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I don't know.
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I feel like...
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I feel like these shoes are
at a different party.
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You know? One where fun goes to die.
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So less corporate, more red carpet?
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I think so. Great.
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Thanks, Roxanne.
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I really appreciate you jumping in.
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Ali usually helps me with big events,
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but she's doing
an internship abroad and...
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No problem. Okay.
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These should put the fun
in fundraiser.
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Oh, yeah. See?
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Now, look.
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This is why women
have a thing about shoes.
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They do?
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Well, that's news to me.
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Oh, hey, handsome.
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I love you in that old thing.
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- It never gets old.
- That's why it's a classic.
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It certainly is.
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Okay, I got to go over
and work on my remarks.
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No, d-don't touch.
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All right. Good seeing you, Roxanne.
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Well, I think we got a winner.
What do you think?
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Yeah.
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There's just one other wardrobe issue
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we should discuss moving forward.
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It's about your husband.
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So you'll at least want to
get a drive-by with Senator Wagner.
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He has a sweet tooth, so
target the dessert table.
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And, uh, Senator Langston might
be a little harder to pin down.
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Oh, Sydney and Louise Winters's winery
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had a great harvest coming off
an award-winning year,
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so you can lean on them
to up their grant.
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Just for one night,
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can we not think about
fundraising or votes?
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Come on. This event actually
has the potential to be fun.
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You might be
in the wrong profession, ma'am.
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I said "one night," Blake. I'm
not having a vocational crisis.
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- Good to know.
- But this is Henry's night to shine,
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so I am perfectly justified
staying out of the spotlight.
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Yes, ma'am.
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Oh, it's the McCords,
in glamorous formal wear.
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- I feel itchy.
- Oh, you feel itchy?
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Well, y-you look really g...
that looks great.
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You have on writer's face.
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What...
No, I had writer's face before.
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This is public remarks face.
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Oh. Well, okay.
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- Let's do this.
- Okay.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
President Elizabeth McCord
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- and First Gentleman Dr. Henry McCord.
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Madam Secretary,
it's a pleasure to see you.
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And you, too, Madam President.
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Is Minister Chen playing nice
on the Taiwanese negotiations?
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Oh, I've got his number.
I think he misses you.
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Excuse me.
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- Hi, you.
- Senators Windbag
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and Expediency are here as expected.
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Good to see you.
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Good evening, Mike.
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Not if we can't get your
wildly unrealistic,
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giving-me-palpitations
legislative meatball
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- over the finish line.
- Thank you.
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You have votes to whip,
lady. I mean, Madam.
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- President.
- I was sort of hoping
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to take the night off.
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So, Wagner likes to feel important.
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So just act like you're there
seeking his brilliant counsel
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and actually give a crap
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about his spectacular blowhardery.
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That and he likes to brag
about bringing home the bacon
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to his constituents.
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Langston is an idealist
but responds to power,
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so just pummel her.
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Isn't it a bit unseemly
for the president to pummel?
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Failure is unseemlier, and your
hundredth day in office looms.
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Now, see, that's something that
we can all reach consensus on.
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We ought to chocolate-cover every bill
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that comes to the floor, Madam President.
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Thanks for coming out tonight,
Senator Wagner.
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Any chance to hear that
scholarly husband of yours talk.
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Well, that's nice to hear.
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Be even nicer to hear if I had
your support for the ESI bill.
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I support the infrastructure piece,
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but some of my colleagues and I
have concerns
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about the education handouts.
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Well, we can't have
next-gen infrastructure
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without innovations in science,
and we can't lead in science
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without investing in education...
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The hip bone's connected
to the thigh bone.
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I've heard your pitch, ma'am,
but the people of Alabama
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don't care about the body politic.
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They care about runaway spending.
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Do you think
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that those concerns
might be allayed if we make sure
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contracts for rebuilding
Alabama's schools
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only go to local
construction companies?
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That might be just the chocolate
fix they need, Madam President.
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Before you all knew him
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as the First Gentleman
of the United States,
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he was known in many circles
for other things.
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Fighter pilot, religious
scholar, acclaimed author,
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White House advisor.
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Clearly, he did the best he could
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with the limited talents he had.
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Please welcome Dr. Henry McCord.
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Thank you, Patricia.
Thank you very much.
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Well, it's true, I've had
a blessed and weird life
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and I've pursued
some challenging paths.
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But what you probably don't know
is that I could never have been
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any of those things without poetry.
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I mean, here I was,
this goofy, working-class kid
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from Pittsburgh without a single
interesting thought in my mind.
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And then, in high school, I had
this great teacher, Mr. Eastman,
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who made me read Gerard Manley
Hopkins and Emily Dickinson
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and Langston Hughes and Blaise Pascal.
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These were theologians,
philosophers, innovators
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and artists.
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And suddenly, my mind caught fire.
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I... the way they used words
just lit up my imagination
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and expanded my concept of the divine.
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They ignited all my passions
and put them in one place.
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In his poem "High Flight,"
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John Gillespie Magee Jr. wrote,
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"Oh, I have slipped
the surly bonds of earth,
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And danced the skies
on laughter-silvered wings."
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When I read that passage,
I instantly knew two things:
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I wanted to study theology
and I wanted to fly.
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Artists have inspired me
to do everything
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that's meaningful in my life.
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I may have even leaned on
a little Keats and Shakespeare
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when I was wooing my beautiful wife.
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There is nothing that drives
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our world-leading economy
like creativity,
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and there is nothing that drives
creativity like the arts.
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It is vital that we foster them
and invest in them.
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Thank you very much.
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Don't tell people this, but...
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Thomas Aquinas walks into a bar...
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I'm so sorry to pull rank, but
the first gentleman is needed
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for an emergency dancing situation,
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- and it can't be helped.
- Sorry.
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Can't say no to the chief.
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- Well, hello.
- Hello.
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We haven't danced like this
since the inaugural ball.
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We haven't danced at all since then.
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Well, there was
that midnight Macarena moment.
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Okay, that was fun.
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You know, sometimes I just can't
believe this is all real.
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Right?
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The only way I know this isn't a dream
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is because I can still work my phone.
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What?
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You can't work technology
in your dream.
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- You're crazy. Yes, you can.
- No. You can't.
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- I can. Yes, I can.
- No, you can't.
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It's scientifically proven.
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- Oh, yeah? What... who are the scientists...
- Yeah.
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that did this experiment?
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Well, I'm going to get somebody on it.
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I love you, Henry McCord.
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I love you, Madam President.
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You can't beat this commute.
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No. From now on,
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let's only have jobs
that are in our house.
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I agree.
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Well, I go left here.
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Okay, have a good day.
Keep an open mind.
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About what?
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Anything that comes up.
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Elizabeth...
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It's just all-around
solid advice. I love you.
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- Uh...
- Morning, Dr. McCord.
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Good morning, Evan.
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Last night's speech
already paying dividends.
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- Well, let's hear it.
- Two more senators and five House members
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signed on to your increased
NEA-funding push.
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My kind of dividends.
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And you're confirmed for
Colbert this afternoon.
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Cool. And terrifying.
Flying out of Andrews at 1300.
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Um, and Jason's definitely
coming with, right?
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I'll make sure he's got a seat.
And you have a visitor.
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Roxanne.
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- This is a surprise.
- Really, Dr. McCord?
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I convinced the commander in chief.
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Meet your new wardrobe.
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Oh, hey.
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Good timing.
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I know I haven't brought this up
lately, or today,
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but this is day 98, which
means only two more days
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- until I can quit.
- I know. I know, Mike.
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Do you, though?
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Yes. I-I have
your shortlist on my desk.
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Actually, here it is again,
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because I fished it out from the pile
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and gingerly blew the dust off of it.
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You haven't brought
any of those people in.
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I will.
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Yes, you will, because the
leader of the free world
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would not go back on her word.
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No, she wouldn't.
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Look, I don't want the
job Jay Whitman rejected.
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I want the job you promised me:
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counselor to the president.
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Behind the scenes, under the radar.
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Cracking heads and crushing enemies.
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But you're so good
at being my chief of staff.
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Acting chief of staff,
and of course I'm amazing at it.
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But I hate it.
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It's all relationships and people.
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So many people... in person.
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Well, I'm gonna need some more time.
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No. No, that was not the deal.
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I agreed to filling in
for the first 100 days.
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We shook on it.
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Don't punish me because Jay
had a mental breakdown.
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It wasn't a breakdown.
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- Total breakdown.
- It was love.
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What's the difference? The kid
walked out on his dream job.
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For what? A chess player?
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- To be happy?
- From Holland?
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- That's sexy.
- To start a family?
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To not end up alone?
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Oh, what's that?
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Clearly, things you don't care about.
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- Yeah, and I cannot care about those things...
- Exactly why you are perfect
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- for this job.
- ...when I have the job that I want.
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Okay, I hear you.
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- Until then?
- Whip count is 58
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after you secured Langston
and Wagner last night.
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- Well, that's great.
- It's great-adjacent.
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We're still two votes shy
of a filibuster-proof majority,
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so start thinking about which kid
you're willing to sacrifice.
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Good morning, ma'am.
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- Good morning.
- Lemon poppyseed.
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What did you call me?
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- You really need to calm down.
- And see? He's back to being an assistant.
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Uh, ROTUS. Receptionist
of the United States.
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- That's worse.
- That's a promotion.
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That's how she gets you.
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Okay. Ma'am, Ephraim Ware
and FBI Director Banks
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are in your office.
They say it's urgent.
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More urgent than passing
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the most ambitious
legislative tour de force
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- of the century?
- Morning.
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New intel on the Knights
of Western Freedom or...?
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No, ma'am. It's Iran.
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That's never good.
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Madam President, yesterday morning,
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I received a call
from my counterpart in Mossad.
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During an Israeli
counterintelligence operation,
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agents came across court documents
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from Senator Beauregard Miller's
divorce on a VAJA server.
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- Which documents?
- Same ones
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about Miller cheating on his wife,
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fathering a child with
one of his staffers
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that were leaked to a
reporter during the campaign.
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And Mossad thinks
the Iranians hacked them?
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Yes, ma'am, and the
Bureau's own metadata
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and friends at code analysis
confirm Iranian origin.
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Let's not panic. Valerie Guillen,
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from The Chronicle,
she broke the story.
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What does she have to say?
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She's not giving up her source.
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But she denies
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receiving the documents
from the Iranians.
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She could have gotten them
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through a third party.
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If I may, ma'am.
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Our working theory is that Iran
targeted Miller's campaign
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because of his aggressively
anti-Iranian positions,
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and because he was a harsh critic
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of your role in
landing the Iran peace deal.
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Okay, now we can panic.
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I want to know exactly
what happened, and who
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in the Iranian leadership
was responsible. Thank you.
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- We're on it.
- You bet, Madam President.
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Gather the NSC.
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I want CYBERCOM
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to draw up severe countermeasures.
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If it gets out that Iran tried to tank
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your biggest rival's campaign
in order to help you,
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it could taint the
legitimacy of your election.
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This is much bigger than my election.
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Our democracy was attacked
by a foreign power,
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and we have to defend it at all costs.
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Subtitle sync and corrections by
awaqeded for www.addic7ed.com.
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Really, the... the AC is up _
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full throttle?
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Afraid so, ma'am. _
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Whew.
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Oh, my God. What is that smell?
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- Is somebody sick?
- No, no, no, I think
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somebody left some, uh,
egg salad on the, uh...
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under the seats last night.
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They're working on it.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna go check.
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Here's some good news, ma'am.
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I just heard that Sprinkles is going
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to name a cupcake after you.
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Polls are that bad?
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Ma'am?
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If the cupcake thing
is the good news...
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No, actually, Hubbard dropped
a point or two today.
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You held.
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So I'm only fourpoints behind Hubbard?
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Yes. And Miller's spread
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is all over the place,
depending on the poll.
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Give me Quinnipiac.
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Fourteen.
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Geez!
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He got that big of a bump
from The View?
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- Well, he made salmon tacos. They look good.
- Hello?
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Welcome to the best day
of your lives so far.
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What is that smell...
it doesn't matter.
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It doesn't matter.
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I got a tip from my Chronicle guy.
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Story breaks tomorrow. Miller...
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cheated on his wife
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and secretly fathered a child
with one of his staffers.
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- What? Wow.
- Wait-wait-wait, wait-wait.
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Wait, did I say staffers?
Sorry, I meant intern.
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- Wow.
- Hey. Is there
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more, Mike? Why, yes. Yes, there is.
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There is a tape of him making a deal
329
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with his deputy chief of staff
to claim paternity.
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Holy crap.
331
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Are you sure?
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Above the fold tomorrow.
333
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- This is it for him, right?
- Oh, absolutely.
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Now it's just a five-point
spread with Hubbard.
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I thought it was four.
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The-the point is, it's winnable.
337
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- We're in this thing.
- Sorry. Who do we think leaked this?
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Oh, I have no idea,
but I want to kiss them
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straight on the mouth.
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I never do this, let's do this.
Let's do it.
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00:14:40,376 --> 00:14:41,520
- No, Mike...
- Bring it up.
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00:14:41,544 --> 00:14:46,391
No. It's... sad and sordid.
343
00:14:46,415 --> 00:14:49,161
You're right. You're right,
we'll take a moment.
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Celebrate when the smell goes away.
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Be thinking about VPs.
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No more eggs on the bus, people!
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So the idea is, you cannot have
high-tech infrastructure
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without some serious
science behind it.
349
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And you can't have
the best scientific minds
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without education.
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Basically, human infrastructure
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begets physical infrastructure.
353
00:15:09,905 --> 00:15:12,817
Okay. I got to say,
I rarely hear the word
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"begets" outside of the Bible.
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00:15:14,376 --> 00:15:17,222
Um...
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00:15:17,246 --> 00:15:20,025
So... so go back. What is
"human infrastructure"?
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Do we have to make human pyramids?
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Do I have to take iron supplements?
359
00:15:23,052 --> 00:15:25,830
- What is a human...?
- Well, only if your doctor tells you.
360
00:15:25,854 --> 00:15:27,566
I... You are a doctor.
361
00:15:27,590 --> 00:15:29,434
Of-of philosophy.
362
00:15:29,458 --> 00:15:32,137
Uh, and a-a fighter pilot,
uh, an ethics advisor
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00:15:32,161 --> 00:15:35,173
to former President Dalton,
a religious scholar, an author.
364
00:15:35,197 --> 00:15:37,142
Now you're championing, uh,
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arts in education. There's
a word for guys like you:
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annoying.
367
00:15:43,105 --> 00:15:46,318
I mean, you're married to the
president, for Pete's sake.
368
00:15:46,342 --> 00:15:48,320
Why can't you just finally retire?
369
00:15:48,344 --> 00:15:50,555
Well, I-I-I can't because
what I really want
370
00:15:50,579 --> 00:15:51,990
is to have my own talk show.
371
00:15:52,014 --> 00:15:53,191
Really?
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00:15:53,215 --> 00:15:55,026
Really? You might be disappointed,
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00:15:55,050 --> 00:15:57,662
because here are some words
you rarely hear on a talk show:
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"I read your book on St. Francis."
375
00:16:00,122 --> 00:16:02,801
- You're the guy, thank you.
- Yeah,
376
00:16:02,825 --> 00:16:05,136
you're welcome.
I had no idea that St. Frankie
377
00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,339
was such a playa. I mean...
378
00:16:07,363 --> 00:16:10,075
The guy... the guy partied.
379
00:16:10,099 --> 00:16:12,911
Yeah, well, once you start
talking to birds, you know...
380
00:16:12,935 --> 00:16:14,412
Yeah.
381
00:16:14,436 --> 00:16:16,848
This is funnier if you're
Catholic, by the way.
382
00:16:18,274 --> 00:16:19,985
I-I thought you were gonna say
383
00:16:20,009 --> 00:16:22,420
- it's funnier if you're a nerd.
- That, too.
384
00:16:22,444 --> 00:16:23,788
Okay, so, uh...
385
00:16:23,812 --> 00:16:26,091
you're pretty busy.
I happen to know, uh,
386
00:16:26,115 --> 00:16:29,761
your wife, uh, has a few
obligations of her own.
387
00:16:29,785 --> 00:16:33,031
How do the two of you manage
to make time to see each other?
388
00:16:33,055 --> 00:16:34,899
Well... you know, it's tough.
389
00:16:34,923 --> 00:16:38,069
And sometimes it feels like we
can go weeks without,
390
00:16:38,093 --> 00:16:40,394
- you know...
- Oh, I know. Yeah.
391
00:16:40,395 --> 00:16:41,640
No...
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00:16:41,664 --> 00:16:43,041
- Oh. Oh, boy.
- Really? Weeks?
393
00:16:43,065 --> 00:16:44,943
- Wow. No.
- Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
394
00:16:46,535 --> 00:16:47,879
Seriously, though, uh...
395
00:16:49,605 --> 00:16:52,284
Cohabitating with
the first female president,
396
00:16:52,308 --> 00:16:54,519
uh, I mean, she's off
on Air Force One all the time;
397
00:16:54,543 --> 00:16:57,722
that makes the White House
your personal man cave.
398
00:16:57,746 --> 00:16:58,857
So, we wanted to help you out.
399
00:16:58,881 --> 00:17:01,159
We-we got... we got you a present.
400
00:17:01,183 --> 00:17:03,328
Here-here you go.
401
00:17:03,352 --> 00:17:05,230
- There it is. We got you...
- Oh, wow.
402
00:17:06,855 --> 00:17:09,701
- Wow.
- We got you your own...
403
00:17:09,725 --> 00:17:11,603
We got that...
404
00:17:11,627 --> 00:17:15,206
Your-your own FGOTUS beer helmet.
405
00:17:15,230 --> 00:17:16,675
Oh, that's just what I need, yeah.
406
00:17:16,699 --> 00:17:19,644
Uh, now if you... if you
push, uh, the button...
407
00:17:22,204 --> 00:17:24,349
There you go, see? Classy.
408
00:17:24,373 --> 00:17:25,750
There you go. We also...
409
00:17:27,776 --> 00:17:31,089
You should know...
410
00:17:31,113 --> 00:17:32,757
we also made...
411
00:17:32,781 --> 00:17:34,225
we also made a nuclear version,
412
00:17:34,249 --> 00:17:35,994
but you can only push the button once.
413
00:17:36,018 --> 00:17:37,929
There you go. First Gentleman
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00:17:37,953 --> 00:17:41,366
of these United States,
Dr. Henry McCord, everybody.
415
00:17:41,390 --> 00:17:44,202
Give it up for the FGOTUS!
416
00:17:44,226 --> 00:17:47,439
We'll be right back.
417
00:17:47,463 --> 00:17:48,880
Thank you, sir.
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00:17:50,599 --> 00:17:52,277
Whoo!
419
00:17:52,301 --> 00:17:54,312
Attack option one: A DoS strike
420
00:17:54,336 --> 00:17:56,414
shutting down
Iranian government websites
421
00:17:56,438 --> 00:17:58,249
and disabling the civilian Internet.
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00:17:58,273 --> 00:18:02,120
Option two: Knock out the power grid.
423
00:18:02,144 --> 00:18:06,224
And all comms, radio,
phone and satellite.
424
00:18:06,248 --> 00:18:10,695
Option three: A direct attack
on the Revolutionary Guard.
425
00:18:10,719 --> 00:18:13,064
We fry every piece
of military hardware
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00:18:13,088 --> 00:18:14,165
with a data connection.
427
00:18:14,189 --> 00:18:16,601
From SRBMs to main battle tanks.
428
00:18:16,625 --> 00:18:18,976
Any of these would send
a clear message.
429
00:18:21,397 --> 00:18:23,074
Prepare to execute all three.
430
00:18:23,098 --> 00:18:24,876
Yes, ma'am.
431
00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:26,644
Susan, I want to follow
432
00:18:26,668 --> 00:18:28,213
with sanctions that go right
up to the line of what
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00:18:28,237 --> 00:18:29,881
we can do given the peace deal.
434
00:18:29,905 --> 00:18:32,189
I'll have a plan on
your desk in two hours.
435
00:18:35,344 --> 00:18:39,824
If I were to declassify all of this...
436
00:18:39,848 --> 00:18:43,828
would there be any operational risks?
437
00:18:43,852 --> 00:18:45,497
Mossad says it was a pure hack.
438
00:18:45,521 --> 00:18:47,766
No human assets in play.
439
00:18:47,790 --> 00:18:50,207
The Israelis are good
with declassifying.
440
00:18:52,161 --> 00:18:53,505
Thank you, everyone.
441
00:18:53,529 --> 00:18:55,486
Thank you, Madam President.
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00:18:55,487 --> 00:18:57,823
Brief Daisy. I'm holding a
press conference in an hour.
443
00:18:57,847 --> 00:18:58,867
Let's just take a beat.
444
00:18:58,891 --> 00:19:01,536
- No. No political considerations.
- This could kill the ESI bill,
445
00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,404
hobble your administration
before it's out of the gate.
446
00:19:03,428 --> 00:19:06,307
- The American people deserve to know, Mike.
- And they will.
447
00:19:06,331 --> 00:19:08,282
Just give it a few days.
Get ESI on the books.
448
00:19:09,635 --> 00:19:11,619
Brief Daisy now.
449
00:19:24,783 --> 00:19:27,395
Good afternoon.
450
00:19:27,419 --> 00:19:30,732
Earlier today, I received
an intelligence briefing
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00:19:30,756 --> 00:19:32,634
about the discovery of a hack
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00:19:32,658 --> 00:19:34,469
by the government of Iran last year
453
00:19:34,493 --> 00:19:37,972
that resulted
in confidential information
454
00:19:37,996 --> 00:19:40,375
about Senator Beauregard Miller
being leaked
455
00:19:40,399 --> 00:19:43,211
during the presidential campaign.
456
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,211
And that's why
on my first day in office,
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00:19:51,235 --> 00:19:53,920
I will bring Congress my education,
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00:19:53,921 --> 00:19:56,400
science and infrastructure plan.
459
00:19:56,424 --> 00:19:58,468
So please join me. _
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00:19:58,492 --> 00:20:02,339
And let's get it done, America.
461
00:20:02,363 --> 00:20:05,609
Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody.
462
00:20:11,038 --> 00:20:15,619
Ugh, these ribs are so good,
I might have to move here.
463
00:20:15,643 --> 00:20:17,327
It may not be a problem.
464
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,191
What now, Chicken Little?
465
00:20:21,215 --> 00:20:23,694
The scandal didn't
hurt Miller in the polls.
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00:20:23,718 --> 00:20:25,696
He could eat a baby
on national television,
467
00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,030
and his base wouldn't care
468
00:20:27,054 --> 00:20:29,967
- as long as he panders to their fears.
- Well,
469
00:20:29,991 --> 00:20:32,603
- I've been thinking about a major speech.
- On what?
470
00:20:32,627 --> 00:20:34,972
Your opponent knocking up interns?
471
00:20:34,996 --> 00:20:36,813
Unity.
472
00:20:41,335 --> 00:20:43,280
I'm telling you,
it's what people want.
473
00:20:43,304 --> 00:20:44,705
It's what they're yearning
for, more than anything.
474
00:20:44,729 --> 00:20:45,406
No,
475
00:20:45,407 --> 00:20:46,917
it's what they say
they're yearning for,
476
00:20:46,941 --> 00:20:48,752
but really, they just want to
bash each other's heads in.
477
00:20:48,776 --> 00:20:50,703
Do a speech on that. It might
actually be a crowd-pleaser.
478
00:20:50,727 --> 00:20:51,388
Oh, my God.
479
00:20:51,412 --> 00:20:53,523
- The mac and cheese...
- Okay, I'm glad you're enjoying your lunch,
480
00:20:53,547 --> 00:20:56,393
- but we need to talk VPs.
- Oh! I've been thinking about that, too.
481
00:20:56,417 --> 00:20:58,395
Me, too. Todd Everlane,
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00:20:58,419 --> 00:21:01,632
progressive young mayor
of Austin is trending.
483
00:21:01,656 --> 00:21:02,883
Gets the youth vote and
whatever, but also Texas.
484
00:21:02,907 --> 00:21:03,829
Yeah.
485
00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:06,770
Susan Thompson,
strong in foreign relations,
486
00:21:06,794 --> 00:21:08,872
uh, making a name for herself
at the State Department.
487
00:21:08,896 --> 00:21:10,140
- You like her.
- Yeah. I love her.
488
00:21:10,164 --> 00:21:11,308
Okay.
489
00:21:11,332 --> 00:21:14,050
I was thinking Carlos Morejon.
490
00:21:16,504 --> 00:21:17,948
You were thinking that
right about the time
491
00:21:17,972 --> 00:21:19,255
the gummies kicked in?
492
00:21:21,008 --> 00:21:22,986
Why is it crazy?
493
00:21:23,010 --> 00:21:24,421
Because he would
never leave his party.
494
00:21:24,445 --> 00:21:26,189
- He wouldn't have to.
- And you guys are on the opposite sides
495
00:21:26,213 --> 00:21:27,691
of, I don't know, everything?
496
00:21:27,715 --> 00:21:30,093
- Not everything. We...
- I-I also have it on really good authority
497
00:21:30,117 --> 00:21:32,095
that he's on the top
of Miller's shortlist for VP,
498
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,264
like, the tippy-top.
499
00:21:34,288 --> 00:21:36,673
No.
500
00:21:37,625 --> 00:21:38,769
Carlos is principled.
501
00:21:38,793 --> 00:21:40,103
- He'd never do it.
- That's adorable.
502
00:21:40,127 --> 00:21:42,506
But nobody says no.
They all act like they will,
503
00:21:42,530 --> 00:21:45,942
but no politician's ego ever met
a principle it couldn't crush.
504
00:21:45,966 --> 00:21:47,577
Which is why I'm already
gathering oppo
505
00:21:47,601 --> 00:21:49,246
to wound Morejon
before they can even announce.
506
00:21:49,270 --> 00:21:50,414
We just have to hope it's enough,
507
00:21:50,438 --> 00:21:52,889
and that's way too much
mac and cheese.
508
00:21:57,812 --> 00:21:59,289
...that an attack by a foreign power
509
00:21:59,313 --> 00:22:01,758
threw the election in her favor.
510
00:22:01,782 --> 00:22:04,094
She spent years improving
diplomatic relations
511
00:22:04,118 --> 00:22:06,697
with a sworn enemy
of the United States.
512
00:22:06,721 --> 00:22:10,033
This was a direct attack
on our democracy.
513
00:22:10,057 --> 00:22:13,136
Those responsible
must be held accountable,
514
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,807
even if they reside
at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
515
00:22:16,831 --> 00:22:20,277
For the sake of the nation,
we will leave no stone unturned
516
00:22:20,301 --> 00:22:22,946
in our investigation
into President McCord's campaign
517
00:22:22,970 --> 00:22:27,417
for any sign of collusion
with the Iranian regime.
518
00:22:27,441 --> 00:22:28,885
Hey, here's a neat feature.
519
00:22:28,909 --> 00:22:30,520
Oh.
520
00:22:30,544 --> 00:22:33,290
I can't believe Mike
was right about this.
521
00:22:33,314 --> 00:22:36,760
We shouldn't have had
that press conference.
522
00:22:36,784 --> 00:22:39,396
I didn't think that people
would be willing to use this
523
00:22:39,420 --> 00:22:41,965
as a pretext to go after us.
524
00:22:41,989 --> 00:22:45,402
Mike's trying to find a way
around this investigation,
525
00:22:45,426 --> 00:22:48,171
but I think that we should
fully cooperate, don't you?
526
00:22:48,195 --> 00:22:51,341
- I think that if...
- I mean, we have nothing to hide.
527
00:22:51,365 --> 00:22:52,609
And I don't want to give
528
00:22:52,633 --> 00:22:55,612
even the slightest
appearance of a cover-up.
529
00:22:55,636 --> 00:22:58,648
- True, but if you...
- Right? How do you win a fight
530
00:22:58,672 --> 00:23:01,218
where your opponent is willing
to hit below the belt
531
00:23:01,242 --> 00:23:03,887
and you're not?
532
00:23:07,381 --> 00:23:08,998
Henry?
533
00:23:10,217 --> 00:23:11,862
Oh, you're really asking?
534
00:23:11,886 --> 00:23:13,630
Yeah.
535
00:23:13,654 --> 00:23:15,298
Get out of the ring.
536
00:23:15,322 --> 00:23:17,868
Focus on the fight that
you really care about.
537
00:23:17,892 --> 00:23:19,636
- The ESI bill.
- Yes.
538
00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:21,471
Don't let anyone distract your team
539
00:23:21,495 --> 00:23:24,007
from getting it over the finish line.
540
00:23:24,031 --> 00:23:26,910
Well, now this investigation
is providing enough cloud cover
541
00:23:26,934 --> 00:23:28,612
for some senators to waver.
542
00:23:28,636 --> 00:23:30,280
It's gonna be tight.
543
00:23:30,304 --> 00:23:33,116
All the more reason to stay on point.
544
00:23:33,140 --> 00:23:36,119
Give the public something else
to talk about.
545
00:23:36,143 --> 00:23:39,389
Yeah. Maybe they'll be too busy
talking about our sex life.
546
00:23:39,413 --> 00:23:40,857
Okay.
547
00:23:40,881 --> 00:23:45,061
That is so not what I said.
548
00:23:45,085 --> 00:23:48,532
Colbert jumped on a moment
and he twisted it around...
549
00:23:48,556 --> 00:23:49,866
Trust me, I know.
550
00:23:49,890 --> 00:23:51,802
But you did hesitate.
551
00:23:51,826 --> 00:23:53,303
I was thinking.
552
00:23:53,327 --> 00:23:56,139
About how we did have more
sex before the election?
553
00:23:56,163 --> 00:23:59,342
We've had plenty of post-election sex.
554
00:23:59,366 --> 00:24:01,311
Are we losing steam?
555
00:24:01,335 --> 00:24:02,479
No. We've got steam.
556
00:24:02,503 --> 00:24:04,881
We have... w-we've got plenty
of steam.
557
00:24:04,905 --> 00:24:06,489
We're fine.
558
00:24:07,441 --> 00:24:09,085
Is there maybe a power imbalance?
559
00:24:09,109 --> 00:24:13,190
Like, you can't take charge
with your commander in chief?
560
00:24:13,214 --> 00:24:15,358
I mean, on some subtle,
561
00:24:15,382 --> 00:24:16,860
psychological level.
562
00:24:16,884 --> 00:24:20,770
My subtle psyche can boss
yours around any day.
563
00:24:24,525 --> 00:24:27,276
I find it sexy
that you're my commander.
564
00:24:30,097 --> 00:24:32,181
Please tell me what to say.
565
00:24:40,541 --> 00:24:43,520
Senate intelligence
committee chairman Mark Hanson
566
00:24:43,544 --> 00:24:45,222
has officially opened an investigation
567
00:24:45,246 --> 00:24:47,557
into the McCord campaign.
568
00:24:47,581 --> 00:24:48,992
Good morning.
569
00:24:49,016 --> 00:24:51,628
Not for your legislative agenda.
The Iran scandal's blowing up.
570
00:24:51,652 --> 00:24:54,297
You know, even Nixon
571
00:24:54,321 --> 00:24:57,033
accomplished lots of big
stuff during Watergate.
572
00:24:57,057 --> 00:24:59,882
Title IX, opening China,
creating the EPA.
573
00:24:59,906 --> 00:25:01,605
Yeah, but all anyone
remembers is Watergate.
574
00:25:01,629 --> 00:25:02,939
All right, Nixon's not
the best example,
575
00:25:02,963 --> 00:25:04,407
but why am I worried
about your feelings?
576
00:25:04,431 --> 00:25:06,142
I don't know, maybe because
you made me take a job
577
00:25:06,166 --> 00:25:07,644
I didn't want, and now
I'm managing a crisis
578
00:25:07,668 --> 00:25:08,812
I told you not to create,
579
00:25:08,836 --> 00:25:10,747
and if ESI gets flushed as a result,
580
00:25:10,771 --> 00:25:13,450
every dinner party I attend for
the rest of my natural life,
581
00:25:13,474 --> 00:25:14,818
I'm gonna have to hear theories
582
00:25:14,842 --> 00:25:17,053
about how I should've
saved your presidency
583
00:25:17,077 --> 00:25:20,023
over a scandal that never
should have happened.
584
00:25:20,047 --> 00:25:21,691
Feel better?
585
00:25:21,715 --> 00:25:23,026
Little bit.
586
00:25:23,050 --> 00:25:26,029
Good. Because we are getting ESI done.
587
00:25:26,053 --> 00:25:28,031
I want you to make me appointments
588
00:25:28,055 --> 00:25:30,133
- with all the undecided senators. I...
- No, no, no.
589
00:25:30,157 --> 00:25:33,236
POTUS gives marching orders,
POTUS doesn't march.
590
00:25:33,260 --> 00:25:34,404
When the president shows up
at your door,
591
00:25:34,428 --> 00:25:35,739
that is the nuclear option.
592
00:25:35,763 --> 00:25:37,407
It shouldn't be used lightly.
593
00:25:37,431 --> 00:25:39,409
Okay. How about this idea?
594
00:25:39,433 --> 00:25:41,511
- Okay.
- I was thinking
595
00:25:41,535 --> 00:25:46,182
about leaning on tech CEOs from
states with wavering senators,
596
00:25:46,206 --> 00:25:47,684
- That I like. Yes.
- That I can...
597
00:25:47,708 --> 00:25:49,252
- Madam President, excuse me.
- Yeah.
598
00:25:49,276 --> 00:25:50,787
This was Senator Miller
five minutes ago.
599
00:25:50,811 --> 00:25:52,689
Now we know why I lost the election.
600
00:25:52,713 --> 00:25:56,192
Because Elizabeth McCord
colluded with the Iranians
601
00:25:56,216 --> 00:25:58,361
to sabotage my campaign.
602
00:25:58,385 --> 00:26:02,532
Her election is illegitimate
and so is her presidency.
603
00:26:02,556 --> 00:26:04,034
I support my colleague
604
00:26:04,058 --> 00:26:07,037
Chairman Hanson's
righteous investigation
605
00:26:07,061 --> 00:26:09,773
into this grievous matter.
606
00:26:09,797 --> 00:26:11,274
If he were any more
righteously grievous,
607
00:26:11,298 --> 00:26:13,276
- his hair would catch fire.
- This just put
608
00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:14,444
the scandal on steroids.
609
00:26:14,468 --> 00:26:15,946
Look, as long as he's with us
610
00:26:15,970 --> 00:26:18,448
on ESI, Miller can call me
a war criminal.
611
00:26:18,472 --> 00:26:20,690
No distractions.
Let's get to work, okay?
612
00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:26,316
_
613
00:26:34,316 --> 00:26:36,895
Interesting place to meet.
614
00:26:36,919 --> 00:26:38,396
Well, thought it might be best
615
00:26:38,420 --> 00:26:40,131
to do this privately.
616
00:26:40,155 --> 00:26:42,066
I appreciate that, I guess.
617
00:26:42,090 --> 00:26:43,568
I hear you're considering
618
00:26:43,592 --> 00:26:45,770
joining Miller's ticket.
619
00:26:45,794 --> 00:26:48,012
Considering. He has not asked.
620
00:26:49,998 --> 00:26:51,643
Miller?
621
00:26:51,667 --> 00:26:54,312
He rode a wave of nationalist bullpucky,
622
00:26:54,336 --> 00:26:57,048
picking up right
where Callister left off,
623
00:26:57,072 --> 00:27:02,387
with his disgusting attacks
on migrants, the media.
624
00:27:02,411 --> 00:27:05,323
He's not fit
625
00:27:05,347 --> 00:27:06,658
to be president.
626
00:27:06,682 --> 00:27:08,762
- He won the nomination.
- That doesn't mean
627
00:27:08,786 --> 00:27:10,764
that honorable people
should get behind him
628
00:27:10,788 --> 00:27:13,233
and validate his worst impulses.
629
00:27:13,257 --> 00:27:16,036
I get on that ticket,
I can mitigate those impulses.
630
00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:19,039
I can be the adult in the room.
It's my way
631
00:27:19,063 --> 00:27:21,208
- of serving.
- That's the bar?
632
00:27:21,232 --> 00:27:26,052
Serving by keeping
an unfit president in line?
633
00:27:27,438 --> 00:27:29,249
Come on, Carlos.
634
00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:32,926
Wouldn't you rather be on
a ticket you really believe in?
635
00:27:34,512 --> 00:27:36,490
What are you talking about?
636
00:27:36,514 --> 00:27:40,066
I want you to be my vice president.
637
00:27:41,018 --> 00:27:42,836
You must be joking.
638
00:27:43,788 --> 00:27:45,632
I'm not.
639
00:27:45,656 --> 00:27:48,435
My position on immigration alone
would make it unt...
640
00:27:48,459 --> 00:27:51,138
We worked together on immigration.
641
00:27:51,162 --> 00:27:52,773
That was an extreme circumstance.
642
00:27:52,797 --> 00:27:54,041
Land mines.
643
00:27:54,065 --> 00:27:56,276
You discovered
that I have a soft spot in me
644
00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:58,111
- when it comes to children.
- You also broke
645
00:27:58,135 --> 00:28:00,814
with Callister to support
the sanctions on Poland.
646
00:28:00,838 --> 00:28:03,150
No. No.
647
00:28:03,174 --> 00:28:05,319
This would not work. This is crazy.
648
00:28:05,343 --> 00:28:06,787
Why?
649
00:28:06,811 --> 00:28:09,796
You and I have more in common
than you and Miller.
650
00:28:11,582 --> 00:28:15,662
His politics will divide
this country even further.
651
00:28:15,686 --> 00:28:19,299
But you and I can show America
that people can disagree
652
00:28:19,323 --> 00:28:22,970
and still work together
and get things done.
653
00:28:22,994 --> 00:28:25,005
I'd never give up being a Republican.
654
00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:26,573
I'd never ask you to.
655
00:28:26,597 --> 00:28:29,142
I wouldn't support
all of your policies.
656
00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,678
All I'd ask is that you hear me out.
657
00:28:31,702 --> 00:28:33,647
And I'd do the same with you.
658
00:28:33,671 --> 00:28:36,316
And when we disagree?
659
00:28:36,340 --> 00:28:37,885
You'll never have to publicly support
660
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:39,553
a policy you don't believe in.
661
00:28:39,577 --> 00:28:42,762
As long as you don't
publicly disagree, either.
662
00:28:44,982 --> 00:28:49,129
Look, I-I'm truly honored
663
00:28:49,153 --> 00:28:51,798
for this offer, Elizabeth,
664
00:28:51,822 --> 00:28:54,801
but no matter how you spin this,
665
00:28:54,825 --> 00:28:57,177
I would still be abandoning my party.
666
00:28:59,297 --> 00:29:02,776
No, I appreciate the courage
667
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,786
that it took you to ask me,
but I'm not that courageous.
668
00:29:14,979 --> 00:29:17,124
Good luck out there.
669
00:29:17,148 --> 00:29:18,959
You, too.
670
00:29:18,983 --> 00:29:20,400
Yeah.
671
00:29:25,289 --> 00:29:27,034
All I ask is that you lean
672
00:29:27,058 --> 00:29:29,342
on Senator Sheehan, Zack.
673
00:29:31,262 --> 00:29:33,974
Okay, thanks for your time.
674
00:29:33,998 --> 00:29:35,475
Who's next?
675
00:29:35,499 --> 00:29:36,777
Ma'am, General Kohl wants you to know
676
00:29:36,801 --> 00:29:39,219
the countermeasures
against Iran have begun.
677
00:29:40,471 --> 00:29:42,115
Tell him I want a progress
report in an hour.
678
00:29:42,139 --> 00:29:44,451
- Yes, ma'am.
- Sixty.
679
00:29:44,475 --> 00:29:46,855
- We got to 60.
- What? Wait. How?
680
00:29:46,856 --> 00:29:48,822
Son of a bitch Girardi came
around after getting beaten
681
00:29:48,846 --> 00:29:51,158
like a redheaded stepchild
by Kristi Daniels.
682
00:29:51,182 --> 00:29:55,562
Not an hour after you talked to
her, she threatened to pull LCD
683
00:29:55,586 --> 00:29:57,264
and battery production out of Florida.
684
00:29:57,288 --> 00:29:59,166
Boom!
685
00:29:59,190 --> 00:30:01,001
Mmm.
686
00:30:01,025 --> 00:30:03,603
Doesn't this make you want to
just stay being chief of staff?
687
00:30:03,627 --> 00:30:05,505
Have you no shame, Madam President?
688
00:30:05,529 --> 00:30:06,840
- No.
- It's a big deal, Bess.
689
00:30:06,864 --> 00:30:08,475
- I know.
- Especially with all the Iran noise.
690
00:30:08,499 --> 00:30:10,811
- I know.
- Mmm.
691
00:30:10,835 --> 00:30:12,919
Thanks, Mike.
692
00:30:18,209 --> 00:30:20,921
Hey. This is a surprise.
693
00:30:20,945 --> 00:30:23,523
I've got 15 minutes
till my next meeting.
694
00:30:23,547 --> 00:30:25,965
Yeah, I got ten.
695
00:30:27,051 --> 00:30:29,029
I love this jacket.
696
00:30:29,053 --> 00:30:32,332
Oh, well, it's a two-button
basket weave wool,
697
00:30:32,356 --> 00:30:34,101
which is very versatile.
698
00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:35,769
Are you mad at me about Roxanne?
699
00:30:35,793 --> 00:30:37,104
I just thought she had
some neat ideas,
700
00:30:37,128 --> 00:30:40,474
and y-you can always say no.
701
00:30:40,498 --> 00:30:42,476
But you do look good.
702
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:44,417
How good?
703
00:30:47,071 --> 00:30:49,049
Follow me, FGOTUS.
704
00:30:49,073 --> 00:30:51,157
Yes, ma'am.
705
00:30:57,415 --> 00:30:59,893
Well, I hope that was fun,
because the good times are over.
706
00:30:59,917 --> 00:31:01,061
I was gone, like, ten minutes.
707
00:31:01,085 --> 00:31:03,296
Miller's threatening
to withdraw his support.
708
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:04,498
That leaves us with 59 votes.
709
00:31:04,522 --> 00:31:06,099
And with that stupid
investigation going on,
710
00:31:06,123 --> 00:31:07,342
the lack of his vote
looks like retribution.
711
00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:08,117
Okay. I'll get into it.
712
00:31:08,118 --> 00:31:09,536
- No, I'm on it, I'm on it.
- No.
713
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,171
- I have to do this myself.
- Madam President, I really wouldn't. I...
714
00:31:11,195 --> 00:31:13,707
I know. I'm supposed to give the
marching orders and not march,
715
00:31:13,731 --> 00:31:15,742
I go that, and I've been doing it,
716
00:31:15,766 --> 00:31:18,019
but now it is time for the
nuclear option. I'm not...
717
00:31:18,043 --> 00:31:20,154
I don't disagree, it's your
shirt's on inside out.
718
00:31:21,505 --> 00:31:22,783
I'm...
719
00:31:22,807 --> 00:31:24,117
I'll call the motorcade.
720
00:31:24,141 --> 00:31:26,226
Thank you.
721
00:31:28,556 --> 00:31:30,959
Valerie Guillen,
the reporter at The Chronicle
722
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,386
who originally broke
the Senator Miller scandal
723
00:31:33,387 --> 00:31:35,365
is refusing to give up her source,
724
00:31:35,389 --> 00:31:37,634
- but she denies receiving...
- Senator Miller,
725
00:31:37,658 --> 00:31:39,536
I'm so sorry to interrupt.
The president just...
726
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:40,704
Senator.
727
00:31:40,728 --> 00:31:43,206
- Got a minute?
- Oh.
728
00:31:43,230 --> 00:31:44,808
Madam President. Of course.
729
00:31:44,832 --> 00:31:46,872
...ever since President McCord's
press conference...
730
00:31:47,334 --> 00:31:49,713
Four TVs. Thorough.
731
00:31:49,737 --> 00:31:52,382
I like to stay on top
of current events.
732
00:31:52,406 --> 00:31:55,385
- Yeah.
- Ma'am,
733
00:31:55,409 --> 00:31:57,954
would it be wrong to tell you
how ravishing you look?
734
00:31:57,978 --> 00:32:00,681
You mean because I'm your president,
735
00:32:00,682 --> 00:32:02,160
or because it's creepy?
736
00:32:02,184 --> 00:32:04,462
Well, I just want
to get a good look at you
737
00:32:04,486 --> 00:32:07,365
because the Oval Office ages you,
738
00:32:07,389 --> 00:32:11,068
especially with that
whole Iran business.
739
00:32:11,092 --> 00:32:13,171
You won't look the same
come next year.
740
00:32:13,195 --> 00:32:14,672
I got to give you credit.
741
00:32:14,696 --> 00:32:18,342
You are just as vulgar in
private as you are in public.
742
00:32:18,366 --> 00:32:21,012
Why are you here, ma'am?
743
00:32:21,036 --> 00:32:23,614
I need your vote on ESI.
744
00:32:23,638 --> 00:32:25,483
There are 40 other senators
745
00:32:25,507 --> 00:32:27,718
that you could be begging
to flip their vote,
746
00:32:27,742 --> 00:32:29,320
and you chose me?
747
00:32:29,344 --> 00:32:31,589
Those 40 others are opposed
for ideological reasons.
748
00:32:31,613 --> 00:32:33,558
You supported the bill
up until an hour ago.
749
00:32:33,582 --> 00:32:38,362
And you expect me
to be your white knight
750
00:32:38,386 --> 00:32:41,165
when your administration's
under a cloud.
751
00:32:41,189 --> 00:32:43,701
You must be pretty desperate, ma'am.
752
00:32:43,725 --> 00:32:47,338
Prostrating yourself
instead of dispatching
753
00:32:47,362 --> 00:32:49,273
your little pit bull, Barnow,
754
00:32:49,297 --> 00:32:52,276
like you did to get
the Iran deal done.
755
00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:54,679
Losing hurts, doesn't it?
756
00:32:54,703 --> 00:32:56,881
You accused me of collusion with Iran.
757
00:32:56,905 --> 00:33:00,251
I wanted to tell you
face-to-face, that's not true.
758
00:33:00,275 --> 00:33:03,321
Well, forgive me if I'd rather wait
759
00:33:03,345 --> 00:33:05,022
for the results of the investigation.
760
00:33:05,046 --> 00:33:07,592
I know you've been cozy with Iran
761
00:33:07,616 --> 00:33:09,160
for years.
762
00:33:09,184 --> 00:33:11,996
Sometimes I wonder
just how cozy you got
763
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:13,898
with Minister Javani.
764
00:33:13,922 --> 00:33:16,501
God, how low can you go?
765
00:33:16,525 --> 00:33:19,837
The lies you've been spewing
about that deal these past years
766
00:33:19,861 --> 00:33:22,039
have done nothing
for American security...
767
00:33:22,063 --> 00:33:23,541
- I resent that, Madam.
- Too bad.
768
00:33:23,565 --> 00:33:26,143
Get your facts straight.
769
00:33:26,167 --> 00:33:28,412
Now, I'm not here
to relitigate that deal.
770
00:33:28,436 --> 00:33:30,047
What do you want?
771
00:33:30,071 --> 00:33:32,056
My reputation back!
772
00:33:33,942 --> 00:33:35,786
Committee assignments.
773
00:33:35,810 --> 00:33:38,155
That's up to your party.
774
00:33:38,179 --> 00:33:41,759
I want to be right by your
side for the bill signing,
775
00:33:41,783 --> 00:33:43,394
and I want to be the first person
776
00:33:43,418 --> 00:33:44,629
whose hand you shake and thank,
777
00:33:44,653 --> 00:33:47,231
and then I want you to personally
778
00:33:47,255 --> 00:33:49,567
lobby Ramirez and Hopkins
779
00:33:49,591 --> 00:33:51,842
to restore my committee assignments.
780
00:33:54,829 --> 00:33:57,174
Well done, Madam President.
781
00:33:57,198 --> 00:33:58,743
That's how the sausage gets made.
782
00:33:58,767 --> 00:34:01,445
Enough to make me want
to go full-on vegan.
783
00:34:01,469 --> 00:34:03,514
You got it done.
Next order of business,
784
00:34:03,538 --> 00:34:06,017
updated shortlist of the
new chief of staff options.
785
00:34:06,041 --> 00:34:08,586
Who do you like?
786
00:34:08,610 --> 00:34:10,888
I like this.
787
00:34:10,912 --> 00:34:14,225
I-I don't want to break in anyone new.
788
00:34:14,249 --> 00:34:16,227
Tell that to Jay.
789
00:34:16,251 --> 00:34:18,869
- You got to let that go.
- If you will let me go.
790
00:34:27,228 --> 00:34:30,875
Ever since Gordon died,
I've been reevaluating things.
791
00:34:30,899 --> 00:34:35,479
He was the only totally pure
and honest part of my life,
792
00:34:35,503 --> 00:34:37,281
which, being in D.C.,
isn't saying much,
793
00:34:37,305 --> 00:34:38,983
but still.
794
00:34:39,007 --> 00:34:41,218
I just accepted him for who he was.
795
00:34:41,242 --> 00:34:43,921
If he... if he took a crap
on my bath mat
796
00:34:43,945 --> 00:34:46,691
or tried to hump
the golden across the street,
797
00:34:46,715 --> 00:34:49,927
I just, I always knew
he was being true to himself,
798
00:34:49,951 --> 00:34:52,035
in the moment.
799
00:34:55,256 --> 00:34:58,442
It was his most profound gift to me.
800
00:35:01,396 --> 00:35:04,041
A lesson in how to live,
801
00:35:04,065 --> 00:35:06,450
and I'm-I'm trying to honor that.
802
00:35:08,536 --> 00:35:10,281
Look, I would...
803
00:35:10,305 --> 00:35:12,583
I would stand in front of a
bullet train for you, Bess,
804
00:35:12,607 --> 00:35:15,019
which I can now
805
00:35:15,043 --> 00:35:18,756
with the infrastructure part
of the ESI bill,
806
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:21,765
but I have to trust my gut on this.
807
00:35:24,819 --> 00:35:27,832
Okay, I'll stop begging.
808
00:35:27,856 --> 00:35:29,940
Thank you.
809
00:35:34,129 --> 00:35:37,541
Aren't you gonna miss this office?
810
00:35:37,565 --> 00:35:39,176
Oh, I'm not giving this up.
811
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,518
The new guy can get another one.
I was here first.
812
00:35:43,605 --> 00:35:45,249
What?
813
00:35:45,273 --> 00:35:48,826
You just made me realize
who I want to replace you.
814
00:36:05,493 --> 00:36:08,846
Congrats on your first victory
with the ESI bill.
815
00:36:10,799 --> 00:36:12,376
You get two more, tops,
816
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,712
and that's if this Iran investigation
817
00:36:14,736 --> 00:36:16,247
doesn't cripple you.
818
00:36:16,271 --> 00:36:18,215
It's good to see you, too, Russell.
819
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,217
Lawn looks nice.
820
00:36:20,241 --> 00:36:23,788
Yeah. Carol fired the gardener
821
00:36:23,812 --> 00:36:26,090
so I'd have something relaxing to do.
822
00:36:26,114 --> 00:36:30,227
It's supposed to be Zen or something.
823
00:36:30,251 --> 00:36:32,663
Nobody tells you about weeds.
824
00:36:32,687 --> 00:36:34,665
Do you realize what a
pain in the ass they are?
825
00:36:34,689 --> 00:36:37,568
They never stop.
They're like lobbyists.
826
00:36:37,592 --> 00:36:39,904
Well, then, I'll get
right to the point.
827
00:36:39,928 --> 00:36:42,840
I'm sorry to drop in unannounced
828
00:36:42,864 --> 00:36:45,242
but I knew that if I
gave you a heads-up
829
00:36:45,266 --> 00:36:48,079
then Carol would run interference.
830
00:36:48,103 --> 00:36:49,980
Oh.
831
00:36:50,004 --> 00:36:52,717
You want me
to do something... stressful.
832
00:36:52,741 --> 00:36:54,752
Just temporarily.
833
00:36:54,776 --> 00:36:58,022
I want you to step in
as my chief of staff
834
00:36:58,046 --> 00:37:00,024
for a transition period.
835
00:37:00,048 --> 00:37:02,493
I know you've already
given eight years
836
00:37:02,517 --> 00:37:05,796
of this job to Dalton,
and you may be over it,
837
00:37:05,820 --> 00:37:09,233
but this moment
in time is going to determine
838
00:37:09,257 --> 00:37:11,702
how effective I am going forward,
839
00:37:11,726 --> 00:37:13,804
and...
840
00:37:13,828 --> 00:37:15,806
I really need you.
841
00:37:15,830 --> 00:37:18,776
Don't answer,
because I-I... I know you got
842
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:23,253
to talk it over with Carol,
and if it's "no," I understand.
843
00:37:24,539 --> 00:37:26,623
I had to ask.
844
00:37:38,887 --> 00:37:40,698
Carol?!
845
00:37:40,722 --> 00:37:42,806
Call the gardener!
846
00:37:44,726 --> 00:37:46,737
I also need to thank
847
00:37:46,761 --> 00:37:48,873
Senator Beauregard Miller
848
00:37:48,897 --> 00:37:52,476
whose decisive vote
made this day possible. _
849
00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:54,078
Senator,
850
00:37:54,102 --> 00:37:56,680
your bold leadership
851
00:37:56,704 --> 00:37:58,682
on this historic bill
852
00:37:58,706 --> 00:38:00,684
will always be remembered.
853
00:38:00,708 --> 00:38:02,753
Thank you, and thank you to everyone
854
00:38:02,777 --> 00:38:05,195
who came together to get this done.
855
00:38:29,170 --> 00:38:32,383
And that right there is how you
do the first 100 days in office.
856
00:38:32,407 --> 00:38:33,517
Congratulations, Madam President.
857
00:38:33,541 --> 00:38:34,819
It's a momentous victory.
858
00:38:34,843 --> 00:38:36,554
Well, I couldn't have done it
without the both of you.
859
00:38:36,578 --> 00:38:39,256
- Well, that's true.
- Especially you, FGOTUS.
860
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,425
It's been a pleasure
making history with you.
861
00:38:42,884 --> 00:38:44,428
Okay.
862
00:38:44,452 --> 00:38:45,696
Enjoy it while it lasts,
863
00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:49,233
'cause this Iran debacle
is gonna be a nightmare.
864
00:38:49,257 --> 00:38:51,335
They are gonna pull out all the stops,
865
00:38:51,359 --> 00:38:54,505
milk every bit of lifeblood out of it.
866
00:38:54,529 --> 00:38:56,040
Drink, Russell?
867
00:38:56,064 --> 00:38:58,148
Just a small one.
868
00:38:59,067 --> 00:39:01,451
Well, I want to taste it.
869
00:39:03,371 --> 00:39:05,455
Thank you.
870
00:39:07,508 --> 00:39:08,819
Unto the breach.
871
00:39:08,843 --> 00:39:10,394
- Oh.
- Hear, hear.
872
00:39:11,446 --> 00:39:13,424
Oh, I'm taking my office back.
873
00:39:13,448 --> 00:39:15,165
What?
874
00:39:16,117 --> 00:39:17,761
I was here first.
875
00:39:20,121 --> 00:39:21,465
The American Experiment
876
00:39:21,489 --> 00:39:23,601
is about giving everyone
a way forward _
877
00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:25,269
even when we disagree.
878
00:39:25,293 --> 00:39:29,974
In fact, disagreement is
the hallmark of our democracy.
879
00:39:29,998 --> 00:39:33,210
We respect our Constitution
880
00:39:33,234 --> 00:39:36,247
by respecting our fellow citizens,
881
00:39:36,271 --> 00:39:38,949
even when
we don't get everything we want,
882
00:39:38,973 --> 00:39:41,819
even when we disagree passionately.
883
00:39:41,843 --> 00:39:44,255
That is democracy.
884
00:39:47,782 --> 00:39:49,927
Now one of my opponents,
885
00:39:49,951 --> 00:39:52,997
he hasn't liked what he's been
reading about himself lately,
886
00:39:53,021 --> 00:39:55,866
so he's lashed out
at the media in ways
887
00:39:55,890 --> 00:39:59,536
that I believe undermine
freedom of the press,
888
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:03,741
which is enshrined
in our Constitution.
889
00:40:05,767 --> 00:40:08,545
And he has engaged in attacks...
890
00:40:08,569 --> 00:40:12,650
personal attacks...
against his opponents
891
00:40:12,674 --> 00:40:16,420
that are not only irrelevant
to important policy debates,
892
00:40:16,444 --> 00:40:18,822
but are meaningless distractions
893
00:40:18,846 --> 00:40:23,093
that are beneath the dignity
of the office we seek.
894
00:40:25,086 --> 00:40:28,632
Anyone running for public office
895
00:40:28,656 --> 00:40:30,567
who tries to bully his opponents
896
00:40:30,591 --> 00:40:32,970
is not just disrespecting them,
897
00:40:32,994 --> 00:40:35,572
but disrespecting America
898
00:40:35,596 --> 00:40:39,209
and the rights
and values that we stand for.
899
00:40:41,302 --> 00:40:44,515
Anyone who questions
our basic freedoms
900
00:40:44,539 --> 00:40:47,051
because they don't like
what's coming out
901
00:40:47,075 --> 00:40:48,752
about themselves in the press
902
00:40:48,776 --> 00:40:51,956
isn't just disrespecting
our Constitution.
903
00:40:51,980 --> 00:40:53,958
He is rejecting it.
904
00:40:56,484 --> 00:40:58,762
Eroding our core values and rights
905
00:40:58,786 --> 00:41:02,272
will lead us down a dark road
toward autocracy.
906
00:41:03,624 --> 00:41:06,437
Democracy means that we stand united,
907
00:41:06,461 --> 00:41:09,740
even when we sit
on different sides of the aisle.
908
00:41:09,764 --> 00:41:12,409
We fight for what we believe in,
909
00:41:12,433 --> 00:41:14,578
but we fight fair.
910
00:41:14,602 --> 00:41:18,515
With decency and dignity and respect.
911
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,618
Now I realize...
912
00:41:21,642 --> 00:41:24,021
I realize that these are just words.
913
00:41:24,045 --> 00:41:26,657
So how can I put these words
into action?
914
00:41:26,681 --> 00:41:28,525
How?!
915
00:41:28,549 --> 00:41:31,028
Well, I'd like
916
00:41:31,052 --> 00:41:33,297
to introduce you to my running mate.
917
00:41:33,321 --> 00:41:36,834
I am humbled and honored
that he decided to join me,
918
00:41:36,858 --> 00:41:39,036
especially
because he and I have been known
919
00:41:39,060 --> 00:41:41,372
to be political rivals.
920
00:41:41,396 --> 00:41:44,174
Well, we fought
for what we believe in,
921
00:41:44,198 --> 00:41:46,643
and we fought through our differences,
922
00:41:46,667 --> 00:41:49,246
and we got things done.
923
00:41:51,105 --> 00:41:53,017
And we will continue
924
00:41:53,041 --> 00:41:54,818
to rise above our differences
925
00:41:54,842 --> 00:41:57,254
on behalf of all Americans.
926
00:41:57,278 --> 00:41:59,423
I am so proud
927
00:41:59,447 --> 00:42:03,360
to introduce the next vice
president of the United States,
928
00:42:03,384 --> 00:42:06,163
Senator Carlos Morejon.
929
00:42:36,685 --> 00:42:42,835
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