1 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:16,349 Only one month after announcing his candidacy for election, 2 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:20,186 President Tom Kirkman needed a home run at his State of the Union. 3 00:00:20,270 --> 00:00:21,563 Instead, he struck out 4 00:00:21,646 --> 00:00:24,149 and hit himself in the head with his own bat. 5 00:00:24,232 --> 00:00:25,459 [reporter on TV] Last night's State of the Union 6 00:00:25,483 --> 00:00:27,277 was an irrefutable disaster, 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,320 and heading into the campaign season, 8 00:00:29,404 --> 00:00:30,822 could it put the kibosh on 9 00:00:30,905 --> 00:00:33,658 President Tom Kirkman's chances for election? 10 00:00:33,742 --> 00:00:36,036 Coming up next to give his answer to that question, 11 00:00:36,119 --> 00:00:38,496 presumptive Republican nominee Cornelius Moss... 12 00:00:41,082 --> 00:00:43,752 Seth, we need to change the narrative. 13 00:00:43,835 --> 00:00:47,172 [stammering] Uh, yeah! I have some ideas to run by Mark. 14 00:00:47,255 --> 00:00:49,591 - Don't bother. - But he's my boss. 15 00:00:49,674 --> 00:00:52,969 The communications director is no longer in the employ of the US government. 16 00:00:53,052 --> 00:00:54,304 Oh, my God, you fired him. 17 00:00:54,387 --> 00:00:56,306 Chiefs of Staff sometimes have to do that, Seth. 18 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:58,141 Yeah, of course, I wasn't implying that... 19 00:00:58,224 --> 00:01:00,310 The news media needs a new story. 20 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:02,437 Steer them on to the infrastructure vote coming up. 21 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,565 I don't think that's gonna be enough to distract the press from last night. 22 00:01:05,648 --> 00:01:07,585 - [speaking indistinctly] - They're like a dog with a bone. 23 00:01:07,609 --> 00:01:10,278 You know how to get a bone away from a dog, don't you? 24 00:01:10,361 --> 00:01:12,256 I really hope you're not gonna say, "Shoot the dog." 25 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,531 We're in the barrel here. 26 00:01:13,615 --> 00:01:15,867 Yeah, that's another phrase that's always confused me. 27 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:17,386 People say it all the time around here... 28 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:19,621 In the barrel of a gun pointed at you. 29 00:01:19,704 --> 00:01:20,914 Yeah, I don't think that's it. 30 00:01:20,997 --> 00:01:22,874 Seth, change the narrative. 31 00:01:22,957 --> 00:01:25,335 Or you and Mark can meet up at the public library 32 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:27,295 for their resume-writing workshop. 33 00:01:27,378 --> 00:01:28,880 I hear it's very informative. 34 00:01:28,963 --> 00:01:30,608 [reporter 1 on TV] ...sort of unforced error from happening? 35 00:01:30,632 --> 00:01:32,902 [reporter 2] Don't blame the new Chief of Staff Mars Harper. 36 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:35,970 He's the consummate Washington insider. Runs a tight ship. 37 00:01:36,054 --> 00:01:39,599 This is all Kirkman, a political novice committing political seppuku... 38 00:01:40,475 --> 00:01:41,726 Back to work. 39 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:43,603 Hi. I need five minutes with the president. 40 00:01:43,686 --> 00:01:45,188 Not happening today. 41 00:01:45,271 --> 00:01:46,523 When I was hired, I was told 42 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:48,918 he wanted to make the Office of Social Innovation a priority. 43 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:51,152 He does. We all do. Who wouldn't? 44 00:01:51,236 --> 00:01:54,239 I have a proposal to repurpose some USAID funding 45 00:01:54,322 --> 00:01:57,659 for anti-parasitic drugs in Africa. 50 cents a year per child... 46 00:01:57,742 --> 00:01:59,911 I wanna update you before the principals' meeting. 47 00:01:59,994 --> 00:02:01,994 - I'm talking with him. - [Mars] Thank you, Isabel. 48 00:02:04,249 --> 00:02:05,726 She doesn't appear to like you very much. 49 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:07,293 Appearances can be deceiving. 50 00:02:08,211 --> 00:02:10,380 What news from the national security advisor? 51 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:14,384 Puerto Rico. The hurricane has near incapacitated the saline industry, 52 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:17,554 specifically the production of sodium chloride injection bags. 53 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:20,807 - That's pretty specific. - It could put us in a vulnerable position. 54 00:02:20,890 --> 00:02:23,601 - How so? - Unexpected military conflict arises, 55 00:02:23,685 --> 00:02:24,745 we could be left short-handed. 56 00:02:24,769 --> 00:02:27,981 We need to find a way to shore up the medical products manufacturing sector. 57 00:02:28,064 --> 00:02:29,440 - I'll look into it. - All right. 58 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:31,401 Oh, and speaking of medical products, 59 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:33,844 we gotta get that drink that we keep saying we're gonna get. 60 00:02:33,903 --> 00:02:36,573 - We got to. When's good? - How's next January? 61 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:37,991 Book it. 62 00:02:38,074 --> 00:02:40,910 The chair of the DNC's in the Roosevelt Room. She'd like a word. 63 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:42,245 I can't stand that woman. 64 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:45,290 ...don't recall ever throwing any tantrums like that during my... 65 00:02:46,207 --> 00:02:50,086 Why are there so many goddamn television sets in this goddamn place? 66 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:53,923 Ah. Looking for office space? 67 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:57,135 - I believe this room is spoken for. - It's not too late, Mars. 68 00:02:57,218 --> 00:02:58,636 Too late for what, Meg? 69 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,889 It's not too late for him to drop out of the race. 70 00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:04,642 But we already filled out the statement of candidacy with the FEC, 71 00:03:04,726 --> 00:03:07,186 and you know what a pain in the ass those folks can be 72 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:08,771 about giving anything back. 73 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:12,358 He's gonna siphon votes away from us, which will result in Moss winning, 74 00:03:12,442 --> 00:03:15,695 which will result in the end of the progressive agenda as we know it. 75 00:03:15,778 --> 00:03:18,239 Know what? If you're worried about vote-splitting, 76 00:03:18,323 --> 00:03:20,533 maybe you guys should be the ones to drop out. 77 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:23,077 The Democratic Party? We should drop out? 78 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:25,580 I got the president. What do you got? 79 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:31,044 [Tom on TV] ...sitting on your hands doing nothing, being obstructionist, 80 00:03:31,127 --> 00:03:33,338 playing party politics. Both parties! 81 00:03:33,421 --> 00:03:36,299 - [man] Illegitimate! - "Illegitimate" is not an argument, sir. 82 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,636 If name-calling and petty grievances 83 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:42,013 are what serve for debate in this great chamber, 84 00:03:42,096 --> 00:03:44,515 then Congress truly is in a sorry, sorry state. 85 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:48,811 All you wanna do is tear things down. It is shameful. 86 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:51,940 The system is broken, and you people broke it. 87 00:03:52,023 --> 00:03:54,192 Well, I really screwed that up, didn't I? 88 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:57,070 [theme music playing] 89 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:05,912 You'd think I was Khrushchev at the UN, 90 00:04:05,995 --> 00:04:07,514 when the real story should be the Senate 91 00:04:07,538 --> 00:04:10,083 putting political expedience above doing anything virtuous. 92 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:11,501 Hell, doing anything at all. 93 00:04:11,584 --> 00:04:13,419 Not to mention what nobody's mentioning, 94 00:04:13,503 --> 00:04:16,714 is that absolutely everything I said last night was the truth! 95 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:20,176 Maybe it's not what you said, Mr. President, so much as how you said it. 96 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:24,013 Oh, please. So I offended their delicate sensibilities? 97 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:25,765 These sons of bitches are gonna use this 98 00:04:25,848 --> 00:04:27,976 to bring down the infrastructure bill, I know it. 99 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:31,479 Last check, OLA says that we've got the numbers to pass the bill. 100 00:04:31,562 --> 00:04:33,773 Was that last check before last night? 101 00:04:33,856 --> 00:04:35,416 We need to get the vice president here. 102 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:37,485 She has the ear of the Democratic caucus. 103 00:04:37,568 --> 00:04:39,630 We need her to start whipping support for the vote now. 104 00:04:39,654 --> 00:04:41,864 - Yes, sir. - This doesn't make sense. 105 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:44,951 It's good for their states, their constituents, and they don't care? 106 00:04:45,535 --> 00:04:48,335 It's obvious they don't care about a bridge collapse in North Carolina. 107 00:04:48,413 --> 00:04:50,453 The bodies are still being pulled out of the rubble. 108 00:04:50,498 --> 00:04:51,833 All due respect, Mr. President, 109 00:04:51,916 --> 00:04:54,752 I've been in this town a hell of a lot longer than you have, 110 00:04:54,836 --> 00:04:57,714 and if there's one constant to which you can set your watch, 111 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:59,799 it's that this, too, shall pass. 112 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:01,383 [scoffs] 113 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:03,594 So you're a watch guy, too? 114 00:05:04,429 --> 00:05:06,055 Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. 115 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:09,100 It's becoming the story of my life. What else we got? 116 00:05:09,183 --> 00:05:13,813 Priority number one has got to be tapping a first-rate campaign manager. 117 00:05:13,896 --> 00:05:16,566 - Did you check the list? - I did. 118 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:19,652 But I wanna talk to someone who's not on it. Lorraine Zimmer. 119 00:05:20,236 --> 00:05:21,571 She deputied Moss's run. 120 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:24,198 So she'd know the playbook on him. Could be invaluable. 121 00:05:24,282 --> 00:05:27,660 I also hear she's party agnostic. I would like you to set up the meet. 122 00:05:28,911 --> 00:05:29,912 Will do, sir. 123 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:35,752 Now, you need to lobby some senators, so maybe put on a suit. 124 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:41,007 [upbeat music playing over radio] 125 00:05:48,097 --> 00:05:49,724 - [thud] - [brakes screeching] 126 00:05:49,807 --> 00:05:50,850 [gasps] 127 00:06:09,118 --> 00:06:11,120 [cell phone vibrating] 128 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:18,294 - Seth? - How's Florida? 129 00:06:18,377 --> 00:06:21,089 It's humid and infuriating. How's DC? 130 00:06:21,172 --> 00:06:22,757 Cold and infuriating. 131 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:25,009 I bet it is, especially after last night. 132 00:06:25,093 --> 00:06:26,302 Oh, you watched? 133 00:06:26,385 --> 00:06:29,514 Yes, Seth, I watched the president deliver the State of the Union. 134 00:06:29,597 --> 00:06:32,141 - What'd you think? - You mean policy-wise, or... 135 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,726 Emily, what'd you think? 136 00:06:34,435 --> 00:06:35,853 It was refreshing, actually. 137 00:06:35,937 --> 00:06:38,523 It was nice to hear some honesty in and about the swamp. 138 00:06:38,606 --> 00:06:40,501 [chuckles] Maybe you could convey that to the swamp, 139 00:06:40,525 --> 00:06:42,445 'cause we're getting absolutely murdered up here. 140 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:44,234 Why are you calling, Seth? 141 00:06:44,821 --> 00:06:48,783 Look, obviously we're going through a bit of a rough patch here. Um... 142 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:53,121 The president's been, you know, different since you left. 143 00:06:53,204 --> 00:06:54,497 Different how? 144 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,040 [Seth] I don't wanna say unmoored, 145 00:06:56,124 --> 00:07:00,628 but you were always sort of the Kirkman whisperer, 146 00:07:00,711 --> 00:07:03,005 and I thought if you could... 147 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:07,009 If you could come back, you know, just maybe for a visit. 148 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:08,427 I don't know, Seth. 149 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:11,639 My mom's not doing so well and needs me here, so... 150 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:15,351 I get it. I do. Maybe just think about it? 151 00:07:16,811 --> 00:07:18,521 I'll think about it, all right? 152 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:20,148 [Seth] All right. While I have you, 153 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:22,942 you know that phrase "in the barrel," like, "We're in the barrel"? 154 00:07:23,025 --> 00:07:24,065 Where does that come from? 155 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:27,488 What? I don't know, like, going over the falls in a barrel? 156 00:07:27,572 --> 00:07:29,031 Mmm, I don't think that's it. 157 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:30,115 Goodbye. 158 00:07:30,158 --> 00:07:32,386 [reporter on TV] ...what the senator said wasn't wrong, either... 159 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:34,620 - Who was that on the phone? - Seth. 160 00:07:34,704 --> 00:07:38,291 Oh, I like him. He gives such good briefings. 161 00:07:38,374 --> 00:07:41,461 ...a broken system, when he's part of the reason it's broken? 162 00:07:42,712 --> 00:07:45,756 - You two had a thing, didn't you? - Barely. 163 00:07:46,716 --> 00:07:49,594 He wants me to go back to DC, but I don't think I'm going to. 164 00:07:49,677 --> 00:07:50,887 Why not? 165 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:56,225 You've got the oncologist, and you've got the clinic for chemo, 166 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:57,602 and I want to be here with you. 167 00:07:57,685 --> 00:08:01,272 [sighs] Don't be silly. You put that app on my phone. I can call an Uber. 168 00:08:01,355 --> 00:08:02,773 - Mom... - Emily, 169 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:05,860 I'm perfectly capable of getting to an appointment by myself. 170 00:08:05,943 --> 00:08:08,613 And if you hadn't quit your job, that's exactly what I'd be doing. 171 00:08:10,531 --> 00:08:12,617 [sighs] I'll be fine, sweetheart. 172 00:08:13,951 --> 00:08:16,078 Go take care of your own life. 173 00:08:16,871 --> 00:08:19,916 Don't you have to pack out your apartment in DC anyway? 174 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:22,627 [reporter] ...Kirkman clearly failed this fundamental test. 175 00:08:22,710 --> 00:08:25,129 A president needs to be able to control his temper, 176 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:27,048 especially when he's under attack. 177 00:08:28,382 --> 00:08:30,676 Ellenor, thank you so much for coming. 178 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,387 Not at all. I wanted to make an appointment anyway. 179 00:08:33,471 --> 00:08:36,974 Has Mars spoken with your staff about the infrastructure vote tomorrow? 180 00:08:37,558 --> 00:08:39,185 If he did, I hadn't heard. 181 00:08:39,852 --> 00:08:41,371 I would really like it if you could talk 182 00:08:41,395 --> 00:08:43,648 to some of the fence-sitters in your party. 183 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:46,901 Also, the Office of Legislative Affairs thinks we have the vote, 184 00:08:46,984 --> 00:08:50,112 but I think you should be prepared to break the tie if it comes to that. 185 00:08:53,324 --> 00:08:54,909 Ellenor, what's going on? 186 00:08:57,495 --> 00:09:01,499 I have decided to put my name in for the Democratic nomination. 187 00:09:03,459 --> 00:09:04,502 Wow. 188 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:08,422 I thought when we spoke about you taking this position, 189 00:09:08,506 --> 00:09:10,383 you said that you didn't wanna be president. 190 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:13,094 I didn't know you wanted to run. 191 00:09:13,844 --> 00:09:16,472 You didn't consult me before you made your announcement. 192 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:18,116 - You didn't consult with anyone. - I'm sorry. 193 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:21,435 I didn't realize my decision to run had to be cleared by you. 194 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:22,770 It's not just that. 195 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:28,442 My office provided a variety of perfectly viable policy advisements 196 00:09:28,526 --> 00:09:30,403 for the State of the Union. 197 00:09:30,486 --> 00:09:32,363 You didn't listen to a one of them. 198 00:09:32,446 --> 00:09:35,032 - So now you're running out of petulance? - No, sir. 199 00:09:35,116 --> 00:09:37,243 I am running because it is becoming clear 200 00:09:37,326 --> 00:09:39,805 that you and I have different visions for the future of this country. 201 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:43,374 You would be better served by a vice president who can toe the line. 202 00:09:43,457 --> 00:09:45,543 You know what? I'm not gonna argue with you. Fine. 203 00:09:45,626 --> 00:09:47,187 Stay for the vote and then you're free to go off 204 00:09:47,211 --> 00:09:49,547 and share your vision with the rest of America. 205 00:09:50,506 --> 00:09:51,716 [sighs] 206 00:09:55,011 --> 00:09:57,096 But you're not gonna do that, are you? 207 00:09:57,179 --> 00:09:58,514 You won't let me have this win 208 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,879 even though you know it's the right thing for the country. 209 00:10:02,893 --> 00:10:05,438 So you think I'm illegitimate, too. 210 00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:15,698 - I am sorry, Mr. President. - So am I. I'll accept your resignation. 211 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:18,909 That's all. 212 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:35,509 [Emily gasps] 213 00:10:41,974 --> 00:10:43,267 Sit down. 214 00:10:48,022 --> 00:10:49,982 What the fuck is this about, Hannah? 215 00:10:56,572 --> 00:10:57,782 [Emily exhales sharply] 216 00:11:00,076 --> 00:11:01,243 Where did you get this? 217 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:04,497 From your friend Valeria. After she tried to kill me. 218 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:06,749 And you think that has something to do with this? 219 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:10,169 Unless provided with a better explanation, yes. 220 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:16,175 The president directed me to backchannel information to the Russians. 221 00:11:16,258 --> 00:11:18,636 But beyond that, I cannot divulge any details. 222 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:23,265 Whatever happened between you and Valeria, I wasn't a part of it. 223 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,312 What are you gonna do? Torture me? 224 00:11:29,647 --> 00:11:32,441 I have to attend a disciplinary hearing. 225 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:35,486 You think they'd be interested in this? 226 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:38,489 You really think the FBI doesn't already know? 227 00:11:38,572 --> 00:11:39,949 If I find out you're lying to me, 228 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:42,392 it would be redundant to say "I know where you live," right? 229 00:11:47,415 --> 00:11:48,791 [kissing] 230 00:11:50,459 --> 00:11:52,962 - [Isabel] I got you something. - What for? 231 00:11:53,587 --> 00:11:56,340 You gotta have a reason? Girl can't get you something? 232 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:04,140 It's made by orphan girls in Kenya. 233 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:05,223 [Aaron] Huh. 234 00:12:05,766 --> 00:12:08,144 - We underwrite the program. - [chuckles] 235 00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:10,813 Consider it a belated Día de Los Reyes gift. 236 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:11,896 What's that? 237 00:12:13,190 --> 00:12:14,984 You're a terrible Latino. 238 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:16,235 No, I love it. 239 00:12:16,318 --> 00:12:21,365 I just thought maybe it was a reward for pressing Mars on Puerto Rico. 240 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:23,909 Pressing him to do what? 241 00:12:25,035 --> 00:12:28,497 Leadership's attaching a rider to the infrastructure bill. 242 00:12:29,498 --> 00:12:33,961 The Puerto Rico relief package. Who's a terrible Latino now? 243 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,965 - For who? - What do you mean, "For who"? 244 00:12:38,549 --> 00:12:41,510 The relief. Is it for mainland corporations, 245 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:44,889 - or for Puerto Ricans themselves? - I'm just trying to help. 246 00:12:44,972 --> 00:12:48,893 I'm sure you are. And it doesn't hurt to prop up industry, 247 00:12:49,852 --> 00:12:52,289 but the people of Puerto Rico need this help a whole lot more. 248 00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:54,857 - Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I know. - [cell phone chimes] 249 00:12:56,859 --> 00:12:58,110 I gotta go. 250 00:13:02,573 --> 00:13:05,159 [Tom] Morning, Pen. Checked it all last night. 251 00:13:05,242 --> 00:13:06,242 Thanks, Dad. 252 00:13:06,744 --> 00:13:08,287 [Tom] You know, I was thinking... 253 00:13:09,079 --> 00:13:11,957 I'd like you to call me Mr. President like everybody else. 254 00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:15,211 - Ha, you're so funny. - I'm sorry I've been so busy. 255 00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:17,254 I'd like us to have dinner tonight. 256 00:13:18,005 --> 00:13:21,800 - Oh, I can't. I have plans. - Plans? 257 00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:24,303 Yeah. You're not the only one who's busy. 258 00:13:24,386 --> 00:13:26,222 I've got an event in Iowa tomorrow. 259 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:28,474 The capital of Iowa is Des Moines. 260 00:13:29,058 --> 00:13:32,102 Oh, yeah? What's the capital of South Dakota? 261 00:13:32,186 --> 00:13:33,312 You tell me. 262 00:13:34,355 --> 00:13:36,774 - Bismarck. - That's North Dakota. 263 00:13:36,857 --> 00:13:38,817 I know. I just wanna make sure you did. 264 00:13:38,901 --> 00:13:40,653 Hey, come here. Sit down. 265 00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:44,633 I'm gonna have to do a lot more traveling in the coming months 266 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:45,824 'cause of the campaign. 267 00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:50,079 And I realized I never talked to you about me running again. 268 00:13:50,871 --> 00:13:52,164 How do you feel about it? 269 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:58,337 Well, I mean, it's kinda shitty, but I'll be okay. 270 00:13:58,420 --> 00:14:01,924 Penelope Kirkman, your mother would've washed your mouth out with soap. 271 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:04,635 I saw the way you yelled at those people in Congress. 272 00:14:04,718 --> 00:14:07,096 You can't get all weird about my saying one curse word. 273 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:10,474 Also, no one washes anyone's mouth out with soap anymore. 274 00:14:10,558 --> 00:14:12,226 That's totally not a thing. 275 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:16,063 Who are you and what have you done with my daughter? 276 00:14:16,146 --> 00:14:18,065 I gotta go. I'm gonna be late for school. 277 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:20,484 Good chat. 278 00:14:21,443 --> 00:14:24,196 - How's the whip count? - Closer than we'd like. 279 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,199 Is this Darby? Are people getting cold feet because of her? 280 00:14:27,283 --> 00:14:29,660 It's possible. We could go back to Haskell or Carlin, 281 00:14:29,743 --> 00:14:31,787 repack the suitcase with their pet projects. 282 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,306 There's too much pork in the bill as it is. 283 00:14:33,330 --> 00:14:36,041 Emily, I didn't know you were coming in today. 284 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:37,418 Neither did I. 285 00:14:37,501 --> 00:14:42,006 - Didn't see her name on the schedule. - Oh, it was a last minute addition. 286 00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:46,343 - Mars Harper. It's a pleasure. - Emily Rhodes. Same. 287 00:14:47,344 --> 00:14:50,890 Oh. You've got the director of Domestic Policy Council waiting, sir. 288 00:14:50,973 --> 00:14:52,683 Right. Come here. 289 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,227 Hopefully, we can catch up later. 290 00:14:55,311 --> 00:14:56,604 - We will. - [Tom] Okay. 291 00:15:00,357 --> 00:15:03,277 - You two seem to get along well. - He terrifies me. 292 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,280 I love what you've done with the place. 293 00:15:06,363 --> 00:15:08,282 I could put up some dream catchers 294 00:15:08,365 --> 00:15:10,951 or Ani DiFranco and Phish posters from college. 295 00:15:11,035 --> 00:15:12,953 Or, I don't know, maybe a family photo 296 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:14,830 like a normal human with a human connection. 297 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:16,081 Speaking of family, 298 00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:18,727 I did one of those "spit in the cup and send away your DNA" things. 299 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:20,878 - Really? Why? - I don't know, health reasons. 300 00:15:20,961 --> 00:15:24,006 See if I have to worry about hereditary thrombophilia, things like that. 301 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:28,010 Also so I could learn about my birth parents. 302 00:15:28,093 --> 00:15:30,054 - Mmm. - How's your mom? 303 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:34,183 She's hanging in. Ovarian cancer's a bitch. 304 00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:37,269 Are you thinking of staying in Tampa for a while? 305 00:15:38,562 --> 00:15:40,230 I don't know if I'm built for DC. 306 00:15:40,856 --> 00:15:42,024 I wish you'd come back. 307 00:15:42,858 --> 00:15:44,860 You know him better than anybody else. 308 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,671 You've been together since before he was president. 309 00:15:46,695 --> 00:15:49,406 And it's not like you'd need to take your old job back. 310 00:15:49,490 --> 00:15:50,658 God forbid. 311 00:15:50,741 --> 00:15:52,534 [chuckles] Putting aside the fact 312 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,618 that I almost shit my pants every time he walks by, 313 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:57,665 Harper's really good at what he does. And he knows everybody. 314 00:15:57,748 --> 00:16:00,084 Obviously, that's why Kirkman brought him in. 315 00:16:01,168 --> 00:16:03,712 But something's missing. Someone's missing. 316 00:16:03,796 --> 00:16:08,008 I was Chief of Staff. What do you do after that? 317 00:16:08,092 --> 00:16:10,636 They're creating new jobs around here all the time. 318 00:16:10,719 --> 00:16:12,364 You could be whatever you want. You know that. 319 00:16:12,388 --> 00:16:13,681 [knock on door] 320 00:16:13,764 --> 00:16:15,724 Seth, you were supposed to start 15 minutes ago. 321 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,478 Just keep it in mind. We could really use you around here. 322 00:16:23,357 --> 00:16:24,733 Lorraine Zimmer's here. 323 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:27,778 Right. Bring me up to speed on what she's been doing 324 00:16:27,861 --> 00:16:29,488 since she got Moss elected president. 325 00:16:29,571 --> 00:16:32,157 She started her own PR and crisis management firm. 326 00:16:32,241 --> 00:16:33,867 Mainly corporate clients. 327 00:16:33,951 --> 00:16:38,455 They just helped a new app go public, something called Enjoy My Wheels. 328 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:42,668 They're disrupting the car rental biz the way Uber killed the taxi. 329 00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:45,754 Apparently, folks can just rent out their own cars. 330 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,172 Stock's going through the roof. 331 00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:49,967 Don't forget I'm paying for your divorce lawyer, Alan. 332 00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:54,304 I don't care if we have to sell the boat. You're probably gonna sink it anyway. 333 00:16:54,388 --> 00:16:57,016 But, hey, must be nice to know that if you needed to, 334 00:16:57,099 --> 00:17:01,353 you could use your new girlfriend's fake tits as a flotation device. 335 00:17:01,437 --> 00:17:02,271 I'm in the White House. 336 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:04,148 Don't make me tell you to go fuck yourself. 337 00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:08,527 [clears throat] Lorraine Hanfield Zimmer. It's an honor. 338 00:17:09,153 --> 00:17:10,279 Come on in. 339 00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:14,950 The history of American presidential elections 340 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,369 certainly has its conventional wisdoms. 341 00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:21,081 - An Independent candidate has never won. - Not since George Washington. 342 00:17:21,165 --> 00:17:23,500 And there's never been a third party incumbent, 343 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:26,378 so I feel the same way about conventional wisdom 344 00:17:26,462 --> 00:17:28,088 as I do about conventionality. 345 00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:30,007 - [blows raspberry] - [Tom laughs] 346 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:33,886 [Lorraine] There's no certainties. There's only outcomes. 347 00:17:33,969 --> 00:17:35,220 But that being said, 348 00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:39,475 I do like to have as much information as possible at my disposal. 349 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:42,061 So I had my girl do some quick polling, 350 00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:46,148 and I've never seen anything like it. You, Moss... 351 00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:51,236 'cause, yeah, it's gonna be Moss... and a generic Democratic candidate. 352 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,615 At this point, it is a virtual three-way dead heat. 353 00:17:55,240 --> 00:18:00,746 I mean, even Ross Perot only pulled 19% in '92. [whistles] 354 00:18:00,829 --> 00:18:04,625 This is gonna be a fascinating election. I honestly cannot wait. 355 00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:07,961 Well, I've heard great things about you, Lorraine, 356 00:18:08,045 --> 00:18:09,922 but you're even more impressive in person. 357 00:18:11,006 --> 00:18:13,592 We will be thrilled to welcome you aboard. 358 00:18:14,343 --> 00:18:17,471 Oh. Mr. President, that's so very sweet of you, 359 00:18:17,554 --> 00:18:19,223 but I didn't say I was coming aboard. 360 00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:23,143 I'm sorry, I thought by you coming here to the White House, 361 00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:26,188 - that meant you were interested. - Yes, I wanted to meet you. 362 00:18:27,689 --> 00:18:28,774 Moss. 363 00:18:30,192 --> 00:18:33,403 I've heard rumors that Moss is not happy with his current team. 364 00:18:33,487 --> 00:18:36,573 - The man's very rarely happy. - [Tom] Are you joining his campaign? 365 00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:38,659 He has asked and I am considering it. 366 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:43,038 Do you mind if I ask why you're not interested in joining my campaign? 367 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:46,959 You've never run for office. You've never done retail politics. 368 00:18:47,042 --> 00:18:48,377 You've never campaigned. 369 00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:53,799 Mr. President, people like you and they like that you're Independent. 370 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:58,137 They sure liked your wife, and they were sorry for you when she died. 371 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,349 But aside from that, I don't know who you are. 372 00:19:02,432 --> 00:19:05,686 And I can't sell a product if I don't know the brand. 373 00:19:08,939 --> 00:19:11,150 I understand. Thank you for your time. 374 00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:13,110 [Lorraine] I wish you the very best of luck. 375 00:19:18,407 --> 00:19:20,701 I'm gonna be having guests in the Residence tonight. 376 00:19:20,784 --> 00:19:23,245 I'll get you the names shortly. Thank you. 377 00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:27,583 Names of the survivors? 378 00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:29,793 In the binder, under the bridge's tab. 379 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:34,506 In the future, I'd appreciate a heads-up when former staff come to the building. 380 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:36,008 Especially when former staff 381 00:19:36,091 --> 00:19:39,136 happened to previously hold the job that I currently possess. 382 00:19:39,219 --> 00:19:41,972 Yes, of course. Won't happen again. 383 00:19:43,390 --> 00:19:47,144 They're smelling blood, so cut their fuckin' noses off. 384 00:19:49,771 --> 00:19:51,690 "Cut their fuckin' noses off"? 385 00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:56,195 As you know, pending the Senate vote, the president's been working the phones. 386 00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:58,697 We've got members of the senior staff up on the hill. 387 00:19:58,780 --> 00:20:02,326 This is a high priority, not just for the president but for the whole country. 388 00:20:02,409 --> 00:20:04,929 With that, I'm happy to take questions. We'll start with Claire. 389 00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:06,371 Does the president have a comment 390 00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:08,707 on Vice President Darby's decision to leave the ticket? 391 00:20:08,790 --> 00:20:10,792 He wishes her well. Phil, then Brian. 392 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:13,921 Is it true the DNC requested the president drop out of the race? 393 00:20:14,004 --> 00:20:16,215 You'd have to ask Meg Chambers that question. 394 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:18,759 How does the president feel about the negative coverage 395 00:20:18,842 --> 00:20:19,676 of the State of the Union? 396 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,179 The president's not focused on coverage, he's focused... 397 00:20:22,262 --> 00:20:24,932 Look, I know it's not the White House's place 398 00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:28,810 to suggest lines of inquiry to our partners in the press, 399 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:32,314 but come on, guys, don't you ever get tired of these tabloid obsessions? 400 00:20:32,397 --> 00:20:35,943 Why not clear your palate? Ask about the school lunch initiative, 401 00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:38,362 or what we're doing on veterans' affairs. 402 00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:40,697 Why don't you ask about the bridge collapse 403 00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:44,117 which highlights exactly why we need this infrastructure bill? 404 00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:48,163 You could ask about Annabelle Martin, 13 years old, from Asheville. 405 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:52,000 She lost both parents and a brother in the tragedy in North Carolina. 406 00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:56,255 - Ask about things that are important. - [camera shutters clicking] 407 00:20:56,338 --> 00:20:58,258 [reporter] So is the president going to drop out? 408 00:20:58,340 --> 00:21:00,092 [reporters clamoring] 409 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,976 Obviously, the infrastructure bill is our main priority, 410 00:21:09,059 --> 00:21:10,859 - but we can't lose sight... - [knock on door] 411 00:21:11,853 --> 00:21:16,483 Emily, I'm so glad you could make it. The band is getting back together. 412 00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:17,818 [chuckles] 413 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:23,031 - [Seth] Which monster invented this? - [Emily] A genius monster of Cincinnati. 414 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:25,284 [Seth] Seriously, who puts chili over spaghetti? 415 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:27,119 [Aaron] Hey, don't judge. I was in India, 416 00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:29,842 street vendors were hawking steamed hornets on top of fried snails. 417 00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:33,500 Oh, come on, I am not responsible for the cuisine of my people, okay? 418 00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:35,228 - I've never even been there. - [Emily chuckles] 419 00:21:35,252 --> 00:21:37,852 But if you are gonna eat hornets, I hear steamed is the way to go. 420 00:21:38,338 --> 00:21:41,466 Aaron, thank you for making us aware of the Puerto Rico issue. 421 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:43,593 It could easily have been overlooked. 422 00:21:45,053 --> 00:21:47,764 Actually, sir, we may be overlooking something else. 423 00:21:48,849 --> 00:21:51,268 The industry on the island needs help, sure, 424 00:21:51,351 --> 00:21:54,187 but we could be doing more in the way of humanitarian aid 425 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:57,357 for the local population. A little goes a long way there. 426 00:21:57,441 --> 00:21:59,860 I'll talk to the sponsors, add some language to the rider. 427 00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:00,944 Thank you, sir. 428 00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:03,377 Since when do you care about Puerto Rico? 429 00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:06,158 I care about all unincorporated US territories. 430 00:22:06,241 --> 00:22:08,285 Right. Isn't your new girlfriend Puerto Rican? 431 00:22:08,368 --> 00:22:10,954 - You keeping tabs on me now? - [Tom] Enough, you two. 432 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,081 As much as I enjoy this conviviality, 433 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:16,668 I had an ulterior motive to bring you all here tonight. 434 00:22:17,419 --> 00:22:21,423 Now, I know that I surprised all of you with my announcement to run. 435 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:24,634 And I'm sorry I didn't share that decision with you. 436 00:22:25,385 --> 00:22:27,989 But each one of you has been with me from the beginning of this ride, 437 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:29,056 Emily, even longer. 438 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:33,977 And since Alex died, you've become the people I trust the most. 439 00:22:34,561 --> 00:22:38,607 So I need your opinion, your advice. This election, can I win it? 440 00:22:39,274 --> 00:22:40,192 - It's a wide-open race. - Yes. 441 00:22:40,275 --> 00:22:42,277 - [all muttering indistinctly] - Okay, okay. 442 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,572 As well-intentioned as your bullshit responses are, 443 00:22:45,655 --> 00:22:48,408 come on, I need you to be honest. 444 00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:50,827 Tell me what you really think. Tell me the truth. 445 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:56,541 [Seth] It's not impossible. 446 00:22:57,292 --> 00:22:59,503 But, and this has nothing to do with you, 447 00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:03,131 I don't see a clear path forward for any Independent candidate. 448 00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:06,968 There are too many structural obstacles for you to circumvent, 449 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,888 particularly without the support of a party organization. 450 00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:12,617 This is one of the reasons a lot of people are jumping ship. 451 00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:13,993 They're looking for their next jobs. 452 00:23:14,017 --> 00:23:15,737 [Aaron] As a member of the Republican Party, 453 00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:18,271 Moss will score the conservatives and the older demographic, 454 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:19,815 and those people vote. 455 00:23:19,898 --> 00:23:22,150 The Democratic nominee will take the progressives, 456 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:25,570 and if it's Darby's, to be blunt, she'll pick up African Americans, 457 00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:27,989 and, you gotta assume, other racial minorities. 458 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:29,783 It's a tough needle to thread. 459 00:23:29,866 --> 00:23:32,911 And think of it this way. You could punch your ticket as the guy 460 00:23:32,994 --> 00:23:36,373 who put the country back on track after an historic tragedy. 461 00:23:36,456 --> 00:23:41,503 Posterity will remember you well. But if you run, and if you lose, 462 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:44,256 if you come in third, that's your legacy. 463 00:23:45,048 --> 00:23:46,049 Yeah. 464 00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:50,595 - Emily, what do you think? - I think you can do it. 465 00:23:51,221 --> 00:23:52,931 But you're asking the wrong thing. 466 00:23:53,723 --> 00:23:55,892 "Can I win?" makes the question about you, 467 00:23:55,976 --> 00:23:57,776 when the question should be about the country. 468 00:23:57,853 --> 00:24:00,063 So, it's not "Can I win?" 469 00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:02,816 It's "Why am I running in the first place?" 470 00:24:04,651 --> 00:24:05,735 So, why are you? 471 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:15,495 Hey, excuse me. 472 00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:18,498 Holy shit. You're the press secretary. 473 00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:20,417 For now, yeah. You are? 474 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,211 Dontae Evans. I'm the director of online engagement. 475 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:25,255 I mean, my boss is director of online engagement, 476 00:24:25,338 --> 00:24:26,816 but she hasn't shown up the last couple days. 477 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,467 I need someone to come along on the president's Iowa trip, 478 00:24:29,551 --> 00:24:31,261 handle online messaging. Can you do that? 479 00:24:31,928 --> 00:24:33,263 - Yeah. - Great. 480 00:24:33,346 --> 00:24:36,641 - What, like, right now? - Now would be great, yeah. 481 00:24:40,353 --> 00:24:43,064 - You're on Twitter, right? - Bane of my existence. 482 00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:45,293 Maybe you saw this hashtag I created a couple days ago. 483 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,711 "The system is broken," it's called. 484 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:49,279 - I can show you... - Let's just keep it moving. 485 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:55,744 Remind me again why I'm taking this trip to Iowa now. 486 00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:58,038 Caucuses are big two-party platforms. 487 00:24:58,121 --> 00:25:00,832 It can't hurt to get there and steal some of their oxygen. 488 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:02,250 Consider it a campaign-launcher. 489 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:05,062 You don't think it's more important that I stay here and twist some arms? 490 00:25:05,086 --> 00:25:07,464 We have twisted everything that is twistable. 491 00:25:07,547 --> 00:25:12,052 It's in God's hands now. I will let you know when the vote is in. 492 00:25:12,135 --> 00:25:15,430 - In the meantime, stay part of the story. - Got it. 493 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:20,310 [man] Breaking and entering, 494 00:25:20,393 --> 00:25:25,857 infiltrating civilian computer systems, hacking personal phones without a warrant. 495 00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:27,275 Do you have anything to add? 496 00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:29,319 Just that I don't see any cameras, 497 00:25:29,402 --> 00:25:32,739 so this seems like a lot of grandstanding for an audience of one. 498 00:25:32,822 --> 00:25:35,951 I wouldn't take these proceedings so irreverently, Agent Wells. 499 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:37,136 Your career's in the balance. 500 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,580 I did my job, Deputy Director. I protected my president. 501 00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:43,083 Who's been cleared of any wrongdoing, by the way, 502 00:25:43,166 --> 00:25:45,335 by both the attorney general and Special Counsel West. 503 00:25:45,418 --> 00:25:47,587 It was the special counsel himself who provided us 504 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:50,090 with these many examples of your transgressions. 505 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:54,427 I'm not sure you appreciate the gravity of the situation here. 506 00:25:54,511 --> 00:25:57,931 Unless you're of the mind that agents of the United States government 507 00:25:58,014 --> 00:26:01,268 can kill people in allied countries without consequences. 508 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:04,688 Oh, do I have your attention now? 509 00:26:04,771 --> 00:26:07,524 After much conversation, the British are opting not to prosecute 510 00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:09,776 for the sake of our special relationship. 511 00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:13,113 But they've made it clear you're persona non grata in the UK. 512 00:26:13,196 --> 00:26:16,616 I've promised we'd settle accounts. We'll have your badge, Hannah. 513 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:20,495 Everything I have done, everything, has been to protect this country. 514 00:26:20,578 --> 00:26:23,123 - You can't just throw... - That's enough. We're done. 515 00:26:23,873 --> 00:26:26,459 You're lucky to have been dismissed without charges. 516 00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:35,844 [Seth] The Senate voted on the infrastructure bill. 517 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:39,055 - What's the tally? - Failed. 48-52. 518 00:26:39,139 --> 00:26:40,139 [sighs] Son of a bitch. 519 00:26:40,181 --> 00:26:43,351 Also, sir, we got word that there may be a glitch at this event. 520 00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:45,895 - [Cornelius] Mr. President! - [Seth] Ugh, Moss. 521 00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:48,940 Oh, great. I'll see you at the car. 522 00:26:49,024 --> 00:26:51,192 So it was your plane that was holding us up. 523 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,276 I should have known it. 524 00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:56,031 - You know Lorraine Zimmer, of course. - Yes. 525 00:26:56,114 --> 00:26:58,450 Lorraine has decided to rejoin my team. 526 00:26:58,533 --> 00:27:00,761 - If I can fit you into my schedule. - [Cornelius chuckles] 527 00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:02,370 Congratulations to both of you. 528 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:04,372 Ah, campaigning, am I right? 529 00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:08,376 Then again, I don't suppose you'd really know about that, would you? 530 00:27:09,210 --> 00:27:11,838 Good luck at your event, Mr. President. Lorraine? 531 00:27:25,602 --> 00:27:26,644 [sighs] 532 00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:30,106 Seth, why am I staring at an empty room? 533 00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:33,068 [Seth] I think this is the glitch that I mentioned, sir. 534 00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:34,444 Let me find out more. 535 00:27:37,405 --> 00:27:40,241 - Hey, what's going on? - [man] We're shrinking the room. 536 00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:41,993 Yeah, I can see that. Why? 537 00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:46,247 - Because there's almost no one here. - Okay, and why is that? 538 00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:53,296 So, apparently, and this is unsubstantiated, 539 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:56,549 but Moss's campaign robocalled all of our confirmed attendees 540 00:27:56,633 --> 00:28:00,303 telling them the event had been canceled. Hence, the meager turnout. 541 00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:02,222 We have a field team out to try to fill seats. 542 00:28:02,305 --> 00:28:04,641 - Still want to go through with this? - Absolutely not. 543 00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:09,562 - Buy their lunches. Fix this. - [Seth] Sir. 544 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:25,578 Hey, buddy. I'm just as disappointed as you. 545 00:28:25,662 --> 00:28:27,348 What happened? I thought we had the votes, man. 546 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:28,873 I thought so, too. 547 00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:32,627 But legislation does get unpredictable in election years. 548 00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:36,381 Best I can tell, Darby took a couple of Democrats with her. 549 00:28:36,464 --> 00:28:38,716 - Shit. - On a positive note, 550 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,970 I did find a workaround for your saline situation. 551 00:28:43,138 --> 00:28:46,599 FDA is gonna let us import medical product from Ireland. 552 00:28:46,683 --> 00:28:48,363 How is that supposed to help Puerto Ricans? 553 00:28:48,435 --> 00:28:50,770 It doesn't, but it helps us. So, you're welcome. 554 00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:52,897 - Mars, the whole point of this was... - Listen. 555 00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:54,816 Don't go behind my back to the president. 556 00:28:56,025 --> 00:28:57,610 I didn't go behind your back. 557 00:28:57,694 --> 00:29:00,447 Asking for humanitarian aid is not your bailiwick. 558 00:29:01,114 --> 00:29:02,907 We have a history, yeah. 559 00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:05,201 But that doesn't mean that you get to cut the line. 560 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:07,746 Everything goes through me. 561 00:29:12,375 --> 00:29:15,837 Yeah. I know it's short notice, but it's "rabbit out of the hat" time. 562 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,631 I need you to look at the entire caucus event calendar, 563 00:29:18,715 --> 00:29:20,675 see if there's something we can piggyback on. 564 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:22,399 You better not be playing Fortnite, dude. 565 00:29:22,469 --> 00:29:24,637 Not all millennials play video games, dude. 566 00:29:24,721 --> 00:29:27,474 Do you remember the hashtag I told you about before we left? 567 00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:30,477 I hope it doesn't hurt your feelings to I say that I do not. 568 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,688 Okay, after the State of the Union, I put this hashtag out, 569 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:36,441 "The system is broken." You know what trending is? 570 00:29:36,524 --> 00:29:37,984 I know what trending is. 571 00:29:40,653 --> 00:29:42,197 It's generating a ton of traffic. 572 00:29:42,822 --> 00:29:45,325 People are really responding to what the president said. 573 00:29:45,408 --> 00:29:48,048 They're posting videos, venting about broke shit, broke politics... 574 00:29:48,077 --> 00:29:50,580 These videos, they're all coming from one specific event. 575 00:29:50,663 --> 00:29:52,332 Yeah. It's an abandoned mall. 576 00:29:52,415 --> 00:29:56,085 It's a protest. I guess they planned it to counterprogram the caucuses. 577 00:29:56,169 --> 00:29:57,962 Hey, where are you going with my tablet, man? 578 00:29:58,046 --> 00:29:59,526 [Seth] I gotta talk to the president. 579 00:30:21,236 --> 00:30:22,403 Ms. Wells. 580 00:30:24,531 --> 00:30:25,365 Do I know you? 581 00:30:25,448 --> 00:30:28,701 You do not. But I know you. 582 00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:33,206 I'm assuming the hearing resulted in termination. 583 00:30:35,917 --> 00:30:37,252 Well, I'm leaving now. 584 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:40,797 I can tell you about that video. 585 00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:46,719 - How do you know about the video? - Because we shot it. 586 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,432 How'd you like to come work for the CIA? 587 00:30:55,311 --> 00:30:56,646 [people shouting indistinctly] 588 00:30:56,729 --> 00:31:00,859 It's not a clean site, but we made a buffer between POTUS and the RPs. 589 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:03,736 - "RPs"? - Real people. 590 00:31:03,820 --> 00:31:07,282 I'm not sure about this. What am I supposed to do, the speech? 591 00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:10,702 Well, just feel it out when you get up there. Wing it. 592 00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:16,416 "Wing it"? That's an interesting communications strategy, Seth. 593 00:31:19,502 --> 00:31:22,380 Listen up, people. You are not gonna believe this. 594 00:31:22,463 --> 00:31:26,676 We have a special visitor all the way from Washington, DC. 595 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:30,221 - [crowd groaning] - [woman 1] No, hear me out. Hear me out. 596 00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:31,574 - This isn't one of them. - [sighs] 597 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:33,975 - Excuse me, I'm gonna wing it. - This is one of ours. 598 00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:36,019 - [man 1] Give me a break. - A true Independent. 599 00:31:36,644 --> 00:31:40,607 The president of the United States, Tom Kirkman. 600 00:31:43,985 --> 00:31:47,780 - Thank you. Thank you. - [man 2] Welcome. 601 00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:50,033 Thank you for letting me crash your party. 602 00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:53,286 - [man 3] What's he doing here? - I came here to Iowa to deliver a speech. 603 00:31:54,454 --> 00:31:58,833 And now that I'm standing here among you, it doesn't feel as relevant. 604 00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:04,213 Now, I don't know if you've heard, but I had my ass handed to me today. 605 00:32:04,297 --> 00:32:05,298 By the Senate. 606 00:32:05,381 --> 00:32:09,719 You see, we had a bill. A really, really good bill. 607 00:32:09,802 --> 00:32:12,305 A bill that was designed to help people like you, 608 00:32:12,388 --> 00:32:14,182 in places like this. 609 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:18,436 To transform forgotten communities and turn them into revitalized ones. 610 00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:22,065 Communities of hope and industriousness. 611 00:32:22,148 --> 00:32:24,317 It was designed to help the people in North Carolina, 612 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,444 who right now are suffering a loss 613 00:32:26,527 --> 00:32:28,529 that, unfortunately, I am far too familiar with. 614 00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:30,615 This bill would have helped them rebuild 615 00:32:30,698 --> 00:32:32,700 the failing infrastructure that surrounds them. 616 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,202 But the Senate... 617 00:32:36,245 --> 00:32:39,958 - The Senate killed it. - All they wanna do is tear things down! 618 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,560 - [crowd clamoring] - It makes sense to be angry. 619 00:32:41,584 --> 00:32:44,212 Angry like all of you are. Hell, I am with you. 620 00:32:45,171 --> 00:32:47,173 But anger alone is no prescription. 621 00:32:47,882 --> 00:32:50,426 We need to figure out how to take that anger 622 00:32:50,510 --> 00:32:52,220 and turn it into action. 623 00:32:52,845 --> 00:32:56,599 So please tell me, how do we fix this? 624 00:32:57,308 --> 00:33:00,937 - [woman 2] It's unfixable. - Why do you say that, ma'am? 625 00:33:01,771 --> 00:33:04,065 - Because no one listens. - Okay. 626 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:07,610 I understand that because I feel like that sometimes, 627 00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:09,254 and, hell, I'm the president of the United States. 628 00:33:09,278 --> 00:33:10,613 People have to listen to me. 629 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:13,658 But I felt like that in the Capitol the other night. 630 00:33:13,741 --> 00:33:16,911 I felt like that today when the Senate voted down the bill. 631 00:33:18,579 --> 00:33:19,956 But if I'm gonna be honest, 632 00:33:20,915 --> 00:33:24,877 I think all of us might be a little guilty of not listening. Myself included. 633 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:27,839 But I wanna do better. 634 00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:31,300 In fact, I promise you, I am going to do better. 635 00:33:32,635 --> 00:33:35,471 So, ma'am, here I am. 636 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:38,141 Standing right in front of you. 637 00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:40,393 What do you want me to hear? 638 00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:50,737 When the shop closed, I tried to find other work, 639 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:51,988 but there's nothing. 640 00:33:52,572 --> 00:33:54,824 - [man] Same for me. - [woman] There's nothing here. 641 00:33:54,907 --> 00:33:57,201 These are the kind of things that we're not addressing. 642 00:33:57,285 --> 00:34:01,080 Party politics are interfering with your neighborhood. 643 00:34:01,164 --> 00:34:03,791 [inaudible] 644 00:34:13,968 --> 00:34:15,136 I love this job. 645 00:34:18,848 --> 00:34:20,141 Thank you. 646 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:23,478 At the risk of repeating myself, sir, you were amazing back there. 647 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:26,397 Come on, Seth, it was your idea. Give credit where credit's due. 648 00:34:27,815 --> 00:34:30,568 - Ms. Zimmer. - Bum a ride? 649 00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:36,675 [Tom] So, weren't you supposed to be on your way to Des Moines? 650 00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:40,411 I was, but Cornelius' beater of a plane had engine trouble. 651 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:45,083 And while we were waiting on repairs, I was scrolling Twitter, like I do, 652 00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:49,712 and I came across a Periscope feed from a very lively Cedar Rapids mall. 653 00:34:49,796 --> 00:34:51,547 I just had to check it out for myself. 654 00:34:52,131 --> 00:34:54,926 - Can I offer you a drink? - No, thank you. 655 00:34:55,009 --> 00:34:57,386 Actually, I always bring my own. 656 00:34:57,470 --> 00:35:01,516 It's one of the perks of not flying commercial. Do you partake? 657 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:03,184 Tonight, why not? 658 00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:05,061 [Lorraine chuckles] 659 00:35:05,978 --> 00:35:10,983 I have a really big ego, so I can confess when I am wrong. 660 00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:14,237 Washington is an echo chamber. Time to time, I forget that. 661 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:15,923 I think that what we're saying to each other 662 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:19,492 is the same thing that folks are saying out there amongst themselves. 663 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:22,787 The media made your State of the Union out to be a self-inflicted wound. 664 00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:24,747 But they are wrong. 665 00:35:24,831 --> 00:35:27,917 What you did is really resonating with Jane and John Q public. 666 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,503 A-ha. My devious plan is working. 667 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:34,048 Ooh, and the Tom Kirkman I saw today, 668 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:37,426 with that common touch, that empathy... [kisses] 669 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:41,973 That Tom Kirkman might make a pretty decent campaigner after all. 670 00:35:42,056 --> 00:35:44,433 So, am I to understand you're no longer working with Moss? 671 00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:47,937 - Helping him with his dirty tricks? - He doesn't need my help with that. 672 00:35:48,020 --> 00:35:50,898 This is a win-win for you. If I manage to get elected, 673 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,822 you'll be credited with accomplishing something 674 00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:54,652 that no one has ever accomplished. 675 00:35:54,735 --> 00:35:59,073 And if I lose, well, it'll be known as an unwinnable fight. 676 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:04,704 I don't believe there's such a thing as an unwinnable fight. 677 00:36:04,787 --> 00:36:07,915 It all depends on what you're willing to do to come out on top. 678 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:12,044 So, there are four things that I'm gonna need from you. 679 00:36:12,128 --> 00:36:15,715 Number one: Unrestricted access. I need you, I get you. 680 00:36:16,299 --> 00:36:21,137 Number two: I need the authority to hire and fire all campaign staff. 681 00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:24,056 Their job is to get you elected, but they work for me. 682 00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:28,436 And number three: I need you to make fundraising a priority. 683 00:36:29,812 --> 00:36:31,814 And number four? 684 00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:35,026 - Fuck me, I forgot what number four is. - [both laugh] 685 00:36:35,109 --> 00:36:38,196 But I reserve the right to come back to it in the future. 686 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:43,034 Okay, you're sitting down. You wanna discuss my salary? 687 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:49,540 Congratulations on Iowa, sir. You took a chance there. 688 00:36:49,624 --> 00:36:51,459 And we'll be taking a lot more. 689 00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:54,295 And by the way, Lorraine Zimmer decided to join our campaign. 690 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:56,064 [Mars] Well, you made the most of a tough day. 691 00:36:56,088 --> 00:36:59,008 We're not done yet. I want to go around the Congress. 692 00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:02,678 I want you to start spitballing an executive action on infrastructure. 693 00:37:02,762 --> 00:37:05,139 Reach out to the National Economic Council, 694 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,142 put Legal and DPC together. Let's start hammering this out. 695 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:10,144 Will do. You heading up to the Residence? 696 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,104 One more stop. Mars, go home. 697 00:37:12,188 --> 00:37:14,988 I'm starting to worry that your wife won't remember what you look like. 698 00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:20,863 I heard you came up with the whole mall idea. 699 00:37:20,947 --> 00:37:22,907 [stutters] Well, it was sort of... 700 00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:25,326 I asked for a new strategy. It seems I got one. 701 00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:29,664 Oh, and by the way, I googled that "in the barrel" thing. 702 00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:34,669 It turns out it was a form of punishment for petty criminals in the 19th century. 703 00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:37,505 They'd get put in a barrel, holes were cut at different heights, 704 00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:40,258 and then men would come by and insert their, uh... 705 00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:45,096 their manhoods into the holes for various reasons. 706 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,349 So, turns out I was wrong. 707 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:54,146 Oh, and I forgot to mention, you're the new communications director. 708 00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:57,191 So, I guess, report to yourself. 709 00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:08,035 [doorbell rings] 710 00:38:16,085 --> 00:38:18,754 - Can we check the premises, Ms. Rhodes? - Sure. 711 00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:22,550 [agent 1] Confirm location. All right, I'll take upstairs. 712 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:27,179 - [agent 2] All clear. - [Tom] Thank you. 713 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:34,979 - Sorry about the... you know. - It's okay. Makes me feel important. 714 00:38:35,062 --> 00:38:38,107 - It's nice to see you. May I? - Of course. 715 00:38:40,609 --> 00:38:42,028 I saw some footage from Iowa. 716 00:38:42,111 --> 00:38:44,030 - Oh, yeah? What did you think? - Mmm-hmm. 717 00:38:44,113 --> 00:38:46,949 It was really impressive. You're a real man of the people. 718 00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:48,534 Some of the people. 719 00:38:50,953 --> 00:38:52,121 I'll get to the point. 720 00:38:52,872 --> 00:38:57,585 I came here because I wanted to tell you that in the months since you've been gone, 721 00:38:57,668 --> 00:38:59,045 something's been off. 722 00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:01,213 With me. 723 00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:04,175 My compass has been off. 724 00:39:05,259 --> 00:39:07,970 And I would like you to come back to the White House. 725 00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:11,349 Emily, I need you to keep me honest. 726 00:39:12,933 --> 00:39:15,644 The question I asked you at dinner, do you know the answer? 727 00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:18,439 I think so. 728 00:39:20,608 --> 00:39:22,276 I thought a lot about what you said. 729 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:27,490 And I think you're right. I started taking things too personally. 730 00:39:27,573 --> 00:39:29,283 This is not about me, this is about them. 731 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:32,620 I serve the American people, even if Congress won't. 732 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:36,165 Emily, we have an historic opportunity here. 733 00:39:36,248 --> 00:39:41,545 I'm beholden to no one, not to any party. We can do things they can't. 734 00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:45,966 So, what do you think? 735 00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:52,264 I serve at the pleasure of the president. 736 00:39:52,973 --> 00:39:55,559 [chuckles] I hate it when people say that. 737 00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:58,646 Great. Thank you. 738 00:40:00,439 --> 00:40:03,234 Your headquarters are certainly an improvement from the bureau. 739 00:40:03,818 --> 00:40:07,029 I'll pass your compliment on to the ghost of Allen Dulles. 740 00:40:08,697 --> 00:40:12,201 I meant to ask, whatever happened to Agent Rennett's daughter, 741 00:40:12,284 --> 00:40:13,953 the girl you brought back from London? 742 00:40:14,036 --> 00:40:15,955 She's with family friends. 743 00:40:17,039 --> 00:40:19,166 So, you were surveilling me, too. 744 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:20,876 It's what we do. 745 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,463 And why were you tailing Emily? Did you suspect her of something? 746 00:40:24,547 --> 00:40:28,634 No. I'd be very surprised if Ms. Rhodes was a traitor to her country. 747 00:40:28,717 --> 00:40:30,845 Then what was in the envelope? 748 00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:33,347 She mentioned something about a back channel with Russia, 749 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:34,951 but that's all I could get out of her. 750 00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:40,354 The US and Russia occasionally share information about rogue scientists, 751 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:44,066 especially ones who have access to classified weapons programs. 752 00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:46,235 So, this is about nuclear technology. 753 00:40:47,069 --> 00:40:51,365 It can be. But we're on to something more insidious now. 754 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:52,825 What's that? 755 00:40:52,908 --> 00:40:55,744 Bioterror. It's what I want you to work on. 756 00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:58,497 Where are you sending me? 757 00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:02,835 - Hey. - [Isabel] Hey. 758 00:41:04,628 --> 00:41:06,755 - I got you something. - Takeout? 759 00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:09,008 It's from La Casa del Mofongo. 760 00:41:10,885 --> 00:41:13,220 You went all the way to Silver Spring for mofongo? 761 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:14,304 No, for you. 762 00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:18,934 Do you think I'm mad at you? 763 00:41:19,768 --> 00:41:23,564 I don't know. It's just... The way the bill turned out today... 764 00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:25,024 You tried, right? 765 00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:28,068 I'm not mad at you. 766 00:41:30,738 --> 00:41:31,780 All right, good. 767 00:41:33,073 --> 00:41:35,951 Good, because there's something I've been meaning to ask you. 768 00:41:37,369 --> 00:41:39,788 Look, we've been together a little while now. 769 00:41:40,414 --> 00:41:43,876 And I'm usually a "look before you leap" kind of guy. 770 00:41:44,668 --> 00:41:46,921 But I come home and you're here... 771 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:51,467 You're here and I like it. I like coming home to you. 772 00:41:52,426 --> 00:41:54,678 So, I was thinking, you know, maybe... 773 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,767 Maybe you should move in. 774 00:42:00,768 --> 00:42:02,895 [speaking Spanish] 775 00:42:06,565 --> 00:42:08,651 I thought you were gonna ask me to marry you. 776 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,444 [chuckles] 777 00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:16,866 Um... 778 00:42:17,409 --> 00:42:19,036 Can I think about it? 779 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:22,790 Yeah, of course you can. 780 00:42:29,505 --> 00:42:30,589 Can we eat this food? 781 00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:35,761 I'm not a mofongo kind of guy, really. 782 00:42:35,844 --> 00:42:38,305 Bitch, you better learn to be. 783 00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:46,188 Did you forward the links to the president that we talked about? 784 00:42:46,272 --> 00:42:48,816 Yeah, I sent them to the address you gave me. 785 00:42:48,899 --> 00:42:51,652 I changed the hashtag, though. I think it's better. 786 00:42:52,736 --> 00:42:55,531 Man, I started the day thinking I was gonna get fired 787 00:42:55,614 --> 00:42:58,867 - and I ended the day getting promoted. - [Dontae chuckles] 788 00:42:59,451 --> 00:43:01,704 I started the day as a low-ranking specialist 789 00:43:01,787 --> 00:43:03,414 in the Office of Digital Strategy. 790 00:43:03,497 --> 00:43:05,874 I ended the day as director of online engagement. 791 00:43:05,958 --> 00:43:09,712 - [laughs] Nice try, Dontae. - It's worth a shot. [chuckles] 792 00:43:09,795 --> 00:43:13,007 Hey, tomorrow, though, I want you to pack up your desk in the EEOB 793 00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:16,302 and head over to the West Wing. You work for me now. 794 00:43:16,844 --> 00:43:18,012 [doorbell jingles] 795 00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:28,105 Oh, shit. 796 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:30,440 What's wrong? 797 00:43:30,983 --> 00:43:31,984 My parents. 798 00:43:32,985 --> 00:43:33,985 They're dead. 799 00:43:34,862 --> 00:43:37,114 Seth, I'm so sorry, man. 800 00:43:37,197 --> 00:43:40,242 That's okay. I never knew them. 801 00:43:40,909 --> 00:43:42,578 Hey, I'm Seth. 802 00:43:42,661 --> 00:43:45,164 Mike. I'm Dontae's boyfriend. 803 00:43:45,247 --> 00:43:46,832 Yeah, I figured. Have a seat. 804 00:43:46,915 --> 00:43:49,877 Let me buy you two intimidatingly fit gentlemen a drink. 805 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,552 [sighs] Lynn? 806 00:44:05,059 --> 00:44:06,060 Lynn? 807 00:44:12,399 --> 00:44:15,527 God damn it, Lynn, what'd you do? Come on. 808 00:44:16,362 --> 00:44:17,363 Lynn? 809 00:44:17,863 --> 00:44:18,863 [Lynn] Mmm. 810 00:44:23,827 --> 00:44:25,829 [Mars breathing heavily] 811 00:44:51,605 --> 00:44:52,605 [man] Mmm. 812 00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:57,778 Is this a good scotch? I was thinking I should develop a taste. 813 00:44:57,861 --> 00:45:00,280 Doll, you're totally off the clock. 814 00:45:02,783 --> 00:45:03,783 Super great. 815 00:45:13,419 --> 00:45:14,419 [sniffs] 816 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:17,381 You couldn't afford this scotch. 817 00:45:36,483 --> 00:45:37,609 Hey, sweetheart. 818 00:45:40,946 --> 00:45:42,156 [Penny] I missed you today. 819 00:45:44,324 --> 00:45:45,325 I missed you, too. 820 00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:53,375 And if you're gonna be gone more often, like you said... 821 00:45:53,459 --> 00:45:54,668 Yeah? 822 00:45:57,463 --> 00:46:00,674 I was wondering if I could get a dog. 823 00:46:01,341 --> 00:46:05,512 [chuckles] I didn't realize you were such a good politician. 824 00:46:06,805 --> 00:46:10,350 - I mean, you love dogs, too, don't you? - Mmm-hmm. 825 00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:13,687 - And people love presidents who have dogs. - Yes, they do. 826 00:46:14,396 --> 00:46:15,481 [chuckles softly] 827 00:46:17,232 --> 00:46:19,234 I will think about it, Little P. 828 00:46:22,696 --> 00:46:23,864 Dad? 829 00:46:27,284 --> 00:46:29,453 Can you not call me Little P anymore? 830 00:46:31,663 --> 00:46:32,663 Okay. 831 00:46:35,209 --> 00:46:36,502 Okay. I love you. 832 00:46:36,585 --> 00:46:38,003 I love you, too. 833 00:46:38,837 --> 00:46:41,632 - Go to bed. - Hmm. 834 00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:54,143 [blows on hands] 835 00:47:18,085 --> 00:47:20,846 [man 1 on video] I'm most concerned about gun control in this country. 836 00:47:20,921 --> 00:47:25,259 And I actually lost a cousin to suicide last year with a gun. 837 00:47:25,342 --> 00:47:27,219 So, it's a big issue for me. 838 00:47:27,302 --> 00:47:29,805 [man 2] The system is broken, and it starts with you guys. 839 00:47:29,888 --> 00:47:32,724 [man 3] I'm tired of world leaders using nuclear weapons... 840 00:47:32,808 --> 00:47:36,979 I'm mad that our president is not embracing all of us as American citizens. 841 00:47:37,062 --> 00:47:40,440 [woman 1] Our voter registration system is completely broken. 842 00:47:40,524 --> 00:47:43,527 At the very least, we need to make election day a national holiday. 843 00:47:43,610 --> 00:47:45,946 [man 4] There's too much outside influence in politics. 844 00:47:46,029 --> 00:47:48,073 And you're all focused on your re-election campaign, 845 00:47:48,156 --> 00:47:50,617 and you're not focusing on the Americans like me. 846 00:47:50,701 --> 00:47:52,703 [woman 2] Mr. President, we need your help. 847 00:47:52,786 --> 00:47:54,580 We have one planet. 848 00:47:54,663 --> 00:47:59,293 [man 5] I am worried about the way we talk about immigrants. 849 00:47:59,376 --> 00:48:03,171 [woman 3] Think about your daughter. Think about the planet you're leaving her.