1. A woman named Ainsley Hayes.Copy !req
2. "Aimsley?"Copy !req
3. We should hire her.Copy !req
4. Welcome to the White House.Copy !req
5. Your poll says that?Copy !req
6. I said that.Copy !req
7. "Vox populi vox Dei."Copy !req
8. "The voice of the people
is the voice of a dog"?Copy !req
9. The voice of God, Joshua.Copy !req
10. God.Copy !req
11. Yes.Copy !req
12. Hello, pumpkin.Copy !req
13. Abbey?Copy !req
14. Hello, gumdrop.Copy !req
15. Shake my hand.Copy !req
16. We just formed it.Copy !req
17. Formed what?Copy !req
18. The Committee to
Reelect the President.Copy !req
19. We are, by my watch,
six minutes awayCopy !req
20. from President Bartlet's
entranceCopy !req
21. onto the floor
of the House of RepresentativesCopy !req
22. this, his third
State of the Union address.Copy !req
23. We'll hear
the familiar introductionCopy !req
24. from the Doorkeeper
of the House, Edgar Finney.Copy !req
25. Perhaps some people don't knowCopy !req
26. that in order for the President
to address CongressCopy !req
27. he must first receive permission
from the Speaker...Copy !req
28. I'm still here.Copy !req
29. a tradition
that dates back to Parliament.Copy !req
30. All right. Is that a yes?Copy !req
31. Is it a yes?Copy !req
32. Sam.
Give me half a minute.Copy !req
33. Yeah?
Ed.Copy !req
34. Delete "vigorously"
from the first sentence.Copy !req
35. Which paragraph?Copy !req
36. Three, Section Seven.Copy !req
37. We're not going to vigorously
pursue campaign finance reform?Copy !req
38. No, we'll
pursue it regular.Copy !req
39. Not vigorously?Copy !req
40. McGowan says we're fine.
He feels the word "vigorous"
is inflammatory.Copy !req
41. Change "choke-hold"
to "tight grip."
Is that it?Copy !req
42. Yeah.Copy !req
43. No, Sam's still on.Copy !req
44. We got, like,
four minutes, Toby.Copy !req
45. Where are we?Copy !req
46. Sam's still on.Copy !req
47. Bob Novak just said
this was the speech
of my political life.Copy !req
48. You know how many times
I've heard that?Copy !req
49. Senator McGowan says
we're fine if we
cut "vigorously."Copy !req
50. Do it.Copy !req
51. How you feeling?Copy !req
52. Good.Copy !req
53. Yes, sir.
!
Abbey's already in her seat?Copy !req
54. Yes, sir.
I say, my wife's in her seat?Copy !req
55. We got four minutes.
We'll get them in
the car. Let's go.Copy !req
56. I'm going to tell him
it's a "yes."Copy !req
57. Thank you.Copy !req
58. What'd they say?
We put our weight
behind SB380.Copy !req
59. It's a highway
improvement bill.Copy !req
60. What else?
We set aside
some U.S. parkland.Copy !req
61. What else?Copy !req
62. That's it.
I want to be clear.Copy !req
63. This is the understanding:Copy !req
64. we build him a highway
and name a park after himCopy !req
65. and we have his support
for the Blue Ribbon?Copy !req
66. Yep.
Mr. President?
Do it.Copy !req
67. Yeah?
Ginger.Copy !req
68. Tell C.J. it's a green
light on the Blue Ribbon.Copy !req
69. She'll know what it means.Copy !req
70. Yes, sir.
We'll write it in the car.Copy !req
71. Sir.Copy !req
72. Yeah.Copy !req
73. It's a good thing.Copy !req
74. The Blue Ribbon?Copy !req
75. Yeah.Copy !req
76. Yeah.Copy !req
77. Excuse me, what are you doing?Copy !req
78. I'm just...Copy !req
79. You were putting
gum in your mouth?Copy !req
80. Yeah, 'cause I...Copy !req
81. It's a good idea
to be chewing gumCopy !req
82. when you're
taking a pollCopy !req
83. for the President
of the United States.Copy !req
84. That's the sound
people like to
hear on the phone.Copy !req
85. The polling
hasn't started yet.Copy !req
86. Well, thank
you, Mr. Helper.Copy !req
87. Josh.Copy !req
88. Yeah?Copy !req
89. These people have
done this before.Copy !req
90. They're not
our people.Copy !req
91. They're Joey
Lucas's people.Copy !req
92. None of them
have accents?Copy !req
93. They're all out
of the Midwest.Copy !req
94. I'm saying
Joey Lucas is deafCopy !req
95. and would have
no way of know...Copy !req
96. Do any of you people
have accents?Copy !req
97. Oh, my God.Copy !req
98. Do any of you people
have the power of speech?Copy !req
99. They're fine.Copy !req
100. I should be
there right now.Copy !req
101. He's fine.Copy !req
102. "Therefore I am asking
the leaders of CongressCopy !req
103. "and members of both parties
to join me in establishingCopy !req
104. a Blue Ribbon National
Commission to fashion..."Copy !req
105. Yeah.Copy !req
106. I want it for him
when he walks in the door.Copy !req
107. Gail Schumer, can we expect
the White House is doingCopy !req
108. their own polling tonight?Copy !req
109. You better believe it.Copy !req
110. This may well be the speech of
the President's political life.Copy !req
111. Excuse me,
I've got a heads-up.Copy !req
112. There'll be
a last-minute addition.Copy !req
113. The President will be announcingCopy !req
114. a bipartisan
Blue Ribbon commissionCopy !req
115. to study the long-term future
of entitlement programs.Copy !req
116. Obviously,
there'll be more detailsCopy !req
117. in the address.Copy !req
118. Why last minute?Copy !req
119. When I say
"last minute," I'm wrong.Copy !req
120. We're just
under three minutes.Copy !req
121. C.J., why last minute?Copy !req
122. It's something
he's been going
back and forth on.Copy !req
123. He wanted to make
sure he had support with
the Democratic leadership.Copy !req
124. And he does?Copy !req
125. Yes. I also wanted
to remind youCopy !req
126. that Capital Beat
is broadcasting liveCopy !req
127. from the west wing
for the two or three hoursCopy !req
128. following the address,
so that area'sCopy !req
129. going to be off-limits
for carousing.Copy !req
130. Capital Beat's
doing postgameCopy !req
131. Yes.
live from
the White House?Copy !req
132. So why do they get
special treatment?Copy !req
133. Because they're special.Copy !req
134. Enjoy the show, everybody.Copy !req
135. "To build this new futureCopy !req
136. "will demand boldly setting
aside our partisan blindersCopy !req
137. and abandoning our
ideological..." what?Copy !req
138. Entrenchment.Copy !req
139. "To build this
new futureCopy !req
140. "will demand boldly
setting asideCopy !req
141. "our partisan blinders
and abandoningCopy !req
142. our ideological
entrenchment."Copy !req
143. Yeah.Copy !req
144. ( sighs ):
That's it.Copy !req
145. Okay.Copy !req
146. This is it.Copy !req
147. Yeah.Copy !req
148. Phone it to
the prompter.Copy !req
149. Mr. President?Copy !req
150. Thanks.Copy !req
151. Sir.Copy !req
152. Amen.Copy !req
153. Amen.Copy !req
154. Mr. FinneyCopy !req
155. would you
tell the SpeakerCopy !req
156. I'd like
to see him, please?Copy !req
157. Mr. Speaker!Copy !req
158. The President of
the United States!Copy !req
159. through every age,
against every challengeCopy !req
160. a people of great works
and greater possibilitiesCopy !req
161. who have always, always
found the wisdom and strengthCopy !req
162. to come together as one nationCopy !req
163. to widen the circle
of opportunityCopy !req
164. to deepen the meaning
of our freedomCopy !req
165. to form a more perfect union.Copy !req
166. Our best days lie ahead.Copy !req
167. God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.Copy !req
168. Way to go.Copy !req
169. Oh, you, too.Copy !req
170. Oh, he did good.
Tell me about it.Copy !req
171. He can bring it
up there.Copy !req
172. "Up there" is where
this President eats.Copy !req
173. That is his place
of business.Copy !req
174. Yes, he did well!Copy !req
175. Yeah!Copy !req
176. Let's find out how well.Copy !req
177. This is exciting.Copy !req
178. Yeah.
Yes.Copy !req
179. So, what do I do?Copy !req
180. What do you mean?Copy !req
181. What do I
tell them?Copy !req
182. Tell them to start.Copy !req
183. Didn't you talk
to Joey?
Yeah.Copy !req
184. What did she say?Copy !req
185. She said
her plane was late.Copy !req
186. What did she say
I should tell
the callers?Copy !req
187. She didn't say anything.
Donna...Copy !req
188. Tell them to start, Josh.Copy !req
189. They're not supposed to receiveCopy !req
190. special instructions
based on...
What?Copy !req
191. Time zones, I don't know,
I'm not a pollster.Copy !req
192. I-I thought Joey called.Copy !req
193. She called
from the planeCopy !req
194. and said she was late.Copy !req
195. When's she going
to be here?Copy !req
196. Joshua Lyman,
you have theCopy !req
197. cutest little butt in
professional politics.Copy !req
198. Kenny, reallyCopy !req
199. that better have
been her talking.Copy !req
200. I'm here.Copy !req
201. Where the hell have you been?Copy !req
202. My plane had
mechanical difficulties.Copy !req
203. This is the State
of the Union.Copy !req
204. There was nothing you
could do about it?Copy !req
205. No, because
as a childCopy !req
206. I never paid attentionCopy !req
207. during Airplane Mechanics class.Copy !req
208. Is this the kind of
Noel Coward-esque witCopy !req
209. I can expect all night long?Copy !req
210. Yes.Copy !req
211. I want to start the
phone banks— they
need instructions.Copy !req
212. Is anyone
chewing gum?Copy !req
213. No!Copy !req
214. Okay... start.Copy !req
215. I'd already taken care
of the gum thing.Copy !req
216. In five, four, three...Copy !req
217. Live, from the White House
in Washington, D.C.Copy !req
218. it's Capital Beat
with Mark Gottfried.Copy !req
219. Tonight on Capital Beat,
a special expanded edition:Copy !req
220. The State of the Union.Copy !req
221. Good evening,
I'm Mark GottfriedCopy !req
222. and tonight our show is live
from the White House.Copy !req
223. We'll be joined all night longCopy !req
224. by Republicans and Democrats,
lawmakers and punditsCopy !req
225. and we'll be talking
to focus groupsCopy !req
226. around the country.Copy !req
227. On the panel with me right nowCopy !req
228. is Deputy House Majority Whip
Henry ShallickCopy !req
229. and the very lovely,
very talentedCopy !req
230. Ms. Claudia Jean Cregg,
White House Press Secretary.Copy !req
231. C.J., on a scale
of one to tenCopy !req
232. how did the President
do tonight?Copy !req
233. Fourteen.Copy !req
234. You know, Mark, the President
is a commanding public speakerCopy !req
235. and the bar is usually set
quite a bit higherCopy !req
236. when he makes
a major addressCopy !req
237. but tonight he cleared
it with room to spare.Copy !req
238. My unofficial tally has himCopy !req
239. interrupted for applause
73 times.Copy !req
240. C.J.:
I have 72 times,
but I'll take your count.Copy !req
241. Henry Shallick, how did
the President do tonight?Copy !req
242. Well, C.J. is right.Copy !req
243. The President is
a gifted public speaker.Copy !req
244. We've always known thatCopy !req
245. and it's an admirable talent
not unlike juggling.Copy !req
246. Now, if only he'd
said something.Copy !req
247. By my count, 23 of
the interruptions for applauseCopy !req
248. were for co-opted
Republican ideas.Copy !req
249. Let's take
a quick break.Copy !req
250. We're just getting started
with our postgame analysisCopy !req
251. of President Bartlet's third
State of the Union address.Copy !req
252. We've got guests standing by
around the countryCopy !req
253. and we'll back
with more Capital BeatCopy !req
254. right after this.Copy !req
255. We're out.Copy !req
256. C.J.'s not wearing any pants.Copy !req
257. Yes.
( applause )Copy !req
258. No pants whatsoever.Copy !req
259. It's cable. Carol?Copy !req
260. 90 seconds back.Copy !req
261. Could I see you
a moment?Copy !req
262. Yeah.Copy !req
263. Could I see you
over there?Copy !req
264. Why?
Can we do it here?Copy !req
265. I'm not wearing any pants.
Can we do it here?Copy !req
266. Sure, we're fine here
as long as there aren'tCopy !req
267. any microphones
or cameras around.Copy !req
268. Carol?Copy !req
269. Yeah.Copy !req
270. Thank you.Copy !req
271. You look like
a Rockette.Copy !req
272. Yeah.
Yeah?Copy !req
273. You know why I'm
not wearing pants?Copy !req
274. I just assumed it was
the usual reason.
I sat in paint.Copy !req
275. Right after the speechCopy !req
276. I went to
the Sculpture GardenCopy !req
277. to get some air
and take it in and
I sat on a bench.Copy !req
278. And it didn't say,
"wet paint"?Copy !req
279. It did,
it turns out, but...Copy !req
280. The clothes are coming.Copy !req
281. Where'd you get
the bathrobe?
The gym.Copy !req
282. There are bathrobes
at the gym?Copy !req
283. In the women's
locker room.Copy !req
284. Yeah.
But not the men's.Copy !req
285. Now, that's outrageous.Copy !req
286. There's a thousand
men working here
and 50 women.Copy !req
287. Yeah, and it's the bathrobes
that's outrageous.Copy !req
288. 30 seconds.
What's going on?Copy !req
289. Jack Sloan has an official
reprimand in his jacket.Copy !req
290. For what?Copy !req
291. Excessive force.Copy !req
292. How long ago?Copy !req
293. 17 years ago.Copy !req
294. There was a criminal
charge— it was dismissed.Copy !req
295. There was a civil suit—
it was dismissed.Copy !req
296. There was enormous
community and politicalCopy !req
297. pressure from local
black Democrats...Copy !req
298. Our people?Copy !req
299. It was 17 years ago.Copy !req
300. 15 seconds.Copy !req
301. Okay, so they gave him
an official condemnation.Copy !req
302. Yeah.Copy !req
303. Does anybody have
the story yet?Copy !req
304. They will.Copy !req
305. Ten seconds.Copy !req
306. I need to see
the police officer—Copy !req
307. what was his name?Copy !req
308. Sloan.Copy !req
309. Hi.Copy !req
310. Take the desk away,
I pick up three share points.Copy !req
311. In five, four, three...Copy !req
312. We're back with our panelCopy !req
313. including Deputy House Majority
Whip Henry ShallickCopy !req
314. and White House Press
Secretary C.J. Cregg...Copy !req
315. Welcome back.Copy !req
316. How'd it look on TV?Copy !req
317. It looked good.Copy !req
318. Charlie, is it possibleCopy !req
319. that C.J. isn't wearing
any pants right now?Copy !req
320. Yeah, she sat
in wet paint.Copy !req
321. And she's not
wearing any pants?Copy !req
322. Well, she's wearing
underwear, Mrs. Landingham.Copy !req
323. She hasn't gone smokeless.Copy !req
324. Okay.Copy !req
325. I didn't understand
this note.Copy !req
326. The President was
balancing his checkbookCopy !req
327. and came across
an outstanding check for $500Copy !req
328. that was never cashed.Copy !req
329. The check was written
by the First LadyCopy !req
330. to a woman the President
has never heard ofCopy !req
331. and he'd like you
to ask her about it.Copy !req
332. Yeah.
The President
was balancing
his checkbook?Copy !req
333. Why?Copy !req
334. He does it to relax.Copy !req
335. Yeah.
Okay.Copy !req
336. And why doesn't he justCopy !req
337. ask the First LadyCopy !req
338. about the $500
check himselfCopy !req
339. in the normal course of,
you knowCopy !req
340. being married to her?Copy !req
341. When the President inquiresCopy !req
342. into the First Lady's
personal bookkeepingCopy !req
343. the First Lady gets angry
with him and yells.Copy !req
344. Well, she's going to get angryCopy !req
345. and yell when I inquire
into it, too.Copy !req
346. Well, the President doesn't care
so much about that.Copy !req
347. Yeah, okay.Copy !req
348. This is a good job.Copy !req
349. I saw you on TV.Copy !req
350. Cool.Copy !req
351. To build this new futureCopy !req
352. will demand boldly setting aside
our partisan blindersCopy !req
353. and abandoning
our ideological entrenchment.Copy !req
354. Therefore, I am asking
the leaders of CongressCopy !req
355. and members of both partiesCopy !req
356. to join me in establishingCopy !req
357. a Blue Ribbon National
Commission to fashion...Copy !req
358. boldly setting aside
our partisan blindersCopy !req
359. and abandoning
our ideological entrenchment...Copy !req
360. Come in.Copy !req
361. Therefore, I am asking
the leaders of CongressCopy !req
362. and members of both partiesCopy !req
363. to join me in establishingCopy !req
364. a Blue Ribbon National
Commission to fashion...Copy !req
365. Mrs. Bartlet?Copy !req
366. Hey, Charlie.Copy !req
367. Am I disturbing you?Copy !req
368. I just came up
to change my clothes.Copy !req
369. Did you sit in paint?Copy !req
370. I'm sorry?Copy !req
371. C.J. sat on wet paint.Copy !req
372. In the Sculpture Garden?
Yeah.Copy !req
373. No, I'm not supposed
to go to the receptionCopy !req
374. in the same clothes
in which I went
to the speech.Copy !req
375. Yeah.Copy !req
376. I could just
tell people that I haveCopy !req
377. two outfits exactly alike.Copy !req
378. That's what I do.Copy !req
379. What do you need?Copy !req
380. Ma'am, I'd like you
to bear in mind thatCopy !req
381. I'm not wearing pads or a helmet
or contact gear of any kind.Copy !req
382. A $500 check that
hasn't been cashed?Copy !req
383. It's written to
a woman he doesn't...Copy !req
384. Oh, how long has that
been up his ass?Copy !req
385. Well, I wouldn't know,
ma'am, but...Copy !req
386. Her name is Jane Robinson.Copy !req
387. I read an article
a few months ago...Copy !req
388. Her husband threw her out?Copy !req
389. He set fire to the bed.Copy !req
390. And she'd bought the kids'
Christmas presents earlyCopy !req
391. and they
were ruined.
So I sent her $500.Copy !req
392. Well, she hasn't cashed it.Copy !req
393. I'll make sure
it got to her.Copy !req
394. Thank you.Copy !req
395. Thank you,
ma'am.Copy !req
396. join me in establishingCopy !req
397. a Blue Ribbon National
Commission...Copy !req
398. Ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
399. Mr. Sam Seaborn!Copy !req
400. See, and you guys said
I couldn't write comedy.Copy !req
401. You talked
to C.J.?Copy !req
402. Yeah.Copy !req
403. The dial groups are huge.Copy !req
404. Middle class tax cut,
Social Security...Copy !req
405. What about polling?Copy !req
406. Josh and Joey'll have
early numbers in an hour.Copy !req
407. My point is,
this police officer?Copy !req
408. The President pointed to him
and asked him to stand.Copy !req
409. Leo?Copy !req
410. Let C.J. talk to him.Copy !req
411. Is he here?
Yeah.Copy !req
412. No pictures anywhere near
the President.Copy !req
413. Yeah.Copy !req
414. They need you
in the Situation Room.Copy !req
415. What's going on?Copy !req
416. Leo, we believe five
U.S. DEA agentsCopy !req
417. have been abducted
in Colombia.Copy !req
418. Where?Copy !req
419. On a road
between BogotaCopy !req
420. and a training
base in Putumayo.Copy !req
421. Was it the CRF?Copy !req
422. We don't know.Copy !req
423. Do we think
it was the CRF?Copy !req
424. Yeah.Copy !req
425. Can the agents be identified
as U.S. Drug Enforcement?Copy !req
426. They're carrying
badges.Copy !req
427. On a road from
Bogota to Putumayo?Copy !req
428. They're going
to shoot these guys.Copy !req
429. Leo, I...Copy !req
430. The White House
Press Corps' upstairsCopy !req
431. and there's a live TV show
being broadcast next door.Copy !req
432. I need to meet with State,
Justice and the PentagonCopy !req
433. and it needs
to happen softly.Copy !req
434. Yes, sir.Copy !req
435. This was almost
a good night.Copy !req
436. Donna.Copy !req
437. Yeah?Copy !req
438. It's going well.Copy !req
439. It's a 17%
response rate.Copy !req
440. Great.Copy !req
441. Jack Sloan was
reprimandedCopy !req
442. for excessive forceCopy !req
443. by the Detroit
Police Department.Copy !req
444. How long ago?Copy !req
445. Seventeen years.Copy !req
446. What happened?Copy !req
447. I don't know...Copy !req
448. he made a bust,
he broke the guy's legCopy !req
449. the DA couldn't
make the caseCopy !req
450. the civil suit
was dismissedCopy !req
451. but it's there.Copy !req
452. Who's Jack Sloan?Copy !req
453. From tonight.Copy !req
454. The police officer.Copy !req
455. I wasn't there.Copy !req
456. I was on a plane
with mechanical difficulties.Copy !req
457. Officer Jack Sloan
of the Detroit Police DepartmentCopy !req
458. was added at the last minute
to the invited guestsCopy !req
459. that are recognized by
the President during the speech.Copy !req
460. He was the
off-duty cop...
At the
elementary school?Copy !req
461. Yeah.
He wasn't vetted?Copy !req
462. It was last minute.
When do I see numbers?Copy !req
463. Joey says it going good.Copy !req
464. Great. When do I see numbers?Copy !req
465. There's a 17%
response rate.Copy !req
466. Fantastic.
When do I see numbers?Copy !req
467. You need patience, Joshua.Copy !req
468. I need numbers, Tonto.Copy !req
469. The poll's an hour old.Copy !req
470. You get early numbers.Copy !req
471. And when I get them,
you'll have them.Copy !req
472. What do you doCopy !req
473. in the meantime?Copy !req
474. I'm getting a donut.Copy !req
475. Okay.Copy !req
476. We're plagued by this nonsense,
Donna.Copy !req
477. I swear, it's just...
reaching epidemic proportions.Copy !req
478. Those numbers are going to tell
us we had a big nightCopy !req
479. and the bounce is going to be
dragged downCopy !req
480. by a news cycle that
won't shake the cop story.Copy !req
481. You should ask her out.Copy !req
482. I'm sorry?Copy !req
483. You should ask Joey out.
Tonight could be the night.Copy !req
484. The night to do what?Copy !req
485. To ask her out.Copy !req
486. Get a donut.Copy !req
487. Okay.Copy !req
488. Before we go to commercial againCopy !req
489. let me just ask for predictions.Copy !req
490. How big a bump does the
President get off the speech?Copy !req
491. Congressman Shallick...Copy !req
492. Excuse me,
Mr. Secretary?Copy !req
493. Yes.Copy !req
494. I'm sorry to interrupt,
but Leo McGarry
was wonderingCopy !req
495. if you'd come say hello
to an old friend of his.Copy !req
496. Certainly.Copy !req
497. Would you excuse me,
please?Copy !req
498. Sit Room.Copy !req
499. Thank you.Copy !req
500. Are we verifying exactlyCopy !req
501. who was at the lab?Copy !req
502. We've verified
Agents McGrath and NunCopy !req
503. but we still can't confirm
the other three.Copy !req
504. I don't want
to mis-notify
the families.Copy !req
505. Leo?Copy !req
506. Mickey, 2:00 p.m.
local time in BogotaCopy !req
507. five DEA agents assisting police
in evidence gatheringCopy !req
508. at a cocaine lab were taken
by the CRF.Copy !req
509. Are they alive?Copy !req
510. We think so.Copy !req
511. Okay. The Putumayo's
a Frente stronghold.Copy !req
512. The scene the
agents were atCopy !req
513. was one of their top-producing
cocaine labs.Copy !req
514. We're going to open
a dialogueCopy !req
515. and to do it through the
Colombian Army commanders.Copy !req
516. Who are they talking to?Copy !req
517. They'll tell us.
I think it'll be
Nelson Guerra.Copy !req
518. He's a Frente jefe.Copy !req
519. Get me everything on him.Copy !req
520. Yes, sir.Copy !req
521. Is there anybody close by
on the ground?Copy !req
522. The closest we've got
is Tres Encinas.Copy !req
523. Who's there?Copy !req
524. Six commanders
and 13 support.Copy !req
525. Really.Copy !req
526. Yeah.Copy !req
527. How many people are
going to be guardingCopy !req
528. wherever these guys
are being taken to?Copy !req
529. Five, six hundred.Copy !req
530. Not the numbers
you're hoping forCopy !req
531. if you're contemplatingCopy !req
532. a massive
attack and rescue mission.Copy !req
533. No.Copy !req
534. Tell Special Operations CommandCopy !req
535. at Fort BraggCopy !req
536. to submit three plans
for a unilateral op.Copy !req
537. They have an hour.Copy !req
538. Yes, sir.Copy !req
539. We should let these 19 guys
at Tres Encinas knowCopy !req
540. they're in it now, too.Copy !req
541. Yes, sir.Copy !req
542. I challenge all our schools
to teach character educationCopy !req
543. to teach values,
to teach citizenshipCopy !req
544. and if it means our kids
will pay more attentionCopy !req
545. to mathematics
and English literatureCopy !req
546. and history and science
and the artsCopy !req
547. and less attention
to designer labelsCopy !req
548. then our public schools should
be able to require studentsCopy !req
549. to wear school uniforms.Copy !req
550. "School uniforms,"
from a liberal Democrat.Copy !req
551. What was that sound
we just heard?Copy !req
552. Joining us now on our panel isCopy !req
553. Associate White House Counsel
Ainsley HayesCopy !req
554. and to my leftCopy !req
555. Gretchen Tyler,
Director of Public EducationCopy !req
556. for the ACLU.Copy !req
557. Gretchen, let's start with you.Copy !req
558. Were you surprised?Copy !req
559. I was surprised, Mark.
I was disappointed.Copy !req
560. This President
has always hadCopy !req
561. strong First Amendment
credentials.Copy !req
562. What's the position
of the ACLU?Copy !req
563. The position
of the ACLU isCopy !req
564. that every child in the countryCopy !req
565. has a legal right
to public school educationCopy !req
566. and that right can't be
conditioned upon complianceCopy !req
567. with a uniform policy.Copy !req
568. Ainsley?Copy !req
569. I think Gretchen's point
is well takenCopy !req
570. in that I'm not 100% sureCopy !req
571. what the President suggested
tonight was Constitutional.Copy !req
572. What I can tell you is
he's concerned about the kidCopy !req
573. who's left out because
he can't afford the clothesCopy !req
574. some of his friends wear.Copy !req
575. He's also taken serious notice
of any number of studiesCopy !req
576. done by education experts
that say, by and largeCopy !req
577. kids will do better
wearing uniforms.Copy !req
578. It should be noted that there
already areCopy !req
579. dress restrictions
on public school kids.Copy !req
580. They're not allowed to wear
inappropriate clothingCopy !req
581. or wear something obscene
on their T-shirt.Copy !req
582. It should also be noted
that those restrictionsCopy !req
583. were over the strong objection
of the ACLU.Copy !req
584. Ainsley, gauge for usCopy !req
585. how strongly the President
feels about this.Copy !req
586. Well, he included it
in a State of the Union Address.Copy !req
587. But from your conversations
with him personally.Copy !req
588. I haven't had any conversations
with him personally.Copy !req
589. On this?Copy !req
590. On anything.
I've never met him.Copy !req
591. I'm an associate counsel.Copy !req
592. The Chinese food guy's
got more access than I do.Copy !req
593. And yet they have you out here
speaking for the White House.Copy !req
594. Yeah, it's a really big night
for me.Copy !req
595. All right, we'll be back
with Gretchen TylerCopy !req
596. and Ainsley Hayes and more
guests as the night goes on.Copy !req
597. We're going to send you
to New York for some other news.Copy !req
598. Stay with us.
Here's Frank and Judy.Copy !req
599. We're out.Copy !req
600. You crack me up.Copy !req
601. Thank you.Copy !req
602. Hey, Gracie.Copy !req
603. Hey, Sam.Copy !req
604. Mark, does she have time?Copy !req
605. It's a five-minute
news break.Copy !req
606. Have you been watching?Copy !req
607. Yes.Copy !req
608. Aren't I delightful?Copy !req
609. Yes.Copy !req
610. You know what I'd like?Copy !req
611. I'd like it if you didn't
say you weren't 100% sureCopy !req
612. that the President's
proposal is Constitutional.Copy !req
613. The ACLU has a reasonable case
to make against the President.Copy !req
614. They'll do a fine job
of making itCopy !req
615. without the help
of the President's lawyer.Copy !req
616. That's a fair point.Copy !req
617. How have you never
met the President?Copy !req
618. I haven't.Copy !req
619. You've been working here
three months.Copy !req
620. He works
in the Oval OfficeCopy !req
621. and I work in the steam pipe
trunk distribution venue.Copy !req
622. I can't believe we haven't run
into each other.Copy !req
623. I'll set up
an introduction.
No.Copy !req
624. You can meet
him tonight.
No way.Copy !req
625. It's no problem.
Yes, it is.Copy !req
626. Are you scared to meet
the President?Copy !req
627. I'm not scared to meet
the President.Copy !req
628. Yeah, you are.
I am not scared to meetCopy !req
629. the President 'cause I'm not
going to meet the President.Copy !req
630. Ainsley...
I'm having a good night.Copy !req
631. I just want to keep having
a good night.Copy !req
632. I don't want to live in fear
of the inevitable bunglingCopy !req
633. of the English language
that will occurCopy !req
634. and the mortification
that will ensue.Copy !req
635. That sounds pretty bad.Copy !req
636. I am, yes, I am indeedCopy !req
637. yes, I am scared to meet
the President.Copy !req
638. Now it sounds really bad.Copy !req
639. Yes.
Okay, wellCopy !req
640. when you meet him, you meet him.Copy !req
641. No need to rush that day along.Copy !req
642. Right.Copy !req
643. Okay, can I talk to you
about adrenaline for a second?Copy !req
644. Adrenaline?Copy !req
645. Yeah. You're feeling
it right nowCopy !req
646. and it's going
to get even moreCopy !req
647. 'cause it's a big night
and we're a hitCopy !req
648. and you've never experienced
anything like this...Copy !req
649. And you think
I'm going to have a nutty?Copy !req
650. I'm saying don't drink till
you're off television.Copy !req
651. God, thanks, Sam,
for that debating tip,
your feel for nuance.Copy !req
652. You say I shouldn't be drunkCopy !req
653. when I'm representing
the White House?Copy !req
654. Yeah, and please
don't forgetCopy !req
655. you're a blond
Republican girlCopy !req
656. and that nobody likes you.Copy !req
657. I'm going back
on television now.Copy !req
658. Try and remember
you're on our side.Copy !req
659. Thank you, thank you.Copy !req
660. Sam Seaborn wrote that line
for me.Copy !req
661. You know, there's a lot
of poll-takingCopy !req
662. going on right now.Copy !req
663. The instant dial focus groupsCopy !req
664. predict tonight's speech
was a success.Copy !req
665. And I'm sure where Josh is
over at the phone banksCopy !req
666. they'll be confirming thatCopy !req
667. but when the numbers
are crunchedCopy !req
668. and the polls are taken,
I think everyone here realizesCopy !req
669. that the truly important thing
is that I changed my hair.Copy !req
670. Seriously, this is
not my official toast.Copy !req
671. My official toast is later.Copy !req
672. I just wanted to say informally
before the President got hereCopy !req
673. thank you so much
for your hard workCopy !req
674. and enjoy tonight's success.Copy !req
675. Your hair looks
great, by the way.Copy !req
676. So, what's going on
with Jack Sloan?Copy !req
677. C.J.'s on it.Copy !req
678. So we were able to
get in the languageCopy !req
679. about the Blue
Ribbon Commission.Copy !req
680. Yeah.Copy !req
681. We were able to get it
in at the last minute.Copy !req
682. We got our guys.Copy !req
683. We changed the language
to broaden...Copy !req
684. I was there, Leo.Copy !req
685. We changed the language
at the last minute, Abbey.Copy !req
686. If you want to be pissed
at someoneCopy !req
687. the architect
of this speech...Copy !req
688. I don't want
to be pissed at anyoneCopy !req
689. but thanks for asking.Copy !req
690. And I don't need to be toldCopy !req
691. who the architect
of tonight's speech was.Copy !req
692. Toby Ziegler,
ladies and gentlemen!Copy !req
693. I want to see you
in your officeCopy !req
694. in half an hour. You got it?Copy !req
695. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
696. Keep shaking hands.Copy !req
697. Hang on...Copy !req
698. He didn't say that,
and we can roll the tape.Copy !req
699. He said...
What he said was that
standardized testingCopy !req
700. would be more acceptable
if its vast limitationsCopy !req
701. were understood.Copy !req
702. What about the New York City
testing scoresCopy !req
703. that Hal Chafey just cited
a while ago?Copy !req
704. Six out of ten
were black or Hispanic.Copy !req
705. Chafey also
forgot to mentionCopy !req
706. that six out of ten
of those New York City studentsCopy !req
707. were either black or Hispanic.Copy !req
708. Right on the button.Copy !req
709. So, Josh...
No.Copy !req
710. I was wondering.
We're still doing this?Copy !req
711. Have you
asked her out yet?
Donna...Copy !req
712. 'Cause the last time
I asked youCopy !req
713. you hadn't
asked her out yet.Copy !req
714. What is taking so long?Copy !req
715. "Joey, would you like
to go out Friday night?"Copy !req
716. You know,
you have to say it.Copy !req
717. You have to ask a girl out
on a date.Copy !req
718. You can't just randomly
tumble into a girl sidewaysCopy !req
719. and hope she breaks up
with you soonCopy !req
720. the way you always do.Copy !req
721. Why not?Copy !req
722. Because you can't.Copy !req
723. You just said I always do.Copy !req
724. I can help you or I can
not help you. It's up to you.Copy !req
725. Then I absolutely choose
not helping me.Copy !req
726. You want me to ask her out
for you?Copy !req
727. Yeah. That's exactly
what I want you to do.Copy !req
728. Joey...Copy !req
729. Sit down.Copy !req
730. Where are the first numbers?Copy !req
731. Soon.Copy !req
732. How soon?Copy !req
733. Five minutes.Copy !req
734. You said five minutes,
15 minutes ago.Copy !req
735. The response rate slowed down.Copy !req
736. Why?Copy !req
737. People are going to bed.Copy !req
738. Yeah, but the response rate
didn't stop, right?Copy !req
739. Everybody didn't go to bed.Copy !req
740. If they didCopy !req
741. that would
be phenomenal.Copy !req
742. It would be a phenomenon.Copy !req
743. The response rate
slowed downCopy !req
744. and you need to have
some juice and crackers.Copy !req
745. America is talkingCopy !req
746. and I'm trying to hear
what they're saying.Copy !req
747. They're saying
that you're an egomaniacCopy !req
748. who needs to know
that the public loves youCopy !req
749. and that you'll have the numbers
in five minutes.Copy !req
750. I don't think that is
what they're sayingCopy !req
751. but absent any
other information...Copy !req
752. Josh...Copy !req
753. Joey, it's the State
of the Union.Copy !req
754. We worked on the speech
for three months.Copy !req
755. You will hear America speaking.Copy !req
756. In five minutes?Copy !req
757. In five minutes.Copy !req
758. It may take a little longer now.Copy !req
759. Excuse me, excuse meCopy !req
760. but this White House uses
the First AmendmentCopy !req
761. to protect flag burning,
to protect pornographyCopy !req
762. to ban school prayer.Copy !req
763. Why, when the Second Amendment
clearly saysCopy !req
764. that the Federal Government
will not infringeCopy !req
765. upon a citizen's right
to keep and bear arms...Copy !req
766. Because it clearly
doesn't say that.Copy !req
767. Toby...!
In fact, it doesn't
say that at all.Copy !req
768. The only way
it says that isCopy !req
769. if you remove some
words from it.Copy !req
770. Oh, look,
what you're trying to do...Copy !req
771. It says, "A well-
regulated militiaCopy !req
772. "being necessary for
the security of a free stateCopy !req
773. the government
shall not infringe..."Copy !req
774. The words "regulated"
and "militia"Copy !req
775. are in the first sentence.Copy !req
776. I don't think
the framers were thinkingCopy !req
777. of three guys
in a Dodge Durango.Copy !req
778. You don't really know what the
framers were thinking, do you?Copy !req
779. No, but I do know that
if you combine the populationsCopy !req
780. of Great Britain, France,
Germany, Japan, SwitzerlandCopy !req
781. Sweden, Denmark and AustraliaCopy !req
782. you'll get a populationCopy !req
783. roughly the size of
the United States.Copy !req
784. We had 32,000 gun deaths
last year.Copy !req
785. They had 112.Copy !req
786. You think it's because Americans
are more homicidal by natureCopy !req
787. or do you think it's becauseCopy !req
788. those guys have
gun control laws?Copy !req
789. We're going to talk
to some peopleCopy !req
790. and hear answers
to that question.Copy !req
791. You're watching an expanded
edition of Capital Beat.Copy !req
792. We're coming liveCopy !req
793. from the west wing
of the White House.Copy !req
794. We'll be back after this.Copy !req
795. We're out.Copy !req
796. Toby?Copy !req
797. Yeah.Copy !req
798. Mark, I'm going to sit out
the next segment.Copy !req
799. Yeah?Copy !req
800. Yeah. I've got to see someone.Copy !req
801. We'll get you a body.Copy !req
802. Has she been waiting long?Copy !req
803. No.Copy !req
804. I'm sorry I'm late.Copy !req
805. It's fine.Copy !req
806. I was on the air.Copy !req
807. I wanted to ask you...
Mrs. Bartlet?Copy !req
808. Toby?
Excuse me
for interrupting.Copy !req
809. I just wanted to remind youCopy !req
810. that there's press
coming in and out of this area.Copy !req
811. Are you under
the impressionCopy !req
812. I'm going to have
a fit of some kind?Copy !req
813. No, ma'am.
So, what was the deal?Copy !req
814. He gets a highway,
and you name a park after him?Copy !req
815. Mrs. Bartlet,
the Blue Ribbon Commission...Copy !req
816. The Blue Ribbon
CommissionCopy !req
817. is swell.Copy !req
818. I am not talking
about the Blue Ribbon CommissionCopy !req
819. and you know it, and don't talk
to me like I'm other people.Copy !req
820. You've never done that.Copy !req
821. It was the language.Copy !req
822. Mrs. Bartlet...Copy !req
823. The draft I read saidCopy !req
824. "The first fiscal priority
of the government must beCopy !req
825. will be, insuring Social
Security and Medicare."Copy !req
826. Now, how did that turn intoCopy !req
827. "boldly setting aside
our partisan blinders"?Copy !req
828. Is the White HouseCopy !req
829. considering
new options?
Look...Copy !req
830. Like raising the
retirement age?
Abbey...Copy !req
831. And how did school
uniforms get in such
a prominent spot?Copy !req
832. It was
in a sectionCopy !req
833. on education reform, Abbey,
and considering other optionsCopy !req
834. doesn't mean we're caving
on the retirement ageCopy !req
835. and you know it, so what was
your concern with the language?Copy !req
836. The draft saidCopy !req
837. "Our commitment
to the full benefitsCopy !req
838. promised to America's
greatest generation
is absolute."Copy !req
839. I was there when
you wrote that.Copy !req
840. And our commitment
is still absolute.Copy !req
841. We're open to new ideas,
and that's what it said.Copy !req
842. Oh, please...
Believe me, we gaveCopy !req
843. Republicans plenty
to be pissed about—Copy !req
844. the surplus, missile defense,
capital gainsCopy !req
845. and I was just on TV
for the 900th timeCopy !req
846. and alienated gun ownersCopy !req
847. to say nothing of people
who own Dodge Durangos.Copy !req
848. So, what exactlyCopy !req
849. was your problem
with the language?Copy !req
850. It seemed...Copy !req
851. Abbey?Copy !req
852. I was just thrown
by the last-minute changes.Copy !req
853. You should get back on TV.Copy !req
854. He's here?Copy !req
855. Yeah.Copy !req
856. Officer Sloan?Copy !req
857. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
858. I'm C.J. Cregg.Copy !req
859. I'm the White House
Press Secretary.Copy !req
860. I'm sorry to get you
out of the party.Copy !req
861. Oh, that's all right.Copy !req
862. I'm sorry to be abruptCopy !req
863. but I'm racing the
clock a little bit.Copy !req
864. Could you tell me what
happened 17 years agoCopy !req
865. with a suspect named
Walter Tappis?Copy !req
866. I can access
the information
through the FBI.Copy !req
867. I can call the
Wayne County DA.Copy !req
868. Do I need to have
my lawyer here?Copy !req
869. I don't think you doCopy !req
870. No.
but if you'd like to call...Copy !req
871. There was an armed robbery
in progress.Copy !req
872. I was pursuing Walter Tappis
on footCopy !req
873. through a series
of fenced-in storage areasCopy !req
874. behind a warehouse.Copy !req
875. I apprehended him
and tried to cuff himCopy !req
876. during which
he broke my hand and nose.Copy !req
877. So you fractured his leg?Copy !req
878. I didn't fracture his leg.Copy !req
879. He said you kicked
him repeatedlyCopy !req
880. while he was handcuffed.Copy !req
881. He was suing the cityCopy !req
882. for $5 million.Copy !req
883. What possible motivation
would he have had to lie?Copy !req
884. Officer...Copy !req
885. He was 19 years old,
six-two, 190 poundsCopy !req
886. and he won two bronze medalsCopy !req
887. at the state high school
Track and Field Championships.Copy !req
888. Miss Cregg, look at me.Copy !req
889. Do you think there is any wayCopy !req
890. I'd catch up to this guy if
his leg isn't fractured already?Copy !req
891. It didn't happen.Copy !req
892. Why didn't you tell anybodyCopy !req
893. this was on your record
when you were invited here?Copy !req
894. I just assumed...Copy !req
895. I mean, 'cause of what happened
over the weekendCopy !req
896. at the elementary school?Copy !req
897. Yeah.Copy !req
898. I assumed, you know,
that it was okay nowCopy !req
899. that I was okay.Copy !req
900. I didn't think it was going
to all come up again.Copy !req
901. Does the press know?Copy !req
902. No, but I have
to tell them.
Why?Copy !req
903. 'Cause they'll find outCopy !req
904. and I have to stay
ahead of the pitch.Copy !req
905. If I issue it in
a brief statementCopy !req
906. then it doesn't look like we
we're trying to hide anythingCopy !req
907. and I get to control
the story for a while.Copy !req
908. There is no story.Copy !req
909. Officer...Copy !req
910. The DA couldn't bring
a case.Copy !req
911. The civil suit was dismissed.Copy !req
912. The President pointed
to you as an example.Copy !req
913. I am an example.Copy !req
914. It's a story.Copy !req
915. 'Cause you're giving it
to them.Copy !req
916. 'Cause they'll find it anyway.Copy !req
917. You don't know that.Copy !req
918. Yes, I do.Copy !req
919. M-my, um... my wife and kids
are back at the party.Copy !req
920. You should go back there.Copy !req
921. Yeah.Copy !req
922. Don't talk to anybody
about this.Copy !req
923. Yeah.Copy !req
924. I wish you'd said something
to us before...Copy !req
925. Yeah. I just assumed...Copy !req
926. I thought it was okay now.Copy !req
927. Okay.Copy !req
928. What's happening?Copy !req
929. Good news. The Potomac
Electric Power Company saysCopy !req
930. the outage was caused
by a 13,000-volt cableCopy !req
931. that caught fire in a building
on N Street and Wisconsin.Copy !req
932. How is that good news?Copy !req
933. Well, we have
hard information now.Copy !req
934. When's the power
going back on?Copy !req
935. That information isn't available
at this time.Copy !req
936. Donna...
I can tell you
that the outage is affectingCopy !req
937. some 2,000 customersCopy !req
938. and it was likely started
when a repairman...Copy !req
939. mis-spliced... something.Copy !req
940. Call Sam.Copy !req
941. I want the numbers!Copy !req
942. You know, Josh, everybody else
is having fun with this.Copy !req
943. You're the only one
who's having fun with this.Copy !req
944. Nobody else is having fun
with this.Copy !req
945. Boo!Copy !req
946. How you doing?Copy !req
947. Are those numbers safe?Copy !req
948. Yes.Copy !req
949. Are we going to be able to make
the West Coast calls?Copy !req
950. That depends on when
the power goes on.Copy !req
951. When's that going to be?Copy !req
952. Do I look like
Electricity Girl?Copy !req
953. Sam.
No.Copy !req
954. I'm thinking
of leading everybody in song.Copy !req
955. Is that Sam?
Yeah.Copy !req
956. Give it to me.Copy !req
957. Sam.
What's going on?Copy !req
958. The power's down.Copy !req
959. I know.Copy !req
960. We were five minutes away
from an East Coast sample.Copy !req
961. We got nothing west
of Indiana/Illinois.Copy !req
962. You need anything?Copy !req
963. A lightning bolt, a key
and a kite.Copy !req
964. Donna told me to tell you
you should ask out Joey Lucas.Copy !req
965. Hey, can I tell you,
Donna's been acting kind of...Copy !req
966. I've got to go.Copy !req
967. We're in.Copy !req
968. Hey.Copy !req
969. Sir.
How's it going?Copy !req
970. They lost power
at National Strategies.Copy !req
971. I heard.Copy !req
972. Well done,
Mr. President.Copy !req
973. Thank you.Copy !req
974. Listen, you scored big
on some of the stuffCopy !req
975. I fought you on.Copy !req
976. Yes, and I know a way
you can repay me.Copy !req
977. Repay you for what?Copy !req
978. For you being wrong
in the face of me being right.Copy !req
979. I owe you money
for that?
Oh, not money, sir.Copy !req
980. I owe you anything
for that?Copy !req
981. Great job,
Mr. President.
Thank you.Copy !req
982. Ainsley Hayes has been
working here for three monthsCopy !req
983. and she's still a
little frightened
of meeting you.Copy !req
984. If you should happen to
run into her in the hallsCopy !req
985. maybe you could
make a point of
introducing yourselfCopy !req
986. and welcoming
her personally.Copy !req
987. Don't you already get paid?Copy !req
988. Randomly,
in the hallways,
in the next few daysCopy !req
989. you two are bound to
be in the same place
at the same time.Copy !req
990. I'm just saying...Copy !req
991. Mr. President?Copy !req
992. Hang on. Is there anything in
particular you'd like me to say?Copy !req
993. I think if you
said somethingCopy !req
994. along the lines ofCopy !req
995. "You know, a lot of people
assumed you were hiredCopy !req
996. "because you were a blond
Republican sex kittenCopy !req
997. and they were obviously wrong,
and keep up the good work."Copy !req
998. That's really good.Copy !req
999. Yeah.
Mr. President?Copy !req
1000. Yeah.Copy !req
1001. Mr. President...Copy !req
1002. What's going on with
the police officer?Copy !req
1003. C.J.'s looking into it.Copy !req
1004. We're going to get knocked off
the story by a last-minute...Copy !req
1005. The cop isn't what's going
to knock us off the story.Copy !req
1006. What is?Copy !req
1007. We have a situation
in Colombia.Copy !req
1008. They're dressed
as civilians, but
they've got DEA badges.Copy !req
1009. Yeah, that may
have blown
their cover.Copy !req
1010. Sir...Copy !req
1011. Mickey, how do we know
they're still alive?Copy !req
1012. Human sources paid
by the Colombian National PoliceCopy !req
1013. confirm they're in
a CRF outpost.Copy !req
1014. And they
kill our guysCopy !req
1015. unless Santos releases Juan
Aguilar from a prison in Bogota.Copy !req
1016. Which the Colombian government
isn't going to do.Copy !req
1017. Why not?
It doesn't matter.Copy !req
1018. The Frente doesn't care
about Juan AguilarCopy !req
1019. and how long he stays in jail.Copy !req
1020. They want to kill these guys.Copy !req
1021. I don't think...Copy !req
1022. They want to
drag their bodiesCopy !req
1023. through the streets.Copy !req
1024. These people provide
70% of the world's cocaine.Copy !req
1025. They have
122,000 hectares of coca.Copy !req
1026. The Putumayo region
alone producedCopy !req
1027. $400 million
in cocaine for
them last year.Copy !req
1028. The government
has no control over the regionCopy !req
1029. there is no law,
and they're goingCopy !req
1030. to shoot these
guys in the headCopy !req
1031. and then have a parade.Copy !req
1032. If they wanted to kill them,
they'd already be dead.Copy !req
1033. Robbie?Copy !req
1034. Okay, Mr. PresidentCopy !req
1035. this plan is called Cassiopeia:
three MH-60 Black HawksCopy !req
1036. two MH-6 Little Birds
and an AC-130 gunship.Copy !req
1037. Each Black Hawk
has ten Delta commandosCopy !req
1038. from Special
Forces.
How long?Copy !req
1039. Five to seven minutes.Copy !req
1040. How many
Frente casualties?Copy !req
1041. Do you care?Copy !req
1042. No.Copy !req
1043. Mr. PresidentCopy !req
1044. I want to strongly urge
that we continue negotiating.Copy !req
1045. Do you think
we're headed for Vietnam?Copy !req
1046. I think if we make an
armed attack, the Frente
will hit back.Copy !req
1047. I think they'll
bomb our embassy
How?Copy !req
1048. I think
they will kill diplomatsCopy !req
1049. I think they'll kill citizens
in captivityCopy !req
1050. all of which will require
a military response.Copy !req
1051. It could unify
the drug lords.Copy !req
1052. It could destabilize
the region.Copy !req
1053. Yes, I think
it could lead to a war.Copy !req
1054. Lead to a war?
We're in a war.Copy !req
1055. We're sending people
down there to fight
a war on drugs.Copy !req
1056. Those guys aren't hostages.Copy !req
1057. They're prisoners.Copy !req
1058. How long's it going to take
Special Forces to mobilize?Copy !req
1059. They're in 141s right now
on their way to Tres Encinas.Copy !req
1060. You can give them
a "go" order in three hours.Copy !req
1061. Well, then, I want our people
to keep talking to Nelson GuerraCopy !req
1062. but in three hours, I want to be
ready to kick in the back door.Copy !req
1063. Leo, I'd like
Yes, sir.Copy !req
1064. the senior staff.
Would you round them up?Copy !req
1065. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1066. I'm going to
wandering the halls.Copy !req
1067. Thank you, sir.
Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
1068. You know what I'm
surprised about?Copy !req
1069. What?Copy !req
1070. We haven't seen
a lot of looting.Copy !req
1071. Yeah.Copy !req
1072. Usually in these cases,
you see a lot more looting.Copy !req
1073. Yeah.Copy !req
1074. General civil unrest...Copy !req
1075. Yeah.Copy !req
1076. People get on
each other's nerves.
Okay.Copy !req
1077. Joey?Copy !req
1078. Can I ask you
what may be a silly question?Copy !req
1079. Sure.Copy !req
1080. It's not possible, is it,
for us to just open upCopy !req
1081. one of these computers
with a screwdriverCopy !req
1082. and get the numbers
that are in there, right?Copy !req
1083. Why did you think that'd
be a silly question?Copy !req
1084. ( yelling ):
I want these numbers!Copy !req
1085. Josh?Copy !req
1086. Yeah?Copy !req
1087. Sam.Copy !req
1088. Yeah.Copy !req
1089. You got to come back.Copy !req
1090. What's going on?
I don't know.Copy !req
1091. Leo wants everybody back.Copy !req
1092. Leave Joey and Donna
for a while.Copy !req
1093. I'll be right there.Copy !req
1094. Yeah?
Ginger?Copy !req
1095. Isn't Ainsley HayesCopy !req
1096. supposed to be
meeting me now?Copy !req
1097. She's in her office.Copy !req
1098. Isn't she supposed
to be meeting me here?Copy !req
1099. She needs to meet you
in her office.
Why?Copy !req
1100. She can't wear her pants.Copy !req
1101. Ainsley!Copy !req
1102. Well, I hardly know
where to start.Copy !req
1103. I was feeling so good
after my segmentsCopy !req
1104. so I went out
to the Sculpture Garden.Copy !req
1105. You know, you guys, really
there's a "wet paint"
sign on the bench.Copy !req
1106. My assistant went
to get me clothes.Copy !req
1107. Why are you
moving like that?Copy !req
1108. I'm blaming it
on the bossa nova.Copy !req
1109. Okay.Copy !req
1110. I know what you meanCopy !req
1111. about that adrenaline high.Copy !req
1112. I definitely think I got it.Copy !req
1113. Plus, the bartender made me
a Pink SquirrelCopy !req
1114. so you see, I am not
the teetotaler you think I am.Copy !req
1115. Is there any alcohol
in that at all?Copy !req
1116. There's a dash
of creme de cacao, my friend.Copy !req
1117. I came down here to tell you...Copy !req
1118. Oh, dance with me, Sam.Copy !req
1119. What's up?Copy !req
1120. Oh, Mr. President.Copy !req
1121. I never even knew we had
a nightclub down here.Copy !req
1122. Oh, my God.Copy !req
1123. Mr. President, I don't believe
that you've met Ainsley Hayes.Copy !req
1124. Yeah, Ainsley.Copy !req
1125. I wanted to say hello
and to mention, you knowCopy !req
1126. a lot of people
assumed you were hiredCopy !req
1127. because you were a blond
Republican sex kittenCopy !req
1128. and, well..Copy !req
1129. they're obviously wrongCopy !req
1130. and keep up the good work.Copy !req
1131. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1132. You know
we're meeting?Copy !req
1133. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1134. Okay.Copy !req
1135. That could've
been worse.Copy !req
1136. No, probably not.Copy !req
1137. And take us behind the scenes.Copy !req
1138. What are
the President and First LadyCopy !req
1139. doing right now?Copy !req
1140. Well, the reception's
still going on.Copy !req
1141. I don't know if you
can hear the musicCopy !req
1142. and President
and Mrs. BartletCopy !req
1143. are likely to stay
up late with friends.Copy !req
1144. All right,
we're staying up late, too.Copy !req
1145. Maybe we'll get invited
to the party.Copy !req
1146. We're going to take a break
and come right back.Copy !req
1147. We're out.Copy !req
1148. How you holding up?Copy !req
1149. You got a second?Copy !req
1150. Yeah.Copy !req
1151. I've laid off it
all night because
we've done someCopy !req
1152. things together
and I didn't want
to ambush you, but...Copy !req
1153. Yeah. C.J...
You know about Sloan. Mark...Copy !req
1154. Mark, I talked to the guyCopy !req
1155. and before the stampede begins,
please give me a chance...Copy !req
1156. C.J.?Copy !req
1157. Let me talk
to you before...Copy !req
1158. C.J.?Copy !req
1159. Leo McGarry would like you
to meet an old friend of his.Copy !req
1160. Mark, give me 20 minutes
before you break the story.Copy !req
1161. Why?Copy !req
1162. We've done things together.Copy !req
1163. I'm looking at my watch.Copy !req
1164. Hey.Copy !req
1165. Hey.Copy !req
1166. They said you
were in here.Copy !req
1167. Yeah, just for a minute.Copy !req
1168. Fellas?Copy !req
1169. You're mad at me.Copy !req
1170. Jed, you know what?Copy !req
1171. I'm not your mommy.Copy !req
1172. Abbey, so I indicated
we were open to new ideas.Copy !req
1173. How did I fail you this time?Copy !req
1174. You didn't fail anybody, Jed.Copy !req
1175. They've been giving youCopy !req
1176. some pretty decent
style points.Copy !req
1177. I have a meeting.Copy !req
1178. At what point
in the processCopy !req
1179. did you decide
not to mentionCopy !req
1180. the Violence Against Women Act
in tonight's address?Copy !req
1181. Things had to be cut.Copy !req
1182. Jane Robinson,
by the wayCopy !req
1183. is the name of the woman
I made the check out to.Copy !req
1184. It wasn't cashed
because she framed it.Copy !req
1185. Charlie tracked her downCopy !req
1186. at a battered
women's shelter.Copy !req
1187. Now, that's what
made me thinkCopy !req
1188. about the Violence
Against Women Act.Copy !req
1189. To make a 90-minute speech
into an 80-minute speechCopy !req
1190. things had to go.Copy !req
1191. It's a good thing
it didn't have to be any shorterCopy !req
1192. or school uniforms
might not have made the cut.Copy !req
1193. Abbey...Copy !req
1194. We had a deal.Copy !req
1195. Right now...Copy !req
1196. We made a promise.
You made a deal.Copy !req
1197. Abbey...Copy !req
1198. When did you decide you were
going to run for a second term?Copy !req
1199. That's not what tonight's...Copy !req
1200. That's all
that tonight's speech was about.Copy !req
1201. You kicked off
your reelection campaignCopy !req
1202. and I'm sitting here
eating a sandwichCopy !req
1203. 'cause we had a deal.Copy !req
1204. That was three years ago.Copy !req
1205. Yeah.Copy !req
1206. I have Special ForcesCopy !req
1207. headed to Colombia
on ready-alert.Copy !req
1208. They'll be ready
for an orderCopy !req
1209. in a little less
than three hours.Copy !req
1210. What happened?Copy !req
1211. The Frente took five DEA agents
in Putumayo.Copy !req
1212. Mr. President?Copy !req
1213. Yeah.Copy !req
1214. The senior
staff's together.Copy !req
1215. Yes, sir.
I'll be right there.Copy !req
1216. Abbey...Copy !req
1217. No, you got to focus right now.Copy !req
1218. All right.Copy !req
1219. I've got to go.Copy !req
1220. I'll stay up with you.Copy !req
1221. Welcome back.Copy !req
1222. If you're just joining us,
we're here live tonightCopy !req
1223. from the west wing
of the White HouseCopy !req
1224. with an all-star panelCopy !req
1225. and we're talking about
the State of the UnionCopy !req
1226. and it appears
that it's a blockbuster.Copy !req
1227. Claire Willow joins us now
from the Chicago Sun-Times...Copy !req