1 00:00:04,972 --> 00:00:07,841 Tell me what the problem is, Toby. 2 00:00:07,908 --> 00:00:09,410 Uh, I'm Sam, sir. 3 00:00:09,477 --> 00:00:11,279 I'm the Deputy Communications Director. 4 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:12,280 I'm Leo McGarry-- 5 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:13,981 White House Chief of Staff. 6 00:00:14,048 --> 00:00:15,183 Well, I'm personal aide to the President. 7 00:00:15,249 --> 00:00:16,684 But I'm a speechwriter. 8 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:18,286 I'm the Deputy Chief of Staff. 9 00:00:18,352 --> 00:00:21,021 Which I guess makes me Deputy Deputy Chief of Staff. 10 00:00:21,089 --> 00:00:22,456 I'm the Press Secretary. 11 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:24,825 It's an unavoidable conflict of interest. 12 00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:27,295 I'm Josiah Bartlet-- President of the United States. 13 00:00:54,188 --> 00:00:56,357 Whoever's on the printer, get off... now. 14 00:00:56,424 --> 00:00:57,425 MAN: That's me. 15 00:00:57,491 --> 00:00:59,059 Get off. 16 00:00:59,127 --> 00:01:02,330 SAM: You want to make it clear that we're pushing for Slovenia 17 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:03,931 and possibly the Baltic States-- 18 00:01:03,997 --> 00:01:05,466 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. 19 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:08,136 Not Fredonia? We're going to leave Fredonia out, there? 20 00:01:08,202 --> 00:01:09,970 The point is, the zero option's off the table. 21 00:01:10,037 --> 00:01:11,305 * Hooray for Captain Spalding... * 22 00:01:11,372 --> 00:01:12,506 TOBY: Can we please...? 23 00:01:12,573 --> 00:01:14,041 Hey, aren't we pretty much admitting 24 00:01:14,108 --> 00:01:15,809 all the countries we formed NATO to fight? 25 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:17,311 Yes. Then why not dissolve it? 26 00:01:17,378 --> 00:01:18,446 We like the bomber jackets. 27 00:01:18,512 --> 00:01:19,680 See, when you make a joke... 28 00:01:19,747 --> 00:01:20,648 My jokes are funny. 29 00:01:20,714 --> 00:01:21,782 Fredonia was pretty good. Heard it. 30 00:01:21,849 --> 00:01:23,117 I'll give you $500 31 00:01:23,184 --> 00:01:24,218 if you perform "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" 32 00:01:24,285 --> 00:01:25,386 at next year's Gridiron. 33 00:01:25,453 --> 00:01:26,754 She's got to get in there. 34 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:28,389 Can we talk about sugar subsidies? 35 00:01:28,456 --> 00:01:30,158 We're not done talking about the summit. 36 00:01:30,224 --> 00:01:31,425 It's a two-day grip and grin. 37 00:01:31,492 --> 00:01:33,361 And, you know, you of all people-- 38 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:36,130 the Russians finally elect a reformer, and you still... 39 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:38,098 20 years in the KGB and an election 40 00:01:38,166 --> 00:01:39,833 that would make Tammany Hall look 41 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,335 like the League of Woman Voters? 42 00:01:41,402 --> 00:01:43,404 I'm not sure that qualifies as a... 43 00:01:43,471 --> 00:01:44,805 C.J.? 44 00:01:44,872 --> 00:01:46,140 There was a fire 45 00:01:46,207 --> 00:01:48,376 at the King Fatah Middle School in Medina. 46 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:50,911 17 girls died in the fire when they were prevented 47 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:52,546 from coming out onto the street 48 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:55,249 and rescue workers were prevented from saving them. 49 00:01:55,316 --> 00:01:57,017 What was preventing them? 50 00:01:57,084 --> 00:01:58,352 The Muttawa. 51 00:01:58,419 --> 00:02:00,788 The girls weren't dressed properly. 52 00:02:00,854 --> 00:02:03,357 Don't comment. 53 00:02:03,424 --> 00:02:05,526 I haven't spoken to the President 54 00:02:05,593 --> 00:02:07,595 to Leo, to State... to anybody. 55 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:09,730 You guys want to muzzle me before I go in there 56 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:11,499 speak now or forever hold your peace. 57 00:02:11,565 --> 00:02:13,634 God knows it's not likely I'm going to. 58 00:02:15,836 --> 00:02:17,538 Let's get a good spot. 59 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:23,877 ( clears throat ) 60 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:32,320 C.J.: Good morning. 61 00:02:32,386 --> 00:02:34,488 PRESS: Good morning, C.J. 62 00:02:34,555 --> 00:02:36,457 I have some schedule details on the summit. 63 00:02:36,524 --> 00:02:39,627 Air Force One will depart Andrews at 7:00 p.m. Friday 64 00:02:39,693 --> 00:02:42,363 arriving in Helsinki 4:00 a.m. Eastern time. 65 00:02:42,430 --> 00:02:44,064 That's 11:00 a.m. Saturday local. 66 00:02:44,131 --> 00:02:47,368 Presidents Bartlet and Chigorin will have their first meeting 67 00:02:47,435 --> 00:02:49,770 at 3:00 at Mantyniemi-- that's a change. 68 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:50,904 Photo-op, stills only 69 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:52,340 at the beginning of the meeting. 70 00:02:52,406 --> 00:02:53,341 ALL: C.J.? 71 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:54,342 What does the President see 72 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:55,776 as the goals of the summit? 73 00:02:55,843 --> 00:02:58,178 Well, first to meet the new Russian President 74 00:02:58,246 --> 00:02:59,680 but they share the aspiration 75 00:02:59,747 --> 00:03:02,115 of building a secure and undivided Europe. 76 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:03,484 C.J., you're aware of the fire 77 00:03:03,551 --> 00:03:05,486 that happened at King Fatah Middle School? 78 00:03:05,553 --> 00:03:07,521 Yeah. That's a tragedy. Chris? 79 00:03:07,588 --> 00:03:10,391 Saudi news is reporting that rescuers were prevented 80 00:03:10,458 --> 00:03:12,260 from getting to several female students 81 00:03:12,326 --> 00:03:13,561 by the religious police. 82 00:03:13,627 --> 00:03:15,162 Yeah. I read that, too. Steve? 83 00:03:15,229 --> 00:03:16,830 CHRIS: Does the White House have a comment? 84 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:19,367 C.J.: I literally just got this a minute and a half ago. 85 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:20,868 I haven't spoken to the President 86 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:23,136 or Chief of Staff, State or anyone in Communications. 87 00:03:23,203 --> 00:03:24,272 This is just me. 88 00:03:24,338 --> 00:03:25,706 Well, do you have a comment? 89 00:03:25,773 --> 00:03:26,707 I don't, no. 90 00:03:26,774 --> 00:03:27,875 ALL: C.J. 91 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:29,142 STEVE: I'm sorry, C.J. 92 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:31,078 but you're not outraged by this? 93 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:32,145 ( fingers drumming ) 94 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:33,847 Outraged? 95 00:03:33,914 --> 00:03:35,749 I'm barely surprised. 96 00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:36,950 This is a country 97 00:03:37,017 --> 00:03:38,952 where women aren't allowed to drive a car. 98 00:03:39,019 --> 00:03:41,455 They're not allowed to be in the company of any man 99 00:03:41,522 --> 00:03:42,890 other than a close relative. 100 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:44,925 They're required to adhere to a dress code 101 00:03:44,992 --> 00:03:47,695 that would make a Maryknoll nun look like Malibu Barbie. 102 00:03:47,761 --> 00:03:49,463 They beheaded 121 people last year 103 00:03:49,530 --> 00:03:51,399 for robbery, rape, and drug trafficking. 104 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:53,867 They have no free press, no elected government 105 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:55,002 no political parties 106 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:57,771 and the Royal Family allows the Religious Police 107 00:03:57,838 --> 00:04:00,240 to travel in groups of six, carrying nightsticks 108 00:04:00,308 --> 00:04:02,242 and they freely and publicly beat women... 109 00:04:02,310 --> 00:04:03,877 but "Brutus is an honorable man." 110 00:04:03,944 --> 00:04:05,913 17 schoolgirls were forced to burn alive 111 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:08,382 because they weren't wearing the proper clothing. 112 00:04:08,449 --> 00:04:09,750 Am I outraged? 113 00:04:09,817 --> 00:04:11,151 No, Steve. 114 00:04:11,218 --> 00:04:12,119 No, Chris. 115 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:13,521 No, Mark. 116 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:16,189 That is Saudi Arabia, our partners in peace. 117 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:17,525 Bonnie then Scott. 118 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:05,439 who worked here before I did? 119 00:05:05,506 --> 00:05:06,574 Where'd he work? 120 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:07,775 He worked for the President. 121 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:08,876 No. What's his first name? 122 00:05:08,942 --> 00:05:09,877 I don't know. 123 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:11,545 A kid wrote a letter to the President 124 00:05:11,612 --> 00:05:13,313 saying that when he was Governor and campaigning 125 00:05:13,381 --> 00:05:14,915 that he met his assistant, Mr. Farley. 126 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:16,417 It's probably one of the guys from early on. 127 00:05:16,484 --> 00:05:17,951 I didn't really know any of them. 128 00:05:18,018 --> 00:05:20,020 Yeah, except it couldn't have been that early on 129 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:21,154 'cause the kid says they met 130 00:05:21,221 --> 00:05:22,490 when his father took him to a speech 131 00:05:22,556 --> 00:05:23,457 about the budget, in Pittsburgh. 132 00:05:23,524 --> 00:05:24,324 You mean San Diego. 133 00:05:24,392 --> 00:05:25,593 He says Pittsburgh. 134 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,561 We never did a budget speech in Pittsburgh. 135 00:05:27,628 --> 00:05:28,962 This is a little weird. 136 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:31,365 How many weird letters does the President get a day? 137 00:05:31,432 --> 00:05:32,666 A couple of thousand but this one has 138 00:05:32,733 --> 00:05:33,934 the President's private mail code on it. 139 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:34,968 That's why I've got it. 140 00:05:35,035 --> 00:05:36,136 Well, how many confused people 141 00:05:36,203 --> 00:05:38,105 does the President befriend every day? 142 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:40,808 A couple of dozen, but he doesn't give them the private mail code. 143 00:05:40,874 --> 00:05:42,710 I don't know. I'm on with the Russians. 144 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:46,279 Good morning. 145 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:47,415 I'm Sam Seaborn. 146 00:05:47,481 --> 00:05:48,482 Nickolai Ivanovich. 147 00:05:48,549 --> 00:05:50,083 George Kowzlowski. 148 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:51,118 Thanks for coming by. 149 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,853 This should be quick. 150 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,389 Let me first say that President Bartlet's 151 00:05:55,456 --> 00:05:57,891 looking forward to meeting President Chigorin 152 00:05:57,958 --> 00:05:59,827 and having a mutually productive meeting. 153 00:05:59,893 --> 00:06:01,094 GEORGE: Mr. Seaborn 154 00:06:01,161 --> 00:06:03,897 um, we understood that the protocol arrangements 155 00:06:03,964 --> 00:06:06,734 had been, um... had been finalized by the... 156 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,636 by the advance teams in Helsinki. 157 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:10,270 That's right, but there are points 158 00:06:10,337 --> 00:06:11,238 I'd like to revisit. 159 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:12,873 My thinking being 160 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:15,042 I could relay my concerns to you at the Embassy 161 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:17,310 and you could send them on to Moscow and hopefully 162 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,646 get an answer quickly 163 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:20,448 'cause we're coming down to it now. 164 00:06:20,514 --> 00:06:21,715 I'm sorry. I, uh... 165 00:06:21,782 --> 00:06:23,250 It's coming up quickly. 166 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:24,585 The summit. 167 00:06:24,652 --> 00:06:25,553 It's Saturday, and this is Monday. 168 00:06:25,619 --> 00:06:27,020 Oh, yes, yes. 169 00:06:27,087 --> 00:06:30,658 We've agreed to a consecutive translation? 170 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,025 Yes. 171 00:06:32,092 --> 00:06:34,728 I'd like to change that to a simultaneous translation. 172 00:06:34,795 --> 00:06:37,431 They prefer that the two leaders pause 173 00:06:37,498 --> 00:06:39,700 while their remarks are-- rendered?-- 174 00:06:39,767 --> 00:06:42,603 rendered into the particular language. 175 00:06:42,670 --> 00:06:45,338 President Bartlet has a rhythm to his speaking pattern 176 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:46,940 that's best if it's uninterrupted. 177 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:48,609 That's the only reason I bring it up. 178 00:06:48,676 --> 00:06:50,010 We'll pass that over. 179 00:06:50,077 --> 00:06:52,412 I'm sorry. "Pass it on"? 180 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,014 Yes. I'm sorry. 181 00:06:54,081 --> 00:06:56,450 It's just that one is good, and one is bad. 182 00:06:56,517 --> 00:06:58,285 We'd already agreed 183 00:06:58,351 --> 00:07:01,088 on the Grand Salon in Finlandia Hall for the 6:00 meeting 184 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:03,824 and I wanted to change that to the Hall of Flags. 185 00:07:03,891 --> 00:07:05,025 Hall of Flags. 186 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:07,961 Didn't we agree 3:00 for that meeting? 187 00:07:08,028 --> 00:07:09,830 It's funny you should mention that. 188 00:07:09,897 --> 00:07:10,898 I'm sorry? 189 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:12,500 It's funny... 190 00:07:12,566 --> 00:07:14,502 It's a coincidence that you should happen 191 00:07:14,568 --> 00:07:17,237 to mention the time of the meeting. 192 00:07:17,304 --> 00:07:20,708 See, President Chigorin only has to fly through one time zone. 193 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:23,076 President Bartlet has to fly through seven. 194 00:07:23,143 --> 00:07:24,244 Don't get me wrong. 195 00:07:24,311 --> 00:07:26,514 This President can do three shows a night 196 00:07:26,580 --> 00:07:28,682 but there's no one in the Western Hemisphere 197 00:07:28,749 --> 00:07:31,218 who has a worse reaction to jet lag than he does. 198 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:32,686 Any trip eight hours or longer 199 00:07:32,753 --> 00:07:34,688 and someone gets fired at the end of it 200 00:07:34,755 --> 00:07:36,724 and it's already been me three times, so... 201 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:37,525 We'll pass it on. 202 00:07:37,591 --> 00:07:38,892 I think everyone 203 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,994 on the White House staff would agree when I say 204 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:42,362 that one's a deal breaker. 205 00:07:42,429 --> 00:07:43,396 All right, then. 206 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:44,632 Was there anything else? 207 00:07:44,698 --> 00:07:46,233 Oh, yeah. We're just getting started. 208 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:47,735 Are you guys hungry? 209 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:48,301 No. 210 00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:49,069 Okay. 211 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:51,338 DONNA: You ready? 212 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:52,506 Yeah. Where are we going? 213 00:07:52,573 --> 00:07:53,473 The yogurt place. 214 00:07:53,541 --> 00:07:55,042 Are those angry faxes? 215 00:07:55,108 --> 00:07:58,646 They're... Yeah, they're very angry faxes. 216 00:07:58,712 --> 00:08:00,080 From Saudis? Yeah. 217 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:01,314 Well, what'd you expect? 218 00:08:01,381 --> 00:08:02,983 Very angry faxes from Saudis 219 00:08:03,050 --> 00:08:04,151 and angry e-mails. 220 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:06,086 Look at these. 221 00:08:09,523 --> 00:08:10,791 I'm seeing 222 00:08:10,858 --> 00:08:12,159 some troubling spelling here. 223 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:13,160 "Godless" with two Ds? 224 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:14,261 Let's go. 225 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:15,963 Hang on. 226 00:08:18,398 --> 00:08:19,366 C.J.? 227 00:08:19,432 --> 00:08:20,500 I saw it. 228 00:08:20,568 --> 00:08:21,535 It's a death threat. 229 00:08:21,602 --> 00:08:22,970 It's not a big deal. 230 00:08:23,036 --> 00:08:23,804 You sure? Yeah. 231 00:08:23,871 --> 00:08:25,072 Don't tell anybody, okay? 232 00:08:25,138 --> 00:08:26,306 I don't want a lot of production. 233 00:08:26,373 --> 00:08:28,241 All right. 234 00:08:28,308 --> 00:08:29,242 Thanks. 235 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:30,744 Josh... can you come in here 236 00:08:30,811 --> 00:08:32,279 and look at this, please? 237 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:33,647 Donna... 238 00:08:33,714 --> 00:08:35,415 JOSH: Look at what? 239 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:37,084 C.J.'s e-mail. 240 00:08:37,150 --> 00:08:39,152 ( sighs ) 241 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:50,497 Call Frank Tenney downstairs. 242 00:08:50,564 --> 00:08:52,332 Tell him I want to talk to him right away. 243 00:08:52,399 --> 00:08:53,801 Yeah. 244 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:56,003 You take this seriously? 245 00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:58,238 Yeah. It's a death threat, C.J. 246 00:08:58,305 --> 00:09:00,007 I take it seriously. 247 00:09:00,073 --> 00:09:02,943 I've had some experience with this. 248 00:09:05,713 --> 00:09:08,481 Thank you all so much. 249 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:11,585 Bye-bye. Bye-bye. 250 00:09:11,652 --> 00:09:13,553 What's this one about? 251 00:09:13,621 --> 00:09:16,289 They have a picture they want to show us. 252 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:17,490 Of what? 253 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:18,726 I don't know. 254 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:20,694 We've got a problem. 255 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:22,663 Jake Kimball came to see me this morning. 256 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:23,731 What's he doing here? 257 00:09:23,797 --> 00:09:25,332 Looking a hundred years old. 258 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:28,869 Anteras is going to announce a chip recall on Thursday. 259 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:30,270 How big? 260 00:09:30,337 --> 00:09:32,239 Everything. 261 00:09:34,274 --> 00:09:36,143 What are you talking about? 262 00:09:36,209 --> 00:09:38,746 They discovered a problem with one of the... 263 00:09:38,812 --> 00:09:40,147 That's got to be 50 million chips. 264 00:09:40,213 --> 00:09:41,782 80 million. 265 00:09:41,849 --> 00:09:43,917 Leo, how the hell are we...? 266 00:09:43,984 --> 00:09:44,818 I know. 267 00:09:44,885 --> 00:09:47,087 That's the end of Anteras. 268 00:09:47,154 --> 00:09:49,022 Yeah. 269 00:09:49,089 --> 00:09:49,957 98,000 workers. 270 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:51,992 I think 75,000 in the U.S. 271 00:09:52,059 --> 00:09:54,762 Plus the kidney punch at NASDAQ? 272 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:57,430 I think Jake's going to put a shotgun in his mouth. 273 00:09:57,497 --> 00:09:58,431 I really do. 274 00:09:58,498 --> 00:10:00,267 Sir? 275 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:01,368 Yeah. 276 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:03,103 Mr. President. 277 00:10:03,170 --> 00:10:04,104 Fitz, Fitz. 278 00:10:04,171 --> 00:10:05,806 You old polecat. You old so and so. 279 00:10:05,873 --> 00:10:07,407 You trying to be one of the fellas, sir? 280 00:10:07,474 --> 00:10:08,709 Yeah. 281 00:10:08,776 --> 00:10:09,910 Well, well-done sir. 282 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:10,811 Thank you. 283 00:10:10,878 --> 00:10:12,813 This picture was taken by an SR-71 284 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,082 during a routine flyover in the Gulf. 285 00:10:15,148 --> 00:10:17,918 This is Bushehr, and this is what looks to me 286 00:10:17,985 --> 00:10:19,853 like the early days of construction 287 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,621 on a light water reactor. 288 00:10:21,689 --> 00:10:23,891 Light water is ordinary water, sir-- 289 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,225 tap water... it's Perrier. 290 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:26,593 Yeah. 291 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:29,096 Light water is what's used for nuclear reactors 292 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:32,132 and the Iranians have contracted the Russians to build them 293 00:10:32,199 --> 00:10:34,434 a light water reactor for that purpose. 294 00:10:34,501 --> 00:10:36,737 What's the problem? 295 00:10:36,804 --> 00:10:40,240 Four intelligence agencies tell me I'm wrong, and I am. 296 00:10:40,307 --> 00:10:43,643 The Russians are building them a heavy water reactor. 297 00:10:43,711 --> 00:10:46,146 What do you use heavy water for? 298 00:10:46,213 --> 00:10:48,248 Plutonium. 299 00:11:02,429 --> 00:11:03,563 TOBY: Good morning, Janice. 300 00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:04,998 Good morning, Mr. Ziegler. 301 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:07,200 Don't you think it's time we make it "Toby"? 302 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:08,401 Okay. 303 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:09,703 That's a nice uniform. 304 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:14,441 How long have you guys had that uniform? 305 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,309 About a thousand years. 306 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:17,444 Okay. 307 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:19,880 Hey, Toby. 308 00:11:19,947 --> 00:11:20,881 ( tones beep ) 309 00:11:20,948 --> 00:11:22,449 TOBY: Excuse me. 310 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,517 I've got to tell you something. You ready? 311 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:25,618 What? 312 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:26,553 I've got nothing to do. 313 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:27,654 What do you mean? 314 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:29,222 I got to the office at 6:00 315 00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:32,225 and it turned out that everything that I was supposed to do 316 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:33,293 got done by 7:30. 317 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,729 It's some strange fluke of the calendar. 318 00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:38,331 So I'm just out here walking around, you know 319 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:39,366 just being in the world. 320 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:40,500 In the hallways. 321 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:41,701 Yeah, well, you know, yeah. 322 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:43,436 Well, I'm going to change all that. 323 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:46,173 I'd like you to meet with a Russian reporter named Ludmilla Koss. 324 00:11:46,239 --> 00:11:48,408 She's the Washington correspondent for the Novaya Gazetta. 325 00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:50,510 She wants credentials and a seat on the press charter. 326 00:11:50,577 --> 00:11:51,845 Why is she asking us? 327 00:11:51,912 --> 00:11:53,580 The Russians have banned her from the summit. 328 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:55,182 Why? She supported the other guy. 329 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:58,318 Ah-hah. Time to teach these Stoli-drinking Tchaikovskys 330 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:01,121 a thing or two about free press American-style. 331 00:12:01,188 --> 00:12:04,091 You don't ban those who-who supported your opponent. 332 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:06,526 You make them wallow in their loserdom 333 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:07,795 by covering your victory. 334 00:12:07,861 --> 00:12:09,529 You-you sit them in the front row. 335 00:12:09,596 --> 00:12:11,098 You give them a hat. 336 00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:14,567 I will save Ludmilla Koss, for I am Toby and in so doing... 337 00:12:14,634 --> 00:12:16,136 Why am I going on like this? 338 00:12:16,203 --> 00:12:16,804 I don't know. 339 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:18,005 Set up the meeting. 340 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,040 Obviously, I have a little time. 341 00:12:20,107 --> 00:12:21,074 Thank you. 342 00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:25,846 Ron? 343 00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:28,982 C.J., Frank Tenney spoke to me this morning. 344 00:12:29,049 --> 00:12:31,218 Yeah, Josh made me see him yesterday. 345 00:12:31,284 --> 00:12:34,487 He filed everything he was supposed to file. 346 00:12:34,554 --> 00:12:35,956 Can I see the message? 347 00:12:36,023 --> 00:12:39,459 It's just, you know... it's what it is. 348 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:44,932 Could you type in your password? 349 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:48,936 Have you checked your e-mail yet today? 350 00:12:49,002 --> 00:12:51,204 I just got here. 351 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,876 Okay, he sent another one at 5:20 this morning. 352 00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:58,812 Have you had cyber-threats before? 353 00:12:58,879 --> 00:12:59,847 Not explicitly. 354 00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:01,314 And Agent Tenney says 355 00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:03,616 that you don't recognize the sender's address. 356 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:05,052 No. 357 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:08,455 Have you had a... bad breakup with a boyfriend lately? 358 00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:10,123 God, Ron, I haven't had a boyfriend in... 359 00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:11,658 I get a lot of hate mail. 360 00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:13,961 After the President, I'm the single most visible person 361 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:15,462 in the Federal Government. 362 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:17,464 I'm... every day, I'm on TV, and every day 363 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:20,000 exactly half the people are going to disagree with you 364 00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:22,335 and some of those people are going to hate you 365 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:24,838 and some of those people are going to write letters. 366 00:13:24,905 --> 00:13:26,439 Yeah, this isn't hate mail. 367 00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:27,707 This is a death threat. 368 00:13:27,774 --> 00:13:29,609 Could I use your computer for a second? 369 00:13:29,676 --> 00:13:31,144 Sure. 370 00:13:36,984 --> 00:13:40,187 ( keyboard clacking ) 371 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:49,829 Okay. I'm going to need to take your hard drive. 372 00:13:49,897 --> 00:13:50,864 Why? 373 00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:52,432 I just used traceroute tools 374 00:13:52,499 --> 00:13:54,434 and the server and the IP address don't match. 375 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:56,569 The address was invented to disguise the origin. 376 00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:58,671 In my briefing yesterday, I made some remarks 377 00:13:58,738 --> 00:13:59,739 about a situation in Saudi Arabia. 378 00:13:59,806 --> 00:14:01,074 I may have gone too far. 379 00:14:01,141 --> 00:14:02,575 I was thinking about apologizing, and... 380 00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:05,745 Yeah, this-this doesn't have anything to do with that. 381 00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:07,814 Well, what do you mean? 382 00:14:07,881 --> 00:14:10,750 Muslim extremists don't get personal. 383 00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:12,685 They don't know your name; they don't care. 384 00:14:12,752 --> 00:14:15,722 They don't want one person; they want dozens or hundreds. 385 00:14:15,788 --> 00:14:17,124 That's why they don't use bullets. 386 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,292 Killing one person is a waste of a bomb. 387 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:20,027 He wants you. 388 00:14:20,093 --> 00:14:21,528 Why doesn't he want me? 389 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:24,231 Someone will be by in a few minutes to get your hard drive 390 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:27,167 and we're intercepting all your e-mails from the address. 391 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:28,768 Thank you. 392 00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:30,070 NICKOLAI: The press conference 393 00:14:30,137 --> 00:14:31,704 can be moved to 9:00. 394 00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:32,839 Thank you. 395 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:34,441 And... excuse me. 396 00:14:34,507 --> 00:14:35,508 ( whispering ) 397 00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:36,409 The venue. 398 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:37,577 Thank you. 399 00:14:37,644 --> 00:14:40,647 And the venue can be moved to Hall of Mirrors. 400 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:41,949 Flags. 401 00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:45,218 Yes, but we need something from you. 402 00:14:45,285 --> 00:14:47,287 Okay. On his arrival 403 00:14:47,354 --> 00:14:50,157 and during outdoor photograph opportunity 404 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,892 President Bartlet must wear overcoat. 405 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:54,461 A coat? He must wear coat. 406 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:55,662 He must wear gloves. 407 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:59,132 Scarves and earmuffs, permissible but optional. 408 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:01,434 Hang on, 'cause... yes, 'cause President Chigorin 409 00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:04,037 wants to wear a coat and doesn't want to look like a wimp. 410 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:06,306 Sam, it is freezing to cold in Reykjavik. 411 00:15:06,373 --> 00:15:08,241 It is freezing to cold in Helsinki. 412 00:15:08,308 --> 00:15:10,043 It is freezing to cold in Staad. 413 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:12,412 Why must every American President bound 414 00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:15,082 out of an automobile like as at a yacht club 415 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:16,616 while in com-- excuse... compar... 416 00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:17,917 Comparison. Compar... 417 00:15:17,985 --> 00:15:19,953 ...while in comparison our leader looks like... 418 00:15:20,020 --> 00:15:21,421 I don't even know what word is. 419 00:15:21,488 --> 00:15:22,889 Frumpy? 420 00:15:22,956 --> 00:15:26,626 I don't know what frumpy is, but onomatopoetically sounds right. 421 00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:29,096 It's hard not to like a guy who doesn't know frumpy 422 00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:30,397 but knows onomatopoeia. 423 00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:32,599 I'll talk to the President about the coat. 424 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:35,735 We'll have a final meeting tomorrow on the last points 425 00:15:35,802 --> 00:15:36,636 and that'll be that. 426 00:15:36,703 --> 00:15:37,437 Thank you, sir. 427 00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:38,605 Thank you. 428 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:39,906 What is onomatop...? 429 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:42,042 Sounds like. Sounds like. 430 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:46,013 Well, you were right. 431 00:15:46,079 --> 00:15:47,114 About what? The President never made 432 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:48,781 a budget speech in Pittsburgh. 433 00:15:48,848 --> 00:15:51,151 He's nine; so he would've been five or six at the time. 434 00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:53,320 Maybe he thought everything was a budget speech. 435 00:15:53,386 --> 00:15:54,821 Or maybe it's just a crazy letter. 436 00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:56,123 It's not. How do you know? 437 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:57,690 'Cause I read a lot of crazy letters. 438 00:15:57,757 --> 00:15:58,825 I got a letter last year 439 00:15:58,891 --> 00:16:00,160 asking me if I would donate my brain 440 00:16:00,227 --> 00:16:01,561 to a medical school in Granada. 441 00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:03,363 I'll tell you, there are days when I think 442 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:05,165 "Yeah, why not just get it over with?" 443 00:16:05,232 --> 00:16:06,899 He had his picture taken with the President. 444 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:09,802 The advance guys always get the name and address and we send a copy. 445 00:16:09,869 --> 00:16:12,239 There's no record of a picture being sent to this kid. 446 00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:13,806 Plus, his father's in trouble. 447 00:16:13,873 --> 00:16:15,175 Why? He's a furnace worker 448 00:16:15,242 --> 00:16:16,809 at the Franklin Mill and the kid said 449 00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:18,878 they may fire him 'cause he wants to join a union. 450 00:16:18,945 --> 00:16:20,180 He spoke to a group called 451 00:16:20,247 --> 00:16:21,781 the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. 452 00:16:21,848 --> 00:16:23,150 Have you ever heard of them? 453 00:16:23,216 --> 00:16:26,686 Yeah, except they have a different name today. 454 00:16:26,753 --> 00:16:27,587 What? 455 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:28,688 The AFL-CIO 456 00:16:28,755 --> 00:16:31,158 and furnace workers are all unionized. 457 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,430 Hey, Charlie. 458 00:16:37,497 --> 00:16:38,398 Hey. 459 00:16:38,465 --> 00:16:39,432 Ms. Koss? 460 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:40,233 Yes. 461 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:43,036 Toby Ziegler. Come on in. 462 00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:47,640 You write for the Novaya Gazetta. 463 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:49,109 Yes. 464 00:16:49,176 --> 00:16:51,578 Your circulation's gotten huge. 465 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:53,346 Highest daily in Russia. 466 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,315 And it's hard to tell whether that's 467 00:16:55,382 --> 00:16:57,617 because of your reporting, your editorials 468 00:16:57,684 --> 00:16:59,486 or the naked women on page three. 469 00:16:59,552 --> 00:17:02,089 ( chuckles ): We did not invent this thing 470 00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:04,057 nor did we invent the comic strips or Lotto. 471 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:06,893 Touché, madam. 472 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:10,130 So, what did you do to piss off President Chigorin? 473 00:17:10,197 --> 00:17:11,964 President Chigorin does not like criticism. 474 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,766 Have you met someone who does? 475 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:15,368 That is not the point. 476 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:19,906 No, I, uh, I-I'm just talking. 477 00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:20,940 ( chuckles ) 478 00:17:21,007 --> 00:17:22,775 ( chuckles ) 479 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:24,644 Listen, uh, you're already credentialed 480 00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,179 to cover our President. 481 00:17:26,246 --> 00:17:28,415 It's just a matter of putting you on the plane 482 00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:31,718 and before I do that, I want to check with the State Department 483 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:34,287 to make sure it's not a grotesquely insulting thing 484 00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:35,622 to do to a new President 485 00:17:35,688 --> 00:17:37,957 from whom the U.S. is hoping for quite a bit. 486 00:17:38,024 --> 00:17:41,694 Oh, so your First Amendment only extends as far as is polite? 487 00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:45,132 No, it extends farther than that but it only protects us. 488 00:17:45,198 --> 00:17:47,467 Believe me, if we were able to enforce 489 00:17:47,534 --> 00:17:51,070 U.S. law around the world, I'd retire and go scuba diving. 490 00:17:51,138 --> 00:17:52,839 You like diving? 491 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:53,940 I've never done it. 492 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:55,342 I've, uh, never done anything 493 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:57,244 but I've seen pictures and it looks fun. 494 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,512 I've seen pictures of people out there in the world 495 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:01,581 and they all look like they're glad they are. 496 00:18:01,648 --> 00:18:03,783 Now, granted when I'm looking at these pictures 497 00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:05,985 somebody's usually trying to sell me something 498 00:18:06,052 --> 00:18:08,921 but I'll tell you what, I'm 44 years old and I'm buying. 499 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:10,990 I usually don't talk this much 500 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:12,192 but I'm having an odd day. 501 00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:13,593 Want to stay for a little 502 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:15,862 and look at pictures of scuba divers? 503 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:17,930 No, thank you. Okay, then. 504 00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:19,132 We'll talk tomorrow. 505 00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:21,168 Thank you very much. 506 00:18:21,234 --> 00:18:24,571 PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all 507 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:26,139 very much. 508 00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:27,807 Listen, before we go in there 509 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:30,743 let's take a second and talk about Anteras. Yeah. 510 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,745 It's not like there's nothing we can do. 511 00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:34,314 There's nothing we can do. 512 00:18:34,381 --> 00:18:36,749 I'm not saying Commerce or Treasury calls the banks 513 00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:39,652 but an emergency loan guarantee if we can get Congress... 514 00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:40,820 Good morning, sir. Good morning. 515 00:18:40,887 --> 00:18:41,921 Yeah, we can't do it. 516 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:43,456 How did it go over there? 517 00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:46,092 Well, they confronted the Russian Atomic Energy Minister 518 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:47,126 with the photographs. 519 00:18:47,194 --> 00:18:48,328 And? He denies everything. 520 00:18:48,395 --> 00:18:49,796 That's good enough for me. 521 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:52,299 He doesn't deny that they're building a reactor. 522 00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:54,234 They've had contracts with Iran since '76 523 00:18:54,301 --> 00:18:56,169 and he says that Deuterium-based reactors 524 00:18:56,236 --> 00:18:58,205 have been up and running in Canada for years. 525 00:18:58,271 --> 00:18:59,606 Yeah, well, Canada, Russia 526 00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:02,175 roughly the same relationship with the U.S. 527 00:19:02,242 --> 00:19:04,844 Fitz, you old horse thief, you old muckety-muck. 528 00:19:04,911 --> 00:19:06,346 Well, good morning again, sir. 529 00:19:06,413 --> 00:19:09,015 Josh says the director of MINATOM says 530 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:10,483 it's commercial power production. 531 00:19:10,550 --> 00:19:12,652 Yeah, except that there are no power lines 532 00:19:12,719 --> 00:19:13,786 to and from the site 533 00:19:13,853 --> 00:19:16,055 and there's no reprocessing facility. 534 00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:18,325 This one's 50 megawatts thermal 535 00:19:18,391 --> 00:19:21,394 which is identical to the reactor Pakistan's got in Kushab. 536 00:19:21,461 --> 00:19:23,363 This isn't used to make the lights go; 537 00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:24,931 it's used to make plutonium. 538 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:28,701 Mr. President, I am not your National Security Advisor 539 00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:31,371 or your Secretary of Defense or State 540 00:19:31,438 --> 00:19:34,106 but the Russians are giving Iran the bomb. 541 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,842 ( closes book ) 542 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:38,411 Well... that's what was said 543 00:19:38,478 --> 00:19:41,681 by my National Security Advisor 20 minutes ago 544 00:19:41,748 --> 00:19:44,817 right after it was said by the Secretaries of State and Defense 545 00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:48,521 and for what it's worth, the Directors of the CIA, NSA 546 00:19:48,588 --> 00:19:50,790 FBI and Naval Intelligence agree. 547 00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:53,760 Leo, isn't MINATOM in terrible shape? 548 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:56,663 They lost some customers after Chernobyl. 549 00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:58,598 Yeah, that's welcome to free markets the hard way 550 00:19:58,665 --> 00:20:00,733 but my point is, their light water reactor contracts 551 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:01,901 are way behind schedule. 552 00:20:01,968 --> 00:20:04,003 There are all kinds of technical failures. 553 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:06,105 You think the Iranians forced them 554 00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:08,140 to build them a heavy water reactor? 555 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:09,576 To satisfy their contracts maybe. 556 00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:12,279 Crap, and even if that were the case 557 00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:14,414 it doesn't make them Jean Valjean. 558 00:20:14,481 --> 00:20:16,749 They want to power broker in the Middle East. 559 00:20:16,816 --> 00:20:19,552 Just what the doctor ordered for the Middle East. 560 00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:22,289 All right 561 00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:25,124 while avoiding the biggest diplomacy disaster 562 00:20:25,191 --> 00:20:27,093 since I don't know when, Josh, Leo 563 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:30,663 you guys have to figure out a way to get me out of it. 564 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:35,602 Get him out of what? 565 00:20:35,668 --> 00:20:38,571 He's not going to Helsinki. 566 00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:49,282 There's, uh, something really good on television. 567 00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:53,052 What? That's why he can't go-- there's something really good 568 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,922 on television and the President doesn't know how to work a VCR. 569 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,957 No, it's not that he doesn't know how to work it. 570 00:20:58,024 --> 00:20:58,925 They know he's got a staff. 571 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,393 They wouldn't buy it. 572 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:01,961 It's that he doesn't trust technology. 573 00:21:02,028 --> 00:21:02,895 Josh... 574 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:04,597 This is insane. 575 00:21:04,664 --> 00:21:07,400 News of the reactor's going to break-- you know it will-- 576 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:08,535 and it's going to break 577 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:10,002 at the worst possible time. 578 00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:11,504 In fact, my money's on 579 00:21:11,571 --> 00:21:13,606 it's going to break right next to the picture 580 00:21:13,673 --> 00:21:15,642 of him shaking hands with Chigorin... 581 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:18,210 while wearing a coat to protect his MS-riddled body 582 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:19,912 from the fierce climate in Finland. 583 00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:22,815 How can you guys, all of you, be so sure it's not MINATOM 584 00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:26,653 and the other Cold War holdouts, the ex-Soviets, walking around? 585 00:21:26,719 --> 00:21:28,988 I don't care... There are other issues on the table. 586 00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:31,491 There's NATO expansion, the Caspian pipeline... 587 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:33,125 You don't get to put a bomb in Iran! 588 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:35,828 There are no other issues on the table right now. 589 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:38,831 We're going to have to fly over there and blow this thing up 590 00:21:38,898 --> 00:21:41,067 and given what they're manufacturing there 591 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:42,802 I don't know if that's possible. 592 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:53,846 We were all so smart. 593 00:21:53,913 --> 00:21:56,616 Russia's hobbled. 594 00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:59,786 The next conflict's going to be in the Middle East. 595 00:22:02,889 --> 00:22:05,992 Turns out it is in the Middle East... 596 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:07,594 with the Russians. 597 00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:12,465 You didn't answer my question. 598 00:22:12,532 --> 00:22:14,634 What question? 599 00:22:14,701 --> 00:22:17,804 Chigorin just took office four months ago. 600 00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:21,307 How can you be sure it's not a rogue thing? 601 00:22:21,374 --> 00:22:23,510 I don't want a leak, Josh. 602 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,612 Everyone's proceeding like we're going? 603 00:22:25,678 --> 00:22:26,546 Yes. 604 00:22:26,613 --> 00:22:29,048 How can you be sure? 605 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:31,050 I can't. 606 00:22:33,219 --> 00:22:35,154 Toby. 607 00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:36,889 Thanks for coming down. 608 00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:40,927 Is there still a summit to go to? 609 00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:44,797 I'm sorry, what'd you say? 610 00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:46,298 I'm sorry about that. I asked because... 611 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:47,734 Yeah. 612 00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:52,004 I wanted to talk to you 613 00:22:52,071 --> 00:22:55,842 'cause I've been asked to put a reporter 614 00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:58,811 from the Novaya Gazetta on the press plane. 615 00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:00,547 That's a mistake. 616 00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:03,483 You understand I'm talking about a... 617 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,718 pencil and a pad of paper 618 00:23:05,785 --> 00:23:08,455 from which no one has ever died. 619 00:23:08,521 --> 00:23:09,388 You understand there isn't a paper 620 00:23:09,456 --> 00:23:10,823 any publication in Russia 621 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,692 that's more critical of the Chigorin government. 622 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:14,661 Well, the editorial judgment aside 623 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:16,195 what's the damage assessment? 624 00:23:16,262 --> 00:23:17,764 Well, the point of the summit is 625 00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:20,600 to build strong bilateral ties with a new administration, so... 626 00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:21,768 We make it clear it's not personal. 627 00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:23,536 How do you suggest we do that? 628 00:23:23,603 --> 00:23:24,771 I don't know. Uh... 629 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:26,338 What are the things they could do? 630 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:27,840 We got about a half dozen 631 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:30,510 American reporters in Moscow whose credentials are pending. 632 00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:32,445 Toby, this is like if they credentialed 633 00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:34,481 the Enquirer to cover the summit. 634 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:37,049 If the Enquirer ever asked us, we'd credential them. 635 00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:39,586 Making sure the Enquirer can write whatever it wants 636 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:43,456 is the only way I can be sure the New York Times is writing whatever it wants. 637 00:23:43,523 --> 00:23:45,458 Well, you asked me what I thought. 638 00:23:45,525 --> 00:23:46,826 I'm 100% against it. 639 00:23:49,295 --> 00:23:50,229 CHARLIE: Okay. 640 00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:51,531 Thanks. 641 00:23:51,598 --> 00:23:53,032 Good morning, Mr. President. 642 00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:55,434 You're going to get Secret Service protection 643 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:58,905 but I can't order it unless you sign this piece of paper. 644 00:23:58,971 --> 00:24:00,907 So, sign this piece of paper. 645 00:24:00,973 --> 00:24:03,175 Sir, can I ask why you feel it's necessary...? 646 00:24:03,242 --> 00:24:04,911 Because Ron says it is 647 00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:07,179 and around here, we do whatever Ron says. 648 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:08,280 Well, I think it might be 649 00:24:08,347 --> 00:24:09,949 an overreaction. Good for you. 650 00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:11,718 With all your years of training and experience 651 00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:13,252 in sniffing out crime 652 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:16,088 your opinion really carries a lot of weight with me. 653 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:18,024 I don't want to appear fragile. Are you kidding? 654 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:20,092 Sir... We're talking about one bodyguard. 655 00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:22,895 I have 12, and that's before I leave the house. 656 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:25,197 You ever count the number of guns that come along with me 657 00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:27,734 when Abbey and I take in a play at the Kennedy Center? 658 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,636 Do I seem fragile to you? 659 00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:31,504 No, sir. Then... 660 00:24:31,571 --> 00:24:33,005 You're also not a woman in a man's job 661 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:34,874 to say nothing of the fact that you're required by law 662 00:24:34,941 --> 00:24:36,676 to be protected by the Treasury Department. 663 00:24:36,743 --> 00:24:38,377 You don't have a choice, and frankly, sir 664 00:24:38,444 --> 00:24:40,880 you and I both know that you've scored points frequently 665 00:24:40,947 --> 00:24:42,649 with the public and with the press 666 00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:45,284 by shrugging off your Secret Service and doing whatever-- 667 00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:46,318 going to a bookstore... 668 00:24:46,385 --> 00:24:47,419 I don't care. 669 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:49,021 Sir... I don't care. 670 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:50,790 You're part of my family and this thing is happening 671 00:24:50,857 --> 00:24:51,658 and I simply won't permit it. 672 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:52,825 Sign the piece of paper. 673 00:24:52,892 --> 00:24:54,393 Look... Let me tell you something. 674 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:57,564 The last time a member of my staff got a death threat 675 00:24:57,630 --> 00:24:58,965 they missed him and hit me. 676 00:24:59,031 --> 00:25:00,800 Ron... is there any evidence... 677 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:03,002 any evidence at all that this guy... 678 00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:05,271 Look, I work in the White House-- 679 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:06,606 everybody knows that-- 680 00:25:06,673 --> 00:25:09,208 but is there any evidence to suggest that... 681 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:39,038 Where did you get these? 682 00:25:39,105 --> 00:25:42,141 Today's e-mail. 683 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:45,745 That's me leaving my house on Monday. 684 00:25:48,147 --> 00:25:50,082 This one's at a restaurant 685 00:25:50,149 --> 00:25:52,985 where I had dinner with my niece. 686 00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:02,795 This one's from this morning. 687 00:26:02,862 --> 00:26:06,132 It was taken from about 20 feet away. 688 00:26:09,602 --> 00:26:10,937 Okay, okay. 689 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:27,319 RON: Let's go outside and talk. 690 00:26:27,386 --> 00:26:28,454 Okay. 691 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,156 Thank you, Mr. President. 692 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,695 Toby? 693 00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:36,963 PRESIDENT: Yeah. 694 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:41,768 Morning, sir. 695 00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:43,235 What's going on? 696 00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:45,104 TOBY: Just wanted to give you a heads up 697 00:26:45,171 --> 00:26:46,906 the Journal's going to run an editorial 698 00:26:46,973 --> 00:26:49,241 with regard to broken promises and fiscal spending. 699 00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:52,544 Oh, man, the greatest campaign speech ever about money. 700 00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:54,714 F.D.R. promises to tighten our belts. 701 00:26:54,781 --> 00:26:56,248 What's he do when he gets here? 702 00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:58,685 Spends more than we knew could be spent 703 00:26:58,751 --> 00:27:00,753 and it's 'cause he discovered it's better 704 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,054 for long-term growth. 705 00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:03,790 The Journal probably wrote an editorial 706 00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:05,257 about his broken promises, too. 707 00:27:05,324 --> 00:27:07,226 Hey, I should be able to reference that speech. 708 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,294 Where did he give that? 709 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:09,796 It was in the Industrial Northeast. 710 00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:11,263 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 711 00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:13,733 Charlie, F.D.R. gave a budget speech 712 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:14,934 in 1932 in Pittsburgh. 713 00:27:15,001 --> 00:27:17,303 Can you get your hands on a copy? 714 00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:20,072 I'm sorry, sir? 715 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:22,008 I'm said F.D.R. gave a budget speech in 19... 716 00:27:22,074 --> 00:27:23,743 Yeah. 717 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:25,611 Yes, sir. 718 00:27:25,678 --> 00:27:27,213 Okay. 719 00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:30,116 Thank you, Mr. President. 720 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:31,250 Mm. 721 00:27:35,788 --> 00:27:36,655 Good morning. 722 00:27:36,723 --> 00:27:37,890 How's it going? 723 00:27:37,957 --> 00:27:40,226 Is there a TV show you really, really like? 724 00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:41,794 No. 725 00:27:41,861 --> 00:27:42,929 Then don't worry about it. 726 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,396 Let's talk about something else. 727 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:45,597 What? 728 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:46,733 Helping out Anteras. 729 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:50,770 Ah, was wilst du von mein Leben? 730 00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:52,438 What do you want from my life? 731 00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:56,375 The government can't be in the business of cosigning loans. 732 00:27:56,442 --> 00:27:58,377 We wouldn't be handing them a bag of unmarked bills 733 00:27:58,444 --> 00:28:00,612 just backing the loans to cover the cost of the recall. 734 00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:01,580 It's a subsidy. 735 00:28:01,647 --> 00:28:02,614 It's a small one. 736 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:03,950 I'm an economist. 737 00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:06,352 Sir, this was not a failure of business. 738 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:09,655 It was-- I don't know-- it was a mistake, it was human error 739 00:28:09,722 --> 00:28:11,858 and Jake's been completely forthright... 740 00:28:11,924 --> 00:28:13,325 The marketplace will take care of Anteras. 741 00:28:13,392 --> 00:28:15,027 The marketplace will kill Anteras. 742 00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:16,863 That's what's supposed to happen. 743 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,664 It's not like it's unprecedented, sir. 744 00:28:18,731 --> 00:28:19,732 We helped out steel. 745 00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:21,067 That was an industry 746 00:28:21,133 --> 00:28:22,969 that was hurt by unfair trade practices. 747 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,937 Anteras was hurt by their own carelessness. 748 00:28:25,004 --> 00:28:27,439 A loan guarantee doesn't cost the taxpayers a nickel. 749 00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:28,507 Unless they go under 750 00:28:28,574 --> 00:28:29,776 and either way, we've just said 751 00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:31,310 "We're open for business." 752 00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:33,946 For a corporate icon that feeds into tech companies 753 00:28:34,013 --> 00:28:35,848 computers, aerospace... 754 00:28:35,915 --> 00:28:37,349 The ripple effects. 755 00:28:37,416 --> 00:28:40,686 Workers losing jobs, it's a blue chip stock 756 00:28:40,753 --> 00:28:41,720 that's in every major... 757 00:28:41,788 --> 00:28:43,622 They were huge contributors! 758 00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:44,891 How the hell am I suppo...? 759 00:28:44,957 --> 00:28:47,359 The were huge contributors! 760 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:10,482 Carelessness doesn't have to exist for a mistake to be made. 761 00:29:10,549 --> 00:29:12,184 What? 762 00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:13,886 You said it was carelessness 763 00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:15,721 and I don't believe carelessness has to exist 764 00:29:15,788 --> 00:29:17,289 for a mistake to be made. 765 00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:20,659 Jake was a contributor, and he's never asked for a favor 766 00:29:20,726 --> 00:29:22,228 not even now. 767 00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:25,597 He was a contributor 'cause he knows us 768 00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:26,866 and we know him 769 00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,035 and we know that if a mistake happened 770 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,370 in design or production at Anteras 771 00:29:31,437 --> 00:29:34,140 it wasn't shoddy... it wasn't on the cheap. 772 00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:36,242 You know how many chips have acted up so far? 773 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:37,543 One. 774 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,947 Dollars to donuts, he could've gotten away with it 775 00:29:41,013 --> 00:29:43,149 but he wanted to warn people 776 00:29:43,215 --> 00:29:45,184 they may have a problem before... 777 00:29:45,251 --> 00:29:47,253 I don't even know what happens 778 00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:49,989 when 80 million computers stop working right 779 00:29:50,056 --> 00:29:52,591 but tell me this isn't exactly how we want 780 00:29:52,658 --> 00:29:54,360 American business to behave. 781 00:29:55,995 --> 00:29:58,998 I know it doesn't look good-- he's a friend of ours-- 782 00:29:59,065 --> 00:30:03,936 but there is a reason he's a friend of ours. 783 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:09,208 They're announcing end of business tomorrow? 784 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,810 Yes, sir. 785 00:30:11,878 --> 00:30:14,080 ( sighs ) 786 00:30:15,915 --> 00:30:17,349 I'm not saying anything 787 00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:20,319 but grab some people and put together some numbers. 788 00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:21,087 Yes, sir. 789 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,688 I'm not saying anything. 790 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:24,290 Thank you, Mr. President. 791 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:35,567 of recent trade agreement between Russians and Finns. 792 00:30:35,634 --> 00:30:37,136 However, we'll take off menu. 793 00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:38,370 Why? 794 00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:39,138 We were asked to. 795 00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:40,639 Mrs. Bartlet likes shrimp. 796 00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:43,309 That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. 797 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:45,244 Put whatever you want on the menu. 798 00:30:45,311 --> 00:30:46,112 Very well. 799 00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:47,313 And I would like to request 800 00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:49,015 that the press pool be allowed 801 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:50,950 to take photographs of the Arctic Peoples exhibit. 802 00:30:51,017 --> 00:30:52,218 Also very well. 803 00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:55,821 And that, my good friends, is that. 804 00:30:55,888 --> 00:30:57,957 It was a pleasure doing business with you. 805 00:30:58,024 --> 00:30:59,158 Uh, we have one more. 806 00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:00,226 Name it. 807 00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:01,227 On the issue 808 00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:02,995 of the language in the joint statement. 809 00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:06,532 Well, I can't negotiate language in the statement. 810 00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:07,900 It's just a suggestion. 811 00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:09,401 The language has been worked out 812 00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:11,037 by State and Commerce and Defense. 813 00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:12,071 It's way beyond... 814 00:31:12,138 --> 00:31:14,473 Just hear suggestion, Sam. 815 00:31:14,540 --> 00:31:16,242 Okay. 816 00:31:18,177 --> 00:31:20,146 ( clears throat ) 817 00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:22,814 "Both President Chigorin and myself agree 818 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,550 "that we must enter 21st century 819 00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:27,419 "as partners and friends, not as adversaries. 820 00:31:27,486 --> 00:31:31,490 "We must lead way in stemming tide of nuclear proliferation 821 00:31:31,557 --> 00:31:33,292 "and we must start with ourselves. 822 00:31:33,359 --> 00:31:35,861 "For why should two nations still possess power 823 00:31:35,928 --> 00:31:38,164 "to destroy each other ten times over? 824 00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,899 Surely, once is enough." 825 00:31:40,967 --> 00:31:42,868 Whose idea was this? 826 00:31:42,935 --> 00:31:44,103 Mine. 827 00:31:44,170 --> 00:31:45,337 Who wrote it? 828 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:48,140 I did. 829 00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:53,479 You'll, uh... pass it up? 830 00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:54,846 Yeah. 831 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,415 That's good one, yes? 832 00:31:56,482 --> 00:31:59,351 Yes. 833 00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:00,953 Thank you. 834 00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:01,954 Hello. 835 00:32:02,021 --> 00:32:03,289 LUDMILLA: Hello. 836 00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:06,358 Here are your credentials for the plane. 837 00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:07,559 Mm-hmm. 838 00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:09,228 Here's your plane ticket. 839 00:32:09,295 --> 00:32:11,930 Here are your credentials for the palace 840 00:32:11,998 --> 00:32:13,932 the Saturday press conference 841 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,701 the Arctic Peoples exhibit 842 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:17,703 the Sunday press conference 843 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:19,471 and the Hall of Flags. 844 00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:21,240 Thank you very much. 845 00:32:21,307 --> 00:32:24,876 By the way, I found out why Chigorin and his people 846 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,979 have such a problem with you. 847 00:32:27,046 --> 00:32:29,748 It's because I don't flatter them. 848 00:32:29,815 --> 00:32:32,384 No, it's because you stink. 849 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,253 I beg your pardon? 850 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,157 You can beg all you want. You're not going to get it. 851 00:32:38,224 --> 00:32:41,627 Last month, you alleged that the Chigorin Government 852 00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:44,663 bombed several apartment buildings 853 00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:46,898 based on an unattributed source. 854 00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:48,734 It was refuted. You never retracted it. 855 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,137 The Government's case was all over the television. 856 00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:52,704 Last week, you wrote a cover story 857 00:32:52,771 --> 00:32:55,407 about President Chigorin's mother-in-law moving closer 858 00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:56,308 to the Kremlin. 859 00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:57,909 You printed her home address. 860 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,145 She had to relocate. 861 00:32:59,211 --> 00:33:00,746 Well, that's her decision. 862 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:03,015 You reported the failing grades 863 00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:05,817 of the Defense Minister's 12-year-old son. 864 00:33:05,884 --> 00:33:07,919 Does that even count as journalism? 865 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,421 Does that do anything 866 00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:12,391 but bring ridicule on a defenseless kid? 867 00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:16,162 We've got people like you here on cable and on the Internet 868 00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:19,798 and there's no one anywhere on the ideological spectrum 869 00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:21,333 who doesn't roll their eyes 870 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,702 when their names are spoken out loud. 871 00:33:23,769 --> 00:33:26,572 You know, we've always had free press here-- 872 00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:30,109 we take it for granted-- but how can you... 873 00:33:30,176 --> 00:33:32,344 treat it like this? 874 00:33:32,411 --> 00:33:34,513 You should give up your space 875 00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:37,549 and put another naked woman in there. 876 00:33:37,616 --> 00:33:39,651 Anyway... 877 00:33:43,922 --> 00:33:46,292 There are your credentials. 878 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,736 The Majority Leader moves up HMO reform. 879 00:33:57,803 --> 00:33:58,770 He'll do that? 880 00:33:58,837 --> 00:33:59,871 We've talked to him. 881 00:33:59,938 --> 00:34:01,039 He's moved up HMO reform 882 00:34:01,107 --> 00:34:02,641 there's nothing we can do about it 883 00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:04,610 and the welfare of your people comes first. 884 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:06,678 He has a Duma. He'll understand. 885 00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:07,879 This makes sense. 886 00:34:07,946 --> 00:34:09,648 We save face and send a strong message. 887 00:34:09,715 --> 00:34:11,217 Anybody? 888 00:34:11,283 --> 00:34:13,485 ( affirmative murmuring ) 889 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:15,987 Can I use this to get out of weddings and stuff? 890 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:17,523 ( all chuckling ) 891 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:19,991 Sam, the Majority Leader's going to move up HMO reform 892 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:21,693 and my Duma's going to vote on it. 893 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:22,828 What do you think? 894 00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:24,029 Sorry, sir. Would you hear 895 00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:25,797 what Sam has to say for a moment? 896 00:34:25,864 --> 00:34:26,565 What? 897 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:32,003 Listen, I'd like to tell you about something 898 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,239 and if, when I'm done 899 00:34:33,305 --> 00:34:34,906 you think I sounded like an idiot 900 00:34:34,973 --> 00:34:37,876 just know that I'll be feeling like one, as well. 901 00:34:37,943 --> 00:34:39,445 Nickolai Ivanovich 902 00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:41,747 the senior member of the logistical negotiating team 903 00:34:41,813 --> 00:34:44,150 said he had language he wanted added to the joint statement 904 00:34:44,216 --> 00:34:46,152 and that he wrote it, himself. 905 00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:49,087 What's he getting involved with the language on the statement for? 906 00:34:49,155 --> 00:34:51,056 Yeah, and what he wanted added was: 907 00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:52,658 "Together in partnership 908 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:55,494 "we must stem the tide of nuclear proliferation. 909 00:34:55,561 --> 00:34:58,597 "For why should our two nations still possess the power 910 00:34:58,664 --> 00:35:00,799 "to destroy themselves ten times over? 911 00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:02,701 Surely, once is enough." 912 00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:04,770 Now, I have to tell you, sir 913 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:08,340 that both these negotiators had conversational English 914 00:35:08,407 --> 00:35:10,008 but they didn't have idioms. 915 00:35:10,075 --> 00:35:11,210 I promise you... 916 00:35:11,277 --> 00:35:14,180 "Stem the tide" is an English idiom. 917 00:35:14,246 --> 00:35:15,914 Yeah, and they don't have 918 00:35:15,981 --> 00:35:17,816 "Surely, once is enough," either. 919 00:35:17,883 --> 00:35:19,451 Sir, Chigorin wrote that. 920 00:35:21,687 --> 00:35:24,323 I think he's trying to send you a message, Mr. President. 921 00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:32,764 He is trying to send me a message. 922 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:34,333 ( murmuring agreement ) 923 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,968 We've been trying to get nonproliferation on the agenda. 924 00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:39,137 We've been trying to put those exact words 925 00:35:39,205 --> 00:35:40,506 into Chigorin's mouth. 926 00:35:40,572 --> 00:35:42,341 He's got a whole Soviet defense establishment 927 00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:43,509 that's trying to do business. 928 00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:45,110 Wait a second. Hang on. 929 00:35:45,177 --> 00:35:47,413 You're telling me that foreign policy 930 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:50,182 of this magnitude is conducted through Sam 931 00:35:50,249 --> 00:35:52,251 and I'm still alive? 932 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:54,720 We're pretty impressed ourselves, Mr. Chairman. 933 00:35:54,786 --> 00:35:57,289 Why didn't he just have somebody pick up the phone? 934 00:35:57,356 --> 00:35:58,990 It's the old diplomatic corps, and he can't 935 00:35:59,057 --> 00:36:00,626 trust them yet. Fitz? 936 00:36:05,831 --> 00:36:08,166 I think he's going out on a limb. 937 00:36:10,269 --> 00:36:13,038 I think you should meet him there. 938 00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:15,507 Let's go to Helsinki. 939 00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:18,710 But the reactor's first thing on the agenda. 940 00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:20,246 Anybody? 941 00:36:20,312 --> 00:36:21,847 ( affirmative murmuring ) 942 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:23,315 Thank you, Mr. President. 943 00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:24,550 Thanks, everyone. 944 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:25,917 Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. 945 00:36:27,453 --> 00:36:29,187 Thank you, Mr. President. 946 00:36:29,255 --> 00:36:31,056 I've got Jake Kimball in my office, sir. 947 00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:32,591 I'll be right in. 948 00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:33,859 Sam? 949 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:36,194 Yes, sir? 950 00:36:36,262 --> 00:36:37,829 Nice job. 951 00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:39,164 Thank you. 952 00:36:39,231 --> 00:36:40,966 Tell me again why I can't wear 953 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,634 whatever the hell I want? 954 00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:45,136 Well, that's not entirely true, sir. 955 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:46,137 The earmuffs are optional. 956 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:47,406 Okay. 957 00:36:47,473 --> 00:36:49,174 I probably won't be wearing them. 958 00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:51,377 Yes, sir. 959 00:36:53,412 --> 00:36:55,213 Whatever happened to Pong, huh? 960 00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:57,115 It was great. It was relaxing. 961 00:36:57,182 --> 00:36:59,117 It had that very satisfying sound. 962 00:36:59,184 --> 00:37:01,219 I, uh, I don't know, sir. 963 00:37:01,287 --> 00:37:03,389 Yeah, me neither. Leo? 964 00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:08,527 No. 965 00:37:08,594 --> 00:37:11,530 Leo wanted to see if we could guarantee a loan. 966 00:37:11,597 --> 00:37:13,599 I didn't know that. I can't ask you for that. 967 00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:15,734 I appreciate it, and I can't give it to you 968 00:37:15,801 --> 00:37:18,003 but I think I can do Leo one better. 969 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:19,170 What? 970 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:21,640 We'll stay his biggest customer. 971 00:37:21,707 --> 00:37:23,174 When you announce your recall 972 00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,776 you can announce you're keeping 973 00:37:24,843 --> 00:37:26,211 your government contracts. 974 00:37:26,278 --> 00:37:27,746 Leo will work it out with Congress. 975 00:37:27,813 --> 00:37:29,381 That's very generous, Mr. President. 976 00:37:29,448 --> 00:37:30,849 I appreciate your confidence. 977 00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:32,651 Talk to me about the 75,000 workers. 978 00:37:32,718 --> 00:37:34,820 I won't be taking any salary for two years 979 00:37:34,886 --> 00:37:38,189 and my managers will cut their salaries by 50% 980 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:41,059 before we even consider laying anyone off. 981 00:37:41,126 --> 00:37:42,260 All right. 982 00:37:42,328 --> 00:37:43,629 Jakie, this is the White House. 983 00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:45,964 If we only screw up twice before breakfast 984 00:37:46,031 --> 00:37:47,165 it was a very good morning. 985 00:37:47,232 --> 00:37:48,166 Yes, sir. 986 00:37:48,233 --> 00:37:49,668 One more thing. 987 00:37:49,735 --> 00:37:51,470 You can't make any more campaign contributions 988 00:37:51,537 --> 00:37:52,571 to me or any Democrat. 989 00:37:52,638 --> 00:37:53,872 You can vote. That's it. 990 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:55,741 Yes, sir. 991 00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:58,143 I knew I'd get screwed by a computer one day. 992 00:37:58,209 --> 00:37:59,978 I have an important photo op. 993 00:38:00,045 --> 00:38:01,813 Excuse me. 994 00:38:14,426 --> 00:38:15,761 NANCY: Charlie? 995 00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:22,067 Mr. Tatum. 996 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:23,402 I'm Dr. Tatum. 997 00:38:23,469 --> 00:38:25,504 I'm the one you talked to on the phone. 998 00:38:25,571 --> 00:38:26,405 This is my father. 999 00:38:26,472 --> 00:38:27,739 I'm Charlie Young. 1000 00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:29,307 I'm Personal Aide to the President. 1001 00:38:29,375 --> 00:38:30,642 Yes. 1002 00:38:30,709 --> 00:38:32,310 You didn't tell him anything, right? 1003 00:38:32,378 --> 00:38:34,380 He thinks we're on Candid Camera. 1004 00:38:34,446 --> 00:38:36,882 Or that this is a ruse of some kind. 1005 00:38:36,948 --> 00:38:38,016 What the hell...? 1006 00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:39,351 It's not. It's not a ruse. 1007 00:38:39,418 --> 00:38:40,752 When you were nine 1008 00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:43,221 you wrote this letter to Franklin Roosevelt. 1009 00:38:43,288 --> 00:38:46,558 You met him when he was Governor of New York and a candidate for President. 1010 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:49,828 Well, I'll be damned. 1011 00:38:49,895 --> 00:38:52,631 You met his Personal Aide, Tom Farley. 1012 00:38:52,698 --> 00:38:53,665 That's me. 1013 00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:55,100 Mr. Tatum, by any chance 1014 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:59,270 the apartment where you grew up in Pittsburgh 1015 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,473 was it 23-45 Northern...? 1016 00:39:01,540 --> 00:39:03,375 State Boulevard. 1017 00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:05,544 Yeah. That's the only residential building 1018 00:39:05,611 --> 00:39:07,679 in Pittsburgh that's been torn down recently. 1019 00:39:07,746 --> 00:39:09,815 In fact, it was just two weeks ago. 1020 00:39:09,881 --> 00:39:13,118 Somebody found your letter and put the right postage on it. 1021 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:14,386 Hmm. Well, would you look 1022 00:39:14,453 --> 00:39:15,854 at what people will do! 1023 00:39:15,921 --> 00:39:18,390 I tell you, none of it would have happened 1024 00:39:18,457 --> 00:39:20,258 except there's a five-digit code 1025 00:39:20,325 --> 00:39:22,293 that Presidents give out to close friends 1026 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,730 and President Bartlet copied his from FDR. 1027 00:39:24,796 --> 00:39:27,165 For the hundredth time, it was an homage. 1028 00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:28,166 Yes, sir. 1029 00:39:28,233 --> 00:39:29,234 Alan Tatum? 1030 00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:30,402 Yes, sir. 1031 00:39:30,469 --> 00:39:32,003 The White House owes you one picture. 1032 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:33,104 Oh, my! 1033 00:39:33,171 --> 00:39:34,573 Let's go, Dad. 1034 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,174 Mr. President, this is my son, Ted. 1035 00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:37,175 Good to meet you. 1036 00:39:37,242 --> 00:39:38,309 Same here. 1037 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:38,910 He's a doctor. 1038 00:39:38,977 --> 00:39:40,378 Dad... 1039 00:39:40,446 --> 00:39:42,347 Oh, God, I'm sorry. I'm married to one. 1040 00:39:42,414 --> 00:39:44,149 Oh, no, you meant that as a good thing. 1041 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,116 Let's go. 1042 00:39:45,183 --> 00:39:46,618 ( Alan chuckling ) 1043 00:39:46,685 --> 00:39:48,920 FDR was a fine President-- don't get me wrong-- 1044 00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:51,222 but if you want something done right, damn it 1045 00:39:51,289 --> 00:39:52,824 call New Hampshire. 1046 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:55,461 ( chuckles softly ) 1047 00:39:55,527 --> 00:39:57,729 Come in, please. 1048 00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:06,171 Are you retired, Mr. Tatum? 1049 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:07,639 Yes, sir. 53 years 1050 00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:09,775 on the Spirit of St. Louis. 1051 00:40:09,841 --> 00:40:12,010 From New York to St. Louis. 1052 00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:14,012 PRESIDENT: Your grandfather was a furnace worker. 1053 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:15,681 Your father was on the railroads. 1054 00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:17,148 You couldn't find honest work? 1055 00:40:17,215 --> 00:40:18,316 ( laughs ) 1056 00:40:18,383 --> 00:40:19,585 I'd like my picture taken 1057 00:40:19,651 --> 00:40:21,887 with that young man, if you don't mind? 1058 00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:22,921 Charlie... 1059 00:40:34,132 --> 00:40:35,033 Thank you. 1060 00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,502 You're welcome. 1061 00:40:36,568 --> 00:40:38,136 Well, thank you very much, sir. 1062 00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:39,638 This was really 1063 00:40:39,705 --> 00:40:41,640 a once-in-a-lifetime experience for both of us. 1064 00:40:41,707 --> 00:40:42,974 Where are you going? 1065 00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:44,510 You got pictures. What do I get? 1066 00:40:44,576 --> 00:40:45,977 ALAN: I don't know what... 1067 00:40:46,044 --> 00:40:47,813 You were there. You were at his speech. 1068 00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:49,615 You got to tell me everything. Sit. 1069 00:40:49,681 --> 00:40:50,782 We're going to get some food. 1070 00:40:50,849 --> 00:40:52,350 You, sit quietly over there 1071 00:40:52,417 --> 00:40:53,685 and try to resist the temptation 1072 00:40:53,752 --> 00:40:55,654 to bill me for something. 1073 00:40:55,721 --> 00:40:57,756 ( Ted chuckling ) 1074 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:05,797 C.J.: "... discharges the company and the company's directors." 1075 00:41:05,864 --> 00:41:07,599 Okay. That's not going to be in there. 1076 00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:20,178 Hello. 1077 00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:21,446 C.J. Cregg? Yeah. 1078 00:41:21,513 --> 00:41:22,581 I'm Special Agent Simon Donovan. 1079 00:41:22,648 --> 00:41:24,182 I'm with the Treasury Department. 1080 00:41:24,249 --> 00:41:27,318 Uh-huh. What branch of the Treasury Department, Agent Donovan? 1081 00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:29,555 U.S. Secret Service. 1082 00:41:29,621 --> 00:41:31,256 I don't like flashing it around-- 1083 00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:33,091 it gives some people the jumps-- 1084 00:41:33,158 --> 00:41:36,294 but Agent Butterfield said you were a reluctant customer. 1085 00:41:36,361 --> 00:41:37,563 How does this work? 1086 00:41:37,629 --> 00:41:38,530 What is it you'd like to know? 1087 00:41:38,597 --> 00:41:39,765 Well, first of all 1088 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:41,767 from how far away can you do this? 1089 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:44,570 I can respect a certain perimeter of privacy. 1090 00:41:44,636 --> 00:41:45,871 What does thatmean? 1091 00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:48,173 I don't need to see you naked or anything. 1092 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:49,741 Okay. 1093 00:41:49,808 --> 00:41:51,109 Though... "better safe than sorry" 1094 00:41:51,176 --> 00:41:53,411 is a bit of a motto for us over at Treasury. 1095 00:41:53,478 --> 00:41:54,813 I don't know. You're the boss. 1096 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,849 I'll be leading a detail of four agents 1097 00:41:57,916 --> 00:42:00,385 each working a third of the day, one day off a week. 1098 00:42:00,451 --> 00:42:02,721 We've set up a command post in your apartment building. 1099 00:42:02,788 --> 00:42:04,355 We've set up surveillance. 1100 00:42:04,422 --> 00:42:05,657 You can put your car in a garage. 1101 00:42:05,724 --> 00:42:06,992 You'll be using ours. 1102 00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:08,660 You can't come in the Briefing Room. 1103 00:42:08,727 --> 00:42:10,528 A crowded room where anyone can get credentialed 1104 00:42:10,596 --> 00:42:11,763 and you're up at the podium? 1105 00:42:11,830 --> 00:42:13,464 No, I'm pretty sure I'll be there. 1106 00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:15,433 This is what you meant by I'm the boss? 1107 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:18,637 Uh, yeah, I guess that's more of an honorary thing. 1108 00:42:20,205 --> 00:42:24,342 This guy isn't small-time, Ms. Cregg. 1109 00:42:24,409 --> 00:42:26,812 You're being hunted. 1110 00:42:26,878 --> 00:42:28,847 By the way, I can't guarantee anything 1111 00:42:28,914 --> 00:42:30,816 except to say that if you're dead 1112 00:42:30,882 --> 00:42:33,018 chances are, I am, too. 1113 00:42:33,084 --> 00:42:35,120 Well, I guess it's going to have to be 1114 00:42:35,186 --> 00:42:36,354 the little things now. 1115 00:42:36,421 --> 00:42:37,589 Yeah. I'm going to go check in with my command.