1 00:00:05,106 --> 00:00:07,075 Previously on The West Wing... 2 00:00:07,075 --> 00:00:10,344 What you'd see is Victor Campos sitting courtside with Buckland. 3 00:00:10,344 --> 00:00:11,845 If we're going to spend millions of dollars on tax breaks 4 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,214 we should consider spending it 5 00:00:13,214 --> 00:00:14,515 on people who don't have millions of dollars? 6 00:00:14,515 --> 00:00:16,950 The veto's an awfully big risk to take 7 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:18,552 if you can't promise anything. 8 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:21,489 Then the veto's an awfully big risk to take. 9 00:00:21,489 --> 00:00:23,157 TOBY: We're here to recommend that you threaten to veto 10 00:00:23,157 --> 00:00:25,093 any repeal of the estate tax. 11 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:30,064 ( door closes ) 12 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:05,766 DOLAN: Good evening. 13 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:07,034 Are you Dolan? 14 00:01:07,034 --> 00:01:08,736 Yes, and you're Mr. Kobeleskie? 15 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:10,003 Koveleskie; with a "v." 16 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:11,772 We spoke on the phone. 17 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:13,707 As I said, I'm the only one here right now. 18 00:01:13,707 --> 00:01:15,008 That's okay. 19 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:16,710 There's usually seven of us, but... Yeah. 20 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:17,978 And I'm new. 21 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:19,747 It's the end of my second week. 22 00:01:19,747 --> 00:01:21,449 Do you know what to do? 23 00:01:21,449 --> 00:01:23,817 I call the Deputy Chief of Staff. 24 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:26,220 And you tell him the Clerk of the House had delivered a bill. 25 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:28,088 Then you bring it to the President 26 00:01:28,088 --> 00:01:29,123 for his signature or veto. 27 00:01:29,123 --> 00:01:30,124 Yeah. 28 00:01:30,124 --> 00:01:31,225 Okay, here it is. 29 00:01:33,127 --> 00:01:35,263 Thank you. 30 00:01:38,166 --> 00:01:41,835 ( door closes ) 31 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:46,274 Yes, this is Mr. Dolan in the Executive Clerk's office. 32 00:01:46,274 --> 00:01:49,076 I'd like Mr. Lyman, please. 33 00:01:49,076 --> 00:01:50,844 Why don't you just wear a pre-tied tie? 34 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,012 'Cause it's not the same. 35 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:53,681 It looks the same. 36 00:01:53,681 --> 00:01:55,416 The end of the night, you want to be able 37 00:01:55,416 --> 00:01:57,185 to pull it open like Tony Bennett. 38 00:01:57,185 --> 00:01:58,952 You think the tie is the only thing standing 39 00:01:58,952 --> 00:01:59,987 between you and Tony Bennett? 40 00:01:59,987 --> 00:02:02,890 He's also shorter than I am. 41 00:02:02,890 --> 00:02:06,160 Do you know when you're bringing Buckland back here? 42 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,495 I was going to do it before the entree. 43 00:02:07,495 --> 00:02:09,029 You should do it after the entree. 44 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:10,198 Why? 45 00:02:10,198 --> 00:02:11,165 I don't know. 46 00:02:11,165 --> 00:02:12,833 It's more polite. 47 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:14,535 Is there etiquette for this? No. 48 00:02:14,535 --> 00:02:16,304 Then why are you bothering me? 49 00:02:16,304 --> 00:02:17,571 ( phone rings ) 50 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:20,874 I need to talk to you about something. 51 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:22,610 My phone's ringing. 52 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:23,811 Yeah. 53 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:25,513 You want to answer it? 54 00:02:25,513 --> 00:02:27,114 Can we talk sometime tonight? 55 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:28,649 Maybe after the cheese course? 56 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:30,784 Donna... 57 00:02:32,286 --> 00:02:33,587 Josh Lyman. 58 00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:36,257 Yes. 59 00:02:36,257 --> 00:02:37,891 It's here. 60 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:40,127 Call around. 61 00:02:40,127 --> 00:02:41,128 C.J.: Quiz me. 62 00:02:41,128 --> 00:02:42,996 TOBY: I don't think I will. 63 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:44,465 You're a lively conversationalist. 64 00:02:44,465 --> 00:02:45,633 You won't have any problem... 65 00:02:45,633 --> 00:02:46,467 Quiz me. 66 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:47,468 Who are you sitting next to? 67 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:49,370 Dr. Kary B. Mullis 68 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:52,640 recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. 69 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:54,675 Born 1944, North Carolina. 70 00:02:54,675 --> 00:02:57,645 He earned his bachelors degree from Georgia Tech 71 00:02:57,645 --> 00:03:00,614 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from my alma mater, UC Berkley. 72 00:03:00,614 --> 00:03:03,551 If all he wants to talk about is where he's from 73 00:03:03,551 --> 00:03:06,554 where he went to school and what his name is, you'll be fine. 74 00:03:06,554 --> 00:03:07,221 C.J... 75 00:03:07,221 --> 00:03:08,356 It's here? 76 00:03:08,356 --> 00:03:09,657 Yeah. Uh... 77 00:03:09,657 --> 00:03:11,225 I'll meet you over there. 78 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:13,994 Toby... 79 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:15,696 It's here. Yeah, I know. 80 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:18,098 Listen, the social office called. 81 00:03:18,098 --> 00:03:19,467 And? Seven Republicans 82 00:03:19,467 --> 00:03:21,569 who RSVP'd for the dinner aren't going to show up. 83 00:03:21,569 --> 00:03:22,936 Well, it happened. 84 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:24,438 Do you think we should... What? Put it off? 85 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:26,340 Yeah. No. 86 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:28,709 The President said he was going to veto the bill. 87 00:03:28,709 --> 00:03:30,778 C.J. announced he was going to veto the bill. 88 00:03:30,778 --> 00:03:33,481 He's going to veto the bill. 89 00:03:33,481 --> 00:03:36,617 There's an emergency meeting of the Republican leadership. 90 00:03:36,617 --> 00:03:38,519 What do you think they're going to be talking about? 91 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:40,554 I think they're planning a surprise party. 92 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:42,656 They could have left after the entree. Yeah. 93 00:03:42,656 --> 00:03:44,825 They're going to miss hot pumpkin soup with cheese gnocchi 94 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:46,226 and a chévre brioche. Yeah. 95 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:47,428 That's a pretty big price to pay 96 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:48,796 just to override my veto. 97 00:03:48,796 --> 00:03:52,032 Maybe they think they've got the votes. 98 00:03:52,032 --> 00:03:54,702 Maybe something shifted in the last couple of hours. 99 00:03:54,702 --> 00:03:56,069 Leo... 100 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:57,338 They just sent the bill up 101 00:03:57,338 --> 00:03:58,372 five minutes ago. 102 00:03:58,372 --> 00:03:59,907 They know you're going to veto. 103 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:02,242 Why schedule an override vote right now? 104 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:04,412 So I'd think twice about vetoing. 105 00:04:04,412 --> 00:04:07,648 Well, that's what I thought, too. 106 00:04:07,648 --> 00:04:09,817 JOSH: Good evening, Mr. President. 107 00:04:09,817 --> 00:04:11,184 Where is this thing? 108 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:12,653 It's on its way. 109 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:15,723 You know what we're starting with tonight? 110 00:04:15,723 --> 00:04:17,157 No, sir. Hot pumpkin soup 111 00:04:17,157 --> 00:04:19,026 with cheese gnocchi 112 00:04:19,026 --> 00:04:21,061 and a chévre brioche. 113 00:04:21,061 --> 00:04:24,031 Was anything you just said food? 114 00:04:24,031 --> 00:04:25,933 Good evening, Mr. President. 115 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:26,967 Good evening, sir. 116 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:29,637 It's on its way. 117 00:04:29,637 --> 00:04:32,306 Seven Republicans who RSVP'd for the dinner... We know. 118 00:04:32,306 --> 00:04:34,074 You know that there's an emergency meeting 119 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:34,842 of the Republic leadership? 120 00:04:34,842 --> 00:04:36,744 Yeah. 121 00:04:36,744 --> 00:04:38,346 until after the entree. 122 00:04:38,346 --> 00:04:39,880 Maybe they didn't know about the chévre brioche. 123 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,182 Does anyone want to consider waiting? 124 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:45,185 The constitution gives them ten days. 125 00:04:45,185 --> 00:04:46,854 If it's a show of strength and resolve 126 00:04:46,854 --> 00:04:47,988 you don't wait to think about it. 127 00:04:47,988 --> 00:04:49,122 And if they override the veto 128 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:50,424 it's neither strong nor resolute. 129 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:51,725 They don't have the votes to override. 130 00:04:51,725 --> 00:04:53,361 Says you. Says me, Josh, 131 00:04:53,361 --> 00:04:54,895 the Office of Political Liaison, 132 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:55,696 Legislative Liaison, 133 00:04:55,696 --> 00:04:57,264 and the Minority Whip. 134 00:04:57,264 --> 00:04:59,433 Sometimes it's like I don't even need to be here. 135 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:01,134 Good evening, Mr. President. 136 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:02,736 C.J., you look very nice. 137 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:04,237 Thank you, sir. Is it here? 138 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:05,806 It's on its way. 139 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:16,717 I've been seated next to a chemist tonight. 140 00:05:16,717 --> 00:05:17,518 Mullis? 141 00:05:17,518 --> 00:05:19,086 23 Nobel Prize winners 142 00:05:19,086 --> 00:05:20,454 in the East Room. 143 00:05:20,454 --> 00:05:21,989 I couldn't get Literature, or, I don't know, 144 00:05:21,989 --> 00:05:22,990 Peace or something? 145 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:24,091 What's her problem? 146 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:25,493 She thinks she won't be able 147 00:05:25,493 --> 00:05:26,960 to make conversation with the guy, 148 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:28,596 but she's wrong, 149 00:05:28,596 --> 00:05:31,365 'cause she knows what year he was born and his name. 150 00:05:31,365 --> 00:05:33,333 They speak in combinations of letters 151 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:36,069 that don't spell anything but end up meaning table salt. 152 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:37,405 Mr. President? 153 00:05:37,405 --> 00:05:39,172 Is it here? Yes, sir. 154 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:40,340 Okay. 155 00:05:42,576 --> 00:05:44,144 PRESIDENT: Hey. 156 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:45,045 Good evening, Mr. President. 157 00:05:45,045 --> 00:05:45,946 What's your name? 158 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:47,481 I'm Donald Dolan 159 00:05:47,481 --> 00:05:51,218 from the Office of the Executive Clerk, sir. 160 00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:53,186 I don't think the congressional leadership 161 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:54,922 holds their members back on a weekend for a bluff. 162 00:05:54,922 --> 00:05:58,158 I don't think they're bluffing, Sam. 163 00:05:58,158 --> 00:06:00,160 I'm sure of it. Why would they hold a vote 164 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,497 if they didn't think they could override? 165 00:06:03,497 --> 00:06:06,834 What do you got in the box, Mr. Dolan? 166 00:06:06,834 --> 00:06:08,969 Mr. President, I have House Resolution 10: 167 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:10,203 The Death Tax Elimination Act. 168 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:11,872 It bears the signatures 169 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:14,742 of both the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate 170 00:06:14,742 --> 00:06:16,810 and is presented to you 171 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:18,278 by the Congress of the United States 172 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:19,179 for your signature or veto. 173 00:06:19,179 --> 00:06:20,848 Excuse me. 174 00:06:20,848 --> 00:06:22,583 Leo, you think we lost some votes we don't know about? 175 00:06:22,583 --> 00:06:25,185 I think we're about to find out. 176 00:06:25,185 --> 00:06:26,620 successfully overrides the veto 177 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:27,855 we're going to look weak. 178 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:29,690 If the House successfully 179 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:31,825 overrides the veto, we are weak. 180 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:36,997 N-A-C-L, C.J. 181 00:06:36,997 --> 00:06:38,065 I'm sorry, sir? 182 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:39,967 Table salt. 183 00:06:39,967 --> 00:07:30,584 Send it back. 184 00:07:30,584 --> 00:07:33,420 presented the Executive Clerk with H.R. 10, 185 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:35,523 a bill repealing the estate tax, 186 00:07:35,523 --> 00:07:37,758 which opponents sometimes call the "death tax" 187 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:40,894 or the we're-coming- to-get-your-children tax. 188 00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:43,964 We call it a tax on fewer than two percent of American estates 189 00:07:43,964 --> 00:07:46,099 valued at over a million dollars, the revenue from which 190 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:48,869 helps fund frivolous Democratic spending programs 191 00:07:48,869 --> 00:07:52,540 such as teaching people to read and curing disease. 192 00:07:52,540 --> 00:07:54,441 As promised, the President vetoed the bill. 193 00:07:54,441 --> 00:07:58,345 This was his first veto since taking office 33 months ago. 194 00:07:58,345 --> 00:07:59,813 Will there be a vote to override tonight? 195 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,248 We don't know. Phil. 196 00:08:01,248 --> 00:08:02,916 You know why the Republican leadership's 197 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:04,818 meeting in an emergency session? 198 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,319 No. They've held the members back. 199 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,522 Would they have done that if they didn't think 200 00:08:08,522 --> 00:08:10,490 and override? You'd have to ask them. Yeah? 201 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:11,625 Can you tell us what you're wearing? 202 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:12,993 It's a dress. 203 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:13,794 C.J... 204 00:08:13,794 --> 00:08:15,763 Diane Cook. Anything else? 205 00:08:15,763 --> 00:08:18,732 Okay, I'll be in for periodic briefings 206 00:08:18,732 --> 00:08:20,968 and we'll try not to keep you too late. 207 00:08:20,968 --> 00:08:22,670 What's Sherri Wexler doing here? 208 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:24,872 It's Friday night. 209 00:08:24,872 --> 00:08:27,307 Local news. She was here to cover the Nobel dinner. 210 00:08:27,307 --> 00:08:29,710 Yeah, but now she's got to cover a veto override in the House 211 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:30,911 and I'm saying this is a girl 212 00:08:30,911 --> 00:08:32,613 who can barely cover the Easter Egg hunt. 213 00:08:32,613 --> 00:08:33,647 What, are you afraid 214 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:35,215 she's going to misspell Diane Cook? 215 00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:36,917 I need to get back to dinner. 216 00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:40,053 Do you happen to have a copy of the Periodic Table of Elements? 217 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:41,054 No. Okay. 218 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:42,189 Yeah. 219 00:08:42,189 --> 00:08:43,390 Toby... What did... 220 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:44,725 That was the Minority Leader's office. 221 00:08:44,725 --> 00:08:46,293 They've scheduled a vote. When? 222 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:47,728 90 minutes. 223 00:08:47,728 --> 00:08:49,196 An hour to debate, then 20 minutes to vote. 224 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:50,430 What do they think? 225 00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:51,732 They think they must be down. 226 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:54,234 How did we lose votes since yesterday? 227 00:08:54,234 --> 00:08:56,770 A low-in-the-polls President tells chicken-ass Democrats 228 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:58,471 to vote against a tax cut in an election cycle. 229 00:08:58,471 --> 00:08:59,807 What could possibly have gone wrong? 230 00:08:59,807 --> 00:09:01,809 Ginger! Yeah. 231 00:09:01,809 --> 00:09:03,611 We need ten phone lines in the Roosevelt Room 232 00:09:03,611 --> 00:09:05,278 and some bodies from Legislative Affairs. 233 00:09:05,278 --> 00:09:06,279 We need the whip count. 234 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:08,148 The old whip count doesn't do us any good. 235 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:09,583 We need a new one. 236 00:09:09,583 --> 00:09:10,584 That's going to take a while. 237 00:09:10,584 --> 00:09:11,585 They're all sitting there. 238 00:09:11,585 --> 00:09:13,353 Tell them to raise their hands. 239 00:09:13,353 --> 00:09:15,555 Bonnie? Yeah. 240 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,524 who've headed for National, get them back. 241 00:09:17,524 --> 00:09:18,692 Page Delta, United, American. 242 00:09:18,692 --> 00:09:19,760 Nobody gets on a plane. 243 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,829 They've scheduled a vote? 244 00:09:21,829 --> 00:09:23,597 They start to debate in 90 minutes 245 00:09:23,597 --> 00:09:24,865 and vote an hour after that. 246 00:09:24,865 --> 00:09:25,899 We need a new whip count. 247 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,835 Ginger, the phones, the bodies 248 00:09:27,835 --> 00:09:29,737 and keep an open line to the Whip's office! 249 00:09:29,737 --> 00:09:30,804 GINGER: It's coming. 250 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:32,305 And get Leo out of the dinner. 251 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:34,207 Excuse me. 252 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:35,442 Charlie. 253 00:09:35,442 --> 00:09:37,277 Yeah. 254 00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:38,178 How's the dinner going? 255 00:09:38,178 --> 00:09:39,146 Fine. 256 00:09:39,146 --> 00:09:40,280 You and I should talk, you know. 257 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,383 Yeah? 258 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:44,985 Look, I'm not allowed to talk about it. 259 00:09:44,985 --> 00:09:46,219 You know what it is, right? 260 00:09:46,219 --> 00:09:47,988 I get immunity. 261 00:09:47,988 --> 00:09:49,990 And I'm not allowed to talk about it. 262 00:09:51,158 --> 00:09:52,993 Hey. 263 00:09:52,993 --> 00:09:54,828 We're waiting for a new whip count. 264 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:56,529 Listen, how ready is he on the environment? 265 00:09:56,529 --> 00:09:57,898 He's been studying. 266 00:09:57,898 --> 00:10:00,500 I don't think I'll be able to be in there with him. 267 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:02,903 I've got this in here. He'll be all right. 268 00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:05,605 Sometime after the appetizer, before the entree. 269 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:06,907 at the latest EPA stats on child asthma. 270 00:10:06,907 --> 00:10:08,108 All right? Tell him. 271 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,710 He's got them. 272 00:10:09,710 --> 00:10:11,611 There's three we can't account for. 273 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:12,412 We think Kimball flipped. 274 00:10:12,412 --> 00:10:13,814 If it was Kimball 275 00:10:13,814 --> 00:10:15,115 he'd have taken half his committee with him. 276 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:16,216 Toby, the phone in front of you. 277 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:18,518 Newhouse? 278 00:10:18,518 --> 00:10:19,953 Illinois 17 is safe. He doesn't want anything. 279 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:21,288 What's happening? 280 00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:23,256 There's a vote scheduled. We don't have the count. 281 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:25,192 I don't think it's Newhouse. I don't think it's Kimball. 282 00:10:25,192 --> 00:10:26,860 It's Kimball. I'm telling you 283 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,495 if it's Kimball, we'd have six... 284 00:10:28,495 --> 00:10:29,162 He's on the phone right now. 285 00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:36,369 Congressman, this is Leo McGarry. 286 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:39,439 Please come to the White House right away. 287 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:40,440 Donna! 288 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:41,474 I'm right here. 289 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:43,010 Where do you think... 290 00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:44,344 My tie's falling apart. 291 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:45,545 Give me that. 292 00:10:45,545 --> 00:10:46,747 It's not going to be... 293 00:10:46,747 --> 00:10:48,682 You're not going to be Tom Jones tonight. 294 00:10:48,682 --> 00:10:50,650 Tony Bennett. 295 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,321 The Speaker's calling a vote? 296 00:10:54,321 --> 00:10:55,488 Yeah. 297 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:56,957 Sam's not going to be able 298 00:10:56,957 --> 00:10:58,859 to be in the Buckland meeting with you. 299 00:10:58,859 --> 00:10:59,893 I'll be all right. 300 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:01,394 He wanted to make sure 301 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:02,796 you looked at the new EPA stats on child asthma. 302 00:11:02,796 --> 00:11:05,198 I got them. 303 00:11:05,198 --> 00:11:08,535 Can I talk to you about something personal? 304 00:11:08,535 --> 00:11:09,402 Can it wait a little bit? 305 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,471 Yeah. 306 00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:12,672 How's it look? 307 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:14,341 Good. 308 00:11:17,044 --> 00:11:19,612 Maybe he wants the compromise back on the table? 309 00:11:19,612 --> 00:11:21,782 He's ready to settle for a $10 million exemption 310 00:11:21,782 --> 00:11:23,283 instead of a five million. 311 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:25,786 Compromising with a $10 million exemption-- 312 00:11:25,786 --> 00:11:27,721 here's a conversation my father never had. 313 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:29,322 Leo... 314 00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:32,292 You're going to have to give away something, 315 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:34,594 but don't give away the store. 316 00:11:34,594 --> 00:11:36,764 Yeah? 317 00:11:36,764 --> 00:11:38,799 Nancy McNally's in your office. 318 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:39,833 What's going on? 319 00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:41,634 Something's happened. 320 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:44,604 What's going on? 321 00:11:44,604 --> 00:11:45,939 A bomb went off outside a cafe 322 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:47,741 on Ben Yehuda in Jerusalem. 323 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:49,176 It was a suicide bomber. 324 00:11:49,176 --> 00:11:51,879 He detonated explosives strapped to his body. 325 00:11:51,879 --> 00:11:52,946 How bad is it? 326 00:11:52,946 --> 00:11:55,182 Ten people were killed right away. 327 00:11:55,182 --> 00:11:58,852 It looks about 125 injured-- mostly young adults. 328 00:11:58,852 --> 00:12:01,654 Leo, two of the dead were American students. 329 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:03,490 We think they may have been targeted. 330 00:12:06,493 --> 00:12:07,895 All right. 331 00:12:11,131 --> 00:12:13,867 Margaret, I'll be in the situation room. 332 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:22,843 Yeah. 333 00:12:22,843 --> 00:12:24,878 Leo... Yeah. 334 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,013 The INP thinks 335 00:12:26,013 --> 00:12:28,248 they have traces of C-4. 336 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:30,317 Did this guy have a car strapped to his chest? 337 00:12:30,317 --> 00:12:31,218 MAN: Ten-hut. 338 00:12:31,218 --> 00:12:33,153 Have the parents been notified? 339 00:12:33,153 --> 00:12:35,422 The Consul General called the parents. 340 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:37,524 Has anyone claimed responsibility? 341 00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:39,092 Not yet. 342 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:41,494 In the next hour, everyone will claim responsibility. 343 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:44,664 Nancy, hasn't State issued travel warnings since Bekaa? 344 00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:45,999 They were there for a soccer match. 345 00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:47,134 The Americans were targeted? 346 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:48,168 Initial eyewitness accounts 347 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:49,870 indicate the bomber turned left 348 00:12:49,870 --> 00:12:51,138 to go into the nightclub 349 00:12:51,138 --> 00:12:53,073 then stopped when he saw two people 350 00:12:53,073 --> 00:12:55,008 wearing U.S. delegation sweatshirts 351 00:12:55,008 --> 00:12:56,810 with insignias and flags. 352 00:12:56,810 --> 00:12:57,845 They were brothers-- 353 00:12:57,845 --> 00:12:59,046 Ariel and Noah Levy. 354 00:12:59,046 --> 00:13:00,480 He walked up to them and detonated. 355 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:01,781 We know this? 356 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:03,316 These are the facts 357 00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:04,784 as relayed by the embassy RSO at the scene. 358 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:06,519 LEO: And, Mr. President? 359 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:08,155 They think they've found traces of C-4. 360 00:13:08,155 --> 00:13:10,657 You think there's an Afghan connection? 361 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:11,925 Or even Iran. 362 00:13:11,925 --> 00:13:13,626 We'll know more when the FBI attache 363 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:14,594 gives a forensic analysis. 364 00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:15,762 How long? 365 00:13:15,762 --> 00:13:16,629 NANCY: 45 minutes, an hour. 366 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:17,898 I'm going to want 367 00:13:17,898 --> 00:13:19,199 some temperature-cooling options. 368 00:13:19,199 --> 00:13:22,802 Thank you, sir. Yes, sir. 369 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,704 Sodium comes from the English word "soda," 370 00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:27,007 so wouldn't it make sense for the periodic symbol 371 00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:28,408 to be somehow related to that? 372 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:30,911 No, because "Na" comes from the Latin word "natrium." 373 00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:32,079 What does "natrium" mean? 374 00:13:32,079 --> 00:13:32,880 It means "sodium." 375 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,948 Come on in. 376 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:37,784 I'm pretty well briefed. 377 00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:38,852 Is it on the news yet? 378 00:13:38,852 --> 00:13:39,853 Yeah. 379 00:13:39,853 --> 00:13:41,021 They were brothers. 380 00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:42,455 What were they doing there? 381 00:13:42,455 --> 00:13:44,424 A soccer match. 382 00:13:44,424 --> 00:13:46,359 we think they were intentional targets? 383 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:47,861 Not yet, and we can't release their names. 384 00:13:47,861 --> 00:13:49,096 The Levys just lost their sons. 385 00:13:49,096 --> 00:13:50,230 I'll take the heat for a few hours. 386 00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:51,631 The President'll call them? Yeah. 387 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:52,866 Can I tell them the President's 388 00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:55,435 been in touch with the Prime Minister? 389 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,737 The Israelis are going to do what they're going to do, 390 00:13:57,737 --> 00:13:58,805 so ratchet down expectations. 391 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:00,007 Anything else? No. 392 00:14:00,007 --> 00:14:00,740 I'm going to get in there. 393 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:02,209 Thank you. 394 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:06,479 Charlie. 395 00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:07,480 Yeah? 396 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,281 Listen, I wanted to... 397 00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:09,649 I can't talk about it, C.J. 398 00:14:09,649 --> 00:14:12,519 Word is, you're... 399 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:14,955 Say a guy your age was offered a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. 400 00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:15,989 Nobody's going to jail. 401 00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:17,357 But everybody's getting called 402 00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:18,825 and everybody's getting lawyers 403 00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:19,893 and if you took immunity... 404 00:14:19,893 --> 00:14:20,928 I'd still need a lawyer. 405 00:14:20,928 --> 00:14:21,794 For a few hours, not 100 hours. 406 00:14:21,794 --> 00:14:22,930 Look... 407 00:14:22,930 --> 00:14:24,597 I know what you're thinking. 408 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:25,498 I really can't talk about it. 409 00:14:27,267 --> 00:14:29,669 Okay. I'm going to change my clothes. 410 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:30,503 I'll watch. 411 00:14:30,503 --> 00:14:32,472 No. 412 00:14:35,075 --> 00:14:35,943 What the hell's going on? 413 00:14:35,943 --> 00:14:37,077 We're down four votes. 414 00:14:37,077 --> 00:14:38,511 I thought it was one. 415 00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:39,980 Three of our guys 416 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:41,248 are on airplanes, and out of reach. 417 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:42,815 Why? 418 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:43,750 That's where they wanted to be. 419 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:44,784 Where's Kimball? 420 00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:46,019 He's on his way. 421 00:14:46,019 --> 00:14:47,154 Toby's waiting for him. 422 00:14:47,154 --> 00:14:48,588 Josh. Is he in there? 423 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:49,589 Yeah. 424 00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:50,557 I got to go. 425 00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:52,359 Did you look at the child asthma stats? 426 00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:53,293 Yeah. 427 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:57,730 Governor. 428 00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:59,099 Josh, good to see you. 429 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:00,733 Sorry to interrupt dinner. 430 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:01,935 You know Pam Wachtel 431 00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:03,937 and Jonathan. 432 00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:05,205 I do. Good to see you guys. 433 00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:06,906 Anybody need a drink, or anything? 434 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:07,807 I'm fine. No. 435 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,909 Thanks, Donna. 436 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:14,714 ( clearing throat ) 437 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:20,687 So, Governor, the president's a tree-hugger? 438 00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:21,989 "If you want to save a spotted owl 439 00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:22,990 "vote for Bartlet. 440 00:15:22,990 --> 00:15:24,057 "If you want to save a job 441 00:15:24,057 --> 00:15:25,058 vote for someone else"? 442 00:15:25,058 --> 00:15:26,726 I never said that either. 443 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:28,895 No, she did, in the Indianapolis Post-Dispatch. 444 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:30,330 You weren't misquoted, right? 445 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:30,930 No. 446 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,199 Okay, listen. 447 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:34,601 I wouldn't know a spotted owl 448 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:37,337 if he walked up and introduced himself, 449 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:41,241 but I do know the President's a pro-business pragmatist 450 00:15:41,241 --> 00:15:43,710 who has created 3.8 million new jobs. 451 00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:45,678 Tell that to an unemployed steelworker in Indiana 452 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:47,447 'cause he's working three of those jobs 453 00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:50,050 the President created just to pay the mortgage. 454 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:51,384 isn't because of the environment. 455 00:15:51,384 --> 00:15:53,853 Of course it is. Jonathan... 456 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:56,689 When the president raised standards 457 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:59,892 and closed down industrial plants across the Midwest. 458 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:02,029 that says if we hadn't passed the Clean Air Act 459 00:16:02,029 --> 00:16:03,330 two million more people would have suffered 460 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:06,433 from heart disease, bronchitis, respiratory... 461 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:08,735 how many healthy people we've got on the unemployment line? 462 00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:10,870 The EPA stats on child asthma alone... 463 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:13,573 BUCKLAND: I don't want to talk about child asthma. 464 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:15,108 Neither does Josh. 465 00:16:15,108 --> 00:16:16,909 Will the two of you excuse us, please? 466 00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:17,577 Yes, sir. 467 00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:25,252 It doesn't destroy jobs, Jack, it creates them. 468 00:16:25,252 --> 00:16:27,254 There's a $400 billion worldwide market 469 00:16:27,254 --> 00:16:30,057 in creating technologies that are environmentally safe. 470 00:16:30,057 --> 00:16:31,824 You think a 55-year-old steelworker's 471 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:34,094 going to get a job building hybrid engines? 472 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,130 Ask me 473 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:39,366 what you want to know. 474 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:46,773 You invited Victor Campos to Indiana. 475 00:16:46,773 --> 00:16:48,175 Yeah. 476 00:16:48,175 --> 00:16:50,810 Pam's quote in the Post-Dispatch... 477 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:54,781 Yeah. 478 00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:59,152 Jack, are you going to challenge the President in the primary? 479 00:16:59,152 --> 00:17:01,321 Let's have that drink. 480 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:07,727 Took you long enough. 481 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:08,828 I was held up. 482 00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:11,231 And I'm not about to be. 483 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:12,865 We can win this without you. 484 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:14,401 I've got four proxies in my pocket 485 00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,835 so you can't do anything without me. 486 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:18,538 Don't worry about it-- I came with a shopping list. 487 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:20,407 How does a Democrat from Tennessee farm country 488 00:17:20,407 --> 00:17:22,375 where we championed electrification, 489 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:24,644 the Tennessee Valley Authority, farm safety nets, the... 490 00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:26,979 how do you do this to a Democratic president? 491 00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:29,649 Estate tax costs 65 cents on the dollar. 492 00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:31,684 Why would anyone want to build up...? 493 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:32,852 That's not my point. 494 00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:33,886 Well, what's the point? 495 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:35,088 You were with us yesterday 496 00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:36,523 and now you're holding us hostage. 497 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:38,591 I've got some things I'd like to talk about 498 00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:40,860 and I feel I'm in a fairly strong negotiating position. 499 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,061 What? 500 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:43,029 Grazing fees. Grazing fees? 501 00:17:43,029 --> 00:17:44,464 Yeah. Grazing fees. 502 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:50,103 Let's go; we're running out of time. 503 00:17:50,103 --> 00:17:52,872 I can't confirm the names of any Americans killed. Arthur? 504 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:54,841 Is the White House ready to call the cease-fire a failure? 505 00:17:54,841 --> 00:17:56,543 The parties themselves negotiated the terms 506 00:17:56,543 --> 00:17:58,077 of the cease fire, and the government 507 00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:59,279 of the United States 508 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:00,980 remains committed to the peace process. 509 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:02,282 C.J., what do you have to...? 510 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:03,583 I like to call on people, Sherri. 511 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:05,952 What do you have to say to the people of Dallas 512 00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:07,987 who have just lost one of their native sons 513 00:18:07,987 --> 00:18:09,189 to this tragedy? 514 00:18:09,189 --> 00:18:10,390 Well, as I said earlier 515 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:12,159 we can't confirm or deny the identities 516 00:18:12,159 --> 00:18:13,059 of any American victims 517 00:18:13,059 --> 00:18:14,494 of the bombing. 518 00:18:14,494 --> 00:18:16,729 How is it that the United States government, 519 00:18:16,729 --> 00:18:18,631 supported by the citizens of Dallas, 520 00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:20,867 knows less than CNN, AP, and Israeli TV? 521 00:18:20,867 --> 00:18:24,003 I think the citizens of Dallas will understand 522 00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:25,638 that the 1974 Privacy Act 523 00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:28,408 precludes me from discussing those details 524 00:18:28,408 --> 00:18:30,877 until the family gives its consent. Mark? 525 00:18:30,877 --> 00:18:32,712 C.J., since two Americans were killed, 526 00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:34,681 is the U.S. considering retaliating themselves? 527 00:18:34,681 --> 00:18:36,983 We're still investigating the circumstances. 528 00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:39,519 In the meantime, we continue to urge all parties 529 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:41,221 to demonstrate restraint. Phil. 530 00:18:45,425 --> 00:18:47,827 It was a Palestinian splinter group 531 00:18:47,827 --> 00:18:50,096 called the Palestine Freedom Front. 532 00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:51,531 Agency and FBI concur? 533 00:18:51,531 --> 00:18:53,132 Yeah. 534 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,502 And we shouldn't be looking outside the box. 535 00:18:55,502 --> 00:18:58,137 Hutchinson talked with the Israeli Foreign Minister 536 00:18:58,137 --> 00:18:59,406 and the Interior Minister. 537 00:18:59,406 --> 00:19:01,308 It was an isolated incident. 538 00:19:01,308 --> 00:19:02,842 Retaliation for Bekaa? 539 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:04,143 Yeah. 540 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:06,213 If that's the case 541 00:19:06,213 --> 00:19:08,215 I want to hear it from Arafat's mouth. 542 00:19:08,215 --> 00:19:09,982 I want to hear it from him. 543 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:11,584 A denunciation of violence. 544 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:14,621 I want to see security cooperation with the Israelis. 545 00:19:14,621 --> 00:19:16,323 We'll have the U.N. Secretary General 546 00:19:16,323 --> 00:19:17,924 put the screws to the Chairman 547 00:19:17,924 --> 00:19:21,594 and Scorza can be at the Prime Minister's office. 548 00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:24,397 Maybe, maybe, maybe we can get Israel 549 00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:27,033 to hold their fire tonight. 550 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:29,569 Would you? 551 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:31,338 No. 552 00:19:42,849 --> 00:19:45,552 who graze their sheep and cattle on Federal lands. 553 00:19:45,552 --> 00:19:48,588 Yes, and they do it for about one-tenth of market value. 554 00:19:48,588 --> 00:19:50,557 Mr. Seaborn... Based on an archaic formula 555 00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:52,124 set by Congress 30 years ago. 556 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,327 There was cattle 30 years ago. 557 00:19:54,327 --> 00:19:55,628 We're not trying to stick it to ranchers. 558 00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:56,929 We want to raise grazing fees 559 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:58,231 and use the money to restore streams, 560 00:19:58,231 --> 00:19:59,566 watersheds... 561 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:01,434 Yes. Yes. ...fish and wildlife, 562 00:20:01,434 --> 00:20:03,102 habitats that have been destroyed by over... 563 00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:05,538 And how do ranchers put food on their tables? 564 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,374 And yours, for that matter? 565 00:20:07,374 --> 00:20:09,342 It's cheaper for cattle to graze on Federal lands 566 00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:10,810 than to feed a young basset hound. 567 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,712 And it's easier to sell out the western states, 568 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,647 where you're not going to win anyway, 569 00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:17,149 than to help cattlemen whose prices are plummeting. 570 00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:18,385 If you look at the range land... 571 00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:19,552 I don't want to look 572 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:21,954 at the range land anymore. 573 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:23,790 A one-year moratorium. 574 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:27,260 The President waits a year 575 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:28,928 before he tries to raise the fees? 576 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:30,830 One year. Go vote. 577 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:32,965 No. 578 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:34,367 I've got more. 579 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:36,235 Really? 580 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:37,770 A GAO review 581 00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:39,872 of the deficiencies in the Freedom to Farm Act 582 00:20:39,872 --> 00:20:42,342 and the need for a stronger farm safety net, 583 00:20:42,342 --> 00:20:43,876 administration support for an increase 584 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:45,812 in production flexibility contracts, 585 00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:46,979 and a promise... 586 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:48,047 Donna. 587 00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:49,081 Yeah? 588 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,082 I need Josh. 589 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,551 He's still in with... 590 00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:53,453 Yeah, tell him we're going to need more time. 591 00:20:56,389 --> 00:20:57,790 ( knocking ) 592 00:20:57,790 --> 00:20:58,991 Excuse me, 593 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,627 Governor, I'm sorry. Josh? 594 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:06,666 Yeah? 595 00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:08,835 Tell him to call the Minority Leader's office. 596 00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:11,371 Tell him we need to stage an exhibition. 597 00:21:11,371 --> 00:21:14,607 There's a rule against exhibitions 598 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:17,176 He'll have one of our members bring a poster on the floor, 599 00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:19,045 another one of our members will object 600 00:21:19,045 --> 00:21:20,146 and the Chair has to rule, 601 00:21:20,146 --> 00:21:21,548 followed by a vote of the full House, 602 00:21:21,548 --> 00:21:22,882 and that'll buy 20 minutes. 603 00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:23,750 Okay. 604 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:26,519 So... 605 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:29,088 you're polling at slightly less 606 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:30,957 than five percent in Iowa. 607 00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:32,725 After hearing your issue profile 608 00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:34,461 that number actually goes down. 609 00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:35,862 39% of caucus-goers say 610 00:21:35,862 --> 00:21:38,097 they wouldn't even consider voting for you. 611 00:21:38,097 --> 00:21:39,566 "Shares our values"? 18%. 612 00:21:39,566 --> 00:21:40,833 Did you know that? 613 00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:42,469 No. 614 00:21:42,469 --> 00:21:44,537 In New Hampshire, you got three percent. 615 00:21:44,537 --> 00:21:46,906 "Shares our values," 14%. 616 00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:51,911 After hearing your profile, 41% think you're a Republican. 617 00:21:51,911 --> 00:21:52,812 Did you know that? 618 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,146 No. 619 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:55,314 South Dakota, three percent; 620 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,549 Georgia, eight percent; 621 00:21:56,549 --> 00:21:57,684 New York, seven percent. 622 00:21:57,684 --> 00:21:58,685 Did you know any of that? 623 00:21:58,685 --> 00:21:59,852 No. 624 00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:02,088 The reason why you didn't know, Jack, 625 00:22:02,088 --> 00:22:03,556 to do out-of-state polling right now. 626 00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:05,057 So, you helped me out. 627 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:06,493 I did. Now with those 628 00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:09,462 kinds of numbers and no kind of money, 629 00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:11,030 how can you expect to run a campaign? 630 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,699 Where were the President's numbers? 631 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:14,000 And what kind of money did he have 632 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,535 when he challenged...? 633 00:22:15,535 --> 00:22:17,303 He wasn't challenging a sitting president, 634 00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:19,972 and nobody challenges a sitting president in a primary 635 00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:21,574 by going to his right. 636 00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:24,744 This isn't a serious challenge you're contemplating, 637 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:26,813 Well, if it isn't a serious challenge 638 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:28,147 what are you doing in this room? 639 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:29,115 Your health! 640 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:30,249 ( chuckles ) 641 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:32,719 We don't like your health. 642 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:35,622 You're a Heisman Trophy-winning football player, 643 00:22:35,622 --> 00:22:36,956 a U.S. Olympian, 644 00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:38,257 you still run 645 00:22:38,257 --> 00:22:39,792 the New York Marathon 646 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:42,795 and every time we see B-roll of you 647 00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:47,133 tossing a ball around at the local Boys' Club 648 00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:49,502 the President's got to campaign in an oxygen tent. 649 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:52,138 ( chuckles ) 650 00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:57,043 Well, it sounds like a bit of a serious challenge. 651 00:22:57,043 --> 00:23:00,046 It sounds like I need to be listened to. 652 00:23:02,649 --> 00:23:06,152 You want to see me do some push-ups? 653 00:23:06,152 --> 00:23:10,457 Yeah. That's what I want. 654 00:23:10,457 --> 00:23:12,925 What do we know? 655 00:23:12,925 --> 00:23:14,561 Keyhole sees 12 Israeli F-15s on the tarmac 656 00:23:14,561 --> 00:23:15,795 at Hatzerim Air Base. 657 00:23:15,795 --> 00:23:17,096 What are they armed with? 658 00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,665 Eight AIM sidewinders. 659 00:23:18,665 --> 00:23:21,100 Pilots are in the cockpits. We see heat plumes. 660 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,436 We also got ten Douglas A.H. Apache Longbows 661 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:24,737 airborne from Betzet. 662 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:26,038 They're armed with Hellfires. 663 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:27,674 Any chance it's a training exercise? 664 00:23:27,674 --> 00:23:28,941 It's always a training exercise. 665 00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:30,409 What do we think are the targets? 666 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,078 It looks like the Abu Sneni Bab 667 00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:33,980 and al-Sheikh neighborhoods in Hebron, 668 00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,882 a police station in Ramallah and Al-Watan, 669 00:23:35,882 --> 00:23:37,850 which is the newspaper of Hamas, 670 00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:39,586 but we could be wrong about all of that. 671 00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:41,253 Arab reaction? 672 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,222 Egypt will call for an immediate Arab summit 673 00:23:43,222 --> 00:23:44,223 if Israel retaliates. 674 00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:45,892 Nancy, what about the C-4? 675 00:23:45,892 --> 00:23:47,894 Good, 'cause this is what's interesting. 676 00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:50,963 The Agency indicates that the bomber had ties to Abdul Mujeeb. 677 00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:52,865 Really? 678 00:23:52,865 --> 00:23:55,568 Well, that may be our way out. 679 00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:56,936 All right, that may be it. 680 00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:58,337 Sally, I need to see the President. 681 00:23:58,337 --> 00:24:00,206 Yes, sir. 682 00:24:00,206 --> 00:24:03,175 The networks want to take you live the next time you brief. 683 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:04,343 Is that okay? 684 00:24:04,343 --> 00:24:05,645 Yeah. Sherri Wexler is 685 00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:07,046 about to do her stand-up. 686 00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:08,481 The station can't send over someone 687 00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:09,882 who knows what they're doing? 688 00:24:09,882 --> 00:24:12,251 She thinks she knows what she's doing. 689 00:24:12,251 --> 00:24:15,087 I thought you showed great restraint in there before. 690 00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:16,255 Walk softly... 691 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:18,090 and do something else. 692 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:19,225 Carry a big stick. 693 00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:20,292 Yeah. Walk softly. 694 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,261 Walk around. 695 00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:25,565 SHERRI: ...with the White House not able to confirm or deny at this point 696 00:24:25,565 --> 00:24:27,233 the names of the Americans 697 00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:30,069 or, in fact, if any Americans were involved at all. 698 00:24:30,069 --> 00:24:33,139 In the meantime, debate continues on Capitol Hill 699 00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:35,742 over the President's veto of the legislation 700 00:24:35,742 --> 00:24:37,944 repealing the estate tax. 701 00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:40,146 So, it's a tense night here, Alan, 702 00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:42,949 as staffers and press burn the midnight oil. 703 00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:44,216 ALAN: Sherri, going back 704 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,217 to the suicide bomber, 705 00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:47,186 you say the White House can't confirm 706 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:50,156 whether Americans were involved, yet other news outlets... 707 00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:53,059 Yes. I should say the Press Secretary, C.J. Cregg 708 00:24:53,059 --> 00:24:55,494 can't confirm if Americans were involved. 709 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,730 It's not clear the extent to which 710 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,532 C.J.'s in the loop on this. 711 00:24:59,532 --> 00:25:02,468 I can tell you, she's changed her clothes several times 712 00:25:02,468 --> 00:25:04,036 throughout the evening. 713 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:06,105 ALAN: I'm sorry, Sherri, say again? 714 00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:10,142 I say, C. J. Cregg's known to be a bit of a clothes horse 715 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:12,679 and perhaps she's missed some information 716 00:25:12,679 --> 00:25:14,681 during one of her wardrobe changes. 717 00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:16,048 ( clicks ) 718 00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:18,050 Well... 719 00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:20,587 turns out she did know what she was doing. 720 00:25:20,587 --> 00:25:22,822 You want me to take care of it? 721 00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:26,559 I'll take care of it. 722 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:28,861 Hey, Margaret. 723 00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,663 He'll be here in just a minute. 724 00:25:30,663 --> 00:25:31,798 ( sighs ) 725 00:25:31,798 --> 00:25:33,132 Be back in a second. 726 00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:35,334 Charlie? 727 00:25:35,334 --> 00:25:36,669 I can't talk about it. 728 00:25:36,669 --> 00:25:38,337 You don't know what I was going to say. 729 00:25:38,337 --> 00:25:39,338 Immunity? 730 00:25:39,338 --> 00:25:41,473 Yeah. 731 00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:43,542 I could have been talking about a flu vaccine. 732 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:44,611 That's immunization. 733 00:25:44,611 --> 00:25:45,645 Yeah. 734 00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:47,980 Come on. 735 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:52,785 So, what's happening in there? 736 00:25:52,785 --> 00:25:54,186 ( Toby sighs ) 737 00:25:54,186 --> 00:25:56,088 We've given him a one-year moratorium 738 00:25:56,088 --> 00:25:58,257 on grazing fees, support for an increase 739 00:25:58,257 --> 00:26:00,259 in the production flexibility contracts, 740 00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:01,427 a promise not to lower 741 00:26:01,427 --> 00:26:03,195 agricultural export subsidies. 742 00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:05,264 We're up to a tougher FDA crackdown 743 00:26:05,264 --> 00:26:07,533 on the illegal use of antibiotics in milk. 744 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:10,069 Are you kid...? 745 00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:11,337 How's Buckland? 746 00:26:11,337 --> 00:26:12,504 JOSH: He wants a seat 747 00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:14,106 at the table, that's for sure. 748 00:26:14,106 --> 00:26:16,542 TOBY: How far do we go with these guys? 749 00:26:16,542 --> 00:26:18,177 Can I offer Buckland...? 750 00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:19,879 No. Well, he's going to keep mouthing off... 751 00:26:19,879 --> 00:26:21,380 I don't care, take him out! 752 00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:22,615 Enough's enough. 753 00:26:22,615 --> 00:26:24,784 First, Victor Campos 754 00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:25,718 then Kimball and his band of four 755 00:26:25,718 --> 00:26:27,319 then Buckland? 756 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:29,588 Let him know we're going to put it out 757 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,557 he tried to blackmail the President 758 00:26:31,557 --> 00:26:34,961 unless he caved to industry on clean air, clean water, 759 00:26:34,961 --> 00:26:37,296 climate control, and worker safety. 760 00:26:37,296 --> 00:26:38,264 Emphasize worker safety. 761 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:40,199 That'll get him in good with the unions. 762 00:26:40,199 --> 00:26:42,601 Everyone will know the leak came from us. 763 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:43,903 Yeah. 764 00:26:45,471 --> 00:26:48,007 LEO: You know what? 765 00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:49,508 Bill Russell was getting eaten alive 766 00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:51,844 'cause they could never get him to throw an elbow. 767 00:26:51,844 --> 00:26:53,379 He didn't want to do it. 768 00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:57,349 So, Red Auerbach told him to do it one time. 769 00:26:57,349 --> 00:27:00,119 "Throw an elbow in a nationally televised game. 770 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,354 You'll never have to do it again." 771 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:05,692 You bet your ass they'll know the leak came from us. 772 00:27:05,692 --> 00:27:08,795 Toby, whatever's on the table in there... 773 00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:10,763 take it or leave it. 774 00:27:10,763 --> 00:27:12,799 Yes, sir. 775 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:13,800 Thank you. 776 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,234 Thanks, Leo. 777 00:27:18,738 --> 00:27:19,706 Hang on. 778 00:27:19,706 --> 00:27:20,707 What? 779 00:27:20,707 --> 00:27:21,674 Listen... 780 00:27:21,674 --> 00:27:23,042 Yeah? 781 00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:24,677 What's on the table, don't you...? 782 00:27:24,677 --> 00:27:26,378 Grazing fees, farm nets, milk subsidies-- 783 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:27,546 what's on the table. 784 00:27:27,546 --> 00:27:28,881 Aren't they the same things 785 00:27:28,881 --> 00:27:30,549 a farm district Republican would want? 786 00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:31,918 Yeah. 787 00:27:31,918 --> 00:27:33,652 Let's offer it to them. 788 00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:35,454 Offer it to who? 789 00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:36,823 Republicans. Royce. 790 00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:40,292 He'll carry six Republicans. That'll be seven votes. 791 00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:42,261 First off, when Kimball and his four see 792 00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:43,996 we're going to win, they'll hop onboard, 793 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:45,497 so we've got a bigger margin. 794 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,100 Second, C.J. can make a big deal out of bipartisanship, 795 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,201 but mostly... We threw an elbow. 796 00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:50,937 On national TV. 797 00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:03,249 We were talking about a tougher FDA crackdown 798 00:28:03,249 --> 00:28:05,885 on illegal uses of antibiotics in milk, 799 00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:07,519 such as excess dosages of... 800 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:10,222 No. 801 00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:13,492 Well, I wouldn't be so quick to say no. 802 00:28:13,492 --> 00:28:15,995 I think I will. 803 00:28:15,995 --> 00:28:18,630 No to the FDA crackdown? 804 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:21,600 No to everything. 805 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,770 I mean no to the FDA crackdown, 806 00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:25,938 no to lower agricultural subsidies, 807 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,774 no to the production 808 00:28:27,774 --> 00:28:29,475 flexibility contracts, 809 00:28:29,475 --> 00:28:31,577 no to the GAO review, 810 00:28:31,577 --> 00:28:34,781 and the President will seek to raise the grazing fees 811 00:28:34,781 --> 00:28:37,416 at any time he sees fit. 812 00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:42,955 We're going to need the room. 813 00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:44,623 Would you mind, Congressman? 814 00:28:44,623 --> 00:28:45,624 Well... 815 00:28:45,624 --> 00:28:46,926 SAM: Congressman? 816 00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:49,295 We're a little pressed for time. 817 00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:57,904 Good luck. 818 00:28:57,904 --> 00:29:00,339 Thank you very much. 819 00:29:00,339 --> 00:29:02,641 Ginger... 820 00:29:02,641 --> 00:29:04,343 we need Congressman Robert Royce, 821 00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:05,677 Republican 822 00:29:05,677 --> 00:29:08,314 of Pennsylvania, on the phone. 823 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:12,852 ( sighing ): Okay, well... 824 00:29:12,852 --> 00:29:14,954 now this really needs to work. 825 00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:19,125 Yeah. 826 00:29:22,061 --> 00:29:24,897 Hey. 827 00:29:24,897 --> 00:29:26,899 How you feeling? 828 00:29:26,899 --> 00:29:27,867 You shouldn't get too close. 829 00:29:27,867 --> 00:29:29,201 It's all right. 830 00:29:29,201 --> 00:29:31,137 I'm like a petri dish over here. 831 00:29:31,137 --> 00:29:32,905 Yeah, you're pretty gross. 832 00:29:32,905 --> 00:29:34,040 How's the dinner? 833 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,276 It's good... but... 834 00:29:37,276 --> 00:29:38,410 a suicide bomber 835 00:29:38,410 --> 00:29:40,246 got two American kids in Jerusalem. 836 00:29:40,246 --> 00:29:41,447 No. 837 00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:42,781 Yeah. 838 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:43,950 Were they targeted? 839 00:29:43,950 --> 00:29:45,051 We're pretty sure. 840 00:29:45,051 --> 00:29:46,853 We got some things going. 841 00:29:46,853 --> 00:29:47,820 How old were they? 842 00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:49,922 19 and 21. 843 00:29:49,922 --> 00:29:52,058 They were brothers. 844 00:29:52,058 --> 00:29:53,759 You speak to Zoey today? 845 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:55,427 No. 846 00:29:55,427 --> 00:29:57,997 I thought the deal was she calls once a day. 847 00:29:57,997 --> 00:29:59,866 She calls most days. 848 00:29:59,866 --> 00:30:01,834 I want her to call every day. 849 00:30:01,834 --> 00:30:03,870 All right. 850 00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:06,305 All right. 851 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:09,842 You need anything? 852 00:30:09,842 --> 00:30:10,843 No. 853 00:30:10,843 --> 00:30:13,145 Okay. 854 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:23,722 We can connect the bomber to Abdul Mujeeb. 855 00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:25,591 How? 856 00:30:25,591 --> 00:30:29,495 and other chemicals that are tagged. 857 00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:32,731 So, you think I get on the phone with the Chairman and... 858 00:30:32,731 --> 00:30:34,700 I think you get on the phone 859 00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:36,735 and I think you tell them to hand Abdul Mujeeb over 860 00:30:36,735 --> 00:30:37,870 to the Israelis. 861 00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:39,771 You remind him Israeli Secret Police 862 00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:41,207 are going to kill him anyway. 863 00:30:41,207 --> 00:30:42,741 It's going to take more than that. 864 00:30:42,741 --> 00:30:43,943 If it does, you tell... 865 00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:45,577 Congress? Yeah. 866 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:47,779 We'll withhold the $100 million in NGO aid 867 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:48,915 if they don't hand him over. 868 00:30:48,915 --> 00:30:51,117 Yeah. 869 00:30:51,117 --> 00:30:52,851 And you think handing him over 870 00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:55,254 puts the pin back in the grenade? 871 00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:57,356 For a day. 872 00:30:57,356 --> 00:30:59,291 For a day? 873 00:30:59,291 --> 00:31:01,027 Yeah. 874 00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:05,164 All right. Set up the call. 875 00:31:05,164 --> 00:31:07,366 Thank you, Mr. President. 876 00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:09,201 BUCKLAND: This isn't... 877 00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:11,670 Hang on. Wait. 878 00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:14,440 I'm the Governor of Indiana. You hang on. 879 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,075 You're saying I should get out 880 00:31:16,075 --> 00:31:17,643 of the race, 'cause I'm too healthy? 881 00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:20,112 And you're telling me I'm making a flaky argument? 882 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:22,181 I didn't say... How am I supposed to keep 883 00:31:22,181 --> 00:31:23,482 advocating the issues that I care about 884 00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:25,084 if I don't get into the race for a while? 885 00:31:25,084 --> 00:31:26,452 You... ( knock at door ) 886 00:31:26,452 --> 00:31:27,519 ( door opens ) 887 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:28,988 I'm so sorry, Josh. 888 00:31:28,988 --> 00:31:30,990 Yeah. 889 00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:38,998 All right, tell him to have a Democrat 890 00:31:38,998 --> 00:31:41,934 call for a journal vote. Okay. 891 00:31:41,934 --> 00:31:44,570 the full House has to approve the previous day's floor activity. 892 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:46,105 Okay. 893 00:31:46,105 --> 00:31:48,007 After that, he can have a member try to attach 894 00:31:48,007 --> 00:31:49,108 an amendment to the override vote. 895 00:31:49,108 --> 00:31:50,109 What kind of amendment? 896 00:31:50,109 --> 00:31:51,377 Doesn't matter. 897 00:31:51,377 --> 00:31:53,312 "To qualify for the estate tax repeal 898 00:31:53,312 --> 00:31:55,281 the estates have to have Astroturf." 899 00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:56,548 And still, it's hard to figure 900 00:31:56,548 --> 00:31:58,350 why Congress can't get anything done. 901 00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:05,724 I'm sorry. 902 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:07,293 No, that's all right. 903 00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:09,228 There's a lot going on here tonight. 904 00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:12,564 I meant... I'm sorry. 905 00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:18,004 You came through for us in Indiana. 906 00:32:18,004 --> 00:32:20,339 Really, the whole Midwest. 907 00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:23,642 You would have been great in the number two spot. 908 00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:25,877 And it was me as much as anyone pushing Hoynes. 909 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:27,079 You couldn't win without Hoynes. 910 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:30,216 Yeah. 911 00:32:30,216 --> 00:32:33,119 I'm term-limited, Josh, 912 00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:36,388 and I still have things I want to say. 913 00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:41,093 Listen, I have instructions to, you know... 914 00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:42,428 To bust me. 915 00:32:42,428 --> 00:32:43,996 Yeah. 916 00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:51,470 If I could convince Leo to put you on the short list, 917 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:53,939 you think you could say what you want to say? 918 00:32:53,939 --> 00:32:56,608 You can't offer me quid pro quo. It's against the law. 919 00:32:56,608 --> 00:32:58,344 I know, but I can tell you that Carl Reed wants 920 00:32:58,344 --> 00:33:00,212 to accept a position at Shearson 921 00:33:00,212 --> 00:33:02,214 and he'll be leaving in about three months. 922 00:33:02,214 --> 00:33:05,384 You guys are that afraid of my health, huh? 923 00:33:05,384 --> 00:33:07,819 Well, we're afraid of everything. 924 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:08,787 ( laughs ) 925 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:11,257 But no kidding, Jack, I-I... 926 00:33:11,257 --> 00:33:14,593 I think you'd make an interesting nominee 927 00:33:14,593 --> 00:33:16,528 for Labor Secretary. 928 00:33:16,528 --> 00:33:18,964 So, if I could convince Leo... 929 00:33:18,964 --> 00:33:22,701 I'm going to go see if there's any dessert left. 930 00:33:24,270 --> 00:33:26,705 Thank you, Governor. 931 00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:37,149 You're offering a one-year moratorium on grazing fees... 932 00:33:37,149 --> 00:33:39,085 Yeah. ...a GAO review of the need 933 00:33:39,085 --> 00:33:40,986 for a stronger farm safety net... 934 00:33:40,986 --> 00:33:42,821 Yeah. ...a promise not to lower 935 00:33:42,821 --> 00:33:44,523 agricultural export subsidies... Yeah. 936 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:47,226 ...and a tougher FDA crackdown on what? 937 00:33:47,226 --> 00:33:49,495 The illegal use of antibiotics in milk. 938 00:33:49,495 --> 00:33:51,930 In exchange for my vote to sustain the veto? 939 00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:53,799 And the six that come with you. 940 00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:55,701 And this is the exact same deal you were offering to Kimball. 941 00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:57,035 Yes. And he was ready to take it? 942 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:58,970 Yes. 943 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:02,040 I don't want it. 944 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:08,880 Congressman, you've been uneasy 945 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,317 about the estate tax from the beginning. 946 00:34:11,317 --> 00:34:12,951 That's right, I have. 947 00:34:12,951 --> 00:34:14,886 And yet, the White House did what it always does. 948 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:17,156 It went to the extreme flank of its own party. 949 00:34:17,156 --> 00:34:20,025 Which meant more arm-wrestling, more deal-making. 950 00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:22,928 God knows how many billions wasted in pork barrel promises. 951 00:34:22,928 --> 00:34:24,263 What are you saying? 952 00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:27,166 That the moderates get shut out. 953 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:29,368 Let me tell you something. 954 00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:31,370 The idea of repealing the estate tax 955 00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:33,705 makes me embarrassed to be a Republican. 956 00:34:33,705 --> 00:34:35,307 We used to be about the sensible center 957 00:34:35,307 --> 00:34:38,009 about fiscal discipline. 958 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:40,979 ( snorts ): Of course, this thing should be vetoed. 959 00:34:40,979 --> 00:34:43,849 It was a Republican named Oliver Wendell Homes who said 960 00:34:43,849 --> 00:34:46,252 "Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society." 961 00:34:46,252 --> 00:34:48,320 Are you saying...? 962 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,821 Don't target me 963 00:34:49,821 --> 00:34:51,190 for defeat. 964 00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:53,925 I'm vulnerable in my district. 965 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:56,428 The DNC will run a conservative Democrat. 966 00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:57,763 If he's elected, he won't even be 967 00:34:57,763 --> 00:34:59,431 photographed with the President 968 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:01,200 much less vote with him. 969 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,502 Take a look around at all the Democrats 970 00:35:03,502 --> 00:35:05,704 running from you right now. 971 00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:09,741 Do you even know who your friends are anymore? 972 00:35:09,741 --> 00:35:11,210 If we do our best 973 00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:13,745 to see that you're not seriously challenged...? 974 00:35:13,745 --> 00:35:16,882 You have seven new votes tonight. 975 00:35:16,882 --> 00:35:19,218 Oh, and, uh... 976 00:35:19,218 --> 00:35:20,986 throw in the milk thing. 977 00:35:20,986 --> 00:35:22,388 Go vote, Congressman. 978 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,800 You're home. 979 00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:45,711 You? Get in here. 980 00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:55,187 Take the immunity. 981 00:35:55,187 --> 00:35:56,188 I'm not allowed... 982 00:35:56,188 --> 00:35:57,289 Take it. 983 00:35:57,289 --> 00:35:58,990 Is anyone else taking it? 984 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:00,158 No one else is being offered it. 985 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,627 Would they take it if they were? 986 00:36:01,627 --> 00:36:03,929 Charlie, who the hell knows what's going to happen 987 00:36:03,929 --> 00:36:05,030 with this prosecution? 988 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:06,298 It's a partisan prosecution. 989 00:36:06,298 --> 00:36:07,566 You could go broke. 990 00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:08,867 You could be barred from law school. 991 00:36:12,571 --> 00:36:14,640 Doesn't immunity imply guilt? 992 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,542 Not necessarily. And if someone in my position 993 00:36:16,542 --> 00:36:20,579 took a deal to protect himself... 994 00:36:20,579 --> 00:36:22,848 what would that person be saying to his employer? 995 00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:24,750 That they were wrong to trust him. 996 00:36:24,750 --> 00:36:26,685 Don't be a hero. 997 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:29,054 Why not? 998 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:31,857 I'll stay with my team. 999 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:36,428 People should stop trying to get me not to do that. 1000 00:36:36,428 --> 00:36:37,429 ( knock at door ) 1001 00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:38,964 ( door opens ) 1002 00:36:38,964 --> 00:36:40,466 MARGARET: Leo? 1003 00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:47,406 Anyway, I'm not supposed to talk about it. 1004 00:36:47,406 --> 00:36:50,742 Yeah, okay. 1005 00:36:57,616 --> 00:36:58,617 Nancy. 1006 00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:00,652 Thanks. 1007 00:37:05,824 --> 00:37:09,861 Palestinian police arrested Mujeeb at his residence in Gaza. 1008 00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:15,834 Margaret? 1009 00:37:17,603 --> 00:37:18,570 Yeah? 1010 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,439 Get me C.J. on the phone. 1011 00:37:20,439 --> 00:37:24,843 And see if there's still any food over there. 1012 00:37:27,646 --> 00:37:29,815 but you should really learn how to tie a bow tie. 1013 00:37:29,815 --> 00:37:31,182 Or you could. 1014 00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:33,452 Yeah, but that doesn't seem that likely, right? 1015 00:37:33,452 --> 00:37:34,420 You can go home. 1016 00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:35,654 I'll stick around. 1017 00:37:35,654 --> 00:37:36,622 You wanted to talk to me 1018 00:37:36,622 --> 00:37:37,889 about something before. 1019 00:37:37,889 --> 00:37:39,325 Yeah. 1020 00:37:39,325 --> 00:37:40,892 Listen... 1021 00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:42,728 I was fixed up 1022 00:37:42,728 --> 00:37:44,730 on a blind date a few nights ago. 1023 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:45,864 When? 1024 00:37:45,864 --> 00:37:47,566 A few nights ago. 1025 00:37:47,566 --> 00:37:49,368 And Ainsley fixed us up. 1026 00:37:49,368 --> 00:37:52,003 He's a Republican lawyer working for Ways and Means 1027 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:53,572 but he was being transferred. 1028 00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:55,106 And it turns out now 1029 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,309 he's on Government Oversight, so... 1030 00:37:57,309 --> 00:38:00,178 You can't see him anymore. 1031 00:38:00,178 --> 00:38:03,114 You can't see him anymore. 1032 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:04,483 I know that. 1033 00:38:04,483 --> 00:38:05,417 It was just that night? 1034 00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:07,353 Yeah. 1035 00:38:07,353 --> 00:38:09,688 No... 1036 00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:13,859 We got together the next night again. 1037 00:38:13,859 --> 00:38:14,960 We shouldn't have. 1038 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,128 Yeah. 1039 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:22,634 Look, when we got together the first time... 1040 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,903 You just thought he was with Ways and Means 1041 00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:26,972 who I was battling on the estate tax. 1042 00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:29,207 I'm sorry. Did any reporters see you? 1043 00:38:29,207 --> 00:38:30,776 No. The second night? 1044 00:38:30,776 --> 00:38:34,346 No. 1045 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,214 All right. 1046 00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:37,816 You can go home. 1047 00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:40,051 The President wants you in five minutes. 1048 00:38:42,087 --> 00:38:44,790 Thanks. 1049 00:38:49,428 --> 00:38:50,562 REPORTERS: C.J.! Phil. 1050 00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:52,564 Did the President urge 1051 00:38:52,564 --> 00:38:54,132 the Chairman to hand over Abdul Mujeed? 1052 00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:55,567 As I said, the President urged 1053 00:38:55,567 --> 00:38:57,736 the parties to abide by the terms of the cease fire. 1054 00:38:57,736 --> 00:39:00,338 And he reiterated the United States' commitment 1055 00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:01,707 REPORTERS: C.J.! Katie. 1056 00:39:01,707 --> 00:39:03,008 C.J., an AP report out of Gaza 1057 00:39:03,008 --> 00:39:05,377 says the President threatened to withhold 1058 00:39:05,377 --> 00:39:07,579 more than $100 million to Palestinian NGOs 1059 00:39:07,579 --> 00:39:09,615 unless the Chairman handed over Mujeeb. 1060 00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:11,082 Well, I'm not going to get 1061 00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:13,952 into the details of the diplomatic exchange. 1062 00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:16,121 I'm told at this moment, the House is getting ready 1063 00:39:16,121 --> 00:39:18,123 to vote on the override of the President's veto 1064 00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:20,058 and I know you'll all want to cover that. 1065 00:39:20,058 --> 00:39:21,927 Since this is the President's first veto 1066 00:39:21,927 --> 00:39:24,095 I thought it might be helpful if we brushed up on the rules. 1067 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:27,065 Sherri, can you tell us how many votes it takes 1068 00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:29,000 How many votes does it take to override, Sherri? 1069 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,869 A majority. Actually, it takes two-thirds. 1070 00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,003 Yes, a two-thirds majority. 1071 00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:33,138 Yeah, 290. 1072 00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:35,140 And how many votes does it take to sustain? 1073 00:39:35,140 --> 00:39:36,842 That should be easy. 1074 00:39:36,842 --> 00:39:38,710 You just subtract 290 from the total number 1075 00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:40,345 of members in the House and add one. 1076 00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:41,780 How many people sit 1077 00:39:41,780 --> 00:39:43,482 in the House of Representatives, Sherri? 1078 00:39:48,186 --> 00:39:49,921 Okay, maybe you can get the notes from a classmate. 1079 00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:51,557 That's all, guys. I'll see you in the morning. 1080 00:39:51,557 --> 00:39:53,024 REPORTER: Thank you, C.J. 1081 00:39:55,761 --> 00:39:57,463 They're meeting in the Oval Office. 1082 00:39:57,463 --> 00:39:58,630 Thanks. 1083 00:39:58,630 --> 00:39:59,698 SHERRI: C.J.? 1084 00:39:59,698 --> 00:40:00,899 Hey. 1085 00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:02,033 That was totally uncalled for. 1086 00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:03,569 Yeah? 1087 00:40:03,569 --> 00:40:04,870 My competitors are going to show that tape. 1088 00:40:04,870 --> 00:40:07,238 Every local station in town... 1089 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:09,675 That thing's going out to 154 affiliates. 1090 00:40:09,675 --> 00:40:11,543 I changed my clothes because I didn't think 1091 00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:13,411 it was appropriate to talk about the death of two teenagers 1092 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:15,647 while wearing a ball gown, and you knew that, 1093 00:40:15,647 --> 00:40:17,949 because you're stupid, but you're not stupid. Know what I'm saying? 1094 00:40:17,949 --> 00:40:19,751 Security's going to take your press credentials. 1095 00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:21,052 You call my office every day, and I'll 1096 00:40:21,052 --> 00:40:23,221 decide if you get into the room. 1097 00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:26,291 on Pebble Beach, you can do your stand-ups 1098 00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:29,194 One more word out of your mouth, and every local station 1099 00:40:29,194 --> 00:40:31,362 in town but yours gets an exclusive with the President. 1100 00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:33,298 Hunting season on me is over. 1101 00:40:33,298 --> 00:40:37,168 And the chemical abbreviation for table salt is NaCl. 1102 00:40:45,076 --> 00:40:48,113 You could say... 1103 00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:50,682 You could say, "On behalf of Abbey and myself 1104 00:40:50,682 --> 00:40:52,984 "please accept our deepest condolences. 1105 00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:57,055 Your sons' lives were not lost in vain." 1106 00:40:57,055 --> 00:40:59,791 What I meant was that this further calls 1107 00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:01,860 national attention to the peace process. 1108 00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:08,700 "Though tragic, this tragedy further calls national attention 1109 00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:12,971 to this... alarming, escalating conflict." 1110 00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:16,608 Is there anything to "they went there in the spirit of peace"? 1111 00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:20,579 The spirit of peace at a soccer match? 1112 00:41:20,579 --> 00:41:23,181 Hope of Israeli and Palestinian children playing together and... 1113 00:41:23,181 --> 00:41:34,392 JOSH: Studying together, discovering each others world's 1114 00:41:34,392 --> 00:41:36,027 This guy at the dinner 1115 00:41:36,027 --> 00:41:38,096 he told me something I didn't know. 1116 00:41:38,096 --> 00:41:40,298 On Yom Kippur, you ask forgiveness 1117 00:41:40,298 --> 00:41:41,900 for sins against God 1118 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:43,969 but on the day before Yom Kippur 1119 00:41:43,969 --> 00:41:46,705 you ask forgiveness for sins against people. 1120 00:41:46,705 --> 00:41:47,906 Did you know that? 1121 00:41:47,906 --> 00:41:49,374 Yeah. 1122 00:41:49,374 --> 00:41:51,543 It's called, uh... I can't remember. 1123 00:41:51,543 --> 00:41:53,444 It's Erev. 1124 00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:55,146 Erev Yom Kippur. 1125 00:41:57,949 --> 00:42:00,018 You can't ask forgiveness of God 1126 00:42:00,018 --> 00:42:03,454 until you've asked forgiveness of people on the day before. 1127 00:42:03,454 --> 00:42:04,556 ( knock on door, door opens ) 1128 00:42:05,791 --> 00:42:06,892 Mr. President? 1129 00:42:06,892 --> 00:42:08,159 Yeah. 1130 00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:12,463 Yeah, I'm going to do this alone. 1131 00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:14,165 Have a good night, everybody. 1132 00:42:14,165 --> 00:42:16,602 ALL: Thank you, Mr. President. 1133 00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:24,843 ( sighs ) 1134 00:42:33,118 --> 00:42:36,622 Mr. and Mrs. Levy, this is Jed Bartlet. 1135 00:42:36,622 --> 00:42:41,526 I have three children. 1136 00:42:41,526 --> 00:42:43,328 I really don't know what to say.