1 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:33,667 ( phone ringing ) 2 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:36,970 Yeah. 3 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:37,871 I'll call him back. 4 00:00:37,938 --> 00:00:39,740 I'm late as it is. 5 00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:42,443 I know he called before. 6 00:00:42,510 --> 00:00:44,612 Yeah. 7 00:00:49,217 --> 00:00:50,151 Excuse me, Mr. President. 8 00:00:50,218 --> 00:00:51,018 Sir, you forgot Kevin Barkovsky. 9 00:00:51,085 --> 00:00:52,420 I'm sure I did. 10 00:00:52,486 --> 00:00:53,654 He's been waiting in the Roosevelt Room. 11 00:00:53,721 --> 00:00:54,355 Who is he? 12 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:55,756 One of the candidates 13 00:00:55,823 --> 00:00:57,558 to paint your official presidential portrait. 14 00:00:57,625 --> 00:00:59,893 It's a put-up job, Charlie, a conspiracy. 15 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:02,463 Official presidential portraits aren't official at all. 16 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:03,831 It's Abbey who wants it. 17 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:05,099 Send Mr. Barkovsky on his way. 18 00:01:05,166 --> 00:01:06,234 Every president has one, sir. 19 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:07,501 I'm not sitting 20 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:09,036 for any portrait, unless, of course, 21 00:01:09,103 --> 00:01:10,104 you dig up Gilbert Stuart, 22 00:01:10,171 --> 00:01:10,838 or who did Lincoln? 23 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:12,039 I have no idea. 24 00:01:12,106 --> 00:01:13,407 Funny when you think of Lincoln, 25 00:01:13,474 --> 00:01:15,075 you think of the photographs, how he aged, 26 00:01:15,143 --> 00:01:17,044 particularly that last one, where the plate broke. 27 00:01:17,111 --> 00:01:18,146 56, and he looked ancient. 28 00:01:18,212 --> 00:01:19,680 It's Leo. 29 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,319 I'm late. 30 00:01:25,386 --> 00:01:27,321 General Alexander is waiting in the Oval. 31 00:01:27,388 --> 00:01:28,922 I should have brought my tie. 32 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:31,659 We've got a situation. 33 00:01:31,725 --> 00:01:33,627 Of course we do. 34 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:36,630 General, you have a tie? 35 00:01:36,697 --> 00:01:38,766 Mr. President, several hours ago, 36 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:42,035 protesters began gathering in Riyadh 37 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:44,104 calling for free speech, press, 38 00:01:44,172 --> 00:01:46,274 and popular elections. 39 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:47,341 ALEXANDER: It's in the streets. 40 00:01:47,408 --> 00:01:49,009 Already maybe a thousand. 41 00:01:49,076 --> 00:01:51,712 Midnight over there, and it's still growing. 42 00:01:51,779 --> 00:01:53,113 Who's leading the protest? 43 00:01:53,181 --> 00:01:54,682 We don't know. 44 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:57,451 State's calling the Embassy, waking everyone up. 45 00:01:57,518 --> 00:01:59,553 One thing's clear, Mr. President. 46 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:02,390 In Riyadh, this has never happened before. 47 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:07,161 Leo? 48 00:02:07,228 --> 00:02:09,263 Free speech is good. 49 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:10,998 Free-for-all for a quarter 50 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:13,301 of the world's oil reserves 51 00:02:13,367 --> 00:02:15,469 laced with rabid anti-American sentiment... 52 00:02:18,038 --> 00:02:20,208 Yeah. 53 00:03:15,329 --> 00:03:16,830 MAN: Ten-hut. 54 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:18,499 Gentlemen. 55 00:03:18,566 --> 00:03:19,767 Sir. 56 00:03:19,833 --> 00:03:20,701 Please. 57 00:03:20,768 --> 00:03:23,904 Did you reach Secretary Berryhill? 58 00:03:23,971 --> 00:03:25,406 Sir, he's in Tokyo. 59 00:03:25,473 --> 00:03:28,141 He'd like to fly to Jordan to monitor the situation. 60 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:29,710 Good. General? 61 00:03:29,777 --> 00:03:31,144 The number in the streets 62 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,546 seems now to be several thousand. 63 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:34,515 Primarily students and young clerics, Mr. President. 64 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:36,684 And they seem to be using anti-American rhetoric, 65 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:38,218 yet demanding democratic reforms. 66 00:03:38,286 --> 00:03:39,387 Are they armed? 67 00:03:39,453 --> 00:03:40,888 CNN's reporting they're not. 68 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:43,591 George, do we have any real intelligence on these people? 69 00:03:43,657 --> 00:03:45,158 Mr. President, our intel in Riyadh 70 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:48,929 is only slightly better than in the rest of the Middle East. 71 00:03:48,996 --> 00:03:50,230 Which is to say lousy. 72 00:03:50,298 --> 00:03:51,832 Sir, the good news is, at the moment 73 00:03:51,899 --> 00:03:54,902 the Saudis are very concerned with their image in the West. 74 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:57,204 If the demonstrations remain nonviolent... 75 00:03:57,271 --> 00:03:59,773 We have some time before they start breaking legs? 76 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,875 I think public beheading's are more their style. 77 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:04,177 It will give us a chance to establish contact 78 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:06,079 with the leaders of the protest. 79 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:07,648 If they are democratic... 80 00:04:07,715 --> 00:04:09,517 Sir, I don't need to remind you 81 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,752 that any sort of chaos on the Arabian peninsula 82 00:04:11,819 --> 00:04:13,687 could destabilize the entire Middle East, 83 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:15,856 throw the global economy into crisis. 84 00:04:15,923 --> 00:04:18,426 And if this is a Trojan horse for a fundamentalist coup... 85 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:19,927 We better start buying hybrids. 86 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:21,194 And gas masks. 87 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:22,763 Mr. President, the devil you know... 88 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:24,965 Is one I'm pretty tired of dancing with. 89 00:04:25,032 --> 00:04:26,099 Get me better intelligence. 90 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:27,535 And, Leo, 91 00:04:27,601 --> 00:04:29,803 let's get the Ambassador in here first thing. 92 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:30,771 Thanks, everybody. 93 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:32,340 ALL: Thank you, Mr. President. 94 00:04:32,406 --> 00:04:33,907 C.J.: You want the latest on Riyadh? 95 00:04:33,974 --> 00:04:34,675 So do I. 96 00:04:34,742 --> 00:04:36,377 We can watch CNN together. 97 00:04:36,444 --> 00:04:38,912 C.J., any update on former President Lassiter's condition? 98 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:41,649 President Lassiter is recovering nicely from the operation, 99 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,551 and if I took as many trips abroad as he does 100 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:45,152 I'd have to get my hip replaced as well. 101 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:47,855 Now let me see if I can answer the rest of your questions 102 00:04:47,921 --> 00:04:49,723 before you ask them so I can get dressed. 103 00:04:49,790 --> 00:04:51,459 Yes, the President will be attending the annual gala 104 00:04:51,525 --> 00:04:52,960 at Ford's Theater tonight. 105 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:54,928 Yes, it's the theater where Lincoln was shot, 106 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:56,997 yes, we're expecting the President's Lincolnalia 107 00:04:57,064 --> 00:04:59,700 to be in rare form and, yes, the bad jokes can start now, 108 00:04:59,767 --> 00:05:01,134 and that means I can't call on... 109 00:05:01,201 --> 00:05:02,436 See, I told you we were done. 110 00:05:02,503 --> 00:05:03,771 REPORTERS: Thank you, C.J. 111 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:05,806 C.J., a source in the Pentagon 112 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:09,242 says the military is funding mind control experiments. 113 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,644 Mind control? Who are you? 114 00:05:10,711 --> 00:05:13,146 Randal Fierstin, Backslash Magazine. 115 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:15,282 Backslash Magazine? Oh, come on. 116 00:05:15,349 --> 00:05:16,384 Who let you in here? 117 00:05:16,450 --> 00:05:18,519 I have a source; two in fact. 118 00:05:18,586 --> 00:05:21,489 Randal, I meant bad jokes about Ford's Theater. 119 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:23,691 So the White House has no comment? 120 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:26,293 The White House in this dimension? 121 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,561 Backslash Magazine...? 122 00:05:27,628 --> 00:05:29,296 You're dressed and ready to go. 123 00:05:29,363 --> 00:05:30,330 This is true. 124 00:05:30,398 --> 00:05:31,765 I'm not. Also true. 125 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:33,133 Is there a reason you're following me? 126 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,402 Do I need a reason? 127 00:05:34,468 --> 00:05:36,136 You're avoiding the President? Yeah. 128 00:05:36,203 --> 00:05:37,538 I don't have to go, do I? 129 00:05:37,605 --> 00:05:39,306 Into the Valley of Death rode the 600... 130 00:05:39,373 --> 00:05:40,207 That's helpful. 131 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:41,409 What do you know about 132 00:05:41,475 --> 00:05:42,976 mind control experiments at the Pentagon? 133 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:43,711 MK-ULTRA. 134 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:45,178 Excuse me? 135 00:05:45,245 --> 00:05:47,848 In the '50s it was the CIA's mind control research program 136 00:05:47,915 --> 00:05:50,484 started in response to the Chinese attempts on U.S. prisoners. 137 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:53,487 Like The Manchurian Candidate. LikeThe Manchurian Candidate. 138 00:05:53,554 --> 00:05:54,522 Like what's going to happen to us tonight. 139 00:05:54,588 --> 00:05:56,390 You're ready, too. 140 00:05:56,457 --> 00:05:57,858 It's a far, far better thing I do... 141 00:05:57,925 --> 00:05:59,560 Maybe things will be different this year. 142 00:05:59,627 --> 00:06:00,828 JOSH AND TOBY: No. 143 00:06:00,894 --> 00:06:02,896 But it's long gone, yes? Mind control? 144 00:06:02,963 --> 00:06:05,198 It worked on Freddie Briggs when I was 16, 145 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:06,500 but look what happened to him. 146 00:06:06,567 --> 00:06:07,668 Freddie Briggs? 147 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:09,102 He was my first-- was he my first? 148 00:06:09,169 --> 00:06:10,904 Sixteen? 149 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:13,306 Is there a reason I'm the only one who's not dressed? 150 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:14,642 Was your dress stolen? No. 151 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,309 Well, a copy of the Bill of Rights was stolen. 152 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:18,378 There are copies of the Bill of Rights lying around? 153 00:06:18,446 --> 00:06:19,613 George Washington sent copies 154 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:20,714 to each of the 13 original colonies. 155 00:06:20,781 --> 00:06:22,315 North Carolina's got snatched 156 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:24,552 at the end of the Civil War by one of Sherman's men. 157 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:25,653 Scintillating. 158 00:06:25,719 --> 00:06:27,488 The soldier was from Connecticut. 159 00:06:27,555 --> 00:06:28,522 Josh is from Connecticut. 160 00:06:28,589 --> 00:06:29,523 Oh, that's right. 161 00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:30,724 Go Whalers. 162 00:06:30,791 --> 00:06:31,592 Not a ton to get excited about 163 00:06:31,659 --> 00:06:32,726 in the Nutmeg State. 164 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:34,828 The FBI seized the document-- 165 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:36,129 both states are claiming ownership, 166 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:37,731 and the case has landed in federal court. 167 00:06:37,798 --> 00:06:38,799 Didn't North Carolina steal the Whalers? 168 00:06:38,866 --> 00:06:40,333 Guys, people are going crazy. 169 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,836 The President's appearing in Raleigh next week. 170 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:44,538 They're already handing out fliers. 171 00:06:44,605 --> 00:06:46,339 Okay, who's on it at the AG's office? 172 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:47,975 That would be Freddie Briggs. 173 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:49,309 No. 174 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:51,244 No, but I had you. 175 00:06:51,311 --> 00:06:52,813 Sixteen? 176 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,348 MAN: ...gets oil imports from the Persian Gulf. 177 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:56,850 India, Southeast Asia and Japan 178 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:58,952 are also major consumers of Saudi oil. 179 00:06:59,019 --> 00:07:01,254 In a single world market, the price of oil 180 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:04,758 would be the same for all-- poor and rich, weak and strong. 181 00:07:04,825 --> 00:07:06,760 It's the epicenter of the world economy. 182 00:07:06,827 --> 00:07:08,962 A civil war, a fanatical new regime, 183 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:11,231 these could imperil our very way of life. 184 00:07:11,298 --> 00:07:12,399 Yeah, no kidding. 185 00:07:12,466 --> 00:07:13,734 Oh! Toby. 186 00:07:13,801 --> 00:07:14,535 Yeah? 187 00:07:14,602 --> 00:07:15,603 Was there something you wanted? 188 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:16,704 World peace? 189 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:18,005 Toby, I'm not protecting you. 190 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:19,907 Go hide from the President somewhere else. 191 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:31,084 Waiting for your date? 192 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:32,352 She's late. Go figure. 193 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:33,921 Well, you start dating younger women... 194 00:07:33,987 --> 00:07:36,724 I hear you're old enough to be her father. 195 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:39,593 Al Jazeera's reporting 10,000 in the streets 196 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:42,696 and protests now in Jiddah, Burydah, Rafha. 197 00:07:42,763 --> 00:07:44,264 Was State able to find out anything? 198 00:07:44,331 --> 00:07:46,433 They're still digging. Berryhill's en route to Jordan 199 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:49,002 and the King's brother's on his way down from New York. 200 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:50,938 Bitar? 201 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:52,540 I guess we're not the only ones 202 00:07:52,606 --> 00:07:53,406 who think this is a thing. 203 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:54,474 Yeah. 204 00:07:54,542 --> 00:07:55,876 I'll see you at the theater. 205 00:07:55,943 --> 00:07:57,778 Josh. 206 00:07:57,845 --> 00:07:59,079 Josh. 207 00:07:59,146 --> 00:08:00,013 Hey. 208 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,916 You might not want to be... 209 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:04,518 Have you been to Ford's Theater? 210 00:08:04,585 --> 00:08:05,886 It's my first time, actually. 211 00:08:05,953 --> 00:08:07,921 Oh, well, you got to talk to the President 212 00:08:07,988 --> 00:08:09,189 about Lincoln, about the Civil War. 213 00:08:09,256 --> 00:08:10,257 Sit with him. It's educational. 214 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:11,759 What are you doing? 215 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,326 You're sitting ducks out there. He's on his way. 216 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:14,828 Maybe if we don't ask, we don't mention it... 217 00:08:14,895 --> 00:08:16,196 Yeah, if you don't miss the easy ones. 218 00:08:16,263 --> 00:08:17,464 I missed a question? I didn't miss a question. 219 00:08:17,531 --> 00:08:18,899 TOBY: It wasn't me. 220 00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:20,167 We have to go downstairs into the basement with him 221 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:21,902 into the basement and open the damn museum. 222 00:08:21,969 --> 00:08:22,970 What are you talking about? Nothing. It's nothing. 223 00:08:23,036 --> 00:08:24,137 You got to sit with him. 224 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:25,005 I'm not sitting with him. 225 00:08:25,072 --> 00:08:26,206 I drew the short straw last time. 226 00:08:26,273 --> 00:08:27,474 He's going to start in 227 00:08:27,541 --> 00:08:28,976 with Lincoln's first Inaugural address 228 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:32,613 and carry on straight through to the letter Lincoln wrote 229 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:34,114 to the woman who lost all her sons 230 00:08:34,181 --> 00:08:35,482 who didn't really lose all her sons. 231 00:08:35,549 --> 00:08:36,617 You have Carl Sandburg's number? 232 00:08:36,684 --> 00:08:38,485 TOBY: Carl Sandburg is dead. 233 00:08:38,552 --> 00:08:40,220 Oh, sure, Carl took the easy way out. Don't listen to them. 234 00:08:40,287 --> 00:08:43,691 I'm not going to ask this year, don't worry. 235 00:08:43,757 --> 00:08:45,258 ALL: Good evening, Mr. President. 236 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:47,928 I'm not going to ask what was the line of dialogue 237 00:08:47,995 --> 00:08:49,930 that made the audience laugh 238 00:08:49,997 --> 00:08:52,399 that John Wilkes Booth used as cover to enter 239 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:54,034 the Presidential Box. 240 00:08:54,101 --> 00:08:57,170 I'm not going to ask about the broken lock to the box, 241 00:08:57,237 --> 00:09:00,207 the snapping shin bone, "Sic Semper Tyrannis", 242 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:02,042 Major Rathbone and Clara Harris, 243 00:09:02,109 --> 00:09:05,145 or the exact time Lincoln drew his final breath. 244 00:09:05,212 --> 00:09:06,747 I know that one. 7:21:55. 245 00:09:06,814 --> 00:09:08,682 And the final heartbeat? 246 00:09:08,749 --> 00:09:10,651 He had to open his mouth. 247 00:09:10,718 --> 00:09:13,520 Every year, Josh. Always the first one. 248 00:09:13,587 --> 00:09:16,123 Angela, why don't you ride with me. 249 00:09:22,763 --> 00:09:24,164 Hi, Dad. Sorry. 250 00:09:24,231 --> 00:09:27,367 It's not nice to keep the gentleman waiting. 251 00:09:27,434 --> 00:09:29,236 Wow, I hardly recognize you. 252 00:09:29,302 --> 00:09:31,071 Why is that do you suppose? 253 00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:32,640 Yeah, well, that's why we're here. 254 00:09:32,706 --> 00:09:34,541 So you can tell me everything that's going on. 255 00:09:34,608 --> 00:09:38,578 Okay. Did I mention I'm taking that job in Tanzania? 256 00:09:38,646 --> 00:09:40,547 Yeah, let's go. 257 00:09:40,614 --> 00:09:41,682 The President's dead. 258 00:09:41,749 --> 00:09:43,550 What's going on? 259 00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:46,186 What's happening, Dad? 260 00:09:46,253 --> 00:09:48,956 Sir? 261 00:09:49,022 --> 00:09:51,825 President Lassiter is dead. 262 00:09:57,364 --> 00:09:58,431 JOSH: Republican. 263 00:09:58,498 --> 00:09:59,967 TOBY: Right-wing Republican. 264 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:02,169 Conservative. Attila the Hun conservative. 265 00:10:02,235 --> 00:10:03,036 A lunatic wife. 266 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:05,372 Lunatic, Lady Macbeth of a wife. 267 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:08,408 Didn't Lassiter vote against the Emancipation Proclamation? 268 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:09,843 I'm not writing the eulogy. 269 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:11,679 You're riding shotgun on Air Force One. 270 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:12,880 I am not. 271 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:14,782 I thought it was a hip operation. 272 00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:16,750 All good things must come to pass. 273 00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:22,022 Colonel? 274 00:10:22,089 --> 00:10:24,725 I have the file here, sir. 275 00:10:24,792 --> 00:10:26,727 JOSH: The file? 276 00:10:26,794 --> 00:10:28,195 The Dead President's File. 277 00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,798 Oh, this is Lieutenant Colonel Castorp 278 00:10:30,864 --> 00:10:33,233 from the Military District of Washington. 279 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:36,069 Upon a president's death his unit coordinates 280 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:38,939 travel of dignitaries and handles protocol 281 00:10:39,006 --> 00:10:41,574 in concert with the wishes of the family. 282 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,543 You keep a file on all the presidents? 283 00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:44,745 Yes, sir. 284 00:10:44,812 --> 00:10:45,779 You got one on Walken? 285 00:10:45,846 --> 00:10:46,947 LEO: Thanks, Colonel. 286 00:10:47,014 --> 00:10:48,749 President Lassiter's funeral 287 00:10:48,816 --> 00:10:51,719 will be held at the Lassiter Library in Costa Mesa. 288 00:10:51,785 --> 00:10:53,220 The one with the fake Oval? 289 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:55,122 And the President's giving one of the eulogies. 290 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:57,991 I'm staying to monitor the situation in Riyadh. 291 00:10:58,058 --> 00:10:59,760 I need C.J. here to brief. 292 00:10:59,827 --> 00:11:01,028 Toby, I don't want to hear about it. 293 00:11:01,094 --> 00:11:02,329 You're on Air Force One 294 00:11:02,395 --> 00:11:03,731 writing the eulogy. 295 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:05,532 Josh, you'll help the Lieutenant Colonel 296 00:11:05,598 --> 00:11:07,300 coordinate with Mrs. Lassiter. 297 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:11,004 Leo, I've got lawyers from Connecticut and North Carolina coming... 298 00:11:11,071 --> 00:11:12,205 What? 299 00:11:12,272 --> 00:11:15,075 A Union soldier stole a copy of the Bill of Rights 300 00:11:15,142 --> 00:11:17,077 at the end of the Civil War... 301 00:11:17,144 --> 00:11:19,212 We've got a dead president and a time bomb in Riyadh 302 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,081 and you're arbitrating the Civil War? 303 00:11:21,148 --> 00:11:23,383 I did hear they're threatening to rally in Raleigh. 304 00:11:23,450 --> 00:11:24,551 Yeah. Introduce 305 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:26,586 Donna to Lieutenant Colonel Castorp. 306 00:11:26,653 --> 00:11:27,821 Class dismissed. 307 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:33,393 Leo, I got a question yesterday. 308 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:35,763 Tell me we're not conducting mind control research 309 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:37,230 at the Pentagon. 310 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:38,832 We're not conducting mind control research 311 00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:40,167 at the Pentagon. 312 00:11:40,233 --> 00:11:43,270 You're not doing it on me right now? 313 00:11:43,336 --> 00:11:45,105 Well, there might be something at DARPA. 314 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:45,906 DARPA? 315 00:11:45,973 --> 00:11:47,207 The guys at D.O.D. 316 00:11:47,274 --> 00:11:49,009 who research flying cars and X-ray vision? 317 00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:50,277 Also the guys who invented GPS, 318 00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:51,779 stealth technology and the Internet. 319 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:52,846 Well, that's money well spent, 320 00:11:52,913 --> 00:11:54,347 but if the public finds out 321 00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:56,349 we're spending taxpayer dollars on mind control... 322 00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:57,785 Give the D.O.D. a call. 323 00:12:01,121 --> 00:12:02,722 I have to baby-sit the first widow? 324 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:05,292 Beehive hair, dewlaps, 325 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:07,527 hysterical phone calls all hours of the day and night, 326 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:09,062 and Lieutenant Colonel Castorp. 327 00:12:09,129 --> 00:12:09,930 You're going to love it. 328 00:12:09,997 --> 00:12:11,531 Why can't you do...? 329 00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:13,700 I'm going to be watching a reenactment of Gettysburg 330 00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:14,701 in the Roosevelt room. 331 00:12:14,768 --> 00:12:16,603 Since when do you care about 332 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:17,871 the Bill of Rights, the Civil War... 333 00:12:17,938 --> 00:12:18,872 Whaler pride. 334 00:12:18,939 --> 00:12:20,507 You sold me down the river. 335 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:23,977 "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." 336 00:12:24,044 --> 00:12:25,312 MAN: I love New York. 337 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:26,980 At dawn the light on the water towers 338 00:12:27,047 --> 00:12:29,116 on the tops of the buildings. 339 00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:30,217 A funny thing these water wells 340 00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:31,985 hundreds of feet above the ground. 341 00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:35,488 Hell of a long way to toss a canteen. 342 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:37,290 Prince Bitar. 343 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:38,992 Please. 344 00:12:39,059 --> 00:12:42,395 The Prince was giving me a virtual tour of New York. 345 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:43,663 Mr. President, I come 346 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:44,998 with greetings from the Royal family, 347 00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:46,433 who again wish to convey their pleasure 348 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:49,669 at the way our countries have weathered recent storms, 349 00:12:49,736 --> 00:12:51,071 in keeping with our long-term friendship. 350 00:12:51,138 --> 00:12:52,940 And Leo here thought you were coming 351 00:12:53,006 --> 00:12:54,241 to talk about the protest. 352 00:12:54,307 --> 00:12:55,742 Protest? 353 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:56,810 Hardly. 354 00:12:56,877 --> 00:12:58,178 A few errant schoolboys. 355 00:12:58,245 --> 00:12:59,646 LEO: A few thousand schoolboys 356 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,481 and a couple thousand clerics. 357 00:13:01,548 --> 00:13:03,383 It's of no concern. 358 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,953 Your country's crying out for reform. 359 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:07,487 These things must be done at the proper pace. 360 00:13:07,554 --> 00:13:10,590 Well, you got more than 10,000 people who seem to think 361 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:12,025 you're not moving fast enough. 362 00:13:12,092 --> 00:13:13,793 We've announced plans for municipal elections. 363 00:13:13,861 --> 00:13:15,062 I recall you passed a law 364 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:18,365 to elect municipal councils in 1975. 365 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:20,133 LEO: It hasn't happened yet. 366 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,035 You'll forgive us if we don't hold our breath. 367 00:13:22,102 --> 00:13:23,536 Mr. President, do you really 368 00:13:23,603 --> 00:13:24,872 wish to see the results 369 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:26,874 of popular elections in my country? 370 00:13:26,940 --> 00:13:28,241 The Royal family is very large. 371 00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:30,610 There are thousands of members. 372 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:34,414 At times some have been... less than progressive. 373 00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:35,682 But we do want change. 374 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:37,417 Manageable change. 375 00:13:37,484 --> 00:13:40,053 You'll keep us in the loop on the situation in the capital? 376 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,123 Of course. And yet if things suddenly become unruly... 377 00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:44,892 I trust you'll consult with us. 378 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:46,259 As friends do. 379 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:49,496 As you would consult with us. 380 00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:51,264 Thank you. 381 00:13:55,368 --> 00:13:58,471 Mr. President, when these schoolboys protest, 382 00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,673 when they truly wish to denounce us, 383 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:02,842 you know what they say? 384 00:14:02,910 --> 00:14:04,311 They call us Americans. 385 00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:38,946 TOBY: Josh, you gotta see this. 386 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:41,248 I'm telling you, I'm gonna crank up 387 00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,183 "The Battle Hymn of the Republic..." 388 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:44,617 TOBY ( on phone ): Josh, shut up. 389 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:45,785 You want a history lesson? 390 00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:47,254 I'm in Madame Tousseau's. 391 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,588 All of Lassiter's men. 392 00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:50,023 There's Robert Rosiello, 393 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:52,192 who I think tried to sell back Alaska 394 00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:54,394 when he was Secretary of the Interior; 395 00:14:54,461 --> 00:14:56,896 Max Pearlman, who served three to five; 396 00:14:56,964 --> 00:14:59,532 Earl Rankowsky, he's on oxygen; 397 00:14:59,599 --> 00:15:03,070 Dwight Mothman, they must've exhumed him 398 00:15:03,136 --> 00:15:04,604 and Bobby Bodine, Josh. 399 00:15:04,671 --> 00:15:07,874 The one who said, "We have enemies without and within 400 00:15:07,941 --> 00:15:09,709 and we must purge"-- 401 00:15:09,776 --> 00:15:11,878 he actually used that word-- 402 00:15:11,945 --> 00:15:14,547 purge them all until we are purified." 403 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:16,549 Purified. 404 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:18,085 Who needs Dante? 405 00:15:18,151 --> 00:15:20,053 I'm on my way to hell at 30,000 feet. 406 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,722 Hi. Uh, Josh Lyman. 407 00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:23,790 Hi. Ralph Fairfax, from Fairfield. 408 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:25,092 You must be Marylou... 409 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:26,326 Meriwether, and a pleasure Mr. Lyman. 410 00:15:26,393 --> 00:15:27,827 Mr. Lyman, wouldn't you agree 411 00:15:27,894 --> 00:15:30,130 that in the chaos and disarray of war to make off 412 00:15:30,197 --> 00:15:32,065 with one of our state's most prized possessions, 413 00:15:32,132 --> 00:15:33,733 a precious piece of our heritage, 414 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,635 doesn't that sound more like raping and pillaging 415 00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:36,603 than liberation? 416 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:37,637 We bought it legitimately. 417 00:15:37,704 --> 00:15:38,571 You stole it. 418 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:40,007 Well, 419 00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:41,274 I think we're off to a promising start. 420 00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:43,543 It is a copy of the Bill of Rights. 421 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:44,344 It belongs to... 422 00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:45,979 To the Union. You seceded. 423 00:15:46,046 --> 00:15:47,880 This is why we needed General Order 100. 424 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,449 General Order 100? The declaration 425 00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:50,850 that all confiscated Rebel property 426 00:15:50,917 --> 00:15:52,085 belonged to the Union. 427 00:15:52,152 --> 00:15:54,087 Which was trumped by Special Order 88. 428 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:55,388 Special Order 88? 429 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:56,923 Mm-hmm. Issued by a Union General. 430 00:15:56,990 --> 00:15:58,258 "All archives and other property 431 00:15:58,325 --> 00:15:59,526 entrusted to Carolina must be returned." 432 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:00,760 Besides, 433 00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:02,862 the Bill of Rights made 100 unconstitutional. 434 00:16:02,929 --> 00:16:04,431 It violated due process. 435 00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:06,466 You know, one of my law school classmates published an article 436 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:08,701 on the constitutionality of Lincoln's General Order. 437 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:10,470 Akhil Amar. 438 00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:12,872 You went to law school at Yale? 439 00:16:12,939 --> 00:16:14,274 Well, Yale's close to home so... 440 00:16:14,341 --> 00:16:15,208 You're from Connecticut? 441 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:15,908 You're from Connecticut? 442 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:17,210 Go Whalers. 443 00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:18,778 NEWSMAN ( on TV ): As of today, 444 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,313 the demonstrations remain peaceful, but tensions are high 445 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:25,485 as Riyadh entered its third day of protests. 446 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:27,854 The President on his way? 447 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,623 Yeah... of course, we had to get the forklift out for Toby. 448 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:33,060 CNN's reporting larger crowds in the smaller cities. 449 00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:34,261 Where are you going? 450 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,296 I'm meeting Mallory at Oberdorfers. 451 00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:37,864 I was supposed to take her to Ford's theater 452 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:39,299 the other night. 453 00:16:39,366 --> 00:16:42,269 With all that was going on I kind of had to... 454 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,137 I'll be back in an hour. 455 00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:45,672 The DARPA budget. 456 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:46,906 I thought it was classified. 457 00:16:46,973 --> 00:16:48,408 Apparently not. It's on the Internet. 458 00:16:48,475 --> 00:16:49,476 Hoisted on their own petard. 459 00:16:49,542 --> 00:16:50,777 Any word back from the D.O.D.? 460 00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:51,944 Not yet. 461 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:53,280 But there's a man in your office. 462 00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:54,314 Okay. 463 00:16:54,381 --> 00:16:55,482 I didn't see him come. 464 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:57,317 I turned around, and he was there. 465 00:16:57,384 --> 00:17:00,620 A man in my office? 466 00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:02,355 Is he dashing? 467 00:17:02,422 --> 00:17:04,057 Not how I'd describe him. 468 00:17:07,094 --> 00:17:08,795 Can I help you? 469 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,830 There are no firewalls on here. 470 00:17:10,897 --> 00:17:12,065 Excuse me? 471 00:17:12,132 --> 00:17:13,566 I could certainly do something with this. 472 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:15,802 Or I could call security to do something with you. 473 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:17,170 Oh, sorry. 474 00:17:17,237 --> 00:17:19,072 ( typing ) 475 00:17:19,139 --> 00:17:20,840 I'm Dr. Max Milkman, 476 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:22,809 from the Defense Advanced 477 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,043 Research Projects Agency. 478 00:17:24,111 --> 00:17:25,112 Dr. Milkman? 479 00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:25,845 Yes. The man from DARPA. 480 00:17:25,912 --> 00:17:27,046 Yes. 481 00:17:27,114 --> 00:17:28,081 I've been reading about you. 482 00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:29,682 Operation Midnight Climax? 483 00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:32,018 Setting up brothels, creating and testing LSD on the patrons, 484 00:17:32,085 --> 00:17:33,353 without their knowledge of course. 485 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:35,855 Talk about a mind-blowing experience. 486 00:17:35,922 --> 00:17:37,390 Please, Ms. Cregg... that was ARPA. 487 00:17:37,457 --> 00:17:37,924 ARPA? 488 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:39,426 ARPA, not DARPA. 489 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:41,828 Well, I can't tell you how comforting that is. 490 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:44,664 PILOT: Ladies and gentlemen, the tower's informed us 491 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:46,299 we have clear weather for the rest of our trip. 492 00:17:46,366 --> 00:17:47,634 It should be some smooth sailing. 493 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:48,635 You okay? 494 00:17:48,701 --> 00:17:49,802 Do I look okay? 495 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:51,304 Not so much. 496 00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:54,374 I think Bobby Bodine was looking for you. 497 00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:58,478 "Enemies without and within." 498 00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:01,114 MAN 1: Thank you, Mr. President. 499 00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:02,081 MAN 2: Thank you, Mr. President. 500 00:18:02,149 --> 00:18:03,082 MAN 1: Thank you, sir. 501 00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:04,217 PRESIDENT: Thank you. 502 00:18:04,284 --> 00:18:05,252 Come on, I'll show you around. 503 00:18:05,318 --> 00:18:06,486 Looks like a new plane. 504 00:18:06,553 --> 00:18:09,156 Reconditioned and re-configured, I think. 505 00:18:09,222 --> 00:18:10,623 Don't care much for the color. 506 00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:12,859 You should see what we've done with the house. 507 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,127 The Mauve House? 508 00:18:14,194 --> 00:18:16,163 What, shades of puce? 509 00:18:16,229 --> 00:18:17,530 I wouldn't doubt it. 510 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:19,532 Listen, I got the NSC brief this morning. 511 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,534 Yeah, I wish they wouldn't do that. 512 00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:23,570 These protesters are talking about democracy, Jed. 513 00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:25,672 Well, we don't know what they're talking about, D.W. 514 00:18:25,738 --> 00:18:26,273 Not yet. 515 00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:27,707 The Royal family... 516 00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:29,776 They're a convenience getting fat and rich 517 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:31,511 off the oil we gobble up, 518 00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:33,180 spending their extra billions 519 00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:34,514 promoting radical Wahhabists. 520 00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:37,284 That was a bad bed we made. 521 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:38,518 Had to live with it in my day, 522 00:18:38,585 --> 00:18:41,688 but it's time for a change. 523 00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:43,055 Trust the people, Jed. 524 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,291 They'll make rational decisions. 525 00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:45,692 TOBY: In the deserts of Arabia 526 00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:48,228 are there any rational decisions? 527 00:18:48,295 --> 00:18:49,396 Excuse me. Sorry, Mr. President. 528 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:51,431 Raiding the pantry, Toby? 529 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:54,234 Just a prop, sir, to help me with the eulogy. 530 00:18:54,301 --> 00:18:56,102 You know President Newman? Yes, sir. 531 00:18:56,169 --> 00:18:57,570 Voted for you a couple of times. 532 00:18:57,637 --> 00:19:00,473 You seem to be voting against me at the moment. 533 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:02,074 It's hard to get Toby to speak his mind. 534 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,476 Mr. President, it just seems to me 535 00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:05,512 that most Muslims on the Arabian Peninsula 536 00:19:05,578 --> 00:19:08,681 believe they must choose between the law of Allah 537 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:09,782 and the laws of man. 538 00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:11,050 I see. 539 00:19:11,117 --> 00:19:12,285 Arabs don't make rational decisions, 540 00:19:12,352 --> 00:19:13,152 only fundamentalist ones? 541 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:14,621 Without strong guidance, 542 00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:16,289 the popular elections could be a one-time event. 543 00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:17,557 NEWMAN: Strong guidance? 544 00:19:17,624 --> 00:19:19,125 You think we should colonize? 545 00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:21,594 No, I think we should run away, 546 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,430 and as fast and as far away as we can. 547 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:25,398 I think our friends in Britain would argue 548 00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:28,167 it's the best way to midwife modernity. 549 00:19:28,235 --> 00:19:29,502 And didn't they do a bang-up job 550 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:30,870 with the Arabian peninsula. 551 00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:32,372 CHARLIE: Mr. President, President Bartlet. 552 00:19:32,439 --> 00:19:33,606 It's Leo, sir. Do you want to...? 553 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:34,874 BARTLET: No, I'll take it here. 554 00:19:34,941 --> 00:19:36,609 Would you excuse us? TOBY: Mr. President. 555 00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:43,883 ( door closes ) 556 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,184 Yeah? 557 00:19:45,252 --> 00:19:46,919 LEO: Sir, there's been a development. 558 00:19:46,986 --> 00:19:50,523 Protesters have surrounded the Aramco facility in Dhahran. 559 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:52,792 They're picketing the Saudi Oil headquarters? 560 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:55,828 The compound includes 40 homes, 200 people, 561 00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:56,896 including 50 Americans. 562 00:19:56,963 --> 00:19:58,097 Are they at risk? 563 00:19:58,164 --> 00:19:59,499 LEO: The protesters are refusing 564 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:03,102 to let anyone in or out until their demands are met. 565 00:20:03,169 --> 00:20:05,772 Mr. President, we've also managed to identify 566 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:08,007 a number of the leaders of the protest. 567 00:20:08,074 --> 00:20:10,610 They appear to be renegade members of the Royal family. 568 00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:16,883 DONNA ( over intercom ): The honor guard will escort the casket 569 00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:19,452 from the library to the grounds after the bugler's warm up 570 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:21,288 but before they seat the Presidents. 571 00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:23,323 The Reverend will open and close the program 572 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:24,657 and Mrs. Lassiter requested 573 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,158 that the President give the final eulogy. 574 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:27,594 Mrs. Lassiter also asked 575 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:29,128 if she could have five minutes with the President. 576 00:20:29,195 --> 00:20:31,864 I feel like I'm on the Voyage of the Damned. 577 00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:33,032 Village. It was village. 578 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:34,033 What's the difference? 579 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,067 ( bell dings ) 580 00:20:35,134 --> 00:20:36,068 Why are we descending? 581 00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:37,304 DONNA: What? 582 00:20:37,370 --> 00:20:38,538 This plane... it's going down. 583 00:20:38,605 --> 00:20:39,639 What?! 584 00:20:39,706 --> 00:20:41,274 We're landing to pick up President Walken. 585 00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:42,542 Charlie, has he been drinking? 586 00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:46,245 I don't think so. 587 00:20:46,313 --> 00:20:47,647 You know what, Donna? 588 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:49,349 We are dealing with a foreign policy dilemma 589 00:20:49,416 --> 00:20:51,418 of unmatched perplexities 590 00:20:51,484 --> 00:20:53,553 with unintended consequences lurking at every turn... 591 00:20:53,620 --> 00:20:55,087 Charlie, what's he talking about? 592 00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:56,423 Maybe not so unlike a woman. 593 00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:57,890 DONNA: Toby, focus. 594 00:20:57,957 --> 00:21:00,993 Mrs. Lassiter wants five minutes with the President. 595 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:03,796 * Suicide is painless... * 596 00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:05,898 Charlie, is he singing? 597 00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:07,567 I don't think so. 598 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:11,771 * It brings on... many changes. * 599 00:21:11,838 --> 00:21:14,006 HUTCHINSON: Dhahran's the nerve center. 600 00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:16,309 It goes down, the world loses five million barrels a day, 601 00:21:16,376 --> 00:21:17,677 not to mention 50 Americans. 602 00:21:17,744 --> 00:21:19,912 BARROW: It's a non-violent protest. 603 00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:22,515 Mr. President, we've located a political officer 604 00:21:22,582 --> 00:21:24,751 at the Embassy, a Dan Strasser, 605 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:27,219 who has a relationship with one of the princes 606 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:28,120 leading the protest. 607 00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:29,088 He's on leave. 608 00:21:29,155 --> 00:21:30,256 We're tracking him down. 609 00:21:30,323 --> 00:21:31,758 George, what's your take? 610 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:34,494 This Prince, Arujunah, he was educated here at Harvard, 611 00:21:34,561 --> 00:21:35,695 but anything's possible. 612 00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:37,397 He could be a real reformer or not. 613 00:21:37,464 --> 00:21:39,732 HUTCHINSON: In the meantime, we need to prepare to evacuate 614 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:41,568 the Americans in the Dhahran compound. 615 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:43,202 BARROW: Gentlemen, this looks and feels 616 00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:45,538 like the beginning of a real democratic movement. 617 00:21:45,605 --> 00:21:47,407 Over the next few hours, as we learn more... 618 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:50,810 Sir, this is Iran in '79 not '97. 619 00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:52,579 Even if this Arujunah has noble motives, 620 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:54,013 the not-so-silent majority 621 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,782 is not going to vote for a more perfect union. 622 00:21:55,848 --> 00:21:58,017 We could be a few hours away from civil war. 623 00:21:58,084 --> 00:21:59,719 George, if their troops, 624 00:21:59,786 --> 00:22:01,120 if the National Guard is mobilizing, 625 00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:02,321 how long do we have? 626 00:22:02,389 --> 00:22:03,956 SLINGER: A couple hours, maybe less. 627 00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:05,291 PRESIDENT: Okay. 628 00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:06,993 Ted, you and Berryhill have an hour 629 00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:08,361 to track down this Strasser guy. 630 00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:09,729 Miles, 631 00:22:09,796 --> 00:22:11,864 I want you to stay in constant contact 632 00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:14,200 with the security forces at the compound. 633 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:17,036 And, General, fuel up the Chinooks on the Peleliu. 634 00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:18,771 We hear any noise out of Dhahran... 635 00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:19,472 Yes, sir. 636 00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:20,973 You want to let Bitar know 637 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,410 we're holding him accountable for the safety of our... 638 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:24,877 We send that message, 639 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:27,947 they're definitely gonna start knocking heads. 640 00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:29,416 Tell him we're confident 641 00:22:29,482 --> 00:22:32,652 in the monarchy's ability to broker a peaceful solution. 642 00:22:36,155 --> 00:22:37,424 One hour, gentlemen, 643 00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:39,392 and we're gonna have to make a call. 644 00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:45,632 There oughta be a warning sign 645 00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:47,867 when you hitch up to be leader of the free world. 646 00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:05,351 What happened in here? 647 00:23:05,418 --> 00:23:08,287 I'm not biased just 'cause I'm from Connecticut. 648 00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:10,457 Uh-huh. 649 00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:11,991 I can understand how North Carolina thinks 650 00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:13,660 it's entitled to the Bill of Rights. 651 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:15,428 Uh-huh. 652 00:23:15,495 --> 00:23:17,129 Okay, fine, I'm biased. 653 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,566 They denounced the Constitution. 654 00:23:19,632 --> 00:23:21,100 They denounced the Bill of Rights. 655 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:22,401 They seceded from the Union. 656 00:23:22,469 --> 00:23:24,136 You want to go back 140 years? 657 00:23:24,203 --> 00:23:26,673 Why not 200? 658 00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:28,441 North Carolina's the reason we have a Bill of Rights 659 00:23:28,508 --> 00:23:30,009 in the first place. 660 00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:31,811 Your midnight-riding New England patriots 661 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:34,180 were ready to dump the Bill into the Long Island Sound. 662 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:35,948 Where are you from? 663 00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:36,949 Asheville. 664 00:23:37,016 --> 00:23:38,050 North Carolina? 665 00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:40,286 We said, "No rights amendments, no ball game." 666 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:42,755 We refused to ratify the Constitution without it. 667 00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:43,956 For such champions of the Bill, 668 00:23:44,023 --> 00:23:45,758 you certainly placed a lot of importance 669 00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:47,126 on those rights in the 1800s, 670 00:23:47,193 --> 00:23:49,395 especially the parts about life, liberty, property. 671 00:23:49,462 --> 00:23:51,831 You're going to lecture me on equal rights? 672 00:23:51,898 --> 00:23:54,100 How does a state that fought for slavery 673 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:56,335 have the gall to claim ownership in a document...? 674 00:23:56,402 --> 00:23:57,504 First, Josh, 675 00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:58,671 the war wasn't just about slavery; 676 00:23:58,738 --> 00:24:00,072 it was about industry. 677 00:24:00,139 --> 00:24:02,775 Second, that's exactly why North Carolina needs 678 00:24:02,842 --> 00:24:04,243 an original copy on display in Raleigh-- 679 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:05,845 to remind them. 680 00:24:05,912 --> 00:24:07,980 And third, Connecticut has the highest per capita income 681 00:24:08,047 --> 00:24:09,081 in the country. 682 00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:11,117 If they want the damn piece of paper so badly, 683 00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:13,385 why don't they just offer to compensate North Carolina? 684 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,522 Oh, we'd be willing to pay. 685 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:18,124 WALKEN: Come on, Bess. 686 00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:19,225 General. 687 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,127 PRESIDENT: Glenn, good to see you. 688 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,162 Mr. President, it's good to see you. 689 00:24:23,229 --> 00:24:24,997 Just like a fraternity reunion. 690 00:24:25,064 --> 00:24:26,132 Where's the keg? 691 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:28,234 Or maybe you better break out the bingo instead. 692 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,235 ( Bess barking ) 693 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:30,269 Shut up, Bess. Come on. 694 00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:32,138 PRESIDENT: Come in. 695 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,641 You know President Newman. 696 00:24:34,707 --> 00:24:36,976 Mr. President, we've met before. 697 00:24:37,043 --> 00:24:37,977 Oh, yes. 698 00:24:38,044 --> 00:24:41,514 So, what are you up to these days, Glenn? 699 00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:43,015 Vouchers? School prayer? 700 00:24:43,082 --> 00:24:44,717 Actually, it's more like dog-walking. 701 00:24:44,784 --> 00:24:46,418 And of course my spin class. 702 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,320 I'm surprised you're not looking for another place to bomb. 703 00:24:48,387 --> 00:24:49,722 I like to make in impression. 704 00:24:49,789 --> 00:24:51,090 Well, you certainly did that. 705 00:24:51,157 --> 00:24:52,491 But why should I complain. 706 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:54,060 I'm sure it helped precipitate 707 00:24:54,126 --> 00:24:55,261 the current situation. 708 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:57,029 Maybe I should have taken a longer vacation. 709 00:24:57,096 --> 00:24:59,098 And let him wage war with the rest of the Arab world? 710 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,668 To think I heard you were one of my biggest fans. 711 00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:03,636 The old formulas don't work, D.W. 712 00:25:03,703 --> 00:25:06,072 We need to make new choices. 713 00:25:06,138 --> 00:25:07,874 Glenn, the protesters are surrounding 714 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:09,542 the Aramco compound in Dhahran. 715 00:25:09,609 --> 00:25:11,310 What do you think, Glenn? 716 00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:12,511 Should we invade? 717 00:25:12,579 --> 00:25:15,514 We need wholesale change in the region. 718 00:25:15,582 --> 00:25:17,617 This is an opportunity. 719 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:18,985 We're the only superpower left. 720 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:20,519 Why wouldn't we go into the Riyadh? 721 00:25:20,587 --> 00:25:21,854 "The more of the world we inhabit, 722 00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:23,322 the better it is for the human race." 723 00:25:23,389 --> 00:25:24,791 The buck stops here. 724 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,959 Ah, yes, the almighty dollar. 725 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:30,396 In my four years, we spent $200 billion on foreign oil, 726 00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,398 and a $100 billion protecting the leaders 727 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:33,966 of the countries that supplied it. 728 00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:36,035 How many lunches did I have playing footsie 729 00:25:36,102 --> 00:25:37,469 with some Saudi prince 730 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:40,006 promising to sell them AWACS and Bradleys, 731 00:25:40,072 --> 00:25:42,875 and all in the name of stability? 732 00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:44,711 But I paid a premium. 733 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:45,845 Those people hate us. 734 00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:47,113 Of course they hate us. 735 00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:49,048 Because we support their oppressors. 736 00:25:49,115 --> 00:25:50,783 Because we are their oppressors. 737 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:53,385 Glenn, I'm not sure we have the stomach for empire. 738 00:25:53,452 --> 00:25:54,687 I'm not looking for empire. 739 00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:57,023 I'm not looking to colonize. 740 00:25:57,089 --> 00:25:58,858 If this protest is a call for democracy, 741 00:25:58,925 --> 00:25:59,992 I think we should create 742 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:02,128 a provisional, secular government, 743 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:05,031 oversee the transition, and get out as fast as we can. 744 00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:06,298 Leaving them 745 00:26:06,365 --> 00:26:08,801 with a weak state and a hated Vichy government. 746 00:26:08,868 --> 00:26:10,670 You really want to make a difference, Jed? 747 00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:13,840 Then support this Arujunah from the sidelines. 748 00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:15,642 You start saddling up camels 749 00:26:15,708 --> 00:26:17,910 in every country in the Middle East, 750 00:26:17,977 --> 00:26:19,879 then you better be prepared to spend the next 50 years 751 00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:21,513 sifting through sand, 752 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:25,417 because this isn't a quick run on the beach, Jed. 753 00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:27,654 This is the new world order. 754 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,955 ( knocking ) 755 00:26:29,021 --> 00:26:31,590 Mr. President, we're ready for takeoff. 756 00:26:31,658 --> 00:26:32,792 Thank you. 757 00:26:32,859 --> 00:26:37,363 ( engines whining ) 758 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,332 on micro/nano cameras, gecko-fingertip adhesion, 759 00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:43,302 something delightfully nicknamed "Smell-O-Vision." 760 00:26:43,369 --> 00:26:47,039 There's the Brain Machine Interface Program. 761 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:48,975 It measures the processes in the brain 762 00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:51,010 in hopes of detecting deceptive intent. 763 00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:53,279 So not mind control, mind reading. 764 00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:55,882 It's all part of a new counter-terrorism initiative, 765 00:26:55,948 --> 00:27:00,086 and the heart of our strategy is bio-surveillance. 766 00:27:00,152 --> 00:27:02,054 We're mining existing health databases to determine... 767 00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:03,589 You're looking at medical records? 768 00:27:03,656 --> 00:27:04,791 It's totally anonymous. 769 00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:06,325 You'll have social security numbers, 770 00:27:06,392 --> 00:27:07,426 addresses, personal data. 771 00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:08,594 Just for the Human I.D. Program. 772 00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:09,862 Human I.D.? 773 00:27:09,929 --> 00:27:12,231 Human Identification at a Distance-- 774 00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:15,434 where we use a variety of biometric technologies 775 00:27:15,501 --> 00:27:18,838 that focus on body parts, face identification, 776 00:27:18,905 --> 00:27:20,072 human kinematics. 777 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:20,572 Kinematics... 778 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,174 Oh, yeah. 779 00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:25,644 It's amazing what we can tell from the human stride: 780 00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:27,646 personality, intention, 781 00:27:27,714 --> 00:27:31,050 pathology, criminality. 782 00:27:31,117 --> 00:27:35,487 All from scrutinizing one's gait. 783 00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:37,023 Yeah. 784 00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:38,290 I got to go. 785 00:27:45,898 --> 00:27:47,333 PRESIDENT: Hey. 786 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:51,337 Thank you. 787 00:27:59,746 --> 00:28:00,947 How you doing? 788 00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:07,920 I've been walking up and down these aisles, 789 00:28:07,987 --> 00:28:12,491 looking at these old men, 790 00:28:12,558 --> 00:28:18,464 these great and terrible old men... 791 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:20,699 and thinking prosperous, 792 00:28:20,767 --> 00:28:23,836 free, and democratic Saudi Arabia-- 793 00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:26,605 something to wish for. 794 00:28:26,672 --> 00:28:28,875 But the men on this plane spent 795 00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:31,944 the better part of the late 20th century 796 00:28:32,011 --> 00:28:36,148 trying to play God in other countries. 797 00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,885 And the regimes they anointed 798 00:28:38,951 --> 00:28:40,719 are the ones that haunt us today. 799 00:28:43,622 --> 00:28:45,657 Yeah, I'm not making much progress 800 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,493 with the eulogy. 801 00:28:51,697 --> 00:28:54,566 Did you ever meet President Lassiter? 802 00:28:54,633 --> 00:28:56,068 No. 803 00:28:56,135 --> 00:28:58,204 He's was arrogant bastard-- 804 00:28:58,270 --> 00:28:59,839 pompous, high and mighty know-it-all. 805 00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:01,273 He used to call me in the residence, 806 00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:03,075 wake me up in the middle of the night 807 00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:04,410 to pontificate on Teddy Roosevelt 808 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:08,547 or whatever president had a birthday that week. 809 00:29:08,614 --> 00:29:11,884 When we were elected, 810 00:29:11,951 --> 00:29:14,653 I really thought we were going to own the place, 811 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,056 do it differently, better. 812 00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:20,026 Now I realize the men on this plane 813 00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:23,863 are the only others who have been there before, 814 00:29:23,930 --> 00:29:26,365 who really know. 815 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,971 I wished I'd taken more of his calls. 816 00:29:32,038 --> 00:29:34,807 Sir, it's Leo. 817 00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:52,124 Hey. 818 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:53,860 Did Walken make it on board? 819 00:29:53,926 --> 00:29:55,361 They really broke the mold on that one. 820 00:29:55,427 --> 00:29:55,995 What do you got? 821 00:29:56,062 --> 00:29:57,563 Dhahran's quiet, 822 00:29:57,629 --> 00:30:00,466 but there's been an outbreak of fighting in Riyadh. 823 00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:01,533 How serious? 824 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,970 A bunch of imams throwing stones. 825 00:30:04,036 --> 00:30:05,537 A number of people were injured. 826 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:08,274 And they found Strasser, the guy at the embassy. 827 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:11,477 Says Arujunah is a true reformer-- 828 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:15,181 a believer in checks- and-balances democracy. 829 00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:17,816 Wouldn't lie about chopping down cherry trees. 830 00:30:17,884 --> 00:30:20,519 That's the gist. 831 00:30:20,586 --> 00:30:24,123 Okay. Tell Alexander I want the Truman battle group 832 00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:25,224 moved into the Gulf. 833 00:30:25,291 --> 00:30:26,893 And set up a call with Bitar. 834 00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:29,228 Sir... 835 00:30:29,295 --> 00:30:30,396 It's time to tell him, Leo. 836 00:30:30,462 --> 00:30:31,497 Real change, 837 00:30:31,563 --> 00:30:33,966 or he can start looking for a new kingdom. 838 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,555 ( phone ringing ) 839 00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:03,795 Hello. 840 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,697 DONNA: Well, at least you're not singing. 841 00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:06,966 How is it? 842 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:07,967 ( sighs ) 843 00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:10,436 Oh, don't ask. 844 00:31:10,502 --> 00:31:12,004 Okay. 845 00:31:12,738 --> 00:31:14,273 How is it? 846 00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:16,242 Sad. 847 00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:19,011 It's... 848 00:31:19,078 --> 00:31:20,579 it's just sad. 849 00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:31,257 Sir. Mm? 850 00:31:31,323 --> 00:31:32,391 It's Leo. 851 00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:33,759 Thanks. 852 00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:35,161 Yeah. 853 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:38,597 Mr. President, I'm with Secretary Hutchinson 854 00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:40,299 and General Alexander. 855 00:31:40,366 --> 00:31:42,168 The National Guard have started to fan out 856 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:43,970 around the protests in Riyadh and Dhahran. 857 00:31:44,036 --> 00:31:45,304 Where's Bitar? 858 00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:46,705 We haven't been able to reach him. 859 00:31:46,772 --> 00:31:49,608 He's apparently on a plane back to Riyadh. 860 00:31:49,675 --> 00:31:51,710 General, I want you to ready a peacekeeping mission, 861 00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:53,245 and, Leo, 862 00:31:53,312 --> 00:31:57,249 fax, Fed-Ex, carrier pigeon, I don't give a damn how, 863 00:31:57,316 --> 00:31:58,650 but get word to the Crown Prince: 864 00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:00,352 Any unprovoked use of force 865 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,888 and I'm going to freeze the sale of all military arms. 866 00:32:02,955 --> 00:32:05,724 We're going to stop training his precious National Guard. 867 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:09,061 Hell, tell him if he can use saving American lives 868 00:32:09,128 --> 00:32:11,263 as a pretext for force, so can I. 869 00:32:15,834 --> 00:32:17,569 Did you see all those books? 870 00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:19,105 Mm-hmm. 871 00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:21,440 Do you think Lassiter actually read Shakespeare? 872 00:32:21,507 --> 00:32:23,942 I would have thought he was more a Melville fan. 873 00:32:24,010 --> 00:32:26,112 He called me, you know, 874 00:32:26,178 --> 00:32:28,914 when we all found out about your illness. 875 00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:30,816 He must have been livid. 876 00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:32,218 I was livid. 877 00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:36,188 I wanted to call the White House, to call CNN. 878 00:32:36,255 --> 00:32:38,557 And there was Lassiter on the phone 879 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:40,059 telling me to can it. 880 00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:50,736 There's a Wilson quote: 881 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:54,940 "Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure peace, 882 00:32:55,007 --> 00:32:57,409 "or for a new balance of power? 883 00:32:57,476 --> 00:33:01,047 "There must be not a balance of power, 884 00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:04,150 "but a community of power. 885 00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:09,355 "Not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace." 886 00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:12,124 Ah, what the hell. 887 00:33:12,191 --> 00:33:14,293 Woodrow Wilson didn't have all the answers. 888 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:18,064 No. Neither did Lassiter, God knows. 889 00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:23,735 And then again, neither did I. 890 00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:26,872 But at least at the end... 891 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:28,707 we were all asking the right questions. 892 00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:43,589 Hey, Glenn. 893 00:33:43,655 --> 00:33:44,756 Mr. President. 894 00:33:44,823 --> 00:33:45,924 Please. 895 00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:47,426 Miss Libby's looking for you. 896 00:33:47,493 --> 00:33:49,528 Is this gonna bother you? 897 00:33:49,595 --> 00:33:51,230 Not at all. 898 00:33:51,297 --> 00:33:52,964 World's certainly turned upside down 899 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:53,965 since Owen Lassiter's time. 900 00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,567 True enough. 901 00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:57,903 Went on a trip to China with him one time. 902 00:33:57,969 --> 00:33:59,471 We had dinner in Beijing. 903 00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:01,773 We couldn't find a bathroom. 904 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,242 Talk about yellow peril. 905 00:34:03,309 --> 00:34:05,311 The two of us are out in the bushes 906 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:06,945 and Owen Lassiter's reciting 907 00:34:07,012 --> 00:34:09,115 Lincoln's second State of the Union. 908 00:34:09,181 --> 00:34:10,982 "The dogmas of the quiet past 909 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:14,253 are inadequate to the stormy present"? 910 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,589 Something like that. 911 00:34:17,656 --> 00:34:21,260 I lost touch with him toward the end, 912 00:34:21,327 --> 00:34:23,529 He started making all those strange trips 913 00:34:23,595 --> 00:34:28,134 to nonsense places, old battlefields... 914 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,269 but I can't help wonder how he'd react 915 00:34:30,336 --> 00:34:31,803 to the situation in Riyadh. 916 00:34:35,141 --> 00:34:38,410 Me, too. 917 00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:39,678 I'll catch up with you, Glenn. 918 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:56,027 How's it going with Grant and Lee? 919 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:57,429 We're gonna hold a signing ceremony. 920 00:34:57,496 --> 00:34:59,030 Maybe even a 21-musket salute. 921 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,832 You reached an agreement? 922 00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:03,835 The Union will stand. 923 00:35:03,902 --> 00:35:06,505 Freedom and the right to assemble for one and all. 924 00:35:06,572 --> 00:35:08,106 Yeah, well, not if the man from DARPA 925 00:35:08,174 --> 00:35:08,907 has anything to do with it. 926 00:35:08,974 --> 00:35:10,309 Ah, DARPA. 927 00:35:10,376 --> 00:35:12,110 They're sifting through medical records. 928 00:35:12,178 --> 00:35:13,479 They're just trying to protect you. 929 00:35:13,545 --> 00:35:14,880 Haven't you had enough trouble 930 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:16,848 haggling over the Bill of Rights for one day? 931 00:35:16,915 --> 00:35:17,949 Does the press have the story? 932 00:35:18,016 --> 00:35:19,318 Huh? The mind-control story. 933 00:35:19,385 --> 00:35:20,786 Didn't you say it was gonna break? Yeah. 934 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:22,721 So, the story breaks, the public has roughly 935 00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:24,256 the same reaction you're having. 936 00:35:24,323 --> 00:35:25,857 No more mind control, no more sifting. 937 00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:27,092 No more gait scrutiny. 938 00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:29,261 Democracy in action. You gotta love it. 939 00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:31,197 ...need to send in 30,000 troops? 940 00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:32,531 Initially. 941 00:35:32,598 --> 00:35:34,166 And if this were to move beyond 942 00:35:34,233 --> 00:35:35,601 peacekeeping? 943 00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:37,503 Yeah. Okay. 944 00:35:37,569 --> 00:35:39,305 I'll be down in a minute. 945 00:35:39,371 --> 00:35:40,339 Is it important? 946 00:35:40,406 --> 00:35:41,340 No. 947 00:35:41,407 --> 00:35:43,209 Not really, no. 948 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:55,454 Hi, Dad. 949 00:35:55,521 --> 00:35:58,056 Mal. What are you doing here? 950 00:35:58,123 --> 00:36:00,492 I have something to tell you. 951 00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:01,560 That's why I've been late. 952 00:36:01,627 --> 00:36:02,961 I-I just didn't want to... 953 00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:04,029 You all right? 954 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:05,297 Yeah. 955 00:36:07,366 --> 00:36:08,900 No, not really. 956 00:36:12,838 --> 00:36:14,640 It's hard for me 957 00:36:14,706 --> 00:36:17,909 because of who you are... we are. 958 00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:21,347 Oh, I hate this. 959 00:36:21,413 --> 00:36:22,814 Can I just go now? 960 00:36:22,881 --> 00:36:25,384 I don't think so. 961 00:36:26,452 --> 00:36:27,886 Mom's getting re-married. 962 00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:30,922 I know that. 963 00:36:30,989 --> 00:36:31,923 You know that? 964 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:33,259 She called me. 965 00:36:33,325 --> 00:36:34,260 She called you? 966 00:36:34,326 --> 00:36:35,461 She said she didn't. 967 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,929 Mal, I appreciate the concern. 968 00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:39,731 I'm fine. 969 00:36:39,798 --> 00:36:40,932 See, I knew it. 970 00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:42,133 Knew what? 971 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,604 I just didn't want you to hear it. 972 00:36:45,671 --> 00:36:48,006 I didn't want you to be alone when you heard. 973 00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:49,275 It's okay. 974 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:54,480 I'm just sorry we haven't had more time together. 975 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:56,014 I thought we'd have a nice night 976 00:36:56,081 --> 00:36:57,483 at the theater the other night, 977 00:36:57,549 --> 00:36:59,951 but we got this little problem in the Middle East. 978 00:37:04,356 --> 00:37:11,229 ( playing "Taps" ) 979 00:37:36,355 --> 00:37:39,558 * 980 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,532 Ready! 981 00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:47,333 Aim! 982 00:37:47,399 --> 00:37:48,334 Fire! 983 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,001 ( gunshot ) 984 00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:51,102 Ready! 985 00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:52,203 Aim! 986 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,204 Fire! 987 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,106 Ready! 988 00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:56,342 Aim! 989 00:37:56,408 --> 00:37:58,344 Fire! 990 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,213 Mr. President, 991 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,882 I want to thank you for coming. 992 00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:05,817 Of course I came, Libby. 993 00:38:05,884 --> 00:38:08,119 Owen would've loved the eulogy. 994 00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:10,356 Who wrote it? 995 00:38:10,422 --> 00:38:14,025 The humor, so dry and... and sad. 996 00:38:16,428 --> 00:38:19,598 I always thought you detested him. 997 00:38:19,665 --> 00:38:21,967 That's a long time ago. 998 00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:25,837 I know he called you just the other day, 999 00:38:25,904 --> 00:38:28,374 but you didn't call him back. 1000 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,042 Several times. 1001 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:34,045 But... you never called him back. 1002 00:38:43,789 --> 00:38:45,591 When we left the White House 1003 00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:48,394 I thought we'd have some time together. 1004 00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:50,662 His job was done, 1005 00:38:50,729 --> 00:38:53,999 but he took to traveling. 1006 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:56,935 To Korea, to the Philippines, 1007 00:38:57,002 --> 00:39:00,038 to Vietnam and to Europe. 1008 00:39:00,105 --> 00:39:04,943 Any spot where American boys had shed blood. 1009 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:07,946 Even the Civil War. 1010 00:39:08,013 --> 00:39:09,247 He'd fill a jar, 1011 00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:14,986 come back to this room, this oval room he'd had built 1012 00:39:15,854 --> 00:39:19,425 He'd come here to think. 1013 00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:25,096 He took to eating here and sleeping here, 1014 00:39:25,163 --> 00:39:29,635 even after the operation. 1015 00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:33,004 And when they came they found him here. 1016 00:39:35,641 --> 00:39:38,109 Battlefields. 1017 00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:39,277 Yes. 1018 00:39:39,344 --> 00:39:42,013 I wanted you to come... 1019 00:39:43,515 --> 00:39:45,116 because he left this for you. 1020 00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:48,920 Thank you. 1021 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:03,134 ( phone ringing ) 1022 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:07,205 "We owe it to ourselves to stand in this dirt 1023 00:40:07,272 --> 00:40:09,808 "as survivors and witnesses. 1024 00:40:09,875 --> 00:40:12,177 "We have to cure ourselves of the itch 1025 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:15,146 "for the absolute knowledge or power or right. 1026 00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:18,550 "We have to close the distance between the push-button order 1027 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:20,586 "and the human act. 1028 00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:22,287 We have to touch people." 1029 00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:23,822 Sir. 1030 00:40:26,558 --> 00:40:28,259 Did you talk to the crown prince? 1031 00:40:28,326 --> 00:40:29,795 We're too late, sir. 1032 00:40:29,861 --> 00:40:32,864 A protester in Riyadh fired on the National Guard. 1033 00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:35,300 There was tear gas, more gunfire... 1034 00:40:35,366 --> 00:40:36,768 A protester fired? 1035 00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:38,670 They think it was a member of the National Guard 1036 00:40:38,737 --> 00:40:39,605 dressed as a protester. 1037 00:40:39,671 --> 00:40:41,072 Are there casualties? 1038 00:40:41,139 --> 00:40:44,543 20, 30. Probably hundreds more in the aftermath. 1039 00:40:44,610 --> 00:40:45,877 Our people are safe? 1040 00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:48,614 The crowds in Dhahran have dispersed. 1041 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:50,882 Riyadh, Jidda, it's all breaking up. 1042 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:52,818 And the leaders of the protest? 1043 00:40:52,884 --> 00:40:53,819 Arujunah? 1044 00:40:53,885 --> 00:40:55,654 No. 1045 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:58,757 Okay. 1046 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:01,760 I guess this changes things. 1047 00:41:01,827 --> 00:41:04,095 I'm not sure it changes anything.