The American President
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:05:01
The press is saying,
"What did he mean by that?"

:05:04
A.J., did you get one of these?
:05:06
The letter from Solomon at the GDC?
:05:08
It's from the environmental community.
These people are out of control.

:05:12
They're frustrated.
:05:13
Are they blaming the President
for global warming?

:05:16
They don't think he caused it.
:05:18
I'm on the phone with them twice a week.
I honestly don't know what they want.

:05:22
They want a 20 percent reduction
in fossil fuel emissions.

:05:25
- Won't pass at 20 percent.
- We haven't really tried.

:05:28
McSorley, McCluskey and Shane
hold too many markers.

:05:31
If we try to push it and we lose...
:05:33
...there'll be a loud thud
when we hit the ground.

:05:36
That's not what you want
in an election year.

:05:38
Talk to GDC again, A.J.
:05:40
Tell them I resent the implication
I've turned my back on the environment.

:05:43
Tell them I'll send 455 to the floor, but
I'm gonna ask for a ten percent reduction.

:05:48
They want to pull their support, fine.
:05:50
With a 63 percent job approval rating,
I don't need their help.

:05:54
Good deal.
:05:54
All right, let's get going. Where's Leon?
:05:57
Will you call Mr.Kodak
and tell him the President's waiting?

:06:01
Oh, sorry, my fault.
:06:03
Never mind, John.
:06:05
Excuse me.
:06:08
- 'Morning, Mr.President.
- You okay?

:06:10
They keep moving that big ficus plant.
:06:13
We're all here.
:06:15
Okay, first of all,
I wanted to say congratulations.

:06:18
Three years ago we were elected
by one of the narrowest margins in history.

:06:22
And today Kodak, here, tells us...
:06:24
...63 percent of registered voters
think we're doing a good job.

:06:27
Wait. You wanted me to poll
registered voters?

:06:31
The poll also tells us what we know:
:06:34
If we don't get our crime bill
through Congress...

:06:36
...those numbers will be memory.
:06:38
So, starting today,
we're shifting it into gear.

:06:41
- Can I tell the press that gun control--
- Crime control.

:06:44
Gun control means we're wimps
and soft on crime.

:06:47
- Lewis, please.
- What about handgun restrictions?

:06:50
No. We're leaving them out.
:06:52
Mr.President,
we campaigned on this issue.

:06:56
We took them out in the low 40s,
but we could push it through now.

:06:59
After the elections, Lewis.

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