1 00:00:04,372 --> 00:00:06,074 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,107 --> 00:00:09,543 Five U.S. DEA Agents have been abducted in Colombia. 3 00:00:09,577 --> 00:00:11,812 The government has no control over the region. 4 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,214 There is no law 5 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:14,382 and they're going to shoot these guys 6 00:00:14,415 --> 00:00:15,816 in the head and then have a parade. 7 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:18,252 In three hours, I want to be ready to kick in the back door. 8 00:00:18,286 --> 00:00:19,287 When do I see numbers? 9 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,255 There's a 17% response rate. 10 00:00:21,289 --> 00:00:22,490 When do I see numbers? 11 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:24,024 You'll have the numbers 12 00:00:24,058 --> 00:00:25,826 in five minutes. 13 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:28,028 It might take a little longer now. 14 00:00:28,062 --> 00:00:28,829 You're mad at me. 15 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:29,830 We had a deal. 16 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:30,531 Abbey... 17 00:00:30,564 --> 00:00:31,699 When did you decide 18 00:00:31,732 --> 00:00:32,733 you were going to run 19 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:34,668 for a second term? 20 00:00:48,416 --> 00:00:49,917 Mr. President. 21 00:00:49,950 --> 00:00:52,986 It was just three hours ago I gave the State of the Union. 22 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:54,188 Yeah. 23 00:00:54,222 --> 00:00:55,623 You believe that? 24 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:58,126 What are you doing? It's freezing out here. 25 00:00:58,159 --> 00:01:00,728 I'm not allowed to smoke inside anymore. 26 00:01:00,761 --> 00:01:01,729 I thought you were allowed to do 27 00:01:01,762 --> 00:01:04,132 pretty much whatever you want. 28 00:01:04,165 --> 00:01:06,667 Up to the point where you accidentally burn holes 29 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:08,236 in priceless antiques. 30 00:01:08,269 --> 00:01:10,204 You should stop smoking. Why? 31 00:01:10,238 --> 00:01:11,205 You'll live longer. 32 00:01:11,239 --> 00:01:13,040 I smoke two cigarettes a day. 33 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:14,408 It's a bad example. 34 00:01:14,442 --> 00:01:17,611 For who, Russian spy satellites? 35 00:01:17,645 --> 00:01:18,646 George Bernard Shaw said 36 00:01:18,679 --> 00:01:21,715 "You don't live longer. It just seems longer." 37 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:24,017 I'm not sure it was Shaw. 38 00:01:24,051 --> 00:01:25,719 I'm not sure it was either. 39 00:01:25,753 --> 00:01:26,854 Is it time? 40 00:01:26,887 --> 00:01:27,821 Yeah. 41 00:01:33,494 --> 00:01:34,428 Ten-hut. 42 00:01:36,864 --> 00:01:38,232 Where are we? 43 00:01:38,266 --> 00:01:41,835 Sir, a C-141 with two Delta Force teams has been in the air 44 00:01:41,869 --> 00:01:43,404 for 85 minutes. 45 00:01:43,437 --> 00:01:45,306 Tell me what happens when I give the order. 46 00:01:45,339 --> 00:01:47,241 They'll enter Colombian airspace. 47 00:01:47,275 --> 00:01:49,310 CHRYSLER: At the same time, a 19-man unit 48 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:50,678 a Special Forces Alpha Team 49 00:01:50,711 --> 00:01:52,846 that's already on the ground at Tres Encinas 50 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,114 will head to Villacerreno. 51 00:01:54,148 --> 00:01:55,916 What do they do when they get there? 52 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:58,886 They'll hike 11 miles into the jungle and hold still. 53 00:01:58,919 --> 00:02:00,221 Why? 54 00:02:00,254 --> 00:02:01,222 It'll be daylight by then. 55 00:02:01,255 --> 00:02:02,523 Nineteen guys are going to have 56 00:02:02,556 --> 00:02:04,258 to lie facedown in the jungle till sunset? 57 00:02:04,292 --> 00:02:06,260 CHRYSLER: That's when the hostages are going to be moved. 58 00:02:06,294 --> 00:02:07,728 And that's when we go. 59 00:02:07,761 --> 00:02:09,897 They're moving the hostages from where to where? 60 00:02:09,930 --> 00:02:11,131 CHRYSLER: From the Tasco outpost 61 00:02:11,165 --> 00:02:12,866 to the Frente command center. 62 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:14,302 On foot? Yeah. 63 00:02:14,335 --> 00:02:16,637 10.7 kilometers down the road 64 00:02:16,670 --> 00:02:18,706 there's a plateau called Mesa del Oro. 65 00:02:18,739 --> 00:02:21,375 That'll give the Deltas maximum maneuverability. 66 00:02:21,409 --> 00:02:22,843 The code name's Cassiopeia? 67 00:02:22,876 --> 00:02:23,877 Yes, sir. 68 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:26,680 Mickey, you look like you want to say something. 69 00:02:26,714 --> 00:02:28,782 Yes, Mr. President. I, I think you should wait. 70 00:02:28,816 --> 00:02:32,253 For what? To see how negotiations continue with Guerra. 71 00:02:32,286 --> 00:02:34,488 Guerra wants Aguilar out of a Colombian prison. 72 00:02:34,522 --> 00:02:37,157 Are there any other circumstances under 73 00:02:37,191 --> 00:02:38,859 which he's going to give these hostages back? 74 00:02:38,892 --> 00:02:40,661 Possibly. Crap. 75 00:02:40,694 --> 00:02:42,563 We know if we keep talking, we don't the risk 76 00:02:42,596 --> 00:02:44,365 of these hostages getting shot during the rescue. 77 00:02:44,398 --> 00:02:47,134 What difference does it make if they're shot during a rescue 78 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:48,669 or at Frente command at Villacerreno? 79 00:02:48,702 --> 00:02:50,271 I believe we can keep them alive longer 80 00:02:50,304 --> 00:02:51,772 if we let them be taken to Villacerreno. 81 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:54,708 Are we going to keep them alive longer, or is it just 82 00:02:54,742 --> 00:02:56,910 going to seem longer? 83 00:02:56,944 --> 00:02:57,911 Sir? 84 00:02:57,945 --> 00:02:59,046 I've been given reason to believe 85 00:02:59,079 --> 00:03:00,881 they'll be tortured at Villacerreno. 86 00:03:00,914 --> 00:03:02,115 They're U.S. drug agents. 87 00:03:02,149 --> 00:03:04,151 They know things these people want to know. 88 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:06,854 Sir, the C-141's approaching Colombian airspace. 89 00:03:18,699 --> 00:04:10,784 Go. 90 00:04:10,818 --> 00:04:14,322 It was second in length only to his inaugural address 91 00:04:14,355 --> 00:04:17,991 and 75 minutes longer than Washington's first address 92 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:19,026 to Congress... 93 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:20,794 Officer Sloan, would you be willing to go 94 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:21,895 on television tomorrow? 95 00:04:21,929 --> 00:04:24,732 They knew how many words there were. In the speech? 96 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:25,566 Yeah. 97 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:26,700 About 8,700? 98 00:04:26,734 --> 00:04:27,501 Yeah. 99 00:04:27,535 --> 00:04:29,703 Would you be willing to go on TV? 100 00:04:29,737 --> 00:04:31,705 I think I'd really rather just go home. 101 00:04:31,739 --> 00:04:33,507 This is going to be part of the news cycle 102 00:04:33,541 --> 00:04:35,175 by tomorrow night, whether you go home or not. 103 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:36,644 And how do you know that? 104 00:04:36,677 --> 00:04:39,112 Roughly the same way I knew there were 8,700 words in the speech. 105 00:04:39,146 --> 00:04:40,614 I have some experience at this. 106 00:04:40,648 --> 00:04:42,416 What'll happen? 107 00:04:42,450 --> 00:04:43,851 You'll do a quick satellite interview. 108 00:04:43,884 --> 00:04:45,753 "What was it like being at the State of the Union? 109 00:04:45,786 --> 00:04:48,088 Did you meet the President?" "It was a thrill and an honor." 110 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:49,490 Talk about your act of heroism 111 00:04:49,523 --> 00:04:51,959 that brought you to the attention of the White House. 112 00:04:51,992 --> 00:04:54,227 "Well, I really wouldn't call it heroism, but..." 113 00:04:54,261 --> 00:04:57,698 "Now, I understand you had some trouble back in the early '80s?" 114 00:04:57,731 --> 00:04:59,967 "I'm glad I have a chance to talk about that..." 115 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,104 And you tell your story just like you told it to me. 116 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,839 Do I wear my uniform? 117 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:07,074 Coat and tie. 118 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:08,075 Carol? 119 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:09,076 Yeah? 120 00:05:09,109 --> 00:05:10,344 Would you make sure Officer Sloan 121 00:05:10,378 --> 00:05:12,813 gets back to his hotel? Yeah. 122 00:05:12,846 --> 00:05:15,215 MARK: I'd like to thank all our guests tonight. 123 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:16,950 Henry Shallick, David Satch 124 00:05:16,984 --> 00:05:20,320 Toby Ziegler, Bob Woodward, Jeff Greenfield 125 00:05:20,354 --> 00:05:21,655 CJ Cregg. 126 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:23,023 And of course, the White House 127 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:26,727 for allowing us to broadcast live on this historic night. 128 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,730 You've been watching a special expanded edition 129 00:05:29,763 --> 00:05:30,764 of Capitol Beat. 130 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:32,500 I'm Mark Gottfried. 131 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:33,667 Have a good night. 132 00:05:33,701 --> 00:05:35,168 MAN: We're out. That's it. 133 00:05:35,202 --> 00:05:37,137 ( applause ) 134 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:38,839 Great job, everybody. 135 00:05:41,575 --> 00:05:43,577 You said 20 minutes. I was called in for a meeting. 136 00:05:43,611 --> 00:05:45,813 It's now 40 minutes. I was called in for a meeting. 137 00:05:45,846 --> 00:05:46,880 At midnight? 138 00:05:46,914 --> 00:05:48,081 It's not midnight everywhere in the world, Mark. 139 00:05:48,115 --> 00:05:50,350 What's his story? He's innocent. 140 00:05:50,384 --> 00:05:52,953 You just decided? No, a grand jury, a DA 141 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:55,556 and a civil court judge decided 17 years ago. 142 00:05:55,589 --> 00:05:57,425 Nobody brought charges. The civil suit was dismissed. 143 00:05:57,458 --> 00:05:58,526 Then why on his record...? 144 00:05:58,559 --> 00:06:00,160 The Detroit Police Department cited him 145 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:02,863 for excessive force to calm down the black community. 146 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:05,232 It was a robbery; they were climbing through windows and jumping over walls. 147 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:07,468 The guy's leg was already fractured when Sloan got there. 148 00:06:07,501 --> 00:06:09,770 He's going to do your show tomorrow morning. 149 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:11,405 Is he doing everybody else's show, too? 150 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:12,773 No. Why not? 151 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,074 Because you waited 40 minutes. 152 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:24,852 SAM: Hey. 153 00:06:26,019 --> 00:06:27,387 Hey. 154 00:06:27,421 --> 00:06:28,822 Bill Dryer from Gillette's office called. 155 00:06:28,856 --> 00:06:31,191 He wants to have a meeting with you. 156 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:32,426 Dryer? 157 00:06:32,460 --> 00:06:36,329 Gillette. 158 00:06:36,363 --> 00:06:37,297 ( sighs ) 159 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:39,166 Well... 160 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:41,001 I'll bet he wants a meeting with me. 161 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:43,704 Yeah. 162 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,338 It's not going to happen. Toby. 163 00:06:45,372 --> 00:06:46,273 It's not going to happen. 164 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:47,575 We got enough input from him 165 00:06:47,608 --> 00:06:49,376 during the six weeks we were writing the thing. 166 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,344 I don't need to hear his... He's very upset. 167 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:52,613 What? I know... 168 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:54,515 More, I think, than we calculated he was going to be. 169 00:06:54,548 --> 00:06:55,983 We've upset him? Yeah. 170 00:06:56,016 --> 00:06:58,085 Well, we're going to have to learn to live with that pain. 171 00:06:58,118 --> 00:07:00,120 Look... He's not the President of the United States. 172 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:02,389 He's a junior Senator from North Dakota where nobody lives 173 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:05,626 'cause it's too cold, and they don't have a major sports franchise. 174 00:07:05,659 --> 00:07:07,060 Do I need to lay out the ways in which this man 175 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:08,562 is important to us? Nope. 176 00:07:08,596 --> 00:07:09,597 He is adored by the left. 177 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:10,798 Stop laying out the ways. 178 00:07:10,831 --> 00:07:12,399 He is our link to the environmentalists. 179 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:13,667 Stop laying out the ways. 180 00:07:13,701 --> 00:07:15,368 Toby, asking for this meeting isn't out of line 181 00:07:15,402 --> 00:07:16,870 and you should take it. 182 00:07:16,904 --> 00:07:20,474 In fact, you should take it tomorrow morning at 7:30 at the Hyatt. 183 00:07:20,508 --> 00:07:21,642 You set it up already? 184 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:22,876 Just the time and place. 185 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:25,245 And you expect me to explain myself to him? 186 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:29,950 Yes, yes, I do. 187 00:07:29,983 --> 00:07:31,351 Fine. 188 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:32,520 C.J. 189 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:34,121 7:30. Yeah. 190 00:07:34,154 --> 00:07:37,558 The Post is calling it "sleek, challenging, and oftentimes witty." 191 00:07:37,591 --> 00:07:39,159 Not unlike myself. 192 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:41,695 Who is Jack Sloan, and why am I just hearing about this now? 193 00:07:41,729 --> 00:07:43,030 Sloan was one of the invited guests. 194 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:43,997 He was the police officer. 195 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:45,298 The one we stuck in over the weekend? Yeah. 196 00:07:45,332 --> 00:07:46,133 And what happened? 197 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:47,535 A long time ago, he was cited 198 00:07:47,568 --> 00:07:48,802 by the Detroit Police Department 199 00:07:48,836 --> 00:07:50,938 for excessive force. Against a black suspect? 200 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:51,739 Yeah. C.J. 201 00:07:51,772 --> 00:07:53,406 Toby... How was this guy not vetted? 202 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,142 'Cause he wasn't. 'Cause it was last-minute. 203 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:56,544 What are you doing about it? 204 00:07:56,577 --> 00:07:58,512 Mark Gottfried's going to interview him in the morning. 205 00:07:58,546 --> 00:07:59,780 It's a bad idea. Why? 206 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:00,781 Why? Yes. 207 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:01,782 'Cause blacks aren't going to react well 208 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:03,383 to our supporting a brutal cop. 209 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:05,252 He's not a brutal cop. Says you. 210 00:08:05,285 --> 00:08:06,687 Says me, a grand jury 211 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,288 two judges, the district attorney 212 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:09,456 and common sense. C.J. 213 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:10,558 It's going public anyway, Toby. 214 00:08:10,591 --> 00:08:12,392 Gottfried got the story on his own. 215 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:15,162 Fine. Where's Josh? 216 00:08:15,195 --> 00:08:16,664 He went back to the phone banks. 217 00:08:16,697 --> 00:08:18,165 Is the electricity back on? No. 218 00:08:18,198 --> 00:08:19,567 Then what's he doing there? 219 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,069 Hoping the electricity goes on. 220 00:08:22,102 --> 00:08:25,205 Well, that ought to do it. 221 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:27,340 ( sighs ) 222 00:08:27,374 --> 00:08:29,209 Josh. Yeah. 223 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:31,311 Can I tell you something about women? 224 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:32,846 Oh, God, please don't. 225 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,347 We like to be wooed. Donna... 226 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:36,817 She wants you to ask her out, Josh. She really doesn't. 227 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:38,652 You're missing the signs. I'm really not. 228 00:08:38,686 --> 00:08:40,453 I know a thing or two about the ways of love. 229 00:08:40,487 --> 00:08:42,489 No, you don't. You're missing the signs. 230 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:43,523 I'm thinking of firing you. 231 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:44,524 You fired me twice already tonight. 232 00:08:44,558 --> 00:08:46,126 I'm impervious. Among other things. 233 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:48,028 Josh. Yeah? 234 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:48,829 Let's pack it in. 235 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,163 We'll start over tomorrow night. 236 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:52,065 Why? It's already 9:30 in California... 237 00:08:52,099 --> 00:08:53,266 The power isn't on. 238 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:55,202 We're missing half the window. 239 00:08:55,235 --> 00:08:57,004 Joey... Pack it in. 240 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:01,809 Okay. 241 00:09:01,842 --> 00:09:05,145 Folks, we'll start over tomorrow night. 242 00:09:05,178 --> 00:09:06,446 See you. 243 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:08,048 Take it easy. 244 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:09,016 Good night. 245 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:12,052 So, you have to wait another day. 246 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:13,386 I'm not good at waiting. 247 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:15,889 No kidding. Donna... 248 00:09:15,923 --> 00:09:17,157 Why do you expect our internal polling 249 00:09:17,190 --> 00:09:19,827 to be any different than any other polling? 250 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:22,062 We've got dial groups. We've got CNN, USA Today. 251 00:09:22,095 --> 00:09:23,563 We've got Gallup. 252 00:09:23,597 --> 00:09:24,698 Why is our poll going to be any different? 253 00:09:24,732 --> 00:09:26,700 We're asking different questions. 254 00:09:26,734 --> 00:09:29,136 I'll get your coat. 255 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:30,838 By the way, right there? 256 00:09:30,871 --> 00:09:34,174 Back when she said, "see you"-- that was a sign. 257 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:35,308 You're fired. 258 00:09:35,342 --> 00:09:37,144 Impervious. Yeah. 259 00:09:47,054 --> 00:09:48,021 Mr. President? 260 00:09:48,055 --> 00:09:49,657 Yeah. 261 00:09:49,690 --> 00:09:52,693 You understand we've got heating inside, right? 262 00:09:52,726 --> 00:09:54,227 This isn't cold. It's crisp. 263 00:09:54,261 --> 00:09:56,163 No, it's cold. 264 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:58,999 Well, you're a big wussy. 265 00:10:06,573 --> 00:10:08,341 Knight to King-4. 266 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:10,043 It'll leave the Bishop open. 267 00:10:10,077 --> 00:10:13,046 You're going to sacrifice the Bishop for the Queen's Rook. 268 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:14,181 Where? 269 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:15,949 Four moves down. 270 00:10:15,983 --> 00:10:16,917 Oh. 271 00:10:24,658 --> 00:10:26,827 Abbey's pretty pissed at me. 272 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,095 How bad? 273 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:29,529 Pretty bad. 274 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:30,864 King's Knight-3. 275 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:37,971 You know, I have this image in my mind 276 00:10:38,005 --> 00:10:40,908 of the dead soldiers coming back from Vietnam... 277 00:10:40,941 --> 00:10:42,609 the caskets coming off the plane... 278 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:44,144 but I don't know from where. 279 00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:45,012 Television. 280 00:10:45,045 --> 00:10:47,180 The caskets coming off the plane? 281 00:10:47,214 --> 00:10:48,749 Yeah. 282 00:10:49,783 --> 00:10:52,485 Are they down? Yeah. 283 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:54,888 The Deltas landed in Tres Encinas. 284 00:10:54,922 --> 00:10:58,658 Alpha moved out, and they'll be in Villacerreno at 0700. 285 00:10:58,692 --> 00:11:00,293 Where they wait. 286 00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:03,196 Yeah. 287 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:06,734 I'll see you in the morning. 288 00:11:06,767 --> 00:11:08,635 Thank you, Mr. President. 289 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,203 Thank you. 290 00:11:26,954 --> 00:11:28,021 MRS. LANDINGHAM: Good morning, Charlie. 291 00:11:28,055 --> 00:11:29,622 Good morning, Mrs. Landingham. 292 00:11:29,656 --> 00:11:30,824 Did you ever solve the mystery? 293 00:11:30,858 --> 00:11:31,892 Of the $500 check? 294 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:32,592 Yeah. 295 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:34,294 Yes I did. I solved the mystery. 296 00:11:34,327 --> 00:11:35,128 Well, what was it? 297 00:11:35,162 --> 00:11:36,663 I'm a mystery solver. 298 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,799 That's wonderful, sweetie. What was it? 299 00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:40,000 Mrs. Bartlet wrote the check to a woman 300 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,668 she read about in the paper 301 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,703 who's now living in a battered women's shelter. 302 00:11:43,737 --> 00:11:45,705 You know why the woman never cashed the check? 303 00:11:45,739 --> 00:11:46,974 Because it was from the First Lady 304 00:11:47,007 --> 00:11:48,475 and she had it framed instead? 305 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:50,043 Yep, that was the mystery. 306 00:11:50,077 --> 00:11:51,178 It's a good one. 307 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:53,580 Does the President know he has breakfast with Josh and Sam? 308 00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:55,282 He's on his way. Good. 309 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,383 It was a good mystery. 310 00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:57,350 I just think you solved it fast 311 00:11:57,384 --> 00:11:59,352 because I loosened the ketchup bottle for you. 312 00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:00,153 Okay. 313 00:12:00,187 --> 00:12:02,055 Okay. 314 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:03,623 JOSH: Can I tell you something strange? 315 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:04,657 Sure. 316 00:12:04,691 --> 00:12:07,060 All last night at the phone banks 317 00:12:07,094 --> 00:12:10,230 Donna was telling me I should ask Joey Lucas out. 318 00:12:10,263 --> 00:12:11,731 You should. 319 00:12:11,765 --> 00:12:13,466 Fine, but that aside 320 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:15,836 what do you make of Donna being the one pushing it? 321 00:12:15,869 --> 00:12:17,204 I don't make anything. 322 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:19,807 You wouldn't think she'd be jealous? 323 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,374 She goes out with guys. Are you jealous? 324 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:22,675 No. See? 325 00:12:22,709 --> 00:12:23,476 I don't get jealous. 326 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:24,711 So...? 327 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:25,612 I don't like it 328 00:12:25,645 --> 00:12:26,980 and usually do everything 329 00:12:27,014 --> 00:12:29,216 within my considerable capabilities to sabotage it... 330 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:29,883 Yes. 331 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:31,084 Which is why it's curious 332 00:12:31,118 --> 00:12:33,386 that Donna would do nothing to discourage 333 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:35,722 in fact, do everything to encourage a date 334 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:37,925 with Joey Lucas, who, quite frankly, is 335 00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:40,093 a very attractive woman. 336 00:12:40,127 --> 00:12:41,228 Josh? Yeah. 337 00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:43,563 Your voice just got really high at the end of that. 338 00:12:43,596 --> 00:12:45,132 Yeah, sorry. 339 00:12:45,165 --> 00:12:46,199 Hey. 340 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:47,034 Good morning, sir. 341 00:12:47,067 --> 00:12:48,936 Thanks for having breakfast with me. 342 00:12:48,969 --> 00:12:50,003 Did you order something? 343 00:12:50,037 --> 00:12:51,571 No, sir. We were waiting for you. 344 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,540 Billy! You want scrambled eggs? 345 00:12:53,573 --> 00:12:55,008 Yeah, thanks. 346 00:12:55,042 --> 00:12:55,976 Yes, sir? 347 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:57,344 Can we get these guys some scrambled eggs? 348 00:12:57,377 --> 00:12:58,445 Yes. Anything for you, sir? 349 00:12:58,478 --> 00:12:59,279 No, I'm fine. 350 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:00,747 Then we're fine, too. 351 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:01,949 Sir, we're fine. No. 352 00:13:01,982 --> 00:13:03,750 Bring them some food, would you? 353 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,218 Yes, sir. 354 00:13:05,252 --> 00:13:06,219 You guys understand 355 00:13:06,253 --> 00:13:08,288 I can't discuss with you any rescue mission 356 00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:11,158 that may or may not be in play right now? 357 00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:12,592 Of course. 358 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:15,963 I'm assuming State has people negotiating with Nelson Guerra. 359 00:13:15,996 --> 00:13:18,231 Nelson Guerra wants me to tell President Santos 360 00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:21,168 to release Juan Aguilar from prison. 361 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:23,036 I wouldn't make that phone call with a gun to my head. 362 00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:26,406 I have a gun to my head and I'm not making that phone call. 363 00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:29,910 I inherited a war on drugs from a President 364 00:13:29,943 --> 00:13:31,244 who inherited it from a President 365 00:13:31,278 --> 00:13:34,681 who inherited it from a President before that. 366 00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:36,016 I'm not a hundred percent sure 367 00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:39,019 who we're fighting, but I know we're not winning. 368 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:41,955 Ten years ago we spent $5 billion fighting drugs 369 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,023 and we did such a good job 370 00:13:43,056 --> 00:13:45,358 that last year we spent $16 billion. 371 00:13:45,392 --> 00:13:50,597 60% of federal prisoners are in jail on drug charges 372 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:54,701 as opposed to 21/////2% that are there for violent crime. 373 00:13:54,734 --> 00:13:58,071 We imprison a higher percentage of our citizens than Russia did 374 00:13:58,105 --> 00:14:00,941 under Communism and South Africa under apartheid. 375 00:14:00,974 --> 00:14:04,844 Somewhere between 50 and 85% of the prison population 376 00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:07,547 has a drug or alcohol abuse problem. 377 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:09,349 We've tried "Just say no." 378 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:11,784 I don't think it's going to work. 379 00:14:11,818 --> 00:14:15,655 I'm mentioning this because I'd like you to give me any thoughts 380 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:16,990 you might have on the subject. 381 00:14:17,024 --> 00:14:18,525 Thank you, Mr. President. 382 00:14:18,558 --> 00:14:19,492 Thank you, sir. 383 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:28,435 Hello. 384 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:29,636 What are you doing here? 385 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:30,637 I came in early. Bonnie. 386 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:31,538 I've been here for an hour. 387 00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:32,739 Yeah? 388 00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:34,507 Are we releasing the names of the agents 389 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:35,642 or are we not releasing them? 390 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:36,843 Yeah. 391 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,478 You've got to give me another chance. 392 00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:39,479 At what? 393 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:40,880 At meeting the President. 394 00:14:40,914 --> 00:14:42,482 You met the President last night. 395 00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:43,450 I was wearing a bathrobe. 396 00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:44,651 You sat in paint. 397 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:45,818 I was singing and dancing. 398 00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:46,819 You were happy. 399 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:48,421 I threw my drink up in the air. 400 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:50,423 Yeah, but not that much of it landed on your head. 401 00:14:50,457 --> 00:14:52,459 I looked like an idiot and it's your fault. 402 00:14:52,492 --> 00:14:53,927 How is it my fault? 403 00:14:53,961 --> 00:14:56,696 You arranged the meeting over my express wishes. 404 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:57,730 I'm not the one who got you 405 00:14:57,764 --> 00:14:59,566 jumping around like Joey Heatherton. 406 00:14:59,599 --> 00:15:00,733 You have to do something for me. 407 00:15:00,767 --> 00:15:02,069 Arrange another introduction? 408 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:03,303 You have to arrange another introduction. 409 00:15:03,336 --> 00:15:04,737 Last night you were scared to meet him. 410 00:15:04,771 --> 00:15:06,139 And I'm still scared to meet him 411 00:15:06,173 --> 00:15:08,808 but I'll overcome that in order to erase the humiliation 412 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:11,211 that I've brought upon myself and my father. 413 00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:13,013 You're just in your own little Euripides play 414 00:15:13,046 --> 00:15:14,081 over there, aren't you? 415 00:15:14,114 --> 00:15:16,383 Please arrange another introduction. 416 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:17,450 Fine. 417 00:15:17,484 --> 00:15:18,451 Really? 418 00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:19,452 Yes. 419 00:15:19,486 --> 00:15:20,988 Thank you. 420 00:15:21,021 --> 00:15:22,422 You should've given me a heads-up 421 00:15:22,455 --> 00:15:23,590 on the Blue Ribbon, Toby. 422 00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:24,591 Seth... 423 00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:25,892 You should've given me a heads-up. 424 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,327 It happened five minutes 425 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,296 before the man walked into the House chamber. 426 00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:31,164 You're a junior Senator from North Dakota 427 00:15:31,198 --> 00:15:33,366 and you don't get script approval on the State of the Union. 428 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,135 Whatever language you may have couched it in 429 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:36,569 it was not an insignificant change. 430 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:37,570 Seth... 431 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:38,871 You started off 432 00:15:38,905 --> 00:15:41,174 with "We will not cut Social Security, period" 433 00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:43,276 and wound up with "We're announcing the formation 434 00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:45,478 "of a bipartisan Blue Ribbon Commission 435 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:47,914 to study new options with regard to Social Security." 436 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,882 What exactly is the danger in studying new options? 437 00:15:49,916 --> 00:15:51,151 What's the danger in the White House 438 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:52,452 getting behind my reform bill? 439 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:53,620 Diverting general revenue 440 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:54,988 into the trust funds is not reform. 441 00:15:55,022 --> 00:15:57,124 It's the only Social Security reform bill 442 00:15:57,157 --> 00:15:59,092 supported by any Senate Democrats. 443 00:15:59,126 --> 00:16:01,728 How many votes did you get for it last year? 444 00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:02,595 If the White House had... 445 00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:03,130 18. 446 00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:04,831 The White House never... 447 00:16:04,864 --> 00:16:07,034 82 U.S. Senators think your reform bill sucks. 448 00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:09,269 So unless you have a plan for picking up a majority 449 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:10,603 I don't know what's so wrong 450 00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:12,739 with saying we're open to hearing new ideas. 451 00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:15,375 And compromise essential Democratic Party principles 452 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:17,944 to cut a Social Security deal with the Republicans? 453 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:19,446 It's simply not what we're doing. 454 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:22,415 If your commission recommends raising the retirement age one day 455 00:16:22,449 --> 00:16:25,618 reducing benefits one dollar, reducing COLAs 456 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:26,853 if your commission recommends 457 00:16:26,886 --> 00:16:28,588 partial privatization of Social Security... 458 00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:29,522 Are there cameras on someplace? 459 00:16:29,556 --> 00:16:32,592 I will condemn it as the act of a group intent 460 00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:33,660 on destroying Social Security. 461 00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:34,761 And ruling the galaxy. 462 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:36,296 Oh, you think this is a joke? 463 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:40,333 You think I won't publicly condemn a member of my party? 464 00:16:40,367 --> 00:16:41,868 The President's not a member of your party. 465 00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:43,770 He's the leader of your party. 466 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:45,438 And if you think demonizing people 467 00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:47,074 who are trying to govern responsibly 468 00:16:47,107 --> 00:16:48,575 is the way to protect our liberal base 469 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:53,513 then speaking as a liberal, go to bed, would you, please? 470 00:16:53,546 --> 00:16:55,982 You're running to the right on the environment. 471 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,550 We admonished environmental terrorism. 472 00:16:57,584 --> 00:16:58,085 Please... 473 00:16:58,118 --> 00:16:58,818 You're in favor of it? 474 00:16:58,851 --> 00:16:59,686 It was a cheap shot 475 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:00,753 and you lost a lot of friends. 476 00:17:00,787 --> 00:17:01,988 We made more than we lost. 477 00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:03,090 And then you go on TV this morning 478 00:17:03,123 --> 00:17:04,991 with this ridiculous defense of a cop 479 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:06,493 who kicked the crap out of a black kid 480 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:07,694 'cause you guys don't want to admit 481 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:08,828 you screwed up in the vetting 482 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:12,099 and he never should've been invited in the first place. 483 00:17:12,132 --> 00:17:13,966 Seniors, environmentalists 484 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,369 African-Americans... 485 00:17:16,403 --> 00:17:18,738 You tell me which you think has a greater chance of happening. 486 00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:21,040 My reform bill getting passed 487 00:17:21,074 --> 00:17:22,575 or the President getting reelected 488 00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:24,244 without the three groups I just mentioned? 489 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:26,679 You just named three groups that will never desert the President. 490 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:29,416 Not unless I run as a third-party candidate, no. 491 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:32,352 Those 18 votes are looking a little bigger now, aren't they 492 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:34,454 you patronizing son of a bitch? 493 00:17:42,129 --> 00:17:44,931 I was just thinking about this cartoon I once saw. 494 00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:46,399 A bunch of tiny fish are swimming 495 00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:47,767 through the leaves of a plant. 496 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,170 But then one of the fish realizes that it's not a plant 497 00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:51,604 it's the tentacles of a predator. 498 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:55,442 And the fish says, "With friends like this, who needs anemones?" 499 00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:02,815 Come at us from the left, and I'm gonna own your ass. 500 00:18:12,159 --> 00:18:13,460 Carrie, if you would 501 00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:15,495 ask someone in my office for the notes on the noon speech? 502 00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:16,196 Women in the Arts? 503 00:18:16,229 --> 00:18:17,330 Yeah. Yes, ma'am. 504 00:18:17,364 --> 00:18:19,132 And would you pack a sweater for the plane? 505 00:18:19,166 --> 00:18:20,967 Yeah. Hey, Charlie. 506 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,035 Good morning, ma'am. You heading out? 507 00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:24,937 Not till tonight. Chicago, then Seattle. 508 00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:26,072 I wanted to check to see 509 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,208 if I had your permission to draw $500 in cash 510 00:18:28,241 --> 00:18:30,343 and walk it over to that woman in the shelter. 511 00:18:30,377 --> 00:18:32,945 Oh, I appreciate that. Thank you. 512 00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:34,314 Is there anything else I can do for you? 513 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,014 No. 514 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:37,217 Thank you, ma'am. Hey. 515 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:41,154 Good morning, sir. I'll be in the office. 516 00:18:41,188 --> 00:18:42,489 What was that about? 517 00:18:42,522 --> 00:18:44,791 Charlie's going to bring cash over to Jane Robinson. 518 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:46,326 You're packing already? 519 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:47,327 Yep. 520 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:48,928 You're not leaving till tonight, right? 521 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:50,630 Yeah. 522 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:53,333 Men and women are completely different in this regard. 523 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,868 When was the last time you packed a suitcase at all? 524 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:57,570 I don't know. 525 00:18:57,604 --> 00:19:00,039 I just had breakfast with Sam and Josh. 526 00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:02,108 Toby's having breakfast with Seth Gillette 527 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:04,444 who's every bit as pissed at me as you are. 528 00:19:05,545 --> 00:19:07,013 Abbey, can we...? 529 00:19:07,046 --> 00:19:09,816 Guys, can you give me a minute? 530 00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:18,191 We didn't get a chance to talk again last night. 531 00:19:18,225 --> 00:19:19,459 I don't think we should. 532 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:19,859 Talk? No. 533 00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:20,527 Ever? 534 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,061 Oh, if wishing made it so, Jed. 535 00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:23,396 I don't think it's a good idea 536 00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:24,664 for us to talk about this now. 537 00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:25,665 Why? 538 00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:26,766 Because you've got to focus on Colombia. 539 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:28,335 I can do two things at once. 540 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:29,936 You don't have two things at once. 541 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:31,204 You have 92 things at once 542 00:19:31,238 --> 00:19:33,340 and one of them is five hostages in Colombia. 543 00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:34,941 Yes, and I'd like to go about my day 544 00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:37,710 without this black cloud around me, so I'd like to talk now! 545 00:19:37,744 --> 00:19:38,578 And I'm saying this is 546 00:19:38,611 --> 00:19:40,079 a longer conversation than that 547 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,714 and I don't want you all over the place 548 00:19:41,748 --> 00:19:43,883 and we can talk about it later and you should focus. 549 00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:45,518 What are you, my Zen master? 550 00:19:45,552 --> 00:19:47,086 Can I be in charge of my own mind?! 551 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:48,721 Let me tell you something, jackass! 552 00:19:48,755 --> 00:19:52,158 Get as chippy as you want if that makes you feel better. 553 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,626 I am your wife. I love you. 554 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:55,895 You have a crisis. You have to deal with it. 555 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:58,331 When it's done, we'll talk. 556 00:20:02,068 --> 00:20:03,470 I feel better already. 557 00:20:17,484 --> 00:20:20,219 JOSH: I'm on hold. 558 00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:23,923 I'm on hold. 559 00:20:27,093 --> 00:20:28,795 I'm on hold. 560 00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:31,764 I'm in some hellish hold world of holding. 561 00:20:31,798 --> 00:20:33,300 Josh? I'm on hold. 562 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:35,668 They'll call us and tell us when the power's back on. 563 00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:36,869 They did call us. 564 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:37,837 What happened? I'm on hold. 565 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:40,106 I'll wait with you. 566 00:20:40,139 --> 00:20:42,542 That'll be a lot of fun. 567 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:44,744 So you never told me why this poll is different. 568 00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:45,612 Hmm? 569 00:20:45,645 --> 00:20:46,879 You never told me why you're interested 570 00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:47,980 in these particular numbers. 571 00:20:48,014 --> 00:20:49,782 There are five Congressional districts 572 00:20:49,816 --> 00:20:50,717 that are concerning me. 573 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:51,651 Which districts? 574 00:20:51,684 --> 00:20:52,885 Kentucky 3rd, that's Louisville... 575 00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:53,986 ...and Jefferson. 576 00:20:54,020 --> 00:20:55,822 Yeah, Louisiana 4th, Missouri 9th 577 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:57,457 Missouri 6th and Ohio 12th. 578 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:58,658 What's with those five districts? 579 00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:00,993 The President last night announced a crime package 580 00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:02,429 that would, among other things... 581 00:21:02,462 --> 00:21:04,364 ...require a five-day waiting period for a background check. 582 00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:05,865 The five Congressmen in those districts... 583 00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:06,599 ...are sitting on the fence. 584 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:07,600 Right. So you want to know 585 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:08,535 how the crime package polled 586 00:21:08,568 --> 00:21:09,836 in those five districts. Yes. 587 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:11,471 If it polled well, you've got your gun law. Probably. 588 00:21:11,504 --> 00:21:12,672 If it tanked, you've got 589 00:21:12,705 --> 00:21:14,974 to shut up or lose five Democratic House seats. 590 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,409 Why do you ask me the question 591 00:21:16,443 --> 00:21:19,779 when you're going to have the conversation by yourself? 592 00:21:19,812 --> 00:21:21,247 Do you want me to hold the phone for a while? 593 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,249 I can hold the phone. 594 00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:25,051 Take the phone. 595 00:21:25,084 --> 00:21:26,386 Give me the phone. 596 00:21:31,358 --> 00:21:33,993 Why are you trying to fix me up with Joey Lucas? 597 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:36,062 I think you'd make a nice couple. 598 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:36,996 Fine. 599 00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:38,130 If you got married 600 00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:39,599 you'd be Joshua and Josephine Lucas-Lyman. 601 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,233 You wouldn't have to get your towels remonogrammed. 602 00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:42,301 Thank you. 603 00:21:42,335 --> 00:21:43,936 The power's back on. 604 00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:45,004 Excellent. 605 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,005 Yes. 606 00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:47,173 What do we do now? 607 00:21:47,206 --> 00:21:49,075 We wait. 608 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:53,480 How you doing, Ainsley? 609 00:21:53,513 --> 00:21:56,215 My mouth is dry, my hands are moist and I have to pee. 610 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,216 Okay. 611 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:58,217 Hey, you ready? 612 00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:59,218 Yes. 613 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:00,219 You sure? Yes. 614 00:22:00,252 --> 00:22:01,220 Let's go. 615 00:22:01,253 --> 00:22:02,221 Call it off. 616 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:03,255 Here we go. 617 00:22:03,289 --> 00:22:04,424 No, really. Ainsley. 618 00:22:04,457 --> 00:22:05,324 I'll meet him another time. 619 00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:06,993 What other time? A better time. 620 00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:08,495 What's a better time? Tomorrow. 621 00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:10,430 Don't you have to absolve yourself 622 00:22:10,463 --> 00:22:12,465 of the humiliation visited on your family 623 00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:13,833 and the House of Atreus? 624 00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:16,636 Yes, but I believe I'm going to compound the humiliation. 625 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,070 It'll never happen. Really? 626 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:19,238 No, it probably will. 627 00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:20,239 Hey. 628 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:22,809 Is he coming? 629 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:23,610 He's stopping in 630 00:22:23,643 --> 00:22:25,612 on his way from the thing. 631 00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:32,251 How you doing, Ainsley? 632 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:34,253 I'm concerned about peeing on your carpet. 633 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:37,424 Okay. Well, now I am, too. 634 00:22:37,457 --> 00:22:39,526 Tell her it's going to be fine. 635 00:22:39,559 --> 00:22:41,027 Your skirt's on backwards. 636 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:42,028 May I use the bathroom? 637 00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:42,929 Yes. 638 00:22:42,962 --> 00:22:44,196 Thank you. 639 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:45,698 Ainsley... 640 00:22:46,933 --> 00:22:48,100 Hey. 641 00:22:48,134 --> 00:22:49,702 Good evening, Mr. President. 642 00:22:49,736 --> 00:22:50,470 Is she here? 643 00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:51,671 Ainsley Hayes? Yeah. 644 00:22:51,704 --> 00:22:52,138 Yes, sir. 645 00:22:52,171 --> 00:22:53,105 Where is she? 646 00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:55,908 She's in the closet, Mr. President. 647 00:22:55,942 --> 00:22:56,709 Why? 648 00:22:56,743 --> 00:22:58,511 She thought it was a bathroom. 649 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:02,415 Why is she still in there? 650 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:04,016 That's kind of hard to say, sir. 651 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:05,151 Why don't we get her out here? 652 00:23:05,184 --> 00:23:07,620 Yeah. 653 00:23:08,655 --> 00:23:09,689 Ainsley? 654 00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:11,323 Yes? 655 00:23:11,357 --> 00:23:13,560 Ainsley, why don't you come on out of there? 656 00:23:16,429 --> 00:23:17,997 How you doing? 657 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:19,666 We met last night. 658 00:23:19,699 --> 00:23:21,634 You were singing and dancing in a bathrobe. 659 00:23:21,668 --> 00:23:22,435 Yes, sir. 660 00:23:22,469 --> 00:23:23,703 Why were you in the closet? 661 00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:25,037 I had to pee. 662 00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:28,040 They won't let me smoke inside, but you can pee in Leo's closet? 663 00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:29,476 Mr. President... I appreciate 664 00:23:29,509 --> 00:23:30,610 your coming to work for me, Ainsley. 665 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:32,244 You're an exceptionally bright young woman. 666 00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:35,081 Is your father proud of you? 667 00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:36,282 Yes, sir. 668 00:23:36,315 --> 00:23:37,517 I'll bet he is. 669 00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:38,918 Listen... Mr. President. 670 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:41,588 Sam. 671 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,167 What happened? 672 00:23:56,936 --> 00:24:00,339 Charlie, get the door. 673 00:24:00,372 --> 00:24:02,108 What happened? 674 00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:02,742 Mr. President... 675 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:04,611 Did we lose the hostages? 676 00:24:04,644 --> 00:24:06,245 The hostages weren't there. 677 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,514 What are you talking about? Oh, God. 678 00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:08,615 What are you talking about? 679 00:24:08,648 --> 00:24:09,949 The radio communications 680 00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:12,151 we'd been intercepting on the SigInt were wrong. 681 00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:15,354 When the Deltas got to the area, it was a dry hole 682 00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:17,023 and that's when... No. 683 00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:20,560 one of the two Blackhawk helicopters was shot down 684 00:24:20,593 --> 00:24:23,963 by a shoulder-mounted surface-to-air missile. 685 00:24:31,571 --> 00:24:33,372 How many guys were on the Blackhawk? 686 00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:36,475 The pilot, the engineer and seven Deltas. 687 00:24:36,509 --> 00:24:39,011 So I've got nine more guys now on the ground 688 00:24:39,045 --> 00:24:40,513 we've got to get back. 689 00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:44,784 Mr. President... 690 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:47,654 Sir, the second Blackhawk went in and recovered the bodies. 691 00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:59,031 They're dead. 692 00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:00,066 Yes, sir. 693 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,975 I want the President of Colombia on the phone. 694 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,811 I want a translator in this room right now. 695 00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:21,821 Damn it! 696 00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:27,694 Damn it! 697 00:25:32,899 --> 00:25:33,666 Sir... 698 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:36,435 How the hell did that happen? 699 00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:37,904 It was bad intelligence. 700 00:25:37,937 --> 00:25:39,338 You think?! 701 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:43,209 The Frente left behind a radio and a soldier at the outpost 702 00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:46,713 and they were deliberately sending misinformation. 703 00:25:46,746 --> 00:25:48,581 We've never anticipated the possibility 704 00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:50,416 that somebody might try that? 705 00:25:50,449 --> 00:25:51,784 Sir... We weren't prepared 706 00:25:51,818 --> 00:25:53,786 for someone to try and out-fox us 707 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:55,822 with a stratagem so sophisticated 708 00:25:55,855 --> 00:25:57,857 it's an entire generation beyond 709 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:00,693 "Hey look, your shoelaces are untied"?! 710 00:26:00,727 --> 00:26:03,062 Is that how I just lost nine guys 711 00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:05,998 to a damn street gang with a ham radio?! 712 00:26:10,169 --> 00:26:11,470 They lured us there 713 00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:14,774 so that they could kill nine American soldiers. 714 00:26:18,778 --> 00:26:20,479 Where are the bodies? 715 00:26:20,512 --> 00:26:22,815 They're on their way back. 716 00:26:22,849 --> 00:26:25,017 Where? 717 00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:26,018 Dover 718 00:26:26,052 --> 00:26:27,854 around 4:00 a.m. 719 00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:33,259 Mr. President? 720 00:26:48,908 --> 00:26:50,609 We have a secure connection. 721 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:52,879 Is somebody translating on the other end? 722 00:26:52,912 --> 00:26:54,446 Yes, sir. 723 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,215 Mr. President 724 00:26:56,248 --> 00:26:58,484 this is the President of the United States. 725 00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:00,619 Good evening, Mr. President. 726 00:27:00,653 --> 00:27:02,755 Mr. President, 90 minutes ago 727 00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:05,858 the United States invaded Colombian airspace. 728 00:27:05,892 --> 00:27:08,895 Two Blackhawk helicopters 729 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:12,331 went into Tres Encinas with 20 Delta Commandos 730 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:14,566 on intelligence that the hostages were being moved. 731 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,602 One of the Blackhawks was shot down. 732 00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:20,139 There were nine military fatalities. 733 00:27:20,172 --> 00:27:21,774 I'm terribly sorry to hear that, Mr. President. 734 00:27:21,808 --> 00:27:23,976 I'd like to ask for your assistance 735 00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:27,379 in confirming that the five hostages are still alive. 736 00:27:27,413 --> 00:27:29,348 The hostages are alive. 737 00:27:30,683 --> 00:27:31,718 How does he know that? 738 00:27:31,751 --> 00:27:33,385 How do you know that? 739 00:27:33,419 --> 00:27:34,754 We have confirmation 740 00:27:34,787 --> 00:27:39,258 that we're transmitting to you through channels. 741 00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:40,259 Mr. President? 742 00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:41,060 Yes. 743 00:27:41,093 --> 00:27:43,295 I respect and appreciate your diplomacy 744 00:27:43,329 --> 00:27:47,099 in not yet asking me to release Juan Aguilar from prison. 745 00:27:47,133 --> 00:27:51,103 I'm not going to ask you, Miguel. 746 00:27:51,137 --> 00:27:52,739 I'm willing to do it at this point. 747 00:27:55,341 --> 00:27:56,943 Say that again? 748 00:27:56,976 --> 00:27:59,078 I'm willing to let Aguilar out 749 00:27:59,111 --> 00:28:02,081 in exchange for the hostages if you ask me to. 750 00:28:09,288 --> 00:28:12,124 Well, I appreciate your making that offer 751 00:28:12,158 --> 00:28:14,660 but I don't think that's a very good idea. 752 00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:16,062 I agree with you 753 00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:19,031 but I'm making the offer and I'm leaving it up to you. 754 00:28:20,499 --> 00:28:21,667 Okay. 755 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,970 Thank you, Mr. President. 756 00:28:24,003 --> 00:28:26,405 Thank you, Mr. President. 757 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:35,347 SAM: Wait, Toby... 758 00:28:35,381 --> 00:28:36,548 Hang on a second, Sam. 759 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:38,517 You give in to terrorist demands and that's the ball game. 760 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,618 I understand the principle 761 00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:40,787 but there are real lives at stake. 762 00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:42,421 Oh, it's easy to stick to principle 763 00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:43,522 if nothing's at stake, Sam. 764 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:44,924 Well, sir, let's argue about principles 765 00:28:44,957 --> 00:28:46,225 after these five guys get home. 766 00:28:46,258 --> 00:28:47,226 Juan Aguilar runs 767 00:28:47,259 --> 00:28:49,929 one of the largest drug cartels in the world. 768 00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:52,832 Sir... He has produced $15 billion 769 00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:54,600 worth of cocaine in two years. 770 00:28:54,633 --> 00:28:56,635 He's murdered or ordered the murder 771 00:28:56,668 --> 00:28:58,504 of eight Supreme Court Justices 772 00:28:58,537 --> 00:29:00,873 a pro-extradition Prime Minister 773 00:29:00,907 --> 00:29:03,309 and three Federal Police Officers in Bogota. 774 00:29:03,342 --> 00:29:04,676 And from his prison cell 775 00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:05,878 I guarantee you 776 00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:07,579 he orchestrated the kidnapping 777 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:11,050 of five U.S. DEA agents and the killing of their rescuers. 778 00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,718 I believe he did as well, Mr. President 779 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,420 which is all the evidence you need 780 00:29:14,453 --> 00:29:15,621 that it couldn't matter less 781 00:29:15,654 --> 00:29:16,956 whether Juan Aguilar is in prison or not. 782 00:29:16,989 --> 00:29:18,224 I'm not letting him out. 783 00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:20,259 I'll share a cell with him before I let him out. 784 00:29:20,292 --> 00:29:21,360 I want military options. 785 00:29:21,393 --> 00:29:22,394 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 786 00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:23,495 Thank you, sir. 787 00:29:23,529 --> 00:29:24,931 Thank you, Mr. President. 788 00:29:28,734 --> 00:29:29,836 Yeah. 789 00:29:29,869 --> 00:29:31,570 Joey says it's probably just another hour. 790 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:32,471 She'll bring the numbers here? 791 00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:33,472 Yeah. 792 00:29:35,541 --> 00:29:37,276 Josh, how is this not a no-brainer? 793 00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:38,510 Colombia? 794 00:29:38,544 --> 00:29:39,511 Yeah. 795 00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:40,546 You say get them home? 796 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:41,447 Of course I say get them home. 797 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,049 Who doesn't say get them home? 798 00:29:43,082 --> 00:29:44,216 That should be the person 799 00:29:44,250 --> 00:29:45,684 who has to make the phone call to the families. 800 00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:47,887 And who calls the families of the nine commandos who just died 801 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,755 trying to save five guys 802 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:51,457 it turns out we could have freed six hours ago? 803 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:52,458 That's not a good enough reason. 804 00:29:52,491 --> 00:29:53,459 The good enough reason is 805 00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:54,726 you give in to terrorists 806 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,662 it gives them an incentive to keep terrorizing. 807 00:29:56,695 --> 00:29:57,864 Not negotiating with them 808 00:29:57,897 --> 00:29:58,865 hasn't given them much of a dis-incentive. 809 00:29:58,898 --> 00:30:00,299 How do you know? 810 00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:02,835 You don't think they're going to kidnap another five people 811 00:30:02,869 --> 00:30:05,104 tomorrow morning and demand 12 months of free cable? 812 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:06,205 So you give them free cable. 813 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:08,174 How about the keys to the Situation Room? 814 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:11,443 You draw a line. 815 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:13,579 Where? 816 00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:14,580 She said about an hour? 817 00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:15,581 On the early numbers? 818 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:16,382 Yeah. 819 00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:17,349 Yeah. 820 00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:22,488 Do we know where they are? 821 00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:25,324 They were moved about 60 miles into the jungle at Villacerreno. 822 00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:27,093 What would it take to get them back? 823 00:30:27,126 --> 00:30:28,094 Alive? 824 00:30:28,127 --> 00:30:29,128 Yeah. 825 00:30:31,297 --> 00:30:32,664 Mr. President, um... 826 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:34,166 What would it take to wipe them out? 827 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,134 The Frente? 828 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:36,102 Yeah. 829 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,338 What would it take? 830 00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:40,272 Mr. President 831 00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:42,108 for the kind of victory Americans are used to 832 00:30:42,141 --> 00:30:44,776 the kind of victory Americans demand from a war 833 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:46,879 you need a ten to one ratio. 834 00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:48,780 It was only after we built up a ten to one ratio 835 00:30:48,814 --> 00:30:51,450 in the Gulf that we felt comfortable making a move. 836 00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:55,054 The Frente has 20,000 well-armed, well-trained soldiers, each of whom has 837 00:30:55,087 --> 00:30:58,124 a financial stake in heroin and cocaine. 838 00:30:58,157 --> 00:31:01,693 We need to put 200,000 to 300,000 men into a jungle war 839 00:31:01,727 --> 00:31:04,096 and I think we'd lose as many as half. 840 00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:05,697 Half. 841 00:31:05,731 --> 00:31:07,566 Yes, sir. 842 00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:10,102 ( sighs ) 843 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:12,571 You really got to ask yourself 844 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:14,941 what's the point in being a superpower anymore. 845 00:31:22,915 --> 00:31:24,550 I wanted to bring that book for the Governor. 846 00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:25,717 The Truman biography? 847 00:31:25,751 --> 00:31:27,653 Yeah, and you've got a sweater for the plane? 848 00:31:27,686 --> 00:31:28,687 Yes, ma'am. 849 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,156 And you guys should both take sweaters. 850 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:31,657 And then there's the repacking. 851 00:31:31,690 --> 00:31:32,925 Good evening, Mr. President. 852 00:31:32,959 --> 00:31:34,893 First there's the preliminary, or the dry run. 853 00:31:34,927 --> 00:31:36,428 Then there's the actual packing. 854 00:31:36,462 --> 00:31:40,099 Abbey, you're just going away for two days, right? 855 00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:41,100 Guys. 856 00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:47,773 Right? 857 00:31:47,806 --> 00:31:49,942 What happened? 858 00:31:49,976 --> 00:31:50,842 It was an ambush. 859 00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:52,044 Oh, God. 860 00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:55,347 A guy with a shoulder thing shot down a Blackhawk. 861 00:31:55,381 --> 00:31:58,150 Everybody's dead. 862 00:31:58,184 --> 00:32:00,186 Nine guys. 863 00:32:00,219 --> 00:32:01,920 Meanwhile, they've moved the hostages 864 00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:03,522 60 miles into the jungle 865 00:32:03,555 --> 00:32:06,092 where we'd need a pair of tweezers to get them out. 866 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:08,227 You want me to stay? 867 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:09,228 No. 868 00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:10,429 I can stay. 869 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:13,465 No. 870 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,236 I didn't make the decision to run again. 871 00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:18,971 I wouldn't do that without you. 872 00:32:19,005 --> 00:32:20,472 Oh, we don't need to talk about that now. 873 00:32:20,506 --> 00:32:22,008 When, Abbey? Jed... 874 00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:23,675 I didn't make the decision to run again. 875 00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:25,111 Yes, you did. 876 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,912 If we're going to talk about this, let's talk about this. 877 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:28,981 The moves over the last few weeks 878 00:32:29,015 --> 00:32:30,849 the changes in last night's speech... 879 00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:33,319 this whole place is in reelection mode. 880 00:32:33,352 --> 00:32:36,155 That's what we do, Abbey-- we run for things. 881 00:32:36,188 --> 00:32:38,257 From the day a Congressman is sworn in 882 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:41,560 he's got to raise $10,000 a week so he can get reelected. 883 00:32:41,593 --> 00:32:43,929 A President gets to govern for 18 months. 884 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,764 We try to get people to vote for us 885 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:46,999 and, in the process 886 00:32:47,033 --> 00:32:49,468 we hope the people force us to do good things. 887 00:32:49,501 --> 00:32:50,536 We had a deal. 888 00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:53,039 Yes, we had a deal. 889 00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:56,508 Yes, Jed. 890 00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:58,010 Look at me! 891 00:32:59,745 --> 00:33:00,779 Do you get the you have MS? 892 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,314 Abbey... 893 00:33:02,348 --> 00:33:05,717 Do you get that your own immune system is shredding your brain? 894 00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:09,188 And I can't tell you why. 895 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:12,124 Do you have any idea how good a doctor I am 896 00:33:12,158 --> 00:33:13,825 and that I can't tell you why? 897 00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:15,994 I've had one episode in two years. 898 00:33:16,028 --> 00:33:18,330 Yes, but relapsing/ remitting MS 899 00:33:18,364 --> 00:33:21,067 can turn into secondary progressive MS-- 900 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:24,270 oftentimes ten years after the initial diagnosis. 901 00:33:24,303 --> 00:33:26,572 Which is exactly where we'll be in two years. 902 00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:28,474 Do you know what that's going to look like if it happens? 903 00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:29,741 I know what it's... 904 00:33:29,775 --> 00:33:30,776 Fatigue 905 00:33:30,809 --> 00:33:32,778 an inability to get through the day. 906 00:33:32,811 --> 00:33:33,979 Look... 907 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:36,515 Memory lapses, loss of cognitive function 908 00:33:36,548 --> 00:33:39,218 failure to reason, failure to think clearly. 909 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:40,919 And I can't tell you if it's going to happen. 910 00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:42,054 I don't know if it's going to get better. 911 00:33:42,088 --> 00:33:44,623 I don't know if it's going to get worse. 912 00:33:44,656 --> 00:33:46,258 But we had a deal 913 00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:48,494 and that deal was how you justified 914 00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:50,962 keeping it a secret from the world. 915 00:33:50,996 --> 00:33:55,067 It's how you justified it to God. 916 00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:58,670 It's how you justified it to me. 917 00:33:58,704 --> 00:33:59,771 ( knocking on door ) 918 00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:00,872 Mrs. Bartlet? 919 00:34:00,906 --> 00:34:03,809 Yeah. 920 00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:06,178 ( door closes ) 921 00:34:06,212 --> 00:34:10,449 You sure you don't want me to stay? 922 00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:12,651 Yeah. 923 00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:15,354 Okay. 924 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:18,757 Have a good trip. 925 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:25,264 Call me when you get there. 926 00:34:25,297 --> 00:34:27,366 I will. 927 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:30,569 I love you. 928 00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:33,405 I love you, too. 929 00:34:48,154 --> 00:34:49,355 Son of a bitch. 930 00:34:49,388 --> 00:34:50,189 I'm sorry. 931 00:34:50,222 --> 00:34:51,557 Five-day waiting period-- that's all. 932 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:53,725 A person can't wait five days to buy a gun? 933 00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:54,960 Someone needs a gun right now 934 00:34:54,993 --> 00:34:56,395 right this second, isn't that something 935 00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:58,264 the public should be concerned about? 936 00:34:58,297 --> 00:34:59,831 On the other hand, taking the feelings 937 00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:02,134 of gun owners into account, if you've got to shoot somebody 938 00:35:02,168 --> 00:35:04,002 it probably isn't something that can wait. 939 00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:05,003 Yeah. 940 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:07,105 You mind if I take off? 941 00:35:07,139 --> 00:35:08,740 What time is it? 942 00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:09,608 2:00 a.m. 943 00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:12,110 All right, we'll call that a full day. 944 00:35:12,144 --> 00:35:13,745 But come in early tomorrow. 945 00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:14,746 Yeah. 946 00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:15,881 You all right getting home? 947 00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:17,749 Yeah. Good night, guys. 948 00:35:17,783 --> 00:35:19,651 Good night. 949 00:35:22,288 --> 00:35:24,256 They're just preliminary numbers. 950 00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:26,792 They're not going to change. 951 00:35:26,825 --> 00:35:27,993 No. 952 00:35:28,026 --> 00:35:31,663 A five-day waiting period. 953 00:35:31,697 --> 00:35:34,533 It tested well nationwide. 954 00:35:34,566 --> 00:35:35,567 Yeah. 955 00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:36,735 58 percent. 956 00:35:36,768 --> 00:35:37,769 I didn't need nationwide. 957 00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:39,438 I needed those five districts. 958 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:41,039 Now we're going to have to dial down 959 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,741 the gun rhetoric in the Midwest. 960 00:35:42,774 --> 00:35:44,410 Why not dial it up? 961 00:35:44,443 --> 00:35:46,445 Because these numbers just told us that... 962 00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:48,914 You don't know what these numbers just told you. 963 00:35:48,947 --> 00:35:50,081 I'm an expert. 964 00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:51,717 I don't know what these numbers just told you. 965 00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:53,051 We know. 966 00:35:53,084 --> 00:35:54,986 Really? 967 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:57,022 Numbers don't lie. 968 00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:59,458 They lie all the time. 969 00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:00,992 They lie when 72 percent of Americans 970 00:36:01,026 --> 00:36:04,463 say they're tired of a sex scandal 971 00:36:04,496 --> 00:36:07,533 while, all the while, newspaper circulation 972 00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:11,136 goes through the roof for anyone featuring the story. 973 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:14,373 If you polled 100 Donnas 974 00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:16,542 and asked them if they think we should go out 975 00:36:16,575 --> 00:36:18,744 you'd get a high positive response. 976 00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:24,450 But the poll wouldn't tell you it's because she likes you 977 00:36:24,483 --> 00:36:26,685 and she knows it's beginning to show 978 00:36:26,718 --> 00:36:30,789 and she needs to cover herself with misdirection. 979 00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:33,659 Believe me when I tell you that's not true. 980 00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:36,995 You say that these numbers mean dial it down. 981 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,930 I say they mean dial it up. 982 00:36:38,964 --> 00:36:40,165 You haven't gotten through. 983 00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:41,900 There are people you haven't persuaded yet. 984 00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:44,570 These numbers mean dial it up. 985 00:36:44,603 --> 00:36:47,105 Otherwise, you're like the French radical 986 00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:49,841 watching a crowd run by and saying 987 00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:51,610 "There go my people. 988 00:36:51,643 --> 00:36:55,881 I must find out where they're going so I can lead them." 989 00:36:57,916 --> 00:37:01,553 Yeah. 990 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:04,890 We'll go through the rest of the numbers in the morning. 991 00:37:04,923 --> 00:37:07,359 Okay. 992 00:37:21,006 --> 00:37:22,040 Good evening, sir. 993 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:24,175 Hey, Charlie. 994 00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:25,944 You shouldn't be out here without a coat. 995 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:27,546 I'm okay. 996 00:37:33,118 --> 00:37:34,085 Mr. President? 997 00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:35,554 Yeah. 998 00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,022 Is there anything I can do for you? 999 00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:38,890 No. Thank you. 1000 00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:46,832 Hey. 1001 00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:48,266 I checked outside. 1002 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:51,637 I thought you'd be having a cigarette. 1003 00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:53,472 Let me tell you something, Leo 1004 00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:56,007 after heroin and cocaine, tobacco's next. 1005 00:37:56,041 --> 00:37:57,208 Great. 1006 00:37:57,242 --> 00:38:00,111 Another criminal empire we can give birth to. 1007 00:38:00,145 --> 00:38:02,013 There'll be speakeasies all over Chicago 1008 00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:06,017 where you can get smuggled cartons of Marlboro Lights. 1009 00:38:12,491 --> 00:38:14,826 I fought a jungle war. 1010 00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:17,329 I'm not doing it again. 1011 00:38:19,431 --> 00:38:21,867 If I could put myself anywhere in time 1012 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:27,473 it would be the Cabinet Room on August 4th, 1964 1013 00:38:27,506 --> 00:38:30,376 when our ships were attacked 1014 00:38:30,409 --> 00:38:34,312 by North Vietnam in the Tonkin Gulf. 1015 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:41,620 I'd say, "Mr. President, don't do it. 1016 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,656 "You're considering authorizing a massive commitment of troops 1017 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:48,927 "and throwing in our lot with torturers and panderers 1018 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:53,264 "leaders without principle and soldiers without conviction 1019 00:38:53,298 --> 00:38:56,502 with no clear mission and no end in sight." 1020 00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:05,944 This war is at home. 1021 00:39:05,977 --> 00:39:09,815 Its casualties are in our prisons and not our hospitals. 1022 00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:10,816 The amount of money 1023 00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:13,218 the American government is spending in Colombia 1024 00:39:13,251 --> 00:39:14,620 is the exact same amount 1025 00:39:14,653 --> 00:39:17,756 American consumers are spending buying drugs from Colombia. 1026 00:39:17,789 --> 00:39:19,658 We're funding both sides of this war 1027 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:23,094 and we'll never win it that way. 1028 00:39:23,128 --> 00:39:24,996 Leo, I can't possibly reverse... 1029 00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:26,097 No one... 1030 00:39:26,131 --> 00:39:29,334 I can't possibly reverse our position on negotiating. 1031 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:31,169 No one's going to know. 1032 00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:33,304 You don't make another phone call. 1033 00:39:33,338 --> 00:39:35,641 That happens someplace else. 1034 00:39:35,674 --> 00:39:38,376 Santos is going to be the one to let him out. 1035 00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:40,746 There were just 14 people in the room 1036 00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:43,014 who heard Santos make me the offer. 1037 00:39:43,048 --> 00:39:45,917 Those 14 people keep bigger secrets than this. 1038 00:40:00,666 --> 00:40:02,534 You know what Truman Capote said 1039 00:40:02,568 --> 00:40:05,303 was the bad part about living outside the law? 1040 00:40:05,336 --> 00:40:07,172 What? 1041 00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:10,175 You no longer have the protection of it. 1042 00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:12,678 What's to stop me? 1043 00:40:12,711 --> 00:40:17,816 200 CIA operatives, Black Ops 1044 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:23,254 200 guys with no wives, no kids, no parents... 1045 00:40:23,288 --> 00:40:25,591 I send 200 operatives down there. 1046 00:40:25,624 --> 00:40:29,561 Monday morning, I read in the paper Juan Aguilar is dead. 1047 00:40:29,595 --> 00:40:31,563 What's to stop me? 1048 00:40:36,668 --> 00:40:39,204 We lost this one, Mr. President. 1049 00:40:39,237 --> 00:40:42,107 It was bad intelligence 1050 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:44,543 and we lost this one. 1051 00:40:50,616 --> 00:40:52,317 It was the Queen's Rook. 1052 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:54,586 That's why I couldn't trade the Bishop. 1053 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,154 It was over six moves ago. 1054 00:40:59,858 --> 00:41:02,528 Arrange for their immediate release. 1055 00:41:02,561 --> 00:41:04,195 Yes, sir, Mr. President. 1056 00:41:04,229 --> 00:41:07,398 If they so much as experience turbulence on their way out... 1057 00:41:07,432 --> 00:41:08,567 Yes, sir. 1058 00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:11,870 I want to go to Dover later tonight. 1059 00:41:11,903 --> 00:41:13,138 Yes, sir. 1060 00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:14,673 Thank you. 1061 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:17,042 Thank you, Mr. President. 1062 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:25,083 Carol: Folks, take your seats please. 1063 00:41:25,116 --> 00:41:27,252 The briefing will start now. 1064 00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:30,455 Folks, can you take your seats? 1065 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:31,456 Good evening. 1066 00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:33,158 Thank you for coming back so late. 1067 00:41:33,191 --> 00:41:35,260 I want now to fill you in on some events 1068 00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:37,729 that have taken place in the last 24 hours. 1069 00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:40,231 When I'm through, there will be representatives 1070 00:41:40,265 --> 00:41:42,167 from the Pentagon, State Department 1071 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,604 and Justice Department who will continue with your questions. 1072 00:41:45,637 --> 00:41:48,206 Yesterday, at approximately 8:00 p.m. Eastern time 1073 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,842 five agents from the DEA were taken hostage 1074 00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:53,144 in the Putumayo region of Colombia by members... 1075 00:41:53,178 --> 00:41:54,279 ( reporters clamoring ) 1076 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:55,914 Let's hang on a second... 1077 00:41:55,947 --> 00:41:56,748 Hostages are out. 1078 00:41:56,782 --> 00:41:58,917 I'll call their families after this. 1079 00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:01,119 ...whose name we're not releasing at this time. 1080 00:42:01,152 --> 00:42:03,421 President Miguel Santos, acting on his own authority 1081 00:42:03,454 --> 00:42:07,425 has informed the President that he will release the hostage 1082 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:08,994 if the President... 1083 00:42:22,608 --> 00:42:24,610 Left wheel, halt. 1084 00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:35,120 Forward, march.