White House Down Page #9

Enormous explosion

over toward the West Wing.

I don't know if this means the president

has been killed. We know...

I got 100 people in here!

Somebody tell me something!

- You idiot.

- What'd you say?

You are an idiot.

You just blew our whole mission.

- Your mission.

- Shut up.

Mr. Stenz, this may be your lucky day.

Get your men back to the basement.

I, Alvin Hammond, do solemnly swear

that I will faithfully execute...

...the office of president

of the United States...

...and will to the best of my ability

preserve, protect and defend...

...the Constitution of the United States,

so help me God.

Sir, follow me, please.

Place your hand there

for scanning, please.

Sir, these are your presidential

launch codes.

Keep them on your person

at all times.

Vice President Alvin Hammond

has just been sworn in...

...as the 47th president

of the United States...

...confirming, of course,

the worst possible scenario...

...the death of President James Sawyer.

People all over the globe

have been holding their breath.

They're wondering what is happening

right here in America.

After all, the United States has the

biggest weapons arsenal in the world.

We need to start moving the money.

Maybe buy some time.

--Will he be able to get this extremely

volatile situation under control.

Muriel Walker's here.

Thousands are gathering,

leaving candles and owers...

...at the doors of the U. S.--

We've got movement.

We've got movement

at the Federal Reserve.

Stenz, do you hear me?

Confirming they're loading the money.

Let's wrap this up.

Stenz, we're wasting our time here.

Walker, are you sure

they're down here?

Did I spend 15 goddamn years

running this place or did you?!

This guy is losing it.

What do we care if he gets the president?

We made a deal.

Cale was right.

This is not about ransom.

Walker has cancer.

His doctors gave him

less than three months.

He has a golf-ball-sized tumour

on his frontal lobe.

Jesus Christ.

I think he's on a suicide mission.

- You ready?

- Yes.

- What do you think you're doing?

- If anybody can talk him down...

...it's her, trust me.

A little birdie told me

you're finally moving the money.

Martin ?

I had to tell them

about the tumour, Martin.

That's all right.

Please stop this.

Please just come home.

I have to do this, honey.

No, you don't.

They have to pay

for what they did to Kevin.

And when it's over...

...I promise...

I promise you'll understand.

You're doing this for Kevin?

I swear to God.

Then you do whatever it takes.

You make them pay

for what they did to our boy.

What the hell are you doing?

Walker, you stop this...

...or I'll make sure she spends

the rest of her life in a federal prison.

You have 19 minutes.

You're done.

- General.

- Your boss took the White House...

...and your man inside

got the president killed.

- Carol, calm down.

- You're free to go.

Thank God for Gerald Ford.

Why?

He built this because he didn't want

the press to see him in his swim trunks.

- Any chance this leads out of here?

- No. Listen, I gotta stop for a second.

What? You all right?

That's not good, is it?

- Stenz worked for the CIA, right?

- Right.

If we can track the way

that Walker contacted...

...these guys,

we can figure out how to stop them.

- How do you propose we do that?

- Keep an eye on Caulfield.

Wait, what?

Hi. I'm Carol.

I'm not supposed to talk to you

right now.

Run a database search

on the guys in that building.

CIA, NSA, everything you've got.

Okay, listen, Walker's not doing

this for the money, trust me.

- There is something else going on.

- I can't do that, ma'am.

On the worst day that our country

has ever had...

...you could be the key

to figuring all of this out.

--Could otherwise not accomplish that

is take back the White House.

I'm gonna have to get that out.

When did you become a doctor

all of a sudden?

Look, just talk to me, get my mind off it.

Talk to me about your daughter.

Emily?

She's completely in love with you.

- She even tried to get me to vote for you.

- You didn't vote for me?

Your daughter's smart.

You should listen to her.

She was like 3 when I enlisted.

And to be honest with you...

...I was probably just running

from my marriage.

Right after I deployed,

Emily was watching TV...

...and there was coverage on

the troops in Afghanistan.

She swears to me that she saw me.

After that point,

she became obsessed with politics.

And that's when she first saw you.

The man that was gonna

bring Daddy home.

And when I finally did come home,

I realised that...

...I'm not her hero anymore.

So I guess I just figured that I'd try

to help protect the man that is.

Well, if she saw you today, Cale,

she'd be proud of you.

You know how when they're young

and they come running up to you...

...and they hug you

and they're shouting "Daddy"...

...and all of a sudden, one day,

that just stops?

Yeah.

I'd give anything for that hug

just one more time.

You know, my daughter,

she's 15 years old, her name is Amber.

You know what she wants

for her birthday?

- A belly button ring.

- Belly button ring.

- What parent is equipped for that?

- Daughters.

- What's happening?

- Attention, attention.

Everyone below Calico T-11,

please clear the oor immediately.

Put the president on-screen.

Mr. President, Delta Force entered

Washington airspace.

I have Lieutenant Colonel Cameron

on the line.

You're online, sir!

What do you have for us, colonel?

We developed this plan

independent of the Secret Service.

We'll use the superstructure

of the city to mask our approach.

What if they start killing hostages?

They're dead anyway if this fails.

Alvin, please think about

what you're doing.

May I remind you that you are addressing

the president of the United States?

Mr. President, I don't wanna write off

any Americans yet.

Trust me, sir,

we'll get your house back for you.

- Mission's a go, colonel.

- Thank you, sir.

You heard the president.

Flight time to target: six minutes.

- So, what's it like being president?

- it's not like anything.

Once you get into office,

it's all about re-election...

...and what the other side

can use against you.

- Politics.

- You don't start out a politician...

...but you become one.

Just once, though,

I wanna do something that's presidential.

Something along the lines of Lincoln,

Washington and Jefferson.

- You wanna make history.

- No. Not history.

I wanna make a difference.

If your little daughter

says that I'm her hero...

...then I gotta earn that.

All right, we go in low and quiet.

Time to target is two minutes.

- Falcon 2, maintain 3-0 feet.

- Falcon 1, copy, 3-0 feet.

- Drop to 1-0 feet!

- Falcon 2 dropping to 10 feet.

Complete chaos on the streets of D.C.

There's total gridlock through--

Oh, my God! U.S. Special Forces

are flying over us!

Sh*t. Sir, we have

Black Hawks coming in.

- Which direction?

- From I Street, and fast.

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