1 00:00:04,438 --> 00:00:06,140 Previously on The West Wing... 2 00:00:06,174 --> 00:00:07,441 I've got a guy who says he wants 3 00:00:07,475 --> 00:00:09,477 to come to a peace table, and I've got a table. 4 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:11,145 TOBY: What's the President doing, Leo, 5 00:00:11,179 --> 00:00:12,913 a summit? Not today, okay, Toby? 6 00:00:12,946 --> 00:00:14,248 I got enough problems. 7 00:00:14,282 --> 00:00:16,484 Members of Congress were killed, Mr. President. 8 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,586 Instead of seeking justice, you're inviting them 9 00:00:18,619 --> 00:00:20,088 to play dodgeball. Leo still down here? 10 00:00:20,121 --> 00:00:21,189 Yeah, he's in his office. 11 00:00:21,222 --> 00:00:22,823 Why isn't he up at Camp David? 12 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,759 When are you planning to discuss Jerusalem? That'll be the last thing. 13 00:00:25,793 --> 00:00:27,528 Because it's the only... Damn it, don't you think 14 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:28,229 I know that?! 15 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:29,497 You want me to start 16 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:31,232 something that may have serious repercussions 17 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:32,933 on American foreign policy for decades! 18 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:34,302 It's the appropriate, balanced... 19 00:00:34,335 --> 00:00:36,170 Tell me how this ends, Leo! 20 00:00:36,204 --> 00:00:38,506 My counsel is no longer of use to you. 21 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:41,442 I'll need your successor in place before you leave. 22 00:00:41,475 --> 00:00:43,211 C.J.: I'm pleased to announce 23 00:00:43,244 --> 00:00:45,279 that this afternoon at 2:00 24 00:00:45,313 --> 00:00:46,614 Prime Minister Zahabi, 25 00:00:46,647 --> 00:00:48,482 Chairman Farad and President Bartlett 26 00:00:48,516 --> 00:00:51,018 will hold a joint press conference in the East Room 27 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:54,688 ( cell phone ringing ) to describe a tentative accord that's been reached 28 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:55,823 between the parties. 29 00:00:57,258 --> 00:00:59,827 ( ringing continues) 30 00:01:02,330 --> 00:01:04,498 ( ringing continues ) 31 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:09,069 Think the President should address 32 00:01:09,103 --> 00:01:10,771 a joint session of Congress? On the phone. 33 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:13,541 He should address them on the phone? No, I'm on the phone. 34 00:01:13,574 --> 00:01:15,643 Yeah, Signal, try Mr. McGarry again, It's urgent. 35 00:01:15,676 --> 00:01:18,612 My fellow Americans, please deposit 50 cents 36 00:01:18,646 --> 00:01:19,380 for three more paragraphs. 37 00:01:19,413 --> 00:01:20,781 When he comes back from Camp David, 38 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:22,950 they're gonna have to welcome him like a conquering hero. 39 00:01:22,983 --> 00:01:24,218 No, operator, 40 00:01:24,252 --> 00:01:26,854 if-if his battery was dead, it wouldn't... 41 00:01:26,887 --> 00:01:28,356 Yes, it's still urgent. 42 00:01:28,389 --> 00:01:29,623 I already tried him five times. 43 00:01:29,657 --> 00:01:31,192 We're signing a peace accord in four hours, 44 00:01:31,225 --> 00:01:32,926 his cell phone should be stapled to his forehead. 45 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:34,228 Maybe he's at Foggy Bottom. 46 00:01:34,262 --> 00:01:36,564 Yeah. Signal, try Leo McGarry again 47 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,199 and try the secretary's office at State. 48 00:01:38,232 --> 00:01:39,600 Peace in our time. 49 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:41,369 All downhill from here. 50 00:01:42,803 --> 00:01:45,173 The Republican leadership's in the Roosevelt Room. 51 00:01:45,206 --> 00:01:46,707 They've been waiting 20 minutes. 52 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:48,676 Waiting why? They have a meeting with Leo. 53 00:01:48,709 --> 00:01:50,178 I can't find him anywhere. 54 00:01:50,211 --> 00:01:51,612 You can't find him? 55 00:01:51,645 --> 00:01:53,647 ( phone ringing ) 56 00:01:56,650 --> 00:01:58,919 JOSH: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Majority Leader. 57 00:01:58,952 --> 00:01:59,987 TOBY: We're taking this meeting. 58 00:02:00,020 --> 00:02:02,122 Leo's got a thing at Foggy Bottom. 59 00:02:02,156 --> 00:02:04,225 He's got a thing? Yeah, who knows why 60 00:02:04,258 --> 00:02:05,859 he'd be busy-- it's not like we brokered 61 00:02:05,893 --> 00:02:07,127 a major peace deal last night. 62 00:02:07,161 --> 00:02:09,197 Don't get me wrong, you guys are doing great work 63 00:02:09,230 --> 00:02:10,931 on the soy-based fuel subsidy. 64 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:13,467 What Josh means is... Maybe he means someone's got to pay 65 00:02:13,501 --> 00:02:15,869 for 20,000 peacekeepers to enforce your peace deal, 66 00:02:15,903 --> 00:02:18,206 and the money's not coming out of the soy- based fuel subsidy. 67 00:02:18,239 --> 00:02:19,773 Due respect-- 68 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:21,609 you never thought we'd get a deal, and we did. 69 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:23,611 They're gonna be scraping faces off Mount Rushmore. 70 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:24,945 It's a news roadblock. 71 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:26,414 There's no use honking your horn. 72 00:02:26,447 --> 00:02:28,349 What Josh, uh, is trying to say... 73 00:02:28,382 --> 00:02:30,284 HAFFLEY: Enjoy your roadblock, which'll last 74 00:02:30,318 --> 00:02:31,752 a day, maybe two, 'cause then the story 75 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:33,854 goes to Congress and whose kids are gonna serve 76 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:35,989 and who's gonna pay, and I don't have to honk. 77 00:02:36,023 --> 00:02:37,124 I'll repave the road. 78 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:39,026 If you called this meeting to talk about... 79 00:02:39,059 --> 00:02:40,127 We called this meeting 80 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,529 to talk about a tax cut. 81 00:02:41,562 --> 00:02:43,431 A tax cut. A $300 82 00:02:43,464 --> 00:02:45,533 expansion of the child tax credit. 83 00:02:45,566 --> 00:02:46,600 We scheduled this with Leo 84 00:02:46,634 --> 00:02:48,969 more than a week ago. Well, now we have 85 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:50,638 a peace to keep. The one you made 86 00:02:50,671 --> 00:02:52,906 by appeasing terrorists who're gonna come right back 87 00:02:52,940 --> 00:02:54,342 with badly wired pipe bombs. 88 00:02:54,375 --> 00:02:56,644 Okay, I think badly wired's the good kind. 89 00:02:56,677 --> 00:02:58,646 Have you seen the deficit projections? 90 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:01,081 If we do tax cuts on top of peacekeeping, 91 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:02,216 we'll drown in red ink. 92 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:05,118 You're talking about an open-ended deployment 93 00:03:05,152 --> 00:03:06,387 with no exit strategy. 94 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:08,389 We're giving you a way to grease the skids. 95 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:10,023 Help us pass a tax cut, 96 00:03:10,057 --> 00:03:11,959 then we'll vote on peacekeeping. 97 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:14,127 You're trying to derail the peace plan. 98 00:03:14,161 --> 00:03:16,297 We're trying to help families raise their kids. 99 00:03:16,330 --> 00:03:17,565 Makes perfect sense in Peoria. 100 00:03:17,598 --> 00:03:19,600 Peoria doesn't have a budget deficit. 101 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,535 You expect the President to sign this? 102 00:03:21,569 --> 00:03:22,202 And get us 103 00:03:22,236 --> 00:03:23,804 60 Democratic votes in the House 104 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:26,540 to guarantee passage and make sure Democrats 105 00:03:26,574 --> 00:03:29,343 can't attack us for it later. 106 00:03:29,377 --> 00:03:30,678 CHARLIE: Thanks. 107 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,549 Signal's still trying to reach Leo. 108 00:03:35,583 --> 00:03:38,319 Thank you. And let's get a little flowchart going. 109 00:03:38,352 --> 00:03:39,487 State calls the foreign ministers; 110 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,154 I call the heads of state. 111 00:03:41,188 --> 00:03:43,557 Like tag-team wrestling without the body slams. 112 00:03:43,591 --> 00:03:46,126 All set to pile-drive Germany, sir. 113 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:47,695 Thank you. I want to round up 114 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:49,863 as much international support as we can 115 00:03:49,897 --> 00:03:51,532 before the 2:00 peace signing. 116 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:53,033 The minute the peace plan gets through 117 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,135 the Hamas leadership, the Knesset is gonna take up the debate... 118 00:03:55,168 --> 00:03:57,104 We have a problem with our own leadership, sir. 119 00:03:57,137 --> 00:03:58,272 The Republicans 120 00:03:58,306 --> 00:04:00,207 want a tax cut before they vote on peacekeeping. 121 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,775 I'm surprised they didn't wear ski masks 122 00:04:01,809 --> 00:04:03,243 and ask for it in a brown paper bag. 123 00:04:03,277 --> 00:04:04,545 Apparently, Leo knew about this. 124 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:06,647 Okay. We haven't been able to reach him. 125 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,215 We need this vote, sir-- if it means 126 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:09,383 choking down a tax credit... 127 00:04:09,417 --> 00:04:10,684 I think we should wait for Leo. 128 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:14,722 What is it? 129 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:17,658 Barracks Security found Leo in the woods at Camp David. 130 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:19,860 They think it's a massive heart attack. 131 00:04:19,893 --> 00:04:21,962 They're flying him to Bethesda Naval right now. 132 00:04:23,664 --> 00:04:27,435 Captioning sponsored by NBC 133 00:04:27,468 --> 00:04:31,639 WARNER BROS. TELEVISION 134 00:05:10,344 --> 00:05:12,380 He was unconscious for a long time. 135 00:05:12,413 --> 00:05:14,615 It's a miracle he has brain function. 136 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:17,217 Every minute damages the heart muscle more. 137 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:18,786 What kind of damage? 138 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:19,787 They don't know yet. 139 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:21,522 Will they operate? They don't know yet. 140 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:23,256 These are supposed to be the best 141 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:24,425 thoracic surgeons in the world. 142 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:25,959 What the hell do they know? 143 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:26,927 That time is muscle, Jed. 144 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,431 They're going to do everything they can. 145 00:05:33,601 --> 00:05:35,403 Look, there's no point in everyone going. 146 00:05:35,436 --> 00:05:36,870 He's gonna be out for hours. 147 00:05:36,904 --> 00:05:39,507 Charlie can call back with any updates. 148 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:41,942 Should we be thinking about postponing the peace signing? 149 00:05:41,975 --> 00:05:43,210 No. I'll be back in time. 150 00:05:43,243 --> 00:05:44,177 TOBY: Should we work out some... 151 00:05:44,211 --> 00:05:45,479 A quick vote on peacekeeping, 152 00:05:45,513 --> 00:05:47,415 and a big show of international support. 153 00:05:47,448 --> 00:05:49,850 A Security Council resolution would be ideal. 154 00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:53,454 ( siren wailing ) 155 00:06:09,503 --> 00:06:11,071 Balloon angio was aborted. 156 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:12,406 He got three migs of morphine. 157 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:13,507 We'll give him two more. 158 00:06:13,541 --> 00:06:14,675 Thoracic team's scrubbing in. 159 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,510 Mr. McGarry, do you understand me? 160 00:06:16,544 --> 00:06:17,711 You have near total blockage 161 00:06:17,745 --> 00:06:19,179 in two of the main arteries to your heart. 162 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:24,685 Dr. Karnow's one of the best heart surgeons in the Northeast. 163 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:25,886 C.J.: We should be at the hospital. 164 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:28,221 Yeah. You know, he looked pale last night. 165 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:30,491 I just thought it was a White House tan. 166 00:06:31,492 --> 00:06:33,260 Could we never use that expression again? 167 00:06:33,293 --> 00:06:34,828 He should've paced himself more. 168 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:38,632 This isn't a guy who treats his body like a temple. 169 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,902 TOBY: All right, no Leo. 170 00:06:41,935 --> 00:06:43,737 We'll be lucky to get the President back for the signing. 171 00:06:43,771 --> 00:06:46,273 Let's get organized. The NSC's handling the signing ceremony. 172 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:47,708 JOSH: Remarks are done. 173 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,877 Legislative Affairs is making notification calls. 174 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:51,679 Carol says you're having an interagency meeting 175 00:06:51,712 --> 00:06:53,346 on homelessness and mental health? 176 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:54,815 I was. That's a good idea. 177 00:06:54,848 --> 00:06:57,451 I pushed it back. 178 00:06:57,485 --> 00:06:59,252 Look, we're in the middle 179 00:06:59,286 --> 00:07:01,589 of an intersection without a traffic cop. 180 00:07:01,622 --> 00:07:04,958 If we want, we can run things through me. 181 00:07:04,992 --> 00:07:06,660 If we want? 182 00:07:06,694 --> 00:07:08,629 I'm talking about a process. 183 00:07:08,662 --> 00:07:13,066 And if we want to sacrifice livestock in your name...? 184 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,068 Fine, a decision-making tree. 185 00:07:15,102 --> 00:07:17,170 How about you be the Communications Director; you be 186 00:07:17,204 --> 00:07:18,205 the Deputy Chief of Staff. 187 00:07:18,238 --> 00:07:19,573 We can use the old barn for a stage. 188 00:07:19,607 --> 00:07:21,642 How do I tell the press about Leo? 189 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:23,511 Just put out a statement-- there's too much 190 00:07:23,544 --> 00:07:25,178 we can't answer. Yeah. What matters most 191 00:07:25,212 --> 00:07:26,647 in the next 72 hours is showing 192 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,148 that the peace accord can hold. 193 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:29,149 In other words, 194 00:07:29,182 --> 00:07:30,417 A tax cut. a tax cut. 195 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,886 Are we free-associating? 196 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:33,887 The leadership wants 197 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:35,623 60 Democratic votes for a tax cut. 198 00:07:35,656 --> 00:07:36,790 Or no vote on peacekeeping. 199 00:07:36,824 --> 00:07:39,359 Which makes it hard to build a coalition. 200 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:40,728 And scrape faces off Mount Rushmore. 201 00:07:40,761 --> 00:07:42,062 But it makes perfect sense 202 00:07:42,095 --> 00:07:42,863 in Peoria. 203 00:07:42,896 --> 00:07:44,765 And yet here we are, far from Peoria 204 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,233 and far from making any sense. 205 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:47,801 I'll put out that statement. 206 00:07:47,835 --> 00:07:50,904 Okay, start with ranking Democrats on Ways and Means. 207 00:07:50,938 --> 00:07:53,607 They can deliver 30, 40 votes right off the bat. 208 00:07:53,641 --> 00:07:54,942 No specifics, okay? 209 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:57,578 We're just jacking up a tax credit 210 00:07:57,611 --> 00:07:59,647 that's already on the books. 211 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,515 Carol, call State, let's try to get 212 00:08:01,549 --> 00:08:02,750 statements endorsing the peace plan 213 00:08:02,783 --> 00:08:04,417 from every member of the UN Security Council. 214 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:05,653 If we get them all, it could make 215 00:08:05,686 --> 00:08:07,487 a Security Council resolution seem like a done deal. 216 00:08:07,521 --> 00:08:09,122 We've already got Germany, Japan and Bulgaria. 217 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:11,058 State's sending them as they get them. Great. 218 00:08:11,091 --> 00:08:13,093 You might want to start gathering statements 219 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:15,395 from Security Council members, build momentum 220 00:08:15,428 --> 00:08:17,097 toward that resolution. 221 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:18,966 We can tell the President it was your idea. 222 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:20,901 Thanks. 223 00:08:20,934 --> 00:08:23,303 Hey, why don't you work with State, 224 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,538 bundle together any public statements 225 00:08:24,572 --> 00:08:27,440 from members of the Security Council. 226 00:08:27,474 --> 00:08:28,609 I got your back on this. 227 00:08:28,642 --> 00:08:30,778 My back gets your back. 228 00:08:33,547 --> 00:08:34,247 This day's gonna be 229 00:08:34,281 --> 00:08:35,616 an absolute nightmare. 230 00:08:35,649 --> 00:08:38,586 What were the indications for bypass as opposed to a PTCA? 231 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:39,787 Lesion's too extensive. 232 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:41,789 He was in profound cardiogenic shock. 233 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:43,924 Saphenous grafts? The internal mammary isn't viable. 234 00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:46,459 How long till he's off the pump? 235 00:08:46,493 --> 00:08:47,327 Three hours, 236 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,629 maybe more. Three hours. 237 00:08:48,662 --> 00:08:50,631 Yeah, he was down a long time. 238 00:08:50,664 --> 00:08:52,165 Time being muscle. 239 00:08:52,199 --> 00:08:53,867 Yes, sir. 240 00:08:53,901 --> 00:08:56,303 I'll come back when I have more. 241 00:08:56,336 --> 00:08:57,671 Thank you. 242 00:09:01,942 --> 00:09:05,312 Hey. I'm gonna be gone for about an hour. 243 00:09:05,345 --> 00:09:06,479 Call me if you hear anything, okay? 244 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:07,648 State's already got draft language 245 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:08,816 for a Security Council resolution. 246 00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:10,483 Yeah, I heard Russia's on board. 247 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:12,185 But Indonesia's threatening to vote against it, 248 00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:14,755 and Turkmenistan's banging on cans for no reason I can fathom. 249 00:09:14,788 --> 00:09:17,057 Don't comment on Turkmenistan; don't even say the name. 250 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:18,926 Why not? Their president's looney tunes. 251 00:09:18,959 --> 00:09:21,128 He created a holiday for his favorite melon. 252 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:24,131 A holiday for a melon? He mandated that the Turkmen people 253 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:27,835 gnaw on bones like dogs to strengthen their teeth-- he's nuts. 254 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:30,070 Well, he's got a Security Council vote as a chew toy. 255 00:09:30,103 --> 00:09:32,439 Turkmenistan's taking its turn as a rotating member. 256 00:09:32,472 --> 00:09:34,407 Ignore him-- he'll fall in line. 257 00:09:34,441 --> 00:09:35,743 Where are you going? 258 00:09:35,776 --> 00:09:37,310 Meet Donna's plane at Andrews. 259 00:09:40,981 --> 00:09:43,784 Anyone who says these jobs don't come with a cost... 260 00:09:43,817 --> 00:09:45,786 Yeah. 261 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,990 Look at you. 262 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:51,224 What? Leo's having 263 00:09:51,258 --> 00:09:53,426 his chest cracked open, and all morning you've been headed 264 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:54,662 toward a high-fructose coma. 265 00:09:54,695 --> 00:09:56,463 I just eat this stuff when it's lying around. 266 00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:58,031 Which is all the time. You know what? 267 00:09:58,065 --> 00:10:01,568 Do me a favor, 'cause I'd like to see you live past the age of 12. 268 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:02,970 Stay off junk for the rest of the week-- 269 00:10:03,003 --> 00:10:04,972 see if you can survive on, you know, food-- 270 00:10:05,005 --> 00:10:07,007 and I'll cook you dinner this weekend. 271 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,176 Wearing an apron and one of those floppy hats? 272 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:10,143 Wearing anything you like. 273 00:10:11,578 --> 00:10:14,214 I mean... You know perfectly well what I mean. 274 00:10:14,247 --> 00:10:15,182 You're on. 275 00:10:17,651 --> 00:10:18,852 Piece of cake. 276 00:10:20,587 --> 00:10:22,923 NEWSMAN ( over TV ): According to excerpts made available by the White House, 277 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:24,758 the President will declare that "peace, 278 00:10:24,792 --> 00:10:27,194 so long within our sight, is now within our grasp." 279 00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:29,629 Many believe that the Camp David summit 280 00:10:29,663 --> 00:10:31,464 was a fool's errand to begin with, 281 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:32,866 tilting at historical windmills... 282 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:35,602 Stress actually restricts the flow of blood 283 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:37,637 through the coronary arteries. 284 00:10:37,671 --> 00:10:39,106 NEWSWOMAN: ...the President won't actually be 285 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:41,141 a signatory for the peace accord. 286 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:44,077 What I'm saying is, it's physiological. 287 00:10:44,111 --> 00:10:46,579 Unless you wanted him meditating his way 288 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:47,981 through intelligence briefings 289 00:10:48,015 --> 00:10:50,083 and sleeping in a flotation tank, 290 00:10:50,117 --> 00:10:53,020 there's nothing you did... I fired him. 291 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:54,021 What? 292 00:10:54,054 --> 00:10:57,124 Last night at Camp David, I fired him. 293 00:11:01,094 --> 00:11:03,130 What does that do to the flow of blood? 294 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:05,298 NEWSMAN: ...above all, the President's putting 295 00:11:05,332 --> 00:11:07,634 America's international stature on the line. 296 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,436 ( monitor beeping steadily ) 297 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:27,687 ( beeping continues ) 298 00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:39,166 and months of escalating violence in the region. 299 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:42,736 Push my homelessness meeting to tomorrow. 300 00:11:42,770 --> 00:11:45,538 The President did a great thing at Camp David. 301 00:11:45,572 --> 00:11:46,573 Yeah. 302 00:11:46,606 --> 00:11:48,976 Any news on Leo? 303 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:50,878 They're trying to stabilize his pressure. 304 00:11:50,911 --> 00:11:52,279 What does that mean, exactly? 305 00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:54,114 No idea, but I wish they'd do it to me. 306 00:11:54,147 --> 00:11:55,282 Congressman, I know you've got 307 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:57,951 a big bloc of Democratic votes on Ways and Means, 308 00:11:57,985 --> 00:11:59,219 and you probably think 309 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:01,654 the timing of this child tax credit is a bit silly. 310 00:12:01,688 --> 00:12:03,223 I don't think it's silly in the least. 311 00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:07,660 We're asking our constituents to support a huge troop deployment. 312 00:12:07,694 --> 00:12:09,462 We ought to give them something first. 313 00:12:09,496 --> 00:12:10,964 How's $300? 314 00:12:10,998 --> 00:12:11,631 Sold. 315 00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:12,966 Free wrapping at the counter. 316 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,634 As many Democrats as you can deliver. 317 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:15,803 We'll release the names today. 318 00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:16,970 How many children 319 00:12:17,004 --> 00:12:19,807 will be eligible for this expanded credit? 320 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,374 Same as the current tax code-- 321 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:22,609 income phase-out at 110K... 322 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:26,513 No, how many children per family? 323 00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:28,816 How many you got? 324 00:12:28,849 --> 00:12:30,884 The deficit hawks are talking 325 00:12:30,918 --> 00:12:34,454 about capping the number of eligible kids. 326 00:12:34,487 --> 00:12:35,755 Promise me we won't. 327 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:37,024 We'll leave that to Congress. 328 00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:38,992 And what does the President say to the parents 329 00:12:39,026 --> 00:12:40,894 who are on their seventh, eighth child? 330 00:12:40,928 --> 00:12:44,164 "Try renting a movie sometime"? 331 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:46,699 The Republicans'll say any disincentive to have kids 332 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:49,436 is two steps short of government-ordered abortion. 333 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,104 You want us to look anti-family? 334 00:12:51,138 --> 00:12:53,740 LACKEY: It's crazy when we're gonna need $50, $60 billion 335 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,775 for peacekeeping. Just crazy. 336 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:57,377 I agree, Congressman, but the leadership 337 00:12:57,410 --> 00:12:59,479 isn't gonna authorize peacekeeping without something 338 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:00,547 to grease the skids. 339 00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:02,582 Fine. Just go easy on the grease. 340 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:03,750 Not too much grease. 341 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:04,985 We've already got an income cutoff. 342 00:13:05,018 --> 00:13:05,886 What more can we do? 343 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:06,854 LACKEY: Put a cap on the number 344 00:13:06,887 --> 00:13:08,421 of kids per family at three or four. 345 00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:10,858 Congressman, only a tiny fraction of families 346 00:13:10,891 --> 00:13:12,192 has more than four kids. 347 00:13:12,225 --> 00:13:15,362 It sends a message about social responsibility 348 00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:16,596 as well as fiscal. 349 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:17,965 Social and fiscal. 350 00:13:17,998 --> 00:13:20,400 We'd prefer to leave the details to Congress. 351 00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:23,470 Peacekeeping's going to explode the deficit. 352 00:13:23,503 --> 00:13:24,671 We should, uh, subsidize 353 00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:26,773 every Rube Goldberg's reproductive glands? 354 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,475 C.J.: They're opening the Qalandia 355 00:13:28,508 --> 00:13:29,509 checkpoint in Jerusalem. 356 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:30,743 I'll need more on that. 357 00:13:30,777 --> 00:13:32,045 And check in with the hospital again. 358 00:13:32,079 --> 00:13:33,180 They've started the bypass. 359 00:13:33,213 --> 00:13:34,814 We won't know anything for a couple hours. 360 00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:36,583 Just make sure they haven't had a power outage. 361 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:37,784 What's next? 362 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,920 You've got a few minutes before NSA. 363 00:13:39,953 --> 00:13:41,721 Josh is in with House Democrats, if you want to sit in. 364 00:13:41,754 --> 00:13:42,990 Nah, I'm fine. 365 00:13:43,023 --> 00:13:44,724 JOSH: Social engineering... 366 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:45,959 it's just not a priority. 367 00:13:45,993 --> 00:13:47,094 I wasn't pushing that. 368 00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:48,828 I just threw it out as a suggestion. 369 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,898 I don't think that... 370 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:54,467 You know we're open 371 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:57,037 to whatever reasonable solution you can come up with. 372 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:02,675 LACKEY: ...may not be popular to say it, 373 00:14:02,709 --> 00:14:05,645 but this is an information age-- we need quality, not quantity. 374 00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:06,846 Thanks. 375 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,149 Excuse me, Congressman, it's just that... 376 00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:14,521 Josh... is diabetic, and I haven't had any lunch. 377 00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:22,129 Anything new? 378 00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:24,064 The damage was pretty severe. 379 00:14:24,097 --> 00:14:26,967 They had to restart his heart when they took off the clamp. 380 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,035 I need to see the President 381 00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:29,336 before he goes back to the hospital. 382 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:31,104 He's in with Will. 383 00:14:31,138 --> 00:14:31,972 Why is he in with Will? 384 00:14:32,005 --> 00:14:32,906 He wanted to see Will. 385 00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:33,974 Well, I want to see him. 386 00:14:34,007 --> 00:14:35,875 I'll try. He won't be here long. 387 00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:43,750 I heard you finished your courses. 388 00:14:43,783 --> 00:14:44,985 You're done at Georgetown. 389 00:14:45,018 --> 00:14:46,319 I've still got some requirements. 390 00:14:46,353 --> 00:14:47,220 Besides courses? 391 00:14:47,254 --> 00:14:49,256 A swim test, stuff like that. Ah. 392 00:14:51,691 --> 00:14:55,495 Well, let me know when Will paddles back to the shallow end. 393 00:14:55,528 --> 00:14:56,429 CHRIS: Syria wishes 394 00:14:56,463 --> 00:14:57,965 the Golan Heights had been on the table. 395 00:14:57,998 --> 00:14:59,199 And Holland wishes little rounds 396 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:00,733 of gouda had been on the table-- 397 00:15:00,767 --> 00:15:01,768 life's full of disappointments. 398 00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:03,203 My sources say congressional leaders 399 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:04,704 have concerns about the peace plan. 400 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,839 Well, my sources-- the major networks-- 401 00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:08,141 have shown them trashing it for days, 402 00:15:08,175 --> 00:15:09,542 so I can't say that's a surprise, 403 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:10,710 but we're working with them now. 404 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:11,945 CHRIS: Any word on Leo? 405 00:15:11,979 --> 00:15:13,513 C.J.: Still in surgery. 406 00:15:13,546 --> 00:15:14,681 That's all I have. 407 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:16,516 Thanks, C.J. 408 00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:22,255 BROCK: So is it gonna be Josh or Toby? 409 00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:23,056 What? 410 00:15:23,090 --> 00:15:24,457 The new White House Chief of Staff. 411 00:15:24,491 --> 00:15:26,159 Gee, C.J., I'm sorry your boss and dear friend 412 00:15:26,193 --> 00:15:27,694 is sprawled across an operating table 413 00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:28,861 having his veins harvested, 414 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:30,163 but I do think it's kind of neat 415 00:15:30,197 --> 00:15:31,231 the President single-handedly 416 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:32,532 forged a major peace deal. 417 00:15:32,565 --> 00:15:34,601 Why don't I write about it till my typewriter's 418 00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:35,702 tangled up in ribbon? 419 00:15:35,735 --> 00:15:36,736 All done? 420 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:37,737 Unless I'm playing both parts, yes. 421 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,072 Well, jeepers, Brock, 422 00:15:39,106 --> 00:15:41,874 you care about Leo, too, but there's a power vacuum here, 423 00:15:41,908 --> 00:15:42,909 and your editors don't take puff pieces, 424 00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:44,044 and you haven't owned a typewriter 425 00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:45,745 since the Coolidge administration. 426 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:46,513 I would never say "jeepers." 427 00:15:46,546 --> 00:15:47,614 Would, too. Would not. 428 00:15:47,647 --> 00:15:48,281 Would, too. 429 00:15:48,315 --> 00:15:49,582 Would not, and we're riding 430 00:15:49,616 --> 00:15:51,951 one of the best press waves of this Presidency. 431 00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:53,853 The words "Nobel Peace Prize" were in two separate 432 00:15:53,886 --> 00:15:55,322 wire stories, so I don't have to play 433 00:15:55,355 --> 00:15:57,524 your game of inside baseball today. 434 00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:58,858 What's Leo's prognosis? 435 00:15:58,891 --> 00:16:00,027 Good. In the middle of a bypass, 436 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:01,161 you have no way of knowing that. 437 00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:02,495 Then why'd you ask? 438 00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:05,265 Because we're talking about the virtual co-President, 439 00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:06,933 and you can't tell me who's running the place 440 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:07,800 in his absence. 441 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:08,968 The President's running it. 442 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,370 How many hours did he spend at the hospital 443 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:12,039 this morning? He's cleared his afternoon schedule. 444 00:16:12,072 --> 00:16:13,406 Does that mean he's going back? 445 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,875 The Israeli and Palestinian delegations are at Andrews. 446 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:17,844 The President's finished his public schedule. 447 00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:21,014 C.J., I can hold off my editors for a day, 448 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:22,982 maybe two, but pretty soon we're gonna have 449 00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:24,751 to know who's filling his shoes. 450 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,556 PRESIDENT: Don't worry, Mr. Prime Minister, 451 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:32,292 Congress is going to schedule a vote. 452 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:33,493 Yes, sir. 453 00:16:35,562 --> 00:16:37,497 I appreciate your help. 454 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:38,631 Thank you. 455 00:16:41,234 --> 00:16:44,504 I'll do the rest of these from Bethesda. 456 00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:46,173 You sure I can skip the reception? 457 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:48,541 Delegations are gone-- NSC says it's fine. 458 00:16:48,575 --> 00:16:49,876 Okay. 459 00:16:49,909 --> 00:16:51,010 Sir, 460 00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:53,213 I've never been prouder to work here 461 00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:55,115 than I was this afternoon, when the Chairman 462 00:16:55,148 --> 00:16:57,650 and the Prime Minister shook hands, and you... 463 00:16:57,684 --> 00:16:59,752 Watched them shake hands. 464 00:16:59,786 --> 00:17:01,488 Leo would be proud, too. 465 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:02,855 Will be proud. 466 00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:05,458 He had his reservations about all this. 467 00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:07,294 I'm not saying it won't blow up in your face. 468 00:17:07,327 --> 00:17:09,062 Sir? 469 00:17:09,096 --> 00:17:10,763 I'll pack up everything 470 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:11,698 and meet you at the hospital. 471 00:17:11,731 --> 00:17:13,133 Okay. 472 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:17,237 Anything from... 473 00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:18,771 No. 474 00:17:18,805 --> 00:17:20,940 This, uh, tax bill we're working on 475 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:21,941 for the leadership... 476 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:23,976 Just get us a vote on peacekeeping. 477 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:24,977 Some of the deficit hawks 478 00:17:25,011 --> 00:17:26,746 want us to cap the number of kids. 479 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:28,014 I'm thinking four, 480 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:29,849 but, then, you stopped at three. 481 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:32,319 That's probably a barrelful. 482 00:17:32,352 --> 00:17:33,653 Let me know when you get a vote. 483 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:41,828 You know, if you want someone working out of Leo's office... 484 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,896 just to... 485 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:46,766 Shout if you need anything... 486 00:17:49,136 --> 00:17:50,737 I'll let you know when we got a vote. 487 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:52,071 Thank you. 488 00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:57,344 NEWSCASTER: This is a major victory for the Bartlet White House. 489 00:17:57,377 --> 00:18:00,247 We do expect a heavy U.S. military presence in the region 490 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,882 to enforce what could be a fragile peace... 491 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:04,584 How was your meeting with the President? 492 00:18:04,617 --> 00:18:05,985 He asked me to pitch in. 493 00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:07,954 I'm surprised you didn't pitch a tent. 494 00:18:07,987 --> 00:18:08,988 Can we do some business before we head 495 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:10,457 to the hospital? Lebanon's come out 496 00:18:10,490 --> 00:18:12,492 against the accord, now France may oppose 497 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,727 a Security Council resolution until Congress acts. 498 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:15,895 They don't want to get stuck 499 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:17,096 doing all the peacekeeping. 500 00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:18,198 The President of Turkmenistan's 501 00:18:18,231 --> 00:18:19,532 saying he flipped Lebanon. 502 00:18:19,566 --> 00:18:21,934 He's lying. We should throw an elbow. 503 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:24,904 This is some nutbag dictator-of-the-week 504 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,539 begging for surplus rutabagas. 505 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:28,808 And you, my friend, are a bounder and a cheat. 506 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,577 You tried to entrap me 507 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:31,344 with those brownies. 508 00:18:31,378 --> 00:18:32,512 I didn't put those there, 509 00:18:32,545 --> 00:18:34,214 but if you want traps, mine have metal jaws. 510 00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:35,248 TOBY: Folks, the President 511 00:18:35,282 --> 00:18:36,849 wants a unanimous Security Council vote. 512 00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:40,019 We've lost three countries in the last hour and both 513 00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:42,289 our diplomatic heavies are in a cardiac ward. 514 00:18:45,091 --> 00:18:47,126 So, we tell State to lean on France, 515 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:48,895 slap a tariff on baguettes, 516 00:18:48,928 --> 00:18:50,263 squeeze 'em with everything we got. 517 00:18:50,297 --> 00:18:51,431 Sounds good. Great idea. 518 00:18:52,899 --> 00:18:53,933 Except, the Secretary's 519 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,435 not returning my calls right now. 520 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:55,868 Me, too. 521 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:56,869 Me neither. 522 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:58,171 Do we have 60 votes on this tax cut? 523 00:18:58,205 --> 00:19:00,006 Some Congressional action would really help. 524 00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:01,508 I got 23. JOSH: I got 27, 525 00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:03,543 plus the Whip's making calls. 526 00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:04,477 I'll get us home. 527 00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:07,414 I had to promise not to cap the number of kids, 528 00:19:07,447 --> 00:19:08,781 as if anyone in their right mind would want to... 529 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:10,517 Capped at four. 530 00:19:10,550 --> 00:19:12,385 I just told the deficit hawks we would. 531 00:19:12,419 --> 00:19:14,521 You weren't supposed to negotiate specifics. 532 00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:15,388 And you were?! 533 00:19:15,422 --> 00:19:17,357 "No cap" doesn't count as a specific?! 534 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:19,158 When did we become the Chinese population bureau? 535 00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:21,394 I forgot this was the free love clinic. 536 00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:22,762 Let me go get my kaftan. 537 00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:25,031 There better be 23 votes hidden in that lining... 538 00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:26,466 Okay, okay-- what if we get Treasury 539 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:27,467 to crank out a quick estimate? 540 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,101 This cap might not save much anyway, 541 00:19:29,135 --> 00:19:30,303 maybe Josh can woo back his 27 542 00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:32,739 without losing your 23. 543 00:19:32,772 --> 00:19:34,641 I'll call the Office of Tax Analysis at Treasury. 544 00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:36,376 You'd better look for more votes 545 00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:37,410 in case that doesn't work. 546 00:19:37,444 --> 00:19:38,845 Leo's office got meeting requests 547 00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:39,979 from a couple of backbenchers. 548 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,080 Well, call 'em off the bench, 549 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:42,382 and find more benches. 550 00:19:42,415 --> 00:19:43,783 What about Turkmenistan? 551 00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:47,153 It's a nation of Labradors run by Zeppo Marx. 552 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:49,656 Can we please stop talking about Turkmenistan? 553 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,959 Five hours he's been on the pump, you blanched at three. 554 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:55,962 What can I say? Five is more than three. 555 00:19:55,995 --> 00:19:59,065 I don't want you to sugarcoat this. 556 00:19:59,098 --> 00:20:00,433 If I knew how, I would. 557 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:04,671 Mr. President, Mrs. Bartlet. 558 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:05,872 ABBEY: Toby. 559 00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:06,839 PRESIDENT: We're still waiting. 560 00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:09,276 Mallory told us downstairs. 561 00:20:11,311 --> 00:20:13,913 Sir, may I have a moment of your time? 562 00:20:26,326 --> 00:20:27,294 About tomorrow's schedule. 563 00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:29,095 I'm staying here. 564 00:20:29,128 --> 00:20:30,263 All day. 565 00:20:30,297 --> 00:20:32,231 I don't know, Toby, there are a few variables 566 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:33,232 floating around. 567 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,601 Sir, you have to name an interim 568 00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:35,435 Chief of Staff. 569 00:20:35,468 --> 00:20:37,203 Leo is my interim Chief of Staff. 570 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,605 For two days, for two weeks, 571 00:20:38,638 --> 00:20:39,572 especially if you're going to be... 572 00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:40,807 He's been in surgery five hours. 573 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,442 You want to walk in and take his car keys? 574 00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:45,578 No, sir, and I care about his surgery, 575 00:20:45,612 --> 00:20:48,715 but we're fumbling the tax bill, 576 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:52,419 our diplomatic strategy is a... is a game of telephone 577 00:20:52,452 --> 00:20:55,688 and these are the things we're spending time on. 578 00:20:55,722 --> 00:20:57,757 Read the coverage. We're doing fine. 579 00:20:57,790 --> 00:20:59,659 Today, sure, 580 00:20:59,692 --> 00:21:02,529 and the second-day story's how you pulled it off. 581 00:21:02,562 --> 00:21:03,996 But the third-day story 582 00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:05,832 is that Congress doesn't want to pay, 583 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:08,200 that our coalition's fraying, that the spokes 584 00:21:08,234 --> 00:21:09,201 are coming off the wheel... 585 00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:10,370 It's a couple of days. 586 00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:11,638 This was totally unexpected. 587 00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:12,839 No, it wasn't. 588 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,709 Not with Leo's history with alcohol, 589 00:21:16,743 --> 00:21:17,910 with pills. 590 00:21:17,944 --> 00:21:19,679 Mr. President... 591 00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:23,816 ...surely you had a process in place. 592 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:27,219 Not for this, and I'm not having this conversation here. 593 00:21:27,253 --> 00:21:29,689 You think we'd even be doing this without him? 594 00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:33,292 No, sir, but Leo is one person. 595 00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:35,328 And there's 290 million more 596 00:21:35,362 --> 00:21:36,996 and they come first. 597 00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:41,868 They finished the bypass. 598 00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:44,471 His heart won't function without the machines. 599 00:21:44,504 --> 00:21:46,406 They'll try again in a few hours. 600 00:21:46,439 --> 00:21:49,075 We have to talk to Mallory about options, 601 00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:51,344 in case that doesn't work. 602 00:21:51,378 --> 00:21:52,945 Anything else? 603 00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:54,881 No, sir. 604 00:22:04,991 --> 00:22:06,325 The surgery went well, 605 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,895 but his heart still won't beat on its own. 606 00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:09,896 So he's one for two. 607 00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:11,931 Yeah. One for two. 608 00:22:11,964 --> 00:22:12,865 Welcome home, Donna. 609 00:22:12,899 --> 00:22:14,266 Hi. 610 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,202 You shouldn't wheel me around like this. 611 00:22:16,235 --> 00:22:17,737 I want to wheel you around. 612 00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:19,406 I feel like one of those Soviet Premiers 613 00:22:19,439 --> 00:22:21,240 who's secretly been dead for ten years. 614 00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:22,575 Your speeches to the Comintern 615 00:22:22,609 --> 00:22:24,010 have been a little flat lately. 616 00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:25,678 Donna, hi. 617 00:22:25,712 --> 00:22:26,546 Hi. 618 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:28,481 I've... got CEA, I wish I could... 619 00:22:28,515 --> 00:22:30,116 It's so great to have you back. 620 00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:31,618 You're weak, and you know you're weak. 621 00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:33,453 Belly up to the griddle, Grizelda. 622 00:22:33,486 --> 00:22:36,389 Are we opening a restaurant? 623 00:22:36,423 --> 00:22:37,857 C.J.'s trying to trap me 624 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:40,460 and she's going down like a cheap pair of salad tongs. 625 00:22:40,493 --> 00:22:41,360 I'm not sure I follow your... 626 00:22:41,394 --> 00:22:42,429 We'll get to that later. 627 00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:43,796 Hang on one second. I gotta get this. 628 00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:44,797 Don't go anywhere. 629 00:22:44,831 --> 00:22:45,798 Okay. 630 00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:50,837 Mr. Speaker, the President's not looking to muscle you, 631 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,205 that's why I'm here and not Josh. 632 00:22:53,239 --> 00:22:54,407 Okay. 633 00:22:54,441 --> 00:22:56,743 We almost had the 60 Democrats. 634 00:22:56,776 --> 00:22:59,779 And then half of them wanted a cap on the number of kids, 635 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:01,748 the other half didn't, things fell apart. 636 00:23:01,781 --> 00:23:03,382 There's other Democrats out there. 637 00:23:03,416 --> 00:23:04,917 And we're looking to take those meetings 638 00:23:04,951 --> 00:23:06,686 and we're trying to hold the ones we had, 639 00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:07,787 but the President's hoping 640 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:10,590 Congress can vote on peacekeeping first. 641 00:23:10,623 --> 00:23:12,559 I'm here to sweeten the deal-- 642 00:23:12,592 --> 00:23:14,827 a $400 tax credit. 643 00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,965 ( phone rings ) 644 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:21,501 Yes? 645 00:23:21,534 --> 00:23:24,336 Uh, sure, I'll put him on speakerphone. 646 00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:25,237 Hello? 647 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:26,539 JOSH: Mr. Speaker, 648 00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:28,875 the President's going postal over this tax credit. 649 00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:31,043 I practically had to peel him off the ceiling. 650 00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:32,178 I may be able to talk him down, 651 00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:34,747 but you're gonna have to move on peacekeeping now. 652 00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:38,150 Josh. 653 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:41,721 Toby? 654 00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:42,822 Hi. 655 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:47,126 If you want to get back to... 656 00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:48,695 Sweetening the deal? 657 00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:50,863 Did I mention it's a very low ceiling? 658 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:53,533 Allow me to speak from my own ceiling-- 659 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:56,603 60 Democrats, or no vote on peacekeeping. 660 00:23:56,636 --> 00:23:58,605 I've got a quorum call, 661 00:23:58,638 --> 00:24:02,542 but I'm, oh, so happy I could bring you two together. 662 00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:03,943 Bye-bye, Josh. 663 00:24:03,976 --> 00:24:05,745 Toby. 664 00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:08,681 ( door closes ) 665 00:24:08,715 --> 00:24:11,518 Okay, the thing about good-cop, bad-cop-- 666 00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:12,685 Usually helps... 667 00:24:17,857 --> 00:24:20,092 I need to know when Toby's back from the Hill. 668 00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:21,227 He's trying to anoint himself 669 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:23,129 Lord of the Flies. 670 00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:25,397 And, uh, get me 671 00:24:25,431 --> 00:24:26,766 the Democratic Whip. 672 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,234 You know there's an intercom. 673 00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:29,435 And, uh, Donna... 674 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:30,803 You know, you can just use... 675 00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:36,943 ...the intercom. 676 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:37,644 BROCK: C.J. 677 00:24:37,677 --> 00:24:39,245 Hate to take your time with this. 678 00:24:39,278 --> 00:24:40,613 What do you think my time's for, big boy? 679 00:24:40,647 --> 00:24:41,948 Don't do that, 'cause now I've gotta 680 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:42,782 do my lousy Cary Grant, 681 00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:44,183 and you end up stealing the scene anyway. 682 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,618 What do you need? 683 00:24:45,652 --> 00:24:47,687 Who's the new White House Chief of Staff? 684 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:48,888 I'll tell you about him. 685 00:24:48,921 --> 00:24:50,757 His name's Leo McGarry, he comes out of Chicago, 686 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:52,358 an unconventional choice, sure, but... 687 00:24:52,391 --> 00:24:53,726 I thought we were off the '30s comedy. 688 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:54,961 Leo just got out of bypass, 689 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,763 a few more hours, he could be out of the woods. 690 00:24:56,796 --> 00:24:59,098 Hmm. Then I guess these woods 691 00:24:59,131 --> 00:25:01,400 don't include incisional pain, 692 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:03,469 chronic pain, swelling in both legs 693 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:04,637 'cause they took grafts from both. 694 00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:06,472 I guess they don't include mood swings, 695 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,975 loss of short-term memory, loss of blood supply. 696 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,077 'Cause if they do, then Leo won't be out of them 697 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:11,944 for three or four months, 698 00:25:11,978 --> 00:25:13,412 and I have to ask: 699 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:15,114 Who's the new White House Chief of Staff? 700 00:25:15,147 --> 00:25:17,149 You know so much, you tell me. 701 00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:18,350 I'm hearing Will Bailey. 702 00:25:18,384 --> 00:25:19,786 Then you should have your hearing checked. 703 00:25:19,819 --> 00:25:21,788 Had a one-on-one with the President yesterday, 704 00:25:21,821 --> 00:25:23,656 first time all year, knows the military, 705 00:25:23,690 --> 00:25:24,691 which Josh and Toby don't. 706 00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:26,058 First of all, it's Leo. 707 00:25:26,092 --> 00:25:28,394 Second, Josh and Toby know every inch of the government-- 708 00:25:28,427 --> 00:25:30,362 military, industrial, animal, mineral... 709 00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:32,098 Lots of folks can manage down. 710 00:25:32,131 --> 00:25:34,801 Will's proven he can manage up, a fully-fledged adult. 711 00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:36,603 Again, it's Leo, but Josh and Toby 712 00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:38,337 are both adult, responsible, highly... 713 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:39,872 JOSH: You could throw me in a vat 714 00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:41,874 of custard with a chocolate-covered snorkel-- 715 00:25:41,908 --> 00:25:44,310 it's gonna be you and me this weekend, baby! 716 00:25:44,343 --> 00:25:47,113 And you are wearing a floppy hat! 717 00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,753 Congresswoman, thanks for seeing me. 718 00:25:53,786 --> 00:25:56,322 I'm doing back-to-back meetings while I'm on the Hill. 719 00:25:56,355 --> 00:25:58,357 Mm. Well, thanks for seeing me. 720 00:25:58,390 --> 00:25:59,826 Obviously, Leo's out of commission. 721 00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,227 I hope he's doing okay. 722 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:03,930 Thank you. We're gonna need your help on this tax bill. 723 00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:05,264 Harder than we thought to get 724 00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:06,599 60 votes in two days. 725 00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:09,001 Well I'd like to amend it-- 726 00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:12,271 to appoint a monarch for the United States of America. 727 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:13,572 ( chuckles ) 728 00:26:13,606 --> 00:26:15,074 Oh, I'm serious. 729 00:26:17,209 --> 00:26:18,310 What are these? 730 00:26:18,344 --> 00:26:19,612 The President's public schedules 731 00:26:19,646 --> 00:26:20,847 for the last four months. 732 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,682 I've calculated that he spends 733 00:26:22,715 --> 00:26:26,152 53.7 percent of his time on ribbon-cuttings 734 00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:27,854 and overseas tea ceremonies, 735 00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:30,322 which may be why, on his trip to Argentina, 736 00:26:30,356 --> 00:26:33,025 he went to three state banquets and didn't do a damn thing 737 00:26:33,059 --> 00:26:35,494 for the pork producers in my state of Iowa. 738 00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:36,929 You can't. This isn't... 739 00:26:36,963 --> 00:26:38,731 If they don't get tax relief in this bill, 740 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:40,199 I'm calling for a monarch, 741 00:26:40,232 --> 00:26:42,969 someone to do the glad-handing and the ceremonial fluff, 742 00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:45,371 so maybe the President will help people here at home. 743 00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:48,708 For a Democrat to do this, we're gonna look like buffoons. 744 00:26:48,741 --> 00:26:50,276 I know the argument-- 745 00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:51,310 the staff runs the show 746 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:54,380 while the President's off dedicating supermarkets. 747 00:26:54,413 --> 00:26:59,618 All due respect, no one elected Leo, and no one elected you. 748 00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:04,423 ( wry laughter ) 749 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:06,525 Sorry I'm late, Congressman. 750 00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:09,461 I'm sure Leo would want to be here himself. 751 00:27:09,495 --> 00:27:10,863 I'm sure. 752 00:27:10,897 --> 00:27:14,200 A few snags with the tax bill. 753 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:15,101 So I gather. 754 00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:17,904 The truth is, we could use your vote. 755 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:21,607 I'm very upset that your Justice Department 756 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,843 hasn't filed a single amicus brief in the Oregon 757 00:27:23,876 --> 00:27:26,212 or Massachusetts gay marriage cases. 758 00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:27,479 We've debated this a lot. 759 00:27:27,513 --> 00:27:29,415 You know how dicey it is 760 00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:30,149 for the party. 761 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:31,317 I do. 762 00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:33,619 We're headed into a Presidential election year. 763 00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,823 Can't get too far ahead of public opinion, 764 00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:38,190 much as we'd like to. 765 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:39,959 That's why I'd like to help. 766 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:42,661 By introducing a bill to ban marriage. 767 00:27:42,695 --> 00:27:44,463 That's an interesting idea. 768 00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:47,066 We drop a bill to ban gay marriage, 769 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:50,036 tag a few moderate Republicans as intolerant, 770 00:27:50,069 --> 00:27:53,773 but, trust me, it hurts our moderates 50 times more. 771 00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:56,075 My bill bans all marriage. 772 00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:57,643 All. As in... 773 00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:58,845 If the government can't make it 774 00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:00,312 available to everyone, I want us 775 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:01,647 out of the business entirely. 776 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,716 Leave it to churches and synagogues. 777 00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:08,020 And, of course, um, casinos and department stores. 778 00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:09,922 Did the RNC put you up to this? 779 00:28:09,956 --> 00:28:13,359 They don't condone my lifestyle, and I don't condone theirs. 780 00:28:15,995 --> 00:28:17,629 The Democratic leadership. 781 00:28:17,663 --> 00:28:18,530 What about them? 782 00:28:18,564 --> 00:28:19,665 Did they call to warn me 783 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,400 that Benoit wants to ban marriage? 784 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:22,534 Ban marriage? 785 00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:23,770 If we won't support gay marriage, 786 00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:24,937 he wants the government out of it entirely. 787 00:28:24,971 --> 00:28:26,906 Who takes an idea like that seriously? 788 00:28:26,939 --> 00:28:29,208 It's a direct-mail bonanza for the other side. 789 00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:30,910 Even a fringe bill to ban marriage... 790 00:28:30,943 --> 00:28:34,413 they'll be reenacting Caligula at the Republican Convention. 791 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:35,614 You'd look cute in a toga 792 00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:37,016 and a dog collar. 793 00:28:37,049 --> 00:28:37,984 Thank you. 794 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:39,986 C.J. says China's joined the opposition 795 00:28:40,019 --> 00:28:42,654 to a Security Council vote until Congress acts. 796 00:28:42,688 --> 00:28:45,057 Why isn't the State Department cracking heads? 797 00:28:45,091 --> 00:28:46,926 And the President of Turkmenistan told AP 798 00:28:46,959 --> 00:28:48,761 he knows of six more wavering votes. 799 00:28:48,795 --> 00:28:52,264 No, he doesn't! He's making that up! 800 00:28:52,298 --> 00:28:53,565 We need a coalition. 801 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:56,668 We're being mugged by a melon worshipper. 802 00:28:56,702 --> 00:28:58,771 For Mr. Lyman, from the Southwest Gate. 803 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,541 Probably stuck me with the bill, too. 804 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:03,575 Thank you. 805 00:29:03,609 --> 00:29:05,277 Send it to the President of Turkmenistan. 806 00:29:07,814 --> 00:29:09,782 PRESIDENT: The Speaker was never for this deal. 807 00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:11,650 A Security Council resolution would prod him. 808 00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:13,853 What sense does it make to wait? 809 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,123 Thank you, Madame President. 810 00:29:17,156 --> 00:29:18,825 DEBBIE: Charlie's bringing a change of clothes 811 00:29:18,858 --> 00:29:21,160 and a new batch of call sheets. 812 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:22,795 Tell him to leave them at the White House. 813 00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:23,863 I'm staying here. 814 00:29:23,896 --> 00:29:25,431 Tell him to leave them at the White House. 815 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:28,868 I can do this from here. 816 00:29:28,901 --> 00:29:30,269 The way they wire up these places, 817 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:32,171 I could do it from a cardboard box 818 00:29:32,204 --> 00:29:33,439 in Lafayette Park. 819 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:38,144 You think this is your fault. 820 00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:39,145 It's not. 821 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:43,249 He's my best friend. 822 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:45,617 And I'm not the kind of person who has best friends. 823 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:47,586 Because your life is your work. 824 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:48,921 And so is his. 825 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:52,024 Your work. 826 00:29:52,058 --> 00:29:53,092 What are you trying to say? 827 00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:55,627 You chose this-- both of you. 828 00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:57,329 You're running a country, for God's sake, 829 00:29:57,363 --> 00:29:58,364 not a tree house. 830 00:29:58,397 --> 00:30:00,132 Well, Leo stays in the tree, if he wants to. 831 00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:02,668 We'll work around his recovery. Half-days, whatever it takes. 832 00:30:02,701 --> 00:30:03,469 He's not going to work 833 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:04,636 half-days. 834 00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:06,305 He's not going to work around his recovery. 835 00:30:06,338 --> 00:30:07,606 He's not going to do whatever it takes. 836 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:08,607 That's his decision. 837 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,808 And we know what that decision will be. 838 00:30:09,842 --> 00:30:11,277 So I should wake him up and fire him again? 839 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,112 'Cause it worked so well the first time! 840 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,680 Let's talk about this time. 841 00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:18,150 You've got to keep him out of that job. 842 00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:21,087 He'll kill himself for you, if you don't. 843 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,103 Debbie, I'm ready for my next call. 844 00:30:43,709 --> 00:30:44,877 I'm late for an economic briefing. 845 00:30:44,911 --> 00:30:46,045 It just started, but there's... 846 00:30:46,078 --> 00:30:47,479 England, Iceland, Spain and Canada 847 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:49,448 have all pledged troops for peacekeeping. 848 00:30:49,481 --> 00:30:50,849 DOD called me in the car. 849 00:30:50,883 --> 00:30:51,817 That's great, but there's something else... 850 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:52,952 Does Canada even have troops? 851 00:30:52,985 --> 00:30:54,153 What do they do, 852 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:55,787 hurl those little bottles of maple syrup? 853 00:30:55,821 --> 00:30:56,788 Put out a press release. 854 00:30:56,822 --> 00:30:57,789 C.J.-- 855 00:30:57,823 --> 00:30:58,991 Something else. What? 856 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,392 Leo's heart's beating on its own. 857 00:31:00,426 --> 00:31:01,293 He's still critical, 858 00:31:01,327 --> 00:31:03,029 but he's off the heart and lung machine. 859 00:31:04,396 --> 00:31:05,998 I'm late for an economic briefing. 860 00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:11,370 Leo's off the pump. 861 00:31:11,403 --> 00:31:12,371 I heard. 862 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:23,582 What's this? 863 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,417 A pen. 864 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:26,652 Am I having a bar mitzvah? 865 00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:28,087 It's from the peace signing. 866 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,589 The Prime Minister used it to sign the H in his name. 867 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:31,490 I tried to get the Z, 868 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:34,060 but the Israeli Ambassador beat me to it. 869 00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:37,663 I didn't have anything to do with the peace agreement. 870 00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:40,967 Let's just say you were a blood donor. 871 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,069 I want to stop taking those for granted. 872 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:45,537 Thank you. 873 00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:51,377 Why is the Treasury Secretary on TV? 874 00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:54,213 She's probably spinning the peace deal. 875 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:57,483 C.J.'s rolling out Cabinet heavyweights. 876 00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:59,651 We ought to loop her in on that tax cut. 877 00:31:59,685 --> 00:32:01,587 REPORTER: ...there'll be a Knesset vote scheduled for Tuesday. 878 00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:02,989 I believe so, Steve. 879 00:32:03,022 --> 00:32:04,756 I'm hopeful. So's the President. 880 00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:06,125 REPORTER: There are rumors circulating 881 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:08,060 on Capitol Hill about a new tax cut proposal 882 00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:09,161 from the administration. 883 00:32:09,195 --> 00:32:11,597 Some believe it's a way to buy support 884 00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:13,132 for a tough peacekeeping mission. 885 00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:15,034 That's without foundation, Steve. 886 00:32:15,067 --> 00:32:16,268 The Treasury did an estimate 887 00:32:16,302 --> 00:32:18,770 of the cost of tax cuts on top of peacekeeping. 888 00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:20,072 It would substantially 889 00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:21,340 increase the deficit 890 00:32:21,373 --> 00:32:24,343 and I can guarantee the President won't sign it. 891 00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:25,711 REPORTER: Thank you, Madame Secretary. 892 00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:28,480 The Treasury estimate? 893 00:32:28,514 --> 00:32:29,415 Did you see it? 894 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:30,082 No. Did you? 895 00:32:30,116 --> 00:32:31,517 Treasury Secretary did. Yeah. 896 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:32,484 She looked pretty upset. 897 00:32:32,518 --> 00:32:33,352 Upset. Pretty. 898 00:32:33,385 --> 00:32:35,154 Maybe we should've looped her in sooner. 899 00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:35,654 Or ever? 900 00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:36,922 That, too. 901 00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:38,957 So, when I suggested a Treasury estimate, 902 00:32:38,991 --> 00:32:41,727 I guess I assumed we'd told the Treasury Secretary, 903 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,029 head of all federal tax policy, 904 00:32:43,062 --> 00:32:45,831 what in Alexander Hamilton's name we were doing. 905 00:32:45,864 --> 00:32:48,834 Good assumption, though. 906 00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:49,868 I'll call her press office. 907 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,603 See if we can roll this thing back. 908 00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:02,281 Tax cut just got more expensive. 909 00:33:02,314 --> 00:33:04,616 I had to give incentives to pork producers 910 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:07,319 to... avoid a little PR problem. 911 00:33:07,353 --> 00:33:08,254 You didn't. 912 00:33:08,287 --> 00:33:08,854 What? 913 00:33:08,887 --> 00:33:09,921 I promised we wouldn't 914 00:33:09,955 --> 00:33:11,490 back any amendments, so Benoit wouldn't 915 00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:14,160 do something I don't want to go into right now. 916 00:33:14,193 --> 00:33:16,128 You weren't supposed to negotiate specifics. 917 00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:19,031 I thought "no specifics" wasn't a specific. 918 00:33:19,065 --> 00:33:20,899 You made these stupid rules. 919 00:33:20,932 --> 00:33:22,401 And if I was the only one who broke them... 920 00:33:22,434 --> 00:33:24,002 Well, what kind of double standard is that? 921 00:33:24,036 --> 00:33:26,172 Find a standard, I'll let you know 922 00:33:26,205 --> 00:33:28,006 So you just want to run this if ioff the top of your head? 923 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,875 I want to run it off something, anything-- 924 00:33:29,908 --> 00:33:31,110 a decision-making tree. 925 00:33:31,143 --> 00:33:32,211 With you at the top. 926 00:33:32,244 --> 00:33:33,712 No! 927 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:35,714 With you at the top. 928 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:36,848 Me. 929 00:33:36,882 --> 00:33:38,050 Till Leo gets back. 930 00:33:38,084 --> 00:33:40,919 I tried to tell the President to give you the job. 931 00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:43,122 He seems to want us topless for now. 932 00:33:43,155 --> 00:33:45,324 You wanted me at the top? 933 00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:48,594 For two days, I've been trying to hold a meeting-- 934 00:33:48,627 --> 00:33:50,262 one lousy kick-off meeting-- 935 00:33:50,296 --> 00:33:52,498 on homelessness and mental health. 936 00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,333 That's the best idea you've had in months. 937 00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:55,434 It was Leo's. 938 00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:59,271 He didn't want the urgent to crowd out the important. 939 00:33:59,305 --> 00:34:01,340 Getting harder to tell the difference, isn't it? 940 00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:04,843 Well, someone ought to try. 941 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,912 HAFFLEY ( on TV ): But we can't just rush in with billy clubs. 942 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:10,449 Hamas and other terrorist groups will have to stand down first. 943 00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:13,419 So, yes, we're in discussions with the administration 944 00:34:13,452 --> 00:34:14,986 and I hope to have more to say 945 00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:17,656 about a possible U.S. military role 946 00:34:17,689 --> 00:34:19,024 in the Middle East very soon. 947 00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:20,159 Possible role. 948 00:34:20,192 --> 00:34:22,027 Still, coverage today was extraordinary. 949 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:23,028 It's that little burst 950 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,896 of warmth before you freeze to death. 951 00:34:24,930 --> 00:34:26,031 It's a bit drafty in here, actually. 952 00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:28,200 Shut the door. 953 00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:33,539 Your meeting with the President yesterday-- 954 00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:34,506 I'm getting questions. 955 00:34:37,276 --> 00:34:39,278 If there's anything you want to tell me. 956 00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:42,281 He wanted a few thoughts on NATO's role in peacekeeping. 957 00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:43,915 NATO... 958 00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:48,053 Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, 959 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,289 Denmark, Estonia... 960 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:53,692 Well, heavens to Murgatroid. 961 00:34:53,725 --> 00:34:54,360 What? 962 00:34:54,393 --> 00:34:56,662 We have all the NATO countries. 963 00:34:56,695 --> 00:34:57,996 We've been focusing 964 00:34:58,029 --> 00:34:59,831 on the Security Council, but we have... 965 00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:02,868 Does this mean you're cooking for me this weekend? 966 00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:03,969 Not a chance. 967 00:35:04,002 --> 00:35:06,172 Carol, call State, draft a press release, 968 00:35:06,205 --> 00:35:07,773 every NATO member's endorsed the peace accord. 969 00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:09,741 We're moving the goal post and claiming the match. 970 00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:13,779 He's only back here to meet with the CINCs. 971 00:35:13,812 --> 00:35:15,514 Do this fast. 972 00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:17,383 You go first. 973 00:35:17,416 --> 00:35:19,185 Why's that? 974 00:35:19,218 --> 00:35:21,553 You got the special relationship. 975 00:35:21,587 --> 00:35:23,822 If by special, you mean bound for deportation... 976 00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:25,257 DEBBIE: I don't know what you're worrying about. 977 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:26,258 He's not that upset. 978 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:27,058 Really? Really? 979 00:35:27,092 --> 00:35:28,560 No, just kidding. 980 00:35:28,594 --> 00:35:31,430 He's ready to rip off his finger and light it like a cigarette. 981 00:35:36,335 --> 00:35:37,536 I'd like to know why 982 00:35:37,569 --> 00:35:40,071 my Treasury Secretary is on national television 983 00:35:40,105 --> 00:35:41,507 denouncing a tax cut I never saw 984 00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:43,409 because of an estimate I never asked for. 985 00:35:43,442 --> 00:35:46,478 We did offer to brief you on the details, sir. 986 00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:47,646 Brief me now. 987 00:35:50,916 --> 00:35:54,085 We're not quite ready to brief you on the details. 988 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:56,522 Because you made a complete hash of it. 989 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:58,324 The leadership's sole request 990 00:35:58,357 --> 00:36:01,227 before taking up peacekeeping. 991 00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:03,495 We're close to 60 Democratic votes. 992 00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:05,597 It's just that... you might face a decision 993 00:36:05,631 --> 00:36:06,932 about the fall legislative agenda. 994 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:08,200 What is that? 995 00:36:08,234 --> 00:36:11,002 Would you prefer a bill to appoint an American monarch? 996 00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:12,671 JOSH: Or a ban on the institution 997 00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:14,206 of marriage? 998 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,642 Except in casinos and department stores. 999 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:22,248 You tell the Speaker and the Majority Leader 1000 00:36:22,281 --> 00:36:24,616 that, with my newfound royal authority, 1001 00:36:24,650 --> 00:36:26,952 with all my free time now that my marriage has been banned, 1002 00:36:26,985 --> 00:36:30,188 and with the support of every NATO member in my pocket, 1003 00:36:30,222 --> 00:36:32,424 I'm sending those peacekeepers to the Middle East. 1004 00:36:32,458 --> 00:36:34,526 If Congress wants to feed them, pay them, 1005 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,429 or ever bring them back, that's entirely up to them. 1006 00:36:37,463 --> 00:36:38,964 TOBY: I assume we're free 1007 00:36:38,997 --> 00:36:40,065 to play with the language on that. 1008 00:36:40,098 --> 00:36:41,733 PRESIDENT: We're done here. 1009 00:36:43,602 --> 00:36:45,404 Oh, Josh. 1010 00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:47,005 Perhaps you could shed some light 1011 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:48,039 on this State Department cable. 1012 00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:49,040 Sir? 1013 00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:51,009 "Turkmenistan to U.S. 1014 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:52,444 We didn't order these pizzas." 1015 00:36:56,882 --> 00:36:57,849 Bet you're thinking 1016 00:36:57,883 --> 00:37:00,352 there's a really good explanation for that, sir. 1017 00:37:08,794 --> 00:37:09,761 Hey. 1018 00:37:09,795 --> 00:37:10,829 Hey. 1019 00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:12,230 Some welcome home party, huh? 1020 00:37:12,264 --> 00:37:14,500 Feels lucky just to be home. 1021 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:15,834 How's Leo? 1022 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:16,668 He's in step-down. 1023 00:37:16,702 --> 00:37:19,905 He can see visitors pretty soon. 1024 00:37:19,938 --> 00:37:20,839 Coming to the hospital? 1025 00:37:20,872 --> 00:37:23,208 A bit later, yeah. 1026 00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,510 Zoey came to see me. 1027 00:37:24,543 --> 00:37:25,611 I told her you were back. 1028 00:37:25,644 --> 00:37:27,446 She told me you finished up at Georgetown. 1029 00:37:27,479 --> 00:37:29,147 I wish she'd stop telling people that. 1030 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,949 Why? If I was done with college, 1031 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,150 I'd shout it from the rooftops. 1032 00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:33,419 We've got snipers up there. 1033 00:37:33,452 --> 00:37:35,587 That was more of a metaphorical thing. 1034 00:37:35,621 --> 00:37:37,188 The truth is, I'm not done. 1035 00:37:37,222 --> 00:37:38,590 I never took a swim test. 1036 00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:39,758 There's forms I haven't filed. 1037 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,226 You're holding up your college degree 1038 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,562 over paperwork and laps in a pool? 1039 00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:50,402 When I started Georgetown, the President made me promise 1040 00:37:50,436 --> 00:37:53,472 that when I got the degree, I'd leave this job. 1041 00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:55,741 Why would he want you to do that? 1042 00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:58,410 He doesn't want me holding his jacket for the rest of my life. 1043 00:38:00,979 --> 00:38:02,280 I'll see you at the hospital. 1044 00:38:02,314 --> 00:38:06,184 Happy almost-graduation, Charlie. 1045 00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:07,619 I'm not wearing a tassel. 1046 00:38:07,653 --> 00:38:09,054 I don't care what they do to me. 1047 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,403 ( monitor beeping steadily ) 1048 00:38:27,339 --> 00:38:29,040 ( slow, regular breathing ) 1049 00:38:40,251 --> 00:38:42,454 ( weakly ): Mr. President. 1050 00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:49,961 A morphine drip and we can skip the formalities. 1051 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:52,398 I might get one myself, 1052 00:38:52,431 --> 00:38:55,000 wheel it into meetings with the Joint Chiefs. 1053 00:39:04,309 --> 00:39:07,746 You're not fired, Leo. 1054 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:10,749 You can delegate, work part-time, 1055 00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:13,952 bring the morphine with you, for all I care. 1056 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:22,661 You remember what you told me when you offered me the job? 1057 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:30,769 I need you to jump off a cliff. 1058 00:39:32,404 --> 00:39:35,073 And I did. 1059 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,911 And I'd do it again. 1060 00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:45,684 But you need a new Chief of Staff. 1061 00:39:52,357 --> 00:39:56,562 We came here to put the job first, 1062 00:39:56,595 --> 00:40:00,398 spend our lives for something that would outlast us. 1063 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,401 I just thought we'd have 1064 00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:06,004 a longer line of credit is all. 1065 00:40:09,508 --> 00:40:12,444 I'm gonna need that list of names. 1066 00:40:13,479 --> 00:40:16,181 Only one name. 1067 00:40:21,987 --> 00:40:23,889 You planted these baskets. 1068 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:24,856 I promised Donna, 1069 00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:26,424 no more traps. 1070 00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:27,593 It's like a torture chamber 1071 00:40:27,626 --> 00:40:30,095 designed by renegade Keebler elves. 1072 00:40:42,741 --> 00:40:45,644 I never took a moment to thank you for your work at Camp David. 1073 00:40:45,677 --> 00:40:47,913 And for holding the building togeth-- 1074 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:51,850 well, not exactly together-- in Leo's absence. 1075 00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:54,452 It's been a rocky couple of days 1076 00:40:54,486 --> 00:40:57,022 and that's my fault, no one else's. 1077 00:40:57,055 --> 00:40:59,491 We're going to meet with the joint leadership tomorrow 1078 00:40:59,525 --> 00:41:02,628 and work out a deal on that tax cut. 1079 00:41:02,661 --> 00:41:03,629 Even then, we've got 1080 00:41:03,662 --> 00:41:06,431 some fences to mend at the UN. 1081 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:10,368 So, I imagine we'll see some pretty rough third- 1082 00:41:10,401 --> 00:41:12,638 and fourth-day stories. 1083 00:41:12,671 --> 00:41:14,806 But you know what? 1084 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,108 There'll be a fifth day, and a sixth, 1085 00:41:17,142 --> 00:41:20,712 and a seventh after that. 1086 00:41:20,746 --> 00:41:22,047 So... 1087 00:41:27,886 --> 00:41:32,023 ...go spend some time with my outgoing Chief of Staff. 1088 00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:35,260 'Cause then we got work to do. 1089 00:41:59,284 --> 00:42:00,652 C.J. 1090 00:42:00,686 --> 00:42:01,987 Sir? 1091 00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:08,259 There's something I need you to do for me. 1092 00:42:08,293 --> 00:42:09,895 What's that? 1093 00:42:09,928 --> 00:42:12,230 Jump off a cliff. 1094 00:42:14,499 --> 00:42:18,203 We'll talk about it on the ride back. 1095 00:42:18,236 --> 00:42:20,271 Yes, sir. 1096 00:42:26,878 --> 00:42:31,116 Captioning sponsored by NBC 1097 00:42:31,149 --> 00:42:34,920 WARNER BROS. 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