1 00:01:20,845 --> 00:01:25,442 Sync and corrections by n17t01 www.addic7ed.com 2 00:01:32,429 --> 00:01:35,266 With just one week to go before the Iowa caucuses, 3 00:01:35,348 --> 00:01:40,395 the latest Gallup poll has Dunbar ahead by six points, 45 to 39, 4 00:01:40,479 --> 00:01:43,232 with 16 percent still undecided. 5 00:01:43,315 --> 00:01:46,693 That's a lot of undecideds so close to election day. 6 00:01:46,777 --> 00:01:49,905 Dunbar has incredibly high favorability numbers here, 7 00:01:49,989 --> 00:01:53,826 much higher than President Underwood's, but I have spoken with many Iowans 8 00:01:53,909 --> 00:01:56,162 who have doubts about her lack of experience 9 00:01:56,245 --> 00:01:59,456 and whether she'll be able to stand up to a Republican candidate 10 00:01:59,539 --> 00:02:00,958 with a substantial record. 11 00:02:01,041 --> 00:02:03,836 Even so, the fact that she's still the frontrunner, 12 00:02:03,919 --> 00:02:06,713 - having never run for office. - It's extraordinary. 13 00:02:06,797 --> 00:02:08,966 Jackie Sharp's endorsement was a big coup. 14 00:02:09,049 --> 00:02:11,302 It really helped her numbers with women. 15 00:02:11,384 --> 00:02:14,221 We want you to have a much more active role during the events. 16 00:02:14,305 --> 00:02:15,931 You'll go first, introduce the president, 17 00:02:16,015 --> 00:02:18,433 stay with him the entire time, and then participate in the Q and A. 18 00:02:18,517 --> 00:02:21,187 I really shouldn't be answering questions. Francis is the candidate. 19 00:02:21,270 --> 00:02:24,064 Well, the truth is, your favorables are double what mine are, 20 00:02:24,148 --> 00:02:27,359 so let's give the people what they want. 21 00:02:27,442 --> 00:02:29,820 - Well, if you think it will help. - I know it will. 22 00:02:29,903 --> 00:02:31,989 Do you have a speech prepared? Do you have issue papers? 23 00:02:32,072 --> 00:02:35,034 - Everything is in the conference room. - Let's get started, then. 24 00:02:39,663 --> 00:02:42,041 Have you had a chance to go over the list... 25 00:02:42,124 --> 00:02:43,416 of replacements for Remy? 26 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:46,670 Oh, I can't focus on that right now. I need to get through Iowa first. 27 00:02:46,753 --> 00:02:48,922 Well, I have a suggestion, sir, that's not on the list. 28 00:02:49,006 --> 00:02:51,342 - Who? - Me. 29 00:02:53,219 --> 00:02:55,762 Seth, you're invaluable as a comm director. 30 00:02:55,846 --> 00:02:59,016 Well, that's just it, sir. You need a media expert at the helm. 31 00:02:59,099 --> 00:03:00,267 We're in an election cycle. 32 00:03:00,351 --> 00:03:01,977 - Everything's about perception. - Seth-- 33 00:03:02,061 --> 00:03:03,937 I want to integrate the policy and the press teams. 34 00:03:04,021 --> 00:03:05,939 I want to work with cabinet members and agency heads 35 00:03:06,023 --> 00:03:08,984 on gearing every public statement towards our platform. 36 00:03:09,068 --> 00:03:11,195 Mobilize our AmWorks allies in Congress. 37 00:03:11,278 --> 00:03:13,155 A commitment list for futures legislations, 38 00:03:13,239 --> 00:03:15,199 not just simple endorsements. 39 00:03:15,282 --> 00:03:18,785 This outlines in detail what I would like to do as your Chief of Staff. 40 00:03:19,870 --> 00:03:22,122 All I ask is that you consider it. 41 00:03:22,206 --> 00:03:24,291 Well, of course I will. Thank you, Seth. 42 00:03:24,375 --> 00:03:26,418 I appreciate you putting so much time into this. 43 00:03:26,501 --> 00:03:28,170 Thank you, sir. 44 00:03:32,966 --> 00:03:34,385 Thank you. 45 00:03:34,467 --> 00:03:36,636 Robert. 46 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,597 Sorry I'm running late. 47 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,473 We hit some weather on the way back from Iowa. 48 00:03:40,557 --> 00:03:42,268 I appreciate your coming here in person. 49 00:03:42,351 --> 00:03:46,063 Especially during the... final rush. 50 00:03:46,146 --> 00:03:48,148 - Anything for you, Robert. - Have a seat. 51 00:03:48,232 --> 00:03:49,566 Oh, thank you. 52 00:03:49,649 --> 00:03:52,861 And, you know, it's good. I get a few hours with the kids. 53 00:03:54,196 --> 00:03:56,531 So how does it feel to be back here? 54 00:03:56,615 --> 00:03:57,908 Oh... 55 00:03:59,118 --> 00:04:01,328 I have to admit, I miss it a little. 56 00:04:01,412 --> 00:04:04,915 Your dissent on Godfrey v. Kent was brilliant, by the way. 57 00:04:07,584 --> 00:04:10,503 My clerks. They wrote it. 58 00:04:10,587 --> 00:04:12,423 Every word. 59 00:04:14,466 --> 00:04:16,135 So it's time. 60 00:04:16,218 --> 00:04:19,805 Ruth says it is, but I knew before she said anything. 61 00:04:19,888 --> 00:04:23,267 - When are you going to announce? - Soon. 62 00:04:23,350 --> 00:04:27,520 But I'd like you... to say yes first. 63 00:04:27,604 --> 00:04:29,940 - To what? - Replacing me. 64 00:04:32,525 --> 00:04:35,904 This isn't the disease speaking. 65 00:04:35,988 --> 00:04:38,449 I haven't forgotten you're running for president. 66 00:04:38,531 --> 00:04:44,330 But Underwood... I'm sure he'd nominate you in a heartbeat. 67 00:04:44,413 --> 00:04:47,374 I am the frontrunner, Robert. Why would I drop out? 68 00:04:47,458 --> 00:04:50,252 - Because this position's for life. - Underwood is going to lose. 69 00:04:50,336 --> 00:04:53,046 You think he'll go down easily? 70 00:04:53,130 --> 00:04:57,050 And even if you get the nomination, the Republicans... 71 00:04:57,134 --> 00:05:00,304 They'll... rip you apart. 72 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:04,599 I'm the swing vote. My seat is important. 73 00:05:04,683 --> 00:05:07,727 You can make a lasting difference here. 74 00:05:08,979 --> 00:05:10,730 That is exactly what he said. 75 00:05:10,814 --> 00:05:16,611 His motivations were atrocious, yes, but his logic was sound. 76 00:05:17,946 --> 00:05:21,074 Your mind seems sharp as ever, Robert. 77 00:05:21,158 --> 00:05:22,409 Except... 78 00:05:24,036 --> 00:05:28,957 Except for the fact that I can't remember your name right now. 79 00:05:30,209 --> 00:05:31,251 Heather. 80 00:05:33,212 --> 00:05:34,713 Heather. 81 00:05:37,716 --> 00:05:41,220 Will you continue to do the work I've done, Heather? 82 00:05:41,303 --> 00:05:43,096 I can't. 83 00:05:43,180 --> 00:05:46,725 If I'm honest with myself, it's that I want this too much. 84 00:05:46,808 --> 00:05:48,810 I didn't realize it before I started running. 85 00:05:48,894 --> 00:05:52,981 It is not that I've changed, Robert, that ambition has clouded anything. 86 00:05:53,065 --> 00:05:57,110 It is that I was blind to this until now, what I am meant to be. 87 00:05:57,194 --> 00:06:00,364 And I am meant to be President of the United States. 88 00:06:29,518 --> 00:06:32,020 Wouldn't you all like to hear from Claire first? 89 00:06:41,821 --> 00:06:43,574 Thank you! 90 00:06:43,656 --> 00:06:46,076 Francis and I so appreciate you all coming out here 91 00:06:46,159 --> 00:06:49,246 on such a cold day and welcoming us with such warmth! 92 00:06:49,329 --> 00:06:51,748 It's so good to be back in Iowa! 93 00:06:56,669 --> 00:06:59,881 And I can feel it, with your support and enthusiasm, 94 00:06:59,965 --> 00:07:02,842 there is no doubt that we are gonna take this state! 95 00:07:09,141 --> 00:07:10,350 - Hello. - Good evening. 96 00:07:10,434 --> 00:07:11,560 Hi. 97 00:07:11,643 --> 00:07:14,396 So pleased to have you staying with us again, Mr. President. 98 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,440 We always love coming here. 99 00:07:16,523 --> 00:07:18,567 It's our favorite house in all of Iowa. 100 00:07:18,650 --> 00:07:21,153 - If you need anything... - Thank you very much. 101 00:07:21,236 --> 00:07:23,029 - Good night. - Have a good evening. 102 00:07:33,873 --> 00:07:36,502 You were wonderful today. 103 00:07:36,585 --> 00:07:38,587 They just adore you. 104 00:07:40,046 --> 00:07:41,632 Good night. 105 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,218 Good night. 106 00:08:55,830 --> 00:08:58,166 Yes, connect me with Tom Yates, please. 107 00:08:59,209 --> 00:09:01,545 No, I'll hold. 108 00:09:01,628 --> 00:09:02,962 Mr. President? 109 00:09:03,046 --> 00:09:05,090 Where's the rest of it? 110 00:09:05,173 --> 00:09:06,841 - Have you read it? - No, not yet. 111 00:09:06,925 --> 00:09:08,427 Just this first chapter arrived. 112 00:09:08,510 --> 00:09:11,346 Will you please read it first, sir? And then let's talk. 113 00:09:11,430 --> 00:09:13,306 Are you sick? You sound hoarse. 114 00:09:13,390 --> 00:09:15,183 Well, no, I'm not sick. 115 00:09:15,267 --> 00:09:16,184 I haven't slept much. 116 00:09:16,268 --> 00:09:18,228 All right, I'll call you tomorrow. 117 00:09:21,106 --> 00:09:22,566 Sir? 118 00:09:22,649 --> 00:09:24,401 Excuse me. Sir? 119 00:09:25,736 --> 00:09:27,529 I forgot why I came in here. 120 00:09:27,613 --> 00:09:29,030 The orange juice. 121 00:09:32,659 --> 00:09:34,411 That'll be two twenty-five. 122 00:09:35,828 --> 00:09:37,205 Yeah. 123 00:09:52,304 --> 00:09:56,141 "The Fourth of July means nothing anymore. 124 00:09:57,225 --> 00:10:02,147 Overcooked hot dogs and fireworks that always leave you disappointed. 125 00:10:02,230 --> 00:10:04,733 Bite-size American flags made in China, 126 00:10:04,816 --> 00:10:09,446 halfheartedly waved by five-year-olds who'd rather be playing Minecraft. 127 00:10:09,529 --> 00:10:14,743 But the third of September, that's a date which matters. 128 00:10:14,826 --> 00:10:17,746 It's the day, three decades past, 129 00:10:17,829 --> 00:10:22,083 that a redneck from Gaffney married a debutante from Dallas. 130 00:10:22,167 --> 00:10:25,253 And the Earth's axis tilted that day, 131 00:10:25,337 --> 00:10:29,132 though neither they, nor we, knew it at the time. 132 00:10:29,966 --> 00:10:36,640 Here's a woman who describes her vows as a suicide flirting with a bridge's edge. 133 00:10:36,723 --> 00:10:40,477 And a man who wears his wedding ring as a badge of shame, 134 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:43,146 for the debutante deserved more. 135 00:10:43,229 --> 00:10:47,734 But truly, what more could she desire? 136 00:10:47,818 --> 00:10:51,988 Together, they rule an empire without heirs. 137 00:10:52,071 --> 00:10:55,492 Legacy is their only child." 138 00:11:02,332 --> 00:11:04,083 Come in. 139 00:11:06,877 --> 00:11:08,630 He sent you a copy, too? 140 00:11:10,549 --> 00:11:14,302 I thought this was supposed to be about you, not us. 141 00:11:14,386 --> 00:11:16,262 The whole thing was a mistake. 142 00:11:16,346 --> 00:11:18,097 We revealed too much, Francis. 143 00:11:18,181 --> 00:11:19,890 I should've never put you in that position. 144 00:11:19,974 --> 00:11:21,351 I'll put an end to it. 145 00:11:22,853 --> 00:11:25,689 - Do you think he was right? - About what? 146 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:33,988 "A cold fusion of two universal elements, identical in weight, equal in force. 147 00:11:34,072 --> 00:11:38,117 United they stand. A union like none other. 148 00:11:38,201 --> 00:11:41,580 The unsplittable atom of American politics." 149 00:11:42,455 --> 00:11:44,499 Well, he was right about some things. 150 00:11:45,834 --> 00:11:48,919 I should go speak to him face to face, soften the blow. 151 00:11:53,633 --> 00:11:55,468 She did an event in Oelwein yesterday 152 00:11:55,552 --> 00:11:58,012 and our people say you could barely hear her with all the cheering. 153 00:11:58,096 --> 00:11:59,264 How badly can she hurt us? 154 00:11:59,347 --> 00:12:01,641 They only need a point or two and he's in the margin of error. 155 00:12:01,725 --> 00:12:02,975 So we need to attack her. 156 00:12:03,059 --> 00:12:06,521 The UN stuff slid right off. We need something new. 157 00:12:09,649 --> 00:12:11,150 Let's talk to Jackie. 158 00:12:26,458 --> 00:12:29,085 Thank you for coming. How was your trip? 159 00:12:29,168 --> 00:12:31,630 Good for me. A little rough for my mom, though. 160 00:12:31,713 --> 00:12:34,340 She's not used to seeing me more than two days in a row. 161 00:12:34,424 --> 00:12:36,008 She actually ran out of questions. 162 00:12:36,092 --> 00:12:40,388 I'm jealous. Have a seat. It's been nonstop here for me. 163 00:12:41,556 --> 00:12:43,391 Full-time job here. 164 00:12:43,475 --> 00:12:46,561 Doing surrogate appearances for Heather in California. 165 00:12:47,896 --> 00:12:49,815 We could really use you, Remy. 166 00:12:49,898 --> 00:12:53,109 Ah... A recruiting session? 167 00:12:53,192 --> 00:12:54,486 You can't be surprised. 168 00:12:54,569 --> 00:12:56,696 I was hoping you just wanted to see my face. 169 00:13:00,408 --> 00:13:02,661 We can't offer you as much as you made at Glendon Hill, 170 00:13:02,744 --> 00:13:05,497 but we can offer you a lot more than you made at the White House. 171 00:13:07,165 --> 00:13:08,207 I'm not interested. 172 00:13:09,876 --> 00:13:13,129 That was fast. Even for you. 173 00:13:13,212 --> 00:13:16,006 - Where'd you land? - Nowhere. 174 00:13:17,300 --> 00:13:18,927 I'm out, Jackie. No more politics. 175 00:13:19,009 --> 00:13:20,762 You know you don't mean that. It's who you are. 176 00:13:20,846 --> 00:13:22,722 That's what I thought, too, for a long time. 177 00:13:22,806 --> 00:13:25,308 I don't even know if I'll stay in DC. 178 00:13:29,228 --> 00:13:30,730 What are you gonna do? 179 00:13:32,106 --> 00:13:34,985 That's the best part. I have no idea. 180 00:13:44,577 --> 00:13:46,913 I'll save you the trouble of trying to convince me. 181 00:13:49,499 --> 00:13:51,250 Claire Underwood. 182 00:13:53,085 --> 00:13:54,921 We need to hit her hard. 183 00:13:55,964 --> 00:13:58,717 You want dirt. I don't have any. 184 00:14:00,092 --> 00:14:01,177 You must. 185 00:14:05,015 --> 00:14:06,850 If I did, I don't know if I'd shovel it your way. 186 00:14:07,976 --> 00:14:11,229 But I don't. They never let me in the inner circle. 187 00:14:17,652 --> 00:14:19,529 She pressed him, but nothing. 188 00:14:19,612 --> 00:14:22,657 I find it hard to believe that we don't have a single thing we can use. 189 00:14:22,741 --> 00:14:24,534 Our oppo team has looked at every article, 190 00:14:24,617 --> 00:14:26,953 every piece of footage going back 25 years. 191 00:14:27,037 --> 00:14:30,206 Researched acquaintances, family, the works. 192 00:14:30,289 --> 00:14:34,210 - If it's out there, we would've found it. - Wait. There is one thing. 193 00:14:34,293 --> 00:14:35,503 What? 194 00:14:51,853 --> 00:14:53,396 Hello? 195 00:14:53,479 --> 00:14:55,023 Doug. It's been a while. 196 00:14:55,106 --> 00:14:57,609 - What do you want? - The journal. 197 00:14:57,692 --> 00:15:00,319 What would it take? 198 00:15:00,403 --> 00:15:02,906 You said you would never do that to another woman. 199 00:15:02,989 --> 00:15:05,033 - How much? - You're offering money? 200 00:15:05,116 --> 00:15:06,701 If that's what you want. 201 00:15:09,328 --> 00:15:11,122 Betrayal doesn't come cheap. 202 00:15:11,205 --> 00:15:12,582 Name a figure. 203 00:15:19,881 --> 00:15:21,091 What do you like to read? 204 00:15:24,970 --> 00:15:26,137 Do you read? 205 00:15:27,973 --> 00:15:29,682 Yes, I read. 206 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,107 Oh, thank you, Meechum. 207 00:15:42,194 --> 00:15:44,447 - You hate it. - I didn't say that. 208 00:15:45,323 --> 00:15:48,118 You wouldn't fly back from Iowa just to say, "Good job." 209 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,996 Well, look, you've only turned in 21 pages, 210 00:15:51,079 --> 00:15:53,999 and the book was supposed to be finished by now. 211 00:15:54,082 --> 00:15:56,918 It took me this long to figure out what the book is really about. 212 00:15:57,002 --> 00:15:59,963 And what it's about, is the two of you. 213 00:16:00,046 --> 00:16:01,881 We have to start over. 214 00:16:01,965 --> 00:16:04,509 Start over? 215 00:16:04,592 --> 00:16:07,512 The book was supposed to be about America Works. 216 00:16:07,595 --> 00:16:10,222 Now, you said you wanted to try a different approach. 217 00:16:10,306 --> 00:16:13,184 I was skeptical, but then I went along with it and now, 218 00:16:13,267 --> 00:16:17,271 you've handed over to me the beginning of a book... 219 00:16:17,355 --> 00:16:18,397 about my marriage? 220 00:16:18,481 --> 00:16:21,109 Well, do you want it fast, or do you want it right? 221 00:16:21,192 --> 00:16:23,361 I told you I've never written anything in less than a year. 222 00:16:23,444 --> 00:16:26,364 Yeah, and in a month's time, you're gonna say you've come up with some new idea. 223 00:16:26,447 --> 00:16:28,950 No, this is it. You and Claire. The marriage. 224 00:16:29,034 --> 00:16:32,328 That's the key that unlocks everything else. 225 00:16:32,411 --> 00:16:35,331 If I had wanted an exposé about my personal life, 226 00:16:35,414 --> 00:16:38,710 I would've hired a staff writer from Us Weekly. 227 00:16:43,882 --> 00:16:48,594 Well... hold on a minute. This is not tabloid bullshit. 228 00:16:48,678 --> 00:16:51,347 You said, in this room, you wanted an original voice. 229 00:16:51,430 --> 00:16:53,141 I am giving it to you. 230 00:16:53,224 --> 00:16:54,976 You're not narrow-minded, Mr. President. 231 00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:56,895 I know you can appreciate what I'm trying to do. 232 00:16:56,978 --> 00:16:58,813 Right, but see, that's the problem right there. 233 00:16:58,897 --> 00:17:00,815 This is about what you're trying to do. 234 00:17:00,899 --> 00:17:04,152 What your needs and... what did you call it? 235 00:17:04,235 --> 00:17:05,862 - Your addiction. - That's not true. 236 00:17:05,945 --> 00:17:09,741 No, it is true. I hired you to do a job, which was to get me votes. 237 00:17:09,824 --> 00:17:11,951 Yesterday, not six months from now. 238 00:17:12,035 --> 00:17:14,746 Now, look, it's no big deal. It didn't work out. 239 00:17:14,829 --> 00:17:16,497 But I promise you, you will be paid in full. 240 00:17:16,581 --> 00:17:17,623 Thank you, Tom. 241 00:17:17,707 --> 00:17:20,251 This deserves to be finished, and it deserves to be read. 242 00:17:20,334 --> 00:17:22,670 Well, I just happen to disagree with you. 243 00:17:24,714 --> 00:17:27,092 Are you afraid of what I wrote? 244 00:17:27,175 --> 00:17:29,301 Afraid? No. 245 00:17:29,385 --> 00:17:31,012 It's just no one's business. 246 00:17:32,931 --> 00:17:35,558 Well, you can't bury it. 247 00:17:37,227 --> 00:17:39,062 I won't allow that. 248 00:17:51,741 --> 00:17:56,328 You're in an intimate relationship with Kate Baldwin, isn't that correct? 249 00:17:56,412 --> 00:17:59,498 I've never said anything because I presume that you can separate 250 00:17:59,582 --> 00:18:02,210 your personal life from our professional arrangement. 251 00:18:03,335 --> 00:18:05,964 But before you start getting any reckless ideas, 252 00:18:06,047 --> 00:18:09,592 why don't you just remember one thing: I own this material. 253 00:18:09,675 --> 00:18:14,430 And if you attempt to share it with anybody, and I mean one single word, 254 00:18:14,513 --> 00:18:17,767 litigation will be the least of your worries. 255 00:18:17,850 --> 00:18:21,312 I mean, after all, I don't think either of us 256 00:18:21,395 --> 00:18:26,317 wants any controversy about the authorship of your first book. 257 00:18:28,111 --> 00:18:29,612 Do we? 258 00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:41,457 Meechum, will you please escort Mr. Yates out? 259 00:18:41,540 --> 00:18:43,042 And good luck to you, Tom. 260 00:18:47,546 --> 00:18:49,299 Too bad about the book. 261 00:18:49,381 --> 00:18:52,384 - You don't really mean that. - No, I don't. 262 00:19:00,935 --> 00:19:02,937 Mr. Grayson is on the line, sir. 263 00:19:03,021 --> 00:19:04,772 What was that? 264 00:19:04,856 --> 00:19:07,608 Mr. Grayson is on the line, sir. He says it's urgent. 265 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:18,703 He's on line one, sir. 266 00:19:24,583 --> 00:19:26,044 Seth? 267 00:19:29,088 --> 00:19:31,757 All right. I better stay in Washington. 268 00:19:31,841 --> 00:19:33,592 Let Vaughn know. 269 00:19:36,346 --> 00:19:38,056 Get me Claire. 270 00:19:38,139 --> 00:19:40,141 You think the timing is strategic? 271 00:19:40,225 --> 00:19:42,768 Well, he and Dunbar are close. 272 00:19:42,852 --> 00:19:44,687 Do you have any idea who you're going to nominate? 273 00:19:44,770 --> 00:19:46,564 We'll go through our master list in the morning, 274 00:19:46,647 --> 00:19:48,274 but this'll take me off the campaign trail. 275 00:19:48,358 --> 00:19:50,818 I won't be in Iowa for a day or two. You're okay to cover me? 276 00:19:50,902 --> 00:19:54,030 Yes, of course. I'll keep waving my pom-poms. 277 00:19:54,113 --> 00:19:56,782 Well, you're a saint to do it without me, but it's probably best. 278 00:19:56,866 --> 00:19:58,993 They like you even better. 279 00:20:00,953 --> 00:20:02,538 Did you speak with Tom? 280 00:20:02,621 --> 00:20:06,042 I did. He didn't take it well, but I made it very clear. 281 00:20:07,459 --> 00:20:10,421 I read it again. The chapter. 282 00:20:10,504 --> 00:20:12,506 Let it go. We're done with him. 283 00:20:14,133 --> 00:20:15,385 Claire? 284 00:20:17,136 --> 00:20:19,430 Sorry. Uh, the last event went quite long. 285 00:20:19,513 --> 00:20:21,349 I'm fading. 286 00:20:21,432 --> 00:20:23,268 Well, you get some sleep. We'll talk tomorrow. 287 00:20:23,351 --> 00:20:25,895 Okay. Good night, Francis. 288 00:20:25,978 --> 00:20:27,855 Good night. 289 00:20:39,325 --> 00:20:41,369 Oh. This is a nice surprise. 290 00:20:41,452 --> 00:20:43,288 Now a bad time? 291 00:20:43,371 --> 00:20:45,748 Not at all. How did you get in the building? 292 00:20:45,831 --> 00:20:47,959 - Nobody called me. - The receptionist. 293 00:20:48,042 --> 00:20:51,587 - Scorpio is her favorite book. - Of course, it is. 294 00:20:51,670 --> 00:20:53,256 What are you working on? 295 00:20:53,339 --> 00:20:55,967 Covert operation in the Jordan Valley. 296 00:20:56,050 --> 00:21:00,179 Your boy Underwood has refused to confirm or deny, but take a look at that. 297 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:06,811 That's a letter to the family of Justin Nix. 298 00:21:06,894 --> 00:21:09,814 Navy SEAL who died the same day as the covert operation. 299 00:21:09,897 --> 00:21:11,774 Signed by the president. 300 00:21:11,857 --> 00:21:13,651 Says it was a training exercise. 301 00:21:13,734 --> 00:21:16,195 I just got off the phone with a source in the DOD 302 00:21:16,279 --> 00:21:18,990 and they said there were no SEAL training exercises that day. 303 00:21:19,073 --> 00:21:23,077 His death is the only military KIA reported on October eighteenth. 304 00:21:24,745 --> 00:21:27,123 Am I shattering your illusions about the guy? 305 00:21:28,166 --> 00:21:29,750 He fired me. 306 00:21:29,834 --> 00:21:31,877 What? Why? 307 00:21:33,504 --> 00:21:35,465 I didn't want to e-mail it to you. 308 00:21:35,547 --> 00:21:38,759 - This is it? - The first chapter. 309 00:21:40,428 --> 00:21:44,598 Justice Jacobs served our nation with duty and distinction. 310 00:21:44,682 --> 00:21:46,434 And when the Court was strongly divided, 311 00:21:46,517 --> 00:21:49,103 as it was many times during his 23 years on the bench, 312 00:21:49,187 --> 00:21:54,066 it was his swing vote that created legal precedents that will last for centuries. 313 00:21:54,150 --> 00:21:57,820 Now, it will not be an easy seat to fill, but fill it I must. 314 00:21:58,612 --> 00:22:00,365 Sir. 315 00:22:00,448 --> 00:22:02,074 Dunbar's people just reached out to me. 316 00:22:02,158 --> 00:22:04,785 She's back in Washington and she wants to meet with you. 317 00:22:04,869 --> 00:22:05,995 What for? 318 00:22:06,078 --> 00:22:09,790 - She wants to talk about the nomination. - She wants to propose someone. 319 00:22:09,874 --> 00:22:12,460 Yes. Herself. 320 00:22:14,712 --> 00:22:17,507 Find a time. And find somewhere discreet. 321 00:22:17,589 --> 00:22:19,591 I don't want anyone on staff seeing her. 322 00:22:39,778 --> 00:22:41,739 Good morning. I'm Claire Underwood. 323 00:22:41,822 --> 00:22:45,826 Uh, I just changed her diaper. I haven't had a chance to wash my hands. 324 00:22:45,910 --> 00:22:49,539 Oh. What is her name? She's beautiful. 325 00:22:49,621 --> 00:22:52,375 - Kayla. - Kayla. And what's your name? 326 00:22:52,458 --> 00:22:53,792 - Suzie. - Hi, Suzie. 327 00:22:53,876 --> 00:22:56,670 Well, I just wanted to thank you so much for your support. 328 00:22:56,754 --> 00:22:58,714 It means so much to my husband and me. 329 00:22:58,797 --> 00:23:03,302 - I don't support him. - I saw the signs out front. 330 00:23:04,303 --> 00:23:07,265 Those are my husband's. I support Heather Dunbar. 331 00:23:07,348 --> 00:23:09,850 When we vetted the house, the husband was here. 332 00:23:11,185 --> 00:23:13,896 Um, would you ever consider changing your mind? 333 00:23:15,106 --> 00:23:16,399 I'm sorry, Mrs. Underwood, 334 00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:19,402 I don't really want to be on TV or in the papers. 335 00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:20,778 Oh. My apologies about that. 336 00:23:20,861 --> 00:23:22,488 Would you mind if I just came inside? 337 00:23:22,572 --> 00:23:23,781 No cameras, just me? 338 00:23:25,824 --> 00:23:27,243 I guess so. 339 00:23:27,326 --> 00:23:29,370 We need to do a sweep of the house first, ma'am. 340 00:23:29,454 --> 00:23:31,038 No. And they stay out here. 341 00:23:50,141 --> 00:23:51,641 Hello, Heather. 342 00:23:52,977 --> 00:23:54,853 How's Robert? 343 00:23:54,937 --> 00:23:56,688 He's sad. 344 00:23:56,772 --> 00:23:59,733 But at least he's making his exit with grace. 345 00:23:59,817 --> 00:24:03,237 Those were some very nice things you said about him during your press conference. 346 00:24:03,321 --> 00:24:06,532 Well, what was it you said to me... 347 00:24:06,616 --> 00:24:09,827 about, uh, making things palatable? 348 00:24:09,910 --> 00:24:12,121 - The obscene. - Ah, yes. The obscene. 349 00:24:12,204 --> 00:24:17,667 Well, it is obscene, a mind like his losing its sharpness. 350 00:24:17,751 --> 00:24:20,921 I didn't expect the Oval, but this is interesting. 351 00:24:21,005 --> 00:24:25,801 This is where Petrov and I smoked cigars during the summit. 352 00:24:25,884 --> 00:24:28,429 That's where he put his out on the wall. 353 00:24:28,513 --> 00:24:33,017 So, Seth tells me you want the nomination. 354 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,727 No. I just said that to get in the door. 355 00:24:36,812 --> 00:24:38,648 Robert thought you'd say yes in a heartbeat 356 00:24:38,730 --> 00:24:41,233 if it meant me dropping out of the race. 357 00:24:41,317 --> 00:24:44,612 But the decision you have to make is whether you'll drop out or not. 358 00:24:44,694 --> 00:24:47,072 And why would I do that? 359 00:24:47,156 --> 00:24:51,910 I know Claire lied about the abortion, and I have the journal to prove it. 360 00:24:51,994 --> 00:24:56,040 I'm giving you an opportunity to bow out gracefully, just like Robert. 361 00:24:56,123 --> 00:24:58,250 But you have to do it before the caucus. 362 00:24:58,334 --> 00:25:00,586 I'll give you three days. 363 00:25:01,587 --> 00:25:04,923 I have no idea what you're talking about. 364 00:25:06,050 --> 00:25:07,759 The one you asked Doug to destroy. 365 00:25:08,844 --> 00:25:11,430 I wouldn't be so certain that he did it. 366 00:25:13,015 --> 00:25:14,392 So... 367 00:25:16,477 --> 00:25:18,604 you're finally one of us. 368 00:25:18,688 --> 00:25:20,439 One of who? 369 00:25:20,523 --> 00:25:25,110 The men. In their smoky back rooms. 370 00:25:27,697 --> 00:25:30,908 And even if there was a journal... 371 00:25:30,991 --> 00:25:33,994 you don't have it in you. 372 00:25:34,078 --> 00:25:36,788 Make whatever assumption you want. 373 00:25:40,668 --> 00:25:43,879 Well, Robert was right. I would offer you the nomination. 374 00:25:43,962 --> 00:25:46,424 You should take the advice of a smart man. 375 00:25:49,552 --> 00:25:51,845 Three days, Mr. President. 376 00:25:51,929 --> 00:25:53,431 Think about Claire. 377 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,058 Show me out, please. 378 00:25:58,686 --> 00:26:01,647 She can go after me all she wants, but she goes after Claire, 379 00:26:01,731 --> 00:26:04,024 I'll slit her fucking throat in broad daylight. 380 00:26:05,150 --> 00:26:09,071 Like when he pardoned Walker, and that other guy, the rich one. 381 00:26:09,154 --> 00:26:10,864 - Raymond Tusk. - Yeah, him. 382 00:26:10,948 --> 00:26:13,367 I mean, those were bad people, and he let them off the hook. 383 00:26:13,451 --> 00:26:15,494 And then he says he's not running and he does. 384 00:26:15,578 --> 00:26:18,788 Well, it's a little more complicated than the way you're putting it. 385 00:26:18,872 --> 00:26:21,791 There's a lot of variables that go into making decisions like that, and... 386 00:26:21,875 --> 00:26:26,046 I can tell you I was right beside him and he was agonizing. 387 00:26:26,130 --> 00:26:27,797 I'm sorry. She's hungry. 388 00:26:27,881 --> 00:26:30,676 I still breastfeed my girl. 389 00:26:34,179 --> 00:26:36,766 - Go outside, please. - Ma'am? 390 00:26:38,808 --> 00:26:40,269 Just go outside. 391 00:26:43,105 --> 00:26:45,524 - I can go out too, if you like. - No, it's okay. 392 00:26:45,608 --> 00:26:47,401 As long as you don't mind seeing some boob. 393 00:26:51,405 --> 00:26:53,282 Does she have any brothers or sisters? 394 00:26:53,365 --> 00:26:55,200 No, this is the only one. 395 00:26:55,284 --> 00:26:58,120 James and I have been trying for a while. 396 00:26:58,203 --> 00:26:59,330 Had some trouble getting pregnant. 397 00:26:59,413 --> 00:27:02,249 - James is your husband? - Yeah. He goes by Jim. 398 00:27:02,333 --> 00:27:04,710 But I like James better. 399 00:27:05,753 --> 00:27:08,213 Well, he must trust my husband. He's supporting him. 400 00:27:08,297 --> 00:27:10,758 James doesn't know what that word means. 401 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,594 - Trust? - Yeah. The whole town knows it. 402 00:27:13,678 --> 00:27:16,263 He runs after anything in a skirt. 403 00:27:16,347 --> 00:27:18,098 Which I don't mind so much, to be honest. 404 00:27:18,182 --> 00:27:20,267 I mean, I've had a fling or two myself. 405 00:27:20,351 --> 00:27:22,478 What I don't like is how he lies about it. 406 00:27:22,561 --> 00:27:27,065 And then, when he asks me if I've been with someone and I say yes, he flips out. 407 00:27:27,149 --> 00:27:28,776 Like there's some kind of double standard. 408 00:27:28,858 --> 00:27:31,779 I mean, he wants to dog Christy Mulligan in the back of her brand new Escalade? 409 00:27:31,861 --> 00:27:35,199 Fine. Why shouldn't I be able to give Kyle Beckenbauer some head 410 00:27:35,282 --> 00:27:38,703 for building Kayla's crib? 411 00:27:38,786 --> 00:27:40,078 I'm sorry. 412 00:27:40,162 --> 00:27:43,415 This is what happens when you don't sleep for three months. 413 00:27:43,499 --> 00:27:45,917 You two fight? You and your husband? 414 00:27:46,001 --> 00:27:48,379 Every married couple fights. 415 00:27:48,462 --> 00:27:51,089 I mean, really fight. Like, the cops get called. 416 00:27:51,173 --> 00:27:53,634 Or they would, if he wasn't the president. 417 00:27:54,552 --> 00:27:58,472 'Cause I mean, the sheriff is practically a family member at this point. 418 00:27:58,556 --> 00:28:00,683 Now we're fighting about the damn election. 419 00:28:00,766 --> 00:28:03,352 Like those stupid yard signs. 420 00:28:03,435 --> 00:28:05,855 Sometimes, I wish I could just pull up stakes and leave him. 421 00:28:05,937 --> 00:28:08,273 But I can't. Why not? 422 00:28:08,357 --> 00:28:10,234 Because of this little one. 423 00:28:10,317 --> 00:28:15,364 Last in vitro we did, I said to myself, if this one doesn't work, I'm outta here. 424 00:28:15,447 --> 00:28:18,784 We had to double mortgage the house to pay for it. 425 00:28:18,868 --> 00:28:22,329 But it worked. And... here I am. 426 00:28:25,583 --> 00:28:28,252 If I was like you... didn't have a kid... 427 00:28:30,962 --> 00:28:32,715 Can I tell you a secret? 428 00:28:32,798 --> 00:28:36,134 No mother will admit this, but sometimes I fantasize, 429 00:28:36,218 --> 00:28:38,470 like, like this pillow here... 430 00:28:38,554 --> 00:28:40,681 I mean, and when Kayla was in her crib. 431 00:28:40,765 --> 00:28:43,851 Two minutes. That's all it would take, and I could go. 432 00:28:43,934 --> 00:28:46,395 And I wouldn't be stuck to a man I want to leave, 433 00:28:46,478 --> 00:28:49,022 rubbing lotion on my nipples, they're so raw. 434 00:28:49,857 --> 00:28:51,108 I could start over. 435 00:28:56,113 --> 00:28:58,783 Of course, I don't mean it. I mean, I'd never to do that. 436 00:28:58,866 --> 00:29:00,284 But... you have thoughts. 437 00:29:01,702 --> 00:29:04,079 You know what, Suzie, I think I've taken up too much of your time. 438 00:29:05,706 --> 00:29:08,208 You know I'm not serious, right? 439 00:29:10,669 --> 00:29:11,712 Of course. 440 00:29:11,796 --> 00:29:14,381 I'm sorry. I'm just... 441 00:29:14,465 --> 00:29:17,593 I'm so tired. 442 00:29:17,676 --> 00:29:19,887 You're a really good listener. 443 00:29:19,970 --> 00:29:22,389 I wish you were running for president. 444 00:29:23,682 --> 00:29:25,810 Hey, you can tell them I'm for your husband if you want. 445 00:29:25,893 --> 00:29:27,185 I probably won't even caucus. 446 00:29:29,313 --> 00:29:30,481 Good luck to you, Suzie. 447 00:29:36,487 --> 00:29:38,489 Mrs. Underwood, did she change her mind? 448 00:29:38,572 --> 00:29:39,990 No, she stuck to her guns. 449 00:29:40,073 --> 00:29:42,493 But you can't blame a woman for having conviction. 450 00:29:44,411 --> 00:29:47,372 - The president just called for you. - I'll call him back from the car. 451 00:29:48,248 --> 00:29:51,084 Listen to me. What I'm about to say, I don't want you to panic. 452 00:29:52,252 --> 00:29:53,587 What is it? 453 00:29:55,965 --> 00:29:59,885 The journal. Dunbar claims she has it. 454 00:30:01,595 --> 00:30:03,597 - But how? - I don't know. 455 00:30:03,681 --> 00:30:05,265 It looks like it might have been Doug. 456 00:30:05,349 --> 00:30:08,310 - He was supposed to-- - I know. It's hard for me to believe. 457 00:30:08,393 --> 00:30:10,312 No, Francis. This can't happen. 458 00:30:10,395 --> 00:30:13,231 Meechum is tracking him down now. 459 00:30:13,315 --> 00:30:15,150 Sweetheart, listen to me. 460 00:30:15,233 --> 00:30:16,694 No, the whole thing, it-- The whole thing-- 461 00:30:16,777 --> 00:30:19,488 All she did was make the threat. That doesn't mean she actually has it. 462 00:30:19,571 --> 00:30:21,740 Whatever you have to do. Just fix it, Francis. 463 00:30:21,824 --> 00:30:23,158 I will, I promise you that. 464 00:30:23,241 --> 00:30:25,410 But in the meantime, you have to come back here. 465 00:30:25,494 --> 00:30:27,746 I need you to get to the plane. You have to come back. 466 00:30:27,830 --> 00:30:30,791 I don't want you there, out on the road, if we get blindsided. 467 00:30:30,875 --> 00:30:34,044 Claire? Claire. 468 00:30:38,131 --> 00:30:39,675 I'll come home. 469 00:30:39,758 --> 00:30:42,803 You go straight to the plane. We'll say you weren't feeling well. 470 00:30:44,013 --> 00:30:45,430 Okay. 471 00:30:45,514 --> 00:30:50,019 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, 472 00:30:50,101 --> 00:30:52,437 the courage to change the things I can, 473 00:30:52,521 --> 00:30:55,232 and the wisdom to know the difference. 474 00:30:55,315 --> 00:30:58,569 Keep coming back. It works if you work it. 475 00:31:19,673 --> 00:31:21,383 So? 476 00:31:21,466 --> 00:31:24,469 You honestly believed he'd go for this? 477 00:31:26,055 --> 00:31:27,347 Yeah. 478 00:31:27,431 --> 00:31:30,267 The writing is good. And it's honest. 479 00:31:31,936 --> 00:31:35,105 But what candidate in their right mind would want something like this out there? 480 00:31:35,188 --> 00:31:39,150 I need you to write about it. That he's trying to suppress this. 481 00:31:39,234 --> 00:31:41,653 - What you need is sleep. - Do this for me, Kate. 482 00:31:41,737 --> 00:31:43,739 - I can't. It's a conflict of interest. - Come on. 483 00:31:43,822 --> 00:31:46,450 The moment we slept together, we crossed the line. 484 00:31:46,533 --> 00:31:47,952 Fuck the line! 485 00:31:48,035 --> 00:31:50,287 I'm not risking my reputation because your book is dead. 486 00:31:50,370 --> 00:31:53,206 Oh, no. Not dead. 487 00:31:53,290 --> 00:31:54,833 I'm gonna finish it. 488 00:31:54,917 --> 00:31:56,794 I'll change the names if I have to, call it fiction. 489 00:31:56,877 --> 00:31:59,046 He's the President of the United States. 490 00:31:59,129 --> 00:32:01,757 - So what? - He crushes people. 491 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,052 Let this go. Just start something new. 492 00:32:06,887 --> 00:32:08,430 "Start something new." 493 00:32:10,390 --> 00:32:14,311 Jesus... Christ, you don't get it. 494 00:32:14,394 --> 00:32:16,313 I do it all the time. 495 00:32:16,396 --> 00:32:18,690 My editor passes on a story, I move on to the next one. 496 00:32:18,774 --> 00:32:21,819 I'm so fucking disappointed in you right now. 497 00:32:21,902 --> 00:32:23,112 Me? 498 00:32:23,194 --> 00:32:25,948 I'm the one trying to save you from your own delusions. 499 00:32:26,031 --> 00:32:27,449 That's exactly what he said. 500 00:32:27,532 --> 00:32:29,118 Maybe he's right. 501 00:32:36,249 --> 00:32:39,419 I almost felt something for you. 502 00:33:01,650 --> 00:33:03,068 Come in. 503 00:33:09,366 --> 00:33:10,742 Let me take your coat. 504 00:33:17,791 --> 00:33:19,417 Can I get you anything? Something to drink? 505 00:33:19,501 --> 00:33:22,004 No. No, I'm good. Thanks. 506 00:33:30,554 --> 00:33:33,640 I appreciate the home visit, but I'm not gonna change my mind. 507 00:33:33,724 --> 00:33:35,809 No, no. I didn't think you would. 508 00:33:38,145 --> 00:33:39,646 Something wrong? 509 00:33:42,733 --> 00:33:44,401 I don't know what to do. 510 00:33:44,484 --> 00:33:46,737 I figured... 511 00:33:46,820 --> 00:33:50,281 When I asked you to join the campaign, I just assumed you would say yes. 512 00:33:50,365 --> 00:33:52,576 That the two of us, we would be working together. 513 00:33:52,659 --> 00:33:54,036 And... 514 00:33:58,832 --> 00:34:00,542 I... I... 515 00:34:00,625 --> 00:34:02,586 I can't stop thinking about you. 516 00:34:04,838 --> 00:34:06,173 You're married, Jackie. 517 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,344 For the wrong reasons. 518 00:34:12,721 --> 00:34:14,056 I thought you loved each other. 519 00:34:14,139 --> 00:34:15,933 Not like this. 520 00:34:18,227 --> 00:34:20,395 I'm not the person I want to be. 521 00:34:20,478 --> 00:34:24,066 You're who you need to be. Look at what you've achieved. 522 00:34:24,149 --> 00:34:25,943 But you did it. You gave it all up. 523 00:34:26,026 --> 00:34:28,278 In a heartbeat. 524 00:34:32,950 --> 00:34:34,201 We're different people. 525 00:34:38,205 --> 00:34:39,915 You should go. 526 00:34:42,751 --> 00:34:44,211 Put this behind you. 527 00:35:02,854 --> 00:35:06,108 I guess it was naive to think that we could remain close. 528 00:35:12,614 --> 00:35:14,241 So this is it? 529 00:35:15,867 --> 00:35:17,869 Yeah. It is. 530 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:24,918 Jackie? 531 00:35:29,298 --> 00:35:30,715 Jackie... 532 00:36:15,927 --> 00:36:18,013 She says she has it. 533 00:36:18,096 --> 00:36:19,681 She doesn't. 534 00:36:21,432 --> 00:36:23,268 How do I know there aren't other copies? 535 00:36:25,645 --> 00:36:29,691 - Where do you keep your cigarettes? - In the bowl up there. 536 00:37:22,535 --> 00:37:25,414 Why didn't you destroy it when I first asked you to? 537 00:37:25,496 --> 00:37:27,498 I don't know. 538 00:37:27,582 --> 00:37:31,336 Something stopped me. Maybe I would need it one day. 539 00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:34,631 For you. To prove my loyalty. 540 00:37:34,714 --> 00:37:37,675 You told her. I'd hardly call that loyalty. 541 00:37:37,759 --> 00:37:41,596 I had to show her I was serious. The journal was a way to do that. 542 00:37:41,679 --> 00:37:43,974 I never came close to putting it in her possession. 543 00:37:46,476 --> 00:37:48,312 Anything else I should know? 544 00:37:48,395 --> 00:37:51,106 I'm sober. It's been 87 days. 545 00:37:51,189 --> 00:37:52,941 I meant in regards to Dunbar. 546 00:37:53,024 --> 00:37:56,278 It is related. This is a tight race. 547 00:37:57,904 --> 00:37:59,364 Make me your Chief of Staff. 548 00:38:01,866 --> 00:38:03,368 You promised. 549 00:38:03,452 --> 00:38:05,703 You promised there'd be a place for me here when I was ready. 550 00:38:05,787 --> 00:38:09,291 That was before you fell off the wagon and walked in here with that journal. 551 00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:10,667 I've made mistakes. 552 00:38:10,750 --> 00:38:14,921 I've fallen down more than once, and you've always been there to pick me up. 553 00:38:15,005 --> 00:38:17,757 But you've been falling down for the past year, too, 554 00:38:17,841 --> 00:38:19,884 and you need someone to pick you up this time. 555 00:38:21,219 --> 00:38:23,680 It's not Remy. It's not Seth. 556 00:38:23,763 --> 00:38:25,474 It's me, Frank. 557 00:38:31,146 --> 00:38:33,982 And how can I know I can ever trust you again? 558 00:38:36,026 --> 00:38:38,320 Because I just lit two million dollars on fire. 559 00:38:41,198 --> 00:38:44,742 We expect higher than usual turnout, anywhere from 180 to 220. 560 00:38:44,826 --> 00:38:48,121 The higher the turnout, the better. We're stronger with women and students. 561 00:38:48,205 --> 00:38:50,374 - We've got a GOTV-- - Excuse me, I have to take this. 562 00:38:51,582 --> 00:38:54,085 - Doug? - I have an update regarding the journal. 563 00:38:54,169 --> 00:38:56,921 - What is it? - A message from the president. 564 00:39:08,433 --> 00:39:10,394 I have only one thing to say. 565 00:39:11,895 --> 00:39:14,022 Go fuck yourself. 566 00:39:18,818 --> 00:39:21,112 Christ, that felt good. 567 00:39:23,114 --> 00:39:27,369 Start putting together a shortlist of potential nominees for the court. 568 00:39:30,455 --> 00:39:34,209 - You already...? - I'm on it, sir. 569 00:39:47,889 --> 00:39:49,099 Claire. 570 00:39:51,684 --> 00:39:54,479 Want me to have them make you something from the downstairs kitchen? 571 00:39:54,563 --> 00:39:57,941 No, I ate on the plane. Just feeling a little warm. 572 00:39:58,024 --> 00:39:59,443 It'll pass. 573 00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:05,240 What did Doug say? 574 00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:09,869 It's destroyed. 575 00:40:09,953 --> 00:40:12,372 I watched him burn the page myself. 576 00:40:12,456 --> 00:40:14,999 - What about copies? - He says there aren't any. 577 00:40:15,083 --> 00:40:16,543 And you trust him? 578 00:40:16,626 --> 00:40:20,213 He had ample opportunity to do us real damage and he didn't. 579 00:40:20,297 --> 00:40:23,258 - But he held onto it for so long-- - I believe him, Claire. 580 00:40:23,341 --> 00:40:25,552 I believe him. 581 00:40:27,929 --> 00:40:30,181 And I'm gonna make him my Chief of Staff. 582 00:40:32,016 --> 00:40:33,560 Are you out of your mind? 583 00:40:33,643 --> 00:40:35,895 We need him, Claire. We need him now more than ever. 584 00:40:35,979 --> 00:40:38,982 He betrayed us, Francis! He told Dunbar about me. 585 00:40:39,065 --> 00:40:41,610 To gain her trust, not betray ours. 586 00:40:41,692 --> 00:40:45,238 Look, Doug is the only person we've ever been able to trust, 587 00:40:45,322 --> 00:40:48,575 and he played this very smart. He never put us in any real danger. 588 00:40:48,658 --> 00:40:50,910 The journal is gone. She can't do anything. 589 00:40:50,994 --> 00:40:52,954 Why didn't you ask me before you brought him back? 590 00:40:53,037 --> 00:40:56,207 - Bec-- We're discussing it now. - After you hired him! 591 00:40:56,291 --> 00:40:58,251 I know this must have been harrowing for you, 592 00:40:58,335 --> 00:40:59,919 - but listen, it is ov-- - No. I don't-- 593 00:41:00,003 --> 00:41:02,797 I'm starting to question all of it, Francis. 594 00:41:04,132 --> 00:41:07,885 What any of it is worth. What... what are we doing this for? 595 00:41:07,969 --> 00:41:10,347 For this house. 596 00:41:10,430 --> 00:41:12,432 For the presidency. 597 00:41:14,225 --> 00:41:16,811 Now, look, if you need to take a few days off, that's fine. 598 00:41:16,894 --> 00:41:18,980 You do not have to come with me to Iowa tomorrow. 599 00:41:21,983 --> 00:41:24,569 No. Of course, I'll be there. 600 00:41:35,539 --> 00:41:39,167 Welcome back, Doug. Congratulations. 601 00:41:39,250 --> 00:41:41,461 - Thank you. - I just wanted to get a heads up 602 00:41:41,545 --> 00:41:43,547 on when you'd like to make the formal announcement. 603 00:41:43,630 --> 00:41:44,755 Let's do it after the caucus. 604 00:41:44,839 --> 00:41:47,217 I don't want to draw any attention away from the campaign. 605 00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:49,927 You probably shouldn't attend the press briefing today. 606 00:41:50,011 --> 00:41:51,721 No. I'll take off before then. 607 00:41:51,804 --> 00:41:53,348 Here, you should see this. 608 00:41:55,058 --> 00:41:57,394 This just came out ten minutes ago. 609 00:42:00,313 --> 00:42:01,481 Have you shown the president? 610 00:42:01,565 --> 00:42:04,734 I drafted up some talking points. I figured you'd want to brief him. 611 00:42:04,817 --> 00:42:05,902 I'll be in my office. 612 00:42:07,362 --> 00:42:08,988 Seth. 613 00:42:10,448 --> 00:42:12,950 The president told me you asked for the job. 614 00:42:14,952 --> 00:42:17,372 Yeah, I didn't realize that you were in contention. 615 00:42:17,455 --> 00:42:19,416 I don't want you to resent me. 616 00:42:20,250 --> 00:42:21,543 Hey, I'm a professional. 617 00:42:22,835 --> 00:42:25,880 Let me know if you want any changes made to the talking points. 618 00:42:25,963 --> 00:42:28,091 I'm sure they're good. 619 00:42:28,174 --> 00:42:29,593 You can share 'em with the president. 620 00:42:31,302 --> 00:42:32,762 You don't want to look 'em over first? 621 00:42:32,845 --> 00:42:35,973 No. I trust your judgment. 622 00:42:48,027 --> 00:42:50,238 I can tell you that the shortlist is coming along, 623 00:42:50,321 --> 00:42:54,701 and it is my intention to nominate someone within the next two or three weeks. 624 00:42:54,784 --> 00:42:57,078 It's very important that we do this quickly, 625 00:42:57,161 --> 00:43:00,248 so that the Senate has time for their hearings. 626 00:43:00,331 --> 00:43:03,167 And we shouldn't leave that seat empty too long anyway, 627 00:43:03,251 --> 00:43:04,877 while the Court is still in session. 628 00:43:04,961 --> 00:43:06,588 - Mr. President? - Sara. 629 00:43:06,671 --> 00:43:09,674 Mr. President, would you comment on Ms. Baldwin's article 630 00:43:09,758 --> 00:43:11,426 about the Jordan Valley operation? 631 00:43:11,509 --> 00:43:14,429 I think Ms. Baldwin's article is really nothing more than speculation. 632 00:43:14,512 --> 00:43:16,431 - But the evidence... - I'm sorry? 633 00:43:16,514 --> 00:43:18,725 But the evidence she presents is convincing. 634 00:43:18,808 --> 00:43:21,770 Evidence? A letter? 635 00:43:21,852 --> 00:43:25,898 Unfortunately, I have to write letters like that more often than I would like. 636 00:43:25,982 --> 00:43:28,401 And I don't think it's proof of anything more than 637 00:43:28,485 --> 00:43:30,820 I reached out to the family of a young man 638 00:43:30,903 --> 00:43:35,533 who sacrificed his life for our country and for which I am eternally grateful. 639 00:43:35,617 --> 00:43:36,993 Mr. President? 640 00:43:37,076 --> 00:43:39,454 Well, Ms. Baldwin, it is your article we're discussing. 641 00:43:39,537 --> 00:43:42,624 I suppose I'd get hammered if I didn't allow you to ask a question. 642 00:43:42,707 --> 00:43:45,460 Thank you, Mr. President. My question is very straightforward. 643 00:43:45,543 --> 00:43:47,337 You mentioned in the letter that Lieutenant Nix 644 00:43:47,420 --> 00:43:48,879 died in a training exercise. 645 00:43:48,963 --> 00:43:50,799 You signed this letter with your own hand. 646 00:43:50,881 --> 00:43:53,843 Can you tell us in all honesty that this is how he died? 647 00:43:53,926 --> 00:43:57,013 I can tell you that this is exactly what the Pentagon reported to me. 648 00:43:57,096 --> 00:44:00,308 And beyond that, it's not the policy of this administration 649 00:44:00,391 --> 00:44:03,144 or the Department of Defense to discuss any specifics 650 00:44:03,227 --> 00:44:04,729 about any Special Forces deaths. 651 00:44:04,813 --> 00:44:05,814 May I ask one more, please? 652 00:44:05,896 --> 00:44:07,982 I believe we're finished with that subject now. 653 00:44:08,065 --> 00:44:09,150 It's about Iowa. 654 00:44:10,234 --> 00:44:11,569 Yes, all right. Go ahead. 655 00:44:11,653 --> 00:44:13,154 Your wife has been doing a lot of events. 656 00:44:13,237 --> 00:44:15,906 Did she resign her post at the United Nations because you think 657 00:44:15,990 --> 00:44:18,702 she's more valuable as a campaign asset than an ambassador? 658 00:44:18,785 --> 00:44:21,871 Claire has been doing a lot of events, that is true, 659 00:44:21,954 --> 00:44:24,290 as she has in every campaign that I have ever run. 660 00:44:24,374 --> 00:44:27,918 I'm hoping, I suppose my strategy is that if the American people 661 00:44:28,002 --> 00:44:31,214 can see that I was smart enough to marry an extraordinary woman like Claire, 662 00:44:31,297 --> 00:44:34,217 well, they might think I'm smart enough to be President of the United States. 663 00:44:34,300 --> 00:44:38,179 As for the ambassadorship, that was entirely her decision, not mine. 664 00:44:38,262 --> 00:44:41,224 She enjoys campaigning, and I'm looking forward to getting back 665 00:44:41,307 --> 00:44:43,017 to Iowa with her a little later today. 666 00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:45,061 Thank you all very much. 667 00:44:49,232 --> 00:44:50,941 We know he's somewhere near Caracas. 668 00:44:51,025 --> 00:44:52,485 I need him back. 669 00:44:52,569 --> 00:44:54,278 The Venezuelans haven't been cooperating. 670 00:44:54,362 --> 00:44:56,072 We have extradition. 671 00:44:56,155 --> 00:44:57,948 Doesn't mean they'll enforce. 672 00:45:00,909 --> 00:45:02,620 Then get me a precise location. 673 00:45:02,704 --> 00:45:05,039 - Why? - It doesn't concern you. 674 00:45:05,122 --> 00:45:07,250 It does concern me. There are a lot of people at the agency 675 00:45:07,333 --> 00:45:10,420 who are embarrassed that he crossed the border without us knowing. 676 00:45:10,503 --> 00:45:11,920 That's not my problem. 677 00:45:12,004 --> 00:45:15,675 Was it you? Passport lock? 678 00:45:15,759 --> 00:45:19,011 The only other agency that could've lifted it is Homeland. 679 00:45:19,095 --> 00:45:22,682 - I know you have friends there. - I have friends everywhere. 680 00:45:22,766 --> 00:45:24,893 I'm not gonna help you clean up your mess, Doug. 681 00:45:24,975 --> 00:45:27,520 Not if you helped him escape. 682 00:45:27,604 --> 00:45:29,938 This isn't a request. 683 00:45:30,022 --> 00:45:32,400 I'm Chief of Staff to the president now. 684 00:45:32,483 --> 00:45:35,278 - He hasn't announced anyone. - He will. 685 00:45:36,028 --> 00:45:40,366 And if you want my first official task to be finding your replacement, so be it. 686 00:45:40,450 --> 00:45:42,993 If not, you tell me where Gavin is. 687 00:45:51,085 --> 00:45:53,630 I watched the press conference this morning. 688 00:45:53,713 --> 00:45:55,924 I think the Baldwin article will blow over. 689 00:45:56,006 --> 00:45:58,301 A non-story. No legs. 690 00:45:58,384 --> 00:46:01,304 You said it was my decision to resign. 691 00:46:01,387 --> 00:46:02,680 Well, it was, wasn't it? 692 00:46:02,764 --> 00:46:05,391 I mean, at least that's how we presented it. 693 00:46:09,395 --> 00:46:12,189 I spoke with a woman yesterday in Iowa, who... 694 00:46:13,441 --> 00:46:16,402 said she couldn't support us... 695 00:46:16,486 --> 00:46:18,488 because she doesn't trust you. 696 00:46:18,571 --> 00:46:21,282 Well, I'm not the first politician that some people don't trust. 697 00:46:21,365 --> 00:46:24,034 We've been lying for a long time, Francis. 698 00:46:24,118 --> 00:46:26,120 Of course we have. Imagine what the voters would think 699 00:46:26,203 --> 00:46:28,164 if we started telling the truth. 700 00:46:28,247 --> 00:46:30,124 Not to them. 701 00:46:31,542 --> 00:46:33,294 To each other. 702 00:46:40,964 --> 00:46:45,744 Sync and corrections by n17t01 www.addic7ed.com