1 00:00:06,475 --> 00:00:10,008 -Previously on The West Wing: - Excuse me. Where's the motorcade? 2 00:00:10,186 --> 00:00:12,474 It's out there. 3 00:00:12,646 --> 00:00:14,104 Hey! 4 00:00:14,272 --> 00:00:18,054 I'm with Toby and Donna, and we are stranded somewhere in Indiana. 5 00:00:18,232 --> 00:00:20,390 - Bummer. - This is fun. We're roughing it. 6 00:00:20,567 --> 00:00:24,610 Sir? When do you think you'll interview to replace Mrs. Landingham? 7 00:00:25,070 --> 00:00:27,904 - I haven't gotten to it. - The office would set the meetings. 8 00:00:28,072 --> 00:00:31,486 - I was fired from the White House. - I know you were. 9 00:00:31,657 --> 00:00:35,155 I need you to staff the president. He's got one of those days. 10 00:00:35,326 --> 00:00:37,199 I don't know what it is you do in there. 11 00:00:37,369 --> 00:00:40,073 Simon was a Big Brother to a kid named Anthony Marcus. 12 00:00:40,246 --> 00:00:42,950 And if a White House staffer will play a role... 13 00:00:43,123 --> 00:00:45,031 Are you asking people who look like me? 14 00:00:45,207 --> 00:00:47,698 - Because a Big Brother's a Big Brother... - Sam's next. 15 00:00:47,876 --> 00:00:50,330 First guy to miss, for the rest of the day... 16 00:00:50,502 --> 00:00:54,166 ...when he says his name, has to follow it with,"I work at the White House." 17 00:00:54,338 --> 00:00:58,251 Most people weren't the smartest kid. Most people didn't like the smartest kid. 18 00:00:58,424 --> 00:01:01,507 - Yeah? - No kidding, it feels good out here. 19 00:01:01,759 --> 00:01:04,332 -What are you doing? - The quick-sheet briefing. 20 00:01:04,511 --> 00:01:05,839 -What? - Nothing. 21 00:01:06,012 --> 00:01:09,012 - Leo. - Qumar's reopened the investigation. 22 00:01:16,185 --> 00:01:20,228 And that ends this day of trading, the Dow dropping 685 points... 23 00:01:20,396 --> 00:01:24,807 ... the seventh largest percentage drop in history and the largest point total ever. 24 00:01:24,982 --> 00:01:28,314 The news hit before the opening bell when the Gehrman-Driscoll Fund... 25 00:01:28,484 --> 00:01:31,401 ... the largest hedge fund in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy. 26 00:01:31,570 --> 00:01:33,811 Yeah, it's a proud day for Alfred Nobel. 27 00:01:34,196 --> 00:01:37,231 - Mr. President? - When do you think I say something? 28 00:01:37,448 --> 00:01:40,117 If Japan doesn't step up. 29 00:01:41,117 --> 00:01:44,200 - Tell me again? - Keith. Muriel Keith. 30 00:01:45,161 --> 00:01:47,734 - Mr. Keith. - Mr. President. 31 00:01:47,913 --> 00:01:50,486 I told my granddaughter I was meeting you... 32 00:01:50,665 --> 00:01:53,867 ...and I asked what question to ask you, and she said to ask you... 33 00:01:54,042 --> 00:01:59,081 ...of the presidents you met, who was your favorite, and I told her it was me. 34 00:01:59,253 --> 00:02:02,419 No, no. 35 00:02:02,881 --> 00:02:04,588 Mr. Truman. 36 00:02:04,757 --> 00:02:06,962 - He was a good man. - Okay. 37 00:02:07,133 --> 00:02:11,628 Well, I was just kidding, but sure, Truman, if you like that kind of thing. 38 00:02:11,803 --> 00:02:14,922 Gentlemen, I'll be ready in just one minute. I'm sorry. 39 00:02:15,097 --> 00:02:18,050 How old were you when you met President Hoover? 40 00:02:18,224 --> 00:02:20,346 Nine years old. 41 00:02:20,517 --> 00:02:22,722 It was my birthday. 42 00:02:22,893 --> 00:02:27,600 It was October the 23rd, 1929. 43 00:02:27,771 --> 00:02:30,854 - The 23rd? - Yes, sir. 44 00:02:31,273 --> 00:02:33,894 - Is there something unusual about that? - No, no. 45 00:02:34,067 --> 00:02:38,277 It's just, you met him, and the next day, the Great Depression started. 46 00:02:38,528 --> 00:02:40,852 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 47 00:02:41,029 --> 00:02:43,068 Stock market took a stumble today. 48 00:02:43,239 --> 00:02:45,694 You know, we'll call it, well... 49 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:48,320 ...a little bigger than a prerally decline. 50 00:02:48,492 --> 00:02:51,445 If you watch the news, or read a newspaper... 51 00:02:51,619 --> 00:02:54,904 ...or are alive in any way, you'll hear about it in a couple hours. 52 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,914 I'm not worried because Tokyo opens at 7 p.m. Eastern... 53 00:02:58,082 --> 00:03:01,081 ...and Tokyo will be my mother's milk tonight. It's in the bag. 54 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:05,293 Okay, gentlemen, right this way. On the count of three. One... 55 00:03:05,461 --> 00:03:06,789 - No. - I'm sorry? 56 00:03:06,962 --> 00:03:10,377 I'm sorry. Sorry. Could I just have one second? 57 00:03:10,548 --> 00:03:12,255 Charlie? 58 00:03:17,510 --> 00:03:20,546 - How you doing? - Fine, thank you. 59 00:03:20,721 --> 00:03:23,590 There's science in economics, but like a lot of things... 60 00:03:23,764 --> 00:03:26,515 ...a lot depends on the user. 61 00:03:26,683 --> 00:03:30,300 I need the Nikkei Index to do what I need it to do tonight... 62 00:03:30,477 --> 00:03:33,228 ...and I've got Hoover's good-luck charm over here. 63 00:03:33,395 --> 00:03:37,094 But now, while I'm talking about it, I feel like it's ridiculous... 64 00:03:37,273 --> 00:03:39,763 ...that someone like me would cancel a photo-op. 65 00:03:39,941 --> 00:03:42,727 - I can't believe it, sir. - I'm not. It's momentary. 66 00:03:42,901 --> 00:03:45,818 - No, I can't believe you're doing it. - Really? 67 00:03:45,986 --> 00:03:49,568 Tokyo opens in three hours and your arm is around the mayor of shantytown? 68 00:03:50,031 --> 00:03:52,865 - I didn't know you were superstitious. - I'm not. 69 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:56,696 There are tribes in South America that don't think photographs are good. 70 00:03:57,077 --> 00:04:00,658 - Yeah. - You ever see any pictures on my desk? 71 00:04:00,829 --> 00:04:02,157 - No. - You ever wonder why? 72 00:04:02,330 --> 00:04:05,246 Charlie, just out of curiosity, in your mind... 73 00:04:05,415 --> 00:04:07,905 ...how much time do I spend thinking about your desk? 74 00:04:08,751 --> 00:04:11,620 - Fair point, sir. - How long have we been talking now? 75 00:04:11,794 --> 00:04:14,913 - A couple of minutes. - Okay, let's not tell anybody that. 76 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:16,996 Yeah. Mr. Keith... 77 00:04:17,173 --> 00:04:19,663 ...I'm sorry, we have to reschedule for tomorrow. 78 00:04:19,841 --> 00:04:21,418 Oh, why? 79 00:04:21,592 --> 00:04:23,548 - You spooked the president. - Scheduling. 80 00:04:23,718 --> 00:04:25,342 - I'm... - I'll explain it. 81 00:04:25,511 --> 00:04:26,839 Thank you. 82 00:05:14,583 --> 00:05:16,705 - Sam? - Yeah? 83 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:22,541 What you doing on the floor? 84 00:05:22,713 --> 00:05:25,464 I don't know, I think it was just the closest thing. 85 00:05:25,632 --> 00:05:28,169 Come on, you'll get your pants all schmutzy. 86 00:05:28,342 --> 00:05:31,128 - The first lady's not a lesbian, is she? - I can ask her. 87 00:05:31,302 --> 00:05:34,171 - Why were there rolling pins? - Brenda Swetland: 88 00:05:34,346 --> 00:05:37,180 "At this moment, you're not licensed to practice medicine?" 89 00:05:37,347 --> 00:05:40,549 A. Bartlet:"At this moment, I'm just a wife and mother." 90 00:05:40,724 --> 00:05:42,882 - I don't see it. - Well, you gotta want it. 91 00:05:43,893 --> 00:05:45,802 Oh. I see it. 92 00:05:45,978 --> 00:05:47,851 - Yeah. - What are we doing? 93 00:05:48,021 --> 00:05:51,139 I wanted to issue a statement saying, "You're annoying, shut up." 94 00:05:51,314 --> 00:05:53,721 - Bruno said to wave at it and he's right. - Yeah. 95 00:05:53,899 --> 00:05:55,975 Listen... 96 00:05:56,151 --> 00:05:59,850 I know this is the last thing you want to hear right now... 97 00:06:00,028 --> 00:06:03,894 ...but I wanna get Anthony a Big Brother and Charlie said no... 98 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:07,772 ...and I thought if you were interested I could talk to you about it. 99 00:06:07,950 --> 00:06:09,574 It's an hour a week. 100 00:06:09,743 --> 00:06:12,446 He doesn't have anybody, and he hasn't gotten over Simon. 101 00:06:12,619 --> 00:06:14,611 You asked Charlie first? 102 00:06:15,538 --> 00:06:17,945 - There's no way you have time for this. - I might. 103 00:06:18,123 --> 00:06:19,285 - You don't. - Ginger! 104 00:06:19,457 --> 00:06:20,998 - You just worked 48 hours. - Yeah? 105 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:23,372 And that was the weekend. 106 00:06:24,418 --> 00:06:27,169 Maybe he'd enjoy sitting and watching me work. 107 00:06:27,337 --> 00:06:29,957 I could narrate what I was doing for him: "Right now... 108 00:06:30,130 --> 00:06:32,455 ...I'm reading intelligence on Central America... 109 00:06:32,632 --> 00:06:36,082 ...as it relates, believe it or not, to textile imports." 110 00:06:36,259 --> 00:06:38,215 Intelligence, 007. 111 00:06:38,385 --> 00:06:41,136 See, and right away I've got him going with 007. 112 00:06:41,304 --> 00:06:44,968 I'm sitting here listening, already I've turned to a life of crime. 113 00:06:45,140 --> 00:06:48,554 - You know I'd do it if I could. - I do know that, schmutzy pants. 114 00:06:49,976 --> 00:06:52,727 - That'll be around for a while? - Josh is on the phone. 115 00:06:52,894 --> 00:06:54,767 Thanks. 116 00:07:00,232 --> 00:07:01,690 - Hey. -How's it going? 117 00:07:01,858 --> 00:07:04,609 - Fine, so far. - Just Bryce, right? 118 00:07:04,777 --> 00:07:07,445 Yeah. Let me ask you something. He said that Commerce... 119 00:07:07,612 --> 00:07:09,769 ...didn't have input on the stump speech... 120 00:07:09,947 --> 00:07:13,397 ...and I started to say it was my fault, and the president ran me over. 121 00:07:13,574 --> 00:07:17,155 Yeah, he doesn't like the appearance that his staff is covering for him. 122 00:07:17,326 --> 00:07:18,784 It genuinely wasn't his fault. 123 00:07:18,952 --> 00:07:21,407 Nothing's not his fault in the Oval Office. 124 00:07:21,579 --> 00:07:22,989 - Got it. -Anything else... 125 00:07:23,163 --> 00:07:25,784 ...before we get on a train? - Could you put Toby on? 126 00:07:25,957 --> 00:07:28,992 Yeah. Toby, Sam. 127 00:07:30,584 --> 00:07:33,288 - Was Bryce pissed? - Yeah. Listen... 128 00:07:33,461 --> 00:07:36,544 ...with the secretarial candidates, the last few weeks... 129 00:07:36,713 --> 00:07:39,382 ...Charlie says he's been asking questions about... 130 00:07:39,548 --> 00:07:42,334 ...remembering names and numbers. He's worrying about... 131 00:07:42,509 --> 00:07:44,750 ...short-term memory loss? One of the effects... 132 00:07:44,927 --> 00:07:46,337 -Yeah. - Okay. 133 00:07:46,511 --> 00:07:48,053 Anything else? 134 00:07:48,220 --> 00:07:51,054 - Come home. - We're on our way. 135 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:57,887 "Don't worry, I'll have Jews for the money stuff." 136 00:07:58,894 --> 00:08:01,728 You have an inadvertent habit of putting down my Judaism... 137 00:08:01,896 --> 00:08:05,346 ...by implying that you have a sharper anti-Semitism meter than I do. 138 00:08:05,523 --> 00:08:08,060 The ancient Hebrews had a word for Jews from Westport. 139 00:08:08,233 --> 00:08:10,521 They pronounced it"Presbyterian." 140 00:08:10,693 --> 00:08:12,352 And by saying things like that. 141 00:08:12,527 --> 00:08:15,017 I'm just saying I'm from Brighton Beach. 142 00:08:15,529 --> 00:08:18,399 Mohammed al Mohammed el Mohammed bin Bizir... 143 00:08:18,573 --> 00:08:21,940 ...doesn't make the distinction when he suits up in the morning. 144 00:08:22,117 --> 00:08:24,737 As long as you have a grasp of the complexity of that. 145 00:08:24,910 --> 00:08:27,151 What the hell are the two of you talking about? 146 00:08:27,328 --> 00:08:29,783 I assure you neither one of us knows. 147 00:08:48,383 --> 00:08:50,624 All aboard! 148 00:08:53,219 --> 00:08:54,926 Tyler? 149 00:08:55,095 --> 00:08:58,048 - Assure me there'll be no trouble. - There'll be no trouble. 150 00:08:58,222 --> 00:09:01,756 - The train runs on regular train fuel? - I'm pretty sure. 151 00:09:01,933 --> 00:09:05,550 You guys don't have an international dateline in Bloomington or anything? 152 00:09:05,727 --> 00:09:07,221 - No. - In that case... 153 00:09:07,395 --> 00:09:10,976 ...on behalf of Bartlet for America and the Democratic Party... 154 00:09:11,147 --> 00:09:14,645 ...I want to thank you, say that you're a good guy, and good luck to you. 155 00:09:14,816 --> 00:09:16,226 - Thanks. - I'll go find seats. 156 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,641 - Take it easy. - Mr. Lyman? Mr. Ziegler? 157 00:09:18,818 --> 00:09:20,976 Call me Josh. 158 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:25,604 Toby. I work at the White House. 159 00:09:25,781 --> 00:09:28,947 Yeah. Can I tell you something? People will think you're cooler... 160 00:09:29,116 --> 00:09:33,113 ...if you don't say that yourself, but rather let them find out on their own. 161 00:09:35,829 --> 00:09:37,785 Okay. 162 00:09:38,247 --> 00:09:40,120 The engineer knows the route? 163 00:09:40,332 --> 00:09:42,075 Josh, Toby... 164 00:09:42,250 --> 00:09:47,159 ...on my girlfriend's life, your troubles end 98 miles right down that track. 165 00:09:55,716 --> 00:09:58,420 - Nancy. - Leo. Yeoman Fitzwallace. 166 00:09:58,593 --> 00:10:01,130 - Dr. McNally. - Let's attack. 167 00:10:01,303 --> 00:10:02,631 - Who? - Qumar. 168 00:10:02,804 --> 00:10:04,926 - Let's recommend that we attack. - Why? 169 00:10:05,097 --> 00:10:07,848 - I've had it. - I don't think the UN will let us do it... 170 00:10:08,016 --> 00:10:10,008 ...for that reason. - You're a sissy. 171 00:10:10,434 --> 00:10:14,181 You want peace in the Middle East? Give me a pair of ICBMs and a compass. 172 00:10:14,478 --> 00:10:17,182 You got B-2 Spirit stealth bombers over Qumar now... 173 00:10:17,355 --> 00:10:21,398 ...as if the Qumari Air Defense System requires stealth. Just fly in at night! 174 00:10:21,566 --> 00:10:25,183 While you're at it, order the USS Louisiana to fire off a D-5 Trident... 175 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,110 ...to see if it works. What's the worst that could happen? 176 00:10:28,278 --> 00:10:29,736 - Is she talking to me? - Yes! 177 00:10:30,738 --> 00:10:34,781 Well, 98 percent of all living organisms within a seven-mile radius... 178 00:10:34,949 --> 00:10:37,356 ...would die instantly in a torrent of fire. 179 00:10:37,909 --> 00:10:40,909 Admiral Sissymary. 180 00:10:42,579 --> 00:10:46,029 - We're running out of options. - What's happened? 181 00:10:46,456 --> 00:10:48,495 There's intel that says Qumar has a tape. 182 00:10:48,833 --> 00:10:51,204 - Of what? - A cell phone call that Shareef made... 183 00:10:51,376 --> 00:10:52,918 ...from the plane. - There isn't. 184 00:10:53,085 --> 00:10:56,667 We disabled the phones, we monitored communication from the plane... 185 00:10:56,838 --> 00:11:00,751 ...we bugged Shareef and we replaced his cell phone battery with a dummy. 186 00:11:00,924 --> 00:11:02,962 There's no tape, there was no phone call. 187 00:11:03,133 --> 00:11:05,967 Why are they saying there is? To provoke a response, right? 188 00:11:06,135 --> 00:11:09,882 And they're using the Act 5 scene from Hamlet? Are these Batman villains? 189 00:11:10,054 --> 00:11:13,173 They're building a case, but I think there's something worse... 190 00:11:13,348 --> 00:11:16,264 ...than Qumar saying it was us. 191 00:11:16,725 --> 00:11:19,891 - She's right. - What? 192 00:11:20,060 --> 00:11:22,099 Qumar saying it was someone else. 193 00:11:31,734 --> 00:11:35,813 You can't say"faith-based" initiatives, you have to be more specific than that. 194 00:11:35,987 --> 00:11:40,279 Mr. President, in my state, the only ones keeping kids in school and off drugs... 195 00:11:40,448 --> 00:11:43,152 ...are the churches, and the synagogues, and the mosques. 196 00:11:43,325 --> 00:11:47,108 They have terrific programs, and until we find a better one, let me fund those. 197 00:11:47,286 --> 00:11:49,610 - We'll talk about it, but I wouldn't... - Yes, sir. 198 00:11:49,787 --> 00:11:51,281 - Okay. - Thank you, sir. 199 00:11:51,455 --> 00:11:53,363 Thank you. 200 00:12:01,670 --> 00:12:03,412 How are the interviews going? 201 00:12:03,588 --> 00:12:06,920 I met with two women this morning, I'm meeting another in a bit. 202 00:12:07,090 --> 00:12:09,627 - Are either of the women possibilities? - No. 203 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,132 - Why? - The first one isn't easily impressed. 204 00:12:13,302 --> 00:12:15,009 - Why do you say that? - She told me. 205 00:12:15,178 --> 00:12:17,217 - Second one wasn't funny. - Wasn't funny. 206 00:12:17,388 --> 00:12:20,138 - Or rather, didn't think I was. - You told a joke? 207 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:23,045 She was the secretary to an ambassador to France. 208 00:12:23,225 --> 00:12:26,806 I told her that I'd had dinner with D'Astier at the Elysée Palace... 209 00:12:26,977 --> 00:12:30,427 ...she gently corrected me then, calling it the Palais de I'Elysée. 210 00:12:30,604 --> 00:12:32,929 For that alone, I wanted to send for a parachute. 211 00:12:33,106 --> 00:12:36,189 And I made a joke to D'Astier having to do with cheese... 212 00:12:36,358 --> 00:12:40,650 ...and I said he was visibly insulted and was reconsidering my diplomatic status. 213 00:12:40,819 --> 00:12:44,151 - And she said,"Well, did he?" - She didn't get you were joking. 214 00:12:44,321 --> 00:12:47,274 - It didn't bode well for me. - Who's this afternoon? 215 00:12:47,448 --> 00:12:50,567 Crazy woman that Charlie knows. Hey, do we have a GPS readout... 216 00:12:50,742 --> 00:12:52,817 ...on Josh and Toby? Have they been sighted? 217 00:12:52,993 --> 00:12:55,069 I talked to them. They're on their way. 218 00:12:55,245 --> 00:12:57,569 Three hundred IQ points, they can't get home. 219 00:12:57,746 --> 00:13:01,695 I swear to God, if Donna wasn't there, they'd have to buy a house. 220 00:13:02,999 --> 00:13:06,414 "You have to keep a lot of names and numbers in your head. Can you?" 221 00:13:06,585 --> 00:13:08,992 -"Oh, I should think so." -"Oh, should you?" 222 00:13:09,170 --> 00:13:12,372 "Well, I'm gonna interview a few more people and in the meantime... 223 00:13:12,547 --> 00:13:15,215 ...you can get back on the cover of The New Yorker." 224 00:13:15,382 --> 00:13:18,051 Was that"unimpressed one" or"humorless"? 225 00:13:18,217 --> 00:13:19,628 A third one. 226 00:13:19,802 --> 00:13:22,208 Charlie says I don't want anyone to replace her. 227 00:13:22,387 --> 00:13:24,260 - Is that true? - I don't know, Sam. 228 00:13:24,429 --> 00:13:26,884 - I'm a puzzle. - Yes, sir. 229 00:13:29,599 --> 00:13:32,136 All right, I've got a plan. 230 00:13:32,810 --> 00:13:37,020 We'll switch trains in Bedford, we will then be going in the right direction. 231 00:13:37,187 --> 00:13:40,602 We're not gonna make the 6: 15. That was a pipe dream. That was folly. 232 00:13:40,773 --> 00:13:44,556 A 9:30 leaves Indianapolis International with a 45-minute layover in Chicago... 233 00:13:44,734 --> 00:13:47,105 ...but it could be delayed due to bad weather. 234 00:13:47,277 --> 00:13:50,277 - What are the chances? - Well, the guy in the diner... 235 00:13:50,446 --> 00:13:53,232 ...said the TV picture was fuzzy... - No, no! 236 00:13:53,448 --> 00:13:56,068 Quaint is quaint, but we're not Navajo Indian guides... 237 00:13:56,241 --> 00:13:58,992 ...and if we want information, we'll call the White House. 238 00:13:59,284 --> 00:14:02,735 Well, we can do that when we get to a pay phone, but we can't right now. 239 00:14:02,912 --> 00:14:04,619 - Why not? - Because my cell phone... 240 00:14:04,788 --> 00:14:06,614 ...battery's out. - Battery's out. 241 00:14:06,789 --> 00:14:09,457 I need information. I need to know what's happening. 242 00:14:09,624 --> 00:14:12,659 - I have no idea what's happening. - I bought you the paper. 243 00:14:12,835 --> 00:14:16,913 I read it! Preparations are underway for the fair. 244 00:14:17,087 --> 00:14:19,791 I'm briefed. Organizers say it'll be the best one yet. 245 00:14:20,172 --> 00:14:22,497 - What else you got? - Frivolous law firms. 246 00:14:25,009 --> 00:14:27,297 - What? - He meant to say,"frivolous lawsuits." 247 00:14:27,469 --> 00:14:28,962 He said,"frivolous law firms." 248 00:14:29,678 --> 00:14:31,635 - Who? - Benjamin Disraeli. 249 00:14:31,805 --> 00:14:33,843 - He misspeaks. - Yes, he does. 250 00:14:34,014 --> 00:14:37,347 He also thinks Sarajevo and Bosnia are two different countries... 251 00:14:37,517 --> 00:14:40,137 ...so that's a bit of a setback for the region. 252 00:14:40,310 --> 00:14:42,302 "Chamberlain led England in World War II." 253 00:14:42,478 --> 00:14:47,138 I don't mind if he doesn't know history, I mind that he hasn't seen a movie. 254 00:14:48,232 --> 00:14:51,267 -"Mexico is part of NATO." - He meant they were an ally. 255 00:14:51,442 --> 00:14:53,233 They lob a chalupa at the Warsaw Pact? 256 00:14:53,401 --> 00:14:56,603 Not impressive, but as you pointed out, he's gonna be surrounded... 257 00:14:56,779 --> 00:14:59,020 Do you think he's disagreed with his advisers? 258 00:14:59,197 --> 00:15:02,446 Do you think, honestly, he's ever said to one of his advisers: 259 00:15:02,616 --> 00:15:04,239 "I've got a different idea"? 260 00:15:04,825 --> 00:15:08,407 I don't care if he thinks Luxembourg is an uptown stop on the IRT... 261 00:15:08,578 --> 00:15:11,577 ...or the Greco-Roman wrestling matches with the language... 262 00:15:11,746 --> 00:15:14,580 ...not that communication skills are important in this job. 263 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:18,875 What I care about is, when asked if he'd continue the U.S. policy in China... 264 00:15:19,042 --> 00:15:21,912 ...he said,"First off, I'm gonna send them a message: 265 00:15:22,086 --> 00:15:24,161 Meet an American leader." 266 00:15:24,337 --> 00:15:27,006 I don't know what that means, but everybody cheered. 267 00:15:27,172 --> 00:15:29,295 Which is one reason I work for his opponent. 268 00:15:29,466 --> 00:15:33,082 I don't know what made you think I had to be convinced, but I wanna win. 269 00:15:33,593 --> 00:15:37,091 You wanna beat him. And that's a problem for me because I wanna win. 270 00:15:39,013 --> 00:15:42,345 Can I get approval of my travel plan? 271 00:15:42,515 --> 00:15:43,890 Yeah. 272 00:15:45,559 --> 00:15:49,223 "A rising tide sinks all boats." 273 00:15:50,187 --> 00:15:52,855 - Can I ask what he did for a year? - What do you mean? 274 00:15:53,022 --> 00:15:55,393 He's been without a secretary for a year. 275 00:15:55,565 --> 00:15:59,513 He has five secretaries. Four funnel their work through the executive secretary. 276 00:15:59,693 --> 00:16:02,858 - He has five secretaries? - Two research secretaries... 277 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:07,605 ...a social secretary and a scheduler, who has an assistant to keep the book. 278 00:16:07,781 --> 00:16:09,903 - What's"the book"? - The daily diary. 279 00:16:10,074 --> 00:16:12,695 An accounting of what the president did that day. 280 00:16:12,868 --> 00:16:15,155 " 10:25: Placed a phone call to the Fed chair." 281 00:16:15,578 --> 00:16:18,826 - What about private stuff? - We've got euphemisms. 282 00:16:18,996 --> 00:16:22,993 There'll be a fluke cancellation, some kind of gap in the president's schedule... 283 00:16:23,166 --> 00:16:25,869 ...and the president and first lady might slip over... 284 00:16:26,042 --> 00:16:27,999 - For a matinee? - Yeah. 285 00:16:28,169 --> 00:16:30,789 - What do you call it? - Barbecuing. 286 00:16:31,879 --> 00:16:33,207 Okay. 287 00:16:33,380 --> 00:16:35,917 The payment and settlement systems worked fine. 288 00:16:36,090 --> 00:16:40,834 Dow's price earnings is around 35. The historical average is 18. 289 00:16:41,010 --> 00:16:44,460 This isn't a crisis, it's investors getting back to common sense. 290 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:48,420 It's an election year, Bill. We'd rather people didn't exercise common sense... 291 00:16:48,598 --> 00:16:52,179 ...but I agree with what you're saying. - Thank you, Mr. President. 292 00:16:56,478 --> 00:16:57,806 - Sir? - Yes? 293 00:16:57,979 --> 00:16:59,887 Deborah Fiderer. 294 00:17:00,064 --> 00:17:01,771 - Really? - Yes, sir. 295 00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:03,730 All right. 296 00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:07,898 - Mr. President. - Hi. 297 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:09,859 - Debbie? - Hello. 298 00:17:10,028 --> 00:17:13,609 - You two know each other? - Debbie worked for Donald McKittridge. 299 00:17:14,114 --> 00:17:17,233 She's very interesting. Her résumé's impressive. 300 00:17:17,408 --> 00:17:21,735 I remember thinking she was efficient and creative. She found Charlie. 301 00:17:21,910 --> 00:17:26,037 I remember people talked about her a lot, they found her pretty strange. 302 00:17:26,205 --> 00:17:28,446 But I remember I didn't find her that strange. 303 00:17:28,623 --> 00:17:32,322 - You know I can hear you, right? - I'm in your corner. 304 00:17:41,339 --> 00:17:46,165 - You're the alpaca farmer. - It was something I tried for a while. 305 00:17:46,384 --> 00:17:49,834 - You hired Charlie, huh? - I worked in Presidential Personnel... 306 00:17:50,011 --> 00:17:54,173 ...and he'd come into the wrong office. He'd been called about a messenger job. 307 00:17:54,347 --> 00:17:56,553 - I didn't know that. - Yeah. We started talking. 308 00:17:56,724 --> 00:18:00,056 It doesn't take long to see he's special, so I sent him to Josh Lyman. 309 00:18:00,226 --> 00:18:01,885 - Well, thanks for that. - Yes, sir. 310 00:18:02,311 --> 00:18:04,386 Who was second? Who did I almost get? 311 00:18:04,562 --> 00:18:06,969 - Sir? - I like to think about the road not taken. 312 00:18:07,939 --> 00:18:10,939 - You're testing my memory. - Yeah. 313 00:18:11,149 --> 00:18:14,683 - A young man named David Dweck. - David Dweck? 314 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:17,646 I used to call him,"David Dweck, want a dwink of wa wa?" 315 00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:21,069 Until I realized that wasn't really funny. 316 00:18:21,531 --> 00:18:23,938 - Excuse me, Mr. President, you wanted... - Yeah. 317 00:18:24,116 --> 00:18:26,950 Hong Kong's down four percent, but it's still over 10,000... 318 00:18:27,118 --> 00:18:30,367 ...it's too early to tell anything. The Nikkei's down two percent... 319 00:18:30,536 --> 00:18:34,200 ...the dollar's down.3 percent against the yen,.4 percent against the euro. 320 00:18:34,372 --> 00:18:37,242 - Frankfurt opens in eight hours. - Thanks. 321 00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:39,075 Thank you. 322 00:18:40,167 --> 00:18:41,661 Sorry. 323 00:18:42,836 --> 00:18:44,828 - Why were you fired? - I'm sorry? 324 00:18:45,004 --> 00:18:47,161 Why were you fired? 325 00:18:47,339 --> 00:18:50,291 - No particular reason. - That doesn't sound quite right. 326 00:18:50,466 --> 00:18:52,256 - No? - Why were you fired? 327 00:18:52,425 --> 00:18:56,006 - Is it relevant? - Only because you're asking for a job. 328 00:18:56,177 --> 00:18:58,169 - Chronic lateness. - I don't believe you. 329 00:18:58,345 --> 00:18:59,969 - It's true. - No, it's not. 330 00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:02,379 - You call me a liar to my face? - Yes. 331 00:19:02,556 --> 00:19:04,595 - Okay. - Charlie said it was because of him. 332 00:19:04,766 --> 00:19:07,173 - He did? - He said you hired him, and that's why. 333 00:19:07,351 --> 00:19:08,893 - Charlie lies. - No, he doesn't. 334 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:11,729 He's a bad seed. I knew it the moment I saw him. 335 00:19:11,896 --> 00:19:15,228 I'm now ordering you to tell me why you were fired. 336 00:19:15,398 --> 00:19:17,888 I'm afraid we're at a classic impasse, Mr. President. 337 00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:21,062 You were strange when I met you, and you're strange now. 338 00:19:21,235 --> 00:19:23,641 Hey, when you met me there was a good reason. 339 00:19:23,820 --> 00:19:25,148 - What? - I was high. 340 00:19:25,321 --> 00:19:27,608 - Okay. - This time it's just me. 341 00:19:27,780 --> 00:19:29,819 - Tell me why you were fired. - No, sir. 342 00:19:29,990 --> 00:19:32,397 I'll figure it out anyway. What I lack in memory... 343 00:19:32,575 --> 00:19:36,239 ...I make up for with exceptional powers of deductive reasoning. 344 00:19:36,411 --> 00:19:39,529 - That come with tights and a cape? - I think the interview's over. 345 00:19:39,704 --> 00:19:41,613 Yeah. 346 00:19:44,166 --> 00:19:46,786 But let's do this every once in a while. 347 00:19:46,959 --> 00:19:49,081 Thank you very much. 348 00:19:57,841 --> 00:19:59,299 Debbie? 349 00:19:59,467 --> 00:20:01,542 - Mr. McKittridge. - What are you doing here? 350 00:20:01,718 --> 00:20:03,675 - I was... - I brought her in. 351 00:20:03,844 --> 00:20:05,338 - Charlie. How many...? - Hang on. 352 00:20:05,512 --> 00:20:07,800 - I know, but I brought her in. - Doesn't matter... 353 00:20:07,972 --> 00:20:10,676 It does matter. There's a way it works. 354 00:20:11,016 --> 00:20:13,007 Brian Dweck! 355 00:20:13,184 --> 00:20:16,682 CFO of Colfax, and contributor to Representative Mark McKittridge... 356 00:20:16,853 --> 00:20:20,434 ...whose brother is the Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel... 357 00:20:20,605 --> 00:20:24,850 ...wants a job for his son, David. "Wants a dwink of wa wa." 358 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:27,349 My powers of deduction are not to be mocked. 359 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:30,230 Mr. President, I assure you, whatever she told you... 360 00:20:30,403 --> 00:20:32,525 She didn't tell me anything. I ordered her... 361 00:20:32,696 --> 00:20:34,818 By the way, my powers of ordering are a joke. 362 00:20:34,989 --> 00:20:38,238 I can create an agency, but I can't get her... 363 00:20:39,283 --> 00:20:43,114 She didn't give you up. She... 364 00:20:44,703 --> 00:20:47,028 She didn't give you up. 365 00:21:04,299 --> 00:21:06,587 Was she funny? 366 00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:14,920 Have the agents stop her at the door for a second. 367 00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:32,813 - Debbie. - Yes, sir? 368 00:21:32,983 --> 00:21:34,726 - Where's the dollar? - I'm sorry, sir? 369 00:21:34,901 --> 00:21:38,732 - What's the dollar doing right now? - It's down.3 percent against the yen... 370 00:21:38,904 --> 00:21:41,228 ...point-four percent against the euro. 371 00:21:52,245 --> 00:21:56,158 - Mr. President, the first lady is back. - Bring her on. 372 00:22:02,126 --> 00:22:03,952 The president's on the podium at 8: 15? 373 00:22:04,128 --> 00:22:07,495 Probably more like 8:30, and he's gonna speak for 15 minutes. 374 00:22:07,671 --> 00:22:09,747 Any comment on the CBO deficit numbers? 375 00:22:09,923 --> 00:22:12,876 Last OMB was 11 billion off, CBO missed by 25 billion... 376 00:22:13,050 --> 00:22:15,966 ...there'll be a deficit, but the CBO numbers are off. Katie? 377 00:22:16,135 --> 00:22:19,384 - Legislative Appropriations? - He can't say until he sees the bill. 378 00:22:19,554 --> 00:22:22,470 All right, that's a full lid, I'll see you all over there. 379 00:22:22,639 --> 00:22:24,631 Thank you. 380 00:22:28,601 --> 00:22:31,174 Hang on a second. 381 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:43,188 Okay, today at 5:32 p.m. Central Savings Time... 382 00:22:43,986 --> 00:22:47,603 ...two pipe bombs were set off inside the Geiger Indoor Arena... 383 00:22:47,780 --> 00:22:51,823 ...which is the swimming team's facility at Kennison State University... 384 00:22:51,991 --> 00:22:54,315 ...the Kennison Hawkeyes. 385 00:22:54,617 --> 00:22:57,950 The women's team was hosting a match... A meet... 386 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:02,281 ...with Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota, they're all Big Ten schools. 387 00:23:03,665 --> 00:23:05,491 Forty-four people are dead... 388 00:23:05,666 --> 00:23:08,701 ...it looks like about a hundred injured, about 20 critically. 389 00:23:08,876 --> 00:23:11,082 - C.J.! - I'm gonna have to listen in... 390 00:23:11,253 --> 00:23:14,252 ...while I talk to you. Barry, then Sydney, then Fran. 391 00:23:14,421 --> 00:23:17,255 I didn't say I wasn't going, I said I could live without it. 392 00:23:17,423 --> 00:23:20,376 - It sounded like you weren't going. - I forgot about it is all. 393 00:23:20,550 --> 00:23:23,716 - Did you have other plans? - As a matter of fact, I did. 394 00:23:23,886 --> 00:23:27,300 - I was planning a quiet night. - Watching your cooking show. 395 00:23:27,471 --> 00:23:31,514 It's not just a cooking show, all right? It's very relaxing. 396 00:23:31,682 --> 00:23:34,386 - The woman is sublime. - If you ask me, it's soft porn. 397 00:23:34,559 --> 00:23:37,512 No one needs to massage oil into a leg of lamb that much. 398 00:23:37,686 --> 00:23:39,725 - On top of which... - Hold on. 399 00:23:40,021 --> 00:23:42,059 Why is she still on? 400 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,808 ... the information that they were pipe bombs is coming from... 401 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,893 We're getting both campus information and Cedar Rapids Police and Fire... 402 00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:55,188 ... but I don 't know any more details on the type of pipe bombs... 403 00:23:55,363 --> 00:23:58,612 ...or the damage they can cause. - Find out what happened. 404 00:23:59,783 --> 00:24:02,273 None of that has been confirmed. Emergency squads... 405 00:24:02,451 --> 00:24:05,866 ... are still on the scene treating the minor injuries. 406 00:24:06,078 --> 00:24:10,205 Witnesses say there were swimmers in the water at the time of the explosion. 407 00:24:10,581 --> 00:24:15,206 I don 't think there's been much discussion about motives or suspects. 408 00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:28,297 - I don't understand the two of you. - We had to get out. 409 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:32,167 - He can't read in a moving car. - You can't read in a moving car, he can. 410 00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:34,301 He was reading to us. 411 00:24:34,471 --> 00:24:36,759 I need it to come in through my eyes. 412 00:24:36,931 --> 00:24:39,884 You couldn't wait three blocks? 413 00:24:40,058 --> 00:24:43,093 Six hundred and eighty-five points? 414 00:24:43,268 --> 00:24:46,102 Did it say how much the percentage drop was? 415 00:24:46,270 --> 00:24:48,725 It did, but by the time I got there... 416 00:24:48,897 --> 00:24:52,395 ...my newspaper no longer had the molecular structure of a newspaper. 417 00:24:52,566 --> 00:24:55,482 - Yes, may I help you? - Yes, please. We need a room. 418 00:24:55,651 --> 00:24:58,271 - Is that two rooms? - No, just the one for... 419 00:24:58,444 --> 00:25:02,357 - What did we decide, half an hour? - Our flight... Our flight was delayed... 420 00:25:02,530 --> 00:25:06,657 ...and we're just looking for someplace to dry off and watch the news. 421 00:25:07,283 --> 00:25:09,192 Let me see what I've got. 422 00:25:09,618 --> 00:25:12,322 If the Nikkei hasn't reacted... 423 00:25:39,303 --> 00:25:42,054 ...Securing peace in a time of global conflict... 424 00:25:42,222 --> 00:25:45,885 ...sustaining hope in this winter of anxiety and fear. 425 00:25:46,057 --> 00:25:50,931 More than any time in recent history, America's destiny is not of our choosing. 426 00:25:51,102 --> 00:25:55,098 We did not seek, nor did we provoke, an assault on our freedom... 427 00:25:55,271 --> 00:25:57,844 ...and our way of life. We did not expect... 428 00:25:58,023 --> 00:26:01,307 ...nor did we invite, a confrontation with evil. 429 00:26:01,484 --> 00:26:04,234 Yet the measure of a people's strength is how they rise... 430 00:26:04,402 --> 00:26:07,983 ...to master that moment when it does arrive. 431 00:26:08,154 --> 00:26:12,861 Forty-four people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kennison State University. 432 00:26:13,032 --> 00:26:17,574 Three swimmers from the men's team were killed, two are in critical condition. 433 00:26:17,744 --> 00:26:20,412 Hearing the explosion from their practice facility... 434 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:24,575 ...they ran into the fire to help get people out. 435 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,993 Ran into the fire. 436 00:26:29,668 --> 00:26:32,751 The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. 437 00:26:33,462 --> 00:26:37,672 They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. 438 00:26:37,881 --> 00:26:40,751 The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels... 439 00:26:40,925 --> 00:26:44,423 ...but when we think we've measured our capacity to meet a challenge... 440 00:26:44,594 --> 00:26:49,752 ...we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. 441 00:26:49,930 --> 00:26:52,255 This is a time for American heroes. 442 00:26:53,766 --> 00:26:55,425 We will do what is hard. 443 00:26:56,184 --> 00:26:58,425 We will achieve what is great. 444 00:26:58,602 --> 00:27:03,144 This is a time for American heroes, and we reach for the stars. 445 00:27:03,314 --> 00:27:06,516 God bless their memory. God bless you. 446 00:27:06,691 --> 00:27:10,639 And God bless the United States of America. Thank you. 447 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:21,111 When did you write that last part? 448 00:27:21,283 --> 00:27:23,358 In the car. 449 00:27:24,368 --> 00:27:25,779 Freak. 450 00:27:40,503 --> 00:27:42,910 Anthony, I'm so sorry. 451 00:27:43,088 --> 00:27:46,005 Thank you for waiting. This thing came up at the last minute. 452 00:27:46,174 --> 00:27:49,707 A bomb at a swimming meet. You probably... 453 00:27:50,176 --> 00:27:55,050 I can take you home now. You probably saw it here on the television sets. 454 00:28:04,935 --> 00:28:06,892 You know... 455 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,018 ...I really miss Simon too. 456 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:14,106 That's probably something we can talk about. 457 00:28:19,986 --> 00:28:22,108 I asked around today, I didn't find anyone... 458 00:28:22,279 --> 00:28:25,896 ...but I'm not done, there are more people I'm asking tomorrow. 459 00:28:27,741 --> 00:28:29,780 I'll take you home now. 460 00:28:29,951 --> 00:28:32,239 - I don't need a babysitter. - I'm sorry? 461 00:28:32,411 --> 00:28:35,576 I said, I don't need a babysitter, bitch. Are you deaf? 462 00:28:35,746 --> 00:28:37,952 Well, I don't think you need a babysitter, I... 463 00:28:38,123 --> 00:28:41,371 - What's the matter with you? - This is Miss Cregg, press secretary... 464 00:28:41,541 --> 00:28:45,538 ...and senior counselor to the president. If she wasn't, she's still Miss Cregg. 465 00:28:45,711 --> 00:28:49,161 I don't mind you not respecting people, I mind your doing it out loud. 466 00:28:49,338 --> 00:28:50,796 I mind your doing it in here. 467 00:28:50,964 --> 00:28:54,129 You wanna be a punk, fine, but I don't think you've got the size. 468 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:57,133 You wanna go to juvie, get out, deal and kill cops, okay... 469 00:28:57,301 --> 00:28:59,626 ...but every time you do a crime, you get caught. 470 00:28:59,803 --> 00:29:02,423 So I think you're gonna have to do something else. 471 00:29:02,596 --> 00:29:06,046 Nine o'clock on Saturday mornings I eat breakfast at Cosmos on Delaware. 472 00:29:06,223 --> 00:29:10,136 I come here to do office work, then go to St. Jude's to play basketball. 473 00:29:10,309 --> 00:29:13,724 You can go to juvie or you can be at Cosmos 9:00 on Saturday morning. 474 00:29:13,895 --> 00:29:16,017 It's entirely up to you. 475 00:29:46,832 --> 00:29:49,287 Schmutzy pants. 476 00:29:52,169 --> 00:29:54,326 I know that voice. 477 00:29:54,503 --> 00:29:56,744 - I was at the dinner. - I didn't see you. 478 00:29:56,922 --> 00:29:59,874 - Nice job on the speech. - What makes you think I wrote it? 479 00:30:00,049 --> 00:30:05,124 "We did not seek, nor did we provoke. We did not expect, nor did we invite"? 480 00:30:05,302 --> 00:30:07,756 - A little thing called cadence. - It works for you. 481 00:30:08,929 --> 00:30:11,549 - How's New York? - Richard got traded to the Blackhawks. 482 00:30:11,722 --> 00:30:15,386 - For a Zamboni battery? - And Garnier and a first-round draft pick. 483 00:30:15,558 --> 00:30:17,799 So you're moving to Chicago. 484 00:30:19,269 --> 00:30:20,810 Richard and I split. 485 00:30:26,315 --> 00:30:29,647 That is terrible. That is the worst thing. 486 00:30:29,817 --> 00:30:34,892 I am so sorry. I liked him too. His brooding stare in the penalty box. 487 00:30:35,070 --> 00:30:36,979 - If there is anything I can do. - Shut up. 488 00:30:37,322 --> 00:30:40,321 - Okay. - I came by to say hi. 489 00:30:40,490 --> 00:30:43,111 - I came by to tell you I liked the speech. - Thank you. 490 00:30:43,284 --> 00:30:45,821 My dad said you staffed the president today. 491 00:30:45,994 --> 00:30:48,400 - Yes. - How was it? 492 00:30:48,829 --> 00:30:51,034 You know anything about chaos theory? 493 00:30:51,247 --> 00:30:53,571 I know it has to do with fractal geometry. 494 00:30:53,749 --> 00:30:57,615 That's about all I know too. But it has to do with there being order... 495 00:30:57,793 --> 00:31:02,832 ...and even great beauty, in what looks like total chaos. 496 00:31:03,171 --> 00:31:06,669 Then if we look closely enough at the randomness around us... 497 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,544 ...patterns will start to emerge. 498 00:31:13,052 --> 00:31:15,507 I love Josh like a brother. 499 00:31:15,679 --> 00:31:18,928 And he's a world-class political mind. 500 00:31:19,098 --> 00:31:21,932 But until today, I didn't know he was smarter than I was... 501 00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:25,016 ...and I've worked here three years and eight months. 502 00:31:25,185 --> 00:31:28,303 And until you sit in the room all day... 503 00:31:28,478 --> 00:31:32,522 ...you can't comprehend the chaos of the Oval Office. 504 00:31:33,065 --> 00:31:37,524 I had a good moment, talking about the ripple effect of a deficit, but that was it. 505 00:31:37,693 --> 00:31:39,898 The rest of the day was just keeping up. 506 00:31:40,069 --> 00:31:43,069 - And this was a pretty light day. - One good moment is good. 507 00:31:43,238 --> 00:31:47,613 I'm not complaining, I'm saying, one good moment is great. It's a golf shot. 508 00:31:48,366 --> 00:31:50,690 I gotta get back in there. 509 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:53,440 That's where it's happening. 510 00:31:58,372 --> 00:32:00,827 You came by just to tell me you liked the speech? 511 00:32:00,999 --> 00:32:05,706 "This is a time for American heroes, and we reach for the stars"? 512 00:32:06,961 --> 00:32:08,502 I'm weak. 513 00:32:08,712 --> 00:32:10,704 Yeah, I think I stole that from Camelot. 514 00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:16,207 Let me get you home, you're not gonna make it. 515 00:32:16,383 --> 00:32:19,466 Yeah. I don't think I'm gonna make it either. 516 00:32:21,095 --> 00:32:24,343 -Camelot? - Good writers borrow from other writers. 517 00:32:24,513 --> 00:32:27,846 Great writers steal from them outright. 518 00:32:29,475 --> 00:32:30,850 - Good night. - Good night. 519 00:32:31,017 --> 00:32:33,056 Take it easy. 520 00:33:07,832 --> 00:33:10,322 The picture's from Deanna, I just put it in a frame. 521 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:14,117 I've had it in my office for a week, I keep forgetting to give it to you. 522 00:33:14,294 --> 00:33:16,333 Thanks. 523 00:33:16,587 --> 00:33:18,544 It's nice. 524 00:33:18,714 --> 00:33:21,832 - Have a good night. - Good night. 525 00:33:47,148 --> 00:33:50,895 - Campaigns aren't about the candidates. - No? 526 00:33:51,067 --> 00:33:53,818 How about the voters? How are we gonna create jobs? 527 00:33:53,986 --> 00:33:57,104 How are we gonna fix health care? Or make the lights go on? 528 00:33:57,279 --> 00:33:59,816 - Or protect ourselves? - Do you ask if the plumber... 529 00:33:59,989 --> 00:34:03,404 ...knows which direction the pipes run? Don't you...? 530 00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:06,694 Forget the plumber. Don't we want leadership... 531 00:34:06,869 --> 00:34:10,485 ...to sound and feel like, instead of appealing to our least expensive... 532 00:34:10,663 --> 00:34:14,113 ...however legitimate, desire to feel good about ourselves? Don't we want...? 533 00:34:14,290 --> 00:34:17,124 - All right, that's it. I can't take it. - He started it. 534 00:34:17,292 --> 00:34:21,074 I'm not kidding. I have such an impulse to knock your heads together. 535 00:34:21,253 --> 00:34:23,956 I can't remember the last time I heard you two talk... 536 00:34:24,129 --> 00:34:27,960 ...about anything other than how a campaign was playing in Washington. 537 00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:31,250 Cathy took a second job so her dad could be covered by insurance. 538 00:34:31,426 --> 00:34:35,504 She told you how bad things were for farmers, you told her we lost Indiana. 539 00:34:35,678 --> 00:34:39,461 You made fun of the fair, but you didn't see they have livestock exhibitions... 540 00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:43,137 ...and give prizes for the biggest tomato and the best heirloom apple. 541 00:34:43,308 --> 00:34:46,142 They're proud of what they grow. 542 00:34:46,435 --> 00:34:50,265 Eight modes of transportation, the kindness of six strangers... 543 00:34:50,437 --> 00:34:54,932 ...conversations with 12 more, and none brought up Bartlet vs. Ritchie but you. 544 00:35:01,903 --> 00:35:04,654 I'm writing letters on your behalf to the parents of the kids who died. 545 00:35:04,821 --> 00:35:07,572 Can I have the table, please? 546 00:35:39,009 --> 00:35:41,250 Flight's delayed? 547 00:35:42,595 --> 00:35:44,088 Yeah. 548 00:35:44,263 --> 00:35:46,504 Me too. I'm going to St. Louis. 549 00:35:47,681 --> 00:35:49,507 Washington. 550 00:35:49,724 --> 00:35:53,637 I'm with my daughter. She's up... Upstairs in the room. 551 00:35:53,810 --> 00:35:56,265 But we were out here looking at Notre Dame. 552 00:35:56,437 --> 00:36:00,018 - Yeah? - Got kids? 553 00:36:03,483 --> 00:36:05,391 No. 554 00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:10,275 Wait'll you take your oldest to look at colleges. 555 00:36:10,445 --> 00:36:12,852 It's an incredible feeling. 556 00:36:13,781 --> 00:36:17,694 You wish they'd go to college across the street from your house, but you know... 557 00:36:19,493 --> 00:36:22,030 Jack Daniel's, rocks. 558 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,824 My boss went to Notre Dame. 559 00:36:25,997 --> 00:36:29,863 Beautiful campus. I've never seen anything like it. 560 00:36:30,375 --> 00:36:33,493 She's not gonna get to sleep tonight. 561 00:36:35,878 --> 00:36:38,546 You see what happened to the market today? 562 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,797 Yeah, I saw. 563 00:36:42,966 --> 00:36:45,254 You invested? 564 00:36:46,051 --> 00:36:48,967 Mutual fund that's supposed to send her to college. 565 00:36:51,554 --> 00:36:56,713 I never imagined at 55,000 a year, I'd have trouble making ends meet. 566 00:36:56,891 --> 00:36:58,550 And my wife brings in another 25. 567 00:37:02,728 --> 00:37:05,218 My son's in public school. 568 00:37:05,396 --> 00:37:07,222 It's no good. 569 00:37:07,606 --> 00:37:10,641 There's 37 kids in the class... 570 00:37:11,358 --> 00:37:17,192 ...no art and music, no advanced-placement classes. 571 00:37:17,862 --> 00:37:22,902 Other kids, their mother has to make them practice the piano. 572 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:27,153 You can't pull my son away from the piano. 573 00:37:28,452 --> 00:37:30,693 He needs teachers. 574 00:37:31,329 --> 00:37:34,364 And I spend half the day thinking about what happens... 575 00:37:34,539 --> 00:37:38,287 ...if I slip and fall down on my own front porch, you know? 576 00:37:40,001 --> 00:37:41,874 It should be hard. 577 00:37:42,044 --> 00:37:44,001 I like that it's hard. 578 00:37:44,212 --> 00:37:48,588 Putting your daughter through college, that's a man's job. 579 00:37:49,048 --> 00:37:51,087 Man's accomplishment. 580 00:37:52,592 --> 00:37:57,253 But it should be a little easier. Just a little easier. 581 00:37:58,137 --> 00:38:01,007 Because in that difference is... 582 00:38:01,806 --> 00:38:03,845 ...everything. 583 00:38:09,269 --> 00:38:13,348 I'm sorry, I'm... I'm Matt Kelley. 584 00:38:17,233 --> 00:38:19,723 I'm Toby Ziegler. 585 00:38:24,779 --> 00:38:26,403 I work at the White House. 586 00:38:29,699 --> 00:38:32,271 You have a minute to talk? 587 00:38:32,826 --> 00:38:37,201 We'd like to buy you a beer. 588 00:38:38,287 --> 00:38:40,244 Okay. 589 00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:55,205 - Morning, Mr. President. - Good morning, sir. 590 00:38:55,381 --> 00:38:56,958 The happy, fun group. 591 00:38:57,132 --> 00:38:59,669 We have reason to believe that in the next 48 hours... 592 00:38:59,842 --> 00:39:03,506 ...the Qumari rescue team will announce they've recovered a military-issue... 593 00:39:03,678 --> 00:39:07,093 ...Israeli-made parachute. - They're just allowed to make things up? 594 00:39:07,264 --> 00:39:09,932 As long as we won't step up and say it was us, they do. 595 00:39:10,432 --> 00:39:12,720 - They know it was us, right? - Yeah. 596 00:39:13,309 --> 00:39:15,764 - Is that what you think we should do? - Me? 597 00:39:15,936 --> 00:39:19,268 No, I don't. I am, however, beginning to lean towards... 598 00:39:19,438 --> 00:39:23,386 ...reducing our nuclear arsenal one at a time, if you know what I mean, sir. 599 00:39:23,566 --> 00:39:26,768 - What about you? - Well, I'm with Dr. Strangelove... 600 00:39:26,943 --> 00:39:30,891 ...on keeping our military secrets secret, but Nancy and Leo and I think... 601 00:39:31,070 --> 00:39:34,687 ...there's a third option, which is to say it was us, but insulate you. 602 00:39:34,864 --> 00:39:36,690 I signed a piece of paper, Fitz. 603 00:39:37,449 --> 00:39:39,026 We can get around that. 604 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,947 You just hated my living guts when I got this job, didn't you? 605 00:39:43,119 --> 00:39:44,779 - No, sir. - Yeah, you did. 606 00:39:44,954 --> 00:39:47,823 I didn't know anything and had no respect for the chiefs. 607 00:39:47,997 --> 00:39:50,867 You became my counselor, and brought the chiefs to me. 608 00:39:51,041 --> 00:39:54,325 - You got the chiefs, they respect you. - You brought them to me. 609 00:39:54,501 --> 00:39:57,585 And you talked Leo into Shareef, and he talked me into it. 610 00:39:58,546 --> 00:40:02,873 It was my order and you executed it flawlessly, and I stand by it. 611 00:40:03,048 --> 00:40:05,882 I stand by you, I stand by you all. 612 00:40:06,050 --> 00:40:08,505 I stand by it till I die. 613 00:40:08,677 --> 00:40:11,297 Plus, I'm gonna need some cellmates in Holland. 614 00:40:13,388 --> 00:40:16,222 - So, what do we do now? - We're in the Situation Room. 615 00:40:17,641 --> 00:40:19,432 Let's go. 616 00:40:29,898 --> 00:40:32,519 We could have gone to the nearest Chinese restaurant... 617 00:40:32,692 --> 00:40:35,692 ...picked up some Kikkoman and put it in that soy diesel thing. 618 00:40:35,860 --> 00:40:37,817 I don't think it works like that. 619 00:40:37,987 --> 00:40:41,853 Plus, how close do you think the nearest Chinese restaurant was? 620 00:40:42,031 --> 00:40:45,944 Well, we should start making cars that run on ketchup. 621 00:40:46,492 --> 00:40:51,069 When I get home I'm taking the longest hot bath of my life. 622 00:40:52,663 --> 00:40:56,077 Excuse me, would you mind letting me off up there at the bridge? 623 00:40:56,248 --> 00:40:58,287 - You sure? - Yeah. 624 00:40:58,458 --> 00:41:00,580 I can walk to work from there. 625 00:41:02,002 --> 00:41:05,286 - Yeah, I'll hop out there too. - Please, not this again. 626 00:41:05,462 --> 00:41:08,628 - You did the number back at the bar. - It didn't have to do with... 627 00:41:08,798 --> 00:41:13,339 ...eliminating modern conveniences. - She can drop you off at home. 628 00:41:14,551 --> 00:41:16,377 I'll get out with them up here. 629 00:41:37,607 --> 00:41:39,848 If our job teaches us anything... 630 00:41:40,025 --> 00:41:43,974 ...it's that we don't know what the next president's gonna face. 631 00:41:45,737 --> 00:41:48,690 If we choose someone with vision, someone with guts... 632 00:41:48,864 --> 00:41:51,817 ...someone with gravitas... 633 00:41:51,991 --> 00:41:54,232 ...who's connected to other people's lives... 634 00:41:54,409 --> 00:41:57,243 ...and cares about making them better... 635 00:41:58,495 --> 00:42:01,530 ...if we choose someone to inspire us... 636 00:42:02,414 --> 00:42:05,450 ...then we'll be able to face what comes our way... 637 00:42:05,625 --> 00:42:08,031 ...and achieve things... 638 00:42:08,501 --> 00:42:10,577 ...we can't imagine yet. 639 00:42:11,503 --> 00:42:13,993 Instead of telling people who's the most qualified... 640 00:42:14,172 --> 00:42:18,796 ...instead of telling people who's got the better ideas, let's make it obvious. 641 00:42:20,217 --> 00:42:22,458 It's gonna be hard. 642 00:42:24,428 --> 00:42:26,716 Then we'll do what's hard.