1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:08,797 Tell me what the problem is, Toby. 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,722 I'm Sam, sir. I'm the deputy communications director. 3 00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:15,306 I'm Leo McGarry, White House chief of staff. 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,643 - I'm personal aide to the president. - I'm a speechwriter. 5 00:00:17,815 --> 00:00:19,274 I'm the deputy chief of staff. 6 00:00:19,442 --> 00:00:22,479 Which, I guess, makes me deputy deputy chief of staff. 7 00:00:22,655 --> 00:00:26,321 I'm the press secretary. It's an unavoidable conflict of interest. 8 00:00:26,535 --> 00:00:28,694 I'm Josiah Bartlet. I'm president of the U.S. 9 00:00:55,618 --> 00:00:58,157 Whoever's on the printer, get off. Now. 10 00:00:58,330 --> 00:01:00,489 - That's me. - Get off! 11 00:01:01,459 --> 00:01:03,951 You wanna make it clear we're pushing for Slovenia... 12 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:07,547 ...and possibly the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. 13 00:01:07,718 --> 00:01:11,302 - We're gonna leave Fredonia out? - Point is, the zero option's off the table. 14 00:01:12,224 --> 00:01:13,553 Can we please? 15 00:01:13,727 --> 00:01:17,061 Aren't we pretty much admitting the countries we formed NATO to fight? 16 00:01:17,231 --> 00:01:18,726 - Yes. - Then why not dissolve it? 17 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:21,024 - We like the bomber jackets. - When you joke... 18 00:01:21,195 --> 00:01:23,070 - My jokes are funny. - Fredonia was good. 19 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,032 - Heard it. - Give you $500 if you do... 20 00:01:25,201 --> 00:01:27,325 ..."Lydia the Tattooed Lady" at the Gridiron. 21 00:01:27,496 --> 00:01:29,288 Can we talk about sugar subsidies? 22 00:01:29,457 --> 00:01:31,118 We're not done talking about summit. 23 00:01:31,293 --> 00:01:33,666 - It's a two-day grip and grin. - You of all people. 24 00:01:33,838 --> 00:01:36,710 The Russians finally elect a reformer and you still... 25 00:01:36,884 --> 00:01:40,171 20 years in the KGB? An election that would make Tammany Hall... 26 00:01:40,347 --> 00:01:44,347 ...Iook like the League of Women Voters? I'm not sure that qualifies as a... . 27 00:01:44,979 --> 00:01:46,889 - C.J.? - There was a fire... 28 00:01:47,065 --> 00:01:49,771 ...at the King Fatah Middle School in Medina. 29 00:01:49,944 --> 00:01:53,611 Seventeen girls died in the fire when they were prevented from coming out... 30 00:01:53,783 --> 00:01:56,951 ...and rescue workers were prevented from saving them. 31 00:01:57,121 --> 00:01:59,245 - What was preventing them? - The muttawa. 32 00:01:59,416 --> 00:02:02,038 The girls weren't dressed properly. 33 00:02:03,004 --> 00:02:04,582 Don't comment. 34 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,791 I haven't spoken to the president, to Leo, to State, to anybody. 35 00:02:08,971 --> 00:02:12,341 You wanna muzzle me before I go in there? Speak now or hold your peace. 36 00:02:12,518 --> 00:02:15,140 God knows it's not likely I'm gonna. 37 00:02:16,982 --> 00:02:18,726 Let's get a good spot. 38 00:02:33,422 --> 00:02:35,000 - Good morning. - Good morning. 39 00:02:35,174 --> 00:02:37,501 I have some schedule details on the summit. 40 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,638 Air Force One will depart Andrews at 7 p.m. Friday... 41 00:02:40,807 --> 00:02:46,100 ...arriving in Helsinki 4 a.m. Eastern time. That's 11 a.m. Saturday, local. 44 00:02:53,867 --> 00:02:55,991 - C.J.? - What are the president's goals... 45 00:02:56,162 --> 00:02:58,999 ...of the summit? - First, to meet the new Russian president. 46 00:02:59,166 --> 00:03:03,213 But they share the aspiration of building a secure and undivided Europe. 47 00:03:03,422 --> 00:03:06,674 Are you aware of the fire that happened at King Fatah Middle School? 48 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:08,713 Yeah. That's a tragedy. Chris. 49 00:03:08,930 --> 00:03:10,971 Saudi news says rescuers were prevented... 50 00:03:11,142 --> 00:03:14,594 ...from getting to several female students by the religious police. 51 00:03:14,772 --> 00:03:17,608 - Yeah, I read that too. Steve? - Can the White House comment? 52 00:03:17,776 --> 00:03:19,900 I literally got this a minute and a half ago. 53 00:03:20,071 --> 00:03:22,990 I haven't spoken to the president or chief of staff, State... 54 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:25,448 ...or anyone in Communications. This is just me. 55 00:03:25,620 --> 00:03:27,780 - Well, do you have a comment? - I don't. No. 56 00:03:27,957 --> 00:03:31,244 I'm sorry, C.J., but you're not outraged by this? 57 00:03:33,632 --> 00:03:37,132 Outraged? I'm barely surprised. 58 00:03:37,303 --> 00:03:40,140 This is a country where women aren't allowed to drive a car. 59 00:03:40,308 --> 00:03:43,559 They can't be in the company of any man other than a close relative. 60 00:03:43,729 --> 00:03:48,025 Their dress code is so strict that it'd make a nun look like Malibu Barbie. 61 00:03:48,194 --> 00:03:52,407 They beheaded 121 people last year for robbery, rape and drug trafficking. 62 00:03:52,617 --> 00:03:55,952 They have no free press, no elected government, no political parties... 63 00:03:56,122 --> 00:03:59,658 ...and the royal family allows the religious police to travel in sixes... 64 00:03:59,835 --> 00:04:02,873 ...carrying nightsticks and they freely and publicly beat women. 65 00:04:03,048 --> 00:04:05,457 But Brutus is an honorable man. 66 00:04:05,635 --> 00:04:09,255 Seventeen girls died because they weren't wearing the proper clothing. 67 00:04:09,432 --> 00:04:11,509 Am I outraged? 68 00:04:11,769 --> 00:04:14,308 No, Steve. No, Chris. No, Mark. 69 00:04:14,481 --> 00:04:19,191 That is Saudi Arabia, our partners in peace. Bonnie, then Scott. 70 00:05:05,719 --> 00:05:08,675 Sam, you know a guy named Farley who worked here before I did? 71 00:05:08,849 --> 00:05:10,723 - Where did he work? - For the president. 72 00:05:10,893 --> 00:05:13,053 - No. What's his first name? - I don't know. 73 00:05:13,230 --> 00:05:16,434 A kid wrote to the president saying that when he was campaigning... 74 00:05:16,610 --> 00:05:18,520 ...he met his assistant, Mr. Farley. 75 00:05:18,696 --> 00:05:21,568 Probably one of the guys from early on. I didn't know them. 76 00:05:21,742 --> 00:05:23,320 It couldn't have been that early. 77 00:05:23,494 --> 00:05:26,781 The kid says they met at a budget speech in Pittsburgh. 78 00:05:26,958 --> 00:05:28,868 - He means San Diego. - He says Pittsburgh. 79 00:05:29,044 --> 00:05:31,037 We never did a budget speech in Pittsburgh. 80 00:05:31,214 --> 00:05:34,501 - This is a little weird. - How many weird letters come a day? 81 00:05:34,677 --> 00:05:38,213 Couple thousand, but this one has the president's private mail code on it. 82 00:05:38,390 --> 00:05:40,882 How many confused people does he befriend every day? 83 00:05:41,061 --> 00:05:43,387 But he doesn't give them the private mail code. 84 00:05:43,564 --> 00:05:46,103 I don't know. I'm on with the Russians. 85 00:05:49,281 --> 00:05:51,903 - Good morning, I'm Sam Seaborn. - Nickolai lvanovich. 86 00:05:52,076 --> 00:05:54,829 - George Kowzlowski. - Thanks for coming by. 87 00:05:54,997 --> 00:05:56,373 This should be quick. 88 00:05:57,834 --> 00:06:02,000 Let me say that President Bartlet looks forward to meeting President Chigorin... 89 00:06:02,174 --> 00:06:03,834 ...and having a productive meeting. 90 00:06:04,010 --> 00:06:07,214 Mr. Seaborn, we understood that the protocol arrangements... 91 00:06:07,389 --> 00:06:11,887 ...had been finalized by the advance teams in Helsinki. 92 00:06:12,063 --> 00:06:14,851 That's right, but there are points I'd like to revisit. 93 00:06:15,025 --> 00:06:18,312 My thinking being I could relay my concerns to you at the embassy. 94 00:06:18,488 --> 00:06:21,740 You could send them to Moscow and hopefully get an answer quickly... 95 00:06:21,910 --> 00:06:23,950 ...because we're coming down to it now. 96 00:06:24,163 --> 00:06:25,492 I'm sorry, I... . 97 00:06:25,665 --> 00:06:27,742 It's coming up quickly. The summit. 98 00:06:27,918 --> 00:06:30,327 - It's Saturday and this is Monday. - Oh, yes, yes. 99 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:34,335 We've agreed to a consecutive translation? 100 00:06:34,511 --> 00:06:37,549 - Yes. - I'd like a simultaneous translation. 101 00:06:37,724 --> 00:06:43,349 They prefer that the two leaders pause while their remarks are rendered. 102 00:06:43,524 --> 00:06:45,980 Rendered into the particular language. 103 00:06:46,194 --> 00:06:50,407 President Bartlet has a rhythm to his speaking that's best uninterrupted. 104 00:06:50,575 --> 00:06:53,246 - That's the reason I bring it up. - We'll pass that over. 105 00:06:53,454 --> 00:06:56,373 - I'm sorry,"pass it on"? - Yes. 106 00:06:56,542 --> 00:07:00,126 I'm sorry, it's just that one is good and one is bad. 107 00:07:00,881 --> 00:07:04,418 We agreed on the Grand Salon in Finlandia Hall for the 6:00 meeting... 108 00:07:04,595 --> 00:07:07,087 ...and I wanted to change that to the Hall of Flags. 109 00:07:07,265 --> 00:07:11,395 Hall of Flags. Didn't we agree 3:00 for that meeting? 110 00:07:11,605 --> 00:07:13,894 - It's funny you should mention that. - I'm sorry? 111 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:15,727 It's funny... 112 00:07:16,195 --> 00:07:20,490 It's a coincidence that you happened to mention the time of the meeting. 113 00:07:20,659 --> 00:07:23,994 See, President Chigorin only has to fly through one time zone. 114 00:07:24,414 --> 00:07:26,538 President Bartlet has to fly through seven. 115 00:07:26,709 --> 00:07:29,665 Don't get me wrong, this president can do three shows a night. 116 00:07:29,839 --> 00:07:34,419 But there's no one who has a worse reaction to jet lag than he does. 117 00:07:34,595 --> 00:07:37,266 Any trip eight hours or longer, someone gets fired. 118 00:07:37,433 --> 00:07:40,803 - It's already been me three times, so... - We'll pass it on. 119 00:07:40,979 --> 00:07:44,480 Everyone on the White House staff would agree that's a deal breaker. 120 00:07:44,651 --> 00:07:46,443 All right, then. 121 00:07:46,654 --> 00:07:49,490 - Was there anything else? - Yeah, we're just getting started. 122 00:07:49,658 --> 00:07:51,568 - You guys hungry? - No. 123 00:07:53,956 --> 00:07:55,748 - You ready? - Yeah, where are we going? 124 00:07:55,917 --> 00:07:58,326 The yogurt place. Are those angry faxes? 125 00:07:58,504 --> 00:08:01,756 They're... Yeah. They're very angry faxes. 126 00:08:01,926 --> 00:08:03,254 - From Saudis? - Yeah. 127 00:08:03,428 --> 00:08:05,920 - What did you expect? - Very angry faxes from Saudis. 128 00:08:06,098 --> 00:08:08,590 And angry e-mails. Look at these. 129 00:08:13,483 --> 00:08:16,439 I'm seeing some troubling spelling here. "Godless" with two D's? 130 00:08:16,613 --> 00:08:19,021 - Let's go. - Hang on. 131 00:08:21,954 --> 00:08:23,994 - C.J.? - I saw it. 132 00:08:24,165 --> 00:08:26,206 - It's a death threat. - It's not a big deal. 133 00:08:26,377 --> 00:08:28,453 - You sure? - Yeah. Don't tell anybody, okay? 134 00:08:28,630 --> 00:08:30,623 I don't want a lot of production. 135 00:08:30,799 --> 00:08:32,425 - All right. - Thanks. 136 00:08:33,261 --> 00:08:35,634 Josh? Can you come in here... 137 00:08:35,807 --> 00:08:37,681 ...and look at this, please? - Donna. 138 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:40,343 - Look at what? - C.J. 's e-mail. 139 00:08:52,288 --> 00:08:55,243 Call Frank Tenney downstairs, I wanna talk to him right away. 140 00:08:55,417 --> 00:08:56,912 Yeah. 141 00:08:58,380 --> 00:09:01,418 - You take this seriously? - Yeah, it's a death threat, C.J. 142 00:09:01,593 --> 00:09:03,800 I take it seriously. 143 00:09:03,971 --> 00:09:06,642 I've had some experience with this. 144 00:09:09,938 --> 00:09:11,848 - Thank you all so much. - Thank you. 145 00:09:12,024 --> 00:09:14,943 Bye-bye. Bye-bye. 146 00:09:18,074 --> 00:09:20,483 - They wanna show us a picture. - Of what? 147 00:09:20,661 --> 00:09:22,322 I don't know. 148 00:09:22,497 --> 00:09:26,117 We've got a problem. Jake Kimball came to see me this morning. 149 00:09:26,294 --> 00:09:28,751 - What's he doing here? - Looking 100 years old. 150 00:09:28,923 --> 00:09:31,960 Anteras is gonna announce a chip recall on Thursday. 151 00:09:32,428 --> 00:09:34,053 How big? 152 00:09:34,222 --> 00:09:36,132 Everything. 153 00:09:37,852 --> 00:09:39,477 What are you talking about? 154 00:09:39,688 --> 00:09:42,690 - They discovered a problem... - That's gotta be 50 million chips. 155 00:09:42,859 --> 00:09:45,018 Eighty million. 156 00:09:46,489 --> 00:09:48,779 - Leo, how the hell...? - I know. 157 00:09:48,951 --> 00:09:50,280 That's the end of Anteras. 158 00:09:51,121 --> 00:09:52,995 - Yeah. - 98,000 workers... 159 00:09:53,165 --> 00:09:57,829 ...I think 75,000 in the U.S. Plus the kidney punch at NASDAQ. 160 00:09:58,339 --> 00:10:01,959 I think Jake's gonna put a shotgun in his mouth, I really do. 161 00:10:02,136 --> 00:10:03,465 Sir? 162 00:10:03,764 --> 00:10:05,591 Yeah. 163 00:10:05,850 --> 00:10:08,258 - Mr. President. - Fitz! Fitz, you old polecat... 164 00:10:08,437 --> 00:10:09,896 ...you old so-and-so. 165 00:10:10,064 --> 00:10:12,390 - You trying to be one of the fellas, sir? - Yeah. 166 00:10:12,568 --> 00:10:14,193 - Well, well done, sir. - Thank you. 167 00:10:14,403 --> 00:10:18,569 This picture was taken by an SR-71 during a routine flyover in the Gulf. 168 00:10:18,743 --> 00:10:23,039 This is Bushehr. And this is what looks to me like the early days of construction... 169 00:10:23,208 --> 00:10:28,452 ...on a light water reactor. Light water is ordinary water, tap water. It's Perrier. 170 00:10:28,632 --> 00:10:29,961 Yeah. 171 00:10:30,134 --> 00:10:33,338 Light water is what's used for nuclear reactors and the Iranians... 172 00:10:33,514 --> 00:10:37,560 ...contracted the Russians to build them a light water reactor for that purpose. 173 00:10:38,312 --> 00:10:39,890 What's the problem? 174 00:10:40,190 --> 00:10:44,059 Four intelligence agencies tell me I'm wrong. And I am. 175 00:10:44,237 --> 00:10:46,812 The Russians are building them a heavy water reactor. 176 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,240 What do you use heavy water for? 177 00:10:49,536 --> 00:10:51,577 Plutonium. 178 00:11:05,976 --> 00:11:07,851 - Morning, Janice. - Morning, Mr. Ziegler. 179 00:11:09,231 --> 00:11:12,019 - Call me Toby. - Okay. 180 00:11:13,653 --> 00:11:15,647 That's a nice uniform. 181 00:11:17,534 --> 00:11:21,070 - How long have you guys had it? - About a thousand years. 182 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,788 - Okay. - Hey, Toby. 183 00:11:26,839 --> 00:11:29,413 Excuse me. I've gotta tell you something. You ready? 184 00:11:29,634 --> 00:11:31,842 - What? - I've got nothing to do. 185 00:11:32,013 --> 00:11:33,757 What do you mean? 186 00:11:34,182 --> 00:11:38,264 I got to the office at 6 and it turned out everything I had to do got done by 7:30. 187 00:11:38,438 --> 00:11:42,734 Some strange fluke of the calendar. So I'm just out here walking around. 188 00:11:42,903 --> 00:11:45,739 - You know, just being in the world. - In the hallways. 189 00:11:45,907 --> 00:11:48,280 - Yeah. Well, you know. - I'm gonna change all that. 190 00:11:48,828 --> 00:11:51,154 Meet with a Russian reporter named Ludmilla Koss. 191 00:11:51,331 --> 00:11:54,037 She's the Washington correspondent for the Novaya Gazeta. 192 00:11:54,211 --> 00:11:56,204 She wants a seat on the press charter. 193 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:58,670 - Why is she asking us? - The Russians banned her. 194 00:11:58,842 --> 00:12:00,835 - Why? - She supported the other guy. 195 00:12:01,012 --> 00:12:04,180 Time to teach these Stoli-drinking Tchaikovskies a thing or two... 196 00:12:04,350 --> 00:12:06,142 ...about free press, American-style. 197 00:12:06,311 --> 00:12:09,064 You don't ban those who supported your opponent... 198 00:12:09,232 --> 00:12:12,567 ...you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory. 199 00:12:12,737 --> 00:12:15,692 You sit them in the front row, you give them a hat. 200 00:12:15,866 --> 00:12:18,275 I will save Ludmilla Koss, for I am Toby... 201 00:12:18,453 --> 00:12:20,779 ...and in so doing... Why am I going on like this? 202 00:12:20,998 --> 00:12:22,956 - I don't know. - Set up the meeting. 203 00:12:23,126 --> 00:12:25,665 - Obviously I have a little time. - Thank you. 204 00:12:29,635 --> 00:12:31,011 Ron? 205 00:12:31,179 --> 00:12:33,588 C.J., Frank Tenney spoke to me this morning. 206 00:12:33,891 --> 00:12:36,680 Yeah, Josh made me see him yesterday. 207 00:12:36,854 --> 00:12:39,143 He filed everything he was supposed to file. 208 00:12:39,316 --> 00:12:40,645 Can I see the message? 209 00:12:41,527 --> 00:12:44,197 It's just... . You know, it's what it is. 210 00:12:46,784 --> 00:12:49,111 Could you type in your password? 211 00:12:52,417 --> 00:12:56,203 - You checked your e-mail yet today? - I just got here. 212 00:12:58,551 --> 00:13:02,253 Okay, he sent another one at 5:20 this morning. 213 00:13:02,557 --> 00:13:05,263 - Have you had cyber-threats before? - Not explicitly. 214 00:13:05,436 --> 00:13:08,272 Agent Tenney says you don't recognize the sender's address. 215 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:09,935 No. 216 00:13:10,109 --> 00:13:13,313 Have you had a bad breakup with a boyfriend lately? 217 00:13:13,530 --> 00:13:17,067 God, Ron, I haven't had a boyfriend in... I get a lot of hate mail. 218 00:13:17,244 --> 00:13:19,997 After the president, I'm the single most visible person... 219 00:13:20,165 --> 00:13:22,871 ...in the federal government. Every day I'm on TV... 220 00:13:23,044 --> 00:13:26,212 ...and every day exactly half the people are gonna disagree with you. 221 00:13:26,382 --> 00:13:29,052 Some will hate you. And some will write letters. 222 00:13:29,219 --> 00:13:32,257 Yeah, this isn't hate mail, this is a death threat. 223 00:13:32,515 --> 00:13:34,889 Could I use your computer for a second? 224 00:13:35,061 --> 00:13:36,769 Sure. 225 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:54,538 Okay. I'm gonna need to take your hard drive. 226 00:13:54,755 --> 00:13:56,583 - Why? - I just used trace-route tools. 227 00:13:56,758 --> 00:13:58,751 The server and the IP address don't match. 228 00:13:58,928 --> 00:14:00,802 The address is disguising the origin. 229 00:14:00,972 --> 00:14:04,508 In my briefing yesterday I made remarks about a situation in Saudi Arabia. 230 00:14:04,686 --> 00:14:07,308 I may have gone too far, I was thinking of apologizing. 231 00:14:07,523 --> 00:14:10,395 Yeah, this doesn't have anything to do with that. 232 00:14:10,569 --> 00:14:12,812 What do you mean? 233 00:14:12,989 --> 00:14:16,858 Muslim extremists don't get personal. They don't know your name or care. 234 00:14:17,036 --> 00:14:19,363 They don't want one person, they want hundreds. 235 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:21,284 That's why they don't use bullets. 236 00:14:21,459 --> 00:14:24,130 Killing one person is a waste of a bomb. 237 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:26,337 He wants you, why doesn't he want me? 238 00:14:26,508 --> 00:14:28,300 Someone will come get your hard drive. 239 00:14:28,469 --> 00:14:31,756 We're intercepting all your e-mails from the address. Thank you. 240 00:14:33,601 --> 00:14:36,176 The press conference can be moved to 9:00. 241 00:14:36,355 --> 00:14:39,772 - Thank you. - And... Excuse me. 242 00:14:41,154 --> 00:14:45,449 Thank you. And the venue can be moved to Hall of Mirrors. 243 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,612 - Flags. - Yes. 244 00:14:47,788 --> 00:14:50,576 - But we need something from you. - Okay. 245 00:14:50,750 --> 00:14:54,370 On his arrival and during outdoor photograph opportunity... 246 00:14:54,547 --> 00:14:58,132 ...President Bartlet must wear overcoat. - A coat? 247 00:14:58,303 --> 00:15:00,629 He must wear coat. He must wear gloves. 248 00:15:00,806 --> 00:15:03,678 Scarves and earmuffs permissible, but optional. 249 00:15:03,894 --> 00:15:07,062 Hang on. Yes, because President Chigorin wants to wear a coat... 250 00:15:07,232 --> 00:15:10,934 ...and doesn't wanna look like a wimp. - It is freezing to cold in Reykjavik. 251 00:15:11,112 --> 00:15:12,773 It is freezing to cold in Helsinki. 252 00:15:12,948 --> 00:15:16,319 It is freezing to cold in Staad. Why must every American president... 253 00:15:16,495 --> 00:15:19,830 ...bound out of an automobile like as at a yacht club, while in... 254 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,709 - Excuse me. Compare...? - Comparison. 255 00:15:21,878 --> 00:15:24,666 Compare. While in comparison our leader looks like... 256 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,593 - I don't even know what word is. - Frumpy? 257 00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:31,382 I don't know what"frumpy" is, but onomatopoetically, sounds right. 258 00:15:31,892 --> 00:15:35,843 It's hard not to like a guy who doesn't know frumpy but knows onomatopoeia. 259 00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:38,146 I'll talk to the president about the coat. 260 00:15:38,317 --> 00:15:41,319 Final meeting is tomorrow on the last points and that's it. 261 00:15:41,488 --> 00:15:43,067 - Thank you, sir. - Thank you. 262 00:15:43,742 --> 00:15:46,530 - What is onomatop...? - Sounds like. Sounds like. 263 00:15:49,834 --> 00:15:51,743 - Well, you were right. - About what? 264 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,789 He never made a speech in Pittsburgh. Kid's 9, so he would've been 5 or 6. 265 00:15:55,967 --> 00:15:58,293 Maybe he thought everything was a budget speech. 266 00:15:58,471 --> 00:16:00,429 - Or maybe it's a crazy letter. - It's not. 267 00:16:00,599 --> 00:16:02,259 - You sure? - I read a lot of letters. 268 00:16:02,435 --> 00:16:06,814 I got one last year asking me to donate my brain to a medical school in Granada. 269 00:16:06,983 --> 00:16:10,353 There are days when I think, "Yeah, why not just get it over with?" 270 00:16:10,529 --> 00:16:13,235 He took a picture with the president. The advance guys... 271 00:16:13,408 --> 00:16:17,194 ...get the name and address, we send a copy. But there's no record of this one. 272 00:16:17,372 --> 00:16:19,033 - Plus, his father's in trouble. - Why? 273 00:16:19,208 --> 00:16:22,792 He works at the Franklin Mill's furnaces. The kid said they may fire him... 274 00:16:22,963 --> 00:16:25,337 ...because he's joining a union, a group called... 275 00:16:25,509 --> 00:16:28,844 ...the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Ever heard of them? 276 00:16:29,014 --> 00:16:31,256 Yeah, except they have a different name today. 277 00:16:31,475 --> 00:16:33,184 - What? - The AFL-CIO. 278 00:16:33,353 --> 00:16:35,596 And furnace workers are all unionized. 279 00:16:36,316 --> 00:16:38,024 Charlie. 280 00:16:41,281 --> 00:16:43,073 - Hey, Charlie. - Hey. 281 00:16:43,242 --> 00:16:45,235 - Ms. Koss? - Yes. 282 00:16:45,412 --> 00:16:47,535 Toby Ziegler, come on in. 283 00:16:50,168 --> 00:16:54,120 - You write for the Novaya Gazeta. - Yes. 284 00:16:54,299 --> 00:16:57,883 - Your circulation's gotten huge. - Highest daily in Russia. 285 00:16:58,096 --> 00:17:01,467 It's hard to tell if it's because of your reporting, your editorials... 286 00:17:01,643 --> 00:17:03,933 ...or the naked women on page three. 287 00:17:04,105 --> 00:17:08,685 We did not invent this thing. Nor did we invent the comic strips or Lotto. 288 00:17:08,903 --> 00:17:10,778 Touché, madam. 289 00:17:12,241 --> 00:17:14,614 So, what did you do to piss off President Chigorin? 290 00:17:14,786 --> 00:17:17,409 President Chigorin does not like criticism. 291 00:17:17,624 --> 00:17:20,709 - Have you met someone who does? - That is not the point. 292 00:17:20,878 --> 00:17:24,046 No, I'm just talking. 293 00:17:28,389 --> 00:17:31,225 Listen, you're already credentialed to cover our president. 294 00:17:31,393 --> 00:17:34,015 It's just putting you on the plane. Before I do that... 295 00:17:34,189 --> 00:17:36,681 ...I wanna check the State Department to make sure... 296 00:17:36,859 --> 00:17:40,194 ...it's not a grotesquely insulting thing to do to a new president... 297 00:17:40,364 --> 00:17:42,654 ...from whom the U.S. is hoping for quite a bit. 298 00:17:42,826 --> 00:17:45,532 So your First Amendment only extends as far as is polite? 299 00:17:45,705 --> 00:17:49,574 No, it extends farther than that, but it only protects us. 300 00:17:50,420 --> 00:17:53,921 Believe me, if we were able to enforce U.S. law around the world... 301 00:17:54,092 --> 00:17:57,296 ...I'd retire and go scuba diving. - You like diving? 302 00:17:57,513 --> 00:18:00,468 I've never done it or anything else. But I've seen pictures. 303 00:18:00,642 --> 00:18:03,894 It looks fun. I've seen pictures of people out there in the world... 304 00:18:04,064 --> 00:18:06,638 ...and they all look like they're glad they are. 305 00:18:06,818 --> 00:18:10,188 Granted, someone's usually trying to sell something in these pictures... 306 00:18:10,364 --> 00:18:13,367 ...but I'll tell you what, I'm 44 years old and I'm buying. 307 00:18:13,702 --> 00:18:17,453 I usually don't talk this much, but I'm having an odd day. 308 00:18:18,751 --> 00:18:21,041 Wanna stay and look at pictures of scuba divers? 309 00:18:21,213 --> 00:18:23,670 - No, thank you. - Okay, then. We'll talk tomorrow. 310 00:18:23,842 --> 00:18:25,966 Thank you very much. 311 00:18:29,266 --> 00:18:31,390 Thanks so much. Thank you. 312 00:18:31,561 --> 00:18:35,062 Listen, before we go in there, let's take a second to talk about Anteras. 313 00:18:35,233 --> 00:18:37,025 - Yeah. - It's not like we can't help. 314 00:18:37,194 --> 00:18:39,982 - We can't help. - I'm not saying Commerce or Treasury... 315 00:18:40,156 --> 00:18:44,108 ...calls the banks, but an emergency loan guarantee, if we can get Congress to... 316 00:18:44,287 --> 00:18:45,865 - Good morning, sir. - Good morning. 317 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:47,534 Yeah, we can't do it. 318 00:18:47,709 --> 00:18:49,038 How did it go? 319 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:51,833 They confronted the Russian atomic energy minister. 320 00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:53,335 - And? - He denies everything. 321 00:18:53,508 --> 00:18:56,214 - Good enough for me. - He doesn't deny building a reactor. 322 00:18:56,388 --> 00:18:59,306 They've had contracts with Iran since '76 and he says that... 323 00:18:59,475 --> 00:19:02,976 ...deuterium-based reactors have been up and running in Canada for years. 324 00:19:03,147 --> 00:19:06,767 Yeah, well, Canada, Russia, roughly the same relationship with the U.S. 325 00:19:06,944 --> 00:19:09,317 Fitz, you old horse thief, you old muckety-muck. 326 00:19:09,489 --> 00:19:10,949 Well, good morning again, sir. 327 00:19:11,117 --> 00:19:14,569 Josh says the director of Minatom says it's commercial power production. 328 00:19:14,747 --> 00:19:18,283 Yeah, except that there are no power lines to and from the site. 329 00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:20,537 And there's no reprocessing facility. 330 00:19:20,755 --> 00:19:24,090 This one's 50 megawatts thermal, which is identical to the reactor... 331 00:19:24,260 --> 00:19:26,004 ...Pakistan's got in Kushab. 332 00:19:26,221 --> 00:19:29,556 This isn't used to make the lights go, it's used to make plutonium. 333 00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:32,474 Mr. President, I am not your national security advisor... 334 00:19:32,647 --> 00:19:36,064 ...or your secretary of Defense or State... 335 00:19:36,235 --> 00:19:38,727 ...but the Russians are giving Iran the bomb. 336 00:19:40,157 --> 00:19:42,151 Well... 337 00:19:42,369 --> 00:19:46,119 ...that's what was said by my national security advisor 20 minutes ago... 338 00:19:46,291 --> 00:19:49,496 ...right after it was said by the secretaries of State and Defense. 339 00:19:49,671 --> 00:19:53,504 And for what it's worth, the directors of the CIA, NSA, FBI... 340 00:19:53,676 --> 00:19:55,421 ...and Naval Intelligence agree. 341 00:19:55,596 --> 00:19:58,302 Leo, isn't Minatom in terrible shape? 342 00:19:58,517 --> 00:20:00,427 They lost some customers after Chernobyl. 343 00:20:00,603 --> 00:20:02,976 Yeah, that's welcome to free markets the hard way. 344 00:20:03,148 --> 00:20:06,684 But my point is, their light water reactor contracts are behind schedule. 345 00:20:06,862 --> 00:20:10,528 - All kinds of technical failures. - Did the Iranians force them to build... 346 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:14,201 ...a heavy water reactor? - To satisfy their contracts, maybe. 347 00:20:14,414 --> 00:20:18,994 Crap. And even if that were the case, it doesn't make them Jean Valjean. 348 00:20:19,212 --> 00:20:21,835 They want a power broker in the Middle East. 349 00:20:22,008 --> 00:20:25,212 Just what the doctor ordered for the Middle East. 350 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,967 All right, while avoiding the biggest diplomacy disaster... 351 00:20:29,143 --> 00:20:30,804 ...since I don't know when... 352 00:20:30,979 --> 00:20:35,144 ...Josh, Leo, you guys have to figure out a way to get me out of it. 353 00:20:38,782 --> 00:20:40,691 Get him out of what? 354 00:20:40,868 --> 00:20:43,276 He's not going to Helsinki. 355 00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:55,294 There's something really good on television. 356 00:20:56,807 --> 00:20:58,468 - What? - That's why he can't go. 357 00:20:58,684 --> 00:21:01,355 Something good is on TV and he can't work a VCR. 358 00:21:01,730 --> 00:21:05,599 No, not that. They know he's got a staff. They wouldn't buy it. 359 00:21:05,778 --> 00:21:08,186 - It's that he doesn't trust technology. - Josh. 360 00:21:08,365 --> 00:21:11,153 - This is insane. - News of the reactor's gonna break. 361 00:21:11,327 --> 00:21:15,077 You know it will, and it's gonna break at the worst possible time. 362 00:21:15,249 --> 00:21:19,913 In fact, my money's on it breaking right next to the picture of him with Chigorin. 363 00:21:20,090 --> 00:21:23,175 While wearing a coat to protect his MS-riddled body... 364 00:21:23,344 --> 00:21:26,596 ...from the fierce climate in Finland. - How can all of you guys... 365 00:21:26,766 --> 00:21:30,350 ...be so sure it's not Minatom and the other Cold War holdouts... 366 00:21:30,521 --> 00:21:32,680 ...the ex-Soviets? - I don't care who it is. 367 00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:35,860 There are other issues. NATO expansion, the Caspian pipeline... 368 00:21:36,029 --> 00:21:39,779 You don't get to put a bomb in Iran! There are no other issues right now. 369 00:21:40,243 --> 00:21:43,660 We're gonna have to fly over there and blow this thing up... 370 00:21:43,831 --> 00:21:47,913 ...and given what they're manufacturing there, I don't know if that's possible. 371 00:21:56,766 --> 00:21:59,721 We were all so smart. 372 00:22:00,062 --> 00:22:05,307 Russia's hobbled, the next conflict's gonna be in the Middle East. 373 00:22:08,408 --> 00:22:11,078 Turns out it is in the Middle East. 374 00:22:11,245 --> 00:22:13,488 With the Russians. 375 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:17,831 You didn't answer my question. 376 00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:20,669 - What question? - Chigorin just took office... 377 00:22:20,842 --> 00:22:22,882 ...four months ago. 378 00:22:23,095 --> 00:22:26,382 How can you be sure it's not a rogue thing? 379 00:22:26,558 --> 00:22:28,717 I don't want a leak, Josh. 380 00:22:28,936 --> 00:22:33,850 - Everyone's proceeding like we're going? - Yes. How can you be sure? 381 00:22:35,696 --> 00:22:37,736 I can't. 382 00:22:38,617 --> 00:22:40,409 Toby. 383 00:22:40,953 --> 00:22:43,077 Thanks for coming down. 384 00:22:43,999 --> 00:22:46,289 Is there still a summit to go to? 385 00:22:48,714 --> 00:22:51,669 - I'm sorry, what did you say? - Sorry, I asked because... 386 00:22:51,844 --> 00:22:53,386 Yeah. 387 00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:58,593 I wanted to talk to you because I've been asked... 388 00:22:58,770 --> 00:23:04,015 ...to put a reporter from the Novaya Gazeta on the press plane. 389 00:23:04,236 --> 00:23:05,695 That's a mistake. 390 00:23:06,781 --> 00:23:09,452 You understand I'm talking about... 391 00:23:10,078 --> 00:23:13,080 ...a pencil and a pad of paper, from which no one has ever died. 392 00:23:13,249 --> 00:23:17,877 There isn't any publication in Russia more critical of the Chigorin government. 393 00:23:18,047 --> 00:23:20,919 The editorial judgment aside, what's the damage assessment? 394 00:23:21,093 --> 00:23:23,929 The point of the summit is to build strong bilateral ties... 395 00:23:24,097 --> 00:23:25,758 ...with a new administration. So... 396 00:23:25,933 --> 00:23:28,852 - We make it clear it's not personal. - How do we do that? 397 00:23:29,063 --> 00:23:31,436 I don't know. What are the things they could do? 398 00:23:31,608 --> 00:23:35,393 We've got a half-dozen U.S. reporters in Moscow whose credentials are pending. 399 00:23:35,572 --> 00:23:38,859 This is like if they credentialed the Enquirer to cover the summit. 400 00:23:39,035 --> 00:23:41,907 If the Enquirer ever asked us, we'd credential them. 401 00:23:42,081 --> 00:23:45,617 Making sure the Enquirer can write freely is the only way I can be sure... 402 00:23:45,794 --> 00:23:48,547 ...that The New York Times is writing whatever it wants. 403 00:23:48,715 --> 00:23:51,883 Well, you asked me what I thought, I'm 100 percent against it. 404 00:23:54,348 --> 00:23:56,721 - Okay. - Thanks. 405 00:23:57,478 --> 00:23:58,807 Good morning, Mr. President. 406 00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:01,898 You'll get Secret Service protection. But I can't order it... 407 00:24:02,067 --> 00:24:05,652 ...unless you sign this piece of paper, so sign this piece of paper. 408 00:24:06,073 --> 00:24:09,490 - Sir, can I ask why you feel...? - Because Ron says it is. 409 00:24:09,661 --> 00:24:12,200 And around here, we do whatever Ron says. 410 00:24:12,374 --> 00:24:15,126 - Well, I think it might be an overreaction. - Good for you. 411 00:24:15,336 --> 00:24:18,753 With all your years of training and experience in sniffing out crime... 412 00:24:18,924 --> 00:24:21,298 ...your opinion carries a lot of weight with me. 413 00:24:21,470 --> 00:24:23,178 - I'll appear fragile. - You kidding? 414 00:24:23,347 --> 00:24:25,424 - Sir... - We're talking about one bodyguard. 415 00:24:25,642 --> 00:24:27,932 I have 12. And that's before I leave the house. 416 00:24:28,104 --> 00:24:30,561 You ever count how many guns come with me... 417 00:24:30,733 --> 00:24:33,569 ...when Abbey and I take in a play at the Kennedy Center? 418 00:24:33,737 --> 00:24:35,398 - Do I seem fragile to you? - No, sir. 419 00:24:35,573 --> 00:24:38,065 - Then... - You're also not a woman in a man's job. 420 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:41,910 You're required by law to be protected by the Treasury Department. 421 00:24:42,082 --> 00:24:45,333 You don't have a choice. Frankly, sir, you and I both know you've... 422 00:24:45,503 --> 00:24:49,883 ...scored points with the public and the press by shrugging off Secret Service... 423 00:24:50,052 --> 00:24:52,508 ...and going to a bookstore. - I don't care. 424 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,389 - Sir... - You're part of my family. 425 00:24:54,558 --> 00:24:58,308 This thing is happening and I simply won't permit it. Sign the piece of paper. 426 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,473 - Look... - Let me tell you. The last time... 427 00:25:00,650 --> 00:25:04,186 ...a member of my staff got a death threat, they missed him and hit me! 428 00:25:04,572 --> 00:25:07,574 Ron, is there any evidence? 429 00:25:07,743 --> 00:25:11,078 Any evidence at all that this guy...? Look, I work in the White House... 430 00:25:11,248 --> 00:25:15,663 ...everybody knows that, but is there any evidence to suggest that... . 431 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:44,410 Where did you get these? 432 00:25:44,587 --> 00:25:46,663 Today's e-mail. 433 00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:51,172 That's me leaving my house on Monday. 434 00:25:53,808 --> 00:25:56,430 This one's at a restaurant where I had... 435 00:25:56,603 --> 00:25:58,015 ...dinner with my niece. 436 00:26:05,616 --> 00:26:07,444 This one's from this morning. 437 00:26:07,619 --> 00:26:11,749 It was taken from about 20 feet away. 438 00:26:15,046 --> 00:26:16,874 Okay. 439 00:26:31,235 --> 00:26:33,525 - Let's go outside and talk. - Okay. 440 00:26:33,697 --> 00:26:35,905 Thank you, Mr. President. 441 00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:42,370 - Toby. - Yeah. 442 00:26:46,340 --> 00:26:48,380 - Good morning, sir. - What's going on? 443 00:26:48,551 --> 00:26:51,886 I wanted to give you a heads up. The Journal's running an editorial... 444 00:26:52,056 --> 00:26:54,631 ...with regard to broken promises and fiscal spending. 445 00:26:54,810 --> 00:26:58,512 Oh, man, the greatest campaign speech ever about money. 446 00:26:58,691 --> 00:27:01,859 FDR promises to tighten our belts. What's he do when he gets here? 447 00:27:02,029 --> 00:27:03,987 Spends more than we knew could be spent. 448 00:27:04,157 --> 00:27:06,993 It's because he discovered it's better for long-term growth. 449 00:27:07,161 --> 00:27:10,496 The Journal probably wrote an editorial about his broken promises too. 450 00:27:10,666 --> 00:27:13,372 I can reference that speech, where did he give that? 451 00:27:13,545 --> 00:27:17,046 - It was in the industrial Northeast. - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 452 00:27:17,217 --> 00:27:20,634 Charlie, FDR gave a budget speech in 1932 in Pittsburgh. 453 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,383 Can you get your hands on a copy? 454 00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:26,814 - I'm sorry, sir? - I said, FDR gave a budget speech... 455 00:27:26,981 --> 00:27:28,855 Yeah. 456 00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:32,316 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 457 00:27:34,157 --> 00:27:36,317 Thank you, Mr. President. 458 00:27:41,543 --> 00:27:43,620 - Good morning. - How's it going? 459 00:27:43,796 --> 00:27:46,418 Is there a TV show you really, really like? 460 00:27:46,591 --> 00:27:48,170 - No. - Then don't worry about it... 461 00:27:48,386 --> 00:27:50,759 ...let's talk about something else. - What? 462 00:27:50,931 --> 00:27:53,138 Helping out Anteras. 463 00:27:55,938 --> 00:27:57,599 What do you want from my life? 464 00:27:57,774 --> 00:28:00,646 The government can't be in the business of cosigning loans. 465 00:28:00,820 --> 00:28:03,394 It wouldn't be handing them a bag of unmarked bills... 466 00:28:03,574 --> 00:28:05,781 ...just backing the loans to cover the recall. 467 00:28:05,952 --> 00:28:07,613 - It's a subsidy. - It's a small one. 468 00:28:08,205 --> 00:28:11,291 - I'm an economist! - Sir, this was not a failure of business. 469 00:28:11,460 --> 00:28:13,453 It was, I don't know, it was a mistake... 470 00:28:13,629 --> 00:28:16,916 ...it was human error. And Jake's been completely forthright... 471 00:28:17,134 --> 00:28:20,671 - The marketplace will take care of it. - The marketplace will kill Anteras. 472 00:28:20,848 --> 00:28:23,767 - That's what's supposed to happen. - This isn't unprecedented. 473 00:28:23,936 --> 00:28:27,520 - We helped out steel. - That industry was hurt by unfair trade. 474 00:28:27,691 --> 00:28:30,064 Anteras was hurt by their own carelessness. 475 00:28:30,236 --> 00:28:32,728 A loan guarantee doesn't cost the taxpayers a nickel. 476 00:28:32,907 --> 00:28:36,324 Unless they go under. Either way, we've said,"We're open for business." 477 00:28:36,537 --> 00:28:41,082 For a corporate icon that feeds into tech companies, computers, aerospace. 478 00:28:41,252 --> 00:28:44,088 The ripple effects. Workers losing jobs. 479 00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:46,415 It's a blue-chip stock that's in every major... 480 00:28:46,592 --> 00:28:48,633 They were huge contributors! 481 00:28:48,804 --> 00:28:53,266 How the hell am I supposed...? They were huge contributors! 482 00:29:11,419 --> 00:29:15,668 Carelessness doesn't have to exist for a mistake to be made. 483 00:29:15,842 --> 00:29:18,085 - What? - You said it was carelessness... 484 00:29:18,262 --> 00:29:22,593 ...and I don't believe carelessness has to exist for a mistake to be made. 485 00:29:22,977 --> 00:29:27,855 Jake was a contributor and he's never asked for a favor, not even now. 486 00:29:28,443 --> 00:29:31,860 He was a contributor because he knows us and we know him... 487 00:29:32,073 --> 00:29:35,859 ...and we know if a mistake happened in design or production at Anteras... 488 00:29:36,037 --> 00:29:39,288 ...it wasn't shoddy, it wasn't on the cheap. 489 00:29:39,458 --> 00:29:42,461 You know how many chips have acted up so far? One. 490 00:29:42,630 --> 00:29:46,296 Dollars to doughnuts he could've gotten away with it. But... 491 00:29:46,468 --> 00:29:50,634 ...he wanted to warn people they may have a problem before... . 492 00:29:51,267 --> 00:29:55,136 I don't even know what happens when 80 million computers stop working right. 493 00:29:55,314 --> 00:29:59,266 But tell me this isn't exactly how we want American business to behave. 494 00:30:01,197 --> 00:30:04,069 I know it doesn't look good, he's a friend of ours. 495 00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:09,322 But there is a reason he's a friend of ours. 496 00:30:11,963 --> 00:30:14,086 They're announcing end of business tomorrow? 497 00:30:14,257 --> 00:30:16,132 Yes, sir. 498 00:30:21,935 --> 00:30:25,305 I'm not saying anything, but grab people and put together some numbers. 499 00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:27,683 - Yes, sir. - I'm not saying anything. 500 00:30:28,069 --> 00:30:30,228 Thank you, Mr. President. 501 00:30:36,455 --> 00:30:40,289 The Baltic herring industry was subject of recent trade agreement... 502 00:30:40,461 --> 00:30:41,920 ...between Russians and Finns. 503 00:30:43,298 --> 00:30:44,877 However, we'll take off menu. 504 00:30:45,051 --> 00:30:46,380 - Why? - We were asked to. 505 00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:48,048 Mrs. Bartlet likes shrimp. 506 00:30:48,264 --> 00:30:50,637 That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. 507 00:30:50,809 --> 00:30:53,135 - Put whatever you want on the menu. - Very well. 508 00:30:53,312 --> 00:30:55,602 And I'd like to request that the press pool... 509 00:30:55,774 --> 00:30:58,480 ...be allowed to photograph the Arctic Peoples' exhibit. 510 00:30:58,653 --> 00:31:00,231 Also very well. 511 00:31:00,406 --> 00:31:03,076 And that, my good friends, is that. 512 00:31:03,285 --> 00:31:05,278 It was a pleasure doing business with you. 513 00:31:05,454 --> 00:31:07,247 - We have one more. - Name it. 514 00:31:07,416 --> 00:31:10,252 On the issue of the language in the joint statement. 515 00:31:10,461 --> 00:31:13,084 Well, I can't negotiate language in the statement. 516 00:31:13,257 --> 00:31:14,586 It's just a suggestion. 517 00:31:14,759 --> 00:31:18,094 The language has been worked out by State and Commerce and Defense. 518 00:31:18,264 --> 00:31:21,717 - It's way beyond... - Just hear suggestion, Sam. 519 00:31:22,478 --> 00:31:24,270 Okay. 520 00:31:27,611 --> 00:31:31,990 "Both President Chigorin and myself agree that we must enter 21 st century... 521 00:31:32,159 --> 00:31:34,865 ...as partners and friends, not as adversaries. 522 00:31:35,038 --> 00:31:38,788 We must lead way in stemming tide of nuclear proliferation... 523 00:31:39,002 --> 00:31:41,042 ...and we must start with ourselves. 524 00:31:41,213 --> 00:31:43,705 For why should two nations still possess power... 525 00:31:43,883 --> 00:31:47,717 ...to destroy each other 10 times over? Surely once is enough." 526 00:31:48,515 --> 00:31:51,303 - Whose idea was this? - Mine. 527 00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:53,228 Who wrote it? 528 00:31:53,647 --> 00:31:55,059 I did. 529 00:31:57,194 --> 00:32:00,611 You will pass it up? 530 00:32:01,158 --> 00:32:03,566 - Yeah. - That's good one, yes? 531 00:32:04,621 --> 00:32:06,246 Yes. 532 00:32:06,916 --> 00:32:08,197 Thank you. 533 00:32:08,376 --> 00:32:10,453 - Hello. - Hello. 534 00:32:11,255 --> 00:32:14,708 Here are your credentials for the plane. 535 00:32:15,052 --> 00:32:19,800 Here's your plane ticket. Here are your credentials for the palace... 536 00:32:19,976 --> 00:32:23,061 ...the Saturday press conference, the Arctic Peoples' exhibit... 537 00:32:23,230 --> 00:32:26,601 ...the Sunday press conference and the Hall of Flags. 538 00:32:26,819 --> 00:32:31,317 - Thank you very much. - By the way, I found out why Chigorin... 539 00:32:31,492 --> 00:32:34,198 ...and his people have such a problem with you. 540 00:32:34,788 --> 00:32:39,417 - It's because I don't flatter them. - No, it's because you stink. 541 00:32:39,837 --> 00:32:41,996 - I beg your pardon? - You can beg all you want... 542 00:32:42,174 --> 00:32:43,585 ...you're not gonna get it. 543 00:32:46,430 --> 00:32:51,259 Last month you alleged that the Chigorin government... 544 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:54,807 ...bombed several apartments, based on an unattributed source. 545 00:32:54,983 --> 00:32:56,811 It was refuted, you never retracted it. 546 00:32:56,986 --> 00:32:58,944 The government's case was all over TV. 547 00:32:59,114 --> 00:33:02,319 Last week you wrote a cover story about Chigorin's mother-in-law... 548 00:33:02,494 --> 00:33:06,244 ...moving near the Kremlin. You printed her home address, she had to relocate. 549 00:33:06,416 --> 00:33:07,792 Well, that's her decision. 550 00:33:08,002 --> 00:33:13,164 You reported the failing grades of the defense minister's 12-year-old son. 551 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:17,296 Does that count as journalism? Does that do anything but bring ridicule... 552 00:33:17,473 --> 00:33:19,301 ...on a defenseless kid? 553 00:33:19,518 --> 00:33:21,642 We've got people like you here. 554 00:33:21,813 --> 00:33:24,020 On cable and on the Internet. 555 00:33:24,191 --> 00:33:27,110 And there's no one anywhere on the ideological spectrum... 556 00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:30,815 ...who doesn't roll their eyes when their names are spoken out loud. 557 00:33:31,702 --> 00:33:34,953 We've always had free press here, we take it for granted. 558 00:33:35,123 --> 00:33:39,075 How can you treat it like this? 559 00:33:41,799 --> 00:33:45,419 You should give up your space and put another naked woman in there. 560 00:33:45,805 --> 00:33:47,383 Anyway. 561 00:33:51,313 --> 00:33:53,639 There are your credentials. 562 00:34:02,078 --> 00:34:04,950 The majority leader moves up HMO reform. 563 00:34:05,124 --> 00:34:06,916 - He'll do that? - We've talked to him. 564 00:34:07,085 --> 00:34:09,624 He's moved up HMO reform, nothing we can do about it... 565 00:34:09,797 --> 00:34:11,671 ...the welfare of your people comes first. 566 00:34:11,842 --> 00:34:14,168 - He has a duma, he'll understand. - Makes sense. 567 00:34:14,345 --> 00:34:16,588 We save face and send a strong message. 568 00:34:17,558 --> 00:34:19,053 - Anybody? - Sounds great. 569 00:34:19,227 --> 00:34:20,556 Sounds good to me. 570 00:34:20,729 --> 00:34:23,980 Can I use this to get out of weddings and stuff? 571 00:34:24,150 --> 00:34:26,856 Sam, the majority leader's gonna move up HMO reform. 572 00:34:27,030 --> 00:34:29,023 My duma's voting on it, what do you think? 573 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:32,819 Sorry, sir. Would you hear what Sam has to say for a moment? 574 00:34:33,038 --> 00:34:34,663 What? 575 00:34:37,294 --> 00:34:40,629 Listen, I'd like to tell you about something and if, when I'm done... 576 00:34:40,799 --> 00:34:45,048 ...you think I sounded like an idiot, just know that I'll be feeling like one as well. 577 00:34:45,222 --> 00:34:48,806 Nickolai lvanovich, the senior member of the logistical negotiating team... 578 00:34:48,977 --> 00:34:52,561 ...said he had language to add to the joint statement. He wrote it himself. 579 00:34:52,732 --> 00:34:55,189 - What's he getting involved in that for? - Yeah. 580 00:34:55,361 --> 00:34:58,149 And what he wanted added was: 581 00:34:58,324 --> 00:35:02,537 "Together, in partnership, we must stem the tide of nuclear proliferation. 582 00:35:02,705 --> 00:35:05,411 For why should our two nations still possess the power... 583 00:35:05,584 --> 00:35:09,583 ...to destroy themselves 10 times over? Surely once is enough." 584 00:35:09,756 --> 00:35:12,842 Now, I have to tell you, sir, that both these negotiators... 585 00:35:13,011 --> 00:35:16,464 ...had conversational English, but they didn't have idioms. 586 00:35:16,641 --> 00:35:20,391 - I promise you. -"Stem the tide" is an English idiom. 587 00:35:20,563 --> 00:35:23,815 Yeah, and they don't have "Surely once is enough" either. 588 00:35:23,985 --> 00:35:26,144 Sir, Chigorin wrote that. 589 00:35:28,825 --> 00:35:32,160 I think he's trying to send you a message, Mr. President. 590 00:35:38,380 --> 00:35:41,299 - He is trying to send me a message. - That's what he's doing. 591 00:35:41,468 --> 00:35:44,138 We've been trying to get nonproliferation on the agenda. 592 00:35:44,305 --> 00:35:47,307 We've been trying to put those exact words in Chigorin's mouth. 593 00:35:47,476 --> 00:35:50,478 He's got a Soviet defense establishment trying to do business. 594 00:35:50,647 --> 00:35:52,190 Wait a second, hang on. 595 00:35:52,358 --> 00:35:55,111 You're telling me that foreign policy of this magnitude... 596 00:35:55,279 --> 00:35:59,064 ...is conducted through Sam? And I'm still alive? 597 00:35:59,284 --> 00:36:00,993 We're pretty impressed ourselves. 598 00:36:01,162 --> 00:36:03,571 Why didn't he just have somebody pick up the phone? 599 00:36:03,749 --> 00:36:06,751 It's the old diplomatic corps and he can't trust them yet. 600 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,296 Fitz? 601 00:36:12,845 --> 00:36:14,885 I think he's going out on a limb. 602 00:36:16,976 --> 00:36:19,468 I think you should meet him there. 603 00:36:21,732 --> 00:36:25,399 Let's go to Helsinki. But the reactor's first thing on the agenda. 604 00:36:26,114 --> 00:36:28,191 Anybody? 605 00:36:28,951 --> 00:36:31,075 - Thank you, Mr. President. - Thanks, everyone. 606 00:36:31,246 --> 00:36:32,789 - Thanks, sir. - Thank you, sir. 607 00:36:32,998 --> 00:36:34,577 Thank you. 608 00:36:34,834 --> 00:36:37,789 - Thanks. - I've got Jake Kimball in my office, sir. 609 00:36:37,964 --> 00:36:39,589 I'll be right in. 610 00:36:39,758 --> 00:36:41,134 Sam? 611 00:36:41,302 --> 00:36:43,212 Yes, sir. 612 00:36:43,471 --> 00:36:46,094 - Nice job. - Thank you. 613 00:36:46,559 --> 00:36:49,764 Tell me again why I can't wear whatever the hell I want. 614 00:36:49,939 --> 00:36:53,060 Well, that's not entirely true, sir, the earmuffs are optional. 615 00:36:53,402 --> 00:36:56,238 Okay. I probably won't be wearing them. 616 00:36:56,406 --> 00:36:58,150 Yes, sir. 617 00:37:00,913 --> 00:37:02,787 Whatever happened to Pong? It was great. 618 00:37:02,957 --> 00:37:05,912 It was relaxing, it had that very satisfying sound. 619 00:37:06,128 --> 00:37:09,962 - I don't know, sir. - Yeah, me neither. Leo? 620 00:37:14,473 --> 00:37:15,885 No. 621 00:37:16,059 --> 00:37:18,266 Leo wanted to see if we could guarantee a loan. 622 00:37:20,023 --> 00:37:21,352 I can't ask you for that. 623 00:37:21,525 --> 00:37:24,895 I appreciate that and I can't give it to you. But I can do one better. 624 00:37:25,364 --> 00:37:28,485 - What? - We'll stay his biggest customer. 625 00:37:29,035 --> 00:37:31,706 When you announce your recall, say you're keeping... 626 00:37:31,873 --> 00:37:34,626 ...your government contracts. Leo will work with Congress. 627 00:37:34,794 --> 00:37:37,202 That's very generous. I appreciate your confidence. 628 00:37:37,381 --> 00:37:39,623 Talk to me about the 75,000 workers. 629 00:37:39,801 --> 00:37:42,423 I'll have no salary for two years and my managers... 630 00:37:42,596 --> 00:37:47,344 ...will cut their salaries in half before we even consider laying anyone off. 631 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,392 All right. Jakie, this is the White House. 632 00:37:50,566 --> 00:37:53,936 If we only screw up twice before breakfast, it was a very good morning. 633 00:37:54,154 --> 00:37:55,483 - Yes, sir. - One more thing. 634 00:37:55,656 --> 00:37:59,157 You can't make any more campaign contributions to me or any Democrat. 635 00:37:59,328 --> 00:38:01,368 - You can vote, that's it. - Yes, sir. 636 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,408 I knew I'd get screwed by a computer one day. 637 00:38:05,587 --> 00:38:08,459 I have an important photo op. Excuse me. 638 00:38:21,651 --> 00:38:23,395 Charlie? 639 00:38:27,743 --> 00:38:30,496 - Mr. Tatum? - I'm Dr. Tatum. 640 00:38:30,664 --> 00:38:33,417 I'm the one you talked to on the phone. This is my father. 641 00:38:33,585 --> 00:38:36,124 I'm Charlie Young. I'm personal aide to the president. 642 00:38:36,297 --> 00:38:38,871 - Yes. - You didn't tell him anything, right? 643 00:38:39,092 --> 00:38:43,555 - He thinks we're on Candid Camera. - Or that this is a ruse of some kind. 644 00:38:43,724 --> 00:38:46,263 - What the hell...? - It's not. It's not a ruse. 645 00:38:46,436 --> 00:38:49,806 When you were 9, you wrote this letter to Franklin Roosevelt. 646 00:38:50,024 --> 00:38:54,238 You met him when he was governor of New York and a candidate for president. 647 00:38:55,157 --> 00:38:56,901 Well, I'll be damned. 648 00:38:57,076 --> 00:38:59,153 You met his personal aide, Tom Farley. 649 00:38:59,496 --> 00:39:03,116 That's me. Mr. Tatum, by any chance... 650 00:39:03,293 --> 00:39:08,290 ...the apartment where you grew up in Pittsburgh, was it 2345 Northern... 651 00:39:08,467 --> 00:39:10,840 - State Boulevard. - Yeah. 652 00:39:11,012 --> 00:39:14,347 That's the only residential building in Pittsburgh torn down recently. 653 00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:16,718 In fact, it was just two weeks ago. 654 00:39:16,895 --> 00:39:19,732 Somebody found your letter and put the right postage on it. 655 00:39:21,235 --> 00:39:23,774 Well, would you look at what people do? 656 00:39:23,947 --> 00:39:27,033 None of it would've happened, except there's a five-digit code... 657 00:39:27,202 --> 00:39:29,325 ...that presidents give out to close friends. 658 00:39:29,497 --> 00:39:31,490 And President Bartlet copied his from FDR. 659 00:39:31,666 --> 00:39:34,787 - For the 100th time, it was an homage. - Yes, sir. 660 00:39:34,963 --> 00:39:36,790 - Alan Tatum? - Yes, sir. 661 00:39:36,965 --> 00:39:39,636 - The White House owes you one picture. - Oh, my. 662 00:39:40,303 --> 00:39:43,471 - Let's go, Dad. - Mr. President, this is my son, Ted. 663 00:39:43,641 --> 00:39:45,765 - Good to meet you. - He's a doctor. 664 00:39:46,270 --> 00:39:48,513 - Dad. - Oh, God, I'm sorry. I'm married to one. 665 00:39:48,690 --> 00:39:52,357 Oh, no, you meant that as a good thing. Let's go. 666 00:39:53,238 --> 00:39:55,362 FDR was a fine president, don't get me wrong. 667 00:39:55,533 --> 00:39:59,153 But if you want something done right, damn it, call New Hampshire. 668 00:40:02,334 --> 00:40:04,244 Come in, please. 669 00:40:11,097 --> 00:40:12,889 Are you retired, Mr. Tatum? 670 00:40:13,058 --> 00:40:16,843 Yes, sir. 53 years on the Spirit of St. Louis. 671 00:40:17,022 --> 00:40:20,606 - New York to St. Louis. - Your grandfather was a furnace worker. 672 00:40:20,777 --> 00:40:25,240 Your father was on the railroads. You couldn't find honest work? 673 00:40:25,408 --> 00:40:28,446 I'd like my picture taken with that young man, if you don't mind. 674 00:40:28,621 --> 00:40:30,531 Charlie. 675 00:40:39,762 --> 00:40:41,305 - Thank you. - Thank you. 676 00:40:41,473 --> 00:40:43,265 You're welcome. 677 00:40:43,601 --> 00:40:45,309 Well, thank you very much, sir. 678 00:40:45,478 --> 00:40:48,315 This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for both of us. 679 00:40:48,524 --> 00:40:49,900 Where are you going? 680 00:40:50,068 --> 00:40:52,607 - You got pictures, what do I get? - I don't know what... 681 00:40:52,780 --> 00:40:55,617 You were there at his speech. You gotta tell me everything. 682 00:40:55,785 --> 00:40:59,119 Sit, we're gonna get some food. You sit quietly over there... 683 00:40:59,289 --> 00:41:03,289 ...and try to resist the temptation to bill me for something. 684 00:41:25,869 --> 00:41:27,696 - Hello. - C.J. Cregg? 685 00:41:27,871 --> 00:41:29,746 - Yeah. - Special Agent Simon Donovan. 686 00:41:29,916 --> 00:41:31,577 I'm with the Treasury Department. 687 00:41:31,752 --> 00:41:33,876 What branch of the Treasury, Agent Donovan? 688 00:41:34,255 --> 00:41:36,712 U.S. Secret Service. 689 00:41:36,967 --> 00:41:39,756 I don't like flashing it, gives some people the jumps. 690 00:41:39,930 --> 00:41:42,137 But Agent Butterfield said you're a reluctant... 691 00:41:42,308 --> 00:41:43,887 How does this work? 692 00:41:44,186 --> 00:41:48,137 - What is it you'd like to know? - From how far away can you do this? 693 00:41:49,151 --> 00:41:52,985 - I respect a certain perimeter of privacy. - What does that mean? 694 00:41:53,157 --> 00:41:55,400 - I don't need to see you naked. - Okay. 695 00:41:55,577 --> 00:41:59,991 Though"better safe than sorry" is a bit of a motto for us over at Treasury. 696 00:42:00,167 --> 00:42:01,994 I don't know, you're the boss. 697 00:42:02,170 --> 00:42:07,130 I'll be leading four agents, each working a third of a day, one day off a week. 698 00:42:07,302 --> 00:42:10,968 We've set up a command post in your apartment building, set up surveillance. 699 00:42:11,141 --> 00:42:14,309 You can put your car in a garage, you'll be using ours. 700 00:42:14,562 --> 00:42:17,932 - You can't come in the briefing room. - Crowded room, anyone can get in. 701 00:42:18,109 --> 00:42:21,942 - You're up at the podium. I'll be there. - This what you mean by"I'm the boss"? 702 00:42:22,114 --> 00:42:25,069 Yeah, I guess that's more of an honorary thing. 703 00:42:27,580 --> 00:42:30,618 This guy isn't smalltime, Ms. Cregg. 704 00:42:30,793 --> 00:42:32,787 You're being hunted. 705 00:42:33,964 --> 00:42:39,257 I can't guarantee anything except to say if you're dead, chances are I am too. 706 00:42:39,472 --> 00:42:41,964 I guess it's gonna have to be the little things now. 707 00:42:42,142 --> 00:42:43,554 Yeah. 708 00:42:43,728 --> 00:42:46,350 I'm gonna go check in with my command.