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Previously on The West Wing...

I can't accept your resignation.

I have to fire you.

For cause.

C.J.:
We takes over

in Kazakhstan
with Issetov dead?

It's Russia's interests
that are most directly served

by removing
the sitting president.

You and me-- a real debate.

On the issues,
just you and me.

It's a hell of a way
to end your campaign.

Oh, I'm just getting started.

VINICK:
An unthinking liberal

will describe the airline
bankruptcies

as the evil capitalist
screwing the worker...

I-I didn't say that, Senator.

I don't think you should
put words in my mouth.

No. No, I know
you didn't say it.

You're not
an unthinking liberal.

When you try to hurl that word
liberal at my feet

as if it were something dirty,

something that I
should be ashamed of,

it won't work, Senator, because
I will pick up that label,

and I will wear it
as a badge of honor.

( applause )

( phone ringing )

LOU:
46% of voters polled say

they have a more
favorable opinion of you

than they did before the debate.

CNN/USA TODAY poll calls
the debate a tie.

So does Newsweek.
(whirring )

She's running the hair dryer.

Yes.
( phone ringing )

Makes it hard to hear.
Yes, it does.

He's running the hair dryer.

Kind of wish you didn't know.

SANTOS:
Sorry. One more time.
( dryer stops )

CNN/USA Today poll calls the
debate a tie. So does Newsweek.

We now have 43% of
all eligible voters.

You're only
seven points down.

You're a rock star,
sweetheart.

You got a four-
point bump.

Vinick only got
a two-point bump.

What happened to the old,
"We go up, he goes down?"

LOU:
You're both pulling
from undecideds.

We have to be happy with,
"He went up, we went up more."

This is the schedule

for the weekend, if you
could just take a look.

Yeah. Stick it
in my bag, please.

Bus is here.
We really got to move.

LOU:
Sir, do you know what
average SMT was this week?

Bram clocks this. He rounds up,
'cause he's got money on it.

92 minutes.

It's a lie.

SMT?

Santos Mean Time.

92 minutes late?
SANTOS:
The notion that

I'm the problem is convenient,
but completely fallacious.

Honey.
This is a
national

campaign. You think
I'm driving the bus?

Wednesday. 12:55.

Six extra press questions
after we called it.

It was a conversation.

LOU:
A fascinating one.

Just look at the schedule,
and see if it's something

you think you can commit to.

And initial.

At the bottom.

What's C.S.?

Change shirt.

Every two hours?

It's for the sweating.

( scoffs ):
There's too many
women in this room.

Nothing we haven't talked
about before.

Today in Denver,
tomorrow in L.A.

I thought that was last weekend.

We cancelled it for the debate,
which was also

another personal addition
of yours to the schedule.

Four points up.

Lou, can I get you
for a second?
On the bus.

You may need to
talk to Scheduling.
I'm getting a lot

of press calls on a
12-year-old black kid

who was killed last night
by the L.A. police.

What do we know?

No details yet, but
the community's kind of reeling.

We need a statement on this
sooner rather than later.

We're at the Page Church in L.A.
tomorrow morning.

LOU:
Might not be a bad time

to be in a black church,
show we feel their pain.

See if we can't get
some traction in the community.

EDIE:
Yeah, we need it.
Our debate bump

did not include a bump
in black voters.

Sir, this is the updated stump.

Do you want to give
it one last look?

Yeah.

Lou?
Hang on.

I don't see why

the African-American
community doesn't
like the idea

of a Latino president.

A little black/brown friction
in the 'hood,

if you haven't noticed.

Hasn't been my experience.

Yeah, you're a Venezuelan
from Princeton.

This is fine.
I'm sorry, Lou.

Gerard in Scheduling
was considering
a bigger change.

I think he
may be right.

Gerard is obsessive-compulsive,

and should be taking
slow breaths

out of a
paper bag.

I think you may want
to give him a call.

What's the cop's name?

LOU:
No, this is why

we run late, because
you spend time listening

to people like Gerard
from Scheduling.

Donna, what's the
officer's name?

Rafael Martinez.

Yeah. That's what
I was afraid of.

Get me Josh Lyman at HQ,

Annabeth Schott
on the McGarry plane,

and Gerard from Scheduling.

Mr. Bailey.

And a good
morning to you.

You were here last Saturday.
As were you.

You here for lunch,

we could order
something soggy
served in plastic.

I'm hoping to be gone
in an hour.

I just need to
sit with Ellie

and the fiancé,
sort out some wedding stuff.

Didn't realize that was
part of your portfolio.

The Social Secretary
should be doing it,

but Ellie doesn't know her,
and she already feels

the whole thing's not so much
a wedding as an act of Congress.

Tell her I saw her band's
playlist for the reception.

We may need to make
a few adjustments.

One too many double entendres?

It's the single
entendres I
worry about.

Right.
World stage.

Shadow of our forefathers.

I'll get into it.

They're in the Mural Room.

Remember how we
used to talk?

Everything you need
is in the folder.

I told you not
to come in today.

That never works out.

The only new piece
is, we're squabbling

with Fish and Wildlife on
the salmon flow schedule,

so she should think
about sea bass

or perhaps a trout?

Sea bass is endangered.

Whitman does a great swordfish
with green peppercorns.

That'd be nice.

Let's stay
with the trout.

Nobody wants trout
at a wedding.

It's not festive.

It's flavorful and
under-appreciated.

No swordfish,
or tuna, or brie.

You know this isn't
your wedding, right?

I'm asking you to
take my word for it,

because you're
a busy woman

and sometimes
you don't need any
more information

than I give you.

I'll push the trout.

Great idea.

Look at you.

( laughs )

Congratulations!

Thank you.

It's so exciting.

Have you met Vic?
C.J. Cregg.

It's a pleasure.
Hi. Thank you.

ELLIE:
I'm so sorry
you're here

on a weekend for this.
Please. Not at all.

It's bad enough you have
to coordinate

with three branches
of government.

Anything I can do to help.
Sit, please.

Excuse me.

We're not at
the trout yet.
Kate Harper needs you.

No, she doesn't. She
doesn't know I'm here.

Imagine her delight
when she learned.

One minute.

Ten minutes.
Just a guess.

RONNA:
Surrogates on the Sunday shows.

Do they know what
they're saying?

They're saying
he won the debate.

Do they have
talking points,

or are they just
gonna flash a big
V for Victory?

You'll have language to proof
in ten minutes.

Hey.
Hi, Lester.

What do we know?

I'm waiting on
more from the LAPD,

but it's a 12-year-old black
male named Ronnie Burke.

He's passenger side
in a stolen Escalade,
11:00 at night,

gets out holding
a weapon,

which turns out to
be made of plastic,

though it looks
pretty darn real.

Cop is Latino?

Oh, yeah.

No way the guy
could have known
the gun was fake?

Probably not,
but local news has tape

of a bystander claiming
the kid was trying
to put his hands

in the air to surrender
when the officer fired.

Anybody corroborate that?

Doesn't matter.
It's on the news.

People are gonna assume
it's true.

There were demonstrations

at the police headquarters
last night.

There'll be more this morning.

What do you think?

It was gonna be a tough crowd
even before this happened.

Black community's wondering
how we got a Latino nominee

before we got
an African-American nominee.

There's always been tension
between the two communities,

and now a cop named Martinez
guns down one of their kids.

Two days later,
we send our guy

to their church
to stump for votes.

If he shows up in L.A.,

and pulls off a tap dance
on the head of a pin, great.

If not...

You may be getting on a plane.

I had a hunch.

We should have
sent you

on the L.A. trip
in the first place.

I don't know why
I didn't think of that.

You can't put me on a plane
every time

he's going to talk
to a black person.

Well, I'm prepared
to reconsider that.

I'm doing Ellie Bartlet
a favor.

I'm not really here.

NSC just
got a call.

There's a China, Russia,
Kazakhstan thing happening.
Okay.

My office was supposed
to be sending up
the briefing book.

It's not here yet.
Let's go for the nutshell.

It's better
with the book.
Kate.

Tarimov just booted a
Chinese government delegation

out of the
country; he's...

The Acting President
of Kazakhstan.

Installed after Issetov
was assassinated.

They were negotiating
a China-Kazakhstan

strategic partnership,

making plans for
an oil pipeline

from Kazakhstan to China.

And Issetov called it off.

Tarimov.

Oh, Tarimov called it off.

Yes.
Issetov's dead.

Yes. Issetov wanted
to do business

with the Chinese, Tarimov has
stronger ties to the Russians.

And he killed the China
oil deal, and China's pissed.

Exceptionally.
Margaret?!

Sorry. I was golfing.

You golf?

Mini.

It's the bus.

Morning.

Is Lester there?

LESTER:
Yeah.

Lester, I don't think
we should go.

Are you getting
skittish?

Lot of angry people
in the streets.

We could push it a week.

We pushed last week
for the debate.

LOU:
He's get a flu,
rickets, anything.

We are not canceling.
Sir, I really
don't think

you want to be booed by
angry churchgoers.

They're not gonna boo me.

EDIE:
How about we go to
the house instead?

Pay our respects to the mother.
Less booing.

It'll look like
we're exploiting the grief

of a family in mourning.

JOSH:
The Mayor's doing it.

Yeah, well, the Mayor's got a
relationship with the community.

They won't notice

if he exploits it.

Yeah, but if he exploits it,
and we don't, we look callous.

SANTOS:
Chance I'm
willing to take.

I'm going to the church.

Lou, call Joe Farley
at the Mayor's office.

See if he'll help us out.

Keep him away from the house.

Lester is on his way to...
Where are you now?

Denver.

Sir, Foreign Policy
Team's waiting.

Are we making any statements?

All we say now is,
this is a terrible situation.

Congressman hopes he can provide
some support

on his visit tomorrow.

What's he gonna say tomorrow?

Good question.

I was summoned?

You were.

Do me a favor and talk to Ellie
about whatever problems

you're having with her music.

Now?
I'm supposed
to be in there

but then Kate happened.
It's gonna take a few minutes.

I thought
you could do your thing.

WILL:
I was working.
I was golfing.

Mini.

I've mastered the windmill shot
with the bridge.

It's a hard one.
Hole in one.

C.J.:
People?

Five minutes,
and I'm out of there.

What?

You were saying
there was something

we needed
to talk about?

Uh, yes. The music.

Schrodinger's Cats.

It was a band I played with
in grad school.

Reunion show
at the White House.

They do weddings

and bar mitzvahs
all the time.

Great.

It's better
than it sounds.
Uh, it would have to be.

They sent us a copy
of the playlist.

We're wondering if we
can pull some things?

Is there a problem?

Well, is "Baby Got Back"
something

you're particularly attached to?

I can't make a bullying
phone call

to the Russian Foreign Minister

because the Chinese got
bounced out of an oil deal.

Tarimov is acting President.

He was supposed
to hold elections,

but he called them off.

He suspended them,
he didn't call them off.

He suspended them weeks ago and
has made no move to reschedule.

The guy's a Russian puppet.

It was looking like

China was getting their
foot in the door,

but so he halts
negotiation

and kicks the Chinese
out of the country.

Kazakhstan isn't China's
only oil source.

Their most promising one.

The Kazakh people, meanwhile,
are rioting in the streets

'cause they've just been screwed
out of an election.

China's looking at major
instability on their border,

not to mention the
300,000 ethnic Chinese

living in Kazakhstan
who aren't looking
particularly safe,

all because the
Russians want the oil

and are willing to fight for it.

Best case scenario,
I'm ruining your Saturday.

Worse case scenario,

two nuclear powers
are positioning themselves

to actively engage
in an armed conflict over oil.

( knock at door )

MARGARET:
Ted Barrow's on his way.

Margaret,

see if you can track down
the Russian Foreign Minister.

SANTOS:
First they cut taxes,

and then they never get around
to cutting spending,

so they run up huge deficits,

and they leave a massive debt
for our children to pay.

There we go.

Nice. What's the time code?

35:02.

Send a copy to Josie at CNN
and ask her to please stop

running that stupid
line about the EPA.

Enough already.

Ladies.

Oh, welcome to Denver.

I spoke to the L.A.
Mayor's office.

I think I talked
them off a visit

to the dead kid's house,

at least until tomorrow.
You get a confirmation?

Lou.
They like me and they don't

want to mess with me.

I'm prepared to call
it a confirmation.

They like you?
I'm I'm very personable.

It goes a long way.

DONNA:
The Mayor's on his

way to Ronnie Burke's house.

No, he is not.

He's going there now.

His people want to know

if we want to coordinate
press statements.

Get them to put
Joe Farley on the phone.

He's a mealymouthed
little snot.

This is him. He doesn't seem
to want to talk to you.

Personable.

EDIE:
The mayor didn't have
a choice, it was

a bomb in his own backyard.

Backs us into a corner.
It was

a good idea
to go to the house,

even before we were in a corner.

Congressman hates it.

Congressman may have
to get over it.

We need to cover

as many bases as we can.
Okay, Edie,

call Secret Service in advance,

and tell them we may
need to add another

stop in L.A. tomorrow.

What's the mom's name?

Brenda Burke.

Call her, tell her
that Congressman Santos

will be visiting Page Church
tomorrow morning.

Can he stop by on his way
and pay his respects?

EDIE:
We're not gonna have time.

We have to be
at the church by 9:00 a.m.

We should scrap
the afternoon here in Denver

and go to L.A. now, be at
the house by late afternoon,

early evening.
All right, let's look into it.

Who's gonna tell
the Congressman?

I'm evens.

Once, twice, three, shoot.

Damn.

Hey, I covered the music.

No offensive lyrics
from Schrodinger's Cats.

I'm sending the happy couple
back in here.

That's not gonna work.
They're cleaning

the carpets in the Mural Room,
better here than there.

Problem in Kazakhstan--
nuclear powers

pissing off
other nuclear powers.

I need you to stay with them.
Seriously?

Just look at this folder.

Deal with whatever's
first on the list.

I'll take over in 20 minutes.

I'm really not
your man on weddings.

Margaret laid
the whole thing out.

Half hour, tops.

LESTER:
You ask him?

I'll ask him on the bus.

Coward.

Absolutely.

I've been thinking.

This is a national story.

Church is gonna be
full of cameras.

If African-Americans stay home
on election day,

we're out of the game.

Are you trying to raise
my anxiety level?

'Cause it's already pretty high.

I think we need
reinforcements.

Hey, Edie,

call Annabeth, get
Leo McGarry on the plane.

We want backup
at the church tomorrow.

I'm talking
serious reinforcements.

No.

We need 90 percent
of black voters.

We've got 81.

12 percent of African Americans
are undecided in this race.

The black vote's
never had undecideds.

But they're willing to hang back

and weigh their
options on this one,

because they don't hate Vinick.

And they're not sure they like
the whole idea of Santos.

This is not a small problem.

Get me Josh, please.

Sorry, hang on.

Uh...

Yeah, this is pretty
straightforward.

Okay, C.J.'s gonna be back

in a few minutes.

She just thought we could
get the ball rolling

at everybody's dream scenario,
me planning your wedding.

Okay, anything I should
know before we get started?

Look, we realize there's
a lot that goes along

with having a wedding
at the White House,

but anything we could do to keep
the numbers under control?

Sure.
I know my father
needs to invite

a lot of people, but I'm not
crazy about the spotlight,

and Vic's a little agoraphobic.

It's not a phobia.

I was exaggerating.

It's the occasional
shortness of breath.

It's really nothing.

Sometimes, I pass out.

Okay.

Uh, let's see what we've got.

White House invitees.
This looks right.

Copy for you...

and you... and me.

Oh, sorry,
there's a second page.

Here you go.

Oh, hang on.

One more.

And another one.

Yeah, that's it.

Okay.

This has got to be
a thousand names.

Shall we start with the A's?

The Russians should be
putting pressure on Issetov

to resume talks
with the Chinese.

Tarimov.
What?

Issetov is dead.

We want them putting
pressure on Tarimov.

Fine, yes.
They don't want to.

What do they think
at the embassy?

They'd like us to get
the Russians

to talk to Tarimov.
Seems to be the consensus.

The Russians don't want
to talk to Tarimov.

The Russian foreign minister
told me that Tarimov is doing

a fine job.
That's a big fat lie.

Oh dear, I should have
told him that.

All right, you two
put in a call

to Camp David, let the President
know where we are.

I'll see what
we can do with China.

Margaret!
What are you going to say?

I'm gonna urge them
to remain calm.

You got a better idea?

WILL:
Newton and Lena Hacket.

Chairman of Senate
Armed Forces.

ELLIE:
Fine.

Newton and Lena
Hacket are a yes.

Owen Hellmen. Majority whip.

My father doesn't even like him.

Yes, but with the Energy
Bill on the rocks,

it's not a good time
to point that out.

Owen Hellmen's a yes.

Andrew Edward.

What's he doing in the H's?

Oh, right, His Royal Highness.

Duke of York.

Do you want to get some air?

Hey, at least he's not
bringing the Queen.

Oh.

Maybe he is bringing the Queen.

MARGARET:
It's gonna be a few minutes
before we've got Beijing.

I should try and make some
headway with Ellie and Vic.

Josh Lyman's here.

Really? Josh?

Aren't you supposed to be
running around the country

with some politician?

Brought you some donuts.

I sense a favor on my horizon.

Can we sit?
Quickly.

I'm on my way to Ellie Bartlet,
who I blew off hours ago.

What are the chances

I get the President

at a Santos appearance
tomorrow in California?

I know it's short notice.

You think?
If I wasn't desperate...

Secret Service needs a week

to advance a trip like that.

Our detail's already
cleared the zone.

He's in Camp David.

He's got a South
American delegation.

He's tearing his hair out
over a trade agreement.

You want him to hop a
red-eye to California?

You hear about this kid,
Ronnie Burke, got shot by a cop?

It's a perfect storm.

You knew some people
were gonna have a tough time

with the notion
of a Latino president.

If it wasn't Ronnie Burke,
it'd be something else.

Yeah, well, Ronnie Burke
seems to be it.

I'll take it to the President,
see what he thinks.

Bless you.

Yeah, yeah.

Get out of here.

Hey, you talked to Toby?

Uh, no.

Meant to call him,
but I guess I didn't.

Did you?

No.

I mean, I would, but I can't.

Nobody can while the
investigation is still going.

Just want to make sure
he's in one piece.

Yeah, I don't know.

Mr. and Mrs. Max Zelikovsky.

He's the Chairman
of the AFL-CIO.

Helping us out

on a very testy negotiation
with the steel workers.

Fine.

No. No.

This wedding is not the solution

to every political problem
the White House has.

That's not its purpose.

We have a list of 742 people.

We are not inviting
the Zelikovskys!

They are a bridge too far!

Honey, Carol Zelikovsky was
my mother's college roommate.

I've known her my whole life.

744.

But the good news is, that's it.

Now it's all about your lists.

That's nice, right?

Ellie Bartlet Guests, page one.

Oh, that's the whole thing.

Great.

A couple little
questions, looks like.

Arianna Gray?

She's my maid of honor.

She's flying in from London
for the wedding.

Right.

Well, looks like
there was a problem

with her security clearance.

Apparently, last time
she was in the country,

her visa was flagged

by the DEA, which suggests
somebody may have had

something they shouldn't
have had in their suitcase.

You've got other friends, right?

EDIE:
Two more questions
and he's out.

I've heard that before.

No, he can't mess around
on this one,

if we're gonna make it
to California today.

LOU:
He hasn't exactly
cleared that yet.

Any word on the President?
Josh asked.

White House is looking into it.

Speech for
the church tomorrow.

Why do I have three?

One where he
denounces the cop,

one where he doesn't and one
where he loves everybody.

My head hurts.
Audience at the church is gonna

want to hear him
denounce the cop.

On general principle?

For shooting at children,

is the part they have
their knickers in a twist about.

Kid had a weapon.
And a stolen car.

I'm just telling you
what I think they want to hear.

Can't denounce the cop.

We don't even know
what happened yet.

He could prejudice
the investigation.

EDIE:
The Latino community's not gonna

like it if he jumps
all over the cop.

Not to mention
the law and order vote.

They're definitely
looking for us to
support the cop.

And without the law
and order vote,

we lose...
All white people.

Okay, so the two speeches

where we take sides
go in the garbage.

"We are a community divided."

Oh, you don't want to say that.

It's two communities, not one.

Different identities,
different issues.
Maybe it's

a "we must face
our differences" thing.
That's just a way

of saying Blacks hate Latinos
and Latinos hate Blacks.

Which is kind of true

but shouldn't be said.

It's not true.

It's a little true.

Perhaps some of the folks are

a little riled about the coming
in and taking of the jobs.

Who do you know that wanted
an avocado-picking job?

You know how hot it is

out there?
Yeah.

We had about enough of picking
with the cotton.

( faint applause )
How'd it go, sir?

A lot like it did
the last 80 times.

We make any progress?

Edie and Lester
are fighting about avocados.

Aside from that, not much.

You know, there's a psalm that
I think would be appropriate.

It will speak to the moment

more than any platitudes

that we can string together.

SANTOS:
I want to make sure we get

some time tomorrow before that
rally in Sacramento to speak

to the Governor...
A psalm?

Yes.

You cannot go out there
and give them a prayer.

This is not bad luck
or bad timing,

this is a country
with huge racial challenges

that's looking to you
for guidance.

They don't want you
to close your eyes

and pray; they want you
to open your eyes and lead.

You want to show me what you've

come up with?

I look forward
to seeing a draft.

You gonna ask him now
about the dead kid's house?

JOSH:
Thank you, sir.
You can keep that.

( doorbell buzzes )

( doorbell buzzes )

It's me.

Let me in the door.

Thank you. How are you?

Thank you.

Gonna invite me in?

I had some coffee,

but I seem to no longer have
any coffee.

I'm fine.

We can go to the corner,
there's a coffee shop.

Oh, right,
that's not gonna work.

What if someone saw?

I don't need any coffee.

Kind of a stupid move
you even coming here.

Some reporter
could have followed you.

They didn't.

They're pretty sly.

I checked.

He checked, that's great.

( phone rings )

So how are you?

Indicted. You?

I meant to call.

I've been just insane.

Mm-hmm.

You see the debate?

Kind of a rush with the prep,
looked like.

Not really.

I mean, it was quick,
but he was ready.

We got a four-point
bump off that thing.

He kicked ass.

Good.

So jail, huh?

( phone rings )

Sorry.

You actually going,

or are they
cutting a deal?

No, actually going.

I saw the
op-ed piece

in the Times.

You're quite the hero of
the disarmament movement.

Patron saint
of the daisy chain contingent.

People calling
about speaking engagements.

Someone from Simon and Schuster
is calling about a book deal.

You gonna do it?
I don't know, maybe.

I may need the money.

People I'd rather work with
can't come

within a ten-block radius of me.

You'll be less radioactive
in a few months.

Oh, yeah?

How many months, you think?

We realize this is a very
disconcerting turn of events.

We'd like to encourage them
to keep an open mind.

President Bartlet
will be speaking

to Acting President Tarimov
tomorrow, and will also

be contacting President
Chigorin of Moscow.

We feel confident

they'll find a way
to reopen the negotiations

for a China-Kazakhstan
partnership.

Great.
MARGARET:
We got Beijing.

Translator's patched in.
Thanks.

Good morning, Mr. Lu.

Thank you so much
for speaking with us.

We realize this is
a very discouraging...

Sir, if I could...

Mr. Lu, President...

President Bar...

If I could finish... my...

Fat lot of good
this is gonna do.

Sorry.

So, you were saying?

No idea what I was saying.

The kids--
how they are.
They are fine.

Must be good
to have

more time to spend with them.

It's fantastic.

( phone rings )
Shoot.

Sorry.

I got to take this one.

Hello?

I think I just screwed up.

I can't imagine.

I think I just told
the Congressman it was

his responsibility to solve
the race problem in America,

if possible,
before noon tomorrow.

That's quite a mouthful.

Kind of pissed him off.
He'll bounce,
don't worry about it.

We'd like to leave
for L.A. early,

make a stop
at the kid's mother's house.

Assuming we can
talk the Congressman into it,

is that okay with you?
Are you sure we need it?

Mayor already went--
we're kind of boxed in.

We leave Denver in half an hour,
and we should make it

to the house early evening

west coast time.
All right, call me after.

Sorry.

We landed
in some racial tension in L.A.

The cop thing?

Yeah, we had an event planned
in the neighborhood.

Oh, nice.
Yeah.

So the black vote, which was
already was not in the bag...

Maybe it's an
opportunity.

Charismatic guy,
he can turn it around.

You think?

Maybe.

I spoke to C.J.

We're trying to get the
President down to sing backup.

Good luck with that.

I think she's
gonna work it out.

Yeah? What'd she say?

She said she was gonna
try and work it out.

She say she'd take it to the
President, see what he thinks?

Yeah, that's exactly
what she said.

That's her catchphrase
for, "It's never gonna happen."

I know it's
last minute, but...

Got nothing to do with last
minute, it's got to do with

he doesn't think
your guy's gonna win.

What the hell is that
supposed to mean?

It means it's unlikely
he gets on a red-eye.

I am constantly amazed...
at your ability

to continue to be a bastard.

It really
is something.

Thank you.
You think I need

to come here and be
your punching bag?

I really have no idea
why you needed to come here.

( chuckling ):
Well, I don't know, either.

Nostalgia.

It's been a
pleasure, really.

I'll see you later.
No, you won't.

You won't be coming back.

At least have the integrity

to say that out loud!

BARROW:
Did you tell him
the President would be
calling?

I didn't get a word in.

But does he
understand...

I did not get a word in.

We can try again tomorrow.

I think we're gonna make
more headway with the Russians.

( knocking )

Excuse me.

Ellie's in tears;
I've ruined her wedding.

Someone else needs
to take over.

Is Margaret not out there?

You need to step in.

Sorry about Central Asia, but
it's been a disaster for years.

You're really not
gonna fix it today.

Oh, good, maybe you
can help Will.

Shirley stopped by,
the social secretary.

You need to talk to
her about the dress.

I really don't.

Apparently, Ellie bought
a dress all on her own,

which is sweet,

but it's got
applique flowers on it,

which Shirley's
worried about.
I'm sure it's lovely.

There's some concern they
may have been hand-stitched

in Saipan by little
slave children.

Oh, God.

A number of designers
have expressed

an interest
in making Ellie

a dress-- these are
a couple of samples.

Josh called again.

Take care of it.

You're doing great.

Just make sure you get
a decision about the food.

Salmon's out,
and so is swordfish,

and tuna, and brie,
which Margaret seems to think

is a fish as well.
She's pregnant?

What?
Excuse me?

Swordfish, tuna, soft cheeses...

Am I the only one in the room
with kids?

Tell her we'll find something
with an empire waist.

I don't even know
what that means.

In the service of
your country, son.

Did we work out Meet the Press?

Mancini's doing it.

White House on line
three for you.

Hello?

MARGARET ( over phone ):
Hi.

Margaret, you miss me already,
don't you?

Terribly.
C.J. wanted to call you herself.

No, that's okay,
I know how busy she is.

She ran it by the President;

he can't make it to California,
not on this short notice.

No, I get it.

She's really sorry.

Sure.

It was all very last-minute.

Tell her thanks for trying.

Of course.

( indistinct
radio transmission )

We're in the kitchen.

Brenda Burke.

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Congressman, this
is Brenda Burke,

Ronnie's mother.

Mrs. Burke,
I'm so sorry for you loss.

Thank you, you're
sweet to come.

The mayor came today, too.

A lot of people.

I'm sure this is all
terribly overwhelming.

I can't even begin to imagine
how you're feeling today.

Can I offer you
something to eat?

No, no, please,
don't trouble yourself.

It's no trouble,
people keep bringing food.

You should have one
of those cookies.

That's very kind of you.

They do look delicious.

MAN:
You need to move the vehicles
at the end of the street.

AGENT:
I'm gonna ask you to wait here
for a few minutes.

MAN:
There are people
who need to get up the street.

AGENT:
We'll be removing the roadblock
in about 15 minutes, sir.

Her sister is at the end
of the block.

Please, step back, sir.

I'm Matthew Santos.

I'm so sorry...
I know who you are.

You need to take your
people out of here

and get your cars off the
streets so her sister

can get up the block
and into this house!

The family needs to
be here, you do not.

Sir, I just wanted
to let you and your family know

how very sorry I am
for your loss.

You should know better.

Please step back, sir.

LOU:
All right, we're done here.
Mrs. Burke, I'm so...

LOU:
Congressman, we really
need to get going.
Thank you, Mrs. Burke.

( sighs )

Morning, sir.
That the speech?

Yeah, it is--
if you want

to give it a look,
then we can talk about it...

No, I'm fine, thank you.

You know, it doesn't play
that badly on TV.

What's that?

That was the speech
I'm not going to give.

For the church?

Yeah.

So you just gonna stand up there

and sing
"Oh, Heavenly Shepherd?"

Oh, that's an idea.

You know you slide off
key on the chorus.

( chuckles )

They all think
there's something

that I can
get up there and say

that's gonna
bridge the divide.

Well, there isn't.

I don't think that's true.

The staff doesn't, either,
so maybe you all

should get together
and talk about it.

You don't have to say
the right thing,

which conveniently
doesn't exist,

but you do have to say something
from your heart.

I do, huh?

Yeah.

Nobody wants
to hear that, Helen.

They want to hear what I have
to say as the representative

for every Latino man,
woman, and child

in the 50
United States.

And let me tell
you something,

I'm frankly getting very tired
of being responsible

for every Jose Miguel Rodrigo
Garcia Martinez

de Lopez in America.

I'm exhausted!

Nobody expects that.

Of course they do.

They want me to make sense
out of all this,

and you know what, Helen?

I got nothing.

Why the hell do they shoot a kid
who is trying to surrender?!

There's some guy on the scene
that says the kid was trying

to put his hands up in the air.

The cop couldn't have waited
like a half a second more

before he fired?

And who walks around South
Central with a plastic M-16?

What did this kid think, he was
living in Martha's Vineyard?

Nobody figured out that,
when you live in the ghetto,

you carry around something else

if you don't want
to get your ass blown away?

That's what I've got
right now.

You think that's gonna
make anybody feel better?

( knock at door )

Morning, ma'am.

We got to go.

C.J.:
Nice to see you all.

I hope I didn't pull anybody
out of church.

( slams down folders )

Sorry, Ted.

Where are we?

At 1:30 A.M. Eastern Standard,

keyhole satellite images
picked up movement

on the northwestern border of
the Xingjian Province, up here,

which continued
for the following three hours.

Could this be something else?

Possible.
Could be training drills,

but it's unlikely.

HARPER:
What's likely
is that

China is massing troops
on the border of Kazakhstan.

( knocking )

I brought coffee.

You seemed to be out.

I've given
a lot of thought

to the heartwarming
insight

you shared with me
about how

the President has decided
that Santos is a loser,

and I think
you're full of it.

Eight packets of Splenda,
you couldn't rustle up a bagel?

This isn't about the
President doesn't
think Santos can win.

It's about you don't
think he can win.

That's true, I don't.
Because it
will kill you

to see me do this
and succeed.

You're not wired
for such an event.

Your entire neurological
infrastructure

would fritz out.

You really think I've brewed up

some sort of
Freudian fratricidal mania,

built around your success?

You don't think I have
anything other than that

against the
Democratic nominee
for president?

Name something else,
please.

He's not
presidential material.

Why?

Why?
Because he left.

He left Congress,
he left Washington,

to go home and do
small, important work.

You had to haul him,
by the hair,

out of the family bed.

Did you never
stop to wonder

if that was
a good choice?

He stepped up.

When presented with
the opportunity...

Man in that job shouldn't
have to be presented

with anything!

It's for someone
who grabs it

and holds onto it!

For someone who-who...

who thinks the gods
have conspired

to bring him
to this place!

That destiny demands of him
this service!

You don't have
that kind of drive,

that hubris,

how in the hell are you
going to make

the kind of decisions

that stump every other
person in this country?

How in the hell

are you going to hold

that kind of power
in your hands?

You don't know
he's not that man.

You don't know that he is.

Is he?

Look me in the eye
and tell me that you know.

Without a shadow of a doubt,
you know.

That's why
the other guy wins.

( keyboard plays softly )

WOMAN:
* I am listening

* To the music

* Of the holy

* Holy Spirit

* Oh, what a song

* God is singing

* I will listen

* All day long

* Yes, I will listen

* All day long

* I'm singing oyaheya

CHOIR:
* Oyaheya *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya *

* Hallelujah

* Hallelujah *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya... *

LOU:
Thanks for joining us.
Any time.

We tried to get
the president here,

couldn't make it happen.

Short notice.

Yeah.

Maybe you should do
a longer speech,

take some of the pressure
off the congressman?

I'm happy to do
an introduction,

but I think the congressman
ought to handle the rest.

Yeah.

Oh, how did yesterday go?

( sighs )

Visit to Ronnie Burke's
mother's house was a disaster.

The congressman hates
the very idea of the speech,

never mind the speech itself.

I think he's planning
on replacing me

with a Labrador retriever.

Is that more information

than you were looking for?

Little bit.

PASTOR:
We can hold the hand of the Lord

and walk through the darkness!
Yeah.

Through the pain.
Yes!

Through the storm.
Yeah!

Let's give God some praise
for that.

( applause )

Supposed to be here
already.

They got stuck
with the mayor,

they've five minutes
behind.

This is not the place
to show up late.

I know. I don't know
what to tell you.

He's late.

Yes, he is.

( gasps as
cell phone rings )

( whispering ):
Edie, where the hell are you?

( congregation applauding )

They're here.

LOU:
We've got the Reverend
Dr. James Berlan Whitman,

First Lady Denise Whitman

is sitting in
the first chair
on your right.

Choirmaster
Wilson Bennett.

We've been traveling the country
talking about

Matt Santos's vision
for America.

Talking about
the positive plan he has

to move this country
in the right direction.

Talking about
an America of possibility.

I am proud to introduce
to you a great leader.

A fine and honorable man,
Congressman Matthew Santos.

( applause )

( applause dissipates )

Good morning.

My prayers are with
Ronnie Burke's family today.

I know yours are, too.

My prayers are with Officer
Rafael Martinez and his family.

They are not struggling
with the loss of a child...

but they are struggling
with a terrible truth.

My prayers are with
those families.

And with this one.

You know, I find myself,
on days like this,

casting about...

for someone to blame.

I blame the kid; he stole a car.

I blame the parents;

why couldn't they
teach him better?

I blame the cop;

did he need to fire?

I blame everyone
I can think of,

and I am filled with rage.

And then I try
and find compassion.

Compassion for the people
I blame.

Compassion... for the people
I do not understand.

Compassion.

Doesn't always work so well.

I remember, as a young man,

listening on the radio
to Dr. King in 1968.

He asked of us compassion,
and we responded.

Not necessarily
because we felt it,

but because he convinced us

that if we could find
compassion,

if we could express compassion,

and if we could just
pretend compassion...

it would heal us...

so much more
than vengeance could.

And he was right, it did.

But not enough.

What we've learned this week...

is that more compassion
is required of us,

and an even greater effort
is required of us

and we are all, I think,
every one of us...

tired.

( affirmative murmurings )

We're tired of understanding.

We're tired of waiting.

We're tired of trying
to figure out

why our children are not safe,

and why our efforts
to make them safe seem to fail.

We're tired.

But we must know
that we have made some progress

and blame will only destroy it.

Blame will breed more violence,
and we have had enough of that.

Blame will not rid our streets
of crime and drugs and fear,

and we have had enough of that.

Blame will not
strengthen our schools,

or our families,
or our workforce.

Blame will rob us
of those things,

and we have had enough of that.

And, so, I ask you today
to dig down deep with me,

and find... that compassion
in your hearts.

Because it will keep us
on the road.

And we will walk together.

And work together.

And slowly...

slowly-- too slowly--

things will get better.

God bless you.

God bless you,
and God bless your children.

( applause builds )

WOMAN:
* Oyaheya

CHOIR:
* Oyaheya *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya *

* Hallelujah

* Hallelujah *

* Oyaheya, yeah

* Oyaheya *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya *

* Oyaheya

* Oyaheya *

* Hallelujah

* Hallelujah *

* Oyaheya...