:07:02
AFL/CIO wanted him offthe
Council of Economic Advisors
:07:04
for not supporting
the pension bill,
:07:06
and the president's going
to need labour next fall.
:07:08
And State's still fuming
:07:09
about the trade office
screw-up at the G-8.
:07:11
Pentagon is unhappy with his
readiness reduction proposals.
:07:14
Beth: Greenspan
dislikes him.
:07:15
Christ, who didn't
this guy piss off?
:07:18
No wonder
the wife's sick.
:07:20
Jenny Lerner: She's not sick,
she's a drunk.
:07:24
How do you know that?
:07:25
Mike Woodward
over at Treasury.
:07:31
Mrs Rittenhouse started
drinking a couple of years ago
:07:34
when her husband
had a series of affairs.
:07:36
Stepped it up last summer after
their son died of leukaemia.
:07:39
You want to do something on
the price that wives pay?
:07:42
Mike Woodward?
Wife, 3 kids?
:07:45
He's been after me
for months.
:07:47
So I threw him
a breakfast
:07:48
and hit him up
about Rittenhouse.
:07:50
Bob Campbell's leaving,
so midnight Saturday
:07:52
anchor shift
is opening up.
:07:54
Why would I want
to give up the White House
:07:55
for a graveyard weekend--
:07:56
No, no, no,
not for you, for me.
:07:58
No.
:07:59
Beth.
:08:00
We'll talk
about this later.
:08:02
Very calm. The president will be
back from Camp David tomorrow.
:08:05
Business news, Ira.
:08:06
Just keep working
on Rittenhouse.
:08:09
Maybe Mike's available
for dinner.
:08:11
Do the usual research,
background information.
:08:15
OK, that's it.
:08:20
Beth, wait.
:08:22
Listen, Beth, what if
it wasn't permanent?
:08:24
Oh, God,
Jenny, please.
:08:26
Honey, this
is how it works.
:08:28
You've done 2 years
of research.
:08:29
Now do 3 as
a segment producer.
:08:31
5 on air doing
domestic features,
:08:33
another 2 in some
cholera-ridden hell hole.
:08:36
And then I'll quit
:08:37
if they don't give you
a weekend anchor shot.
:08:39
Hello, Caitlin.
There you are.
:08:41
Are you protecting me
or just holding me back?
:08:44
- Yes.
- OK.
:08:45
Rittenhouse tape and text
:08:46
on my desk by 4:00 tomorrow,
:08:48
and we'll drop in
the reverses for the 5.
:08:51
OK.
:08:53
At this moment right now--
:08:55
thank you--
:08:56
The pretty little girls
are walking down the aisle.
:08:58
They're spreading flowers.