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Previously on The West Wing:

So what's your problem?

He did everything right.

He did everything you do

if your intent is to
perpetrate a fraud.

We want to see some polling.

Why?

We need to know what to do next.

What kind of questions
could they ask that won't

trip an alarm? Josh
trusts Joey Lucas.

We need you to
put a poll in the field

without asking the
questions we can't ask.

I was almost sure I saw you

give the President an
injection of something.

ABBEY: It was Betaseron.

It reduces the
frequency of the attacks.

Tobacco has spent $380
million to the government's 36...

"They perpetrated a
fraud against the public."

They want to get these people.

We're not big tobacco.

Eagle's moving.

PRESIDENT: He talked
to her on the phone?

He talked to her at the airport.

But he called her on the phone?

To get her to the airport.

Yeah, but I'm saying,
did she hang up the phone

turn to her friends and say,

"You're never going to believe
why I'm getting on a plane"?

He told her she was coming out

to do some polling on
subsurface agriculture.

What the hell is that?

It's vegetables that
grow underground.

He told her she
was coming out here

to find out if Americans
are eating more beets.

Is this a joke?

It was Josh, Mr. President.

It was a job done well.

You want to start

not trusting Josh?

Let's go.

Where are we going?

The basement. Why?

'Cause I don't like
the way it looks

the seven of us meeting
in the middle of the night.

You like the way it looks if
we're meeting in the basement?

Let's go.

These numbers are
going to be meaningless.

Yeah.

A Governor from
an industrial state...

It's posed as a hypothetical

before people have
any education on...

Yeah.

Plus, there's no way to factor
existing approval numbers

particularly when it
comes to matters of trust.

Sagittarius.

Are they on their way?

Yeah.

They're on their way?

Yeah.

Joey, your flight was all right?

Your flight, uh

was all okay?

These numbers aren't going

to mean anything, right?

With the hypothetical
and lack of context?

Plus the preexisting
level of trust...

Yeah.

I'm saying he's got

numbers like Walter Cronkite.

Yeah.

Is there anything in there
that we're going to like?

We are, in fact,
eating more beets.

Okay.

PRESIDENT: Good evening.

Mr. President, you
remember Joey Lucas?

Yeah.

And her interpreter, Kenny.

Joey, did you make
photocopies of that?

No, sir.

Good. Let's get started.

Mr. President

I polled 1,170

registered voters in Michigan

giving their Governor a
hypothetical concealed...

Excuse me.

How many people in this
room know Kenny's last name?

It's fine.

I believe this operation
is no longer covert.

Mr. President, Kenny's
been with me for 11 years.

To trust me is to trust him.

Josh?

Yeah.

Go ahead.

1,170 registered voters

in Michigan were polled

giving their Governor

a hypothetical, concealed

degenerative illness.

These are the results.

"Do you agree that it's okay

for the Governor to
lie about his health?"

17% agree, 83% disagree.

"Would you be as
likely or less likely

"to vote for the Governor

now that you know he
has a degenerative illness?"

71% say less likely.

The largest bloc
of likely voters

are women over 55.

78% of those women say

they wouldn't vote for
a candidate with MS.

We just lost Florida.

This may be the worst stat, sir.

74% believe MS to be fatal.

They may be right.

62% of Democrats aren't

going to vote for you.

65% of those

describing themselves as liberal

aren't going to vote for you

because you lied.

Joey, is there any good
news in there at all?

No, sir.

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LEO: Who's in
Port-au-Prince right now?

The UN Observer Group.

Which consists of...?

400 technical
advisors and observers

and 65 unarmed
security specialists.

And the OAS?

They've got about 200 observers.

What happened last night?

Citing improper permits

Colonel Bazan's soldiers
surrounded Carrefour Liberte...

Liberty Square.

Yeah. To prevent

a victory rally by
supporters of Dessaline.

Some of the crowd refused to
disperse and shots were fired.

Anybody killed?

Two people.

Additionally, Rene Ducasse,

the newly designated Minister
of Justice, was arrested,

and soldiers have surrounded
the house of the Chief Justice.

They're saying to protect
him from death threats.

Our intelligence says
he's under house arrest.

Most troubling are personnel
carriers with Haitian troops

parked in front of virtually
every police station

in Port-au-Prince.

This is a sign that the army

plans to take power

from the Gendarme Nationale.

Where's the President-elect?

Sir, we can't find him.

I'm sorry?

At this moment

we can't find Dessaline.

And that's not the
most troubling...?

Jake, what the hell do
you mean you can't...?

He never showed
up for a 4:00 p.m.

courtesy conference
with Gilbert Tass

and calls made to
the party headquarters

and both of his houses
went unanswered.

Armed forces radio
says he's fled the country

but the Dominicans say no.

What about intelligence?

It's not like we can
just call around.

It's chaos down there.

Nobody knows anything.

Leo?

Let's evacuate the
nonessential personnel

from the embassy.

DANDRIDGE: Mr. President,

any move to
evacuate the embassy,

even the nonessentials,
will be a highly visible signal

that the U.S. has no confidence
in the Dessaline government.

At the moment, there is
no Dessaline government.

There is no Dessaline.

And I just got done

pulling nine dead
bodies out of Colombia.

Evacuate the nonessentials,

get some Marines at the embassy

and somebody brief Fitzwallace.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Sagittarius.

Why not a presidential address?

Ten, 15 minutes.

"I have this illness,

"I concealed it, I apologize.

"Let me tell you about it.

Let me reduce your fears."

It's too cold.
It's not too cold.

He needs to be
with the First Lady.

In some decorative room?
Sitting with his wife weakens him.

Let's put him behind
the Kennedy desk

let's put him in the East Room

let's put him in
the briefing room...

Sam, he's going to go
on TV and say he lied.

I don't want him doing it
behind the Seal of the President.

You think without the Seal, people are
going to forget that he's the President?

We'll do a 30-minute live special
for one of the news magazines.

Live, live-to-tape or tape?

Live. I don't want a
producer editing what he says.

What if we want to
edit what he says?

That's our tough luck.

When?

How about Thursday
night? Wednesday night.

Why? 'Cause Thursday night
is where they pay their bills

and it's going to be tough enough
getting 30 minutes and not telling them why

without cutting into their bread
and butter during May sweeps.

Oh, who gives a damn
about May sweeps?

They do, Sam.

All right. 30 minutes,
Dateline special

Wednesday night,
night after tomorrow

President and First
Lady in the Mural Room.

And we follow that
with a press conference.

Why?

To control the story
as long as possible.

Once he gets done
with Russert or Diane

or Stone Phillips or
whoever the hell does this

I'm going to need every reporter
in the western hemisphere

in a room where I can see them.

And we put a team of
medical experts up there.

And we have 48
hours to find them.

Hang on. If we take him

from the Mural Room
to a press conference

isn't a smart
reporter going to ask

"Mr. President, are you
planning on seeking reelection?"

"A smart repor..."

Sam, Ted Baxter is going to ask

"Mr. President, are you
planning on seeking reelection?"

So we're going to need
an answer to that, too.

You're getting an
eight-speaker stereo? No.

Six speakers? No.

How many speakers?

I have two ears. How
many speakers do I need?

At least six and a sub-woofer.

I'm not getting a sub-woofer.

How about the tow package?

The tow package?

To tow your boat.

I don't have a boat.

What about a camper?

No.

What do you tow?

Groceries.

You could probably put
those in the trunk. Yeah.

Tinted windows? Hey.

Hello, Josh.

Mrs. Landingham's
picking up a new car today.

Really?

Yes, and I wish I
hadn't told anyone.

Why do men think a woman
can't buy a car without a man?

It's an old stereotype, Mrs. L.

Did you get the extended
service warranty?

No.

Women.

What do you want?

I got a message Leo
wanted to see me.

He's in his office.

Did you get the tow package?

See?

He's in his office.

Margaret!

Where's Josh?

He's on his way.

He remembers where
my office is, right?

Leo, calm down. I'm
right here. He's right here.

Get out.

This report is staggering.

I know.

Justice has 31
lawyers and staff.

Tobacco has 1,893 lawyers

and 2,783 paralegals.

This isn't a typo, right?

No.

We've spent $8.7
million on outside counsel.

They've spent 192.

The $61.3 million

they've spent on travel expenses

is twice as much as we've
spent on our entire case.

Yes.

Who oversees the Justice
Department budget?

The Subcommittee on Commerce,

Justice, State
and the Judiciary.

Who's the ranking
minority member? Ritter.

Talk to him and find
out what the problem is.

Yeah. Josh?

How's it going downstairs?

They'll have an answer
on it by the end of the day.

It's looking like 30
minutes on Dateline

and a press conference,

but, Leo, it's also
looking like any scenario

is going to require
a firm position

from the President
on reelection.

Well, we'll have that answer
by the end of the day, too.

Will we? Yes.

Leo...

He just got Joey's numbers
in the middle of the night.

Give me the day. Don't
you think it would help him

if he had a discussion
among... ( knocking)

a discussion among
the rest of us?

Excuse me.

What?

Two of Dessaline's
bodyguards were shot.

We think he's headed
to our embassy.

How do we know?

Peter Bratt got a
message through.

What is Peter Bratt
doing down here?

He went down for
the inauguration

and he may well have Dessaline

in the trunk of his car.

The trunk of his car? Yes, sir.

Did we evacuate
the nonessentials?

They're on their way.

A C-9's waiting for
them on the runway.

Mr. President, if we
don't take Dessaline

he'll be convicted in a
20-minute trial, imprisoned for life

or probably
executed by the junta.

I'm sorry, sir, but this is
an internal affair in Haiti

and the U.S. has no
place choosing sides.

Of course we're choosing
sides... There was a free election.

We saw to it there was

a free election,
and Dessaline won.

If we grant asylum

we'll officially be in a
standoff with Bazan.

And the best way for Bazan
to elevate his stature in Haiti

is stage a standoff
with the U.S.

Plus, Bazan can
surround the embassy

saying he's searching
for a wanted criminal

and obviously, he can take
everyone in the embassy hostage.

Mr. President, there will
never be real elections

in Haiti if the military thinks
it can simply kill the winner.

Also, I'd like to point out,
sir, that we encouraged

Dessaline to run... in fact,
we strongly encouraged it...

And now he's in
the trunk of a car.

The car's at the gate.

I got the gate right here.

Let him in.

Sir...

Let him in!

Tell them to let him in.

He's in.

Do we put Hoynes up there?

At the press conference?

Do we put Hoynes up there?

There's never been
a more important time

to emphasize the
vice presidency.

The Vice President's presence

underlines the health
risk to the President.

And it's good to underscore
that the President anticipated

this problem with his
selection of the Vice President.

But it will also serve to
underscore that he anticipated

the problem and didn't
tell anybody about it.

Hoynes was one of
the first people to know.

If he's there, it's a breathing
demonstration that he signed off

on the President's health
and joined the ticket.

And he'll get bombarded
with questions

about what he did or didn't know

and the press corps will impanel
themselves as a grand jury.

Then let them, C.J.!

We did something
wrong or we didn't.

Well, fantastic, Sam.

I didn't realize it
was that simple.

( knocking)

There's a situation
developing in Port-au-Prince.

I have to get ready to brief.

Sam...

can Josiah Bartlet
function as President?

I'm not a medical expert.

Right.

Toby, there is
responsibility and the future

and an obligation to the party,

and if he is not going to run,

then he's got to point to Hoynes

and say this is our guy.

Well, what if they ask Hoynes

"In the meantime, can
Bartlet function as President?"

He'll say yes.

What if he says, "I'm
not a medical expert"?

MAN: The President of Haiti
was taken to the embassy

in the trunk of a car?

JOSH: Yes.

I've lived too long.

Well, don't go anywhere,
'cause I need you.

I mean it, Lyman, this
is going to get worse

before it's going to get better.

You may be right, but Haiti's

actually not what I
wanted to talk to you about.

Tobacco?

Yeah. Andy, the President
wants to get behind

a $30 million
appropriations bill

that the Justice Department's
had in your committee

for a few months now.

They need the money
to continue the case.

I know.

Has the Chairman
scheduled a vote?

He's not going to.

He's not going to
schedule a vote?

Kalmbach's going to dance
with the girl that brung him.

How much tobacco
money has he taken?

From the last campaign?

Yeah.

$460,000 in PACs.

Is there a nose count?

Yeah, it's 8-7 against.

Along party lines?

No, believe it or not.

We've got two Republicans;
they've got two Democrats.

They've got two Democrats?

Warren and Rossitter.

Warren and Rossitter

aren't even from the South.

They have ideological
problems with the case.

This is a phenomenally
important case; it's historic.

It has to be won,
and we're fighting it

with paper clips
and a slingshot.

We were wondering when
you guys were going to notice.

Hi.

Hi.

Have a seat.

I was told you wanted to see me.

Yeah, Donna.

Uh... I'm going to tell
you something shocking,

except we don't have
time to be shocked.

So I need you to just
hear it and go back to work.

Yeah.

Eight years ago, the President
was diagnosed with MS.

He concealed it
during the election

but we're going public
Wednesday night

with a live network interview

and a press conference.

This is what Josh is going
to be working on 24 hours

and he's going to need your help

and he's going to
need you to know

and so I'm telling you.

Yeah.

You're the first person
on the assistant level

to find out.

Margaret doesn't know,

Bonnie and Ginger
don't know, Donna...

Mrs. Landingham doesn't know.

Is the President
in a lot of pain

or discomfort right now?

No, he's in remission.

Okay.

Is there anything else?

I want to impress upon
you how important it is

that this not be
discussed beyond...

Yeah.

You want to know where
you made your mistake?

I didn't make a mistake.

You probably did, and
here's where you went wrong.

Where?

You went to the
dealership alone.

Yes. That was a mistake.

Because the dealer
would load me up

with a lot of
extras I don't need?

That's right.

Like, uh, a tow package?

How are you going
to tow your camper

without a tow package?

I have never been camping.

Neither have I, and I
was hoping you'd take me.

I'd be sitting there fishing

listening to the Orioles
on a transistor radio.

What would I be doing?

Warding off bears,
that kind of thing.

How much did you pay?

We don't talk about money, dear.

Can you tell me how much
you paid below sticker?

I didn't pay anything
below sticker.

What do you mean?
In my own defense

I didn't pay anything
above sticker, either.

Mrs. Landingham,
seriously. Charlie...

No seriously, you
paid sticker price?

Yes. Why?

That was the price.
Mrs. Landingham...

Says so right on the sticker.

Who pays sticker price? I do.

You got to let me go
back there with you.

I wasn't duped, Charlie.
You paid sticker price.

I'm a government employee.

That doesn't necessarily
mean you're a fool.

No, but it means I'm not allowed

to accept gifts
of a certain value.

It's not a gift.
Of course it is.

The price tag says one thing

and the dealer is giving it
to me for something less.

That's what happens
when you buy a car.

Not me.

I was looking for Leo.

He's in the Situation Room.

That's usually a good sign.

LEO: How many are they saying?

MOSLEY: They can't say.

Well, how many
are they estimating?

It changes every minute.

How many this minute?

Nancy. The cavalry.

You guys need some
adult supervision?

No, we need the cavalry.

Nah. Jeff, what's
the latest estimate?

It's about 500 soldiers

maybe 300 of them with AR-15s.

We sold those to them, right?

Well, until a few hours
ago, they were on our side.

Still...

Yeah. The AR-15s aren't
the only thing they've got.

They've got two Bradleys
with 120-millimeter cannons

and a couple of artillery tubes.

What do we have?

37 Marines with M-14s
and Beretta side arms.

What happens when
the first shot is fired?

Sally, get me hooked
up to operations.

Yes, ma'am.

Embassy Marines
aren't lawn jockeys.

They're not decorative.

They're trained in restraint

and they're trained well.

SALLY: Operations,
ma'am. Thank you.

Nancy, if they take the embassy,
how are we going to know?

Are they going to
send some kind of note?

Sidney, I need com-con
status. This is a few minutes old.

Yes, ma'am.

There's no note, Leo.
They're taking the embassy.

Fitz, this is Nancy.

I think we should mobilize
the 8-80th Hostage Task Force

out of Parris Island.

The USS Enterprise,

as well as amphibious
carriers out of Mayport, Florida,

are being dispatched
to the region

and are expected to
be there in 36 hours,

and aircraft will be
in a combat radius

of 300 to 400 miles
within 12 hours,

and you'll get
more details on that

when the Pentagon
briefs at 3:00.

REPORTERS: C.J... Katie?

Should we be reading
anything into the fact

that the Pentagon's
briefing and not State?

State'll brief later in the day.

Is one option recognizing
the Bazan government?

There is no Bazan government.

Yeah, but is one
option being...?

You're not taking
me there, Mark.

C.J., is the U.S.
prepared to invade Haiti?

It should be clear

that we're talking about
two separate issues:

One is a democratically
elected president whose people

are being denied their
leader by an armed militia;

the other is the lives of the
Americans in the embassy

and the American Marines
who are guarding them.

You didn't answer my question.

How about that.

I'll be back in a few hours.

REPORTERS: C.J., C.J., C.J...

Is he here?

He's in the Mural Room.

I look all right?

You look pretty tired.

That's what you're saying to me?

You're sure there's nothing I
can get for you, Mr. Hacket?

No, Bonnie, thanks. I'm fine.

Paul.

Good afternoon, Claudia.

Bonnie, thank you.

Would you stand
outside the door, please

and knock if anybody
wants to come in?

Sure.

( door closes)

She took me in
through the basement.

Yeah.

I've been in this
building 200 or 300 times.

Never came in
through the basement.

What do you got in front?

The White House Press Corps.

Yeah?

I need 30 minutes,
night after tomorrow.

C.J., what the hell

are you guys planning for Haiti?

It's not Haiti.

What is it?

I'm not going to tell you.

What am I supposed
to tell my news director?

Tell him it's your network.

It's not my network.

It belongs to a company
that belongs to stockholders.

So what am I supposed
to tell my news director?

That we need 30
minutes Wednesday night.

On Wednesday
morning, I'll tell you why.

You pick the interviewer.

They'll have ten
hours to prepare.

Just the President?

The President and First Lady.

On our set?

In this room.

So, we just get the interviewer
and the network logo?

No network logo.

C.J... Paul, I've got to get
two other networks and CNN

to pick this up live.

Bad enough it's going to
be your guy and not theirs

but they'll run an
old Petticoat Junction

before they put your
network brand on their air.

C.J...

Yeah?

Between friends...

Yeah?

Is the water over your head?

No. The water's
exactly at my head.

I'll talk to Jeremy.

Paul, we'll start to leak
Wednesday morning

to soften up the ground a little

but anything leaks before then

and I'll take my business
across the street.

Yeah.

JOSH: Well, I was surprised
when Andy gave me the nose count

because I wasn't aware of
any ties to tobacco you have.

We don't.

Yeah.

I don't. Do you?

No. No, we grow no
tobacco in my state,

and I'd have to check,

but I don't think I've
taken contributions.

However, we are both
former U.S. Attorneys,

and it's the suit itself

we find troubling.

The suit alleges that

the tobacco companies
have been engaged

in a broad conspiracy
of lies since the 1950s.

Yes.

How exactly are the
Justice Department litigators

going to demonstrate that?

Well, I-I'm not a litigator

and I don't work at
the Justice Department

and there's a reason why
both those things are true,

but I wouldn't think
it'd be that hard to prove

that the tobacco
companies have lied

since we already know they did.

ROSSITTER: Every
Surgeon General since 1964

has warned the
public about smoking,

and since 1966,

through Congressional mandate,

a pack of cigarettes has
had to carry a warning label.

Turning around now and
saying we've been had

is frankly ridiculous.

Are you saying that the
people who start smoking

and get addicted to
nicotine are too stupid to live?

No. I'm saying
they're too stupid

to be protected by the courts.

Too stupid to be...?!

Every day the Justice
Department uncovers evidence

that cigarette companies knew
far better than the rest of us

that smoking causes
death and disease

to say nothing of the CEOs

being the last seven
people on earth

to discover that
nicotine was addictive.

Josh, your administration
wants to prosecute a suit

they know is hopeless

so they can score points at
the expense of an industry

that funds your opponents.

It's politically
correct extortion

and that's why it's unlikely
the appropriations bill

will make it out of
the subcommittee.

It's almost 3:00.

By 7:00, 3,000 new people
will have taken up smoking.

2,800 of them will be under 18.

Thanks.

Good afternoon, ma'am.

Sagittarius.

Good afternoon, Mrs. Bartlet.

What do we use this
place for when we're not...

using it for this?

I think... I know
we used it to plan

some of the millennium things.

It didn't used to
be the photo office?

I don't know, ma'am.
I could check it out.

Would you like to sit down?

Yeah.

What we're talking about

is 30 minutes
with an interviewer.

The questions will be entirely
about the medical history.

There'll be no
questions about the law.

C.J. got them to agree to that?

She will Wednesday morning

when she tells
them what it's about.

Why will they agree?

'Cause if they don't,
they lose the story.

It's all right with me.

So, I'd like to go
through the story,

get a sense of what
you're going to say

run it by Oliver
Babish, and spend

the next couple of days
going over it with you.

That sounds fine,
Sam, but you know

I'm kind of seeing
someone right now.

Yeah. It's not
serious, but it could be.

You know what I'm saying?

Ma'am...

Ten years ago, he
began experiencing fatigue

and signs of paraparesis of
the anterior femoral muscles.

In laymen's terms?

He had a tingling
pain in his thigh.

And those symptoms subsided.

Yes.

And two years later?

My husband
experienced neuropathy

and presented
symptoms of optic neuritis

with partial unilateral
nerve paresis.

Mrs. Bartlet...

Dr. Bartlet.

Yes, ma'am.

The language

you use...

Why aren't the President
and I doing this together?

I'm sorry?

Somebody's doing
this with the President,

and I was asking why we're
not doing it at the same time.

Is it so you can
compare our stories?

Yes.

The language you use...

Two years later, he felt
numbing and dizziness.

Look... Section 2635

of the guidelines laid
out in Ethical Conduct

for Employees of
the Executive Branch

Final Regulations,
Issued by the U.S. Office

of Government Ethics...

Mrs. Landingham... Section 2635

wherein White House
employees are specifically enjoined

from receiving or soliciting
gifts over $20 in value.

They want to give me a
$19 discount on my car,

I'll take it.

CHARLIE: He's waiting for you.

Thank you.

PRESIDENT: What happened?

We shot three Haitian
soldiers on the runway.

They boarded the plane?

Ground traffic control
stopped the plane.

When the soldiers boarded it

they were told they'd
illegally boarded

a U.S. Air Force C-9.

They were told to
drop their weapons.

They were told again.

Two staff sergeants
in the bulkhead

had a clear shot and took them.

They dumped the
bodies on the tarmac

and made an emergency takeoff.

Leo... Sir...

That wasn't supposed to happen.

Look, if...

I evacuated the nonessentials

specifically so that
wouldn't happen.

And we came two minutes... I
gave the order six hours ago.

They had to... Six hours
ago I gave the order!

What the hell were they
still doing on a runway?!

They had to be collected, sir.

They weren't all in one place.

We shot three men...

That's what you do.

We what?

A foreign hostile puts his foot

on an American military plane

that's an attack, and
rules of engagement

give us every right to repel.

And I'm sure these guys had
their handbooks with them!

These guys were there to
keep the plane on the ground.

The plane is up in the air?

Yes, sir.

What's happening on the ground?

We're communicating through
diplomatic back channels.

Who are we using?

The Canadian Ambassador,

Dominican intelligence.

And what does Bazan want?

Dessaline.

On what charge?

That as Treasury Minister,

he embezzled $18 million
earmarked for humanitarian aid.

I'm sold.

Margaret, get me
the Secretary of State.

You're right, you know.

I should be bringing them in

on reelection.

I should be talking to them.

Yeah.

I don't want to make the
same mistakes over again.

Yeah, not when there are so
many new mistakes we can make.

Yeah.

Let's start tonight.

Around 9:00, we'll
meet in the residence.

Scott,

I'm with the President.

We're going to need
to invoke 1070 at OAS.

Good evening, Mr. President.

Bob Cratchit.

Oh, sir, surely you have better
things to do than annoy me.

Never. You bought
a new car? Yes, sir.

And you paid sticker price?

Section 2635...

You need to look
at the next page...

Subsection "B," Paragraph
4, Mammy Yokum.

You know, I could beat you up

anytime I want, sir.

Secret Service
would have you down

like a calf at a rodeo.

"The definition of 'gift'

"excludes opportunities
and benefits

"including favorable rates
and commercial discounts

available to the
public at large."

I did look at the next page.

And?

I work next door to
the Oval Office, sir.

Caesar's wife must
be above reproach.

Is the reason you didn't tell me
you were getting a new car...?

Did you think I was going to
think it was an extravagance?

You don't think I think
you should have a new car?

Delores, have you
ever had a new car?

No.

No, Henry would go to
Calvin Hilly in Concord

and Calvin would
give him a good deal

on something reliable.

How about you let me find out
what you were supposed to pay

and write you a check
for the difference?

Oh, no.

Thank you, but I'm
buying this car myself.

This car is going to feel good.

Is it a nice one?

It's a beauty.

It's blue

it has air conditioning...

I told them I could just
roll down the windows

but it comes with it anyway...

Consumer Reports
rates it very high

it's very safe

and when you get
inside, there's this...

Smell?

How did you know?

It's the smell of freedom...

and the chemicals they
treat the dashboard with.

When are you picking it up?

Right now. Do me
a favor, would you?

Come back here
after you pick it up.

I'd like to talk to you
about something.

Yes, sir.

And put the car in the driveway.

I'd like to kick the tires.

Why?

It's an expression, Fannie Mae.

Go get your car.

What happens is basically
that small stones in the inner ear

which respond to
gravity become dislodged

and that'll cause
benign positional vertigo.

You all right?

Yes, ma'am.

Sure you don't want
some acetylsalicylic acid?

Aspirin, my brother.

What a dumb major you had.

Good evening.

Oh, Oliver.

Do you know what peripheral

neuropathy indicates?

No, but I don't
really care that much.

Sam, would you
mind for a minute?

No.

B-12 deficiency.

Thank you. Sure.

( sighing)

Mrs. Bartlet, I want
to talk to you about...

Dr. Bartlet.

When did I stop
being Dr. Bartlet?

When in the
campaign did I decide

that women were
going to like me more

if I called myself "Missus"?

When did I decide that
women were that stupid?

Ma'am, I want you to
get your own lawyer.

I have my own lawyer.
Pat's a family lawyer.

I want you to get someone for
this. I'll give you eight names.

You, Pat and the President whittle
it down to three. I'll pick the one.

Can we do this after the
broadcast Wednesday night?

No, I want you to do it right
away because I don't think

you should do the
broadcast Wednesday night.

Why? Because I don't think you
should answer questions without a lawyer.

Sam said they're not going
to get into issues of legality.

I don't know how
they're going to avoid it.

Oliver... Herman Vikram was
the original specialist, right?

Yeah.

It was Vikram who put
him on prednisone. Yeah.

Then almost four years ago

you put him on
Interferon Beta 1-b.

Yeah.

Betaseron. Yeah.

You did it, not Vikram.

It was in consultation
with Vikram.

But Vikram didn't
write the prescription.

I thought under
the circumstances

it would be wrong to involve

another doctor.

So you wrote these
prescriptions to yourself

and then had them filled where?

At the Dunwich
Women's Health Clinic.

And then had them
shipped to various locations?

It was the campaign.

One location was

Phoenix? Probably.

Another was St. Louis. Yeah.

You violated the
medical ethics rules

of three State Boards...
New Hampshire

Arizona, and Missouri.

"The Board may
take disciplinary action

"against any person
who is engaged

in dishonest or
unprofessional conduct."

They were extraordinary
circumstances, Oliver.

I gave my husband
excellent medical care

and I'll line up
tenured professors

who will say so.

Did you keep medical records?

No.

"or any person who
has failed to maintain

"adequate medical
records or documentation

on diagnostic and
therapeutic treatment."

The AMA's code of
ethics pretty well spells out

the egregiousness of treating
your own family members.

We do it anyway.

We write prescriptions
for migraines, antibiotics...

Can I ask you, as the
President's physician,

have you ever asked him

if he's ever had any
extramarital affairs?

No.

Isn't that a crucial question

in the diagnosing of
autoimmune diseases?

I'd like to be next to my
husband when he does this.

I'd like you to get
your own lawyer.

Is there anything else?

No.

Thank you, Dr. Bartlet.

You need this?

I didn't even see you there.

I haven't seen you all day.

I've been with...

( clearing throat)

you know, tobacco.

You need this?

Yeah.

Josh, the President wants
you at a meeting tonight

in the residence around 9:00.

I'll tell you what that is.

That's the Blue Ribbon
Commission on Reform.

Let me tell you, I'm going
to be collecting benefits

or, you know, not

by the time we get this
Blue Ribbon thing up.

Josh.

Yeah?

Um...

I'm trying to...

See, this is why I'll
never have a career as a...

Donna, what? Sagittarius.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

There's an empty office

next to the conference
room downstairs.

I moved two couches in

and there's some
pillows and blankets.

C.J. putting the lid on?

Right now.

And Leo's ready for you now.

The OAS has agreed to meet

in an emergency
session tomorrow morning

but we're still waiting
for confirmation.

Can you tell us exactly what
you're going to say to them?

Yes, but first we're
going to say it to them.

C.J., one more question
on the Haitian casualties.

Sorry, Mark, we're out
of time, but we'll pick it up

with our lightning
round tomorrow.

I'm calling a full lid.

Any developments
throughout the night

and you'll be paged.

Thanks for your
patience, everybody.

Thank you, C.J. Thank you, C.J.

Leo's ready for you.

Thanks.

Leo.

This is insane,
plain and simple.

What's insane?

Oh, never mind. What isn't?

You don't think it's crazy?

I don't even know
what we're talking about.

We're firming up strategy

on what will define the
future of this presidency

and we don't know
if this President

is interested in the future.

We have to have a discussion

and we have to have it tonight.

We're having a discussion.

When? Tonight.

Okay, then.

Good evening.

Good evening, Josh.

Leo, would you

excuse us for a second?

Toby, can I talk to you outside?

You told Donna.

Yeah.

Why didn't you let me?

You hadn't yet.

How'd she take it?

If everybody out there
takes it the way she did,

we may be okay.

If a few more people in
here took it the way she did,

that'd be all right, too.

Was that for me?

That was for me.

Tobacco.

Kalmbach's not going to let it

come to a vote in
the subcommittee,

which for the moment is fine,

'cause if he did,
it'd be 8-7 against.

Party lines?

No.

We have Stacy and Miner,

but Warren and Rossitter
are voting against.

They have ideological

problems with the case.

What do you want to do now?

Stick some dynamite up
Warren and Rossitter's ass.

Yeah, the problem is, Rossitter
sits on the Judiciary Committee

and I don't know how
many enemies on Judiciary

we want to make right now.

LEO: Both of you listen.

We're not going to stop,

soften, detour, postpone,
circumvent, obfuscate or trade

a single one of our goals

to allow for whatever
extracurricular nonsense

is coming our way in the next
few days, weeks and months.

When did we decide this?

Just now.

Light 'em up.

You got a recommendation for me?

30 minutes
Wednesday night. Live.

Live to tape? Live.

In the Mural Room?
Yeah. They pick

the interviewer, it's carried
on all the networks and CNN.

I give it to them
ten hours before.

And that's followed
by a press conference.

There isn't another
step we can take

until we know what the
President's intentions are.

We need a discussion,
and I hate to sound shrill,

but it can't wait another night.

We're having a discussion.

When? Tonight.

Really? Yeah.

C.J.: That's great.

Good evening.

Sam, what do you know?

I know that fluid accumulating

in the semicircular canals of
the vestibulo-cochlear nerve

is usually what'll
account for dizziness.

Leo, I want to state

right here, right now, in terms so plain
and clear as to command their assent...

We're having a meeting tonight.

The whole country is going
to assume he's not running

when he announces the
thing. We're having a meeting.

The press is going to assume...
We're having a meeting!

Really? Yeah.

That's great.

Yeah.

Why doesn't everybody

grab something to eat

be back at 9:00,
and you'll get called

to come over to the residence.

Josh, walk out with me.

I mean it... set one
off under these guys.

How about I have C.J.

make a statement
at her briefing?

A strong statement.

"The President calls on Congress

"to fund the Justice
Department's tobacco lawsuit

at the levels necessary
to continue this litigation."

"The American people
deserve their day in court."

"And this Administration
won't sit on the bench

"while well-fed members of
the Appropriations Committee

"choke off funding for a lawsuit

"aimed at the perpetrators of hundreds
of thousands of negligent homicides

while filling their
campaign war chests."

Light 'em up.

Charlie?

Leo, there was an accident
at 18th and Potomac.

Mrs. Landingham was
driving her car back here.

What happened?

There was a drunk driver

and they ran the light
at 18th and Potomac.

They ran it at a high speed.

Charlie, is she all right?

No.

She's dead.

Is he alone?

Yeah.

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