election.
What in the world would do that?
l'm working on it.
Winifred, Mr. Brean.
-What's this?
-$20,000
l gotta go to L.A.
and see a Hollywood producer.
Meet me at National in an hour.
We'll go to Chicago
and connect there to L.A.
See you at National.
Tell me this again.
We landing?
Tell me again.
Don't worry.
lt's nothing new.
During Reagan's administration,
240 Marines killed in Beirut.
24 hours later,
we invade Grenada.
That was their M.O.
Change the story,
change the lead.
lt's not a new concept.
Wake me when we land.
We'll talk more.
Wait.
We can't afford a war.
We're not having a war.
We're having
the appearance of a war.
We cannot afford it.
-What'll it cost?
-But they would find out.
Who's gonna find out?
The American people?
Who's gonna tell them?
What did they find out
about the Gulf War?
One video of one bomb
falls down a chimney.
The building could have been
made out of Legos.
-You want us to go to war?
-That's the general idea.
With who?
l'm working on it.
Albania?
Why?
Why not?
What do you know about them?
-Nothing.
-Precisely.
They seem shifty, standoffish.
Who knows from Albania?
Who trusts Albanians?
What did Albania ever do to us?
What did they do for us?
This is why we have to
mobilize the B-3 bomber.
You really want to go
to war with Albania?
We don't have a choice.
This is what you do.
Get your press office
right now to deny it.
lt didn't happen.
"There is no report
of Albanian activity."
They have to deny it.
-lt didn't happen.
-Deny.
...news from the president
on his visit to China.
Another sort of news, however...
has emerged
from the presidential quarter.
We turn to Melissa Gardner
at KZAB in Santa Fe...
with this breaking news.
Thanks, Richard.
Today a local Firefly Girl...
accused the president
of sexual misconduct.
This photo of the president
with the girls...
was taken during their tour
of the White House.
The girl claims
that the sexual misconduct...
occurred inside the Oval Office.
Her attorney says
there are no plans yet...
to hold a press conference.
Folks in Santa Fe
and the rest of America...
are waiting for a response
from the White House...
on these harsh allegations.
With the election days away,
the big question is...
how much will this scandal
affect the outcome?
Top people, Albanian desk.
l don't know, either,
but we probably have one.
Roust them out of bed.
Albanian desk, ClA, NSA.
Roust them, sirens blaring.
l know they're gonna be up
in an hour.
l want them up now.
Tell your staff...
General Scott in Seattle?
l don't think his trip
has to do with the B-3 bomber.
l'll have to ask you
to turn that off.
lt'll just be a second.
There are no electronics
on the plane.
l have to ask you
to turn that off.
lt'll just take two seconds.
We've said flat out
there is no B-3 bomber.
l understand.
lf it is true, he should,
he must step down...
and if it's not true,
then he must...
We are informed he has extended
his visit to China.
l say on behalf of
the American people, come home.
Face the music,
whatever that may be.
The election's in 11 days.
Let the American people decide.
"Let the American people
decide."
Senator Neal,
presidential candidate.
Excuse me, Senator...
That's 11 days
till the election...
and the president
ahead in the polls by--Bob?
Seventeen percent.
Accusations have surfaced which
could affect the outcome...
The White House has announced...
in response
to the media pressure...
there will be
a press conference.
This is how
a Hollywood producer lives?
This is bigger
than the White House.
Get me my veggie shake...
and remind me
to turn over in 10 minutes...
to tan the other side.
Do l know you?
We have mutual friends
in Washington.
Yes, as you said,
and is it true?
Mr. Motss, l wouldn't--
You wouldn't be here
if it wasn't true.
Really, who could say?
l like the guy.
He signed his book to me...
"For two generations--"