1 00:00:05,039 --> 00:00:07,141 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:07,208 --> 00:00:08,442 I can't believe how many times I get asked 3 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:10,078 "What would be a win in the debates?" 4 00:00:10,144 --> 00:00:11,879 If we don't get elected, I promise you 5 00:00:11,945 --> 00:00:14,482 President Ritchie is going to have a lot less sympathy 6 00:00:14,548 --> 00:00:15,816 for your agenda. 7 00:00:15,883 --> 00:00:19,087 You're what my friends call a superior son of a bitch 8 00:00:19,153 --> 00:00:20,821 and you can't be trusted. 9 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:22,290 Wait till the debates. 10 00:00:22,356 --> 00:00:24,892 Election's in six weeks, Mr. President. 11 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:27,428 Where are we in the vote? Well, to be honest, we're slipping a little bit. 12 00:00:27,495 --> 00:00:29,097 Are you taking this personally? 13 00:00:29,163 --> 00:00:31,065 We should have a great debate, Rob. 14 00:00:31,132 --> 00:00:32,633 We owe it to everyone. 15 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:34,735 I know how Ritchie's going to win this election. 16 00:00:39,940 --> 00:00:42,810 Affirmative action and quotas are about two different things. 17 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:46,013 Affirmative action is about providing people an opportunity 18 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,515 they might not otherwise get. 19 00:00:47,581 --> 00:00:50,218 I don't know you can talk about providing opportunity 20 00:00:50,284 --> 00:00:52,853 while at the same time supporting racial profiling. 21 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,356 What the hell is...? I don't support racial profiling. 22 00:00:55,423 --> 00:00:57,491 Your nominee for Attorney General did. 23 00:00:57,558 --> 00:00:59,327 Can you tell us why you nominated him? 24 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:00,394 "Why?" 25 00:01:00,461 --> 00:01:01,329 Yes. 26 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:02,796 'Cause bite me, that's why. 27 00:01:02,863 --> 00:01:04,298 C.J.: It's a legitimate question. 28 00:01:04,365 --> 00:01:05,666 It's been almost four years, Sam. 29 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:08,035 How long do you want to say, "I told you so"? 30 00:01:08,102 --> 00:01:09,203 JOSH: He wasn't saying 31 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:10,204 "I told you so," sir. 32 00:01:10,271 --> 00:01:12,039 We need an answer on Rooker. 33 00:01:12,106 --> 00:01:13,073 What's wrong with "bite me"? 34 00:01:13,141 --> 00:01:13,941 I think we'd lose. 35 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,143 Not in New Jersey. 36 00:01:15,209 --> 00:01:16,577 C.J.: "It's never been shown 37 00:01:16,644 --> 00:01:18,212 racial profiling works, and I'm against it." 38 00:01:18,279 --> 00:01:19,413 That answer's pretty simple, isn't it? 39 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:20,748 We can make it more complicated. 40 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:22,550 A lot people in... 41 00:01:22,616 --> 00:01:24,852 I'm sorry, Mr. President, do you mind if I...? No. 42 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:27,087 I think she was talking to me, there, Dexter. What? 43 00:01:27,155 --> 00:01:28,322 A lot of people in law enforcement believe 44 00:01:28,389 --> 00:01:29,957 profiling helps them do their job better. 45 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:31,259 Not everyone's against it. 46 00:01:31,325 --> 00:01:32,926 I'm against it. 47 00:01:32,993 --> 00:01:34,027 And so are the voters 48 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:35,062 but I think what... 49 00:01:35,129 --> 00:01:36,164 How you doing there, Joey? 50 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:37,865 Kippy? Kenny. 51 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,600 Okay. I think, Mr. President 52 00:01:39,667 --> 00:01:42,170 that what Congresswoman Wyatt was saying is 53 00:01:42,236 --> 00:01:44,172 that if we can figure out a way 54 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:45,373 to make this answer about the drug war 55 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:46,607 then we can talk about successes. 56 00:01:46,674 --> 00:01:47,875 Is that what you were saying, Andy? 57 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:49,543 Yes, sir. Yeah, but, Ritchie 58 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:51,812 will bring it back to Rooker and the fact that you don't know 59 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:53,614 what your position on racial profiling... I do know what my position is. 60 00:01:53,681 --> 00:01:55,383 TOBY: We're losing the question. 61 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:57,117 Fundamentally, it's what was the story with Rooker? 62 00:01:57,185 --> 00:01:59,753 C.J.: We gave him our full support until it became clear 63 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:01,289 that an increasingly divided Congress was 64 00:02:01,355 --> 00:02:02,656 going to shoot down our nominee. 65 00:02:02,723 --> 00:02:03,924 We didn't give him our full support. 66 00:02:03,991 --> 00:02:05,559 We withdrew the nomination. 67 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:06,960 Why not blow past the nomination fight and give a strong...? 68 00:02:07,027 --> 00:02:08,862 "Blow past the nomination"? ...and give a strong 69 00:02:08,929 --> 00:02:10,698 unambiguous statement in support of law enforcement? 70 00:02:10,764 --> 00:02:12,366 'Cause that's not going to be the question. 71 00:02:12,433 --> 00:02:14,168 Nobody's for stronger, fairer law enforcement. 72 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:15,469 That's not going to be the question. 73 00:02:15,536 --> 00:02:17,405 Why not just say we screwed up? 74 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:18,672 "Mr. Rooker's a devoted crime fighter-- 75 00:02:18,739 --> 00:02:20,674 "we had our differences-- 76 00:02:20,741 --> 00:02:22,910 but on this, all Americans can agree..." 77 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:23,744 Excuse me. 78 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:24,578 Yes, sir. 79 00:02:24,645 --> 00:02:26,414 Were you doing me just then? 80 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:27,381 I was offering an answer... 81 00:02:27,448 --> 00:02:28,482 You were doing me. 82 00:02:28,549 --> 00:02:29,717 I may have slipped into it, yes. 83 00:02:29,783 --> 00:02:31,585 Anybody else do a pretty good Bartlet? 84 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:34,121 It's talent night here at debate camp. 85 00:02:34,188 --> 00:02:35,623 Anybody want to do a little skit? 86 00:02:40,261 --> 00:02:42,463 ( whispering ) 87 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:47,535 ( clearing throat ) 88 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:51,472 Apparently, eight Israeli Thunder fighters-- 89 00:02:51,539 --> 00:02:54,408 these are also known as American-made 90 00:02:54,475 --> 00:02:56,510 Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles-- 91 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:59,547 have hit two terrorist bases in the north and south of Qumar 92 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:02,616 and while no Qumari government personnel 93 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:05,319 or institutions were destroyed 94 00:03:05,386 --> 00:03:08,356 Qumar, of course, considers an attack on its soil 95 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:09,790 to be an act of war. 96 00:03:09,857 --> 00:03:11,292 So, we are, as always 97 00:03:11,359 --> 00:03:15,529 one bad bottle of tequila away from all-out war in West Asia. 98 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:20,234 Would you like to take this one or shall I? 99 00:03:20,301 --> 00:03:22,936 Why don't you get this one and I'll get... the next one? 100 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:24,104 Okay. 101 00:03:24,171 --> 00:03:25,639 We've got a secure room. 102 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:29,109 I agreed to be locked up with you people for 48 hours. 103 00:03:29,176 --> 00:03:31,011 How much time do I have left? 104 00:03:31,078 --> 00:03:32,546 LEO: 47 hours, 41 minutes. 105 00:04:22,563 --> 00:04:24,965 LEO: Hutchinson and Berryhill are hooked in 106 00:04:25,032 --> 00:04:26,334 along with Nancy and Fitzwallace 107 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:27,735 and we're still getting Peter from State. 108 00:04:27,801 --> 00:04:30,538 Defense Condition 3 for the bases in Qumar is what? 109 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:31,672 Mike. 110 00:04:31,739 --> 00:04:33,641 It deploys the Independence to the Gulf. 111 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:35,008 They've got 75 aircraft. 112 00:04:35,075 --> 00:04:37,110 PRESIDENT: What's happening on the ground? 113 00:04:37,177 --> 00:04:39,112 MAN: AC Striker recon says 30,000 troops 114 00:04:39,179 --> 00:04:40,414 are massing at the Syrian border. 115 00:04:40,481 --> 00:04:41,482 That was fast. 116 00:04:41,549 --> 00:04:42,683 LEO: They're not there yet. 117 00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:44,485 We're getting MILSAT confirmation. 118 00:04:49,357 --> 00:04:50,558 MAN 2: Mr. President, you have 119 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:52,426 Secretaries Hutchinson and Berryhill 120 00:04:52,493 --> 00:04:54,862 Director Kato, Chairman Fitzwallace and Dr. McNally. 121 00:04:54,928 --> 00:04:56,196 All right. 122 00:04:56,263 --> 00:04:58,265 Well, we've got ourselves a Marx Brothers movie. 123 00:04:58,332 --> 00:04:59,733 ( over phone ): Sir, it's Ken. 124 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,670 On your order, we'll put CTU on high alert. 125 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:04,237 You have the order. Oh, Fitz? 126 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:05,506 FITZWALLACE: Yes, sir? 127 00:05:05,573 --> 00:05:07,140 How you doing? Fine. Thank you, sir. 128 00:05:07,207 --> 00:05:08,709 And you? 129 00:05:08,776 --> 00:05:10,544 Well, we've made camp in North Carolina for prep. 130 00:05:10,611 --> 00:05:12,613 So, I've been thinking a lot about killing myself 131 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,015 but let me ask you something-- besides Qumar 132 00:05:15,082 --> 00:05:17,618 Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, they've all got short 133 00:05:17,685 --> 00:05:19,420 and medium range missiles. 134 00:05:19,487 --> 00:05:21,722 If Israel feels threatened by them, what happens? 135 00:05:21,789 --> 00:05:23,123 They launch a preemptive strike. 136 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:24,558 LEO: Yeah, but before that happens 137 00:05:24,625 --> 00:05:25,826 Qumar shows its teeth, right? 138 00:05:25,893 --> 00:05:27,828 Yeah. Yeah, so what happens then? 139 00:05:27,895 --> 00:05:30,531 They'll want something from us in exchange for standing down. 140 00:05:30,598 --> 00:05:32,165 Well, for the moment, they haven't stood up 141 00:05:32,232 --> 00:05:33,734 but in the meantime, let's try 142 00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:35,569 and think of something we can give them when they do. 143 00:05:35,636 --> 00:05:37,605 That's what we should do in the meantime? 144 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:39,773 Leo... We should think of something we can give them? 145 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,709 Honey, if we're going to have this fight 146 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:44,211 can we not do it in front of the Joint Chiefs? 147 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:45,779 It just scares the hell out of them. 148 00:05:45,846 --> 00:05:47,314 Yes. 149 00:05:47,381 --> 00:05:49,917 Mr. Chairman, would you put our bases in Qumar 150 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:51,385 at Defense Condition 3 151 00:05:51,452 --> 00:05:53,854 and put the U.S. Military at DefCon 4? 152 00:05:53,921 --> 00:05:54,888 Yes, sir. 153 00:05:54,955 --> 00:05:56,457 Thank you. 154 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:02,563 Andy. 155 00:06:02,630 --> 00:06:03,531 Yeah? 156 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:04,732 A couple of things. 157 00:06:04,798 --> 00:06:06,900 I need you to look at a couple of answers 158 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:08,068 on defense readiness. 159 00:06:08,135 --> 00:06:09,603 I-I-I need concrete examples 160 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:11,371 of waste in Pentagon procurement. 161 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:14,241 We need two more members of the I.R.C. for post spin. 162 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,610 I need you to fill out this marriage license 163 00:06:16,677 --> 00:06:18,879 and paperwork for a joint checking account 164 00:06:18,946 --> 00:06:21,815 and review this 60-second answer on Rwanda. 165 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:25,018 Okay, okay, okay, um... under no circumstances... 166 00:06:25,085 --> 00:06:26,554 and sure. 167 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:29,356 See, by my count, you said, "Under no circumstances" 168 00:06:29,423 --> 00:06:31,358 to the I.R.C. post spin, and, "Sure"... 169 00:06:31,425 --> 00:06:34,161 I said, "Under no circumstances," to marrying you again. 170 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:35,295 May I ask why? 171 00:06:35,362 --> 00:06:36,464 I have the unique experience 172 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:37,831 of having done it once before. 173 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:39,366 Yes, well... 174 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:41,469 I have to get to the things you gave me. 175 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:42,936 A person's running for president. 176 00:06:45,138 --> 00:06:46,106 Hey. 177 00:06:46,173 --> 00:06:47,074 Hey. 178 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:48,341 That was good, Sam. 179 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:50,277 Stay up in his face. Don't back off. 180 00:06:50,343 --> 00:06:51,579 You want to shoot for two minutes? 181 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:52,846 There's a hoop in back. 182 00:06:52,913 --> 00:06:53,947 Yeah... 183 00:06:54,014 --> 00:06:55,348 He's right. Don't back off. Yeah. 184 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:56,817 What's going on with you and Andy? 185 00:06:56,884 --> 00:06:58,018 Nothing. I think you're wrong. 186 00:06:58,085 --> 00:06:59,019 I'm not. 187 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:00,220 I think you're getting back together. 188 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:02,089 I'm not. But you want to. 189 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,492 Yes. I think... Wait. What? 190 00:07:04,558 --> 00:07:07,861 See, sometimes, if I slam on the brakes, you just run right past. 191 00:07:07,928 --> 00:07:09,630 Okay, fill us in on everything you got so far 192 00:07:09,697 --> 00:07:11,264 between the two of you. 193 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:13,333 Yeah, that's what's going to happen right now. 194 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,702 Well, if you do that... 195 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:16,670 Are you going stay up in his face? 196 00:07:16,737 --> 00:07:18,271 Did you hear me say I would? 197 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:19,807 No, actually. Well, I will. 198 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:21,775 Listen, let me tell you something. 199 00:07:21,842 --> 00:07:23,410 What I said wasn't personal. 200 00:07:23,477 --> 00:07:24,411 Who said it was? 201 00:07:24,478 --> 00:07:25,579 He did. 202 00:07:25,646 --> 00:07:27,147 He said it's been four years 203 00:07:27,214 --> 00:07:30,250 and when am I going to stop saying, "I told you so" 204 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:31,552 and that wasn't... I was... 205 00:07:31,619 --> 00:07:33,053 Let's say we were new. 206 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:33,854 We made mistakes. 207 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:35,556 We'd just gotten to... 208 00:07:35,623 --> 00:07:37,658 We weren't even in the White House 209 00:07:37,725 --> 00:07:39,259 when we heard Rooker... 210 00:07:39,326 --> 00:07:40,928 It was, like, January 5. 211 00:07:40,994 --> 00:07:42,095 It was the 15. 212 00:07:42,162 --> 00:07:43,664 It was January 15. 213 00:07:43,731 --> 00:07:45,065 JOSH: How do you remember? 214 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:46,800 TOBY: I just do. 215 00:07:46,867 --> 00:07:49,102 I think Cornell Rooker's going to be the Attorney General. 216 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:50,103 How about that? 217 00:07:50,170 --> 00:07:51,605 What do you mean? 218 00:07:51,672 --> 00:07:52,806 He's on the phone with the Governor right now. 219 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:54,207 We're settled on that? 220 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:56,043 Yes, it's Cornell Rooker, if that's 221 00:07:56,109 --> 00:07:58,011 what he's saying on the phone, if he's saying yes. 222 00:07:58,078 --> 00:07:59,680 If he's saying no, then it's going to be somebody else. 223 00:07:59,747 --> 00:08:00,548 Well analyzed. 224 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:02,082 I thought there might be 225 00:08:02,149 --> 00:08:04,351 more conversations about the more conservative tendencies. 226 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:05,452 Like privacy? Yeah. 227 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:06,554 C.J.: That's what... 228 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:07,755 He's a Democrat with a record 229 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:09,056 the right wing can't complain about. 230 00:08:09,122 --> 00:08:10,958 Excuse me, Josh. I'm looking for Donna. 231 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:12,492 Donna's at the White House, as a matter of fact. 232 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:13,961 She's at the White House? Yeah. 233 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:15,896 She knows the old tenants are still there, right? 234 00:08:15,963 --> 00:08:18,398 She's being taken out to lunch by her predecessor 235 00:08:18,465 --> 00:08:20,768 a guy who's the assistant to Mack McConnell 236 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:22,570 assistant to the Deputy C.O.S. 237 00:08:22,636 --> 00:08:23,704 Nobody did that with me. 238 00:08:23,771 --> 00:08:25,305 Anybody do that with you? 239 00:08:25,372 --> 00:08:26,974 Sam... 240 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,542 JOSH: He's who judiciary calls 241 00:08:28,609 --> 00:08:30,377 when they want to put a stamp on, and yes 242 00:08:30,443 --> 00:08:32,379 he's got a record conservatives can't complain about. 243 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:34,081 Guys, our opponent has 244 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:36,216 a record conservatives can't complain about, but he lost. 245 00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:37,851 Excuse me. Mr. Ziegler? 246 00:08:37,918 --> 00:08:38,986 Yeah? 247 00:08:39,052 --> 00:08:40,754 Congresswoman Wyatt is here in person 248 00:08:40,821 --> 00:08:42,189 without an appointment and she's asking to see you. 249 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:43,857 Yeah. 250 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:46,326 Congresswoman Wyatt's also Mrs. Ziegler. 251 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:48,161 Just, uh... I'll be right out. 252 00:08:48,228 --> 00:08:49,496 Yes, sir. 253 00:08:49,563 --> 00:08:52,866 You think we're going to get hit from the left? 254 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:54,367 I do. Look... JOSH: I don't. 255 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:55,903 He gets a honeymoon. Let's take advantage. 256 00:08:55,969 --> 00:08:57,237 You're missing my point. 257 00:08:57,304 --> 00:08:59,172 JOSH: What? I think he'll be confirmed. 258 00:08:59,239 --> 00:09:01,408 No problem. We might even get the honeymoon from the left. 259 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:02,542 But? 260 00:09:02,610 --> 00:09:03,744 I'm not sure he's the right guy. 261 00:09:03,811 --> 00:09:04,612 ( footsteps approach ) 262 00:09:04,678 --> 00:09:08,181 We got Rooker. 263 00:09:10,618 --> 00:09:12,352 Donna? 264 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:13,420 Yeah. 265 00:09:13,486 --> 00:09:14,221 Jeff Johnson. 266 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:15,288 Come on back. 267 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:19,259 This was incredibly nice of you. 268 00:09:19,326 --> 00:09:21,962 Well, the guy before did it for me. So who knows? 269 00:09:22,029 --> 00:09:24,531 Maybe you'll do it for someone else in four years. 270 00:09:24,598 --> 00:09:25,733 Eight years. 271 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:27,601 ( chuckling ): Whatever. 272 00:09:27,668 --> 00:09:29,937 Is this where I'll be working? 273 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:31,038 Who knows? 274 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:32,806 The White House reinvents itself 275 00:09:32,873 --> 00:09:33,874 with every administration. 276 00:09:33,941 --> 00:09:35,275 It's never the same. 277 00:09:35,342 --> 00:09:37,077 There are some things that I can tell you 278 00:09:37,144 --> 00:09:38,478 that won't be in your briefing. 279 00:09:38,545 --> 00:09:39,847 You want to hear them? Sure. 280 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:40,981 Never wear your badge off campus. 281 00:09:41,048 --> 00:09:42,515 It's like wearing a bull's-eye. 282 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:45,085 Don't let your kids get the mail out of the mailbox. 283 00:09:45,152 --> 00:09:47,688 You don't know what separatist just sent you a chain letter. 284 00:09:47,755 --> 00:09:49,857 I don't have kids. 285 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:52,025 Good, because there are days you're going to need 286 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:53,727 to be here at 8:00, maybe even earlier 287 00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:55,262 and not go home till 6:00 or 7:00. 288 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:57,130 What else? 289 00:09:57,197 --> 00:09:58,198 The iodine tablets. 290 00:09:58,265 --> 00:10:00,901 Some people take them; some people don't. 291 00:10:00,968 --> 00:10:02,803 I did, but you can ask your doctor. 292 00:10:02,870 --> 00:10:06,006 What's the iodine for? 293 00:10:06,073 --> 00:10:09,609 Uh, it protects your thyroid from the radiation. 294 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:12,445 And... why is there radiation? 295 00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:13,947 There's an XW-9 warhead 296 00:10:14,014 --> 00:10:17,117 in a silo 93 feet below the Eisenhower putting green. 297 00:10:17,184 --> 00:10:18,886 They say it's not enough radiation 298 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:20,187 to hurt you, but do you really want 299 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:22,189 to take chances with something like that? 300 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,524 Really? Wow. God, no. 301 00:10:24,591 --> 00:10:27,695 Yeah. Listen, before I forget 302 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:29,296 I've got to hit you up for a favor. 303 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,364 My girlfriend's a stringer for a teen magazine. 304 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:32,632 It's called 21. 305 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,334 Sure. With all the young people coming in 306 00:10:34,401 --> 00:10:36,904 they want to do a story and you've been visible 307 00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:38,505 and with the way you look... 308 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:39,740 any chance she could get 309 00:10:39,807 --> 00:10:41,208 a ten-minute phoner? 310 00:10:41,274 --> 00:10:43,711 No problem. You can give her the number. 311 00:10:43,777 --> 00:10:45,412 Great. You ready for lunch? Yeah. 312 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:46,479 Where to? 313 00:10:46,546 --> 00:10:47,480 You tell me. 314 00:10:47,547 --> 00:10:48,448 I don't know anything. 315 00:10:48,515 --> 00:10:49,717 Okay. 316 00:10:54,521 --> 00:10:55,789 Everything all right? 317 00:10:55,856 --> 00:10:57,825 Yeah. I couldn't get you on the phone 318 00:10:57,891 --> 00:10:59,392 and I was on the tenth floor. 319 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:00,894 They need another sample. 320 00:11:00,961 --> 00:11:01,895 Why? 321 00:11:01,962 --> 00:11:04,264 There was a blackout in Alexandria 322 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:08,201 and the incubator was without power for 45 minutes. 323 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:11,138 Can we maybe talk about this over here? 324 00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:15,408 A blackout in Alexandria? 325 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:16,543 It's a cab ride. 326 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:17,911 Just go over. 327 00:11:17,978 --> 00:11:19,679 You're in, you're out, no sweat. 328 00:11:19,747 --> 00:11:21,014 No, it's not no sweat. 329 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:22,750 In fact, it's a little bit gruesome. 330 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:24,484 It's gruesome? 331 00:11:24,551 --> 00:11:25,986 It's something. 332 00:11:26,053 --> 00:11:27,721 You get off on the fourth floor 333 00:11:27,788 --> 00:11:29,122 which is clearly marked 334 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,959 for all the other passengers on the elevator to read 335 00:11:32,025 --> 00:11:33,593 that it's the Fertility Clinic 336 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:35,662 and you're trying to show with your body language 337 00:11:35,729 --> 00:11:37,097 that it's not you 338 00:11:37,164 --> 00:11:39,266 and that's impossible to show with body language. 339 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:41,434 An 84-year-old Welsh nurse hands you a brown paper bag 340 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:42,635 with a cup and a video 341 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,404 and points the way toward a room. 342 00:11:44,471 --> 00:11:46,306 I won't even tell you the name they have for this room. 343 00:11:46,373 --> 00:11:48,275 What's the name? I won't tell you. 344 00:11:48,341 --> 00:11:50,143 Why? It's not a good out-loud word. 345 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,981 You take the longest walk of your life 346 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:55,248 back to the Welsh nurse 347 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:57,417 who takes the cup out of the bag 348 00:11:57,484 --> 00:11:58,819 and says, "Very nice." 349 00:11:58,886 --> 00:12:00,020 Honey, I need you to do this now. 350 00:12:00,087 --> 00:12:01,188 There's a timing thing. 351 00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:03,090 Can it possibly wait till next week...? 352 00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:04,524 I thought maybe today I could... 353 00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:05,725 It's January 15, Andy. 354 00:12:05,793 --> 00:12:07,227 I can't have a baby today. 355 00:12:09,029 --> 00:12:11,531 He's getting sworn in in five days. 356 00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:13,200 I'm not saying never-- 357 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:15,668 I'm saying can we... wait five days? 358 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,771 Sure. 359 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:22,776 How's it going? 360 00:12:22,843 --> 00:12:25,913 Rooker's going to be the AG. 361 00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:30,283 KENNY: Mr. Ziegler! 362 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:31,919 Yeah? I'm sorry for shouting. 363 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:33,453 Joey says she's ready. 364 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:34,788 I'm sorry? 365 00:12:34,855 --> 00:12:36,890 Electoral Math. 366 00:12:36,957 --> 00:12:38,425 ( grunts ) 367 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:50,103 Was it 'cause we... burned it down? 368 00:12:50,170 --> 00:12:52,873 SAM: I was going to say. 369 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:55,675 Okay, let's start. 370 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:59,412 I'm taking Ohio out of the red and putting it back in play. 371 00:12:59,479 --> 00:13:02,315 How much money is it going to take to win there? 372 00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:04,684 JOEY: A lot more than we have there. 373 00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:08,255 We're on the air in 18 of the top 25. 374 00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:10,690 There's no new money to spend on this. 375 00:13:10,757 --> 00:13:11,892 We're going to have to move it... 376 00:13:11,959 --> 00:13:13,193 I'm going to stop you there. 377 00:13:13,260 --> 00:13:14,661 Joey, I-I can't go to him with it. 378 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:16,930 Let me go to him with it. Let Bruno. 379 00:13:16,997 --> 00:13:18,165 No, I'm with Toby. 380 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:19,466 I don't think you understand 381 00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:21,634 how the President feels about his home state. 382 00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:22,836 He's a New Hampshire Bartlet. 383 00:13:22,903 --> 00:13:24,537 It's been home for centuries. 384 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:27,674 He's a Democrat elected to the statehouse with close to 60% 385 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:29,509 and the fact that the state's in play is 386 00:13:29,576 --> 00:13:30,810 a real embarrassment for him. 387 00:13:30,878 --> 00:13:32,279 He doesn't want to campaign there 388 00:13:32,345 --> 00:13:34,214 because that's embarrassing, too, but we... 389 00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:38,852 C.J., I'm trying to tell you it's not in play anymore. 390 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:41,488 Joey, no kidding-- if you asked the president 391 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:43,523 which he'd rather win, New Hampshire or the election 392 00:13:43,590 --> 00:13:45,358 he'd have to think before he answered. 393 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:49,362 Put a pin in it; we'll come back after prep. Thanks. 394 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:56,403 MAN: President Bartlet, the next question's to you. 395 00:13:56,469 --> 00:13:58,071 Governor Ritchie contends there's a crisis 396 00:13:58,138 --> 00:13:59,806 in the American family 397 00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:02,609 that parents aren't spending enough time with their kids. 398 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:04,912 JOSH: We're trying this again. Sorry. Yeah. 399 00:14:04,978 --> 00:14:07,047 And that your solution is essentially 400 00:14:07,114 --> 00:14:08,781 to have government raise children. 401 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:10,617 Well, that's an extraordinary 402 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:13,120 and unsurprisingly dumb interpretation of what it is 403 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,022 my administration's trying to accomplish. 404 00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:16,389 ( applause and cheers ) 405 00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:18,691 It's hard enough to raise kids today 406 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:22,062 with help from family leave, subsidized day care, preschool-- 407 00:14:22,129 --> 00:14:23,296 we need more of it, not less. 408 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:24,898 SAM: The government can't 409 00:14:24,965 --> 00:14:27,400 raise kids, Mr. President-- parents have to. 410 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:29,269 I have three grown daughters, Governor. 411 00:14:29,336 --> 00:14:31,471 You really want to tell me how I should raise my family? 412 00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:33,073 You're really comfortable with that? 413 00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:34,541 There it is. You want to tell other American 414 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:36,009 fathers and mothers what they're doing wrong? 415 00:14:36,076 --> 00:14:36,977 Sir, I did not say... 416 00:14:37,044 --> 00:14:37,945 I didn't think you did. 417 00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:39,212 So why don't we stick 418 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:40,647 to what it is government can do-- 419 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,382 which is collect money and distribute it-- 420 00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:44,117 and stop wasting time by sentimentalizing families? 421 00:14:44,184 --> 00:14:45,385 Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's not good, sir. 422 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:47,254 SAM: We just lost the vote of every 423 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,556 stay-at-home mom and their husbands who are henpecked. 424 00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:51,358 Who are you now? 425 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:53,927 Sir... I like the aggressive answer; it's just right. 426 00:14:53,994 --> 00:14:56,429 We're letting Ritchie put him on the opposite side of values. 427 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,065 Lead with "I'm the proud father of... " 428 00:14:58,131 --> 00:14:59,599 PRESIDENT: That wasn't the question, Larry. 429 00:14:59,666 --> 00:15:01,568 The question was, "What do I have against families?" 430 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:03,570 Josh... and the answer is I have nothing against them at all. 431 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:05,638 They're simply not mentioned in the Executive Powers section. 432 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:08,141 Larry's right, we have to put him on the right side of this. 433 00:15:08,208 --> 00:15:09,342 He is on the right side of this 434 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:12,245 but we need help with the answer. 435 00:15:12,312 --> 00:15:15,382 You're asking me to do that which I don't want to do, right? 436 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:16,916 Yes. Okay. 437 00:15:16,984 --> 00:15:19,019 I have a press briefing. 438 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:25,525 ( clears throat ): Good afternoon. 439 00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:28,495 Today is January 22. 440 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:32,832 Let me brief you on the President's morning schedule. 441 00:15:32,899 --> 00:15:35,435 He started with... How's that? 442 00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:36,469 CAROL: Good. 443 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:37,837 Yeah? Yeah. 444 00:15:37,904 --> 00:15:40,473 You sure? Yeah. 445 00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:41,474 You don't care. 446 00:15:41,541 --> 00:15:42,609 No. 447 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:44,811 Okay. I've got boxes to unload. 448 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:47,214 I'm going to stay here and practice. 449 00:15:49,216 --> 00:15:51,851 No, David, the President was very clear about that. 450 00:15:51,918 --> 00:15:54,521 Mark, then Katie. 451 00:15:54,587 --> 00:15:57,624 Mark, Katie, Jessie, Phil, Steve, Betsy, Julie, Julie 452 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:01,594 Julia, Kevin, Paul, Tom, Sondra, Suzanne... 453 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:02,996 ( sighs ) 454 00:16:03,063 --> 00:16:06,599 Mike, Danny... Elizabeth. 455 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:08,368 18th seat. 456 00:16:08,435 --> 00:16:10,903 18 you can vote... "vote" sounds like "moat"... 457 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:12,372 which is a trench-- Trent. 458 00:16:12,439 --> 00:16:13,840 Excuse me, C.J. 459 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:14,907 Yeah? 460 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,076 Bill Stark. 461 00:16:16,143 --> 00:16:17,277 I'm with Kingspeak. 462 00:16:17,344 --> 00:16:18,945 We're a magazine that reaches 463 00:16:19,012 --> 00:16:20,580 over 600,000 Christian Evangelicals. 464 00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:22,615 I'm sorry I missed your first briefing. 465 00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:23,916 I heard you did well. 466 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:24,851 I can do better. 467 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,186 I wanted tell you 468 00:16:26,253 --> 00:16:27,487 that on December 10 469 00:16:27,554 --> 00:16:29,922 all 600,000 will be praying for you. 470 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:30,957 Really? 471 00:16:31,024 --> 00:16:32,725 That's right. 472 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:33,893 I don't understand. 473 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,065 Well, once a year, we identify 474 00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:41,368 the 365 most influential people in media 475 00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:43,870 and we assign each of them a calendar day 476 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:45,572 and we pray for them. 477 00:16:49,209 --> 00:16:52,045 I really don't know what to say in response 478 00:16:52,112 --> 00:16:53,880 to that sort of kindness. 479 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:55,348 Well... 480 00:16:55,415 --> 00:16:57,084 the Administration will reconsider 481 00:16:57,150 --> 00:16:58,718 their position on some issues? 482 00:16:58,785 --> 00:17:00,053 Like what? 483 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,021 Um... school prayer? 484 00:17:02,089 --> 00:17:05,092 I think the President's pretty much made up his mind. 485 00:17:05,158 --> 00:17:06,826 Millions of Americans want it. 486 00:17:06,893 --> 00:17:08,428 There are a lot of votes there. 487 00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:10,797 Yes, but we got as many as we needed for now, so... 488 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:12,965 Just wanted to say hi. 489 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:14,967 I'll see you around. 490 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,936 Oh, by the way... 491 00:17:17,003 --> 00:17:19,272 just so you don't think we disagree on everything 492 00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:20,807 I think Cornell Rooker is terrific. 493 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,175 Really? Back in the day 494 00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:23,976 we served on a city council together. 495 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,779 First African-American man I've ever heard make sense 496 00:17:26,846 --> 00:17:28,648 on racial profiling. 497 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,255 MRS. LANDINGHAM: Look at this. 498 00:17:35,322 --> 00:17:36,523 Leonardo DaVinci. 499 00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:38,525 "Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate." 500 00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:39,559 It's nice. 501 00:17:39,626 --> 00:17:41,828 ( gasps ): Here's Botticelli. 502 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:42,995 "Adoration of the Magi." 503 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,331 What are we doing right now? 504 00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:46,099 We're choosing pictures from the collection 505 00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:47,100 at the National Gallery. 506 00:17:47,167 --> 00:17:48,335 They'll loan stuff? 507 00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,103 Anything you want in the National Gallery 508 00:17:50,170 --> 00:17:51,204 or the whole Smithsonian. 509 00:17:51,271 --> 00:17:52,205 Really? Yeah. 510 00:17:52,272 --> 00:17:53,673 I want Apollo 11. 511 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:55,642 Well, you can't have that. Then don't bother me. 512 00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:57,577 Sir... I'm meeting with the Leadership 513 00:17:57,644 --> 00:17:59,279 I'm signing six Executive Orders I don't yet understand... 514 00:17:59,346 --> 00:18:00,513 ( knocking on door ) 515 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:03,183 Mr. President. 516 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:04,751 God, I thought that was a closet. 517 00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:06,553 It's my office. 518 00:18:06,619 --> 00:18:09,456 All right, the room's got four doors, it's huge. 519 00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:11,858 I want to run through these Executive Orders. 520 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,059 Do you understand them? 521 00:18:13,126 --> 00:18:14,227 Not quite yet. 522 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:15,695 C.J., what are you doing? 523 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:18,531 I'm sorry, sir. I just wanted to see Leo. 524 00:18:18,598 --> 00:18:19,999 He's standing right there. 525 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:21,334 Yeah. 526 00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:23,403 Would you get your ass in here? 527 00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:25,037 Could everyone stop acting strange? 528 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:26,606 What's up? 529 00:18:26,673 --> 00:18:30,977 A reporter for a conservative Christian magazine 530 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,245 introduced himself 531 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:33,713 and happened to mention 532 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,782 that he served on a city council with Rooker 533 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:37,116 which is true-- it was in Miami. 534 00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:38,218 Yeah. 535 00:18:38,285 --> 00:18:39,719 The reporter said that 536 00:18:39,786 --> 00:18:41,888 he liked Rooker's position on racial profiling. 537 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,190 That's strange. 538 00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:46,626 No, it's not. We found the transcript. 539 00:18:46,693 --> 00:18:48,761 "I'm not saying it should be active policy 540 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:51,531 "but there is no question in my mind that in certain situations 541 00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:53,800 racial profiling can be helpful to law..." 542 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:54,801 Law enforcement? 543 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:56,436 Yeah. 544 00:18:56,503 --> 00:18:59,071 It's our second day, how do you think it's going so far? 545 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,307 We'll get into it. 546 00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:03,243 Yes. 547 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:08,781 AMY: And down the stretch, here she comes. 548 00:19:08,848 --> 00:19:09,949 Here comes Gardner. 549 00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:11,718 She's going to take the yellow jersey 550 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,620 past the picturesque farms and hillsides 551 00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:15,955 and Champs d' Leamp and the white cliffs of Dover. 552 00:19:16,022 --> 00:19:18,358 Where do the Americans find this kind of spirit? 553 00:19:18,425 --> 00:19:21,761 ( cell phone beeps ) Her cell phone's ringing now-- probably a sponsor. 554 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:22,762 Hello? 555 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:23,763 It's Josh. 556 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:26,098 Hello. 557 00:19:26,165 --> 00:19:27,300 You're breathing very hard. 558 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:28,301 I'm riding. 559 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:29,702 Then what are you doing? 560 00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:30,237 Later? 561 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:31,137 Yeah. 562 00:19:31,204 --> 00:19:32,372 I'm having dinner 563 00:19:32,439 --> 00:19:34,006 with Peter Harlow. 564 00:19:34,073 --> 00:19:35,375 How's Peter's wife? 565 00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:36,443 ( chuckles ) 566 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,110 They're separated. 567 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:39,212 Yes, I know. 568 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:40,980 What do you need? 569 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:42,449 How do we stand strong 570 00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:45,151 for the modern family with all its quirks 571 00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:48,988 and not seem like we're dissing everyone born before 1962? 572 00:19:49,055 --> 00:19:50,290 By doing it. 573 00:19:50,357 --> 00:19:51,824 Can I call you in a couple hours? 574 00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:53,593 You'll think about it? Yeah. 575 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:54,894 Thank you. 576 00:19:57,430 --> 00:20:00,567 ( mumbling ) 577 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:02,569 You're going to this meeting? 578 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:03,603 Yeah. 579 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:05,772 WW-160, you been able to find it? 580 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:08,107 I don't even know where I am right now. 581 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:09,642 I'm looking on this side again. 582 00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:11,644 Do you mind if I talk to you while we walk? 583 00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:13,045 Well, we may as well get used to having meetings 584 00:20:13,112 --> 00:20:14,046 in the corridors from now on. 585 00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:15,548 It may be our only hope. 586 00:20:15,615 --> 00:20:17,984 I now know why they made the Oval Office a special shape. 587 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,452 Six new editorials-- 588 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:22,489 NAACP, the Urban League, La Raza... 589 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:25,325 NAACP doesn't want to see a black Attorney General? 590 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:27,126 No, I think they do, but they also stand 591 00:20:27,193 --> 00:20:30,129 for the ones who get pulled over for having too nice a car. 592 00:20:30,196 --> 00:20:32,665 Thank you. 593 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:34,166 Intergovernmental's also... 594 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:36,168 I'm talking to Intergovernmental. 595 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:39,171 Does anybody know where WW-160 is?! 596 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,373 Hi. 597 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:41,374 I'm Josh Lyman. 598 00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:42,475 You all work for me. 599 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,176 Does anybody know where WW-160 is? 600 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:45,878 I haven't seen it. 601 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,380 That one hasn't seen it. 602 00:20:47,447 --> 00:20:50,350 She's... you know, she's keeping an eye out, though. 603 00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:52,452 I don't think he's going to be confirmed. 604 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:54,020 I think the first thing that's going to happen to us is 605 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:55,988 we're going to lose a confirmation battle... 606 00:20:56,055 --> 00:21:00,192 spend the next four years with two outs and a full count. 607 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:01,594 If we pull him out now 608 00:21:01,661 --> 00:21:03,396 it's a story for a day and a half 609 00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:05,064 until we announce the next guy. 610 00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:06,165 If we wait a week... 611 00:21:06,232 --> 00:21:07,300 This is the guy. 612 00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:09,001 This is the story. 613 00:21:09,068 --> 00:21:11,003 Good. 614 00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:12,305 'Cause you know why? 615 00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:14,441 'Cause hubris always wins in the end. 616 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:16,175 The Greeks taught us that. 617 00:21:16,242 --> 00:21:17,410 ( whistles ) 618 00:21:17,477 --> 00:21:19,779 We were looking for West Wing 160. 619 00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:22,014 Yeah, I think it's in the Kremlin. 620 00:21:22,081 --> 00:21:23,483 Let's just meet here. 621 00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:25,352 Leo, this is a strong, deserving nominee. 622 00:21:25,418 --> 00:21:26,419 Sam, it's not hubris. 623 00:21:26,486 --> 00:21:28,154 He should be Attorney General. 624 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:29,389 Yeah, but he's not going to be. 625 00:21:29,456 --> 00:21:30,990 So, let's take it from there. 626 00:21:31,057 --> 00:21:32,692 No, the President doesn't want to give it up yet. 627 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,661 Let's line up people for I.P., the mornings... 628 00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:36,028 Cornell Rooker has an exceptional record 629 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:37,497 as a U.S. Attorney... 630 00:21:37,564 --> 00:21:39,499 a leader in fighting employment discrimination 631 00:21:39,566 --> 00:21:41,100 was college chair of... 632 00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:43,503 He's tough on crime; he's fair on justice-- 633 00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:44,804 that's the line-- say that. 634 00:21:44,871 --> 00:21:45,805 Do not say that. 635 00:21:45,872 --> 00:21:47,039 What the hell is that? 636 00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:48,140 "He's tough on crime; 637 00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:49,208 he's fair on justice"... 638 00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:50,477 sings a song and has a mustache? 639 00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:51,778 What is that supposed to... 640 00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:53,446 And Toby's gone to the zoo. 641 00:21:53,513 --> 00:21:55,047 Yeah, I think we may have killed these two guys 642 00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:56,349 with Inauguration. 643 00:21:56,416 --> 00:21:58,618 SAM: Leo, I beseech you-- let me take a pass 644 00:21:58,685 --> 00:22:00,119 at some remarks the President can make 645 00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:01,654 withdrawing the nomination. 646 00:22:01,721 --> 00:22:02,922 We're going to do it anyway. Let's do it now. 647 00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:04,624 JOSH: Here it is. 648 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:06,593 If you take a thorough look at Cornell Rooker's record, you'll see... 649 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:08,094 Yes. ...he's fought for justice 650 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,596 his entire career. 651 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:11,764 If you take a thorough look at Cornell Rooker's record 652 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:14,000 you'll see he's fought for justice his entire career. 653 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,368 I don't want to be able to turn my head tomorrow 654 00:22:15,435 --> 00:22:16,369 without reading that quote. 655 00:22:16,436 --> 00:22:17,637 Anything else? 656 00:22:17,704 --> 00:22:18,771 No. 657 00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,774 Thank you. 658 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:25,344 Hey... I don't think there is a WW-160. 659 00:22:25,412 --> 00:22:28,147 Yeah, hey. How do you do? 660 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:29,315 What? 661 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:30,650 Guess what I have here. 662 00:22:30,717 --> 00:22:32,218 It's a copy of 21 magazine. 663 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:33,653 It's for Generation Now! 664 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:34,987 Is my thing in there? 665 00:22:35,054 --> 00:22:36,022 Yuh-huh. 666 00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:36,989 What? 667 00:22:37,056 --> 00:22:38,525 ( clears throat ) 668 00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:41,761 "In sleek Selia Yang slacks and a classic DKNY button-down 669 00:22:41,828 --> 00:22:43,863 "she's not afraid to bring a note of 670 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:46,699 'Let's do drinks after work' to the office." 671 00:22:46,766 --> 00:22:48,835 That's totally untrue, but I do like the sound of it. 672 00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:51,203 "But much as we love her style, we worry 673 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:53,840 about her inexperience and Bambiesque naiveté. 674 00:22:53,906 --> 00:22:56,075 "'There's so much to learn,' says Moss. 675 00:22:56,142 --> 00:22:59,111 "'I didn't even know there was a nuclear missile silo 676 00:22:59,178 --> 00:23:00,246 under this place.'" 677 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:01,247 I didn't. 678 00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:02,014 There's not! 679 00:23:02,081 --> 00:23:02,649 There is! 680 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:03,816 Who told you that? 681 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:06,853 Jeff, when I met him for lunch. 682 00:23:06,919 --> 00:23:08,588 Let me take a guess at something. 683 00:23:08,655 --> 00:23:10,056 Jeff set you up with the reporter, right? 684 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:11,424 His girlfriend. 685 00:23:11,491 --> 00:23:12,725 You probably didn't even bring this up, right? 686 00:23:12,792 --> 00:23:16,496 The girlfriend led you there? 687 00:23:16,563 --> 00:23:17,764 Bambiesque? 688 00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:19,732 As does pertain to Bambi. 689 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:22,702 There's a reason why we keep these missile silos 690 00:23:22,769 --> 00:23:24,771 way out the hell in the middle of nowhere. 691 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:27,740 It's 'cause they're working with some pretty nasty materials. 692 00:23:27,807 --> 00:23:29,108 Also, there's not much point 693 00:23:29,175 --> 00:23:30,943 in keeping nuclear secrets from China 694 00:23:31,010 --> 00:23:33,279 when all they have to do is take the free tour. 695 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:36,082 Did it really sound right to you when he said it? 696 00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:37,784 What'd you think, we go to war 697 00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:41,120 and Hercules rockets come flying out of the Rose Garden? 698 00:23:41,187 --> 00:23:42,354 The Eisenhower Putting Green. 699 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:43,355 ( laughing ): Oh, my God! 700 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:44,557 I'm too stupid to live! 701 00:23:44,624 --> 00:23:46,526 This is just like when I played the lead 702 00:23:46,593 --> 00:23:47,627 in Li'l Abner in eighth grade 703 00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:49,128 and rehearsals are going fine. 704 00:23:49,195 --> 00:23:51,363 All of a sudden, there's sets and lights and costumes 705 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,800 and everyone's tripping all over themselves except me. 706 00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:55,434 You guys all walked into the building 707 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:56,803 and got freaked by the lights. 708 00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:59,338 I walked in and, you know, something else happened. 709 00:23:59,405 --> 00:24:00,540 Well, we can't all be you. 710 00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:02,074 You can all try a little harder to be. 711 00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:04,744 For sure I'm not taking the iodine tablets. 712 00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:07,446 I should be sitting at my desk right now. 713 00:24:07,514 --> 00:24:08,881 Do I have a desk yet? 714 00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:09,882 No. 715 00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:10,983 Okay. 716 00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:13,520 Then I'll just... walk around some more... 717 00:24:13,586 --> 00:24:16,222 see if I can get into a pickup meeting. 718 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:17,023 CHARLIE: Toby. 719 00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:18,224 Yeah? 720 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,358 You going to dinner? 721 00:24:19,425 --> 00:24:20,493 Yeah. 722 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:21,628 I'm a bad friend. 723 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:23,763 I should've been there for you. 724 00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:26,065 Okay, but I-I don't know what you're talking about. 725 00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:28,267 Josh and Sam talked to me. I'm on board. 726 00:24:28,334 --> 00:24:30,236 With what? Team Toby. 727 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:33,239 See, I lent voice to thought and that was my mistake. 728 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,775 If you want to marry Andy, then, damn it, so do I... 729 00:24:35,842 --> 00:24:37,944 Okay. ...want that, you know, to happen for you. 730 00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:39,445 I get it. 731 00:24:39,512 --> 00:24:41,581 Do you? Because this is about love. 732 00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:43,583 I think you have a different motivation. 733 00:24:43,650 --> 00:24:44,784 Laughs? 734 00:24:44,851 --> 00:24:45,852 Yes. 735 00:24:45,918 --> 00:24:47,654 Sure, but also as much love, really 736 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,922 as I think either one of us are comfortable with. 737 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:50,990 Yes. 738 00:24:51,057 --> 00:24:53,926 Well, let me start here: Have you asked her? 739 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:55,261 Yes. 740 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:58,264 And she said no? 741 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:01,200 This is excruciating. 742 00:25:01,267 --> 00:25:03,770 You're going to give me your white blood cells... 743 00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:05,972 not all of them, but as many as I want. 744 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,506 Why? 745 00:25:07,574 --> 00:25:08,775 Because you love me. 746 00:25:10,577 --> 00:25:11,911 No, wha... uh... 747 00:25:11,978 --> 00:25:14,346 what's the matter with your white blood cells? 748 00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:16,182 Nothing. It's my immune system. 749 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:19,218 It's not... recognizing that a pregnancy isn't 750 00:25:19,285 --> 00:25:21,688 something it's supposed to attack. 751 00:25:21,754 --> 00:25:24,156 So, they draw blood from you... 752 00:25:24,223 --> 00:25:25,592 like a rabid dog 753 00:25:25,658 --> 00:25:27,193 clean it, thank goodness... 754 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,729 and give me injections of your blood cells 755 00:25:29,796 --> 00:25:31,097 to build up tolerance. 756 00:25:31,163 --> 00:25:32,999 You know how you're always saying 757 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:35,034 you wish people were more like you? 758 00:25:35,101 --> 00:25:37,036 Well... 759 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:38,671 The guy's had a lot of success. 760 00:25:38,738 --> 00:25:40,406 You don't have to sell me. 761 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,809 It sounds like something we should try... 762 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:45,544 but let me ask you something, and bear in mind 763 00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:48,514 that I'm happy, I'm... eager 764 00:25:48,581 --> 00:25:52,652 to go to as many doctors as there are... 765 00:25:52,719 --> 00:25:56,923 but should we talk about a stop date? 766 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,428 You mean talk about adoption? 767 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:04,463 Yeah, we can talk about adopting. 768 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:06,065 You meant a stop date stop date. 769 00:26:06,132 --> 00:26:07,066 I meant adopting. 770 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:09,802 I meant surrogacy, and yes, I love kids 771 00:26:09,869 --> 00:26:13,072 and I want them and I don't have to have them. 772 00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:14,874 I want them. 773 00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:18,978 And I'm there. 774 00:26:26,552 --> 00:26:27,954 Okay. 775 00:26:33,059 --> 00:26:35,194 You're getting killed on Rooker. 776 00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:36,262 No kidding. 777 00:26:39,398 --> 00:26:40,332 Hey, C.J. 778 00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:41,333 Is he in there? 779 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,035 Yeah. Is anything wrong? 780 00:26:43,102 --> 00:26:44,070 No... 781 00:26:47,807 --> 00:26:49,341 There's a problem. 782 00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:52,344 I just said a stupid thing. 783 00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:54,613 What's the problem? 784 00:26:54,681 --> 00:26:59,618 Well, I did a one-on-one with Danny Concannon a few days ago on Rooker. 785 00:26:59,686 --> 00:27:01,587 Did you say, "If you take a thorough look 786 00:27:01,654 --> 00:27:03,522 at Cornell Rooker's record..."? 787 00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:04,323 Yes, as a matter of fact. 788 00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:05,157 And? He did. 789 00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:06,793 Oh, man. 790 00:27:06,859 --> 00:27:08,327 A D.U.I. got fixed in law school. 791 00:27:08,394 --> 00:27:09,696 He doesn't want to write about the D.U.I. 792 00:27:09,762 --> 00:27:11,698 as much as he wants to write 793 00:27:11,764 --> 00:27:14,934 about us being the Capital Clampetts. 794 00:27:15,001 --> 00:27:16,669 What was the stupid thing that you said? 795 00:27:16,736 --> 00:27:19,005 Doesn't matter. Let's fix this. 796 00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:21,974 * Gaudeamus igitur * 797 00:27:22,041 --> 00:27:23,943 * Iuvenes dum sumus * 798 00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:27,847 * Post iucundam iuventutem * 799 00:27:27,914 --> 00:27:30,449 * Post molestam senectutem * 800 00:27:30,516 --> 00:27:33,452 * Nos habebit humus * 801 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:37,556 * Nos habebit humus. * 802 00:27:37,623 --> 00:27:40,292 Yeah! ( applause ) 803 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:45,531 What was that? 804 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:47,233 It's an old camp song. 805 00:27:48,801 --> 00:27:50,436 What's it mean? 806 00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:51,603 Let us be merry, therefore 807 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,740 while we are young men. 808 00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:56,876 After the joys of youth, after the pains 809 00:27:56,943 --> 00:28:00,546 of old age, the ground will have us. 810 00:28:00,612 --> 00:28:01,948 It's true. 811 00:28:05,117 --> 00:28:07,854 How can I get you on board with me? 812 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:08,620 New Hampshire? 813 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:09,822 Yeah. 814 00:28:09,889 --> 00:28:11,390 By coming out with me. 815 00:28:11,457 --> 00:28:13,592 On what? The President's got to spend a little more time 816 00:28:13,659 --> 00:28:15,828 in the congressional districts we're not going to win. 817 00:28:15,895 --> 00:28:17,864 Why would he spend any time in districts...? 818 00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:20,132 SAM: To build Democratic momentum 819 00:28:20,199 --> 00:28:22,234 in the very places we traditionally tank. 820 00:28:22,301 --> 00:28:25,004 We're running comically weak candidates in these districts. 821 00:28:25,071 --> 00:28:27,239 The Tennessee 7th, Horton Wilde in Orange County 822 00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:29,608 he's in the hospital with his fourth heart attack. 823 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:31,410 Who the hell knows when he's going 824 00:28:31,477 --> 00:28:32,678 to resume a campaign schedule? 825 00:28:32,745 --> 00:28:34,046 I can't make a pitch 826 00:28:34,113 --> 00:28:37,016 about putting resources in the right places 827 00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:39,919 and then advocate sending the President to districts 828 00:28:39,986 --> 00:28:41,553 where the last Democrat won 829 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:44,423 by railing against Abraham Lincoln. 830 00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:46,425 That's a reasonable point. 831 00:28:46,492 --> 00:28:48,260 Will you help me? 832 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:49,195 Yeah. 833 00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:52,398 ( phone rings through receiver) 834 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:53,532 I have to say you look good. 835 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:54,666 ( cell phone rings ) 836 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:55,935 Thank you. 837 00:28:56,002 --> 00:28:57,669 I don't remember you looking this good. 838 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:58,704 Is something different? 839 00:28:58,771 --> 00:29:00,039 ( ringing continuing ) 840 00:29:00,106 --> 00:29:01,707 I don't know, the autumnal equinox 841 00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:03,142 is usually good to me, but... 842 00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:04,710 ( ringing continues ) 843 00:29:04,777 --> 00:29:07,446 I think that's your cell phone that's been ringing. 844 00:29:07,513 --> 00:29:08,580 ( ringing continuing ) 845 00:29:08,647 --> 00:29:10,316 Yes. Excuse me. 846 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,254 Hello? 847 00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:16,722 JOSH: Hey. 848 00:29:16,789 --> 00:29:17,723 Hello. 849 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:18,925 You on your date? 850 00:29:18,991 --> 00:29:20,526 Well, I wouldn't call it that. 851 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:21,961 Listen, you probably don't want 852 00:29:22,028 --> 00:29:23,495 to let him know it's me on the phone. 853 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:24,931 It's too intimidating. 854 00:29:24,997 --> 00:29:26,866 It's like going out with Cher and Sonny calls. 855 00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:27,967 How can I help you? 856 00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:28,968 Any thoughts? 857 00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:30,236 Yes. Ritchie's right. 858 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:31,838 There's a family crisis in America. 859 00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:33,806 So, a radical feminist is saying 860 00:29:33,873 --> 00:29:35,641 women should stay home with the kids? 861 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:38,310 First of all, I don't think I'm a radical anything. 862 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:40,847 Second of all, who said women should stay home? 863 00:29:40,913 --> 00:29:42,815 And third is, it's the capitalist treadmill 864 00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:45,852 that encourages scheduling quality time on a Palm Pilot. 865 00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:47,519 That's not how they do it in Scandinavia. 866 00:29:47,586 --> 00:29:50,089 But everybody kills themself in Scandinavia. 867 00:29:50,156 --> 00:29:52,224 That's hard to deny. 868 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:53,826 We need to defend our accomplishments 869 00:29:53,893 --> 00:29:54,827 on work and family 870 00:29:54,894 --> 00:29:55,995 many of which you pushed for 871 00:29:56,062 --> 00:29:57,329 and show that we get 872 00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:59,265 what working parents are going through. 873 00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:00,099 Can you help us? 874 00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:02,034 Yes. 875 00:30:02,101 --> 00:30:03,235 I'll call back. 876 00:30:03,302 --> 00:30:04,904 What would be a really bad time? 877 00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:07,139 Oh, really anytime. 878 00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:08,474 Outstanding. 879 00:30:10,176 --> 00:30:11,410 DONNA: Josh? 880 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:12,912 Yeah? There's a Mr. Michael Gordon 881 00:30:12,979 --> 00:30:14,213 here to see you. 882 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:15,882 Does he have an appointment? 883 00:30:15,948 --> 00:30:17,349 ( whispering ): No, he's... with the NSA. 884 00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:18,150 NSA? 885 00:30:18,217 --> 00:30:19,886 Yeah. Send him in. 886 00:30:22,889 --> 00:30:24,123 Mr. Lyman? 887 00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:25,457 Yeah. Michael Gordon. 888 00:30:25,524 --> 00:30:27,659 Donna says you're with the NSA? 889 00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:29,361 I'm not here to bug your office. 890 00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:31,663 Yeah, but you wouldn't tell me if you were, right? 891 00:30:31,730 --> 00:30:33,432 It's about Miss Moss, as a matter of fact. 892 00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:35,701 What's the trouble? Probably nothing 893 00:30:35,767 --> 00:30:38,637 but a few days ago, a teen magazine published a short interview with her. 894 00:30:38,704 --> 00:30:40,606 Yeah, look, the old guys were playing a joke on her. 895 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:42,441 I realize it's not a good idea for a White House staffer 896 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:44,810 to be saying there's a missile in the capital. 897 00:30:44,877 --> 00:30:48,347 Well, the problem is, joke or not, she hit a little close to home for our comfort. 898 00:30:48,414 --> 00:30:49,615 What do you mean? 899 00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:51,317 Obviously, I can't elaborate. 900 00:30:53,285 --> 00:30:54,887 "She hit a little close to home"? 901 00:30:54,954 --> 00:30:56,155 Yeah. 902 00:30:57,556 --> 00:30:58,824 You trying to tell me...? 903 00:30:58,891 --> 00:31:00,426 Mr. Lyman, you don't have code-word clearance. 904 00:31:00,492 --> 00:31:01,793 We need to stay professional. 905 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:03,129 Yeah. 906 00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:07,133 How long has she been working for you? 907 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,968 ( snickering ): Listen, this... 908 00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:10,336 this is silly. 909 00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:11,470 She was just duped. 910 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:12,571 It was a joke. 911 00:31:12,638 --> 00:31:14,140 How long has she been working for you? 912 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:15,874 This is a giant misunderstanding. Mr. Lyman... 913 00:31:15,942 --> 00:31:17,944 I would vouch for Donna with my life. 914 00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:19,711 She doesn't know about missiles. 915 00:31:19,778 --> 00:31:21,480 She's from Wisconsin. 916 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:24,883 I'm simply asking how long she's been working for you. 917 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:29,521 No, look, I'm sorry. 918 00:31:29,588 --> 00:31:33,025 I'm sure your intentions are good and... 919 00:31:33,092 --> 00:31:37,796 this is just routine, but... 920 00:31:37,863 --> 00:31:39,231 it could get tricky 921 00:31:39,298 --> 00:31:41,367 and I'd like to have her talk to somebody. 922 00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:42,868 A lawyer? 923 00:31:42,935 --> 00:31:44,370 Yeah. 924 00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:46,638 Suit yourself, but until this is straightened out 925 00:31:46,705 --> 00:31:48,707 I'm going to need to revoke her credentials. 926 00:31:48,774 --> 00:31:49,741 She's my assistant. 927 00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:50,909 For how long? 928 00:31:50,977 --> 00:31:53,012 As long as it takes. 929 00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:55,514 All right. 930 00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:56,682 Thank you. 931 00:32:08,294 --> 00:32:09,295 Donna... 932 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:12,531 What was that? 933 00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:13,799 You got to go home. 934 00:32:13,865 --> 00:32:15,234 Why? 935 00:32:15,301 --> 00:32:17,869 That idiot interview you did popped a red flag at NSA. 936 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:19,671 They're revoking your credentials 937 00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:21,473 till it's straightened out. 938 00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:23,075 ( sighing ) 939 00:32:23,142 --> 00:32:24,476 I don't believe it. 940 00:32:24,543 --> 00:32:26,979 I'm talking to someone in Cochran's office. 941 00:32:27,046 --> 00:32:28,814 What am I supposed to do? 942 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,016 Take a few days off. 943 00:32:30,082 --> 00:32:31,483 Go home. Go to the beach. 944 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:32,718 It's February 2. 945 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,987 Well, then, I wouldn't go to the beach. 946 00:32:35,054 --> 00:32:36,488 You've got a meeting in Leo's office. 947 00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:38,724 ( sighing ): Don't worry about this. 948 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:40,226 I'm going to fix this. 949 00:32:42,394 --> 00:32:44,830 ( talking indistinctly ) 950 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:46,032 The President's not going 951 00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:47,399 to be available for a little bit. 952 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:49,101 Why? Fitzwallace just got here. 953 00:32:49,168 --> 00:32:52,104 Any idea what's going on? 954 00:32:52,171 --> 00:32:53,705 All right, listen up. 955 00:32:53,772 --> 00:32:54,740 ( talking stops ) 956 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:56,075 We still have an open question 957 00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:57,409 on family. 958 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:59,545 We still have an open question on Rooker 959 00:32:59,611 --> 00:33:01,347 missile defense and vouchers. 960 00:33:01,413 --> 00:33:03,615 We start dress rehearsals tomorrow at 3:00. 961 00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:05,651 Let's split up in our groups. 962 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:07,419 I really want vouchers by 10:00 963 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:09,155 missile defense by 11:00. 964 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:12,924 Anyone not doing anything at midnight-- Team Toby 965 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:14,293 my cabin. 966 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:15,361 Good. 967 00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:17,429 JOSH: Break's over. 968 00:33:22,401 --> 00:33:24,403 MILITARY AIDE: Ten-hut. 969 00:33:26,872 --> 00:33:28,307 PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming down. 970 00:33:28,374 --> 00:33:29,108 Yes, sir. 971 00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:30,142 What's going on? 972 00:33:30,209 --> 00:33:31,877 The Mastico, a 200-foot 973 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:34,413 Qumari cargo ship is heading east 974 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,482 in the Mediterranean, toward Lebanon. 975 00:33:36,548 --> 00:33:38,684 Is it carrying Qumari arts and crafts? 976 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:42,154 No, it's carrying 72 tons of weapons and explosives 977 00:33:42,221 --> 00:33:44,690 including a Multiple Launch Rocket System. 978 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:49,595 This fires 12 warheads with 644 M-77 munitions. 979 00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:52,030 It does it in 60 seconds. 980 00:33:52,098 --> 00:33:53,565 The global positioning device 981 00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:55,767 on the MLRS is how we found the ship. 982 00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:57,203 This is the message in a bottle 983 00:33:57,269 --> 00:33:58,670 we've been waiting for. 984 00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,806 They turn around the ship in exchange for what? 985 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:03,041 Access to the High Altitude Area Defense program. 986 00:34:03,109 --> 00:34:04,576 LEO: That's okay... 987 00:34:04,643 --> 00:34:06,512 'cause that's just the most sophisticated 988 00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:08,914 anti-ballistic missile system in history short of Star Wars. 989 00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:10,116 What else? 990 00:34:10,182 --> 00:34:12,050 They're arming the Bahji, Leo 991 00:34:12,118 --> 00:34:15,187 two training camps of which the Israelis just attacked. 992 00:34:15,254 --> 00:34:17,323 I've got to turn around the boat-- tonight. 993 00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:18,924 Tomorrow we'll worry about tomorrow. 994 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:21,227 Well, we can invite the sultan over for a mixer. 995 00:34:21,293 --> 00:34:22,261 Look... A nice mixer. 996 00:34:22,328 --> 00:34:25,497 Punch, sack races, whatnot... 997 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:27,599 Why are we playing games with these people? 998 00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,868 They refuse to catch and prosecute the Bahji. 999 00:34:29,935 --> 00:34:30,936 In fact, they support them 1000 00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:32,671 in a variety of ways. 1001 00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:35,341 Why isn't that the end of the conversation? 1002 00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,076 "We'll worry about tomorrow tomorrow." 1003 00:34:38,144 --> 00:34:39,445 We said that yesterday. 1004 00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:47,052 Fitz? 1005 00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:48,854 I couldn't agree with Leo more. 1006 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,389 What about Nancy? 1007 00:34:50,456 --> 00:34:51,757 Yeah. 1008 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,028 What's available from the Sixth Fleet? 1009 00:34:57,095 --> 00:35:00,031 One Forward Unit east of the Mastico-- 1010 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:01,967 the 26th Marine Expeditionary. 1011 00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:04,170 Stop the boat. 1012 00:35:04,236 --> 00:35:05,804 Don't shoot it unless I tell you to. 1013 00:35:05,871 --> 00:35:07,406 Yes, sir. 1014 00:35:13,312 --> 00:35:14,813 This doesn't feel good, does it? 1015 00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:18,317 It's quiet, you know. It's too quiet. 1016 00:35:18,384 --> 00:35:20,152 C.J.... Yeah. 1017 00:35:20,219 --> 00:35:22,821 ( door opens and closes ) 1018 00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:27,859 The President has withdrawn Rooker's name from nomination. 1019 00:35:27,926 --> 00:35:29,728 ( sighing ): Well, at least it's behind us. 1020 00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:30,929 Not quite. 1021 00:35:30,996 --> 00:35:35,567 Our report card for our first two weeks in office. 1022 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:38,069 The President's approval has gone 1023 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:39,638 from 61% during the transition-- 1024 00:35:39,705 --> 00:35:42,140 when, I suppose, there's nothing to approve-- 1025 00:35:42,208 --> 00:35:44,643 to 49% once there was. 1026 00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:47,346 47% see him as a strong leader-- 1027 00:35:47,413 --> 00:35:49,481 a result of bungling the Rooker nomination-- 1028 00:35:49,548 --> 00:35:52,451 and African-American support-- 1029 00:35:52,518 --> 00:35:55,454 which basically elected him-- has gone from 92 to 78. 1030 00:35:55,521 --> 00:35:58,490 Finally, if the election were held today 1031 00:35:58,557 --> 00:36:00,492 the President would be chairman of the Economics Department 1032 00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:02,694 at Phillips Andover Academy. 1033 00:36:06,232 --> 00:36:09,368 Can anyone report anything good? 1034 00:36:09,435 --> 00:36:13,205 600,000 evangelicals are praying for me... 1035 00:36:13,272 --> 00:36:15,674 so... we have that going for us. 1036 00:36:15,741 --> 00:36:17,709 What the hell are you talking about? 1037 00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:20,279 It's true-- a guy gave me this card: "365 People in Media." 1038 00:36:20,346 --> 00:36:21,747 SAM: Who are the others? 1039 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:23,415 C.J.: I don't know. Let's see... 1040 00:36:23,482 --> 00:36:25,817 "Hugh Hefner, Don Imus, Howard Stern..." 1041 00:36:25,884 --> 00:36:27,185 all the late-night guys. 1042 00:36:27,253 --> 00:36:28,454 This is... 1043 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:29,888 one, two, three... 1044 00:36:29,955 --> 00:36:32,791 this is the editorial board of the New York Times. 1045 00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:34,260 This isn't a good list, this is a list of the people who are 1046 00:36:34,326 --> 00:36:35,427 going to hell. Yes. 1047 00:36:35,494 --> 00:36:36,895 They're not praying for me 1048 00:36:36,962 --> 00:36:38,364 'cause they like me, it's 'cause 1049 00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:39,898 I'm doomed to eternal damnation. 1050 00:36:39,965 --> 00:36:41,400 If you weren't, it'd be a waste of praying. 1051 00:36:41,467 --> 00:36:42,634 You're on the list, too, pal. 1052 00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:43,201 Can I see that? 1053 00:36:43,269 --> 00:36:45,237 You can all leave. 1054 00:36:45,304 --> 00:36:46,405 We're going to do better for you, boss. 1055 00:36:46,472 --> 00:36:48,907 Do better for him. 1056 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,242 We will. 1057 00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:51,543 We will. 1058 00:36:58,083 --> 00:36:59,017 Sam... 1059 00:36:59,084 --> 00:37:00,218 Yeah. 1060 00:37:00,286 --> 00:37:01,553 Can you walk with me a second? 1061 00:37:01,620 --> 00:37:02,354 Yeah. 1062 00:37:02,421 --> 00:37:04,189 ( heavy sigh ) 1063 00:37:04,256 --> 00:37:06,224 Well, you were right, I was wrong. 1064 00:37:06,292 --> 00:37:09,194 More often than not, it's going to be the other way around, so... 1065 00:37:09,261 --> 00:37:11,029 Thanks. Listen, I got a weird problem. 1066 00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:12,731 What? 1067 00:37:12,798 --> 00:37:17,002 Remember Donna had lunch with Mack's assistant a few weeks ago? 1068 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:20,606 He told her there's a missile silo on the grounds. 1069 00:37:20,672 --> 00:37:24,175 She repeated it to a magazine and an NSA guy came 1070 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:27,813 to see me just now, and he said she struck a little close to home 1071 00:37:27,879 --> 00:37:29,648 and they want to investigate. 1072 00:37:29,715 --> 00:37:32,418 In the meantime, they've revoked her credentials. 1073 00:37:32,484 --> 00:37:35,153 "Struck too close to home." What does that mean? 1074 00:37:35,220 --> 00:37:37,255 It means somehow, she... 1075 00:37:37,323 --> 00:37:39,157 There's actually some kind of weapons system 1076 00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:40,359 right here on the White House... 1077 00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:43,995 or... intelligence gathering... 1078 00:37:44,062 --> 00:37:46,465 Wait a minute. 1079 00:37:46,532 --> 00:37:49,835 This doesn't sound right. 1080 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:51,703 ( dry chuckle ) 1081 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:03,749 Hi. 1082 00:38:03,815 --> 00:38:05,551 Hey. 1083 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,819 Just... hanging with my friend Michael. 1084 00:38:07,886 --> 00:38:10,255 He works in the staff secretary's office. 1085 00:38:10,322 --> 00:38:11,923 Plus, he's got his own band. 1086 00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:15,594 By the way, you know what your name is for the next month. 1087 00:38:15,661 --> 00:38:17,195 It's going to be Bambi, isn't it? 1088 00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:18,630 Yeah, it's going to be Bambi-ass. 1089 00:38:18,697 --> 00:38:21,032 But on your good days, I'm calling you Abner 1090 00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:24,002 'cause you stepped into the White House and didn't flinch. 1091 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,875 I'm making phone calls. 1092 00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:34,913 ( phone ringing ) 1093 00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:36,114 AMY: Yeah? 1094 00:38:36,181 --> 00:38:37,115 How you doing? 1095 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:38,183 I'm freezing. 1096 00:38:38,249 --> 00:38:39,485 Where are you? 1097 00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:40,251 I'm at my front door. 1098 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,587 Well, go inside. 1099 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:43,054 I can't. I'll lose you. 1100 00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:44,623 You'll never lose me, Amy. 1101 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:45,991 Please don't say that. 1102 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:47,459 What do you have? 1103 00:38:47,526 --> 00:38:49,260 I don't have anything. 1104 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,896 I don't believe you. 1105 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:56,435 I don't know what you want me to say. 1106 00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:02,273 I want women to have help from the government. 1107 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:03,609 I want women to earn what men earn. 1108 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:05,276 I want everyone to earn enough 1109 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,779 so that everyone can make the right choice for their family 1110 00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:10,015 and, after that, it's none of your business 1111 00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:11,883 who stays home and who goes to work. 1112 00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:14,686 You don't know more about raising a family than I do. 1113 00:39:14,753 --> 00:39:15,754 That was it. 1114 00:39:15,821 --> 00:39:17,188 We got it. We'll give it a test. 1115 00:39:17,255 --> 00:39:18,824 I'll call you back. Probably around 1:00. 1116 00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:19,825 A.M.? 1117 00:39:19,891 --> 00:39:20,892 Yeah. Yeah. 1118 00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:22,093 Good. 1119 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,129 Let's get that in the form of an answer. 1120 00:39:25,831 --> 00:39:27,332 We got something from Amy. 1121 00:39:27,399 --> 00:39:28,667 Good. 1122 00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:30,969 He was wondering, the Team Toby meeting. 1123 00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:32,370 Toby doesn't need to be there, right? 1124 00:39:32,438 --> 00:39:33,739 I wasn't really wondering. 1125 00:39:33,805 --> 00:39:35,507 Why don't you just do your job as a man 1126 00:39:35,574 --> 00:39:37,075 and get that nice girl pregnant? 1127 00:39:37,142 --> 00:39:38,877 I did. 1128 00:39:38,944 --> 00:39:39,945 Wait, what? What? 1129 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:42,514 Andy's pregnant. 1130 00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:48,920 Toby, Andy's pregnant? 1131 00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:50,689 With twins. 1132 00:39:54,693 --> 00:39:55,961 This is incredible. 1133 00:40:00,532 --> 00:40:01,366 And they're yours? 1134 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:03,535 Yeah. 1135 00:40:03,602 --> 00:40:04,770 Both of them? 1136 00:40:05,571 --> 00:40:08,540 ( quiet laugh ) 1137 00:40:08,607 --> 00:40:10,609 I'm going downstairs. 1138 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:16,815 Well, we're going to have to step this up now. 1139 00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:18,316 Yeah. 1140 00:40:18,383 --> 00:40:20,251 I'm going to get hats. 1141 00:40:20,318 --> 00:40:21,853 Let's go. 1142 00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:25,356 Hey. 1143 00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:26,424 Good evening, Mr. President. 1144 00:40:26,492 --> 00:40:27,793 Did you have a good day? 1145 00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:29,695 Yes, sir. We haven't found the answer we like 1146 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:30,929 on the Rooker question yet. 1147 00:40:30,996 --> 00:40:33,398 You know what I remember he said to me. 1148 00:40:33,465 --> 00:40:35,133 He said, "Mr. President 1149 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,335 "when I hear black footsteps behind me, I'm scared. 1150 00:40:37,402 --> 00:40:39,137 When I hear white footsteps, I'm not." 1151 00:40:39,204 --> 00:40:41,740 Well, I think we both know people who'd say different. 1152 00:40:41,807 --> 00:40:43,542 You have to respect him for voicing 1153 00:40:43,609 --> 00:40:44,976 such an unpopular opinion 1154 00:40:45,043 --> 00:40:46,778 amongst people to whom he's a leader. 1155 00:40:46,845 --> 00:40:48,780 You pay for these things for such a long time. 1156 00:40:48,847 --> 00:40:50,215 Too long, don't you think? 1157 00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:51,617 I absolutely do. 1158 00:40:51,683 --> 00:40:53,652 And I don't know why we struggle with it. 1159 00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:55,386 We made a mistake, I corrected it. 1160 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:56,588 I'll make more. 1161 00:40:56,655 --> 00:40:58,323 Yes. Humans can't rebut that. 1162 00:40:58,389 --> 00:41:01,392 It's prevent defense and has the added merit of being true. 1163 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:03,995 Am I going to lose New Hampshire? 1164 00:41:04,062 --> 00:41:05,864 Yes, sir. 1165 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:11,436 I don't mind blowing the knucklehead stuff like Rooker. 1166 00:41:11,503 --> 00:41:14,573 Rooker's not knucklehead, but... if I'm making mistakes there 1167 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,076 how do I know I'm not doing it when it comes to matters like 1168 00:41:18,143 --> 00:41:20,278 death and destruction? 1169 00:41:20,345 --> 00:41:23,849 Well, probably you don't, 'cause there's no manual. 1170 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:27,052 Sir, we expect a President to face the world in his own way 1171 00:41:27,118 --> 00:41:29,420 for his own time. 1172 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:30,922 Also, luckily for all of us 1173 00:41:30,989 --> 00:41:32,357 you have better advisers in that area 1174 00:41:32,423 --> 00:41:34,492 than you do in domestic and political policy. 1175 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,094 ( laughing ): All right. 1176 00:41:36,161 --> 00:41:37,128 When we're done tonight 1177 00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:38,964 we should talk about moving money to Ohio. 1178 00:41:39,030 --> 00:41:41,767 Yes, sir, and maybe making a stop in Orange County. 1179 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:44,435 You know, our candidate in the 47th is such a dynamo 1180 00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:46,071 that he's in the hospital 1181 00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:48,273 with his fourth heart attack. Not anymore. He's dead. 1182 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:50,475 Okay. 1183 00:41:50,542 --> 00:41:52,110 Let's go. 1184 00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:55,981 And stay up in my face, okay? 1185 00:41:56,047 --> 00:41:58,049 Yes, sir. 1186 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,460 I swear to God, the winner of this debate's 1187 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,196 going to be the next President. 1188 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:13,565 Anybody want to be on the losing team? 1189 00:42:13,632 --> 00:42:14,566 STAFF: No, sir. 1190 00:42:14,633 --> 00:42:16,802 Then let's pump it up. 1191 00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:18,704 Let's go, Claudia Jean. 1192 00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:21,539 C.J.: Good evening, and welcome to the Presidential debate 1193 00:42:21,607 --> 00:42:24,209 between President Josiah Bartlet and Governor Robert Ritchie 1194 00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:25,611 being brought to you 1195 00:42:25,677 --> 00:42:27,478 from the University of California, San Diego. 1196 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:31,282 The format, agreed to by both candidates, is as follows: 1197 00:42:31,349 --> 00:42:34,219 A candidate will have 90 seconds to respond 1198 00:42:34,285 --> 00:42:37,122 followed with a 60-second questioning by his opponent 1199 00:42:37,188 --> 00:42:39,324 followed by a 60-second summation. 1200 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:41,993 By virtue of a coin toss, Mr. President 1201 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:44,295 the first question goes to you.