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WWW.MY-SUBS.COM
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Alex and Ellie-Rose are serving salmon.
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So, we could do, like, a pinot gris
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or maybe just, like, a light
red, like a pinot noir, or...
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I don't know. We can go off the grid
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and do something effervescent.
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Yeah, just like you in the mornings.
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(CHUCKLES)
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Please just weigh in so
I don't have to decide.
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I will drink anything that pairs well
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with an inverted yield curve.
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(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
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Leaving finance was
the smartest thing I ever did.
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- Well, second smartest.
- Mm. Ah...
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- Coffee breath. Thank you.
- Mmm.
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(POUNDING ON DOOR)
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- Did you use the elliptical?
- Yeah.
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- Did you fix the elliptical?
- No.
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Which means 304 is about
to give you an earful
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for the unexpected wake-me-up.
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Oh, this woman is a nightmare.
Just back me up, please.
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Yeah. Right behind you.
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- Yes.
- Blake Moran?
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Yes.
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Special Agent Belstaff with the FBI.
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We have a warrant for the
search of your premises.
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- Please step back.
- Uh...
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Hey, uh, this is a
private residence, okay?
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I understand.
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Trevor, don't say anything.
Just let them do their thing.
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Russell, hi.
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Yeah, we got a, um,
little s-situation.
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The FBI is part of the DOJ,
and the DOJ
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is run by the attorney general,
who answers to POTUS, so...
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- Guys, I think...
- ...stop me if I'm missing something,
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but if A.G. Lambert
was read in on a warrant
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to raid the residence
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of the aide-de-camp of the president
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without so much as notifying her,
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- he should be shot into space.
- What you're missing
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is her internal mandate to pursue
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- the investigation wherever it leads.
- Guys, listen...
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- Hanson is setting a trap.
- MIKE: Huh.
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Referring this matter to Justice
for a concurrent investigation
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was a brilliant overreach.
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Because he knows the A.G.
has to carry water for him.
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The slightest opposition
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from the administration
will smack of obstruction.
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Which means under no circumstances
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can we move to quash the warrant.
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Except the more rope we give
Hanson, the easier it is
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- to fashion a noose.
- Guys!
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The only one being fit
for a noose here is me.
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Okay? They-they took
my phone, my laptop.
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Six years
of-of unclassified documents...
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Six years?
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What kind of
demented pack rat are you?
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Okay, look, I knew she was special
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from the minute
I started working for her.
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I-I had a front-row seat
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from day one.
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I was going to write a book
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about the secretary
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when she finished public
service, which became a book
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about the first female president.
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Which i-is now a book about
a starry-eyed kid from Newton
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who follows his dreams to Sing Sing.
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- You're not going to Sing Sing.
- MIKE: Right.
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That's a state facility.
You'll be doing federal time.
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Oh, God!
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Blake, look at me.
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Have you ever broken the law
during your government tenure?
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Absolutely not.
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Then you have no exposure.
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It's a fishing expedition.
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Nothing more.
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The question is, what
is Hanson fishing for?
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He already grilled Blake for 12 hours.
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OLIVIA: I think Blake's role
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as the president's unofficial
archivist may be an open secret,
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which is why the warrant's so broad.
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This search is a naked pretext
to breathe life
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into an investigation
that was flatlining.
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And is suddenly metastasizing.
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We walled off the president.
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But we may be past that stage now.
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I'll read her in.
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Thank you.
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(MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY)
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Mia Costello.
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- Yes?
- Jason McCord.
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I know. Hi.
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I'm sorry to bother you,
I'm just such a big fan.
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Cambridge Rubric's one
of my favorite blogs.
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- Thank you.
- You've... you got this great voice.
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You know? It's, uh, it's like
Maureen Dowd meets Ronan Farrow.
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- Red eye.
- That's nice of you to say.
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Are you okay with a little
friendly criticism?
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- Sure.
- 'Cause it's-it's quibbling, really.
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- Um...
- What?
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Your last column.
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You called my mom a "corrupt,
unqualified crypto-fascist."
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- It was an opinion piece.
- Yeah.
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And the accompanying cartoon
of her in fetish wear
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being whipped by Senator Hanson,
that was...
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- Satire.
- Satire. Yeah.
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But, you know, it could be
misconstrued by some
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as misogyny.
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Or even slander.
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You know, Jason,
your mom is a public figure.
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Yeah. And the Rubric is a
nonpartisan student publication,
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yet no other politician comes in
for this type of treatment.
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Well, no other politician
is president.
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The first female president. Hmm?
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Yeah, I think I get the drift.
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There's no drift.
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I mean, Elizabeth McCord's
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the most powerful person in the world.
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She can handle
a little incoming, so...
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BARISTA: Jason?
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- Here you go, man.
- I got to run.
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Detail gets kind of... itchy
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when I stand around, so...
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I'm looking forward
to your next issue.
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- I-It's a nonstarter.
- I'm not telling you
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- not to go to the Correspondents' Dinner.
- You're telling me
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to be pulled away five
minutes after I arrive.
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Which means you were there.
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As our dutiful White House
photographer will document.
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The dinner is a hallowed tradition.
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Presidents attend
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whether their political
fortunes are rising or falling.
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Reagan bailed.
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Because he was shot.
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Okay, you're nervous
about telling jokes anyway,
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which you should be
because you're not funny.
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- What?
- I... hmm.
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That is so not true.
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I have chops.
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Serious chops.
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And I've been working on my monologue.
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And it's actually, it's pretty good.
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Be that as it may, this dinner
is not exactly ideal timing.
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You just locked up a reporter.
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Valerie Guillen, remember?
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And pardoned her.
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Even if people aren't talking
about your predilection
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for jailing reporters,
they will be talking about
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the search warrant that was executed
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on your aide's private residence.
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Look, I'm not gonna worry about
a stunt that was engineered
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- to give a failed investigation oxygen.
- It won't play as a stunt.
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The White House press corps is
not exactly home team right now.
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It'll play as an
escalation of a news cycle
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we've been trying
to change for months.
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It'll juice impeachment talk,
cast a shadow
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of a looming constitutional crisis.
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And then there's the bad stuff.
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So it's the perfect time
to inject some levity.
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But, Bess, you're not funny.
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(LAUGHS): Well...
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- Russell.
- Mike's right. Not your strong suit.
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Listen, I think we've caught a break.
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After a month and a half
of intensive investigations
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by our intelligence services,
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we've isolated the culprits
of Iran's hack of our election.
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I'm just getting word that this
morning, a federal grand jury
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has issued indictments
of five Iranian nationals
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- Ah...
- for election interference.
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Finally. Oh, uh, Blake.
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Alerting President Shiraz's office.
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Yeah. Also, can I get the, uh...
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The full background files
on the Iranians?
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- But I'm gonna need...
- Photos as well.
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How are you doing?
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Uh, nothing to brighten your morning
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like a battalion of Feds
rifling through your underwear.
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The worst is behind you.
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Yeah. Oh.
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Underwear, behind. Nice.
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I am so gonna rock that ballroom.
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SHIRAZ: You are seeking extradition
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of Reza Mousavi,
our Quds Force commander.
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For his criminal role in masterminding
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a cyber attack
on my electoral opponent.
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Elizabeth,
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I'm an ally, not a foe.
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We have done
such important work together.
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The rapprochement between our
countries, the nuclear treaty.
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All of which you jeopardized
by tampering with our election.
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This alleged tampering...
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which we strenuously deny...
was on your behalf.
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It's perverse you would seek
to punish us for your success.
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What's perverse is assuming
that I'd endorse behavior
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merely because it benefited me.
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Interfering with our elections
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was the act of an enemy.
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That is reckless talk.
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Not as reckless as your
breach of our democracy.
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You have 48 hours to extradite
the people responsible,
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or the price that Iran pays
will grow exponentially steeper.
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Well, you cornered him.
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And cornered prey
either rolls over or...
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Or lashes out.
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We'll monitor developments.
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DMITRI: You're already dressed,
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which means you're not
coming back to bed.
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I would love to, but I am,
I'm pretty late as it is
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and I'm actually not done
with this yet, so...
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- Yeah. Sorry I kept you.
- No.
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I think we kept each other, right?
(CHUCKLES)
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Yeah, that's been happening
a lot lately, huh? (LAUGHS)
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Oy... hey.
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(LAUGHS): This is, this is important.
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- Hey. I have an idea.
- Okay.
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How about... we...
go out this evening?
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Uh, yeah, if I don't
have to work late again.
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Take a stand.
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Tell them that you're
the president's daughter.
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Are you upset?
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No, I'm... It's not you.
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It's just... we haven't
left the bedroom in weeks.
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(LAUGHS)
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Are you seriously complaining
that you're oversexed?
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No, of course not.
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I'm just beginning
to feel like a kept man.
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- Ah...
- Okay. Okay.
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Cabin fever. I get it.
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I will tell the office
that I have a hard out.
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- Good.
- Okay.
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All right, I've got
another one for you.
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Odontalgia.
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Odontalgia.
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O-D-O-N-T-A-L-G-I-A.
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Odontalgia.
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Right again.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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your national spelling bee
champion Oscar Rubis.
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- (APPLAUSE)
- Congratulations, sir.
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Very well done.
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The president and our champion
will take a few questions.
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- Madam President...
- Keira.
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President McCord, as a
CIA operative in Baghdad,
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did you order the torture
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of Safeer Al-Jamil while
he was in CIA custody?
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We're taking questions about the
administration's educational...
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STEVE: What's your
response to the allegation
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that you assaulted Philippine
President Datu Andrada
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after he made an
unwanted sexual advance?
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That's all we have for you today.
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- (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
- Thank you, everyone.
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(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
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Uh, Russell, do you have a second?
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- Not now.
- I know where they, um,
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(WHISPERS): I think I know
where they got their questions.
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Come with me.
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Subtitle sync and corrections by
awaqeded for www.MY-SUBS.com.
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The oppo was on a flash
drive given to me
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by Neal Shin from the Chronicle,
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when he shadowed you three years ago.
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In what universe is
squirreling away material
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whose only use could be
to undermine the president
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a good idea?
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Boswell here's writing a tell-all,
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- remember?
- Shin told me to keep it safe.
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That one day the secretary might
need what's on the drive.
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He meant she needed it buried at sea,
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not enshrined in your museum.
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It was in a safe.
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Ma'am, I'm really sorry.
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It's all right, Blake.
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I mean, you couldn't have
anticipated the warrant
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- or its scope.
- Yeah, or that some ally
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of Hanson's in the FBI is obviously
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leaking to the press.
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MIKE: The timing's right
out of Hanson's playbook.
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Releasing dirt just before
the Correspondents' Dinner,
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he's chumming the waters.
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Thank you, Blake.
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Yeah, thanks, Blake.
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Ma'am.
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Olivia, I want I.G. to
investigate who at Justice
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was behind the leak.
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I mean... that is a
dangerous partisan move
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for a department that is
supposed to be apolitical.
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- I'll take care of it.
- On the down low, please.
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Otherwise the president
looks like the captain
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of the Good Ship Paranoid.
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We have a massive political problem.
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Daisy's resignation was
blunting Hanson's momentum,
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but this raid jump-starts
his investigation.
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And it's the first salvo
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of a concurrent FBI inquiry
that could drag on for months.
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So now we're fighting
a two-fronted war.
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We should reach out to Hanson's camp,
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see what he wants for a truce.
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Russell, put out a feeler,
but let's keep in mind
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that a truce is not surrender.
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Well, we have a foreign
relations problem, too.
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- Shiraz might be...
- (PHONE CHIMES)
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less likely to cave
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if he thinks you're
under siege at home.
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Make that will be less likely.
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HILL: Two hours ago,
Hezbollah cells in Lebanon fired
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26 mobile-launched
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surface-to-air missiles
into Northern Israel.
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Fatalities?
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Three dead in Nahariya.
Millions of dollars in damage.
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Israel has already responded
by blowing up
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a Hezbollah radar installation
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and two suspected weapons
manufacturing sites in Dahieh.
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Well, I guess we have Iran's response
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to your ultimatum, madam.
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They're using their terrorist
proxy to attack Israel,
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sending a message that they will
drag the region into chaos
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if we don't back off
our extradition request.
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Did you reach out
to Foreign Minister Tousi?
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My Iranian counterpart
professes surprise.
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He claims Iran has no influence
over renegade cells.
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HILL: Shiraz is squeezing
you, Madam President,
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betting your domestic
distractions will weaken
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your appetite
for international conflict.
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ELIZABETH:
Well, unfortunately for him,
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I can walk and chew gum
at the same time.
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How's the rial doing, Susan?
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It's in free fall.
The Iranian economy is
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teetering on the brink of collapse.
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Reach out to the G8 members.
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I want to turn the screws,
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- step up multilateral sanctions.
- Immediately.
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And add the head
of the Revolutionary Guard
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and the Speaker of
the Iranian Parliament
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- to the SDN and Blocked Persons List.
- Yes, ma'am.
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Russell, you've got
a personal relationship
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with the Israeli prime minister.
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You tell him to keep his powder dry.
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Doron will do that for only so long.
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We're playing with fire here.
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I know.
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Coffee this late?
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You're gonna be up all night.
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- It's not coffee.
- Oh.
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It's a perfectly alkaline
chicory matcha superdrink
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with ayurvedic herbs that
Chef Cindy whipped up for me.
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Whoa. What does that taste like?
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- Despair.
- (LAUGHS)
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It's good to see you.
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- Hmm. Oh. (EXCLAIMS)
- Yeah.
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- (CHUCKLES)
- Yum.
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Yeah, I'm sorry I've
been a little scarce
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- the past few weeks.
- Well, I was young once, too.
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(CHUCKLES)
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So, how's Dmitri?
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- He's good.
- Good.
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He's great. (LAUGHS)
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Actually, can I ask you...?
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You know what, if you're too busy...
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No, I... Dish away.
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So...
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Dmitri wants to do, um,
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traditional couples stuff,
like, in public.
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- Swell.
- Yeah, except here's the thing.
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I, I was just with
Griffin. I mean, God.
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And our relationship was
all over Instagram
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and-and tabloids, and, like, what,
365
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a few weeks later I'm coming out like,
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- "Hey, here's my new..."
- What's your concern?
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I mean, judgment.
368
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What's your real concern?
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Stevie, you are the most
private of my three kids.
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And you're also the one
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who cares the least
about what other people think.
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Yeah.
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I guess it's more about what I think.
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Which is?
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That I was devastated when
this didn't work before.
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And if I commit again and we fail...
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- You'll take it even harder.
- Yeah.
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Because this time, you know,
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there's nobody to blame but me.
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Oh, sweetie.
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It's scary.
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Try terrifying.
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Love is all about...
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You have to risk everything...
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to gain everything.
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Do you think that we'll make it?
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00:16:10,359 --> 00:16:14,639
Well, I think that...
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you should take it one step at a time.
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00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,112
Go to dinner,
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00:16:21,136 --> 00:16:24,115
then come back and tell me
what real food tastes like.
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(LAUGHS)
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- I was just going to come to see you.
- (SIGHS) I was crawling
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- out of my skin. Just show me.
- Okay. This was posted
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- Don't preface, just give it to me.
- on a website of a publication
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- called the Rubric at 6:00... this morning.
- What... ooh, wait. Okay.
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00:16:39,254 --> 00:16:42,734
"A dislike of a free press seems
to run in the McCord family,
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"as first son Jason
demonstrated by confronting
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"the Rubric's editor over
a description of his mother
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"he labeled misogynistic
and slanderous,
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"then baldly suggesting
the first female president
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- deserved preferential treatment."
- Oh, come on.
402
00:16:54,169 --> 00:16:56,881
- You can take it from here.
- What... um...
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"When his charm offensive ran aground,
404
00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,218
"McCord resorted to
ham-fisted threats,
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00:17:00,242 --> 00:17:03,254
"alluding to his Secret
Service detail and their...
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- guns."
- Guns.
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00:17:04,613 --> 00:17:06,290
"The implication being
they might be deployed
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00:17:06,314 --> 00:17:08,092
"to muzzle yours truly.
After all, Jason warned,
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00:17:08,116 --> 00:17:09,927
his mother was 'the most
powerful person in the world.'"
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00:17:09,951 --> 00:17:11,963
Nearly two million retweets.
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Picked up by the AP,
foreign media, it's...
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00:17:14,923 --> 00:17:17,001
Yeah. Because I'm not already
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00:17:17,025 --> 00:17:19,303
in Dutch enough with the press corps,
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00:17:19,327 --> 00:17:21,606
who I will be schmoozing
tomorrow night.
415
00:17:21,630 --> 00:17:22,774
Yep.
416
00:17:22,798 --> 00:17:24,809
He is going to issue an apology.
417
00:17:24,833 --> 00:17:25,943
Yes, agreed.
418
00:17:25,967 --> 00:17:27,111
Then we are going to shave his head
419
00:17:27,135 --> 00:17:28,813
and ship him off to military school.
420
00:17:28,837 --> 00:17:31,082
Well, h-he's not 12,
but that is a good thought.
421
00:17:31,106 --> 00:17:33,451
Madam President, you're needed
in the Sit Room immediately.
422
00:17:33,475 --> 00:17:35,620
Okay, listen, I will have him
on the next train down here
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00:17:35,644 --> 00:17:37,370
to give us time to give him
a proper neck-wringing.
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00:17:37,394 --> 00:17:38,302
Okay.
425
00:17:38,303 --> 00:17:40,625
- You just go save the world.
- Okay, okay. Yep, yep, yep.
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00:17:40,649 --> 00:17:43,094
At 9:00 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time,
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the G8 member nations notified Tehran
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that the sanctions on the Shiraz
regime were being trebled.
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RUSSELL: Three hours later,
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the U.K.'s two largest banks
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reported data breaches
on their cloud servers.
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00:17:55,764 --> 00:17:57,942
And the London
and Frankfurt stock exchanges
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00:17:57,966 --> 00:18:01,112
just suspended trading
after their own breaches.
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00:18:01,136 --> 00:18:03,114
We confirm Iran was behind it?
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00:18:03,138 --> 00:18:04,849
WARE: We know they are.
436
00:18:04,873 --> 00:18:06,818
They have hacking mills now.
People on the job 24/7.
437
00:18:06,842 --> 00:18:09,120
HILL: And Tehran's
aggression isn't limited
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to financial markets.
439
00:18:11,246 --> 00:18:14,058
A French-flagged oil tanker
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00:18:14,082 --> 00:18:16,794
in the Strait of Hormuz
nearly capsized
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00:18:16,818 --> 00:18:18,463
after the automated ballast
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00:18:18,487 --> 00:18:20,798
control system was
remotely compromised.
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00:18:20,822 --> 00:18:25,636
And British ships in the region
are reporting problems with GPS.
444
00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:27,479
THOMPSON: Meaning traffic
through the most important
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oil-shipping route in the world
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- has come to a complete standstill.
- RUSSELL: All of which
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00:18:31,933 --> 00:18:34,412
is a prelude to an inevitable
spike in oil prices,
448
00:18:34,436 --> 00:18:35,913
which you will be blamed for.
449
00:18:35,937 --> 00:18:38,616
There is nothing subtle
about this, ma'am.
450
00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,852
Shiraz is under pressure
by the hard-liners.
451
00:18:40,876 --> 00:18:43,688
He wants to stay in power,
he has to appease them.
452
00:18:43,712 --> 00:18:48,159
So, unless we back off,
this is just the beginning.
453
00:18:48,183 --> 00:18:51,696
Well, I'll personally
reach out to our allies.
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Reinforce the coalition.
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00:18:53,221 --> 00:18:56,067
Our allies aren't going
to spend political capital
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00:18:56,091 --> 00:18:57,702
on an embattled president.
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00:18:57,726 --> 00:19:00,071
The undermining of democracy
should concern
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all free nations.
459
00:19:02,531 --> 00:19:04,075
Well, our friends
aren't as like-minded.
460
00:19:04,099 --> 00:19:06,043
And we won't be able
to exert enough pressure
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00:19:06,067 --> 00:19:10,915
on Shiraz independently to force
him to cough up the hackers.
462
00:19:10,939 --> 00:19:14,385
Then we'll go it alone.
463
00:19:14,409 --> 00:19:17,355
Ellen, have JSOC pull up
scenarios for the extraction
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00:19:17,379 --> 00:19:19,423
of the five Iranian nationals
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responsible for the attack
on our elections.
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00:19:21,449 --> 00:19:24,562
You are talking about
breaching Iranian sovereignty.
467
00:19:24,586 --> 00:19:26,898
Yes.
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00:19:26,922 --> 00:19:28,232
That is an extreme response.
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ELIZABETH: To an extreme provocation,
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which we have tried to address
diplomatically with Tehran.
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And through the use of sanctions.
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Those measures have not only failed,
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but Iran has become emboldened.
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HILL: Ma'am, I'm duty
bound to advise you
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that this could be
seen as an act of war.
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WARE: One which puts U.S.
citizens and service members
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overseas in the line of fire.
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Not to mention our allies.
479
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Does anyone here doubt that
interfering with our elections
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was an act of war?
481
00:20:04,593 --> 00:20:06,737
What we do here...
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00:20:06,761 --> 00:20:11,475
or don't do... will have consequences.
483
00:20:11,499 --> 00:20:14,512
Because America is the
bellwether for freedom.
484
00:20:14,536 --> 00:20:16,347
If we look away,
485
00:20:16,371 --> 00:20:19,757
then democracies
everywhere are at risk.
486
00:20:25,647 --> 00:20:29,566
I expect a full range of options
as soon as you gather them.
487
00:20:32,410 --> 00:20:35,489
I'm not saying "Congressman Codeine."
488
00:20:35,513 --> 00:20:37,464
Why? He's out of rehab.
489
00:20:38,350 --> 00:20:40,094
Fine. Senator Lithium?
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(SIGHS): Oh, for God...
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- I...
- Hey, Russell.
492
00:20:43,488 --> 00:20:48,502
Welcome to the laugh-free zone,
starring your headliner Mike B.
493
00:20:48,526 --> 00:20:50,171
Yeah, the gang at Cactus Norm's
494
00:20:50,195 --> 00:20:51,505
- open mic night would beg to differ.
- Uh-huh.
495
00:20:51,529 --> 00:20:53,841
By the way, two-for-one
margaritas on Sundays,
496
00:20:53,865 --> 00:20:55,343
but, uh, skip the tuna nachos.
497
00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:56,677
I think you're gonna find
498
00:20:56,701 --> 00:20:58,946
this update aggressively unfunny, too.
499
00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:02,149
I back-channeled
with Hanson's chief of staff.
500
00:21:02,173 --> 00:21:05,186
He named his price for shutting
down the investigation.
501
00:21:05,210 --> 00:21:07,088
One kidney or two?
502
00:21:07,112 --> 00:21:09,123
Oh, the whole body, I'm afraid.
503
00:21:09,147 --> 00:21:11,959
He's demanding rollbacks
on the ESI bill,
504
00:21:11,983 --> 00:21:14,662
approval rights
on all judicial nominees.
505
00:21:14,686 --> 00:21:17,098
- Well, that's sort of funny.
- Yeah, well,
506
00:21:17,122 --> 00:21:19,800
I won't even mention the raft
of anti-environment initiatives,
507
00:21:19,824 --> 00:21:22,937
corporate tax cuts, weakening
508
00:21:22,961 --> 00:21:25,373
gun control and
health care legislation,
509
00:21:25,397 --> 00:21:29,210
all of which he is
expecting you to cosign.
510
00:21:29,234 --> 00:21:32,012
If I don't?
511
00:21:32,036 --> 00:21:33,414
Well, then he and his allies
512
00:21:33,438 --> 00:21:37,151
will beat the impeachment drum
for the rest of your term.
513
00:21:37,175 --> 00:21:39,487
I agree to his demands, I'll be
functionally impeached anyway.
514
00:21:39,511 --> 00:21:40,888
It's still worth considering.
515
00:21:40,912 --> 00:21:42,890
- On what basis?
- Political winds
516
00:21:42,914 --> 00:21:46,193
can shift, leverage can change.
517
00:21:46,217 --> 00:21:48,996
Deals can be unmade.
518
00:21:49,020 --> 00:21:50,431
I have no interest in this office
519
00:21:50,455 --> 00:21:53,033
if I can't do what the
people put me here for.
520
00:21:53,057 --> 00:21:56,737
I'd rather be on the farm
in Virginia writing my memoirs.
521
00:21:56,761 --> 00:21:57,938
With all due respect, ma'am,
522
00:21:57,962 --> 00:21:59,913
that might be sooner than you think.
523
00:22:02,801 --> 00:22:05,946
I'll find time to speak
with Senator Hanson
524
00:22:05,970 --> 00:22:08,349
at the Correspondents' Dinner.
525
00:22:08,373 --> 00:22:10,851
Maybe we'll find some common ground.
526
00:22:10,875 --> 00:22:12,787
I'll pass the word.
527
00:22:12,811 --> 00:22:14,422
BLAKE (CLEARS THROAT):
Excuse me, ma'am.
528
00:22:14,446 --> 00:22:15,756
Uh, Jason is in the Residence.
529
00:22:15,780 --> 00:22:17,731
Would you like me to invite him down?
530
00:22:20,852 --> 00:22:22,329
No.
531
00:22:22,353 --> 00:22:24,665
Ask Henry to meet me there.
532
00:22:24,689 --> 00:22:26,367
Yes, ma'am.
533
00:22:26,391 --> 00:22:28,969
First off, every word I said
was taken out of context.
534
00:22:28,993 --> 00:22:30,337
Oh, a hit job, huh?
535
00:22:30,361 --> 00:22:32,740
Yeah, totally. And...
536
00:22:32,764 --> 00:22:34,742
Well, we happen to have
the piece right here,
537
00:22:34,766 --> 00:22:37,812
so we can go over the inaccuracies.
538
00:22:37,836 --> 00:22:41,248
Okay, maybe I was a tiny bit clumsy.
539
00:22:41,272 --> 00:22:44,485
Breaking a vase is clumsy, Jason.
540
00:22:44,509 --> 00:22:47,388
Accusing a female writer of misogyny
541
00:22:47,412 --> 00:22:48,989
while flagging the fact
that your detail
542
00:22:49,013 --> 00:22:51,392
is packing heat... that's just dumb.
543
00:22:51,416 --> 00:22:53,561
I was defending you.
544
00:22:53,585 --> 00:22:56,464
I know it came from a good place,
545
00:22:56,488 --> 00:23:00,234
but you don't help me by
throwing your weight around.
546
00:23:00,258 --> 00:23:02,236
And when you talk to journalists,
547
00:23:02,260 --> 00:23:05,202
your words are going
to be scrutinized.
548
00:23:05,203 --> 00:23:06,389
Real journalists
549
00:23:06,390 --> 00:23:08,368
don't tote around
Hello Kitty knapsacks.
550
00:23:08,392 --> 00:23:10,170
No, no, the blog's a farce, okay?
551
00:23:10,194 --> 00:23:11,338
I'm the victim here.
552
00:23:11,362 --> 00:23:13,707
- Oh, boy.
- See, that's just not the way
553
00:23:13,731 --> 00:23:16,201
- you want to play this, sport.
- No, everyone attacks you.
554
00:23:17,201 --> 00:23:18,178
And you just turn the other cheek.
555
00:23:18,202 --> 00:23:19,679
Don't you get sick of that?
556
00:23:19,703 --> 00:23:22,949
I don't have that luxury,
557
00:23:22,973 --> 00:23:24,751
and neither does my family.
558
00:23:24,775 --> 00:23:27,954
And I'm sorry, but
that's the way it is.
559
00:23:27,978 --> 00:23:31,364
Okay. I...
560
00:23:33,484 --> 00:23:35,228
Lesson learned. Are we done here?
561
00:23:35,252 --> 00:23:38,298
We are, but you're not.
562
00:23:38,322 --> 00:23:39,966
A full-throated apology
563
00:23:39,990 --> 00:23:41,735
posted online before
the Correspondents' Dinner,
564
00:23:41,759 --> 00:23:44,971
uh, by, let's say, noon.
565
00:23:44,995 --> 00:23:46,840
Tomorrow.
566
00:23:46,864 --> 00:23:49,676
Okay. Yeah. I can,
I'll mock up a clarification.
567
00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:51,378
ELIZABETH AND HENRY: Apology.
- Okay, fine.
568
00:23:51,402 --> 00:23:52,579
DMITRI: Isn't this nice?
569
00:23:52,603 --> 00:23:55,548
- Mm-hmm.
- Beautiful evening.
570
00:23:55,572 --> 00:23:57,790
- You, me.
- Mm-hmm.
571
00:23:59,677 --> 00:24:02,122
Four people licensed to kill.
572
00:24:02,146 --> 00:24:05,992
Well, a table for six
is my new normal.
573
00:24:06,016 --> 00:24:09,195
I've never had a normal,
except for you.
574
00:24:09,219 --> 00:24:11,097
Aw.
- WOMAN: Oh, it's the president's daughter.
575
00:24:11,121 --> 00:24:14,934
Oh, okay. Uh, here, let's sit down.
576
00:24:14,958 --> 00:24:17,643
(CLEARS THROAT)
577
00:24:19,863 --> 00:24:22,509
You're nervous.
578
00:24:22,533 --> 00:24:24,010
(CLEARS THROAT)
579
00:24:24,034 --> 00:24:26,880
- Yeah.
- About being seen with me?
580
00:24:26,904 --> 00:24:28,181
No.
581
00:24:28,205 --> 00:24:31,251
Um, it's just that,
582
00:24:31,275 --> 00:24:33,086
if we're a couple,
583
00:24:33,110 --> 00:24:36,723
then we are official,
and if we're official,
584
00:24:36,747 --> 00:24:40,226
don't know, my mind goes places.
585
00:24:40,250 --> 00:24:41,761
I'll never hurt you again.
586
00:24:41,785 --> 00:24:44,097
You can't promise that.
587
00:24:44,121 --> 00:24:46,733
- I'll never hurt you intentionally.
- (LAUGHS) Gee.
588
00:24:46,757 --> 00:24:49,602
You really know how
to sweet-talk a gal.
589
00:24:49,626 --> 00:24:50,637
(BOTH LAUGH)
590
00:24:50,661 --> 00:24:51,938
Look, it's the best I can do.
591
00:24:51,962 --> 00:24:55,275
Some things are out of our control.
592
00:24:55,299 --> 00:24:56,543
Yeah.
593
00:24:56,567 --> 00:24:58,545
I just can't do this again.
594
00:24:58,569 --> 00:25:00,814
Like, go all in, and then
595
00:25:00,838 --> 00:25:04,317
maybe one day I'll-I'll
wake up and you'll be gone
596
00:25:04,341 --> 00:25:08,054
because you have this secret
life that you can't outrun.
597
00:25:08,078 --> 00:25:10,957
Look, there's no more secrets
and there's no more running.
598
00:25:10,981 --> 00:25:13,626
All I can promise you is this:
599
00:25:13,650 --> 00:25:15,929
I'm not leaving again,
600
00:25:15,953 --> 00:25:20,200
not unless I'm dragged away,
kicking and screaming.
601
00:25:20,224 --> 00:25:23,570
So we leave the rest up to fate?
602
00:25:23,594 --> 00:25:24,738
No.
603
00:25:24,762 --> 00:25:28,908
I don't trust fate.
604
00:25:28,932 --> 00:25:31,083
I trust you.
605
00:25:33,036 --> 00:25:35,315
Okay.
606
00:25:35,339 --> 00:25:36,816
HENRY: So how go the jokes?
607
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,987
Six comedy writers,
three speechwriters,
608
00:25:41,011 --> 00:25:43,289
endless edits by Mike B.,
609
00:25:43,313 --> 00:25:44,724
and it still needs a punch-up.
610
00:25:44,748 --> 00:25:46,593
You're gonna be great.
611
00:25:46,617 --> 00:25:49,596
What I need is a time machine,
so I can
612
00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:51,331
go back and fix things.
613
00:25:51,355 --> 00:25:53,800
These investigations
aren't going anywhere.
614
00:25:53,824 --> 00:25:54,968
Nope.
615
00:25:54,992 --> 00:25:57,170
Maybe my presidency is.
616
00:25:57,194 --> 00:26:00,279
- Babe, don't.
- I'm just being realistic.
617
00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:07,347
Been thinking a lot
about the fate of pioneers.
618
00:26:07,371 --> 00:26:08,815
Well, you're certainly one of them.
619
00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:11,651
Yeah. You know what
pioneers get to accomplish?
620
00:26:11,675 --> 00:26:14,687
Being first. That's it.
621
00:26:14,711 --> 00:26:15,855
Some accomplished more than that.
622
00:26:15,879 --> 00:26:17,190
Not the ones that matter.
623
00:26:17,214 --> 00:26:19,993
Susan B. Anthony paved the way
for women's suffrage
624
00:26:20,017 --> 00:26:22,695
but died 15 years
before women got to vote.
625
00:26:22,719 --> 00:26:25,532
And Martin Luther King
fought for equality
626
00:26:25,556 --> 00:26:29,435
but didn't live to see
many of his dreams fulfilled.
627
00:26:29,459 --> 00:26:32,172
People who provide the spark
628
00:26:32,196 --> 00:26:34,340
don't often get to sit by the fire.
629
00:26:34,364 --> 00:26:36,376
Maybe
630
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,279
the country just wasn't ready
631
00:26:39,303 --> 00:26:41,454
for the first female president.
632
00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:48,154
Or maybe all this is just
inevitable tectonic shifts.
633
00:26:48,178 --> 00:26:50,390
The earth realigning itself.
634
00:26:50,414 --> 00:26:53,193
Or opening up to swallow me whole.
635
00:26:53,217 --> 00:26:55,368
You're gonna get through this.
636
00:26:58,055 --> 00:27:00,166
What if I don't?
637
00:27:00,190 --> 00:27:02,335
Well, then you'll have
a burgeoning comedy career
638
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,704
to fall back on.
639
00:27:04,728 --> 00:27:07,740
Maybe I'll just fall back on you.
640
00:27:07,764 --> 00:27:10,916
Well, that works, too. (CHUCKLES)
641
00:27:13,303 --> 00:27:16,015
WARE: Iran's cyber force
642
00:27:16,039 --> 00:27:18,384
is a decentralized
confederation of hackers,
643
00:27:18,408 --> 00:27:20,587
but our intel confirms
644
00:27:20,611 --> 00:27:23,857
there's nothing random about the
dispersion of our five targets.
645
00:27:23,881 --> 00:27:25,358
Tabriz, Mashhad,
646
00:27:25,382 --> 00:27:28,361
Zahedan, and Bushehr.
647
00:27:28,385 --> 00:27:30,897
- The four corners of the country.
- And Reza Mousavi,
648
00:27:30,921 --> 00:27:32,632
the crown jewel,
649
00:27:32,656 --> 00:27:34,734
is in Tehran.
650
00:27:34,758 --> 00:27:36,102
Our range of options, unfortunately,
651
00:27:36,126 --> 00:27:37,804
has boiled down to one.
652
00:27:37,828 --> 00:27:39,772
We would have to have
a full-scale invasion
653
00:27:39,796 --> 00:27:41,374
to extract all the targets.
654
00:27:41,398 --> 00:27:45,111
Which sets the stage for a long
and costly occupation.
655
00:27:45,135 --> 00:27:46,845
- ELIZABETH: Another Iraq.
- Yes, ma'am.
656
00:27:48,772 --> 00:27:52,886
Well, if we can't get into Iran,
657
00:27:52,910 --> 00:27:55,288
maybe we can get the targets out,
658
00:27:55,312 --> 00:27:56,923
at least Mousavi.
659
00:27:56,947 --> 00:27:59,092
- Ma'am?
- Well, do we have any
660
00:27:59,116 --> 00:28:02,428
- high-ranking assets left in Hezbollah?
- We do.
661
00:28:02,452 --> 00:28:06,399
Someone who could draw Mousavi
out so he's a soft target?
662
00:28:06,423 --> 00:28:10,403
Our agent would have to dangle
the promise of a package
663
00:28:10,427 --> 00:28:13,640
so sensitive, it could
only be passed in person.
664
00:28:13,664 --> 00:28:16,576
And we'd have to burn him.
665
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,311
But it can be done.
666
00:28:18,335 --> 00:28:20,313
Theoretically.
667
00:28:20,337 --> 00:28:21,581
But what about the
other four suspects?
668
00:28:21,605 --> 00:28:24,317
Well, I'm willing to trade
669
00:28:24,341 --> 00:28:26,286
the head of the snake
for the rest of its body.
670
00:28:26,310 --> 00:28:30,523
HUMINT says Mousavi's in line
for a big promotion,
671
00:28:30,547 --> 00:28:33,126
maybe as soon as tomorrow.
672
00:28:33,150 --> 00:28:35,028
Shiraz keeps his inner circle
a stone's throw away,
673
00:28:35,052 --> 00:28:37,864
- under heavy guard.
- It'll be a high-risk op.
674
00:28:37,888 --> 00:28:39,299
Well, then there's no time to waste.
675
00:28:39,323 --> 00:28:40,934
WARE: And if it fails,
676
00:28:40,958 --> 00:28:42,702
there will be American fatalities.
677
00:28:42,726 --> 00:28:44,170
And fallout.
678
00:28:44,194 --> 00:28:46,372
Just ask Carter the cost
679
00:28:46,396 --> 00:28:47,807
of botched Iranian missions.
680
00:28:47,831 --> 00:28:49,676
And even if this goes off
without a hitch,
681
00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:54,013
your political enemies will
accuse you of wagging the dog.
682
00:28:54,037 --> 00:28:55,181
Even if you win,
683
00:28:55,205 --> 00:28:58,451
- you'll lose.
- Yeah.
684
00:28:58,475 --> 00:29:01,688
Yup. I want Mousavi on
American soil to face justice.
685
00:29:01,712 --> 00:29:02,956
I'll deal with the rest later.
686
00:29:02,980 --> 00:29:05,030
- Set it up.
- Yes, Madam President.
687
00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:12,275
Hey, Russell, Mousavi
is happily ensconced
688
00:29:12,276 --> 00:29:15,088
at a baccarat table
at the Casino de la Falaise.
689
00:29:15,112 --> 00:29:19,592
It's some luxury seaside resort
just south of Beirut.
690
00:29:19,616 --> 00:29:23,229
There's a joint HRT/SEAL Team
task force ready to grab him up.
691
00:29:23,253 --> 00:29:25,165
Okay. Bye.
692
00:29:25,189 --> 00:29:26,818
So, what's the pretext?
693
00:29:26,819 --> 00:29:29,066
A stolen workup on the vulnerabilities
694
00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:30,578
of our electrical grids.
695
00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:32,580
- Have you read in President Bashar?
- No.
696
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:35,549
His loyalties are divided.
697
00:29:35,573 --> 00:29:37,985
Besides, it's easier to ask
forgiveness than permission.
698
00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:41,088
Speaking of forgiveness,
Madam President, Dr. McCord,
699
00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:43,357
Jason posted,
700
00:29:43,381 --> 00:29:45,292
uh, an apology on social media.
701
00:29:45,316 --> 00:29:47,128
Do we want to see it?
702
00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:48,295
Uh, in ten years.
703
00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:50,037
(GROANS)
704
00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:54,702
JASON (OVER VIDEO): Um, some of you
705
00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:58,172
may have seen a piece on me
in The Cambridge Rubric
706
00:29:58,196 --> 00:30:00,641
discussing my interaction
with a college journalist,
707
00:30:00,665 --> 00:30:01,976
and I would like
708
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,444
to address the matter.
709
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:06,113
Um, I'm sorry for what happened.
710
00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:07,915
An auspicious enough start.
711
00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:09,083
I'm sorry I disrespected
712
00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:13,220
the serious field
of college journalism.
713
00:30:13,244 --> 00:30:16,290
And I'm sorry I failed
to recognize that the press
714
00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,893
should be free to vilify
our leaders without consequence.
715
00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:21,629
Oh, less auspicious.
716
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,264
And I was wrong to defend my mother
717
00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:24,799
because she has been treated so fairly
718
00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:26,567
by journalists
719
00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:28,903
and by the Senate
Intelligence Committee
720
00:30:28,927 --> 00:30:30,571
and by conservative critics who have
721
00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:33,307
embraced her as the
female president that they've
722
00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:35,976
- always been longing for.
- No, no, no...
723
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,679
And I hope one day to display
the ethics and decorum
724
00:30:38,703 --> 00:30:42,516
so regularly evidenced
by our woke media
725
00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:46,020
'cause it's what they deserve.
Jason out.
726
00:30:46,044 --> 00:30:47,688
Yeah.
727
00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:51,025
Well, it was, technically, an apology.
728
00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:52,793
So how do you want to handle it?
729
00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:54,334
I don't.
730
00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:57,732
You're both gonna get hammered.
731
00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,366
Well, I'm used to it.
732
00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:02,436
Maybe he'll learn something
about consequences
733
00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:06,207
- and how to talk to people.
- Speaking of which,
734
00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:08,075
have you decided what
you're gonna say to Hanson?
735
00:31:08,099 --> 00:31:09,877
Yeah. Am I sure
736
00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:12,279
it's the right thing to do?
737
00:31:12,303 --> 00:31:16,283
Well, that's a whole different animal.
738
00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:18,853
MIKE: Why do they call these
stupid things monkey suits?
739
00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:21,589
No self-respecting simian would
be caught dead in one of them.
740
00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:23,023
I thought you liked galas.
741
00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:24,458
Only when I'm trolling for business.
742
00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:27,228
This place is like a casting
call for The Walking Dead.
743
00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:28,596
Where's the president?
744
00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:32,366
Uh, discussing free trade
with, uh, Secretary Barnum.
745
00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:35,876
- Tell her the senator's ready.
- Will do.
746
00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:39,140
ELIZABETH: Cynthia.
747
00:31:39,164 --> 00:31:40,541
PAUL: Great to see you.
- ELIZABETH: Hey, Paul.
748
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:41,742
HENRY: Cynthia, how are you?
- CYNTHIA: Henry.
749
00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:43,344
- Oh, so good to see you.
- HENRY: Hey, Paul.
750
00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:45,720
And my dress is biodegradable,
in honor of your ESI bill.
751
00:31:45,744 --> 00:31:46,692
Oh, come on.
752
00:31:46,693 --> 00:31:49,216
That's fantastic. You know
what else is biodegradable?
753
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,419
French fries, truffles,
mac and cheese.
754
00:31:52,443 --> 00:31:53,921
I'm actually just eating
755
00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:55,656
for the environment tonight.
756
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,292
- Really good to see you both.
- Good to see you. Take care.
757
00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:00,928
- Hey, guys. Hi.
- Hi. Mom, Dad.
758
00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:02,163
Oh. Sorry. Uh, this is Shasta.
759
00:32:02,187 --> 00:32:04,598
Yeah, hi, Shasta.
It is an honor to meet you,
760
00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:05,866
Mr. and Mrs. President.
761
00:32:05,890 --> 00:32:07,935
Yeah, that's not...
that's not how that...
762
00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:10,104
- My-my mom...
- This is huge. I...
763
00:32:10,128 --> 00:32:12,673
Just go and have fun.
Just don't worry.
764
00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:14,133
- We'll see you at the table.
- Hi. Uh,
765
00:32:14,157 --> 00:32:15,176
- Madam President?
- Yes?
766
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,584
Uh, Senator Hanson is ready for you.
767
00:32:20,038 --> 00:32:22,122
Good luck.
768
00:32:35,653 --> 00:32:39,266
- Madam President.
- Senator.
769
00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:41,235
I hope you're enjoying your evening.
770
00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:43,944
Well, so far, so good.
771
00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:47,074
Have you considered my offer?
772
00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:50,010
I have. At some length.
773
00:32:50,034 --> 00:32:52,146
Before I respond to it,
774
00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:55,983
I-I do want to acknowledge something.
775
00:32:56,007 --> 00:32:57,718
I have made mistakes.
776
00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:00,020
I can be too single-minded
777
00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:02,790
in my pursuit of progress.
778
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:06,227
Not solicitous enough
of opposing viewpoints.
779
00:33:06,251 --> 00:33:07,561
And the charge
780
00:33:07,585 --> 00:33:10,865
that I haven't always been
quick to compromise...
781
00:33:10,889 --> 00:33:13,500
well, that hits the mark, too.
782
00:33:13,524 --> 00:33:14,735
Well said.
783
00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:18,105
Compromise is the key
to effective leadership.
784
00:33:18,129 --> 00:33:22,843
- It is.
- But here's the thing, Senator.
785
00:33:22,867 --> 00:33:26,046
You don't want compromise.
786
00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:29,617
You want my complete
and unconditional surrender
787
00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:32,519
- to your demands.
- That's a bit over the top,
788
00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:35,222
- don't you think?
- No.
789
00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:40,127
What's over the top is months
of hearings engineered only
790
00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:42,296
to further your boundless ambition.
791
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:46,967
The relentless persecution
of my staff, the most devoted
792
00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:50,504
and selfless public servants
I have ever had the privilege
793
00:33:50,528 --> 00:33:52,806
of serving with.
794
00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:54,575
You're a cheap
shakedown artist, Senator.
795
00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:58,078
And I am not willing
to sell out my agenda
796
00:33:58,102 --> 00:34:00,214
to sit in the Oval and take orders
797
00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:03,684
from a partisan hack,
who puts his own self-interest
798
00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:05,286
before the national good.
799
00:34:05,310 --> 00:34:09,523
I'm gonna continue serving
the American people.
800
00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:12,826
You're just gonna have
to try and stop me.
801
00:34:12,850 --> 00:34:16,230
When the end comes, and it will, soon,
802
00:34:16,254 --> 00:34:18,939
remember I gave you
a chance, Elizabeth.
803
00:34:19,824 --> 00:34:23,944
It's Madam President.
You remember that.
804
00:34:33,161 --> 00:34:35,948
- Um, this is my date Shasta.
- Hi. Nice to meet you.
805
00:34:35,949 --> 00:34:38,695
...drivers here this evening.
Please feel free to drink up.
806
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,297
- (CHEERING)
- Yep, the administration
807
00:34:41,321 --> 00:34:44,968
has graciously arranged
for free rides home
808
00:34:44,992 --> 00:34:47,437
care of the U.S. Marshals Service.
809
00:34:47,461 --> 00:34:49,105
- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
- So buckle up, guys!
810
00:34:49,129 --> 00:34:50,974
Here we go.
811
00:34:50,998 --> 00:34:52,542
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
812
00:34:52,566 --> 00:34:54,777
Speaking of McCords
who hate the media,
813
00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:56,379
there is the president's son Jason.
814
00:34:56,403 --> 00:34:58,314
Hello, Jason, it's great to see you.
815
00:34:58,338 --> 00:35:00,450
Uh, Jason is now
816
00:35:00,474 --> 00:35:01,818
a college junior.
817
00:35:01,842 --> 00:35:03,553
He is majoring in affluenza
818
00:35:03,577 --> 00:35:06,723
and minoring in celibacy.
819
00:35:06,747 --> 00:35:08,625
- (LAUGHTER)
- Jason, uh, does intend
820
00:35:08,649 --> 00:35:10,560
- to follow in his mom's footsteps.
- Extraction team is in place.
821
00:35:10,584 --> 00:35:12,095
- It's awaiting your okay.
- He hopes to enter
822
00:35:12,119 --> 00:35:13,930
- the political arena...
- They have it.
823
00:35:13,954 --> 00:35:14,931
...as the subject
824
00:35:14,955 --> 00:35:17,533
of simultaneous
federal investigations.
825
00:35:17,557 --> 00:35:20,536
No, seriously, don't worry,
Jason, in ten years
826
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,906
no one will remember how you
publicly humiliated yourself.
827
00:35:23,930 --> 00:35:26,909
I, I do think I speak
for everyone here tonight
828
00:35:26,933 --> 00:35:29,145
when I say,
thank God for the Internet.
829
00:35:29,169 --> 00:35:30,613
(LAUGHTER)
830
00:35:30,637 --> 00:35:32,115
Can we switch seats?
831
00:35:32,139 --> 00:35:33,616
EMCEE: Our president
832
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,552
is a woman of conviction.
833
00:35:36,576 --> 00:35:38,087
Or soon will be.
834
00:35:38,111 --> 00:35:39,589
- Um...
- (LAUGHTER AND GROANING)
835
00:35:39,613 --> 00:35:41,591
But she is a good sport,
836
00:35:41,615 --> 00:35:45,595
and now I'm gonna give her
the chance to take a few shots
837
00:35:45,619 --> 00:35:47,163
at all of us.
838
00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:50,767
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
839
00:35:50,791 --> 00:35:53,609
President Elizabeth McCord!
840
00:35:59,299 --> 00:36:00,916
ELIZABETH: Thank you.
841
00:36:02,769 --> 00:36:04,314
Good evening.
842
00:36:04,338 --> 00:36:06,249
Traditionally,
843
00:36:06,273 --> 00:36:08,918
this is a night for humor,
844
00:36:08,942 --> 00:36:10,553
but some people in my administration
845
00:36:10,577 --> 00:36:12,855
have informed me that I am not funny.
846
00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:14,324
(LAUGHTER)
847
00:36:14,348 --> 00:36:18,194
I will miss all of them dearly.
848
00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,436
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
849
00:36:21,321 --> 00:36:22,598
Yet while it pains me
850
00:36:22,622 --> 00:36:25,702
to say this, these people were right.
851
00:36:25,726 --> 00:36:28,171
Truth is, I'm not that funny,
852
00:36:28,195 --> 00:36:30,340
and sometimes the truth hurts
853
00:36:30,364 --> 00:36:33,042
and it isn't what we want to hear.
854
00:36:33,066 --> 00:36:35,178
- (KNOCK ON DOOR)
- But truth is the fabric
855
00:36:35,202 --> 00:36:37,613
- that binds society together.
- (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
856
00:36:37,637 --> 00:36:40,149
What makes our government work.
857
00:36:40,173 --> 00:36:42,919
What gives people trust
in their leaders.
858
00:36:42,943 --> 00:36:44,620
And no one
859
00:36:44,644 --> 00:36:48,725
is a more important defender
of the truth
860
00:36:48,749 --> 00:36:50,193
than the people in this room.
861
00:36:50,217 --> 00:36:53,396
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
862
00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:54,797
What you do
863
00:36:54,821 --> 00:36:56,632
is serious,
864
00:36:56,656 --> 00:37:00,036
and it is important and as critical
865
00:37:00,060 --> 00:37:02,839
to our liberty as the work
of any branch of government.
866
00:37:02,863 --> 00:37:05,341
The people in this room have
867
00:37:05,365 --> 00:37:08,077
the unassailable right to document,
868
00:37:08,101 --> 00:37:11,681
to editorialize, to
criticize, and to do so
869
00:37:11,705 --> 00:37:14,117
without fear of reprisal.
870
00:37:14,141 --> 00:37:17,253
- WOMAN: Yeah!
- (APPLAUSE)
871
00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:21,427
Because without a free press,
truth is not reported,
872
00:37:21,428 --> 00:37:23,974
power is not held accountable,
873
00:37:23,998 --> 00:37:26,376
and democracy cannot survive.
874
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,645
The founders had the wisdom
875
00:37:28,669 --> 00:37:31,081
to understand this and to enshrine
876
00:37:31,105 --> 00:37:33,383
this understanding in our holiest
877
00:37:33,407 --> 00:37:35,158
of civic documents.
878
00:37:36,010 --> 00:37:38,221
Congress shall make no law
879
00:37:38,245 --> 00:37:40,256
abridging the freedom of the press.
880
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,632
(CHEERING)
881
00:37:44,752 --> 00:37:47,564
So says the First Amendment,
882
00:37:47,588 --> 00:37:48,832
the elemental freedom
883
00:37:48,856 --> 00:37:52,602
without which all other
freedoms are imperiled.
884
00:37:52,626 --> 00:37:55,071
May we all cherish
885
00:37:55,095 --> 00:37:57,540
the freedom that we honor tonight
886
00:37:57,564 --> 00:37:59,843
and protect it.
887
00:37:59,867 --> 00:38:02,579
Thank you. You're all under arrest.
888
00:38:02,603 --> 00:38:05,582
(LAUGHTER)
889
00:38:05,606 --> 00:38:07,256
(CHEERING)
890
00:38:14,114 --> 00:38:17,327
HANSON: Fellow members,
it is my solemn duty
891
00:38:17,351 --> 00:38:20,096
to update you on the fruits
of my committee's investigation.
892
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,232
What began as a targeted inquiry...
893
00:38:22,256 --> 00:38:24,334
He's not wasting any time.
894
00:38:24,358 --> 00:38:26,469
Hanson's addressing the full Senate.
895
00:38:26,493 --> 00:38:29,205
At least he's finally putting
all of his cards on the table.
896
00:38:29,229 --> 00:38:31,241
Let's see what kind of hand he has.
897
00:38:31,265 --> 00:38:33,443
...by President McCord's own FBI.
898
00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:34,978
And while the shameless obstruction
899
00:38:35,002 --> 00:38:36,382
of President McCord's staff
900
00:38:36,383 --> 00:38:39,428
means my committee's work
is still ongoing,
901
00:38:39,452 --> 00:38:41,597
I can say with confidence
that we have uncovered
902
00:38:41,621 --> 00:38:42,899
a pervasive pattern
903
00:38:42,923 --> 00:38:45,501
of secrecy and corruption
in the White House,
904
00:38:45,525 --> 00:38:47,837
contempt for truth and transparency
905
00:38:47,861 --> 00:38:49,972
coordinated by President McCord
906
00:38:49,996 --> 00:38:53,849
that should trouble every American.
907
00:38:54,701 --> 00:38:56,812
The evidence is overwhelming
908
00:38:56,836 --> 00:38:58,247
and irrefutable.
909
00:38:58,271 --> 00:38:59,815
Her former press secretary
910
00:38:59,839 --> 00:39:02,285
Daisy Grant fired
for concealing her receipt
911
00:39:02,309 --> 00:39:03,653
of hacked election materials
912
00:39:03,677 --> 00:39:06,188
from Iranian asset Claudine Bernard.
913
00:39:06,212 --> 00:39:09,458
Her closest aide Blake Moran
caught in a scheme
914
00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:12,395
he and the president's own
daughter executed to circumvent
915
00:39:12,419 --> 00:39:15,665
campaign finance
disclosure requirements.
916
00:39:15,689 --> 00:39:17,800
Her longtime fixer and bagman
Mike Barnow
917
00:39:17,824 --> 00:39:20,102
implicated in covering up
the suspicious death
918
00:39:20,126 --> 00:39:21,871
of a government official.
919
00:39:21,895 --> 00:39:24,941
In every instance
President McCord's reward
920
00:39:24,965 --> 00:39:27,677
for these acts of malfeasance?
921
00:39:27,701 --> 00:39:31,681
A high-ranking job in the White House.
922
00:39:31,705 --> 00:39:35,751
It pains me to say this culture
of corruption and self-dealing
923
00:39:35,775 --> 00:39:39,121
extends to the president's own family.
924
00:39:39,145 --> 00:39:41,490
To her husband,
who has ironically been gifted
925
00:39:41,514 --> 00:39:44,126
the role of ethics czar
in her administration.
926
00:39:44,150 --> 00:39:46,128
To her daughter, who was brazenly seen
927
00:39:46,152 --> 00:39:48,397
in the company
of former spy Dmitri Petrov
928
00:39:48,421 --> 00:39:49,932
at last night's
Correspondents' Dinner.
929
00:39:49,956 --> 00:39:53,269
Mr. Petrov's presence
was made possible
930
00:39:53,293 --> 00:39:56,005
because the administration
negotiated an amnesty deal
931
00:39:56,029 --> 00:39:57,740
with Russia that greased his return,
932
00:39:57,764 --> 00:39:59,075
apparently so the president
933
00:39:59,099 --> 00:40:01,250
could facilitate her daughter's...
934
00:40:02,602 --> 00:40:04,580
...romantic yearnings.
935
00:40:04,604 --> 00:40:07,550
- And still there's more.
- That son of a bitch.
936
00:40:07,574 --> 00:40:08,818
The recent revelations
937
00:40:08,842 --> 00:40:10,686
that then Secretary of State McCord
938
00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:12,755
assaulted a foreign leader
939
00:40:12,779 --> 00:40:14,156
and concealed it.
940
00:40:14,180 --> 00:40:17,259
That as a rogue agent,
she authorized the torture...
941
00:40:17,283 --> 00:40:21,097
the torture...
of a suspected terrorist.
942
00:40:21,121 --> 00:40:24,900
In the wake of this accumulation
of damning evidence,
943
00:40:24,924 --> 00:40:27,970
how does President McCord respond?
944
00:40:27,994 --> 00:40:30,006
By trying to distract the public
945
00:40:30,030 --> 00:40:32,842
with a sensational mission
946
00:40:32,866 --> 00:40:36,145
to kidnap a member
of Iran's Revolutionary Guard,
947
00:40:36,169 --> 00:40:37,913
a desperate act of adventurism
948
00:40:37,937 --> 00:40:40,249
to convince us she is not in league
949
00:40:40,273 --> 00:40:43,452
with the country
that facilitated her election.
950
00:40:43,476 --> 00:40:45,788
Where does this lawlessness end?
951
00:40:45,812 --> 00:40:47,423
(SENATORS MURMURING)
952
00:40:47,447 --> 00:40:50,092
With accountability.
953
00:40:50,116 --> 00:40:52,261
Which is why I have referred
the work product
954
00:40:52,285 --> 00:40:54,664
of this investigation
to Representative Canning
955
00:40:54,688 --> 00:40:57,767
of the House Judiciary Committee
956
00:40:57,791 --> 00:41:01,170
for proceedings consistent
with their charter.
957
00:41:01,194 --> 00:41:03,606
"Consistent with their charter."
Oh, my God.
958
00:41:03,630 --> 00:41:05,274
Impeachment. It's beginning.
959
00:41:05,298 --> 00:41:07,643
All right, here we go.
960
00:41:07,667 --> 00:41:09,211
We need to war game this.
961
00:41:09,235 --> 00:41:11,280
Let's, uh, let's grab Olivia.
962
00:41:11,304 --> 00:41:13,849
Hunker down with our allies.
Start deploying them.
963
00:41:13,873 --> 00:41:16,786
A media onslaught.
Print, broadcast, digital.
964
00:41:16,810 --> 00:41:18,788
Guys.
965
00:41:18,812 --> 00:41:21,296
Do you think you could
give me a minute, please?
966
00:41:22,182 --> 00:41:24,460
Madam President.
967
00:41:24,484 --> 00:41:26,635
Yes, ma'am.
968
00:41:45,271 --> 00:41:46,889
Blake?
969
00:41:48,742 --> 00:41:50,720
When is my meeting
970
00:41:50,744 --> 00:41:52,354
with the Council of Economic Advisers?
971
00:41:52,378 --> 00:41:53,689
- 10:30.
- Move it up.
972
00:41:53,713 --> 00:41:55,191
I also need
973
00:41:55,215 --> 00:41:57,860
the OMB report on carbon reductions
974
00:41:57,884 --> 00:41:59,295
and the latest slate
975
00:41:59,319 --> 00:42:01,564
on potential judicial nominees,
all right?
976
00:42:01,588 --> 00:42:04,306
- Right away.
- It's not your fault.
977
00:42:06,192 --> 00:42:07,837
Ma'am?
978
00:42:07,861 --> 00:42:11,440
The flash drive. The oppo file.
979
00:42:11,464 --> 00:42:14,777
You were with me here
at the very beginning.
980
00:42:14,801 --> 00:42:17,246
You'll be here at the end.
981
00:42:17,270 --> 00:42:19,388
Whenever that day is.
982
00:42:21,274 --> 00:42:22,925
Yes, ma'am.
983
00:42:23,810 --> 00:42:25,560
Let's get to work.
984
00:42:29,616 --> 00:42:35,766
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