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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..."