1 00:00:01,349 --> 00:00:05,962 ["Company" by Stephen Sondheim playing] 2 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:09,052 ♪ Bobby, Bobby ♪ Bobby, Bobby ♪ 3 00:00:09,096 --> 00:00:13,143 ♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba, la-la-la-la ♪ Bobby ♪ Bobby ♪ 4 00:00:13,187 --> 00:00:16,407 ♪ Bobby ♪ La-la-la... ♪ 5 00:00:16,451 --> 00:00:18,453 [alarm beeping loudly] 6 00:00:22,109 --> 00:00:28,593 ♪ Bobby ♪ Bobby ♪ Bobby, baby ♪ Bobby, bubi 7 00:00:28,637 --> 00:00:30,465 ♪ Robby ♪ Robert, darling 8 00:00:30,508 --> 00:00:33,511 ♪ Bobby, we've been trying to call you ♪♪ Bobby, baby ♪ 9 00:00:33,555 --> 00:00:35,272 ♪ Angel, I've got something to tell you ♪♪ Rob-o ♪ 10 00:00:35,296 --> 00:00:37,472 ♪ Bobby, love ♪ Bobby, honey 11 00:00:37,515 --> 00:00:38,927 ♪ Bobby, we've been trying ♪ Darling ♪ 12 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:40,320 ♪ To reach you all day ♪ Bobby baby ♪ 13 00:00:40,344 --> 00:00:41,582 ♪ The kids were asking ♪ Bob-o ♪ 14 00:00:41,606 --> 00:00:44,305 ♪ There was something we wanted to say ♪ 15 00:00:44,348 --> 00:00:45,871 ♪ Your line was busy ♪ Bobby bubi ♪ 16 00:00:45,915 --> 00:00:47,395 ♪ Bobby, Bobby ♪ Fella ♪ 17 00:00:47,438 --> 00:00:48,570 ♪ How have you been? 18 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:50,224 ♪ Stop by on your way home 19 00:00:50,267 --> 00:00:53,009 ♪ Seems like weeks since we talked to you ♪ 20 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:56,012 ♪ Drop by anytime 21 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:57,294 ♪ Bobby, there's a concert on Tuesday ♪ 22 00:00:57,318 --> 00:00:58,928 ♪ Hank and Mary get into town tomorrow ♪ 23 00:00:58,971 --> 00:01:00,495 ♪ How about some Scrabble on Sunday? ♪ 24 00:01:00,538 --> 00:01:02,081 ♪ Why don't we all go to the beach next weekend? ♪ 25 00:01:02,105 --> 00:01:04,673 ♪ Bob, we're having people, it's Saturday night ♪ 26 00:01:04,716 --> 00:01:07,241 ♪ Whatcha doing Thursday? ♪ Bobby, baby ♪ 27 00:01:07,284 --> 00:01:09,436 ♪ Time we get together, is Wednesday all right? ♪♪ Rob-o ♪ 28 00:01:09,460 --> 00:01:11,288 ♪ 8:00 on Monday ♪ Bobby, baby ♪ 29 00:01:11,332 --> 00:01:13,725 ♪ Bobby, come on over for dinner ♪ 30 00:01:13,769 --> 00:01:17,990 ♪ We'll be so glad to see you 31 00:01:18,034 --> 00:01:21,081 ♪ Bobby, come on over for dinner ♪ 32 00:01:21,124 --> 00:01:22,647 ♪ Just be the three of us 33 00:01:22,691 --> 00:01:24,127 ♪ Only the three of us... 34 00:01:24,171 --> 00:01:25,737 This is why I'm in therapy, Mom. 35 00:01:25,781 --> 00:01:28,000 I'm literally the assistant to the secretary of state 36 00:01:28,044 --> 00:01:30,090 and you keep asking when I'm gonna get a promotion. 37 00:01:30,133 --> 00:01:32,744 I... yes, I know. 38 00:01:32,788 --> 00:01:34,659 Yeah, Mom. 39 00:01:34,703 --> 00:01:36,705 Mom, the work I do is very important. 40 00:01:36,748 --> 00:01:38,098 I put in the usual 41 00:01:38,141 --> 00:01:39,727 and a special brioche for the secretary to try. 42 00:01:39,751 --> 00:01:41,144 Thanks, Keith. 43 00:01:41,188 --> 00:01:42,556 It sounds like I'm in a bakery because I am in a... 44 00:01:42,580 --> 00:01:43,755 bakery. 45 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:45,540 Mom, I got to go. Love you. Bye. 46 00:01:45,583 --> 00:01:47,629 [sighs] Moms. 47 00:01:47,672 --> 00:01:48,978 Did you get my e-mail? 48 00:01:49,021 --> 00:01:50,110 Sure. 49 00:01:50,153 --> 00:01:51,415 About Colin Mitchell? 50 00:01:51,459 --> 00:01:54,201 It's in the to-be-read folder. 51 00:01:54,244 --> 00:01:56,681 Colin Mitchell, journalist? 52 00:01:56,725 --> 00:01:58,901 Unjustly imprisoned on bogus espionage charges 53 00:01:58,944 --> 00:02:00,337 in Sudan for six years? 54 00:02:00,381 --> 00:02:02,426 His parents live in my boss's district? 55 00:02:02,470 --> 00:02:04,274 Jordan, saying everything in the form of a question 56 00:02:04,298 --> 00:02:05,579 won't make me know what you're talking about. 57 00:02:05,603 --> 00:02:06,822 Fine, whatever. 58 00:02:06,865 --> 00:02:08,780 Obviously, Congressman Baskin has been into it 59 00:02:08,824 --> 00:02:11,479 with the Sudanese regime over the years and, spoiler alert, 60 00:02:11,522 --> 00:02:13,176 they're not awesome, 61 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:15,265 but an intermediary reached out to us to say 62 00:02:15,309 --> 00:02:17,789 they might be willing to make a deal to free him. 63 00:02:17,833 --> 00:02:19,289 And you want State to find out if they're for real? 64 00:02:19,313 --> 00:02:20,575 Hence my e-mail. 65 00:02:20,618 --> 00:02:22,577 I'll look into it and get back to you. ASAP. 66 00:02:22,620 --> 00:02:24,753 Congressman's way invested in this one. 67 00:02:24,796 --> 00:02:25,797 I'll do my best. 68 00:02:25,841 --> 00:02:27,625 Thank you. 69 00:02:27,669 --> 00:02:30,672 At 6:50 p.m., the secretary has a precall brief 70 00:02:30,715 --> 00:02:35,024 with Undersecretary Albertell about relations with Japan. 71 00:02:35,067 --> 00:02:38,506 Then at 7:00, she has the call with Minister Shimabukura. 72 00:02:38,549 --> 00:02:41,596 After that, she leaves for a personal dinner 73 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:42,814 with her husband and friends. 74 00:02:42,858 --> 00:02:44,488 His friends. Professor Lagman and his wife. 75 00:02:44,512 --> 00:02:46,078 M. Sec hates the wife. 76 00:02:46,122 --> 00:02:49,081 So, we'll set the call with the Mexican ambassador for 8:35. 77 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:51,103 That should get her out of most of the main course. 78 00:02:51,127 --> 00:02:52,433 Gracias. 79 00:02:52,476 --> 00:02:53,956 When she gets home, 80 00:02:53,999 --> 00:02:55,542 she'll review the briefing books for tomorrow. 81 00:02:55,566 --> 00:02:58,178 And that's her day. Anything else? 82 00:02:58,221 --> 00:03:02,921 Uh, actually... yes. 83 00:03:02,965 --> 00:03:05,359 I ran into Congressman Baskin's aide this morning. 84 00:03:05,402 --> 00:03:07,752 He said that Sudan reached out to the congressman 85 00:03:07,796 --> 00:03:12,322 about making a deal for a journalist named Colin Mitchell. 86 00:03:12,366 --> 00:03:15,586 We've been after them for years about Colin Mitchell. 87 00:03:15,630 --> 00:03:18,415 Seems odd they would change their tune all of a sudden. 88 00:03:18,459 --> 00:03:19,677 Baskin's office wanted to know 89 00:03:19,721 --> 00:03:21,418 if we could find out if they're serious. 90 00:03:21,462 --> 00:03:25,988 Well, it's Sudan, so they're probably not. 91 00:03:26,031 --> 00:03:29,426 I skimmed through some of his stories. 92 00:03:29,470 --> 00:03:31,428 He's impressive. Yeah. 93 00:03:31,472 --> 00:03:35,258 He's a hell of a reporter. Gutsy. 94 00:03:35,302 --> 00:03:37,391 Arguably, too much so. 95 00:03:37,434 --> 00:03:41,960 Okay. Let's run this through the traps. 96 00:03:42,004 --> 00:03:44,702 Get into it with the special envoy's office, but, Blake, 97 00:03:44,746 --> 00:03:49,707 Peter Harriman can be... Hostile? 98 00:03:49,751 --> 00:03:51,709 Territorial. 99 00:03:51,753 --> 00:03:53,407 Ah. 100 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:54,799 Tread lightly. 101 00:03:54,843 --> 00:03:57,106 [chuckles] 102 00:03:57,149 --> 00:03:58,629 Is this coming from the secretary? 103 00:03:58,673 --> 00:04:00,240 Congressman Baskin asked that... 104 00:04:00,283 --> 00:04:01,328 WOMAN: Yeah. 105 00:04:01,371 --> 00:04:02,372 We don't work for him. 106 00:04:02,416 --> 00:04:03,721 Baskin's just spinning up 107 00:04:03,765 --> 00:04:05,308 'cause he's getting pushback from his district. 108 00:04:05,332 --> 00:04:06,376 I'll ask again. 109 00:04:06,420 --> 00:04:07,812 Is this coming from the secretary? 110 00:04:07,856 --> 00:04:09,205 Not exactly. 111 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:10,511 Then come back when it is. 112 00:04:10,554 --> 00:04:12,295 Special Envoy Harriman, 113 00:04:12,339 --> 00:04:14,645 the Sudanese government has been holding Colin Mitchell 114 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:16,580 for six years... WOMAN: For six years, seven months, 115 00:04:16,604 --> 00:04:18,214 and five days. PETER: We're well aware 116 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:22,262 of Mr. Mitchell's plight, but, hey, welcome aboard. 117 00:04:22,305 --> 00:04:26,266 In the meantime, we're trying to hold the regime in Khartoum 118 00:04:26,309 --> 00:04:29,791 accountable for conflicts in Abyei, 119 00:04:29,834 --> 00:04:31,836 South Kordofan and Blue Nile State. 120 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:32,968 All of which have caused 121 00:04:33,011 --> 00:04:35,231 massive population displacements. 122 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:37,102 And don't even get me started about Darfur. 123 00:04:37,146 --> 00:04:38,365 Seriously, don't. It's bad. 124 00:04:38,408 --> 00:04:40,236 PETER: Then, of course, there's South Sudan. 125 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:41,368 Jessica? 126 00:04:41,411 --> 00:04:42,891 All we're trying to do there 127 00:04:42,934 --> 00:04:44,327 is end a civil war and a famine. 128 00:04:44,371 --> 00:04:45,763 Easy-peasy. 129 00:04:45,807 --> 00:04:47,112 The point is, Mr. Mitchell 130 00:04:47,156 --> 00:04:50,333 is, regrettably, one small piece 131 00:04:50,377 --> 00:04:52,466 of a very large, very complicated web. 132 00:04:52,509 --> 00:04:53,858 I understand that, 133 00:04:53,902 --> 00:04:55,706 but do you know if there's any truth to the rumor 134 00:04:55,730 --> 00:04:57,273 that Sudan is looking to make a deal for him? 135 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,254 PETER: You don't have the clearance 136 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:00,125 to know what I know. 137 00:05:00,169 --> 00:05:02,432 But thanks for stopping by. 138 00:05:02,476 --> 00:05:04,695 What about him? 139 00:05:04,739 --> 00:05:07,611 Do I have the clearance to know what you know, Pete? 140 00:05:07,655 --> 00:05:09,091 You seventh-floor types. 141 00:05:09,134 --> 00:05:12,834 Every few years, Bono reminds you the Sudan exists 142 00:05:12,877 --> 00:05:14,357 and you're in my ear. 143 00:05:14,401 --> 00:05:16,228 Did the Sudanese government 144 00:05:16,272 --> 00:05:18,187 reach out to you about Colin Mitchell? 145 00:05:18,230 --> 00:05:20,798 Fine. 146 00:05:20,842 --> 00:05:23,148 Yes. BLAKE: See? 147 00:05:23,192 --> 00:05:24,193 Wasn't so hard. 148 00:05:24,236 --> 00:05:25,194 And what did they say? 149 00:05:25,237 --> 00:05:26,587 They said he's sick. 150 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:28,937 Advanced tuberculosis. 151 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:30,765 And you didn't see fit to kick this upstairs? 152 00:05:30,808 --> 00:05:32,786 First of all, the Sudanese government says a lot of things. 153 00:05:32,810 --> 00:05:34,179 Did they provide any evidence? PETER: No. 154 00:05:34,203 --> 00:05:35,160 And frankly, they're just trying 155 00:05:35,204 --> 00:05:36,336 to scare us into engaging. 156 00:05:36,379 --> 00:05:38,294 Sudan wants out from under 157 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:39,774 a host of sanctions. 158 00:05:39,817 --> 00:05:41,882 They're betting that we want Colin Mitchell back so badly 159 00:05:41,906 --> 00:05:44,256 that we'll take them off the list of nations 160 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:45,649 that use child soldiers. 161 00:05:45,693 --> 00:05:47,608 They've actually made some progress on that, 162 00:05:47,651 --> 00:05:49,784 thanks to said sanctions, 163 00:05:49,827 --> 00:05:51,089 but they're not there yet. 164 00:05:51,133 --> 00:05:52,676 In our judgment, their claims about Mr. Mitchell 165 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:53,701 weren't credible. 166 00:05:53,744 --> 00:05:56,834 Let's take this to the secretary. 167 00:05:56,878 --> 00:06:00,098 This is a regime that's committed genocide. 168 00:06:00,142 --> 00:06:02,405 That's on a list of state sponsors of terror. 169 00:06:02,449 --> 00:06:03,904 Whose president... Is a war criminal. 170 00:06:03,928 --> 00:06:05,495 I know about Sudan. 171 00:06:05,539 --> 00:06:08,411 Not like I do. 172 00:06:08,455 --> 00:06:09,978 So, trust me when I tell you 173 00:06:10,021 --> 00:06:12,154 it's not worth stepping on my toes over this one. 174 00:06:12,197 --> 00:06:15,505 See you upstairs. 175 00:06:15,549 --> 00:06:17,768 Okay, bye. 176 00:06:17,812 --> 00:06:19,901 Hey, hey. Thanks, man. 177 00:06:19,944 --> 00:06:21,119 Oh, no, thank you. 178 00:06:21,163 --> 00:06:22,532 Harriman's a beast and now he hates me. 179 00:06:22,556 --> 00:06:23,968 Well, you didn't have to get into it with him. 180 00:06:23,992 --> 00:06:25,297 Of course I did. 181 00:06:25,341 --> 00:06:27,691 A guy steps to you like that, you can't back down. 182 00:06:27,735 --> 00:06:29,563 Haven't you ever seen Lock Up? 183 00:06:29,606 --> 00:06:33,393 Uh, no. 184 00:06:33,436 --> 00:06:35,830 Blake, I need the secretary's signature on this. 185 00:06:35,873 --> 00:06:37,982 Come see me between 9:35 and 9:40; we'll get it done. Okay? 186 00:06:38,006 --> 00:06:39,897 But, but... Blake, my boss needs five minutes with the secretary. 187 00:06:39,921 --> 00:06:41,420 Too late. Just gave them away. Try again tomorrow. 188 00:06:41,444 --> 00:06:42,856 Megan, Megan, don't walk away from me. 189 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,771 M. Sec wants that report from the working group today. 190 00:06:44,795 --> 00:06:46,057 It's like herding cats. 191 00:06:46,101 --> 00:06:47,421 Then hire a cat-herd. Get it done. 192 00:06:49,757 --> 00:06:51,715 [elevator bell dings] 193 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:53,500 Good morning, Blake. 194 00:06:53,543 --> 00:06:54,544 Morning, ma'am. 195 00:06:54,588 --> 00:06:55,589 Oh. 196 00:06:57,852 --> 00:06:59,854 ♪ 197 00:07:08,863 --> 00:07:11,387 WARE: The purpose of this meeting is to get 198 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:13,041 all the relevant agencies up to speed 199 00:07:13,084 --> 00:07:14,129 on the latest developments 200 00:07:14,172 --> 00:07:15,628 in regards to the Virginia Field Force. 201 00:07:15,652 --> 00:07:17,698 FBI Director Doherty 202 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:19,264 and some of his staff are here 203 00:07:19,308 --> 00:07:21,092 to brief us on their investigation. 204 00:07:21,136 --> 00:07:23,530 Thank you, Director Ware. 205 00:07:23,573 --> 00:07:25,488 I'm gonna turn this over to Dr. Henry McCord. 206 00:07:25,532 --> 00:07:27,055 He's a religious scholar 207 00:07:27,098 --> 00:07:29,492 who's been assisting us on this case. Good morning. 208 00:07:29,536 --> 00:07:32,016 Our working theory is that the remaining leaders 209 00:07:32,060 --> 00:07:33,888 of the Virginia Field Force have made contact 210 00:07:33,931 --> 00:07:35,716 with an Al-Qaeda cell some place in Syria. 211 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:38,458 Both groups share millenarian philosophies 212 00:07:38,501 --> 00:07:39,894 and VFF has had contact 213 00:07:39,937 --> 00:07:41,809 with another jihadist group in the past. 214 00:07:41,852 --> 00:07:44,202 What would be their shared objective? 215 00:07:44,246 --> 00:07:45,813 A biological attack on Jerusalem. 216 00:07:45,856 --> 00:07:48,468 In order to do what? 217 00:07:48,511 --> 00:07:51,079 To start an apocalyptic war in the Middle East. 218 00:07:51,122 --> 00:07:53,081 Both groups see it as their purpose on Earth 219 00:07:53,124 --> 00:07:54,691 to do just that. 220 00:07:54,735 --> 00:07:57,433 WARE: The NSA obtained signals intelligence that confirmed 221 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:59,740 communication between the two groups. 222 00:07:59,783 --> 00:08:01,631 Last known whereabouts of the three remaining VFF agents, 223 00:08:01,655 --> 00:08:03,613 including a scientist 224 00:08:03,657 --> 00:08:06,268 with experience in engineering bio-agents, 225 00:08:06,311 --> 00:08:08,488 was on a freighter bound for Greece. 226 00:08:08,531 --> 00:08:11,447 And from there it's just a short trip to the Syrian coast. 227 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:13,643 We've put out alerts to all of our intelligence agencies 228 00:08:13,667 --> 00:08:15,538 and those of our partners in the region, 229 00:08:15,582 --> 00:08:17,453 but Syria is a bit of a black box. 230 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:18,517 WARE: And we know they have designs 231 00:08:18,541 --> 00:08:20,543 on Jerusalem. 232 00:08:20,587 --> 00:08:22,937 So, please, instruct your agencies 233 00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:25,113 to put all available resources into this. 234 00:08:25,156 --> 00:08:27,594 We'll be briefing the president this afternoon. 235 00:08:27,637 --> 00:08:29,136 We could be looking at the big one, folks. 236 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:30,161 Thank you. 237 00:08:32,555 --> 00:08:36,472 I did underscore the seriousness of the situation, right? 238 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:40,302 He's concerned we're not all sufficiently terrified. 239 00:08:40,345 --> 00:08:42,434 Nope. Message received. 240 00:08:42,478 --> 00:08:45,176 I am deeply, deeply scared. 241 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:49,833 You want to know a real nightmare? 242 00:08:49,877 --> 00:08:51,618 Our dinner tonight. 243 00:08:51,661 --> 00:08:53,794 Oh, come on, the Lagmans aren't that bad. 244 00:08:53,837 --> 00:08:55,709 Not only is he that bad... What... 245 00:08:55,752 --> 00:08:56,840 but the wife... 246 00:08:56,884 --> 00:08:58,450 You're just being overly dramatic now. 247 00:08:58,494 --> 00:09:00,627 Just underscoring the seriousness of the situation. 248 00:09:00,670 --> 00:09:02,629 [laughing]: Oh. That, well... Excuse me. 249 00:09:02,672 --> 00:09:04,326 That was a one time she did that thing. 250 00:09:04,369 --> 00:09:06,415 Bet you don't miss that part of being married, huh? 251 00:09:06,458 --> 00:09:09,113 Sorry, what? 252 00:09:09,157 --> 00:09:11,115 Yeah, that was insensitive. 253 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:14,728 Listen, my first marriage was a nightmare. 254 00:09:14,771 --> 00:09:17,339 The second one, it's going on 22 years. 255 00:09:17,382 --> 00:09:20,603 How'd a jerk like me get so lucky? 256 00:09:20,647 --> 00:09:23,519 I'm really asking. 257 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:28,959 Love is... you know, mysterious. 258 00:09:29,003 --> 00:09:31,135 [laughs] 259 00:09:31,179 --> 00:09:33,137 I don't know what the hell we're talking about. 260 00:09:33,181 --> 00:09:34,965 Sorry. Ever since the heart attack, 261 00:09:35,009 --> 00:09:37,838 I'm spilling out all over the place. 262 00:09:37,881 --> 00:09:40,797 I got to go. 263 00:09:40,841 --> 00:09:42,407 So, what do we think? 264 00:09:42,451 --> 00:09:44,647 Are the Sudanese for real about releasing Colin Mitchell? 265 00:09:44,671 --> 00:09:47,543 They could be. They could not be, ma'am. 266 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:49,806 And given the conditions 267 00:09:49,850 --> 00:09:51,982 that he's being held in, 268 00:09:52,026 --> 00:09:53,984 it's highly probable that Mitchell is very sick. 269 00:09:54,028 --> 00:09:56,857 Your concern is that they're playing us 270 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:59,990 to undermine our negotiations on other key issues. 271 00:10:00,034 --> 00:10:01,252 That's correct, ma'am. 272 00:10:01,296 --> 00:10:02,645 NADINE: On the other hand, 273 00:10:02,689 --> 00:10:05,082 if we don't engage... 274 00:10:05,126 --> 00:10:06,190 We've potentially let a respected journalist, 275 00:10:06,214 --> 00:10:07,650 not to mention an American citizen, 276 00:10:07,694 --> 00:10:11,088 die in a foreign prison for a crime he didn't commit. 277 00:10:11,132 --> 00:10:12,655 Which is a bad look for us. 278 00:10:12,699 --> 00:10:14,396 Uh, ma'am, if I may? 279 00:10:14,439 --> 00:10:16,398 The Sudanese appear to be very serious, 280 00:10:16,441 --> 00:10:18,922 based on some of the conversations. 281 00:10:18,966 --> 00:10:21,272 Daisy's been having. 282 00:10:21,316 --> 00:10:23,361 Sorry, ma'am. 283 00:10:23,405 --> 00:10:25,276 Uh, many media outlets have reached out 284 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,452 looking for a statement about Mitchell's health. 285 00:10:27,496 --> 00:10:29,585 My guess is Sudan is leaking to them. 286 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,674 They're trying to squeeze us. 287 00:10:31,718 --> 00:10:33,502 PETER: Exactly. 288 00:10:33,545 --> 00:10:36,505 Create public sympathy, make us look cruel for not engaging. 289 00:10:36,548 --> 00:10:38,289 JAY: Yeah, but the point is 290 00:10:38,333 --> 00:10:41,118 why would Sudan put it out there if they're not looking to deal? 291 00:10:41,162 --> 00:10:43,207 Why shouldn't we engage? 292 00:10:43,251 --> 00:10:47,255 Respectfully... because of this boy. 293 00:10:47,298 --> 00:10:49,605 He was dragooned into a pro-government militia. 294 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:53,087 And when he tried to desert, this is what they did to him. 295 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:55,263 Since this photo was taken, 296 00:10:55,306 --> 00:10:56,656 three years ago, 297 00:10:56,699 --> 00:10:59,920 the regime's policy of recruiting child soldiers 298 00:10:59,963 --> 00:11:02,923 has been drastically reduced, 299 00:11:02,966 --> 00:11:05,839 because of the sanctions that we drove the UN to impose. 300 00:11:05,882 --> 00:11:08,755 But what we're saying is, no relief 301 00:11:08,798 --> 00:11:11,279 until they've been free of child soldiers for five years. 302 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:14,108 They still have two years to go. 303 00:11:14,151 --> 00:11:15,631 So before we abandon 304 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:19,766 a negotiation strategy that is yielding results, 305 00:11:19,809 --> 00:11:22,725 think about this boy, and the thousands like him. 306 00:11:22,769 --> 00:11:25,554 Think about what they could be made to do again 307 00:11:25,597 --> 00:11:27,643 if we pump the brakes too early. 308 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:28,949 That's all I ask. 309 00:11:28,992 --> 00:11:31,299 I hear you, Pete. 310 00:11:31,342 --> 00:11:35,303 But engagement doesn't have to mean agreement. 311 00:11:35,346 --> 00:11:38,349 Let's talk to them informally, 312 00:11:38,393 --> 00:11:40,830 maintain the primacy of your negotiation, 313 00:11:40,874 --> 00:11:42,527 see what they're playing at. 314 00:11:42,571 --> 00:11:44,660 JAY: There's an open event 315 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:46,967 at the Sudanese embassy today. 316 00:11:47,010 --> 00:11:50,187 I can make it known that I'll be there, 317 00:11:50,231 --> 00:11:51,319 and how things shake out. 318 00:11:51,362 --> 00:11:52,581 ELIZABETH: Okay, then. 319 00:11:54,235 --> 00:11:55,584 What? 320 00:11:55,627 --> 00:11:58,413 Okay, my ex-mother-in-law is here with Chloe. 321 00:11:58,456 --> 00:12:00,589 The word "emergency" is being bandied about. 322 00:12:00,632 --> 00:12:02,852 Go, go. 323 00:12:04,288 --> 00:12:05,768 There you are. 324 00:12:05,812 --> 00:12:08,423 Hi. Hey, hi, honey, 325 00:12:08,466 --> 00:12:10,164 Daddy's so happy to see you at work. 326 00:12:10,207 --> 00:12:11,469 Pam, what's up? What's going on? 327 00:12:11,513 --> 00:12:12,620 Well, I tried to call, but... 328 00:12:12,644 --> 00:12:13,796 I was in a meeting, is everything okay? 329 00:12:13,820 --> 00:12:15,299 Well, you know about my hip. 330 00:12:15,343 --> 00:12:16,431 Your what? 331 00:12:16,474 --> 00:12:17,911 My hip. The bursitis? 332 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:19,869 I've been limping since Christmas. 333 00:12:19,913 --> 00:12:21,238 Sure. Okay, so... Well, the specialist said 334 00:12:21,262 --> 00:12:23,351 he could see me in six weeks, thank you very much, 335 00:12:23,394 --> 00:12:25,353 but then, this morning, just as I was hobbling 336 00:12:25,396 --> 00:12:26,920 out of Chloe's music class, 337 00:12:26,963 --> 00:12:30,793 his office calls, and asks if today at noon is convenient. 338 00:12:30,837 --> 00:12:32,815 I said, well, for your information, it's not, but I... 339 00:12:32,839 --> 00:12:35,406 And Abby is where, again? 340 00:12:35,450 --> 00:12:37,495 She took the train down to Delaware for a meeting. 341 00:12:37,539 --> 00:12:38,888 Don't you check your calendar? 342 00:12:38,932 --> 00:12:42,370 I-I was very busy this morning, Pam. Okay. 343 00:12:42,413 --> 00:12:43,675 Delaware's, uh, but... 344 00:12:43,719 --> 00:12:45,349 Can't Chloe just go to the doctor with you? 345 00:12:45,373 --> 00:12:47,375 Well, you might be comfortable exposing her 346 00:12:47,418 --> 00:12:49,005 to an antibiotic resistant Staph infection, 347 00:12:49,029 --> 00:12:50,160 but I'm certainly not. 348 00:12:50,204 --> 00:12:51,355 You know what, I'll take her. 349 00:12:51,379 --> 00:12:52,989 How long do you need, two hours? 350 00:12:53,033 --> 00:12:54,599 Oh, let's make it three. 351 00:12:54,643 --> 00:12:57,994 That so-called music class, man alive, I need a breather. 352 00:12:58,038 --> 00:13:00,562 I was actually on a way to a meeting myself. 353 00:13:00,605 --> 00:13:04,087 Why don't we all just ride down together? 354 00:13:04,131 --> 00:13:06,394 Oh, sounds good. 355 00:13:06,437 --> 00:13:08,396 [Sudanese lute playing] 356 00:13:08,439 --> 00:13:10,224 Look. 357 00:13:10,267 --> 00:13:12,487 Wow. 358 00:13:17,361 --> 00:13:19,015 Mr. Whitman. 359 00:13:19,059 --> 00:13:22,453 What an honor to receive such a renowned visitor. 360 00:13:22,497 --> 00:13:24,412 [laughs] 361 00:13:24,455 --> 00:13:25,892 Tayeb Elkashief. 362 00:13:25,935 --> 00:13:27,763 Thanks for holding the event. 363 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,939 My daughter Chloe loves music. 364 00:13:29,983 --> 00:13:31,462 Indeed. 365 00:13:31,506 --> 00:13:34,901 There is so much more that unites us than divides, no? 366 00:13:34,944 --> 00:13:36,598 Let's hope so. 367 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:42,299 Here you go, honey. 368 00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:45,433 Just fry your brain while Daddy talks to this nice man. 369 00:13:45,476 --> 00:13:47,000 To the matter at hand. 370 00:13:47,043 --> 00:13:49,916 Again, I return to what unites us. 371 00:13:49,959 --> 00:13:54,181 We are as sincere in our desire to release Mr. Colin Mitchell 372 00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,879 as you are in your desire to bring him home. 373 00:13:56,923 --> 00:13:58,576 That's good to hear. 374 00:13:58,620 --> 00:14:02,929 There's a rumor going around that he's sick. 375 00:14:02,972 --> 00:14:05,453 Regrettably, that is no rumor. 376 00:14:05,496 --> 00:14:07,629 Do you have proof? 377 00:14:07,672 --> 00:14:09,544 This is from a week ago. 378 00:14:09,587 --> 00:14:12,329 One can only imagine that his condition 379 00:14:12,373 --> 00:14:14,462 has deteriorated since then. 380 00:14:14,505 --> 00:14:16,594 I wanted you to see it first. 381 00:14:16,638 --> 00:14:18,596 What do you mean, "first"? 382 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,642 Before the media does. 383 00:14:20,685 --> 00:14:22,905 What are you trying to do here? 384 00:14:22,949 --> 00:14:24,254 Free my country 385 00:14:24,298 --> 00:14:26,778 from punishing sanctions we do not deserve. 386 00:14:26,822 --> 00:14:28,258 That's not going to happen. 387 00:14:28,302 --> 00:14:30,217 Then other things will. 388 00:14:32,045 --> 00:14:35,744 If he dies, it'll go badly for you. 389 00:14:35,787 --> 00:14:38,834 But not only for us. 390 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:40,444 Thank you for your hospitality. 391 00:14:40,488 --> 00:14:42,142 Here, honey. It's time to go. 392 00:14:42,185 --> 00:14:43,708 Daddy needs his phone back. 393 00:14:48,757 --> 00:14:50,213 ♪ I've been working on the railroad... ♪ 394 00:14:50,237 --> 00:14:51,518 Just, uh... Daisy! Wait, wait, wait. 395 00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:53,980 Hey, Jay. What's up? 396 00:14:54,023 --> 00:14:55,677 Hi, Chloe. 397 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,002 Did you get any of my calls? Uh... 398 00:14:57,026 --> 00:14:58,525 Doesn't matter. The Sudanese have confirmation 399 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:00,092 of Mitchell's poor health. They're leaking it to the press. 400 00:15:00,116 --> 00:15:01,770 Wow. 401 00:15:01,813 --> 00:15:03,966 Well, I'm glad you're telling me this before the briefing. 402 00:15:03,990 --> 00:15:05,750 It's gonna be a thing no matter how you play it, 403 00:15:05,774 --> 00:15:07,143 just didn't want you to get caught out. 404 00:15:07,167 --> 00:15:08,168 Yeah, definitely. Thanks. 405 00:15:08,211 --> 00:15:09,647 Look who you've brought to work. 406 00:15:09,691 --> 00:15:11,519 [laughs, speaks Spanish] 407 00:15:29,145 --> 00:15:30,494 Okay. 408 00:15:30,538 --> 00:15:32,844 I didn't understand that, but I understood that. 409 00:15:32,888 --> 00:15:34,324 And she is not on our team. 410 00:15:34,368 --> 00:15:35,847 This is America. 411 00:15:35,891 --> 00:15:37,216 There's a healthy tension between the state 412 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,200 and the, you know, organs of the press. 413 00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:41,766 "Organs"? Ew. 414 00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:45,901 Anyway, I got to... You okay? 415 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,904 Yeah, totally. 416 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:50,253 Oh, God. 417 00:15:53,213 --> 00:15:55,432 [coughing, retching] 418 00:15:58,609 --> 00:16:02,613 Hey, is what I think is going on with you going on with you? 419 00:16:02,657 --> 00:16:04,789 [exhales] 420 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:06,443 I don't want to talk about it. 421 00:16:06,487 --> 00:16:08,750 Really. 422 00:16:08,793 --> 00:16:14,016 Well, if it is, congratulations. 423 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:16,236 They devour your life. 424 00:16:16,279 --> 00:16:18,978 I mean, they're the best. 425 00:16:19,021 --> 00:16:20,980 Oh, I better go. 426 00:16:23,417 --> 00:16:25,462 JAY: So, how long are you gonna be in Buenos Aires? 427 00:16:25,506 --> 00:16:28,378 Six weeks. That's why I texted you back so fast. 428 00:16:28,422 --> 00:16:30,095 You know, my grandmother still lives there. 429 00:16:30,119 --> 00:16:31,207 In Palermo. 430 00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:33,644 You should pop over and say hi. 431 00:16:33,688 --> 00:16:34,950 [laughs] 432 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,257 Mm. If I did, you'd never hear the end of it. 433 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:39,563 I promise, she'd like me way more than your ex. 434 00:16:39,607 --> 00:16:41,435 Oh, absolutely. 435 00:16:41,478 --> 00:16:42,542 She warned me against marrying an American. 436 00:16:42,566 --> 00:16:45,091 Turns out, I should've listened. 437 00:16:49,878 --> 00:16:53,447 And there's the, uh, awkward pause. 438 00:16:53,490 --> 00:16:55,710 Sorry, I'm a little out of practice with all this. 439 00:16:55,753 --> 00:16:57,407 You're doing fine. 440 00:16:57,451 --> 00:17:00,019 My friends have been after me to get back out there or whatever, 441 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,934 but I don't even know what I want. 442 00:17:04,719 --> 00:17:07,852 Okay, no, sure, no, no. We all, we all want that, but... 443 00:17:07,896 --> 00:17:09,028 [laughs] 444 00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:10,420 It's complicated, you know? 445 00:17:12,118 --> 00:17:14,511 No está complicado. 446 00:17:25,609 --> 00:17:27,089 [phone chimes] 447 00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:28,533 Is that you or me? I think it's me. 448 00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:29,744 Just ignore it, ignore it. 449 00:17:29,787 --> 00:17:31,746 Please, like you would. 450 00:17:31,789 --> 00:17:33,226 It'll just take a second. 451 00:17:33,269 --> 00:17:35,271 [panting] 452 00:17:37,491 --> 00:17:38,796 Colin Mitchell's family 453 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,060 is going to give a press conference tomorrow. 454 00:17:41,103 --> 00:17:42,061 To protest the State Department's 455 00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:43,105 handling of the case, 456 00:17:43,149 --> 00:17:44,256 and to plead for their son's life. 457 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:45,847 Just like Sudan wants them to. 458 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:47,153 Care to comment? 459 00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:49,372 Really? 460 00:17:49,416 --> 00:17:51,070 Maybe later. 461 00:17:53,159 --> 00:17:54,334 [Jay groans] 462 00:17:54,377 --> 00:17:55,683 Okay. 463 00:17:55,726 --> 00:17:58,077 I just need to send a quick e-mail. 464 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,817 Quick. 465 00:17:59,861 --> 00:18:02,168 [sighs] 466 00:18:02,211 --> 00:18:04,866 Maybe you were right. 467 00:18:04,909 --> 00:18:06,563 This is a little complicated. 468 00:18:08,565 --> 00:18:11,046 No, you were right. 469 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:13,657 It's really not. 470 00:18:17,183 --> 00:18:18,575 [whispering]: Quédate ahí. 471 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:26,975 ♪ Help me, I think I'm falling 472 00:18:27,018 --> 00:18:30,805 ♪ In love again ♪ When I get that 473 00:18:30,848 --> 00:18:34,852 ♪ Crazy feeling, I know I'm in trouble again ♪ 474 00:18:34,896 --> 00:18:37,899 ♪ I'm in trouble 'cause you're a rambler and a gambler ♪ 475 00:18:37,942 --> 00:18:41,076 ♪ And a sweet-talking ladies' man... ♪ 476 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,730 [groans] 477 00:18:42,773 --> 00:18:45,602 This is why you don't go outside the chain of negotiation. 478 00:18:46,603 --> 00:18:49,128 [quietly]: Oy vey. 479 00:18:49,171 --> 00:18:50,738 You let the secretary's errand boys 480 00:18:50,781 --> 00:18:53,219 wander into something they weren't qualified to deal with. 481 00:18:53,262 --> 00:18:54,394 Good thing I did. 482 00:18:54,437 --> 00:18:56,047 Since you didn't see fit to mention 483 00:18:56,091 --> 00:18:58,137 that Colin Mitchell is dying. 484 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:00,704 And so now we've played right into Sudan's hands. 485 00:19:00,748 --> 00:19:02,682 If Colin Mitchell's family goes out there and says 486 00:19:02,706 --> 00:19:05,013 that they just want to get their son back before he dies, 487 00:19:05,056 --> 00:19:07,015 but the callous U.S. State Department 488 00:19:07,058 --> 00:19:08,147 won't help them, what then? 489 00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:09,235 That's exactly why 490 00:19:09,278 --> 00:19:10,497 I reached out to the family 491 00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:12,542 and invited them in for a talk this morning. 492 00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:13,891 What? Without even consulting me? 493 00:19:13,935 --> 00:19:14,979 Yes. 494 00:19:15,023 --> 00:19:17,025 Because I can do that, Pete. 495 00:19:17,068 --> 00:19:18,853 [elevator dings] 496 00:19:18,896 --> 00:19:21,072 Look, I understand the chain of command. 497 00:19:21,116 --> 00:19:22,813 That's not the point. 498 00:19:24,337 --> 00:19:27,209 They need to feel heard. 499 00:19:27,253 --> 00:19:29,951 That's the point. 500 00:19:29,994 --> 00:19:33,302 Look, not to be callous, but this threat 501 00:19:33,346 --> 00:19:34,956 of a press conference is a demand 502 00:19:34,999 --> 00:19:36,653 to speak with your supervisor. 503 00:19:36,697 --> 00:19:38,481 I think I have a better chance 504 00:19:38,525 --> 00:19:41,136 of walking them back from that at this point. 505 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:43,443 Agreed. 506 00:19:43,486 --> 00:19:45,184 Good. 507 00:19:45,227 --> 00:19:48,230 And of course, I agree with you 508 00:19:48,274 --> 00:19:51,233 that it's important that we maintain leverage 509 00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:53,235 on the broader issues with Sudan. 510 00:19:53,279 --> 00:19:55,759 Good. 511 00:19:55,803 --> 00:19:57,631 Thank you. 512 00:19:57,674 --> 00:19:59,328 Okay.[elevator bell dings] 513 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:01,939 Great. 514 00:20:01,983 --> 00:20:03,289 This guy again. 515 00:20:03,332 --> 00:20:05,204 Uh, hi. Nadine, can I talk to you for a second? 516 00:20:11,688 --> 00:20:13,951 Do you know how hard it was for me to calm him down, 517 00:20:13,995 --> 00:20:15,388 and today's the one day you decide 518 00:20:15,431 --> 00:20:16,563 to meet me at the elevator? 519 00:20:16,606 --> 00:20:18,217 Sorry, I just needed a quick word. 520 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:19,261 It's fine. 521 00:20:19,305 --> 00:20:20,958 What's up? 522 00:20:21,002 --> 00:20:22,482 So I had an, uh, unauthorized meeting 523 00:20:22,525 --> 00:20:24,745 with a member of the foreign press last night. 524 00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:29,706 So, per HR, I thought I should, you know, disclose contact. 525 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:33,144 Okay. Um, how long did this meeting last? 526 00:20:33,188 --> 00:20:35,843 From 8:00 p.m. last night until... 527 00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:39,238 uh, two hours ago. 528 00:20:39,281 --> 00:20:41,327 I see. 529 00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:44,721 And, uh, said member was...? 530 00:20:45,983 --> 00:20:48,856 Uh, Sofia Martinez. 531 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:53,034 Well, thank you for alerting me. 532 00:20:53,077 --> 00:20:54,557 I will make a note. 533 00:20:54,601 --> 00:20:56,342 Thanks, Nadine. 534 00:20:58,344 --> 00:20:59,519 Jay? 535 00:20:59,562 --> 00:21:00,650 Yeah? 536 00:21:00,694 --> 00:21:02,826 Good for you. 537 00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:05,873 [laughs softly] 538 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:09,833 MIKE: My son has a weight problem. 539 00:21:09,877 --> 00:21:11,095 [sighs] 540 00:21:11,139 --> 00:21:12,967 What? 541 00:21:13,010 --> 00:21:14,490 My son, he's getting fat. 542 00:21:14,534 --> 00:21:15,970 My ex says it's hormones, 543 00:21:16,013 --> 00:21:17,556 but I think she just lets him eat whatever he wants. 544 00:21:17,580 --> 00:21:19,321 Mike, what are you doing here? 545 00:21:19,365 --> 00:21:21,802 M. Sec wants a word, off the books. 546 00:21:21,845 --> 00:21:23,475 One of your interns let me in, which should alarm you. 547 00:21:23,499 --> 00:21:25,806 I have a very busy day. 548 00:21:25,849 --> 00:21:27,721 It was lovely seeing you. 549 00:21:27,764 --> 00:21:29,723 Oh, so you, you want me to go? 550 00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:30,767 Please. 551 00:21:30,811 --> 00:21:31,942 Okay, sure. 552 00:21:31,986 --> 00:21:33,683 Absolutely. 553 00:21:33,727 --> 00:21:34,771 The thing is, 554 00:21:34,815 --> 00:21:36,338 I feel like you don't call me back. 555 00:21:36,382 --> 00:21:38,122 That's because I don't call you back. 556 00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:41,735 Yeah, well... why not? 557 00:21:43,519 --> 00:21:48,698 [sighs] Mike, um, what we... 558 00:21:48,742 --> 00:21:53,573 shared on election night was... Crazy. 559 00:21:53,616 --> 00:21:54,791 Surprising. 560 00:21:54,835 --> 00:21:57,359 But, frankly, you're not my type. 561 00:21:57,403 --> 00:21:58,491 I get it. 562 00:21:58,534 --> 00:22:00,754 The hatchet man mystique, it's sexy, 563 00:22:00,797 --> 00:22:02,364 but it's intimidating. 564 00:22:02,408 --> 00:22:04,366 That's what I'm talking about. 565 00:22:04,410 --> 00:22:06,605 Fine, I like you, Nadine. I like you and I would like to 566 00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:08,588 go out with you. You sound like a teenager. 567 00:22:08,631 --> 00:22:10,522 Americans have an underdeveloped language for romance. 568 00:22:10,546 --> 00:22:11,678 Yes or no? 569 00:22:11,721 --> 00:22:12,940 No. 570 00:22:12,983 --> 00:22:15,769 [intercom beeps] 571 00:22:15,812 --> 00:22:17,379 Yes, Maggie? 572 00:22:17,423 --> 00:22:19,686 The family of Colin Mitchell is here for you. 573 00:22:19,729 --> 00:22:22,602 Thank you, I'll be right there. I have to go. 574 00:22:22,645 --> 00:22:24,125 [grunts] 575 00:22:26,475 --> 00:22:29,260 Look, I'll drop the act. 576 00:22:29,304 --> 00:22:32,307 [scoffs] No more "Mike B" show. Just Mike. 577 00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:34,135 Have dinner with me. 578 00:22:34,178 --> 00:22:35,397 Have dinner 579 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:37,834 and a salad bar with me and my fat son. 580 00:22:41,011 --> 00:22:42,883 I'll think about it. 581 00:22:44,014 --> 00:22:47,061 [softly]: You look amazing, by the way. 582 00:22:49,150 --> 00:22:50,673 [sighs] 583 00:22:53,807 --> 00:22:55,809 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell... Uh, Claire, 584 00:22:55,852 --> 00:23:00,727 I can't imagine the pain that you've been going through. 585 00:23:00,770 --> 00:23:02,772 No, Ms. Tolliver, you can't. 586 00:23:02,816 --> 00:23:04,121 We've been patient. 587 00:23:04,165 --> 00:23:06,210 We've done everything you people 588 00:23:06,254 --> 00:23:08,125 have asked of us. And now, we hear 589 00:23:08,169 --> 00:23:12,303 that our son... is dying. 590 00:23:12,347 --> 00:23:13,870 Alone. And I will be damned 591 00:23:13,914 --> 00:23:15,916 if I don't do everything I can to prevent that. 592 00:23:15,959 --> 00:23:17,047 So, we are going public. 593 00:23:17,091 --> 00:23:19,485 I understand. 594 00:23:19,528 --> 00:23:21,269 And if it were my son, 595 00:23:21,312 --> 00:23:23,445 I would do the same thing. 596 00:23:23,489 --> 00:23:26,056 CLAIRE: This is our daughter. 597 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:28,755 Ashley. She's ten now. 598 00:23:28,798 --> 00:23:30,713 NADINE: She's beautiful. 599 00:23:30,757 --> 00:23:32,759 She's forgetting her father. 600 00:23:32,802 --> 00:23:36,153 [voice breaking]: Every day, she remembers him less and less. 601 00:23:36,197 --> 00:23:37,720 And honestly, Ms. Tolliver, 602 00:23:37,764 --> 00:23:41,898 I don't know if that's good or bad anymore. 603 00:23:41,942 --> 00:23:45,598 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, Claire. 604 00:23:45,641 --> 00:23:47,295 It's an honor to meet you. 605 00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:51,560 And I wish it were under better circumstances. 606 00:23:51,604 --> 00:23:52,779 I'm Elizabeth. 607 00:23:52,822 --> 00:23:54,302 This is our lawyer, Bill Freundlich. 608 00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:55,453 BILL: I, uh... [clears throat] 609 00:23:55,477 --> 00:23:57,044 Mostly do real estate law. 610 00:23:57,087 --> 00:23:58,088 Welcome. 611 00:23:58,132 --> 00:24:00,003 Please, let's all sit. 612 00:24:00,047 --> 00:24:03,050 And tell me how you are and what I can do. 613 00:24:03,093 --> 00:24:04,268 CLAIRE: Uh, for starters, 614 00:24:04,312 --> 00:24:05,966 it's nice to hear you ask that, 615 00:24:06,009 --> 00:24:07,533 after all these years. 616 00:24:07,576 --> 00:24:08,597 Mm, look, Peter Harriman... 617 00:24:08,621 --> 00:24:10,187 BILL: He's the special envoy 618 00:24:10,231 --> 00:24:11,667 for Sudan. They know that, Bill. 619 00:24:11,711 --> 00:24:14,104 DON: Peter's been very professional 620 00:24:14,148 --> 00:24:16,324 all these years. No doubt about that. 621 00:24:16,367 --> 00:24:18,587 To be quite honest, the Chinese government 622 00:24:18,631 --> 00:24:20,459 has been more sympathetic than our own. 623 00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:22,548 The-the Chinese have reached out to you? 624 00:24:22,591 --> 00:24:23,636 DON: Yes. 625 00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:25,942 We have spoken with them a few times. 626 00:24:25,986 --> 00:24:28,292 Uh, w-what, uh, what did they say? 627 00:24:28,336 --> 00:24:31,339 CLAIRE: Mostly, they just asked how we were doing, 628 00:24:31,382 --> 00:24:33,167 and what we'd heard from Colin. 629 00:24:33,210 --> 00:24:34,516 And then, they said 630 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,040 that they have a lot of pull in Sudan, 631 00:24:37,084 --> 00:24:38,583 and that they'd try their best to help him. 632 00:24:38,607 --> 00:24:42,742 Now, I understand you all are holding a press conference 633 00:24:42,785 --> 00:24:44,091 later on today. 634 00:24:44,134 --> 00:24:45,614 BILL: You can't stop us. 635 00:24:45,658 --> 00:24:47,486 I mean, legally speaking. 636 00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:49,139 CLAIRE: They're aware, Bill. God. 637 00:24:49,183 --> 00:24:51,533 All I ask is for 24 hours. 638 00:24:51,577 --> 00:24:54,536 If we can't make significant headway 639 00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:56,712 in securing Colin's release 640 00:24:56,756 --> 00:24:58,322 by this time tomorrow, 641 00:24:58,366 --> 00:25:01,369 then, yeah, go ahead and take your story public. 642 00:25:01,412 --> 00:25:03,284 DON: Well, we are going to 643 00:25:03,327 --> 00:25:04,764 hold you to that, Madam Secretary. 644 00:25:08,202 --> 00:25:09,420 [elevator bell dings] 645 00:25:12,162 --> 00:25:14,948 Thanks for coming when I sent out the Bat-Signal. 646 00:25:14,991 --> 00:25:16,645 That was brutal. 647 00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:18,517 Coffee? 648 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,606 Thank you. 649 00:25:20,649 --> 00:25:23,652 The China piece is weird, right? 650 00:25:23,696 --> 00:25:26,829 Well, they do buy significant amounts of Sudan's oil 651 00:25:26,873 --> 00:25:28,222 and other resources. 652 00:25:28,265 --> 00:25:29,702 So, they are a player there. 653 00:25:29,745 --> 00:25:31,007 But they normally don't 654 00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:33,836 say much about human rights abuses 655 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,839 or advocate for freedom of the press. 656 00:25:36,883 --> 00:25:40,408 Well, why would they? They don't have it themselves. 657 00:25:40,451 --> 00:25:43,629 Exactly. Why would they? 658 00:25:43,672 --> 00:25:46,545 Why reach out to the family 659 00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:51,332 of an American journalist locked up in Sudan? 660 00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:53,552 You're right, ma'am. It is weird. 661 00:25:53,595 --> 00:25:58,208 They do have more levers to pull over in Khartoum 662 00:25:58,252 --> 00:26:00,341 than we do. You know what? 663 00:26:00,384 --> 00:26:01,690 Let's get into it with Harriman, 664 00:26:01,734 --> 00:26:03,866 see if there's a play 665 00:26:03,910 --> 00:26:06,216 where China can help us get Colin Mitchell released. 666 00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:08,088 And we have 667 00:26:08,131 --> 00:26:11,134 23 and a half hours to make something work. 668 00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:13,006 Will do. [sighs]: Okay. 669 00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:14,181 NADINE: Oh, 670 00:26:14,224 --> 00:26:15,661 I didn't get a chance to ask you: 671 00:26:15,704 --> 00:26:17,726 how was the NSC meeting at the White House yesterday? 672 00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:21,144 The stuff of nightmares. 673 00:26:21,188 --> 00:26:23,364 It's a strange thing, 674 00:26:23,407 --> 00:26:26,323 living your life like normal, 675 00:26:26,367 --> 00:26:29,109 when things are afoot that could end it at any moment. 676 00:26:29,152 --> 00:26:30,980 Indeed. 677 00:26:31,024 --> 00:26:32,547 But what else can we do? 678 00:26:36,029 --> 00:26:37,639 Nadine? 679 00:26:37,683 --> 00:26:38,771 A word? 680 00:26:38,814 --> 00:26:41,948 Um... why not? 681 00:26:45,952 --> 00:26:49,216 NADINE: Oh, so many confessions today. 682 00:26:49,259 --> 00:26:50,521 Did you talk to Jay? 683 00:26:50,565 --> 00:26:52,654 Um, about disclosing contact? 684 00:26:52,698 --> 00:26:55,439 What? Did that idiot sleep with Sofia? 685 00:26:55,483 --> 00:26:59,226 Oh, maybe don't quote me on that. 686 00:26:59,269 --> 00:27:01,010 What can I help you with? 687 00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:02,882 I'm gonna need a month off. 688 00:27:02,925 --> 00:27:06,668 Oh, well, that's a long time. 689 00:27:06,712 --> 00:27:09,628 Um... when? 690 00:27:09,671 --> 00:27:12,021 In about six months. 691 00:27:12,065 --> 00:27:14,110 Oh. 692 00:27:14,154 --> 00:27:15,459 I see. 693 00:27:15,503 --> 00:27:16,547 Yeah. 694 00:27:16,591 --> 00:27:19,028 Congratulations. 695 00:27:19,072 --> 00:27:22,162 Or not. 696 00:27:22,205 --> 00:27:23,772 Do you want to talk about it? 697 00:27:23,816 --> 00:27:28,081 Honestly, I still have a lot to figure out, almost none of it 698 00:27:28,124 --> 00:27:29,952 super fun. But thanks. 699 00:27:29,996 --> 00:27:32,999 Maybe we can talk later? 700 00:27:33,042 --> 00:27:34,870 Absolutely. 701 00:27:36,959 --> 00:27:38,657 I'm here. 702 00:27:40,833 --> 00:27:42,549 PETER: I guess I can see cards that China could play 703 00:27:42,573 --> 00:27:45,141 to get Mitchell freed, I just can't see why they'd play them. 704 00:27:45,185 --> 00:27:47,666 NADINE: Particularly since he wrote some unflattering stories 705 00:27:47,709 --> 00:27:50,320 around the Beijing Olympics and was asked to leave the country. 706 00:27:50,364 --> 00:27:52,671 JESSICA: Here's something. Remember when 707 00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:55,151 Sudan was trying to develop the oil field in Abyei? 708 00:27:55,195 --> 00:27:57,153 PETER: Yeah. The sanctions 709 00:27:57,197 --> 00:27:58,348 were keeping them from getting 710 00:27:58,372 --> 00:28:00,330 the drill bit technology they needed. 711 00:28:00,374 --> 00:28:01,897 But, then a year later, 712 00:28:01,941 --> 00:28:03,725 they miraculously developed it themselves. 713 00:28:03,769 --> 00:28:07,773 And the oil went to China, I presume? 714 00:28:07,816 --> 00:28:09,209 Correct. 715 00:28:09,252 --> 00:28:11,100 We always thought that China had secretly given them 716 00:28:11,124 --> 00:28:12,734 the technology to get at the oil, 717 00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:14,780 but we could just never prove it definitively. 718 00:28:14,823 --> 00:28:17,043 What if Colin Mitchell could? 719 00:28:17,086 --> 00:28:20,002 What do you mean? 720 00:28:20,046 --> 00:28:22,439 Look at the timeline. 721 00:28:22,483 --> 00:28:24,703 A dogged investigative journalist parachutes in 722 00:28:24,746 --> 00:28:27,923 a few months after the oil field was discovered. 723 00:28:27,967 --> 00:28:29,098 All the other journos 724 00:28:29,142 --> 00:28:32,014 were visiting refugee camps in Darfur. 725 00:28:32,058 --> 00:28:34,582 Colin was in Abyei when he was arrested. 726 00:28:34,625 --> 00:28:36,410 JESSICA: Locked up for espionage, 727 00:28:36,453 --> 00:28:37,846 his laptop destroyed, 728 00:28:37,890 --> 00:28:39,718 and basically held incommunicado ever since. 729 00:28:39,761 --> 00:28:41,894 Are we saying that 730 00:28:41,937 --> 00:28:45,027 China might be behind his imprisonment? 731 00:28:45,071 --> 00:28:48,944 They could definitely lean on Khartoum to do that. 732 00:28:48,988 --> 00:28:52,731 China wasn't checking in on Colin Mitchell's family 733 00:28:52,774 --> 00:28:54,558 out of the kindness of their hearts, 734 00:28:54,602 --> 00:28:55,864 they were digging 735 00:28:55,908 --> 00:28:58,649 to find out if they knew what he'd been up to. 736 00:29:00,086 --> 00:29:01,304 Looks like the road 737 00:29:01,348 --> 00:29:03,698 to his release really does go through Beijing. 738 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,657 Just not in the way we thought. 739 00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:16,145 ELIZABETH: Morning, Matt. 740 00:29:16,189 --> 00:29:17,756 Sit down. 741 00:29:23,109 --> 00:29:24,980 NADINE: Are you up to speed 742 00:29:25,024 --> 00:29:28,244 with the latest developments on the Colin Mitchell case? 743 00:29:28,288 --> 00:29:31,204 I heard we suspected China might be behind the arrest. 744 00:29:31,247 --> 00:29:32,292 JACKSON: Yeah. 745 00:29:32,335 --> 00:29:33,336 "Might be." 746 00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:34,294 ELIZABETH: The intelligence community 747 00:29:34,337 --> 00:29:35,556 had to do a rush job, 748 00:29:35,599 --> 00:29:37,210 but their best estimate 749 00:29:37,253 --> 00:29:41,344 is that Colin Mitchell was reporting on the Chinese efforts 750 00:29:41,388 --> 00:29:44,043 to circumvent sanctions, so China leaned 751 00:29:44,086 --> 00:29:47,046 on Sudan to have him arrested and silenced. 752 00:29:47,089 --> 00:29:49,744 NADINE: The secretary spoke with both China 753 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:51,964 and Sudan. They deny it. 754 00:29:52,007 --> 00:29:55,184 So, now that there's no upside to carrying China's water, 755 00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:57,926 Sudan's trying to squeeze us for concessions they haven't earned. 756 00:29:57,970 --> 00:29:59,493 MATT: And meanwhile, 757 00:29:59,536 --> 00:30:01,756 his family's press conference is just a few hours away. 758 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,105 So that's where you come in. 759 00:30:03,149 --> 00:30:04,628 The only play we have left 760 00:30:04,672 --> 00:30:07,414 to save Colin Mitchell is to take control 761 00:30:07,457 --> 00:30:08,632 of the narrative. 762 00:30:08,676 --> 00:30:11,505 In short, we need a speech. 763 00:30:11,548 --> 00:30:13,899 ELIZABETH: So, with the Mitchell family at my side, 764 00:30:13,942 --> 00:30:15,291 I need to shine a light 765 00:30:15,335 --> 00:30:18,033 on his treatment, and put pressure on both Beijing 766 00:30:18,077 --> 00:30:20,644 and Khartoum to release him immediately. 767 00:30:20,688 --> 00:30:23,256 But if it doesn't work, then the administration 768 00:30:23,299 --> 00:30:25,084 looks feckless at home and abroad, 769 00:30:25,127 --> 00:30:28,174 and we own the death of a hero journalist. 770 00:30:28,217 --> 00:30:29,740 So it has to work. 771 00:30:29,784 --> 00:30:31,960 Can you do that? 772 00:30:32,004 --> 00:30:33,048 Today. 773 00:30:33,092 --> 00:30:35,007 Absolutely. 774 00:30:41,491 --> 00:30:45,147 ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ 775 00:30:45,191 --> 00:30:47,889 ♪ Work, work ♪ Work 776 00:30:47,933 --> 00:30:49,848 ♪ Diamonds all on my ring, player ♪ 777 00:30:49,891 --> 00:30:51,327 ♪ Gold watches, gold chain, player ♪ 778 00:30:51,371 --> 00:30:53,286 ♪ Hundred thou' on champagne, player ♪ 779 00:30:53,329 --> 00:30:54,853 ♪ Yeah, my money insane, player ♪ 780 00:30:54,896 --> 00:30:56,506 ♪ Yeah, I'm making it rain, player ♪ 781 00:30:56,550 --> 00:30:57,986 ♪ But I was just on the plane. 782 00:31:00,815 --> 00:31:01,947 [sighs] 783 00:31:01,990 --> 00:31:04,253 Oh, I am so screwed. 784 00:31:05,602 --> 00:31:08,344 [Matt yells] 785 00:31:08,388 --> 00:31:10,869 DAISY: What's wrong? 786 00:31:10,912 --> 00:31:11,870 Writer's block. 787 00:31:11,913 --> 00:31:13,523 Did you try your song? 788 00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:15,699 Oh, I tried everything. 789 00:31:15,743 --> 00:31:17,527 Well, you better get unblocked. 790 00:31:17,571 --> 00:31:19,549 The secretary needs that speech in, like, three hours. 791 00:31:19,573 --> 00:31:21,314 I know. You don't think I know that? 792 00:31:21,357 --> 00:31:24,534 I mean, Colin Mitchell is a hero. 793 00:31:24,578 --> 00:31:28,712 Traveling the world, speaking truth to power. 794 00:31:28,756 --> 00:31:30,889 Meanwhile, w-what have I done with my life? 795 00:31:30,932 --> 00:31:32,803 A man is dying in a Sudanese prison 796 00:31:32,847 --> 00:31:34,283 and you're making this about you? 797 00:31:34,327 --> 00:31:35,502 MATT: Yes! 798 00:31:35,545 --> 00:31:37,069 That's my process. 799 00:31:37,112 --> 00:31:38,742 I identify with my subject so I can write about my subject. 800 00:31:38,766 --> 00:31:41,377 Well, go have your process some place else, okay? 801 00:31:41,421 --> 00:31:44,076 I have problems of my own. 802 00:31:50,778 --> 00:31:51,735 Hey. 803 00:31:51,779 --> 00:31:54,260 Are you okay? 804 00:31:55,261 --> 00:31:58,090 I'm pregnant, is what I am. 805 00:31:58,133 --> 00:32:00,570 Whoa. 806 00:32:00,614 --> 00:32:02,833 [laughing]: Wow. 807 00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:07,577 D-Do, uh, who's the dad? 808 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:14,889 I wish it were me. 809 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:18,588 Not because I wish we were still together, but because 810 00:32:18,632 --> 00:32:20,764 then I'd start every day 811 00:32:20,808 --> 00:32:24,594 with a worthy purpose. 812 00:32:24,638 --> 00:32:25,682 You know? 813 00:32:25,726 --> 00:32:29,382 "I got to go out there, "get things done. 814 00:32:29,425 --> 00:32:31,253 Daisy and I have a baby." 815 00:32:31,297 --> 00:32:33,690 [chuckles] Unbelievable. 816 00:32:33,734 --> 00:32:35,475 Now you're making this about you, too? 817 00:32:35,518 --> 00:32:36,867 Oh, come on. You know what, go. 818 00:32:36,911 --> 00:32:38,434 What? Come on, get out. 819 00:32:38,478 --> 00:32:40,959 Daisy. Da... Can I just say one thing? 820 00:32:42,395 --> 00:32:46,616 Whoever he is, he's a lucky guy. 821 00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:49,010 But even more importantly, 822 00:32:49,054 --> 00:32:52,448 that baby is a lucky guy. 823 00:32:52,492 --> 00:32:54,755 I feel like he's a guy, by the way. 824 00:32:54,798 --> 00:32:58,802 'Cause he is going to have 825 00:32:58,846 --> 00:33:02,023 the best mom in the whole world. 826 00:33:04,069 --> 00:33:06,549 Thanks, Matt. 827 00:33:06,593 --> 00:33:09,074 Now go. Get inspired, okay? 828 00:33:09,117 --> 00:33:10,292 People are counting on you. 829 00:33:10,336 --> 00:33:11,990 Right. 830 00:33:14,905 --> 00:33:17,169 Congressman, this is Matt Mahoney, 831 00:33:17,212 --> 00:33:18,866 Secretary McCord's speechwriter. 832 00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:19,998 Mr. Mahoney, pleasure. 833 00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:21,149 Thank you for taking the time 834 00:33:21,173 --> 00:33:22,454 to see me on such short notice, sir. 835 00:33:22,478 --> 00:33:24,872 Given the circumstances, it's the least I can do. 836 00:33:24,915 --> 00:33:26,656 Please, take a seat. 837 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:28,397 So you want to write a speech about, 838 00:33:28,441 --> 00:33:29,659 uh, Colin Mitchell. 839 00:33:29,703 --> 00:33:33,011 Yes, and any information you might have 840 00:33:33,054 --> 00:33:34,099 would be very helpful. 841 00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:35,970 Well, for starters, Colin Mitchell's 842 00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:36,971 a pain in the ass. 843 00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,886 Okay. 844 00:33:38,929 --> 00:33:40,148 He started out writing stories 845 00:33:40,192 --> 00:33:41,889 for his hometown newspaper about how 846 00:33:41,932 --> 00:33:44,152 I wasn't doing this or that for my district. 847 00:33:44,196 --> 00:33:45,806 And I thought, who in the hell 848 00:33:45,849 --> 00:33:48,896 does this kid think he is? I see. 849 00:33:48,939 --> 00:33:50,898 Next thing I know, he's over in Iraq. 850 00:33:50,941 --> 00:33:52,789 He wrote stories about how our troops are having 851 00:33:52,813 --> 00:33:54,771 to up-armor their own vehicles 852 00:33:54,815 --> 00:33:57,905 to protect against IEDs because the Pentagon 853 00:33:57,948 --> 00:33:59,167 wasn't doing it. 854 00:33:59,211 --> 00:34:01,256 Young men and women coming back to my district 855 00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:03,563 missing arms, missing legs. 856 00:34:06,218 --> 00:34:08,394 I started seeing Colin a little differently after that. 857 00:34:08,437 --> 00:34:10,309 After Sudan happened, I got to know 858 00:34:10,352 --> 00:34:11,919 his parents, his wife. 859 00:34:11,962 --> 00:34:13,486 They told me stories about Colin. 860 00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:15,009 They, uh, 861 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:18,404 changed my heart about the Fourth Estate. 862 00:34:18,447 --> 00:34:19,840 Is that right? 863 00:34:19,883 --> 00:34:23,017 Colin Mitchell is a pain in the ass, but he's the kind 864 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,981 of pain in the ass that makes this country great. 865 00:34:27,326 --> 00:34:28,606 His wife Claire told me something 866 00:34:28,631 --> 00:34:30,764 that Colin liked to say. 867 00:34:30,807 --> 00:34:33,419 I've come to believe it myself. 868 00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:35,073 The stories we want to hear the least 869 00:34:35,116 --> 00:34:37,988 are the ones we need to hear the most. 870 00:34:45,257 --> 00:34:49,261 "Sometimes the stories we want to hear the least. 871 00:34:49,304 --> 00:34:52,046 MATT/ELIZABETH: "are the ones we need 872 00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,004 to hear the most." 873 00:34:54,048 --> 00:34:56,790 "That is the credo investigative journalist. 874 00:34:56,833 --> 00:35:00,359 "Colin Mitchell has chosen to live by. 875 00:35:00,402 --> 00:35:01,838 "From his earliest as a cub reporter 876 00:35:01,882 --> 00:35:04,363 "in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, 877 00:35:04,406 --> 00:35:06,843 "to the battlefields of Iraq, 878 00:35:06,887 --> 00:35:09,629 to the streets of Beijing and Khartoum..." 879 00:35:09,672 --> 00:35:13,023 This is good, Matt. 880 00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:16,288 I mean, this is really good. 881 00:35:16,331 --> 00:35:19,117 Thank you, ma'am. 882 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,597 Colin Mitchell has spoken truth to power 883 00:35:21,641 --> 00:35:23,121 at home and abroad. 884 00:35:23,164 --> 00:35:25,993 And in so doing, improved the lives 885 00:35:26,036 --> 00:35:29,257 of his fellow citizens and fellow man. 886 00:35:29,301 --> 00:35:32,652 To the governments of China and Sudan, 887 00:35:32,695 --> 00:35:35,959 I say release him now. 888 00:35:36,003 --> 00:35:39,137 To those of you listening today, 889 00:35:39,180 --> 00:35:41,574 do what Colin would do... 890 00:35:41,617 --> 00:35:46,448 Hold those responsible for his imprisonment to account. 891 00:35:46,492 --> 00:35:50,713 For trying to tell a story some didn't want told, 892 00:35:50,757 --> 00:35:54,674 Colin Mitchell has paid with his freedom. 893 00:35:54,717 --> 00:35:58,330 We cannot allow him to pay with his life. 894 00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,897 Thank you. 895 00:36:00,941 --> 00:36:03,509 [applause] 896 00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:06,860 Good speech, Matt. 897 00:36:06,903 --> 00:36:09,471 Thank you. Let's hope it works. 898 00:36:11,081 --> 00:36:12,082 [sighs heavily] 899 00:36:15,564 --> 00:36:19,220 And numerous outlets are asking for a one-on-one with you, 900 00:36:19,264 --> 00:36:21,527 uh, about your speech. Well, that's good. 901 00:36:21,570 --> 00:36:23,790 At least we managed to make the news cycle. 902 00:36:23,833 --> 00:36:25,661 [intercom beeps] 903 00:36:25,705 --> 00:36:26,923 Yeah, Blake? 904 00:36:26,967 --> 00:36:29,099 BLAKE: I have Minister Chen for you on SVTC. 905 00:36:29,143 --> 00:36:31,014 Put him through. 906 00:36:32,712 --> 00:36:35,410 Why don't you hang out? 907 00:36:35,454 --> 00:36:37,064 Yes. Thanks, ma'am. 908 00:36:37,107 --> 00:36:39,501 [sighing]: Oh, boy. 909 00:36:39,545 --> 00:36:41,329 Mr. Foreign Minister, 910 00:36:41,373 --> 00:36:42,635 to what do I owe the pleasure? 911 00:36:42,678 --> 00:36:44,308 CHEN: These scurrilous accusations you have 912 00:36:44,332 --> 00:36:46,465 hurled at China in private, and now in public, 913 00:36:46,508 --> 00:36:48,728 are totally unacceptable to my government. 914 00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:52,166 Unacceptable or untrue? 915 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:53,689 If you continue to assert them, 916 00:36:53,733 --> 00:36:55,387 there will be consequences. 917 00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:57,824 I see. However, 918 00:36:57,867 --> 00:37:00,566 as befits our status, it is sometimes 919 00:37:00,609 --> 00:37:03,438 incumbent upon us to take the high road. 920 00:37:03,482 --> 00:37:06,354 Therefore, in our capacity 921 00:37:06,398 --> 00:37:08,226 as economic partners, 922 00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:11,272 we shall advise our colleagues in Khartoum 923 00:37:11,316 --> 00:37:13,883 to release Colin Mitchell, 924 00:37:13,927 --> 00:37:16,146 as a humanitarian gesture. 925 00:37:16,190 --> 00:37:17,931 Of course, the final decision is up to them, 926 00:37:17,974 --> 00:37:20,020 but that will be our last word on the matter. 927 00:37:20,063 --> 00:37:23,937 Is that understood, Madam Secretary? 928 00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:27,114 Perfectly understood, Mr. Foreign Minister. 929 00:37:27,157 --> 00:37:29,159 Then good day. 930 00:37:31,553 --> 00:37:33,990 Did I miss something, or did he just yell at me 931 00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:35,359 and then give us everything we wanted? 932 00:37:35,383 --> 00:37:37,298 I don't think you missed anything. 933 00:37:37,342 --> 00:37:39,953 Huh. 934 00:37:39,996 --> 00:37:42,085 But we are not out of the woods yet. 935 00:37:42,129 --> 00:37:44,784 I still need to get into it with Khartoum, 936 00:37:44,827 --> 00:37:48,527 and Colin Mitchell is at death's door. 937 00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:50,006 But stand by, 938 00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:51,834 you might need to make a statement soon. 939 00:37:51,878 --> 00:37:53,706 Absolutely. 940 00:37:53,749 --> 00:37:56,970 Good evening. Five minutes ago, 941 00:37:57,013 --> 00:38:00,234 a specially equipped medical plane left Sudanese airspace 942 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:02,715 with journalist Colin Mitchell aboard. 943 00:38:02,758 --> 00:38:04,673 ALL: Daisy, Daisy... 944 00:38:04,717 --> 00:38:07,894 He is described as being in serious but stable condition, 945 00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:10,592 and is bound for Ramstein Air Base in Germany 946 00:38:10,636 --> 00:38:12,333 for further medical evaluation. 947 00:38:12,377 --> 00:38:14,509 Now, once he's been cleared, he will be free, 948 00:38:14,553 --> 00:38:16,250 after nearly seven years, 949 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:18,252 to return home to his friends and family 950 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:19,732 in the United States. 951 00:38:19,775 --> 00:38:21,124 I'll now take questions. 952 00:38:21,168 --> 00:38:22,300 Yeah.[overlapping questions] 953 00:38:28,088 --> 00:38:29,350 I heard you were up here. 954 00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:30,917 Yeah. 955 00:38:32,571 --> 00:38:36,531 My detail hates it. 956 00:38:36,575 --> 00:38:38,664 Sometimes a person just needs 957 00:38:38,707 --> 00:38:40,230 a breath of fresh air, you know? 958 00:38:40,274 --> 00:38:42,755 Mm. [inhales, exhales] 959 00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:49,152 It's something that we got him back, isn't it? 960 00:38:49,196 --> 00:38:53,113 Yeah... [voice breaking]: it really is. 961 00:38:54,941 --> 00:38:57,378 Well, you gonna be okay there? 962 00:38:57,422 --> 00:38:58,814 I'm sorry, ma'am. 963 00:38:58,858 --> 00:38:59,922 I don't know what's wrong with me. 964 00:38:59,946 --> 00:39:02,340 I'm all emotional. Guess I'm just... 965 00:39:02,383 --> 00:39:04,907 Pregnant. 966 00:39:04,951 --> 00:39:06,169 Who told you? 967 00:39:06,213 --> 00:39:08,258 Experience. 968 00:39:08,302 --> 00:39:11,914 Well, since I'm having a breakdown in front of my boss, 969 00:39:11,958 --> 00:39:13,394 can I tell you something? 970 00:39:13,438 --> 00:39:16,354 You can tell me anything. 971 00:39:16,397 --> 00:39:18,486 The father is Joseph Garcia. 972 00:39:18,530 --> 00:39:20,532 Well, was. 973 00:39:20,575 --> 00:39:21,881 [softly]: Oh, gosh. 974 00:39:21,924 --> 00:39:24,362 Daisy, I'm so sorry. 975 00:39:24,405 --> 00:39:28,017 His parents live in Connecticut, I guess. 976 00:39:28,061 --> 00:39:29,628 But what am I supposed to say? 977 00:39:29,671 --> 00:39:32,413 Your son and I dated for a week before he got murdered. 978 00:39:32,457 --> 00:39:34,589 I only knew him by his cover name. 979 00:39:34,633 --> 00:39:36,678 Anyways, here's your grandchild. 980 00:39:36,722 --> 00:39:38,637 Because that's not a crazy intro or anything. 981 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,205 I think his parents might be comforted by a grandchild. 982 00:39:42,249 --> 00:39:44,469 Yeah, but what about my parents? 983 00:39:44,512 --> 00:39:45,992 I mean, they're church people. 984 00:39:46,035 --> 00:39:49,648 This isn't exactly what they had envisioned for me. 985 00:39:49,691 --> 00:39:53,216 I mean, I... guess I always thought 986 00:39:53,260 --> 00:39:54,783 that I may have to do it alone, 987 00:39:54,827 --> 00:39:57,873 but not like alonealone. 988 00:39:57,917 --> 00:40:01,442 Yeah. 989 00:40:01,486 --> 00:40:04,967 You know, maybe every mother feels that way, 990 00:40:05,011 --> 00:40:06,316 no matter who's in their life. 991 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:07,511 I mean, at the end of the day, 992 00:40:07,535 --> 00:40:10,320 it's just you and the baby and... 993 00:40:10,364 --> 00:40:14,020 it's my job to protect him. 994 00:40:14,063 --> 00:40:15,195 Or her. 995 00:40:15,238 --> 00:40:19,721 Right... but what if I'm not up to the job? 996 00:40:19,765 --> 00:40:22,158 Oh, you are. 997 00:40:22,202 --> 00:40:24,683 You are one of the strongest women I have ever met. 998 00:40:24,726 --> 00:40:28,208 [scoffs] Even if you don't feel like it right now 999 00:40:28,251 --> 00:40:30,515 'cause you're drowning in a sea of hormones. 1000 00:40:30,558 --> 00:40:32,342 [sighs] You have no idea, ma'am. 1001 00:40:32,386 --> 00:40:33,518 [laughing]: Oh, yes, I do. 1002 00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:34,649 [chuckles] 1003 00:40:34,693 --> 00:40:36,608 [sighs] 1004 00:40:36,651 --> 00:40:38,827 You don't have to go at it alone. 1005 00:40:38,871 --> 00:40:42,483 Your parents might be shocked, 1006 00:40:42,527 --> 00:40:45,094 but you are literally the light of their lives 1007 00:40:45,138 --> 00:40:47,183 and they'll get over it. 1008 00:40:47,227 --> 00:40:49,272 And Joe's parents raised a hero, 1009 00:40:49,316 --> 00:40:52,580 so, really, how bad can they be? 1010 00:40:52,624 --> 00:40:55,714 Then you got all of us here. 1011 00:40:55,757 --> 00:40:57,367 God help you. 1012 00:40:57,411 --> 00:41:00,501 Thanks. 1013 00:41:00,545 --> 00:41:04,244 It's a beautiful world, Daisy. 1014 00:41:06,246 --> 00:41:07,943 [sighs] 1015 00:41:07,987 --> 00:41:11,512 And the best ride is just about to start. 1016 00:41:11,556 --> 00:41:15,211 ♪ You're broken down and tired 1017 00:41:15,255 --> 00:41:19,607 ♪ Of living life on a merry-go-round ♪ 1018 00:41:19,651 --> 00:41:22,741 ♪ And you can't find the fighter ♪ 1019 00:41:22,784 --> 00:41:27,397 ♪ But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out ♪ 1020 00:41:27,441 --> 00:41:35,441 ♪ Move ♪ Mountains ♪ And I'll rise up 1021 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:37,233 ♪ I'll rise like the day 1022 00:41:37,277 --> 00:41:39,540 ♪ I'll rise up ♪ Ooh ♪ 1023 00:41:39,584 --> 00:41:44,066 ♪ I'll rise unafraid ♪ I'll rise up ♪ Ooh ♪ 1024 00:41:44,110 --> 00:41:49,158 ♪ And I'll do it a thousand times again ♪♪ Ooh ♪ 1025 00:41:49,202 --> 00:41:53,467 ♪ For you, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1026 00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:58,951 ♪ For you, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1027 00:41:58,994 --> 00:42:02,258 ♪ For you ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1028 00:42:02,302 --> 00:42:05,740 ♪ For you 1029 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,962 ♪ Ah♪ 1030 00:42:11,311 --> 00:42:14,270 ♪ Ah♪ 1031 00:42:15,620 --> 00:42:19,928 ♪ When the silence isn't quiet 1032 00:42:19,972 --> 00:42:24,106 ♪ And it feels like it's getting hard to breathe ♪ 1033 00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:28,154 ♪ And I know you feel like dying ♪ 1034 00:42:28,197 --> 00:42:30,132 ♪ But I promise we'll take the world to its feet... ♪ 1035 00:42:30,156 --> 00:42:31,940 Welcome home, Colin. 1036 00:42:31,984 --> 00:42:33,812 Thank you. 1037 00:42:33,855 --> 00:42:41,689 ♪ Move mountains ♪ For you.