1 00:00:02,383 --> 00:00:03,493 - Damn it. - Agendas? 2 00:00:03,517 --> 00:00:05,528 - You left them in the printer. - Thank you. 3 00:00:05,552 --> 00:00:07,163 This is your Sunday look? 4 00:00:07,187 --> 00:00:08,665 Elegance has no schedule. 5 00:00:08,689 --> 00:00:10,233 - Cookie? - Oh, yes. 6 00:00:10,257 --> 00:00:12,769 - I'll take a cookie. - Mike? 7 00:00:12,793 --> 00:00:14,637 - No. - How about in a circle? 8 00:00:14,661 --> 00:00:15,772 - Yeah. - Excuse me. 9 00:00:15,796 --> 00:00:17,040 Sorry. Uh, yeah. 10 00:00:17,064 --> 00:00:18,675 - Uh, right there next to the secretary. - Yeah. 11 00:00:18,699 --> 00:00:19,876 I got you. 12 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:21,077 Who put their bag there? 13 00:00:21,101 --> 00:00:22,612 It's Mike B's. 14 00:00:22,636 --> 00:00:24,614 Next time you got to pee on the chair. 15 00:00:26,373 --> 00:00:27,784 Hey, Jeff. 16 00:00:27,808 --> 00:00:29,319 Yeah, okay, I'll let her in. 17 00:00:29,343 --> 00:00:31,955 No, no, no, no. I'll let her in. 18 00:00:31,979 --> 00:00:33,356 You have to go upstairs. 19 00:00:33,380 --> 00:00:34,924 Oh, that's right. Stevie. 20 00:00:34,948 --> 00:00:36,393 - Come on. - Yes. I'm right here. 21 00:00:36,417 --> 00:00:37,694 Time to go into exile. 22 00:00:37,718 --> 00:00:39,629 I didn't make up the rules about... 23 00:00:39,653 --> 00:00:41,197 White House employees staying out of campaigns. 24 00:00:41,221 --> 00:00:43,666 - And the two of you, shoo. - Guys, did neither of you hear the timer? 25 00:00:43,690 --> 00:00:45,342 Oh, shoot, sorry. You put me on cleanup duty. 26 00:00:45,366 --> 00:00:47,637 - Hey, guys, - Ah. A presidential campaign 27 00:00:47,661 --> 00:00:48,905 - is about to kick off in our living room. - Ah. 28 00:00:48,929 --> 00:00:50,569 - A little excitement. - I'm very excited. 29 00:00:51,532 --> 00:00:53,365 - Ooh, there we go. - Great British Baking Show? 30 00:00:53,366 --> 00:00:56,112 You kidding? It's Shark Week. 31 00:00:56,136 --> 00:00:57,280 Okay! People! 32 00:00:57,304 --> 00:00:59,215 - Now that everybody's here... - That's my seat. 33 00:00:59,239 --> 00:01:00,683 I would like to call to order 34 00:01:00,707 --> 00:01:03,185 the first official Elizabeth McCord kitchen cabinet. 35 00:01:03,209 --> 00:01:05,121 - Yeah! - I like it. 36 00:01:05,145 --> 00:01:06,789 And just as a reminder, 37 00:01:06,813 --> 00:01:08,891 you're all here voluntarily outside your government duties. 38 00:01:08,915 --> 00:01:11,127 That means that nothing we talk about tonight, 39 00:01:11,151 --> 00:01:13,195 by law, can be discussed at the State Department. 40 00:01:13,219 --> 00:01:14,964 No accidental 41 00:01:14,988 --> 00:01:16,332 breakroom check-ins. 42 00:01:16,356 --> 00:01:17,700 No e-mails from State. 43 00:01:17,724 --> 00:01:19,302 - Nothing. - And now 44 00:01:19,326 --> 00:01:20,937 I will turn this meeting over to the next president 45 00:01:20,961 --> 00:01:23,806 - of the United States, Elizabeth McCord. - Aw. 46 00:01:25,332 --> 00:01:27,810 Thank you, everyone. 47 00:01:27,834 --> 00:01:30,246 Oh! And I have to thank Stevie, 48 00:01:30,270 --> 00:01:32,515 especially for those cookies. 49 00:01:32,539 --> 00:01:33,916 - Yes, thank you, Stevie. - Thank you, Stevie. 50 00:01:33,940 --> 00:01:35,184 I made them, too. 51 00:01:35,208 --> 00:01:36,586 Can we have an oven on the tour bus? 52 00:01:36,610 --> 00:01:38,721 - No. - Not really. But sort of. 53 00:01:38,745 --> 00:01:40,690 That would be... Okay, forget it. 54 00:01:40,714 --> 00:01:44,193 Number one topic tonight is the launch of the campaign, 55 00:01:44,217 --> 00:01:45,928 which we think will be in two weeks. 56 00:01:45,952 --> 00:01:47,129 - Ten days. - So... 57 00:01:47,153 --> 00:01:49,665 - Ten days. - Ten days. 58 00:01:49,689 --> 00:01:52,101 Are we, uh, sure the speech is ready? 59 00:01:52,125 --> 00:01:54,437 It's a masterpiece. I made a few tweaks. 60 00:01:54,461 --> 00:01:56,005 That brings me to our next topic, 61 00:01:56,029 --> 00:01:57,340 defining everyone's role in the campaign. 62 00:01:57,364 --> 00:01:59,108 Most of us will have the same title 63 00:01:59,132 --> 00:02:00,676 we now have at State. 64 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:02,078 With a much higher level of intensity. 65 00:02:02,102 --> 00:02:04,380 This isn't gonna be some cushy conference in Geneva, people. 66 00:02:04,404 --> 00:02:07,083 This is the longest marathon 67 00:02:07,107 --> 00:02:08,851 of your lives, running uphill the whole way 68 00:02:08,875 --> 00:02:10,753 with this woman's campaign agenda 69 00:02:10,777 --> 00:02:12,455 carved into your foreheads. 70 00:02:12,479 --> 00:02:14,156 You got me? Are we joining a cult? 71 00:02:14,180 --> 00:02:15,758 - It sounds like a cult. - Right? 72 00:02:15,782 --> 00:02:18,094 It's a team, and we're all in it together, 73 00:02:18,118 --> 00:02:20,663 so for now rest up, get your annual checkups 74 00:02:20,687 --> 00:02:22,531 and dentist appointments out of the way, 75 00:02:22,555 --> 00:02:24,634 and try and enjoy the calm before the storm. 76 00:02:24,658 --> 00:02:25,768 The fight of our lives. 77 00:02:25,792 --> 00:02:28,137 Uh, excuse me. Mom, 78 00:02:28,161 --> 00:02:29,639 security said that Russell Jackson's here. 79 00:02:29,663 --> 00:02:31,941 Oh. We've got room for him if he wants in. 80 00:02:31,965 --> 00:02:33,209 We-we do? 81 00:02:33,233 --> 00:02:34,744 Let's take five. 82 00:02:34,768 --> 00:02:36,245 Yeah, hey, there's-there's more cookies in the kitchen. 83 00:02:36,269 --> 00:02:37,769 - Oh, there's cookies? - Yeah. 84 00:02:38,338 --> 00:02:40,049 Hey, Russell. 85 00:02:40,073 --> 00:02:43,052 Didn't realize I was crashing a party. 86 00:02:43,076 --> 00:02:44,676 You're always on the guest list. 87 00:02:45,645 --> 00:02:47,390 An article's 88 00:02:47,414 --> 00:02:48,791 coming out in the next few days 89 00:02:48,815 --> 00:02:50,192 in the Washington Chronicle 90 00:02:50,216 --> 00:02:52,561 alleging an intimate relationship 91 00:02:52,585 --> 00:02:55,998 between Elizabeth and Conrad 92 00:02:56,022 --> 00:02:57,266 during their days at CIA. 93 00:02:57,290 --> 00:02:58,801 - What? - Okay. 94 00:02:58,825 --> 00:03:00,169 - Who's the source? - No, who's the reporter? 95 00:03:00,193 --> 00:03:02,038 Some stringer named Terrence Robinson. 96 00:03:02,062 --> 00:03:03,463 We don't know where he's getting his info. 97 00:03:03,487 --> 00:03:05,708 Well, that is straight-up defamation. 98 00:03:05,732 --> 00:03:07,176 No, this is good. 99 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,511 That means they have nothing in their oppo file 100 00:03:08,535 --> 00:03:09,912 if they're making stuff up this early. 101 00:03:09,936 --> 00:03:11,180 Unless they're not making it up, 102 00:03:11,204 --> 00:03:12,581 - which we'll talk later. - They're making it up, Mike. 103 00:03:12,605 --> 00:03:14,550 All right, well, the Chronicle called the White House 104 00:03:14,574 --> 00:03:15,818 for comment, and we declined. 105 00:03:15,842 --> 00:03:18,354 Most likely they'll be reaching out to you next. 106 00:03:18,378 --> 00:03:21,090 Well, I absolutely want to comment. 107 00:03:21,114 --> 00:03:22,692 Well, that's up to you and your team. 108 00:03:22,716 --> 00:03:25,428 Obviously you've got more at stake with your campaign coming. 109 00:03:25,452 --> 00:03:26,929 That's why we're not giving this 110 00:03:26,953 --> 00:03:28,631 any oxygen. 111 00:03:28,655 --> 00:03:30,700 But it's a complete load of crap. 112 00:03:30,724 --> 00:03:32,702 Ignore it, it's one news cycle. Answer it, 113 00:03:32,726 --> 00:03:34,637 it follows us the rest of the campaign. 114 00:03:34,661 --> 00:03:36,839 What if we do some digging into the reporter? 115 00:03:36,863 --> 00:03:38,674 - Discredit the article as blatantly biased. - Sure, 116 00:03:38,698 --> 00:03:40,176 wage war on the press ten days before we announce. 117 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,577 It's a brilliant strategy. 118 00:03:41,601 --> 00:03:44,340 Not answering makes it look like we have something to hide. 119 00:03:47,407 --> 00:03:49,318 Okay, we push the announcement three days 120 00:03:49,342 --> 00:03:50,853 until the air is clear. 121 00:03:50,877 --> 00:03:52,221 In the meantime the only thing 122 00:03:52,245 --> 00:03:54,323 you talk about is policy, okay? 123 00:03:54,347 --> 00:03:56,025 Let's get back to the meeting. 124 00:03:56,049 --> 00:03:57,359 Let's go, people! 125 00:03:57,383 --> 00:03:58,861 "She's not likable." 126 00:03:58,885 --> 00:04:01,263 "I don't want to have a beer with her." 127 00:04:02,655 --> 00:04:04,767 "I hate her voice." I mean, these are the things 128 00:04:04,791 --> 00:04:06,202 that I was ready for, 129 00:04:06,226 --> 00:04:09,238 but "she slept her way to the top"? 130 00:04:09,262 --> 00:04:11,741 What century are we in? 131 00:04:11,765 --> 00:04:13,476 It just means they're terrified. 132 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:15,845 No. This works, Henry. 133 00:04:15,869 --> 00:04:19,248 This taps right into America's id. 134 00:04:19,272 --> 00:04:23,352 And it works with women just as well as men. 135 00:04:23,376 --> 00:04:25,488 Well, can you find out where it's coming from 136 00:04:25,512 --> 00:04:27,590 and shut it down? 137 00:04:27,614 --> 00:04:29,592 I mean, 138 00:04:29,616 --> 00:04:32,928 there were always these stupid jokes 139 00:04:32,952 --> 00:04:35,164 at CIA about Conrad and me. 140 00:04:35,188 --> 00:04:38,557 Isabelle and I used to laugh about 'em. 141 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,096 We have to tell the kids. 142 00:04:47,066 --> 00:04:49,101 Yeah, we do. 143 00:04:53,807 --> 00:04:55,117 Morning, ma'am. 144 00:04:55,141 --> 00:04:56,285 Morning. 145 00:04:56,309 --> 00:04:58,454 Hey. I saw your draft 146 00:04:58,478 --> 00:05:01,624 of the Global Climate Migration Agreement. 147 00:05:01,648 --> 00:05:03,626 You must have been up half the night. 148 00:05:03,650 --> 00:05:05,961 I'm all right. 149 00:05:05,985 --> 00:05:11,233 You don't seem lit up by the thrill of negotiating shelter 150 00:05:11,257 --> 00:05:14,537 for the displaced people of the next hundred years. 151 00:05:14,561 --> 00:05:16,205 Thrill got dampened by this. 152 00:05:16,229 --> 00:05:19,341 From East Asia and Pacific Affairs. 153 00:05:19,365 --> 00:05:21,210 Oh, what the hell? 154 00:05:21,234 --> 00:05:22,711 We knew China was trying to break into 155 00:05:22,735 --> 00:05:23,913 the private jet industry. 156 00:05:23,937 --> 00:05:27,616 A custom jet for General Bo Htun? 157 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,118 Hey, what's going on? 158 00:05:29,142 --> 00:05:32,021 China just violated economic sanctions against Myanmar. 159 00:05:32,045 --> 00:05:34,890 By selling a private jet to the military leader 160 00:05:34,914 --> 00:05:37,760 of one of the poorest countries in Asia. 161 00:05:37,784 --> 00:05:38,928 You know, why hide the corruption? 162 00:05:38,952 --> 00:05:40,763 It's so much easier this way. 163 00:05:40,787 --> 00:05:43,065 A total slap in the face right when we're negotiating the deal. 164 00:05:43,089 --> 00:05:45,534 It's China. They're doing it because they know we need them 165 00:05:45,558 --> 00:05:46,869 on the Climate Migration deal. 166 00:05:46,893 --> 00:05:48,704 One jet sale is worth it to threaten the whole deal? 167 00:05:48,728 --> 00:05:51,240 I want to put out a statement. Strong. 168 00:05:51,264 --> 00:05:53,576 - Don't hold back. - On it. 169 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,244 There is the larger issue. 170 00:05:55,268 --> 00:05:56,912 Yeah, I know. 171 00:05:56,936 --> 00:05:58,414 Myanmar is all but getting away 172 00:05:58,438 --> 00:06:00,416 with the Rohingya massacre. 173 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,518 They've met none of the demands of repatriation, 174 00:06:02,542 --> 00:06:04,620 hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people still stuck 175 00:06:04,644 --> 00:06:06,388 in camps in Bangladesh. 176 00:06:06,412 --> 00:06:11,193 And the world is moving on, playing politics, selling jets. 177 00:06:11,217 --> 00:06:13,618 It's Rwanda all over again. 178 00:06:16,756 --> 00:06:20,169 Nina, get me our U.N. ambassador. 179 00:06:20,193 --> 00:06:21,170 Of course, ma'am. 180 00:06:21,194 --> 00:06:22,738 I share your outrage. 181 00:06:22,762 --> 00:06:26,075 The Rohingya massacre is one of the worst human atrocities 182 00:06:26,099 --> 00:06:28,911 in the last 20 years. 183 00:06:28,935 --> 00:06:31,113 And President U Khaing? 184 00:06:31,137 --> 00:06:33,148 Might as well be back under house arrest. 185 00:06:33,172 --> 00:06:35,384 He's completely under the thumb of the generals. 186 00:06:35,408 --> 00:06:38,954 Who are getting away with murder... in a private jet. 187 00:06:38,978 --> 00:06:40,623 Thanks, Jen. 188 00:06:40,647 --> 00:06:42,558 We can step up the sanctions. 189 00:06:42,582 --> 00:06:45,484 Because it worked so well the first time? 190 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,431 If you really want to go rogue, 191 00:06:49,455 --> 00:06:50,933 we can call an international criminal tribunal 192 00:06:50,957 --> 00:06:52,701 at the U.N. 193 00:06:52,725 --> 00:06:54,036 Prosecute Bo Htun 194 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:58,207 and his cronies for violations to the Geneva Convention 195 00:06:58,231 --> 00:06:59,708 and crimes against humanity. 196 00:06:59,732 --> 00:07:01,477 Well, I like the sound of that. 197 00:07:01,501 --> 00:07:04,380 It's only been done once before, with Bosnia. 198 00:07:04,404 --> 00:07:05,881 Miloaevic weaponized mob violence 199 00:07:05,905 --> 00:07:08,017 - against a Muslim-ethnic minority. - So there's precedent. 200 00:07:08,041 --> 00:07:09,351 We can point up the parallels. 201 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:10,853 Does this pass at the U.N.? 202 00:07:10,877 --> 00:07:12,688 It could take years. 203 00:07:12,712 --> 00:07:14,089 And even if we get some convictions, 204 00:07:14,113 --> 00:07:15,624 we'll have no way to enforce the sentences. 205 00:07:15,648 --> 00:07:17,126 It would put the regime on notice. 206 00:07:17,150 --> 00:07:20,796 Show 'em that the rest of the world hasn't looked away. 207 00:07:20,820 --> 00:07:23,532 If the resolution passes, and for that we need China. 208 00:07:23,556 --> 00:07:25,701 You get the other members. I'll work on China. 209 00:07:25,725 --> 00:07:27,703 - Thank you, Peter. - So, Nina, 210 00:07:27,727 --> 00:07:30,072 I'm sure you're aware the State Department 211 00:07:30,096 --> 00:07:32,408 is about to undergo some changes. 212 00:07:32,432 --> 00:07:34,610 You mean the secretary's about to announce 213 00:07:34,634 --> 00:07:36,412 her presidential run, which is so exciting. 214 00:07:36,436 --> 00:07:39,415 I can't discuss that, but, yes, it's very exciting. 215 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:42,084 The secretary would like the incoming team to have 216 00:07:42,108 --> 00:07:43,752 some continuity for the transition. 217 00:07:43,776 --> 00:07:46,121 We were hoping that you would be willing to stay. 218 00:07:46,145 --> 00:07:47,589 Of course. I'd be honored. 219 00:07:47,613 --> 00:07:49,692 Deputy Secretary Cushing, right? 220 00:07:49,716 --> 00:07:52,161 Actually, the deputy secretary has chosen to retire, 221 00:07:52,185 --> 00:07:54,363 and Deputy Secretary Bailey will step in 222 00:07:54,387 --> 00:07:56,031 for the remainder of the Dalton administration. 223 00:07:56,055 --> 00:07:56,793 Oh. 224 00:07:56,794 --> 00:07:58,734 You'd report to him in your current capacity. 225 00:07:58,758 --> 00:08:00,903 He's already agreed based on the secretary's recommendation. 226 00:08:00,927 --> 00:08:03,105 Wonderful. 227 00:08:03,129 --> 00:08:05,741 Uh, thanks, so I'll fill you in more in the coming days, 228 00:08:05,765 --> 00:08:07,671 - but if you'll excuse... - Sure. 229 00:08:08,634 --> 00:08:10,612 Uh, Daisy? 230 00:08:10,636 --> 00:08:12,014 - Can I grab a moment? - Is it me, 231 00:08:12,038 --> 00:08:14,450 or did this coffee take a serious nosedive? 232 00:08:14,474 --> 00:08:16,618 Blake abdicated coffee duties. 233 00:08:16,642 --> 00:08:18,721 Can he take over for the campaign? 234 00:08:18,745 --> 00:08:21,390 Uh, sorry. I forgot about the rule. 235 00:08:21,414 --> 00:08:24,727 We're expecting a call from the Chronicle asking for comment 236 00:08:24,751 --> 00:08:26,395 on an article alleging the secretary had a previous 237 00:08:26,419 --> 00:08:28,097 intimate relationship with the president. 238 00:08:28,121 --> 00:08:30,399 Uh... say that again? 239 00:08:30,423 --> 00:08:32,568 Before he was the president. 240 00:08:32,592 --> 00:08:35,160 Our answer is "no comment." 241 00:08:37,163 --> 00:08:39,775 You realize it's gonna sound like she did have 242 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:41,877 an intimate relationship with the president. 243 00:08:41,901 --> 00:08:43,545 I do. 244 00:08:43,569 --> 00:08:45,581 Talk to Mike B. 245 00:08:45,605 --> 00:08:47,672 Wait, so did she? 246 00:08:51,778 --> 00:08:52,955 Elizabeth. 247 00:08:52,979 --> 00:08:55,324 I'm gonna miss these conversations. 248 00:08:55,348 --> 00:08:58,193 I'm calling to discuss your troubled neighbor. 249 00:08:58,217 --> 00:09:00,863 You'll have to be more specific. 250 00:09:00,887 --> 00:09:02,531 Myanmar, the Rohingya people. 251 00:09:02,555 --> 00:09:05,734 Tanks are still torching whole villages, 252 00:09:05,758 --> 00:09:07,803 soldiers killing mothers in front of their children, 253 00:09:07,827 --> 00:09:11,173 more than 700,000 forced from their homes. 254 00:09:11,197 --> 00:09:13,375 The economic sanctions are clearly failing. 255 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:15,144 - Mm. - We believe the time has come 256 00:09:15,168 --> 00:09:16,945 to step up our efforts, 257 00:09:16,969 --> 00:09:19,882 and I hope President Li will join the United States 258 00:09:19,906 --> 00:09:22,985 in calling for a U.N. special tribunal 259 00:09:23,009 --> 00:09:27,089 to charge General Bo Htun and his regime with violations 260 00:09:27,113 --> 00:09:29,792 of the Geneva Convention and crimes against humanity. 261 00:09:29,816 --> 00:09:32,995 As troubling as Myanmar's actions have been, 262 00:09:33,019 --> 00:09:34,763 China sees this as a domestic response 263 00:09:34,787 --> 00:09:36,098 to a dissident uprising. 264 00:09:36,122 --> 00:09:37,322 It's not our concern. 265 00:09:39,192 --> 00:09:41,670 Can I speak frankly, Ming? 266 00:09:41,694 --> 00:09:44,640 I think your regime 267 00:09:44,664 --> 00:09:47,876 is afraid that joining a call for a U.N. tribunal 268 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:49,845 to prosecute the violation 269 00:09:49,869 --> 00:09:53,315 of human rights might bring a little too much attention 270 00:09:53,339 --> 00:09:57,152 to China's mistreatment of its own minority Uyghur population. 271 00:09:57,176 --> 00:09:59,555 That is frank. 272 00:09:59,579 --> 00:10:03,659 Right now the United States sees a difference 273 00:10:03,683 --> 00:10:05,661 between your unlawful detention 274 00:10:05,685 --> 00:10:09,665 of a persecuted minority and Myanmar opening fire 275 00:10:09,689 --> 00:10:11,700 on women and children. 276 00:10:11,724 --> 00:10:15,137 But if China continues to violate the economic sanctions 277 00:10:15,161 --> 00:10:20,342 by selling private jets to generals in Myanmar, 278 00:10:20,366 --> 00:10:22,010 then we may become more concerned 279 00:10:22,034 --> 00:10:24,513 about the human rights abuses in China. 280 00:10:24,537 --> 00:10:26,682 It's always impressive, the amount of strength leaders wield 281 00:10:26,706 --> 00:10:29,218 when they're about to leave office. 282 00:10:29,242 --> 00:10:32,020 I'll have plenty of strength in my next office. 283 00:10:32,044 --> 00:10:35,380 But I'd much prefer to work with you, Ming. 284 00:10:36,883 --> 00:10:40,362 I can discuss the idea of a tribunal. 285 00:10:40,386 --> 00:10:43,232 But I suggest you take a less threatening approach 286 00:10:43,256 --> 00:10:44,700 in your new office. 287 00:10:44,724 --> 00:10:47,525 Whatever that might be. 288 00:10:48,628 --> 00:10:50,706 Damn. Way to sweeten the moral authority 289 00:10:50,730 --> 00:10:52,441 with a little raw power. 290 00:10:52,465 --> 00:10:54,710 Felt like it was getting through. 291 00:10:54,734 --> 00:10:55,878 - Sorry to interrupt, ma'am. - What's up? 292 00:10:55,902 --> 00:10:56,979 We knew you'd want to see this. 293 00:10:57,003 --> 00:10:58,847 Callister's announcing his campaign. 294 00:10:58,871 --> 00:11:01,316 America, America, your soul is on the line. 295 00:11:01,340 --> 00:11:04,319 While Washington plays world cop, 296 00:11:04,343 --> 00:11:07,890 pouring our nation's blood and treasure into 297 00:11:07,914 --> 00:11:10,692 every broken-down, lawless country in the world, 298 00:11:10,716 --> 00:11:13,896 the American dream at home is dying. 299 00:11:15,388 --> 00:11:18,167 Uh, taxed... taxed to death, 300 00:11:18,191 --> 00:11:20,878 invaded by every criminal, every drug dealer, 301 00:11:20,879 --> 00:11:23,405 every gang member flooding over our nation's borders. 302 00:11:23,429 --> 00:11:25,507 Kick them out! 303 00:11:25,531 --> 00:11:27,576 People who don't speak our language, people who 304 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,044 don't respect our flag, 305 00:11:29,068 --> 00:11:31,280 people who don't respect our god. 306 00:11:31,304 --> 00:11:33,182 What is that? 307 00:11:33,206 --> 00:11:35,918 Is that a campaign announcement or a call to revolt? 308 00:11:35,942 --> 00:11:37,920 ...that they don't know who they are messing with. 309 00:11:37,944 --> 00:11:40,589 We, the people, will rise 310 00:11:40,613 --> 00:11:42,691 to show them who the real Americans are. 311 00:11:42,715 --> 00:11:44,927 We will rise! We will rise! 312 00:11:44,951 --> 00:11:48,096 When Owen Callister is president, 313 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,199 there will be no more surrender. 314 00:11:50,223 --> 00:11:51,466 We will rise. 315 00:11:51,490 --> 00:11:55,304 He raised over a million dollars in less than an hour. 316 00:11:55,328 --> 00:11:57,039 I say, bring it. 317 00:11:57,063 --> 00:11:58,507 We can fight that. 318 00:11:58,531 --> 00:12:02,277 Yeah, except I just finished begging China 319 00:12:02,301 --> 00:12:05,447 to help us fight nationalism around the world. 320 00:12:05,471 --> 00:12:07,616 We will rise! We will rise! 321 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,351 And now it's running for president. 322 00:12:09,375 --> 00:12:10,886 We will rise! 323 00:12:10,910 --> 00:12:14,479 We will rise! We will rise! 324 00:12:15,651 --> 00:12:22,477 Subtitle sync and corrections by awaqeded for www.addic7ed.com. 325 00:12:33,145 --> 00:12:34,245 Hey. 326 00:12:34,567 --> 00:12:35,878 Hey, Mom. 327 00:12:35,902 --> 00:12:37,845 Is it game night, or...? 328 00:12:37,846 --> 00:12:39,690 No. Uh, Dad said that you wanted 329 00:12:39,714 --> 00:12:41,592 to talk to us about something. 330 00:12:41,616 --> 00:12:44,195 Yes. Um... 331 00:12:44,219 --> 00:12:45,763 Oh, God. 332 00:12:45,787 --> 00:12:47,432 Uh, right. Hold... 333 00:12:47,456 --> 00:12:48,800 There you are. Perfect timing. 334 00:12:48,824 --> 00:12:50,368 - Kids are all here. - I-I'm sorry. 335 00:12:50,392 --> 00:12:52,203 I-I can't... 336 00:12:52,227 --> 00:12:54,038 I can't do this tonight. 337 00:12:54,062 --> 00:12:56,207 You heard Callister's announcement. 338 00:12:56,231 --> 00:12:57,708 Callister, 339 00:12:57,732 --> 00:13:02,180 this stupid article... it's just all so ugly, and I'm... 340 00:13:02,204 --> 00:13:03,548 Is something, uh... wrong? 341 00:13:03,572 --> 00:13:04,782 - What's, uh, going on? - Oh, hi, guys. 342 00:13:04,806 --> 00:13:06,184 Uh, Mom's just really tired. 343 00:13:06,208 --> 00:13:08,119 Let's just do this some other time, okay? 344 00:13:08,143 --> 00:13:10,054 Oh, sure. Yeah, that won't leave us 345 00:13:10,078 --> 00:13:13,080 lying awake in bed all night, wondering if she has cancer. 346 00:13:14,683 --> 00:13:17,361 Okay. Um... 347 00:13:17,385 --> 00:13:19,363 there's this article 348 00:13:19,387 --> 00:13:22,600 coming out in the next few days, and 349 00:13:22,624 --> 00:13:25,102 it's going to imply that when I was at the CIA... 350 00:13:25,126 --> 00:13:27,305 It's a hit piece accusing Mom and President Dalton 351 00:13:27,329 --> 00:13:29,540 of having an affair 20 years ago. 352 00:13:29,564 --> 00:13:30,975 - It's not true, no, it's not true. - It is not true. 353 00:13:30,999 --> 00:13:32,243 What?! Who's behind it? 354 00:13:32,267 --> 00:13:33,444 W-We don't know. 355 00:13:33,468 --> 00:13:35,079 How can they just say that 356 00:13:35,103 --> 00:13:36,614 - with no proof? - Isn't that slander? 357 00:13:36,638 --> 00:13:39,450 - Libel if they publish it. - Look, we just want you guys 358 00:13:39,474 --> 00:13:41,452 to know that it's gonna be out there 359 00:13:41,476 --> 00:13:43,621 - for a few days. - That's disgusting. 360 00:13:43,645 --> 00:13:45,656 We're not responding, so it just 361 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:50,094 goes away with the next crisis, and... I am so sorry. 362 00:13:50,118 --> 00:13:52,563 You do not have to apologize to us. 363 00:13:52,587 --> 00:13:54,687 Wait, wait. So you're just gonna let them say that? 364 00:13:55,624 --> 00:13:58,503 I'm gonna get attacked a lot. 365 00:14:00,295 --> 00:14:03,741 Just means they're nervous about me. 366 00:14:03,765 --> 00:14:06,477 Callister's speech will 367 00:14:06,501 --> 00:14:08,112 probably dominate the news anyway. 368 00:14:08,136 --> 00:14:10,114 Yeah, well, that's the real scandal. 369 00:14:10,138 --> 00:14:11,449 Thank you. 370 00:14:11,473 --> 00:14:13,351 If it makes you feel 371 00:14:13,375 --> 00:14:16,143 any better, no one at my school follows the news. 372 00:14:19,614 --> 00:14:22,593 So, um, Kat, you know how the secretary 373 00:14:22,617 --> 00:14:25,296 was asking us to propose ideas 374 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,699 for workplace improvements at State 375 00:14:28,723 --> 00:14:31,335 before things, you know, change over? 376 00:14:31,359 --> 00:14:32,703 I do. 377 00:14:32,727 --> 00:14:34,972 Well, I was doing some research 378 00:14:34,996 --> 00:14:37,642 into the so-called "potty parity initiative," 379 00:14:37,666 --> 00:14:40,278 the move to create an equal number of bathrooms 380 00:14:40,302 --> 00:14:42,713 for men and women in all federal buildings. 381 00:14:42,737 --> 00:14:45,216 Mm-hmm. It died in committee. I'm familiar. 382 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,385 Once again, gender neutral bathrooms, 383 00:14:47,409 --> 00:14:49,153 and we'd never have this problem. 384 00:14:49,177 --> 00:14:50,688 Oh, well, one day. 385 00:14:50,712 --> 00:14:52,256 You were saying? 386 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,492 So I was thinking, uh, maybe a half-step would be 387 00:14:54,516 --> 00:14:58,062 to get tampon dispensers in all the women's bathrooms. 388 00:14:58,086 --> 00:14:59,964 - Oh. - Um, not free tampons, 389 00:14:59,988 --> 00:15:01,866 although that would be good, too. 390 00:15:01,890 --> 00:15:03,534 Yeah. No, that's doable. 391 00:15:03,558 --> 00:15:06,860 I'll, uh... I'll take it to the secretary. Thank you. 392 00:15:07,862 --> 00:15:10,141 Oh, and also, um... 393 00:15:10,165 --> 00:15:12,543 Jay mentioned I would be staying on 394 00:15:12,567 --> 00:15:14,779 with the transition team for Acting Secretary Bailey? 395 00:15:14,803 --> 00:15:16,314 - Yup, yup, yup. - I'm super grateful 396 00:15:16,338 --> 00:15:18,449 for the opportunity, and please pass that on to the secretary. 397 00:15:18,473 --> 00:15:20,017 - Okay. - But I'd like to request a transfer. 398 00:15:20,041 --> 00:15:23,154 Oh. Can I ask why? 399 00:15:23,178 --> 00:15:26,924 I know it's only hearsay, 400 00:15:26,948 --> 00:15:28,526 but I've heard... 401 00:15:28,550 --> 00:15:30,561 I've heard some things from women 402 00:15:30,585 --> 00:15:31,963 who have worked for Deputy Secretary, 403 00:15:31,987 --> 00:15:34,065 and I'd rather not put myself in a position 404 00:15:34,089 --> 00:15:36,657 where I'd be reporting directly to him. 405 00:15:38,627 --> 00:15:41,005 Thank you for letting me know. 406 00:15:41,029 --> 00:15:43,197 I will take it from here. 407 00:15:47,736 --> 00:15:49,847 So China's a no-go for the U.N. tribunal. 408 00:15:49,871 --> 00:15:51,649 I just spoke to Chen yesterday. 409 00:15:51,673 --> 00:15:52,817 He seemed open to it. 410 00:15:52,841 --> 00:15:54,051 That was before 411 00:15:54,075 --> 00:15:55,720 Owen Callister made his campaign announcement. 412 00:15:55,744 --> 00:15:57,655 - They're waiting for the dust to settle. - What speech? 413 00:15:57,679 --> 00:16:00,091 How much dust could it have kicked up? 414 00:16:00,115 --> 00:16:02,727 I guess you haven't seen his poll numbers this morning. 415 00:16:02,751 --> 00:16:05,896 Look, maybe he appeals to a fringe group, 416 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,432 but he can't possibly get a majority. 417 00:16:08,456 --> 00:16:10,868 Poland, Hungary, Russia. Why not here? 418 00:16:10,892 --> 00:16:12,236 He convinces just enough voters 419 00:16:12,260 --> 00:16:14,171 that he's the savior of the working class. 420 00:16:14,195 --> 00:16:17,575 So Callister comes out as the dark knight, and that's it? 421 00:16:17,599 --> 00:16:20,067 We let Myanmar go unpunished? 422 00:16:21,636 --> 00:16:23,614 Well, there are other ways 423 00:16:23,638 --> 00:16:25,472 of getting the world's attention. 424 00:16:26,474 --> 00:16:28,552 I'm listening. 425 00:16:28,576 --> 00:16:32,256 So far, our reports have talked 426 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,449 about killings and atrocities. 427 00:16:36,418 --> 00:16:38,229 Let's call it what it is. 428 00:16:38,253 --> 00:16:40,187 Genocide. 429 00:16:42,557 --> 00:16:45,836 We couldn't even call Rwanda genocide 430 00:16:45,860 --> 00:16:47,938 - at the time. - Yeah, but that's been revised now. 431 00:16:47,962 --> 00:16:49,830 That could help us. 432 00:16:53,101 --> 00:16:56,547 And it sends a message to Callister, too. 433 00:16:56,571 --> 00:16:59,083 We don't target minorities here, 434 00:16:59,107 --> 00:17:01,118 and we don't tolerate other countries murdering them. 435 00:17:01,142 --> 00:17:02,853 Exactly. 436 00:17:02,877 --> 00:17:04,822 I'm gonna bring it to the president. 437 00:17:04,846 --> 00:17:06,190 Thank you, Peter. 438 00:17:06,214 --> 00:17:08,248 - I really... appreciate it. - Thank you, ma'am. 439 00:17:09,451 --> 00:17:11,896 I waited in a stupidly long line 440 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,265 for what's supposed to be the next Cronut. 441 00:17:14,289 --> 00:17:15,299 Uh, Mike Barnow, ma'am. 442 00:17:15,323 --> 00:17:16,333 Thanks, Blake. 443 00:17:16,357 --> 00:17:18,035 This is to keep you 444 00:17:18,059 --> 00:17:20,638 off-line for the next two days, possibly the week. 445 00:17:20,662 --> 00:17:22,273 The article came out? 446 00:17:22,297 --> 00:17:23,641 Drops within the hour. 447 00:17:23,665 --> 00:17:25,743 Stay inside, don't look at any memes or tweets, 448 00:17:25,767 --> 00:17:26,977 and for God's sake, 449 00:17:27,001 --> 00:17:28,179 don't read it. 450 00:17:28,203 --> 00:17:30,204 Why would I do that? 451 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:41,926 Hey, Richard, can you reschedule my lunch today? 452 00:17:41,950 --> 00:17:43,127 Something came up. 453 00:17:43,151 --> 00:17:44,462 Sure thing, Dr. McCord. 454 00:17:44,486 --> 00:17:46,520 Thanks. 455 00:17:53,094 --> 00:17:55,506 - Henry. - Isabelle. 456 00:17:55,530 --> 00:17:57,641 - So good to see you. - You, too. 457 00:17:57,665 --> 00:17:59,310 How long has it been? 458 00:17:59,334 --> 00:18:00,745 Oh, gosh, uh, 459 00:18:00,769 --> 00:18:03,714 - Elizabeth's last birthday dinner? - Oh. 460 00:18:03,738 --> 00:18:05,149 God, I'm the worst. 461 00:18:05,173 --> 00:18:06,484 No, I think we hold that honor... 462 00:18:06,508 --> 00:18:07,852 I mean, we keep talking about seeing you 463 00:18:07,876 --> 00:18:10,387 - and then there's always... - Oh, I-I know. 464 00:18:10,411 --> 00:18:12,656 Work is so crazy. I've been buying this house 465 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,892 - up in Maryland. - Oh, uh, well, that's great. 466 00:18:14,916 --> 00:18:17,027 Yeah, it's no horse farm in Virginia. 467 00:18:17,051 --> 00:18:18,395 But you got to retire somewhere. 468 00:18:18,419 --> 00:18:20,097 Listen, by the time we get all three kids 469 00:18:20,121 --> 00:18:22,399 through college, I don't know if we're retiring with a farm. 470 00:18:22,423 --> 00:18:24,068 Oh, you know what? 471 00:18:24,092 --> 00:18:26,126 Just coffee, thank you. 472 00:18:27,462 --> 00:18:29,573 Somehow I think you two 473 00:18:29,597 --> 00:18:31,876 are on to bigger things before you're done. 474 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:34,011 Well, we're hoping to stay in government. 475 00:18:34,035 --> 00:18:36,046 - Mm-hmm. - But, um... 476 00:18:36,070 --> 00:18:37,915 articles like the one that came out today 477 00:18:37,939 --> 00:18:39,206 don't exactly help. 478 00:18:41,242 --> 00:18:42,843 Thank you. 479 00:18:46,447 --> 00:18:49,950 I almost called Bess as soon as I read it. 480 00:18:51,386 --> 00:18:53,297 - She doesn't know I'm here. - Oh. 481 00:18:54,522 --> 00:18:55,866 Listen, I've got to ask you. 482 00:18:55,890 --> 00:18:57,635 Do you know anyone from your time together at CIA 483 00:18:57,659 --> 00:18:58,936 who would have done this? 484 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,438 Someone who wants to take Elizabeth down? 485 00:19:01,462 --> 00:19:03,541 You know, people knew Bess was my friend. 486 00:19:03,565 --> 00:19:06,166 They didn't talk about this stuff around me. 487 00:19:07,168 --> 00:19:09,780 You never heard rumors? 488 00:19:09,804 --> 00:19:11,482 Personally? No. 489 00:19:11,506 --> 00:19:13,450 Sometimes the Company 490 00:19:13,474 --> 00:19:16,520 is like high school with encryption. 491 00:19:16,544 --> 00:19:19,824 Somebody wanted to look important to a reporter, 492 00:19:19,848 --> 00:19:21,592 at some dinner party, Elizabeth is right 493 00:19:21,616 --> 00:19:23,460 to let it evaporate. 494 00:19:23,484 --> 00:19:26,230 Yeah. 495 00:19:26,254 --> 00:19:28,522 Our kids read about this. 496 00:19:30,425 --> 00:19:32,670 Henry, you know there's nothing to it, right? 497 00:19:32,694 --> 00:19:34,695 People used to call them "the Honor Twins." 498 00:19:35,697 --> 00:19:37,575 Elizabeth and Conrad. 499 00:19:37,599 --> 00:19:38,943 Yeah, not a great reflection 500 00:19:38,967 --> 00:19:41,335 on the rest of us, but, yeah, there it is. 501 00:19:42,737 --> 00:19:44,771 Hmm. 502 00:19:46,808 --> 00:19:48,419 So... 503 00:19:48,443 --> 00:19:51,545 I think I know the source of the story. 504 00:19:52,547 --> 00:19:55,459 The one we're not talking about? 505 00:19:55,483 --> 00:19:57,528 I reached out to Isabelle 506 00:19:57,552 --> 00:19:58,929 - this afternoon. - Henry. 507 00:19:58,953 --> 00:20:00,587 I just wanted to get her take on it. 508 00:20:02,490 --> 00:20:04,101 How is that ignoring it? 509 00:20:04,125 --> 00:20:07,037 She completely denied ever hearing the rumors. 510 00:20:07,061 --> 00:20:09,196 You told me that you two used to joke about it. 511 00:20:10,598 --> 00:20:13,010 So you think Isabelle's the source? 512 00:20:13,034 --> 00:20:15,212 - Why would she lie about the rumors? - I... 513 00:20:15,236 --> 00:20:16,780 I-I don't even know what to say, I... 514 00:20:16,804 --> 00:20:18,782 Look, I don't want to be right, but if she 515 00:20:18,806 --> 00:20:21,118 had something to do with it, maybe we could, I don't know, 516 00:20:21,142 --> 00:20:23,220 - could ask her to... - She's not gonna admit to it 517 00:20:23,244 --> 00:20:25,612 if she did do it. 518 00:20:26,915 --> 00:20:29,293 It doesn't make any sense. 519 00:20:29,317 --> 00:20:32,563 I think she's resentful of your success. 520 00:20:32,587 --> 00:20:35,122 You never know how that's gonna affect people. 521 00:20:38,059 --> 00:20:40,170 Look, I know we were supposed to ignore it. 522 00:20:40,194 --> 00:20:41,672 But... 523 00:20:41,696 --> 00:20:42,706 after I read the article... 524 00:20:42,730 --> 00:20:44,608 Is it bad? 525 00:20:44,632 --> 00:20:46,977 Uh, it's all... "alleged" 526 00:20:47,001 --> 00:20:49,747 and... "rumored." 527 00:20:49,771 --> 00:20:53,550 So, as long as there's no evidence to back it up... 528 00:20:53,574 --> 00:20:56,186 Are you-you asking me 529 00:20:56,210 --> 00:20:58,222 - if I had an affair with Conrad? - No. 530 00:20:58,246 --> 00:20:59,924 Of course not. 531 00:21:03,985 --> 00:21:06,397 See, this-this is how it works. 532 00:21:06,421 --> 00:21:07,932 This is the poison. 533 00:21:07,956 --> 00:21:10,501 I don't doubt you. 534 00:21:10,525 --> 00:21:11,902 But you were halfway around the world, 535 00:21:11,926 --> 00:21:13,270 i-it was a rough time for us... 536 00:21:13,294 --> 00:21:15,439 - Nothing happened! - I know. 537 00:21:15,463 --> 00:21:17,431 - Ever. I... - I know. 538 00:21:20,768 --> 00:21:22,713 Yeah. 539 00:21:22,737 --> 00:21:24,682 Um... 540 00:21:24,706 --> 00:21:26,517 well, that's odd. 541 00:21:26,541 --> 00:21:28,942 Let him in, Matt, thank you. 542 00:21:30,445 --> 00:21:32,979 Governor of Massachusetts is here. 543 00:21:34,515 --> 00:21:35,960 Governor Hayes. 544 00:21:35,984 --> 00:21:37,962 U-Uh, please come in. 545 00:21:37,986 --> 00:21:39,396 Thank you. 546 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:41,565 I'm sorry to stop in unannounced. 547 00:21:41,589 --> 00:21:43,701 Oh, it's... yeah, hi. 548 00:21:43,725 --> 00:21:45,035 I, um... 549 00:21:45,059 --> 00:21:48,495 was hoping to discuss your future plans. 550 00:21:49,497 --> 00:21:51,531 Off the record. 551 00:21:58,503 --> 00:22:01,146 As a conservative governor of a progressive state, 552 00:22:01,147 --> 00:22:03,465 I've come to appreciate the values of my party 553 00:22:03,466 --> 00:22:04,943 that bring people together: 554 00:22:04,967 --> 00:22:08,614 an equal love of liberty and the rule of law, 555 00:22:08,638 --> 00:22:11,617 patriotism, personal responsibility, 556 00:22:11,641 --> 00:22:13,519 merit, and honor. 557 00:22:13,543 --> 00:22:17,422 Those are admirable values. 558 00:22:17,446 --> 00:22:21,126 I don't believe Owen Callister represents those values. 559 00:22:21,150 --> 00:22:23,295 I'm not the only member of the party 560 00:22:23,319 --> 00:22:25,164 who found his remarks yesterday hateful, 561 00:22:25,188 --> 00:22:27,166 divisive, fearmongering. 562 00:22:27,190 --> 00:22:29,835 Well, he is polling pretty well. 563 00:22:29,859 --> 00:22:32,971 Well, with a certain section of the American people. 564 00:22:32,995 --> 00:22:35,440 We believe another candidate 565 00:22:35,464 --> 00:22:38,610 can bring those people back to the center. 566 00:22:38,634 --> 00:22:41,146 Elizabeth, 567 00:22:41,170 --> 00:22:44,149 I'm here tonight to ask you to seek the nomination 568 00:22:44,173 --> 00:22:47,609 of the Republican Party for president. 569 00:22:50,580 --> 00:22:53,415 Wow. That's... 570 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,166 Can I-I speak frankly, John? 571 00:23:01,190 --> 00:23:03,224 Please. 572 00:23:06,128 --> 00:23:09,107 I-I work for a president 573 00:23:09,131 --> 00:23:10,943 who turned his back on both parties. 574 00:23:10,967 --> 00:23:12,144 Why come to me? 575 00:23:12,168 --> 00:23:14,580 Because you're a worthy candidate. 576 00:23:14,604 --> 00:23:16,248 Well, I appreciate that. 577 00:23:16,272 --> 00:23:19,251 I do. But... 578 00:23:19,275 --> 00:23:21,386 I got to tell you, 579 00:23:21,410 --> 00:23:24,723 when I look at your party's current platform, 580 00:23:24,747 --> 00:23:27,326 I-I... 581 00:23:27,350 --> 00:23:29,928 I mean, I-I'm about to host 582 00:23:29,952 --> 00:23:32,130 a global conference on climate change, 583 00:23:32,154 --> 00:23:36,257 and your party can't even agree that climate is changing. 584 00:23:37,260 --> 00:23:39,238 We need to evolve. 585 00:23:39,262 --> 00:23:42,241 We'd see your candidacy as an opportunity to do that 586 00:23:42,265 --> 00:23:44,643 and, at the same time, come back to the party 587 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:47,179 of Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. 588 00:23:47,203 --> 00:23:51,750 A square deal and a strong national defense. 589 00:23:51,774 --> 00:23:54,486 I think you fit that platform. 590 00:23:54,510 --> 00:23:56,288 And it's a platform we believe 591 00:23:56,312 --> 00:23:59,291 the majority of Americans will vote for. 592 00:23:59,315 --> 00:24:01,693 Well, that's inspiring. 593 00:24:01,717 --> 00:24:04,085 And... flattering. 594 00:24:05,087 --> 00:24:07,466 But if you're so alarmed by 595 00:24:07,490 --> 00:24:09,468 Owen Callister, why not denounce him? 596 00:24:09,492 --> 00:24:11,303 Where are the public statements? 597 00:24:11,327 --> 00:24:14,473 We don't want to alienate the people Callister's talking to. 598 00:24:14,497 --> 00:24:16,475 We want to reach them. 599 00:24:16,499 --> 00:24:20,135 We think we can do that with you. 600 00:24:21,137 --> 00:24:22,981 Well, Governor, 601 00:24:23,005 --> 00:24:24,316 you, uh... 602 00:24:24,340 --> 00:24:27,375 you have given me a lot to think about. 603 00:24:29,345 --> 00:24:30,656 Thank you. 604 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:31,990 My pleasure. 605 00:24:32,014 --> 00:24:33,659 Hope you'll say yes. 606 00:24:33,683 --> 00:24:35,494 What is there to think about?! 607 00:24:35,518 --> 00:24:38,163 For starters, the fact that she's aligned with a president 608 00:24:38,187 --> 00:24:39,364 who won as an Independent. 609 00:24:39,388 --> 00:24:40,732 For the first time in history. 610 00:24:40,756 --> 00:24:43,902 The chances of that happening a second time are about the same 611 00:24:43,926 --> 00:24:45,437 as my son's chances of getting into Harvard. 612 00:24:45,461 --> 00:24:47,606 Well, the governor makes one good point: 613 00:24:47,630 --> 00:24:50,509 if I join the GOP ticket now, 614 00:24:50,533 --> 00:24:52,711 we have a better chance of knocking Callister out early. 615 00:24:52,735 --> 00:24:55,247 What if the governor represents a small faction of the party 616 00:24:55,271 --> 00:24:56,949 and you don't win broad support? 617 00:24:56,973 --> 00:24:58,150 And then we're dead in New Hampshire. 618 00:24:58,174 --> 00:24:59,451 Have you forgotten who you're working for? 619 00:24:59,475 --> 00:25:02,087 Um, Elizabeth schooled America about nationalism, 620 00:25:02,111 --> 00:25:04,823 and her, and her popularity went up five points. 621 00:25:04,847 --> 00:25:07,292 This country's totally ready to be spanked by Hot Mom. 622 00:25:10,019 --> 00:25:11,553 What do you think? 623 00:25:13,823 --> 00:25:18,337 I think that I do line up with some GOP policy positions. 624 00:25:18,361 --> 00:25:22,240 I think privatization 625 00:25:22,264 --> 00:25:24,876 is sometimes more efficient 626 00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:26,211 than government bureaucracy, 627 00:25:26,235 --> 00:25:28,947 and I'm all for a strong military. 628 00:25:28,971 --> 00:25:30,396 And I think... 629 00:25:30,397 --> 00:25:33,722 we do all win when the government steps back 630 00:25:33,723 --> 00:25:35,351 and allows responsible 631 00:25:35,352 --> 00:25:36,989 businesses to thrive. 632 00:25:37,013 --> 00:25:38,657 But I don't think that 633 00:25:38,681 --> 00:25:40,926 that means that corporations should pay a lower tax rate 634 00:25:40,950 --> 00:25:41,960 than schoolteachers. 635 00:25:41,984 --> 00:25:43,428 Of course not. You can... There's always 636 00:25:43,452 --> 00:25:44,563 a way to frame it. 637 00:25:44,587 --> 00:25:48,367 What happens when I make wealth disparity 638 00:25:48,391 --> 00:25:49,468 my key issue? 639 00:25:49,492 --> 00:25:50,702 Or... 640 00:25:50,726 --> 00:25:55,207 declare that the days of undermining democracy 641 00:25:55,231 --> 00:25:57,376 by gerrymandering are over? 642 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,478 You will trade horses like every other politician. 643 00:25:59,502 --> 00:26:00,712 She's not every other politician. 644 00:26:00,736 --> 00:26:04,583 One bonus: I make this call tomorrow, I am pretty sure 645 00:26:04,607 --> 00:26:06,685 this whole affair story goes away a lot faster. 646 00:26:06,709 --> 00:26:08,553 Okay, that... 647 00:26:08,577 --> 00:26:12,157 is exactly the kind of political gamesmanship that I hate. 648 00:26:12,181 --> 00:26:15,360 I know that both parties do it. 649 00:26:15,384 --> 00:26:18,030 But the GOP has a much darker history 650 00:26:18,054 --> 00:26:21,466 of playing up wedge issues like same-sex marriage 651 00:26:21,490 --> 00:26:22,768 just to fire up voters. 652 00:26:22,792 --> 00:26:25,737 When I went to Camp David to think about the candidate 653 00:26:25,761 --> 00:26:29,307 I want to be, none of that was on the list. 654 00:26:29,331 --> 00:26:31,043 Seems like you know your way forward on this, ma'am. 655 00:26:31,067 --> 00:26:32,677 Let's not make any decisions tonight. 656 00:26:32,701 --> 00:26:34,736 Yeah. 657 00:26:36,939 --> 00:26:39,251 Let me, let me just, let me just say this: 658 00:26:39,275 --> 00:26:43,055 no one... gets to shape this country 659 00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:46,091 by being the noble candidate who lost. 660 00:26:46,115 --> 00:26:48,093 We get past the primary 661 00:26:48,117 --> 00:26:51,229 and get the GOP machine behind us? 662 00:26:51,253 --> 00:26:53,788 Guarantee we win this thing. 663 00:27:02,531 --> 00:27:04,309 Hey, is anyone gonna say anything? 664 00:27:04,333 --> 00:27:06,812 Like what? "Congratulations on your affair with the president"? 665 00:27:06,836 --> 00:27:08,713 Wait. We don't really think it happened, do we? 666 00:27:08,737 --> 00:27:10,415 I think it's none of our business, and, no, 667 00:27:10,439 --> 00:27:12,373 I don't think it happened. 668 00:27:14,477 --> 00:27:16,254 Did you see Carrot Top's tweet? 669 00:27:16,278 --> 00:27:17,422 You follow Carrot Top? 670 00:27:17,446 --> 00:27:19,758 - Good morning. - Ma'am. 671 00:27:19,782 --> 00:27:22,627 - Morning. - Good morning. 672 00:27:22,651 --> 00:27:25,030 Here's your schedule, and muffin's on your desk. 673 00:27:25,054 --> 00:27:26,765 Okay. 674 00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:29,968 Can I see you in my office, Nina? 675 00:27:29,992 --> 00:27:31,159 Thank you. 676 00:27:33,329 --> 00:27:38,110 Listen, Kat shared with me your concerns about working 677 00:27:38,134 --> 00:27:39,678 with Deputy Secretary Bailey. 678 00:27:39,702 --> 00:27:41,980 Oh, gosh, it's really not that big of a deal. 679 00:27:42,004 --> 00:27:43,081 It-it is, 680 00:27:43,105 --> 00:27:47,252 and-and I'm grateful that you brought it to me. 681 00:27:47,276 --> 00:27:51,089 Um... look, I'm, I'm happy to transfer you 682 00:27:51,113 --> 00:27:53,592 wherever you want to go, 683 00:27:53,616 --> 00:27:56,595 but for the sake of everyone else working 684 00:27:56,619 --> 00:28:01,566 with the deputy secretary, I wonder if you would tell me 685 00:28:01,590 --> 00:28:03,258 a little bit more about what you know. 686 00:28:05,394 --> 00:28:07,572 Well, I don't, I don't really want to get anybody in trouble 687 00:28:07,596 --> 00:28:08,607 just based on gossip. 688 00:28:08,631 --> 00:28:10,442 Oh. 689 00:28:10,466 --> 00:28:13,001 Well, trust me, I can appreciate that. 690 00:28:14,170 --> 00:28:15,747 But I'm trying to gather 691 00:28:15,771 --> 00:28:18,884 any information I can to pass it 692 00:28:18,908 --> 00:28:20,952 to the Office of Civil Rights for review. 693 00:28:20,976 --> 00:28:24,756 Well, from what I've read, um, most of those incidents 694 00:28:24,780 --> 00:28:26,681 have already gone to OCR. 695 00:28:27,683 --> 00:28:31,085 Can I ask where, where you read this? 696 00:28:32,087 --> 00:28:34,332 Uh... 697 00:28:34,356 --> 00:28:35,600 oh, gosh. 698 00:28:35,624 --> 00:28:37,135 Um, okay. 699 00:28:37,159 --> 00:28:40,372 There's... a document 700 00:28:40,396 --> 00:28:42,741 that goes around between women federal employees. 701 00:28:42,765 --> 00:28:45,243 Mostly lower level. 702 00:28:45,267 --> 00:28:49,681 Just a private thing, warning each other of 703 00:28:49,705 --> 00:28:52,951 which men to avoid being alone with. 704 00:28:52,975 --> 00:28:56,755 And the deputy secretary is in it? 705 00:28:56,779 --> 00:28:57,923 Yeah, um, 706 00:28:57,947 --> 00:28:59,991 mostly... 707 00:29:00,015 --> 00:29:02,627 groping and lunging 708 00:29:02,651 --> 00:29:04,619 and some weird comments. 709 00:29:08,057 --> 00:29:11,269 If I assure you that I will protect the identities 710 00:29:11,293 --> 00:29:15,507 of the accusers, would you be willing 711 00:29:15,531 --> 00:29:17,665 to share that document with me? 712 00:29:22,538 --> 00:29:24,505 Thank you. 713 00:29:30,512 --> 00:29:34,492 For what it's worth, the president isn't in it. 714 00:29:34,516 --> 00:29:36,228 And I'm really sorry 715 00:29:36,252 --> 00:29:38,353 about that article, ma'am. 716 00:29:48,230 --> 00:29:49,497 Isabelle. 717 00:29:51,267 --> 00:29:53,178 Bess, oh, my God. 718 00:29:53,202 --> 00:29:55,814 How good to see you. 719 00:29:55,838 --> 00:29:57,782 How have you been? 720 00:29:57,806 --> 00:30:00,285 A little rocky lately. 721 00:30:00,309 --> 00:30:03,788 Did you repeat any of the rumors about Conrad and me? 722 00:30:03,812 --> 00:30:05,190 What, you think I'm the source? 723 00:30:05,214 --> 00:30:06,725 Henry said he talked to you. 724 00:30:06,749 --> 00:30:09,561 Why, why would you say you hadn't heard anything? 725 00:30:09,585 --> 00:30:10,629 He showed up, he... 726 00:30:10,653 --> 00:30:13,632 You know what, can we get in the car? 727 00:30:13,656 --> 00:30:16,157 - I-I'm freezing. - Sure. 728 00:30:17,326 --> 00:30:20,839 Henry... 729 00:30:20,863 --> 00:30:22,374 he showed up out of nowhere. 730 00:30:22,398 --> 00:30:23,808 He's obviously 731 00:30:23,832 --> 00:30:26,311 stirred up from reading about 732 00:30:26,335 --> 00:30:28,580 his wife sleeping with her boss. 733 00:30:28,604 --> 00:30:31,683 When your friend's husband 734 00:30:31,707 --> 00:30:35,743 asks you if it's true, you don't feed the fire. 735 00:30:39,148 --> 00:30:42,193 - This whole thing... - Yeah. 736 00:30:42,217 --> 00:30:46,698 Do you have any idea who it could've been? 737 00:30:46,722 --> 00:30:49,668 I mean, it could've been a lot of people, Bess. 738 00:30:49,692 --> 00:30:52,771 Weren't that many people out to get me. 739 00:30:52,795 --> 00:30:54,039 Maybe not out to get you, 740 00:30:54,063 --> 00:30:56,841 but if they were asked? They all had eyes. 741 00:30:56,865 --> 00:30:58,109 Whether anything happened or not, 742 00:30:58,133 --> 00:30:59,811 he clearly favored you. 743 00:30:59,835 --> 00:31:01,246 Wait... 744 00:31:01,270 --> 00:31:03,181 Look, I know you didn't cross any lines. 745 00:31:03,205 --> 00:31:04,983 I-I mean, I don't even think there's anything wrong 746 00:31:05,007 --> 00:31:06,284 with how you benefited from it. 747 00:31:06,308 --> 00:31:08,653 - Uh... - Wow. 748 00:31:08,677 --> 00:31:11,523 - So you think that I... - No. I'm-I'm not... 749 00:31:11,547 --> 00:31:13,892 - used Conrad... - No, I'm not saying you didn't earn 750 00:31:13,916 --> 00:31:16,995 everything that you've achieved, and believe me, I will be 751 00:31:17,019 --> 00:31:18,330 first in line to vote for you. 752 00:31:18,354 --> 00:31:20,265 I know it's totally unfair to you, but 753 00:31:20,289 --> 00:31:22,567 it's not hard for people who saw your dynamic with Conrad 754 00:31:22,591 --> 00:31:25,893 to think there could have been something to those rumors. 755 00:31:42,790 --> 00:31:45,068 The foreign aid bill before the Senate 756 00:31:45,092 --> 00:31:47,370 this morning generated heated debate. 757 00:31:47,394 --> 00:31:50,207 I am absolutely opposed to increasing our foreign spending, 758 00:31:50,231 --> 00:31:53,210 particularly at a time when the chief diplomat 759 00:31:53,234 --> 00:31:55,545 representing the United States to the rest of the world, 760 00:31:55,569 --> 00:31:57,414 Elizabeth McCord, brings such 761 00:31:57,438 --> 00:31:59,449 a shameful example of moral turpitude 762 00:31:59,473 --> 00:32:01,541 and corruption... 763 00:32:04,578 --> 00:32:06,412 Hey, Jace. 764 00:32:08,082 --> 00:32:12,762 I was hoping for a sit-down with Secretary McCord 765 00:32:12,786 --> 00:32:14,197 sooner than later. 766 00:32:14,221 --> 00:32:16,299 There are a few initiatives I'd like to go over with her. 767 00:32:16,323 --> 00:32:17,601 Well, there's another matter 768 00:32:17,625 --> 00:32:20,637 we need to discuss first, Deputy Secretary. 769 00:32:20,661 --> 00:32:22,872 Hey. Let's keep it Steven, 770 00:32:22,896 --> 00:32:25,098 at least until I'm out of the bullpen. 771 00:32:27,368 --> 00:32:29,412 Uh, if you could take a look at this. 772 00:32:29,436 --> 00:32:30,981 Mm-hmm. 773 00:32:31,005 --> 00:32:33,039 What...? 774 00:32:34,708 --> 00:32:36,686 You want to tell me what this is? 775 00:32:36,710 --> 00:32:38,088 It's an anonymous document 776 00:32:38,112 --> 00:32:40,257 maintained by female employees of the federal government 777 00:32:40,281 --> 00:32:43,193 warning each other of other employees who have 778 00:32:43,217 --> 00:32:45,284 made them feel unsafe. 779 00:32:52,693 --> 00:32:54,671 Here we go. 780 00:32:54,695 --> 00:32:58,174 Deputy Secretary, you should know that Secretary McCord and I 781 00:32:58,198 --> 00:33:01,044 take these allegations very seriously. 782 00:33:01,068 --> 00:33:02,879 I suggest you do so as well. 783 00:33:02,903 --> 00:33:05,715 And, uh, you want to hear my side of the story, 784 00:33:05,739 --> 00:33:08,518 or have you done away with due process? 785 00:33:08,542 --> 00:33:11,721 Oh, all of these allegations will be investigated fully 786 00:33:11,745 --> 00:33:14,391 if you decide to take this position. 787 00:33:14,415 --> 00:33:16,726 What are you implying? 788 00:33:16,750 --> 00:33:18,928 I am openly informing you 789 00:33:18,952 --> 00:33:21,298 that if an investigation confirms any of the actions 790 00:33:21,322 --> 00:33:23,300 as described in this document, 791 00:33:23,324 --> 00:33:25,969 then you will not become Acting Secretary of State. 792 00:33:25,993 --> 00:33:28,371 Furthermore, those determinations 793 00:33:28,395 --> 00:33:31,107 will most likely follow you 794 00:33:31,131 --> 00:33:34,611 in your next career, so... 795 00:33:34,635 --> 00:33:38,304 you may want to think carefully about your next move. 796 00:33:40,641 --> 00:33:43,887 You know, I get that the rules have changed. 797 00:33:43,911 --> 00:33:47,390 But you need to look at my record. 798 00:33:47,414 --> 00:33:49,392 No one has been a bigger champion of women 799 00:33:49,416 --> 00:33:50,560 in this department. 800 00:33:50,584 --> 00:33:52,495 And I have taken bullets 801 00:33:52,519 --> 00:33:54,664 for this country, and now you're telling me 802 00:33:54,688 --> 00:33:57,467 that you're gonna run me out of town on... at dawn 803 00:33:57,491 --> 00:33:59,969 because a few women have no sense of humor? 804 00:33:59,993 --> 00:34:01,938 It's a shocking violation, isn't it? 805 00:34:01,962 --> 00:34:06,509 To be confronted by something so unwelcome 806 00:34:06,533 --> 00:34:09,479 and dis-empowering at work? 807 00:34:09,503 --> 00:34:11,848 I'm pretty sure 808 00:34:11,872 --> 00:34:15,352 every woman in this document knows exactly how you feel. 809 00:34:18,379 --> 00:34:21,358 Sir, I'd like to ask if we can turn up the heat 810 00:34:21,382 --> 00:34:24,661 and call the Myanmar attack against the Rohingya people 811 00:34:24,685 --> 00:34:26,663 what it is: genocide. 812 00:34:26,687 --> 00:34:29,532 I think I know the answer to this, but why now? 813 00:34:29,556 --> 00:34:32,335 Because Myanmar getting away with turning tanks 814 00:34:32,359 --> 00:34:34,537 on its own people makes it a lot easier 815 00:34:34,561 --> 00:34:38,441 for the next regime to give it a try. 816 00:34:38,465 --> 00:34:39,776 Because we should have 817 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,546 moved on it when we had the chance. 818 00:34:43,570 --> 00:34:45,715 All good points. 819 00:34:45,739 --> 00:34:50,587 But genocide, once proven, 820 00:34:50,611 --> 00:34:54,891 brings a legal obligation to prevent and punish. 821 00:34:54,915 --> 00:34:56,559 If we intervene in one situation, 822 00:34:56,583 --> 00:34:58,928 there are dozens of others all over the world 823 00:34:58,952 --> 00:35:01,197 - that clamor for the same recognition. - I know. 824 00:35:01,221 --> 00:35:03,099 Yeah, it's the same thinking that made us avoid 825 00:35:03,123 --> 00:35:04,300 intervening in Rwanda. 826 00:35:04,324 --> 00:35:06,336 There are other terms you can use 827 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,105 that don't bring the same burden of intervention 828 00:35:09,129 --> 00:35:11,808 but would still shame the Chinese for sitting it out. 829 00:35:11,832 --> 00:35:14,244 That saves you from starting a mess with China 830 00:35:14,268 --> 00:35:17,247 that I would rather you didn't inherit from me. 831 00:35:17,271 --> 00:35:18,982 It's no guarantee 832 00:35:19,006 --> 00:35:23,486 that I'm gonna inherit anything from you, sir. 833 00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:24,988 Don't tell me you're letting 834 00:35:25,012 --> 00:35:27,013 that ridiculous article get to you. 835 00:35:29,349 --> 00:35:31,851 It's my family I'm worried about. 836 00:35:33,854 --> 00:35:35,565 Well, I'm willing to make a statement 837 00:35:35,589 --> 00:35:37,767 - about the damn thing if it'll help. - No, 838 00:35:37,791 --> 00:35:38,935 thank you, sir. 839 00:35:38,959 --> 00:35:40,470 But you decided to stay out of it, 840 00:35:40,494 --> 00:35:42,172 and I'm gonna follow your lead. 841 00:35:42,196 --> 00:35:45,264 I hope Lydia isn't too upset? 842 00:35:47,801 --> 00:35:50,079 One thing we learned about this job is that you need 843 00:35:50,103 --> 00:35:51,843 to keep yourself separate from the office. 844 00:35:52,573 --> 00:35:55,385 They are two different things. 845 00:35:55,409 --> 00:35:57,376 Conrad, do you think...? 846 00:35:58,879 --> 00:36:02,548 When we were at CIA, did you favor me? 847 00:36:04,418 --> 00:36:06,052 Of course. 848 00:36:08,288 --> 00:36:11,167 You were smart, diligent, 849 00:36:11,191 --> 00:36:13,369 and you knew how to think for yourself. 850 00:36:13,393 --> 00:36:17,797 What kind of boss would I be if I didn't favor that? 851 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,045 Perfect. Thanks, Kayla. 852 00:36:22,069 --> 00:36:23,913 I'll circle back ASAP. 853 00:36:23,937 --> 00:36:25,982 If that's a masseuse, can you see if she'll do campaign stops? 854 00:36:26,006 --> 00:36:27,417 What makes you think I'm booking a masseuse? 855 00:36:27,441 --> 00:36:28,918 You said her name was Kayla. 856 00:36:28,942 --> 00:36:30,086 Hey. 857 00:36:30,110 --> 00:36:31,421 Sorry I'm late. 858 00:36:31,445 --> 00:36:32,755 Hey, you want my beer? 859 00:36:32,779 --> 00:36:34,424 - Suck-up. - Uh, no, um, I'm fine. 860 00:36:34,448 --> 00:36:36,960 Look, I've been thinking about the GOP offer... 861 00:36:36,984 --> 00:36:39,128 Before you finish that thought, I just got off the phone 862 00:36:39,152 --> 00:36:41,264 with the Democratic Party chairman's office. 863 00:36:41,288 --> 00:36:42,732 - They want to talk. - What? 864 00:36:42,756 --> 00:36:44,534 So we can hear what the other side has to say. 865 00:36:44,558 --> 00:36:45,768 You greenhorn idiot. 866 00:36:45,792 --> 00:36:47,604 - Mike. - You just gave Callister every reason 867 00:36:47,628 --> 00:36:49,506 - to call her a superficial party hopper. - I just gave a candidate 868 00:36:49,530 --> 00:36:51,708 - the opportunity to consider her options. - Guys, enough. 869 00:36:51,732 --> 00:36:54,110 Enough. 870 00:36:54,134 --> 00:36:57,514 This whole routine between the two of you, 871 00:36:57,538 --> 00:37:00,416 undercutting, the jockeying for position, 872 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,418 this has got to stop. 873 00:37:02,442 --> 00:37:04,521 This is exactly what George Washington hated 874 00:37:04,545 --> 00:37:05,855 about a two-party system. 875 00:37:05,879 --> 00:37:07,757 Two sides trying to dominate each other. 876 00:37:07,781 --> 00:37:09,192 What does he know? He had wooden teeth. 877 00:37:09,216 --> 00:37:10,560 He was right. 878 00:37:10,584 --> 00:37:12,161 And so is Jay, by the way. 879 00:37:12,185 --> 00:37:15,865 My political identity is tied to Conrad's. 880 00:37:15,889 --> 00:37:17,867 I'm an independent. 881 00:37:17,891 --> 00:37:20,270 It's who I am, and it's how I'm gonna run. 882 00:37:20,294 --> 00:37:22,972 I'm gonna call Governor Hayes, 883 00:37:22,996 --> 00:37:25,174 tell him we're declining his offer. 884 00:37:25,198 --> 00:37:27,677 Either of you have a problem with that? 885 00:37:27,701 --> 00:37:29,979 - No, ma'am. - Good. 886 00:37:30,003 --> 00:37:31,848 I've also accepted an interview tomorrow morning 887 00:37:31,872 --> 00:37:35,318 where I'm gonna put these affair rumors to rest, 888 00:37:35,342 --> 00:37:36,653 among other things. 889 00:37:36,677 --> 00:37:38,321 Love it. Can we go over some talking points? 890 00:37:38,345 --> 00:37:40,356 I don't need talking points. 891 00:37:40,380 --> 00:37:42,081 I was there. 892 00:37:45,919 --> 00:37:48,665 Guys, this is gonna be a long, hard road, 893 00:37:48,689 --> 00:37:50,867 but it's the road I want to be on. 894 00:37:50,891 --> 00:37:52,802 So you either 895 00:37:52,826 --> 00:37:57,229 get on it with me or get out of the way. Okay? 896 00:37:58,231 --> 00:37:59,709 Great. 897 00:37:59,733 --> 00:38:01,834 Thank you. 898 00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:12,423 Oh, my god. 899 00:38:13,836 --> 00:38:15,314 Hey, did you see Bailey's resignation? 900 00:38:15,338 --> 00:38:18,473 Are you kidding? I killed trees and printed it out for everyone. 901 00:38:18,474 --> 00:38:19,785 Hey, it's pretty decent, right? 902 00:38:19,809 --> 00:38:21,386 Wait, are we talking Bailey's resignation? 903 00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:22,721 So, you think he wrote it? 904 00:38:22,745 --> 00:38:25,958 "I regret the part I played in a system 905 00:38:25,982 --> 00:38:29,128 designed to silence and dominate half the world's population." 906 00:38:29,152 --> 00:38:30,362 - He didn't write it. - No. 907 00:38:30,386 --> 00:38:31,897 But I love whoever got him to sign it. 908 00:38:31,921 --> 00:38:33,132 - I know. - Uh, good morning. 909 00:38:33,156 --> 00:38:34,233 Hey, Nina, can I see you for a minute? 910 00:38:34,257 --> 00:38:36,368 Sure. 911 00:38:36,392 --> 00:38:38,337 And, uh, the secretary's interview might go long. 912 00:38:38,361 --> 00:38:40,472 You were able to move the meet and greet with the new FSOs? 913 00:38:40,496 --> 00:38:41,974 - Yes, to Thursday. - Good. 914 00:38:41,998 --> 00:38:45,544 So, do we know who wrote that memo? 915 00:38:45,568 --> 00:38:49,748 I think the deputy secretary saw the error of his ways. 916 00:38:49,772 --> 00:38:52,518 What? It could happen. 917 00:38:53,709 --> 00:38:56,155 Undersecretary Thompson. 918 00:38:56,179 --> 00:38:58,157 - Yes. - This is Nina Cummings. 919 00:38:58,181 --> 00:38:59,992 She'll be your new administrative assistant. 920 00:39:00,016 --> 00:39:02,461 And, Nina, Undersecretary Thompson will be stepping in 921 00:39:02,485 --> 00:39:05,731 as acting secretary once we begin the transition. 922 00:39:05,755 --> 00:39:08,901 It's an honor. I-I so admire your work 923 00:39:08,925 --> 00:39:10,969 - with the Bureau of African Affairs. - Thank you, Nina. 924 00:39:10,993 --> 00:39:12,838 - I look forward to working with you. - Me, too. 925 00:39:12,862 --> 00:39:15,541 Oh, that reminds me, um, OMB approved a line item 926 00:39:15,565 --> 00:39:17,676 for tampons in the bathrooms. 927 00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:18,844 - Nina's idea. - Hey. 928 00:39:18,868 --> 00:39:20,546 - Look at that. - Oh. 929 00:39:20,570 --> 00:39:22,047 Policy in action. 930 00:39:22,071 --> 00:39:23,382 - Yes. - That's right. 931 00:39:23,406 --> 00:39:24,716 What else can we get? 932 00:39:24,740 --> 00:39:26,618 - Um, equal pay. - Yes. 933 00:39:27,944 --> 00:39:31,313 In five, four, three... 934 00:39:33,549 --> 00:39:37,196 Secretary McCord, I'm gonna get right to it. 935 00:39:37,220 --> 00:39:39,231 Are you running for president 936 00:39:39,255 --> 00:39:40,732 in the next election? 937 00:39:40,756 --> 00:39:42,601 Well, right now I'm pretty busy 938 00:39:42,625 --> 00:39:45,437 representing our country to the rest of the world. 939 00:39:45,461 --> 00:39:48,207 I want to get to your work as Secretary of State, 940 00:39:48,231 --> 00:39:50,542 but first let's go back to your time 941 00:39:50,566 --> 00:39:52,344 at the CIA. 942 00:39:52,368 --> 00:39:55,047 Uh, you were an intelligence analyst 943 00:39:55,071 --> 00:39:57,649 working with Conrad Dalton in Iraq? 944 00:39:57,673 --> 00:39:58,984 Yes, that's right. 945 00:39:59,008 --> 00:40:03,255 You worked closely with President Dalton. 946 00:40:03,279 --> 00:40:04,590 I was a member 947 00:40:04,614 --> 00:40:06,391 of an incredible team. 948 00:40:06,415 --> 00:40:10,095 There was a great deal of mutual respect. 949 00:40:10,119 --> 00:40:12,698 There have been rumors lately, uh, 950 00:40:12,722 --> 00:40:15,334 that your relationship with President Dalton 951 00:40:15,358 --> 00:40:18,670 was a more intimate one during those years? 952 00:40:18,694 --> 00:40:20,606 Those rumors are not true, 953 00:40:20,630 --> 00:40:23,108 and the people spreading them are the same people 954 00:40:23,132 --> 00:40:24,910 who are trying to distract Americans 955 00:40:24,934 --> 00:40:27,512 from the real threats we face. 956 00:40:27,536 --> 00:40:31,283 Like the rise of hatred and intolerance. 957 00:40:31,307 --> 00:40:33,952 These people want us to be scared and suspicious 958 00:40:33,976 --> 00:40:37,322 of anyone who looks, speaks, 959 00:40:37,346 --> 00:40:40,993 prays differently than people we know. 960 00:40:41,017 --> 00:40:45,030 Because when we're scared, that's when they take power. 961 00:40:45,054 --> 00:40:48,767 This is happening all over the world. 962 00:40:48,791 --> 00:40:52,337 Last year, Myanmar unleashed a campaign of ethnic cleansing 963 00:40:52,361 --> 00:40:56,308 on an entire population of Muslim citizens 964 00:40:56,332 --> 00:40:59,645 in retaliation against a handful of Muslim dissidents. 965 00:40:59,669 --> 00:41:02,447 And right now they're getting away with it. 966 00:41:02,471 --> 00:41:06,451 It's the same hate and fear that drove extremists 967 00:41:06,475 --> 00:41:09,955 to attack the White House over an immigration policy. 968 00:41:09,979 --> 00:41:13,725 And it's the same hate infecting every line 969 00:41:13,749 --> 00:41:16,728 of Senator Callister's campaign announcement. 970 00:41:16,752 --> 00:41:18,230 You made a speech 971 00:41:18,254 --> 00:41:20,098 several months ago, uh, 972 00:41:20,122 --> 00:41:25,304 calling nationalism the greatest threat to humankind. 973 00:41:25,328 --> 00:41:27,306 I did, 974 00:41:27,330 --> 00:41:31,576 but what's happening now is even more scary. 975 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:36,348 Extremists aren't just attacking the White House from outside, 976 00:41:36,372 --> 00:41:39,251 they're trying to move into it. 977 00:41:39,275 --> 00:41:42,421 If we vote hatred into our highest office, 978 00:41:42,445 --> 00:41:45,023 I don't think we survive that. Not intact. 979 00:41:45,047 --> 00:41:46,191 What would you say 980 00:41:46,215 --> 00:41:47,526 to the many Americans 981 00:41:47,550 --> 00:41:51,530 who support Senator Callister's message? 982 00:41:51,554 --> 00:41:55,067 De Tocqueville called our early democracy 983 00:41:55,091 --> 00:41:57,903 "the great experiment." 984 00:41:57,927 --> 00:42:03,408 And I love that because it reminds me how fragile we are. 985 00:42:03,432 --> 00:42:05,510 Every generation 986 00:42:05,534 --> 00:42:09,848 gets to choose whether or not this experiment continues. 987 00:42:09,872 --> 00:42:13,452 That means not giving in to the weaknesses 988 00:42:13,476 --> 00:42:16,355 that make us fragile as people and as a country, 989 00:42:16,379 --> 00:42:19,291 not listening to those who tell us 990 00:42:19,315 --> 00:42:22,361 to blame others when we feel shut out. 991 00:42:22,385 --> 00:42:26,231 And that can be such a tempting message, 992 00:42:26,255 --> 00:42:28,567 especially when you're down, 993 00:42:28,591 --> 00:42:31,069 but it's a false one and a dark one. 994 00:42:31,093 --> 00:42:33,739 All I can say is, 995 00:42:33,763 --> 00:42:36,742 however I continue to serve our country, 996 00:42:36,766 --> 00:42:40,502 I will never stop fighting to save this great experiment. 997 00:42:44,162 --> 00:42:50,262 Subtitle sync and corrections by awaqeded for www.addic7ed.com.