"791)}You know what I 871)}like about people?" "945)}They stack so well." "871)}Let me get 945)}this for you." "845)}Want the paper?" "939)}No." "839)}This is too much." "945)}It's not half enough." "871)}Thanks for opening 945)}up for me." "871)}Anytime day or night." "939)}You know that." "797)}In a town where everyone 871)}is so carefully" "945)}reinventing themselves 797)}what I like about Freddy" "865)}is that he doesn't 945)}even pretend to change." "I'm late." "797)}Every Tuesday I sit down 870)}with the Speaker and" "945)}the Majority Leader 791)}to discuss the week's discuss is" "945)}probably the wrong word." "871)}They talk while I 945)}sit quietly and imagine" "871)}their lightly-salted 945)}faces frying in a skillet." "871)}Vasquez must be 945)}shitting herself." "796)}Shitting herself 865)}while Walker is" "945)}shitting himself 871)}then shoveling his" "939)}shit on her shit." "I'm planning 945)}on eating." "791)}Do we have 871)}a back-up" "939)}on the docket?" "869)}You're on that" "Frank?" "871)}I'm working 945)}with my staff... 797)}The Republicans" "876)}are gonna ram 945)}this up our ass." "865)}I would if 939)}I was them." "even if we 945)}squeak it through the House" "871)}watch them mangle 939)}it in the Senate." "939)}Or filibuster it." "if it 945)}looks anything like this." "796)}I don't know why 871)}Walker's trying to tackle" "945)}a charging elephant." "939)}It's madness." "870)}Congressman 945)}sorry to interrupt" "871)}but I saw you 945)}sitting over here and... 870)}Remy." "Gentlemen 945)}this is Remy Danton." "this is 870)}Speaker Birch" "944)}and Congressman... 865)}I'm well aware." "Congressman." "871)}Remy just made 944)}partner at Glendon Hill." "791)}Glendon Hill?" "865)}Great team over there." "944)}Congratulations." "945)}Thank you." "865)}When was the last time 945)}they added a partner?" "939)}It's been a while." "they know 865)}a winner when" "945)}they see one." "871)}Remy was the best press 945)}secretary I ever had." "870)}Why'd you 945)}let him go?" "865)}I didn't." "945)}They stole him away." "865)}What accounts 945)}do you have?" "870)}SanCorp Industries 945)}is my main one." "939)}I run that account now." "I'll let you 871)}get back to it." "944)}Sorry again to interrupt." "771)}No problem." "871)}Very nice to 945)}meet you both." "these lobbyists 871)}keep getting" "945)}younger and younger." "871)}He's probably making more 939)}than all of us combined." "this one's 871)}on me." "I'm gonna track 939)}down that check." "865)}Glendon Hill fronts 944)}SanCorp Industries." "870)}SanCorp is deep 945)}into natural gas." "871)}I don't give a hoot 945)}about natural gas." "797)}But I have 67 deputy 871)}whips and they all need" "939)}cash to win races." "870)}SanCorp helps me 945)}purchase loyalty" "869)}and in return 945)}they expect mine." "797)}It's degrading 865)}I know." "But when 945)}the tit's that big 945)}everybody gets in line." "865)}Tell them I'm 945)}on top of it." "939)}I need more than that." "865)}You are well aware that 945)}I do not drop the ball" "871)}on things" "Remy." "Frank." "944)}The Secretary of State the offshore" "945)}drilling accounts... 865)}Talk to me when I've" "945)}solved the problem." "797)}Don't waste my time 865)}when I'm" "945)}working on solving it." "791)}When there's 869)}billions on the line" "945)}you can't not call me back 945)}and I can't not show up." "871)}Fine." "Thank you 945)}for your diligence." "871)}Eight figures to you 944)}and the D triple C." "791)}Six million to build 871)}that library of yours" "945)}in your name." "939)}I know." "791)}Don't make them 871)}throw money at your" "945)}challenger next cycle." "945)}You've made your point." "939)}Have I?" "945)}I hope so." "939)}Such a waste of talent." "945)}He chose money over power." "a mistake 945)}nearly everyone makes." "871)}Money is the McMansion 939)}in Sarasota" "871)}that starts falling 945)}apart after 10 years." "791)}Power is 871)}the old stone building" "939)}that stands for centuries." "797)}I cannot respect someone 865)}who doesn't see" "939)}the difference." "944)}What am I looking at?" "845)}The Williams Register." "939)}Williams... 944)}College." "September '78." "871)}And why am 945)}I looking at it?" "939)}The editorial." "945)}Not that interesting." "791)}Michael Kern went 865)}to Williams." "Check 939)}out the masthead." "939)}And then there's this." "939)}It's thin." "871)}The guy's a unicorn." "945)}He pisses rainbows." "771)}You think we can get 839)}traction with this?" "945)}I think you could." "871)}Linda Vasquez 945)}is on the phone." "871)}I'm surprised it 945)}took her this long." "871)}It's only six 945)}past 9:00." "791)}Which means she 865)}read the Herald" "945)}three hours ago 871)}and spent the past" "939)}two and a half 871)}getting reamed" "945)}by the President." "945)}Tell her I'm on my way." "797)}You were supposed to 871)}keep Donald in line." "939)}You assured me... 797)}Twenty-five years" "871)}he's been pushing 945)}this particular agenda." "797)}We got between 865)}the mother bear and her cub." "that's all." "870)}On our first day 939)}in office." "I've worked 945)}with four presidents." "865)}Setbacks are a dime a dozen 939)}with a bill of this size." "if you can't 939)}control this... 791)}I don't take well" "871)}to being" "Linda." "797)}You want to do my 871)}job for me and run" "939)}the White House?" "791)}Good luck." "865)}I won't stand 945)}in your way." "Frank." "Fine." "945)}This is yours now." "797)}If this thing can't 865)}make it to the floor" "945)}in the first hundred days 871)}then I'll let you" "945)}explain to the President 871)}why he lied to" "945)}the American people." "871)}I'm gonna get 939)}back to work." "939)}Please do." "796)}We really should be 870)}doing this on a Friday" "944)}instead of a Wednesday." "790)}Because if we do" "944)}people have the weekend." "we'll 944)}do it on Friday." "864)}Is all 944)}the paperwork ready?" "790)}Some of the more 870)}senior people are trickier." "938)}There's severance and... 765)}But we shouldn't run" "845)}into any legal issues." "no." "791)}We use at-will 871)}employment contracts" "939)}across the board." "871)}We'll get started 945)}first thing Friday." "791)}I want all of 865)}the exit interviews" "945)}done by lunch." "I just can't 871)}help but think that" "939)}this is a mistake." "765)}We've discussed" "Evelyn." "I know." "871)}But I just have to say it 945)}for the sake of my conscience." "871)}I think that you 945)}are dismantling" "865)}what we have built over 945)}the past 10 years and I..." "871)}And I think the way 945)}you're handling this is... 939)}Is cruel." "Evelyn." "945)}But it's necessary." "871)}You have always asked me 945)}to be honest with you." "865)}That's how we 945)}work together." "871)}I disagree with" "I say it." "I disagree 100%." "Claire 939)}don't do this." "871)}I respect your" "Evelyn." "871)}And I appreciate you 945)}sharing it with me." "871)}But I'm not going 945)}to change my mind." "then." "945)}If that's what you want." "871)}This is major reform." "945)}A complete overhaul." "865)}That would 945)}usually take months." "we only have not months." "871)}But think about the process." "945)}We can't just... 791)}When I asked" "871)}my colleagues 945)}your bosses" "865)}who are the smartest 943)}minds in education" "869)}out of hundreds 945)}we arrived at you." "871)}The six of you 939)}in this room." "865)}Now I realize it 939)}is a difficult task." "871)}But we have the opportunity 945)}to make history here." "865)}And I want all of us 945)}to make it together." "good luck." "945)}We're counting on you." "945)}Page one." "797)}These bullet points 871)}reflect the key planks" "939)}at the center of our bill." "796)}Get comfy." "This is your 865)}home until we have 945)}a presentable first draft." "what a morning." "865)}I have no idea 945)}how they got this." "797)}I specifically 871)}told my staff to" "945)}destroy everything." "771)}I can't imagine... 865)}It doesn't matter" "945)}how it happened." "871)}We can't make it un-happen." "944)}So now we have to adapt." "797)}Don't they realize 865)}that this is" "939)}a first draft?" "791)}All we have 871)}here really is" "945)}a perception problem." "871)}We don't get 939)}a second chance" "871)}at a first impression 939)}Donald." "You know that." "look 945)}I'm on your side." "939)}But Linda is furious." "945)}What's she saying?" "871)}They want 945)}to point fingers." "939)}At me?" "865)}I told her we 939)}cannot do that." "you are 945)}vital to this process." "871)}I'm up to here" "Donald." "797)}For lying 871)}for turning their" "945)}back on you." "I'm 865)}of a mind to" "945)}say "screw it." "791)}I'll fall on 871)}this grenade myself" "945)}just to piss them off." "944)}Get me John King at CNN." "Frank." "865)}This is not 945)}your fault." "we have to protect 945)}your reputation." "797)}But you're the man 871)}that needs to get" "945)}the bill through the House." "797)}I will." "Hang on." "871)}I will assign it to 945)}one of my deputies" "797)}and quietly manage it." "871)}And I'll help guide 945)}you through the process." "791)}I am not 865)}comfortable" "939)}with this." "then 871)}what do you" "945)}suggest we do?" "797)}What a martyr craves 871)}more than anything" "939)}is a sword to fall on." "you sharpen the blade 871)}hold it at just" "945)}the right angle three one... 939)}It should be me." "945)}It was my bill." "impossible." "education has 945)}been your life's work." "871)}The truth is my heart 945)}is not in this fight." "791)}You know me." "865)}I'm not a wheeler-dealer." "945)}I can put my mind to policy 871)}but I'm no good at" "945)}this brand of politics." "if not you 939)}then who?" "Frank." "865)}You're formidable." "945)}People respect you." "797)}They will follow your 865)}lead." "Let me be on 939)}the sidelines for this." "I could only 865)}consider that" "945)}as an option if I knew 865)}that I could still" "945)}come to you for counsel." "939)}Of course." "945)}Whatever you need." "871)}Part of me is glad 945)}this got leaked." "it would've been 939)}better if it hadn't" "871)}but at least people 939)}know where I stand." "Donald." "Frank." "871)}He has no idea we got 939)}six kids in the next room" "871)}already working on 944)}a new draft." "Stamper!" "797)}But why dampen his 871)}mood by telling him?" "945)}We just gave him a great gift." "865)}The chance to 945)}fulfill his destiny." "137)}Write up 211)}a statement for Blythe." "fresh ideas et cetera." "137)}Make it dignified." "211)}He's a good man." "137)}And bring me that 205)}Williams editorial." "797)}After careful thought 865)}and discussion" "945)}with my staff 797)}I am relinquishing" "871)}my management of 939)}the Education Reform Act." "797)}I hope to remain 871)}a part of the process" "945)}but I won't be working... 870)}Why did" "945)}you leak the draft?" "871)}I'm not exactly sure 945)}how it got leaked" "945)}but it does represent... 870)}It came from your correct?" "939)}We wrote it... 865)}Who will be" "945)}managing the bill now?" "839)}Frank Underwood." "945)}Was that your choice?" "131)}Or did the administration... 136)}I feel very confident" "210)}placing the bill in 284)}Frank's capable hands." "939)}Ms. Barnes." "871)}How very 945)}Deep Throat of you." "I can't help you 871)}dispatch a president." "939)}How about a senator?" "865)}The editorial on 944)}the Camp David Accords." "871)}"It is the opinion 945)}of this newspaper" "865)}"that President 939)}Carter demand Israel" "865)}"withdraw all 939)}its citizens from" "870)}"the Gaza Strip 939)}and West Bank... 870)}"Which it has illegally" "945)}occupied since 1967." "945)}"Illegally occupied." "797)}That's quite 871)}an incendiary quote" "945)}don't you think?" "865)}For an administration 945)}that says" "871)}the Middle East is its top 945)}foreign policy priority." "939)}Michael Kern?" "871)}Did he personally 939)}write the editorial?" "939)}He was the editor." "865)}But did he 939)}write it himself?" "945)}Then there's no story." "871)}I'm saying it's 945)}a question worth asking." "865)}And if he denies 939)}involvement?" "939)}He will." "Let him." "791)}This is a man 871)}trying to be confirmed" "944)}as Secretary of State." "945)}Everything is a story." "939)}There's no direct link." "871)}I can't get this 945)}past Hammerschmidt." "865)}Remember this moment 945)}when you resisted me." "871)}When you said the words 945)}"Then there is no story." "870)}Get a good night's" "Ms. Barnes." "871)}You have a big 945)}day tomorrow." "939)}Francis?" "939)}What is this?" "865)}What does 939)}it look like?" "939)}But the basement is mine." "939)}I know." "939)}It's not for me." "939)}So who's it for?" "945)}For you." "871)}There's a gym 944)}in the Capitol." "945)}Which you never use." "865)}Because I'm a tad 945)}busy running the country." "865)}But not at home." "944)}So now you have no excuse." "939)}I want it out." "944)}Give it a try first." "797)}Is this your subtle 871)}way of saying that" "945)}I'm out of shape?" "871)}No." "It's my way of suggesting 945)}you could be in better shape." "791)}That sounds both 871)}passive-aggressive" "945)}and condescending." "871)}Just plain 945)}aggressive and true." "945)}Don't wait up for me." "945)}Are you going running now?" "because I 871)}couldn't this morning." "945)}I had an early meeting." "871)}Use the monstrosity." "945)}It's freezing out." "939)}You break it in." "871)}It looks positively doesn't it?" "871)}Trying to turn 945)}my only sanctuary" "871)}into a fitness dungeon." "939)}I won't have it." "939)}It's a stretch." "791)}We're not 871)}misleading anyone." "939)}He was the editor." "845)}Did you call for comment?" "939)}I tried three times." "797)}The press 871)}secretary said he'd get he didn't." "939)}What about research?" "791)}You couldn't 871)}find anything to" "939)}echo the editorial?" "871)}No quotes?" "945)}No op-ed pieces?" "797)}Don't you think 871)}if something like" "939)}that existed 865)}someone would have" "945)}printed it by now?" "871)}Nobody else" "Lucas." "865)}I don't think 945)}there's a story here." "871)}I'm not saying 945)}there's a story." "797)}All I'm saying is 871)}that there's a question" "939)}that needs to be answered." "865)}This is a nominee 944)}for Secretary of State." "865)}We have an editorial 939)}on Palestine and Israel." "939)}Which he didn't write." "865)}Which we don't 939)}know he didn't write." "945)}Exactly." "865)}We don't have 945)}to print it." "797)}I could just scan the stick it on a site" "939)}and tweet the link." "869)}But if I did that 945)}some other paper might... whoa." "939)}Don't be a bitch." "939)}I'll talk to Tom." "945)}That's all I was asking." "136)}We simply can't 204)}afford to allow... 137)}I got a guy" "211)}he's almost perfect." "791)}He's a libertarian 871)}drug fiend marinating" "939)}in a mobile home." "796)}I didn't agree 870)}with President Reagan" "944)}on many things." "790)}But there was some merit 864)}to the notion of" "938)}trickle-down economics." "790)}And I feel there is much 864)}merit to the idea of" "944)}trickle-down diplomacy." "797)}Those are my lines." "871)}Vasquez must have 945)}given them to him." "864)}...solve the stalemate" "130)}that success will" "204)}trickle down to a hundred 284)}other diplomatic dilemmas" "Christians... 136)}I'm glad you brought" "136)}because just before" "130)}I received an advance" "210)}copy of an article 284)}that's going to be" "130)}in tomorrow's 211)}Washington Herald." "284)}It's front page." "130)}And it was 210)}written by Zoe Barnes." "136)}And in it she quotes 204)}an editorial that ran" "131)}in the Williams 210)}College Register" "130)}which called" "210)}the Israeli presence 135)}in the Gaza Strip" "136)}"An illegal occupation."" "136)}May I see that?" "260)}Sure." "210)}"Illegal occupation"?" "130)}No." "136)}I have no memory 204)}of this." "136)}But you were 210)}the editor of the paper." "130)}Yes." "135)}So it couldn't have gone out 210)}without your approval." "of course not." "210)}But my staff... 135)}Somebody else" "210)}usually wrote the... 278)}And then we'd vote... did you" "204)}vote for it?" "204)}I can't remember." "284)}It was 35 years ago... 135)}So you're not sure" "210)}whether or not you 284)}supported these words." "136)}I can tell you without" "130)}I did not write" "204)}these words." "136)}But were they in 210)}line with your" "284)}thinking at the time?" "130)}This is ludicrous." "204)}It's ludicrous." "869)}That's all we need 945)}him laughing." "get me 939)}Dennis Mendel at the ADL." "764)}The Middle East is 838)}a vital American interest." "938)}Yes." "870)}What you think about 938)}the Middle East is relevant." "864)}You can look at 944)}my voting record." "796)}Every single vote 864)}has been" "938)}in defense of Israel." "135)}So when did your 210)}views change?" "136)}What I'm saying to you is..." "130)}is how I have voted while" "210)}I have represented 283)}the great state of Colorado." "130)}I understand 210)}that's your position." "136)}But a lot of other people 210)}are going to" "278)}look at it and think 136)}what you thought then" "204)}is relevant as well." "210)}have you ever changed" "284)}our views since college?" "135)}Certainly." "But I'm not 204)}the nominee for 283)}Secretary of State." "864)}Even if I did have 944)}this viewpoint... 945)}It's golden." "945)}It's a bull's-eye." "870)}What were you 945)}saying when you came in?" "939)}So... 797)}I found a guy who was" "871)}on the college editorial 939)}staff when Kern was there." "791)}This burn-out 871)}still pumping" "945)}mimeograph manifestos 871)}out of a trailer park" "939)}in the Berkshires." "771)}But you're not planning 845)}on talking to him." "939)}Uh-uh." "939)}Peter Russo." "839)}Good." "865)}Sounds like 945)}a perfect match." "939)}Dennis." "797)}Any chance 871)}you're watching" "944)}Stephanopoulos?" "871)}You look sexy when 945)}you're improving" "791)}the lives of 871)}hardworking" "945)}Pennsylvanians." "797)}Is it the improving lives 865)}or is it these" "945)}fetching sweat pants?" "797)}Why don't you move 871)}that computer" "945)}out of the way 865)}let me see" "939)}what that looks like?" "it's better 945)}with the laptop." "939)}Fuck off." "871)}You're not paying 945)}enough attention to me." "871)}I pay attention to you 945)}all day at the office." "I don't 871)}think I've ever seen you" "945)}brush your teeth before." "844)}Sure you have." "I don't think so." "I know 945)}that you do brush." "865)}But I don't think I've ever 945)}actually witnessed it before." "here it is 945)}in all its glory." "945)}Is that my toothbrush?" "is it?" "it is." "839)}You left it here." "gross." "791)}Come on." "871)}We've exchanged 945)}plenty of fluids by now." "no." "845)}No." "Toothpaste!" "945)}It's not toothpaste." "939)}I'm rabid!" "939)}No!" "944)}Go get it." "939)}I have to take this." "939)}This is Russo." "871)}Yeah." "Right now 939)}it's 12:53." "okay." "945)}I have to go." "945)}Is everything okay?" "939)}It's work stuff." "939)}What kind of work stuff?" "944)}Congressman Wilensky." "797)}He wants to go over 865)}the tax incentive stuff" "939)}we sent him." "it's 1:00 945)}in the morning." "Peter!" "871)}I have meetings tomorrow." "945)}I have a committee hearing... 870)}Congress will" "945)}survive without you." "791)}Address." "Directions." "865)}There's an e-ticket 945)}in your name." "797)}Your flight leaves 865)}at 6:30." "You should 945)}head to the airport." "871)}This is coming 939)}from Frank?" "871)}No." "This is coming 939)}from no one." "791)}You have 871)}the flu and you're" "945)}calling in sick." "839)}What's that?" "939)}What's what?" "945)}Is that a hickey?" "871)}Are you whoring 945)}around again?" "945)}No." "I have a girlfriend." "871)}You mean your 939)}little office romance." "871)}What do you 939)}know about that?" "791)}When it comes to" "Peter 943)}and what I know about it" "797)}you should assume that 865)}there's no such" "945)}thing as a secret." "944)}Stay in touch." "871)}You call me on my cell 939)}never at the office." "939)}Good luck." "tiger." "939)}How are we?" "under-caffeinated 945)}but we're making progress." "945)}Less than a week to go." "we'll do our best." "939)}You what?" "945)}We'll get it done." "871)}And somebody open a window." "939)}It's rancid in here." "797)}That is what happens 871)}when six people don't" "939)}shower for half a week." "871)}Anything you need 939)}other than deodorant?" "this performance 945)}standards thing." "765)}The teachers 845)}unions are gonna... 939)}Leave it in." "765)}But we could 839)}dilute it a bit... 939)}I'll handle the unions." "anything?" "944)}Conjugal visits?" "945)}I'll get back to work." "what do 939)}I have next?" "791)}Constituent calls 869)}from 2:10 to 2:35" "945)}fundraising until 3:50 845)}deputy caucus at 4:00." "939)}The call list?" "771)}It's on your desk." "871)}My briefing 939)}for the caucus?" "939)}Next to the call list." "871)}Have you been in 939)}the conference room?" "865)}Have it steam-cleaned 939)}over the weekend." "795)}In the meantime 871)}get those poor kids" "945)}some Febreze or something." "945)}It's like a petting zoo." "945)}You gotta see this." "870)}But were they in line with 944)}your thinking at the time?" "864)}We do not consider 938)}the issue of" "864)}Israel and Palestine 944)}a laughing matter." "796)}And he calls Israel "illegal"?" "he's an anti-Semite 944)}and he is wrong." "875)}grave concerns" "944)}about appointing such a man 943)}our next Secretary of State." "945)}It's too easy." "my name 865)}is Peter Russo." "944)}Congressman Russo." "871)}I'd like to just 945)}speak to you for just... 765)}Sir?" "871)}Either you're lying 945)}and you can fuck off" "797)}or you're telling and you can" "945)}absolutely fuck off." "871)}I saw your web site." "939)}I'm a fan." "871)}And I brought 945)}you something." "put some clothes on." "939)}What?" "845)}We got a guest." "939)}So?" "945)}Hey." "939)}Put some clothes on." "939)}Ice or no ice?" "939)}No ice." "'cause we 945)}don't have any." "791)}Fuck." "Echo!" "871)}I told you 945)}to put the... 945)}It's okay." "871)}I'll keep your secret 945)}if you keep mine." "871)}A congressman 945)}you say?" "I'm just 945)}a drinking companion." "companion 945)}have yourself a drink." "939)}Come on in." "000." "865)}What will 945)}that get me?" "I'm kinky 939)}but I don't know" "871)}if I'm the girl 945)}you're looking for." "797)}You're definitely 871)}the girl that" "945)}I'm looking for." "939)}Excuse me." "865)}All I want for that 945)}money is your silence." "945)}My what?" "871)}The guy you were 945)}with the other night" "865)}the one who was arrested." "945)}Do you know who he was?" "865)}You mean 945)}the congressman?" "865)}There was 950)}no congressman." "865)}There was no arrest." "939)}None of that exists." "791)}All that exists is 871)}the money sitting right" "945)}there in front of you." "945)}Do you understand?" "939)}Yeah." "939)}Good." "944)}Open your mouth." "939)}Last little bit's for me." "945)}You're scolding me." "939)}Am I?" "944)}You are." "Silently." "945)}Is it the rowing machine?" "939)}You tell me." "945)}It's the rowing machine." "939)}You haven't used it." "871)}How do you know 939)}I haven't?" "939)}Francis." "865)}You know I don't 945)}like to be managed." "871)}I'm not trying 945)}to manage you." "871)}I just don't want to 945)}outlive you by 25 years." "791)}I must walk 871)}three miles a day" "944)}around that Capitol." "871)}I'm constantly 945)}on my feet." "797)}And do you know 871)}how many calories" "939)}the brain burns?" "865)}I'm not worried 945)}about your brain." "871)}It's your heart 945)}we're talking about." "939)}Use the machine." "796)}She's right." "865)}I should take 945)}better care of myself." "945)}But it's the principle." "865)}I won't be a slave 945)}to anybody or anything" "871)}you can order 939)}with a toll-free number." "865)}We share the wealth 945)}in this republic." "871)}I thought the whole 945)}editorial team pitched in." "865)}Sometimes." "though." "865)}But he must've 939)}written some of it." "that was all me." "871)}What if people 945)}thought he wrote it." "869)}Fuck that 939)}he's a fraud." "he's worse 869)}than a fraud" "945)}he's a fucking farce." "871)}And I'll tell you 945)}something." "791)}He used to be even 865)}more of a maniac" "939)}than I am." "839)}Chemicals?" "politics." "865)}We had some man." "871)}Long conversations." "945)}Dangerous fucking notions." "839)}Like what?" "939)}You name it." "Pinochet 871)}the fucking" "944)}Food Stamp Act 865)}then the motherland" "945)}sang her mating call." "say can you... ♪ 797)}Next thing" "871)}he's cramming 939)}for the bar" "797)}at Bryn Mawr 871)}and snapping on" "945)}a flag pin." "871)}Does Bryn Mawr 939)}have a law school?" "797)}My point is 871)}he started goose-stepping" "945)}in the marionette parade." "blue" "Republican." "871)}They're all dangling 945)}from the same strings." "797)}Take a sledge hammer 871)}to the whole fucking" "945)}Punch and Judy show 945)}that's what's required." "871)}Thought you 945)}were a patriot." "871)}Fuck yeah 939)}one of the few." "870)}So what's wrong 945)}with public service?" "865)}Public service?" "man." "871)}You gotta get a grip 945)}on who your masters are." "the World Bank 865)}the Rockefeller" "939)}Trilateral Commission." "865)}You bank roll their 945)}fucking death squads." "795)}It's called FEMA 869)}it's called Alcohol" "939)}Tobacco and Firearms." "border control." "865)}You think Katrina 945)}was incompetence?" "871)}That was highly 945)}orchestrated negligence." "795)}Look at Waco 871)}Amnesty International" "939)}the ACLU." "all of them." "939)}Blood on their hands." "exactly." "865)}You want me to 945)}lie to the people." "797)}I want you to 871)}spare the people" "945)}another hypocrite." "945)}What's in it for you?" "945)}Poetic justice." "869)}Come on 945)}you're one of them." "870)}Can a corporate sell-out 945)}roll a joint like this?" "865)}If I wanted to do 945)}this thing" "871)}how might I go precisely?" "945)}How did it go?" "791)}There were a few 865)}tears here and there" "945)}and some anger 945)}but nothing unexpected." "797)}I'm going to 871)}need you to leave us" "Evelyn." "945)}I'm sorry." "797)}I just can't have 871)}any doubt about" "945)}the direction I'm taking." "771)}You just had me 845)}fire 18 people." "939)}I know." "865)}I sat across from 943)}them in this room" "765)}and I had to tell 845)}each and every one... 939)}I know." "871)}I am 59 years old." "945)}Nobody hires anybody my age." "791)}I will write 871)}you any kind" "939)}of recommendation... 865)}To do what?" "945)}Bag groceries?" "795)}Come on 871)}what am I supposed" "945)}to tell my daughter?" "871)}I'm sorry" "I truly... you're not." "945)}You don't give a fuck." "Claire." "865)}Nineteen if 945)}you count me." "939)}I have to... 865)}I have to call" "945)}my daughter." "945)}I know today has been tough." "871)}A lot of your 945)}colleagues have left" "871)}and I owe you 945)}an explanation." "871)}Many of those who 945)}left us today helped" "865)}build the CWI 945)}from the ground up" "945)}and I'm grateful to them." "865)}But it is time 943)}for us to evolve" "871)}and to accomplish this 939)}we had to make hard choices" "945)}and bring in new people." "945)}That's what today was about." "871)}You have any questions 945)}my door is always open." "871)}I'm all good for 939)}National and Metro." "871)}We've got space for 939)}Political if we need it." "791)}Janine?" "871)}Anything new 939)}on Michael Kern?" "865)}The White House 945)}is dodging." "871)}You can't get 945)}anyone on record?" "797)}Not just me." "871)}They're shutting all of us 945)}down in the briefings." "871)}No one is giving an inch 945)}even on background." "795)}In the meantime 871)}I'm working on" "939)}a feature about 865)}the administration's" "945)}foreign policy agenda 791)}how it shifted from" "871)}the start of the campaign 944)}increased DOD spending..." "Zoe." "871)}I can link Kern directly 939)}to the Williams editorial." "765)}What?" "871)}I've got a guy 945)}named Roy Kapeniak" "791)}who was on 865)}the editorial staff" "939)}when Kern was there." "Twitter-twat." "WTF?" "wait." "945)}Roy what?" "871)}Kapeniak." "939)}A classmate of Kern's." "791)}I have him on record 871)}saying Kern wrote every" "939)}word of the editorial." "865)}Let's move this into" "Lucas." "939)}Janine!" "865)}Let me once and for all 945)}say this definitively." "865)}I didn't author 939)}that editorial." "871)}Not a single sentence comma or period." "137)}If memory serves me 211)}it was Mr. Kapeniak" "279)}who wrote it." "136)}Why on earth he's 210)}trying to claim that" "284)}I did is beyond me." "796)}Let me further say that 870)}I am a strong supporter" "938)}of the state of Israel." "790)}As the most stable 870)}country in the region" "944)}and our strongest ally... 865)}It's Frank Underwood" "944)}for Cathy." "944)}...in any peace process." "790)}Because without" "938)}there can be no Palestine." "right now." "864)}"Without Israel there 938)}can be no Palestine"?" "945)}I've got it on." "864)}I would remind Senator Kern 938)}that there was a Palestine" "870)}long before 938)}there was an Israel." "790)}His comments are" "944)}they are racist." "Cathy." "871)}Things are about to 945)}move very quickly." "I'm ready." "945)}Hey." "I... 939)}Peter." "939)}Not now." "hey 945)}where have you been?" "you're 845)}fucking high." "I... you are" "945)}look at your eyes." "just lay off." "871)}You promised me 939)}it wouldn't be like this." "865)}Cancel whatever I have 945)}for the rest of the day." "939)}Kern is out." "945)}They're tossing him?" "797)}Technically 865)}he'll withdraw but yes." "796)}Can I say 865)}"A source close to" "939)}the White House"?" "871)}No." "You let this story 945)}play out on its own time." "871)}They'll announce 945)}in the morning." "if not that 871)}what story are" "945)}we talking about?" "865)}Catherine Durant." "943)}As soon as Kern withdraws 871)}you say she'll" "945)}be the replacement." "939)}Is that true?" "865)}It will be after 945)}you write it." "945)}Roy Kapeniak was you." "797)}You might very well 865)}think that." "I couldn't 945)}possibly comment." "865)}You found him." "939)}You had him call me... 797)}Kapeniak and Kern" "871)}were appetizers 939)}Ms. Barnes." "865)}Catherine Durant 939)}is the meal." "796)}Say that name." "865)}"Catherine Durant." "944)}Say it over and over." "869)}Tomorrow afternoon 939)}write it down." "865)}Then watch that name 939)}come out of the mouth" "865)}of the President of 939)}the United States." "865)}This is where 945)}we get to create." "797)}Don't miss your" "Ms. Barnes." "945)}It's the last one tonight." "130)}Zoe Barnes of 210)}the Washington Herald" "136)}quoting a source" "136)}as saying that" "204)}Senator Catherine Durant 136)}will likely be the new nominee" "209)}for Secretary of State 130)}after Michael Kern's" "204)}withdrawal earlier this week." "130)}The White House 204)}has remained silent" "278)}on whether the President 136)}will tap Durant" "130)}but a national" "210)}Zogby poll shows 136)}wide support for" "210)}Durant across party lines." "136)}...has served 10 years on 209)}the Senate Foreign" "130)}made numerous" "210)}diplomatic missions 278)}to South America... 136)}...place our faith knowing that" "136)}brilliant woman representing" "204)}our interests abroad." "284)}strong on defense." "130)}And if there's 204)}a woman that can work" "204)}she's the one." "204)}it's a no-brainer." "130)}The President 210)}should stop this pageant" "284)}and simply make the call." "136)}Why are we still talking 210)}about if they're going" "278)}to nominate Durant?" "136)}Why don't they 210)}just do it already" "136)}so we can all stop 210)}talking about ifs" "136)}and start talking 204)}about when and what" "136)}and how Durant's going 210)}to shape our foreign policy." "history?" "945)}History." "Frank." "870)}Good." "With your go-ahead 945)}I'll start the mark-up." "865)}Have Birch and 939)}Rasmussen seen this?" "I wanted you to be 939)}the first to have a look." "871)}I'll schedule a time for you 939)}to fill in the President." "no." "Linda." "939)}You should do that." "Frank." "871)}My pleasure." "945)}Thank you." "871)}I so apologize 945)}for everything... no." "945)}That's not necessary." "865)}Now for 945)}the real meeting." "what is 871)}happening with" "939)}Michael Kern?" "945)}It's a total nightmare." "797)}Do you know 871)}who you're going" "945)}to tap next?" "we still need 945)}you in the House... no." "939)}I wouldn't dream of it." "871)}We've got 939)}our education bill." "945)}I was just curious." "the rumor 945)}is flying around that" "871)}we're going to 939)}nominate Catherine Durant." "945)}I'm sure you've noticed." "939)}Is the rumor true?" "we weren't 945)}considering her at first" "791)}but the President 865)}asked me to" "943)}have her vetted 865)}in case we" "945)}want to go that route." "945)}Interesting." "945)}What do you think?" "she wouldn't 945)}be my first choice... 865)}Who would be" "945)}your first choice?" "796)}She campaigned 871)}hard against us" "945)}in the primaries." "945)}That's my reservation." "871)}But you'd show yourself 945)}above party politics" "865)}and I know she'd work 939)}all the harder for it." "871)}Decent experience." "945)}Respect across the aisle... 870)}So you think we can" "945)}seriously consider her?" "865)}It's not the worst idea 939)}in the world." "871)}Where are you 945)}getting this shit?" "839)}What?" "939)}Your stories." "845)}I was just... 945)}Who are you fucking?" "845)}Nobody." "come on." "869)}You're a Metro scrub 945)}and now look at you." "871)}You'd have to be fucking 945)}somebody important." "871)}I'm just doing my job 939)}Janine." "Excuse me." "871)}All right." "944)}One sec." "Okay." "871)}Is this your 939)}first remote?" "it's my first time." "945)}Right into the camera." "871)}Don't shift in your seat 939)}and there's no reason" "797)}to speak above 869)}a conversational volume" "945)}the mic will pick you up." "845)}You all ready?" "939)}Yeah." "871)}All right 945)}don't forget to breathe." "three... 790)}We'd like to welcome" "864)}Zoe Barnes from 944)}the Washington Herald." "thank you 944)}for joining us." "871)}I am very glad to be here." "945)}Thank you for having me." "790)}You broke" "938)}the Kern editorial" "938)}and now Durant." "796)}I'm just 871)}thrilled to be reporting" "939)}news that matters." "871)}And it's truly 939)}been a team effort." "871)}Everyone at 944)}the Herald pitched in." "871)}But yes 939)}a lot of firsts." "871)}First national story 939)}first..." "945)}Thank you." "944)}Calling it a night." "sir." "938)}a lot of firsts." "938)}first TV interview..." "864)}but the camera man" "944)}said not to shift in my seat." "939)}What a roller coaster." "871)}It really is too bad." "945)}Kern is a good man." "939)}And now Catherine Durant." "871)}Yes." "Right place" "I suppose." "869)}We like her 939)}don't we?" "945)}Very much." "797)}The question is does 870)}she like SanCorp" "939)}as much as we like her?" "871)}I would say that 945)}that is a very good bet." "871)}But then again 945)}I'm not a betting man." "you always 945)}like a sure thing." "865)}When it avails itself." "Remy." "Frank." "944)}See you around." "871)}Hopefully less 939)}and less now." "I charged 871)}the wrong thing." "945)}What did you have again?" "939)}Medium decaf latte." "dec... 865)}I don't know how to" "945)}get it to go back." "865)}This one 939)}and this one." "939)}This one?" "939)}No." "Let me do it." "871)}I'll have to ask you" "Congressman." "945)}What's going on?" "870)}Some guy was trying 945)}to get into the building." "795)}When we said no 871)}he started tearing" "939)}his clothes off." "871)}Nobody can hear you." "945)}Nobody cares about you." "871)}Nothing will 939)}come of this." "797)}Why don't you let 871)}these nice gentlemen" "945)}take you home?" "870)}Cover him up." "939)}It's cold out here." "791)}You heard 871)}the congressman." "944)}Cover him up." "939)}Francis?"