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Previously on The West Wing...

Tell Toby to take over
the campaign.

The White House is going
to announce their answer

to the Republican
tax plan on Monday.

Every speech the President
gives on Tuesday

has to be about
the Democratic tax plan.

The speech-writing staff--
you didn't fire them,

they quit, right?
Yeah.

We're the interns
for the speech-writing staff.

Kundu is in the midst
of a civil war.

No, it's not--
it's in the midst

of a one-sided slaughtering
of an entire people.

Two Marine lance corporals
and a PFC have been taken.

What are we doing?

Special Ops wants to brief you
on some rescue scenarios.

We're coming home.

NEWSMAN:
...with General Vahorean
confirming,

or I should say, disclosing,
for the first time

the names of the Marines
taken hostage.

They are Lance Corporals
John Halley and Raymond Rowe

and Private First Class
Herman Hernandez.

On what was described
as a routine patrol

of the perimeter
of Bitanga Airport,

the three reported by radio

an attack
by an estimated 50 members

of the Kundu National Army.

TOBY:
Well, Sam's on his way over,

and I'll tell you something,
if I was someone

who felt comfortable
hugging other people,

I'd give one to Sam

'cause he absolutely
impaled himself.

So I think the least I can do

is bring the Ziegler brand
of wisdom to the campaign

for the last week,
be a role model.

By the way, you know
what they don't tell you?

You can post bond
with a credit card.

Yo, man,
that's totally whack!

Yeah. Charlie's
trying to throw down
with the street.

It's kind of
a sad sight to see.

I've got American Express.
I've got Visa.

I could've posted bond
and gotten miles, damn it.

...with White House
Press Secretary
Hang on.

C.J. Cregg,

telling us
that President Bartlet,

who was to spend the weekend

in Southern California
campaigning

for Democratic congressional
candidate Sam Seaborn,

has boarded Air Force One

and is on his way back
to Washington

to more closely monitor
the crisis--

I guess we'd have to call it--
with the three hostages.

Sir?
Yeah. Uh, uh,

when do you land?

Sign here, here, here,
here, here,

here, here, here, here.

Initial it here, here, here,

here, and sign again here.

Excuse me, I think they're
making me buy somebody's house.

Uh, call me when you land.

I'm sorry, I can't remember
who I borrowed this from.

It was me.
Thanks.

Toby...

I'm sorry
I missed your rally.

That was a hell of a thing
you did with the tax plan.

Thank you.
I meant it was
really stupid.

Speaking of which,
what happened?

With us?
Yeah.

At the bar?
Yes.

Couple of country club guys
were a little lubed.

They got into it with Andy.

I wanted him to step back,
and he slipped,

and his wingman thought
I hit him,

so he came for me,
and I took care of business.

You did what?

Charlie took care
of business.

You're all right?
Yeah, I'm all right.

You know, when
you sit in a cage,

you have time to do
a lot of thinking.

Hurricane,
we were in the joint

for two hours
and 20 minutes, 'kay?

SAM:
Look, you probably
haven't had

a chance to talk to anybody.

No, I just got off
with Josh,

and I'm running the campaign
for the last week.
Yeah.

Technically, the
President can't
fire Scott Holcomb.

He was taking it
in the wrong direction,
Sam, and you know it.

And you guys are
going to take it in
the right direction?

We made a rough entrance here,
but things are looking up now.

You trapped people
at Disneyland,

told the French they
could stick a loaf of
bread up their ass,

had a meeting
with a Communist, and
things are looking up

'cause my new campaign
director just made bail.

Look, a glass is
half full or half...

You know,
the other thing...
How'd you call Josh?

What do you mean?
Didn't they take your
cell phone from you?

I borrowed theirs.

So on a call girl's
phone bill,

there's going to be a
call to Air Force One?

You're really going
to be teaching the seminar

on call girl caution? Really?

Excuse me,
but at this point,

we're in jail voluntarily--
can we go?

What are we doing
about this story?

Nothing. It's a box on page 27.

Oh, I think it's going
to be more than that.

They got the hostages,
the President heading
to Washington,

a flood in Colorado,
and a chemical fire
in Providence.

We got saved.

( reporters clamoring ):
Mr. Ziegler! Mr. Seaborn!
Mr. Young!

All right,
I called that putt too early.

He's 24 years old.

He joined the Marine Corps
two years ago,

and he did his basic training
at Camp Pendleton.

He is married
with a three-year-old daughter.

The three were deployed...

How come it's never people
with six months to live

who are taken hostage?

I mean, there's so much of it,

you'd think once in a while
we'd catch a break.

Hey. Trotsky.
Yeah.

The First Lady's going to fly
out to California tomorrow

and do the President's
public events.

Would you let C.J. know
that she should stay?

She was going to
take a red-eye back.
Yeah.

Also, Charlie should stay
and staff the First Lady.

Okay, speaking
of the First Lady,

you have a meeting with
Max in the morning.

Yeah, Max is taken care of.

All right,
the HHS chapter

of the submission is ready
for you to proofread.

You want me to do it?

Well, I guess I'm really
supposed to do it myself.

Yes, but you don't do it
yourself,

so you want me to do it?

You took a meeting with
a Communist, Donna.

Because you sent me there.

Yeah. Fair enough.
My bad.

You want me to proofread this?

Yes, please.

NANCY:
Mr. President.

Yeah?

Mr. McGarry.

Would you
all excuse me?

Yeah?

LEO:
Electronic eavesdropping
and a couple of paid informants

lead us to believe
they're being held

at a barracks
about 37 miles east of Bitanga.

What happens if,
screw the deadline,

we just go to full deployment
right now?

Well, I don't know,

but the three Marines would
certainly be executed.

All right, we got
to go get them.

Fitz.

The Delta Force,
First Special Forces.

That's 26 Special Ops.

They've been practicing

for the last three hours or so
in Ghana.

They're going to use the RH-66,

the Comanche Attack-Recon.

When they've got it right
in Ghana,

that's when we'll recommend

that you give
the order, sir,

and if that happens, we believe
there's a 70% chance of success.

All right, then, on my order.

Thank you, sir.

LEO:
Thank you, Mr. President.

You can't say their plan

is the wrong way
to stimulate the economy.

It is the
wrong way.

No, it's not.

It won't stimulate
the economy at all.

It'll stimulate yacht
manufacturers.

And don't say, "We believe."

Make it declarative.

21 and 60.

They've been working
since very early this morning.

( both gasping )

Right, yeah.
Sure, yeah.

21, you
wrote, "Even
if it's true

"that capital gains rewards
risk-taking,

the plan is bad
for the deficit."

Why are you conceding
their central point?

And Lauren Shelby writes,

"Rather than give the benefits
to the rich,

everyone should get them
in equal... "

Our plan isn't equal.

It raises taxes on the rich.

LAUREN:
I meant...

metaphorically, I suppose.

Why don't I take this one?

Will, those are remarks

for the Deputy Small Business
Administrator.

So anyone sub-cabinet or lower--

it's okay to be a quivering mass
of indecision?

I'm saying you have

limited time and
finite resources.

Maybe it'd be
best to triage.

Do not fall asleep again.

I thought I saw food
on the floor.

They haven't eaten in a while.

There's food in the Mess.

CASSIE:
The Mess closes at 6:00.

Is it after 6:00?

Yes.
What time is it?

11:30.

( sighs )

All right,
you guys should go home.

You need anything?

No.

You didn't give them much
encouragement.

What?

You didn't give them much
encouragement.

I'm not their
camp counselor.

I need these things
done by Monday.

The staff quit.

I'm not going to
pretend these guys
are speechwriters,

and I'm going to
figure out a way
to do it myself.

By Monday morning?
Yes.

Okay, but you've had an attitude

about the interns
since yesterday.

I question
their commitment.

Well, they're here
on a Saturday night,

and they don't get paid.

You question
their commitment?

"White House Intern"
looks good on a resume.

( phone ringing )
Three months
from now,

two of them will be working
at Condé Nast and HBO.

And the other two?

Will marry Senior
Vice Presidents

of Condé Nast and HBO.

Hello?

TOBY:
Hey.

You guys all right?

Charlie and I got arrested.

Yeah, I saw it on the news.

It made the news out there?

A Jewish guy won a bar fight--
it's news everywhere.

The President's coming out

with his tax plan tomorrow,
not Monday.

What are you talking about?

Sam found out
we were holding back

'cause of his campaign,
and made the President

flip the cards a couple
of hours ago,

so the toothpaste's out
of the tube, and we're going

to need to be ready
with public remarks

by the end of the day tomorrow.

( quietly ):
Get them back!
Who?

The Ronettes.
Get them back.

Are you there?

Yeah. Uh, end of the day
tomorrow.

I'll call you in an hour.

Toby, I'm going to
head to the airport

and catch the
red-eye back.

No, actually, you're not.

The First Lady's
flying in tomorrow

and taking over
the President's events,

so she needs
to be staffed.

All right, how do
I get her schedule?

Advance is bringing it
over to you.

Did Zoey stay?

Yeah, she's still here.

All right, Amy,

how much money
does he have left?

$28,500 cash on hand.

That's including
a loan for $15,000

for targeted
radio spots.

Yet with regard
to money you remain...?

Cautiously optimistic.

Because?

The reason
the campaign's strapped is

that Scott Holcomb never tapped
Democratic interest groups.

Will they write checks
this late?

If they can be convinced

Sam's still
sucking in some oxygen.

I'm enjoying this.

You're eight points down
with ten points up for grabs,

and we need them
all to break for you.

All of them?

Yes.

Well, look, it's been
one of those days.

Who would've thought
Charlie could bust us out

of the Newport Beach
Correctional Facility

using nothing but his shoes.

Go ahead, tell them, Charlie.

These guys got beaten.

Is it possible that
that happened in the struggle

when they were ambushed?

No.

No.

These guys got beaten.

AIDE 1:
We're talking
about PSSF grants?

Yeah, I think 80 million
is pretty unrealistic
from the House.

Didn't-- last year-- didn't the
conferees split the difference,

like 68-something?
AIDE 2:
68.2, I think.

All right, we'll tell them
the budget submission's at 80,

and everyone's happy at 70.
Do we have anything else?

Can I just ask: Mrs. Bartlet
was promised $12 million

for immunization education funds
at CDC,

you've got the
full 139 million
for vaccines in here.

Shouldn't they be earmarked
separately?

There's no more 12 million.

Why?
I traded it.

You're kidding me.

I am not.
Josh, the First
Lady wanted it.

No one notified me
this was on the table.

You get a daily memo
on Hill consultations.

I get 35 of them
and you know it.

Yes. Thank you.

I have to go tell this
to the First Lady now?

Well, I'd have someone else
do it, but it's up to you.

Good morning.

Good morning.
Did you get some sleep?

God, yeah. That was
a... nice four hours.

I'm a whole new woman.

Are you the leader of the group?

I'm sorry?
Are you
the group leader?

I've been here the longest.

You guys got to hunker down.

Will, I promise you,
we're doing our best.

I don't think you are.

Man, your sister was right.

Was she?

Yeah.
About what?

Good morning.

Good morning, everyone.
Good morning, Elsie.

Minimum wage is $5.15 an hour.

Times 40, times 52,
that's $10,712 a year,

which is what you make unloading
boxes in a right-to-work state,

say Kentucky.

He can't live on that,

so he puts in another 30 hours
as a night watchman,

bringing his total
to $18,746 a year.

He pays 15%
in federal income tax

or $2811.90.

Public school teacher.

$41,724 is the national average.

He's paying 28% or $11,682.

And, finally, a doctor
making 150,000 is paying 36%

or $54,000 in taxes.

15%, 28%, 36%.

It's called a progressive tax,
it's been around since Lincoln.

Under the plan the Republicans
announced on Friday,

the box unloader stays the same,

the schoolteacher
stays the same,

the doctor gets $4,500 back.

Under our plan, which has sort
of been announced already,

the box unloader gets $321 back,

the schoolteacher gets 1,251,

the doctor stays the same

and to finance the tax
deductibility of college tuition

for the children of the box
unloader and the schoolteacher,

we go to a fourth group,
the uberwealthy,

and ask a CEO
making $16,400,000 a year

to give us another one percent,
taking him up to 41.

Bring me whatever you have done
in an hour.

That's what I'm gonna work with.
Thanks.

ROMANO:
The doctor got
into medical school.

Hmm?

I'm sorry, I said
the doctor got into
medical school.

He had to work
hard to do that.

And, presumably
the CEO has
some skills,

the value of which
the market has placed
at $16,400,000.

Was there a spread on this
in Republican Vogue?

Bring me whatever you've got
in an hour.

( computer keyboard clacking)

You're very stealthy, ma'am.

I've always liked
that about you.
Yeah?

How are you this morning?

You outwitted my chancellor,
you bested my swordsman.

I haven't mentioned
this in a while, ma'am,

but I think you and the
President are a perfect couple.

I wanted that 12 million.

Me, too, but at
the end of a prize
fight, you look

at the guy who's dancing around,
and that's who won.

Why doesn't my agenda get
anywhere in these negotiations?

Well, can I ask you, ma'am,
why do you think?

Because you're
a political snob

who doesn't think
the First Lady belongs

in the starboard side
of the building?

Wrong.

Wrong what?
Wrong, ma'am.

Damn right.
The President
and Leo

make their decisions
by listening to

and participating
in vigorous debate.

This isn't school.

I work with people
who can play.

You're comfortable being
this condescending with me?

Yes, ma'am.
Why?

Because I won-- I always do--

and you came here
for my advice.
Max...

Max is an idiot.

Max is my nephew.
No kidding.

He doesn't understand
the budget process,

he doesn't understand
committee structure,

he thinks decisions
are made in meetings,

This is an
extremely...
and he can't play
at this level.

Mrs. Bartlet, you're
the First Lady,

you need a
Chief of Staff,

a real one.

If you want your agenda
taken seriously,

put a professional face on it.

Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am.

TOBY:
When they ask you
why you're here today,

you say,
"Orange County's beachfront
is a national treasure."

SAM:
What are you,
Charlie McCarthy?

Charlie McCarthy
was the dummy.

Edgar Bergen
was the ventriloquist.

When they ask you about the rise
in the Consumer Price Index,

you say,
"Orange County's beachfront
is a national treasure."

They're gonna ask me
about the Democratic tax plan.

They might.
They might?

They will.
Yeah.

And when they do,
here's what you say:

"Orange County's beachfront
is a national treasure."

Assuming I did say that,

which there's no chance
I'm going to,

you don't think
I'd sound like an idiot?

I doubt
you'll sound like anything.

They'll just use it
as b-roll.

But on the off-chance
there's audio,

you might as well
be on message.

Sam will take
some questions now.

REPORTER:
Mr. Seaborn, what are
we doing here today?

Well Orange County's
beachfronts are a national
treasure, Samantha.

That's why
I support creating...

He looks
youthful.
Yes.

And energetic.
Yes.

He looks youthful
and energetic.

Do we have anything
he can jump over?

What do you want?

What's going on
at the White House?

I'm standing right here, I don't
have special powers of...

When you brief the press,
that's when I'll know.

You've never been on a beach
in your life, have you?

No.

PRESIDENT:
They're here?

Ye-Yes, sir. Um...

Who are they?

Diane Halley and her...
and their three-year-old;

Esteban and
Louisa Hernandez;
and Martha Rowe.

There's a three-year-old
in there?

Yeah. I-I'll
take care of it.

This is my first time
doing this particular one.

Good morning.
I'm Jed Bartlet.

Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez?

Yes, sir.

Mrs. Rowe?
Yes, sir.

Mrs. Halley, is it all right
if I call you Diane?

Diane's fine.

Are you Betty?

Yeah.

Are you three
years old?
Yeah.

Are you scared now?

Don't be.

Diane, would you
mind if Betty sat

in the next room with my
secretary, Mrs. Fiderer?

We'll be just on the other side
of that door.

Yeah, honey, wait for me
in the next room with...

Debbie.

Come on, Betty.
I know a lot about you.

Thank you.

Please. Mm-hmm.

No one can tell us anything.

The picture is real?

Yeah. It was taken
off Kundunese TV.

Ah. They have TV?

Yeah, sure.

They, um...
they've been beaten, hmm?

I'm afraid so, sir, yes.

We're currently
negotiating for

Red Cross access so they
can get medical attention.

Where are they being held?

What kind of place is it?

I'm sorry,
I can't tell you that.

Do you know?

I mean, do you know
where they're...

I'm sorry, I can't
tell you that either.

But something is being done
to get the boys back?

Mr. Hernandez,
I can only imagine...

You can't tell
us that either?

No, ma'am, I can't.

( knock at door )

Excuse me.

Excuse me, please.

( door shuts )

( whispering ):
Delta just got it
right in Ghana.

Let's go.

FITZWALLACE:
They fly in on two Comanches
and a Black Hawk.

20 men forcibly secure
the perimeter of the barracks.

A snatch force of six men
penetrate and take the captives.

LEO:
What about resistance?

Well, they're gonna subdue
sentries and visible guards;

they've got heavy sniper rifles
and the CIA wet team.

What's the timetable?

47 minutes to get there
from the President's go order.

That's radio silence.

Two hours to get it done.

Why a wet team?

FITZWALLACE:
Excuse me, sir?

Why the CIA wet team?
We're not near water.

FITZWALLACE:
No, sir, it's called...

They call it a wet team
because it's bloody.

I had to ask.

What's it called?

FITZWALLACE:
Task Force Dawn Sky.

Go.

FITZWALLACE:
Go.

OFFICER:
It's a go.

Task Force is go...

Dawn Sky's
in operation.

Stand by...

( officers speaking
simultaneously )

Work at the end
of hour seven.

Where's everyone else?

They asked me
to bring it.

They're scared of me?

Yes.

Give me that.

What did Cassie mean
when she said,

"Your sister is
right about you"?

What do you mean?

She said, "Man, your sister
was right about you."

I probably was.
About what?

What do you mean?

Will you shut up
and tell me what you said.

Clock's ticking.

"In our redistributive
tax plan..."

I don't want them
calling it that.

It sounds like
redistributing wealth,

which, in human history,
has usually been preceded

by heads on the pitchforks
of peasants.

"In the Bartlet plan,
Americans making less
than $80,000 a year

"will see their
marginal tax rate

"cut from 15% and 28%,
respectively,

to 12% and 23%..."

I'm sleeping already.

Hard-ass.
What?

Cassie said, "So what's the
deal with your stepbrother?"

and I said, "He's a
very sweet hard-ass."

You did.
Yeah.

And she said, "Your sister
was right about you."

Well, she probably meant
that you were sweet.

No, I don't think she did.

How do you know?
Because.

Willy...

Don't call me that!

Sputnik crashed down
on your head overnight.

You were concentrating
on one speech,

and suddenly,
you're Deputy Director

and the Director's
a continent away,

and the speechwriting
staff quit.

Because of me.

Because they're idiots!

And the tax plan's
out two days early,

and you weren't here for
the nine months before,
so you're cramming it,

and you're taking it
all out on four
defenseless interns

who, by the way,
think Sputnik's

crashed down on
their heads, too.

Leave these.
I'll make notes.

Okay.

( shattering )

( applause )

"The DNC Honors
the Bartlet Women."

Well, I assume you're talking
about my daughters

and my mother-in-law,
'cause if the DNC's honoring

my husband's skanky
ex-girlfriends, I...

( laughter )

No... No, you're honoring
the great work

done by so many women
during Jed's first term.

Sherry Klein and Jenn Hammond
at the NWLA,

who got $28 billion
into the Federal budget

for health care coverage
for the uninsured

and children of low-income
parents.

Ellen Meshejian and her team

at the National Education
Initiative...

Rachel Warren and the child care
tax incentive program...

( applause )

Elizabeth Lowell and
the Women's Health Coalition...

( glass clattering )

I beg your pardon, ma'am.

And Amy Gardner, who's had
seven jobs in three years.

( applause )

ABBEY:
On behalf of the DNC,

on behalf of the White House,

on behalf of the President,

I thank you very much.

And let's send Sam Seaborn
to Congress!

Thank you!

AMY:
I'm so sorry, ma'am.

I was reaching
for the water glass,

misjudged the angle
on the candle

and, as you saw,
one thing lead to another...

How did you live
with Josh Lyman?

I'm sorry?

How do you live
with him?

He beat Max out of $12 million
earmarked for vaccine education

and when I said I wanted
the $12 million,

he said, "So did I,

"and at the end
of the prizefight,

"you look at the guy
who's dancing around,

and that's who won"?!

So I want to know how
you lived with him.

We never technically
lived together,

which was the subject
of many...

Don't you want to
kill him when he says
things like that?

My problem is
I want to jump him

when he says
things like that.

Where did you
get your mouth?

Brown, and then Yale Law School.

Ah.

ABBEY:
Oh, God.

Alana Waterman's about
to zatz me on Fair Pay.

Save me, would you?

You want me to?

Please.
Abbey...

you were charming.

Good to see you, Alana.

I'm not sure if you saw
my Op-Ed this morning--

I did!
Me, too.

Well, what I wanted to say...

I thought it was terrific,
if that counts for anything.

Thank you. Obviously...

And courageous.

I'm sorry?

I say I thought
it was courageous.

Because the leadership
wanted Fair Pay

done quietly, so it
didn't become necessary

for the moderate
Republicans

to make it a symbol
of left-wing overreaching--

as if the President
doesn't have enough problems--

but you said,
"Screw the leadership,"

and... I think
that's courageous.

Ironically,
I have a hunch

the First Lady could've been
brought on board Fair Pay

if she'd been lobbied more--
what's the word--

more, you know,
professionally,

rather than being embarrassed
in this morning's newspaper...

Alana.

Lovely remarks today, ma'am.

That's what
I came over to say.

You said, "Save me."

I meant walk me

to the other side of
the room or something.

Oh.

Oh. Sorry.

So this is what it
looks like from where
you are, Mr. McGarry.

I'm sorry.

I say this is what it looks
like from where you are.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Rowe,
I don't follow...

The comfortable chairs
and the bodyguards.

I'm sorry, I'm still not...

I can tell you
if it's just a matter of...

When the U.S. is involved
in a military conflict

anywhere in the world,

the Chief of Staff is given
increased security,

it's just... is that what--
what you meant?

I meant that the Bartlet
people aren't ones for
joining the service.

Did you serve?

I did.

I flew F-105s for the 355th
Tactical Fighter Wing.

During a war?

Yeah, the war in Vietnam.

I apologize, sir.

My mistake.

That's all right.

Mister, uh... McGarry.

You should call me Leo.

Esteban. Steve.

Does my son...?

Would these boys know anything,
have any information...?

Steve, you want to ask me if
your son's being tortured?

Would they know
any information that...?

I can't tell you that.

( knocking )

Excuse me.

Coming up on 47 minutes
plus two hours.

Well, let's get
everybody in.

You got a fax from Amy.

What does she say?

It looks like it's
just some campaign updates.

Read it to me.

"Low-dollar program
capped at 37k.

"Three new national
endorsements

"including
Sierra Club and NARAL

"latter on promise
of opposition

"to partial-birth ban.

Mrs. B. says..."

Hey, Josh.
Yeah.

Did you sign off on 40 million
from the immunization fund

to be earmarked
for immunization education?

Yeah.

Really?
Yeah.

Okay, I thought you settled that

with the First Lady's office.

Yeah. Wait. What?

Hi, how you doing? Maddy Tatum.
We've worked together

for two years.

Did you say
immunization education?

Yeah, vaccines
and the HHS budget.

You moved 40 million
from nutrition services

in the...
I didn't move anything.

It's in the HHS final.

Let me see that.

This isn't what
we had this morning.

Well, they said the change
was made in the galleys.

Didn't you proofread it?

I don't know.

Did I proofread it?

Yeah, but you proofread it
to make sure "capital"

was spelled with an "A"
and not an "O."

You didn't
proofread it...

To make sure it reflected
what we agreed to?

I didn't do that?

Nnn... not as such, no.

Who moved the money?

I don't know.

Whoever moved
the money knew

that I don't
proofread these things.

Then it must have been Max.

Max doesn't know anything.

Then I give up.

Boy, really leaving

no stone unturned, aren't you?

Don't yell at her.

Read me the rest of the fax.

What?

How does...?

Re... read me the fax.

"...latter on promise of
opposition of partial-birth ban.

"Mrs. B. says
you're encouraging her

"to hire new chief-of-staff.

"Need Treasury breakdown
of cap gains cut.

"First Lady took your advice--
She just hired me.

"Weather here is

74 degrees
and partly cloudy."

Well.

A whole new chapter begins.

Yeah.

You know,
I think I've got...

Yes, yes. I do.

I've still got
sand in my shoes

from like six hours ago.

* Sand in my shoes...

* Sand from Havana...
*

You know, I'm looking
at this wire report.

Why is the First Lady commenting
on falling soybean prices?

That's what
they were asking her?

Why did you let her
take the questions?

In retrospect, that's
what a lot of us are wondering.

Mrs. Bartlet would like you to
know that at the DCCC tonight,

she wants to change her remarks

and talk about House vote on the
nutrition assistance program.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

Why not?

'Cause it's a
black-tie event

and when she talks
about helping poor women

while wearing
a $4,000 Krizia dress,

she looks like Marie Antoinette.

She's right.

I am.

So, you should
tell her that, Charlie.

I'm sorry?

You should tell her not

to talk about
the House vote.

You want me to
tell Mrs. Bartlet

she's going to look
like a dilettante.

I once had to tell
the President

he was wearing
two different shoes.

That's roughly the same.

You polished up my remarks.

Those are recommendations.

For the office park?

They're recommendations.

Saw what you want.

I'm asking, do you mean

for the office park now
or the banquet tonight?

I meant for both.

"Charles Darwinomics"
for the Chamber of Commerce.

"Trickle-down travesties."

That was mine.

She's ready to go.

Good luck.
We'll catch up with you later.

Th... They're well-paid
technology workers.

What happened
to courting undecideds?

That's what we're doing.

Darwinomics at the Chamber
of Commerce tonight?

That's flamethrower language.

You don't want to be
a flamethrower?

I didn't say that.

Good. You feel all right?

Yeah.

Then...

let's go.

At what point
do we start to worry?

I'm sorry?

Hack was two hours
and 47 minutes.

That was an approximation.

Yeah but it's four hours
and ten minutes now.

I've got three parents, a wife
and a three-year-old up there.

At what point do I tell 'em
what's going on?

Let's give them some time.

How much time
before we send some guys in

to get the guys we sent in
to get the guys...?

PILOT 1:
Dakota-1-1, ODS--

is this channel secure?

SHUMAN:
Affirm, Dakota-1-1.

Call in, over.

PILOT 2:
Zeus-4-1.

PILOT 3:
Black Widow-1-1, ODS.

That's all three choppers.

EUCOM, can you
confirm the cargo?

EUCOM:
Dakota-1-1, say
if cargo's onboard.

PILOT 1:
EUCOM, Dakota-1-1,
that's affirm.

Ah! Yeah!

Ask him to confirm it again.

Affirm again, EUCOM.

EUCOM:
Dakota-1-1

Affirm your cargo.

PILOT 1:
Lance Corporals Halley

and Rowe and PFC Hernandez
onboard Zeus-4-1.

EUCOM:
Roger that.

That's affirmative, White House.

I gotta tell
you something.

That was the longest
radio silence since Mexico.

The governor
of Chihuahua.

BARTLET:
See, that's the way to go.

But we heard Spanish
over the secure com.

What did that
turn out to be?

McGARRY:
Her bodyguards were on
walkie-talkies, I think.

Leo.

What's that?

Red Haven's on fire.

What does
that mean?

A bomb went off.

FITZWALLACE:
EUCOM, are you reading

a condition
on Red Haven?

Roger that. Red Haven's on fire.

Can you give me
a situation assessment?

What's Red Haven?

It's the base in Ghana
where the Deltas practiced.

Fitz, what's going on?

It's coming.

White House, EUCOM,
best as we can tell

three SUVs breached
the gate at Haven.

The first one was stopped
and the second

two continued before driving

into a barracks
and exploding their C-4s.

Casualties?

It was a suicide bombing.

They're reporting 14 dead
and some 20 injured.

I want Threatcon Charlie
for Africa and Europe.

FP-CON Delta at Red Haven.

Aye. Start Threatcon Charlie.

( all talking )

Why don't you go
talk to the families?

Yes, sir. I'll be right back.

They've been gone
a long time now.

As soon as they know
anything at all

I'm sure they'll
send someone here.

Well, that's not true, though.

I mean, they know a lot
but they can't tell us?

That's for everyone's safety.

Can you tell
us this?

Why were these boys
sent to a place

I have never heard of, and to
kill people I've never heard of?

That's a complicated question.

I'm a smart lady.

( knocking )

( door opening )

Leo.

They're safe.

They're in airspace
over Morocco.

( relieved sighs )

What happened?

Our special ops unit
staged a successful rescue.

They'll be brought
to a hospital

at Ramstein Air Force
Base in Germany

and they'll be
home tomorrow.

We'll have
communications

set up in a few minutes.

You can speak with them.

The President wishes he
could be here himself

to tell you, but I'm afraid
he's engaged at the moment.

Leo...

What aren't you telling us?

The boys are fine, Mrs. Rowe.

But something has happened.

It appears there's been
a terrorist retaliation

at the makeshift camp
we set up in Ghana

to practice for the rescue.

17 staff and
administrators
were killed.

Someone will be in
to take care of you.

Thank you.

Listen to this.

"Our taxes aren't a penalty,
hard as that is to believe.

"They're the price we pay
for our roads and bridges,

"and they're the way we look
after the least among us

"the sign and signal of our
obligations to each other

and to our own best selves."

That's nice.

Did you write that?

No, you did.

I didn't write that.

Yeah, you did.

I painted it,
but it's yours.

You wrote...

"We must rise above
parochial interests

"and speak to the
national interest.

"Instead of

"a trickle-down economy,
imagine one

"where the work and endeavor
of ordinary Americans

is placed at the center
of our national life."

I wrote that?

You did.

I'm very good.

Don't get
carried away.

Which one of you is Shelby
and which is Romano?

I'm Romano.

A spread in Republican Vogue?

What was that supposed
to be, clever?

You're entitled.

A guy's entitled

to shout stupid things
at a ballpark.

Doesn't make me want
to follow his lead, you know?

The answer to your question
about why the MD should accept

a greater tax burden
in spite of the fact

that his success is well-earned,
is called the veil of ignorance.

Imagine before you're born,
you don't know anything

about who you'll be,
your abilities

or your position.

Now design a tax system.

Veil of ignorance.

John Rawls.

We rescued the hostages

but suicide bombers killed
17 US soldiers in Ghana.

This'll be what we're
talking about tomorrow

so I'm going to put the tax
plan aside and work on this.

You all did well.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Lauren, why don't
we get the profiles

and we'll start
back there?

Profiles, and he's going
to need the minute-by-minute.

Can you get
him a Bible?

Corinthians?

Think so,
but he'll know.

We should pull the material

from when we lost the Deltas
in Bogota, just for a sense.

Lauren, I'm
almost sure

there's a King James Bible
on the shelf here.

Somebody should tell...

Elsie.

...the DNC not to bother

with the talking points
and the tax plan.

I don't think
they understood.

They can go home.

They understood.

...get profiles
of the soldiers.

Okay.

Yeah, that's right.

Sam wrote it
for the President.

Is there a copy
I can run over and get?

We are preaching to the choir,
and that is all we are doing,

yet you packed
the whole damn office park
with bodies from the...

Where the hell'd he go?

I'm sorry, are you
talking to me?

No.

Are you open?

We have a private party
in here in a little while.

Yeah, I'm supposed
to be next door.

Hey. Sorry I didn't
catch that last part.

You were walking
a little fast.

You packed the office park

with bodies from Labor--
AFL, teamsters,

It was like the cast
of a James Cagney movie.

The reason for the event
was to talk to wired workers.

I didn't want a
half-empty rally

and the wired workers
are wired to Webb.

I spent a third of the day
in one-on-ones

with Planned Parenthood,
Families America, AARP.

You think those people
are gonna vote

for Webb on election day?

My bigger concern is
that those people

are gonna stay home and do
laundry on election day.

And now I'm supposed to go
into the Chamber of Commerce

and do a chorus
and two verses

on titans
of corporate greed?
Problem?

It's the Chamber
of Commerce.

The titans are
the ones in the room.

Can we get a couple of
shots and a glass of beer?

Yeah.

I'm preaching to the choir.

I'm sorry?

I'm saying you have me
preaching to the choir.

Yeah.
Why?

'Cause that's how
you get them to sing.

I can't just cut any chance
I have for victory.

The story'll be "It's over."

No.

The story's going to be
that you had the guts

to stick up
for what you believe in.

You didn't cut and run

and people are going
to remember that.

I'm going
to make sure of it.

I'm going to lose.

Yeah.

There's no chance of a miracle.

No.

Then why are you here?

You're going to lose and
you're going to lose huge.

They're going to throw
rocks at you next week

and I wanted to be standing
next to you when they did.

( chuckling )

Really?

Yeah.

Really?

Yeah.

Really?

Really.

I'm just getting creamed.

I'm just getting
worked.

I know.

You're not imagining it.

( chuckling ):
Thanks.

Hey, I don't know
if you guys heard,

it was just
on the news.

There was a terrorist
bombing in Africa

at an Army base.

Yeah, we heard.

We should get back to work.

God save the President
of the United States

and Sam Seaborn.

Let's go.