1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. Most troubling is Haitian troops
parked in front...Copy !req
3. of every police
station in Port-au-Prince.Copy !req
4. If they take the embassy,
how will we know?Copy !req
5. They're taking the embassy.Copy !req
6. - Mrs. Landingham was driving back here.
- Is she all right?Copy !req
7. No. She's dead.Copy !req
8. Ten years ago the president
was diagnosed with MS.Copy !req
9. He concealed it during election,
but we're going public...Copy !req
10. with an interview
and press conference.Copy !req
11. Is the president gonna run
for re-election?Copy !req
12. There's gonna be
a press conference tonight.Copy !req
13. I'd watch.Copy !req
14. Please! I can only answer
14 or 15 questions at once.Copy !req
15. Has there been discussion
of a special prosecutor?Copy !req
16. Tomorrow the president will direct
the Attorney General...Copy !req
17. to appoint a special prosecutor. Yes.Copy !req
18. - I can't see. Joan?
- Can you tell us how that will work?Copy !req
19. A list of three prosecutors
is given to a three-judge panel.Copy !req
20. The prosecutors as well as the judges
were all appointed...Copy !req
21. by Republican presidents.Copy !req
22. - How soon until witnesses are called?
- I don't know.Copy !req
23. Any idea who will be
on the witness list?Copy !req
24. I can't comment on a witness
list that doesn't exist.Copy !req
25. I imagine subpoenas will be issued
to most senior White House staff...Copy !req
26. including myself.
- C.J.!Copy !req
27. - What about Congress?
- I'm sorry?Copy !req
28. - Will Congress hold hearings?
- I'd imagine.Copy !req
29. - Which committee will have jurisdiction...
- I can't comment on what hearings...Copy !req
30. Congress has in mind. There will be
one, but you have to talk to Congress.Copy !req
31. Okay. Here now,
the president of the United States.Copy !req
32. Front row on your right.Copy !req
33. Yes, Sandy.Copy !req
34. Mr. President, can you tell us right now
if you'll be seeking a second term?Copy !req
35. I'm sorry, there was a little bit of noise
there. Can you repeat the question?Copy !req
36. Yes, sir. Can you tell us right now
if you'll be seeking a second term?Copy !req
37. Yeah.Copy !req
38. And I'm going to win.Copy !req
39. C.J.Copy !req
40. C.J.Copy !req
41. C.J.Copy !req
42. Yeah.Copy !req
43. - We're here.
- Oh, yeah, thank you. Thanks.Copy !req
44. - Mr. President.
- Bruno.Copy !req
45. - I got a new section that I'd like you to...
- Give it to Leo.Copy !req
46. C.J.Copy !req
47. The speech is written. They're ironing
a few things out. It's written.Copy !req
48. - I'm not talking about the speech.
- What?Copy !req
49. I got a source that says the FDA's
gonna pull the trigger on mifepristone.Copy !req
50. - Mifepristone is?
- RU-486.Copy !req
51. The FDA is an independent agency.
I could get in trouble for knowing this.Copy !req
52. No, it's nonproprietary information...Copy !req
53. delivered by a nongovernmental
person. You're fine.Copy !req
54. I'll ask one of my 14 lawyers about that.
When are they gonna announce?Copy !req
55. That's the thing.
They're doing it on Monday.Copy !req
56. - Monday?
- Right before his speech.Copy !req
57. Okay, thanks.Copy !req
58. C.J.! There are now seven
different drafts of the speech.Copy !req
59. The president likes none of them.Copy !req
60. Toby and Doug can't get together.
Sam and Doug can't get together.Copy !req
61. Leo and Bruno can't get together.Copy !req
62. - I gotta talk to you...
- If anyone asks, the speech is done.Copy !req
63. That's what I've been saying. Listen.Copy !req
64. Come here.Copy !req
65. Paulson got it from a source,
the FDA is signing off on RU-486.Copy !req
66. - When are they going to announce?
- On Monday.Copy !req
67. Come on! You didn't take care of this?Copy !req
68. I told all departments, no news on
Monday. We get the cycle to ourselves.Copy !req
69. FDA's an independent agency.Copy !req
70. We're kicking off our campaign
on the same day...Copy !req
71. - Yeah.
- Perfect.Copy !req
72. - I'm sorry, but...
- I'm also not wild...Copy !req
73. about pictures of him
on the plane without his wife.Copy !req
74. - I can't generate images of her.
- She's getting in in the morning?Copy !req
75. - We'll do some pictures.
- I'll call Gail Trent, confirm this thing.Copy !req
76. - Maybe we want to postpone.
- Why?Copy !req
77. I don't know,
he's got laryngitis or something.Copy !req
78. C.J.Copy !req
79. Anybody asks, the speech is done.
We're putting...Copy !req
80. - Yeah. What's Toby's problem with me?
- What do you mean?Copy !req
81. He's got a problem with me.
I'd like to understand it.Copy !req
82. - I wouldn't worry about it.
- I do worry.Copy !req
83. I have a job to do.
He's making it harder.Copy !req
84. I don't...
Connie?Copy !req
85. The place has
a communications center...Copy !req
86. conference room, an operating room,
offices and an apartment.Copy !req
87. This is a nice ride.Copy !req
88. Yes. If anyone asks, the speech is done,
they're putting finishing touches on it.Copy !req
89. - Yeah.
- Thank you.Copy !req
90. M&M's with the seal of the president.Copy !req
91. - C.J., when do we see an advance?
- Very soon.Copy !req
92. - The speech's done?
- Done. They're ironing a few things out.Copy !req
93. Toby and Sam have no problems
with Bruno's people?Copy !req
94. Everybody's getting along great,
dotting the I's and crossing the T's.Copy !req
95. This thing reads like an Andy Williams
special! We're starting over...Copy !req
96. on a white piece of paper!
- I'm gonna take my seat now.Copy !req
97. Good evening. From the flight deck,
this is Lieutenant Colonel Gantry.Copy !req
98. We're closing our cabin doors...Copy !req
99. and we ask that you be seated
in preparation for takeoff.Copy !req
100. We'll be flying at a cruising altitude
of 35,000 feet.Copy !req
101. Our flight path will take us over
Hartford, Connecticut...Copy !req
102. Greenfield, Massachusetts.Copy !req
103. And our flight time to Pease
Air Force Base, New Hampshire...Copy !req
104. will be approximately one
hour and 10 minutes.Copy !req
105. We anticipate a smooth flight.Copy !req
106. Can you tell us right now if you'll
be seeking a second term?Copy !req
107. Yeah. And I'm going to win.Copy !req
108. That announcement coming
about 15 minutes ago...Copy !req
109. was made on the heels of
the president's stunning disclosure...Copy !req
110. - Abbey?
- Jed?Copy !req
111. - Listen.
- You missed it. It was incredible.Copy !req
112. - Look...
- All over the news.Copy !req
113. - Abbey...
- This crazy man...Copy !req
114. got up in front of millions of people
and screwed his wife.Copy !req
115. That's funny,
because that's sort of what I did.Copy !req
116. You can't think this is funny.Copy !req
117. - I don't.
- You can't think this is a joke.Copy !req
118. I don't. I swear.Copy !req
119. - There are ways of getting out of this.
- Yeah?Copy !req
120. You buried Dolores Landingham
this afternoon.Copy !req
121. - You couldn't be expected to make...
- Are you gonna...?Copy !req
122. Let time go by, a few weeks.Copy !req
123. Say you've consulted
with your doctors, your family...Copy !req
124. which, amazingly,
people would believe.Copy !req
125. - And then you say you decided...
- I'm running again, Abbey.Copy !req
126. Yeah?Copy !req
127. - Look, I have a lot to say.
- You and me both.Copy !req
128. Go ahead.Copy !req
129. - What?
- Say what you have to say.Copy !req
130. No. I have to go down.Copy !req
131. They're gonna brief me
on an evacuation plan for Haiti.Copy !req
132. All right.Copy !req
133. You gonna be up later?Copy !req
134. When?Copy !req
135. Probably 3 or 4.Copy !req
136. Am I usually up at 3 or 4
in the morning?Copy !req
137. Not usually.Copy !req
138. Then let's assume I won't be tonight.Copy !req
139. Donna!Copy !req
140. - Where you been?
- Motorcade left without me.Copy !req
141. - I drove back with Ed and Larry.
- They couldn't drive faster?Copy !req
142. Not faster
than a presidential motorcade.Copy !req
143. Set up a conference call
so Cabinet Affairs can brief.Copy !req
144. - The subcabinet too?
- Yeah, and congressional leaders.Copy !req
145. - You ever seen anything like this?
- No.Copy !req
146. - I'm monumentally pumped.
- Me too.Copy !req
147. Set up the calls, would you?Copy !req
148. - Toby?
- Leo's gotta cancel the public schedule.Copy !req
149. - Done.
- You're talking to Cabinet Affairs?Copy !req
150. Donna's setting it up.
Why aren't you smiling?Copy !req
151. - Because I'm wet.
- I'm wet and I'm smiling.Copy !req
152. I'm smiling on the inside. Ginger?Copy !req
153. Public Liaison wrote up talking points
two hours ago.Copy !req
154. - They're no good anymore.
- When will we get new ones?Copy !req
155. - Public Liaison? Half an hour.
- Fifteen minutes.Copy !req
156. Call the network. Get one of our people
on every single broadcast tonight.Copy !req
157. Okay, let's try not to do that a lot.Copy !req
158. - Why isn't he smiling?
- On the inside.Copy !req
159. Round up medical experts for morning
shows and divvy up columnists.Copy !req
160. Nancy?Copy !req
161. - Need C.J. as soon as she's free.
- She'll be down there for hours.Copy !req
162. - She's surrounded.
- Get her on the phone.Copy !req
163. - And I need Oliver Babish.
- You gonna put him in the briefing room?Copy !req
164. Send a message we're not
worried about the legal side.Copy !req
165. What are you all looking at?Copy !req
166. Good evening, Mr. President.Copy !req
167. What do you guys think the news
is gonna lead with tomorrow?Copy !req
168. Sir?Copy !req
169. Yeah.Copy !req
170. - Haiti?
- Yeah.Copy !req
171. All right. Don't worry about Haiti.Copy !req
172. Let's do what we have to.Copy !req
173. Mike, is that four AV-8s?Copy !req
174. Yeah. And four AH-1 s.Copy !req
175. - Good evening.
- Good evening, Mr. President.Copy !req
176. Mr. President,
this is Operation Swift Fury.Copy !req
177. We deploy a landing ship
helicopter assault...Copy !req
178. to evacuate both the Americans
and Dessaline.Copy !req
179. What's in the LHA?Copy !req
180. Four CH-53E's with 35 troops
for combat support...Copy !req
181. and eight CH-46 helicopters.Copy !req
182. - That's for cargo and ammunition?
- Yeah. We also have four Cobras...Copy !req
183. two Hueys for command and control,
and four Harriers.Copy !req
184. - Where do you launch?
- A soccer stadium there.Copy !req
185. - Le Stade Alain Toussaint.
- It's a quarter-mile from the embassy.Copy !req
186. So these helicopters land
on the roof and...Copy !req
187. Take the Americans
and Dessaline to the Enterprise.Copy !req
188. Code word'Paris"
for the operation.Copy !req
189. What are the possibilities
of civilian casualties?Copy !req
190. A curfew's been imposed,
the Signal Intelligence flights say...Copy !req
191. there aren't civilians within 2 blocks.
- How long do I have?Copy !req
192. - Paris will be in place in two hours, sir.
- Okay. Thank you.Copy !req
193. - Mr. President.
- Yeah?Copy !req
194. Hey, redheaded girl.Copy !req
195. Margaret.Copy !req
196. Okay. I need to see him.Copy !req
197. He's in his cabin. You can go back.Copy !req
198. Yeah.Copy !req
199. - Listen...
- Bruno...Copy !req
200. - Look...
- Hang on.Copy !req
201. No, I won't hang on.
Who told Doug to write a draft?Copy !req
202. - This was simply in order...
- Who told him...?Copy !req
203. - I told him.
- It's got an apology. Also, it stinks.Copy !req
204. Yeah. Okay, it lacks a certain...Copy !req
205. - Quality?
- Yeah. Doug isn't here to write poetry.Copy !req
206. The purpose is to demonstrate
that an apology can work.Copy !req
207. - He won't apologize.
- Why?Copy !req
208. It's his official campaign
announcement, not Oprah.Copy !req
209. - Doing Oprah wouldn't kill him.
- I believe it might.Copy !req
210. In four weeks...Copy !req
211. In four weeks, he's made
a full disclosure of his health.Copy !req
212. He has educated
the public about MS.Copy !req
213. He has done this every day.
He has done everything...Copy !req
214. Except apologized. In four weeks,
he has saved Haiti for democracy...Copy !req
215. funded the Justice Department's
tobacco lawsuit...Copy !req
216. watched the market rebound.
He has done everything, but apologize.Copy !req
217. You think he apologizes
and his numbers go up?Copy !req
218. I think you brought me
because they haven't yet.Copy !req
219. - They have.
- Two points in a month?Copy !req
220. If he runs for re-election 27 years
from now, he's got a fighting chance.Copy !req
221. I gotta make calls.
Talk to me about this in town.Copy !req
222. Ladies, gentlemen,
Lieutenant Colonel Gantry.Copy !req
223. We're making our final approach
to Pease Air Force Base.Copy !req
224. If you'll take your seats
and fasten your seat belts.Copy !req
225. - Listen.
- You should sit down. We're landing.Copy !req
226. - I talked to Gail Trent.
- And?Copy !req
227. She confirmed it. The FDA
is going to announce.Copy !req
228. - On Monday.
- Yeah.Copy !req
229. What were they talking
about back there?Copy !req
230. - Leo and Bruno?
- Yeah.Copy !req
231. A lack of yeast in our numbers.Copy !req
232. "Yeast" is a fun word to say.Copy !req
233. I'm sorry I got in your face before.Copy !req
234. Our numbers are less than yeasty.Copy !req
235. They are.Copy !req
236. We need a new poll
in the field right now.Copy !req
237. - Yes. I'll tell you why.
- Because the first one was bogus.Copy !req
238. Totally. I'll tell you why.Copy !req
239. 1170 voters in one industrial state
isn't representative of the country.Copy !req
240. Plus, people respond differently to voting
out a governor versus a president.Copy !req
241. Governors are expendable.
If the country's on track...Copy !req
242. they want to keep the president...
- In charge, if at all possible.Copy !req
243. - Bartlet's always scored...
- High in trustworthy.Copy !req
244. So he has a shield
against character attacks?Copy !req
245. Yes. Not to mention, the information
presented during the interview...Copy !req
246. informed the public MS isn't fatal.Copy !req
247. We need to put another poll
in the field now.Copy !req
248. Thank you all for coming around to the
self-evident point I made five minutes ago.Copy !req
249. - We gotta put another poll in the field.
- What happened?Copy !req
250. - My ride left without me.
- Mine too. I got a ride with Larry and Ed.Copy !req
251. Yes. Didn't you see me jumping up
and down, waving my arms in the air?Copy !req
252. - I thought you were happy.
- Me too.Copy !req
253. - You're an idiot.
- Which one of us are you talking to?Copy !req
254. Listen to me. He did incredibly
well on TV tonight.Copy !req
255. - We gotta put another poll in the field.
- We know.Copy !req
256. There's a difference
between a governor and a president.Copy !req
257. 1170 people in Michigan
won't give you a good sample.Copy !req
258. - This is a lot like Dupont Circle.
- We're there already, Joe.Copy !req
259. - I was stuck in the rain.
- Put the poll in the field.Copy !req
260. The hotel is up on the right.Copy !req
261. What's mifepristone?Copy !req
262. A pill that will abort a pregnancy
up to 49 days.Copy !req
263. - Mifepristone is RU-486?
- Yes.Copy !req
264. - And the FDA's approving it?
- Yes.Copy !req
265. Hallelujah!Copy !req
266. See, I think you're thinking somehow
this pill means more sex for you.Copy !req
267. No. I'm thinking it's a terrific medical
advancement for women.Copy !req
268. - You didn't think I'd be for it?
- Of course you are. I'm for it.Copy !req
269. - Everybody's for it, just not on Monday.
- Why not?Copy !req
270. It'll get folded into our news cycle
when we want it to ourselves.Copy !req
271. It gives pro-lifers something
to scream about.Copy !req
272. It'll look like
the campaign screwed up.Copy !req
273. The press will write a process story
instead of about our issues.Copy !req
274. - Isn't this one of our issues?
- Not on Monday.Copy !req
275. I'm checking in.Copy !req
276. Sure, I'll get the bags.Copy !req
277. - What do you need?
- Absolut martini on the rocks.Copy !req
278. - Olives?
- Thank you.Copy !req
279. - Is it always this crowded?
- Only when the circus is in town.Copy !req
280. Toby Ziegler, what did you bring me?Copy !req
281. M&M's from Air Force One, Lois.Copy !req
282. Thank you. Jack Daniel's.Copy !req
283. Yes, please.Copy !req
284. - Did you...?
- I read it, yes.Copy !req
285. It was to demonstrate
that an apology can work.Copy !req
286. He's not gonna apologize.Copy !req
287. - What about the rest of the speech?
- We're starting over.Copy !req
288. Toby, if he doesn't apologize
on Monday...Copy !req
289. we're going to spend the next
15 months being asked why.Copy !req
290. Then when he does,
it's gonna be because he had to.Copy !req
291. There are moments,
and when they're missed...Copy !req
292. - I've done this before.
- Like Haiti.Copy !req
293. Don't talk about military strategy
in a conversation like this.Copy !req
294. If the table had been set,
he'd been able to invade...Copy !req
295. You wanna speak up?
I'm not sure the press corps heard you.Copy !req
296. - Toby. Jack Daniel's.
- Thank you.Copy !req
297. You guys friends?Copy !req
298. Yeah.Copy !req
299. - Is he in?
- He's waiting for you.Copy !req
300. Joey's putting a poll
in the field in the morning.Copy !req
301. Good. The first poll was bogus.
1170 people in Michigan can't...Copy !req
302. - Leo, we've been through this.
- All right. Well, good.Copy !req
303. - Where's the president?
- In the residence.Copy !req
304. How's the first lady?Copy !req
305. With everything on our plates...Copy !req
306. we don't need to be
marriage counselors now.Copy !req
307. No, we should, because you
and I would be really good at it.Copy !req
308. - Excuse me.
- They're ready?Copy !req
309. - Here we go.
- Cobra 2, copy.Copy !req
310. Cobra 2, what's your position?Copy !req
311. Raven, Cobra 1 is Charlie.Copy !req
312. Raven, Cobra 2 is Charlie.Copy !req
313. Copy. Cobra 1, Cobra 2,
you are go for mission status.Copy !req
314. We'll hear Ratner from Port-au-Prince
completing each operation phase.Copy !req
315. - Where are we?
- Both Cobras are in position.Copy !req
316. Raven, Dragon is Delta.Copy !req
317. Copy. Dragon, you are go
for Operation Swift Fury.Copy !req
318. - How long does it take?
- They'll start in 40 seconds.Copy !req
319. They ready the two pairs of Cobras over
Bazan's troops to secure the landing.Copy !req
320. Then we pick up
53 Americans and Dessaline.Copy !req
321. And haul ass to Paris.Copy !req
322. Yeah. How are you doing?Copy !req
323. Not bad. How about you?Copy !req
324. Not bad. Wish I could have
been at the funeral.Copy !req
325. You had your hands full.Copy !req
326. I was proud of our boy.Copy !req
327. - Yeah.
- How's the first lady doing?Copy !req
328. - Let's not do that right now.
- Yeah.Copy !req
329. This silence makes me crazy.Copy !req
330. Come on.Copy !req
331. Raven, Dragon has all personnel
secured. Dragon is lifting to Paris.Copy !req
332. Copy. Dragon is lifting to Paris.
Dragon is away.Copy !req
333. Raven, Cobra 1 is taking fire.
It's from across...Copy !req
334. It's from inside the building across
from the embassy. Engaging. I'm hit.Copy !req
335. Raven, Cobra 2. Cobra 1 has taken some
fire. Smoke's coming from the tail.Copy !req
336. - He's hit in the cockpit.
- Cobra 1, what is your status?Copy !req
337. Raven, Cobra 1.
I've got some injuries.Copy !req
338. Copy that. Cobra 1,
can you make it back to Paris?Copy !req
339. Yeah, we're gonna try.Copy !req
340. Raven, Cobra 2. I'm engaged
with a squad of HNP troops.Copy !req
341. Several light machine guns.Copy !req
342. Engaging with 20-millimeter
and 2. 75 rockets.Copy !req
343. Raven, Cobra 2. Target neutralized.
Returning to Paris.Copy !req
344. Copy that.Copy !req
345. All right.Copy !req
346. Well, we're in it now.Copy !req
347. Our hotel is located just a few miles
from the sight of John Goffe's Mill.Copy !req
348. "Hunter John, as he was called,
was granted the land as a reward...Copy !req
349. for his services to the colony
in the French and Indian Wars."Copy !req
350. Let me tell you something,
we don't do that enough anymore.Copy !req
351. "I seek re-election to the presidency
not because of its glories...Copy !req
352. but because of its difficulties."Copy !req
353. Challenges? Challenge is better
than difficulties.Copy !req
354. Yes."Later in life...Copy !req
355. he built the water-powered grist mill
with his son Colonel John Goffe...Copy !req
356. and his grandson Major John Goffe."
The Goffes.Copy !req
357. Will'challenges" make us think one
of the difficulties is that he's got MS?Copy !req
358. It makes us think
he's up for a challenge.Copy !req
359. I agree.Copy !req
360. - C.J.?
- Yeah.Copy !req
361. - You wanna play some pool?
- I don't know how.Copy !req
362. You want to play for money?Copy !req
363. - Sure.
- What are you doing?Copy !req
364. I'm drawing inspiration from
the strength of the Goffe family.Copy !req
365. The descendants of Hunter John
have been owners and operators...Copy !req
366. of the Goffe family mill for
over two centuries now.Copy !req
367. "In 1845 when Theodore 'Ody' Goffe
was the proprietor...Copy !req
368. the mill burned to the ground."Copy !req
369. Well, that totally blows.Copy !req
370. C.J.!Copy !req
371. The operation was launched from
the deck of the USS Enterprise...Copy !req
372. 60 miles off the coast of Haiti.Copy !req
373. If you need details about troops and
equipment, I refer you to the Pentagon.Copy !req
374. - C.J.!
- Getting back to last night for a second.Copy !req
375. The president was briefed on the
evacuation after the press conference?Copy !req
376. - That's right.
- What was his state of mind?Copy !req
377. His state of mind was
he's commander in chief.Copy !req
378. Was he prepared to make
a life-and-death decision...Copy !req
379. after what he'd been through?Copy !req
380. He'd been through a TV interview
and a press conference.Copy !req
381. The president finds you annoying,
but not debilitating.Copy !req
382. - C.J.!
- Chris.Copy !req
383. The president announced a plot...Copy !req
384. to conceal a life-threatening
illness from the people.Copy !req
385. - His MS isn't life-threatening.
- So it had no effect on his...Copy !req
386. And there was no plot. Steve.Copy !req
387. - When did he tell you of his condition?
- Sorry?Copy !req
388. - When did he...?
- A week ago.Copy !req
389. - Did the president tell you?
- No. Leo McGarry told me.Copy !req
390. - Why didn't the president tell you?
- Because Leo McGarry did.Copy !req
391. Describe your relationship
with the president.Copy !req
392. Just good friends, Katie.Copy !req
393. How is she doing?Copy !req
394. - It's getting away from her a little.
- I'm not answering that.Copy !req
395. They're making her the story.Copy !req
396. Yeah, listen, I wanted to ask you
about something.Copy !req
397. The Justice Department
needs another 30 million dollars...Copy !req
398. to fund its suit against the tobacco
companies. We want them to have it.Copy !req
399. The Appropriation Subcommittee
on Commerce, State and Justice...Copy !req
400. handles that money.
They won't bring it to a vote.Copy !req
401. - Kalmbach's the chairman?
- Yeah.Copy !req
402. And now I want to turn the heat up
and issue a release.Copy !req
403. Incendiary?Copy !req
404. Yeah. It calls them well-fed members
lining their campaign war chest...Copy !req
405. and being complicit in hundreds
of thousands of negligent homicides.Copy !req
406. - Nice.
- We didn't send the release out...Copy !req
407. because of the MS announcement
and Mrs. Landingham.Copy !req
408. But in a day or two, I want to leak it.
What do you think?Copy !req
409. Yeah, that's really stupid.Copy !req
410. - Why?
- Offense makes people play defense.Copy !req
411. I'm raising the profile to bring
public opinion down on him.Copy !req
412. - Play defense with that.
- Congress appropriates the money.Copy !req
413. You're not gonna get it
by pissing off the appropriators.Copy !req
414. Watch me.Copy !req
415. Thanks for asking my opinion.Copy !req
416. - No sweat.
- I'm not answering that.Copy !req
417. You don't know?Copy !req
418. It has nothing to do
with the president sharing...Copy !req
419. health information with the public.
- Let's get away from it all.Copy !req
420. You need to be able to distinguish
between the things...Copy !req
421. we're supposed to know...Copy !req
422. and the things we're supposed
to know and you don't.Copy !req
423. The Pentagon briefing's scheduled
for 3 this afternoon.Copy !req
424. I'll keep you posted
on the changes.Copy !req
425. Leo talked to me, you know.Copy !req
426. I said, Leo talked to me.Copy !req
427. Yeah?Copy !req
428. - Yeah.
- About what?Copy !req
429. Your shot.Copy !req
430. Strategically, I felt that
was the wise thing to do.Copy !req
431. Leo talked to me. I know
what you're thinking about doing.Copy !req
432. - Good morning, Mr. President.
- Good morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
433. We're talking about a display of force?Copy !req
434. Yes, sir. Bazan sees
what he's up against.Copy !req
435. And what is he up against?Copy !req
436. We can buzz Port-au-Prince
with a strike formation.Copy !req
437. - Five F-18 fighters.
- It'll get his attention.Copy !req
438. Isn't it possible they
could shoot at us again?Copy !req
439. We'll fly an E-2 Hawkeye
with a radar dome.Copy !req
440. It picks up weapon signals?Copy !req
441. Yes, sir. We'd know before they reached
Port-au-Prince if they were in danger.Copy !req
442. Peter, State's exploring the effectiveness
of immediate sanctions?Copy !req
443. We're exploring it. But we've been
down that road with Haiti before.Copy !req
444. With terrible results
that hurt the wrong people.Copy !req
445. Not to pile it on...Copy !req
446. but we have reports of 12 incidents
of cutters intercepting...Copy !req
447. Haitians off the Florida Keys.
If we stretch out the resolution...Copy !req
448. - We'll have a refugee crisis.
- Guantánamo Bay.Copy !req
449. All right, let's start here.Copy !req
450. Nancy, Peter, get a message
to the Canadian prime minister.Copy !req
451. We intend to restore Dessaline.
The Canadians should tell Bazan...Copy !req
452. if he doesn't move out, we're willing
to move forward with military options.Copy !req
453. In the meantime,
I'm willing to consider the flyby.Copy !req
454. If the flyby doesn't work?Copy !req
455. Now you're just bugging me.
That's all.Copy !req
456. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
457. - Sir?
- Yeah.Copy !req
458. We should bear in mind that if we end up
invading Haiti, there will be a belief...Copy !req
459. That it was politically motivated.Copy !req
460. Yeah. That at the very least
we welcomed...Copy !req
461. an opportunity to distract attention
from the MS story...Copy !req
462. and to show strength
as commander in chief.Copy !req
463. Think it's a sign of strength
to invade Haiti?Copy !req
464. - I meant...
- Missouri could invade Haiti.Copy !req
465. - Yes.
- Sanctions aren't gonna work.Copy !req
466. You said it. The Haitian National Police
will get rich off the contraband.Copy !req
467. Dessaline was democratically elected.
He's been sitting in his office.Copy !req
468. He's sitting on the USS Enterprise.
Not to mention they shot at us.Copy !req
469. You don't get to do that.Copy !req
470. - Sir?
- I'm late.Copy !req
471. Everybody's tired.Copy !req
472. At some point, we're gonna have
to check the first lady's temperature.Copy !req
473. - Okay, you first.
- Yeah.Copy !req
474. On Haiti, tell your people
to be careful...Copy !req
475. with public posture not to say or do
anything that could taint any options.Copy !req
476. Nobody wants to invade.Copy !req
477. Nobody wants to contemplate invading
till we've exhausted diplomatic options.Copy !req
478. Yeah.Copy !req
479. Charlie? You wanna play?Copy !req
480. - Aren't you supposed to be writing?
- I am writing.Copy !req
481. I don't see paper.Copy !req
482. We can sit back and admit with
grave sensitivity that life isn't fair.Copy !req
483. And the less-advantaged
are destined to their lot in life.Copy !req
484. The problems of those on the other side
of the world should stay there.Copy !req
485. Our leaders are cynical and can
never be an instrument to change.Copy !req
486. But that, my friends,
is not worthy of you.Copy !req
487. It's not worthy of a president,
it's not worthy of a great nation.Copy !req
488. It's not worthy of America.Copy !req
489. Paper's for wimps.
You wanna play?Copy !req
490. No.Copy !req
491. - I understand if you're scared.
- I'm not.Copy !req
492. I'm saying, if you're scared chicken,
I understand.Copy !req
493. - You got 20 bucks?
- Yep.Copy !req
494. Put it on the table.Copy !req
495. I'll give you the break.Copy !req
496. You give me the break,
you're not gonna need that stick.Copy !req
497. - Charlie.
- Yeah?Copy !req
498. Can I see you for a second?Copy !req
499. The president's gonna direct the Attorney
General to appoint a special prosecutor.Copy !req
500. - Know what that means?
- Yeah.Copy !req
501. - Okay, so you're gonna need a lawyer.
- Actually, I don't think I need one.Copy !req
502. - You do.
- I think I'll be fine.Copy !req
503. - Really?
- Yeah.Copy !req
504. He's gonna ask you everything
you've seen and heard...Copy !req
505. since you started working here.
- I can answer that truthfully.Copy !req
506. Then a month later,
he'll ask the same questions.Copy !req
507. If your answers change,
they prosecute you for perjury.Copy !req
508. - Mr. Babish...
- Oliver's fine.Copy !req
509. You prepared to describe every
conversation you had with the president?Copy !req
510. Whether he asked you for an aspirin,
or if his hands quivered.Copy !req
511. You prepared to answer questions about
your relationship with his daughter?Copy !req
512. This is NFL football.Copy !req
513. - When is this all gonna happen?
- I don't know.Copy !req
514. - How can you not know?
- Grand jury investigations are secret.Copy !req
515. So they can knock on my door
one morning?Copy !req
516. They will knock on your door
one morning.Copy !req
517. How much?Copy !req
518. You know, how much do you think?Copy !req
519. Assuming you did nothing wrong...Copy !req
520. saw nothing wrong
and heard nothing wrong...Copy !req
521. about 100,000 dollars.Copy !req
522. Nice game. It was fun to watch.Copy !req
523. I'll see you later.Copy !req
524. - Charlie?
- Yeah.Copy !req
525. - The president and the first lady...
- Toby.Copy !req
526. Sorry.Copy !req
527. Man, I can't do the job if he's got
to send me out of the room every time...Copy !req
528. No, you're right. You know what, look,
it's a typical marriage. I've been there.Copy !req
529. Well, I haven't, but he's the president
of the United States.Copy !req
530. So my guess is, no, it's probably not
a typical marriage.Copy !req
531. I'll see you later.Copy !req
532. I said to you...
I said this,"Do you want food?"Copy !req
533. - Yes.
- You said,"No, I don't want any food."Copy !req
534. - Now you're eating my food.
- You'd think you'd have learned by now.Copy !req
535. - You eating the rest of the sandwich?
- Are you?Copy !req
536. - Where is he?
- How you doing?Copy !req
537. - I don't care. Where is he?
- Leo's on the phone.Copy !req
538. What's the problem?Copy !req
539. "Our economy may be stronger. Yet
there are Americans who work longer...Copy !req
540. for less pay and less dignity.
Our crops may feed the world...Copy !req
541. yet there are children whose
stomachs ache with the pain of hunger."Copy !req
542. Yes, it's midnight in America.Copy !req
543. I'm not sure you can say
"stomachs ache with pain."Copy !req
544. - You can, but it's bad. I ran into Sam.
- And?Copy !req
545. We'll talk tomorrow.
Is the kitchen still open?Copy !req
546. - I'm not eating this potato salad.
- I am.Copy !req
547. - Bruno.
- I know, I know.Copy !req
548. "Let us shine a light
on dark places in America"?Copy !req
549. "Places where all hope
has been banished.Copy !req
550. Places where our founders' dreams
are yet to be redeemed."Copy !req
551. And then let us kill ourselves
and move to Pakistan.Copy !req
552. Why are people here?Copy !req
553. - Leo.
- I came to the bar for some privacy.Copy !req
554. Leo, I'm reading things that would make
the cast of Up With People sit and cry.Copy !req
555. We'll work tomorrow.
What are you doing here?Copy !req
556. - We were...
- Tomorrow.Copy !req
557. I need to talk to you.Copy !req
558. The FDA is gonna approve RU-486.Copy !req
559. - How do you know?
- C.J. had a source.Copy !req
560. We're not supposed
to have that information.Copy !req
561. The source was nongovernmental.
Leo, they're doing it on Monday.Copy !req
562. - You've confirmed it?
- As well as I can.Copy !req
563. I've been at it all night. I'd like
to go through back channels...Copy !req
564. to hold them off.
- No.Copy !req
565. Then I think we have to consider
postponing the speech.Copy !req
566. I'm going to see the president
in the morning. Let me talk to him.Copy !req
567. - All right.
- All right.Copy !req
568. These are hot off the presses.Copy !req
569. Early numbers?Copy !req
570. Yeah. These are just preliminary,
after the first 16 hours.Copy !req
571. "How much confidence do you have
in the president?Copy !req
572. Great deal: 21 percent.Copy !req
573. 24 percent.
Only a little: 15 percent."Copy !req
574. "Not at all: 38 percent."Copy !req
575. That's 45 percent in the top two boxes.
Better than we thought.Copy !req
576. "Do you feel he's physically able
to perform his duties?"Copy !req
577. "Probably not" and'definitely not"
at 39 percent.Copy !req
578. That number will go down
as we educate the public to MS.Copy !req
579. Yeah, with 25 percent
saying they don't know.Copy !req
580. What's the bottom line?Copy !req
581. For an incumbent to have any chance
at all at this point in the calendar...Copy !req
582. he needs 40 percent.
- If the election were today?Copy !req
583. - Forty-one.
- Forty-one percent would re-elect him.Copy !req
584. - Thirty-seven elects a new person.
- Twenty-two don't know.Copy !req
585. - He's in the ball game.
- I'll set up meetings for tomorrow.Copy !req
586. We'll have the final numbers for this set.
We'll figure out where to go from here.Copy !req
587. - Josh?
- Yeah.Copy !req
588. Listen.Copy !req
589. - I was talking to Toby earlier.
- Hey, Ginger.Copy !req
590. And I was saying that, actually,
he hasn't apologized.Copy !req
591. What do you mean?Copy !req
592. I looked over the transcript.
He hasn't apologized.Copy !req
593. Yeah, well, I don't know what to say.Copy !req
594. - Yeah.
- Let me ask you something.Copy !req
595. The release I wrote
about that tobacco appropriation?Copy !req
596. Yeah.Copy !req
597. What would you think about my
leaking it to the subcommittee?Copy !req
598. I wouldn't do it.Copy !req
599. I'm doing it.Copy !req
600. Okay. You don't think we're
gonna get hung with the apology?Copy !req
601. Hang on.Copy !req
602. Can you talk about the level of force
you'll show Bazan?Copy !req
603. It'll be what's called
an Alpha-strike formation fly-over.Copy !req
604. It's five F-18 fighters
and an E-2 Hawkeye.Copy !req
605. - C.J.!
- Steve.Copy !req
606. The injured Marines. Has the president
spoken to their families?Copy !req
607. He expressed gratitude and concern...Copy !req
608. to the Marines and their families.
- Did they express concern...Copy !req
609. for the president's health?
- No. His health isn't a matter of concern.Copy !req
610. The conversation was focused
on the Marines...Copy !req
611. and their contribution
to our national security.Copy !req
612. - C.J.!
- Mark.Copy !req
613. There are reports of the Coast Guard
intercepting Haitians off Florida.Copy !req
614. They're considered economic refugees
and diverted to Guantánamo Bay.Copy !req
615. - C.J.!
- Carl.Copy !req
616. Does this mean that the president
can't afford to spend...Copy !req
617. his own political capital right now
by accepting mass numbers of refugees?Copy !req
618. - That's not a factor.
- C.J.!Copy !req
619. Do the president's political problems
make it more or less likely...Copy !req
620. he'll order an invasion?
- That's not a factor.Copy !req
621. C.J., would you say
that the president's situation...Copy !req
622. makes it harder for him to focus
on the situation in Haiti?Copy !req
623. To be honest,
I think he's relieved...Copy !req
624. to be focusing
on something that matters.Copy !req
625. Obviously, what I meant to say was...Copy !req
626. Excuse me. Did you just
say he was relieved?Copy !req
627. Obviously, what I mean...Copy !req
628. - Toby.
- I don't believe it.Copy !req
629. - You saw it?
- I was standing right there.Copy !req
630. He's relieved he might have
to send troops into battle?Copy !req
631. He's relieved he might
put American lives at risk...Copy !req
632. and kill Haitian civilians because
it takes his mind off having lied?Copy !req
633. - C.J.
- Just don't say anything for...Copy !req
634. Just don't say anything for...Copy !req
635. Damn it!Copy !req
636. - Tobacco.
- What about it?Copy !req
637. Josh wants to send the release.Copy !req
638. At the press release?Copy !req
639. Yes. It's incendiary.Copy !req
640. Josh is feeling burned...Copy !req
641. and he's letting his emotions and,
dare I say, ego...Copy !req
642. drive what I think is a delicate situa...
- Hang on.Copy !req
643. Holy hell.Copy !req
644. Relieved? The president's relieved
to be focusing on Haiti?Copy !req
645. - Isn't this what we said to be careful of?
- What happened?Copy !req
646. She was asked if his situation
makes it harder to focus on Haiti.Copy !req
647. - There was a ramp-up, but...
- What'd she say?Copy !req
648. "The president's relieved
to be focusing...Copy !req
649. on something that matters."
- Relieved?Copy !req
650. We can argue that she just misspoke.Copy !req
651. She meant to say he realizes he's
focusing on something that matters.Copy !req
652. - Or he's reiterating...
- I don't like'something that matters."Copy !req
653. - Like that he lied doesn't matter.
- She misspoke is all we needed.Copy !req
654. We go back.
We say she misspoke.Copy !req
655. What if he has to invade?
If he invades Haiti after what...Copy !req
656. It's gonna look like he ordered
a military operation to cover up...Copy !req
657. - She was tired. She...
- C.J. doesn't misspeak.Copy !req
658. If she misspoke, why didn't
she clean it up in the briefing room?Copy !req
659. Come to think of it,
why didn't she clean it up?Copy !req
660. She is tired. We all are.Copy !req
661. Then why don't we go with that, Sam.
Let's go out and say we're all tired.Copy !req
662. The president's tired,
complications due to MS.Copy !req
663. We haven't had much time.Copy !req
664. - A week! How much time do you need?
- Some have had more time than others.Copy !req
665. - Margaret.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
666. - Is he alone?
- Yeah.Copy !req
667. Come up with something.Copy !req
668. Good morning, Mr. McGarry.
You can go on up. He's up by the fence.Copy !req
669. You live in the middle of nowhere,
you know that?Copy !req
670. Awasiwi odanak.
It's an Abenaki phrase that means:Copy !req
671. "Beyond the village."Copy !req
672. Good morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
673. You want coffee?Copy !req
674. - No.
- What's happening?Copy !req
675. C.J. 's got it from
a nongovernmental source...Copy !req
676. the FDA's gonna announce
their approval of RU-486.Copy !req
677. - When?
- Monday.Copy !req
678. Yeah, all right.Copy !req
679. Why don't we consider
postponing the speech?Copy !req
680. - Why?
- You've got laryngitis.Copy !req
681. - No, I mean why?
- It'll get wrapped up in the news...Copy !req
682. It'll get wrapped up in one news cycle.
I don't give a...Copy !req
683. Plus, it gives meat to the right.
Lets the press write a process story.Copy !req
684. Right out of the gate, the Bartlet
campaign is pandering and bumbling...Copy !req
685. and performing abortions
in the Rose Garden.Copy !req
686. Screw it, and screw anybody
who writes that story.Copy !req
687. Plus, I have a hunch the first round...Copy !req
688. of subpoenas will
be handed down this week.Copy !req
689. You have a hunch?Copy !req
690. Of course the subpoenas
will be handed down.Copy !req
691. If we announce in two weeks,
that's when the first round...Copy !req
692. will be handed down.
Screw it. It's game time. Let's go.Copy !req
693. This is a nice piece of land.Copy !req
694. It'd be better without the floodlights
and the metal detectors, but...Copy !req
695. Yeah.Copy !req
696. Abbey and the girls
getting in this morning?Copy !req
697. Yeah.Copy !req
698. How's everybody doing?Copy !req
699. Fine.Copy !req
700. What about C.J.?Copy !req
701. All right.Copy !req
702. Laryngitis?Copy !req
703. I don't know.Copy !req
704. We could just say I have MS.Copy !req
705. Yeah.Copy !req
706. - Leo.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
707. I'm running for re-election.Copy !req
708. And I'm gonna win.Copy !req