1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. Get the president a report on storage.Copy !req
3. - I'm not sure we're ready...
- He asked me for it.Copy !req
4. Are we done?Copy !req
5. We need to focus on the best way
to manage his symptoms.Copy !req
6. How many hours a day?Copy !req
7. Six or seven,
and he's gonna need a nap midday.Copy !req
8. A nap? He's gonna love that.Copy !req
9. For both of us, sir,
this is our last game.Copy !req
10. Let's leave it all out on the field.Copy !req
11. Sir?Copy !req
12. - Evening.
- I thought you were heading...Copy !req
13. - ... to the residence.
- Thought about it.Copy !req
14. Then I thought I'd sit
and enjoy the art for a while.Copy !req
15. - Do you want me to get Curtis?
- No.Copy !req
16. - I'm a bachelor tonight.
- So I heard.Copy !req
17. Abbey's in Baltimore with Ellie
and the new boyfriend.Copy !req
18. - I hear we like him.
- What's not to like?Copy !req
19. The guy spent the last 15 years...Copy !req
20. studying the mating rituals
of Drosophila melanogaster.Copy !req
21. He likes fruit flies.Copy !req
22. And my daughter,
hopefully not in that order.Copy !req
23. What say we grab Toby and head
out on the town, trip the light fantastic?Copy !req
24. Are we gonna chase
after Miss Turnstiles?Copy !req
25. The old lady's out of town.Copy !req
26. She'll have my head if I don't
get you to bed in a half-hour.Copy !req
27. - Yeah.
- Besides, you've got a date tomorrow.Copy !req
28. I actually convinced her to let me
out of the house for Valentine's Day.Copy !req
29. - You're taking her to the opera?
- Verdi's Otello. Romantic, huh?Copy !req
30. Isn't that one where
the guy kills his wife?Copy !req
31. It's in Italian.
I'm hoping she won't notice.Copy !req
32. - Sure you don't want me to call Curtis?
- I'm good.Copy !req
33. - Night, C.J.
- Night, sir.Copy !req
34. Get some rest.Copy !req
35. Yeah.Copy !req
36. - Margaret?
- Yes.Copy !req
37. Will you ask Debbie to move the
president's wake-up call back to 8:30?Copy !req
38. I'd like to take a look at the
president's schedule for tomorrow.Copy !req
39. Shevardnadze just pulled
the section on executive power?Copy !req
40. And replaced it with his own.
The old constitutional bait and switch.Copy !req
41. - Hello.
- C.J. Cregg, I'd like you to meet...Copy !req
42. - ... Professor Lawrence Lessig.
- Hi.Copy !req
43. He's a constitutional writer.Copy !req
44. He's helping Belarus
write their constitution.Copy !req
45. I'd have thought
they'd written one by now.Copy !req
46. They have. It's three lines pledging
allegiance to the Supreme Soviet.Copy !req
47. - Hence the rewrite.
- Hence.Copy !req
48. You have a copy of the BLS mass-layoff
report I can read in the residence?Copy !req
49. - Sir.
- Evening, Mr. President.Copy !req
50. - Am I interrupting?
- Sir, this is Professor Lawrence Lessig.Copy !req
51. The Future of Ideas?
That Lawrence Lessig?Copy !req
52. He's here to help with the Belarus
constitution. He helped...Copy !req
53. - ... with the Georgian constitution.
- Founding father for hire?Copy !req
54. No, no. The Belarusians
will be the founding fathers.Copy !req
55. I'm more of a midwife.Copy !req
56. Well, it's God's work if you can help
us bring some stability to that mess.Copy !req
57. - Maybe we should...
- Sir...Copy !req
58. Where do you start
a document of that importance?Copy !req
59. I like to begin with a series of conceptual
questions, then proceed...Copy !req
60. Excuse me, Professor Lessig,
I'm sorry.Copy !req
61. - But the president really needs to...
- I think we can spare five minutes...Copy !req
62. to discuss the roots of democracy,
if the professor has time.Copy !req
63. - It would be an honor, sir.
- Come, then.Copy !req
64. Let us sit as men do,
and discuss important things.Copy !req
65. So, what's the latest
in comparative constitutional theory?Copy !req
66. Is separation of power still in vogue?Copy !req
67. This is the White House operator.Copy !req
68. I have an urgent call
from Commander Harper.Copy !req
69. Go ahead.Copy !req
70. Tell me you're calling about
a guy you met.Copy !req
71. A United Britannia flight from London
to New Delhi went off radar...Copy !req
72. over the Caspian Sea an hour ago.Copy !req
73. - A commercial plane?
- About 100 passengers.Copy !req
74. Mostly British and French.Copy !req
75. - How many...?
- Six Americans.Copy !req
76. - We think it was a crash?
- It's too early to tell.Copy !req
77. The plane was off course...Copy !req
78. - ... drifting into Iranian airspace.
- I'll be right in.Copy !req
79. - Can you transfer me to the switchboard?
- Yeah.Copy !req
80. - Ms. Cregg?
- Let's wake some people up.Copy !req
81. Yes, of course we understand,
and this is a terrible tragedy, but...Copy !req
82. Yes, Madam Prime Minister, but...Copy !req
83. Ma'am, we've had no indication
the Iranians were involved.Copy !req
84. And I think it's in all of our
interests not to jump to conclusions.Copy !req
85. Yes, ma'am. Yes.Copy !req
86. - The British prime minister?
- In all her glory.Copy !req
87. When I left the president,
I thought I'd go home nights.Copy !req
88. Can't complain
you're not getting overtime.Copy !req
89. - You don't pay me overtime.
- You wake up the guys at State?Copy !req
90. Great Britain desk sent over language
for the condolence statement.Copy !req
91. They suggested we invite
the ambassador for breakfast.Copy !req
92. Just what we need,
international intrigue.Copy !req
93. - I thought you liked Lord John.
- I adore him.Copy !req
94. And when I was press secretary,
I could adore him from afar.Copy !req
95. - You gonna be in the Sit Room?
- Hoping to catch a game?Copy !req
96. - Maybe a nap.
- Call Barrow.Copy !req
97. Set up some time with Chet.
He'll know.Copy !req
98. Thirty minutes out of London,
the flight was six miles off course.Copy !req
99. We think they accidentally left
the autopilot in heading mode.Copy !req
100. - Do you see the trajectory of the plane?
- Yeah.Copy !req
101. I just got off with the prime minister.
They're coordinating on a search party.Copy !req
102. But she's already pointing fingers.
Is she pointing them for a reason?Copy !req
103. I'm sorry.
Are we waiting for the president?Copy !req
104. No. Do we have any reason
to believe the Iranians were involved?Copy !req
105. We've been flying RC-135s
off the northern coast of Iran.Copy !req
106. - Spy planes.
- Since last March.Copy !req
107. And the Iranian MTI
that tracks the RC-135...Copy !req
108. produces very rough
CAPPI readouts.Copy !req
109. - English.
- The United Britannia flight drifted...Copy !req
110. into Iranian airspace on a track
very close to our RC-135's flight path.Copy !req
111. The Iranians mistook the flight
for a spy plane and took a shot at it?Copy !req
112. It's possible. The RC-135
is roughly the same size as a 737.Copy !req
113. - With a large dish on it.
- And a banner that says "spy plane. "Copy !req
114. - But on a dark night...
- We have to find out what happened.Copy !req
115. We're talking to the Israelis.Copy !req
116. Signals Intel has feed from
the time the plane went off radar.Copy !req
117. - But it's gonna take a while to translate.
- I want updates every half-hour.Copy !req
118. So the Iranians taking
potshots at our spy planes...Copy !req
119. - ... that's fair game.
- We don't let them hit us.Copy !req
120. Did the president
get into it with Graty?Copy !req
121. He wasn't on the call. She got
pretty hepped up all by her lonesome.Copy !req
122. State's been conducting talks with Iran
on their nuclear program.Copy !req
123. - We've made progress.
- It's fragile.Copy !req
124. If Iran's involved,
Graty makes this a thing...Copy !req
125. I put in a call to Chet.
Do you find it odd...Copy !req
126. calling a high-ranking
Iranian official "Chet"?Copy !req
127. Well, it's easier to say than
Asefi Hossein Kamal Bin Hamid.Copy !req
128. - Man, I'm fried.
- Up late last night?Copy !req
129. Lecture on the future
of democracy in Belarus.Copy !req
130. Democracy? The last guy made
his political opposition disappear.Copy !req
131. - Literally.
- Why they've asked for help.Copy !req
132. C.J.Copy !req
133. Prime Minister Graty,
she tends to overreact.Copy !req
134. - She's a runaway train.
- The president likes a heads-up...Copy !req
135. if she's making decisions
with international ramifications.Copy !req
136. He'll be awake in a few hours.
Make sure I get those updates.Copy !req
137. Debris from what appears to be a plane
crash has begun to wash up in Astara...Copy !req
138. Do you have my schedule?Copy !req
139. Officials fear this could be the wreckage
of United Britannia Airlines Flight 101.Copy !req
140. We're gonna need to pare
this down. Get rid of my 10:30.Copy !req
141. Have Charlie take
the 12:00 with Karshner.Copy !req
142. - Please tell me this is a joke.
- No, ma'am.Copy !req
143. I'm meeting with Miss World?Copy !req
144. She's from Bhutan. I have her bio
so you can be prepared.Copy !req
145. - For Miss World?
- It's a tradition.Copy !req
146. Every year, the new
Miss World comes in to lobby.Copy !req
147. - On what?
- AIDS in Africa, world hunger.Copy !req
148. She generally has a very good cause.Copy !req
149. She gets to meet with the chief of staff
to the president of the United States?Copy !req
150. Leo thought that as a show
of international good faith...Copy !req
151. - ... we should accord all due respect to...
- Pretty girls everywhere?Copy !req
152. - She's a brilliant flautist.
- Get it off my schedule.Copy !req
153. You're in early.Copy !req
154. Toby?Copy !req
155. Yeah.Copy !req
156. - What you doing?
- Reading.Copy !req
157. Constitutional Choices.Copy !req
158. It's amazing how tricky
emergency powers are.Copy !req
159. The executive in a young republic...Copy !req
160. you'll need some
type of emergency power.Copy !req
161. Do you write that in the constitution,
or does that lead to abuse?Copy !req
162. - I just came in because...
- See the predicament.Copy !req
163. - Toby.
- Right, we need to put out...Copy !req
164. a condolence statement
on the crash.Copy !req
165. I'll put Annabeth on it
when she gets in.Copy !req
166. Charlie's got some
language from State.Copy !req
167. Building a new democracy.Copy !req
168. - How do you shape a new world?
- Right.Copy !req
169. Have you reassigned Miss World?Copy !req
170. - Well, I thought maybe I could...
- I'm sending Toby a Valentine.Copy !req
171. We just got a call
from our base in Incirlik.Copy !req
172. This is surveillance of the Caspian Sea
from the time the plane went off radar.Copy !req
173. - And these are...?
- Two jets...Copy !req
174. flying out of the Iranian air base in
Rasht, on course to intercept the flight.Copy !req
175. Margaret, call the switchboard.
Ask them to wake the president.Copy !req
176. Good morning, ma'am.Copy !req
177. - Mr. President?
- Good morning, sir.Copy !req
178. Yeah.Copy !req
179. Why are there three of you?Copy !req
180. Mr. President, we think the
Iranian air force mistakenly shot down...Copy !req
181. a British commercial airliner.Copy !req
182. I need to speak
with Prime Minister Graty.Copy !req
183. I asked her to wait
before making a statement.Copy !req
184. - What's Iran saying?
- Not much.Copy !req
185. - I'm sure that's going over well.
- Intel's working on the feed.Copy !req
186. If Iranians were aiming at our plane,
it'd provide explanation for their actions.Copy !req
187. - We called Marbury?
- On his way.Copy !req
188. - We should call Chet.
- On his way.Copy !req
189. Damn it! We were just making
progress with the Iranians.Copy !req
190. If Graty gets revved up
and starts quoting Churchill...Copy !req
191. She gets aggressive, Iran gets defensive,
this thing's gonna spiral.Copy !req
192. I need to talk her down.
Get her on the phone.Copy !req
193. Sir.Copy !req
194. We condemn the attack by Iran...Copy !req
195. against 109 innocent
men, women and children...Copy !req
196. aboard an unarmed
United Britannia plane.Copy !req
197. This is a barbaric, monstrous crime
committed against Great Britain...Copy !req
198. against Europe, against
the United States, against humanity.Copy !req
199. There can be absolutely
no justification.Copy !req
200. Well, I guess I'll have to wait
till she's off camera.Copy !req
201. This shall not stand.Copy !req
202. That was Prime Minister Graty...Copy !req
203. Have we heard anything from
Prime Minister Graty?Copy !req
204. - Were we talking with British intelligence?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
205. They have something, or she
wouldn't be getting Hans and Franz.Copy !req
206. - Where's the report from Hutchinson?
- It's here.Copy !req
207. Marbury on the way?
We schedule time with the networks?Copy !req
208. - We should discuss if that's necessary.
- It wasn't.Copy !req
209. But now that there's been a crime...Copy !req
210. committed against Britain and the
U.S., I have to say something!Copy !req
211. Is she on the phone yet?Copy !req
212. - Thank you.
- Thank you, sir.Copy !req
213. I want an update from Hutchinson.
Put in a call to Barrow.Copy !req
214. See where we are with Chet.Copy !req
215. Make sure Lord John
doesn't stop for an eye opener...Copy !req
216. on the way from the British Embassy.Copy !req
217. Mrs. Bartlet.Copy !req
218. - Hello there.
- Did you just get in?Copy !req
219. About half an hour ago.Copy !req
220. Around the time I noticed
my husband wasn't in bed.Copy !req
221. I checked the bathroom, the sitting
room. He was nowhere to be found.Copy !req
222. I get a little nervous. My husband's
not the healthiest guy, you know.Copy !req
223. So I call Curtis.Copy !req
224. He tells me the president's in the Oval.
Can you imagine my surprise?Copy !req
225. There was a development.Copy !req
226. You do remember waking
me at 4 a. m.?Copy !req
227. - Ma'am...
- We agreed to let him sleep.Copy !req
228. I let him sleep until I couldn't
let him anymore.Copy !req
229. How late was he up last night?Copy !req
230. Ma'am, I let him sleep
as long as I could.Copy !req
231. Toby Ziegler,
this is Alexander Zubatov...Copy !req
232. head of the delegation
from the Republic of Belarus.Copy !req
233. - Pleasure to meet you, sir.
- And we thank you for having us.Copy !req
234. - Hi.
- Hello.Copy !req
235. Could you check and see
if you can find Lessig?Copy !req
236. No problem.Copy !req
237. Please.Copy !req
238. - Is that a copy of our constitution?
- Yes.Copy !req
239. - You know this document?
- Yes, I do.Copy !req
240. - I have many question.
- That's good.Copy !req
241. - Over the course of the week, we...
- For example...Copy !req
242. it says here, president shall be
commander of Army, Navy, et cetera.Copy !req
243. - Yes.
- Here, it says:Copy !req
244. "Congress shall have power
to declare war. "Copy !req
245. - Yes.
- Commander does not declare war?Copy !req
246. - Theoretically, Congress needs to.
- Theoretically.Copy !req
247. - So your habit is to ignore document?
- No.Copy !req
248. Well, occasionally.Copy !req
249. - Good morning. How you doing?
- Excuse me.Copy !req
250. - Good morning.
- Good morning.Copy !req
251. Sorry I'm late. I was having
breakfast with Justice Lang.Copy !req
252. And we got into
a fascinating discussion...Copy !req
253. over the reformation
of the rule against perpetuities.Copy !req
254. I see we've got our noble patriarchs.Copy !req
255. - Have you started?
- I've been answering questions.Copy !req
256. Excellent. Gentlemen, let's begin.Copy !req
257. Yes.Copy !req
258. I hope to embark upon
a conceptual journey...Copy !req
259. into the world of democratic theory.Copy !req
260. I'll be right back. Excuse me. Sorry.Copy !req
261. I trust you've glanced at the material.Copy !req
262. - She wants to see you.
- A beauty queen on my schedule?Copy !req
263. She did it.Copy !req
264. You put a beauty queen
on my schedule?Copy !req
265. The United Britannia flight was
shot down by two Iranian fighters.Copy !req
266. It might have been a mistake.
Kate's gonna give you more.Copy !req
267. You need to brief. And tentatively
set up some time with the networks.Copy !req
268. Graty's a little excited.
He wants to distance himself.Copy !req
269. If he went on TV
every time Graty blew...Copy !req
270. Tentatively schedule.
And, Toby, in the briefing...Copy !req
271. Since morning, the president has done
everything to assist the British.Copy !req
272. Yeah, but don't say "president. "Copy !req
273. The White House
has done everything?Copy !req
274. It's gonna sound like
he got a good night's sleep.Copy !req
275. Gerald?Copy !req
276. Gerald?Copy !req
277. - Gerald?
- Good lord.Copy !req
278. - C.J.?
- Toby, I gotta...Copy !req
279. Lord John?Copy !req
280. Hello. You look familiar.Copy !req
281. - C.J. We've met a number of times.
- Yes, yes.Copy !req
282. Where is Gerald?
I do hope he's recovered.Copy !req
283. Leo has moved down the hall.Copy !req
284. Oh, yes, I heard.
Demoted on account of a heart attack.Copy !req
285. That's cutthroat,
even for American politics.Copy !req
286. - Actually, he's been...
- No, no. There's no need to hedge.Copy !req
287. So you're the new Gerald.Copy !req
288. I suppose.Copy !req
289. - Delightful.
- If you'll just...Copy !req
290. Maureen, of course we support...Copy !req
291. Yes, but until we know all the facts...
Yes, madam.Copy !req
292. We'll be in touch. Thank you.Copy !req
293. So much for a stiff upper lip.Copy !req
294. - Mr. President.
- John, thank God.Copy !req
295. - Kate, may I introduce...
- I'm Lord John Marbury...Copy !req
296. hereditary Earl of Sherborne...Copy !req
297. great-great-grandson
of the former viceroy.Copy !req
298. I have served as the queen's minister
in India and Pakistan.Copy !req
299. And I am presently the British
ambassador to the United States.Copy !req
300. Oh, and I have an uncle
who once performed...Copy !req
301. in the London Opera Company's
production of The Mikado...Copy !req
302. in the role of Nanki-Poo.Copy !req
303. - It's a pleasure.
- Yes, isn't it?Copy !req
304. John, please.Copy !req
305. I'm afraid your prime minister is doing
her William the Conqueror thing again.Copy !req
306. Prime Minister Graty's own party
thinks she's soft on Iran.Copy !req
307. Her government is far from stable.Copy !req
308. And we have just lost
almost 100 countrymen.Copy !req
309. - So are you surprised?
- Not at all, really.Copy !req
310. But we think this might
have been a mistake.Copy !req
311. They accidentally fired two Anab AA-3
missiles at the side of a passenger jet?Copy !req
312. - Lord Marbury...
- No, please call me John.Copy !req
313. - John.
- Yeah.Copy !req
314. It's possible the Iranians thought
they were shooting at a U.S. spy plane.Copy !req
315. So it's your fault.Copy !req
316. - John...
- Been spying on their nuclear facilities?Copy !req
317. Yes.Copy !req
318. Why do you think
they want you to stop?Copy !req
319. The Iranians deliberately
killed British and American citizens...Copy !req
320. or they tried to shoot down your plane
because they want to build weapons.Copy !req
321. They are a rogue nation on the verge
of becoming a rogue nuclear power.Copy !req
322. While I in no means
wish to trivialize...Copy !req
323. the most appalling loss
of life earlier this morning...Copy !req
324. one need not reread Thucydides
to see this as an opportunity.Copy !req
325. She's gonna use this as an excuse
to bomb their nuclear plants?Copy !req
326. Heavens, no.Copy !req
327. The prime minister must demand
remuneration for the victims.Copy !req
328. Perhaps a formal apology,
even some elegiac groveling.Copy !req
329. We all know the ayatollah will never pay,
let alone apologize, for anything.Copy !req
330. Well, then we will be forced
to take appropriate measures.Copy !req
331. Will there be mimosas with breakfast?Copy !req
332. Toby, will the president back
the British if they respond with force?Copy !req
333. - I'm not gonna speculate.
- If they need logistical support?Copy !req
334. I'm not gonna speculate
on Britain's response.Copy !req
335. What was the president's
reaction to Graty?Copy !req
336. - I haven't discussed it with him.
- Were we consulted before the address?Copy !req
337. The White House has been working
with the British since morning.Copy !req
338. - Was there a call with...?
- I don't have the details now.Copy !req
339. - When can we get the tick-tock?
- I'll get back to you.Copy !req
340. - Toby, the prime minister's address?
- I don't have any more for you now.Copy !req
341. She called it a monstrous crime.
Does the president...?Copy !req
342. The president is scheduled to address
the nation at 6. I'd tune in.Copy !req
343. For you.Copy !req
344. - Why?
- It's Valentine's Day.Copy !req
345. Go ahead, they're yummy.
Hey, what's the tick-tock?Copy !req
346. Minute-by-minute accounting
of the president's actions. The press...Copy !req
347. - Asks for it during a crisis.
- Then why ask?Copy !req
348. "White House has been working
with the British since morning"?Copy !req
349. The president needs to look strong,
like he's up to this.Copy !req
350. "The president has been
working with the British. "Copy !req
351. - I got it.
- Apparently not.Copy !req
352. Or they wouldn't have asked
for the tick-tock.Copy !req
353. Good, huh? I've got more
if you want, for your special someone.Copy !req
354. - Excuse me?
- I like Bhutan in spring, how about you?Copy !req
355. - I'm still meeting with the beauty queen?
- Oh, yeah.Copy !req
356. We say the president is the sole
representative of the people...Copy !req
357. because while he is
elected by electors...Copy !req
358. these electors are
elected by the people...Copy !req
359. upon the premise
that they will vote for him.Copy !req
360. I can go through it again if you'd like.Copy !req
361. - No.
- Is he explaining the Electoral College?Copy !req
362. - We've covered it in some detail.
- Toby.Copy !req
363. We've been discussing the American
executive. You could shed some light.Copy !req
364. We should push beyond
American-style government.Copy !req
365. - Push beyond?
- Yeah.Copy !req
366. Mr. Zubatov has many questions.Copy !req
367. But perhaps this time would be better
spent discussing a parliamentary system.Copy !req
368. - We don't want parliamentary system.
- Okay.Copy !req
369. - President Eliches needs broad powers.
- Like American president.Copy !req
370. Sir, your country has
a history of brutal dictatorship.Copy !req
371. I don't think a strong executive
is such a good idea.Copy !req
372. - You agree with this?
- Not entirely.Copy !req
373. Half the faculty at Yale Law describes
the American presidential system...Copy !req
374. as one of this country's
most dangerous exports...Copy !req
375. wreaking havoc on over
30 countries around the globe.Copy !req
376. It is a recipe for
constitutional breakdown.Copy !req
377. Well, I can see this is going
to be a vibrant discussion.Copy !req
378. John, you can't focus
on the ayatollah.Copy !req
379. President Alijani
is a champion of reform.Copy !req
380. - If negotiations with Iran progress...
- Alijani's weak.Copy !req
381. Nonproliferation agreements
won't stop their efforts.Copy !req
382. It'll just drive them underground.Copy !req
383. Bombing is the better solution.Copy !req
384. Iranians have spread out
their nuclear facilities.Copy !req
385. - We don't know where half of them are.
- Well, we'll bomb the half we can find.Copy !req
386. Abigail!Copy !req
387. Blanket my loins,
I'm tied to the stake.Copy !req
388. - Here we go.
- Lovely to see you, John.Copy !req
389. So many distractions, Mr. President.
How do you get anything done?Copy !req
390. - God only knows.
- Where's C.J.?Copy !req
391. With Secretary Hutchinson.Copy !req
392. May I have Kate for a minute?Copy !req
393. Tarry not long, gentle courtesan.Copy !req
394. - Did he just call me a...?
- Isn't he delightful?Copy !req
395. - Yeah.
- The president needs a break.Copy !req
396. - Okay.
- He was up late last night.Copy !req
397. He was up early this morning.
He needs a break.Copy !req
398. Well, we've got the French ambassador,
then the Iranian, but maybe...Copy !req
399. I mean now.Copy !req
400. - Maybe I should just check with C.J.
- You could do that.Copy !req
401. Or you could go back in there
and get my husband.Copy !req
402. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
403. My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shootCopy !req
404. My heart is like an apple-treeCopy !req
405. Whose boughs are bent
With thick-set fruitCopy !req
406. Raise me a daïs of silk and downCopy !req
407. - Hang it with vair and purple dyes
- Kate Harper.Copy !req
408. - Carve it in doves and pomegranates
- Can you repeat that?Copy !req
409. And peacocks with a hundred eyesCopy !req
410. Yeah, we'll send it
over right away. Thanks.Copy !req
411. - Hello.
- Thank God.Copy !req
412. C.J., so good of you to return.Copy !req
413. - Where's the president?
- Apparently on recess.Copy !req
414. May I use your phone?Copy !req
415. - He went back to the residence?
- First lady wanted him to rest.Copy !req
416. Yeah. I guess we can try
to delay the French.Copy !req
417. - I'm sorry, should I have...?
- No.Copy !req
418. - Wasn't clear on the chain of command.
- It's fine.Copy !req
419. Margaret?Copy !req
420. - Yeah.
- Yes.Copy !req
421. Can you find Charlie
and see if Leo's in yet?Copy !req
422. - Sure.
- Slovakia, Slovenia...Copy !req
423. Bulgaria. They chose
parliamentary systems.Copy !req
424. Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson.Copy !req
425. They all chose a presidential system.Copy !req
426. Only four presidential democracies
have lasted longer than 30 years.Copy !req
427. Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison?
They got lucky.Copy !req
428. Well, they want
a unifying national figure.Copy !req
429. - We need a unifying figure.
- British prime minister is a unifying figure.Copy !req
430. - Prime Minister Graty's weak.
- Subject to shifty coalitions.Copy !req
431. She's subject to the representatives.
She can be ousted...Copy !req
432. if she locks people up
who don't like The White Album.Copy !req
433. President Eliches is a good man,
and he wouldn't do this.Copy !req
434. He'd create a stable environment
for the country.Copy !req
435. For the next 10 years, yes.Copy !req
436. But this document isn't
about President Eliches.Copy !req
437. It's about the 60 guys who come
after him. You need systemic protection.Copy !req
438. Safeguards that can last
beyond a generation.Copy !req
439. You gotta look beyond the moment,
beyond the here and now.Copy !req
440. Your 12:30 is here.Copy !req
441. My 12:30.Copy !req
442. I need you to take my 1:30 with Conrad
and my 2:15 with Lauer.Copy !req
443. No problem.Copy !req
444. You rang.Copy !req
445. Gerald!Copy !req
446. Sweet Lord in heaven.Copy !req
447. - It's been too long.
- Oh, I don't think it has.Copy !req
448. One moment.Copy !req
449. I trust you've heard our news?Copy !req
450. Oh, terrible tragedy.Copy !req
451. But if it means that our
paths may cross again...Copy !req
452. well, there is indeed some
small consolation in that.Copy !req
453. - Yes.
- Leo, I hate to pull you into this.Copy !req
454. - Toby's plate is full and with Josh gone...
- What do we got?Copy !req
455. The president's in the residence,
Iranians in the Mural, French at the gate.Copy !req
456. And then there's Maude.Copy !req
457. I really can't believe
we still let him in the building.Copy !req
458. Tell me about it.Copy !req
459. We have relations
with the Iranians now?Copy !req
460. No, we have Chet.Copy !req
461. - Chet's the new Phil?
- Phil?Copy !req
462. Chet's the new Phil. I was hoping
you'd take the French...Copy !req
463. - I'm not of that opinion.
- French are fine.Copy !req
464. Excellent. You take the French,
I'll take Chet.Copy !req
465. And Kate can stay
and entertain Lord Flibbertigibbet.Copy !req
466. - Good.
- Not good.Copy !req
467. - Have fun.
- That's your fault.Copy !req
468. So you said you were from...?Copy !req
469. Bhutan.Copy !req
470. I'm sorry. Say that again.Copy !req
471. - Did you ask for the Asian carp report?
- No.Copy !req
472. - You sure?
- Pretty sure.Copy !req
473. - Sorry. You were saying?
- Yes, Bhutan.Copy !req
474. - It's just south of...
- Toby, I brought you the latest...Copy !req
475. Thanks.Copy !req
476. You the man.Copy !req
477. - So Bhutan, just south of...
- Hi.Copy !req
478. Hello.Copy !req
479. You need something?Copy !req
480. - You need something?
- No. Good. Thank you.Copy !req
481. Great.Copy !req
482. - Annabeth.
- Happy Valentine's Day.Copy !req
483. I'm still waiting for the tick-tock.Copy !req
484. Would you settle
for a chocolate heart?Copy !req
485. Why wasn't the president
on the call with Graty?Copy !req
486. - That would be a no?
- I got a tip he wasn't on the call.Copy !req
487. Well, the British papers
can be kind of dodgy.Copy !req
488. - Is Toby around?
- He's busy.Copy !req
489. If the president wasn't up,
the country has a right to know.Copy !req
490. I've got candy hearts.Copy !req
491. I can post this story with or without
comment from the administration.Copy !req
492. Maybe now would be
a good time to talk to Toby.Copy !req
493. No, I think large-scale study of gene
expression is a very noble cause.Copy !req
494. Excuse us. I hate to bother you,
but Gordon had a...Copy !req
495. And this is...
I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.Copy !req
496. Lyonpo Palden Wangchuk.Copy !req
497. Right. This is Gordon. He's a famous
journalist from The Washington Post.Copy !req
498. In fact, Gordon has written columns
on the mapping of the human genome.Copy !req
499. - Oh, yes?
- And Miss...?Copy !req
500. - Wangchuk.
- Wangchuk is very interested...Copy !req
501. in microarray-based
gene expression studies.Copy !req
502. Really?Copy !req
503. Yes. I think this research
is quite important.Copy !req
504. - Would you excuse us?
- Sure, sure.Copy !req
505. Yes, sure.Copy !req
506. What in God's name...?Copy !req
507. Gordon got a tip the president
wasn't on the early call.Copy !req
508. - Figured we might stall him.
- You think that...?Copy !req
509. That was written by a colleague.Copy !req
510. Okay, it might work.Copy !req
511. Toby, I have the first lady for you.Copy !req
512. You have to control the British. They're
jeopardizing more than nuclear talks.Copy !req
513. - They're understandably upset.
- Maybe.Copy !req
514. But even the educated are
rallying around the ayatollah.Copy !req
515. Alijani's worried about the future
of our reform movement.Copy !req
516. Which is why the ayatollah
needs to apologize.Copy !req
517. The president has been trying to reason
with him, but with Graty's threats...Copy !req
518. the ayatollah can't apologize.Copy !req
519. And really, why would he consider it?Copy !req
520. Maybe to avoid compromising
a potential relationship with the U.S.Copy !req
521. Did the United States apologize...Copy !req
522. when the U.S. Navy shot down
Iran Air Flight 655...Copy !req
523. killing 290 innocent people?Copy !req
524. And even if it were in his best interest,
the ayatollah's a very proud man.Copy !req
525. Especially when it
comes to his air force.Copy !req
526. - You'll do what you can.
- I will try.Copy !req
527. But if you cannot
control the British...Copy !req
528. Ms. Cregg.Copy !req
529. Things went well with Chet, huh?Copy !req
530. - Yeah. How'd it go with the French?
- Like talking to Madame Defarge.Copy !req
531. The EU is scared to death of an
Iranian nuke. Opportunity knocks.Copy !req
532. Maybe we should fall in line.Copy !req
533. You gotta believe in the future of Iran.
They got pro-America rallies.Copy !req
534. We play nice, democracy
could be around the corner.Copy !req
535. The reform movement's gained
ground over the years.Copy !req
536. Why do you think
the ayatollah's refusing to budge?Copy !req
537. He can rebuild nuclear plants, but the
anti-Western sentiment it'll generate...Copy !req
538. if the RAF starts dropping
bombs on Tehran.Copy !req
539. I got a call from the first lady.
She wants to cancel the address tonight.Copy !req
540. - Excuse me?
- She wants to issue a statement.Copy !req
541. - She thinks he's not up to it.
- Not her call.Copy !req
542. - Pretty much what I said.
- I'll talk to her.Copy !req
543. Is that the Miss...?Copy !req
544. - Yeah.
- I used to love this time of year.Copy !req
545. - Why is she with Gordon?
- He was asking for the tick-tock.Copy !req
546. - How long can we...?
- Annabeth thinks a while.Copy !req
547. Keep me posted.Copy !req
548. Abbey's been more involved
since you got back from China?Copy !req
549. - Yeah.
- Thank God for early retirement.Copy !req
550. After China, Abbey and I
met with the doctors.Copy !req
551. We came up with a plan.Copy !req
552. A full night's sleep,
a nap during the day...Copy !req
553. a way to manage things.Copy !req
554. Of course, getting him
to cooperate is another story.Copy !req
555. I called Abbey last night.Copy !req
556. I thought we should wake him,
but he'd been up...Copy !req
557. I always thought the wake-up call was
one of the hardest decisions to make.Copy !req
558. The president's always
gonna want the call.Copy !req
559. But really, all you have to ask
yourself at the end of the day is...Copy !req
560. would it have made
a difference if he'd been awake?Copy !req
561. It's no surprise.
Iran's always been a problem.Copy !req
562. But this time, they painted
themselves into a corner.Copy !req
563. And I urge the president
to take all appropriate measures.Copy !req
564. - Easy for him to say.
- Hey.Copy !req
565. - Where's Lord John?
- He lost interest.Copy !req
566. Something about a Miss World.Copy !req
567. Can you believe these people?Copy !req
568. - Which people would you be referring to?
- Hoynes, Vinick, Walken. Pick one.Copy !req
569. All on the "Iran is evil" bandwagon.Copy !req
570. When you're campaigning for the
presidency, there's no need for nuance.Copy !req
571. - A French word.
- When are we meeting the French?Copy !req
572. - Leo sat with them.
- They're on the bombing bandwagon.Copy !req
573. - When do we sit with Chet?
- Didn't have much luck there.Copy !req
574. You talked to the Iranians
without me?Copy !req
575. Kate, Leo,
can I have the room, please?Copy !req
576. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't raise
your voice at me in front of the staff.Copy !req
577. I need to manage this crisis.
I needed to be in those meetings.Copy !req
578. - We handled the meetings.
- You're right.Copy !req
579. - My presence wouldn't have added much.
- You were up in the residence, sir.Copy !req
580. All I have in this situation
is influence and relationships.Copy !req
581. Take those things away from me,
I am powerless.Copy !req
582. Ayatollah is praying for rain. I'm not sure
Mohammed could change his mind.Copy !req
583. Do you know how many hours
I have sat with the Iranians?Copy !req
584. With the French?
With Prime Minister Graty?Copy !req
585. I put in my time. I've built
relationships with these people.Copy !req
586. So when they're headed for
the deep end, I can rein them in.Copy !req
587. Which is what I would have done
if I were awake this morning!Copy !req
588. I doubt that, sir.Copy !req
589. From the moment that pilot pulled
the trigger, Graty was writing speeches.Copy !req
590. All the king's men weren't gonna
keep her from opening her mouth.Copy !req
591. Had you been on her doorstep, I don't
think you could have reined her in.Copy !req
592. The funny thing is, sir, I'm pretty sure
you don't think you could have either.Copy !req
593. - Hey, how's everybody doing?
- Fine, fine.Copy !req
594. - Great, great.
- The president's speech is in the printer.Copy !req
595. - Assuming there is one. How are they?
- Dandy.Copy !req
596. Don't you just love Valentine's Day?Copy !req
597. Toby, good to see you.Copy !req
598. Grab a sandwich and listen in.Copy !req
599. I think I'm managing
to pick up a few phrases.Copy !req
600. It's not all that different
from Polish, actually.Copy !req
601. They're still on a lunch break.Copy !req
602. - They love roast beef.
- You're giving them a two-hour lunch...Copy !req
603. after wasting the morning on a system
that's never gonna work for them?Copy !req
604. I wouldn't call it a waste.Copy !req
605. These guys have to
walk out on Friday...Copy !req
606. with a set of laws
to take back home to Minsk.Copy !req
607. Not a set of laws,
a sense of the rule of law.Copy !req
608. You're not planning on writing
a constitution this week?Copy !req
609. Are you familiar with
Meyer v. State of Nebraska?Copy !req
610. Nebraska passed a law making
it illegal to teach anything...Copy !req
611. but English during World War I.
Meyer wanted to teach German.Copy !req
612. Supreme Court said
the law was unconstitutional.Copy !req
613. Good. Now...Copy !req
614. where in the constitution
does it say you've got a right...Copy !req
615. to teach German in school?Copy !req
616. - The document is irrelevant?
- No.Copy !req
617. I'm saying the document
is just the beginning.Copy !req
618. A constitutional democracy
succeeds...Copy !req
619. only if the constitution
reflects democratic values...Copy !req
620. already alive in the citizenry.Copy !req
621. Yes, but these Belarusians
don't have those values.Copy !req
622. Which is why our most important job
is to instill those values in their leaders...Copy !req
623. through discussion and debate.Copy !req
624. But you're talking about eight guys
on a sightseeing trip to Washington.Copy !req
625. You think you teach values
to eight guys...Copy !req
626. you'll reverse 50 years
of brutal dictatorship?Copy !req
627. Mr. Helakal was known as the only
honest legislator in the government.Copy !req
628. Mr. Lipecki is the most
respected judge in the country.Copy !req
629. And Mr. Zubatov, well...Copy !req
630. Mr. Zubatov is the editor in chief
of Sovetskaya Belorussiya.Copy !req
631. His articles helped bring
down the last dictator.Copy !req
632. How many guys do you think it takes?Copy !req
633. Got a cigarette?
First lady get to you?Copy !req
634. - Yes, sir.
- Come on. Cough them up.Copy !req
635. Aren't those bad for the MS?Copy !req
636. You wanna play doctor too?Copy !req
637. Suddenly, I've got 17 nursemaids.Copy !req
638. - She didn't wake me up this morning.
- Okay.Copy !req
639. - If I was awake this morning, I could've...
- What?Copy !req
640. Prime Minister Graty thinks
you're an intellectual snob.Copy !req
641. A Yankee Doodle windbag.Copy !req
642. Likely as not, you would've
made things worse.Copy !req
643. If an American dies, and there's
suspicion of international intrigue...Copy !req
644. - ... she's supposed to wake me.
- Since when?Copy !req
645. If I'd used that rule,
you'd be dead from sleep deprivation.Copy !req
646. Five minutes ago, you told me
to leave it out on the field.Copy !req
647. - Now you're telling me to stay off it?
- Let her do her job so you can do yours.Copy !req
648. Excuse me.Copy !req
649. Do you have a minute, ma'am?Copy !req
650. - I sent him back to work.
- Yes, I saw him. Thank you.Copy !req
651. Ma'am, I can't have
you confusing my staff.Copy !req
652. Okay.Copy !req
653. If you have a question, a concern,
I need you to come to me.Copy !req
654. What if I can't find you?Copy !req
655. Find me.Copy !req
656. You gonna take away my key
to the executive washroom too?Copy !req
657. Ma'am...Copy !req
658. I made a mistake this morning.Copy !req
659. He needed to sleep.Copy !req
660. Yes, I agree with you. The mistake
was not making the decision on my own.Copy !req
661. You can't make
these decisions by yourself.Copy !req
662. - I'm the chief of staff.
- You're not a doctor.Copy !req
663. It's not a medical decision.Copy !req
664. It's a question as to whether
the leader needs to be informed...Copy !req
665. about something that
puts citizens in jeopardy.Copy !req
666. What he does with that,
how he manages his disease...Copy !req
667. those are his decisions.Copy !req
668. He was up until midnight.Copy !req
669. He's not managing his disease.Copy !req
670. You're gonna have to take
that up with him, ma'am.Copy !req
671. I'm sorry. Excuse me.Copy !req
672. - John. Thanks for sticking around.
- No trouble at all, really.Copy !req
673. We've translated transmissions
from before the incident...Copy !req
674. - ... we'd like to share with you.
- By all means.Copy !req
675. At 0230 Greenwich mean time,
we believe this is an Iranian fighter...Copy !req
676. calling in to military-radar
ground control in Rasht.Copy !req
677. "Unable to establish
visual contact with RC-135.Copy !req
678. Hailed on military channels.
No response. Please advise. "Copy !req
679. They thought it was our plane.Copy !req
680. Here's the response at 0233.Copy !req
681. "Iranian Air Defense Command
radar signal confirms...Copy !req
682. aircraft as U.S. RC-135.Copy !req
683. You are instructed to fire. "Copy !req
684. This is all very lovely, but I'm
not sure how it changes anything.Copy !req
685. Damn it, John, the reform movement
in Iran has real promise.Copy !req
686. Demographics are on our side.Copy !req
687. Yes, you've been making
that argument for some time now.Copy !req
688. You're gonna drive the Iranians
back into the arms of hard-liners.Copy !req
689. The Iranians have a ballistic missile
that reaches 2000 kilometers.Copy !req
690. That's half the distance to London.Copy !req
691. And they're making improvements.Copy !req
692. To their weapons technology,
to their already formidable air force.Copy !req
693. How long do you think we can wait
for democracy to sweep through Tehran?Copy !req
694. Five years? Ten years?Copy !req
695. Would you bet your capital on it?Copy !req
696. We threaten to make this public.Copy !req
697. We call a meeting of the Security Council.
Tell them we'll play the intercepts.Copy !req
698. Intercepts prove the Iranian
air force shot down our plane.Copy !req
699. - Prime minister won't budge.
- Not the prime minister. The ayatollah.Copy !req
700. Iranians couldn't tell the difference
between an airliner and a spy plane.Copy !req
701. - It's embarrassing.
- For a man who's proud of his air force.Copy !req
702. We let the ayatollah
know what we have...Copy !req
703. he jumps to apologize
for the actions of a pilot...Copy !req
704. rather than humble
Air Defense Command.Copy !req
705. If they issue even a vague apology...Copy !req
706. Mr. President, Jack Stanley and his
fiancée perished in that plane last night.Copy !req
707. Nicolas Ashe
and his three small children.Copy !req
708. He was a fellow at Oxford.
The list goes on.Copy !req
709. The casualties are nothing
compared with what might happen...Copy !req
710. should Iran successfully
develop a nuclear weapon.Copy !req
711. They have over 100 nuclear facilities.Copy !req
712. It's not a matter of four bombs.
It's a matter of 400.Copy !req
713. And this regime will not be afraid
of selling to the highest bidder.Copy !req
714. Kate, set up the meeting
with the U.N.Copy !req
715. And have Chet get word
to the ayatollah.Copy !req
716. He can apologize now
or after he reads about it in the Times.Copy !req
717. - Yes, sir.
- You do realize the ayatollah...Copy !req
718. will be embarrassed and weakened?Copy !req
719. He'll do nothing
but redouble his nuclear efforts.Copy !req
720. Diplomacy, John.Copy !req
721. The job of statesmen.Copy !req
722. And I thought it was
drinking and dancing.Copy !req
723. - The networks can have their time back.
- The Iranians are apologizing?Copy !req
724. Let's work on a statement for the
papers. Where are we with Gordon?Copy !req
725. And I always looked down my nose
at beauty pageants.Copy !req
726. - We should at least consider...
- Give him the tick-tock.Copy !req
727. Tell him the prime minister
was a courtesy call.Copy !req
728. I didn't think we needed to wake him.
Just because the public thinks...Copy !req
729. he's supposed to be up
doesn't mean he is.Copy !req
730. - Know what the story's gonna be?
- They'll write MS stories...Copy !req
731. till the end of this administration.
Give him the tick-tock.Copy !req
732. So maybe we should
cancel the address.Copy !req
733. I took care of it.Copy !req
734. Iran's apologizing,
Britain's backing down.Copy !req
735. There's no need for you
to distance yourself from Graty.Copy !req
736. You gotta trust me
to make these decisions...Copy !req
737. or there's no point
in having me in this job.Copy !req
738. - Yeah.
- I spoke to Mrs. Bartlet.Copy !req
739. I'll be making the wake-up calls
on my own.Copy !req
740. Your MS won't be
a factor in my decision.Copy !req
741. Thank you.Copy !req
742. Sir...Copy !req
743. these international crises drag on
for days. One rolls right into the next.Copy !req
744. You need to take care of yourself.
There will be mornings...Copy !req
745. when I'm gonna have
to wake you at 3 a. m.Copy !req
746. - Good night, sir.
- Good night.Copy !req
747. Happy Valentine's Day.Copy !req
748. That's what you're
wearing to the opera?Copy !req
749. You have a 7 a. m.
call in the morning.Copy !req
750. I canceled the opera.Copy !req
751. - The whole opera?
- No.Copy !req
752. Just the part where we give
the usher the tickets...Copy !req
753. I can manage my health without you
taking my pulse every five minutes.Copy !req
754. Is that what you were doing when you
decided to stay up gossiping last night?Copy !req
755. - I was talking to Professor Lessig.
- Shove it, Jed.Copy !req
756. "It's my disease, my health,
I can handle it. " The hell you can!Copy !req
757. You can run this country
on four and a half hours' sleep with MS?Copy !req
758. You're out of your mind.Copy !req
759. - Stop treating me like a child.
- Then stop acting like one.Copy !req
760. Where would you be if I hadn't bought
you those extra hours this morning?Copy !req
761. Do you want to manage your disease?Copy !req
762. You accept your limitations
and you manage it.Copy !req
763. You don't go sneaking around like
a teenager staying out after curfew...Copy !req