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Previously on The West Wing:

You're sad and you're angry and you're not warm.on my facom

You're going to see at least one kidMy water broke.

in about 15 minutes.

Bookbag's been taken

and I have an agent down.

We're Black. Go to Black.

Zoey Bartlet is missing,

and there's a dead agent at the scene.

( jazz playing )

( laughter )

WOMAN 1: My husband's been having

some empty nest problems.

WOMAN 2: Jerry's been sighing all week.

He's been sighing in all kinds Pleasof dead languages.

Those pearls really are beautiful.

Thank you.

Yeah, the men are not taking this very well.

Fellas?

You know, we're all having a good time over here.

( morosely ): We're having a good time here, too.

( laughs )

Doing what?

Talking about the too-rapid passage of time

and, you know, grieving.

He's going to schedule nine White House visits to France

over the next three months.

He's accepting every invitation.

He's going to be a judge at the Cannes Film Festival.

I told you it was this one.

That's the day we brought her home from the hospital.

Tell me that wasn't a month ago.

What the hell's she doing

graduating summa cum laude from something?

Remember the ride home from the hospital?

Scariest ride of your life.

Seven miles an hour

with the hazard lights on,

all the way home.

I don't remember--

did we have baby seats then,

or did we just hold on very tight?

Hey, honey, were Yeathere baby seats

when Jackie was born?

Yes, of course there were baby seats.

There were baby seats, indoor plumbing.

That was 21 years ago.

I can't remember which hotel

we stayed at last night.

WOMAN: I wore all of my jewelry to the hospital

when George was born...

( talking quietly )

Forensics!

What?! What the hell's going on?!

She's been taken.

What? What are you talking about?

How many?

188. 24 stat.

What are you talking about?

Zoey's beWe had her going in the bathroom and she's gone.

She's messing with you. No.

AGENT: There's news over there.

It doesn't matter. We move them away.

Wes, she's messing with you, I'm telling you.

She's at a Baskin-Robbins with her girlfriends right now.

You got to call these people off.

They shot one of my agents, Charlie.

Molly's dead.

They shot Molly.

Molly's dead?

Well, they couldn't have... Charlie...

They couldn't have gotten far.

You've got to stay here.

My car's aroundWe need the cornerto stay here... I'm going to drive around.

They're going to need to talk to us.

Listen to me, they've already dropped a net on the city.

They have already dropped a net.

They're not going to let us gleave right now.

We were the last people to see her go in the club.

They're going to want to have a word with us.

BUTTERFIELD: Metro Police have roadblocks around Georgetown

and they've already closed down the Key Bridge,

Memorial Bridge and Route 29.

FBI's putting up a command post at OEOB?

CIA and Diplomatic Securityes. are getting briefed?

Right now, and they're wired to the Ops Center.

Do you have my other daughters?

Do you have Ellie and Elizabeth?

Yes, sir.

There's no need to keep this a secret.

In fact, we want to get it out there

quickly and massively, Mike.

RiSecret Service put themselves onto police frequencies

so anyone with a scanner has it.

Everyone's coming in.

Major, I need C.J. Cregg.

Are we being attacked?

FITZWALLACE:LEO: We don't I think we're being attacked.

But this is going to take some time.

How much time? 45 minutes

to assemble and evaluate known threats

and another hour to cross-check with

BUTTERFIELD:ret Service Another two hours for the interviews at the club.

LECASPER: ReWe don't believe any of the three

high-profile abductions last week are related.

The Mexican CEO

or the two DEA agents in Peru.

INS says threeLEO: separate groupsPatterns? of Qumari nationals--

17 people all together-- flew back today.

11 out of JFK and six out of Dulles,

and traffic lights went out

at Wisconsin and M

four minutes after Wes Davis called in the AOP.

What is it they're going to want?

Bahji prisoners freed, we get out of Qumar,

we get out of Kundu?

They're going to let us know, sir.

In a typical kidnapping...

It's not a typical kidnapping.

Wait, Nancy, what did you say?

Is there anyone here who thinks this sounds

like a typical kidnapping so far?

Could it have been any more low-tech?

A knowing when someone's going to need to use the bathroom?

17 Qumari nationals

leave the country...

Out of 10,000 in the U.S.

Car rental agency is out of vans and U-Hauls?

It's graduation weekend.

Every kid in the mid-Atlantic

is moving right now.

We shut down the airports.

Either they didn't know we were going to do that

or they didn't care.

does this seem likeer way, Mike, a James Bond operation to you?

I don't know what it is yet, Dr. McNally.

LEO: I want to stop hearing

that answer soon.

And Union Station, too?

We shut down Union Station?

BUTTERFIELD: Yes, sir.

I'm going to check on Abbey.

Leo, whoever took her,

doesn't know what they're doing.

It was an absurd kidnapping.

She's not going to turn up

She's going to turn up in the back of a muffler shop.

FITZWALLACE: Well, I'm looking at Syria moving 20,000 troops

closer to Lebanon today.

And Pakistan testing a long-range missile, so...

I'm not sure about that.

JOSH: I didn't see her at the arboretum.

I was at the Arboretum but I didn't see her.

MAN: I don't understand.

JOSH: This part doesn't matter.

We don't know what matters.

You're right. I'm sorry.

We went there together,

we hopped the wall,

and then when we realized that Zoey was also there,

I stayed with Agent Reed... and Charlie went...

We buried a bottle of champagne out there three and a half years ago

and we were drinking it to celebrate graduation.

At a spot between two-- Where's "in the Asian Garden.

How much champagne she have? I don't know.

Maybe a third of a bottle, I don't know.

Charlie, alright, now, there was no evidence

of a struggle at the club-- none.

All she had to do was press a panic button

Now, it's graduation night, she's going to France tomorrow,

you didn't try anything?

Vicodin, Valium, ecstasy?

Ecstasy!

Jean Paul!

You need to sit down, son.

Did you... she said you wanted her to take ecstasy

with you tonight? Did you give some to her?

He's completely out of it, Charlie. He's high.

Did you put it in her drink or something? Just tell me!

Hey, wait, this guy isn't-- Look at me for a second.

This guy isn't high on X.

Get me a paramedic.

What's the dealer's name, huh?

Who gave this to you?

Give me a name.

Listen to me, you're going to be fine.

You are the key witness to the end of the world.

Come on, we're going to keep you alive.

You have to tell me who gave this to you.

MAN: What's wrong with him?

Get a blood sample I doto the lab.dam

Alright, you guys are done.

Listen...

I don't know what to say about Molly.

Go back to the White House, Josh.

Go stand your post.

CAROL: No law enforcement issues from the podium.

The crime scene's still being secured.

There's no press on the scene.

It was local news 'cause I heard they were at the party,

but they got them out of there.

C.J.-- Excuse me, Carol. Yes, sir.

Yeah. of the President's emotional state.a discussion

You have to pivot whatever you get to Commander in Chief.

Congressional leadership's been notified.

We'll have statements inside an hour.

Excuse me. This is the most importantent CaHas anyone heard from Toby?fe.

I haven't. You haven't?

The last time I saw him was this morning.

I have to write a statement from the President

and I don't even know where to start.

He'll answer his page.

Listen... Yeah?

Nothing.

What?!

There's no Vice President.

What does that have to do with this?

him to get on the phone with somebody and sayng

we don't negotiate with terrorists?

One step at a time.

Good luck.

Thanks.

REPORTERS: C.J.!!

C.J.! C.J.!

( all shouting )

( shouting stops )

At 11:21 p.m., Special Agent Wesley Davis

of the U.S. Secret Service called in an AOP,

which means "Attack on the Principal."

but we don't have a photograph anyof what she was wearing.

I'm going to repeat again what witnesses have told us.

Black pants,

black high-heeled boots and a black tank top

over a red tank top, which makes it appear from a distance

that the black top has red piping.

Walking into the club she was wearing

a multi-colored silk jacket,

but it appears she may have taken the jacket off.

I know this feed is being carried live right now

and I just want to remind bthe news directors

to keep the 800 number--

to keep the tip line

bannered on your air, please.

Katie? But surely he's not reactingestions.

as if tIs there a concern somethat she's being raped?

Lyle, for the sake of number of distraught people

I'm going to ask you not to publicly speculate

on what's going on.

Is there a concern that this Katicould exacerbate his MS?go.

No. Thank you. I'll brief again in an hour.

When will you release the name of the Secret Service agent?

Just as soon as we can locate her family.

ALL ( yelling ): C.J.! C.J.!

Where have you been?

All of Northwest has shut down.

Pennsylvania Avenue and Connecticut Avenue

I wouldn't be surprised are shut if Pennsylvania

and Connecticut were shut down.

There are no cabs and the metro's closed.

The metro police took me to 18th Street,

and then it took me 15 minutes to get in with a hard pass.

I'm not repeating all that again.you bee

Do you have a statement? Right here.

You got about a hundred messages.

How do you want them?

In your hand for a moment.

"In this difficult time, we are grateful for the support

of the Amer..." We're not asking for fruit baskets.

It's got to say:

Our youngest daughter has been abducted.

She will be found, brought home safely,

and her abductors caught and punished.

While we work for her safe return...

Yes. the world community must know

that this country will not be taken hostage.

toward peace and freedom continue unabated.

Good.

How is he?

I haven't seen him.

C.J.: and they want a doctory's to see the President, too.on he

He's not going to allow himself to be sedated right now.

It's a waste of time and I don't want

that story leaked.

It's not for a sedative.

MS?

Yeah.

Where's Leo on the stock exchange?

We haven't had time to talk about it yet,

but I think if we don't have her by 6:00

we got to recommend that Leo

instruct the Treasury Department

That the President instruct the treasury.g

Listen to me, there is no mechanism, none--

there's no mechanism for presidential recusal.

Leo can't give an order to the treasury secretary

and the treasure secretary can't follow it.

Alright.

And I heard most of

the briefing on the radio, you did great.

they've got to get their information from us

I don't want it like she's on a milk carton.

Josh... I've already started the calls.

535 congressmen and senators you've got to call.

You're going to need a posse.

State's got to call the ambassadors.

Will, you got to be a lawyer.

in the Counsel's office and report back to Josh right away.s t

He's not going to have time to wait for a memo.

( sighs )

Well, let's go.

Oh, uh, hey,

this is...

by the way, this is...

The babies were born.

What babies?

The twins.

Andy had the babies.

( clears throat )

That's where I was, I was at the hospital.

C.J.: Oh, my God.

Are you kidding? No.

It just happened ten days early.

Are they okay?

Yeah, they're great.

Six pounds, one ounce-- each.

God!

Mazel tov, Toby.

Mazel tov.

Toby...

JOSH: No, wait, wait.

Do they have names?

He's named after Andy's grandfather.

What's his name?

Huck.

Huck.

What a great name for a boy.

We've got to get back to work, yeah?

Yeah.

Toby...

Okay.

( pumping air )

( President sighs )

This is high.

I'm a little concerned.

You and me both.

Mr. President? They've located Molly O'Connor's parents.

They're on the phone now.

How many people are in the building right now?

Including press?

Not many. Anyone who Not incleft town can't get back.

Why did people leave town in the first place?

It's the weekend, they went crazy.

We're going to need some people.

Do you know how many faxes we've gotten,

and do you know how many of them

are from your insane groupies?

"The LymanHos have chosen this time

"to let you know via fax,

"should you be needing any physical comfort

during this horrible time." Read that.

Do you like thIs that what turns you on, you sicky?

Yeah, but they must I didn't writsense it in you.

What are the others?

It's going to be more thoughts and prayers... good wishes.ed them up.

Oh, that's nice.

And bus station skanks.

Do you need help with these calls?

Yeah, but you got to sit with Babish and those guys.

The Spreklettes of Ames, Iowa hope we don't exploit this

to make another irrational argument

about taking their guns.

The Spreklettes of Ames have weighed in.

the speechwriting interns are here.

They got in?

You had them in on a Saturday night?e been here.

It was a character- building exercise.

You hear that?

These interns, they can talk on the phone?

Yeah.

They got to talk to congressmen.

They're going to have to...

Hang on.

They can do it.

Hang on.

What?

This is one tank top on top of another tank top.

This is a Polaroid of Zoey.

That's a ransom note.

Sir...

Blood tests?

They found GHB, gamma hydroxy butyrate.

It's degreasing solvent mixed with drain cleaner,

and in low doses...

In low doses, it's a date rape drug.

Yes, sir.

They believe he'll be conscious in an hour or so. about the b

Where is it?

This is the translation.

We think this is Zoey?

It's a fax-quality picture, but the left shoulder...

Where was it faxed from?

A Kinko's self-serve in Dover.

A security camera got a partial license plate.

It's a minivan rented to a Shahab Kaleel

and there's an FBI APB out.

"Release Uzma Kalik, Ahmed Mansour

"and Bermak Essa

"from the Islamabad maximum security prison.

"The President will announce on television

will abandon its military presence in Qumar."

Now, the analysts say Qumar's Mufti

made a call for "martyrdom operations" last week

using phrasing that's almost identical to the next passage

and named those three prisoners.

Two years ago, a Bahji cell

kidnapped the sons of the Prime Minister of Eritrea

in exchange for close to

a hundred of their prisoners.

( sighs )

Where are you?

I want to prepare to attack

the following targets: The Bajhi C3I,

Communications, Command/Control and Intelligence.

the C-130s and the Blackhawks, and I want to moveI want to mo

the Washington carrier group into the Gulf

to strike three Bahji camps in Qumar.

And I believe we cannot move into position yet.

This will escalate.

This will get worse before it gets better.

Sir, that boy's going to be conscious in an hour

and we have a good chance of finding the dealer once he is.

We're going to find the dealer, Nancy,

but he's going to be dead when we do.

Move the Fifth Fleet into the Gulf.

Yes, sir.

( sighs )

about saying that, but certainly it's easy to imagine

how this escalates to a military situation

under any number of scenarios.

Thank you, Keith Nance. And we'll be coming back to you.

We've been from time to time showing you

home movie footage in the corner of our screen.

I don't have the dates in front of me

but it looks like she can't be more than...

Huck?

Yeah.

That's nice, I like that.

It's her grandfather's.

Oh, hey, hey...

The house, what happened?

What happened at the house? Did you propose?Hmm?

Yeah. ( clears throat )

We tabled it though, 'cause, you know...

You had to go to the hospital.

Yeah.

Was there time to tell her you bought her the house?

Yeah, I told her about the house and everything.

What did she say?

This really doesn't feel like the night to, you know...

What did she say?

She said "no."

Well, I mean, that'll change, right?

Hey, let me ask you something.

When Jenny was pregnant with Mallory,

you were nervous, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, me, too.

Every father.

Yeah...

But I think I was nervous for a different reason.

What?

I think I was nervous

I wasn't going to love my kids

the way other fathers love theirs.

Why?

I don't know.

I mean, for nine months you're hearing

how this is going to change your life

and you've never loved anything like this,

and nothing's going to be important anymore, and...

like I was someone who had the capacity for those feelings.

Plus, you know, I...

I like what's important to me.

I want it to stay important.

I-I want to be able to do it well.

What do you mean you don't have the capacity?

Anyway, I was just curious.

Of course you're going to be a great father.

Of course you're going to love your kids

the way you're supposed to, the way other fathers...

My God, Leo, we look around and we see that's not true,

it's not automatic.

I'm talking about you and I'm telling you it's a mortal lock..

It's guaranteed.

( sighs )

Toby, what went on at the house?

REPORTER ( on TV ): With the Capitol area virtually sealed off,

all air traffic

grounded, let me ask you...

Mrs. Bartlet? Ma'am?

Mrs. Bartlet?

They'll turn on the cameras if I go into the briefing room

and I'll make a direct appeal.

AMY: Ma'am, you can't. I'm the mother...

I don't know why I waited this long. I screwed up.

Let's sit Abbey?down a minute. You can't go in Get away from me.the press room.

It'll undermine... She wants to go...

Abbey!

You can't go in the press room.

I'm going to make a direct appeal.

I don't know why I waited this long.

( reporters shouting )

Alright, guys,

give her a break!

( reporters shouting in distance )

It can be seen as negotiating with them

and it could undermine

the military threats the President is making.

And if the goal is to destabilize our government,

they're going to see you and know they're succeeding.

You can't go in the press room.

I know.

I've just seen other mothers do it.

I screwed up.

Abbey, come sit on my couch for a minute.

AMY: I'm going to call the doctor.

Tell him I want whatever Zoey got.

Come sit on my couch.

It's Amy.

Yeah, she's alright, she's fine.

If you could step into the press secretary's office.

Thank you.

Mr. President, have Leo meet with the Qumari ambassador.

Have him do it before the sun comes up.

Let's try the diplomatic route before this gets out of hand.

Before it gets out of hand?

FITZWALLACE: Sir, I want to put the planes in the air now.

If we're going to end up striking bases later on

we're going to need some element of surprise.

NANCY: Chairman, do I have to remind you

that Qumar is an ally?

FITZWALLACE: You don't.

But I need to ask you what good is an ally

if their citizens are capable of waging war on their own?

Excuse me, sir.

We have a problem.

One?

There's an airplane up there.

Captain, give us

the controller's transmission, please.

An unidentified Beech Baron 58.

It's a twin prop plane.

It's in the air over Richland, Washington,

and it hasn't acknowledged radio communications

from air tThey're 90 miles from the Sawmill River

nuclear reactor.

CONTROLLER: Beech 0827, do you respond, over?

Beech 0827, this is Air Route Traffic Control Center Seattle.

Do you respond? Over.

We scrambled the jets?

Two F-15s out of Portland.

They're on either side. They're over water.

When do you want me Thto give the order?

70 miles from the target.

I'm sorry, Mr. President. Which target?

He meant the nuclear plant.

How far away do I wait...?

Has the transponder been dialed to 7700?

Negative. No signal.

7700's an emergency frequency?

If you lose your radio,

you set your transponder to 7700.

7500 means you've been hijacked.

These guys aren't signaling anything.

Fellows, we've got confusion in here.

When do I give the order?

Beech 0827, this is Air Route Traffic Control Center Seattle.

Do you respond? Over.

But they're going to be over population in about a minute.

Talk to me.

Beech 0827, this is U.S. Air Force F-15 5-6. General?

I'm a half mile back on your right side

Switch to frequency 121.5 and stand by for slow flight.

Yeah, this is Beech 0827. Sorry about that.

We were having a problem with the, the thing.

( hangs up phone )

I know you want to get the planes in the air.

I want to think about it a minute, okay?

Of course, sir.

I don't know what to do about the military option.

Nancy's making good points.

Sorry about the confusion in there.

I know we practiced that.

We're doing fine.

I don't think so.

I need you to tell me now

do you think she's already dead?

I absolutely do not.

and tell me to aim cruise missiles at Tel Aviv,li

they're counting on the fact that a father...

But you wouldn't.

I might.

There are people around you who won't let you.

How about a picture? They've got a knife

to her throat-- "Get out of Saudi Arabia."

You shouldn't think of images like that.

All I can think of are images like that.

Sir...

Leo, please listen to me.

Did Fitz give me target recommendations

a little while ago?

Yes, sir.

He wants to attack the bases...

I don't remember having the conversation

and I don't know what targets he wants to hit.

Did I green light the targets?

Mr. President, no one is expecting you

to keep the United States out of a war tonight.

Me and Nancy and Fitz are standing

right next to you when you get information.

You don't need to remember it.

And we're standing right next to you

when you give orders.

You're not going to hurt anybody.

I know it's a strange time to bring this up,

but I forecasted this once.

I made up a scary story a few years ago for Zoey,

so that she'd take her protection seriously,

and I went too far,

and I scared her and she cried.

This was the story.

Leo, the people you just named don't have the legal authority

to stop me from doing certain things

and some of them would go to jail

if they didn't follow my orders.

Very quietly, I want you to assemble the Cabinet.

I want you to call the Speaker of the House.

Is she asleep?

Hmm?

Yeah.

( baby crying )

Mr. Ziegler, you know,

these people went home last night.

If you like,

I could bring the babies in there,

and you could have a few moments with...

Oh, no. Thank you.

No, that's okay.

Okay.

Yeah, sure.

Right over here. There we go.

They'll need to be fed in a few minutes,

so I'll come back.

Thank you.

I didn't realize babies come with hats.

( baby coos )

You guys crack me up.

You don't have jobs, you can't walk

or speak the language.

You don't have a dollar in your pockets,

but you got yourselves a hat, so everything's fine.

I don't want to alarm you or anything,

but I'm Dad.

( chuckles )

And for you, son,

for you, this will be the last time I pass the buck,

but I think it should be clear from the get-go

that it was Mom who named you Huckleberry.

like life doesn't present I genough challenges

to overcome on its own.

And honey, you've got a name now, too.

Your mom and I named you after an incredibly brave, uh...

( baby fussing )

( baby quiets )

...an incredibly brave woman.

Really not all that much older than you.

( baby coos )

Your name is Molly.

Huck and Molly.

So, what do I do?

Well, you're going to need food and clothes

and doctors and dentists and there's that.

And should you have any questions along the way...

and I'm going to be doing stuff like this, Huck,

'cause you're leaking a little bit out of your mouth there.

( babies fussing )

You holding my finger, son?

Hey, Molly.

Your brother's holding my hand.

You want to hold my hand?

( chuckles )

This isn't going to mean anything to you,

but Leo was right.

Leo is right.

( door opens )

Mr. Ziegler?

Yeah?

It's so nice when they look

at you like that, isn't it?

Yeah.

Oh, look how sweet they are together.

They've been showing old home videos on the news.

I don't know why they do that.

I have to get back to my office now.

Mr. Ziegler, would you convey to the President

and Mrs. Bartlet that the prayers

of everyone in this hospital--

and, well, everyone-- are with them tonight?

Of course I will.

And they'll both appreciate it.

I'm writing down my pager number if Andy needs me

or if they do anything new.

New? Yeah.

Like what?

You never know.

Ah, thank you.

Charlie's on his way.

Thanks.

I think you should sleep for a few hours.

I'll sleep when he sleeps.

But you should sleep for a few hours.

'cause we're going to haveing a small band of dedicated people

who can't lift their arms.

CHARLIE: Yes, sir.

I guess if I told you to get some sleep

it wouldn't do much good.

I'm fine.

Tell the staff secretary's office I'm going to freeze

all nonessential paper for executive signature--

all nonessential executive orders,

all nonessential correspondence...

all legislation.

You understand?

Until when?

Until further notice.

I need you to get a federal judge here right away.

Yes, sir.

Donna's paging Toby.

I just ordered Charlie

to have the staff secretary's office

hold all nonessential paper for executive signature.

It's one in a series of steps I'm taking tonight

to temporarily but dramatically downsize

the scope of the Oval Office.

The Cabinet is meeting in a few minutes. Leo...

He's invoking the 25th Amendment.

He's invoking 25.

Really.

Yes.

Is his mind made up?

He's with the Cabinet now.

Where did everyone come down?

Josh and I were on the fence.

We don't know what Will thinks.

Of the President temporarily handing over power

I think it's a fairly stunning act of patriotism.

And a fairly ordinary act of fatherhood.

Yeah, I do, too.

TOBY: Hey.

( pants )

The President's got to get out

I don't know what we've been thinking.

I ran here very fast, are you and there were some obstacles.h?

The babies are okay?

Yeah, they're great.

I'd drop napalm on Yellowstone to get them to stop.

Letting some prisoners out of jail wouldn't be nothing,

and I've known my kids for about 45 minutes.

He's invoking the 25th.

He is?

Yes.

Good.

PRESIDENT: "...availing myself of the Constitutional option

"offered to this office

"by section three of the 25th Amendment,

"which permits through written declaration

"to temporarily transfer all powers of the Presidency

"to the next in the Constitutional line

of succession."

JOSH: It's just that we're elevating

the most powerful Republican in the country.

That's just a political reality.

It's just a political reality?

PRESIDENT: The article doesn't require

the unanimous consent of the Cabinet, but I want it.

I want it as clear as can be

that this administration stands squarely behind

and shoulder to shoulder with the acting President.

( sirens wailing )

JOSH: We're going to be handing the Republicans the election.

LEO: Yes, we are.

It doesn't say, "I can't handle this"?

It says I am handling this.

It does.

Mr. President, my concern is this.

If you and the acting President

were to give contradictory orders,

Leo McGarry would be put into an impossible situation

which could lead to extraordinary chaos.

I won't be giving any orders.

But if you did,

I think there are those in this room,

myself included,

who would want to follow those orders.

And now we have two governments.

Leo would know what to do.

Would he?

Yes.

JOSH: What if he changes his mind

and starts giving orders?

Leo will know what to do.

PRESIDENT: Secretary of Commerce.

Aye.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Aye.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Secretary of Health and Education. ye.

Aye.

Secretary of Agriculture. Aye.

Secretary of the Treasury.

Aye.

Secretary of Defense.

Aye.

Secretary of State.

Aye.

Secretary of Labor.

Aye.

Relax, everybody.

Breathe regular.

You, too.

Mr. Speaker.

Leo.

Let's go inside.

How's Mrs. Bartlet?

Well, she's very upset.

Yeah.

Mr. Speaker,

C.J., Josh, Toby, Will Bailey,

they're just getting this news now,

They haven't pute anything together yet,

but we'll do a joint press conference,

you and the President,

in probably two hours or so.

And in that time,

you'll receive the first of your briefings...

What was the Beech Baron doing? I'm sorry?

What did it end up the two guys in the Beech Baron were doing?

They were frat guys and they were drunk.

They were playing chicken.

Really? Yeah.

The briefings... With the Air Force?

What? They were playing chicken with the Air Force?

Yes, sir.

and I don't care if my mother's onboard that plane

going to visit her mother.

( door opens )

Mr. Speaker.

Mr. President.

I find out the gun that killed Molly O'Conner

was bought through a loophole,

so help me mother of God... Mr. President.

CHARLIE: Excuse me. Madam Justice Sharon Day.

Come in.

WILL: Mr. Speaker?

Yeah. You need to resign.

Does he? Yeah, it's against the law

to work for two branches of government at the same time.

You got a piece of paper? Hang on, Glen,

if you resign from Congress, you can't just go back.

You have to be elected again in two years.

Well, I was going to have to be elected again

in two years anyway, right?

Witness this.

Huck?

And Molly.

Nice.

So what do you know now that you didn't know before?

Babies come with hats.

Yeah, they also come with those little theft protection devices,

those little LoJacks on their ankles

so they can't be boosted from the hospital.

Man, don't ever let them take it off.

There's no one in this room who wouldn't rather die

than let you down, you know.

Alright, let's get organized.

one removing me from power, the other reinstating me.rs--

I'll sign the first,

and then the Justice will swear in the Speaker,

and I think Leo's right,

the first thing is, how do we announce this?

C.J.: Well, the President and the Speaker

have to make it clear to the country

that there's someone in charge.

JOSH: I'd argue we first

have to make it clear to the world

thaI'd make it clear to Bahji that there's someone in charge.

who was the nephew of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor

was killed by a group called the Black Hand,

and because they were a Serbian Nationalist society,

the Empire declared war on Serbia.

Then Russia, which was bound by a treaty, was forced to mobilize

which meant that Germany had to declare war on Russia.

Then France declared war on Germany,

and that was World War I.

Because the Emperor's nephew was killed.

Now, I thought y'all had some good ideas,

but somebody ought to make it clear to the people in this room

that someone is in charge.

Glen, they've been up all night.

You're relieved, Mr. President.

You're relieved, sir.

Swear him in.

Will you place your right hand on the Bible,

raise your left hand toward God and repeat after me.

"I, Glenallen Walken, do solemnly swear..."

I, Glenallen Walken, do solemnly swear...

"that I shall faithfully execute

the office of President of the United States..."

the office of President of the United States...

"and I will, to the best of my ability,

"preserve, protect and defend

the Constitution of the United States."

"...and I will, to the best of my ability..."