1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:06,248 --> 00:00:07,494 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:07,667 --> 00:00:09,827 You know the thing with guys like you? 3 00:00:10,464 --> 00:00:12,257 What's the thing about guys like me? 4 00:00:12,426 --> 00:00:14,087 You wanna get hit over the head. 5 00:00:15,014 --> 00:00:17,638 - I have to go. - We'll see you. 6 00:00:17,853 --> 00:00:20,690 I went to rehab. My friends embraced me when I got out. 7 00:00:20,858 --> 00:00:22,402 You relapse, it's not like that. 8 00:00:22,570 --> 00:00:24,030 It's like,"Get away from me." 9 00:00:24,198 --> 00:00:27,534 - Mr. McGarry, the date Jed Bartlet was... - No, I'm sorry. 10 00:00:27,704 --> 00:00:29,782 I'm going to resume this after the holidays. 11 00:00:29,959 --> 00:00:31,585 - What? - That concludes our... 12 00:00:31,754 --> 00:00:34,247 ... questioning. We'll pick it up when the chairman... 13 00:00:34,425 --> 00:00:36,051 ... gavels the hearings to order. 14 00:01:05,859 --> 00:01:07,520 - Good evening. - Good evening. 15 00:01:07,696 --> 00:01:09,856 - What are the police doing outside? - The door? 16 00:01:10,033 --> 00:01:11,612 - Yeah. - That's the Capitol Police. 17 00:01:11,787 --> 00:01:13,163 I know. What are they doing? 18 00:01:13,331 --> 00:01:14,875 - I didn't ask for them. - Who did? 19 00:01:15,043 --> 00:01:16,669 Would you prefer they went away? 20 00:01:16,838 --> 00:01:20,756 If you offer a deal, I'd prefer there not be armed guards to intimidate him. 21 00:01:20,929 --> 00:01:22,840 - I'm not that easily intimidated. - I am. 22 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:25,474 The chairman put them there to ensure our privacy. 23 00:01:25,646 --> 00:01:28,650 - Tell them to wait at the end of the hall. - Counsel? 24 00:01:35,498 --> 00:01:37,243 Excuse me, officer. 25 00:01:43,638 --> 00:01:45,798 They've stepped to the other side of the hall. 26 00:01:45,976 --> 00:01:47,637 - Cliff. - Want me to overpower them? 27 00:01:47,812 --> 00:01:50,353 I don't care if the police are there, someone speak. 28 00:01:50,526 --> 00:01:51,902 Yeah. Mr. McGarry... 29 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:55,276 ...this conversation's off the record, see nobody's taking it down. 30 00:01:55,493 --> 00:01:59,447 You mean what you're about to say or the five minutes on the Capitol Police? 31 00:01:59,668 --> 00:02:01,543 - The whole thing. - Okay. 32 00:02:01,713 --> 00:02:03,922 Congressman Gibson. 33 00:02:04,093 --> 00:02:06,930 - Yeah. - Know where his testimony was going? 34 00:02:07,098 --> 00:02:09,389 - Yes. - And where it'll pick up? 35 00:02:09,561 --> 00:02:11,805 - Yes. - We're willing to end the hearings now. 36 00:02:12,024 --> 00:02:14,517 - End his testimony? - His testimony. The first lady's. 37 00:02:14,696 --> 00:02:18,364 The balance of the witness list. The hearings. We're willing to end them now. 38 00:02:18,536 --> 00:02:22,324 - In exchange for...? - A joint resolution. HR 172. 39 00:02:22,544 --> 00:02:23,873 Censure. 40 00:02:24,047 --> 00:02:26,374 A resolution condemning the president for lying... 41 00:02:26,551 --> 00:02:27,881 - He didn't lie. - Leo. 44 00:02:33,189 --> 00:02:35,729 ...and let any Democrat who wants to, vote in favor. 45 00:02:35,902 --> 00:02:38,111 You say White House. You mean the president. 46 00:02:38,282 --> 00:02:40,572 - Yeah. - Why aren't you talking to the president? 47 00:02:40,745 --> 00:02:43,072 If you suggest it, it'll carry more weight... 48 00:02:43,249 --> 00:02:45,742 ...than if it comes from the chairman or the speaker. 49 00:02:45,921 --> 00:02:47,202 - Yeah? - Yes, sir. 50 00:02:47,382 --> 00:02:48,712 Okay, well. 51 00:02:49,761 --> 00:02:53,050 I'll just call the president and suggest to him... 52 00:02:53,268 --> 00:02:55,346 ...he allow a huge bipartisan vote... 53 00:02:55,522 --> 00:02:58,479 ...on the floor of the House of Representatives calling him a liar... 54 00:02:58,653 --> 00:03:00,398 ...and that he welcome the result. 55 00:03:00,615 --> 00:03:03,535 Then, I'm gonna flap my wings and fly to Neverland. 56 00:03:03,704 --> 00:03:05,449 - Leo. - You think I'm so desperate... 57 00:03:05,666 --> 00:03:08,242 ...to save my ass I'm gonna roll over on Jed Bartlet? 58 00:03:08,463 --> 00:03:11,799 I take a bullet for the president. He doesn't take one for me. 59 00:03:12,178 --> 00:03:13,508 Is that all you got? 60 00:03:14,474 --> 00:03:17,312 - Yeah. - Good night. 61 00:03:26,121 --> 00:03:28,495 Can you give me some time? 62 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:29,997 One day. 63 00:04:22,273 --> 00:04:24,232 - I've got copies. - Have you read it? 64 00:04:24,402 --> 00:04:25,731 - Bits and pieces. - How is it? 65 00:04:25,905 --> 00:04:27,733 I'm gonna set up a war room downstairs. 66 00:04:27,908 --> 00:04:29,452 - It's serious? - Yeah. 67 00:04:29,662 --> 00:04:32,285 - I'm up! - This is The Camera Doesn 't Lie: 68 00:04:32,458 --> 00:04:35,830 What I Saw at the Bartlet White House, by Ron Burkhalt. 69 00:04:36,007 --> 00:04:37,502 - You read it? - Bits and pieces. 70 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:40,134 - How is it? - I'm setting up a war room. 71 00:04:40,306 --> 00:04:42,882 - It's serious? - How many times do we have to do this? 72 00:04:43,103 --> 00:04:45,597 - I'm up. - We're each taking a couple of chapters. 73 00:04:45,775 --> 00:04:47,271 This is based on what? 74 00:04:47,445 --> 00:04:49,523 - Going through the index. - So presumably... 75 00:04:49,699 --> 00:04:53,071 ...the chapters you've been assigned are about you. If not, trade. 76 00:04:53,289 --> 00:04:56,043 What we're doing is making note of anything that's wrong. 77 00:04:56,211 --> 00:04:58,538 - Anything to attack credibility. - I see one. 78 00:04:58,758 --> 00:05:00,668 - What? - I'm Larry, he's Ed. 79 00:05:00,887 --> 00:05:02,430 I usually don't know that. 80 00:05:02,598 --> 00:05:05,471 Sam? Are we taking this too seriously? 81 00:05:05,645 --> 00:05:07,854 - No. - He was a photographer. He was fired. 82 00:05:08,025 --> 00:05:10,732 - My recollection is he was a buffoon. - He was a buffoon. 83 00:05:10,947 --> 00:05:14,153 Which has always stopped the public from taking something seriously. 84 00:05:14,328 --> 00:05:17,201 - What are you saying? - The book's in stores in three weeks. 85 00:05:17,376 --> 00:05:21,211 In a week, the press'll have excerpts and we have to turn him into a punch line. 86 00:05:21,383 --> 00:05:23,876 "Bartlet played a round of golf with Toby Ziegler... 87 00:05:24,055 --> 00:05:27,391 ...the prickly communications director, whose inner darkness... 88 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:30,351 ...spelled the breakup of the one marriage we know about." 89 00:05:33,907 --> 00:05:35,568 It was miniature golf, wasn't it? 90 00:05:39,542 --> 00:05:42,879 - Sam, got anything else? - No. Thank you. 91 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:46,637 - Toby? - Yeah. 92 00:05:46,806 --> 00:05:50,889 - Listen, you know Amy Gardner, right? - Women's Leadership Coalition? 93 00:05:52,274 --> 00:05:55,397 I've known her a while. She went out with my roommate in college. 94 00:05:55,572 --> 00:05:57,982 I saw her about some language in the Vienna treaty. 95 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,071 - I remember. - Mrs. Bartlet sent me there. 96 00:06:00,247 --> 00:06:02,456 - Yeah. - I don't know, she's changed her hair... 97 00:06:02,627 --> 00:06:04,835 ...or something. Something's going on. 98 00:06:06,676 --> 00:06:08,421 What do you need? 99 00:06:10,475 --> 00:06:12,766 Well, I'm a straight shooter. 100 00:06:12,938 --> 00:06:15,146 - I think my record's clear on that. - Yeah. 101 00:06:15,317 --> 00:06:16,647 I'd like to see her again. 102 00:06:18,406 --> 00:06:19,902 - Call her. - And ask her out? 103 00:06:20,076 --> 00:06:21,738 - Yeah. - No. There's the potential... 104 00:06:21,913 --> 00:06:24,073 ...she says no and I have to move someplace... 105 00:06:24,251 --> 00:06:28,252 ...where it'll never be spoken of again. I need to go under the cover of business. 106 00:06:28,467 --> 00:06:30,877 - You're a straight shooter. - Yeah. I need friction. 107 00:06:31,055 --> 00:06:34,676 An issue where feministas and the White House disagree. I can go to her... 108 00:06:34,896 --> 00:06:37,471 ...break the bad news, stand tough, smooth it over. 109 00:06:37,651 --> 00:06:40,571 - Then I take it from there. - How about the word"feministas"? 110 00:06:40,740 --> 00:06:43,993 You do outreach to women's groups on the State of the Union. 111 00:06:44,163 --> 00:06:45,444 - They're happy. - Very happy? 112 00:06:45,624 --> 00:06:47,832 - Yeah. - With the surplus projections changing? 113 00:06:48,045 --> 00:06:49,624 Women are getting a decent break. 114 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:52,594 Damn. Where are the pro-lifers when you need them? 115 00:06:52,804 --> 00:06:55,677 - Don't they know you're trying to get... - This is not that. 116 00:06:55,935 --> 00:07:00,232 She's got... I really... I'm bewitched. I'm ensorcelled. 117 00:07:01,278 --> 00:07:04,068 There's gotta be some way we're screwing them over. 118 00:07:06,538 --> 00:07:09,078 There's an anti-family planning amendment... 119 00:07:09,251 --> 00:07:11,293 ...on a foreign ops supplemental. - It's dead. 120 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:13,957 - Pay Equity Act? - They're the ones who want to wait. 121 00:07:14,177 --> 00:07:17,514 - Cancer screenings through Medicare? - Fully funded. Head Start's okay. 122 00:07:17,684 --> 00:07:19,678 - Paid family leave? - It's a dream. 123 00:07:19,854 --> 00:07:22,941 - They don't wanna waste capital. - We can't compromise like that. 124 00:07:23,111 --> 00:07:25,651 - They want us to compromise. - They should be outraged. 125 00:07:25,824 --> 00:07:27,319 They want a study funded. 126 00:07:27,494 --> 00:07:30,283 - How much did we give them? - Almost everything they asked. 127 00:07:30,458 --> 00:07:32,368 - Almost? - They wanted 21 million. 128 00:07:32,545 --> 00:07:34,456 They're getting 20.5. 129 00:07:34,674 --> 00:07:36,549 Well, that's practically an insult. 130 00:07:38,055 --> 00:07:39,848 Okay. Paid family leave. There it is. 131 00:07:40,476 --> 00:07:44,809 - Yeah, I'd go with paid family leave. - Paid family leave. There it is. Okay. 132 00:07:46,070 --> 00:07:47,945 - Hey. - Yeah? 133 00:07:53,083 --> 00:07:55,042 Listen. 134 00:07:55,463 --> 00:07:57,457 Come here. 135 00:08:03,060 --> 00:08:04,889 You're inside, right? 136 00:08:05,106 --> 00:08:06,851 On what? 137 00:08:10,992 --> 00:08:12,653 Leo? 138 00:08:12,828 --> 00:08:15,536 You were nervous when he took the stand before the break. 139 00:08:15,709 --> 00:08:17,121 So was the president. 140 00:08:17,295 --> 00:08:19,503 Then they called the recess. 141 00:08:20,676 --> 00:08:22,421 I don't know what was going on. 142 00:08:22,597 --> 00:08:25,684 That's the way somebody wants it, but you're inside, right? 143 00:08:25,853 --> 00:08:27,728 Yeah. 144 00:08:27,898 --> 00:08:29,643 Good. 145 00:08:31,906 --> 00:08:34,909 If it's something Communications is gonna have to work with... . 146 00:08:35,078 --> 00:08:36,989 The lawyers are talking about it. 147 00:08:37,207 --> 00:08:39,879 - When I have to know, I will? - Yeah. 148 00:08:40,129 --> 00:08:41,839 Okay. 149 00:08:44,346 --> 00:08:46,506 Paid family leave. 150 00:08:51,275 --> 00:08:52,735 - Charlie. - Good morning. 151 00:08:52,903 --> 00:08:54,280 - How was your weekend? - Good. 152 00:08:54,448 --> 00:08:56,858 - What did you do? - Most of the time I was with you. 153 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:58,366 Time well spent. 154 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:01,293 - Weren't you going to a flea market? - I got you something. 155 00:09:01,461 --> 00:09:03,539 - You didn't have to do that. - Yeah? 156 00:09:03,715 --> 00:09:06,719 It's a map of the Holy Land that was drawn in 1709. 157 00:09:06,888 --> 00:09:09,891 It's titled"Canaan, Palestine or The Holy Land." 158 00:09:10,060 --> 00:09:13,064 - Hey, nice sucking up. - Thank you, sir. 159 00:09:13,233 --> 00:09:15,393 Look at these topographical details. 160 00:09:15,571 --> 00:09:18,064 Seriously, I'm gonna have this framed, this is great. 161 00:09:18,242 --> 00:09:21,412 - If you leave it, I'll send it out. - No, I'll play with it more. 162 00:09:21,582 --> 00:09:26,331 - Good morning. - Look at this map, 1709. 163 00:09:27,677 --> 00:09:30,550 The Dead Sea, Jordan River, Mount Sinai. 164 00:09:30,724 --> 00:09:32,765 That's beautiful. 165 00:09:33,312 --> 00:09:36,185 - You wanna come inside? - Yeah. 166 00:09:36,359 --> 00:09:38,188 Thanks again, Charlie. 167 00:09:42,371 --> 00:09:43,866 How'd it go? 168 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:45,370 - Last night? - Yeah. 169 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:46,955 It was nothing. 170 00:09:47,130 --> 00:09:49,254 - What did they offer? - Nothing. 171 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:53,346 - They didn't offer nothing. - It was a nonstarter, don't worry. 172 00:09:53,558 --> 00:09:56,134 - Censure? - Yeah. 173 00:09:56,313 --> 00:10:00,017 Anyway, I'm gonna go to a budget meeting where the OMB and Treasury... 174 00:10:00,196 --> 00:10:02,950 ...will recommend we drop the Child Poverty Fund... 175 00:10:03,118 --> 00:10:05,492 ...from the State of the Union. - Well, I get it. 176 00:10:05,706 --> 00:10:07,082 See what you can do about it. 177 00:10:07,250 --> 00:10:08,627 - Anything else? - No. 178 00:10:08,795 --> 00:10:11,549 - I've got a security briefing downstairs. - Thank you. 179 00:10:16,935 --> 00:10:18,645 Hi. 180 00:10:18,814 --> 00:10:20,855 - Remember me? - Margaret! 181 00:10:21,026 --> 00:10:23,946 - I was with you at last night's meeting. - Yes. 182 00:10:24,115 --> 00:10:25,741 When you left, I wasn't with you. 183 00:10:25,910 --> 00:10:27,905 - Yes. - Is it just an open house in here? 184 00:10:28,081 --> 00:10:30,657 - The whole system's gotten out of hand. - Yeah. 185 00:10:31,546 --> 00:10:34,253 - You left without me. - If I'm gonna make a strong exit... 186 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:37,845 ...I can't wait for you to get your purse. - How long does that take? 187 00:10:38,058 --> 00:10:42,225 - I've asked that my entire adult life. - It's a non-binding resolution. 188 00:10:42,399 --> 00:10:44,061 - Know what that means? - No, tell me. 189 00:10:44,236 --> 00:10:46,445 I've started to take an interest in government. 190 00:10:46,616 --> 00:10:48,610 - Know the force and effect it has? - Jord... 191 00:10:48,786 --> 00:10:50,330 None! No force and effect. 192 00:10:50,498 --> 00:10:55,497 This is a sampling of non-binding joint resolutions from the 106th Congress. 193 00:10:55,674 --> 00:10:58,797 - I have a meeting. - Resolution supporting Ohio state motto. 194 00:10:58,972 --> 00:11:02,178 A resolution fostering friendship and cooperation with Mongolia. 195 00:11:02,353 --> 00:11:04,681 - I have a meeting. - A resolution recognizing... 196 00:11:04,858 --> 00:11:08,230 ...the contributions of Tennessee to the development of country music. 197 00:11:08,406 --> 00:11:12,194 - I have a budget meeting... - A resolution supporting Little League. 198 00:11:12,372 --> 00:11:13,702 - Jordan... - A resolution... 199 00:11:13,917 --> 00:11:15,246 This isn't that! 200 00:11:15,419 --> 00:11:17,580 This is 535 congressmen and senators... 201 00:11:17,757 --> 00:11:22,388 ...standing up and saying the president lied and should be ashamed of himself... 202 00:11:22,558 --> 00:11:25,645 ...and this is us standing up and saying,"You're right." 203 00:11:25,814 --> 00:11:29,020 This would be the first time ever a president has been censured. 204 00:11:29,237 --> 00:11:32,240 Congress isn't talk radio, it's the seat of democracy. 205 00:11:32,410 --> 00:11:35,616 Their opinion matters. Their condemnation doesn't need handcuffs... 206 00:11:35,791 --> 00:11:37,584 ...to devastate this president. 207 00:11:37,753 --> 00:11:41,920 That is the force and effect, and it's not gonna happen because of me! 208 00:11:44,349 --> 00:11:46,557 I have a budget meeting, Jordan. 209 00:11:58,467 --> 00:11:59,879 Hey. 210 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,465 Hey. 211 00:12:02,766 --> 00:12:04,143 - Listen. - Yeah. 212 00:12:04,311 --> 00:12:06,851 - How's it going with the thing? - My chapters? 213 00:12:07,024 --> 00:12:08,306 - I'm done. - And? 214 00:12:08,485 --> 00:12:10,147 I'm fine with it. 215 00:12:10,322 --> 00:12:12,363 - What do you mean? - I'm fine with it. 216 00:12:12,534 --> 00:12:13,864 You're saying it's all true? 217 00:12:14,037 --> 00:12:16,531 - No. Hardly any of it's true. - What's not true? 218 00:12:16,709 --> 00:12:19,796 My name is Toby Ziegler and I'm the communications director. 219 00:12:19,965 --> 00:12:22,922 Though there's a typo in communications at one point. Perhaps. 220 00:12:23,096 --> 00:12:24,425 Perhaps. 221 00:12:24,599 --> 00:12:28,386 Perhaps I mumble from time to time, but prickly, I do not think so. 222 00:12:28,564 --> 00:12:30,060 Nonetheless, I'm fine with it. 223 00:12:30,276 --> 00:12:32,686 Toby, no kidding, I need a fact/fiction paper. 224 00:12:32,864 --> 00:12:34,858 I'd rather not have one over my signature. 225 00:12:35,035 --> 00:12:38,288 There's a ticking clock. It has to get discredited before it's real. 226 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:42,210 I remember this guy as a not very talented, not very pleasant... 227 00:12:42,382 --> 00:12:44,542 ...malcontent, who wasn't here very long. 228 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,213 - Am I remembering the right guy? - Yeah. 229 00:12:47,391 --> 00:12:50,063 Yeah, I don't want him to know I remember him at all. 230 00:12:50,230 --> 00:12:53,851 That's nice. If we can only get 200 million other people to think that way. 231 00:12:54,488 --> 00:12:56,898 Conventional wisdom in Washington is like concrete. 232 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:59,914 It hardens, there's nothing you can do about it. So let's... 233 00:13:00,082 --> 00:13:01,625 Is there anything in particular? 234 00:13:01,793 --> 00:13:03,752 - In your chapters? - Yeah. 235 00:13:03,922 --> 00:13:07,294 It says we were sent out of the Oval Office to write an introduction... 236 00:13:07,470 --> 00:13:10,427 ...for a Teacher of the Year ceremony, while others stayed... 237 00:13:10,601 --> 00:13:12,976 ...to discuss Latin America. We weren't sent out. 238 00:13:13,148 --> 00:13:15,985 We left voluntarily to work on an education address... 239 00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:20,695 ...instead of waiting 10 minutes while operators connected the president... 240 00:13:20,870 --> 00:13:23,542 ...with the president of Ecuador, who was complaining... 241 00:13:23,751 --> 00:13:25,127 ...about how we resolve the banana crisis. 242 00:13:25,295 --> 00:13:26,411 We weren't sent out. 243 00:13:26,631 --> 00:13:29,338 - Will you put that down in a memo? - Yeah. 244 00:13:36,525 --> 00:13:38,234 He'll be ready for you in a minute. 245 00:13:38,445 --> 00:13:39,775 Okay. 246 00:13:42,953 --> 00:13:45,577 On Carol's birthday, did you attend a séance... 247 00:13:45,750 --> 00:13:48,290 ...where they tried to contact Margaret's grandmother? 248 00:13:50,217 --> 00:13:51,593 No, right? 249 00:13:55,519 --> 00:13:57,180 Yes, sir. 250 00:13:59,276 --> 00:14:00,985 You can go on in. 251 00:14:01,154 --> 00:14:02,650 Thanks. 252 00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:07,571 - Hey. - Good afternoon, Mr. President. 253 00:14:07,750 --> 00:14:10,753 There seems to be a growing consensus that no one believes... 254 00:14:10,922 --> 00:14:14,211 ...I'm serious about paying down a trillion dollars of the debt... 255 00:14:14,429 --> 00:14:17,635 ...when I'm willing to spend 200 billion on the Child Poverty Fund. 256 00:14:17,810 --> 00:14:20,386 - I agree. - I'm not saying we're not gonna do it. 257 00:14:20,607 --> 00:14:23,777 We're just gonna find a different way of saying we're gonna do it. 258 00:14:23,988 --> 00:14:25,698 - We're on it. - Anything else? 259 00:14:25,867 --> 00:14:28,539 - Thank you, Mr. President. - Thank you. 260 00:14:32,003 --> 00:14:33,713 What's going on? 261 00:14:33,882 --> 00:14:37,336 I guess you should know we have galleys of a book that's coming out. 262 00:14:37,555 --> 00:14:41,177 A kiss and tell by a photographer who worked here for about a half-hour. 263 00:14:41,479 --> 00:14:43,474 - Fiction or nonfiction? - Science fiction. 264 00:14:43,984 --> 00:14:45,361 What else? 265 00:14:45,529 --> 00:14:47,523 Everything else is the State of the Union. 266 00:14:47,741 --> 00:14:49,949 All right. Hey, you wanna see something? 267 00:14:50,121 --> 00:14:51,581 Charlie gave this to me. 268 00:14:51,749 --> 00:14:54,788 It's a map of the Holy Land, drawn in 1709. 269 00:14:54,963 --> 00:14:56,672 He got it at a flea market. 270 00:14:56,883 --> 00:15:00,635 It's hand-colored, copper-engraved. I was gonna put it in the outer office. 271 00:15:00,807 --> 00:15:01,839 - This outer office? - Yeah. 272 00:15:02,018 --> 00:15:04,059 - No. - Why? 273 00:15:04,230 --> 00:15:05,262 - Why? - Yeah. 274 00:15:05,483 --> 00:15:07,773 Because some people are gonna find it offensive. 275 00:15:07,945 --> 00:15:10,949 - Why? - It doesn't recognize Israel. 276 00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:13,445 - It was drawn in 1709. - Yeah. 277 00:15:13,664 --> 00:15:16,834 There was no Israel. Israel wouldn't happen for another 250 years. 278 00:15:17,004 --> 00:15:19,462 - Yeah. - So, what's the problem with the map? 279 00:15:19,676 --> 00:15:22,299 - Some people are gonna find it offensive. - Why? 280 00:15:22,514 --> 00:15:25,268 - It doesn't recognize Israel. - Take lunch, would you? 281 00:15:27,232 --> 00:15:29,725 Hey, your favorite movie was on TV last night. 282 00:15:29,945 --> 00:15:34,492 By God, I'm 50, alive and a king, all at the same time. 283 00:15:34,704 --> 00:15:38,325 I turned it on as they got to the scene when Richard, Geoffrey and John... 284 00:15:38,503 --> 00:15:41,874 ...were locked in the dungeon. Henry was coming down to execute them. 285 00:15:42,051 --> 00:15:45,470 Richard tells his brothers not to cower, but to take it like men. 286 00:15:45,683 --> 00:15:47,641 And Geoffrey says,"You fool. 287 00:15:47,812 --> 00:15:51,148 As if it matters how a man falls down." 288 00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:55,271 And Richard says, "When the fall is all that's left... 289 00:15:55,451 --> 00:15:57,695 ...it matters a great deal." 290 00:15:58,415 --> 00:16:00,990 It matters a great deal. 291 00:16:01,212 --> 00:16:02,921 You trying to tell me something? 292 00:16:04,843 --> 00:16:07,681 No, Mr. President, of course not. 293 00:16:08,225 --> 00:16:09,554 Okay. 294 00:16:10,646 --> 00:16:12,439 Thank you, sir. 295 00:16:20,581 --> 00:16:22,789 Josh Lyman's office. 296 00:16:22,961 --> 00:16:26,379 - Hi, Amy, it's Donna Moss. - I'll take it. That's for me. 297 00:16:26,551 --> 00:16:28,628 Yeah, I'm not sure if he's in. Let me check. 298 00:16:28,805 --> 00:16:31,808 Press hold. And I will pick up the phone in my office. 299 00:16:31,977 --> 00:16:34,435 I'm sorry, how does a telephone work again? 300 00:16:35,943 --> 00:16:37,320 Hang on just a second, Amy. 301 00:16:45,336 --> 00:16:46,748 - Amy. -Hey, J. 302 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:48,382 - How you doing? -Good, and you? 303 00:16:48,550 --> 00:16:50,628 - Good. - My office said you called. 304 00:16:50,846 --> 00:16:54,099 Are you wrestling with someone, are you in the middle of a match? 305 00:16:55,187 --> 00:16:58,559 - I'm at the gym. - You spend a lot of time at the gym. 306 00:16:58,736 --> 00:17:01,525 - Compared to whom? - Compared to me. 307 00:17:02,785 --> 00:17:06,703 - We need to talk about something. - What's that? 308 00:17:09,381 --> 00:17:10,710 Josh? 309 00:17:13,221 --> 00:17:17,602 Paid family leave. Sorry, there was a dog in here for a second. 310 00:17:18,523 --> 00:17:19,983 A dog? 311 00:17:20,192 --> 00:17:22,567 A nice one, it was okay. 312 00:17:22,739 --> 00:17:24,448 So, what about paid family leave? 313 00:17:24,659 --> 00:17:28,114 I'd like to talk about this in person, any chance we can get together? 314 00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:30,623 Sure. Can you have a late drink tonight? 315 00:17:30,837 --> 00:17:34,506 - Yes. As late as you like. -Great. I have a date. 316 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,889 - But I should be able to meet by 11. -Well, I don 't want to... 317 00:17:38,101 --> 00:17:40,559 ...bust up your date or anything. -No. 318 00:17:40,731 --> 00:17:42,725 We're going to the ballet, I can meet you. 319 00:17:42,902 --> 00:17:45,609 -How's the Ritz-Carlton? - Eleven o'clock. 320 00:17:45,782 --> 00:17:47,064 See you then. 321 00:17:51,751 --> 00:17:53,580 - Anything? - Phone messages. 322 00:17:53,755 --> 00:17:55,963 - Thank you. - I'm moving the 4:00 with Treasury. 323 00:17:56,135 --> 00:17:57,796 - Okay. - They upped the prediction... 324 00:17:57,971 --> 00:18:01,141 ...to 18 inches by morning. Jordan Kindall's still in your office. 325 00:18:01,311 --> 00:18:04,683 A resolution recognizing the important contributions... 326 00:18:04,859 --> 00:18:07,020 ...of Americans of Austrian descent. 327 00:18:07,197 --> 00:18:10,366 - Margaret? - I'm sorry. Was our meeting over? 328 00:18:11,705 --> 00:18:14,377 - Yes? - Close the door. 329 00:18:14,544 --> 00:18:18,711 A resolution remembering the life of Washington. There was a chance... 330 00:18:18,885 --> 00:18:20,547 ...we were gonna forget. - Look... 331 00:18:20,764 --> 00:18:23,055 What's the tall thing at the end of the mall? 332 00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:24,508 A monument? Where are we? 333 00:18:24,688 --> 00:18:25,970 - Jordan... - No. 334 00:18:26,149 --> 00:18:30,233 The opinion of Congress matters? Yes. They rattle it off every day on television. 335 00:18:30,449 --> 00:18:32,490 - It's not the... - Your reputation's saved. 336 00:18:32,703 --> 00:18:35,410 - My reputation isn't... - He put you on the hot seat. 337 00:18:35,583 --> 00:18:37,494 - This is not your thing. - It is my thing. 338 00:18:37,671 --> 00:18:39,380 I can't allow you to talk like that. 339 00:18:39,591 --> 00:18:42,131 I wasn't seeking your permission. You need to get... 340 00:18:42,304 --> 00:18:45,261 You need to get that I am the White House chief of staff. 341 00:18:45,477 --> 00:18:47,970 How much longer do you think you'll keep that job... 342 00:18:48,148 --> 00:18:50,392 ...if you tell the story they'll make you tell? 343 00:18:50,570 --> 00:18:52,694 Play the tape through to the end, Leo. 344 00:18:54,410 --> 00:18:56,155 It's not my decision. 345 00:18:56,414 --> 00:18:58,242 I think it is. 346 00:18:58,835 --> 00:19:00,414 In fact, I know it. 347 00:19:01,048 --> 00:19:03,006 And you know it too. 348 00:19:04,554 --> 00:19:06,632 I have a meeting. 349 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:32,509 - What are you still doing here? - C.J. 's here. 350 00:19:32,682 --> 00:19:34,343 - The book? - Yeah. 351 00:19:34,518 --> 00:19:37,475 - You know if it's started snowing yet? - It hasn't. 352 00:19:37,649 --> 00:19:41,152 How is it supposed to be 18 inches by the morning if it hasn't started? 353 00:19:41,323 --> 00:19:43,614 It accumulates by a magnitude, I don't know. 354 00:19:43,827 --> 00:19:45,157 Okay. 355 00:19:45,330 --> 00:19:47,241 - Josh? - Yeah. 356 00:19:47,417 --> 00:19:50,505 You wanted me to tell you when it's 10:45. 357 00:19:51,467 --> 00:19:53,260 See you. 358 00:19:53,429 --> 00:19:55,922 I'll get home fine. 359 00:19:57,603 --> 00:19:59,182 What's the problem? 360 00:19:59,356 --> 00:20:02,313 It's not fit for man nor beast out there. 361 00:20:02,487 --> 00:20:04,446 Has it started snowing yet? 362 00:20:04,616 --> 00:20:07,406 It accumulates by a magnitude. 363 00:20:07,580 --> 00:20:10,786 - I'll see you. - You want this? 364 00:20:10,961 --> 00:20:12,956 No. 365 00:20:13,132 --> 00:20:15,043 - Josh Lyman's office. -Donna? 366 00:20:15,219 --> 00:20:17,261 - Yeah. -It's Cliff. 367 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:23,558 I need to meet with you and I need for nobody else to know it's happening. 368 00:20:23,735 --> 00:20:25,279 - Can you meet me right now? -Why? 369 00:20:25,447 --> 00:20:26,859 It's not social. 370 00:20:27,075 --> 00:20:29,533 No way. I can't. 371 00:20:29,705 --> 00:20:31,996 There's nothing wrong. It's not against the law. 372 00:20:33,295 --> 00:20:35,289 - How do I know? -I'm a lawyer. 373 00:20:35,466 --> 00:20:38,041 - You're not my lawyer. - I'll be at Georgetown Law Library... 374 00:20:38,221 --> 00:20:39,550 ...in 20 minutes. 375 00:20:39,724 --> 00:20:41,634 I'll be in the Federal Case Law section. 376 00:20:41,811 --> 00:20:45,349 I'm a senior assistant. This is way over my head. It doesn't feel right. 377 00:20:45,526 --> 00:20:47,817 I can't go deep-throating in the middle... 378 00:20:49,617 --> 00:20:51,161 Cliff? 379 00:20:53,791 --> 00:20:55,417 Are you there? 380 00:21:01,013 --> 00:21:04,302 - Sir? C.J. - Thanks. 381 00:21:04,812 --> 00:21:07,602 - Good evening, Mr. President. - Hey, C.J. 382 00:21:08,486 --> 00:21:10,563 - You're working late. - You too, what's up? 383 00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:13,827 - Well, this might sound ridiculous. - Let's lay odds. 384 00:21:13,996 --> 00:21:16,454 - We're trying to vet this book. - I heard about it. 385 00:21:17,377 --> 00:21:20,297 - So. - Yes? 386 00:21:20,466 --> 00:21:23,589 "It is well-known in the White House, after having two daughters... 387 00:21:23,764 --> 00:21:26,471 ...Bartlet wanted a son and sought advice from the book: 388 00:21:26,645 --> 00:21:30,396 ...How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby, by Dr. Landrum B. Shettles. 389 00:21:30,610 --> 00:21:34,481 The book recommends that the father-to-be 'avoid jockey shorts... 390 00:21:34,659 --> 00:21:37,331 ...jockstraps and other tight-fitting clothes. '" 391 00:21:39,251 --> 00:21:40,830 Yeah? 392 00:21:42,633 --> 00:21:45,126 So I can put you down for a no. 393 00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:49,050 When you're gonna be a father, you root for 10 fingers, 10 toes, that's it. 394 00:21:49,228 --> 00:21:50,772 - Thank you, Mr. President. - Wait. 395 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:53,231 I wanna show you this map Charlie found. 396 00:21:53,403 --> 00:21:55,861 I know. You can't put it up in the West Wing. 397 00:21:56,033 --> 00:21:57,742 - C.J. - It doesn't recognize Israel. 398 00:21:57,911 --> 00:22:01,034 - There was no Israel in 1709. - That's right. 399 00:22:01,209 --> 00:22:04,332 - So it's not on the map. - Which is what some will find offensive. 400 00:22:04,549 --> 00:22:06,709 - That's ridiculous. - Know what would be great? 401 00:22:06,886 --> 00:22:08,465 - If I put it someplace else? - Yes. 402 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:13,021 Leo has, in what was his house when he was married, a map of the U.S. 403 00:22:13,190 --> 00:22:15,813 The first third of it is the 13 original colonies. 404 00:22:15,987 --> 00:22:20,902 The second third is the French Territory of Louisiana, the third third is Mexico. 405 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,202 In this map of the United States there is not a single state. 406 00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:28,165 That's because when this map was made there was no United States. 407 00:22:28,385 --> 00:22:31,388 I'm the president of the United States. I'm not offended by it. 408 00:22:31,557 --> 00:22:34,477 You're bigger than 10 men. Say we put it out of the way. 409 00:22:34,647 --> 00:22:38,232 I'm having it enlarged and bolting it to the hood of my limo. 410 00:22:38,404 --> 00:22:40,647 They don't want us to put up our map, Charlie. 411 00:22:40,866 --> 00:22:43,241 They're Philistines in the fight for freedom... 412 00:22:43,413 --> 00:22:45,740 ...but that doesn't bother us, does it? 413 00:22:47,086 --> 00:22:48,416 Never mind. 414 00:22:48,589 --> 00:22:51,795 I'm not agreeing with the people who are gonna be offended. 415 00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:57,349 You're asking for a lot of pain in exchange for nothing but an old map. 416 00:22:57,523 --> 00:23:00,941 That's the key, an old map, an old map. 417 00:23:01,154 --> 00:23:03,113 - Spin that. - You got me spinning things. 418 00:23:03,325 --> 00:23:06,946 - Anything else? - You didn't have special underwear? 419 00:23:07,124 --> 00:23:10,044 - Thank you. - Thank you, Mr. President. 420 00:23:33,465 --> 00:23:35,091 Donna? 421 00:23:36,679 --> 00:23:38,673 - What's going on? - Thanks for coming. 422 00:23:38,850 --> 00:23:42,103 - What's going on? - I need to set up a meeting with Josh. 423 00:23:42,273 --> 00:23:44,683 A phone conversation is fine. I need it right away. 424 00:23:44,861 --> 00:23:46,820 Is this why your office has been calling? 425 00:23:46,990 --> 00:23:51,573 - We wouldn't be here if you'd call back. - I return the calls Josh tells me to. 426 00:23:52,459 --> 00:23:54,120 - I need the conversation. - Why? 427 00:23:54,295 --> 00:23:55,707 - I can't say why. - I can't. 428 00:23:55,882 --> 00:23:58,256 - I can't tell Josh we spoke. - There's no jeopardy. 429 00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:00,879 I'd be going behind the backs of the Counsel... 430 00:24:01,058 --> 00:24:02,933 I'm trying to help Leo McGarry. 431 00:24:03,103 --> 00:24:05,941 Since when are you in the business of helping Leo McGarry? 432 00:24:15,460 --> 00:24:17,668 You're the one who had the recess called. 433 00:24:20,093 --> 00:24:22,004 Before the Christmas break. 434 00:24:22,849 --> 00:24:25,936 - You're the reason they adjourned. - I'm not. 435 00:24:26,105 --> 00:24:28,479 - You had the recess called. - It was the chairman. 436 00:24:28,651 --> 00:24:29,981 You got him to do it. 437 00:24:30,154 --> 00:24:33,989 Something was about to happen, and a recess was called and Josh was relieved. 438 00:24:34,161 --> 00:24:37,248 - What was about to happen? - I can't tell you that. 439 00:24:40,047 --> 00:24:42,172 It was you. 440 00:24:42,343 --> 00:24:44,884 I need to talk to Josh. 441 00:24:51,193 --> 00:24:53,152 I'm leaving now. 442 00:24:54,658 --> 00:24:56,569 Wait by your phone. 443 00:25:14,362 --> 00:25:16,403 - Hello. - Hi. 444 00:25:16,574 --> 00:25:18,533 - How was the ballet? - It was wonderful. 445 00:25:18,745 --> 00:25:20,988 - Which one was it? - Do you know ballet? 446 00:25:21,166 --> 00:25:23,576 I know The Nutcracker, though I've never been. 447 00:25:23,796 --> 00:25:26,918 - There are others. - I should start with The Nutcracker? 448 00:25:27,094 --> 00:25:28,922 - You don't like the ballet? - No. 449 00:25:29,139 --> 00:25:32,226 You've reached that conclusion without ever having been to one. 450 00:25:32,437 --> 00:25:35,109 I've never been to Bosnia either. I don't think I will. 451 00:25:35,276 --> 00:25:37,400 Don't mind sending Marines though, do you? 452 00:25:37,613 --> 00:25:39,239 Not a bit. 453 00:25:39,408 --> 00:25:43,279 - Hey, can I get you something? - Absolut martini on the rocks. 454 00:25:43,499 --> 00:25:45,209 Two olives, please. 455 00:25:46,254 --> 00:25:47,964 What do you want, J? 456 00:25:48,383 --> 00:25:50,378 - I'm sorry? - What do you wanna talk about? 457 00:25:51,013 --> 00:25:52,425 Paid family leave. 458 00:25:52,934 --> 00:25:55,391 - What about it? - It's not gonna happen. 459 00:25:55,605 --> 00:25:57,766 - I know. - At least not this year. 460 00:25:58,569 --> 00:26:01,062 - I know. - I mean we can't even go for it. 461 00:26:01,282 --> 00:26:03,823 - We asked you not to go for it. - We can't. 462 00:26:05,791 --> 00:26:08,367 Josh, our lobbyists sat with Legislative Affairs... 463 00:26:08,546 --> 00:26:12,084 ...and everybody decided it would cost too much in political capital. 464 00:26:12,261 --> 00:26:14,422 Who was the date? 465 00:26:14,599 --> 00:26:16,677 - Excuse me? - At the ballet. 466 00:26:16,895 --> 00:26:18,688 A guy I've been seeing. 467 00:26:19,316 --> 00:26:22,189 - And he likes the ballet? - He likes me. 468 00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:25,571 - I think he likes the ballet. - What is that supposed to mean? 469 00:26:26,997 --> 00:26:29,039 Thank you. Thank you for the extra olive. 470 00:26:29,210 --> 00:26:30,871 Sure. 471 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:34,085 "Sure." 472 00:26:34,386 --> 00:26:35,668 That's your type, isn't it? 473 00:26:35,889 --> 00:26:39,261 - Won't catch her at the ballet. - Or in a library either. 474 00:26:39,479 --> 00:26:41,390 - She seemed smart. - What do you want? 475 00:26:43,152 --> 00:26:45,480 - How can you be blasé about this? - About what? 476 00:26:45,657 --> 00:26:49,492 The United States is one of only six other countries out of 152... 477 00:26:49,665 --> 00:26:52,787 ...that has no national policy regarding paid maternal leave. 478 00:26:52,962 --> 00:26:55,087 Neither does Papua New Guinea, so we're fine. 479 00:26:55,258 --> 00:26:57,169 - Really? - Why you talking to me? Get... 480 00:26:57,346 --> 00:26:58,627 - Can't do it. - I know! 481 00:26:58,807 --> 00:27:00,801 But, money has been put aside for a study. 482 00:27:01,019 --> 00:27:02,563 - That's great. - The thing is... 483 00:27:02,772 --> 00:27:04,731 ...and here's the bad news. - Yeah? 484 00:27:04,901 --> 00:27:07,192 - You guys wanted 21 million? - Yeah. 485 00:27:07,364 --> 00:27:09,940 It's gonna be $20,500,000. 486 00:27:11,622 --> 00:27:14,198 You wanna take my head off, go ahead. 487 00:27:14,795 --> 00:27:16,255 What the hell is going on? 488 00:27:16,465 --> 00:27:17,841 Things are tight all over. 489 00:27:18,009 --> 00:27:21,464 Is it possible you're so addled you constructed some nonsense problem... 490 00:27:21,641 --> 00:27:23,552 ...so you'd have an excuse to see me? 491 00:27:27,569 --> 00:27:31,272 I mean, is it possible? I suppose... 492 00:27:31,493 --> 00:27:34,164 ...you could say... - I don't believe you. 493 00:27:34,373 --> 00:27:37,045 - Hey, you threw a water balloon at me. - And? 494 00:27:37,253 --> 00:27:39,129 - I was throwing that out there. - Look... 495 00:27:39,299 --> 00:27:42,718 - Like there's no reason you're here? - I thought there was a problem. 496 00:27:42,889 --> 00:27:45,928 All I know is you and I are here. Nijinsky's home watching Leno. 497 00:27:46,145 --> 00:27:49,232 Make fun of my boyfriend, seeing as how you've never met him. 498 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:51,063 - Your boyfriend? - Why can't you say: 499 00:27:51,238 --> 00:27:53,731 "Would you like to go out sometime?" Why? 500 00:27:53,951 --> 00:27:57,240 - I'll tell you why. - Do you need me in this conversation... 501 00:27:57,416 --> 00:27:59,161 Because this is what you like. This. 502 00:27:59,336 --> 00:28:02,126 - Not anything else. It's the fun part. - That's not true. 503 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:05,470 It is. We're not in the dorm anymore. I'm paid a lot of money... 504 00:28:05,682 --> 00:28:08,638 ...and I'm not into getting diddled around by guys like you. 505 00:28:08,812 --> 00:28:11,056 That's the fifth time you said"guys like you." 506 00:28:11,234 --> 00:28:13,311 - It is not. - It's the second time. 507 00:28:13,530 --> 00:28:15,239 Fine. 508 00:28:15,408 --> 00:28:16,820 What's with guys like me? 509 00:28:18,622 --> 00:28:21,792 If this thing went five minutes longer than you wanted it to go... 510 00:28:21,962 --> 00:28:25,049 ...you'd run for the hills. You hit and run, Josh. 511 00:28:27,764 --> 00:28:29,343 That's not true. 512 00:28:35,696 --> 00:28:37,524 Excuse me. 513 00:28:38,702 --> 00:28:40,446 Hello. 514 00:28:40,622 --> 00:28:43,079 Donna, I'm kind of in the middle of something. 515 00:28:45,715 --> 00:28:47,376 What were you doing talking to...? 516 00:28:50,891 --> 00:28:52,221 Okay, tell him yeah. 517 00:28:58,822 --> 00:29:01,861 - I have to go. - Yes, indeed. 518 00:29:02,079 --> 00:29:04,786 I'm sorry, I can't explain. 519 00:29:08,215 --> 00:29:09,592 I have to go. 520 00:29:24,245 --> 00:29:25,740 Mr. President. 521 00:29:26,207 --> 00:29:28,451 - Can you see Sam? - Sure. 522 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:32,961 Good evening, sir. 523 00:29:33,137 --> 00:29:34,680 Everybody's working late. 524 00:29:34,848 --> 00:29:37,092 - I live here in January. - How's it going? 525 00:29:37,269 --> 00:29:40,688 It's going well, I think, but, I don't know, who knows at this point. 526 00:29:40,859 --> 00:29:43,269 - The early drafts look good. - Thank you. 527 00:29:43,447 --> 00:29:45,276 But I'm not here for the State of the Union. 528 00:29:45,451 --> 00:29:47,493 There's a book coming out in three weeks. 529 00:29:47,664 --> 00:29:50,501 I heard. I'm not gonna talk to you about my underwear. 530 00:29:51,003 --> 00:29:53,496 That's disappointing, Mr. President. 531 00:29:53,675 --> 00:29:58,922 I want to ask. The guy claims, while you don't poll on matters of foreign policy... 532 00:29:59,102 --> 00:30:01,511 ...at the first meeting with the Joint Chiefs... 533 00:30:01,690 --> 00:30:04,397 ...you upbraided them for bloated Pentagon spending... 534 00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:07,324 ...and told them 73 percent of the public was with you on it. 535 00:30:07,492 --> 00:30:11,328 - I don't remember any such poll. - No, but it doesn't mean it wasn't done. 536 00:30:11,542 --> 00:30:13,583 Remember saying that at the first meeting? 537 00:30:13,754 --> 00:30:15,629 - I don't. - Could you have said it? 538 00:30:15,841 --> 00:30:18,714 - I don't even remember the meeting. - Okay. 539 00:30:18,889 --> 00:30:20,218 Thank you, sir. 540 00:30:20,934 --> 00:30:22,264 Why does it matter? 541 00:30:23,272 --> 00:30:25,812 - Excuse me? - I said, why does it matter? 542 00:30:26,027 --> 00:30:30,408 Well, because I don't think it's such a good idea to be casual about the truth. 543 00:30:31,746 --> 00:30:33,407 Neither do I. 544 00:30:34,668 --> 00:30:36,212 Thank you, sir. 545 00:31:06,252 --> 00:31:08,163 - Leo? - Yeah. 546 00:31:08,339 --> 00:31:10,749 - What are you doing down here? - Change of scenery. 547 00:31:10,969 --> 00:31:12,465 What are you doing? 548 00:31:13,349 --> 00:31:16,721 Well, I'd like to talk to you about the deal they're offering. 549 00:31:18,483 --> 00:31:20,644 Please, keep your voice down. 550 00:31:20,821 --> 00:31:23,611 There's nobody here, and my voice is down. 551 00:31:23,785 --> 00:31:25,993 - Who have you been talking to? - Cliff Calley. 552 00:31:26,164 --> 00:31:28,704 - How did you get hooked up with him? - Doesn't matter. 553 00:31:28,919 --> 00:31:32,338 - It does matter. - I'm not pushing you, okay? 554 00:31:33,052 --> 00:31:35,842 - I just want to hear your reasons. - What are your reasons? 555 00:31:36,058 --> 00:31:38,978 Gets it over, instead of dragging it through primary season. 556 00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:42,026 Moreover, you don't take the stand on Monday. 557 00:31:42,194 --> 00:31:45,697 It's ridiculous to think that this would end it. 558 00:31:45,868 --> 00:31:47,946 All it means is it would go down in history. 559 00:31:48,122 --> 00:31:49,701 It's a press release. 560 00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:53,164 When the British ambassador told the German foreign minister... 561 00:31:53,340 --> 00:31:57,840 ...they were going to war over Belgium's violation of the neutrality treaty... 562 00:31:58,015 --> 00:32:02,397 ...the foreign minister said,"You're going to war over a piece of paper?" 563 00:32:02,566 --> 00:32:06,152 - Leo. - It is an historical judgment. 564 00:32:06,323 --> 00:32:08,566 Andrew Jackson knew that. 565 00:32:08,744 --> 00:32:10,204 Jackson was censured? 566 00:32:11,541 --> 00:32:12,822 Over the Bank of the U.S. 567 00:32:13,044 --> 00:32:14,705 Guess what? 568 00:32:15,298 --> 00:32:16,674 I didn't know that. 569 00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:20,212 - What's your point? - History forgets these things. 570 00:32:20,432 --> 00:32:22,094 Presidents don't. 571 00:32:22,311 --> 00:32:25,813 They never get over it. This one won't. 572 00:32:27,487 --> 00:32:29,731 He'd act like it's fine... 573 00:32:30,576 --> 00:32:32,202 ...but he'd never get over it. 574 00:32:33,958 --> 00:32:37,164 So that's my reason. 575 00:32:38,132 --> 00:32:39,509 All right. 576 00:32:39,718 --> 00:32:42,342 - You going home? - Yeah. Sure. 577 00:32:43,434 --> 00:32:45,974 - Have a good night. - You too. 578 00:32:53,369 --> 00:32:56,041 McDeere shot one for 23 from the field last night. 579 00:32:58,963 --> 00:33:01,004 He missed his first 18 attempts. 580 00:33:01,175 --> 00:33:03,169 Wouldn't you think after the first 17 misses... 581 00:33:03,346 --> 00:33:05,756 ...the coach would say, "This isn't your night"? 582 00:33:05,934 --> 00:33:07,264 You don't have work to do? 583 00:33:07,437 --> 00:33:09,431 - I have a lot of work to do. - And? 584 00:33:09,649 --> 00:33:12,024 - Can't rush these things. - No. 585 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:18,028 One for 23. That's exactly one better than my mother would've done. 586 00:33:18,207 --> 00:33:20,367 She's been dead 12 years. 587 00:33:20,586 --> 00:33:22,379 - Excuse me. - Hi. 588 00:33:22,548 --> 00:33:24,757 I asked the president about that first meeting. 589 00:33:24,928 --> 00:33:26,554 - Which meeting? - The Joint Chiefs. 590 00:33:26,765 --> 00:33:30,018 - What did he say? - He didn't remember if we did a poll. 591 00:33:30,689 --> 00:33:32,018 Yeah, I don't either. 592 00:33:32,191 --> 00:33:33,603 - Toby... - How long ago was it? 593 00:33:33,819 --> 00:33:37,274 - I don't know, like, two years ago. - How many polls ago? 594 00:33:37,493 --> 00:33:42,159 I'm sorry, we can't sit on the sidelines and ignore this crap. I'm not going to. 595 00:33:42,377 --> 00:33:44,953 - Why am I the only one taking it seriously? - Reasonable question. 596 00:33:45,174 --> 00:33:47,548 - Let's explore that. - It's not what you think. 597 00:33:47,762 --> 00:33:50,635 - You hired the guy. - Yes, I hired the guy, but that's not... 598 00:33:50,810 --> 00:33:52,970 Legitimate news organizations will cover this. 599 00:33:53,147 --> 00:33:55,058 To say nothing of people who hate us... 600 00:33:55,276 --> 00:33:58,233 ...who are gonna run it over, over, over, over, over... 601 00:33:58,407 --> 00:34:01,613 The guy was here three minutes and he was fired. He's not credible. 602 00:34:01,830 --> 00:34:04,917 I'm a lawyer, I'm telling you. That has to be made clear. 603 00:34:05,086 --> 00:34:08,505 Every time he makes a factual mistake, we gotta have a press release. 604 00:34:08,718 --> 00:34:11,472 Every time he misquotes or misidentifies anyone... 605 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,560 ...we need to have an affidavit swearing to the truth. 606 00:34:14,771 --> 00:34:17,774 He needs to be killed until he is dead, and then killed again. 607 00:34:17,944 --> 00:34:21,280 Or he's gonna keep biting at our ankles all through the campaign. 608 00:34:21,450 --> 00:34:24,573 He needs to be a joke, or we're gonna be. 609 00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:33,632 I'm not screwing around. 610 00:34:33,848 --> 00:34:35,260 Me neither. Sit down. 611 00:34:39,484 --> 00:34:41,609 I'm not gonna be a victim of this. 612 00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:44,819 Let me tell you something I've learned in my years. 613 00:34:44,994 --> 00:34:47,998 There are victims of fires. There are victims of car accidents. 614 00:34:48,167 --> 00:34:50,161 This kind of thing? There are no victims. 615 00:34:50,337 --> 00:34:53,341 Just volunteers. Of course we'll get in the game. 616 00:34:53,552 --> 00:34:58,052 I'll talk to the major papers, but we're not gonna refute every bogus charge. 617 00:34:58,227 --> 00:35:00,554 First of all, there are too many of them. 618 00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:03,486 I'm not gonna give this guy the weight of the White House. 619 00:35:03,696 --> 00:35:08,362 I read the book because I had to. You have a vague recollection of him. 620 00:35:08,580 --> 00:35:12,118 He wasn't here long enough to make an impression. Have you read it? No. 621 00:35:12,295 --> 00:35:13,672 You're too busy doing a job. 622 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,130 While you convince the papers it's ridiculous... 623 00:35:16,303 --> 00:35:19,092 Again, we don't know what's going on in the Oval Office. 624 00:35:19,266 --> 00:35:22,021 There's a problem. When it's our turn to worry... 625 00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:24,106 ...they won't be shy about telling us. 626 00:35:24,276 --> 00:35:27,279 Let's not fixate on the knuckleheaded stuff in the meantime. 627 00:35:27,448 --> 00:35:30,618 And it feels a lot like that's what you're doing. 628 00:35:36,215 --> 00:35:37,710 Are you inside? 629 00:35:39,012 --> 00:35:40,757 Josh is. 630 00:35:42,017 --> 00:35:45,853 But let me ask you this: A guy shoots one for 23 from the field. 631 00:35:46,025 --> 00:35:47,306 McDeere. 632 00:35:47,486 --> 00:35:49,694 But he goes eight for eight from the foul line. 633 00:35:49,865 --> 00:35:52,869 Why are you fouling this guy at all? I'd get out of the way... 634 00:35:53,038 --> 00:35:54,699 ...and point him toward the basket. 635 00:35:54,916 --> 00:35:57,789 - Yeah. - So we're done talking about this now. 636 00:35:57,964 --> 00:35:59,757 - Is there any beer? - You have offices. 637 00:35:59,967 --> 00:36:02,045 It's out in the refrigerator. 638 00:36:02,347 --> 00:36:03,926 - Hey. - What? 639 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:05,762 It started snowing. 640 00:36:19,003 --> 00:36:23,004 You owe me half a million dollars and a drink. 641 00:36:24,722 --> 00:36:28,058 - I paid for the drinks. - All right, 500 grand. 642 00:36:28,437 --> 00:36:29,767 What are you doing here? 643 00:36:29,940 --> 00:36:31,352 Just hanging out. 644 00:36:31,526 --> 00:36:32,856 Why, do you live here? 645 00:36:33,071 --> 00:36:34,650 I do. 646 00:36:35,534 --> 00:36:41,375 I'm sorry I had to leave quickly before. I still can't tell you why. 647 00:36:41,545 --> 00:36:44,999 - Is it a matter of national security? - No. 648 00:36:45,219 --> 00:36:47,712 - Would you tell me if it was? - No. 649 00:36:47,890 --> 00:36:49,386 Okay. 650 00:36:52,148 --> 00:36:54,107 You didn't talk to me much at school. 651 00:36:54,862 --> 00:36:57,569 You were having quite a bit of sex with Chris. 652 00:36:57,784 --> 00:36:59,445 There were times I wasn't. 653 00:36:59,662 --> 00:37:01,573 I studied a lot in school. 654 00:37:01,749 --> 00:37:06,250 I studied hard in high school and at Harvard and in law school. 655 00:37:06,425 --> 00:37:09,428 My IQ doesn't break the bank, and I wanted to do this... 656 00:37:09,597 --> 00:37:11,093 ...so I studied all the time. 657 00:37:11,267 --> 00:37:14,390 And I missed something, or it's like I skipped a year... 658 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:18,946 ...because I never learned what you do after you think you like somebody. 659 00:37:19,115 --> 00:37:22,653 What you do next. And everybody did learn. 660 00:37:22,831 --> 00:37:25,620 A lot of other people anyway. 661 00:37:26,462 --> 00:37:28,623 I didn't walk out tonight. 662 00:37:29,844 --> 00:37:33,429 When my phone rings at 11:00, it's important. Not important to me. 663 00:37:33,601 --> 00:37:35,595 Important. And I'm not puffing myself so... 664 00:37:35,771 --> 00:37:37,315 You know what? 665 00:37:37,483 --> 00:37:40,736 Maybe not so much for you with the talking. 666 00:37:53,763 --> 00:37:56,054 Thanks for the drink. 667 00:38:25,364 --> 00:38:27,904 - Excuse me. - Good evening, Mr. President. 668 00:38:28,077 --> 00:38:30,571 You want to step in for a second? 669 00:38:42,730 --> 00:38:44,142 Are you up reading? 670 00:38:44,316 --> 00:38:47,154 Yeah. No. A little bit. 671 00:38:47,322 --> 00:38:50,491 Mostly I've been talking with Babish and some of the deputies. 672 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:52,490 The chairman, Trent. 673 00:38:52,707 --> 00:38:54,535 The speaker, the minority leader. 674 00:38:55,337 --> 00:38:56,666 No. 675 00:38:57,299 --> 00:38:59,708 - Yeah. I'm gonna do it. - Sir. 676 00:39:00,221 --> 00:39:02,512 - Yeah. - It doesn't get Abbey off the hook. 677 00:39:02,684 --> 00:39:04,762 She's still gonna have to deal with the AMA. 678 00:39:04,938 --> 00:39:07,229 - Yeah. - It doesn't clear us up for the campaign. 679 00:39:07,401 --> 00:39:10,025 It's a different-looking stage weight around our ankle. 680 00:39:10,198 --> 00:39:14,413 Now it comes with a Congressional Seal. It doesn't give room to argue the point. 681 00:39:14,623 --> 00:39:18,790 We've got two, maybe as many as three dozen House Democrats in tight races... 682 00:39:18,964 --> 00:39:21,255 ...and you've still got MS. 683 00:39:35,704 --> 00:39:38,992 Doing this to save me the embarrassment I've got coming to me... 684 00:39:39,169 --> 00:39:41,578 ...is about the dumbest reason I can think... 685 00:39:41,757 --> 00:39:43,086 There's another reason. 686 00:39:43,301 --> 00:39:44,631 What? 687 00:39:46,766 --> 00:39:48,677 I was wrong. 688 00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:51,976 I was. I was just... I was wrong. 689 00:39:52,151 --> 00:39:54,561 Come on, we know that. 690 00:39:54,739 --> 00:39:57,696 Lots of times we don't know what right or wrong is. 691 00:39:57,870 --> 00:40:01,622 But lots of times we do, and come on, this is one. 692 00:40:03,422 --> 00:40:08,088 I may not have had sinister intent at the outset. 693 00:40:08,265 --> 00:40:12,182 But there were plenty of opportunities for me to make it right. 694 00:40:13,984 --> 00:40:17,521 No one in government takes responsibility for anything anymore. 695 00:40:17,699 --> 00:40:20,905 We foster, we obfuscate, we rationalize. 696 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,834 "Everybody does it," that's what we say. 697 00:40:24,503 --> 00:40:27,079 So we come to occupy a moral safe house... 698 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:30,262 ...where everyone's to blame so no one's guilty. 699 00:40:33,353 --> 00:40:35,727 I'm to blame. 700 00:40:36,066 --> 00:40:38,025 I was wrong. 701 00:40:51,220 --> 00:40:53,629 You're ready for a joint resolution. 702 00:40:53,808 --> 00:40:56,182 As a matter of fact, it's not a joint resolution. 703 00:40:56,354 --> 00:40:58,598 The president has to sign a joint resolution. 704 00:40:58,776 --> 00:41:02,313 So technically it's a concurrent resolution. 705 00:41:02,491 --> 00:41:06,623 House Concurrent Resolution 172. 706 00:41:07,124 --> 00:41:10,912 The lawyers'll haggle over the wording in the next few days. 707 00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:18,646 So at least I'll make history, huh? 708 00:41:19,439 --> 00:41:24,438 No. I thought so too, until I was talking to Josh. 709 00:41:24,615 --> 00:41:28,034 Andrew Jackson, 1834. 710 00:41:28,957 --> 00:41:32,875 He was censured in '34, he got it expunged in '36. 711 00:41:33,048 --> 00:41:34,627 Good point. 712 00:41:37,682 --> 00:41:40,009 It's not that cold out. 713 00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:46,737 Let me ask you something. You may be the last sane voice around here. 714 00:41:46,907 --> 00:41:49,745 Before I forget. The map that Charlie gave you. 715 00:41:49,913 --> 00:41:52,750 - Don't put it where people can see it. - I don't believe it. 716 00:41:52,918 --> 00:41:55,672 Recognizing Israel's a hot button, wouldn't you say? 717 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,464 In Lebanon. Not here. 718 00:41:58,637 --> 00:42:02,425 It's not like I'm thinking,"God, I was gonna recognize Israel... 719 00:42:02,603 --> 00:42:04,977 ...but now that I've seen this map..." Know what? 720 00:42:05,150 --> 00:42:07,191 Let's sit here quietly. 721 00:42:07,362 --> 00:42:09,487 Yes, sir. 722 00:42:17,005 --> 00:42:21,137 Would the Secretary read House Concurrent Resolution 172? 723 00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:25,092 "Whereas, in his conduct of the office of the president of the United States... 724 00:42:25,312 --> 00:42:30,192 ... Josiah Bartlet has engaged in a course of deceitful and dishonest conduct... 725 00:42:30,363 --> 00:42:33,486 ... designed to impede and deny the disclosure of vital matters... 726 00:42:33,661 --> 00:42:35,038 ... of public concern. 727 00:42:35,206 --> 00:42:37,663 The United States Congress hereby condemns him... 728 00:42:37,836 --> 00:42:41,089 ... for acting in a manner contrary to his trust as president... 729 00:42:41,259 --> 00:42:43,668 ... to the prejudice of the cause of justice... 730 00:42:43,847 --> 00:42:46,601 ... and to the manifest injury of the American people."