1 00:00:04,038 --> 00:00:06,374 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,609 Desperate times call for desperate measures. 3 00:00:08,676 --> 00:00:09,643 I made a call. To whom? 4 00:00:09,710 --> 00:00:10,878 What the hell have you all 5 00:00:10,944 --> 00:00:12,513 been doing down here while I've been gone? 6 00:00:12,580 --> 00:00:14,182 PRESIDENT: Staying through the holidays? 7 00:00:14,248 --> 00:00:15,849 Depends on how long it takes your damn government 8 00:00:15,916 --> 00:00:17,085 to get back up and running. 9 00:00:17,151 --> 00:00:18,018 LEO: Will's going to work 10 00:00:18,086 --> 00:00:19,287 for the Vice President. 11 00:00:19,353 --> 00:00:20,654 I'm asking the President not to let him. 12 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:22,823 We told Russell he could have him-- it's done. 13 00:00:22,890 --> 00:00:25,326 WILL: Bartlet's never going to finish the job he started. 14 00:00:25,393 --> 00:00:26,860 Someone has to be ready to take the hand-off. 15 00:00:26,927 --> 00:00:29,163 TOBY: This isn't a line on a resume. 16 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:30,564 You don't walk away. 17 00:00:53,254 --> 00:00:57,191 * Sleigh bells ringing and jing-jing-jingling * 18 00:00:57,258 --> 00:00:59,059 * Ding-ding-ding ding... 19 00:00:59,127 --> 00:01:00,361 What are you doing? 20 00:01:00,428 --> 00:01:02,130 I'm holding up my tree. 21 00:01:02,196 --> 00:01:03,464 Isn't it nice? 22 00:01:03,531 --> 00:01:05,199 What are you doing to it? I'm holding it up. 23 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:06,367 The stand isn't... 24 00:01:06,434 --> 00:01:07,435 They didn't have anything smaller? 25 00:01:07,501 --> 00:01:08,536 Smaller than me is a shrub. 26 00:01:08,602 --> 00:01:10,771 I wanted a real tree this year. 27 00:01:10,838 --> 00:01:11,939 This is fine-- 28 00:01:12,005 --> 00:01:14,108 I just cut some of the naked gloating. 29 00:01:14,175 --> 00:01:15,576 We restarted the government, Toby. 30 00:01:15,643 --> 00:01:17,145 There was a showdown at the OK Corral 31 00:01:17,211 --> 00:01:19,012 and we gunned down the Clantons-- we're heroes. 32 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:20,414 And yet self-effacing. 33 00:01:20,481 --> 00:01:21,482 CAROL: Excuse me, C.J.-- 34 00:01:21,549 --> 00:01:23,184 Can we get a bigger stand? Yeah. 35 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:24,652 Waterville Crier on two, wants a comment. 36 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:26,053 No comments for anything called 37 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:26,887 the Crier, the Intelligencer 38 00:01:26,954 --> 00:01:27,721 or the Breeze. 39 00:01:27,788 --> 00:01:28,822 The DEA just suspended 40 00:01:28,889 --> 00:01:30,558 a Waterville doctor's drug license 41 00:01:30,624 --> 00:01:32,860 for giving a terminal patient enough narcotics to kill her. 42 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,262 That's against the law. 43 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:35,663 It's what the DEA does with their time. 44 00:01:35,729 --> 00:01:37,865 C.J., Waterville's in Oregon. 45 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:44,738 PRESIDENT: All three of our daughters in one place for Christmas. 46 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:46,340 You've never seen that, have you? 47 00:01:46,407 --> 00:01:47,408 FIDERER: No, sir I haven't. 48 00:01:47,475 --> 00:01:48,776 She's never seen it. 49 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:50,010 Maybe next year. 50 00:01:50,077 --> 00:01:51,612 What if she quits before then? 51 00:01:51,679 --> 00:01:52,546 She's flighty. 52 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:54,148 They'll all be here tonight. 53 00:01:54,215 --> 00:01:55,383 We'll be grateful for that. 54 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:56,817 I'm grateful. 55 00:01:56,884 --> 00:01:59,387 But Debbie thinks one night isn't a visit, 56 00:01:59,453 --> 00:02:00,721 so much as a pit stop. 57 00:02:00,788 --> 00:02:01,922 Mr. President, 58 00:02:01,989 --> 00:02:03,791 Liz is pulling up. Thank you. 59 00:02:05,393 --> 00:02:06,260 Let's not dwell on it with the kids. 60 00:02:06,327 --> 00:02:07,195 I'm not dwelling. 61 00:02:07,261 --> 00:02:08,862 I think it's fine. 62 00:02:08,929 --> 00:02:12,233 I think we should all spend Christmas at Liz's in-laws. 63 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:13,367 We're invited. 64 00:02:13,434 --> 00:02:15,135 Never again. I still have flashbacks. 65 00:02:15,203 --> 00:02:17,004 You didn't sit up all night with Jean, 66 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:18,739 sewing ducklings on stockings. 67 00:02:19,940 --> 00:02:20,941 Good morning, sir; Mrs. Bartlet. 68 00:02:21,008 --> 00:02:22,276 Good to see you, Jim. 69 00:02:22,343 --> 00:02:23,744 We're not doing photos now, are we? 70 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:24,845 A couple candids. 71 00:02:24,912 --> 00:02:26,247 Nothing serious till the Tree Lighting. 72 00:02:26,314 --> 00:02:27,415 You should get a few before dinner 73 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:28,916 of the whole family together. 74 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:29,850 I'll be there. 75 00:02:29,917 --> 00:02:31,252 I know you will. I will. 76 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:32,853 I just don't think you should crucify Ellie 77 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,288 for telling you she might be late... 78 00:02:34,355 --> 00:02:35,689 How hard could it possibly be? 79 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:37,090 ...when there's a fair to middling chance 80 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,592 you may not make it yourself. 81 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:40,994 I'm not asking her to stay a week; it's one meal. 82 00:02:41,061 --> 00:02:42,996 MARGARET: ...British Embassy on the 15th, 83 00:02:43,063 --> 00:02:45,366 DNC Chair on the 22nd, 84 00:02:45,433 --> 00:02:47,435 the Uphoffs' on Christmas Eve. 85 00:02:47,501 --> 00:02:50,738 The DNC's a maybe. Uphoffs are a maybe. 86 00:02:50,804 --> 00:02:52,773 I think we shouldn't go with maybes 87 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,608 on the Christmas parties this year 88 00:02:54,675 --> 00:02:57,345 because "maybe" means I RSVP yes and you cancel ten minutes 89 00:02:57,411 --> 00:03:00,581 before it starts and I have to call and say the honored guest isn't coming 90 00:03:00,648 --> 00:03:02,450 and you remain lovable Leo McGarry 91 00:03:02,516 --> 00:03:05,052 and I'm the dope who couldn't accurately assess 92 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:06,554 the constraints of your schedule. 93 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:08,656 MAN ( on TV ): ...the hostage situation... 94 00:03:08,722 --> 00:03:09,457 Hostages? 95 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:11,225 Did he just say "hostage"? 96 00:03:11,292 --> 00:03:13,494 And by New Year's I'm a pariah... 97 00:03:13,561 --> 00:03:15,162 I've got people hexing my muffins, 98 00:03:15,229 --> 00:03:16,364 in the mess... 99 00:03:16,430 --> 00:03:18,966 Leo McGarry for the Sudan desk, please. 100 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:22,202 Get Josh on this call. Now. 101 00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:23,637 I don't want to sit next to Doug tonight. 102 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,873 I don't want to hear about his kayak. 103 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:28,409 Show up on time, you can sit wherever you like. 104 00:03:28,476 --> 00:03:30,944 Tell Ellie if she's late, she has to sit next to Doug. 105 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:33,881 Lizzie. 106 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:35,048 There's my guy. 107 00:03:35,115 --> 00:03:36,750 How are you, kid? 108 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:38,452 Hi, Doug. Hi. 109 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:39,853 Doug. How was the flight? 110 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,422 PRESIDENT: Was there a stowaway in the car? 111 00:03:41,489 --> 00:03:45,293 A monster? I got him! I got him! Come with me. 112 00:03:47,395 --> 00:03:49,363 Leo, we have a... 113 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:50,664 I saw it. Hostages. 114 00:03:50,731 --> 00:03:51,532 No, the DEA. 115 00:03:51,599 --> 00:03:53,000 What's their problem? 116 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:54,702 We have a hostage situation? 117 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:56,904 You and I have a very serious job to do tonight. 118 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,105 Mr. President. 119 00:03:58,171 --> 00:03:59,540 Do you want to see something? 120 00:03:59,607 --> 00:04:01,375 Oh, great. 121 00:04:07,448 --> 00:04:10,818 12 relief workers in Sudan got thrown in jail. 122 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:14,221 Congressman's on CNN calling them hostages. 123 00:04:14,288 --> 00:04:15,789 I have a quarter with New Hampshire on it. 124 00:04:15,856 --> 00:04:16,990 You sure do. 125 00:04:17,057 --> 00:04:17,858 You talk to State? 126 00:04:17,925 --> 00:04:19,360 I just heard myself. 127 00:04:19,427 --> 00:04:21,161 I was... there's a problem at the DEA. 128 00:04:21,228 --> 00:04:23,364 Hang on. 129 00:04:23,431 --> 00:04:25,733 Five minutes ago, we were having a quiet morning. 130 00:04:25,799 --> 00:04:28,802 I got to take a look, but I'll catch up with you in a few minutes. 131 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:31,339 We've got all sorts of good stuff planned. 132 00:04:31,405 --> 00:04:34,642 It's okay. We'll see him later. 133 00:05:26,894 --> 00:05:28,962 were trying to convert the locals to Christianity, 134 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:31,732 and it's Islamic law in Northern Sudan... 135 00:05:31,799 --> 00:05:33,501 So they threw the whole lot of them in jail. 136 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:35,736 Sudan desk got a call from Congressman Richter, 137 00:05:35,803 --> 00:05:37,438 two are his constituents. 138 00:05:37,505 --> 00:05:39,707 C.J.: Sir, did you talk to the DEA yesterday? 139 00:05:39,773 --> 00:05:42,910 No. Did State tell you about this Richter thing? 140 00:05:42,976 --> 00:05:44,778 This blew up good and fast, didn't it. 141 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:46,647 JOSH: State's treating this like any other foreign arrest. 142 00:05:46,714 --> 00:05:48,682 There'll be a consular visit and a trial. 143 00:05:48,749 --> 00:05:49,917 Richter isn't satisfied with that. 144 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:51,284 C.J.: A Sudanese jail, you got to hope 145 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:52,453 someone back home's making noise. 146 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,754 Were they proselytizing? 147 00:05:53,821 --> 00:05:55,389 JOSH: We don't know. Richter says no. 148 00:05:55,456 --> 00:05:56,957 He spoke to a junior officer at the Sudan desk, 149 00:05:57,024 --> 00:05:58,559 thinks they're blowing it off. 150 00:05:58,626 --> 00:06:00,027 So he's trying to bump it up the ladder. 151 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:02,029 "Hostage" is a big word. Particularly at Christmas. 152 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:03,263 All right, let's get him in here. 153 00:06:03,330 --> 00:06:04,732 PRESIDENT: What about the DEA? 154 00:06:04,798 --> 00:06:06,299 The DEA's coming down on a doctor in Oregon 155 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:07,367 for assisting with a suicide. 156 00:06:07,435 --> 00:06:08,769 There's no federal jurisdiction, 157 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:09,770 I don't know what they think they're doing. 158 00:06:09,837 --> 00:06:10,904 PRESIDENT: What do they say? 159 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:12,205 They're calling it a violation 160 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:13,907 of the Controlled Substances Act. 161 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:16,143 The narcotic he used is federally controlled. So's a handgun. 162 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:17,478 Yeah. 163 00:06:17,545 --> 00:06:19,046 Doesn't turn a shooting into a federal case. 164 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:20,313 He makes a point. 165 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:21,549 We're sure this wasn't an accident? 166 00:06:21,615 --> 00:06:22,983 Pain management gone awry? 167 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,518 C.J.: The doctor's not hiding his intentions. 168 00:06:24,585 --> 00:06:25,919 The State of Oregon says it's legal. 169 00:06:25,986 --> 00:06:27,655 He was assisting a terminal patient 170 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:30,123 to hasten the end of her suffering. It's a living. 171 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:31,592 Well, yes, in Oregon it is. 172 00:06:31,659 --> 00:06:32,593 When's your next briefing? 173 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:33,627 An hour. I was going to go... 174 00:06:33,694 --> 00:06:34,962 I don't think we comment. 175 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:36,296 It's DOJ's mess, we don't want it. 176 00:06:36,363 --> 00:06:37,831 We don't want a lot of things. 177 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:39,900 For four years, it's been: "The President does not 178 00:06:39,967 --> 00:06:41,969 "personally support physician assisted suicide, 179 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:43,671 "but believes it's not a federal issue 180 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,272 and should be resolved by the voters." 181 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:46,607 State by state. 182 00:06:46,674 --> 00:06:48,509 And not by the Drug Enforcement Administration. 183 00:06:48,576 --> 00:06:50,478 TOBY: We don't jump into the middle of a bar fight 184 00:06:50,544 --> 00:06:52,212 and declare our intention not to act. 185 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,582 Let the Attorney General handle it. 186 00:06:57,485 --> 00:06:59,052 I'll sit down with the AG. 187 00:06:59,119 --> 00:07:00,387 Thanks, everybody. ALL: Thank you, sir. 188 00:07:00,454 --> 00:07:01,622 Thank you, Mr. President. 189 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:04,224 Debbie, where are they? 190 00:07:04,291 --> 00:07:06,059 FIDERER: Blue Room, sir. 191 00:07:06,126 --> 00:07:09,329 DONNA: Oh, good. 192 00:07:09,396 --> 00:07:10,598 Talk to Debbie-- we need a sit-down 193 00:07:10,664 --> 00:07:12,099 for Congressman Donald Richter today. 194 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:13,601 And get him on the phone. 195 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:14,868 Doug Westin's in your office. Liz's Doug? 196 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:16,737 How come he's not with his in-laws? 197 00:07:16,804 --> 00:07:19,039 The President's introducing Gus to the Three Tenors. 198 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:20,841 "Hallelujah Chorus" in the Blue Room. 199 00:07:20,908 --> 00:07:23,410 Why's a five-year-old want to meet the Three Tenors? 200 00:07:23,477 --> 00:07:24,311 I'm pretty sure he doesn't. 201 00:07:24,377 --> 00:07:25,312 Doug's your friend. 202 00:07:25,378 --> 00:07:26,614 He's a perfectly nice guy. 203 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,381 Speak slowly, you don't want to lose him. 204 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:29,416 Check it out. 205 00:07:29,483 --> 00:07:30,751 They're decking the halls. 206 00:07:30,818 --> 00:07:32,486 Five minutes and I'll spring you. 207 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:34,287 Douglas! Josh. 208 00:07:34,354 --> 00:07:35,422 It's good to see you. 209 00:07:35,489 --> 00:07:36,490 Good to see you. I swiped your paper. 210 00:07:36,557 --> 00:07:37,958 That's government property. 211 00:07:38,025 --> 00:07:39,192 I'm going to have to call the Feds. 212 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:41,495 Then I better dash. See ya. 213 00:07:41,562 --> 00:07:42,963 Come on in. 214 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:47,234 You guys here for a couple days? 215 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,636 No, just tonight and tomorrow. 216 00:07:48,702 --> 00:07:50,738 We're going to my folks for Christmas this year. 217 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,073 The tree lighting seemed like the least we could do. 218 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:54,642 No Annie? Swim meet. 219 00:07:54,708 --> 00:07:56,476 That and she pierced her eyebrow. 220 00:07:56,544 --> 00:07:57,711 Thought we'd keep her 221 00:07:57,778 --> 00:07:59,379 off camera till it healed. 222 00:07:59,446 --> 00:08:00,581 She... on purpose? 223 00:08:00,648 --> 00:08:01,582 Every day is 224 00:08:01,649 --> 00:08:03,016 a new set of challenges. 225 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:05,619 Hey, you tracking congressional recruitment? 226 00:08:05,686 --> 00:08:06,920 That still your area? 227 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:08,188 Yeah. I mean-- Yeah. 228 00:08:08,255 --> 00:08:09,723 What's... 229 00:08:09,790 --> 00:08:11,291 New Hampshire. First District. 230 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:12,660 Ken Campbell. 231 00:08:12,726 --> 00:08:13,894 He's stepping out, end of this term. 232 00:08:13,961 --> 00:08:15,462 He's got a valve thing. 233 00:08:15,529 --> 00:08:17,297 If he doesn't slow down, his heart is just gonna-- 234 00:08:17,364 --> 00:08:18,632 pow-- like a balloon. 235 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:21,068 Huh. That's great. I mean, not the... 236 00:08:21,134 --> 00:08:23,403 but we'll have a good shot at the seat. 237 00:08:23,470 --> 00:08:24,638 I think so. 238 00:08:24,705 --> 00:08:25,906 And I think I'm the man to do it. 239 00:08:25,973 --> 00:08:26,807 To... what. 240 00:08:26,874 --> 00:08:28,241 I think with a little help 241 00:08:28,308 --> 00:08:29,877 from you fine people, I'm going to be elected 242 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:32,780 to the United States House of Representatives. 243 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:35,448 ( knocking and opening door ) 244 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,117 The Attorney General. 245 00:08:39,186 --> 00:08:41,655 Alan. 246 00:08:41,722 --> 00:08:44,658 How come I don't hear your daughter's performing 247 00:08:44,725 --> 00:08:47,327 at the Kennedy Center till two days after? 248 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:51,131 Between us, she was under a wig, behind Aida's second elephant. 249 00:08:51,198 --> 00:08:53,701 ( chuckling ) 250 00:08:53,767 --> 00:08:56,469 This cowboy over at the DEA-- you fire him yet? 251 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:57,304 No. 252 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:58,706 Sooner is better. 253 00:08:58,772 --> 00:09:01,308 I think I've got to back up the DEA on this one. 254 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:02,442 The CSA... 255 00:09:02,509 --> 00:09:04,344 The Controlled Substances Act 256 00:09:04,411 --> 00:09:06,346 is about drug trafficking. 257 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:08,048 It was never intended to 258 00:09:08,115 --> 00:09:11,384 supplant the states as regulators of medical practice. 259 00:09:11,451 --> 00:09:13,453 He had a license to dispense narcotics 260 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,088 for legitimate medical purposes only. 261 00:09:15,155 --> 00:09:16,223 The voters of Oregon 262 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:18,058 have declared the termination of a life 263 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:20,794 of pain and suffering to be a legitimate medical purpose. 264 00:09:20,861 --> 00:09:22,495 And frankly, whether they are right or wrong 265 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:23,864 is none of the DEA's business. 266 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:25,833 Assisted suicide should... 267 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:29,069 It's not "assisted" anything. It's murder. 268 00:09:29,136 --> 00:09:32,039 Okay. 269 00:09:32,105 --> 00:09:33,306 We're done. 270 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:36,443 You'll be hearing from the President. 271 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:40,447 The White House interfering with a federal prosecution? 272 00:09:40,513 --> 00:09:42,149 You really want to walk that road? 273 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:44,184 You're not a legislative body, Alan. 274 00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:46,687 There's only so many times you can pull this 275 00:09:46,754 --> 00:09:48,321 before the President... 276 00:09:48,388 --> 00:09:49,589 What, fires me? 277 00:09:50,958 --> 00:09:53,827 I don't want to have this fight. 278 00:09:57,397 --> 00:09:59,132 But if we do, I win. 279 00:09:59,199 --> 00:10:03,737 Jed Bartlet's not going to fire me for standing on principle. 280 00:10:06,073 --> 00:10:07,374 Leo. 281 00:10:08,876 --> 00:10:10,644 ATTORNEY GENERAL: Have a good day, Margaret. 282 00:10:10,711 --> 00:10:11,411 MARGARET: Thank you, Mr. Fisk. 283 00:10:11,478 --> 00:10:12,713 You, too. 284 00:10:18,986 --> 00:10:19,619 Fire him. 285 00:10:19,687 --> 00:10:20,553 The Attorney General? 286 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:21,722 Fire him. We hired him. 287 00:10:21,789 --> 00:10:24,191 We fire him over assisted suicide, 288 00:10:24,257 --> 00:10:25,525 it's 16 verses 289 00:10:25,592 --> 00:10:27,127 of "Grandma Got Run Over by the Bartlets," 290 00:10:27,194 --> 00:10:27,961 now till Easter. 291 00:10:28,028 --> 00:10:30,130 "No comment" is not gonna play. 292 00:10:30,197 --> 00:10:31,364 How about we let the VP be front man? 293 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:32,900 Seriously? 294 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:34,367 We're staring a State of the Union in the face. 295 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:37,404 This is what hijacks the agenda for weeks at a time. 296 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:38,772 This is what we talked about. 297 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:44,311 What, do you need me to leave the room? 298 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:47,180 Toby's taking first chair on State of the Union, 299 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:48,381 not just writing it. 300 00:10:48,448 --> 00:10:49,917 The agenda? That's great. 301 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:50,951 And if I'm doing it, I'm doing it. 302 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:51,719 This is not on the agenda. 303 00:10:51,785 --> 00:10:53,520 Talk to Will. 304 00:10:53,586 --> 00:10:54,988 Thank you. 305 00:10:58,658 --> 00:10:59,727 C.J. 306 00:10:59,793 --> 00:11:02,529 Lizzie B. 307 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:03,997 Listen, you're gonna get a call 308 00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:06,099 from an organization called The Hunger Plan. 309 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,901 They should be fund-raising for the World Food Program 310 00:11:07,968 --> 00:11:09,269 and instead they're developing 311 00:11:09,336 --> 00:11:11,739 freeze-dried peanut butter and jelly or something. 312 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:13,673 I got lassoed onto the board for two years. 313 00:11:13,741 --> 00:11:16,243 I just retired, and I recommended you. 314 00:11:16,309 --> 00:11:17,044 You didn't. 315 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:18,411 They get a small C-22 grant. 316 00:11:18,478 --> 00:11:19,813 It'd be a conflict. 317 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,681 Just tell them you wish, you wish, but you can't. 318 00:11:21,749 --> 00:11:22,750 It'll make 'em feel good 319 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:23,784 just to know you were interested. 320 00:11:23,851 --> 00:11:24,918 Thanks for the heads up. 321 00:11:24,985 --> 00:11:26,353 We're gonna talk about UNESCO. 322 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:27,520 You going? Yeah. 323 00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:28,655 And we're gonna talk about a guy 324 00:11:28,722 --> 00:11:30,357 named Chris Beck I want you to meet. 325 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:31,691 He from UNESCO? 326 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:32,960 Nope. 327 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:36,930 Did she tell you about the walk-through at 11:00? 328 00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:38,131 No. Can you maybe handle that? 329 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:39,199 She asked for you. 330 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:41,101 I've got a meeting. Could you tell her? 331 00:11:41,168 --> 00:11:43,036 You can't say no to her, can you? 332 00:11:43,103 --> 00:11:43,737 Not really. 333 00:11:43,804 --> 00:11:46,073 I'll see you at 11:00. 334 00:11:48,341 --> 00:11:49,142 Any word from Ellie? 335 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:50,110 She's running an experiment 336 00:11:50,177 --> 00:11:52,145 on viral load reproduction 337 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:53,613 and she hopes it'll wrap up in time for the thing tonight. 338 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:55,615 No. It's a special dinner, it isn't optional. 339 00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:56,950 She's a Bartlet. 340 00:11:57,017 --> 00:12:00,020 It's been special every day since '62. 341 00:12:00,087 --> 00:12:01,254 I spoke to a gal in Khartoum 342 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:02,155 and then I got a call 343 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:04,224 from some flunky at the Sudan desk. 344 00:12:04,291 --> 00:12:07,427 Didn't inspire a great deal of confidence. 345 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:11,098 Congressman, you start saying "hostages," 346 00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:12,665 things get a little out of hand. 347 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,601 Mr. President. Sit. Hiya, Ted. 348 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:16,003 Mr. President. Please. 349 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:17,637 Proselytizing's punishable by death over there. 350 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:19,006 They're not gonna do that. 351 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:20,841 Ted spoke with the families, 352 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:22,442 let them know we're waiting on a report 353 00:12:22,509 --> 00:12:23,676 from the consular officer. 354 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,012 You gotta let it go through channels. 355 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:26,780 We barely have an embassy in Sudan. 356 00:12:26,847 --> 00:12:28,748 A consular officer from Cairo flies in 357 00:12:28,816 --> 00:12:29,682 whenever we have a problem. 358 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,084 He's on the plane. 359 00:12:31,151 --> 00:12:32,519 There should be a call to the Prime Minister. 360 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:35,856 State deals with thousands of these every year. 361 00:12:35,923 --> 00:12:37,791 Like it or not, Americans are subject 362 00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:39,559 to the laws of the country that they are in. 363 00:12:39,626 --> 00:12:40,427 These aren't crack dealers. 364 00:12:40,493 --> 00:12:41,494 We don't arbitrate. 365 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:43,596 We can't. Not in 193 countries, 366 00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:45,365 with as many legal systems. 367 00:12:45,432 --> 00:12:46,766 They didn't break a law. 368 00:12:46,834 --> 00:12:48,902 They were stocking the food warehouse. 369 00:12:48,969 --> 00:12:51,338 It was looted as soon as they were arrested. 370 00:12:51,404 --> 00:12:53,974 Mr. President, these are young people who've taken 371 00:12:54,041 --> 00:12:55,408 a couple of years out of their lives 372 00:12:55,475 --> 00:12:56,977 to bring food to a drought-stricken, 373 00:12:57,044 --> 00:12:58,078 civil-war-riddled nation. 374 00:12:58,145 --> 00:12:59,546 Of course they're religious. 375 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,849 Someone asks them what it means to be a Christian, 376 00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:03,583 they're going to give an answer. 377 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:04,617 That is not proselytizing. 378 00:13:04,684 --> 00:13:05,953 The Secretary of State needs 379 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:07,154 to pick up the phone. 380 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:08,721 Sir, as soon as they know 381 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:09,823 it's a Presidential priority, 382 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:11,424 they will hold us up for millions. 383 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:13,927 I've got 22 days of Christmas events ahead of me. 384 00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:15,662 I'm not sure how I explain to my district 385 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:18,832 that Christians doing charitable works are in a Sudanese jail 386 00:13:18,899 --> 00:13:20,633 because we're too cheap to bail them out. 387 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:21,501 We're expecting 388 00:13:21,568 --> 00:13:22,836 about 6,000 people. 389 00:13:22,903 --> 00:13:24,537 We're going to switch on the lights, 390 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:27,040 then there'll be performances by the United States Marine Band 391 00:13:27,107 --> 00:13:29,276 and the Louisiana Bayou Gospel Choir. 392 00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:32,712 And there's going to be a troupe of dancing snowmen. 393 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:34,848 Men, really, dressed as snowmen. 394 00:13:34,915 --> 00:13:37,017 Not as scary as it sounds. 395 00:13:37,084 --> 00:13:40,420 Though probably deeply humiliating for the men. 396 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:43,723 No? Snowmen? 397 00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:45,358 Your mom's gonna be right back. 398 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:49,296 And your grandpa'll be rolling in here any second now. 399 00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:01,108 So what did you think of the Three Tenors? 400 00:14:05,245 --> 00:14:06,513 Is Dr. McNally in her office? 401 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,015 I believe so. 402 00:14:08,081 --> 00:14:09,849 How about I send her in right after the tree rehearsal? 403 00:14:09,917 --> 00:14:11,184 Come again? 404 00:14:11,251 --> 00:14:13,186 Liz is concerned that Gus may be overwhelmed, 405 00:14:13,253 --> 00:14:14,955 with the cameras, and the crowd and all. 406 00:14:15,022 --> 00:14:15,755 We're going to practice. 407 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:16,957 Flipping a switch? 408 00:14:17,024 --> 00:14:18,825 We're going to show him the platform 409 00:14:18,892 --> 00:14:20,393 and the tree and the switch, certainly. 410 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:22,395 He'll be fine. Ellie can show him. 411 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:24,064 She did it one year in New Hampshire. 412 00:14:24,131 --> 00:14:25,065 Ellie's not here yet? 413 00:14:25,132 --> 00:14:26,766 A topic for another time. 414 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:28,301 All right, push the rehearsal. 415 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:30,503 I need to stop at Nancy McNally's. 416 00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:31,571 Is Ellie even coming? 417 00:14:31,638 --> 00:14:32,839 She's working on it. 418 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:34,141 One would never know 419 00:14:34,207 --> 00:14:36,409 that the leaders of powerful nations 420 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:38,946 respond to my call on a moment's notice. 421 00:14:39,012 --> 00:14:41,148 Not at first glance, sir, no. 422 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:51,858 Russell's speaking to the American Nursing Association this week? 423 00:14:51,925 --> 00:14:53,060 Yeah. 424 00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:54,995 We'd like him to do a speech insert. 425 00:14:55,062 --> 00:14:57,130 In his first big health care speech? 426 00:14:57,197 --> 00:14:59,266 It's going to come up in Q&A, anyway; 427 00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:01,168 might as well nip it in the bud. 428 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:03,903 By making his first speech to the medical community 429 00:15:03,971 --> 00:15:05,905 about assisted suicide? Are you kidding? 430 00:15:05,973 --> 00:15:07,074 Are you people trying to kill me? 431 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:08,275 We're trying to make sure 432 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:11,044 you can move to Oregon and kill yourself. 433 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:13,780 He needs to be talking about the insurance gap and prescription drugs. 434 00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:14,781 We need to place some distance 435 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:15,949 between the President and... 436 00:15:16,016 --> 00:15:17,750 You know how this thing polls? 437 00:15:17,817 --> 00:15:19,186 48% of Americans consider it a right. 438 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,488 46% of Americans consider it morally reprehensible. 439 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:23,390 It is the definition of a lose-lose issue. 440 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:26,126 The AG's back-dooring this on a technicality. 441 00:15:26,193 --> 00:15:27,494 We're going to wait till the courts knock it down, 442 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,029 which they will. 443 00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:31,331 Meanwhile, he's usurping the policy prerogative of the President. 444 00:15:31,398 --> 00:15:32,966 We need somebody to remind the public 445 00:15:33,033 --> 00:15:34,434 it wasn't our decision. 446 00:15:34,501 --> 00:15:36,970 You guys are asking me to groom a backwater Congressman. 447 00:15:37,037 --> 00:15:38,538 I can't do that... 448 00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:40,807 We didn't ask you to groom Russell for a presidential run. 449 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:41,941 He asked you. 450 00:15:42,009 --> 00:15:43,276 He was chosen by the President. 451 00:15:43,343 --> 00:15:44,477 He was chosen by the Republicans! 452 00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:46,079 Look, I've got a budget to finalize. 453 00:15:46,146 --> 00:15:47,347 I'm sorry. I'm sure you're gonna 454 00:15:47,414 --> 00:15:49,049 pull a great Eliza Doolittle here. 455 00:15:49,116 --> 00:15:50,817 Your confidence is touching. 456 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:52,419 Meanwhile, if the Vice President 457 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:54,921 would be so kind, in between campaign stops, 458 00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:57,024 could he do the President this favor? 459 00:15:57,090 --> 00:16:00,193 I'll run it by him. 460 00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:08,235 DONNA: It's important that you look at the catalogues 461 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,902 before the end of the day. 462 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,571 That's three weeks away. 463 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:12,339 Hanukkah's two. 464 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:13,406 That's plenty of time. 465 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:14,507 Who's in charge of shopping? 466 00:16:14,574 --> 00:16:15,542 You are. 467 00:16:15,608 --> 00:16:17,277 There are pages turned down with Post-its 468 00:16:17,344 --> 00:16:19,179 to tell you which of your relatives the gifts are for. 469 00:16:19,246 --> 00:16:20,213 If you're happy with the choice, 470 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,414 you should initial at the X. 471 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:22,982 If you're not happy with the choice, 472 00:16:23,050 --> 00:16:24,084 you should remember how this goes 473 00:16:24,151 --> 00:16:25,285 when you try to do it yourself. 474 00:16:25,352 --> 00:16:26,553 I like the polar fleece stuff. 475 00:16:26,619 --> 00:16:28,021 Who's in charge of shopping? You are. 476 00:16:28,088 --> 00:16:30,690 Hey. Hey. Hi! 477 00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:31,491 You look fantastic! 478 00:16:31,558 --> 00:16:32,492 Thanks. 479 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:34,627 Gosh, it's great to see you back. 480 00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:35,795 It's good to be back. 481 00:16:35,862 --> 00:16:36,829 Wow. She looks great. 482 00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:37,797 Leo? Yeah. 483 00:16:37,864 --> 00:16:40,400 You got a second? Yeah. 484 00:16:40,467 --> 00:16:42,402 Am I still on congressional recruitment 485 00:16:42,469 --> 00:16:44,571 or is Angela gonna take that over? 486 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:45,938 How about you two sit like grownups, 487 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,274 figure it out for yourselves? 488 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:49,309 I don't care. It's just starting, so... 489 00:16:49,376 --> 00:16:50,910 You getting calls already? 490 00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:52,245 Yeah. A nice young guy from New Hampshire 491 00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:54,247 wants to run for Campbell's seat. 492 00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:55,548 Married to the boss's daughter. 493 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:58,651 PRESIDENT: From New Hampshire? 494 00:16:58,718 --> 00:17:00,953 The U.S. Congress? Not the state legislature. 495 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,755 No. And he wants an endorsement? 496 00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:04,191 I spoke to the county chair, 497 00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:06,193 and the D triple C. They have some doubts. 498 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:09,429 Did you know about this thing with Lanthorp Biotech? 499 00:17:09,496 --> 00:17:11,064 They were in a nose-dive; I know he tried to pull them out. 500 00:17:11,131 --> 00:17:12,165 He didn't. 501 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:14,234 LEO: DNC wants to run Mitch Clark. 502 00:17:14,301 --> 00:17:16,403 He's been in the state legislature three terms. 503 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:18,338 He's got ideas, he's a deal maker. 504 00:17:18,405 --> 00:17:20,873 This has been a Republican seat for a couple of terms. 505 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:22,041 The party doesn't want to risk it 506 00:17:22,109 --> 00:17:22,942 with anybody untried. 507 00:17:23,009 --> 00:17:24,111 Even with our endorsement, 508 00:17:24,177 --> 00:17:25,945 he may not make it through the primary. 509 00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:27,814 Then everybody looks like an idiot. 510 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:28,848 I'll talk to him. 511 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:29,982 I can talk to him, sir. 512 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,351 No, I'll do it. 513 00:17:31,418 --> 00:17:35,755 Mr. President, he went to Josh, asked his opinion. 514 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:37,790 You got to respect that. 515 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:39,326 Let Josh take care of it. 516 00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:49,068 I, uh... I spoke to the Vice President 517 00:17:49,136 --> 00:17:51,104 about the assisted suicide thing. 518 00:17:51,171 --> 00:17:53,240 He's not comfortable getting into it. 519 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,444 I asked you, what, ten minutes ago? 520 00:17:57,510 --> 00:17:58,678 I'm a bigwig over there. 521 00:17:58,745 --> 00:17:59,912 I don't have to make an appointment. 522 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:01,181 You found him, 523 00:18:01,248 --> 00:18:03,015 brought it up, carefully considered, 524 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,016 and then decided I can go stuff it? 525 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,985 He agreed with my analysis 526 00:18:06,052 --> 00:18:08,288 that death plays poorly at Christmas. 527 00:18:08,355 --> 00:18:10,089 Did you even take it to him 528 00:18:10,157 --> 00:18:13,025 or just walk around the block and come back with your "no"? 529 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,527 I made your case. 530 00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:18,198 I should have sent a card. 531 00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:20,032 I'm not your man in the VP's office, Toby. 532 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:20,900 It can't work like that. 533 00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:22,302 I know who you are. 534 00:18:22,369 --> 00:18:24,504 You're the guy we pulled out of Botox Babylon 535 00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:26,273 out there, brought to work 536 00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:27,274 for the President. 537 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:28,975 I work for somebody else now. 538 00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:31,811 I don't want this to be acrimonious. 539 00:18:31,878 --> 00:18:35,448 No, you certainly don't. 540 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:37,617 The President will take it to the Vice President. 541 00:18:37,684 --> 00:18:38,718 Okay. 542 00:18:59,906 --> 00:19:02,409 Did you see the clips Carol dropped off? 543 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:04,344 The Jackson Clarion-Ledgersays: 544 00:19:04,411 --> 00:19:06,679 "Attorney General Cracks Down on Doc Peddling Death." 545 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:08,181 Catchy. 546 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:10,183 Nobody but the locals in Oregon have picked it up yet, 547 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:11,418 except the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. 548 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:12,752 Jackson, Mississippi? 549 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:14,053 Home of the steamboat, the mud pie, 550 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:15,922 and Attorney General Alan Fisk. 551 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:18,090 He's talked about running for governor. 552 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:19,626 The AG? 553 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:24,931 Is the Vice President going to...? 554 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:26,065 I'm working on it. 555 00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:27,667 'Cause I've been thinking, 556 00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:29,702 maybe it's time we get back into this. 557 00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:31,738 We thought it through the first time. 558 00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:32,839 Five years ago. 559 00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:34,774 And Oregon hasn't worked out all the kinks. 560 00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:37,143 The number of suicides among the terminally ill 561 00:19:37,210 --> 00:19:38,645 has gone down since they passed it. 562 00:19:38,711 --> 00:19:40,413 A policy of non-intervention... 563 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,881 Is a little lame when there's 564 00:19:41,948 --> 00:19:43,716 a 14th Amendment violation in the offing. 565 00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:45,618 We have no constitutional right to die. 566 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:47,254 Refuse treatment, yeah, but... 567 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,955 The framers never considered the notion 568 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:49,989 of degenerative death-- 569 00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:51,324 an event which is entirely 570 00:19:51,391 --> 00:19:52,792 the creation of modern medicine. 571 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:55,094 We have a right not to reach the end of life 572 00:19:55,161 --> 00:19:56,095 in unendurable suffering and agony. 573 00:19:56,162 --> 00:19:57,464 We're not stopping anyone 574 00:19:57,530 --> 00:20:00,367 from squirreling away 50 Seconal in a night stand 575 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,269 and washing it down with a bottle of vodka. 576 00:20:02,335 --> 00:20:03,603 In order to down the 50 Seconal, 577 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:05,037 you have to have control of both the muscles 578 00:20:05,104 --> 00:20:07,006 in the hand and the muscles of the esophagus. 579 00:20:07,073 --> 00:20:11,278 This is an opportunity and we're dodging it. 580 00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:20,687 C.J., how's your dad? 581 00:20:24,924 --> 00:20:27,126 He's in the hospital. 582 00:20:27,193 --> 00:20:28,528 I don't know. 583 00:20:28,595 --> 00:20:32,899 I don't know... if he knows the difference. 584 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:45,144 Hey, there. 585 00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:46,813 Gus has a glove in here somewhere. 586 00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:47,580 I know I packed it. 587 00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:48,381 He's hitting already? 588 00:20:48,448 --> 00:20:50,149 Oh, like a pro. 589 00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:52,985 He can't catch to save his life, but he can swing, boy. 590 00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:54,253 That's great. 591 00:20:55,422 --> 00:20:57,890 So, New Hampshire First District. 592 00:20:57,957 --> 00:20:59,125 Yeah. What you got? 593 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:01,528 You know a guy named Mitchell Clark? 594 00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:03,930 Sure. Voted for him a couple, three times. 595 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:05,498 The DNC seems to think he's got a chance 596 00:21:05,565 --> 00:21:06,499 for Campbell's seat. 597 00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:07,934 Anyone's got a chance. 598 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,303 It's a moderate district, it's poachable. 599 00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:12,372 No question, we have a shot, 600 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:14,774 but the party, they're reticent... 601 00:21:14,841 --> 00:21:16,075 It's a nepotism thing, isn't it. 602 00:21:16,142 --> 00:21:17,710 That could be part of it. 603 00:21:17,777 --> 00:21:19,045 Look, it's going to come up, and it's going to pass. 604 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,713 If the worst thing they can say about me 605 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,214 is that I'm Jed Bartlet's son-in-law... 606 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:24,751 Once the public gets to know me as an individual, 607 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,853 it's an entirely different race. 608 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:31,324 What about state legislature? 609 00:21:31,391 --> 00:21:32,425 It's the place to learn. 610 00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:33,693 The President started there... 611 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:34,561 Come on. 612 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:36,162 I run while Jed's in office, 613 00:21:36,228 --> 00:21:38,831 I've got a leg up like no two terms-- six terms 614 00:21:38,898 --> 00:21:41,334 as a state legislator's ever going to give me. 615 00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:44,203 What kind of fool is going to let a moment like that sail by? 616 00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:45,738 I don't know. 617 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:47,039 Here we go. 618 00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:49,409 Is that the greatest thing you ever saw? 619 00:21:49,476 --> 00:21:51,210 Can't even get my thumb in there. 620 00:21:51,277 --> 00:21:52,745 Yeah. 621 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,246 Look, I really appreciate your concern, I do. 622 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:56,048 But it's going to be fine. 623 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:58,985 I'm a winner, buddy. I'm going to win this. 624 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,256 Hi, Toby. 625 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,858 Hi. You back to stay? 626 00:22:05,925 --> 00:22:08,194 Nah. I'm liking New Hampshire. 627 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:09,295 CHARLIE: You can go in. 628 00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:11,097 You look, uh... great. 629 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:12,264 Thanks. 630 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:14,367 Good to see you, Toby. 631 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:16,936 People making a fuss? 632 00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:17,770 Yeah. 633 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:19,906 You don't look that good. 634 00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:22,842 TOBY: I was hoping you could speak to the Vice President, 635 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:24,744 ask him to do some talking for us 636 00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:26,345 on the right-to-die situation. 637 00:22:26,413 --> 00:22:28,114 Yeah, he said Will brought it up. 638 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:30,082 You already discussed it? 639 00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:31,551 That's not gonna work. 640 00:22:31,618 --> 00:22:33,520 Leo's hoping the Attorney General will back down. 641 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:35,988 If not, C.J. puts it in a Christmas Eve briefing, 642 00:22:36,055 --> 00:22:39,325 restates our position, it's gone by Boxing Day. 643 00:22:39,392 --> 00:22:41,127 We just had a huge victory, 644 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:43,229 and we're looking at a month of Christmas carols 645 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:46,599 and the official ornament from the State of South Dakota. 646 00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:48,701 The press is itching for a story with blood in it. 647 00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:50,002 The court'll stop him. 648 00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:51,203 There's no way... 649 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:54,941 One in five patients requesting aid in dying has MS. 650 00:22:55,007 --> 00:22:58,545 One in five. 651 00:22:58,611 --> 00:23:01,481 Do you know what the questions sound like? 652 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:02,982 I've got a pretty good idea. 653 00:23:03,049 --> 00:23:04,651 "How long does the President think he has before 654 00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,886 his MS becomes debilitating?" 655 00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:09,889 "Do his doctors anticipate a speedy decline?" 656 00:23:09,956 --> 00:23:11,157 "Does he have a plan?" 657 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:14,193 "Does the First Lady have four glass vials and a syringe 658 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:17,029 in a lock box in the night stand?" 659 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:23,402 She may chicken out. Maybe I'll call you. 660 00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:26,973 That's the conversation, sir. 661 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:28,775 It won't be Controlled Substances Act 662 00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:32,311 or federal overreaching, or anything else. 663 00:23:32,378 --> 00:23:33,713 I don't think we're ready 664 00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:38,785 to have that conversation with the American public. 665 00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:46,893 Hey, did you get a chance to talk...? 666 00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:48,394 Doug? Yeah. 667 00:23:48,461 --> 00:23:49,696 He take it okay? 668 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:52,865 He did, you know, he really did. 669 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:55,602 Good. 670 00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:02,074 You want to carry my books or something? 671 00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:02,809 I'm not sure he got it. 672 00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:04,811 Got what? The rejection. 673 00:24:04,877 --> 00:24:06,479 If he didn't take it personal, all the better. 674 00:24:06,546 --> 00:24:08,447 I think he thinks he's still running. 675 00:24:08,515 --> 00:24:10,082 You didn't tell him?! 676 00:24:10,149 --> 00:24:12,218 He took it more like a cautionary tale than an actual... 677 00:24:12,284 --> 00:24:13,285 Oh, for the love of God! 678 00:24:13,352 --> 00:24:14,654 He's resilient. 679 00:24:14,721 --> 00:24:16,523 Which isn't such a bad thing in a candidate. 680 00:24:16,589 --> 00:24:17,690 He's gonna show up at dinner, 681 00:24:17,757 --> 00:24:19,191 popping champagne corks 682 00:24:19,258 --> 00:24:21,260 and the President's gonna be stuck delivering the news 683 00:24:21,327 --> 00:24:23,996 in front of the guy's wife and his mother-in-law. 684 00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:25,832 You have to go back and tell him no. 685 00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:27,500 Yeah. In no uncertain terms. 686 00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:28,935 I'm sorry. Draw a picture if you need it: 687 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:31,070 A ballot in a circle with a line through it. 688 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,205 C.J.: Liz and Gus are running a little behind schedule. 689 00:24:33,272 --> 00:24:36,643 Can we push this to four? 690 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:38,210 or shall I? 691 00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:40,913 Go on in. 692 00:24:45,685 --> 00:24:47,119 Everything okay? 693 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:50,723 I'm waiting for my daughter and her son to arrive 694 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:53,793 so we can practice the ceremonial flipping of a switch. 695 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:54,827 Right. 696 00:24:54,894 --> 00:24:56,563 He had a Fisher-Price gizmo hooked 697 00:24:56,629 --> 00:25:00,466 to the side of his crib with more cranks and levers than a DC-10, 698 00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:02,835 but we're gonna practice with the switch. 699 00:25:02,902 --> 00:25:05,037 C.J. says the assisted suicide story's 700 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:07,339 showing up in some Mississippi papers. 701 00:25:07,406 --> 00:25:09,909 You think Fisk is feeding it to them? 702 00:25:09,976 --> 00:25:12,745 I want him in here first thing tomorrow. 703 00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:15,114 Consular report from Sudan. 704 00:25:17,383 --> 00:25:19,652 Holly Gilweit and Katherine Melo, 705 00:25:19,719 --> 00:25:21,654 ages 20 and 23 respectively, 706 00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:23,790 had a grand total of 18 Bibles 707 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,492 and a video on the lives of the Apostles. 708 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:27,827 The NGO know about this? 709 00:25:27,894 --> 00:25:30,429 They never identified themselves as evangelists. 710 00:25:30,496 --> 00:25:31,964 Never mentioned religion. 711 00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:34,100 So they're undercover agents? 712 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:35,367 Spies for Christ, yeah. 713 00:25:35,434 --> 00:25:36,903 18 Bibles. 714 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:39,305 They couldn't have just talked about loving-kindness 715 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:40,740 and good will towards men? 716 00:25:40,807 --> 00:25:43,175 I just had Berryhill call the Prime Minister of Sudan 717 00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:46,145 and issue a stern reprimand for behavior 718 00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:49,649 that I likened to street gangs and petty thieves. 719 00:25:49,716 --> 00:25:50,917 We need to issue an apology. 720 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,551 We can't. Ten other relief workers 721 00:25:52,619 --> 00:25:53,920 who weren't distributing 722 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,555 anything other than wheat and sorghum are in jail. 723 00:25:56,623 --> 00:25:57,957 We've got to stick with our denial. 724 00:25:58,024 --> 00:25:59,091 But they know what was going on. 725 00:25:59,158 --> 00:26:00,092 And we know. 726 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:01,761 That's where the money comes in. 727 00:26:01,828 --> 00:26:03,529 Nancy's waiting downstairs. 728 00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:04,396 Debbie! 729 00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:06,465 20 and 23? 730 00:26:06,532 --> 00:26:07,767 Girls. 731 00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:09,969 Toby asked me today 732 00:26:10,036 --> 00:26:12,238 if I have a plan for my death. 733 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:13,572 Liz has never asked; Zoey. 734 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,608 I understand Ellie asked her mother once, 735 00:26:15,675 --> 00:26:17,543 but I'm not supposed to know about it. 736 00:26:17,610 --> 00:26:18,544 I get Toby. 737 00:26:18,611 --> 00:26:19,578 ( knocking ) 738 00:26:19,646 --> 00:26:21,914 Are we expecting Liz and Gus? 739 00:26:21,981 --> 00:26:23,515 They're running late. 740 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:25,885 There's a disagreement about a bath. 741 00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:29,021 Nancy McNally is waiting and she's already had her bath. 742 00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:32,524 I'll tell Liz. 743 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:33,960 Josh talk to Doug yet? 744 00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:34,961 They spoke. 745 00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:36,562 He didn't seem to follow. 746 00:26:36,629 --> 00:26:38,364 Josh is gonna try again. 747 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:39,565 He didn't follow? 748 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:40,867 Josh wasn't clear. 749 00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:42,201 What's not to follow? 750 00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:44,704 It's hard to say. Thank you, Mr. President. 751 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,209 3.2 billion men in the world. 752 00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:51,543 She picks him. 753 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,813 I hear he had a great pitching arm. 754 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,114 When he was 19, sure. 755 00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:57,116 She dumped a Rhodes scholar for this guy. 756 00:26:57,183 --> 00:26:58,918 Zoey left Charlie for the Frog. 757 00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:01,187 Ellie and the guitar player with the purple van. 758 00:27:01,253 --> 00:27:03,756 My children choose morons, every one. 759 00:27:03,823 --> 00:27:07,459 They say daughters look for their fathers. 760 00:27:07,526 --> 00:27:08,661 You know, 15 years ago, 761 00:27:08,728 --> 00:27:11,297 we took a trip to Egypt, all five of us. 762 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:12,765 Saw the pyramids and Luxor, 763 00:27:12,832 --> 00:27:14,100 and then headed up into the Sinai. 764 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:15,702 We had a guide, a Bedouin man, 765 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:18,104 who called me "Abu el Banat." 766 00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:19,872 And whenever we'd meet another Bedouin, 767 00:27:19,939 --> 00:27:22,241 he'd introduce me as Abu el Banat 768 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:23,776 and the Bedouin would laugh and laugh 769 00:27:23,843 --> 00:27:24,944 and then offer me a cup of tea. 770 00:27:25,011 --> 00:27:26,278 And I'd go to pay them for the tea 771 00:27:26,345 --> 00:27:27,546 and they wouldn't let me. 772 00:27:27,613 --> 00:27:30,049 Abu el Banat means "Father of daughters." 773 00:27:30,116 --> 00:27:33,385 They thought the tea was the least they could do. 774 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:34,987 Thanks. 775 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:42,762 ( "The 12 Days of Christmas" performed over TV ) 776 00:27:42,829 --> 00:27:43,896 Does he know we've heard 777 00:27:43,963 --> 00:27:45,431 "The 12 Days of Christmas" twice? 778 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:46,532 What did Liz say? 779 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:47,666 She says we should have rehearsed. 780 00:27:47,734 --> 00:27:48,868 I should go up there. 781 00:27:48,935 --> 00:27:50,703 7,000 people standing in the cold, sir. 782 00:27:50,770 --> 00:27:51,437 You have to go turn on the lights. 783 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:52,905 Any movement? 784 00:27:52,972 --> 00:27:55,407 There was a lot of noise. Somebody's in a time-out. 785 00:27:55,474 --> 00:27:56,608 Gus or Doug? 786 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:58,477 I'll go. You and me. 787 00:27:58,544 --> 00:28:00,112 Len, this gonna be okay? 788 00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:02,481 It's cold out there. You got a coat? 789 00:28:02,548 --> 00:28:04,350 Zoe. 790 00:28:06,052 --> 00:28:07,486 ZOEY: You're a prince. 791 00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:08,755 Here we go. 792 00:28:08,821 --> 00:28:09,956 LEN: We're moving Eagle and Bookbag. 793 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,323 Replacing Eagle and Tonka 794 00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:12,825 with Eagle and Bookbag. 795 00:28:12,892 --> 00:28:14,093 Units six and nine assist exit. 796 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:15,795 Uniforms to the front for a possible surge. 797 00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:18,264 C.J.: She's good. 798 00:28:24,603 --> 00:28:26,773 ( applause on TV ) 799 00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:33,012 PRESIDENT: Good to see you. 800 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:36,983 Boxes for all this... and that. 801 00:28:37,049 --> 00:28:38,684 A dolly for the desk. 802 00:28:38,751 --> 00:28:39,618 Hi. What are you doing? 803 00:28:39,685 --> 00:28:41,187 This you? Yeah. 804 00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:42,922 We're moving you to your new place across the street. 805 00:28:42,989 --> 00:28:44,791 I don't have a new place. 806 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:47,960 Will Bailey, OEOB. 807 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:02,341 Donna said you were looking for me. 808 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:03,509 Yeah. 809 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:04,777 How'd it go with the tree? 810 00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:05,978 The lights are on. 811 00:29:06,045 --> 00:29:08,114 Let's, let's leave it at that. 812 00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:09,148 Okay, um... 813 00:29:11,918 --> 00:29:14,653 The conversation we had earlier-- 814 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,088 I think I wasn't clear. 815 00:29:16,155 --> 00:29:18,290 This is awkward for all of you, I know that, 816 00:29:18,357 --> 00:29:20,059 but I don't want you to feel like you... 817 00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:21,627 We're asking you not to run. 818 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:22,862 Who's we? 819 00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:25,364 The DNC. The White House. 820 00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:27,133 The President? 821 00:29:27,199 --> 00:29:29,401 If you want to go forward on your own, 822 00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:31,503 the White House can't endorse you. 823 00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:32,504 Wow. 824 00:29:32,571 --> 00:29:35,374 ( chuckles ) 825 00:29:35,441 --> 00:29:37,009 Wow. 826 00:29:37,076 --> 00:29:38,644 The New Hampshire House is a great place 827 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:39,678 to get some experience, 828 00:29:39,745 --> 00:29:40,646 build a network... 829 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:41,547 I have a network. 830 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:42,849 I've been working R&D 831 00:29:42,915 --> 00:29:45,751 in the New England tech corridor for 15 years. 832 00:29:45,818 --> 00:29:47,920 I got the CEO of Diginet and the CFO 833 00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:49,822 of Gansey-McGrath ready to join my finance committee. 834 00:29:49,889 --> 00:29:51,123 I've got the guy 835 00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:52,624 who ran your boss's New Hampshire primary 836 00:29:52,691 --> 00:29:54,226 finding me a campaign manager, 837 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:57,029 and I just spent five hours last Sunday in a duck blind 838 00:29:57,096 --> 00:30:00,166 with the editor of the Manchester Union Leader. 839 00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:02,068 I'm running for Congress. 840 00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:03,335 Hal Collins is... You met with Hal? 841 00:30:03,402 --> 00:30:04,603 There's a lot of fun 842 00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:06,105 to be had with all the "nobody's good enough 843 00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:07,339 for the President's daughter" stuff, 844 00:30:07,406 --> 00:30:09,641 but I'm not actually an idiot. 845 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:10,642 That's... 846 00:30:10,709 --> 00:30:11,577 I'm gonna have to dash. 847 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,012 I'll be late for dinner. 848 00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:15,547 But I appreciate your time, Josh; I really do. 849 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:16,849 Any time. Yeah. 850 00:30:18,450 --> 00:30:19,886 PRESIDENT: He shouldn't be upset. 851 00:30:19,952 --> 00:30:20,953 He'll light the tree next year. 852 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:22,521 He's just wound up. 853 00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:23,255 He's not eating? 854 00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:24,290 It's 8:00. 855 00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:27,059 He goes to sleep at 8:00. He eats at 5:00. 856 00:30:27,126 --> 00:30:28,394 Why didn't we eat earlier? 857 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:29,295 You're a bright guy 858 00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:30,562 and that's a stupid question. 859 00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:31,931 ZOEY: Where's Doug? 860 00:30:31,998 --> 00:30:33,399 LIZ: I think he's making sure Gus is down. 861 00:30:33,465 --> 00:30:34,800 Isn't there some kind of person...? 862 00:30:34,867 --> 00:30:37,036 A nanny is not a substitute for a parent. 863 00:30:37,103 --> 00:30:39,771 I thought that's exactly what a nanny was. 864 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,673 ZOEY: She has a strange chin. 865 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:42,909 No, she doesn't. 866 00:30:42,975 --> 00:30:44,743 Well, she kind of has no chin. 867 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:45,844 She's Swedish. 868 00:30:45,912 --> 00:30:47,213 Yeah, most Swedes have chins. 869 00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:48,714 PRESIDENT: Would you like to call up 870 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:49,781 and tell him we're waiting 871 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:51,217 and he can leave the child 872 00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:52,751 in the competent care of the chinless Swede? 873 00:30:52,818 --> 00:30:53,886 We can give it ten more minutes. 874 00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:54,921 LIZ: Is Ellie...? 875 00:30:54,987 --> 00:30:56,388 PRESIDENT: Apparently not. 876 00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:58,925 ABBEY: Can we give it ten more minutes? 877 00:31:00,259 --> 00:31:01,260 There he is. 878 00:31:01,327 --> 00:31:02,294 I'm sorry. Are we eating already? 879 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:05,431 We're waiting. Is he...? 880 00:31:05,497 --> 00:31:06,732 He's fine. He's watching a video. 881 00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:08,867 I should... He's fine. 882 00:31:08,935 --> 00:31:10,102 So, what's on the menu? 883 00:31:10,169 --> 00:31:11,403 The menu is absolutely... 884 00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:12,371 Where's Ellie? 885 00:31:12,438 --> 00:31:14,206 PRESIDENT: We have yet to determine 886 00:31:14,273 --> 00:31:17,910 if medical science can spare Ellie Bartlet for an evening. 887 00:31:17,977 --> 00:31:19,711 We're giving her a few more minutes. 888 00:31:19,778 --> 00:31:21,347 Did you...? 889 00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:22,748 Mm-hmm. 890 00:31:22,814 --> 00:31:25,184 I think I'm going to grab a drink, if that works. 891 00:31:25,251 --> 00:31:26,585 ABBEY: Let me call the steward. 892 00:31:26,652 --> 00:31:28,420 No, I'll get it. They put ice in the scotch 893 00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:32,158 and I don't really want ice in my scotch today. 894 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:34,426 Which one is the sitting room? 895 00:31:35,861 --> 00:31:37,196 Great. 896 00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:48,440 What was that? 897 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:52,979 Good evening, everybody. 898 00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:55,214 I apologize. 899 00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:56,848 They said they hadn't started serving. 900 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,050 That's all right. Did you want 901 00:31:58,117 --> 00:31:59,185 to sit? We have room. 902 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,653 Thank you, no. We, um... 903 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,355 Excuse me. 904 00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:11,197 Two more physicians' licenses were just suspended. 905 00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:12,398 The AG's downstairs. 906 00:32:12,464 --> 00:32:13,932 I asked him to come in tomorrow, 907 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,734 but he's getting on a plane. 908 00:32:15,801 --> 00:32:16,735 When's his flight? 909 00:32:16,802 --> 00:32:18,070 Two hours. 910 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:21,140 Five minutes. 911 00:32:21,207 --> 00:32:23,542 Ellie's still not here. I'll beat her back. 912 00:32:28,414 --> 00:32:29,415 John? 913 00:32:30,116 --> 00:32:31,117 Yes, ma'am. 914 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:35,221 We seem to have lost our quorum. 915 00:32:37,023 --> 00:32:38,357 Two more doctors? 916 00:32:38,424 --> 00:32:39,458 You couldn't wait a year to start campaigning? 917 00:32:39,525 --> 00:32:40,726 Mr. President... 918 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,928 You don't run for governor from my Cabinet. 919 00:32:42,995 --> 00:32:44,196 You really think a run to the right 920 00:32:44,263 --> 00:32:45,231 on a couple of pro-life standards 921 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:46,732 is gonna win me Mississippi? 922 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,100 "The powers not delegated 923 00:32:48,167 --> 00:32:49,801 "to the United States by the constitution, 924 00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:50,602 "are reserved to the states 925 00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:51,537 respectively." 926 00:32:51,603 --> 00:32:53,205 How long before there's a lawyer 927 00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:55,641 arguing, "We can't limit this to terminal patients." 928 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:57,276 We ought to include the chronically ill?" 929 00:32:57,343 --> 00:32:59,211 When is it allowing children 930 00:32:59,278 --> 00:33:01,247 to make the decision for the parents? 931 00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:03,082 Yes, when is it allowing the state 932 00:33:03,149 --> 00:33:04,883 to decide, not families? 933 00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:07,053 We'll just start knocking off the weak and the indigent 934 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:08,187 along with the sick and dying. 935 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:09,588 When does my administration 936 00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:11,890 completely deteriorate into the Third Reich? 937 00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:13,225 I'm not suggesting... 938 00:33:13,292 --> 00:33:14,860 The federal government has no place here. 939 00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:15,694 The question is a moral one, 940 00:33:15,761 --> 00:33:16,928 an individual one, 941 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:18,797 a grappling with the nature of life 942 00:33:18,864 --> 00:33:21,967 and the purview of God, in which the federal government has no... 943 00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:23,569 Forget it. You do what you want. 944 00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:25,237 The courts are gonna nail you. You were counting 945 00:33:25,304 --> 00:33:27,273 on my silence and you've just lost it. 946 00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:28,807 Sir, a public debate... 947 00:33:28,874 --> 00:33:30,409 Yeah, I didn't want to get on TV with Oprah 948 00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:31,910 and talk about who's gonna cut my meat 949 00:33:31,977 --> 00:33:34,813 when the coordination goes, but c'est la vie. 950 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,082 The lid's off. 951 00:33:36,148 --> 00:33:37,516 You pull this crap one more time, 952 00:33:37,583 --> 00:33:38,317 you're fired. 953 00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:41,019 Tell Janet Merry Christmas. 954 00:33:47,226 --> 00:33:49,027 Good evening, Ms. Bartlet. 955 00:33:49,095 --> 00:33:49,961 Good evening, John. 956 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,163 Is my... 957 00:33:51,230 --> 00:33:53,332 They'll be right back. 958 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,134 Okay. 959 00:33:59,738 --> 00:34:01,940 Can I fix you something to drink? 960 00:34:02,007 --> 00:34:03,809 Um, no. 961 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,277 I'm fine. Thank you. 962 00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:47,786 There's a guy named Mitch Clark. 963 00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:49,288 DNC's been... 964 00:34:49,355 --> 00:34:51,157 Mitchell Clark single-handedly disemboweled 965 00:34:51,223 --> 00:34:52,324 managed care reform. 966 00:34:52,391 --> 00:34:54,193 He put together the committee, 967 00:34:54,260 --> 00:34:56,628 took credit for creating rate stabilization, 968 00:34:56,695 --> 00:34:58,730 and then sold the whole thing down the river. 969 00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:00,432 How do you think he's financing a run? 970 00:35:00,499 --> 00:35:02,268 He's got board members from Barnstead Mutual 971 00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:03,902 writing check after check. 972 00:35:03,969 --> 00:35:06,772 The district's splitting right, much more than in my day. 973 00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:09,141 Josh mentioned something about that. 974 00:35:09,208 --> 00:35:10,642 Apparently he was very helpful. 975 00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:12,344 Elizabeth... You couldn't give him 976 00:35:12,411 --> 00:35:14,346 the courtesy of five minutes? 977 00:35:14,413 --> 00:35:15,747 It's one thing to delegate my car loan 978 00:35:15,814 --> 00:35:18,784 or Ellie's MCATs to your staff, but my husband? 979 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:19,785 He went to Josh. 980 00:35:19,851 --> 00:35:21,687 He didn't come to me. 981 00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:23,555 If he wanted my advice, 982 00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:25,491 or if you did, for that matter... 983 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,264 Doug didn't call Hal Collins, you did. 984 00:35:32,331 --> 00:35:33,832 You recruited the finance committee. 985 00:35:33,899 --> 00:35:36,202 Mom made a useful suggestion or two in the early years. 986 00:35:36,268 --> 00:35:37,769 "The Speaker can convince 987 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:42,708 most people of most things and himself of almost anything." 988 00:35:43,909 --> 00:35:45,977 Doug came up with that? 989 00:35:46,044 --> 00:35:47,546 We're a good team. 990 00:35:47,613 --> 00:35:50,649 We have different strengths, skills. 991 00:35:50,716 --> 00:35:52,184 He has skills you've never even bothered... 992 00:35:52,251 --> 00:35:53,051 He's a great guy 993 00:35:53,118 --> 00:35:55,254 and a fantastic father. 994 00:35:55,321 --> 00:35:56,422 You're the politician. 995 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,290 Why the hell don't you run? 996 00:35:58,357 --> 00:36:00,226 Because Annie pierced her face. 997 00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:02,394 And this one can't catch, or bathe. 998 00:36:02,461 --> 00:36:03,762 You can handle it. You can't. 999 00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:07,333 Forgive me, Ms. Steinem and Ms. Friedan-- 1000 00:36:09,268 --> 00:36:10,302 you cannot do it all. 1001 00:36:10,369 --> 00:36:11,537 Your mother did. 1002 00:36:11,603 --> 00:36:14,473 No, Daddy, she didn't. 1003 00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:21,547 There's no question, we missed things. 1004 00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:25,251 We all made sacrifices, but Elizabeth, 1005 00:36:25,317 --> 00:36:26,352 when Annie and Gus 1006 00:36:26,418 --> 00:36:27,686 watch you walk onto the floor 1007 00:36:27,753 --> 00:36:29,388 of the U.S. House of Representatives... 1008 00:36:29,455 --> 00:36:32,224 I don't want my son to be a part of my entourage. 1009 00:36:32,291 --> 00:36:34,660 A photo op is not his idea... 1010 00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:40,366 I don't want it. 1011 00:36:40,432 --> 00:36:43,034 Then why would you let Doug? 1012 00:36:43,101 --> 00:36:46,905 Because he's my husband and he asked me to. 1013 00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,314 You gonna come watch? 1014 00:36:55,381 --> 00:36:57,749 There's people singing in the lobby. 1015 00:36:57,816 --> 00:36:58,750 Spontaneously? 1016 00:36:58,817 --> 00:37:00,819 The choir from the Tree Lighting. 1017 00:37:03,289 --> 00:37:05,223 Who's that for? 1018 00:37:07,993 --> 00:37:09,661 You picked your own gift? 1019 00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:12,264 I'm in charge of shopping. 1020 00:37:12,331 --> 00:37:13,432 I got your gift. 1021 00:37:13,499 --> 00:37:14,500 No, you didn't. 1022 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:15,834 Three weeks in advance? 1023 00:37:15,901 --> 00:37:17,569 I saw it Thanksgiving. I got it. 1024 00:37:17,636 --> 00:37:18,970 No, you didn't. What is it? 1025 00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:20,038 I'm not telling you. 1026 00:37:20,105 --> 00:37:21,106 I want to know. 1027 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:22,341 Really? 1028 00:37:25,544 --> 00:37:27,178 It's a gift certificate. 1029 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:29,114 Tower Records. 1030 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,516 Cause you're a fan 1031 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,250 of the music-- you get to go on a spree. 1032 00:37:32,318 --> 00:37:34,019 That'll be fun. 1033 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,655 So that's why I need to sit with Approps 1034 00:37:36,722 --> 00:37:38,390 and find some foreign aid money 1035 00:37:38,457 --> 00:37:39,691 we can reprogram. 1036 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,327 What shall I tell them it's for? 1037 00:37:41,393 --> 00:37:42,961 Bribing a dictator 1038 00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:45,531 to get illegal missionaries out of Sudan. 1039 00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:47,666 Something I can put on a memo. 1040 00:37:47,733 --> 00:37:50,636 Reassigning funds from extant authorizations, 1041 00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:53,238 based on new priorities in East Africa. 1042 00:37:53,305 --> 00:37:56,274 Do you mind if I go watch the carolers? 1043 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:00,712 Donna. 1044 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:02,881 It's not a gift certificate. 1045 00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:03,949 What is it? 1046 00:38:04,015 --> 00:38:04,983 I'm not telling you. 1047 00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:05,984 I want to know. 1048 00:38:06,051 --> 00:38:07,052 Socks. Stop. 1049 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:08,487 I'm not telling you. 1050 00:38:08,554 --> 00:38:10,589 Live with the pain. 1051 00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:16,428 ABBEY: You didn't want to wait for dinner? 1052 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,629 I'm waiting. 1053 00:38:17,696 --> 00:38:18,697 There's a fruit bowl. 1054 00:38:18,764 --> 00:38:20,866 Turns out the fruit's real. 1055 00:38:20,932 --> 00:38:23,034 Ellie and Zoey went down to watch the carolers. 1056 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:24,370 We didn't know how long you'd be. 1057 00:38:24,436 --> 00:38:25,303 Ellie's here? 1058 00:38:25,371 --> 00:38:26,372 That's nice. 1059 00:38:26,438 --> 00:38:27,373 She enjoying her stay? 1060 00:38:27,439 --> 00:38:28,374 Did you talk to Liz? 1061 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:29,575 I'm not sure 1062 00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,710 we're gonna see her for dinner. 1063 00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:33,912 That's okay. I've got a picture in my wallet 1064 00:38:33,979 --> 00:38:35,981 of the three girls together from Acadia in '96. 1065 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:37,315 It's Doug's fight. 1066 00:38:37,383 --> 00:38:38,350 Why does she have to get in the middle? 1067 00:38:38,417 --> 00:38:39,585 It's bigger than Doug. 1068 00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:40,819 What, is it about those ice skates 1069 00:38:40,886 --> 00:38:41,720 we never bought her? 1070 00:38:41,787 --> 00:38:44,022 That and the cauliflower incident. 1071 00:38:44,089 --> 00:38:45,190 We didn't beat them. 1072 00:38:45,256 --> 00:38:46,525 There's still time. 1073 00:38:48,727 --> 00:38:50,529 Shame about Gus and the tree. 1074 00:38:50,596 --> 00:38:51,563 You didn't think he was going... 1075 00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:52,998 I did. He would have had fun. 1076 00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:54,433 He thought he was going alone, with you. 1077 00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:55,701 He didn't know 1078 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:57,235 what all those other people were doing there. 1079 00:38:57,302 --> 00:38:59,605 Oh, yeah. 1080 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:03,375 Last Christmas, Ellie wasn't around, 1081 00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:05,544 and the year before was Tennessee 1082 00:39:05,611 --> 00:39:08,714 and the calls to Belarus. 1083 00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:11,216 I can't remember when it was just the five of us 1084 00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:12,551 and weather and everybody 1085 00:39:12,618 --> 00:39:14,953 in their slippers. We don't do that. 1086 00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:15,954 We did. 1087 00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:17,589 I was on call 1088 00:39:17,656 --> 00:39:19,425 three straight Christmas Eves 1089 00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:20,792 when Ellie was little. 1090 00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:22,928 We've never been Currier and Ives. 1091 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:34,806 I'm putting together a panel on assisted suicide. 1092 00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:36,307 If you've got any names-- 1093 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:39,411 medical ethicists. 1094 00:39:39,478 --> 00:39:40,946 Your position has changed? 1095 00:39:42,180 --> 00:39:44,850 Uh-uh. 1096 00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:48,654 No syringe in the night stand. 1097 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:51,857 It'll get ugly and that's that. 1098 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:58,029 You gonna be there? 1099 00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:09,107 Yeah. 1100 00:40:11,477 --> 00:40:13,111 Abbey? 1101 00:40:23,088 --> 00:40:24,556 Gus is still up. 1102 00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:26,692 Go say good night. 1103 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:31,830 CHOIR: * What child is this, who, laid to rest * 1104 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:36,968 * On Mary's lap, is sleeping * 1105 00:40:37,035 --> 00:40:42,007 * Whom angels greet with anthems sweet * 1106 00:40:42,073 --> 00:40:48,146 * While shepherds watch are keeping * 1107 00:40:48,213 --> 00:40:53,151 * This, this is Christ the King * 1108 00:40:53,218 --> 00:40:59,024 * Whom shepherds guard and angels sing * 1109 00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:03,595 * Haste, haste, to bring him laud * 1110 00:41:03,662 --> 00:41:07,432 * The Babe, the Son of Mary... 1111 00:41:07,499 --> 00:41:08,967 C.J.: He's not a fan of turkey. 1112 00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:12,571 I was told he didn't eat any of it. 1113 00:41:12,638 --> 00:41:16,207 Yes, Talmidge Cregg. 1114 00:41:16,274 --> 00:41:19,778 The other night nurse... 1115 00:41:19,845 --> 00:41:24,449 Right. We spoke the day after Thanksgiving. 1116 00:41:24,516 --> 00:41:26,952 It's fine, I just thought maybe I could send a ham. 1117 00:41:28,654 --> 00:41:30,689 No, I'm not asking the kitchen to do it. 1118 00:41:30,756 --> 00:41:32,157 I'm saying it's three weeks away. 1119 00:41:32,223 --> 00:41:33,592 They vacuum pack it. 1120 00:41:33,659 --> 00:41:36,094 If I could just send it to you, and you could see 1121 00:41:36,161 --> 00:41:38,930 that they give it to him instead of the... 1122 00:41:40,431 --> 00:41:45,270 No. No, this is... I'm... 1123 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:46,938 This is C.J. I'm-I'm his daughter. 1124 00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:51,843 * ...the Virgin sings a lullaby * 1125 00:41:51,910 --> 00:41:56,414 * Joy, joy, for Christ is born * 1126 00:41:56,481 --> 00:42:05,056 * The Babe, the Son of Mary... 1127 00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:11,630 PRESIDENT: Ready? 1128 00:42:11,697 --> 00:42:12,631 GUS: Yeah. 1129 00:42:12,698 --> 00:42:14,666 PRESIDENT: Go ahead. 1130 00:42:14,733 --> 00:42:20,572 * What child is this, who, laid to rest * 1131 00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:25,677 * On Mary's lap, is sleeping? * 1132 00:42:25,744 --> 00:42:30,982 * Whom angels greet with anthems sweet * 1133 00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:48,066 * While shepherds watch are keeping... *