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Previously on The West Wing :
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I didn't make the decision to run again.
I wouldn't do that without you.
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Sometimes I wonder
if I Iistened to you...
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...would I be president right now?
You ever wonder that?
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No, sir. I know it for sure.
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-Do you get that you have MS?
-Abbey.
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Do you get that your own immune
system is shredding your brain?
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I've had one episode in two years.
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Mr. President, is there anything
we need to talk about?
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Not yet, okay?
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-- "teaspoon of salt,
one cup of corn flake crumbs.... "
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Dear Dad: First of all, happy birthday.
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Second of all, let me explain
why I'm not on my way there right now.
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You 're not going to believe this,
but it 's because of a filibuster.
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A filibuster that no one ever saw coming.
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Not the Senate leadership,
not the party leadership, and not me.
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And if you 're angry at me,
well, you 've got a lot of company.
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I'm going to explain all this.
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Right now, it 's Friday night and
everyone 's trying to get out the door...
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... only I won 't let them.
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-- "24 shrimp yield approximately
four to six servings.... "
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T his isn' t happening.
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-C.J.!
-Y eah.
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-What is he doing?
-It's a recipe for deep-fried shrimp.
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-What's he still doing up there?
-He's got a recipe book.
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-How Iong will it go?
-I don't know.
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How many recipes are there?
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-AII together?
-Y eah.
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I can't cook, but I think
there are, Iike, 20 or 30.
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-You're screwing with me?
-Y eah.
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I'm about to miss the 7:30 shuttle.
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If I miss the 8:30,
I miss the train to Sag Harbor.
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-Spend the night in New Y ork.
-I've only got 2 nights.
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You gotta see this house.
It's a Frank LIoyd Wright.
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-Isn't it cold in Sag Harbor?
-We wear sweaters.
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It's a T ommy Hilfiger ad.
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He can't Iast forever.
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-He's got 30 recipes he can still read.
-There are more recipes than that.
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Who cares? He's blowing
my weekend in the Hamptons.
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He doe'sn't know about the sweaters.
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The reason they needed to stay is, after
the filibuster's over, there 'll be a vote.
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And once they vote,
I need my spin boys.
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-C.J.
-I know.
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-Who gave him the recipe book?
-We can't blame this on the recipe book.
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PIus, I now know the secret
to asparagus Chantilly...
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...is a quarter cup of cream.
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I'm going to Port St. Lucie,
which may not mean anything to you...
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-... but it's the spring training home--
-New Y ork Jets. You told me.
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You can watch basketball on TV.
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Y es, except the Knicks
are a basketball team.
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The Jets are a football team,
and Port St. Lucie...
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-...is the spring training home of the--
-Mets! Y es, damn it, I'm inadequate.
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A weekend at spring training, C.J.
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Mike Piazza is gonna be standing
in the batting cage.
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He's gonna turn and see me,
he's gonna say, " Dude. "
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I wouldn't want you to miss
a Iegitimate dude sighting.
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-So I can take off?
-No.
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Why do I need the spin?
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Because it's a bipartisan bill and
I'm all for it as long as we get the credit.
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So I've taken the press corps hostage.
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-C.J.!
-Guys, I'm sorry, but you know what?
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Listen. Seriously.
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You're Iooking at democracy at work.
It's a beautiful thing.
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How much more beauty
can we be expecting tonight?
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-I wouldn't think it'd be much Ionger.
-He's got a recipe book.
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How many recipes can there be?
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I'm supposed to have dinner
with my girlfriend. She's gonna kill me.
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This is just the thing that can cleanse the
palate of a relationship that's gone stale.
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We've been going out for 3 weeks.
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And she's already bitching
about dinner? Lose her.
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-C.J.!
-Listen up, everybody!
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This was unforeseen.
Obviously, he's gotta finish sometime.
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When he doe's,
there'II be a vote immediately.
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Then the president will make his calls,
staff will be available for comment...
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...and most important,
you will write about it.
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In the meantime, I say pizza
for everybody. Who's with me?
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Excellent!
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We're gonna need a truckload of pizza
and some Cuervo 1 800 if we've got it.
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-How much?
-Just enough for me.
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-I need to be at T elluride in the morning.
-That's a rough assignment you pulled.
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No, I'm saying I already missed
the 6: 50 to Denver...
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... but I can catch an 8:40 from National
if I change planes in Chicago.
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And as your travel agent,
it's important you update me on that.
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I'm supposed to be on my way
to Napa for my dad's 70th birthday.
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-You hear me complaining?
-You just did.
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Get out.
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-It's your dad's 70th birthday?
-Y eah.
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You doing anything?
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We're all getting together in Napa.
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-I meant right now.
-No, I'm sitting and waiting.
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I'm ordering pizza.
I'm catching up on e-mails.
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AII right.
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I got a basketball game on
in my office if you wanna come.
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-Jets and the Mets?
-Nets and the Hawks.
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-Jets and the Mets?
-I know, I'm joking when I do this.
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Okay.
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You know, there's a 9:00 to SFO.
You can drive to Napa.
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Y eah.
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AII right.
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I'm in my office.
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It'II end.
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You have any idea
how many recipes there are?
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I really don't.
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"A pack of frozen chicken livers...
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... a teaspoon of dry mustard.... "
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The press is in the briefing room, staff's
in the west wing and I'm right here.
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I'm betting when you read this,
you 're gonna be glad I stayed.
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You 'll end up rooting for a Minnesota
senator named Howard Stackhouse.
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Because I gotta tell you,
this doe'sn 't seem like any old filibuster.
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It 's our first filibuster,
and I'm not a rules expert...
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... but the rules of a filibuster
are simple enough:
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You keep the floor
as long as you hold the floor.
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What doe's that mean?
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It means you can 't stop talking ever.
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You can 't eat and you can 't drink,
which is fine...
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... because you can 't leave the chamber
to use the bathroom either.
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But all that 's nothing compared to this:
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You 're not allowed to sit down.
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You 're not allowed to lean on anything,
or for that matter, anyone.
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It started with a bill you 'll read about
tomorrow called the Family Wellness Act.
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Josh had been leading staffers
from the Legislative Liaison Office...
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... in negotiations with
the conference chairman for weeks.
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And last Monday morning, he walked
into the Roosevelt Room and said:
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We got the Family Wellness Act.
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-It's done?
-Y es.
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-What'd we get, what'd we Iose?
-We got most of Title VII.
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-That's infant hearing Ioss?
-We got hearing tests for every child born.
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-What about--?
-We didn't get hearing tests...
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-...for those not born in hospitals.
-We can Iive with that.
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The Special Needs
Adoption Awareness Program?
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This is a campaign
to provide information...
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... regarding the adoption
of special-needs children.
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-How did we get it?
-By requiring health care staff...
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...to give pregnant women
information about adoption...
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...on an equal basis
with all other courses of action.
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National Organization for Women
will hate that.
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-I know.
-Women seeking abortions...
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...shouldn't be required
to be Iectured at.
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-You're gonna help me out there, right?
-I will.
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I will once again betray the sisterhood.
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I saw you, you, you
and you roll your eyes.
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-You weren't even Iooking at me.
-I felt you.
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We're done. Josh Lyman, everybody.
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Nice job.
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-I know, I'm thinking about turning pro.
-Y eah?
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I got agents telling me
I could go high in the second round...
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... maybe Iow in the first
if I have a good post-season.
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You don't want to stay in school?
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No, I'm white. Nobody's gonna mind.
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Josh, this Iooks good.
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I mean, he stuck sunsets
on a bunch of small-ticket items, but--
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That's the way it's gonna happen.
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You just spent $6 billion on health care,
how do you feel?
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I'd feel better if it meant I could go to
a doctor without filling out a clipboard.
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AII right, what else?
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Philip SIuman, chairman
of the Petroleum Producers of America...
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...testified yesterday to the FT C:
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"The Bartlet administration's relentless
pursuit of stricter emissions standards...
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...in the form of additives Iike MTBE...
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...is a big reason we've seen price hikes
in parts of the country. "
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The energy secretary's gotta respond.
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He's gonna respond, and I'd Iike to
mention that to the vice president.
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-You want me to do it?
-I got it.
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-He's gonna be pretty unhappy.
-Y eah.
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-Anything else?
-No.
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-No.
-No, sir.
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Thank you.
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So there it was,
the Family Wellness Act.
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An omnibus health bill aimed at diseases
that disproportionately affect children.
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This was a good day
because something got done.
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The problem is,
we only thought it was done.
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Dad, this would be a good time
to mention that it 's possible...
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... that an Egyptian cat goddess named
Bast has put an ancient curse on me.
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C.J.
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-Charlie.
-Listen.
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-May I call you Chip?
-No.
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-Chipper?
-No.
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-Gilligan?
-Listen.
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-Hassan AIi is coming this week.
-He's got 38 wives.
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Imagine being the girl he dated
who he didn't marry.
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-Hassan AIi is coming?
-Yeah.
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On the president's trip to Cairo,
AIi gave him a gift, a ceramic statue.
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The State Department
told the Office of Protocol...
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...it's important it be displayed
when AIi visits.
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-Display it.
-Well, they weren't able to find it.
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-T alk to the gift officer.
-They did.
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-And?
-They say you have it.
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-I'm sorry?
-Sherry Halpern, the gift officer...
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...said she handed it to you in Cairo.
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-Did you say a small ceramic statue?
-Y eah, of a cat.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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-Okay.
-C.J.?
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-You know anything?
-I'II have to think about it.
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I don't have instant recall
of every ceramic cat statue...
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... I've ever been handed in Cairo.
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-Should I tell them--?
-T ell them I'm searching my recollection.
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Their recollection seemed pretty good.
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-Leave me now.
-Sure.
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-Toby?
-I'm going to see Hoynes, talk Iater.
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-Okay. Carol?
-What do you need?
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Some information. Possibly a disguise
and a fast getaway car. Come inside.
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T ell me, how did they
not anticipate the flooding?
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There was an unexpectedly high
snowmelt.
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The snow fell months ago. Did they
not think it was gonna melt this year?
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-Thank you, everybody.
-Thank you so much.
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-Thank you.
-It was a pleasure.
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-Thank you. Beautiful quilts.
-Thank you very much, sir.
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-The temperatures were warm Iast month.
-We don't know why.
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It could have had something
to do with the sun, right?
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-Sir?
-We're done. Y eah?
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-Can you see Toby Ziegler?
-Y eah.
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25 million acre-feet of water, Candy.
That's 8 trillion gallons.
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-Hey, Toby.
-Good morning, Mr. Vice President.
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The California Aqueduct is twice
the Iength of Pennsylvania.
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-I knew it was pretty big.
-What do you need?
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Philip SIuman, testifying yesterday
in front of the FTC...
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...charged that it was the White House's
pursuit of tighter emission standards...
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-...that's caused the rise in prices--
-SIuman had a good point.
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Mr. Vice President, I don't want
to go round and round on SIuman.
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He had no point.
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Policy forces them
to use expensive additives...
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-...whose benefits are questionable.
-It's price gouging.
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It costs marginally more to refine
the fuel with the additives...
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...and the cost is being passed on to
the consumer at an outrageous markup.
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If a refinery shuts down...
227
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...if there's a fire, which isn't
out of the question with petroleum...
228
00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,155
... production comes to a halt,
gas becomes scarce.
229
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The prices go up.
Then they come back down.
230
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Well, it's good to know the companies
can make it through the Iean times.
231
00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,990
Anyway, sir, tomorrow night Bill
T rotter's gonna be delivering a speech...
232
00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,751
...to the Detroit Economic Council on
" Energy Efficiency in the 21 st Century"...
233
00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:35,715
...and we'II rewrite the draft to include
a strong rebuttal to SIuman's remark.
234
00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,431
-You shouldn't have Bill T rotter do it.
-Why?
235
00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,915
His rants against the oil companies
have become familiar.
236
00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,997
-The press stopped writing about him.
-Still--
237
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It's also pretty dicey political terrain
for the energy secretary.
238
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-Who would you send?
-T o punch back?
239
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Me.
240
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Really?
241
00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,679
I'm having a press conference...
242
00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,474
...to announce an advisory group
for the antitrust policy.
243
00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:07,353
I'II take questions at the end,
open it up for anything.
244
00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,472
And they will ask me
about SIuman and oil.
245
00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,519
-Mr. Vice President--
-If you think I'II be too soft...
246
00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,199
...stand in the back of the room.
247
00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:20,234
If you don't Iike what I say, call T rotter
and say you' re on for tomorrow night.
248
00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,873
Would you mind if
I prepared some notes for you?
249
00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,278
Oh, not at all. Would you mind
if I shoved them up your ass?
250
00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:34,679
No, sir. I....
251
00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,310
Well, thank you, sir, we appreciate it.
252
00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:42,195
-I heard you got the Family Wellness Act.
-They' re scheduled to vote Friday at noon.
253
00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,112
You'II have the bill by 1 2:05.
254
00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,278
"Six egg yolks,
three cups of heavy cream.
255
00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,232
Six tablespoons of sugar.... "
256
00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,319
I'll get back to the cat story
because I have to interrupt to say this:
257
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If you ever have a free two hours
and are so inclined...
258
00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:00,030
... try standing up without leaning
on anything and talking the whole time.
259
00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,071
You won 't make it. I wouldn 't make it.
260
00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,192
Stackhouse wasn 't
supposed to last 15 minutes.
261
00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,510
He 's 78 years old. He has a head cold.
262
00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,597
This bill is gonna pass. He has no hope.
263
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To say nothing of I can 't imagine
what it is he 's fighting for.
264
00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,032
Stackhouse wasn 't
supposed to last 15 minutes.
265
00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:20,597
--that is how you prepare
Virginia green apple pie.
266
00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,829
Let 's turn now to David Copperfield.
267
00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:27,677
Well, somebody forgot
to tell Stackhouse, Dad...
268
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... because he just went into
hour number eight.
269
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"-- whether that station will be held
by anybody else, these pages must show.
270
00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,432
To begin my life
with the beginning of my life...
271
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... I record I was born,
as I have been informed and believe...
272
00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:52,796
... on a Friday at 1 2:00 at night.
273
00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,719
It was remarked
that the clock began to strike...
274
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... and I began to cry simultaneously. "
275
00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,431
-Hey.
-Hey.
276
00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,355
What are you doing?
277
00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:12,196
Well, it's a Iittle complicated and indeed
difficult to explain in Iayman's terms.
278
00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,474
You can put the black seven
on the red eight.
279
00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:18,389
Thanks.
280
00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,995
Hey, Sam, who's your favorite writer?
281
00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,154
Toby.
282
00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,437
Who's your favorite fiction writer?
283
00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,029
-You're Iistening to him right now.
-You Iike Dickens?
284
00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:29,952
Y eah.
285
00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,030
You know,
I never got a chance to say....
286
00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,074
I mean, I feel bad
about your dad and everything.
287
00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,519
We're doing better.
288
00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,472
You know, the ice is starting to thaw.
289
00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,557
I'm in the middle of an e-mail
to my father.
290
00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,274
-Do you talk to him a Iot?
-Not enough.
291
00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,272
You're gonna miss the Iast plane.
292
00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,630
I'II take Amtrak to Penn Station
and rent a car.
293
00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,792
Okay. Well, I just came down
to get this coffee.
294
00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,672
Go back to your e-mail.
295
00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,390
Hey, did I hear you got spanked
by some 1 4-year-old kid...
296
00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,068
-...interning at the GAO?
-I did not get spanked.
297
00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:03,759
And she was 1 9 years old...
298
00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,794
...and I demonstrated once again
that I am open to all forms of debate.
299
00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,871
-With an intern?
-If need be.
300
00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,035
Okay.
301
00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,320
-She was very crafty.
-Who?
302
00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,034
-The intern from the GAO.
-Y eah.
303
00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,750
-Go back to your e-mail.
-I am.
304
00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,589
-I'm taking my coffee with me.
-I'II see you upstairs.
305
00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,392
"Then she made a frown
and a gesture to my mother...
306
00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,513
...Iike one who was accustomed
to be obeyed, to come open the door.... "
307
00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,199
Dear Jackass.
308
00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,834
" 'Mrs. David Copperfield,
I think, ' said Miss Betsey...
309
00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,510
... the emphasis referring to my mother's
mourning weeds and her condition...
310
00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,518
... not having been lighted, indeed,
since my father's funeral. "
311
00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,039
Dear Dad:
312
00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,752
C. J. Cregg is writing an e-mail to her
father to kill time during the filibuster...
313
00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,112
... and it reminded me I haven 't told you
any tales in the last few weeks.
314
00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:01,992
Let 's start again, okay?
315
00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:03,952
Here 's one about how I got yelled at...
316
00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,516
... by a 19-year-old intern
from the General Accounting Office.
317
00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,237
Josh was having his twice-weekly
meeting with assistant deputies.
318
00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,796
He was basically staffing out
inbox material for the next few days.
319
00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,672
I was looking for a good piece of fruit.
320
00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:20,555
Write this down. Find out if sufficient
funds have been appropriated...
321
00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,797
...to the FAA to begin work
on data-Iink communications.
322
00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,073
-They'II ask what sufficient funds mean.
-That's when you get me on the phone.
323
00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,309
-What are you doing?
-Looking for a piece of fruit.
324
00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,915
Can we show you something
from the back, or...?
325
00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,429
-I'm fine.
-Okay, here's one.
326
00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,312
The White House has been instructed
by Congress to compile a Iist...
327
00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,114
...of 400 government reports
that should be eliminated...
328
00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,233
...as they serve Iittle purpose and cost
taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
329
00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,318
We'II assume,
though the modifier was dangling...
330
00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,479
...they mean the reports serve
Iittle purpose, not Congress itself.
331
00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,557
-Who wants to Iead it?
-I will.
332
00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,870
You're not in this meeting.
You're shopping for fruit.
333
00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,036
I'm done with the fruit.
I was Iistening to you.
334
00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:02,918
-You want to do this?
-Absolutely.
335
00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:04,599
-Why?
-Because it's insane!
336
00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,360
We got over 3000 reports
from federal agencies Iast year.
337
00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,109
Agriculture spent $40 million
producing 280 reports.
338
00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:14,670
Four years of college, three years
of Iaw school, I spent $30 at Kinko's.
339
00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,917
-Give me the thing.
-AII right, we'redone.
340
00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,512
Let me tell you something.
The GAO needs a Iittle housekeeping...
341
00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,433
...and that's my nickname, okay?
I'm "The Housekeeper. "
342
00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,518
-God, that's a terrible nickname.
-Well, start getting used to it.
343
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,076
-Let me talk to you a second.
-I'm not going with that anymore.
344
00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,269
I was just with Hoynes.
345
00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,232
About SIuman's testimony?
What'd he say?
346
00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,550
-He defended it.
-Isn't that what you expected?
347
00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,035
-Did you tell him Bill T rotter was gonna--?
-Y eah.
348
00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,236
He said he wanted to do it himself.
349
00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,353
-Really?
-Y eah.
350
00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:46,515
I don't understand.
351
00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,518
He said he's doing a press conference
tomorrow on antitrust...
352
00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,597
...and he'II take questions at the end.
353
00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,429
They'II ask about the SIuman testimony
and he'II step up.
354
00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,871
-Well, somebody's gotta be there.
-Oh, I'm gonna be there.
355
00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:04,110
If he ducks, T rotter goes on in Detroit.
But is it clear to you what he's doing?
356
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,878
No.
357
00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,433
Me neither.
358
00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,355
Okay, so I got a team together
and I went about the task...
359
00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,677
... of recommending 400 government
reports for elimination.
360
00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,388
-Report on Pell Grants for the incarcerated.
-What's that?
361
00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,234
-Education scholarships for prisoners.
-Wasn't that terminated?
362
00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:21,998
-But we write reports anyway?
-Y eah.
363
00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,236
-Lose it.
-Report on the study of Route 66.
364
00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:25,395
Which tells us?
365
00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,068
Condition and traffic flow
of America's oldest highway.
366
00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,390
Anything I don't get from the song?
Lose it.
367
00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:33,715
Excuse me?
368
00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,876
-I didn't say anything.
-You made a sound.
369
00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,076
-I'II be out of your way in a moment.
-Okay.
370
00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,953
Apparently there are tiny mussels
taking over the Great Lakes.
371
00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,349
Lose it.
372
00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,439
-Can I help you?
-No, you' re screwing the world up.
373
00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,876
-Who are you?
-I'm an intern at the GAO.
374
00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:53,715
-It's almost noon. They'II start the vote.
-Let's go watch.
375
00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,078
You stay a second.
376
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,353
-You're an intern?
-Y es.
377
00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,875
-What are you, 1 4 years old?
-I'm 1 9 years old.
378
00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:05,270
And what's your problem
with my cutting reports?
379
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,357
Nothing, other than it being
utterly bogus.
380
00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,152
-What's your name?
-Winnifred Hooper.
381
00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,197
-Should I call you "Winnie"?
-If you want me to spit at you.
382
00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:12,714
-I don't.
-Okay.
383
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,111
The accounting office tells me
I can save taxpayers $3 million...
384
00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:17,469
... by cutting 400 reports.
385
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,917
Now families can realize their dream of
a college education for their children...
386
00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:23,315
...with the penny and a half
you just saved them.
387
00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,875
You blow through these
Iike they don't mean anything.
388
00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,354
-They don't.
-You're an idiot!
389
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:32,390
-Hey, you' re talking to senior staff.
-Gee, genuflect when you say that, fella.
390
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,353
" Report on the Obstacles to State
and Local T raining Needs...
391
00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,471
...in Waste Management
and Resource Recovery. "
392
00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:40,835
-Know what this is?
-Y es.
393
00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,390
-Career opportunities for garbage men.
-And what's wrong with that?
394
00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,068
It's a tough sell,
and I don't need a report to tell me.
395
00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,716
Do you have any idea how much MSW
this country generates in a single year?
396
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,871
-That's....
-Municipal solid waste.
397
00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,671
-I knew that.
-209 million tons of MSW...
398
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,996
...or 4.3 pounds per person per day.
399
00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,078
And we only have hard data
available from five years ago.
400
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,874
-So they would be even higher today?
-You bet they would.
401
00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,117
T rash collectors play an incredibly
important role in our society.
402
00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,598
They start work at 4 a. m. A three-person
crew services 1 200 homes in six hours...
403
00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,552
...collecting 50,000 pounds of garbage.
404
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:15,949
How do you know all that?
405
00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,435
-I've read the report.
-You've read the report?
406
00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,159
-Y es.
-Why?
407
00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,352
-I'm allowed. Anybody's allowed.
-No, I mean, why?
408
00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,710
Well, they' re all sitting
in the room I work in.
409
00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,593
So it just happens you read
the report I pulled off the top?
410
00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,234
-I've read them all.
-You've read them all.
411
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,435
I Iike to read.
They Iet me come early and stay after.
412
00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,911
Mr. Seaborn, because of
the Iow rate of unemployment...
413
00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:41,792
... people can be a Iot more choosy...
414
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,468
...and the sanitation departments
are having trouble...
415
00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,477
... hiring qualified trash collectors...
416
00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,989
-...which I think you'II agree we need.
-Y es.
417
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,668
Okay. I have to go back to my room.
418
00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,237
Winnie. Y eah, I said it.
Listen, you' re talented.
419
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,795
When you get out of school,
come see me for a job.
420
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,560
I suppose you' re not a complete Ioser.
421
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:10,236
And you write very well.
422
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,310
So when I get out of school,
you should come see me for a job.
423
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:19,589
Back to the cat story.
424
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,519
I've done my research,
and sure enough, I was quite screwed.
425
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,234
I was in trouble and I needed
to tell someone, a cohort.
426
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,795
Someone whose criminal mind
was equal to my own.
427
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,396
-Donna, I need to talk to you right now.
-I have to get these to people.
428
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,797
-So we went to Cairo Iast year, right?
-Not me. I had strep.
429
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,355
-I didn't, which is sad for me.
-Are you in trouble?
430
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,790
-I may be in a spot of trouble.
-What happened?
431
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,630
Hassan AIi gave the president a gift,
a small ceramic statue of Bast.
432
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,671
-Bast?
-Bast. A cat goddess. She was--
433
00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,438
-Did Josh Ieave?
-He went to Iunch.
434
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,392
She was the patron saint of Bubastis...
435
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,319
...and rose to prominence
during the 22nd Dynasty.
436
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,033
-How do you know this?
-I Iooked it up.
437
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,071
-The cats in the temple--
-What temple?
438
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,236
The T emple of Bubastis maybe,
I don't know.
439
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,150
The cats in the temple wore jeweled
collars. They were treated royally.
440
00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,874
They thought cats controlled
the movement of the moon.
441
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,071
They had total authority
over royal houses...
442
00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,350
... because of their ability
to see in the dark.
443
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,790
Anyone who killed a cat
was put to death.
444
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,833
-I'm sorry, C.J., I'm not--
-I broke the damn statue.
445
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,593
Not badly...
446
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,632
... but, you know, in several pieces.
447
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,758
Since it came out of his collection,
breaking it would amount...
448
00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,155
...to a personal affront
implying he had bad taste...
449
00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:28,510
...and that it was of Iittle value
to the president.
450
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,796
They' re asking for you
back at your desk.
451
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,912
-How did you break it?
-I tossed it in my suitcase.
452
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,390
-You tossed it?
-Do you know how much crap...
453
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,352
...gets stuck in the president's hands?
454
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,318
Didn't the gift officer
know it was priceless?
455
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,672
Apparently not, because she handed
it to me with T-shirts and baklava.
456
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,108
-Donna?
-Y eah.
457
00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:49,033
-Why are you telling me?
-I thought maybe you'd have an idea.
458
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,710
There's nothing I can think of, except
agree you' re monumentally screwed.
459
00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,990
-I hate to Ieave it at that.
-But you' re gonna.
460
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,270
-What's going on?
-It's this phone message for Josh.
461
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:58,754
-From?
-Howard Stackhouse.
462
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,552
Who has my wallet?
463
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:01,988
Thank you.
464
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,553
Josh.
465
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,031
Did Stackhouse ask you
to meet with one of his aides?
466
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,633
-I'm not taking it.
-Why?
467
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,479
He wants an amendment added
to the Family Wellness Act...
468
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,193
...for autism care and research.
469
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,079
-And we don't want to?
-This is a " Christmas tree bill. "
470
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,198
Everyone hangs amendments on it.
We just closed it this morning.
471
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,358
-We try and hang a star on top--
-The tree topples and it doe'sn't pass.
472
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,750
Stackhouse doe'sn't have
a Iot of muscle on this, so--
473
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,154
You got this phone message.
474
00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,112
-From his office?
-From him.
475
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,676
" Meet with me or there's not gonna
be a vote while I'm alive. Stackhouse. "
476
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,959
"--as if it were her fault, poor thing,
and said, sobbing, that indeed...
477
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,839
...she was afraid she was
but a childish widow. "
478
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,794
Maybe it's the curse of Bast that made us
not take the Stackhouse threat seriously...
479
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,753
... but whatever the reason,
it 's time to take it seriously...
480
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,678
... because he 's gassing me
out of time.
481
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,269
I've got two hours
till the 1 1 :00 print deadline...
482
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,751
... and there 's no way, there 's no way,
he goes another two hours.
483
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,355
Let 's move on
to the rules of cards.
484
00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,791
There' s no way.
485
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,069
The message was pretty cryptic, like
something you 'd slip to a bank teller.
486
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,875
And it was unusual to get it from a
senator who 'd normally dispatch an aide.
487
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,911
Leo agreed,
but was in no way concerned.
488
00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,714
He told me to take the meeting,
but not to sweat it...
489
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,718
... and under no circumstances
give anything away.
490
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,394
So I headed up to the Hill wearing,
by the way...
491
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,637
... the new shoes you bought me
which I'd never worn before.
492
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,791
Since Dad's not here to do it, I think
it 's my job to bore you with history now.
493
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,072
The filibuster's been a part of
parliamentary stratagem...
494
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,470
... for over 150 years.
495
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,831
The reason we weren 't
sweating Stackhouse...
496
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,917
... is that he isn 't someone you sweat.
497
00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,634
He 's been around forever,
but he has little influence...
498
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,916
... Iittle power and few friends.
499
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,870
So Dad would want me to tell you
where the word "filibuster" comes from.
500
00:24:56,080 --> 00:25:00,949
It 's from the Dutch vrijbuiter, which
translated literally means "freebooter. "
501
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,469
But what they meant was "buccaneer. "
502
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,235
-Afternoon, senator.
-Afternoon.
503
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,509
-Sounds Iike a bad cold.
-It' s fine.
504
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:12,835
Are you taking anything?
505
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,389
I don't want to talk about my cold.
506
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,398
-I want $47 million to fight autism.
-Sir--
507
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,637
Five centers of excellence
at universities around the country...
508
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,990
...to help scientists coordinate
their research.
509
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,636
Three special units for autism
epidemiology at the CDC...
510
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,474
...and a centralized facility
for gene and brain banking.
511
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,318
-That's 43 million.
-Senator--
512
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,318
The other 4 million
is for a federal program...
513
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,115
...to educate doctors to reduce the
staggeringly high percentage of cases...
514
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,231
...in which autism is misdiagnosed.
515
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,232
-We can't do it.
-Of course you can.
516
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,359
-You simply call the conference chair--
-The bill started out at 2 billion.
517
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,028
-It's 6 billion now.
-That's right.
518
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,748
-So another 47 million hurts you how?
-Sir--
519
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,391
It's 8/1 0 of one percent of a bill aimed
at health issues affecting children...
520
00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,235
...which is the same as the percentage
of children affected by autism.
521
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,436
I don't need to tell you,
in these negotiations--
522
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,758
In these negotiations about a bill aimed
at health issues affecting children...
523
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,238
...we've allocated funds for AIzheimer's,
glaucoma and erectile dysfunction.
524
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,632
You know a Iot of 2-year-olds afflicted
with that horrific condition, do you?
525
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,796
There's no doubt that
that's a good point.
526
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,117
But in order to ensure that more
important things were in the bill--
527
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:25,432
-So there was a determination made.
-I'm sorry?
528
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,592
A determination was made,
an order of priorities.
529
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,991
Senator, there's gonna be a vote.
The bill's closed.
530
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:33,509
Open it back up again.
531
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,799
That would mean to postpone the vote
and everyone's breaking for the recess--
532
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,032
And you want the story
before everyone goes home.
533
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:42,989
Y eah.
534
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:44,868
Okay.
535
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:50,074
Sir, the next time around,
and there will be a next time around--
536
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,838
That's all. I'm done with you now.
537
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,189
And that was that.
538
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,154
Also at this hour, parliamentary
procedure in all of its glory...
539
00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:59,794
...as a Senate filibuster watches
day turn into night...
540
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,309
... and possibly back into day again.
541
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,990
78-year-old Minnesota Senator Howard
Stackhouse stands alone tonight...
542
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,952
... in the well of the Senate chamber...
543
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,833
... as his colleagues,
somewhat impatiently, wait for a vote...
544
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,918
... that was scheduled to take place
more than nine hours ago.
545
00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,395
Stackhouse,
who once ran for president....
546
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:17,635
-Hey, Zack?
-Y eah.
547
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,478
You guys record the news feeds, right?
548
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,513
Could I get the B-roll they' re showing
on the Stackhouse story?
549
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,871
It's 3 or 4 seconds. It's a campaign stop
and his grandchildren are with him.
550
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,310
The voiceover's talking
about his seven grandchildren.
551
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,670
-Sure, what's the problem?
-It's nothing.
552
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,393
-I'II have it sent up.
-Thanks.
553
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:33,635
Donna.
554
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,116
You're booked tomorrow morning, 8:55,
United, direct to West Palm Beach.
555
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,435
-Which gets in at?
-1 2:58.
556
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,598
It's still a 70-mile drive to Port St. Lucie.
I'II miss the game.
557
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,836
-I thought they weren't playing yet.
-It's an exhibition game.
558
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,635
You're going to see the Mets play another
team in a game that doe'sn't count?
559
00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:49,758
Actually, it's an intra-squad game.
560
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,157
So you' re going to see the Mets play each
other in a game that doe'sn't count.
561
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:54,679
-Y eah.
-Okay.
562
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,031
There's a flight out of Dulles at 7 a. m.
You change planes in Newark.
563
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,077
I've gotta fly to New Jersey
to get to Palm Beach?
564
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,959
-Look--
-Just make sure that tomorrow morning--
565
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,794
-Mike Piazza calls you "dude. "
-Y es.
566
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,358
What are you doing?
567
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,398
-I'm writing an e-mail to my mother.
-Why?
568
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,200
T o thank her for
a pair of shoes she sent me.
569
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,358
-Your mother sent you shoes?
-Donna, please try and keep it--
570
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,273
-That is the sweetest thing--
-Donna.
571
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:23,195
Okay.
572
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,553
Donna says hi, Mom.
573
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,274
Anyway, I didn 't think much
about the meeting.
574
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,835
There are always people
who don 't get what they want.
575
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,399
I was thinking about other things.
576
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,114
Like Toby, I was puzzled
as to why the vice president...
577
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,551
... who made his money from
and champions the oil industry...
578
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,990
... volunteered to admonish
the oil industry.
579
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,670
Sir, I ' m sure you' re aware that
Philip SIuman testified before the FT C...
580
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,674
...that the administration's relentless
pursuit of stricter emissions standards...
581
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,633
...in the form of additives
is why we'reseeing price spikes.
582
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,398
-Y eah.
-Would you comment on that?
583
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,478
Y eah. Our relentless pursuit
of cleaner air standards...
584
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,671
... has resulted in Iower asthma rates...
585
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,997
...and the cleanest air in California
in 50 years.
586
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,909
It costs marginally more
to refine fuel with additives...
587
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,278
... but the costs are being passed on
to consumers at an outrageous price.
588
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,431
-Mr. Vice President.
-Y eah, Chris.
589
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,558
Are you accusing members
of the PPA of price gouging?
590
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,115
Some of these CEOs
are old friends of mine...
591
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,515
... but they do know how to turn a profit.
592
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,672
They'II claim prices will go down
after production increases....
593
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,433
Hoynes just kept hammering away.
594
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,838
And I was reminded how close
he came to being elected president.
595
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,071
Toby said it was an impressive display...
596
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,114
... but couldn 't get past the question
of why he volunteered to do it.
597
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,993
If you wonder what the president
doe's during a filibuster...
598
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,758
... I don 't know. This is our first.
599
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,633
A t the moment, he 's in his private
dining room having dinner.
600
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,593
There 's a famous French chef visiting,
and every time he comes...
601
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,199
... he cooks for the president.
602
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,075
Leo.
603
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:53,554
-Good eveni ng, sir.
-You busy?
604
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,671
-What do you need?
-Come have dinner with me.
605
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,196
-Why?
-Pierre Boileau is cooking tonight.
606
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,630
-You want to have dinner?
-What's he serving?
607
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,717
-That's your answer?
-I'm just asking.
608
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,111
Well, I can tell you that the man
specializes in a reinterpretation...
609
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,595
...of classic Provencale cuisine.
610
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,910
-Cassoulet, duck with green olives...
-Y eah.
611
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,075
...saffron chicken.
612
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,510
I haven't had a good saffron chicken
in some time.
613
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,796
-Well, don't you think you deserve one?
-Y es.
614
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,998
His specialty is his dessert,
tomate du saltambique.
615
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,198
That's gonna be a big seedless
beefsteak tomato...
616
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,595
...stewed for three hours
in cr�me de caramel...
617
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,951
-... and stuffed with--
-Passion fruit, kiwi and hazelnuts. And....
618
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,634
-Served on a pomegranate reduction.
-Let' s go.
619
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,796
-Leave the cell phone.
-I'm taking my phone.
620
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,956
We're not Ieaving the building.
People can find you.
621
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,639
-Let's go.
-What's he on to now?
622
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,997
-He's reading the rules of cards.
-Oh, brother.
623
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:43,635
Don't worry about it.
624
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,877
Could Howard Stackhouse possibly be
a bigger horse's patoot?
625
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,435
I don't know what part
of a horse that is exactly...
626
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,596
... but I've always thought
he was a decent guy.
627
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,791
He's a curmudgeon,
a grouchy old crank.
628
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,036
-So are we.
-You are. I am full of mirth.
629
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,357
He was all over me the first year.
He called me " Bartlet the Inert. "
630
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:00,913
-It was funny.
-I'm a reformer.
631
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,315
I'm the most Iiberal president
he's served under.
632
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:04,794
His hero, Hubert Humphrey--
633
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,399
-Shook your hand.
-That's right.
634
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,236
-I feel bad.
-Why?
635
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,159
His wife died a few years ago.
I didn't go to the funeral.
636
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:16,315
Why?
637
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,829
-I was busy running for president.
-That's right.
638
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,390
- Tomate du saltambique, my friend.
-Y es, indeed.
639
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:23,715
Good evening.
640
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,309
Hi. Hang on.
641
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,079
They thought I was gonna
be eating with Abbey...
642
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,953
...so we'II just, you know,
pretend there's no candlelight.
643
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,311
Or that we'renot paranoid
homophobes in any way.
644
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:40,909
Y eah.
645
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,430
Leo, you have a deputy who's,
frankly, a Iot smarter than you are.
646
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:49,156
-Let him handle it. Who you talking to?
-My deputy. Y eah.
647
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,518
What doe's he say?
648
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,310
-He says there's no end in sight.
-Okay, Iet's eat.
649
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:08,839
"To get cash for your chips, you have to
go to the cashier's cage of the casino. "
650
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,234
-C.J.?
-Y eah.
651
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,591
I was Iooking at the B-roll they' re
showing on the Stackhouse story...
652
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,360
-...and there's something odd.
-What?
653
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,710
They show two different events
during his Iast campaign...
654
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,480
...and his grandchildren are next to him.
He's got seven.
655
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,069
-What's the problem?
-There are only six in the shot.
656
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,192
I don't think this is what we think it is.
I don't think he's just being ornery.
657
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,755
I think he has a grandson
who's autistic.
658
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,911
Oh, holy hell.
659
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,392
-T ell Josh. Find out for sure.
-Yeah.
660
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,156
-More brandy, sir?
-No, I'm fine.
661
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,950
I hope the first Iady's not feeling ill.
662
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,038
-No, she's up at the Manchester house.
-Very good, sir.
663
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,516
-No, it really sucks, but thanks.
-Y es, sir.
664
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,118
You hear that? He said, "Very good, sir. "
Where do they Iearn that?
665
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,794
-Y eah. I'm sorry?
-Nothing.
666
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,558
I'm sure that was moved for a reason.
667
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,509
We're prepping for a G-8 with Barney,
and we'regoing to T el Aviv.
668
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,871
-I just feel Iike we don't talk anymore.
-T el Aviv is the week after.
669
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,348
What?
670
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,915
See, you' re not even Iistening.
671
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,231
Ben, Iet me call you back.
672
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:21,755
What's your problem?
673
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,468
I'm just saying we work all day,
then the day's over...
674
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,035
...and we go out to dinner,
and you' re still working.
675
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,869
And, you know, I'm sitting here....
No time to talk.
676
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,828
You know, conversations Iike this
are the reason I got divorced.
677
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,393
No, it's not.
678
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:49,713
Sir.
679
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,792
What's wrong?
680
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,556
-I made--
-I'm fine, Billy.
681
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,749
I made a deal with Abbey.
682
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,916
Because of my thing.
683
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,319
One term?
684
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,757
My thing, by the way, is the reason
that Hoynes stepped up on oil.
685
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,359
-Because he thinks maybe....
-Y eah.
686
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:32,439
It was three years ago,
she can't expect--
687
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:37,713
Y eah.
688
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,273
Y eah.
689
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,432
It's C.J.
Stackhouse has an autistic grandson.
690
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,513
-Let's go.
-C.J., we'recoming up.
691
00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,313
-Charlie.
-He's just coming over.
692
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,317
-Thanks. Can we wait?
-Yeah.
693
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,318
Look, one of us is going to have to tell
the president that the statue's broken.
694
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,675
-It's not broken.
-It is broken.
695
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,916
-She Krazy GIued it back together.
-You Krazy GIued it?
696
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,315
I didn't know what it was.
I needed a potpourri holder.
697
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,876
I have the ancient curse of Bast on me,
so get off my back, Sparky.
698
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,156
Okay, but when you tell him,
I'd Ieave out the Krazy GIue.
699
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,038
-And potpourri, right?
-Y eah.
700
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:19,878
Here we go.
701
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:21,758
-How doe's he not just tell me?
-Sir.
702
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,838
How doe's he not come to me
and say, "Jed, this is my grandson.
703
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,838
There are Iots more Iike him
and more to come. Can you help us? "
704
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,190
-Because he--
-Damn it, we would've gotten it done.
705
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,318
-Why doe'sn't he tell me?
-He doe'sn't wanna make political hay...
706
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,158
...out of his grandson,
which is commendable.
707
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,072
He's a crank.
708
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,316
-Good evening, Mr. President.
-Hey.
709
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,071
-Hey, Donna, you need something?
-She's the one who started sniffing.
710
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,352
That phone message was for real,
he's not gonna stop till he drops.
711
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:47,999
He might.
712
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,318
Let me tell you something, don't ever
underestimate the will of a grandfather.
713
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:56,069
We're mad. We don't give a damn. We got
here before you, and they'II be here after.
714
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,874
We'II make enemies,
we'II break Iaws, we'II break bones...
715
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,719
... but you will not mess
with the grandchildren.
716
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:05,277
There was quite a bit of sugar
in the cr�me de caramel.
717
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:11,118
If I told you to screw the print deadline,
what would you wanna do right now?
718
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:15,471
I'd want to see if there was
a way I could help him out.
719
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:19,156
Give him some dignity, right?
And give him a rest, he's gonna collapse.
720
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,197
-Y es, sir.
-Screw the print deadline.
721
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,476
Leo, we will talk about
the other thing Iater.
722
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,636
I'm just asking
how we'regonna do this.
723
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,236
-Excuse me.
-The chairman's gonna gavel him off.
724
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,198
Excuse me.
725
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,920
-What are you doing?
-I didn't know if I'm supposed to.
726
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,993
-We usually don't raise our hands.
-Though it's not the worst idea.
727
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:41,437
The senator's allowed to yield for
a question without yielding the floor.
728
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,194
-What do you mean?
-He's allowed to yield for a question...
729
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:45,913
...without yielding the floor.
730
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,069
I was in the House,
I know nothing about Senate rules.
731
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,033
Y es, sir, but Josh doe's
and he Iikes to explain things.
732
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:55,514
I'm pretty sure it's true.
733
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,637
What time is it?
Let's wake up a parliamentarian.
734
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,513
Yeah, but the only people
who ask questions are senators.
735
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:04,309
-We're gonna get one. Charlie!
-The Senate wants to go home, to vote.
736
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:05,919
-Y es.
-I wanna call senators.
737
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,192
Start with friends. And after those two,
we'II go on to the other 98.
738
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:10,395
-Y es, sir.
-Charlie.
739
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,397
-Start with grandfathers.
-Y es, ma'am.
740
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,108
There's no damn holiday for us either.
741
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,635
-We'II be in the dining room.
-C.J., no kidding.
742
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,876
-Make this happen.
-Yes, sir.
743
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,236
Oh, and I broke your statue.
744
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,829
-I don't think he heard you.
-No.
745
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,149
The water peaked
at 3690 feet Iast month...
746
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,351
... because of an uncontrolled
release from Lake Powell.
747
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,358
-You mean the Ieak of Lake Powell.
-I suppose.
748
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,551
-I am going home.
-Good night, sir.
749
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,557
-Good night.
-Mr. Vice President.
750
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,309
-Didn't I do it right?
-No, you did it very well. I appreciate it.
751
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:42,475
Yeah.
752
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,990
I'm sure you know I was curious
about why you'd volunteer for that.
753
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:47,155
Yeah.
754
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,920
So I got ahold of some
private polling you've had done.
755
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,509
Oh. Y eah?
756
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:58,477
A significant number of people are
concerned over your close ties to big oil.
757
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,513
-Well, not anymore.
-Y eah.
758
00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:06,999
But what I was wondering was, why
did you put the poll in the field at all?
759
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,229
Mr. Vice President,
what do you know that I don't?
760
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,274
Toby, the total tonnage
of what I know that you don't...
761
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,278
...could stun a team of oxen
in its tracks.
762
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,072
Good night.
763
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,390
And then came the big moment, Dad.
764
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,595
Everyone was enlisted.
765
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,153
You called whoever you knew...
766
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,238
...and if that didn 't work,
they got a call from the president.
767
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,759
Do I have your word on that?
768
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,713
We 'd been at it 20 minutes,
coming up with nothing until....
769
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:40,875
Got it!
770
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,231
Senator Tom Grissom of Washington
State was headed to the chamber...
771
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,512
...and everybody started flooding
into the communications bullpen to see.
772
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:52,191
The problem being Stackhouse would have
to know about rules and procedures...
773
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,873
... and not think
we were trying to screw him.
774
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,112
We stared at 14 different television
sets while calculating...
775
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,033
... the time it would take Grissom
to walk to the floor.
776
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:03,789
And we were in frozen silence while
we listened to the rules of blackjack.
777
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,558
-- "unless you are counting cards. "
778
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,028
And then it happened.
779
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,635
Point of order, Mr. Chairman!
780
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:11,878
Mr. Grissom?
781
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,040
Will the senator yield for a question?
782
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,108
Come on.
783
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,039
-Mr. Stackhouse?
-Come on.
784
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:30,999
T rust me just this once
you grouchy, old son of a bitch.
785
00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,438
Mr. Chairman...
786
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:37,918
...I yield to the senator
from Washington for a question.
787
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:42,750
My question is in 22 parts
and might take quite a while.
788
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,231
Perhaps you 'd like to sit and
have some water while I ask it.
789
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:47,759
Y es!
790
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:49,674
And that was it.
791
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,956
Grissom gave him a rest
and an opportunity...
792
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,395
... to answer some real
questions about autism.
793
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,034
And when Grissom was done,
McNamara took over.
794
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,515
And after McNamara came Gianelli.
795
00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:01,438
Grandfathers, all.
796
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,955
I'll have to finish this now
and go into the press room...
797
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:05,434
... and explain what happened.
798
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,200
There will be no vote tonight,
and the Senate will go home.
799
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,392
Stackhouse, with our help,
blew the print deadline anyway...
800
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:16,071
... there 's really no reason for Josh
not to go back and reopen the bill.
801
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,319
There are so many days where you can 't
imagine anything good will happen.
802
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:24,758
You 're buried under a fog of partisanship
and self-promotion and stupidity...
803
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,918
... and a brand of politics
that 's just plain mean.
804
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,913
Yes, Hoynes had us nervous
with his admonishment of big oil...
805
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,271
... and the president was making us
nervous too. But that 's for tomorrow.
806
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,398
Tonight, I've seen a man
with no legs stay standing, Dad...
807
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,431
... and a guy with no voice keep shouting.
808
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,835
And if politics brings out
the worst in people...
809
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,156
... maybe people bring out the best.
810
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,636
Because I'm looking at the TV right now,
and damn if 28 U. S. senators...
811
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,876
... haven 't just walked
onto the floor to help.
812
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,718
I'll catch a plane in the morning...
813
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,310
... and if you wouldn 't mind not turning
70 until tomorrow, that 'd be great.
814
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:59,308
In the meantime, I love you so much.
Your daughter, Claudia.
815
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:27,715
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