Yes, but a lawyer half my size 842 00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:36,548 while cross-examining you during deposition 843 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:37,984 will the say the following. 844 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:41,253 He will say, "Mrs. Bartlet, do you have an MD from Harvard?" 845 00:28:41,287 --> 00:28:42,421 Yes. 846 00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:44,824 "Are you board certified in Internal Medicine?" Yes. 847 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:46,759 "Are you board certified in Thoracic Surgery?" Yes. 848 00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:48,895 "Are you an Adjunct Professor of Thoracic Surgery 849 00:28:48,928 --> 00:28:50,262 at Harvard Medical School?" Yes. 850 00:28:50,296 --> 00:28:51,530 "Are you on the staff 851 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:53,966 of Boston Mercy Hospital and Columbia Presbyterian?" Yes. 852 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,802 "Have you been practicing medicine for 26 years?" Yes. 853 00:28:55,835 --> 00:28:58,604 "Are you not able to recognize a standard medical history 854 00:28:58,637 --> 00:29:00,706 when it is put in front of your face?" 855 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:03,375 I didn't read it. I didn't think it was important. 856 00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:05,611 "What else have you signed without thinking it was important? Prescriptions?" 857 00:29:05,644 --> 00:29:06,345 No. 858 00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:07,179 "Patient instructions?" 859 00:29:07,213 --> 00:29:07,613 No! 860 00:29:07,646 --> 00:29:08,214 "So just this?" 861 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:09,048 Oliver, I am not 862 00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:10,783 an expert on the diseases 863 00:29:10,817 --> 00:29:12,785 of the central nervous system 864 00:29:12,819 --> 00:29:15,421 but I can tell you that MS is not hereditary. 865 00:29:15,454 --> 00:29:16,789 The President's condition 866 00:29:16,823 --> 00:29:19,792 has absolutely no relevance to Zoey's health status. 867 00:29:19,826 --> 00:29:21,693 Well, now you're changing your story, Mrs. Bartlet. 868 00:29:21,727 --> 00:29:22,829 No, I'm not. 869 00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:24,730 Did you sign it because you were absentminded 870 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,398 or did you sign it because you knew best? 871 00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:28,901 I signed it 'cause... 872 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:31,570 I just signed it. 873 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:32,671 It was a form 874 00:29:32,704 --> 00:29:35,741 and I think making a big thing out of it 875 00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:38,310 is what makes it into a big thing. 876 00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:39,645 Really? 877 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:40,813 And I'm not 100% sure 878 00:29:40,847 --> 00:29:42,648 that that's not what you're going for. 879 00:29:42,681 --> 00:29:44,350 Why would I want to make it a big thing? 880 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:46,986 Because defending the President in prime time 881 00:29:47,019 --> 00:29:48,387 looks good on a resume. 882 00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:50,389 Well, I've got a pretty good-looking resume 883 00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:51,690 already, Mrs. Bartlet 884 00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:53,592 and it's not a big thing because I say so, ma'am. 885 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:54,760 It's a big thing. 886 00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:56,228 You're going to get all the questions 887 00:29:56,262 --> 00:29:57,930 I just asked you and quite a few more 888 00:29:57,964 --> 00:29:59,131 and then they're going to ask the President 889 00:29:59,165 --> 00:30:01,133 if he was in the room when you signed it 890 00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:04,803 and that's when he's going to give everyone's favorite answer 891 00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:07,606 from a President who has just announced he has MS: 892 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:10,342 "I don't remember." 893 00:30:22,788 --> 00:30:25,357 When are you going to go public? 894 00:30:27,293 --> 00:30:29,161 Probably in a week. 895 00:30:29,195 --> 00:30:31,898 They're still strategizing. 896 00:30:31,931 --> 00:30:34,033 Probably a live interview on the networks? 897 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:35,701 Yeah. 898 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:39,405 Jim Lehrer, Tim Russert, Barbara Walters... 899 00:30:39,438 --> 00:30:40,806 you... somebody... 900 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,708 the President sitting in a den. 901 00:30:42,741 --> 00:30:43,575 Yeah. 902 00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:45,444 Followed by a live conference. 903 00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:48,314 They're working on the strategy. 904 00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:51,650 "I regret that I concealed my condition from the public. 905 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:55,187 "I regret the appearance that I tried to deceive the voters 906 00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:57,123 in order to win an election." 907 00:30:57,156 --> 00:30:57,957 Yes. 908 00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:59,691 And if we don't make it a big thing 909 00:30:59,725 --> 00:31:01,227 they won't make it a big thing? 910 00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:04,763 Mrs. Bartlet, I'm not sure you have an appropriate appreciation 911 00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:08,300 of the size of what happens next. 912 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:17,209 JOEY: When are you going public? 913 00:31:17,243 --> 00:31:19,378 JOSH: Probably in about a week. 914 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:20,379 A week? Yeah. 915 00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,581 How? We're deciding. 916 00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:23,950 Probably a live interview 917 00:31:23,983 --> 00:31:26,085 followed by a press conference. 918 00:31:26,118 --> 00:31:28,787 So we need to know what we're talking about. 919 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:33,592 Joey, we need you to put a poll in the field. 920 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:37,896 You got to come up with a model that gets us the answers we need 921 00:31:37,930 --> 00:31:40,799 without asking the questions we can't ask. 922 00:31:40,832 --> 00:31:43,435 You got to come up with a model by yourself. 923 00:31:43,469 --> 00:31:46,605 You got to break down the results by yourself. 924 00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:48,407 Not even the callers 925 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,343 can understand the questions they're asking 926 00:31:51,377 --> 00:31:56,215 and you got to do it all in 96 hours. 927 00:31:56,248 --> 00:32:00,119 Is what I'm describing possible? 928 00:32:04,490 --> 00:32:06,525 We make it a Governor. 929 00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:07,793 A Governor? 930 00:32:07,826 --> 00:32:10,196 Of an industrial state. 931 00:32:10,229 --> 00:32:13,232 I-I... 932 00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:17,936 The Governor of an industrial state. 933 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:19,738 Michigan. 934 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:23,009 And you give him a degenerative illness? 935 00:32:27,113 --> 00:32:29,081 Joey, you understand 936 00:32:29,115 --> 00:32:32,051 that before this is over, we're probably all going 937 00:32:32,084 --> 00:32:35,054 to be spending some time in front of a grand jury. 938 00:32:37,823 --> 00:32:39,291 You can do this? 939 00:32:39,325 --> 00:32:41,093 No problem. 940 00:32:41,127 --> 00:32:43,862 MAN ( over PA ): Los Angeles passengers 941 00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:46,432 pre-boarding for flight number 1217... 942 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:47,433 That's your flight. 943 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:49,135 Josh... Yeah? 944 00:32:49,168 --> 00:32:51,637 How's the President? 945 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:52,704 He's fine. 946 00:32:57,943 --> 00:33:00,646 He's fine. 947 00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:02,148 I'll tell him you asked. 948 00:33:07,353 --> 00:33:08,554 96 hours? 949 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:10,122 Yeah. 950 00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:14,626 I have to go to work now. 951 00:33:30,142 --> 00:33:31,677 DONNA: The Chinese Embassy won't even 952 00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:32,878 admit it's their satellite. 953 00:33:32,911 --> 00:33:34,046 We know it's their satellite. 954 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:35,881 We've been looking at it for seven years. 955 00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:37,149 It's like looking through a telescope 956 00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:38,517 and knowing Mars is Mars. 957 00:33:38,550 --> 00:33:40,786 Donna, please tell me you didn't call the Chinese Embassy. 958 00:33:40,819 --> 00:33:41,820 I didn't call the Embassy. 959 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,055 People called the Embassy. 960 00:33:43,089 --> 00:33:44,723 It's not like this isn't cause for concern. 961 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:45,891 That's right. That's right. 962 00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:47,326 The Chinese news networks aren't reporting it 963 00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:48,860 'cause they won't admit it's happening. 964 00:33:48,894 --> 00:33:51,197 Why do you suppose the American news networks aren't reporting it? 965 00:33:51,230 --> 00:33:52,531 That's a fascinating question to me. 966 00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:54,066 To all of us. 967 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:55,701 We don't even know what kind of satellite it is. 968 00:33:55,734 --> 00:33:56,868 Could be anything. 969 00:33:56,902 --> 00:33:57,969 Communications. That's right. 970 00:33:58,003 --> 00:33:59,037 Weather. Yep. 971 00:33:59,071 --> 00:34:00,038 Could be a spy satellite. 972 00:34:00,072 --> 00:34:01,773 Could have plutonium. That's right. 973 00:34:07,913 --> 00:34:09,648 Plutonium? 974 00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:10,349 Yeah. 975 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:11,750 Plutonium. 976 00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:13,152 Well, nuclear reactors on a satellite 977 00:34:13,185 --> 00:34:14,886 aren't that common, but you never know. 978 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,656 No, I suppose you don't. 979 00:34:17,689 --> 00:34:19,291 ABBEY: Hey, Donna. 980 00:34:19,325 --> 00:34:21,059 Good evening, ma'am. Welcome back. 981 00:34:21,093 --> 00:34:22,027 Thank you. 982 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:23,195 How was the trip? 983 00:34:23,229 --> 00:34:26,498 Well, I got a medevac helicopter named after me. 984 00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:27,499 Hello, how are you? 985 00:34:27,533 --> 00:34:29,668 I'm fine, but there's a giant object 986 00:34:29,701 --> 00:34:30,736 hurtling its way toward us 987 00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:32,204 at a devastating velocity. 988 00:34:32,238 --> 00:34:34,406 Tell me about it. 989 00:34:35,941 --> 00:34:37,243 ( knocks ) 990 00:34:37,276 --> 00:34:38,610 C.J. 991 00:34:38,644 --> 00:34:40,078 Good evening, ma'am. 992 00:34:40,112 --> 00:34:41,380 Can I talk to you for a second? 993 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:42,681 Sure. 994 00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:50,589 ( sighs ) 995 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:56,962 How was your day? 996 00:34:56,995 --> 00:34:59,365 Well, I got pretty well bitch-slapped 997 00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:02,568 by the White House Counsel, ma'am, how about you? 998 00:35:06,572 --> 00:35:09,875 I wanted to be here when you were told. 999 00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:14,180 I didn't know they were going to tell you last night. 1000 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,617 You know, Leo called me into the Oval Office. 1001 00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:19,751 It was about 11:00 1002 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:23,255 and I was standing with Toby when Leo called me in 1003 00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:26,124 and Toby said, uh... 1004 00:35:26,158 --> 00:35:29,761 "I'll be right here in my office when you're done." 1005 00:35:35,501 --> 00:35:39,471 I... I didn't know what he meant or why he said it. 1006 00:35:39,505 --> 00:35:41,407 Yeah. 1007 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,709 Babish said there's a difference between asking the President 1008 00:35:43,742 --> 00:35:45,744 "Is there anything else I should know?" 1009 00:35:45,777 --> 00:35:47,779 And, "Is there anything else I need to know?" 1010 00:35:47,813 --> 00:35:49,281 He seemed to think 1011 00:35:49,315 --> 00:35:51,617 "need to know" implies I know something already 1012 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:56,955 but I don't want it confirmed in order to maintain... 1013 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,791 deniability. 1014 00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:01,293 Well, he's a lawyer, C.J. 1015 00:36:01,327 --> 00:36:03,161 He's vetting; it's his job. 1016 00:36:03,195 --> 00:36:06,532 I told him I couldn't remember which one I say. 1017 00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:09,868 There were a lot of things I couldn't remember. 1018 00:36:09,901 --> 00:36:12,871 Abbey... 1019 00:36:16,375 --> 00:36:19,778 ...during the campaign, we were in Manhattan, Kansas 1020 00:36:19,811 --> 00:36:21,613 at a Sheraton or a Marriott-- 1021 00:36:21,647 --> 00:36:22,281 I can't remember-- 1022 00:36:22,314 --> 00:36:24,583 but we were in Manhattan, Kansas 1023 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:27,118 and I came to your suite early to tell you 1024 00:36:27,152 --> 00:36:29,154 we'd be doing Nightline that night 1025 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:33,992 and we had to get to an ABC affiliate 1026 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:36,328 and I think by then, the two of you 1027 00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:39,064 were so used to people walking in and out of your room 1028 00:36:39,097 --> 00:36:41,400 that you didn't hear me open the door 1029 00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:46,037 and I was almost sure I saw you giving the President 1030 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:48,674 an injection of something. 1031 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:50,809 It was Betaseron. 1032 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:56,948 It reduces the frequency of the attacks. 1033 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,691 When the President has his physical 1034 00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:08,026 and I do the release 1035 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:11,697 I only ever ask, "Is there anything else I need to know?" 1036 00:37:24,410 --> 00:37:25,611 ( knocking ) 1037 00:37:25,644 --> 00:37:27,613 Come on in. 1038 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,217 She's in. 1039 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,852 What's she going to do? 1040 00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:35,521 "If the Governor of a major industrial state 1041 00:37:35,554 --> 00:37:36,855 "had a degenerative illness 1042 00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:38,524 "which he hadn't disclosed during the election 1043 00:37:38,557 --> 00:37:40,926 "but has yet to impair his job performance 1044 00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:42,193 would you still support him?" 1045 00:37:42,227 --> 00:37:43,529 Which governor? 1046 00:37:43,562 --> 00:37:44,796 Michigan. 1047 00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,299 Well... 1048 00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:49,635 then we'll wait. 1049 00:37:49,668 --> 00:37:51,437 Yeah. 1050 00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:56,408 Listen, about this Justice appropriation... 1051 00:37:56,442 --> 00:37:57,909 You're going to do a report? 1052 00:37:57,943 --> 00:37:58,877 Yeah. 1053 00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:00,211 Then can I read the report 1054 00:38:00,245 --> 00:38:02,147 before you ask me to green light 1055 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:03,482 another multimillion-dollar battle 1056 00:38:03,515 --> 00:38:05,584 that'll have no support in Congress? 1057 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:06,652 Yeah. 1058 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,788 I just brought it up 1059 00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:12,424 because this assistant AG, Martin Connelly 1060 00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,726 when he left my office this morning 1061 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,895 he turned and said 1062 00:38:16,928 --> 00:38:18,897 "They perpetrated a fraud 1063 00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:21,199 against the public." 1064 00:38:21,232 --> 00:38:25,671 And the look on his face when he said it... 1065 00:38:27,573 --> 00:38:30,342 They want to get these people. 1066 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:33,845 We're not big tobacco. 1067 00:38:33,879 --> 00:38:36,448 Yeah. 1068 00:38:38,917 --> 00:38:41,119 He's expecting me. 1069 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,087 Okay. 1070 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:51,563 Good evening, Mr. President. 1071 00:38:51,597 --> 00:38:55,767 Leo, how could you tell Abbey about the health form 1072 00:38:55,801 --> 00:38:56,735 before I did? 1073 00:38:56,768 --> 00:38:58,537 I didn't know you hadn't told her. 1074 00:38:58,570 --> 00:39:00,672 My wife and I are fighting battles 1075 00:39:00,706 --> 00:39:03,575 on several fronts at the moment, including one with each other. 1076 00:39:03,609 --> 00:39:05,010 Can you and I be men? 1077 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:08,414 Can we have a bond? 1078 00:39:08,447 --> 00:39:10,582 We're putting a poll in the field. 1079 00:39:10,616 --> 00:39:11,617 How? 1080 00:39:11,650 --> 00:39:14,219 We're using a woman Josh and Toby trust 1081 00:39:14,252 --> 00:39:15,020 named Joey Lucas. 1082 00:39:15,053 --> 00:39:16,655 I met Joey Lucas. 1083 00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:20,692 She's basically giving MS to the Governor of Michigan. 1084 00:39:20,726 --> 00:39:22,260 How's he going to feel about that? 1085 00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:23,395 Don't worry about it. 1086 00:39:23,429 --> 00:39:25,196 This is a bad idea. 1087 00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:26,498 We've got to do it. 1088 00:39:26,532 --> 00:39:28,166 I'm coming clean. I'm doing it voluntarily. 1089 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:29,635 Anyone finds out 1090 00:39:29,668 --> 00:39:32,237 it's going to look like I did it 'cause a poll told me to. 1091 00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:34,873 Then it'd be a good idea if nobody found out. 1092 00:39:34,906 --> 00:39:37,242 ( heavy sigh ) 1093 00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:39,377 All right. 1094 00:39:42,313 --> 00:39:45,150 Why don't you get Sam. 1095 00:40:03,334 --> 00:40:04,903 So... 1096 00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:06,371 Yeah. 1097 00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:07,372 I think I may have offended... 1098 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:08,840 Oh, God. Yeah. 1099 00:40:08,874 --> 00:40:09,708 Who? 1100 00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:11,109 Well, I met with some of the staffers 1101 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:14,245 for Americans for Tax Justice and the Progressive Caucus. 1102 00:40:14,279 --> 00:40:14,980 And you think you may have 1103 00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:15,547 offended them? 1104 00:40:15,581 --> 00:40:18,917 Yeah, and girls, possibly. 1105 00:40:18,950 --> 00:40:19,918 Were you right? 1106 00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:21,286 Yeah. Toby, it's class... 1107 00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:22,721 That's all you need to tell me. 1108 00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:24,322 I trust you. 1109 00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:25,957 Sam? Yeah. 1110 00:40:25,991 --> 00:40:27,993 Come see the President and me a minute, would you? 1111 00:40:28,026 --> 00:40:28,560 Yeah. 1112 00:40:28,594 --> 00:40:29,928 TOBY: Sam? Yeah? 1113 00:40:29,961 --> 00:40:32,430 I'll be here in my office when you're done. 1114 00:40:33,899 --> 00:40:35,667 Yeah, okay. 1115 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:50,181 C.J. 1116 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:51,182 Hey. 1117 00:40:51,216 --> 00:40:52,183 You walking? 1118 00:40:52,217 --> 00:40:54,553 Yeah. 1119 00:40:54,586 --> 00:40:55,887 I met with Joey Lucas today. 1120 00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:57,556 I heard. 1121 00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:59,558 So now the President's got Leo worried 1122 00:40:59,591 --> 00:41:01,560 it's going to look like we announced it 1123 00:41:01,593 --> 00:41:03,529 'cause we took a poll. 1124 00:41:03,562 --> 00:41:05,531 What do you think? 1125 00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:08,734 ( chuckling ) 1126 00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:10,902 What? 1127 00:41:15,073 --> 00:41:17,743 The President and Leo are worried about that? 1128 00:41:17,776 --> 00:41:19,077 Yeah. 1129 00:41:19,110 --> 00:41:20,045 ( chuckles ) 1130 00:41:20,078 --> 00:41:22,881 What? 1131 00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:24,516 You guys are like Butch and Sundance 1132 00:41:24,550 --> 00:41:26,417 peering over the edge of a cliff 1133 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:28,453 to the boulder-filled rapids 300 feet below 1134 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:29,921 thinking you better not jump 1135 00:41:29,955 --> 00:41:32,023 'cause there's a chance you might drown. 1136 00:41:33,291 --> 00:41:34,826 The President has this disease 1137 00:41:34,860 --> 00:41:37,629 and has been lying about it, and you guys are worried 1138 00:41:37,663 --> 00:41:39,765 that the polling might make us look bad? 1139 00:41:39,798 --> 00:41:42,768 It's the fall that's gonna kill you. 1140 00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:47,105 Us. 1141 00:41:47,138 --> 00:41:50,241 What? 1142 00:41:50,275 --> 00:41:53,912 You said... 1143 00:41:53,945 --> 00:41:56,481 "It's the fall that's gonna kill you." 1144 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,116 You meant "us." 1145 00:41:58,149 --> 00:41:59,317 Where you going, C.J.? 1146 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:00,652 I'm going home. 1147 00:42:00,686 --> 00:42:02,053 No, I meant... I know what you meant. 1148 00:42:02,087 --> 00:42:03,154 I want to sleep for a while. 1149 00:42:03,188 --> 00:42:05,123 I'm going home. 1150 00:42:09,327 --> 00:42:10,295 You know, uh... 1151 00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:12,764 Donna got hold of this fax 1152 00:42:12,798 --> 00:42:14,432 that was sent to the press office 1153 00:42:14,465 --> 00:42:15,801 from the OSF at NASA. 1154 00:42:15,834 --> 00:42:17,435 What, something falling out of the sky? 1155 00:42:17,468 --> 00:42:18,637 Yeah. 1156 00:42:18,670 --> 00:42:19,871 We get that fax once a week. 1157 00:42:19,905 --> 00:42:21,873 Yeah, but Donna doesn't know that. 1158 00:42:21,907 --> 00:42:23,374 She thinks it's an emergency. 1159 00:42:23,408 --> 00:42:24,843 And you didn't want to tell her? 1160 00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:26,111 No, 'cause the other way 1161 00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:28,313 you get a day's worth of entertainment 1162 00:42:28,346 --> 00:42:29,981 without leaving the office. 1163 00:42:30,015 --> 00:42:31,917 She doesn't know that these things 1164 00:42:31,950 --> 00:42:34,319 fall out of the sky all the time... 1165 00:42:34,352 --> 00:42:36,722 once every ten days, as a matter of fact. 1166 00:42:36,755 --> 00:42:38,023 Since the first year 1167 00:42:38,056 --> 00:42:40,792 we started putting manmade objects in space 1168 00:42:40,826 --> 00:42:43,829 17,000 have come back, and remarkably 1169 00:42:43,862 --> 00:42:46,297 not one person has been hit. 1170 00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:50,501 So I suppose there's an argument to be made 1171 00:42:50,535 --> 00:42:53,171 that we're due. 1172 00:42:53,204 --> 00:42:55,340 Yeah. 1173 00:42:55,373 --> 00:42:58,043 You picked me right up there, Josh. 1174 00:42:59,745 --> 00:43:01,146 See you tomorrow. 1175 00:43:01,179 --> 00:43:02,848 Yeah.