1
00:00:08,486 --> 00:00:11,576
BLAKE: Alex and Ellie-Rose

2
00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:15,058
are serving salmon.

3
00:00:15,102 --> 00:00:18,061
So we could do,
like, a pinot gris

4
00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:20,498
or maybe just, like, a light
red, like a pinot noir, or...

5
00:00:20,542 --> 00:00:21,942
I don't know.
We can go off the grid

6
00:00:21,978 --> 00:00:22,999
and do something effervescent.

7
00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:24,087
Yeah,
just like you in the mornings.

8
00:00:24,111 --> 00:00:25,460
[chuckles]

9
00:00:25,503 --> 00:00:27,505
Please just weigh in so
I don't have to decide.

10
00:00:27,549 --> 00:00:28,989
I will drink anything
that pairs well

11
00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:30,136
with an inverted yield curve.

12
00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:31,553
[laughs softly]

13
00:00:31,596 --> 00:00:33,859
Leaving finance was the
smartest thing I ever did.

14
00:00:33,903 --> 00:00:36,036
Well, second smartest.Mm. Ah...

15
00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:37,341
Coffee breath. Thank you.Mmm.

16
00:00:37,385 --> 00:00:39,169
[pounding on door]

17
00:00:39,213 --> 00:00:41,998
Did you use the elliptical?
Yeah.

18
00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,653
Did you fix the elliptical? No.

19
00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:46,109
Which means 304 is about
to give you an earful

20
00:00:46,133 --> 00:00:47,569
for the unexpected wake-me-up.

21
00:00:47,612 --> 00:00:49,199
Oh, this woman is a nightmare.
Just back me up, please.

22
00:00:49,223 --> 00:00:51,529
Yeah. Right behind you.

23
00:00:51,573 --> 00:00:53,662
Yes. Blake Moran?

24
00:00:53,705 --> 00:00:54,880
Yes.

25
00:00:54,924 --> 00:00:56,293
Special Agent
Belstaff with the FBI.

26
00:00:56,317 --> 00:00:58,623
We have a warrant for the
search of your premises.

27
00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:01,104
Please step back.Uh...

28
00:01:01,148 --> 00:01:03,454
Hey, uh, this is a private residence, okay?
I understand.

29
00:01:03,498 --> 00:01:06,109
Trevor, don't say anything.
Just let them do their thing.

30
00:01:09,243 --> 00:01:11,767
Russell, hi.

31
00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:15,205
Yeah, we got a, um,
little s-situation.

32
00:01:15,249 --> 00:01:17,251
The FBI is part of the
DOJ, and the DOJ

33
00:01:17,294 --> 00:01:19,775
is run by the attorney general,
who answers to POTUS, so...

34
00:01:19,818 --> 00:01:21,622
Guys, I think...
stop me if I'm missing something,

35
00:01:21,646 --> 00:01:24,475
but if A.G.
Lambert was read in on a warrant

36
00:01:24,519 --> 00:01:26,129
to raid the residence

37
00:01:26,173 --> 00:01:27,957
of the aide-de-camp
of the president

38
00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,393
without so much
as notifying her,

39
00:01:29,437 --> 00:01:31,023
he should be shot into space.
What you're missing

40
00:01:31,047 --> 00:01:33,136
is her internal
mandate to pursue

41
00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:34,983
the investigation wherever it leads.
Guys, listen...

42
00:01:35,007 --> 00:01:37,575
Hanson is setting a trap.
MIKE: Huh.

43
00:01:37,619 --> 00:01:40,752
Referring this matter to Justice
for a concurrent investigation

44
00:01:40,796 --> 00:01:42,798
was a brilliant overreach.

45
00:01:42,841 --> 00:01:45,279
Because he knows the A.G.
has to carry water for him.

46
00:01:45,322 --> 00:01:46,932
The slightest opposition

47
00:01:46,976 --> 00:01:49,152
from the administration
will smack of obstruction.

48
00:01:49,196 --> 00:01:51,154
Which means under
no circumstances

49
00:01:51,198 --> 00:01:52,634
can we move to
quash the warrant.

50
00:01:52,677 --> 00:01:54,810
Except the more rope we give
Hanson, the easier it is

51
00:01:54,853 --> 00:01:56,290
to fashion a noose. Guys!

52
00:01:57,682 --> 00:01:59,443
The only one being fit
for a noose here is me.

53
00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:02,122
Okay? They-they took my
phone, my laptop.

54
00:02:02,165 --> 00:02:04,080
Six years of-of
unclassified documents...

55
00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,473
Six years?

56
00:02:05,516 --> 00:02:07,475
What kind of demented
pack rat are you?

57
00:02:07,518 --> 00:02:09,259
Okay, look,
I knew she was special

58
00:02:09,303 --> 00:02:10,932
from the minute I
started working for her.

59
00:02:10,956 --> 00:02:12,523
I-I had a front-row seat

60
00:02:12,567 --> 00:02:14,003
from day one.

61
00:02:15,613 --> 00:02:18,094
I was going to write a book

62
00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:20,140
about the secretary

63
00:02:20,183 --> 00:02:22,359
when she finished public
service, which became a book

64
00:02:22,403 --> 00:02:24,361
about the first
female president.

65
00:02:24,405 --> 00:02:27,886
Which i-is now a book about
a starry-eyed kid from Newton

66
00:02:27,930 --> 00:02:29,453
who follows his
dreams to Sing Sing.

67
00:02:29,497 --> 00:02:32,021
You're not going to Sing Sing.
MIKE: Right.

68
00:02:32,064 --> 00:02:33,433
That's a state facility.
You'll be doing federal time.

69
00:02:33,457 --> 00:02:36,547
Oh, God!

70
00:02:36,591 --> 00:02:39,333
Blake, look at me.

71
00:02:39,376 --> 00:02:43,032
Have you ever broken the law
during your government tenure?

72
00:02:43,075 --> 00:02:44,816
Absolutely not.

73
00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:45,991
Then you have no exposure.

74
00:02:46,035 --> 00:02:48,037
It's a fishing expedition.

75
00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,041
Nothing more. The question is,
what is Hanson fishing for?

76
00:02:52,084 --> 00:02:54,174
He already grilled
Blake for 12 hours.

77
00:02:54,217 --> 00:02:56,219
OLIVIA: I think Blake's role

78
00:02:56,263 --> 00:03:01,181
as the president's unofficial
archivist may be an open secret,

79
00:03:01,224 --> 00:03:03,183
which is why the
warrant's so broad.

80
00:03:03,226 --> 00:03:05,533
This search is a naked
pretext to breathe life

81
00:03:05,576 --> 00:03:07,206
into an investigation
that was flatlining.

82
00:03:07,230 --> 00:03:11,147
And is suddenly metastasizing.

83
00:03:13,149 --> 00:03:15,238
We walled off the president.

84
00:03:15,282 --> 00:03:18,676
But we may be past
that stage now.

85
00:03:20,896 --> 00:03:22,071
I'll read her in.

86
00:03:22,114 --> 00:03:24,073
Thank you.

87
00:03:28,730 --> 00:03:30,732
[music playing faintly]

88
00:03:38,261 --> 00:03:39,828
Mia Costello.

89
00:03:39,871 --> 00:03:41,699
Yes? Jason McCord.

90
00:03:42,744 --> 00:03:44,093
I know. Hi.

91
00:03:44,136 --> 00:03:46,095
I'm sorry to bother you,
I'm just such a big fan.

92
00:03:46,138 --> 00:03:48,358
Cambridge Rubric'sone
of my favorite blogs.

93
00:03:48,402 --> 00:03:51,100
Thank you. You've...
you got this great voice.

94
00:03:51,143 --> 00:03:54,103
You know? It's, uh,
it's like Maureen Dowd meets Ronan Farrow.

95
00:03:54,146 --> 00:03:55,757
Red eye.
That's nice of you to say.

96
00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,064
Are you okay with a
little friendly criticism?

97
00:03:59,108 --> 00:04:01,066
Sure.'Cause it's-it's
quibbling, really.

98
00:04:01,110 --> 00:04:03,547
Um... What?

99
00:04:03,591 --> 00:04:05,767
Your last column.

100
00:04:05,810 --> 00:04:11,207
You called my mom a "corrupt,
unqualified crypto-fascist."

101
00:04:13,078 --> 00:04:15,211
It was an opinion piece.Yeah.

102
00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:17,300
And the accompanying cartoon
of her in fetish wear

103
00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:19,171
being whipped by Senator
Hanson, that was...

104
00:04:19,215 --> 00:04:21,043
Satire.Satire. Yeah.

105
00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:25,177
But, you know,
it could be misconstrued by some

106
00:04:25,221 --> 00:04:26,396
as misogyny.

107
00:04:27,441 --> 00:04:29,181
Or even slander.

108
00:04:30,357 --> 00:04:32,446
You know, Jason,
your mom is a public figure.

109
00:04:32,489 --> 00:04:35,710
Yeah. And the Rubricis a
nonpartisan student publication,

110
00:04:35,753 --> 00:04:38,234
yet no other politician comes
in for this type of treatment.

111
00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:39,888
Well, no other
politician is president.

112
00:04:39,931 --> 00:04:42,499
The first female president. Hmm?

113
00:04:43,544 --> 00:04:45,328
Yeah, I think I get the drift.

114
00:04:45,372 --> 00:04:47,330
There's no drift.

115
00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:48,549
I mean, Elizabeth McCord's

116
00:04:48,592 --> 00:04:50,202
the most powerful
person in the world.

117
00:04:50,246 --> 00:04:51,813
She can handle a little
incoming, so...

118
00:04:51,856 --> 00:04:53,249
BARISTA: Jason?

119
00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,730
Here you go, man. I got to run.

120
00:04:55,773 --> 00:04:59,603
Detail gets kind of... itchy

121
00:04:59,647 --> 00:05:01,649
when I stand around, so...

122
00:05:01,692 --> 00:05:03,259
I'm looking forward
to your next issue.

123
00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:08,482
I-It's a nonstarter.
I'm not telling you

124
00:05:08,525 --> 00:05:10,634
not to go to the Correspondents' Dinner.
You're telling me

125
00:05:10,658 --> 00:05:13,400
to be pulled away five
minutes after I arrive.

126
00:05:13,443 --> 00:05:15,184
Which means you were there.

127
00:05:15,227 --> 00:05:16,857
As our dutiful White House
photographer will document.

128
00:05:16,881 --> 00:05:19,536
The dinner is a
hallowed tradition.

129
00:05:19,580 --> 00:05:21,756
Presidents attend

130
00:05:21,799 --> 00:05:25,716
whether their political
fortunes are rising or falling.

131
00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,978
Reagan bailed.

132
00:05:28,023 --> 00:05:29,285
Because he was shot.

133
00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,567
Okay, you're nervous about
telling jokes anyway,

134
00:05:30,591 --> 00:05:32,351
which you should be
because you're not funny.

135
00:05:32,375 --> 00:05:35,204
What? I... hmm.

136
00:05:35,247 --> 00:05:37,249
That is so not true.

137
00:05:37,293 --> 00:05:39,251
I have chops.

138
00:05:39,295 --> 00:05:41,428
Serious chops.

139
00:05:41,471 --> 00:05:42,666
And I've been working
on my monologue.

140
00:05:42,690 --> 00:05:44,648
And it's actually,
it's pretty good.

141
00:05:44,692 --> 00:05:47,738
Be that as it may,
this dinner is not exactly ideal timing.

142
00:05:47,782 --> 00:05:50,001
You just locked up a reporter.

143
00:05:50,045 --> 00:05:51,568
Valerie Guillen, remember?

144
00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:53,004
And pardoned her.

145
00:05:53,048 --> 00:05:55,180
Even if people aren't talking
about your predilection

146
00:05:55,224 --> 00:05:57,922
for jailing reporters,
they will be talking about

147
00:05:57,966 --> 00:05:59,204
the search warrant
that was executed

148
00:05:59,228 --> 00:06:01,012
on your aide's
private residence.

149
00:06:01,056 --> 00:06:03,667
Look, I'm not gonna worry about
a stunt that was engineered

150
00:06:03,711 --> 00:06:07,410
to give a failed investigation oxygen.
It won't play as a stunt.

151
00:06:07,454 --> 00:06:09,257
The White House press corps is
not exactly home team right now.

152
00:06:09,281 --> 00:06:11,675
It'll play as an
escalation of a news cycle

153
00:06:11,719 --> 00:06:14,417
we've been trying to
change for months.

154
00:06:14,461 --> 00:06:16,550
It'll juice impeachment
talk, cast a shadow

155
00:06:16,593 --> 00:06:18,421
of a looming
constitutional crisis.

156
00:06:18,465 --> 00:06:19,770
And then there's the bad stuff.

157
00:06:19,814 --> 00:06:22,120
So it's the perfect time
to inject some levity.

158
00:06:22,164 --> 00:06:23,905
But, Bess, you're not funny.

159
00:06:23,948 --> 00:06:25,167
[laughs]: Well...

160
00:06:25,210 --> 00:06:27,256
Russell. Mike's right.
Not your strong suit.

161
00:06:27,299 --> 00:06:29,432
Listen,
I think we've caught a break.

162
00:06:29,476 --> 00:06:32,566
After a month and a half
of intensive investigations

163
00:06:32,609 --> 00:06:34,176
by our intelligence services,

164
00:06:34,219 --> 00:06:37,353
we've isolated the culprits of
Iran's hack of our election.

165
00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:40,835
I'm just getting word that this
morning, a federal grand jury

166
00:06:40,878 --> 00:06:43,403
has issued indictments of
five Iranian nationals.

167
00:06:43,446 --> 00:06:45,361
Ah... for election interference.

168
00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,145
Finally. Oh, uh, Blake.

169
00:06:47,189 --> 00:06:49,147
Alerting President
Shiraz's office.

170
00:06:49,191 --> 00:06:50,714
Yeah. Also, can I get the, uh...

171
00:06:50,758 --> 00:06:52,344
The full background
files on the Iranians?

172
00:06:52,368 --> 00:06:54,370
But I'm gonna need...
Photos as well.

173
00:06:56,024 --> 00:06:57,242
How are you doing?

174
00:06:57,286 --> 00:07:00,245
Uh, nothing to
brighten your morning

175
00:07:00,289 --> 00:07:04,162
like a battalion of Feds
rifling through your underwear.

176
00:07:04,206 --> 00:07:06,164
The worst is behind you.

177
00:07:06,208 --> 00:07:07,470
Yeah. Oh.

178
00:07:07,514 --> 00:07:10,342
Underwear, behind. Nice.

179
00:07:10,386 --> 00:07:13,694
I am so gonna rock
that ballroom.

180
00:07:13,737 --> 00:07:15,783
SHIRAZ: You are
seeking extradition

181
00:07:15,826 --> 00:07:19,003
of Reza Mousavi,
our Quds Force commander.

182
00:07:19,047 --> 00:07:22,267
For his criminal
role in masterminding

183
00:07:22,311 --> 00:07:25,140
a cyber attack on my
electoral opponent.

184
00:07:25,183 --> 00:07:26,489
Elizabeth,

185
00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:28,578
I'm an ally, not a foe.

186
00:07:28,622 --> 00:07:31,668
We have done such
important work together.

187
00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:35,324
The rapprochement between our
countries, the nuclear treaty.

188
00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:39,371
All of which you jeopardized
by tampering with our election.

189
00:07:39,415 --> 00:07:40,764
This alleged tampering...

190
00:07:40,808 --> 00:07:44,072
Which we strenuously deny...
Was on your behalf.

191
00:07:44,115 --> 00:07:46,435
It's perverse you would seek
to punish us for your success.

192
00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:49,860
What's perverse is assuming
that I'd endorse behavior

193
00:07:49,904 --> 00:07:51,862
merely because it benefited me.

194
00:07:51,906 --> 00:07:54,299
Interfering with our elections

195
00:07:54,343 --> 00:07:56,737
was the act of an enemy.

196
00:07:56,780 --> 00:07:58,869
That is reckless talk.

197
00:07:58,913 --> 00:08:00,828
Not as reckless as your
breach of our democracy.

198
00:08:00,871 --> 00:08:05,310
You have 48 hours to extradite
the people responsible,

199
00:08:05,354 --> 00:08:10,054
or the price that Iran pays
will grow exponentially steeper.

200
00:08:15,016 --> 00:08:16,844
Well, you cornered him.

201
00:08:16,887 --> 00:08:19,803
And cornered prey
either rolls over or...

202
00:08:19,847 --> 00:08:22,414
Or lashes out.

203
00:08:22,458 --> 00:08:24,416
We'll monitor developments.

204
00:08:25,461 --> 00:08:26,854
DMITRI: You're already dressed,

205
00:08:26,897 --> 00:08:29,291
which means you're not
coming back to bed.

206
00:08:29,334 --> 00:08:34,557
I would love to, but I am,
I'm pretty late as it is

207
00:08:34,601 --> 00:08:36,559
and I'm actually not
done with this yet, so...

208
00:08:36,603 --> 00:08:38,343
Yeah. Sorry I kept you.No.

209
00:08:38,387 --> 00:08:39,930
I think we kept each
other, right?[chuckles]

210
00:08:39,954 --> 00:08:41,932
Yeah, that's been happening a lot
lately, huh?[laughs]

211
00:08:41,956 --> 00:08:43,087
Oy... hey.

212
00:08:43,131 --> 00:08:45,525
[laughs]: This is,
this is important.

213
00:08:45,568 --> 00:08:47,527
Hey. I have an idea.Okay.

214
00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:53,228
How about... we...
go out this evening?

215
00:08:53,271 --> 00:08:57,798
Uh, yeah,
if I don't have to work late again.

216
00:08:58,842 --> 00:09:00,801
Take a stand.

217
00:09:00,844 --> 00:09:02,890
Tell them that you're
the president's daughter.

218
00:09:02,933 --> 00:09:05,022
Are you upset?

219
00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:07,024
No, I'm... It's not you.

220
00:09:07,068 --> 00:09:10,767
It's just...
we haven't left the bedroom in weeks.

221
00:09:10,811 --> 00:09:12,377
[laughs]

222
00:09:12,421 --> 00:09:14,007
Are you seriously complaining
that you're oversexed?

223
00:09:14,031 --> 00:09:15,163
No, of course not.

224
00:09:15,206 --> 00:09:16,904
I'm just beginning to
feel like a kept man.

225
00:09:16,947 --> 00:09:17,861
Ah... Okay. Okay.

226
00:09:17,905 --> 00:09:19,297
Cabin fever. I get it.

227
00:09:19,341 --> 00:09:21,909
I will tell the office
that I have a hard out.

228
00:09:21,952 --> 00:09:23,911
Good. Okay.

229
00:09:23,954 --> 00:09:25,695
All right,
I've got another one for you.

230
00:09:25,739 --> 00:09:27,697
Odontalgia.

231
00:09:27,741 --> 00:09:29,525
Odontalgia.

232
00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:34,878
O-D-O-N-T-A-L-G-I-A.

233
00:09:34,922 --> 00:09:37,228
Odontalgia.

234
00:09:37,272 --> 00:09:38,839
Right again.

235
00:09:38,882 --> 00:09:40,449
Ladies and gentlemen,

236
00:09:40,492 --> 00:09:44,192
your national spelling
bee champion Oscar Rubis.

237
00:09:44,235 --> 00:09:46,194
[applause]Congratulations, sir.

238
00:09:46,237 --> 00:09:48,022
Very well done.

239
00:09:48,065 --> 00:09:51,025
The president and our champion
will take a few questions.

240
00:09:51,068 --> 00:09:52,417
Madam President... Keira.

241
00:09:52,461 --> 00:09:55,682
President McCord,
as a CIA operative in Baghdad,

242
00:09:55,725 --> 00:09:57,379
did you order the torture

243
00:09:57,422 --> 00:10:01,035
of Safeer Al-Jamil while
he was in CIA custody?

244
00:10:01,078 --> 00:10:02,403
We're taking questions about the
administration's educational...

245
00:10:02,427 --> 00:10:04,168
STEVE: What's your
response to the allegation

246
00:10:04,212 --> 00:10:06,257
that you assaulted Philippine
President Datu Andrada

247
00:10:06,301 --> 00:10:07,626
after he made an
unwanted sexual advance?

248
00:10:07,650 --> 00:10:08,930
That's all we have
for you today.

249
00:10:08,956 --> 00:10:09,913
[speaks indistinctly]Thank
you, everyone.

250
00:10:09,957 --> 00:10:12,350
[overlapping chatter]

251
00:10:12,394 --> 00:10:14,657
Uh, Russell,
do you have a second?

252
00:10:14,701 --> 00:10:16,616
Not now. I know where they, um,

253
00:10:16,659 --> 00:10:19,009
[whispers]: I think I know
where they got their questions.

254
00:10:22,883 --> 00:10:24,885
Come with me.

255
00:10:26,234 --> 00:10:28,236
♪

256
00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,987
The oppo was on a
flash drive given to me

257
00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:41,466
by Neal Shin from the Chronicle,

258
00:10:41,510 --> 00:10:43,730
when he shadowed
you three years ago.

259
00:10:43,773 --> 00:10:47,255
In what universe is
squirreling away material

260
00:10:47,298 --> 00:10:50,214
whose only use could be
to undermine the president

261
00:10:50,258 --> 00:10:51,433
a good idea?

262
00:10:51,476 --> 00:10:52,671
Boswell here's
writing a tell-all,

263
00:10:52,695 --> 00:10:54,349
remember?
Shin told me to keep it safe.

264
00:10:54,392 --> 00:10:57,178
That one day the secretary
might need what's on the drive.

265
00:10:57,221 --> 00:10:59,180
He meant she needed
it buried at sea,

266
00:10:59,223 --> 00:11:00,703
not enshrined in your museum.

267
00:11:00,747 --> 00:11:02,749
It was in a safe.

268
00:11:04,925 --> 00:11:06,796
Ma'am, I'm really sorry.

269
00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:08,711
It's all right, Blake.

270
00:11:08,755 --> 00:11:10,800
I mean, you couldn't have
anticipated the warrant

271
00:11:10,844 --> 00:11:12,976
or its scope.
Yeah, or that some ally

272
00:11:13,020 --> 00:11:14,978
of Hanson's in the
FBI is obviously

273
00:11:15,022 --> 00:11:16,327
leaking to the press.

274
00:11:16,371 --> 00:11:17,783
MIKE: The timing's right
out of Hanson's playbook.

275
00:11:17,807 --> 00:11:20,157
Releasing dirt just before
the Correspondents' Dinner,

276
00:11:20,201 --> 00:11:21,855
he's chumming the waters.

277
00:11:21,898 --> 00:11:22,856
Thank you, Blake.

278
00:11:22,899 --> 00:11:24,422
Yeah, thanks, Blake.

279
00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:26,947
Ma'am.

280
00:11:31,647 --> 00:11:35,259
Olivia, I want I.G.
to investigate who at Justice

281
00:11:35,303 --> 00:11:36,565
was behind the leak.

282
00:11:36,608 --> 00:11:40,917
I mean...
that is a dangerous partisan move

283
00:11:40,961 --> 00:11:43,485
for a department that is
supposed to be apolitical.

284
00:11:43,528 --> 00:11:45,400
I'll take care of it.
On the down low, please.

285
00:11:45,443 --> 00:11:46,812
Otherwise the president
looks like the captain

286
00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:48,838
of the Good Ship Paranoid.

287
00:11:48,882 --> 00:11:50,753
We have a massive
political problem.

288
00:11:50,797 --> 00:11:53,147
Daisy's resignation was
blunting Hanson's momentum,

289
00:11:53,190 --> 00:11:55,236
but this raid jump-starts
his investigation.

290
00:11:55,279 --> 00:11:56,846
And it's the first salvo

291
00:11:56,890 --> 00:12:00,284
of a concurrent FBI inquiry
that could drag on for months.

292
00:12:00,328 --> 00:12:02,722
So now we're fighting
a two-fronted war.

293
00:12:02,765 --> 00:12:04,003
We should reach out
to Hanson's camp,

294
00:12:04,027 --> 00:12:05,986
see what he wants for a truce.

295
00:12:08,815 --> 00:12:11,252
Russell, put out a feeler,
but let's keep in mind

296
00:12:11,295 --> 00:12:14,516
that a truce is not surrender.

297
00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,780
Well, we have a foreign
relations problem, too.

298
00:12:17,824 --> 00:12:19,129
Shiraz might be...[phone chimes]

299
00:12:19,173 --> 00:12:20,609
Less likely to cave

300
00:12:20,652 --> 00:12:23,917
if he thinks you're
under siege at home.

301
00:12:27,007 --> 00:12:29,009
Make that willbe less likely.

302
00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:34,188
HILL: Two hours ago,
Hezbollah cells in Lebanon fired

303
00:12:34,231 --> 00:12:35,537
26 mobile-launched

304
00:12:35,580 --> 00:12:38,018
surface-to-air missiles
into Northern Israel.

305
00:12:38,061 --> 00:12:39,497
Fatalities?

306
00:12:39,541 --> 00:12:41,891
Three dead in Nahariya.
Millions of dollars in damage.

307
00:12:41,935 --> 00:12:44,938
Israel has already
responded by blowing up

308
00:12:44,981 --> 00:12:47,897
a Hezbollah radar installation

309
00:12:47,941 --> 00:12:51,335
and two suspected weapons
manufacturing sites in Dahieh.

310
00:12:51,379 --> 00:12:52,946
Well,
I guess we have Iran's response

311
00:12:52,989 --> 00:12:54,469
to your ultimatum, madam.

312
00:12:54,512 --> 00:12:56,950
They're using their terrorist
proxy to attack Israel,

313
00:12:56,993 --> 00:13:00,214
sending a message that they
will drag the region into chaos

314
00:13:00,257 --> 00:13:02,564
if we don't back off
our extradition request.

315
00:13:02,607 --> 00:13:04,827
Did you reach out to
Foreign Minister Tousi?

316
00:13:04,871 --> 00:13:06,524
My Iranian counterpart
professes surprise.

317
00:13:06,568 --> 00:13:11,399
He claims Iran has no
influence over renegade cells.

318
00:13:11,442 --> 00:13:14,097
HILL: Shiraz is squeezing
you, Madam President,

319
00:13:14,141 --> 00:13:16,056
betting your domestic
distractions will weaken

320
00:13:16,099 --> 00:13:18,145
your appetite for
international conflict.

321
00:13:18,188 --> 00:13:20,277
ELIZABETH: Well,
unfortunately for him,

322
00:13:20,321 --> 00:13:22,062
I can walk and chew
gum at the same time.

323
00:13:22,105 --> 00:13:24,281
How's the rial doing, Susan?

324
00:13:24,325 --> 00:13:25,979
It's in free fall.
The Iranian economy is

325
00:13:26,022 --> 00:13:26,980
teetering on the
brink of collapse.

326
00:13:27,023 --> 00:13:28,938
Reach out to the G8 members.

327
00:13:28,982 --> 00:13:30,374
I want to turn the screws,

328
00:13:30,418 --> 00:13:32,899
step up multilateral
sanctions.Immediately.

329
00:13:32,942 --> 00:13:34,901
And add the head of
the Revolutionary Guard

330
00:13:34,944 --> 00:13:37,120
and the Speaker of
the Iranian Parliament

331
00:13:37,164 --> 00:13:39,557
to the SDN and Blocked Persons List.
Yes, ma'am.

332
00:13:39,601 --> 00:13:41,646
Russell,
you've got a personal relationship

333
00:13:41,690 --> 00:13:44,040
with the Israeli prime minister.

334
00:13:44,084 --> 00:13:45,999
You tell him to
keep his powder dry.

335
00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:48,523
Doron will do that
for only so long.

336
00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:50,525
We're playing with fire here.

337
00:13:50,568 --> 00:13:52,657
I know.

338
00:13:56,096 --> 00:13:57,662
Coffee this late?

339
00:13:57,706 --> 00:13:59,490
You're gonna be up all night.

340
00:13:59,534 --> 00:14:01,231
It's not coffee. Oh.

341
00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:05,496
It's a perfectly alkaline
chicory matcha superdrink

342
00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:08,935
with ayurvedic herbs that
Chef Cindy whipped up for me.

343
00:14:08,978 --> 00:14:11,676
Whoa. What does that taste like?

344
00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,941
Despair. [laughs]

345
00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:16,290
It's good to see you.

346
00:14:16,333 --> 00:14:18,901
Hmm. Oh. [Exclaims] Yeah.

347
00:14:18,945 --> 00:14:20,033
[chuckles] Yum.

348
00:14:20,076 --> 00:14:22,426
Yeah, I'm sorry I've
been a little scarce

349
00:14:22,470 --> 00:14:24,907
the past few weeks.
Well, I was young once, too.

350
00:14:24,951 --> 00:14:26,082
[chuckles]

351
00:14:26,126 --> 00:14:28,432
So, how's Dmitri?

352
00:14:28,476 --> 00:14:31,174
He's good. Good.

353
00:14:31,218 --> 00:14:33,960
He's great. [laughs]

354
00:14:34,003 --> 00:14:37,659
Actually, can I ask you...?

355
00:14:37,702 --> 00:14:41,010
You know what,
if you're too busy...

356
00:14:41,054 --> 00:14:44,013
No, I... Dish away.

357
00:14:44,057 --> 00:14:45,885
So...

358
00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:49,192
Dmitri wants to do, um,

359
00:14:49,236 --> 00:14:52,239
traditional couples
stuff, like, in public.

360
00:14:52,282 --> 00:14:55,982
Swell.
Yeah, except here's the thing.

361
00:14:56,025 --> 00:15:00,073
I, I was just with Griffin.
I mean, God.

362
00:15:00,116 --> 00:15:04,164
And our relationship
was all over Instagram

363
00:15:04,207 --> 00:15:06,383
and-and tabloids,
and, like, what,

364
00:15:06,427 --> 00:15:08,168
a few weeks later
I'm coming out like,

365
00:15:08,211 --> 00:15:10,039
"Hey, here's my new..."
What's your concern?

366
00:15:10,083 --> 00:15:12,912
I mean, judgment.

367
00:15:12,955 --> 00:15:16,132
What's your real concern?

368
00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:21,398
Stevie, you are the most
private of my three kids.

369
00:15:21,442 --> 00:15:23,183
And you're also the one

370
00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:26,795
who cares the least about
what other people think.

371
00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:28,188
Yeah.

372
00:15:28,231 --> 00:15:32,105
I guess it's more
about what I think.

373
00:15:32,148 --> 00:15:34,150
Which is?

374
00:15:35,238 --> 00:15:38,415
That I was devastated when
this didn't work before.

375
00:15:39,503 --> 00:15:44,813
And if I commit
again and we fail...

376
00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:47,990
You'll take it even harder.Yeah.

377
00:15:48,034 --> 00:15:51,167
Because this time, you know,

378
00:15:51,211 --> 00:15:54,257
there's nobody to blame but me.

379
00:15:54,301 --> 00:15:56,956
Oh, sweetie.

380
00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:58,958
It's scary.

381
00:16:00,089 --> 00:16:02,135
Try terrifying.

382
00:16:04,093 --> 00:16:07,618
Love is all about...

383
00:16:09,185 --> 00:16:14,016
You have to risk everything...

384
00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:15,539
to gain everything.

385
00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:18,803
Do you think that we'll make it?

386
00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,592
Well, I think that...

387
00:16:24,635 --> 00:16:26,898
you should take it
one step at a time.

388
00:16:28,813 --> 00:16:31,164
Go to dinner,

389
00:16:31,207 --> 00:16:34,167
then come back and tell me
what real food tastes like.

390
00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:35,951
[laughs]

391
00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:42,238
I was just going to come to
see you.[sighs] I was crawling

392
00:16:42,262 --> 00:16:44,153
out of my skin. Just show me.Okay.
This was posted.

393
00:16:44,177 --> 00:16:46,875
Don't preface, just give it to me.
On a website of a publication

394
00:16:46,918 --> 00:16:49,318
called the Rubric at 6:00...
this morning. What... ooh, wait.

395
00:16:49,356 --> 00:16:52,707
Okay."A dislike of a free press
seems to run in the McCord family,

396
00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:54,554
"as first son Jason
demonstrated by confronting

397
00:16:54,578 --> 00:16:57,277
"the Rubric'seditor over a
description of his mother

398
00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,019
"he labeled misogynistic
and slanderous,

399
00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,195
"then baldly suggesting
the first female president

400
00:17:02,238 --> 00:17:04,197
deserved preferential
treatment."Oh, come on.

401
00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,895
You can take it from here.
What... um...

402
00:17:06,938 --> 00:17:08,636
"When his charm
offensive ran aground,

403
00:17:08,679 --> 00:17:10,135
"McCord resorted to
ham-fisted threats,

404
00:17:10,159 --> 00:17:13,162
"alluding to his Secret
Service detail and their...

405
00:17:13,206 --> 00:17:14,598
guns." Guns.

406
00:17:14,642 --> 00:17:16,228
"The implication being
they might be deployed

407
00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:18,211
"to muzzle yours truly.
After all, Jason warned,

408
00:17:18,254 --> 00:17:20,058
his mother was 'the most
powerful person in the world.'"

409
00:17:20,082 --> 00:17:22,084
Nearly two million retweets.

410
00:17:22,128 --> 00:17:25,000
Picked up by the AP,
foreign media, it's...

411
00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,089
Yeah. Because I'm not already

412
00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:29,222
in Dutch enough with
the press corps,

413
00:17:29,265 --> 00:17:31,615
who I will be schmoozing
tomorrow night.

414
00:17:31,659 --> 00:17:32,834
Yep.

415
00:17:32,877 --> 00:17:34,879
He is going to issue an apology.

416
00:17:34,923 --> 00:17:36,055
Yes, agreed.

417
00:17:36,098 --> 00:17:37,249
Then we are going
to shave his head

418
00:17:37,273 --> 00:17:38,883
and ship him off
to military school.

419
00:17:38,927 --> 00:17:41,190
Well, h-he's not 12,
but that is a good thought.

420
00:17:41,234 --> 00:17:43,429
Madam President,
you're needed in the Sit Room immediately.

421
00:17:43,453 --> 00:17:45,649
Okay, listen, I will have him
on the next train down here

422
00:17:45,673 --> 00:17:48,110
to give us time to give him
a proper neck-wringing.Okay.

423
00:17:48,154 --> 00:17:50,634
You just go save the world.
Okay, okay. Yep, yep, yep.

424
00:17:50,678 --> 00:17:53,202
At 9:00 a.m.
Greenwich Mean Time,

425
00:17:53,246 --> 00:17:56,423
the G8 member nations
notified Tehran

426
00:17:56,466 --> 00:18:00,209
that the sanctions on the Shiraz
regime were being trebled.

427
00:18:00,253 --> 00:18:01,384
RUSSELL: Three hours later,

428
00:18:01,428 --> 00:18:03,082
the U.K.'s two largest banks

429
00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:05,780
reported data breaches
on their cloud servers.

430
00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:08,043
And the London and
Frankfurt stock exchanges

431
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:11,307
just suspended trading
after their own breaches.

432
00:18:11,351 --> 00:18:13,309
We confirm Iran was behind it?

433
00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:15,006
WARE: We know they are.

434
00:18:15,050 --> 00:18:16,984
They have hacking mills now.
People on the job 24/7.

435
00:18:17,008 --> 00:18:19,315
HILL: And Tehran's
aggression isn't limited

436
00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,187
to financial markets.

437
00:18:21,230 --> 00:18:24,233
A French-flagged oil tanker

438
00:18:24,277 --> 00:18:26,931
in the Strait of
Hormuz nearly capsized

439
00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:28,498
after the automated ballast

440
00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:30,935
control system was
remotely compromised.

441
00:18:30,979 --> 00:18:35,723
And British ships in the region
are reporting problems with GPS.

442
00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:37,222
THOMPSON: Meaning traffic
through the most important

443
00:18:37,246 --> 00:18:39,553
oil-shipping route in the world

444
00:18:39,596 --> 00:18:42,077
has come to a complete standstill.
RUSSELL: All of which

445
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,427
is a prelude to an inevitable
spike in oil prices,

446
00:18:44,471 --> 00:18:46,081
which you will be blamed for.

447
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,692
There is nothing subtle about
this, ma'am.

448
00:18:48,736 --> 00:18:50,999
Shiraz is under pressure
by the hard-liners.

449
00:18:51,042 --> 00:18:53,784
He wants to stay in power,
he has to appease them.

450
00:18:53,828 --> 00:18:58,354
So, unless we back off,
this is just the beginning.

451
00:18:58,398 --> 00:19:01,792
Well, I'll personally
reach out to our allies.

452
00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:03,403
Reinforce the coalition.

453
00:19:03,446 --> 00:19:06,232
Our allies aren't going
to spend political capital

454
00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:07,798
on an embattled president.

455
00:19:07,842 --> 00:19:10,323
The undermining of
democracy should concern

456
00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:12,629
all free nations.

457
00:19:12,673 --> 00:19:14,327
Well, our friends
aren't as like-minded.

458
00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:16,285
And we won't be able to
exert enough pressure

459
00:19:16,329 --> 00:19:21,160
on Shiraz independently to force
him to cough up the hackers.

460
00:19:21,203 --> 00:19:24,467
Then we'll go it alone.

461
00:19:24,511 --> 00:19:27,427
Ellen, have JSOC pull up
scenarios for the extraction

462
00:19:27,470 --> 00:19:29,516
of the five Iranian nationals

463
00:19:29,559 --> 00:19:31,518
responsible for the
attack on our elections.

464
00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:34,695
You are talking about
breaching Iranian sovereignty.

465
00:19:34,738 --> 00:19:37,132
Yes.

466
00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:38,283
That is an extreme response.

467
00:19:38,307 --> 00:19:39,874
ELIZABETH: To an
extreme provocation,

468
00:19:39,917 --> 00:19:43,791
which we have tried to address
diplomatically with Tehran.

469
00:19:43,834 --> 00:19:46,489
And through the
use of sanctions.

470
00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:47,901
Those measures have
not only failed,

471
00:19:47,925 --> 00:19:50,319
but Iran has become emboldened.

472
00:19:50,363 --> 00:19:52,713
HILL: Ma'am,
I'm duty bound to advise you

473
00:19:52,756 --> 00:19:54,541
that this could be
seen as an act of war.

474
00:19:54,584 --> 00:19:57,500
WARE: One which puts U.S.
citizens and service members

475
00:19:57,544 --> 00:20:00,460
overseas in the line of fire.

476
00:20:00,503 --> 00:20:02,505
Not to mention our allies.

477
00:20:04,333 --> 00:20:08,946
Does anyone here doubt that
interfering with our elections

478
00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:11,384
was an act of war?

479
00:20:14,735 --> 00:20:16,911
What we do here...

480
00:20:16,954 --> 00:20:21,568
Or don't do...
Will have consequences.

481
00:20:21,611 --> 00:20:24,614
Because America is the
bellwether for freedom.

482
00:20:24,658 --> 00:20:26,399
If we look away,

483
00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:29,750
then democracies
everywhere are at risk.

484
00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:38,159
I expect a full range of options
as soon as you gather them.

485
00:20:45,113 --> 00:20:48,203
I'm not saying
"Congressman Codeine."

486
00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:49,987
Why? He's out of rehab.

487
00:20:51,032 --> 00:20:52,686
Fine. Senator Lithium?

488
00:20:52,729 --> 00:20:54,296
[sighs]: Oh, for God...

489
00:20:54,340 --> 00:20:56,167
I... Hey, Russell.

490
00:20:56,211 --> 00:21:01,216
Welcome to the laugh-free zone,
starring your headliner Mike B.

491
00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:02,783
Yeah, the gang at Cactus Norm's

492
00:21:02,826 --> 00:21:04,239
open mic night would
beg to differ.Uh-huh.

493
00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,352
By the way,
two-for-one margaritas on Sundays,

494
00:21:06,395 --> 00:21:08,005
but, uh, skip the tuna nachos.

495
00:21:08,049 --> 00:21:09,485
I think you're gonna find

496
00:21:09,529 --> 00:21:11,574
this update aggressively
unfunny, too.

497
00:21:11,618 --> 00:21:14,838
I back-channeled with
Hanson's chief of staff.

498
00:21:14,882 --> 00:21:17,885
He named his price for shutting
down the investigation.

499
00:21:17,928 --> 00:21:19,756
One kidney or two?

500
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,802
Oh, the whole body, I'm afraid.

501
00:21:21,845 --> 00:21:24,587
He's demanding rollbacks
on the ESI bill,

502
00:21:24,631 --> 00:21:27,460
approval rights on
all judicial nominees.

503
00:21:27,503 --> 00:21:29,766
Well, that's sort of funny.
Yeah, well,

504
00:21:29,810 --> 00:21:32,378
I won't even mention the raft
of anti-environment initiatives,

505
00:21:32,421 --> 00:21:35,555
corporate tax cuts, weakening

506
00:21:35,598 --> 00:21:38,122
gun control and health
care legislation,

507
00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:41,909
all of which he is
expecting you to cosign.

508
00:21:41,952 --> 00:21:44,651
If I don't?

509
00:21:44,694 --> 00:21:46,174
Well, then he and his allies

510
00:21:46,217 --> 00:21:49,830
will beat the impeachment drum
for the rest of your term.

511
00:21:49,873 --> 00:21:52,287
I agree to his demands,
I'll be functionally impeached anyway.

512
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,486
It's still worth considering.

513
00:21:53,529 --> 00:21:55,488
On what basis? Political winds

514
00:21:55,531 --> 00:21:58,882
can shift, leverage can change.

515
00:21:58,926 --> 00:22:01,624
Deals can be unmade.

516
00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:03,191
I have no interest
in this office

517
00:22:03,234 --> 00:22:05,672
if I can't do what the
people put me here for.

518
00:22:05,715 --> 00:22:09,371
I'd rather be on the farm in
Virginia writing my memoirs.

519
00:22:09,415 --> 00:22:10,633
With all due respect, ma'am,

520
00:22:10,677 --> 00:22:12,418
that might be sooner
than you think.

521
00:22:15,464 --> 00:22:18,641
I'll find time to speak
with Senator Hanson

522
00:22:18,685 --> 00:22:21,165
at the Correspondents' Dinner.

523
00:22:21,209 --> 00:22:23,516
Maybe we'll find
some common ground.

524
00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:25,431
I'll pass the word.

525
00:22:25,474 --> 00:22:27,258
BLAKE [clears throat]: Excuse
me, ma'am.

526
00:22:27,302 --> 00:22:28,410
Uh, Jason is in the Residence.

527
00:22:28,434 --> 00:22:30,436
Would you like me
to invite him down?

528
00:22:33,526 --> 00:22:35,136
No.

529
00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:37,530
Ask Henry to meet me there.

530
00:22:37,573 --> 00:22:39,183
Yes, ma'am.

531
00:22:39,227 --> 00:22:41,664
First off, every word I said
was taken out of context.

532
00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:43,144
Oh, a hit job, huh?

533
00:22:43,187 --> 00:22:45,625
Yeah, totally. And...

534
00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:47,627
Well, we happen to have
the piece right here,

535
00:22:47,670 --> 00:22:50,456
so we can go over
the inaccuracies.

536
00:22:50,499 --> 00:22:54,024
Okay,
maybe I was a tiny bit clumsy.

537
00:22:54,068 --> 00:22:57,332
Breaking a vase is
clumsy, Jason.

538
00:22:57,376 --> 00:23:00,204
Accusing a female
writer of misogyny

539
00:23:00,248 --> 00:23:01,704
while flagging the
fact that your detail

540
00:23:01,728 --> 00:23:04,208
is packing heat...
That's just dumb.

541
00:23:04,252 --> 00:23:06,428
I was defending you.

542
00:23:06,472 --> 00:23:09,388
I know it came
from a good place,

543
00:23:09,431 --> 00:23:13,087
but you don't help me by
throwing your weight around.

544
00:23:13,130 --> 00:23:15,089
And when you talk
to journalists,

545
00:23:15,132 --> 00:23:17,221
your words are going
to be scrutinized.

546
00:23:17,265 --> 00:23:19,093
Real journalists

547
00:23:19,136 --> 00:23:21,095
don't tote around
Hello Kitty knapsacks.

548
00:23:21,138 --> 00:23:22,836
No, no, the blog's a
farce, okay?

549
00:23:22,879 --> 00:23:24,054
I'm the victim here.

550
00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:26,492
Oh, boy.
See, that's just not the way

551
00:23:26,535 --> 00:23:28,695
you want to play this, sport.
No, everyone attacks you.

552
00:23:29,886 --> 00:23:30,844
And you just turn
the other cheek.

553
00:23:30,887 --> 00:23:32,454
Don't you get sick of that?

554
00:23:32,498 --> 00:23:35,544
I don't have that luxury,

555
00:23:35,588 --> 00:23:37,546
and neither does my family.

556
00:23:37,590 --> 00:23:40,549
And I'm sorry,
but that's the way it is.

557
00:23:40,593 --> 00:23:43,900
Okay. I...

558
00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:47,904
Lesson learned.
Are we done here?

559
00:23:47,948 --> 00:23:50,994
We are, but you're not.

560
00:23:51,038 --> 00:23:52,561
A full-throated apology

561
00:23:52,605 --> 00:23:54,520
posted online before the
Correspondents' Dinner,

562
00:23:54,563 --> 00:23:57,566
uh, by, let's say, noon.

563
00:23:57,610 --> 00:23:59,655
Tomorrow.

564
00:23:59,699 --> 00:24:02,484
Okay. Yeah.
I can, I'll mock up a clarification.

565
00:24:02,528 --> 00:24:04,114
ELIZABETH AND HENRY: Apology.
Okay, fine.

566
00:24:04,138 --> 00:24:05,356
DMITRI: Isn't this nice?

567
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,316
Mm-hmm. Beautiful evening.

568
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,492
You, me.Mm-hmm.

569
00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:14,844
Four people licensed to kill.

570
00:24:14,888 --> 00:24:18,674
Well, a table for
six is my new normal.

571
00:24:18,718 --> 00:24:21,938
I've never had a
normal, except for you.

572
00:24:21,982 --> 00:24:23,810
Aw.WOMAN: Oh,
it's the president's daughter.

573
00:24:23,853 --> 00:24:27,596
Oh, okay.
Uh, here, let's sit down.

574
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,338
[clears throat]

575
00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:35,343
You're nervous.

576
00:24:35,386 --> 00:24:36,692
[clears throat]

577
00:24:36,736 --> 00:24:39,521
Yeah. About being seen with me?

578
00:24:39,565 --> 00:24:40,914
No.

579
00:24:40,957 --> 00:24:44,004
Um, it's just that,

580
00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:45,788
if we're a couple,

581
00:24:45,832 --> 00:24:49,575
then we are official,
and if we're official,

582
00:24:49,618 --> 00:24:52,969
don't know, my mind goes places.

583
00:24:53,013 --> 00:24:54,623
I'll never hurt you again.

584
00:24:54,667 --> 00:24:56,799
You can't promise that.

585
00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:59,585
I'll never hurt you intentionally.
[laughs] Gee.

586
00:24:59,628 --> 00:25:02,457
You really know how
to sweet-talk a gal.

587
00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:03,502
[both laugh]

588
00:25:03,545 --> 00:25:04,609
Look, it's the best I can do.

589
00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:08,028
Some things are
out of our control.

590
00:25:08,071 --> 00:25:09,464
Yeah.

591
00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:11,466
I just can't do this again.

592
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,773
Like, go all in, and then

593
00:25:13,816 --> 00:25:17,167
maybe one day I'll-I'll
wake up and you'll be gone

594
00:25:17,211 --> 00:25:20,823
because you have this secret
life that you can't outrun.

595
00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,696
Look, there's no more secrets
and there's no more running.

596
00:25:23,739 --> 00:25:26,568
All I can promise you is this:

597
00:25:26,612 --> 00:25:28,657
I'm not leaving again,

598
00:25:28,701 --> 00:25:33,009
not unless I'm dragged
away, kicking and screaming.

599
00:25:33,053 --> 00:25:36,491
So we leave the rest up to fate?

600
00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:37,666
No.

601
00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:41,627
I don't trust fate.

602
00:25:41,670 --> 00:25:43,672
I trust you.

603
00:25:45,805 --> 00:25:48,155
Okay.

604
00:25:48,198 --> 00:25:49,765
HENRY: So how go the jokes?

605
00:25:49,809 --> 00:25:53,726
Six comedy writers,
three speechwriters,

606
00:25:53,769 --> 00:25:56,119
endless edits by Mike B.,

607
00:25:56,163 --> 00:25:57,643
and it still needs a punch-up.

608
00:25:57,686 --> 00:25:59,514
You're gonna be great.

609
00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:02,517
What I need is a time
machine, so I can

610
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,171
go back and fix things.

611
00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:06,739
These investigations
aren't going anywhere.

612
00:26:06,782 --> 00:26:07,696
Nope.

613
00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:10,046
Maybe my presidency is.

614
00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:13,006
Babe,
don't.I'm just being realistic.

615
00:26:15,965 --> 00:26:20,274
Been thinking a lot about
the fate of pioneers.

616
00:26:20,317 --> 00:26:21,841
Well,
you're certainly one of them.

617
00:26:21,884 --> 00:26:24,626
Yeah. You know what
pioneers get to accomplish?

618
00:26:24,670 --> 00:26:27,673
Being first. That's it.

619
00:26:27,716 --> 00:26:28,630
Some accomplished
more than that.

620
00:26:28,674 --> 00:26:30,066
Not the ones that matter.

621
00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:32,808
Susan B. Anthony paved the
way for women's suffrage

622
00:26:32,852 --> 00:26:35,681
but died 15 years before
women got to vote.

623
00:26:35,724 --> 00:26:38,509
And Martin Luther King
fought for equality

624
00:26:38,553 --> 00:26:42,383
but didn't live to see many
of his dreams fulfilled.

625
00:26:42,426 --> 00:26:45,038
People who provide the spark

626
00:26:45,081 --> 00:26:47,257
don't often get to
sit by the fire.

627
00:26:47,301 --> 00:26:49,303
Maybe

628
00:26:49,346 --> 00:26:52,175
the country just wasn't ready

629
00:26:52,219 --> 00:26:54,221
for the first female president.

630
00:26:56,266 --> 00:27:01,010
Or maybe all this is just
inevitable tectonic shifts.

631
00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:03,317
The earth realigning itself.

632
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,059
Or opening up to
swallow me whole.

633
00:27:06,102 --> 00:27:08,104
You're gonna get through this.

634
00:27:10,977 --> 00:27:13,109
What if I don't?

635
00:27:13,153 --> 00:27:15,329
Well, then you'll have a
burgeoning comedy career

636
00:27:15,372 --> 00:27:17,766
to fall back on.

637
00:27:17,810 --> 00:27:20,813
Maybe I'll just
fall back on you.

638
00:27:20,856 --> 00:27:23,859
Well, that works, too.[chuckles]

639
00:27:26,296 --> 00:27:28,908
WARE: Iran's cyber force

640
00:27:28,951 --> 00:27:31,388
is a decentralized
confederation of hackers,

641
00:27:31,432 --> 00:27:33,652
but our intel confirms

642
00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:36,698
there's nothing random about the
dispersion of our five targets.

643
00:27:36,742 --> 00:27:38,352
Tabriz, Mashhad,

644
00:27:38,395 --> 00:27:41,355
Zahedan, and Bushehr.

645
00:27:41,398 --> 00:27:43,749
The four corners of the country.
And Reza Mousavi,

646
00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:45,707
the crown jewel,

647
00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,796
is in Tehran.

648
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,034
Our range of options,
unfortunately,

649
00:27:49,058 --> 00:27:50,886
has boiled down to one.

650
00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:52,845
We would have to have
a full-scale invasion

651
00:27:52,888 --> 00:27:54,368
to extract all the targets.

652
00:27:54,411 --> 00:27:58,024
Which sets the stage for a
long and costly occupation.

653
00:27:58,067 --> 00:27:59,678
ELIZABETH: Another Iraq.
Yes, ma'am.

654
00:28:01,854 --> 00:28:05,727
Well, if we can't get into Iran,

655
00:28:05,771 --> 00:28:08,251
maybe we can get
the targets out,

656
00:28:08,295 --> 00:28:09,862
at least Mousavi.

657
00:28:09,905 --> 00:28:12,081
Ma'am? Well, do we have any

658
00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:15,519
high-ranking assets left
in Hezbollah? We do.

659
00:28:15,563 --> 00:28:19,480
Someone who could draw Mousavi
out so he's a soft target?

660
00:28:19,523 --> 00:28:23,484
Our agent would have to dangle
the promise of a package

661
00:28:23,527 --> 00:28:26,748
so sensitive,
it could only be passed in person.

662
00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:29,708
And we'd have to burn him.

663
00:28:29,751 --> 00:28:31,361
But it can be done.

664
00:28:31,405 --> 00:28:33,363
Theoretically.

665
00:28:33,407 --> 00:28:34,732
But what about the
other four suspects?

666
00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:37,367
Well, I'm willing to trade

667
00:28:37,411 --> 00:28:39,326
the head of the snake
for the rest of its body.

668
00:28:39,369 --> 00:28:43,634
HUMINT says Mousavi's in
line for a big promotion,

669
00:28:43,678 --> 00:28:46,115
maybe as soon as tomorrow.

670
00:28:46,159 --> 00:28:48,006
Shiraz keeps his inner
circle a stone's throw away,

671
00:28:48,030 --> 00:28:50,772
under heavy guard.
It'll be a high-risk op.

672
00:28:50,816 --> 00:28:52,339
Well,
then there's no time to waste.

673
00:28:52,382 --> 00:28:53,862
WARE: And if it fails,

674
00:28:53,906 --> 00:28:55,821
there will be
American fatalities.

675
00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:57,170
And fallout.

676
00:28:57,213 --> 00:28:59,433
Just ask Carter the cost

677
00:28:59,476 --> 00:29:00,956
of botched Iranian missions.

678
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,784
And even if this goes
off without a hitch,

679
00:29:02,828 --> 00:29:06,962
your political enemies will
accuse you of wagging the dog.

680
00:29:07,006 --> 00:29:08,181
Even if you win,

681
00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:11,619
you'll lose.Yeah.

682
00:29:11,662 --> 00:29:14,883
Yup. I want Mousavi on
American soil to face justice.

683
00:29:14,927 --> 00:29:15,991
I'll deal with the rest later.

684
00:29:16,015 --> 00:29:17,886
Set it up. Yes, Madam President.

685
00:29:23,805 --> 00:29:26,242
Hey, Russell,
Mousavi is happily ensconced

686
00:29:26,286 --> 00:29:30,812
at a baccarat table at
the Casino de la Falaise.

687
00:29:30,856 --> 00:29:35,208
It's some luxury seaside
resort just south of Beirut.

688
00:29:35,251 --> 00:29:38,777
There's a joint HRT/SEAL Team
task force ready to grab him up.

689
00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:40,909
Okay. Bye.

690
00:29:40,953 --> 00:29:42,781
So, what's the pretext?

691
00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:44,739
A stolen workup on
the vulnerabilities

692
00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:46,393
of our electrical grids.

693
00:29:46,436 --> 00:29:48,395
Have you read in President Bashar?
No.

694
00:29:48,438 --> 00:29:51,354
His loyalties are divided.

695
00:29:51,398 --> 00:29:53,879
Besides, it's easier to ask
forgiveness than permission.

696
00:29:53,922 --> 00:29:56,795
Speaking of forgiveness,
Madam President, Dr. McCord,

697
00:29:56,838 --> 00:29:59,101
Jason posted,

698
00:29:59,145 --> 00:30:01,016
uh, an apology on social media.

699
00:30:01,060 --> 00:30:02,844
Do we want to see it?

700
00:30:02,888 --> 00:30:04,019
Uh, in ten years.

701
00:30:04,063 --> 00:30:05,804
[groans]

702
00:30:06,892 --> 00:30:10,547
JASON [over video]:
Um, some of you

703
00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:13,855
may have seen a piece on
me in The Cambridge Rubric

704
00:30:13,899 --> 00:30:16,466
discussing my interaction
with a college journalist,

705
00:30:16,510 --> 00:30:17,859
and I would like

706
00:30:17,903 --> 00:30:19,208
to address the matter.

707
00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:21,820
Um, I'm sorry for what happened.

708
00:30:21,863 --> 00:30:23,822
An auspicious enough start.

709
00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:25,040
I'm sorry I disrespected

710
00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:28,914
the serious field of
college journalism.

711
00:30:28,957 --> 00:30:32,004
And I'm sorry I failed to
recognize that the press

712
00:30:32,047 --> 00:30:34,789
should be free to vilify our
leaders without consequence.

713
00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,444
Oh, less auspicious.

714
00:30:37,487 --> 00:30:38,967
And I was wrong to
defend my mother

715
00:30:39,011 --> 00:30:40,664
because she has been
treated so fairly

716
00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:42,362
by journalists

717
00:30:42,405 --> 00:30:44,799
and by the Senate
Intelligence Committee

718
00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:46,366
and by conservative
critics who have

719
00:30:46,409 --> 00:30:49,021
embraced her as the female
president that they've

720
00:30:49,064 --> 00:30:51,893
always been longing for.
No, no, no...

721
00:30:51,937 --> 00:30:54,504
And I hope one day to display
the ethics and decorum

722
00:30:54,548 --> 00:30:58,291
so regularly evidenced
by our woke media

723
00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:01,903
'cause it's what they deserve.
Jason out.

724
00:31:01,947 --> 00:31:03,513
Yeah.

725
00:31:03,557 --> 00:31:06,908
Well, it was,
technically, an apology.

726
00:31:06,952 --> 00:31:08,649
So how do you want to handle it?

727
00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:09,955
I don't.

728
00:31:10,999 --> 00:31:13,654
You're both gonna get hammered.

729
00:31:13,697 --> 00:31:15,177
Well, I'm used to it.

730
00:31:15,221 --> 00:31:18,267
Maybe he'll learn something
about consequences

731
00:31:18,311 --> 00:31:21,967
and how to talk to people.
Speaking of which,

732
00:31:22,010 --> 00:31:23,858
have you decided what
you're gonna say to Hanson?

733
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,840
Yeah. Am I sure

734
00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,060
it's the right thing to do?

735
00:31:28,103 --> 00:31:32,064
Well, that's a whole
different animal.

736
00:31:32,107 --> 00:31:34,805
MIKE: Why do they call these
stupid things monkey suits?

737
00:31:34,849 --> 00:31:37,460
No self-respecting simian would
be caught dead in one of them.

738
00:31:37,504 --> 00:31:38,984
I thought you liked galas.

739
00:31:39,027 --> 00:31:40,637
Only when I'm
trolling for business.

740
00:31:40,681 --> 00:31:42,988
This place is like a casting
call for The Walking Dead.

741
00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:44,511
Where's the president?

742
00:31:44,554 --> 00:31:48,167
Uh, discussing free trade
with, uh, Secretary Barnum.

743
00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:51,648
Tell her the senator's ready.
Will do.

744
00:31:53,346 --> 00:31:54,913
ELIZABETH: Cynthia.

745
00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:56,412
PAUL: Great to see you.
ELIZABETH: Hey, Paul.

746
00:31:56,436 --> 00:31:57,674
HENRY: Cynthia, how are you?
CYNTHIA: Henry.

747
00:31:57,698 --> 00:31:59,482
Oh, so good to see you.
HENRY: Hey, Paul.

748
00:31:59,526 --> 00:32:02,398
And my dress is biodegradable,
in honor of your ESI bill. Oh, come on.

749
00:32:02,442 --> 00:32:04,966
That's fantastic.
You know what else is biodegradable?

750
00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:08,230
French fries, truffles,
mac and cheese.

751
00:32:08,274 --> 00:32:09,971
I'm actually just eating

752
00:32:10,015 --> 00:32:11,625
for the environment tonight.

753
00:32:11,668 --> 00:32:14,149
Really good to see you both.
Good to see you. Take care.

754
00:32:14,193 --> 00:32:16,978
Hey, guys. Hi.Hi. Mom, Dad.

755
00:32:17,022 --> 00:32:18,327
Oh. Sorry. Uh, this is Shasta.

756
00:32:18,371 --> 00:32:20,547
Yeah, hi, Shasta.
It is an honor to meet you,

757
00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:21,896
Mr. and Mrs. President.

758
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,985
Yeah, that's not...
That's not how that...

759
00:32:24,029 --> 00:32:25,944
My-my mom... This is huge. I...

760
00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:28,642
Just go and have fun.
Just don't worry.

761
00:32:28,685 --> 00:32:29,773
We'll see you at the table.

762
00:32:29,817 --> 00:32:30,992
Hi. Uh, Madam President? Yes?

763
00:32:31,036 --> 00:32:33,342
Uh, Senator Hanson
is ready for you.

764
00:32:36,084 --> 00:32:37,999
Good luck.

765
00:32:51,621 --> 00:32:55,103
Madam President.Senator.

766
00:32:55,147 --> 00:32:57,062
I hope you're
enjoying your evening.

767
00:32:57,105 --> 00:32:59,803
Well, so far, so good.

768
00:33:01,153 --> 00:33:03,111
Have you considered my offer?

769
00:33:03,155 --> 00:33:06,027
I have. At some length.

770
00:33:06,071 --> 00:33:07,986
Before I respond to it,

771
00:33:08,029 --> 00:33:12,077
I-I do want to
acknowledge something.

772
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,774
I have made mistakes.

773
00:33:13,817 --> 00:33:16,124
I can be too single-minded

774
00:33:16,168 --> 00:33:18,866
in my pursuit of progress.

775
00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:22,130
Not solicitous enough
of opposing viewpoints.

776
00:33:22,174 --> 00:33:23,566
And the charge

777
00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:26,961
that I haven't always been
quick to compromise...

778
00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,485
Well, that hits the mark, too.

779
00:33:29,529 --> 00:33:30,791
Well said.

780
00:33:30,834 --> 00:33:34,012
Compromise is the key
to effective leadership.

781
00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:38,929
It is.
But here's the thing, Senator.

782
00:33:38,973 --> 00:33:42,150
You don't want compromise.

783
00:33:42,194 --> 00:33:45,632
You want my complete and
unconditional surrender

784
00:33:45,675 --> 00:33:48,504
to your demands.
That's a bit over the top,

785
00:33:48,548 --> 00:33:51,116
don't you think? No.

786
00:33:51,159 --> 00:33:56,034
What's over the top is months
of hearings engineered only

787
00:33:56,077 --> 00:33:58,210
to further your
boundless ambition.

788
00:33:58,253 --> 00:34:03,084
The relentless persecution of my
staff, the most devoted

789
00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:06,479
and selfless public servants
I have ever had the privilege

790
00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:08,872
of serving with.

791
00:34:08,916 --> 00:34:10,657
You're a cheap shakedown
artist, Senator.

792
00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:14,052
And I am not willing
to sell out my agenda

793
00:34:14,095 --> 00:34:16,184
to sit in the Oval
and take orders

794
00:34:16,228 --> 00:34:19,796
from a partisan hack,
who puts his own self-interest

795
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,276
before the national good.

796
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,585
I'm gonna continue serving
the American people.

797
00:34:25,628 --> 00:34:28,979
You're just gonna have
to try and stop me.

798
00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:32,200
When the end comes,
and it will, soon,

799
00:34:32,244 --> 00:34:34,942
remember I gave you a
chance, Elizabeth.

800
00:34:35,986 --> 00:34:39,947
It's Madam President.
You remember that.

801
00:34:51,437 --> 00:34:53,395
Um, this is my date Shasta.Hi.
Nice to meet you.

802
00:34:53,439 --> 00:34:56,137
Drivers here this evening.
Please feel free to drink up.

803
00:34:56,181 --> 00:34:58,879
[cheering]Yep,
the administration

804
00:34:58,922 --> 00:35:02,448
has graciously arranged
for free rides home

805
00:35:02,491 --> 00:35:05,059
care of the U.S.
Marshals Service.

806
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,645
[cheers and applause]So buckle
up, guys!

807
00:35:06,669 --> 00:35:08,454
Here we go.

808
00:35:08,497 --> 00:35:10,020
[cheering and applause]

809
00:35:10,064 --> 00:35:12,284
Speaking of McCords
who hate the media,

810
00:35:12,327 --> 00:35:14,068
there is the
president's son Jason.

811
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,983
Hello, Jason,
it's great to see you.

812
00:35:16,026 --> 00:35:18,159
Uh, Jason is now

813
00:35:18,203 --> 00:35:19,334
a college junior.

814
00:35:19,378 --> 00:35:21,031
He is majoring in affluenza

815
00:35:21,075 --> 00:35:24,209
and minoring in celibacy.

816
00:35:24,252 --> 00:35:26,167
[laughter]Jason, uh,

817
00:35:26,211 --> 00:35:28,058
does intend to follow in his mom's
footsteps. Extraction team is in place.

818
00:35:28,082 --> 00:35:29,712
It's awaiting your okay.
He hopes to enter

819
00:35:29,736 --> 00:35:31,477
the political arena...
They have it.

820
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:32,608
As the subject

821
00:35:32,652 --> 00:35:35,220
of simultaneous
federal investigations.

822
00:35:35,263 --> 00:35:38,223
No, seriously, don't
worry, Jason, in ten years

823
00:35:38,266 --> 00:35:41,443
no one will remember how you
publicly humiliated yourself.

824
00:35:41,487 --> 00:35:44,446
I, I do think I speak
for everyone here tonight

825
00:35:44,490 --> 00:35:46,753
when I say,
thank God for the Internet.

826
00:35:46,796 --> 00:35:48,102
[laughter]

827
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:49,712
Can we switch seats?

828
00:35:49,756 --> 00:35:51,105
EMCEE: Our president

829
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:54,239
is a woman of conviction.

830
00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:55,675
Or soon will be.

831
00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:57,067
Um...[laughter and groaning]

832
00:35:57,111 --> 00:35:59,069
But she is a good sport,

833
00:35:59,113 --> 00:36:03,073
and now I'm gonna give her
the chance to take a few shots

834
00:36:03,117 --> 00:36:04,771
at all of us.

835
00:36:04,814 --> 00:36:08,253
Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome.

836
00:36:08,296 --> 00:36:11,212
President Elizabeth McCord!

837
00:36:17,044 --> 00:36:18,350
ELIZABETH: Thank you.

838
00:36:20,352 --> 00:36:22,049
Good evening.

839
00:36:22,092 --> 00:36:23,964
Traditionally,

840
00:36:24,007 --> 00:36:26,532
this is a night for humor,

841
00:36:26,575 --> 00:36:28,098
but some people in
my administration

842
00:36:28,142 --> 00:36:30,449
have informed me
that I am not funny.

843
00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:32,059
[laughter]

844
00:36:32,102 --> 00:36:35,889
I will miss all of them dearly.

845
00:36:35,932 --> 00:36:38,021
[laughter and applause]

846
00:36:39,066 --> 00:36:40,198
Yet while it pains me

847
00:36:40,241 --> 00:36:43,244
to say this,
these people were right.

848
00:36:43,288 --> 00:36:45,855
Truth is, I'm not that funny,

849
00:36:45,899 --> 00:36:48,075
and sometimes the truth hurts

850
00:36:48,118 --> 00:36:50,686
and it isn't what
we want to hear.

851
00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:52,862
[knock on door] But
truth is the fabric

852
00:36:52,906 --> 00:36:55,169
that binds society together.
[speaking foreign language]

853
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,824
What makes our government work.

854
00:36:57,867 --> 00:37:00,522
What gives people
trust in their leaders.

855
00:37:00,566 --> 00:37:02,176
And no one

856
00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:06,267
is a more important
defender of the truth

857
00:37:06,311 --> 00:37:07,877
than the people in this room.

858
00:37:07,921 --> 00:37:11,229
[cheering and applause]

859
00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:12,447
What you do

860
00:37:12,491 --> 00:37:14,275
is serious,

861
00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:17,757
and it is important
and as critical

862
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,499
to our liberty as the work
of any branch of government.

863
00:37:20,542 --> 00:37:23,153
The people in this room have

864
00:37:23,197 --> 00:37:25,808
the unassailable
right to document,

865
00:37:25,852 --> 00:37:29,290
to editorialize,
to criticize, and to do so

866
00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:31,858
without fear of reprisal.

867
00:37:31,901 --> 00:37:35,035
WOMAN: Yeah! [Applause]

868
00:37:35,078 --> 00:37:38,952
Because without a free
press, truth is not reported,

869
00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:41,389
power is not held accountable,

870
00:37:41,433 --> 00:37:43,913
and democracy cannot survive.

871
00:37:43,957 --> 00:37:46,264
The founders had the wisdom

872
00:37:46,307 --> 00:37:48,527
to understand this
and to enshrine

873
00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:50,920
this understanding
in our holiest

874
00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:52,444
of civic documents.

875
00:37:53,445 --> 00:37:55,708
Congress shall make no law

876
00:37:55,751 --> 00:37:57,753
abridging the
freedom of the press.

877
00:37:57,797 --> 00:38:00,060
[cheering]

878
00:38:02,367 --> 00:38:05,152
So says the First Amendment,

879
00:38:05,195 --> 00:38:06,545
the elemental freedom

880
00:38:06,588 --> 00:38:10,288
without which all other
freedoms are imperiled.

881
00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:12,594
May we all cherish

882
00:38:12,638 --> 00:38:15,205
the freedom that
we honor tonight

883
00:38:15,249 --> 00:38:17,338
and protect it.

884
00:38:17,382 --> 00:38:20,254
Thank you.
You're all under arrest.

885
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:23,257
[laughter]

886
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:24,650
[cheering]

887
00:38:31,657 --> 00:38:34,921
HANSON: Fellow members,
it is my solemn duty

888
00:38:34,964 --> 00:38:37,619
to update you on the fruits of
my committee's investigation.

889
00:38:37,663 --> 00:38:39,795
What began as a
targeted inquiry...

890
00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:41,928
He's not wasting any time.

891
00:38:41,971 --> 00:38:44,104
Hanson's addressing
the full Senate.

892
00:38:44,147 --> 00:38:46,759
At least he's finally putting
all of his cards on the table.

893
00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:48,804
Let's see what kind
of hand he has.

894
00:38:48,848 --> 00:38:51,067
By President McCord's own FBI.

895
00:38:51,111 --> 00:38:52,471
And while the
shameless obstruction

896
00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:54,157
of President McCord's staff

897
00:38:54,201 --> 00:38:57,247
means my committee's
work is still ongoing,

898
00:38:57,291 --> 00:38:59,424
I can say with confidence
that we have uncovered

899
00:38:59,467 --> 00:39:00,773
a pervasive pattern

900
00:39:00,816 --> 00:39:03,341
of secrecy and corruption
in the White House,

901
00:39:03,384 --> 00:39:05,473
contempt for truth
and transparency

902
00:39:05,517 --> 00:39:07,649
coordinated by President McCord

903
00:39:07,693 --> 00:39:11,392
that should trouble
every American.

904
00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:14,526
The evidence is overwhelming

905
00:39:14,569 --> 00:39:16,092
and irrefutable.

906
00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:17,529
Her former press secretary

907
00:39:17,572 --> 00:39:20,140
Daisy Grant fired for
concealing her receipt

908
00:39:20,183 --> 00:39:21,359
of hacked election materials

909
00:39:21,402 --> 00:39:24,013
from Iranian asset
Claudine Bernard.

910
00:39:24,057 --> 00:39:27,365
Her closest aide Blake
Moran caught in a scheme

911
00:39:27,408 --> 00:39:30,280
he and the president's own
daughter executed to circumvent

912
00:39:30,324 --> 00:39:33,371
campaign finance
disclosure requirements.

913
00:39:33,414 --> 00:39:35,503
Her longtime fixer
and bagman Mike Barnow

914
00:39:35,547 --> 00:39:37,897
implicated in covering
up the suspicious death

915
00:39:37,940 --> 00:39:39,594
of a government official.

916
00:39:39,638 --> 00:39:42,684
In every instance
President McCord's reward

917
00:39:42,728 --> 00:39:45,383
for these acts of malfeasance?

918
00:39:45,426 --> 00:39:49,387
A high-ranking job
in the White House.

919
00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:53,434
It pains me to say this culture
of corruption and self-dealing

920
00:39:53,478 --> 00:39:56,916
extends to the
president's own family.

921
00:39:56,959 --> 00:39:59,397
To her husband,
who has ironically been gifted

922
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,921
the role of ethics czar
in her administration.

923
00:40:01,964 --> 00:40:03,923
To her daughter,
who was brazenly seen

924
00:40:03,966 --> 00:40:06,273
in the company of
former spy Dmitri Petrov

925
00:40:06,316 --> 00:40:07,685
at last night's
Correspondents' Dinner.

926
00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:11,104
Mr. Petrov's presence
was made possible

927
00:40:11,147 --> 00:40:13,759
because the administration
negotiated an amnesty deal

928
00:40:13,802 --> 00:40:15,456
with Russia that
greased his return,

929
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:16,849
apparently so the president

930
00:40:16,892 --> 00:40:18,894
could facilitate
her daughter's...

931
00:40:20,505 --> 00:40:22,463
romantic yearnings.

932
00:40:22,507 --> 00:40:25,466
And still there's more.
That son of a bitch.

933
00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:26,598
The recent revelations

934
00:40:26,641 --> 00:40:28,382
that then Secretary
of State McCord

935
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:30,471
assaulted a foreign leader

936
00:40:30,515 --> 00:40:31,951
and concealed it.

937
00:40:31,994 --> 00:40:35,084
That as a rogue agent,
she authorized the torture...

938
00:40:35,128 --> 00:40:38,871
The torture...
Of a suspected terrorist.

939
00:40:38,914 --> 00:40:42,614
In the wake of this accumulation
of damning evidence,

940
00:40:42,657 --> 00:40:45,704
how does President
McCord respond?

941
00:40:45,747 --> 00:40:47,749
By trying to distract the public

942
00:40:47,793 --> 00:40:50,535
with a sensational mission

943
00:40:50,578 --> 00:40:53,929
to kidnap a member of
Iran's Revolutionary Guard,

944
00:40:53,973 --> 00:40:55,627
a desperate act of adventurism

945
00:40:55,670 --> 00:40:58,064
to convince us she
is not in league

946
00:40:58,107 --> 00:41:01,328
with the country that
facilitated her election.

947
00:41:01,371 --> 00:41:03,504
Where does this lawlessness end?

948
00:41:03,548 --> 00:41:05,288
[senators murmuring]

949
00:41:05,332 --> 00:41:07,856
With accountability.

950
00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:10,163
Which is why I have
referred the work product

951
00:41:10,206 --> 00:41:12,426
of this investigation to
Representative Canning

952
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,516
of the House Judiciary Committee

953
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,041
for proceedings consistent
with their charter.

954
00:41:19,085 --> 00:41:21,566
"Consistent with their charter."
Oh, my God.

955
00:41:21,609 --> 00:41:23,176
Impeachment. It's beginning.

956
00:41:23,219 --> 00:41:25,395
All right, here we go.

957
00:41:25,439 --> 00:41:27,093
We need to war game this.

958
00:41:27,136 --> 00:41:29,182
Let's, uh, let's grab Olivia.

959
00:41:29,225 --> 00:41:31,619
Hunker down with our allies.
Start deploying them.

960
00:41:31,663 --> 00:41:34,535
A media onslaught.
Print, broadcast, digital.

961
00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:36,537
Guys.

962
00:41:36,581 --> 00:41:39,018
Do you think you could
give me a minute, please?

963
00:41:40,062 --> 00:41:42,412
Madam President.

964
00:41:42,456 --> 00:41:44,458
Yes, ma'am.

965
00:42:03,172 --> 00:42:04,522
Blake?

966
00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,482
When is my meeting

967
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,353
with the Council of
Economic Advisers?

968
00:42:10,397 --> 00:42:11,529
10:30.Move it up.

969
00:42:11,572 --> 00:42:13,139
I also need

970
00:42:13,182 --> 00:42:15,707
the OMB report on
carbon reductions

971
00:42:15,750 --> 00:42:17,273
and the latest slate

972
00:42:17,317 --> 00:42:19,580
on potential judicial
nominees, all right?

973
00:42:19,624 --> 00:42:22,104
Right away. It's not your fault.

974
00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:25,673
Ma'am?

975
00:42:25,717 --> 00:42:29,459
The flash drive. The oppo file.

976
00:42:29,503 --> 00:42:32,593
You were with me here
at the very beginning.

977
00:42:32,637 --> 00:42:35,204
You'll be here at the end.

978
00:42:35,248 --> 00:42:37,206
Whenever that day is.

979
00:42:39,252 --> 00:42:40,601
Yes, ma'am.

980
00:42:41,646 --> 00:42:43,430
Let's get to work.

981
00:42:47,652 --> 00:42:51,612
Captioning sponsored by CBS.

982
00:42:51,656 --> 00:42:53,776
Captioned by Media Access
Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org