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PREVIOUSLY ON THE WEST WING:

INDIA HAS SENT TROOPS INTO
THE NEUTRAL ZONE IN KASHMIR.

THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT?

NOT READY
FOR THE PRESS.
COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT

BEFORE SENDING ME IN THERE.

C.J.?
I FLATLY DENIED IT.

I MET WITH SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
THIS MORNING.

WHAT DID I DO?

IT'S TIME FOR ME TO TELL YOU

ABOUT SOME LETTERS
WE'VE BEEN GETTING.

TWO DEATH THREATS WERE RECEIVED
EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

SIR, I'M FAIRLY CONVINCED

WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO
15-YEAR-OLD BOYS.

President:
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

TWO POLITICIANS ARE HAVING
AN ARGUMENT.

ONE OF THEM STANDS UP
AND SHOUTS, "YOU'RE LYING."

THE OTHER ONE SAYS,
"YES, I AM, BUT HEAR ME OUT."

( audience laughing )

Woman:
MR. PRESIDENT

we have time
for one more question.

President:
I don't think I answered
the last one yet.

Suzanne's got me telling jokes.

( audience laughing )

Suzanne, there is an answer
to your question

but I don't think
you're going to like it.

You ready?

The current crop
of 18-25 year olds

is the most politically
apathetic generation

IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

IN 1972,
HALF OF THAT AGE GROUP VOTED.

IN THE LAST ELECTION,
IT WAS 32%.

YOUR GENERATION
IS CONSIDERABLY LESS LIKELY

THAN ANY PREVIOUS ONE

TO WRITE
OR CALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS

ATTEND RALLIES
OR WORK ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.

A MAN ONCE SAID THIS:

"DECISIONS ARE MADE
BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP."

SO ARE WE FAILING YOU,
OR ARE YOU FAILING US?

IT'S A LITTLE OF BOTH.

( audience laughing )

A guy on my staff
showed me a report...

WE'RE MOMENTS AWAY.

I'M GOING
TO GET THE DOOR.

...from the Center
for Policy Alternatives

that said 61% of your age group
agree with the statement

"Politicians
and political officials

have failed my generation."

When asked how older generations
see you

your top answers are "lazy,"
"confused" and "unfocused."

IT'S THE CENTER
FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES.

C.J.'LL HAVE COPIES
FOR THE BUS RIDE BACK.

When asked how
you see yourselves

the top answers were

"ambitious," "determined"
and "independent."

UM, I WANT TO CONTINUE
WITH THIS, BUT THERE WAS

SOME DEBATE
AMONG MY STAFF EARLIER TODAY

AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
I SHOULD TAKE OFF MY JACKET.

SOME THOUGHT IT WOULD

fit in nicely
with the folksy atmosphere

of a town hall meeting.

Others thought
it wouldn't be Presidential.

Can I trust you all
to read nothing into it

other than I've been
talking for two hours

and it's a little hot
under these lights?

( applause )

THANK YOU.

See, all that ambition
and determination

doesn't translate
into political action, Suzanne.

WHERE'S TOBY?

WHY?

HE'S GOT A PHONE CALL.

FROM WHO?

PETER JOBSON.

GIVE IT TO ME.

That tax burden has crept

further down
the income and age ladder

and the benefits
are going more and more

to the elderly
and the well-to-do.

Totaling all government
payments to individuals...

TOBY.

...we now spend nine times
as much on the elderly

as we do on a single child.

No wonder
this upcoming generation

has turned its back...

JOSH.

on a government
that's forgotten them.

Overall entitlement payments...

LEO.

are, or will have crowded out

public investment
into infrastructure...

WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S THE SIGNAL.

I THOUGHT THAT
WAS THE SIGNAL

FOR THE OTHER THING.

THAT'S THE SIGNAL
FOR THIS THING NOW.

WHEN DID
THAT HAPPEN?

IT HAPPENED JUST A...

WHO CARES, LEO?

IT'S THE SIGNAL
FOR THIS THING NOW.

WE'RE TOTALLY
OUT OF THE WOODS?

GO TELL THE PRESIDENT.

Overall, entitlement payments
will have crowded out

public investment
in infrastructure

and they'll have crowded out
public investment in education

to say nothing
to the general quality of life.

So college kids today
are facing a future

of paying even higher taxes...

FOLLOW ME.

WHY?

...which is why it doesn't come
as a galloping shock

today's young people aren't
exactly living for tomorrow.

I HAVE A TIP.

YOU DO?
YES.

OKAY.

I HAVE A TIP
AND I'M GOING

TO GIVE IT TO YOU
BEFORE THE OTHERS.

ARE WE BEING
WATCHED RIGHT NOW?

NO.

THEN WHY ARE WE
TALKING LIKE THIS?

I HAVE NEWS.

WHAT'S THE NEWS?

I WANT YOU TO
ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT I'M DOING

SOMETHING
NICE FOR YOU.

WHAT IS THE NEWS?

A PEACE PIPE
OF SORTS.
YES.

AN OFFERING, WHICH
IN ONE SENSE...

WHAT'S THE DAMN NEWS?

CALL YOUR
SCIENCE EDITOR.
WHY?

IT'S ABOUT THE SPACE
SHUTTLE COLUMBIA.

There's another survey,
this one by the Generation X

advocacy group Third Millennium.

53% of 18-25 year olds believe
the soap opera General Hospital

will outlast Medicare.

( audience laughing )

This from a generation convinced
the generation before them

HAS RANSOMED ITS FUTURE.

THAT'S WHY MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER,
ZOEY, IS ALWAYS MAD AT ME.

( audience laughing )

THIS IS THE PART WHERE ZOEY

TRIES TO CRAWL
UNDER HER SEAT TO HIDE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, SWEETIE.

I'M GOING TO BRING OUT THE BABY
PICTURES ANY SECOND NOW.

( audience laughing )

( cheering, chanting )

GINA.

STRAIGHT TO THE CAR.

HE'S NOT WORKING
THE ROPE LINE?

THERE'S A SOFTBALL GAME
HE WANTS TO WATCH.

THEY SHOW
SOFTBALL ON TV?

YEAH.

AND THE PRESIDENT
WATCHES IT?

HE LIKES TO UNWIND
WATCHING SPORTS ON TV.

SOFTBALL.

WHATEVER'S ON.

GOOD.

( crowd chanting ):
BARTLET! BARTLET! BARTLET!

GO, JED! GO, JED! GO, JED!

GO, JED! GO, JED! GO, JED!

GO, JED! GO, JED! GO, JED!

STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
IN HISTORY THAT ANYONE...

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

YEAH.

HE USED IT.
YEAH.

HE USED THE MATERIAL
I TOLD HIM ABOUT.

YEAH.

YOU WERE RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IT DOESN'T
GO AWAY.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

GOD BLESS YOU
AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

HERE WE GO.

HE'S NOT WORKING
THE ROPE LINE, MIKE.

STRAIGHT TO THE CAR.

I'VE GOT BOOKBAG.

BABY PICTURES-- HE'S
HECKLING ME WITH THEM

AND VISA CARD BILLS.

AND LOOK, NOW HE'S
WALKING THE ROPE LINE.

IF THERE WAS EVER A CHANCE
HE WAS GOING TO WALK PAST
A CROWD OF PEOPLE...

CHARLIE!

I SAW SOMETHING.

BY THE WAY,
CHARLIE APOLOGIZED

TO ME-- HE MADE
A FULL APOLOGY.

I SAW SOMETHING.

GINA?

Crowd chanting:
BARTLET! BARTLET!

BARTLET! BARTLET! BARTLET!

BARTLET! BARTLET! BARTLET!

BARTLET! BARTLET! BARTLET!

[Captioning sponsored by
NBC

and WARNER BROS. TELEVISION]

WHAT'S GOING ON?

ONE SECOND, LEO.

THAT WAS
THE SA-6, RIGHT?

SURFACE-TO-AIR?
THANK YOU.

AL JABER AIR BASE
IN KUWAIT

SAYS A NIGHTHAWK
DIDN'T COME BACK.

DIDN'T COME BACK
FROM WHERE?

A PATROL OF THE NO-FLY
WITH THE FIVE AND DIME.

IRAQ.

YEAH.

WE'VE GOT AN F-117
DOWN IN IRAQ.

ALONG WITH A PILOT.

HOW MUCH OF THIS
IS CONFIRMED?

NONE OF IT.

HOW MUCH TIME?

I NEED TEN
MORE MINUTES.

TEN MINUTES, THEN
I'M BRINGING IN
THE PRESIDENT.

CONFIRMATION IN TEN MINUTES.

IT SEEMS TO ME IF THE
EVENT'S OVER BY 10:00

I CAN BE BACK
HERE BY 11:00.

YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS?

YOU CAN WATCH THE
GIRLS' SOFTBALL GAME.

DID YOU SNICKER
WHEN YOU SAID THAT?

NO, SIR.

YES, YOU DID.

MR. PRESIDENT.

THANKS, LOU.

WHEN YOU SAID THAT,
YOU SNICKERED.

NO, SIR.

YES, YOU SNICKERED
AS IF TO INDICATE

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
WITH MY WANTING TO SEE

A GIRLS' SOFTBALL GAME
LIVE VIA SATELLITE.

WELL, YOU SEEM PRETTY
EXCITED ABOUT IT, SIR.

THEY'RE READY FOR YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT.

THANKS, PHIL.

I AM
EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AT THE END OF A LONG DAY

YOU SIT BACK,
YOU OPEN A BEER

YOU WATCH A
SPORTING EVENT.

THAT'S WHAT MEN DO.

THEY WATCH
GIRLS' SOFTBALL?

WHEN THAT'S WHAT'S ON,
THAT'S WHAT THEY WATCH.

IT'S THAT OR A CRICKET MATCH
BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND BERMUDA.

NOW, I AM AN EDUCATED MAN,
CHARLIE, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY

TRIES TO EXPLAIN CRICKET TO ME

ALL I WANT TO DO IS HIT HIM
IN THE HEAD WITH A TEAPOT.

GOOD MORNING,
MR. PRESIDENT.

GOOD MORNING, PATTY.

SO IT'S SOFTBALL.

SACRAMENTO STATE VERSUS

THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE PACIFIC.

A CLASH
OF THE TITANS.

YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO SPOIL MY FUN.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO, SIR.

I'LL GET TO THE
END OF THE DAY

SIT BACK,
OPEN A BEER...

AND WATCH GIRLS' SOFTBALL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING,
MR. PRESIDENT.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.

HEY, STEVE, HEY, MIKEY.

HAVE I GOTTEN ANY OF
THE NAMES RIGHT SO FAR?

NO SIR, BUT YOU CAME DAMN CLOSE
ON A COUPLE OF 'EM.

GOOD MORNING,
MR. PRESIDENT.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
IF WE GET RIGHT TO IT.

SURE.

IT'S A TOWN HALL MEETING
BROADCAST LIVE ON MSNBC.

FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THIS REHEARSAL

CAROL WILL BE THE MODERATOR.

SHE'LL BE SITTING
TO YOUR RIGHT.

YOU'LL HAVE A PITCHER OF
WATER AND A DRINKING GLASS.

WHEN I SPEAK,
I SHOULD STAND

FACING THE AUDIENCE, RIGHT?

SIR...

YOU KNOW HOW
I KNOW THIS?

I'VE DONE IT
200,000-300,000 TIMES.

HEY, SAM.
YES, SIR.

WHY DIDN'T COLUMBIA LAND?

I'M SORRY, SIR?

THE SPACE SHUTTLE WAS
SUPPOSED TO LAND.

SOMEBODY SAID IT DIDN'T.

WHY DON'T YOU
GO ASK TOBY?

WHY WOULD
TOBY KNOW?

HIS BROTHER'S
ON THAT FLIGHT.

REALLY?

HE'S A PAYLOAD
SPECIALIST.

I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT.

HE'S UP THERE
WITH FOUR

RED-BELLIED
JAPANESE NEWTS.

HE WANTS TO SEE HOW
A NEWT'S INNER EARS

WHICH ARE REMARKABLY
SIMILAR TO HUMANS'

ARE INFLUENCED BY THE
ABSENCE OF GRAVITY.

YOU KNOW WHAT HE
CALLS THEM, C.J.?

ASTRONEWTS?

100% RIGHT.

GO ASK HIM WHY
IT DIDN'T LAND.

YES, SIR.

HERE WE GO.

OKAY, SIR.

MR. PRESIDENT,
THE FIRST QUESTION...

SORRY, C.J.?

YOU SAY I HAVE A PITCHER
OF WATER AND A DRINKING GLASS

AND THE WATER GETS
INTO THE GLASS HOW?

Toby:
IT'LL GO SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

"MR. PRESIDENT

"YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAS PURSUED
A POLICY OF WHAT?

CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT..."

YES.

"...TOWARD CHINA, EVEN THOUGH
IT'S A COMMUNIST COUNTRY

THAT HAS SYSTEMATICALLY...
WHAT? IMPRISONED DISSIDENTS?"

YES.

"OKAY, OPPRESSED
ITS BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

"AT THE SAME TIME

"YOUR ADMINISTRATION
HAS REFUSED TO ENGAGE CUBA.

WHY THE DOUBLE STANDARD?"

INTERESTING QUESTION.

THANKS.

TOBY...

WE NEED AN ANSWER ON CUBA.

WE NEED AN
ANSWER ON CUBA

AND WE NEED AN
ANSWER ON FARM LOANS.

COLLEGE STUDENTS AREN'T GOING
TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT CUBA.

THERE'LL BE
FACULTY THERE.

NOT ONLY DID
I NOT KNOW

THAT YOU HAD A
BROTHER ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE

YEAH.
I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU HAD A BROTHER.

I DO.
I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU HAD A BROTHER.

DO YOU KNOW WHY THE
SPACE SHUTTLE DIDN'T
LAND LAST NIGHT?

WHY?

WERE YOU AWARE
THE SPACE SHUTTLE

WAS SUPPOSED TO LAND
LAST NIGHT AND DIDN'T?

WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM ME, SAM?

IS THERE SOMETHING GOING
ON ON THE SHUTTLE?

I'LL FIND OUT.

THANK YOU, AND WRITE
ME AN ANSWER ON CUBA.

OKAY.

DONNA, DID YOU
GET ME A MEETING

WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT?

I DID, BUT YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BE HAPPY.

JOGGING.
YES.

WE COULDN'T REALLY, THIS TIME,
JUST SIT IN CHAIRS?

HE'S JOGGING AT 2:00.

IT'S THE ONLY TIME
HE COULD FIT YOU IN.

OKAY, ORDER ME BOILED CHICKEN
AND SOME PASTA.

NOTHING LIKE A MEETING
YOU HAVE TO CARB-UP FOR.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE AT THE TOWN
HALL PREP RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I'M GOING
TO THE PRESSROOM.

THEY STARTED
TEN MINUTES AGO.

DONNA?

YEAH?

WHERE'S MY CHAIR?

WE HAVE TO GO.

WHERE'S MY CHAIR?

WHAT CHAIR?

THE CHAIR I SIT IN
AT MY DESK.

IT'S AT THE SHOP.

AT THE SHOP?

YOU SAID ONE OF THE
WHEELS WAS WOBBLY.

YEAH, YOU CALL A GUY
FROM MAINTENANCE.

HE BRINGS A SCREWDRIVER.

WELL, I SENT IT
TO THE SHOP.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
THERE WAS A SHOP.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH A SHOP
AS IT IS...

WHAT?

MY FRIEND, CURTIS.

YEAH.
YOUR FRIEND, CURTIS...

...IS FIXING MY CHAIR?

I'M THROWING HIM SOME WORK.

AND HOW MUCH IS
CURTIS CHARGING THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

TO FIX THE WOBBLY WHEEL
ON MY CHAIR?

HE SAID HE'D HAVE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE JOB.

AT HIS SHOP?

YEAH.
OKAY.

MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE MORE
THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS

WHO DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE

AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM
ARE CHILDREN.

IN THE FIRST YEAR
OF YOUR PRESIDENCY

YOU PROPOSED NO NEW...

President:
I PROPOSED...

...COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION TO
THE CRISIS.

CAN WE EXPECT
REAL ACTION IN
THE NEAR FUTURE

OR WILL YOUR
ADMINISTRATION

CONTINUE TO NIBBLE
AROUND THE EDGES?

I WOULDN'T SAY
MY ADMINISTRATION'S

"NIBBLED AROUND THE EDGES."

DON'T REPEAT THE PHRASE, SIR.

THAT'LL BE THE SOUND BITE.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION

THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO
IS ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT THERE'S
A PROBLEM.

I AGREE WITH YOU
THAT FAR TOO MANY AMERICANS

DO NOT HAVE ACCESS

TO THE QUALITY AFFORDABLE
HEALTH CARE THEY DESERVE

AND IT'S INTOLERABLE
THAT MOST OF THEM ARE CHILDREN.

YES.

WE CAN, AND WE MUST DO MORE.

MR. PRESIDENT.

HANG ON.
NOW CAN I BLAME CONGRESS?

KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.

( chuckles )

MR. PRESIDENT,
I NEED YOU IN
THE SITUATION ROOM.

Fitzwallace:
GOOD MORNING,
MR. PRESIDENT.

IS THE PILOT
STILL ALIVE?

HE HAD AN ACES II
ZERO/ZERO EJECTOR
SEAT ON BOARD.

NATO COMMAND
IN BRUSSELS SAYS
THE AEGIS SYSTEM

ON THE NORTH DAKOTA

PICKED UP A
TRACKING SIGNAL

ON THE FAO PENINSULA,
SOUTH OF BASRA.

HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

WHO ELSE IS OUT THERE?

THE FOURTH CORPS
OF THE IRAQI R.G.

WE PATROL THE AREA.

SOMEBODY'S
WITHIN TEN MILES

OF THE PILOT.

OUR GUY IS TEN MILES
FROM THE FOURTH CORPS

OF THE IRAQI REPUBLICAN GUARDS?

IT'S A MATTER
OF WHO GETS THERE FIRST.

FITZ, YOU GOT A RESCUE SCENARIO?

YEAH. THE 16th SPECIAL
OPERATIONS GROUP

OUT OF HURLBERT FIELD.

THEY USE THE PAVE HAWKS?

AND THE MH-53J.

THESE ARE SPECIALLY
EQUIPPED HELICOPTERS.

THEY FLY
TREE-TOP ALTITUDE

AT ABOUT 180 KNOTS.

Man:
MR. PRESIDENT,
CAN I SUGGEST

THAT RATHER THAN JUMPING
INTO A MILITARY RESCUE PLAN...

Leo:
OH, PLEASE.

A PHONE CALL
TO IRAQI AMBASS...

YOU WANT TO CHECK
WITH THE EMBASSY?

I'M SAYING, LEO

THAT THREE HOURS SPENT ON
DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS IS NOT...

I TELL YOU WHAT, PHIL.

HOW ABOUT I DROP YOU
AND YOUR $47 MILLION

AMERICAN WARPLANE
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PICKED UP

BY IRAQI RADAR
IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT.

THEN YOU TELL ME
IF WE'VE GOT THREE HOURS

TO FIND A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION
BEFORE WE COME GET YOU.

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

I'M SORRY, SIR?

THE PILOT. WHAT'S HIS NAME?

CAPTAIN SCOTT HOTCHKISS.

WHERE'S HE FROM?

RHODE ISLAND.

HOW OLD IS HE?

26.

ROB TOLD ME IN MY INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFING LAST WEEK

THAT THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT
HAS PUT OUT A BOUNTY--

THE EQUIVALENT
OF $14,000 U.S.--

FOR ANY AMERICAN PLANE
SHOT DOWN

OR ANY AMERICAN SOLDIER
CAPTURED.

NOW, HE WAS JUST PATROLLING
THE NO-FLY ZONE, RIGHT?

YES, SIR.

HE HAD NOT ENGAGED.

NO, SIR.

PHIL...

IF IT ENDS UP FITZWALLACE
HAS TO CALL THIS KID'S PARENTS

I SWEAR TO GOD,
I'M INVADING BAGHDAD.

GET HIM BACK.

YES, SIR.

YEAH?

OH, C.J., THE
IRAQIS SHOT DOWN

AN F-117 NIGHTHAWK
IN THE SOUTHERN

NO-FLY ZONE.

IS THE PILOT STILL ALIVE?

YEAH, BUT HE'S CAUGHT

BETWEEN A COUPLE OF DIVISIONS
OF THE REPUBLICAN GUARD.

IS THERE A PENTAGON...

PENTAGON TEAM'S
COMING OVER TO
BRIEF YOU.

IS THERE A RESCUE MISSION?

PRESIDENT GAVE THE ORDER
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

IF THE IRAQIS SHOT DOWN AN F-117

THEY'RE GOING TO WANT
TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT IT.

YEAH.
THERE'S GOING TO BE FILM

OF A BURNING AIRPLANE
ON CNN WITHIN TWO HOURS.

PRESS'LL HAVE THE NEWS
BEFORE YOU'RE DONE

WITH WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE SITUATION ROOM.

WHICH IS THE PROBLEM

OF CONDUCTING
A COVERT RESCUE MISSION

IN THIS AGE OF
INSTANT NEWS.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
I'M TELLING YOU?

YES, I DO.

'CAUSE THERE
WAS A PROBLEM...

LEO, I'M SAYING...

THERE WAS A PROBLEM
A FEW MONTHS AGO

WITH INDIA/PAKISTAN.

LEO...
YOU WERE
UNCOMFORTABLE

YOU WERE UNCOMFORTABLE
LYING TO THE PRESS...

I WASN'T LYING TO THE PRESS
ON INDIA/PAKISTAN.

I WAS LIED TO BY YOU

WHICH MADE ME
LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT.

WELL, I'M NOT
LYING TO YOU NOW.

FOUR MH-53J PAVE LOWS

CARRYING 80 GUYS
FROM THE 16th SPECIAL OPS

ARE OUT FLYING UNDER RADAR.

WE'RE GOING
TO PAY A PRICE

FOR MISLEADING
THE PRESS.

I DON'T CARE.
I UNDERSTAND.

Josh:
LEO?

AN F-117?

YOU SHOULD GO
TO YOUR BRIEFING.

YEAH.

AN F-117 IS A STEALTH
FIGHTER, RIGHT?

YEAH.

AT SOME POINT,
WE'LL TALK ABOUT

HOW THEY SHOT DOWN
A STEALTH FIGHTER.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT
TO THE BANK.

ANYWAY, I ARRANGED A
MEETING WITH HOYNES.

WHEN?

IN AN HOUR.
WHERE?

WE'RE JOGGING.

LISTEN TO ME.

DON'T TELL HIM
WHY IT'S BAD FOR US.

TELL HIM WHY
IT'S BAD FOR HIM.

I'M NOT WORRIED
ABOUT THE MEETING.

COME SEE ME AFTER.

AN F-117?
YEAH.

ISN'T THAT
A STEALTH FIGHTER?
YES.

HOW DID IT GET SEEN?

I'M SURE SOMEONE
IS LOOKING INTO THAT.

I WOULD THINK SO.
IN ITS DEFENSE

THE STEALTH FIGHTER'S A
GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY

BEHIND THE B-2
SPIRIT BOMBER.

IT'S A STEALTH FIGHTER.

IT SHOULD HAVE STEALTH
CAPABILITY, RIGHT?

SURE.
'CAUSE IF IT DOESN'T

WE SHOULD CALL IT
SOMETHING ELSE.

HELLO.

HI.

ONE OF THE PAYLOAD
BAY DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE.

I'M SORRY?
SPECIFICALLY

THE STARBOARD
PAYLOAD BAY DOOR.

SAM, IF YOUR ASS
ISN'T OFF MY DESK

AND I MEAN STAT...

THIS IS NOT HIS
FIRST SHUTTLE.

IT IS HIS FOURTH
SHUTTLE MISSION.

DR. DAVID ZIEGLER

HOLDING
POSTGRADUATE DEGREES

IN BOTH
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY.

NOW I KNOW MORE ABOUT
YOUR BROTHER THAN YOU

SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU HAD A BROTHER.

A PAYLOAD BAY DOOR
WOULDN'T CLOSE?

I TALKED TO THE MISSION
COMMANDER AT NASA

A GUY NAMED PETER JOBSON.

HE SAID
A POWER DRIVE UNIT

ON THE STARBOARD PAYLOAD
BAY DOOR WAS JAMMED.

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED
AN E.V.A. TO FIX IT

AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LAND
TILL THE MORNING.

IT'S MORNING EVERY 45 MINUTES
ON THE SHUTTLE.

MORNING AT EDWARDS.

IT'S MORNING RIGHT NOW.

THE E.V.A.'s TAKING THEM
A LITTLE TIME.

WELL, IT'S A RED-LETTER DAY
FOR U.S. AVIATION, ISN'T IT?

PETER JOBSON WAS VERY CALM.

HE SAID IT WAS
A MINOR PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT, GO
BACK TO WORK.

C.J. NEEDS THE
BRIEFING ROOM.

LET'S MOVE PREP TO
THE ROOSEVELT ROOM

WHEN THE PRESIDENT'S FREE.

I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S
GOING TO GET ANYTHING ON CUBA

BUT WE'RE WORKING OUT
AN ANSWER.

ALSO ON TEACHERS.

OKAY.

SAM, KEEP IN TOUCH

WITH PETER JOBSON

AND LET ME KNOW
AS SOON AS IT LANDS, WOULD YOU?

YEAH.

YEAH.
TOBY?

CNN'S GOT THE NIGHTHAWK.

THANK YOU.

Josh:
THERE WAS
A RECKLESS DEREGULATION

OF THE S&L INDUSTRY
BY A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS

THAT WAS FLOODED
WITH S&L CONTRIBUTIONS

A DISASTER WHICH NEARLY
COLLAPSED THE BANKING SYSTEM

AND COST TAXPAYERS
$500 BILLION.

Hoynes:
WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

WE'RE NO BETTER
WITH THE MONEY
THAN THEY ARE.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

THREE-QUARTERS
OF ALL SOFT MONEY

GOING INTO
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

ISN'T COMING FROM
LABOR UNIONS.

IT'S COMING FROM
CORPORATIONS.

YES, I KNOW.

OVER A HUNDRED BUSINESSES
PAID BOTH PARTIES

AN EXCESS OF $125,000
IN THE LAST ELECTION.

THEY GIVE IT
TO BOTH PARTIES.

THAT ISN'T FREE SPEECH
OR POLITICAL VALUES,
MR. VICE PRESIDENT.

I DON'T KNOW
HOW WE'VE DONE IT

BUT WE'VE
LEGALIZED BRIBERY.

YEP.

SO, WHAT WE'VE GOT
ARE TWO CORPORATE PARTIES--

ONE PRO-LIFE,
ONE PRO-CHOICE.

WHEN I SAID
"WHAT'S YOUR POINT?"

I MEANT, "WHAT'S
YOUR POINT?"

WE'VE NOTICED
A SUDDEN INCREASE

IN THE AMOUNT OF RACQUETBALL
AND LATE-NIGHT POKER GAMES

WITH DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS
OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.

OH, COME ON, JOSH,
THIS IS WASHINGTON, D.C.

YOU CAN'T SWING
A DEAD CAT

WITHOUT HITTING A
DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT

OF CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REFORM.

CAN WE STOP RUNNING
A SECOND?

YEAH.

YOU'RE BACKING THE WRONG HORSE.

YOU READ THE SAME POLLS I DO.

THE PRESIDENT'S GONE UP
NINE POINTS IN THREE WEEKS--

51% JOB APPROVAL, BIG DEAL--

BUT HE'S GOING ON
NATIONAL TELEVISION TONIGHT.

HE'S GOING TO PICK UP
ANOTHER FIVE.

THAT'S 56%-- A
14-POINT BUMP
IN A MONTH.

LOOK, JOSH...
NOW, THAT'S DAUNTING...

HANG ON.

IF WE BRING THIS
AIR FORCE PILOT BACK ALIVE

THAT'S ANOTHER TEN POINTS

AND WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES
WITH A JOB APPROVAL RATING

IN THE HIGH 60s.

EVERY DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN
IN A TIGHT RACE IS PAYING A BUCK

TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN
WITH THE PRESIDENT.

YOU'RE LOOKING AROUND
THE RACQUETBALL COURTS SAYING

"WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?"

YOU'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE

BATTLING JED BARTLET
WHEN HE'S RIGHT

AND YOU'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE
BATTLING HIM WHEN HE'S POPULAR.

WHY IN THE WORLD
WOULD YOU WANT TO TRY IT

WHEN HE'S BOTH
AT THE SAME TIME?

YOU KNOW SOMETHING, JOSH?

SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I'D
LISTENED TO YOU TWO YEARS AGO

WOULD I BE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW?

YOU EVER WONDER THAT?

NO, SIR, I KNOW IT FOR SURE.

I'M DONE.

THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

A U.S. AIR FORCE F-117A

NIGHTHAWK STEALTH FIGHTER
ATTACK AIRCRAFT

FLYING A ROUTINE PATROL

OUT OF AL JABER AIR FORCE BASE
IN KUWAIT

WAS SHOT DOWN OVER THE SOUTHERN
NO-FLY ZONE IN IRAQ.

AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW
THE CONDITION OF THE PILOT.

WE DO KNOW THE PLANE CARRIES AN
ACES II ZERO/ZERO EJECTOR SEAT

AND THAT IT WAS ACTIVATED.

GENERAL RICHMOND
AND GENERAL CLANCY

WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
IN A MOMENT.

Reporters:
C.J.!

IS THERE
A RESCUE MISSION UNDERWAY?

THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF SCENARIOS BEING CONTEMPLATED

BUT I WOULDN'T WANT
TO SPECULATE.

WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH
WITH THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT

AND THE PRESIDENT
IS LOOKING FOR A
DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION.

Reporter:
THERE HAVE BEEN
NO MILITARY MOVES?

NO.

Reporters:
C.J.?

CHRIS.

BUT YOU FIRST HAVE TO LIST
YOUR OWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OR YOU DON'T
HAVE ANY CREDIBILITY.

EXPANDING COVERAGE FOR
5 MILLION MORE POOR CHILDREN.

MAKING HEALTH CARE PORTABLE
FOR PEOPLE WHO CHANGE JOBS.

YOU COULD ALSO
LIST THE AGENDA
FOR THE COMING YEAR.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S HARD
ABOUT THIS, C.J.?

SIR?

I'M REHEARSING HERE

WITHOUT THE PITCHER
AND THE GLASS

AND IT'S TOTALLY
WEIRD FOR ME.

WHAT ABOUT HIM
TAKING HIS JACKET OFF?

I LIKE IT.
NO.

IT'LL LOOK
STAGED.

NOT IF HE DOES IT
AT THE RIGHT MOMENT.

THEN THROW IT
OVER HIS SHOULDER?

MAYBE.

I'M ALSO NOT
WILD ABOUT THAT
HANDHELD MIKE.

CAN WE GET
HIM WIRED?

NO. WITH THE MIKE,
THE STOOL

AND THE JACKET
OVER MY SHOULDER

I CAN DO THE
TOWN HALL MEETING

THEN DO A COUPLE OF SETS

AT THE COPA.

HEY.

MY MUSICAL DIRECTOR,
ZOEY BARTLET.

ARE YOU WORKING?

WE'RE DOWN TO
DO I OR DO I NOT
TAKE MY JACKET OFF.

WANT TO KNOW
WHAT I THINK?

I HONESTLY
COULDN'T CARE LESS.

I WANT YOU TO COME
WITH US TONIGHT.

I WAS... DAD,
ARE YOU SWEATING?

I'M FINE.

YEAH.
ARE YOU SURE?

ZOEY...
YOU TOOK YOUR PILLS?

FINE. GO AHEAD AND COLLAPSE.

ARE YOU
CHANNELING MOM NOW?

DAD...

COME TO VIRGINIA
TONIGHT.

I CAN WATCH ON TV.

IT'S NOT LIKE
BEING THERE IN PERSON.

YOU'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT ME

AND THE CAMERA'S
GOING TO GO ON ME

AND MY FACE IS
GOING TO TURN RED.

IT'S JUST GOING
TO BE AWFUL FOR ME.

BONUS, THEN
IT'S SETTLED.

LISTEN,
CHARLIE WANTED

TO SAY SOMETHING
DURING PREP.

OKAY.

I'M GOING
TO GO SEE MOM.

AND YOU'RE
COMING TONIGHT?

THANKS.
YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, WE'RE DONE.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

CHARLIE, ZOEY SAID
YOU HAD SOMETHING

YOU WANTED TO MENTION.

I'M SORRY, SIR?

THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU WANTED TO MENTION?

NO, SIR.
YOU SURE?

YES, SIR. THERE WAS
JUST... I'M SORRY.

THERE WAS A
MISUNDERSTANDING.

OKAY.

MR. PRESIDENT?
YEAH?

I WAS THINKING IT
MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA

TO HAVE A SIGNAL
WORKED OUT.

A SIGNAL FOR WHAT?

GOOD NEWS
REGARDING THE PILOT

AND IT COMES WHILE
YOU'RE ON TELEVISION.

WHAT KIND OF SIGNAL
DID YOU HAVE IN MIND?

SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

JUST VERY SUBTLE,
VERY SIMPLE.

WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S A DEPARTURE.

IT'S A SAFE DEPARTURE.

WOULD YOU LIKE
A DIFFERENT SIGNAL?

NO, THAT ONE'S GOOD.

SHOULD I SPREAD IT AROUND?

I THINK IT'S GOING
TO GET AROUND ALL BY ITSELF

BUT IF YOU WANT
TO HELP IT ALONG A LITTLE

THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG WITH THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

( knocking )

Leo:
HEY, JOSH.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I JUST TALKED TO HOYNES.

IS HE IN?

YEAH, HE'S ON BOARD.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB.

GOOD.

JOSH...
YEAH?

DID YOU HAPPEN
TO SAY TO HIM

THAT IF SCOTT HOTCHKISS
COMES BACK ALIVE

THERE'LL BE
A TEN-POINT BUMP?

I DID.

I GOT TO TELL YOU

IF THE PRESIDENT
EVER HEARD ABOUT THAT

HE'D BE OUT OF HIS SKIN.

LEO...
DON'T DO THAT.

I WAS JUST...
NOT EVEN IN PRIVATE.

THE GUY'S BEEN
BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY.

HE COULD BE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.

FOR SURE HE'S IN AN
IRAQI DESERT WITH NO WATER.

HE'S GOT TO KEEP
RADIO SILENCE

'CAUSE WE'RE NOT
THE ONLY ONES
LOOKING FOR HIM

AND IF THEY GET
TO HIM FIRST

AND IF ALL HE GIVES THEM
IS NAME, RANK AND SERIAL NUMBER

THEY'RE GOING TO BEAT HIM, JOSH.

THEY'RE GOING
TO TORTURE HIM.

THIS IS TO SAY NOTHING
OF 80 GUYS IN THE HELICOPTER

WHO ARE GOING
TO GET SHOT AT

IF THEY'RE PICKED UP
UNDERNEATH THE RADAR.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I KNOW THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN
JOKING AROUND ALL DAY

BUT HE'S BEEN LIVING AND DYING
WITH EVERY HOUR OF THIS

AND HE'D BE REALLY
OFFENDED IF HE KNEW

YOU WERE DISCUSSING
A POLITICAL UPSIDE

AND I GOT TO TELL, JOSH

AS A GUY WHO FLEW PLANES
IN THE WAR

I WAS REALLY OFFENDED, TOO.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

OKAY.

YOU DID GOOD TODAY.

I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S
A WAY TO BE A PERSON.

I APOLOGIZE.

YOUR APOLOGY'S ACCEPTED.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT LOOKED LIKE YOU
WANTED TO HUG ME.

OH, MAN,
DID YOU READ THAT WRONG.

OKAY.

OH, HEY,
SAM WAS HERE BEFORE.

WE'VE GOT SOME
KIND OF SIGNAL?

YEAH, FOR IF WE KNOW SOMETHING
DURING THE TOWN HALL.

IT'S GOING
TO BE DAYS.
MAYBE NOT.

WHAT'S THE SIGNAL?

IT'S THIS HERE.

WHAT IS THAT?

THAT'S THE SIGNAL.

LOOKS LIKE A
HIP-HOP GESTURE.

IT'S, UH,
A PLANE TAKING OFF.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
A PLANE TAKING OFF.

IT MEANS SOMETHING GOOD
HAS HAPPENED.

THIS MEANS SOMETHING BAD
HAS HAPPENED.

I GOT IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
A CRYPTOGRAPHER...

I SAID I'VE GOT IT.

LEO...

I REALLY DO APOLOGIZE.

THANK YOU.

ZOEY? CAN I TALK
TO YOU IN HERE?

YEAH.

I WISH YOU HADN'T
DONE THAT.

YOU NEEDED PROMPTING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU CHICKENED OUT.

I DIDN'T CHICKEN
OUT AND I DIDN'T
NEED PROMPTING.

IT'S JUST INAPPROPRIATE.

I DON'T HAVE THE SAME
RELATIONSHIP

WITH YOUR FATHER
THAT YOU HAVE.

I DON'T HAVE THE
SAME RELATIONSHIP
THAT THE STAFF HAS.

I DON'T THINK
IT'S OUT OF LINE

FOR YOU TO PUT
YOUR TWO CENTS IN.

I'M SORRY, WE'RE
USING YOUR OFFICE...

YOU CAN KEEP FIGHTING
IN A SECOND.

I JUST NEED TO FIND SOMETHING.

I ALSO DO NOT THINK
IT WAS OUT OF LINE

FOR ME TO HAVE
STUCK UP FOR YOU

SINCE YOU WERE
CLEARLY CHICKEN.

ZOEY, I WORK IN A BUILDING

WITH THE SMARTEST PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD.

( Josh grunts )

DONNA!

HI.

HOW YOU DOING?

WE SHOULD GET SOMETHING
TEMPORARY

SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

Josh:
YEAH.

ANYWAY, I WISH
YOU WOULDN'T
DO THAT ANYMORE.

OKAY, BUT YOU'RE WRONG.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

COME IN.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

LISTEN.
SAM...

NO, NO, IT'S NOT...

CATHY'S GETTING
PETER JOBSON ON
THE PHONE FOR YOU.

HE'S GOING TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THIS.

SAM?

THERE WAS A SCREWUP
WHEN THEY CLOSED THE DOOR.

THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING WHICH
IS CALLED A MANUAL WINCH-OP

WHICH MEANS THEY DISCONNECT
THE MOTOR FROM THE DOOR

AND SOMEHOW, EITHER
AS A RESULT OF THAT

OF SOMETHING
COMPLETELY
UNRELATED

THE TWO O.M.S. ENGINES
ARE FAILING.

O.M.S. ARE THE ORBITAL
MANEUVERING SYSTEMS.

DO YOU KNOW
IF THEY HAVE PRIMARY R.C.S.?

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING NOW.

TOBY?

IF THIS WERE
AT A CERTAIN LEVEL

THEY WOULD'VE CALLED
THE PRESIDENT.

YEAH.

SERIOUSLY.

YEAH.

ANYWAY, CATHY'S GETTING
PETER JOBSON.

BEFORE, WHEN
YOU FIRST ASKED ME

THE REASON I REACTED
THE WAY I DID--

I WAS JUST EMBARRASSED,
'CAUSE, HONESTLY, I...

FORGOT HE WAS UP THERE.

THEY HAD SWITCHED HIS MISSION
ORDER AROUND A COUPLE OF TIMES

AND I JUST LOST TRACK OF IT.

Cathy:
TOBY

PETER JOBSON
ON "O"-FIVE.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

MR. PRESIDENT?

YEAH.

ADMIRAL FITZWALLACE PHONED.
HE'S ON HIS WAY OVER.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU
LIKE ANYTHING?
NO, THANK YOU.

HEY, WHAT WAS IT THAT ZOEY WAS
TALKING ABOUT BEFORE?

IT WAS NOTHING, SIR.

WHAT WAS IT?

IT WAS, UH...
IT WAS JUST

THERE'S BEEN A REPORT
THAT'S BEEN SITTING
ON YOUR DESK

FOR A FEW WEEKS.

IT HAS?

WELL, MY DESK, REALLY.

AND SO I WAS READING IT

AND IN PREP THIS LAST WEEK,
YOU'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS

WITH THE SENIOR STAFF
ABOUT YOUTH PARTICIPATION

IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

YOU WERE SAYING...

WHAT'S THE REPORT?

IT'S FROM A GROUP CALLED

THE CENTER
FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES

AND THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THERE
THAT HIT HOME WITH ME

AND I HAD MENTIONED IT
TO ZOEY, AND THAT'S WHY...

MR. PRESIDENT,
CHAIRMAN FITZWALLACE.

THANK YOU.

CHARLIE, WHATEVER IT IS

STICK IT IN MY BRIEFCASE FOR ME,
WOULD YOU?

YES, SIR.
THANK YOU.

MR. PRESIDENT.
FITZ, DO YOU HAVE
ANY NEWS AT ALL?

ACTUALLY, I THINK
I'M GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING

IN JUST A MINUTE.

THEY'LL PUT THE CALL
THROUGH HERE.

OKAY.

DO YOU MIND
IF I WAIT WITH YOU, SIR?

NO.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

I FEEL FINE.

YEAH?

YEAH, I FEEL FINE.

THE EAGLE ON THE SEAL
IN THE CARPET...

IN ONE TALON,
HE'S HOLDING ARROWS

AND IN THE OTHER,
AN OLIVE BRANCH.

MOST OF THE TIME, THE EAGLE'S
FACING THE OLIVE BRANCH

BUT WHEN CONGRESS DECLARES WAR,
THE EAGLE FACES THE ARROWS.

HOW DO THEY DO THAT?

DO YOU THINK THEY'VE
GOT A SECOND CARPET

SITTING AROUND
IN THE BASEMENT SOMEPLACE?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE THIS PIECE
IN THE MIDDLE CUTS OUT

AND THEY DO IT LIKE
A BASKETBALL COURT.

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW, FITZ.

EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN

THAT'S YOUR CALL--
THE BLINKING LIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I'LL STOP BUGGING YOU
IN JUST A MINUTE, MR. PRESIDENT.

YEAH.

THANKS.

MR. PRESIDENT

I HAVE CAPTAIN
SCOTT HOTCHKISS
ON THE PHONE.

HE'S CLEARED
IRAQI AIRSPACE

AND HE'S ON HIS WAY
TO TEL AVIV.

FITZ...

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

THE KID'S ALL RIGHT?

HE'S GOT
A SPRAINED ANKLE.

WELL, THAT'S...

THAT'S A JOB AWFULLY
WELL DONE, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

I OWE YOU ONE.

NAH, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

ALL THE SAME

I'M GOING TO CHECK OUT
THAT THING WITH CARPET.

TALK TO THE PILOT.

SERIOUSLY, I'M GOING
TO GET AN ANSWER
FOR YOU ON THAT.

CAPTAIN HOTCHKISS,
THIS IS PRESIDENT BARTLET.

HOW'S YOUR ANKLE?

GOOD.

UH, BEFORE YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD

GIVE ME
YOUR PARENTS' PHONE NUMBER.

I NEVER GET TO MAKE THIS CALL.

RADAR OFFICERS
ABOARD THE MINNEAPOLIS

MONITORED CAPTAIN HOTCHKISS

AS HIS PLANE WENT
WHAT'S CALLED "FEET DRY"

SOUTH OF THE 33rd PARALLEL.

All:
C.J.!

C.J.:
KATIE.

DID WE USE SAUDI ARABIAN
AIRSPACE, AND IF SO

WAS IT WITH
THE SAUDIS'
PERMISSION?

WE DID USE SAUDI AIRSPACE.

WE FLEW SECRETLY
ON THE WAY IN.

THEY WERE INFORMED
OF THE MISSION ON THE WAY OUT.

Man:
IS THAT WHEN THE
BRITISH WERE TOLD?

THAT'S WHEN THE BRITISH
WERE TOLD.

IT'S AFTER 7:00

AND WE HAVE TO RIDE BUSES
TO ARLINGTON.

THIS MATERIAL WILL BE COVERED
IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL

AT THE PENTAGON BRIEFING
WHICH WILL BEGIN 30 MINUTES

AFTER OUR RETURN.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

All:
C.J.!

EXCUSE ME.

Carol:
NICE!

AND I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE YOU, CAROL.

I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS
GOING TO SEE SAUDI ARABIA

SPELLED WITH A "Y."

C.J., I AM
A MUCH BETTER SPELLER

THAN YOU GIVE ME
CREDIT FOR.

YES. ONE "L"
IN TEL AVIV?

OKAY.

Danny:
C.J.?

IN THE OFFICE.

DANNY, I DON'T EVEN
WANT TO HEAR IT.

I DID EXACTLY
THE RIGHT THING.

YOUR NOSE IS BENT
OUT OF JOINT

AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN.

YOU TOLD ME POINT-BLANK

YOU WERE WORKING
ON A DIPLOMATIC...

YOU LOOKED AT ME...

WHAT'D YOU THINK
I WAS GOING TO DO--

GIVE YOU LONGITUDE
AND LATITUDE?

DO YOU WANT THE FREQUENCY
WE WERE TRANSMITTING ON?

YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

YOU COULD HAVE SAID, "WE'RE NOT
RULING ANYTHING IN OR OUT

AND I WON'T LET YOU
TAKE ME DOWN THAT PATH"

AND IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN DONE WITH.

IF BY STANDING UP
AND LYING, I MISDIRECTED

THE IRAQI COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
FOR EVEN HALF A BEAT

THEN IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WORTH
IT-- THAT'S A NO-BRAINER--

AND IF I DIDN'T, THEN IT
CERTAINLY WAS WORTH TRYING.

THERE ARE ONLY 50 PEOPLE

WHO CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY I LIED THIS MORNING

AND THEY ALL WORK
IN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESSROOM.

I'M SLEEPING FINE TONIGHT.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO CALL ON ME.

EVERY HAND SHOT UP.

EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO
ASK THE SAME QUESTION.

YOU KNEW WHAT
YOUR ANSWER WAS
GOING TO BE.

YOU CALLED ON ME.

WELL... YES, I DID.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
RATHER DONE THAT

TO A JOURNALIST LESS SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS ADMINISTRATION?

NO, I CHOSE YOU.

I'M NOT STAYING IN
THE PENALTY BOX.

I HAVE COVERED
THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR EIGHT YEARS

WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES

THE WASHINGTON POST

TIME MAGAZINE AND THE
DALLAS MORNING NEWS

AND I'M TELLING YOU,
YOU CAN'T MESS ME
AROUND LIKE THIS!

DANNY, I GOT TO TELL YOU
THAT WAS-- SERIOUSLY--

THAT WAS A TURN-ON
WHEN YOU SAID THAT

THOUGH I DON'T KNOW
WHY YOU DECIDED TO BE

YOUR MOST HAUGHTY
ON THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

IN THAT SENTENCE.

C.J.
THE BUSES
ARE LEAVING.

THE BUSES ARE LEAVING.

Leo:
GIRLS' SOFTBALL?

WOMEN'S SOFTBALL.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

MRS. LANDINGHAM, I'M WATCHING
A LIVE SPORTING EVENT

FROM START
TO FINISH TONIGHT.

AND WHEN SACRAMENTO STATE
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PACIFIC GET TOGETHER

IT'S USUALLY
A BARN BURNER, SIR.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPOIL
MY GOOD TIME FOR ME.

OH, SIR, I THINK
WE BOTH KNOW

FROM EXPERIENCE
THAT'S NOT TRUE.

YEAH.

YOU NEEDED TO BE IN THE CAR
TEN MINUTES AGO.

DO YOU SEE ME
WALKING OUT THE DOOR?

NO, I SEE YOU STANDING
AND ARGUING

WITH A SENIOR CITIZEN.

I'M LEAVING.

SAM'S GOT SOME
NOTES ON CUBA

AND SOME NOTES
ON FARM LOANS

I'D LIKE YOU
TO LOOK OVER
IN THE CAR.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'LL BE AT THE CAR
IN JUST A SECOND.

YES, SIR.
THANK YOU.

TOBY?

TOBY?

EXCUSE ME, MR. PRESIDENT.

I'M SORRY.

YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.

THEY'RE OVER AUSTRALIA NOW.

I JUST SPOKE TO THE
MISSION COMMANDER.

THEY'RE TRYING FIRING
SOMETHING CALLED AN R.C.S.

YEAH, IT'S THE REACTION
CONTROL SYSTEM.

IT'S ACTUALLY 40 SEPARATE
ENGINES AROUND THE SHUTTLE.

IF THAT DOESN'T
WORK, THEY GOT

ABOUT 39
OTHER THINGS
THEY CAN TRY.

THERE'S REDUNDANCY
AFTER REDUNDANCY

AFTER REDUNDANCY BUILT IN,
AND FOR GOOD MEASURE

THEY HAVE ATLANTIS
WARMING UP ON THE
LAUNCH PAD.

THEY COULD DOCK
WITH THE COLUMBIA

IN ABOUT TWO HOURS.

WE CAN DO THAT NOW, TOBY.

THE FIRST THING THE SHUTTLE DOES
AFTER IT LEAVES THE ATMOSPHERE

IS OPEN THE CARGO BAY DOORS.

THAT'S WHAT LETS THE HEAT OUT.

ONCE THE DOORS ARE CLOSED,
THEY HAVE A PRETTY SHORT WINDOW

TO GET BACK BEFORE IT OVERHEATS.

THEN THEY'LL OPEN
THOSE DOORS AGAIN.

HOW?

SAME WAY THEY CLOSED THEM--
WITH A FIVE-DOLLAR WRENCH.

MR. PRESIDENT...

WHEN WE'RE
DONE TONIGHT

YOU SHOULD TAKE THE NEXT FLIGHT
OUT TO EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE

MEET THE THING WHEN IT LANDS,
STOP BEING A HORSE'S ASS

AND TALK TO YOUR BROTHER.

MR. PRESIDENT...

I APPRECIATE YOUR TRYING
TO BE A COMFORT

AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE

SOME UNDERSTANDING
OF THE SITUATION
WITH MY BROTHER

BUT THE THING WAS SUPPOSED
TO LAND 19 HOURS AGO.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A PROBLEM.

IT'S SPACE TRAVEL AND I DON'T
BELIEVE ANY PROBLEM IS MINOR.

THE SHUTTLE FLIES ITSELF, TOBY.

NO, IT DOESN'T, MR. PRESIDENT.

NO...

IT DOESN'T.

Bartlet:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS A JOKE
ABOUT POLITICIANS.

( audience laughs )

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

TWO POLITICIANS ARE HAVING
AN ARGUMENT

AND ONE OF THEM STANDS UP
AND SHOUTS, "YOU'RE LYING!"

THE OTHER ONE SAYS,
"YES, I AM, BUT HEAR ME OUT."

Moderator:
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TIME
FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.

I DON'T THINK I ANSWERED
THE LAST ONE.

SUZANNE'S GOT ME TELLING JOKES.

THERE IS AN ANSWER
TO YOUR QUESTION

BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

A MAN ONCE SAID THIS:

"DECISIONS ARE MADE
BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP.

SO ARE WE FAILING YOU
OR ARE YOU FAILING US?"

IT'S A LITTLE OF BOTH.

THERE'S A GUY ON MY STAFF
NAMED CHARLIE YOUNG.

HE SHOWED ME A REPORT

FROM THE CENTER
FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES

THAT SAID 61% OF YOU
AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT

"POLITICIANS AND POLITICAL
LEADERS HAVE

failed my generation."

When asked how
older generations see you

your top answers are
"Lazy, confused...

THE CENTER FOR POLICY
ALTERNATIVES--

C.J., I'LL HAVE COPIES
FOR THE BUS RIDE BACK.

...DETERMINED AND INDEPENDENT.

IF I TAKE MY JACKET OFF,
CAN I TRUST YOU ALL

TO READ NOTHING IN TO IT

OTHER THAN I'VE BEEN TALKING
FOR TWO HOURS

AND IT'S A LITTLE HOT
UNDER THESE LIGHTS?

( audience laughs )

FOLLOW ME.

WHY?

So, overall,
entitlement payments...

WHERE'S TOBY?
WHY?

HE'S GOT A
PHONE CALL.

FROM WHO?
PETER JOBSON?

THAT'S FOR ME.

...crowded out public investment
in education...

TOBY?

...to say nothing
of general quality of life.

College students today
are facing a future...

...fewer government benefits.

JOSH.

That's why it doesn't come
as a galloping shock to me

today's young people aren't
exactly living for tomorrow.

There's another survey--

this one
from the Generation X...

Crowd:
BARTLET! BARTLET! BARTLET!

Butterfield:
GINA?

STRAIGHT TO THE CAR.

HE'S NOT GOING
TO WORK THE ROPE LINE?

THERE'S A SOFTBALL GAME
HE WANTS TO WATCH.

THEY SHOW SOFTBALL
ON TV?

YEAH.

AND THE PRESIDENT
WATCHES IT?

THEY'RE TELLING ME
THAT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION
THAT AT SEVERAL POINTS

DURING THE EVENING

I WAS REFERRED TO AS BOTH
A LIBERAL AND A POPULIST

AND THE FELLOW FOURTH FROM THE
BACK CALLED ME A SOCIALIST

WHICH WAS NICE.
I HADN'T HEARD THAT FOR A WHILE.

ACTUALLY,
I'M AN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR.

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER'S
GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS

DR. JOSIAH BARTLET, WHO WAS
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DELEGATE

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SECOND

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

THE ONE THAT SAT IN SESSION
IN THE SUMMER

OF 1776 AND ANNOUNCED
TO THE WORLD THAT WE WERE

NO LONGER SUBJECTS
OF KING GEORGE III

BUT RATHER
A SELF-GOVERNING PEOPLE.

"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE
SELF-EVIDENT," THEY SAID.

"THAT ALL MEN
ARE CREATED EQUAL."

STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
IN HISTORY THAT ANYONE HAD

EVER BOTHERED
TO WRITE THAT DOWN.

"DECISIONS ARE MADE
BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP."

CLASS DISMISSED.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
GOD BLESS YOU

AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

WAY TO GO.

Crowd:
BARTLET! BARTLET! BARTLET!

Toscano:
HE'S NOT WORKING THE ROPE LINE.

STRAIGHT TO THE CAR.

I'VE GOT BOOKBAG.

Zoey:
HE USED IT
AND YOU'RE FEELING GOOD

AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY
TO THANK ME.

Charlie:
YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT

AND YOU WERE
STILL UNBELIEVABLY WRONG.

I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY.

TOBY, WALK WITH ME.

YES, SIR.

WHAT DO YOU GOT
TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?

ABOUT WHAT?

YES, SIR.

BABY PICTURES HE'S
HECKLING ME WITH

VISA CARD BILLS.

NOW HE'S WALKING
THE ROPE LINE.

IF THERE WAS EVER A CHANCE

HE WAS GOING TO WALK PAST
A CROWD OF PEOPLE...

CHARLIE!

I SAW SOMETHING.

BY THE WAY, CHARLIE
APOLOGIZED TO ME.

I SAW SOMETHING.

Crowd:
BARTLET! BARTLET!

GUN!

( people screaming )

OH, GOD, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE DOWN!

WHO'S BEEN HIT?
WHO'S BEEN HIT?!

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