All language subtitles for The West Wing (1999) - S01E18 - Six Meetings Before Lunch (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

Previously on the west wing:

I brought you flowers.

I'm going to up your protection.

Dad!
Starting tomorrow.

I'm starting college
In a month.

Mr. President, this is
Special agent gina toscano.

How do you do.
How do you do,
Mr. President.

Hey, zoey,
Do me a favor.

Walk on the other side
Of me, would you?

Do you by any chance
Like opera?

You're asking me
Out on a date.

You've got an itch
For sam seaborn.

I do not have an itch.

Roberta mendoza
Is the president's nominee

To fill crouch's seat
On the supreme court.

Sam and toby will
Be in charge of
Your confirmation.

It's going to be
An excruciating
Battle, mr. Justice

But one I have no
Intention of losing.

Congratulations, everybody.

Congratulations.

Line up, one drink per person.

Who's driving?

Put it down.

Put it down.

Put it down.

Toby.

No champagne.

We're just getting ready...

Put it down.

Everyone in this room--

The law of our land
Mandates

That presidential appointees

Be confirmed
By a majority of the senate

A majority being
Half plus one

For a total of what, ginger?

Fifty-one.

Fifty-one
Yea votes

Is what we see on these screens

Before a drop
Of wine is swallowed

Because there's
A little thing

Called what,
Bonnie?

Tempting fate?

"Tempting fate"
Is what it's called.

In the three months this man
Has been on my radar screen

I have aged 48 years.

This is my day of jubilee.

I will not have it screwed up
By what, bonnie?

By tempting fate.

By tempting fate.

These things take patience.

These things take skill.

These things take luck.

In the 15 months
We've been in office

What kind of luck
Have we had, ginger?

Bad luck.

What kind of luck?

Very bad luck.

We've had very bad luck.

Where's josh?

Josh!

Yeah!

We got to go.

They're already
At 19 yea votes.

What's this message
About I need to
Talk to mandy

About a banana bar?

Is that what
This says?

Panda bear.

"Panda bear"?

Yes.
That's a "D"?

Yeah.

And that's
An "E"?
Yeah.

All right. You know
What would be helpful?

If you could just show
Me where one word ends

And the next
One begins.

We have to go.

She wants to talk to
Me about a panda bear?

You sure you got
The message right?

Have I ever got
A message wrong?

No.

Then maybe the benefit
Of the doubt

Might not be
Monumentally out of line.

A panda's what
I think it is?

Little australian thing

Eats the bark off
The koala tree?

That's a koala bear
I believe you're describing.

The panda's
The other one.

How can you not
Know the difference

Between a panda bear
And a koala bear?

You know, for someone

Who hasn't quite
Mastered the alphabet...

Josh!

My penmanship
Is distinctive.

Your penmanship
Is illegible.

Hey, mal.
Where's sam?

He's going to be watching
The mendoza vote.

Can you
Believe him?

Sam?
Yeah.

No.

You think you
Know a guy...
Yeah.

You don't know
What I'm talking
About, do you?

No.

Okay.
Okay.

Toby!

Joshua.

How about
Some champagne?

All:
No.

What the hell?
Ginger?

Tempting fate.

Okay. Go grab leo.

It's distinctive
Penmanship style, josh.

Go.

Not unlike
Salvador dali.

Please get leo.

I can't believe you're
Talking like this.

Leo.

It's a book jacket, sydney.

It's a dust cover.

We're really going
To make a federal case

Out of a book jacket?

We're literally
Going to make

A federal case
Out of this?

Donna says its time.

I'm going to
Bring him here

And talk to him,
But I got to say

We're about a minute
And a half from closing

What wasn't the easiest
Confirmation process

In american history.

So you'll understand
If I'm not giddy as a schoolgirl

About the thought
Of running once again

Into the warm embrace

Of the senate
Judiciary committee.

Leo...
Good-bye.

What's going on?

An appointment
To a justice post

Favors reparations
To african-americans.

What for?

Capturing
Their ancestors

And keeping them
As slaves.

What kind of
Reparations?

Money.

( people booing )

Loser!

( cheering )

Toby?

Not yet.

Our day of jubilee.

Not yet.

Sam.

It's my day
Of jubilee.

I despise you
And everything
You stand for.

All right, my day
Was a little bit better

A few seconds ago...

How could you write

That position paper?

Which
Position paper?

Don't play dumb with me.

Honestly, I am dumb.

Most of the time
I'm playing smart.

Sam-- the
Position paper...

You can't be
Thinking about ruining

My day of jubilee
By yelling at me

About school vouchers.

I was strongly
Considering it, yes.

50! Here we go, baby!

Sam, toby.

We're about to put a guy
On the supreme court.

Yea.

( cheering )

Toby! How about now?

I don't understand--
Salvador dali had

Distinctive penmanship?

Yes.

How was it
Distinctive?

Well, for one thing,
He wrote in spanish.

He was spanish.

Which would account
For his distinctive penmanship.

Excuse me.

Am I interrupting
Something important?

I can't begin to tell you
How you're not.

Would you mind
If I have a...

I'll go see
If people are having fun

In the other room.

What's up?

Our nominee for
Assistant attorney general
For civil rights.

It's going to sail?

No, it's not.

Jeff breckenridge?

Stadler has a problem with him.

What's his problem?

He supports slavery reparations.

Since when?

Whenever.

I mean... Was there a thing?

Two sentences
On the back dust jacket

Of a book that's coming out
Called the unpaid debt.

That's it?

Stadler's unhappy.

'cause of a thing he wrote
On a dust cover?

I've been singing that song
For the last three hours.

So, talk to him
Tomorrow, would you?

Stadler?

Breckenridge.

I'm not the guy
For this.

Yeah, you are.

Chanting:
C.J.! C.J.! C.J.!

What the hell is that?

C.J.'s going to do "The jackal."

Oh, where she lip-syncs
To the thing?

Yeah.
I love that.

Toby's better for this.

Look at the job he did
On the mendoza confirmation.

Toby's barely alive
As a result of
The mendoza confirmation.

This one's you.

Let's go watch "The jackal."

Leo.

I'm a white guy
From connecticut.

We've met, josh.

I'm saying,
Isn't this kind of

A delicate subject
For me to get into

With a black
Civil rights lawyer
From athens, georgia?

Remember,
You're also jewish.

Then he's sure
To love me.

Oh, cathy?

Where's sam?

In his office,
Fighting with
Your daughter.

Tell him to come
To the press room.

He's not going to want
To miss "The jackal."

It was
A position paper.

Your position
Is that school vouchers
Are a good idea?

How did you
Get this paper?

I'm related
To your boss.

Your father
Gave it to you?

Yes.

I think
He's trying to drive
A wedge between us.

It worked.

Sam?

C.J.'s doing "The jackal."

I'll be right there.

I thought we had
Something going on.
We do.

Yet you haven't told me
You favor school vouchers?

I... First of all, hang on.

We haven't been on a date yet.

What kind of dates
Have you had...

That you're amazed
This hasn't come up?

I'm a public school teacher.

Seriously,
The other guys--

They order drinks and say,
"Before we go further

Here's my position
On school vouchers?"

Are you going to have
A serious discussion?

No, you know why?
'cause I am off duty.

Toby and I just spent
The last three months

Putting a guy
On the bench.

The sun has set
And I have earned

My government salary
And then some.

I'm done working

And we haven't been out
On a date.

That's supposed
To be tonight.

Now we're going
In there

And watch c.J. Do "The jackal."

Believe me, if you haven't
Seen c.J. Do "The jackal"

Then you haven't
Seen shakespeare

The way it's meant
To be done.

We are going to watch
C.J. Do "The jackal"

Then get a late dinner,
After which

I may or may not
Kiss you good night.

Because there is
Something going on
Between us, mallory

But I don't think
You're doing a good
Job on your part

So I've decided
To take over.

You're taking over?

Yes, let's go.

Not much chance.

I didn't think so,
But give me
Credit for trying.

Good night there,
Skipper.

Apparently you don't have to
Give me credit for trying.

( moderate jazz beat )

* he was a fat, black cat

* who had his afternoon
Martini chillin' *

* at a quarter after five

* twist of lime,
Coke on the side *

* the brother
Loved the high life *

* had a ph.D. In street strife

* they called him "The jackal"

There's a little speed bump
With jeff breckenridge.

Leo gave it to me.

He thinks you're
Burned out on mendoza.

I told him I thought
That was ridiculous.

What do you think?

Are you talking to me
During "The jackal"?

I was just...

Never talk to me
During "The jackal."

* he was a big mac daddy,
Super black stylin' *

* a diamonds-in-the-back
Cadillac *

* fur-lined boards,
White-walled wheels *

* cruise control,
Build for speed *

* chrome on everything

* and the stereophonic
Speakers *

* though he really didn't
Need them *

* when they called him...

* the jackal

Hey.

Hey.

* the jackal...

So, mallory read
My position paper
On school vouchers.

Really?

How do you suppose
She got a hold of that?

As it turns out,
You gave it to her.

School vouchers
Are a very serious
Subject with mallory.

Yeah, thanks
For the heads-up.

I don't mind you dating
My only daughter

But you can't expect me
Not to have some fun
Along the way.

Mallory and I
Haven't actually
Been on a date yet.

Well, you hang
In there, son.

* ...Ain't seen nothin' *

* livin' fast, livin' large *

* six foot four,
And not an ounce of fat *

* when women ask,
"Is you a firm cat?" *

* he'd say, "Oh, dear,
I'm more than that. *

* "I'm the firmest of the firm *

* "And in case
You hadn't known *

* they call me the jackal."

( applause and cheering )

( humming "The jackal" )

You did "The jackal"?

What are you doing here so late?

I missed "The jackal"?

I was on fire tonight.

Congratulations on mendoza--
That's got to feel good.

It does.

So, I'm home,
By myself

Listening to my
Police scanner...

You have a police scanner?

Yes, I do.

Danny, you were, like,
President of your high school

Audio visual club, weren't you?

I was not president
Of the a.V. Club.

I was vice president,
Bobby pfeiffer
Was president

And that's something I
Don't like to talk about.

Why'd you come down?

Josh said to come by
For a drink.

You should have
Gotten here earlier.

I would have, except
I was listening
To my scanner.

What happened?

David arbor was arrested
Outside a frat party.

He's going to be charged
With felony possession

Possible intent
To distribute.

Is there any chance
David arbor's not the son
Of bob arbor?

There's not any chance
Of that, no.

Plus one other thing.

There's one other thing?

Yeah.
What?

Zoey was at
The frat party.

Well... At least I know
What I'll be doing

When I come into work tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow,
When you start handing
Out information

Please remember
I came down here at
1:00 in the morning

To tell you when there was
No earthly reason I had to

And also that you're
Secretly in love with me.

Make sure you remind my office.

You could do "The
Jackal" for me

Right here, right now.

Go home.

"I'm honestly not sure
The president even knows."

I'm honestly not sure
The president even knows.

It's such a non-story,
It hasn't come up yet.
Say it now.

I'm honestly not sure
The president even knows.

The kid's father's
A major democratic
Fund-raiser.

I'm sure the president
Will offer him

His best wishes and support

During what must be
A troubling time.

The president's daughter
Was at a party

Where there was
A drug bust.

Zoey left well before
The incident.

Has the president
Had any reaction?

I'm honestly not sure
The president even knows.

There it is.
Mandy:
Hey, c.J.

C.J.:
It's a non-story.

Let's keep it that way.

( knocking on door )

Hey.

Did you get my message?

Yeah, you didn't want
To talk to me

About banana bars by any chance,
Did you?

Panda bears.

Donna has stylish penmanship.

I think we should
Get a panda bear.

You say that now,
But I'm the one

Who's going to end up
Feeding him and walking him.

You guys have gotten

Something more than
3,000 letters

In the last ten days
Wanting to know

When we're getting the new bear
For the national zoo.

What happened to the old bear?

Lum-lum?
Okay.

She died two weeks ago.

Did I kill her?
No.

Then what are you
Talking to me for?

3,000 letters in ten days.

Did I write any of them?

No.
Then, once again...

Who should I be talking to?

About getting a new panda bear?

Yes.

To replace lum-lum?

Yes.

Toby. You should be talking
To toby.

This is most of it.

Thanks.

Toby?

Toby can help you out.

What's all this?

I have to tell
A black civil rights lawyer

Why I don't owe him any money.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Zoey:
Je travaille.

Girls:
Je travaille.

Tu travailles.

Tu travailles.

Nous travaillons.

Nous travaillons.

( all laughing )

Mike:
Outside the
Southwest entrance.

How many?

About a dozen.

Have someone bring
The car around back.

What time is it?
12:30.

I have to go.

Are we doing french
In kelly's room tonight?

Yeah,
About 10:00.
Okay.

Zoey, this way.
We're going out back.

What's out front?

There's a reporter
Out there.

They're not supposed
To come on campus.

Campus security's
On its way.

Can I ask you
A question?

What's up with
Marjorie's hair?

Yes! I didn't want to say
Anything back at the table.

Gina, listen to this:
We've been going to sleep

Listening to our french tapes.

I remember them well.

Are you ready?
Yeah.

Both:
Michelle, anne,
Vous travaillez?

Ah, non. Nous regardons
Le television...

Oh, zoey! Hey!

I'm special agent gina
Toscano, secret service

What's your name?

Edgar drumm, the
Charleston citizen.

I have a question
For miss bartlet.

She doesn't answer questions.

Zoey...
Mike, take her
To the car.

What do you think it
Says about the country

That the president's
Daughter is partying

With drug dealers?

What do you think it
Says about the country?

David arbor isn't
A drug dealer.

Why'd you go to
The party, zoey?

I was invited.

I didn't know david arbor
Was going to be there.

Guys, I want you
In the car now.

You're a real jackass,
You know that?

Don't ever do that again.

I have to say if this is how
The secret service behaves

During the bartlet
Administration

It's a sad state
Of affairs.

We're all going to have
To learn to live with
Your disappointment.

( sighs ):
This draft is done.

This draft is done
And it's done on schedule.

"On schedule" is going to be
My middle name from now on.

Seriously, I'm having it
Legally changed.

What was it before?

Norman.
Okay.

Speaking of
Schedules, cathy...

Oh, uh, at noon

You're on the hill
With brennan and landis

3:00, with
The east asia team

4:00, with medicare

4:30, with the president

6:00, with
The advance team.

The noon meeting with

Brennan and landis
On the hill...

Yeah?
Let's see if we
Can cancel it.

Why?

I don't want to go.

That's not a good
Enough reason.

I really don't
Want to go.

You're going.

Okay.

And you've got mallory at 11:00.

What?

You've got mallory
At 11:00. Right now.

What do you mean
I've got mallory?

Your appointment
With mallory.

What appointment with mallory?

I decided to see you during
Your business hours.

Mallory.
Hello.

Why aren't you
In school?

No school today.
You made
An appointment?

I didn't want to take
Advantage of the fact
That we're dating.

We're not dating.
That's sad for you,
Isn't it?

You made an appointment?
All nice
And businesslike.

Well, isn't that adorable?

Come in.

Josh...

Is he here?
Yeah.

Send him in.

Mr. Breckenridge.

Thank you.

Jeff, josh lyman.

Jeff breckenridge.

Good to meet you.
Help yourself to a chair.

Can donna
Get you anything?

Oh, no, thank you, I'm fine.

You were a summer associate

At debevoise and plimpton

When my father
Was a partner there.

Your father was a
Partner at debevoise
And plimpton?

Yeah.

Your father's
Noah lyman?

Yeah.

I met him. He's
A wonderful man.

How is he?

He died.

I'm sorry. When?

The night of
The illinois primary.

I'm sorry.

Thanks. Listen...

I just got this handed
To me last night

So I'm not as up
To speed as I...

A couple of republicans

On the judiciary
Committee

Have a problem with me.

Stadler.

Also probably
Wachtel and tillison.

Probably.

Any specific problem

Or they just don't
Like me on spec?

No.

There's a book coming out
By otis hastings

Called the unpaid debt.

Hastings' position is
That african-americans

Are owed monetary
Reparations for slavery.

Yes.

You're quoted
On the back jacket.

Yes.

You wrote, "Otis hastings

"Is a unique and extraordinary
Historian.

"This book should be read
By everyone and burned

Into the minds
Of white america."

Yes.

Just to start, you weren't
Misquoted, right?

No.

Okay, and I'm assuming

If asked by the committee

You'll say that you're
In favor reparations?

If asked,
I'll tell the committee

That my father's fathers
Were kidnapped

Outside a village
Called wimbabwa

Brought to new guinea

Sold to a slave
Trader from boston

And bought by
A plantation owner

In wadsworth, south carolina,
Where they worked for no wages.

And you're looking
For back pay?

Yes.

Just out of curiosity, did
You have a figure in mind?

Dr. Harold washington

Who's chief economist at
The manchester institute

Calculated the number
Of slaves held

Multiplied it by the
Number of hours worked

Multiplied that by the
Market value of manual labor

And came up with a very
Conservative figure.

What is it?

$1.7 trillion.

Okay. Listen,
This is probably

A better discussion
To have in the abstract

Don't you think?

No.

What do you mean?

( knocking )

Yeah?

Charlie's here.

Yes, indeed.
Charlie.

Charlie, charlie, chaz.

I hear you burned down
The place last night.

"The jackal"?
Yeah.

I can bring it.
What's up?

Zoey called.
What'd she do?

She had a little
Run-in on campus

With a reporter
Named edgar drumm

Who writes
For the charleston citizen.

Edgar drumm
Isn't a reporter.

He's a bartlet baiter;
The charleston citizen

Is a fund-raising newsletter
For the radical right.

What did he ask her?

If the president's daughter

Should be partying
With drug dealers.

Did she talk to him?

Gina put her
In the car.

The thing she wanted me
To ask about was this:

David arbor is a good friend
And she really loves him a lot

And he's not a drug dealer,
And she wanted to see

What you could do about nipping
That in the bud.

I can talk to a couple people.

The guy doesn't
Sell drugs; he
Just buys them

And takes them
And gets unconscious.

Zoey and her friends
Are trying to help him.

In fact, zoey
Was bringing him back

The car keys she confiscated
From him last week.

Carol?
Guys drives
A porsche.

Tell danny I'm coming
To see him.

I drove my boyfriend's
Porsche once.

How'd it go?

Backed it into a pond.

Lost your driving privileges?

And the boyfriend.

It's a good
Car, though.

Yeah.

Hey, toby.

Hey, there,
Margaret.

Are you okay?

Yeah. Why wouldn't
I be okay?

You don't usually say,
"Hey, there, margaret."

What do I usually say?

You usually growl
Something inaudible.

Not today.

I see.

You, on the
Other hand

Should turn that
Frown upside down.

Let a smile be your
Umbrella, margaret.

Now you're scaring
The crap out of me, toby.

* gray skies
Are gonna clear up *

Hi, bobby.

* put on a happy face

Hi, janet.

( humming )

Tax dollars should go
To fixing public schools

Not aiding
The shipment of students

To private schools,
Many of which
Are religious.

And by the way,
I don't know

How you're getting
Around the separation

Of church and state
On that one.

We have people on the payroll
Who are experts

At obfuscating
The constitution.

So I've noticed.

Anything else?

Oh, yes.

We've been here
For an hour.

School vouchers provide help
For only a few students.

We're offering
A solution for that.

You're offering a lifeboat
To the select few

For whom vouchers will make
Any kind of difference.

Mallory, everything
You're saying makes sense.

I just think that the state
Of urban schools is such

That if you can save
Even one kid...

You can save more
Than one kid.

Tell me how.

By asking congress
To approve

Not just a little,
But a lot more money

For public education.

( laughing )
What?

Public education has been

A public policy disaster
For 40 years.

Having spent around
Four trillion dollars

On public schools since 1965

The result has been a steady
And inexorable decline

In every measurable standard

Of student performance
To say nothing

Of health and safety,
But don't worry about it

Because the u.S. House of
Representatives is on the case.

I feel better already.

Wow.

What?

For a guy
Who's trying to date me

That was pretty snotty.

Hang on, these are office hours.

If I had known
I was working on that

I would have had
A whole different attitude.

Sam?
My god.

That meeting on the hill?

I'd love to keep talking, mal

But I have
This meeting on the hill.

I canceled it.

Why?

You asked me to.

Yes, I did.

Danny?

Yes.

You hear anything about
Edgar drumm talking to zoey?

You know what
You never do?
What?

You never tell
Me you like
My suspenders.

Danny...
I'm just saying.

Edgar drumm.
He asked her

If the president's
Daughter

Should be partying
With drug dealers.

That's what I heard.

She said she didn't know arbor

Was going
To be there.
What?

It's edgar drum, c.J......

Danny...

It's edgar drum,
No one...

Yeah.

What?

Nothing.

What?

Nothing.

Those really are
Nice suspenders.

Special field
Order number 15.

What?

I'm saying slavery
Reparations aren't
Anything new.

January 16, 1865,
General sherman issued

Special field order
Number 15--

Nearly a half-million acres
From south carolina to florida

Were divided up
Into 40-acre plots

And given to newly-freed slaves.

He also granted them the use
Of various decommissioned

Army supplies including...

Mules.
Yes.

40 acres
And a mule.

Yes, but the order
Was rescinded

Four years later
By andrew johnson.

In the '60s,
During the newark riots

You could hear
The looters shouting

"That was my 40 acres;
I'll be back for the mule."

Catchy.

See, if you guys
Had just paid up on time.

A lesson well learned.

But... Let's talk
About your confirmation.

Absolutely.

And... While we're
On the subject
Of the civil war

Let's remember
The 600,000
White men who died

Over the issue
Of slavery.

Is that why they died?

It's why a lot
Of them died, jeff

And there's no other
Place and time in
Recorded history

Where an event like
That has occurred, so...

Let's just...
Leave it at that
And move on, okay?

Okay.

Except to say this...
What?

Nothing.

What?

Let's move on.

Mandy:
Toby?!

Mandy.

You got
Two seconds?

Madeline, you are charming,
And you are brilliant

And for you, I have all
The time in the world.

What's with him?

It's the day after
His day of jubilee.

He never sustains a good mood
This long.

Bonnie, you are dedicated
And you are beautiful.

And, ginger, you are
Other nice things.

Can I see you
Inside?

You bet.

Mandy, I feel like
I've lost 180 pounds.

And I'm smiling,
I am... Laughing.

I'm enjoying
The people I work with.

I've got
To snap out of this.

What's on your mind?

I want you to help
Me get the chinese

To give us a new panda
Bear to replace lum-lum.

Well,
That did the trick.

Hey.

Hey, what are
You doing here?

C.J. Wanted to see me.

I talked to her
By the way.
Yeah?

She said she was
Going to talk to danny.

You could've kissed
Me hello, you know.

That's what your
Dorm room is for.

Chicken.
You better believe it.

When I kiss you,
I want a good two,
Three miles

Between your mouth
And the oval office.

Stacy says you're
Afraid of showing

Your affection
In public.

Tell stacy to meet me
In the middle of union station--

And let's see how it goes.

Hey, charlie, does
C.J. Have a problem?

Nope.

I wonder what she wants
To see my about then.

I'm not afraid of being
Affectionate in public.

See?

C.J.?

Yeah?

Zoey.

Thanks.

Hi.

Hey, zoey,
Thanks for stopping by.

Carol, can you
Get the door?

Sure.

So, I'm assuming you heard
I talked to a guy.

Edgar drumm.

Yeah. I know I'm supposed
To just walk away...

But he pushed your
Buttons a little.

David isn't
A drug dealer...

Did you tell him you didn't know
That david arbor

Was going to be at the party?

Yeah.

Okay.

Zoey, I need to
Know why you
Lied to him.

I didn't.

And I need to know why
You're lying to me right now.

C.J....

If you didn't know
He was going to be there

Why'd you have his
Car keys with you?

Mr. Derek horgiboum.

Mr. Horgiboum threatened
To blow up the smithsonian

Unless zoey bartlet
Agreed to meet him for a drink.

Mr. Horgiboum is in custody.

The smithsonian remains
Open for business.

Kelly, you had something?

The newest sorority
Pledge stunt

Is "Get your picture
Taken with zoey."

Here's hoping our
Biggest threat

Is from the girls
Of kappa kappa gamma.

It's not.

We're adding some hate
Groups to the list.

The aryan white
Resistance

The christian
Defense league

The world church
Of the creator

And central new york
White pride.

Sir...

Mike.

The office of
Protective research

Says the most
Recent letters

Have been signed off with
The slogan "14 words."

Butterfield:
Who can tell me what
"14 words" stands for?

"We must secure the existence
Of white people

And a future
For white children."

That's right.

What else do you have, gina?

Two death threats were received
Earlier in the week.

One against zoey,
One against charlie.

They were made with letters
Cut from a magazine

And the o.P.R.S identified
The paper and typeset

As resistance magazine.

The magazine is
Geared towards

Recruiting
Younger people.

That's right, sir,
And the letters

Have repeatedly used the phrase

"Following the voice
Of blood."

What is it?

It's the title
Of the first record

Of a band called graveland

Which is very popular
Among skinheads.

Sir, I'm fairly convinced

We're looking
For two 15-year-old boys.

I think you're right.

Everybody hit the pictures

See who looks familiar
From the rope lines.

Remember, it could be anyone.

Thank you.

Gina.

Yeah.

C.J. Cregg's outside.

She wanted to step in.

Sure.

Hi.

Hi, c.J.

They said you were
Having a briefing...

We're done.

I just needed
A minute.

You want
Some coffee?
I'm fine.

I just needed
To talk to you

About the party
Last night.

Okay.

Could you describe what,
If any

Contact zoey might have had

With david arbor
Last night?

No. I'm sorry.

I don't understand.

I'm not permitted
To discuss the behavior

Of my protectee.

Zoey's not in trouble.

I understand.

I'm trying to
Straighten out
A discrepancy

In something
She told me.

I understand.

Gina, I'm the
Press secretary.

There's a story that
Zoey's involved with

And I need you
To tell me

What you know
About last night.

I'm sorry, c.J.,
I can't protect her

If she feels like
She's got to do things

Behind my back.

I'm not permitted

To discuss the behavior
Of the protectee.

Okay. Thanks.

C.J.--

The thing with the
Reporter this morning--

It was fast,
It was physical

She's 19 years old

And she thought her
Father was in trouble.

Okay. Thanks.

I appreciate it.

Sorry about...

No problem.

I'll see you later.

You sure you don't
Want to sit and
Have some coffee?

I'm going to
Look through

An fbi photo album
Of teenage nazis.

Why?

I'm on a break.

See you later.

Sam:
It occurs to me, mallory

That you attended
A private primary school

A private high school
And a private college.

What's your point?

Well, just that liberals
Have no problem

With rich kids going
To expensive private schools

That doesn't undermine
Public education.

And liberals have no problem
With middle class kids

Going to parochial schools

That doesn't undermine
Public education...

Hang on!

But the idea that letting
Poor public school students

Choose private
Alternatives

Would destroy
Public education

Is simply contrary
To our experience.

Boston latin, the oldest
Public school in america

Is still the best
Secondary school in new england.

Great-- but they're
Not all boston latin
And bronx science, sam

And since when were the
Liberals the other guys

In conversations
That you have?

( knocking )

Excuse me--
Hi, mal.
Hey, c.J.

You got a second?

Absolutely.

Excuse me.

Edgar drumm ambushed
Zoey when she was
Coming out of lunch.

On campus?!

Yeah-- she said
She didn't know

David arbor was
Going to be there
When she did know

David arbor
Would be there.

Why did she lie?

Spend time surrounded
By reporters

It becomes instinct.

Doesn't sound bad.

Make sure the president
Doesn't get involved.

Yeah, well, when he
Hears someone talked
To her on campus...

You're going
To have to sit on it.

I'm not going
To be able to.

You have to.
Sam!

C.J., you can't back down
In front of him.

You got to get
In his face.

Get in the
President's face?

Yeah.

That's your advice?

Yeah.

Okay.

Does anyone else

Have any advice
They could, uh...

C.J., listen to me.

It's your job.

It's what he needs you
To do.

Yes.

Can I ask you
Something?

Sure.

I would like
To see mallory socially

But I... I can't seem
To get her past

This fight
That we're having.

Tell her you want
To continue the
Fight over lunch.

That's good.

Yeah.

That's very good
Advice.

Certainly
Better advice

Than "Get in the
President's face."

I'm going to go back
To my office.

Cool. I'm going to go
Check the want ads.

Good luck.

A panda bear to replace dim sum.

Lum-lum.

Do you mean hsing-hsing?

Hsing-hsing--

That was his name--
Hsing-hsing.

Hsing-hsing was given
To us as a gift

From the chinese
Government when nixon...

I know.

And then hsing-hsing
Got lonely

So the chinese
Sent a mate over

And I think it's
Name was ping.

Ling.

Ling.

It may have been ping.

Well, whatever.

Ping or ling dies,
Hsing-hsing mourns--

Panda bears,
It turns out, mourn--

And for hsing-hsing

It seemed like
The time was
Unendurable.

I know exactly
How he felt.

Anyway,
As you know

Hsing-hsing succumbed
To liver disease

And passed away
Early this year.

Yes.

And I was thinking
That it would be
A good idea

As a symbol to signal
How serious we are

About our relationship
With china

If we asked them
For another bear.

I think it would be a good idea,
As a symbol

To signal that china is serious
About their relationship with us

If they stopped running over
Their citizens with tanks.

Toby...
Mandy!

Call the embassy, have them

Send us over a damn bear.

What's the problem?

First of all,
Pandas are very rare

And there are, maybe,
A thousand of them

And they're only in china.

We only need one.

We need two.
Why?

Because the other one
Will get lonely!

Then have them
Send us two.

Secondly, china's not
Inclined to give us gifts.

Then get us
Two regular bears

A bucket of black paint,
Bucket of white paint

Bam, bam, next case.

It's hard to believe

That the wildlife lobby
Was nervous about you.

I know. I'm mr. Wildlife.

Toby...

Mandy!

What made you think
I'd be interested in this?

Josh said you were my man.

Josh.

Yeah.

Said I was your man.

Yes.

Well...

I have to say, mandy

I'm impressed
With how much you've grown.

What do you mean?

There was a time

If you got played
By josh like this

You'd want to get back
At him right away

And it's good to see you
Rise above that.

What do you mean,
"Played"?

He used you to have
A little fun with me

'cause he's got to deal
With breckenridge

On slavery reparations.

He played me.

Yeah, but it's good
To see you get past that.

He played me?

Like a two-dollar banjo.

Help me.

Do what?

Cause josh pain.

Hmm.

Okay.

Hey, dad.
Yeah.

Can you hold?

Dad, I'm sorry,
But sam asked me

To have lunch with
Him and I need
Your permission.

Hang on. What do you need my
Permission to have lunch for?

Sam?
She says she always asks

Her father's permission before
She has lunch with fascists.

Oh, yeah. Okay.

He's in favor of
School vouchers, dad.

No, mallory, he's really not.

Yes, he is.

No, he's not.

I read the
Position paper.

It's opposition prep.

"Opposition prep"?

When we're gearing up
For a debate

We have the smart guys
Take the other side.

You stood there
And argued with me.

Yes.
Why?

You made
An appointment.

Would the two of you
Take it outside?

I thought you were trying
To drive a wedge between us.

Yeah, but now you're just
Boring the crap out of me.

Hey...
Mallory...

Education is the silver bullet.

Education is everything.

We don't need
Little changes

We need gigantic,
Monumental changes.

Schools should be palaces.

The competition
For the best teachers

Should be fierce.

They should be making
Six-figure salaries.

Schools should be
Incredibly expensive
For government

And free-of-charge
To its citizens

Just like national defense--

That's my position.

I just haven't figured out
How to do it yet.

You stood there and
Argued with me.

We can continue
The argument

But it's lunchtime now.

You're taking over?

I'm taking over.

Mmm.

Dad?

Yes, you may go have lunch
With the fascist.

Come along, sam.

You're doing fine.

Okay.

Mr. President?

Charlie.

Sir, your lunch with
Mr. Girardi got canceled.

I heard.

That's the first time
Anyone's canceled lunch on me

Since I took office.

He meant no offense, sir.

He was taken to the hospital
With pneumonia.

I'm not saying he didn't
Have a good excuse.

What are you reading?

Rules of civility
And decent behavior

In company and conversation

By george washington.

The george washington?

The rules were drawn
From an english translation

Of a french book
Of maxims.

Washington copied them down
When he was 14 years old.

"When you sit down,
Keep your feet firm

"And even, without
Putting one on the other

"Or crossing them.

"Put not off your clothes

"In the presence of others

Nor go out of your chamber
Half-dressed."

What a tightassed little priss
He must've been.

Yes, sir.

Do you think I could take
George washington?

Take him at what, sir?

I don't know-- a war?

Could you have taken
George washington in a war?

Yeah.

Well...

You'd have the air force

And he'd have the minutemen,
Right?

The minutemen were good.

Still, I think
You'd probably take him.

Yeah.

C.J.'s here.

You can send her in.

C.J.!

Mr. President.

"When in company,
Put not your hands

To any part of the body
Not usually covered."

Well, I do what it takes

To keep the press corps happy,
Mr. President.

Yeah, you're right.

What's going on?

Don't blow your
Stack, all right?

What is going on?

Zoey lied to
A reporter.

What are you talking about?

She was asked, "Should
The president's daughter

Be partying with
Drug dealers?"

She said she didn't
Know david arbor

Was going to be
At the party

Except she did know.

Why did she lie?

She didn't have to.

Then why did she?

'cause sometimes
19-year-old girls

Lie when they
Don't have to.

She never has to.
She knows that.

Apparently she doesn't.

Mr. President,
Give her a break.

This thing's happened
To her friend

She doesn't know how
It affects her father

Edgar drumm is
Shouting at her

While she comes out
Of class-- she choked.

A reporter talked to her
On campus?

Mr. President... Sir...

C.J., put the press
In the briefing room

And tell them
I'm coming right over.

No.

C.J.!
No, sir.

We have been over this
And we have been over this

And we've been
Over this!

They are not supposed
To talk to her on campus.

It was edgar drumm.

I don't give a damn

If it was the bergen
County shopper's guide!

I'm talking
To the press.

You can't talk
To the press.
Watch me.

Mr. President,
This isn't about your daughter

It's about the
First daughter,
And that's my job

And you're not
Going down there!

You, me, charlie and zoey
Are the only four people

Who know she was lying

And there's no reason it doesn't
Need to stay that way!

It's a non-story!

You go down there
And it's a big story!

( heavy sigh )

So I just sit in my office
And fume?

Yes.

And if anybody asks you

You haven't heard anything
About it.

Fine.

Mr. President.

What?

Did you know he jumped out
At zoey?

Gina toscano
Put him into a wall?

Excellent.
Sir...

I haven't heard
Anything about it.

Very good.

I could take george washington,
By the way.

Yes, sir.

Anything else?

No, sir.

Thank you, c.J.

Thank you, mr. President.

How about the japanese?

I knew you'd bring
Up the japanese.

We gave $1.2 billion
To japanese-americans

Who were
In internment camps.

They were in
Internment camps.

Bring me a living slave
And you got a case.

I think I've got a case
Without the living slave

But I'm just
A civil rights expert

So what do I know?

Jeff, the community's
Going to be looking

For a certain degree
Of practicality.

We don't have $1.7 trillion.

In order to raise $1.7 trillion,
We would have to sell texas

And the u.S. Navy.

I understand the predicament

And I'm willing
To give you a break.

We'll take our money
In tax deductions

And scholarship funds,
How about that?

How about taking it
In affirmative action

And empowerment zones
And the civil rights act?

Three things which
We wouldn't have needed

In the first place...

Jeff, I'd love to give you
The money, I really would

But I'm a little short
On cash right now.

You see, the s.S. Officer

Forgot to give
My grandfather
His wallet back

When he let him
Out of birkenau.

Your beef's
With the germans.

You're damn right it is!

What the hell are
We talking about?

We have laws
In this country.

You break them,
You pay your fine.

You break god's laws,
That's a different story.

You can't kidnap
A civilization

And sell them
Into slavery.

No amount of money
Will make up for it.

And all you have to do

Is look 200 years later

At race relations
In this country.

Yes.

No amount of money
Will make up it.

Yes.

You got a dollar?

Yeah.

Take it out.

Look at the back.

The seal, the pyramid--

It's unfinished.

With the eye of god
Looking over it

And the words "Annuit coeptis."

"He, god,
Favors our undertaking."

The seal is meant to be
Unfinished

Because this country's
Meant to be unfinished.

We're meant to keep
Doing better.

We're meant to keep
Discussing and debating

And we're meant to read books
By great historical scholars

And then talk about them

Which is why I lent my name
To a dust cover.

I want to be your assistant
Attorney general

For civil rights.

I'll do an outstanding job
For all people in this country.

You got any problem
With me saying all that
To the committee?

No.

Good.

You hungry?

Yeah.

Let me buy you lunch.

Yeah, okay.

Hey, jeff...

Yeah?

There's going to be
A lot of these meetings

Before your confirmation.

Why don't you
Let me get you
Lunch this time?

You get it
Next time.

Yeah. Okay.

Okay.

Hey, suzanne.