1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. Just don't say anything for...
Just don't say anything for...Copy !req
3. The sooner you get I know
what I'm talking about...Copy !req
4. the sooner your world gets better.Copy !req
5. If we announce in two weeks,
that's when the first round...Copy !req
6. will be handed down.
Screw it. It's game time. Let's go.Copy !req
7. There he is!Copy !req
8. Mr. Rollins, can you tell us
when subpoenas will be issued?Copy !req
9. - I can't.
- Can you say if subpoenas will be issued?Copy !req
10. No, I can't.Copy !req
11. - We've shown nothing but good faith.
- Mr. Babish.Copy !req
12. - You wanna speak privately?
- Why am I reading about subpoenas?Copy !req
13. - Your office is leaking like a rowboat.
- Got a complaint?Copy !req
14. Yes, I filed it in U.S. District Court.
That's not what I'm talking about.Copy !req
15. The leaks aren't from the jurors.
They don't know.Copy !req
16. You can impanel a grand jury
without telling them why?Copy !req
17. Voir dire was entirely fair.
If anything, favored the subjects.Copy !req
18. You've been reading the work of a few
overzealous and irresponsible members...Copy !req
19. of the conservative press
in minor media outlets.Copy !req
20. It's The Wall Street Journal.Copy !req
21. The White House
has been cooperating fully.Copy !req
22. We'll hand over everything
a subpoena covers.Copy !req
23. My staff is working around the clock
organizing documents.Copy !req
24. If you feel something's
protected by executive privilege?Copy !req
25. What if the president
considers waiving executive privilege?Copy !req
26. Is he waiving attorney-client privilege?
Spousal privilege?Copy !req
27. How about doctor-patient privilege?Copy !req
28. They have shown nothing
but good faith.Copy !req
29. I can't give out extra credit for that.Copy !req
30. Let's go.Copy !req
31. Good morning.
My name is Clement Rollins.Copy !req
32. I'm the special prosecutor appointed
by the U.S. attorney general...Copy !req
33. in the matter
of docket CRSP-00101.Copy !req
34. With your permission,
and on your behalf...Copy !req
35. I would like to issue
the first round of subpoenas.Copy !req
36. These subpoenas compel both testimony
and production of documents...Copy !req
37. by the individuals named herein.Copy !req
38. They are as follows:Copy !req
39. "Josiah Bartlet, Abigail Ann Bartlet,
Elizabeth Bartlet Westin...Copy !req
40. Eleanor Emily Bartlet,
Zoey Patricia Bartlet...Copy !req
41. Leo Thomas McGarry,
Joshua Lyman, Claudia Jean Cregg...Copy !req
42. Samuel Norman Seaborn,
Toby Zachary Ziegler... ."Copy !req
43. - Donna?
- Yeah?Copy !req
44. What's going on?Copy !req
45. One of these boxes
is the president's private schedules.Copy !req
46. One is his publicly issued schedules,
to see if there are inconsistencies.Copy !req
47. - Were you here all night?
- Is it daytime?Copy !req
48. - It's 7:30.
- When I stay up all night...Copy !req
49. I can pass a 19th-century
English literature midterm. Josh?Copy !req
50. - Yeah?
- I'm not gonna have to take one, am I?Copy !req
51. - No.
- In one of these are memos...Copy !req
52. pertaining to the president's
new teachers initiative...Copy !req
53. since it's a major policy launch
after his suspected MS attack.Copy !req
54. - Can I ask you something?
- I had a plan.Copy !req
55. - When you say,"In one of these boxes..."
- I had a plan.Copy !req
56. Each box is numbered.Copy !req
57. There's a piece of paper with a number
describing the contents of each box.Copy !req
58. Well, where's the piece of paper?Copy !req
59. - It's in one of these boxes.
- I had a plan.Copy !req
60. - I grew up on a farm.
- You grew up in a condo.Copy !req
61. I grew up near a farm.Copy !req
62. I was cute, peppy, and I always did well
on my 19th-century English midterm...Copy !req
63. until you sucked me
into your life of crime.Copy !req
64. - Hey, I'm not the...
- White-collar crime boy!Copy !req
65. You know what they'd do to me
on that cellblock?Copy !req
66. - I've seen those movies.
- Yeah, me too.Copy !req
67. I'll bet you have. Sell my farm-girl ass
for a carton of Luckys.Copy !req
68. - Seriously, you need to sleep for a while.
- I can't yet.Copy !req
69. In one of these boxes are records for any
gifts or packages sent to senior staff.Copy !req
70. In one of these boxes is a piece of paper
which says which box it's in!Copy !req
71. - I'll be in the office.
- Down a corridor, 200 feet from here.Copy !req
72. - Don't commit any felonies on the way.
- I'll do my best.Copy !req
73. Donna's, like, two, three days away
from unspooling.Copy !req
74. It's fun to watch, but can you loan me
senior assistants from Communications?Copy !req
75. Yeah. There's a fire
in Yellowstone Park.Copy !req
76. - Put it out.
- I'm not a professional firefighter...Copy !req
77. though I had wanted to be.Copy !req
78. - When?
- When I was 4.Copy !req
79. When I was 4,
I wanted to be a ballerina.Copy !req
80. - Yeah?
- I don't like to talk about it.Copy !req
81. It was a dry lightning strike
in a lodgepole pine forest.Copy !req
82. The fire spread to 500 acres,
but it's inside a resource benefit zone.Copy !req
83. - Is it under control?
- As a matter of fact...Copy !req
84. last night, the park superintendent,
consulting with Bill Horton...Copy !req
85. and deputies
from the Interior Department...Copy !req
86. decided to let it run its course.Copy !req
87. - They're letting it burn?
- Not necessarily policy to put them out.Copy !req
88. Putting out fires
isn't necessarily our policy?Copy !req
89. Fire is good for the environment
under some circumstances.Copy !req
90. Forests have a natural cycle that requires
purging burns to reinvigorate growth.Copy !req
91. - Someone just said that to you, right?
- Yeah.Copy !req
92. - What do we do?
- The president talks with the governor.Copy !req
93. - Why?
- So the president can say they talked.Copy !req
94. - I'll take care of it.
- Ballerina?Copy !req
95. - I'd like that not to get around.
- No chance of that.Copy !req
96. - Emphasize that it's not like being served.
- How is it not like it?Copy !req
97. A subpoena is a legal agreement
to produce testimony in documents.Copy !req
98. Like a mugger uses a gun
to produce wallets?Copy !req
99. You say we're cooperating fully.Copy !req
100. You say subpoenas
don't indicate otherwise.Copy !req
101. Say they're a commonly used legal tool
to define the scope of the inquiry.Copy !req
102. Oliver, political reporters don't care
about the scope of inquiry.Copy !req
103. They hear'subpoenas."
My trouble with your spin is...Copy !req
104. we won't get anywhere acting calm.
We need to pick a fight.Copy !req
105. - Why?
- In politics, if you're not on offense...Copy !req
106. you're on defense.
- Your problem there...Copy !req
107. is that Clem Rollins doesn't foam
at the mouth. He's a good guy...Copy !req
108. and he comes off as a good guy.Copy !req
109. Plus, he was appointed by your attorney
general. Tough to fit him for a black hat.Copy !req
110. Let me think for just a second.Copy !req
111. - What do Republicans say about him?
- We don't all hang out at a little club.Copy !req
112. - What do they say about him?
- He's well-respected, deliberate.Copy !req
113. He takes his duties seriously,
wants to get the truth...Copy !req
114. and he wants to avoid any appearance
of impropriety or partisanship.Copy !req
115. Excuse me.Copy !req
116. Where are you going?Copy !req
117. We need a different enemy.Copy !req
118. - When do you meet on the estate tax?
- Five minutes.Copy !req
119. - With Toby?
- Yeah.Copy !req
120. Just remember it's a compromise, Josh.
It's done. You may not like it, but...Copy !req
121. - It's a compromise.
- When you two dislike something, you...Copy !req
122. - Show displeasure.
- Piss people off.Copy !req
123. That's a bad rap.
I'm sweet as pecan pie.Copy !req
124. - Yeah?
- I hate these people, Leo.Copy !req
125. When this thing is done, I'm gonna
screw them with their pants on.Copy !req
126. - Excuse me.
- Hey, C.J.Copy !req
127. Leo. Giselle.Copy !req
128. - I'm out of here.
- Got a second?Copy !req
129. - Yeah, walk with me.
- Oliver Babish and Ainsley Hayes...Copy !req
130. were just in my office.
- On spin?Copy !req
131. - What you got?
- Nothing. Know why?Copy !req
132. - Rollins likes us.
- He doesn't hate us.Copy !req
133. Well, that's just because
he doesn't know us.Copy !req
134. We need to be investigated by someone
who wants to kill us just to watch us die.Copy !req
135. We need someone perceived by people
to be irresponsible, untrustworthy...Copy !req
136. partisan, ambitious
and thirsty for the limelight.Copy !req
137. Am I crazy or is this not a job
for the U.S. House of Representatives?Copy !req
138. - They'll get to it sooner or later.
- Make it sooner.Copy !req
139. Make it now. Rollins is driving
them crazy, moving too slow.Copy !req
140. He won't talk to the press.
They're ready to jump.Copy !req
141. I swear to God,
I think we can move the show.Copy !req
142. - You got a briefing now?
- Yeah.Copy !req
143. - Show me what you're starting with.
- Yeah.Copy !req
144. - I'm leaving now.
- You need this.Copy !req
145. - Leaving for this meeting.
- You don't need this.Copy !req
146. - This meeting where I will compromise.
- You have 10-60?Copy !req
147. Yes, I do. Why do we compromise?
Because we are ordered to.Copy !req
148. Because compromising on the estate tax
prevents Republicans...Copy !req
149. from going for a bigger tax cut, which
would help wrest the White House...Copy !req
150. from our compromising hands.
So I go to this meeting.Copy !req
151. - You need this.
- The estate tax...Copy !req
152. which Republicans
cleverly dubbed the'death tax."Copy !req
153. There's nothing that Republicans
do better than naming things.Copy !req
154. So I go to this meeting, because I agree
with Republicans and Congress...Copy !req
155. America is about self-sufficiency,
lifting yourself up by your bootstraps...Copy !req
156. as long as your children's children never
have to work. So I go to this meeting.Copy !req
157. - Toby?
- He's rolling.Copy !req
158. I go to this meeting, Ginger.
I compromise, throw a line in the sand...Copy !req
159. to ensure that only multimillionaires,
not billionaires, are exempt from the tax.Copy !req
160. Re-elect the president,
he's for the millionaires, not billionaires.Copy !req
161. Toby, they canceled the meeting!Copy !req
162. - What do you mean?
- It's the chairman's office.Copy !req
163. - They're canceling.
- Why?Copy !req
164. They canceled the meeting.Copy !req
165. Bonnie's got him on the phone.
What's going on?Copy !req
166. They say it's his daughter's wedding.Copy !req
167. - That's on Saturday.
- They say he wants to leave early.Copy !req
168. - They're lying.
- I know.Copy !req
169. What's going on?Copy !req
170. - I think they wanna take it off the table.
- And do what?Copy !req
171. White House is weak.
What would you do?Copy !req
172. You think they want to repeal
the estate tax?Copy !req
173. - Good morning.
- Are you concerned about the subpoenas?Copy !req
174. No. In fact, we've already sent over
80 cartons of documents to Clem.Copy !req
175. Eighty cartons of documents
that weren't even subpoenaed...Copy !req
176. and we intend to continue
cooperating with him fully.Copy !req
177. - Why were subpoenas necessary?
- They're a common legal tool...Copy !req
178. to define the scope of the inquiry.
Steve?Copy !req
179. - What about congressional hearings?
- We don't think they're necessary...Copy !req
180. but that's not for us to say.
We take a different view...Copy !req
181. than congressional Republicans do
of the special prosecutor's performance.Copy !req
182. We believe he's thorough and impartial,
and should be allowed to finish his work.Copy !req
183. You say,"a different view." Is Congress
unhappy with the special prosecutor?Copy !req
184. You'd have to ask Congress that.
Mark.Copy !req
185. C.J., can you comment on the contents
of the 80 cartons already sent?Copy !req
186. - You still don't know my name, do you?
- It's Gertrude.Copy !req
187. - It's not.
- Calls?Copy !req
188. I need to talk to you.Copy !req
189. This estate-tax repeal out of committee
is gonna be a thing.Copy !req
190. - I got another thing.
- They canceled the meeting yesterday.Copy !req
191. We think the House Republicans
are gonna try to repeal the tax.Copy !req
192. The Pacers played
the Cleveland Cavaliers last night.Copy !req
193. - Really? Who won?
- Indiana by five in double overtime.Copy !req
194. Now the repeal of the estate tax
seems somehow insignificant.Copy !req
195. - Can I stick this in?
- Yeah.Copy !req
196. - You paying attention?
- Yeah.Copy !req
197. - Does this thing work?
- No.Copy !req
198. Okay. If it did, you'd see Victor Campos
sitting courtside with Buckland.Copy !req
199. - Campos took some courtside seats?
- He traveled from L.A. to Indianapolis...Copy !req
200. to watch Cleveland and Indiana.Copy !req
201. They don't travel from Cleveland
to Indianapolis to watch that.Copy !req
202. I don't care if they let Campos
play point guard.Copy !req
203. He loves the president.
He got the California primary for him.Copy !req
204. - He's dating Buckland now.
- Because they went to a game?Copy !req
205. The president's
Community Empowerment Board?Copy !req
206. It runs the president's initiative to steer
private investment jobs to inner cities?Copy !req
207. - Yes.
- This commission is his dream come true.Copy !req
208. - We gave him a seat on it.
- And he turned you down.Copy !req
209. He turned you down.Copy !req
210. - When?
- Shortly after...Copy !req
211. The game ended in double overtime.
Damn it!Copy !req
212. - Margaret!
- Margaret. Margaret.Copy !req
213. Yeah.Copy !req
214. Okay.Copy !req
215. Okay, Jamie, I have to get off.
Thanks.Copy !req
216. - The fire's at 1500 acres.
- Sam, Victor Campos had a meeting...Copy !req
217. with Jack Buckland, then he passed
on the Community Empowerment Board.Copy !req
218. - Really?
- Yeah. What do you think he's doing?Copy !req
219. Can you set up a meeting for me?Copy !req
220. - I want one of my people with him.
- Why?Copy !req
221. - Because I do.
- Sam can do this.Copy !req
222. I want one of my people there
to make sure I get the story straight.Copy !req
223. Sam will report back.Copy !req
224. Sam will have the meeting,
one of my people will be there...Copy !req
225. and they will report back.Copy !req
226. Time to distinguish the White House
from the campaign.Copy !req
227. - Sam does this for us.
- Does he do it right?Copy !req
228. - Oftentimes.
- You guys know I'm sitting here, right?Copy !req
229. - We're gonna set up a meeting.
- Okay.Copy !req
230. And we might want to think about
putting this fire out.Copy !req
231. - Donna?
- Don't touch that stack over there.Copy !req
232. - I heard you need help.
- That logs all visitors who saw Charlie.Copy !req
233. You feel like being fixed up
with a hot guy?Copy !req
234. - What did you say?
- Cliff Calley.Copy !req
235. - We went to law school together.
- Where does he work?Copy !req
236. - He's cute as hell.
- Where does he work?Copy !req
237. - House Ways and Means.
- Minority counsel's office?Copy !req
238. - Not exactly.
- Where?Copy !req
239. Well, he works
with the minority counsel's office.Copy !req
240. - Ainsley.
- For the majority counsel's office.Copy !req
241. - He's a Republican.
- We are the majority.Copy !req
242. - By a very small margin.
- He works in Ways and Means?Copy !req
243. - Josh is in a fight with them.
- If you're not comfortable...Copy !req
244. Josh, who picked me out of nowhere,
who works day and night...Copy !req
245. and who hates these people.Copy !req
246. - I don't know, is he funny?
- Yeah.Copy !req
247. - Should I tell him to call you?
- If he wants. Phone rings, I answer it.Copy !req
248. Could be anybody.
Don't touch that stack!Copy !req
249. I was coming to see you.
I'm putting you on Capitol Beat.Copy !req
250. - The subpoenas.
- "Clem Rollins is running..." Listen.Copy !req
251. "Clem Rollins is running a thorough,
fair and impartial investigation.Copy !req
252. - He's a man of integrity."
- "We're willing to cooperate with him."Copy !req
253. "We're eager to cooperate with him."Copy !req
254. Don't oversell it.Copy !req
255. I need to bring Campos out here.
What do you got?Copy !req
256. They'll introduce racial profiling.
15-minute op in the garden.Copy !req
257. Campos has 48 pictures
in the Rose Garden.Copy !req
258. Trade agreements
between U.S. and Brazil.Copy !req
259. Campos can discuss his objections
to the president.Copy !req
260. I don't want to remind people
that Campos objects. What else?Copy !req
261. - The unveiling of the HELP initiative.
- HELP?Copy !req
262. Hispanic Education Longevity Program.
It lowers the Latino dropout rate.Copy !req
263. - You have a killer body, you know that?
- In fact, I do.Copy !req
264. Good morning. Before I forget...Copy !req
265. Victor Campos has been added to
the guest list for the unveiling of HELP.Copy !req
266. That's Thursday, day after tomorrow.
Mark?Copy !req
267. Is the White House
filing complaints over leaks...Copy !req
268. from the special prosecutor's office?
- Not that I know.Copy !req
269. Oliver Babish and Mr. Rollins have
had productive conversations about that.Copy !req
270. - Do they speak often?
- They're old friends.Copy !req
271. What was the compromise
that was on the table?Copy !req
272. If your estate's worth less
than a million, you're exempt.Copy !req
273. The Republicans wanted 5 million,
settled on 21 /2.Copy !req
274. - Seems reasonable.
- It wasn't reasonable.Copy !req
275. Wasn't in driving distance
of reasonable.Copy !req
276. These people have paid taxes
on this money already.Copy !req
277. They paid it in income tax, property tax,
capital gains. They gotta pay...Copy !req
278. - Don't say it.
- A death tax?Copy !req
279. Ninety-eight percent of estates pay
no taxes at all. These people are loaded.Copy !req
280. They can afford the tax
so it should be levied?Copy !req
281. If we spend millions on tax breaks,
we should spend it on people...Copy !req
282. who don't have millions.Copy !req
283. - Million dollars isn't what it used to be.
- They don't make good yachts anymore.Copy !req
284. - What did they say?
- The meeting won't be rescheduled.Copy !req
285. - How do they know?
- Legislative Affairs has it...Copy !req
286. from three rural House Democrats that
Ways and Means is trolling for votes.Copy !req
287. - On a complete repeal?
- Yeah.Copy !req
288. Screw it. We went from a million to 2.5.
What if we throw in...?Copy !req
289. I'm saying, maybe we expand
the compromise...Copy !req
290. - They won't reschedule.
- How do we know...?Copy !req
291. Because it's not about the estate tax.Copy !req
292. They want what they want,
and they can get what they want now.Copy !req
293. The meeting's not gonna
be rescheduled.Copy !req
294. - What do you think?
- I can tell you what he thinks.Copy !req
295. He thinks we roll with it. He thinks
a president can't be against tax cuts...Copy !req
296. in an election year.
Since our key districts have farms...Copy !req
297. that are gonna be inherited,
we have to... .Copy !req
298. He thinks we roll with it.Copy !req
299. I think...Copy !req
300. he should take out the A-bomb.Copy !req
301. He's gotta do something
he's never done before.Copy !req
302. Think I'm weak? How about I shove
Article 1, Section 7 up your ass?Copy !req
303. Screw the compromise.Copy !req
304. I think he's gotta veto.Copy !req
305. Toby, I just...Copy !req
306. don't know on how many fronts
we can fight a war.Copy !req
307. You wanna find out?Copy !req
308. Yeah.Copy !req
309. C.J.!Copy !req
310. We had a meeting at OEOB.
We were gonna come by and see you.Copy !req
311. - There's some concern on the Hill.
- About what?Copy !req
312. The last couple of days,
the press has been soft on Rollins.Copy !req
313. Particularly with regard to his
relationship to the White House.Copy !req
314. - And there's concern?
- Democrats worry Republicans...Copy !req
315. will use this as an excuse
to start their own hearings early.Copy !req
316. We're saying, if the White House could
seem less eager to cooperate...Copy !req
317. a little less confident in his integrity.
- Yeah.Copy !req
318. And if you could,
downplay his friendship with Babish.Copy !req
319. - Have a good night.
- You too.Copy !req
320. - How'd the call with the governor go?
- Not well.Copy !req
321. - Why not?
- He's demanding we put the fire out.Copy !req
322. The president tried to calm him,
but he accused us of advocating...Copy !req
323. "fringe environmental policies."
- Are we?Copy !req
324. It's not clear. But, for the moment,
"they had a productive conversation.Copy !req
325. He'll monitor
with the Secretary of the Interior."Copy !req
326. Excuse me. You need a haircut.Copy !req
327. - Shouldn't you be keeping me out of jail?
- I'm on break.Copy !req
328. - You wanted to see me?
- You did well on Capitol Beat.Copy !req
329. Babish and Rollins wrote a paper together
for the Yale Law Review.Copy !req
330. - You should get it out there.
- Yeah, the problem is...Copy !req
331. I can't just make copies.
- What do you need?Copy !req
332. Get with one of your friends in the
press room from a conservative paper.Copy !req
333. - You think we have a secret handshake?
- Do you?Copy !req
334. - Yes.
- Get along with this guy. Off the record...Copy !req
335. say you can't believe the president
claims to waive executive privilege...Copy !req
336. yet reserves the right to withhold
documents. Can you do that?Copy !req
337. "I can't believe the president claims
to waive executive privilege...Copy !req
338. yet withholds certain documents."
- Do it quietly. Kind of shake your head.Copy !req
339. "I can't believe the president
claims to waive executive..."Copy !req
340. - Just shake your head at the beginning.
- "I can't believe how..."Copy !req
341. - Okay, but think about...
- I've got it.Copy !req
342. Charlie.Copy !req
343. - Yes, sir.
- Are we out of pens?Copy !req
344. That's a good pen.
I need an everyday pen.Copy !req
345. - I've got pens.
- You got crappy pens.Copy !req
346. I need a solid pen that feels good
in my hand...Copy !req
347. but it's not so formal
I feel like a dandy.Copy !req
348. I'm making some trips to pen stores,
aren't I?Copy !req
349. I used to have the perfect pens
every day in my pocket.Copy !req
350. I loved those pens. Balance.
Great action. Paper soaked up the ink.Copy !req
351. What happened to those?
Do they make them anymore?Copy !req
352. - I kept that company in business.
- Sir, when do you think...Copy !req
353. you'll interview to replace
Mrs. Landingham?Copy !req
354. - I haven't gotten to it.
- The office would set the meetings.Copy !req
355. - Maybe we'd bring in a headhunter...
- Is there a rush on this?Copy !req
356. - You need a secretary, sir.
- I have five...Copy !req
357. to say nothing of the Secretaries of
State, Defense, Treasury and Education.Copy !req
358. Things are getting missed.
Everyone's been trying to cover...Copy !req
359. but things get missed.
- Things have been fine.Copy !req
360. I'll have dinner and be back
in the office after.Copy !req
361. - You getting dinner?
- In the mess.Copy !req
362. I'll see you later.Copy !req
363. - Mr. President?
- Yeah?Copy !req
364. She put the pen in your pocket.Copy !req
365. Every morning, she slipped it in there.Copy !req
366. - How you doing?
- Good. How about you?Copy !req
367. Good.Copy !req
368. The thing about me is,
I'm a brilliant political mind.Copy !req
369. - Yeah?
- Ph.D. in political economy from Oxford.Copy !req
370. Not easy. Bruno and Doug know
I can handle tough meetings.Copy !req
371. That's why they're sending me
with you to meet Campos.Copy !req
372. - I have an exceptional mind.
- But?Copy !req
373. - I don't know who Victor Campos is.
- Yeah.Copy !req
374. Look, pal, I went to Oxford, okay?
Which is in England.Copy !req
375. - You weren't kidding about that mind.
- Sam.Copy !req
376. - England's in Europe, right?
- Sam.Copy !req
377. He's the head of the AFSE:Copy !req
378. American Federation
of Service Employees, Local 1262.Copy !req
379. He's the head of a local? And he rates
a meeting with a senior staffer?Copy !req
380. A Democrat can't get elected
in California without him.Copy !req
381. He can pick up the phone
and have 5000 people at your rally.Copy !req
382. He's got state-of-the-art
voter mobilization...Copy !req
383. and plays massive room with computer
banks tracking voter registration.Copy !req
384. With his endorsement comes 350,000
calls, callbacks, mailings and e-mails.Copy !req
385. Is there anything in particular
I should do at this meeting?Copy !req
386. Don't get in my way.Copy !req
387. Taxi!Copy !req
388. Excuse me.Copy !req
389. Are you Donna Moss by any chance?Copy !req
390. - Yeah.
- I'm Cliff Calley.Copy !req
391. - I'm sorry I'm late.
- No, that's all right.Copy !req
392. - Were you waiting long?
- No, no, like... .Copy !req
393. - It was like an hour and a half.
- There are these boxes...Copy !req
394. - I'm sorry?
- There are these boxes that l...Copy !req
395. - Doesn't matter. You were leaving.
- No, I'm stretching my legs.Copy !req
396. - You shouted for a cab.
- I like to test them.Copy !req
397. I usually look a lot better than this.
I mean, I can look good.Copy !req
398. I have no trouble believing that.Copy !req
399. But listen, it sounds like maybe
you're having problems with boxes...Copy !req
400. and I know how that can be.
So if you'd rather...Copy !req
401. - Will you buy me a drink?
- Sure.Copy !req
402. C.J., can you clear up
whether the special prosecutor...Copy !req
403. can compel the president's staff
to disclose conversations about his MS?Copy !req
404. Executive privilege protects all
communications necessary...Copy !req
405. to enable a president to do his job.
But, as I said, the president's waiving it.Copy !req
406. Excuse me.
I need to follow up on that.Copy !req
407. How can he claim to waive
executive privilege...Copy !req
408. yet withhold certain documents?
Isn't he just trying to protect himself?Copy !req
409. He's trying to protect
the office of the presidency.Copy !req
410. - Information about national security.
- Stop being coy, C.J.Copy !req
411. - I was born this way.
- Mr. Rollins won't be angry...Copy !req
412. if the White House omits documents?Copy !req
413. If you wanna know what Rollins thinks,
read his writings on the subject.Copy !req
414. He was a University of Chicago Law
School professor, and I'm not sure...Copy !req
415. you can check me on this, but I think
he was editor of the Yale Law Review.Copy !req
416. That's a full lid, everybody.
Have a good night.Copy !req
417. C.J., governor of Wyoming's
been on TV.Copy !req
418. - Is he mad at us?
- Pretty irate.Copy !req
419. - Good irate or...?
- He's irate.Copy !req
420. Circulate a memo to anyone
who's gonna see a microphone.Copy !req
421. "The National Fire Plan is based
on recommendations from five agencies.Copy !req
422. It clearly states that 80 years
of fire suppression hasn't worked.Copy !req
423. For centuries, wildfires have been
a part of forest ecosystems."Copy !req
424. When things catch fire,
it's not our policy to put it out?Copy !req
425. That's what they shouldn't say.Copy !req
426. Put that on the memo with a circle
and a line through it.Copy !req
427. - C.J.
- Oliver.Copy !req
428. Thank God for LexisNexis. How long until
they find the paper I wrote with Rollins?Copy !req
429. About an hour.
They'll make their deadlines.Copy !req
430. - You know...
- Yeah?Copy !req
431. I was gonna say you took a beating
the last few months.Copy !req
432. I was wondering if you're trying to
get back in the game with one swing.Copy !req
433. Is that what you were wondering?
Anything else?Copy !req
434. No.Copy !req
435. - What do you know?
- We spent a few hours...Copy !req
436. with the minority whip
and some deputies.Copy !req
437. - They have the votes for a repeal?
- They have 218 without breaking a sweat.Copy !req
438. - It's 290 to override.
- Where are they getting them?Copy !req
439. Republicans are calling in all hands.Copy !req
440. We assume they get the full 226,
plus Fayette, Genesee and Trent.Copy !req
441. - California...
- The state I begged you to let secede.Copy !req
442. The entire California delegation
wants a compromise...Copy !req
443. otherwise, they vote to repeal.Copy !req
444. We lose about another 13 votes
from rural districts...Copy !req
445. maybe three would switch back
if it was close...Copy !req
446. but they'd get killed next November,
and I wouldn't ask them to do it.Copy !req
447. That's 283. Where are the other
seven votes against us?Copy !req
448. - That's the thing.
- It's from inside the Black Caucus.Copy !req
449. That's where the seven votes are.Copy !req
450. I want you two to see Mark Richardson
in the morning.Copy !req
451. - Already set up.
- We'll make a recommendation...Copy !req
452. to the president. He'll make
his decision to fight or live to fight.Copy !req
453. These are members of the Black Caucus.Copy !req
454. Can you think of a reason
why they'd oppose the estate tax?Copy !req
455. - Sure.
- What?Copy !req
456. First generation of black millionaires
is about to die.Copy !req
457. - Leo.
- Is he back?Copy !req
458. - Yeah.
- Thanks.Copy !req
459. Charlie, I'm expecting a call
from Bill Horton.Copy !req
460. I left the National Fire Plan
in the dining room.Copy !req
461. - I'll run up and get it.
- Thanks.Copy !req
462. Good evening.Copy !req
463. The Governor of Wyoming
was 11 /2 inches away...Copy !req
464. from calling me
a pyromaniac tonight.Copy !req
465. That's surprising, because we really
had respect for him before.Copy !req
466. I'm saying somewhere out there
is a registered voter who's thinking:Copy !req
467. "I thought I liked this Bartlet fellow.
But now I see he's in favor of fire... ."Copy !req
468. He thinks it's gonna affect tourism.Copy !req
469. It's the end of the season,
and the fire isn't anywhere near tourists.Copy !req
470. Letting it burn is good
for the environment.Copy !req
471. - You know how I know?
- How?Copy !req
472. Because smart people told me.Copy !req
473. Please, God, Leo, let them be right.Copy !req
474. - When are you talking to Horton?
- Any minute.Copy !req
475. You want me in on the call?Copy !req
476. - Yeah.
- I'll be in my office.Copy !req
477. - Why are you a Republican?
- I'm sorry?Copy !req
478. - Why are you a Republican?
- Because I hate poor people.Copy !req
479. I hate them, Donna.
They're all so poor.Copy !req
480. And many of them talk funny
and don't have proper table manners.Copy !req
481. My father slaved at the Fortune 500
company he inherited...Copy !req
482. so I could go to Choate, Brown
and Harvard...Copy !req
483. and see that this country isn't overrun
by poor people and lesbians.Copy !req
484. No. I'm Republican because I believe
in smaller government.Copy !req
485. This country was founded on freedom.
Freedom stands opposed to constraints.Copy !req
486. The bigger the government,
the more the constraints.Copy !req
487. - Wow.
- You agree with that?Copy !req
488. - No, it's crap, but you're really cute.
- Yeah, I know.Copy !req
489. I had a hunch you did.Copy !req
490. - Listen, you know who my boss is, right?
- I do.Copy !req
491. He's one of the point men on this fight
over the estate tax.Copy !req
492. - The death tax.
- He doesn't call it that.Copy !req
493. - We've been ordered to. There's a memo.
- Right.Copy !req
494. Anyway, not to editorialize...Copy !req
495. but since we're fighting
for ordinary people...Copy !req
496. while you protect
the grotesque wealth of a few...Copy !req
497. I wasn't sure if you felt awkward.
- Listen, Robin Hood...Copy !req
498. - It's not a good tax?
- It was, in 1916...Copy !req
499. when wealth was concentrated
and we wanted to prevent...Copy !req
500. the emergence
of an aristocratic class. However...Copy !req
501. - Says Choate, Brown, Harvard.
- Wealth is now spread among...Copy !req
502. farmers, small-business owners,
farmers, merchants...Copy !req
503. And did I mention farmers?Copy !req
504. So a second date
wouldn't be awkward for you?Copy !req
505. This is my last week working
for Ways and Means.Copy !req
506. - Really?
- I've been traded.Copy !req
507. - Where?
- House Government Oversight.Copy !req
508. - What did they trade you for?
- Some toner, I think.Copy !req
509. - No, I mean why?
- I don't know.Copy !req
510. We got a call
from the majority leader's office.Copy !req
511. They wanted another litigator
at Government Oversight. They didn't... .Copy !req
512. - They didn't say why.
- Maybe it was just an oversight.Copy !req
513. Oh, come on.
"Maybe it was just an oversight"?Copy !req
514. I don't even get a courtesy laugh?Copy !req
515. - The boxes.
- What about them?Copy !req
516. I have to say good night now.Copy !req
517. You didn't bring me out from L.A.
to talk about HELP.Copy !req
518. Victor, I was wondering why
you passed on the commission.Copy !req
519. You didn't bring me out here to talk
about HELP or the commission.Copy !req
520. You didn't go to Indiana
to watch basketball.Copy !req
521. - It was a good game.
- Don't get cute.Copy !req
522. - Watch your mouth.
- I don't think I will, Victor.Copy !req
523. We fought a war together.
What happened?Copy !req
524. - You tell me.
- You know what?Copy !req
525. The president said he'd ban permanent
striker replacement workers, and did.Copy !req
526. Thank you. So the jobs
he isn't shipping overseas will be safe.Copy !req
527. Who else was for prenatal care
for illegal immigrants in lowa?Copy !req
528. - That's not where it's needed.
- He put an empowerment zone...Copy !req
529. in Pacoima and no one has worked
harder to raise minimum wage.Copy !req
530. Lowest Latino unemployment in history,
small-business loans for Hispanics...Copy !req
531. the biggest drop in Latino poverty.Copy !req
532. That's what I got in the last election.
What do I get in this one?Copy !req
533. - What happened to loyalty?
- Can't deposit it in a savings account.Copy !req
534. - What do I get?
- What do you want?Copy !req
535. The Hispanic dropout rate is higher
than that of African-Americans.Copy !req
536. We'll double funding
for the High School Initiative.Copy !req
537. Children who came to the U.S.
after welfare reform...Copy !req
538. - A major push on Hispanic children.
- What's major?Copy !req
539. He's gonna mention it
in the State of the Union. What else?Copy !req
540. - Complete amnesty.
- No way.Copy !req
541. - Victor.
- Complete amnesty...Copy !req
542. for all undocumented immigrants from
the Americas: Mexico, Chile, El Salvador.Copy !req
543. The Legal Amnesty Fairness Act
is in the Senate now.Copy !req
544. We can't back a bill that treats
Hispanic immigrants any differently than...Copy !req
545. - We can't do it.
- Sure, we can.Copy !req
546. - I'm sorry?
- We can do it.Copy !req
547. We really can.Copy !req
548. Would you excuse us just a second?Copy !req
549. - Hi.
- When I said'stay out of my way"...Copy !req
550. - It'll cost you some independents...
- So he can expand union membership?Copy !req
551. And the Democratic Party. Millions
of illegal immigrants out of hiding.Copy !req
552. Millions of potential voters
who are going to vote for you.Copy !req
553. Three million in California. That's 13
percent of the vote, and 19 in Arizona.Copy !req
554. You know the Republican Party
will try to outflank us on this.Copy !req
555. It's right for the president.
Why give him a hard time?Copy !req
556. - He's giving me a hard time.
- He's supposed to.Copy !req
557. You're weaker than you were
three years ago. Have a little humility.Copy !req
558. Suck it up and give him what he wants,
which will help you in the long run.Copy !req
559. Victor?Copy !req
560. - What do we get?
- Excuse me?Copy !req
561. If I go to the president,
what do we get?Copy !req
562. California and its 435 delegates.Copy !req
563. - I shouldn't have blown up before.
- Nobody will know.Copy !req
564. Yeah?Copy !req
565. Loyalty.Copy !req
566. Josh, you think the Black Caucus
votes in a block...Copy !req
567. and they only care about the system.
- Surely, congressman...Copy !req
568. the African-American community has
better ways to spend 28 billion dollars...Copy !req
569. than a tax break that benefits fewer
than 1000 black families.Copy !req
570. You're doing it again.
The African-American community...Copy !req
571. doesn't think one way about anything.
It's a few members of the Caucus.Copy !req
572. - That was pretty surprising.
- A few members who feel...Copy !req
573. that African-American homeownership
is at its highest level ever...Copy !req
574. that more African-Americans are opening
small businesses than ever.Copy !req
575. If they can't pass it on, how will they
build power, clout and self-sufficiency...Copy !req
576. as a community?
- A few black millionaires...Copy !req
577. justifies a multibillion-dollar
boondoggle?Copy !req
578. As long as there's a Congress, there
will be multibillion-dollar boondoggles.Copy !req
579. We'd like to share in them
a little bit, please.Copy !req
580. We're bleeding here, Mark.Copy !req
581. - What?
- We're bleeding here, for God's sake.Copy !req
582. You can work with us or be ignored
by a Republican president. Your choice.Copy !req
583. - How bad is it?
- Buckland's coming after us.Copy !req
584. - He's been meeting with Victor Campos.
- While you guys defend...Copy !req
585. yourselves against special prosecutors
and Jack Buckland...Copy !req
586. what about the people
who got you here?Copy !req
587. Who are you talking to, Mark?Copy !req
588. We won't forget failing schools
in central cities.Copy !req
589. We won't forget after-school care,
healthcare for uninsured kids.Copy !req
590. We won't forget drug treatment, urban
redevelopment or community policing.Copy !req
591. - Yeah?
- You can't forget that we're bleeding.Copy !req
592. The Black Caucus doesn't vote
as one mind. I can't promise anything.Copy !req
593. The veto's an awfully big risk
to take...Copy !req
594. if you can't promise anything.Copy !req
595. Then the veto's
an awfully big risk to take.Copy !req
596. - Has the fire abated at all?
- Not yet.Copy !req
597. - How far has it spread?
- 6500 acres.Copy !req
598. - So it's closing in on the boundary?
- Yes, sir, Mr. President.Copy !req
599. - Not too late to reverse your decision.
- Think he should?Copy !req
600. - No.
- Why?Copy !req
601. A cold front's moving in from Alberta
with a 50 percent chance of showers.Copy !req
602. Temperatures have started to drop.Copy !req
603. If the rain reaches Yellowstone by
tonight, it'll be enough to quell the fire.Copy !req
604. If not, we put it out and the president
looks like an idiot for waiting this long.Copy !req
605. But we'll make sure
he looks like an idiot too, right?Copy !req
606. Yeah.Copy !req
607. Wyoming's going to have
to have some faith...Copy !req
608. that the Department of the Interior
knows what it's doing.Copy !req
609. - Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
610. - Josh.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
611. - A ballerina?
- I didn't know what it was at the time.Copy !req
612. - I liked the word.
- We'll go with that for now.Copy !req
613. Mr. President, we recommend
you threaten to veto...Copy !req
614. any repeal of the estate tax.Copy !req
615. - Really?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
616. - What happened with Richardson?
- No guarantees.Copy !req
617. He wants to see
what we're gonna do next.Copy !req
618. - Let's make the threat.
- You like this?Copy !req
619. - Yes, sir.
- I thought you don't oppose a tax cut...Copy !req
620. in an election year.
- Well, let's be clear.Copy !req
621. We're not talking about
opposing a tax cut.Copy !req
622. We're talking about vetoing one.
Your first veto ever.Copy !req
623. - That's shooting the moon.
- I'll say.Copy !req
624. I like the bold gesture.
I think you gotta get out the stamp.Copy !req
625. You sign it.
You don't do it with a stamp.Copy !req
626. - I thought it was a stamp.
- Stamp it, then sign it.Copy !req
627. Who gives a damn, sir? This is a tax cut
that benefits only 4500 families.Copy !req
628. It doesn't matter
if most voters don't benefit.Copy !req
629. They all believe that some day they will.Copy !req
630. That's the problem
with the American dream...Copy !req
631. makes everyone concerned
for the day they're gonna be rich.Copy !req
632. The governors of Wyoming, Idaho,
Montana and Utah...Copy !req
633. with the Senate majority leader
and the speaker of the house...Copy !req
634. are calling me
a fringe environmentalist...Copy !req
635. because I'm listening to the Secretaries
of the Interior and Agriculture...Copy !req
636. along with the U.S. Forest Service,
chief ranger and park superintendent.Copy !req
637. They say letting it burn
is good for the environment...Copy !req
638. and I'm betting on a weather report
of all things.Copy !req
639. It's just one of those times.Copy !req
640. - Do you have a bottle opener?
- No.Copy !req
641. - Some men carry those pocketknives.
- I don't.Copy !req
642. You screwed with a legal proceeding,
and used one of my deputies to do it.Copy !req
643. - I worked the press.
- You know...Copy !req
644. there was irony in that Clem Rollins
was right for the job.Copy !req
645. - Think I care?
- You think because the White House...Copy !req
646. feels more comfortable in an ugly fight
that means we'll win it?Copy !req
647. - Anybody have a bottle opener?
- Josh?Copy !req
648. - Yeah.
- Which committee had jurisdiction?Copy !req
649. - For the hearings?
- Was it Judiciary?Copy !req
650. Thomas' committee wanted it,
so the majority leader...Copy !req
651. - Thomas' committee is...?
- Government Reform and Oversight.Copy !req
652. - Volume!
- Next year's an election year...Copy !req
653. and in some states,
the voting starts in a few months.Copy !req
654. People deserve answers now
and not at the snail's pace...Copy !req
655. of Jed Bartlet's handpicked
prosecutors.Copy !req
656. I am announcing that the Reform
and Oversight Committee...Copy !req
657. will be gaveled to session
to conduct immediate hearings...Copy !req
658. of possible use
of taxpayer resources...Copy !req
659. - Come and get us.
- ... to defraud the public.Copy !req
660. It is time to put an end
to this White House's abuse of power.Copy !req
661. It is time for this White House
to answer the American people.Copy !req