1 00:00:07,424 --> 00:00:09,500 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:09,718 --> 00:00:12,423 I always get asked,"What would be a win in the debates?" 3 00:00:12,596 --> 00:00:15,513 If we don't get elected, I promise you, President Ritchie... 4 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:18,220 ...is gonna have a lot less sympathy for your agenda. 5 00:00:18,393 --> 00:00:21,430 You're what my friends call a superior son of a bitch. 6 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:24,606 - And you can't be trusted. - Wait till the debates. 7 00:00:24,775 --> 00:00:28,060 - Election's in six weeks, Mr. President. - Where are we in the vote? 8 00:00:28,237 --> 00:00:31,440 - We're slipping a little bit, sir. - Are you taking this personally? 9 00:00:31,615 --> 00:00:34,984 We should have a great debate, Rob. We owe it to everyone. 10 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,069 I know how Ritchie will win the election. 11 00:00:42,334 --> 00:00:45,252 Affirmative action and quotas are about two different things. 12 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:48,920 Affirmative action provides opportunities people might not otherwise get. 13 00:00:52,094 --> 00:00:55,297 You talk about providing opportunity, but support racial profiling. 14 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:59,766 - I don't support racial profiling. - Your nominee for attorney general did. 15 00:00:59,935 --> 00:01:02,391 - Can you tell us why you nominated him? - Why? 16 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:05,136 - Yes. - Because bite me, that's why. 17 00:01:05,315 --> 00:01:08,400 - It's a legitimate question. - It's been almost four years, Sam. 18 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:12,697 - How long you wanna say"Told you so"? - He wasn't saying"I told you so," sir. 19 00:01:12,865 --> 00:01:15,652 - We need an answer on Rooker. - What's wrong with"bite me"? 20 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:17,653 - I think we'd lose. - Not in New Jersey. 21 00:01:17,828 --> 00:01:20,449 "It's never been shown profiling works. I'm against it." 22 00:01:20,622 --> 00:01:23,030 - That answer's simple. - We can make it complicated. 23 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:24,584 A lot of people in... 24 00:01:25,794 --> 00:01:27,336 - Do you mind if I...? - No. 25 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:29,296 She was talking to me, Dexter. What? 26 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:32,833 Lots of people in law enforcement believe it helps them do a better job. 27 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:35,252 - Not everyone's against it. - I'm against it. 28 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:37,386 So are the voters, but I think what... 29 00:01:37,556 --> 00:01:40,177 - How you doing there, Joey? Kippy? - Kenny. 30 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:44,430 I think, Mr. President, that what Congresswoman Wyatt was saying is... 31 00:01:44,855 --> 00:01:48,188 ...if we can figure out a way to make this answer about the drug war... 32 00:01:48,358 --> 00:01:51,146 ...we can talk about successes. - That what you were saying? 33 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,561 - Yes. - Ritchie will bring back the fact... 34 00:01:53,739 --> 00:01:56,360 ...you don't know your position on it. - I do know. 35 00:01:56,533 --> 00:01:59,867 We're losing the question. It's,"What was the story with Rooker?" 36 00:02:00,037 --> 00:02:03,571 We gave him support until it was clear an increasingly divided Congress... 37 00:02:03,749 --> 00:02:06,703 ...would shoot down our nominee. - We withdrew the nomination. 38 00:02:06,877 --> 00:02:11,918 Why not blow past the nomination fight and give an unambiguous statement... 39 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:16,420 ...in support of law enforcement. No one's for fairer law enforcement. 40 00:02:16,595 --> 00:02:19,679 - That won't be the question. - Why not just say we screwed up? 41 00:02:19,848 --> 00:02:22,933 "Mr. Rooker is a devoted crime-fighter. We had our differences. 42 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:26,845 - But on this, all Americans can agree..." - Excuse me. 43 00:02:27,022 --> 00:02:29,857 - Were you doing me just then? - I was offering an answer... 44 00:02:30,025 --> 00:02:32,183 - You were doing me. - I may have slipped into it. 45 00:02:32,528 --> 00:02:36,359 Anybody else do a pretty good Bartlet? It's talent night here at debate camp. 46 00:02:36,532 --> 00:02:39,449 - Anybody wanna do a little skit? - No, sir. 47 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:53,912 Apparently eight Israeli Thunder fighters... 48 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:58,753 ...also known as American-made Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles... 49 00:02:58,929 --> 00:03:02,843 ...have hit two terrorist bases in the north and south of Qumar. 50 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:07,513 While no Qumari government personnel or institutions were destroyed... 51 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:11,222 ...Qumar, of course, considers an attack on its soil to be an act of war. 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,232 So we are, as always, one bad bottle of tequila... 53 00:03:15,404 --> 00:03:17,646 ...away from all-out war in West Asia. 54 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:22,610 Would you like to take this one or shall I? 55 00:03:22,786 --> 00:03:25,277 Why don't you get this one, I'll get the next one. 56 00:03:25,455 --> 00:03:27,662 - Okay. - We've got a secure room. 57 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:32,453 I agreed to be locked up with you for 48 hours. How much time do I have left? 58 00:03:32,629 --> 00:03:34,871 Forty-seven hours, 41 minutes. 59 00:04:25,807 --> 00:04:29,390 Hutchinson and Berryhill are hooked in, along with Nancy and Fitzwallace... 60 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:32,479 ...and we're still getting Peter. - Defense Condition 3... 61 00:04:32,648 --> 00:04:34,640 ...for the bases in Qumar is what? - Mike. 62 00:04:34,816 --> 00:04:38,684 It deploys the Independence to the Gulf. They've got 75 aircraft. 63 00:04:38,862 --> 00:04:42,314 - What's happening on the ground? - AC Striker recon says 30,000 troops... 64 00:04:42,491 --> 00:04:44,982 ...are massing at the Syrian border. - That was fast. 65 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,734 - We're not there. - We're getting MILSAT confirmation. 66 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:50,746 Ten-hut. 67 00:04:52,876 --> 00:04:56,043 You have Secretaries Hutchinson and Berryhill, Director Kato... 68 00:04:56,213 --> 00:04:59,712 ...Chairman Fitzwallace and Dr. McNally. - All right. 69 00:04:59,883 --> 00:05:02,588 Well, we've got ourselves a Marx Brothers' movie. 70 00:05:02,761 --> 00:05:05,548 Sir, it's Ken. On your order we'll put CTU on high alert. 71 00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:08,973 You have the order. Oh, Fitz? How you doing? 72 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:11,100 Fine, thank you, sir, and you? 73 00:05:11,270 --> 00:05:13,974 Well, we've made camp in North Carolina for prep... 74 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:17,065 ...so I've been thinking about killing myself. Let me ask you. 75 00:05:17,234 --> 00:05:19,559 Besides Qumar, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah... 76 00:05:19,736 --> 00:05:22,310 ...they've all got short- And medium-range missiles. 77 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:25,111 If Israel feels threatened by them, what happens? 78 00:05:25,284 --> 00:05:27,953 -They launch a pre-emptive strike. - But before that... 79 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,037 ...Qumar shows its teeth, right? Yeah, so what happens then? 80 00:05:31,206 --> 00:05:33,697 They'll want something in exchange for standing down. 81 00:05:33,876 --> 00:05:36,876 For the moment they haven't stood up. But in the meantime... 82 00:05:37,045 --> 00:05:40,995 ...let's think of something to give them. - We should do that in the meantime? 83 00:05:41,175 --> 00:05:43,167 We should think of something to give them? 84 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:46,344 Can we not fight in front of the Joint Chiefs? 85 00:05:46,513 --> 00:05:49,004 It just scares the hell out of them. 86 00:05:50,058 --> 00:05:53,309 - Yes. - Would you put our bases in Qumar... 87 00:05:53,478 --> 00:05:57,227 ...at Defense Condition 3 and put the U.S. military at DEFCON-4. 88 00:05:57,399 --> 00:06:00,020 -Yes, sir. - Thank you. 89 00:06:04,865 --> 00:06:07,534 Andy? Couple of things. 90 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:10,737 I need you to look at a couple of answers on defense readiness. 91 00:06:10,913 --> 00:06:14,079 I need concrete examples of waste in Pentagon procurement. 92 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:17,369 We need two more members of the IRC for post-spin. 93 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:22,206 Fill out this marriage license and paperwork for a joint checking account. 94 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:25,087 And review the 60-second answer on Rwanda. 95 00:06:25,427 --> 00:06:27,420 Okay. Okay. Okay. 96 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:30,680 Under no circumstances. And, sure. 97 00:06:30,849 --> 00:06:34,764 By my count, you said"Under no circumstances" to the IRC post-spin... 98 00:06:34,937 --> 00:06:37,475 I said"under no circumstances" to marrying you again. 99 00:06:37,648 --> 00:06:41,064 - May I ask why? - I have the experience of having done it. 100 00:06:41,235 --> 00:06:43,773 - Well... - I have to get to the things you gave me. 101 00:06:43,946 --> 00:06:46,318 A person's running for president. 102 00:06:48,534 --> 00:06:52,068 - Hey. - Hey. That was good, Sam. 103 00:06:52,246 --> 00:06:55,946 - Stay up in his face, don't back off. - You wanna shoot for two minutes? 104 00:06:56,124 --> 00:06:58,912 - Yeah. - He's right, don't back off. 105 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:00,628 - What's up with Andy? - Nothing. 106 00:07:00,796 --> 00:07:03,465 I think you're wrong and you're getting back together. 107 00:07:03,632 --> 00:07:05,126 - We're not. - But you want to. 108 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:07,672 - Yes. - I think... Wait, what? 109 00:07:07,845 --> 00:07:11,095 See, sometimes if I slam on the brakes you just run right past. 110 00:07:11,265 --> 00:07:14,135 Fill us in on everything so far between the two of you. 111 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:16,551 Yeah. That's what's gonna happen right now. 112 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:18,935 - If you do... - You gonna stay up in his face? 113 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:20,730 - Did you hear me say I would? - No. 114 00:07:20,899 --> 00:07:22,643 Well, I will. 115 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:26,567 Listen, let me tell you something. What I said wasn't personal. 116 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:28,565 - Who said it was? - He did. 117 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:32,109 He said it's been years, when will I stop saying"I told you so"... 118 00:07:32,286 --> 00:07:34,362 ...and that wasn't... I was... 119 00:07:34,538 --> 00:07:38,121 Let's say we were new, we made mistakes. We'd just gotten to the... 120 00:07:38,292 --> 00:07:41,246 We weren't even in the White House when we heard Rooker... 121 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:44,836 - It was, like, January 5th. - It was the 15th. 122 00:07:45,007 --> 00:07:46,880 It was January 15th. 123 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:49,126 -How do you remember? -I just do. 124 00:07:49,303 --> 00:07:52,173 Cornell Rooker's gonna be the attorney general. 125 00:07:53,932 --> 00:07:56,174 He's on the phone with the governor right now. 126 00:07:56,351 --> 00:07:58,842 - We're settled on that? - Yes. It's Cornell Rooker... 127 00:07:59,021 --> 00:08:02,888 ...if he's on the phone saying yes. If he's saying no, it'll be somebody else. 128 00:08:03,066 --> 00:08:04,940 - Well analyzed. - I thought there'd be... 129 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:07,518 ...more conversations about the conservative tendencies. 130 00:08:07,696 --> 00:08:09,274 - Like privacy? - Yeah. 131 00:08:09,448 --> 00:08:12,864 He's a Democrat with a record the right wing can't complain about. 132 00:08:13,035 --> 00:08:15,989 - Josh, I'm looking for Donna. - Donna's at the White House. 133 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:18,158 - She's at the White House? - Yes. 134 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:21,498 - The old tenants are there. - Her predecessor's taking her out. 135 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:25,880 The assistant to Mack McConnell, assistant to the Deputy C.O.S. 136 00:08:26,048 --> 00:08:28,005 Nobody did that with me. 137 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:31,674 - Anybody do that with you? - He's who Judiciary calls... 138 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:35,261 ...when they wanna put a stamp on, and has a record conservatives like. 139 00:08:35,432 --> 00:08:39,726 Our opponent had a record conservatives can't complain about, but he lost. 140 00:08:39,895 --> 00:08:42,018 - Excuse me, Mr. Ziegler? - Yeah? 141 00:08:42,189 --> 00:08:45,688 Congresswoman Wyatt is here in person and she's asking to see you. 142 00:08:45,984 --> 00:08:47,479 Yeah. 143 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:50,861 Congresswoman Wyatt is also Mrs. Ziegler. Just... 144 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:53,154 - I'll be right out. - Yes, sir. 145 00:08:54,493 --> 00:08:58,076 - You think we'll get hit from the left? - I do. Look... 146 00:08:58,247 --> 00:09:00,702 - He gets a honeymoon. - You're missing my point. 147 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:02,666 - What? - I think he'll be confirmed. 148 00:09:02,835 --> 00:09:04,993 We might even get the honeymoon from the left. 149 00:09:05,170 --> 00:09:07,377 - But? - I'm not sure he's the right guy. 150 00:09:09,258 --> 00:09:11,381 We got Rooker. 151 00:09:15,013 --> 00:09:16,923 - Donna? - Yeah. 152 00:09:17,099 --> 00:09:19,590 Jeff Johnson. Come on back. 153 00:09:20,811 --> 00:09:22,685 This was incredibly nice of you. 154 00:09:22,855 --> 00:09:27,647 The guy before did it for me. Maybe you will do it for someone else in four years. 155 00:09:27,818 --> 00:09:30,688 - Eight years. - Whatever. 156 00:09:30,863 --> 00:09:34,148 - Is this where I'll be working? - Who knows. 157 00:09:34,324 --> 00:09:38,322 The White House re-invents itself every administration. It's never the same. 158 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:41,911 There are things that won't be in your briefing. Wanna hear them? 159 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:44,834 - Sure. - Never wear your badge off-campus. 160 00:09:45,002 --> 00:09:49,165 It's like wearing a bull's-eye. Don't let your kids get mail out of the mailbox. 161 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:51,462 You don't know what separatist sent you mail. 162 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:53,341 - I don't have kids. - Good. 163 00:09:53,510 --> 00:09:55,918 There are days you'll need to be here at 8... 164 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,385 ...and not go home till 6 or 7. 165 00:09:58,557 --> 00:10:00,348 What else? 166 00:10:00,726 --> 00:10:03,431 The iodine tablets, some people take them, some don't. 167 00:10:03,604 --> 00:10:07,055 I did, but you can ask your doctor. 168 00:10:08,150 --> 00:10:10,226 What's the iodine for? 169 00:10:10,402 --> 00:10:13,023 It protects your thyroid from the radiation. 170 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:17,614 - Why is there radiation? - There's an XW-9 warhead... 171 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:20,738 ...in a silo 93 feet below the Eisenhower Putting Green. 172 00:10:21,496 --> 00:10:25,162 They say it's not enough radiation to hurt you, but you wanna take chances... 173 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:29,462 ...with something like that? - Really. Wow. God, no. 174 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:32,796 Listen, before I forget, I've gotta hit you up for a favor. 175 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:36,466 My girlfriend's a stringer for a teen magazine, it's called Twenty-one. 176 00:10:36,637 --> 00:10:40,504 With all the young people coming in, they wanna do a story, and... 177 00:10:40,682 --> 00:10:44,846 ...with the way you look... Any chance she could get a 10-minute phoner? 178 00:10:45,020 --> 00:10:47,143 No problem, you can give her the number. 179 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:49,770 You ready for lunch? Where to? 180 00:10:49,942 --> 00:10:53,856 - You tell me. I don't know anything. - Okay. 181 00:10:58,492 --> 00:11:01,113 - Everything okay? - I couldn't get you on your phone... 182 00:11:01,286 --> 00:11:04,821 ...and I was on the tenth floor. They need another sample. 183 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,198 - Why? - There was a blackout in Alexandria... 184 00:11:07,376 --> 00:11:11,041 ...and the incubator was without power for 45 minutes. 185 00:11:12,256 --> 00:11:15,173 We maybe talk about this over here? 186 00:11:17,636 --> 00:11:20,257 - A blackout in Alexandria? - It's a cab ride. 187 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:24,262 - You're in, you're out, no sweat. - No, it's not no sweat. 188 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:26,308 In fact, it's a little bit gruesome. 189 00:11:27,604 --> 00:11:29,561 - It's gruesome? - It's something. 190 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:32,935 You get off on the fourth floor, which is clearly marked... 191 00:11:33,110 --> 00:11:36,942 ...for all the other elevator passengers to read that it's the fertility clinic. 192 00:11:37,406 --> 00:11:41,783 You try to show with body language that it's not you, and that's impossible. 193 00:11:41,952 --> 00:11:46,495 An 84-year-old Welsh nurse hands you a paper bag with a cup and a video... 194 00:11:46,665 --> 00:11:49,915 ...and points the way toward a room. I won't even tell you the name. 195 00:11:50,085 --> 00:11:53,454 - What's the name? - It's not a good out-loud word. 196 00:11:55,924 --> 00:11:59,340 You take the longest walk of your life back to the Welsh nurse... 197 00:11:59,511 --> 00:12:02,714 ...who takes the cup out of the bag and says,"Very nice." 198 00:12:02,890 --> 00:12:05,594 I need you to do this now. There is a timing thing. 199 00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:07,807 Can it wait until next week because...? 200 00:12:07,978 --> 00:12:10,434 It's January 15th, Andy. I can't have a baby today. 201 00:12:13,483 --> 00:12:17,612 He's getting sworn in in five days. I'm not saying never. Can we... 202 00:12:17,779 --> 00:12:21,065 ...wait five days? - Sure. 203 00:12:23,994 --> 00:12:25,868 How's it going? 204 00:12:26,788 --> 00:12:29,244 Rooker's gonna be the AG. 205 00:12:32,461 --> 00:12:33,789 Mr. Ziegler! 206 00:12:34,296 --> 00:12:36,752 - Yeah? - Sorry for shouting. Joey's ready. 207 00:12:36,924 --> 00:12:40,340 - I'm sorry? - Electoral math. 208 00:12:49,478 --> 00:12:53,226 When do you suppose Georgia got so far out of reach? 209 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,891 - Was it because we burned it down? - I was gonna say. 210 00:12:58,070 --> 00:13:00,561 Okay, let's start. 211 00:13:00,989 --> 00:13:04,275 I'm taking Ohio out of the red and putting it back in play. 212 00:13:06,078 --> 00:13:09,328 - How much money to win there? - A lot more than we have there. 213 00:13:09,498 --> 00:13:15,252 We're on the air in 18 of the top 25. There's no new money to spend on this... 214 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:18,831 I'm gonna stop you there. Joey, I can't go to him with it. 215 00:13:19,007 --> 00:13:22,211 - Let me go to him with it. Let Bruno. - No, I'm with Toby. 216 00:13:22,386 --> 00:13:25,422 You don't know how the president feels about his home state. 217 00:13:25,597 --> 00:13:28,847 He's a New Hampshire Bartlet. It's been home for centuries. 218 00:13:29,017 --> 00:13:32,433 He's a Democrat elected to the statehouse with close to 60%. 219 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:35,095 The fact the state's in play is embarrassing for him. 220 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:38,684 He doesn't wanna campaign there, because that's embarrassing too, but... 221 00:13:39,069 --> 00:13:42,189 I'm trying to tell you it's not in play anymore. 222 00:13:44,074 --> 00:13:45,901 If you asked the president... 223 00:13:46,076 --> 00:13:48,828 ...which he'd rather win, New Hampshire or the election... 224 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:53,622 ...he'd have to think before answering. Put a pin in it. We'll come back. 225 00:13:59,089 --> 00:14:01,461 President Bartlet, the next question 's to you. 226 00:14:01,717 --> 00:14:04,671 Ritchie contends there's a crisis in the American family. 227 00:14:04,845 --> 00:14:07,134 That parents aren't spending time with kids. 228 00:14:07,306 --> 00:14:09,594 - We're trying this again, sorry. - Yeah. 229 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:13,811 And that your solution is essentially to have government raise children. 230 00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:17,478 Well, that's an extraordinary and unsurprisingly dumb interpretation... 231 00:14:17,649 --> 00:14:20,223 ...of what my administration is trying to accomplish. 232 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:25,447 It's hard enough to raise kids with help from Family Leave... 233 00:14:25,616 --> 00:14:28,533 ...subsidized daycare, preschool. We need more, not less. 234 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:31,869 The government can't raise kids, Mr. President, parents have to. 235 00:14:32,039 --> 00:14:36,036 I have three grown daughters. You wanna tell me how to raise my family? 236 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:39,543 You comfortable with that? You wanna tell other fathers and mothers... 237 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:41,919 ...what they're doing wrong? I didn't think so. 238 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:45,459 Let's stick to what government can do, which is collect money... 239 00:14:45,636 --> 00:14:48,387 ...and stop wasting time by sentimentalizing families. 240 00:14:48,555 --> 00:14:50,215 That's not good, sir. 241 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:54,435 We lost every stay-at-home-mom vote and their husbands who are henpecked. 242 00:14:54,603 --> 00:14:58,387 - Who are you now? - I like the aggressive answer, it's right. 243 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:02,397 We're letting Ritchie put him on the opposite side of values. 244 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:05,938 The question was, "What do I have against families?" 245 00:15:06,114 --> 00:15:09,863 And the answer is "I have nothing against them at all." 246 00:15:10,035 --> 00:15:12,324 We have to put him on the right side of this. 247 00:15:12,496 --> 00:15:16,031 He is on the right side of this. We need help with the answer. 248 00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:20,087 You're asking me to do that which I don't wanna do. 249 00:15:20,254 --> 00:15:22,246 - Yes. - Okay. 250 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:24,581 I have a press briefing. 251 00:15:29,263 --> 00:15:31,172 Good afternoon. 252 00:15:31,348 --> 00:15:34,349 Today is January 22nd. 253 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:39,555 Let me brief you on the president's morning schedule. He started with... 254 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:41,689 - How's that? - Good. 255 00:15:44,528 --> 00:15:47,233 - You don't care. - No. 256 00:15:47,406 --> 00:15:51,273 - I've got boxes to unload. - I'm gonna stay here and practice. 257 00:15:53,328 --> 00:15:55,866 "No, David, the president was very clear about that." 258 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,079 "Mark, then Katie." 259 00:15:59,084 --> 00:16:02,370 Mark, Katie, Jessie, Phil, Steve, Betsy, Julie, Julie, Julia... 260 00:16:02,546 --> 00:16:06,081 ...Kevin, Paul, Tom, Sondra, Suzanne... 261 00:16:06,258 --> 00:16:08,630 ...Mike, Danny... 262 00:16:08,802 --> 00:16:10,629 ...Elizabeth. 263 00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:13,681 Eighteenth seat. Eighteen you can vote. 264 00:16:13,849 --> 00:16:16,470 Vote sounds like moat, which is a trench. Trent. 265 00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:18,970 - Excuse me, C.J.? - Yeah. 266 00:16:19,146 --> 00:16:21,518 Bill Stark, I'm with Kingspeak. 267 00:16:21,690 --> 00:16:24,857 We're a magazine that reaches over 600,000 Christian evangelicals. 268 00:16:25,027 --> 00:16:28,609 - I heard your first briefing went well. - I can do better. 269 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:31,450 I wanted to tell you that on December 10th... 270 00:16:31,617 --> 00:16:34,190 ...all 600,000 will be praying for you. 271 00:16:34,369 --> 00:16:36,991 - Really? - That's right. 272 00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:39,916 - I don't understand. - Well, once a year... 273 00:16:40,083 --> 00:16:45,458 ...we identify the 365 most influential people in media... 274 00:16:45,631 --> 00:16:49,794 ...and we assign each of them a calendar day and we pray for them. 275 00:16:53,388 --> 00:16:57,801 I really don't know what to say in response to that sort of kindness. 276 00:16:57,976 --> 00:17:02,472 Well, maybe the administration will reconsider their position on some issues. 277 00:17:02,648 --> 00:17:04,439 Like what? 278 00:17:05,192 --> 00:17:07,101 School prayer? 279 00:17:07,277 --> 00:17:11,026 - The president's made up his mind. - Millions of Americans want it. 280 00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:14,898 - There are a lot of votes there. - We got as many as we needed for now. 281 00:17:15,744 --> 00:17:18,994 - Just wanted to say hi. - I'll see you around. 282 00:17:19,957 --> 00:17:22,993 By the way, just so you don't think we disagree on everything... 283 00:17:23,168 --> 00:17:25,457 ...I think Cornell Rooker is terrific. - Really? 284 00:17:25,629 --> 00:17:28,085 We served on the city council together. 285 00:17:28,257 --> 00:17:32,919 First African-American man I've ever heard make sense on racial profiling. 286 00:17:38,225 --> 00:17:39,553 Look at this. 287 00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,562 Leonardo da Vinci. Madonna and Child With a Pomegranate. 288 00:17:42,729 --> 00:17:44,437 It's nice. 289 00:17:44,773 --> 00:17:48,687 - Here's Botticelli. Adoration of the Magi. - What are we doing right now? 290 00:17:48,861 --> 00:17:51,352 Choosing pictures from the National Gallery. 291 00:17:51,530 --> 00:17:55,362 - They'll loan stuff? - Anything in the Gallery or Smithsonian. 292 00:17:55,534 --> 00:17:58,025 Really? I want Apollo 11. 293 00:17:58,203 --> 00:18:00,279 - You can't have that. - Then don't bother me. 294 00:18:00,455 --> 00:18:04,749 I'm meeting with the leadership. I'm signing six executive orders I don't... 295 00:18:06,170 --> 00:18:08,874 - Mr. President. - God, I thought that was a closet. 296 00:18:09,173 --> 00:18:13,751 - That's my office. - The room's got four doors, it's huge. 297 00:18:14,011 --> 00:18:17,427 - I wanna run through these orders. - Do you understand them? 298 00:18:17,598 --> 00:18:20,053 - Not quite yet. - C.J., what are you doing? 299 00:18:20,392 --> 00:18:22,883 I'm sorry, sir. I just wanted to see Leo. 300 00:18:23,061 --> 00:18:25,683 - He's standing right there. - Yeah. 301 00:18:25,856 --> 00:18:29,806 Would you get your ass in here? Could everyone stop acting strange? 302 00:18:29,985 --> 00:18:31,812 What's up? 303 00:18:33,197 --> 00:18:36,862 A reporter for a conservative Christian magazine... 304 00:18:37,034 --> 00:18:40,153 ...mentioned that he served on a city council with Rooker... 305 00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:42,867 ...which is true, it was in Miami. - Yeah. 306 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,206 The reporter said he liked Rooker's position on racial profiling. 307 00:18:46,376 --> 00:18:50,077 - That's strange. - No, it's not. We found the transcript. 308 00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:53,838 "I'm not saying it should be active policy but there is no question that... 309 00:18:54,009 --> 00:18:57,876 ...in certain situations, racial profiling can be helpful to law..." 310 00:18:58,055 --> 00:19:00,343 - Law enforcement? - Yeah. 311 00:19:01,433 --> 00:19:04,304 - How do you think it's going so far? - We'll get into it. 312 00:19:06,271 --> 00:19:07,647 Yes. 313 00:19:12,653 --> 00:19:15,737 And down the stretch, here she comes. Here comes Gardner. 314 00:19:15,906 --> 00:19:17,815 She's gonna take the yellow jersey... 315 00:19:17,991 --> 00:19:21,360 ...past the picturesque farms and hillsides of the Champs d' Leamps... 316 00:19:21,537 --> 00:19:25,155 ...from the white cliffs of Dover. Where do the Americans find this spirit? 317 00:19:25,332 --> 00:19:27,870 Her cell phone's ringing now. Probably be a sponsor. 318 00:19:28,043 --> 00:19:29,917 - Hello. - It's Josh. 319 00:19:30,087 --> 00:19:31,415 Hello. 320 00:19:31,588 --> 00:19:34,423 - You're breathing very hard. -I'm riding. 321 00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:36,465 - Then what are you doing? -Later? 322 00:19:36,635 --> 00:19:39,387 I'm having dinner with Peter Harlow. 323 00:19:39,555 --> 00:19:41,097 How's Peter's wife? 324 00:19:41,974 --> 00:19:45,307 - They're separated. -Yes, I know. 325 00:19:45,561 --> 00:19:48,099 - What do you need? - How do we stand strong... 326 00:19:48,272 --> 00:19:50,348 ...for the modern family with all its quirks... 327 00:19:50,524 --> 00:19:54,522 ...and not seem like we're dissing everyone born before 1962? 328 00:19:54,695 --> 00:19:56,522 - By doing it. -Can I call you back? 329 00:19:56,697 --> 00:19:59,022 -You'll think about it? - Yeah. 330 00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:00,777 Thank you. 331 00:20:07,249 --> 00:20:08,909 - You're going to this meeting? - Yes. 332 00:20:09,084 --> 00:20:13,296 - WW-160. You been able to find it? - I don't know where I am right now. 333 00:20:13,463 --> 00:20:17,129 - I'm looking on this side again. - You mind if I talk to you while we walk? 334 00:20:17,301 --> 00:20:21,250 Well, we may as well get used to having meetings in corridors from now on. 335 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:24,181 I now know why they made the Oval Office a special shape. 336 00:20:24,349 --> 00:20:29,142 Six new editorials. NAACP, the Urban League, La Raza... 337 00:20:29,313 --> 00:20:31,720 NAACP doesn't wanna see a black attorney general? 338 00:20:31,899 --> 00:20:34,390 I think they do, but they also stand for the ones... 339 00:20:34,568 --> 00:20:37,771 ...who get pulled over for having too nice a car. 340 00:20:38,113 --> 00:20:41,067 - Intergovernmental's also... - I'm talking to Intergovernmental. 341 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:44,112 Does anybody know where WW-160 is? 342 00:20:44,286 --> 00:20:49,281 Hi, I'm Josh Lyman, you all work for me. Does anybody know where WW-160 is? 343 00:20:49,458 --> 00:20:51,332 I haven't seen it. 344 00:20:51,502 --> 00:20:55,120 That one hasn't seen it. She's keeping an eye out, though. 345 00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:57,998 I don't think he's gonna be confirmed. 346 00:20:58,175 --> 00:21:01,544 I think the first thing is we're gonna lose a confirmation battle... 347 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,932 ...spend the next four years with two outs and a full count. 348 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:10,596 If we pull him out now, it's a story for a day until we announce the next guy. 349 00:21:10,771 --> 00:21:14,555 - If we wait a week... - This is the guy. This is the story. 350 00:21:14,733 --> 00:21:16,358 Good. 351 00:21:17,027 --> 00:21:19,518 Because you know why? Hubris always wins in the end. 352 00:21:19,696 --> 00:21:21,985 The Greeks taught us that. 353 00:21:23,909 --> 00:21:27,194 - We were looking for West Wing 160. - I think it's in the Kremlin. 354 00:21:27,371 --> 00:21:31,203 - Let's just meet here. - Leo, this is a strong, deserving nominee. 355 00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:33,866 Sam, it's not hubris. He should be attorney general. 356 00:21:34,044 --> 00:21:36,333 But he won't be, so let's take it from there. 357 00:21:36,505 --> 00:21:40,123 - The president doesn't wanna give it up. - Let's line up people for I.P. 358 00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:42,970 "Rooker has an exceptional record as a U.S. attorney. 359 00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:45,592 A leader in fighting employment discrimination. 360 00:21:45,764 --> 00:21:48,967 Was college chair of..." "He's tough on crime, fair on justice." 361 00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:52,761 That's the line, say that. Do not say that. What the hell is that? 362 00:21:52,938 --> 00:21:56,271 "He's tough on crime, fair on justice," sings a song, has a mustache? 363 00:21:56,441 --> 00:21:58,897 - What's that supposed to...? - Toby's gone to the zoo. 364 00:21:59,069 --> 00:22:01,821 We may have killed these two guys with the inauguration. 365 00:22:01,989 --> 00:22:05,938 I beseech you. Let me take a pass at some remarks the president can make... 366 00:22:06,118 --> 00:22:09,950 ...withdrawing the nomination. We're gonna do it anyway, let's do it now. 367 00:22:10,122 --> 00:22:13,705 "Take a thorough look at Cornell Rooker's record, you'll see... 368 00:22:13,876 --> 00:22:16,034 ...he's fought for justice his entire career." 369 00:22:16,211 --> 00:22:20,375 "If you look at his record, he's fought for justice his entire career." 370 00:22:20,549 --> 00:22:22,423 I wanna read that quote tomorrow. 371 00:22:22,843 --> 00:22:24,634 - Anything else? - No. 372 00:22:24,803 --> 00:22:26,132 Thank you. 373 00:22:27,472 --> 00:22:30,723 Hey. I don't think there is a WW-160. 374 00:22:30,893 --> 00:22:33,514 Yeah, hey. How do you do? 375 00:22:33,687 --> 00:22:35,181 - What? - Guess what I have here. 376 00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:39,056 It's a copy of Twenty-one magazine. It's for Generation Now. 377 00:22:39,234 --> 00:22:41,310 Is my thing in there? 378 00:22:41,737 --> 00:22:43,065 What? 379 00:22:43,238 --> 00:22:47,188 "In sleek Selia Yang slacks and DKNY button-down... 380 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,443 ...she's not afraid to bring a note of: 381 00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:51,529 'Let's drink after work' to the office." 382 00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:53,863 That's untrue, but I do like the sound of it. 383 00:22:54,041 --> 00:22:58,703 "But much as we love her style, we worry about her inexperience... 384 00:22:58,879 --> 00:23:02,711 ...and Bambi-esque naďveté. 'There's so much to learn, ' says Moss. 385 00:23:02,883 --> 00:23:06,418 'I didn't even know there was a nuclear missile silo under this place. '" 386 00:23:07,930 --> 00:23:11,512 - Who told you that? - Jeff, when I met him for lunch. 387 00:23:12,267 --> 00:23:15,850 Let me take a guess at something. Jeff set you up with the reporter, right? 388 00:23:16,021 --> 00:23:18,144 - His girlfriend. - You didn't bring this up? 389 00:23:18,315 --> 00:23:20,888 The girlfriend led you there? 390 00:23:22,361 --> 00:23:25,527 - Bambi-esque? - As does pertain to Bambi. 391 00:23:25,697 --> 00:23:29,742 There's a reason why we keep these missile silos in the middle of nowhere. 392 00:23:29,910 --> 00:23:32,745 It's because they're working with some nasty materials. 393 00:23:32,913 --> 00:23:36,364 Also, there's not much point in keeping nuclear secrets from China... 394 00:23:36,542 --> 00:23:39,079 ...when all they have to do is take the free tour. 395 00:23:39,253 --> 00:23:43,001 Did it sound right when he said it? What'd you think, we go to war... 396 00:23:43,173 --> 00:23:46,708 ...and Hercules rockets come flying out of the Rose Garden? 397 00:23:46,885 --> 00:23:49,174 - The Eisenhower Putting Green. - Oh, my God! 398 00:23:49,346 --> 00:23:50,674 I'm too stupid to live! 399 00:23:50,848 --> 00:23:53,303 This is like when I was in Li'I Abner in 8th grade... 400 00:23:53,475 --> 00:23:57,093 ...and rehearsals are going fine, and suddenly there's sets and costumes... 401 00:23:57,271 --> 00:23:59,310 ...and everyone's tripping over themselves. 402 00:23:59,481 --> 00:24:02,316 You walked into the building and got freaked by the lights. 403 00:24:02,484 --> 00:24:04,940 I walked in and, you know, something else happened. 404 00:24:05,112 --> 00:24:08,029 - We can't all be you. - You can all try a little harder to be. 405 00:24:08,198 --> 00:24:10,487 For sure I'm not taking the iodine tablets. 406 00:24:11,702 --> 00:24:14,489 I should be sitting at my desk. Do I have a desk yet? 407 00:24:14,663 --> 00:24:16,454 - No. - Okay. 408 00:24:16,623 --> 00:24:18,830 Then I'll just walk around some more. 409 00:24:19,001 --> 00:24:21,752 See if I can get into a pickup meeting. 410 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,379 - Toby? - Yeah? 411 00:24:23,547 --> 00:24:25,421 - You going to dinner? - Yeah. 412 00:24:27,092 --> 00:24:29,500 I'm a bad friend. I should've been there for you. 413 00:24:29,678 --> 00:24:32,964 - I don't know what you're talking about. - Josh and Sam talked to me. 414 00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:36,141 I'm onboard with Team Toby. 415 00:24:36,351 --> 00:24:39,388 See, I lent voice to thought and that was my mistake. 416 00:24:39,563 --> 00:24:42,136 If you wanna marry Andy, then damn it, so do I. 417 00:24:42,316 --> 00:24:45,020 - Want that to happen for you. - I get it. 418 00:24:45,194 --> 00:24:49,108 - Do you? Because this is about love. - I think you have a different motivation. 419 00:24:49,281 --> 00:24:51,274 - Laughs? - Yes. 420 00:24:51,450 --> 00:24:56,361 Sure, but also as much love really as either one of us are comfortable with. 421 00:24:56,538 --> 00:25:00,121 Well, let me start here: Have you asked her? 422 00:25:00,292 --> 00:25:03,209 - Yes. - And she said no? 423 00:25:04,046 --> 00:25:06,584 This is excruciating. 424 00:25:07,216 --> 00:25:11,463 You'll give me your white blood cells. Not all of them, but as many as I want. 425 00:25:11,678 --> 00:25:14,252 - Why? - Because you love me. 426 00:25:16,266 --> 00:25:19,849 No, what's the matter with your white blood cells? 427 00:25:20,020 --> 00:25:23,270 Nothing. It's my immune system. 428 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,189 It's not recognizing that a pregnancy isn't something it's supposed to attack. 429 00:25:27,361 --> 00:25:31,228 So they draw blood from you like a rabid dog... 430 00:25:31,406 --> 00:25:33,198 ...clean it, thank goodness... 431 00:25:33,367 --> 00:25:36,783 ...and give me injections of your blood cells to build up tolerance. 432 00:25:37,871 --> 00:25:41,240 You know how you're always saying you wish people were more like you? 433 00:25:42,876 --> 00:25:47,123 - The guy's had a lot of success. - It sounds like something we should try. 434 00:25:48,257 --> 00:25:52,753 But let me ask you something... And bear in mind that I'm happy. 435 00:25:52,928 --> 00:25:58,053 I'm eager to go to as many doctors as there are... 436 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:02,386 ...but should we talk about a stop date? 437 00:26:06,441 --> 00:26:09,857 - You mean, talk about adoption? - Yeah, we can talk about adopting. 438 00:26:10,028 --> 00:26:12,519 - You meant a"stop date" stop date. - I meant adopting. 439 00:26:12,698 --> 00:26:16,149 I meant surrogacy. And, yes, I love kids. 440 00:26:16,326 --> 00:26:18,782 And I want them and I don't have to have them. 441 00:26:18,954 --> 00:26:20,282 I want them. 442 00:26:22,708 --> 00:26:24,581 And I'm there. 443 00:26:32,050 --> 00:26:33,379 Okay. 444 00:26:39,391 --> 00:26:41,680 - You're getting killed on Rooker. - No kidding. 445 00:26:45,397 --> 00:26:46,725 - Hey, C.J. - Is he in there? 446 00:26:46,899 --> 00:26:50,433 - Yeah. Is anything wrong? - No. 447 00:26:53,655 --> 00:26:57,155 - There's a problem. - I just said a stupid thing. 448 00:26:58,243 --> 00:27:00,200 What's the problem? 449 00:27:01,455 --> 00:27:05,038 I did a one-on-one with Danny Concanon a few days ago on Rooker. 450 00:27:05,834 --> 00:27:08,919 Did you say,"If you take a look at Cornell Rooker's record"... 451 00:27:09,087 --> 00:27:10,795 Yes, as a matter of fact. He did. 452 00:27:10,964 --> 00:27:13,751 - Oh, man. - A DUI got fixed in law school. 453 00:27:13,926 --> 00:27:16,167 He doesn't want to write about that so much... 454 00:27:16,345 --> 00:27:18,468 ...as about us being the Capital Clampetts. 455 00:27:20,766 --> 00:27:24,929 - What was the stupid thing you said? - It doesn't matter. Let's fix this. 456 00:27:50,087 --> 00:27:52,792 - What was that? - It's an old camp song. 457 00:27:54,758 --> 00:27:57,331 - What's it mean? -"Let us be merry, therefore... 458 00:27:57,636 --> 00:28:01,337 ...while we are young men. After the joys of youth... 459 00:28:01,515 --> 00:28:03,638 ...after the pains of old age... 460 00:28:03,809 --> 00:28:06,347 ...the ground will have us." 461 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:08,514 True. 462 00:28:11,608 --> 00:28:13,517 How can I get you onboard with me? 463 00:28:13,694 --> 00:28:15,485 - New Hampshire? - Yeah. 464 00:28:15,654 --> 00:28:18,227 - By coming out with me. - On what? 465 00:28:18,407 --> 00:28:21,657 The president must spend more time in congressional districts. We won't win. 466 00:28:21,827 --> 00:28:25,777 - Why would he spend time in districts...? - To build Democratic momentum... 467 00:28:25,956 --> 00:28:28,494 ...in the very places we traditionally tank. 468 00:28:28,667 --> 00:28:31,288 We're running weak candidates in these districts. 469 00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:33,952 The Tennessee 7th. Horton Wilde in Orange County... 470 00:28:34,131 --> 00:28:38,342 ...is in the hospital with a heart attack. Who knows when he'll campaign again? 471 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,552 I can't make a pitch about putting resources in the right places... 472 00:28:43,724 --> 00:28:47,175 ...and then advocate sending the president to districts... 473 00:28:47,352 --> 00:28:50,602 ...where the last Democrat won by railing against Abraham Lincoln. 474 00:28:50,772 --> 00:28:52,682 That's a reasonable point. 475 00:28:52,858 --> 00:28:54,815 - Will you help me? - Yeah. 476 00:28:57,988 --> 00:29:00,194 I have to say, you look good. 477 00:29:00,365 --> 00:29:01,741 Thank you. 478 00:29:01,909 --> 00:29:05,360 I don't remember you looking this good. Is something different? 479 00:29:05,662 --> 00:29:09,612 I don't know, the autumnal equinox is usually good to me. 480 00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:12,825 I think that's your cell phone that's been ringing. 481 00:29:13,921 --> 00:29:16,246 Yes, excuse me. 482 00:29:20,177 --> 00:29:22,383 - Hello? -Hey. 483 00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:24,464 - Hello. -You on your date? 484 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,098 Well, I wouldn't call it that. 485 00:29:26,266 --> 00:29:29,884 You don't wanna let him know it's me on the phone, it's too intimidating. 486 00:29:30,062 --> 00:29:32,434 It's like going out with Cher and Sonny calls. 487 00:29:32,606 --> 00:29:34,314 - How can I help you? - Any thoughts? 488 00:29:34,483 --> 00:29:37,400 Yes. Ritchie's right. There's a family crisis in America. 489 00:29:37,569 --> 00:29:41,021 So a radical feminist is saying women should stay home with the kids? 490 00:29:41,198 --> 00:29:43,985 First of all, I don 't think I'm a radical anything. 491 00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:47,196 Second of all, who said women should stay home? And third is... 492 00:29:47,371 --> 00:29:51,155 ...the capitalist treadmill encourages scheduling quality time on a Palm Pilot. 493 00:29:51,333 --> 00:29:53,409 That's not how they do it in Scandinavia. 494 00:29:53,585 --> 00:29:55,827 But everybody kills themselves in Scandinavia. 495 00:29:56,588 --> 00:29:57,917 That's hard to deny. 496 00:29:58,090 --> 00:30:00,497 We must defend our accomplishments on work and family... 497 00:30:00,676 --> 00:30:03,345 ... many of which you pushed for, and show that we get... 498 00:30:03,512 --> 00:30:06,881 ...what working parents are going through. Can you help us? 499 00:30:07,057 --> 00:30:08,468 - Yes. - I'll call back. 500 00:30:08,642 --> 00:30:10,516 What would be a really bad time? 501 00:30:10,686 --> 00:30:12,809 Oh, really, anytime. 502 00:30:12,980 --> 00:30:15,056 Outstanding. 503 00:30:15,732 --> 00:30:17,061 Josh? 504 00:30:17,234 --> 00:30:20,021 - Yeah? - Mr. Michael Gordon is here to see you. 505 00:30:20,195 --> 00:30:23,030 - Does he have an appointment? - No, he's with the NSA. 506 00:30:23,198 --> 00:30:24,776 - NSA? - Yeah. 507 00:30:24,950 --> 00:30:26,859 Send him in. 508 00:30:28,579 --> 00:30:30,986 Mr. Lyman. Michael Gordon. 509 00:30:31,164 --> 00:30:32,991 Donna says you're with the NSA. 510 00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:34,993 I'm not here to bug your office. 511 00:30:35,169 --> 00:30:37,457 Yeah, but you wouldn't tell me if you were. 512 00:30:37,629 --> 00:30:40,037 - It's about Miss Moss. - What's the trouble? 513 00:30:40,215 --> 00:30:42,837 Probably nothing, but a few days ago a teen magazine... 514 00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:46,509 ...published an interview with her. - The old guys were playing a joke. 515 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:51,141 It's not a good idea for a staffer to say there's a missile in the capital. 516 00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:53,979 She hit a little close to home for our comfort. 517 00:30:54,146 --> 00:30:56,933 - What do you mean? - Obviously I can't elaborate. 518 00:30:58,317 --> 00:31:01,567 - She hit a little close to home? - Yeah. 519 00:31:03,697 --> 00:31:06,153 - You saying...? - You don't have code-word clearance. 520 00:31:06,325 --> 00:31:08,732 - We need to stay professional. - Yeah. 521 00:31:09,161 --> 00:31:11,616 How long has she been working for you? 522 00:31:12,664 --> 00:31:14,953 Listen, this... 523 00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:18,161 This is silly, she was just duped. It was a joke. 524 00:31:18,337 --> 00:31:21,456 - How long has she worked for you? - This is a misunderstanding. 525 00:31:21,632 --> 00:31:23,838 I would vouch for Donna with my life. 526 00:31:24,009 --> 00:31:26,547 She doesn't know about missiles. She's from Wisconsin. 527 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,970 I'm simply asking how long she's been working for you. 528 00:31:33,769 --> 00:31:36,094 No. Look, I'm sorry. 529 00:31:36,605 --> 00:31:40,056 I'm sure your intentions are good... 530 00:31:40,943 --> 00:31:43,350 ...and this is just routine... 531 00:31:43,529 --> 00:31:46,102 ...but I'd like to have her talk to somebody. 532 00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:49,112 - A lawyer? - Yeah. 533 00:31:49,952 --> 00:31:53,403 Until this is straightened out, I'll need to revoke her credentials. 534 00:31:53,747 --> 00:31:55,905 She's my assistant. For how long? 535 00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:58,122 As long as it takes. 536 00:31:59,545 --> 00:32:02,214 - All right. - Thank you. 537 00:32:13,809 --> 00:32:15,766 Donna. 538 00:32:17,062 --> 00:32:19,387 - What was that? - You gotta go home. 539 00:32:20,065 --> 00:32:22,271 - Why? - That idiot interview you did... 540 00:32:22,442 --> 00:32:25,194 ...popped a red flag. They're revoking your credentials... 541 00:32:25,362 --> 00:32:27,355 ...till it's straightened out. 542 00:32:28,657 --> 00:32:29,985 I don't believe it. 543 00:32:30,325 --> 00:32:32,484 I'm talking to someone in Cochran's office. 544 00:32:32,661 --> 00:32:34,369 What am I supposed to do? 545 00:32:34,830 --> 00:32:37,036 Take a few days off. Go home. Go to the beach. 546 00:32:37,207 --> 00:32:39,532 - It's February 2nd. - I wouldn't go to the beach. 547 00:32:40,210 --> 00:32:43,579 - You've got a meeting in Leo's office. - Don't worry about this. 548 00:32:43,755 --> 00:32:45,997 I'm gonna fix this. 549 00:32:50,554 --> 00:32:54,634 The president's not gonna be available for a little bit. Fitzwallace just got here. 550 00:32:54,808 --> 00:32:57,097 Any idea what's going on? 551 00:32:57,728 --> 00:32:59,222 All right, listen up. 552 00:33:00,939 --> 00:33:05,103 We still have an open question on family. We have an open question on Rooker... 553 00:33:05,277 --> 00:33:09,109 ...missile defense and vouchers. We start dress rehearsals tomorrow at 3. 554 00:33:09,281 --> 00:33:13,113 Let's split up in our groups. I really want vouchers by 10... 555 00:33:13,285 --> 00:33:14,660 ...missile defense by 11. 556 00:33:14,828 --> 00:33:16,904 Anyone not doing anything at midnight... 557 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,750 ...Team Toby, my cabin. 558 00:33:19,917 --> 00:33:22,871 - Good. - Break's over. 559 00:33:29,134 --> 00:33:30,628 Ten-hut. 560 00:33:33,805 --> 00:33:35,679 - Thanks for coming down. - Yes, sir. 561 00:33:35,849 --> 00:33:37,427 - What's going on? - The Mastico... 562 00:33:37,601 --> 00:33:41,052 ...a 200-foot Qumari cargo ship is heading east... 563 00:33:41,230 --> 00:33:45,310 ...in the Mediterranean toward Lebanon. - Is it carrying Qumari arts and crafts? 564 00:33:45,484 --> 00:33:48,769 No, it's carrying 72 tons of weapons and explosives... 565 00:33:48,946 --> 00:33:51,318 ...including the Multiple Launch Rocket System. 566 00:33:51,532 --> 00:33:56,988 This fires 12 warheads with 644 M77 munitions. 567 00:33:57,162 --> 00:33:58,870 It does it in 60 seconds. 568 00:33:59,039 --> 00:34:02,788 The Global Positioning Device on the MLRS is how we found the ship. 569 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,248 This is the message we've been waiting for. 570 00:34:05,420 --> 00:34:07,627 They turn around the ship in exchange for what? 571 00:34:07,798 --> 00:34:10,550 Access to the High Altitude Area Defense Program. 572 00:34:10,717 --> 00:34:15,842 That's just the most sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in history... 573 00:34:16,014 --> 00:34:17,425 ...short of Star Wars. 574 00:34:17,599 --> 00:34:19,592 - What else? - They're arming the Bahji, Leo. 575 00:34:19,768 --> 00:34:22,555 Two training camps of which the Israelis just attacked. 576 00:34:22,729 --> 00:34:26,478 I've gotta turn around the boat. Tonight. Tomorrow we'll worry about tomorrow. 577 00:34:26,650 --> 00:34:29,770 Or we can invite the sultan over for a nice mixer. 578 00:34:29,945 --> 00:34:32,862 Punch, sack races, whatnot. 579 00:34:33,031 --> 00:34:35,107 Why are we playing games with these people? 580 00:34:35,284 --> 00:34:39,613 They refuse to prosecute the Bahji. They support them in a variety of ways. 581 00:34:39,788 --> 00:34:42,991 Why isn't that the end of the conversation? 582 00:34:43,166 --> 00:34:46,950 "We'll worry about tomorrow tomorrow." We said that yesterday. 583 00:34:54,011 --> 00:34:56,383 - Fitz? - I couldn't agree with Leo more. 584 00:34:56,555 --> 00:34:59,176 - What about Nancy? - Yeah. 585 00:35:02,436 --> 00:35:04,393 What's available from the Sixth Fleet? 586 00:35:04,897 --> 00:35:09,393 One forward unit east of the Mastico. The 26th Marine Expeditionary. 587 00:35:10,319 --> 00:35:11,647 Stop the boat. 588 00:35:11,820 --> 00:35:14,655 - Don't shoot it unless I tell you to. - Yes, sir. 589 00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:22,569 This doesn't feel good, does it? 590 00:35:22,956 --> 00:35:24,830 It's quiet, you know? It's too quiet. 591 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,660 - C.J. - Yeah? 592 00:35:31,507 --> 00:35:34,673 The president has withdrawn Rooker's name from nomination. 593 00:35:34,843 --> 00:35:37,513 - Well, at least it's behind us. - Not quite. 594 00:35:38,096 --> 00:35:42,474 Our report card for our first two weeks in office. 595 00:35:42,643 --> 00:35:46,510 The president's approval has gone from 61 ş% ş during the transition... 596 00:35:46,688 --> 00:35:51,185 ...when I suppose there's nothing to approve, to 49ş% ş once there was. 597 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,685 Forty-seven percent see him as a strong leader... 598 00:35:53,862 --> 00:35:56,021 ...a result of bungling the Rooker nomination. 599 00:35:56,198 --> 00:35:58,771 And African-American support... 600 00:35:58,951 --> 00:36:02,035 ...which basically elected him, has gone from 92 to 78. 601 00:36:02,204 --> 00:36:05,869 Finally, if the election were held today, the president would be chairman... 602 00:36:06,041 --> 00:36:09,208 ...of the economics department at Phillips Andover Academy. 603 00:36:13,006 --> 00:36:15,877 Can anyone report anything good? 604 00:36:16,927 --> 00:36:20,011 Six hundred thousand evangelicals are praying for me. 605 00:36:20,180 --> 00:36:23,964 - So we have that going for us. - What the hell are you talking about? 606 00:36:24,142 --> 00:36:27,060 It's true. A guy gave me this card, 365 people in media. 607 00:36:27,229 --> 00:36:29,981 - Who are the others? - I don't know, let's see. 608 00:36:30,148 --> 00:36:33,767 Hugh Hefner, Don lmus, Howard Stern. All the late-night guys. 609 00:36:33,944 --> 00:36:36,269 This is... One, two, three. 610 00:36:36,446 --> 00:36:39,116 This is the editorial board of The New York Times. 611 00:36:39,283 --> 00:36:42,533 This isn't a good list. It's a list of people who are going to hell. 612 00:36:42,828 --> 00:36:44,737 They aren't praying because they like me. 613 00:36:44,913 --> 00:36:46,989 It's because I'm doomed to eternal damnation. 614 00:36:47,165 --> 00:36:49,917 - If you weren't it'd be a waste of praying. - You're on it too. 615 00:36:50,085 --> 00:36:52,493 - Can I see that? - You can all leave. 616 00:36:52,671 --> 00:36:54,913 We're gonna do better for you, boss. 617 00:36:55,090 --> 00:36:57,581 - Do better for him. - We will. 618 00:36:57,759 --> 00:36:59,551 We will. 619 00:37:05,184 --> 00:37:07,093 - Sam? - Yeah? 620 00:37:07,269 --> 00:37:09,890 - Can you walk with me a second? - Yeah. 621 00:37:11,398 --> 00:37:13,556 Well, you were right, I was wrong. 622 00:37:13,734 --> 00:37:17,019 More often than not it's gonna be the other way around, so... 623 00:37:17,196 --> 00:37:19,733 - Thanks. I've got a weird problem. - What? 624 00:37:19,907 --> 00:37:23,322 Remember Donna had lunch with Mack's assistant a few weeks ago? 625 00:37:23,493 --> 00:37:26,945 He told her there's a missile silo on the grounds. 626 00:37:27,122 --> 00:37:31,369 She repeated it to a magazine and an NSA guy... 627 00:37:31,543 --> 00:37:35,671 ...came to see me just now and he said she struck a little close to home... 628 00:37:35,839 --> 00:37:40,300 ...and they want to investigate. In the meantime, they revoked her credentials. 629 00:37:40,677 --> 00:37:44,296 -"Struck too close to home"? - It means somehow, she... 630 00:37:44,473 --> 00:37:48,636 There's actually some kind of weapons system right here on the White House... 631 00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:51,052 ...or intelligence gathering... 632 00:37:51,230 --> 00:37:53,021 Wait a minute. 633 00:37:53,899 --> 00:37:56,568 - This doesn't sound right. - No. 634 00:38:09,581 --> 00:38:10,910 Hi. 635 00:38:11,667 --> 00:38:15,367 Hey. Just hanging with my friend Michael. 636 00:38:15,546 --> 00:38:19,839 He works in the staff secretary's office. Plus, he's got his own band. 637 00:38:20,008 --> 00:38:22,760 By the way, you know what your name is for the next month? 638 00:38:22,928 --> 00:38:26,012 - It's gonna be Bambi, isn't it? - Yeah, it's gonna be Bambi-ass. 639 00:38:26,181 --> 00:38:30,309 I'll call you Abner because you came into the White House and didn't flinch. 640 00:38:35,524 --> 00:38:37,563 I'm making phone calls. 641 00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:43,030 -Yeah? - How you doing? 642 00:38:43,198 --> 00:38:45,238 - I'm freezing. -Where are you? 643 00:38:45,409 --> 00:38:48,196 - I'm at my front door. - Well, go inside. 644 00:38:48,370 --> 00:38:51,288 - I can't, I'll lose you. - You'll never lose me, Amy. 645 00:38:51,456 --> 00:38:54,126 - Please don't say that. - What do you have? 646 00:38:54,585 --> 00:38:57,455 - I don't have anything. - I don't believe you. 647 00:39:00,841 --> 00:39:03,414 I don't know what you want me to say. 648 00:39:06,471 --> 00:39:08,630 I want women to have help from the government. 649 00:39:08,807 --> 00:39:11,808 I want women to earn what men earn and everyone to earn enough... 650 00:39:11,977 --> 00:39:14,349 ...so everyone can choose right for their family. 651 00:39:14,521 --> 00:39:18,471 And after that it's none of your business who stays home and who goes to work. 652 00:39:18,775 --> 00:39:21,313 You don't know more about raising a family than I do. 653 00:39:21,486 --> 00:39:25,401 That was it. We got it. We'll give it a test and I'll call back around 1. 654 00:39:25,574 --> 00:39:27,068 - A.M.? -Yeah. 655 00:39:27,242 --> 00:39:28,571 Good. 656 00:39:28,952 --> 00:39:31,739 Let's get that in the form of an answer. 657 00:39:32,581 --> 00:39:35,036 - We got something from Amy. - Good. 658 00:39:35,209 --> 00:39:37,581 He was wondering: The Team Toby meeting... 659 00:39:37,753 --> 00:39:40,707 ...Toby doesn't need to be there, right? - I wasn't wondering. 660 00:39:40,881 --> 00:39:43,502 Do your job as a man and get that nice girl pregnant. 661 00:39:43,675 --> 00:39:45,086 I did. 662 00:39:45,260 --> 00:39:47,383 - Wait, what? - What? 663 00:39:47,554 --> 00:39:48,883 Andy's pregnant. 664 00:39:54,144 --> 00:39:55,722 Toby, Andy's pregnant? 665 00:39:56,021 --> 00:39:57,432 With twins. 666 00:40:01,652 --> 00:40:03,691 This is incredible. 667 00:40:07,241 --> 00:40:09,280 And they're yours? 668 00:40:09,451 --> 00:40:11,444 - Yeah. - Both of them? 669 00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:17,326 I'm going downstairs. 670 00:40:21,338 --> 00:40:23,663 Well, we're gonna have to step this up now. 671 00:40:23,841 --> 00:40:27,007 Yeah. I'm gonna get hats. 672 00:40:27,177 --> 00:40:28,921 Let's go. 673 00:40:32,349 --> 00:40:34,057 - Mr. President. - Did you have a good day? 674 00:40:34,226 --> 00:40:37,725 Yes, sir. We haven't found the answer we like on the Rooker question yet. 675 00:40:38,021 --> 00:40:40,477 You know what I remember he said to me. He said: 676 00:40:40,649 --> 00:40:43,816 "Mr. President, when I hear black footsteps behind me, I'm scared. 677 00:40:43,986 --> 00:40:46,144 When I hear white footsteps, I'm not." 678 00:40:46,446 --> 00:40:49,234 Well, I think we both know people who'd say different. 679 00:40:49,408 --> 00:40:53,619 But you have to respect him for voicing an unpopular opinion amongst his people. 680 00:40:53,787 --> 00:40:56,907 You pay for these things for such a long time, don't you think? 681 00:40:57,082 --> 00:40:59,490 I do. And I don't know why we struggle with it. 682 00:40:59,668 --> 00:41:01,459 I made a mistake, I corrected it. 683 00:41:01,628 --> 00:41:03,372 - I'll make more. - Yes. 684 00:41:03,547 --> 00:41:08,090 Humans can't rebut that, it's prevent defense and has the merit of being true. 685 00:41:08,844 --> 00:41:10,718 Am I gonna lose New Hampshire? 686 00:41:10,888 --> 00:41:12,512 Yes, sir. 687 00:41:15,184 --> 00:41:18,138 I don't mind blowing the knucklehead stuff like Rooker. 688 00:41:18,312 --> 00:41:22,096 Rooker's not knucklehead. But if I'm making mistakes there... 689 00:41:22,274 --> 00:41:25,560 ...how do I know I'm not doing it when it comes to matters... 690 00:41:25,736 --> 00:41:27,230 ...like death and destruction? 691 00:41:27,404 --> 00:41:30,488 Well, probably you don't, because there's no manual. 692 00:41:30,657 --> 00:41:34,441 Sir, we expect the president to face the world in his own way... 693 00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:36,861 ...in his own time. 694 00:41:37,039 --> 00:41:40,075 Luckily for all of us you have better advisers in that area... 695 00:41:40,250 --> 00:41:43,287 ...than you do in domestic and political policy. 696 00:41:43,462 --> 00:41:46,463 When we're done we should talk about moving money to Ohio. 697 00:41:46,632 --> 00:41:48,957 Yes, and maybe making a stop in Orange County. 698 00:41:49,134 --> 00:41:52,135 You know, our candidate in the 47th is such a dynamo... 699 00:41:52,304 --> 00:41:55,755 ...that he's in the hospital... - Not anymore. He's dead. 700 00:41:57,142 --> 00:41:59,811 - Okay. - Let's go. 701 00:42:02,064 --> 00:42:05,397 - And stay up in my face, okay? - Yes, sir. 702 00:42:14,993 --> 00:42:18,825 I swear to God, the winner of this debate's gonna be the next president. 703 00:42:18,997 --> 00:42:21,868 - Anybody wanna be on the losing team? - No, sir. 704 00:42:22,042 --> 00:42:24,331 Then let's pump it up. 705 00:42:24,503 --> 00:42:26,412 Let's go, Claudia Jean. 706 00:42:26,588 --> 00:42:29,162 Good evening and welcome to the presidential debate... 707 00:42:29,341 --> 00:42:32,508 ...between President Bartlet and Gov. Ritchie, being brought to you... 708 00:42:32,678 --> 00:42:35,382 ...from the University of California, San Diego. 709 00:42:35,556 --> 00:42:39,138 The format, agreed to by both candidates, is as follows: 710 00:42:39,309 --> 00:42:41,468 A candidate will have 90 seconds to respond... 711 00:42:41,645 --> 00:42:44,480 ...followed with a 60-second questioning by his opponent... 712 00:42:44,648 --> 00:42:46,557 ...followed by a 60-second summation. 713 00:42:46,733 --> 00:42:49,438 By virtue of a coin toss, Mr. President... 714 00:42:49,611 --> 00:42:51,937 ...the first question goes to you.