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June. June, uh, my mom just called.

I mean, Secretary McCord.

I know who your mother is.

Of course. Uh, she's running late.

SecState's a few minutes late.

Copy.

Sorry.

I think the president's
enjoying entertaining

the Indian and Pakistani
prime ministers.

DALTON: So I'm at this

donor dinner at a gator
farm in Tallahassee

and I drop my phone in
the bushes. Reach down.

Find myself face-to-face
with a -footer

that had gotten loose. (CHUCKLES)

I thought American alligators
were supposed to be aggressive.

They are.

Unless you rub their bellies.

Puts them to sleep.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

He writes me now. (LAUGHS)

The president tried the
same trick with the speaker.

Didn't work as well.

The secretary's running late, Mr.
President.

Thank you.

Uh, apparently, Elizabeth
is running a little late.

Ah, she has something more
important than making history?

- D.C. traffic.
- Ah.

Good morning, Minister Samant.

Good morning, June.

Just a few minutes behind.

Can you believe how quickly
all this came together?

In a word, hell no.

- CHONDITA: And your husband...
- DALTON: Welcome, Chondita.

- President Dalton.
- Please.

LUCY: Pens...

Kind of important for a signing
ceremony, don't you think?

I, uh...

(SIGHS) Crap.

- Ah.
- (PHONE RINGS)

(SCREAMS)

(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)

(DISTORTED): We need a medic.

(INDISTINCT, DISTORTED SHOUTING)

WOMAN: Help her up!

(COUGHING)

Where is he? Where is...?

- ALISON: All right!
- STEVIE: I got it! I got it!

JASON: That was probably too far over.

- Okay, coming for you. Ooh!
- Ready?

- (LAUGHS)
- Yep.

- That was her point.
- Over the net. I can't...

Come on. It's your serve, Jason.

- JASON: I'm a pro.
- Hey, you two.

ELIZABETH: Don't say
that. You're not...

- HENRY: Hey.
- ELIZABETH: Hi.

My Grandma Hattie's famous gimlets.

- Oh, well, far be it from us to
let down Grandma Hattie. - Wow.

- Oh, Lydia, thank you so much...
- Thank you.

...for everything, all of it.

Oh, please. I mean,

what good is this old money pit

if you can't share it with friends.

- Whoa.
- (EXHALES)

- Grandma Hattie...
- Gosh.

(LAUGHS) It's got a bite.

Bottoms up.

(BOTH LAUGH) Oh, my gosh.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER NEARBY)

If I have one of those, do you
promise not to tell Carol?

I'll tell her.

I don't know why you wives
are all so interested

in keeping us around.

Time for the Daily Brief.

Already?

Might want to lose the apron.

Yeah. Although, I can't imagine
why they wouldn't want

to see me in my apron. (CHUCKLES)

Do we really need
photographic evidence?

Country likes to be reassured

you're still at the wheel, sir.

Alison, can you take over?

I have to tend to my day job.

- Hey.
- ELIZABETH: Hey.

ALISON: No problem.

- PDB.
- DALTON: Two minutes...

Not a bad idea for your
country to see you, uh,

next to the president preparing

to be their next leader.

I knew I shouldn't have told
you guys I was running,

Russell.

Well, you know what? Go ahead.

I got work to do, anyway.

Colluder.

No. I've got to prepare for that panel

on religion and democracy in tandem

with your India state visit...
What? What'd I do?

When I get back I'm gonna
b*at you in badminton.

- Badly.
- HENRY: (SCOFFS) Yeah, you're gonna try.

DANA: HUMINT indicates the Indian
government has decided not

to take any definitive actions
to quell Hindu nationalists

from violently attacking members
of India's Muslim minority.

In fact, a variety of sources
indicate the Indian government

is siding with the Hindu nationalists,

and has deemed any responses

that could prevent further att*cks

as politically dangerous.

ELIZABETH: Well,

that's disappointing.

Yeah, but are you surprised?

(SIGHS)

I want to issue a public rebuke.

Condemning the Indian government's

insufficient response to
v*olence against its citizens.

RUSSELL: Do we really
want to embarrass

Prime Minister Khatri on
the eve of her U.S. trip?

It's just a question.

Do it, Bess.

What else, Dana?

At , FBI SWAT, alongside A*F,

raided the home of APF leader
Angus Gardner.

Suspects were apprehended
without incident.

APF.

It's Aryan Popular Force.

It's the white nationalist group

that firebombed that
refugee processing center

when we passed our, uh,
immigration bill.

I guess India hasn't
cornered the market

on violent nationalism.

No.

(ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES)

- MATT: Ma'am.
- DAISY: Welcome back.

BLAKE: Welcome back, Madam Secretary.

Wish I could say it's good to be back,

but, ah, that beach.

DAISY: Oh, and those beach looks.

I love that floral print cover-up.

And that house.

BLAKE: Oh, to die.

Okay, that is still the weird part.

Someone's vacation as news.

It did look very

future-presidential candidatey, ma'am.

Hey. No P-word.

- Just saying.
- (SIGHS)

No getting out over
our skis, people, okay?

Wait. Aren't you supposed to
lean forward over your skis?

Do any of you actually ski?

- No.
- No.

You have time to ski?

- Absolutely not.
- Mm.

I left a draft statement

- of your India-scolding on your desk.
- ELIZABETH: Great.

I want it out this morning
before the delegation arrives.

Ma'am.

It looks like your back channel
effort to get Pakistan

to the table on denuclearizing
the subcontinent

has borne fruit.

Oh, and, hi, welcome back.

No. It's o-okay. I like
that kind of welcome.

What, uh, what kind
of fruit are we talking?

I just spoke to Anjit Marwat,

Pakistan's minister
of foreign affairs.

They're open to bilateral
nuclear disarmament with India

if we can guarantee
their water supply flowing

from India-controlled Kashmir.

DAISY: Timing's not great

with your India-scolding.

Well, you're right.

Yeah. Matt, uh,

re-craft that statement,
just softening the language.

Um, yes, ma'am.

JAY: Ma'am, anything less
than an unqualified

condemnation of v*olence
against the Muslim minority

- will look like...
- I know how it looks.

But a chance to eliminate
nuclear weapons

on the subcontinent
makes all parties safer,

including oppressed minorities.

- Let's... Come on. Get going
on it, please. - Yeah.

(COFFEE POT RATTLING)

Will you be wrapping up that project

- any time soon?
- Oh.

I'm almost done.

Is it distracting you?

I don't distract; it's bothering me.

Oh.

I guess Adele is used to
people flitting in and out.

He didn't have an intern
when I was here.

So how much, uh, how much
longer will Adele be out?

days.

It's her first real
vacation in four years.

I warned her it would never happen

if she didn't pack up and leave.

Yeah. We were both surprised.

Oh, I, uh, I hear that you're thinking

of moving full time to Palm Beach.

That's Oscar's dream.

He won't step foot out of Florida.

I'm keeping the place in Bethesda.

Oh, uh, June.

Get something casual on the books

with Senator Pratt
this weekend... liquids,

no food.

And RSVP "no" to
Chip Harding's wedding.

I'll catch the next one.

Make sure the DNI includes
an Aryan Popular Force update

for tomorrow's PDB.

Oh, uh,

coordinate a briefing

on SecState's
Pakistani situation with...

What in God's name is that?

Oh. Um, the coffee machine
was on its last leg,

and since you're trying to wean
yourself off of coffee, anyway,

I thought a tea station
might be a better option.

Um, particularly matcha green tea,

which has a number of health benefits.

Okay.

Um, first of all,
don't ever use the word

"wean" in a sentence
involving me again.

Second of all, don't ever
use the word "matcha"

- in a sentence involving me.
- Okay.

Just get the old machine back.

Decaf is enough of a compromise.

Coordinate the briefing
with Secretary of State McCord,

Energy Secretary Singer, and the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Yes. And find me a geological
map of Kashmir, but, uh...

A big one, not that little printout

from the Internet.

Thank you.

You'll get it, dear.

If it's, uh, not too much
of an inconvenience,

I have a doctor's appointment

day after tomorrow at noon.
I can just work through

- and make that my...
- What's wrong with you?

- What?
- Are you sick?

Oh, no. I just go in,

you know, once a year;
it's a regular checkup.

(MUTTERING) Don't overshare, dear.

- Okay.
- (FANFARE MUSIC PLAYS)

Thanks.

♪

Welcome, Prime Minister Khatri.

Thank you, President Dalton.

Foreign Minister Samant.
Prime Minister.

Madam Secretary.

- Please.
- Thank you so much.

Chondita, I know we have
an ambitious agenda,

but I have never been more optimistic

about what we can achieve together

on a security agreement between
your government and Pakistan.

I have heard about your
back channel with Pakistan,

Yes.

But how can India
make deals with a country

that has repeatedly subjected us

to barbaric t*rror1st
att*cks and endless wars?

Isn't that exactly why
you would want a deal?

President Dalton

is willing to talk U.S.
security guarantees.

Even extending our nuclear umbrella

to India and Pakistan.

We are comfortable
with our current policy.

Right. Yeah.

Mutually assured destruction.

I understand it seeming
like an acceptable policy.

Until it fails.

(SCOFFS) Our nuclear
program is a source

of national pride, as is Pakistan's.

And, as you said, we
have so much work to do,

let's not waste time on fantasy.

ELIZABETH: Jay...

just get with OMB and Treasury.

I find it hard to believe

there isn't some play in the
wheel on our India policy.

Well, I... Yes, I get that.

Just do it, okay?

And remind them that it
is to avoid nuclear w*r

on the subcontinent.

Yes.

Thank you.

Wow. It's like my staff
is suddenly surprised

that I'm trying to be diplomatic.

I mean, I share their concerns, yeah.

But, you know, hello,
big picture here.

It's just... (SIGHS)

I'm starting to feel silently judged.

Just unpacking, babe.

After years,

I know just unpacking,
and that isn't it.

All right, maybe I'm just
a little surprised

that you pivoted from a
statement of condemnation

to a goody bag
of incentives for India.

Wow. Starting to prefer
silently judged.

Obviously, I understand
prioritizing a nuclear deal,

but I just worry

that a muted response to ethnic v*olence

can help normalize it.

And is a long-sh*t deal
really worth that risk?

Okay.

First of all, long sh*t?

It's maybe a...

a fairly distant sh*t, yeah.

And we can still condemn
the recent v*olence,

albeit mutedly,

without giving up on
a disarmament deal

that could make
the entire world safer.

So...

That's it?

I like my marriage.

- Feels like it.
- And I understand

how near impossibly
difficult your job is.

You'll do the right thing.

I know you will.

(CHUCKLING): Seriously?

ELIZABETH: This Bodhi tree was a gift

from your government
almost years ago.

It's a symbol of cooperation,
Chondita.

CHONDITA:
The Bodhi tree was also the site

of Siddhartha's enlightenment.

Well, you know, I experienced
my own moment of revelation

when I faced what
could befall the world

should nuclear weapons
ever be deployed.

I agree.

A nuclear Pakistan is an
existential thr*at to India,

but we can't let the
U.S. tie our hands

- over the issue of water.
- (SIGHS)

The United States
is prepared to fast-track

a U.S.-India free trade agreement.

This is coming from President Dalton?

It is.

And I obviously don't need
to sell you on what a boon

to your economy it would be.

I will take it to the prime minister.

Who is the United States,
with its despicable record

on human rights and
racism, to question

the actions of the Indian government

besieged by v*olence

and terrorism from Pakistan

and its agents inside India?

I assume that you're referring
to the Secretary of State's

evenhanded rebuke
of the recent v*olence.

I am, though I wouldn't
call it evenhanded.

But I will be more direct.

Does the Hindu majority in India

have the right
to defend itself or not?

Of course it does. But
what you're characterizing

as the Hindu majority defending itself

is actually textbook terrorism
against minorities with the

- Indian government turning the other way.
- Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me.

To me, that is the opposite
of India defending itself.

And as for the United States' right

to call India out... (SCOFFS)

A democracy cannot function

without safeguarding
the rights of minorities

against the majority.

- L-Look, you're not... Listen.
- India is facing the same problems

that USA is. I acknowledge the
United States is far from perfect.

But one lesson that India can take

from America,
despite our shortcomings,

is that we have only approached
our-our democratic ideals

when we have striven
to include all voices.

(STAMMERS) You know, and
the ultimate question

is whether India or the United States

or any country
claiming to be a democracy

is willing to do the hard work
of actually being one.

(APPLAUSE)

Okay. I think we're ready

for some questions from the audience.

ELIZABETH:
They have a vegetarian option

- all set?
- Five appetizers, three entrées.

- (PHONE RINGS)
- Two types of endive... I asked for three,

- but they're being hard-asses.
- Chondita, hi. I am so looking forward

- to seeing you.
- ...who doesn't have Belgian endive?

Actually, I'm afraid I won't be able

to join you for dinner this evening.

ELIZABETH: Oh, I'm sorry.

- Is everything okay?
- CHONDITA: Prime Minister Khatri

has some things
that she wants to discuss

with me, including that we
are no longer interested

in your nuclear deal.

Wait, I don't understand.

Ask your husband.

Excuse me?

- Good night, Elizabeth.
- What?

India can't be pulling out
because of Henry.

It's the top article

in the Hindustan Daily
Bulletin, ma'am.

- How many people even read that?
- million.

- Oh.
- JAY: I'm sorry.

It was a big swing, ma'am.

Oh, no, no, no. We are still at bat.

Wait, huh?

Prime Minister Khatri
and Minister Samant

- are here a few more days.
- Mm-hmm.

Meantime, there is that-that summit

- in Mexico City.
- Yeah, drug smuggling and security.

Yeah. With, uh, the Pakistani
chief of army staff.

- Ibrahim Osmani?
- Yes.

Go talk to him.

In Mexico City?

Well, that's where... Wait.

Why? Do you have Chloe tonight?

Uh, no. I'll work it out.

Go see if you can convince him
to come to D.C.

and meet with Samant off the record.

I want Osmani
to look Chondita in the eye.

He's a straight sh**t.
Yeah, and everyone knows

that the m*llitary
calls the sh*ts in Pakistan.

It's a stretch, I know.

But who knows
how many decades it'll be

till we get another bite
at this, okay?

Ma'am, you know, an apology from Henry

- to the Indian government
would go a long way. - Yeah.

Thank you, Daisy.

- ELIZABETH: Hey.
- HENRY: Hey.

- Everything okay?
- (SIGHS)

Yeah. Something came up.

Oh, there's, um...

- leftover vegan Mexican something in the...
- Yeah. Thank you.

Hey, l-listen. I'm sorry

if my comments at the symposium
affected things with India.

What?

(SIGHS)

They pulled out of the nuclear
disarmament talks.

- Because of me?
- Yes.

That's absurd.

I'm still trying to salvage it,

but, I mean,
are you really that surprised?

(CHUCKLES):
It's an academic conference.

I'm not saying it's your fault,

but can you at least give me
that my husband

publicly slamming India
isn't exactly helpful?

I mean, I'm just...

(SCREAMS) feeling a little frustrated.

Understandably.

Yeah.

Daisy thinks that I should ask you

to apologize to the Indian government.

- Daisy thinks.
- Well, okay.

- I wouldn't mind, either.
- Look, we both know

an apology would be false,
and even talking about it,

there's just a whiff
of academic censorship.

Yeah, I get that.

But you still want me to consider it.

No, I just...

Don't worry about it.

(SIGHS)

OSMANI: Secretary McCord wants me

to leave this conference
and fly up to Washington

so I can clean up her husband's mess?

It's true. Dr. McCord's remarks
upset the Indian delegation,

but they exposed a likely impediment.

India doesn't trust
that Pakistan is serious

about cutting off support
for militant groups.

India doesn't trust...

when India does nothing to
stop its own Hindu v*olence

against Muslims in India.

Do you think I got these
by groveling to India?

General Osmani, I
think you earned them

by protecting your people.

And now you have a
chance to protect them

from the greatest danger
this world has ever known.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Chondita, thank you for coming.

Well, we may have our differences...

but we're still friends.

Well, I couldn't agree more.

Henry sends his regrets.
Stuck at work.

I understand.

But I did invite someone else.

Why do I feel I've been
left out of the loop?

Well, that's about to change.

How do you two like your tea?

(WATER RUNNING)

(EXHALES)

Should have something for your
team before the end of the week.

- All right, thank you.
- We'll be in touch.

White House statement for your review

before it goes to press.

Statement about...?

The protests.

Protests large enough

to require a statement
just in the minutes

I've been in a meeting?

The revitalized talks
between India and Pakistan

somehow leaked.
Now there's mass mobilization

in the streets of India
and outside the embassy.

All right, that looks suitably vague.

We've also been informed

that the Indian delegates
have been forced

- to cut their visit short.
- All right.

No one is leaving without
a commitment in writing

to continue the talks.

And tell the staff they'll
need all hands on deck

to prepare a Memorandum
of Understanding.

Hi. Here is your morning decaf.

I'm very sorry it's late,
the traffic was nuts.

Is he... okay?

Sure. So...

how'd the interview go?

What interview?

Congresswoman Kane.

I told you,
I had a doctor's appointment.

First of all, every
doctor's appointment

at the noon hour is a job interview.

Secondly, I've been doing triathlons

with Lois, the security guard
at the Rayburn,

- for over years.
- Oh.

Russell likes to make a big deal
of how nothing gets by him.

That's 'cause nothing gets by me.

Or Adele, whom I handpicked

and trained.

So?

She offered me the job.

And I'm considering it.

I would get to be
a legislative correspondent

right away, and she made
a pretty good case for taking me

off of coffee runs and...
putting me in the action.

What do you think?

Well... (SCOFFS)

Of course she offered you the job.

You're a hot ticket.

You have an inside track
to the White House,

not to mention a direct
line to your mother.

This town'll take connections
over anything else,

so if you're going to allow
yourself to be poached,

hold out for your best offer.

Okay. Thanks.

No problem.

At : this morning, POTUS
signed Executive Order

to create a subsidy program
for U.S. companies

to expand their footprint in India.

This, on top of Congress fast-tracking

an India free trade agreement,

was the final piece of the puzzle,

and Prime Minister Khatri
has agreed to all terms

of the India-Pakistan
Denuclearization MOU.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

Pakistani Prime Minister Wadeyla
will be boarding

his plane later today
at local time

out of Allama Iqbal Airport in Lahore.

He'll arrive at Andrews

at tomorrow and proceed
directly to the White House

for the signing ceremony.
Congrats, everyone.

(APPLAUSE)

ELIZABETH: Hey. Hey!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

All parties have taken enormous
risks to get to "yes" on this.

I want to anticipate
every possible problem

and have solutions locked and loaded.

No victory laps until this
sucker's signed, all right?

MATT: Yes, ma'am.

ELIZABETH: And now,

I get to have lunch with
Russell Jackson. Excuse me.

Look, the way you got this
whole thing over the finish line

was very presidential,
but you wouldn't have had to go

to such extraordinary lengths
if Henry hadn't said

whatever-the-hell on that panel.

Well, it wasn't great timing,

but I didn't disagree
with a word he said.

You know I respect Henry,

but you need him to be

on the same page as you... publicly.

I still have a year.

Yeah, well, practice makes perfect.

Unless you've convinced your
family that they're in it too,

you won't win.

It's as simple as that.

You can't afford to
have Henry go rogue.

(ELIZABETH SIGHS)

Morning.

Oh, hey. Morning. I'm sorry
I didn't wake you up last night.

I was torturing my staff,

coming up with... (SIGHS)

contingencies for our contingencies.

Well, never apologize
for not waking me up.

Yeah. Listen, um, I got to run,
so, I'll talk to you later.

Wait, wait. What is it?

Is it because I wasn't here
when Minister Samant came over?

Because I thought you understood

- I wasn't going to apologize.
- No, no, I do.

- I did. I did. It's just...
- I mean, it would have been awkward

- if I was to hang around...
- Look, I have to go, but...

Henry, if-if I'm gonna
enter a political campaign,

we need to be on the same page.

You mean I need to be
on the same page as you?

- (STAMMERS) You really think...
- Henry...

...I should have turned a blind eye

- to global extremism...
- Is that what you think I'm doing?

- ...all for the sake of an arms deal?
- Turning a blind eye?

Oh, for a mere arms deal?

No, that's not what I mean.
It's just, look...

I shouldn't be putting
this on you, but...

Do you, do you think
it's possible that

the trauma of the false nuclear att*ck

could be affecting you on this?

It was only a couple of months ago...

I don't have time to be
analyzed right now.

Henry, I'm... See, now I'm-I'm late.

I got to... We'll talk
more about it later, okay?

- It's gonna be...
- Okay. Fine. Yeah.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Congratulations.
- (DOOR CLOSES)

You ready?

Yes, um, but if it's okay,

I just need to...

just need to get one
quick thing off my chest.

Sure.

Yesterday when you said

that everyone was
only interested in me

because of my connections
to Russell and my mom...

Well, I didn't say "only,"
but go ahead.

Okay.

But you did say that it
was a big part of it.

Um, I just feel like
that's not really fair.

I work hard, and I've
accomplished a lot here.

I'm-I'm sure that-that when you
were making your way in D.C.,

you sometimes felt
underestimated by people

who didn't fully appreciate
what you had to offer,

and who maybe didn't acknowledge
that you were capable of more,

so you can understand why
I would just like to be treated

with the respect that...

I feel I've earned.

Well, I apologize

if I made you feel underestimated.

It was not my intention.

Thank you.

And I do understand

that women of your generation
didn't necessarily learn

to be comfortable with
ambition in the same way.

You know, it...
and it can look very obnoxious

and overreaching, but...

we have to demand
more power ourselves, you know?

Otherwise, we just all get
stuck serving powerful men.

I don't mean to say
that that's what...

that's what all women
of your generation have done.

Also didn't mean
to use the word "stuck."

It's...

It's fine.

We really have to go.

ELIZABETH:
Hey, Mike, I'm already late,

so whatever you can do

to get me to the West
Wing as soon as possible.

- That would be great, okay?
- Yes, ma'am.

Welcome, Chondita.

- Mr. President.
- Please.

Pens...

Kind of important
for a signing ceremony,

don't you think?

Oh, crap.

(CAMERAS CLICKING)

(PHONE RINGING)

(TIRES SQUEAL)

What the hell was that?

AGENT: Castle, this is DS.
Are you under fire?

AGENT :
Affirmative. Protect Bluebird.

Copy. Nearest entrance to the PEOC...

ELIZABETH: No, no, no, no.
I have to... No, no, no.

- I need to be there.
- White House is taking fire.

Need to get to the Presidential
Emergency Ops Center.

We have to evacuate.

(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)

(DISTANT ALARM BLARING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Are you okay?

This way.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)

Right this way.

Medics are outside.

MAN: Evacuate. Everyone evacuate.

(JUNE WHIMPERING)

June?

June.

(GASPS)

Can you get up?

June, I'm gonna get help.

I'm gonna go get help, okay?

I'll be back.

- Help!
- Ms. McCord.

- There's someone in there who needs help.
- Ms. McCord.

- Oh.
- Come with me.

There's someone... No. No, no, no, no.

STEVIE: No, no, no, no!

I got her. I got her, I got her.

Come on, let's go.

June. June, she's...

(ALARM BLARING)

Medic! Medic!

- (SIREN WAILING)
- RUSSELL: No. I opted

out of continuity of governance,
but POTUS, VPOTUS are safe,

- and the FBI, A*F...
- Russell?

- ...and the speaker... I'll call you back.
- Where is she?

- She's in surgery.
- (STAMMERING): Well, is she okay?

Ambulance got here in minutes.

- Did you talk to the doctors?
- Some of the best trauma surgeons

in the country are working on her.

But is, is she... is she conscious?

Does she...? Is she...?

She lost a lot of blood, Henry.

Sorry.

What the hell happened?

(SIGHS) Intel is sketchy.

It looks like someone launched an RPG

from a rooftop a few blocks away.

You were asking for an
update on Stephanie McCord's...

Yeah, this is her father.

- Dr. Delgado.
- Hello.

- Is she out of surgery?
- Not yet.

We've stopped the bleeding,
but the surgeon

found a shard of glass
wedged against an artery.

- It's a delicate procedure.
- (PHONE VIBRATING)

They have to remove the glass
without rupturing the artery.

But she's going to be okay?

She's in really good hands.

MAN (OVER P.A.): Dr. Delgado, please
pick up line two, extension .

Dr. Delgado, line two...

You'll let me know

as soon as you hear
something, right? And...

I love you, too.

- I got to go.
- Bess.

We're going to get you to the
hospital as soon as we can.

Yes. It's okay. What's the latest?

FBI's quick and dirty assessment
is a Hindu nationalist cell

or possibly Pakistani ex-pats

upset with the nuclear
deal got off a lucky sh*t.

Does the CIA analyst in
you buy that theory?

It's possible.

Though I question any group

planning, arming up and
executing in a couple of days.

Mr. President?

FBI giving chase
to suspected attackers.

(SIRENS WAILING)

MAN: Step out of the vehicle
with your hands up.

Now in Hindi and Urdu.

WOMAN: Copy that.

(WOMAN SHOUTING IN HINDI)

(g*nf*re CONTINUES)

(DISTANT SIREN WAILING)

I'm sorry that we've been fighting.

That's on me. I shouldn't have...

Mm. I'm sorry, too.

(CLEARS THROAT) We're fine.

I heard they caught some guys.

Yeah.

Not what anybody thought.

They weren't Hindu
or Pakistani nationalists.

Do you remember that group
that att*cked the refugee center

- up in Michigan?
- Uh, the white...?

White nationalists. Yeah.
The Aryan Popular...

- Yeah.
- ...Force. Yeah.

Apparently already aggrieved
over the immigration bill,

and the talk of the trade
agreement with India just...

last straw.

How the hell did they get an RPG? I...

I'm not asking you to
be someone you're not.

But we'll figure it out, right?

Why? Are you thinking of not running?

Why? Are you thinking that?

The thought's crossed my mind.

I can't think about anything until...

(SIGHS)

(WHISPERS):
...till we know she's okay.

I know.

Stephanie is out of surgery
and doing well.

- Is she awake?
- Is her spine...

We removed the glass and were able

to repair
the circumflex scapular artery.

It's holding nicely.

She's in recovery,

and her prognosis is excellent.

Thank you so much.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome. You're welcome.

(STAMMERS) Thank you.

And so we'll... Okay.

Okay.

Hey, baby girl.

- Hi. Hi, honey.
- (CHUCKLES): Hi.

- You okay?
- Oh, baby,

- how are you feeling?
- I...

probably look the way that I feel.

So, gorgeous then, huh?

- You feeling...
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

The doctor said you're
gonna be better than new.

They put a GPS chip
right in your shoulder.

(CHUCKLES, WHIMPERS)

Please-please don't make me laugh.

Let's... Can we get you something?

How 'bout some pillows?
Okay? Let me...

(SIGHS) You know Mom and pillows.

- Here we go.
- (WEAKLY): No.

There's gonna be a lot of 'em.

STEVIE: I'm fine.

Here we go.

Uh, here, Henry. Fluff that one.

How's June?

(INHALES DEEPLY)

(SIGHS)

Oscar, Russell Jackson.

I'm afraid the news is not good.

June passed away during surgery.

I'm so sorry.

My, uh...

my office can take care
of your travel or...

we can make other arrangements.

Just let me know.

Whatever I can do.

I loved her, too.

(CHOKED UP): Okay.

Yeah.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

(SIGHS)

Are they all here?

Yes, ma'am.

I let them wait in your office.
I hope you don't mind.

(CHUCKLES) Was theirs, too.

WOMAN: I hate all of this...

Hi. I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.

Thank you for coming.

- (CHUCKLES) Hi.
- How's Stevie?

- Well, she's better, so...
- Oh, good. Good.

- Is she home yet?
- No, not yet.

- Oh.
- Thank you, Secretary Clinton.

Our prayers are all with you.

- Thank you. I really appreciate that.
- (CHUCKLES)

Listen, I-I won't take
much of your time.

I know that you all have
other meetings and...

- places to be.
- Elizabeth, there is

no more important
meeting for any of us

than this one right now.

Well, I-I do appreciate that.

Come on. Please sit.

The kind of time
when people need to...

rally around.

ELIZABETH: Well...

It's so good of you to consult
with your predecessors.

We did it all the time,
so thanks for asking us.

Well, again, uh,

the president has asked me
to give a speech

after the signing ceremony

(SCOFFS)

You bear a heavy burden, Elizabeth.

The whole world will be watching you.

No pressure.

- (LAUGHS)
- Thanks for that reminder. Yeah.

Right. No pressure.

Well,

what do you say in the wake
of a nightmare like this?

You need to reassure the people

that they are safe,
because we are resolute

in our efforts to defeat this enemy.

ALBRIGHT: Well, that's a start.

But I think we also have to remember

that those who att*cked
us are resolute, too.

CLINTON: And you will
have to reassure people

about their safety.

Um, you can remind them
that we do have

the world's greatest m*llitary
to protect and defend them.

POWELL: But, you know,
as great as our m*llitary

power is, that is not where
our real strength lies.

CLINTON: Absolutely.

Our strength lies
in our core democratic values.

In our Constitution.

ALBRIGHT: Elizabeth,
I was a little girl in London

during World w*r II when
the Germans were bombing.

I learned later that three

of my grandparents
were m*rder*d by the Nazis

in concentration camps.

And so the thr*at of nationalism
is not just a theory.

I went through it once,

and I don't intend
to go through it again.

POWELL: The nationalistic
thr*at is really expanding,

and more and more countries
are being caught in this trap.

It's contagious.

It splits us apart. It
makes it more difficult

to deal with the issue, and it
becomes even more contagious.

They att*ck what has made

America great, uh... and still does...

and that is our diversity.

I mean, look at, look at us.

The attackers wanted to destroy that.

To divide us.

So, you know, Elizabeth,

I think what we're all saying
is talk about what unites us.

Even at this moment of peril,

remind Americans of our nation's

original motto,

something that I think about a lot

and which seems more
important today than ever:

- e pluribus unum.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Out of many, one.

ALBRIGHT: Hillary, you're so right.

Because we all, unified,

depend on each other.

America. Americans.

All Americans.

All Americans.

All of us.

DALTON: Secretary of
State Elizabeth McCord,

who worked diligently
to bring us all here today,

is a master of keeping
the biggest picture in mind

at all times.

I rely on her for that.

And now I have asked
her to say a few words

along those lines.

Madam Secretary.

(CAMERAS CLICKING)
Thank you, Mr. President.

And thank you, Prime Minister

Khatri and Prime Minister Wadeyla.

Your courage and determination
have made humankind safer

from the second greatest thr*at
it faces.

What is an even greater thr*at
than nuclear weapons?

That which makes the
use of them possible.

Hate.

Specifically, the blind hatred

one group or nation
can have for another.

And that is why I am convinced

that nationalism is the
existential thr*at of our time.

I want to be clear.

Nationalism is not the same
as patriotism.

It's a perversion of patriotism.

Nationalism, the belief
system held by those

who att*cked us, promotes
the idea that inclusion

and diversity represent weakness,

that the only way to
succeed is to give

blind allegiance to the supremacy

of one race over all others.

Nothing could be less American.

Patriotism, on the other hand,
is about building each other up

and embracing our diversity

as the source
of our nation's strength.

"We the People" means all the people.

America's heroes didn't die
for race or region.

They d*ed for the ideals
enshrined in our Constitution.

Above all, freedom from tyranny,

which requires our unwavering
support of a free press,

freedom of religion...
all religions...

the right to vote, and making sure

nothing infringes
on any of those rights,

which belong to us all.

Look where isolationism
has gotten us in the past.

Two world wars.

million dead.

Never again can we go back
to those dark times

when fear and hatred,

like a contagion,

infected the world.

That, as much as ending
the thr*at of nuclear w*r,

is what today is about.

And it's why we must never lose
sight of our common humanity,

our common values,

and our common decency.

I was reminded recently
of our nation's founding motto,

e pluribus unum.

Out of many, one.

disparate colonies

became one country, one people.

And, today, we call on all Americans

and people everywhere to reject
the scourge of nationalism.

Because governments
can't legislate tolerance

or eradicate hate.

That's why each one of us
has to find the beauty

in our differences
instead of the fear.

Listen instead of reacting.

Reach out instead of recoiling.

It's up to us.

All of us.

Thank you.

(APPLAUSE)

No one could have said that better.

Thank you, sir.