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[Mac] Previously on
Commander in Chief:
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I'm sorry, Mr. Templeton, but you'll
need to deplane to the rear door.
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What? He's the speaker of the house.
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This is standard protocol.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
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- Let me speak to Jim.
- Jayne.
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Whatever your gal wants.
It's not the time.
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- Mike.
- It's OK. I got some right here.
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- Mike, no, I...
- It's OK.
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- Mike, you know what?
- It's OK, it's OK.
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No, Mike. [sighs]
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I don't know. I just...
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I... [sighs] I'm sorry, I just can't.
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I'm gonna come back positive.
From the drug screening.
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Pardon me?
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When the tests come back,
I'm gonna come up...
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Vince, stop.
Now you need to get a lawyer.
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It's not for coke or meth
or anything.
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- Vince...
- It's... I'm HIV-positive.
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My God, Vince.
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I don't want you to go to New York.
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I don't want you to be
baseball commissioner.
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I want you to stay here, with me.
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I'd like that.
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What's my title?
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I haven't given it any thought.
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[Mac] The people elected me
to this position,
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and only the people
and their representatives
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can ask me to step down.
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I will never apologize for doing my job.
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If anything, I only promise
to do it better.
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The question is, can she?
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The president,
largely perceived as a lame duck,
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did get a four-point bump after that
impromptu sit-down with the press.
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But she's got no friends on the Hill.
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How will Mackenzie Allen
get her agenda passed?
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[groans] Shut it off.
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- [man] ...what is this president...?
- [TV turns off]
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How'd it go with
Senate Leadership today?
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- Not part of the four-point bump.
- Did you veto the gun control bill?
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I have reservations about the liability
shields. What do you think?
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Are you asking my opinion
on the record or off the record?
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What does that mean?
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It means you said you
were gonna offer me
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a legitimate role
in your administration,
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and instead you're asking me
to be secretary of pillow talk.
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Rod, I am way too tired for this, OK?
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I just asked what you think.
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OK, you wanna know what I think?
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Because I'm gonna be honest with you,
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which no one else
in the West Wing is gonna be.
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You have no focus.
No forward motion. No game plan.
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The guy who could help you make one,
who wants to help you make one,
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he's too busy picking out drapes
for the Vermeil Room.
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- When we talked...
- Is that what it was? Talk?
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- No, I'm just saying...
- You asked me to stay. I stayed.
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- I'm not firing Jim Gardner.
- I'm not asking for his job.
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Look, call it whatever you want.
Political director, senior advisor,
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deputy chief of "got your back"
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but make me a part
of this administration, Mac.
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Officially.
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Or this isn't gonna work,
professionally...
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...or personally.
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[water splashing]
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- Are you coming with me to school?
- Not today. Here you go.
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- Why?
- Well, I've got things to do, honey.
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Like what?
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- 'Morning.
- Yeah, good morning.
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- Get up!
- Huh?
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- Come on.
- Yeah.
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- Mommy!
- Hi, baby.
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- Did you eat breakfast yet?
- Uh-uh.
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Um, why don't you go on ahead
and get started.
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- I need to talk to Daddy first.
- OK.
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OK, look, uh, I've been thinking.
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And not just overnight.
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For weeks now, really.
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You're right.
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I... I have always looked to you,
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counted on you, needed you.
We are in this together.
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And if other people can't handle that,
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the hell with 'em.
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So...
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So yes.
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And I report directly to you.
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I will make sure that's understood.
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[Vince] I can't believe
we work in the White House.
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- Yeah. Pretty awesome.
- It never gets old.
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Are you and Josh coming over
to the house tonight?
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- Kelly! Sure.
- It's me, OK?
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Contrary to popular belief,
the walls are not bugged.
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- [Jim] Vince.
- Yes, sir.
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- Got a minute?
- Sure.
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And bring red wine tonight.
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- Something with "reserve" on the label.
- [Vince] OK.
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So how can I help you, Mr. Gardner?
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I got the results
of your drug test back.
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- You're clear.
- [sighs]
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That's a relief. Thank you.
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That said, there may be issues
with the Secret Service.
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Do they have to be told?
Being that I came back clean.
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The government has no right to ask
about my orientation or HIV status.
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- You really wanna walk this tightrope?
- I don't have much choice.
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- I don't think that's true anymore.
- It is in my world.
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Where I come from,
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it would be easier to be you than me.
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I'll have an off-the-record talk with
the Service. I'll take it from there.
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Thank you.
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We aren't going on record
so you can create a nice food fight
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between the speaker and the president.
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She seems quite good
at generating her own negatives.
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Look, we'll talk tomorrow at lunch.
Hawk 'n' Dove.
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Get The Post to buy.
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They want conflict, tension,
palace intrigue.
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Who are we to disappoint?
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Harrington's trying to come up
with opp research on the president.
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- Using the utmost discretion.
- Always. He's crazy.
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All those opposition research guys
are, but he's discreet.
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You know, she was
never really properly vetted,
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not like a real president.
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The press kept blowing her kisses
on the campaign trail.
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We're not having much luck finding
anything on her press secretary,
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other than that she was her speechwriter
before, which speaks volumes.
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- [chuckles]
- We found a little nugget on her aide.
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Vince Taylor. He's been
with her campaign from the start.
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- The airplane guy?
- Mmm. Gay guy.
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Apparently had a bad relationship
when he was 19.
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- His parents filed a restraining order.
- Oh, bloody hell.
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I think half the people here
are homosexual.
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Staff and members.
It's no big deal, Jayne.
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We got his pharmaceutical company to do
a little digging with local drugstores.
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Seems that the aide to the president
pays cash for his antiretrovirals.
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He's HIV-positive.
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Yeah. Sad.
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Very.
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Hmm.
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Hm, hm, hm, hm.
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Hm, hm, hm.
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[chattering]
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Mike.
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- So...
- So?
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Um...
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...is everything... is everything OK?
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Yeah, sure.
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You don't sound OK.
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Don't like being led on, I guess.
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I didn't. I mean...
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I mean, you said it was OK.
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Yeah, well, didn't want you
freaking out on me.
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Later, OK?
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Wait. That's it?
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Pretty much, yeah.
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Mike, I'm sorry. It's just...
I wasn't ready.
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I... Come on, we were at a party.
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Let me know if you change your mind.
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Mike?
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You're a real jerk, you know that?
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[bell ringing]
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Got a call from Governor Strama.
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The people of the Granite State
think it's time...
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[knocking]
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[both] Madam President.
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Relax, it's just the leader
of the free world.
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We were just talking about putting
some travel on your schedule.
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- Carlos, can you give us a minute?
- Oh, of course, ma'am.
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[door closes]
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- Is there a problem?
- [Mac] I don't think so.
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Jim, I'm moving Rod
into the West Wing.
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I see. In what role?
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Strategic planning.
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Would it be petty if I said
that seemed like a big part
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of the chief of staff's job?
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Jim, you have the hardest job
in Washington,
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working for a president with no allies.
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You have to, every day, build
a coalition just to get anything done.
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You're chief of staff,
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you're de facto
Independent Party head, magician.
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This is gonna help you.
It'll help all of us.
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Completely your call, ma'am.
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Thank you.
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- Good morning, everyone.
- Madam President.
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Please, be seated.
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We have lots to discuss.
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Thank you.
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We all came to the White House
two years ago
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with Teddy Bridges, myself included,
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my staff included.
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It took time for all of us to heal,
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to work through the tragedy
of his death,
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all while keeping the business
of the country running.
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We've done extraordinarily well.
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What we haven't been able to do,
to move beyond, is reacting.
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The time has come
to transition this administration
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from one of mourning to one of action.
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With that in mind, I would like
to welcome Rod Calloway to our staff.
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Effective today, Rod is in charge
of strategic planning.
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Thank you.
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All right. Let's get started. Jim.
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Got cornered by Don Hamilton
at the Corcoran last night.
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He wants the president to have
the first Ed Board meeting at The Post.
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[Kelly] The Times might be a smarter
way to go. Paper of record and all.
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The president feels
a more effective use of time
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- might be in weekly press conferences.
- Weekly?
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- Mm-hm.
- Last president to do that was Truman.
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Look, we've got to take advantage
of the uniqueness of this situation...
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Fine, but if you go out there every
week taking unfiltered questions...
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- Which I am more than capable of doing.
- My concern is we risk overexposure,
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watering down a real moment
of presidential power.
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Go out there every week, it's a waste.
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Well, with someone else, maybe.
With Mac, it's a win.
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People appreciate candor.
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Now that's what they got last week,
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and that's what they're gonna get
every week of her presidency.
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All I need now is something
to be candid about.
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- Kelly, you'll set it up?
- Yes, ma'am.
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OK, great.
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Carlos, walk me through your
assessment of re-authorizing Head Start.
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- Congratulations, sir.
- Thank you, Vince.
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- Between us, welcome back.
- Thank you.
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- Jim...
- Rod.
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[Kelly] OK, thanks. Bye.
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I just talked to the nets about
these weekly press conferences.
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No one's committing yet,
at least not live.
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- Not surprised. Lot of air time.
- They'll come around.
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Mac at the podium
will be a ratings spike.
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From your lips.
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Uh, Jim, listen, I know that this
must be kind of awkward...
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I just want to make sure that
our chain of command here is clear.
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If you worried less about your own turf
and more about what's right
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- for the president...
- I learned a long time ago,
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never cross anyone
who sleeps with the boss.
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Jim, I'm focused
on her new agenda here.
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You have a White House to run.
Run it. We'll get along just fine.
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You know where my office is.
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And get me a copy
of last night's Nightline.
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- I missed the segment on South Africa.
- Mm-hm.
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- Ma'am, sorry to interrupt.
- [Mac] Hey, Kelly.
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I have some friends...
friends of my parents
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are in town and asked
for a tour of the White House.
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- I'd be happy to meet them.
- Oh, thanks, they'd like that, but...
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Vince, give us a second?
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Of course.
242
00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:30,667
They brought this with them.
They thought you should see it.
243
00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:34,045
In the '60s, the woman's father
was a political fundraiser in Florida.
244
00:12:34,128 --> 00:12:37,215
He died a couple of months ago.
They were cleaning out his attic,
245
00:12:37,298 --> 00:12:40,468
they found these 16mm films
they had transferred to tape.
246
00:12:40,551 --> 00:12:45,181
This one has footage of Nathan Templeton
at a private fundraiser in 1965.
247
00:12:46,474 --> 00:12:48,810
You may want senior staff to see this.
248
00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:57,902
[Templeton] They're trying
to make segregation a dirty word.
249
00:12:57,986 --> 00:13:00,280
But segregation is the word of God.
250
00:13:00,363 --> 00:13:04,284
If the Lord Almighty wanted
colored people to mix with whites,
251
00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:07,412
to live with whites, to marry whites,
252
00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:10,123
He wouldn't have placed them
on separate continents.
253
00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:13,459
Nine men in Washington
can't change natural law.
254
00:13:13,543 --> 00:13:16,129
They can't change God's truth.
255
00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:19,549
I say black robes
are worse than white robes.
256
00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:22,302
[laughter]
257
00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:29,892
Oh, my God.
258
00:13:32,770 --> 00:13:35,898
Don't try to excuse him, Mac.
We can use this.
259
00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:38,443
Templeton was a kid.
Kids say stupid things.
260
00:13:38,526 --> 00:13:40,778
That wasn't stupid.
That was racist.
261
00:13:40,862 --> 00:13:42,405
I may not agree with his politics,
262
00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:45,158
but I have never heard a racist word
come out of his mouth.
263
00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:47,869
Honey, you just did.
Now we can shut him down.
264
00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:49,620
That's not who he is now.
265
00:13:49,704 --> 00:13:51,914
[sighs] Stop turning
the other cheek, Mac.
266
00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:54,709
I'm not gonna destroy a man's life
over something he said
267
00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:57,462
nearly half a century ago,
no matter how hateful it is.
268
00:13:57,545 --> 00:14:00,465
Look, if he had this on you,
he wouldn't hesitate to use it.
269
00:14:00,548 --> 00:14:02,425
I won't make Templeton
my role model.
270
00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:05,428
- He's a politician.
- I'm not gonna turn into that.
271
00:14:07,138 --> 00:14:09,932
[laughs] You're hopeless.
272
00:14:14,395 --> 00:14:16,606
I'm the president of the United States.
273
00:14:17,815 --> 00:14:20,818
- Do we still have that date tonight?
- We'd better.
274
00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:32,163
[police siren]
275
00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,211
Did we have to meet
in a parking garage?
276
00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:41,464
I know. Very Deep Throat, isn't it?
277
00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:45,802
There's a guy on your staff. Vince?
278
00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,428
Taylor. Yeah.
279
00:14:47,512 --> 00:14:48,888
Templeton knows about him.
280
00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:51,557
His... status.
281
00:14:53,518 --> 00:14:55,061
He's gonna out him.
282
00:14:55,144 --> 00:14:58,439
[sighs] He's a kid.
I mean, for God's sake,
283
00:14:58,523 --> 00:15:01,067
he's the guy that holds
the president's coat.
284
00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:04,320
- Why ruin his life?
- To chip away at her.
285
00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:05,863
Keep her on her heels.
286
00:15:05,947 --> 00:15:09,659
- And you're telling me this why?
- He doesn't own me, Jim.
287
00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:11,786
I mean, don't get me wrong,
I respect the man,
288
00:15:11,869 --> 00:15:15,081
but sometimes he goes farther
than even I'm comfortable with.
289
00:15:29,512 --> 00:15:31,764
[school bell rings]
290
00:15:41,190 --> 00:15:43,818
- Horace, stay with me.
- Uh, I can't, Mrs. Burke.
291
00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:46,404
- I'll be late for swim practice.
- Then you'll be late.
292
00:15:46,487 --> 00:15:48,448
Then I should tell the Secret Service.
293
00:15:48,531 --> 00:15:50,408
They'll figure it out. Sit down.
294
00:15:54,203 --> 00:15:55,872
You cheated on your essay, Horace.
295
00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,332
Mr. Cummisky said
you bought it online.
296
00:15:58,416 --> 00:16:02,128
- I wouldn't even know how to do that.
- I'm the assistant principal, Horace.
297
00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:05,798
I only sub in English once in a while.
Even I've read that same essay 30 times.
298
00:16:05,882 --> 00:16:08,176
I guess there aren't
a lot of new things to say.
299
00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:12,180
Word for word.
ExcellentEssay.com.
300
00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:13,389
C'mon, Mrs. Burke,
301
00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:16,559
like I can borrow the president's
credit card and order an essay?
302
00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:20,188
Wow, you really had to stretch to
work your mom into this discussion.
303
00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:23,024
- I wouldn't be sittin' here.
- Explain.
304
00:16:23,107 --> 00:16:25,902
OK. No offense, but I kinda feel
like you wanna prove
305
00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,487
you're not doing me any favors.
306
00:16:27,570 --> 00:16:29,655
So in your world view
I decided to pick on you
307
00:16:29,739 --> 00:16:31,824
because you live in
the White House, right?
308
00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:34,452
Your mom is the most
important woman in the world?
309
00:16:34,535 --> 00:16:36,162
That's a hell of a way to get ahead.
310
00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:39,832
Puts me on the fast track for principal.
Are you kidding?
311
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:44,504
Don't play the blame game, Horace.
You plagiarized an essay.
312
00:16:44,587 --> 00:16:46,631
Maybe I forgot a couple of footnotes.
313
00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:49,342
Mr. Cummisky's giving you
an F on this assignment.
314
00:16:49,425 --> 00:16:53,346
If you rewrite it in your own words, I
won't report you to the Honor Committee,
315
00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:55,890
and that's out of respect
for the president.
316
00:16:55,973 --> 00:17:00,311
Also known as the only favor
I'm ever going to do for you.
317
00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:04,357
- Can I go now?
- Get out of here.
318
00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:13,866
[hip-hop music playing]
319
00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:17,537
[whistle blowing]
320
00:17:27,129 --> 00:17:28,923
- [gasping]
- Relax, turbo.
321
00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:31,676
Coach is still in the bathroom.
You didn't miss anything.
322
00:17:35,638 --> 00:17:37,390
What's up with him?
323
00:17:37,473 --> 00:17:39,267
Don't let Flemming bug you, man.
324
00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:41,686
OK. Why?
325
00:17:44,689 --> 00:17:46,023
About your sister.
326
00:17:47,108 --> 00:17:50,319
Did he say something?
What'd he say?
327
00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:53,406
That him and her, you know…
328
00:17:53,489 --> 00:17:56,492
...had sex.
Big deal. Who cares?
329
00:17:57,493 --> 00:17:58,494
Dude, don't.
330
00:17:59,453 --> 00:18:00,871
- Hey, Flemming!
- Horace!
331
00:18:00,955 --> 00:18:03,749
- Horace, stop!
- Flemming, I want to talk to you.
332
00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:09,088
Hey, Mike!
333
00:18:09,171 --> 00:18:10,423
Horace!
334
00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:14,510
We don't have a problem, man.
335
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:18,180
Look, if you're pissed off about the
other night, go kick your sister's ass.
336
00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:21,267
It was her idea. She picked me
for the honor. End of story.
337
00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:24,729
- This is a bad plan, Horace. Come down.
- Was I supposed to send her home?
338
00:18:24,812 --> 00:18:27,023
- I like her.
- Why don't you keep your mouth shut?
339
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:28,649
- How hard is that?
- Dude, I tried.
340
00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:32,903
But, you know, sometimes
guys just gotta share.
341
00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:36,032
I mean, damn,
she's the president's daughter.
342
00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:39,285
I did the president's daughter!
343
00:18:43,706 --> 00:18:45,625
Let's go, Horace.
344
00:18:58,054 --> 00:18:59,096
[grunts]
345
00:19:05,770 --> 00:19:08,022
Now is not the time for us
to talk about the tape.
346
00:19:08,105 --> 00:19:10,399
No, ma'am. A different subject.
347
00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:16,030
At ease, Jim. You're making me
nervous. Sit down.
348
00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:18,532
A staff issue has come up.
349
00:19:18,616 --> 00:19:20,868
You're the chief of staff.
Can you handle it?
350
00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:24,038
Vince wasn't entirely honest
on his security app, ma'am.
351
00:19:25,456 --> 00:19:26,707
OK, I'm listening.
352
00:19:26,791 --> 00:19:29,418
- He's HIV-positive.
- What?
353
00:19:30,211 --> 00:19:32,213
Since when? Is he OK?
354
00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:35,383
He's fine. He's been taking
antiretrovirals for almost ten years.
355
00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:38,427
- Are you certain?
- One hundred percent. There's more.
356
00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:40,554
You mean his orientation?
357
00:19:40,638 --> 00:19:43,140
Don't you think his private life
is his own business?
358
00:19:43,224 --> 00:19:45,601
Not anymore. Templeton knows.
359
00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:50,064
How? From us? A leak?
360
00:19:50,147 --> 00:19:52,108
No. He's got his own outside sources.
361
00:19:53,484 --> 00:19:56,445
He's gonna try to embarrass you,
Madam President.
362
00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:01,534
Now is it time to talk about the tape?
363
00:20:10,126 --> 00:20:12,294
But why didn't you tell me
yourself, Vince?
364
00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,213
I wanted the job.
365
00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:16,966
Would you have hired me
if you knew I had HIV?
366
00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:20,302
You would have hired somebody
nice and healthy,
367
00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:23,264
who wasn't gonna embarrass you,
who wasn't gonna die on you.
368
00:20:23,347 --> 00:20:27,268
I heard about your roaches,
your rusty pipes, your parking tickets.
369
00:20:27,351 --> 00:20:31,147
But you couldn't trust me
to tell me something really important.
370
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,357
Well, the roaches were the center
of my world.
371
00:20:33,441 --> 00:20:36,652
Don't dance with me, Vince.
A lie of omission is still a lie.
372
00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:39,071
There's a right to privacy, ma'am.
373
00:20:39,155 --> 00:20:42,825
I'm not required to reveal
my medical history or my...
374
00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,870
My personal choices.
375
00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:51,542
Gay is a little, three-letter word,
Vince. You can't even say it?
376
00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:53,961
I am not particularly
comfortable with labels.
377
00:20:54,044 --> 00:20:57,214
- Like "security risk"?
- I would never allow that to happen.
378
00:20:57,298 --> 00:20:59,258
I'd resign first.
379
00:20:59,341 --> 00:21:00,885
I accept.
380
00:21:03,888 --> 00:21:05,890
I'm sorry, Vince.
381
00:21:08,851 --> 00:21:11,645
No. I understand.
382
00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:16,901
The last thing I need right now
is public embarrassment.
383
00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:21,697
It has been an honor
to serve you, ma'am.
384
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:37,922
Don't ever call yourself
anyone's friend.
385
00:21:38,005 --> 00:21:39,423
I confided in you.
386
00:21:39,507 --> 00:21:41,509
- I didn't have a choice.
- Oh, please.
387
00:21:41,592 --> 00:21:43,427
People say that, but it's never true.
388
00:21:43,511 --> 00:21:44,929
You're not a private citizen.
389
00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:48,224
You are the special assistant
to the president of the United States.
390
00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,768
You're gay, you're infected,
you're news.
391
00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:53,312
Nathan Templeton plans
to drag you out of the closet
392
00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:56,315
and use the omission on your security
app to burn the president.
393
00:21:56,398 --> 00:21:59,652
I didn't work on policy, Jim.
I'm a nobody, an ex-nobody.
394
00:21:59,735 --> 00:22:02,905
You've spent more time with
the president than anyone else has.
395
00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,032
You're important to her.
She relied on you.
396
00:22:05,115 --> 00:22:09,036
That put you in his cross hairs,
you and everybody else on her team.
397
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,455
Now he wants to hurt her
any way he can.
398
00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:17,044
You'd better call your parents, Vince.
399
00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:26,929
[rock music playing]
400
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:29,014
[knocking on door]
401
00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:36,063
- [music turns down]
- [Rod] I knocked.
402
00:22:36,146 --> 00:22:40,192
- Guess you didn't hear me.
- Sorry. What's up?
403
00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:43,279
- How's school?
- It's OK.
404
00:22:44,405 --> 00:22:47,199
Why do you guys always make that
sound like a trick question?
405
00:22:47,283 --> 00:22:49,869
It's just a question, Horace.
Same old question.
406
00:22:49,952 --> 00:22:52,538
You might as well stop asking.
If there was something
407
00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:55,583
I want to tell you about,
I would just straight-out tell you.
408
00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,543
- When?
- What?
409
00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:58,794
When would you tell us?
410
00:22:59,962 --> 00:23:03,507
For instance, when were you gonna
tell us about that F you got in English?
411
00:23:03,591 --> 00:23:06,969
- I can't believe she called you.
- You've gotten away with so much crap.
412
00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:10,097
You think you can always yak
your way out of trouble?
413
00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,974
Don't be proud of that!
414
00:23:13,017 --> 00:23:15,644
- You wanna hear my side?
- You have no side, Horace.
415
00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:18,856
You cheated. You lied.
There's no defense.
416
00:23:18,939 --> 00:23:21,567
I'd rather have you fail a class
than con your way into an A.
417
00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:23,611
Oh, my God, you're such a hypocrite!
418
00:23:23,694 --> 00:23:25,404
You and Mom are always on my case...
419
00:23:25,487 --> 00:23:27,907
Oh, come on! You're coasting!
420
00:23:30,034 --> 00:23:32,620
I'm not as smart as you think I am.
Becca's the brain.
421
00:23:32,703 --> 00:23:35,623
No. The only difference is that
she is busy, and you're lazy.
422
00:23:35,706 --> 00:23:37,374
Oh, yeah, she's just perfect.
423
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,794
- What's that supposed to mean?
- It's not exactly a secret.
424
00:23:40,878 --> 00:23:43,172
The whole grade's heard
about her and Mike.
425
00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,090
And you're ashamed of me?
426
00:23:45,174 --> 00:23:48,218
Well, what's worse, a cheat or a slut?
Honest answer.
427
00:23:50,721 --> 00:23:52,932
Come on, Dad, show me how it's done.
428
00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:10,532
You want to turn up the music
on your way out?
429
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:13,077
[volume rises]
430
00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:22,544
Vince offered me his resignation,
I accepted it.
431
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:27,007
That... that does not mean
I'm homophobic or discriminatory.
432
00:24:27,091 --> 00:24:29,093
I... I resent the suggestion.
433
00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:31,303
I'm only talking
about perceptions, ma'am.
434
00:24:31,387 --> 00:24:33,681
I can't work with someone I can't trust.
435
00:24:33,764 --> 00:24:36,976
With all due respect,
then you're in the wrong town, ma'am.
436
00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:40,771
You think I overreacted.
437
00:24:40,854 --> 00:24:42,523
Everyone has secrets.
438
00:24:42,606 --> 00:24:44,942
Do you have any good advice?
439
00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:47,987
Never turn your back on a bear.
440
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,115
Mmm. I think I know
what that means.
441
00:24:51,198 --> 00:24:53,659
Getting rid of Vince
won't stop Templeton.
442
00:24:53,742 --> 00:24:55,202
It'll only make things worse.
443
00:24:55,285 --> 00:24:58,330
It'll prove the accusation,
and you lose your best aide.
444
00:24:58,414 --> 00:25:00,833
You want me to refuse
his resignation.
445
00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,002
He's still cleaning out his office.
446
00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:08,090
I like your loyalty.
You make a good friend.
447
00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:11,552
I hope that you're one of mine.
448
00:25:28,485 --> 00:25:30,195
[Kelly] Madam President,
449
00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:32,489
- I spoke with the Dubidouxs...
- Dubidouxs?
450
00:25:32,573 --> 00:25:35,034
Rubie and Frank,
my parents' friends with the tape.
451
00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:37,036
There's someone named
Rubie Dubidoux?
452
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,163
- It's French. This is the original.
- Wow.
453
00:25:39,246 --> 00:25:41,331
Almost ready for you
in the Roosevelt Room.
454
00:25:41,415 --> 00:25:44,376
- I don't have anything.
- Photo op. Doctors Without Borders.
455
00:25:44,460 --> 00:25:47,546
That's the old schedule.
It's changed three times since then.
456
00:25:47,629 --> 00:25:50,841
We'll be 15 late to the photo op.
Have Jim join us in the Oval.
457
00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:53,093
I want to keep him in the loop
on the Dubidouxs.
458
00:25:53,177 --> 00:25:55,220
- Dubidouxs?
- It's French.
459
00:25:57,014 --> 00:25:59,266
You're sure they don't have
any copies of this?
460
00:25:59,349 --> 00:26:01,769
- I trust them.
- Trust them not to talk to the press?
461
00:26:01,852 --> 00:26:05,105
- They could use a little convincing.
- [Rod] What kind of convincing?
462
00:26:05,189 --> 00:26:07,524
They have a daughter.
She's a high school senior.
463
00:26:07,608 --> 00:26:10,069
Not the greatest student
but a really good kid.
464
00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:11,361
You've gotta be joking.
465
00:26:11,445 --> 00:26:14,448
- Help get her into college.
- Any Ivy League school.
466
00:26:14,531 --> 00:26:16,575
- Harvard. Yale. Brown.
- How original.
467
00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:20,579
So I do this, you're sure they're
gonna stay away from the press?
468
00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,499
I think they'd be grateful
the rest of their lives.
469
00:26:27,503 --> 00:26:28,837
- [woman] Yes, ma'am.
- Hey.
470
00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:31,548
Can you please get me
Leonard Billings on the line?
471
00:26:31,632 --> 00:26:32,841
Right away, ma'am.
472
00:26:39,306 --> 00:26:40,933
[door opens]
473
00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:42,351
Vince.
474
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:45,521
Madam President.
Is something wrong?
475
00:26:46,688 --> 00:26:48,899
Well, Kelly, Jim and Rod
476
00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:51,819
have all been working off
different schedules all day.
477
00:26:51,902 --> 00:26:53,112
Nan'll get up to speed.
478
00:26:53,195 --> 00:26:55,823
I don't have time to get
someone else up to speed.
479
00:26:55,906 --> 00:26:59,034
If you want, I would like you to stay.
480
00:27:02,996 --> 00:27:04,665
Of course I want.
481
00:27:05,666 --> 00:27:06,959
I don't know what to say.
482
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:09,503
Say that you'll be more honest
with me in the future.
483
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:12,881
- I cannot abide being kept in the dark.
- Yes, ma'am. Thank you.
484
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:15,759
Keeping a secret like this
puts the administration at risk.
485
00:27:15,843 --> 00:27:18,053
I felt it was a private thing.
486
00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:22,724
Hard to have a private life when you
answer to over 295 million employers.
487
00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:26,562
- Madam President, the speaker's here.
- Be right there.
488
00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:30,023
It's the White House, Vince.
Think about it.
489
00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:41,285
Mr. Speaker. Thank you
for coming on short notice.
490
00:27:41,368 --> 00:27:43,579
Oh, always available for my president.
491
00:27:44,955 --> 00:27:46,623
To what do I owe the pleasure?
492
00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:48,959
Well, a little office politics.
493
00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:51,753
Um, I heard a rumor
494
00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:55,757
that someone plans to leak a story
on my special assistant, Vince Taylor.
495
00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:59,261
Ah, that he's HIV-positive.
496
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,680
- Sad.
- Yeah.
497
00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:03,849
His health is fine, thank you.
498
00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:06,226
But this is a private matter for him,
499
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:09,354
and I would hate for it
to become public.
500
00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:13,066
And you don't want any more bad press
about your staffing situation, do you?
501
00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:15,569
- I understand that.
- Right. I'm sure you do.
502
00:28:15,652 --> 00:28:19,573
Um, I also hear rumors that
this information was obtained
503
00:28:19,656 --> 00:28:21,867
by an insurance lobbyist
504
00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:24,786
illegally accessing
private medical records.
505
00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:27,664
Well, the way I hear it,
when he was younger,
506
00:28:27,748 --> 00:28:30,834
his parents took out
a restraining order on his gay lover.
507
00:28:30,918 --> 00:28:34,129
I mean, anyone can dig that up,
follow the clues.
508
00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,467
People make mistakes
when they're young.
509
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:41,887
But if they go into politics,
510
00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:44,640
those mistakes can come back
to haunt them.
511
00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:49,228
You know what they say,
"It's a contact sport. Wear a cup."
512
00:28:49,311 --> 00:28:52,356
I don't know, whatever you'd wear.
513
00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:54,650
[stammers] Chest protector, whatever.
514
00:28:57,778 --> 00:29:00,489
You may want to put on a cup for this.
515
00:29:02,699 --> 00:29:03,700
[clicks TV on]
516
00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:07,704
[Templeton] They're trying
to make segregation a dirty word.
517
00:29:07,788 --> 00:29:10,082
But segregation is the word of God.
518
00:29:10,165 --> 00:29:14,419
If the Lord Almighty wanted
colored people to mix with whites,
519
00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:16,964
to live with whites, to marry whites,
520
00:29:17,047 --> 00:29:19,549
He wouldn't have placed them
on separate continents.
521
00:29:19,633 --> 00:29:22,761
- Nine men in Washington...
- Turn it off! Turn it off!
522
00:29:23,887 --> 00:29:25,639
[TV turns off]
523
00:29:30,852 --> 00:29:35,857
If it was your intention
to humiliate me...
524
00:29:36,817 --> 00:29:38,485
...you have succeeded.
525
00:29:41,405 --> 00:29:44,741
I don't believe that tape
represents who you are today.
526
00:29:44,825 --> 00:29:47,536
It doesn't represent who I ever was.
527
00:29:49,371 --> 00:29:52,874
I was a young Southern Democrat
528
00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:56,837
saying whatever I had
to say to get elected.
529
00:29:59,256 --> 00:30:03,093
I think that my voting record
since those days
530
00:30:03,176 --> 00:30:04,845
speaks for itself.
531
00:30:06,555 --> 00:30:09,766
But if that were to get out,
532
00:30:09,850 --> 00:30:12,144
it would represent who I am.
533
00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:15,689
It would... be who I am.
534
00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:18,400
But you know that.
535
00:30:19,776 --> 00:30:21,486
It doesn't have to get out.
536
00:30:24,906 --> 00:30:30,287
Nor does the information
about your special assistant.
537
00:30:30,370 --> 00:30:31,955
[laughs]
538
00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:36,793
In the old days we used to call this
mutual assured destruction.
539
00:30:36,877 --> 00:30:39,880
Mmm. If memory serves,
540
00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:42,507
you were a big proponent
of that policy.
541
00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:44,593
McNamara's policy, as it was.
542
00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:48,722
You know this tape could cause
a hell of a lot more damage to me
543
00:30:48,805 --> 00:30:51,433
than a staffing scandal
could cause to you.
544
00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,685
Why hold it back?
545
00:30:53,769 --> 00:30:57,147
Maybe I think the country
doesn't need another scandal right now.
546
00:30:57,230 --> 00:31:01,276
Maybe you want to have something
to hold over my head.
547
00:31:02,444 --> 00:31:04,029
Mr. Speaker,
548
00:31:04,112 --> 00:31:07,866
after all that we've been
through now,
549
00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:11,119
I was hoping we could put aside
some of our differences,
550
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:12,788
become friends.
551
00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,206
[chuckles]
552
00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:17,125
This is Washington, D.C.,
Madam President.
553
00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,252
There are no friends here.
554
00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:24,174
There are only enemies... and allies.
555
00:31:29,471 --> 00:31:32,933
This will not put me in your pocket.
556
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,271
But...
557
00:31:39,856 --> 00:31:42,234
...it will put me in your debt.
558
00:31:42,317 --> 00:31:45,070
- [door opens]
- I'll call it in sometime.
559
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,408
I don't doubt it.
560
00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,661
[door closing]
561
00:31:56,873 --> 00:32:00,085
So I was thinking if the president
was willing to put out a statement
562
00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:03,088
about her administration's
HIV/AIDS policy,
563
00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:05,799
maybe we could slip something
in there about my status,
564
00:32:05,882 --> 00:32:07,259
not make it a big thing.
565
00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:09,344
If you're going public, do it right.
566
00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:12,347
Don't... don't try to sneak
the announcement past people.
567
00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:15,350
People hear you have HIV,
and they think you're weak, sick.
568
00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,561
I don't want anyone
to think that about me.
569
00:32:17,644 --> 00:32:20,272
They'll only think that if you quit.
570
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:28,238
I never told anyone about my HIV
because I was afraid.
571
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:33,285
Maybe if I make this public,
572
00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:35,036
keep working here,
573
00:32:35,996 --> 00:32:40,000
maybe it helps someone
somewhere feel less afraid.
574
00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,879
Maybe that's how
I can make a difference.
575
00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:48,383
There's your statement right there.
576
00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:52,137
[reporters clamoring]
577
00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:54,639
Does the presence
of an HIV-positive staff member
578
00:32:54,723 --> 00:32:57,893
working in close proximity
pose any threat to the president?
579
00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:00,145
The White House physician,
the Secret Service
580
00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:02,314
and common sense
tell me there's no problem.
581
00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:04,065
[reporters clamoring]
582
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:07,944
A recent study indicates the AIDS virus
thins out parts of the human brain,
583
00:33:08,028 --> 00:33:10,197
even in patients
who are otherwise healthy.
584
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,241
The study you're referring to
dealt with 26 HIV patients...
585
00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:17,078
- Madam President.
- I'll answer that.
586
00:33:18,914 --> 00:33:20,832
The president of the United States.
587
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:23,835
Thank you, Kelly. Please.
588
00:33:25,754 --> 00:33:29,090
Regarding Vince Taylor,
his hair may be thinning,
589
00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:31,676
but I assure you,
his brain is in great shape.
590
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,261
[reporters laughing]
591
00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:35,305
[Mac] We're lucky to have him.
592
00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:39,976
HIV is an issue that affects
40 million people around the world,
593
00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:42,437
along with their friends and family.
594
00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:45,899
Vince has courageously made
his condition public
595
00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:48,193
and by doing so helps to make it clear
596
00:33:48,276 --> 00:33:50,445
that people living with HIV
597
00:33:50,529 --> 00:33:53,448
can be as vital and productive
as anyone.
598
00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:55,784
- [reporters clamoring]
- Uh, you know,
599
00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:58,995
as much as I appreciate Vince,
600
00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:00,664
I'm not here to talk about him.
601
00:34:00,747 --> 00:34:02,541
I have an announcement.
602
00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:06,461
As president,
I work for the American people,
603
00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:09,631
and I believe the people
deserve accountability.
604
00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:13,677
And so, in the tradition
of President Roosevelt,
605
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,972
I am instituting
a weekly press conference.
606
00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:20,684
[reporters clamoring]
607
00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:24,437
Madam President, how are you
finding your first months in office?
608
00:34:24,521 --> 00:34:27,691
Challenging. It's, uh, exciting.
609
00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:30,151
My daughter would say it's awesome.
610
00:34:30,986 --> 00:34:32,737
And it is awesome.
611
00:34:32,821 --> 00:34:35,824
It has a very real sense of awe.
612
00:34:36,449 --> 00:34:39,494
And sometimes it's just, "Ohh!"
613
00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:41,746
[reporters laughing, clamoring]
614
00:34:41,830 --> 00:34:44,833
- [woman] Madam President!
- [man] Madam President.
615
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:46,585
What do you think?
616
00:34:48,837 --> 00:34:50,880
I think she's digging her own grave.
617
00:34:50,964 --> 00:34:52,299
You do?
618
00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:56,595
The press will kiss up to her for
a few weeks, the novelty will wear off,
619
00:34:56,678 --> 00:34:59,514
then they'll use these
press conferences to tear her up.
620
00:35:00,223 --> 00:35:03,893
- Makes better TV.
- I'm a little sick of TV tonight.
621
00:35:08,898 --> 00:35:10,233
Are you OK?
622
00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:13,737
I mean, she just handed
herself to us on a plate.
623
00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:19,659
She just ambushed me
in the Oval Office.
624
00:35:19,743 --> 00:35:22,787
She knew I had the story
of her gay assistant,
625
00:35:22,871 --> 00:35:24,080
and she knew how I got it.
626
00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:29,544
- We'll have other opportunities...
- We?
627
00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:32,339
I trusted you, Jayne.
628
00:35:32,422 --> 00:35:36,176
Trusted you to keep my confidences.
I trusted your priorities.
629
00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:38,720
I gave you information
from him whenever I could.
630
00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:40,722
This time you gave
my information to him.
631
00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:43,266
- Mr. Speaker...
- I don't want to hear your excuses!
632
00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:46,394
Just get out of here.
I don't want to see you again.
633
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:55,654
- I'll get my things.
- Not to worry. I'll have them sent.
634
00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,330
[sighs]
635
00:36:12,087 --> 00:36:13,755
[door opens]
636
00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:20,261
[Templeton] Sweetheart?
637
00:36:21,930 --> 00:36:23,431
Honey?
638
00:36:26,142 --> 00:36:27,268
You OK?
639
00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:36,778
You OK?
640
00:36:42,909 --> 00:36:44,911
[sighs]
641
00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:48,081
I just... I just got tired.
642
00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:50,208
Did you test yourself? Are you low?
643
00:36:50,291 --> 00:36:52,293
When did you come home?
644
00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:57,716
Your blood sugar's 55.
645
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,969
We gotta get some juice
into you, OK?
646
00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:05,724
Here. Drink that.
647
00:37:06,850 --> 00:37:08,852
Come on. [chuckles]
648
00:37:11,396 --> 00:37:12,814
Feel better?
649
00:37:17,152 --> 00:37:19,320
Thank you, darling.
650
00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:20,739
Keep sipping.
651
00:37:21,614 --> 00:37:25,285
You gotta remember, better high
than low with the blood sugar, OK?
652
00:37:25,368 --> 00:37:27,036
Mm-hm.
653
00:37:30,999 --> 00:37:32,500
How was your day?
654
00:37:35,295 --> 00:37:37,630
[sighing]
655
00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:42,719
Fast-poll numbers are up.
656
00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:44,929
- Got positive e-mail spikes.
- People love
657
00:37:45,013 --> 00:37:48,475
- the press conference announcement.
- Hope it holds over the long haul.
658
00:37:48,558 --> 00:37:51,770
Presidents should be responsible
to the people.
659
00:37:51,853 --> 00:37:55,482
It kills me how we have to think about
how doing that affects our numbers.
660
00:37:55,565 --> 00:37:57,108
But we do.
661
00:37:59,235 --> 00:38:01,196
Thank you for today, Jim.
662
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,364
Go home. It's been a long one.
663
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:09,370
Once you knew Vince
was going public,
664
00:38:09,454 --> 00:38:11,915
why didn't you use what you had
against Templeton?
665
00:38:11,998 --> 00:38:16,169
"Revenge is the weak pleasure
of a narrow mind."
666
00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:17,337
Juvenal.
667
00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:19,380
We can't afford to be soft on this guy.
668
00:38:19,464 --> 00:38:20,548
Good night, Jim.
669
00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:25,428
Good night, Madam President.
670
00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:30,809
[chatter over TV]
671
00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:37,816
- [rock music playing]
- [knock on door]
672
00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:40,985
- Hey there.
- Hey, Mom.
673
00:38:41,069 --> 00:38:43,029
- Good press conference.
- You think?
674
00:38:43,112 --> 00:38:45,782
Yeah. Except I don't say "awesome."
675
00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:46,950
What do you mean?
676
00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:50,286
"My daughter would say
being president's awesome."
677
00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:51,496
I meant Amy.
678
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:54,749
- Oh, well, everyone's gonna ask.
- Sorry.
679
00:38:55,625 --> 00:38:58,002
I know I'm really busy.
680
00:38:58,086 --> 00:39:00,213
This is an important time
in your life,
681
00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:02,841
and I want to be here for you.
682
00:39:02,924 --> 00:39:06,135
You are here for me, Mom.
You're in my room.
683
00:39:08,096 --> 00:39:10,932
I know there are some rumors
floating around your school.
684
00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:13,685
- Look, Mom, they're just rumors.
- OK.
685
00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:17,438
I just want you to know I'm...
686
00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:19,732
I'm not a prude.
687
00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:21,901
I wasn't a virgin when I got married.
688
00:39:21,985 --> 00:39:24,028
Mom.
689
00:39:24,112 --> 00:39:25,321
Look,
690
00:39:25,405 --> 00:39:28,157
I didn't do anything, OK?
691
00:39:28,241 --> 00:39:30,118
Nothing happened with that guy.
692
00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:32,537
He just...
693
00:39:32,620 --> 00:39:34,581
He just turned out to be a total jerk
694
00:39:34,664 --> 00:39:37,125
who's telling lies
about me to everyone.
695
00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:40,044
And please don't tell me
it doesn't matter what people say,
696
00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:42,839
because... because it does.
697
00:39:42,922 --> 00:39:44,883
It does, I know.
I know it matters, baby.
698
00:39:44,966 --> 00:39:47,218
People say things, and it hurts.
699
00:39:47,302 --> 00:39:50,972
Part of growing up
is learning to deal with that
700
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:54,058
and still do the right thing,
which it seems like you are.
701
00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:55,643
I'm really proud of that.
702
00:39:58,021 --> 00:40:00,732
- Doesn't stop it from sucking.
- Yeah.
703
00:40:00,815 --> 00:40:03,359
Do you want me to talk
to the boy's parents?
704
00:40:03,443 --> 00:40:05,904
Oh, no, Mom.
That would just make it worse.
705
00:40:05,987 --> 00:40:07,947
OK. [chuckles]
706
00:40:08,031 --> 00:40:10,700
Do you want me to have him
arrested under the Patriot Act
707
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:13,369
- and ship him off to prison in Syria?
- That sounds good.
708
00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:15,163
I'll get into it in the morning.
709
00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:17,540
- All right.
- Go to bed.
710
00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:19,959
- 'Night, Mom.
- 'Night, baby.
711
00:40:24,172 --> 00:40:26,090
I got the memo from Scheduling.
712
00:40:26,174 --> 00:40:28,843
So you're giving the commencement
address at Brown, huh?
713
00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:30,762
Everything comes at a cost,
714
00:40:30,845 --> 00:40:34,432
but Rubie Dubidoux's daughter
is Brown-bound.
715
00:40:34,515 --> 00:40:36,267
With a major in alliteration.
716
00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:38,436
- [laughing]
- [Mac groans]
717
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:40,313
I'm so wiped. Are you?
718
00:40:40,396 --> 00:40:43,399
Yeah, but... kind of energized.
719
00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:47,070
- I really like my job.
- Mmm.
720
00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:52,617
Mmm, you are energized. I like that.
721
00:40:57,163 --> 00:40:58,915
- [door opens]
- [Amy] Mommy?
722
00:41:01,042 --> 00:41:03,461
Baby? Potus interruptus.
723
00:41:04,712 --> 00:41:07,215
- I had a bad dream.
- You want some warm milk?
724
00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:10,385
- Yes, please.
- OK. I'll go get it.
725
00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:13,096
[Rod] No, I'll get it.
Let me get it.
726
00:41:14,430 --> 00:41:15,723
Wake me when you get back.
727
00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:18,768
Sleep. You have a country to run.
728
00:41:21,187 --> 00:41:22,730
Come on.
729
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:24,899
Come on.
730
00:41:30,446 --> 00:41:32,365
Mmm.
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