1 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:05,973 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:07,541 I don't know these people. 3 00:00:07,575 --> 00:00:08,409 You will. 4 00:00:08,442 --> 00:00:09,477 Which one is Toby? 5 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:10,211 I am. 6 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:11,245 And which one are you? 7 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:12,012 I'm Josh. 8 00:00:12,046 --> 00:00:13,114 My name's Charlie Young. 9 00:00:13,147 --> 00:00:14,548 I'm Donna Moss. Who are you? 10 00:00:14,582 --> 00:00:16,117 I'm just guessing. I'm pretty drunk. 11 00:00:16,150 --> 00:00:17,718 Which one is Josh? 12 00:00:17,751 --> 00:00:18,952 It's C.J. Cregg. 13 00:00:18,986 --> 00:00:21,689 Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg, Sam Seaborn... 14 00:00:21,722 --> 00:00:22,790 You got to be a little impressed 15 00:00:22,823 --> 00:00:24,858 I got those names right just now. 16 00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:26,727 Two minutes to air. 17 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:27,728 Hey, Sam. 18 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:28,729 Hey, Mark. 19 00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:29,730 You done? 20 00:00:29,763 --> 00:00:30,998 Yeah. 21 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,033 It's not going to be Wengland. 22 00:00:33,067 --> 00:00:33,967 What happened? 23 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:35,069 He's stuck in Denver. 24 00:00:35,103 --> 00:00:36,003 I wanted Wengland. 25 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,037 Did you get Stackhouse? 26 00:00:37,071 --> 00:00:38,472 Couldn't get Stackhouse 27 00:00:38,506 --> 00:00:40,708 couldn't get Santana, couldn't get Monroe. 28 00:00:40,741 --> 00:00:41,642 Who'd you get? 29 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:42,843 A woman named Ainsley Hayes. 30 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:43,744 Aimsley? 31 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:44,645 Ainsley, with an "n." 32 00:00:44,678 --> 00:00:45,879 I don't know her. 33 00:00:45,913 --> 00:00:47,248 I got a new producer. He brought her in. 34 00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:47,815 Tell me she's not one of his... 35 00:00:47,848 --> 00:00:48,716 She is. 36 00:00:48,749 --> 00:00:49,717 I thought that was over. 37 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:50,884 No, no, it's not. 38 00:00:50,918 --> 00:00:52,019 She's got blonde hair, long legs 39 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:53,053 and she's a Republican. 40 00:00:53,087 --> 00:00:53,954 She's in show business. 41 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:55,089 Yeah. 42 00:00:55,123 --> 00:00:56,524 A young, blonde, leggy Republican. 43 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:57,758 Yeah. 44 00:00:57,791 --> 00:00:59,893 I thought it turned out they didn't know anything. 45 00:00:59,927 --> 00:01:00,961 They don't. 46 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:02,196 Sam. ! Yeah. 47 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:06,134 Ainsley? Yes. 48 00:01:06,167 --> 00:01:06,934 Mark Godfried. 49 00:01:06,967 --> 00:01:08,302 Ainsley Hayes. 50 00:01:08,336 --> 00:01:10,538 So, we'll be starting here in about a minute 51 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:12,473 I understand you've never done TV before. 52 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:14,408 No, not as such, no. 53 00:01:14,442 --> 00:01:15,876 Not as such-- what does that mean? 54 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:17,745 It means no, I haven't done TV before. 55 00:01:17,778 --> 00:01:20,248 Okay, well, can I give you a little friendly advice? 56 00:01:20,281 --> 00:01:21,815 Yes, I would appreciate it. 57 00:01:21,849 --> 00:01:23,083 Don't overreach. 58 00:01:23,117 --> 00:01:24,118 Don't overreach? 59 00:01:24,152 --> 00:01:25,486 Don't try to do too much. 60 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:27,221 Don't try to know more than you do. 61 00:01:27,255 --> 00:01:30,258 My show's not the place for you to become a star. 62 00:01:30,291 --> 00:01:31,559 You'll be opposite Sam Seaborn. 63 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:33,093 He's done the show a couple dozen times. 64 00:01:33,127 --> 00:01:34,262 The White House wouldn't keep sending him 65 00:01:34,295 --> 00:01:35,363 if he didn't keep wiping the floor 66 00:01:35,396 --> 00:01:35,963 with whoever's in your chair. 67 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:36,897 I've seen him. 68 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:37,831 Don't be scared. 69 00:01:37,865 --> 00:01:39,032 I'll try. 70 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:40,100 I'll take some of the punches for you 71 00:01:40,134 --> 00:01:41,702 if it gets out of hand 72 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:43,437 but if you don't get too far from the talking points 73 00:01:43,471 --> 00:01:45,038 I'm sure somebody gave you that... 74 00:01:45,072 --> 00:01:45,939 Yeah. You'll be fine. 75 00:01:45,973 --> 00:01:47,241 Man: Thirty seconds. 76 00:01:47,275 --> 00:01:48,676 Are we starting with the education package? 77 00:01:48,709 --> 00:01:50,010 Yeah. 78 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:51,245 You owe me 20 bucks on the 'Skins. 79 00:01:51,279 --> 00:01:52,946 Man: In the Green Room, man. 80 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:54,548 I'm Sam Seaborn. 81 00:01:54,582 --> 00:01:55,416 Ainsley Hayes. 82 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:56,350 20 seconds. 83 00:01:56,384 --> 00:01:57,785 You bet with George on the Skins? 84 00:01:57,818 --> 00:01:59,620 Over, under. How's Josh? 85 00:01:59,653 --> 00:02:00,521 He's good. 86 00:02:00,554 --> 00:02:01,589 Ten seconds. 87 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:03,591 Here we go. Remember what I said. 88 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:05,125 Yeah. 89 00:02:05,159 --> 00:02:08,662 In five, four, three... 90 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:13,234 Announcer: Capital Beat, with Mark Godfried. 91 00:02:13,267 --> 00:02:14,602 Tonight from the right 92 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:17,371 Republican political analyst Ainsley Hayes. 93 00:02:17,405 --> 00:02:20,774 And from the left, White House Senior Advisor Sam Seaborn 94 00:02:20,808 --> 00:02:24,745 with Chris Isan at the Pentagon and Marjorie Clark in New York. 95 00:02:24,778 --> 00:02:26,013 Good evening. 96 00:02:26,046 --> 00:02:27,281 Before we get to Chris and Marjorie 97 00:02:27,315 --> 00:02:28,649 tonight on the Capital Beat 98 00:02:28,682 --> 00:02:30,851 the House is expected to vote next week 99 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:35,189 on President Bartlet's $1.5 billion education package. 100 00:02:35,223 --> 00:02:37,225 Sam Seaborn, why is this bill 101 00:02:37,258 --> 00:02:39,460 better than its Republican counterpart 102 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,729 that the President vetoed last year? 103 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:44,698 Because it buys things that teachers need, like textbooks. 104 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:47,034 In a fairly comprehensive study that was done 105 00:02:47,067 --> 00:02:49,203 an alarmingly high number of teachers-- 106 00:02:49,237 --> 00:02:52,005 40% of the teachers in Kirkwood, Oregon, for instance-- 107 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:53,807 and Kirkwood, Oregon being a fair model 108 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:56,310 for public school districts across the country-- 109 00:02:56,344 --> 00:02:58,346 40% of the teachers in Kirkwood, Oregon 110 00:02:58,379 --> 00:02:59,947 report not having sufficient 111 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:01,615 textbooks for their students. 112 00:03:01,649 --> 00:03:04,084 The package offered by the Republican-controlled Congress 113 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:05,219 offered a grand total 114 00:03:05,253 --> 00:03:07,120 of zero dollars for new textbooks. 115 00:03:07,154 --> 00:03:09,290 Ainsley Hayes, is that true? 116 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:10,324 No, it's not. 117 00:03:10,358 --> 00:03:12,626 Is Sam Seaborn lying? 118 00:03:12,660 --> 00:03:15,095 "Lying" is an awfully strong word. 119 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:16,997 Do you... Yes, he's lying. 120 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:17,865 And we should tell the truth 121 00:03:17,898 --> 00:03:19,032 about education. 122 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:20,768 If you're... The bill contained 123 00:03:20,801 --> 00:03:22,270 money for new textbooks-- 124 00:03:22,303 --> 00:03:25,839 also computer literacy, school safety, physical plant. 125 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:27,841 The difference is we wanted to give the money 126 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:29,209 directly to communities 127 00:03:29,243 --> 00:03:31,545 and let them decide how best to spend it 128 00:03:31,579 --> 00:03:33,881 on the off-chance that the needs of Lincoln High in Dayton 129 00:03:33,914 --> 00:03:35,683 are different from the needs of Crenshaw High 130 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:37,050 in South Central L.A. 131 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:38,486 Sam, why did the President veto the bill? 132 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:40,388 Because it guaranteed by law 133 00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:43,557 that 95% of the money go directly into the classroom 134 00:03:43,591 --> 00:03:45,593 and bypass the pork barrel buffet 135 00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:47,361 which is troubling to this president because 136 00:03:47,395 --> 00:03:48,862 he doesn't work for the students 137 00:03:48,896 --> 00:03:51,164 and he doesn't work for the parents of the students. 138 00:03:51,198 --> 00:03:52,099 He works for the teachers' union. 139 00:03:52,132 --> 00:03:53,567 Here comes the old... 140 00:03:53,601 --> 00:03:56,470 The bill contained plenty of money for textbooks, Mark 141 00:03:56,504 --> 00:03:58,539 and anyone who says otherwise is flat-out lying. 142 00:03:58,572 --> 00:03:59,873 I mean, we should tell the truth about this. 143 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:00,808 Textbooks are important 144 00:04:00,841 --> 00:04:02,376 if for no other reason 145 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:04,044 than they'd accurately place the town of Kirkwood 146 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,646 in California, and not Oregon. 147 00:04:05,679 --> 00:04:07,481 Godfried: And we're in business. 148 00:04:07,515 --> 00:04:10,284 We'll be back with more Capital Beat after this. 149 00:04:10,318 --> 00:04:11,885 Man: We're out. 150 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:13,354 I'm sorry. Did I overreach? 151 00:04:13,387 --> 00:04:14,455 ( chuckles ) 152 00:04:14,488 --> 00:04:16,056 Hey, Sam. ! Yeah. 153 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:17,691 This one might know something. 154 00:04:17,725 --> 00:04:18,926 Yeah. 155 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:22,229 Please, oh, please, let them not be watching. 156 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:24,097 Toby, come quick. 157 00:04:24,131 --> 00:04:25,966 Sam's getting his ass kicked by a girl. 158 00:04:28,135 --> 00:04:29,903 Ginger, get the popcorn. 159 00:05:17,551 --> 00:05:19,219 C.J.: There will be photo-op in the Mural Room 160 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:22,222 in a half hour with President Bartlet and President Nimbala 161 00:05:22,255 --> 00:05:24,291 of the Republic of Equatorial Kuhndu 162 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,726 who's representing the African nations. 163 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:27,828 Uh, C.J., is it the goal of the summit 164 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:29,830 to get the drug companies to lower their prices 165 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:32,065 or is the goal to get the African countries 166 00:05:32,099 --> 00:05:33,467 to honor U.S. patents? 167 00:05:33,501 --> 00:05:35,002 The goal of the summit is to get a step closer 168 00:05:35,035 --> 00:05:38,472 to solving 26 million African AIDS victims. 169 00:05:38,506 --> 00:05:40,273 We're counting on the drug companies 170 00:05:40,307 --> 00:05:41,909 we're counting on the African nations 171 00:05:41,942 --> 00:05:43,744 we're counting on the global health community 172 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:44,878 and they're counting on the White House 173 00:05:44,912 --> 00:05:45,879 to help broker a solution. 174 00:05:45,913 --> 00:05:47,147 Is the White House prepared 175 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,516 to declare war on the drug companies? 176 00:05:48,549 --> 00:05:49,917 Well, it sounds like you already have 177 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:51,719 so if we need a button man, we'll call you. 178 00:05:51,752 --> 00:05:53,787 Thank you, everybody. Half hour in the mural room. 179 00:05:53,821 --> 00:05:55,122 We're going to need to be in three groups. 180 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:56,457 Yeah. 181 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:57,991 You know what you might have mentioned? 182 00:05:58,025 --> 00:05:59,159 It was a 14-minute briefing. 183 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:00,528 I'm really going to get reviews? 184 00:06:00,561 --> 00:06:02,295 You might have mentioned that the same drug 185 00:06:02,329 --> 00:06:04,331 that cost $10.80 in Norway, where nobody needs it 186 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:07,300 costs $90.00 in Burundi, where everybody needs it. 187 00:06:07,334 --> 00:06:09,437 There's nothing keeping these people here but goodwill, Toby. 188 00:06:09,470 --> 00:06:11,104 They can charge what they want for their products. 189 00:06:11,138 --> 00:06:13,707 Sounded to me like we intended to be soft on the drug companies. 190 00:06:13,741 --> 00:06:15,375 Toby, I don't think anybody expects this White House 191 00:06:15,409 --> 00:06:16,744 to be anything but tough 192 00:06:16,777 --> 00:06:17,945 on American companies showing a profit. 193 00:06:17,978 --> 00:06:19,447 Damn right. 194 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,782 Where was the '92 World Copyright Conference? 195 00:06:21,815 --> 00:06:23,150 Geneva. Thank you. 196 00:06:23,183 --> 00:06:24,752 C.J.: Sam, I've really got to admire 197 00:06:24,785 --> 00:06:26,554 the way you came into work this morning, head held high. 198 00:06:26,587 --> 00:06:27,888 And I appreciate your being the one person 199 00:06:27,921 --> 00:06:29,723 who's managed to abstain from heckling me. 200 00:06:29,757 --> 00:06:31,459 No problem. There's a whole bunch of women over there. 201 00:06:31,492 --> 00:06:32,593 Why don't you ask them whether Geneva's 202 00:06:32,626 --> 00:06:33,527 in Switzerland or Oregon? 203 00:06:33,561 --> 00:06:34,394 Okay. Go to my office. 204 00:06:34,428 --> 00:06:35,696 Me and you, 20 Questions 205 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:37,465 short answer, general knowledge test 206 00:06:37,498 --> 00:06:38,599 right now-- I'll spot you two questions. 207 00:06:38,632 --> 00:06:39,800 For how much money? 208 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:40,601 Go to my office. 209 00:06:40,634 --> 00:06:42,202 I'm going to his office. 210 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:44,805 ( imitates chicken clucking ) 211 00:06:48,509 --> 00:06:49,977 She's making the chicken sound now. 212 00:06:50,010 --> 00:06:52,012 Go to my office. 213 00:06:53,614 --> 00:06:54,982 A drug they've got to buy from us 214 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:56,450 for four dollars a unit 215 00:06:56,484 --> 00:06:58,418 they can get generic from Pakistan for 40 cents. 216 00:06:58,452 --> 00:07:00,353 That's not the only bargain in Pakistan, Toby. 217 00:07:00,387 --> 00:07:01,321 My girlfriends and I 218 00:07:01,354 --> 00:07:02,890 go for the spring fashions. 219 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:03,891 It shows. 220 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:07,360 C.J. 221 00:07:07,394 --> 00:07:09,129 He just made a little dig about my clothes 222 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:10,731 and that's what's going to be with me the rest of the day. 223 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:12,600 C.J., I wanted to introduce myself. 224 00:07:12,633 --> 00:07:14,101 I'm Bill Kelley from the Cleveland Courier. Hi. 225 00:07:14,134 --> 00:07:16,403 They're breaking me in to cover for Tom Johnson. 226 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:18,038 I've been sitting in the back. Welcome. 227 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:19,139 Can I ask you something? 228 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:20,073 That's what I'm here for. 229 00:07:20,107 --> 00:07:21,475 Do you know anything about 230 00:07:21,509 --> 00:07:23,911 Bonamo Energy selling drilling equipment to Iraq? 231 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:25,445 I'm not going to wave you off the story 232 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:27,180 but I can't tell you anything about it. 233 00:07:27,214 --> 00:07:28,482 If they were selling the Iraqis 234 00:07:28,516 --> 00:07:29,750 drilling equipment, that would be in violation 235 00:07:29,783 --> 00:07:31,384 of sanctions, wouldn't it? 236 00:07:31,418 --> 00:07:32,853 Grand jury investigations are secret, Bill. 237 00:07:32,886 --> 00:07:34,187 I can't tell you any more about it. 238 00:07:34,221 --> 00:07:35,222 I understand. Nice meeting you. 239 00:07:35,255 --> 00:07:36,223 Nice meeting you. 240 00:07:40,127 --> 00:07:41,094 Bill. 241 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:42,830 Yeah? 242 00:07:42,863 --> 00:07:45,933 Nothing, just... 243 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:47,100 nothing. 244 00:07:47,134 --> 00:07:49,102 Okay. 245 00:07:54,041 --> 00:07:56,409 President: Then you've got guys like Mbeki who turn around 246 00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:58,045 and say that AIDS isn't linked to HIV 247 00:07:58,078 --> 00:07:58,612 it's linked to poverty. 248 00:07:58,646 --> 00:08:00,047 It is linked to poverty. 249 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,182 Would you to show you the list of dead millionaires? 250 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:05,753 He was saying that prostitutes, migrant laborers, the ill-educated 251 00:08:05,786 --> 00:08:08,021 and victims of sexual abuse are more likely... 252 00:08:08,055 --> 00:08:09,523 Leo, AIDS is caused by HIV. 253 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:11,324 You just named a group of people that have 254 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:12,893 a higher mortality rate across the board. 255 00:08:12,926 --> 00:08:14,394 Morning, Charlie. Good morning, Mr. President. 256 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:15,796 Where are we? 257 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:16,930 We're all set, sir, whenever you're ready. 258 00:08:16,964 --> 00:08:17,598 Thank you. 259 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:18,666 With the health minister 260 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:19,700 trying to clear up his comments. 261 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:21,134 They have a health minister 262 00:08:21,168 --> 00:08:23,236 who doesn't think AIDS is connected to HIV. 263 00:08:23,270 --> 00:08:24,938 He was clearing up the comments. 264 00:08:24,972 --> 00:08:27,675 Hey, did you see Sam get pureed last night on Capital Beat? 265 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:29,810 I didn't see it, but I have heard tell. 266 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:33,313 He got diced and sliced by a woman named Ainsley Hayes. 267 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:35,382 She's been writing some columns. 268 00:08:35,415 --> 00:08:37,084 I know, I had Charlie pull them for me. 269 00:08:37,117 --> 00:08:38,185 Where's she been? 270 00:08:38,218 --> 00:08:39,687 She was clerking for Dreifort. 271 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,021 We should hire her. 272 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:41,822 That'd be funny. 273 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:43,456 No, I mean it. Mean what? 274 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:44,457 We should hire her. 275 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:46,994 Well, you mean as a joke on Sam? 276 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:49,396 No, not as a joke, I mean we should hire her as a reality. 277 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:50,230 We should hire her. 278 00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:51,398 She's a Republican. 279 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:52,499 So are half the people in this country. 280 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:53,867 Well, that half lost... 281 00:08:53,901 --> 00:08:55,736 She's smart. She's not just carping. 282 00:08:55,769 --> 00:08:57,537 She feels a sense of something. 283 00:08:57,571 --> 00:08:59,239 Of what? Mr. President. 284 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:01,508 Yeah... of duty, of civic duty. 285 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:02,876 How many pieces by her did you read? 286 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:04,077 Three. 287 00:09:04,111 --> 00:09:06,313 And you're certain of her sense of civic duty? 288 00:09:06,346 --> 00:09:09,917 I can sense civic duty a mile away. 289 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:10,718 Good morning. 290 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,319 Good morning, everybody. 291 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:13,721 Good morning, Mr. President. 292 00:09:13,754 --> 00:09:16,456 Good morning, sir. 293 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:17,858 You can tell your caption editors 294 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,593 that Bartlet's the third guy from the right. 295 00:09:19,627 --> 00:09:20,828 Thank you, sir. 296 00:09:20,861 --> 00:09:22,462 Presidents Bartlet and Nimbala will take 297 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:23,530 just a few questions. 298 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:24,632 President Bartlet. Katie. 299 00:09:24,665 --> 00:09:26,299 This is a summit among leaders 300 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:29,236 of American pharmaceutical companies and the AIDS-ravaged 301 00:09:29,269 --> 00:09:32,339 African nations that President Nimbala is representing here. 302 00:09:32,372 --> 00:09:33,807 Is there a political upside 303 00:09:33,841 --> 00:09:35,943 to only having President Nimbala at this photo-op and not 304 00:09:35,976 --> 00:09:37,811 the pharmaceutical companies? 305 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:39,813 Yes, Katie, I'm trying to shore up the sub-Saharan vote. 306 00:09:39,847 --> 00:09:43,483 Are you considering asking Congress 307 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:44,752 to forgive existing debt? 308 00:09:44,785 --> 00:09:46,319 It's an international health crisis. 309 00:09:46,353 --> 00:09:47,320 There's nothing I'm not considering. 310 00:09:47,354 --> 00:09:48,756 Arthur. 311 00:09:48,789 --> 00:09:50,357 President Nimbala, what's the best you could hope 312 00:09:50,390 --> 00:09:52,325 to come away with from this summit? What's a home run? 313 00:09:52,359 --> 00:09:54,427 ( interpreter speaking foreign language ) 314 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:55,796 A miracle. 315 00:09:58,866 --> 00:10:04,071 ( speaking foreign language ) 316 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:06,439 ( translating ): There are people who make miracles in the world. 317 00:10:06,473 --> 00:10:09,943 One of them lives right here in the U.S. 318 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:12,680 He realized that vital elements could be harvested 319 00:10:12,713 --> 00:10:15,115 from the stalk of the wheat. 320 00:10:15,148 --> 00:10:18,618 In his hands, India, which at the time had been ravaged 321 00:10:18,652 --> 00:10:20,253 by drought and overpopulation. 322 00:10:20,287 --> 00:10:24,491 In his hands, the wheat crop increased from 11 million tons 323 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:27,795 to 60 million tons annually. 324 00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:31,865 That's right; his name is Norman Borlaug, by the way 325 00:10:31,899 --> 00:10:33,967 and he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. 326 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,803 C.J.: Thank you, Mr. President 327 00:10:35,836 --> 00:10:38,238 President Nimbala. Thank you, everyone. 328 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:42,810 I think you're absolutely right 329 00:10:42,843 --> 00:10:45,846 about the kind of miracle we need. 330 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:47,380 I think we're going to make a lot of progress 331 00:10:47,414 --> 00:10:49,316 in the next couple of days. 332 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:50,650 I hope so, Mr. President. 333 00:10:50,684 --> 00:10:53,386 My country is dying. 334 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,297 It was called dwarf wheat, which produces heavy yields 335 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:08,101 without its stalk falling over from the weight of the grain. 336 00:11:08,135 --> 00:11:08,902 Was it a hybrid? 337 00:11:08,936 --> 00:11:10,437 What am I, Farmer Bob? 338 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:12,305 It was wheat and it was more than there used to be. 339 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:13,140 Okay. 340 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:14,141 And hire that girl. 341 00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:14,742 What girl? 342 00:11:14,775 --> 00:11:16,209 Ainsley Hayes. 343 00:11:16,243 --> 00:11:17,044 No. 344 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:18,411 Why? 345 00:11:18,445 --> 00:11:19,780 'Cause this is one of those things 346 00:11:19,813 --> 00:11:21,214 you're excited about after breakfast 347 00:11:21,248 --> 00:11:23,316 that you forget you told me to do by lunch. 348 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:24,217 It's not one of those. 349 00:11:24,251 --> 00:11:24,918 It is one of those. 350 00:11:24,952 --> 00:11:26,720 Leo, hard as you might try 351 00:11:26,754 --> 00:11:28,321 the Republican Party isn't going anywhere. 352 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:29,589 We don't know that for sure, sir. 353 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:31,358 They could all end up moving to Vancouver. 354 00:11:31,391 --> 00:11:32,392 I don't think so. 355 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:34,061 Me neither, but being in power 356 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:36,629 means everybody else can take a seat for four years. 357 00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:38,031 Charlie, I want to hire a woman 358 00:11:38,065 --> 00:11:40,700 whose voice I think would fit in nicely around here. 359 00:11:40,734 --> 00:11:41,969 She's a conservative Republican. 360 00:11:42,002 --> 00:11:42,936 You think I should do it? 361 00:11:42,970 --> 00:11:44,838 Absolutely, Mr. President 362 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:47,741 'cause I'm told that theirs is the party of inclusion. 363 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:51,812 See, Charlie just made a joke to you 364 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:53,046 in the Oval Office. 365 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,381 That's how bad an idea it is. 366 00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:55,282 Leo. 367 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,917 Seriously, Mr. President 368 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:59,920 if you want to do this, it's not an uninteresting notion. 369 00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:01,922 Let's just do it in a more high-profile place: 370 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:03,490 put a Republican in the Cabinet. 371 00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:04,524 We might do that, Leo. 372 00:12:04,557 --> 00:12:05,959 A hundred million Republicans-- 373 00:12:05,993 --> 00:12:07,694 we might hire as many as two of them. 374 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,229 But for now, hire this girl. 375 00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:10,397 To do what? 376 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:11,698 I don't know. She's a lawyer. 377 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:13,000 Put her in the Counsel's office. 378 00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:14,634 You really want me to do this? 379 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:16,003 Yes. 380 00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:18,839 What if she doesn't want to work here? 381 00:12:18,872 --> 00:12:20,673 Appeal to her sense of duty. 382 00:12:20,707 --> 00:12:22,242 Smooth it over with the staff. 383 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:24,711 Really, I don't want to hear from them. 384 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:26,379 She can always have my job, you know. 385 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:27,347 Yes, she can. 386 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:28,681 Thank you, Mr. President. 387 00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:30,017 Thank you. 388 00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:30,583 And Charlie. 389 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:31,819 Yes, sir? 390 00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:33,386 When they close the book on me and you 391 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:35,622 it will say that at this moment, you were not there for me 392 00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:36,957 and for that, obviously 393 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:38,425 there'll be some kind of punishment. 394 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:40,027 Well, you could sing Puccini again for me, Mr. President 395 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:42,495 and we could call it even. ( sighs ) 396 00:12:42,529 --> 00:12:45,698 Ainsley ( on TV ): And anyone who says otherwise is flat-out lying. 397 00:12:45,732 --> 00:12:46,533 Bruce: Here it comes. 398 00:12:46,566 --> 00:12:47,100 Does anybody have... 399 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:48,335 Shh! Shh! 400 00:12:48,368 --> 00:12:49,436 Ainsley ( on TV ): Textbooks are important 401 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,971 if for no other reason 402 00:12:51,004 --> 00:12:53,106 than they'd accurately place the town of Kirkwood 403 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:55,242 in California, and not in Oregon. 404 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:57,344 Oh, I could watch that a hundred times. 405 00:12:57,377 --> 00:12:59,847 Does anybody know how to work Caller I.D.? 406 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,882 Oh, how can you not know how to use a telephone? 407 00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:03,750 I've been paying attention to other things. 408 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,252 Well, pay attention to that 409 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,287 because Bruce's friend is going to call you. 410 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,621 The agent? Yep. 411 00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:09,689 I don't need an agent. 412 00:13:09,722 --> 00:13:11,624 I need a Caller I.D. tutorial. 413 00:13:11,658 --> 00:13:13,093 You need an agent. You're going to be a star. 414 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,996 Used to be you had to sing and dance. 415 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:18,065 You are going to get a lot of work 416 00:13:18,098 --> 00:13:21,368 ripping these people to shreds and looking good doing it. 417 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:23,336 That's an actual job now? 418 00:13:23,370 --> 00:13:25,138 ( phone rings ) 419 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:26,974 That's him. 420 00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:31,912 Let's see. I push this button... 421 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:34,581 the phone number appears... 422 00:13:34,614 --> 00:13:37,217 Harriet: Ainsley? 423 00:13:37,250 --> 00:13:40,988 "202-456-1414." 424 00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:42,822 Harriet: Is that the agent? 425 00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:45,258 It's the White House. 426 00:13:56,203 --> 00:13:57,504 Hey, Sam. 427 00:13:57,537 --> 00:13:59,006 Excuse me? 428 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:00,740 What? 429 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:03,376 Did you say something to me? 430 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:04,644 I-I said, "Hey, Sam." 431 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:05,612 Really? 432 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:07,314 Yeah. 433 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:10,417 'Cause it sounded like maybe you might have made a wisecrack 434 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:11,651 about Oregon and California. 435 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:13,353 Sorry. Out of luck. 436 00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:14,354 Hey, C.J. 437 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:15,522 Hi, Donna. 438 00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:16,689 Just getting here? 439 00:14:16,723 --> 00:14:17,690 Yeah. 440 00:14:17,724 --> 00:14:18,458 It's late for you. 441 00:14:18,491 --> 00:14:19,392 I got lost. 442 00:14:19,426 --> 00:14:19,993 Where? 443 00:14:20,027 --> 00:14:21,061 On the way to work. 444 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:22,930 When? Now! This morning. 445 00:14:22,963 --> 00:14:24,764 You got lost on your way to work? 446 00:14:24,797 --> 00:14:25,899 Good morning, Carol. 447 00:14:25,933 --> 00:14:27,267 Morning, Carol. 448 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:28,568 It's 8:15. 449 00:14:28,601 --> 00:14:30,070 We'll do messages in a minute. 450 00:14:30,103 --> 00:14:30,904 You got lost on your way to work? 451 00:14:30,938 --> 00:14:32,005 Don't make fun of me. 452 00:14:32,039 --> 00:14:33,140 I wouldn't worry about that. 453 00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:34,874 I didn't sleep much last night. 454 00:14:34,908 --> 00:14:36,609 How much? None. Not at all. 455 00:14:36,643 --> 00:14:38,078 You slept none? Not at all? 456 00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:39,846 Sam... I am today particularly excited 457 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:41,814 about you being the spokesperson for the President. 458 00:14:41,848 --> 00:14:43,516 Let me ask you something. 459 00:14:46,019 --> 00:14:48,155 I was talking yesterday 460 00:14:48,188 --> 00:14:49,957 to a reporter who's new in the room 461 00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:54,627 and he asked me a question, and-and my answer... 462 00:15:04,004 --> 00:15:05,605 Let me ask you something. 463 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:14,181 C.J.? 464 00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:15,548 Yeah? 465 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:18,151 You know you haven't asked me anything yet, right? 466 00:15:18,185 --> 00:15:22,555 Yeah. 467 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:22,822 Yeah, listen. Never mind. 468 00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:23,823 C.J.? 469 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:24,891 Seriously, forget about it. 470 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:25,725 What was your question? 471 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:26,826 Leo: The two of you 472 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:29,429 come take a walk with me. 473 00:15:30,797 --> 00:15:32,365 What's going on? 474 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:34,334 I wanted to tell you this out where there were people 475 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:35,568 so you wouldn't scream about it. 476 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:36,403 Scream about what? 477 00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:37,737 The woman who was 478 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,439 on Capitol Beat with Sam Sunday night. 479 00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:40,440 What about her? 480 00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:41,608 I'm offering her a job. 481 00:15:41,641 --> 00:15:43,210 Where? 482 00:15:43,243 --> 00:15:43,876 Here. 483 00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:45,145 Are you kidding? No. 484 00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:46,346 Are you kidding? No. 485 00:15:46,379 --> 00:15:46,579 Are you kidding?! 486 00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:47,447 No. 487 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,948 What made you think 488 00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:50,517 I wouldn't scream where they are people?! 489 00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:51,418 I took a shot. 490 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:52,585 Leo! Leo! 491 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:54,854 Shh! Outside. 492 00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:56,623 I don't feel that I've honed in on this. 493 00:15:56,656 --> 00:15:57,957 Oh, a lot of people in Africa 494 00:15:57,991 --> 00:15:59,159 with HIV. 495 00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:00,127 Right. 496 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,561 American companies hold the patents 497 00:16:01,594 --> 00:16:02,729 on the medicines they need. 498 00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:04,131 Most people in most African countries 499 00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:05,965 can't afford to buy the drugs at these prices 500 00:16:05,999 --> 00:16:07,634 so they buy them on the black market. 501 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:08,768 In violation of U.S. patents 502 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:10,237 and international treaties. 503 00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:12,005 Yes. How prohibitively priced are the drugs? 504 00:16:12,039 --> 00:16:13,273 Costs about 150 bucks a week. 505 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:14,974 That's not totally off the charts. 506 00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:19,346 A police officer in Kenya makes $43 a month. 507 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:21,648 Do good in there. 508 00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:23,050 ( sighs ) 509 00:16:23,083 --> 00:16:24,751 Man: This isn't about prof... 510 00:16:24,784 --> 00:16:25,885 Man 2: Sir... 511 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,320 This isn't about profit... 512 00:16:27,354 --> 00:16:28,488 Sir, you have 513 00:16:28,521 --> 00:16:29,989 interrupted me again. 514 00:16:30,023 --> 00:16:31,891 My apologies, Mr. President. 515 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:34,327 ( speaking foreign language ) 516 00:16:34,361 --> 00:16:36,129 ( translating ): How can you tell us 517 00:16:36,163 --> 00:16:37,997 this isn't about profit maximization? 518 00:16:38,031 --> 00:16:40,067 ( speaking foreign language ) 519 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:41,234 Why do you sell Emperex 520 00:16:41,268 --> 00:16:42,369 for half the price in Norway 521 00:16:42,402 --> 00:16:43,570 than you do in my country? 522 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:44,771 That's not the issue. 523 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,239 Let's make it the issue. Toby... 524 00:16:46,273 --> 00:16:48,875 Let's make it the issue for the moment. 525 00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:51,544 You can't compare prices worldwide, Toby. 526 00:16:51,578 --> 00:16:52,479 Excuse me, sir? 527 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:53,846 Yes. 528 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,914 ( speaking foreign language ) 529 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:56,249 I was the one who asked you 530 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:57,850 the question, and I'd appreciate it 531 00:16:57,884 --> 00:16:59,519 if you direct your answer to me. 532 00:16:59,552 --> 00:17:01,321 President Nimbala... 533 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:04,224 when you sell to small pharmacies 534 00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:08,261 as we do in Norway, a different price is set. 535 00:17:08,295 --> 00:17:09,362 Norway... 536 00:17:09,396 --> 00:17:11,198 ( speaking foreign language ) 537 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:15,068 Norway, $10 per unit U.S.; my country, $23 per unit U.S. 538 00:17:15,102 --> 00:17:17,604 Retail markup, taxes, pharmacy discounts... 539 00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:19,272 These things vary widely. 540 00:17:19,306 --> 00:17:20,873 Not to mention we don't even know 541 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:22,175 if the drugs are getting to your citizens. 542 00:17:22,209 --> 00:17:23,776 ( speaking foreign language ) 543 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:28,348 You're implying corruption and incompetence. 544 00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:31,451 We do have reports of that, Mr. President. 545 00:17:31,484 --> 00:17:34,287 ( speaking foreign language ) 546 00:17:34,321 --> 00:17:36,423 You talk to me about corruption? 547 00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:38,291 ( speaking foreign language ) 548 00:17:38,325 --> 00:17:40,660 What are your annual sales of Fluconazole alone? 549 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:41,828 A billion dollars. 550 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,796 I don't understand your point, sir. 551 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:45,132 I think President Nimbala's saying 552 00:17:45,165 --> 00:17:46,633 there's more money in giving a white guy 553 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:50,803 an erection than curing a black guy of AIDS. 554 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:54,006 Sir, my company 555 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,576 has given away over $120 million worth 556 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:58,478 of free drugs a year 557 00:17:58,511 --> 00:18:01,047 including free doses of Xyclacinth 558 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,216 which is one of two drugs in your country 559 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:05,084 curing eye infections right now. 560 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:07,787 They're not dying from eye infections, Alan. 561 00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:12,292 Well, they're not dying 'cause of me either, Toby 562 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:14,561 and I'd like not to be talked to this way. 563 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:17,264 Alan, if it was 26 million Europeans dying 564 00:18:17,297 --> 00:18:18,831 we'd have had a solution yesterday. 565 00:18:18,865 --> 00:18:19,999 ( sighs ) 566 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:21,568 ( interpreter speaks softly ) 567 00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:25,738 How much would it cost for you to provide free drugs 568 00:18:25,772 --> 00:18:27,874 to the Sahelese Republic, Kenya 569 00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:30,076 and the Republic of Equatorial Kuhndu? 570 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:31,544 I have no idea. 571 00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:34,347 Why not? We're talking about 130,000 patients 572 00:18:34,381 --> 00:18:37,684 200-milligram pills, three times a day, every day. 573 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:39,386 What's the "x" factor? 574 00:18:39,419 --> 00:18:43,323 We don't know how long they'll live. 575 00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:47,827 ( speaks softly ) 576 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:49,696 We're nowhere. 577 00:18:49,729 --> 00:18:51,664 Let's take a break. 578 00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:56,503 ( speaks softly ) 579 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:59,839 Leo, she's here. Yeah? 580 00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:00,873 Should I send her in? 581 00:19:00,907 --> 00:19:01,974 Yeah. 582 00:19:02,008 --> 00:19:02,875 Do you want me to stay here? 583 00:19:02,909 --> 00:19:04,110 Why? 584 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,378 In case something should happen. 585 00:19:05,412 --> 00:19:06,679 What would that be, exactly? 586 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:07,547 I'll bring her in. 587 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:08,615 Thank you. 588 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:11,884 Ainsley. 589 00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:12,652 Mr. McGarry. 590 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:13,553 Leo's fine. 591 00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:16,055 Yes, sir. 592 00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:17,224 Were you offered coffee 593 00:19:17,257 --> 00:19:18,925 or something to drink? 594 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:20,126 Yes, the woman who works out there 595 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:21,428 who I imagine is your secretary 596 00:19:21,461 --> 00:19:22,862 offered me coffee or a soft drink. 597 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:23,996 Okay, so... 598 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:24,997 She was also kind enough to ask for my coat. 599 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:26,165 Excellent, and... 600 00:19:26,199 --> 00:19:28,501 She seems to be a very good secretary. 601 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:30,102 Well, she'll be happy to hear that. 602 00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:32,572 She's standing right outside the door. 603 00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:34,241 Margaret: Ow. 604 00:19:34,274 --> 00:19:36,309 So, I have to tell you 605 00:19:36,343 --> 00:19:39,879 I've never seen Sam Seaborn get beat 606 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:41,981 the way you beat him on Monday. 607 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:43,750 Yes, well, Mr. McGarry... 608 00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:45,051 Leo. 609 00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:46,586 Yes, sir, I've been thinking about that 610 00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:48,521 ever since your office called me on Tuesday 611 00:19:48,555 --> 00:19:50,523 and I have something to say on my own behalf 612 00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:51,991 if you'll permit me a moment to say it 613 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,260 and I understand if you won't 614 00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:55,262 but I would really appreciate it if you did. 615 00:19:55,295 --> 00:19:56,863 I didn't really follow that, but whatever. 616 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:59,266 I think that it is wrong for a man in your position 617 00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:00,700 to summon someone to the White House 618 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:02,502 to reprimand them for voicing opposition. 619 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:03,336 I think that that is wrong 620 00:20:03,370 --> 00:20:04,871 and it is inappropriate. 621 00:20:04,904 --> 00:20:06,839 It's inappropriate, and I'll tell you what else... 622 00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:08,341 It's wrong? Yes. 623 00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:10,410 Except you weren't summoned here to be reprimanded. 624 00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:12,245 Then if you'll permit me, why was I summoned? 625 00:20:12,279 --> 00:20:13,880 You have an interesting conversational style 626 00:20:13,913 --> 00:20:15,081 you know that? 627 00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:17,317 It's a nervous condition. 628 00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:19,185 I used to have a nervous condition. 629 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,320 How did yours manifest itself? 630 00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:22,121 I drank a lot of scotch. 631 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,423 I get sick when I drink too much. 632 00:20:23,456 --> 00:20:25,358 I get drunk when I drink too much. 633 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:26,959 Well, Mr. McGarry... Leo. 634 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:28,328 Yes, sir, I'll ask again. 635 00:20:28,361 --> 00:20:30,497 For what purpose was I brought here today? 636 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:32,365 So I could offer you a job. 637 00:20:32,399 --> 00:20:34,334 I'm asking because I do not think that it is fair 638 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:36,269 that I be expected to play the role of the mouse 639 00:20:36,303 --> 00:20:37,904 to the White House's cat in the game of... 640 00:20:37,937 --> 00:20:38,671 you know the game. 641 00:20:38,705 --> 00:20:39,906 Cat and mouse? 642 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:41,541 Yes, and it's not like I'm not... 643 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,576 The fact that I may not look 644 00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:46,078 like some of the other Republicans 645 00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:47,547 who have crossed your path 646 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:50,350 does not mean that I am any less inclined toward... 647 00:20:50,383 --> 00:20:51,984 Here it comes. 648 00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:54,487 Did you say offer me a job? 649 00:20:54,521 --> 00:20:56,589 Yes. Associate White House Counsel. 650 00:20:56,623 --> 00:20:59,125 You're to report to the Deputy White House Counsel 651 00:20:59,158 --> 00:21:02,529 who reports to the White House Counsel, who reports to me. 652 00:21:02,562 --> 00:21:06,232 I'm sorry. A job in this White House? 653 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:07,266 You want a glass of scotch? 654 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:08,435 Yes, please. 655 00:21:11,904 --> 00:21:13,740 ( groaning ) 656 00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:14,841 C.J.? 657 00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:16,409 Yeah. 658 00:21:16,443 --> 00:21:19,779 C.J., see a sleep doctor, take a pill, do something. 659 00:21:19,812 --> 00:21:23,583 I rode the life-cycle this morning for an hour and a half. 660 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:28,655 If it was a real cycle, I'd have been in Belgium by now. 661 00:21:28,688 --> 00:21:30,690 C.J., what did you want to ask me the other day? 662 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:31,891 Sam, if I talked to you about it 663 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:32,892 you could be subpoenaed. 664 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:33,893 Don't worry about it. 665 00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:34,961 It could cost you, and... 666 00:21:34,994 --> 00:21:36,028 Don't worry about it. 667 00:21:36,062 --> 00:21:39,832 I do worry about it. 668 00:21:39,866 --> 00:21:40,967 There's no problem. 669 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,502 I just need some sleep. 670 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:44,837 What can I bring into the room 671 00:21:44,871 --> 00:21:46,105 about the conference? 672 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:47,807 The sessions are productive. 673 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,208 Progress is being made. 674 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:51,110 These kind of things take time. 675 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,812 All the parties are optimistic. 676 00:21:52,845 --> 00:21:55,415 Are any of the parties optimistic? 677 00:21:56,783 --> 00:21:57,984 No. 678 00:21:58,017 --> 00:22:00,520 Carol: C.J.? 679 00:22:01,721 --> 00:22:03,990 Yeah. 680 00:22:06,292 --> 00:22:07,794 Did you say something to me? 681 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:09,529 No. 682 00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:12,899 'Cause... I thought you might've said something to me. 683 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,969 I have always been a Republican. 684 00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:17,670 My father 685 00:22:17,704 --> 00:22:18,505 is a Republican. 686 00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:20,272 His father was State Chairman 687 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:21,774 of the North Carolina Republican Party. 688 00:22:21,808 --> 00:22:23,009 Yes. 689 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,211 When I was young, I was a Young Republican. 690 00:22:25,244 --> 00:22:28,180 Ainsley, even if you hadn't already told me all of this-- 691 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:29,716 you know, many, many times-- 692 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:32,585 I would know it anyway because I have this FBI file. 693 00:22:32,619 --> 00:22:34,053 You have my FBI file? 694 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:35,354 Yes. 695 00:22:35,388 --> 00:22:37,289 You have my FBI file? Yes. 696 00:22:37,323 --> 00:22:38,090 I have an FBI file? 697 00:22:38,124 --> 00:22:38,991 Ainsley. 698 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:41,394 Mr. McGarry, I loathe 699 00:22:41,428 --> 00:22:43,329 almost everything you believe in... 700 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:44,664 Where are you going? 701 00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:46,132 I'm not going anywhere. I'm standing up 702 00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:47,266 which is how one speaks in opposition 703 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:48,367 in a civilized world. 704 00:22:48,401 --> 00:22:49,436 Well, you go, girl. 705 00:22:49,469 --> 00:22:50,903 I find this administration 706 00:22:50,937 --> 00:22:52,772 smug and patronizing, and under the impression 707 00:22:52,805 --> 00:22:54,340 that those who disagree with them 708 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,343 are less than they are, and with colder hearts. 709 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:58,411 I don't think that's true. 710 00:22:58,445 --> 00:22:59,879 How many people on your staff 711 00:22:59,912 --> 00:23:03,850 assumed that I was ambitious, mean, and stupid? 712 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:04,851 None. 713 00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:10,089 C.J. Cregg thinks you kill your pets. 714 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:11,658 You don't do that, do you? 715 00:23:11,691 --> 00:23:13,059 No, I don't kill my pets. 716 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:14,326 I don't have any pets. 717 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,495 I was thinking about getting a pet... 718 00:23:15,528 --> 00:23:16,929 but that doesn't matter. 719 00:23:16,963 --> 00:23:18,498 The point is... Ainsley. 720 00:23:18,531 --> 00:23:20,366 Don't you want to work in the White House? 721 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,068 Oh, only since I was two. 722 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:23,202 Okay. 723 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,370 It has to be this White House? 724 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:25,872 Ainsley... Mr. McGarry... 725 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:29,642 The President likes smart people who disagree with him. 726 00:23:29,676 --> 00:23:31,811 He wants to hear from you. 727 00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:34,547 The President's asking you to serve... 728 00:23:36,783 --> 00:23:39,752 ...and everything else is crap. 729 00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:44,023 Think about it overnight. 730 00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:45,357 Come back here 731 00:23:45,391 --> 00:23:48,761 at 6:00 tomorrow and give me your answer. 732 00:23:48,795 --> 00:23:50,062 Margaret! 733 00:23:50,863 --> 00:23:52,665 How you doing? 734 00:23:52,699 --> 00:23:54,734 Show Miss Hayes out, would you, please? 735 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,168 This way. 736 00:23:57,336 --> 00:23:58,404 No, you're listening to me 737 00:23:58,437 --> 00:23:59,305 but you're not understanding me. 738 00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:00,773 No, I'm disagreeing with you. 739 00:24:00,807 --> 00:24:02,174 That doesn't mean I'm not listening to you 740 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:03,576 or understanding what you're saying. 741 00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:05,377 I'm doing all three at the same time. 742 00:24:05,411 --> 00:24:07,113 You've got to get out of their face, Toby. 743 00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:08,347 They can get up any time they want 744 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:09,616 and we don't have anything they need. 745 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:11,450 They need patent treaties to be enforced. 746 00:24:11,484 --> 00:24:12,351 And they are going to be enforced. 747 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:13,653 The pharmaceutical companies 748 00:24:13,686 --> 00:24:15,488 got half the House of Representatives elected. 749 00:24:15,522 --> 00:24:17,089 Congress is going to get serious about this. 750 00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:19,158 The pills cost them four cents a unit to make. 751 00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:20,459 You know that's not true. 752 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:21,961 The second pill costs them four cents. 753 00:24:21,994 --> 00:24:24,764 The first pill costs them $400 million. 754 00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:27,166 They also enjoy unprecedented tax breaks 755 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:28,467 foreign tax credits 756 00:24:28,501 --> 00:24:30,703 research and experimentation exemptions 757 00:24:30,737 --> 00:24:32,872 and expensing of research expenditures 758 00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,741 to say nothing of the fact that business is pretty good 759 00:24:34,774 --> 00:24:37,343 so they're going to cover their bet. 760 00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:38,210 Tell me about Nimbala. 761 00:24:38,244 --> 00:24:39,345 They didn't have cheese. 762 00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:40,446 What is it? It's boysenberry. 763 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:41,413 A boysenberry Danish? 764 00:24:41,447 --> 00:24:44,183 It's new. 765 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,918 Tell me about Nimbala. 766 00:24:49,722 --> 00:24:51,991 He's a good president, Josh. 767 00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:55,595 He was a great soldier, a brilliant commander. 768 00:24:55,628 --> 00:24:57,396 He led his people for 28 years. 769 00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:58,798 He can't get ahead of the curve. 770 00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:00,066 He's cursed by geography. 771 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,035 If the ground won't grow anything 772 00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:04,270 you don't have an economy. 773 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:06,405 Still, he stands in a room 774 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:09,642 and he talks about Norman Borlaug. 775 00:25:09,676 --> 00:25:10,710 He came here himself, Josh. 776 00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:11,878 He didn't send delegates. 777 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,650 Maybe it's because he doesn't have any. 778 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:21,320 I think he's holding his country together with both hands. 779 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:22,689 Then let's make sure 780 00:25:22,722 --> 00:25:26,092 we send him back with something, is my point. 781 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:27,159 Fellas. 782 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:29,896 They're ready. Yeah? 783 00:25:30,797 --> 00:25:32,665 Yeah. 784 00:25:32,699 --> 00:25:34,734 Carol: Folks, please take your seats. 785 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:35,501 C.J.: Good afternoon. 786 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:36,769 Guess what. 787 00:25:36,803 --> 00:25:38,738 The audit figures released yesterday 788 00:25:38,771 --> 00:25:42,541 by the Senate Finance Committee confirmed earlier reports 789 00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:44,176 released by the Congressional Budget Office 790 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:45,144 regarding the increased 791 00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:47,213 budget surplus projections. 792 00:25:47,246 --> 00:25:49,649 The CBS projection actually increased the surplus amount 793 00:25:49,682 --> 00:25:52,852 from two trillion over the next ten years to 2.2 trillion. 794 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:54,520 This exceeds even the most 795 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,222 optimistic estimates published last year 796 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:59,191 by the White House Budget Office, of 300 billion 797 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:03,295 and the CBS projection last quarter of 900 billion. 798 00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:04,430 Needless to say, these figures... 799 00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:06,633 Are you new, too? Excuse me? 800 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:08,100 Are you new, too? 801 00:26:08,134 --> 00:26:09,535 It's my fourth day. 802 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:10,670 Uh, no. 803 00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:12,171 Maybe you can help me, then. 804 00:26:12,204 --> 00:26:14,440 I'm trying to get somewhere with drilling equipment 805 00:26:14,473 --> 00:26:18,444 that might've been sold by Bonamo Energy to the Iraqis in violation of sanctions. 806 00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:19,879 Now, I asked C.J. about it 807 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:22,414 and she said there's a grand jury investigation 808 00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:24,483 and she's not allowed to talk. 809 00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:25,551 If you ask me, she was acting 810 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:27,119 a little bit... I don't know 811 00:26:27,153 --> 00:26:28,888 but I hear she hasn't been able to sleep 812 00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:30,256 and maybe that's because... 813 00:26:30,289 --> 00:26:32,358 She told you there was a grand jury investigation? 814 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:33,259 Yeah. 815 00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:34,393 Miss Hayes. 816 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,728 Yeah. This way. 817 00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:37,529 ...responsible for a large portion 818 00:26:37,563 --> 00:26:40,700 of the surplus- to-debt reduction. 819 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,969 With regards to the progress made here 820 00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:46,138 at the White House summit for African AIDS relief 821 00:26:46,172 --> 00:26:47,707 all parties are optimistic 822 00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:49,909 that an agreement will be reached soon. 823 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:54,280 Damson: I think there's 824 00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:56,949 a more fundamental problem than marginal cost. 825 00:26:56,983 --> 00:26:58,985 We've been at this for four days 826 00:26:59,018 --> 00:27:00,720 and I still think we haven't talked about 827 00:27:00,753 --> 00:27:04,223 the fundamental misunderstanding in Africa 828 00:27:04,256 --> 00:27:07,994 over the basic facts of AIDS. 829 00:27:08,027 --> 00:27:09,762 ( translated ): I don't think there's a misunderstanding. 830 00:27:09,796 --> 00:27:11,463 A week ago you people stood up 831 00:27:11,497 --> 00:27:12,665 and said that AIDS 832 00:27:12,699 --> 00:27:15,067 has only a casual relationship to HIV. 833 00:27:15,101 --> 00:27:17,036 ( speaking foreign language ) 834 00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:18,671 ( translated ): I'm not certain 835 00:27:18,705 --> 00:27:21,073 to whom you refer when you say "you people" 836 00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:24,410 but it was President Mbeki of South Africa who said that 837 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:25,745 and not anyone in this room. 838 00:27:25,778 --> 00:27:27,579 I think Mr. Damson 839 00:27:27,613 --> 00:27:30,116 has brought up a hard truth that should be faced. 840 00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:31,483 What's that? 841 00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:34,486 If tomorrow we made AIDS medication free 842 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,288 to every patient in your country 843 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:37,990 as much as they needed 844 00:27:38,024 --> 00:27:39,591 for as long as they needed it 845 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:42,361 it would likely make very little difference 846 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:44,396 in the spread of the epidemic. 847 00:27:44,430 --> 00:27:45,732 Why? 848 00:27:45,765 --> 00:27:49,568 Anti-HIV drugs are a triple cocktail. 849 00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:52,204 It's a complicated regimen that requires 850 00:27:52,238 --> 00:27:55,207 ten pills to be taken every day at precise times. 851 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:57,877 Two protease inhibitors every eight hours 852 00:27:57,910 --> 00:28:01,213 two combination RTI pills every 12 hours. 853 00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:02,414 What's the problem? 854 00:28:06,853 --> 00:28:08,788 They don't own wristwatches. 855 00:28:08,821 --> 00:28:10,422 They can't tell time. 856 00:28:15,461 --> 00:28:17,496 We agree something must be done 857 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,365 but we don't think we're culprits 858 00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:22,769 and we don't think there is an easy or obvious solution. 859 00:28:22,802 --> 00:28:26,538 And we think you should be aware of the dangers involved 860 00:28:26,572 --> 00:28:31,477 in some of the proposals made here today. 861 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:41,353 Mr. President, may we speak with you alone, please? 862 00:28:49,028 --> 00:28:50,763 Ainsley? 863 00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:53,665 Could you give me just a moment, please? 864 00:28:53,699 --> 00:28:55,034 Sure. 865 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:56,502 Thank you. 866 00:28:59,105 --> 00:29:00,039 Excuse me. 867 00:29:00,072 --> 00:29:01,908 I was going to see Leo McGarry. 868 00:29:01,941 --> 00:29:05,211 He asked me come back and see him again at the end of the day. 869 00:29:05,244 --> 00:29:06,312 I'm Ainsley Hayes. 870 00:29:06,345 --> 00:29:07,947 It's good to meet you. 871 00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:10,549 I'm not taking the job, C.J. 872 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:15,454 Well, okay. 873 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:20,559 I just wanted to... 874 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:22,761 Okay. 875 00:29:24,563 --> 00:29:28,634 C.J., Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 876 00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:30,870 says you can be prosecuted for even confirming 877 00:29:30,903 --> 00:29:34,706 a grand jury's been in panel. 878 00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:36,175 How'd you know? 879 00:29:36,208 --> 00:29:38,310 A reporter in your press room who hasn't read 880 00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:40,346 the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 881 00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:44,350 Well, someone's going to tell him eventually. 882 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:46,152 Who told you? 883 00:29:46,185 --> 00:29:49,956 One of the witnesses who was called. 884 00:29:49,989 --> 00:29:51,623 What could happen? 885 00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:55,461 18 months. Medium security. 886 00:29:57,596 --> 00:29:58,697 C.J., I'm kidding. 887 00:29:58,730 --> 00:30:00,299 You didn't break the law. 888 00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:02,434 Attorneys and jurors are under a gag order. 889 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:03,970 Witnesses are free to say whatever they want. 890 00:30:04,003 --> 00:30:05,071 And anyone is free 891 00:30:05,104 --> 00:30:08,607 to repeat what they've said. 892 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,511 You know, I'm not sure that laying low 893 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:16,215 and hoping nobody noticed was the best strategy here. 894 00:30:16,248 --> 00:30:18,450 Next time you should really run it by someone 895 00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:20,486 in the Counsel's Office. 896 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:22,688 Anyway, I should go see Leo. 897 00:30:22,721 --> 00:30:24,523 Yeah. 898 00:30:33,532 --> 00:30:35,101 President Nimbala. 899 00:30:47,980 --> 00:30:50,016 I'm going to put a deal together 900 00:30:50,049 --> 00:30:51,683 and I want you to agree to it. 901 00:30:51,717 --> 00:30:53,619 ( speaking foreign language ) 902 00:30:53,652 --> 00:30:54,887 Translator: What am I agreeing to? 903 00:30:54,921 --> 00:30:58,124 I can get them to lower their prices 904 00:30:58,157 --> 00:30:59,892 but you have to commit your military 905 00:30:59,926 --> 00:31:03,095 your Customs Bureau and your Ministry of Health. 906 00:31:03,129 --> 00:31:04,796 You have to commit them to stopping 907 00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:06,966 the influx of black market HIV drugs 908 00:31:06,999 --> 00:31:09,735 from Korea and Pakistan 909 00:31:09,768 --> 00:31:12,271 and from wherever else they're coming. 910 00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:14,706 ( speaking foreign language ) 911 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:19,711 Translator: 35.8% of our adult population is infected. 912 00:31:19,745 --> 00:31:22,181 60% of our hospital beds are occupied 913 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:23,782 by people who are HIV-positive. 914 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:25,985 ( speaking foreign language ) 915 00:31:26,018 --> 00:31:29,888 Our Institute of Policy Analysis says in the coming decade 916 00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:32,491 50% of all households in my country 917 00:31:32,524 --> 00:31:36,595 will have at least one member infected with HIV. 918 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,897 To think I would care about international patent law 919 00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:40,832 at a time like this is unrealistic. 920 00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:42,034 Mr. President 921 00:31:42,068 --> 00:31:44,703 the U.S. Department of Commerce 922 00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:47,873 will put your country on a watch list. 923 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:50,977 That's the first step toward trade sanctions. 924 00:31:51,010 --> 00:31:55,381 Our Congress could end all aid to your country. 925 00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:58,617 If you can agree to what we're saying 926 00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:00,019 in exchange for which, we believe 927 00:32:00,052 --> 00:32:02,188 we can get Congress to forgive the debt 928 00:32:02,221 --> 00:32:04,790 on all your past development loans 929 00:32:04,823 --> 00:32:06,959 and we believe the Export-Import Bank 930 00:32:06,993 --> 00:32:09,228 will offer a billion dollars in loans 931 00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:12,631 to finance the purchase of American AIDS medication. 932 00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:15,701 Congress won't approve the loan. 933 00:32:15,734 --> 00:32:18,037 Congress won't have to, sir. 934 00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:20,272 The Treasury and the State Department will review it. 935 00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:22,141 But if we spread the loans out 936 00:32:22,174 --> 00:32:25,577 over several countries in your region on a case-by-case basis 937 00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:28,314 and if none of the loans exceed a hundred million dollars 938 00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:31,150 we don't need Congressional approval. 939 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:33,152 That law might change soon. 940 00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:49,401 It's a terrible thing to beg for your life, terrible. 941 00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:51,637 My father... 942 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:54,606 ( speaks foreign language ) 943 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:55,907 Proud. 944 00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:58,177 Proud. 945 00:32:58,210 --> 00:33:00,612 My father was a proud man. 946 00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:04,350 He built homes. 947 00:33:04,383 --> 00:33:05,484 He wouldn't like 948 00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:11,057 what I came here to do. 949 00:33:11,090 --> 00:33:13,525 Yes, he would, Mr. President. 950 00:33:13,559 --> 00:33:15,227 I swear to God he would. 951 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:26,772 Thank you, sir. 952 00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:31,110 Go tell Leo. 953 00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:49,095 Hi. 954 00:33:50,662 --> 00:33:52,231 Hi. 955 00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:11,750 You know, something you forgot to mention 956 00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:13,252 about the 95% of the money 957 00:34:13,285 --> 00:34:14,620 going straight into the classroom 958 00:34:14,653 --> 00:34:16,188 past the pork barrel buffet 959 00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:17,423 was that the school only got the money 960 00:34:17,456 --> 00:34:20,025 if they agreed not to distribute condoms. 961 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:21,327 Well, that's a reason to veto it 962 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,794 because the thing our public schools need 963 00:34:22,828 --> 00:34:24,963 more than anything else right now are free condoms. 964 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:29,067 I'd definitely make that priority one. 965 00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:30,469 He's not here. 966 00:34:32,971 --> 00:34:34,673 You look familiar to me. 967 00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:37,909 You're Aimsley Hayes. 968 00:34:37,943 --> 00:34:39,745 Ainsley, with an "n." 969 00:34:39,778 --> 00:34:41,313 She works here now. 970 00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:41,680 What? 971 00:34:41,713 --> 00:34:42,681 Leo hired her. 972 00:34:42,714 --> 00:34:43,782 What are you talking about? 973 00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:45,317 Leo hired her. He told me and C.J. 974 00:34:45,351 --> 00:34:47,686 He was waiting to tell you and Toby. 975 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,087 What was he waiting for? 976 00:34:49,121 --> 00:34:49,888 How the hell do I know, Josh? 977 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,657 Waiting until he hired me 978 00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:54,326 which he hasn't done 'cause I'm not taking the job. 979 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,595 You're not taking the job? 980 00:34:56,628 --> 00:34:59,731 No, but thank you for talking to me instead of about me. 981 00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:02,201 Hang on, I'm still back on "he offered you the job" 982 00:35:02,234 --> 00:35:03,935 but you're not taking the job? 983 00:35:03,969 --> 00:35:05,571 No, man, why participate in the process 984 00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:07,373 when you can get a job commenting on it? 985 00:35:07,406 --> 00:35:09,375 You think because I don't want to work here 986 00:35:09,408 --> 00:35:10,909 it's because I can get a better gig on Geraldo? 987 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:12,678 I think... 988 00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:15,181 Gosh, let's see if there could possibly be any other reason 989 00:35:15,214 --> 00:35:16,548 why I wouldn't want to work 990 00:35:16,582 --> 00:35:17,149 in this White House. 991 00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:18,750 This White House that feels 992 00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:21,253 that government is better for children than parents are. 993 00:35:21,287 --> 00:35:22,721 That looks at 40 years 994 00:35:22,754 --> 00:35:26,124 of degrading and humiliating free lunches handed out 995 00:35:26,158 --> 00:35:28,126 in a spectacularly failed effort 996 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:29,295 to level the playing field 997 00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:30,896 and says, "Let's try 40 more." 998 00:35:30,929 --> 00:35:32,198 This White House that says 999 00:35:32,231 --> 00:35:34,132 of anyone that points that out to them 1000 00:35:34,166 --> 00:35:36,235 that they are cold and mean and racist 1001 00:35:36,268 --> 00:35:39,771 and then accuses Republicans of using the politics of fear. 1002 00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:42,140 This White House that loves the Bill of Rights 1003 00:35:42,174 --> 00:35:46,412 all of them, except the second one. 1004 00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:47,813 This is the wrong place 1005 00:35:47,846 --> 00:35:50,349 to talk about guns right now. 1006 00:35:50,382 --> 00:35:52,718 I thought your column was idiotic. 1007 00:35:52,751 --> 00:35:55,120 Imagine my surprise. 1008 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:56,855 But for a brilliant surgical team 1009 00:35:56,888 --> 00:35:59,057 and two centimeters of a miracle 1010 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:00,792 this guy's dead right now... 1011 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:04,095 from bullets fired from a gun bought legally. 1012 00:36:04,129 --> 00:36:06,632 They bought guns, they loaded them 1013 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:09,134 they drove from Wheeling to Rosslyn 1014 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:10,001 and until they pulled the trigger 1015 00:36:10,035 --> 00:36:11,403 they had yet to commit a crime. 1016 00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:13,339 I am so off the charts tired of the gun lobby 1017 00:36:13,372 --> 00:36:15,140 tossing around words like personal freedom 1018 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:16,208 and nobody calling them on it. 1019 00:36:16,242 --> 00:36:17,776 It's not about personal freedom 1020 00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:20,045 and it certainly has nothing to do with public safety. 1021 00:36:20,078 --> 00:36:21,713 It's just that some people like guns. 1022 00:36:21,747 --> 00:36:26,184 Yes, they do. 1023 00:36:26,218 --> 00:36:28,387 But you know what's more insidious than that? 1024 00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:30,121 Your gun control position 1025 00:36:30,155 --> 00:36:32,524 doesn't have anything to do with public safety 1026 00:36:32,558 --> 00:36:35,561 and it's certainly not about personal freedom. 1027 00:36:35,594 --> 00:36:38,997 It's about you don't like people who do like guns. 1028 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,567 You don't like the people. 1029 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:46,171 Think about that the next time you make a joke about the South. 1030 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:47,373 Where's Leo? 1031 00:36:47,406 --> 00:36:48,540 What? 1032 00:36:48,574 --> 00:36:49,541 Where's Leo? 1033 00:36:49,575 --> 00:36:51,176 We don't know. 1034 00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:53,712 Charlie, you seen Leo? 1035 00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:17,936 600? 1036 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:18,837 Yes, sir. 1037 00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:19,771 Television and radio? 1038 00:37:19,805 --> 00:37:20,839 They've got 'em. 1039 00:37:20,872 --> 00:37:21,873 When do I see pictures 1040 00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:22,874 and who's going to tell me 1041 00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:24,009 what I'm looking for? 1042 00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:25,611 Ten minutes in the situation room. 1043 00:37:25,644 --> 00:37:31,182 I want Fitzwallace and Nancy. 1044 00:37:31,216 --> 00:37:32,618 Donna, tell C.J. it's an open lid. 1045 00:37:32,651 --> 00:37:33,319 She knows. 1046 00:37:33,352 --> 00:37:35,487 They're coming back. 1047 00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:38,256 Leo. 1048 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:39,791 Excuse us. 1049 00:37:39,825 --> 00:37:40,859 Excuse me, everybody. 1050 00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:43,829 Could we have the room a moment, please? 1051 00:37:43,862 --> 00:37:44,830 Sam. 1052 00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:48,967 ( closes door ) 1053 00:37:52,137 --> 00:37:54,306 Mr. President, three hours ago 1054 00:37:54,340 --> 00:37:56,342 there was a coup in your country. 1055 00:37:56,375 --> 00:37:58,377 The AFRC has taken the capital. 1056 00:37:58,410 --> 00:38:00,245 ( speaking foreign language ) 1057 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:01,179 Where are my children? 1058 00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:02,548 We're finding out. 1059 00:38:02,581 --> 00:38:04,316 The information's coming very quickly 1060 00:38:04,350 --> 00:38:06,618 from our people in Angola and Sudan. 1061 00:38:06,652 --> 00:38:07,319 Mr. President 1062 00:38:07,353 --> 00:38:08,854 I think you should sit. 1063 00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:09,788 No, thank you. 1064 00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:10,656 I'll go now. 1065 00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:13,559 No, no, sir, my State Department 1066 00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:15,461 is offering you asylum in the U.S. 1067 00:38:15,494 --> 00:38:19,365 Thank you, Mr. President, but I have to go home. 1068 00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:22,368 You can't go home. You can't go home. 1069 00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:23,301 I am the leader. 1070 00:38:23,335 --> 00:38:24,536 They have the capital. 1071 00:38:24,570 --> 00:38:25,704 They have the radio station. 1072 00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:28,574 They have the television station. 1073 00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,477 ( speaking foreign language ) 1074 00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:33,211 Are there Americans on the ground? 1075 00:38:33,244 --> 00:38:35,514 I'm evacuating the embassy. 1076 00:38:35,547 --> 00:38:36,548 ( speaking foreign language ) 1077 00:38:36,582 --> 00:38:37,916 Did they close the airport? 1078 00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:39,150 Yes. 1079 00:38:39,184 --> 00:38:40,519 ( speaking foreign language ) 1080 00:38:40,552 --> 00:38:43,021 They will want to arrest me. 1081 00:38:43,054 --> 00:38:45,090 They will want to put me on trial 1082 00:38:45,123 --> 00:38:46,458 to trade my return 1083 00:38:46,492 --> 00:38:48,259 for the safe departure of the Americans. 1084 00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:50,061 I don't need to trade you. 1085 00:38:50,095 --> 00:38:51,563 If they won't give me the Americans 1086 00:38:51,597 --> 00:38:52,764 we'll go and get them ourselves 1087 00:38:52,798 --> 00:38:53,499 and they know that 1088 00:38:53,532 --> 00:38:54,600 and they'll let them go. 1089 00:38:54,633 --> 00:38:57,603 I'd like to call my embassy. 1090 00:38:57,636 --> 00:38:59,805 Your embassy is in exile, Mr. President. 1091 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:01,206 They will shoot you 1092 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,308 the moment you step off the plane. 1093 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,611 Thank you. 1094 00:39:05,644 --> 00:39:07,312 ( speaking foreign language ) 1095 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:10,416 Please tell me what is in that message. 1096 00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:22,494 We think your brother and your two sons 1097 00:39:22,528 --> 00:39:25,731 are already dead. 1098 00:39:25,764 --> 00:39:31,036 We think your wife is being hidden in Kenya. 1099 00:39:31,069 --> 00:39:32,404 You understand, don't you 1100 00:39:32,438 --> 00:39:37,175 why I can't offer military assistance? 1101 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:40,512 Yes. 1102 00:39:41,613 --> 00:39:44,850 President: Ned, sit with me for a moment. 1103 00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:48,454 Sit down, sir. 1104 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:56,828 Harriet: ...and you know they just wanted 1105 00:39:56,862 --> 00:39:59,330 to hire her so they could say they did. 1106 00:39:59,364 --> 00:40:01,299 Ugh. "Look at us. We hired a Republican. 1107 00:40:01,332 --> 00:40:02,468 "Look at how bipartisan we are. 1108 00:40:02,501 --> 00:40:03,735 "We didn't even notice 1109 00:40:03,769 --> 00:40:05,403 that she looks like a Gap dancer." 1110 00:40:05,437 --> 00:40:07,405 ( laughing ): That's right! 1111 00:40:07,439 --> 00:40:09,407 Harriet: Ainsley! ! Hey. 1112 00:40:09,441 --> 00:40:10,942 Bruce was just telling me. 1113 00:40:10,976 --> 00:40:12,210 I couldn't resist. 1114 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:13,679 So they tried to hire you. 1115 00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:15,914 Tell me about the look on McGarry's face. 1116 00:40:15,947 --> 00:40:17,115 What? 1117 00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:19,117 When you said no. 1118 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:22,954 I, um... couldn't see him. 1119 00:40:22,988 --> 00:40:25,957 He had to... 1120 00:40:25,991 --> 00:40:26,958 He was called into... 1121 00:40:26,992 --> 00:40:28,860 What's wrong? 1122 00:40:28,894 --> 00:40:30,028 Nothing. 1123 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:33,198 He had to... 1124 00:40:33,231 --> 00:40:34,299 Something happened... 1125 00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:35,400 Oh, damn, I wanted you 1126 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:36,401 to say it to his face. 1127 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:37,368 I wanted to see... 1128 00:40:37,402 --> 00:40:38,369 I hate these people. 1129 00:40:38,403 --> 00:40:39,437 Did you meet anyone there 1130 00:40:39,471 --> 00:40:40,872 who isn't worthless? 1131 00:40:40,906 --> 00:40:41,607 Don't say that. 1132 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:42,407 Did you meet anyone there 1133 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,441 who has any...? 1134 00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:44,676 I said, don't say that. 1135 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:49,615 Say they're smug and superior. 1136 00:40:49,648 --> 00:40:51,783 Say their approach to public policy 1137 00:40:51,817 --> 00:40:54,085 makes you want to tear your hair out. 1138 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:57,222 Say they'd like high taxes and spending your money. 1139 00:40:57,255 --> 00:41:00,659 Say they want to take your guns and open your borders. 1140 00:41:00,692 --> 00:41:02,561 But don't call them worthless. 1141 00:41:02,594 --> 00:41:05,030 At least don't do it in front of me. 1142 00:41:05,063 --> 00:41:07,232 The people that I have met 1143 00:41:07,265 --> 00:41:10,168 have been extraordinarily qualified. 1144 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:11,637 Their intent is good. 1145 00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:13,639 Their commitment is true. 1146 00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:16,742 They are righteous, and they are patriots. 1147 00:41:20,512 --> 00:41:22,714 And I'm their lawyer. 1148 00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:35,193 President: You ever read Paul Erlich's book? 1149 00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:36,361 Toby: The Population Bomb? 1150 00:41:36,394 --> 00:41:39,130 Yeah. He wrote it in 1968. 1151 00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:41,299 Erlich said that it was a fantasy 1152 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:43,635 that India would ever feed itself. 1153 00:41:43,669 --> 00:41:46,437 Then Norman Borlaug comes along. 1154 00:41:46,471 --> 00:41:49,140 See, the problem was that wheat is top-heavy. 1155 00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:50,375 It was falling over on itself 1156 00:41:50,408 --> 00:41:53,111 and it took up too much space. 1157 00:41:53,144 --> 00:41:54,580 The dwarf wheat... 1158 00:41:54,613 --> 00:41:57,315 Guys, it was an agricultural revolution 1159 00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,350 that was credited with saving 1160 00:41:59,384 --> 00:42:01,720 one billion lives. 1161 00:42:06,091 --> 00:42:08,727 Thanks. 1162 00:42:12,097 --> 00:42:14,766 It happened. 1163 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,836 They executed him in the airport parking lot. 1164 00:42:26,111 --> 00:42:28,079 ( sighs ) 1165 00:42:28,113 --> 00:42:30,716 Okay. 1166 00:42:30,749 --> 00:42:34,586 I'll see you Monday.