1 00:00:02,132 --> 00:00:04,134 [wind whistling] 2 00:00:05,701 --> 00:00:06,963 [children shouting] 3 00:00:12,403 --> 00:00:13,665 [speaking Arabic] 4 00:00:26,461 --> 00:00:29,377 [cheering] 5 00:00:31,683 --> 00:00:33,598 [loud whooshing] 6 00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:36,688 [elevator bell dings] 7 00:00:36,732 --> 00:00:38,386 Have we confirmed the type of bomb? 8 00:00:38,429 --> 00:00:40,562 Preliminary forensics indicate a CBU-87 9 00:00:40,605 --> 00:00:42,085 anti-personnel submunition dispenser. 10 00:00:42,129 --> 00:00:43,652 Conventionally known as a cluster bomb. 11 00:00:43,695 --> 00:00:46,002 Yeah, and the U.S. houses the only company in the world 12 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:47,177 that manufactures it. 13 00:00:47,221 --> 00:00:48,744 A weapon we provide only to Israel. 14 00:00:48,787 --> 00:00:51,094 Which means our closest Mideast ally just implicated us 15 00:00:51,138 --> 00:00:53,531 in a massacre that took the lives of 29 innocent children, 16 00:00:53,575 --> 00:00:55,620 and if we provided the weapon, we're on the hook. 17 00:00:55,664 --> 00:00:59,581 Call the Israeli Embassy. Get Ambassador Dworsky in here. 18 00:00:59,624 --> 00:01:01,167 Ma'am, we've been trying. He's incommunicado. 19 00:01:01,191 --> 00:01:02,671 Well, then we're gonna have to 20 00:01:02,714 --> 00:01:05,761 get him on the fly because, Jay, I got to brief POTUS. 21 00:01:05,804 --> 00:01:08,155 Will you bring our congressional allies into the loop? 22 00:01:08,198 --> 00:01:09,112 Yes, Madam Secretary.Okay. 23 00:01:09,156 --> 00:01:10,461 Kat? Yes. Yes. 24 00:01:10,505 --> 00:01:13,551 And Blake. Want you to reach out to the families 25 00:01:13,595 --> 00:01:15,727 of those children. I mean, 26 00:01:15,771 --> 00:01:17,816 burial logistics, humanitarian relief, 27 00:01:17,860 --> 00:01:19,818 whatever we can do to show our solidarity. 28 00:01:19,862 --> 00:01:22,430 KAT and BLAKE: Yes, ma'am. Stay on point. 29 00:01:22,473 --> 00:01:24,016 [elevator bell dings]Acknowledge the tragedy, 30 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,911 but no acceptance of responsibility 31 00:01:25,955 --> 00:01:27,835 until it has been thoroughly investigated, okay? 32 00:01:27,870 --> 00:01:29,630 Statement for your review to that very effect. 33 00:01:29,654 --> 00:01:32,222 Okay. 34 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:34,398 Yeah, yeah. Th-That's g-good. Get that out. 35 00:01:34,442 --> 00:01:35,965 Okay? 36 00:01:36,008 --> 00:01:37,160 MATT: Before you send it out... 37 00:01:37,184 --> 00:01:38,664 Hey, listen, this is a priority, okay? 38 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:39,664 Everything else 39 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:42,537 takes a back seat. ALL: Yes, ma'am. 40 00:01:45,975 --> 00:01:47,672 [overlapping protesting] 41 00:01:47,716 --> 00:01:50,371 WOMAN: American imperialism has to stop! 42 00:01:50,414 --> 00:01:53,200 We are the world's bully. Wait! 43 00:01:53,243 --> 00:01:55,680 Hey! Hey, you work with the White House, right? 44 00:01:55,724 --> 00:01:58,814 I'm just a guy trying to meet his step quota. 45 00:01:58,857 --> 00:02:01,643 Ladies and gentlemen, one of the architects 46 00:02:01,686 --> 00:02:02,837 of our immoral foreign policy. 47 00:02:02,861 --> 00:02:04,036 If you'll excuse me... 48 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,517 No, I will not excuse you. 49 00:02:06,561 --> 00:02:08,128 Neither will the children you bombed. 50 00:02:08,171 --> 00:02:09,801 Oh, my God, you have no idea what you're talking about. 51 00:02:09,825 --> 00:02:11,566 I have a right to my opinion. 52 00:02:11,609 --> 00:02:13,742 I'm not saying you don't, but while you're out here 53 00:02:13,785 --> 00:02:16,571 smearing us, I'm in there 16 hours a day 54 00:02:16,614 --> 00:02:19,226 actually trying to fix some of the things you're raving about. 55 00:02:19,269 --> 00:02:22,577 An American-made cluster bomb! 56 00:02:22,620 --> 00:02:25,145 RUSSELL: This is your issue du jour, right? 57 00:02:25,188 --> 00:02:26,668 Yesterday it was Social Security. 58 00:02:26,711 --> 00:02:29,671 Last week, what, the vaccine conspiracy. 59 00:02:29,714 --> 00:02:31,499 I'm holding government accountable. 60 00:02:31,542 --> 00:02:33,457 Who's holding you accountable? 61 00:02:33,501 --> 00:02:34,869 Well, certainly not a government lackey. 62 00:02:34,893 --> 00:02:36,895 Let me tell you a thing or two about this lackey. 63 00:02:36,939 --> 00:02:40,334 [door shuts]Syria is a dumpster fire, Mr. President. 64 00:02:40,377 --> 00:02:43,250 You got the oppressive Nussir regime 65 00:02:43,293 --> 00:02:46,427 locked in a brutal civil war with rebel forces. 66 00:02:46,470 --> 00:02:48,907 Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah 67 00:02:48,951 --> 00:02:50,909 supporting the government. The opposition forces 68 00:02:50,953 --> 00:02:53,999 are backed by a U.S.-led Western coalition. 69 00:02:54,043 --> 00:02:58,047 Meanwhile, Iran's smuggling arms to Israel's enemies 70 00:02:58,090 --> 00:03:00,354 through the country and Israel's bombing the convoys 71 00:03:00,397 --> 00:03:02,660 as fast as it can. 72 00:03:02,704 --> 00:03:04,662 Syria and Israel are still technically 73 00:03:04,706 --> 00:03:06,098 in a state of war. 74 00:03:06,142 --> 00:03:08,927 Russia is trying to expand its role in the region. 75 00:03:08,971 --> 00:03:11,060 You got Shiites and Sunnis 76 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:13,367 and a rising tide of Islamic terrorism. 77 00:03:13,410 --> 00:03:14,953 I'd need a weekend retreat to talk about 78 00:03:14,977 --> 00:03:16,128 the human rights violations and... 79 00:03:16,152 --> 00:03:17,849 ELIZABETH: Basically, 80 00:03:17,893 --> 00:03:20,374 U.S. and Russia are using client states 81 00:03:20,417 --> 00:03:23,246 to control an unstable region. 82 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:25,379 Danger is that the proxies drag us 83 00:03:25,422 --> 00:03:27,294 into a conflict with Russia. 84 00:03:27,337 --> 00:03:28,599 Concise. 85 00:03:28,643 --> 00:03:29,905 Here to help. 86 00:03:29,948 --> 00:03:31,274 BECKER: Russia's already using this incident 87 00:03:31,298 --> 00:03:32,690 as a pretext 88 00:03:32,734 --> 00:03:34,910 to expand military support to Syria. 89 00:03:34,953 --> 00:03:37,608 If Russia gets more involved with Syria... 90 00:03:37,652 --> 00:03:39,456 We have to back Israel, which increases the risk 91 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,133 of an American conflict with Russia. 92 00:03:41,177 --> 00:03:44,180 Which it's bedrock U.S. policy to avoid. 93 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:47,662 Dozens of dead children? There has to be accountability. 94 00:03:47,705 --> 00:03:49,707 Bess, what do we hear from the Israelis? 95 00:03:49,751 --> 00:03:51,840 I've summoned Ambassador Dworsky. I'll get his side. 96 00:03:51,883 --> 00:03:53,407 Well, get it fast. 97 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:55,428 Henry, you familiar with the Convention on Cluster Munitions 98 00:03:55,452 --> 00:03:57,889 banning the use of this type of weapon? 99 00:03:57,933 --> 00:04:01,328 Yes, sir. 120 signatories around the world, 100 00:04:01,371 --> 00:04:03,373 excluding the United States and Russia. 101 00:04:03,417 --> 00:04:05,854 Well, I'd like you to red team this, 102 00:04:05,897 --> 00:04:08,378 get with DNI. I want to know how this happened. 103 00:04:08,422 --> 00:04:10,051 Tragedy of this dimension means that we need 104 00:04:10,075 --> 00:04:12,077 to re-evaluate our stance here. 105 00:04:12,121 --> 00:04:13,296 BECKER: Mr. President, 106 00:04:13,340 --> 00:04:15,385 not to minimize the human toll here, 107 00:04:15,429 --> 00:04:17,953 but this question has been asked and answered. 108 00:04:17,996 --> 00:04:19,781 Resoundingly. U.S. policy is not to limit 109 00:04:19,824 --> 00:04:22,523 the weapons at our disposal. 110 00:04:22,566 --> 00:04:24,916 Folks, I value your input, 111 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,049 but let's save it for your roundtable. 112 00:04:27,092 --> 00:04:28,093 Thank you. Yes, sir. 113 00:04:28,137 --> 00:04:29,138 Yes, sir. 114 00:04:30,922 --> 00:04:34,796 I'll be rolling calls on this cluster bomb debacle, Adele, 115 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,407 so no interruptions. If it ain't DEFCON 1, 116 00:04:37,451 --> 00:04:39,191 not a peep. Yes, sir. 117 00:04:39,235 --> 00:04:40,889 That goes for all birds. 118 00:04:43,370 --> 00:04:44,849 I have to show him, don't I? 119 00:04:49,419 --> 00:04:52,901 [knocking on door]What did I just say? 120 00:04:52,944 --> 00:04:56,078 I know. I'm sorry. 121 00:04:56,121 --> 00:04:57,949 RUSSELL: Nothing but crackpot notions. 122 00:04:57,993 --> 00:04:59,168 WOMAN: Excuse me. 123 00:04:59,211 --> 00:05:01,039 No, I'm not calling you a crackpot. 124 00:05:01,083 --> 00:05:03,303 There's plenty of well-adjusted, sane individuals 125 00:05:03,346 --> 00:05:04,845 who set up tents around the White House. 126 00:05:04,869 --> 00:05:06,871 WOMAN: I have a right to be here. 127 00:05:06,915 --> 00:05:10,484 Yes, you do, where criticizing is easy. 128 00:05:10,527 --> 00:05:12,486 Governing is hard. 129 00:05:12,529 --> 00:05:15,663 Put that on your next sign and smoke it. 130 00:05:15,706 --> 00:05:19,406 That... 131 00:05:19,449 --> 00:05:21,843 that is taken completely out of context. 132 00:05:21,886 --> 00:05:23,323 She accosted me. 133 00:05:24,672 --> 00:05:25,934 Oh, my God, I look like 134 00:05:25,977 --> 00:05:27,762 I'm berating a homeless woman 135 00:05:27,805 --> 00:05:29,329 for having the nerve to talk to me. 136 00:05:29,372 --> 00:05:30,852 You know what? I will handle this. 137 00:05:30,895 --> 00:05:32,070 Please.[cell phone ringing] 138 00:05:32,114 --> 00:05:33,898 I don't have time for this nonsense. 139 00:05:33,942 --> 00:05:36,814 Carol. 140 00:05:36,858 --> 00:05:39,121 This is all over the Internet, isn't it? 141 00:05:39,164 --> 00:05:41,166 [cell phone continues ringing] 142 00:05:43,212 --> 00:05:45,910 Hi, sweetheart. What? 143 00:05:45,954 --> 00:05:48,696 No, I was drinking decaf. 144 00:05:48,739 --> 00:05:52,264 Yes. Of course I know that-that getting into shouting matches 145 00:05:52,308 --> 00:05:54,919 with strangers is bad for my blood pressure. 146 00:05:54,963 --> 00:05:58,096 I do not have an anger management problem! 147 00:05:58,140 --> 00:06:02,231 KAT: The United States would like to extend our condolences 148 00:06:02,274 --> 00:06:03,885 for this tragedy. 149 00:06:03,928 --> 00:06:07,932 [interpreter translating in Arabic] 150 00:06:07,976 --> 00:06:09,238 Thank you. 151 00:06:09,281 --> 00:06:11,414 Um, we would also like to connect the families 152 00:06:11,458 --> 00:06:13,329 who have lost children with NGOs 153 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:14,678 who can provide support. 154 00:06:14,722 --> 00:06:16,047 Yes. They can defray funeral costs. 155 00:06:16,071 --> 00:06:18,378 They can assist with asylum claims. 156 00:06:18,421 --> 00:06:20,858 [speaking Arabic] 157 00:06:20,902 --> 00:06:22,120 What about our children? 158 00:06:23,078 --> 00:06:25,428 We're expressing our deepest sympathies. 159 00:06:30,564 --> 00:06:32,000 Sympathies. 160 00:06:32,043 --> 00:06:35,046 For an American-made bomb that murdered our sons, 161 00:06:35,090 --> 00:06:37,788 that took the flowers from our garden, 162 00:06:37,832 --> 00:06:40,443 the light from our lives. 163 00:06:40,487 --> 00:06:44,447 We don't want NGOs. We want justice. 164 00:06:44,491 --> 00:06:48,059 We want our children back. Can you give us these things? 165 00:06:52,107 --> 00:06:54,109 [speaking Arabic] 166 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:00,681 Uh, ma'am, I have Alison for you. 167 00:07:00,724 --> 00:07:04,162 [sighs] Hey, kiddo, little busy here. 168 00:07:04,206 --> 00:07:06,904 Mom, the Internet is slow, like Stone Age slow. 169 00:07:06,948 --> 00:07:09,472 Well, call our provider. 170 00:07:09,516 --> 00:07:10,841 They keep you on the phone forever, 171 00:07:10,865 --> 00:07:12,465 and my paper on Givenchy is due tomorrow. 172 00:07:14,869 --> 00:07:16,000 Try the library. 173 00:07:16,044 --> 00:07:17,915 They have Internet and helpful, 174 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:19,937 smiling people who aren't trying to save the world order 175 00:07:19,961 --> 00:07:21,136 from crumbling. 176 00:07:21,179 --> 00:07:22,920 Bye, Ali. 177 00:07:22,964 --> 00:07:26,402 Jason, do you know how to fix the Internet? 178 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:29,840 Well, the open-source culture generally doesn't mesh well 179 00:07:29,884 --> 00:07:33,365 with WPA supplicant configuration files. 180 00:07:33,409 --> 00:07:35,411 So... 181 00:07:37,195 --> 00:07:39,173 I'm not accusing you of anything, Ambassador Dworsky. 182 00:07:39,197 --> 00:07:42,113 I'm asking for an explanation. 183 00:07:42,157 --> 00:07:43,506 And I'm giving you one. 184 00:07:43,550 --> 00:07:46,204 The IDF is not in the habit of bombing children. 185 00:07:46,248 --> 00:07:47,423 I never said habit. 186 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,078 I'm hoping it was an accident. 187 00:07:50,121 --> 00:07:52,167 The world will see it as a war crime. 188 00:07:52,210 --> 00:07:54,256 ELIZABETH: Precipitated by a weapon we only provide 189 00:07:54,299 --> 00:07:55,866 to Israel. 190 00:07:55,910 --> 00:07:58,149 Meaning the burden of proof is on your country to establish 191 00:07:58,173 --> 00:08:01,959 that it had no involvement in this bombing. 192 00:08:02,003 --> 00:08:03,439 And if we can't prove a negative? 193 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:05,267 First things first. 194 00:08:05,310 --> 00:08:07,269 Syria is now an Israeli no-fly zone. 195 00:08:07,312 --> 00:08:09,663 And all shipments 196 00:08:09,706 --> 00:08:13,057 of the CBU-87 will be suspended pending our investigation. 197 00:08:13,101 --> 00:08:15,320 So now the U.S. is doing Iran's bidding. 198 00:08:15,364 --> 00:08:18,802 Ambassador Dworsky... If America handcuffs us, 199 00:08:18,846 --> 00:08:22,458 Iran will have carte blanche to expand its military presence 200 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,591 in Syria and continue arming our enemies. 201 00:08:24,634 --> 00:08:26,941 United States won't let that happen, 202 00:08:26,984 --> 00:08:29,552 Mr. Ambassador. Let it happen? 203 00:08:29,596 --> 00:08:32,642 You're facilitating it by helping Iran scapegoat us. 204 00:08:32,686 --> 00:08:34,862 We're simply asking 205 00:08:34,905 --> 00:08:37,386 for you to put a moratorium on IDF sorties 206 00:08:37,429 --> 00:08:39,736 until we can get to the bottom of this. 207 00:08:39,780 --> 00:08:42,347 And will there be a moratorium on Iranian arms convoys? 208 00:08:42,391 --> 00:08:44,088 On the build-out of Iranian infrastructure 209 00:08:44,132 --> 00:08:46,830 just miles from Tel Aviv? 210 00:08:46,874 --> 00:08:48,528 If America's not willing 211 00:08:48,571 --> 00:08:52,096 to defend us, then we will defend ourselves. 212 00:08:52,140 --> 00:08:53,315 Good day, Madam Secretary. 213 00:08:58,015 --> 00:09:00,235 Cluster bombs have an important strategic role to play 214 00:09:00,278 --> 00:09:02,454 in U.S. military policy. By dispersing 215 00:09:02,498 --> 00:09:03,978 multiple packets at once, 216 00:09:04,021 --> 00:09:06,197 they allow us to neutralize vehicles 217 00:09:06,241 --> 00:09:09,070 and enemy personnel in a single blast. 218 00:09:09,113 --> 00:09:12,552 You know, and more to the point, Moscow uses them, so we have to. 219 00:09:12,595 --> 00:09:14,728 Yeah, tell that to the parents of the 29 children. 220 00:09:14,771 --> 00:09:16,860 It's about mutual deterrence, Henry. 221 00:09:16,904 --> 00:09:19,036 Gifting the Russians a strategic advantage 222 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,386 risks asymmetric warfare. We're talking about 223 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:23,432 an anti-personnel weapon whose sole purpose it is 224 00:09:23,475 --> 00:09:25,869 to maximize carnage and death. Okay, come on, 225 00:09:25,913 --> 00:09:28,089 Henry, every weapon in creation has that goal. 226 00:09:28,132 --> 00:09:30,265 It's not the tool, it's how it's used. Okay. 227 00:09:30,308 --> 00:09:33,224 So we should build in additional safeguards.Yes. 228 00:09:33,268 --> 00:09:35,618 Like imposing more stringent rules 229 00:09:35,662 --> 00:09:38,665 of engagement on Israel, which we can discuss. 230 00:09:38,708 --> 00:09:40,884 I'm aware of the strategic and military concerns, 231 00:09:40,928 --> 00:09:43,191 but there are serious ethical considerations 232 00:09:43,234 --> 00:09:44,560 that we've got to take into account. 233 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:47,543 98% of submunition casualties 234 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:49,501 around the globe are civilian. 235 00:09:49,545 --> 00:09:52,635 98%. All right. 236 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,115 All valid points. 237 00:09:54,158 --> 00:09:57,292 We need to find out what happened, 238 00:09:57,335 --> 00:09:58,946 move this conversation forward, 239 00:09:58,989 --> 00:10:01,949 and provide POTUS with a swift recommendation. 240 00:10:01,992 --> 00:10:03,361 HENRY: Russell, in terms of a timetable... 241 00:10:03,385 --> 00:10:05,343 I'm not rushing you, Henry. 242 00:10:05,387 --> 00:10:07,563 This should be done as quickly as possible, 243 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:10,697 but not quicker.[cell phones ringing, buzzing] 244 00:10:10,740 --> 00:10:15,136 WARE: This is SatNav footage taken nine hours ago 245 00:10:15,179 --> 00:10:19,357 of the Russian-operated Khmeimim Air Base in northwestern Syria. 246 00:10:19,401 --> 00:10:22,752 What you see here is a Syrian MiG-29 taxiing on the runway. 247 00:10:25,276 --> 00:10:27,017 It's hardly news that the Syrian Air Force 248 00:10:27,061 --> 00:10:29,063 uses Russian air bases. Uh, yes, sir. 249 00:10:29,106 --> 00:10:33,197 But the flight trajectory of this plane is telling. 250 00:10:33,241 --> 00:10:36,070 What you see now is a payload being dropped 251 00:10:36,113 --> 00:10:40,161 at a ceiling of 15,000 feet. Namely, a CBU-87. 252 00:10:40,204 --> 00:10:43,164 Its laser-guided target 253 00:10:43,207 --> 00:10:46,167 is an abandoned lot. 254 00:10:46,210 --> 00:10:48,386 This video is time-stamped 11 seconds 255 00:10:48,430 --> 00:10:53,087 before that cluster bomb detonated on those kids. 256 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:58,266 I'll spare you the visual of the impact. 257 00:10:58,309 --> 00:10:59,983 So the cluster bomb was dropped from a Syrian plane 258 00:11:00,007 --> 00:11:01,486 that took off from a Russian base. 259 00:11:01,530 --> 00:11:05,360 Meaning that Israel was right about being framed. 260 00:11:05,403 --> 00:11:07,014 They just had the wrong culprit. 261 00:11:07,057 --> 00:11:08,145 It wasn't Iran. 262 00:11:08,189 --> 00:11:09,625 It was Russia and Syria. 263 00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:10,950 Ephraim, I'd like to know how the hell 264 00:11:10,974 --> 00:11:12,386 Syria got ahold of one of our cluster bombs. 265 00:11:12,410 --> 00:11:13,910 We're still working that out, sir. Mr. President, 266 00:11:13,934 --> 00:11:16,719 we have a more pressing problem now. 267 00:11:16,763 --> 00:11:19,156 Russia. It's one thing to coordinate with a proxy. 268 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,786 BECKER: It's another to collaborate with them 269 00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:22,812 to frame our chief U.S. ally in the region. 270 00:11:22,856 --> 00:11:24,640 HILL: And if Russia uses this incident 271 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:26,357 to get more closely involved in the region, 272 00:11:26,381 --> 00:11:27,817 it could tip the balance of power. 273 00:11:27,861 --> 00:11:30,559 I'm not gonna tolerate any more Russian expansionism. 274 00:11:30,602 --> 00:11:33,257 It's time we had a tough discussion with Syria. 275 00:11:33,301 --> 00:11:36,870 A country with whom we have no diplomatic relations. 276 00:11:36,913 --> 00:11:38,610 No, but I can back channel. 277 00:11:38,654 --> 00:11:40,351 DALTON: Now, Bess. Yep. 278 00:11:40,395 --> 00:11:42,199 Because if Russia's making a power play, we have to respond. 279 00:11:42,223 --> 00:11:44,442 With force. ELIZABETH: Yes, sir. 280 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,710 ♪ 281 00:12:00,328 --> 00:12:03,940 I trust, as President Nussir's first cousin 282 00:12:03,984 --> 00:12:06,247 and a private citizen, 283 00:12:06,290 --> 00:12:10,294 you can pass on the administration's message. 284 00:12:10,338 --> 00:12:12,340 Which is? 285 00:12:12,383 --> 00:12:15,299 [siren wailing nearby] 286 00:12:15,343 --> 00:12:17,258 This is footage of a Syrian jet 287 00:12:17,301 --> 00:12:19,347 dropping the cluster bomb. 288 00:12:19,390 --> 00:12:22,002 No. This is footage of a Syrian jet 289 00:12:22,045 --> 00:12:23,612 flying into dense cloud coverage. 290 00:12:23,655 --> 00:12:25,875 Inconclusive at best. 291 00:12:25,919 --> 00:12:27,984 I don't think that's how you want to play this. Play what? 292 00:12:28,008 --> 00:12:30,662 Israeli fighter jets were in the vector at the same time. 293 00:12:30,706 --> 00:12:32,490 Yet you prefer to slander our government 294 00:12:32,534 --> 00:12:34,188 by suggesting we would deliberately 295 00:12:34,231 --> 00:12:35,493 slaughter our own children? 296 00:12:35,537 --> 00:12:39,062 Rebel children... living in Aleppo, 297 00:12:39,106 --> 00:12:41,935 a city under insurgent control. 298 00:12:41,978 --> 00:12:44,372 The CBU-87 is American-made. 299 00:12:44,415 --> 00:12:47,375 And you give it only to our sworn enemy, Israel. 300 00:12:47,418 --> 00:12:49,072 Whom you'd be all too happy 301 00:12:49,116 --> 00:12:50,204 to scapegoat. 302 00:12:50,247 --> 00:12:51,553 President Dalton is demanding 303 00:12:51,596 --> 00:12:53,729 Syria take public responsibility for this bombing. 304 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,687 And if we don't? 305 00:12:55,731 --> 00:12:59,866 Once we have conclusive proof Damascus is behind this, 306 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:01,302 we will seek additional sanctions 307 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:02,477 against your government, 308 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,959 which is already on the brink of collapse. 309 00:13:06,002 --> 00:13:07,395 This is an outrage. 310 00:13:07,438 --> 00:13:09,223 The outrage is 29 dead children. 311 00:13:09,266 --> 00:13:11,703 We still have our friends, Madam Secretary, 312 00:13:11,747 --> 00:13:13,749 even if your country isn't among them. 313 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:16,926 But I'll relay your message to President Nussir. 314 00:13:16,970 --> 00:13:18,362 And he has one for you. 315 00:13:18,406 --> 00:13:20,887 When we prove Israel and the United States 316 00:13:20,930 --> 00:13:22,366 were behind this, 317 00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:25,239 Syria won't be the one facing sanctions. 318 00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:28,261 LELAND: Dynametrics Munitions 319 00:13:28,285 --> 00:13:30,331 has never missed a delivery date, 320 00:13:30,374 --> 00:13:31,462 had a cost overrun, 321 00:13:31,506 --> 00:13:35,162 or been accused of misconduct. 322 00:13:35,205 --> 00:13:37,270 And let me assure all of you that the chain of custody 323 00:13:37,294 --> 00:13:39,949 of every piece of ordinance that we manufacture, 324 00:13:39,993 --> 00:13:43,257 including the CBU-87s, can be accounted for. 325 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,390 We operate in strict accordance with DOD regulations. 326 00:13:46,434 --> 00:13:50,307 One of these weapons fell into Russian or Syrian hands. 327 00:13:50,351 --> 00:13:53,963 It had to have happened after delivery to the Israelis. 328 00:13:54,007 --> 00:13:56,661 Leland, we appreciate the due diligence, 329 00:13:56,705 --> 00:13:59,273 but can you talk to us about collateral damage estimates? 330 00:13:59,316 --> 00:14:01,144 [door opens] 331 00:14:01,188 --> 00:14:02,406 HENRY: Mr. President. 332 00:14:02,450 --> 00:14:03,668 Sorry to interrupt, Henry. 333 00:14:03,712 --> 00:14:05,385 Just want to say hi to an old golfing buddy. 334 00:14:05,409 --> 00:14:07,672 How are you, Leland? Good to see you, Conrad. 335 00:14:07,716 --> 00:14:11,198 When, uh, Dr. McCord here is done examining you, 336 00:14:11,241 --> 00:14:12,329 come by for a Scotch. 337 00:14:12,373 --> 00:14:14,723 As you were, everyone. 338 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:19,902 ELIZABETH: How come you're staring 339 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:23,123 at everything tonight like it's cauliflower? 340 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:26,213 Oh... no appetite. This cluster bomb thing. 341 00:14:26,256 --> 00:14:29,129 Feel like you're being played? Like a banjo. 342 00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:31,914 Turns out the CEO of the contractor 343 00:14:31,958 --> 00:14:35,135 who manufactures this bomb is one of the president's BFFs. 344 00:14:35,178 --> 00:14:37,572 Where are you on the bomb's provenance? 345 00:14:37,615 --> 00:14:38,878 Well, forensics are ongoing. 346 00:14:38,921 --> 00:14:41,271 Ephraim's team is trying 347 00:14:41,315 --> 00:14:43,360 to determine what batch the cluster bomb was from. 348 00:14:43,404 --> 00:14:44,492 That way they can lock down 349 00:14:44,535 --> 00:14:46,102 the munitions delivery date to Israel. 350 00:14:46,146 --> 00:14:48,539 Hopefully shed some light on how Syria 351 00:14:48,583 --> 00:14:50,585 got its hands on the bomb. 352 00:14:50,628 --> 00:14:52,979 Yeah, it's gonna be weeks before they button that up. 353 00:14:53,022 --> 00:14:56,721 Lean on Ephraim to share his preliminary results with you. 354 00:14:56,765 --> 00:14:59,376 Why would he do that? Professional courtesy. 355 00:14:59,420 --> 00:15:01,117 One intel pro to another. 356 00:15:01,161 --> 00:15:03,467 Mm, yeah, I guess. 357 00:15:03,511 --> 00:15:05,295 How are you doing? 358 00:15:05,339 --> 00:15:07,384 Flailing. 359 00:15:07,428 --> 00:15:09,604 Israel and Syria are stirring the pot. 360 00:15:09,647 --> 00:15:11,712 The proxies are out of control. What about the principals? 361 00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:15,349 Avdonin told me to kiss off. 362 00:15:15,392 --> 00:15:19,483 Unlike you, I eat my feelings. 363 00:15:23,444 --> 00:15:24,401 Oh, Ali was right. 364 00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:27,491 Our Internet is junky. 365 00:15:27,535 --> 00:15:31,104 Hey, did you call the ISP guy? 366 00:15:31,147 --> 00:15:33,280 Oh, yeah, they said that there's nothing they can do. 367 00:15:33,323 --> 00:15:35,456 They ran a diagnostic, and apparently our bandwidth 368 00:15:35,499 --> 00:15:36,631 is overloaded. 369 00:15:36,674 --> 00:15:38,328 Seems like a lot of new devices 370 00:15:38,372 --> 00:15:40,200 have recently been added. 371 00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:41,984 You know, when I took out the garbage, 372 00:15:42,028 --> 00:15:44,900 I saw a bunch of empty boxes with computer stuff, 373 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,293 like graphics cards, 374 00:15:46,336 --> 00:15:48,382 external hard drives, CPUs. 375 00:15:48,425 --> 00:15:50,645 I thought, I don't know, maybe it was you or... 376 00:15:50,688 --> 00:15:54,954 Me? I don't even know what that stuff is. 377 00:15:54,997 --> 00:15:56,868 BOTH: Jason! 378 00:15:56,912 --> 00:16:00,524 SpectroCoin. 379 00:16:01,786 --> 00:16:04,572 Heard of it? Nope. 380 00:16:04,615 --> 00:16:06,356 It's a cryptocurrency, and I'm mining it, 381 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,229 so I networked the house's iPads and laptops and desktops. 382 00:16:09,272 --> 00:16:11,796 Meaning our computers are slow. 383 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,060 Because you turned them into your drone army. 384 00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:15,235 I lost my financial aid. 385 00:16:15,278 --> 00:16:16,342 You guys told me to be entrepreneurial. 386 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:18,194 We didn't tell you to play the lottery. 387 00:16:18,238 --> 00:16:20,544 I'm not. Look, 388 00:16:20,588 --> 00:16:23,983 when global instability leads to currency fluctuation, 389 00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:26,855 people turn to decentralized cryptocurrencies. 390 00:16:26,898 --> 00:16:29,510 So, with the whole mess going on in Syria... 391 00:16:29,553 --> 00:16:30,902 Oh. 392 00:16:30,946 --> 00:16:33,644 So you're betting against 393 00:16:33,688 --> 00:16:35,559 me being good at my job. 394 00:16:35,603 --> 00:16:38,562 No, no, it-it's arbitrage. 395 00:16:39,955 --> 00:16:42,653 Look, I made three grand this month. You did? 396 00:16:42,697 --> 00:16:44,264 HENRY: Less the money that you blew 397 00:16:44,307 --> 00:16:46,788 on all that computer stuff. ELIZABETH: Right. 398 00:16:46,831 --> 00:16:48,616 Invest in infrastructure. 399 00:16:48,659 --> 00:16:50,313 That's the first rule 400 00:16:50,357 --> 00:16:52,272 of financial success. 401 00:16:52,315 --> 00:16:54,578 Will you guys please let me do this? 402 00:16:57,059 --> 00:16:58,495 Please? 403 00:16:58,539 --> 00:17:02,586 You release all of our devices from cyber bondage. 404 00:17:02,630 --> 00:17:04,651 And limit your hijacking of the Internet to when we're 405 00:17:04,675 --> 00:17:07,069 asleep or at work. Understood? 406 00:17:07,113 --> 00:17:08,592 Yes. 407 00:17:08,636 --> 00:17:14,076 But I will need to buy some new equipment 408 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:15,208 to optimize functionality. 409 00:17:15,251 --> 00:17:16,446 [laughs]The things is, I'm a little... 410 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:17,664 I'm a little strapped for cash.[chuckles] 411 00:17:17,688 --> 00:17:20,082 Second rule of financial success: 412 00:17:20,126 --> 00:17:22,606 never ask your parents for money. 413 00:17:22,650 --> 00:17:24,608 [chuckling] 414 00:17:24,652 --> 00:17:26,958 TV REPORTER: Her name is Maggie... 415 00:17:27,002 --> 00:17:28,525 Stevie! 416 00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:29,894 Those tireless criticisms seem to have finally hit home. 417 00:17:29,918 --> 00:17:31,702 Fresh off an awkward confrontation 418 00:17:31,746 --> 00:17:33,071 with the president's chief of staff. 419 00:17:33,095 --> 00:17:36,794 Stevie! I thought you were gonna put a lid on this. 420 00:17:36,838 --> 00:17:38,709 I'm trying. I went to see her. 421 00:17:38,753 --> 00:17:40,668 I-I offered her space in a shelter. 422 00:17:40,711 --> 00:17:42,733 I told her I'd get her a meeting with Social Services. 423 00:17:42,757 --> 00:17:43,975 I brought her coffee. 424 00:17:44,019 --> 00:17:45,412 What did she say? "No." 425 00:17:45,455 --> 00:17:46,761 "Stuff it." 426 00:17:46,804 --> 00:17:48,719 And she only drinks oat milk lattes, extra hot. 427 00:17:48,763 --> 00:17:51,461 She was yelling into the abyss. Now she's got a megaphone? 428 00:17:51,505 --> 00:17:54,595 You had one task: keep the crazy lady at bay. 429 00:17:54,638 --> 00:17:56,442 I know, I know. I think I may have found something. 430 00:17:56,466 --> 00:17:58,642 Years ago, Maggie was an up-and-coming scholar 431 00:17:58,686 --> 00:18:00,470 doing a dissertation with government funding, 432 00:18:00,514 --> 00:18:03,169 which she lost because of allegations of plagiarism. 433 00:18:03,212 --> 00:18:05,301 Um, she was eventually cleared, but by that time 434 00:18:05,345 --> 00:18:06,868 she'd been drummed out of academia. 435 00:18:06,911 --> 00:18:08,541 And that began her descent. Why is this interesting to me? 436 00:18:08,565 --> 00:18:09,784 Because I have an idea. 437 00:18:09,827 --> 00:18:11,370 Something that may help defuse the situation. 438 00:18:11,394 --> 00:18:13,135 Now, please. I don't want 439 00:18:13,179 --> 00:18:15,616 to hear about this again. Okay. 440 00:18:15,659 --> 00:18:17,183 Hi.Dr. McCord to see you. 441 00:18:17,226 --> 00:18:20,011 Home and abroad, the world's coming apart, Henry. 442 00:18:20,055 --> 00:18:22,231 Seems like it's down to the McCords to save it. 443 00:18:22,275 --> 00:18:24,320 Well, I don't think this McCord is 444 00:18:24,364 --> 00:18:26,105 coming to the rescue quite yet. 445 00:18:26,148 --> 00:18:29,760 Per Ephraim, preliminary analysis of the bomb fragments 446 00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:34,635 confirms the alloy was Russian in origin. 447 00:18:34,678 --> 00:18:37,942 Are you saying the cluster bomb was a Russian knockoff? Yep. 448 00:18:37,986 --> 00:18:41,424 So, if this was all just Russia and Syria 449 00:18:41,468 --> 00:18:45,689 trying to set us up, we're off the hook. 450 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:47,169 Uh, slow down, Russell. 451 00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:50,390 The metallurgical analysis doesn't exonerate us. 452 00:18:50,433 --> 00:18:52,218 It points to a bigger problem. 453 00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:55,003 For Russia to have replicated the CBU-87, 454 00:18:55,046 --> 00:18:58,789 they would've needed the weapon schematics. 455 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:01,749 Someone at Dynametrics Munitions could be dirty. 456 00:19:01,792 --> 00:19:06,057 Which means America could still have blood on its hands.[sighs] 457 00:19:06,101 --> 00:19:08,234 All right, stay on it. 458 00:19:08,277 --> 00:19:10,584 I want to know the extent of Dynametrics' culpability. 459 00:19:10,627 --> 00:19:12,629 Will do. 460 00:19:15,415 --> 00:19:17,417 20 minutes ago, a Russian troop transport 461 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:20,811 was shot down over Aleppo; 43 soldiers dead. 462 00:19:20,855 --> 00:19:22,161 Have we heard from the Israelis? 463 00:19:22,204 --> 00:19:24,206 The Israelis didn't destroy the plane, sir. 464 00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:26,643 Syria did. 465 00:19:26,687 --> 00:19:28,602 Friendly fire? 466 00:19:28,645 --> 00:19:30,865 It would appear so.[sighs] 467 00:19:30,908 --> 00:19:32,693 Well, I don't care if it was an act of God. 468 00:19:32,736 --> 00:19:36,000 Russian soldiers dead, Moscow will respond. 469 00:19:36,044 --> 00:19:38,873 Meaning the situation is deteriorating fast. 470 00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:40,918 If proxies are blowing their principals' planes 471 00:19:40,962 --> 00:19:44,226 out of the sky, the situation's untenable for everyone. 472 00:19:44,270 --> 00:19:45,967 Which could give us an opening. 473 00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:49,666 Get with Avdonin, Bess, before that opening closes. Yes, sir. 474 00:19:54,802 --> 00:19:57,892 Thank you for meeting with me, Mr. Foreign Minister. 475 00:19:57,935 --> 00:20:01,548 I was stateside to tour consulates when you reached out. 476 00:20:01,591 --> 00:20:03,419 I thought a sit-down would be fruitful. 477 00:20:03,463 --> 00:20:04,986 I thought so, too. 478 00:20:05,029 --> 00:20:08,468 This friendly fire incident underscores the peril 479 00:20:08,511 --> 00:20:10,383 we now find ourselves in, 480 00:20:10,426 --> 00:20:14,387 and how easily the chaos could draw our two countries 481 00:20:14,430 --> 00:20:17,259 into direct conflict. I agree. 482 00:20:17,303 --> 00:20:21,350 Especially since it wasn't friendly fire. 483 00:20:21,394 --> 00:20:25,398 Intel on the flight path of an Israeli F-16 jet, 484 00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:30,968 which establishes it deliberately flew behind 485 00:20:31,012 --> 00:20:34,233 our transport plane the moment a Syrian battery 486 00:20:34,276 --> 00:20:36,757 locked onto the Israeli intruder. 487 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,193 Israel murdered our soldiers. 488 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:40,674 DWORSKY: We followed the protocols. 489 00:20:40,717 --> 00:20:42,806 Moscow was given a 60-second warning 490 00:20:42,850 --> 00:20:45,592 before we entered Syrian air space. 491 00:20:45,635 --> 00:20:47,550 Was apprised of our flight pattern, 492 00:20:47,594 --> 00:20:49,987 our mission objective. Oh, I think we both know 493 00:20:50,031 --> 00:20:53,426 what Israel's true intentions were, Mr. Ambassador. 494 00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,079 Given the lengths Russia and Syria went 495 00:20:55,123 --> 00:20:58,300 to frame Israel for that cluster bomb, 496 00:20:58,344 --> 00:21:00,694 it seems like poetic justice 497 00:21:00,737 --> 00:21:04,741 to see Moscow's client state shoot down a Russian plane. 498 00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:08,005 KONSTANTIN: This treachery was precipitated 499 00:21:08,049 --> 00:21:10,269 at the direction of the United States. 500 00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:11,531 That's a fabrication. 501 00:21:11,574 --> 00:21:13,446 And you want to talk about treachery? 502 00:21:13,489 --> 00:21:16,231 How about Russia forging a U.S. bomb, 503 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:18,755 and giving it to Syria to murder children? 504 00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:19,930 And doing it all 505 00:21:19,974 --> 00:21:21,323 to frame the U.S.? 506 00:21:21,367 --> 00:21:23,499 Even if that fantasy were true, 507 00:21:23,543 --> 00:21:27,503 it hardly justifies a conspiracy to kill Russian soldiers. 508 00:21:27,547 --> 00:21:28,867 ELIZABETH: We need to de-escalate. 509 00:21:28,896 --> 00:21:30,506 Israel has to issue a statement 510 00:21:30,550 --> 00:21:32,421 acknowledging its role in this crisis. 511 00:21:32,465 --> 00:21:33,857 DWORSKY: What role? 512 00:21:33,901 --> 00:21:35,424 The role of defending our tiny country 513 00:21:35,468 --> 00:21:38,384 against a swarm of enemies backed by Moscow? 514 00:21:38,427 --> 00:21:40,777 KONSTANTIN: In light of this aggression, 515 00:21:40,821 --> 00:21:42,518 Russia will be supplying Syria 516 00:21:42,562 --> 00:21:44,259 with an upgraded air defense system. 517 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:46,696 DWORSKY: If Russia is augmenting. 518 00:21:46,740 --> 00:21:50,874 Syria's military capabilities, we demand the latest 519 00:21:50,918 --> 00:21:52,398 in U.S. technology... 520 00:21:52,441 --> 00:21:55,662 So you want us to put you on a war footing with Syria. 521 00:21:55,705 --> 00:21:57,446 We won't sanction an arms race. 522 00:21:57,490 --> 00:21:58,882 The U.S. has always 523 00:21:58,926 --> 00:22:02,059 used Israel as a pawn for America's agenda. 524 00:22:02,103 --> 00:22:04,148 You give us weapons, 525 00:22:04,192 --> 00:22:07,195 then handcuff us when we try to use them. 526 00:22:07,238 --> 00:22:09,763 Give us money, but tell us how to spend it. 527 00:22:09,806 --> 00:22:13,027 Thank you very much, but we are the ones at risk. 528 00:22:13,070 --> 00:22:15,899 And we know how to protect ourselves. 529 00:22:15,943 --> 00:22:17,510 KONSTANTIN: Russia will not tolerate 530 00:22:17,553 --> 00:22:20,339 the murder of its citizens. 531 00:22:20,382 --> 00:22:23,342 An immediate response will be forthcoming. 532 00:22:29,304 --> 00:22:30,653 RUSSELL: So we're sure 533 00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:34,440 Russia wasn't given the schematics for the CBU-87? 534 00:22:34,483 --> 00:22:37,007 Yes. According to our investigation, 535 00:22:37,051 --> 00:22:39,053 there was no malfeasance, just negligence. 536 00:22:39,096 --> 00:22:41,011 More like gross negligence, 537 00:22:41,055 --> 00:22:42,491 behind DOD's back. 538 00:22:42,535 --> 00:22:45,146 Dynametrics gutted their cyber security budget 539 00:22:45,189 --> 00:22:47,540 so they could undercut competitors on government bids. 540 00:22:47,583 --> 00:22:50,978 In the process, creating vulnerabilities Russia exploited 541 00:22:51,021 --> 00:22:53,633 by hacking the company's database. 542 00:22:53,676 --> 00:22:55,635 Thanks, Ephraim. 543 00:22:58,855 --> 00:23:01,641 Well, thank God we're not looking at treason here. 544 00:23:01,684 --> 00:23:04,861 Well, cutting corners is no cause for celebration. 545 00:23:04,905 --> 00:23:06,689 Dynametrics's digital infrastructure 546 00:23:06,733 --> 00:23:09,518 is woefully underfunded and just this side of legal. 547 00:23:09,562 --> 00:23:13,653 Agreed, but as long as they played by the rules... 548 00:23:13,696 --> 00:23:16,830 You can technically play by the rules and still be at fault. 549 00:23:16,873 --> 00:23:18,266 That's what ethics are all about. 550 00:23:18,309 --> 00:23:20,834 Well, you can put it all in your report. 551 00:23:20,877 --> 00:23:24,490 Speaking of which, how's it coming? 552 00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:26,709 It-it's evolving. 553 00:23:26,753 --> 00:23:28,842 Evolving. 554 00:23:28,885 --> 00:23:32,846 Right. You know, 555 00:23:32,889 --> 00:23:35,979 there's a lot at stake here. 556 00:23:36,023 --> 00:23:40,897 After having refused to sign on to the cluster bomb ban, 557 00:23:40,941 --> 00:23:43,552 an about-face in the wake of a single tragedy 558 00:23:43,596 --> 00:23:46,468 could be seen as an admission of wrongdoing. 559 00:23:48,252 --> 00:23:51,212 Or as an assumption of moral responsibility. 560 00:23:51,255 --> 00:23:52,431 Moral responsibility 561 00:23:52,474 --> 00:23:54,694 has its costs. 562 00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:56,783 One of which will be to tar the president. 563 00:23:58,611 --> 00:24:02,005 And the Secretary of State. 564 00:24:06,053 --> 00:24:08,055 BLAKE: New proposals to help the relatives 565 00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:10,187 of the dead children. I tried to get creative. 566 00:24:10,231 --> 00:24:13,669 Uh-huh, by reallocating some of our UNHCR funds 567 00:24:13,713 --> 00:24:16,280 for housing allowances to the affected families. 568 00:24:16,324 --> 00:24:18,979 Exactly. Except this isn't a refugee crisis. 569 00:24:19,022 --> 00:24:21,721 Homes weren't destroyed; Foreign Affairs won't sign off. 570 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,768 Okay. 571 00:24:25,812 --> 00:24:28,815 What about relocating the bereaved out of the war zone? 572 00:24:28,858 --> 00:24:31,339 How do we justify preferential treatment 573 00:24:31,382 --> 00:24:32,925 when thousands of civilians have already perished? 574 00:24:32,949 --> 00:24:35,256 It's not preferential treatment. It's a mission of mercy. 575 00:24:35,299 --> 00:24:37,737 Driven by American guilt over the use of a cluster bomb 576 00:24:37,780 --> 00:24:39,739 we didn't even manufacture, meaning it's back 577 00:24:39,782 --> 00:24:41,662 to the drawing board. Back to the drawing board. 578 00:24:43,699 --> 00:24:46,485 This is your carrel. 579 00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:49,792 It's got a nameplate. It says "Maggie Brixton." 580 00:24:51,751 --> 00:24:53,361 You got me a desk? 581 00:24:53,404 --> 00:24:57,408 Yes. And the administration has received assurances that you can 582 00:24:57,452 --> 00:25:00,629 do as much reading and writing here as you want, undisturbed. 583 00:25:00,673 --> 00:25:05,591 And you think this trivial gesture will buy my silence? 584 00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:07,114 There's... 585 00:25:07,157 --> 00:25:09,029 there's no quid pro quo here. 586 00:25:09,072 --> 00:25:10,857 You bet there's not. 587 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:13,120 Because I am only getting started. 588 00:25:13,163 --> 00:25:16,645 The Dalton administration will not silence me. 589 00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:18,429 Yeah, one sign a day, 590 00:25:18,473 --> 00:25:20,823 that's too much for you? How about ten? Uh, Stevie... 591 00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,434 You will be held to account 592 00:25:23,478 --> 00:25:25,045 for every transgression. 593 00:25:25,088 --> 00:25:27,023 Every moral failing, every act of greed, because this... 594 00:25:27,047 --> 00:25:29,702 Stevie, now. Just wait. Wait. 595 00:25:29,745 --> 00:25:31,921 T-this... 596 00:25:31,965 --> 00:25:36,578 this is, t-the type of control mechanism 597 00:25:36,622 --> 00:25:38,798 that every government, 598 00:25:38,841 --> 00:25:40,843 every despot... 599 00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:53,595 Okay. We can go now. 600 00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:59,514 ELIZABETH: You okay? 601 00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:02,517 Yeah, I'm just t-trying to wrap my head around normalizing 602 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:05,781 an acceptable level of dead children. 603 00:26:05,825 --> 00:26:10,046 Well, you're no stranger to collateral damage. 604 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:12,701 You were a fighter pilot. 605 00:26:12,745 --> 00:26:15,225 Yes, and I knew that innocents 606 00:26:15,269 --> 00:26:17,619 would inevitably be caught in the crossfire... 607 00:26:17,663 --> 00:26:19,969 That's something I'm still trying to reconcile... 608 00:26:20,013 --> 00:26:22,581 But it's one thing to follow orders, 609 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:24,844 it's another to sanction weapons that you know 610 00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:26,846 will result in the death of civilians. 611 00:26:26,889 --> 00:26:30,458 Cluster bombs indiscriminately kill people. 612 00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:32,547 That's kind of what they're all about. 613 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,114 Which is why we need diplomacy. 614 00:26:34,157 --> 00:26:37,770 Yeah, well, diplomacy's not working right now. 615 00:26:37,813 --> 00:26:41,556 Syria's about to open up a front against Israel 616 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,343 and Iran is stepping up arms shipments to Hezbollah 617 00:26:46,387 --> 00:26:47,780 and it's just...[stammers] 618 00:26:47,823 --> 00:26:49,608 Sorry. W-Where are you with Russia? 619 00:26:49,651 --> 00:26:52,132 A whole bunch of nyet. 620 00:26:52,175 --> 00:26:54,134 [sighs] 621 00:26:54,177 --> 00:26:56,310 I'm meeting with the president, joint chiefs 622 00:26:56,353 --> 00:26:59,618 first thing in the morning, but... 623 00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:02,838 You have got to be kidding me. 624 00:27:02,882 --> 00:27:03,970 What? Our electric bill. 625 00:27:04,013 --> 00:27:07,190 It's, like, 800 last month to 2,000? 626 00:27:07,234 --> 00:27:08,627 Jason? Jason? 627 00:27:10,933 --> 00:27:12,848 Come here. 628 00:27:14,241 --> 00:27:16,417 Hi. 629 00:27:16,460 --> 00:27:18,811 See, this is why we should all be using solar power. 630 00:27:18,854 --> 00:27:21,770 Oh, yes, well, until that time, your little 631 00:27:21,814 --> 00:27:25,644 cryptocurrency escapade is gonna drive us into bankruptcy. 632 00:27:25,687 --> 00:27:28,647 Meaning that you're gonna pay us the difference between this 633 00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:30,823 and last month's bill. 634 00:27:30,866 --> 00:27:32,215 1,200 bucks. JASON: Fine. 635 00:27:32,259 --> 00:27:34,348 I will wire you the equivalent in SpectroCoin. 636 00:27:34,391 --> 00:27:35,566 No, no. Uhp. No, no. 637 00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:36,785 Cash on the barrel. 638 00:27:36,829 --> 00:27:40,397 How about you cover the power bill, 639 00:27:40,441 --> 00:27:43,226 and I will cut you in on my profits? 640 00:27:43,270 --> 00:27:44,314 And you can think of that 641 00:27:44,358 --> 00:27:46,055 as an investment. 642 00:27:46,099 --> 00:27:48,536 We've already invested in you for 17 years, sport. 643 00:27:48,579 --> 00:27:50,538 And it's about to pay off. SpectroCoin is up 300% 644 00:27:50,581 --> 00:27:52,322 this week alone. Oh, that's great. 645 00:27:52,366 --> 00:27:55,891 Then you can sell some of your booty and fork over the dough. 646 00:27:57,980 --> 00:27:59,373 [sighs] 647 00:27:59,416 --> 00:28:01,090 This is not how the Zuckerbergs supported their kid. 648 00:28:01,114 --> 00:28:02,463 [phone ringing] 649 00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:04,595 Ay... 650 00:28:06,772 --> 00:28:07,729 Russell, hi. 651 00:28:07,773 --> 00:28:08,730 RUSSELL: Russia is sending 652 00:28:08,774 --> 00:28:10,558 their Northern Fleet to Latakia, 653 00:28:10,601 --> 00:28:11,951 Syria's most important harbor. 654 00:28:11,994 --> 00:28:13,474 What? 655 00:28:13,517 --> 00:28:14,867 It's one big setup. 656 00:28:14,910 --> 00:28:16,869 The cluster bomb, Moscow's response 657 00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:18,237 to Syria's destruction of their plane... 658 00:28:18,261 --> 00:28:19,828 It's all to create leverage. 659 00:28:19,872 --> 00:28:21,438 They want a Mediterranean port. 660 00:28:21,482 --> 00:28:22,831 Yeah, and the president's not 661 00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:25,138 gonna allow that, no matter what. 662 00:28:25,181 --> 00:28:26,661 I'm on my way. 663 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:27,880 How bad? 664 00:28:27,923 --> 00:28:31,100 Don't wait on me for breakfast. 665 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,370 It's an armada. Yes, sir. 666 00:28:40,414 --> 00:28:42,633 And once their Northern Fleet is in position, 667 00:28:42,677 --> 00:28:44,984 we won't be able to dislodge it without a war. 668 00:28:45,027 --> 00:28:47,726 Bess, what do we hear from your counterpart? 669 00:28:47,769 --> 00:28:49,728 Avdonin insists 670 00:28:49,771 --> 00:28:51,686 that an increased naval presence is necessary 671 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,602 to counter American and Israeli aggressions. 672 00:28:54,645 --> 00:28:56,822 ELLEN: It's a pretext. 673 00:28:56,865 --> 00:28:58,649 Russia has a small naval facility in Tartus 674 00:28:58,693 --> 00:29:01,435 that whet their appetite for regional domination. 675 00:29:01,478 --> 00:29:03,065 And this fleet will give it to them. Yes, sir. 676 00:29:03,089 --> 00:29:06,135 And if we don't push Russia back now, they will have a port 677 00:29:06,179 --> 00:29:10,270 that puts them a stone's throw from vital NATO bases in Turkey. 678 00:29:10,313 --> 00:29:12,272 BECKER: I recommend that we send 679 00:29:12,315 --> 00:29:14,404 a fleet to intercept Russia's advance. 680 00:29:14,448 --> 00:29:18,974 Which will put us on the verge of direct military conflict. 681 00:29:19,018 --> 00:29:21,411 Only if Russia doesn't blink. We have to hope they do. 682 00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:25,764 Gordon's right. We have very little choice here. 683 00:29:27,809 --> 00:29:30,029 How far out is the Northern Fleet? 684 00:29:30,072 --> 00:29:32,640 About 26 hours. Our Eighth Fleet needs 685 00:29:32,683 --> 00:29:34,816 about eight hours' advance notice to intercept them. 686 00:29:34,860 --> 00:29:38,733 We've got 18 hours to get Russia to stand down. 687 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:40,909 HENRY: Have you informed the president 688 00:29:40,953 --> 00:29:43,564 about Dynametrics's negligence in this? 689 00:29:43,607 --> 00:29:46,915 Uh, not yet. But you should include it in your report. 690 00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:49,309 A report that you're going to deliver to the president, 691 00:29:49,352 --> 00:29:51,833 who needs to know his friend was at fault. 692 00:29:51,877 --> 00:29:53,966 He will be so apprised. 693 00:29:54,009 --> 00:29:58,057 Correct, because I'm gonna tell him myself. 694 00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:03,192 Respectfully, Henry, that's not SOP. 695 00:30:03,236 --> 00:30:05,542 Yeah, let's talk about SOP, because you've been speeding 696 00:30:05,586 --> 00:30:07,631 the plough on my work since the beginning. 697 00:30:07,675 --> 00:30:10,634 Weighing in on the importance of not embarrassing 698 00:30:10,678 --> 00:30:13,550 the administration, tacitly backing military prerogatives 699 00:30:13,594 --> 00:30:15,030 over ethical ones. 700 00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:18,033 You're not suggesting I wouldn't provide the president 701 00:30:18,077 --> 00:30:20,819 an accurate summary of your conclusions? 702 00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:22,168 It's not just what you say, 703 00:30:22,211 --> 00:30:24,344 it's how you say it. 704 00:30:24,387 --> 00:30:26,563 Tone is substantive. 705 00:30:26,607 --> 00:30:29,218 Which is why I can't allow you to mediate my advice, 706 00:30:29,262 --> 00:30:30,916 whitewash things. 707 00:30:30,959 --> 00:30:35,050 I know you think I'm working against you, Henry, but I'm not. 708 00:30:35,094 --> 00:30:37,618 I'm working for the president. 709 00:30:37,661 --> 00:30:40,403 And it's my job to protect him 710 00:30:40,447 --> 00:30:41,970 and the administration. 711 00:30:42,014 --> 00:30:44,494 And it's my job not to care about your job. 712 00:30:44,538 --> 00:30:47,497 You can't varnish my advice, Russell. 713 00:30:47,541 --> 00:30:50,109 Not if I'm gonna keep working here. 714 00:30:53,025 --> 00:30:55,984 [sighs] 715 00:30:56,028 --> 00:30:58,857 I'll set up a one-on-one. 716 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:00,641 Thank you. 717 00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:05,472 [door opens, closes] 718 00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:13,872 Thank you both for coming on such short notice. 719 00:31:13,915 --> 00:31:17,179 You can dispense with the courtesy, Madam Secretary. 720 00:31:17,223 --> 00:31:19,312 It was less an invitation than a summons. 721 00:31:19,355 --> 00:31:22,402 Well, that's fine. Neither of you need to talk. 722 00:31:27,059 --> 00:31:31,237 Effective immediately, the Israeli government 723 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,543 will cease all sorties into Syrian airspace. 724 00:31:33,587 --> 00:31:36,198 You must be joking. 725 00:31:36,242 --> 00:31:38,635 And Syria will freeze all Iranian arms shipments 726 00:31:38,679 --> 00:31:40,986 through its territory. 727 00:31:41,029 --> 00:31:42,944 Iran is an ally. Syria will do no such thing. 728 00:31:42,988 --> 00:31:47,949 You will do it, Adnan, or I will instigate 729 00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:51,300 an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council, 730 00:31:51,344 --> 00:31:53,563 and present evidence of Syria's collusion 731 00:31:53,607 --> 00:31:58,046 with Russia to murder children for political gain. 732 00:31:58,090 --> 00:31:59,656 Your regime will have to answer 733 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:01,267 to its own people for the slaughter. 734 00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:03,095 You wouldn't dare. 735 00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:05,227 At that same U.N. Security Council session, 736 00:32:05,271 --> 00:32:09,231 I will also present evidence that Israel 737 00:32:09,275 --> 00:32:12,060 had a direct involvement in the destruction 738 00:32:12,104 --> 00:32:13,670 of a Russian jet, 739 00:32:13,714 --> 00:32:16,325 and without plausible deniability, you'll have to face. 740 00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:18,501 Moscow's wrath. You must be mad. 741 00:32:18,545 --> 00:32:20,547 More like furious. 742 00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:23,463 Furious enough to throw you both to the wolves 743 00:32:23,506 --> 00:32:25,291 by publicly exposing you. 744 00:32:25,334 --> 00:32:28,076 But there are bigger imperatives as stake, 745 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,210 so the both of you are going to stand down 746 00:32:31,253 --> 00:32:33,952 for the next 24 hours, which I hope 747 00:32:33,995 --> 00:32:38,260 is enough time to avert a war with Russia, a war 748 00:32:38,304 --> 00:32:41,437 the actions of your countries put us on the brink of. 749 00:32:44,092 --> 00:32:45,137 Yes. Yes. 750 00:32:50,838 --> 00:32:52,361 That'll be all. 751 00:32:56,887 --> 00:32:58,193 [Elizabeth sighs] 752 00:32:58,237 --> 00:32:59,890 Nina. 753 00:32:59,934 --> 00:33:01,414 Yes. Get me Henry. 754 00:33:01,457 --> 00:33:03,305 I need to talk to him before he talks to the president. 755 00:33:03,329 --> 00:33:04,721 Right away, Madam Secretary. 756 00:33:12,642 --> 00:33:14,296 You're recommending we sign on to 757 00:33:14,340 --> 00:33:16,603 the ban on cluster bombs. Yeah, over the objection 758 00:33:16,646 --> 00:33:19,519 of Secretary Becker and Ellen Hill. 759 00:33:19,562 --> 00:33:21,303 Strenuous objection, I see. 760 00:33:21,347 --> 00:33:22,565 Conrad, it comes down to this. 761 00:33:22,609 --> 00:33:24,785 How can we claim moral leadership 762 00:33:24,828 --> 00:33:28,789 w-when we employ a weapon that the rest of civilization 763 00:33:28,832 --> 00:33:31,313 has deemed too barbaric to use? 764 00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:34,055 The benefits of having this... tool in our arsenal 765 00:33:34,099 --> 00:33:37,798 are too small to offset the risk of misuse 766 00:33:37,841 --> 00:33:40,192 and collateral damage, the death of almost 30 children 767 00:33:40,235 --> 00:33:42,020 being a prime example. 768 00:33:42,063 --> 00:33:44,631 A powerful moral argument. 769 00:33:44,674 --> 00:33:46,720 But Henry, when I asked you to take this on, 770 00:33:46,763 --> 00:33:48,200 I didn't realize the scope 771 00:33:48,243 --> 00:33:49,655 of Russia's involvement in this mess. 772 00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:51,594 As long as Moscow has the bomb, 773 00:33:51,638 --> 00:33:53,379 they have a strategic advantage. 774 00:33:53,422 --> 00:33:54,747 Particularly if they're willing to use it. 775 00:33:54,771 --> 00:33:55,946 And given current events, 776 00:33:55,990 --> 00:33:57,576 I won't cede an inch to them. I understand. 777 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,820 But what if Moscow was willing to sign on to the ban? 778 00:33:59,863 --> 00:34:02,736 And how precisely are we going to get them to do that? 779 00:34:02,779 --> 00:34:04,346 Elizabeth has a plan. 780 00:34:04,390 --> 00:34:06,653 Which she's willing to explore... [exhales] 781 00:34:06,696 --> 00:34:09,264 With your permission. 782 00:34:09,308 --> 00:34:11,527 Well, if Russia signs on, I will too. 783 00:34:11,571 --> 00:34:13,225 I'll tell her. 784 00:34:13,268 --> 00:34:15,227 Thanks, Henry. 785 00:34:15,270 --> 00:34:17,359 And there is something else. 786 00:34:17,403 --> 00:34:19,013 It has to do with my role here. 787 00:34:20,449 --> 00:34:22,364 I sometimes feel... 788 00:34:22,408 --> 00:34:23,844 pressured to rubberstamp policies 789 00:34:23,887 --> 00:34:26,281 the administration is inclined to pursue. 790 00:34:26,325 --> 00:34:27,674 Henry... 791 00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:30,677 you're an academic trapped in a political world. 792 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:32,896 I never said your job was going to be easy. 793 00:34:32,940 --> 00:34:35,725 But I have to be able to push back when my mandate 794 00:34:35,769 --> 00:34:37,684 is being compromised. And I expect nothing less. 795 00:34:39,773 --> 00:34:42,819 Giving it to me straight is what I hired you to do.Good. 796 00:34:42,863 --> 00:34:45,561 Because we need to talk about Leland Grafton. 797 00:34:52,916 --> 00:34:54,701 [pages riffling] 798 00:34:54,744 --> 00:34:56,746 [exhales] 799 00:34:56,790 --> 00:35:00,185 Well, his company's security lapses are... 800 00:35:00,228 --> 00:35:01,925 reckless. 801 00:35:01,969 --> 00:35:03,231 And troubling. 802 00:35:05,059 --> 00:35:06,843 But they're not criminal. 803 00:35:06,887 --> 00:35:08,280 No, sir. 804 00:35:08,323 --> 00:35:10,151 But I don't think someone who avails himself 805 00:35:10,195 --> 00:35:12,675 of every conceivable loophole 806 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,416 should be awarded government contracts. 807 00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:17,506 You know I can't interfere in the bidding process. 808 00:35:17,550 --> 00:35:19,390 No, but what you can do is tell your old friend 809 00:35:19,421 --> 00:35:20,901 that it's time for him to step down. 810 00:35:20,944 --> 00:35:22,642 Moral suasion. 811 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,472 There's no one in the world who's in a better position 812 00:35:26,515 --> 00:35:27,734 to exert it than you. 813 00:35:31,738 --> 00:35:34,828 My friend, we have had a difficult year together. 814 00:35:34,871 --> 00:35:36,917 So let's talk common ground, then. 815 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,808 Because in the past year, we've also found that. 816 00:35:38,832 --> 00:35:40,747 Nuclear de-escalation. 817 00:35:40,790 --> 00:35:42,575 No one ever thought it could be done. 818 00:35:42,618 --> 00:35:44,533 But we agreed to take our 819 00:35:44,577 --> 00:35:46,622 intercontinental ballistic missiles off 820 00:35:46,666 --> 00:35:48,450 the hair-trigger alert system. 821 00:35:48,494 --> 00:35:50,931 And the world is safer. It is. 822 00:35:50,974 --> 00:35:53,760 And yet here we are, Konstantin. 823 00:35:53,803 --> 00:35:56,545 Hours away from a showdown between our two fleets. 824 00:35:59,026 --> 00:36:02,290 And if somebody fires a shot, if... 825 00:36:02,334 --> 00:36:05,598 intentions are slightly misread... 826 00:36:05,641 --> 00:36:07,382 What do you propose? 827 00:36:07,426 --> 00:36:10,646 That we set an example for our proxies. 828 00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:13,954 Instead of them provoking us, we provoke them. 829 00:36:13,997 --> 00:36:16,826 You want us to join you in signing on 830 00:36:16,870 --> 00:36:18,306 to the cluster bomb ban? 831 00:36:18,350 --> 00:36:20,613 A public display of cooperation. 832 00:36:20,656 --> 00:36:22,397 A gesture that sets the stage 833 00:36:22,441 --> 00:36:24,878 for us to jointly pull back our fleets. 834 00:36:24,921 --> 00:36:26,793 That's the first domino. 835 00:36:26,836 --> 00:36:28,795 What's the second? 836 00:36:28,838 --> 00:36:30,405 Moscow uses its influence to roll back. 837 00:36:30,449 --> 00:36:31,841 Iran's footprint in Syria. 838 00:36:31,885 --> 00:36:33,843 And what about your proxy? 839 00:36:33,887 --> 00:36:36,629 No, Israel will stay out of Syria. 840 00:36:36,672 --> 00:36:39,240 And then Russia and the U.S. will hold talks 841 00:36:39,284 --> 00:36:42,374 about limiting our involvement in the Syrian civil war. 842 00:36:42,417 --> 00:36:45,246 And if we refuse these terms? 843 00:36:45,290 --> 00:36:47,683 Then even if we dodge this bullet, 844 00:36:47,727 --> 00:36:49,598 it's a temporary reprieve. 845 00:36:49,642 --> 00:36:51,992 We have this illusion 846 00:36:52,035 --> 00:36:53,994 that our proxies are... 847 00:36:54,037 --> 00:36:55,778 our buffers. 848 00:36:55,822 --> 00:37:00,000 We can offload our conflicts. 849 00:37:00,043 --> 00:37:02,263 But we are our proxies. 850 00:37:02,307 --> 00:37:05,440 We hold each other accountable for what they do. 851 00:37:05,484 --> 00:37:07,964 Meaning, if we don't reign them in, 852 00:37:08,008 --> 00:37:11,533 our client states will ultimately drag us into war. 853 00:37:11,577 --> 00:37:13,622 And we can stop that from happening 854 00:37:13,666 --> 00:37:15,233 by setting an example, 855 00:37:15,276 --> 00:37:18,714 taking cluster bombs off the table... 856 00:37:18,758 --> 00:37:21,456 reducing our involvement in Syria. 857 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:22,979 So... 858 00:37:23,023 --> 00:37:25,286 if the principals behave... 859 00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:27,549 the proxies will follow.Yes. 860 00:37:27,593 --> 00:37:29,986 We have to lead here, Konstantin. 861 00:37:30,030 --> 00:37:31,727 Together. 862 00:37:31,771 --> 00:37:33,251 There is no other choice. 863 00:37:36,166 --> 00:37:38,952 Educational grants for Syrian refugees 864 00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:40,910 and the names of each of the dead children. 865 00:37:40,954 --> 00:37:43,304 Blake. [Exhales]I know... no admissions of guilt. 866 00:37:43,348 --> 00:37:47,308 So we can de-link the grants from policy issues. 867 00:37:47,352 --> 00:37:48,981 You're trying to ease suffering with grand gestures, 868 00:37:49,005 --> 00:37:51,007 which is statecraft.Exactly. 869 00:37:51,051 --> 00:37:52,313 Yeah, but this is different. 870 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:54,315 This is soulcraft. 871 00:37:54,359 --> 00:37:55,708 And soulcraft... 872 00:37:55,751 --> 00:37:58,319 you can't assuage a loss by giving someone something. 873 00:37:58,363 --> 00:38:02,105 You can only do it by preventing something from being taken away. 874 00:38:04,151 --> 00:38:05,805 I'm sorry, I don't follow. It's okay. 875 00:38:05,848 --> 00:38:07,981 Come on, let's go. I'll explain on the way. 876 00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:11,985 KAT: Hi. Thank you so much for talking to us again. BLAKE: Hi. 877 00:38:12,028 --> 00:38:14,466 [both speaking Arabic] 878 00:38:14,509 --> 00:38:15,945 What is it you want? 879 00:38:15,989 --> 00:38:18,513 We have searched in vain for ways to compensate you 880 00:38:18,557 --> 00:38:20,665 for the death of your sons.[interpreter speaking Arabic] 881 00:38:20,689 --> 00:38:22,691 We realize the futility of our efforts. 882 00:38:22,735 --> 00:38:26,695 Um, nothing we say or do can... can ease your pain. 883 00:38:26,739 --> 00:38:29,959 But m-maybe there's something else we can do. 884 00:38:30,003 --> 00:38:31,981 Uh, in your son's memory.[interpreter speaking Arabic] 885 00:38:32,005 --> 00:38:33,746 In memory of all your boys. 886 00:38:33,789 --> 00:38:36,096 This is a letter of intent signed by 887 00:38:36,139 --> 00:38:38,019 both the U.S. and Russia in which both countries 888 00:38:38,054 --> 00:38:40,492 agree to join the ban on cluster bombs. 889 00:38:40,535 --> 00:38:42,711 [speaking Arabic] 890 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,197 So no more cluster bombs? 891 00:38:51,285 --> 00:38:53,287 No, ma'am. 892 00:38:54,984 --> 00:38:57,726 And the children who live because of this ban will have 893 00:38:57,770 --> 00:38:59,946 your children to thank.[speaking Arabic] 894 00:39:02,165 --> 00:39:04,690 [speaking Arabic] 895 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,039 Thank you. [sobs] 896 00:39:07,954 --> 00:39:09,608 Global warming. 897 00:39:09,651 --> 00:39:13,133 The destruction of the rain forest. 898 00:39:13,176 --> 00:39:17,050 President Dalton is condemning us all. MAN: Yeah! 899 00:39:17,093 --> 00:39:18,747 I'm being punked, right? 900 00:39:18,791 --> 00:39:20,227 [men yelling on video] 901 00:39:20,270 --> 00:39:22,403 I tried, sir. I swear. 902 00:39:22,447 --> 00:39:23,752 What about her carrel? 903 00:39:23,796 --> 00:39:25,754 Maggie loves it; she's using it 904 00:39:25,798 --> 00:39:27,365 to do research for her protests. 905 00:39:34,676 --> 00:39:36,504 Knock, knock. 906 00:39:37,984 --> 00:39:39,246 Oat milk latte. 907 00:39:39,289 --> 00:39:41,857 Extra hot. 908 00:39:41,901 --> 00:39:43,642 Consider this a peace offering. 909 00:39:43,685 --> 00:39:45,644 You can't buy my silence. 910 00:39:45,687 --> 00:39:47,515 I'm going to speak truth to power. 911 00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:49,430 And now that power is finally listening, 912 00:39:49,474 --> 00:39:51,867 I am just getting started.Look. 913 00:39:51,911 --> 00:39:54,217 Bringing you to heel, that's not why I'm here. 914 00:39:54,261 --> 00:39:56,263 I mean, candidly, that's why I came, 915 00:39:56,306 --> 00:39:58,308 but on the way over... 916 00:39:58,352 --> 00:40:00,093 I got to thinking. Thinking? 917 00:40:00,136 --> 00:40:03,357 That's a new trick for folks in your building. 918 00:40:07,883 --> 00:40:09,276 How long have you been here now? 919 00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:11,147 18 years. 920 00:40:11,191 --> 00:40:13,236 Well, I've been here six. 921 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:14,977 Which makes me the new guy. 922 00:40:15,021 --> 00:40:17,023 And where I come from, 923 00:40:17,066 --> 00:40:20,113 you introduce yourself to your neighbors. 924 00:40:20,156 --> 00:40:21,506 I'm Russell. 925 00:40:24,813 --> 00:40:26,467 Is that all, Russell? 926 00:40:26,511 --> 00:40:28,164 Look. 927 00:40:28,208 --> 00:40:29,992 I just wanted to say... 928 00:40:30,036 --> 00:40:32,473 democracy's messy. 929 00:40:32,517 --> 00:40:36,172 But rule one is every voice should be heard. 930 00:40:36,216 --> 00:40:38,000 And yours has been on the front lines 931 00:40:38,044 --> 00:40:39,698 for a very long time. 932 00:40:39,741 --> 00:40:43,005 And I wanted to thank you for playing your part 933 00:40:43,049 --> 00:40:45,617 in this... this pageant 934 00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:48,184 we call the American experiment. 935 00:40:48,228 --> 00:40:49,925 Because you matter. 936 00:40:49,969 --> 00:40:51,361 Truly. 937 00:40:54,843 --> 00:40:57,455 If there's ever anything I can do for you... 938 00:41:00,066 --> 00:41:01,371 Thank you. 939 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,897 Excuse me, I have to finish this sign 940 00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:07,029 before the tour buses come. 941 00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:22,828 Been ages since we've been on a proper date. 942 00:41:22,871 --> 00:41:25,091 Well, let's calendar one. 943 00:41:25,134 --> 00:41:29,095 In between international crises, commissions, all-nighters. 944 00:41:29,138 --> 00:41:31,532 Oh, God, it turns me on when you talk shop. 945 00:41:31,576 --> 00:41:33,316 [laughs] 946 00:41:34,404 --> 00:41:36,058 [sighs] I'm broke. 947 00:41:36,102 --> 00:41:37,190 [yelps] 948 00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:39,235 What? 949 00:41:39,279 --> 00:41:40,933 SpectroCoin went down to zero. 950 00:41:40,976 --> 00:41:42,630 There was a, uh, massive sell-off 951 00:41:42,674 --> 00:41:45,067 as soon as the Syrian crisis died down. 952 00:41:45,111 --> 00:41:47,113 Oh, well, gee, 953 00:41:47,156 --> 00:41:49,463 if I'd known I was hurting your bottom line, 954 00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:50,875 I would have reevaluated my position 955 00:41:50,899 --> 00:41:53,119 on preventing World War Three. Yeah. 956 00:41:53,162 --> 00:41:54,555 I'm done speculating. 957 00:41:54,599 --> 00:41:56,818 ELIZABETH: Hmm. HENRY: Allow me to speculate. 958 00:41:56,862 --> 00:41:59,081 Someone still owes us $1,200, and if he doesn't 959 00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:01,214 find a way to pay us back... I already have. 960 00:42:01,257 --> 00:42:04,304 I got a job as a busboy at Frankie's, so... 961 00:42:04,347 --> 00:42:06,959 Steady income and all the pizza I can eat. 962 00:42:07,002 --> 00:42:11,137 Good. We'll put you on a payment plan. 963 00:42:11,180 --> 00:42:13,269 I trust you've learned a valuable lesson 964 00:42:13,313 --> 00:42:16,272 about shortcuts, right? Yes. 965 00:42:16,316 --> 00:42:17,970 Always take the ones 966 00:42:18,013 --> 00:42:19,600 that don't depend on your mom playing ball. 967 00:42:19,624 --> 00:42:21,756 Hey. I'm kidding. 968 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,673 I'm rolling OG now, so brick and mortar. 969 00:42:25,717 --> 00:42:27,893 All the way.Good. 970 00:42:27,936 --> 00:42:29,372 Then, uh, grab a sponge 971 00:42:29,416 --> 00:42:31,418 and come over here, we'll train you up 972 00:42:31,461 --> 00:42:33,681 for your next gig, there, Snoop.Yeah. 973 00:42:35,335 --> 00:42:37,337 You know, there is this one currency. 974 00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:39,600 It's called AnarCoin. Kind of a sure bet. 975 00:42:39,644 --> 00:42:42,821 I mean, I could get us in on the ground floor if you... 976 00:42:46,389 --> 00:42:48,217 Hey, where's the soap? 977 00:42:48,261 --> 00:42:50,263 Captioning sponsored by CBS. 978 00:42:57,662 --> 00:43:01,622 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org