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Reporter 1: No one anticipated the turn of events...

stunning demonstration of the continuity

of constitutional democracy

president Josiah Edward bartlet resigned his office...

Reporter 2: Speaker walken is huddled with the nation's military

and law enforcement advisers

having been awakened from his sleep

only three hours ago. It remains to be seen...

Whether walken, a critic of the bartlet administration...

in a solemn, hastily arranged ceremony

speaker glenallen walken was sworn in early this morning

as president of the United States.

President: Temporarily hand over my duty as president.

Who ascended to the speaker's office

with the retirement of speaker Jim hohner.

A staunch supporter of the military and the veterans

he's been a strong proponent of a sound fiscal policy...

"Sound fiscal policy?"

Proposing a 200 billion dollar capital gains tax cut?

Outdoor enthusiast, he has frequently defended

the rights of gun owners.

He's opposed to waiting periods on grenade launchers.

Where's he gonna sleep?

The bartlets aren't moving out, are they?

There are 13 bedrooms in the residence.

So he's going to be in what, a guest room?

Does he get a portrait? Every president gets one, right?

Even if he's only president for a few days?

I don't think there's a minimum occupancy requirement.

What about a presidential library? He's not gonna be here long.

Reporter: Serve as president while his daughter was missing

and do you think he should have? I've answered that question.

Brian? He looks small.

Leo: Anything more from the kidnappers? No.

And the note still hasn't shown up on al jazeera or sahafa? Not yet.

Do we release the ransom note? If we don't, they will.

State has been talking to Islamabad

about the prisoners named in the ransom note.

They've pledged their full support.

We're requesting approval to issue a bolo

on the bahji sleeper cell we lost track of yesterday. A manhunt?

We release their names and photos... maybe someone spots them.

If we prematurely connect them we deputize every nut with a gun rack.

They disappeared 24 hours before her kidnapping, it's not premature.

You want vigilantes with baseball bats assaulting arab Americans?

I want Zoey bartlet back.

I'll take it to him.

The French kid's awake.

Is he answering questions?

No. He's asking them.

He wants immunity.

The French premier, the Russian prime minister

the presidents of Brazil, Mexico, the Israelis.

What are all these people doing here? They work here.

It's 5:30 in the morning. I'll make sure they know.

The Democratic leadership wants to come over. All of them?

You tell him the leadership wants to come over?

Who called? House minority leader, minority whip

senate minority leader, whip, mclean

wyznee, Franklin, caucus chair...

I'm going to need a bigger office.

Is he still here, Debbie, or has he gone to the residence? Here.

Tell them it's going to be a while.

They're not going to be happy. When are they ever?

Leo? I'll be right back.

Mr. Mcgarry.

Mr. President?

Come on in, Leo.

Hey.

I thought you were sleeping.

Anything? No.

What time is it?

It's almost 6:30.

(Sighs oh.

They gave me something.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.

Hmm.

Girls coming?

They'll be here in a few hours.

You want me to call down for some coffee?

I had a dream.

I was in Zoey's bedroom at home.

It was like it was when she was small

with the bed my grandmother gave me.

Remember the pine bed?

Of course I do.

She was little again...

Maybe... five or six...

and I was holding her.

How do I look?

Like you slept in your clothes.

Reporters: C.j.! C.J.! C.J...

Good morning. I have with me members of the FBI team

who have taken the lead role in this investigation.

The FBI has opened a "7a..."

that's a missing persons file...

And has assigned Zoey Patricia bartlet

a control number, 7a wf 83429.

The wf stands for "Washington field office."

I'll take a few questions before turning it over to agent Casper. Mark.

How long will speaker walken be president?

He'll serve until president bartlet sends a second letter

to congress indicating he's prepared to resume his duties. Steve?

CNN is reporting the fifth fleet has been ordered into the persian Gulf.

Is there any reason to suspect this might be the work of a foreign government?

We're still in the early stages it's too soon to speculate on who's involved. Chris?

Paramedics on the scene have indicated drugs were involved.

Does Zoey bartlet have a drug problem, did she have any reason to disappear?

There's a dead agent. The FBI feels comfortable calling it a kidnapping.

And no, Chris, Zoey bartlet doesn't have a drug problem. Agent Casper.

Reporters: Agent Casper, agent Casper!

At 3:17 A.M., we received what we believe to be

an authentic communication from Ms. Bartlet's kidnappers

demanding the release of three convicted terrorists

being held by Pakistan

and the immediate removal of all American forces

from qumar and Saudi Arabia.

We're also issuing a bolo

for five individuals last seen in the Portland area

who are wanted for questioning in connection with possible

terrorist activities.

They are yemeni nationals

faruk salam and ammat badir

tanji nassaliw

and masood sheik kadallah, both Saudis...

Josh: I'm guessing burka sales

are going to take a little dip this afternoon.

(Sighs

what are you working on?

Remarks. For what?

Walken's address to the nation.

He's addressing the nation?

No, but he'll have to.

Donna: They didn't have much.

Oatmeal carrot granola?

Ginger find you?

Andy called. Just checking in.

Asked you to call her at the hospital.

How are the twins?

Fine.

You have photos yet? No.

Something came up at work.

What is eggwich.

I'm sorry.

Me too.

I think we made a mistake.

What?

Letting the president step aside.

Will: Have you been watching CNN, msnbc?

Even fox is treating it as a seminar

on the resiliency of the constitution.

They're just laying off 'cause the president's daughter

is probably tied up at a gas station. We have no idea how this is playing.

He showed he's a leader, nobly embracing his own flawed humanity.

Lincoln and Kennedy had children who died.

They didn't take a sabbatical.

Who's been calling?

Congressional leadership.

Lincoln never got a ransom note from Jefferson Davis.

He's put a country before family.

I'd carpet bomb mecca to get my kids back.

What if they like walken better?

What if he seems more presidential? What if... They want walken to stay?

Will: In a few days, president bartlet turns the second letter

what if it takes a few weeks or a few months? What if she's never found?

Reporter: Every person at the graduation party will be interviewed

and an investigative database will be compiled...

It's a mistake.

I sent one of the kids over to your apartment for clothes.

C.j. Not today, Danny, please.

Yes, today. A donut maybe, or some toast.

Pulling out of qumar, the release of bahji prisoners.

I have to ask... No, actually, you don't.

Is there a connection between the assassination

of Abdul shareef and the kidnapping of Zoey bartlet?

We have a deal. That was before the president's...

A deal. Three days. In exchange for an exclusive

on five bahji sleepers the FBI just outed

to every news outlet in the known universe.

Is there a connection between the assassination of Abdul shareef

and the kidnapping of Zoey bartlet? It's only been a few hours...

Is there a connection between the assassination of Abdul shareef

and the kidnapping of Zoey bartlet?

Damn it, I have no idea! What do you want from me?!

I'm filing the story today. It'll get buried.

No, it won't.

Does the white house wish to comment on accusations

that president bartlet ordered the assassination of a senior official

of a friendly government?

I don't know. Well, find out.

You got a couple hours before I post it online.

The Pakistanis are prepared to stage a release

of the bahji prisoners. We film it, put it on CNN

send it to al jazeera.

What does it get us? A little more time.

All: Good morning, sir.

Good morning, Mr. President. Good morning, sir.

Stand down, everybody.

Where are we? The Washington carrier group

will be in position in three hours.

Have we had any further communications from the kidnappers?

No, but the driver's license used to rent the mini-Van

from the kinko's led us to an apartment complex

in Baltimore rented to the same shahab kaleel.

Neighbors say two arab men were living with kaleel.

No one's seen them for three days.

What about the apartment? Mail, photographs

numerous fingerprints, even a passport.

They didn't try to cover their tracks? No, sir.

They don't care if we know who they are.

They don't plan on being alive in a few days.

What do you want to hit, admiral? Kazir training camps.

The qumaris say those are religious schools.

They're terrorist training camps masquerading as religious schools.

We traced kaleel to zachari faruk, leader of the camps.

They close to anything? Villages

hospitals, a food distribution center.

Fitzwallace: We're suggesting agm-88 harms.

We'll hit what we're aiming for. This is a long-term ally

in a highly volatile region.

Bombing Tripoli stopped Libya. It's more likely

to strengthen the resolve of the terrorists and topple

a moderate islamic regime.

If we bomb the camps, don't the kidnappers murder Zoey bartlet?

Or it sends a message, kill her or don't

the United States does not negotiate with terrorists.

Slattery: Our European allies are going to go crazy.

They have billions tied up in oil

and natural gas pipelines in qumar. Screw the Europeans.

They've had years to try to convince qumaris to get their house in order.

What are the chances Zoey bartlet's still alive?

Casper: Hard to say, but I think yes, she probably is.

They'll want to milk this for all it's worth.

Get your people in place, admiral.

We don't go today unless we're provoked.

Find her and find her fast

but if Zoey bartlet turns up dead

I'm gonna blow the hell out of something

and god only knows what happens next.

He's expecting me.

(Abbey sighing softly

(door closes

the kid's asking for immunity?

We gave it to him.

The dealer is an Algerian friend of his from Paris.

They haven't found him yet.

Jean Paul thought he was spiking her drink

with ecstasy, not ghb.

Anything else from the kidnappers? Not yet.

But the FBI has traced the driver's license

to an apartment in Baltimore.

They have names and descriptions of two additional suspects

and a wealth of new information to work off of.

(Phone ringing we need to stall and give the FBI more time.

What about the Pakistanis? Yeah.

You're already doing it?

Abbey: Excuse me.

(Phone continues ringing

hello?

She's been on the phone for hours.

People never know what to say. She just ends up consoling them.

Everyone's calling... 22 heads of state, the queen, the Vatican...

I guess people aren't excited about the idea

of our children being in play now.

They gave her a number, Leo.

I saw it on CNN.

My little girl's a case number now. Five digits.

Danny concanon is going to run the shareef story.

What?

The shareef story... Danny's running it...

Asked if we wanted to comment.

Abbey: Yes, I know it's very upsetting

but we all have to believe it's going to be alright.

No. No comment.

So what's walken gonna do

cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war?

I'm really not at Liberty to discuss that with you, sir.

Right, no.

I'm sorry, of course.

I should get back.

Charlie is out in the hall.

What?

I sent him home hours ago.

He didn't go.

I thought I sent you home.

You need something, sir?

Nah, we're good. Sit down.

Jean Paul gave the FBI the name of his dealer.

Yeah, I want to kill him, too.

You really should go home.

You work for the president. He's gonna need you down there.

I work for you, sir.

Somebody else can show him where the xerox paper is.

You do a lot more than that, Charlie.

Thank you, sir...

But I'd prefer to say here with you.

Margaret: It's the-the brown...

No, I know I had it here.

I had it here three minutes ago.

I was writing notes... It's-it's under there.

And now suddenly I don't know if I put the paper...

If the desk were a little neater, I might be able to find something.

I know where it is. I had it with the nec week-ahead.

Now I can't even find that.

Did you move it?

Excuse me, Leo? Danny's filing in an hour.

Have you had a chance to take it to the president?

The answer is no. We don't comment.

The residence? Yeah.

I meant president walken.

Margaret?

Everybody ready to go?

They're gathering.

Bring it up with walken at the meeting.

Josh: You see this?

Yeah. Any word on the new speaker?

It's going to be haffley or Mitchell.

I'm betting it's haffley. Oh, man. Haffley?

It'll be Mitchell. Even Republicans think haffley's a fascist.

I also hear rumors walken plans to nominate a vice president. What?

He won't.

He can.

He won't!

Everybody here? Yeah.

How's he doing?

He has a dog.

(Knocking

basically just to... Yeah, come on in.

Walken: Don't worry, folks, I haven't reupholstered the furniture yet.

Y'all know Steve from my office?

Bill Bradley, Anne Peterson

Tim safford.

Everybody...

Sit.

Y'all have assigned seats? Uh, no, sir.

Walken: Ah, that's just Bess.

Just shoo her on off of there. Get down, girl.

Good doggie.

How does this usually go, Leo?

Treasury and commerce are coming at 1:00 to discuss whether

we should close the markets tomorrow.

That's not a bad idea.

We close them, the terrorists win.

The last thing people need to see Monday morning is

the dow down 600 and the dollar tanking.

Closing the market only hurts the dollar.

Well, they're coming by at 1:00. How we doing on a vp?

We're still vetting candidates.

In case you haven't noticed, I'm one prime rib dinner

away from sudden cardiac arrest.

I don't want the secretary of agriculture

being named as the next president of the United States.

Will: Senate pro tem.

The senate pro tem is next in the line of succession.

Ah. Well, republican leadership is sending me their ideas.

You might wanna round up some names.

If I'm still here on Tuesday, we are going to get into this.

(Bess barking Bess, knock it off, damn it.

I'm sorry, Leo, what's next?

Danny concanon is doing a story alleging we assassinated

Abdul shareef.

How are his sources?

He's got it.

(C.j. Clears throat

he's looking for a comment.

I suppose throwing him in leg irons

and locking him in the basement of the capitol wouldn't do any good.

(Barking damn it, Bess. Tim?

Take her out for a pee, her leash is over on my chair.

I'm sorry. Where were we? Shareef.

We shouldn't comment, sir, not while Zoey bartlet is missing.

We need to get out in front of it

release it before it breaks in the post. Release what?

That we violated the neutrality act

to covertly assassinate an official of a friendly government?

Must not have been too friendly if you decided to shoot him.

Sir, acknowledging the assassination

destroys a century's worth of progress towards international law.

You guys didn't think of that before you did it?

It wasn't supposed to become public.

Yeah, well, you tried that before. How'd it work out on ms?

Release it before cancanon has a chance to file a story.

Sir, we convinced Danny to hold the story several days ago.

Undercutting him would be going back on our agreement.

Your agreement. Release it.

Jed. Doug.

How you holding up?

Yeah.

Call the oval, see if he has a moment to go over a draft

of the press release we were discussing.

You looking for me?

The white house doesn't want to comment for your story.

Okay.

Danny.

Post the story now.

Right

thanks.

What's with bekins?

The visigoths laid siege to the mural room.

Atwood and his guys? Yeah.

I guess we should be happy they didn't evict us.

I'm sure it was discussed. (Sighs

will's working in there?

Sleeping, I think.

Walken scheduled a press conference?

He's got to respond to Danny's story.

What's he gonna say?

I have no idea.

Yeah, I've narrowed it down to about 50 names.

That's what, everyone over 35 with a pulse?

Bachman. Too liberal.

We're talking Norman Thomas with a necktie.

I'm pretty sure that Norman Thomas wore a necktie

but scratch bachman.

I've got some vp names. Great.

Hayes.

Fair labor standards act?

Yeah. Graham?

No support in the northeast.

Plus he rides that scooter which is a little...

Josh: Sheats? Too...

Yeah. You getting lots of calls?

Only a couple of hundred.

They all start out by saying how sorry they are about Zoey

and then spend ten minutes trying to work their name

and the vice presidency into the same sentence.

Leo's looking for you.

Are they going home today?

Who? The twins.

I was going to ask about the twins.

They go home tomorrow.

Anybody else coming

to the auto da fe?

We weren't invited.

What?

Leo: President walken has assured me

he has no intention of pushing any partisan agenda.

Walken can spend his entire presidency

channel surfing in the Lincoln bedroom.

You said to the country, democrats can't handle security.

If you want to save a spotted owl, vote Democratic.

If you want your kids saved, sorry, we'll be doing the crossword.

Leo: President bartlet is

by ensuring that decisions are being made based on relevant intel

not a distraught father's clouded emotions.

If any emotions are clouded. Leo, it's yours.

Let's face it, you've always been too close to bartlet.

It's your job to buck him up, to help him make the tough decisions.

The presidency isn't a vanity exercise.

Who's doing electoral math on the back of a napkin

in the middle of a national crisis?

You have single-handedly ended the imperial presidency.

You've elevated walken and the Republicans.

You've made them into genuine players on the world stage.

I the presidential succession act of 1947 did.

And I'm not prepared to think about politics

while we're under terrorist attack.

The republic comes first.

That's why Truman wanted the speaker third in line.

Truman wanted the speaker third in line

because he used to drink bourbon with Sam rayburn.

The only thing I find extraordinary about that

is that a member of the executive branch

actually wanted to share a drink

with a member of the congressional leadership.

Thank you for coming by to share your concerns.

And I'll be sure to pass them on to president bartlet.

Those guys are on our side?

They're not wrong, you know.

We should be thinking about the political ramifications.

We should be polling on this.

No.

The Republicans will.

No!

Okay.

Margaret?

Get me Angela Blake.

In New York? Yeah.

So we have no idea what's in his statement? He had his staff print it up.

Hopefully, we're not declaring war on Uruguay.

What's all over your butt? Looks like cat hairs or something.

Oh, for god's sake. Did you get a pet?

No. It's president walken. He's molting?

Back home you have to pay extra for that at the kit Kat club.

I got something on my skirt.

They ready for us? Yes, sir.

I'll go settle the room.

My tie straight?

No.

Would you like me to...? Thanks.

Remarkable how that post hit the wires

right before we released it.

Back luck for us, I guess.

There you go.

You know, i'm not the enemy.

The things that unite us are far greater than

the things that divide us.

We both believe in democracy,

preservation of American values

protection of our citizens in a sometimes

hostile world.

Life, Liberty and the pursuit

of happiness, Mr. President? Exactly.

That what's in your statement?

Something like that. (Sighs

don't look down at the front row when you answer questions.

Look back at the cameras.

Reporter: We're now going live from the white house

where president walken will take questions

regarding the administration and assassination

of qumari defense minister Abdul shareef.

Reporter 1: President walken?

Doesn't the murder of a foreign official undercut our moral authority

to condemn human rights violations in China and Africa?

Walken: We live in the real world.

Our moral value systems only work

if everybody plays by the same rules.

Reporter: Mr. Speaker?

President walken?

But didn't it violate the neutrality act

protecting citizens of friendly nations from prosecution?

Terrorists aren't nations

and the neutrality act doesn't give a free pass

to people who support the murder of the women and children.

Damn. Good answer.

Reporter 2: You stated that you supported the assassination.

Do you now regret that support?

My only regret is that we only got to kill the bastard once.

Will: The u.N.'S going to go crazy.

I'm sorry, but he seems... I don't know... Presidential?

Reporter 3: If something were to happen to you, the presidency would fall

to senate pro tem Joseph furman who is 90.

Are you going to nominate a vice president?

Walken: Insuring an orderly succession is important

but right now, all of us here are just focused

on getting Zoey bartlet back for her parents and for the nation.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

- Our next scheduled... - (Turns off TV

dad?

Dad?

Did mom know?

Ellie, can you give us a minute? We're making lunch.

Why don't I call downstairs, get them to send something up?

I don't want anymore people in here.

There are already too many people in our lives.

Are the kids' noodles ready?

Yeah, and I'm cutting up some fruit.

It isn't true, is it?

I'm sorry you had to hear about it on television.

Why should today be any different?

Abdul shareef had nothing to do with what's happened to Zoey. You don't know that.

It was debated and discussed and agonized over for weeks.

Debated... and discussed?

I'm here. I don't remember that.

It was a difficult decision!

Made by you, not us.

I did what I thought was necessary.

Your decisions, jed, not ours.

(Knocks on door

Leo?

Leo! Huh?

What time is it?

It's almost 5:00.

I told you to wake me at 4:00.

You needed the rest.

What are you now, my mother?

The secretary of state called.

I'll bet he did.

He's getting some pretty irate calls on the shareef thing.

And Josh called.

The new economic advisor forecasts are in.

And?

Great. Just great.

How bad?

Our guys are freaking out at the jump in unemployment. I thought it was just a blip.

Last week, it looked like a blip, now it looks like a pattern.

Consumer confidence numbers tanked.

New housing sales dropped 1.2 percent

nonresidential construction was down 2.6 percent.

And, out of nowhere, the ism index fell below 50.

But duct tape futures are up, right?

Actually, commerce doesn't really break it down by... He was joking, ed.

At least the numbers won't get much play in the press right now.

If the economy is headed into a recession... No, no, no!

We don't ever use that word around here. What word, recession?

No! If we say it, we give it credence.

What should we call it? I don't care.

Call it a boat show or a beer garden or a...

Bagel.

So, if it is a... bagel

the fed thinks it's going to be a mild bagel.

Will: That'll be comforting to the millions of Americans

who are going to lose their jobs.

Take the haffley photos off the dart board, boys.

Elvis is in the building.

Oh, come on.

Who's in the building?

The republican leadership.

Josh: Who we got?

Donna: Haffley, connelly and Mitchell.

The unholy Trinity.

What're they doing over here?

Picking a new speaker, we think.

Is that Duke? Yeah.

Oh, please don't let it be Duke.

He hates me.

Will: Tomlinson?

He hates me, too.

Jim arkin. Arkin really hates me.

Donna: Are you detecting a pattern here?

Hello, Josh. Everybody.

Hey, Steve. How's it going? Good.

You all want to... come in for a second, say hello?

No, that's okay. Thanks.

Hey, Steve?

Don't get too comfortable in there.

You guys won't be back for three or four more terms.

Hey, guys...

Do we have any hidden cameras

or tape recorders or something in there?

Not since the mid '70s.

Josh.

Slattery: Istanbul is reporting a truck loaded with tnt

drove into the lobby of the thalasso center cinema in antalya.

How many dead? 14 Americans, a group of Italian tourists and 60 Turks.

How many Americans were military personnel? All of them, Mr. President.

The theater was full of sailors on shore leave from the Raleigh.

Anyone claiming responsibility?

Al jazeera is saying they received a fax from the bahji.

So nothing from the kidnappers?

No, sir, but we're making progress on the three suspects in Baltimore.

Why have we not heard from them? We don't know, sir.

It's probably time for us to publicly encourage them to clarify their position.

Maybe they just did.

What about the five sleepers? No, sir.

Slattery: We're hearing a lot of displeasure

from the middle east over the shareef assassination.

Well, if the arabs are mad at us

we must be doing something right. Dr. McNally.

Sir, this would be the first time in our history

that we have violated the sovereign soil of an ally.

Admiral. Our people are at defcon Alpha, awaiting your go.

What would be involved? 12 f-14b tomcats

and eight f/a-18e super hornets off the George Washington.

Then the marine 3/7 will drop 1,100 special ops forces in to clean it up.

So, a bombing and

we'll be in and out in three days. We bomb qumar and they kill her.

They're going to kill her anyway.

When do you want to go, admiral?

It'll take special ops nine hours to get into position.

On your order, we'll be over the targets in ten.

6:30 our time tomorrow morning.

Do you want to tell the president, Leo, or should I?

Thank you, sir, but I'll do it.

Get the qumari ambassador over here.

We need to let him know we're going to bomb his country.

Where is everybody?

Getting dressed.

We're going to St. Joseph's.

Father Hughes offered to celebrate a private mass for the family.

The secret service is letting you go?

I still have a little pull around here.

Charlie: Excuse me, sir. The cars are ready.

Ellie came, too, did I tell you?

No.

That's great.

All the things we wanted to do, Leo.

All the things we believed in and wanted to fight for.

Sir...

He's going to bomb, isn't he?

Yes, sir, he is.

Thought Leo told you to go home.

Yeah.

Come on, get your coat.

There's some things I want to finish up. You go ahead though.

Harold says people have been leaving stuff

for Zoey by the fence all day long.

Thought I might walk by on my home, check it out.

Josh.

Come on.

Leo?

They were just boys...

Oldest was only 24.

Are we going to respond?

Any word on Zoey?

I need you to start two speeches.

I already started working on the first one today.

Go home tonight. Get some rest.

Come back fresh in the morning... both of you.

I need you at your best tomorrow.

You going, too?

Yeah, uh, absolutely.

I'm beat.

Why two?

One if they find her alive, the other if they don't.

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