: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.
:07:01
We may never have
an opportunity like this again.
:07:04
Let's take this 63 percent out for a spin.
Let's see what it could do.
:07:08
We can't. We need it to get re-elected.
:07:10
For reasons passing understanding,
they don't relate guns to gun-related crime.
:07:15
Robin, brief the press this afternoon.
As of today...
:07:18
...the crime bill is priority one
on the President's domestic agenda.
:07:22
Leon, you'll run the War Room.
:07:23
We're gonna need detailed projections
for all the target districts.
:07:27
Don't be the nice, sweet guy from Brooklyn
on this. Do what the NRA does.
:07:32
- Scare them?
- Exactly.
:07:33
I can do that.
:07:35
Lewis, you're legislative liaison.
You'll run the show on the Hill.
:07:39
It might be easier to fight a war on drugs
if we weren't arming drug dealers.
:07:44
We gotta fight the fights we can win.
:07:47
Yes, sir.
:07:48
We want to announce the crime bill...
:07:50
...at the State of the Union,
72 days from today.
:07:53
Last notice count put us 18 votes short.
:07:55
Eighteen votes in 72 days.
Thank you, everyone.
:07:59
- Janie, what's next?
- Security briefing, sir.