1 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:12,137 Here we go. 2 00:00:12,137 --> 00:00:14,056 Good evening, America. 3 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:18,143 {\an8}There are decisions that we are asked to make in our lifetimes 4 00:00:18,143 --> 00:00:19,478 {\an8}that are truly humbling. 5 00:00:20,437 --> 00:00:24,900 {\an8}Decisions that in previous times would have been left to the gods. 6 00:00:25,901 --> 00:00:28,529 {\an8}But the current crisis requires that we act 7 00:00:28,529 --> 00:00:32,281 {\an8}from the limited perspective of human experience. 8 00:00:33,534 --> 00:00:35,577 I have prayed for guidance, 9 00:00:35,577 --> 00:00:38,539 sought out the wisdom of fellow G22 leaders 10 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:42,918 as well as members of the scientific community, the business community, 11 00:00:42,918 --> 00:00:46,296 and religious and Indigenous leaders of every stripe. 12 00:00:47,256 --> 00:00:48,966 And we have come to a decision. 13 00:00:49,967 --> 00:00:55,013 I will be signing CIT 2, the Climate Intervention Treaty, 14 00:00:55,013 --> 00:00:59,351 and extending the moratorium on geoengineering 15 00:00:59,351 --> 00:01:03,272 or any act that seeks to artificially manipulate the climate. 16 00:01:04,105 --> 00:01:06,817 Technology alone is not the solution we require. 17 00:01:06,817 --> 00:01:07,901 Alpha, off. 18 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:10,696 - Hey, Ro. - I can't watch this. 19 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,199 Congrats, Dad. The president took your advice. 20 00:01:14,199 --> 00:01:16,326 - Kiddo, come on. - Now we're all fucked. 21 00:01:16,326 --> 00:01:18,078 I hope you're proud of yourself. 22 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:21,832 I gave her that advice to try to protect your future, man. 23 00:01:22,708 --> 00:01:23,709 I'm sorry, everyone. 24 00:01:23,709 --> 00:01:25,043 Hey, Alpha, on. Sorry. 25 00:01:25,043 --> 00:01:29,423 We must look elsewhere if we are to solve this crisis. 26 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,271 You hear from Rowan yet? 27 00:02:27,856 --> 00:02:29,816 For what it's worth, I think it's shitty. 28 00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:31,777 He said he was coming. He should be here. 29 00:02:32,486 --> 00:02:34,363 It's Father's Day. You're his father. 30 00:02:36,031 --> 00:02:39,910 I remember being 20, and Father's Day was not my priority holiday either. 31 00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:43,622 And my dad didn't get married three times, so there is that. 32 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:48,126 Well, we don't have to be back until tomorrow, 33 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:51,046 so why don't you decide what you wanna do to celebrate, 34 00:02:51,630 --> 00:02:54,341 - and I'll go make us something to eat. - Okay. 35 00:03:01,598 --> 00:03:03,183 Call Rowan again. 36 00:03:10,732 --> 00:03:12,484 Gonna make my speech here... 37 00:03:13,277 --> 00:03:17,281 and there'll be a huge reveal behind these glass doors. 38 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:21,243 {\an8}Is it Jonathan? 39 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:23,370 Maybe you should answer it. 40 00:03:23,954 --> 00:03:25,122 Yeah, and say what? 41 00:03:25,122 --> 00:03:27,124 Well, "Happy Father's Day." 42 00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:29,793 Well, that's the easy part. It's everything after that. 43 00:03:30,294 --> 00:03:33,630 You know, your father used to quote Hemingway to me. 44 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:37,926 "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." 45 00:03:39,094 --> 00:03:40,304 Maybe you should try that. 46 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:44,016 It would kill him to know that I was helping you. 47 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:46,226 Maybe he'd be proud. 48 00:03:47,603 --> 00:03:49,438 I guess we'll find out soon enough. 49 00:03:50,647 --> 00:03:53,275 Okay, so we're never gonna agree on geoengineering, I get it. 50 00:03:53,275 --> 00:03:56,528 But this is six months, you know. It's like he's got complete tunnel vision. 51 00:03:56,528 --> 00:03:58,447 It's like we can't talk about anything else. 52 00:03:58,447 --> 00:03:59,990 He needs some space. It's-- 53 00:03:59,990 --> 00:04:01,450 Sorry. 54 00:04:01,450 --> 00:04:02,534 Rowan? 55 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:06,413 Did you find him? 56 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:08,790 Djibouti. Logged on to his Alpha social. 57 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:12,252 - Is she with him? - This is wrong on many levels. 58 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:15,172 {\an8}Come on. Make it look like normal course of business checks. 59 00:04:15,172 --> 00:04:17,173 {\an8}- We did this all the time. - You don't work here anymore, 60 00:04:17,173 --> 00:04:18,509 so that would be a lie. 61 00:04:18,509 --> 00:04:22,804 And the last thing we need is a story about Alpha spying on random people. 62 00:04:22,804 --> 00:04:24,223 Please. This isn't surveillance. 63 00:04:24,223 --> 00:04:25,766 We're not hacking her password. 64 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:27,976 Just look at payments. 65 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:30,062 Did she, you know-- Did she get a pedicure. 66 00:04:30,062 --> 00:04:32,105 Did she search for her favorite fucking sneakers, 67 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:34,358 - or-- This is plain vanilla. Come on. - Jon, seriously. 68 00:04:34,358 --> 00:04:36,527 - This is easy. - You're a US government official now. 69 00:04:36,527 --> 00:04:38,529 Just ask the CIA to do it. 70 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:42,783 Or try the old-fashioned approach and just call your son. 71 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:46,161 Yeah, I've done that like a half a dozen times. He doesn't even pick up. 72 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:47,955 Now you know why I never had kids. 73 00:04:50,499 --> 00:04:51,834 Why are they in Djibouti? 74 00:04:51,834 --> 00:04:54,545 I didn't say, "they." I said, "Rowan." 75 00:04:55,754 --> 00:04:59,967 And if you didn't want him to join her fan club, you shouldn't have married her. 76 00:05:01,009 --> 00:05:03,846 Thanks. Yeah, well, keep at it. Just keep me updated. 77 00:05:05,055 --> 00:05:08,058 - Any news on Rowan? - Nope. Work drama. 78 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:15,649 When I was his age, I fought with my parents relentlessly. 79 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:19,361 You did? Their Ivy League superstar. Over what? 80 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:21,405 Typical teenage stuff. 81 00:05:21,905 --> 00:05:25,659 My pick of boyfriends. The fate of the world. 82 00:05:31,748 --> 00:05:33,959 {\an8}From humble beginnings to greatness. 83 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:38,422 {\an8}The daughter of a math teacher and an engineer in Badlapur, India, 84 00:05:38,422 --> 00:05:44,178 Gita Mishra stands before us today as CEO and founder of New Sky Initiatives 85 00:05:44,178 --> 00:05:46,430 to celebrate the inaugural flight 86 00:05:46,430 --> 00:05:50,767 of the world's first unmanned, fully carbon-neutral cargo plane, 87 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:53,770 capable of staying aloft perpetually. 88 00:05:54,605 --> 00:05:55,647 The Rowan. 89 00:05:57,691 --> 00:05:58,942 Gita Mishra, everyone. 90 00:06:01,612 --> 00:06:06,116 Thank you, Hiram. And thank you for your help in getting the Rowan in the air. 91 00:06:06,617 --> 00:06:08,785 Yes, the Rowan. 92 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:15,751 Named for my stepson and colleague, Rowan Chopin, who is here today. 93 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:17,211 Come and take a bow. 94 00:06:21,006 --> 00:06:22,007 Do you like the name? 95 00:06:22,007 --> 00:06:23,383 Yeah. 96 00:06:23,884 --> 00:06:27,387 Rowan's work on the computer interface of our plane 97 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:31,975 has made unmanned flight possible at a level never before seen. 98 00:06:31,975 --> 00:06:33,977 I'd say he takes after his stepmother, 99 00:06:33,977 --> 00:06:36,813 but I suspect his father has more to do with it. 100 00:06:40,192 --> 00:06:43,695 Now, as many of you know, I am a betting woman. 101 00:06:43,695 --> 00:06:47,866 And I want to thank all of you here today who invested, 102 00:06:48,367 --> 00:06:51,662 for betting with me and on me. 103 00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:53,914 And to make it clear 104 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:58,544 just how much confidence I have in our carbon-neutral tech, 105 00:06:58,544 --> 00:07:02,381 I'm actually going to lead today's test flight myself. 106 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:06,301 The planes have all been loaded 107 00:07:06,301 --> 00:07:10,806 with a maximum payload of 250 tons for this morning's demonstration. 108 00:07:12,349 --> 00:07:18,981 If we are asking people to trust the Rowan with their most precious cargo, 109 00:07:20,315 --> 00:07:23,610 then I think it only natural that I make myself the guinea pig. 110 00:07:25,863 --> 00:07:26,864 Thank you. 111 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,258 I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I found them. 112 00:07:46,758 --> 00:07:49,970 "Them?" So, they are together? Goddamn it. 113 00:07:51,054 --> 00:07:52,806 I'm sending you something right now. 114 00:07:55,184 --> 00:07:58,604 Thank you, Hiram. And thank you for your help in getting the Rowan in the air. 115 00:07:58,604 --> 00:07:59,813 What the fuck is that? 116 00:08:00,731 --> 00:08:02,691 You're supposed to say, "thank you." 117 00:08:02,691 --> 00:08:04,359 Thank you. What the fuck is that? 118 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:10,073 It's NSI's new pilotless cargo drone. Very hush-hush. Full media embargo. 119 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:11,825 How'd you get it? 120 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,911 Scraped it off an illicit phone in the room. 121 00:08:14,411 --> 00:08:16,038 And spare me the surprised face. 122 00:08:16,622 --> 00:08:18,624 Evidently, she named the plane "the Rowan." 123 00:08:18,624 --> 00:08:19,833 My God. 124 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:21,919 Certainly explains why he's there. 125 00:08:21,919 --> 00:08:24,129 Doesn't explain why he didn't tell me about it. 126 00:08:24,129 --> 00:08:27,466 It also doesn't explain why she's flying a plane that's supposed to be pilotless. 127 00:08:27,466 --> 00:08:28,800 Does that make any sense to you? 128 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:32,429 None of this makes any sense to me, Jon. 129 00:08:34,515 --> 00:08:35,933 I'm erasing all of it. 130 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:40,102 Thank you, Martha. I know you're going out on a limb. 131 00:08:40,979 --> 00:08:42,313 Not to add insult to injury, 132 00:08:42,313 --> 00:08:47,402 but Mr. Bilton might order a few depending on how it goes today. 133 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:48,487 What? 134 00:08:48,487 --> 00:08:51,198 What? She's using our batteries. 135 00:08:54,535 --> 00:08:55,536 Good night. 136 00:09:08,966 --> 00:09:11,093 - You know, he probably already knows. - How would that happen? 137 00:09:11,093 --> 00:09:16,056 And when he does find out because he will, everyone will in a few hours. 138 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:17,891 Just tell him it was all my idea. 139 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:21,812 Tell him that I tricked you and that you had no idea what I was up to. 140 00:09:23,105 --> 00:09:24,523 I'm not gonna lie to him. 141 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:31,905 Remind him of our honeymoon. 142 00:09:34,283 --> 00:09:39,246 We were at an old hotel in Bali and the toilet broke. 143 00:09:41,164 --> 00:09:42,583 And Jonathan couldn't fix it. 144 00:09:43,834 --> 00:09:47,129 I mean, the man could model albedo feedback loops on sea-level rise 145 00:09:47,129 --> 00:09:50,007 that were accurate to the centimeter, 146 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:54,469 but was baffled by a chain and float in a 20th-century commode. 147 00:09:55,387 --> 00:09:56,972 And I used to fix it daily. 148 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:04,479 When we got home, I bought him a copy of the Whole Earth Catalog from 1968. 149 00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:08,108 First edition. It was autographed as well. 150 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,736 And that told you how to fix toilets? 151 00:10:10,736 --> 00:10:12,654 How to fix everything. 152 00:10:13,822 --> 00:10:15,157 The first line, 153 00:10:15,866 --> 00:10:20,787 "We are as gods, and might as well get good at it." 154 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:25,792 And today, we're fixing something a little bigger. 155 00:10:36,595 --> 00:10:38,180 The other planes, they're all ready? 156 00:10:39,598 --> 00:10:41,683 I'll put in the coordinates once they're airborne. 157 00:10:43,060 --> 00:10:45,145 You release your cargo. They do the same. 158 00:10:46,813 --> 00:10:49,358 They'll never let it get that far, right? 159 00:10:49,358 --> 00:10:51,109 - It's just-- - Hey, Ro. 160 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:57,032 If you don't want to be here anymore, you can leave, you know? 161 00:11:00,702 --> 00:11:02,246 I just want it to be tomorrow. 162 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:05,999 It will be soon. 163 00:11:36,405 --> 00:11:37,781 You're changing all of those? 164 00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,617 Gita wanted all the passcodes changed. 165 00:11:40,617 --> 00:11:43,245 It's been six years of work. Can't get hacked now. 166 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:45,497 Did you know about this? 167 00:11:46,081 --> 00:11:48,542 Did I know she was worried about security? Yeah. 168 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:50,419 There. Done. 169 00:11:50,419 --> 00:11:52,421 Leader one, leader one, NSI tower. 170 00:11:52,921 --> 00:11:53,964 Go for leader one. 171 00:11:53,964 --> 00:11:58,969 Locked and loaded for 19.1668 north and 73.2368 east. 172 00:11:59,845 --> 00:12:01,180 Thank you, NSI tower. 173 00:12:02,764 --> 00:12:05,142 Wait. Where are you going? 174 00:12:05,142 --> 00:12:07,686 Badlapur. Haven't been there in years. 175 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:08,770 Why? 176 00:12:09,563 --> 00:12:13,984 Hometown girl makes good. Maybe I'll inspire the next generation. 177 00:12:17,905 --> 00:12:23,827 If we are asking people to trust the Rowan with their most precious cargo, 178 00:12:23,827 --> 00:12:26,663 then I think it only natural that I make myself the-- 179 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:32,878 The planes have all been loaded with a maximum payload of 250 tons 180 00:12:32,878 --> 00:12:34,880 for this morning's demonstration. 181 00:12:36,340 --> 00:12:37,466 You're up early. 182 00:12:37,466 --> 00:12:42,721 ...we are asking people to trust the Rowan with their most precious cargo... 183 00:12:42,721 --> 00:12:44,515 You're lucky I don't have the gene for jealousy. 184 00:12:44,515 --> 00:12:45,766 No, watch this. 185 00:12:46,725 --> 00:12:51,730 The planes have all been loaded with a maximum payload of 250 tons 186 00:12:51,730 --> 00:12:53,524 for this morning's demonstration. 187 00:12:55,067 --> 00:12:56,276 Rowan's with her. 188 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:58,570 - Where? - There. 189 00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:00,364 ...most precious cargo, 190 00:13:00,989 --> 00:13:04,451 then I think it only natural that I make myself the guinea pig. 191 00:13:04,451 --> 00:13:05,953 I've gotta tell someone what's going on here. 192 00:13:05,953 --> 00:13:09,164 Tell them what? Tell them your son is going through a phase? 193 00:13:09,164 --> 00:13:11,917 Tell them he prefers his stepmother's company to his father's? 194 00:13:11,917 --> 00:13:14,711 No. Why do you think she's getting ready to pilot an unmanned aircraft? 195 00:13:14,711 --> 00:13:17,923 I don't know, Jonathan. I also don't particularly care. 196 00:13:17,923 --> 00:13:19,758 - Why do you? - Because of this. 197 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:22,761 - Watch. - In 1991, 198 00:13:22,761 --> 00:13:25,597 there was a volcanic eruption. Mount Pinatubo. 199 00:13:25,597 --> 00:13:27,057 This is what it's all about. 200 00:13:27,057 --> 00:13:29,852 It sent ash ten miles up into the stratosphere. 201 00:13:29,852 --> 00:13:30,936 What is this? 202 00:13:30,936 --> 00:13:33,772 It's Rowan's science project in fifth grade. Listen. 203 00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:37,234 The ash spread all over the stratosphere. 204 00:13:37,234 --> 00:13:41,530 Billions of particles. And these particles reflected the sun's rays. 205 00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:45,117 That year, the planet actually cooled .5 degrees. 206 00:13:45,117 --> 00:13:48,161 After years of consistent warming, it cooled. 207 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:52,207 So, some scientists started experimenting with reproducing that effect. 208 00:13:52,207 --> 00:13:54,459 My stepmom is one of those scientists. 209 00:13:55,294 --> 00:13:57,462 And she says this will solve climate change. 210 00:13:58,422 --> 00:14:00,340 And my dad says she's right. 211 00:14:10,809 --> 00:14:12,978 Sir, she's ascending. 212 00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:16,607 You hit a button up there by mistake, Gita? 213 00:14:17,107 --> 00:14:19,193 Nope. New heading. 214 00:14:19,193 --> 00:14:20,319 Any reason? 215 00:14:21,236 --> 00:14:25,115 Because I think it's important for people to see what the Rowan is capable of. 216 00:14:25,741 --> 00:14:27,576 48,000 feet. Over. 217 00:14:29,286 --> 00:14:31,872 Okay, that's above the ceiling for most commercial aircraft. 218 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:35,292 We're not selling most commercial aircrafts. 219 00:14:35,292 --> 00:14:37,711 We did not file this as part of your flight plan. 220 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:39,796 Military is gonna be all over us now. 221 00:14:40,756 --> 00:14:42,257 So much for keeping this hidden. 222 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:47,304 NSI tower, let's take the other planes up to 48,000 feet. 223 00:14:48,055 --> 00:14:49,056 Yep. On it. 224 00:14:49,056 --> 00:14:50,474 Leader out. 225 00:15:00,859 --> 00:15:02,444 Alpha, give me the earnings performance 226 00:15:02,444 --> 00:15:04,279 of the top chemical companies for the last quarter. 227 00:15:04,863 --> 00:15:10,202 BASF is down 1%. Sinopec, down 2%. Dow Chemical, unchanged. 228 00:15:10,202 --> 00:15:11,286 What about Alpha Chem? 229 00:15:11,787 --> 00:15:14,623 Alpha Chemical Resources up 16%. 230 00:15:14,623 --> 00:15:17,334 Alpha is always up. They own the world. 231 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:18,460 Slow down, Jon. 232 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:22,464 This doesn't prove anything other than that Nick Bilton is a very rich man. 233 00:15:22,464 --> 00:15:24,466 Hey, what is this? 234 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:27,386 I ordered some lab steaks from Alpha Protein. 235 00:15:27,386 --> 00:15:29,513 We're gonna have a really nice dinner tonight. 236 00:15:30,556 --> 00:15:32,140 Your delivery has arrived. 237 00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:38,021 Alpha, call Martha private. 238 00:15:41,024 --> 00:15:42,776 - Are you out of your mind? - Maybe. 239 00:15:43,652 --> 00:15:45,737 - I need to know something. - No, I need to know something. 240 00:15:45,737 --> 00:15:48,031 Why don't you have any boundaries? 241 00:15:48,031 --> 00:15:52,369 Look, I need to know if Alpha Chemical sold NSI any of the following substances. 242 00:15:52,870 --> 00:15:56,874 Calcium carbonate, hydrogen sulfide, or sulfur dioxide. 243 00:15:56,874 --> 00:15:59,168 I can't possibly answer that. 244 00:15:59,168 --> 00:16:02,004 Come on. Those are controlled substances now under CIT. 245 00:16:02,004 --> 00:16:04,715 I have every right to know if significant quantities have been ordered, 246 00:16:04,715 --> 00:16:07,301 especially by a buyer without purchasing history. 247 00:16:07,301 --> 00:16:09,344 No, I'm not answering. 248 00:16:09,344 --> 00:16:12,139 A significant amount of any of those substances could be used 249 00:16:12,139 --> 00:16:15,184 in an act of global terrorism. Do you wanna be an accessory to that? 250 00:16:15,184 --> 00:16:17,144 Martha, just tell me if I'm wrong. 251 00:16:17,144 --> 00:16:19,980 I've gotta know if I'm calling the authorities here. 252 00:16:24,151 --> 00:16:26,361 I'll need to speak to our chief counsel, Jon. 253 00:16:27,196 --> 00:16:30,324 I've always thought of you as a friend, and I felt horrible when Nick let you go, 254 00:16:30,324 --> 00:16:32,868 but I'm gonna have to ask you to never contact me again. 255 00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:34,453 Wait, wait. Are-- 256 00:16:38,248 --> 00:16:39,249 Fuck. 257 00:16:54,723 --> 00:17:00,062 Gita, are you turning around soon? We have AFRICOM asking about us. 258 00:17:00,771 --> 00:17:04,148 They're already in touch with DC, with NATO. 259 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:08,779 - I don't know what you're doing, but-- - Hiram, put Rowan on, please. 260 00:17:08,779 --> 00:17:10,364 And give us a private line. 261 00:17:17,621 --> 00:17:18,622 Hey, it's me. 262 00:17:18,622 --> 00:17:20,999 I think we need to assume they know by now. 263 00:17:21,875 --> 00:17:24,086 We're on everyone's radar higher than we should be. 264 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,463 It's time, hon. 265 00:17:28,423 --> 00:17:31,260 They'll contact your father when they've figured it out. 266 00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:33,136 You need to move now. 267 00:17:33,846 --> 00:17:34,847 {\an8}Yeah, good to see you. 268 00:17:35,347 --> 00:17:36,348 {\an8}- Hi. - Hey. 269 00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:45,482 I'm Special Agent Sanchez from the FBI's counterterrorism unit. 270 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:47,776 I'm looking for Dr. Jonathan Chopin. 271 00:17:48,318 --> 00:17:49,319 Jonathan? 272 00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:51,613 Yeah, hi. Thanks for coming. Come on in. 273 00:17:51,613 --> 00:17:54,366 - You called the FBI? - Yeah. Come in. We need to talk. 274 00:17:58,579 --> 00:17:59,997 Perhaps someday, 275 00:17:59,997 --> 00:18:06,378 {\an8}we will have a machine that safely and reliably removes carbon from the air, 276 00:18:06,378 --> 00:18:11,341 but until then, we have something even better. Trees. 277 00:18:13,552 --> 00:18:17,055 So, thank you to the Sunrise Movement for this, 278 00:18:17,055 --> 00:18:19,892 the one-millionth tree planted in Virginia. 279 00:18:20,601 --> 00:18:24,730 Now we just need Congress to do its job 280 00:18:24,730 --> 00:18:30,903 and work together to pass bipartisan legislation to curb emissions. 281 00:18:32,613 --> 00:18:33,614 What next? 282 00:18:33,614 --> 00:18:36,283 There is a situation developing over the Gulf of Aden. 283 00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:38,118 A fleet of planes headed east. 284 00:18:38,118 --> 00:18:41,914 AFRICOM is tracking it. I have Major Gutiérrez from AFRICOM. 285 00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:47,336 Good morning, Major. What can you tell me? 286 00:18:47,336 --> 00:18:49,505 We just heard from Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti. 287 00:18:49,505 --> 00:18:53,217 It's a demonstration flight. Some sort of new technology. 288 00:18:53,217 --> 00:18:56,512 A formation of private aircraft built by New Sky Initiatives. 289 00:18:56,512 --> 00:18:59,765 Gita Mishra's company. Was this authorized? 290 00:18:59,765 --> 00:19:01,308 The flight was, yes, ma'am, 291 00:19:01,308 --> 00:19:03,352 but then they changed their flight plan while aloft. 292 00:19:03,352 --> 00:19:06,605 They're now currently at 43,000 feet and rising. 293 00:19:06,605 --> 00:19:09,274 - Did they give a reason for the change? - No, ma'am. 294 00:19:10,442 --> 00:19:13,445 - Have they responded to any communication? - No, ma'am. 295 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:17,783 Is there a reason to believe that there's an issue with the plane? 296 00:19:17,783 --> 00:19:20,536 - A distress signal? - No, Madam President. 297 00:19:22,538 --> 00:19:24,456 Well, thank you, Major. Keep me apprised. 298 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:32,422 The FBI has been made aware. Counterterrorism. 299 00:19:33,549 --> 00:19:36,218 - Who asked for that? - You remember Jonathan Chopin? 300 00:19:37,302 --> 00:19:38,303 Remind me. 301 00:19:38,303 --> 00:19:40,931 Secretary of State Garrett appointed him to the carbon commission. 302 00:19:41,515 --> 00:19:43,517 Used to work for Nick Bilton over at Alpha. 303 00:19:43,517 --> 00:19:44,768 That's right. Chopin. 304 00:19:44,768 --> 00:19:49,356 Also used to be married to Gita Mishra. He reached out to us. 305 00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:51,149 About his ex-wife? 306 00:19:51,149 --> 00:19:53,235 He has a pretty crazy theory. 307 00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:56,113 We may want to consider distancing ourselves from him. 308 00:20:07,916 --> 00:20:10,544 So you think your son is involved with some sort of illegal activity? 309 00:20:10,544 --> 00:20:14,464 I haven't spoken to my son in many weeks. 310 00:20:15,215 --> 00:20:18,760 We've noticed a fair amount of phone activity between your number and his. 311 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,556 If you looked at that, then you also noticed he hasn't answered me even once. 312 00:20:22,556 --> 00:20:24,433 That's-- That is not normal for him. 313 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:27,728 Could mean a lot of things besides international terrorism, Doctor. 314 00:20:28,228 --> 00:20:30,814 You might wanna call a family therapist instead of the Bureau. 315 00:20:30,814 --> 00:20:32,482 No, no. Wait, wait, wait. 316 00:20:32,482 --> 00:20:35,569 This isn't about my family. I'm talking about a global security event. 317 00:20:37,321 --> 00:20:39,364 I'm one of President Burdick's lead science advisers. 318 00:20:39,364 --> 00:20:40,657 I have a security clearance. 319 00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:43,869 I know who you are, Doctor. I took the liberty of reviewing your background. 320 00:20:43,869 --> 00:20:47,080 Okay, so then-- then you know, in the past, 321 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,334 I was an advocate for something called geoengineering, okay? 322 00:20:50,334 --> 00:20:54,880 And my very famous ex-wife and I put a lot of resource 323 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,299 and focus into not just imagining it, 324 00:20:57,299 --> 00:20:59,801 but contemplating how would you actually do it. 325 00:20:59,801 --> 00:21:01,553 She called it the biggest and the brightest 326 00:21:01,553 --> 00:21:04,389 new business opportunity of the century at Davos. 327 00:21:04,389 --> 00:21:07,684 Here's the thing. We were wrong. We were arrogant. 328 00:21:07,684 --> 00:21:11,021 We disrespected one of the most fundamental principles 329 00:21:11,021 --> 00:21:12,523 of scientific investigation, 330 00:21:12,523 --> 00:21:15,484 which is that an experiment has to be able to be replicated 331 00:21:15,484 --> 00:21:17,986 to get the same results, or based on the data, 332 00:21:17,986 --> 00:21:19,488 to change the experiment. 333 00:21:20,364 --> 00:21:22,366 Geoengineering doesn't allow for that, okay? 334 00:21:22,366 --> 00:21:25,285 You get one shot, and then you live with the results. 335 00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:28,914 That's not science. That's gambling. 336 00:21:33,001 --> 00:21:34,795 And you decided you weren't a gambler. 337 00:21:34,795 --> 00:21:38,048 With the planet as the table stakes? No. No. 338 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:43,220 And how exactly does this tie into your son? 339 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:44,888 Because he's with her. 340 00:21:45,514 --> 00:21:48,767 He's with her, and he's gone dark on me because she's planning something. 341 00:21:48,767 --> 00:21:52,479 And if we don't wanna be a part of the gamble that she's taking, 342 00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:56,775 you need to help me get to Washington. I need to get to DC. 343 00:21:58,402 --> 00:22:01,280 Dear President Burdick and other world leaders. 344 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,324 By the time you see this, I will be over the Indian Ocean. 345 00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:07,786 Gita's a donor. You actually spoke at an event she hosted. 346 00:22:07,786 --> 00:22:10,289 I am aware. And the ex? Chopin? 347 00:22:10,289 --> 00:22:12,958 He's inbound. We did confirm that his son is with her. 348 00:22:12,958 --> 00:22:14,585 - In the plane? - Possibly. 349 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,006 Any attempt to stop me by violent means 350 00:22:19,006 --> 00:22:21,884 will cause a worldwide deployment of calcium carbonate, 351 00:22:21,884 --> 00:22:24,469 which cannot be stopped by military intervention. 352 00:22:24,469 --> 00:22:26,805 We do have a SEAL team in the region. 353 00:22:27,306 --> 00:22:30,100 My demands are simple, Madam President. 354 00:22:30,809 --> 00:22:34,104 I'm only doing what should've been done by world leaders years ago. 355 00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:40,444 Temperature on Earth has risen ...65 degrees since the Tel Aviv Accords. 356 00:22:40,444 --> 00:22:42,404 It continues to rise. 357 00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:45,782 The cost to the world economy is immeasurable. 358 00:22:46,283 --> 00:22:51,038 This is the only way to slow temperature increase immediately. 359 00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:54,541 Is it a Band-Aid? Yes. 360 00:22:55,501 --> 00:23:01,215 But when one is bleeding the way our planet is bleeding, a Band-Aid is needed. 361 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,469 If the United States will commit to geoengineering, 362 00:23:06,261 --> 00:23:12,059 I will land without incident, and we can solve this problem together. 363 00:23:12,559 --> 00:23:14,353 How far is she from landfall? 364 00:23:14,353 --> 00:23:17,314 - Two hours and 12 minutes. - Let's get everyone together. 365 00:23:20,609 --> 00:23:24,029 Rowan, tell me when you're safe. Over. 366 00:23:27,699 --> 00:23:29,326 Let's go! Everybody on the ground. 367 00:23:30,786 --> 00:23:32,204 - Now! - Move your hands. 368 00:23:32,704 --> 00:23:33,997 Where are they? 369 00:23:35,999 --> 00:23:37,167 Ro, do you copy? 370 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,632 Go, go! Stay where you are. 371 00:23:43,632 --> 00:23:45,175 - Nobody move. - He's not here! 372 00:23:45,175 --> 00:23:46,718 Where's the kid? 373 00:23:46,718 --> 00:23:48,220 Where is he? 374 00:23:50,180 --> 00:23:53,642 Come on, Ro. It's okay if you've changed your mind. 375 00:23:53,642 --> 00:23:56,854 Just let me know you're safe. 376 00:24:11,910 --> 00:24:13,662 Go for squadron leader. 377 00:24:14,663 --> 00:24:16,123 Ro, you're okay. 378 00:24:16,707 --> 00:24:17,833 All good. 379 00:24:17,833 --> 00:24:19,751 It's like I'm sitting off your tail. 380 00:24:20,335 --> 00:24:22,004 Do you see that up there? 381 00:24:22,838 --> 00:24:24,506 - India. - It's Mumbai. 382 00:24:25,090 --> 00:24:27,426 My mum helped design the seawall there. 383 00:24:27,426 --> 00:24:29,928 I remember watching them build it when I was little. 384 00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:33,640 What's taking Burdick so long? I know she received our demands. 385 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,143 They're trying to figure out a way to publicly condemn me, 386 00:24:36,143 --> 00:24:38,562 privately thank me, just like the rest of them. 387 00:24:39,229 --> 00:24:41,940 Alpha. The oil companies. 388 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:43,150 You're an hour out. 389 00:24:45,652 --> 00:24:48,280 It all looks so beautiful from up here. 390 00:24:50,199 --> 00:24:53,118 You'd never know how badly we fucked it up. 391 00:25:08,383 --> 00:25:11,220 Madam President, I know you're very well-informed on all of this, 392 00:25:11,220 --> 00:25:13,180 so for the benefit of everyone... 393 00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:16,016 I think it helps to look at climate change like a bear. 394 00:25:16,016 --> 00:25:20,729 And the whole planet's been in the ring wrestling with the bear for decades now. 395 00:25:20,729 --> 00:25:23,690 And so far, the bear's been kicking our ass. 396 00:25:24,525 --> 00:25:27,444 Geoengineering is like taking a lion 397 00:25:27,444 --> 00:25:30,364 and deciding to put it in the ring to help you fight the bear. 398 00:25:30,864 --> 00:25:32,282 It's certainly gonna change things, 399 00:25:32,282 --> 00:25:35,744 but not necessarily guarantee that you're gonna win. 400 00:25:35,744 --> 00:25:38,205 If she does what she's threatening, what are we looking at? 401 00:25:38,205 --> 00:25:42,501 Changes in rainfall patterns that lead to crop failures and floods. 402 00:25:43,001 --> 00:25:45,796 Extreme weather events leading to mass migrations, 403 00:25:45,796 --> 00:25:47,464 social unrest, stress on infrastructure. 404 00:25:47,464 --> 00:25:50,217 All the wonderful things that we're so familiar with, 405 00:25:50,217 --> 00:25:53,470 except now in new and totally unpredictable places. 406 00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:58,600 Hence, CIT 2. I think we need to call this what it is. It's terrorism. 407 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,395 I spoke to other leaders. Oliveira, Liang, Richter. 408 00:26:01,395 --> 00:26:05,399 They all stand by CIT and feel that the legal exposure here is ours. 409 00:26:05,399 --> 00:26:06,733 How's that? 410 00:26:06,733 --> 00:26:09,862 New Sky is a Delaware corporation based in New Mexico. 411 00:26:09,862 --> 00:26:11,905 The rest of the world sees a violation 412 00:26:11,905 --> 00:26:14,408 of the treaty as an act of unilateral aggression. 413 00:26:15,701 --> 00:26:18,412 You know her. You think she'd actually do it? 414 00:26:19,788 --> 00:26:21,790 I wouldn't doubt her resolve for one minute. 415 00:26:22,416 --> 00:26:25,586 I mean, she's worked these models for years. 416 00:26:25,586 --> 00:26:28,463 You've seen her lectures. You've hosted one, Madam President. 417 00:26:28,463 --> 00:26:29,715 But can she? 418 00:26:30,841 --> 00:26:32,759 She didn't start a social network to get rich. 419 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:36,263 She's one of the most talented chemical engineers of our generation. 420 00:26:36,263 --> 00:26:40,267 She gets a lot more right than she gets wrong. 421 00:26:41,768 --> 00:26:43,604 I would not bet on her failure. 422 00:26:43,604 --> 00:26:47,107 We don't hand over policy to individual billionaires, 423 00:26:47,107 --> 00:26:48,984 even ones that are good at guessing. 424 00:26:48,984 --> 00:26:52,237 With all due respect, I'm not sure that's historically accurate. 425 00:26:52,237 --> 00:26:56,700 But Gita's success has never rested on waiting for permission. 426 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:59,870 But why this? Geoengineering, it's not a one-time event. 427 00:26:59,870 --> 00:27:02,956 You'd need to do it every few years. 428 00:27:02,956 --> 00:27:05,375 You know, I think she just wants to change the conversation. 429 00:27:05,375 --> 00:27:08,295 She thinks when it works, people will start to follow her lead. 430 00:27:08,295 --> 00:27:10,589 But that's-- that's not the core of the problem. 431 00:27:10,589 --> 00:27:12,382 If it works, 432 00:27:12,382 --> 00:27:15,969 all the oil and gas and coal and other dirty, polluting industries, 433 00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:17,554 they're gonna be knocking on your door asking 434 00:27:17,554 --> 00:27:19,681 for permission to continue the carbon party. 435 00:27:19,681 --> 00:27:22,935 That's-- That is why I'm here with you and not up there with her. 436 00:27:26,146 --> 00:27:27,981 - She's made contact. - Okay. 437 00:27:27,981 --> 00:27:31,735 We managed to establish communications. She wants to talk. 438 00:27:39,201 --> 00:27:40,285 Ms. Mishra. 439 00:27:41,036 --> 00:27:42,204 Madam President. 440 00:27:42,204 --> 00:27:44,498 The last time I saw you was at Davos. 441 00:27:44,498 --> 00:27:47,084 I apologize for the circumstances. 442 00:27:47,084 --> 00:27:50,170 Well, I'd like to see those circumstances change. 443 00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:51,964 I was wondering if I could convince you 444 00:27:52,464 --> 00:27:55,217 to come back here and talk things over. 445 00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:57,761 I learn something new every time I'm with you. 446 00:27:57,761 --> 00:27:59,680 And so do I, Madam President. 447 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,476 I learn that even very talented and powerful people, like yourself, 448 00:28:04,476 --> 00:28:08,063 can be confined by broken systems that limit them. 449 00:28:08,063 --> 00:28:09,481 I appreciate that, 450 00:28:09,481 --> 00:28:13,527 but CIT 2 is the decision our broken system came to, 451 00:28:13,527 --> 00:28:18,574 and it would be an even more broken system if you take unilateral action. 452 00:28:18,574 --> 00:28:21,660 There are ten million people from my homeland 453 00:28:21,660 --> 00:28:26,123 trapped between a resource war to the north and droughts to the south and east, 454 00:28:26,123 --> 00:28:28,041 - and tens of millions more... - Come on. 455 00:28:28,041 --> 00:28:30,002 ...in every country and every continent 456 00:28:30,002 --> 00:28:33,213 - dying in the heat every day. - This has nothing to do with the science. 457 00:28:33,213 --> 00:28:36,175 And the very people who have done the least 458 00:28:36,175 --> 00:28:39,636 to cause this catastrophe are perishing because of it. 459 00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:43,432 I'm assuming that all of you are sitting in an air-conditioned room 460 00:28:43,432 --> 00:28:47,936 - discussing their fate with me right now. - I'm only the president of one country. 461 00:28:47,936 --> 00:28:52,733 And that is why I would like you to land safely, so that we can discuss this. 462 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,653 I cannot promise you that the Chinese, or the French, 463 00:28:56,653 --> 00:28:59,239 or the Israelis are gonna offer you the same option. 464 00:28:59,239 --> 00:29:01,617 And they are aware of your location. 465 00:29:01,617 --> 00:29:05,078 You know, all it takes is two million tons 466 00:29:05,078 --> 00:29:09,833 of calcium carbonate dispersed into the atmosphere to begin to cool the planet. 467 00:29:09,833 --> 00:29:13,170 And how many children might die because of the additional air pollution? 468 00:29:13,170 --> 00:29:15,839 Madam Secretary, I can't answer that, 469 00:29:15,839 --> 00:29:18,759 but far fewer than are currently dying in Africa, 470 00:29:18,759 --> 00:29:21,678 in Indonesia, in Texas even. 471 00:29:21,678 --> 00:29:25,098 There are better ways, Ms. Mishra. Even you must see that. 472 00:29:25,098 --> 00:29:26,225 Yeah, of course, there are. 473 00:29:26,808 --> 00:29:30,270 You know, and if the billionaires this century gave birth to had focused on them 474 00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:33,815 instead of proving their manhood by shooting rockets into space, 475 00:29:34,858 --> 00:29:36,777 - I would not be here now. - Keep her talking. 476 00:29:36,777 --> 00:29:38,529 ...then her plan no longer works, and she'll call it off. 477 00:29:38,529 --> 00:29:40,447 Gita, I know that there's-- 478 00:29:40,447 --> 00:29:42,824 there's a way that we can work together on this. 479 00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:44,701 We have the same goal. 480 00:29:44,701 --> 00:29:48,205 What if I-- What if I try to reconvene the G22, 481 00:29:48,705 --> 00:29:52,668 and we meet with you and try to see if we can find some middle ground? 482 00:29:52,668 --> 00:29:55,671 I think you already had that meeting, Madam President. 483 00:29:56,213 --> 00:29:58,757 Look, we have the technology to solve a problem. 484 00:29:58,757 --> 00:30:00,467 Are we going to use it, 485 00:30:00,467 --> 00:30:03,470 or just sit by while the problem solves us? 486 00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:06,390 But what if it's us that's the problem, Gita? 487 00:30:06,390 --> 00:30:07,975 What-- It's human behavior. 488 00:30:07,975 --> 00:30:12,145 It's how we move ourselves around and how we eat and how we build. 489 00:30:12,145 --> 00:30:16,149 We've treated this planet like an all-you-can-eat buffet for 250 years 490 00:30:16,149 --> 00:30:18,402 since we started burning fossil fuels. 491 00:30:18,402 --> 00:30:22,823 And changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere is not going to fix it. 492 00:30:22,823 --> 00:30:25,576 Jonathan, there you are. 493 00:30:26,743 --> 00:30:30,873 Madam President, I'm sure Jonathan has told you about the bear and the lion. 494 00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:33,166 And maybe he's told you 495 00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:35,127 that what I'm doing is a reckless experiment 496 00:30:35,127 --> 00:30:38,297 - that can only be done once, but-- - That's right, because it is. 497 00:30:38,297 --> 00:30:39,590 - Okay, look, you-- - But-- 498 00:30:39,590 --> 00:30:41,300 you don't know what's gonna happen. 499 00:30:41,884 --> 00:30:45,262 Even if you get it right, what'll happen to the ozone layer? 500 00:30:45,262 --> 00:30:46,346 You don't know. 501 00:30:46,346 --> 00:30:48,432 What'll happen to the oceans? You don't know. 502 00:30:48,432 --> 00:30:51,185 What, the two billion people you say you're trying to save. 503 00:30:51,185 --> 00:30:54,188 You're about to drop another climate volatility event right on their heads. 504 00:30:54,188 --> 00:30:55,480 How does that help? 505 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,651 But the real reckless experiment is the one civilization has been running. 506 00:30:59,651 --> 00:31:04,531 You know, adding carbon to the atmosphere, adding plastic to the ocean. 507 00:31:04,531 --> 00:31:07,409 Removing species from ecosystems. 508 00:31:07,409 --> 00:31:10,037 Nobody was trying to change the climate. 509 00:31:10,037 --> 00:31:12,497 We didn't even think that we had that capacity. 510 00:31:12,497 --> 00:31:14,625 We didn't know better, but we do now. 511 00:31:14,625 --> 00:31:18,420 And yet, human behavior doesn't change. 512 00:31:19,463 --> 00:31:22,925 The sky is easier to reengineer than the human brain, Jon. 513 00:31:22,925 --> 00:31:24,134 Exactly. 514 00:31:24,134 --> 00:31:27,804 And if you tell that greedy monkey brain it's cooled off, 515 00:31:27,804 --> 00:31:29,431 and everything's okay, it's gonna say, 516 00:31:29,431 --> 00:31:31,767 "Give me a little bit more. Just let me burn a little bit more. 517 00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:35,312 Just let me mortgage a little more of the children's future 518 00:31:35,312 --> 00:31:37,731 so that I can make sure I can juice this quarterly balance sheet. 519 00:31:37,731 --> 00:31:40,776 I just need that one." It's-- Gita. 520 00:31:40,776 --> 00:31:45,113 Gita, even if you got all of the chemical interactions right. 521 00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:46,823 If you got the dispersal pattern right. 522 00:31:46,823 --> 00:31:50,577 The problem here is bigger than the heat of the sun, Gita. 523 00:31:50,577 --> 00:31:53,163 It's the way we see the world. 524 00:31:53,664 --> 00:31:56,542 And you alone up in a plane with this technology, 525 00:31:56,542 --> 00:32:00,754 - this is not gonna solve the problem. - Yeah, so says the problem. 526 00:32:02,297 --> 00:32:03,674 Rowan? 527 00:32:05,968 --> 00:32:07,427 That's my son. 528 00:32:09,096 --> 00:32:11,265 Please tell me that you're not up there with her. 529 00:32:11,265 --> 00:32:13,517 - I'm not gonna tell you that, Dad. - Oh, God. 530 00:32:15,727 --> 00:32:18,605 What? Gita, what are you-- what are you doing to him? 531 00:32:19,189 --> 00:32:21,358 - Why? Why would you involve him in this? - I'm not. 532 00:32:21,358 --> 00:32:23,777 She's not doing anything to me. 533 00:32:23,777 --> 00:32:26,029 She's trying to stop things from getting worse. 534 00:32:26,029 --> 00:32:27,364 And what are you doing? 535 00:32:27,364 --> 00:32:30,158 - Going to another conference? - I haven't talked to him in months. 536 00:32:30,158 --> 00:32:31,869 Setting another goal then moving the goal? 537 00:32:31,869 --> 00:32:34,121 You told me when I was six that we had ten years left 538 00:32:34,121 --> 00:32:35,998 - before the feedback loops. - He's under her in-- 539 00:32:35,998 --> 00:32:37,374 I'm 22 now. 540 00:32:37,374 --> 00:32:38,709 This is about her, it's not him. 541 00:32:38,709 --> 00:32:40,794 You know this is the only way. 542 00:32:43,297 --> 00:32:46,049 Jonathan, I can see the shore now. 543 00:32:46,884 --> 00:32:49,970 And the last time I was here was with you. Do you remember? 544 00:32:50,637 --> 00:32:53,348 We were bringing battery tech to Badlapur. 545 00:32:53,849 --> 00:32:55,517 - My mother was there. - She's gonna do it. 546 00:32:55,517 --> 00:32:57,186 She's not talking... 547 00:32:57,186 --> 00:32:59,229 We were going to use it to power water pumps-- 548 00:33:02,858 --> 00:33:06,904 What was that? What happened? Rowan? Rowan? 549 00:33:07,613 --> 00:33:09,531 Why-- What did you do? 550 00:33:10,324 --> 00:33:11,825 - Just a flyby. - A flyby? 551 00:33:11,825 --> 00:33:14,369 But then why did we lose contact? Why can't we hear them? 552 00:33:14,369 --> 00:33:17,206 We don't know who else they're working with. We had to jam them. 553 00:33:17,206 --> 00:33:18,707 Are you out of your mind? We-- 554 00:33:19,875 --> 00:33:22,169 We've gotta talk to them. I know he's-- 555 00:33:22,169 --> 00:33:24,463 How do we know where his allegiances lie, Madam President? 556 00:33:24,463 --> 00:33:26,798 - He could be working for them. - What did you say? What? 557 00:33:26,798 --> 00:33:28,967 Hold on. He came here of his own volition. 558 00:33:28,967 --> 00:33:31,178 He alerted us. You just heard what he said. 559 00:33:31,178 --> 00:33:35,098 I'm the one who dialed you up and let you know what was going on. 560 00:33:35,098 --> 00:33:37,017 He's well beyond his security clearance here, 561 00:33:37,017 --> 00:33:38,435 - Madam President. - You don't-- Come on. 562 00:33:38,435 --> 00:33:40,395 I'm one of the only people who understands 563 00:33:40,395 --> 00:33:41,647 what the fuck is going on up there. 564 00:33:41,647 --> 00:33:43,315 I'm afraid I need to ask you to step outside. 565 00:33:45,442 --> 00:33:48,111 If I can talk to him, he really can be a help. 566 00:33:48,904 --> 00:33:51,532 He has influence with her-- Trust me. 567 00:33:51,532 --> 00:33:53,700 - He's not a kid. He-- - Let's go. 568 00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:55,702 - Okay, okay. Okay. - Please. 569 00:33:55,702 --> 00:33:57,037 Please, Rowan, if you can hear me, 570 00:33:57,037 --> 00:33:59,623 there's a-- there's a better way to do this, man. 571 00:33:59,623 --> 00:34:00,749 Okay, let's go. 572 00:34:02,209 --> 00:34:04,294 Am I under arrest? I mean, I'm in the fucking closet. 573 00:34:04,294 --> 00:34:07,297 You are here until this is resolved. If I were you, I'd work on calming down. 574 00:34:07,297 --> 00:34:09,591 Okay, I'm sorry, but I need to be in the room with the president. 575 00:34:09,591 --> 00:34:11,092 - You blew that. - Something's way off. 576 00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:13,344 Gita's talking two million tons of calcium carbonate. She's only-- 577 00:34:13,344 --> 00:34:15,097 - I've gotta go. - Can I get my phone? 578 00:34:15,097 --> 00:34:17,391 - No. - Can I get a piece of paper and a pencil? 579 00:34:17,391 --> 00:34:20,101 Seriously, let me work on something. 580 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:22,103 - Fine. - Okay. 581 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,568 Our people at Langley confirm it is possible 582 00:34:27,568 --> 00:34:31,362 that the planes are rigged to release if we take her out of the sky. 583 00:34:31,362 --> 00:34:34,533 So, that's ten planes loaded with calcium carbonate? 584 00:34:34,533 --> 00:34:36,702 - Yes, Madam President. - Worst-case? 585 00:34:36,702 --> 00:34:38,203 What Chopin said. 586 00:34:38,203 --> 00:34:40,914 The estimate from NASA is localized weather disruption, 587 00:34:40,914 --> 00:34:42,541 but the knock-on effects are unknowable. 588 00:34:42,541 --> 00:34:45,210 One rogue actor changes life on Earth. 589 00:34:45,835 --> 00:34:49,214 A flood in Shanghai, a snowstorm in Hanoi. 590 00:34:50,299 --> 00:34:54,511 You can see how this can destabilize the world order. 591 00:34:54,511 --> 00:34:59,308 I think that's a likely knock-on effect. And it's opening the door for others. 592 00:34:59,808 --> 00:35:03,103 If we do nothing, we'll look complicit. 593 00:35:03,103 --> 00:35:05,355 I think we need to act now. 594 00:35:07,608 --> 00:35:09,651 What if her gambit ends up helping? 595 00:35:09,651 --> 00:35:11,737 Helping? Helping what? 596 00:35:12,613 --> 00:35:15,532 Solve a problem that diplomacy is failing at. 597 00:35:17,534 --> 00:35:20,579 We're so far off Tel Aviv, we'll be lucky to keep it under 2.5, 598 00:35:20,579 --> 00:35:23,081 even three degrees by the end of the century. 599 00:35:23,081 --> 00:35:25,083 You wanna talk about those ramifications? 600 00:35:26,084 --> 00:35:28,462 Madam President, you're wanted on the phone. 601 00:35:28,462 --> 00:35:29,588 Not right now. 602 00:35:29,588 --> 00:35:31,340 I think you wanna take this. 603 00:35:32,424 --> 00:35:33,926 Can we have the room? 604 00:36:16,844 --> 00:36:20,389 - Hands in the air! - Freeze! Don't move! 605 00:36:21,306 --> 00:36:22,850 Stay where you are. 606 00:36:23,392 --> 00:36:24,935 Keep your hands up! 607 00:36:27,479 --> 00:36:29,940 It's a hologram. Where the fuck is he? 608 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,950 I don't know how long we have before they jam us again. 609 00:36:41,118 --> 00:36:45,497 They sent a woman to collect me. I guess I should be flattered. 610 00:36:45,497 --> 00:36:47,082 At least it's not a drone. 611 00:36:47,082 --> 00:36:48,709 What is she doing? 612 00:36:49,376 --> 00:36:51,378 - She's pointing? - At what? 613 00:36:51,378 --> 00:36:54,423 Down. She wants me to land. 614 00:36:56,258 --> 00:36:57,426 Are you okay? 615 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,179 Yeah. 616 00:37:00,179 --> 00:37:02,973 Guy next to me just got obliterated by some aliens, though. 617 00:37:04,516 --> 00:37:07,436 She probably only has enough fuel for a few more minutes. 618 00:37:07,436 --> 00:37:11,064 Likely from a carrier in the Persian Gulf, she's just there to scare you. 619 00:37:11,064 --> 00:37:12,566 Well, she's doing that. 620 00:37:16,695 --> 00:37:17,905 Maybe we've done enough now, 621 00:37:17,905 --> 00:37:20,073 shown them that anyone with the resources can-- 622 00:37:20,073 --> 00:37:24,703 If someone shoots me down, you must promise to go ahead. 623 00:37:24,703 --> 00:37:26,121 You need to promise me that. 624 00:37:26,121 --> 00:37:27,998 It doesn't have to be you. It doesn't. 625 00:37:27,998 --> 00:37:31,210 The President will meet with you. G, you can land. 626 00:37:31,210 --> 00:37:33,128 We can go home. They know now. 627 00:37:33,837 --> 00:37:37,674 What your father says, it won't work. You know that. We know that. 628 00:37:44,890 --> 00:37:46,391 Let's call their bluff. 629 00:37:48,101 --> 00:37:51,522 {\an8}Mr. Bilton, I'm wondering what your awareness is 630 00:37:51,522 --> 00:37:53,857 {\an8}around Gita Mishra's actions today. 631 00:37:53,857 --> 00:37:57,152 Yes, Gita. Alpha also received her demands. 632 00:37:57,152 --> 00:38:00,948 Well, I thought so, and as you and I have discussed, 633 00:38:01,615 --> 00:38:05,494 my own feelings about geoengineering are very aligned with yours. 634 00:38:05,494 --> 00:38:08,664 Well, it's a pity the rest of the world doesn't agree with it. 635 00:38:09,748 --> 00:38:12,501 Another problem looking for a solution. 636 00:38:12,501 --> 00:38:14,795 Well, we have planes in the air, Mr. Bilton, 637 00:38:14,795 --> 00:38:16,922 but I can't help but wonder 638 00:38:17,965 --> 00:38:22,177 if there isn't a way of resolving this outside of official channels. 639 00:38:23,178 --> 00:38:26,765 Are you familiar with the term "cover for action"? 640 00:38:27,933 --> 00:38:29,393 Interesting turn of phrase. 641 00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:34,982 I'm sure the scrutiny you face limits your options, Madam President. 642 00:38:42,114 --> 00:38:43,115 Madam President? 643 00:38:44,408 --> 00:38:46,118 You know what they call this desk? 644 00:38:46,785 --> 00:38:49,079 The Resolute desk was a gift 645 00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:54,209 from Queen Victoria in 1880 made from the timbers of the HMS Resolute. 646 00:38:55,419 --> 00:38:58,422 You know what happened to the HMS Resolute? 647 00:38:59,047 --> 00:39:00,215 I don't, Madam. 648 00:39:01,175 --> 00:39:06,930 Was abandoned in the Arctic ice in 1854 in Melville Sound off of Alaska. 649 00:39:09,224 --> 00:39:11,310 Stuck in place. 650 00:39:16,190 --> 00:39:19,735 There's not any ice there anymore, hadn't been for 20 years. 651 00:39:22,988 --> 00:39:24,656 You know, when I first got here I-- 652 00:39:25,741 --> 00:39:30,662 I thought they gave the President this desk to inspire them to be tough. 653 00:39:33,749 --> 00:39:37,169 Now I feel like it's to prepare them for being trapped. 654 00:39:38,337 --> 00:39:40,464 AFRICOM is waiting for your order. 655 00:39:42,758 --> 00:39:44,301 How old is the kid again? 656 00:39:45,594 --> 00:39:47,930 Rowan Chopin is 22, Madam. 657 00:40:09,284 --> 00:40:10,744 But that's not possible. That-- 658 00:40:13,121 --> 00:40:16,416 I need to speak to the President. Or Secretary Garrett. 659 00:40:16,416 --> 00:40:18,794 Get someone, please. They're gonna want to see this. 660 00:40:28,178 --> 00:40:30,138 Last time I spoke to President Burdick, 661 00:40:30,931 --> 00:40:33,517 she told me she thought this was the best way forward. 662 00:40:33,517 --> 00:40:36,687 Better for business. Better for humanity. 663 00:40:36,687 --> 00:40:38,605 Why didn't she do it herself then? 664 00:40:40,107 --> 00:40:43,360 Because everybody wants the result, nobody wants to take the risk. 665 00:40:43,861 --> 00:40:46,154 That's how fear runs our lives. 666 00:40:51,243 --> 00:40:53,203 - Ro, they're leaving. - Who is? 667 00:40:53,203 --> 00:40:56,373 The Air Force. They're all gone now. 668 00:40:57,749 --> 00:41:01,086 I think we did it, Ro! They caved! 669 00:41:01,086 --> 00:41:03,505 Should I shut the other planes down? Call them back? 670 00:41:03,505 --> 00:41:06,383 No. Let me contact Burdick, see what the plan is. 671 00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:10,846 I think they're finally ready to work with us. 672 00:41:11,513 --> 00:41:14,558 We did it. We-- You did it. 673 00:41:14,558 --> 00:41:16,310 The gamble worked. I mean... 674 00:41:17,186 --> 00:41:20,063 like Hemingway said, "The world is a fine place"-- 675 00:41:23,859 --> 00:41:25,277 Gita? 676 00:41:35,287 --> 00:41:36,663 Come on. 677 00:41:37,164 --> 00:41:39,082 - What is that? - What? 678 00:41:39,082 --> 00:41:42,127 - Can't you see that light? - That? 679 00:41:42,127 --> 00:41:45,756 Maybe it's the sun and we'll all be dead in eight minutes. 680 00:41:46,423 --> 00:41:49,051 You come on. Come on... 681 00:41:56,767 --> 00:41:57,976 Gita? 682 00:42:17,746 --> 00:42:18,914 What was that? 683 00:42:19,957 --> 00:42:22,584 I thought we sent the planes back? Why did we engage? 684 00:42:22,584 --> 00:42:24,086 - Wasn't us. - Who was it? 685 00:42:24,086 --> 00:42:25,212 Who brought her down? 686 00:42:25,212 --> 00:42:26,547 I wanna know what happened, Tom. 687 00:42:26,547 --> 00:42:29,508 We have satellite imagery, but it's hard to make heads or tails. 688 00:42:30,008 --> 00:42:32,553 Russia's blaming India. India's blaming Pakistan. 689 00:42:32,553 --> 00:42:33,762 Iran's blaming the US. 690 00:42:33,762 --> 00:42:36,431 Maybe it was a private military contractor. 691 00:42:36,431 --> 00:42:37,558 She had enemies. 692 00:42:38,267 --> 00:42:40,310 Dr. Chopin has something urgent to share. 693 00:42:41,103 --> 00:42:42,229 Send him in. 694 00:42:44,481 --> 00:42:46,400 I'm sorry, but I was thinking about it, 695 00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,653 and she's got us focused on ten planes that take 250 tons each, 696 00:42:49,653 --> 00:42:53,407 but she mentioned two million tons of calcium carbonate. 697 00:42:53,407 --> 00:42:55,617 We need to look into how much she actually procured. 698 00:42:56,201 --> 00:42:58,287 If she's got anything close to two million tons, 699 00:42:58,287 --> 00:43:01,206 then all this with the planes is a performance. 700 00:43:01,206 --> 00:43:03,792 It's a distraction from something else. 701 00:43:03,792 --> 00:43:06,128 She's gotta have many more, like, thousands more. 702 00:43:06,128 --> 00:43:08,213 We need to talk to Gita. 703 00:43:08,213 --> 00:43:10,215 I'm afraid that's not possible. 704 00:43:10,215 --> 00:43:11,633 What, why? 705 00:43:13,177 --> 00:43:14,178 What's happened? 706 00:43:14,678 --> 00:43:16,763 Her plane was destroyed over India. 707 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:21,602 You shot her down? 708 00:43:21,602 --> 00:43:23,478 I can assure you it was not us. 709 00:43:25,814 --> 00:43:27,274 I'm so sorry, Doctor. 710 00:43:28,525 --> 00:43:30,110 What about my son? Was he on the plane? 711 00:43:30,110 --> 00:43:31,278 We don't know. 712 00:43:31,945 --> 00:43:34,239 - What did you mean by "more"? - More what, Doctor? 713 00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:35,324 Madam President, 714 00:43:35,324 --> 00:43:38,202 the other nine planes just released their payloads. 715 00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:41,872 We're picking up a message on the hailing frequency. 716 00:43:41,872 --> 00:43:43,582 Please. 717 00:43:43,582 --> 00:43:47,377 "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." Right, Dad? 718 00:43:48,295 --> 00:43:50,339 Gita told me it was on your desk. 719 00:43:51,256 --> 00:43:52,674 What the hell is he talking about? 720 00:43:52,674 --> 00:43:54,510 "And I hate very much to leave it." 721 00:43:54,510 --> 00:43:56,178 Trace his signal. 722 00:43:56,178 --> 00:43:58,096 "And I hate very much to leave it." 723 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,390 That's the end of that, Rowan. 724 00:44:00,390 --> 00:44:02,684 Rowan, wherever you are and whatever you're doing, 725 00:44:02,684 --> 00:44:04,728 just stop it. Stop it! 726 00:44:05,354 --> 00:44:07,397 Just step back from it, pal. 727 00:44:07,397 --> 00:44:10,442 I'm doing what Gita taught me, what you taught me. 728 00:44:11,026 --> 00:44:12,444 Mount Pinatubo. 729 00:44:12,444 --> 00:44:15,364 No. No, you need to come home. 730 00:44:15,364 --> 00:44:18,617 You need to come home and turn yourself in before you get hurt, Rowan. 731 00:44:18,617 --> 00:44:21,787 I cannot listen to you get hurt. 732 00:44:22,788 --> 00:44:25,874 You can't fight for the world if you're not here, pal. 733 00:44:28,085 --> 00:44:29,461 She told me, Dad. 734 00:44:29,962 --> 00:44:31,922 She told me about the book she gave you. 735 00:44:32,422 --> 00:44:34,800 "We are as gods, and we might as well get good at it." 736 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,718 That's what the book said, right? 737 00:44:37,344 --> 00:44:40,389 No, no. We're not gods. 738 00:44:40,931 --> 00:44:43,809 None of us. Not Gita, not you, not me. 739 00:44:43,809 --> 00:44:47,479 We're just parents and children. Please come home. Just come home. 740 00:44:52,985 --> 00:44:54,653 It's too late now, Dad. 741 00:45:02,703 --> 00:45:04,246 The line's gone dead. 742 00:45:10,669 --> 00:45:11,670 {\an8}It's go time. 743 00:45:21,972 --> 00:45:27,477 Release. Release. Release. 744 00:45:28,687 --> 00:45:31,106 Release. Release. Release. 745 00:45:34,902 --> 00:45:36,195 Release. 746 00:45:49,708 --> 00:45:51,043 What the hell? 747 00:46:02,804 --> 00:46:04,640 What is going on? 748 00:46:05,682 --> 00:46:06,892 Oh, my... 749 00:46:06,892 --> 00:46:10,270 There are reports of dispersals everywhere, Madam President. 750 00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:12,731 They used drones. 751 00:46:14,149 --> 00:46:16,276 Thousands of Alpha delivery drones. 752 00:47:29,766 --> 00:47:31,476 What's gonna happen now? 753 00:47:35,063 --> 00:47:36,273 I don't know. 754 00:47:38,108 --> 00:47:39,610 Nobody does.