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(WIND WHISTLING)
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(LOUD WHOOSHING)
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(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
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Have we confirmed the type of bomb?
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Preliminary forensics indicate a CBU-87
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anti-personnel submunition dispenser.
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Conventionally known as a cluster bomb.
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Yeah, and the U.S. houses
the only company in the world
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that manufactures it.
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A weapon we provide only to Israel.
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Which means our closest
Mideast ally just implicated us
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in a massacre that took the
lives of 29 innocent children,
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and if we provided the
weapon, we're on the hook.
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Call the Israeli Embassy. Get
Ambassador Dworsky in here.
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Ma'am, we've been trying.
He's incommunicado.
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Well, then we're gonna have to
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get him on the fly because,
Jay, I got to brief POTUS.
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Will you bring our congressional
allies into the loop?
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- Yes, Madam Secretary.
- Okay. Kat?
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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And Blake. Want you to
reach out to the families
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of those children. I mean,
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burial logistics, humanitarian relief,
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whatever we can do to
show our solidarity.
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- KAT AND BLAKE: Yes, ma'am.
- Stay on point.
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- (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
- Acknowledge the tragedy,
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but no acceptance of responsibility
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until it has been thoroughly
investigated, okay?
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Statement for your review
to that very effect.
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Okay.
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Yeah, yeah. Th-That's
g-good. Get that out.
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Okay?
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MATT: Before you send it out...
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Hey, listen, this is a priority, okay?
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Everything else
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- takes a back seat.
- ALL: Yes, ma'am.
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(OVERLAPPING PROTESTING)
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WOMAN: American imperialism has to stop!
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We are the world's bully. Wait!
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Hey! Hey, you work with
the White House, right?
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I'm just a guy trying
to meet his step quota.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
one of the architects
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of our immoral foreign policy.
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If you'll excuse me...
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No, I will not excuse you.
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Neither will the children you bombed.
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Oh, my God, you have no idea
what you're talking about.
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I have a right to my opinion.
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I'm not saying you don't,
but while you're out here
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smearing us, I'm in there 16 hours a day
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actually trying to fix some of
the things you're raving about.
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An American-made cluster bomb!
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RUSSELL: This is your
issue du jour, right?
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Yesterday it was Social Security.
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Last week, what, the vaccine conspiracy.
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I'm holding government accountable.
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Who's holding you accountable?
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Well, certainly not a government lackey.
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Let me tell you a thing
or two about this lackey.
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- (DOOR SHUTS)
- Syria is a dumpster fire, Mr. President.
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You got the oppressive Nussir regime
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locked in a brutal civil
war with rebel forces.
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Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah
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supporting the government.
The opposition forces
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are backed by a U.S.-led
Western coalition.
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Meanwhile, Iran's smuggling
arms to Israel's enemies
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through the country and
Israel's bombing the convoys
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as fast as it can.
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Syria and Israel are still technically
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in a state of war.
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Russia is trying to expand
its role in the region.
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You got Shiites and Sunnis
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and a rising tide of Islamic terrorism.
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I'd need a weekend retreat to talk about
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the human rights violations and...
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ELIZABETH: Basically,
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U.S. and Russia are using client states
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to control an unstable region.
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Danger is that the proxies drag us
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into a conflict with Russia.
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Concise.
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Here to help.
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BECKER: Russia's already
using this incident
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as a pretext
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to expand military support to Syria.
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If Russia gets more
involved with Syria...
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We have to back Israel,
which increases the risk
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of an American conflict with Russia.
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Which it's bedrock U.S. policy to avoid.
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Dozens of dead children?
There has to be accountability.
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Bess, what do we hear from the Israelis?
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I've summoned Ambassador
Dworsky. I'll get his side.
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Well, get it fast.
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Henry, you familiar with the
Convention on Cluster Munitions
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banning the use of this type of weapon?
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Yes, sir. 120 signatories
around the world,
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excluding the United States and Russia.
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Well, I'd like you to red team this,
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get with DNI. I want to
know how this happened.
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Tragedy of this dimension
means that we need
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to re-evaluate our stance here.
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BECKER: Mr. President,
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not to minimize the human toll here,
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but this question has
been asked and answered.
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Resoundingly. U.S.
policy is not to limit
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the weapons at our disposal.
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Folks, I value your input,
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but let's save it for your roundtable.
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- Thank you.
- Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir.
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I'll be rolling calls on this
cluster bomb debacle, Adele,
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so no interruptions.
If it ain't DEFCON 1,
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- not a peep.
- Yes, sir.
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That goes for all birds.
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I have to show him, don't I?
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- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- What did I just say?
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I know. I'm sorry.
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RUSSELL: Nothing but crackpot notions.
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WOMAN: Excuse me.
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No, I'm not calling you a crackpot.
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There's plenty of
well-adjusted, sane individuals
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who set up tents
around the White House.
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WOMAN:
I have a right to be here.
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Yes, you do, but criticizing is easy.
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Governing is hard.
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Put that on your
next sign and smoke it.
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That...
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that is taken completely
out of context.
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She accosted me.
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Oh, my God, I look like
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I'm berating a homeless woman
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for having the nerve
to talk to me.
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You know what?
I will handle this.
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- Please.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
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I don't have time
for this nonsense.
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Carol.
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This is all over
the Internet, isn't it?
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(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
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Hi, sweetheart. What?
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No, I was drinking decaf.
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Yes. Of course I know that-that
getting into shouting matches
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with strangers is bad
for my blood pressure.
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I do not have an
anger management problem!
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KAT: The United States would
like to extend our condolences
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for this tragedy.
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(INTERPRETER TRANSLATING
IN ARABIC)
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Thank you.
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Um, we would also like
to connect the families
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who have lost children with NGOs
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who can
provide support.
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Yes. They can defray
funeral costs.
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They can assist
with asylum claims.
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(SPEAKING ARABIC)
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What about our children?
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We're expressing
our deepest sympathies.
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Sympathies.
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For an American-made bomb
that murdered our sons,
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that took the flowers
from our garden,
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the light from our lives.
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We don't want NGOs.
We want justice.
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We want our children back.
Can you give us these things?
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(SPEAKING ARABIC)
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Uh, ma'am,
I have Alison for you.
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(SIGHS) Hey, kiddo,
little busy here.
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Mom, the Internet is slow,
like Stone Age slow.
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Well, call our provider.
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They keep you on the phone
forever,
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and my paper on Givenchy
is due tomorrow.
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Try the library.
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They have Internet and helpful,
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smiling people who aren't trying
to save the world order
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from crumbling.
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Bye, Ali.
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Jason, do you know how
to fix the Internet?
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Well, the open-source culture
generally doesn't mesh well
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with WPA supplicant configuration files.
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So...
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I'm not accusing you of
anything, Ambassador Dworsky.
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I'm asking for an explanation.
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And I'm giving you one.
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The IDF is not in the
habit of bombing children.
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I never said habit.
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I'm hoping it was an accident.
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The world will see it as a war crime.
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ELIZABETH: Precipitated by a
weapon we only provide to Israel.
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Meaning the burden of proof
is on your country to establish
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that it had no involvement
in this bombing.
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And if we can't prove a negative?
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First things first.
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Syria is now an Israeli no-fly zone.
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And all shipments
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of the CBU-87 will be suspended
pending our investigation.
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So now the U.S. is doing Iran's bidding.
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- Ambassador Dworsky...
- If America handcuffs us,
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Iran will have carte Blanche
to expand its military presence
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in Syria and continue
arming our enemies.
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United States won't let that happen,
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- Mr. Ambassador.
- Let it happen?
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You're facilitating it by
helping Iran scapegoat us.
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We're simply asking for you to
put a moratorium on IDF sorties
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until we can get to the bottom of this.
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And will there be a moratorium
on Iranian arms convoys?
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On the build-out of
Iranian infrastructure
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just miles from Tel Aviv?
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If America's not willing to defend
us, then we will defend ourselves.
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Good day, Madam Secretary.
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Cluster bombs have an
important strategic role to play
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in U.S. military policy. By dispersing
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multiple packets at once,
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they allow us to neutralize vehicles
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and enemy personnel in a single blast.
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You know, and more to the point,
Moscow uses them, so we have to.
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Yeah, tell that to the
parents of the 29 children.
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It's about mutual deterrence, Henry.
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Gifting the Russians
a strategic advantage
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- risks asymmetric warfare.
- We're talking about
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an anti-personnel weapon
whose sole purpose it is
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- to maximize carnage and death.
- Okay, come on,
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Henry, every weapon in
creation has that goal.
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- It's not the tool, it's how it's used.
- Okay.
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So we should build in
additional safeguards.
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Yes.
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Like imposing more stringent rules
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of engagement on Israel,
which we can discuss.
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I'm aware of the strategic
and military concerns,
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but there are serious
ethical considerations
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that we've got to take into account.
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98% of submunition casualties
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around the globe are civilian.
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- 98%.
- All right.
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All valid points.
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We need to find out what happened,
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move this conversation forward,
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and provide POTUS with
a swift recommendation.
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HENRY: Russell, in
terms of a timetable...
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I'm not rushing you, Henry.
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This should be done
as quickly as possible,
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- but not quicker.
- (CELL PHONES RINGING, BUZZING)
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WARE: This is SatNav
footage taken nine hours ago
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of the Russian-operated Khmeimim
Air Base in northwestern Syria.
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What you see here is a Syrian
MiG-29 taxiing on the runway.
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It's hardly news that
the Syrian Air Force
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- uses Russian air bases.
- Uh, yes, sir.
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But the flight trajectory
of this plane is telling.
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What you see now is a
payload being dropped
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at a ceiling of 15,000
feet. Namely, a CBU-87.
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Its laser-guided target
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is an abandoned lot.
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This video is time-stamped 11 seconds
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before that cluster bomb
detonated on those kids.
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I'll spare you the visual of the impact.
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So the cluster bomb was
dropped from a Syrian plane
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that took off from a Russian base.
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Meaning that Israel was
right about being framed.
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They just had the wrong culprit.
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It wasn't Iran.
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It was Russia and Syria.
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Ephraim, I'd like to know how the hell
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Syria got ahold of one
of our cluster bombs.
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- We're still working that out, sir.
- Mr. President,
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we have a more pressing problem now.
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Russia. It's one thing to
coordinate with a proxy.
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BECKER: It's another
to collaborate with them
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to frame our chief
U.S. ally in the region.
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HILL: And if Russia uses this incident
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to get more closely
involved in the region,
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it could tip the balance of power.
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I'm not gonna tolerate any
more Russian expansionism.
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It's time we had a tough
discussion with Syria.
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A country with whom we have
no diplomatic relations.
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No, but I can back channel.
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- DALTON: Now, Bess.
- Yep.
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Because if Russia's making a
power play, we have to respond.
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- With force.
- ELIZABETH: Yes, sir.
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I trust, as President
Nussir's first cousin
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and a private citizen,
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you can pass on the
administration's message.
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Which is?
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(SIREN WAILING NEARBY)
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This is footage of a Syrian jet
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dropping the cluster bomb.
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No. This is footage of a Syrian jet
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flying into dense cloud coverage.
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Inconclusive at best.
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- I don't think that's how you want to play this.
- Play what?
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Israeli fighter jets were in
the vector at the same time.
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Yet you prefer to slander our government
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by suggesting we would deliberately
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slaughter our own children?
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Rebel children... living in Aleppo,
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a city under insurgent control.
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The CBU-87 is American-made.
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And you give it only to
our sworn enemy, Israel.
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Whom you'd be all too
happy to scapegoat.
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President Dalton is demanding
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Syria take public
responsibility for this bombing.
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And if we don't?
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Once we have conclusive
proof Damascus is behind this,
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we will seek additional sanctions
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against your government,
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which is already on
the brink of collapse.
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This is an outrage.
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The outrage is 29 dead children.
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We still have our
friends, Madam Secretary,
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even if your country isn't among them.
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But I'll relay your
message to President Nussir.
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And he has one for you.
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When we prove Israel
and the United States
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were behind this,
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Syria won't be the one facing sanctions.
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LELAND: Dynametrics Munitions
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has never missed a delivery date,
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had a cost overrun,
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or been accused of misconduct.
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And let me assure all of
you that the chain of custody
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of every piece of ordinance
that we manufacture,
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including the CBU-87s,
can be accounted for.
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We operate in strict
accordance with DOD regulations.
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One of these weapons fell
into Russian or Syrian hands.
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It had to have happened after
delivery to the Israelis.
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Leland, we appreciate the due diligence,
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but can you talk to us about
collateral damage estimates?
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(DOOR OPENS)
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HENRY: Mr. President.
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Sorry to interrupt, Henry.
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Just want to say hi to
an old golfing buddy.
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How are you, Leland?
Good to see you, Conrad.
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When, uh, Dr. McCord here
is done examining you,
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come by for a Scotch.
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As you were, everyone.
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ELIZABETH: How come you're staring
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at everything tonight
like it's cauliflower?
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Oh... no appetite.
This cluster bomb thing.
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- Feel like you're being played?
- Like a banjo.
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Turns out the CEO of the contractor
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who manufactures this bomb is
one of the president's BFFs.
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Where are you on the bomb's provenance?
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Well, forensics are ongoing.
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Ephraim's team is trying
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to determine what batch
the cluster bomb was from.
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That way they can lock down
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the munitions delivery date to Israel.
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Hopefully shed some light on how Syria
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got its hands on the bomb.
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Yeah, it's gonna be weeks
before they button that up.
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Lean on Ephraim to share his
preliminary results with you.
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- Why would he do that?
- Professional courtesy.
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One intel pro to another.
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Mm, yeah, I guess.
356
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How are you doing?
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Flailing.
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Israel and Syria are stirring the pot.
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- The proxies are out of control.
- What about the principals?
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Avdonin told me to kiss off.
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Unlike you, I eat my feelings.
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Oh, Ali was right.
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Our Internet is junky.
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Hey, did you call the ISP guy?
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Oh, yeah, they said that
there's nothing they can do.
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They ran a diagnostic, and
apparently our bandwidth
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is overloaded.
368
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Seems like a lot of new devices
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have recently been added.
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00:15:37,009 --> 00:15:38,821
You know, when I took out the garbage,
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I saw a bunch of empty
boxes with computer stuff,
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like graphics cards,
external hard drives, CPUs.
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I thought, I don't know,
maybe it was you or...
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Me? I don't even know
what that stuff is.
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BOTH: Jason!
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SpectroCoin.
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- Heard of it?
- Nope.
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00:16:01,233 --> 00:16:03,044
It's a cryptocurrency,
and I'm mining it,
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00:16:03,068 --> 00:16:05,946
so I networked the house's
iPads and laptops and desktops.
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Meaning our computers are slow.
381
00:16:08,606 --> 00:16:10,817
Because you turned them
into your drone army.
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I lost my financial aid.
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You guys told me to be entrepreneurial.
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We didn't tell you to play the lottery.
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I'm not. Look,
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when global instability
leads to currency fluctuation,
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people turn to decentralized
cryptocurrencies.
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00:16:23,655 --> 00:16:26,166
So, with the whole mess
going on in Syria...
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Oh.
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So you're betting against
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me being good at my job.
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No, no, it-it's arbitrage.
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- Look, I made three grand this month.
- You did?
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HENRY: Less the money that you blew
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- on all that computer stuff.
- ELIZABETH: Right.
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Invest in infrastructure.
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That's the first rule
of financial success.
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00:16:49,013 --> 00:16:51,513
Will you guys please let me do this?
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Please?
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You release all of our
devices from cyber bondage.
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And limit your hijacking of
the Internet to when we're
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asleep or at work. Understood?
403
00:17:03,828 --> 00:17:05,405
Yes.
404
00:17:05,429 --> 00:17:10,810
But I will need to
buy some new equipment
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00:17:10,834 --> 00:17:11,911
to optimize functionality.
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00:17:11,935 --> 00:17:13,078
- (LAUGHS)
- The things is, I'm a little...
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00:17:13,102 --> 00:17:14,246
- I'm a little strapped for cash.
- (CHUCKLES)
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00:17:14,270 --> 00:17:16,783
Second rule of financial success:
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never ask your parents for money.
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00:17:19,443 --> 00:17:21,220
(CHUCKLING)
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TV REPORTER: Her name is Maggie...
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Stevie!
413
00:17:25,114 --> 00:17:26,626
Those tireless criticisms
seem to have finally hit home.
414
00:17:26,650 --> 00:17:28,294
Fresh off an awkward confrontation
415
00:17:28,318 --> 00:17:30,063
with the president's chief of staff.
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00:17:30,064 --> 00:17:33,566
Stevie! I thought you were
gonna put a lid on this.
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00:17:33,590 --> 00:17:35,301
I'm trying. I went to see her.
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00:17:35,325 --> 00:17:37,269
I-I offered her space in a shelter.
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00:17:37,293 --> 00:17:39,505
I told her I'd get her a
meeting with Social Services.
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I brought her coffee.
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00:17:40,731 --> 00:17:42,074
- What did she say?
- "No."
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00:17:42,098 --> 00:17:43,509
"Stuff it."
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00:17:43,533 --> 00:17:45,510
And she only drinks oat
milk lattes, extra hot.
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She was yelling into the abyss.
Now she's got a megaphone?
425
00:17:48,136 --> 00:17:51,216
You had one task: keep
the crazy lady at bay.
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00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,084
I know, I know. I think I
may have found something.
427
00:17:53,108 --> 00:17:55,253
Years ago, Maggie was
an up-and-coming scholar
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00:17:55,277 --> 00:17:57,121
doing a dissertation
with government funding,
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00:17:57,145 --> 00:17:59,825
which she lost because of
allegations of plagiarism.
430
00:17:59,849 --> 00:18:01,926
Um, she was eventually
cleared, but by that time
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00:18:01,950 --> 00:18:03,528
she'd been drummed out of academia.
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00:18:03,552 --> 00:18:05,296
- And that began her descent.
- Why is this interesting to me?
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00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:06,398
Because I have an idea.
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00:18:06,422 --> 00:18:07,966
Something that may help
defuse the situation.
435
00:18:07,990 --> 00:18:09,768
Now, please. I don't want
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00:18:09,792 --> 00:18:12,170
- to hear about this again.
- Okay.
437
00:18:12,194 --> 00:18:13,839
- Hi.
- Dr. McCord to see you.
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00:18:13,863 --> 00:18:16,675
Home and abroad, the
world's coming apart, Henry.
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00:18:16,699 --> 00:18:18,877
Seems like it's down to
the McCords to save it.
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00:18:18,901 --> 00:18:20,945
Well, I don't think this McCord is
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00:18:20,969 --> 00:18:22,747
coming to the rescue quite yet.
442
00:18:22,771 --> 00:18:26,284
Per Ephraim, preliminary
analysis of the bomb fragments
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confirms the alloy
was Russian in origin.
444
00:18:31,213 --> 00:18:33,739
Are you saying the cluster
bomb was a Russian knockoff?
445
00:18:33,763 --> 00:18:38,029
- Yep.
- So, if this was all just Russia and Syria
446
00:18:38,053 --> 00:18:42,233
trying to set us up, we're off the hook.
447
00:18:42,257 --> 00:18:43,834
Uh, slow down, Russell.
448
00:18:43,858 --> 00:18:47,005
The metallurgical analysis
doesn't exonerate us.
449
00:18:47,029 --> 00:18:48,873
It points to a bigger problem.
450
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For Russia to have
replicated the CBU-87,
451
00:18:51,699 --> 00:18:55,512
they would've needed
the weapon schematics.
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00:18:55,536 --> 00:18:58,481
Someone at Dynametrics
Munitions could be dirty.
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00:18:58,505 --> 00:19:01,583
Which means America could
still have blood on its hands.
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(SIGHS)
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00:19:02,676 --> 00:19:04,821
All right, stay on it.
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00:19:04,845 --> 00:19:07,090
I want to know the extent
of Dynametrics' culpability.
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00:19:07,114 --> 00:19:09,415
Will do.
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00:19:11,953 --> 00:19:13,964
20 minutes ago, a
Russian troop transport
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00:19:13,988 --> 00:19:17,467
was shot down over
Aleppo; 43 soldiers dead.
460
00:19:17,491 --> 00:19:18,735
Have we heard from the Israelis?
461
00:19:18,759 --> 00:19:20,804
The Israelis didn't
destroy the plane, sir.
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00:19:20,828 --> 00:19:23,340
Syria did.
463
00:19:23,364 --> 00:19:25,309
Friendly fire?
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00:19:25,333 --> 00:19:27,509
- It would appear so.
- (SIGHS)
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00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:29,178
Well, I don't care if
it was an act of God.
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00:19:29,202 --> 00:19:32,614
Russian soldiers dead,
Moscow will respond.
467
00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:35,517
Meaning the situation
is deteriorating fast.
468
00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:37,553
If proxies are blowing
their principals' planes
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00:19:37,577 --> 00:19:40,823
out of the sky, the situation's
untenable for everyone.
470
00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,391
Which could give us an opening.
471
00:19:42,415 --> 00:19:45,217
Get with Avdonin, Bess,
before that opening closes.
472
00:19:45,241 --> 00:19:46,659
Yes, sir.
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00:19:50,009 --> 00:19:52,854
Thank you for meeting with
me, Mr. Foreign Minister.
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I was stateside to tour
consulates when you reached out.
475
00:19:56,336 --> 00:19:58,903
I thought a sit-down would be fruitful.
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00:19:58,904 --> 00:20:00,315
I thought so, too.
477
00:20:00,339 --> 00:20:03,919
This friendly fire incident
underscores the peril
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00:20:03,943 --> 00:20:05,653
we now find ourselves in,
479
00:20:05,677 --> 00:20:09,858
and how easily the chaos
could draw our two countries
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- into direct conflict.
- I agree.
481
00:20:12,584 --> 00:20:16,832
Especially since it
wasn't friendly fire.
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00:20:16,856 --> 00:20:21,837
Intel on the flight path
of an Israeli F-16 jet,
483
00:20:21,838 --> 00:20:25,895
which establishes it
deliberately flew behind
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our transport plane the
moment a Syrian battery
485
00:20:29,534 --> 00:20:32,147
locked onto the Israeli intruder.
486
00:20:32,171 --> 00:20:33,481
Israel murdered our soldiers.
487
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DWORSKY: We followed the protocols.
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Moscow was given a 60-second warning
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before we entered Syrian air space.
490
00:20:40,845 --> 00:20:42,789
Was apprised of our flight pattern,
491
00:20:42,813 --> 00:20:45,326
- our mission objective.
- Oh, I think we both know
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00:20:45,350 --> 00:20:48,896
what Israel's true intentions
were, Mr. Ambassador.
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Given the lengths Russia and Syria went
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to frame Israel for that cluster bomb,
495
00:20:53,591 --> 00:20:56,103
it seems like poetic justice
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to see Moscow's client state
shoot down a Russian plane.
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KONSTANTIN:
This treachery was precipitated
498
00:21:03,301 --> 00:21:05,479
at the direction of the United States.
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00:21:05,503 --> 00:21:06,914
That's a fabrication.
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00:21:06,938 --> 00:21:08,849
And you want to talk about treachery?
501
00:21:08,873 --> 00:21:11,451
How about Russia forging a U.S. bomb,
502
00:21:11,475 --> 00:21:14,088
and giving it to Syria
to murder children?
503
00:21:14,112 --> 00:21:16,522
And doing it all to frame the U.S.?
504
00:21:16,546 --> 00:21:18,691
Even if that fantasy were true,
505
00:21:18,715 --> 00:21:22,695
it hardly justifies a conspiracy
to kill Russian soldiers.
506
00:21:22,719 --> 00:21:24,163
ELIZABETH: We need to de-escalate.
507
00:21:24,187 --> 00:21:26,191
Israel has to issue a statement
508
00:21:26,192 --> 00:21:28,102
acknowledging its role in this crisis.
509
00:21:28,126 --> 00:21:29,437
DWORSKY: What role?
510
00:21:29,461 --> 00:21:31,105
The role of defending our tiny country
511
00:21:31,129 --> 00:21:33,875
against a swarm of enemies
backed by Moscow?
512
00:21:33,899 --> 00:21:36,378
KONSTANTIN: In light of this aggression,
513
00:21:36,402 --> 00:21:38,180
Russia will be supplying Syria
514
00:21:38,204 --> 00:21:39,747
with an upgraded air defense system.
515
00:21:39,771 --> 00:21:42,317
DWORSKY: If Russia is augmenting
516
00:21:42,341 --> 00:21:47,822
Syria's military capabilities, we
demand the latest in U.S. technology...
517
00:21:47,846 --> 00:21:51,292
So you want us to put you
on a war footing with Syria.
518
00:21:51,316 --> 00:21:53,126
We won't sanction an arms race.
519
00:21:53,150 --> 00:21:57,598
The U.S. has always used Israel
as a pawn for America's agenda.
520
00:21:57,622 --> 00:22:02,636
You give us weapons, then handcuff
us when we try to use them.
521
00:22:02,660 --> 00:22:05,306
Give us money, but
tell us how to spend it.
522
00:22:05,330 --> 00:22:08,509
Thank you very much, but
we are the ones at risk.
523
00:22:08,533 --> 00:22:11,412
And we know how to protect ourselves.
524
00:22:11,436 --> 00:22:13,325
KONSTANTIN: Russia will not tolerate
525
00:22:13,326 --> 00:22:16,138
the murder of its citizens.
526
00:22:16,162 --> 00:22:19,263
An immediate response
will be forthcoming.
527
00:22:25,104 --> 00:22:26,414
RUSSELL: So we're sure
528
00:22:26,438 --> 00:22:30,251
Russia wasn't given the
schematics for the CBU-87?
529
00:22:30,275 --> 00:22:32,887
Yes. According to our investigation,
530
00:22:32,911 --> 00:22:34,923
there was no malfeasance,
just negligence.
531
00:22:34,947 --> 00:22:36,891
More like gross negligence,
532
00:22:36,915 --> 00:22:38,493
behind DOD's back.
533
00:22:38,517 --> 00:22:40,996
Dynametrics gutted their
cyber security budget
534
00:22:41,020 --> 00:22:43,331
so they could undercut
competitors on government bids.
535
00:22:43,355 --> 00:22:46,868
In the process, creating
vulnerabilities Russia exploited
536
00:22:46,892 --> 00:22:49,604
by hacking the company's database.
537
00:22:49,628 --> 00:22:51,494
Thanks, Ephraim.
538
00:22:54,767 --> 00:22:57,410
Well, thank God we're not
looking at treason here.
539
00:22:57,434 --> 00:23:00,714
Well, cutting corners is
no cause for celebration.
540
00:23:00,738 --> 00:23:02,582
Dynametrics's digital infrastructure
541
00:23:02,606 --> 00:23:05,452
is woefully underfunded
and just this side of legal.
542
00:23:05,476 --> 00:23:09,356
Agreed, but as long as
they played by the rules...
543
00:23:09,380 --> 00:23:12,693
You can technically play by
the rules and still be at fault.
544
00:23:12,717 --> 00:23:14,028
That's what ethics are all about.
545
00:23:14,052 --> 00:23:16,697
Well, you can put it all in your report.
546
00:23:16,721 --> 00:23:20,233
Speaking of which, how's it coming?
547
00:23:20,257 --> 00:23:22,402
It-it's evolving.
548
00:23:22,426 --> 00:23:24,704
Evolving.
549
00:23:24,728 --> 00:23:28,708
Right. You know,
550
00:23:28,732 --> 00:23:31,811
there's a lot at stake here.
551
00:23:31,835 --> 00:23:36,749
After having refused to sign
on to the cluster bomb ban,
552
00:23:36,773 --> 00:23:39,486
an about-face in the
wake of a single tragedy
553
00:23:39,510 --> 00:23:42,311
could be seen as an
admission of wrongdoing.
554
00:23:44,014 --> 00:23:46,993
Or as an assumption of
moral responsibility.
555
00:23:47,017 --> 00:23:50,597
Moral responsibility has its costs.
556
00:23:50,621 --> 00:23:52,554
One of which will be
to tar the president.
557
00:23:54,525 --> 00:23:57,926
And the Secretary of State.
558
00:24:01,798 --> 00:24:03,810
BLAKE: New proposals
to help the relatives
559
00:24:03,834 --> 00:24:05,912
of the dead children.
I tried to get creative.
560
00:24:05,936 --> 00:24:09,315
Uh-huh, by reallocating
some of our UNHCR funds
561
00:24:09,339 --> 00:24:11,368
for housing allowances
to the affected families.
562
00:24:11,369 --> 00:24:14,754
- Exactly.
- Except this isn't a refugee crisis.
563
00:24:14,778 --> 00:24:17,445
Homes weren't destroyed;
Foreign Affairs won't sign off.
564
00:24:18,915 --> 00:24:21,393
Okay.
565
00:24:21,417 --> 00:24:24,430
What about relocating the
bereaved out of the war zone?
566
00:24:24,454 --> 00:24:27,033
How do we justify preferential treatment
567
00:24:27,057 --> 00:24:28,701
when thousands of civilians
have already perished?
568
00:24:28,725 --> 00:24:30,970
It's not preferential treatment.
It's a mission of mercy.
569
00:24:30,994 --> 00:24:33,571
Driven by American guilt
over the use of a cluster bomb
570
00:24:33,595 --> 00:24:35,373
we didn't even manufacture,
meaning it's back
571
00:24:35,397 --> 00:24:37,597
- to the drawing board.
- Back to the drawing board.
572
00:24:39,534 --> 00:24:42,147
This is your carrel.
573
00:24:42,171 --> 00:24:45,705
It's got a nameplate.
It says "Maggie Brixton."
574
00:24:47,376 --> 00:24:48,920
You got me a desk?
575
00:24:48,944 --> 00:24:53,091
Yes. And the administration has
received assurances that you can
576
00:24:53,115 --> 00:24:56,294
do as much reading and writing
here as you want, undisturbed.
577
00:24:56,318 --> 00:25:01,199
And you think this trivial
gesture will buy my silence?
578
00:25:01,223 --> 00:25:02,801
There's...
579
00:25:02,825 --> 00:25:04,736
there's no quid pro quo here.
580
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,404
You bet there's not.
581
00:25:06,428 --> 00:25:08,806
Because I am only getting started.
582
00:25:08,830 --> 00:25:12,243
The Dalton administration
will not silence me.
583
00:25:12,267 --> 00:25:13,595
Yeah, one sign a day,
584
00:25:13,596 --> 00:25:16,381
- that's too much for you? How about ten?
- Uh, Stevie...
585
00:25:16,405 --> 00:25:19,049
You will be held to account
586
00:25:19,073 --> 00:25:20,752
for every transgression.
587
00:25:20,776 --> 00:25:22,720
Every moral failing, every
act of greed, because this...
588
00:25:22,744 --> 00:25:25,490
- Stevie, now.
- Just wait. Wait.
589
00:25:25,514 --> 00:25:27,659
... t-this...
590
00:25:27,683 --> 00:25:32,196
this is, t-the type
of control mechanism
591
00:25:32,220 --> 00:25:34,565
that every government,
592
00:25:34,589 --> 00:25:36,689
every despot...
593
00:25:47,201 --> 00:25:49,301
Okay. We can go now.
594
00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:55,118
ELIZABETH: You okay?
595
00:25:55,142 --> 00:25:58,121
Yeah, I'm just t-trying to
wrap my head around normalizing
596
00:25:58,145 --> 00:26:01,257
an acceptable level of dead children.
597
00:26:01,281 --> 00:26:05,696
Well, you're no stranger
to collateral damage.
598
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,231
You were a fighter pilot.
599
00:26:08,255 --> 00:26:10,834
Yes, and I knew that innocents
600
00:26:10,858 --> 00:26:13,136
would inevitably be
caught in the crossfire...
601
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,638
that's something I'm still
trying to reconcile...
602
00:26:15,662 --> 00:26:18,107
but it's one thing to follow orders,
603
00:26:18,131 --> 00:26:20,543
it's another to sanction
weapons that you know
604
00:26:20,567 --> 00:26:22,345
will result in the death of civilians.
605
00:26:22,369 --> 00:26:26,015
Cluster bombs
indiscriminately kill people.
606
00:26:26,039 --> 00:26:28,084
That's kind of what they're all about.
607
00:26:28,108 --> 00:26:29,752
Which is why we need diplomacy.
608
00:26:29,776 --> 00:26:33,489
Yeah, well, diplomacy's
not working right now.
609
00:26:33,513 --> 00:26:37,093
Syria's about to open
up a front against Israel
610
00:26:37,117 --> 00:26:41,931
and Iran is stepping up
arms shipments to Hezbollah
611
00:26:41,955 --> 00:26:43,299
- and it's just...
- (STAMMERS)
612
00:26:43,323 --> 00:26:45,134
Sorry. W-Where are you with Russia?
613
00:26:45,158 --> 00:26:47,770
A whole bunch of nyet.
614
00:26:47,794 --> 00:26:49,772
(SIGHS)
615
00:26:49,796 --> 00:26:51,907
I'm meeting with the
president, joint chiefs
616
00:26:51,931 --> 00:26:55,143
first thing in the morning, but...
617
00:26:55,167 --> 00:26:58,347
You have got to be kidding me.
618
00:26:58,371 --> 00:26:59,582
- What?
- Our electric bill.
619
00:26:59,606 --> 00:27:02,752
It's, like, 800 last month to 2,000?
620
00:27:02,776 --> 00:27:04,208
- Jason?
- Jason?
621
00:27:06,345 --> 00:27:08,379
Come here.
622
00:27:09,783 --> 00:27:11,927
Hi.
623
00:27:11,951 --> 00:27:14,263
See, this is why we should
all be using solar power.
624
00:27:14,287 --> 00:27:17,433
Oh, yes, well, until
that time, your little
625
00:27:17,457 --> 00:27:21,103
cryptocurrency escapade is
gonna drive us into bankruptcy.
626
00:27:21,127 --> 00:27:24,105
Meaning that you're gonna pay
us the difference between this
627
00:27:24,129 --> 00:27:26,274
and last month's bill.
628
00:27:26,298 --> 00:27:27,776
- 1,200 bucks.
- JASON: Fine.
629
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,878
I will wire you the
equivalent in SpectroCoin.
630
00:27:29,902 --> 00:27:31,045
- No, no. Uhp.
- No, no.
631
00:27:31,069 --> 00:27:32,447
Cash on the barrel.
632
00:27:32,471 --> 00:27:35,917
How about you cover the power bill,
633
00:27:35,941 --> 00:27:38,787
and I will cut you in on my profits?
634
00:27:38,811 --> 00:27:39,854
And you can think of that
635
00:27:39,878 --> 00:27:40,898
as an investment.
636
00:27:40,899 --> 00:27:43,524
We've already invested in
you for 17 years, sport.
637
00:27:43,525 --> 00:27:46,027
And it's about to pay
off. SpectroCoin is up 300%
638
00:27:46,051 --> 00:27:47,862
- this week alone.
- Oh, that's great.
639
00:27:47,886 --> 00:27:51,421
Then you can sell some of your
booty and fork over the dough.
640
00:27:53,592 --> 00:27:54,903
(SIGHS)
641
00:27:54,927 --> 00:27:56,970
This is not how the
Zuckerbergs supported their kid.
642
00:27:56,971 --> 00:27:57,971
(PHONE RINGING)
643
00:27:57,995 --> 00:28:00,095
Ay...
644
00:28:02,166 --> 00:28:03,166
Russell, hi.
645
00:28:03,167 --> 00:28:05,979
RUSSELL: Russia is sending
their Northern Fleet to Latakia,
646
00:28:06,003 --> 00:28:07,314
Syria's most important harbor.
647
00:28:07,338 --> 00:28:08,916
What?
648
00:28:08,940 --> 00:28:10,250
It's one big setup.
649
00:28:10,274 --> 00:28:12,252
The cluster bomb, Moscow's response
650
00:28:12,276 --> 00:28:13,720
to Syria's destruction of their plane...
651
00:28:13,744 --> 00:28:15,221
It's all to create leverage.
652
00:28:15,245 --> 00:28:16,890
They want a Mediterranean port.
653
00:28:16,914 --> 00:28:18,425
Yeah, and the president's not
654
00:28:18,449 --> 00:28:20,661
gonna allow that, no matter what.
655
00:28:20,685 --> 00:28:22,062
I'm on my way.
656
00:28:22,086 --> 00:28:23,263
How bad?
657
00:28:23,287 --> 00:28:26,722
Don't wait on me for breakfast.
658
00:28:31,296 --> 00:28:32,940
- It's an armada.
- Yes, sir.
659
00:28:32,964 --> 00:28:34,808
And once their Northern
Fleet is in position,
660
00:28:34,832 --> 00:28:37,110
we won't be able to
dislodge it without a war.
661
00:28:37,134 --> 00:28:39,879
Bess, what do we hear
from your counterpart?
662
00:28:39,903 --> 00:28:41,881
Avdonin insists
663
00:28:41,905 --> 00:28:43,850
that an increased naval
presence is necessary
664
00:28:43,874 --> 00:28:46,786
to counter American
and Israeli aggressions.
665
00:28:46,810 --> 00:28:48,988
ELLEN: It's a pretext.
666
00:28:49,012 --> 00:28:50,823
Russia has a small
naval facility in Tartus
667
00:28:50,847 --> 00:28:53,660
that whet their appetite
for regional domination.
668
00:28:53,684 --> 00:28:55,362
- And this fleet will give it to them.
- Yes, sir.
669
00:28:55,386 --> 00:28:58,365
And if we don't push Russia
back now, they will have a port
670
00:28:58,389 --> 00:29:02,469
that puts them a stone's throw
from vital NATO bases in Turkey.
671
00:29:02,493 --> 00:29:04,471
BECKER: I recommend that we send
672
00:29:04,495 --> 00:29:06,573
a fleet to intercept Russia's advance.
673
00:29:06,597 --> 00:29:11,043
Which will put us on the verge
of direct military conflict.
674
00:29:11,067 --> 00:29:13,668
Only if Russia doesn't blink.
We have to hope they do.
675
00:29:14,838 --> 00:29:17,938
Gordon's right. We have
very little choice here.
676
00:29:19,875 --> 00:29:22,087
How far out is the Northern Fleet?
677
00:29:22,111 --> 00:29:24,757
About 26 hours. Our Eighth Fleet needs
678
00:29:24,781 --> 00:29:26,925
about eight hours' advance
notice to intercept them.
679
00:29:26,949 --> 00:29:30,829
We've got 18 hours to
get Russia to stand down.
680
00:29:30,853 --> 00:29:33,198
HENRY: Have you informed the president
681
00:29:33,222 --> 00:29:35,701
about Dynametrics's negligence in this?
682
00:29:35,725 --> 00:29:39,004
Uh, not yet. But you should
include it in your report.
683
00:29:39,028 --> 00:29:41,507
A report that you're going
to deliver to the president,
684
00:29:41,531 --> 00:29:43,909
who needs to know his
friend was at fault.
685
00:29:43,933 --> 00:29:46,244
He will be so apprised.
686
00:29:46,268 --> 00:29:50,203
Correct, because I'm
gonna tell him myself.
687
00:29:51,474 --> 00:29:55,420
Respectfully, Henry, that's not SOP.
688
00:29:55,444 --> 00:29:57,689
Yeah, let's talk about SOP,
because you've been speeding
689
00:29:57,713 --> 00:29:59,757
the plough on my work
since the beginning.
690
00:29:59,781 --> 00:30:02,760
Weighing in on the
importance of not embarrassing
691
00:30:02,784 --> 00:30:05,697
the administration, tacitly
backing military prerogatives
692
00:30:05,721 --> 00:30:07,626
over ethical ones.
693
00:30:07,627 --> 00:30:10,301
You're not suggesting I
wouldn't provide the president
694
00:30:10,325 --> 00:30:12,903
an accurate summary of your conclusions?
695
00:30:12,927 --> 00:30:15,434
It's not just what you say,
696
00:30:15,435 --> 00:30:16,541
it's how you say it.
697
00:30:16,565 --> 00:30:18,710
Tone is substantive.
698
00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:21,446
Which is why I can't allow
you to mediate my advice,
699
00:30:21,470 --> 00:30:23,013
whitewash things.
700
00:30:23,037 --> 00:30:27,318
I know you think I'm working
against you, Henry, but I'm not.
701
00:30:27,342 --> 00:30:29,754
I'm working for the president.
702
00:30:29,778 --> 00:30:32,589
And it's my job to protect him
703
00:30:32,613 --> 00:30:34,258
and the administration.
704
00:30:34,282 --> 00:30:36,660
And it's my job not
to care about your job.
705
00:30:36,684 --> 00:30:39,663
You can't varnish my advice, Russell.
706
00:30:39,687 --> 00:30:42,455
Not if I'm gonna keep working here.
707
00:30:45,093 --> 00:30:48,272
(SIGHS)
708
00:30:48,296 --> 00:30:50,941
I'll set up a one-on-one.
709
00:30:50,965 --> 00:30:52,865
Thank you.
710
00:30:54,335 --> 00:30:57,669
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
711
00:31:00,909 --> 00:31:05,889
Thank you both for coming
on such short notice.
712
00:31:05,913 --> 00:31:09,158
You can dispense with the
courtesy, Madam Secretary.
713
00:31:09,182 --> 00:31:11,460
It was less an
invitation than a summons.
714
00:31:11,484 --> 00:31:14,619
Well, that's fine. Neither
of you need to talk.
715
00:31:19,259 --> 00:31:23,406
Effective immediately,
the Israeli government
716
00:31:23,430 --> 00:31:25,641
will cease all sorties
into Syrian airspace.
717
00:31:25,665 --> 00:31:28,378
You must be joking.
718
00:31:28,402 --> 00:31:30,713
And Syria will freeze
all Iranian arms shipments
719
00:31:30,737 --> 00:31:33,016
through its territory.
720
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,984
Iran is an ally. Syria
will do no such thing.
721
00:31:35,008 --> 00:31:39,988
You will do it, Adnan,
or I will instigate
722
00:31:40,012 --> 00:31:43,459
an emergency session of
the U.N. Security Council,
723
00:31:43,483 --> 00:31:45,661
and present evidence
of Syria's collusion
724
00:31:45,685 --> 00:31:50,065
with Russia to murder
children for political gain.
725
00:31:50,089 --> 00:31:51,734
Your regime will have to answer
726
00:31:51,758 --> 00:31:55,103
- to its own people for the slaughter.
- You wouldn't dare.
727
00:31:55,127 --> 00:31:58,204
At that same U.N.
Security Council session,
728
00:31:58,205 --> 00:32:01,343
I will also present evidence that Israel
729
00:32:01,367 --> 00:32:05,910
had a direct involvement in the
destruction of a Russian jet,
730
00:32:05,911 --> 00:32:08,920
and without plausible
deniability, you'll have to face
731
00:32:08,921 --> 00:32:11,033
- Moscow's wrath.
- You must be mad.
732
00:32:11,057 --> 00:32:13,068
More like furious.
733
00:32:13,092 --> 00:32:16,003
Furious enough to throw
you both to the wolves
734
00:32:16,027 --> 00:32:17,871
by publicly exposing you.
735
00:32:17,895 --> 00:32:20,707
But there are bigger
imperatives as stake,
736
00:32:20,731 --> 00:32:23,811
so the both of you
are going to stand down
737
00:32:23,835 --> 00:32:26,380
for the next 24 hours, which I hope
738
00:32:26,404 --> 00:32:30,851
is enough time to avert
a war with Russia, a war
739
00:32:30,875 --> 00:32:34,077
the actions of your countries
put us on the brink of.
740
00:32:36,514 --> 00:32:37,846
- Yes.
- Yes.
741
00:32:43,288 --> 00:32:45,020
That'll be all.
742
00:32:49,326 --> 00:32:50,603
(ELIZABETH SIGHS)
743
00:32:50,627 --> 00:32:52,339
Nina.
744
00:32:52,363 --> 00:32:53,706
- Yes.
- Get me Henry.
745
00:32:53,730 --> 00:32:55,675
I need to talk to him before
he talks to the president.
746
00:32:55,699 --> 00:32:57,299
Right away, Madam Secretary.
747
00:33:02,338 --> 00:33:04,083
You're recommending we sign on to
748
00:33:04,107 --> 00:33:06,318
- the ban on cluster bombs.
- Yeah, over the objection
749
00:33:06,342 --> 00:33:08,811
of Secretary Becker and Ellen Hill.
750
00:33:08,812 --> 00:33:10,623
Strenuous objection, I see.
751
00:33:10,647 --> 00:33:12,272
Conrad, it comes down to this.
752
00:33:12,273 --> 00:33:14,618
How can we claim moral leadership
753
00:33:14,642 --> 00:33:18,420
w-when we employ a weapon
that the rest of civilization
754
00:33:18,444 --> 00:33:19,864
has deemed too barbaric to use?
755
00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:23,859
The benefits of having
this... tool in our arsenal
756
00:33:23,883 --> 00:33:27,429
are too small to offset
the risk of misuse
757
00:33:27,453 --> 00:33:29,965
and collateral damage, the
death of almost 30 children
758
00:33:29,989 --> 00:33:31,800
being a prime example.
759
00:33:31,824 --> 00:33:34,302
A powerful moral argument.
760
00:33:34,326 --> 00:33:36,571
But Henry, when I asked
you to take this on,
761
00:33:36,595 --> 00:33:37,973
I didn't realize the scope
762
00:33:37,997 --> 00:33:39,307
of Russia's involvement in this mess.
763
00:33:39,331 --> 00:33:41,276
As long as Moscow has the bomb,
764
00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,111
they have a strategic advantage.
765
00:33:43,135 --> 00:33:44,379
Particularly if they're
willing to use it.
766
00:33:44,403 --> 00:33:45,680
And given current events,
767
00:33:45,704 --> 00:33:47,249
- I won't cede an inch to them.
- I understand.
768
00:33:47,273 --> 00:33:49,651
But what if Moscow was
willing to sign on to the ban?
769
00:33:49,675 --> 00:33:52,587
And how precisely are we
going to get them to do that?
770
00:33:52,611 --> 00:33:54,089
Elizabeth has a plan.
771
00:33:54,113 --> 00:33:56,258
- Which she's willing to explore...
- (EXHALES)
772
00:33:56,282 --> 00:33:58,960
... with your permission.
773
00:33:58,984 --> 00:34:01,163
Well, if Russia signs on, I will too.
774
00:34:01,187 --> 00:34:02,931
I'll tell her.
775
00:34:02,955 --> 00:34:04,933
Thanks, Henry.
776
00:34:04,957 --> 00:34:07,035
And there is something else.
777
00:34:07,059 --> 00:34:08,825
It has to do with my role here.
778
00:34:10,094 --> 00:34:12,039
I sometimes feel...
779
00:34:12,063 --> 00:34:13,608
pressured to rubberstamp policies
780
00:34:13,632 --> 00:34:15,976
the administration
is inclined to pursue.
781
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,478
Henry...
782
00:34:17,502 --> 00:34:20,481
you're an academic trapped
in a political world.
783
00:34:20,505 --> 00:34:22,650
I never said your job
was going to be easy.
784
00:34:22,674 --> 00:34:25,320
But I have to be able to
push back when my mandate
785
00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:27,804
- is being compromised.
- And I expect nothing less.
786
00:34:29,348 --> 00:34:31,600
Giving it to me straight
is what I hired you to do.
787
00:34:31,624 --> 00:34:32,718
Good.
788
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,284
Because we need to talk
about Leland Grafton.
789
00:34:42,461 --> 00:34:44,504
(PAGES RIFFLING)
790
00:34:44,528 --> 00:34:46,340
(EXHALES)
791
00:34:46,364 --> 00:34:49,910
Well, his company's
security lapses are...
792
00:34:49,934 --> 00:34:51,678
reckless.
793
00:34:51,702 --> 00:34:53,035
And troubling.
794
00:34:54,772 --> 00:34:56,550
But they're not criminal.
795
00:34:56,574 --> 00:34:57,918
No, sir.
796
00:34:57,942 --> 00:34:59,820
But I don't think
someone who avails himself
797
00:34:59,844 --> 00:35:02,422
of every conceivable loophole
798
00:35:02,446 --> 00:35:04,024
should be awarded government contracts.
799
00:35:04,048 --> 00:35:07,094
You know I can't interfere
in the bidding process.
800
00:35:07,118 --> 00:35:08,996
No, but what you can do
is tell your old friend
801
00:35:09,020 --> 00:35:10,397
that it's time for him to step down.
802
00:35:10,421 --> 00:35:12,288
Moral suasion.
803
00:35:13,758 --> 00:35:16,070
There's no one in the world
who's in a better position
804
00:35:16,094 --> 00:35:17,559
to exert it than you.
805
00:35:21,464 --> 00:35:24,344
My friend, we have had a
difficult year together.
806
00:35:24,368 --> 00:35:26,612
So let's talk common ground, then.
807
00:35:26,636 --> 00:35:28,514
Because in the past year,
we've also found that.
808
00:35:28,538 --> 00:35:30,283
Nuclear de-escalation.
809
00:35:30,307 --> 00:35:32,151
No one ever thought it could be done.
810
00:35:32,175 --> 00:35:34,120
But we agreed to take our
811
00:35:34,144 --> 00:35:36,189
intercontinental ballistic missiles off
812
00:35:36,213 --> 00:35:38,057
the hair-trigger alert system.
813
00:35:38,081 --> 00:35:40,426
- And the world is safer.
- It is.
814
00:35:40,450 --> 00:35:43,296
And yet here we are, Konstantin.
815
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,221
Hours away from a showdown
between our two fleets.
816
00:35:48,691 --> 00:35:51,937
And if somebody fires a shot, if...
817
00:35:51,961 --> 00:35:55,173
intentions are slightly misread...
818
00:35:55,197 --> 00:35:56,942
What do you propose?
819
00:35:56,966 --> 00:36:00,145
That we set an example for our proxies.
820
00:36:00,169 --> 00:36:03,581
Instead of them provoking
us, we provoke them.
821
00:36:03,605 --> 00:36:06,285
You want us to join you in signing on
822
00:36:06,309 --> 00:36:07,886
to the cluster bomb ban?
823
00:36:07,910 --> 00:36:10,122
A public display of cooperation.
824
00:36:10,146 --> 00:36:11,957
A gesture that sets the stage
825
00:36:11,981 --> 00:36:14,326
for us to jointly pull back our fleets.
826
00:36:14,350 --> 00:36:16,461
That's the first domino.
827
00:36:16,485 --> 00:36:18,263
What's the second?
828
00:36:18,287 --> 00:36:19,965
Moscow uses its influence to roll back
829
00:36:19,989 --> 00:36:21,300
Iran's footprint in Syria.
830
00:36:21,324 --> 00:36:23,501
And what about your proxy?
831
00:36:23,525 --> 00:36:26,137
No, Israel will stay out of Syria.
832
00:36:26,161 --> 00:36:28,806
And then Russia and
the U.S. will hold talks
833
00:36:28,830 --> 00:36:31,943
about limiting our involvement
in the Syrian civil war.
834
00:36:31,967 --> 00:36:34,845
And if we refuse these terms?
835
00:36:34,869 --> 00:36:37,181
Then even if we dodge
this bullet,
836
00:36:37,205 --> 00:36:39,116
it's a temporary reprieve.
837
00:36:39,140 --> 00:36:43,620
We have this illusion
that our proxies are...
838
00:36:43,644 --> 00:36:45,456
our buffers.
839
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:49,626
We can offload our conflicts.
840
00:36:49,650 --> 00:36:51,829
But we are our proxies.
841
00:36:51,853 --> 00:36:54,999
We hold each other
accountable for what they do.
842
00:36:55,023 --> 00:36:57,335
Meaning, if we don't reign them in,
843
00:36:57,359 --> 00:37:01,004
our client states will
ultimately drag us into war.
844
00:37:01,028 --> 00:37:03,073
And we can stop that from happening
845
00:37:03,097 --> 00:37:04,741
by setting an example,
846
00:37:04,765 --> 00:37:08,144
taking cluster bombs off the table...
847
00:37:08,168 --> 00:37:10,948
reducing our involvement in Syria.
848
00:37:10,972 --> 00:37:12,549
So...
849
00:37:12,573 --> 00:37:14,785
if the principals behave...
850
00:37:14,809 --> 00:37:17,020
- the proxies will follow.
- Yes.
851
00:37:17,044 --> 00:37:19,556
We have to lead here, Konstantin.
852
00:37:19,580 --> 00:37:21,157
Together.
853
00:37:21,181 --> 00:37:22,881
There is no other choice.
854
00:37:25,686 --> 00:37:28,331
Educational grants for Syrian refugees
855
00:37:28,355 --> 00:37:30,501
and the names of each
of the dead children.
856
00:37:30,525 --> 00:37:32,836
- Blake. (EXHALES)
- I know... no admissions of guilt.
857
00:37:32,860 --> 00:37:36,806
So we can de-link the
grants from policy issues.
858
00:37:36,830 --> 00:37:38,541
You're trying to ease
suffering with grand gestures,
859
00:37:38,565 --> 00:37:40,576
- which is statecraft.
- Exactly.
860
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:41,844
Yeah, but this is different.
861
00:37:41,868 --> 00:37:43,813
This is soulcraft.
862
00:37:43,837 --> 00:37:45,081
And soulcraft...
863
00:37:45,105 --> 00:37:47,850
you can't assuage a loss
by giving someone something.
864
00:37:47,874 --> 00:37:51,743
You can only do it by preventing
something from being taken away.
865
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,225
- I'm sorry, I don't follow.
- It's okay.
866
00:37:55,249 --> 00:37:57,382
Come on, let's go.
I'll explain on the way.
867
00:37:58,752 --> 00:38:01,498
- KAT: Hi. Thank you so much for talking to us again.
- BLAKE: Hi.
868
00:38:01,522 --> 00:38:03,900
(BOTH SPEAKING ARABIC)
869
00:38:03,924 --> 00:38:05,268
What is it you want?
870
00:38:05,292 --> 00:38:07,936
We have searched in vain
for ways to compensate you
871
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,039
- for the death of your sons.
- (INTERPRETER SPEAKING ARABIC)
872
00:38:10,063 --> 00:38:12,074
We realize the futility of our efforts.
873
00:38:12,098 --> 00:38:16,078
Um, nothing we say or do
can... can ease your pain.
874
00:38:16,102 --> 00:38:19,281
But m-maybe there's
something else we can do.
875
00:38:19,305 --> 00:38:21,283
- Uh, in your son's memory.
- (INTERPRETER SPEAKING ARABIC)
876
00:38:21,307 --> 00:38:23,118
In memory of all your boys.
877
00:38:23,142 --> 00:38:25,587
This is a letter of intent signed by
878
00:38:25,611 --> 00:38:27,523
both the U.S. and Russia
in which both countries
879
00:38:27,547 --> 00:38:29,925
agree to join the ban on cluster bombs.
880
00:38:29,949 --> 00:38:32,183
(SPEAKING ARABIC)
881
00:38:37,923 --> 00:38:39,756
So no more cluster bombs?
882
00:38:40,726 --> 00:38:42,825
No, ma'am.
883
00:38:44,296 --> 00:38:47,108
And the children who live
because of this ban will have
884
00:38:47,132 --> 00:38:49,566
- your children to thank.
- (SPEAKING ARABIC)
885
00:38:51,436 --> 00:38:54,082
(SPEAKING ARABIC)
886
00:38:54,106 --> 00:38:55,572
- Thank you.
- (SOBS)
887
00:38:57,409 --> 00:38:58,953
Global warming.
888
00:38:58,977 --> 00:39:02,557
The destruction of the rain forest.
889
00:39:02,581 --> 00:39:06,494
- President Dalton is condemning us all.
- MAN: Yeah!
890
00:39:06,518 --> 00:39:08,062
I'm being punked, right?
891
00:39:08,086 --> 00:39:09,630
(MEN YELLING ON VIDEO)
892
00:39:09,654 --> 00:39:11,765
I tried, sir. I swear.
893
00:39:11,789 --> 00:39:13,067
What about her carrel?
894
00:39:13,091 --> 00:39:15,069
Maggie loves it; she's using it
895
00:39:15,093 --> 00:39:16,825
to do research for her protests.
896
00:39:24,001 --> 00:39:25,967
Knock, knock.
897
00:39:27,238 --> 00:39:28,648
Oat milk latte.
898
00:39:28,672 --> 00:39:31,151
Extra hot.
899
00:39:31,175 --> 00:39:32,986
Consider this a peace offering.
900
00:39:33,010 --> 00:39:34,988
You can't buy my silence.
901
00:39:35,012 --> 00:39:36,889
I'm going to speak truth to power.
902
00:39:36,913 --> 00:39:38,791
And now that power is finally listening,
903
00:39:38,815 --> 00:39:41,161
- I am just getting started.
- Look.
904
00:39:41,185 --> 00:39:43,630
Bringing you to heel,
that's not why I'm here.
905
00:39:43,654 --> 00:39:45,665
I mean, candidly, that's why I came,
906
00:39:45,689 --> 00:39:47,700
but on the way over...
907
00:39:47,724 --> 00:39:49,335
- I got to thinking.
- Thinking?
908
00:39:49,359 --> 00:39:52,827
That's a new trick for
folks in your building.
909
00:39:57,167 --> 00:39:58,678
How long have you been here now?
910
00:39:58,702 --> 00:40:00,579
18 years.
911
00:40:00,603 --> 00:40:02,649
Well, I've been here six.
912
00:40:02,673 --> 00:40:04,450
Which makes me the new guy.
913
00:40:04,474 --> 00:40:06,285
And where I come from,
914
00:40:06,309 --> 00:40:09,555
you introduce yourself
to your neighbors.
915
00:40:09,579 --> 00:40:10,979
I'm Russell.
916
00:40:14,117 --> 00:40:15,862
Is that all, Russell?
917
00:40:15,886 --> 00:40:17,396
Look.
918
00:40:17,420 --> 00:40:19,465
I just wanted to say...
919
00:40:19,489 --> 00:40:21,833
democracy's messy.
920
00:40:21,857 --> 00:40:25,404
But rule one is every
voice should be heard.
921
00:40:25,428 --> 00:40:27,473
And yours has been on the front lines
922
00:40:27,497 --> 00:40:29,041
for a very long time.
923
00:40:29,065 --> 00:40:32,478
And I wanted to thank
you for playing your part
924
00:40:32,502 --> 00:40:37,416
in this... this pageant we
call the American experiment.
925
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,218
Because you matter.
926
00:40:39,242 --> 00:40:40,841
Truly.
927
00:40:44,146 --> 00:40:46,947
If there's ever anything
I can do for you...
928
00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:50,851
Thank you.
929
00:40:51,821 --> 00:40:54,199
Excuse me, I have to finish this sign
930
00:40:54,223 --> 00:40:56,323
before the tour buses come.
931
00:41:09,029 --> 00:41:12,084
Been ages since we've
been on a proper date.
932
00:41:12,108 --> 00:41:14,285
Well, let's calendar one.
933
00:41:14,309 --> 00:41:18,289
In between international crises,
commissions, all-nighters.
934
00:41:18,313 --> 00:41:20,826
Oh, God, it turns me
on when you talk shop.
935
00:41:20,850 --> 00:41:22,749
(LAUGHS)
936
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:25,463
(SIGHS) I'm broke.
937
00:41:25,487 --> 00:41:26,564
(YELPS)
938
00:41:26,588 --> 00:41:28,600
What?
939
00:41:28,624 --> 00:41:30,167
SpectroCoin went down to zero.
940
00:41:30,191 --> 00:41:31,936
There was a, uh, massive sell-off
941
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,472
as soon as the Syrian crisis died down.
942
00:41:34,496 --> 00:41:36,507
Oh, well, gee,
943
00:41:36,531 --> 00:41:38,776
if I'd known I was
hurting your bottom line,
944
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,111
I would have reevaluated my position
945
00:41:40,135 --> 00:41:42,313
- on preventing World War Three.
- Yeah.
946
00:41:42,337 --> 00:41:43,848
I'm done speculating.
947
00:41:43,872 --> 00:41:46,083
- ELIZABETH: Hmm.
- HENRY: Allow me to speculate.
948
00:41:46,107 --> 00:41:48,286
Someone still owes us
$1,200, and if he doesn't
949
00:41:48,310 --> 00:41:50,588
- find a way to pay us back...
- I already have.
950
00:41:50,612 --> 00:41:53,458
I got a job as a busboy
at Frankie's, so...
951
00:41:53,482 --> 00:41:56,127
Steady income and all
the pizza I can eat.
952
00:41:56,151 --> 00:42:00,465
Good. We'll put you on a payment plan.
953
00:42:00,489 --> 00:42:02,567
I trust you've learned a valuable lesson
954
00:42:02,591 --> 00:42:05,569
- about shortcuts, right?
- Yes.
955
00:42:05,593 --> 00:42:08,806
Always take the ones that don't
depend on your mom playing ball.
956
00:42:08,830 --> 00:42:10,975
- Hey.
- I'm kidding.
957
00:42:10,999 --> 00:42:14,912
I'm rolling OG now, so brick and mortar.
958
00:42:14,936 --> 00:42:17,081
- All the way.
- Good.
959
00:42:17,105 --> 00:42:18,649
Then, uh, grab a sponge
960
00:42:18,673 --> 00:42:20,684
and come over here, we'll train you up
961
00:42:20,708 --> 00:42:23,009
- for your next gig, there, Snoop.
- Yeah.
962
00:42:24,612 --> 00:42:26,623
You know, there is this one currency.
963
00:42:26,647 --> 00:42:28,826
It's called AnarCoin.
Kind of a sure bet.
964
00:42:28,850 --> 00:42:32,118
I mean, I could get us in
on the ground floor if you...
965
00:42:35,656 --> 00:42:37,334
Hey, where's the soap?
966
00:42:37,358 --> 00:42:43,933
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