1 00:00:04,438 --> 00:00:06,374 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:07,675 What do you think you're doing? 3 00:00:07,741 --> 00:00:08,909 Excuse me? 4 00:00:08,976 --> 00:00:10,278 We don't push agendas here. 5 00:00:10,344 --> 00:00:12,246 I don't believe I am. 6 00:00:12,313 --> 00:00:14,048 I was in a lock-down for 77 hours once. 7 00:00:14,115 --> 00:00:15,049 Where was that? 8 00:00:15,116 --> 00:00:16,250 Overseas. 9 00:00:16,317 --> 00:00:19,019 Oh, okay, I get it. The CIA. 10 00:00:19,087 --> 00:00:20,188 I could look you up. 11 00:00:20,254 --> 00:00:21,822 I have code-word clearance. 12 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:23,557 Not this code you don't. 13 00:00:23,624 --> 00:00:26,394 We have the ability to effect more change 14 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:28,196 in a day at the White House 15 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:29,397 than we'll have in a lifetime 16 00:00:29,463 --> 00:00:31,265 once we walk out these doors. 17 00:00:31,332 --> 00:00:33,134 What do you want to do with it? 18 00:00:50,284 --> 00:00:52,820 ( sighs ) 19 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:05,099 George, please. 20 00:01:05,166 --> 00:01:07,935 Oh, cancelled. 21 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:10,604 Not for now? 22 00:01:10,671 --> 00:01:14,875 And this is connected with this rumor? 23 00:01:14,942 --> 00:01:17,077 What the fuck, Jorge. 24 00:01:17,145 --> 00:01:19,613 I don't know, I don't know. 25 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,284 I don't want to lose this opportunity. 26 00:01:23,351 --> 00:01:27,221 We'll invent something, okay? 27 00:01:27,288 --> 00:01:28,789 Thanks, Jorge. 28 00:01:28,856 --> 00:01:31,825 See you later. 29 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:51,845 Leo, do you know 30 00:01:51,912 --> 00:01:54,148 what time is it? Good morning, Mr. President. 31 00:01:54,215 --> 00:01:55,983 I'll be the judge of that. 32 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:57,985 It's a little after 5:00 a.m. 33 00:01:58,051 --> 00:01:59,820 5:13, to be precise. 34 00:01:59,887 --> 00:02:02,156 Well, it wasn't my favorite thing, calling you. 35 00:02:02,223 --> 00:02:04,758 Yeah. I had to run the gauntlet upstairs. 36 00:02:04,825 --> 00:02:06,227 That can be special. 37 00:02:06,294 --> 00:02:08,962 "The world breaks everyone, 38 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:12,600 "and afterwards, many are strong at the broken places. 39 00:02:12,666 --> 00:02:14,802 "But those that will not break, it kills. 40 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:17,171 "It kills the very good and the very gentle 41 00:02:17,238 --> 00:02:19,773 and the very brave impartially." 42 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,176 "When he was good, he was very, very good, 43 00:02:22,243 --> 00:02:23,677 and when he was bad, he was horr..." 44 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:24,978 Hemingway was a monster. 45 00:02:25,045 --> 00:02:28,015 He hated his mother, treated four wives miserably, 46 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:30,818 trashed his friends, grew paranoid, had breakdowns, 47 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,853 and, like his father, killed himself. 48 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:35,223 Well, aside from all that, why are you harassing me 49 00:02:35,289 --> 00:02:36,857 at 5:13 a.m.? 50 00:02:36,924 --> 00:02:38,192 I've been on the phone. 51 00:02:38,259 --> 00:02:39,427 There's a rumor about Castro. 52 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,094 There's always rumors about him. 53 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:41,962 And at some point, 54 00:02:42,029 --> 00:02:43,564 they'll be true. 55 00:02:43,631 --> 00:02:45,098 We've been laying groundwork and making progress-- 56 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:46,166 slow, granted... 57 00:02:46,234 --> 00:02:47,868 A year, but who's counting? 58 00:02:47,935 --> 00:02:51,439 But if the talks we've cobbled together with Cuba blow up, 59 00:02:51,505 --> 00:02:52,906 and this number reaches zero, 60 00:02:52,973 --> 00:02:54,942 and we've got nothing to show for it but... 61 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,710 And for this, you're reading Hemingway again? 62 00:02:56,777 --> 00:02:57,745 It's been ten years. 63 00:02:57,811 --> 00:02:58,912 I remember. 64 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:01,315 In 30 days, you read the complete works of. 65 00:03:01,382 --> 00:03:02,516 It was hot. 66 00:03:02,583 --> 00:03:05,386 It was dry. I had time on my hands. 67 00:03:05,453 --> 00:03:07,455 Changed my life. Well... 68 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:09,557 not Hemingway, exactly. 69 00:03:09,623 --> 00:03:11,692 Sierra Tucson can do that. 70 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:14,362 Sir... 71 00:03:14,428 --> 00:03:16,630 I've got an idea. 72 00:03:22,636 --> 00:03:24,405 Charlie, have you seen Leo? 73 00:03:24,472 --> 00:03:25,806 He's gone. Gone? 74 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:27,140 I saw him packing up 75 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:29,410 when I came in a couple of hours ago. That would be night. 76 00:03:29,477 --> 00:03:31,412 Yeah, it was still dark out. 77 00:03:32,980 --> 00:03:34,748 Muchas gracias. 78 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:39,387 Señor McGarry, you made it successfully. 79 00:03:39,453 --> 00:03:41,088 How was your trip? 80 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:43,257 The boat ride wasn't a lot of fun. 81 00:03:43,324 --> 00:03:45,726 Oh, the weather. It's been bad. 82 00:03:45,793 --> 00:03:48,262 Seemed like a good idea at the time. 83 00:03:48,329 --> 00:03:50,063 ( speaking Spanish inaudibly ) 84 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:53,601 Please, enter la finca de Señor Ernesto Hemingway. 85 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:56,003 Gracias. 86 00:03:57,505 --> 00:03:58,205 C.J.: Mr. President? 87 00:03:58,272 --> 00:04:00,774 7:53. 88 00:04:00,841 --> 00:04:01,942 7:49. 89 00:04:02,009 --> 00:04:04,011 It's 7:53, and I had 7:53. 90 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:06,113 It doesn't reflect kindly, sir, if I may say so, 91 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:08,716 to what looks nothing so much like trying to welch on a bet. 92 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:11,218 Mr. President, you requested the EPA's ozone standard report. 93 00:04:11,285 --> 00:04:12,386 I know Leo had it... 94 00:04:12,453 --> 00:04:13,787 We've been expecting you. 95 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:16,424 I had 7:53, and Debbie's watch stopped. 96 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:17,591 Sir? Just a small wager 97 00:04:17,658 --> 00:04:18,792 about how long it would take 98 00:04:18,859 --> 00:04:20,461 before someone came to inquire 99 00:04:20,528 --> 00:04:21,395 about where Leo might be. 100 00:04:21,462 --> 00:04:22,830 I don't understand. 101 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:24,298 Who knew he was such an Ernest Hemingway fan 102 00:04:24,365 --> 00:04:25,633 that he'd drop everything 103 00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:27,501 and go and visit Hemingway's house? 104 00:04:27,568 --> 00:04:29,670 The one in Idaho or the one with the six- toed cats in Key West? 105 00:04:29,737 --> 00:04:31,439 Good question, Charles Young. 106 00:04:31,505 --> 00:04:32,740 You know, I forgot to ask. 107 00:04:32,806 --> 00:04:35,476 Me da mucho gusto estar aquí, 108 00:04:35,543 --> 00:04:37,945 especialmente en esta casa. 109 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:40,481 Esta muy necesitada of a good touch-up. 110 00:04:40,548 --> 00:04:43,617 Maybe we could help in that. 111 00:04:43,684 --> 00:04:45,152 I think we have hurry up 112 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:47,455 That's why I'm here. 113 00:04:52,059 --> 00:04:54,161 MAN 2: Do you admire Ernesto? 114 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:57,230 Very much. His writing. 115 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,332 The best of it. 116 00:04:58,399 --> 00:04:59,767 MAN 1: Mr. McGarry, 117 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:01,869 I present to you President of Cuba. 118 00:05:53,921 --> 00:05:55,989 How about, "Good morning?" Coffee? "Eggs over easy?" 119 00:05:56,056 --> 00:05:57,791 Seems there's a suspicion there may be termites. 120 00:05:57,858 --> 00:05:59,660 This is a revelation. In the White House. 121 00:05:59,727 --> 00:06:01,629 Hold the eggs. Two companies want everything do some tests. 122 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:02,996 It could be some kind of ant as well-- 123 00:06:03,063 --> 00:06:04,331 carpenter ant, maybe-- 124 00:06:04,398 --> 00:06:05,666 and there's fear it might be related 125 00:06:05,733 --> 00:06:07,134 to the outbreak of the woolly adelgid. 126 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,636 The woolly what? 127 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:11,171 They've been attacking hemlocks in the Smoky Mountains 128 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:12,673 and across Virginia and are closing in. 129 00:06:12,740 --> 00:06:13,841 You're making this up. 130 00:06:13,907 --> 00:06:15,609 You gave me the briefing book. 131 00:06:15,676 --> 00:06:16,944 What do you think, the Roosevelt or Mural Room? 132 00:06:17,010 --> 00:06:18,646 Are these people coming here to sit and talk? 133 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:20,147 Well, they may have to munch around a bit. 134 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:22,483 Munch? Just keep them far away from me, thank you. 135 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:24,317 They do handle a very large constituency. 136 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:25,653 You mean a small constituency. 137 00:06:25,719 --> 00:06:27,187 Well, size doesn't count. 138 00:06:27,254 --> 00:06:28,889 Changing the subject right now. 139 00:06:28,956 --> 00:06:30,257 Any word from Leo? 140 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:31,692 Still in Hemingwayville, as far as I know. 141 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,326 Did you know he even read Hemingway? 142 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,328 History, books about fishing, thrillers. 143 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,230 Graham Greene, Charles McCarry... 144 00:06:37,297 --> 00:06:38,231 But you never saw him reading Hemingway? 145 00:06:38,298 --> 00:06:40,601 Can't say I did. 146 00:06:43,637 --> 00:06:45,639 SLIGER: He is 79 years old, so it could be true. 147 00:06:45,706 --> 00:06:47,174 Where'd the report come from? Miami. 148 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,376 Miami. Well, that's reliable. 149 00:06:49,443 --> 00:06:51,378 C.J., a report's come in the last hour 150 00:06:51,445 --> 00:06:53,346 that Fidel Castro's seriously ill. 151 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:54,548 Has it been verified? 152 00:06:54,615 --> 00:06:55,449 We have nothing firm yet. 153 00:06:55,516 --> 00:06:56,950 It's from Miami. 154 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:58,786 So it could be accurate. It could be wishful thinking. 155 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:00,721 There's a lot of Chicken Little down there, or it could be 156 00:07:00,788 --> 00:07:02,389 the cover for something else. 157 00:07:02,456 --> 00:07:04,658 There's a history of everything from assassination attempts 158 00:07:04,725 --> 00:07:06,560 and psy ops forays to invasion plans. 159 00:07:06,627 --> 00:07:07,895 I thought all that had stopped. 160 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:08,428 The CIA did. 161 00:07:08,496 --> 00:07:09,930 Yeah. 162 00:07:09,997 --> 00:07:11,665 We're talking decades back. Wasn't long ago. 163 00:07:11,732 --> 00:07:13,433 How long before you nail down the information? 164 00:07:13,501 --> 00:07:15,268 Well, there's a rabid Cuban-American community 165 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:16,637 that could be involved-- old zealots, 166 00:07:16,704 --> 00:07:18,405 young hotheads-- and a ton of agencies-- 167 00:07:18,472 --> 00:07:21,241 FBI, DEA, NSA, NIA, INS... 168 00:07:21,308 --> 00:07:22,710 Which doesn't answer my question. 169 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:24,144 KATE: We may never get a straight answer. 170 00:07:24,211 --> 00:07:26,046 Miami, South Florida, South Florida, Miami. 171 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:27,080 It's Chinatown. 172 00:07:27,147 --> 00:07:29,817 I don't care. Pin it down. 173 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,487 By the way, 174 00:07:33,554 --> 00:07:35,455 I haven't collected my winnings yet. 175 00:07:35,523 --> 00:07:36,590 Mr. President? Excuse me, sir, 176 00:07:36,657 --> 00:07:38,058 I think that would be my winnings. 177 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:39,593 Sir, there's a rumor about Castro. 178 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:41,428 Debbie, let's pull up the drawbridge 179 00:07:41,495 --> 00:07:42,796 for a couple of minutes. 180 00:07:42,863 --> 00:07:44,598 I'll sound the trumpets, alert the gatekeeper, 181 00:07:44,665 --> 00:07:46,600 and I think get the federal government 182 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:48,301 to attach your wages. 183 00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:49,436 Believe me, they already do. 184 00:07:49,503 --> 00:07:53,140 Castro's always dying. 185 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:54,775 He's dying from hypochondria, 186 00:07:54,842 --> 00:07:57,144 or the exiles are trying to kill him, 187 00:07:57,210 --> 00:07:59,513 or the CIA's trying to kill him. 188 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:01,314 You know, he collapsed a couple years ago. 189 00:08:01,381 --> 00:08:02,950 Same thing-- endless rumors. 190 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:04,618 Then he reappears in fresh fatigues, 191 00:08:04,685 --> 00:08:06,787 trimmed beard, and launches into a speech 192 00:08:06,854 --> 00:08:08,822 of such length and intensity, 193 00:08:08,889 --> 00:08:10,824 it would've put away William Jennings Bryan. 194 00:08:10,891 --> 00:08:13,326 NSA seems to think even if it is a false alarm, 195 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:15,328 it may be significant. 196 00:08:15,395 --> 00:08:17,965 That's kind of what Leo said. 197 00:08:18,031 --> 00:08:19,800 Why am I suddenly getting the feeling 198 00:08:19,867 --> 00:08:21,635 that there's something going on with Leo 199 00:08:21,702 --> 00:08:24,304 besides Ernest Hemingway? 200 00:08:24,371 --> 00:08:26,807 My apologies, C.J. 201 00:08:26,874 --> 00:08:28,842 Look, before you were Chief of Staff, 202 00:08:28,909 --> 00:08:31,645 we began secret exploratory meetings in Canada 203 00:08:31,712 --> 00:08:34,181 with representatives of the Cuban government. 204 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,083 Leo's gone to Canada? 205 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:38,451 Actually, no. 206 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:39,753 Cuba. 207 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:42,690 With perhaps a thermometer and a stethoscope? 208 00:08:42,756 --> 00:08:45,225 And an offer. A new deal. 209 00:08:45,292 --> 00:08:46,226 And what does he say? 210 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:47,527 I'm waiting to find out. 211 00:08:47,595 --> 00:08:48,996 And when you find out, is it your plan to tell 212 00:08:49,062 --> 00:08:51,832 the rest of us who try and help you two run this place? 213 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:58,171 One night in 1961, 214 00:08:58,238 --> 00:09:00,674 shortly after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, 215 00:09:00,741 --> 00:09:02,676 President John F. Kennedy sent 216 00:09:02,743 --> 00:09:04,878 Pierre Salinger out on a mission: 217 00:09:04,945 --> 00:09:08,015 come back with a thousand Cuban cigars by morning. 218 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:10,718 Petit Upmanns is what the President smoked, 219 00:09:10,784 --> 00:09:13,020 and before 8:00 a.m. the following morning, 220 00:09:13,086 --> 00:09:16,556 Salinger had managed to corral 1,200 of them. 221 00:09:16,624 --> 00:09:18,692 JFK smiled, thanked him, lit one up, 222 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:20,160 then he opened his desk drawer 223 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:21,695 and pulled out a long piece of paper, 224 00:09:21,762 --> 00:09:24,031 which he signed immediately. 225 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:26,867 It was a decree banning all Cuban products 226 00:09:26,934 --> 00:09:29,236 from the United States, and ever since then, 227 00:09:29,302 --> 00:09:32,740 we've had an embargo against that mosquito of an island 228 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:34,908 90 miles away which has never worked, 229 00:09:34,975 --> 00:09:37,277 while long before, we threw out 230 00:09:37,344 --> 00:09:39,913 our anachronistic policies toward Russia and China 231 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:42,650 that are thousands of miles away and far more complex. 232 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:44,652 If these meetings become public, 233 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:45,819 the reaction in the Cuban-American community 234 00:09:45,886 --> 00:09:47,354 and on the right will be ferocious. 235 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:49,122 If the Cuban government makes certain accommodations 236 00:09:49,189 --> 00:09:50,557 before that... The Florida primaries 237 00:09:50,624 --> 00:09:51,458 are right around the corner. 238 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:52,860 This comes out, sir... 239 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:54,728 This comes out, we can bring out the shovels 240 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:56,529 and bury the Democratic candidates 241 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:57,898 in that little fiesta. 242 00:09:57,965 --> 00:10:00,968 You're sure the country's ready for this? 243 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:03,937 Who knows who's going to be sitting here next? 244 00:10:04,004 --> 00:10:06,106 Who knows what's going to happen after Castro? 245 00:10:06,173 --> 00:10:08,608 All I know for sure is there's a moment here, 246 00:10:08,676 --> 00:10:10,443 and before I'm gone and he's gone, 247 00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:13,914 I am not going to let it pass. 248 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:17,818 Oh, what a beautiful morning. Oh, what a beautiful day. 249 00:10:17,885 --> 00:10:18,952 You wanted to see me? 250 00:10:19,019 --> 00:10:20,821 I find that highly improbable. 251 00:10:20,888 --> 00:10:23,390 Been here three weeks. Bring me in, Coach. 252 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:24,491 All right, sport. 253 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:25,492 You know Senator Rafe Framhagen? 254 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:26,994 I don't like this already. 255 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:28,561 He called the President and then Leo and then me, 256 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:29,930 and guess what that means. 257 00:10:29,997 --> 00:10:32,565 None of you wanted to talk to him. Which leaves me. 258 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:33,867 See, you do know the senator. 259 00:10:33,934 --> 00:10:35,502 What's not to know? 260 00:10:35,568 --> 00:10:37,170 Brilliant, bilious, impossible. 261 00:10:37,237 --> 00:10:40,107 Fires staffers for putting paper clips backwards on briefs. 262 00:10:40,173 --> 00:10:42,075 Which way on a paper clip is backwards? 263 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:43,777 And that one other thing. I've heard. 264 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:44,745 Practically day and night. 265 00:10:44,812 --> 00:10:46,013 A wooden leg. 266 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:47,447 Passes out in his car, though, they say. 267 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:48,916 There you are, your assignment. 268 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,218 Godspeed and l'chaim. 269 00:10:54,054 --> 00:10:56,623 Oh, yeah, you've got all the indications, all right. 270 00:10:56,690 --> 00:10:57,758 Indications of what? 271 00:10:57,825 --> 00:10:59,126 Subterranean termites. 272 00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:01,729 You know these fellas outnumber us 1,000 to 1. 273 00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:04,064 Pile all them up and all us up, 274 00:11:04,131 --> 00:11:07,534 ten times the weight of all the folks in the world. 275 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,604 Probably swarmed in through a crack I saw in the foundation. 276 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:12,773 There was some damage under a window. 277 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,374 Swarmed? What window? 278 00:11:14,441 --> 00:11:16,309 The window near that weird round room looks over the Rose Garden. 279 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:17,510 The Oval Office? 280 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:19,579 Yeah, people appeared from every which way. 281 00:11:19,646 --> 00:11:20,480 Never seen such a thing. 282 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:21,681 Maybe some 283 00:11:21,749 --> 00:11:23,751 evidence here. 284 00:11:23,817 --> 00:11:25,418 Hey, that's a 200-year-old mural. 285 00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:27,187 Oh, yeah. 286 00:11:27,254 --> 00:11:29,322 How may rooms 287 00:11:29,389 --> 00:11:30,390 you got here? 288 00:11:30,457 --> 00:11:31,591 135. 289 00:11:31,658 --> 00:11:32,559 Whew. I better get on it. 290 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:34,161 This might take a while. 291 00:11:34,227 --> 00:11:35,395 If you don't find more trouble what do you plan to do? 292 00:11:35,462 --> 00:11:36,629 Sentricon Termite Colony 293 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,465 Elimination System should do the trick. 294 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:39,699 What does that involve? 295 00:11:39,767 --> 00:11:41,201 Dig some holes, install some stations, 296 00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:46,639 drop in a few grams of Recruit II and wait. 297 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:48,441 ( drill whirs ) 298 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:51,979 Okay, hold on one second. 299 00:11:53,781 --> 00:11:58,051 WOMAN ( whispering ): Mr. Senator, Cliff Calley is here. 300 00:12:02,923 --> 00:12:04,825 The senator will see you now. 301 00:12:06,626 --> 00:12:09,229 ( sighs ) 302 00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:12,766 ( knocks ) 303 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:14,234 Yeah, come on in, son. 304 00:12:14,301 --> 00:12:15,502 What are you drinking? 305 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:16,303 Diet Coke'll be fine. 306 00:12:16,369 --> 00:12:18,571 ( laughs ) 307 00:12:18,638 --> 00:12:19,639 Diet Coke. 308 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:22,843 Oh, that's a Georgia drink. 309 00:12:22,910 --> 00:12:24,812 In Florida, we drink orange juice. 310 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:27,314 Fresh, shipped up every week. Vitamin C. 311 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:30,583 We can inject it with something, if you like. 312 00:12:30,650 --> 00:12:32,519 ( chuckling ): No. 313 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:33,653 So they sent you, did they? 314 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,688 I have that privilege, Senator. 315 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:36,890 I remember you. 316 00:12:36,957 --> 00:12:39,793 We breed lawyers around here like minks, 317 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:41,394 except we can't wear you in the wintertime. 318 00:12:41,461 --> 00:12:43,997 Well, here's Linda Lee. 319 00:12:44,064 --> 00:12:46,066 Do me a favor, darling. Would you freshen mine up, too? 320 00:12:51,805 --> 00:12:54,641 That is a sashaying piece of pulchritude, isn't it? 321 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:55,742 Well... 322 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:57,845 Some people say 323 00:12:57,911 --> 00:13:00,347 that beauty and brains don't go together. 324 00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:04,051 Well, I'm talking smart pulchritude around here. 325 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:06,854 You know why you're here, don't you? 326 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,823 There's the water table in the Everglades, 327 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:11,491 the-the hurricane damage on the Gulf... 328 00:13:11,558 --> 00:13:12,559 They didn't tell you. 329 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,327 I'm sorry, sir? 330 00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:17,230 Of course not. 331 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:20,267 Send ignorance to combat truth, huh? 332 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:21,568 All right. 333 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,003 Well, you go back over there. 334 00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:24,972 You, you tell those people, 335 00:13:25,038 --> 00:13:28,175 those people the senator so graciously tried to call, 336 00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:31,111 who didn't bother to call the senator back, 337 00:13:31,178 --> 00:13:33,947 you tell them that I've heard it, too, the rumor. 338 00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:35,348 What rumor? 339 00:13:35,415 --> 00:13:37,450 That Castro thing. 340 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:40,687 And somebody knowledgeable better come see me right quick. 341 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:42,856 When Leo was Chief of Staff, 342 00:13:42,923 --> 00:13:44,524 I could heckle him a little. 343 00:13:44,591 --> 00:13:46,626 We used to bend our elbows together 344 00:13:46,693 --> 00:13:48,862 right in this room, 345 00:13:48,929 --> 00:13:51,431 down home back when. 346 00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:52,765 Now he's gone. 347 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,835 Probably only that NSA gal, huh? 348 00:13:55,903 --> 00:13:56,836 Gal? 349 00:13:56,904 --> 00:13:58,105 You like repeating things, son? 350 00:13:58,171 --> 00:13:59,806 I seem to be getting good at it. Yeah. 351 00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:01,909 Yeah, you go back a couple of years, 352 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:06,813 get her out of those power suits back into the Sunshine State, 353 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,650 there'd be some serious pulchritude. 354 00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:11,651 She's a buttoned-up babe now. 355 00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:12,986 Babe? 356 00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:14,487 I'll bet she knows what's going on. 357 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:15,923 You mean Kate Harper. 358 00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:18,358 Just a warning shot across the bow. 359 00:14:18,425 --> 00:14:20,693 If some heroic new Cuba agenda 360 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,596 is being contemplated by the Bartlet administration, 361 00:14:23,663 --> 00:14:25,232 it's going to backfire. 362 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:27,901 The House may have that bill that waters down the embargo, 363 00:14:27,968 --> 00:14:29,569 but my Cuban-American constituents 364 00:14:29,636 --> 00:14:31,804 are just gonna raise bloody hell 365 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:34,474 over that bill with Democrat candidates 366 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:36,776 and no such bill is ever gonna see the light of day 367 00:14:36,843 --> 00:14:37,945 out of my commerce committee. 368 00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:39,146 Now, did you get that, son? 369 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:42,049 Or do you want to repeat some of it? 370 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:51,891 ( knocking, door opens ) 371 00:14:51,959 --> 00:14:53,326 C.J., Cliff's here. 372 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,095 What's next, boss? That was so much fun. 373 00:14:55,162 --> 00:14:56,129 You saw the Senator? 374 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:57,030 I'm full of Vitamin C. 375 00:14:57,097 --> 00:14:58,165 Nothing stronger? 376 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,866 I think his orange juice was spiked. 377 00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:00,968 What did he want? I'm not really sure. 378 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:02,169 You're not really sure? 379 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:03,703 This repeating thing must be contagious. 380 00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:06,673 I assumed it was gonna be an infamous doddery senator 381 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:08,375 who'd run out of paper clips, 382 00:15:08,441 --> 00:15:10,477 but it seemed to be about Fidel Castro. 383 00:15:10,543 --> 00:15:11,945 You got my attention. 384 00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:13,213 A rumor about his... 385 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,881 Health. Whether he's alive or dead. 386 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:17,250 I gather he was wondering if the White House was behind it, 387 00:15:17,317 --> 00:15:18,751 or part of it, or up to something. 388 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:21,588 What is this city? Just one big game of Telephone? 389 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:23,656 Is there anything I should know? 390 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,225 There's a rumor about Fidel Castro's health. 391 00:15:25,292 --> 00:15:27,460 Yeah. One other odd thing. 392 00:15:27,527 --> 00:15:30,597 He suggested I talk to Kate Harper. 393 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:32,865 Well, she's the Deputy National Security Advisor. 394 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,234 I don't think that's it. Why's that? 395 00:15:34,301 --> 00:15:36,269 I can't exactly put my finger on it. 396 00:15:36,336 --> 00:15:39,139 The senator just sort of indicated between refills 397 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:41,141 something other than that. More. 398 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:47,180 Margaret, get me Kate Harper. 399 00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:49,516 Let me guess then. 400 00:15:49,582 --> 00:15:50,583 Back to the bench for me? 401 00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:51,884 This is disgraceful. 402 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,653 I'm actually starting to like you. 403 00:15:57,124 --> 00:15:58,491 She's gone for the day. 404 00:16:00,627 --> 00:16:02,229 REPORTER: Does the White House have specific knowledge 405 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,263 about Mr. Castro's health? 406 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:05,098 The last time the White House 407 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:08,268 had first-hand knowledge of Mr. Castro's health was 1959. 408 00:16:08,335 --> 00:16:10,503 REPORTER: But we're hearing that he canceled a rally 409 00:16:10,570 --> 00:16:12,339 to denounce the US on Malecon Boulevard, 410 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:14,441 and that several posters of the Cuban president 411 00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:15,975 have been removed from the Capitol. 412 00:16:16,043 --> 00:16:17,244 Well, that could mean he's dead 413 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:19,312 or it could mean the Communist government 414 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:21,614 took down some Castro posters and plans to replace them 415 00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:24,351 with more flattering photos, as they did six years ago. 416 00:16:24,417 --> 00:16:26,353 REPORTER 2: Vice President Russell said 417 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:28,321 that he "voted for the embargo in 1996 418 00:16:28,388 --> 00:16:31,758 "and will continue to support it until this horrific dictatorship 419 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:33,093 is brought to its knees." 420 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,561 Is he speaking for the White House? 421 00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:37,130 The Vice President said that at a campaign rally. 422 00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:38,165 But if Castro is no longer in control, 423 00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:39,299 how would the White House react? 424 00:16:39,366 --> 00:16:40,800 We don't react to hypotheticals. 425 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,835 In a post-Castro world, would the State Department 426 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:45,205 consider declassifying Cuba a terrorist state? 427 00:16:45,272 --> 00:16:47,006 Only if they reacted to hypotheticals, 428 00:16:47,074 --> 00:16:48,441 which they and I both don't. 429 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:49,709 Yeah, you. 430 00:16:49,776 --> 00:16:50,710 Steve. 431 00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:52,412 Uh, the CIA issued a report that 432 00:16:52,479 --> 00:16:54,547 Cuba has replaced, uh, East Asia 433 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:57,717 as the destination for pedophiles and sex tourists. 434 00:16:57,784 --> 00:16:59,352 No, I can't issue you a visa. 435 00:16:59,419 --> 00:17:00,920 Next question. ( laughter ) 436 00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:02,055 Hoynes's campaign 437 00:17:02,122 --> 00:17:03,323 may be collapsing, 438 00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:04,924 but Russell says he wouldn't rule out 439 00:17:04,991 --> 00:17:06,159 military intervention to secure 440 00:17:06,226 --> 00:17:08,161 a democratic transition in Cuba. 441 00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:09,962 Yeah, they're, they're campaigning in Florida. 442 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,298 What about Santos? 443 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,100 With his surprising victory in California... 444 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:14,334 I, I just answered that question. 445 00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,735 If you want to cover the campaign, 446 00:17:15,802 --> 00:17:16,769 take your questions to Florida. 447 00:17:16,836 --> 00:17:17,970 Steve, please. 448 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,140 Uh, here in Washington... Thank you! 449 00:17:20,207 --> 00:17:21,841 STEVE: Senator Framhagen said, 450 00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:24,977 "The worst thing an outgoing American President can do 451 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:26,446 is send mixed messages..." 452 00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:28,681 ( sighs ) 453 00:17:33,086 --> 00:17:34,954 She's a blonde now. 454 00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:36,256 I wasn't going to come. 455 00:17:36,323 --> 00:17:38,791 And stand up a former CIA compatriot 456 00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:40,193 after all these years? 457 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:44,297 "It was a time of splendor inI'd the grass, glory in the flower,. 458 00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:45,765 but we will grieve not..." 459 00:17:45,832 --> 00:17:47,567 What do you want, Andy? 460 00:17:47,634 --> 00:17:50,437 We're not running off the reservation ops anymore. 461 00:17:50,503 --> 00:17:51,538 We've changed. 462 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:53,840 Second time I've heard that today. 463 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:56,943 No more dirty tricks. No more messing with elections. 464 00:17:57,009 --> 00:17:58,711 Even for Cabrera. 465 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:01,148 Still, our, our assignment's the same, Kate. 466 00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:02,915 And you came all the way up here to tell me this? 467 00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:04,151 No... 468 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:05,618 I just wanted to warn you guys over there 469 00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:06,753 that it's a big mistake 470 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:09,088 to be digging into the Cuban tar pit once again. 471 00:18:09,156 --> 00:18:10,056 What are you talking about? 472 00:18:10,123 --> 00:18:11,158 Leo McGarry. 473 00:18:11,224 --> 00:18:12,159 What about him? 474 00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:13,526 You can't touch down in Cuba 475 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:14,761 at his level. 476 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:17,096 Whatever the precautions, word's gonna leak out. 477 00:18:17,164 --> 00:18:18,198 Everybody's on the take 478 00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:19,532 or has an agenda, or is an agent, 479 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:20,567 or a wanna-be. 480 00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:22,101 I don't know anything about it. 481 00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:25,772 You played that beautifully. 482 00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:27,340 I didn't play anything. 483 00:18:27,407 --> 00:18:29,209 Whether you're lying or covering 484 00:18:29,276 --> 00:18:31,211 because you can't or won't tell me, 485 00:18:31,278 --> 00:18:33,012 or you're telling the truth... 486 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:34,281 the one thing we learned down there, 487 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:36,115 you can't beat history. 488 00:18:36,183 --> 00:18:38,685 The Bartlet administration can't pull this off. 489 00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:39,652 It's not gonna work. 490 00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:41,854 The president will be hung out to dry. 491 00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:45,658 HARPER: C.J., why didn't anyone tell me? 492 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:46,659 Excuse me? 493 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:48,094 I'm the Deputy NSA, 494 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:50,363 and I don't know Leo McGarry's in Cuba? 495 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:51,931 Yeah. 496 00:18:51,998 --> 00:18:53,933 How did you find out? 497 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,202 It's 90 miles away. 498 00:18:55,268 --> 00:18:56,769 It's like driving to Baltimore. 499 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:58,238 There's three and a half million Cuban-Americans... 500 00:18:58,305 --> 00:19:00,039 Kate, do you know Senator Framhagen? 501 00:19:00,106 --> 00:19:01,574 Florida. He is Florida. 502 00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:03,976 Yeah, I knew him when I was stationed there in '95. 503 00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:05,578 It was my first posting. 504 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,814 Why would he say to ask you about Castro's health? 505 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,317 I don't know, maybe because he assumed 506 00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:11,951 I'd know about Leo's trip. 507 00:19:12,018 --> 00:19:14,153 How close is your source? Very. 508 00:19:14,221 --> 00:19:16,356 Look, C.J., we don't want to get stuck 509 00:19:16,423 --> 00:19:18,458 in the muck down there again. 510 00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:24,631 BARTLET: Hey, look who's back. 511 00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:26,999 She caught on, Leo. I had to spill the beans. 512 00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:29,001 You saw him? Talked to him? How is he? 513 00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:32,472 He's alive, and I think he might finally be ready to deal, 514 00:19:32,539 --> 00:19:33,906 and he certainly can talk and talk. 515 00:19:33,973 --> 00:19:35,342 He agrees on the need for further private, 516 00:19:35,408 --> 00:19:38,010 unpublicized discussions bilaterally. 517 00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:39,946 The man's indefatigable. 518 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,748 No wonder he's held sway for coming on 50 years. 519 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,283 Still smoking cigars. 520 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:45,718 I'm not sure he's ready to fight for truth, justice, 521 00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:48,020 and the American way. I am optimistic, 522 00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:50,089 but we've been down this road before... 523 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:51,991 I don't want to fail again. 524 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:53,726 It's a beginning, an opening. 525 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:56,629 Just thank God he didn't ask about baseball, 526 00:19:56,696 --> 00:19:58,298 what I think about it, knowing what he thinks about it. 527 00:19:58,365 --> 00:20:00,633 That could've blown the whole thing right there. 528 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,001 He saw you pitch at the Orioles game, sir. Had some pointers. 529 00:20:02,068 --> 00:20:03,370 I'm sure he did. Excuse me, sir. 530 00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:05,405 My fear is there seem to be rumors and more rumors 531 00:20:05,472 --> 00:20:06,606 and rumors within rumors. 532 00:20:06,673 --> 00:20:07,640 When you're talking about Cuba, 533 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:09,041 everybody seems to have secrets, 534 00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:10,042 and they never stay that way. 535 00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:11,311 Yeah, you're right. 536 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:12,279 We don't need to paint this guy 537 00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:13,713 as some kind of hero. 538 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:15,315 It's just time to deal with him, is all. 539 00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:17,484 Now, let's put together a fail-safe response 540 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,786 on how and what to announce about Castro's health, 541 00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:20,920 about Leo's trip. 542 00:20:20,987 --> 00:20:22,955 Then-- if found out-- public reaction, 543 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:24,757 Congressional reaction, and the candidates, 544 00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:26,993 what to do about its impact on the primaries 545 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,227 and the general election, 546 00:20:28,295 --> 00:20:30,162 and Cuba's response, for that matter. 547 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:31,364 How soon? 548 00:20:31,431 --> 00:20:33,700 How about the end of the day? 549 00:20:35,802 --> 00:20:36,636 Are they here yet? 550 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:38,204 They're waiting in your office. 551 00:20:38,271 --> 00:20:39,472 Can you get me something while we're meeting? 552 00:20:39,539 --> 00:20:40,507 Kate Harper's file. I can't. 553 00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:43,543 That would be classified Was top-secret, above my level. 554 00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:44,911 So what do we have to do? 555 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:47,179 A formal letter of request, signed by you. 556 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:48,481 Write it. Then forge my signature. 557 00:20:48,548 --> 00:20:50,182 You can do the President's. Well, yes, 558 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:52,552 but his is simple, just a sweeping garland formation. 559 00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:53,353 Yours... 560 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:54,253 Mine is what? 561 00:20:54,321 --> 00:20:56,188 Angular, aggressive. 562 00:20:56,255 --> 00:21:00,092 I mean your signature. 563 00:21:00,159 --> 00:21:02,295 See the baseline, 564 00:21:02,362 --> 00:21:04,497 the unevenly distributed pressure, 565 00:21:04,564 --> 00:21:07,066 some countermovement to the natural flow... 566 00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:08,067 Which means what? 567 00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:09,336 You're concealing something. 568 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:10,803 It's my signature. 569 00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:12,639 What? Are you a counterfeiter, some handwriting analyst? 570 00:21:12,705 --> 00:21:14,707 My great-uncle was, right after the Civil War. 571 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,276 He was a dashing man with a mustache and one arm... 572 00:21:17,344 --> 00:21:20,079 Okay, by now we could've written it, and I could've signed it. 573 00:21:20,146 --> 00:21:21,381 Just go do it. 574 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:24,384 How's it going? 575 00:21:24,451 --> 00:21:26,519 Give me a progress report. Cliff? 576 00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:28,421 I think there's an opportunity to use 577 00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:30,289 the rumors of Castro's health as deflection. 578 00:21:30,357 --> 00:21:31,758 Keep 'em coming. 579 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:33,660 It's been a kind of Marx Brothers comedy anyway-- 580 00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:35,695 his illnesses and the 29 doctors who surround him 581 00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:37,464 and claim he's gonna live forever. 582 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:39,031 Yeah, I'm not sure how long that's gonna fly. 583 00:21:39,098 --> 00:21:40,600 Uh, then there is support 584 00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:43,035 in the House to curb the embargo from both blue and red states. 585 00:21:43,102 --> 00:21:45,672 Midwestern Republicans ready to jettison the trade part. 586 00:21:45,738 --> 00:21:47,807 Cuba's an economic disaster area. 587 00:21:47,874 --> 00:21:49,709 CALLEY: It desperately needs American grain, meat... 588 00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:51,210 You believe this guy Cabrera? 589 00:21:51,277 --> 00:21:52,512 Introducing the Vice President 590 00:21:52,579 --> 00:21:54,481 Congressman, seventh, eighth term. 591 00:21:54,547 --> 00:21:55,848 Once ran an ad 592 00:21:55,915 --> 00:21:58,217 standing by a picture of himself with the caption: 593 00:21:58,284 --> 00:21:59,686 "Convicted Felon." 594 00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:00,753 Thanks for the lesson in local color. 595 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,221 Keeps winning every two years. 596 00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:03,890 Keeps winning saying the same thing, same words. 597 00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:05,492 Cuba Libre. Cuba Libre. 598 00:22:05,558 --> 00:22:07,427 Then he gets here, doesn't do or say a damn thing. 599 00:22:07,494 --> 00:22:08,895 Toby, did you call Josh and Donna? 600 00:22:08,961 --> 00:22:10,897 I want to take the temperature in the campaigns. 601 00:22:10,963 --> 00:22:14,501 Somebody should make the son of a bitch obsolete. 602 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,538 To those farmers who were cheated... 603 00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:19,472 Has he been here? 604 00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:20,440 Who? The exterminator. 605 00:22:20,507 --> 00:22:22,041 There was a man yesterday. 606 00:22:22,108 --> 00:22:23,610 The Sentricon Termite Colony Elimination System? 607 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:25,277 As a matter of fact, yes. 608 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:27,480 We don't want to quarrel with another company's product. 609 00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:29,081 That's not why we're here. 610 00:22:29,148 --> 00:22:32,118 We can talk about the specifics of individual species like RIFA. 611 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:33,119 R.I.F.A.? 612 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,821 The red imported fire ant. 613 00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:37,690 And we're members of IFAHI to thwart the spread of RIFA. 614 00:22:37,757 --> 00:22:39,492 And we've got charts to show you 615 00:22:39,559 --> 00:22:41,928 of the spread of the chinch bug, 616 00:22:41,994 --> 00:22:43,496 the black- legged tick, 617 00:22:43,563 --> 00:22:46,499 the viral-spreading mosquito, 618 00:22:46,566 --> 00:22:48,234 and this very year's infestation 619 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,335 by the Mormon cricket. Here. 620 00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:51,003 We are entomologists, 621 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:53,172 and while some control is necessary, these others... 622 00:22:53,239 --> 00:22:54,607 ORBITZ: The exterminator. 623 00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:57,043 ...have lost sight of how insects help preserve 624 00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:58,244 the diversity of life, 625 00:22:58,310 --> 00:22:59,912 and are essential to the ecological web. 626 00:22:59,979 --> 00:23:01,113 Insects can spread disease, 627 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,248 but they are also crucial 628 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:03,883 to studying how diseases are spread. 629 00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:06,285 But now, the newest discovery, and perhaps most important, 630 00:23:06,352 --> 00:23:07,554 is they can play a crucial part 631 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:09,188 in learning about our own history. 632 00:23:09,255 --> 00:23:10,690 Like this great White House. 633 00:23:10,757 --> 00:23:12,759 Think Abigail Adams and the War of 1812. 634 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,461 The burning of this building. 635 00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:16,529 Now, I'll wager we go into these walls, 636 00:23:16,596 --> 00:23:18,631 and we will uncover all kinds of information 637 00:23:18,698 --> 00:23:20,500 and revelations as yet unknown. 638 00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:22,368 And now helping solving crimes. 639 00:23:22,435 --> 00:23:24,671 Forensic entomology, my special field, 640 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:27,807 is invaluable in measuring exposure of the victim-- 641 00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:31,410 whether homo sapiens, felis cattus, uh, canis, uh, familiaris-- 642 00:23:31,478 --> 00:23:35,381 to determine the time of death, or even the method of murder. 643 00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:37,049 You've got to make a decision. 644 00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:38,150 Do you simply want 645 00:23:38,217 --> 00:23:39,752 to wipe out the infestation, 646 00:23:39,819 --> 00:23:41,854 or use these little pioneers 647 00:23:41,921 --> 00:23:45,057 to journey into our past and unveil its secrets 648 00:23:45,124 --> 00:23:47,960 for the first time? 649 00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:02,542 You got it? 650 00:24:02,609 --> 00:24:03,810 They checked my clothes, 651 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:05,478 patted me down, searched my shoes. 652 00:24:05,545 --> 00:24:06,779 My best shoes. 653 00:24:06,846 --> 00:24:08,515 Practically X-rayed me. 654 00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:10,617 But they didn't do any personality profile? 655 00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:11,851 That didn't even occur to me. 656 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:13,319 Yeah, what were they thinking? 657 00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:15,488 Here it is. 658 00:24:15,555 --> 00:24:17,423 Kate Harper. 659 00:24:17,490 --> 00:24:20,159 Close the door? Yes. 660 00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:41,648 ( knocking ) 661 00:24:43,249 --> 00:24:44,551 C.J. 662 00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:46,586 Charlie, tell me you have good news. 663 00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:48,220 I'm not sure. 664 00:24:48,287 --> 00:24:49,288 Entertain me. 665 00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:50,557 Enlighten me. 666 00:24:50,623 --> 00:24:52,859 Raise me up to the rooftops, please. 667 00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:54,927 I think this has more to do with the lower depths. 668 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:57,564 Oh, no, it's coming back to me now. Bugs. 669 00:24:57,630 --> 00:24:59,098 Rhinotermitidae. 670 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,901 Is that the guy in the suit I saw with the gizmo yesterday? 671 00:25:01,968 --> 00:25:02,902 It could be. 672 00:25:02,969 --> 00:25:04,436 And he found... Rhinotermitidae. 673 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:06,706 We're not tenting the White House. 674 00:25:06,773 --> 00:25:09,075 No, drilling walls, unearthing foundations. 675 00:25:09,141 --> 00:25:10,610 There is this other group who are suggesting 676 00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:12,044 that we observe them before killing them. 677 00:25:12,111 --> 00:25:13,512 The ones in the Mural Room with the animatronic...? 678 00:25:13,580 --> 00:25:14,446 Insectilatronic, apparently. 679 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:15,748 They say we can find out 680 00:25:15,815 --> 00:25:16,616 remarkable things from the termites-- 681 00:25:16,683 --> 00:25:18,184 about lumber conditions, 682 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:21,320 about when the White House was built, burned, rebuilt. 683 00:25:21,387 --> 00:25:22,555 What presidents smoked, 684 00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:24,090 ate, smelled like. 685 00:25:25,291 --> 00:25:27,526 This, Charlie, is not a tough choice. 686 00:25:27,594 --> 00:25:29,929 For once, our policy can be clean and simple. 687 00:25:29,996 --> 00:25:32,131 Just-- excuse me-- kill the damn bugs. 688 00:25:35,434 --> 00:25:37,003 DONNA: Who is this? 689 00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:39,639 Toby. I wanted to ask you about this Castro thing. 690 00:25:39,706 --> 00:25:41,708 I'm sorry, I can't hear you. 691 00:25:41,774 --> 00:25:43,075 Donna, it's Toby! It's Toby Ziegler! 692 00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:45,477 It's so crazy in here. Wait a minute. 693 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,313 ( dial tone ) Hello? 694 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,315 Toby? 695 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:50,850 ( speed dial beeping ) 696 00:25:50,917 --> 00:25:52,384 ( phone ringing ) 697 00:25:52,451 --> 00:25:53,720 JOSH: Toby? 698 00:25:53,786 --> 00:25:55,121 TOBY: We're not talking to each other. 699 00:25:55,187 --> 00:25:56,923 Then what's making my phone ring? 700 00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:59,091 I don't know. The thing's got a mind of its own. 701 00:25:59,158 --> 00:25:59,959 Uh, what's with Castro? 702 00:26:00,026 --> 00:26:01,694 What's going on with that? 703 00:26:01,761 --> 00:26:03,529 That's what I wanted to ask you. 704 00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:04,631 I-I can't hear you. 705 00:26:04,697 --> 00:26:05,665 It's crazy down here. 706 00:26:05,732 --> 00:26:07,634 It's Guatemala. 707 00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:09,936 ( dial tone ) Hello? 708 00:26:12,138 --> 00:26:13,239 I lost you. 709 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:14,540 How are you? 710 00:26:14,607 --> 00:26:15,507 What's going on down there, Donna? 711 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:16,976 You wouldn't believe it. 712 00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:18,177 This state-- it's unreal. It's like... 713 00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:19,545 Guatemala? 714 00:26:19,612 --> 00:26:21,247 Hey, that's good, you a speech writer? 715 00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,415 What's the impact of this Castro thing? 716 00:26:23,482 --> 00:26:24,483 It's unbelievable. 717 00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:25,618 Castro's become Che. 718 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:26,753 Is he alive or dead? 719 00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:28,287 He's wallpapering the primary. 720 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:30,589 Wait, what? Uh, Donna, hold on one second. 721 00:26:30,657 --> 00:26:33,092 ( dial tone ) Toby, I've got... 722 00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:34,293 Josh? 723 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,228 Josh! 724 00:26:36,295 --> 00:26:37,730 C.J., I should apologize 725 00:26:37,797 --> 00:26:40,366 for you not knowing about the trip to Cuba. 726 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:41,668 Yes, you should. 727 00:26:41,734 --> 00:26:44,036 I thought it was worth the risk. 728 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:45,271 I still do. 729 00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:46,472 Well, while you were gone, 730 00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:48,174 we all got calls from Rafe Framhagen. 731 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,942 I sent Cliff over, who said the senator 732 00:26:50,009 --> 00:26:51,177 may have been three sheets. 733 00:26:51,243 --> 00:26:52,544 Yeah. 734 00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:54,714 And he had these questions about Kate Harper and Cuba, 735 00:26:54,781 --> 00:26:56,348 as if she knew something. 736 00:26:56,415 --> 00:26:58,084 If you're concerned, why don't you pull her file? 737 00:26:58,150 --> 00:26:59,318 I did. 738 00:26:59,385 --> 00:27:00,887 And this has been the long way round to what? 739 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,288 A lot of blackout. 740 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:03,823 Aren't you getting sidetracked here? 741 00:27:03,890 --> 00:27:05,157 Kate Harper, Navy, 742 00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:06,625 father Navy, formerly CIA, wasn't it? 743 00:27:06,693 --> 00:27:08,861 Africa, blackout, Kosovo, blackout, 744 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:09,762 Iran, blackout. 745 00:27:09,829 --> 00:27:11,197 She got around. 746 00:27:11,263 --> 00:27:13,700 You're in it. 747 00:27:13,766 --> 00:27:15,134 That's impossible. 748 00:27:15,201 --> 00:27:16,669 Turn the page. 749 00:27:20,106 --> 00:27:24,043 1995. Florida. 750 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:27,947 But why is it in her file? 751 00:27:28,014 --> 00:27:30,382 The CIA must have been monitoring us. 752 00:27:30,449 --> 00:27:31,617 The rest is blacked out. 753 00:27:31,684 --> 00:27:33,352 What is it? We had a gathering 754 00:27:33,419 --> 00:27:36,255 of the Bay of Pigs veterans from both sides 755 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:37,556 for the first time. 756 00:27:37,623 --> 00:27:39,491 And it was remarkable. 757 00:27:39,558 --> 00:27:43,429 These aging warriors-- enemies, fellow countrymen-- 758 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:44,396 and I had high hopes. 759 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:45,865 We were pulling together, 760 00:27:45,932 --> 00:27:49,301 strand by strand, a dialogue with the Cuban-Americans 761 00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:50,302 and Cubans. 762 00:27:50,369 --> 00:27:51,738 Never heard any of this. 763 00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:53,639 There was also an election recount underway. 764 00:27:53,706 --> 00:27:54,606 Congressman Cabrera. 765 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:55,975 Yeah. I know the one. 766 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:57,609 I was Secretary of Labor. 767 00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:03,082 And Rafe Framhagen showed up, and we started drinking... 768 00:28:03,149 --> 00:28:05,217 and I made a fool of myself. 769 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,720 Talk about three sheets to the wind. 770 00:28:07,787 --> 00:28:10,289 And when I got back, it was over. 771 00:28:10,356 --> 00:28:11,690 It had all fallen apart. 772 00:28:11,758 --> 00:28:13,392 I should have never left. 773 00:28:13,459 --> 00:28:17,096 So, I vowed then if there ever was a chance, 774 00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:19,331 I'd put it back together. 775 00:28:26,839 --> 00:28:28,540 If we had a cigarette, a lighter and the password, 776 00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:30,276 we could be back ten years. 777 00:28:30,342 --> 00:28:33,379 Except it's so loud in here now, I'd never hear the password. 778 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:37,750 Don't you miss it-- when you were undercover? 779 00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:40,352 I miss the excitement, 780 00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:43,489 dressing up and down, disappearing into character. 781 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,624 And now look at you-- 782 00:28:45,691 --> 00:28:48,660 wearing suits and sitting in meetings 783 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,496 with amazing people. 784 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:52,031 You've changed. 785 00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:57,636 I saw your ex-husband not long ago. 786 00:28:57,703 --> 00:28:58,938 He's still down there. 787 00:28:59,005 --> 00:29:00,072 Why did you call me again? 788 00:29:00,139 --> 00:29:04,276 I wanted to apologize. 789 00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:08,580 For what? 790 00:29:08,647 --> 00:29:12,384 I knew back then what was going on, 791 00:29:12,451 --> 00:29:15,687 what it was doing to you. 792 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,689 I should have protected you better. 793 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,691 Woulda, shoulda. But it's... 794 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,260 There was more to it than that. 795 00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:22,962 It's too late now, Andy. 796 00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:25,697 It was too late then. 797 00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:27,333 I know, I know. 798 00:29:27,399 --> 00:29:30,536 Part of my 12 steps to make a fool of myself... 799 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:34,306 especially to those people who maybe I made fools of. 800 00:29:38,577 --> 00:29:41,447 Thank you. 801 00:29:43,916 --> 00:29:46,018 They have all of it down there now, Kate. 802 00:29:46,085 --> 00:29:47,286 Leo McGarry's trip. 803 00:29:47,353 --> 00:29:49,755 The deal he's trying to make with Fidel. 804 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:51,623 They're going to break the story. 805 00:29:51,690 --> 00:29:53,692 You're sure? 806 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:55,127 Yeah. 807 00:29:55,194 --> 00:29:57,696 Don't get caught in this again 808 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:59,398 when it goes to hell. 809 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,937 Cuba. It scums everybody it touches. 810 00:30:18,985 --> 00:30:21,153 ( sighing ) 811 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:23,222 It's freezing out, and I'm walking back here 812 00:30:23,289 --> 00:30:26,225 thinking this is a building I never thought I'd be in. 813 00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:28,527 Maybe it's a place you never quite get used to. 814 00:30:28,594 --> 00:30:29,561 One time, my father was gone 815 00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:31,197 with the Pacific Fleet, 816 00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:34,400 and my mother and I were left at the Key West Naval Base. 817 00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:36,602 There was no housing, so for a while, 818 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:40,139 we lived in this boiling trailer with no air conditioning. 819 00:30:40,206 --> 00:30:44,843 The wind shook it at night and rocked me to sleep. 820 00:30:44,911 --> 00:30:48,580 It's a long way from here. 821 00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:51,083 Kate, what's going on? 822 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:54,353 Tomorrow morning, Cuban-American factions 823 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:58,190 are going to go public with Leo's visit to Cuba. 824 00:31:05,064 --> 00:31:05,731 C.J.: Mr. President, 825 00:31:05,797 --> 00:31:07,233 it is clear now 826 00:31:07,299 --> 00:31:09,001 that the news of Leo's trip is going to break. 827 00:31:09,068 --> 00:31:10,236 KATE: We don't know what it'll be-- 828 00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:11,904 audio, eyewitness testimony, photographs-- 829 00:31:11,971 --> 00:31:13,105 but we know it's coming. 830 00:31:13,172 --> 00:31:14,606 CNN will get it; then the networks. 831 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:15,607 A delightful prognosis. 832 00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:16,808 C.J.: We can try 833 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,110 and spin it: it was Cuban representatives 834 00:31:18,177 --> 00:31:19,111 who initiated the conversations. 835 00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:20,379 We said we'd listen, 836 00:31:20,446 --> 00:31:21,513 agreed to nothing, accepted nothing. 837 00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:22,848 No, I hate that. 838 00:31:23,983 --> 00:31:25,651 TOBY: We haveThe South Carolina at thand Florida primaries 839 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,186 are less than two weeks away. 840 00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:28,820 And there'll be no mercy in the Cuban-American community. 841 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:30,289 We'll be drawn and quartered. 842 00:31:30,356 --> 00:31:32,491 TOBY: It won't go away by the general election. 843 00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:33,993 CLIFF: Russell will find a way... 844 00:31:34,060 --> 00:31:35,161 Yeah, I can hear his soundbites already. 845 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:36,362 TOBY: Santos is a mystery. 846 00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:37,896 I have no idea what he's going to do. 847 00:31:37,964 --> 00:31:39,331 Bet he probably doesn't know, either. 848 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:41,767 And the Republican candidates-- Walken and Vinick? 849 00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,869 I think Vinick probably agrees with what you're trying to do, 850 00:31:43,936 --> 00:31:45,371 but publicly, he will step back 851 00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:47,306 and let Framhagen and Walken put on their war paint 852 00:31:47,373 --> 00:31:48,907 and gather around Little Big Horn. 853 00:31:48,975 --> 00:31:51,510 Wasn't exactly the image I was hoping for. 854 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,779 So, Republicans and Democrats alike 855 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:56,215 will distance themselves from this 856 00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:58,850 act of madness of the Bartlet Administration. 857 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:02,821 I think it's time we look beyond regrets and elections, sir. 858 00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:04,991 It's here, isn't it? 859 00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:08,227 Another cliff-- yes, sir. 860 00:32:08,294 --> 00:32:09,861 Toby? 861 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:12,131 Jump. 862 00:32:12,198 --> 00:32:13,565 C.J. 863 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:19,805 Get me some air time. 864 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:21,540 I'm going to have a few words with the nation. 865 00:32:21,607 --> 00:32:23,342 Debbie? When? 866 00:32:23,409 --> 00:32:24,910 As soon as possible; we're not going to wait. 867 00:32:24,977 --> 00:32:26,345 I think it's only fair 868 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:27,779 to let the candidates know what's coming. 869 00:32:27,846 --> 00:32:29,148 PRESIDENT: I agree. 870 00:32:29,215 --> 00:32:30,782 Sir, the Vice President is still waiting. 871 00:32:30,849 --> 00:32:32,751 PRESIDENT: Get Senator Vinick on the phone first, 872 00:32:32,818 --> 00:32:34,120 and then Congressman Santos. 873 00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:35,454 Then I'll see the Vice President. 874 00:32:35,521 --> 00:32:36,355 ( door closes ) 875 00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:49,268 ( knocking ) 876 00:32:49,335 --> 00:32:51,070 Leo, 877 00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:53,205 thanks for coming all the way over here. 878 00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:56,442 Been a long time. 879 00:32:56,508 --> 00:32:58,977 You care to join me? 880 00:32:59,045 --> 00:33:00,279 ( laughs ) 881 00:33:00,346 --> 00:33:01,780 No, I'm only fooling. 882 00:33:01,847 --> 00:33:04,050 I know you don't any longer. 883 00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:06,518 Kind of wish more people around here did. 884 00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:08,520 Uh... 885 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:09,555 What's Hemingway's word? 886 00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:10,856 Utilize? 887 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:13,025 How'd you find out? 888 00:33:14,093 --> 00:33:17,329 The boat captain, the deckhand, 889 00:33:17,396 --> 00:33:18,797 limo driver, gas attendant. 890 00:33:18,864 --> 00:33:20,032 Does it matter? 891 00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:22,034 It seems to me, we got a lot more done 892 00:33:22,101 --> 00:33:23,935 around here when we were utilizing. 893 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:25,504 Got along better, too. 894 00:33:25,571 --> 00:33:28,207 Left and right, elephant and mule. 895 00:33:28,274 --> 00:33:29,608 'Course, these days, that's one place 896 00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:31,743 where my point of view is in the minority. 897 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:33,179 Not the only place, Senator. 898 00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:35,181 Demographics are changing in your state. 899 00:33:35,247 --> 00:33:36,615 You were Scotch as I recall. 900 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:37,783 The good stuff, huh? 901 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:39,017 Just-Just the way it poured? 902 00:33:39,085 --> 00:33:40,352 Younger Cuban-Americans don't care. 903 00:33:40,419 --> 00:33:41,487 Ah. 904 00:33:41,553 --> 00:33:43,289 The Cuba Effect on Florida's going the way 905 00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:44,790 of too much utilizing. 906 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,024 Mm. 907 00:33:46,092 --> 00:33:48,260 So, for the younger Cuban-Americans, 908 00:33:48,327 --> 00:33:50,562 your solution is to have an old man with MS 909 00:33:50,629 --> 00:33:53,099 send another old man who's had a heart attack 910 00:33:53,165 --> 00:33:55,101 to check on the health of a third old man, 911 00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:57,936 a man who could be, should be, 912 00:33:58,003 --> 00:33:59,971 and God willing, soon will be dead. 913 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,140 It's too late 914 00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:03,309 for the Bartlet administration to go 915 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,477 legacy-shopping in Cuba, you know. 916 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,279 If I had come to you first, 917 00:34:07,346 --> 00:34:09,481 what would you have said? 918 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:11,483 No. 919 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:14,019 We had to change the calculus, or you'd bury us. 920 00:34:14,086 --> 00:34:14,886 I am gonna bury you, Leo. 921 00:34:14,953 --> 00:34:16,522 After 45 years, 922 00:34:16,588 --> 00:34:19,325 it's time to admit the embargo isn't a reason for 923 00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:22,328 or a solution to Cuba's tragic reality. 924 00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:25,564 The reason for Cuba's tragic reality is Fidel Castro, 925 00:34:25,631 --> 00:34:26,832 a vicious dictator 926 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:29,801 who refuses to allow free press, free elections, 927 00:34:29,868 --> 00:34:32,471 who jails even the slightest opposition. 928 00:34:32,538 --> 00:34:35,307 You want to legitimize his government. 929 00:34:35,374 --> 00:34:36,875 The Good Ship Legitimacy sailed decades ago. 930 00:34:36,942 --> 00:34:39,445 He's there, has been for a very long time. 931 00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:42,114 The State Department lists Cuba as a terrorist state. 932 00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:44,516 The State Department, Leo. 933 00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:47,719 The FBI just busted a Cuban espionage operation, 934 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:49,221 arrested ten spies. 935 00:34:49,288 --> 00:34:52,158 Yeah. When we've tried reforming a Communist regime 936 00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:54,226 through embargo and severing relations, 937 00:34:54,293 --> 00:34:55,761 we've always failed. 938 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:57,896 When we sought change through engagement and trade, 939 00:34:57,963 --> 00:34:59,097 we've succeeded. 940 00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:00,599 Well, what about the law, Leo? 941 00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:02,768 Congress has codified the embargo. 942 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:05,371 US Sanctions cannot be lifted against Cuba 943 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:07,906 until all political prisoners have been freed, 944 00:35:07,973 --> 00:35:09,208 until political parties 945 00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:11,177 and labor unions have been legalized 946 00:35:11,243 --> 00:35:13,078 and free elections have been scheduled. 947 00:35:13,145 --> 00:35:14,446 Now, no American president 948 00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:16,282 can just overturn the will of the people. 949 00:35:16,348 --> 00:35:17,949 It's not the will of the people. 950 00:35:18,016 --> 00:35:19,618 It's a few loud and shrinking number 951 00:35:19,685 --> 00:35:20,686 of Cuban-Americans, 952 00:35:20,752 --> 00:35:23,822 who came here stripped of everything, 953 00:35:23,889 --> 00:35:24,990 who floated over here 954 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:26,492 in some little leaky boats, 955 00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:29,295 their kids in one hand and their dreams in another. 956 00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:30,929 And how many of whom did we turn away? 957 00:35:30,996 --> 00:35:32,198 May God forgive us. 958 00:35:32,264 --> 00:35:33,565 No one... No one's disputing that. 959 00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:35,133 And who have become monumentally successful. 960 00:35:35,201 --> 00:35:37,035 And too many of whom have become Republicans, right, Leo? 961 00:35:37,102 --> 00:35:38,604 Yeah, 962 00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:42,140 but who we've also pandered to for far too long. 963 00:35:42,208 --> 00:35:44,543 I'm bringing you a possible breakthrough. 964 00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:46,478 Oh, there's no such thing. 965 00:35:46,545 --> 00:35:48,113 We're starting with an executive order 966 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:50,416 to provide food and dollars through the United Nations... 967 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:51,917 ( chuckles ): Oh, God. 968 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,486 The Department of Treasury liberalizing business travel 969 00:35:54,553 --> 00:35:57,122 to Cuba, working to involve Cuba in curbing narco trafficking 970 00:35:57,189 --> 00:35:59,291 and terrorism rather than treat them 971 00:35:59,358 --> 00:36:00,892 as part of the problem. 972 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:04,363 And there's the toothless, gutless foreign policy 973 00:36:04,430 --> 00:36:06,932 we've all come to expect from the Bartlet Administration. 974 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:10,436 Just give away the store, probably billions of dollars 975 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:13,004 without getting a single concession in return, right? 976 00:36:13,071 --> 00:36:13,805 Extradition treaty. 977 00:36:13,872 --> 00:36:14,640 He's gonna 978 00:36:14,706 --> 00:36:15,941 resign the extradition treaty? 979 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:17,008 We're talking. 980 00:36:17,075 --> 00:36:18,277 You're talking? 981 00:36:18,344 --> 00:36:20,479 Sure, he'll romance you. 982 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:22,147 He'll waltz you around through the summer 983 00:36:22,214 --> 00:36:23,515 until he gets what he needs... 984 00:36:23,582 --> 00:36:25,751 Maybe he's legacy-shopping, too. 985 00:36:25,817 --> 00:36:26,885 Which is cash. 986 00:36:26,952 --> 00:36:28,687 He needs cash. 987 00:36:28,754 --> 00:36:31,557 That's why he's talking to you in the first place. 988 00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:33,592 We finally got the bastard where we want him, 989 00:36:33,659 --> 00:36:35,261 on the verge of economic collapse... 990 00:36:35,327 --> 00:36:37,128 That's what we said in 1963. 991 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:39,631 He'll take your money, Leo-- our money-- and he'll renege. 992 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:41,633 The rest of the world's already there. 993 00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,435 If we don't get our foot in the door, 994 00:36:43,502 --> 00:36:44,636 US business interests 995 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:46,605 and your poor, maligned Cuban-Americans 996 00:36:46,672 --> 00:36:48,106 will be left out in the cold. 997 00:36:48,173 --> 00:36:49,675 Oh, that is really good. 998 00:36:49,741 --> 00:36:52,678 The Bartlet Administration is gonna save Castro 999 00:36:52,744 --> 00:36:54,880 for the sake of American business? 1000 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,147 That's rich. 1001 00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:57,616 So you're gonna go to war 1002 00:36:57,683 --> 00:37:00,286 so a few geriatrics can get their cabanas back? 1003 00:37:00,352 --> 00:37:02,354 That's the trouble with our policy. 1004 00:37:02,421 --> 00:37:04,089 Your rigor mortis stance-- 1005 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:06,892 it's holding hostage the Cuban-American community 1006 00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:08,360 you say you so love, 1007 00:37:08,427 --> 00:37:10,596 and by proxy, has held hostage the whole country. 1008 00:37:11,630 --> 00:37:14,966 The world, time has passed them by. 1009 00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:16,568 Castro won. Rafe, 1010 00:37:16,635 --> 00:37:18,437 it's time. 1011 00:37:18,504 --> 00:37:20,071 It's long past time. 1012 00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:21,640 Whatever dumb thing you do 1013 00:37:21,707 --> 00:37:24,276 to prop up Castro will be reversed next year. 1014 00:37:24,343 --> 00:37:25,544 Because if you do it, 1015 00:37:25,611 --> 00:37:27,379 you lose Florida in the election, 1016 00:37:27,446 --> 00:37:28,980 and the presidency with it. 1017 00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:30,215 Your bottom line is 1018 00:37:30,282 --> 00:37:31,750 you care more about American politics 1019 00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:34,019 than alleviating the plight of the Cuban people, 1020 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:35,354 just like in 1995. 1021 00:37:35,421 --> 00:37:37,723 Which year was that? 1022 00:37:37,789 --> 00:37:40,359 The one where Cabrera won the election recount, 1023 00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:42,594 and it turned out his sister-in-law, 1024 00:37:42,661 --> 00:37:44,663 who worked for you, was the chief monitor. 1025 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:46,965 Cabrera did win that election. 1026 00:37:47,032 --> 00:37:48,634 He was a convicted felon, 1027 00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:51,036 and you knew at the same time we were meeting, 1028 00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:52,270 talking with Castro's people. 1029 00:37:52,338 --> 00:37:53,505 I came down there. 1030 00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:55,240 I remember we had a drink... 1031 00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:56,608 We could have had a deal, 1032 00:37:56,675 --> 00:37:58,109 ended all this insanity a decade ago. 1033 00:37:58,176 --> 00:37:59,411 It was you 1034 00:37:59,478 --> 00:38:01,947 who took me aside, invited me for a drink. 1035 00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:05,116 Now you're gonna climb up on your high horse, huh? 1036 00:38:05,183 --> 00:38:07,386 That's what I got to live with. 1037 00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:10,756 We were close once, back then. 1038 00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:14,192 No. 1039 00:38:14,259 --> 00:38:17,128 Senator, we just drank back then. 1040 00:38:17,195 --> 00:38:19,798 We were never close. 1041 00:38:24,770 --> 00:38:26,137 Hey. 1042 00:38:26,204 --> 00:38:27,673 I was looking for you. 1043 00:38:27,739 --> 00:38:29,608 The President goes on air any minute. 1044 00:38:29,675 --> 00:38:31,276 Thought I'd watch it down here. 1045 00:38:31,343 --> 00:38:32,911 Alone? 1046 00:38:32,978 --> 00:38:34,913 Yeah. 1047 00:38:40,018 --> 00:38:42,287 Cuba, Florida. 1048 00:38:42,354 --> 00:38:43,555 You know a lot about them. 1049 00:38:43,622 --> 00:38:44,890 You were there in the '90s? 1050 00:38:44,956 --> 00:38:46,157 1995 maybe. 1051 00:38:46,224 --> 00:38:47,659 Yeah. 1052 00:38:47,726 --> 00:38:49,428 ( inhales ): Yeah. 1053 00:38:49,495 --> 00:38:52,030 I was there only a few days, and... 1054 00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:56,968 I can't remember much at all. 1055 00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:58,804 Led me to lock myself 1056 00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:01,407 away for 30 days, dry out. 1057 00:39:01,473 --> 00:39:03,609 But I believed then, and I believe now, 1058 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:05,310 this fight is worth it. 1059 00:39:05,377 --> 00:39:06,812 There's gonna be hell to pay tomorrow. 1060 00:39:06,878 --> 00:39:07,646 If I'd only 1061 00:39:07,713 --> 00:39:09,314 gotten it done ten years ago, 1062 00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:11,149 Jed Bartlet could be spared it. I wish... 1063 00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:13,351 CIA would have never let the embargo go away then. 1064 00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:16,755 They're against ending it now. 1065 00:39:16,822 --> 00:39:18,690 What about you? 1066 00:39:18,757 --> 00:39:20,158 I was in favor of it then. 1067 00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:21,593 And now? 1068 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:25,964 I don't know. 1069 00:39:26,031 --> 00:39:27,499 It's not about me. 1070 00:39:27,566 --> 00:39:30,101 It's about the President and what you want for him. 1071 00:39:32,471 --> 00:39:34,940 And this is something. 1072 00:39:35,006 --> 00:39:37,042 Yeah. 1073 00:39:47,486 --> 00:39:50,021 Did we meet back then? 1074 00:39:51,590 --> 00:39:53,659 Do you remember me? 1075 00:39:56,962 --> 00:39:58,964 No. 1076 00:40:02,267 --> 00:40:04,703 Do you remember me? 1077 00:40:24,089 --> 00:40:26,625 ( grunts ) 1078 00:40:30,529 --> 00:40:31,730 Where are you going? 1079 00:40:31,797 --> 00:40:34,265 That car, I think that... 1080 00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:35,300 KATE: Not this door. 1081 00:40:35,366 --> 00:40:36,568 Okay, okay. 1082 00:40:36,635 --> 00:40:37,903 Why don't I drive? 1083 00:40:37,969 --> 00:40:39,204 No. Yeah. 1084 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,072 I think I'll drive. 1085 00:40:42,073 --> 00:40:43,141 ( mutters ) 1086 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:45,977 Here you go. 1087 00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:51,349 Okay, okay, okay. 1088 00:40:51,416 --> 00:40:53,652 That's good. 1089 00:41:03,161 --> 00:41:04,329 Where are you going? 1090 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:06,197 Why not drive off into the sunset? 1091 00:41:06,264 --> 00:41:07,499 ( engine starting ) 1092 00:41:07,566 --> 00:41:09,501 I think we missed it. 1093 00:41:09,568 --> 00:41:11,570 Something happened to your eye. 1094 00:41:11,637 --> 00:41:13,404 Oh, you should see the other guy. 1095 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:15,006 Where are you staying? 1096 00:41:15,073 --> 00:41:16,341 Are you at a hotel? 1097 00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:17,509 On Calle Ocho. 1098 00:41:17,576 --> 00:41:19,310 Got a suitcase, pack it. 1099 00:41:19,377 --> 00:41:21,513 Airport. If I can find it. 1100 00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:24,115 I'm gonna remember this. 1101 00:41:24,182 --> 00:41:26,284 No, you won't. 1102 00:41:26,351 --> 00:41:28,687 Yes, I will. 1103 00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:30,522 No. 1104 00:41:30,589 --> 00:41:32,190 But I will. 1105 00:41:32,257 --> 00:41:34,125 Gonna put my head down. 1106 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:36,194 Just for a moment. 1107 00:41:36,261 --> 00:41:38,196 Thank you. 1108 00:41:38,263 --> 00:41:41,567 BARTLET ( on TV ): My fellow Americans, 1109 00:41:41,633 --> 00:41:44,169 in 1961, President John F. Kennedy bought some cigars. 1110 00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:46,705 They happened to be from a country called Cuba, 1111 00:41:46,772 --> 00:41:49,775 and since that day, nearly 45 years ago, 1112 00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:52,578 no American has been able to do it again, 1113 00:41:52,644 --> 00:41:54,813 and it's time for that to change. 1114 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,082 This is not about cigars, of course, 1115 00:41:57,148 --> 00:41:59,317 but about our relationship with a country 1116 00:41:59,384 --> 00:42:02,187 that is only 90 miles away. 1117 00:42:02,253 --> 00:42:04,389 Change is not going to come easy. 1118 00:42:04,455 --> 00:42:06,191 It's not going to be a change 1119 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:08,927 without passionate discussion and disagreement, 1120 00:42:08,994 --> 00:42:12,130 but a change there can and will and must be. 1121 00:42:12,197 --> 00:42:13,932 The Cuban people 1122 00:42:13,999 --> 00:42:16,134 and the Cuban-American people have suffered too long 1123 00:42:16,201 --> 00:42:19,470 under intolerable circumstances on both shores. 1124 00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:21,607 My dream is that every one 1125 00:42:21,673 --> 00:42:23,508 of the hundreds of thousands of Cubans 1126 00:42:23,575 --> 00:42:25,944 who draw lottery cards every year 1127 00:42:26,011 --> 00:42:28,346 to win one of the 20,000 slots 1128 00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:33,752 allowing them to come to America will have the chance 1129 00:42:33,819 --> 00:42:35,787 to find that same freedom 1130 00:42:35,854 --> 00:42:38,890 in their own country.