1. India sent troops
to Kashmir's neutral zone.Copy !req
2. - Last night?
- It wasn't ready for press.Copy !req
3. You could have told me.
I flatly denied it.Copy !req
4. - I met with Secret Service agents.
- Why?Copy !req
5. Time to talk about some letters.Copy !req
6. We received two death threats. I think
we're looking for two teenage boys.Copy !req
7. Two politicians are arguing.Copy !req
8. One shouts, "You're lying!" The other
one says, "Yes, but hear me out. "Copy !req
9. - We have time for one more question.
- I didn't answer the last one yet.Copy !req
10. Suzanne, there is an answer,
but you won't like it. You ready?Copy !req
11. The current crop of
18- to 25-year-olds...Copy !req
12. is the most politically apathetic
in American history.Copy !req
13. In 1972, half of that age group voted.
Last election, it was 32 percent.Copy !req
14. Your generation is less likely
than any previous one...Copy !req
15. to contact public officials, attend
rallies or work on campaigns.Copy !req
16. A man once said this: "Decisions
are made by those who show up. "Copy !req
17. Are we failing you, or are you
failing us? A little of both.Copy !req
18. A guy showed me a report...Copy !req
19. We're moments away.
I'm going to get the door.Copy !req
20. 61 percent of you agree with the
statement, "Politicians...Copy !req
21. failed my generation. "Copy !req
22. When asked how older generations
see you, you said:Copy !req
23. "Lazy and unfocused. "Copy !req
24. - What source?
- The Center for Policy Alternatives.Copy !req
25. C.J. will have copies.Copy !req
26. "... determined and independent. "Copy !req
27. I want to continue, but there was
some debate among my staff...Copy !req
28. if I should take off my jacket
or not.Copy !req
29. Some thought it would fit
with the folksy atmosphere.Copy !req
30. Others thought it not presidential.
Read nothing into it...Copy !req
31. other than I've been talking for
two hours under these hot lights.Copy !req
32. Thank you.Copy !req
33. All that ambition doesn't translate
into political action.Copy !req
34. - Where's Toby?
- Why?Copy !req
35. - He's got a phone call.
- From who?Copy !req
36. - Peter Jobson.
- Give it to me.Copy !req
37. And the benefits are going
more and more to the elderly and...Copy !req
38. Thank you.Copy !req
39. Toby.Copy !req
40. Josh.Copy !req
41. Leo.Copy !req
42. What's that?Copy !req
43. - The signal.
- Thought it was for the other thing.Copy !req
44. - It's for this thing now.
- When did that happen?Copy !req
45. Who cares? It's for this now.Copy !req
46. - We're totally out of the woods?
- Go tell the president.Copy !req
47. Entitlement payments will crowd out
investment in infrastructure...Copy !req
48. and education, to say nothing
of general quality of life.Copy !req
49. So college students today
are faced with...Copy !req
50. - Follow me.
- What?Copy !req
51. I have a...Copy !req
52. - I have a tip.
- You do?Copy !req
53. Yes, and I'm going to give it
to you before the others.Copy !req
54. Are we being watched right now?Copy !req
55. - No.
- Why talk this way?Copy !req
56. - I have news.
- What?Copy !req
57. Acknowledge I'm doing a nice thing.Copy !req
58. - What's the news?
- A peace offering of sorts...Copy !req
59. - What news?
- Call your science editor.Copy !req
60. It's about the space shuttle Columbia.Copy !req
61. Generation X advocacy group
Third Millennium...Copy !req
62. 53 percent of
18- to 25-year-olds believe...Copy !req
63. the soap opera General Hospital
will outlast Medicare.Copy !req
64. This, from a generation convinced...Copy !req
65. the generation before them
has ransomed its future.Copy !req
66. That's why my daughter Zoey
is always mad at me.Copy !req
67. This is the part where Zoey tries
to hide under a seat.Copy !req
68. Don't worry, sweetie. I'll bring out
the baby pictures any second.Copy !req
69. - Gina! Straight to the car.
- He's not working the rope line?Copy !req
70. He wants to watch softball.Copy !req
71. - They show softball on TV?
- Yeah.Copy !req
72. - The president watches it?
- He likes to unwind watching sports.Copy !req
73. - Softball?
- Whatever's on.Copy !req
74. It was the first time anyone
wrote it down.Copy !req
75. - Did you hear that? He used it.
- Yeah.Copy !req
76. - He used what I told him about.
- Yeah.Copy !req
77. - You were right.
- What do you mean?Copy !req
78. - It doesn't go away.
- Class dismissed.Copy !req
79. God bless you, and God bless America.Copy !req
80. Here we go.Copy !req
81. He's not working the rope line, Mike.
Straight to the car.Copy !req
82. I've got Bookbag.Copy !req
83. Baby pictures he's heckling me with,
and Visa card bills.Copy !req
84. He's walking the rope line.
Ever a chance he'll walk past a crowd?Copy !req
85. Charlie!Copy !req
86. I saw something.Copy !req
87. By the way, Charlie apologized to me.Copy !req
88. I saw something.Copy !req
89. - What's going on?
- One second, Leo.Copy !req
90. That was the SA-6, right?
Surface-to-air? Thank you.Copy !req
91. In Kuwait, a Nighthawk didn't return.Copy !req
92. - From where?
- A three-hour patrol of the no-fly.Copy !req
93. - Iraq. We have an F-117 down in Iraq.
- Along with a pilot.Copy !req
94. - How much of this is confirmed?
- None of it.Copy !req
95. - How much time?
- Ten minutes.Copy !req
96. - Ten, then I'll bring the president.
- Confirm in 10.Copy !req
97. If the event's over by 10,
I can be back here at 11.Copy !req
98. - That means?
- You can watch girls' softball.Copy !req
99. - Did you just snicker?
- No, sir.Copy !req
100. You did. When you said,
"girls' softball," you snickered.Copy !req
101. - No, sir.
- Yes. As if to say...Copy !req
102. something was wrong in my
wanting to see a girls' softball game.Copy !req
103. - You seem excited.
- They're ready, Mr. President.Copy !req
104. Thanks, Phil. I am excited.Copy !req
105. At the end of a long day, you sit back
and watch sports. It's what men do.Copy !req
106. - They watch girls' softball?
- When it's what's on.Copy !req
107. It's that or cricket.
I'm an educated man...Copy !req
108. but when someone explains cricket,
I want to hit them with a teapot!Copy !req
109. - Morning.
- Morning.Copy !req
110. So, softball. Sacramento State
vs. University of the Pacific.Copy !req
111. - A clash of titans.
- Don't spoil my fun.Copy !req
112. I'll get to the end of the day, sit...Copy !req
113. - And watch girls' softball.
- That's right.Copy !req
114. - Morning, sir.
- Hey, Steve. Mikey.Copy !req
115. - Have I gotten any names right?
- No, but you came close.Copy !req
116. - Morning.
- Morning, everyone!Copy !req
117. Let's get right to it. It's a
town hall meeting broadcast live.Copy !req
118. For rehearsal, Carol will moderate.
She'll be to your right.Copy !req
119. - You'll have water and a glass.
- I speak facing the audience, right?Copy !req
120. How do I know? I've done it
2 to 300,000 times before.Copy !req
121. - Why didn't Columbia land?
- Sir?Copy !req
122. The shuttle didn't land.Copy !req
123. - I don't know.
- Ask Toby.Copy !req
124. - Why would Toby know?
- His brother's on that flight.Copy !req
125. - A payload specialist.
- I didn't know.Copy !req
126. He's up there with four
Japanese newts.Copy !req
127. He wants to see how absence
of gravity affects their inner ears.Copy !req
128. - Know what he calls them?
- Astro-newts?Copy !req
129. Exactly.
Ask him why it didn't land.Copy !req
130. - Here we go!
- Mr. President, the first question...Copy !req
131. Sorry. C.J., you say I have a pitcher
of water and a drinking glass.Copy !req
132. And the water gets into the glass how?Copy !req
133. It'll go like this:Copy !req
134. "Your administration has pursued
a policy of what?"Copy !req
135. "Constructive engagement
toward China, a Communist country...Copy !req
136. that has imprisoned dissidents?
Oppressed its blah, blah, blah.Copy !req
137. But your administration
has refused to engage Cuba.Copy !req
138. - Why the double standard?"
- Interesting.Copy !req
139. Thanks. We need an answer on Cuba
and we need an answer on farm loans.Copy !req
140. - Students won't ask about Cuba.
- Faculty will.Copy !req
141. I didn't know you had
a brother on the space shuttle.Copy !req
142. - I didn't know you had a brother.
- I do.Copy !req
143. Know why the shuttle didn't land?Copy !req
144. Did you know the shuttle
was meant to land and didn't?Copy !req
145. Something going on on the shuttle?Copy !req
146. - I'll find out.
- Thanks.Copy !req
147. - And write me an answer on Cuba.
- Okay.Copy !req
148. Did you get me a meeting
with the vice president?Copy !req
149. - You won't be happy.
- Jogging!Copy !req
150. - Yes.
- We couldn't just sit in chairs?Copy !req
151. It's the only time he could see you.Copy !req
152. Order pasta. Nothing like a meeting
you gotta carb up for.Copy !req
153. - You should be at town hall prep.
- I'm going.Copy !req
154. They started 10 minutes ago.Copy !req
155. - Where's my chair?
- Let's go.Copy !req
156. - Where's my chair?
- What chair?Copy !req
157. - The chair I sit in.
- It's at the shop.Copy !req
158. - Shop?
- You said a wheel wobbled.Copy !req
159. You call maintenance
for a screwdriver.Copy !req
160. - I sent it to the shop.
- We have one?Copy !req
161. It's not so much a shop
as it is my friend Curtis.Copy !req
162. - He's fixing my chair?
- I'm throwing him some work.Copy !req
163. How much is he charging
the federal government?Copy !req
164. - He said he'd have to look at the job.
- At his shop.Copy !req
165. More than 40 million Americans lack
insurance, most of them children.Copy !req
166. In the first year of your presidency,
you proposed no new solution.Copy !req
167. Can we expect action, or will your
administration nibble at the edges?Copy !req
168. - I wouldn't say we've nibbled.
- Don't repeat. It'll be a sound bite.Copy !req
169. If we don't have a solution, at least
we can acknowledge the problem.Copy !req
170. I agree that too many Americans don't
have the health care they deserve.Copy !req
171. It's intolerable that most are
children. We can and must do more.Copy !req
172. - Sir?
- Hang on. Now can I blame Congress?Copy !req
173. Knock yourself out.Copy !req
174. Mr. President, I need you
in the Situation Room.Copy !req
175. - Mr. President.
- Is the pilot alive?Copy !req
176. He had an ejector seat on board.Copy !req
177. Aegis systems on the North Dakota...Copy !req
178. picked up a tracking signal
in the Fao peninsula.Copy !req
179. - The middle of nowhere.
- Who's out there?Copy !req
180. - The Iraqi R.G. will patrol the area.
- Somebody's within 10 miles of him.Copy !req
181. Our guy is 10 miles from the
Iraqi Republican Guard?Copy !req
182. - It's whoever gets there first.
- You got a rescue scenario?Copy !req
183. The 16th Special Operations Group
out of Hurlburt Field.Copy !req
184. - They use the Pave Hawks?
- And the MH-53J.Copy !req
185. These specially-equipped helicopters
fly treetop altitude at 180 knots.Copy !req
186. Can I suggest, rather than
a military rescue plan...?Copy !req
187. - Please.
- A call to Ambassador...Copy !req
188. - You want to check with the embassy?
- Three hours on diplomatic solutions...Copy !req
189. How about I drop you and your
American warplane...Copy !req
190. in the middle of a desert?Copy !req
191. Then tell me if we have time to find a
diplomatic solution before we get you.Copy !req
192. - What's his name?
- I'm sorry, sir?Copy !req
193. - The pilot. What's his name?
- Captain Scott Hotchkiss.Copy !req
194. - Where's he from?
- Rhode Island.Copy !req
195. - How old is he?
- Twenty-six.Copy !req
196. Rob told me last week
the Iraqi government...Copy !req
197. has put out a bounty,
the equivalent of $14,000...Copy !req
198. for any American plane shot down
or any American soldier captured.Copy !req
199. - He was patrolling the no-fly zone?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
200. - He had not engaged.
- No, sir.Copy !req
201. Phil, if it ends up Fitzwallace
has to call this kid's parents...Copy !req
202. I swear to God,
I'm invading Baghdad.Copy !req
203. - Get him back.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
204. - Yeah?
- Oh, C.J.Copy !req
205. Iraqis shot down a Nighthawk
in the no-fly zone.Copy !req
206. - Is the pilot alive?
- Yes.Copy !req
207. He's caught between
Republican Guard divisions.Copy !req
208. - Pentagon team's coming to brief you.
- Is there a rescue mission?Copy !req
209. The president gave the order
an hour ago.Copy !req
210. If Iraq shot down an F-117,
they'll want to tell the world.Copy !req
211. The press will have the news before
you've finished whatever you're doing.Copy !req
212. A problem when conducting a covert
mission in the age of instant news.Copy !req
213. - Understand what I'm telling you?
- Yes.Copy !req
214. Because there was a problem
a few months ago with India-Pakistan.Copy !req
215. You were uncomfortable
lying to the press.Copy !req
216. I wasn't lying to them. You lied to
me, which made me look like an idiot.Copy !req
217. Well, I'm not lying to you now.Copy !req
218. Four MH-53J Pave Lows with guys
from the 16th Special Ops...Copy !req
219. are out flying under radar.Copy !req
220. We'll pay a price
for misleading the press.Copy !req
221. - I don't care.
- I understand.Copy !req
222. - An F-117?
- You should go to your briefing.Copy !req
223. - An F-117's a Stealth Fighter?
- Yeah.Copy !req
224. We'll be talking about
how they shot one down?Copy !req
225. - That's for sure.
- I set a meeting with Hoynes.Copy !req
226. - When?
- In an hour. We're jogging.Copy !req
227. Listen. Don't tell him why it's bad
for us. Tell him why it's bad for him.Copy !req
228. - Don't worry about the meeting.
- See me after.Copy !req
229. - An F-117?
- Yeah.Copy !req
230. - A Stealth Fighter?
- Yes.Copy !req
231. - How was it seen?
- I'm sure they're looking into it.Copy !req
232. In its defense, it is a generation
behind the B2 Spirit.Copy !req
233. A Stealth Fighter should be stealthy,
or we should call it something else.Copy !req
234. - Hello.
- Hi.Copy !req
235. One of the payload bay doors
would not close.Copy !req
236. - I'm sorry?
- Specifically, the starboard door.Copy !req
237. - If your ass isn't off my desk, stat...
- This is his fourth shuttle mission.Copy !req
238. Dr. David Ziegler holds degrees
in physiology and biology.Copy !req
239. - I know more about him than about you.
- A door wouldn't close?Copy !req
240. The mission commander at NASA,
Peter Jobson...Copy !req
241. said a power unit jammed.
They need to fix it.Copy !req
242. - They didn't wanna land till morning.
- It's morning on the shuttle.Copy !req
243. - At Edwards.
- It's morning now.Copy !req
244. EVA's taking them a little time.Copy !req
245. Well, it's a red-letter day
for U.S. aviation, isn't it?Copy !req
246. Jobson was calm.
Said it's a minor problem.Copy !req
247. C.J. will need the briefing room.Copy !req
248. Let's move prep
when the president's free.Copy !req
249. We're working out an answer on Cuba.Copy !req
250. - Also on teachers.
- Okay. Sam?Copy !req
251. Keep in touch with Peter Jobson.
Let me know when it lands, would you?Copy !req
252. Yeah.Copy !req
253. - Toby?
- Yeah?Copy !req
254. - CNN's got the Nighthawk.
- Thank you.Copy !req
255. The S & I industry was deregulated
by a Democratic Congress...Copy !req
256. flooded with S & I donations,
a banking industry disaster...Copy !req
257. that cost $500 billion.Copy !req
258. - The point?
- We're no better with money.Copy !req
259. Most Democratic Party soft money...Copy !req
260. is from corporations,
not labor unions.Copy !req
261. Over 100 businesses gave both parties
more than $125,000 last election.Copy !req
262. Gave it to both parties!Copy !req
263. That isn't free speech, or political
values, Mr. Vice President.Copy !req
264. I don't know how,
but we've legalized bribery.Copy !req
265. We've got two corporate parties,
one pro-life, one pro-choice.Copy !req
266. When I said, "What's your point?"
I meant, "What's your point?"Copy !req
267. We've noticed an increase
in racquetball and poker games...Copy !req
268. with Democratic opponents
of campaign finance reform.Copy !req
269. There are many Democrats against
finance reform in Washington.Copy !req
270. - Can we stop running a second?
- Yeah.Copy !req
271. You're backing the wrong horse.
You read the same polls I do.Copy !req
272. The president's gone up
nine points in three weeks.Copy !req
273. Fifty-one percent job approval.Copy !req
274. On TV tonight,
he'll pick up five more.Copy !req
275. That's 56 percent and a 14-point bump
in a month. That's daunting... Hang on.Copy !req
276. If we bring this pilot back alive,
that's 10 points.Copy !req
277. And we have a rating in the 60s.Copy !req
278. Now Democratic congressmen are paying
to be seen with the president.Copy !req
279. You're looking around the racquetball
court saying, "Where'd everyone go?"Copy !req
280. You've had experience battling Bartlet
when he's right and when he's popular.Copy !req
281. Why would you try it
when he's both at the same time?Copy !req
282. You know something, Josh?
I wonder...Copy !req
283. if I'd listened to you two years
ago, would I be president right now?Copy !req
284. You ever wonder that?Copy !req
285. No, sir. I know it for sure.Copy !req
286. I'm done.
Thank you for your time, sir.Copy !req
287. Good afternoon. A U.S. Air Force F-117
Nighthawk Stealth Fighter aircraft...Copy !req
288. flying a routine patrol from
Al Jabar Air Force Base in Kuwait...Copy !req
289. was shot down over
the southern no-fly zone in Iraq.Copy !req
290. We don't know
the condition of the pilot.Copy !req
291. We know the plane's ACES ll
zero/zero ejector seat was activated.Copy !req
292. General Richmond and General Clancy
will talk more about that.Copy !req
293. - Danny.
- Is a rescue underway?Copy !req
294. Scenarios are being contemplated.
I won't speculate.Copy !req
295. We've spoken with the Iraqis,
seeking a diplomatic solution.Copy !req
296. - There have been no military moves?
- No.Copy !req
297. - Chris.
- Walk us through...Copy !req
298. To tag Congress as obstructionist,
you have to list your accomplishments.Copy !req
299. Expanding coverage for poor children.
Making health care portable.Copy !req
300. Also list this year's agenda.Copy !req
301. - You know what's hard, C.J.?
- Sir?Copy !req
302. I'm rehearsing without the pitcher
and the glass, and it's weird.Copy !req
303. - What if he takes his jacket off?
- No. It'll look staged.Copy !req
304. - Not if he does it right.
- What, throw it over his shoulder?Copy !req
305. Maybe.Copy !req
306. - Can we get him wired?
- No.Copy !req
307. With the mike, stool and jacket...Copy !req
308. I can do the meeting
and then a couple of sets at the Copa.Copy !req
309. - Hey.
- My musical director, Zoey Bartlet.Copy !req
310. - Working?
- Deciding if I take my jacket off.Copy !req
311. - Know what I think?
- I couldn't care less.Copy !req
312. - Come with us tonight.
- I was... Dad, are you sweating?Copy !req
313. - I'm fine.
- Are you sure?Copy !req
314. You took your pills?
Fine. Go ahead, collapse.Copy !req
315. Are you channeling Mom?
Come to Virginia tonight.Copy !req
316. - I can watch on TV.
- It's not like being there.Copy !req
317. You'll talk about me
and my face will turn red.Copy !req
318. - It's just gonna be awful.
- Bonus. Then it's settled.Copy !req
319. Charlie wanted
to say something during prep.Copy !req
320. - I'm going to see Mom.
- You'll come?Copy !req
321. - Yeah.
- Thanks.Copy !req
322. All right, everyone, we're done.
Thanks.Copy !req
323. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
324. - You wanted to mention something?
- I'm sorry?Copy !req
325. - Something to mention.
- No, sir.Copy !req
326. - You sure?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
327. There was just
a misunderstanding.Copy !req
328. I was thinking it might not be a bad
idea to have a signal worked out.Copy !req
329. For what?Copy !req
330. Good news about the pilot
if it comes while you're on TV.Copy !req
331. - What kind of signal?
- Something like this:Copy !req
332. - Just very subtle, very simple.
- What is that?Copy !req
333. It's departure.
It's a safe departure.Copy !req
334. - Want a different one?
- That one's good.Copy !req
335. - Should I spread it around?
- It'll get around by itself.Copy !req
336. But if you want to help, that's okay.Copy !req
337. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
338. Hey, Josh.Copy !req
339. - What's going on?
- I just talked to Hoynes.Copy !req
340. - Is he in?
- He's on board. You did a good job.Copy !req
341. Good.Copy !req
342. Josh. Did you happen to say...Copy !req
343. that if Scott Hotchkiss comes back
alive, there'll be a 10-point bump?Copy !req
344. I did.Copy !req
345. I gotta tell you, if the president
heard that, he'd be out of his skin.Copy !req
346. Don't do that, even in private.
The guy's been blown out of the sky.Copy !req
347. He could be injured. For sure,
he's in a desert with no water.Copy !req
348. We're not the only ones
looking for him.Copy !req
349. If they get him, and all he gives them
is name, rank and serial number...Copy !req
350. they'll beat him.
They're gonna torture him.Copy !req
351. Not to mention 80 guys who'll get shot
at if they're picked up below radar.Copy !req
352. You're right.Copy !req
353. The president's joked around, but
he's living and dying with each hour.Copy !req
354. He'd be offended to know you
discussed a political upside.Copy !req
355. As a guy who flew planes in the war,
I was offended too.Copy !req
356. Yes, sir.Copy !req
357. - Okay.
- Okay.Copy !req
358. You did good.
But you can be a person.Copy !req
359. - I apologize.
- Your apology's accepted.Copy !req
360. What are you doing?Copy !req
361. - It looked like you wanted to hug me.
- Man, did you read that wrong.Copy !req
362. Okay.Copy !req
363. Sam was here before.
We've got some kind of signal?Copy !req
364. For if we know something
during the town hall.Copy !req
365. - It'll be days. What's the signal?
- It's this here:Copy !req
366. - What's that?
- The signal.Copy !req
367. - Looks like a hip-hop gesture.
- It's a plane taking off.Copy !req
368. - Doesn't look like a plane taking off.
- This is bad, this is good:Copy !req
369. - I got it.
- You don't have to be a cryptographer.Copy !req
370. I really do apologize.Copy !req
371. Thank you.Copy !req
372. - Zoey, can I talk to you in here?
- Yeah.Copy !req
373. - I wish you hadn't done that.
- You chickened out.Copy !req
374. I didn't. It's inappropriate.Copy !req
375. I don't have the same relationship
with your father that you have.Copy !req
376. It's not out of line
to put your two cents in.Copy !req
377. - We're using your office...Copy !req
378. Keep fighting.
I just need to find something.Copy !req
379. I wasn't out of line to stick up
for you. You were chicken.Copy !req
380. I work in a building with
the smartest people in the world.Copy !req
381. Donna!Copy !req
382. - Hi.
- How you doing?Copy !req
383. We should get something temporary,
so that won't happen.Copy !req
384. - I wish you wouldn't do that anymore.
- Okay, but you're wrong.Copy !req
385. I'll see you later.Copy !req
386. Come in.
What do you know?Copy !req
387. - Listen...
- Sam?Copy !req
388. No, it's not... Cathy's getting
Peter Jobson on the phone.Copy !req
389. - He'll tell you about this.
- Sam?Copy !req
390. There was a screwup
when they closed the door.Copy !req
391. They did a manual winch op,
disconnecting the motor from the door.Copy !req
392. As a result of that or something else,
the two OMS engines are failing.Copy !req
393. OMS is
the Orbital Maneuvering Systems.Copy !req
394. - Do you know if they have primary RCS?
- That's what they're trying now.Copy !req
395. If it were at a certain level,
they'd call the president.Copy !req
396. - Yeah.
- Seriously.Copy !req
397. Anyway, Cathy's getting Peter Jobson.Copy !req
398. Before, when you first asked me...Copy !req
399. the reason I reacted
the way I did...Copy !req
400. I was just embarrassed,
'cause honestly...Copy !req
401. I forgot he was up there.Copy !req
402. They switched his mission order around
a few times, and I lost track.Copy !req
403. Toby, Peter Jobson's on 05.Copy !req
404. Thank you.Copy !req
405. Admiral Fitzwallace phoned.
He's on his way over.Copy !req
406. - Would you like anything?
- No, thanks.Copy !req
407. What was Zoey talking about before?Copy !req
408. - It was nothing, sir.
- What was it?Copy !req
409. There's a report that's been
sitting on your desk for a few weeks.Copy !req
410. - It has?
- My desk, really. So I was reading it.Copy !req
411. In prep, you've been
having discussions...Copy !req
412. about youth participation
in politics.Copy !req
413. What's the report?Copy !req
414. It's from the Center
for Policy Alternatives.Copy !req
415. Some things in it hit home.
I mentioned it to Zoey.Copy !req
416. - Mr. President, Chairman Fitzwallace.
- Thank you.Copy !req
417. Charlie, put it in my briefcase.Copy !req
418. - Yes, sir.
- Thanks.Copy !req
419. - Charlie. Mr. President.
- Do you have any news?Copy !req
420. I think I will in just a minute.Copy !req
421. They'll put the call through here.
Mind if I wait with you, sir?Copy !req
422. - How are you feeling?
- I feel fine.Copy !req
423. - Yeah?
- Yeah, I feel fine.Copy !req
424. The eagle on the seal
in the carpet...Copy !req
425. He holds arrows in one talon.
An olive branch in the other.Copy !req
426. Mostly, the eagle faces
the olive branch.Copy !req
427. But when Congress declares war,
the eagle faces the arrows.Copy !req
428. How do they do that?Copy !req
429. Do you think they've got a second
carpet sitting around in the basement?Copy !req
430. I don't know.Copy !req
431. Maybe this piece in the middle
cuts out.Copy !req
432. - I honestly don't know.
- Chairman?Copy !req
433. - Your call. The blinking light.
- Thanks.Copy !req
434. I'll stop bugging you
in just a minute.Copy !req
435. Yeah?Copy !req
436. Thanks.Copy !req
437. I have Captain Scott Hotchkiss
on the phone.Copy !req
438. He's cleared Iraqi airspace
and he's on his way to Tel Aviv.Copy !req
439. Fitz.Copy !req
440. - Congratulations, sir.
- The kid's okay?Copy !req
441. He's got a sprained ankle.Copy !req
442. Well, that's a job
awfully well done, Mr. Chairman.Copy !req
443. - Thank you.
- I owe you.Copy !req
444. That's not how it works.Copy !req
445. I'll check out that thing
with the carpet.Copy !req
446. - Talk to the pilot.
- Seriously, I'll get you an answer.Copy !req
447. Captain Hotchkiss, this is President
Bartlet. How's your ankle?Copy !req
448. Good. Before you say more,
give me your parents' phone number.Copy !req
449. I never get to make this call.Copy !req
450. Radar officers monitored Hotchkiss...Copy !req
451. as his plane went "feet dry"
south of the 33rd parallel.Copy !req
452. - C.J.
- Katie.Copy !req
453. Did we use Saudi Arabian airspace?
With permission?Copy !req
454. We flew secretly on the way in.
They were told on the way out.Copy !req
455. - Is that when the British were told?
- Yes.Copy !req
456. Folks, it's after 7.
Most of us have to get to Arlington.Copy !req
457. This will all be covered
at the Pentagon briefing...Copy !req
458. which will begin 30 minutes
after our return. That's all for now.Copy !req
459. Excuse me.Copy !req
460. - Nice!
- Congratulations.Copy !req
461. Thought I'd see
"Saudi Arabia" spelled with a Y.Copy !req
462. I can spell better than you think.Copy !req
463. - One I in "Tel Aviv. "
- Okay.Copy !req
464. In the office.Copy !req
465. I did the right thing. Your nose
is out of joint, and I don't care.Copy !req
466. You told me you were working
on a diplomatic...Copy !req
467. Did you think I was gonna fork over
the frequency we're transmitting on?Copy !req
468. You could have said,
"We're not ruling anything out.Copy !req
469. I won't let you
take me down that path. "Copy !req
470. If I misdirected the Iraqis half
a beat, it was absolutely worth it.Copy !req
471. That's a no-brainer. Only 50 people
can't understand why I lied.Copy !req
472. They all work in the White House
press room.Copy !req
473. You didn't have to call on me.
Everyone was gonna ask that.Copy !req
474. You knew what your answer
was gonna be. You called on me.Copy !req
475. Yes, I did.Copy !req
476. You wouldn't do that
to a less supportive journalist?Copy !req
477. - I chose you.
- I'm not staying in the penalty box.Copy !req
478. I've covered the White House
for years.Copy !req
479. With The Washington Post, Time,
and The Dallas Morning News!Copy !req
480. You can't mess me around like this!Copy !req
481. I gotta say, that was a turn-on.
Though I don't know why...Copy !req
482. you were most haughty
on The Dallas Morning News.Copy !req
483. The buses are leaving.Copy !req
484. The buses are leaving.Copy !req
485. - Girls' softball?
- Women's. It'll be great.Copy !req
486. I'm watching a live sports
event tonight.Copy !req
487. And when those teams get together,
it's a barnburner.Copy !req
488. You won't spoil my good time.Copy !req
489. Sir, I think we both know
from experience that's not true.Copy !req
490. You need to be in the car.Copy !req
491. - See me walking out?
- You're arguing with a senior citizen.Copy !req
492. I'm leaving.Copy !req
493. Sam has notes on Cuba and farm loans
I want you to look over in the car.Copy !req
494. All right, I'll be at the car
in just a second. Thank you.Copy !req
495. Toby?Copy !req
496. Toby?Copy !req
497. - Excuse me, Mr. President.
- You can't see them.Copy !req
498. They're over Australia now.
I just spoke to the mission commander.Copy !req
499. They're trying firing an RCS.Copy !req
500. The Reaction Control System.
It's actually 40 separate engines.Copy !req
501. If it doesn't work,
there's 39 other things to try.Copy !req
502. There's redundancy after redundancy
built in.Copy !req
503. For good measure, Atlantis
is warming up on the launch pad.Copy !req
504. It could dock with the Columbia
in two hours. We can do that now.Copy !req
505. The shuttle opens cargo bay doors
after leaving the atmosphere.Copy !req
506. That lets the heat out.Copy !req
507. Once the doors close,
they have a short window...Copy !req
508. to get back before it overheats.Copy !req
509. - They'll open those doors again.
- How?Copy !req
510. Same way they closed them.
With a five-dollar wrench.Copy !req
511. When we're done tonight, you should
fly to Edwards Air Force Base...Copy !req
512. meet it when it lands, stop being
an ass and talk to your brother.Copy !req
513. Mr. President?Copy !req
514. I appreciate your trying to be a
comfort, and that you have...Copy !req
515. some understanding
of the situation with my brother...Copy !req
516. but it was supposed to land
19 hours ago.Copy !req
517. Obviously there's a problem.Copy !req
518. It's space travel, and I don't believe
any problem is minor.Copy !req
519. The shuttle flies itself, Toby.Copy !req
520. No, it doesn't, Mr. President.Copy !req
521. No. It doesn't.Copy !req
522. Thank you very much.
That was a joke about politicians.Copy !req
523. Two politicians are arguing.Copy !req
524. One shouts, "You're lying! " The other
says, "Yes, but hear me out. "Copy !req
525. - We have time for one more question.
- I didn't answer the last one yet.Copy !req
526. We're moments away.
I'm gonna get the door.Copy !req
527. A man once said this: "Decisions
are made by those who show up. "Copy !req
528. Are we failing you, or are you
failing us? A little of both.Copy !req
529. A guy named Charlie Young
showed me a report...Copy !req
530. that said 61 percent of you agree
with the statement:Copy !req
531. "Politicians have
failed my generation. "Copy !req
532. When asked how older generations
see you...Copy !req
533. - What source?
- Center for Policy Alternatives.Copy !req
534. C.J. will have copies.Copy !req
535. "... determined and independent. "Copy !req
536. If I take my jacket off,
will you read nothing into it...Copy !req
537. other than I've been talking for
two hours under these hot lights?Copy !req
538. - Follow me.
- What?Copy !req
539. - Where's Toby?
- Why?Copy !req
540. - He's got a call.
- From?Copy !req
541. - Peter Jobson.
- Give it to me.Copy !req
542. Toby.Copy !req
543. Josh.Copy !req
544. - Gina! Straight to the car.
- He's not working the rope line?Copy !req
545. He wants to watch softball.Copy !req
546. - They show softball on TV?
- Yeah.Copy !req
547. And the president watches it?Copy !req
548. They tell me we're out of time.Copy !req
549. I want to say that this evening I was
called both a liberal and a populist.Copy !req
550. A man in the back called me a socialist.
I hadn't heard that for a while.Copy !req
551. Actually, I'm an economics professor.Copy !req
552. My ancestor, Dr. Josiah Bartlet
was the New Hampshire delegate...Copy !req
553. to the second Continental Congress.
The one that sat in session in 1776...Copy !req
554. and announced that we were no
longer subjects of King George III...Copy !req
555. but rather a self-governing people.Copy !req
556. "We hold these truths self-evident,"
they said.Copy !req
557. "That all men are created equal. "Copy !req
558. Strange, but it was the first time
anyone wrote it down.Copy !req
559. Decisions are made
by those who show up.Copy !req
560. Class dismissed. Thank you.
God bless you, and God bless America!Copy !req
561. Here we go.Copy !req
562. He's not working the rope line, Mike.
Straight to the car.Copy !req
563. I've got Bookbag.Copy !req
564. He used it.
You're looking to thank me.Copy !req
565. You had nothing to do with it.Copy !req
566. - I accept your apology.
- Toby, walk with me.Copy !req
567. - What do you got to say for yourself?
- About what?Copy !req
568. Baby pictures he's
heckling me with, Visa card bills.Copy !req
569. He's walking the rope line.
Ever a chance he'd walk past a crowd?Copy !req
570. Charlie!Copy !req
571. I saw something.Copy !req
572. By the way, Charlie apologized to me.Copy !req
573. I saw something.Copy !req
574. Gun!Copy !req
575. Get down!Copy !req
576. Stay down!Copy !req
577. We got people down! We need help
down here! Keep them down!Copy !req
578. Who's been hit? Who's been hit?Copy !req