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Previously on The West Wing:

So what's your problem?

He did everything right.

He did everything you do

if your intent
is to perpetrate a fraud.

We want to see some polling.

Why?

We need to know what to do next.

What kind of questions
could they ask that won't

trip an alarm?
Josh trusts Joey Lucas.

We need you
to put a poll
in the field

without asking the questions
we can't ask.

I was almost sure I saw you

give the President
an injection of something.

ABBEY:
It was Betaseron.

It reduces the frequency
of the attacks.

Tobacco has spent $380 million
to the government's 36...

"They perpetrated a fraud
against the public."

They want to get these people.

We're not big tobacco.

Eagle's moving.

PRESIDENT:
He talked to her on the phone?

He talked to her
at the airport.

But he called her
on the phone?

To get her to
the airport.

Yeah, but I'm saying,
did she hang up the phone

turn to her
friends and say

"You're never going
to believe why I'm
getting on a plane"?

He told her she
was coming out

to do some polling on
subsurface agriculture.

What the hell is that?

It's vegetables
that grow underground.

He told her she
was coming out here

to find out if Americans
are eating more beets.

Is this a joke?

It was Josh,
Mr. President.

It was a job
done well.

You want to start

not trusting Josh?

Let's go.

Where are we going?

The basement.
Why?

'Cause I don't like
the way it looks

the seven of us meeting
in the middle of the night.

You like the way
it looks if we're
meeting in the basement?

Let's go.

These numbers
are going to be meaningless.

Yeah.

A Governor
from an industrial state...

It's posed
as a hypothetical

before people have
any education on...

Yeah.

Plus, there's no way
to factor existing
approval numbers

particularly when it comes
to matters of trust.

Sagittarius.

Are they on their way?

Yeah.

They're on
their way?

Yeah.

Joey, your flight
was all right?

Your flight, uh

was all okay?

These numbers
aren't going

to mean anything, right?

With the hypothetical
and lack of context?

Plus the preexisting
level of trust...

Yeah.

I'm saying he's got

numbers like Walter Cronkite.

Yeah.

Is there anything in there
that we're going to like?

We are, in fact,
eating more beets.

Okay.

PRESIDENT:
Good evening.

Mr. President,
you remember Joey Lucas?

Yeah.

And her interpreter,
Kenny.

Joey, did you make
photocopies of that?

No, sir.

Good. Let's get started.

Mr. President

I polled 1,170

registered voters
in Michigan

giving their Governor
a hypothetical concealed...

Excuse me.

How many people in this room
know Kenny's last name?

It's fine.

I believe this operation
is no longer covert.

Mr. President, Kenny's been
with me for 11 years.

To trust me is to trust him.

Josh?

Yeah.

Go ahead.

1,170 registered voters

in Michigan
were polled

giving their
Governor

a hypothetical,
concealed

degenerative
illness.

These are
the results.

"Do you agree
that it's okay

for the Governor to lie
about his health?"

17% agree, 83% disagree.

"Would you be as likely
or less likely

"to vote for
the Governor

now that you know he has
a degenerative illness?"

71% say less likely.

The largest bloc
of likely voters

are women over 55.

78% of those women say

they wouldn't vote
for a candidate with MS.

We just lost Florida.

This may be the worst stat, sir.

74% believe MS to be fatal.

They may be right.

62% of Democrats aren't

going to vote for you.

65% of those

describing themselves as liberal

aren't going to vote for you

because you lied.

Joey, is there any good news
in there at all?

No, sir.

The UN
Observer Group.

Which consists of...?

400 technical advisors
and observers

and 65 unarmed
security specialists.

And the OAS?

They've got about
200 observers.

What happened last night?

Citing improper permits

Colonel Bazan's soldiers
surrounded Carrefour Liberte...

Liberty Square.

Yeah.
...to prevent

a victory rally
by supporters of Dessaline.

Some of the crowd refused to
disperse and shots were fired.

Anybody killed?

Two people.

Additionally, Rene Ducasse

the newly designated Minister
of Justice, was arrested

and soldiers have surrounded
the house of the Chief Justice.

They're saying to protect him
from death threats.

Our intelligence says
he's under house arrest.

Most troubling are personnel
carriers with Haitian troops

parked in front of virtually
every police station

in Port-au-Prince.

This is a sign
that the army

plans to take power

from the Gendarme
Nationale.

Where's the President-elect?

Sir, we can't
find him.

I'm sorry?

At this moment

we can't find Dessaline.

And that's not
the most troubling...?

Jake, what the hell
do you mean you can't...?

He never showed up
for a 4:00 p.m.

courtesy conference
with Gilbert Tass

and calls made
to the party headquarters

and both of his houses
went unanswered.

Armed forces radio says
he's fled the country

but the Dominicans say no.

What about intelligence?

It's not like we
can just call around.

It's chaos down there.

Nobody knows anything.

Leo?

Let's evacuate
the nonessential personnel

from the embassy.

DANDRIDGE:
Mr. President

any move
to evacuate the embassy

even the nonessentials,
will be a highly visible signal

that the U.S. has no confidence
in the Dessaline government.

At the moment, there is
no Dessaline government.

There is no Dessaline.

And I just got done

pulling nine dead bodies
out of Colombia.

Evacuate the
nonessentials

get some Marines
at the embassy

and somebody brief Fitzwallace.

Yes, sir.

Thank you,
Mr. President.

Sagittarius.

Why not a
presidential address?

Ten, 15 minutes.

"I have this illness

"I concealed it,
I apologize.

"Let me tell you about it.

Let me reduce your fears."

It's too cold.
It's not
too cold.

He needs to be
with the First Lady.

In some decorative room? Sitting
with his wife weakens him.

Let's put him
behind the
Kennedy desk

let's put him in the East Room

let's put him in
the briefing room...

Sam, he's going
to go on TV and
say he lied.

I don't want him doing
it behind the Seal
of the President.

You think without the Seal,
people are going to forget
that he's the President?

We'll do a 30-minute
live special for one
of the news magazines.

Live, live-to-tape or tape?

Live. I don't want a producer
editing what he says.

What if we want to edit
what he says?

That's our tough luck.

When?

How about Thursday night?
Wednesday night.

Why?
'Cause Thursday night
is where they pay their bills

and it's going to be tough
enough getting 30 minutes
and not telling them why

without cutting into their bread
and butter during May sweeps.

Oh, who gives a damn
about May sweeps?

They do, Sam.

All right. 30 minutes,
Dateline special

Wednesday night,
night after tomorrow

President and First Lady
in the Mural Room.

And we follow that
with a press conference.

Why?

To control the story
as long as possible.

Once he gets done
with Russert or Diane

or Stone Phillips
or whoever the hell does this

I'm going to need every reporter
in the western hemisphere

in a room where
I can see them.

And we put a team
of medical experts up there.

And we have 48 hours
to find them.

Hang on. If we take him

from the Mural Room
to a press conference

isn't a smart reporter
going to ask

"Mr. President, are you planning
on seeking reelection?"

"A smart repor..."

Sam, Ted Baxter is going to ask

"Mr. President, are you planning
on seeking reelection?"

So we're going to need an answer
to that, too.

You're getting
an eight-speaker stereo?
No.

Six speakers?
No.

How many speakers?

I have two ears. How
many speakers do I need?

At least six
and a sub-woofer.

I'm not getting a sub-woofer.

How about the tow package?

The tow package?

To tow your boat.

I don't have a boat.

What about a camper?

No.

What do you tow?

Groceries.

You could probably
put those in the trunk.
Yeah.

Tinted windows?
Hey.

Hello, Josh.

Mrs. Landingham's picking up
a new car today.

Really?

Yes, and I wish
I hadn't told anyone.

Why do men think a woman
can't buy a car without a man?

It's an old stereotype, Mrs. L.

Did you get
the extended service warranty?

No.

Women.

What do you want?

I got a message
Leo wanted to see me.

He's in his office.

Did you get the tow package?

See?

He's in his office.

Margaret!

Where's Josh?

He's on his way.

He remembers
where my office
is, right?

Leo, calm down.
I'm right here.
He's right here.

Get out.

This report is staggering.

I know.

Justice has
31 lawyers and staff.

Tobacco has 1,893 lawyers

and 2,783 paralegals.

This isn't a typo, right?

No.

We've spent $8.7 million
on outside counsel.

They've spent 192.

The $61.3 million

they've spent on travel expenses

is twice as much as we've spent
on our entire case.

Yes.

Who oversees
the Justice Department budget?

The Subcommittee on Commerce

Justice, State
and the Judiciary.

Who's the ranking
minority member?
Ritter.

Talk to him and find out
what the problem is.

Yeah.
Josh?

How's it going downstairs?

They'll have an
answer on it by
the end of the day.

It's looking like
30 minutes on Dateline

and a press conference

but Leo, it's also looking
like any scenario

is going to require
a firm position

from the President
on reelection.

Well, we'll have that answer
by the end of the day, too.

Will we?
Yes.

Leo...

He just got Joey's numbers
in the middle of the night.

Give me the day.
Don't you think
it would help him

if he had a
discussion among...
( knocking )

...a discussion among
the rest of us?

Excuse me.

What?

Two of Dessaline's
bodyguards were shot.

We think he's headed
to our embassy.

How do we know?

Peter Bratt got
a message through.

What is Peter Bratt
doing down here?

He went down for
the inauguration

and he may well
have Dessaline

in the trunk of his car.

The trunk of his car?
Yes, sir.

Did we evacuate
the nonessentials?

They're on their way.

A C-9's waiting for
them on the runway.

Mr. President, if we
don't take Dessaline

he'll be convicted
in a 20-minute trial,
imprisoned for life

or probably executed
by the junta.

I'm sorry, sir, but this is
an internal affair in Haiti

and the U.S. has no
place choosing sides.

Of course we're choosing sides--
there was a free election.

We saw to it there was

a free election,
and Dessaline won.

If we grant asylum

we'll officially be in
a standoff with Bazan.

And the best way for Bazan
to elevate his stature in Haiti

is stage a standoff
with the U.S.

Plus, Bazan can
surround the embassy

saying he's searching
for a wanted criminal

and obviously, he can
take everyone in the
embassy hostage.

Mr. President,
there will never
be real elections

in Haiti if the military thinks
it can simply kill the winner.

Also, I'd like
to point out, sir,
that we encouraged

Dessaline to run-- in fact,
we strongly encouraged it--

and now he's in the trunk
of a car.

The car's at the gate.

I got the gate right here.

Let him in.

Sir...

Let him in!

Tell them to let him in.

He's in.

Do we put Hoynes
up there?

At the press conference?

Do we put Hoynes
up there?

There's never been
a more important time

to emphasize
the vice presidency.

The Vice President's presence

underlines the health risk
to the President.

And it's good to underscore
that the President anticipated

this problem with his selection
of the Vice President.

But it will also serve to
underscore that he anticipated

the problem and didn't tell
anybody about it.

Hoynes was one
of the first people to know.

If he's there, it's a breathing
demonstration that he signed off

on the President's health
and joined the ticket.

And he'll get bombarded
with questions

about what he did
or didn't know

and the press corps will impanel
themselves as a grand jury.

Then let them, C.J.!

We did something wrong
or we didn't.

Well, fantastic, Sam.

I didn't realize
it was that simple.

( knocking )

There's a situation developing
in Port-au-Prince.

I have to get ready to brief.

Sam...

can Josiah Bartlet function
as President?

I'm not a medical expert.

Right.

Toby, there is
responsibility
and the future

and an obligation
to the party

and if he is not going to run

then he's got to point
to Hoynes

and say this is our guy.

Well, what if
they ask Hoynes

"In the meantime,
can Bartlet function
as President?"

He'll say yes.

What if he says,
"I'm not a medical expert"?

MAN:
The President of Haiti was taken
to the embassy

in the trunk of a car?

JOSH:
Yes.

I've lived too long.

Well, don't go anywhere,
'cause I need you.

I mean it, Lyman,
this is going to get worse

before it's going
to get better.

You may be right,
but Haiti's

actually not what
I wanted to talk
to you about.

Tobacco?

Yeah. Andy, the President
wants to get behind

a $30 million
appropriations bill

that the Justice
Department's had
in your committee

for a few months now.

They need the money
to continue the case.

I know.

Has the Chairman
scheduled a vote?

He's not going to.

He's not going
to schedule a vote?

Kalmbach's going to dance
with the girl that brung him.

How much tobacco
money has he taken?

From the last campaign?

Yeah.

$460,000 in PACs.

Is there a nose count?

Yeah, it's 8-7 against.

Along party lines?

No, believe it or not.

We've got two Republicans;
they've got two Democrats.

They've got
two Democrats?

Warren and Rossitter.

Warren and Rossitter

aren't even
from the South.

They have ideological
problems with the case.

This is a phenomenally
important case;
it's historic.

It has to be won,
and we're fighting it

with paper clips
and a slingshot.

We were wondering when
you guys were going to notice.

Hi.

Hi.

Have a seat.

I was told you wanted to see me.

Yeah, Donna.

Uh... I'm going to tell you
something shocking

except we don't have time
to be shocked.

So I need you to just hear it
and go back to work.

Yeah.

Eight years ago, the President
was diagnosed with MS.

He concealed it
during the election

but we're going public
Wednesday night

with a live network
interview

and a press conference.

This is what Josh is going
to be working on 24 hours

and he's going to need your help

and he's going to
need you to know

and so I'm telling you.

Yeah.

You're the first person
on the assistant level

to find out.

Margaret doesn't know

Bonnie and Ginger
don't know, Donna...

Mrs. Landingham doesn't know.

Is the President
in a lot of pain

or discomfort right now?

No, he's in remission.

Okay.

Is there anything else?

I want to impress upon
you how important it is

that this not be
discussed beyond...

Yeah.

You want to know
where you made your mistake?

I didn't make a mistake.

You probably did,
and here's where
you went wrong.

Where?

You went to the
dealership alone.

Yes.
That was a mistake.

Because the dealer
would load me up

with a lot of extras
I don't need?

That's right.

Like, uh, a tow package?

How are you going
to tow your camper

without a tow package?

I have never
been camping.

Neither have I,
and I was hoping
you'd take me.

I'd be sitting
there fishing

listening to the Orioles
on a transistor radio.

What would I be doing?

Warding off bears,
that kind of thing.

How much did
you pay?

We don't talk
about money, dear.

Can you tell me
how much you paid
below sticker?

I didn't pay anything
below sticker.

What do you mean?
In my own defense

I didn't pay anything
above sticker, either.

Mrs. Landingham,
seriously.
Charlie...

No seriously,
you paid sticker price?

Yes.
Why?

That was the price.
Mrs. Landingham...

Says so right
on the sticker.

Who pays
sticker price?
I do.

You got to let me go
back there with you.

I wasn't duped,
Charlie.
You paid sticker price.

I'm a government employee.

That doesn't necessarily
mean you're a fool.

No, but it means
I'm not allowed

to accept gifts
of a certain value.

It's not a gift.
Of course it is.

The price tag says
one thing

and the dealer is
giving it to me
for something less.

That's what happens
when you buy a car.

Not me.

I was looking for Leo.

He's in the
Situation Room.

That's usually a good sign.

LEO:
How many are they saying?

MOSLEY:
They can't say.

Well, how many are
they estimating?

It changes
every minute.

How many this minute?

Nancy. The cavalry.

You guys need
some adult supervision?

No, we need the cavalry.

Nah. Jeff, what's
the latest estimate?

It's about
500 soldiers

maybe 300 of them
with AR-15s.

We sold those
to them, right?

Well, until a few hours ago,
they were on our side.

Still...

Yeah. The AR-15s aren't
the only thing they've got.

They've got two Bradleys
with 120-millimeter cannons

and a couple
of artillery tubes.

What do we have?

37 Marines with M-14s
and Beretta side arms.

What happens when the
first shot is fired?

Sally, get me hooked up
to operations.

Yes, ma'am.

Embassy Marines
aren't lawn jockeys.

They're not decorative.

They're trained in restraint

and they're trained well.

SALLY:
Operations, ma'am.
Thank you.

Nancy, if they take the embassy,
how are we going to know?

Are they going
to send some
kind of note?

Sidney, I need com-con status.
This is a few minutes old.

Yes, ma'am.

There's no note, Leo.
They're taking the embassy.

Fitz, this is Nancy.

I think we should mobilize
the 8-80th Hostage Task Force

out of Parris Island.

as well as amphibious carriers
out of Mayport, Florida

are being dispatched
to the region

and are expected to be there
in 36 hours

and aircraft will be
in a combat radius

of 300 to 400 miles
within 12 hours

and you'll get more details
on that

when the Pentagon briefs
at 3:00.

REPORTERS:
C.J....
Katie?

Should we be reading
anything into the fact

that the Pentagon's
briefing and not State?

State'll brief later in the day.

Is one option recognizing
the Bazan government?

There is no Bazan government.

Yeah, but is one
option being...?

You're not taking me there,
Mark.

C.J., is the U.S. prepared
to invade Haiti?

It should be clear

that we're talking
about two separate issues:

One is a democratically-elected
President

whose people are being denied
their leader by an armed militia

the other is the lives
of the Americans in the embassy

and the American Marines
who are guarding them.

You didn't answer my question.

How about that.

I'll be back in a few hours.

REPORTERS:
C.J., C.J., C.J....

Is he here?

He's in the Mural Room.

I look all right?

You look pretty tired.

That's what you're saying to me?

You're sure there's
nothing I can get
for you, Mr. Hacket?

No, Bonnie, thanks.
I'm fine.

Paul.

Good afternoon, Claudia.

Bonnie, thank you.

Would you stand
outside the door, please

and knock if anybody
wants to come in?

Sure.

( door closes )

She took me in
through the basement.

Yeah.

I've been in this building
200 or 300 times.

Never came in
through the basement.

What do you got in front?

The White House Press Corps.

Yeah?

I need 30 minutes,
night after tomorrow.

C.J., what
the hell

are you guys planning for Haiti?

It's not Haiti.

What is it?

I'm not going to tell you.

What am I supposed to tell
my news director?

Tell him it's your network.

It's not my network.

It belongs to a company
that belongs to stockholders.

So what am I supposed to tell
my news director?

That we need 30 minutes
Wednesday night.

On Wednesday morning,
I'll tell you why.

You pick the interviewer.

They'll have ten hours
to prepare.

Just the President?

The President
and First Lady.

On our set?

In this room.

So, we just get the interviewer
and the network logo?

No network logo.

C.J....
Paul, I've got to get
two other networks and CNN

to pick this up live.

Bad enough it's going to be
your guy and not theirs

but they'll run an old
Petticoat Junction

before they put
your network brand on their air.

C.J....

Yeah?

Between friends...

Yeah?

Is the water over your head?

No. The water's
exactly at my head.

I'll talk to Jeremy.

Paul, we'll start to leak
Wednesday morning

to soften up the ground
a little

but anything leaks before then

and I'll take my business
across the street.

Yeah.

JOSH:
Well, I was surprised when
Andy gave me the nose count

because I wasn't
aware of any ties
to tobacco you have.

We don't.

Yeah.

I don't. Do you?

No. No, we grow
no tobacco in my state

and I'd have to check

but I don't think
I've taken contributions.

However, we are both
former U.S. Attorneys

and it's the suit itself

we find troubling.

The suit?

The suit alleges that

the tobacco companies
have been engaged

in a broad conspiracy of lies
since the 1950s.

Yes.

How exactly are the Justice
Department litigators

going to demonstrate that?

Well, I-I'm not a litigator

and I don't work
at the Justice Department

and there's a reason
why both those things are true

but I wouldn't think
it'd be that hard to prove

that the tobacco companies
have lied

since we already know they did.

ROSSITTER:
Every Surgeon
General since 1964

has warned the public
about smoking

and since 1966

through
Congressional mandate

a pack of cigarettes
has had to carry
a warning label.

Turning around now
and saying we've been had

is frankly ridiculous.

Are you saying that the people
who start smoking

and get addicted to nicotine
are too stupid to live?

No. I'm saying
they're too stupid

to be protected
by the courts.

Too stupid to be...?!

Every day the Justice Department
uncovers evidence

that cigarette companies knew
far better than the rest of us

that smoking causes
death and disease

to say nothing
of the CEOs

being the last seven people
on earth

to discover that nicotine
was addictive.

Josh, your administration
wants to prosecute a suit

they know is hopeless

so they can score points
at the expense of an industry

that funds your opponents.

It's politically correct
extortion

and that's why it's unlikely
the appropriations bill

will make it
out of the subcommittee.

It's almost 3:00.

By 7:00, 3,000 new people
will have taken up smoking.

2,800 of them will be under 18.

Thanks.

Good afternoon, ma'am.

Sagittarius.

Good afternoon,
Mrs. Bartlet.

What do we use this place for
when we're not...

using it for this?

I think... I know
we used it to plan

some of the millennium things.

It didn't used to be
the photo office?

I don't know, ma'am.
I could check it out.

Would you like to sit down?

Yeah.

What we're talking about

is 30 minutes
with an interviewer.

The questions will be entirely
about the medical history.

There'll be no questions
about the law.

C.J. got them
to agree to that?

She will Wednesday morning

when she tells them
what it's about.

Why will they agree?

'Cause if they don't,
they lose the story.

It's all right with me.

So, I'd like to go
through the story

get a sense
of what you're going to say

run it by Oliver Babish,
and spend

the next couple of days
going over it with you.

That sounds fine,
Sam, but you know

I'm kind of seeing
someone right now.

Yeah.
It's not serious,
but it could be.

You know what
I'm saying?

Ma'am...

Ten years ago, he began
experiencing fatigue

and signs of paraparesis of
the anterior femoral muscles.

In laymen's terms?

He had a tingling
pain in his thigh.

And those symptoms subsided.

Yes.

And two years later?

My husband experienced
neuropathy

and presented symptoms
of optic neuritis

with partial
unilateral
nerve paresis.

Mrs. Bartlet...

Dr. Bartlet.

Yes, ma'am.

The language

you use...

Why aren't the President
and I doing this together?

I'm sorry?

Somebody's doing this
with the President

and I was asking why
we're not doing it
at the same time.

Is it so you can
compare our stories?

Yes.

The language you use...

Two years later, he felt
numbing and dizziness.

Look...
Section 2635

of the guidelines laid out
in Ethical Conduct

for Employees
of the Executive Branch

Final Regulations,
Issued by the U.S. Office

of Government
Ethics...

Mrs. Landingham...
Section 2635

wherein White House employees
are specifically enjoined

from receiving or soliciting
gifts over $20 in value.

They want to give me
a $19 discount on my car

I'll take it.

CHARLIE:
He's waiting for you.

Thank you.

PRESIDENT:
What happened?

We shot three Haitian soldiers
on the runway.

They boarded the plane?

Ground traffic control
stopped the plane.

When the soldiers
boarded it

they were told
they'd illegally boarded

a U.S. Air Force C-9.

They were told
to drop their weapons.

They were told again.

Two staff sergeants
in the bulkhead

had a clear shot and took them.

They dumped the bodies
on the tarmac

and made an emergency takeoff.

Leo...
Sir...

That wasn't supposed
to happen.

Look, if...

I evacuated the nonessentials

specifically
so that wouldn't happen.

And we came
two minutes...
I gave the order six hours ago.

They had to...
Six hours ago
I gave the order!

What the hell were they
still doing on a runway?!

They had to be
collected, sir.

They weren't
all in one place.

We shot three men...

That's what you do.

We what?

A foreign hostile
puts his foot

on an American
military plane

that's an attack,
and rules of engagement

give us every
right to repel.

And I'm sure these guys
had their handbooks with them!

These guys were there
to keep the plane on the ground.

The plane is up in the air?

Yes, sir.

What's happening on the ground?

We're communicating through
diplomatic back channels.

Who are we using?

The Canadian Ambassador

Dominican intelligence.

And what does Bazan want?

Dessaline.

On what charge?

That as Treasury Minister

he embezzled $18 million
earmarked for humanitarian aid.

I'm sold.

Margaret, get me
the Secretary of State.

You're right, you know.

I should be
bringing them in

on reelection.

I should be talking to them.

Yeah.

I don't want to make
the same mistakes over again.

Yeah, not when there are so many
new mistakes we can make.

Yeah.

Let's start tonight.

Around 9:00,
we'll meet in the residence.

Scott

I'm with the President.

We're going to need
to invoke 1070 at OAS.

Good evening,
Mr. President.

Bob Cratchit.

Oh, sir, surely you have better
things to do than annoy me.

Never. You bought
a new car?
Yes, sir.

And you paid sticker price?

Section 2635...

You need to look
at the next page--

Subsection "B," Paragraph 4,
Mammy Yokum.

You know, I could
beat you up

anytime I want, sir.

Secret Service
would have you down

like a calf
at a rodeo.

"The definition of 'gift'

"excludes opportunities
and benefits

"including favorable rates
and commercial discounts

available to the
public at large."

I did look at the next page.

And?

I work next door
to the Oval Office, sir.

Caesar's wife
must be above reproach.

Is the reason you didn't tell me
you were getting a new car...?

Did you think I was going to
think it was an extravagance?

You don't think I think
you should have a new car?

Delores, have you ever had
a new car?

No.

No, Henry would go to
Calvin Hilly in Concord

and Calvin would give him
a good deal

on something reliable.

How about you let me find out
what you were supposed to pay

and write you a check
for the difference?

Oh, no.

Thank you, but I'm
buying this car myself.

This car is going
to feel good.

Is it a nice one?

It's a beauty.

It's blue

it has air conditioning--

I told them I could just
roll down the windows

but it comes with it anyway--

Consumer Reports
rates it very high

it's very safe

and when you get inside,
there's this...

Smell?

How did you know?

It's the smell of freedom...

and the chemicals
they treat the dashboard with.

When are you picking it up?

Right now.
Do me a favor,
would you?

Come back here
after you pick it up.

I'd like to talk to you
about something.

Yes, sir.

And put the car in the driveway.

I'd like to kick the tires.

Why?

It's an expression, Fannie Mae.

Go get your car.

What happens is basically that
small stones in the inner ear

which respond to gravity
become dislodged

and that'll cause
benign positional vertigo.

You all right?

Yes, ma'am.

Sure you don't want
some acetylsalicylic acid?

Aspirin, my brother.

What a dumb major you had.

Good evening.

Oh, Oliver.

Do you know
what peripheral

neuropathy indicates?

No, but I don't really care
that much.

Sam, would you mind
for a minute?

No.

B-12 deficiency.

Thank you.
Sure.

( sighing )

Mrs. Bartlet,
I want to talk to you about...

Dr. Bartlet.

When did I stop
being Dr. Bartlet?

When in the campaign
did I decide

that women were going
to like me more

if I called myself "Missus"?

When did I decide
that women were that stupid?

Ma'am, I want you
to get your own lawyer.

I have my own lawyer.
Pat's a family lawyer.

I want you to get someone for
this. I'll give you eight names.

You, Pat and the President
whittle it down to three.
I'll pick the one.

Can we do this after
the broadcast Wednesday night?

No, I want you to do it right
away because I don't think

you should do the broadcast
Wednesday night.

Why?
Because I don't think you
should answer questions
without a lawyer.

Sam said they're not going
to get into issues of legality.

I don't know how
they're going to avoid it.

Oliver...
Herman Vikram was
the original specialist, right?

Yeah.

It was Vikram who put
him on prednisone.
Yeah.

Then almost four years ago

you put him
on Interferon Beta 1-b.

Yeah.

Betaseron.
Yeah.

You did it, not Vikram.

It was in consultation
with Vikram.

But Vikram didn't write
the prescription.

I thought
under the circumstances

it would be wrong to involve

another doctor.

So you wrote these prescriptions
to yourself

and then had them filled where?

At the Dunwich
Women's Health Clinic.

And then had them shipped
to various locations?

It was the campaign.

One location was

Phoenix?
Probably.

Another was St. Louis.
Yeah.

You violated
the medical ethics rules

of three State Boards--
New Hampshire

Arizona,
and Missouri.

"The Board may take
disciplinary action

"against any person
who is engaged

in dishonest
or unprofessional conduct."

They were extraordinary
circumstances, Oliver.

I gave my husband
excellent medical care

and I'll line up
tenured professors

who will say so.

Did you keep
medical records?

No.

"...or any person
who has failed to maintain

"adequate medical records
or documentation

on diagnostic
and therapeutic treatment."

The AMA's code of ethics
pretty well spells out

the egregiousness of treating
your own family members.

We do it anyway.

We write prescriptions
for migraines, antibiotics...

Can I ask you,
as the President's physician

have you ever asked him

if he's ever had
any extramarital affairs?

No.

Isn't that
a crucial question

in the diagnosing
of autoimmune diseases?

I'd like to be next to my
husband when he does this.

I'd like you
to get your own lawyer.

Is there anything else?

No.

Thank you, Dr. Bartlet.

( door closes )

You need this?

I didn't even see you there.

I haven't seen
you all day.

I've been with...

( clearing throat )

...you know, tobacco.

You need this?

Yeah.

Josh, the President wants you
at a meeting tonight

in the residence around 9:00.

I'll tell you what that is.

That's the Blue Ribbon
Commission on Reform.

Let me tell you, I'm going
to be collecting benefits

or, you know, not

by the time we get
this Blue Ribbon thing up.

Josh.

Yeah?

Um...

I'm trying to...

See, this is why
I'll never have a career as a...

Donna, what?
Sagittarius.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

There's an empty office

next to the conference room
downstairs.

I moved two couches in

and there's some
pillows and blankets.

C.J. putting the lid on?

Right now

and Leo's ready for you now.

The OAS has
agreed to meet

in an emergency session
tomorrow morning

but we're still waiting
for confirmation.

Can you tell us exactly what
you're going to say to them?

Yes, but first we're going
to say it to them.

C.J., one more question
on the Haitian casualties.

Sorry, Mark, we're out of time,
but we'll pick it up

with our lightning round
tomorrow.

I'm calling
a full lid.

Any developments
throughout the night

and you'll be paged.

Thanks for your patience,
everybody.

Thank you, C.J.
Thank you, C.J.

Leo's ready for you.

Thanks.

Leo.

This is insane,
plain and simple.

What's insane?

Oh, never mind.
What isn't?

You don't think
it's crazy?

I don't even know
what we're talking about.

We're firming
up strategy

on what will define the
future of this presidency

and we don't know
if this President

is interested
in the future.

We have to have
a discussion

and we have to
have it tonight.

We're having a discussion.

When?
Tonight.

Okay, then.

Good evening.

Good evening, Josh.

Leo, would you

excuse us for
a second?

Toby, can I talk
to you outside?

You told Donna.

Yeah.

Why didn't you let me?

You hadn't yet.

How'd she take it?

If everybody out there
takes it the way she did

we may be okay.

If a few more people in here
took it the way she did

that'd be all right, too.

Was that for me?

That was for me.

Tobacco.

Kalmbach's not
going to let it

come to a vote in
the subcommittee

which for the
moment is fine

'cause if he did,
it'd be 8-7 against.

Party lines?

No.

We have Stacy and Miner

but Warren and
Rossitter are
voting against.

They have
ideological

problems
with the case.

What do you want
to do now?

Stick some dynamite
up Warren and Rossitter's ass.

Yeah, the problem is, Rossitter
sits on the Judiciary Committee

and I don't know
how many enemies on Judiciary

we want to
make right now.

LEO:
Both of you listen.

We're not going to stop

soften, detour, postpone,
circumvent, obfuscate or trade

a single one of our goals

to allow for whatever
extracurricular nonsense

is coming our way in the next
few days, weeks and months.

When did we decide this?

Just now.

Light 'em up.

You got a recommendation for me?

30 minutes Wednesday night.
Live.

Live to tape?
Live.

In the Mural Room?
Yeah. They pick

the interviewer, it's carried
on all the networks and CNN.

I give it to them
ten hours before.

And that's followed by
a press conference.

There isn't another step
we can take

until we know what the
President's intentions are.

We need a discussion,
and I hate to sound shrill

but it can't wait another night.

We're having a discussion.

When?
Tonight.

Really?
Yeah.

C.J.:
That's great.

Good evening.

Sam, what do you know?

I know that fluid accumulating

in the semicircular canals
of the vestibulo-cochlear nerve

is usually
what'll account for dizziness.

Leo, I want to state

right here, right now,
in terms so plain and clear
as to command their assent...

We're having a meeting tonight.

The whole country is going
to assume he's not running

when he announces
the thing.
We're having a meeting.

The press is
going to assume...
We're having a meeting!

Really?
Yeah.

That's great.

Yeah.

Why doesn't everybody

grab something to eat

be back at 9:00,
and you'll get called

to come over to the residence.

Josh, walk out
with me.

I mean it-- set one off
under these guys.

How about
I have C.J.

make a statement
at her briefing?

A strong statement.

"The President
calls on Congress

"to fund the Justice
Department's tobacco lawsuit

at the levels necessary
to continue this litigation."

"The American people
deserve their day in court."

"And this Administration
won't sit on the bench

"while well-fed members
of the Appropriations Committee

"choke off funding
for a lawsuit

"aimed at the perpetrators
of hundreds of thousands
of negligent homicides

while filling
their campaign war chests."

Light 'em up.

Charlie?

Leo, there was
an accident at
18th and Potomac.

Mrs. Landingham was
driving her car back here.

What happened?

There was a drunk driver

and they ran the light
at 18th and Potomac.

They ran it at a high speed.

Charlie, is she
all right?

No.

She's dead.

Is he alone?

Yeah.