1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. You'd see Victor Campos
sitting courtside with Buckland.Copy !req
3. If we spend millions on tax breaks,
we should spend it on people...Copy !req
4. who don't have millions.Copy !req
5. The veto's an awfully big risk to take
if you can't promise anything.Copy !req
6. Then the veto's
an awfully big risk to take.Copy !req
7. We recommend you threaten to veto
any repeal of the estate tax.Copy !req
8. - Good evening.
- Are you Dolan?Copy !req
9. - Yes, and you're Mr. Kobeleskie?
- Koveleskie, with a V.Copy !req
10. We spoke on the phone.
I'm the only one here right now.Copy !req
11. That's okay.Copy !req
12. - There are usually 7 of us...
- Yeah.Copy !req
13. And I'm new.
It's the end of my second week.Copy !req
14. - Do you know what to do?
- I call the deputy chief of staff.Copy !req
15. You tell him the clerk of the house
has delivered a bill.Copy !req
16. Then you bring it to the president
for his signature or veto.Copy !req
17. - Yeah.
- Okay, here it is.Copy !req
18. Thank you.Copy !req
19. Yes, this is Mr. Dolan
in the executive clerk's office.Copy !req
20. I'd like Mr. Lyman, please.Copy !req
21. - Why don't you just wear a pre-tied tie?
- Because it's not the same.Copy !req
22. It looks the same.Copy !req
23. You want to be able to pull it open
like Tony Bennett.Copy !req
24. Think the tie's the only thing
between you and Tony?Copy !req
25. He's also shorter than I am.Copy !req
26. - When are you bringing Buckland back?
- I was gonna do it before the entrée.Copy !req
27. - You should do it after the entrée.
- Why?Copy !req
28. I don't know, it's more polite.Copy !req
29. - Is there etiquette for this?
- No.Copy !req
30. Then why are you bothering me?Copy !req
31. - I need to talk to you about something.
- My phone's ringing.Copy !req
32. - Yeah.
- You want to answer it?Copy !req
33. Can we talk tonight?
Maybe after the cheese course?Copy !req
34. Donna.Copy !req
35. Josh Lyman.Copy !req
36. Yes.Copy !req
37. It's here.Copy !req
38. Call around.Copy !req
39. - Quiz me.
- I don't think I will.Copy !req
40. - Quiz me.
- You're a lively conversationalist.Copy !req
41. - You won't have any problem...
- Quiz me.Copy !req
42. Who are you sitting next to?Copy !req
43. Dr. Kary B. Mullis, recipient of the
1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry.Copy !req
44. Born 1944 in North Carolina. Earned his
bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech...Copy !req
45. and his Ph.D. in biochemistry
from my alma mater, UC Berkeley.Copy !req
46. If all he wants to talk about
is where he's from...Copy !req
47. where he went to school
and his name, you're fine.Copy !req
48. - C.J.?
- It's here?Copy !req
49. - Yeah.
- I'll meet you over there.Copy !req
50. - Toby.
- It's here.Copy !req
51. Yeah, I know.
Listen, the Social office called.Copy !req
52. Seven Republicans who R.S.V.P. 'd
aren't gonna show up.Copy !req
53. We knew that might happen.Copy !req
54. - It happened. You think we should...?
- What, put it off? No.Copy !req
55. The president said he'd veto the bill.Copy !req
56. C.J. announced he'd veto the bill.
He's gonna veto the bill.Copy !req
57. There was a reason
they had to cancel.Copy !req
58. An emergency meeting
of the Republican leadership.Copy !req
59. What do you think they'll talk about?Copy !req
60. - They're planning a surprise party.
- They could've left after the entrée.Copy !req
61. They're gonna miss hot pumpkin soup,
cheese gnocchi and a chèvre brioche.Copy !req
62. That's a pretty big price to pay
just to override my veto.Copy !req
63. Maybe they think
they've got the votes.Copy !req
64. What are you saying?Copy !req
65. Maybe something shifted
in the last couple of hours.Copy !req
66. They just sent the bill up
five minutes ago.Copy !req
67. They know you're gonna veto. Why
schedule an override vote right now?Copy !req
68. So I'd think twice about vetoing.Copy !req
69. Well, that's what I thought too.Copy !req
70. And now?Copy !req
71. - Good evening, Mr. President.
- Where is this thing?Copy !req
72. It's on its way.Copy !req
73. - Know what we're starting with tonight?
- No, sir.Copy !req
74. Hot pumpkin soup with a cheese
gnocchi and a chèvre brioche.Copy !req
75. Was anything you just said food?Copy !req
76. - Good evening, Mr. President.
- It's on its way.Copy !req
77. - Sir, the Social office...
- We know.Copy !req
78. - Seven Republicans who R.S.V.P. 'd for...
- We know.Copy !req
79. - Know there's an emergency meeting?
- Yeah.Copy !req
80. I say they could've waited
until after the entrée.Copy !req
81. Maybe they didn't know
about the brioche.Copy !req
82. - Does anyone want to consider waiting?
- No.Copy !req
83. - The Constitution gives him 10 days.
- I know.Copy !req
84. If it's a show of strength,
you don't wait to think.Copy !req
85. If they override the veto,
it's not strong.Copy !req
86. - They don't have the votes.
- Says you.Copy !req
87. Says me, Josh, the political liaison,
legislative liaison and the minority whip.Copy !req
88. It's like I don't even need to be here.Copy !req
89. Good evening, Mr. President.Copy !req
90. - C.J., you look very nice.
- Thank you, sir. Is it here?Copy !req
91. It's on its way.Copy !req
92. I've been seated next
to a chemist tonight.Copy !req
93. Twenty-three Nobel winners, I couldn't
get literature or peace or something?Copy !req
94. What's her problem?Copy !req
95. Thinks she won't be able
to make conversation.Copy !req
96. She's wrong, because she knows what
year he was born and his name.Copy !req
97. You gotta be a cryptographer.
They speak in letters...Copy !req
98. that don't spell anything
but end up meaning'table salt."Copy !req
99. - Mr. President?
- Is it here?Copy !req
100. - Yes, sir.
- Okay.Copy !req
101. - Hey.
- Good evening, Mr. President.Copy !req
102. What's your name?Copy !req
103. I'm Donald Dolan from the
office of the executive clerk, sir.Copy !req
104. Leo, I don't think it's a bluff.Copy !req
105. I don't think the leadership holds their
members on a weekend for a bluff.Copy !req
106. - I don't think they're bluffing.
- You think they're holding a vote?Copy !req
107. - I'm sure.
- Why would they hold a vote...Copy !req
108. if they couldn't override?
- They wouldn't.Copy !req
109. What do you got in the box,
Mr. Dolan?Copy !req
110. Mr. President, I have House Resolution
10, the Death Tax Elimination Act.Copy !req
111. It bears signatures of the speaker of the
house and the president of the Senate.Copy !req
112. It's presented to you by the Congress
for your signature or veto.Copy !req
113. Excuse me.Copy !req
114. Leo, you think we lost some votes
we don't know about?Copy !req
115. I think we're about to find out.Copy !req
116. Sir, if the House successfully overrides
the veto, we're gonna look weak.Copy !req
117. If the House successfully
overrides the veto, we are weak.Copy !req
118. NaCl, C.J.Copy !req
119. - I'm sorry, sir?
- Table salt.Copy !req
120. Send it back.Copy !req
121. Good evening.
About 15 minutes ago...Copy !req
122. the clerk of the house presented
the executive clerk with HR 10...Copy !req
123. a bill repealing the estate tax,
which opponents call the'death tax"...Copy !req
124. or the'we're coming
to get your children" tax.Copy !req
125. We call it a tax on fewer than
2 percent of estates...Copy !req
126. valued at over a million dollars...Copy !req
127. the revenue from which helps fund
frivolous spending programs...Copy !req
128. such as teaching people to read
and curing disease.Copy !req
129. As promised,
the president vetoed the bill.Copy !req
130. This was his first veto since
taking office 33 months ago.Copy !req
131. - C.J.
- Katie.Copy !req
132. - Will there be a vote to override tonight?
- Don't know.Copy !req
133. Do you know why the Republicans
are in an emergency session?Copy !req
134. Would they hold their members back
if they didn't think they could override?Copy !req
135. You'd have to ask them.Copy !req
136. - Can you tell us what you're wearing?
- It's a dress.Copy !req
137. - C. J... .
- Diane Cook. Anything else?Copy !req
138. Okay, I'll be in for periodic briefings,
and we'll try not to keep you too late.Copy !req
139. - What's Sherri Wexler doing here?
- It's Friday night.Copy !req
140. - She's an entertainment reporter.
- Here to cover the Nobel dinner.Copy !req
141. Now she's gotta cover
a veto override in the House.Copy !req
142. She can barely cover
the Easter egg hunt.Copy !req
143. Are you afraid she's gonna
misspell'Diane Cook"?Copy !req
144. I have to get back to dinner.Copy !req
145. Do you have a copy
of the periodic table?Copy !req
146. - No.
- Okay.Copy !req
147. Yeah.Copy !req
148. Toby. That was the minority leader's
office. They've scheduled a vote.Copy !req
149. - When?
- Ninety minutes. Debate, then a vote.Copy !req
150. - What do they think?
- They think they must be down.Copy !req
151. How did we lose votes?Copy !req
152. A low-in-the-polls president tells
Democrats to vote against a tax cut.Copy !req
153. What could possibly
have gone wrong? Ginger.Copy !req
154. We need 10 phone lines in the Roosevelt
Room and bodies from legislative affairs.Copy !req
155. - We need the whip count.
- It doesn't do us any good.Copy !req
156. - We need a new one.
- That's gonna take a while.Copy !req
157. They're sitting there.
Tell them to raise their hands.Copy !req
158. Any Democratic members who've
headed for National, get them back.Copy !req
159. Page Delta, United and American.
Nobody gets on a plane.Copy !req
160. - They scheduled a vote?
- Straight up or down.Copy !req
161. - When?
- They debate in 90 minutes...Copy !req
162. and vote an hour after.
- We need a new whip count.Copy !req
163. Ginger, the phones, the bodies and
keep an open line to the whip's office.Copy !req
164. - And get Leo out of the dinner.
- Excuse me.Copy !req
165. - Charlie.
- Yeah.Copy !req
166. - How's the dinner going?
- Fine.Copy !req
167. - You and I should talk.
- Yeah?Copy !req
168. The committee's gonna offer you
the chance to give a proffer.Copy !req
169. - I can't talk about it.
- You know what it is?Copy !req
170. - I get immunity.
- Yeah.Copy !req
171. And I'm not allowed to talk about it.Copy !req
172. - Hey.
- So, what's going on?Copy !req
173. We're waiting for a new whip count.
How ready is he on the environment?Copy !req
174. - He's been studying.
- I can't be there with him.Copy !req
175. In the Buckland meeting?
He'll be all right.Copy !req
176. - When's he doing it?
- Sometime after the appetizer.Copy !req
177. He needs to look at the latest
EPA stats on child asthma.Copy !req
178. He's got them.Copy !req
179. - What's going on?
- There's three we can't account for.Copy !req
180. - We think Kimball flipped.
- He'd have his committee with him.Copy !req
181. - The phone in front of you.
- Newhouse?Copy !req
182. Newhouse, I don't believe.
Illinois 17 is safe.Copy !req
183. - What's happening?
- Vote scheduled, don't have the count.Copy !req
184. I don't think it's Newhouse or Kimball.Copy !req
185. - It's Kimball.
- If it was Kimball, we'd have...Copy !req
186. He's on the phone right now.Copy !req
187. Congressman, this is Leo McGarry.Copy !req
188. Please come to the White House
right away.Copy !req
189. - Donna.
- I'm right here. Where do you think...?Copy !req
190. - My tie's falling apart.
- Give me that.Copy !req
191. - It's not gonna be...
- You're not gonna be Tom Jones tonight.Copy !req
192. Tony Bennett.Copy !req
193. - Speaker's calling a vote?
- Yeah.Copy !req
194. Sam can't be in the Buckland meeting
with you.Copy !req
195. I'll be all right.Copy !req
196. He wanted to make sure you looked at
the new EPA stats on child asthma.Copy !req
197. Can I talk to you
about something personal?Copy !req
198. - I gotta get back. Can it wait?
- Yeah.Copy !req
199. - How does it look?
- Good.Copy !req
200. - Maybe he wants the compromise.
- He doesn't want a compromise.Copy !req
201. He was ready to settle for a $ 10 million
exemption instead of 5.Copy !req
202. Compromising with
a $ 10 million exemption?Copy !req
203. Here's a conversation
my father never had.Copy !req
204. Leo?Copy !req
205. You're gonna have
to give away something...Copy !req
206. but don't give away the store.Copy !req
207. - Yeah.
- Nancy McNally's in your office.Copy !req
208. - What's going on?
- Something's happened.Copy !req
209. What's going on?Copy !req
210. A bomb went off outside a café
on Ben-Yehuda in Jerusalem.Copy !req
211. It was a suicide bomber. He detonated
explosives strapped to his body.Copy !req
212. - How bad is it?
- Ten people were killed right away.Copy !req
213. It looks about 125 injured,
mostly young adults.Copy !req
214. Leo, two of the dead
were American students.Copy !req
215. We think they may
have been targeted.Copy !req
216. All right.Copy !req
217. Margaret, I'll be
in the Situation Room.Copy !req
218. - Leo?
- Yeah.Copy !req
219. The INP thinks
they have traces of C-4.Copy !req
220. - C-4?
- Yeah.Copy !req
221. Did this guy have a car strapped
to his chest?Copy !req
222. - Have the parents been notified?
- Consul general called the parents.Copy !req
223. - Has anyone claimed responsibility?
- Not yet.Copy !req
224. In the next hour,
everyone will claim responsibility.Copy !req
225. Nancy, hasn't State issued
travel warnings since Bekáa?Copy !req
226. - They went for a soccer match.
- Americans were targeted?Copy !req
227. Eyewitness accounts indicate the bomber
turned to go into the nightclub...Copy !req
228. then stopped when he saw
two people...Copy !req
229. wearing U.S. delegation sweatshirts
with insignias and flags.Copy !req
230. They were brothers.
Ariel and Noah Levy.Copy !req
231. He walked up to them and detonated.Copy !req
232. - We know this?
- These are the facts...Copy !req
233. as relayed by the embassy RSO.Copy !req
234. And, Mr. President?
They think they found traces of C-4.Copy !req
235. - Think there's an Afghan connection?
- Or even Iran.Copy !req
236. We'll know more when the FBI
attaché gives a forensic analysis.Copy !req
237. - How long?
- 45 minutes, an hour.Copy !req
238. I'm gonna want some
temperature-cooling options.Copy !req
239. - Thank you, sir.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
240. Na is sodium. Sodium comes
from the word'soda."Copy !req
241. Wouldn't it make sense for the
periodic symbol to be related to that?Copy !req
242. No. Because Na comes
from the Latin word'natrium."Copy !req
243. - What does natrium mean?
- It means sodium.Copy !req
244. Come on in.Copy !req
245. I'm pretty well briefed.Copy !req
246. - Is it on the news yet?
- Yeah.Copy !req
247. They were brothers.Copy !req
248. - Why were they there?
- Soccer match.Copy !req
249. Do we know if they were
intentional targets?Copy !req
250. - Not yet. We can't release names.
- The Levys lost their sons.Copy !req
251. I'll take the heat for a few hours.Copy !req
252. Tell them the president's in touch
with the prime minister?Copy !req
253. Yeah. The Israelis will do what they'll
do, so ratchet down expectations.Copy !req
254. - Anything else?
- No.Copy !req
255. - I'm gonna get in there.
- Thank you.Copy !req
256. - Charlie?
- Yeah.Copy !req
257. - I wanna...
- I can't talk about it, C.J.Copy !req
258. - Word is...
- Can't talk about it.Copy !req
259. Talk hypothetically. Say a guy your age
was offered a get-out-of-jail-free card.Copy !req
260. Nobody's going to jail.Copy !req
261. But everybody's getting lawyers.
If you took immunity...Copy !req
262. - I'd still need a lawyer.
- For a few hours, not 100 hours.Copy !req
263. - I know what you're thinking.
- I really can't talk about it.Copy !req
264. Okay, I'm gonna change my clothes.Copy !req
265. I'll watch.Copy !req
266. No.Copy !req
267. - What the hell's going on?
- We're down four votes.Copy !req
268. - I thought it was one.
- Three guys are out of reach.Copy !req
269. - Why?
- That's where they wanted to be.Copy !req
270. - Where's Kimball?
- On his way.Copy !req
271. - Toby's waiting for him in back.
- Josh?Copy !req
272. - Is he in there?
- Yeah.Copy !req
273. - Did you look at the child asthma stats?
- Yeah.Copy !req
274. - Governor.
- Josh, good to see you.Copy !req
275. Sorry to interrupt dinner.Copy !req
276. You know Pam Wachtel and Jonathan.Copy !req
277. I do. Good to see you guys.
Anybody need a drink?Copy !req
278. - No.
- I'm fine.Copy !req
279. Thanks, Donna.Copy !req
280. So, governor...Copy !req
281. the president's a tree-hugger?
- I never said that.Copy !req
282. "If you want to save an owl,
vote for Bartlet.Copy !req
283. - To save a job, vote for someone else"?
- I never said that either.Copy !req
284. No, she did. In the Indianapolis Post.Copy !req
285. - You weren't misquoted, right?
- No.Copy !req
286. Okay. Listen.Copy !req
287. I wouldn't know a spotted owl
if he walked up and introduced himself...Copy !req
288. but I do know the president's
a pro-business pragmatist...Copy !req
289. who's created 3.8 million new jobs.Copy !req
290. You ought to tell that to an
unemployed steelworker in Indiana.Copy !req
291. He's working three of those jobs
just to pay the mortgage.Copy !req
292. The decline isn't because
of the environment.Copy !req
293. - Of course it is.
- Jonathan...Copy !req
294. By raising standards for emissions,
he raised the cost of business...Copy !req
295. and closed down plants
in the Midwest.Copy !req
296. You want to see a study that says
if we hadn't passed the Clean Air Act...Copy !req
297. more people would've
suffered from heart disease...?Copy !req
298. You know how many healthy people
we've got on the unemployment line?Copy !req
299. - The EPA stats on child asthma alone...
- I don't want to talk about child asthma.Copy !req
300. Neither does Josh.
Will the two of you excuse us, please?Copy !req
301. Yes, sir.Copy !req
302. It doesn't destroy jobs, Jack,
it creates them.Copy !req
303. There's a $400 billion market...Copy !req
304. in creating technologies
that are environmentally safe.Copy !req
305. You think a 55-year-old steelworker's
gonna get a job building hybrid engines?Copy !req
306. Ask me what you wanna know.Copy !req
307. - You invited Victor Campos to Indiana.
- Yeah.Copy !req
308. - Pam's quote in the Post-Dispatch.
- Yeah.Copy !req
309. Jack, are you gonna challenge
the president in the primary?Copy !req
310. Let's have that drink.Copy !req
311. - Took you long enough.
- I was held up.Copy !req
312. - And I'm not about to be.
- Yeah?Copy !req
313. We can win this without you.Copy !req
314. I've got four proxies in my pocket,
so you can't do anything without me.Copy !req
315. Don't worry,
I came with a shopping list.Copy !req
316. How does a Democrat
from Tennessee...Copy !req
317. where we championed electrification,
the Tennessee Valley Authority...?Copy !req
318. - How do you do this to a Democrat?
- Estate tax costs 65 cents on the dollar.Copy !req
319. - That's not my point.
- Why would anyone...?Copy !req
320. That's not my point.
You were with us yesterday.Copy !req
321. Now you're holding us hostage.Copy !req
322. I got some things
I'd like to talk about...Copy !req
323. and I feel I'm in a strong
negotiating position.Copy !req
324. - What?
- Grazing fees.Copy !req
325. - Grazing fees?
- Yeah.Copy !req
326. Grazing fees.Copy !req
327. Let's go, we're running out of time.Copy !req
328. I can't confirm the names
of any Americans killed. Arthur?Copy !req
329. Is the White House ready to call
the cease-fire a failure?Copy !req
330. The parties themselves
negotiated the terms...Copy !req
331. and the U.S. remains committed
to the peace process.Copy !req
332. - C.J., what do...?
- I like to call on people, Sherri.Copy !req
333. What do you say to the people of Dallas
who just lost two of their sons?Copy !req
334. As I said earlier,
we can't confirm or deny the identities...Copy !req
335. of any American victims
of the bombing.Copy !req
336. How is it that the government,
supported by the citizens of Dallas...Copy !req
337. knows less than CNN,
AP and Israeli TV?Copy !req
338. I think the citizens of Dallas will
understand that the 1974 Privacy Act...Copy !req
339. precludes me from discussing those
details until the family gives its consent.Copy !req
340. Since two Americans were killed,
is the U.S. considering retaliating?Copy !req
341. We're still investigating
the circumstances.Copy !req
342. We continue to urge all parties
to demonstrate restraint. Phil.Copy !req
343. It was a Palestinian splinter group
called the Palestine Freedom Front.Copy !req
344. - Agency and FBI concur?
- Yeah.Copy !req
345. Then we shouldn't be
looking outside the box.Copy !req
346. Hutchinson talked with the Israeli foreign
minister and the interior minister.Copy !req
347. It was an isolated incident.Copy !req
348. - Retaliation for Bekáa?
- Yeah.Copy !req
349. If that's the case, I wanna hear it
from Arafat's mouth.Copy !req
350. I wanna hear it from him.Copy !req
351. A denunciation of violence.Copy !req
352. I want to see security cooperation
with the Israelis.Copy !req
353. We'll have the U.N. secretary general
put the screws to the chairman...Copy !req
354. and Scorza can be
at the prime minister's office.Copy !req
355. Maybe, maybe, maybe we can get
Israel to hold their fire tonight.Copy !req
356. Would you?Copy !req
357. No.Copy !req
358. There are some 30,000 ranchers
in Western states...Copy !req
359. who graze their cattle
on federal lands.Copy !req
360. Yes, and they do it for about
one-tenth of market value.Copy !req
361. Based on an archaic formula
set by Congress 30 years ago.Copy !req
362. There was cattle 30 years ago.Copy !req
363. We don't want
to stick it to ranchers.Copy !req
364. We want to raise grazing fees and use
the money to restore streams...Copy !req
365. fish and wildlife habitats
that have been destroyed...Copy !req
366. And how do ranchers
put food on their tables?Copy !req
367. And yours, for that matter.Copy !req
368. It's cheaper for cattle to graze
on federal lands than to feed a hound.Copy !req
369. It's easier to sell out the Western
states you won't win anyway...Copy !req
370. than to help cattlemen
whose prices are plummeting.Copy !req
371. If you look at the range land...Copy !req
372. I don't wanna look
at the range land anymore.Copy !req
373. A one-year moratorium.Copy !req
374. The president waits a year
before he tries to raise the fees?Copy !req
375. One year. Go vote.Copy !req
376. No. I've got more.Copy !req
377. - Really?
- A GAO review...Copy !req
378. of the deficiencies
in the Freedom to Farm Act...Copy !req
379. and the need for a stronger
farm safety net.Copy !req
380. Administration support for an increase
in production flexibility contracts... .Copy !req
381. - Donna.
- Yeah.Copy !req
382. - I need Josh.
- He's still in with...Copy !req
383. Tell him we're gonna need more time.Copy !req
384. Excuse me, governor, I'm sorry.
Josh?Copy !req
385. - Yeah.
- Sam says they need more time.Copy !req
386. Tell him to call the minority leader.
Tell him we need to stage an exhibition.Copy !req
387. Will he know how that works?Copy !req
388. No exhibitions allowed
on the House floor.Copy !req
389. One of our members brings a poster
on the floor, another one objects...Copy !req
390. the chair has to rule,
followed by a vote of the full House...Copy !req
391. and that'll buy 20 minutes.Copy !req
392. So...Copy !req
393. you're polling at slightly less
than 5 percent in lowa.Copy !req
394. After hearing your issue profile,
that number actually goes down.Copy !req
395. Thirty-nine percent of caucus-goers
wouldn't even consider voting for you.Copy !req
396. "Shares our values," 18 percent.Copy !req
397. - Did you know that?
- No.Copy !req
398. In New Hampshire, 3 percent.Copy !req
399. "Shares our values," 14 percent.Copy !req
400. After hearing your profile,
41 percent think you're a Republican.Copy !req
401. - Did you know that?
- No.Copy !req
402. South Dakota, 3 percent.
Georgia, 8 percent. New York, 7 percent.Copy !req
403. - Did you know any of that?
- No.Copy !req
404. You don't even have the money
to do out-of-state polling right now.Copy !req
405. - So you helped me out.
- I did.Copy !req
406. Now, with those kinds of numbers
and no kind of money...Copy !req
407. how can you expect...?
- Where were the president's numbers?Copy !req
408. And what money did he have...?Copy !req
409. He wasn't challenging
a sitting president.Copy !req
410. Nobody challenges a sitting president
in a primary by going to his right.Copy !req
411. This isn't a serious challenge you're
contemplating, so tell me what it is.Copy !req
412. If it isn't a serious challenge,
why are you here?Copy !req
413. Your health.Copy !req
414. We don't like your health.Copy !req
415. You're a Heisman Trophy-winning
football player, a U.S. Olympian...Copy !req
416. you still run
the New York Marathon...Copy !req
417. and every time
we see B-roll of you...Copy !req
418. tossing a ball around
at the local Boys Club...Copy !req
419. it makes people think the president's
gotta campaign in an oxygen tent.Copy !req
420. Well, it sounds like a bit
of a serious challenge.Copy !req
421. It sounds like I need to be listened to.Copy !req
422. You want to see me
do some pushups?Copy !req
423. Yeah, that's what I want.Copy !req
424. What do we know?Copy !req
425. Keyhole sees 12 Israeli F-15s
at Hatzerim Air Base.Copy !req
426. - What are they armed with?
- Eight AIM Sidewinders.Copy !req
427. Pilots are in the cockpits,
we see heat plumes.Copy !req
428. We've also got 10 Douglas AH Apache
Longbows airborne from Bezet.Copy !req
429. They're armed with Hellfires.Copy !req
430. - Any chance it's a training exercise?
- It always is.Copy !req
431. - What are the targets?
- Looks like the Abu Sneni Bab...Copy !req
432. and al-Sheikh neighborhoods in
Hebron, a police station in Ramallah...Copy !req
433. and Al-Watan, which
is the newspaper of Hamas.Copy !req
434. But we could be wrong.Copy !req
435. Arab reaction?Copy !req
436. Egypt will call for an Arab summit
if Israel retaliates.Copy !req
437. - Nancy, what about the C-4?
- This is what's interesting.Copy !req
438. The agency indicates that
the bomber had ties to Abdul Mujeeb.Copy !req
439. - Really?
- Yeah.Copy !req
440. Well, that may be our way out.Copy !req
441. All right, that may be it.Copy !req
442. - Sally, I need to see the president.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
443. The networks want you live
next time you brief, okay?Copy !req
444. - Yeah.
- Sherri Wexler's about to do her standup.Copy !req
445. They can't send someone who knows
what they're doing?Copy !req
446. She thinks she knows what she's doing.Copy !req
447. - I have to watch this?
- I thought you showed great restraint.Copy !req
448. Walk softly... .
And do something else.Copy !req
449. - Carry a big stick.
- Yeah. Walk softly. Walk around.Copy !req
450. the White House not able
to confirm or deny at this point...Copy !req
451. the names of the Americans or, in fact,
if any Americans were involved at all.Copy !req
452. In the meantime,
debate continues on Capitol Hill...Copy !req
453. over the president's veto of the
legislation repealing the estate tax.Copy !req
454. So it's a tense night here, Alan, as
staffers and press burn the midnight oil.Copy !req
455. Sherri, going back
to the suicide bomber...Copy !req
456. you say the White House can't confirm
whether Americans were involved...Copy !req
457. Yes, I should say the
Press Secretary C.J. Cregg...Copy !req
458. can't confirm if Americans
were involved.Copy !req
459. It's not clear the extent
to which C.J. 's in the loop on this.Copy !req
460. I can tell you, she's changed her clothes
several times throughout the evening.Copy !req
461. I'm sorry, Sherri, say again?Copy !req
462. I say, C.J. Cregg's known
to be a bit of a clotheshorse...Copy !req
463. and perhaps she's missed
some information...Copy !req
464. during one of her wardrobe changes.Copy !req
465. Well...Copy !req
466. turns out she did know
what she was doing.Copy !req
467. You want me to take care of it?Copy !req
468. I'll take care of it.Copy !req
469. - Hey, Margaret.
- He'll be here in just a minute.Copy !req
470. I'll be back in a second. Charlie?Copy !req
471. - Can't talk about it.
- You don't even know what I'm saying.Copy !req
472. - Immunity?
- Yeah.Copy !req
473. I can't talk about it.Copy !req
474. - I could've been talking about a vaccine.
- That's immunization.Copy !req
475. - Yeah.
- Come on.Copy !req
476. So, what's happening in there?Copy !req
477. We've given him a one-year
moratorium on grazing fees...Copy !req
478. support for an increase in the
production flexibility contracts...Copy !req
479. a promise not to lower
agricultural export subsidies.Copy !req
480. We're up to a tougher FDA crackdown
on the illegal use of antibiotics in milk.Copy !req
481. - Are you kidding...?
- I swear to God.Copy !req
482. How's Buckland?Copy !req
483. He wants a seat at the table,
that's for sure.Copy !req
484. How far do we go?Copy !req
485. - Can I offer Buckland...?
- No.Copy !req
486. - He'll keep mouthing off...
- I don't care, take him out.Copy !req
487. Enough is enough.Copy !req
488. First Victor Campos, then Kimball
and his band of four, then Buckland?Copy !req
489. Tell him we'll put it out he tried
to blackmail the president...Copy !req
490. unless he caved to industry on
clear air, clean water, climate control...Copy !req
491. and worker safety.
Emphasize worker safety.Copy !req
492. That'll get him in good
with the unions.Copy !req
493. Everyone will know
the leak came from us.Copy !req
494. Yeah.Copy !req
495. Know what? Bill Russell
was getting eaten alive...Copy !req
496. because they could never get him
to throw an elbow.Copy !req
497. He didn't want to do it, so Red
Auerbach told him to do it one time.Copy !req
498. "Throw an elbow
in a nationally televised game...Copy !req
499. you'll never have to do it again."Copy !req
500. You bet your ass they'll know
the leak came from us.Copy !req
501. Toby, whatever's
on the table in there...Copy !req
502. take it or leave it.Copy !req
503. - Yes, sir.
- Thank you.Copy !req
504. Thanks, Leo.Copy !req
505. - Hang on.
- What?Copy !req
506. - Listen.
- Yeah?Copy !req
507. What's on the table, don't you...?Copy !req
508. Grazing fees, farm nets,
milk subsidies.Copy !req
509. What's on the table, aren't they the
same things a Republican would want?Copy !req
510. Yeah.Copy !req
511. - Let's offer it to them.
- Offer it to who?Copy !req
512. The Republicans. Royce.Copy !req
513. He'll carry six Republicans.
That'll be seven votes.Copy !req
514. When Kimball sees we're gonna win,
he'll hop on board...Copy !req
515. so we've got a bigger margin.Copy !req
516. C.J. can make a big deal
of bipartisanship, but mostly...Copy !req
517. - We threw an elbow.
- On national TV.Copy !req
518. We were talking about
a tougher FDA crackdown...Copy !req
519. on illegal uses of antibiotics in milk,
such as excess dosages of...Copy !req
520. No.Copy !req
521. Well, I wouldn't be so quick
to say no.Copy !req
522. I think I will.Copy !req
523. - No to the FDA crackdown?
- No to everything.Copy !req
524. What do you mean?Copy !req
525. I mean no to the FDA crackdown,
no to lower agriculture subsidies...Copy !req
526. no to the production flexibility
contracts, no to the GAO review.Copy !req
527. And the president will seek to raise
the grazing fees at any time he sees fit.Copy !req
528. We're gonna need the room.
Would you mind, congressman?Copy !req
529. - Well...
- Congressman.Copy !req
530. We're a little pressed for time.Copy !req
531. - Good luck.
- Thank you very much.Copy !req
532. Ginger...Copy !req
533. we need Congressman Robert Royce,
Republican of Pennsylvania...Copy !req
534. on the phone.Copy !req
535. Okay. Well...Copy !req
536. now this really needs to work.Copy !req
537. Yeah.Copy !req
538. Hey.Copy !req
539. - How you feeling?
- Don't get too close.Copy !req
540. - It's all right.
- I'm like a petri dish over here.Copy !req
541. Yeah, you're pretty gross.Copy !req
542. - How's the dinner?
- It's good.Copy !req
543. But...Copy !req
544. a suicide bomber got two
American kids in Jerusalem.Copy !req
545. - No.
- Yeah.Copy !req
546. - Were they targeted?
- We're pretty sure.Copy !req
547. We've got some things going.Copy !req
548. - How old were they?
- Nineteen and 21.Copy !req
549. They were brothers.Copy !req
550. - You speak to Zoey today?
- No.Copy !req
551. I thought the deal was
she calls once a day.Copy !req
552. She calls most days.Copy !req
553. I want her to call every day.Copy !req
554. All right.Copy !req
555. All right.Copy !req
556. - You need anything?
- No.Copy !req
557. Okay.Copy !req
558. We can connect the bomber
to Abdul Mujeeb.Copy !req
559. - How?
- Traces of C-4...Copy !req
560. and other chemicals that are tagged.Copy !req
561. So you think I get on the phone
with the chairman...?Copy !req
562. I think you get on the phone and tell him
to hand Abdul Mujeeb to the Israelis.Copy !req
563. You remind him Israeli secret police
are gonna kill him anyway.Copy !req
564. - It's gonna take more than that.
- If it does, you tell him...Copy !req
565. We'll withhold the 100 million in NGO
aid if they don't hand him over.Copy !req
566. Yeah.Copy !req
567. And you think handing him over
puts the pin back in the grenade?Copy !req
568. For a day.Copy !req
569. - For a day?
- Yeah.Copy !req
570. - All right, set up the call.
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
571. - This isn't...
- Hang on. Hang on...Copy !req
572. No, you hang on, Josh. I'm the
governor of Indiana. You hang on.Copy !req
573. You're saying I should get out
of the race because I'm too healthy...Copy !req
574. and you're telling me
I'm making a flaky argument?Copy !req
575. How can I keep advocating
the issues that I care about...Copy !req
576. if I don't get into the race
for a while?Copy !req
577. - I'm so sorry. Josh?
- Yeah.Copy !req
578. Sam needs more time.Copy !req
579. Tell him to have a Democrat call
for a journal vote.Copy !req
580. If a member calls for a journal vote...Copy !req
581. the full House has to approve
the floor activity.Copy !req
582. Then he can have a member try to attach
an amendment to the override vote.Copy !req
583. - What kind of amendment?
- Doesn't matter.Copy !req
584. "To qualify for the estate-tax repeal,
the estates have to have AstroTurf."Copy !req
585. And still, it's hard to figure why
Congress can't get anything done.Copy !req
586. - I'm sorry.
- No, that's all right.Copy !req
587. There's a lot going on here tonight.Copy !req
588. I meant, I'm sorry.Copy !req
589. You came through for us in Indiana,
really the whole Midwest.Copy !req
590. You'd have been great
in the number two spot.Copy !req
591. It was me as much as anyone
pushing Hoynes.Copy !req
592. - You couldn't win without Hoynes.
- Yeah.Copy !req
593. I'm term-limited, Josh.Copy !req
594. And I still have things I want to say.Copy !req
595. Listen, I have instructions to... .Copy !req
596. - You know... .
- To bust me.Copy !req
597. Yeah.Copy !req
598. If I could convince Leo
to put you on the short list...Copy !req
599. think you could say
what you wanna say?Copy !req
600. You can't offer me quid pro quo,
it's against the law.Copy !req
601. But I can tell you that Carl Reed wants
to accept a position at Shearson...Copy !req
602. and he'll be leaving
in about three months.Copy !req
603. You guys are that afraid
of my health, huh?Copy !req
604. Well, we're afraid of everything.Copy !req
605. But no kidding, Jack, I... .Copy !req
606. I think you'd make an interesting
nominee for labor secretary.Copy !req
607. So if I could convince Leo... .Copy !req
608. I'm gonna go see
if there's any dessert left.Copy !req
609. Thank you, governor.Copy !req
610. I wanna make sure I understand this.Copy !req
611. You're offering a one-year
moratorium on grazing fees.Copy !req
612. - Yeah.
- A GAO review of the need...Copy !req
613. for a stronger farm safety net.
- Yeah.Copy !req
614. A promise not to lower
agricultural export subsidies.Copy !req
615. And a tougher FDA crackdown on what?Copy !req
616. The illegal use of antibiotics in milk.Copy !req
617. In exchange for my vote
to sustain the veto.Copy !req
618. And the six that come with you.Copy !req
619. - Same deal you were offering to Kimball?
- Yes.Copy !req
620. - And he was ready to take it?
- Yes.Copy !req
621. I don't want it.Copy !req
622. You've been uneasy about
the estate tax from the beginning.Copy !req
623. That's right, I have. And yet, the
White House did what it always does.Copy !req
624. It went to the extreme flank
of its own party.Copy !req
625. Which meant more arm-wrestling,
dealmaking...Copy !req
626. billions wasted
in pork-barrel promises.Copy !req
627. - What are you saying?
- That the moderates get shut out.Copy !req
628. Let me tell you something. The
idea of repealing the estate tax...Copy !req
629. makes me embarrassed
to be a Republican.Copy !req
630. We used to be about the
sensible center, fiscal discipline.Copy !req
631. A tax break for billionaires?
Of course this thing should be vetoed.Copy !req
632. It was a Republican named
Oliver W. Holmes who said:Copy !req
633. "Taxes are the price we pay
for a civilized society."Copy !req
634. - Are you saying...?
- Don't target me for defeat.Copy !req
635. I'm vulnerable in my district.Copy !req
636. The DNC will run
a conservative Democrat.Copy !req
637. If elected, he won't even
be photographed with the president...Copy !req
638. much less vote with him.Copy !req
639. Take a look around at all the Democrats
running from you right now.Copy !req
640. Do you even know
who your friends are anymore?Copy !req
641. If we do our best to see that
you're not seriously challenged...?Copy !req
642. You have seven new votes tonight.Copy !req
643. Oh, and throw in the milk thing.Copy !req
644. Go vote, congressman.Copy !req
645. You're home.Copy !req
646. You. Get in here.Copy !req
647. - Take the immunity.
- I'm not allowed...Copy !req
648. - Take it.
- Is anyone else taking it?Copy !req
649. - No one else is being offered it.
- Would they take it if they were?Copy !req
650. Who knows what's gonna happen
with this prosecution?Copy !req
651. It's a partisan prosecution.
You could go broke.Copy !req
652. You could be barred from law school.Copy !req
653. - Doesn't immunity imply guilt?
- Not necessarily.Copy !req
654. And if someone in my position
took a deal to protect himself...Copy !req
655. what would that person be saying
to his employer?Copy !req
656. - They were wrong to trust him?
- Don't be a hero.Copy !req
657. Why not?Copy !req
658. I'll stay with my team.Copy !req
659. People should stop trying
to get me not to do that.Copy !req
660. Leo?Copy !req
661. Anyway, I'm not supposed
to talk about it.Copy !req
662. Yeah, okay.Copy !req
663. - Nancy.
- Thanks.Copy !req
664. What are you smiling at?Copy !req
665. Palestinian police arrested Mujeeb
at his residence in Gaza.Copy !req
666. Margaret.Copy !req
667. - Yeah.
- Get me C.J. on the phone.Copy !req
668. And see if there's still
any food over there.Copy !req
669. I got away with this, but you should
really learn how to tie a bow tie.Copy !req
670. Or you could.Copy !req
671. Yeah, but that doesn't seem
that likely, right?Copy !req
672. - You can go home.
- I'll stick around.Copy !req
673. You wanted to talk to me
about something before.Copy !req
674. Yeah. Listen.Copy !req
675. I was fixed up on a blind date
a few nights ago.Copy !req
676. - When?
- A few nights ago...Copy !req
677. and Ainsley fixed us up.Copy !req
678. He's a Republican lawyer working
for Ways and Means...Copy !req
679. but he was being transferred...Copy !req
680. and it turns out now he's
on Government Oversight, so...Copy !req
681. - You can't see him anymore.
- I know that.Copy !req
682. - You can't see him anymore.
- I know that.Copy !req
683. - It was just that night?
- Yeah.Copy !req
684. No.Copy !req
685. We got together the next night again.
We shouldn't have.Copy !req
686. Yeah.Copy !req
687. Look, when we got together
the first time...Copy !req
688. You just thought he was
with Ways and Means...Copy !req
689. who I was battling
on the estate tax.Copy !req
690. - I'm sorry if...
- Did any reporters see you?Copy !req
691. - No.
- The second night?Copy !req
692. No.Copy !req
693. All right. You can go home.Copy !req
694. The president wants you in five minutes.Copy !req
695. Thanks.Copy !req
696. - C.J.
- Phil.Copy !req
697. Did the president urge the chairman
to hand over Abdul Mujeeb?Copy !req
698. The president urged the parties
to abide by the terms of the cease-fire...Copy !req
699. and he reiterated the U.S. commitment
to the peace process. Katie.Copy !req
700. A report out of Gaza
says the president threatened...Copy !req
701. to withhold more than $ 100 million
to Palestinian NGOs...Copy !req
702. unless the chairman
handed over Mujeeb.Copy !req
703. I won't get into the details
of the diplomatic exchange.Copy !req
704. There'll be more on that tomorrow.Copy !req
705. The House is getting ready to vote
on the override of the president's veto.Copy !req
706. You'll all want to cover that.Copy !req
707. I thought it might be helpful
if we brushed up on the rules.Copy !req
708. Sherri, how many votes does it take
to override a veto?Copy !req
709. - I'm sorry?
- How many votes to override, Sherri?Copy !req
710. - A majority.
- It takes two-thirds.Copy !req
711. - Yes, a two-thirds majority.
- Yeah, 290.Copy !req
712. And how many votes
does it take to sustain?Copy !req
713. Just subtract 290 from the total number
of members in the House and add one.Copy !req
714. How many people sit in the House
of Representatives, Sherri?Copy !req
715. Get the notes from a classmate. That's
all, guys. I'll see you in the morning.Copy !req
716. - They're meeting in the Oval Office.
- Thanks.Copy !req
717. - C.J.
- Hey.Copy !req
718. - That was totally uncalled-for.
- Yeah?Copy !req
719. My competitors are gonna show that
tape. Every local station in town...Copy !req
720. Are you crazy? That thing's
going out to 154 affiliates.Copy !req
721. I changed because it's not appropriate to
talk about death while wearing a gown.Copy !req
722. You knew that because you're stupid,
but you're not stupid, you know?Copy !req
723. Security's gonna take your credentials.
I'll decide if you get into the room.Copy !req
724. I'm taking your spot on Pebble Beach.
Do your standups from Lafayette Park.Copy !req
725. One more word, and every other station
gets an exclusive with the president.Copy !req
726. Hunting season on me is over.Copy !req
727. And the chemical abbreviation
for table salt is NaCI.Copy !req
728. You could say... .Copy !req
729. You could say,
"On behalf of Abbey and myself...Copy !req
730. please accept
our deepest condolences.Copy !req
731. Your sons' lives were not lost in vain."Copy !req
732. They were lost in vain.Copy !req
733. What I meant was that this further calls
national attention to the peace process.Copy !req
734. "Though tragic, this tragedy
further calls national attention...Copy !req
735. to this alarming, escalating conflict."Copy !req
736. Is there anything to'they went
there in the spirit of peace"?Copy !req
737. "The spirit of peace, a soccer match... ."Copy !req
738. "Hope of Israeli and Palestinian
children playing together and..."Copy !req
739. "Studying together,
discovering each other's worlds."Copy !req
740. This guy at the dinner,
he told me something I didn't know.Copy !req
741. On Yom Kippur, you ask
forgiveness for sins against God.Copy !req
742. But on the day before Yom Kippur...Copy !req
743. you ask forgiveness for sins
against people. Did you know that?Copy !req
744. Yeah, it's called... .Copy !req
745. - I can't remember.
- It's erev.Copy !req
746. Erev Yom Kippur.Copy !req
747. You can't ask forgiveness of God...Copy !req
748. until you've asked forgiveness
of people on the day before.Copy !req
749. - Mr. President?
- Yeah.Copy !req
750. I'm gonna do this alone.
Have a good night, everybody.Copy !req
751. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
752. Mr. And Mrs. Levy, this is Jed Bartlet.Copy !req
753. I have three children.Copy !req
754. I really don't know what to say.Copy !req