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I just love your writing, Tom,
ever since Scorpio.
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I think it just gets better and better.
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Oh, yeah?
What else have you read?
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All of them. I thought
the latest was brilliant, God's Cauldron.
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- You read that?
- In one sitting.
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But what we'd really love to read
is your book on the Underwoods.
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- Well, it's changed. It's fiction now.
- But based on them.
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People might draw parallels.
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Would the Underwoods find it flattering?
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I don't think they'd be too happy with it.
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How do you think it'll do?
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- Who knows?
- Better than God's Cauldron, I hope.
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Sales were disappointing, weren't they?
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In fact, they've been disappointing
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on everything you've written
the past ten years.
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We can change that with this new book.
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I'm not a political tool.
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We didn't fly you up here
because my wife's a fan.
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I'm sure you had a notion
of what we're after.
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I didn't have any expectations.
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I just came because I was curious.
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Well, then let me satisfy your curiosity.
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If your book can hurt the Underwoods,
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we want it to be published
before the election,
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and we want it to be big.
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Dana Treister, do you know her?
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The editor of Vanity Fair.
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- That's right. She's a close friend.
- And Ben Grant, founder of Pollyhop.
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I saw the webcast.
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They don't manipulate
search results,
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but let's just say
a big spread in Vanity Fair...
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Nice juicy excerpt,
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profile on Thomas Yates,
his literary comeback.
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We're on the cover this month, but...
next month it could be you.
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I'm on the Marxist side of Democrat.
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- Why would I help a Republican?
- You'd be helping yourself, Tom.
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And if that helps us
a little bit along the way,
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what's the harm in that?
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Sync and corrections by n17t01
www.addic7ed.com
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Senator Dean Austen of Ohio,
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the leadership's top choice
for running mate.
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Twelve years in Congress,
helps us with a major swing state,
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middle of the road,
very few enemies,
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and most importantly to them,
long-time friend of the NRA.
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Now his shortcomings are
he's another middle-aged white guy,
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underwhelming, unimaginative
and a long-time friend of the NRA.
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So you can see how I feel
about the leadership's choice.
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Senator.
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I'm honored, Mr. President.
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I just have one major reservation.
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- Claire.
- Yes, sir.
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Well, between you and me,
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I'm not even sure
this gun bill is gonna pass.
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But if I'm being asked to support it,
you know the sort of hot water--
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Yes, but I need you on the ticket
to balance our stance on guns.
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We have to appeal
to the Republicans as well.
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And look, I'm not asking you
to get behind the bill,
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just not to publicly trash it.
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I know this is an important issue to you.
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It is important,
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but not as much as an experienced
leader who can deliver Ohio.
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Then consider me on board, sir.
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We're not sure we can get this
to the floor before the election.
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That's the deal we made.
You get Austen, we get the gun bill.
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We need a strong Senate version first,
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so we don't have two weak bills
going into reconciliation.
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You want Austen,
you will make this bill a reality.
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Or, we can revisit the choice
for running mate.
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No...
let us see what we can do.
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I'll call Mitchell.
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Gentlemen,
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the future vice president.
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- Congratulations, Dean.
- Thank you very much.
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- Welcome.
- Thank you. Mrs. Underwood.
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- Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you.
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So, how's it going in here?
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Well, I think we're in alignment.
Wouldn't you say?
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It's been a productive meeting.
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So, let's talk about
when we should announce.
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I, uh, I need to soften
the blow to the NRA
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- before we go public.
- It's imperative we keep a lid on this.
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No leaks until we're ready.
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Just the four of us in this room.
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And Claire, of course.
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Well, I need to go
do this quick interview.
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Um, let me know
how it goes with Mitchell.
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All right,
I'm sure you have some--
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Oh, leave that open.
It gets so stuffy in here.
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Let's discuss the timing.
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Was it you or the First Lady?
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- First Lady all the way.
- She thinks she can win me over?
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She knows you'll hit harder
than anyone else.
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If she's still standing by the end,
maybe the bill has sea legs.
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- Kate.
- Good morning, Mrs. Underwood.
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How about we talk
in the Roosevelt Room?
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Support in the House is already wavering.
The public's losing interest in guns.
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Don't you want to wait until we sit down?
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Your staff only scheduled an hour.
I want to make the most of it.
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Oh, it's being used.
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Let's find somewhere else.
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Kate?
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Well, historically, gun reform
comes and goes in waves,
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as you know, so I believe this time,
it can be truly different.
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All the data's filtered here,
within these walls.
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My analysts do a first pass,
but ultimately,
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I do the final round myself.
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Our biggest concern is security.
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Top-grade firewall, same as
you guys use at NSA headquarters.
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What about internal security?
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I'm the only one with full access.
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So,
if you do find anything,
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how do you communicate that
to us in a secure way?
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In person.
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I'll come to Fort Meade myself,
or you come here.
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No hardware leaves the premises.
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Can you walk us through
how the filtering algorithms work?
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We'll take firearms, for instance.
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If we start with everyone
who legally owns a gun,
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track geo-location patterns
through their phones,
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we start to put together a portrait
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of where gun-owners
live, eat, shop, everything.
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From this, we predict
everyone who might want a firearm,
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but who isn't registered.
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They're likely to exhibit
the same behavior as people who are.
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You can use that for people
who are interested in Arabic,
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uh, wanna travel to the Middle East,
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who are disillusioned
with the U.S. government...
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So the same techniques that we're using
for our international surveillance.
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Yes... but far more advanced.
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Okay, turn a little bit
towards me, Mrs. Conway.
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Right.
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Ooh!
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You look great, Hannah.
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- What about the candidate?
- Don't get me started, Will.
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- You're really photogenic.
- I know.
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Franny Wallace, senior year.
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- The all-Goldfish diet.
- Did you have these put here specially?
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We roll out the platinum carpet, darling.
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I wonder what Franny's up to now.
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Hmm, not the Editor of Vanity Fair,
I'll tell you that.
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Or about to be the First Lady.
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Come a long way, haven't we?
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Yeah, Will and I, um...
Will and I appreciate your doing this.
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It's not charity. This issue will sell
like crazy with you two on the front.
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Well, I feel like
I should return the favor.
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A night in the Lincoln Bedroom?
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A story.
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You have a copy for me?
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An excerpt.
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- I need the whole book.
- That's all you get.
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Conway got the same thing.
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- That was a mistake, Tom.
- They came to me.
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But they don't get to publish...
without my approval.
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So what do you want?
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- A meeting.
- For?
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You're just a messenger, Doug.
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You got your message.
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One week.
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Thanks for the coffee.
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Mrs. Underwood, welcome.
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Thank you so much
for recording this robocall.
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It'll go a long way
in getting this bill passed.
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Well, thank you for all
the extraordinary work you're doing.
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Uh, where would you like me?
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Uh, Sally will show you
where we set up for the recording.
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Right this way, Mrs. Underwood.
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LeAnn...
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What is that?
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Names, phone numbers, emails.
A quarter million fresh targets.
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A quarter million?
Where'd you get this?
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No return address.
It's 50 times the names that we have.
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- Is it legit?
- Looks like it. We made sample calls.
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Hello, this is Claire Underwood.
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I need to confess something...
something I'm not proud to confess.
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When I was sitting
beside my husband in the hospital...
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all I thought about was me.
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My fear.
My pain if I was to lose him.
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And it was selfish.
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I-- I wasn't thinking
about everyone else
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who had gone through that fear and pain,
who had to sit where I was sitting
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because a loved one was shot
by someone who shouldn't have a gun.
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I'm ashamed because
I've never done anything about it.
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I'm ashamed of how many lives
we could've saved.
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How many families
we could've kept from suffering.
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We should all be ashamed,
every one of us,
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because the blood
is on all of our hands,
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and doing nothing
is the same as pulling a trigger.
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We need to do something.
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And that means changing the law.
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♪ I am who I am ♪
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♪ And what I am ♪
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♪ And I will be what I will be ♪
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♪ Okay ♪
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♪ Present tense, I am who I am ♪
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♪ Not was to be, but I am ♪
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♪ Can you imagine that? ♪
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Senator Austen's office.
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- More than 500 since this afternoon.
- From our district?
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We have it light. I'm hearing that
other offices have gotten over a thousand.
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Senator Austen's office.
I will take a message.
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Francis.
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You really shouldn't.
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Oh, one won't kill me.
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Did you finish it?
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Yeah.
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One part really caught my eye.
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"A chasm opened up between them,
a hallway less than ten yards wide.
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But it might as well
have been a thousand miles.
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A well-appointed no man's land
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with a plush carpet and high ceiling
between two bedrooms.
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In it were two centuries of ghosts,
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all the Presidents
and First Ladies before them.
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But also the ghost... of their marriage.
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A thirty years' war
that left them both dead inside
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and this dead space between them."
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He's perceptive.
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Uncanny.
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Well, it's not who we are.
Not anymore.
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People will want to believe
it's true even if it's false.
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What do you think it is
he wants to accomplish?
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He came here one night,
after I'd asked you to resign.
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He said he was obsessed.
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Or maybe he wants back in.
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You felt something for him.
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Maybe for a moment.
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- Did you?
- No, I don't think so.
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I felt...
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I felt like he saw me.
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Me, too.
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Mr. Barnes.
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I couldn't stop thinking,
since you called...
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about Zoe.
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- I guess I want answers.
- That-- That's what I want, too.
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- What is it you want to know?
- Was there... a relationship?
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With Underwood?
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When she was 17,
just before she went off to school...
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she found out I was having an affair.
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Sales rep, some drug company.
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- Blonde.
- You know.
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This isn't, you know, on the record.
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No...
No, not if you don't want it to be.
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You said she found out.
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She gave me three days to tell her mother,
or she would...
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I'm sorry, I had a few drinks.
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- Did you tell her?
- Yeah, I told her.
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We split up.
247
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Zoe didn't talk to me much after that.
248
00:16:54,388 --> 00:16:56,223
I don't know anything about Underwood.
249
00:16:57,224 --> 00:17:00,477
I'm the last person
she would've told.
250
00:17:05,066 --> 00:17:09,361
I wish I would've...
made more of an effort...
251
00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:13,157
to reach out to her.
252
00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:14,951
Are you driving, Mr. Barnes?
253
00:17:16,327 --> 00:17:17,537
Yeah.
254
00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:22,374
- I'm almost home.
- You should pull over.
255
00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:24,544
Did you find out anything?
256
00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:27,338
Anything you can tell me?
257
00:17:27,421 --> 00:17:30,592
She didn't have a lot of friends
at the Herald.
258
00:17:31,593 --> 00:17:35,763
Um, from what I can gather,
she didn't have any close friends at all.
259
00:17:36,513 --> 00:17:39,183
I spoke to some people
in her neighborhood...
260
00:17:40,351 --> 00:17:42,604
but nothing so far.
261
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:45,397
Will you?
262
00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:48,610
- If you...
- Yeah, of course, of course.
263
00:17:48,693 --> 00:17:51,320
If you think of anything...
264
00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:52,572
Yeah.
265
00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:19,932
Then what were you doing there?
266
00:18:20,016 --> 00:18:23,645
If I do a meeting at the White House,
I don't have to explain myself, Julia.
267
00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:25,271
This bill might pass.
268
00:18:25,855 --> 00:18:29,108
- I realize that.
- Are you helping them?
269
00:18:29,191 --> 00:18:30,693
Absolutely not.
270
00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:40,494
- Julia.
- Mrs. Underwood.
271
00:18:40,577 --> 00:18:43,497
Sorry, I'd shake your hand,
but I just got back from a run.
272
00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:46,458
Listen, I wanted to say, I know
our meeting last time didn't go very well,
273
00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:48,377
and that's on me.
It was rude, what I said,
274
00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:50,755
and I hope you'll accept my apology.
275
00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:52,464
Have a seat, please.
276
00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:58,930
You ever been
in the residence before?
277
00:18:59,013 --> 00:19:01,724
The personal touch
isn't going to bring me on board.
278
00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:03,810
Neither will a few thousand
calls to Congress.
279
00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:06,688
84,000 in less than 24 hours.
280
00:19:07,271 --> 00:19:09,148
But let's put that aside for a moment
281
00:19:09,231 --> 00:19:11,442
- and talk about your good friend.
- Who?
282
00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:14,946
- Senator Austen.
- He told me. Running mate.
283
00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:16,781
Oh, not just running mate.
284
00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:19,992
You said I wouldn't
have to support this bill.
285
00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:21,953
Yes, but a lot can change in a day, Dean.
286
00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:25,414
We had no idea
there'd be this sort of groundswell.
287
00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:28,876
Julia Melman was all over my ass
even for being in the same room as you.
288
00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,586
Did you tell her?
289
00:19:31,378 --> 00:19:33,380
- I had to.
- Christ, Dean...
290
00:19:33,464 --> 00:19:35,091
It was that, or make an enemy for life.
291
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,051
She's upset,
but I think she'll come around,
292
00:19:37,134 --> 00:19:39,679
unless you make me endorse closing
the gun show and Internet loopholes.
293
00:19:39,762 --> 00:19:40,930
Then she'll go ballistic.
294
00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:44,016
Dean wouldn't do that.
We've poured millions into his campaigns.
295
00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:45,852
And now he doesn't need you anymore.
296
00:19:45,935 --> 00:19:49,105
Are you trying to intimidate me?
To get us to back down?
297
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:50,815
No, I have an offer.
298
00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:55,319
Ohio's a tough state for Democrats.
Julia's been very good to me.
299
00:19:55,402 --> 00:20:00,574
Loyalty's important, I understand,
but your loyalty has to be with me now.
300
00:20:00,657 --> 00:20:02,284
I just can't do it.
301
00:20:02,869 --> 00:20:04,286
All right, then we'll cancel
the announcement.
302
00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:05,913
I'll find someone else
to be my running mate.
303
00:20:05,997 --> 00:20:08,665
No, I mean,
I... I just can't support this bill.
304
00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:11,794
Oh, but you see,
the two go hand in hand now.
305
00:20:12,294 --> 00:20:15,339
So, are you on the ticket or not?
306
00:20:15,422 --> 00:20:18,718
What if the gun bill passes in the House,
but not the Senate?
307
00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:20,511
In return for what?
308
00:20:21,345 --> 00:20:24,098
You convince the senator to pull out.
309
00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:28,227
Now, the leadership wants him,
and we've played nice,
310
00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:32,314
but the president and I want Cathy Durant.
She's a much stronger candidate.
311
00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:34,608
You're willing to abandon your own bill?
312
00:20:34,691 --> 00:20:37,319
If it's means beating Conway
or beating you,
313
00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:38,695
that's not a hard choice.
314
00:20:40,281 --> 00:20:43,075
I already told Dean that I could
live with him being running mate.
315
00:20:43,159 --> 00:20:44,326
How do I backtrack?
316
00:20:44,994 --> 00:20:46,662
Just watch the news tomorrow.
317
00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:48,330
You made the right choice.
318
00:20:48,414 --> 00:20:50,249
- I hope so.
- Well, don't hope so, know so.
319
00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:53,920
And I'll have Seth
send you a copy of the speech.
320
00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:57,173
You can show the senator out now,
thank you.
321
00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,549
Yes, sir.
322
00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:11,873
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- It's okay. Come in.
323
00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:20,089
- What did he say?
- He'll do it. What did she say?
324
00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,174
That she'll think about it.
325
00:22:22,258 --> 00:22:24,676
How do we know
she won't tell him our plans?
326
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:25,970
I told her if she does,
327
00:22:26,053 --> 00:22:28,014
we'll make sure
the bill goes through the Senate.
328
00:22:29,015 --> 00:22:30,682
Can you hand me a towel, please?
329
00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:55,291
- Meechum's hand.
- What?
330
00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:02,839
I traced it on a wall downstairs...
a while back.
331
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,677
They've painted over it.
Oh, never mind.
332
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,388
Francis, I've been thinking about Yates.
333
00:23:11,057 --> 00:23:12,558
The Conways have everything.
334
00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:16,270
They have their children,
their videos, their Twitter.
335
00:23:17,688 --> 00:23:20,441
There are very few people
who understand us.
336
00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:22,693
Meechum... was one.
337
00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:26,030
Tom is another.
338
00:23:41,462 --> 00:23:42,964
Eight...
339
00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:48,970
Seven. Nice.
340
00:24:01,648 --> 00:24:03,692
Mr. Long Pants.
341
00:24:10,032 --> 00:24:13,827
Mr. Nice Shoes.
Go! Go, go, go.
342
00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:15,371
- Go!
- Are you hungry?
343
00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:18,957
No money. You need to go.
You and your money, go.
344
00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,628
- I'm calling the cops.
- All right, all right.
345
00:24:22,711 --> 00:24:24,046
- The cops, right now...
- All right, all right.
346
00:24:24,130 --> 00:24:26,090
- I'm calling the cops.
- All right, all right.
347
00:24:30,761 --> 00:24:31,970
Ma'am...
348
00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:36,267
I'm Officer Tom.
349
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:42,439
You called for me?
350
00:24:44,775 --> 00:24:46,568
There was a man here.
351
00:24:47,569 --> 00:24:50,989
A very bad man.
352
00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:54,285
- Do you live on this block?
- Thirty-three years.
353
00:24:55,952 --> 00:24:58,747
Three... three.
354
00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:01,500
Did you ever see this bad man
on your block?
355
00:25:02,793 --> 00:25:05,337
Did you ever see
this bad man on your block?
356
00:25:08,965 --> 00:25:10,801
All right.
357
00:25:10,884 --> 00:25:14,305
What about this woman?
Did you ever see her?
358
00:25:15,722 --> 00:25:17,891
- Pretty.
- Yes, yes, she is.
359
00:25:18,975 --> 00:25:20,227
Whore!
360
00:25:22,271 --> 00:25:24,315
- Go away!
- Why'd you say that?
361
00:25:24,398 --> 00:25:26,442
- Go away. Go away.
- Why'd you say that? Tell me.
362
00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:29,153
Tell Officer Tom.
Why did you call her that word?
363
00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:31,197
Go away!
364
00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:37,994
Built this myself,
with my son.
365
00:25:38,079 --> 00:25:40,331
He's doing El Capitan next spring.
366
00:25:41,248 --> 00:25:42,249
Free-climb.
367
00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:44,835
I feel like running for president
368
00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:47,629
is like climbing a cliff
without a safety rope.
369
00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:51,049
How is it the press don't know
you're here, by the way?
370
00:25:51,133 --> 00:25:52,134
Just like you, General,
371
00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:55,262
I take Sundays off
to spend time with family and friends.
372
00:25:55,346 --> 00:25:57,223
Or to make new friends.
373
00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:01,102
Look, Governor,
I know you still want me to resign.
374
00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:03,104
But I was wrong to threaten that.
375
00:26:03,187 --> 00:26:06,357
Dreyer told me ICO took over
another oil field this week.
376
00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:09,025
They're growing.
377
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,195
Dreyer shares a lot with you, doesn't he?
378
00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:13,655
This is happening on your watch, General.
379
00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:18,994
The president isn't acting
and you can't force him to.
380
00:26:20,204 --> 00:26:22,498
Not if you stay.
381
00:26:23,540 --> 00:26:27,503
If you resign, though,
I promise it'll only be temporary.
382
00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:32,424
Once I get political,
I can't cross back over the line.
383
00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:34,426
I don't mean a recommission.
384
00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:39,306
I mean making you my running mate.
385
00:26:41,808 --> 00:26:43,310
Thank you.
386
00:26:43,894 --> 00:26:47,481
- Have you read it?
- Just an excerpt. It's powerful.
387
00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:51,067
And it'll be controversial.
Say yes and I'll show you.
388
00:26:51,152 --> 00:26:52,653
The Telegraph would never let me.
389
00:26:52,736 --> 00:26:55,864
- Same parent company, both our titles.
- Doesn't matter.
390
00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:57,366
Paper is strict
when it comes to moonlighting.
391
00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,910
It does matter,
because my dad is on the board.
392
00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:01,703
One call to your editor...
393
00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:05,207
There... there are plenty
of people who would jump at doing this.
394
00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:07,209
Not who know him intimately.
395
00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:09,378
My new election correspondent,
396
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:12,214
he saw you and Yates
sneaking off on the campaign trail.
397
00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:15,717
Yates will open up to you.
I'm sure you know what buttons to push.
398
00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:17,844
It's a conflict of interest.
399
00:27:20,096 --> 00:27:22,057
My dad showed me that article you wrote.
400
00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:26,353
The one that never went to print
where you called him a tyrant.
401
00:27:27,062 --> 00:27:29,440
Some of us have
built our careers on our reputations,
402
00:27:29,523 --> 00:27:31,900
not by having their daddies
give them a magazine to play with.
403
00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:34,611
Or by cozying up
to old school chums, right?
404
00:27:35,362 --> 00:27:37,072
I've heard it all before.
405
00:27:37,823 --> 00:27:41,327
You may not like me,
you may not like the Conways,
406
00:27:41,410 --> 00:27:43,412
but I have to believe
you can stomach us better
407
00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:45,872
than another four years
of President Underwood.
408
00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,503
- Well, the writing is good.
- I know.
409
00:27:53,214 --> 00:27:54,923
Not good enough
to strong-arm a president.
410
00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:58,552
Well, good enough
to get me in this room.
411
00:27:59,470 --> 00:28:01,347
I thought Francis
made it very clear to you,
412
00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:03,474
you were not to challenge us.
413
00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:07,102
Yeah. He said he would tell the world
I didn't write Scorpio.
414
00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:09,605
I hope you understand
415
00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:13,275
that we can't allow you
to print this before the election.
416
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:14,485
I do.
417
00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:18,196
Then why did you want to meet?
418
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,117
I need an ending.
419
00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:27,248
I have one I can live with,
but not the one I love.
420
00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:30,626
- Because it's false.
- Well, it's true that you left.
421
00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:33,587
If I left, I wouldn't be here.
422
00:28:33,670 --> 00:28:35,088
I don't believe for a second
423
00:28:35,171 --> 00:28:38,091
you went to visit your mother
because she was sick.
424
00:28:38,174 --> 00:28:39,175
And why is that?
425
00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:41,177
Because you never mentioned her
one time to me.
426
00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:46,225
Saying nothing
says a lot sometimes.
427
00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:49,811
Well, what if the story
isn't about how she left,
428
00:28:49,895 --> 00:28:52,231
but how she came back.
429
00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:57,110
Just because you're here
doesn't mean you're here.
430
00:28:58,028 --> 00:28:59,696
Well, wouldn't you like to know?
431
00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:04,576
Don't you want your ending?
432
00:29:07,621 --> 00:29:09,248
Are you gonna tell me about it?
433
00:29:10,291 --> 00:29:13,252
About the two of you?
No lies.
434
00:29:13,335 --> 00:29:15,712
No, I'm not going to tell you anything.
435
00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:18,924
You can observe, like you did before.
436
00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:23,219
The difference is everything
you see this time will be yours.
437
00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:26,056
And in return,
we would like something.
438
00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:30,436
Speeches.
We need someone who knows us...
439
00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:32,062
and knows our voices.
440
00:29:33,647 --> 00:29:35,482
A speechwriter?
You're kidding.
441
00:29:35,566 --> 00:29:38,694
It's the only way to justify
you being with us...
442
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:40,279
in case the press ask.
443
00:29:40,362 --> 00:29:43,407
Oh. You want to keep an eye on me.
444
00:29:44,074 --> 00:29:46,493
Well, I think that's fair.
Don't you?
445
00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:49,162
If you're keeping an eye on us?
446
00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:54,710
So you gave us a week.
We'll give you a day.
447
00:29:59,881 --> 00:30:00,882
Hmm.
448
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:05,554
It was right here,
on this very spot,
449
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:10,642
that I was shot with two bullets
from an illegally obtained handgun.
450
00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:17,774
Secret Service Agent Edward Meechum,
a marine and my friend,
451
00:30:17,858 --> 00:30:22,363
was slain with the bullets
from that very same gun.
452
00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:26,157
The public support...
453
00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:31,538
for the First Lady's...
Universal Background Check bill
454
00:30:31,622 --> 00:30:35,334
has been deafening
in these last few days.
455
00:30:35,417 --> 00:30:39,087
We have heard from
thousands and thousands of voices,
456
00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:44,885
and today, we would like to add
one more voice to that chorus.
457
00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:49,390
And it is a powerful voice.
Senator Dean Austen of Ohio.
458
00:30:53,727 --> 00:30:55,061
Thank you, Mr. President.
459
00:30:57,105 --> 00:31:00,191
I've been a member of the NRA
since I was a teenager.
460
00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:03,319
I've always been
a fierce advocate for gun rights.
461
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,697
But today I want to offer
my strong support
462
00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:08,033
for the First Lady's bill.
463
00:31:09,410 --> 00:31:11,453
Here you go.
464
00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:14,998
- Let me ask you another question.
- I'm tellin' you, man,
465
00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:16,625
if you say she lived on the block,
I believe you.
466
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:17,793
But she must not have liked pizza,
467
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:19,461
'cause I don't remember
ever seein' her face.
468
00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:21,588
Not her.
President Underwood.
469
00:31:21,672 --> 00:31:23,799
Oh, Christ,
I can't get away from this guy.
470
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:27,511
His wife just called me.
Robocall about guns.
471
00:31:27,594 --> 00:31:29,513
You ever seen him
around this neighborhood?
472
00:31:29,596 --> 00:31:30,806
Oh, yeah.
All the time.
473
00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:33,517
With the Queen of England,
Friday nights, after bowling.
474
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,185
When he was in Congress.
475
00:31:35,977 --> 00:31:37,604
Nah, never once.
476
00:31:37,688 --> 00:31:39,355
I would've remembered.
I'm good with faces.
477
00:31:41,775 --> 00:31:43,234
- Parmesan?
- Over there.
478
00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,454
I saw this guy a few times, though.
479
00:31:54,663 --> 00:31:56,498
- The senator?
- No, the, uh, the dead guy.
480
00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:58,041
The Secret Service guy.
481
00:32:08,510 --> 00:32:10,345
In here?
482
00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:13,098
Yeah, a while back.
He used to stop in for coffee.
483
00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:15,141
Never any pizza, just coffee.
484
00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:22,398
- You're positive?
- Yeah. I told you, I'm good with faces.
485
00:32:28,614 --> 00:32:34,661
"The wheels lifted,
and within seconds, Washington fell away,
486
00:32:34,745 --> 00:32:39,415
disappearing under
a blanket of haze and smog.
487
00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,752
Forehead pressed to the window,
488
00:32:41,835 --> 00:32:45,464
she imagined this was exactly
how it must have looked
489
00:32:45,547 --> 00:32:48,675
a thousand years ago,
when the sun rose above the clouds
490
00:32:48,759 --> 00:32:51,928
and there was nothing
but a swamp beneath.
491
00:32:52,012 --> 00:32:56,099
From this height, with this view,
she could be anywhere.
492
00:32:56,182 --> 00:33:00,812
But the important thing is
she was anywhere but there."
493
00:33:02,063 --> 00:33:04,525
- You want another?
- Yeah.
494
00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:30,842
Did he say why?
495
00:33:32,969 --> 00:33:34,680
Okay, thanks, Dana.
496
00:33:35,639 --> 00:33:36,890
Yates pulled out.
497
00:33:36,973 --> 00:33:39,017
Said he came to an agreement
with the Underwoods.
498
00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:40,936
He was playing us off each other.
499
00:33:41,937 --> 00:33:43,647
We could still leak the excerpt.
500
00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:49,277
It's too risky.
If we get away with it, great.
501
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,782
If we don't, we look like opportunists
fucking over an acclaimed novelist.
502
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:54,991
It's not worth it.
503
00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:58,369
Do you think it's true,
that chasm between them?
504
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:00,330
Who knows?
505
00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:03,709
I love that writing.
506
00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:07,671
- I wish I could've read the rest of it.
- I hated Scorpio.
507
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,717
- It was beautiful.
- It's garbage.
508
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,344
- Why?
- The main character's a pussy.
509
00:34:14,928 --> 00:34:18,306
- Will, you know I hate that word.
- He is.
510
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:21,184
He lets his best friend kill himself.
He does nothing?
511
00:34:21,267 --> 00:34:23,895
He was in pain.
He was going to die anyway.
512
00:34:23,979 --> 00:34:25,939
It doesn't matter.
It's cowardly.
513
00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:28,399
I think he was brave.
And his friend.
514
00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:30,318
And I think Yates
was brave to write it.
515
00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:34,030
Brave is never giving up.
You fight, no matter what.
516
00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:42,330
So, Kate Baldwin was willing
if Yates was in?
517
00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:44,666
Yeah, Dana was giving her
20,000 words.
518
00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:46,960
I think we can pivot.
519
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:48,920
How?
520
00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:51,172
Get her back on the phone.
521
00:34:55,551 --> 00:34:59,681
- Julia.
- Olivia, I didn't know you were in town.
522
00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:01,057
Oh, just a little visit.
523
00:35:01,141 --> 00:35:03,769
I miss seeing Dean's face sometimes.
Don't tell him that.
524
00:35:03,852 --> 00:35:05,937
- Will you give us a few minutes?
- No, she should stay.
525
00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:07,355
Oh, I know
you have things to discuss.
526
00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:09,274
Like your husband
withdrawing from the ticket.
527
00:35:10,901 --> 00:35:13,403
That's why she's in town, right?
For the announcement.
528
00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:15,781
I know the press conference
must've caught you off guard,
529
00:35:15,864 --> 00:35:17,282
but the president
didn't want you to know.
530
00:35:17,365 --> 00:35:20,368
- He thought you'd organize a protest.
- He was right. I would've.
531
00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:23,329
My plan was to sit down,
talk this out before the announcement.
532
00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:24,956
There isn't gonna be
an announcement.
533
00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:27,834
You... you can't waltz in here--
534
00:35:27,918 --> 00:35:31,379
We've raised $20 million for your husband
since he was a freshman.
535
00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:34,007
That gives me the right
to waltz in whenever I want.
536
00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:36,301
- Show some respect.
- Honey, please.
537
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:39,262
No. This is what we wanted.
538
00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:42,432
- What we've worked for.
- When Underwood loses,
539
00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:45,476
you'll spend the next two years
fighting off a primary opponent.
540
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,064
Every one of our 200,000 members in Ohio
will turn on you.
541
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:53,068
By the time you've lost this office,
Olivia's law firm will go tits up.
542
00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:56,446
Don't forget, we pushed
most of your clients your way.
543
00:35:58,907 --> 00:36:01,367
He got cold feet.
What can I do?
544
00:36:01,451 --> 00:36:03,161
Convince him
to change his mind.
545
00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:05,831
He wouldn't listen.
He says the NRA came down hard on him.
546
00:36:05,914 --> 00:36:07,582
Because you had him
do the press conference.
547
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:11,086
No, that was Austen's idea, not mine.
I told him to lay low,
548
00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,171
but he said if he was in,
he wanted to be all in.
549
00:36:13,254 --> 00:36:18,134
- The idea was to balance the ticket.
- Well, we can't do anything about Austen.
550
00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,511
The question now is
who do we get to replace him?
551
00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:22,180
Go back to the list?
552
00:36:22,263 --> 00:36:25,016
He was fine, but I'm not enthused
by anyone else on that list.
553
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,518
Let's not go back to square one,
Mr. President.
554
00:36:27,602 --> 00:36:29,145
We have a good list.
555
00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:30,646
Everybody can get
behind those names.
556
00:36:30,731 --> 00:36:32,190
It's common sense.
557
00:36:33,233 --> 00:36:37,612
The only problem with common sense
is that it's so... common.
558
00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:40,866
I think we can do better.
559
00:36:40,949 --> 00:36:42,200
Who?
560
00:36:44,119 --> 00:36:45,245
Cathy Durant.
561
00:36:45,328 --> 00:36:48,581
Now, Louisiana's not a swing state,
I know that.
562
00:36:48,664 --> 00:36:52,502
But she is still a national figure,
she helps us with the women's vote,
563
00:36:52,585 --> 00:36:54,796
and I trust her.
564
00:36:55,922 --> 00:36:57,257
What about guns?
565
00:36:57,340 --> 00:36:58,884
I don't think she's ever had
a strong position.
566
00:36:58,967 --> 00:37:01,386
It's better than that.
She's never uttered a word on the issue.
567
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:02,804
We checked.
568
00:37:07,768 --> 00:37:09,644
- I like it.
- So do I.
569
00:37:10,603 --> 00:37:13,064
- But I had another thought.
- Who?
570
00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:14,649
Not "who." How.
571
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:20,446
I don't think I should choose her.
I think the party should choose her.
572
00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:23,742
Not an open convention.
573
00:37:23,825 --> 00:37:26,077
Look, Bob, let's...
574
00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:33,209
We have to face the fact that my health
is gonna be a major liability for us.
575
00:37:33,293 --> 00:37:38,214
No matter who becomes the running mate,
they could well end up being president.
576
00:37:38,298 --> 00:37:40,425
Now, that is a...
577
00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:42,593
a scenario
that I don't even like to fathom,
578
00:37:42,677 --> 00:37:43,970
but we can't escape it.
579
00:37:44,054 --> 00:37:49,100
And if it's such an important decision,
why not let the party make it?
580
00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:51,061
Because it'd be a free-for-all.
581
00:37:51,144 --> 00:37:53,563
No, no.
We make it so that Cathy wins.
582
00:37:53,646 --> 00:37:55,774
We'll just make it look
like the party chose her.
583
00:37:55,857 --> 00:37:59,194
And think of the coverage.
We'll own the news.
584
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:01,321
You want the convention to be a circus.
585
00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:03,949
Oh, Bob, I'm not sure
if you've noticed or not,
586
00:38:04,032 --> 00:38:07,702
but politics is no longer just theater,
it's show business.
587
00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:10,330
So let's put on the best show in town.
588
00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:12,457
Great.
589
00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:14,167
Will you give me a salute, General?
590
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:21,716
Active military aren't allowed
to speak to the press.
591
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,302
He delivered his resignation this morning.
592
00:38:24,385 --> 00:38:25,678
No shit.
593
00:38:25,761 --> 00:38:28,890
We're gonna break it online
as soon as the president accepts it.
594
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:32,310
Not often a monthly
gets raw meat like this, huh?
595
00:38:32,393 --> 00:38:35,771
- His phone's gonna blow up.
- But you get the exclusive.
596
00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:40,735
- Sorry about Tom.
- I'm not.
597
00:38:42,112 --> 00:38:43,738
Thank you, General.
598
00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:46,032
All right, we're gonna go set up
for the...
599
00:38:48,618 --> 00:38:51,079
Good afternoon, General.
Kate Baldwin.
600
00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:53,706
Shall we?
601
00:38:54,624 --> 00:38:58,962
So, the main issue that Mrs. Underwood
has been focusing on is guns, obviously.
602
00:38:59,045 --> 00:39:00,839
We've got some talking points
we've been using,
603
00:39:00,922 --> 00:39:03,091
- so you'll want to--
- I'm sorry, is there any water?
604
00:39:03,925 --> 00:39:05,260
Yes.
605
00:39:08,596 --> 00:39:10,098
I'm a bit hungover.
606
00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:15,436
At least I'm not still drunk.
607
00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:18,356
Want some?
608
00:39:19,024 --> 00:39:20,566
Uh, we're fine.
609
00:39:20,650 --> 00:39:22,027
Right.
610
00:39:23,569 --> 00:39:25,488
So...
611
00:39:25,571 --> 00:39:27,073
to the talking points.
612
00:39:28,741 --> 00:39:30,994
What is it?
613
00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:42,838
Excuse me for a moment, gentlemen.
614
00:39:46,092 --> 00:39:50,013
What I want to communicate mostly
is about the death toll,
615
00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:53,099
with personal stories,
things that connect with--
616
00:39:53,183 --> 00:39:54,517
Claire.
617
00:39:55,143 --> 00:39:58,354
- Tom.
- Mr. President.
618
00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,356
Can we speak?
619
00:40:01,691 --> 00:40:03,484
I'll, uh...
I'll leave you to it.
620
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:13,786
Does she actually give a shit about guns?
621
00:40:13,869 --> 00:40:16,414
What's that got to do with anything?
622
00:40:25,215 --> 00:40:26,925
We knew this was a possibility.
623
00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:30,386
He's gonna make a lot of noise.
It's Conway, I'm sure of it.
624
00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:34,099
Problem isn't Conway, it's LeAnn.
She pressured us to cancel the air strike.
625
00:40:34,182 --> 00:40:36,434
We chose our path, Doug.
Let's not second-guess it.
626
00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:39,020
No offense, Mrs. Underwood,
but she's doing damage.
627
00:40:39,104 --> 00:40:40,313
I think we should replace her.
628
00:40:40,396 --> 00:40:42,482
She's the reason
we're gonna pass the gun bill.
629
00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:46,319
Sir? I just got this from Dana Treister,
the editor of Vanity Fair.
630
00:40:46,402 --> 00:40:47,695
Not sure what it means...
631
00:40:50,823 --> 00:40:53,451
He's gonna make
that son of a bitch his running mate.
632
00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:55,954
- What's goin' on?
- I'll see what I can dig up on him.
633
00:40:56,037 --> 00:40:58,623
No. He was fully vetted when he was
commissioned for the Joint Chiefs.
634
00:40:58,706 --> 00:41:01,709
No, you go with Seth
and draft a statement on the resignation.
635
00:41:01,792 --> 00:41:05,296
- Yes, sir. Let's go.
- What's going on, Doug?
636
00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:13,263
And it's LeAnn's fault.
637
00:41:13,346 --> 00:41:15,931
He never would've resigned
if it wasn't for her.
638
00:41:16,016 --> 00:41:18,809
See what you can find.
639
00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:20,520
On the general?
The president said we shouldn't.
640
00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:22,022
On LeAnn.
641
00:41:22,105 --> 00:41:24,149
Hey, I don't wanna get involved
in some cage match--
642
00:41:24,232 --> 00:41:28,486
I thought we had an understanding.
Your obedience.
643
00:41:30,071 --> 00:41:32,032
I'll see what I can do.
644
00:41:35,535 --> 00:41:38,621
Do you agree with Doug?
You're having reservations about LeAnn?
645
00:41:38,704 --> 00:41:40,999
Less about her and more about Tom.
646
00:41:41,082 --> 00:41:44,877
But I told you I trust you on this,
so I'm trusting you.
647
00:41:46,796 --> 00:41:50,216
- Has the leadership agreed yet?
- They're skeptical.
648
00:41:50,966 --> 00:41:52,552
We can use this.
649
00:41:53,428 --> 00:41:56,764
Well, gentlemen, if there was any doubt
about an open convention, let it go,
650
00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:59,142
because we're gonna wanna bury this news.
651
00:41:59,225 --> 00:42:01,227
Brockhart has just resigned.
652
00:42:01,311 --> 00:42:04,522
And the general is about to appear
on the cover of Vanity Fair.
653
00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:06,482
Imagine what Conway can do with that.
654
00:42:06,566 --> 00:42:09,152
Conway! Conway! Conway!
655
00:42:12,113 --> 00:42:14,490
Thank you for coming.
656
00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:17,452
Thank you for coming.
Thank you! Thank you!
657
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:19,037
Thank you for coming out.
658
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,122
- Dana just sent me this.
- So great to see you.
659
00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:22,873
The story broke.
660
00:42:23,958 --> 00:42:25,626
- Hello.
- Isn't my wife perfect?
661
00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:28,338
Thank you.
662
00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:30,298
Let her know how perfect you think she is!
663
00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:33,134
Stop it. Ahh!
664
00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:36,679
You're too much!
665
00:42:36,762 --> 00:42:40,266
- Thank you! Thank you!
- Conway! Conway! Conway!
666
00:43:02,163 --> 00:43:04,082
Yeah, I know, Fausto.
667
00:43:05,250 --> 00:43:07,377
I get exhausted
just thinking about it, too.
668
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:24,185
All right.
669
00:43:26,354 --> 00:43:28,356
A journey of a thousand miles.
670
00:43:56,359 --> 00:44:01,770
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