1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,169 PREVIOUSLY ON THE WEST WING: 2 00:00:06,190 --> 00:00:10,089 BEN AGAIN ON FIVE. IS HE REALLY A PARK RANGER? DON'T TALK TO HIM. 3 00:00:10,109 --> 00:00:13,089 PUT HIM ON HOLD, FIND ME IF HE CALLS AGAIN. IF? 4 00:00:13,109 --> 00:00:15,050 Josh: RUSSELL COMES OUT OF THE GATE 5 00:00:15,070 --> 00:00:17,059 AS A SELTZER-BOTTLE- SQUIRTING PARTISAN, 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:21,079 THE HAPPY WARRIOR, THE GUY WHO PUTS THE FUN BACK IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS. 7 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:23,160 Russell: THE SPEAKER'S TRYING TO PROPAGATE A TAX BILL. 8 00:00:23,179 --> 00:00:26,030 WE START ALLOWING THAT, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET BUDGETS PASSED. 9 00:00:26,050 --> 00:00:29,070 YOU'RE ASKING ME TO GROOM A BACKWATER CONGRESSMAN. I CAN'T DO THAT. 10 00:00:29,089 --> 00:00:32,219 WE DIDN'T ASK YOU TO GROOM RUSSELL FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RUN. HE ASKED YOU. 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,070 HE WAS CHOSEN BY THE PRESIDENT... HE WAS CHOSEN BY THE REPUBLICANS! 12 00:00:39,189 --> 00:00:42,039 ( phone rings ) 13 00:00:43,170 --> 00:00:46,030 ( ringing continues ) 14 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,130 ( ringing continues, sighing) 15 00:00:54,030 --> 00:00:55,039 YES? 16 00:00:55,210 --> 00:00:57,049 PLEASE. 17 00:00:57,070 --> 00:00:58,119 YEAH, LEO. 18 00:01:08,140 --> 00:01:09,120 President: GOOD MORNING. 19 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:10,189 all: GOOD MORNING, SIR. 20 00:01:10,210 --> 00:01:12,189 OR WHATEVER 3:00 A.M. IS. 21 00:01:12,210 --> 00:01:13,219 PLEASE. 22 00:01:15,230 --> 00:01:17,060 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 23 00:01:19,060 --> 00:01:20,189 WHERE? 24 00:01:20,210 --> 00:01:23,069 Hutchinson: OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN, SIR. 25 00:01:23,090 --> 00:01:24,150 NOT NEAR ANYTHING. 26 00:01:25,230 --> 00:01:27,000 ARE YOU SURE? 27 00:01:27,019 --> 00:01:28,140 IT'S THE TELLTALE DOUBLE FLASH. 28 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:30,039 Alexander: ALL ATMOSPHERIC DETONATIONS 29 00:01:30,060 --> 00:01:32,180 PRODUCE THAT UNIQUE SIGNATURE, SIR-- 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,009 AN INITIAL ONE-MILLISECOND FLASH-- THE FIREBALL-- 31 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:38,150 WHICH IS THEN OVERTAKEN AND OBSCURED BY THE EXPANDING SHOCK FRONT. 32 00:01:38,170 --> 00:01:41,129 SO, IT COULDN'T BE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. 33 00:01:41,150 --> 00:01:44,210 AND NO FALSE ALARMS HAVE EVER BEEN ASCRIBED TO THE NDS. 34 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:46,039 OTHER SENSORS? 35 00:01:46,060 --> 00:01:47,090 Hutchinson: STILL BEING ANALYZED. 36 00:01:47,109 --> 00:01:50,009 BUT BOTH THE X RAY AND THE EMP DETECTORS 37 00:01:50,030 --> 00:01:54,150 SHOW READINGS CONSISTENT TO ATMOSPHERIC DETONATIONS. 38 00:01:54,170 --> 00:01:56,180 WHO ELSE KNOWS? SIR? 39 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,180 WHO ELSE IN THE WORLD? 40 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:03,069 THE RUSSIANS AND CHINESE HAVE SATELLITE DETECTION CAPABILITY FOR AN ATMOSPHERIC NUDET. 41 00:02:03,090 --> 00:02:04,230 Hutchinson: NUCLEAR DETONATION, SIR. 42 00:02:05,010 --> 00:02:08,020 McNally: SIR, NO TEST WAS SCHEDULED OR HAS BEEN REPORTED 43 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:11,120 BY THE OTHER SIX DECLARED NUCLEAR POWERS. 44 00:02:11,139 --> 00:02:12,169 YEAH. 45 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:17,110 THERE IS A NEW MEMBER OF THE CLUB. 46 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,000 ( theme music ) 47 00:02:41,139 --> 00:02:43,210 ( music continues ) 48 00:03:08,199 --> 00:03:10,159 Charlie: THE MESS ISN'T OPEN YET, SIR. IT'S FROM THE SECRET SERVICE COMMAND POST. 49 00:03:10,180 --> 00:03:13,080 IF IT'S TOO HOT, THEY WRESTLE IT TO THE GROUND. 50 00:03:13,099 --> 00:03:14,139 THE CIA DIRECTOR CALLED... 51 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:16,139 Sliger: I'M HERE! 52 00:03:16,159 --> 00:03:17,180 SORRY. 53 00:03:17,199 --> 00:03:20,150 CONSTRUCTION ON LEE. THEY DO IT AT NIGHT. 54 00:03:20,170 --> 00:03:22,050 Leo: AVOID SNARLING TRAFFIC. 55 00:03:22,069 --> 00:03:23,060 THAT'S THE THEORY. 56 00:03:23,079 --> 00:03:24,219 WE JUST STARTED. THANKS, CHARLIE. 57 00:03:27,020 --> 00:03:28,189 WE'VE TALKED TO THE RUSSIANS AND CHINESE? 58 00:03:28,210 --> 00:03:30,150 Slattery: THEY AGREE ABOUT KEEPING THIS QUIET. 59 00:03:30,170 --> 00:03:32,229 WHOEVER THIS WAS, THEY KNEW WE'D PICK IT UP. 60 00:03:33,009 --> 00:03:34,189 LIKELY SUSPECTS? NORTH KOREANS OR IRAN. 61 00:03:34,210 --> 00:03:37,050 YEAH. Sliger: THEY'VE BOTH BEEN HEADING DOWN THIS ROAD. 62 00:03:37,069 --> 00:03:39,069 WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW EITHER'D GOTTEN THIS FAR. 63 00:03:39,090 --> 00:03:40,229 WE WERE SURE ABOUT NORTH KOREA. 64 00:03:41,009 --> 00:03:43,170 "SURE" IS A WORD WE DON'T THROW AROUND AT LANGLEY. 65 00:03:43,189 --> 00:03:45,050 Leo: THERE'VE BEEN STRONG INDICATIONS 66 00:03:45,069 --> 00:03:46,180 THE NORTH HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 67 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:49,060 WHAT ABOUT IRAN? WELL, THE INTEL IS SKETCHY. 68 00:03:49,079 --> 00:03:51,000 WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT. 69 00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:53,110 Sliger: THERE'S THAT OTHER WORD-- "KNOW". 70 00:03:53,129 --> 00:03:56,189 WHAT WE KNOW AND ARE SURE OF IS THIS HAPPENED. 71 00:03:56,210 --> 00:03:59,129 WE'RE GONNA NEED TO FOCUS LESS ON SEMANTIC DISTINCTIONS 72 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:02,090 AND MORE ON HOW THIS CAUGHT US SO COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE. 73 00:04:02,110 --> 00:04:05,030 WE NEED TO MAKE CONTACT. THE CHINESE FOR NORTH KOREA? 74 00:04:05,050 --> 00:04:06,120 IRAN? 75 00:04:06,139 --> 00:04:08,020 USUALLY, THE ITALIANS OR THE SWISS. 76 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:09,210 WE DON'T WANT THEM IN THE LOOP. 77 00:04:09,229 --> 00:04:11,080 PRESIDENT: THE RUSSIANS, THEN. 78 00:04:11,099 --> 00:04:14,000 WE CAN ASSUME MOSCOW'S NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE IDEA 79 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:16,040 OF ANOTHER NUCLEAR STATE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 80 00:04:16,060 --> 00:04:18,000 SIR, WHAT IF THIS WASN'T A STATE? 81 00:04:18,019 --> 00:04:19,199 Leo: A TERROR GROUP? 82 00:04:19,220 --> 00:04:23,110 Hutchinson: NO TERRORISTS HAVE THE CAPABILITY FOR A TEST ON THIS SCALE. 83 00:04:23,129 --> 00:04:24,230 THEIR NUCLEAR EVENT WILL BE 84 00:04:25,009 --> 00:04:27,040 A SUITCASE BOMB DETONATED IN MANHATTAN. 85 00:04:27,060 --> 00:04:29,199 OR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 86 00:04:29,220 --> 00:04:31,069 THANK YOU. THANKS, MR. PRESIDENT. 87 00:04:31,089 --> 00:04:32,090 THANK YOU, SIR. 88 00:04:32,110 --> 00:04:33,209 ( sighs ) 89 00:04:39,069 --> 00:04:40,149 LITTLE ROUGH WITH THE DIRECTOR? 90 00:04:40,170 --> 00:04:42,029 I'LL SEND HIM A LOLLIPOP. 91 00:04:42,050 --> 00:04:44,220 YOU WANT YOUR INTELLIGENCE HEAD FOCUSED AND AT HIS BEST. 92 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,159 GUY COULDN'T FIND A CLEARER ROUTE IN AT 4:00. I'M NOT OVER-BRIMMING WITH CONFIDENCE. 93 00:04:51,159 --> 00:04:53,100 THIS IS THE NIGHTMARE. 94 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,149 YEAH. 95 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,129 I THOUGHT WHEN THE SOVIET UNION FELL, 96 00:04:58,149 --> 00:05:01,009 WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE DISARMAMENT. 97 00:05:01,029 --> 00:05:03,199 YOU GO FROM TRYING TO GET RID OF THESE WEAPONS ALTOGETHER 98 00:05:03,220 --> 00:05:06,170 TO HOLDING YOUR BREATH ONE DOESN'T GO OFF ON YOUR WATCH. 99 00:05:06,189 --> 00:05:09,170 STRIKE ANOTHER GOAL OFF THE LIST. 100 00:05:09,189 --> 00:05:13,060 WE FIND OUT WHO THIS WAS, THEN WHAT? 101 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:14,180 WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. 102 00:05:16,029 --> 00:05:18,170 I WANT A DEFENSE BRIEFING ON CONTINGENCY PLANS. 103 00:05:18,189 --> 00:05:20,209 WE ACT, WE'LL NEED A STATEMENT. TOBY. 104 00:05:20,230 --> 00:05:22,050 SOONER IS BETTER. OKAY. 105 00:05:22,069 --> 00:05:23,170 OH, GOD. WHAT? 106 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:25,000 THE VICE PRESIDENT. 107 00:05:25,209 --> 00:05:27,009 YEAH. I'LL BRIEF HIM. 108 00:05:27,029 --> 00:05:28,160 ( sighing ): APOLOGIZE. 109 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:30,089 TELL HIM... 110 00:05:30,110 --> 00:05:32,220 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL TO TELL HIM. 111 00:05:39,149 --> 00:05:40,189 HEY. MORNING. 112 00:05:40,209 --> 00:05:42,180 SO, THIS MEETING'S A BREAKFAST. 113 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:44,180 OKAY. SO, YOU HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING. 114 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:45,189 I ALREADY ATE. 115 00:05:45,209 --> 00:05:47,120 OR ELSE IT'S RUDE. I'M NOT HUNGRY. 116 00:05:47,139 --> 00:05:50,159 OR ELSE IT'S RUDE! THIS ORDER, AS SOON AS I GET BACK. 117 00:05:50,180 --> 00:05:53,040 WHY AM I EVEN MEETING WITH SOME GEEKS FROM NASA? 118 00:05:53,060 --> 00:05:56,000 I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT GEEKS. I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT ALL GEEKS, 119 00:05:56,019 --> 00:05:58,220 AND IT'S TO DISCUSS ADMINISTRATION SPACE PRIORITIES. 120 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,209 DO WE EVEN HAVE ANY SPACE PRIORITIES? 121 00:06:00,230 --> 00:06:02,000 EXACTLY. 122 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:06,019 MORNING. 123 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,060 GOOD MORNING. 124 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,220 YOU HAVE NAME TAGS. 125 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,139 HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE WHITE HOUSE MUCH, THESE FIVE YEARS. THOUGHT IT'D HELP. 126 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:14,160 RIGHT, "KARL." 127 00:06:14,180 --> 00:06:16,009 I RECOMMEND THE SCONES. 128 00:06:16,029 --> 00:06:17,230 THEY'RE, UM... OUT OF THIS WORLD? 129 00:06:18,189 --> 00:06:19,230 Russell: LEO? 130 00:06:20,009 --> 00:06:21,149 MR. VICE PRESIDENT. PLEASE. 131 00:06:21,170 --> 00:06:23,069 THANK YOU. 132 00:06:23,089 --> 00:06:24,160 WHAT'S UP? 133 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:26,110 SIR, THIS IS TO BE KEPT 134 00:06:26,129 --> 00:06:28,100 IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE. 135 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,180 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:17 A.M. EASTERN TIME, 136 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:34,050 AN ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR DETONATION WAS DETECTED 137 00:06:34,069 --> 00:06:37,129 BY A DSP SATELLITE OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN. 138 00:06:37,149 --> 00:06:39,029 PAKISTAN'S ATTACKED INDIA. 139 00:06:39,050 --> 00:06:40,199 NO, SIR, THIS WAS A TEST. 140 00:06:40,220 --> 00:06:42,060 PAKISTAN BEING PROVOCATIVE. 141 00:06:42,079 --> 00:06:43,189 SHOT-ACROSS-THE-BOW SORT OF THING. 142 00:06:43,209 --> 00:06:46,069 IT WASN'T PAKISTAN. IF YOU'LL JUST LET ME FINISH. 143 00:06:46,090 --> 00:06:47,170 NO NATION HAS CLAIMED CREDIT. 144 00:06:47,189 --> 00:06:50,100 WE'RE TRYING TO ASCERTAIN WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE, 145 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,000 BUT IT APPEARS THERE'S A NEW PLAYER ON THE NUCLEAR STAGE. 146 00:06:54,019 --> 00:06:55,230 IS INDIA MOBILIZING? 147 00:06:56,009 --> 00:06:57,170 IT WAS 1,200 MILES FROM INDIA. 148 00:06:57,189 --> 00:07:00,189 INDIA HAS NO IDEA THAT IT HAPPENED. 149 00:07:00,209 --> 00:07:02,189 WELL, I DON'T... LET ME START AGAIN. 150 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,110 HANG ON. 151 00:07:06,129 --> 00:07:07,180 IT'S HIM AGAIN. 152 00:07:07,199 --> 00:07:09,060 HIM WHO? 153 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:10,199 BEN. TAKE A MESSAGE. 154 00:07:10,220 --> 00:07:13,079 HE GETS ANY MORE PERSISTENT, THEY'LL OPEN A CASE FILE. 155 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:17,100 CAN I TELL HIM YOU'RE NOT WORTH IT? WE USED TO DATE. HE KNOWS BETTER. 156 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,189 FEELING FRISKY? 157 00:07:18,209 --> 00:07:20,189 REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. 158 00:07:20,209 --> 00:07:22,160 THE BRIEFING, TWO THINGS TO DEFLECT. 159 00:07:22,180 --> 00:07:25,230 NEW ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN THE WEST BANK. YOU CAN DO IT. 160 00:07:26,009 --> 00:07:28,110 "WE DISCOURAGE NEW SETTLEMENTS, DEPLORE PALESTINIAN TERROR." 161 00:07:28,129 --> 00:07:30,040 BALANCE BUT NOT TOO MUCH BALANCE. 162 00:07:30,060 --> 00:07:31,199 NO MORAL EQUIVALENCE... THE GREATEST HITS. 163 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:33,230 GOLDEN OLDIES. SECOND THING? RINOS. 164 00:07:34,009 --> 00:07:36,199 ENDANGERED SPECIES, POWDERED HORN CONSIDERED AN APHRODISIAC. 165 00:07:36,220 --> 00:07:38,159 THAT WHERE THE WORD "HORNY" COMES FROM? 166 00:07:38,180 --> 00:07:41,110 NOT PRECISELY. IT'S... THESE AREN'T THE ANIMALS. 167 00:07:41,129 --> 00:07:43,100 IT'S "REPUBLICANS IN NAME ONLY." 168 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,199 "RINOS." ADORABLE. RIGHT-WING'S NEW NAME 169 00:07:45,220 --> 00:07:47,139 FOR GOP MEMBERS WHO'VE VOTED WITH US. 170 00:07:47,159 --> 00:07:49,170 THEY'RE BEING TARGETED IN THE PRIMARIES, UH... 171 00:07:49,189 --> 00:07:53,139 "WE'RE HAPPY TO STAY OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR SLAP- FIGHT IN THE SCHOOL YARD." 172 00:07:53,159 --> 00:07:54,180 MAKE IT "SANDBOX." 173 00:07:55,069 --> 00:07:57,000 THANKS, LEO. 174 00:07:57,019 --> 00:07:59,180 DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ME IF I CAN BE USEFUL. 175 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:01,180 BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW, SIR. 176 00:08:04,149 --> 00:08:07,180 LEO, ANYTHING I NEED TO BE AWARE OF? UH-UH. 177 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:10,170 I'VE BEEN THINKING, TO BUILD THE V.P.'S ISSUE PROFILE, 178 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:12,110 I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME POLICY AREA 179 00:08:12,129 --> 00:08:14,009 THE ADMINISTRATION COULD GIVE HIM. 180 00:08:14,029 --> 00:08:16,019 SUCH AS? WELL, I HAVE SOME NOTIONS, CERTAINLY. 181 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,209 TAKE IT UP WITH TOBY. YEAH, THING IS, HE AND I... 182 00:08:18,230 --> 00:08:22,060 THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. IF YOU TWO HAVE PROBLEMS, WORK THEM OUT. 183 00:08:22,079 --> 00:08:23,220 I'M NOT A COUPLES THERAPIST. 184 00:08:26,069 --> 00:08:27,139 YEAH. 185 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,069 Karl: ...A PROBE MUST LAUNCH BY THEN 186 00:08:29,089 --> 00:08:32,110 TO USE JUPITER'S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD AS A SLINGSHOT. 187 00:08:32,129 --> 00:08:36,000 THE DATA GATHERED ABOUT KUIPER BELT OBJECTS WOULD BE INVALUABLE. 188 00:08:36,019 --> 00:08:38,100 LISTEN, I... APPRECIATE YOUR COMING IN, 189 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,230 BUT YOU MAY BE MEETING WITH THE WRONG GUY. 190 00:08:41,009 --> 00:08:43,059 MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SPACE IS LIKE THE OLD JOKE 191 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,059 ABOUT THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCING A NEW PROGRAM. 192 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,210 HE SAYS, "WE'RE GONNA GO WHERE NO ONE'S EVER BEEN. WE'RE GONNA LAND... ON THE SUN! 193 00:08:49,230 --> 00:08:51,029 REPORTER SAYS, "BUT, SIR, 194 00:08:51,049 --> 00:08:53,049 THE SUN'S A BURNING MASS OF FIRE." 195 00:08:53,070 --> 00:08:56,009 THE OFFICIAL REPLIES, "AH! THOUGHT OF THAT. 196 00:08:56,029 --> 00:08:58,039 THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA GO AT NIGHT." 197 00:09:01,029 --> 00:09:04,149 WHAT I KNOW IS POLITICS, PUBLIC PERCEPTION. 198 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:07,029 AND THE IMAGE OF NASA IS NOT GOOD. 199 00:09:07,049 --> 00:09:09,039 TELESCOPES LAUNCHED THAT CAN'T FOCUS. 200 00:09:09,059 --> 00:09:13,210 PLANETARY PROBES THAT CRASH BECAUSE ENGINEERS MIXED UP METERS AND FEET. 201 00:09:13,230 --> 00:09:16,110 THE ONLY TIME NASA MAKES THE FRONT PAGE ANYMORE 202 00:09:16,129 --> 00:09:17,200 IS WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 203 00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:19,200 YOU NEED TO GET OFF THE FRONT PAGE. 204 00:09:19,220 --> 00:09:22,110 THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ONLY ONE SPACE PRIORITY. 205 00:09:22,129 --> 00:09:24,220 THAT YOU GUYS STOP SCREWING UP. 206 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,090 THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 207 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:31,029 LEO: WILL'S GONNA COME TO YOU 208 00:09:31,049 --> 00:09:33,029 ABOUT A POLICY BRIEF FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT. 209 00:09:33,049 --> 00:09:35,230 UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYTHING WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT. 210 00:09:36,009 --> 00:09:37,120 WE GOTTA GIVE HIM SOMETHING. 211 00:09:37,139 --> 00:09:40,049 WHAT COULD HE HANDLE? POTHOLES. INFRASTRUCTURE? 212 00:09:40,070 --> 00:09:42,230 NO, I MEAN ACTUAL POTHOLES 213 00:09:43,009 --> 00:09:45,029 ON-- I DON'T KNOW-- THE INTERSTATE. 214 00:09:45,049 --> 00:09:47,169 COME UP WITH SOMETHING LOW-PROFILE AND EASY. 215 00:09:47,190 --> 00:09:50,009 KEEP HIM OUT FROM UNDERFOOT. 216 00:09:50,029 --> 00:09:51,210 ( whispers ): THERE'S ANOTHER THING. 217 00:09:56,179 --> 00:09:58,070 WE GOT TROUBLE, TOBY. 218 00:09:58,090 --> 00:09:59,090 UH-HUH? 219 00:09:59,110 --> 00:10:01,080 ...SATELLITE... 220 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:04,090 ( continues speaking softly ) 221 00:10:11,039 --> 00:10:13,120 ( knocking on door ) 222 00:10:13,139 --> 00:10:15,159 YOU GO SEE THE VICE PRESIDENT? 223 00:10:15,179 --> 00:10:19,149 WHEN I BRIEFED HIM, HE KIND OF TILTED HIS HEAD. 224 00:10:19,169 --> 00:10:21,059 I'LL UPDATE HIM AFTER. 225 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,200 Nancy: SIR, EVERYONE'S HERE. 226 00:10:23,230 --> 00:10:25,039 YOU CAN COME IN. 227 00:10:29,169 --> 00:10:31,019 WHERE ARE WE? 228 00:10:31,039 --> 00:10:33,159 THE CHINESE HAVE NO INDICATION NORTH KOREA DID THIS. 229 00:10:33,179 --> 00:10:37,049 BEIJING FEELS COMFORTABLE RULING OUT NORTH KOREA. WHAT DO WE THINK? 230 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:40,129 IT'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD. WE THINK NORTH KOREA'S GOT TWO BOMBS, 231 00:10:40,149 --> 00:10:42,169 PROBABLY MORE. PLEASE LET THAT BE THE BAD NEWS. 232 00:10:42,190 --> 00:10:46,120 'CAUSE WE ALSO BELIEVE THEIR TECHNOLOGY'S ADVANCED THEY DON'T NEED TO PERFORM TESTS. 233 00:10:46,139 --> 00:10:49,149 WHY DOES THE GOOD NEWS MAKE ME FEEL WORSE? IRAN. 234 00:10:49,169 --> 00:10:51,009 Hutchinson: MOSCOW DOESN'T THINK SO. 235 00:10:51,029 --> 00:10:53,000 Leo: THEY MIGHT BE COVERING THEIR OWN ASS. 236 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:55,009 McNally: THERE'S RUMORS ABOUT THREE MISSING WARHEADS 237 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:56,190 FROM KAZAKHSTAN THAT SUPPOSEDLY 238 00:10:56,210 --> 00:10:58,129 WOUND UP IN IRAN. 239 00:10:58,149 --> 00:11:02,169 RUMORS. PERSISTENT ONES, THAT I GET FROM YOUR PEOPLE. 240 00:11:02,190 --> 00:11:07,059 THE IAEA REPORT SAID IRAN'S HAD A SECRET NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS. 241 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,000 Hutchinson: IT MAKES MORE GEOGRAPHIC SENSE. 242 00:11:09,019 --> 00:11:11,220 THE KOREAN PENINSULA'S 4,000 MILES FROM THE BLAST SITE. 243 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,019 WHAT IT'S NEAR IS IRAN. 244 00:11:14,039 --> 00:11:16,090 McNally: SIR, GIVEN THE VOLATILITY OF THE REGION, 245 00:11:16,110 --> 00:11:19,149 A SECRET TEST WOULD BE HOW IRAN WOULD CERTAINLY PROCEED. 246 00:11:19,169 --> 00:11:22,000 President: ALRIGHT, LET'S PUT OUR CARDS ON THE TABLE. 247 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:24,070 WHAT HELPED KEEP THE COLD WAR COLD 248 00:11:24,090 --> 00:11:25,230 WAS A SENSE OF MORAL RESTRAINT 249 00:11:26,009 --> 00:11:28,019 THAT THESE WEAPONS WERE TOO TERRIBLE TO USE. 250 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:30,019 THAT RESTRAINT WON'T EXIST IN JIHADISTS 251 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:32,230 WHO STRAP BOMBS TO THEIR CHESTS AND ENTER NIGHTCLUBS. 252 00:11:33,009 --> 00:11:35,220 THERE ARE MODERATE ELEMENTS ON THE ASCENDANCY IN IRAN. 253 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,139 Toby: "IN THE KORAN, GOD COMMANDED TO KILL THE WICKED AND 254 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:42,090 "THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE THE RIGHTS OF THE OPPRESSED AND TO MURDER THEM. 255 00:11:42,110 --> 00:11:44,019 "IF WE ABIDE BY THE KORAN, 256 00:11:44,039 --> 00:11:46,059 ALL OF US SHOULD MOBILIZE TO KILL." 257 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,019 TELEVISED ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT ALIJANI. 258 00:11:49,039 --> 00:11:50,059 MODERATE. 259 00:11:55,029 --> 00:11:56,090 MR. SLATTERY, 260 00:11:56,110 --> 00:11:58,110 HAVE THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. 261 00:11:58,129 --> 00:12:01,070 FLY DOWN TO MEET WITH YOU AT THE SWISS EMBASSY IMMEDIATELY. 262 00:12:01,090 --> 00:12:03,059 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU ALL. 263 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,230 THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. 264 00:12:05,009 --> 00:12:06,080 McNally: THANK YOU, SIR. 265 00:12:14,019 --> 00:12:15,159 LYLE. WHAT'S THE REACTION 266 00:12:15,179 --> 00:12:17,159 TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN THE WEST BANK? 267 00:12:17,179 --> 00:12:19,190 OUR POSITION REMAINS THAT WE DISCOURAGE SUCH ACTIVITIES. 268 00:12:19,210 --> 00:12:21,070 WELL, IS THE ADMINISTRATION 269 00:12:21,090 --> 00:12:23,149 CONTEMPLATING A MORE FORCEFUL EXPRESSION OF DISAPPROVAL? 270 00:12:23,169 --> 00:12:28,070 WE CONTINUE TO URGE ALL PARTIES IN THE REGION TO TAKE EVERY STEP TO REDUCE TENSIONS. STEVE? 271 00:12:28,090 --> 00:12:30,049 DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO TAYLOR REID? 272 00:12:30,070 --> 00:12:33,080 HARD TO SAY, NEVER HAVING HEARD OF... IS IT HIM OR HER? 273 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,019 ON HIS NEW CABLE SHOW LAST NIGHT, YOU WERE NAMED "CHICKEN OF THE WEEK." 274 00:12:37,039 --> 00:12:40,019 SORRY? HIS DESIGNATION FOR THE NEWSPERSON WHO HE SAYS 275 00:12:40,039 --> 00:12:41,190 IS REFUSING TO APPEAR ON HIS SHOW. 276 00:12:41,210 --> 00:12:44,090 HARD TO REFUSE TO APPEAR ON SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER HEARD. 277 00:12:44,110 --> 00:12:46,120 YOU'D BE WILLING TO GO ON? I'VE NO IDEA. 278 00:12:46,139 --> 00:12:50,139 THOUGH, TRULY, WHAT GIRL CAN RESIST BEING REFERRED TO AS POULTRY? GAIL... 279 00:12:50,159 --> 00:12:52,220 WHAT ABOUT GOING TO THE U.N? 280 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,080 IT'LL BE DISCUSSED. 281 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:56,059 ISN'T THAT WHAT IT'S THERE FOR? 282 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,019 YEAH, BUT THIS ISN'T THE ROOM 283 00:12:59,039 --> 00:13:00,139 WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THAT. 284 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,179 FOLLOW-UP CONFIRMS IT WAS A NUCLEAR BLAST? 285 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,200 YES, SIR. WE'RE STILL GATHERING DATA ON PRECISE YIELD AND TYPE. 286 00:13:12,220 --> 00:13:14,139 OPTIONS, GENERAL? 287 00:13:14,159 --> 00:13:16,139 NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND WEAPONS 288 00:13:16,159 --> 00:13:20,019 ARE STORED IN TUNNELS A HALF A MILE UNDERGROUND. UNREACHABLE BY AIR POWER. 289 00:13:20,039 --> 00:13:23,009 AND THEY'VE THREATENED NUCLEAR RETALIATION IN THE EVENT OF ATTACK, 290 00:13:23,029 --> 00:13:24,129 PRESUMABLY AGAINST THE SOUTH, 291 00:13:24,149 --> 00:13:27,129 BUT ALSO CONCEIVABLY AGAINST AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN. 292 00:13:27,149 --> 00:13:31,070 OR US. THEY'VE TESTED A MISSILE THAT COULD POSSIBLY REACH THE U.S. 293 00:13:32,169 --> 00:13:34,019 AND IRAN? 294 00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:36,149 THERE ARE AVAILABLE NUCLEAR TARGETS FOR AIR STRIKES. 295 00:13:36,169 --> 00:13:38,100 Hutchinson: THE DOWNSIDE IS A POTENTIAL 296 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,049 RETALIATORY NUCLEAR STRIKE AT ISRAEL. 297 00:13:45,230 --> 00:13:49,230 MR. LYMAN, ALEX MOREAU, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR, NASA. 298 00:13:50,009 --> 00:13:54,100 I WAS AT THE BREAKFAST. YOU WERE HARDLY THERE LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE ANY OF US IN. 299 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,210 YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT US GETTING ON THE FRONT PAGE WHEN WE SCREW UP. 300 00:13:57,230 --> 00:13:59,220 HUBBLE IMAGES MAKE PAGE ONE ALL THE TIME. 301 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,179 YOU'RE SENDING UP A NEW TELESCOPE. 302 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,110 THE WEBB, YES. OUT PAST THE MOON. 303 00:14:03,129 --> 00:14:07,159 EVERY NEWS STORY NOTED IT'LL BE TOO FAR OUT FOR THE SHUTTLE TO FIX 304 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:10,179 IF IT'S ALL SCREWED UP, LIKE THE HUBBLE WAS. 305 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,029 I PREPARE EVEN FOR MEETINGS 306 00:14:12,049 --> 00:14:14,179 I DON'T WANT TO GO TO. I WASN'T IMPROVISING. 307 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,090 YOU GUYS ARE LOST IN SPACE. 308 00:14:16,110 --> 00:14:18,129 WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU. NASA'S LOST PURPOSE. 309 00:14:18,149 --> 00:14:21,220 BUT THE PROBLEM ISN'T GETTING OFF THE FRONT PAGE. IT'S GETTING BACK ON. 310 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,100 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEVER PUBLISHED A LARGER HEADLINE 311 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,129 THAN WHEN NEIL ARMSTRONG WALKED ON THE MOON. 312 00:14:26,149 --> 00:14:28,019 ONLY, YOU DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 313 00:14:28,039 --> 00:14:29,190 NOW, IT'S LAUNCHES TO SERVICE THE POINTLESS 314 00:14:29,210 --> 00:14:32,059 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION-- WHICH SHOULD BE RE-CHRISTENED 315 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,080 THE SS GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD. 316 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:35,149 IT'S ALL LOW-EARTH ORBITS. 317 00:14:35,169 --> 00:14:37,179 IT'S LIKE IF, 30 YEARS AFTER COLUMBUS, 318 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,149 SPAIN EXPECTED PEOPLE TO GET HOT AND BOTHERED OVER A TRIP TO MALLORCA. 319 00:14:41,169 --> 00:14:43,129 WHY WE NEED TO DO THIS. WHAT'S THIS? 320 00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:47,159 "MARS OR BUST." WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMIT TO A MANNED MISSION TO MARS. 321 00:14:47,179 --> 00:14:49,169 THERE AREN'T 20 VOTES FOR IT IN CONGRESS. 322 00:14:49,190 --> 00:14:51,110 YOU COULDN'T GET FUNDING FOR THE BUTTONS. 323 00:14:51,129 --> 00:14:53,009 THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS ISN'T THE PROBLEM. 324 00:14:53,029 --> 00:14:55,000 IT'S LIBERALS WHO KILLED THE SPACE PROGRAM. 325 00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:59,039 YEAH, 'CAUSE WE LIKE TO USE GOVERNMENT MONEY TO, I DON'T KNOW, HELP PEOPLE. 326 00:14:59,059 --> 00:15:01,179 SPACE TRAVEL'S INSPIRATIONAL. YOU THINK THAT DOESN'T HELP PEOPLE? 327 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,190 NOT LIKE FEEDING THEM OR GETTING THEM JOBS. 328 00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:06,000 WELL, YOU HAVE TO FEED THE SOUL, TOO. 329 00:15:06,019 --> 00:15:08,000 EVER LOOK THROUGH A TELESCOPE? 330 00:15:08,019 --> 00:15:09,000 IN SCHOOL. 331 00:15:09,019 --> 00:15:10,190 UH, A GUY ON MY FLOOR 332 00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:13,019 LIKED TO AIM ONE AT THE WOMEN'S DORM. 333 00:15:14,210 --> 00:15:16,230 WHAT'RE YOU DOING TONIGHT? UH... 334 00:15:17,009 --> 00:15:21,059 UNTIL YOU GET A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT'S UP THERE, YOU ONLY THINK YOU'RE PREPARED. 335 00:15:22,059 --> 00:15:23,220 PICK YOU UP AT 8:00. 336 00:15:34,139 --> 00:15:37,070 DONNA, CANCEL MY DINNER WITH BREGSTONE TONIGHT. 337 00:15:37,090 --> 00:15:39,029 STARGAZING? 338 00:15:39,049 --> 00:15:40,190 YOU WERE LISTENING? 339 00:15:40,210 --> 00:15:42,029 I'M RIGHT OUTSIDE. 340 00:15:44,019 --> 00:15:47,029 WOULD YOU BE GOING IF SHE WEREN'T ATTRACTIVE? 341 00:15:47,049 --> 00:15:48,110 WE'LL NEVER KNOW. 342 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,149 ( clears throat ) 343 00:15:56,169 --> 00:15:58,090 DID YOU...? I SPOKE TO LEO. 344 00:15:58,110 --> 00:16:00,169 I GOT THE VICE PRESIDENT A POLICY FOCUS. 345 00:16:00,190 --> 00:16:02,049 GREAT. 346 00:16:02,070 --> 00:16:03,220 GOOD GOVERNMENT. 347 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,200 NOT THAT CHESTNUT. 348 00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:07,220 "REDUCING BUREAUCRACY, 349 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,210 REWRITING REGULATIONS INTO PLAIN ENGLISH." 350 00:16:09,230 --> 00:16:11,129 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND INCREDIBLY BORING. 351 00:16:11,149 --> 00:16:14,049 AS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT. A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. 352 00:16:14,070 --> 00:16:15,139 I DON'T THINK MANY THEOLOGIANS 353 00:16:15,159 --> 00:16:18,009 WOULD STIPULATE TOBY ZIEGLER'S OFFICE AS HEAVEN. 354 00:16:18,029 --> 00:16:19,230 YOU ASKED, AND YE HATH RECEIVED. 355 00:16:20,009 --> 00:16:23,009 AND YET MY JOY IS LESS THAN FULL. 356 00:16:23,029 --> 00:16:24,169 "REVOKING THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE"? 357 00:16:24,190 --> 00:16:26,049 I HAVE WORK TO DO. 358 00:16:29,009 --> 00:16:30,059 CLOSE THE DOOR. 359 00:16:36,110 --> 00:16:37,129 LOVELY ROOM. 360 00:16:37,149 --> 00:16:39,070 THE SWISS LIKE NICE THINGS. 361 00:16:39,090 --> 00:16:40,139 YOU CAN AFFORD THEM 362 00:16:40,159 --> 00:16:43,139 WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A NATIONAL DEFENSE. 363 00:16:45,049 --> 00:16:46,070 MR. AMBASSADOR. 364 00:16:46,090 --> 00:16:47,210 MR. MCGARRY. 365 00:16:47,230 --> 00:16:50,100 DO YOU REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU, MA'AM. 366 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,230 NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MCNALLY, 367 00:16:53,009 --> 00:16:55,029 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE SLATTERY. 368 00:16:56,210 --> 00:16:59,019 I HOPE THE TRIP DOWN WASN'T TOO INCONVENIENT. 369 00:16:59,039 --> 00:17:01,000 THE SUMMONS WAS A BIT ABRUPT. 370 00:17:01,019 --> 00:17:02,039 PLEASE. 371 00:17:06,180 --> 00:17:10,039 WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS YOUR NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 372 00:17:10,059 --> 00:17:13,019 WE HAVE AGREED TO IAEA INSPECTIONS, 373 00:17:13,039 --> 00:17:16,180 SUSPENDED PRODUCTION ON ENRICHED URANIUM. TEMPORARILY. 374 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,099 McNally: YOUR 40-MEGAWATT HEAVY WATER REACTOR AT ARAK. 375 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,220 IT'S A SIZE TOO SMALL FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION, 376 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,019 AND LARGER THAN FOR RESEARCH. 377 00:17:24,039 --> 00:17:25,109 THE TYPE THAT PROVIDES FUEL 378 00:17:25,130 --> 00:17:27,150 FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. 379 00:17:27,170 --> 00:17:29,049 AND ISRAEL. I UNDERSTAND. 380 00:17:29,069 --> 00:17:33,039 Slattery: THE IRANIAN EXILE ORGANIZATION NCR HAS IDENTIFIED 381 00:17:33,059 --> 00:17:35,170 OTHER SECRET ENRICHMENT FACILITIES: 382 00:17:35,190 --> 00:17:38,029 THE LASHKAR-ABAD SITE NEAR HASHTGERD, 383 00:17:38,049 --> 00:17:39,150 A SITE NEAR RAMANDEH VILLAGE... 384 00:17:39,170 --> 00:17:41,049 WHY ARE YOU ENRICHING URANIUM? 385 00:17:41,069 --> 00:17:44,210 FOR REACTOR FUEL, FOR POWER GENERATION... 386 00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,190 AS OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS ACKNOWLEDGE 387 00:17:46,210 --> 00:17:48,089 IS OUR SOVEREIGN RIGHT. 388 00:17:48,109 --> 00:17:49,170 POWER YOU DON'T NEED, 389 00:17:49,190 --> 00:17:51,130 WITH YOUR OIL AND GAS RESERVES. 390 00:17:51,150 --> 00:17:52,220 IT IS NECESSARY, 391 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,109 BECAUSE OF RISING DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION RATES, 392 00:17:55,130 --> 00:17:57,119 AND OUR DESIRE TO PRESERVE OIL AND GAS 393 00:17:57,140 --> 00:17:59,039 TO GENERATE FOREIGN CURRENCY. 394 00:17:59,059 --> 00:18:01,230 YOU DISPLAYED THE SHAHAB 3 MISSILE. THE ONLY LOGICAL PURPOSE 395 00:18:02,009 --> 00:18:05,079 FOR SUCH A LONG-RANGE WEAPON IS TO CARRY A NUCLEAR PAYLOAD. 396 00:18:05,099 --> 00:18:07,099 AND WE ENJOY AND ANTICIPATE STABLE RELATIONS 397 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,150 WITH SAUDI ARABIA, PAKISTAN, TURKEY, AFGHANISTAN. 398 00:18:10,170 --> 00:18:13,019 THESE ARE THE NATIONS WITHIN RANGE OF THIS MISSILE. 399 00:18:13,039 --> 00:18:15,069 AND ISRAEL. I UNDERSTAND. 400 00:18:17,099 --> 00:18:20,009 SIR, WE BELIEVE YOUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN ENGAGED 401 00:18:20,029 --> 00:18:21,220 IN DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 402 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,039 THE AYATOLLAH HAS DECREED 403 00:18:23,059 --> 00:18:25,180 THEIR PRODUCTION TO BE HARAM-- 404 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,119 PROHIBITED ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS. 405 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:29,029 WE CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE 406 00:18:29,049 --> 00:18:32,039 OF SUCH WEAPONS TO BE IMMORAL, INHUMANE, 407 00:18:32,059 --> 00:18:34,089 AND AGAINST OUR BASIC ISLAMIC BELIEFS. 408 00:18:34,109 --> 00:18:36,000 IN CONTRAST TO THE UNITED STATES, 409 00:18:36,019 --> 00:18:37,200 WHICH IS NOT MERELY THE ONLY NATION 410 00:18:37,220 --> 00:18:40,069 TO EVER EMPLOY SUCH WEAPONS-- 411 00:18:40,089 --> 00:18:41,200 TWICE-- 412 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:45,000 BUT ALSO BROUGHT THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST 413 00:18:45,019 --> 00:18:46,180 WITH THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. 414 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,099 THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT TOLERATE 415 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,210 THESE WEAPONS' FURTHER PROLIFERATION. 416 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:54,150 IT IS DISCONCERTING TO BE DICTATED TO 417 00:18:54,170 --> 00:18:57,049 BY THE ONLY TRANSGRESSOR IN HUMAN HISTORY. 418 00:18:57,069 --> 00:19:00,119 LET ME MAKE MYSELF PLAIN, MR. AMBASSADOR. 419 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:03,210 EVIDENCE THAT IRAN POSSESSES OR HAS TESTED A NUCLEAR WEAPON 420 00:19:03,230 --> 00:19:05,170 WILL BE GREETED BY THE UNITED STATES 421 00:19:05,190 --> 00:19:09,059 AS A MATTER OF GRAVEST CONSEQUENCE. 422 00:19:09,079 --> 00:19:10,140 ARE WE FINISHED? 423 00:19:17,019 --> 00:19:18,130 I KNOW WHAT TERRIFIES YOU. 424 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,230 AN ISLAMIC BOMB. 425 00:19:22,009 --> 00:19:23,180 AND I KNOW WHAT CONCERNS IRAN. 426 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,019 A JEWISH BOMB. 427 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:29,069 EINSTEIN, OPPENHEIMER, TELLER... 428 00:19:30,109 --> 00:19:32,019 THEY'RE ALL JEWISH BOMBS. 429 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,069 YOU ALRIGHT? YOU LOOK TIRED. 430 00:19:49,089 --> 00:19:50,220 I'VE BEEN TIRED FIVE YEARS. 431 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,059 TIRED... ER. 432 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:53,140 ONE OF THOSE DAYS. 433 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,230 SO I HAD THIS MEETING WITH NASA THIS MORNING. 434 00:19:56,009 --> 00:19:57,210 WHAT A WASTE, SINCE THE MOON. 435 00:19:57,230 --> 00:20:01,089 MY GENERATION NEVER GOT THE FUTURE IT WAS PROMISED. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 436 00:20:01,109 --> 00:20:04,059 35 YEARS LATER, CARS, AIR TRAVEL'S EXACTLY THE SAME. 437 00:20:04,079 --> 00:20:06,059 WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE CONCORDE ANYMORE. 438 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:07,180 TECHNOLOGY STOPPED. 439 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,089 THE PERSONAL COMPUTER. 440 00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:13,119 A MORE EFFICIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR GOSSIP AND PORNOGRAPHY. 441 00:20:13,140 --> 00:20:16,079 WHERE'S MY JET PACK, MY COLONIES ON THE MOON? 442 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,109 JUST A WASTE. 443 00:20:20,180 --> 00:20:22,200 CHRIS ALDRICH OF THE SUN WANTS TEN MINUTES, 444 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:25,019 AND DANNY CONCANON LEFT A MESSAGE. 445 00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:27,059 AND IT IS...? 446 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:29,099 I'M NOT SURE I CAN DO IT JUSTICE. 447 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:30,130 CAROL... 448 00:20:30,150 --> 00:20:31,170 OKAY, IT'S... 449 00:20:33,079 --> 00:20:35,009 "BAWK... 450 00:20:35,029 --> 00:20:36,220 "BAWK-BAWK- 451 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,039 BAWK." 452 00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:40,140 CHICKEN NOISES. 453 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,099 THIS TAYLOR REID SHOW THING. 454 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:43,200 CHICKEN OF THE WEEK. 455 00:20:43,220 --> 00:20:45,220 GET ME A COPY OF THE SHOW. 456 00:20:47,059 --> 00:20:48,140 LATEST INTEL. 457 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,039 COMBING THROUGH SPY SATELLITE DATA GOING BACK A WEEK, 458 00:20:51,059 --> 00:20:53,190 ANALYZING FOR ANY SUSPICIOUS PRESENCE IN THE BLAST ZONE. 459 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:56,000 U-2S ARE OVER IRAN AND NORTH KOREA, 460 00:20:56,019 --> 00:20:58,059 MONITORING FOR UNUSUAL ACTIVITY. 461 00:20:58,079 --> 00:20:59,200 ANY CONCLUSIONS? 462 00:20:59,220 --> 00:21:02,000 NO SMOKING GUN. 463 00:21:02,019 --> 00:21:04,109 RECOMMENDATIONS. IF IT'S NORTH KOREA. 464 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:07,039 IT'S NOT. THE CHINESE DON'T THINK SO, THE CIA. 465 00:21:07,059 --> 00:21:09,009 WE CAN'T SAY DEFINITIVELY, 466 00:21:09,029 --> 00:21:12,079 BUT NO, IT DOESN'T APPEAR LIKELY IT WAS THE KOREANS. 467 00:21:12,099 --> 00:21:13,170 President: IRAN THEN. 468 00:21:13,190 --> 00:21:16,200 GENERAL? SURGICAL AIR STRIKES ON ENRICHMENT SITES. 469 00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:18,210 WHICH ONES? ALL FIVE. 470 00:21:18,230 --> 00:21:20,049 IN FOR A PENNY. 471 00:21:20,069 --> 00:21:21,119 AND IF THEY RETALIATE? 472 00:21:21,140 --> 00:21:22,180 THEY'LL REGRET IT. 473 00:21:25,109 --> 00:21:27,109 GET THE B-2S IN THE AIR, GENERAL. 474 00:21:27,130 --> 00:21:28,160 YES, SIR. 475 00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:30,069 WE GO THE MINUTE-- 476 00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:33,049 AND I MEAN THE MINUTE WE'RE CERTAIN. THANK YOU ALL. 477 00:21:33,069 --> 00:21:34,180 all: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 478 00:21:36,170 --> 00:21:37,220 Russell: GOOD GOVERNMENT. 479 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,210 Will: CURTAILING CONGRESSIONAL JUNKETS, 480 00:21:39,230 --> 00:21:42,029 SHUTTERING ARCHAIC AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICES... 481 00:21:42,049 --> 00:21:45,029 YOU DON'T THINK I SHOULD DO IT. IT BURIES YOU IN MINUTIAE. 482 00:21:45,049 --> 00:21:49,029 THE PUBLIC'S ALL FOR IT, BUT THEY'D RATHER CHUG SEWAGE THAN HEAR ANYONE DISCUSS IT. 483 00:21:49,049 --> 00:21:51,190 YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO CHARACTERIZE JUNKETS 484 00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:53,109 AS VACATIONS AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE, 485 00:21:53,130 --> 00:21:54,200 BUT THEY SERVE A PURPOSE. 486 00:21:54,220 --> 00:21:57,019 CONTACTS GET MADE, FRANK EXCHANGES TAKE PLACE 487 00:21:57,039 --> 00:21:59,049 THAT'D NEVER HAPPEN IN THE GLARE OF WASHINGTON. 488 00:21:59,069 --> 00:22:00,160 REASON ENOUGH TO BEG OFF. 489 00:22:00,180 --> 00:22:03,000 YOU DON'T FULLY AGREE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S STANCE. 490 00:22:05,079 --> 00:22:06,099 SIR? 491 00:22:07,109 --> 00:22:08,180 WILL YOU EXCUSE ME? 492 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,220 OF COURSE, SIR. 493 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,049 ...WHEN YOU WORK FOR A MAN LIKE THE PRESIDENT, 494 00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:19,230 WHO'S GOT, WHAT I THINK YOU COULD GENEROUSLY CHARACTERIZE 495 00:22:20,009 --> 00:22:22,049 AS A CASUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUTH... 496 00:22:22,069 --> 00:22:25,160 WHEN YOUR JOB IS TO GO OUT AND BE HIS SPOKESPERSON, 497 00:22:25,180 --> 00:22:29,089 THE QUESTION THAT NATURALLY ARISES IS HOW YOU CAN JUSTIFY 498 00:22:29,109 --> 00:22:32,140 LYING FOR YOUR BOSS THE WAY C.J. CREGG HAS TO. 499 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,069 AND IF MS. CREGG ISN'T A LIAR 500 00:22:34,089 --> 00:22:36,009 THEN THE ONLY OBVIOUS CONCLUSION TO DRAW 501 00:22:36,029 --> 00:22:39,079 IS THAT SHE'S EITHER GULLIBLE, AN IDIOT, OR SO COMPLETELY 502 00:22:39,099 --> 00:22:42,099 OUT OF THE LOOP SHE SHOULDN'T BE DRAWING A SALARY. 503 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,230 I WANT TO SEE WHERE HE CALLS YOU A CHICKEN. BUT CAN WAIT. 504 00:22:46,009 --> 00:22:48,130 I WANT A PIECE OF THAT TWERP. YOU CAN'T WIN. 505 00:22:48,150 --> 00:22:50,140 I'D MOP THE FLOOR WITH HIM-- SMIRK FIRST. 506 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,150 YOU'D JUST KEEP IT ALIVE. OLD NEWSPAPER ADAGE: 507 00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:55,220 "NEVER PICK A FIGHT WITH SOMEONE WHO BUYS INK BY THE BARREL." 508 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,200 ( beeping ) 509 00:23:01,029 --> 00:23:02,049 I'VE GOT TO GO. 510 00:23:02,069 --> 00:23:03,109 SOMETHING GOING ON? 511 00:23:04,130 --> 00:23:06,039 I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING. 512 00:23:14,089 --> 00:23:15,130 ( knocking ) 513 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,069 EXCUSE ME, SIR. 514 00:23:19,089 --> 00:23:22,079 I KNOW. I'VE GOT TO GET DRESSED FOR THE HHS THING. 515 00:23:24,049 --> 00:23:26,140 MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SHOULD CANCEL. 516 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,170 IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, SIR. 517 00:23:28,190 --> 00:23:29,220 I'LL BE FINE. 518 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,089 YOU SHOULD GET SOME REST. 519 00:23:32,109 --> 00:23:34,029 I'M NOT SURE I COULD SLEEP. 520 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,039 I'M GOING TO GET DRESSED. 521 00:23:40,069 --> 00:23:41,140 YES, MR. PRESIDENT. 522 00:23:49,099 --> 00:23:50,180 YEAH. SHUT THE DOOR. 523 00:23:56,059 --> 00:23:57,190 B-2S HAVE TAKEN OFF. 524 00:23:57,210 --> 00:24:01,089 THEIR TARGETS ARE FIVE URANIUM ENRICHMENT SITES IN IRAN. 525 00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:05,079 WE'VE CONFIRMED IT WAS THEM? 526 00:24:05,099 --> 00:24:07,150 IT'S NOT A GO TILL WE'RE SURE. 527 00:24:07,170 --> 00:24:08,230 IS THIS THE ROOM? 528 00:24:09,009 --> 00:24:10,230 WHAT? WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE U.N. 529 00:24:11,009 --> 00:24:14,210 SO FAR, I'M THE ONLY ONE BRINGING IT UP. THE U.N. DOESN'T WANT THIS. 530 00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:17,109 THEY WANT TO WRING THEIR HANDS AND CENSURE US AFTER, 531 00:24:17,130 --> 00:24:21,009 BUT THEY EXPECT US TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS LIKE THIS. 532 00:24:21,029 --> 00:24:22,210 AND AFTER THEY'VE EXHAUSTED THEMSELVES 533 00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:26,009 CALLING US WARMONGERS AND IMPERIALISTS 534 00:24:26,029 --> 00:24:27,049 THEY'LL GO HOME 535 00:24:27,069 --> 00:24:29,130 AND QUIETLY DRINK TOASTS TO THEIR RELIEF. 536 00:24:29,150 --> 00:24:31,059 UNILATERAL AIR STRIKES. 537 00:24:31,079 --> 00:24:32,150 HAVE A STATEMENT READY. 538 00:24:40,109 --> 00:24:42,089 Alex: I HAVE A POLITICAL QUESTION. 539 00:24:42,109 --> 00:24:44,089 IF THE THEORY OF DEMOCRACY'S THAT PEOPLE HAVE 540 00:24:44,109 --> 00:24:46,019 THE MOST DIRECT CONNECTION TO OFFICIALS 541 00:24:46,039 --> 00:24:47,130 THROUGH THE LOCAL LEVEL, 542 00:24:47,150 --> 00:24:49,089 HOW COME EVERYONE CAN NAME THE PRESIDENT, 543 00:24:49,109 --> 00:24:51,230 BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHO THEIR ASSEMBLYMAN IS? 544 00:24:52,009 --> 00:24:55,009 COMPLACENCY-- WHO KNOWS. 545 00:24:55,029 --> 00:24:57,019 IT'S LIKE ASKING WHY THE SKY'S BLUE. 546 00:24:59,009 --> 00:25:01,049 THE COLORS THAT MAKE UP LIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS. 547 00:25:01,069 --> 00:25:04,049 THE SHORTEST WAVELENGTH, BLUE, IS THE MOST EASILY DISPERSED. 548 00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:06,039 SO WHEN SUNLIGHT HITS THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, 549 00:25:06,059 --> 00:25:07,190 BLUE'S WHAT GETS SCATTERED MOST. 550 00:25:09,220 --> 00:25:11,059 WHY THE SKY'S BLUE. 551 00:25:15,029 --> 00:25:16,160 ( phone ringing ) 552 00:25:21,069 --> 00:25:22,089 YEAH. 553 00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:26,059 CAN THIS WAIT TILL TOMORROW? 554 00:25:30,190 --> 00:25:32,049 PUT HIM ON. 555 00:25:35,170 --> 00:25:37,059 YES, MR. VICE PRESIDENT... 556 00:25:40,069 --> 00:25:41,160 Alex: THIS IS GOOD. 557 00:25:58,059 --> 00:25:59,150 UH, HERE, COULD YOU...? 558 00:25:59,170 --> 00:26:01,210 YOU WANT ME TO CARRY THAT? YES, PLEASE. 559 00:26:02,130 --> 00:26:04,069 OKAY. 560 00:26:04,089 --> 00:26:05,140 WHEN YOU SAID... 561 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,079 I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SOME BIG OBSERVATORY. 562 00:26:09,099 --> 00:26:11,009 YOU'RE NOT READY FOR THAT. 563 00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:13,039 YOU NEED TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE NINE-YEAR-OLDS 564 00:26:13,059 --> 00:26:15,089 ARE HAVING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TONIGHT. 565 00:26:16,180 --> 00:26:19,009 ARE THEY RUINING THEIR SHOES, TOO? 566 00:26:35,170 --> 00:26:38,049 AMAZING ONCE YOU GET AWAY FROM THE CITY LIGHTS. 567 00:26:38,069 --> 00:26:40,059 THERE'S ONE NAMED AFTER ME UP THERE. 568 00:26:40,079 --> 00:26:42,180 THE JOSH AND LINDA STAR. 569 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,019 THE INTERNATIONAL STAR REGISTRY. 570 00:26:45,039 --> 00:26:46,180 ROMANTIC. 571 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,000 YEAH. 572 00:26:48,019 --> 00:26:49,140 NAME SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE THERE 573 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,109 FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS AFTER TWO PEOPLE 574 00:26:51,130 --> 00:26:53,170 WHO WON'T BE SPEAKING IN SIX MONTHS. 575 00:26:55,059 --> 00:26:56,160 ALEX AND GUILLERMO. 576 00:26:57,190 --> 00:26:58,220 GUILLERMO? 577 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,039 YEAH. CHILEAN. LONG STORY. 578 00:27:01,059 --> 00:27:03,140 SEXY. PLAYER. DUMPED YOU. 579 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,019 OKAY, NOT SUCH A LONG STORY. 580 00:27:06,039 --> 00:27:07,099 GO AHEAD. 581 00:27:11,210 --> 00:27:13,150 Alex: JUPITER. 582 00:27:13,170 --> 00:27:16,140 THE DOTS ON EITHER SIDE ARE THE FOUR GALILEAN MOONS. 583 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,220 YOU'RE SEEING WHAT GALILEO SAW 400 YEARS AGO. 584 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,190 I REMEMBER STUDYING JUPITER. IT HAS 13 MOONS. 585 00:27:22,210 --> 00:27:24,099 YEAH, IT HAS 61. 586 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:25,230 ( mechanical whirring ) 587 00:27:28,009 --> 00:27:29,039 GO AHEAD. 588 00:27:33,069 --> 00:27:34,180 WOW. WHAT IS THAT? 589 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,009 THE ORION NEBULA. 590 00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:39,059 GAS AND DUST. STARS ARE BORN IN THAT. 591 00:27:39,079 --> 00:27:41,220 WELL, BORN AND DIE ACTUALLY. 592 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,160 EVERYTHING, EVERY ATOM IN OUR BODIES 593 00:27:43,180 --> 00:27:45,210 COMES FROM EXPLODING STARS. 594 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:49,049 I GUESS JONI MITCHELL WAS RIGHT. WE ARE STARDUST. 595 00:27:49,069 --> 00:27:51,210 OR PUT ANOTHER WAY, NUCLEAR WASTE. 596 00:27:57,079 --> 00:27:58,109 IS THAT...? 597 00:27:58,130 --> 00:27:59,220 MARS. 598 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,180 BECAUSE IT'S NEAR ITS CLOSEST POINT, 599 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,180 YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST LOOK ANYONE'S HAD 600 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,029 AT IT IN 60,000 YEARS. 601 00:28:17,039 --> 00:28:18,069 EVERYONE. 602 00:28:18,089 --> 00:28:19,119 ( all murmur subdued greetings ) 603 00:28:19,140 --> 00:28:20,220 ONE THING ABOUT THIS JOB-- 604 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,119 IT'S HARD TO UNOBTRUSIVELY SLIP OUT OF A PARTY. 605 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:32,170 MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU TELL EVERYONE WHAT YOU TOLD ME. 606 00:28:34,039 --> 00:28:36,200 I WAS ON A CONGRESSIONAL JUNKET TO THE MIDEAST LAST YEAR. 607 00:28:36,220 --> 00:28:39,140 WOUND UP AT A PARTY ON A BOAT CRUISING THE MEDITERRANEAN. 608 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:44,150 THE COMBINATION OF JET LAG, BOOZE, AND CHOPPY SEAS MADE SOME GUESTS SICK. 609 00:28:44,170 --> 00:28:47,150 AND AS THEY LEANED OVER THE RAIL, ONE OF OUR HIGH-LEVEL 610 00:28:47,170 --> 00:28:49,059 GOVERNMENT HOSTS CAME UP TO ME 611 00:28:49,079 --> 00:28:52,000 AND DRUNKENLY MUSED HE HOPED THEY WEREN'T PUKING 612 00:28:52,019 --> 00:28:53,190 ON ONE OF THEIR NUCLEAR SUBS. 613 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,029 HE WINKED AND LURCHED OFF. 614 00:28:56,049 --> 00:29:01,059 AND THE OFFICIAL'S COUNTRY... WAS ISRAEL. 615 00:29:01,079 --> 00:29:03,089 McNally: HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBS. 616 00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:05,029 Alexander: ISRAELI SUBS ARE DIESEL-POWERED. 617 00:29:05,049 --> 00:29:06,130 Hutchinson: GUY WAS DRUNK. 618 00:29:06,150 --> 00:29:07,160 Sliger: ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR CAPABILITY 619 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:09,140 HAS BEEN AN OPEN SECRET FOR YEARS. 620 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,130 WHY WOULD THEY PERFORM A TEST NOW? 621 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:14,069 GETTING NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON SUBMARINE-BASED MISSILES 622 00:29:14,089 --> 00:29:16,069 REQUIRES MINIATURIZATION TECHNOLOGY 623 00:29:16,089 --> 00:29:18,079 THAT COULD NEED TO BE TESTED. 624 00:29:18,099 --> 00:29:20,029 COULD... I KNOW-- 625 00:29:20,049 --> 00:29:23,130 THAT'S NOT A WORD YOU'RE FOND OF AT LANGLEY. LET THE MAN TALK. 626 00:29:23,150 --> 00:29:26,079 ISRAEL'S BEEN DEVELOPING ADVANCED FUSION-BOOSTED WEAPONS. 627 00:29:26,099 --> 00:29:29,170 THIS TECHNOLOGY IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND REQUIRES TESTING 628 00:29:29,190 --> 00:29:33,000 TO PRODUCE WARHEADS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF BEING SHRUNK TO THE SIZE 629 00:29:33,019 --> 00:29:36,079 NEEDED TO BE PLACED ON SUBMARINE-BASED CRUISE MISSILES. 630 00:29:41,230 --> 00:29:43,079 WHERE ARE THE BOMBERS, GENERAL? 631 00:29:43,099 --> 00:29:44,200 THREE HOURS OUT OF MISSOURI, SIR. 632 00:29:44,220 --> 00:29:47,170 THEY'LL BE OVER THEIR TARGETS IN IRAN IN 14 HOURS. 633 00:29:49,069 --> 00:29:52,160 TELL THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO GET HIS PRIME MINISTER ON A PLANE. 634 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:55,130 I WANT HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE BY NOON. YES, SIR. 635 00:29:55,150 --> 00:29:58,099 GENERAL, PUT A HOLD ON THE BOMBERS. YES, SIR. 636 00:29:58,119 --> 00:29:59,210 LEO, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. 637 00:29:59,230 --> 00:30:01,039 THANK YOU ALL. 638 00:30:01,059 --> 00:30:02,210 all: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 639 00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:07,019 WE'LL NEED A COVER STORY FOR THE VISIT. 640 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:08,049 BRIEF TOBY. 641 00:30:08,069 --> 00:30:10,109 HAVE HIM GET WITH C.J. RIGHT AWAY. 642 00:30:12,069 --> 00:30:13,099 THANK YOU, BOB. 643 00:30:13,119 --> 00:30:16,009 I'M, UH, I'M SURE LEO'S WONDERING HOW IT IS 644 00:30:16,029 --> 00:30:17,210 I KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT ALL THIS. 645 00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:19,089 YOU KNOW ALL HIS JOKES 646 00:30:19,109 --> 00:30:22,160 ABOUT ME BEING THE CONGRESSMAN FROM WESTERN COLORADO MINING. 647 00:30:23,140 --> 00:30:24,170 THE COLORADO PLATEAU 648 00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:26,180 IS THIS COUNTRY'S LEADING SOURCE OF URANIUM. 649 00:30:27,190 --> 00:30:29,000 GOODNIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. 650 00:30:30,029 --> 00:30:31,029 LEO. 651 00:30:58,140 --> 00:31:00,109 OKAY, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUT... 652 00:31:02,079 --> 00:31:05,099 TELL ME ABOUT GOING TO MARS. 653 00:31:05,119 --> 00:31:06,200 RIGHT HERE? 654 00:31:11,190 --> 00:31:13,140 THE PLAN IS CALLED MARS DIRECT. 655 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,049 WHAT'LL IT COST? 656 00:31:15,069 --> 00:31:17,029 $30, $40 BILLION. 657 00:31:17,049 --> 00:31:18,059 ( SCOFFS ) 658 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:19,119 OVER TEN YEARS. 659 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,170 IT'S THE COST OF ONE WEAPONS SYSTEM. 660 00:31:22,190 --> 00:31:24,079 GO ON. 661 00:31:24,099 --> 00:31:25,220 WE LAUNCH A CREW DIRECTLY THERE, 662 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,130 LIKE WE WENT TO THE MOON, 663 00:31:27,150 --> 00:31:30,190 AND USE THE RESOURCES FOUND ON MARS 664 00:31:30,210 --> 00:31:33,049 TO MAKE THE FUEL TO GET BACK. 665 00:31:33,069 --> 00:31:34,130 IS THAT DOABLE? 666 00:31:34,150 --> 00:31:36,059 IT'S 19TH CENTURY CHEMISTRY. 667 00:31:36,079 --> 00:31:38,059 IT'S ALL DOABLE NOW. 668 00:31:38,079 --> 00:31:41,140 ALL WE LACK IS THE AMBITION AND POLITICAL WILL. 669 00:31:51,069 --> 00:31:53,069 THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER IS FLYING IN TODAY 670 00:31:53,089 --> 00:31:55,109 TO DISCUSS THEIR NEW SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY. 671 00:31:55,130 --> 00:31:58,089 THE THING YOU HAD ME SHRUG OFF YESTERDAY AS A NON-STORY? 672 00:31:58,109 --> 00:31:59,160 THAT WAS YESTERDAY. 673 00:31:59,180 --> 00:32:02,150 I'M TRYING TO DECIDE IF I'M GULLIBLE, AN IDIOT, 674 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:05,140 OR JUST BEING COMPLETELY KEPT OUT OF THE LOOP. 675 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:06,170 YEAH. 676 00:32:09,140 --> 00:32:10,200 MR. VICE PRESIDENT. 677 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:13,009 I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS GOOD GOVERNMENT THING. 678 00:32:13,029 --> 00:32:14,210 YOU SHOULD SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT 679 00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:16,160 ABOUT YOUR REASONS FOR NOT GOING ALONG. 680 00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:19,079 NO, I'M GONNA DO THEIR BIDDING ON THIS. 681 00:32:19,099 --> 00:32:21,079 DUE RESPECT, IT'S NOT A SERIOUS POLICY BRIEF. 682 00:32:21,099 --> 00:32:24,140 YOU'VE TO GET THE WEST WING TO TREAT YOU WITH MORE RESPECT. 683 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,230 I'M A TEAM PLAYER. I DO WHAT'S ASKED. 684 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,039 AND, WILL, FOR THE RECORD, 685 00:32:29,059 --> 00:32:31,200 I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THE PRESIDENT'S RESPECT. 686 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,200 THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN YESTERDAY. 687 00:32:37,220 --> 00:32:40,019 DID YOU GET SOME SLEEP, SIR? NOT MUCH. 688 00:32:49,089 --> 00:32:52,170 SOME TERRIBLE CHOICES HAVE HAD TO BE MADE IN THIS ROOM, 689 00:32:52,190 --> 00:32:55,220 NONE MORE AGONIZING THAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. 690 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,049 I CAN'T IMAGINE. 691 00:32:57,069 --> 00:32:59,059 WHEN YOU SIT HERE, YOU HAVE TO. 692 00:33:02,130 --> 00:33:05,039 WOULD YOU HAVE MADE THE SAME DECISION TRUMAN MADE? 693 00:33:08,049 --> 00:33:09,130 ( SIGHS ) 694 00:33:09,150 --> 00:33:11,200 ON OKINAWA, THE JAPANESE KNEW THEY COULDN'T WIN, 695 00:33:11,220 --> 00:33:14,170 SO THEY JUST TRIED TO KILL AS MANY AMERICANS AS POSSIBLE. 696 00:33:14,190 --> 00:33:16,160 THERE WERE 110,000 JAPANESE TROOPS 697 00:33:16,180 --> 00:33:19,079 AND NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE DIED THERE, 698 00:33:19,099 --> 00:33:21,009 INCLUDING JAPANESE CIVILIANS. 699 00:33:21,029 --> 00:33:22,089 TO DEFEND JAPAN ITSELF, 700 00:33:22,109 --> 00:33:24,200 THEY'D MOBILIZED TWO AND A HALF MILLION... 701 00:33:24,220 --> 00:33:28,000 WITH A CIVILIAN MILITIA OF 30 MILLION MORE 702 00:33:28,019 --> 00:33:30,160 PRESSED INTO SERVICE JUST TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR. 703 00:33:32,109 --> 00:33:35,029 SO YOU COULD CLAIM THE BOMBINGS ACTUALLY SAVED LIVES. 704 00:33:35,049 --> 00:33:36,059 THAT'S ONE ARGUMENT. 705 00:33:36,079 --> 00:33:37,210 ANOTHER IS THAT AFTER POTSDAM 706 00:33:37,230 --> 00:33:40,059 TRUMAN WANTED STALIN TO KNOW WE HAD THE BOMB 707 00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:42,150 AND WE WERE WILLING TO USE IT. 708 00:33:42,170 --> 00:33:44,170 BUT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IT, SIR? 709 00:33:55,220 --> 00:33:56,230 DONNA! 710 00:33:58,039 --> 00:34:00,180 YES. 711 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,079 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? 712 00:34:02,099 --> 00:34:03,140 LONG ENOUGH. 713 00:34:05,049 --> 00:34:06,150 UH... 714 00:34:06,170 --> 00:34:09,039 I NEED A BREAKDOWN OF NASA FUNDING 715 00:34:09,059 --> 00:34:11,139 AS A PERCENTAGE OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 716 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:14,119 IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS STARTING IN 1969. 717 00:34:15,139 --> 00:34:17,059 HEY, YOU WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING COOL? 718 00:34:17,079 --> 00:34:19,110 VOYAGER 1 JUST CROSSED THE TERMINATION SHOCK 719 00:34:19,130 --> 00:34:21,000 EIGHT BILLION MILES AWAY. 720 00:34:21,019 --> 00:34:23,159 FIRST HUMAN-MADE OBJECT TO LEAVE THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 721 00:34:23,179 --> 00:34:27,150 FUNNY, I'M GOING THROUGH A LITTLE TERMINATION SHOCK MYSELF. WHAT? 722 00:34:27,170 --> 00:34:30,000 SUDDENLY THIS CONSUMING INTEREST IN SPACE JUST BECAUSE 723 00:34:30,019 --> 00:34:32,119 SOME NASA ADMINISTRATOR BATTED EYES AT YOU? 724 00:34:32,139 --> 00:34:34,070 YOU HATE THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THIS. 725 00:34:34,090 --> 00:34:37,219 WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST HINT? THAT'S PERFECT. SIT DOWN. 726 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,230 SIT. I NEED TO PLAY OUT AN ARGUMENT. 727 00:34:45,079 --> 00:34:46,159 EVERYONE HATES US. 728 00:34:46,179 --> 00:34:47,219 INSPIRING START. 729 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,210 WE'RE THE MOST DOMINANT NATION ON EARTH. 730 00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:53,090 BUT TOO OFTEN THE FACE OF OUR ECONOMIC SUPERIORITY 731 00:34:53,110 --> 00:34:55,019 IS A CORPORATE IMPERIALISM, 732 00:34:55,039 --> 00:34:56,179 OUR TECHNOLOGICAL DOMINANCE 733 00:34:56,199 --> 00:34:59,139 SHOWN BY SMART BOMBS AND PREDATOR DRONES. 734 00:35:00,150 --> 00:35:02,110 WE COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE. 735 00:35:02,130 --> 00:35:06,210 SOMETHING GENEROUS AND UPLIFTING FOR ALL HUMANKIND, 736 00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:09,219 WE COULD SEND THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVES FROM EARTH 737 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,099 TO WALK ON ANOTHER PLANET. 738 00:35:12,139 --> 00:35:15,099 WE COULD LAND PEOPLE ON MARS. 739 00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:22,090 NEEDS WORK. 740 00:35:22,110 --> 00:35:23,199 NEEDS SOMETHING. 741 00:35:23,219 --> 00:35:26,119 YEAH, THAT INSPIRATION THING. 742 00:35:28,190 --> 00:35:31,030 VOYAGER, IN CASE IT'S EVER ENCOUNTERED 743 00:35:31,050 --> 00:35:32,150 BY EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS, 744 00:35:32,170 --> 00:35:34,210 IS CARRYING PHOTOS OF LIFE ON EARTH, 745 00:35:34,230 --> 00:35:36,019 GREETINGS IN 55 LANGUAGES... 746 00:35:36,039 --> 00:35:37,159 PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU FOR COMING. 747 00:35:37,179 --> 00:35:39,050 ...AND A COLLECTION OF MUSIC, 748 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:42,059 FROM GREGORIAN CHANTS TO CHUCK BERRY. 749 00:35:43,139 --> 00:35:44,159 INCLUDING... 750 00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:49,130 "DARK WAS THE NIGHT, COLD WAS THE GROUND" 751 00:35:49,150 --> 00:35:52,130 BY '20S BLUESMAN BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON, 752 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:54,170 WHOSE STEPMOTHER BLINDED HIM AT SEVEN 753 00:35:54,190 --> 00:35:57,150 BY THROWING LYE IN HIS EYES AFTER HIS FATHER BEAT HER 754 00:35:57,170 --> 00:35:59,099 FOR BEING WITH ANOTHER MAN. 755 00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:03,019 HE DIED, PENNILESS, OF PNEUMONIA 756 00:36:03,039 --> 00:36:05,179 AFTER SLEEPING BUNDLED IN WET NEWSPAPERS 757 00:36:05,199 --> 00:36:08,190 IN THE RUINS OF HIS HOUSE THAT BURNED DOWN. 758 00:36:08,210 --> 00:36:11,079 BUT HIS MUSIC JUST LEFT THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 759 00:36:15,150 --> 00:36:17,139 OKAY, THAT GOT ME. 760 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,139 THANK YOU FOR COMING, MR. PRIME MINISTER. 761 00:36:26,159 --> 00:36:27,190 YOU'VE HAD A LONG FLIGHT 762 00:36:27,210 --> 00:36:30,139 AND I'VE HAD A LONG LAST DAY AND A HALF. 763 00:36:30,159 --> 00:36:31,219 LET'S NOT WASTE ANY TIME 764 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,230 WITH VEILED QUESTIONS AND COY ANSWERS. 765 00:36:35,099 --> 00:36:38,179 YOUR GOVERNMENT CONDUCTED AN ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TEST 766 00:36:38,199 --> 00:36:41,179 OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN 36 HOURS AGO. 767 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:44,179 THIS ACTION POSES ENORMOUS PROBLEMS 768 00:36:44,199 --> 00:36:46,190 FOR THE REGION, FOR THE WORLD. 769 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,039 AND FOR THE U.S. YES. 770 00:36:50,059 --> 00:36:53,010 IT UNDERCUTS OUR COUNTER PROLIFERATION POLICY 771 00:36:53,030 --> 00:36:54,230 AND MAKES US LOOK, AT BEST, BIASED 772 00:36:55,010 --> 00:36:57,110 AND AT WORST, LIKE OUTRIGHT HYPOCRITES. 773 00:36:57,130 --> 00:37:01,000 YOU DO NOT LOOK HYPOCRITICAL ESPOUSING NONPROLIFERATION 774 00:37:01,019 --> 00:37:04,090 WHILE FUNDING RESEARCH ON A NEW GENERATION 775 00:37:04,110 --> 00:37:06,170 OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR BOMBS? 776 00:37:06,190 --> 00:37:08,110 THIS IS NOT MY VIEW. 777 00:37:08,130 --> 00:37:12,110 THE U.S. IS MERELY LOOKING AFTER ITS NATIONAL INTEREST. 778 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:14,099 AS ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO DO. 779 00:37:14,119 --> 00:37:16,150 PROLIFERATION BREEDS PROLIFERATION. 780 00:37:16,170 --> 00:37:20,110 CHINA'S BOMB PRODUCED INDIA'S, INDIA'S BEGAT PAKISTAN'S. 781 00:37:20,130 --> 00:37:21,190 THE UNITED STATE'' 782 00:37:21,210 --> 00:37:26,170 IDEAL NUMBER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES IS ONE. 783 00:37:27,179 --> 00:37:30,110 NO MATTER IF IT'S MERITED OR ARROGANT, 784 00:37:30,130 --> 00:37:32,079 IT'S IRRELEVANT. 785 00:37:32,099 --> 00:37:36,139 OUR CHIEF OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ASSERTS 786 00:37:36,159 --> 00:37:40,210 THAT IF IRAN COMPLETES ITS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM 787 00:37:41,179 --> 00:37:43,050 IT WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE 788 00:37:43,070 --> 00:37:45,130 NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITHIN ONE YEAR. 789 00:37:45,150 --> 00:37:49,000 NO ONE DISPUTES ISRAEL LIVES UNDER THREAT. 790 00:37:49,019 --> 00:37:50,079 THREAT? 791 00:37:50,099 --> 00:37:53,119 WE ARE SIX MILLION SURROUNDED BY 200 MILLION 792 00:37:53,139 --> 00:37:56,000 WHO WISH US OBLITERATED. 793 00:37:56,019 --> 00:37:59,139 FOR ISRAEL, DETERRENCE IS NOT AN OPTION, BUT AN IMPERATIVE. 794 00:37:59,159 --> 00:38:03,170 THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN DETERRENCE AND PROVOCATION. 795 00:38:03,190 --> 00:38:06,039 WE MODEL OUR APPROACH ON AMERICA'S 796 00:38:06,059 --> 00:38:07,119 DURING THE COLD WAR: 797 00:38:07,139 --> 00:38:09,030 MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION. 798 00:38:09,050 --> 00:38:12,019 THERE'S A REASON ITS ACRONYM WAS MAD. 799 00:38:13,099 --> 00:38:16,190 IT SUCCEEDED ENTIRELY IN KEEPING THE WORLD SAFE. 800 00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:21,050 IRAN WILL BECOME A NUCLEAR STATE. 801 00:38:21,070 --> 00:38:24,210 I MEAN, WHAT DIFFERENCE IF IT TAKES ONE YEAR OR FIVE OR TEN? 802 00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:27,010 WHAT DIFFERENCE? WE CAN STOP THEM. 803 00:38:27,030 --> 00:38:30,030 BY FORCE, IF IT COMES TO THAT. BUT SHOULD THIS FAIL, 804 00:38:30,050 --> 00:38:33,210 ALL THAT WOULD STAND IN THE WAY OF AN IRANIAN FIRST STRIKE 805 00:38:33,230 --> 00:38:37,130 IS AN ASSURED SECOND-STRIKE CAPABILITY. 806 00:38:37,150 --> 00:38:41,150 SUBMARINES ARMED WITH NUCLEAR MISSILES. 807 00:38:41,170 --> 00:38:43,050 MR. PRESIDENT, 808 00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:47,039 THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR ISRAEL'S SURVIVAL. 809 00:38:49,070 --> 00:38:54,019 YOUR ARGUMENT BOILS DOWN TO ASKING THAT THE WORLD TRUST YOU. 810 00:38:54,039 --> 00:38:56,059 AS DOES AMERICA'S. 811 00:39:01,230 --> 00:39:03,110 IT'S TELLING THAT THE PHYSICISTS 812 00:39:03,130 --> 00:39:06,019 INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION OF THESE WEAPONS 813 00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,219 BECAME THE MOST FERVID OPPONENTS OF THEIR USE. 814 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,010 EINSTEIN, OPPENHEIMER, SZILARD. 815 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,050 HANS BETHE WROTE, 816 00:39:15,070 --> 00:39:18,019 "IF WE FIGHT A WAR AND WIN IT WITH H-BOMBS, 817 00:39:18,039 --> 00:39:19,139 "WHAT HISTORY WILL REMEMBER 818 00:39:19,159 --> 00:39:22,159 "IS NOT THE IDEALS WE WERE FIGHTING FOR, 819 00:39:22,179 --> 00:39:25,110 "BUT THE METHODS USED TO ACCOMPLISH THEM. 820 00:39:25,130 --> 00:39:27,019 "THESE METHODS WILL BE COMPARED 821 00:39:27,039 --> 00:39:29,190 "TO THE WARFARE OF GENGHIS KHAN, 822 00:39:29,210 --> 00:39:33,139 WHO BRUTALLY KILLED EVERY LAST INHABITANT OF PERSIA." 823 00:39:41,150 --> 00:39:43,030 HEY. 824 00:39:43,050 --> 00:39:44,079 IT'S OVER. 825 00:39:47,210 --> 00:39:49,090 IT WAS THE ISRAELIS. 826 00:39:51,019 --> 00:39:52,130 THE BOMBERS HAVE TURNED BACK. 827 00:39:55,030 --> 00:39:57,150 IT'S A HELL OF A DRESS REHEARSAL. 828 00:40:00,210 --> 00:40:01,230 THIS IS OUR PLAN. 829 00:40:03,099 --> 00:40:04,219 THIS IS OUR NUANCED 830 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,170 REASONED... WE BOMB, THEN THEY NUKE, 831 00:40:07,190 --> 00:40:08,210 THEN WE NUKE. 832 00:40:10,050 --> 00:40:12,150 THIS IS BEST WE'VE GAMED THIS OUT? 833 00:40:12,170 --> 00:40:15,199 THE FATE OF THE WORLD JUST HUNG ON A BINGO BOB BRAINSTORM. 834 00:40:15,219 --> 00:40:17,199 YOU WANT TO LIVE BY THOSE ODDS? 835 00:40:17,219 --> 00:40:21,030 AS OPPOSED TO SANCTIONS, INSPECTIONS 836 00:40:21,050 --> 00:40:22,230 AND NEVER-ENDING TALKS 837 00:40:23,010 --> 00:40:25,150 WHILE A HEZBOLLAH MARTYR 838 00:40:25,170 --> 00:40:27,210 LEADS A DONKEY CART PACKED WITH PLUTONIUM 839 00:40:27,230 --> 00:40:30,139 SMACK INTO DOWNTOWN TEL AVIV. 840 00:40:33,070 --> 00:40:34,119 IT'S NOT OVER. 841 00:40:36,219 --> 00:40:39,190 AND WE NEED A BETTER PLAN. 842 00:40:46,190 --> 00:40:49,000 ( doorbell rings ) 843 00:40:49,019 --> 00:40:52,010 ( "DARK WAS THE NIGHT, COLD WAS THE GROUND" PLAYS ) 844 00:41:07,130 --> 00:41:10,099 ( bottleneck guitar plays ) 845 00:41:15,150 --> 00:41:17,110 ( music continues ) 846 00:41:17,130 --> 00:41:20,090 ( humming ): ♪ HMM... HMM... ♪ 847 00:41:23,059 --> 00:41:25,190 ( music and humming continues ) 848 00:41:40,170 --> 00:41:43,159 ( spirited humming continues ) 849 00:42:13,059 --> 00:42:15,019 ( theme music )