1 00:00:04,338 --> 00:00:05,839 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:08,609 Your father used to hit you, didn't he, Mr. President? 3 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:09,777 He didn't like you, sir. 4 00:00:09,777 --> 00:00:11,045 Why are we talking about this? 5 00:00:11,045 --> 00:00:12,413 Maybe if you get enough votes 6 00:00:12,413 --> 00:00:13,614 win one more election 7 00:00:13,614 --> 00:00:14,682 maybe your father... 8 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:16,650 You have stepped way over the line 9 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:18,786 and any other president would have your ass 10 00:00:18,786 --> 00:00:20,321 on the sidewalk right now. 11 00:00:20,321 --> 00:00:22,956 I'm not trying to get my father to like me. 12 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:25,259 Good, 'cause it's never... 13 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:26,660 never going to happen. 14 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:27,828 Look... 15 00:00:27,828 --> 00:00:28,996 We're done for the night. 16 00:00:28,996 --> 00:00:30,631 I hate to put it this way 17 00:00:30,631 --> 00:00:32,400 but we're done when I say we're done. 18 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,768 I think you could use some assistance right now. 19 00:00:37,605 --> 00:00:40,808 ( jet engine powering down ) 20 00:00:55,723 --> 00:00:57,057 REPORTERS: Welcome home, Mr. President. 21 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:58,092 Mr. President? Mr. President? 22 00:00:58,092 --> 00:01:00,027 Give me two minutes. 23 00:01:00,027 --> 00:01:02,496 Any further follow-up after New Delhi? 24 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:03,631 I'm sorry? 25 00:01:03,631 --> 00:01:05,099 Was there any follow-up after New Delhi? 26 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:06,066 We spoke several times about Kashmir 27 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:07,435 and she assured me 28 00:01:07,435 --> 00:01:09,603 they're working towards a peaceful resolution. 29 00:01:09,603 --> 00:01:11,905 We also had a spirited conversation about chess. 30 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,107 Prime Minister plays chess? 31 00:01:13,107 --> 00:01:14,975 Chess was invented in India 32 00:01:14,975 --> 00:01:16,710 somewhere around 600 A.D. 33 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:19,313 A gigantic chess board was constructed 34 00:01:19,313 --> 00:01:21,882 at Fatehpur Sikri, which was the capital a long time ago... 35 00:01:21,882 --> 00:01:23,184 ( phone rings ) 36 00:01:23,184 --> 00:01:25,486 ...and human figures were used as chess pieces 37 00:01:25,486 --> 00:01:27,054 and moved at the Emperor's will. 38 00:01:27,054 --> 00:01:29,423 It's what I like to call the good old days. 39 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:33,227 C.J. 40 00:01:34,162 --> 00:01:35,163 C.J.? 41 00:01:35,163 --> 00:01:36,164 Hey, Leo. 42 00:01:36,164 --> 00:01:37,798 What's he doing? 43 00:01:37,798 --> 00:01:41,735 The History of Chess by Dr. Josiah Bartlet. 44 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:42,603 Get him in the car. 45 00:01:42,603 --> 00:01:43,637 What's going on? 46 00:01:43,637 --> 00:01:45,139 And get the press pool back here, too. 47 00:01:45,139 --> 00:01:46,073 What's going on? 48 00:01:46,073 --> 00:01:46,974 China. 49 00:01:46,974 --> 00:01:48,142 Okay. 50 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:49,777 ...ebony wood and sandalwood. 51 00:01:49,777 --> 00:01:52,513 And a lacquered classic Staunton in boxwood. 52 00:01:52,513 --> 00:01:53,847 Thank you, everybody. 53 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:56,417 Hey, don't forget: Hartsfield votes 54 00:01:56,417 --> 00:01:57,918 in three hours and 21 minutes. 55 00:01:57,918 --> 00:02:00,188 We're going to find out who the next president is. 56 00:02:00,188 --> 00:02:01,755 REPORTERS: Thank you, Mr. President. 57 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:04,758 I'm going to give some of the chess sets out as gifts. 58 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:05,659 Did you see them? 59 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:06,994 Leo needs you in the car. 60 00:02:06,994 --> 00:02:07,995 Did he say? 61 00:02:07,995 --> 00:02:09,197 China. 62 00:02:14,735 --> 00:02:16,069 Yeah. 63 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:18,172 LEO ( on phone ): Good evening, Mr. President. 64 00:02:18,172 --> 00:02:19,473 What's going on? 65 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,309 Intel says Taiwan's getting ready 66 00:02:21,309 --> 00:02:22,943 to test fire three Patriots. 67 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:24,545 Where? 68 00:02:24,545 --> 00:02:26,314 A base on an island in the Pingdong region. 69 00:02:26,314 --> 00:02:27,815 What's China's reaction? 70 00:02:27,815 --> 00:02:30,017 An acceleration of integrated military exercises. 71 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:30,884 Big? 72 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:31,752 Yeah. 73 00:02:31,752 --> 00:02:32,420 How big? 74 00:02:32,420 --> 00:02:33,887 Unprecedented. 75 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:36,890 Should we tell Taiwan not to test the missiles? 76 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:38,326 Sir? 77 00:02:38,326 --> 00:02:39,860 No. I mean, we could try 78 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:41,762 but they're not going to go for it. 79 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:42,530 They might. 80 00:02:42,530 --> 00:02:43,731 What are they asking for? 81 00:02:43,731 --> 00:02:45,966 They want us to put some hardware 82 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:46,834 in the Taiwan Strait. 83 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:47,701 Tonight? 84 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:49,102 Yes, sir. 85 00:02:49,102 --> 00:02:52,640 I'm assuming Nancy and Fitzwallace and the Chiefs... 86 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,774 Everyone concurs, Mr. President. 87 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:54,642 You? 88 00:02:54,642 --> 00:02:56,043 Yes, sir. 89 00:02:56,043 --> 00:03:00,814 We have a pretty good sense of the worst-case scenario? 90 00:03:00,814 --> 00:03:03,984 We end up sending the largest U.S. Naval armada 91 00:03:03,984 --> 00:03:06,987 to Southeast Asia since the end of Vietnam. 92 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:08,822 That sounds right. 93 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:12,326 Sir? 94 00:03:12,326 --> 00:03:15,629 All right, we know the play. 95 00:03:15,629 --> 00:03:17,197 We're going to assemble in the Sit Room. 96 00:03:18,466 --> 00:03:22,035 She gave me these beautiful chess sets. 97 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:24,004 The Prime Minister? 98 00:03:24,004 --> 00:03:25,706 Yeah. I'm on my way. 99 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:29,109 Let Fitzwallace know I'm going to order the 7th Fleet 100 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:30,344 into the Taiwan Strait. 101 00:03:30,344 --> 00:03:31,345 Yes, sir. 102 00:03:31,345 --> 00:03:32,713 Let's go. 103 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:38,479 MAN: Ten-hut! 104 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:39,347 PRESIDENT: Good evening. 105 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:40,681 Mr. President. 106 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:41,915 Good evening. Evening, Mr. President. 107 00:04:41,915 --> 00:04:42,683 Mr. President. 108 00:04:42,683 --> 00:04:44,418 Listen, they start voting 109 00:04:44,418 --> 00:04:46,887 in Hartsfield's Landing in about two and half hours 110 00:04:46,887 --> 00:04:49,657 so this may end up being somebody else's problem. 111 00:04:49,657 --> 00:04:51,191 ( all chuckling ) 112 00:04:51,191 --> 00:04:52,326 The scale of the war games 113 00:04:52,326 --> 00:04:54,027 is unprecedented? 114 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:56,397 NANCY: It's a simulation of an invasion of the Penghu islands 115 00:04:56,397 --> 00:04:57,898 and it includes battles 116 00:04:57,898 --> 00:05:00,834 against intervention by foreign aircraft carriers. 117 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:02,470 What's the Taiwanese reaction so for? 118 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:04,071 All Armed Forces are on heightened alert. 119 00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:06,374 The War Minister asked for an emergency cabinet meeting. 120 00:05:06,374 --> 00:05:07,608 What about equipment movement? 121 00:05:07,608 --> 00:05:09,209 Keyhole shows ten AH-1W helicopters... 122 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:10,243 Supercobras. 123 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:11,945 Yeah, on the tarmac 124 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:13,381 at Ching Chuang Kang. 125 00:05:13,381 --> 00:05:14,882 The Nimitz? About two hours away. 126 00:05:14,882 --> 00:05:17,317 The Independence? Also two hours away. 127 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:18,786 What other assets can be moved in? 128 00:05:18,786 --> 00:05:20,621 There's a battle carrier group, the Carl Vinson 129 00:05:20,621 --> 00:05:22,255 that's on its way to relieve the Constellation 130 00:05:22,255 --> 00:05:23,223 in the Arabian Gulf. 131 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:24,758 Let me backtrack a second. 132 00:05:24,758 --> 00:05:27,561 What's C.J. facing in the press room right now? 133 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:30,364 Well, Xinhua's reporting the live-fire exercises. 134 00:05:30,364 --> 00:05:31,665 Is the Carl Vinson close enough 135 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:33,166 to make a detour into the South China Sea? 136 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,902 We think that's our next move. 137 00:05:34,902 --> 00:05:36,570 Sir? 138 00:05:36,570 --> 00:05:38,806 That's our next move. 139 00:05:38,806 --> 00:05:39,473 After that? 140 00:05:39,473 --> 00:05:40,674 After our next move 141 00:05:40,674 --> 00:05:42,510 comes their next move. 142 00:05:42,510 --> 00:05:43,744 REPORTERS: C.J.? 143 00:05:43,744 --> 00:05:44,778 Katie. 144 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:46,480 Is the President going to ask the Taiwanese 145 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:47,815 to hold off testing the Patriots? 146 00:05:47,815 --> 00:05:49,483 No, and it's important to remember 147 00:05:49,483 --> 00:05:51,585 that the Patriot Missiles are defensive equipment 148 00:05:51,585 --> 00:05:53,721 which can only be used in the event of an attack. 149 00:05:53,721 --> 00:05:55,255 But it's the testing of the Patriots 150 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:57,157 that's provoking the Chinese war games. 151 00:05:57,157 --> 00:05:58,459 I'm not in a position to say 152 00:05:58,459 --> 00:06:00,160 what's provoking the war games. Chris? 153 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,361 The Chinese attack Taiwan 154 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:02,630 and we're obligated to defend them 155 00:06:02,630 --> 00:06:04,297 under the '79 Act, correct? 156 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:06,834 Actually, under the '79 Act we agreed to provide Taiwan 157 00:06:06,834 --> 00:06:08,836 with sufficient capability to defend itself 158 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:10,738 but we're getting way ahead of ourselves. 159 00:06:10,738 --> 00:06:12,973 There's going to be a Pentagon briefing at 10:00 a.m. 160 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:14,442 Will the President be monitoring 161 00:06:14,442 --> 00:06:15,543 the situation throughout the night? 162 00:06:15,543 --> 00:06:17,210 The President will be monitoring 163 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:20,714 the situation in the China Sea, as well as Hartsfield's Landing. 164 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:23,851 Any of the new people not know about Hartsfield's Landing? 165 00:06:23,851 --> 00:06:26,854 Hartsfield's Landing is a town in New Hampshire. 166 00:06:26,854 --> 00:06:27,655 Population: 63. 167 00:06:27,655 --> 00:06:29,690 While the rest of New Hampshire 168 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:31,759 goes to the polls at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow 169 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:34,528 all of the 42 registered voters of Hartsfield 170 00:06:34,528 --> 00:06:36,430 vote at one minute past midnight 171 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:38,532 or a little over two hours from now. 172 00:06:38,532 --> 00:06:40,167 Hartsfield has accurately predicted the winner 173 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:42,302 in every presidential election since William Howard Taft 174 00:06:42,302 --> 00:06:43,671 who, by the way 175 00:06:43,671 --> 00:06:45,573 was the founder of the Seventh Inning Stretch 176 00:06:45,573 --> 00:06:47,708 wherein we sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." 177 00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:50,444 Music and lyrics by Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer. 178 00:06:50,444 --> 00:06:51,879 It's all part of the service here 179 00:06:51,879 --> 00:06:53,947 at Claudia's House of Useless Knowledge. 180 00:06:53,947 --> 00:06:55,015 That's a full lid. 181 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:56,216 Thank you very much. 182 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:57,718 REPORTERS: Thank you, C.J. 183 00:06:57,718 --> 00:06:58,686 Albert von Tilzer? 184 00:06:58,686 --> 00:06:59,987 Ironically, neither of them 185 00:06:59,987 --> 00:07:01,822 had ever been to a major league baseball game 186 00:07:01,822 --> 00:07:03,056 when they wrote that song. 187 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:04,925 The other song they were famous for was...? 188 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:07,260 I didn't even know they were famous for that one. 189 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:08,295 "Shine on Harvest Moon." 190 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:09,497 Charlie... what are those? 191 00:07:09,497 --> 00:07:10,998 I'm distributing chess sets as gifts. 192 00:07:10,998 --> 00:07:13,567 I need a copy of the President's private schedule. 193 00:07:13,567 --> 00:07:14,434 Didn't you get one? 194 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:15,368 I need another. 195 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:16,236 You got to sign it out. 196 00:07:16,236 --> 00:07:17,705 I'm sorry? 197 00:07:17,705 --> 00:07:19,272 You got to sign it out and then sign it back in. 198 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:20,574 It can't be photocopied 199 00:07:20,574 --> 00:07:21,441 and it can't leave the building. 200 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:22,643 What the hell is this? 201 00:07:22,643 --> 00:07:24,411 For the third time in two months 202 00:07:24,411 --> 00:07:27,581 a copy of the private schedule wound up in the press room. 203 00:07:27,581 --> 00:07:28,816 I've got to crack down. 204 00:07:28,816 --> 00:07:30,350 I've got sign it out? 205 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:31,485 And sign it back in. 206 00:07:31,485 --> 00:07:32,653 I'm the Press Secretary. 207 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:33,687 You do a nice job. 208 00:07:33,687 --> 00:07:35,388 Give me the damn schedule. 209 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:37,457 Sign it out and sign it back in. 210 00:07:40,961 --> 00:07:43,063 The anal retentive side of you 211 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:45,566 is not going to help you get girls. 212 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:47,067 I do okay. 213 00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:56,810 Donna! 214 00:08:02,049 --> 00:08:03,551 Donna! 215 00:08:03,551 --> 00:08:04,618 Yeah? 216 00:08:04,618 --> 00:08:06,186 You know... 217 00:08:06,186 --> 00:08:07,655 I was coming. 218 00:08:07,655 --> 00:08:09,156 You were taking your time. 219 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:10,423 I don't have warp speed. 220 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:11,291 Do you remember 221 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:12,492 Jennifer Flender 222 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:14,227 the daughter of the mom and pop 223 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:15,596 who had the tackle shop? 224 00:08:15,596 --> 00:08:17,865 Mackey and Roberta Flender. The Flenders. Yes. 225 00:08:17,865 --> 00:08:19,833 The daughter just emailed me and told me 226 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:21,268 her parents are voting for Ritchie tonight. 227 00:08:21,268 --> 00:08:22,135 Why is she emailing you? 228 00:08:22,135 --> 00:08:23,003 She emails me. 229 00:08:23,003 --> 00:08:23,871 Why? 230 00:08:23,871 --> 00:08:25,038 She's got a little crush on me. 231 00:08:25,038 --> 00:08:25,939 You didn't sleep 232 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,307 with the Flender girl, did you? 233 00:08:27,307 --> 00:08:28,175 She's 20 years old. 234 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:29,509 Mackey's got guns 235 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:30,811 Josh, and doesn't like Northerners. 236 00:08:30,811 --> 00:08:32,012 He lives in New Hampshire. 237 00:08:32,012 --> 00:08:33,246 Still... It doesn't matter. 238 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:35,048 Mom and Pop are voting for Ritchie 239 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:36,383 and they vote in Hartsfield's Landing. 240 00:08:36,383 --> 00:08:37,317 You got to talk to them. 241 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:38,752 What are you talking about? 242 00:08:38,752 --> 00:08:40,387 I'm not kidding. Two votes could be the margin. 243 00:08:40,387 --> 00:08:41,589 It's Hartsfield's Landing. 244 00:08:41,589 --> 00:08:43,123 Yeah. I thought we were just kidding 245 00:08:43,123 --> 00:08:43,991 around with this. 246 00:08:43,991 --> 00:08:44,658 We're not. 247 00:08:44,658 --> 00:08:45,593 It's 42 votes. 248 00:08:45,593 --> 00:08:46,627 That are cast at 12:01 249 00:08:46,627 --> 00:08:48,261 and counted at 12:07. 250 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:51,832 The rest of New Hampshire doesn't come in until 9:00 p.m. 251 00:08:51,832 --> 00:08:53,433 That's 21 hours of the news 252 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:54,835 having nothing to report 253 00:08:54,835 --> 00:08:56,904 but the winner in Hartsfield's Landing. 254 00:08:56,904 --> 00:08:59,472 You have to get on the phone and talk to the Benders. 255 00:08:59,472 --> 00:09:01,374 The Flenders. Why me? 256 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:02,576 They liked you. 257 00:09:02,576 --> 00:09:04,111 They took you in. 258 00:09:04,111 --> 00:09:04,845 They fed you. 259 00:09:04,845 --> 00:09:06,179 You make me sound pathetic. 260 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:08,148 You were pretty pathetic and the Fenders fed you. 261 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:09,917 Flenders. See? You remember their name. 262 00:09:09,917 --> 00:09:11,551 There's obviously a connection. Josh... 263 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,420 Politics in New Hampshire is what? 264 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:14,521 Retail. 265 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:16,156 Thank you. Get on the phone 266 00:09:16,156 --> 00:09:18,859 find out what their problem with the President is and solve it. 267 00:09:18,859 --> 00:09:20,360 All right, except I can't get on this phone. 268 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:21,695 Why? It's a government phone. 269 00:09:21,695 --> 00:09:23,864 I can't use it to intimidate voters. 270 00:09:23,864 --> 00:09:25,899 Sad but true. You know what I'm thinking? 271 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,567 Yes. A cell phone 272 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:29,169 LaFayette Park and a warm coat. 273 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:29,870 I'm taking your coat. 274 00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:30,838 It's a good coat. 275 00:09:30,838 --> 00:09:32,172 I'm taking it. 276 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:33,173 No problem. 277 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:38,011 ( sighs ) 278 00:09:54,628 --> 00:09:56,029 Excuse me. 279 00:09:56,029 --> 00:09:58,699 Mr. President, welcome back. 280 00:09:58,699 --> 00:10:00,333 Thank you. How are you? 281 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:01,669 I'm fine, sir. 282 00:10:01,669 --> 00:10:04,271 I was just-- someone gave me this chess set. 283 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:05,405 Yeah, it's from me. 284 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:07,174 You're kidding. 285 00:10:07,174 --> 00:10:09,209 No. The Prime Minister gave me a few different sets 286 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:10,844 and I wanted to give them as gifts. 287 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,513 I'm really overwhelmed by this, Mr. President. 288 00:10:13,513 --> 00:10:15,548 The State of the Union was really something else. 289 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:16,984 Thank you, again, sir. 290 00:10:16,984 --> 00:10:18,418 This one's a Minaret set 291 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:20,053 in hand-carved camel bone. 292 00:10:20,053 --> 00:10:23,757 She told me it came to her from a direct descendant of Tansen. 293 00:10:23,757 --> 00:10:25,158 You know who that was? 294 00:10:25,158 --> 00:10:25,993 No. 295 00:10:25,993 --> 00:10:26,994 Greatest musician of his time. 296 00:10:26,994 --> 00:10:28,061 What time was that? 297 00:10:28,061 --> 00:10:29,129 16th Century. 298 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,231 He'd go to the human chess matches 299 00:10:31,231 --> 00:10:33,133 in the Mogul court of Emperor Akbar 300 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:35,969 and that began the family obsession with the game. 301 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:37,070 You want to play? 302 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:37,738 You? 303 00:10:37,738 --> 00:10:38,672 Yeah. 304 00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:39,740 I'll get killed. 305 00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:41,041 Why? You're a Grand Wizard 306 00:10:41,041 --> 00:10:42,710 or a Grand Master, or something. 307 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,277 No, I'm none of those things. 308 00:10:44,277 --> 00:10:45,312 I'm just grand. 309 00:10:48,048 --> 00:10:49,616 You're white, but don't ever touch me. 310 00:10:49,616 --> 00:10:51,251 I'm sorry, sir. 311 00:10:51,251 --> 00:10:52,853 I was kidding. 312 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:13,073 Ah... 313 00:11:13,073 --> 00:11:15,342 the Fibrinatchi Opening. Very interesting. 314 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:18,111 You're just going to mess with me this whole time, right? 315 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:18,912 Yeah. 316 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:21,414 So, India went well. 317 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:22,515 Yeah. 318 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:23,884 Standing ovation on the floor 319 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:24,752 of the stock exchange. 320 00:11:24,752 --> 00:11:26,053 The billion dollars 321 00:11:26,053 --> 00:11:28,255 from the Export-Import Bank didn't hurt. 322 00:11:28,255 --> 00:11:29,222 I suppose. 323 00:11:29,222 --> 00:11:30,924 $3 billion in direct foreign investment 324 00:11:30,924 --> 00:11:32,559 to the $44 billion China gets. 325 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,295 You're an American. Where would you rather put your money? 326 00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:36,529 India. 327 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:37,530 Why? 328 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:38,766 They're democratic 329 00:11:38,766 --> 00:11:40,000 English-speaking 330 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,835 there's the rule of law 331 00:11:41,835 --> 00:11:44,137 better sense of humor. 332 00:11:44,137 --> 00:11:44,972 That's right. 333 00:11:44,972 --> 00:11:46,339 You mind if I ask 334 00:11:46,339 --> 00:11:49,642 how bad it's getting out there tonight? 335 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:52,112 It's bad. 336 00:11:52,112 --> 00:11:54,882 If Kashmir is the most dangerous place on Earth 337 00:11:54,882 --> 00:11:57,985 the second most dangerous is the Taiwan Strait. 338 00:11:57,985 --> 00:12:00,587 Taiwan's got 400,000 troops on high alert. 339 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:03,090 The size of China's war games are unprecedented... 340 00:12:03,090 --> 00:12:04,691 Have you thought about asking Taiwan 341 00:12:04,691 --> 00:12:05,725 to call off the Patriot tests? 342 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:06,593 You think I should? 343 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:08,161 No, sir. Why not? 344 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:11,098 'Cause China's got 300 missiles pointed at Taiwan. 345 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:13,733 Why shouldn't they be able to defend themselves? 346 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,435 That's right. Plus, guess what? 347 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:16,303 What? 348 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:17,370 The Patriot tests 349 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:20,273 aren't why China is showing its teeth. 350 00:12:20,273 --> 00:12:21,708 They're not? No. 351 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:22,876 Why are they? 352 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:24,845 You ready to come inside? 353 00:12:24,845 --> 00:12:25,846 Yes, sir. 354 00:12:25,846 --> 00:12:27,114 By the end of the week 355 00:12:27,114 --> 00:12:28,515 Taiwan's going to announce 356 00:12:28,515 --> 00:12:30,951 that they're holding their first free elections. 357 00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:32,152 You're kidding. 358 00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:35,989 Defend your queen. 359 00:12:44,131 --> 00:12:45,565 Mr. Ambassador, please... 360 00:12:45,565 --> 00:12:46,967 Excuse me, please. 361 00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:48,836 Sir, there is a purpose to this meeting. 362 00:12:48,836 --> 00:12:50,403 Yes, you have discovered 363 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:53,240 that calling us reckless is not working. 364 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,774 Taiwan is a geostrategic center for commerce. 365 00:12:54,774 --> 00:12:56,043 It sits on an oil lane for Asia 366 00:12:56,043 --> 00:12:57,477 to the Middle East... Please excuse me. 367 00:12:57,477 --> 00:12:58,745 And unnecessarily militarizing... 368 00:12:58,745 --> 00:12:59,712 Madam. 369 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,314 Unnecessarily militarizing 370 00:13:01,314 --> 00:13:04,051 on such a large scale is, in fact, reckless. 371 00:13:04,051 --> 00:13:05,485 Taiwan is a part of China 372 00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:07,654 and is not a protectorate of the United States 373 00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:10,958 and it is your actions that are 374 00:13:10,958 --> 00:13:12,826 an encroachment on Chinese sovereignty 375 00:13:12,826 --> 00:13:15,262 and interference in internal affairs. 376 00:13:15,262 --> 00:13:19,032 Our battle carrier groups are in international waters. 377 00:13:19,032 --> 00:13:20,567 Are you claiming jurisdiction? 378 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:22,402 No. 379 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:23,170 Then let's settle down. 380 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:25,305 The Shanghai communiqué... 381 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:26,073 Sir... 382 00:13:26,073 --> 00:13:26,974 The Shanghai communiqué... 383 00:13:26,974 --> 00:13:28,375 Says that there is but 384 00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:30,143 one China and that Taiwan is a part of China 385 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,344 and the United States Government 386 00:13:31,344 --> 00:13:32,812 does not challenge that position. 387 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:34,214 The U.S. is only interested in 388 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:36,283 a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question 389 00:13:36,283 --> 00:13:37,484 by the Chinese themselves. 390 00:13:37,484 --> 00:13:40,720 A settlement that is not best facilitated 391 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,990 by the U.S. selling arms to Taiwan. 392 00:13:42,990 --> 00:13:44,958 That's not on the table in this meeting. 393 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:47,494 This year's arms sale package was the biggest in a decade. 394 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:50,597 Four Kidd-class destroyers, 12 anti-submarine P-3 Orions. 395 00:13:50,597 --> 00:13:51,664 You approved the AMRAAMs. 396 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,666 That's not on the table. 397 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,602 I've said what was to be said. 398 00:13:55,602 --> 00:13:58,305 Taiwan's reunification with the mainland 399 00:13:58,305 --> 00:14:00,440 is the will of all Chinese people 400 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,110 and just so we understand each other 401 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:04,811 the moment that we see them testing 402 00:14:04,811 --> 00:14:06,079 their U.S.-built Patriots 403 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:07,747 is the moment that you will see us 404 00:14:07,747 --> 00:14:11,384 testing our CSS-6 missiles. 405 00:14:14,321 --> 00:14:15,522 How'd it go? 406 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:16,556 They're not voting for us. 407 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:17,690 Why? 408 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:18,892 'Cause the Old Perrin Pulp Mill 409 00:14:18,892 --> 00:14:20,327 is still idle after five years. 410 00:14:20,327 --> 00:14:22,429 If it's been five years then why is it our fault? 411 00:14:22,429 --> 00:14:24,331 Because instead of protecting American jobs 412 00:14:24,331 --> 00:14:25,532 we're letting Canadian pulp importers 413 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:26,666 take over their market share. 414 00:14:26,666 --> 00:14:28,535 It's called free trade. 415 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:30,770 It's also called why the Flenders aren't voting for us. 416 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:32,239 Didn't you talk up our accomplishments? 417 00:14:32,239 --> 00:14:33,606 I couldn't think of them. Donna... 418 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:35,308 They don't care about our accomplishments. 419 00:14:35,308 --> 00:14:36,776 They care about the market 420 00:14:36,776 --> 00:14:39,646 for away-from-home paper towels and tissue products. 421 00:14:39,646 --> 00:14:40,880 Can I give them a commitment? 422 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:41,848 A commitment? 423 00:14:41,848 --> 00:14:42,849 Yes. No, you... 424 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:44,084 We're not making 425 00:14:44,084 --> 00:14:46,419 a trade commitment to the Flenders. 426 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:47,687 We're not for protectionism 427 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:49,189 and neither are the Republicans. 428 00:14:49,189 --> 00:14:50,423 Tell them the President's 429 00:14:50,423 --> 00:14:51,959 been good for the economy overall. 430 00:14:51,959 --> 00:14:53,693 They say he's been bad for the economy. 431 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:55,362 We're for affordable health care. 432 00:14:55,362 --> 00:14:57,664 What's affordable if you've lost your job at the pulp mill? 433 00:14:57,664 --> 00:14:59,399 The Flenders don't work at the pulp mill. 434 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,534 Nobody works at the pulp mill. 435 00:15:01,534 --> 00:15:04,037 All right, if Canada's making cheaper pulp 436 00:15:04,037 --> 00:15:05,905 then New Hampshire has to diversify. 437 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,607 That's why the President's allocated 438 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,676 $500 million for trade adjustment assistance. 439 00:15:09,676 --> 00:15:11,478 That's why-- write this down. 440 00:15:11,478 --> 00:15:14,247 That's why he has tripled small business start-up loans. 441 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:16,683 That's why he's balancing the budget. Go. 442 00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:18,651 It's so warm in here. 443 00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:19,953 Go. 444 00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:27,027 Donna. Yeah? 445 00:15:27,027 --> 00:15:28,695 You haven't by any chance seen 446 00:15:28,695 --> 00:15:31,298 my copy of the President's private schedule, have you? 447 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:32,932 I don't think so. It's stamped D-12. 448 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,301 I haven't seen it. 449 00:15:34,301 --> 00:15:36,136 Thanks. 450 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:41,708 Hey, Charlie. 451 00:15:41,708 --> 00:15:43,376 Listen, you haven't seen 452 00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:45,712 my copy of the President's private schedule, have you? 453 00:15:45,712 --> 00:15:47,414 No. 454 00:15:47,414 --> 00:15:50,317 I'm trying to retrace where I've been the last hour. 455 00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:52,585 I was here. I was in the mess. 456 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:55,588 I went back to my desk. 457 00:15:57,590 --> 00:16:00,460 Excuse me. 458 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,536 Hello. 459 00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:10,770 Chas. 460 00:16:10,770 --> 00:16:12,339 You wouldn't happen to know where my copy 461 00:16:12,339 --> 00:16:13,606 of the private schedule is, would you? 462 00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:16,009 Did you lose it? 463 00:16:16,009 --> 00:16:17,677 I don't believe I did, no. 464 00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:18,978 Yet you don't have it. 465 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:20,380 Odd. 466 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:22,115 He'd like you for a moment. 467 00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:24,117 Thank you. 468 00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:37,164 Where is it? 469 00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:38,931 How would I know? 470 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:40,800 Where is it? 471 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,770 I just hope you didn't leave the building with it. 472 00:16:43,770 --> 00:16:44,737 Give it up, tiny. 473 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:45,938 ( chuckles ) 474 00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:47,107 I think you're going to want 475 00:16:47,107 --> 00:16:48,375 to talk nicer to me than that 476 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,576 'cause when a reporter finds it 477 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:52,045 they're going to come to me 478 00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:54,581 and you signed it out D-12 and rules are rules. 479 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:56,316 Funny. What? 480 00:16:56,316 --> 00:16:57,917 I never told you it was D-12. 481 00:16:57,917 --> 00:16:59,086 How about that. 482 00:16:59,086 --> 00:17:00,287 Look, C.J.... 483 00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:01,954 You'll find it in your filing cabinet 484 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:04,057 under "A," for "Anal." 485 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:09,229 I don't really want to know 486 00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:11,764 what he's going to find in his filing cabinet, do you? 487 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:12,965 No. 488 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:14,234 Okay. 489 00:17:14,234 --> 00:17:15,802 Thank you, Mr. President. 490 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:21,108 C.J. Yeah? 491 00:17:21,108 --> 00:17:22,675 I want you to leak it to two or three sources 492 00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:24,477 the USS Carl Vinson's going to do 493 00:17:24,477 --> 00:17:26,546 what's called a passing exercise with the Independence. 494 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:28,715 We want South China media to pick it up right away. 495 00:17:28,715 --> 00:17:29,649 Sure. 496 00:17:34,221 --> 00:17:35,355 Mr. President. 497 00:17:35,355 --> 00:17:37,524 Yeah? Can you see Toby a moment? 498 00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:38,491 Yeah. 499 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,394 Give us a minute, would you? 500 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,130 I'll let you know when there's something new. 501 00:17:43,130 --> 00:17:44,197 Thanks. 502 00:17:44,197 --> 00:17:46,733 Good evening, Mr. President. 503 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:47,400 Welcome back. 504 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,835 Thanks. Come on in. 505 00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:51,338 I think this note was delivered to me by mistake. 506 00:17:51,338 --> 00:17:53,773 What's it say? 507 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:54,974 "Come play chess." 508 00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:57,577 No, that's for you. 509 00:17:57,577 --> 00:18:00,613 It says, "Sigmund, come play chess." 510 00:18:00,613 --> 00:18:01,948 That was a joke. 511 00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:03,383 Not so funny, huh? 512 00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:06,286 That's a beautiful chess set. 513 00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:08,521 It's a gift for you. 514 00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:13,326 Really? 515 00:18:13,326 --> 00:18:15,362 Yeah, it's hand-carved. 516 00:18:15,362 --> 00:18:17,764 It belonged to the Prime Minister's grandfather 517 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:20,367 who used it to play with Lord Mountbatten. 518 00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:22,302 I'm surprised she gave it away. 519 00:18:22,302 --> 00:18:24,204 She didn't-- we just boosted it from the palace 520 00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:25,872 on the way out. 521 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:28,441 I've got some little bottles of shampoo and conditioner, too. 522 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:32,645 Well, it's a... beautiful gift, sir. 523 00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:33,313 Sit down. 524 00:18:33,313 --> 00:18:34,347 I wouldn't want 525 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,782 to take your time tonight. 526 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:37,717 Come on, man, you were out of line. 527 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:39,186 I was a jackass. 528 00:18:39,186 --> 00:18:40,520 Let's call a truce. 529 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:45,758 Well, I certainly apologize, sir. 530 00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:48,628 Let's play chess. 531 00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:50,830 Aren't you in the middle of a game with Sam? 532 00:18:50,830 --> 00:18:53,433 Yeah, he's-- one, two, four, eight-- 533 00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:55,802 12 moves away from checkmate. 534 00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:58,004 12 moves? Yeah. 535 00:18:58,004 --> 00:19:00,473 You take white. 536 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:04,211 Lord Mountbatten used to play with this set? 537 00:19:04,211 --> 00:19:07,146 With Jawaharlal Nehru 538 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:08,581 where they came to an agreement 539 00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:10,417 over the necessity of India's independence. 540 00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,685 An appropriate topic for the evening. 541 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:15,188 No, Taiwan's not going to be our topic. 542 00:19:15,188 --> 00:19:17,290 Ah, the Evans Gambit. 543 00:19:17,290 --> 00:19:20,360 There's no such thing as the Evans Gambit. 544 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:22,429 A variation of the Giuoco Piano opening 545 00:19:22,429 --> 00:19:25,031 named after British sea captain W.D. Evans 546 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:26,499 who invented it in 1820. 547 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,067 Don't tell me chess moves. 548 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,802 I moved my pawn. 549 00:19:29,802 --> 00:19:32,339 Well, it's as popular today as it was back then. 550 00:19:39,546 --> 00:19:41,648 What is? 551 00:19:41,648 --> 00:19:43,416 I'm sorry? 552 00:19:43,416 --> 00:19:45,518 What is our topic? 553 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:48,655 Reelection and the Bartlet psychosis. 554 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,627 Seems to me the last time we were here 555 00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:55,728 we didn't do very well. 556 00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:57,564 So we get right back on the horse. 557 00:19:57,564 --> 00:19:58,965 I was out of line, sir. 558 00:19:58,965 --> 00:20:00,500 I really do apologize. 559 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:03,303 You apologized already, so let's get back on the horse. 560 00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:05,572 Neither one of us ride horses. 561 00:20:05,572 --> 00:20:08,308 That makes it more likely that we'll learn something. 562 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:09,876 Sir? 563 00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,344 Yeah? 564 00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:12,912 Sam says, "Bishop to queen's knight three." 565 00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:16,916 Excuse me. Eleven moves. 566 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:42,642 Take your time. 567 00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:47,914 See the whole board. 568 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:50,650 Think happy thoughts... 569 00:20:50,650 --> 00:20:51,684 Sir. 570 00:20:51,684 --> 00:20:52,685 Sure. 571 00:21:03,696 --> 00:21:06,366 The Spanish brought chess 572 00:21:06,366 --> 00:21:10,903 to the Court of Charlemagne in 760 A.D. 573 00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:14,607 "Charlemagne" is French for Charles the Great. 574 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:17,610 The Charles is a river in Boston. 575 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:20,012 The Hudson River is actually not a river at all... 576 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:21,581 I'm taking your rook. 577 00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:31,424 Now take your time. 578 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:33,092 See the whole board. 579 00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:35,528 The Hudson isn't a river? 580 00:21:35,528 --> 00:21:37,597 It is in the Catskills, but once it gets to Manhattan 581 00:21:37,597 --> 00:21:39,165 it's a tidal estuary. 582 00:21:39,165 --> 00:21:41,968 Because it's deeper than the body of water it flows into? 583 00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:43,302 Yeah. 584 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,771 Do you mind my asking 585 00:21:44,771 --> 00:21:48,341 how the meeting with the Chinese Ambassador went? 586 00:21:48,341 --> 00:21:50,543 Well, how do you think it went? 587 00:21:53,513 --> 00:21:55,382 I think they said if Taiwan tests the Patriots 588 00:21:55,382 --> 00:21:57,016 they'll start their exercises. 589 00:21:57,016 --> 00:22:00,219 That's right, except they didn't call them Patriots. 590 00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:01,588 What'd they call them? 591 00:22:04,391 --> 00:22:06,125 U.S.-made Patriots. 592 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:06,993 Right. 593 00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:08,561 They want us to say 594 00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:12,264 we're going to roll back our sale of arms to Taiwan. 595 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:13,700 Good. 596 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:15,167 But we're not going to stop arming Taiwan. 597 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,303 No. Especially now when they're trying to hold 598 00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:19,105 free elections. Right. 599 00:22:19,105 --> 00:22:20,039 Plus, it's the law. Yeah. 600 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:21,073 So we sell them the Orions 601 00:22:21,073 --> 00:22:21,941 we sell them the AMRAAMs... 602 00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:22,809 You going to move? 603 00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:24,343 Hang on. 604 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:27,279 You've got two carrier groups headed to the Taiwan Strait... 605 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:28,848 Move. 606 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:30,750 Plus the Carl Vinson in the South China Sea. 607 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:32,585 Beijing wants you to scale back the weapons 608 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:34,120 and you're not going to do it. 609 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,456 Right. 610 00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:41,761 I got to go back to Toby in the other room. 611 00:22:41,761 --> 00:22:44,363 He's trying a Balducci attack. 612 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,398 How does it work? 613 00:22:45,398 --> 00:22:48,067 See the whole board. 614 00:22:54,006 --> 00:22:57,143 The Aegis Destroyers. 615 00:22:57,143 --> 00:23:00,413 I'm going out for some pizza. Do you want any? 616 00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,281 I'll go get it. I want to get some air. 617 00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:03,683 We need three, I think. 618 00:23:03,683 --> 00:23:06,218 45 minutes till Hartsfield's Landing. 619 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:07,086 We're working the room. 620 00:23:07,086 --> 00:23:08,354 Good. 621 00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:11,458 It is absurd that 42 people have this kind of power. 622 00:23:11,458 --> 00:23:12,692 I think it's nice. Do you. 623 00:23:12,692 --> 00:23:15,261 I think it's democracy at its purest. 624 00:23:15,261 --> 00:23:16,429 They all gather at once... 625 00:23:16,429 --> 00:23:17,764 At a gas station. 626 00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:19,732 It's not a gas station. It's nice. 627 00:23:19,732 --> 00:23:21,534 There's a registrar of voters. 628 00:23:21,534 --> 00:23:23,302 The names are called in alphabetical order 629 00:23:23,302 --> 00:23:26,005 they put a folded piece of paper into a box. 630 00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:29,476 See, this is the difference between you and me. 631 00:23:29,476 --> 00:23:30,342 You're a sap? 632 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:31,644 Those 42 people 633 00:23:31,644 --> 00:23:34,514 are teaching us something about ourselves. 634 00:23:34,514 --> 00:23:38,250 That freedom is the glory of God 635 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:43,289 that democracy is its birthright and that our vote matters. 636 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,525 You getting that pizza? 637 00:23:45,525 --> 00:23:46,593 Yeah, I should call ahead. 638 00:23:59,405 --> 00:24:00,840 He Krazy Glued my phone. 639 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:01,841 Who? 640 00:24:01,841 --> 00:24:04,210 Charlie. 641 00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:08,781 Charlie Krazy Glued my phone. 642 00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:15,087 Okay. Okay. 643 00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:16,422 ( chuckles ) 644 00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:17,757 Now we're playing for keeps. 645 00:24:17,757 --> 00:24:18,625 Josh. 646 00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:20,026 How'd it go? 647 00:24:20,026 --> 00:24:22,161 I told them about the trade adjustment assistance. 648 00:24:22,161 --> 00:24:24,564 And? They're not wild about the Canadian pulp thing 649 00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:26,232 but their real problem is tax policy. 650 00:24:26,232 --> 00:24:28,768 They want to go from an income tax to a sales tax. 651 00:24:28,768 --> 00:24:31,203 Is this going to end up with Mackey Flender as Fed Chair? 652 00:24:31,203 --> 00:24:34,306 I'm just telling you... Tell them a national sales tax is regressive. 653 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,743 Poor people pay a much higher percentage of their income. 654 00:24:36,743 --> 00:24:38,477 Tell them we'll study it. 655 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:41,247 Okay, is the President destroying the economy to save salmon? No. 656 00:24:41,247 --> 00:24:43,215 I'm having a hard time convincing them of that, too. 657 00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:44,684 There's no salmon in New Hampshire. 658 00:24:44,684 --> 00:24:46,318 Mackey's sister Fran lives in Oregon. 659 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:48,888 Tell them we haven't made a decision on the salmon runs. 660 00:24:48,888 --> 00:24:51,190 Tell them salmon restoration is important to the economy. 661 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:52,759 Do you even know what they're talking about? 662 00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:53,893 What am I, the fish guy? 663 00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:55,628 Tell them we're looking into it. 664 00:24:55,628 --> 00:24:57,964 They think the President's going to privatize Social Security. 665 00:24:57,964 --> 00:25:00,733 He's not going to... That's the other guys! 666 00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:03,302 He's not going to privatize Social Security. 667 00:25:03,302 --> 00:25:04,937 He'll privatize New Hampshire 668 00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:07,206 before he privatizes Social Security. 669 00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:08,975 Yeah, but we haven't ruled it out. 670 00:25:08,975 --> 00:25:10,810 'Cause we told Congress we'd keep an open mind. 671 00:25:10,810 --> 00:25:12,311 They'd really prefer if we ruled it out. 672 00:25:12,311 --> 00:25:13,345 Here. 673 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,381 "Bartlet for New Hampshire." 674 00:25:15,381 --> 00:25:16,849 It gives all the reasons 675 00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:20,052 why Bartlet's for the people of New Hampshire. 676 00:25:20,052 --> 00:25:23,455 The Flenders, everybody. All 17 of them 677 00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:25,224 or whatever the hell goes on up there. 678 00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:26,292 Why are you wearing my coat? 679 00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:27,393 It's warmer than my coat. 680 00:25:27,393 --> 00:25:28,995 Okay. Go. 681 00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:32,398 Are we getting pizza? 682 00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:34,066 It's on the way. Coming. 683 00:25:34,066 --> 00:25:35,034 All right. 684 00:25:35,702 --> 00:25:37,036 What are you doing? 685 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:38,470 I'm just trying to get a little pizza 686 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:39,606 in an uncivilized world. 687 00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:41,574 It's not easy being you, is it? 688 00:25:41,574 --> 00:25:42,642 No. Listen... 689 00:25:42,642 --> 00:25:45,177 so I shouldn't sweat, right? 690 00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:48,380 There's a predetermined time for the carrier groups? 691 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,617 You know what? Half of me wants to let them go. 692 00:25:50,617 --> 00:25:52,251 Half of you always wants to let them go. 693 00:25:52,251 --> 00:25:54,486 Half of everybody always wants to let them go. 694 00:25:54,486 --> 00:25:56,488 They need 400,000 troops on high alert 695 00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:58,390 for thinking about holding an election. 696 00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:01,160 400,000 troops and a battery of Patriot missiles 697 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,162 for thinking about having an election. 698 00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:06,699 You're going to turn the carrier groups around, right? 699 00:26:06,699 --> 00:26:09,268 We'll see how the pizza turns out. 700 00:26:23,650 --> 00:26:28,154 ( phone ringing ) 701 00:26:28,154 --> 00:26:29,055 Yeah. 702 00:26:29,055 --> 00:26:30,056 JOSH: Yeah, it's me. 703 00:26:30,056 --> 00:26:31,858 I just wanted to remind you 704 00:26:31,858 --> 00:26:34,193 that child support collection's up 37%. 705 00:26:34,193 --> 00:26:35,427 What? 706 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,263 I said child support collection's up 37%. 707 00:26:37,263 --> 00:26:39,131 We're cracking down on deadbeat dads. 708 00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:41,100 I wanted to make sure you told them that. 709 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:41,934 Okay. 710 00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,269 Leo was just here. 711 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:44,070 Yeah? 712 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:46,038 He was talking about Taiwan. 713 00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:49,308 He's saying 400,000 troops and a battery of Patriot missiles 714 00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:52,178 just to think about holding free elections. 715 00:26:52,178 --> 00:26:54,714 You know, he was on one of his things. 716 00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:56,348 Okay, listen, I got to call them. 717 00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:57,349 We're running out of time. 718 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,151 Yeah, okay. 719 00:27:03,422 --> 00:27:04,924 PRESIDENT: Let me tell you 720 00:27:04,924 --> 00:27:07,493 you're really showing me something tonight. 721 00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:09,095 A lot of spunk, a lot of pluck. 722 00:27:09,095 --> 00:27:11,698 This game isn't all about size, you know. 723 00:27:11,698 --> 00:27:13,065 There's a little thing called heart 724 00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:14,834 and you've got it, my friend. 725 00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:16,202 You know what, old man? 726 00:27:16,202 --> 00:27:18,070 The very minute they swear in the next guy 727 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:20,206 you and I are going round and round. 728 00:27:21,941 --> 00:27:23,209 Check. 729 00:27:28,915 --> 00:27:32,685 ( sighs ) 730 00:27:32,685 --> 00:27:33,953 How did you get good? 731 00:27:33,953 --> 00:27:36,255 I had a friend in school who taught me. 732 00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:37,356 He was good. 733 00:27:37,356 --> 00:27:39,425 He was ranked 18 and under. 734 00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:42,561 He was a really nice guy. Everybody liked him. 735 00:27:42,561 --> 00:27:43,595 What was his name? 736 00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:44,731 David Wheadon. 737 00:27:44,731 --> 00:27:46,598 Everybody had a crush on his sister. 738 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:47,533 You still see him? 739 00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:49,268 He went on to Princeton 740 00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:52,972 and Christmas vacation, he'd saved up to go to San Francisco 741 00:27:52,972 --> 00:27:55,141 and he was on the wharf and he saw a guy beating a woman up 742 00:27:55,141 --> 00:27:58,210 and he went in to stop it and the guy stabbed him to death. 743 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,984 Well, he taught you well. 744 00:28:04,984 --> 00:28:06,919 So you know I had this historic 745 00:28:06,919 --> 00:28:09,621 stretch of sleeplessness after our last meeting. 746 00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:10,923 I didn't know. 747 00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:13,425 It got so bad, Leo brought in the guy from ATVA 748 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,894 who worked with Josh. 749 00:28:14,894 --> 00:28:15,828 Isn't he a trauma specialist? 750 00:28:15,828 --> 00:28:17,329 Yeah, but we know him 751 00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:19,999 and I figured he had to go to school for everything, so... 752 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:22,168 Anyway, we brought him in late at night. 753 00:28:22,168 --> 00:28:22,902 What did he say? 754 00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:24,136 He said it was your fault. 755 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:25,972 Said you shouldn't bother me so much. 756 00:28:25,972 --> 00:28:27,239 I really am sorry about that. 757 00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:29,008 I'm kidding. 758 00:28:29,008 --> 00:28:31,710 Yeah, I forgot for a second that you're hilarious. 759 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:35,214 Let's go ahead and say the Republicans nominate Ritchie. They will. 760 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:38,117 First of all, let's stop for a moment and say, you know, "why?" 761 00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:39,986 I mean, they got some serious guys in the field. 762 00:28:39,986 --> 00:28:41,453 Kalmbach, Daniel, Weston. 763 00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:43,455 Democrats had a lot of serious guys in the field 764 00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:44,556 and they nominated you. 765 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:45,992 That's true. 766 00:28:48,694 --> 00:28:50,162 Check. 767 00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:52,932 You think the strike against me 768 00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:55,968 is nobody likes the smartest kid in the class. 769 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:57,770 Oh, I don't know, sir. 770 00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:59,906 Being the smartest kid in the class 771 00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:01,373 it's a pretty good pitch. 772 00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:02,341 It's not a strike... 773 00:29:03,509 --> 00:29:05,845 ...unless you watch it as it sails by. 774 00:29:05,845 --> 00:29:07,079 I don't do that. 775 00:29:11,317 --> 00:29:13,385 Check. 776 00:29:13,385 --> 00:29:15,454 And I'm not a snob. 777 00:29:15,454 --> 00:29:16,856 I don't believe you are. 778 00:29:16,856 --> 00:29:18,791 If a guy's a good neighbor, if he puts in a day 779 00:29:18,791 --> 00:29:20,292 if every once in a while he laughs 780 00:29:20,292 --> 00:29:22,428 if every once in a while he thinks about somebody else 781 00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:23,729 and above all else 782 00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:24,997 if he can find his way to compassion and tolerance 783 00:29:24,997 --> 00:29:26,799 then he's my brother 784 00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:29,635 and I don't give a damn if he didn't get past finger painting. 785 00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:32,872 What I can't stomach are people who are out to convince people 786 00:29:32,872 --> 00:29:35,041 that the educated are soft and privileged 787 00:29:35,041 --> 00:29:37,743 and out to make them feel like they're less than, you know. 788 00:29:37,743 --> 00:29:40,612 "He may be educated, but I'm plain-spoken, just like you." 789 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:41,814 Especially when we know 790 00:29:41,814 --> 00:29:43,816 that education can be the silver bullet. 791 00:29:43,816 --> 00:29:45,384 It can be the silver bullet, Toby. 792 00:29:45,384 --> 00:29:48,120 For crime, poverty, unemployment, drugs, hatred... 793 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,089 Who are you trying to convince? 794 00:29:50,089 --> 00:29:54,360 I'm saying I don't watch the pitch go by. 795 00:29:56,395 --> 00:29:57,763 Check. 796 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:59,765 And if I do, it's not 'cause my father... 797 00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:01,567 Was an idiot. 798 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:11,177 Can we talk about... God! Can we talk about... 799 00:30:11,177 --> 00:30:14,713 Please, can we talk about my father with some respect? 800 00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:17,049 The man's gone. Can we... 801 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:20,719 He was my father. He wasn't a Dickens character. 802 00:30:20,719 --> 00:30:23,422 Yes, sir. 803 00:30:38,737 --> 00:30:41,507 ( knocking on door ) 804 00:30:43,009 --> 00:30:44,343 Mr. President? 805 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:47,546 Yeah. 806 00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:53,953 Check. 807 00:30:56,722 --> 00:30:58,290 Check. 808 00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:01,493 Check. 809 00:31:01,493 --> 00:31:03,129 I'll be back. 810 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:09,368 Don't cheat. 811 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:11,537 I know exactly where the pieces on the board are. 812 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:13,906 I know exactly where the pieces are on Sam's board. 813 00:31:13,906 --> 00:31:17,076 I know exactly where the pieces still are on David Wheadon's. 814 00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:20,746 ( door closes ) 815 00:31:20,746 --> 00:31:25,684 Sir, the carriers are 35 minutes from the Strait now. 816 00:31:25,684 --> 00:31:29,888 All right, you can bring the Ambassador back now 817 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,558 and get Beijing. 818 00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:36,895 I'm sorry, sir, it's a formality, but I... 819 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:38,097 She needs the order. 820 00:31:38,097 --> 00:31:42,734 The Aegis Destroyers. 821 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,636 Yes, sir. 822 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:46,805 Just out of curiosity, what if that doesn't work? 823 00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:50,309 I don't know, but for sure we're going to blame you. 824 00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:51,477 Yes, sir. 825 00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:00,219 ( door closes ) 826 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,024 What's going on? 827 00:32:05,024 --> 00:32:06,525 I don't know. 828 00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:09,228 Toby keeps coming back at me with this... 829 00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:13,399 I don't know, he says I let the pitch go by. 830 00:32:13,399 --> 00:32:14,700 What pitch? 831 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:17,369 I soften... I smooth myself out publicly. 832 00:32:17,369 --> 00:32:22,041 It's not a put-on, by the way, I'm honestly folksy. 833 00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:23,875 Yeah. 834 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:25,111 Yeah what? 835 00:32:25,111 --> 00:32:28,580 Yeah... nothing. 836 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:29,681 You agree with him? 837 00:32:29,681 --> 00:32:32,584 I don't think you let the pitch go by. 838 00:32:32,584 --> 00:32:33,752 I don't. 839 00:32:33,752 --> 00:32:35,554 I think you foul it off. 840 00:32:35,554 --> 00:32:38,690 Yeah, well, he keeps coming back at me. 841 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:41,093 You invited him back this time, didn't you? 842 00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:43,962 All right. 843 00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:48,600 So... 844 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,169 what are you doing? 845 00:32:50,169 --> 00:32:53,339 Just playing some chess. 846 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:10,589 ( machine beeps ) 847 00:33:10,589 --> 00:33:12,224 Would you stay right there? 848 00:33:12,224 --> 00:33:13,092 Tommy, it's me. 849 00:33:13,092 --> 00:33:14,193 What happened? 850 00:33:14,193 --> 00:33:15,227 She ran the card through. 851 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:16,395 It must be bent or something. 852 00:33:16,395 --> 00:33:18,097 Would you stay right there, please? 853 00:33:18,097 --> 00:33:19,798 I'm staying right here. I haven't moved. 854 00:33:19,798 --> 00:33:21,133 Look. Guys, it's me. 855 00:33:21,133 --> 00:33:23,202 This card says you're Charles Young. 856 00:33:23,202 --> 00:33:28,274 Yes, okay, well, obviously I'm not. 857 00:33:28,274 --> 00:33:29,941 Why do you have a card that doesn't belong to you? 858 00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:31,510 What's going on? 859 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,712 This woman has a card that doesn't belong to her. 860 00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:34,746 C.J., what the hell...? 861 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:36,282 Charlie's getting me back... 862 00:33:36,282 --> 00:33:37,516 Stay where you are, please. 863 00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:38,484 Oh, my God. 864 00:33:38,484 --> 00:33:42,488 Tommy, sign her in with an appointment. 865 00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:45,257 Be in your office in 15 minutes. 866 00:33:45,257 --> 00:33:46,425 Can I move now? 867 00:33:47,293 --> 00:33:48,460 DONNA: Roberta... 868 00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:50,329 Roberta, those are all good points 869 00:33:50,329 --> 00:33:52,564 and perfectly valid areas of disagreement 870 00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:54,300 but what I don't understand... 871 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:56,034 I was saying what I don't understand 872 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,270 is that you guys were such fans of the President. 873 00:33:58,270 --> 00:33:59,838 You loved him when he was Governor. 874 00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:03,041 You... you worked so hard for him when he was campaigning. 875 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,077 Yeah. 876 00:34:05,077 --> 00:34:06,278 Yeah. 877 00:34:07,946 --> 00:34:10,582 Well, he didn't lie. 878 00:34:10,582 --> 00:34:13,885 No, he didn't lie, Mackey, and I'll... 879 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,254 And I'll tell you what else. 880 00:34:15,254 --> 00:34:16,988 The man just accepted a Congressional censure 881 00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:18,357 and I think it's time... 882 00:34:18,357 --> 00:34:20,058 And he should be held to a higher standard 883 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:21,727 and, believe me, he holds himself 884 00:34:21,727 --> 00:34:24,296 to a higher standard, but... sometimes he can't meet it 885 00:34:24,296 --> 00:34:26,165 because... President's aren't kings. 886 00:34:26,165 --> 00:34:27,799 This one's an economist from New Hampshire 887 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:30,502 and I think it's time for you to get off your horse. 888 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:32,104 Donna. 889 00:34:33,705 --> 00:34:35,841 I... I'm standing out here in the middle of the night... 890 00:34:35,841 --> 00:34:36,708 Donna. 891 00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:37,643 Hold on, please. 892 00:34:37,643 --> 00:34:38,977 ( sighs with exasperation ) 893 00:34:38,977 --> 00:34:40,479 No, I've kind of had it now, too. 894 00:34:40,479 --> 00:34:42,348 They're shocked and appalled and disappointed 895 00:34:42,348 --> 00:34:43,782 but really they're none of those things. 896 00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:45,117 They just wish they were. 897 00:34:45,117 --> 00:34:47,986 So, never missing an opportunity to feel morally superior... 898 00:34:47,986 --> 00:34:50,522 I don't know, what do you want me to do now? 899 00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:51,190 Let them vote. 900 00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:52,491 What does that mean? 901 00:34:52,491 --> 00:34:54,526 I came out here to tell you to let them vote. 902 00:34:57,863 --> 00:34:59,598 Yeah, this is Josh Lyman. 903 00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:04,002 We just want to call and thank you again for all your work 904 00:35:04,002 --> 00:35:05,771 and remind you that the polls 905 00:35:05,771 --> 00:35:08,340 in Hartsfield's Landing open in 14 minutes. 906 00:35:08,340 --> 00:35:11,109 You got the chains on the truck, Mackey? 907 00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:12,778 ( chuckles ) 908 00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:14,946 Okay, listen, tell your sister in Oregon 909 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:17,616 I'm going to try and learn something about salmon. 910 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:20,886 Right now, all I know is that they're good on a bagel. 911 00:35:22,654 --> 00:35:24,223 Good night. 912 00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:31,530 Maybe they are morally superior. 913 00:35:31,530 --> 00:35:33,632 Anyway, they get to vote. 914 00:35:37,102 --> 00:35:39,971 ( sighs heavily ) 915 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,308 It's freezing out here. 916 00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:46,345 Can I have my coat back? 917 00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:53,084 TOBY: Abbey told me this story once. 918 00:35:53,084 --> 00:35:55,754 She said you were at a party once 919 00:35:55,754 --> 00:35:58,490 where you were bending a guy's ear. 920 00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:01,693 You were telling him that Ellie had mastered 921 00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:04,062 her multiplication tables and she was in third grade 922 00:36:04,062 --> 00:36:05,431 reading at a fifth-grade level 923 00:36:05,431 --> 00:36:07,799 and she loved books and she scored two goals 924 00:36:07,799 --> 00:36:10,001 for her soccer team the week before 925 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,670 and you were going on and on. 926 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:14,473 What made Abbey's story remarkable was that 927 00:36:14,473 --> 00:36:16,808 the party you were at was in Stockholm 928 00:36:16,808 --> 00:36:20,078 and the man you were talking to was King Gustav 929 00:36:20,078 --> 00:36:22,414 who two hours earlier had given you 930 00:36:22,414 --> 00:36:24,416 the Nobel Prize in economics. 931 00:36:24,416 --> 00:36:27,185 My God, you'd just won the Nobel prize 932 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,788 and all you wanted to talk about 933 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:31,156 to the King of Sweden 934 00:36:31,156 --> 00:36:33,825 was Ellie's multiplication tables. 935 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:34,960 What's your point? 936 00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:39,331 You're a good father. 937 00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:41,600 You don't have to act like it. 938 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,670 You're the President. You don't have to act like it. 939 00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:47,873 You're a good man. You don't have to act like it. 940 00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:52,411 You're not just folks. You're not plain-spoken. 941 00:36:52,411 --> 00:36:55,681 Do not, do not, do not act like it. 942 00:36:55,681 --> 00:37:00,752 I don't want to be killed. 943 00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:07,659 Then make this election about smart and not. 944 00:37:07,659 --> 00:37:11,497 Make it about engaged and not 945 00:37:11,497 --> 00:37:15,534 qualified and not. 946 00:37:15,534 --> 00:37:19,104 Make it about a heavyweight. 947 00:37:19,104 --> 00:37:20,972 You're a heavyweight. 948 00:37:23,675 --> 00:37:27,379 And you've been holding me up for too many rounds. 949 00:37:41,727 --> 00:37:44,596 Pick your king up. We're not done playing yet. 950 00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:46,298 ( door opens and shuts ) 951 00:37:56,908 --> 00:37:57,876 Hello. How you doing? 952 00:37:57,876 --> 00:37:59,978 You really want to dance with me? 953 00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:01,313 Wouldn't it have been a lot easier 954 00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:02,247 to respect the rules and regulations? 955 00:38:02,247 --> 00:38:03,181 What are you doing in here? 956 00:38:03,181 --> 00:38:04,049 Leo told me to be here. 957 00:38:04,049 --> 00:38:04,916 Leo? 958 00:38:04,916 --> 00:38:06,151 What the hell...?! 959 00:38:06,151 --> 00:38:07,653 I wanted the schedule... I devised a system... 960 00:38:07,653 --> 00:38:08,687 ...and the librarian here was giving me guff. 961 00:38:08,687 --> 00:38:09,855 ...to check out the schedule. 962 00:38:09,855 --> 00:38:11,457 You sign it out, each has a number. 963 00:38:11,457 --> 00:38:12,858 I decided to teach him by hiding his copy... 964 00:38:12,858 --> 00:38:14,292 No copy can leave the building, but C.J. decides... 965 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:15,794 ...and he switched security cards on me... 966 00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:17,429 ...she's above all that and can flaunt the rules! 967 00:38:17,429 --> 00:38:18,497 ...and Krazy Glued my phone! 968 00:38:18,497 --> 00:38:19,731 All right, I think it's fine 969 00:38:19,731 --> 00:38:21,700 that people blow off a little steam 970 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:24,536 but now it's done, and it's time for one of you to be mature. 971 00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:26,304 Well, God knows C.J.'s a lot more 972 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:27,606 mature than I am. 973 00:38:27,606 --> 00:38:28,407 Hey! 974 00:38:28,407 --> 00:38:29,608 Excuse me, Leo. Yeah? 975 00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:31,777 Nancy McNally's calling for you. 976 00:38:35,481 --> 00:38:38,717 Okay, well, okay, it's over. 977 00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:39,685 That's that. 978 00:38:50,596 --> 00:38:53,765 So how long do you usually make people your bitch? 979 00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:55,434 Depends. 980 00:38:56,968 --> 00:38:58,336 Okay. 981 00:39:02,408 --> 00:39:04,476 Sorry. I got tied up. 982 00:39:04,476 --> 00:39:05,677 No, it's fine. 983 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:07,446 Let's get back to it. 984 00:39:07,446 --> 00:39:10,148 You know, sir, I looked something up 985 00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:11,517 while you were gone. 986 00:39:11,517 --> 00:39:13,719 Eisenhower, it seemed, at all costs wanted 987 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,488 to avoid sending ships to resupply Quemoy and Matsu 988 00:39:16,488 --> 00:39:18,223 'cause they'd be less than a mile 989 00:39:18,223 --> 00:39:19,090 from the Chinese army. 990 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:20,426 A private could... 991 00:39:20,426 --> 00:39:22,728 Well, everybody was a private in Mao's army 992 00:39:22,728 --> 00:39:24,930 but a private could fire on a ship and that'd be it. 993 00:39:24,930 --> 00:39:26,465 We'd be at war. We'd have to be. 994 00:39:26,465 --> 00:39:28,299 Eisenhower wouldn't do it. Yeah. 995 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:29,568 No. 996 00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:31,403 Why are you? 997 00:39:31,403 --> 00:39:33,138 Look at the whole board. 998 00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:34,039 I am. You're not. 999 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:34,806 Sam... I'm trying. 1000 00:39:34,806 --> 00:39:36,608 Why put the carrier groups 1001 00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:38,343 in the Taiwan Strait? 1002 00:39:38,343 --> 00:39:39,778 Are they in the Taiwan Strait? 1003 00:39:39,778 --> 00:39:40,746 They're on their way. 1004 00:39:40,746 --> 00:39:42,247 Is that the same thing? 1005 00:39:42,247 --> 00:39:46,017 How does this end? 1006 00:39:46,017 --> 00:39:47,385 ( knocking ) 1007 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,555 Sir. 1008 00:39:49,555 --> 00:39:52,491 Like this. 1009 00:40:08,373 --> 00:40:09,808 Turn 'em around. 1010 00:40:09,808 --> 00:40:11,977 I'll make some calls and thank people. 1011 00:40:11,977 --> 00:40:13,579 Yes, sir. 1012 00:40:13,579 --> 00:40:15,113 And thank you, by the way. 1013 00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:16,782 You, too. 1014 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:32,998 I'd like to try it without looking at the note. 1015 00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:34,533 Okay. 1016 00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:38,670 China agrees to stand down the war games. 1017 00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:40,071 Right. And they agree 1018 00:40:40,071 --> 00:40:42,273 to let Taiwan test the Patriots. One Patriot. 1019 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:43,509 Yes. And we-- please 1020 00:40:43,509 --> 00:40:45,243 I want to be right about this-- 1021 00:40:45,243 --> 00:40:48,013 we agree not to sell Taiwan the Aegis Destroyers 1022 00:40:48,013 --> 00:40:50,381 for a period of-- I don't know-- five years. 1023 00:40:50,381 --> 00:40:52,017 Ten years, but you got it. 1024 00:40:52,017 --> 00:40:53,084 Sir, the Aegis radar 1025 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:55,053 technology isn't something that... 1026 00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:58,023 I mean, what if Taiwan did fall to China? 1027 00:40:58,023 --> 00:41:00,425 Now they have-- plus these ships cost something 1028 00:41:00,425 --> 00:41:01,292 like $800 million apiece. 1029 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:02,794 Buying four of them 1030 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:05,296 would eat up half of Taiwan's defense budget. 1031 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:07,866 And so? 1032 00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:12,671 You never were going to sell them the destroyers. 1033 00:41:12,671 --> 00:41:16,441 But everybody wakes up alive in the morning 1034 00:41:16,441 --> 00:41:18,243 and saves a little face. 1035 00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:21,212 I don't know how you... 1036 00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:23,248 I don't know the word. 1037 00:41:23,248 --> 00:41:24,583 I don't know how you do it. 1038 00:41:24,583 --> 00:41:26,051 You have a lot of help. 1039 00:41:26,051 --> 00:41:30,889 You listen to everybody and then you call the play. 1040 00:41:33,458 --> 00:41:39,264 Sam, you're going to run for President one day. 1041 00:41:39,264 --> 00:41:41,266 Don't be scared. 1042 00:41:41,266 --> 00:41:43,034 You can do it. 1043 00:41:43,034 --> 00:41:45,070 I believe in you. 1044 00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:50,742 That's checkmate. 1045 00:41:57,482 --> 00:42:00,986 REPORTER: Two roads, no traffic lights and Town Hall's a filing cabinet 1046 00:42:00,986 --> 00:42:03,154 and a countertop in the town clerk's basement. 1047 00:42:03,154 --> 00:42:04,990 But Hartsfield's Landing, New Hampshire 1048 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:07,893 is where democracy begins for the world's only superpower. 1049 00:42:07,893 --> 00:42:10,128 It's 12:01 A.M. and the registrar of voters 1050 00:42:10,128 --> 00:42:12,030 who's also the principal and only teacher 1051 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:14,733 at the Hartsfield school, calls the roll of voters. 1052 00:42:14,733 --> 00:42:18,069 REGISTRAR: Claude Abernathy, please step up and cast your vote. 1053 00:42:18,069 --> 00:42:22,908 Diana Abernathy, please step up, cast your vote. 1054 00:42:22,908 --> 00:42:27,746 Barney Braddock, please step up, cast your vote. 1055 00:42:27,746 --> 00:42:30,916 Lillian Braddock. Lillian's 18, everyone. 1056 00:42:30,916 --> 00:42:35,153 This is her first vote. 1057 00:42:35,153 --> 00:42:37,555 Please step up and cast your vote. 1058 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,557 Congratulations, Lillian. 1059 00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:41,092 Lillian's mom, Miriam Braddock 1060 00:42:41,092 --> 00:42:44,262 please step up and cast your vote.