All language subtitles for The West Wing (1999) - S05E15 - Full Disclosure (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

Previously on The West Wing:

Mr. Vice President,

have you been having
an affair with Helen Baldwin?

Yes.

Didn't know you lived
with that guy named Ben.

There's a lot
you don't know about me.

Are you in a position
to deny it?

Do you think she
may have been

coached by Republican
leadership?

If we're going to do this,

we've got
to start tonight, now,

and I need you
thinking now and not...

Yes, sir, I'm resigning
the vice presidency.

We'll be back with

White House Press Secretary
C.J. Cregg after this.

C.J.:
Wait, what was that?

You're breaking up on me.

TOBY:
Can you hear me now?

Yes, that's much better.

So what's this about
the dollar and the yen?

No, not the yen.
That's Japan.

China's currency is the yuan.

This isn't PBS, he's not
going to ask about the yuan.

But cheap goods imported
from China are what

tomorrow's labor protests
are going to be about,

so we got to start getting out
the message that Chinese...

Hang on a second.

A.P. is reporting
a Presidential commission
recommends 50% percent

increase in cigarette taxes--
what the...?

He's definitely going
to ask me about that.

Give me more.

17 cent increase...

raise 3.4 billion a year...
16 billion over 5 years...

Hang on.

Can you
stick it there?

Yeah?

Could buy out
75% of tobacco farmers.

Did you see Drudge?

Uh...

Pay them not
to grow tobacco...

Increase the price
of tobacco,

would reduce
teenage smoking...

Other
recommendations

for reducing
teenage smo...

In ten,

nine, eight...

Toby, I got to go.

No, wait!

Wait!

Hello?
Damn it.

REID:
Joining me now in
a rare venture outside

the tightly controlled
environment

of the White House
press briefing room

is the one and only queen
of the Bartlett spinners,

Miss C.J. Cregg.

C.J., welcome back
to the show.
Always a pleasure, Taylor,

but if you really think
the press briefing room

is a controlled environment,
you ought to try controlling

a hundred hungry
reporters someday.

And if I'm queen of anything,
then I want a bigger office.

Okay, C.J., tell us about

the President's
secret plan to raise taxes.
Love to,

but it's so secret he hasn't
even told me about it.

I'm talking about a secret
presidential commission

that wants a whopping
50% increase...

First of all, Taylor,
it's not a secret commission.

Their report was just released
and it's on the AP wire.

That's how you
found out about it

and how I
found out about it

and I promise you
the President

hasn't even
heard of it yet.

The commission's
going to ask

the President to raise taxes.

Yes, among their many
recommendations

to reduce teenage smoking,

they suggest a 17 cent increase
in the price...

That's 50%, C.J.
That's what I said.

Yes, Taylor, 17 pennies
does equal 50%
in this little math problem...

Well, that's not going to stop

teenagers from smoking
cigarettes.

Raising the price should
reduce the demand a bit,

but more importantly,

it will raise
$3.4 billion a year.

That's $16 billion
over five years,

and that would be
enough to buy out

75% of the American
tobacco farmers.

You mean pay them
not to grow tobacco.

If we reduce...

Has this president
ever met

a government handout
he didn't like?

How many does he want
to pay to do nothing?

Does he not realize
that the budget deficit
is already large enough,

and how much taxation
does he think he can stand

before we reach
our breaking point?

Has this president forgotten
that this country was founded

during a tax revolt?
C.J., what is he thinking?

Which one of those
is your favorite,

'cause if there's one
you actually...
Oh, come on, C.J.

He's never met a tax increase
he didn't like.

If you don't want
to answer the question

then we'll move on
to something else.

This is new, this is from
the Drudge Report,

Matt Drudge's Website,
and I'm reading.

"The Sunday Times Magazine
is going to run

"an in-depth profile of former
Vice President John Hoynes

"who resigned as a result
of a sex scandal.

"Hoynes cooperated
with the Times

"and submitted to
a tell-all interview

"in which he revealed
that President Bartlett

tried to talk him into
staying in office."

Is that true, C.J.?
Um, I...

Was the President
trying to orchestrate
another cover-up here, C.J.?

Look, I can't respond
to every crazy Website...

Did the President
tell Hoynes not to resign?

I haven't even read
the article...
Did he or didn't he?

I'm not privy to the
private conversations...

Come on, C.J.,
this is pretty basic.

Did the President tell
Hoynes to stick around

because he thought he
could beat the rap?

I really can't
comment on that.

That's your answer?

Your answer
is "no comment"?

All right, we got
to go to a break.

When we come back,
more with White House
Press Secretary C.J. Cregg.

That was a great segment, C.J.

Good job.

TOBY:
Is she back yet?

RENA:
Carol said any minute now.

Where are we
doing this meeting?

Well, the Roosevelt Room
is booked,

and I'm sorry, but
15 AFL-CIO union reps

aren't going to be too
comfortable in here.

Who's got
the Roosevelt Room?

Uh... the Base
Closing Commission.

We're getting a table
and some folding chairs.

Oh, folding chairs.

Hey, Toby.

Hey, Tom.

Hey, thanks for making
the time to see us.

No problem, Shelly.

Hey, everybody,
sorry I'm late.

Hey.

We're having a little
bit of a problem

finding a room big
enough for us to meet,

so why don't I work on
that for just one minute.

I'll be, um,
I'll be right back.

Um, so, can I, uh,
get you anything?

Water or coffee?

Hey, how you doing?

You saw the show,
how do you think I'm doing?

You got
blind-sided.
I looked like an amateur.

Carol, I need an advance
copy of the Sunday
Times Magazine, now.

I tried already.
They don't come out
till Thursday.

Leo and the President want
copies as soon as we get it.

Who does Drudge say

wrote the Hoynes article
for the Times?

Greg Brock.
The guy they just pulled
in from the Paris bureau?

Great, he doesn't
owe me a thing.

Want me to get him
on the phone?

Yeah.

Oh, and I've got Ben
holding on line one.

I cannot talk
to Ben right now.

Drudge leaked maybe 50 words out
of what's got to be

a 5,000 word article and
we're already on the ropes.

I've got Greg Brock's
voice mail.

I'll do it.

Hi, Greg, it's C.J. Cregg.

Listen I've been, uh,
meaning to buy you lunch

since you joined
the White House press corps.

It's a little
tradition we have.

Well, one I'm trying
to start actually,

so why don't you give me
a call and we'll, um...

Oh, you know
exactly

why I'm calling.

Get back to me fast, will you?

Are you sure you want
to handle this?

Yeah.

Okay.

JOSH:
Come on, please.

Anything but the Base
Closing Commission.

The most ridiculously boring...

LEO:
I need you to sit with them
and make sure they don't...

Wait a minute, is this,
like, even legal?

It's perfectly legal.

Aren't they supposed

to be independent
or something?

Yeah, so's Congress
and we talk to them.

Look, I need you
to make sure

that the recommendations

the Commission
gives the President

on what military
bases to close

are not politically
suicidal for us.

Closing any military base
is politically suicidal.

Right, that's
why we let

the Base Closing Commission

decide which ones to close.

We're not letting
them decide.

President wants you
in the NEC meeting.

When?
Now... ish.

We're lobbying the Base
Closing Commission, Josh.

You're
lobbying them,

just like everybody
else does.

Hey, I've got
15 AFL-CIO union reps

who want to yell at me

about us sending
their jobs to China.

So?

So I need the Roosevelt Room.

Josh is in there
all day

with the Base
Closing Commission.

All day?
So move them.

We're talking two former
four star generals,

one former admiral,

and a couple of former
assistant secretaries

of DOD.

They're accustomed
to a certain style,

and we're
lobbying them,

so they get
the Roosevelt Room,

massage tables, ESPN,
whatever they want.

TOBY:
These unions are going
to be outside tomorrow

protesting against us,

but if we can at least treat
them right, then maybe...

Check with Margaret
about the Mural Room.

The Vice President
has it.
For what?

He's the Vice
President, Toby.

I don't have to justify
his using a room.

Of course not.
For what?

Meeting with a bunch
of environmental groups.

JOSH:
Environmental
groups?

That's got to be
a first for him.

Looks like he's off
and running.

WILL:
Looks like
Hoynes is, too.

LEO:
We don't know that.

No, not exactly, not yet.

But a tell-all,
come-clean interview

in the Times Magazine
is a good first step.

The Vice President's

campaign for president
is not our concern.

Look, Hoynes
is obviously trying
to rewrite history,

to make himself
morally superior
to the President.

Right, this from
an adulterer who...

WILL:
Who lied about sex.

Everyone
lies about sex, right?

That's how his people
are going to spin it.

He doesn't have
people anymore.

We don't know that.

I'm just saying

the Vice President's
office--

I-- would like to be included

in any strategic discussions
about how to respond

to Hoynes's campaign,
and it is a campaign,

to make himself out to be

the only honest guy in
an administration of liars.

Yeah, we'll be sure
to call you.

RENA:
Small macchiato.
Uh, decaf...

Here are the latest numbers

on our trade deficit
with China.

Don't need them.

You want us to stay
for the meeting.

No, this meeting is about
politics-- facts won't help.

Okay, and this is
the grande latte.

And, uh, the double
decaf cap nonfat.

Well, it turns out we're going
have to have to make do
with, uh, folding chairs.

That's okay, Toby.
Rena here explained
the whole thing.

She did?
Ad we told her it's not
important where we sit.

No, you're right. It's not.

What's important is that
you do what we want.

Uh-huh.

Or at least treat
us with respect.

How am I doing
so far?

You got two strikes on you.

JOSH:
Because reviewing
a cost-benefit analysis

for every military base
in the country

is as mind numbing
as a Radiohead concert.

DONNA:
Need this?

Uh, yeah.
And the one under it.

But...

And deciding which
military bases

we don't need anymore

is the most politically
disastrous thing

you could ever
get involved with.

But why close any bases
when we've got to train troops

to fight terrorists
around the world?

Is that everything?
DONNA:
Yeah.

Because terrorists
aren't very well trained

for deep snow fighting
like the Soviets were.

So maybe we don't need

that base in upstate
New York anymore.

And maybe we should
be expanding

our desert combat
training bases,

because, well, you know,
desert warfare's

not going out of
style anytime soon.

So it's an efficiency thing.

You're quick.

Since when is efficiency
bad politics?

Since any place that
loses a base loses jobs.

Should have seen my hometown
when the Army pulled out.

WILL:
Josh, got a minute?

Anything to keep me
out of that room.

You guys go ahead in
and get organized.

What's Hoynes up to?

Don't know.

Come on, Josh, you worked
for him in the Senate.

You know him
better than anyone.

Yeah, well, turns out
there was at least one side

of John Hoynes
that I didn't know.

Do you think
he actually believes

he can put the scandal
behind him?

JOSH:
Maybe he just
wanted to do

one big interview
and move on.

Start bringing clients
into the law firm.

Excuse me,
I got to get in there.

Base Closing Commission?
Uh, yeah.

The Vice President
would like to urge you

not to close bases
in any state

with more than one
electoral vote.

No problem.

Morning everyone.

Good morning,
Josh.

( whispering ):
Get him out of that chair.

The President would like me
to go over your list

of preliminary recommendations

so he could get an idea of what
you might have in mind.

Ready whenever
you are.

Shoot.

First on the list
is Fort Drum

in upstate New York.

It's primary mission

is deep snow
combat training.

The commission's consensus
is that deep snow

is no longer
a training priority.

Next...

TOM:
What we're saying is

this country
is China's biggest customer,

so we ought to be dictating
the terms of the deal.

TOBY:
Uh-huh.

MAN:
Like the valuation
of the yuan.

Margaret says
Leo needs you right away.

...low when
the dollar is weak.
I know.

If they let their currency
float...

Tell him I can't.
...get an export advantage
from a weak dollar.

Instead, we let them
flood this country

with cheap stuff
made by cheap labor.

And slave labor.
Right.
While they buy

nothing from us.
I wouldn't call
747s nothing.

A few airplanes are not going
to make up for all the jobs...

I did. I told
Margaret to tell Leo
you're stuck in here,

and she said he said
no, you're not.

all of its export
industries, gives them...
I'm sorry.

Please, uh, the President needs
me for something, and uh...

Toby, we're not new in town.

You expect us to fall for the
old President-needs-us thing?

No. Leo McGarry just ordered me
into his office.

And as much as I want to try
to save your jobs,

I have to try
to save mine first,

if I'm gonna be
any use to you at all.

So... I'll be back,
you know...

soon.

C.J.:
Was there any discussion

of exactly how
Hoynes could hang in there?

No, we just said
we didn't think

he had to resign
over having an affair.

That in this day and age,
he could get through
something like that.

And you'd help
him get through it?

I guess.
Guessing's not
good enough, Leo.

Did you say
you'd help him get through it?

Yeah.
Did the
President

say that?
Maybe something
like that.

I can't remember
exactly what he said.

Did you take any notes
in the meeting?

It wasn't a real meeting. It...

It was kind of
on the fly.

Did you discuss
any strategy

on how to manage
the scandal?

It never got that far.

Hoynes had his mind made up
before we said a word.

I need you to get the Mayor
in here right away.

Which mayor?

D.C., the only mayor

we can get in here right away.

I need a meeting
with the President on this.

I can pull a couple of things
off his schedule this afternoon.

The House and Senate just passed
the Emergency D.C.

Supplemental Appropriation
for Snow Removal.

And that's the
first bill signing

we're inviting
the Mayor of Washington to?

They attached
a school voucher program to it.

Oh.

We, I mean you--

someone-- has to talk
to the Mayor before we veto it.

Why? You wanna
put out a joint
statement...?

Because when everyone
in the briefing room

has that Hoynes article,
I'm gonna be getting bombarded

about what Hoynes says
you and the President said.

And I've got to be sure--
word-for-word sure--

about what all three of you said
and what you didn't say.

I can control this story, Leo.

I can get us through this,
but only if you tell me

everything I
need to know.
You got it.

I should only
talk to the press
about this once.

I don't want to have to go back
out there a second time saying,

"Oh, yeah, Hoynes was right"
about this bit and that bit

that you guys
forgot to tell me.
I understand.

We've got to get our stories
straight on this today, so...

She okay?
Well, you know,

she got blind-sided
by this Hoynes thing on LIVE TV.

And that got to her?

Yeah. It did.

BRODERICK:
Are you saying
there's nothing we can do?

TOBY:
I'm saying it's
not that simple.

Look what happened with the
steel tariffs you asked for.

We killed more jobs in
auto manufacturing than
we saved in steel production.

Well, that just means
we have to pick

our targets
more carefully.

We keep picking targets,
we're gonna end
up in a trade war.

We're already in a trade war
with China.

That's why we gotta make bras
our first line of defense.

Bras?

Chinese bras are killing us.

They are?

They're flooding Wal-Mart
with cheap bras.

Domestic producers
can't compete.

China has tripled
its market share in two years.

I assume we're all okay
with French bras, right?

'Cause I, for one,
greatly prefer them,
and I wouldn't want...

This isn't funny.

Of course not.

Look, I'm with you on this one.

I just wish the President
could do something

( laughs ):
about cheap bras.

He can.
He can activate
the textile

and apparel import safeguards we
got you guys to put in the deal

admitting China to the WTO,
starting with bras.

Apparel import safeguards?
I didn't know about that.

Everybody's gonna know
about it tomorrow,

when we start burning bras

in front of
the White House.

I'll be right back.

ED:
Do you have
long-run projections

for the economies
of scale you think
are achievable

through the net
consolidations of
troops and materiel,

if all of your
recommendations
were implemented?

GENERAL STANLEY
On page... 1,237...

13B shows
the aggregate numbers.

13 C...

I need to borrow
Ed and Larry for
a thing about bras.

You sure they're
the guys for that?

Chinese bras.

Oh, well, they're the experts.

So, is Hoynes crazy
enough to run?

You want the short answer?

Yes.

If this article
is his first step

on the road to political
rehab, what does he do next?

Start putting
a staff together.

( sighing ):
I better make some calls.

Yeah.

GENERAL STANLEY:
That's why we want
to consolidate

these five Air Force
bases into three...

Excuse me.

I'm sorry. Ed, Larry?

Toby needs to talk to you
about, uh, China.

Now.

I need you two
to take over.

You sure?

Just ask "How much
will that save?"
every few minutes.

And don't you
say a word.

Uh...

please continue,
uh, General Stanley.

Donna and Ryan here
will sit in for me.

( clears throat )

As I was saying,
if we consolidate

the five Air Force
bases into three,

we could upgrade all three

of the aircraft
maintenance facilities

to handle major overhauls.

How much does that save?

Using CBO's baseline
or the DOD projections?

Both.

Well...

CAROL:
Russert's on line three.
Time, Newsweek

and, well, everyone's called
about the Hoynes thing.

Has Greg Brock
called me back yet?

No. And Ben called,
said he has tickets

to the Kennedy Center
this weekend and...

Tell Russert I
can't do Meet The
Press next week.

Hi, Greg, it's C.J. again.

Hey, did I mention
how useful it is

for a reporter to have
the White House Press Secretary

owe you one?

A big one?

So, call me or tell me

what dark parking
garage to meet you in,

and I'll be right there.

Call me.

Now.

Greg Brock is here.

You have a favorite

parking garage for
this sort of thing?

Come on in, Greg.
Nice to formally meet you.

Of course, I've seen you
out there in the briefings.

Well, I feel
like I know you already.

Really?
There's nothing
to do in Paris,

so I just sat there
glued to your briefings
on C-SPAN every day.

C-SPAN's what's happening
in Paris these days.

Can I get you anything?
Carol, do we have anything?

Uh, water.

Yeah, thanks.

It's D.C. water.

I'm good.

Every word I'm going to
say is off the record,

so you're not
going to need that.

Okay.

I assume Drudge's
quotes from your
piece are accurate.

Yeah. I don't know
how he does it.

I'm going to need
an advance copy of your piece.

So much for
beating around the bush, huh?

You can get advance copies

of the Sunday
Times Magazine Thursday.

Everyone can get
it on Thursday.
Right.

I wouldn't be talking
to you if I needed
it on Thursday.

I need it before
anyone else has it.

I already got hit
with questions about it.

I need it now.

Sorry. I never give subjects
of an article sneak peeks.

But I'm not a subject
of the piece.

Am I?

JOSH:
Sure.

Well, if you hear anything

about Hoynes making any moves on
staff, just let me know.

Okay. Thanks.

You left the kid
alone with the brass?

Just for a minute.

He actually seems
to have a feel for that stuff.

He's faking it.

If you learn one
thing in prep school,

it's how to pretend
like you always know
what's going on.

Rena says Toby's stuck in some
Chinese bra thing and can't...

Okay, do the Chinese
even need bras?

I mean, you know...

No, I don't know.

Some of us are trying
to govern here, Josh.

Toby asked
if you could cover

a meeting with the Mayor.
I said yes, assuming you're

trying to stay out
of the Base Closing meeting.

Good call.

Great.
Mayor's on his way.

Hey, Donna?

Which mayor?

I'm not gonna
play that game--

who's in the piece,
who's not,

what's in the piece,
what's not.

I wouldn't
be asking you this

if Drudge didn't
already have it,

if he wasn't
quoting it online.

Drudge has better sources
than you do,

like maybe Hoynes's publisher.

Publisher?

Hoynes is writing a book?

Just got
a $5 million advance.

Must be saving
some good stuff for it.

Wish I could
help you out, C.J.

( rattling )

But that's just my policy:
no sneak peeks.

By the way,

you think there's any chance

I could get
an exclusive with the President

on his reaction to what Hoynes
has to say in my article?

Yeah. There's a chance.

But I can't promise it.

Can you promise me
that he won't give

anybody else
an exclusive on this?

Yes.
Can you promise me

that if he issues
a written statement

about it, I'll get a copy of it

before
anyone else?
Yes.

You sure you can't promise me
an exclusive?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Well... I really enjoyed
finally meeting you.

Print copies of this for Toby,
Josh, Leo and the President.

The Hoynes article?

How bad is it?

So, it's true? We could use
the apparel, uh...

The apparel import
safeguard.

We could use that
to protect American bras?

Yes, but we can't
do anything until

you guys file
a safeguard petition.

Done.

But...

There's another but?

Our trade representative
is in Beijing right now

working on a deal for exporting
American-made cars to China.

And using
the apparel import safeguard

against bras could kill
a deal on cars?

Exactly.
( whispers ):
The Hoynes article.

BRODERICK:
Better talk to
the Auto Workers on this.

You know what
they're gonna say.

That's not gonna make
this any easier.

Why don't we
take a break,

and you guys can talk
amongst yourselves

about which is more
important to you--

cars or bras?

JOSH:
We really appreciate

your coming in,
Mr. Mayor.

Ah, nice to finally see
the inside of the place.

Could you... excuse me
for one second?

Uh, sure...

RYAN:
But if the port

is too shallow
for most of the Navy's ships,

then why wouldn't
you recommend
closing that base?

Whose district?

Chris Finn's.

Because the Base
Closing Commission,

while independent,
is not insane.

They're not going to recommend
closing a base

in a congressional district
represented by the Chairman

of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Armed Services.

( sighs ):
Sorry about this.

I'm gonna be tied
up a little longer.

Don't let Ryan
slow you down.

GENERAL STANLEY:
We also recommend no changes

for Point Mugu
Naval Air Station

and the Marine
Air Station...

This can't be
your first time here.

It is during this
administration.

Oh.

( half-whispers ):
The Hoynes article.

So the President
wants to issue

a joint statement
with you

opposing
the voucher rider

on the snow removal
appropriation.

But I want the money.

Oh, we'll get it
for you eventually,

we'll have to go through
at least one round

of the President
vetoing it

in order to get them
to send us a clean bill

with no vouchers
attached.

I want the voucher
money, too.

Huh?

I'd like the President
to sign the bill

with the vouchers.

Mr. Mayor, he's vetoed

every school vouchers bill
they've sent him.

I know, but this is
just a pilot program,

a little
voucher experiment,

help pay for maybe
a couple hundred kids

to go to private school,

out of 68,000 in the D.C.
public school system.

We're against vouchers, period.

And by "we," I mean
the entire Democratic Party.

You're still
a Democrat, right?

( chuckling )

This bill got
four Democratic votes

in the Senate and
42 in the House.

Look, it wasn't my idea
to put Congress

in control
of the D.C. budget.

Then help us
fight them on this.

Why don't you help me get
some kids a better education?

RYAN:
But if we bring him in

to talk about it,
then there's...

STANLEY:
Congressman Finn would
not only prevent us

from closing the base
in his district,

he would make it
his life's mission

to derail
the entire process.

The next base on our list
is 29 Palms Marine Base

which is our best training
facility

for desert
warfare,

and obviously we
need to expand

our training capacity
there, building facilities...

Hi, could you get me

Congressman
Christopher Finn, please?

Ryan Pierce.

I'm with the, uh,
Base Closing Commission.

Can you believe this guy?

Yeah, I can.

This is the Hoynes
I know--

self-centered,
self-important...

They ready for me?

Uh, I think they're
still reading,

but you can go in.

C.J.
Yeah?

Don't go on TV with
Taylor Reid again

unless you're going to tell him
what an idiotic,

shallow, uninformed
and lying punk he is.

I think he knows that.

I never said he could
"beat the rap."

I didn't say
any of this.

TOBY:
We're going to have to get

the Mayor on the president's
schedule today.

Which mayor?

D.C.

It's about time.

Huh?

No problem.

I don't remember
the exact words I used.

Weather.

I think you said we
could "weather this."

C.J.:
How is that different
from "beat the rap"?

It's completely
different.

It's not
different enough

for me to go out there
and fight about it.

Did you tell him
he shouldn't have used

White House phones?
No.

I said, "Didn't you
know the White House

keeps records
of phone calls?"

Oh, great, that's
completely different.

Did you tell him we could
say this was a right wing

conspiracy
against the White House?

Absolutely not.

Did you tell him he could
deny the whole thing?

I asked him if he was
"in a position to deny it."

Okay, um, couple more things.

He says you pressed
him for details

and he said, "It's none
of your business"?
Yes.

Leo, did you say the woman
was a "cheap whore,"

and did you suggest she
had other "customers"?

No, I said she was
a cheap person

because she sold
her story.

What kind of person
does something like that?

And, Mr. President,
did you say

"We've got to start attacking
her tonight, right now"?
No.

Anything like that?
I think I said
something like,

if we were going to
get him through this,

we're going to have
to start right now.

LEO:
And I said since
she sold her story,

she's not going to have
a lot of credibility.

Anything else about the woman?

Nothing.

You sure?
Yeah.

I'm done.

You think he's
getting ready to run?

JOSH:
Made some calls.

He hasn't made any
moves on staff yet.

Got some calls out
to the usual suspects

in Iowa and New Hampshire,

I'm waiting
to hear...

He's writing a book.

A book?
Greg Brock told me.

Big advance.

LEO:
Then he's
definitely running.

JOSH:
He's going
to make the book

the final word
on the scandal,

hold his wife's
hand on Oprah

and catch the next
flight to Iowa.

And rewrite history
with the book.

PRESIDENT:
His own version

of every conversation
we've ever had with him.

We got to take
a shot at Hoynes.

We got
to let him know

we have ways
of fighting back.

What ways?
We need a list.

Of what?

A list of all of his

private on-the-job screw-ups.

Every time Hoynes

gave the President
bad advice,

every mistake
he ever made,

big and small.

LEO:
That mess he made

with Mexico on immigration.

JOSH:
The way he tipped our
hand on the Energy bill.

TOBY:
And lost
the entire

New York delegation

on the Transportation bill.

WILL:
We start leaking it
to the press bit by bit.

No. Give it to me.
I'll fire a warning shot.

You can't do that
in the briefing room.

It'll make it
too big a story.

We'll all look bad.

I won't do it in the briefing.

You'll have
the list in an hour.

You mean the ones Hoynes
almost screwed up?

Right.

The next section
are the bills

he really did screw up,

and the last 12 pages
have all the diplomatic stuff.

He managed to offend

seven South American heads
of state in a five-day trip.

Got the China statement?

We're going to make
a move on bras.

You sure you don't want
to insert a joke here?

So we want to scare
them on bras

to get us a better
deal on cars.

Exactly, so go tough on
bras, but not too tough.

And promise me something.
What?

You'll never let them make
a list of my screw-ups.

They wouldn't
have enough paper.

MAYOR:
The President can sign
the bill

and say he still
opposes vouchers.

He signs bills with
little things in them

that he opposes
all the time.

We open the door
an inch on vouchers,

we'd have an open
revolt by most

of the Democrats
on the Hill.

Uh, I'm sorry...
Mr. Mayor.

Can you excuse me
again for a second?

Sure. I'll wait.

50% of the jobs
in my district

are dependent
on that base-- 50%.

Congressman Finn...

It's been there
since World War II.

The town grew up
around the base.

There is no town
without the base.

JOSH:
Congressman, I want you
to know you have

the President's
complete support on this.

FINN:
See?

President gets it.

You can't close
this base.

Thanks, Josh.

Josh,
we didn't...

RYAN:
Uh, I just

thought we should
bring...

Can I see you outside
for a second?

Okay, that's it.
You're fired.

That's good. Okay.

Um... wave your
finger in my face.

Look like you're
going to hit me.

Are you out of your mind?

That's good.
That's great.

Uh, show
Congressman Finn

you're ready to kill
to save his base.

Come on, he's going
to love you for this.

He'll back you up on
everything you want

the Commissioners
to do.

And believe me,
they're a lot more

afraid of him than
they are of you.

Just give me your
West Wing pass.

Oh, that's good.

That's good.

Does Finn look like
he's buying this?

I told you not to open
your mouth in that room.

Finn's
going to be

grateful to you for
the rest of his life

for saving his base.

You're going
to get credit

for what the Commission
was going to do anyway.

You planned this?

Do you want me to look
like I'm crying?

I can do that.

I can look like
I'm crying.

( breaths deeply )

Stop.

The President is considering

a petition to impose
an import safeguard

on Chinese made apparel,
beginning with bras.

He ready for us?

Uh, a couple
of minutes.

The President
also intends to continue

to press the Chinese
to open their markets

to American made cars.

China is now the world's fastest
growing market

for cars and trucks.

Mr. Mayor, hi,
I'm Charlie Young.

Hey, Charlie,
good to meet you.

How you doing?

I'm doing great,
just great.

I wanted to introduce myself
because, well, I'm a big fan.

Well, thank you.

I voted for you
both times.

I hope you
vote for me next time.

Every time.

No, the President
has no intention

of starting
a worldwide bra war.

( chuckling )

I really don't think
the President

would ever want to start a war

that the French
might actually win.

( laughing )

C.J., can you confirm
or deny the statements

former Vice President
Hoynes has attributed

to President Bartlet
and Leo McGarry?

Mark, the President...
Specifically,
did they tell him

he could beat the rap
and they would help him do it?

C.J.:
Okay, everyone,
get this down

because I'm only going
to say this once--

The President and Mr. McGarry

feel they have not
been accurately quoted...

( shouting )

Hold on, Mark.

They refuse to comment
on any part

of the conversation they
had with the Vice President

just prior
to his resignation.

They believed they were
providing advice and support

to a friend who came to them

with a very serious
personal problem

that was going to affect
his work and his family.

They believed that conversation
was private,

and as far as they're concerned,
it still is.

( shouting )

I'm sorry,
Mr. President,

but we can argue
this all night

and I'm not going
to change my mind.

PRESIDENT:
Again.

I'm not
the only one.

My school board president
changed her mind, too.

JOSH:
Janny...

Scott.

She's in favor
of vouchers now?

She used to rail
against them.

After six years
of us promising

to make schools
better next year,

we're ready to give
vouchers a try.

We're ready to give
anything a try.

You start handing out tuition
vouchers for private schools,

you're sending the message
that it's time

to give up on public schools.

With all due respect,
Mr. President,

no one gets to talk to me

about giving up
on public schools.

I assume I'm the only
one in this room

who actually went
to public school.

And you couldn't be a better
advertisement for them.

Kids weren't bringing
guns to school in my day.

Republicans want
to spend more

on D.C. education,

they should spend it
on public schools.

We spend over
$13,000

per student,
that's more than

anywhere else
in the country,

and we don't have
a lot to show for it.

But if we start
diverting money

away from public schools,

that's
the beginning

of the end of
public education.

This is extra money
the Republicans will give me

only for school vouchers,
nothing else.

They're just using you
to try and divide the Party.

I'm the only mayor in America

whose budget is controlled
by Congress and the President.

And you guys never miss a chance
to play political games

with the city I'm trying to run.

Your Honor,
I'm not trying
to tell you

how to run your city.

Yes, you are,
Mr. President.

Congress is, too.
And I resent it.

But this time, they
want to give me money

for something that might
actually help some students.

I'm sorry.

I don't know how to refuse that.

This is a pilot program?

Enough money
for a couple hundred students.

I have a few thousand names

on a waiting list
for vouchers already.

Go into any one
of my schools,
ask kids who want

to go to college
what they think of vouchers.

They'll ask you
where they can sign up.

Could you ask Charlie
to come in, please?

Am I caught up
on phone calls?

You got everybody
but Ben.

You want to see
if I can get him?

No, thanks.

What? Did I screw up
the China thing?

No. That was great. Perfect.

You going over there now?

Yeah.

I thought maybe I
could give you a ride.

No.

Thanks, Toby,
but I'll be okay.

You sure?

Yeah.

I'll see you later.

PRESIDENT:
Charlie, would you
sit down, please?

Would you tell us where
you went to high school?

Roosevelt.

A public school.

Yes, sir.

Where'd you want to
go to school, Charlie?

Gonzaga.

A parochial school,

near Union Station.

Why?

There's never been
a shooting there.

They don't even have
metal detectors.

Almost everyone
goes to college.

Couldn't afford it?

Couldn't come close
to affording it.

You know what
this meeting's about?

Yes, sir.

The Mayor told me.

What do you think
about trying

an experimental voucher
program for D.C. schools?

I wish they would have had one
when I was in school.

You planning on telling me
that anytime soon?

Can't say that I was, sir.

Your Honor, I'm going to need
your help

putting out some fires
within the Party
on this one.

You got it.

Thank you, Mr. President.

WOMAN:
The Vice President
will see you now.

Hey, C.J.,
great to see you.

Mr. Vice President.

Oh, come on
with that title.

I think we're back
to John now, don't you?

How have you been?
You look great, just great.
Please, sit down.

I don't want to take up
too much of your time.

Hey, I'm the only lawyer
here who doesn't have
any clients yet,

so I got all the time
in the world. Sit, please.

You should take a
look at this list.

If you're going to continue
to try to rehabilitate yourself

by throwing mud and lies
at the President, then...

C.J., you can stop.
I get it.

You mind if I keep this?

Please do. You can give
it to whoever is ghost-
writing your book.

You can tell the President

he doesn't have to worry
about the book.

I'm not going to try
to make him look bad.

I'm just trying to get
this scandal behind me,

so I can get on with my life.

Tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?

Well...

I'm gonna call it
Full Disclosure.

What do you think?
Good title?

Am I going to be
in the book?

Yes.

Not mentioning you would be kind
of strange, don't you think?

I mean, after the President
and the Vice President,

you're the most visible person
working in the White House.

I'd prefer not to be.

C.J., you've got nothing
to worry about, I promise.

What are you gonna
do in the campaign

when the stories
start coming out?

Those stories?

No. The other women.

I haven't decided to run.
I really...

Because there have been
other women, right?

Lots of them, right?

Because the way
you came on to me...

way too smooth,
way too practiced.

C.J., that was ten years ago.
I'm sorry...

When you run
for President,

the press is going to
find some of those women.

And if you try to attack them,

if you get your opposition
research team working on them,

if you try to destroy them,

if you try to say
they are all bimbos and liars,

then I'll be standing
right there with them.

And I'll be ready
to take anything

you or your people throw
at me, anything.

So, don't make me tell
the truth about you,

because it will be
the whole truth.

( sighs )

( gently knocking )

TOBY:
You okay?

No.

Is there anything I can do?

No.

Okay.

What do I need
to catch up on?

President signed
a school vouchers bill for D.C.

You kidding?

I leave the building
for an hour, and he
switches parties?

You need a
press release?

No, it can wait.

I'll be in my office.

Toby?

Yeah?

There is no night of my life
I regret more than that one.

You don't have to explain it.

I wish I could,
but I can't explain it.

I knew he was married.

I knew it.

I always thought
women who do that...

If I could take back
one moment of my life,

it would be getting on
that elevator...

I'm sorry.

You don't have to apologize
to me.

I don't have anyone else
I can apologize to.

I'll come back to your office
in a few minutes,

and we can work on
the release.

Sure.

Ben, hi, it's C.J.

Oh...

I guess I've had better days
at the office.

Oh, you know, the usual,
and-and then some.

Yeah, I'd love to.

Let me just check
the schedule tomorrow

when Carol's here, you know,
make sure I'm clear that night.

That sounds great.

Ben...

could you do me a favor?

Would you mind
talking to me for awhile

and letting me just listen?

I don't know.
Whatever you want.

Just as long as it has
nothing to do with my job.

Uh-huh...