1 00:00:05,696 --> 00:00:07,489 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:09,778 Tell Toby to take over the campaign. 3 00:00:09,997 --> 00:00:13,001 The White House will answer the Republican tax plan Monday. 4 00:00:13,212 --> 00:00:16,751 Every speech the president gives has to be about the Democratic tax plan. 5 00:00:16,970 --> 00:00:19,643 - The speechwriting staff, they quit, right? - Yeah. 6 00:00:19,852 --> 00:00:21,513 We're speechwriting staff interns. 7 00:00:21,731 --> 00:00:24,486 - Kundu is in the midst of a civil war. - No, it's not. 8 00:00:24,654 --> 00:00:27,362 It's in the midst of a slaughtering of an entire people. 9 00:00:27,577 --> 00:00:30,700 Two Marine lance corporals and a PFC have been taken. 10 00:00:30,917 --> 00:00:33,458 - What are we doing? - Special ops wants to brief you... 11 00:00:33,631 --> 00:00:36,042 ...on some rescue scenarios. - We're coming home. 12 00:00:40,187 --> 00:00:43,775 ... with General Vahorean disclosing for the first time... 13 00:00:43,946 --> 00:00:45,988 ... the names of the Marines taken hostage. 14 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,828 They are Lance Corporals John Halley and Raymond Rowe... 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,839 ... and Private First Class Herman Hernandez. 16 00:00:53,007 --> 00:00:55,715 On what was described as a routine patrol... 17 00:00:55,888 --> 00:01:00,602 ... of the perimeter of Bitanga Airport, the three reported by radio an attack... 18 00:01:00,773 --> 00:01:03,897 ... by an estimated 50 members of the Kundu National Army. 19 00:01:04,073 --> 00:01:06,828 Well, Sam's on his way over and I'll tell you something. 20 00:01:08,206 --> 00:01:10,332 If I felt comfortable hugging other people... 21 00:01:10,503 --> 00:01:13,294 ...I'd do one to Sam, because he impaled himself. 22 00:01:13,468 --> 00:01:17,055 So I think the least I can do is bring the Ziegler brand of wisdom... 23 00:01:17,226 --> 00:01:20,516 ...to the campaign for the last week, be a role model. 24 00:01:20,692 --> 00:01:22,354 You know what they don't tell you? 25 00:01:22,529 --> 00:01:25,784 - You can post bond with a credit card. - Man, that's totally whacked. 26 00:01:25,954 --> 00:01:29,540 Yeah, Charlie's trying to throw it down with the street. It's a sad sight. 27 00:01:29,712 --> 00:01:31,671 I've got American Express, I've got Visa. 28 00:01:31,883 --> 00:01:33,842 I could've posted bond and gotten miles. 29 00:01:34,054 --> 00:01:36,762 - Hang on. - Press Secretary C.J. Cregg... 30 00:01:36,978 --> 00:01:38,639 ... telling us President Bartlet... 31 00:01:38,815 --> 00:01:41,653 ... who was to spend the weekend in California campaigning... 32 00:01:41,822 --> 00:01:44,494 ... for Democratic congressional candidate Sam Seaborn... 33 00:01:44,703 --> 00:01:48,122 ... has boarded Air Force One and is on his way back to Washington... 34 00:01:48,336 --> 00:01:52,468 ... to more closely monitor the crisis, you have to call it with the three hostages. 35 00:01:52,887 --> 00:01:56,141 - Sir? - Yeah. When do you land? 36 00:01:56,353 --> 00:02:01,816 Sign here, here, here. 37 00:02:02,032 --> 00:02:05,951 Initial it here, here, here. And sign again here. 38 00:02:06,125 --> 00:02:10,079 Excuse me. I think they're making me buy somebody's house. 39 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:12,711 Call me when you land. 40 00:02:13,473 --> 00:02:15,303 I'm sorry, who'd I borrow this from? 41 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,310 It was me. Thanks. 42 00:02:18,484 --> 00:02:21,109 - Toby. - I'm sorry I missed your rally. 43 00:02:21,282 --> 00:02:23,408 That was something you did with the tax plan. 44 00:02:23,579 --> 00:02:25,241 - Thank you. - I meant it was stupid. 45 00:02:25,416 --> 00:02:28,540 - Speaking of which, what happened? - With us? At the bar? 46 00:02:28,715 --> 00:02:30,045 Yes. 47 00:02:30,302 --> 00:02:32,677 Couple of country club guys were a little lubed. 48 00:02:32,849 --> 00:02:35,010 They got into it with Andy. 49 00:02:35,187 --> 00:02:38,109 I wanted him to step back, and he slipped. 50 00:02:38,278 --> 00:02:41,318 His wingman thought I hit him, so I took care of business. 51 00:02:41,492 --> 00:02:43,987 - You did what? - Charlie took care of business. 52 00:02:44,458 --> 00:02:46,868 - You all right? - Yeah. When you sit in a cage... 53 00:02:47,047 --> 00:02:51,215 ...you have time to do a lot of thinking. - Hurricane, we were in for two hours. 54 00:02:52,601 --> 00:02:54,512 You probably haven't talked to anybody? 55 00:02:54,688 --> 00:02:58,108 I just got off with Josh. I'm running the campaign for the last week. 56 00:02:58,279 --> 00:03:00,654 Yeah. The president can't fire Scott Holcomb. 57 00:03:00,868 --> 00:03:03,576 He was taking it in the wrong direction, Sam. 58 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:06,505 And you guys are gonna take it in the right direction? 59 00:03:06,673 --> 00:03:09,712 We made a rough entrance here, but things are looking up now. 60 00:03:09,888 --> 00:03:11,550 You trapped people at Disneyland... 61 00:03:11,726 --> 00:03:15,597 ...told the French to stick bread up their ass, had a meeting with a communist... 62 00:03:15,776 --> 00:03:19,564 ...and things are looking up because my new campaign director just made bail. 63 00:03:19,952 --> 00:03:22,660 A glass is half-full or half, you know, the other... 64 00:03:22,833 --> 00:03:24,875 - How'd you call Josh? - What do you mean? 65 00:03:25,088 --> 00:03:28,674 - Didn't they take your cell phone? - I borrowed theirs. 66 00:03:32,020 --> 00:03:34,858 On a call girl's bill, there'll be a call to Air Force One? 67 00:03:35,068 --> 00:03:38,571 You're really gonna be teaching a seminar on call-girl caution? Really? 68 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:42,705 Excuse me, but at this point we're in jail voluntarily. Can we go? 69 00:03:42,876 --> 00:03:46,749 - What are we doing about this story? - Nothing. It's a box on page 27. 70 00:03:46,969 --> 00:03:49,462 - It'll be more than that. - They got the hostages... 71 00:03:49,641 --> 00:03:51,802 ...the president heading to Washington... 72 00:03:51,979 --> 00:03:55,733 ...a flood in Colorado, and a chemical fire in Providence. We got saved. 73 00:04:02,252 --> 00:04:05,079 All right, I called that putt too early. 74 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:13,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 75 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:56,155 Lance Corporal Halley is from Sarasota, Florida. 76 00:04:56,425 --> 00:04:58,502 He joined the Marine Corps two years ago... 77 00:04:58,670 --> 00:05:01,073 ... and he did his basic training at Camp Pendleton. 78 00:05:01,242 --> 00:05:04,783 He is married, with a 3-year-old daughter. The three were deployed... 79 00:05:04,956 --> 00:05:08,829 How come it's never people with six months to live who are taken hostage? 80 00:05:09,007 --> 00:05:13,308 I mean, there's so much of it, you'd think once in a while we'd catch a break. 81 00:05:13,477 --> 00:05:16,518 - Hey, Trotsky. - Yeah. 82 00:05:16,693 --> 00:05:19,817 The first lady's gonna do the president's public events tomorrow. 83 00:05:19,992 --> 00:05:23,829 Let C.J. know that she should stay. She was gonna take a red-eye back. 84 00:05:24,002 --> 00:05:26,841 Also, Charlie should stay and staff the first lady. 85 00:05:27,010 --> 00:05:30,218 Okay, speaking of the first lady, you have a meeting with Max. 86 00:05:30,392 --> 00:05:31,853 Yeah, Max is taken care of. 87 00:05:32,023 --> 00:05:35,146 The HHS chapter of the submission is ready for you to proofread. 88 00:05:35,322 --> 00:05:37,732 - Want me to do it? - I'm supposed to do it myself. 89 00:05:37,911 --> 00:05:39,823 Yes, but you don't. Want me to do it? 90 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,875 - You took a meeting with a communist. - You sent me there. 91 00:05:43,049 --> 00:05:44,842 Yeah. Fair enough. My bad. 92 00:05:45,012 --> 00:05:47,720 - You want me to proofread this? - Yes, please. 93 00:05:47,893 --> 00:05:52,028 - Mr. President? Mr. McGarry. - Would you all excuse me? 94 00:05:52,237 --> 00:05:54,197 Yes, sir. 95 00:06:00,925 --> 00:06:02,802 - Yeah? - Electronic eavesdropping... 96 00:06:02,972 --> 00:06:04,767 ... and a couple of paid informants... 97 00:06:04,977 --> 00:06:09,562 ...lead us to believe they're being held about 37 miles east of Bitanga. 98 00:06:09,780 --> 00:06:13,451 What happens if, screw the deadline, we just go to full deployment right now? 99 00:06:13,625 --> 00:06:17,674 Well, I don't know, but the three Marines would certainly be executed. 100 00:06:17,884 --> 00:06:19,428 All right, we gotta go get them. 101 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,010 Fitz? 102 00:06:21,183 --> 00:06:25,020 The Delta Force, First Special Forces. That's 26 special ops. 103 00:06:25,235 --> 00:06:28,406 They've been practicing for the last three hours or so in Ghana. 104 00:06:28,576 --> 00:06:32,450 They're gonna use the RH-66, the Comanche Attack-Recon. 105 00:06:32,629 --> 00:06:36,881 When they've got it right in Ghana, we'll recommend that you give the order, sir. 106 00:06:37,097 --> 00:06:40,471 If that happens, we believe there's a 70-percent chance of success. 107 00:06:40,689 --> 00:06:42,102 All right, then. On my order. 108 00:06:42,277 --> 00:06:44,687 -Thank you, sir. - Thank you, Mr. President. 109 00:06:51,716 --> 00:06:54,127 ... or if any ransom demands have been made. 110 00:06:54,306 --> 00:06:58,011 Pentagon officials would not comment on whether the fate of the hostages... 111 00:06:58,190 --> 00:07:00,519 ... affects America 's decision to take action. 112 00:07:00,697 --> 00:07:03,986 You can't say their plan is the wrong way to stimulate the economy. 113 00:07:04,163 --> 00:07:05,909 - It is the wrong way. - No. It's not. 114 00:07:06,084 --> 00:07:08,045 It won't stimulate the economy at all. 115 00:07:08,215 --> 00:07:12,633 It'll stimulate yacht manufacturers. Don't say,"We believe." Make it declarative. 116 00:07:12,808 --> 00:07:15,303 Twenty-one and 60. 117 00:07:17,613 --> 00:07:21,402 They've been working since very early this morning. 118 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:24,289 - Right. Yeah. - Twenty-one, you wrote: 119 00:07:24,463 --> 00:07:27,039 "Even if capital gains does reward risk-taking... 120 00:07:27,219 --> 00:07:31,009 ...the plan is bad for the deficit." Why are you conceding their point? 121 00:07:31,188 --> 00:07:35,654 And Lauren Shelby writes, "Everyone should get equal benefits." 122 00:07:35,824 --> 00:07:38,828 Our plan isn't equal. It raises taxes on the rich. 123 00:07:38,997 --> 00:07:43,084 - I meant, metaphorically, I suppose. - Why don't I take this one. 124 00:07:43,258 --> 00:07:46,549 Will, those are remarks for the deputy small-business administrator. 125 00:07:46,768 --> 00:07:50,354 So anyone subcabinet or lower, it's okay to be a mass of indecision? 126 00:07:50,567 --> 00:07:53,907 I'm saying you have limited time and finite resources. 127 00:07:54,076 --> 00:07:57,284 - Maybe it'd be best to triage. - Do not fall asleep again. 128 00:07:57,459 --> 00:08:00,168 - I thought I saw food on the floor. - They haven't eaten. 129 00:08:00,384 --> 00:08:02,379 - There's food in the mess. - It closes at 6. 130 00:08:02,555 --> 00:08:03,755 - Is it after 6? - Yes. 131 00:08:03,933 --> 00:08:05,763 - What time is it? - Eleven thirty. 132 00:08:09,697 --> 00:08:11,990 All right, you guys should go home. 133 00:08:18,259 --> 00:08:20,671 - You need anything? - No. 134 00:08:28,075 --> 00:08:29,870 - You didn't give encouragement. - What? 135 00:08:30,039 --> 00:08:32,533 - You didn't give encouragement. - I'm not a counselor. 136 00:08:32,712 --> 00:08:35,124 I need these things done by Monday. The staff quit. 137 00:08:35,303 --> 00:08:38,058 I've gotta figure out a way to do it myself. 138 00:08:38,226 --> 00:08:39,306 - By Monday? - Yes. 139 00:08:39,478 --> 00:08:41,973 Okay, but you've had an attitude since yesterday. 140 00:08:42,152 --> 00:08:43,613 I question their commitment. 141 00:08:43,781 --> 00:08:46,655 They're here on a Saturday night and they don't get paid. 142 00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:48,824 "White House intern" looks good on a résumé. 143 00:08:49,002 --> 00:08:52,293 In three months, two of them will be working at Condé Nast and HBO. 144 00:08:52,469 --> 00:08:55,176 - And the other two? - Will marry senior vice presidents... 145 00:08:55,350 --> 00:08:56,764 ...at Condé Nast and HBO. 146 00:08:57,439 --> 00:08:58,770 - Hello? - Hey. 147 00:08:58,943 --> 00:09:01,354 - You guys all right? - Charlie and I got arrested. 148 00:09:01,533 --> 00:09:04,787 - Yeah, I saw it on the news. - It made the news out there? 149 00:09:04,999 --> 00:09:07,125 A Jewish guy won a bar fight. It's news. 150 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:12,014 - The tax plan's coming out tomorrow. - What are you talking about? 151 00:09:12,184 --> 00:09:14,974 Sam found out we were holding back because of him... 152 00:09:15,148 --> 00:09:19,616 ...and made the president flip the cards. So the toothpaste's out of the tube... 153 00:09:19,827 --> 00:09:23,201 ...and we need to be ready with public remarks by the end of tomorrow. 154 00:09:25,132 --> 00:09:26,379 - Get them back. - Who? 155 00:09:26,552 --> 00:09:28,262 The Ronettes. Get them back. 156 00:09:28,474 --> 00:09:30,551 - Are you there? - Yeah. End of tomorrow. 157 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:32,646 I'll call you in an hour. 158 00:09:32,816 --> 00:09:35,276 Toby, I'm gonna catch the red-eye back. 159 00:09:35,449 --> 00:09:40,118 No, you're not. The first lady's flying in to take over the president's events... 160 00:09:40,294 --> 00:09:42,872 ...she needs a staff. - How do I get her schedule? 161 00:09:43,051 --> 00:09:45,461 - Advance is bringing it over. - Did Zoey stay? 162 00:09:45,639 --> 00:09:48,099 Yeah, she's still here. All right. 163 00:09:48,271 --> 00:09:51,359 Amy, how much money does he have left? 164 00:09:51,529 --> 00:09:53,941 Twenty-eight thousand five hundred cash on hand. 165 00:09:54,119 --> 00:09:57,992 That's including a loan for 15,000 for targeted radio spots. 166 00:10:00,509 --> 00:10:03,550 - Yet with regard to money you remain...? - Cautiously optimistic. 167 00:10:03,768 --> 00:10:06,226 - Because? - The campaign's strapped... 168 00:10:06,399 --> 00:10:09,772 ...because Scott Holcomb never tapped Democratic interest groups. 169 00:10:10,074 --> 00:10:13,115 - Will they write checks this late? - If they can be convinced... 170 00:10:13,291 --> 00:10:16,331 ...Sam's still sucking in some oxygen. - I'm enjoying this. 171 00:10:16,590 --> 00:10:18,919 You're eight points down, with 10 up for grabs... 172 00:10:19,096 --> 00:10:20,806 ...we need them to break for you. 173 00:10:21,017 --> 00:10:23,476 - All of them? - Yes. 174 00:10:26,114 --> 00:10:27,823 Look, it's been one of those days. 175 00:10:27,992 --> 00:10:32,578 Who would've thought Charlie could bust us out of jail using nothing but his shoes. 176 00:10:32,755 --> 00:10:34,335 Go ahead, tell them, Charlie. 177 00:10:35,344 --> 00:10:37,304 These guys got beat. 178 00:10:42,277 --> 00:10:45,652 Could that have happened in the struggle when they were ambushed? 179 00:10:45,870 --> 00:10:48,661 - No. - No. 180 00:10:50,548 --> 00:10:52,710 These guys got beat. 181 00:10:58,024 --> 00:11:00,566 - I think 80 million... - We're talking about PSSF grants? 182 00:11:00,739 --> 00:11:03,780 Yeah, I think 80 million's pretty unrealistic from the House. 183 00:11:03,955 --> 00:11:07,911 Last year didn't the conferees split the difference like 68-something? 184 00:11:08,092 --> 00:11:09,468 Sixty-eight point two. 185 00:11:09,636 --> 00:11:13,140 We'll tell them the budget submission's at 80 and everyone's happy at 70. 186 00:11:13,312 --> 00:11:15,391 - Do we have anything else? - Can I just ask? 187 00:11:15,567 --> 00:11:20,117 Mrs. Bartlet was promised 12 million for immunization education funds at CDC. 188 00:11:20,287 --> 00:11:23,043 You've got the full 139 million for vaccines in here. 189 00:11:23,211 --> 00:11:26,418 - Shouldn't they be separate? - Max, there's no more 12 million. 190 00:11:26,636 --> 00:11:28,512 - Why? - I traded it. 191 00:11:28,682 --> 00:11:30,059 - You're kidding. - I am not. 192 00:11:30,228 --> 00:11:33,768 Josh, the first lady wanted it. No one notified me this was on the table. 193 00:11:33,987 --> 00:11:37,527 - You get a daily memo on consultations. - I get 35 of them and you know it. 194 00:11:37,830 --> 00:11:39,659 Yes. Thank you. 195 00:11:46,769 --> 00:11:49,808 I have to go tell this to the first lady now? 196 00:11:49,984 --> 00:11:53,774 Well, I'd have someone else do it, but it's up to you. 197 00:12:01,011 --> 00:12:03,636 - Morning. - Good morning. You get some sleep? 198 00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:06,769 God. Yeah, that was a nice four hours. 199 00:12:06,943 --> 00:12:09,697 - I'm a whole new woman. - Are you the leader of the group? 200 00:12:09,907 --> 00:12:11,286 - I'm sorry? - The group leader. 201 00:12:11,454 --> 00:12:14,375 - I've been here the longest. - You guys gotta hunker down. 202 00:12:14,586 --> 00:12:17,544 - I promise you, we're doing our best. - I don't think you are. 203 00:12:18,261 --> 00:12:20,257 - Man, your sister was right. - Was she? 204 00:12:20,434 --> 00:12:22,180 - Yeah. - About what? 205 00:12:22,815 --> 00:12:26,568 - Good morning. - Morning, everyone. Good morning, Elsie. 206 00:12:27,660 --> 00:12:33,207 Minimum wage is $5. 15 an hour. Times 40, times 52... 207 00:12:33,381 --> 00:12:37,088 ...that's $ 10,712 dollars a year. Which is what you make... 208 00:12:37,267 --> 00:12:40,937 ...unloading boxes in a right-to-work state. Say, Kentucky. 209 00:12:41,109 --> 00:12:44,483 He can't live on that, so he puts in another 30 hours at night... 210 00:12:44,659 --> 00:12:48,912 ...bringing his total to $ 18,746 a year. 211 00:12:49,128 --> 00:12:55,591 He pays 15 percent in federal income tax, or $2811.90. 212 00:12:55,769 --> 00:13:01,567 Public schoolteacher, $41,724 dollars is the national average. 213 00:13:01,742 --> 00:13:06,245 He's paying 28 percent, or $ 11,682 dollars. 214 00:13:06,463 --> 00:13:10,548 And, finally, a doctor making 150,000 is paying 36 percent... 215 00:13:10,764 --> 00:13:13,140 ...or $54,000 in taxes. 216 00:13:13,355 --> 00:13:17,143 Fifteen percent, 28 percent, 36 percent. 217 00:13:17,363 --> 00:13:19,823 It's a progressive tax, been around since Lincoln. 218 00:13:20,289 --> 00:13:22,961 Under the plan the Republicans announced on Friday... 219 00:13:23,379 --> 00:13:25,589 ...the box unloader stays the same. 220 00:13:25,759 --> 00:13:29,549 The schoolteacher stays the same. The doctor gets $4500 back. 221 00:13:30,479 --> 00:13:33,651 Under our plan, which has sort of been announced already... 222 00:13:33,821 --> 00:13:37,325 ...the box unloader gets $321 back. 223 00:13:37,496 --> 00:13:41,370 The schoolteacher gets $ 1251. The doctor stays the same... 224 00:13:41,590 --> 00:13:44,595 ...and to finance the tax deductibility of college tuition... 225 00:13:44,764 --> 00:13:47,341 ...for the children of the box unloader and teacher... 226 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,859 ...we go to a fourth group, the über-wealthy... 227 00:13:51,029 --> 00:13:55,913 ...and ask a CEO making $ 16,400,000 a year... 228 00:13:56,084 --> 00:13:59,171 ...to give us another one percent, taking him up to 41. 229 00:13:59,340 --> 00:14:02,347 Whatever you have done in an hour is what I'm gonna work with. 230 00:14:02,516 --> 00:14:05,770 - Thanks. - The doctor got into medical school. 231 00:14:07,820 --> 00:14:11,526 I said, the doctor got into medical school. He had to work hard to do that... 232 00:14:11,705 --> 00:14:13,617 ...and presumably the CEO has skills... 233 00:14:13,835 --> 00:14:17,589 ...the value of which the market has placed at $ 16,400,000. 234 00:14:17,803 --> 00:14:21,011 Was there a spread on this in Republican Vogue? 235 00:14:23,024 --> 00:14:25,602 Bring me whatever you've got in an hour. 236 00:14:49,797 --> 00:14:52,423 You're very stealthy, ma'am. I've always liked that. 237 00:14:52,596 --> 00:14:54,259 - Yeah? - How are you this morning? 238 00:14:54,476 --> 00:14:57,052 You outwitted my chancellor. You bested my swordsman. 239 00:14:57,232 --> 00:15:01,450 I haven't said this lately, ma'am, but you and the president are a perfect couple. 240 00:15:01,659 --> 00:15:03,786 - I wanted that 12 million. - Me too. 241 00:15:03,956 --> 00:15:07,165 But at the end of a prizefight, you look at the guy dancing around. 242 00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:09,503 - That's who won. - Why doesn't my agenda... 243 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,758 ...get anywhere in these negotiations? 244 00:15:12,978 --> 00:15:14,607 Well, can I ask you, ma'am? 245 00:15:14,775 --> 00:15:17,316 - Why do you think? - Because you're a political snob... 246 00:15:17,489 --> 00:15:19,651 ...who doesn't think the first lady belongs... 247 00:15:19,829 --> 00:15:21,741 ...on this side of the building. - Wrong. 248 00:15:21,917 --> 00:15:23,082 - Wrong what? - Wrong, ma'am. 249 00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:26,004 - Damn right. - The president and Leo make decisions... 250 00:15:26,177 --> 00:15:28,851 ...by listening to and participating in vigorous debate. 251 00:15:29,018 --> 00:15:31,595 This isn't school. I work with people who can play. 252 00:15:31,774 --> 00:15:34,447 You're comfortable being this condescending with me? 253 00:15:34,782 --> 00:15:36,243 - Yes, ma'am. - Why? 254 00:15:36,411 --> 00:15:38,538 Because I won. I always do. 255 00:15:38,916 --> 00:15:40,877 - And you came here for my advice. - Max... 256 00:15:41,088 --> 00:15:42,586 - He's an idiot. - He's my nephew. 257 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,430 No kidding. He doesn't understand budget process or committee structure. 258 00:15:46,602 --> 00:15:48,597 He thinks decisions are made in meetings... 259 00:15:48,775 --> 00:15:50,686 - This is an extremely... - He can't play. 260 00:15:50,904 --> 00:15:54,574 Mrs. Bartlet, you're the first lady. You need a chief of staff. A real one. 261 00:15:54,747 --> 00:15:58,288 If you want your agenda taken seriously, put a professional face on it. 262 00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:04,427 - Thank you. - Thank you, ma'am. 263 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:13,791 When they ask you why you're here today, you say: 264 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,085 "Orange County's beachfront is a national treasure." 265 00:16:17,261 --> 00:16:19,886 - Who are you? Charlie McCarthy? - Charlie was the dummy. 266 00:16:20,060 --> 00:16:22,767 Edgar Bergen was the ventriloquist. 267 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:26,113 When they ask about the rise in the consumer price index, you say: 268 00:16:26,283 --> 00:16:28,778 "Orange County's beachfront is a national treasure." 269 00:16:28,956 --> 00:16:31,366 They're gonna ask me about the Democratic tax plan. 270 00:16:31,545 --> 00:16:32,876 - They might. - They might. 271 00:16:33,050 --> 00:16:34,379 - They will. - Yeah. 272 00:16:34,553 --> 00:16:36,299 When they do, here's what you say: 273 00:16:36,474 --> 00:16:38,968 "Orange County's beachfront is a national treasure." 274 00:16:39,147 --> 00:16:43,020 Assuming I did say that, which I won't, you don't think I'd sound like an idiot? 275 00:16:43,199 --> 00:16:45,241 I doubt you'll sound like anything. 276 00:16:45,412 --> 00:16:48,168 They'll just use it as B-roll, but if there's audio... 277 00:16:48,336 --> 00:16:50,083 ...you might as well be on message. 278 00:16:50,258 --> 00:16:53,381 - Sam will take some questions now. - Mr. Seaborn? 279 00:16:53,556 --> 00:16:56,052 What are we doing here today? 280 00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:02,739 Orange County's beachfronts are a national treasure, Samantha. 281 00:17:02,914 --> 00:17:06,916 That's why I've supported creating the Federal Beach Project. 282 00:17:07,090 --> 00:17:09,501 Orange County is experiencing land development... 283 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,307 - He looks youthful. - Yes. 284 00:17:11,476 --> 00:17:12,510 - And energetic. - Yes. 285 00:17:12,687 --> 00:17:16,940 He looks youthful and energetic. Do we have anything he can jump over? 286 00:17:18,284 --> 00:17:20,659 - What is it? - What's going on at the White House? 287 00:17:20,832 --> 00:17:23,327 I'm standing right here. I don't have special powers. 288 00:17:23,504 --> 00:17:26,380 When you brief the press that's when I'll know. 289 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,479 You've never been on a beach in your life, have you? 290 00:17:30,647 --> 00:17:32,357 No. 291 00:17:32,527 --> 00:17:35,021 - They're here? - Yes, sir. 292 00:17:35,199 --> 00:17:38,539 - Who are they? - Diane Halley and their 3-year-old... 293 00:17:38,709 --> 00:17:41,500 ...Esteban and Louisa Hernandez, and Martha Rowe. 294 00:17:41,674 --> 00:17:45,760 - There's a 3-year-old in there? - Yeah. I'll take care of it. 295 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,234 This is my first time doing this particular one. 296 00:17:53,453 --> 00:17:56,411 Good morning, I'm Jed Bartlet. Mr. And Mrs. Hernandez? 297 00:17:56,585 --> 00:17:58,665 - Yes, sir. - Mrs. Rowe? 298 00:17:58,841 --> 00:18:00,172 Yes, sir. 299 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:03,089 Mrs. Halley? Is it all right if I call you Diane? 300 00:18:03,311 --> 00:18:05,352 Diane's fine. 301 00:18:05,524 --> 00:18:07,733 - Are you Betty? - Yeah. 302 00:18:07,905 --> 00:18:10,151 - Are you 3 years old? - Yeah. 303 00:18:10,370 --> 00:18:12,328 Are you scared now? 304 00:18:13,419 --> 00:18:16,709 Don't be. Diane, would you mind... 305 00:18:16,885 --> 00:18:20,010 ...if Betty sat in the next room with my secretary, Mrs. Fiderer. 306 00:18:20,226 --> 00:18:21,973 We'll be just behind that door. 307 00:18:22,566 --> 00:18:25,404 Yeah. Honey, wait for me in the next room with... 308 00:18:25,614 --> 00:18:27,277 Debbie. Come on, Betty. 309 00:18:27,452 --> 00:18:30,030 I know a lot about you. 310 00:18:31,504 --> 00:18:33,214 Thank you. 311 00:18:34,135 --> 00:18:35,715 Please. 312 00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:44,993 No one can tell us anything. 313 00:18:45,581 --> 00:18:48,704 - The picture is real? - Yeah. 314 00:18:48,879 --> 00:18:50,791 It was taken off Kundunese TV. 315 00:18:51,845 --> 00:18:53,390 They have TV? 316 00:18:53,934 --> 00:18:55,643 Yeah, sure. 317 00:19:01,869 --> 00:19:03,533 They... 318 00:19:04,041 --> 00:19:05,669 They've been beaten? 319 00:19:06,214 --> 00:19:08,257 I'm afraid so, sir. Yes. 320 00:19:08,970 --> 00:19:12,640 We are currently negotiating for Red Cross access... 321 00:19:12,813 --> 00:19:15,308 ...so they can get medical attention. 322 00:19:23,881 --> 00:19:27,303 Where are they being held? What kind of place is it? 323 00:19:27,516 --> 00:19:29,393 I'm sorry. I can't tell you that. 324 00:19:29,605 --> 00:19:31,315 Do you know? 325 00:19:31,484 --> 00:19:35,534 - I mean, do you know where they're...? - I'm sorry, I can't tell you that, either. 326 00:19:35,744 --> 00:19:38,239 But something is being done to get the boys back? 327 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:43,051 - Mr. Hernandez, I can only imagine... - You can't tell us that, either. 328 00:19:43,555 --> 00:19:45,431 No, ma'am, I can't. 329 00:19:48,609 --> 00:19:51,982 - Excuse me. - Excuse me, please. 330 00:19:57,548 --> 00:20:01,170 - Delta just got it right in Ghana. - Let's go. 331 00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:05,059 They fly in on two Comanches and a Black Hawk. 332 00:20:05,232 --> 00:20:08,237 Twenty men forcibly secure the perimeter of the barracks. 333 00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:11,614 A snatch force of six men penetrate and take the captives. 334 00:20:11,790 --> 00:20:13,121 What about resistance? 335 00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:17,249 Well, they're gonna subdue sentries and visible guards. 336 00:20:17,429 --> 00:20:20,719 They've got heavy sniper rifles and the CIA wet team. 337 00:20:20,896 --> 00:20:22,475 What's the timetable? 338 00:20:22,650 --> 00:20:25,858 Forty-seven minutes to get there from the president's go order. 339 00:20:26,033 --> 00:20:27,530 That's radio silence. 340 00:20:27,704 --> 00:20:29,949 Two hours to get it done. 341 00:20:30,126 --> 00:20:32,419 Why a wet team? 342 00:20:33,092 --> 00:20:35,799 - Excuse me, sir? - Why the CIA wet team? 343 00:20:35,973 --> 00:20:37,719 We're not near water. 344 00:20:37,895 --> 00:20:40,306 No, sir. It's called... 345 00:20:40,485 --> 00:20:43,574 They call it a wet team because it's bloody. 346 00:20:47,084 --> 00:20:49,080 I had to ask. 347 00:20:51,804 --> 00:20:54,263 What's it called? 348 00:20:54,436 --> 00:20:57,013 Task Force Dawn Sky. 349 00:21:02,623 --> 00:21:04,783 - Go. - Go. 350 00:21:04,961 --> 00:21:08,215 It's a go. Task Force is go. 351 00:21:08,386 --> 00:21:12,390 - Dawn Sky's in operation. - Stand by. 352 00:21:18,453 --> 00:21:21,457 - Work at the end of hour seven. - Where's everyone else? 353 00:21:21,626 --> 00:21:23,753 - Asked me to bring it. - They're scared of me? 354 00:21:23,924 --> 00:21:26,003 - Yes. - Give me that. 355 00:21:26,471 --> 00:21:27,637 What did Cassie mean by: 356 00:21:27,808 --> 00:21:29,805 -"Your sister was right about you"? - What? 357 00:21:29,981 --> 00:21:32,024 -"Your sister was right." - I probably was. 358 00:21:32,194 --> 00:21:33,738 - About what? - What do you mean? 359 00:21:33,906 --> 00:21:36,282 - Will you tell me what you said? - Clock's ticking. 360 00:21:36,455 --> 00:21:39,496 "In our redistributive tax plan..." I don't want it called that. 361 00:21:39,671 --> 00:21:43,460 Sounds like redistributing wealth, which, historically, is preceded by heads... 362 00:21:43,639 --> 00:21:44,969 ...on peasants' pitchforks. 363 00:21:45,143 --> 00:21:48,267 "In the Bartlet plan, Americans making less than $80,000... 364 00:21:48,442 --> 00:21:52,112 ...will see their marginal tax rate cut from 15 percent and 28 percent... 365 00:21:52,284 --> 00:21:54,993 ...to 12 percent and 23 percent." I'm sleeping already. 366 00:21:55,210 --> 00:21:56,324 - Hard-ass. - What? 367 00:21:56,503 --> 00:21:58,582 Cassie said, "What's with your stepbrother?" 368 00:21:58,759 --> 00:22:00,304 I said,"He's a sweet hard-ass." 369 00:22:00,514 --> 00:22:03,387 You did? And she said, "Your sister was right about you." 370 00:22:03,562 --> 00:22:05,558 - She meant you're sweet. - I don't think so. 371 00:22:05,734 --> 00:22:06,982 - How do you know? - Because. 372 00:22:07,154 --> 00:22:10,195 - Willie. - Don't call me that! 373 00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:12,615 Sputnik crashed down on your head overnight. 374 00:22:12,793 --> 00:22:15,833 You're working on one speech, suddenly you're deputy director... 375 00:22:16,010 --> 00:22:18,338 ...the director's away, and your staff quit. 376 00:22:18,515 --> 00:22:20,391 - Because of me. - Because they're idiots! 377 00:22:20,562 --> 00:22:24,647 And the tax plan's out two days early, so you're cramming it. 378 00:22:24,863 --> 00:22:27,704 You're taking it all out on four defenseless interns who... 379 00:22:27,872 --> 00:22:30,201 ...think Sputnik's crashed on their heads too. 380 00:22:34,973 --> 00:22:37,135 Leave these. I'll make notes. 381 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,145 Okay. 382 00:23:06,507 --> 00:23:08,835 "The DNC honors the Bartlet women." 383 00:23:09,013 --> 00:23:11,508 Well, I assume you're talking about my daughters... 384 00:23:11,687 --> 00:23:16,153 ...because if the DNC is honoring my husband's skanky ex-girlfriends, I... 385 00:23:16,490 --> 00:23:20,494 No. No, you're honoring the great work... 386 00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:25,169 ...done by so many women during Jed's first term. 387 00:23:25,387 --> 00:23:27,929 Sherry Klein and Jean Hammond of the NWLA... 388 00:23:28,102 --> 00:23:33,151 ...who got 28 billion into the budget for health care coverage for the uninsured... 389 00:23:33,323 --> 00:23:35,782 ...and children of low-income parents. 390 00:23:39,295 --> 00:23:43,085 Ellen Meshejian and her team at the National Education Initiative. 391 00:23:47,565 --> 00:23:51,023 Rachel Warren and the child-care tax incentive program. 392 00:23:55,042 --> 00:23:59,876 Elizabeth Lowell and the Women's Health Coalition. 393 00:24:02,603 --> 00:24:04,515 I beg your pardon, ma'am. 394 00:24:04,691 --> 00:24:08,646 And Amy Gardner, who's had seven jobs in three years. 395 00:24:11,123 --> 00:24:13,118 On behalf of the DNC... 396 00:24:13,295 --> 00:24:17,845 ...on behalf of the White House and the president, I thank you very much. 397 00:24:18,014 --> 00:24:22,315 And let's send Sam Seaborn to Congress. Thank you. 398 00:24:33,428 --> 00:24:36,136 I'm so sorry, ma'am. I was reaching for the glass... 399 00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:40,099 ...misjudged the angle on the candle and, as you saw, one thing led to another. 400 00:24:40,278 --> 00:24:43,199 How did you live with Josh Lyman? 401 00:24:43,368 --> 00:24:45,245 - I'm sorry? - How did you live with him? 402 00:24:45,415 --> 00:24:49,584 He beat Max out of the 12 million earmarked for vaccine education. 403 00:24:49,759 --> 00:24:53,298 And when I said I wanted the 12 million, he said,"So did I. 404 00:24:53,476 --> 00:24:58,144 At the end of the fight, look at the guy dancing around and that's who won"? 405 00:24:58,363 --> 00:25:00,739 So I wanna know how you lived with him? 406 00:25:00,912 --> 00:25:03,915 We never technically lived together, which was the subject of... 407 00:25:04,085 --> 00:25:06,211 Don't you wanna kill him when he's like that? 408 00:25:06,382 --> 00:25:09,341 My problem is I wanna jump him when he says things like that. 409 00:25:09,557 --> 00:25:12,562 - Where did you get your mouth? - Brown, then Yale Law School. 410 00:25:13,608 --> 00:25:17,564 Oh, God. Alana Waterman's about to zatz me on fair pay. 411 00:25:17,786 --> 00:25:19,995 - Save me, would you? - You want me to? 412 00:25:20,166 --> 00:25:21,627 - Please. - Abbey... 413 00:25:21,795 --> 00:25:24,421 ...you were charming. - Good to see you, Alana. 414 00:25:24,594 --> 00:25:26,423 I'm not sure if you saw my op-ed... 415 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,136 - I did... - Me too. 416 00:25:28,645 --> 00:25:32,695 - Well, what I wanted to say is... - I thought it was terrific, if that counts. 417 00:25:32,988 --> 00:25:35,663 - Thank you. Obviously... - And courageous. 418 00:25:36,206 --> 00:25:38,782 - I'm sorry? - I say, I thought it was courageous. 419 00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:42,592 Because the leadership wanted fair pay done quietly... 420 00:25:42,764 --> 00:25:45,804 ...so it didn't become necessary for the moderate Republicans... 421 00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:48,307 ...to make it a symbol of left wing overreaching. 422 00:25:48,527 --> 00:25:50,855 As if the president doesn't have enough problems. 423 00:25:51,033 --> 00:25:54,324 But you said,"Screw the leadership." I think that's courageous. 424 00:25:54,499 --> 00:25:59,668 Ironically, I have a hunch the first lady could've been brought on board fair pay... 425 00:25:59,888 --> 00:26:02,263 ...if she had been lobbied more... What's the word? 426 00:26:02,436 --> 00:26:05,357 More, you know, professionally. 427 00:26:05,527 --> 00:26:10,410 Rather than being embarrassed in this morning's newspaper, Alana. 428 00:26:12,334 --> 00:26:16,089 Lovely remarks today, ma'am. That's what I came over to say. 429 00:26:21,901 --> 00:26:23,693 - You said,"Save me." - I meant... 430 00:26:23,862 --> 00:26:26,405 ...walk me to the other side of the room or something. 431 00:26:26,621 --> 00:26:29,542 Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. 432 00:26:39,484 --> 00:26:44,236 So this is what it looks like from where you are, Mr. McGarry. 433 00:26:44,413 --> 00:26:45,909 I'm sorry? 434 00:26:46,084 --> 00:26:49,838 I say, this is what it looks like from where you are. 435 00:26:50,011 --> 00:26:52,766 I'm sorry, Mrs. Rowe, I don't follow. 436 00:26:52,975 --> 00:26:56,314 The comfortable chairs and the bodyguards. 437 00:26:56,527 --> 00:26:59,236 I'm sorry. I'm still not... 438 00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:03,543 I can tell you if it's just a matter of... 439 00:27:03,711 --> 00:27:07,927 When the U.S. is involved in a military conflict anywhere in the world... 440 00:27:08,096 --> 00:27:12,147 ...the chief of staff is given increased security. It's just... 441 00:27:12,315 --> 00:27:13,692 Is that what you meant? 442 00:27:13,902 --> 00:27:17,109 I meant that the Bartlets aren't ones for joining the service. 443 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,869 - Did you serve? - I did. 444 00:27:21,045 --> 00:27:25,000 I flew F-105s for the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing. 445 00:27:25,221 --> 00:27:27,633 - During a war? - Yeah, the war in Vietnam. 446 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,360 I apologize, sir. 447 00:27:32,530 --> 00:27:35,204 - My mistake. - That's all right. 448 00:27:39,338 --> 00:27:42,261 Mr. McGarry? 449 00:27:44,142 --> 00:27:47,848 - You should call me Leo. - Esteban. Steve. 450 00:27:48,027 --> 00:27:49,571 Does my son...? 451 00:27:51,242 --> 00:27:53,820 Would these boys know anything? 452 00:27:53,999 --> 00:27:57,005 - Have any information...? - Steve, you wanna ask me... 453 00:27:57,174 --> 00:27:59,049 ...if your son's being tortured? 454 00:28:03,858 --> 00:28:06,779 Would they know any information that...? 455 00:28:07,657 --> 00:28:10,033 I can't tell you that. 456 00:28:10,205 --> 00:28:11,868 Excuse me. 457 00:28:14,215 --> 00:28:16,591 Coming up on 47 minutes plus two hours. 458 00:28:17,139 --> 00:28:20,052 Well, let's get everybody in. 459 00:28:34,527 --> 00:28:35,856 You got a fax from Amy. 460 00:28:37,530 --> 00:28:40,401 - What does she say? - Looks like just some campaign updates. 461 00:28:40,575 --> 00:28:44,488 - Read it to me. - Low-dollar program capped at 37K. 462 00:28:44,662 --> 00:28:48,076 Three new national endorsements including Sierra Club and NARAL. 463 00:28:48,247 --> 00:28:51,081 Latter on promise of opposition to partial-birth ban. 464 00:28:51,291 --> 00:28:52,666 - Mrs. B. Says... - Hey, Josh? 465 00:28:52,834 --> 00:28:54,494 Did you sign off on $40 million... 466 00:28:54,670 --> 00:28:58,666 ...from the immunization fund to be earmarked for immunization education? 467 00:28:58,881 --> 00:29:00,790 - Yeah. - Really? 468 00:29:00,967 --> 00:29:03,635 I thought you settled that with the first lady's office. 469 00:29:03,802 --> 00:29:05,176 Yeah. Wait. What? 470 00:29:05,387 --> 00:29:07,712 Hi. Maddy Tatum. We've worked together for years. 471 00:29:07,889 --> 00:29:11,173 - Did you say immunization education? - Vaccines and the HHS budget. 472 00:29:11,350 --> 00:29:14,302 You moved 40 million from nutrition services in the... 473 00:29:14,478 --> 00:29:16,885 - I didn't move anything. - It's in the HHS final. 474 00:29:17,064 --> 00:29:18,805 Let me see that. 475 00:29:21,817 --> 00:29:25,517 - This isn't what we had this morning. - The change was made in the galleys. 476 00:29:25,694 --> 00:29:27,023 Didn't you proofread it? 477 00:29:27,196 --> 00:29:29,153 I don't know. Did I proofread it? 478 00:29:29,365 --> 00:29:32,699 Yeah. But you proofread it to make sure capital was spelled with an A. 479 00:29:32,867 --> 00:29:36,450 - You didn't proofread it to... - To make sure it was what we agreed to? 480 00:29:36,621 --> 00:29:39,622 - I didn't do that? - Not as such. No. 481 00:29:39,831 --> 00:29:41,658 - Who moved the money? - I don't know. 482 00:29:41,833 --> 00:29:44,586 Whoever moved the money knew I don't proofread these. 483 00:29:44,795 --> 00:29:46,703 - Must've been Max. - Max doesn't know. 484 00:29:46,922 --> 00:29:49,591 - Then I give up. - Really leaving no stone unturned, huh? 485 00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:51,957 Don't yell at her. 486 00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:56,545 - Read me the rest of the fax. - What? 487 00:29:56,721 --> 00:29:58,595 How did she...? 488 00:29:58,765 --> 00:30:00,140 Read... Read me the fax. 489 00:30:02,850 --> 00:30:05,425 "Latter on promise of opposition of partial-birth ban. 490 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:09,185 Mrs. B. Says you're encouraging her to hire new chief of staff. 491 00:30:09,398 --> 00:30:11,604 Need treasury breakdown of cap gains cut. 492 00:30:11,775 --> 00:30:14,942 First lady took your advice. She just hired me. 493 00:30:15,112 --> 00:30:18,396 Weather here is 74 degrees and partly cloudy." 494 00:30:19,698 --> 00:30:21,524 Well. 495 00:30:22,452 --> 00:30:23,992 A whole new chapter begins. 496 00:30:26,830 --> 00:30:28,406 Yeah. 497 00:30:34,086 --> 00:30:36,162 You know, I think I've got... 498 00:30:36,339 --> 00:30:37,748 Yes, yes. 499 00:30:37,922 --> 00:30:41,338 I do. I've still got sand in my shoes from, like, six hours ago. 500 00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:54,139 You know, I'm looking at this wire report. 501 00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:57,762 Why is the first lady commenting on falling soybean prices? 502 00:30:58,313 --> 00:31:01,149 - That's what they asked. - Why let her take the questions? 503 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:03,185 That's what a lot of us are wondering. 504 00:31:03,569 --> 00:31:06,736 Mrs. Bartlet wants to change her remarks at the DCCC tonight... 505 00:31:06,905 --> 00:31:09,739 ...and talk about the vote on nutrition assistance programs. 506 00:31:09,949 --> 00:31:11,656 - That's not a good idea. - Why not? 507 00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:13,202 Because it's a black-tie event. 508 00:31:13,369 --> 00:31:17,116 When she talks about poor women while wearing a $4000 Krizia dress... 509 00:31:17,289 --> 00:31:19,328 ...she looks like Marie Antoinette. 510 00:31:19,499 --> 00:31:21,955 - She's right. - I am. 511 00:31:22,126 --> 00:31:23,703 So you should tell her that. 512 00:31:24,378 --> 00:31:26,916 - I'm sorry? - Tell her not to talk about the vote. 513 00:31:27,130 --> 00:31:30,996 - I should say she'll look like a dilettante? - I once had to tell the president... 514 00:31:31,175 --> 00:31:34,176 ...he was wearing different shoes. - That's roughly the same. 515 00:31:36,429 --> 00:31:37,923 You polished up my remarks. 516 00:31:38,140 --> 00:31:40,844 - Those are recommendations. - For the office park? 517 00:31:41,017 --> 00:31:42,677 Say what you want. 518 00:31:42,894 --> 00:31:45,847 Do you mean for the office park now or the banquet tonight? 519 00:31:46,063 --> 00:31:47,890 I meant for both. 520 00:31:48,523 --> 00:31:51,856 "Charles Darwinomics for the chamber of commerce." 521 00:31:52,026 --> 00:31:53,484 "Trickle-down travesties." 522 00:31:53,694 --> 00:31:55,816 - That was mine. - She's ready to go. 523 00:31:56,029 --> 00:31:57,902 Good luck. I'll catch up with you later. 524 00:31:59,407 --> 00:32:01,898 They're well-paid technology workers. 525 00:32:02,076 --> 00:32:04,827 - What happened to courting undecideds? - We're doing that. 526 00:32:05,036 --> 00:32:06,910 Darwinomics at the chamber of commerce? 527 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,239 - It's flamethrower language. - Don't want that? 528 00:32:09,415 --> 00:32:11,373 - I didn't say that. - Good. 529 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,537 - You feel all right? - Yeah. 530 00:32:14,753 --> 00:32:17,624 Then let's go. 531 00:32:39,107 --> 00:32:41,514 At what point do we start to worry? 532 00:32:41,692 --> 00:32:45,024 - I'm sorry? - Hack was two hours and 47 minutes. 533 00:32:45,196 --> 00:32:46,655 That was an approximation. 534 00:32:46,822 --> 00:32:49,277 Yeah, but it's four hours and 10 minutes now. 535 00:32:49,448 --> 00:32:51,939 I got three parents, a wife, and a 3-year-old there. 536 00:32:52,118 --> 00:32:54,241 At what point do I tell them what's going on? 537 00:32:54,704 --> 00:32:57,989 - Let's give them some time. - How much time before we send guys... 538 00:32:58,164 --> 00:33:00,038 ...to get the guys we sent in to get...? 539 00:33:00,208 --> 00:33:02,614 Dakota one-one, O.D.S. Is this channel secured? 540 00:33:02,793 --> 00:33:05,081 Confirm, Dakota one-one. Call in, over. 541 00:33:05,253 --> 00:33:07,377 -Zeus four-one. -Black Widow one-one, O.D.S. 542 00:33:07,547 --> 00:33:11,047 That's all three choppers. EUCOM, can you confirm the cargo? 543 00:33:11,216 --> 00:33:15,510 -Dakota one-one, say if cargo 's onboard. -EUCOM Dakota one-one, that's affirm. 544 00:33:15,721 --> 00:33:17,760 Yes! 545 00:33:18,390 --> 00:33:19,765 Ask him to confirm it again. 546 00:33:19,974 --> 00:33:23,391 - Affirm again EUCOM. -Dakota one-one, affirm your cargo. 547 00:33:23,562 --> 00:33:28,472 Lance Corporals Halley and Rowe and PFC Hernandez onboard Zeus four-one. 548 00:33:28,647 --> 00:33:31,851 -That's affirmative, White House. - That was the longest silence... 549 00:33:32,026 --> 00:33:33,900 ...since Mexico. - Chihuahua's governor. 550 00:33:34,070 --> 00:33:36,821 - That's the way to go. - We heard Spanish over the com. 551 00:33:36,989 --> 00:33:41,863 - What did that turn out to be? - Her bodyguards were on walkie-talkies. 552 00:33:42,576 --> 00:33:44,320 Leo. 553 00:33:45,622 --> 00:33:48,621 - What's that? - Red Haven's on fire. 554 00:33:48,790 --> 00:33:51,115 - What does that mean? - A bomb went off. 555 00:33:51,334 --> 00:33:53,741 EUCOM, are you reading the condition on Red Haven? 556 00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:55,829 Roger that. Red Haven 's on fire. 557 00:33:56,046 --> 00:33:57,874 Can you give a situation assessment? 558 00:33:59,216 --> 00:34:01,088 - What's Red Haven? - The base in Ghana... 559 00:34:01,258 --> 00:34:03,928 ...where the Deltas practiced. - Fitz, what's going on? 560 00:34:04,554 --> 00:34:06,178 It's coming. 561 00:34:07,431 --> 00:34:11,511 White House, EUCOM. Best we can tell, three SUVs breached the gate at Haven. 562 00:34:11,726 --> 00:34:14,099 First one was stopped. The second two continued... 563 00:34:14,270 --> 00:34:17,638 ... before driving into a barracks and exploding their C-4s. 564 00:34:18,607 --> 00:34:20,066 Casualties? 565 00:34:21,151 --> 00:34:22,645 It was a suicide bombing. 566 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:25,861 They're reporting 17 dead and some 20 injured. 567 00:34:26,405 --> 00:34:29,987 I want Threatcon Charlie for Africa and Europe. 568 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,575 All right. 569 00:34:37,330 --> 00:34:41,743 - Why don't you go talk to the families. - Yes, sir. I'll be right back. 570 00:34:45,839 --> 00:34:47,795 They've been gone a long time now. 571 00:34:48,007 --> 00:34:50,676 As soon as they know anything, they'll send someone. 572 00:34:51,050 --> 00:34:54,918 Well, that's not true, though. I mean, they know a lot but they can't tell us? 573 00:34:55,305 --> 00:34:57,097 That's for everyone's safety. 574 00:34:58,140 --> 00:35:00,132 Can you tell us this? 575 00:35:00,475 --> 00:35:05,018 Why were these boys sent to a place I have never heard of... 576 00:35:05,188 --> 00:35:08,936 ...and to kill people I've never heard of? 577 00:35:10,484 --> 00:35:12,026 That's a complicated question. 578 00:35:13,027 --> 00:35:14,984 I'm a smart lady. 579 00:35:22,994 --> 00:35:24,617 - Leo. - They're safe. 580 00:35:24,787 --> 00:35:26,578 They're in airspace over Morocco. 581 00:35:38,006 --> 00:35:40,130 - What happened? - Our special ops unit... 582 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,043 ...staged a successful rescue. 583 00:35:42,260 --> 00:35:46,471 They'll be brought to a hospital at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany... 584 00:35:46,681 --> 00:35:48,223 ...and they'll be home tomorrow. 585 00:35:48,390 --> 00:35:52,257 We'll have communications set up in a few minutes. You can speak with them. 586 00:35:52,435 --> 00:35:55,887 The president wishes he could be here himself to tell you... 587 00:35:56,064 --> 00:35:59,396 ...but I'm afraid he's engaged at the moment. 588 00:36:00,610 --> 00:36:02,982 Leo, what aren't you telling us? 589 00:36:04,153 --> 00:36:07,320 - The boys are fine, Mrs. Rowe. - But something has happened. 590 00:36:08,824 --> 00:36:11,659 It appears there's been a terrorist retaliation... 591 00:36:11,827 --> 00:36:15,527 ...at the makeshift camp we set up in Ghana to practice for the rescue. 592 00:36:15,956 --> 00:36:19,454 Seventeen staff and administrators were killed. 593 00:36:20,543 --> 00:36:22,700 Someone will be in to take care of you. 594 00:36:22,919 --> 00:36:24,497 Thank you. 595 00:36:40,224 --> 00:36:41,554 Listen to this. 596 00:36:41,727 --> 00:36:44,643 "Our taxes aren't a penalty, hard as that is to believe. 597 00:36:44,812 --> 00:36:47,303 They're the price we pay for our roads and bridges. 598 00:36:47,481 --> 00:36:49,687 And the way we look after the least among us. 599 00:36:49,900 --> 00:36:54,525 The sign and signal of our obligations to each other and to our own best selves." 600 00:36:54,695 --> 00:36:56,653 That's nice. Did you write that? 601 00:36:56,865 --> 00:36:58,774 - No. You did. - I didn't write that. 602 00:36:58,949 --> 00:37:01,486 Yeah, you did. I painted it, but it's yours. 603 00:37:01,827 --> 00:37:03,201 You wrote: 604 00:37:03,369 --> 00:37:07,202 "We must rise above parochial interests and speak to the national interest. 605 00:37:07,374 --> 00:37:09,698 Instead of a trickle-down economy, imagine one... 606 00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:13,575 ...where the work of ordinary Americans is the center of our national life." 607 00:37:14,213 --> 00:37:15,954 - I wrote that? - You did. 608 00:37:16,506 --> 00:37:18,794 - I'm very good. - Don't get carried away. 609 00:37:19,008 --> 00:37:20,882 Which is Shelby, and which is Romano? 610 00:37:21,094 --> 00:37:23,086 I'm Romano. 611 00:37:23,928 --> 00:37:26,335 A spread in Republican Vogue? 612 00:37:26,514 --> 00:37:29,515 - What was that supposed to be? Clever? - You're entitled. 613 00:37:29,684 --> 00:37:32,257 A guy's entitled to shout stupid things at a ballpark. 614 00:37:32,437 --> 00:37:34,310 Doesn't make me wanna follow his lead. 615 00:37:34,979 --> 00:37:38,478 The answer as to why the MD should accept a greater tax burden... 616 00:37:38,649 --> 00:37:42,100 ...in spite of his well-earned success, is called a veil of ignorance. 617 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,153 Imagine before you're born, you don't know who you'll be... 618 00:37:45,321 --> 00:37:47,148 ...your abilities or your position. 619 00:37:47,324 --> 00:37:48,698 Now design a tax system. 620 00:37:48,908 --> 00:37:51,861 - Veil of ignorance. - John Rawls. 621 00:37:52,035 --> 00:37:58,204 We rescued the hostages, but suicide bombers killed 17 U.S. soldiers in Ghana. 622 00:37:58,874 --> 00:38:02,374 It's what we're talking about tomorrow, so I'll put the tax plan aside... 623 00:38:02,545 --> 00:38:04,335 ...and work on this. 624 00:38:04,504 --> 00:38:06,129 You all did well. 625 00:38:06,296 --> 00:38:08,289 I'll see you tomorrow. 626 00:38:08,466 --> 00:38:12,333 - Lauren, why don't we get the profiles? - He's gonna need the minute-by-minute. 627 00:38:12,511 --> 00:38:14,219 - Can I get a Bible? - Corinthians? 628 00:38:14,387 --> 00:38:16,759 - I think so. - We should pull material from when... 629 00:38:16,931 --> 00:38:21,141 ...we lost the Deltas in Bogotá. - Why does he need...? 630 00:38:21,310 --> 00:38:24,097 I'm almost sure there's a King James Bible on the shelf. 631 00:38:24,271 --> 00:38:25,765 - Someone tell the DNC... - Elsie. 632 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:28,643 ...not to bother with the tax plan. - Hi, this is Lauren. 633 00:38:28,816 --> 00:38:30,559 They misunderstood. They can go. 634 00:38:30,735 --> 00:38:33,273 - I was wondering if Will Bailey... - They understood. 635 00:38:33,446 --> 00:38:35,686 That's right, Sam wrote it for the president. 636 00:38:35,863 --> 00:38:37,940 Is there a copy I can run over and get? 637 00:38:38,115 --> 00:38:40,072 And the hospital workers' conference. 638 00:38:40,284 --> 00:38:42,952 We are preaching to the choir. That's all we are doing. 639 00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:47,117 Yet you packed the damn office park with bodies from the... Where'd he go? 640 00:38:47,291 --> 00:38:49,663 I'm sorry, are you talking to me? 641 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,543 No. 642 00:38:52,419 --> 00:38:55,419 - Are you open? - We have a private party in a little while. 643 00:38:55,589 --> 00:38:57,627 Yeah, I'm supposed to be next door. 644 00:38:57,798 --> 00:39:01,048 Sorry I didn't catch that last part. You were walking all fast. 645 00:39:01,219 --> 00:39:04,502 You packed the office park with bodies from labor. AFL, Teamsters. 646 00:39:04,679 --> 00:39:06,801 It was like the cast of a James Cagney movie. 647 00:39:06,973 --> 00:39:09,214 The event was to talk to wired workers. 648 00:39:09,434 --> 00:39:13,644 Didn't want a half-empty rally, and the wired workers are wired to Webb. 649 00:39:13,895 --> 00:39:17,679 I've spent a third of the day in one-on-ones with Planned Parenthood... 650 00:39:17,857 --> 00:39:21,439 ...Families America, AARP. You think those people are gonna vote for Webb? 651 00:39:21,610 --> 00:39:24,860 My concern is that those people are gonna stay home on Election Day. 652 00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:27,520 Now I'm supposed to go to the chamber of commerce... 653 00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:29,857 ...and sing about titans of corporate greed? 654 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,869 - Problem? - The titans are the ones in the room. 655 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:36,488 - Can we get a couple shots and a beer? - Yeah. 656 00:39:38,958 --> 00:39:41,199 - I'm preaching to the choir. - I'm sorry? 657 00:39:41,376 --> 00:39:43,085 You have me preaching to the choir. 658 00:39:43,253 --> 00:39:44,796 - Yeah. - Why? 659 00:39:44,964 --> 00:39:46,707 That's how you get them to sing. 660 00:39:46,924 --> 00:39:49,545 I can't just cut any chance I have for victory. 661 00:39:49,716 --> 00:39:51,426 - The story will be,"It's over." - No. 662 00:39:51,594 --> 00:39:56,054 The story is you had the guts to stick up for what you believe, and you didn't run. 663 00:39:56,223 --> 00:39:59,473 And people are gonna remember that. I'm gonna make sure of it. 664 00:39:59,976 --> 00:40:01,933 I'm gonna lose. 665 00:40:02,519 --> 00:40:06,018 - Yeah. - There's no chance of a miracle? 666 00:40:06,189 --> 00:40:07,518 No. 667 00:40:07,691 --> 00:40:09,729 Then why are you here? 668 00:40:10,359 --> 00:40:11,853 You're gonna lose... 669 00:40:12,028 --> 00:40:15,064 ...and you're gonna lose huge. They're gonna throw rocks at you. 670 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,191 And I wanted to be standing next to you when they did. 671 00:40:19,617 --> 00:40:22,322 - Oh, really? - Yeah. 672 00:40:25,956 --> 00:40:29,158 - Really? - Yeah. 673 00:40:33,295 --> 00:40:36,380 - Really? - Really. 674 00:40:43,303 --> 00:40:46,468 I'm just getting creamed. I'm just getting worked. 675 00:40:46,639 --> 00:40:50,424 - I know. You're not imagining it. - Thanks. 676 00:40:51,937 --> 00:40:54,343 Don't know if you heard. It was just on the news. 677 00:40:54,522 --> 00:40:57,059 There was a terrorist bombing in Africa, an Army base. 678 00:40:57,231 --> 00:41:00,231 Yeah, we heard. 679 00:41:02,652 --> 00:41:04,776 We should get back to work. 680 00:41:06,782 --> 00:41:09,486 God save the president of the United States... 681 00:41:09,658 --> 00:41:11,817 ...and Sam Seaborn. 682 00:41:17,916 --> 00:41:19,909 Let's go. 683 00:41:20,305 --> 00:41:26,825 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org