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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:08,486 --> 00:00:11,576 BLAKE: Alex and Ellie-Rose 2 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:15,058 are serving salmon. 3 00:00:15,102 --> 00:00:18,061 So we could do, like, a pinot gris 4 00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:20,498 or maybe just, like, a light red, like a pinot noir, or... 5 00:00:20,542 --> 00:00:21,934 I don't know. We can go off the grid 6 00:00:21,978 --> 00:00:22,979 and do something effervescent. 7 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:24,067 Yeah, just like you in the mornings. 8 00:00:24,111 --> 00:00:25,460 [chuckles] 9 00:00:25,503 --> 00:00:27,505 Please just weigh in so I don't have to decide. 10 00:00:27,549 --> 00:00:28,985 I will drink anything that pairs well 11 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:30,117 with an inverted yield curve. 12 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:31,553 [laughs softly] 13 00:00:31,596 --> 00:00:33,859 Leaving finance was the smartest thing I ever did. 14 00:00:33,903 --> 00:00:36,036 Well, second smartest.Mm. Ah... 15 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:37,341 Coffee breath. Thank you.Mmm. 16 00:00:37,385 --> 00:00:39,169 [pounding on door] 17 00:00:39,213 --> 00:00:41,998 Did you use the elliptical?Yeah. 18 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,653 Did you fix the elliptical?No. 19 00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:46,089 Which means 304 is about to give you an earful 20 00:00:46,133 --> 00:00:47,569 for the unexpected wake-me-up. 21 00:00:47,612 --> 00:00:49,179 Oh, this woman is a nightmare. Just back me up, please. 22 00:00:49,223 --> 00:00:51,529 Yeah. Right behind you. 23 00:00:51,573 --> 00:00:53,662 Yes. Blake Moran? 24 00:00:53,705 --> 00:00:54,880 Yes. 25 00:00:54,924 --> 00:00:56,273 Special Agent Belstaff with the FBI. 26 00:00:56,317 --> 00:00:58,623 We have a warrant for the search of your premises. 27 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:01,104 Please step back.Uh... 28 00:01:01,148 --> 00:01:03,454 Hey, uh, this is a private residence, okay?I understand. 29 00:01:03,498 --> 00:01:06,109 Trevor, don't say anything. Just let them do their thing. 30 00:01:09,243 --> 00:01:11,767 Russell, hi. 31 00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:15,205 Yeah, we got a, um, little s-situation. 32 00:01:15,249 --> 00:01:17,251 The FBI is part of the DOJ, and the DOJ 33 00:01:17,294 --> 00:01:19,775 is run by the attorney general, who answers to POTUS, so... 34 00:01:19,818 --> 00:01:21,603 Guys, I think......stop me if I'm missing something, 35 00:01:21,646 --> 00:01:24,475 but if A.G. Lambert was read in on a warrant 36 00:01:24,519 --> 00:01:26,129 to raid the residence 37 00:01:26,173 --> 00:01:27,957 of the aide-de-camp of the president 38 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,393 without so much as notifying her, 39 00:01:29,437 --> 00:01:31,003 he should be shot into space.What you're missing 40 00:01:31,047 --> 00:01:33,136 is her internal mandate to pursue 41 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:34,964 the investigation wherever it leads.Guys, listen... 42 00:01:35,007 --> 00:01:37,575 Hanson is setting a trap.MIKE: Huh. 43 00:01:37,619 --> 00:01:40,752 Referring this matter to Justice for a concurrent investigation 44 00:01:40,796 --> 00:01:42,798 was a brilliant overreach. 45 00:01:42,841 --> 00:01:45,279 Because he knows the A.G. has to carry water for him. 46 00:01:45,322 --> 00:01:46,932 The slightest opposition 47 00:01:46,976 --> 00:01:49,152 from the administration will smack of obstruction. 48 00:01:49,196 --> 00:01:51,154 Which means under no circumstances 49 00:01:51,198 --> 00:01:52,634 can we move to quash the warrant. 50 00:01:52,677 --> 00:01:54,810 Except the more rope we give Hanson, the easier it is 51 00:01:54,853 --> 00:01:56,290 to fashion a noose.Guys! 52 00:01:57,682 --> 00:01:59,423 The only one being fit for a noose here is me. 53 00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:02,122 Okay? They-they took my phone, my laptop. 54 00:02:02,165 --> 00:02:04,080 Six years of-of unclassified documents... 55 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,473 Six years? 56 00:02:05,516 --> 00:02:07,475 What kind of demented pack rat are you? 57 00:02:07,518 --> 00:02:09,259 Okay, look, I knew she was special 58 00:02:09,303 --> 00:02:10,913 from the minute I started working for her. 59 00:02:10,956 --> 00:02:12,523 I-I had a front-row seat 60 00:02:12,567 --> 00:02:14,003 from day one. 61 00:02:15,613 --> 00:02:18,094 I was going to write a book 62 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:20,140 about the secretary 63 00:02:20,183 --> 00:02:22,359 when she finished public service, which became a book 64 00:02:22,403 --> 00:02:24,361 about the first female president. 65 00:02:24,405 --> 00:02:27,886 Which i-is now a book about a starry-eyed kid from Newton 66 00:02:27,930 --> 00:02:29,453 who follows his dreams to Sing Sing. 67 00:02:29,497 --> 00:02:32,021 You're not going to Sing Sing.MIKE: Right. 68 00:02:32,064 --> 00:02:33,414 That's a state facility. You'll be doing federal time. 69 00:02:33,457 --> 00:02:36,547 Oh, God! 70 00:02:36,591 --> 00:02:39,333 Blake, look at me. 71 00:02:39,376 --> 00:02:43,032 Have you ever broken the law during your government tenure? 72 00:02:43,075 --> 00:02:44,816 Absolutely not. 73 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:45,991 Then you have no exposure. 74 00:02:46,035 --> 00:02:48,037 It's a fishing expedition. 75 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,041 Nothing more.The question is, what is Hanson fishing for? 76 00:02:52,084 --> 00:02:54,174 He already grilled Blake for 12 hours. 77 00:02:54,217 --> 00:02:56,219 OLIVIA: I think Blake's role 78 00:02:56,263 --> 00:03:01,181 as the president's unofficial archivist may be an open secret, 79 00:03:01,224 --> 00:03:03,183 which is why the warrant's so broad. 80 00:03:03,226 --> 00:03:05,533 This search is a naked pretext to breathe life 81 00:03:05,576 --> 00:03:07,187 into an investigation that was flatlining. 82 00:03:07,230 --> 00:03:11,147 And is suddenly metastasizing. 83 00:03:13,149 --> 00:03:15,238 We walled off the president. 84 00:03:15,282 --> 00:03:18,676 But we may be past that stage now. 85 00:03:20,896 --> 00:03:22,071 I'll read her in. 86 00:03:22,114 --> 00:03:24,073 Thank you. 87 00:03:28,730 --> 00:03:30,732 [music playing faintly] 88 00:03:38,261 --> 00:03:39,828 Mia Costello. 89 00:03:39,871 --> 00:03:41,699 Yes? Jason McCord. 90 00:03:42,744 --> 00:03:44,093 I know. Hi. 91 00:03:44,136 --> 00:03:46,095 I'm sorry to bother you, I'm just such a big fan. 92 00:03:46,138 --> 00:03:48,358 Cambridge Rubric'sone of my favorite blogs. 93 00:03:48,402 --> 00:03:51,100 Thank you. You've-- you got this great voice. 94 00:03:51,143 --> 00:03:54,103 You know? It's, uh, it's like Maureen Dowd meets Ronan Farrow. 95 00:03:54,146 --> 00:03:55,757 Red eye.That's nice of you to say. 96 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,064 Are you okay with a little friendly criticism? 97 00:03:59,108 --> 00:04:01,066 Sure.'Cause it's-it's quibbling, really. 98 00:04:01,110 --> 00:04:03,547 Um... What? 99 00:04:03,591 --> 00:04:05,767 Your last column. 100 00:04:05,810 --> 00:04:11,207 You called my mom a "corrupt, unqualified crypto-fascist." 101 00:04:13,078 --> 00:04:15,211 It was an opinion piece.Yeah. 102 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:17,300 And the accompanying cartoon of her in fetish wear 103 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:19,171 being whipped by Senator Hanson, that was... 104 00:04:19,215 --> 00:04:21,043 Satire.Satire. Yeah. 105 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:25,177 But, you know, it could be misconstrued by some 106 00:04:25,221 --> 00:04:26,396 as misogyny. 107 00:04:27,441 --> 00:04:29,181 Or even slander. 108 00:04:30,357 --> 00:04:32,446 You know, Jason, your mom is a public figure. 109 00:04:32,489 --> 00:04:35,710 Yeah. And the Rubricis a nonpartisan student publication, 110 00:04:35,753 --> 00:04:38,234 yet no other politician comes in for this type of treatment. 111 00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:39,888 Well, no other politician is president. 112 00:04:39,931 --> 00:04:42,499 The first female president. Hmm? 113 00:04:43,544 --> 00:04:45,328 Yeah, I think I get the drift. 114 00:04:45,372 --> 00:04:47,330 There's no drift. 115 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:48,549 I mean, Elizabeth McCord's 116 00:04:48,592 --> 00:04:50,202 the most powerful person in the world. 117 00:04:50,246 --> 00:04:51,813 She can handle a little incoming, so... 118 00:04:51,856 --> 00:04:53,249 BARISTA: Jason? 119 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,730 Here you go, man.I got to run. 120 00:04:55,773 --> 00:04:59,603 Detail gets kind of... itchy 121 00:04:59,647 --> 00:05:01,649 when I stand around, so... 122 00:05:01,692 --> 00:05:03,259 I'm looking forward to your next issue. 123 00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:08,482 I-It's a nonstarter.I'm not telling you 124 00:05:08,525 --> 00:05:10,614 not to go to the Correspondents' Dinner.You're telling me 125 00:05:10,658 --> 00:05:13,400 to be pulled away five minutes after I arrive. 126 00:05:13,443 --> 00:05:15,184 Which means you were there. 127 00:05:15,227 --> 00:05:16,838 As our dutiful White House photographer will document. 128 00:05:16,881 --> 00:05:19,536 The dinner is a hallowed tradition. 129 00:05:19,580 --> 00:05:21,756 Presidents attend 130 00:05:21,799 --> 00:05:25,716 whether their political fortunes are rising or falling. 131 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,978 Reagan bailed. 132 00:05:28,023 --> 00:05:29,285 Because he was shot. 133 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,547 Okay, you're nervous about telling jokes anyway, 134 00:05:30,591 --> 00:05:32,332 which you should be because you're not funny. 135 00:05:32,375 --> 00:05:35,204 What? I-- hmm. 136 00:05:35,247 --> 00:05:37,249 That is so not true. 137 00:05:37,293 --> 00:05:39,251 I have chops. 138 00:05:39,295 --> 00:05:41,428 Serious chops. 139 00:05:41,471 --> 00:05:42,646 And I've been working on my monologue. 140 00:05:42,690 --> 00:05:44,648 And it's actually, it's pretty good. 141 00:05:44,692 --> 00:05:47,738 Be that as it may, this dinner is not exactly ideal timing. 142 00:05:47,782 --> 00:05:50,001 You just locked up a reporter. 143 00:05:50,045 --> 00:05:51,568 Valerie Guillen, remember? 144 00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:53,004 And pardoned her. 145 00:05:53,048 --> 00:05:55,180 Even if people aren't talking about your predilection 146 00:05:55,224 --> 00:05:57,922 for jailing reporters, they will be talking about 147 00:05:57,966 --> 00:05:59,184 the search warrant that was executed 148 00:05:59,228 --> 00:06:01,012 on your aide's private residence. 149 00:06:01,056 --> 00:06:03,667 Look, I'm not gonna worry about a stunt that was engineered 150 00:06:03,711 --> 00:06:07,410 to give a failed investigation oxygen.It won't play as a stunt. 151 00:06:07,454 --> 00:06:09,238 The White House press corps is not exactly home team right now. 152 00:06:09,281 --> 00:06:11,675 It'll play as an escalation of a news cycle 153 00:06:11,719 --> 00:06:14,417 we've been trying to change for months. 154 00:06:14,461 --> 00:06:16,550 It'll juice impeachment talk, cast a shadow 155 00:06:16,593 --> 00:06:18,421 of a looming constitutional crisis. 156 00:06:18,465 --> 00:06:19,770 And then there's the bad stuff. 157 00:06:19,814 --> 00:06:22,120 So it's the perfect time to inject some levity. 158 00:06:22,164 --> 00:06:23,905 But, Bess, you're not funny. 159 00:06:23,948 --> 00:06:25,167 [laughs]: Well... 160 00:06:25,210 --> 00:06:27,256 Russell.Mike's right. Not your strong suit. 161 00:06:27,299 --> 00:06:29,432 Listen, I think we've caught a break. 162 00:06:29,476 --> 00:06:32,566 After a month and a half of intensive investigations 163 00:06:32,609 --> 00:06:34,176 by our intelligence services, 164 00:06:34,219 --> 00:06:37,353 we've isolated the culprits of Iran's hack of our election. 165 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:40,835 I'm just getting word that this morning, a federal grand jury 166 00:06:40,878 --> 00:06:43,403 has issued indictments of five Iranian nationals 167 00:06:43,446 --> 00:06:45,361 Ah...for election interference. 168 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,145 Finally. Oh, uh, Blake. 169 00:06:47,189 --> 00:06:49,147 Alerting President Shiraz's office. 170 00:06:49,191 --> 00:06:50,714 Yeah. Also, can I get the, uh... 171 00:06:50,758 --> 00:06:52,324 The full background files on the Iranians? 172 00:06:52,368 --> 00:06:54,370 But I'm gonna need...Photos as well. 173 00:06:56,024 --> 00:06:57,242 How are you doing? 174 00:06:57,286 --> 00:07:00,245 Uh, nothing to brighten your morning 175 00:07:00,289 --> 00:07:04,162 like a battalion of Feds rifling through your underwear. 176 00:07:04,206 --> 00:07:06,164 The worst is behind you. 177 00:07:06,208 --> 00:07:07,470 Yeah. Oh. 178 00:07:07,514 --> 00:07:10,342 Underwear, behind. Nice. 179 00:07:10,386 --> 00:07:13,694 I am so gonna rock that ballroom. 180 00:07:13,737 --> 00:07:15,783 SHIRAZ: You are seeking extradition 181 00:07:15,826 --> 00:07:19,003 of Reza Mousavi, our Quds Force commander. 182 00:07:19,047 --> 00:07:22,267 For his criminal role in masterminding 183 00:07:22,311 --> 00:07:25,140 a cyber attack on my electoral opponent. 184 00:07:25,183 --> 00:07:26,489 Elizabeth, 185 00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:28,578 I'm an ally, not a foe. 186 00:07:28,622 --> 00:07:31,668 We have done such important work together. 187 00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:35,324 The rapprochement between our countries, the nuclear treaty. 188 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:39,371 All of which you jeopardized by tampering with our election. 189 00:07:39,415 --> 00:07:40,764 This alleged tampering-- 190 00:07:40,808 --> 00:07:44,072 which we strenuously deny-- was on your behalf. 191 00:07:44,115 --> 00:07:46,422 It's perverse you would seek to punish us for your success. 192 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:49,860 What's perverse is assuming that I'd endorse behavior 193 00:07:49,904 --> 00:07:51,862 merely because it benefited me. 194 00:07:51,906 --> 00:07:54,299 Interfering with our elections 195 00:07:54,343 --> 00:07:56,737 was the act of an enemy. 196 00:07:56,780 --> 00:07:58,869 That is reckless talk. 197 00:07:58,913 --> 00:08:00,828 Not as reckless as your breach of our democracy. 198 00:08:00,871 --> 00:08:05,310 You have 48 hours to extradite the people responsible, 199 00:08:05,354 --> 00:08:10,054 or the price that Iran pays will grow exponentially steeper. 200 00:08:15,016 --> 00:08:16,844 Well, you cornered him. 201 00:08:16,887 --> 00:08:19,803 And cornered prey either rolls over or... 202 00:08:19,847 --> 00:08:22,414 Or lashes out. 203 00:08:22,458 --> 00:08:24,416 We'll monitor developments. 204 00:08:25,461 --> 00:08:26,854 DMITRI: You're already dressed, 205 00:08:26,897 --> 00:08:29,291 which means you're not coming back to bed. 206 00:08:29,334 --> 00:08:34,557 I would love to, but I am, I'm pretty late as it is 207 00:08:34,601 --> 00:08:36,559 and I'm actually not done with this yet, so... 208 00:08:36,603 --> 00:08:38,343 Yeah. Sorry I kept you.No. 209 00:08:38,387 --> 00:08:39,910 I think we kept each other, right?[chuckles] 210 00:08:39,954 --> 00:08:41,912 Yeah, that's been happening a lot lately, huh?[laughs] 211 00:08:41,956 --> 00:08:43,087 Oy-- hey. 212 00:08:43,131 --> 00:08:45,525 [laughs]: This is, this is important. 213 00:08:45,568 --> 00:08:47,527 Hey. I have an idea.Okay. 214 00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:53,228 How about... we... go out this evening? 215 00:08:53,271 --> 00:08:57,798 Uh, yeah, if I don't have to work late again. 216 00:08:58,842 --> 00:09:00,801 Take a stand. 217 00:09:00,844 --> 00:09:02,890 Tell them that you're the president's daughter. 218 00:09:02,933 --> 00:09:05,022 Are you upset? 219 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:07,024 No, I'm... It's not you. 220 00:09:07,068 --> 00:09:10,767 It's just... we haven't left the bedroom in weeks. 221 00:09:10,811 --> 00:09:12,377 [laughs] 222 00:09:12,421 --> 00:09:13,988 Are you seriously complaining that you're oversexed? 223 00:09:14,031 --> 00:09:15,163 No, of course not. 224 00:09:15,206 --> 00:09:16,904 I'm just beginning to feel like a kept man. 225 00:09:16,947 --> 00:09:17,861 Ah...Okay. Okay. 226 00:09:17,905 --> 00:09:19,297 Cabin fever. I get it. 227 00:09:19,341 --> 00:09:21,909 I will tell the office that I have a hard out. 228 00:09:21,952 --> 00:09:23,911 Good. Okay. 229 00:09:23,954 --> 00:09:25,695 All right, I've got another one for you. 230 00:09:25,739 --> 00:09:27,697 Odontalgia. 231 00:09:27,741 --> 00:09:29,525 Odontalgia. 232 00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:34,878 O-D-O-N-T-A-L-G-I-A. 233 00:09:34,922 --> 00:09:37,228 Odontalgia. 234 00:09:37,272 --> 00:09:38,839 Right again. 235 00:09:38,882 --> 00:09:40,449 Ladies and gentlemen, 236 00:09:40,492 --> 00:09:44,192 your national spelling bee champion Oscar Rubis. 237 00:09:44,235 --> 00:09:46,194 [applause]Congratulations, sir. 238 00:09:46,237 --> 00:09:48,022 Very well done. 239 00:09:48,065 --> 00:09:51,025 The president and our champion will take a few questions. 240 00:09:51,068 --> 00:09:52,417 Madam President...Keira. 241 00:09:52,461 --> 00:09:55,682 President McCord, as a CIA operative in Baghdad, 242 00:09:55,725 --> 00:09:57,379 did you order the torture 243 00:09:57,422 --> 00:10:01,035 of Safeer Al-Jamil while he was in CIA custody? 244 00:10:01,078 --> 00:10:02,384 We're taking questions about the administration's educational... 245 00:10:02,427 --> 00:10:04,168 STEVE: What's your response to the allegation 246 00:10:04,212 --> 00:10:06,257 that you assaulted Philippine President Datu Andrada 247 00:10:06,301 --> 00:10:07,607 after he made an unwanted sexual advance? 248 00:10:07,650 --> 00:10:08,912 That's all we have for you today. 249 00:10:08,956 --> 00:10:09,913 [speaks indistinctly]Thank you, everyone. 250 00:10:09,957 --> 00:10:12,350 [overlapping chatter] 251 00:10:12,394 --> 00:10:14,657 Uh, Russell, do you have a second? 252 00:10:14,701 --> 00:10:16,616 Not now.I know where they, um, 253 00:10:16,659 --> 00:10:19,009 [whispers]: I think I know where they got their questions. 254 00:10:22,883 --> 00:10:24,885 Come with me. 255 00:10:26,234 --> 00:10:28,236 ♪ 256 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,987 The oppo was on a flash drive given to me 257 00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:41,466 by Neal Shin from the Chronicle, 258 00:10:41,510 --> 00:10:43,730 when he shadowed you three years ago. 259 00:10:43,773 --> 00:10:47,255 In what universe is squirreling away material 260 00:10:47,298 --> 00:10:50,214 whose only use could be to undermine the president 261 00:10:50,258 --> 00:10:51,433 a good idea? 262 00:10:51,476 --> 00:10:52,652 Boswell here's writing a tell-all, 263 00:10:52,695 --> 00:10:54,349 remember?Shin told me to keep it safe. 264 00:10:54,392 --> 00:10:57,178 That one day the secretary might need what's on the drive. 265 00:10:57,221 --> 00:10:59,180 He meant she needed it buried at sea, 266 00:10:59,223 --> 00:11:00,703 not enshrined in your museum. 267 00:11:00,747 --> 00:11:02,749 It was in a safe. 268 00:11:04,925 --> 00:11:06,796 Ma'am, I'm really sorry. 269 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:08,711 It's all right, Blake. 270 00:11:08,755 --> 00:11:10,800 I mean, you couldn't have anticipated the warrant 271 00:11:10,844 --> 00:11:12,976 or its scope.Yeah, or that some ally 272 00:11:13,020 --> 00:11:14,978 of Hanson's in the FBI is obviously 273 00:11:15,022 --> 00:11:16,327 leaking to the press. 274 00:11:16,371 --> 00:11:17,764 MIKE: The timing's right out of Hanson's playbook. 275 00:11:17,807 --> 00:11:20,157 Releasing dirt just before the Correspondents' Dinner, 276 00:11:20,201 --> 00:11:21,855 he's chumming the waters. 277 00:11:21,898 --> 00:11:22,856 Thank you, Blake. 278 00:11:22,899 --> 00:11:24,422 Yeah, thanks, Blake. 279 00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:26,947 Ma'am. 280 00:11:31,647 --> 00:11:35,259 Olivia, I want I.G. to investigate who at Justice 281 00:11:35,303 --> 00:11:36,565 was behind the leak. 282 00:11:36,608 --> 00:11:40,917 I mean... that is a dangerous partisan move 283 00:11:40,961 --> 00:11:43,485 for a department that is supposed to be apolitical. 284 00:11:43,528 --> 00:11:45,400 I'll take care of it.On the down low, please. 285 00:11:45,443 --> 00:11:46,793 Otherwise the president looks like the captain 286 00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:48,838 of the Good Ship Paranoid. 287 00:11:48,882 --> 00:11:50,753 We have a massive political problem. 288 00:11:50,797 --> 00:11:53,147 Daisy's resignation was blunting Hanson's momentum, 289 00:11:53,190 --> 00:11:55,236 but this raid jump-starts his investigation. 290 00:11:55,279 --> 00:11:56,846 And it's the first salvo 291 00:11:56,890 --> 00:12:00,284 of a concurrent FBI inquiry that could drag on for months. 292 00:12:00,328 --> 00:12:02,722 So now we're fighting a two-fronted war. 293 00:12:02,765 --> 00:12:03,984 We should reach out to Hanson's camp, 294 00:12:04,027 --> 00:12:05,986 see what he wants for a truce. 295 00:12:08,815 --> 00:12:11,252 Russell, put out a feeler, but let's keep in mind 296 00:12:11,295 --> 00:12:14,516 that a truce is not surrender. 297 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,780 Well, we have a foreign relations problem, too. 298 00:12:17,824 --> 00:12:19,129 Shiraz might be...[phone chimes] 299 00:12:19,173 --> 00:12:20,609 less likely to cave 300 00:12:20,652 --> 00:12:23,917 if he thinks you're under siege at home. 301 00:12:27,007 --> 00:12:29,009 Make that willbe less likely. 302 00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:34,188 HILL: Two hours ago, Hezbollah cells in Lebanon fired 303 00:12:34,231 --> 00:12:35,537 26 mobile-launched 304 00:12:35,580 --> 00:12:38,018 surface-to-air missiles into Northern Israel. 305 00:12:38,061 --> 00:12:39,497 Fatalities? 306 00:12:39,541 --> 00:12:41,891 Three dead in Nahariya. Millions of dollars in damage. 307 00:12:41,935 --> 00:12:44,938 Israel has already responded by blowing up 308 00:12:44,981 --> 00:12:47,897 a Hezbollah radar installation 309 00:12:47,941 --> 00:12:51,335 and two suspected weapons manufacturing sites in Dahieh. 310 00:12:51,379 --> 00:12:52,946 Well, I guess we have Iran's response 311 00:12:52,989 --> 00:12:54,469 to your ultimatum, madam. 312 00:12:54,512 --> 00:12:56,950 They're using their terrorist proxy to attack Israel, 313 00:12:56,993 --> 00:13:00,214 sending a message that they will drag the region into chaos 314 00:13:00,257 --> 00:13:02,564 if we don't back off our extradition request. 315 00:13:02,607 --> 00:13:04,827 Did you reach out to Foreign Minister Tousi? 316 00:13:04,871 --> 00:13:06,524 My Iranian counterpart professes surprise. 317 00:13:06,568 --> 00:13:11,399 He claims Iran has no influence over renegade cells. 318 00:13:11,442 --> 00:13:14,097 HILL: Shiraz is squeezing you, Madam President, 319 00:13:14,141 --> 00:13:16,056 betting your domestic distractions will weaken 320 00:13:16,099 --> 00:13:18,145 your appetite for international conflict. 321 00:13:18,188 --> 00:13:20,277 ELIZABETH: Well, unfortunately for him, 322 00:13:20,321 --> 00:13:22,062 I can walk and chew gum at the same time. 323 00:13:22,105 --> 00:13:24,281 How's the rial doing, Susan? 324 00:13:24,325 --> 00:13:25,979 It's in free fall. The Iranian economy is 325 00:13:26,022 --> 00:13:26,980 teetering on the brink of collapse. 326 00:13:27,023 --> 00:13:28,938 Reach out to the G8 members. 327 00:13:28,982 --> 00:13:30,374 I want to turn the screws, 328 00:13:30,418 --> 00:13:32,899 step up multilateral sanctions.Immediately. 329 00:13:32,942 --> 00:13:34,901 And add the head of the Revolutionary Guard 330 00:13:34,944 --> 00:13:37,120 and the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament 331 00:13:37,164 --> 00:13:39,557 to the SDN and Blocked Persons List.Yes, ma'am. 332 00:13:39,601 --> 00:13:41,646 Russell, you've got a personal relationship 333 00:13:41,690 --> 00:13:44,040 with the Israeli prime minister. 334 00:13:44,084 --> 00:13:45,999 You tell him to keep his powder dry. 335 00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:48,523 Doron will do that for only so long. 336 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:50,525 We're playing with fire here. 337 00:13:50,568 --> 00:13:52,657 I know. 338 00:13:56,096 --> 00:13:57,662 Coffee this late? 339 00:13:57,706 --> 00:13:59,490 You're gonna be up all night. 340 00:13:59,534 --> 00:14:01,231 It's not coffee. Oh. 341 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:05,496 It's a perfectly alkaline chicory matcha superdrink 342 00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:08,935 with ayurvedic herbs that Chef Cindy whipped up for me. 343 00:14:08,978 --> 00:14:11,676 Whoa. What does that taste like? 344 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,941 Despair. [laughs] 345 00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:16,290 It's good to see you. 346 00:14:16,333 --> 00:14:18,901 Hmm. Oh. [exclaims] Yeah. 347 00:14:18,945 --> 00:14:20,033 [chuckles] Yum. 348 00:14:20,076 --> 00:14:22,426 Yeah, I'm sorry I've been a little scarce 349 00:14:22,470 --> 00:14:24,907 the past few weeks.Well, I was young once, too. 350 00:14:24,951 --> 00:14:26,082 [chuckles] 351 00:14:26,126 --> 00:14:28,432 So, how's Dmitri? 352 00:14:28,476 --> 00:14:31,174 He's good. Good. 353 00:14:31,218 --> 00:14:33,960 He's great. [laughs] 354 00:14:34,003 --> 00:14:37,659 Actually, can I ask you...? 355 00:14:37,702 --> 00:14:41,010 You know what, if you're too busy... 356 00:14:41,054 --> 00:14:44,013 No, I-- Dish away. 357 00:14:44,057 --> 00:14:45,885 So... 358 00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:49,192 Dmitri wants to do, um, 359 00:14:49,236 --> 00:14:52,239 traditional couples stuff, like, in public. 360 00:14:52,282 --> 00:14:55,982 Swell. Yeah, except here's the thing. 361 00:14:56,025 --> 00:15:00,073 I, I was just with Griffin. I mean, God. 362 00:15:00,116 --> 00:15:04,164 And our relationship was all over Instagram 363 00:15:04,207 --> 00:15:06,383 and-and tabloids, and, like, what, 364 00:15:06,427 --> 00:15:08,168 a few weeks later I'm coming out like, 365 00:15:08,211 --> 00:15:10,039 "Hey, here's my new..."What's your concern? 366 00:15:10,083 --> 00:15:12,912 I mean, judgment. 367 00:15:12,955 --> 00:15:16,132 What's your real concern? 368 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:21,398 Stevie, you are the most private of my three kids. 369 00:15:21,442 --> 00:15:23,183 And you're also the one 370 00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:26,795 who cares the least about what other people think. 371 00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:28,188 Yeah. 372 00:15:28,231 --> 00:15:32,105 I guess it's more about what I think. 373 00:15:32,148 --> 00:15:34,150 Which is? 374 00:15:35,238 --> 00:15:38,415 That I was devastated when this didn't work before. 375 00:15:39,503 --> 00:15:44,813 And if I commit again and we fail... 376 00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:47,990 You'll take it even harder.Yeah. 377 00:15:48,034 --> 00:15:51,167 Because this time, you know, 378 00:15:51,211 --> 00:15:54,257 there's nobody to blame but me. 379 00:15:54,301 --> 00:15:56,956 Oh, sweetie. 380 00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:58,958 It's scary. 381 00:16:00,089 --> 00:16:02,135 Try terrifying. 382 00:16:04,093 --> 00:16:07,618 Love is all about... 383 00:16:09,185 --> 00:16:14,016 You have to risk everything... 384 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:15,539 to gain everything. 385 00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:18,803 Do you think that we'll make it? 386 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,592 Well, I think that... 387 00:16:24,635 --> 00:16:26,898 you should take it one step at a time. 388 00:16:28,813 --> 00:16:31,164 Go to dinner, 389 00:16:31,207 --> 00:16:34,167 then come back and tell me what real food tastes like. 390 00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:35,951 [laughs] 391 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:42,218 I was just going to come to see you.[sighs] I was crawling 392 00:16:42,262 --> 00:16:44,133 out of my skin. Just show me.Okay. This was posted 393 00:16:44,177 --> 00:16:46,875 Don't preface, just give it to me.on a website of a publication 394 00:16:46,918 --> 00:16:49,312 called the Rubric at 6:00... this morning.What-- ooh, wait. 395 00:16:49,356 --> 00:16:52,707 Okay."A dislike of a free press seems to run in the McCord family, 396 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:54,535 "as first son Jason demonstrated by confronting 397 00:16:54,578 --> 00:16:57,277 "the Rubric'seditor over a description of his mother 398 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,019 "he labeled misogynistic and slanderous, 399 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,195 "then baldly suggesting the first female president 400 00:17:02,238 --> 00:17:04,197 deserved preferential treatment."Oh, come on. 401 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,895 You can take it from here.What-- um... 402 00:17:06,938 --> 00:17:08,636 "When his charm offensive ran aground, 403 00:17:08,679 --> 00:17:10,116 "McCord resorted to ham-fisted threats, 404 00:17:10,159 --> 00:17:13,162 "alluding to his Secret Service detail and their... 405 00:17:13,206 --> 00:17:14,598 guns." Guns. 406 00:17:14,642 --> 00:17:16,209 "The implication being they might be deployed 407 00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:18,211 "to muzzle yours truly. After all, Jason warned, 408 00:17:18,254 --> 00:17:20,039 his mother was 'the most powerful person in the world.'" 409 00:17:20,082 --> 00:17:22,084 Nearly two million retweets. 410 00:17:22,128 --> 00:17:25,000 Picked up by the AP, foreign media, it's... 411 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,089 Yeah. Because I'm not already 412 00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:29,222 in Dutch enough with the press corps, 413 00:17:29,265 --> 00:17:31,615 who I will be schmoozing tomorrow night. 414 00:17:31,659 --> 00:17:32,834 Yep. 415 00:17:32,877 --> 00:17:34,879 He is going to issue an apology. 416 00:17:34,923 --> 00:17:36,055 Yes, agreed. 417 00:17:36,098 --> 00:17:37,230 Then we are going to shave his head 418 00:17:37,273 --> 00:17:38,883 and ship him off to military school. 419 00:17:38,927 --> 00:17:41,190 Well, h-he's not 12, but that is a good thought. 420 00:17:41,234 --> 00:17:43,410 Madam President, you're needed in the Sit Room immediately. 421 00:17:43,453 --> 00:17:45,629 Okay, listen, I will have him on the next train down here 422 00:17:45,673 --> 00:17:48,110 to give us time to give him a proper neck-wringing.Okay. 423 00:17:48,154 --> 00:17:50,634 You just go save the world.Okay, okay. Yep, yep, yep. 424 00:17:50,678 --> 00:17:53,202 At 9:00 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, 425 00:17:53,246 --> 00:17:56,423 the G8 member nations notified Tehran 426 00:17:56,466 --> 00:18:00,209 that the sanctions on the Shiraz regime were being trebled. 427 00:18:00,253 --> 00:18:01,384 RUSSELL: Three hours later, 428 00:18:01,428 --> 00:18:03,082 the U.K.'s two largest banks 429 00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:05,780 reported data breaches on their cloud servers. 430 00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:08,043 And the London and Frankfurt stock exchanges 431 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:11,307 just suspended trading after their own breaches. 432 00:18:11,351 --> 00:18:13,309 We confirm Iran was behind it? 433 00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:15,006 WARE: We know they are. 434 00:18:15,050 --> 00:18:16,965 They have hacking mills now. People on the job 24/7. 435 00:18:17,008 --> 00:18:19,315 HILL: And Tehran's aggression isn't limited 436 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,187 to financial markets. 437 00:18:21,230 --> 00:18:24,233 A French-flagged oil tanker 438 00:18:24,277 --> 00:18:26,931 in the Strait of Hormuz nearly capsized 439 00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:28,498 after the automated ballast 440 00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:30,935 control system was remotely compromised. 441 00:18:30,979 --> 00:18:35,723 And British ships in the region are reporting problems with GPS. 442 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:37,203 THOMPSON: Meaning traffic through the most important 443 00:18:37,246 --> 00:18:39,553 oil-shipping route in the world 444 00:18:39,596 --> 00:18:42,077 has come to a complete standstill.RUSSELL: All of which 445 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,427 is a prelude to an inevitable spike in oil prices, 446 00:18:44,471 --> 00:18:46,081 which you will be blamed for. 447 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,692 There is nothing subtle about this, ma'am. 448 00:18:48,736 --> 00:18:50,999 Shiraz is under pressure by the hard-liners. 449 00:18:51,042 --> 00:18:53,784 He wants to stay in power, he has to appease them. 450 00:18:53,828 --> 00:18:58,354 So, unless we back off, this is just the beginning. 451 00:18:58,398 --> 00:19:01,792 Well, I'll personally reach out to our allies. 452 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:03,403 Reinforce the coalition. 453 00:19:03,446 --> 00:19:06,232 Our allies aren't going to spend political capital 454 00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:07,798 on an embattled president. 455 00:19:07,842 --> 00:19:10,323 The undermining of democracy should concern 456 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:12,629 all free nations. 457 00:19:12,673 --> 00:19:14,327 Well, our friends aren't as like-minded. 458 00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:16,285 And we won't be able to exert enough pressure 459 00:19:16,329 --> 00:19:21,160 on Shiraz independently to force him to cough up the hackers. 460 00:19:21,203 --> 00:19:24,467 Then we'll go it alone. 461 00:19:24,511 --> 00:19:27,427 Ellen, have JSOC pull up scenarios for the extraction 462 00:19:27,470 --> 00:19:29,516 of the five Iranian nationals 463 00:19:29,559 --> 00:19:31,518 responsible for the attack on our elections. 464 00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:34,695 You are talking about breaching Iranian sovereignty. 465 00:19:34,738 --> 00:19:37,132 Yes. 466 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:38,264 That is an extreme response. 467 00:19:38,307 --> 00:19:39,874 ELIZABETH: To an extreme provocation, 468 00:19:39,917 --> 00:19:43,791 which we have tried to address diplomatically with Tehran. 469 00:19:43,834 --> 00:19:46,489 And through the use of sanctions. 470 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:47,882 Those measures have not only failed, 471 00:19:47,925 --> 00:19:50,319 but Iran has become emboldened. 472 00:19:50,363 --> 00:19:52,713 HILL: Ma'am, I'm duty bound to advise you 473 00:19:52,756 --> 00:19:54,541 that this could be seen as an act of war. 474 00:19:54,584 --> 00:19:57,500 WARE: One which puts U.S. citizens and service members 475 00:19:57,544 --> 00:20:00,460 overseas in the line of fire. 476 00:20:00,503 --> 00:20:02,505 Not to mention our allies. 477 00:20:04,333 --> 00:20:08,946 Does anyone here doubt that interfering with our elections 478 00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:11,384 was an act of war? 479 00:20:14,735 --> 00:20:16,911 What we do here-- 480 00:20:16,954 --> 00:20:21,568 or don't do-- will have consequences. 481 00:20:21,611 --> 00:20:24,614 Because America is the bellwether for freedom. 482 00:20:24,658 --> 00:20:26,399 If we look away, 483 00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:29,750 then democracies everywhere are at risk. 484 00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:37,497 I expect a full range of options as soon as you gather them. 485 00:20:45,113 --> 00:20:48,203 I'm not saying "Congressman Codeine." 486 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:49,987 Why? He's out of rehab. 487 00:20:51,032 --> 00:20:52,686 Fine. Senator Lithium? 488 00:20:52,729 --> 00:20:54,296 [sighs]: Oh, for God... 489 00:20:54,340 --> 00:20:56,167 I...Hey, Russell. 490 00:20:56,211 --> 00:21:01,216 Welcome to the laugh-free zone, starring your headliner Mike B. 491 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:02,783 Yeah, the gang at Cactus Norm's 492 00:21:02,826 --> 00:21:04,219 open mic night would beg to differ.Uh-huh. 493 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,352 By the way, two-for-one margaritas on Sundays, 494 00:21:06,395 --> 00:21:08,005 but, uh, skip the tuna nachos. 495 00:21:08,049 --> 00:21:09,485 I think you're gonna find 496 00:21:09,529 --> 00:21:11,574 this update aggressively unfunny, too. 497 00:21:11,618 --> 00:21:14,838 I back-channeled with Hanson's chief of staff. 498 00:21:14,882 --> 00:21:17,885 He named his price for shutting down the investigation. 499 00:21:17,928 --> 00:21:19,756 One kidney or two? 500 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,802 Oh, the whole body, I'm afraid. 501 00:21:21,845 --> 00:21:24,587 He's demanding rollbacks on the ESI bill, 502 00:21:24,631 --> 00:21:27,460 approval rights on all judicial nominees. 503 00:21:27,503 --> 00:21:29,766 Well, that's sort of funny.Yeah, well, 504 00:21:29,810 --> 00:21:32,378 I won't even mention the raft of anti-environment initiatives, 505 00:21:32,421 --> 00:21:35,555 corporate tax cuts, weakening 506 00:21:35,598 --> 00:21:38,122 gun control and health care legislation, 507 00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:41,909 all of which he is expecting you to cosign. 508 00:21:41,952 --> 00:21:44,651 If I don't? 509 00:21:44,694 --> 00:21:46,174 Well, then he and his allies 510 00:21:46,217 --> 00:21:49,830 will beat the impeachment drum for the rest of your term. 511 00:21:49,873 --> 00:21:52,267 I agree to his demands, I'll be functionally impeached anyway. 512 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,486 It's still worth considering. 513 00:21:53,529 --> 00:21:55,488 On what basis?Political winds 514 00:21:55,531 --> 00:21:58,882 can shift, leverage can change. 515 00:21:58,926 --> 00:22:01,624 Deals can be unmade. 516 00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:03,191 I have no interest in this office 517 00:22:03,234 --> 00:22:05,672 if I can't do what the people put me here for. 518 00:22:05,715 --> 00:22:09,371 I'd rather be on the farm in Virginia writing my memoirs. 519 00:22:09,415 --> 00:22:10,633 With all due respect, ma'am, 520 00:22:10,677 --> 00:22:12,418 that might be sooner than you think. 521 00:22:15,464 --> 00:22:18,641 I'll find time to speak with Senator Hanson 522 00:22:18,685 --> 00:22:21,165 at the Correspondents' Dinner. 523 00:22:21,209 --> 00:22:23,516 Maybe we'll find some common ground. 524 00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:25,431 I'll pass the word. 525 00:22:25,474 --> 00:22:27,258 BLAKE [clears throat]: Excuse me, ma'am. 526 00:22:27,302 --> 00:22:28,390 Uh, Jason is in the Residence. 527 00:22:28,434 --> 00:22:30,436 Would you like me to invite him down? 528 00:22:33,526 --> 00:22:35,136 No. 529 00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:37,530 Ask Henry to meet me there. 530 00:22:37,573 --> 00:22:39,183 Yes, ma'am. 531 00:22:39,227 --> 00:22:41,664 First off, every word I said was taken out of context. 532 00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:43,144 Oh, a hit job, huh? 533 00:22:43,187 --> 00:22:45,625 Yeah, totally. And... 534 00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:47,627 Well, we happen to have the piece right here, 535 00:22:47,670 --> 00:22:50,456 so we can go over the inaccuracies. 536 00:22:50,499 --> 00:22:54,024 Okay, maybe I was a tiny bit clumsy. 537 00:22:54,068 --> 00:22:57,332 Breaking a vase is clumsy, Jason. 538 00:22:57,376 --> 00:23:00,204 Accusing a female writer of misogyny 539 00:23:00,248 --> 00:23:01,684 while flagging the fact that your detail 540 00:23:01,728 --> 00:23:04,208 is packing heat-- that's just dumb. 541 00:23:04,252 --> 00:23:06,428 I was defending you. 542 00:23:06,472 --> 00:23:09,388 I know it came from a good place, 543 00:23:09,431 --> 00:23:13,087 but you don't help me by throwing your weight around. 544 00:23:13,130 --> 00:23:15,089 And when you talk to journalists, 545 00:23:15,132 --> 00:23:17,221 your words are going to be scrutinized. 546 00:23:17,265 --> 00:23:19,093 Real journalists 547 00:23:19,136 --> 00:23:21,095 don't tote around Hello Kitty knapsacks. 548 00:23:21,138 --> 00:23:22,836 No, no, the blog's a farce, okay? 549 00:23:22,879 --> 00:23:24,054 I'm the victim here. 550 00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:26,492 Oh, boy.See, that's just not the way 551 00:23:26,535 --> 00:23:28,407 you want to play this, sport.No, everyone attacks you. 552 00:23:29,886 --> 00:23:30,844 And you just turn the other cheek. 553 00:23:30,887 --> 00:23:32,454 Don't you get sick of that? 554 00:23:32,498 --> 00:23:35,544 I don't have that luxury, 555 00:23:35,588 --> 00:23:37,546 and neither does my family. 556 00:23:37,590 --> 00:23:40,549 And I'm sorry, but that's the way it is. 557 00:23:40,593 --> 00:23:43,900 Okay. I... 558 00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:47,904 Lesson learned. Are we done here? 559 00:23:47,948 --> 00:23:50,994 We are, but you're not. 560 00:23:51,038 --> 00:23:52,561 A full-throated apology 561 00:23:52,605 --> 00:23:54,520 posted online before the Correspondents' Dinner, 562 00:23:54,563 --> 00:23:57,566 uh, by, let's say, noon. 563 00:23:57,610 --> 00:23:59,655 Tomorrow. 564 00:23:59,699 --> 00:24:02,484 Okay. Yeah. I can, I'll mock up a clarification. 565 00:24:02,528 --> 00:24:04,094 ELIZABETH AND HENRY: Apology.Okay, fine. 566 00:24:04,138 --> 00:24:05,356 DMITRI: Isn't this nice? 567 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,316 Mm-hmm.Beautiful evening. 568 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,492 You, me.Mm-hmm. 569 00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:14,844 Four people licensed to kill. 570 00:24:14,888 --> 00:24:18,674 Well, a table for six is my new normal. 571 00:24:18,718 --> 00:24:21,938 I've never had a normal, except for you. 572 00:24:21,982 --> 00:24:23,810 Aw.WOMAN: Oh, it's the president's daughter. 573 00:24:23,853 --> 00:24:27,596 Oh, okay. Uh, here, let's sit down. 574 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,338 [clears throat] 575 00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:35,343 You're nervous. 576 00:24:35,386 --> 00:24:36,692 [clears throat] 577 00:24:36,736 --> 00:24:39,521 Yeah. About being seen with me? 578 00:24:39,565 --> 00:24:40,914 No. 579 00:24:40,957 --> 00:24:44,004 Um, it's just that, 580 00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:45,788 if we're a couple, 581 00:24:45,832 --> 00:24:49,575 then we are official, and if we're official, 582 00:24:49,618 --> 00:24:52,969 don't know, my mind goes places. 583 00:24:53,013 --> 00:24:54,623 I'll never hurt you again. 584 00:24:54,667 --> 00:24:56,799 You can't promise that. 585 00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:59,585 I'll never hurt you intentionally. [laughs] Gee. 586 00:24:59,628 --> 00:25:02,457 You really know how to sweet-talk a gal. 587 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:03,502 [both laugh] 588 00:25:03,545 --> 00:25:04,590 Look, it's the best I can do. 589 00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:08,028 Some things are out of our control. 590 00:25:08,071 --> 00:25:09,464 Yeah. 591 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:11,466 I just can't do this again. 592 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,773 Like, go all in, and then 593 00:25:13,816 --> 00:25:17,167 maybe one day I'll-I'll wake up and you'll be gone 594 00:25:17,211 --> 00:25:20,823 because you have this secret life that you can't outrun. 595 00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,696 Look, there's no more secrets and there's no more running. 596 00:25:23,739 --> 00:25:26,568 All I can promise you is this: 597 00:25:26,612 --> 00:25:28,657 I'm not leaving again, 598 00:25:28,701 --> 00:25:33,009 not unless I'm dragged away, kicking and screaming. 599 00:25:33,053 --> 00:25:36,491 So we leave the rest up to fate? 600 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:37,666 No. 601 00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:41,627 I don't trust fate. 602 00:25:41,670 --> 00:25:43,672 I trust you. 603 00:25:45,805 --> 00:25:48,155 Okay. 604 00:25:48,198 --> 00:25:49,765 HENRY: So how go the jokes? 605 00:25:49,809 --> 00:25:53,726 Six comedy writers, three speechwriters, 606 00:25:53,769 --> 00:25:56,119 endless edits by Mike B., 607 00:25:56,163 --> 00:25:57,643 and it still needs a punch-up. 608 00:25:57,686 --> 00:25:59,514 You're gonna be great. 609 00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:02,517 What I need is a time machine, so I can 610 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,171 go back and fix things. 611 00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:06,739 These investigations aren't going anywhere. 612 00:26:06,782 --> 00:26:07,696 Nope. 613 00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:10,046 Maybe my presidency is. 614 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:13,006 Babe, don't.I'm just being realistic. 615 00:26:15,965 --> 00:26:20,274 Been thinking a lot about the fate of pioneers. 616 00:26:20,317 --> 00:26:21,841 Well, you're certainly one of them. 617 00:26:21,884 --> 00:26:24,626 Yeah. You know what pioneers get to accomplish? 618 00:26:24,670 --> 00:26:27,673 Being first. That's it. 619 00:26:27,716 --> 00:26:28,630 Some accomplished more than that. 620 00:26:28,674 --> 00:26:30,066 Not the ones that matter. 621 00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:32,808 Susan B. Anthony paved the way for women's suffrage 622 00:26:32,852 --> 00:26:35,681 but died 15 years before women got to vote. 623 00:26:35,724 --> 00:26:38,509 And Martin Luther King fought for equality 624 00:26:38,553 --> 00:26:42,383 but didn't live to see many of his dreams fulfilled. 625 00:26:42,426 --> 00:26:45,038 People who provide the spark 626 00:26:45,081 --> 00:26:47,257 don't often get to sit by the fire. 627 00:26:47,301 --> 00:26:49,303 Maybe 628 00:26:49,346 --> 00:26:52,175 the country just wasn't ready 629 00:26:52,219 --> 00:26:54,221 for the first female president. 630 00:26:56,266 --> 00:27:01,010 Or maybe all this is just inevitable tectonic shifts. 631 00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:03,317 The earth realigning itself. 632 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,059 Or opening up to swallow me whole. 633 00:27:06,102 --> 00:27:08,104 You're gonna get through this. 634 00:27:10,977 --> 00:27:13,109 What if I don't? 635 00:27:13,153 --> 00:27:15,329 Well, then you'll have a burgeoning comedy career 636 00:27:15,372 --> 00:27:17,766 to fall back on. 637 00:27:17,810 --> 00:27:20,813 Maybe I'll just fall back on you. 638 00:27:20,856 --> 00:27:23,859 Well, that works, too.[chuckles] 639 00:27:26,296 --> 00:27:28,908 WARE: Iran's cyber force 640 00:27:28,951 --> 00:27:31,388 is a decentralized confederation of hackers, 641 00:27:31,432 --> 00:27:33,652 but our intel confirms 642 00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:36,698 there's nothing random about the dispersion of our five targets. 643 00:27:36,742 --> 00:27:38,352 Tabriz, Mashhad, 644 00:27:38,395 --> 00:27:41,355 Zahedan, and Bushehr. 645 00:27:41,398 --> 00:27:43,749 The four corners of the country.And Reza Mousavi, 646 00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:45,707 the crown jewel, 647 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,796 is in Tehran. 648 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,015 Our range of options, unfortunately, 649 00:27:49,058 --> 00:27:50,886 has boiled down to one. 650 00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:52,845 We would have to have a full-scale invasion 651 00:27:52,888 --> 00:27:54,368 to extract all the targets. 652 00:27:54,411 --> 00:27:58,024 Which sets the stage for a long and costly occupation. 653 00:27:58,067 --> 00:27:59,678 ELIZABETH: Another Iraq.Yes, ma'am. 654 00:28:01,854 --> 00:28:05,727 Well, if we can't get into Iran, 655 00:28:05,771 --> 00:28:08,251 maybe we can get the targets out, 656 00:28:08,295 --> 00:28:09,862 at least Mousavi. 657 00:28:09,905 --> 00:28:12,081 Ma'am?Well, do we have any 658 00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:15,519 high-ranking assets left in Hezbollah?We do. 659 00:28:15,563 --> 00:28:19,480 Someone who could draw Mousavi out so he's a soft target? 660 00:28:19,523 --> 00:28:23,484 Our agent would have to dangle the promise of a package 661 00:28:23,527 --> 00:28:26,748 so sensitive, it could only be passed in person. 662 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:29,708 And we'd have to burn him. 663 00:28:29,751 --> 00:28:31,361 But it can be done. 664 00:28:31,405 --> 00:28:33,363 Theoretically. 665 00:28:33,407 --> 00:28:34,713 But what about the other four suspects? 666 00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:37,367 Well, I'm willing to trade 667 00:28:37,411 --> 00:28:39,326 the head of the snake for the rest of its body. 668 00:28:39,369 --> 00:28:43,634 HUMINT says Mousavi's in line for a big promotion, 669 00:28:43,678 --> 00:28:46,115 maybe as soon as tomorrow. 670 00:28:46,159 --> 00:28:47,987 Shiraz keeps his inner circle a stone's throw away, 671 00:28:48,030 --> 00:28:50,772 under heavy guard.It'll be a high-risk op. 672 00:28:50,816 --> 00:28:52,339 Well, then there's no time to waste. 673 00:28:52,382 --> 00:28:53,862 WARE: And if it fails, 674 00:28:53,906 --> 00:28:55,821 there will be American fatalities. 675 00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:57,170 And fallout. 676 00:28:57,213 --> 00:28:59,433 Just ask Carter the cost 677 00:28:59,476 --> 00:29:00,956 of botched Iranian missions. 678 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,784 And even if this goes off without a hitch, 679 00:29:02,828 --> 00:29:06,962 your political enemies will accuse you of wagging the dog. 680 00:29:07,006 --> 00:29:08,181 Even if you win, 681 00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:11,619 you'll lose.Yeah. 682 00:29:11,662 --> 00:29:14,883 Yup. I want Mousavi on American soil to face justice. 683 00:29:14,927 --> 00:29:15,971 I'll deal with the rest later. 684 00:29:16,015 --> 00:29:17,886 Set it up.Yes, Madam President. 685 00:29:23,805 --> 00:29:26,242 Hey, Russell, Mousavi is happily ensconced 686 00:29:26,286 --> 00:29:30,812 at a baccarat table at the Casino de la Falaise. 687 00:29:30,856 --> 00:29:35,208 It's some luxury seaside resort just south of Beirut. 688 00:29:35,251 --> 00:29:38,777 There's a joint HRT/SEAL Team task force ready to grab him up. 689 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:40,909 Okay. Bye. 690 00:29:40,953 --> 00:29:42,781 So, what's the pretext? 691 00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:44,739 A stolen workup on the vulnerabilities 692 00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:46,393 of our electrical grids. 693 00:29:46,436 --> 00:29:48,395 Have you read in President Bashar? No. 694 00:29:48,438 --> 00:29:51,354 His loyalties are divided. 695 00:29:51,398 --> 00:29:53,879 Besides, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. 696 00:29:53,922 --> 00:29:56,795 Speaking of forgiveness, Madam President, Dr. McCord, 697 00:29:56,838 --> 00:29:59,101 Jason posted, 698 00:29:59,145 --> 00:30:01,016 uh, an apology on social media. 699 00:30:01,060 --> 00:30:02,844 Do we want to see it? 700 00:30:02,888 --> 00:30:04,019 Uh, in ten years. 701 00:30:04,063 --> 00:30:05,804 [groans] 702 00:30:06,892 --> 00:30:10,547 JASON [over video]: Um, some of you 703 00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:13,855 may have seen a piece on me in The Cambridge Rubric 704 00:30:13,899 --> 00:30:16,466 discussing my interaction with a college journalist, 705 00:30:16,510 --> 00:30:17,859 and I would like 706 00:30:17,903 --> 00:30:19,208 to address the matter. 707 00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:21,820 Um, I'm sorry for what happened. 708 00:30:21,863 --> 00:30:23,822 An auspicious enough start. 709 00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:25,040 I'm sorry I disrespected 710 00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:28,914 the serious field of college journalism. 711 00:30:28,957 --> 00:30:32,004 And I'm sorry I failed to recognize that the press 712 00:30:32,047 --> 00:30:34,789 should be free to vilify our leaders without consequence. 713 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,444 Oh, less auspicious. 714 00:30:37,487 --> 00:30:38,967 And I was wrong to defend my mother 715 00:30:39,011 --> 00:30:40,664 because she has been treated so fairly 716 00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:42,362 by journalists 717 00:30:42,405 --> 00:30:44,799 and by the Senate Intelligence Committee 718 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:46,366 and by conservative critics who have 719 00:30:46,409 --> 00:30:49,021 embraced her as the female president that they've 720 00:30:49,064 --> 00:30:51,893 always been longing for.No, no, no... 721 00:30:51,937 --> 00:30:54,504 And I hope one day to display the ethics and decorum 722 00:30:54,548 --> 00:30:58,291 so regularly evidenced by our woke media 723 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:01,903 'cause it's what they deserve. Jason out. 724 00:31:01,947 --> 00:31:03,513 Yeah. 725 00:31:03,557 --> 00:31:06,908 Well, it was, technically, an apology. 726 00:31:06,952 --> 00:31:08,649 So how do you want to handle it? 727 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:09,955 I don't. 728 00:31:10,999 --> 00:31:13,654 You're both gonna get hammered. 729 00:31:13,697 --> 00:31:15,177 Well, I'm used to it. 730 00:31:15,221 --> 00:31:18,267 Maybe he'll learn something about consequences 731 00:31:18,311 --> 00:31:21,967 and how to talk to people.Speaking of which, 732 00:31:22,010 --> 00:31:23,838 have you decided what you're gonna say to Hanson? 733 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,840 Yeah. Am I sure 734 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,060 it's the right thing to do? 735 00:31:28,103 --> 00:31:32,064 Well, that's a whole different animal. 736 00:31:32,107 --> 00:31:34,805 MIKE: Why do they call these stupid things monkey suits? 737 00:31:34,849 --> 00:31:37,460 No self-respecting simian would be caught dead in one of them. 738 00:31:37,504 --> 00:31:38,984 I thought you liked galas. 739 00:31:39,027 --> 00:31:40,637 Only when I'm trolling for business. 740 00:31:40,681 --> 00:31:42,988 This place is like a casting call for The Walking Dead. 741 00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:44,511 Where's the president? 742 00:31:44,554 --> 00:31:48,167 Uh, discussing free trade with, uh, Secretary Barnum. 743 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:51,648 Tell her the senator's ready.Will do. 744 00:31:53,346 --> 00:31:54,913 ELIZABETH: Cynthia. 745 00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:56,392 PAUL: Great to see you.ELIZABETH: Hey, Paul. 746 00:31:56,436 --> 00:31:57,654 HENRY: Cynthia, how are you?CYNTHIA: Henry. 747 00:31:57,698 --> 00:31:59,482 Oh, so good to see you.HENRY: Hey, Paul. 748 00:31:59,526 --> 00:32:02,398 And my dress is biodegradable, in honor of your ESI bill.Oh, come on. 749 00:32:02,442 --> 00:32:04,966 That's fantastic. You know what else is biodegradable? 750 00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:08,230 French fries, truffles, mac and cheese. 751 00:32:08,274 --> 00:32:09,971 I'm actually just eating 752 00:32:10,015 --> 00:32:11,625 for the environment tonight. 753 00:32:11,668 --> 00:32:14,149 Really good to see you both.Good to see you. Take care. 754 00:32:14,193 --> 00:32:16,978 Hey, guys. Hi.Hi. Mom, Dad. 755 00:32:17,022 --> 00:32:18,327 Oh. Sorry.Uh, this is Shasta. 756 00:32:18,371 --> 00:32:20,547 Yeah, hi, Shasta.It is an honor to meet you, 757 00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:21,896 Mr. and Mrs. President. 758 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,985 Yeah, that's not-- that's not how that... 759 00:32:24,029 --> 00:32:25,944 My-my mom...This is huge. I... 760 00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:28,642 Just go and have fun. Just don't worry. 761 00:32:28,685 --> 00:32:29,773 We'll see you at the table. 762 00:32:29,817 --> 00:32:30,992 Hi. Uh, Madam President?Yes? 763 00:32:31,036 --> 00:32:33,342 Uh, Senator Hanson is ready for you. 764 00:32:36,084 --> 00:32:37,999 Good luck. 765 00:32:51,621 --> 00:32:55,103 Madam President.Senator. 766 00:32:55,147 --> 00:32:57,062 I hope you're enjoying your evening. 767 00:32:57,105 --> 00:32:59,803 Well, so far, so good. 768 00:33:01,153 --> 00:33:03,111 Have you considered my offer? 769 00:33:03,155 --> 00:33:06,027 I have. At some length. 770 00:33:06,071 --> 00:33:07,986 Before I respond to it, 771 00:33:08,029 --> 00:33:12,077 I-I do want to acknowledge something. 772 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,774 I have made mistakes. 773 00:33:13,817 --> 00:33:16,124 I can be too single-minded 774 00:33:16,168 --> 00:33:18,866 in my pursuit of progress. 775 00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:22,130 Not solicitous enough of opposing viewpoints. 776 00:33:22,174 --> 00:33:23,566 And the charge 777 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:26,961 that I haven't always been quick to compromise-- 778 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,485 well, that hits the mark, too. 779 00:33:29,529 --> 00:33:30,791 Well said. 780 00:33:30,834 --> 00:33:34,012 Compromise is the key to effective leadership. 781 00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:38,929 It is. But here's the thing, Senator. 782 00:33:38,973 --> 00:33:42,150 You don't want compromise. 783 00:33:42,194 --> 00:33:45,632 You want my complete and unconditional surrender 784 00:33:45,675 --> 00:33:48,504 to your demands.That's a bit over the top, 785 00:33:48,548 --> 00:33:51,116 don't you think?No. 786 00:33:51,159 --> 00:33:56,034 What's over the top is months of hearings engineered only 787 00:33:56,077 --> 00:33:58,210 to further your boundless ambition. 788 00:33:58,253 --> 00:34:03,084 The relentless persecution of my staff, the most devoted 789 00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:06,479 and selfless public servants I have ever had the privilege 790 00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:08,872 of serving with. 791 00:34:08,916 --> 00:34:10,657 You're a cheap shakedown artist, Senator. 792 00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:14,052 And I am not willing to sell out my agenda 793 00:34:14,095 --> 00:34:16,184 to sit in the Oval and take orders 794 00:34:16,228 --> 00:34:19,796 from a partisan hack, who puts his own self-interest 795 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,276 before the national good. 796 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,585 I'm gonna continue serving the American people. 797 00:34:25,628 --> 00:34:28,979 You're just gonna have to try and stop me. 798 00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:32,200 When the end comes, and it will, soon, 799 00:34:32,244 --> 00:34:34,942 remember I gave you a chance, Elizabeth. 800 00:34:35,986 --> 00:34:39,947 It's Madam President. You remember that. 801 00:34:51,437 --> 00:34:53,395 Um, this is my date Shasta.Hi. Nice to meet you. 802 00:34:53,439 --> 00:34:56,137 ...drivers here this evening. Please feel free to drink up. 803 00:34:56,181 --> 00:34:58,879 [cheering]Yep, the administration 804 00:34:58,922 --> 00:35:02,448 has graciously arranged for free rides home 805 00:35:02,491 --> 00:35:05,059 care of the U.S. Marshals Service. 806 00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,626 [cheers and applause]So buckle up, guys! 807 00:35:06,669 --> 00:35:08,454 Here we go. 808 00:35:08,497 --> 00:35:10,020 [cheering and applause] 809 00:35:10,064 --> 00:35:12,284 Speaking of McCords who hate the media, 810 00:35:12,327 --> 00:35:14,068 there is the president's son Jason. 811 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,983 Hello, Jason, it's great to see you. 812 00:35:16,026 --> 00:35:18,159 Uh, Jason is now 813 00:35:18,203 --> 00:35:19,334 a college junior. 814 00:35:19,378 --> 00:35:21,031 He is majoring in affluenza 815 00:35:21,075 --> 00:35:24,209 and minoring in celibacy. 816 00:35:24,252 --> 00:35:26,167 [laughter]Jason, uh, 817 00:35:26,211 --> 00:35:28,038 does intend to follow in his mom's footsteps.Extraction team is in place. 818 00:35:28,082 --> 00:35:29,692 It's awaiting your okay.He hopes to enter 819 00:35:29,736 --> 00:35:31,477 the political arena...They have it. 820 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:32,608 ...as the subject 821 00:35:32,652 --> 00:35:35,220 of simultaneous federal investigations. 822 00:35:35,263 --> 00:35:38,223 No, seriously, don't worry, Jason, in ten years 823 00:35:38,266 --> 00:35:41,443 no one will remember how you publicly humiliated yourself. 824 00:35:41,487 --> 00:35:44,446 I, I do think I speak for everyone here tonight 825 00:35:44,490 --> 00:35:46,753 when I say, thank God for the Internet. 826 00:35:46,796 --> 00:35:48,102 [laughter] 827 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:49,712 Can we switch seats? 828 00:35:49,756 --> 00:35:51,105 EMCEE: Our president 829 00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:54,239 is a woman of conviction. 830 00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:55,675 Or soon will be. 831 00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:57,067 Um...[laughter and groaning] 832 00:35:57,111 --> 00:35:59,069 But she is a good sport, 833 00:35:59,113 --> 00:36:03,073 and now I'm gonna give her the chance to take a few shots 834 00:36:03,117 --> 00:36:04,771 at all of us. 835 00:36:04,814 --> 00:36:08,253 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome 836 00:36:08,296 --> 00:36:11,212 President Elizabeth McCord! 837 00:36:17,044 --> 00:36:18,350 ELIZABETH: Thank you. 838 00:36:20,352 --> 00:36:22,049 Good evening. 839 00:36:22,092 --> 00:36:23,964 Traditionally, 840 00:36:24,007 --> 00:36:26,532 this is a night for humor, 841 00:36:26,575 --> 00:36:28,098 but some people in my administration 842 00:36:28,142 --> 00:36:30,449 have informed me that I am not funny. 843 00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:32,059 [laughter] 844 00:36:32,102 --> 00:36:35,889 I will miss all of them dearly. 845 00:36:35,932 --> 00:36:38,021 [laughter and applause] 846 00:36:39,066 --> 00:36:40,198 Yet while it pains me 847 00:36:40,241 --> 00:36:43,244 to say this, these people were right. 848 00:36:43,288 --> 00:36:45,855 Truth is, I'm not that funny, 849 00:36:45,899 --> 00:36:48,075 and sometimes the truth hurts 850 00:36:48,118 --> 00:36:50,686 and it isn't what we want to hear. 851 00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:52,862 [knock on door] But truth is the fabric 852 00:36:52,906 --> 00:36:55,169 that binds society together. [speaking foreign language] 853 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,824 What makes our government work. 854 00:36:57,867 --> 00:37:00,522 What gives people trust in their leaders. 855 00:37:00,566 --> 00:37:02,176 And no one 856 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:06,267 is a more important defender of the truth 857 00:37:06,311 --> 00:37:07,877 than the people in this room. 858 00:37:07,921 --> 00:37:11,229 [cheering and applause] 859 00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:12,447 What you do 860 00:37:12,491 --> 00:37:14,275 is serious, 861 00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:17,757 and it is important and as critical 862 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,499 to our liberty as the work of any branch of government. 863 00:37:20,542 --> 00:37:23,153 The people in this room have 864 00:37:23,197 --> 00:37:25,808 the unassailable right to document, 865 00:37:25,852 --> 00:37:29,290 to editorialize, to criticize, and to do so 866 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:31,858 without fear of reprisal. 867 00:37:31,901 --> 00:37:35,035 WOMAN: Yeah! [applause] 868 00:37:35,078 --> 00:37:38,952 Because without a free press, truth is not reported, 869 00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:41,389 power is not held accountable, 870 00:37:41,433 --> 00:37:43,913 and democracy cannot survive. 871 00:37:43,957 --> 00:37:46,264 The founders had the wisdom 872 00:37:46,307 --> 00:37:48,527 to understand this and to enshrine 873 00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:50,920 this understanding in our holiest 874 00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:52,444 of civic documents. 875 00:37:53,445 --> 00:37:55,708 Congress shall make no law 876 00:37:55,751 --> 00:37:57,753 abridging the freedom of the press. 877 00:37:57,797 --> 00:38:00,060 [cheering] 878 00:38:02,367 --> 00:38:05,152 So says the First Amendment, 879 00:38:05,195 --> 00:38:06,545 the elemental freedom 880 00:38:06,588 --> 00:38:10,288 without which all other freedoms are imperiled. 881 00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:12,594 May we all cherish 882 00:38:12,638 --> 00:38:15,205 the freedom that we honor tonight 883 00:38:15,249 --> 00:38:17,338 and protect it. 884 00:38:17,382 --> 00:38:20,254 Thank you. You're all under arrest. 885 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:23,257 [laughter] 886 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:24,650 [cheering] 887 00:38:31,657 --> 00:38:34,921 HANSON: Fellow members, it is my solemn duty 888 00:38:34,964 --> 00:38:37,619 to update you on the fruits of my committee's investigation. 889 00:38:37,663 --> 00:38:39,795 What began as a targeted inquiry... 890 00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:41,928 He's not wasting any time. 891 00:38:41,971 --> 00:38:44,104 Hanson's addressing the full Senate. 892 00:38:44,147 --> 00:38:46,759 At least he's finally putting all of his cards on the table. 893 00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:48,804 Let's see what kind of hand he has. 894 00:38:48,848 --> 00:38:51,067 ...by President McCord's own FBI. 895 00:38:51,111 --> 00:38:52,460 And while the shameless obstruction 896 00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:54,157 of President McCord's staff 897 00:38:54,201 --> 00:38:57,247 means my committee's work is still ongoing, 898 00:38:57,291 --> 00:38:59,424 I can say with confidence that we have uncovered 899 00:38:59,467 --> 00:39:00,773 a pervasive pattern 900 00:39:00,816 --> 00:39:03,341 of secrecy and corruption in the White House, 901 00:39:03,384 --> 00:39:05,473 contempt for truth and transparency 902 00:39:05,517 --> 00:39:07,649 coordinated by President McCord 903 00:39:07,693 --> 00:39:11,392 that should trouble every American. 904 00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:14,526 The evidence is overwhelming 905 00:39:14,569 --> 00:39:16,092 and irrefutable. 906 00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:17,529 Her former press secretary 907 00:39:17,572 --> 00:39:20,140 Daisy Grant fired for concealing her receipt 908 00:39:20,183 --> 00:39:21,359 of hacked election materials 909 00:39:21,402 --> 00:39:24,013 from Iranian asset Claudine Bernard. 910 00:39:24,057 --> 00:39:27,365 Her closest aide Blake Moran caught in a scheme 911 00:39:27,408 --> 00:39:30,280 he and the president's own daughter executed to circumvent 912 00:39:30,324 --> 00:39:33,371 campaign finance disclosure requirements. 913 00:39:33,414 --> 00:39:35,503 Her longtime fixer and bagman Mike Barnow 914 00:39:35,547 --> 00:39:37,897 implicated in covering up the suspicious death 915 00:39:37,940 --> 00:39:39,594 of a government official. 916 00:39:39,638 --> 00:39:42,684 In every instance President McCord's reward 917 00:39:42,728 --> 00:39:45,383 for these acts of malfeasance? 918 00:39:45,426 --> 00:39:49,387 A high-ranking job in the White House. 919 00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:53,434 It pains me to say this culture of corruption and self-dealing 920 00:39:53,478 --> 00:39:56,916 extends to the president's own family. 921 00:39:56,959 --> 00:39:59,397 To her husband, who has ironically been gifted 922 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,921 the role of ethics czar in her administration. 923 00:40:01,964 --> 00:40:03,923 To her daughter, who was brazenly seen 924 00:40:03,966 --> 00:40:06,273 in the company of former spy Dmitri Petrov 925 00:40:06,316 --> 00:40:07,666 at last night's Correspondents' Dinner. 926 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:11,104 Mr. Petrov's presence was made possible 927 00:40:11,147 --> 00:40:13,759 because the administration negotiated an amnesty deal 928 00:40:13,802 --> 00:40:15,456 with Russia that greased his return, 929 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:16,849 apparently so the president 930 00:40:16,892 --> 00:40:18,894 could facilitate her daughter's... 931 00:40:20,505 --> 00:40:22,463 ...romantic yearnings. 932 00:40:22,507 --> 00:40:25,466 And still there's more.That son of a bitch. 933 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:26,598 The recent revelations 934 00:40:26,641 --> 00:40:28,382 that then Secretary of State McCord 935 00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:30,471 assaulted a foreign leader 936 00:40:30,515 --> 00:40:31,951 and concealed it. 937 00:40:31,994 --> 00:40:35,084 That as a rogue agent, she authorized the torture-- 938 00:40:35,128 --> 00:40:38,871 the torture-- of a suspected terrorist. 939 00:40:38,914 --> 00:40:42,614 In the wake of this accumulation of damning evidence, 940 00:40:42,657 --> 00:40:45,704 how does President McCord respond? 941 00:40:45,747 --> 00:40:47,749 By trying to distract the public 942 00:40:47,793 --> 00:40:50,535 with a sensational mission 943 00:40:50,578 --> 00:40:53,929 to kidnap a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, 944 00:40:53,973 --> 00:40:55,627 a desperate act of adventurism 945 00:40:55,670 --> 00:40:58,064 to convince us she is not in league 946 00:40:58,107 --> 00:41:01,328 with the country that facilitated her election. 947 00:41:01,371 --> 00:41:03,504 Where does this lawlessness end? 948 00:41:03,548 --> 00:41:05,288 [senators murmuring] 949 00:41:05,332 --> 00:41:07,856 With accountability. 950 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:10,163 Which is why I have referred the work product 951 00:41:10,206 --> 00:41:12,426 of this investigation to Representative Canning 952 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,516 of the House Judiciary Committee 953 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,041 for proceedings consistent with their charter. 954 00:41:19,085 --> 00:41:21,566 "Consistent with their charter." Oh, my God. 955 00:41:21,609 --> 00:41:23,176 Impeachment.It's beginning. 956 00:41:23,219 --> 00:41:25,395 All right, here we go. 957 00:41:25,439 --> 00:41:27,093 We need to war game this. 958 00:41:27,136 --> 00:41:29,182 Let's, uh, let's grab Olivia. 959 00:41:29,225 --> 00:41:31,619 Hunker down with our allies. Start deploying them. 960 00:41:31,663 --> 00:41:34,535 A media onslaught. Print, broadcast, digital. 961 00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:36,537 Guys. 962 00:41:36,581 --> 00:41:39,018 Do you think you could give me a minute, please? 963 00:41:40,062 --> 00:41:42,412 Madam President. 964 00:41:42,456 --> 00:41:44,458 Yes, ma'am. 965 00:42:03,172 --> 00:42:04,522 Blake? 966 00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,482 When is my meeting 967 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,353 with the Council of Economic Advisers? 968 00:42:10,397 --> 00:42:11,529 10:30.Move it up. 969 00:42:11,572 --> 00:42:13,139 I also need 970 00:42:13,182 --> 00:42:15,707 the OMB report on carbon reductions 971 00:42:15,750 --> 00:42:17,273 and the latest slate 972 00:42:17,317 --> 00:42:19,580 on potential judicial nominees, all right? 973 00:42:19,624 --> 00:42:22,104 Right away.It's not your fault. 974 00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:25,673 Ma'am? 975 00:42:25,717 --> 00:42:29,459 The flash drive. The oppo file. 976 00:42:29,503 --> 00:42:32,593 You were with me here at the very beginning. 977 00:42:32,637 --> 00:42:35,204 You'll be here at the end. 978 00:42:35,248 --> 00:42:37,206 Whenever that day is. 979 00:42:39,252 --> 00:42:40,601 Yes, ma'am. 980 00:42:41,646 --> 00:42:43,430 Let's get to work. 981 00:42:47,652 --> 00:42:51,612 Captioning sponsored by CBS 982 00:42:51,656 --> 00:42:53,658 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 69426

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