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Previously, on The West Wing:

Most troubling is

personnel carriers
with Haitian troops

parked in front of
virtually every police
station in Port-au-Prince.

Nancy, if they take the embassy,
how are we going to know?

They're taking the embassy.

Mrs. Landingham was
driving her car back here.

Charlie,
is she all right?

No.

She's dead.

Eight years ago, the President
was diagnosed with MS.

He concealed it
during the election

but we're going public
Wednesday night

with a live network
interview and a
press conference.

MAN:
Is the President going to run
for re-election?

There's going to be
a press conference tonight.

I'd watch.

C.J.
Please, I can only answer 14
or 15 questions at once!

Steve, then Michael.

STEVE:
Has there been any discussion
of a Special Prosecutor?

Tomorrow morning, the President
will direct the Attorney General

to appoint
a Special Prosecutor, yes.

I can't see. Joan?

Can you tell us
how that'll work?

A list of three prosecutors
is given to a three-judge panel.

The prosecutors,
as well as the judges

were all appointed
by Republican Presidents.

How soon do you anticipate
witnesses being called?

I don't know.

Do you have
any idea who will be

on the witness list?

I can't comment

on a witness list
that doesn't exist.

I imagine subpoenas
will be issued

to most senior White House
staff, including myself.

C.J.
C.J.
C.J.

What about Congress?

I'm sorry?

Will Congress be
holding hearings?

I would imagine.

Do you know which committee

would have jurisdiction over...

Again, I can't comment

on what kind of hearings
Congress has in mind.

I'm sure there'll be one

but you'd have
to talk to Congress.

Okay, here now, the President
of the United States.

Front row
on your right.

( sighs )

Yes. Sandy.

Mr. President,
can you tell us right now

if you'll be seeking

a second term?

PRESIDENT:
I'm sorry, Sandy

there was a little bit
of noise, there.

Can you repeat the question?

SANDY:
Yes, sir.

Can you tell
us right now

if you'll be seeking

a second term?

Yeah...

and I'm going to win.

C.J.?

C.J.?

C.J.?

We're here.

Oh, yeah.

Thank you. Thanks.

Mr. President.

Bruno.

I've got
a new section...

Give it to Leo.

MAN:
C.J....

C.J.:
The speech is written.

They're just ironing
a few things out.

Look...
It's written.

I'm not talking
about the speech.
What?

I've got a source
that says

the FDA's going to pull
the trigger on mifepristone.

Mifepristone's...?
RU-486.

The FDA's
an independent agency.

I could get in trouble

for even knowing
what you just told me.

No, it's nonproprietary
information

delivered by a
nongovernmental person.

You're fine.

Well, I'll be asking

one of my 14 lawyers
about that

but when are they going
to announce?

That's the thing.

They're doing it
on Monday.

Monday?

Right before his speech.

Okay, thanks.

JOSH:
C.J....
there are now

seven different
drafts of the speech.

Yeah.
The President likes
none of them.

Toby and Doug
can't get together.

Sam and Doug
can't get together.

Leo and Bruno
can't get together.

Listen, I got to talk to you
for a second.

If anyone asks,
the speech is done.

That's what I've
been saying.
We're just
ironing out...

Listen.
Yeah?

Come here.

Paulson got it
from a source

the FDA's signing off
on RU-486.

When are they
going to announce?

On Monday.
Come on!

Right before
his speech.
You didn't take
care of this?

Josh...
Damn it, C.J.

I told all departments
no news on Monday--

we get the cycle
to ourselves.

Then, how...?
The FDA's
an independent agency.

So, we're kicking
off our campaign

on the same day...?
Yeah.

Perfect.

Look, I'm sorry,
but there's no...

Yeah, I'm also not
wild about pictures

of the President
getting on the plane
without his wife.

I can't computer-generate images
of the First Lady.

She's getting in
in the morning?

We'll do some pictures.

I'm going to call
Gail Trent and confirm
this other thing.

Maybe we want
to postpone.

Why?
I don't know

he's got laryngitis
or something.

C.J....

Listen, anybody asks,
the speech is done.

We're just putting on...
Yeah, listen.

What's Toby's
problem with me?

What do you mean?
He's got a
problem with me

and I'd like to understand
the nature of it.

I wouldn't worry
about it.

I do worry about it,
'cause I have a job
to do this weekend

and he's making it harder.

I don't...
Connie?

The place has
a communications center

a conference room,
an operating room

offices
and an apartment.

This is a nice ride.

They're just putting
the finishing touches on.

Yeah.
Thank you.

M&M's with the Seal
of the President.

C.J., when do we see
an advance?

Very soon.

The speech is done?

It's done. They're just
ironing a few things out.

Toby and Sam don't
have any problem
with Bruno's people?

Everybody's getting along great.

They're dotting the Is
and crossing the Ts.

This thing reads
like an Andy Williams special!

We're starting all over again
with a white piece of paper!

I'm going to take my seat now.

Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

From the flight deck, this is
Lieutenant Colonel Gantry.

We're closing our cabin doors

and we ask that you be seated
in preparation for takeoff.

We'll be flying at a cruising
altitude of 35,000 feet

and our flight path will take us
over Hartford, Connecticut,

Greenfield, Massachusetts,

and our flight time to Pease Air
Force Base in New Hampshire

will be approximately
one hour and ten minutes

and we anticipate
a smooth flight.

( chuckles )

if you'll be seeking
a second term?

Yeah...

and I'm going to win.

That announcement,
coming about 15 minutes ago

was made on the heels of the
President's stunning disclosure

that he'd been diagnosed...

( thunder crashing )

...remitting course
of multiple sclerosis...

Abbey?

Jed.

Listen...

You missed it.
It was incredible.

Look...
It's all over
the news.

Abbey...
This crazy man
got in front of
millions of people

and totally screwed
his wife.

That's funny, 'cause that's
sort of what I did.

You can't think this is funny.

I don't.
You can't think
this is a joke.

I don't, I swear.

( thunder rolling )

There are ways
of getting out of this.

Yeah.

You buried Delores Landingham
this afternoon.

You couldn't possibly
be expected to make...

Are you going...
Let some time go by,
a few weeks

you say you've consulted
with your doctors

you've consulted
with your family...

Abbey...
...which, amazingly,
people would believe

and, then,
you say you've decided...

I'm running again, Abbey.

Yeah?

Look, I have a lot to say.

You and me both.

Go ahead.

What?

Say what you have to say.

No, I have to go down.

They're going to brief me
on an evacuation plan

for Haiti.
All right.

( thunder rolls )

You going to be up later?

When?

I don't know,
probably 3:00 or 4:00.

Am I usually up at 3:00
or 4:00 in the morning?

Not usually.

Then, let's assume
I won't be tonight.

( phone ringing )

Donna!

Where have you been?

The motorcade
left without me.

I had to drive back
with Ed and Larry.

They couldn't drive faster?

Not faster than
a presidential
motorcade, no.

Uh, set up a
conference call

so Cabinet Affairs
can brief.

You want
the sub-cabinet, too?

Yeah, and I need
Congressional leaders.

Have you ever seen
anything like this?

No.
I'm pumped.

Me, too.
I'm monumentally pumped.

Set up the calls,
would you?

( thunder rolling )

Toby.

Leo's got
to cancel everything

on the public schedule
tomorrow.
It's done.

You're talking to
Cabinet Affairs?

Donna's setting up the call.

Why aren't you smiling?

'Cause I'm wet.

I'm wet
and I'm smiling.

I'm smiling on the
inside. Ginger?
Yeah?

Public Liaison
wrote up talking points
two hours ago.

Pull them.
They're no good anymore.

When are they going
to have new ones?

Public Liaison?

TOBY:
Yeah.
Half an hour.

15 minutes.
Sam, we got to...
You better...

BOTH:
...call the networks
and make sure we've got

one of our people on every
single broadcast tonight.

Okay, let's try not
to do that a lot.

Why isn't he smiling?

On the inside.

We got to round up
the medical experts
for the morning shows

and we need to divvy up
the columnists. Nancy?

Yeah?
I need to see C.J.
as soon as she's free.

She's going to be down there
for another couple of hours.
She's surrounded.

Well, get her
on the phone.
Yeah.

And I need Oliver Babish.

You want to put him
in the briefing room tomorrow?

Send a message
we're not worried

about the legal side.

( thunder rolling )

( door opening )

What are you all looking at?

Good evening,
Mr. President.

What do you guys think the news
is going to lead with tomorrow?

Sir?

( chuckling )

Yeah.

Haiti?

Yeah.

All right,
don't worry about Haiti.

Let's do what we have to.

Mike, is that four AV-8s?

Yeah, and four AH-1s.

Good evening.

ALL:
Good evening,
Mr. President.

NANCY:
Mr. President

this is Operation
Swift Fury.
Yeah.

On your command, we
deploy a Landingship
Helicopter Assault

to evacuate both the
Americans and Dessaline
from the embassy.

What's in the LHA?

Four CH53Es with 35 troops
for combat assault support

and eight CH46
helicopters.

That's for cargo
and ammunition?

Yeah. We also
have four Cobras

two Hueys for
command and control,
and four Harriers.

Where do you launch?

There's a soccer
stadium there.

The Stade Alain Toussaint.

MIKE:
It's about a quarter
mile from the embassy.

So, these helicopters land
on the roof

and then...
NANCY:
And then take
the Americans

and Dessaline
to the Enterprise.

Code word "Paris"
for this operation.

What are the possibilities

there'll be
Haitian civilian casualties?

A curfew's been imposed
and the Signal
Intelligence flights

say there aren't
any civilians within
a two-block radius.

How long do I have?
MIKE:
Paris will be

in place in two hours, sir.

Okay.

Thanks.

Mr. President?

Yeah?

Hey, red-headed girl.

Margaret.

Okay. Uh, I need to see him.

He's in his cabin.

You can go back.

( knocking )

Yeah?

Listen...

Bruno...
In four weeks...

Look...
Hang on.

In four weeks...
No, I don't think
I will hang on.

Who told Doug
to write a draft?
This was simply in order to...

Who told him to...?
I told him to do it.

It's got an apology.
Also, it stinks.

Yeah, okay,
it lacks a certain...

What, quality?
Yeah, but...

Look...
Doug isn't here
to write poetry.

The purpose of his draft is

to demonstrate
that an apology can work.

He's not going
to apologize.
Why not?

'Cause it's his official
campaign announcement

and not Oprah Winfrey.

Doing Oprah
wouldn't kill him.

I honestly believe it might.

In four weeks...

In four weeks, he has
made a full disclosure
of his health.

He has educated
the public about MS.

He has done
this every day.

He has done
everything...
Except apologize.

In four weeks, he has
saved Haiti for democracy

funded the Justice Department's
tobacco lawsuit

watched the market rebound...

He has done everything
but apologize.

You think he apologizes
and his numbers go up?

I think you brought
me in two weeks ago

because they haven't yet.

They have.

Two points in a month?

If he runs for re-election
27 years from now

he's got a fighting chance.

I've got to make calls.

Talk to me about this
in town.

We're making our final approach
to Pease Air Force Base.

If you'd all take your seats
and fasten your seat belts.

Listen...
You should sit down;
we're landing.

I talked to Gail Trent.

And?
She confirmed it.

The FDA's going
to announce.

On Monday?
Yeah.

What are they talking
about back there?

Leo and Bruno?
Yeah.

The lack of yeast
in our numbers.

Yeast is a fun word to say.

I'm sorry I got in
your face before.

Our numbers are
less than yeasty.

They are.

TOBY:
We need a new poll
in the field right now.

JOSH:
Yes.
SAM:
I'll tell you why.

JOSH:
Because the first one
was bogus.

SAM:
Totally bogus,
and I'll tell you why.

C.J.:
1,170 voters
in one industrial state

isn't representative
of the whole country.

JOSH:
Plus, people respond differently

to voting out a governor
versus a President.

ED:
Governors are expendable...

LARRY:
While if they feel
the country's on the right track

they want to keep the President
in charge.

SAM:
In charge if at all possible,
and I'll tell you what else.

LARRY:
Bartlet's always scored...

SAM:
Always scored high
in the trustworthy meter.

C.J.:
So, he has a bit
of a shield

to protect him from
character attacks.

during the interview
informed the public

that MS isn't
a fatal disease.

We need to put another poll
in the field right now.

Thank you all for coming around
to the self-evident point

I made five
minutes ago.

We got to put
another poll
in the field.

What happened?
My ride left
without me.

Mine, too. I got a ride
with Larry and Ed.

Yes. Didn't you see me
jumping up and down

waving my arms
in the air?

I just thought
you were happy.
Me, too.

You're an idiot!

Which one of us
are you talking to?

Listen to me,
he did

incredibly well
on TV tonight.

We got to put another
poll in the field.

We know.

There's a difference

between a governor
and a President.

SAM:
Yes.
JOEY:
1,170 people

in Michigan won't give you
a good sample.

This is a lot like
DuPont Circle.

We're there already, Jo.

I was stuck out
in the rain.

Put the poll in the field.

JOSH:
The hotel's up on the right.

DONNA:
What's mifepristone?

JOSH:
A pill that'll abort
a pregnancy up to 49 days.

Mifepristone
is RU-486?
Yes.

And the FDA's
approving it?
Yes.

* Hallelujah. *

See, I think
you're thinking

that somehow this pill means
"more sex for you."

No. I'm thinking it's
a terrific medical
advancement for women.

You didn't think
I'd be for it?

Of course you're for it.

I'm for it, the President's
for it, everybody's for it--

just not on Monday.

Why not?

A) It'll get folded
into our news cycle

when we want it to ourselves

B) it will gives pro-lifers
something to scream about

and C) it'll look like
the campaign screwed up

so the press will write
a process story

instead of writing
about our issues.

Isn't this one
of our issues?

Not on Monday.

I'm checking in.

Sure. I'll get the bags.

( loud rock music playing )

What do you need?

Absolut martini
on the rocks.

Olives?
Thank you.

Is it always
this crowded in here?

Only when the
circus is in town.

Toby Ziegler,
what'd you bring me?

M&Ms from Air
Force One, Lois.

Thank you.

Jack Daniels?

Yes, please.

Did you, uh...

I read it, yes.

It was just to demonstrate
that an apology can work.

He's not going to apologize.

What about the rest
of the speech?

We're starting over.

Toby, if he doesn't
apologize on Monday

we're going to spend the next
15 months being asked why.

Then when he does, it's
going to be because he had to.

There are moments,
and when they're missed...

I've done this before.

Like Haiti.

Don't talk about
military strategy

in a conversation
like this.

I'm just saying
if the table had been set right

and he'd been able to invade...

You want to speak up;
I'm not sure

the entire White House
Press Corps heard you.

Toby, Jack Daniels.

Thank you.

LOIS:
You guys friends?

Yeah.

Is he in?

MARGARET:
He's waiting for you.

Hey.
Joey's putting
a poll in the field

first thing
in the morning.

Good. That first poll was bogus,
and I'll tell you why.

1,170 people in Michigan
can't poss...

Leo, Leo, we-we've
been through this.

All right, well, good.

Where's the President?

In the residence.

How's the First Lady?

You know, I think
with everything

on our plates,
we don't need

to be marriage counselors
right now.

No, we should

'cause you and I would
be really good at it.

Excuse me.

They're ready?
Yeah.

Here we go.

PILOT #1 ( over radio ):
Cobra 2, copy.

PILOT #2:
Cobra 2. What's your position?

PILOT #1 ( over radio ):
Raven, Cobra 1 is Charlie.

PILOT #2:
Raven, Cobra 2 is Charlie.

COMMAND:
Copy. Cobra 1, Cobra 2,
you are go for mission status.

Leo, we'll hear Rattner
from Port-au-Prince

completing each phase
of the operation.

Where are we?

Both Cobras are in position.

PILOT #3:
Raven, Dragon is Delta.

Copy. Dragon, you are go
for Operation Swift Fury.

How long does it take?

They'll start taking
personnel in 40 seconds.

They ready the two pairs of
Cobras over Bazan's troops

to secure the landing.

Then we pick up the 53
Americans and Dessaline...

And haul ass to Paris?

Yeah.

How you doing?

Not bad.

How about you?

Not bad. Wish I could've
been at the funeral.

You had your hands full.

I was proud of our boy.

Yeah.

How's the First
Lady doing?

Let's not do that
right now, hmm?

Yeah.

This silence makes me crazy.

Come on.

PILOT #3:
Raven, Dragon has
all personnel secured.

Dragon is lifting to Paris.

COMMAND:
Copy. Dragon is lifting
to Paris; Dragon is away.

( cheering )
( popping sound )

PILOT #1:
Raven, Cobra 1's taking fire
from...

It's from across...

It's from inside the building
across the embassy.

Engaging. I'm hit.

Raven, Cobra 2.
Cobra 1's taken some fire.

Smoke's coming from the tail.

He's hit in the cockpit.

COMMAND:
Cobra 1, what is your status?

Raven, Cobra 1.
I've got some injuries.

Copy that. Cobra 1, can you
make it back to Paris?

Yeah, we're going to try.

Raven, Cobra 2.

I'm engaged with a squad
of HNP troops

with several light machine guns.

Engaging with 20-millimeter
and 2.75 rockets.

Raven, Cobra 2.

Target neutralized.

Returning to Paris.

Copy that.

All right.

Well, we're in it now.

* Oh, I'd like to know where *

( over stereo ):
* You got the notion

* Well, I'd like to know where

* You got the notion

* Rock the boat

* Don't rock the boat, baby *

* Rock the boat

* Don't tip the boat over *

* Rock the boat

* Don't rock the boat, baby *

* Rock the boat...

Our hotel is located
just a few miles

from the site
of John Goffe's mill.

"Hunter John, as he was called,
was granted the land

"as a reward for his services

to the colony in the French
and Indian Wars."

Let me tell you something.

We don't do that
enough anymore.

"I seek reelection
to the presidency

"not because of its glories

but because of its
difficulties."

"Challenges," right?

"Challenge" is
better than
"difficulties."

Yes. "Later in life, he built
the water-powered grist mill

"with his son,
Colonel John Goffe

and his grandson,
Major John Goffe."

The Goffes.

Is "challenges" going
to make us think

one of the difficulties
is that he's got MS?

It makes us think
he's up for a challenge.

I agree.

C.J.
Yeah.

You want
to play some pool?

I don't know
how to play pool.

Then you want
to play for money?

Sure.

What are you doing?

I'm drawing inspiration

from the strength
of the Goffe family.

The descendants of Hunter John
have been owners and operators

of the Goffe family mill for
more than two centuries now.

"In 1845, when Theodore 'Ody'
Goffe was the proprietor

the mill burned to the ground."

Well, that totally blows.

REPORTERS:
C.J....

Again, I can tell you
that the operation was launched

from the deck
of the USS Enterprise

about 60 miles off the coast
of Haiti.

If you need more details
about troops and equipment

I'm going to have to refer you
to the Pentagon.

REPORTERS:
C.J....

CARL:
Getting back to last night
for a second

the President was briefed
on the evacuation

after the
press conference?
That's right.

Can you talk about
his state of mind?

His state of mind was
he's Commander in Chief.

MARK:
I think the question was

was he physically and
emotionally prepared

to make a life-
and-death decision

after what he'd
just been through?

He'd been through a TV interview
and a press conference.

The President finds
you all annoying

but not prohibitively
debilitating.

REPORTERS:
C.J...
Chris.

The President had just announced

a life-threatening illness
from the American people...

The President's MS
isn't life-threatening...

So, it had no effect...

...and there was no plot. Steve?

C.J., when did the President
tell you about his condition?

I'm sorry?
When did...

He told me a week ago.

CHRIS:
Did the President
tell you himself?

No. Leo McGarry told me.

Why didn't the President
tell you?

Because Leo McGarry told me.

KATIE:
C.J., could you describe

your relationship
with the President?

Just good friends, Katie.

How's she's doing?

It's getting away
from her a little.

They're making
her the story.

Yeah. Listen, I wanted
to ask you about something.

Yes?

The Justice Department
needs another $30 million

to fund its suit against
the tobacco companies

and we want them to have it.

The Appropriations Subcommittee
on Commerce, State and Justice

handles that money and they
won't bring it to a vote.

Kalmbach's the chairman?

Yeah. Now I wanted
to turn the heat up

and issue a release.

Incendiary?

Yeah. It calls them
well-fed members

lining their campaign war chests

and being complicit
in hundreds of thousands

of negligent homicides.

Nice.

We didn't send the
release out yesterday

because of the
MS announcement

and Mrs. Landingham

but in a day or two,
I want to leak it.

What do you think?

Yeah, that's really stupid.

Why?

Because offense
makes people play defense.

I'm raising the profile
to bring public opinion

down on him, play
defense with that.

Congress appropriates the money.

You're not going to get it
by pissing off

the appropriators.

Watch me.

Thanks for asking
for my opinion.

No sweat.

I'm not answering that.

CARL:
That's because
you don't know or because...

Because I don't believe
that has anything to do...

Let's get away
from it all.

...with the President sharing
that health information

with the general public.

Hang on. You need
to be able to distinguish

between the things
we're supposed to know

and the things we're supposed
to know and you don't.

The Pentagon briefing's
scheduled

for 3:00 this afternoon.

I'll keep you posted
on the changes.

Leo talked to me, you know.

Hmm?

I said Leo talked to me.

Yeah?

Yeah.

About what?

Your shot.

Strategically, I felt that
was the wise thing to do.

Leo talked to me.

I... I know what you're
thinking about doing.

Good morning, Mr. President.

Good morning,
Mr. President.

We're talking about
a display of force?

Yes, sir. Bazan
sees what he's up against.

And what
is he up against?

We can buzz
Port-au-Prince

with an Alpha-strike
formation.

Five F-18 fighters.

It'll get
his attention.

Isn't it possible

they could shoot
at us again?

We'll fly an
E-2 Hawkeye

with a radar dome.

It picks up weapons signals?

Yes, sir. We'd know
before the formation

reached Port-au-Prince
if they were in danger.

Peter...

State's exploring
the effectiveness

of immediate sanctions?

Yeah, we're
exploring it

but we've been
down that road

with Haiti before.

JOSH:
With terrible results

that hurt the wrong people.

NANCY:
And not to pile it on,
Mr. President,
but we have reports

of 12 separate incidents
of cutters

intercepting Haitians
off the Florida Keys.

If we stretch out
the resolution...

We'll have a refugee crisis.

Guantanamo Bay.

All right, let's
start here.

Nancy, Peter, get a message

to the Canadian
Prime Minister.

We intend to
restore Dessaline.

The Canadians
should tell Bazan

if he doesn't
move out

we're willing
to move forward

with military options.

In the meantime

I'm willing to
consider the fly-by.

If the fly-by
doesn't work?

( sighs )

Now you're just
bugging me.

That's all.

ALL:
Thank you, Mr. President.

Sir?

Yeah?

We should bear in mind

that if we end up
invading Haiti

there'll be
a belief...

That it was
politically motivated.

Yeah, that
at the very least

we welcomed an opportunity

both to distract attention
from the MS story

and to show strength
as Commander in Chief.

You think it's a sign
of strength to invade Haiti?

I meant...
Missouri could
invade Haiti.

Yes.

Sanctions aren't
going to work--

you said it yourself.

The Haitian National Police

will get rich
off the contraband.

Dessaline was
democratically elected

and instead of sitting
in his office

he's sitting on
the USS Enterprise

to say nothing
of the fact

that they shot at us and
you don't get to do that.

Sir.
I'm late.

Everybody's tired.

You know,
at some point

we're going to have to check
the First Lady's temperature.

Okay, you first.

Yeah.

On Haiti, tell
your people

to be careful with
public posture

not to say or do anything
that could taint
any of the options.

Nobody wants to invade.

Nobody wants
to contemplate invading

till we've exhausted
diplomatic options.

Yeah.

TOBY:
Charlie...

Yeah.

You want to play?

Aren't you supposed
to be writing?

I am writing.

I don't see paper.

"We can sit back and admit
with grave sensitivity

"that life isn't fair
and the less-advantaged

"are destined to
their lot in life

"and the problems of those

"on the other side of the
world should stay there

"and our leaders
are cynical

"and can never be an
instrument of change

"but that, my friends,
is not worthy of you.

"It's not worthy
of a president.

"It's not worthy
of a great nation.

It's not worthy
of America."

Paper's for wimps.

Want to play?

No.

I understand if it's
'cause you're scared.

I'm not.

I'm saying, if you're
scared chicken, I understand.

You got 20 bucks?

Yep.

Put it on the table.

I'll give you the break.

You give me the break

you're not going
to need that stick.

Charlie.
Yeah.

Can I see you
for a second?

Today the President

is going to direct
the Attorney General

to appoint
a special prosecutor.

Yes, sir.

You know what
that means, right?
Yeah.

Okay, so you're going
to need a lawyer.

Actually, Mr. Babish, I
don't think I need one.

You do.

I think I'll
be fine.

Really?
Yeah.

He's going to ask you
about everything you have seen

and heard since you started
working at the White House.

I can answer
those questions truthfully.

Then he's going to call you back
a month later

and ask you
the exact same questions.

If your answers change
even a little

they can prosecute you
for perjury.

Mr. Babish...

Oliver's fine.

Are you prepared to describe
every conversation

you ever had
with the President?

Whether he asked you
for an aspirin?

Whether his hands quivered?

Are you prepared
to answer questions

about your relationship

with his
youngest daughter?

This is NFL football.

When is this all going
to happen?

I don't know.

How can you not know?

Because grand jury

investigations are secret.

So they can just knock
on my door one morning?

They will knock
on your door one morning.

How much?

You know, how much do you think?

Assuming you did nothing wrong,
saw nothing wrong

and heard
nothing wrong

about $100,000.

Nice game.

It was fun to watch.

I'll see you later.

Charlie...

Yeah?

The President
and the First Lady...

Toby...

Sorry.
Man.

No...
I can't do the job
if he thinks

he's got to send me
out of the room every time...

No, you're right.
You know what?

Look, it's a
typical marriage.

I've been there.

Well, I haven't,
but he's the President

of the United States,
so my guess is, no

it's probably not
a typical marriage.

I'll see you later.

( edgy alternative rock playing
over stereo )

* This revolution

* Has just begun...

( papers rustling )

I said to you,
I said this--

I said, "Do you want food?"
Yes.

And you said, "No,
I don't want any food."
Yeah.

And now,
you're eating my food.

You'd kind of think
you'd have learned
it by now.

Are you eating the rest
of the sandwich?

Are you?

Where is he?
How you doing?

I don't care.
Where is he?

Leo's on the phone.

What's the problem?

"Our economy may be stronger.

"Yet there are Americans
who work longer

"for less pay
and less dignity.

"Our crops may
feed the world.

"Yet there are children

whose stomachs ache
with the pain of hunger."

Yes, it's midnight
in America.

I'm not sure
you can say

"stomachs ache
with the pain."

CONNIE:
You can,
but it's bad.

Bruno, I ran
into Sam before.

And?

We'll talk tomorrow.

Does anybody know if the
kitchen is still open?

I'm not eating
this potato salad.
I'm eating it.

Bruno...

I know, I know.

"Let us shine a light
on dark places in America

"places where all hope
has been banished

places where our
Founders' dreams are
yet to be redeemed."

And then let us kill ourselves
and move to Pakistan.

Why are people here?

Leo...

I came to the bar
to have some privacy.

Leo, I'm reading things
that would make the cast
of Up With People

sit down on the
floor and cry.

We'll work tomorrow.

What are you two
doing here?

We were...

Tomorrow.

JOSH:
I need to talk to you.

The FDA's going
to approve RU-486.

How do you know?

C.J. had a source.

We're not supposed to
have that information.

The source
was nongovernmental.

Leo, they're doing it
on Monday.

You've confirmed it?

As well as I can.

I've been at it
most of the night.

I'd like to go
through back channels

see if I can
hold them off.

No.

Then I think we have
to consider

postponing
the speech.

I'm going out to see
the President first
thing in the morning.

Let me talk to him.

All right.

All right.

JOEY:
These are hot off the presses.

JOSH:
Early numbers?

JOEY:
Yeah, these are
just preliminary

after the first
16 hours.

"How much faith
and confidence

do you have in
President Bartlet?"

Great Deal: 21%.

Somewhat: 24%.

Only a Little: 15%.

Not at All: 38%.

We got 45%
in the top two boxes.

That's better
than we thought.

"Do you feel he's
physically able

to perform his duties
as President?"

Probably Not and Definitely Not
at 39%.

That number will
go down as we educate

the public to MS.
Yeah, with 25% saying

they don't know.

What's the bottom line?

For an incumbent to have
any chance at all

at this point
in the calendar

he needs 40%.

And if the election
were held today?

41.

41% would reelect him,
37 would elect a new person.

22% don't know.

He's in
the ball game.

I'm going to set up
meetings for tomorrow.

We'll have the final
numbers for this set

and we'll figure out
where to go from here.

Thanks, everybody.

Josh.
Yeah.

Listen, I was talking
to Toby earlier.

Hey, Ginger.

Hey.
Hey.

And I was saying that
actually he hasn't apologized.

What do you mean?

I looked over
the transcript

and he hasn't
apologized.

Yeah, well, I don't
know what to say.

Yeah.

Let me ask
you something.

Yeah.

The release I wrote about
the tobacco appropriation...

Yeah.

What would you think
about my leaking it

to the subcommittee?

I wouldn't do it.

I'm doing it.

Okay.

So you don't think
we're going to get hung

with the apology?
Hang on.

MAN:
Can you talk about
the level of military force

you're going to show Bazan?

It'll be what's called

an Alpha-strike formation
fly-over.

It's five F-18 fighters
and an E-2 Hawkeye.

Steve.
The injured marines--

has the President spoken
to their families or them yet?

The President has expressed
his gratitude and concern

to the Marines
and their families.

Did they express any concern
for the President's health?

No, the President's health
isn't a matter of concern.

The conversation was focused
on the Marines

and their contribution
to our national security.

REPORTERS:
C.J.
C.J.:
Mark.

There are reports
of Coast Guard cutters

intercepting Haitians

off the Florida Keys.

Yeah, they're being considered
economic refugees

and diverted to Guantanamo Bay.

( reporters shouting )

Carl.

Does this mean
that the President

can't afford to spend

his own political
capital right now

by accepting
mass numbers

of refugees?

That's not a factor.

CARL:
Do you think

that the President's
political problems

make it more or less likely
that he will order an invasion?

Again, that's not a factor.

Joan?

I'm sorry, Joan.

C.J., would you say

that the President's situation
makes it harder

for him to focus
on the situation in Haiti?

To be honest with you, Carl,
I think the President's relieved

to be focusing on
something that matters.

Obviously,
what I meant to say was...

Excuse me, did you just say
he was relieved?

Obviously, what I...

( clamoring )

( clamoring continuing )

Toby...

I don't
believe it.

You saw it?

I was standing
right there.

He's relieved
he might have

to send troops
into battle?

He's relieved he might
have to put American lives

at risk and kill
Haitian civilians

because it takes his
mind off of having
lied to the electorate?

( reporters shouting )

C.J...

Just don't say
anything for...!

Just don't say
anything for...

Damn it!

JOEY:
Tobacco.

What about it?

Josh wants
to send the release.

The press release?

Yes. It's incendiary.

Josh is
feeling burned

and he's letting his emotions,
and dare I say ego

drive what I think
is a very delicate
situation...

Hang on.

Holy hell.

"Relieved"?

The President's relieved
to be focusing on Haiti?

I was there.
Isn't this exactly

what we said we had
to be careful of?

What happened?
She was asked
if the President's situation

makes it harder for him
to focus on Haiti.

There was a ramp up.
There was a ramp up
but she was asked...

What did she say?

She said the
President's relieved

to be focusing on
something that matters.

"Relieved"?!

We can argue
that, uh, she just misspoke.

She meant to say the
President realizes

he's focusing on
something that matters.

TOBY:
Or the President
is reiterating

that his focus
is on something...

SAM:
I don't like
"something that matters"

like finding out
the President lied
doesn't matter.

She misspoke
is all we need.

We go back, we say
that she misspoke.

What if he has
to invade?

If he invades Haiti
after what...

It's going to look
like he ordered

a military operation
to cover up...

She goes back.
She was tired.

C.J. doesn't misspeak.

She just did.

If she misspoke,
then why didn't she clean it up

in the briefing room?

I mean, come to think of it

why didn't she clean it up
in the briefing room?

She actually is tired, Leo.
We all are.

Well, why don't we go
with that, Sam?

Let's go out
and say

we're all tired.

The President's tired.

Complications due to MS.

We haven't had
much time...

You had a week.
How much time do you need?

Some of us have had
more time than others.

Margaret...
Yes, sir.

Is he alone?

Yes.

Come up with something.

Good morning,
Mr. McGarry.

You can go on up.

He's out by the pasture.

You live in the
middle of nowhere

you know that?

Awasiwi Odanack.

It's an Abenaki phrase
that means...

BOTH:
Beyond the village.

Yeah.

Good morning,
Mr. President.

You want coffee?

No.

What's happening?

C.J.'s got it from
a nongovernmental source

the FDA's going to announce
their approval of RU-486.

When?

Monday.

Yeah, all right.

Why don't we consider
postponing the speech?

Why?

You've got
laryngitis.

Yeah, no, I mean why?

It'll get wrapped
up in the news.

It'll get wrapped up
in one news cycle.
I don't give a...

Plus, it gives
meat to the right.

Let's the press write
a process story.

Right out of the gate,
the Bartlet campaign

is pandering
and bumbling

and performing abortions
in the Rose Garden.

Screw it, and screw anybody
who writes that story.

Plus, I have a hunch
the first round of subpoenas

will be handed down
this week.

You have a hunch?

Look...
Of course the first round
of subpoenas

will be handed down
this week.

If we announce
in two weeks

that's when the first
round of subpoenas

will be handed down.

Screw it.

It's game time.
Let's go.

This is a nice
piece of land.

It'd be better
without the floodlights

and the metal detectors,
but...

Yeah.

Abbey and the girls
are getting in this morning?

Yeah.

How's everybody doing?

Fine.

What about C.J.?

All right.

Laryngitis?

I don't know.

We could just say I have MS.

Yeah.

Leo...

Yes, sir.

I'm running for reelection

and I'm going to win.