1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. You have to ask a girl out on a date.Copy !req
3. You can't just randomly tumble
into a girl sideways...Copy !req
4. and hope she breaks up with you.
- Why not?Copy !req
5. She goes out with guys.
Are you jealous?Copy !req
6. - No.
- See?Copy !req
7. - I don't get jealous.
- Gather ye rosebuds.Copy !req
8. Donna, I'm not gonna knock on her door.Copy !req
9. Katie.Copy !req
10. C.J., do you know anything
about the president being sued?Copy !req
11. Sued?Copy !req
12. It was in
the Rocky Mountain Bugler.Copy !req
13. - Bugle.
- Rocky Mountain Bugle.Copy !req
14. - Herald.
- Rocky Mountain Herald.Copy !req
15. - The president being sued?
- Unless this person was making it up.Copy !req
16. All right, that's all, everybody,
I'll see you at 5.Copy !req
17. - Thank you, C.J.
- Thank you, C.J.Copy !req
18. You haven't heard anything, have you?Copy !req
19. - What?
- The president being sued.Copy !req
20. - It's the News, isn't it?
- What...?Copy !req
21. The Rocky Mountain News.Copy !req
22. There's a veterans' group talking about
not showing up for the anniversary.Copy !req
23. - Which group?
- I don't know.Copy !req
24. - Why aren't they?
- They're talking about it.Copy !req
25. - Why?
- I don't know.Copy !req
26. Do you know about
the president being sued?Copy !req
27. Katie Witt thinks there was an item
in the Rocky Mountain News.Copy !req
28. - Thought it was the Bugler.
- It's not.Copy !req
29. I don't know anything about it.Copy !req
30. Ginger.Copy !req
31. Have you set up a meeting for me?
With the veterans' group?Copy !req
32. The one that's talking about not coming?
You haven't, have you?Copy !req
33. - But you will.
- Yes.Copy !req
34. Sam.Copy !req
35. The president's being sued?Copy !req
36. - You get this from the Rocky Mountain?
- Got it from the DOJ. Civil Division.Copy !req
37. Three months ago, at a fundraiser,
the president was asked about air bags.Copy !req
38. Someone suggested they're dangerous.Copy !req
39. The president says, I'm quoting:Copy !req
40. "Everything has risks.
You could drive into a lake...Copy !req
41. your seat belt jams. No one
says, 'Don't wear a seat belt. '"Copy !req
42. Oh, please don't tell me!Copy !req
43. That someone thought
that's what he was saying?Copy !req
44. A couple got into an accident,
he wasn't wearing a seat belt, he died.Copy !req
45. - She's suing for contributory negligence.
- Can't sue the president.Copy !req
46. Lawyers get rich trying to.Copy !req
47. - We should do something preemptive.
- It's no big deal.Copy !req
48. Isn't that what we say before
something becomes a big deal?Copy !req
49. - Good morning, sir.
- Good morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
50. Come with me for a second, would you?Copy !req
51. It's possible you're gonna hear stuff
about seat belts today.Copy !req
52. - I urge you to ignore it.
- No problem.Copy !req
53. You straightening things out
with the Smithsonian?Copy !req
54. I'm to speak at an exhibit marking
the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor...Copy !req
55. but a small veterans' group objects
on the grounds that it's America-bashing.Copy !req
56. - I thought you liked America-bashing.
- I wouldn't say that.Copy !req
57. - What would you say?
- I wouldn't.Copy !req
58. - Sir, you needed me?
- Frank, what was added?Copy !req
59. Hutchinson said two F-117 strike fighters
have been added to the package.Copy !req
60. - This is Qumar?
- Yeah.Copy !req
61. That means the total is 15 AMRAAMs,
50 M1-A1 s, 10 F-15s...Copy !req
62. the two F-117 strike fighters
and the PAC-3 missile.Copy !req
63. There's no way I'll remember that.
Can you send somebody a memo?Copy !req
64. - This is in exchange for a five-year...
- Ten-year lease agreement.Copy !req
65. The point is that we've dotted the I's
and we're ready to announce.Copy !req
66. - I'll let C.J. know.
- But have her pass it off to the DOD.Copy !req
67. - You wanna bury it?
- Not totally, but...Copy !req
68. Passing it off
to another department...Copy !req
69. is signaling we don't want
the public to care.Copy !req
70. Every time we make one of these deals
with a place like Qumar...Copy !req
71. I feel the women around here
look at me funny.Copy !req
72. - You're wrong about that.
- You think it's just guilt?Copy !req
73. - Yes, sir.
- Well, how should I deal with guilt?Copy !req
74. Be more like me.Copy !req
75. - Yeah, okay.
- Anything else, sir?Copy !req
76. - C.J. 's gonna be cool with this?
- She's who you're worried about?Copy !req
77. She knows who
the good guys are, right?Copy !req
78. - Okay, thanks.
- Thank you.Copy !req
79. What's next?Copy !req
80. Could I get five minutes
without being interrupted by banality?Copy !req
81. - It's not banality. It's the boss's wife.
- Good morning, ma'am.Copy !req
82. - Little heads up wouldn't be out of line.
- I said,"Josh."Copy !req
83. Yeah. What can I do for you, ma'am?Copy !req
84. - I got a letter from Amy Gardner.
- I was cc'd on that.Copy !req
85. - She seems pretty irate.
- Amy Gardner's always irate.Copy !req
86. - I wouldn't give it a lot of thought.
- I agree with her.Copy !req
87. - Me too. I think it deserves thought.
- I thought you might.Copy !req
88. - I was kidding.
- I don't care.Copy !req
89. It was cosigned by NOW, the Women's
Action League, and 10 women's groups.Copy !req
90. - I've gotta go to Vienna next week.
- Honestly, ma'am, due respect...Copy !req
91. they're overreacting.
We're talking about one word.Copy !req
92. That dramatically alters
the effectiveness of the treaty?Copy !req
93. I don't know how dramatically.Copy !req
94. The current draft says
"forced prostitution"...Copy !req
95. excluding other types of prostitution
and sex trafficking?Copy !req
96. - I suppose that's for prosecutors...
- Well, Amy says...Copy !req
97. that unless the U.N. removes
the word'forced"...Copy !req
98. it's gonna be difficult
to prosecute at all.Copy !req
99. - You've spoken with her?
- Yes. And I'd like you to do the same.Copy !req
100. God. Really?Copy !req
101. See? Now you're wishing
it'd been banality.Copy !req
102. Yes, I am.Copy !req
103. - Have a good day.
- Thank you, ma'am.Copy !req
104. Thanks for waiting.Copy !req
105. These are Drs. Bedrosian and Califf.
This is Leo McGarry.Copy !req
106. - How you doing?
- Fine.Copy !req
107. - Why are we here?
- A herd of cattle in Ogallala, Nebraska...Copy !req
108. was accidentally given banned feed
and quarantined 18 months ago.Copy !req
109. One of the cattle showed
neurological damage.Copy !req
110. It was unable to stand,
called a downer cow.Copy !req
111. Tissue was sent to NVSL in Ames, lowa,
for the first round of tests.Copy !req
112. - Another sample was sent to the U.K.
- And?Copy !req
113. The first round of lowa tissue
showed a presumptive positive.Copy !req
114. - Mad Cow?
- We don't know that.Copy !req
115. - But we think?
- We have to wait for the U.K. tests.Copy !req
116. Worst-case scenario?Copy !req
117. We declare a national emergency and
a Class-1 recall on consumer beef.Copy !req
118. We've tested over 12,000 samples,
and none of them have come up positive.Copy !req
119. - 12,000 out of how many nationally?
- Forty million adult cattle.Copy !req
120. Somebody needs to teach me about this.Copy !req
121. We need a response to Kendall
in the Weekly Standard.Copy !req
122. What did he say?Copy !req
123. "Our education re-authorization bill has
more pork than a pig-picking festival."Copy !req
124. A'pig-picking festival"?Copy !req
125. I'm in favor of English
being the national language.Copy !req
126. It's worth knowing he's pushing
for four new schools, one of which is...Copy !req
127. - Named after him?
- Yes.Copy !req
128. Thank you, Santa. How about...?Copy !req
129. "It's hard to get at the pork when
the chairman's hogging the trough."Copy !req
130. - That's why he gets all the great women.
- What else?Copy !req
131. Be briefed on the arms sale to Qumar.
The Pentagon leaked it.Copy !req
132. Qumar? In the Gulf?Copy !req
133. - Is there another one?
- No.Copy !req
134. We lease an air base in Qumar.
Lease is up...Copy !req
135. and they won't renew
without an arms package.Copy !req
136. When did we make an arms deal
with Qumar?Copy !req
137. - What does it matter?
- What does it matter?Copy !req
138. - Yeah.
- What are we selling?Copy !req
139. - Don't start.
- What are we selling?Copy !req
140. - What are we selling?
- Fifteen AMRAAMs, 50 M1-A1 tank kits...Copy !req
141. 10 F-15s and Patriot missiles
for 1.5 billion and they renew the lease.Copy !req
142. Don't start? What the hell...?Copy !req
143. - Anything else?
- No.Copy !req
144. - Thank you.
- Thank you, C.J.Copy !req
145. - This is how it starts.
- What?Copy !req
146. - Trouble. This is how trouble starts.
- Seat belts?Copy !req
147. Contributory negligence in wrongful
death is the tort equivalent of murder.Copy !req
148. And aren't lawsuits against the president
the tort equivalent of insane?Copy !req
149. Like the guy suing the president to stop
CIA radio transmissions in his bridgework?Copy !req
150. Or the guy suing to get the man from
planet Xanadu removed from his yard?Copy !req
151. - That's not local?
- It's federal.Copy !req
152. There's the couple suing for repayment
of all back taxes, ever...Copy !req
153. because taxes are unconstitutional.
- They are.Copy !req
154. - Sam.
- They're not.Copy !req
155. The bow-tie manufacturer
from the Garment District...Copy !req
156. who blames the falling market
on the president not wearing bow ties.Copy !req
157. There's a reason the Civil Division
gave us a heads up.Copy !req
158. This one could break. One random
comment, and that's the ball game.Copy !req
159. You think murder is gonna overtake
education and health care?Copy !req
160. No, you're right, because health care
and education are much sexier.Copy !req
161. What are you suggesting?Copy !req
162. That we come out right now
for a national seat-belt law.Copy !req
163. Wait, better yet, why doesn't he set up
his own checkpoint on l-95?Copy !req
164. That's impractical.Copy !req
165. So is twisting national policy
over a non-story.Copy !req
166. - It's not gonna be a non-story.
- Are you talking to me?Copy !req
167. No.Copy !req
168. Good morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
169. - Did the Celtics win last night?
- They got crushed.Copy !req
170. Okay, when I say,"Did they win?"
you can just say yes or no.Copy !req
171. - They got crushed.
- What are you doing?Copy !req
172. - Sorry, I had a few minutes.
- I'm just asking.Copy !req
173. I'm making notes for a final:Copy !req
174. "Consumer movements
in late 20th-century America."Copy !req
175. - Modern American history sucks.
- I had a hunch.Copy !req
176. Study the Crusades, fall of the Roman
Empire from Theodosius to Justinian.Copy !req
177. - The Visigoths.
- Damn right.Copy !req
178. Modern history's another name
for television.Copy !req
179. Is there any way I can help?Copy !req
180. I'm a master of modern history,
ask me anything.Copy !req
181. What year did we pass
the Clean Water Act?Copy !req
182. - I don't know.
- Okay.Copy !req
183. - Good morning.
- They said you needed to see me.Copy !req
184. - What's going on?
- I'm gonna tell you.Copy !req
185. Good morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
186. Sir, at this moment, we're waiting
to hear from the U. K...Copy !req
187. on confirmation of a test
for Mad Cow.Copy !req
188. Oh, man, they got it again?Copy !req
189. No, sir. I mean a U.S. case.Copy !req
190. A U.S. case?Copy !req
191. Right now it's what's called
a presumptive positive.Copy !req
192. England will come
with definitive results.Copy !req
193. - How long?
- In 72 hours.Copy !req
194. - Do we say anything?
- That's my question.Copy !req
195. - That's why you're here.
- We have to.Copy !req
196. Put the secretary in the briefing room
with experts from Maryland...Copy !req
197. the National Cattlemen's
Beef Association, soften up the ground.Copy !req
198. In three days, we'll have our facts,
make a full disclosure.Copy !req
199. - But meanwhile...
- The USDA takes the time for tracing...Copy !req
200. checking feed logs. We don't know
how many herds have to be quarantined.Copy !req
201. We don't know
how many know already.Copy !req
202. - Nobody knows.
- A rancher knows.Copy !req
203. - Labs in lowa and England, the USDA...
- They're our labs in lowa...Copy !req
204. and the rancher doesn't have interest
in saying his cattle are sick.Copy !req
205. - Yeah, we gotta wait.
- Sir...Copy !req
206. The second we say'positive,"
beef futures collapse...Copy !req
207. and we lose 3.6 billion
in beef exports.Copy !req
208. Fast food is deserted,
supermarkets pull beef, it's panic.Copy !req
209. I wanna talk to more people.
In the meantime, we wait.Copy !req
210. - Thank you, sir.
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
211. - Wanna see panic?
- Hang on.Copy !req
212. You wanna see panic,
let the story break on CNN.Copy !req
213. Waiting buys us time
to get reassuring answers.Copy !req
214. How many times can we get caught
keeping a secret?Copy !req
215. Sometimes we're supposed to do that.Copy !req
216. - All right.
- Thanks.Copy !req
217. Listen.Copy !req
218. Three weeks ago, a woman in Qumar
was executed for adultery.Copy !req
219. Didn't need a lawyer,
because there was no trial.Copy !req
220. Her husband's word against hers.Copy !req
221. Later today, I'm gonna be announcing
that we're selling them tanks and guns.Copy !req
222. - Amy should be with you in a minute.
- Thanks.Copy !req
223. This is interesting art on the walls.Copy !req
224. A lot of very strong women
who could hurt me.Copy !req
225. Only if you provoked them.Copy !req
226. She's busy with something important
or she wouldn't make you wait.Copy !req
227. - Special J.
- Amy.Copy !req
228. Thanks for waiting,
I was playing a little Nintendo.Copy !req
229. I'm kidding.
I was on a conference call.Copy !req
230. You want anything?
Coke? Pepsi? Shrimp cocktail?Copy !req
231. No.Copy !req
232. - How you been?
- Good.Copy !req
233. Good.Copy !req
234. You know what this is?Copy !req
235. A map of global trafficking
in prostitution?Copy !req
236. You know who drew it?Copy !req
237. Amerigo Vespucci?Copy !req
238. That's funny, J.
It was your State Department.Copy !req
239. - It's your State Department too.
- Yeah, a little more yours than mine.Copy !req
240. Every time you write a letter
to the first lady...Copy !req
241. she gets in gear because she feels guilty
that she's not doing enough for women.Copy !req
242. She's not doing enough.Copy !req
243. - What would you like?
- I'm glad you asked.Copy !req
244. Not half as glad as I am.Copy !req
245. Current draft says forced prostitution,
not other types, is sexual exploitation.Copy !req
246. What about someone who answers
an ad for an au pair...Copy !req
247. and ends up working in a whorehouse,
where they're held hostage?Copy !req
248. That's not the worst-case scenario.Copy !req
249. Five days ago, four 13-year-old
Thai girls hanged themselves...Copy !req
250. in an abandoned house
on Stonycrest Lane in Bethesda.Copy !req
251. Not halfway around the world,
Bethesda.Copy !req
252. Sheets over windows,
triple locks on doors...Copy !req
253. no phones,
handcuffs hanging off the bedposts.Copy !req
254. For the price of a toaster, their parents
had sold them to work as babysitters.Copy !req
255. How is that not forced prostitution?Copy !req
256. I've got a whole floor
full of lawyers who...Copy !req
257. In the last two years,
100,000 women...Copy !req
258. including girls who should be
playing with Easy-Bake Ovens...Copy !req
259. 100,000 were brought here
and forced to work as prostitutes.Copy !req
260. You know how many cases
we've prosecuted?Copy !req
261. - Not enough.
- Two hundred and fifty.Copy !req
262. You guys are about to make it harder,
so I dropped the first lady a note.Copy !req
263. What the hell are those?Copy !req
264. - Those are balloon animals.
- I'm sorry?Copy !req
265. I have nephews who like balloon animals,
so I got someone to teach me.Copy !req
266. - Are they abstract?
- I'm a beginner.Copy !req
267. - We can't drop the word.
- Why?Copy !req
268. We're not the only ones
in the world.Copy !req
269. Prostitution is legal in Germany,
Turkey, Netherlands.Copy !req
270. - If we alienate them...
- They don't sign.Copy !req
271. The more countries that sign,
more effective it is.Copy !req
272. The more toothless the treaty,
the more toothless it is.Copy !req
273. - That's a permeating syllogism.
- I'm not screwing around.Copy !req
274. The women's vote
isn't half your constituency.Copy !req
275. - It's the entire margin of victory.
- Who else are you gonna vote for?Copy !req
276. I don't know, but you haven't appointed
enough women to the federal bench.Copy !req
277. We'll hold up your other nominations.Copy !req
278. I didn't burn my bras, J.
In fact, I like my bras.Copy !req
279. I ring your bell when it's important.Copy !req
280. All right.Copy !req
281. Would you get back to me
before the end of the day...Copy !req
282. and let me know where we are?
- Yeah.Copy !req
283. Thank you.Copy !req
284. The art around here
scares the hell out of me.Copy !req
285. That's what it's supposed to do.Copy !req
286. Good morning. Thanks for waiting.Copy !req
287. - How are you, Toby? Evan Woodkirk.
- Good to see you.Copy !req
288. Mary Klein.Copy !req
289. Tell me why I'm talking to you.Copy !req
290. The Smithsonian is opening an exhibit...Copy !req
291. marking the 60th anniversary
of Pearl Harbor.Copy !req
292. Why is that making veterans unhappy?Copy !req
293. Let's be clear.
The USF is a very small group.Copy !req
294. Maybe 2000 members and only 30
of them were gonna be attending.Copy !req
295. They're not, they're boycotting.Copy !req
296. It's not like we're not able to fill those
seats. We don't see it as a problem.Copy !req
297. The president's speaking at the opening,
so it's a problem.Copy !req
298. They're not gonna keep
their unhappiness to themselves.Copy !req
299. I don't want the president
where there are pissed-off veterans.Copy !req
300. - There's nothing to be concerned about.
- What are they gonna tell me?Copy !req
301. They'll tell you they're troubled by the
commentary on the propaganda posters.Copy !req
302. - Which is?
- Sorry?Copy !req
303. The commentary.Copy !req
304. These were fear-inspiring posters,
incredibly racist.Copy !req
305. - And you say so in the commentary.
- In so many words.Copy !req
306. "The Sowers" portrays the Japanese...Copy !req
307. as hulking barbarians,
tossing human skulls onto the ground.Copy !req
308. How about the exhibit,
"America's Vengeance"?Copy !req
309. - You've reviewed the material?
- Vengeance is pretty provocative...Copy !req
310. especially when followed by the
burnt contents of a child's lunch box.Copy !req
311. Of course I've reviewed the material.Copy !req
312. Excuse me, I'm sorry.
Do you have a moment?Copy !req
313. I want you to get with C.J.
when you can.Copy !req
314. Sure, why?Copy !req
315. A lab in the U.K. is gonna let us know
in 72 hours...Copy !req
316. if the first U.S. case of Mad Cow
is in Nebraska right now.Copy !req
317. - We got a presumptive positive on...
- Seventy-two hours.Copy !req
318. Yeah.Copy !req
319. - We should keep it to ourselves.
- That's what I think.Copy !req
320. C.J. disagrees,
and the president wants to hear more.Copy !req
321. Thanks.Copy !req
322. - Leo.
- Yeah?Copy !req
323. You know the president's being sued?Copy !req
324. - I'm sorry?
- The president's being sued.Copy !req
325. - Oh, the guy from the planet Zanzibar.
- Xanadu, no. The seat belts.Copy !req
326. That's not gonna be anything.Copy !req
327. Washington Times is running,"Bartlet
Accused of Contributory Negligence."Copy !req
328. I didn't think The Washington Times
could spell all those words.Copy !req
329. - A29, above the fold.
- There's a fold that deep in the paper?Copy !req
330. It's gonna be picked up by The Post
and The New York Times.Copy !req
331. - Let's be ahead of it.
- How?Copy !req
332. Come out for a national seat-belt law.Copy !req
333. - It's never gonna happen.
- Why?Copy !req
334. - Most important state in the primaries?
- New Hampshire.Copy !req
335. - Most important state in the general?
- Michigan.Copy !req
336. The only state without
a mandatory seat-belt law?Copy !req
337. - New Hampshire.
- Where do they make the cars?Copy !req
338. Fair enough. Can I explore it?Copy !req
339. Knock yourself out.
In fact, go ahead and knock yourself out.Copy !req
340. Yeah.Copy !req
341. The appointments
aren't gonna be held up.Copy !req
342. At least not by Lady Godiva.Copy !req
343. Tell me she wasn't bare-breasted,
at least outside your imagination.Copy !req
344. Yeah, no, she was. Yeah.Copy !req
345. I'm saying, if she wants to front off...Copy !req
346. there's not a moral imperative
for the White House to get behind, what?Copy !req
347. Equity in Insurance Coverage
for Contraception or whatever it is.Copy !req
348. More money for sewing notions
and whatnot.Copy !req
349. Suffrage and the right to smoke.Copy !req
350. She wants heat, we can hold off backing
for the Child Support Enforcement Act.Copy !req
351. - But you don't want to do that.
- Of course I don't.Copy !req
352. - I'm a friend to the working mom.
- You want her to have sewing notions.Copy !req
353. - I do.
- Can I ask you something?Copy !req
354. Do you think it's possible
there's a broader point?Copy !req
355. No. Why?Copy !req
356. What?Copy !req
357. That leaving the word'forced"
condones consensual prostitution.Copy !req
358. - That's ridiculous.
- It can be spun that way.Copy !req
359. - That we condone prostitution?
- Yeah.Copy !req
360. - It can't be spun that way.
- Okay.Copy !req
361. - You think it can?
- I just did.Copy !req
362. All right.Copy !req
363. All right, would you check
if C.J. 's in her office?Copy !req
364. Toby, it's not like the entire exhibit
is anti-American.Copy !req
365. Hang on, it's not like any of the exhibit
is anti-American.Copy !req
366. I can't believe I have to have this
conversation with you of all people.Copy !req
367. I don't know what
"me of all people" means, but...Copy !req
368. - Aren't you standing by the NEA...?
- I'm not. This is different.Copy !req
369. - How?
- It is.Copy !req
370. The president was asked to speak...Copy !req
371. which is the only reason
I can have you sitting here.Copy !req
372. Something's come up,
and I'm done if you're done.Copy !req
373. - We appreciate your time.
- I appreciate yours.Copy !req
374. - Can I call later today?
- Please.Copy !req
375. - How you doing?
- Fine.Copy !req
376. - I just came from seeing Amy Gardner.
- How did it go?Copy !req
377. - I showed her who's boss.
- Who did it turn out to be?Copy !req
378. It's still unclear, but let me ask,
the U.N. treaty, Vienna?Copy !req
379. If we have to make a to-do
about it being forced prostitution...Copy !req
380. is there a chance it can be spun
that we're condoning prostitution?Copy !req
381. - How much of a chance?
- It'll happen.Copy !req
382. - Amy will make it happen.
- Yeah.Copy !req
383. Well, this is a whole new thing, then.Copy !req
384. Leo told me.Copy !req
385. - Close the door.
- Told you what?Copy !req
386. Close the door.Copy !req
387. There was a presumptive positive
on some cattle in Nebraska.Copy !req
388. - What does that mean?
- We wait 72 hours for a test.Copy !req
389. - A disease?
- Yeah.Copy !req
390. - You're kidding me.
- No.Copy !req
391. - Mad Cow?
- Yeah.Copy !req
392. - Oh, my God, you're kidding me.
- Really, no.Copy !req
393. Well, I guess if the door's closed,
we're not saying anything yet.Copy !req
394. - That's why we're talking.
- What do you think?Copy !req
395. We have an extra $ 1.5 billion
we weren't counting on.Copy !req
396. - What?
- There's an extra 1.5 billion.Copy !req
397. In Qumar,
when a woman's raped...Copy !req
398. she's beaten by her husband
and sons as punishment.Copy !req
399. So we should talk about how to spend
the 1.5 billion they're giving us.Copy !req
400. Okay. So should we tell anybody?Copy !req
401. All right, unfunded mandates.Copy !req
402. This is where the federal government
forces localities to do stuff...Copy !req
403. but isn't interested in paying the bill.
- Don't give me the grumbles.Copy !req
404. According to Frank Segal, Danville,
Virginia, with a population of 55,000...Copy !req
405. spent 13,800 hours and $ 167,000
complying with the Disabilities Act.Copy !req
406. Should employees in wheelchairs
work in the parking lot?Copy !req
407. Segal thinks it's unfair
that the federal government...Copy !req
408. How much would it cost
the federal government to amend...Copy !req
409. the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
to cover all unfunded mandates?Copy !req
410. Tens of billions, I would think.Copy !req
411. Find out for sure and then tell Segal
to sit down and shut up.Copy !req
412. - Anything else?
- No.Copy !req
413. - Thank you, Mr. President.
- Thank you, sir.Copy !req
414. So paint a picture for me, would you?Copy !req
415. We find the source of the problem,
which will be the feed.Copy !req
416. - We buy the cattle and slaughter them.
- How many?Copy !req
417. - Tens of thousands.
- That's live cattle. What about beef?Copy !req
418. FSIS will do a Class-1 recall and get it
off the shelves, not that they'd need to.Copy !req
419. Nobody's gonna buy beef
for a couple of years.Copy !req
420. That's a $ 150 billion industry.
What's the West gonna do for a living?Copy !req
421. This generation of ranchers is done.
They won't get back on their feet.Copy !req
422. People have known about this disease.
They're still eating beef.Copy !req
423. Because it's been across the ocean.Copy !req
424. Once we announce a positive, steak
houses are done, fast food is done.Copy !req
425. And then the corn
and soybean growers, right?Copy !req
426. The dominoes don't end on this.Copy !req
427. - Any good news?
- For fishermen.Copy !req
428. We've got frightened parents, rising food
prices, public panic, massive layoffs...Copy !req
429. and something new, wondering when
the next case is gonna happen.Copy !req
430. - The most costly disruptions...
- Yeah?Copy !req
431. always when something
we take completely for granted...Copy !req
432. stops working for a minute.Copy !req
433. Yeah.Copy !req
434. - Okay.
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
435. Do you know when we passed
the Clean Water Act?Copy !req
436. - No.
- How can you not?Copy !req
437. - My water's clean. I don't ask questions.
- What'd I say?Copy !req
438. - I wasn't really listening.
- All right.Copy !req
439. Thank you.Copy !req
440. Yes, sir.Copy !req
441. Nope. Nothing.Copy !req
442. - You sure there's nothing you need?
- No.Copy !req
443. - You know, Charlie...
- Yeah.Copy !req
444. history can't be reduced
to dates and names.Copy !req
445. Well, I'm pretty sure this final can.Copy !req
446. I'm starting you out with the speech
George Perkins Marsh used in 1845...Copy !req
447. to rouse the agricultural community
of Rutland, Vermont...Copy !req
448. and then you'll need to study
on the word'ecology"...Copy !req
449. coined by the German biologist
Ernst Haeckel.Copy !req
450. I'm being punished.Copy !req
451. It's better in the original German, but
obviously, the translation will be fine.Copy !req
452. Good.Copy !req
453. - Sam.
- Sam, how you doing?Copy !req
454. Good, good. Thanks for coming down.
Come on back.Copy !req
455. I've got a joke the president can do
on telling people not to wear seat belts.Copy !req
456. He didn't tell people that.Copy !req
457. He should say,"Maybe I should go back
to concealing my health."Copy !req
458. That's good.
He can use it at the Rotary Club.Copy !req
459. Josh Lyman shouldn't joke
about Rotarians. They're good people.Copy !req
460. He feels bad about that.Copy !req
461. - They volunteer their time.
- He'll apologize.Copy !req
462. - I'm a Rotarian, my dad's a Rotarian.
- My dad's an Elk.Copy !req
463. Elks are okay.Copy !req
464. Anticipating this might
become a thing.Copy !req
465. I want to float the idea
of a national seat-belt law.Copy !req
466. What's the Democratic leadership
gonna say?Copy !req
467. - They'll say no.
- Why?Copy !req
468. Democratic leadership doesn't do
damage control for the president.Copy !req
469. It's about more than damage control.Copy !req
470. Only 68 percent of drivers
wear their seat belts.Copy !req
471. We get that up to 90 percent,
we save 5000 lives a year.Copy !req
472. If kids eat spinach,
they'll be as strong as Popeye.Copy !req
473. We've done driver safety, food drives,
physical fitness.Copy !req
474. - Who?
- The Rotary Club.Copy !req
475. - He really is gonna apologize, Tom.
- Sam.Copy !req
476. Secondary seat-belt laws don't work.Copy !req
477. You can only fine someone if you
stop them for something else.Copy !req
478. - It's time for a tough law.
- To make up for a bonehead comment?Copy !req
479. Governors don't like it.
It's federalism run amuck.Copy !req
480. Governors don't vote in Congress.Copy !req
481. Congressmen aren't gonna vote
for it either.Copy !req
482. Okay, then, it's a shorter meeting
than I thought it was gonna be.Copy !req
483. Thanks.Copy !req
484. You won't catch a Rotarian
not wearing his seat belt.Copy !req
485. - An Elk, maybe.
- Yeah.Copy !req
486. Leo wanted you to know
the OMB's gonna do a quick report...Copy !req
487. on expanding unfunded mandates.Copy !req
488. It doesn't mean anything,
but they're doing it anyway.Copy !req
489. - My tax dollars, hard at work.
- I'll be at my desk.Copy !req
490. - Donna, you've worked as a prostitute.
- Yeah?Copy !req
491. - Let's just say.
- Okay.Copy !req
492. Why should what you do
be against the law?Copy !req
493. You're not allowed
to buy and sell people.Copy !req
494. - You're renting out your body.
- Not allowed to do that either.Copy !req
495. - Fashion models do.
- It's different.Copy !req
496. Only because we say it's different.Copy !req
497. Get a massage,
isn't it a matter of degrees?Copy !req
498. Lots of things are.Copy !req
499. Wouldn't legalizing prostitution
allow women to unionize...Copy !req
500. and get access to social services
and health care...Copy !req
501. and create some control?
- You think if you make it legal...Copy !req
502. prostitutes will want everybody
to know they're prostitutes?Copy !req
503. - What?
- The rare, valid point.Copy !req
504. I'll be back on my street corner.Copy !req
505. Okay, round two.Copy !req
506. I'm Toby Ziegler,
I'll be your referee.Copy !req
507. I'm Barney Lang,
national commander.Copy !req
508. - We spoke on the phone.
- Yes.Copy !req
509. Please meet Ed Ramsey
and Ronald Kruckshank.Copy !req
510. - These are two of our regional directors.
- Welcome to the White House.Copy !req
511. Been here before.Copy !req
512. My unit was invited by Franklin Roosevelt.
That chair used to be over there.Copy !req
513. It's nice to meet you.Copy !req
514. Before we start,
could I hit you up for a personal favor?Copy !req
515. I don't think the president's available
for pictures today.Copy !req
516. No, it's my buddy Arthur Holly.Copy !req
517. He's been in a wheelchair
because he lost his left leg...Copy !req
518. and the wheelchair is falling apart.Copy !req
519. We've been doing pretty good
with duct tape...Copy !req
520. but the guy could use a new one,
and Medicaid is dragging its feet on this.Copy !req
521. Leave me his information.
I can make a phone call for you.Copy !req
522. - I appreciate that, son, thank you.
- Okay.Copy !req
523. Tell me one point you find most offensive
and would like pulled from the exhibit.Copy !req
524. - There are a number of points.
- What's at the top?Copy !req
525. Sections that have
the overreaching message...Copy !req
526. of a vengeful America
and a victimized Japan.Copy !req
527. You don't want to ignore
effects of the bomb.Copy !req
528. We don't want to ignore facts...Copy !req
529. but, in that particular case, we don't
agree with their version of the facts.Copy !req
530. The 63,000?Copy !req
531. They say 63,000 American lives
would've been lost if we'd invaded.Copy !req
532. Marshall told Truman a ground offensive
would take the lives of at least 250,000.Copy !req
533. There's some evidence to suggest
that Marshall told Truman that.Copy !req
534. Some estimates say 150,000,
some say 268,000.Copy !req
535. There are discrepancies.Copy !req
536. I didn't see you there.Copy !req
537. This is C.J. Cregg.Copy !req
538. I'm Barney Lang. Ed Ramsey,
Ronald Kruckshank.Copy !req
539. Good to meet you.Copy !req
540. - You need anything?
- I just came by to listen.Copy !req
541. I wanna put you in a room with the
exhibit directors from the Smithsonian.Copy !req
542. - Can I do it today?
- Sure.Copy !req
543. Stay by a phone. Okay.Copy !req
544. - Can I interrupt for a second, Toby?
- Yeah.Copy !req
545. Mr. Ramsey, I saw in your information
you were in the 10th Armored Division.Copy !req
546. Pvt. First Class, 10th Armored
Division, Third Army, Second World War.Copy !req
547. - You fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
- I did.Copy !req
548. My unit broke through
the German 7th army's buffer...Copy !req
549. which was critical
in winning Bastogne.Copy !req
550. That was the moment we beat the Nazis
on the Western front.Copy !req
551. That was a hell of a moment.Copy !req
552. I have a granddaughter like you.
She's a chemist.Copy !req
553. - Can I ask you to imagine something?
- I suppose.Copy !req
554. Imagine if you weren't as successful
as you were.Copy !req
555. Imagine, say,
that Hitler had taken Antwerp...Copy !req
556. and we'd lost the Battle of the Bulge
and Germany held the Western front.Copy !req
557. It wouldn't have mattered.Copy !req
558. The Russians crushed them on the Eastern
front. They wouldn't have won the war.Copy !req
559. No, but even if the Russians kicked
them out of Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria...Copy !req
560. they could've held on to France,
maybe Italy, certainly defended Germany.Copy !req
561. It's six decades later.
While they didn't conquer Europe...Copy !req
562. Nazis exist as a recognized government
in some small corner of Europe.Copy !req
563. - That would never have happened.
- Really?Copy !req
564. They killed a quarter of my unit.Copy !req
565. They killed a third of my classmates
from Erasmus High School.Copy !req
566. - We would never have allowed...
- We did it in Cambodia.Copy !req
567. C.J., knock it off.Copy !req
568. You're protesting because you think the
Smithsonian doesn't pay proper respect...Copy !req
569. to what you and the soldiers
of the 10th Armored, Third Army...Copy !req
570. risked and lost your lives
for six decades ago.Copy !req
571. How would you feel,
in the hypothetical I just described...Copy !req
572. if I told you that
at my press briefing...Copy !req
573. I'm announcing we were selling tanks,
missiles and fighter jets to the Nazis?Copy !req
574. Excuse me.Copy !req
575. Step outside.Copy !req
576. Look...Copy !req
577. If I was in Qumar, I wouldn't be allowed
to say,"Shove it up your ass"...Copy !req
578. but since I'm not,
shove it up your ass, Toby.Copy !req
579. You really want to talk
about the lawsuit in Colorado?Copy !req
580. You hear about the lawyer
who opened a chain of dry cleaners?Copy !req
581. Press your lawsuit while you wait.Copy !req
582. There was a better joke in there
someplace, right?Copy !req
583. - Probably not. Sir...
- Doctrine of Sovereign lmmunity.Copy !req
584. Can't sue the king.
We brought it from England.Copy !req
585. He's not immune
from the court of public opinion.Copy !req
586. Forgot that one.Copy !req
587. - The RNC will have a press conference.
- They have one when I sneeze.Copy !req
588. We need to come out
for a strong national seat-belt law.Copy !req
589. - Congress won't pass it.
- We don't need the law.Copy !req
590. Just come out for it. It'll end
the question of where you stand.Copy !req
591. People know.
If they don't, they can ask.Copy !req
592. - You were governor of New Hampshire...
- I was for it then.Copy !req
593. I never did anything, because nobody
wanted it. Why waste time and capital?Copy !req
594. C.J. will get asked about it.Copy !req
595. I can't be responsible every time
somebody irrationally twists my meaning.Copy !req
596. People are responsible for themselves.Copy !req
597. Today's cars are safer
than they've ever been.Copy !req
598. They've all got air bags, seat belts...Copy !req
599. and they're crash-tested
from here till Tuesday.Copy !req
600. All that's left is personal behavior
and bad luck.Copy !req
601. I'm not responsible for either.Copy !req
602. If Mrs. Landingham was here,
she'd say the exact same thing.Copy !req
603. - Yes, sir.
- I don't blame this woman for suing me.Copy !req
604. I'm not a king, not sure the law should
treat me like one, though I don't mind.Copy !req
605. I'm not blaming her.Copy !req
606. She's got to go someplace
with her grief and her anger.Copy !req
607. The ones who should be horsewhipped
are the ones exploiting her grief...Copy !req
608. for political gain, and I'm not
getting down with them.Copy !req
609. - Let Congress pass that law, I'll sign it.
- Sir?Copy !req
610. - Yeah, let's go. Get Leo.
- Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
611. Good evening, Mr. President.Copy !req
612. Isn't there a joke with lawsuits and dry
cleaners? I've been working on it all day.Copy !req
613. You've been working
on other stuff too, right?Copy !req
614. - Yeah.
- Good evening, sir.Copy !req
615. Okay, what do we think?
When do you tell the public?Copy !req
616. - I think right now.
- I think when you know something.Copy !req
617. Absolute confirmation must be the rule
when talking about public panic.Copy !req
618. Are we sure there'll be public panic
if we're only saying there's a chance?Copy !req
619. - We think, maybe, usually it's negative.
- I do.Copy !req
620. We're not talking about sushi, it's
hamburgers, and I'm not kidding around.Copy !req
621. These things, the everyday American
things, the 99-cent things that...Copy !req
622. when you suddenly have to be afraid
of them, strike at our equilibrium.Copy !req
623. Democrats are not exactly loved
by the beef industry to begin with.Copy !req
624. Are we gonna get killed
for causing false panic?Copy !req
625. What we say now will
be measured against the facts...Copy !req
626. the consequences of which will be
far worse if we don't say anything.Copy !req
627. - I disagree.
- Then pretend the cow has MS.Copy !req
628. No, I don't think I will.Copy !req
629. Something going on?Copy !req
630. They can hear you.
They're standing in front of you.Copy !req
631. That was a bad analogy.
I apologize.Copy !req
632. What I meant was...Copy !req
633. the public will not forgive a president
who withheld information...Copy !req
634. that could've helped them
or saved lives.Copy !req
635. Second, in a crisis, people need
to feel like soldiers, not victims.Copy !req
636. Third, information breeds confidence,
silence breeds fear.Copy !req
637. That's my argument.Copy !req
638. - If it comes from the president...
- It shouldn't.Copy !req
639. - Not even the White House.
- From Health and Human Services.Copy !req
640. - Not the secretary, midlevel.
- That's what we'll do, then.Copy !req
641. - Thank you, sir.
- Toby.Copy !req
642. What's going on with the Smithsonian?Copy !req
643. - It'll be fine, sir.
- Where are you leading them?Copy !req
644. Not to turn a blind eye toward
the dark periods in our history...Copy !req
645. but there's a time and place for that,
and this isn't it.Copy !req
646. - You're changing.
- No, I'm not.Copy !req
647. - Yes, you are.
- A very, very little bit.Copy !req
648. Okay.Copy !req
649. Mr. President, could you point me
in the right direction on something?Copy !req
650. One of the vets who was here has
a buddy whose wheelchair's fallen apart.Copy !req
651. Who can get something
done overnight at Medicaid?Copy !req
652. We gotta straighten out Medicaid.Copy !req
653. After the Civil War, veterans had
to come to D.C. to get their pensions.Copy !req
654. They had to visit the office.Copy !req
655. They waited for a clerk to look through
records until their papers were found.Copy !req
656. Know what the papers were bound with?Copy !req
657. - No.
- Red tape.Copy !req
658. - That's where it comes from.
- Didn't know that.Copy !req
659. Go and apologize to C.J.
for whatever you did.Copy !req
660. - I didn't do anything.
- Like that matters.Copy !req
661. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
662. What's next?Copy !req
663. - What?
- You know, sir...Copy !req
664. that story about red tape
and Medicaid was interesting, but... .Copy !req
665. - What?
- Nothing.Copy !req
666. You have economic advisers
in the Roosevelt Room.Copy !req
667. - Interesting but what?
- He just wanted a wheelchair.Copy !req
668. - Toby's trying to get him a wheelchair.
- I forgot.Copy !req
669. I forgot. Get the information.
I'll make the call myself.Copy !req
670. Maybe the guy can wheel
around on a book...Copy !req
671. by German biologist Ernst Haeckel.Copy !req
672. Get the information and the director
of the CMSO on the phone.Copy !req
673. Yes, sir.Copy !req
674. 1972.Copy !req
675. - I'm sorry, sir?
- When we passed the Clean Water Act.Copy !req
676. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
677. - You know nothing about the Visigoths.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
678. - And I know everything.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
679. Hey.Copy !req
680. What are you doing here?Copy !req
681. Your office said you were here.Copy !req
682. Eleanor Roosevelt once made a speech
to the U.N. General Assembly...Copy !req
683. saying that we should
decriminalize prostitution.Copy !req
684. Eleanor Roosevelt was the one
who liked hats, right?Copy !req
685. The undersecretary for Global Affairs
and Regina Pierce...Copy !req
686. will sit with our legal adviser at
the U.N., look at alternative language.Copy !req
687. - I heard.
- So.Copy !req
688. - Indeed.
- That's right.Copy !req
689. Are you walking me back to my office?Copy !req
690. How is making prostitution illegal
not suppressing women's rights?Copy !req
691. How is making heroin use illegal
not suppressing a heroin user's rights?Copy !req
692. - It is, but heroin is bad for you.
- So's being a prostitute.Copy !req
693. How can I not call you a hypocrite...Copy !req
694. when you say the government shouldn't
tell women what to do with their bodies?Copy !req
695. Exercise some self-control, I guess.Copy !req
696. Prostitution is about the subjugation
of women by men for profit.Copy !req
697. - Profit goes to the women.
- In some cases.Copy !req
698. But I know of no girl who says,"I
want to be a prostitute when I grow up."Copy !req
699. They're forced to do it
out of financial circumstances.Copy !req
700. Dire economic need
is a form of coercion.Copy !req
701. But the guy who steals my stereo
does it for the same reason.Copy !req
702. And he's going to jail.Copy !req
703. Because he broke into my apartment
and stole my stereo...Copy !req
704. and nobody wants that, but you can't
say that about the other thing.Copy !req
705. Forget, for a second,
that it's a women's issue.Copy !req
706. The law isn't a deterrent. Prostitutes
advertise in the Yellow Pages.Copy !req
707. Aren't we just serving to create more
criminals in a criminal environment?Copy !req
708. Why did you come here?Copy !req
709. To tell you about the thing.Copy !req
710. - The U.N.?
- Yeah.Copy !req
711. - I'd heard.
- I didn't know that.Copy !req
712. - Why didn't you call?
- I'm sorry?Copy !req
713. Why didn't you call me
on the phone?Copy !req
714. Your office is on the way home.Copy !req
715. - It's 5:00.
- Yeah.Copy !req
716. You go home at 5:00?Copy !req
717. I just stopped by.Copy !req
718. - Are you dating your assistant?
- No.Copy !req
719. - I heard you might be.
- I'm not.Copy !req
720. - She's cute.
- She's my assistant.Copy !req
721. - Are you dating Joey Lucas?
- No.Copy !req
722. - She's not your assistant.
- I know.Copy !req
723. You know the thing with guys like you?Copy !req
724. - Why are we talking about this?
- Because you stopped by.Copy !req
725. I'm a visible guy,
people say things about me.Copy !req
726. People write things.
And what I do reflects on the president.Copy !req
727. Nice save.Copy !req
728. - I didn't make that up.
- Okay.Copy !req
729. What's the thing about guys like me?Copy !req
730. What's the thing with guys like me?Copy !req
731. You want to get hit over the head.Copy !req
732. - I have to go.
- See you.Copy !req
733. Taxi!Copy !req
734. What the hell?Copy !req
735. It was a water balloon!Copy !req
736. What are you, 15 years old?
You almost hit me in the head!Copy !req
737. The briefing begins in a few moments.
Please take your seats.Copy !req
738. Hey, Nancy.Copy !req
739. I understand you're troubled
by the arms sale.Copy !req
740. The Nazis were a bad analogy.
We're not fighting a war with Qumar.Copy !req
741. Well, this isn't the point, but we will.Copy !req
742. Of course we'll be fighting a war
with Qumar one day, and you know it.Copy !req
743. At least we'll be familiar
with the weapons they're using.Copy !req
744. We need Khalifa Air Base, we refuel
there and we keep AWACS radar.Copy !req
745. We don't need it, it's convenient.
We don't need it.Copy !req
746. We've got Turkey, Bahrain,
Diego Garcia. Qumar's convenient.Copy !req
747. - Yes, it's convenient.
- They beat women, Nancy.Copy !req
748. The only reason they keep Qumari women
alive is to make more Qumari men.Copy !req
749. What do you want me to do?Copy !req
750. Instead of selling the guns to them,
shooting the guns at them.Copy !req
751. Not to change the subject...Copy !req
752. but how do we have moral credibility
when we talk about gun control...Copy !req
753. and making sure guns don't get
to the wrong people?Copy !req
754. What the hell are we defining
as the right people?Copy !req
755. In the real world,
we can't isolate our enemies.Copy !req
756. I know the real world,
I don't suggest we isolate them.Copy !req
757. - You suggest we eliminate them.
- I have a briefing.Copy !req
758. - You...
- I'm not suggesting anything.Copy !req
759. - I don't suggest foreign policy.
- You are right now.Copy !req
760. It's the 21 st century,
Nancy, the world's gotten smaller.Copy !req
761. I don't know how we can tolerate
this kind of suffering anymore...Copy !req
762. when all it does is continue
the cycle of anti-American hatred.Copy !req
763. - But that's not the point.
- What's the point?Copy !req
764. The point is that apartheid
was an East Hampton clambake...Copy !req
765. compared to what we laughingly refer
to as the life these women lead.Copy !req
766. If we had sold M1-A1 s to South Africa,
you'd have set the building on fire.Copy !req
767. Thank God we never needed to refuel
in Johannesburg!Copy !req
768. It's a big world, C.J.Copy !req
769. And everybody has guns.Copy !req
770. And I'm doing the best I can.Copy !req
771. They're beating the women, Nancy.Copy !req
772. Good evening, we have two birthdays
today, so we have cake.Copy !req
773. One cake. It's nice to share.Copy !req
774. Before I take questions,
a late addition to Monday's schedule.Copy !req
775. The president will be at the Smithsonian
exhibit opening...Copy !req
776. commemorating the 60th Anniversary
of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Copy !req
777. That's 3 in the afternoon,
more information Monday morning.Copy !req
778. Labor Secretary Carl Reed will brief
from this podium in one hour...Copy !req
779. on our school-to-work initiative.Copy !req
780. There'll be a briefing at the Department
of Health and Human Services...Copy !req
781. by USDA Director David Reingold.Copy !req
782. Tuesday, you'll be briefed
at the Pentagon.Copy !req
783. The DOD will announce we've renewed
our lease another 10 years in Qumar.Copy !req
784. I understand they've promised
to paint and add new carpet.Copy !req
785. A delegation from State and the U. N...Copy !req
786. will be sitting down to go over
some last-minute language for Vienna...Copy !req
787. and for that trip, we'll have
your schedules ready next week.Copy !req
788. - Who's got a question?
- Will you tell us what Mr. Reingold...?Copy !req