All language subtitles for The West Wing (1999) - S05E21 - Gaza (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

Previously on The West Wing:

I just want to grow
in my job.

Why are you
saying that?

I only have one career,

and I want it to matter.

You're not
going to Gaza.
I still don't want

to talk about it.
You're not

attending peace talks
with a bunch

of Israelis
and Palestinians

who don't work for the Israeli
or Palestinian governments.

We'll see.

You really want me to go
all the way

to the Middle East
with a whistle around my neck,

teach congressmen
how to make lanyards?

I need you to go
so we can stay
out of trouble.

It's the best we
can do in that
region right now.

I think we should be

more engaged over there,
not less.

Thank you, Fitz.
I appreciate it.
Thank you so much.

What's this?

Your diplomatic passport.

You're going
on a CODEL

to the Middle East
with Fitzwallace and Andy.

No presidential hand-holding.

You're going to see
what's going on.

Brief me and
tell me about it.

( helicopter approaching )

( indistinct conversations )

( chicken clucking )

ANDY:
Four days, and I'm still
not adjusted-- 2:00 a.m.,

staring at the ceiling.

Those briefing books
should put you right out.

Good idea.
I should get somebody

to hit me over
the head with one.

They're
a displaced population.

Displaced?!

Palestinians moved, what,
15, 20 miles?

You ever move?
I grew up in Dayton.

They're still refugees.

You know, after 50 years,
one option might be
to get over it.

Feels even hotter today.
Is that possible?

Enjoy your break?

Wasn't what you think.

Black cars? Good choice
for this climate.

Everybody's
this angry now,

what must it have been like
before air conditioning?

FITZWALLACE:
Yeah, travel,
learn about new cultures,

make new friends.

What do photographers say

in the digital age,

now that the old "Come up
and see my darkroom" line

has gone the way of the dodo?

They offer their high-speed...

( tires screeching )

( shouting )

( sirens blaring )

TOBY:
Heard from Donna?

JOSH:
Yeah, I get these daily

interminable e-mails that
I have no time to read.

She doesn't seem to
have mastered pith.

Le mot juste.

Donna's style is
more along the lines
of les mots mo'.

You hear from Andy?

Concision's not her problem.

Every day, the same
three little words:

"See your children".

Before email, it
was a lot harder

for your ex-wife to hock you
from 6,000 miles away.

Are the kids
with Andy's mom?

The very definition of an
approach-avoidance situation.

Say you're from Minnesota.
"I'm from Minnesota".

No, we're pretending
you're from there.
We're not, actually.

And you'd like prescription
drugs from Canada.

What do I have?
Not important.

It could be clouding
my judgment.

You're no fun anymore.
I'm having fun.

Minnesota just set up an
official state Web site

linked to Canadian pharmacies
for the importation

of cheap drugs
in violation of Federal law.

We're no longer
pretending.

I'm getting calls
wondering why

the administration's
not interested

in enforcing this ban.

Curiosity as to what
other federal statutes

the White House
is planning to
simply ignore.

Shouldn't somebody
be applauding

our bold affirmation
for states' rights?

Is that what
we're doing?

Not really.
We need a policy.

Hoping no one would notice
seems to have run its course.

I'll get into it.
Thanks.

Right after I check on
how the Timberwolves

and Twins fared last night.

Bit's over.
Okay.

Leo, got a minute?
Just.

The Vice President
attended that fund raiser

in Manhattan last night.
Heard he did well.

Try to keep the
amazement out
of your voice.

Think I was trying
to pay you a compliment.

Thanks. He got
questioned about
this Mideast trip.

It's a CODEL-- has nothing to do
with administration policy.

They wanted to know
whether the White
House was contemplating

active re-engagement
in the peace process.

It's a tar baby. Sisyphus.

Hijacks your entire agenda

and lands everyone
right back where they started,

only angrier,
if that's possible.

DONNA:
"Josh: Arrived, Gaza.

"Couldn't even unpack.

"By the way, still no
comprehension of the money.

"Probably criminally under
or over-tipping

"the entire Palestinian
service sector.

"Will either be run
out on a rail

"or given a parade
upon leaving.

"We were immediately whisked
down to a meeting

"with the Fatah leaders.

( man speaking Arabic )

"These incursions are designed
as provocations.

"Tanks roll in.

"This naturally excites
resistance,

which then is used
as a pretext for
armed assault."

But you'd agree
that the Israeli army

doesn't set out
to target innocents.

No, I do not agree.

As opposed to Palestinian

suicide bombers on buses
and pizza parlors.

( man speaking Arabic )

"Same old story, same
old song and dance," eh?

Don't expect to meet
many Aerosmith fans in Gaza.

Colin Ayres.
Photojournalist.

The cameras were a big hint.

FITZWALLACE:
400 Fatah members

recently resigned in
protest over alleged
financial abuses

and corruption among
your leadership.

This is not what
we must discuss.

60% of Gaza live
below the poverty line.

MAN 2:
Gaza is an open-air

Palestinian prison.

You'll never understand
anything about Gaza

by listening to
the politicians.

Or with you distracting me.

Fair enough.

Hey, I'll let you
listen in peace

if you meet me in the
bar when this ends.

I don't know how long...
I'll wait.

( man speaking Arabic )

( music playing )

Hi.
Hi.

What would you like?

Uh, juice, please.

( speaking Arabic )

Thank you.

Among the tribulations
of life in Gaza:

the inability to
get a proper pint.

So, what's your pleasure,

when you're not
being subjugated by
fundamentalists?

"Rusty Nail."
Old-fashioned girl.

Alluring.
My dad's drink.

Still enchanted?

Less.

So, is this your routine?

Scout the new arrivals,
make for the nearest blonde?

Mm-hmm. Well,
not always blonde.

What's wrong
with attending conferences?

You're fact-finding.

Why is that?

I mean, there's more to
understand in Gaza than facts.

Cheers.

To an old-fashioned girl.

( laughs )
What?

I'm sorry, that was
just really cheesy.

Oh.
I'd hate to see you blow
the whole dashing,

mysterioso, foreign
correspondent thing.

Thanks very much.

So show me.

What?

The real Gaza.

See, what I was hoping...

I know what you were hoping.

Oh.

So, when do we start?

Ashraf.

Colin.

( speaking Arabic )

I'd like you
to meet someone.

Ashraf Mansour,
this is Donna Moss.

Hi.
Hello.

Ms. Moss is with the American
government delegation.

She'd, uh... she's like
to understand Gaza better.

I am not unemployed.

I am electrician.

Ashraf works in construction
in Israel.

I am not unemployed.

I'm s-sorry,
I don't under...

The Israelis closed
the checkpoints

after the suicide bombings.

The woman last week.

Right.
I can't work

to feed my family.
( man speaking Arabic )

He says I should become
one of them.

What's it say?

"Glory and Eternity
for Our Martyrs".

The Palestinian Authority
pays 2,000 U.S. dollars

to the families of... martyrs,

plus $150 a month until
the last child leaves home.

I wish to work,
but these martyrs...

these martyrs take food
out of my children's mouths.

( speaking Arabic )

DONNA:
"When it's open,
19,000 Palestinians a day

"pass through
the Erez Checkpoint

"to work jobs in Israel.

Fact. More later."

We're not cutting
cotton subsidies.

We just went
through a whole trade thing.

I'm not re-opening that
exploding can of worms.

Since when is this
the purview of the NSC?

Maybe since heroin traffic
started spiking in Europe.

( sighs ):
I'm about to come down

with Globalization Headache
Number Five, aren't I?

When Afghan farmers
can't afford to
grow cotton,

when they can't compete
in their own market

with cheap U.S.
textiles produced
from subsidized crops,

they plant something else.

Poppies.
Fields and fields,

like someone colorized Nebraska.

Well, maybe we should
subsidize poppies.

( pagers beeping )

Hang on.

Explosion in Gaza. The CODEL.

Some fatalities.

Donna?

It's just happened.
That's all I know.

MSNBC's got it.

C.J.:
I'm holding.

I've been holding-- Carol!

CAROL:
I keep getting cut off.

Try his cell phone
directly.

Not through the switchboard.

I'm calling
his cell phone

in Gaza directly.

And getting cut off.

Yep.

Do we know anything?

We're trying the on-scene
field producers'

cell phones, but
can't get through.

Probably a little busy
right now.

Well, they could answer
their phone... or not.

Donna, Andy...?

We don't know anything yet.
Carol!

No one's
getting through.

( cell phone ringing )

Hello?

Andy?

How are you?

Are you okay?

She's all right.

She's, uh, she was in
the other car

and she's all right.

You're all right.

Oh, my God, I see her!

WILL:
Where?
On the right...

On the cell phone...
right there.

TOBY:
We can see you.

You're on TV.

On the monitor.

How's Donna?

Two Congressmen confirmed dead.

Korb and DeSantos.

What about Donna?
What about Donna?

She was in the car that...

Andy saw people put
in ambulances.

That's all she knows.

Yeah, I'm just,
uh...

I'm just glad that you're okay.

I mean... just come
home, will you.

Just, uh, get the
hell out of there

and come home.

Mr. President...

Three dead so far, sir.

Congressmen DeSantos
and Korb...

Oh, God...

And we just got word...

Admiral Fitzwallace.

KATE:
There are others injured.

They've been taken

to area hospitals.

CHARLIE:
Sir, I'll get

the phone numbers
of the Congressmen's families.

I asked Fitz to go.

DONNA:
Getting in and out

of the Israeli settlement
of Kfar Darom

requires a military escort.

500 mortar shells
have landed there

in the last three years.

During our pre-dinner break,

I met
an Israeli settler family.

Two days before, a mortar round
had exploded in their kitchen.

WOMAN:
It came through
the roof.

MAN:
One half hour later,

my wife
would have been

giving breakfast
to our children.

WOMAN:
Four others have fallen
around the house.

If the Palestinians get a hit,

all they do
is secure the launchers

and that way they can make sure
to repeat the strikes.

You must live
in constant fear.

Our soldiers will
find the mortar.

You replace the tile roof
with concrete and pray.

In Israel, there's talk
of giving up these settlements.

God wants us in this place.

It is our divine,

moral obligation
to be here.

If we give in
to the Arabs

they'll take more
and more,

and we'll all end up
in Tel Aviv.

And then, they'll take that.

All of this...

It doesn't make you
want to leave?

This is the more safe

environment.

WOMAN:
In Jerusalem,

when you see an Arab,
you don't know.

Here if you see one,

you know he's dangerous
and you shoot him.

MAN:
Please excuse us.

JOSH:
Moss, Donnatella Moss.

Tall, blonde.

Do you have any idea
of her condition,

where she was taken?

I understand.

Is there anyone there...

Yeah, this is Josh Lyman

calling from the White House.

The White House.

Yes, where the President lives.

I'm looking for information

about one of the U.S.
bombing victims.

Donnatella Moss...

TOBY:
Are you kidding?

You know the term
"decent interval"?

Go away.

Magley from the DNC wants
to talk about who to run

for the two vacant House seats.

You're joking.

They're still picking up
pieces of these guys
over there,

he's talking about DeSantos's
poachable district.

What's he calling
you for?

He thought Josh'd
be upset

about Donna being
in the car.

I guess he figured

since my ex-wife was
only almost blown up,

that I'd only be
almost upset.

We're getting calls
from AIPAC.

Every ten minutes.

Them and every other
pro-Israeli lobby.

Half trying not to sound happy
it happened,

the rest trying to avoid saying
"I told you so."

President giving an address?

Tonight.

The Vice President

would like to see
an advance copy.

To check my spelling,
correct errors in syntax?

Noted grammarian that he is.

It's an important speech.

You're worried
about politics.

You're as bad

as that clown at the DNC.

It's a major address
about a national tragedy.

The Vice President
has an understandable interest

in the content.

And, yes,
there's interest

in the political
ramifications.

That's what we all do
for a living.

Actually, some of us
are trying to govern.

A heads-up.

It's really not so much to ask.

I'm polishing right up till air.

I'm glad Andy's okay.

Wonder who
they would've called

had she been
one of the ones killed.

Yeah.

MAN:
Mr. President.

PRESIDENT:
Everyone.

What do we know?

ALEXANDER:
Roadside bomb,

detonated by cell phone.

HUTCHINSON:
They knew they were
targeting Americans.

The black Suburbans
are well-known in the region.

Up to now, that's
been advantageous.

BARROW:
U.S. officials

have long been off-limits

to Palestinian terror attacks.

That seems to have changed.

KATE:
What's striking, sir,

is no claim of responsibility.

It's early yet.
They usually can't take
credit fast enough.

Hezbollah, Hamas,
Islamic Jihad...

they've all rushed
to announce

they had nothing
to do with this.

They don't want
to wake up

to a cruise missile
for breakfast.

What are we doing?

BARROW:
State is in touch with

the Palestinian Authority.
LEO:
The President meant

things that aren't a waste
of our time.

An FBI investigative team
is en route to the scene.

SLIGER:
Langley's coordinating

with Mossad and Israeli
military intelligence

in gathering information.

And then compiling a list
of possible targets

for retaliation.

Are there any?

We can't just go
and flatten some refugee camp.

That's what we're trying
to determine, sir.

Mr. President,

the Palestinian Chairman's
on the phone.

I'll bet he is.

In here.

AIDE:
Yes, sir.

You're on with
the Chairman, sir.

Chairman Farad.

Mr. President, I wish to convey
my most profound sympathies

over this terrible incident.

Murder, Mr. Chairman.

Yes... terrible.

A criminal act.

The assassination
of U.S. government personnel--

an act of war, some would say.

The Palestinian Authority
condemns this attack,

in the strongest terms.

All Palestinians condemn it.

Not the perpetrators,
Mr. Chairman.

They will be hunted down

and made to suffer
the maximum punishment.

Swift and harsh.

Do you know who they are?

Criminals.

Traitors.

Mr. President, you must believe,

no organized group
would do this.

All understand
to target Americans

would be catastrophic
to the Palestinian cause.

In this, Mr. Chairman,
they are entirely correct.

Thank you for the call.

Again, Mr. President,

my heartfelt condolences
on this most barbaric act.

( phone disconnects )

Condolences.

See what he says
about it in Arabic

for domestic consumption.

He knows who did it.

BARROW:
I'm sure that's what
the Israelis will say.

HUTCHINSON:
They've lived 30 years

with this guy's
track record.

KATE:
The Chairman's control
over Gaza

is less than absolute.

Hamas has a strong
power base there.

Sir...?

I would like
to observe

a moment of silence
in commemoration

of those dedicated individuals
who gave their lives

in the service of their country
this day.

General,
prepare contingency plans

for retaliatory military action
against Palestinian

terror targets.

Including
the Chairman's headquarters.

Leo.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah. Listen, with Nancy McNally
out of the country

you're gonna have to be our
go-to... I was gonna say "guy."

The problem with English.

"Guy" is wrong,
"gal" is patronizing,

and "person" sounds arch.

"Go-to-guy" is fine.

Good, cause
you're it.

Which is a lot to throw
at you, weeks into the job.

I want you to know you have

my and the President's
full support.

I appreciate your confidence.

We'll need you

to coordinate all

the intelligence agencies,
especially CIA and FBI.

You may have heard, they have
trouble playing nicely together.

Boys will be boys.

And don't be afraid to
knock heads together.

We don't want petty turf wars
slowing down the intel.

I'll keep on them.

You run into resistance,
you let me know.

I hope that won't be necessary.

Another thing.

The President's
not crazy

about the DCI.

It's chemical-- just rubs him

the wrong way.

Okay.

This isn't gossip,
it's guidance.

If the CIA's got something,
the director's not always

the most effective vessel

for communicating it.

I'll make sure to underline

anything I think is significant.

We just need you
to be all over this.

State, Defense.

You're the White
House point...

person.

I won't let you down,

Oh. And on that whole
language score.

I was in the military.

I "manned" battle ships,
was "one of the boys,"

occasionally
was exhorted to "drop my..."

you know,
"and grab my socks."

I've made my peace
with the colloquial.

Okay.

Just between us girls.

Thanks, Leo.

C.J.:
Still just the three confirmed.

Was it a
suicide attack?

It was not a suicide attack.

I've already...

No claims of... Hey!

Is this working for you?

Now if you'll ask your questions

one at a time like--
oh, I don't know,

every other time we've done this
for the last five years--

maybe you'll come away from this
with something to write

and maybe I'll still be speaking
to one or two of you

when I climb down from here.

Yes. Katie.

Is the administration
considering military action

in response to today's attack?

The immediate focus
is on gathering information

on who might
have been responsible

and bringing them to justice.

Will the U.S. ask the Israelis

to carry out
any military retaliation?

We're strongly urging

both Israel
and the Palestinian Authority

to refrain from doing anything
to further inflame tensions

in the region
at this time. Steve.

Will the administration now
actively seek the removal

of Palestinian
Chairman Farad and,

on the other hand,
press for Israeli

withdrawal from Gaza?

If you're asking if
today's tragic events

will have an impact on U.S.
policy in the region,

I think it's safe
to assume that question

will generate serious
and substantial discussion

in the coming days,
weeks and months. Gordon.

Does the White House
have a comment

on today's FDA warning
on safety violations

at Canadian Internet pharmacies?

What?

JOSH:
I haven't been able to get

exact information
on her injuries,

but they have
gotten her stabilized,

which sounds encouraging.

I'm sorry I don't have more,

but I didn't want
you and Mr. Moss

to have to wait any longer
to hear something.

PRESIDENT:
Well, the thoughts and prayers

of a grateful nation

are with you
and your family at this time.

Not at all, Mrs. Korb.

Goodbye.

( sighs )

Charlie, when
your mother was killed,

you got one of these calls?

Yes, sir. Her captain.

It make you feel any better?

Not really, sir.

Nothing makes
you feel better,

but it did make me feel proud.

How's Donna?

Potential bleeding issues.

Dire issues?

"Significant" is the word
they used, but "dire" is good.

How's Donna?
Some issues.

Life-threatening?
Significant.

TOBY:
Hey. Donna okay?

Some issues.

I'm not sure
what they are.

You know what?

Maybe we'll
do this all at once.

LEO:
Josh.

Hi, Kate.

Any news on Donna?

Some issues.

Potentially significant.

With bleeding.

Anyway, there's been
major blood loss.

Poor kid.

What's gonna be
our response?

What do you
think it should be?

Regime change.

Take out the Chairman.

He is the impediment.

"The Palestinians never
miss an opportunity

to miss an opportunity."

Abba Eban's line.

The guy in Tel Aviv's
no picnic either.

State's convinced
nothing can happen

till these two guys are gone.

Israel's
not the problem.

The settlements,
the wall...

Israel didn't
just blow Americans up.

I'm not saying
there's equivalence.

Israelis don't
talk about

driving the Palestinians
into the sea.

Some do.
Oh, come on.

Never heard
the phrase "Greater Israel"?

Not from anyone serious.

KATE:
One reason people

say nothing
can happen

until these guys
are gone is the feeling

they both may be stuck in old
attitudes or assumptions.

There was a time when
Palestinians and all Arabs

wanted to drive Jews
into the sea, but some

would argue
that time's past.

Listen to some Arab broadcasts.

Rabble-rousing
to distract their street.

I'm not sure
any credible

Arab leader
truly expects

Israel's demise anymore,

not even the Chairman.

Don't bet on it.

There's a view that...

Don't keep saying, "some argue,"
and "there's a view."

Can we restrict it to your view?

Okay. Palestinians
are no longer fighting

to destroy the Jewish state.

They're fighting
for a state of their own,

a revolutionary
struggle

against an
occupying force,

and revolutionaries
will outlast

and out-die
occupiers every time.

I don't know if that's more
simplistic or naive.

TOBY:
It's tribal.

It can't be solved.

It's Hatfield and McCoy
and there is no end.

WOMAN:
A salaam aleichem.

( speaking Arabic )

DONNA:
She's so young.

Yeah. Suicide bombers
often leave

these videotapes behind.

What's she saying?

Um...

"It was always my wish to...

"turn my body
into deadly shrapnel,

"to knock

on the door of heaven
with the skulls of Zionists."

"God gave me

two children who I love so..."

She had children?

Oh, yeah.

One and three.

Her husband had no idea
she was planning to do it.

Here.

Families of
suicide bombers

get showered with gifts.

It's customary at the funeral
to hand out sweets.

It's unimaginable.

Well, you don't have to
imagine it, do you?

It's real.

We have to retaliate.

C.J.:
Responding militarily

makes us
a combatant.

When they attack
your people,

they've pretty much
made that choice for you.

KATE:
Or we use this as
an opportunity.

Employ the
moral authority

to re-engage
in aggressively

pressing both
sides for peace.

We need to kill them!

We need to find them
and to kill them.

We kill them. Then

we find out who sent them

and we kill them, too.

Josh...

You kill the people who did it.

You kill the people
who planned it.

Then you kill everyone
who was happy about it.

( phone ringing )

Yes, sir.

Thank you,
Mr. President.

You can go in.

Josh.

"An opportunity"?

Where's Donna now?

Uh, she's being
MedEvac'd to Ramstein,

then transferred to Landstuhl
for further treatment.

An operation?

I don't know.

We've got excellent people
in Germany.

Yeah.

If there's someplace
you'd rather be,

everyone would understand.

I'm fine.

Thanks.

( indistinct conversations )

( music playing )

( chickens clucking )

DONNA:
Sorry.

The border tour went on forever.

It's all right.

You still got time?

A few minutes.

All right.

Yossi!

( speaking Hebrew )

Donna Moss, with
the Americans.

My friend Yossi.

He's a very wicked
man, you know?

Heartbreaker.

My hero, actually.

I'm sure.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, how old are you?

I'm 22.

You like the army?

It's an Israeli's
most sacred duty.

Nothing I will ever do
is more important.

Plus girls like the uniform.

The uniform? They like me.

( laughs )

Colin says you have strong
feelings about serving here.

Is no good, Gaza.

No good, how?

7,500 Israeli
settlers

surrounded
by 1.3 million Palestinians

who do not wish them here,
and we in the middle.

It's difficult.

Once, we were
sent to dismantle

an illegal settlement.

The settlers
punch and kick us.

A woman bit my arm
so hard she drew blood.

My own people.

Yossi spent some time
guarding the settlement

at Kfar Darom.

I've been there.

It's dangerous.

I lost comrades.

For a soldier, this is expected,

but... two are women.

Girls, 19.

Killed in their barracks.

I'm sorry.

COLIN:
Tell her what
happened then.

Go on, man. You can tell her.

After the deaths of the girl
soldiers, some in my unit...

they'd call on loudspeaker.

In Arabic.

Taunting, calling them
names, filthy names,

and young Palestinians
would come out from hiding,

boys with rocks...

and... and they'd shoot
them with live bullets.

You...?

I do not shoot children.

Donna, I serve
with them.

They are not evil,

but when people who are
not monsters do this,

it's the situation,

the circumstances are to blame.

I have to go.

Thanks
for speaking with me.

Enjoy your visit.

( speaking Hebrew )

DESANTOS:
They're a
displaced population.

KORB:
Displaced?

Palestinians moved what?
15, 20 miles?

You ever move?

I grew up in Dayton.

DESANTOS:
They're still
refugees.

FITZWALLACE:
You know,
after 50 years,

one option might be
to get over it.

Feels even hotter today.
Is that possible?

Enjoy your break?

Wasn't what you think.

( stewardess speaking German
over P.A. )

At this time, all electronic
devices must be turned off

and stowed in preparation
for our landing in Frankfurt.

What's the latest?

The FBI team lands
in five hours.

You've spoken to Nancy?

Dr. McNally's left Caracas.

She'll hit Tel Aviv,
Cairo, Amman.

Tell her to be careful.

What's the situation
on the ground?

The Chairman's not letting
the grass grow.

Palestinian Authority police
made a night raid

into the Jabaliya
refugee camp.

There was an exchange of gunfire

and six suspects were taken
into custody.

Any chance
they're the right people?

The Israelis say no.

Did they want to think
about it for a minute?

They say these guys
are dissidents

from Fatah.

The Chairman just, uh,
settling old scores.

He did take action.

We awarding A's for effort now?

Effort's what he's accused
of never making.

What more do we know
about the bombing?

HUTCHINSON:
The planning, the execution,

the size of the bomb,

all appear
too sophisticated

to be some guys
just freelancing.

Hamas and Hezbollah have used
roadside bombs like this
against IDF tanks.

HUTCHINSON:
Maybe that's what this
was intended for.

Because Chevy Suburbans
are often confused

with Israeli tanks.

Military options.

As you noted earlier,
sir,

fixed targets
are hard to come by.

Half the time the Israelis
aren't sure what to hit.

So let me sum up.

We don't know who did this,
or even if they meant to.

Don't know how we'd hit them if
we ever did find out who it was.

Don't know who these guys were

that the Chairman arrested
or why.

Is there anything,

anything at all,
that we are certain of,

other than three U.S. officials
were brutally murdered?

We know that, at the blast site,

groups of young Palestinians
stoned Western reporters,

shouting "God is great."

Hi. I'm Josh Lyman
from the White House.

I'm looking
for Donnatella Moss's room.

Mr. Lyman?
Yeah.

Colonel Leahy.
I operated on Ms. Moss.

For what, exactly?

I'm a little behind the curve.

She came in with a multiple
compound fracture of the femur

and a pneumothorax.

Sorry. I...

Collapsed lung,
broken thighbone.

Collapsed lung--
that's no biggie, right?

We suctioned the air
from the pleural cavity
by chest tube.

Really?
'Cause that sounds a little...

No biggie.

The lung should re-expand
within 48 to 72 hours.

And a broken leg?

A compound fracture is one

where the bone protrudes

through the skin.

Uh-huh.

And this was a multiple,
so that meant...

Yeah. Got it. I got it.

You all right?

I get a little queasy.

Plus, the...
you know, jet lag.

In any event,

the main fracture repairs
went well.

We inserted a metal rod
through the bone.

Okay.

You want to sit?

( breathes deeply )

( stammering ):
I'm fine.

So she's gonna be okay?

At the moment,
I'm more worried about you.

I'm good. I'm good.

We'll want to perform
some Doppler studies,

ensure no clots have formed.

Recovery from the pneumothorax
may take several weeks.

The fractures, months
of physical therapy.

Great.

I mean, not great,
but considering.

You can see her.

If you'd like.

Sir, Kate Harper.

Mm.

Mr. President.

I want to thank you
for your efforts today.

Hell of an orientation.

No thanks necessary, sir.

I understand

you knew Admiral Fitzwallace.

Today notwithstanding,

reliable intelligence
does occasionally come my way.

The Admiral was one of my
mentors after Annapolis.

I had a mild tendency
toward insubordination.

Which he helped you correct.

Which he enjoyed...

when not directed at him.

I have a similar taste.

I'll bear that in mind.

Sir.

Sorry?

I'll bear that in mind, sir.

Oh. No. I...

I'm just jerking
your chain. Charlie?

Yes, Mr. President?

Secret Service
have the car?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Walk with me.

The Mideast reminds me
of that old joke

about the optimist
and the pessimist.

The pessimist says,
"Everything's terrible.

It can't get any worse."

The optimist says,
"Oh, yes, it can."

It can get easy to forget
there's a silenced majority

on both sides who just
want to live their lives.

Unfortunately, you spend
all your energy

dealing with what's
drowning them out:

the invective
and bomb blasts.

Isn't it our ultimate moral
responsibility to them?

It's quicksand.
An ego trip.

Sir?

Chasing that
Nobel Peace Prize

right down
the same sinkhole.

After 50 years of
strife and futility,

there's no dishonor
in failure.

The only dishonor
might be not to try.

Come take a ride.

( monitor beeping quietly )

( doorbell rings )

Gail.

Mr. President.

Please come in.

I wish I could express
the depth of my sorrow

for your loss.

I'm so sorry,
Mrs. Fitzwallace.

A sailor's wife

doesn't live with fear
the way a soldier's does.

An Admiral's wife
that much less.

You don't spend a career
preparing for this.

It seemed like a blessing,
until today.

The people responsible will be
found and brought to justice.

Don't promise that.

I know the world.

LEO:
What else?

C.J.:
The funerals.

I know.

The FBI's gonna need some time
with the remains.

Yeah.

You should go home.

Me?!

( phone rings )

Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks.

Israeli gunships
just fired missiles

into an apartment house
in Gaza City.

They were targeting
a Hamas leader.

12 killed,
including four children.

No word on whether the Hamas
leader is among the dead.