1 00:00:04,405 --> 00:00:06,006 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,074 --> 00:00:08,842 You're Aimsley Hayes. Ainsley, with an "n." 3 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:09,943 I'm offering her a job. 4 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:11,079 Where? Here. 5 00:00:11,145 --> 00:00:12,080 My first day is getting off 6 00:00:12,146 --> 00:00:13,047 to a great start. 7 00:00:13,114 --> 00:00:13,947 About to get better. 8 00:00:14,014 --> 00:00:15,216 Who is this? 9 00:00:15,283 --> 00:00:16,717 This is Ainsley Hayes. You're an idiot. 10 00:00:16,784 --> 00:00:18,786 I don't think it's that she's a Republican. 11 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,421 It's that she's a Republican woman and she's good-looking. 12 00:00:20,488 --> 00:00:22,290 Those are three things, when in combination 13 00:00:22,356 --> 00:00:23,757 usually spell careerism... 14 00:00:23,824 --> 00:00:24,958 I think if I have to endure 15 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,194 another disappointment today 16 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:27,661 from this place that I have worshipped 17 00:00:27,728 --> 00:00:28,662 I am going to lose it. 18 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:30,631 17 seconds it took her to call us liars. 19 00:00:30,698 --> 00:00:32,166 Why don't you keep your voice down? 20 00:00:32,233 --> 00:00:34,468 What are you doing here? Serving my country. 21 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:36,437 Sam: Is he meeting with Nancy McNally? 22 00:00:36,504 --> 00:00:38,672 C.J.: No, I want to be very clear about this. 23 00:00:38,739 --> 00:00:40,508 Mr. Konanov, while he's here in Washington 24 00:00:40,574 --> 00:00:42,210 is not meeting with the Secretary of State 25 00:00:42,276 --> 00:00:44,112 or any cabinet-level official for that matter. 26 00:00:44,178 --> 00:00:45,579 He's not meeting with the UN ambassador 27 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:47,415 or senior aides representing NATO allies 28 00:00:47,481 --> 00:00:49,483 and he's certainly not meeting with the President. 29 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,285 He will be coming to the White House to meet 30 00:00:51,352 --> 00:00:53,487 with some of the President's advisors in the Balkans. 31 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:55,289 Who's next?... Steve? C.J.! 32 00:00:55,356 --> 00:00:57,057 C.J., Senator-elect Morgan Mitchel 33 00:00:57,125 --> 00:00:58,926 is going to announce on Hardball later today 34 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:01,362 that he'll seek a seat on the Foreign Relations Committee 35 00:01:01,429 --> 00:01:03,297 and that he'll block a vote on the Test Ban Treaty 36 00:01:03,364 --> 00:01:04,832 and prevent it from coming to the floor. 37 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:06,434 Yeah. Any thoughts? 38 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:08,436 We'll have a ratified Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 39 00:01:08,502 --> 00:01:10,238 Mitchell says, "Over his dead body." 40 00:01:10,304 --> 00:01:11,505 I think, like all freshmen 41 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:13,241 Senator-elect Mitchel will discover 42 00:01:13,307 --> 00:01:14,842 that he's one of a hundred and that his power 43 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,877 is considerably more limited than he imagines. 44 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:19,647 The new Senate will ratify the treaty and we really don't care 45 00:01:19,713 --> 00:01:21,081 what condition his body is in... 46 00:01:21,149 --> 00:01:22,750 C.J.! Danny. 47 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:25,219 Has the President considered ordering a lame-duck session 48 00:01:25,286 --> 00:01:26,954 so the current Senate can vote on the treaty? 49 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:28,256 Okay, anybody but Danny. 50 00:01:28,322 --> 00:01:29,223 C.J.-- No. 51 00:01:29,290 --> 00:01:30,791 He hasn't considered it? 52 00:01:30,858 --> 00:01:32,426 I don't know the President's every thought 53 00:01:32,493 --> 00:01:33,894 but there have been no discussions... 54 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:35,729 That you're aware of. that I'm aware of. 55 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:37,665 I'd like to know if the President's considered it. 56 00:01:37,731 --> 00:01:39,333 Is that something you can check out 57 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,402 and get back to us on? You bet. Who's next? 58 00:01:41,469 --> 00:01:42,836 Josh: She walked into it. She knows it, too. 59 00:01:42,903 --> 00:01:44,572 Walked into what? 60 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:46,740 She can't confirm that the President hasn't considered it 61 00:01:46,807 --> 00:01:48,876 unless she asks the President if he's considered it 62 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,478 at which point, he will have considered it. 63 00:01:50,544 --> 00:01:51,979 That sounds pretty stupid. 64 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:54,047 It was a better-organized thought when it was in my head. 65 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:55,383 Is she almost done? 66 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:57,050 She's wrapping up. Let's go. 67 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:57,851 Has he considered it? 68 00:01:57,918 --> 00:01:58,852 No. Why not? 69 00:01:58,919 --> 00:02:00,053 Why should he? 70 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,121 If he thinks he has a better chance 71 00:02:01,189 --> 00:02:02,623 of ratifying the Test Ban Treaty 72 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:04,325 with this Congress than the new one... He doesn't. 73 00:02:04,392 --> 00:02:07,027 But if Morgan Mitchel's... Mitchel's not a factor. 74 00:02:07,094 --> 00:02:09,363 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration... No. 75 00:02:09,430 --> 00:02:10,398 How do you change subjects so fast? 76 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:11,532 Josh... 77 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:13,334 I mean it-- how do you go from a Test Ban Treaty 78 00:02:13,401 --> 00:02:14,702 and a lame-duck Congress to OSHA? 79 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:16,103 'Cause I'm me. 80 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:18,706 Do you know how many people acquire carpal tunnel syndrome? 81 00:02:18,772 --> 00:02:20,808 It shouldn't surprise you to learn that I do not. 82 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:22,243 600,000 Americans a year. 83 00:02:22,310 --> 00:02:23,677 Do you have any idea how painful it is? 84 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:26,013 Donna, in the scheme of things, who really cares... 85 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:27,648 Do you have any idea how painful it is? 86 00:02:27,715 --> 00:02:28,482 Yes, yes, yes, yes. 87 00:02:28,549 --> 00:02:30,117 Pain in your forearm. No grip. 88 00:02:30,184 --> 00:02:31,385 You lose the ability to pinch. 89 00:02:31,452 --> 00:02:33,153 People who lose the ability to pinch? 90 00:02:33,221 --> 00:02:34,922 I got to tell you I don't know from where 91 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:36,224 they summon the will to go on. 92 00:02:36,290 --> 00:02:37,725 You guys are on the wrong side of this. 93 00:02:37,791 --> 00:02:39,393 Aren't you one of "you guys"? Not on this. 94 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:40,394 C.J.-- I know. 95 00:02:40,461 --> 00:02:41,595 You walked right into it. 96 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:43,264 There was no other direction to walk. 97 00:02:43,331 --> 00:02:44,498 Now, please, just answer no to this question. 98 00:02:44,565 --> 00:02:46,033 Has the President considered it? 99 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:47,401 No. Good. 100 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:48,936 Not that I know of. Josh... 101 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:49,937 He hasn't. Listen... 102 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,305 What? He should consider it. 103 00:02:51,372 --> 00:02:52,940 He should consider it right now. 104 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:55,743 Mitchel's not going to get a seat on Foreign Relations. 105 00:02:55,809 --> 00:02:57,177 There isn't a seat open on Foreign Relations. 106 00:02:57,245 --> 00:02:58,246 There's a seat open on Appropriations. 107 00:02:58,312 --> 00:02:59,179 Josh: Kasey'll move? 108 00:02:59,247 --> 00:03:00,714 What's going on? 109 00:03:00,781 --> 00:03:02,383 Kasey wants Appropriations and he has the seniority. 110 00:03:02,450 --> 00:03:03,584 So he'll have to give up Budget. 111 00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:05,419 Which Taglio will jump at it in a second 112 00:03:05,486 --> 00:03:07,721 which clears the way for Newberry in Senate Armed Services. 113 00:03:07,788 --> 00:03:09,623 Newberry leaving opens up Judiciary. 114 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:11,625 Now who wants to be named Attorney General 115 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:13,327 under the next Republican President? 116 00:03:13,394 --> 00:03:14,428 Howard Westin. That's right. 117 00:03:14,495 --> 00:03:15,896 So he takes the seat on Judiciary. 118 00:03:15,963 --> 00:03:17,798 Vacating his seat on Foreign Relations. 119 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:19,700 So there's a seat open on Foreign Relations. 120 00:03:19,767 --> 00:03:21,935 It doesn't mean Morgan Mitchel's gonna get it, right? 121 00:03:22,002 --> 00:03:23,170 Yes, it does. Why? 122 00:03:23,237 --> 00:03:24,438 'Cause nobody else is gonna want it. 123 00:03:24,505 --> 00:03:26,206 Why? 'Cause there's no money it. 124 00:03:26,274 --> 00:03:27,841 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee 125 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,777 has no control over money, so there's no lobbyists 126 00:03:29,843 --> 00:03:31,712 which means there are no fund-raisers. 127 00:03:31,779 --> 00:03:33,981 The Constitution says, "under extraordinary circumstances." 128 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,916 It's a treaty that's vital to national and global security. 129 00:03:35,983 --> 00:03:37,251 What kind of extraordinary circumstances 130 00:03:37,318 --> 00:03:38,552 do you have in mind? 131 00:03:38,619 --> 00:03:40,254 Sam, do you think we have less of a chance 132 00:03:40,321 --> 00:03:41,822 with the new Congress? 133 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:43,457 I think we have no chance with the new Congress. 134 00:03:43,524 --> 00:03:44,692 And while I've never lived through 135 00:03:44,758 --> 00:03:46,460 a massive nuclear explosion of radiation 136 00:03:46,527 --> 00:03:48,529 decimating all forms of life in a 200-mile radius 137 00:03:48,596 --> 00:03:51,332 I've seen pictures, and I couldn't agree with Josh more in his interpretation 138 00:03:51,399 --> 00:03:53,867 of the "extraordinary circumstances" clause in the Constitution. 139 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:56,404 Is Leo free now? 140 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:58,171 In five minutes. 141 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,408 These people are gone. The 106th Congress is adjourned. 142 00:04:00,474 --> 00:04:01,975 12 of them were voted out of office. 143 00:04:02,042 --> 00:04:04,512 This is bad pool-- you go in there and tell the President 144 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:05,913 to call a lame-duck session and he does 145 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:07,281 it's going to look like politics. 146 00:04:07,348 --> 00:04:08,349 It is politics. Toby... 147 00:04:08,416 --> 00:04:09,983 Let's see Leo. 148 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:11,118 What do we tell the 12 people 149 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:12,453 out there looking for new jobs? 150 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,688 They may not be done with their old ones yet. 151 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:08,108 It's all budget. 152 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:10,544 He'll want Appropriations. 153 00:05:10,611 --> 00:05:11,879 And he has the seniority. 154 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:13,213 He'll have to give up the Budget... 155 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:14,682 And Taglio will take that. 156 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:16,384 Which clears the way for Newberry and Armed Services. 157 00:05:16,450 --> 00:05:17,818 Newberry will vacate his seat on Judiciary. 158 00:05:17,885 --> 00:05:19,219 Which means Westin leaves Foreign Relations... 159 00:05:19,286 --> 00:05:20,554 And that's where Mitchel comes in. 160 00:05:20,621 --> 00:05:22,289 Guys... It's like running the country 161 00:05:22,356 --> 00:05:24,124 with Barnum, Bailey and his sister Sue. 162 00:05:24,191 --> 00:05:25,693 ( all talking at once ) 163 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:28,128 Is it possible for just two of them to speak at once? 164 00:05:28,195 --> 00:05:29,463 Toby? 165 00:05:29,530 --> 00:05:31,699 That was an hour-and- ten-minute meeting 166 00:05:31,765 --> 00:05:34,668 with Dick Rush, Ed, Marty Beach and Henry Rodriguez. 167 00:05:34,735 --> 00:05:38,038 I've never seen both political and legislative liaisons 168 00:05:38,105 --> 00:05:40,073 so unanimous in a diagnosis. 169 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,409 Leo: They think he should call it? 170 00:05:41,475 --> 00:05:42,576 Toby: Yeah. 171 00:05:42,643 --> 00:05:43,711 Mr. President, we have a better chance 172 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:44,745 of winning now than a month from now. 173 00:05:44,812 --> 00:05:46,113 Not only that... Sorry. Sam! 174 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:47,114 Toby. 175 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,449 Not only that 176 00:05:48,516 --> 00:05:50,918 but here's what C.J. can tell the press: 177 00:05:50,984 --> 00:05:53,220 The world is looking to the U.S. to ratify the treaty first. 178 00:05:53,286 --> 00:05:54,755 The longer we wait 179 00:05:54,822 --> 00:05:56,824 the longer it takes other countries to ratify 180 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:59,326 the closer we get to more unstable countries like Pakistan 181 00:05:59,393 --> 00:06:01,194 developing a nuclear threat. 182 00:06:01,261 --> 00:06:02,362 Leo: Arguments against? 183 00:06:02,430 --> 00:06:03,697 We might lose the vote. 184 00:06:03,764 --> 00:06:05,399 That'll hang around our necks for two years. 185 00:06:05,466 --> 00:06:06,567 The Senate will be pissed off. 186 00:06:06,634 --> 00:06:07,801 That might stall confirmations. 187 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:09,570 And can I just add that a senator-elect 188 00:06:09,637 --> 00:06:11,939 C.J.-- announcing what committee assignment he'd like-- 189 00:06:12,005 --> 00:06:14,007 that's not what the founders would've considered 190 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:15,042 an extraordinary occasion. 191 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,209 An extraordinary occasion 192 00:06:16,276 --> 00:06:17,611 is whatever the President says it is. 193 00:06:17,678 --> 00:06:21,415 ( Josh and Sam talking at once) 194 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:24,117 President: Charlie! 195 00:06:24,184 --> 00:06:25,285 Yes, sir? 196 00:06:25,352 --> 00:06:26,620 Could I have a couple of aspirins 197 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:28,922 or a weapon of some kind to kill people with? 198 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:29,923 Yes, sir. 199 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:31,258 Leo. 200 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:32,493 Even when they're here in session 201 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,027 trying to get a hundred senators in a line 202 00:06:34,094 --> 00:06:36,229 is still like trying to get cats to walk in a parade. 203 00:06:36,296 --> 00:06:37,765 What do you want to do? 204 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:40,033 Let's take the leadership's temperature 205 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:41,469 on the lame-duck session 206 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:43,370 and let's also get some kind of nose count 207 00:06:43,437 --> 00:06:44,938 and see where we are. 208 00:06:45,005 --> 00:06:46,740 C.J., leak it the President's considering calling 209 00:06:46,807 --> 00:06:48,776 the Senate back. That is not going to be a problem. 210 00:06:48,842 --> 00:06:50,578 The source is big enough so that they go with it 211 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:52,713 small enough so we're not tied to it. 212 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:55,282 Toby, get me a nose count. What else? 213 00:06:55,348 --> 00:06:57,050 The State Department wants permission 214 00:06:57,117 --> 00:07:00,287 to change the terminology from "rogue nations" to "states of concern." 215 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:01,522 Not now. What else? 216 00:07:01,589 --> 00:07:03,023 Medicare coverage of clinical trials. 217 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:04,558 Not now. What else? 218 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:06,293 Fraud awareness for small business owners. 219 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:07,928 Not now. Anything else? 220 00:07:07,995 --> 00:07:09,497 The four of you wait in my office. 221 00:07:09,563 --> 00:07:10,564 Thank you, sir. 222 00:07:10,631 --> 00:07:12,500 Thank you, Mr. President. 223 00:07:12,566 --> 00:07:13,801 Thank you all. 224 00:07:15,703 --> 00:07:17,170 When does Konanov get here? 225 00:07:17,237 --> 00:07:18,405 In a few minutes. 226 00:07:18,472 --> 00:07:20,173 No high-level meetings, right? 227 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,174 No. Okay. 228 00:07:21,241 --> 00:07:22,142 On the lame-duck session? 229 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:23,744 Yeah? 230 00:07:23,811 --> 00:07:25,378 You don't want to call this vote and lose. 231 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:27,147 Yeah, but this could be a window. 232 00:07:27,214 --> 00:07:28,381 Yeah. 233 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,017 We got to see if it's doable. 234 00:07:30,083 --> 00:07:31,084 Yeah. 235 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:32,686 It could be doable. 236 00:07:32,753 --> 00:07:34,354 Yeah. 237 00:07:34,421 --> 00:07:36,123 You got anything more to say? 238 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:36,924 Not this minute. 239 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:38,325 Okay. 240 00:07:38,391 --> 00:07:39,793 Thank you, Mr. President. 241 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:41,829 Thank you. 242 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:44,698 Leo... 243 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:46,500 There's gonna be an editorial in the Posttomorrow. 244 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:48,035 You're kidding me. 245 00:07:48,101 --> 00:07:49,970 The President's time isn't being used efficiently. 246 00:07:50,037 --> 00:07:51,438 Schedules are abandoned before lunch. 247 00:07:51,505 --> 00:07:52,873 That's four in two weeks. 248 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:56,644 The west wing resembles a high school yearbook office. 249 00:07:56,710 --> 00:08:00,013 And, I believe, I'm compared to a substitute teacher. 250 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,982 That's ridiculous. No, it's not. 251 00:08:02,049 --> 00:08:04,852 Certainly not based on the display I just saw in there. 252 00:08:04,918 --> 00:08:06,520 So new rules: 253 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:08,255 You need an answer from the President 254 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:10,758 you want to brief him, you want him to weigh in-- 255 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:12,760 I want to see a summary on my desk 256 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,394 absolutely no longer than two pages 257 00:08:14,461 --> 00:08:15,929 and I want my initials on it 258 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:18,298 before you go into the Oval Office. 259 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:21,068 Two-page summary's gonna kind of cramp our style. 260 00:08:21,134 --> 00:08:23,170 Your style could use a little a cramping. 261 00:08:23,236 --> 00:08:24,171 Are we understood? 262 00:08:24,237 --> 00:08:25,038 That's fine. Yes. 263 00:08:25,105 --> 00:08:26,106 Toby, Sam 264 00:08:26,173 --> 00:08:27,808 take some meetings on the Hill today. 265 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:29,342 Toby, concentrate on votes 266 00:08:29,409 --> 00:08:30,944 that can be loosened with Stenson gone. 267 00:08:31,011 --> 00:08:33,280 Sam, dangle reservations in front of them. 268 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:35,215 C.J., start the leak. 269 00:08:35,282 --> 00:08:37,050 Oh, anybody happens to see 270 00:08:37,117 --> 00:08:40,053 Vasily Konanov in the hallways, walk in the other direction. 271 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:40,654 Yeah. 272 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:41,922 That's it. 273 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:46,426 I can't unleash my full potential in a two-page summary. 274 00:08:46,493 --> 00:08:48,762 Listen to me: I'm gonna meet with Fox and Fowler. 275 00:08:48,829 --> 00:08:50,463 Sam, you're gonna go to the Hill. 276 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:52,332 You think with Stenson gone...? 277 00:08:52,399 --> 00:08:55,468 I think, with Stenson gone, I can get Fox and Fowler to loosen up some votes 278 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:58,171 that is, if I can ever get them to order lunch off the damn menu. 279 00:08:58,238 --> 00:09:00,574 I've never seen two grown men order lunch like this. 280 00:09:00,641 --> 00:09:01,975 Fox and Fowler loosen the votes 281 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:03,310 Sam, you're up on the Hill 282 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:04,878 dropping we'd consider reservations. 283 00:09:04,945 --> 00:09:06,246 It is not out of the realm of possibility 284 00:09:06,313 --> 00:09:08,315 that that meeting gets us eight votes. 285 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,383 Their bosses want to speak to the President, he's sitting by the phone. 286 00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:12,019 So this is not an unimportant meeting. 287 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:14,554 Just so you know, I also have to take a 22-page position memo 288 00:09:14,622 --> 00:09:15,856 and summarize it in two pages 289 00:09:15,923 --> 00:09:17,591 and it's got to be done sometime today. 290 00:09:17,658 --> 00:09:19,059 You can staff that. Give it to Ainsley Hayes. 291 00:09:19,126 --> 00:09:20,761 I ask Ainsley for help... Get over it. 292 00:09:20,828 --> 00:09:22,529 Okay, but there are gonna be nine different jokes 293 00:09:22,596 --> 00:09:24,197 'cause I asked her for help. 294 00:09:24,264 --> 00:09:26,233 "Reservations," that's the word you're dropping on the Hill. 295 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:27,768 You don't have to leave the meeting with a win 296 00:09:27,835 --> 00:09:28,869 just say the words. Yeah. 297 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:30,470 Let's be able to end this day 298 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:33,106 by telling the President that he's in striking distance 299 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:35,375 and he should seriously consider the session. 300 00:09:35,442 --> 00:09:36,710 Let's be able to do that. 301 00:09:36,777 --> 00:09:38,245 Where's C.J.? 302 00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:41,682 She's looking for a reporter to leak the story to. 303 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:43,717 Did you talk to him? 304 00:09:43,784 --> 00:09:44,885 I don't believe it. What? 305 00:09:44,952 --> 00:09:46,519 You guys launched another editorial. 306 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:47,755 Hey, C.J.-- Four in two weeks. 307 00:09:47,821 --> 00:09:49,122 I don't work for the editorial staff. 308 00:09:49,189 --> 00:09:50,490 Well, that's convenient. Yeah? 309 00:09:50,557 --> 00:09:52,025 You expect me to do nothing about it? 310 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:54,027 What, you gonna cancel your subscription? Smack me around? 311 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:56,263 Any reason I can't do both? 312 00:09:56,329 --> 00:09:57,497 Hey, Carol. Hey. 313 00:09:57,564 --> 00:09:59,099 Carol, would you get me the spokesperson 314 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:00,668 for the majority leader's office? 315 00:10:00,734 --> 00:10:02,135 House or Senate? Senate. 316 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:03,637 So you guys are considering a lame-duck session. 317 00:10:03,704 --> 00:10:05,172 Who says? 318 00:10:05,238 --> 00:10:06,539 You put in a call to the majority leader's office. 319 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:07,975 We do a great deal 320 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:09,877 of business with the majority leader's office. 321 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:11,879 He leads the majority. He's not in session. 322 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:13,146 I believe they'll track him down. 323 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:15,182 Can I say "White House Senior Aides?" No. 324 00:10:15,248 --> 00:10:16,917 "High-level sources inside the White House?" 325 00:10:16,984 --> 00:10:18,451 "Certain sources inside the White House office 326 00:10:18,518 --> 00:10:20,320 of legislative liaisons who declined to be named." 327 00:10:20,387 --> 00:10:22,155 It sounds like I got it from somebody's paperboy. 328 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:23,791 Take it or leave it. I'll take it. 329 00:10:23,857 --> 00:10:25,192 Anything else? 330 00:10:25,258 --> 00:10:27,260 Nope. 331 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:28,962 Thank you. 332 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:33,033 Ken Richmond on line three! Who is he? 333 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:34,868 He's the spokesperson for the majority leader. 334 00:10:34,935 --> 00:10:36,269 I didn't need him. 335 00:10:40,073 --> 00:10:41,942 See, what I think you don't understand 336 00:10:42,009 --> 00:10:44,511 is that carpal tunnel is only one of many afflictions 337 00:10:44,577 --> 00:10:47,480 that fall under the category of repetitive stress injuries 338 00:10:47,547 --> 00:10:50,884 or RSI, and which are covered by the science of ergonomics. 339 00:10:50,951 --> 00:10:53,120 I'm not in charge of the science of ergonomics. 340 00:10:53,186 --> 00:10:55,956 You're gonna have to ask somebody else who, you know, cares. 341 00:10:56,023 --> 00:10:58,158 You don't have to be in charge of it; OSHA is. 342 00:10:58,225 --> 00:11:00,794 They've come up with a new series of industry standards 343 00:11:00,861 --> 00:11:03,063 and I want to know why the White House isn't implementing them. 344 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:05,766 Because the SBA says that the cost to small businesses 345 00:11:05,833 --> 00:11:08,401 could exceed $18 billion the first year. 346 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:11,872 There'll be a huge increase in workmen's compensation premiums 347 00:11:11,939 --> 00:11:15,008 and Republicans find the word "ergonomic" to be silly. 348 00:11:15,075 --> 00:11:16,309 If we backed off of everything 349 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:18,078 because of words the Republicans found silly 350 00:11:18,145 --> 00:11:19,913 we'd have a lot of pregnant teenagers and no health care. 351 00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:22,082 We do have a lot of pregnant teenagers and no health care. 352 00:11:22,149 --> 00:11:24,617 So how's your plan working out so far? 353 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:25,518 Charlie: Josh? 354 00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:26,820 Hang on. 355 00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:27,921 I don't think this can wait. 356 00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:29,522 Vasily Konanov is here. 357 00:11:29,589 --> 00:11:31,491 I can't see him; make sure he's not in the bullpen. 358 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:33,226 He's not. He's in the driveway. 359 00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:34,294 What do you mean? 360 00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:36,263 He's sitting in the car in the driveway. 361 00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:38,065 He's refusing to get out unless he can speak to the President. 362 00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:39,833 This is a joke? No. 363 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:42,369 He's sitting in the driveway? Josh, they're saying... 364 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:43,503 What? 365 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:45,138 They're saying he's drunk. 366 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:46,339 Really? 367 00:11:46,406 --> 00:11:47,741 Yeah. 368 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:50,911 Okay. 369 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:56,917 Okay. 370 00:12:02,923 --> 00:12:04,724 Excuse me. Yes? 371 00:12:04,792 --> 00:12:06,093 This is your office. 372 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:07,060 Yes. 373 00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:08,328 It's very nice here. Thank you. 374 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:10,097 You can see sunlight, and you have a window 375 00:12:10,163 --> 00:12:11,398 that can be opened for ventilation. 376 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:12,565 You want to work? 377 00:12:12,632 --> 00:12:13,767 Or do you want to decorate my office? 378 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:14,768 You called me? 379 00:12:14,835 --> 00:12:16,203 Yes. I need your help. 380 00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:17,137 Really? 381 00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:18,939 It's not like a big deal, is it? 382 00:12:19,006 --> 00:12:20,440 No, it's sweet that you need my help. 383 00:12:20,507 --> 00:12:22,642 Don't need your help, I'm asking for your help 384 00:12:22,709 --> 00:12:24,077 so let's not make a federal... 385 00:12:24,144 --> 00:12:25,813 Dad, it's me. Sam's asking for my help. 386 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:26,947 Put the phone down. 387 00:12:27,014 --> 00:12:29,216 Got to go, Dad. I need to help Sam. 388 00:12:29,282 --> 00:12:30,884 You must have had them rolling in the aisles back in Georgia. 389 00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:32,219 I'm from North Carolina. 390 00:12:32,285 --> 00:12:33,887 Wherever it was that you studied baton twirling. 391 00:12:33,954 --> 00:12:35,488 That'd be Harvard Law School. 392 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:36,857 Yes. So here's the thing. 393 00:12:36,924 --> 00:12:38,425 You need my help. 394 00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:39,426 A favor. Okay. 395 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:41,028 I have a position recommendation 396 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:43,530 for the President regarding an amendment to a commerce bill. 397 00:12:43,596 --> 00:12:44,697 This memo's 22 pages long 398 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:45,966 and Leo's on a streamlining kick. 399 00:12:46,033 --> 00:12:47,667 You want me to summarize your recommendation 400 00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:49,236 and give it to the President. 401 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:52,105 Yeah, then I want you to skip to Tijuana in a dirndl skirt. 402 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:54,541 Sam... You're going to summarize it, and you give it to me. 403 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:55,542 Fine. 404 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:56,877 Thank you. 405 00:12:56,944 --> 00:12:58,645 In exchange for? 406 00:12:58,711 --> 00:12:59,980 No. 407 00:13:00,047 --> 00:13:01,514 Then my schedule's pretty tight. 408 00:13:01,581 --> 00:13:02,649 In exchange for what? 409 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:03,984 You're going to the Hill? Yes. 410 00:13:04,051 --> 00:13:05,752 To take meetings on the Test Ban Treaty? Yes. 411 00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:06,553 I want to go. No. 412 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:07,754 Why? 'Cause. 413 00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:09,222 I'm not going to say anything. 414 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,024 I'm going to spill anything. 415 00:13:11,091 --> 00:13:13,393 I'm not going to get Republican juice on you. 416 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,328 I'm just going to sit there and learn. 417 00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:16,529 What? 418 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:17,730 From the master, Sam. 419 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,766 I want to learn from the master. 420 00:13:19,833 --> 00:13:23,403 You see, women think that kind of thing works 421 00:13:23,470 --> 00:13:24,704 but it doesn't. 422 00:13:24,771 --> 00:13:27,107 It really does, Sam. 423 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:29,142 I'll let you come to the Hill. 424 00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:30,343 You'll summarize my memo. 425 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:31,945 I'll use punctuation and everything. 426 00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:33,446 You might even get extra credit. 427 00:13:33,513 --> 00:13:34,614 Have you eaten lunch? No. 428 00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:36,183 I brought my lunch from home. 429 00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:37,650 That's fine. I ate it already. That's fine, too. 430 00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:39,386 Did you bring your lunch? Ainsley, what the hell...? 431 00:13:39,452 --> 00:13:40,587 Do you think you'll be eating it? 432 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:42,222 You can't have my lunch. 433 00:13:42,289 --> 00:13:43,590 Meet me in the lobby in an hour. 434 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,292 Okay. 435 00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:47,895 I'm helping her out. You know, she... 436 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:49,729 Good. We've got a problem. 437 00:13:49,796 --> 00:13:50,730 Konanov. 438 00:13:50,797 --> 00:13:51,731 Is he here? 439 00:13:51,798 --> 00:13:53,300 In a manner of speaking. 440 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:55,135 Leo? 441 00:13:55,202 --> 00:13:56,904 Yeah. 442 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,271 How you doing? 443 00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,272 Good. 444 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:01,441 Vasily Konanov is in the driveway. 445 00:14:01,508 --> 00:14:04,111 He's drunk, and he won't get out of the car 446 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,146 until he speaks to the President. 447 00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:07,514 And we have a winner. 448 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:09,082 Are you kidding me? 449 00:14:09,149 --> 00:14:11,284 He's sitting in the car with a woman who I imagine 450 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:13,053 is either a security attache or a hooker. 451 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,321 Please tell me it's not... 452 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:15,588 It's no one you know, Sam. 453 00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:16,789 Have you spoken to him? 454 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:17,958 I'm not allowed to speak to him. 455 00:14:18,025 --> 00:14:19,359 I walked by the car a couple times 456 00:14:19,426 --> 00:14:20,560 to see what was what. 457 00:14:20,627 --> 00:14:22,795 Leo, we got to move him. 458 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,597 Tourists are going to start to ask questions 459 00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:26,766 and Boris and Natasha are going to answer them. 460 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:28,668 You now have permission to talk to him. 461 00:14:28,735 --> 00:14:30,270 Put him in an office, dry him out 462 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:32,372 and explain why he can't see the President. 463 00:14:32,439 --> 00:14:33,673 Good. 464 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:35,275 Try to avoid the Situation Room. 465 00:14:35,342 --> 00:14:36,343 Good safety tip. 466 00:14:38,178 --> 00:14:39,646 What? 467 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:41,381 I'm going to take Ainsley to the Hill with me for the meetings. 468 00:14:41,448 --> 00:14:43,216 Good. She wants me to teach her a couple things. 469 00:14:43,283 --> 00:14:44,751 Good. She called me the master. 470 00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:45,552 Get out. 471 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:46,619 Okay. 472 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:51,524 Yeah, I think the risotto, but I'd like it cooked 473 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,360 with chicken broth instead of oil. Is that possible? 474 00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:54,194 Sure. 475 00:14:54,261 --> 00:14:55,262 And I'd like to substitute 476 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:57,864 the snow peas for the asparagus. 477 00:14:57,931 --> 00:15:00,500 I'll have the same, but I don't want the squash soup pureed with cream or butter. 478 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:01,868 In fact, does it even have to be pureed? 479 00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:02,970 Fellas? 480 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:03,971 I'm just asking. 481 00:15:04,037 --> 00:15:05,472 It's pureed squash. 482 00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:06,839 If it's not pureed, then it's just squash. 483 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:09,042 Butter's fine. 484 00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:10,310 New York steak and a ginger ale. 485 00:15:10,377 --> 00:15:11,678 Would you like that...? Just cook it. 486 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:14,014 The rumor's been getting around like a virus. 487 00:15:14,081 --> 00:15:15,182 Is it more than a rumor? 488 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:16,849 I don't know yet. 489 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,185 Toby, our boss is fishing off the Keys. 490 00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:19,552 Everybody's boss is fishing off the Keys... 491 00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:21,654 Or skiing in Jackson Hole, or watching football... 492 00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:24,391 It'd really tear the President up inside to bring them back 493 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:26,059 but I want to talk about if he should. 494 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:27,394 Well, our guy's not going to vote to ratify. 495 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:29,396 Why not? Same reason he wouldn't before. 496 00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:30,998 We didn't have a vote before. 'Cause you knew you'd lose. 497 00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:32,032 That's right. 498 00:15:32,099 --> 00:15:33,666 What are you saying? 499 00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:36,603 I'm saying, what if there was a vote now without Stenson? 500 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:38,338 Stenson wasn't what's keeping us from voting for it. 501 00:15:38,405 --> 00:15:39,672 What was? 502 00:15:39,739 --> 00:15:40,940 The voters. 503 00:15:41,008 --> 00:15:42,842 82% of the voters wanted the Test Ban. 504 00:15:42,909 --> 00:15:43,943 Not in our state. 505 00:15:44,011 --> 00:15:45,178 You were guided by the 18% who... 506 00:15:45,245 --> 00:15:47,147 Not in our state, Toby. 507 00:15:47,214 --> 00:15:49,216 82% of the voters, Joe 508 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:51,551 to say nothing of 150 nations 509 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:53,553 including Russia, China, Great Britain, France-- 510 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:55,555 four countries you don't often see on the same side. 511 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,257 Fine. Now get North Korea, India and Pakistan aboard. 512 00:15:57,324 --> 00:15:59,059 and we'll have a ball game. 513 00:15:59,126 --> 00:15:59,993 Checked your backyard? 514 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:01,694 What? 515 00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:02,529 Have you checked your backyard? 516 00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:03,896 What are you...? 517 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:05,932 The nose count, Toby. I don't think you have the votes 518 00:16:05,999 --> 00:16:08,168 you think you have. 519 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:12,939 Who did we lose? 520 00:16:13,006 --> 00:16:13,940 Make your calls. 521 00:16:14,007 --> 00:16:16,409 I don't have to make... 522 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:18,145 Who did we lose? 523 00:16:18,211 --> 00:16:19,279 Make your calls, Toby. 524 00:16:19,346 --> 00:16:20,980 I'm sorry. Did you say that... 525 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:22,482 Chicken broth 526 00:16:22,549 --> 00:16:24,984 instead of oil, snow peas instead of... 527 00:16:25,052 --> 00:16:26,653 Asparagus. Excuse me. 528 00:16:26,719 --> 00:16:27,654 I don't understand. 529 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:28,788 It happens. 530 00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:30,190 A member of the Ukrainian Parliament 531 00:16:30,257 --> 00:16:31,124 can just kind of show up? 532 00:16:31,191 --> 00:16:32,359 Well, he had an appointment 533 00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:33,993 just not to meet with the President. 534 00:16:34,061 --> 00:16:35,295 The guy's a little crazy, Leo. 535 00:16:35,362 --> 00:16:37,297 Well, he's just... Yeah, he's crazy 536 00:16:37,364 --> 00:16:39,166 but he's our kind of crazy, so... 537 00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:40,367 Got it. Good. 538 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:41,568 The girl's not bad-looking. 539 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:42,435 Go to work. 540 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:43,736 Think she knows how to kill me? 541 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:45,572 Yes. 542 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:54,814 Leo? 543 00:16:54,881 --> 00:16:56,083 Hey, Donna. 544 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:57,850 Leo, can I possibly talk to you for a moment? 545 00:16:57,917 --> 00:16:59,852 Sure. That's a very nice suit. 546 00:16:59,919 --> 00:17:00,853 Thank you. Is that new? 547 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,222 No. What's on your mind? 548 00:17:02,289 --> 00:17:04,124 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration 549 00:17:04,191 --> 00:17:05,325 would like to do something 550 00:17:05,392 --> 00:17:06,726 about repetitive stress injuries 551 00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:08,795 or muscular skeletal disorders like tendonitis... 552 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,563 or carpal tunnel syndrome. 553 00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:13,333 Carpal tunnel syndrome is, yes, one interesting example out of several. 554 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:14,567 We can't afford it. 555 00:17:14,634 --> 00:17:17,337 It costs $18 billion, Donna. Type slower. 556 00:17:17,404 --> 00:17:19,239 C.J., what have you got? 557 00:17:19,306 --> 00:17:21,708 The State Department on new vocabulary. 558 00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:24,077 This the two-minute pitch or the ten-minute pitch? 559 00:17:24,144 --> 00:17:25,245 The two-minute pitch. 560 00:17:25,312 --> 00:17:26,446 Go. 561 00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:27,847 Okay, now you threw me off my game. 562 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:28,748 C.J.? No, I'm nervous now. 563 00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:30,117 I thought if I run over 564 00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:31,918 you're going to have the orchestra play me off. 565 00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:33,453 I'm getting older over here, C.J. 566 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,755 State wants us to change "rogue nations" 567 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:36,989 to "states of concern." 568 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:38,358 I say fine. It's a symbolic gesture 569 00:17:38,425 --> 00:17:40,026 with no real consequence. 570 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:42,395 It gains us points with allies who feel we've been too harsh 571 00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:44,497 and it signals to the seven countries we're talking about 572 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:47,033 that we're open to taking positive steps in the future 573 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:48,067 if they initiate reforms. 574 00:17:48,135 --> 00:17:49,136 Any downside? 575 00:17:49,202 --> 00:17:50,737 I'll feel stupid. 576 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:51,671 I can live with that. 577 00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:52,772 You certainly have so far. 578 00:17:52,839 --> 00:17:54,341 Well, hey, make sure you talk to the President 579 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:55,242 at the end of the day. 580 00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:56,243 Sure. About what? 581 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:57,677 Danny Concanon wants access 582 00:17:57,744 --> 00:17:58,845 for a three-part feature. 583 00:17:58,911 --> 00:17:59,846 No. 584 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:00,847 No? What? 585 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:03,150 No, he can't have access. 586 00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:04,451 Leo, his editorial staff 587 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,553 just jumped up and down on your head yesterday 588 00:18:06,619 --> 00:18:08,020 and last Thursday and the President 589 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:09,689 twice before that, four times in two weeks. 590 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:11,291 That's why everybody's walking around with a stopwatch. 591 00:18:11,358 --> 00:18:12,659 He gets no milk and cookies. 592 00:18:12,725 --> 00:18:15,562 Talk to the President at the end of the day 593 00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:17,630 and you'll get another two minutes. 594 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:27,640 We may be dead already. 595 00:18:27,707 --> 00:18:29,242 What happened? We lost one of our people. 596 00:18:29,309 --> 00:18:30,410 Who? I don't know. 597 00:18:30,477 --> 00:18:32,179 I need some help on the inside. 598 00:18:32,245 --> 00:18:33,780 Is Tony Marino in Philadelphia? 599 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:35,648 I don't know. I'd like you to call him 600 00:18:35,715 --> 00:18:37,184 and see if he'd get on the train. 601 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:38,318 I told him. We'll find out who we lost 602 00:18:38,385 --> 00:18:38,985 and can we get him back. 603 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:40,387 Back up. 604 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:41,921 We lost one of our people. 605 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:43,290 Who? 606 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:44,924 They wouldn't tell me, Leo. 607 00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:46,793 I need you to... Fox and Fowler... 608 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:48,127 Fox and Fowler wouldn't tell me who we lost. 609 00:18:48,195 --> 00:18:49,929 They just said to check our backyard. 610 00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:52,165 Who the hell...? I don't know, which is why I need to talk to Marino. 611 00:18:52,232 --> 00:18:54,967 It's not hard enough getting new votes. We got to corral... 612 00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:56,369 I need you to talk to Marino. 613 00:18:56,436 --> 00:18:58,605 I need you to call him and set up a meeting with me. 614 00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:00,473 He needs to tell me who jumped the fence. 615 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:02,275 He needs to help us bring them back. 616 00:19:02,342 --> 00:19:03,876 Toby, the guy lost a bad race bloody. 617 00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:05,678 He's going to want to come back for this. 618 00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,747 I think he's going to want to sit down. 619 00:19:07,814 --> 00:19:08,715 Not on the Test Ban Treaty. 620 00:19:08,781 --> 00:19:10,383 He spent four years of his life on it. 621 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:11,418 Spent a lot longer than that 622 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:12,852 and it burned him in the end. 623 00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:13,920 He lost his seat. 624 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:15,121 Leo... The man's done enough. 625 00:19:15,188 --> 00:19:16,856 Obviously, he hasn't. 626 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:20,293 I set up this meeting, and what's your pitch? 627 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:22,329 That this treaty he wants so bad can happen. 628 00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:23,730 Not only that, but he can stick it 629 00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:26,366 to every Pennsylvania voter who put him out of a job 630 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:27,700 and take Mitchell's knees out 631 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:29,902 before he has time to put his pencils in a jar. 632 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:30,970 Plus, who did we lose? 633 00:19:31,037 --> 00:19:32,672 He might not know who we lost. 634 00:19:32,739 --> 00:19:35,041 He's been out of town for a month and a half. 635 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:36,643 He'll know. 636 00:19:36,709 --> 00:19:38,945 If it was anything less important than the Test Ban Treaty 637 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:40,580 I wouldn't... Margaret?! 638 00:19:40,647 --> 00:19:42,649 Thank you. 639 00:19:45,852 --> 00:19:46,486 Toby. 640 00:19:46,553 --> 00:19:47,220 Messages? 641 00:19:47,287 --> 00:19:48,187 Yeah, but... 642 00:19:48,255 --> 00:19:49,188 Why are my blinds closed? 643 00:19:49,256 --> 00:19:51,190 Yeah. Listen... 644 00:19:52,392 --> 00:19:54,627 ( speaking Russian ) 645 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:02,769 Yeah. Yeah, that deserves an explanation. 646 00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:08,575 Right in here, Mr. Konanov. 647 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:11,944 Errand boys is what they sent me. 648 00:20:12,011 --> 00:20:13,380 I am a reformer 649 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:15,948 and I will lead the Ukraine and you know this 650 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:17,484 and they send me errand boys. 651 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,151 As a matter of fact, I'm the Deputy Chief of Staff. 652 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,420 ( chuckles ) 653 00:20:20,487 --> 00:20:23,022 Actually, it's a very... big... 654 00:20:23,089 --> 00:20:24,090 Never mind. 655 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:25,858 Mr. Konanov, please understand. 656 00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:26,893 There's protocol. 657 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:29,929 Your government has a leader we deal with. 658 00:20:29,996 --> 00:20:31,130 You wish to deal with me. 659 00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:32,565 We do wish to deal with you 660 00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:33,866 but right now President Shevkuh... 661 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:35,368 You called my embassy? 662 00:20:35,435 --> 00:20:37,203 We're in touch with the embassy and the capital. 663 00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:40,072 We're seeking permission to have you speak with Secretary Shaeffer... 664 00:20:40,139 --> 00:20:41,341 I wish to speak to the President. 665 00:20:41,408 --> 00:20:43,009 That's not going to happen 666 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,277 and you damn well know it. 667 00:20:44,344 --> 00:20:45,878 You speak to him in this tone? 668 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,447 He's drunk in my office 669 00:20:47,514 --> 00:20:50,750 and I will speak to him in whatever tone pleases me. 670 00:20:50,817 --> 00:20:52,452 Donna! 671 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:53,720 ( muttering in Russian ) 672 00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:55,922 Put two uniformed agents outside my door. 673 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:56,923 Tell Leo I'm coming over. 674 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,224 Yeah. 675 00:20:58,291 --> 00:21:00,793 Oh, how I miss the Cold War. 676 00:21:01,828 --> 00:21:04,397 Sam: This is my fifth... 677 00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:05,532 Man: Sam... 678 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:06,699 This is my fifth meeting in a row. 679 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:07,934 It's my last meeting on the Hill. 680 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,602 I want to know what it's going to take 681 00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:10,937 to get your boss to loosen his grip. 682 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:12,038 Sam... 683 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,139 If the Senator moves 684 00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:14,507 he frees up eight, maybe ten votes. 685 00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:16,343 He gives political cover to those who... 686 00:21:16,409 --> 00:21:17,344 Why should he move? 687 00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:18,545 Well, we'll go past 688 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,447 it's the right thing to do... 689 00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:22,114 You know, Sam, it's not a holy thing. 690 00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:24,116 You act like if you're against the Test Ban Treaty 691 00:21:24,183 --> 00:21:25,752 then you're bloodthirsty. 692 00:21:25,818 --> 00:21:27,820 Senate Republicans aren't the only ones against this. 693 00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:30,122 Six past Secretaries of Defense, five former CIA Directors... 694 00:21:30,189 --> 00:21:31,324 A former Secretary of State 695 00:21:31,391 --> 00:21:32,992 and a former National Security Advisor. 696 00:21:33,059 --> 00:21:36,162 31 Nobel Laureates, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 697 00:21:36,228 --> 00:21:38,197 150 countries on this planet 698 00:21:38,264 --> 00:21:39,332 and 82% of the people in this one 699 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:40,900 say the treaty makes the world safer. 700 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:42,935 It's not a safer place if North Korea and Iran 701 00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:45,037 are making significant technological improvements 702 00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:47,474 while the President's handing out commemorative pens. 703 00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:48,941 You can't tell me the chance we take 704 00:21:49,008 --> 00:21:50,209 with our ability to verify 705 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:52,178 isn't outweighed by the chance we take doing nothing. 706 00:21:52,244 --> 00:21:53,212 I've heard all this. 707 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:54,614 I'm here to ask you this... 708 00:21:54,681 --> 00:21:55,448 Sam... 709 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:57,417 I'm here to ask you this: 710 00:21:57,484 --> 00:21:58,951 is there no room for movement? 711 00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:00,620 We'd consider attaching reservations. 712 00:22:03,122 --> 00:22:04,791 If you can't trust a man's word 713 00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:06,759 what good is it to put it on paper? 714 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:08,027 Is there room for movement? 715 00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:10,129 You wasted a trip. 716 00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:11,398 I'll waste more. 717 00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:11,964 We're done? 718 00:22:12,031 --> 00:22:14,501 Yeah. 719 00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:15,968 Ainsley, I'm surprised to see you here. 720 00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:17,103 Why? 721 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,638 Before you were on Bartlet's payroll 722 00:22:18,705 --> 00:22:20,440 you were a vocal opponent of the treaty. 723 00:22:20,507 --> 00:22:22,341 Well, it's President Bartlet. 724 00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:24,076 I'm on the Government payroll. 725 00:22:24,143 --> 00:22:26,746 And I believe that politics should stop at the water's edge. 726 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:28,114 Okay. 727 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:29,982 To be honest, I think it should stop before that 728 00:22:30,049 --> 00:22:31,518 but it turns out there's no Santa Claus 729 00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:33,119 and Elvis isn't cutting records anymore. 730 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,320 What is she saying? 731 00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:35,354 See, I don't think you think 732 00:22:35,422 --> 00:22:36,756 the treaty's bad. 733 00:22:36,823 --> 00:22:38,391 I don't think you think it's good. 734 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:40,627 I think you want to beat the White House. 735 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:42,294 Yes. 736 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,663 You're a schmuck, Peter. 737 00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:46,599 Today, tomorrow, next year, next term 738 00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:48,134 these guys will have the treaty ratified 739 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,736 and they'll do it without the reservations 740 00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:52,071 he just offered to discuss with you. 741 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,443 Can I take this muffin? 742 00:22:57,744 --> 00:22:58,711 Yeah. 743 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:09,055 Leo: Margaret. 744 00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:10,189 Yeah. 745 00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:11,057 You got that memo? 746 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:12,992 Any minute now. 747 00:23:15,462 --> 00:23:16,829 Margaret? 748 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,164 Yeah. 749 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,199 What the hell are you doing? 750 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:21,734 I'm typing, Leo. 751 00:23:21,801 --> 00:23:23,870 Margaret... 752 00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:27,373 Apparently your response to Donna's perfectly legitimate concern 753 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,777 about the White House not supporting OSHA's recommendation 754 00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:34,013 regarding repetitive stress injuries was "type slower." 755 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,883 Donna has organized most of the assistants in the west wing 756 00:23:36,949 --> 00:23:38,785 to do just that. 757 00:23:38,851 --> 00:23:39,886 Margaret? 758 00:23:39,952 --> 00:23:40,687 Yeah. 759 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:43,556 Look at my face right now. 760 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:46,325 Okay. 761 00:23:46,392 --> 00:23:47,527 Leo... 762 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:49,462 Can you keep your people in line? 763 00:23:49,529 --> 00:23:51,898 Well, there's been no evidence of it so far. 764 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:52,965 Listen... 765 00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:54,100 Inside. 766 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:55,635 So what's going on? 767 00:23:55,702 --> 00:23:58,638 Well, I've got The Man Who Came to Dinner in my office. 768 00:23:58,705 --> 00:24:00,573 I'm begging the Ukrainian Embassy for help. 769 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,108 If I don't get some soon 770 00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:05,077 I'm going to apply for a job at the Ukrainian Embassy. 771 00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:06,979 No, here's what we're going to do. 772 00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:08,781 All this guy wants is to be able to say 773 00:24:08,848 --> 00:24:10,650 he met the President while he was here. 774 00:24:10,717 --> 00:24:11,884 He can't meet the President. 775 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,953 He can meet the President accidentally. 776 00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,822 How do you meet the President accidentally? 777 00:24:15,888 --> 00:24:17,990 When I was Labor Secretary we did it with the Dalai Lama. 778 00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:20,493 Obviously Beijing doesn't want the President 779 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:21,894 to have any diplomatic contact. 780 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:23,830 So they arrange a low-level meeting-- 781 00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:26,398 keep the door open, the President wanders by. 782 00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:28,000 "Hey, how you doing, Dalai Lama?" 783 00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:31,003 Well, that's the most 784 00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:32,839 crazy-assed thing I've ever heard. 785 00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:33,673 It works. 786 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:34,941 This is how the world is run? 787 00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:35,942 Yeah. 788 00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:37,710 I'm sticking to domestic policy. 789 00:24:37,777 --> 00:24:39,712 Yeah, 'cause that has the ring of sanity to it. 790 00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:41,313 Is Toby meeting with Marino? 791 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:42,615 Toby's on a mission. 792 00:24:42,682 --> 00:24:43,716 It's the right mission. 793 00:24:43,783 --> 00:24:44,884 I know you're not comfortable... 794 00:24:44,951 --> 00:24:47,019 Continuing to exert influence 795 00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:49,021 after the people have voted you out 796 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:51,123 is an ethically gray area for me. 797 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:53,192 They all are ethically gray areas. Screw it. 798 00:24:53,259 --> 00:24:54,994 If we're going to have a fighting chance 799 00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:56,529 we've got to invite Marino. 800 00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:57,997 Marino's going to want in because... 801 00:24:58,064 --> 00:24:59,966 Marino's a street kid and lives for revenge. 802 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:03,102 I was going to say because Marino's devoted to the issue. 803 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:05,137 Also we may have lost one of our guys. 804 00:25:05,204 --> 00:25:06,505 Who? 805 00:25:06,573 --> 00:25:07,640 Toby's going to ask Marino. 806 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:08,407 Hey, Norma Rae 807 00:25:08,474 --> 00:25:09,676 get in here. 808 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:12,912 The man's trying to run the country. 809 00:25:12,979 --> 00:25:16,315 This is a law that would prevent 32,000 to 95,000 injuries a year. 810 00:25:16,382 --> 00:25:17,483 Not here it wouldn't. 811 00:25:17,550 --> 00:25:18,685 Why not? 812 00:25:18,751 --> 00:25:20,119 The White House and Congress 813 00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:22,555 are exempt from the workplace- related laws they pass. 814 00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:24,290 The White House and Congress are exempt? 815 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:25,792 Yeah. 816 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:27,794 That makes things considerably easier for yourselves. 817 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,361 Yeah. Josh, set it up. 818 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:30,763 You've got your 4:00. 819 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:32,599 I got a job for you. 820 00:25:32,665 --> 00:25:34,500 Congress and the White House are exempt. 821 00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:35,702 Get past it. 822 00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:36,936 What do you need? 823 00:25:37,003 --> 00:25:39,238 I need Vasily Konanov to meet with someone 824 00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:41,040 of absolutely no consequence. 825 00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:41,808 You're my girl. 826 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:42,975 What the hell are you... 827 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:43,876 I need you to meet with Vasily Konanov. 828 00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:44,977 Why? 829 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:46,813 So the President can drop in and interrupt you. 830 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:49,248 Are you kidding me? No. 831 00:25:49,315 --> 00:25:50,249 So I'm a beard. Yes. 832 00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:51,417 I'm being used. Yes. 833 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:52,585 As a dupe. Yes. 834 00:25:52,652 --> 00:25:53,986 How am I supposed to feel about that? 835 00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:55,521 How do you usually feel about that? 836 00:25:55,588 --> 00:25:56,288 Josh... 837 00:25:56,355 --> 00:25:57,456 Donna. 838 00:25:57,523 --> 00:25:59,425 My value here is that I have no value. 839 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:01,360 You have enormous value to me. 840 00:26:01,427 --> 00:26:03,295 You have no value to Eastern Europe. 841 00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:04,797 Okay, you know what this is? 842 00:26:04,864 --> 00:26:05,865 No. 843 00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:07,366 This is an opportunity. That's right. 844 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:08,601 This is an audience with a man 845 00:26:08,668 --> 00:26:09,936 who understands the plight of the worker. 846 00:26:10,002 --> 00:26:11,003 Yes. 847 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:12,304 Or do you think because he's a reformer 848 00:26:12,371 --> 00:26:14,173 he'll understand the plight of economics? 849 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,308 Well, he's drunk and doesn't speak a lot of English 850 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:18,277 so I don't think he's going to understand much of anything at all. 851 00:26:18,344 --> 00:26:21,280 But set up the meeting and knock 'em dead. 852 00:26:25,885 --> 00:26:27,319 Sam: "Can I have this muffin?" 853 00:26:27,386 --> 00:26:31,557 I think you'll discover that the sharpest remarks 854 00:26:31,624 --> 00:26:33,693 will be blunted by asking for a muffin. 855 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:34,827 The minute we left that room 856 00:26:34,894 --> 00:26:36,262 those guys were calling their bosses 857 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:37,596 saying, "They're offering to attach reservations. 858 00:26:37,664 --> 00:26:38,597 Let's jump on it." 859 00:26:38,665 --> 00:26:39,699 I have no problem with that. 860 00:26:39,766 --> 00:26:41,333 You did great with the reservations 861 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,902 and politics stopping at the water's edge was touching. 862 00:26:42,969 --> 00:26:44,671 And then you asked permission to have a muffin. 863 00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:45,872 I was hungry. 864 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:46,839 How'd it go on the Hill? 865 00:26:46,906 --> 00:26:47,940 Much as you'd expect. 866 00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:48,908 But you know what I think? 867 00:26:48,975 --> 00:26:49,909 What? 868 00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:51,744 I think Ramsey, Roanoke, maybe even Grace 869 00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:53,212 I think they're going to vote for it anyway. 870 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:55,314 'Cause Tony Marino's going to tell them to. 871 00:26:55,381 --> 00:26:57,449 I just named three Senators that can't get reelected without Labor. 872 00:26:57,516 --> 00:26:59,051 Marino may be out of a job 873 00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:01,553 but he's still going to swing a big bat with the unions. 874 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,189 Toby's meeting with him right now. 875 00:27:03,255 --> 00:27:05,457 Do you think I should give Danny Concanon access for a feature? 876 00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:06,458 Yes. 877 00:27:06,525 --> 00:27:07,459 You're wrong. Okay. 878 00:27:07,526 --> 00:27:08,761 You should. Why? 879 00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:10,429 He's cute. 880 00:27:10,496 --> 00:27:11,664 I'm leaving. 881 00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:13,232 Do you have my two-page summary? 882 00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:14,433 I'm sorry? 883 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:16,869 Do you have my two-page summary? 884 00:27:16,936 --> 00:27:18,037 Yes. 885 00:27:18,104 --> 00:27:19,438 Could I have it? 886 00:27:19,505 --> 00:27:21,107 Yes. 887 00:27:21,173 --> 00:27:22,775 Thank you. 888 00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:38,524 You reversed my position. 889 00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:39,558 Yeah. 890 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:41,027 I gave this to you to summarize 891 00:27:41,093 --> 00:27:42,995 you didn't summarize it-- you reversed my position. 892 00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:43,963 I gave it a little polish. 893 00:27:44,030 --> 00:27:45,164 You reversed my position. 894 00:27:45,231 --> 00:27:45,998 It's shorter. 895 00:27:46,065 --> 00:27:47,767 And you reversed my position. 896 00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:48,901 Your position was wrong. 897 00:27:48,968 --> 00:27:50,302 Could you step inside, please? 898 00:27:50,369 --> 00:27:51,971 Sure. 899 00:28:04,751 --> 00:28:06,318 Senator. 900 00:28:06,385 --> 00:28:07,586 How you doing, Toby? 901 00:28:07,653 --> 00:28:08,620 What are you having? 902 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:09,621 Dewar's rocks. 903 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:10,957 Appreciate you coming down. 904 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:12,458 Sure. 905 00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:15,327 The President's thinking about calling a session. 906 00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:16,195 You heard? Yeah. 907 00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:17,496 It was well-leaked. 908 00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:19,832 It's nice we found a use for our particular talents. 909 00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:21,633 Anyway, I had a meeting at lunch 910 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:22,935 with Joe Fox and Bob Fowler 911 00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:26,072 and they said we may have lost one of our guys 912 00:28:26,138 --> 00:28:28,808 and I wanted to find out if it's true 913 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:30,342 who was it and is it important? 914 00:28:30,409 --> 00:28:32,444 It's true, and it couldn't be less important. 915 00:28:32,511 --> 00:28:33,445 Who is it? 916 00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:34,480 It was me, Toby. 917 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:35,848 I don't understand. 918 00:28:35,915 --> 00:28:38,250 They were talking about me. 919 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:40,987 I don't... Tony, I don't understand. 920 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:43,222 You've changed your mind? 921 00:28:43,289 --> 00:28:44,356 No. 922 00:28:44,423 --> 00:28:45,257 I don't... 923 00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:46,893 No, I haven't changed my mind. 924 00:28:46,959 --> 00:28:49,228 And I'll do whatever the White House wants 925 00:28:49,295 --> 00:28:50,562 in terms of spadework. 926 00:28:50,629 --> 00:28:51,998 But if you call a session now 927 00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:53,099 I can't vote for it. 928 00:28:53,165 --> 00:28:55,434 Dewar's rocks. Thank you. 929 00:28:55,501 --> 00:28:56,803 Tony... 930 00:28:56,869 --> 00:28:58,037 Toby, I'm a lame-duck Senator. 931 00:28:58,104 --> 00:28:59,906 The people of Pennsylvania voted me out 932 00:28:59,972 --> 00:29:01,040 and Morgan Mitchel in. 933 00:29:01,107 --> 00:29:03,009 He gets a seat on Foreign Relations 934 00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:04,777 we should all kill ourselves. 935 00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:06,312 I'm going to talk to Newberry 936 00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:08,180 about staying where he is and stopping the dominoes. 937 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:10,249 Senator, there's no reason why... 938 00:29:10,316 --> 00:29:12,284 They voted me out, Toby, largely based on my support 939 00:29:12,351 --> 00:29:14,086 of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 940 00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:16,122 Only because Mitchel painted them a picture. 941 00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:17,323 That's not for me to say. 942 00:29:17,389 --> 00:29:18,290 I choose not to assume 943 00:29:18,357 --> 00:29:19,792 that my constituents feel a certain way 944 00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:20,860 because they were duped. 945 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:22,962 Senator, nobody expects... 946 00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:24,596 you're not expected to... 947 00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:25,898 Nobody expects. 948 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:27,533 Toby, it seems to me that more and more 949 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:30,036 we've come to expect less and less from each other 950 00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:31,237 and I think that should change. 951 00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:33,472 I'm a Senator for another ten weeks 952 00:29:33,539 --> 00:29:37,209 and I'm going to choose to respect these people and what they want. 953 00:29:37,276 --> 00:29:39,078 You call a lame-duck session now 954 00:29:39,145 --> 00:29:40,813 and I've got to abstain. 955 00:29:54,526 --> 00:29:56,528 Now, this is the northwest executive entrance 956 00:29:56,595 --> 00:29:57,964 to the White House 957 00:29:58,030 --> 00:30:00,099 and ordinarily I'd be allowed to show you more 958 00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:02,234 but the President's in the west wing right now 959 00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:03,870 and when he's working in his office 960 00:30:03,936 --> 00:30:05,972 we like to keep the area as calm as possible. 961 00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:07,606 Toby: Whole damn world's 962 00:30:07,673 --> 00:30:09,141 flying apart at the equator. 963 00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:10,509 You know that, Bonnie? 964 00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:13,479 This, of course, is my boss, Toby Ziegler. 965 00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:15,681 Why's a test ban treaty so important? 966 00:30:15,747 --> 00:30:16,849 Let me tell you. 967 00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:19,185 In 1974, India set off 968 00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:20,686 a peaceful nuclear explosion. 969 00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:22,955 Indira Gandhi herself said they had no intention 970 00:30:23,022 --> 00:30:24,156 of building a bomb. 971 00:30:24,223 --> 00:30:25,858 They just wanted to know that they could. 972 00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:27,293 20 years later 973 00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:29,128 India sets off five nuclear explosions. 974 00:30:29,195 --> 00:30:30,596 Who gets nervous? Pakistan. 975 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:33,332 When Pakistan gets nervous, everybody gets nervous. 976 00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:34,466 You know why? 977 00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:36,903 'Cause we're all going to die. 978 00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:39,771 Sam, half of America's workforce 979 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,340 is employed by small business. 980 00:30:41,407 --> 00:30:43,976 That's companies that employ fewer than 100 workers. 981 00:30:44,043 --> 00:30:45,878 I know what a small business is. 982 00:30:45,945 --> 00:30:47,713 Then you know that a third of them fail. 983 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:50,749 One-third of all small businesses lose money and fail 984 00:30:50,816 --> 00:30:54,420 not because of rent hikes or big chains squeezing them out 985 00:30:54,486 --> 00:30:55,354 but because of why? 986 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:56,388 Employee fraud. 987 00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:57,123 That's right! 988 00:30:57,189 --> 00:30:58,124 Yes. 989 00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,091 What do you say to that? 990 00:30:59,158 --> 00:31:00,192 You reversed my position. 991 00:31:00,259 --> 00:31:01,427 Other than that, Sam. 992 00:31:01,493 --> 00:31:02,694 Other than what you've been saying 993 00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:03,762 for the last hour and a half. 994 00:31:03,829 --> 00:31:04,997 Sam: I can't believe 995 00:31:05,064 --> 00:31:05,998 I'm listening to a Republican 996 00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:07,466 tell me the government 997 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,168 should run background checks and impede business. 998 00:31:09,235 --> 00:31:10,903 I can't believe I'm listening to a Republican. 999 00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:12,404 Could it be that most of the people 1000 00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:14,340 you want to fingerprint have darker skin than you do? 1001 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:16,775 Well, not to let the facts interfere with a good story 1002 00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:19,111 but 80% of violators are white. 1003 00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:20,812 Fraudulent employees are three times 1004 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,248 more likely to be married. 1005 00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:24,050 They're four times more likely to be men 1006 00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:26,318 16 times more likely to be managers and executives 1007 00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:27,954 and guess what, they're five times 1008 00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:30,356 more likely to have postgraduate degrees. 1009 00:31:30,422 --> 00:31:33,993 You... listen... I, you know... I can't... all right... 1010 00:31:35,127 --> 00:31:36,562 Start from the beginning. 1011 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:37,729 Really? Yeah. 1012 00:31:37,796 --> 00:31:39,498 Are you eating that donut? 1013 00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:41,600 Take the donut. Start from the beginning. 1014 00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:46,939 C.J.: Hello. 1015 00:31:47,006 --> 00:31:48,107 Hey, C.J. I'm supposed to see him. 1016 00:31:48,174 --> 00:31:49,441 Yeah. There's a meeting in there 1017 00:31:49,508 --> 00:31:51,010 but I think they're circling for a landing. 1018 00:31:51,077 --> 00:31:52,178 You mind if I wait? No. 1019 00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:53,212 Hey, Charlie. Hey, Danny. 1020 00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:54,513 Hey, C.J. Hey, Nimrod. 1021 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:56,215 Look, I leaked your damn story for you. 1022 00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:57,216 You leaked it for me? 1023 00:31:57,283 --> 00:31:58,450 I leaked it to you, pal. 1024 00:31:58,517 --> 00:31:59,651 I used you like so much whatever. 1025 00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:00,919 Well put. 1026 00:32:00,987 --> 00:32:02,454 Charlie, I'm here to see the President. 1027 00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:04,256 Yeah, he's finishing up a meeting. 1028 00:32:04,323 --> 00:32:05,657 Charlie, Danny's paper-- 1029 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:07,526 after savaging us four times in two weeks-- 1030 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:09,728 would like access for Danny to write a three-part feature. 1031 00:32:09,795 --> 00:32:11,597 About what? 1032 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:13,265 About winning a Pulitzer Prize for writing a three-part feature. 1033 00:32:13,332 --> 00:32:15,801 Look...! See, reporters seldom win a Pulitzer. 1034 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:17,669 Feature writers do, and the Post has been getting 1035 00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:19,605 a little outpaced in the hardware department lately. 1036 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:21,207 You know me here. 1037 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:23,142 Do you suspect my motives are anything but journalistic? 1038 00:32:23,209 --> 00:32:25,077 I'd like to be part of this conversation. ( door opens ) 1039 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,578 This doesn't have anything to do wi...? 1040 00:32:26,645 --> 00:32:27,579 C.J.? 1041 00:32:27,646 --> 00:32:29,015 Thank you. 1042 00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:32,384 Good evening, Mr. President. 1043 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:33,585 No more rogue nations, huh? 1044 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:34,386 Yes, sir. 1045 00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:36,088 Well, that was easy. Sir? 1046 00:32:36,155 --> 00:32:37,423 What's doing, Claudia Jean? 1047 00:32:37,489 --> 00:32:39,091 Mr. President, the Post would like access 1048 00:32:39,158 --> 00:32:40,926 for Danny Concanon to do a three-part feature 1049 00:32:40,993 --> 00:32:42,094 inside the Oval Office. 1050 00:32:42,161 --> 00:32:43,462 Yeah. Let's do it. 1051 00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:44,830 No, I don't think it's a good idea, sir. 1052 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,731 Why not? 1053 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:46,798 Sir, after the editorials 1054 00:32:46,865 --> 00:32:47,933 they've run the last... 1055 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:48,967 Yeah, they've been way off base. 1056 00:32:49,035 --> 00:32:50,369 Not so much the second one 1057 00:32:50,436 --> 00:32:51,603 but the first, third and fourth were silly 1058 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:53,205 and the fourth was mean-spirited. 1059 00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:54,906 Exactly, so let's send them a message. 1060 00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:56,008 Nah. Sir... 1061 00:32:56,075 --> 00:32:57,043 First of all, it wasn't Danny. 1062 00:32:57,109 --> 00:32:58,444 Danny is their representative. 1063 00:32:58,510 --> 00:32:59,878 We have to stop being a punching bag 1064 00:32:59,945 --> 00:33:01,480 and they need a wake-up call. 1065 00:33:01,547 --> 00:33:04,016 Ah... it's going to look petty and petulant. You know why? 1066 00:33:04,083 --> 00:33:05,384 Sir? 'Cause it's petty and petulant. 1067 00:33:05,451 --> 00:33:06,952 Nobody elected this newspaper. 1068 00:33:07,019 --> 00:33:08,320 Certainly not the 48 million people 1069 00:33:08,387 --> 00:33:11,023 who chose you to be President. 1070 00:33:11,090 --> 00:33:12,691 Yeah, but not having to run for anything 1071 00:33:12,758 --> 00:33:13,959 tends to help with honesty and decisiveness. 1072 00:33:14,026 --> 00:33:15,161 Thanks, Charlie. 1073 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:16,395 Send Danny in, would you, please? 1074 00:33:16,462 --> 00:33:17,563 Yes, sir. 1075 00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,765 Mr. President, you have to send them a message. 1076 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:22,101 I really don't, C.J. 1077 00:33:22,168 --> 00:33:24,170 Is this personal? 1078 00:33:24,236 --> 00:33:26,538 Excuse me? I hear things. 1079 00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:28,407 I don't understand most of it, but I hear it. 1080 00:33:28,474 --> 00:33:30,842 No, sir, it's absolutely not personal. 1081 00:33:30,909 --> 00:33:32,811 He's a great reporter, and you're a great press secretary 1082 00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:34,446 and that's why it wasn't going to work 1083 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:36,014 as long as the two of you had those jobs. 1084 00:33:36,082 --> 00:33:37,283 Sir, I... I can assure you... Hey, Danny. 1085 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:38,784 Good evening, Mr. President. 1086 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:40,852 I think you guys have had your heads up your asses 1087 00:33:40,919 --> 00:33:42,121 for the last few weeks. 1088 00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:43,355 I hope you don't mind me saying so. 1089 00:33:43,422 --> 00:33:45,023 Of course not, Mr. President. 1090 00:33:45,091 --> 00:33:47,259 Not only that, but you've been trying to bait me 1091 00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:48,994 which is a waste of time, paper and ink. 1092 00:33:49,061 --> 00:33:50,329 I'm like 50 times smarter 1093 00:33:50,396 --> 00:33:51,697 than any of you will ever hope to be. 1094 00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,532 I've got an election to win in two years 1095 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:55,367 and I'm not about to alienate the Washington Post. 1096 00:33:55,434 --> 00:33:57,369 Yes, sir. I'll tell you what I will do, though. 1097 00:33:57,436 --> 00:33:58,770 I'm canceling our subscription. 1098 00:33:58,837 --> 00:33:59,771 C.J.: Excellent, sir. 1099 00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:01,006 The White House buys 1100 00:34:01,073 --> 00:34:02,408 1,100 copies of the Post every day. 1101 00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:04,009 Canceling that subscription should send a message 1102 00:34:04,076 --> 00:34:05,177 loud and clear. 1103 00:34:05,244 --> 00:34:06,878 No, I meant just mine and Abbey's. 1104 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:08,314 I'll borrow a copy from somebody. 1105 00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:09,281 Charlie: Mr. President? 1106 00:34:09,348 --> 00:34:11,750 Yeah. Take it easy, Danny. 1107 00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:14,019 C.J. will give you all the access you want. 1108 00:34:14,086 --> 00:34:15,187 Thank you, sir. 1109 00:34:15,254 --> 00:34:16,555 Thank you, Mr. President. 1110 00:34:19,358 --> 00:34:23,028 I got to go tell circulation we lost $32.95. 1111 00:34:23,095 --> 00:34:24,730 I know about the job offer. 1112 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:27,566 I figured. 1113 00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:29,835 Known about it for a couple of days. 1114 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,069 Yeah. 1115 00:34:31,137 --> 00:34:32,204 You don't want to be an editor? 1116 00:34:32,271 --> 00:34:33,439 I'm a White House reporter. 1117 00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,741 I know, I just thought by taking a job 1118 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:37,209 outside the press room... 1119 00:34:37,276 --> 00:34:39,678 C.J., I have no problem with a reporter 1120 00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:41,280 dating a press secretary. 1121 00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:46,518 Well... I have a problem, so... 1122 00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:48,320 Yeah. 1123 00:34:48,387 --> 00:34:51,757 Okay. I'll see you later. 1124 00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:54,160 Okay. 1125 00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:08,207 See, the keyboard forces users 1126 00:35:08,274 --> 00:35:10,176 to put their wrists into a palms-down position 1127 00:35:10,242 --> 00:35:11,910 and encourages a sideways wrist twist 1128 00:35:11,977 --> 00:35:13,145 to reach the enter key. 1129 00:35:13,212 --> 00:35:14,613 That sideways twist is called 1130 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,416 an "ulnar deviation," and it's very bad. 1131 00:35:17,483 --> 00:35:18,817 It has a right-hand bias 1132 00:35:18,884 --> 00:35:20,886 towards the important letter and number keys 1133 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:24,089 and frequently-used keys like enter, shift, backspace, and control 1134 00:35:24,156 --> 00:35:25,591 are placed near the weakest finger 1135 00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:28,160 forcing the wrist to absorb the added stress of... 1136 00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:30,095 What in hell is this woman talking about? 1137 00:35:30,162 --> 00:35:32,398 Sir, I'm talking about my government's unwillingness to... 1138 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:33,832 Vasily? 1139 00:35:33,899 --> 00:35:35,334 Vasily Konanov? 1140 00:35:35,401 --> 00:35:36,802 Why, you're the last person I expected to be 1141 00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:37,769 where they told me to go. 1142 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:38,637 Mr. President. 1143 00:35:38,704 --> 00:35:39,405 Thank you, Donna. 1144 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:41,540 Thank you, gentlemen. 1145 00:35:44,576 --> 00:35:45,511 Vasily? 1146 00:35:45,577 --> 00:35:46,478 Yes? 1147 00:35:46,545 --> 00:35:48,314 I don't know who this is. 1148 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:50,449 Uh, puhjalsta. 1149 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:01,693 What the hell are you doing? 1150 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,462 Mr. President... 1151 00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:05,130 I would like to talk to you 1152 00:36:05,197 --> 00:36:06,998 about commercial landing rights. 1153 00:36:07,065 --> 00:36:08,200 I would like to talk to you 1154 00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:10,202 about the World Trade Organization 1155 00:36:10,269 --> 00:36:11,903 and I would like to talk to you 1156 00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:13,372 about nuclear compatibility. 1157 00:36:13,439 --> 00:36:15,541 I'm not the Transportation Secretary. 1158 00:36:15,607 --> 00:36:18,043 You will join the WTO when you reduce 1159 00:36:18,109 --> 00:36:20,312 the 300% tariff on American cars 1160 00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:22,881 and with a nuclear weapon pointed at my head 1161 00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:26,117 I will not talk to you about nuclear compatibility. 1162 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,152 Mr. President... 1163 00:36:27,219 --> 00:36:28,754 Vasily, you're a reformer 1164 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:31,423 and you're going to do good things in Eastern Europe 1165 00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:33,225 and I'm looking forward to the day you're President. 1166 00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:34,726 But until that day comes 1167 00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:35,861 my State Department 1168 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:37,963 deals with the government of the Ukraine. 1169 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,265 Now, you can go home 1170 00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:42,133 and do exactly what you wanted to do... 1171 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,402 which is say you've met 1172 00:36:43,469 --> 00:36:44,936 with the President of the United States. 1173 00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:51,410 You just have. 1174 00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:54,780 How you doing? 1175 00:36:57,249 --> 00:36:58,350 Yeah. 1176 00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:00,619 For... yeah. 1177 00:37:02,621 --> 00:37:04,456 Thank you. 1178 00:37:04,523 --> 00:37:08,026 Dr. Zhivago is out of here. 1179 00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:09,528 Good. What do you have? 1180 00:37:09,595 --> 00:37:10,762 The Commerce Department 1181 00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:12,264 wants us to back an amendment to a bill 1182 00:37:12,331 --> 00:37:13,699 that would help small businesses 1183 00:37:13,765 --> 00:37:15,467 with fraud prevention and employee theft. 1184 00:37:15,534 --> 00:37:16,535 We want to recommend it. 1185 00:37:16,602 --> 00:37:18,136 You have numbers? Yeah. 1186 00:37:18,203 --> 00:37:20,772 This is from an independent study that I have faith in. 1187 00:37:20,839 --> 00:37:21,807 30% of workers 1188 00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:23,809 plan to steal from their employers. 1189 00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:25,844 30% give in to occasional temptation. 1190 00:37:25,911 --> 00:37:28,814 Five percent will commit fraud regardless of circumstance. 1191 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,517 85% will commit fraud given the right circumstances. 1192 00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:34,252 Just out of curiosity, what are the right...? 1193 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,621 Need, opportunity 1194 00:37:35,687 --> 00:37:38,457 and the ability to rationalize their behavior. 1195 00:37:38,524 --> 00:37:40,426 It's called the fraud triangle. 1196 00:37:40,492 --> 00:37:42,461 It's going to help us when we want to raise the minimum wage. 1197 00:37:42,528 --> 00:37:43,695 It's the small business owners 1198 00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:45,130 who are most opposed to wage hikes. 1199 00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:46,865 You weren't going to go the other way on this? 1200 00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:48,266 Yeah, I was. 1201 00:37:48,334 --> 00:37:49,568 You got turned around? 1202 00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:50,736 Yeah. 1203 00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:51,870 Okay, good. 1204 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:53,071 Thanks. Thanks. 1205 00:37:53,138 --> 00:37:54,205 Hang on. I wanted to... 1206 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:56,608 Thank you, Leo. 1207 00:37:59,044 --> 00:37:59,945 That was it? 1208 00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:00,979 Yeah. 1209 00:38:01,046 --> 00:38:01,980 That was it? 1210 00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:03,181 Yeah. 1211 00:38:03,248 --> 00:38:04,282 I don't understand. 1212 00:38:04,350 --> 00:38:05,751 You don't understand what? 1213 00:38:05,817 --> 00:38:06,552 What just happened. 1214 00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:08,253 Leo said yes. We're in. 1215 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:09,220 I don't understand. 1216 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:10,422 Leo said yes. 1217 00:38:10,489 --> 00:38:11,557 That's the end of the meeting. 1218 00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:13,091 I was just talking, Sam. 1219 00:38:13,158 --> 00:38:14,426 I was just talking to you. 1220 00:38:14,493 --> 00:38:16,428 Well, we play with live ammo around here. 1221 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,829 You convinced me, I convinced Leo 1222 00:38:17,896 --> 00:38:19,164 Leo'll convince the President. 1223 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:20,699 Sam... 1224 00:38:20,766 --> 00:38:22,501 It's a short day, Ainsley, and a big country. 1225 00:38:22,568 --> 00:38:23,802 We've got to move fast. 1226 00:38:23,869 --> 00:38:25,571 And so because I said this in here 1227 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:27,739 the President in there is going to...? Yeah. 1228 00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:29,975 You got to tell me when that's going to happen. 1229 00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:32,077 Is this how you guys decide to go to war? 1230 00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:35,113 I don't know. I'm usually not in the room when they do that. 1231 00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:36,281 Sam... 1232 00:38:36,348 --> 00:38:37,248 Could somebody get her 1233 00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:38,617 a cupcake or something? 1234 00:38:38,684 --> 00:38:40,819 Sam...! 1235 00:39:10,616 --> 00:39:11,583 Charlie: Mr. President? 1236 00:39:11,650 --> 00:39:12,183 Yeah. 1237 00:39:12,250 --> 00:39:12,918 Toby's here. 1238 00:39:12,984 --> 00:39:14,252 Thanks. 1239 00:39:14,319 --> 00:39:15,487 You can take off for the night, Charlie. We're done. 1240 00:39:15,554 --> 00:39:17,756 Thank you, Mr. President. 1241 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:20,859 Good evening, sir. 1242 00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:23,161 Tony Marino's going to abstain, huh? 1243 00:39:23,228 --> 00:39:25,296 Yeah. 1244 00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:28,133 He was a great public servant, Toby. 1245 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:29,401 A great senator. 1246 00:39:29,468 --> 00:39:30,869 Didn't Edmond Burke say 1247 00:39:30,936 --> 00:39:33,204 that a representative owes not just his industry 1248 00:39:33,271 --> 00:39:34,706 but his judgment 1249 00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:38,544 and betrays you if he sacrifices his judgment to yours? 1250 00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:40,846 Yeah, and then he was voted out of office 1251 00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:43,248 five years later by the people of Bristol. 1252 00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:44,683 That's not the point, sir. 1253 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:46,251 I know, but the fact is 1254 00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:48,420 the opponents of the treaty, on both sides of the aisle 1255 00:39:48,487 --> 00:39:49,455 you got to respect them, Toby. 1256 00:39:49,521 --> 00:39:51,189 They're politicians 1257 00:39:51,256 --> 00:39:53,692 and they're flying in the face of overwhelming public opinion. 1258 00:39:53,759 --> 00:39:54,926 I have to respect senators 1259 00:39:54,993 --> 00:39:56,495 for defying 82% of the American people? 1260 00:39:56,562 --> 00:39:59,130 Can I tell you something honestly? 1261 00:39:59,197 --> 00:40:00,398 This is one 1262 00:40:00,466 --> 00:40:01,867 of those situations 1263 00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:04,670 I could give a damn what the people think. 1264 00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:07,238 The complexities of a global arms treaty-- 1265 00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:10,742 the technological, military, the diplomatic nuance-- 1266 00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:12,978 it's staggering, Toby. 1267 00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:16,147 82% of the people can't possibly be expected 1268 00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:18,049 to reach an informed opinion. 1269 00:40:19,985 --> 00:40:22,420 You want to call a session anyway? 1270 00:40:22,488 --> 00:40:24,890 No. 1271 00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:27,993 No, if we lose, and we will, we cut off... 1272 00:40:28,059 --> 00:40:29,427 Yeah. 1273 00:40:29,495 --> 00:40:32,330 ( sighs softly ) 1274 00:40:32,397 --> 00:40:34,265 Anything else? 1275 00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:36,468 No, sir. 1276 00:40:36,535 --> 00:40:39,571 Thank you, Mr. President. 1277 00:40:39,638 --> 00:40:42,808 You know we forget sometimes. 1278 00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:46,077 In all the talk about democracy, we forget it's not a democracy. 1279 00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:47,412 It's a republic. 1280 00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:48,980 People don't make the decisions. 1281 00:40:49,047 --> 00:40:51,449 They choose the people who make the decisions. 1282 00:40:51,517 --> 00:40:53,051 Could they do a better job choosing? 1283 00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:54,586 Yeah. 1284 00:40:54,653 --> 00:40:56,622 But when you consider the alternatives... 1285 00:40:56,688 --> 00:40:59,190 Anyway, Abbey's in New Hampshire. 1286 00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:01,860 You want to come up for a cigar? 1287 00:41:03,762 --> 00:41:04,996 The day is over, Toby. 1288 00:41:05,063 --> 00:41:06,965 We'll live to fight another one. 1289 00:41:08,366 --> 00:41:10,401 Come on up. I'll beat your ass at chess. 1290 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:11,770 You baiting me, Mr. President? 1291 00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:12,971 Yes. 1292 00:41:13,038 --> 00:41:14,139 ( chuckling ) 1293 00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:15,406 ( clears throat ) 1294 00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:17,776 Okay. 1295 00:41:17,843 --> 00:41:19,578 If anybody's out there, I'm signing off. 1296 00:41:19,645 --> 00:41:21,513 Have a good night.