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Do you get
that you have MS?

We're firming up strategy
on the future

of this presidency,
and we don't know

if this President
is interested in the future.

What am I supposed to tell
my news director?

That we need 30 minutes
Wednesday night.

Order the Attorney General
to appoint a special prosecutor.

LEO:
Well, how many
are they estimating?

They've got two Bradleys
with 120-millimeter cannons

and a couple of artillery tubes.

What do we have?

37 Marines with M-14s.

There was an accident
at 18th and Potomac.

Mrs. Landingham was
driving her car back here.

Is she all right?

No.

She's dead.

Most of us are just
hearing the news now.

WADE:
From a
conference call.

LEO:
Yes.

There hasn't been a lot
of time to digest this.

but what we do know is
it's the House Democrats

who are going to take it
in the throat.
Yeah.

You might be able
to get the voters

to accept MS in some of
the suburban districts

but the whole House
is up for reelection.

Yeah.

It's not a matter
of accepting M...

There was a cover...

The point is

even if you can squeeze
out an electoral...

Even if you can
squeeze out a win

this is what
the campaign's
going to be about.

You're going
to have Democrats

telling the President

"Don't come to my district;
I got troubles enough"

and your campaign
never gets out

of the Rose Garden.

Yes, and we're running
without a standard-bearer.

At a time when
we've got policy cases
against the Republicans

on tax cuts,
environment, education

and this is what
the campaign's
going to be about.

Now, Leo, most of us
are just hearing the news

and I don't like
being the first one

to say it, but I'm going to.

I think the President has
got to strongly consider

not running for reelection.

You think
you're the first one to say it?

Leo...

You are, at minimum

the 35th in the last two hours.

Well, we're the ones
that are talking to you now

and we're the ones
that are asking.

Is the President going
to run for reelection?

Harry, Bill, there's going to be
a press conference tonight.

I'd watch.

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with the First Lady
on his right.

LARRY:
You don't want him in
front of the fireplace?

The fireplace
is too much.

He'll sit here,
which means

they're going to have
to light the room

from outside
the window.

Do they know that?
We'll let them know.

Last time they didn't know.

The President taped
an Easter message

that looked like
it was lit by Ed Wood.

Toby...
A pitcher of water,
but keep it offscreen.

They know.
They got to light from
outside the window.

Look... I don't care.

Look, Toby,
has anyone considered

whether or not
he's up for this?

Up for this?

I mean, some stuff
has happened since...

C.J. gave it
to the network.

We're pretty much
locked in, so...

When are we prepping with him?

After the service.

There's going to be time?

We'll have
the afternoon.

I think we should
consider taking...

There aren't any options left.

We're going on TV at 8:00!

GINGER:
Toby?

Yeah.

I'm sorry, but I had to put
Greg Summerhays

back on your schedule.

No, I took him off.

Leo's office had me
put him back on.

Why?

They want you to
keep the appointment.

We've got her funeral today.

We've got these...

I said 4:00.

Yeah, all right.

Carol?

Yeah?

AP, Reuters, Agence France.

Something about seating
on Air Force One.

Seating arrangements?

Seating arrangements
on Air Force One.

JOSH:
C.J.?

Listen, I was thinking

since it's probably
going to be a light day

I'd maybe blow off work,
go shopping or something.

What do you need?

Uh, can I give you
a quick brief?

Sure.

The Justice Department's run
out of money in their suit

against the
tobacco companies.

Justice Department's
overmatched.

Yeah, by hundreds of millions
of dollars.

They're asking for $30 million,
and we think

they should have it.

Who disagrees with this?

Eight of the 15 members
of the subcommittee

that controls the
budgets for Justice
and Commerce

including Kalmbach,
who has significant
ties to tobacco

and Warren and Rossitter

who do not.

We lost two Democrats?

They have ideological
objections.

Yeah, it's just not a good time

to be losing Democrats.

You haven't been in my office

this morning.

We'll get them back.

Anyway, uh

Leo felt pretty strongly

that we should
light a fire under it

so I wrote up a pretty
strongly-worded release.

"The White House...
For Immediate Release...

"Office of the Press...

"Today, the President
calls on Congress...

"...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 perpetrators
of hundreds of thousands

"of negligent homicides

while filling their
campaign war chests."

This is like the fire
we used to throw

in the early primaries.

Let Bartlet be Bartlet.

You got to put it
away for awhile.

You think?

I'm going in there
now to tell them

a landing ship
helicopter assault team

is steaming off
Port-au-Prince,
and after that

I'm bringing
in AP, Reuters
and Agence France.

Nobody's going
to write about an
appropriations bill.

Haiti is going to get bumped

to the Lifestyle Section.

Yeah, I suppose.

Listen...

...have you seen him today?

No. Have you?

No.

All right, listen, I got to...

Yeah. Thanks.

HANSON:
Why are we assuming
it's Hoynes?

PHILLIPS:
Please.

No, why are we assuming
it's got to be Hoynes?

You don't think Wedland's
going to get into it?

Hutchinson? Seth Gillette?

Please.

Gillette's lucky if he carries
his immediate family.

It's Hoynes,
it's Hoynes.

Sam, you understand
this conversation

isn't ruling out Bartlet
as a candidate.

It's a just what-if.

We're party strategists.
It's what we're paid for.

Yeah.

Hoynes is the only one

who put together
the money this fast.

PHILLIPS:
He's the most successful
fund-raiser

the party's ever had.

Though obviously,
it'd be easier

if Hoynes was running
as an incumbent.

Sam...
Okay.

Thanks.

No, it was
an inappropriate...

No, when I say
okay, that's it.

Close your notebooks.

You don't talk like that here.

I don't give a damn
whose nephew you are.

Tony, President Bartlet's
not a candidate.

He's the President.

LEO:
What are the conditions
inside the embassy?

They've still got
running water

but the power's been cut.

The emergency generator's
got about 24 hours.

Any injuries?

There aren't any injuries

but the Deputy Chief's
a diabetic

and he's running
out of insulin.

The Red Cross
can help us out there?

Yes, sir.

What's outside?

NANCY:
About 1200 troops
now with A-15s

positioned outside
the gates.

They've got four
105mm howitzers...

Which are trained at...?

Our front door.

Mr. President

we want to send
Fitzwallace
down there.

Why?

There's a Haitian general
named Francis St. Jacques.

He trained with Fitz
at Annapolis and...

( bell chiming )

( murmuring )

MAN:
Jed.

Jed!

Jed, Jed,
your father's calling you.

Jed!

Didn't you hear me calling you?

No, sir, I didn't.

I was...
I didn't.

Mr. Spence found
this cigarette butt

on the floor in the
aisle of the chapel.

People shouldn't put
their cigarettes out

in the chapel, Mr. Spence.

Well, people shouldn't
be smoking in the chapel

I think is my point, Jed.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?
Yes, sir.

Could you tell your friends,
please?

Yeah.

Jed, hang on.

I want you to meet someone.

She's going to be taking over
in my office

for Mrs. Tillinghouse.

Excuse me.

This is Delores Landingham.

Mrs. Landingham,
this is my eldest son

Jed.

LEO:
So, what happens?

NANCY:
Basically we think

we can get
St. Jacques

to fracture
Bazan's army.

So if we invade...?

It becomes
peacekeeping.

Okay, send Fitzwallace down.

Anything else?

No, sir.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you,
Mr. President.

Thank you, sir.

PRESIDENT:
They've been in there 48 hours.

Yes, sir.

The guy's been
President of his
country for two days.

He's spent them
both at gunpoint.

Yeah.

What do you know
about this storm?

The one...?
It's moving from Florida

to South Carolina.

Yeah, it's
supposed to be bad.

It's a tropical storm.
Yes, sir.

No, I mean, it's been designated
a tropical storm.

That means it has a surface
wind speed of something.

Yes, sir.

Isn't it strange to have
a tropical storm in May?

I'm not certain.

I'm pretty sure
there's a season

and this isn't it.

I can have someone
find out for you,
Mr. President.

I mean,
it's not a big deal.

It's just that
I'm pretty sure it's strange.

The motorcade will leave
for the cathedral in an hour.

You ever been to
National Cathedral?

Yes, sir.

You know, you can lay
the Washington Monument

down on its side
in that church.

I did, actually.

We should try it.

You only have two meetings
between now and then.

Is there anything else
you need, sir?

I need pallbearers.

Yes, sir.

and a Battalion Landing Team.

They'll cover that
at the Pentagon briefing.

Does the fact that the OAS
has passed a resolution

allowing you to explore
military options

mean you've exhausted

the diplomatic ones?
Of course it doesn't

but it should underline
the consequences for Bazan

should he decide
to enter our embassy

and/or arrest the democratically
elected President of Haiti.

That's all I have for now.
Thank you.

C.J.!
Before you all go,
C.J. needs to see

AP, Reuters and Agence France
in the office.

She needs to discuss seating
arrangements on Air Force One.

C.J.
Yeah?

We've got a problem.

That's pretty hard
to believe.

We can't have the
press conference
in the East Room.

What are you talking about?

I just got off the phone
with Brian Coburn

and we can't have it
in the East Room.
Why not?

They've been pulling
the wiring and they
found asbestos

and they have
to seal it off.

There's been asbestos
in the East Room
this whole time?

Yeah. So I'm going
to make a list...
Put together, okay...

Yeah.
Put together a list
of alternatives.

Come on in.

C.J., I don't have
any problem with
my seat on the plane.

Get inside.

Seriously, I complained
that one time

'cause, I don't know,
I was in a bad mood.

This isn't about
seating arrangements.

Notebooks,
no tape recorders

the story's embargoed
for an hour

and you'll identify me as
a senior White House official.

What about Chicago?

What about Tokyo?

That depends. When's
it going to leak?

I'm sorry?

When are we leaking
the story?

C.J.'s doing it right now.

Wall Street'll
have it in an hour.

In two hours, sellers
will outnumber buyers.

( door bangs )

Excuse me, keep going.

In what sectors?

In all sectors of the
New York Stock Exchange...

Charlie.
Yes, sir?

Do you have any idea

why the door to the portico
keeps swinging open?

It's a little annoying.

They're replacing
the latch.

It's swinging open
from the wind.

But the door opens out.

When the right sequence
of doors are open
in the building

there's a wind tunnel
into the Oval Office.

No kidding.

LEO:
What about Europe and Japan?

ADVISOR:
Well, Japan's going
to be up and trading

by the time we go on TV.

Charlie says there's a wind
tunnel created by something.

They're fixing the latch.

Mr. President?
Yeah.

Is the motorcade
ready?
Yes, sir.

Okay. Well, we've got to go.

I don't know what to say.

Leo's pretty rich.

Maybe he can buy
some tech stocks

jack up the price.

Keep me posted on
the bellwethers, okay?

Yeah. Thank you,
Mr. President.

Is the First Lady
meeting us in the car?

Yes. It's a
nondenominational service.

What'd she say?

She said
the First Lady's meeting us

in the car.

( typing )

It wasn't
a nondenominational service.

MRS. LANDINGHAM:
Of course it was.

It wouldn't have
felt nondenominational

if you were Jewish.

It was a
nondenominational
Christian service.

Attendance at Chapel
is required...

It was a
nondenominational service.

"Our Father" is not
nondenominational.

Everyone says
"Our Father."
Catholics don't.

Catholics don't say

"For thine is the
kingdom and the power

and the glory
forever and ever."

You know,
I'm just saying.

Why do you
work here?
I'm sorry?

Why do you work here
after classes?

I can't imagine anyone
in your family's
on work-study.

No, I get free tuition.

So, you know, I guess
it's a good idea to
give something back.

Why do you call
your father "sir"?

Is this going to be
a whole afternoon
of questions?

Actually, you've
been talking for
quite some time.

I'm sorry. Am I
boring you, Delores?

Mrs. Landingham,
please.

My father's the Headmaster.

Yeah, but before he
was your Headmaster

he was your father,
right?

I don't want to make
the other guys

feel uncomfortable.

So you call him "sir."

Yeah.
Oh.

( sirens )

You know they
released the girl

from the hospital
this morning.

The driver?
Yeah.

She fractured her wrist,
some stitches over her eye

and the other two have
some scrapes and bruises.

It looks like they're
going to charge her

with vehicular manslaughter.

Frank Mitchel

Joanna, Bill Carney...

they told me they
were in meetings
the whole morning.

Yeah.

The consensus seems to be
that if you step back

and put your support
behind Hoynes

there's a decent chance

the Democrats can keep
the White House.

The world'll rest easier.

( siren )

We're here.

( organ playing )

( organ continues )

( music stops )

MONOHAN:
"I am the Resurrection
and I am life," says the Lord.

"Whoever believes in me
shall live even though he die."

God of Mercy, you are the hope
of sinners, the joy of saints.

We pray for our sister Delores

whose body we honor
with Christian burial.

Give her happiness with your
saints, and raise up her body

with the saints at the last day
to be in your presence forever.

As for me, I know
that my Redeemer lives

and that at the last,
he will stand upon the Earth.

After my awaking,
he will raise me up...

DELORES:
Jed.

MONOHAN:
...and in my body
I shall see God...

DELORES:
Jed!

MONOHAN:
...I myself shall see

and my eyes behold him
who is my friend...

Jed.

Jed!

I'm trying to get through

an honest day's work,
Mrs. Landingham.

You missed a spot.

I didn't miss it.
I just haven't
gotten to it yet.

Okay.

You have a habit of
doing that, you know.

What's that?
Telling me I'm doing
something wrong

before I've had a chance
to do it at all.

Well, that must be
a little annoying.

Yeah.

I got a project for you.

Really.

You can show the courage
and the intellect

and the leadership skills
everyone talks about.

I'm a little busy
hosing down the boats.

You know the women
who work at this school

are paid less money
than the men?

Sorry?
The women are paid
less money than the men.

No, I didn't know that.

You think your father does?

MONOHAN:
First reading will be
from Mr. Charles Young

from the Book of Wisdom,
Chapter III.

I'd like an opportunity
to make my case.

What are you doing here?

I'm raising an issue.

You've been raising this
issue for a week now.

I can tell it's had
quite an effect on you.

Don't you have
a husband?

What does that have
to do with anything?

I'm saying shouldn't
you go home

when you're done
with work?

Shouldn't you be minding
your own business?

I just thought
since you're minding
everybody else's...

What is that
supposed to mean?

In my family, we don't
talk about money.

That's because
you have money.

Numbers,
Mrs. Landingham.
Excuse me?

If you want to convince
me of something

show me numbers.

"But the souls of the virtuous
are in the hands of God.

"No torment
shall ever touch them.

"In the eyes of the unwise,
they did appear to die

"but they are at peace.

"For though in the sight
of others, they were punished

their hope is full
of immortality."

( engine sputtering)

Car won't start.

JED:
Yes.

What's wrong with it?

It's possibly
the starter motor
or the fan belt.

Do you know
anything about cars?

No.

Then how do you know...?

'Cause those are
the two things
I've heard of.

You fix your car and pretend
you're not listening.

I'm just going to stand
here and talk to you

because I know
you are.

What could you
possibly want?

I've got numbers.

Something abnormal
about you.

Florence Chadwick
in the English Department's

been here 13 years.

She makes $5,900 a year.

Mr. Hopkins in
the English Department's

been here four years
fewer and makes $7,100.

Is this really
the best time for this?

You don't seem
to be going anywhere.

A female cook makes $3,200

compared to a male electrician
who makes $3,900.

ALL:
"...channel of your peace

"where there is hatred,
let us sow love

"where there is injury,
harmony

"and where there is doubt,
let there be faith in you.

Amen."

( organ plays )
Mozart's "Requiem" )

( "Requiem" continues )

( "Requiem" continues )

DELORES:
The Chaplain makes $4,100

the nurse makes $3,100.

Miss Mueller gets paid
an additional $200 a year

to conduct the choir and band

while Mr. Ryan gets paid
an additional $400 a year

to coach the rowing team.

Crew.

What?
It's not rowing, it's crew

and Florence Chadwick

is a married woman
with no dependents

and Mr. Hopkins has
a family of four
to support.

If we paid people according

to how many children
they had to support

then Malcolm Bundy
the groundskeeper

would get triple
what the Headmaster gets.

Mrs. Landingham...
You know I'm right.

You've known it
since I brought it up.

Wh-What do you want me
to do about it?

I want you
to bring it up

with your father.

I'm not a woman
and I don't work here.

The women who do,
if they bring it up

they're afraid
for their jobs.

What is it
you're afraid of?

Why do you talk
to me like this?

'Cause you never had
a big sister

and you need one.

Look at you.

You're a boy king.

You're a foot smarter

than the smartest kids
in the class.

You're blessed
with inspiration.

You must know this by now.

You must have
sensed it.

Look...

if you think we're wrong

if you think Mr. Hopkins

should honestly get paid
more than Mrs. Chadwick

then I respect that.

But if you think we're right

and you won't speak up
'cause you can't be bothered

then God, Jed,
I don't even want to know you.

Come inside.

I'll call Triple-A.

Miss Mueller gets half
as much to teach music

as Mr. Ryan gets
to coach crew?

You're going
to do it.

Oh, I didn't
say that.

Yes, you did.
When?

Just then.

You stuck your hands
in your pockets

you looked away
and smiled.

That means you
made up your mind.

That doesn't
mean anything.

Oh, yes, it does.

I-I stuck my hands
in my pockets.

And looked away and smiled.

We're in.

It was a beautiful service,
I thought.

I thought it was
a beautiful service.

Yeah.

She was a real dame,
old friend

a real broad.

Yeah.

We've got to go back
to the office now, sir.

Yeah.

We've got some
decisions to make now.

Leo, would you
do me a favor?

Yeah.

Would you ask
the agents

to seal the cathedral
for a minute?

Yeah.

( doors close )

You're a son of a bitch,
you know that?

She bought her first new car

and you hit her
with a drunk driver.

What?

Was that supposed
to be funny?

"You can't conceive,
nor can I

the appalling strangeness
of the mercy of God"

says Graham Greene.

I don't know whose ass
he was kissing there

'cause I think
you're just vindictive.

What was Josh Lyman,
a warning shot?

That was my son.

What did I ever do to yours
but praise his glory

and praise his name?

There's a tropical storm
that's gaining speed and power.

They say we haven't had
a storm this bad

since you took out
that tender ship of mine

in the North Atlantic last year.

68 crew.

You know what
a tender ship does?

Fixes the other ships.

Doesn't even carry guns.

It just goes around,
fixes the other ships

and delivers the mail.

That's all it can do.

Gratias tibi ago, domine.

Yes, I lied.

It was a sin.
I've committed many sins.

Have I displeased you,
you feckless thug?

3.8 million new jobs,
that wasn't good?

Bailed out Mexico,
increased foreign trade

30 million new acres
of land for conservation

put Mendoza on the bench

we're not fighting a war,
I've raised three children...

That's not enough
to buy me out of the doghouse?

Haec credam a deo pio

a deo iusto, a deo scito.

Cruciatus in crucem.

Trus in terra servus,
nuntuis fui, officum perfeci.

Cruciatus in crucem,
eas in crucem.

You get Hoynes.

C.J.:
We'll call them
Answer "A" and Answer "B."

Yeah.

"Mr. President,
does this mean

you won't be seeking
a second term?"

Answer "A" is
"You bet."

"I will absolutely be seeking
a second term.

"I'm looking forward
to the campaign.

There is great work
that is yet to be done."

Yes.

Answer "B"...
"Are you out
of your mind?

"I can't possibly
win reelection.

"I lied about
a degenerative illness

"I'm the target

"of a Grand Jury
investigation

"and Congress is about

"to take me out to lunch.

"I'd sooner have my family
take their clothes off

"and dance the tarantella
on the Truman Balcony

"than go through a campaign

with this
around my neck."

Think that's too on the nose?

I do.

I want to
bring it up again.
Why?

'Cause I got shouted
down the first three times

and I work here
just like you do.

Can I help you?

Sorry.

I think we have to explore ways
of calling this off.

Sam...
I think it might
be a mistake

to send him on
at a moment

when we're trying
to demonstrate...
Listen...

We don't know what the hell

they're talking
about in there, Toby!

We don't know
whether he's running or not.

I think we have...
There are no ways.

The story's leaked

it's out there,
we're doing this.

Don't worry.
It's going to be fine.

They're lighting him

from outside the window.

Toby.

( sighs )

I have a meeting,
believe it or not

with Greg Summerhays

for reasons passing
understanding.

TOBY:
Hello.

Toby.

It's good to see you.

How are you, Greg?

I was sorry about
the President's secretary.

Thank you.

Did you know her well?

Yeah.

Let me get to why I'm here.

I want to...

You want to buy
Atlantic Intermedia.

Yeah...

Greg, there's a reason
the FCC...

I'm not here about the FCC.

Why are you here?

I'm launching a 24-hour
cable news channel

and I'm building it to compete.

And I'd like you
to be the news director.

Okay.

( exhales )

Thanks for coming in.

Excuse me.

It was a nice service,
don't you think?

Yeah.

Yeah, it was.

I'm going to run
across the street

to the OEOB
for a minute.

The President's still
after information
on the storm.

I'm not sure why he's
got it in his teeth.

Yeah.

Josh, can this really
be how it works?

We have no idea if
he's going to run again

he's in a room with
Leo making a decision?

Two people, in
a matter of minutes?

This is how it works?

( phone rings )

It's how it works today.

Josh Lyman.

It's Leo.

BONNIE:
Hey, Toby.

Don't anybody talk to me
right now.

Josh, Greg Summerhays

was here
to offer me a job.

Leo got me a lifeboat.

I'm going to rip
his arms off

and beat him
with his own...

That was Leo.

He wants us over there.

It's Answer "B."

and First Lady
having just concluded

the interview

President Bartlet
is expected to be arriving

at the State Department
for a press conference.

Typically, a press conference,
particularly of this size

would be held in the East Room
of the White House

but we're told there are
some repairs going on there

and so the change of venue.

Chris Watson, can you tell us
what we might expect to hear

from the President
in a few minutes?

Wait. All right.

Our apologies.

We'll have Chris in a moment.

Let's go to...

Why don't you sit in here
for a few minutes?

Yeah.

I'm going to get C.J.

You two do a last-minute review.

I'm fine.

I'm going to get C.J.

Yeah.

Sit here.

Close your eyes
a few minutes.

Charlie will get you
when we're ready.

Yeah.

PRESIDENT ( on TV ):
Two years ago

I began experiencing
blurred vision

and numbness in my legs.

Two years and many tests later

I was diagnosed with a course

of relapsing/remitting
multiple sclerosis.

MAN:
That startling admission

made just moments ago
from President Bartlet.

Toby.
Yeah?

Where's C.J.?

She ran back
to her office.

They're going to run
this clip forever.

No, we're about to give them
clips to beat it.

Leo, you got me a lifeboat?

Greg Summerhays.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I got you a lifeboat.

Did you imagine

that there were
any circumstances

under which I would use it?

No.

Then why?

To show him that.

C.J.'s in her office.

You think he's
going to change his
mind, don't you?

Hmm?

You think he's
going to run.

C.J.'s in her office.

Yeah.

( thunder rumbling )

( knock at door )

Yeah?

Mr. President,
you wanted to
see Donna Moss?

Yeah.

Good evening, sir.
How are you?

Fine, thank you, sir.

We all thought
you did very well.

That was the easy part.

Didn't look that easy.

Talk about the weather.

( clearing throat softly )

A tropical storm
is a cyclone

in which the maximum
sustained surface
speed of the wind

is 34 nautical
miles per hour.

And there's a tropical storm
season, right?

Yes, sir-- it's June 1
to November 30.

Okay, and how many times,
say, in the last 100 years

has a tropical storm

come up
the Atlantic seaboard

to Washington
in the middle of May?

According to
the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

it hasn't happened
in the last century.

At all?
No, sir.

( knock at door )

Yeah?

C.J.:
Excuse me, sir.

Yeah, thanks, Donna.

Thank you, Mr. President.

According to the NOAA,
the storm is

a nonrecurring phenomenon,
which is science's term

for "We don't know
what in the world is going on

but we're stocking up
on canned goods."

I just wanted to
review a few things.

Is this stuff you don't think
I can remember from an hour ago?

You'll want to take
the first question
from Lawrence Altman

the Times Chief
Medical Correspondent.

Why?
!
Because if you
call on anyone else

the first question will
be about reelection.

Call on Altman; it'll
be a medical question

and he'll have two
or three follow-ups.

It will allow you
to feel comfortable

a little before you start
with the political mess.

Altman will be in
the front row, first
seat on your right.

Okay.

Mr. President?

Yeah?

Where's Altman going to be?

C.J.

Mr. President,
I'm going there right now.

This is the last time
I'll see you

before you step up. Please.

Front row, first
seat on the right.

Whose right?

My right.

Thank you, sir.

( knock at door )

DR. BARTLET:
Come in.

"If you hide your ignorance,
no one will hit you

and you will never learn."

Is this your quote?

Dad, I wanted to mention
something to you

that maybe you
weren't aware of

regarding
salary equity.

Is this your quote?

"If you hide your ignorance,
no one will hit you

and you'll never learn."

It's actually Ray Bradbury.

And you quoted Ray Bradbury.

Yes.
In an article

you and your friends wrote
condemning Professor Loomis.

For banning certain books
from the library, yeah.

He's a professor of literature.

He banned
Henry Miller.

He banned D.H. Lawrence.

Giovanni's Room
'cause it's too homosexual.

Stop it right now.

You're a guest at this school.

I'm a student.

He banned Fahrenheit 451

which is about banning books.

Was that supposed
to be funny?

That wordplay
that you just
did there--

was that meant
to be funny?

That was supposed...

Was there anything else?

It's not
a nondenominational service.

Don't start with this.

Catholics don't believe man
is saved through faith alone.

Catholics believe that
faith has to be joined

with good works.

You're the only one
who seems to mind the service.

I'm the only one who's Catholic.

You're Catholic
because your mother is

and you're at this school
because I'm the headmaster.

How's that
for clever with words?

Now, what was it
you came in here

to talk to me about?

Nothing.

Please close the door
behind you.

( door shuts )

( thunderclap )

Damn it!

Mrs. Landingham!

I really wish you
wouldn't shout, Mr. President.

The door keeps blowing open.

Yes, but there's an intercom,
and you could use it

to call me
at my desk.

I was...
You don't know

how to use the intercom.

It's not that
I don't know how to use it.

It's just that I

haven't learned yet.

I have MS,
and I didn't tell anybody.

Yeah.

So, you're having
a little bit of a day.

You're going to make jokes?

God doesn't make cars crash,
and you know it.

Stop using me as an excuse.

The party's not going
to want me to run.

The party'll come back.

You'll get them back.

I got a secret for you,
Mrs. Landingham.

I've never been
the most popular guy

in the Democratic Party.

I've got a secret for you,
Mr. President.

Your father was a prick

who could never
get over the fact

that he wasn't as smart
as his brothers.

Are you in a tough spot? Yes.

Do I feel sorry for you?

I do not.

Why? Because there are people
way worse off than you.

Give me numbers.

I don't know numbers.

You give them to me.

How about
a child born this minute

has a one in five chance

of being born
into poverty?

How many Americans
don't have health insurance?

44 million.

What's the number one cause
of death

for black men under 35?

Homicide.

How many Americans
are behind bars?

Three million.

How many Americans
are drug addicts?

Five million.

And one of five kids in poverty?

It's 13 million
American children.

Three and a half million kids
go to schools

that are literally
falling apart.

We need $127 billion
in school construction

and we need it today.

To say nothing

of 53 people
trapped in an embassy.

Yes.

You know

if you don't want
to run again

I respect that.

But if you don't run
because you think

it's going to be too hard

or you think
you're going to lose...

well, God, Jed,
I don't even want to know you.

( door shuts )

( thunder crashing )

CHARLIE:
Mr. President.

Mr. President, it's time.

( thunder crashing )

* These mist-covered mountains

* Are home now for me

* But my home is the lowlands

* And always will be

* Someday you'll return to

* Your valleys and your farms

* And you'll no longer burn
to be brothers in arms... *

C.J.:
And he'll be speaking to that

just as soon as he gets here.

( reporters clamoring )

Uh, Frank, then Leslie.

* Through these fields
of destruction *

* Baptisms of fire

* I've witnessed
your suffering... *

Has there been any discussion
of a Special Prosecutor?

C.J.:
Tomorrow morning,
the President will direct

the Attorney General to appoint
a Special Prosecutor, yes.

I can't see. Joan.

* And though
they did hurt me so bad *

* In the fear and alarm...

C.J.:
A list of three prosecutors

is given to a three-judge panel.

The prosecutors

as well as the judges
were all appointed

by Republican presidents.

( all clamoring )

Please, I can only answer
14 or 15 questions at once. Hal.

* There's so many
different worlds *

* So many different suns...

( sirens blaring )

C.J.:
I can't comment on

a witness list
that doesn't exist

but I imagine
subpoenas will be issued

to most senior White House staff

including myself.

( sirens blaring )

* Now, the sun's gone to hell

* And the moon's
riding high... *

C.J.:
Again, I can't comment
on what kind of hearings

Congress has in mind.

I'm sure there'll be one

but you'd have
to talk to Congress.

Okay? Here, now, the President
of the United States.

* But it's written
in the starlight *

* And every line in your palm

* We're fools to make war
on our brothers in arms. *

( guitar refrain continues )

Yes, Sandy.

Mr. President, can you tell us

right now if you'll be
seeking a second term?

I'm sorry, Sandy.

There was a
bit of noise.

Could you repeat
the question?

Can you tell
us right now

if you'll be seeking
a second term?

Watch this.

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