:30:01
why wasn't this announcement
made sooner?
:30:03
Well, until we knew
we could build the rocket
:30:06
and the comet
could be intercepted,
:30:08
we saw no reason
to alarm the planet.
:30:10
- Sir!
- Mr President!
:30:12
Do you have another
question, Ms Lerner?
:30:14
Yeah. Um...
:30:16
Is--Is there a connection
between the comet
:30:20
and the recall of American
troops from abroad?
:30:23
Beck: Our fighting men
and women are coming home
:30:25
because we felt it prudent,
:30:26
in light of domestic
security concerns,
:30:28
to have them available.
:30:29
Although I certainly hope
we don't need to use them.
:30:31
Next question.
:30:32
Reporters: Mr President!
:30:33
Actually, Mr President,
:30:35
if--just one final
question, sir. Um...
:30:38
MSNBC has learned that
Secretary Rittenhouse
:30:43
did not leave
for the reasons
:30:44
announced by
your administration.
:30:46
In fact,
isn't it true, sir,
:30:48
that not everyone
in your administration
:30:51
is convinced that the
Messiah will save us?
:31:03
Secretary Rittenhouse served
his country with full devotion.
:31:05
He resigned
for personal reasons.
:31:09
Now, I can promise you this,
Ms Lerner, all of you,
:31:13
everyone in this room and
everyone listening to my voice,
:31:15
that at some point
over the next 10 months,
:31:19
all of us will entertain
our worst fears and concerns.
:31:24
But I can also
promise you this.
:31:27
Life will go on.
:31:30
We will prevail.
:31:32
Mr President!
Please!
:31:33
Beck: Sally.
:31:35
Sir, what is
the comet's name?
:31:37
The 2 scientists
who found the comet
:31:38
were killed in a car crash
:31:40
while racing from their
observatory to alert the world.
:31:42
So we named it for them.
:31:44
Wolf-Biederman.
:31:46
Leo Biederman,
they said it again.
:31:48
Shh!
:31:49
Leo, is he talking
about you?
:31:50
He is, isn't he?
:31:52
:31:53
Can you get that,
please?
:31:54
:31:55
Janie, get the door.
:31:57
Beck: Well, we have the
technology to build the ship.