1 00:00:05,861 --> 00:00:07,771 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:07,947 --> 00:00:11,483 You'd see Victor Campos sitting courtside with Buckland. 3 00:00:11,702 --> 00:00:14,491 If we spend millions on tax breaks, we should spend it on people... 4 00:00:14,665 --> 00:00:15,780 ...who don't have millions. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,453 The veto's an awfully big risk to take if you can't promise anything. 6 00:00:19,631 --> 00:00:22,586 Then the veto's an awfully big risk to take. 7 00:00:22,802 --> 00:00:26,422 We recommend you threaten to veto any repeal of the estate tax. 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:34,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 9 00:01:05,948 --> 00:01:07,573 - Good evening. - Are you Dolan? 10 00:01:07,742 --> 00:01:11,492 - Yes, and you're Mr. Kobeleskie? - Koveleskie, with a V. 11 00:01:11,664 --> 00:01:14,335 We spoke on the phone. I'm the only one here right now. 12 00:01:14,502 --> 00:01:15,831 That's okay. 13 00:01:16,004 --> 00:01:17,665 - There are usually 7 of us... - Yeah. 14 00:01:17,882 --> 00:01:20,718 And I'm new. It's the end of my second week. 15 00:01:21,261 --> 00:01:24,098 - Do you know what to do? - I call the deputy chief of staff. 16 00:01:24,266 --> 00:01:26,972 You tell him the clerk of the house has delivered a bill. 17 00:01:27,312 --> 00:01:30,231 Then you bring it to the president for his signature or veto. 18 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,440 - Yeah. - Okay, here it is. 19 00:01:34,447 --> 00:01:36,275 Thank you. 20 00:01:42,375 --> 00:01:46,126 Yes, this is Mr. Dolan in the executive clerk's office. 21 00:01:46,298 --> 00:01:49,216 I'd like Mr. Lyman, please. 22 00:01:49,928 --> 00:01:53,180 - Why don't you just wear a pre-tied tie? - Because it's not the same. 23 00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:54,679 It looks the same. 24 00:01:54,852 --> 00:01:57,807 You want to be able to pull it open like Tony Bennett. 25 00:01:58,023 --> 00:02:00,776 Think the tie's the only thing between you and Tony? 26 00:02:00,986 --> 00:02:03,608 He's also shorter than I am. 27 00:02:05,117 --> 00:02:08,783 - When are you bringing Buckland back? - I was gonna do it before the entrée. 28 00:02:08,955 --> 00:02:10,866 - You should do it after the entrée. - Why? 29 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:13,493 I don't know, it's more polite. 30 00:02:14,004 --> 00:02:15,583 - Is there etiquette for this? - No. 31 00:02:15,757 --> 00:02:18,214 Then why are you bothering me? 32 00:02:20,055 --> 00:02:23,010 - I need to talk to you about something. - My phone's ringing. 33 00:02:23,184 --> 00:02:26,436 - Yeah. - You want to answer it? 34 00:02:26,648 --> 00:02:29,401 Can we talk tonight? Maybe after the cheese course? 35 00:02:29,610 --> 00:02:31,403 Donna. 36 00:02:33,115 --> 00:02:34,776 Josh Lyman. 37 00:02:34,951 --> 00:02:36,779 Yes. 38 00:02:37,205 --> 00:02:38,664 It's here. 39 00:02:38,832 --> 00:02:40,826 Call around. 40 00:02:41,044 --> 00:02:42,788 - Quiz me. - I don't think I will. 41 00:02:42,963 --> 00:02:45,087 - Quiz me. - You're a lively conversationalist. 42 00:02:45,258 --> 00:02:47,133 - You won't have any problem... - Quiz me. 43 00:02:52,811 --> 00:02:56,976 Born 1944 in North Carolina. Earned his bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech... 44 00:02:57,150 --> 00:03:01,232 ...and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from my alma mater, UC Berkeley. 45 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:04,149 If all he wants to talk about is where he's from... 46 00:03:04,327 --> 00:03:06,866 ...where he went to school and his name, you're fine. 47 00:03:07,081 --> 00:03:08,576 - C.J.? - It's here? 48 00:03:08,750 --> 00:03:10,827 - Yeah. - I'll meet you over there. 49 00:03:13,799 --> 00:03:15,460 - Toby. - It's here. 50 00:03:15,635 --> 00:03:18,258 Yeah, I know. Listen, the Social office called. 51 00:03:18,431 --> 00:03:21,054 Seven Republicans who R.S.V.P. 'd aren't gonna show up. 52 00:03:21,227 --> 00:03:22,556 We knew that might happen. 53 00:03:22,729 --> 00:03:25,850 - It happened. You think we should...? - What, put it off? No. 54 00:03:26,735 --> 00:03:28,562 The president said he'd veto the bill. 55 00:03:28,738 --> 00:03:31,740 C.J. announced he'd veto the bill. He's gonna veto the bill. 56 00:03:31,909 --> 00:03:33,701 There was a reason they had to cancel. 57 00:03:33,870 --> 00:03:36,279 An emergency meeting of the Republican leadership. 58 00:03:36,457 --> 00:03:38,332 What do you think they'll talk about? 59 00:03:38,502 --> 00:03:42,038 - They're planning a surprise party. - They could've left after the entrée. 60 00:03:42,215 --> 00:03:46,345 They're gonna miss hot pumpkin soup, cheese gnocchi and a chèvre brioche. 61 00:03:46,513 --> 00:03:49,432 That's a pretty big price to pay just to override my veto. 62 00:03:49,601 --> 00:03:51,559 Maybe they think they've got the votes. 63 00:03:51,729 --> 00:03:53,058 What are you saying? 64 00:03:53,231 --> 00:03:55,937 Maybe something shifted in the last couple of hours. 65 00:03:56,111 --> 00:03:58,400 They just sent the bill up five minutes ago. 66 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:02,239 They know you're gonna veto. Why schedule an override vote right now? 67 00:04:02,453 --> 00:04:04,447 So I'd think twice about vetoing. 68 00:04:04,748 --> 00:04:06,706 Well, that's what I thought too. 69 00:04:06,918 --> 00:04:09,077 And now? 70 00:04:09,296 --> 00:04:11,788 - Good evening, Mr. President. - Where is this thing? 71 00:04:11,967 --> 00:04:14,007 It's on its way. 72 00:04:14,178 --> 00:04:16,635 - Know what we're starting with tonight? - No, sir. 73 00:04:16,807 --> 00:04:21,186 Hot pumpkin soup with a cheese gnocchi and a chèvre brioche. 74 00:04:22,148 --> 00:04:24,142 Was anything you just said food? 75 00:04:25,153 --> 00:04:27,775 - Good evening, Mr. President. - It's on its way. 76 00:04:27,948 --> 00:04:29,740 - Sir, the Social office... - We know. 77 00:04:29,909 --> 00:04:32,580 - Seven Republicans who R.S.V.P. 'd for... - We know. 78 00:04:32,747 --> 00:04:35,073 - Know there's an emergency meeting? - Yeah. 79 00:04:35,334 --> 00:04:37,707 I say they could've waited until after the entrée. 80 00:04:37,879 --> 00:04:39,920 Maybe they didn't know about the brioche. 81 00:04:40,133 --> 00:04:42,589 - Does anyone want to consider waiting? - No. 82 00:04:42,803 --> 00:04:44,927 - The Constitution gives him 10 days. - I know. 83 00:04:45,432 --> 00:04:47,971 If it's a show of strength, you don't wait to think. 84 00:04:48,186 --> 00:04:50,429 If they override the veto, it's not strong. 85 00:04:50,648 --> 00:04:52,475 - They don't have the votes. - Says you. 86 00:04:52,651 --> 00:04:57,231 Says me, Josh, the political liaison, legislative liaison and the minority whip. 87 00:04:57,449 --> 00:04:59,407 It's like I don't even need to be here. 88 00:04:59,619 --> 00:05:00,995 Good evening, Mr. President. 89 00:05:01,205 --> 00:05:04,124 - C.J., you look very nice. - Thank you, sir. Is it here? 90 00:05:04,334 --> 00:05:06,126 It's on its way. 91 00:05:15,684 --> 00:05:17,678 I've been seated next to a chemist tonight. 92 00:05:18,355 --> 00:05:22,983 Twenty-three Nobel winners, I couldn't get literature or peace or something? 93 00:05:23,195 --> 00:05:24,606 What's her problem? 94 00:05:24,781 --> 00:05:26,988 Thinks she won't be able to make conversation. 95 00:05:27,159 --> 00:05:30,280 She's wrong, because she knows what year he was born and his name. 96 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:33,036 You gotta be a cryptographer. They speak in letters... 97 00:05:33,209 --> 00:05:36,046 ...that don't spell anything but end up meaning"table salt." 98 00:05:36,464 --> 00:05:38,042 - Mr. President? - Is it here? 99 00:05:38,217 --> 00:05:40,506 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 100 00:05:44,184 --> 00:05:46,177 - Hey. - Good evening, Mr. President. 101 00:05:46,353 --> 00:05:47,682 What's your name? 102 00:05:47,897 --> 00:05:51,149 I'm Donald Dolan from the office of the executive clerk, sir. 103 00:05:51,319 --> 00:05:52,944 Leo, I don't think it's a bluff. 104 00:05:53,113 --> 00:05:56,650 I don't think the leadership holds their members on a weekend for a bluff. 105 00:05:56,869 --> 00:06:00,286 - I don't think they're bluffing. - You think they're holding a vote? 106 00:06:00,499 --> 00:06:02,409 - I'm sure. - Why would they hold a vote... 107 00:06:02,585 --> 00:06:05,706 ...if they couldn't override? - They wouldn't. 108 00:06:05,882 --> 00:06:08,421 What do you got in the box, Mr. Dolan? 109 00:06:08,636 --> 00:06:12,386 Mr. President, I have House Resolution 10, the Death Tax Elimination Act. 110 00:06:12,558 --> 00:06:16,474 It bears signatures of the speaker of the house and the president of the Senate. 111 00:06:16,689 --> 00:06:19,894 It's presented to you by the Congress for your signature or veto. 112 00:06:20,069 --> 00:06:21,398 Excuse me. 113 00:06:21,571 --> 00:06:24,110 Leo, you think we lost some votes we don't know about? 114 00:06:24,367 --> 00:06:25,910 I think we're about to find out. 115 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:30,201 Sir, if the House successfully overrides the veto, we're gonna look weak. 116 00:06:30,375 --> 00:06:33,627 If the House successfully overrides the veto, we are weak. 117 00:06:36,676 --> 00:06:38,468 NaCl, C.J. 118 00:06:38,679 --> 00:06:41,884 - I'm sorry, sir? - Table salt. 119 00:06:42,059 --> 00:06:43,470 Send it back. 120 00:07:30,259 --> 00:07:32,299 Good evening. About 15 minutes ago... 121 00:07:32,471 --> 00:07:36,090 ...the clerk of the house presented the executive clerk with HR 10... 122 00:07:36,268 --> 00:07:40,433 ...a bill repealing the estate tax, which opponents call the"death tax"... 123 00:07:40,607 --> 00:07:43,182 ...or the"we're coming to get your children" tax. 124 00:07:43,361 --> 00:07:46,032 We call it a tax on fewer than 2 percent of estates... 125 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:48,026 ...valued at over a million dollars... 126 00:07:48,202 --> 00:07:51,406 ...the revenue from which helps fund frivolous spending programs... 127 00:07:51,582 --> 00:07:54,667 ...such as teaching people to read and curing disease. 128 00:07:54,836 --> 00:07:56,830 As promised, the president vetoed the bill. 129 00:07:57,006 --> 00:07:59,759 This was his first veto since taking office 33 months ago. 130 00:07:59,927 --> 00:08:01,256 - C.J. - Katie. 131 00:08:01,429 --> 00:08:04,100 - Will there be a vote to override tonight? - Don't know. 132 00:08:04,308 --> 00:08:07,476 Do you know why the Republicans are in an emergency session? 133 00:08:07,897 --> 00:08:11,564 Would they hold their members back if they didn't think they could override? 134 00:08:11,777 --> 00:08:13,320 You'd have to ask them. 135 00:08:13,530 --> 00:08:16,022 - Can you tell us what you're wearing? - It's a dress. 136 00:08:16,242 --> 00:08:18,781 - C. J... . - Diane Cook. Anything else? 137 00:08:18,955 --> 00:08:23,500 Okay, I'll be in for periodic briefings, and we'll try not to keep you too late. 138 00:08:24,003 --> 00:08:26,496 - What's Sherri Wexler doing here? - It's Friday night. 139 00:08:26,883 --> 00:08:30,170 - She's an entertainment reporter. - Here to cover the Nobel dinner. 140 00:08:30,346 --> 00:08:32,755 Now she's gotta cover a veto override in the House. 141 00:08:32,933 --> 00:08:35,259 She can barely cover the Easter egg hunt. 142 00:08:35,437 --> 00:08:37,726 Are you afraid she's gonna misspell"Diane Cook"? 143 00:08:37,899 --> 00:08:39,559 I have to get back to dinner. 144 00:08:39,735 --> 00:08:41,894 Do you have a copy of the periodic table? 145 00:08:42,071 --> 00:08:43,780 - No. - Okay. 146 00:08:43,991 --> 00:08:45,320 Yeah. 147 00:08:45,493 --> 00:08:48,828 Toby. That was the minority leader's office. They've scheduled a vote. 148 00:08:48,998 --> 00:08:51,751 - When? - Ninety minutes. Debate, then a vote. 149 00:08:51,919 --> 00:08:54,328 - What do they think? - They think they must be down. 150 00:08:54,548 --> 00:08:56,091 How did we lose votes? 151 00:08:56,258 --> 00:09:00,969 A low-in-the-polls president tells Democrats to vote against a tax cut. 152 00:09:01,141 --> 00:09:03,715 What could possibly have gone wrong? Ginger. 153 00:09:03,895 --> 00:09:07,811 We need 10 phone lines in the Roosevelt Room and bodies from legislative affairs. 154 00:09:08,026 --> 00:09:10,518 - We need the whip count. - It doesn't do us any good. 155 00:09:11,113 --> 00:09:13,321 - We need a new one. - That's gonna take a while. 156 00:09:13,492 --> 00:09:16,031 They're sitting there. Tell them to raise their hands. 157 00:09:16,204 --> 00:09:19,325 Any Democratic members who've headed for National, get them back. 158 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,289 Page Delta, United and American. Nobody gets on a plane. 159 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:24,754 - They scheduled a vote? - Straight up or down. 160 00:09:24,925 --> 00:09:26,634 - When? - They debate in 90 minutes... 161 00:09:26,803 --> 00:09:29,342 ...and vote an hour after. - We need a new whip count. 162 00:09:29,515 --> 00:09:33,515 Ginger, the phones, the bodies and keep an open line to the whip's office. 163 00:09:33,688 --> 00:09:36,892 - And get Leo out of the dinner. - Excuse me. 164 00:09:37,193 --> 00:09:39,186 - Charlie. - Yeah. 165 00:09:39,363 --> 00:09:41,273 - How's the dinner going? - Fine. 166 00:09:41,449 --> 00:09:42,944 - You and I should talk. - Yeah? 167 00:09:43,118 --> 00:09:46,037 The committee's gonna offer you the chance to give a proffer. 168 00:09:46,206 --> 00:09:48,496 - I can't talk about it. - You know what it is? 169 00:09:48,668 --> 00:09:50,412 - I get immunity. - Yeah. 170 00:09:50,629 --> 00:09:53,121 And I'm not allowed to talk about it. 171 00:09:53,925 --> 00:09:55,504 - Hey. - So, what's going on? 172 00:09:55,678 --> 00:09:59,048 We're waiting for a new whip count. How ready is he on the environment? 173 00:09:59,225 --> 00:10:01,514 - He's been studying. - I can't be there with him. 174 00:10:01,687 --> 00:10:03,763 In the Buckland meeting? He'll be all right. 175 00:10:03,940 --> 00:10:06,562 - When's he doing it? - Sometime after the appetizer. 176 00:10:06,735 --> 00:10:09,441 He needs to look at the latest EPA stats on child asthma. 177 00:10:09,615 --> 00:10:11,158 He's got them. 178 00:10:11,325 --> 00:10:13,865 - What's going on? - There's three we can't account for. 179 00:10:14,079 --> 00:10:16,998 - We think Kimball flipped. - He'd have his committee with him. 180 00:10:17,167 --> 00:10:19,244 - The phone in front of you. - Newhouse? 181 00:10:19,421 --> 00:10:22,339 Newhouse, I don't believe. Illinois 17 is safe. 182 00:10:22,550 --> 00:10:25,256 - What's happening? - Vote scheduled, don't have the count. 183 00:10:25,429 --> 00:10:27,387 I don't think it's Newhouse or Kimball. 184 00:10:27,599 --> 00:10:29,758 - It's Kimball. - If it was Kimball, we'd have... 185 00:10:29,936 --> 00:10:31,680 He's on the phone right now. 186 00:10:36,362 --> 00:10:38,070 Congressman, this is Leo McGarry. 187 00:10:38,239 --> 00:10:41,076 Please come to the White House right away. 188 00:10:42,329 --> 00:10:44,488 - Donna. - I'm right here. Where do you think...? 189 00:10:44,665 --> 00:10:47,584 - My tie's falling apart. - Give me that. 190 00:10:47,753 --> 00:10:51,040 - It's not gonna be... - You're not gonna be Tom Jones tonight. 191 00:10:51,676 --> 00:10:53,716 Tony Bennett. 192 00:10:56,099 --> 00:10:58,341 - Speaker's calling a vote? - Yeah. 193 00:10:58,519 --> 00:11:01,011 Sam can't be in the Buckland meeting with you. 194 00:11:01,231 --> 00:11:02,560 I'll be all right. 195 00:11:02,733 --> 00:11:06,270 He wanted to make sure you looked at the new EPA stats on child asthma. 196 00:11:07,699 --> 00:11:09,692 Can I talk to you about something personal? 197 00:11:09,910 --> 00:11:13,411 - I gotta get back. Can it wait? - Yeah. 198 00:11:14,166 --> 00:11:16,623 - How does it look? - Good. 199 00:11:18,423 --> 00:11:21,710 - Maybe he wants the compromise. - He doesn't want a compromise. 200 00:11:22,261 --> 00:11:25,383 He was ready to settle for a $ 10 million exemption instead of 5. 201 00:11:25,683 --> 00:11:27,807 Compromising with a $ 10 million exemption? 202 00:11:27,978 --> 00:11:29,972 Here's a conversation my father never had. 203 00:11:30,315 --> 00:11:32,059 Leo? 204 00:11:32,234 --> 00:11:34,228 You're gonna have to give away something... 205 00:11:34,404 --> 00:11:36,611 ...but don't give away the store. 206 00:11:38,034 --> 00:11:40,158 - Yeah. - Nancy McNally's in your office. 207 00:11:40,329 --> 00:11:43,664 - What's going on? - Something's happened. 208 00:11:44,878 --> 00:11:46,253 What's going on? 209 00:11:46,421 --> 00:11:50,207 A bomb went off outside a café on Ben-Yehuda in Jerusalem. 210 00:11:50,386 --> 00:11:53,838 It was a suicide bomber. He detonated explosives strapped to his body. 211 00:11:54,016 --> 00:11:56,722 - How bad is it? - Ten people were killed right away. 212 00:11:56,895 --> 00:12:00,941 It looks about 125 injured, mostly young adults. 213 00:12:01,109 --> 00:12:03,946 Leo, two of the dead were American students. 214 00:12:04,114 --> 00:12:06,736 We think they may have been targeted. 215 00:12:08,871 --> 00:12:10,781 All right. 216 00:12:13,127 --> 00:12:16,331 Margaret, I'll be in the Situation Room. 217 00:12:26,947 --> 00:12:28,276 - Leo? - Yeah. 218 00:12:28,449 --> 00:12:30,526 The INP thinks they have traces of C-4. 219 00:12:30,744 --> 00:12:32,073 - C-4? - Yeah. 220 00:12:32,246 --> 00:12:34,572 Did this guy have a car strapped to his chest? 221 00:12:35,793 --> 00:12:39,044 - Have the parents been notified? - Consul general called the parents. 222 00:12:39,215 --> 00:12:41,588 - Has anyone claimed responsibility? - Not yet. 223 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,382 In the next hour, everyone will claim responsibility. 224 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:47,765 Nancy, hasn't State issued travel warnings since Bekáa? 225 00:12:47,977 --> 00:12:50,600 - They went for a soccer match. - Americans were targeted? 226 00:12:50,773 --> 00:12:54,393 Eyewitness accounts indicate the bomber turned to go into the nightclub... 227 00:12:54,570 --> 00:12:56,480 ...then stopped when he saw two people... 228 00:12:56,656 --> 00:12:59,742 ...wearing U.S. delegation sweatshirts with insignias and flags. 229 00:12:59,911 --> 00:13:01,988 They were brothers. Ariel and Noah Levy. 230 00:13:02,164 --> 00:13:04,241 He walked up to them and detonated. 231 00:13:04,418 --> 00:13:06,210 - We know this? - These are the facts... 232 00:13:06,379 --> 00:13:07,957 ...as relayed by the embassy RSO. 233 00:13:08,131 --> 00:13:11,418 And, Mr. President? They think they found traces of C-4. 234 00:13:11,887 --> 00:13:14,759 - Think there's an Afghan connection? - Or even Iran. 235 00:13:14,933 --> 00:13:18,101 We'll know more when the FBI attaché gives a forensic analysis. 236 00:13:18,271 --> 00:13:19,849 - How long? - 45 minutes, an hour. 237 00:13:20,149 --> 00:13:22,439 I'm gonna want some temperature-cooling options. 238 00:13:22,652 --> 00:13:25,061 - Thank you, sir. - Yes, sir. 239 00:13:25,281 --> 00:13:27,607 Na is sodium. Sodium comes from the word"soda." 240 00:13:27,785 --> 00:13:31,120 Wouldn't it make sense for the periodic symbol to be related to that? 241 00:13:31,290 --> 00:13:34,126 No. Because Na comes from the Latin word"natrium." 242 00:13:34,336 --> 00:13:36,329 - What does natrium mean? - It means sodium. 243 00:13:36,673 --> 00:13:38,583 Come on in. 244 00:13:39,635 --> 00:13:40,964 I'm pretty well briefed. 245 00:13:41,137 --> 00:13:43,096 - Is it on the news yet? - Yeah. 246 00:13:43,266 --> 00:13:44,595 They were brothers. 247 00:13:44,768 --> 00:13:46,595 - Why were they there? - Soccer match. 248 00:13:46,812 --> 00:13:49,139 Do we know if they were intentional targets? 249 00:13:49,358 --> 00:13:52,277 - Not yet. We can't release names. - The Levys lost their sons. 250 00:13:52,446 --> 00:13:54,238 I'll take the heat for a few hours. 251 00:13:54,407 --> 00:13:57,243 Tell them the president's in touch with the prime minister? 252 00:13:57,453 --> 00:14:01,784 Yeah. The Israelis will do what they'll do, so ratchet down expectations. 253 00:14:01,959 --> 00:14:03,288 - Anything else? - No. 254 00:14:03,461 --> 00:14:05,870 - I'm gonna get in there. - Thank you. 255 00:14:08,761 --> 00:14:10,090 - Charlie? - Yeah. 256 00:14:10,263 --> 00:14:12,091 - I wanna... - I can't talk about it, C.J. 257 00:14:12,266 --> 00:14:13,761 - Word is... - Can't talk about it. 258 00:14:13,935 --> 00:14:17,769 Talk hypothetically. Say a guy your age was offered a get-out-of-jail-free card. 259 00:14:17,941 --> 00:14:19,270 Nobody's going to jail. 260 00:14:19,443 --> 00:14:22,113 But everybody's getting lawyers. If you took immunity... 261 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,199 - I'd still need a lawyer. - For a few hours, not 100 hours. 262 00:14:25,368 --> 00:14:28,739 - I know what you're thinking. - I really can't talk about it. 263 00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:32,791 Okay, I'm gonna change my clothes. 264 00:14:32,962 --> 00:14:34,291 I'll watch. 265 00:14:34,465 --> 00:14:35,794 No. 266 00:14:38,721 --> 00:14:41,343 - What the hell's going on? - We're down four votes. 267 00:14:41,558 --> 00:14:44,229 - I thought it was one. - Three guys are out of reach. 268 00:14:44,437 --> 00:14:46,680 - Why? - That's where they wanted to be. 269 00:14:47,525 --> 00:14:49,068 - Where's Kimball? - On his way. 270 00:14:49,278 --> 00:14:51,188 - Toby's waiting for him in back. - Josh? 271 00:14:51,364 --> 00:14:52,859 - Is he in there? - Yeah. 272 00:14:53,033 --> 00:14:56,035 - Did you look at the child asthma stats? - Yeah. 273 00:14:59,417 --> 00:15:02,123 - Governor. - Josh, good to see you. 274 00:15:02,297 --> 00:15:03,922 Sorry to interrupt dinner. 275 00:15:04,091 --> 00:15:06,630 You know Pam Wachtel and Jonathan. 276 00:15:06,845 --> 00:15:09,218 I do. Good to see you guys. Anybody need a drink? 277 00:15:09,390 --> 00:15:11,514 - No. - I'm fine. 278 00:15:11,685 --> 00:15:13,643 Thanks, Donna. 279 00:15:17,694 --> 00:15:19,522 So, governor... 280 00:15:19,697 --> 00:15:23,648 ...the president's a tree-hugger? - I never said that. 281 00:15:23,869 --> 00:15:26,029 "If you want to save an owl, vote for Bartlet. 282 00:15:26,206 --> 00:15:29,493 - To save a job, vote for someone else"? - I never said that either. 283 00:15:29,711 --> 00:15:31,669 No, she did. In the Indianapolis Post. 284 00:15:32,090 --> 00:15:34,000 - You weren't misquoted, right? - No. 285 00:15:34,552 --> 00:15:36,711 Okay. Listen. 286 00:15:36,888 --> 00:15:40,555 I wouldn't know a spotted owl if he walked up and introduced himself... 287 00:15:40,727 --> 00:15:43,646 ...but I do know the president's a pro-business pragmatist... 288 00:15:43,815 --> 00:15:45,855 ...who's created 3.8 million new jobs. 289 00:15:46,027 --> 00:15:49,064 You ought to tell that to an unemployed steelworker in Indiana. 290 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,028 He's working three of those jobs just to pay the mortgage. 291 00:15:52,244 --> 00:15:54,368 The decline isn't because of the environment. 292 00:15:54,581 --> 00:15:55,910 - Of course it is. - Jonathan... 293 00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:59,418 By raising standards for emissions, he raised the cost of business... 294 00:15:59,588 --> 00:16:01,546 ...and closed down plants in the Midwest. 295 00:16:01,758 --> 00:16:05,294 You want to see a study that says if we hadn't passed the Clean Air Act... 296 00:16:05,471 --> 00:16:07,964 ...more people would've suffered from heart disease...? 297 00:16:08,142 --> 00:16:11,393 You know how many healthy people we've got on the unemployment line? 298 00:16:11,564 --> 00:16:16,311 - The EPA stats on child asthma alone... - I don't want to talk about child asthma. 299 00:16:16,529 --> 00:16:19,484 Neither does Josh. Will the two of you excuse us, please? 300 00:16:19,659 --> 00:16:20,690 Yes, sir. 301 00:16:26,710 --> 00:16:29,037 It doesn't destroy jobs, Jack, it creates them. 302 00:16:29,214 --> 00:16:31,006 There's a $400 billion market... 303 00:16:31,175 --> 00:16:33,928 ...in creating technologies that are environmentally safe. 304 00:16:34,138 --> 00:16:38,268 You think a 55-year-old steelworker's gonna get a job building hybrid engines? 305 00:16:40,814 --> 00:16:43,686 Ask me what you wanna know. 306 00:16:48,283 --> 00:16:51,950 - You invited Victor Campos to Indiana. - Yeah. 307 00:16:52,122 --> 00:16:56,917 - Pam's quote in the Post-Dispatch. - Yeah. 308 00:16:59,258 --> 00:17:02,758 Jack, are you gonna challenge the president in the primary? 309 00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:06,048 Let's have that drink. 310 00:17:11,275 --> 00:17:13,315 - Took you long enough. - I was held up. 311 00:17:13,486 --> 00:17:15,029 - And I'm not about to be. - Yeah? 312 00:17:15,197 --> 00:17:16,526 We can win this without you. 313 00:17:16,699 --> 00:17:20,402 I've got four proxies in my pocket, so you can't do anything without me. 314 00:17:20,580 --> 00:17:22,490 Don't worry, I came with a shopping list. 315 00:17:22,666 --> 00:17:24,576 How does a Democrat from Tennessee... 316 00:17:24,753 --> 00:17:29,381 ...where we championed electrification, the Tennessee Valley Authority...? 317 00:17:30,094 --> 00:17:33,880 - How do you do this to a Democrat? - Estate tax costs 65 cents on the dollar. 318 00:17:34,058 --> 00:17:36,051 - That's not my point. - Why would anyone...? 319 00:17:36,228 --> 00:17:38,517 That's not my point. You were with us yesterday. 320 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:40,149 Now you're holding us hostage. 321 00:17:40,317 --> 00:17:42,310 I got some things I'd like to talk about... 322 00:17:42,487 --> 00:17:45,026 ...and I feel I'm in a strong negotiating position. 323 00:17:45,199 --> 00:17:46,528 - What? - Grazing fees. 324 00:17:46,701 --> 00:17:48,244 - Grazing fees? - Yeah. 325 00:17:48,412 --> 00:17:50,536 Grazing fees. 326 00:17:51,667 --> 00:17:53,625 Let's go, we're running out of time. 327 00:17:53,795 --> 00:17:56,963 I can't confirm the names of any Americans killed. Arthur? 328 00:17:57,133 --> 00:17:59,886 Is the White House ready to call the cease-fire a failure? 329 00:18:00,054 --> 00:18:02,261 The parties themselves negotiated the terms... 330 00:18:02,432 --> 00:18:05,055 ...and the U.S. remains committed to the peace process. 331 00:18:05,353 --> 00:18:07,845 - C.J., what do...? - I like to call on people, Sherri. 332 00:18:08,441 --> 00:18:12,393 What do you say to the people of Dallas who just lost two of their sons? 333 00:18:12,989 --> 00:18:15,908 As I said earlier, we can't confirm or deny the identities... 334 00:18:16,077 --> 00:18:18,071 ...of any American victims of the bombing. 335 00:18:18,247 --> 00:18:21,582 How is it that the government, supported by the citizens of Dallas... 336 00:18:21,752 --> 00:18:25,087 ...knows less than CNN, AP and Israeli TV? 337 00:18:26,008 --> 00:18:30,173 I think the citizens of Dallas will understand that the 1974 Privacy Act... 338 00:18:30,348 --> 00:18:35,012 ...precludes me from discussing those details until the family gives its consent. 339 00:18:35,230 --> 00:18:38,850 Since two Americans were killed, is the U.S. considering retaliating? 340 00:18:39,069 --> 00:18:41,276 We're still investigating the circumstances. 341 00:18:41,447 --> 00:18:45,494 We continue to urge all parties to demonstrate restraint. Phil. 342 00:18:49,876 --> 00:18:54,255 It was a Palestinian splinter group called the Palestine Freedom Front. 343 00:18:54,424 --> 00:18:56,667 - Agency and FBI concur? - Yeah. 344 00:18:56,844 --> 00:18:59,052 Then we shouldn't be looking outside the box. 345 00:18:59,223 --> 00:19:02,973 Hutchinson talked with the Israeli foreign minister and the interior minister. 346 00:19:03,145 --> 00:19:05,518 It was an isolated incident. 347 00:19:05,691 --> 00:19:08,562 - Retaliation for Bekáa? - Yeah. 348 00:19:08,737 --> 00:19:11,407 If that's the case, I wanna hear it from Arafat's mouth. 349 00:19:11,574 --> 00:19:13,532 I wanna hear it from him. 350 00:19:13,702 --> 00:19:15,363 A denunciation of violence. 351 00:19:15,538 --> 00:19:18,540 I want to see security cooperation with the Israelis. 352 00:19:18,751 --> 00:19:21,919 We'll have the U.N. secretary general put the screws to the chairman... 353 00:19:22,089 --> 00:19:25,709 ...and Scorza can be at the prime minister's office. 354 00:19:25,886 --> 00:19:31,096 Maybe, maybe, maybe we can get Israel to hold their fire tonight. 355 00:19:31,478 --> 00:19:33,602 Would you? 356 00:19:34,190 --> 00:19:35,519 No. 357 00:19:45,715 --> 00:19:48,124 There are some 30,000 ranchers in Western states... 358 00:19:48,302 --> 00:19:50,545 ...who graze their cattle on federal lands. 359 00:19:50,722 --> 00:19:54,009 Yes, and they do it for about one-tenth of market value. 360 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,605 Based on an archaic formula set by Congress 30 years ago. 361 00:19:57,816 --> 00:19:59,774 There was cattle 30 years ago. 362 00:19:59,986 --> 00:20:01,778 We don't want to stick it to ranchers. 363 00:20:01,947 --> 00:20:05,733 We want to raise grazing fees and use the money to restore streams... 364 00:20:05,911 --> 00:20:08,582 ...fish and wildlife habitats that have been destroyed... 365 00:20:08,790 --> 00:20:11,116 And how do ranchers put food on their tables? 366 00:20:11,294 --> 00:20:12,623 And yours, for that matter. 367 00:20:12,838 --> 00:20:16,208 It's cheaper for cattle to graze on federal lands than to feed a hound. 368 00:20:16,718 --> 00:20:19,886 It's easier to sell out the Western states you won't win anyway... 369 00:20:20,056 --> 00:20:22,631 ...than to help cattlemen whose prices are plummeting. 370 00:20:22,852 --> 00:20:24,347 If you look at the range land... 371 00:20:24,521 --> 00:20:27,726 I don't wanna look at the range land anymore. 372 00:20:27,901 --> 00:20:29,729 A one-year moratorium. 373 00:20:31,448 --> 00:20:34,486 The president waits a year before he tries to raise the fees? 374 00:20:34,703 --> 00:20:36,411 One year. Go vote. 375 00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:40,115 No. I've got more. 376 00:20:41,170 --> 00:20:43,128 - Really? - A GAO review... 377 00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:45,832 ...of the deficiencies in the Freedom to Farm Act... 378 00:20:46,011 --> 00:20:48,218 ...and the need for a stronger farm safety net. 379 00:20:48,389 --> 00:20:52,519 Administration support for an increase in production flexibility contracts... . 380 00:20:52,937 --> 00:20:54,266 - Donna. - Yeah. 381 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,267 - I need Josh. - He's still in with... 382 00:20:56,442 --> 00:20:59,017 Tell him we're gonna need more time. 383 00:21:03,870 --> 00:21:06,243 Excuse me, governor, I'm sorry. Josh? 384 00:21:10,379 --> 00:21:12,918 - Yeah. - Sam says they need more time. 385 00:21:13,092 --> 00:21:16,842 Tell him to call the minority leader. Tell him we need to stage an exhibition. 386 00:21:17,056 --> 00:21:18,385 Will he know how that works? 387 00:21:18,558 --> 00:21:20,598 No exhibitions allowed on the House floor. 388 00:21:20,769 --> 00:21:24,140 One of our members brings a poster on the floor, another one objects... 389 00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:27,437 ...the chair has to rule, followed by a vote of the full House... 390 00:21:27,613 --> 00:21:29,238 ...and that'll buy 20 minutes. 391 00:21:29,449 --> 00:21:31,407 So... 392 00:21:32,328 --> 00:21:36,541 ...you're polling at slightly less than 5 percent in lowa. 393 00:21:36,751 --> 00:21:40,002 After hearing your issue profile, that number actually goes down. 394 00:21:40,172 --> 00:21:43,709 Thirty-nine percent of caucus-goers wouldn't even consider voting for you. 395 00:21:43,886 --> 00:21:45,844 "Shares our values," 18 percent. 396 00:21:46,014 --> 00:21:47,972 - Did you know that? - No. 397 00:21:48,142 --> 00:21:49,887 In New Hampshire, 3 percent. 398 00:21:50,354 --> 00:21:52,431 "Shares our values," 14 percent. 399 00:21:52,607 --> 00:21:57,188 After hearing your profile, 41 percent think you're a Republican. 400 00:21:57,364 --> 00:21:59,156 - Did you know that? - No. 401 00:21:59,325 --> 00:22:02,992 South Dakota, 3 percent. Georgia, 8 percent. New York, 7 percent. 402 00:22:03,164 --> 00:22:05,371 - Did you know any of that? - No. 403 00:22:05,584 --> 00:22:09,037 You don't even have the money to do out-of-state polling right now. 404 00:22:09,256 --> 00:22:10,632 - So you helped me out. - I did. 405 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,301 Now, with those kinds of numbers and no kind of money... 406 00:22:14,472 --> 00:22:17,427 ...how can you expect...? - Where were the president's numbers? 407 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,144 And what money did he have...? 408 00:22:19,312 --> 00:22:21,472 He wasn't challenging a sitting president. 409 00:22:21,649 --> 00:22:25,565 Nobody challenges a sitting president in a primary by going to his right. 410 00:22:25,738 --> 00:22:29,690 This isn't a serious challenge you're contemplating, so tell me what it is. 411 00:22:29,869 --> 00:22:32,243 If it isn't a serious challenge, why are you here? 412 00:22:32,456 --> 00:22:34,117 Your health. 413 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,913 We don't like your health. 414 00:22:39,508 --> 00:22:42,713 You're a Heisman Trophy-winning football player, a U.S. Olympian... 415 00:22:42,888 --> 00:22:44,965 ...you still run the New York Marathon... 416 00:22:45,141 --> 00:22:48,761 ...and every time we see B-roll of you... 417 00:22:48,939 --> 00:22:51,347 ...tossing a ball around at the local Boys Club... 418 00:22:51,526 --> 00:22:56,404 ...it makes people think the president's gotta campaign in an oxygen tent. 419 00:22:57,785 --> 00:23:01,950 Well, it sounds like a bit of a serious challenge. 420 00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:05,498 It sounds like I need to be listened to. 421 00:23:08,217 --> 00:23:11,302 You want to see me do some pushups? 422 00:23:12,431 --> 00:23:15,006 Yeah, that's what I want. 423 00:23:16,729 --> 00:23:18,058 What do we know? 424 00:23:18,273 --> 00:23:21,145 Keyhole sees 12 Israeli F-15s at Hatzerim Air Base. 425 00:23:21,361 --> 00:23:23,817 - What are they armed with? - Eight AIM Sidewinders. 426 00:23:23,989 --> 00:23:26,197 Pilots are in the cockpits, we see heat plumes. 427 00:23:26,368 --> 00:23:29,821 We've also got 10 Douglas AH Apache Longbows airborne from Bezet. 428 00:23:29,998 --> 00:23:31,374 They're armed with Hellfires. 429 00:23:31,584 --> 00:23:34,337 - Any chance it's a training exercise? - It always is. 430 00:23:34,505 --> 00:23:37,127 - What are the targets? - Looks like the Abu Sneni Bab... 431 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:40,801 ...and al-Sheikh neighborhoods in Hebron, a police station in Ramallah... 432 00:23:40,972 --> 00:23:43,299 ...and Al-Watan, which is the newspaper of Hamas. 433 00:23:43,476 --> 00:23:44,852 But we could be wrong. 434 00:23:45,062 --> 00:23:46,556 Arab reaction? 435 00:23:46,772 --> 00:23:49,311 Egypt will call for an Arab summit if Israel retaliates. 436 00:23:49,526 --> 00:23:52,482 - Nancy, what about the C-4? - This is what's interesting. 437 00:23:52,656 --> 00:23:55,943 The agency indicates that the bomber had ties to Abdul Mujeeb. 438 00:23:56,161 --> 00:23:58,036 - Really? - Yeah. 439 00:23:58,247 --> 00:24:00,953 Well, that may be our way out. 440 00:24:01,126 --> 00:24:02,621 All right, that may be it. 441 00:24:02,796 --> 00:24:05,252 - Sally, I need to see the president. - Yes, sir. 442 00:24:06,968 --> 00:24:09,507 The networks want you live next time you brief, okay? 443 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,970 - Yeah. - Sherri Wexler's about to do her standup. 444 00:24:12,142 --> 00:24:14,432 They can't send someone who knows what they're doing? 445 00:24:14,604 --> 00:24:16,479 She thinks she knows what she's doing. 446 00:24:16,691 --> 00:24:20,108 - I have to watch this? - I thought you showed great restraint. 447 00:24:20,321 --> 00:24:23,240 Walk softly... . And do something else. 448 00:24:23,450 --> 00:24:26,821 - Carry a big stick. - Yeah. Walk softly. Walk around. 449 00:24:26,997 --> 00:24:30,118 ... the White House not able to confirm or deny at this point... 450 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:35,088 ... the names of the Americans or, in fact, if any Americans were involved at all. 451 00:24:35,384 --> 00:24:37,959 In the meantime, debate continues on Capitol Hill... 452 00:24:38,138 --> 00:24:42,637 ... over the president's veto of the legislation repealing the estate tax. 453 00:24:42,812 --> 00:24:48,021 So it's a tense night here, Alan, as staffers and press burn the midnight oil. 454 00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,188 Sherri, going back to the suicide bomber... 455 00:24:50,364 --> 00:24:54,578 ... you say the White House can 't confirm whether Americans were involved... 456 00:24:54,746 --> 00:24:57,665 Yes, I should say the Press Secretary C.J. Cregg... 457 00:24:57,834 --> 00:25:00,456 ... can 't confirm if Americans were involved. 458 00:25:00,671 --> 00:25:04,540 It's not clear the extent to which C.J. 's in the loop on this. 459 00:25:05,094 --> 00:25:09,046 I can tell you, she's changed her clothes several times throughout the evening. 460 00:25:09,225 --> 00:25:11,053 I'm sorry, Sherri, say again? 461 00:25:11,270 --> 00:25:15,186 I say, C.J. Cregg's known to be a bit of a clotheshorse... 462 00:25:15,401 --> 00:25:17,774 ... and perhaps she's missed some information... 463 00:25:17,946 --> 00:25:21,151 ... during one of her wardrobe changes. 464 00:25:21,326 --> 00:25:23,153 Well... 465 00:25:23,621 --> 00:25:25,745 ...turns out she did know what she was doing. 466 00:25:26,041 --> 00:25:28,118 You want me to take care of it? 467 00:25:29,004 --> 00:25:31,163 I'll take care of it. 468 00:25:33,051 --> 00:25:36,753 - Hey, Margaret. - He'll be here in just a minute. 469 00:25:37,933 --> 00:25:40,556 I'll be back in a second. Charlie? 470 00:25:41,188 --> 00:25:43,597 - Can't talk about it. - You don't even know what I'm saying. 471 00:25:43,775 --> 00:25:45,151 - Immunity? - Yeah. 472 00:25:45,319 --> 00:25:46,980 I can't talk about it. 473 00:25:47,155 --> 00:25:50,442 - I could've been talking about a vaccine. - That's immunization. 474 00:25:50,618 --> 00:25:52,908 - Yeah. - Come on. 475 00:25:56,710 --> 00:25:59,203 So, what's happening in there? 476 00:25:59,590 --> 00:26:02,260 We've given him a one-year moratorium on grazing fees... 477 00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:05,762 ...support for an increase in the production flexibility contracts... 478 00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:08,970 ...a promise not to lower agricultural export subsidies. 479 00:26:09,145 --> 00:26:13,939 We're up to a tougher FDA crackdown on the illegal use of antibiotics in milk. 480 00:26:14,111 --> 00:26:16,069 - Are you kidding...? - I swear to God. 481 00:26:16,239 --> 00:26:17,568 How's Buckland? 482 00:26:17,783 --> 00:26:20,025 He wants a seat at the table, that's for sure. 483 00:26:20,203 --> 00:26:21,532 How far do we go? 484 00:26:21,705 --> 00:26:23,782 - Can I offer Buckland...? - No. 485 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,622 - He'll keep mouthing off... - I don't care, take him out. 486 00:26:26,796 --> 00:26:28,421 Enough is enough. 487 00:26:28,590 --> 00:26:33,420 First Victor Campos, then Kimball and his band of four, then Buckland? 488 00:26:33,597 --> 00:26:36,635 Tell him we'll put it out he tried to blackmail the president... 489 00:26:36,810 --> 00:26:40,726 ...unless he caved to industry on clear air, clean water, climate control... 490 00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:43,356 ...and worker safety. Emphasize worker safety. 491 00:26:43,528 --> 00:26:45,438 That'll get him in good with the unions. 492 00:26:45,615 --> 00:26:47,738 Everyone will know the leak came from us. 493 00:26:47,909 --> 00:26:49,191 Yeah. 494 00:26:52,124 --> 00:26:54,581 Know what? Bill Russell was getting eaten alive... 495 00:26:54,753 --> 00:26:57,327 ...because they could never get him to throw an elbow. 496 00:26:57,507 --> 00:27:02,420 He didn't want to do it, so Red Auerbach told him to do it one time. 497 00:27:02,639 --> 00:27:05,096 "Throw an elbow in a nationally televised game... 498 00:27:05,268 --> 00:27:07,974 ...you'll never have to do it again." 499 00:27:08,147 --> 00:27:10,639 You bet your ass they'll know the leak came from us. 500 00:27:11,944 --> 00:27:14,567 Toby, whatever's on the table in there... 501 00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:16,069 ...take it or leave it. 502 00:27:17,077 --> 00:27:18,406 - Yes, sir. - Thank you. 503 00:27:18,579 --> 00:27:20,656 Thanks, Leo. 504 00:27:24,504 --> 00:27:25,916 - Hang on. - What? 505 00:27:26,090 --> 00:27:27,798 - Listen. - Yeah? 506 00:27:27,967 --> 00:27:29,926 What's on the table, don't you...? 507 00:27:30,096 --> 00:27:31,970 Grazing fees, farm nets, milk subsidies. 508 00:27:32,140 --> 00:27:35,641 What's on the table, aren't they the same things a Republican would want? 509 00:27:35,812 --> 00:27:37,437 Yeah. 510 00:27:37,606 --> 00:27:40,312 - Let's offer it to them. - Offer it to who? 511 00:27:40,527 --> 00:27:42,651 The Republicans. Royce. 512 00:27:42,822 --> 00:27:45,314 He'll carry six Republicans. That'll be seven votes. 513 00:27:45,910 --> 00:27:48,581 When Kimball sees we're gonna win, he'll hop onboard... 514 00:27:48,748 --> 00:27:50,290 ...so we've got a bigger margin. 515 00:27:50,458 --> 00:27:53,129 C.J. can make a big deal of bipartisanship, but mostly... 516 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:56,174 - We threw an elbow. - On national TV. 517 00:28:06,023 --> 00:28:08,562 We were talking about a tougher FDA crackdown... 518 00:28:08,735 --> 00:28:13,031 ...on illegal uses of antibiotics in milk, such as excess dosages of... 519 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:14,908 No. 520 00:28:16,496 --> 00:28:19,202 Well, I wouldn't be so quick to say no. 521 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,079 I think I will. 522 00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:25,669 - No to the FDA crackdown? - No to everything. 523 00:28:25,885 --> 00:28:27,629 What do you mean? 524 00:28:27,804 --> 00:28:31,969 I mean no to the FDA crackdown, no to lower agriculture subsidies... 525 00:28:32,144 --> 00:28:36,309 ...no to the production flexibility contracts, no to the GAO review. 526 00:28:37,151 --> 00:28:42,574 And the president will seek to raise the grazing fees at any time he sees fit. 527 00:28:46,414 --> 00:28:49,500 We're gonna need the room. Would you mind, congressman? 528 00:28:49,961 --> 00:28:51,705 - Well... - Congressman. 529 00:28:52,590 --> 00:28:54,299 We're a little pressed for time. 530 00:29:02,104 --> 00:29:05,272 - Good luck. - Thank you very much. 531 00:29:05,901 --> 00:29:07,562 Ginger... 532 00:29:07,737 --> 00:29:12,033 ...we need Congressman Robert Royce, Republican of Pennsylvania... 533 00:29:12,202 --> 00:29:13,613 ...on the phone. 534 00:29:15,915 --> 00:29:18,123 Okay. Well... 535 00:29:18,294 --> 00:29:20,038 ...now this really needs to work. 536 00:29:22,717 --> 00:29:24,627 Yeah. 537 00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:30,142 Hey. 538 00:29:31,563 --> 00:29:33,391 - How you feeling? - Don't get too close. 539 00:29:33,566 --> 00:29:35,939 - It's all right. - I'm like a petri dish over here. 540 00:29:36,111 --> 00:29:38,021 Yeah, you're pretty gross. 541 00:29:38,198 --> 00:29:40,772 - How's the dinner? - It's good. 542 00:29:40,952 --> 00:29:42,862 But... 543 00:29:43,038 --> 00:29:45,993 ...a suicide bomber got two American kids in Jerusalem. 544 00:29:46,167 --> 00:29:47,579 - No. - Yeah. 545 00:29:47,795 --> 00:29:50,038 - Were they targeted? - We're pretty sure. 546 00:29:50,257 --> 00:29:51,633 We've got some things going. 547 00:29:51,842 --> 00:29:55,094 - How old were they? - Nineteen and 21. 548 00:29:55,306 --> 00:29:57,216 They were brothers. 549 00:29:57,392 --> 00:30:00,145 - You speak to Zoey today? - No. 550 00:30:00,355 --> 00:30:02,681 I thought the deal was she calls once a day. 551 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:04,525 She calls most days. 552 00:30:05,153 --> 00:30:06,897 I want her to call every day. 553 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,616 All right. 554 00:30:08,909 --> 00:30:10,653 All right. 555 00:30:13,958 --> 00:30:16,284 - You need anything? - No. 556 00:30:16,461 --> 00:30:18,419 Okay. 557 00:30:28,604 --> 00:30:30,930 We can connect the bomber to Abdul Mujeeb. 558 00:30:31,108 --> 00:30:32,650 - How? - Traces of C-4... 559 00:30:32,818 --> 00:30:35,607 ...and other chemicals that are tagged. 560 00:30:37,617 --> 00:30:40,026 So you think I get on the phone with the chairman...? 561 00:30:40,204 --> 00:30:45,830 I think you get on the phone and tell him to hand Abdul Mujeeb to the Israelis. 562 00:30:46,004 --> 00:30:49,125 You remind him Israeli secret police are gonna kill him anyway. 563 00:30:49,301 --> 00:30:52,469 - It's gonna take more than that. - If it does, you tell him... 564 00:30:52,639 --> 00:30:55,974 We'll withhold the 100 million in NGO aid if they don't hand him over. 565 00:30:56,144 --> 00:30:57,852 Yeah. 566 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,017 And you think handing him over puts the pin back in the grenade? 567 00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:04,405 For a day. 568 00:31:04,740 --> 00:31:07,991 - For a day? - Yeah. 569 00:31:10,707 --> 00:31:14,658 - All right, set up the call. - Thank you, Mr. President. 570 00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:17,500 - This isn't... - Hang on. Hang on... 571 00:31:17,675 --> 00:31:21,342 No, you hang on, Josh. I'm the governor of Indiana. You hang on. 572 00:31:21,556 --> 00:31:24,891 You're saying I should get out of the race because I'm too healthy... 573 00:31:25,061 --> 00:31:27,600 ...and you're telling me I'm making a flaky argument? 574 00:31:28,148 --> 00:31:30,854 How can I keep advocating the issues that I care about... 575 00:31:31,028 --> 00:31:33,781 ...if I don't get into the race for a while? 576 00:31:34,825 --> 00:31:37,946 - I'm so sorry. Josh? - Yeah. 577 00:31:43,504 --> 00:31:44,833 Sam needs more time. 578 00:31:45,006 --> 00:31:47,545 Tell him to have a Democrat call for a journal vote. 579 00:31:47,718 --> 00:31:49,593 If a member calls for a journal vote... 580 00:31:49,763 --> 00:31:52,302 ...the full House has to approve the floor activity. 581 00:31:52,475 --> 00:31:56,012 Then he can have a member try to attach an amendment to the override vote. 582 00:31:56,189 --> 00:31:58,099 - What kind of amendment? - Doesn't matter. 583 00:31:58,275 --> 00:32:02,322 "To qualify for the estate-tax repeal, the estates have to have AstroTurf." 584 00:32:02,490 --> 00:32:06,359 And still, it's hard to figure why Congress can't get anything done. 585 00:32:12,337 --> 00:32:14,912 - I'm sorry. - No, that's all right. 586 00:32:15,091 --> 00:32:17,251 There's a lot going on here tonight. 587 00:32:17,428 --> 00:32:21,012 I meant, I'm sorry. 588 00:32:22,811 --> 00:32:27,890 You came through for us in Indiana, really the whole Midwest. 589 00:32:28,068 --> 00:32:30,192 You'd have been great in the number two spot. 590 00:32:30,363 --> 00:32:32,440 It was me as much as anyone pushing Hoynes. 591 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:36,034 - You couldn't win without Hoynes. - Yeah. 592 00:32:37,749 --> 00:32:40,668 I'm term-limited, Josh. 593 00:32:40,837 --> 00:32:43,590 And I still have things I want to say. 594 00:32:44,801 --> 00:32:47,969 Listen, I have instructions to... . 595 00:32:48,139 --> 00:32:49,848 - You know... . - To bust me. 596 00:32:50,434 --> 00:32:52,262 Yeah. 597 00:32:54,941 --> 00:32:58,726 If I could convince Leo to put you on the short list... 598 00:32:58,905 --> 00:33:00,982 ...think you could say what you wanna say? 599 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,906 You can't offer me quid pro quo, it's against the law. 600 00:33:04,121 --> 00:33:07,705 But I can tell you that Carl Reed wants to accept a position at Shearson... 601 00:33:07,876 --> 00:33:10,795 ...and he'll be leaving in about three months. 602 00:33:11,214 --> 00:33:13,208 You guys are that afraid of my health, huh? 603 00:33:13,384 --> 00:33:16,885 Well, we're afraid of everything. 604 00:33:17,974 --> 00:33:20,680 But no kidding, Jack, I... . 605 00:33:20,853 --> 00:33:23,891 I think you'd make an interesting nominee for labor secretary. 606 00:33:25,276 --> 00:33:27,733 So if I could convince Leo... . 607 00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:31,157 I'm gonna go see if there's any dessert left. 608 00:33:33,246 --> 00:33:35,406 Thank you, governor. 609 00:33:39,547 --> 00:33:41,790 I wanna make sure I understand this. 610 00:33:41,967 --> 00:33:44,506 You're offering a one-year moratorium on grazing fees. 611 00:33:44,721 --> 00:33:46,465 - Yeah. - A GAO review of the need... 612 00:33:46,682 --> 00:33:48,890 ...for a stronger farm safety net. - Yeah. 613 00:33:49,061 --> 00:33:51,849 A promise not to lower agricultural export subsidies. 614 00:33:52,065 --> 00:33:54,557 And a tougher FDA crackdown on what? 615 00:33:54,777 --> 00:33:56,818 The illegal use of antibiotics in milk. 616 00:33:57,031 --> 00:33:59,190 In exchange for my vote to sustain the veto. 617 00:33:59,409 --> 00:34:00,904 And the six that come with you. 618 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,826 - Same deal you were offering to Kimball? - Yes. 619 00:34:04,041 --> 00:34:06,414 - And he was ready to take it? - Yes. 620 00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:08,919 I don't want it. 621 00:34:15,808 --> 00:34:19,012 You've been uneasy about the estate tax from the beginning. 622 00:34:19,229 --> 00:34:22,730 That's right, I have. And yet, the White House did what it always does. 623 00:34:22,901 --> 00:34:25,607 It went to the extreme flank of its own party. 624 00:34:25,781 --> 00:34:27,904 Which meant more arm-wrestling, dealmaking... 625 00:34:28,075 --> 00:34:30,402 ...billions wasted in pork-barrel promises. 626 00:34:30,621 --> 00:34:34,490 - What are you saying? - That the moderates get shut out. 627 00:34:35,670 --> 00:34:38,838 Let me tell you something. The idea of repealing the estate tax... 628 00:34:39,008 --> 00:34:41,251 ...makes me embarrassed to be a Republican. 629 00:34:41,428 --> 00:34:44,265 We used to be about the sensible center, fiscal discipline. 630 00:34:44,558 --> 00:34:48,509 A tax break for billionaires? Of course this thing should be vetoed. 631 00:34:48,689 --> 00:34:51,181 It was a Republican named Oliver W. Holmes who said: 632 00:34:51,359 --> 00:34:53,851 "Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society." 633 00:34:55,407 --> 00:34:59,109 - Are you saying...? - Don't target me for defeat. 634 00:34:59,287 --> 00:35:01,661 I'm vulnerable in my district. 635 00:35:01,874 --> 00:35:04,034 The DNC will run a conservative Democrat. 636 00:35:04,253 --> 00:35:07,255 If elected, he won't even be photographed with the president... 637 00:35:07,466 --> 00:35:08,795 ...much less vote with him. 638 00:35:08,968 --> 00:35:13,181 Take a look around at all the Democrats running from you right now. 639 00:35:14,226 --> 00:35:17,347 Do you even know who your friends are anymore? 640 00:35:18,315 --> 00:35:21,602 If we do our best to see that you're not seriously challenged...? 641 00:35:21,945 --> 00:35:24,568 You have seven new votes tonight. 642 00:35:26,118 --> 00:35:28,610 Oh, and throw in the milk thing. 643 00:35:28,830 --> 00:35:30,289 Go vote, congressman. 644 00:35:41,265 --> 00:35:43,258 You're home. 645 00:35:51,112 --> 00:35:54,280 You. Get in here. 646 00:36:02,128 --> 00:36:03,920 - Take the immunity. - I'm not allowed... 647 00:36:04,089 --> 00:36:05,964 - Take it. - Is anyone else taking it? 648 00:36:06,134 --> 00:36:09,339 - No one else is being offered it. - Would they take it if they were? 649 00:36:09,514 --> 00:36:12,006 Who knows what's gonna happen with this prosecution? 650 00:36:12,185 --> 00:36:15,140 It's a partisan prosecution. You could go broke. 651 00:36:15,314 --> 00:36:17,224 You could be barred from law school. 652 00:36:20,905 --> 00:36:23,445 - Doesn't immunity imply guilt? - Not necessarily. 653 00:36:23,618 --> 00:36:27,949 And if someone in my position took a deal to protect himself... 654 00:36:29,001 --> 00:36:31,837 ...what would that person be saying to his employer? 655 00:36:32,005 --> 00:36:34,295 - They were wrong to trust him? - Don't be a hero. 656 00:36:34,467 --> 00:36:36,259 Why not? 657 00:36:38,765 --> 00:36:41,173 I'll stay with my team. 658 00:36:42,645 --> 00:36:45,648 People should stop trying to get me not to do that. 659 00:36:47,110 --> 00:36:48,688 Leo? 660 00:36:52,618 --> 00:36:55,490 Anyway, I'm not supposed to talk about it. 661 00:36:56,749 --> 00:36:58,908 Yeah, okay. 662 00:37:06,012 --> 00:37:08,505 - Nancy. - Thanks. 663 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:14,018 What are you smiling at? 664 00:37:14,316 --> 00:37:18,150 Palestinian police arrested Mujeeb at his residence in Gaza. 665 00:37:22,828 --> 00:37:24,157 Margaret. 666 00:37:25,582 --> 00:37:28,704 - Yeah. - Get me C.J. on the phone. 667 00:37:28,879 --> 00:37:32,296 And see if there's still any food over there. 668 00:37:34,512 --> 00:37:37,882 I got away with this, but you should really learn how to tie a bow tie. 669 00:37:38,059 --> 00:37:39,388 Or you could. 670 00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:41,768 Yeah, but that doesn't seem that likely, right? 671 00:37:41,939 --> 00:37:43,648 - You can go home. - I'll stick around. 672 00:37:43,817 --> 00:37:46,654 You wanted to talk to me about something before. 673 00:37:46,821 --> 00:37:49,610 Yeah. Listen. 674 00:37:50,368 --> 00:37:52,943 I was fixed up on a blind date a few nights ago. 675 00:37:53,289 --> 00:37:55,117 - When? - A few nights ago... 676 00:37:55,292 --> 00:37:57,535 ...and Ainsley fixed us up. 677 00:37:57,712 --> 00:38:00,549 He's a Republican lawyer working for Ways and Means... 678 00:38:00,717 --> 00:38:02,377 ...but he was being transferred... 679 00:38:02,553 --> 00:38:05,508 ...and it turns out now he's on Government Oversight, so... 680 00:38:05,891 --> 00:38:08,561 - You can't see him anymore. - I know that. 681 00:38:08,770 --> 00:38:11,344 - You can't see him anymore. - I know that. 682 00:38:11,566 --> 00:38:14,354 - It was just that night? - Yeah. 683 00:38:14,904 --> 00:38:16,696 No. 684 00:38:18,743 --> 00:38:21,864 We got together the next night again. We shouldn't have. 685 00:38:22,039 --> 00:38:24,163 Yeah. 686 00:38:25,002 --> 00:38:28,503 Look, when we got together the first time... 687 00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:31,248 You just thought he was with Ways and Means... 688 00:38:31,428 --> 00:38:33,801 ...who I was battling on the estate tax. 689 00:38:34,265 --> 00:38:36,259 - I'm sorry if... - Did any reporters see you? 690 00:38:36,477 --> 00:38:37,888 - No. - The second night? 691 00:38:39,147 --> 00:38:41,188 No. 692 00:38:41,359 --> 00:38:43,483 All right. You can go home. 693 00:38:44,363 --> 00:38:47,151 The president wants you in five minutes. 694 00:38:48,452 --> 00:38:50,327 Thanks. 695 00:38:56,005 --> 00:38:57,334 - C.J. - Phil. 696 00:38:57,507 --> 00:39:00,462 Did the president urge the chairman to hand over Abdul Mujeeb? 697 00:39:00,637 --> 00:39:04,173 The president urged the parties to abide by the terms of the cease-fire... 698 00:39:04,350 --> 00:39:08,302 ...and he reiterated the U.S. commitment to the peace process. Katie. 699 00:39:08,523 --> 00:39:11,015 A report out of Gaza says the president threatened... 700 00:39:11,194 --> 00:39:14,445 ...to withhold more than $ 100 million to Palestinian NGOs... 701 00:39:14,615 --> 00:39:16,609 ...unless the chairman handed over Mujeeb. 702 00:39:16,785 --> 00:39:19,456 I won't get into the details of the diplomatic exchange. 703 00:39:19,622 --> 00:39:21,283 There'll be more on that tomorrow. 704 00:39:21,458 --> 00:39:25,043 The House is getting ready to vote on the override of the president's veto. 705 00:39:25,214 --> 00:39:26,673 You'll all want to cover that. 706 00:39:26,841 --> 00:39:30,378 I thought it might be helpful if we brushed up on the rules. 707 00:39:30,555 --> 00:39:33,343 Sherri, how many votes does it take to override a veto? 708 00:39:33,518 --> 00:39:36,092 - I'm sorry? - How many votes to override, Sherri? 709 00:39:36,313 --> 00:39:37,892 - A majority. - It takes two-thirds. 710 00:39:38,066 --> 00:39:39,940 - Yes, a two-thirds majority. - Yeah, 290. 711 00:39:40,110 --> 00:39:42,947 And how many votes does it take to sustain? 712 00:39:43,115 --> 00:39:47,494 Just subtract 290 from the total number of members in the House and add one. 713 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:51,581 How many people sit in the House of Representatives, Sherri? 714 00:39:55,549 --> 00:40:00,297 Get the notes from a classmate. That's all, guys. I'll see you in the morning. 715 00:40:03,603 --> 00:40:06,475 - They're meeting in the Oval Office. - Thanks. 716 00:40:06,649 --> 00:40:08,274 - C.J. - Hey. 717 00:40:08,443 --> 00:40:10,567 - That was totally uncalled-for. - Yeah? 718 00:40:10,738 --> 00:40:14,109 My competitors are gonna show that tape. Every local station in town... 719 00:40:14,285 --> 00:40:17,121 Are you crazy? That thing's going out to 154 affiliates. 720 00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:21,961 I changed because it's not appropriate to talk about death while wearing a gown. 721 00:40:22,130 --> 00:40:25,465 You knew that because you're stupid, but you're not stupid, you know? 722 00:40:25,676 --> 00:40:29,806 Security's gonna take your credentials. I'll decide if you get into the room. 723 00:40:29,974 --> 00:40:33,641 I'm taking your spot on Pebble Beach. Do your standups from Lafayette Park. 724 00:40:33,813 --> 00:40:37,480 One more word, and every other station gets an exclusive with the president. 725 00:40:37,652 --> 00:40:40,191 Hunting season on me is over. 726 00:40:41,032 --> 00:40:45,411 And the chemical abbreviation for table salt is NaCI. 727 00:40:53,008 --> 00:40:55,085 You could say... . 728 00:40:55,803 --> 00:40:58,093 You could say, "On behalf of Abbey and myself... 729 00:40:58,265 --> 00:41:00,674 ...please accept our deepest condolences. 730 00:41:00,894 --> 00:41:03,267 Your sons' lives were not lost in vain." 731 00:41:03,439 --> 00:41:05,232 They were lost in vain. 732 00:41:06,485 --> 00:41:11,196 What I meant was that this further calls national attention to the peace process. 733 00:41:12,119 --> 00:41:15,904 "Though tragic, this tragedy further calls national attention... 734 00:41:16,083 --> 00:41:20,296 ...to this alarming, escalating conflict." 735 00:41:20,464 --> 00:41:24,000 Is there anything to"they went there in the spirit of peace"? 736 00:41:24,178 --> 00:41:28,094 "The spirit of peace, a soccer match... ." 737 00:41:29,102 --> 00:41:32,223 "Hope of Israeli and Palestinian children playing together and..." 738 00:41:32,398 --> 00:41:35,733 "Studying together, discovering each other's worlds." 739 00:41:41,286 --> 00:41:44,822 This guy at the dinner, he told me something I didn't know. 740 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,165 On Yom Kippur, you ask forgiveness for sins against God. 741 00:41:49,339 --> 00:41:51,167 But on the day before Yom Kippur... 742 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:54,594 ...you ask forgiveness for sins against people. Did you know that? 743 00:41:55,014 --> 00:41:57,969 Yeah, it's called... . 744 00:41:58,144 --> 00:42:00,386 - I can't remember. - It's erev. 745 00:42:00,564 --> 00:42:02,224 Erev Yom Kippur. 746 00:42:05,863 --> 00:42:07,655 You can't ask forgiveness of God... 747 00:42:07,824 --> 00:42:12,203 ...until you've asked forgiveness of people on the day before. 748 00:42:13,499 --> 00:42:15,991 - Mr. President? - Yeah. 749 00:42:19,675 --> 00:42:22,214 I'm gonna do this alone. Have a good night, everybody. 750 00:42:22,596 --> 00:42:25,088 Thank you, Mr. President. 751 00:42:42,249 --> 00:42:46,165 Mr. And Mrs. Levy, this is Jed Bartlet. 752 00:42:46,338 --> 00:42:48,628 I have three children. 753 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,886 I really don't know what to say. 754 00:42:52,305 --> 00:42:58,719 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org