1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:05,463 --> 00:00:07,088 Previously on The West Wing : 2 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:10,425 Five U.S. DEA agents have been abducted in Colombia. 3 00:00:10,677 --> 00:00:13,881 The government has no control over the region. There is no Iaw. 4 00:00:14,140 --> 00:00:16,928 And they' re gonna shoot them in the head and have a parade. 5 00:00:17,185 --> 00:00:19,511 In three hours I want to kick in the back door. 6 00:00:19,772 --> 00:00:22,560 -When do I see numbers? -There's a 1 7 percent response rate. 7 00:00:22,817 --> 00:00:25,309 -When do I see numbers? -In five minutes. 8 00:00:27,281 --> 00:00:29,108 It may take a Iittle Ionger now. 9 00:00:29,367 --> 00:00:30,910 -You mad at me? -We had a deal. 10 00:00:31,787 --> 00:00:35,832 When did you decide you were gonna run for a second term? 11 00:00:49,767 --> 00:00:50,965 Mr. President. 12 00:00:51,644 --> 00:00:54,599 It was just three hours ago I gave the State of the Union. 13 00:00:54,815 --> 00:00:56,689 -Y eah. -You believe that? 14 00:00:56,942 --> 00:00:59,268 What are you doing? It's freezing out here. 15 00:00:59,487 --> 00:01:01,527 I' m not allowed to smoke inside anymore. 16 00:01:01,740 --> 00:01:04,777 I thought you were allowed to do pretty much whatever you want. 17 00:01:05,369 --> 00:01:09,035 Up to the point where you accidentally burn holes in priceless antiques. 18 00:01:09,249 --> 00:01:11,373 -You should stop smoking. -Why? 19 00:01:11,585 --> 00:01:14,338 -You'II Iive Ionger. -I smoke two cigarettes a day. 20 00:01:14,547 --> 00:01:18,332 -It's a bad example. -For who, Russian spy satellites? 21 00:01:18,552 --> 00:01:22,254 George Bernard Shaw said, "You don't Iive Ionger. It just seems Ionger. " 22 00:01:22,474 --> 00:01:24,431 I' m not sure it was Shaw. 23 00:01:25,102 --> 00:01:26,680 I' m not sure it was either. 24 00:01:26,938 --> 00:01:29,180 -Is it time? -Y eah. 25 00:01:34,572 --> 00:01:35,901 T en hut! 26 00:01:38,035 --> 00:01:39,315 Where are we? 27 00:01:39,536 --> 00:01:44,164 Sir, a C-1 41 with two Delta Force teams has been in the air for 85 minutes. 28 00:01:44,376 --> 00:01:47,828 -What happens when I give the order? -They'II enter Colombian airspace. 29 00:01:48,047 --> 00:01:51,333 At the same time, a 1 9-man unit, a Special Forces AIpha team... 30 00:01:51,551 --> 00:01:55,135 ...that's already on the ground at T res Encinas, will head to Villacerreno. 31 00:01:55,347 --> 00:01:57,008 What do they do when they get there? 32 00:01:57,266 --> 00:01:59,972 They'II hike 1 1 miles into the jungle and hold still. 33 00:02:00,228 --> 00:02:02,268 -Why? -It'II be daylight by then. 34 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:05,524 Nineteen guys have to Iie face-down in the jungle till sunset? 35 00:02:05,735 --> 00:02:07,479 That's when the hostages will be moved. 36 00:02:07,738 --> 00:02:10,775 -And that's when we go. -They' re moving the hostages where? 37 00:02:10,992 --> 00:02:13,910 From the T asco outpost to the Frente command center. 38 00:02:14,162 --> 00:02:15,538 -On foot? -Y eah. 39 00:02:15,789 --> 00:02:20,167 1 0. 7 kilometers down the road, there's a plateau called Mesa Del Oro. 40 00:02:20,378 --> 00:02:22,620 That'II give the Deltas maximum maneuverability. 41 00:02:22,881 --> 00:02:25,123 -The code name's Cassiopeia? -Y es, sir. 44 00:02:31,392 --> 00:02:33,468 T o see how negotiations continue with Guerra. 45 00:02:33,728 --> 00:02:36,219 Guerra wants Aguilar out of a Colombian prison. 46 00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:40,058 Are there any other circumstances under which he'II give these hostages back? 47 00:02:40,319 --> 00:02:41,862 -Possibly. -Crap. 48 00:02:42,113 --> 00:02:45,565 If we keep talking, we don't risk hostages getting shot in the rescue. 49 00:02:45,826 --> 00:02:50,074 What difference does it make if they' re shot during a rescue or at Villacerreno? 50 00:02:50,331 --> 00:02:53,001 We can keep them alive Ionger if we Iet them be taken there. 51 00:02:53,252 --> 00:02:56,372 Are we gonna keep them alive Ionger or will it just seem Ionger? 52 00:02:57,757 --> 00:02:58,789 Sir? 53 00:02:59,009 --> 00:03:01,465 I've reason to believe they'II be tortured at Villacerreno. 54 00:03:01,679 --> 00:03:04,883 They' re U S. drug agents. They know things these people wanna know. 55 00:03:05,684 --> 00:03:09,053 Sir, the C-1 41 is approaching Colombian airspace. 56 00:03:19,993 --> 00:03:21,156 Go. 57 00:04:08,344 --> 00:04:12,971 Tonight's State of the Union contained 8747 words. 58 00:04:13,225 --> 00:04:16,594 It was second in length only to his inaugural address... 59 00:04:16,812 --> 00:04:20,681 ...and 75 minutes longer than Washington 's first address to Congress. 60 00:04:20,901 --> 00:04:24,353 Officer SIoan, would you be willing to go on television tomorrow? 61 00:04:24,572 --> 00:04:27,443 -They knew how many words there were. -In the speech? 62 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:29,445 -About 8700? -Y eah. 63 00:04:29,662 --> 00:04:33,791 -Would you be willing to go on TV? -I think I'd really rather just go home. 64 00:04:34,042 --> 00:04:37,127 This is gonna be a part of the news by tomorrow night either way. 65 00:04:37,379 --> 00:04:38,375 How do you know? 66 00:04:38,589 --> 00:04:40,997 Same way I knew there were 8700 words in the speech. 67 00:04:41,259 --> 00:04:43,169 I have some experience at this. 68 00:04:43,387 --> 00:04:46,305 -What'II happen? -You'II do a very quick satellite interview. 69 00:04:46,516 --> 00:04:48,924 "What was it Iike being at the State of the Union? " 70 00:04:49,144 --> 00:04:50,223 " It was an honor. " 71 00:04:50,437 --> 00:04:56,559 "T alk about your act of heroism. " " I wouldn't really call it heroism, but.... " 72 00:04:56,778 --> 00:04:59,946 " Now, I understand you had some trouble back in the early '80s. " 73 00:05:00,157 --> 00:05:02,281 " I' m glad I have a chance to talk about that. " 74 00:05:02,493 --> 00:05:05,661 And you tell your story just Iike you told it to me. 75 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:09,245 -Do I wear my uniform? -Coat and tie. 76 00:05:09,460 --> 00:05:10,919 Carol? 77 00:05:11,254 --> 00:05:14,920 Would you make sure Officer SIoan gets back to his hotel? 78 00:05:15,259 --> 00:05:17,466 I'd like to thank all our guests tonight. 79 00:05:17,679 --> 00:05:22,342 Henry Shallick, David Satch, Toby Ziegler, Bob Woodward, Jeff Greenfield... 80 00:05:22,601 --> 00:05:28,558 ... C.J. Cregg and of course, the White House for allowing us to broadcast Iive. 81 00:05:28,776 --> 00:05:32,561 You've been watching a special expanded edition of Capitol Beat. 82 00:05:32,781 --> 00:05:36,281 I' m Mark Gottfried. Have a good night. 83 00:05:36,535 --> 00:05:37,911 We' re out. 84 00:05:39,455 --> 00:05:41,413 Great job, everybody. 85 00:05:44,336 --> 00:05:46,294 -You said 20 minutes. -I was in a meeting. 86 00:05:46,506 --> 00:05:48,048 -It's now 40. -I was in a meeting. 87 00:05:48,258 --> 00:05:50,298 -At midnight? -It's not midnight everywhere. 88 00:05:50,511 --> 00:05:52,302 -What's his story? -He's innocent. 89 00:05:52,513 --> 00:05:53,628 You just decided? 90 00:05:53,848 --> 00:05:57,099 A grand jury, a DA and a civil court judge decided 1 7 years ago. 91 00:05:57,311 --> 00:05:59,933 Nobody brought charges, and the civil suit was dismissed. 92 00:06:00,189 --> 00:06:02,645 -Then why on his record--? -Detroit police cited him... 93 00:06:02,859 --> 00:06:05,232 ...for excessive force to calm the black community. 94 00:06:05,446 --> 00:06:07,605 It was a robbery. They were jumping over walls. 95 00:06:07,824 --> 00:06:10,493 The guy's Ieg was already fractured when SIoan got there. 96 00:06:10,702 --> 00:06:11,900 He's gonna do your show. 97 00:06:12,162 --> 00:06:14,239 -Is he doing everybody else's show too? -No. 98 00:06:14,457 --> 00:06:17,328 -Why not? -Because you waited 40 minutes. 99 00:06:26,305 --> 00:06:27,585 Hey. 100 00:06:29,809 --> 00:06:33,558 Bill Dryer from Gillette's office called. He wants to have a meeting with you. 101 00:06:33,772 --> 00:06:35,931 -Dryer? -Gillette. 102 00:06:41,406 --> 00:06:44,076 -I'II bet he wants a meeting with me. -Y eah. 103 00:06:46,037 --> 00:06:48,196 It's not gonna happen. It's not gonna happen. 104 00:06:48,457 --> 00:06:51,577 We got enough input from him while we were writing the thing. 105 00:06:51,794 --> 00:06:53,668 -I don't need to hear-- -He's very upset. 106 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,550 -I know, he's-- -More than we calculated. 107 00:06:56,759 --> 00:06:58,087 We've upset him. 108 00:06:58,302 --> 00:07:00,342 We have to Iearn to Iive with that pain. 109 00:07:00,555 --> 00:07:01,836 He's not the president. 110 00:07:02,057 --> 00:07:04,928 He's a junior senator from North Dakota where nobody Iives... 111 00:07:05,144 --> 00:07:07,932 ... because it's cold and they don't have a sports franchise. 112 00:07:08,147 --> 00:07:10,057 Do I need to Iay out why he is important? 113 00:07:10,275 --> 00:07:11,935 -No. -He is adored by the Ieft. 114 00:07:12,152 --> 00:07:15,320 -Stop Iaying out the ways. -He's our Iink to the environmentalists. 115 00:07:15,532 --> 00:07:19,115 T oby, asking for this meeting isn't out of Iine, and you should take it. 116 00:07:19,328 --> 00:07:22,413 In fact, you should take it tomorrow morning at 7:30 at the Hyatt. 117 00:07:22,624 --> 00:07:24,996 -You set it up already? -Just the time and place. 118 00:07:25,210 --> 00:07:29,125 -You expect me to explain myself to him? -Y es. Y es, I do. 119 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:33,427 -Fine. -T oby. 120 00:07:33,637 --> 00:07:36,093 -C.J. -7:30. 121 00:07:36,349 --> 00:07:39,884 The Post is calling it "sleek, challenging and oftentimes witty. " 122 00:07:40,103 --> 00:07:41,432 Not unlike myself. 123 00:07:41,647 --> 00:07:43,973 Who is SIoan and why am I just hearing about this? 124 00:07:44,192 --> 00:07:45,852 SIoan was one of the invited guests. 125 00:07:46,069 --> 00:07:48,228 The one we stuck in over the weekend? 126 00:07:48,447 --> 00:07:51,781 A Iong time ago he was cited by the Detroit police for excessive force. 127 00:07:51,993 --> 00:07:53,951 -Against a black suspect? -Y eah. 128 00:07:54,162 --> 00:07:57,366 -How was this guy not vetted? -Because it was Iast minute. 129 00:07:57,583 --> 00:08:00,538 -What are you doing about it? -Gottfried's gonna interview him. 130 00:08:00,754 --> 00:08:02,663 -It's a bad idea. -Why? 131 00:08:02,881 --> 00:08:05,455 BIacks won't react well to our supporting a brutal cop. 132 00:08:05,676 --> 00:08:07,634 -He's not a brutal cop. -Says you. 133 00:08:07,846 --> 00:08:11,465 Says me, a grand jury, two judges, the district attorney and common sense. 134 00:08:11,684 --> 00:08:14,888 It's going public anyway, T oby. Gottfried got the story on his own. 135 00:08:15,105 --> 00:08:18,355 -Fine. Where's Josh? -He went back to the phone banks. 136 00:08:18,609 --> 00:08:20,401 -Is the electricity back on? -No. 137 00:08:20,611 --> 00:08:23,696 -Then what's he doing there? -Hoping the electricity goes on. 138 00:08:24,616 --> 00:08:26,360 Well, that ought to do it. 139 00:08:29,247 --> 00:08:31,240 -Josh? -Y eah? 140 00:08:31,583 --> 00:08:34,501 -Can I tell you something about women? -Oh, God, please don't. 141 00:08:34,754 --> 00:08:36,379 -We Iike to be wooed. -Donna. 142 00:08:36,589 --> 00:08:38,796 -She wants you to ask her out. -She doesn't. 143 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:40,759 -You' re missing the signs. -I' m not. 144 00:08:41,011 --> 00:08:43,337 -I know a thing or two about Iove. -No, you don't. 145 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:45,596 -The signs. -I' m thinking of firing you. 146 00:08:45,851 --> 00:08:49,386 -You've fired me twice. I' m impervious. -Among other things. 147 00:08:50,481 --> 00:08:52,973 -We'II start over tomorrow night. -Why? 148 00:08:53,193 --> 00:08:57,322 It's already 9:30 in California. The power isn't on. We' re missing half the window. 149 00:08:57,532 --> 00:08:59,857 -Joey. -Pack it in. 150 00:09:03,163 --> 00:09:07,079 Okay. Folks, we'II start over tomorrow night. 151 00:09:08,044 --> 00:09:10,038 -See you. -T ake it easy. 152 00:09:10,255 --> 00:09:11,750 Good night. 153 00:09:12,508 --> 00:09:14,300 So you have to wait another day. 154 00:09:14,511 --> 00:09:17,216 -I' m not good at waiting. -No kidding. 155 00:09:17,431 --> 00:09:18,427 Donna. 156 00:09:18,641 --> 00:09:21,559 Why do you expect our polling to be any different than others? 157 00:09:21,770 --> 00:09:25,104 We've got dial groups. We've got CNN, USA Today. We've got Gallup. 158 00:09:25,316 --> 00:09:28,602 -Why's our poll gonna be different? -We' re asking different questions. 159 00:09:28,820 --> 00:09:30,398 I'II get your coat. 160 00:09:31,073 --> 00:09:32,448 By the way... 161 00:09:32,950 --> 00:09:35,323 ... right there, back when she said, "See you"... 162 00:09:35,536 --> 00:09:37,328 -...that was a sign. -You' re fired. 163 00:09:37,539 --> 00:09:39,532 -Impervious. -Y eah. 164 00:09:49,637 --> 00:09:51,547 -Mr. President? -Yeah. 165 00:09:52,307 --> 00:09:54,846 You understand we've got heating inside, right? 166 00:09:55,102 --> 00:09:57,179 This isn't cold. It's crisp. 167 00:09:57,397 --> 00:09:59,473 No, it's cold. 168 00:09:59,691 --> 00:10:01,898 Well, you' re a big wussy. 169 00:10:09,203 --> 00:10:12,407 -Knight to king-4. -It'II Ieave the bishop open. 170 00:10:12,624 --> 00:10:15,198 You' re gonna sacrifice the bishop for the queen's rook. 171 00:10:15,460 --> 00:10:18,034 -Where? -Four moves down. 172 00:10:26,891 --> 00:10:28,849 Abbey's pretty pissed at me. 173 00:10:29,060 --> 00:10:31,350 -How bad? -Pretty bad. 174 00:10:31,605 --> 00:10:33,682 King's knight-3. 175 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,658 I have this image in my mind of the dead soldiers coming back from Vietnam... 176 00:10:42,911 --> 00:10:46,115 ...the caskets coming off the plane, but I don't know from where. 177 00:10:46,332 --> 00:10:50,081 -T elevision. -The caskets coming off the plane? 178 00:10:52,297 --> 00:10:53,543 Are they down? 179 00:10:53,757 --> 00:10:56,878 Y eah, the Deltas Ianded in T res Encinas. 180 00:10:57,095 --> 00:11:00,547 AIpha moved out, and they'II be in Villacerreno at 0700. 181 00:11:00,808 --> 00:11:02,848 Where they wait. 182 00:11:03,394 --> 00:11:04,853 Yeah. 183 00:11:07,357 --> 00:11:09,267 I'II see you in the morning. 184 00:11:09,485 --> 00:11:11,608 Thank you, Mr. President. 185 00:11:30,302 --> 00:11:32,544 -Morning, Charlie. -Morning, Mrs. Landingham. 186 00:11:32,764 --> 00:11:35,220 -Did you ever solve the mystery? -Of the $500 check? 187 00:11:35,433 --> 00:11:36,465 -Y eah. -Y es, I did. 188 00:11:36,685 --> 00:11:38,310 -I solved the mystery. -What was it? 189 00:11:38,521 --> 00:11:41,522 -I' m a mystery solver. -That's wonderful, sweetie. What was it? 190 00:11:41,733 --> 00:11:44,438 Mrs. Bartlet wrote the check to a woman she read about... 191 00:11:44,653 --> 00:11:46,611 ...who's now Iiving in a women's shelter. 192 00:11:46,822 --> 00:11:48,697 You know why she never cashed the check? 193 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:52,029 Because it was from the First Lady, and she had it framed instead? 194 00:11:52,246 --> 00:11:54,073 -That was the mystery. -It's a good one. 195 00:11:54,290 --> 00:11:57,078 Does the president know he has breakfast with Josh and Sam? 196 00:11:57,294 --> 00:11:59,702 He's on his way. It was a good mystery. 197 00:11:59,922 --> 00:12:02,923 You solved it fast because I Ioosened the ketchup bottle for you. 198 00:12:03,134 --> 00:12:04,842 -Okay. -Okay. 199 00:12:05,470 --> 00:12:07,760 -Can I tell you something strange? -Sure. 200 00:12:07,973 --> 00:12:10,050 AII Iast night at the phone banks... 201 00:12:10,268 --> 00:12:13,056 ... Donna was telling me I should ask Joey Lucas out. 202 00:12:13,271 --> 00:12:14,980 You should. 203 00:12:15,191 --> 00:12:18,892 Fine. But that aside, what do you make of Donna being the one pushing it? 204 00:12:19,112 --> 00:12:22,149 -I don't make anything. -You wouldn't think she'd be jealous? 205 00:12:22,366 --> 00:12:24,276 She goes out with guys. Are you jealous? 206 00:12:24,494 --> 00:12:25,490 -No. -See? 207 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:27,619 -I don't get jealous. -So? 208 00:12:27,831 --> 00:12:32,375 I don't Iike it, and usually do everything within my capabilities to sabotage it... 209 00:12:32,921 --> 00:12:37,133 ...which is why it's curious that Donna would do nothing to discourage... 210 00:12:37,343 --> 00:12:40,344 ...in fact do everything to encourage, a date with Joey Lucas... 211 00:12:40,555 --> 00:12:42,928 ...who, quite frankly, is a very attractive woman. 212 00:12:43,183 --> 00:12:44,512 -Josh? -Y eah. 213 00:12:44,727 --> 00:12:48,310 -Your voice got really high at the end. -Y eah, sorry. 214 00:12:48,523 --> 00:12:50,315 -Hey. -Good morning, sir. 215 00:12:50,525 --> 00:12:52,234 Thanks for having breakfast with me. 216 00:12:52,445 --> 00:12:54,402 -Did you order? -We were waiting for you. 217 00:12:54,656 --> 00:12:57,906 -Billy. You want scrambled eggs? -Y eah, thanks. 218 00:12:58,535 --> 00:13:01,453 -Can we get them some scrambled eggs? -Anything for you? 219 00:13:01,706 --> 00:13:03,580 -I' m fine. -Then we' re fine too. 220 00:13:03,833 --> 00:13:05,542 -No. -Sir, we' re fine. 221 00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:08,042 -Bring them some food. Would you? -Yes, sir. 222 00:13:08,297 --> 00:13:11,252 You understand I can't discuss with you any rescue mission... 223 00:13:11,468 --> 00:13:14,006 ...that may or may not be in play right now. 224 00:13:14,221 --> 00:13:15,680 Of course. 225 00:13:16,641 --> 00:13:19,726 I' m assuming State has people negotiating with Nelson Guerra. 226 00:13:19,937 --> 00:13:23,935 Nelson Guerra wants me to tell President Santos to release Aguilar from prison. 227 00:13:24,192 --> 00:13:26,315 I wouldn't make that call with a gun to my head. 228 00:13:26,570 --> 00:13:29,690 I have a gun to my head, and I' m not making that phone call. 229 00:13:30,199 --> 00:13:31,610 I inherited "War on Drugs"... 230 00:13:31,826 --> 00:13:34,532 ...from a president, who inherited it from a president... 231 00:13:34,746 --> 00:13:37,238 ...who inherited it from a president before that. 232 00:13:37,959 --> 00:13:41,578 I' m not 1 00% sure who we' re fighting, but I know we' re not winning. 233 00:13:41,838 --> 00:13:45,089 T en years ago, we spent $5 billion fighting drugs... 234 00:13:45,301 --> 00:13:48,671 ...and we did such a good job that Iast year we spent 1 6 billion. 235 00:13:48,889 --> 00:13:53,931 Sixty percent of federal prisoners are in jail on drug charges... 236 00:13:54,145 --> 00:13:58,013 ...as opposed to two and a half percent that are there for violent crime. 237 00:13:58,275 --> 00:14:01,396 We imprison a higher percentage of our citizens than Russia did... 238 00:14:01,613 --> 00:14:04,069 ... under Communism and South Africa under apartheid. 239 00:14:04,324 --> 00:14:08,157 Somewhere between 50 and 85 percent of the prison population... 240 00:14:08,371 --> 00:14:10,660 ... has a drug or alcohol abuse problem. 241 00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:14,202 We've tried "Just Say No. " I don't think it's gonna work. 242 00:14:14,879 --> 00:14:16,587 I' m mentioning this... 243 00:14:16,798 --> 00:14:20,499 ... because I'd Iike you to give me any thoughts you might have on the subject. 244 00:14:20,719 --> 00:14:23,009 -Thank you, Mr. President. -Thank you, sir. 245 00:14:31,065 --> 00:14:32,690 -Hello. -What are you doing here? 246 00:14:32,901 --> 00:14:34,182 -I came in early. -Bonnie. 247 00:14:34,403 --> 00:14:35,778 I've been here for an hour. 248 00:14:35,988 --> 00:14:38,314 Are we releasing the names of the agents or not? 249 00:14:38,533 --> 00:14:39,731 Y eah. 250 00:14:39,951 --> 00:14:42,075 -You gotta give me another chance. -At what? 251 00:14:42,287 --> 00:14:45,159 -At meeting the president. -You met the president Iast night. 252 00:14:45,375 --> 00:14:47,534 -I was wearing a bathrobe. -You sat in paint. 253 00:14:47,753 --> 00:14:50,161 -I was singing and dancing. -You were happy. 254 00:14:50,381 --> 00:14:53,667 -I threw my drink up in the air. -Not much of it Ianded on your head. 255 00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:56,964 -I Iooked Iike an idiot, and it's your fault. -My fault? 256 00:14:57,222 --> 00:14:59,595 You arranged the meeting over my express wishes. 257 00:14:59,809 --> 00:15:02,645 I' m not the one who got you jumping around Iike Joey Heatherton. 258 00:15:02,854 --> 00:15:05,144 -Do something. -Arrange another introduction? 259 00:15:05,399 --> 00:15:07,938 -You have to. -Last night you were scared to meet him. 260 00:15:08,153 --> 00:15:09,184 And I' m still scared... 261 00:15:09,446 --> 00:15:12,020 ... but I'II overcome that to erase the humiliation... 262 00:15:12,241 --> 00:15:14,483 ... I've brought upon myself and my father. 263 00:15:14,744 --> 00:15:18,030 You' re just in your own Iittle Euripides play over there, aren't you? 264 00:15:18,248 --> 00:15:20,122 PIease arrange another introduction. 265 00:15:20,334 --> 00:15:21,497 -Fine. -Really? 266 00:15:21,711 --> 00:15:23,704 -Y es. -Thank you. 267 00:15:24,297 --> 00:15:27,133 You should've given me a heads up on the BIue Ribbon, T oby. 268 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:29,585 -Seth. -You should've given me a heads up. 269 00:15:29,804 --> 00:15:32,474 It happened five minutes before he walked into the House. 270 00:15:32,683 --> 00:15:36,764 You' re a junior senator and don't get script approval on the State of the Union. 271 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:40,764 Whatever Ianguage you couched it in, it was not an insignificant change. 272 00:15:41,026 --> 00:15:45,025 You started off with, "We will not cut Social Security, " and wound up with: 273 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,692 "We' re announcing the formation of a bipartisan BIue Ribbon Commission... 274 00:15:48,953 --> 00:15:51,409 ...to study options with regard to Social Security. " 275 00:15:51,622 --> 00:15:53,082 What is the danger in that? 276 00:15:53,333 --> 00:15:55,456 What's the danger in my reform bill? 277 00:15:55,711 --> 00:15:58,202 Diverting revenue into trust funds is not reform. 278 00:15:58,464 --> 00:16:03,127 It's the only Social Security reform bill supported by any Senate Democrats. 279 00:16:03,345 --> 00:16:05,718 -How many votes did it get Iast year? -The White House-- 280 00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:09,765 Eighteen. Eighty-two U.S. senators think your reform bill sucks. 281 00:16:10,771 --> 00:16:12,598 So unless you can pick up a majority... 282 00:16:12,815 --> 00:16:15,936 ... I don't know what's wrong with being open to hearing new ideas. 283 00:16:16,194 --> 00:16:18,768 And compromise essential Democratic Party principles... 284 00:16:18,989 --> 00:16:22,193 -...to cut a deal with the Republicans? -It's not what we' re doing. 285 00:16:22,410 --> 00:16:25,578 If your commission recommends raising the retirement age one day... 286 00:16:25,831 --> 00:16:28,749 ... reducing benefits one dollar, reducing COLAs.... 287 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,748 If you recommend partial privatization on Social Security... 288 00:16:31,964 --> 00:16:32,960 Are there cameras? 289 00:16:33,173 --> 00:16:36,792 ... I will condemn it as an act intent on destroying Social Security. 290 00:16:37,053 --> 00:16:39,296 -And ruling the galaxy. -You think this is a joke? 291 00:16:39,556 --> 00:16:42,641 You think I won't publicly condemn a member of my party? 292 00:16:43,895 --> 00:16:46,683 The president's not a member of your party. He's the Ieader. 293 00:16:46,899 --> 00:16:50,185 If you think demonizing people who are trying to govern responsibly... 294 00:16:50,403 --> 00:16:52,396 ...is the way to protect our Iiberal base... 295 00:16:52,614 --> 00:16:55,865 ...then speaking as a Iiberal, go to bed. Would you, please? 296 00:16:57,370 --> 00:16:59,279 You' re running to the right on the environment. 297 00:16:59,497 --> 00:17:01,740 We admonished environmental terrorism. You' re in favor of it? 298 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,875 It was cheap, and you Iost friends. 299 00:17:04,128 --> 00:17:06,417 -We made more than we Iost. -Then you go on TV... 300 00:17:06,631 --> 00:17:09,633 ...in defense of a cop who kicked the crap out of a black kid... 301 00:17:09,885 --> 00:17:12,377 ... because you don't want to admit you screwed up... 302 00:17:12,597 --> 00:17:15,005 ...and he never should've been invited. 303 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,469 Seniors, environmentalists, African-Americans. 304 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:22,264 T ell me which has a greater chance of happening: 305 00:17:22,484 --> 00:17:24,109 My reform bill getting passed... 306 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,404 ...or the president getting reelected without these three groups. 307 00:17:27,657 --> 00:17:29,899 Three groups that will never desert the president. 308 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,411 Not unless I run as a third-party candidate, no. 309 00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:38,956 Those 1 8 votes are Iooking a Iittle bigger now. Aren't they, you son of a bitch? 310 00:17:45,596 --> 00:17:48,383 I was just thinking about this cartoon I once saw. 311 00:17:48,599 --> 00:17:51,138 Tiny fish are swimming through the Ieaves of a plant. 312 00:17:51,353 --> 00:17:53,429 But then one fish realizes it's not a plant. 313 00:17:53,647 --> 00:17:56,732 It's the tentacles of a predator. And the fish says: 314 00:17:56,984 --> 00:17:59,357 "With friends Iike this, who needs anemones? " 315 00:18:03,534 --> 00:18:07,034 Come at us from the Ieft, and I' m gonna own your ass. 316 00:18:15,632 --> 00:18:18,504 Ask someone at my office for the notes on the noon speech. 317 00:18:18,761 --> 00:18:20,422 -"Women in the Arts"? -Y eah. 318 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,006 -And pack a sweater for the plane? -Y eah. 319 00:18:23,225 --> 00:18:25,930 -Hey, Charlie. -Good morning, ma'am. You heading out? 320 00:18:26,187 --> 00:18:28,394 Not till tonight. Chicago, then Seattle. 321 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:33,435 I wanted your permission to draw $500 and walk it to that woman in the shelter. 322 00:18:33,696 --> 00:18:37,695 -Oh, I'd appreciate that. Thank you. -Is there anything else I can do? 323 00:18:37,951 --> 00:18:39,612 Thank you, ma'am. 324 00:18:39,954 --> 00:18:42,624 -Hey. -Good morning, sir. I'II be in the office. 325 00:18:44,126 --> 00:18:45,324 What's that about? 326 00:18:45,544 --> 00:18:47,833 Charlie's gonna bring cash over to Jane Robinson. 327 00:18:48,089 --> 00:18:50,129 -You' re packing already? -Y eah. 328 00:18:50,342 --> 00:18:53,011 -You' re not Ieaving till tonight, right? -Y eah. 329 00:18:53,929 --> 00:18:56,503 Men and women are completely different in this regard. 330 00:18:56,766 --> 00:18:59,222 When was the Iast time you packed a suitcase at all? 331 00:18:59,436 --> 00:19:00,812 I don't know. 332 00:19:01,188 --> 00:19:03,395 I just had breakfast with Sam and Josh. 333 00:19:03,608 --> 00:19:05,684 T oby's having breakfast with Seth Gillette... 334 00:19:05,902 --> 00:19:08,524 ...who's every bit as pissed at me as you are. 335 00:19:09,323 --> 00:19:13,025 -Abbey, can we...? -Guys, can you give me a minute? 336 00:19:19,419 --> 00:19:21,376 We didn't get a chance to talk Iast night. 337 00:19:21,630 --> 00:19:23,089 -I don't think we should. -T alk? 338 00:19:23,299 --> 00:19:25,256 -Ever? -Oh, if wishing made it so, Jed. 339 00:19:25,510 --> 00:19:27,966 I don't think it's a good idea for us to talk now. 340 00:19:28,180 --> 00:19:29,923 -Why? -You've gotta focus on Colombia. 341 00:19:30,182 --> 00:19:31,511 I can do two things at once. 342 00:19:31,767 --> 00:19:34,341 You don't have two things at once. You have 92 things. 343 00:19:34,562 --> 00:19:36,520 One of them is five hostages in Colombia. 344 00:19:36,773 --> 00:19:39,692 And I'd Iike to go on without this black cloud around me... 345 00:19:39,902 --> 00:19:41,183 ...so I'd Iike to talk now. 346 00:19:41,404 --> 00:19:43,397 This is a Ionger conversation than that... 347 00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:47,067 ...and we can talk about it Iater. And you should focus. 348 00:19:47,328 --> 00:19:50,495 What are you, my Zen master? Can I be in charge of my own mind? 349 00:19:50,707 --> 00:19:51,906 Let me tell you something! 350 00:19:52,167 --> 00:19:54,789 Get as chippy as you want if that makes you feel better. 351 00:19:55,004 --> 00:19:59,085 I am your wife. I Iove you. You have a crisis. You have to deal with it. 352 00:19:59,343 --> 00:20:02,095 When it's done, we'II talk. 353 00:20:05,267 --> 00:20:07,639 I feel better already. 354 00:20:18,324 --> 00:20:19,949 I'm on hold. 355 00:20:22,371 --> 00:20:24,281 I' m on hold. 356 00:20:27,753 --> 00:20:29,331 I' m on hold. 357 00:20:33,259 --> 00:20:36,012 I' m in some hellish hold world of holding. 358 00:20:36,639 --> 00:20:37,919 -Josh? -I' m on hold. 359 00:20:38,140 --> 00:20:39,884 They'II call us when the power's back. 360 00:20:40,143 --> 00:20:41,518 -They did. -What happened? 361 00:20:41,728 --> 00:20:43,271 I' m on hold. 362 00:20:43,939 --> 00:20:46,478 -I'II wait with you. -That'II be a Iot of fun. 363 00:20:47,193 --> 00:20:49,981 So you never told me why this poll is different... 364 00:20:50,197 --> 00:20:52,523 ...why you' re interested in these particular numbers. 365 00:20:52,742 --> 00:20:55,316 There are five congressional districts that concern me. 366 00:20:55,578 --> 00:20:57,951 -Which districts? -Kentucky 3rd. That's Louisville. 367 00:20:58,207 --> 00:21:00,663 -And Jefferson. -Y eah. Louisiana 4th, Missouri 9th... 368 00:21:00,877 --> 00:21:03,748 -... Missouri 6th and Ohio 1 2th. -What's with those districts? 369 00:21:03,964 --> 00:21:07,001 The president announced a crime package that would-- 370 00:21:07,259 --> 00:21:08,920 Require a five-day background check. 371 00:21:09,178 --> 00:21:11,884 -Those congressmen-- -Are sitting on the fence. 372 00:21:12,099 --> 00:21:14,934 So you wanna know how the package polled in those districts. 373 00:21:15,144 --> 00:21:16,769 If it polled well, you got your gun Iaw. 374 00:21:16,980 --> 00:21:19,602 If it tanked, you shut up or Iose five seats in the House. 375 00:21:19,858 --> 00:21:24,153 Why do you ask when you' re gonna have the conversation all by yourself? 376 00:21:24,739 --> 00:21:27,445 -You want me to hold the phone? -I can hold the phone. 377 00:21:28,243 --> 00:21:31,115 T ake the phone. Give me the phone. 378 00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:38,496 Why are you trying to fix me up with Joey Lucas? 379 00:21:38,756 --> 00:21:40,714 I think you'd make a nice couple. 380 00:21:41,093 --> 00:21:42,089 Fine. 381 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:45,802 If you got married, you wouldn't have to get your towels re-monogrammed. 382 00:21:46,057 --> 00:21:47,088 Thank you. 383 00:21:47,308 --> 00:21:49,800 -The power's back on. -Excellent. 384 00:21:50,813 --> 00:21:53,814 -What do we do now? -We wait. 385 00:21:56,695 --> 00:21:57,940 How you doing, Ainsley? 386 00:21:58,155 --> 00:22:00,647 My mouth is dry, my hands are moist and I have to pee. 387 00:22:00,867 --> 00:22:01,863 Okay. 388 00:22:02,077 --> 00:22:04,366 -Hey, you ready? -Y es. 389 00:22:04,580 --> 00:22:05,955 You sure? Let's go. 390 00:22:06,165 --> 00:22:07,280 -Call it off. -Here we go. 391 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:08,496 -No, really. -Ainsley. 392 00:22:08,710 --> 00:22:10,418 -I'II meet him another time. -What other time? 393 00:22:10,629 --> 00:22:11,957 -A better time. -What's a better time? 394 00:22:12,172 --> 00:22:13,168 T omorrow. 395 00:22:13,382 --> 00:22:16,004 Don't you have to absolve yourself of the humiliation... 396 00:22:16,219 --> 00:22:18,545 ...visited on your family and the House of Atreus? 397 00:22:18,764 --> 00:22:21,220 But I believe I' m going to compound the humiliation. 398 00:22:21,434 --> 00:22:22,714 -It'II never happen. -Really? 399 00:22:22,935 --> 00:22:24,478 No, it probably will. 400 00:22:25,230 --> 00:22:27,057 -Hey. -Is he coming? 401 00:22:27,274 --> 00:22:30,774 He's stopping in on his way from the thing. 402 00:22:35,493 --> 00:22:36,821 How you doing, Ainsley? 403 00:22:37,078 --> 00:22:39,237 I' m concerned about peeing on your carpet. 404 00:22:39,456 --> 00:22:43,585 -Okay, well, now I am too. -T ell her it's gonna be fine. 405 00:22:44,420 --> 00:22:46,793 -Your skirt's on backwards. -May I use the bathroom? 406 00:22:47,007 --> 00:22:48,964 -Y es. -Thank you. 407 00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:51,380 Ainsley! 408 00:22:53,306 --> 00:22:55,264 -Good evening, Mr. President. -Is she here? 409 00:22:55,475 --> 00:22:57,682 -Ainsley Hayes? Y es, sir. -Where is she? 410 00:22:57,937 --> 00:23:00,013 Well, she's in the closet, Mr. President. 411 00:23:01,066 --> 00:23:03,106 -Why? -She thought it was a bathroom. 412 00:23:05,613 --> 00:23:08,567 -Why is she still in there? -That's kind of hard to say, sir. 413 00:23:08,783 --> 00:23:11,405 -Why don't we get her out here? -Y eah. 414 00:23:13,623 --> 00:23:15,283 -Ainsley? -Y es? 415 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:18,074 Ainsley, why don't you come on out of there? 416 00:23:21,340 --> 00:23:23,049 How you doing? 417 00:23:23,259 --> 00:23:26,261 We met Iast night. You were singing and dancing in a bathrobe. 418 00:23:26,472 --> 00:23:28,263 -Y es, sir. -Why were you in the closet? 419 00:23:28,516 --> 00:23:29,547 I had to pee. 420 00:23:29,809 --> 00:23:32,561 I can't smoke inside, but you can pee in Leo's closet. 421 00:23:32,813 --> 00:23:35,518 -Mr. President-- -I appreciate your coming to work for me. 422 00:23:35,733 --> 00:23:39,317 You' re an exceptionally bright young woman. Is your father proud of you? 423 00:23:39,863 --> 00:23:41,940 -Y es, sir. -I'II bet he is. 424 00:23:42,199 --> 00:23:44,276 -Listen.... -Mr. President. 425 00:23:45,578 --> 00:23:47,038 Sam. 426 00:23:59,137 --> 00:24:00,762 What happened? 427 00:24:01,682 --> 00:24:03,556 Charlie, get the door. 428 00:24:05,353 --> 00:24:06,468 What happened? 429 00:24:06,729 --> 00:24:09,055 -Mr. President-- -Did we Iose the hostages? 430 00:24:09,274 --> 00:24:11,944 -The hostages weren't there. -What are you talking about? 431 00:24:12,153 --> 00:24:13,184 -Oh, God. -What? 432 00:24:13,446 --> 00:24:17,065 The radio communications we'd been intercepting on the SIGINT were wrong. 433 00:24:17,284 --> 00:24:20,535 When the Deltas got to the area, it was a dry hole. 434 00:24:20,788 --> 00:24:24,538 That's when one of the two BIackhawk helicopters... 435 00:24:24,751 --> 00:24:28,584 ...was shot down by a shoulder- mounted surface-to-air missile. 436 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:41,223 -How many guys were on the BIackhawk? -The pilot, the engineer and seven Deltas. 437 00:24:41,439 --> 00:24:45,651 So I've got nine more guys now on the ground we've gotta get back? 438 00:24:48,364 --> 00:24:49,479 Mr. President. 439 00:24:49,740 --> 00:24:53,739 Sir, the second BIackhawk went in and recovered the bodies. 440 00:25:01,839 --> 00:25:05,255 -They' re dead? -Y es, sir. 441 00:25:11,309 --> 00:25:16,268 I want the president of Colombia on the phone. I want a translator right now. 442 00:25:24,992 --> 00:25:26,451 Damn it! 443 00:25:30,958 --> 00:25:32,618 Damn it! 444 00:25:37,758 --> 00:25:38,837 Sir? 445 00:25:39,051 --> 00:25:41,091 How the hell did that happen? 446 00:25:41,304 --> 00:25:43,974 -It was bad intelligence. -You think? 447 00:25:44,683 --> 00:25:48,384 Frente Ieft behind a radio and a soldier at the outpost... 448 00:25:48,604 --> 00:25:51,096 ...and they were deliberately sending misinformation. 449 00:25:51,358 --> 00:25:55,142 We'd never anticipated the possibility that somebody might try that? 450 00:25:55,363 --> 00:25:59,231 We weren't prepared for someone to try and outfox us with a stratagem... 451 00:25:59,451 --> 00:26:02,618 ...so sophisticated it's an entire generation beyond : 452 00:26:02,830 --> 00:26:04,989 " Hey, Iook, your shoelaces are untied! " 453 00:26:05,208 --> 00:26:11,544 Is that how I just Iost nine guys, to a damn street gang with a ham radio? 454 00:26:14,553 --> 00:26:20,010 They Iured us there so that they could kill nine American soldiers! 455 00:26:23,981 --> 00:26:27,232 -Where are the bodies? -They' re on their way back. 456 00:26:28,111 --> 00:26:32,441 -Where? -Dover. Around 4 a. m. 457 00:26:37,581 --> 00:26:39,740 Mr. President? 458 00:26:53,142 --> 00:26:55,218 We have a secure connection. 459 00:26:55,436 --> 00:26:58,473 -Somebody translating on the other end? -Y es, sir. 460 00:27:00,025 --> 00:27:03,027 Mr. President, this is the president of the United States. 461 00:27:04,030 --> 00:27:06,486 -Good evening, Mr. President. -Mr. President. 462 00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:10,401 Ninety minutes ago, the United States invaded Colombian airspace. 463 00:27:10,663 --> 00:27:14,329 Two BIackhawk helicopters went into T res Encinas... 464 00:27:14,543 --> 00:27:16,832 ...with 20 Delta commandos on intelligence... 465 00:27:17,088 --> 00:27:19,330 ...that the hostages were being moved. 466 00:27:19,549 --> 00:27:24,545 One of the BIackhawks was shot down. There were nine military fatalities. 467 00:27:24,847 --> 00:27:26,840 I' m terribly sorry to hear that. 468 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:29,722 I'd Iike to ask for your assistance in confirming... 469 00:27:29,937 --> 00:27:33,104 ...that the five hostages are still alive. 470 00:27:33,316 --> 00:27:35,523 The hostages are alive. 471 00:27:36,194 --> 00:27:38,651 -How does he know that? -How do you know that? 472 00:27:38,864 --> 00:27:42,649 We have confirmation that we' re transmitting to you through channels. 473 00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:46,115 -Mr. President? -Y es. 474 00:27:46,374 --> 00:27:48,912 I respect and appreciate your diplomacy... 475 00:27:49,127 --> 00:27:52,164 ...in not yet asking me to release Juan Aguilar from prison. 476 00:27:52,423 --> 00:27:55,258 I' m not going to ask you, Miguel. 477 00:27:55,885 --> 00:27:58,377 I' m willing to do it at this point. 478 00:28:00,850 --> 00:28:02,013 Say that again? 479 00:28:02,727 --> 00:28:08,315 I' m willing to Iet Aguilar out in exchange for the hostages, if you ask me to. 480 00:28:15,284 --> 00:28:19,994 I appreciate your making that offer, but I don't think that's a very good idea. 481 00:28:20,207 --> 00:28:25,084 I agree with you, but I' m making the offer, and I' m Ieaving it up to you. 482 00:28:26,298 --> 00:28:29,299 Okay. Thank you, Mr. President. 483 00:28:29,510 --> 00:28:31,752 Thank you, Mr. President. 484 00:28:39,814 --> 00:28:41,474 -Wait, Toby. -Not a second, Sam. 485 00:28:41,733 --> 00:28:44,355 You give into terrorist demands and that's the ballgame. 486 00:28:44,570 --> 00:28:46,195 But there are real Iives at stake. 487 00:28:46,406 --> 00:28:48,980 It's easy to stick to principle if nothing's at stake. 488 00:28:49,201 --> 00:28:51,775 Let's argue about principles after these guys get home. 489 00:28:52,037 --> 00:28:55,906 Juan Aguilar runs one of the Iargest drug cartels in the world. 490 00:28:56,126 --> 00:29:00,421 He has produced $1 5 billion worth of cocaine in two years. 491 00:29:00,631 --> 00:29:04,048 He's murdered or ordered the murder of eight Supreme Court justices... 492 00:29:04,302 --> 00:29:08,716 ...a pro-extradition prime minister and three federal police officers in Bogotá. 493 00:29:08,933 --> 00:29:11,092 And from his prison cell, I guarantee you... 494 00:29:11,353 --> 00:29:15,102 ... he orchestrated the kidnapping of five U S. DEA agents... 495 00:29:15,316 --> 00:29:18,483 -...and the killing of their rescuers. -I believe he did as well... 496 00:29:18,695 --> 00:29:22,824 ...which is evidence that it couldn't matter Iess whether he's in prison or not. 497 00:29:23,075 --> 00:29:25,649 I'II share a cell with him before I Iet him out. 498 00:29:25,912 --> 00:29:27,989 -I want military options. -Yes, sir. 499 00:29:28,248 --> 00:29:31,250 -Thank you, sir. -Thank you, Mr. President. 500 00:29:34,464 --> 00:29:36,873 -Y eah. -Joey says probably just another hour. 501 00:29:37,093 --> 00:29:39,252 -She'II bring the numbers here? -Y eah. 502 00:29:41,181 --> 00:29:44,136 -Josh, how is this not a no-brainer? -Colombia? 503 00:29:44,685 --> 00:29:48,185 -You say get them home? -Of course. Who doesn't? 504 00:29:48,398 --> 00:29:51,020 That should be the person who has to call the families. 505 00:29:51,235 --> 00:29:53,809 And who calls the families of the commandos who died... 506 00:29:54,072 --> 00:29:56,943 ...trying to save five guys we could've freed hours ago? 507 00:29:57,201 --> 00:29:59,158 -That's not a good enough reason. -The reason is... 508 00:29:59,412 --> 00:30:02,413 ...you give in, and it gives them incentive to keep terrorizing. 509 00:30:02,624 --> 00:30:04,783 Not negotiating hasn't given them disincentive. 510 00:30:05,044 --> 00:30:06,158 -How do you know? -PIease. 511 00:30:06,379 --> 00:30:09,001 You don't think they' re gonna kidnap more people... 512 00:30:09,215 --> 00:30:11,672 -...and demand free cable? -So give them free cable. 513 00:30:11,885 --> 00:30:14,211 How about the keys to the Situation Room? 514 00:30:16,057 --> 00:30:18,596 -You draw a Iine. -Where? 515 00:30:19,144 --> 00:30:21,102 -She said an hour? -On the early numbers? 516 00:30:21,314 --> 00:30:22,642 -Y eah. -Y eah. 517 00:30:25,235 --> 00:30:27,228 Do we know where they are? 518 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:30,734 They were moved about 60 miles into the jungle at Villacerreno. 519 00:30:30,992 --> 00:30:33,318 -What would it take to get them back? -AIive? 520 00:30:33,579 --> 00:30:34,859 Yeah. 521 00:30:36,958 --> 00:30:39,414 -Mr. President-- -What would it take to wipe them out? 522 00:30:39,669 --> 00:30:42,125 -The Frente? -Y eah. 523 00:30:43,883 --> 00:30:45,212 What would it take? 524 00:30:45,426 --> 00:30:48,096 For the kind of victory Americans are used to... 525 00:30:48,305 --> 00:30:50,428 ...for the kind of victory Americans demand... 526 00:30:50,641 --> 00:30:52,385 ...you need a 1 0-to-1 ratio. 527 00:30:52,644 --> 00:30:54,850 It was only after that ratio in the Gulf... 528 00:30:55,063 --> 00:30:57,021 ...that we felt comfortable making a move. 529 00:30:57,233 --> 00:30:59,902 Frente has 20,000 well-armed, well-trained soldiers... 530 00:31:00,111 --> 00:31:03,196 ...each of whom has a financial stake in heroin and cocaine. 531 00:31:03,407 --> 00:31:07,192 We need to put 200 to 300,000 men into a jungle war... 532 00:31:07,453 --> 00:31:10,325 -...and I think we'd Iose as many as half. -Half. 533 00:31:10,958 --> 00:31:12,203 Y es, sir. 534 00:31:16,798 --> 00:31:21,093 You gotta ask yourself, "What's the point in being a superpower anymore? " 535 00:31:28,646 --> 00:31:31,482 -I wanted to bring that book. -The T ruman biography. 536 00:31:31,691 --> 00:31:33,649 -You got a sweater for the plane? -Y es, ma'am. 537 00:31:33,861 --> 00:31:35,605 And you should both take sweaters. 538 00:31:35,822 --> 00:31:38,443 -And then there's the repacking. -Mr. President. 539 00:31:38,658 --> 00:31:42,574 First, the preliminary, or the dry run. Then there's the actual packing. 540 00:31:43,372 --> 00:31:45,330 You' re just going away for two days, right? 541 00:31:45,542 --> 00:31:46,953 Guys. 542 00:31:52,550 --> 00:31:53,749 Right? 543 00:31:53,969 --> 00:31:55,428 What happened? 544 00:31:55,930 --> 00:31:57,721 -It was an ambush. -Oh, God. 545 00:31:57,932 --> 00:32:01,800 A guy with a shoulder thing shot down a BIackhawk. Everybody's dead. 546 00:32:03,606 --> 00:32:05,184 Nine guys. 547 00:32:05,817 --> 00:32:08,937 Meanwhile, they've moved the hostages 60 miles into the jungle... 548 00:32:09,196 --> 00:32:11,189 ...where we'd need tweezers to get them. 549 00:32:11,449 --> 00:32:13,607 You want me to stay? 550 00:32:13,826 --> 00:32:15,238 -No. -I can stay. 551 00:32:17,372 --> 00:32:18,784 No. 552 00:32:20,293 --> 00:32:24,161 I didn't make the decision to run again. I wouldn't do that without you. 553 00:32:24,423 --> 00:32:26,630 -We don't need to talk about that now. -When? 554 00:32:26,842 --> 00:32:29,085 -Jed. -I didn't make the decision to run again. 555 00:32:29,304 --> 00:32:32,720 Y es, you did. If we' re gonna talk about this, Iet's talk about this. 556 00:32:32,933 --> 00:32:36,469 The moves over the Iast few weeks, the changes in Iast night's speech. 557 00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:38,728 This whole place is in reelection mode. 558 00:32:38,982 --> 00:32:41,688 That's what we do, Abbey. We run for things. 559 00:32:41,903 --> 00:32:45,403 From the day a congressman is sworn in, he's gotta raise $ 1 0,000 a week... 560 00:32:45,615 --> 00:32:46,861 ...so he can get reelected. 561 00:32:47,076 --> 00:32:49,448 A president gets to govern for 1 8 months. 562 00:32:49,662 --> 00:32:51,951 We try to get people to vote for us... 563 00:32:52,165 --> 00:32:54,657 ...and we hope the people force us to do good things. 564 00:32:54,918 --> 00:32:58,288 -We had a deal. -Y es, we had a deal. 565 00:32:59,799 --> 00:33:01,460 Y es, Jed. 566 00:33:02,678 --> 00:33:04,221 Look at me. 567 00:33:05,098 --> 00:33:07,304 -Do you get that you have MS? -Abbey. 568 00:33:07,517 --> 00:33:10,852 Do you get that your own immune system is shredding your brain... 569 00:33:11,105 --> 00:33:13,145 ...and I can't tell you why? 570 00:33:14,901 --> 00:33:17,689 Do you have any idea how good a doctor I am... 571 00:33:17,905 --> 00:33:21,357 -...and that I can't tell you why? -I've had one episode in two years. 572 00:33:21,576 --> 00:33:23,700 Y es, but relapsing/remitting MS... 573 00:33:23,954 --> 00:33:26,362 ...can turn into secondary/ progressive MS... 574 00:33:26,624 --> 00:33:29,542 ...oftentimes ten years after the initial diagnosis... 575 00:33:29,795 --> 00:33:32,001 ...which is where we'II be in two years. 576 00:33:32,256 --> 00:33:34,000 Do you know what that will Iook Iike? 577 00:33:34,217 --> 00:33:35,960 -I know what it's gonna.... -Fatigue... 578 00:33:36,219 --> 00:33:38,841 -...an inability to get through the day... -Look-- 579 00:33:39,056 --> 00:33:41,927 ... memory Iapses, Ioss of cognitive function... 580 00:33:42,143 --> 00:33:46,224 ...failure to reason, to think clearly. I can't tell you if it's gonna happen. 581 00:33:46,482 --> 00:33:49,816 I don't know if it's gonna get better or if it's gonna get worse. 582 00:33:50,195 --> 00:33:51,654 But we had a deal. 583 00:33:51,905 --> 00:33:56,734 And that deal was how you justified keeping it a secret from the world. 584 00:33:57,412 --> 00:33:59,619 It's how you justified it to God. 585 00:34:01,292 --> 00:34:03,748 It's how you justified it to me. 586 00:34:05,213 --> 00:34:07,787 -Mrs. Bartlet? -Yeah. 587 00:34:12,347 --> 00:34:15,099 You sure you don't want me to stay? 588 00:34:16,226 --> 00:34:17,721 Y eah. 589 00:34:19,939 --> 00:34:21,600 Okay. 590 00:34:22,943 --> 00:34:24,770 Have a good trip. 591 00:34:27,031 --> 00:34:29,071 Call me when you get there. 592 00:34:30,494 --> 00:34:31,823 I will. 593 00:34:32,914 --> 00:34:34,574 I Iove you. 594 00:34:36,001 --> 00:34:37,910 I Iove you too. 595 00:34:54,023 --> 00:34:55,565 -Son of a bitch. -I' m sorry. 596 00:34:55,775 --> 00:34:59,227 A person can't wait five days to buy a gun? 597 00:34:59,446 --> 00:35:01,356 If someone needs a gun right now... 598 00:35:01,574 --> 00:35:03,733 ...isn't that something to be concerned about? 599 00:35:03,952 --> 00:35:06,408 T aking the feelings of gun owners into account... 600 00:35:06,622 --> 00:35:10,834 ...if you've gotta shoot somebody, it probably isn't something that can wait. 601 00:35:11,169 --> 00:35:12,961 You mind if I take off? 602 00:35:13,547 --> 00:35:15,504 -What time is it? -2 a. m. 603 00:35:15,758 --> 00:35:19,543 AII right, we'II call that a full day, but come in early tomorrow. 604 00:35:20,722 --> 00:35:22,881 -You' re all right getting home? -Y eah. 605 00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:25,307 -Good night, guys. -Good night. 606 00:35:29,024 --> 00:35:32,310 -They' re just preliminary numbers. -They' re not gonna change. 607 00:35:32,528 --> 00:35:33,857 No. 608 00:35:34,197 --> 00:35:36,274 A five-day waiting period. 609 00:35:38,285 --> 00:35:40,528 -It tested well nationwide. -Y eah. 610 00:35:40,747 --> 00:35:41,992 Fifty-eight percent. 611 00:35:42,249 --> 00:35:44,787 I didn't need nationwide. I needed those districts. 612 00:35:45,002 --> 00:35:47,624 We'II have to dial down the gun rhetoric in the Midwest. 613 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,672 Why not dial it up? 614 00:35:49,925 --> 00:35:51,668 Because these numbers just told us-- 615 00:35:51,927 --> 00:35:54,253 You don't know what these numbers just told you. 616 00:35:54,472 --> 00:35:57,010 I don't know what these numbers just told you. 617 00:35:57,267 --> 00:35:58,892 We know. 618 00:35:59,103 --> 00:36:01,808 -Really? -Numbers don't Iie. 619 00:36:02,690 --> 00:36:04,066 They Iie all the time. 620 00:36:04,317 --> 00:36:09,479 They Iie when 72% of Americans say they' re tired of a sex scandal... 621 00:36:09,699 --> 00:36:14,278 ...while all the while, newspaper circulation goes through the roof... 622 00:36:14,496 --> 00:36:16,869 ...for anyone featuring the story. 623 00:36:17,458 --> 00:36:19,451 If you polled a hundred Donnas... 624 00:36:19,669 --> 00:36:22,078 ...and asked them if they think we should go out... 625 00:36:22,298 --> 00:36:24,457 ...you'd get a high positive response. 626 00:36:25,009 --> 00:36:27,762 But the poll wouldn't tell you... 627 00:36:28,347 --> 00:36:32,891 ...it's because she Iikes you and she knows it's beginning to show... 628 00:36:33,144 --> 00:36:35,897 ...and she needs to cover herself with misdirection. 629 00:36:36,482 --> 00:36:39,152 Believe me when I tell you that's not true. 630 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,196 You say that these numbers mean dial it down. 631 00:36:42,406 --> 00:36:45,277 I say they mean dial it up. You haven't gotten through. 632 00:36:45,493 --> 00:36:47,652 There are people you haven't persuaded yet. 633 00:36:47,912 --> 00:36:49,989 These numbers mean dial it up. 634 00:36:50,249 --> 00:36:52,740 Otherwise, you' re Iike the French radical... 635 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,630 ...watching a crowd run by and saying : 636 00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:57,547 "There go my people. 637 00:36:57,966 --> 00:37:00,921 I must find out where they' re going so I can Iead them. " 638 00:37:03,473 --> 00:37:04,802 Yeah. 639 00:37:07,687 --> 00:37:10,439 We'II go through the rest of the numbers in the morning. 640 00:37:10,649 --> 00:37:12,191 Okay. 641 00:37:26,710 --> 00:37:28,952 -Good evening, sir. -Hey, Charlie. 642 00:37:29,505 --> 00:37:31,379 You shouldn't be out here without a coat. 643 00:37:31,591 --> 00:37:32,967 I' m okay. 644 00:37:38,516 --> 00:37:40,556 -Mr. President? -Y eah. 645 00:37:40,811 --> 00:37:44,512 -Is there anything I can do for you? -No. Thanks. 646 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:52,651 Hey. 647 00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:56,819 I checked outside. I thought you'd be having a cigarette. 648 00:37:57,039 --> 00:38:01,583 Let me tell you something, Leo. After heroin and cocaine, tobacco is next. 649 00:38:01,795 --> 00:38:05,081 Great, another criminal empire we can give birth to. 650 00:38:05,341 --> 00:38:07,630 There'II be speakeasies all over Chicago... 651 00:38:07,844 --> 00:38:11,593 ...where you can get smuggled cartons of Marlboro Lights. 652 00:38:18,231 --> 00:38:22,562 I fought a jungle war. I' m not doing it again. 653 00:38:24,823 --> 00:38:27,575 If I could put myself anywhere in time... 654 00:38:27,785 --> 00:38:32,946 ...it would be the Cabinet Room on August 4th, 1 964... 655 00:38:33,792 --> 00:38:38,870 ...when our ships were attacked by North Vietnam in the T onkin Gulf. 656 00:38:39,883 --> 00:38:41,508 I'd say: 657 00:38:42,386 --> 00:38:46,599 " Mr. President, don't do it. 658 00:38:46,808 --> 00:38:50,593 You' re considering authorizing a massive commitment of troops... 659 00:38:50,813 --> 00:38:54,397 ...and throwing in our Iot with torturers and panderers... 660 00:38:54,609 --> 00:38:58,359 ...Ieaders without principle and soldiers without conviction... 661 00:38:58,573 --> 00:39:01,907 ...with no clear mission and no end in sight. " 662 00:39:09,544 --> 00:39:11,288 This war's at home. 663 00:39:11,547 --> 00:39:15,166 Its casualties are in our prisons and not our hospitals. 664 00:39:15,427 --> 00:39:18,713 The amount of money the American government is spending in Colombia... 665 00:39:18,931 --> 00:39:21,849 ...is the exact same amount American consumers are spending... 666 00:39:22,060 --> 00:39:25,346 ... buying drugs from Colombia. We' re funding both sides of this war. 667 00:39:25,564 --> 00:39:27,723 And we'II never win it that way. 668 00:39:28,484 --> 00:39:31,355 -Leo, I can't possibly reverse-- -No one-- 669 00:39:31,571 --> 00:39:34,692 I can't possibly reverse our position on negotiating with-- 670 00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:36,611 No one's gonna know. 671 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,988 You don't make another phone call. That happens someplace else. 672 00:39:41,709 --> 00:39:43,749 Santos is gonna be the one to Iet him out. 673 00:39:44,003 --> 00:39:48,382 There were just 1 4 people in the room who heard Santos make me the offer. 674 00:39:48,634 --> 00:39:52,549 Those 1 4 people keep bigger secrets than this. 675 00:40:06,364 --> 00:40:10,742 You know what T ruman Capote said was the bad part about Iiving outside the Iaw? 676 00:40:10,953 --> 00:40:12,151 What? 677 00:40:12,371 --> 00:40:14,863 You no Ionger have the protection of it. 678 00:40:15,751 --> 00:40:17,625 What's to stop me? 679 00:40:18,671 --> 00:40:22,621 Two hundred CIA operatives. BIack Ops. 680 00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:27,175 Two hundred guys with no wives, no kids, no parents. 681 00:40:29,351 --> 00:40:31,427 I send 200 operatives down there. 682 00:40:31,645 --> 00:40:35,346 Monday morning I read in the paper Juan Aguilar is dead. 683 00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:37,856 What's to stop me? 684 00:40:42,325 --> 00:40:45,279 We Iost this one, Mr. President. 685 00:40:45,495 --> 00:40:49,280 It was bad intelligence, and we Iost this one. 686 00:40:56,467 --> 00:40:59,919 It was the queen's rook. That's why I couldn't trade the bishop. 687 00:41:00,138 --> 00:41:02,511 It was over six moves ago. 688 00:41:05,854 --> 00:41:09,437 -Arrange for their immediate release. -Y es, sir, Mr. President. 689 00:41:09,692 --> 00:41:12,859 If they so much as experience turbulence on their way out-- 690 00:41:13,112 --> 00:41:14,737 Y es, sir. 691 00:41:15,407 --> 00:41:17,447 I want to go to Dover Iater tonight. 692 00:41:17,660 --> 00:41:20,116 -Y es, sir. -Thank you. 693 00:41:20,371 --> 00:41:22,993 Thank you, Mr. President. 694 00:41:29,257 --> 00:41:32,627 Folks, take your seats, please. The briefing will start now. 695 00:41:33,429 --> 00:41:35,469 Folks, can you take your seats? 696 00:41:36,308 --> 00:41:38,799 Good evening. Thank you for coming back so Iate. 697 00:41:39,019 --> 00:41:43,599 I want to fill you in on some events that have taken place in the Iast 24 hours. 698 00:41:43,817 --> 00:41:46,569 There'II be representatives from the Pentagon... 699 00:41:46,779 --> 00:41:50,314 .. State and Justice Departments who'II continue with your questions. 700 00:41:50,533 --> 00:41:53,488 Y esterday at approximately 8 p. m. Eastern time... 701 00:41:53,704 --> 00:41:56,112 ...five agents from the DEA were taken hostage... 702 00:41:56,374 --> 00:41:59,541 ...in the Putumayo region of Colombia by members of the Frente-- 703 00:41:59,795 --> 00:42:01,622 -Hold your questions. -Hostages are out. 704 00:42:01,839 --> 00:42:04,128 - There was a demand... -I'II call their families. 705 00:42:04,384 --> 00:42:06,626 ... for the release of a Colombian prisoner. 706 00:42:06,845 --> 00:42:10,131 President Miguel Santos, acting on his own authority.... 707 00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:31,235 Subtitles by SDI Media Group 708 00:43:31,449 --> 00:43:32,445 [ENGLISH]