c'mon alice, we're 20 minutes late.
well, you aren't the president, dear.
why don't you go say hi?
what is wrong with you tonight? come here.
you don't want to say hi to your father?
don't you even want to ask?
alice.
you're jet-lagged. we'll talk about this back.
we'll talk at home. you know, most girls aren't as lucky as you. for most girls seeing the bolshoi ballet would be the experience of a lifetime.
i'm sorry, honey.
your father never means to be so.
some kids were teasing you?
you're right and i'll tell you a secret. i know exactly how you feel.
may i speak to you for a moment?
no, mr. president. it can't.
don't. i know spin control when i feel it.
for godsakes, jim, slow down and stop acting like the little dutch boy. not even you can plug all the world's leaks. don't you think it's a sign you're pushing too hard when your daughter sees more of you on mtv news than in person.
how do you know she understands? you haven't spent more than five minutes with her, or me, in weeks.
no. it wasn't.
what?
but that's the point, jim. we're right here.
i should trust that promise? because you know the voters are still waiting for that middle class tax cut.
how did your speech go?
shall i ask the chief of staff to schedule your daughter in?
no!
where's my daughter?
and my husband?
mr. gibbs. you, of all people.
what do you want with us?
we're alive.
yes.  thank god. you there.  caidwell, right? what's on your mind? caldwell takes a beat, then crosses to rose and shepherd.
right now we are an enormous liability to the united states. we can't just sit and do nothing.
come on, alice.
it's okay. do what you're told. it's okay. we'll be okay.
leave my daughter alone.
what do you know of my husband?
my husband is a very courageous man.
alice!
yes dear?
i know, sweetie. i know. you're being very brave.
maria.
do you have to be so brutal?
why? do you enjoy it?
how can you? i mean they're people.
that was war.
no.
nor will there be. my husband does not negotiate with terrorists.
please. you can kill me but leave my daughter alone.
jim.  for godsake!
jim.
can my husband sit next to me?
i don't know why you stayed.
there's something i need to tell you.  and god knows if i'll ever get another chance.
no matter what happens, you have been and always will be my hero.
i will never regret my life with you.
you got what you wanted. you going to release us now?
both of you.
easy, major. easy.
you saved his life.
what are you doing?
you haven't even driven a car since you took office.
can you see them?
i love you. i just wanted you to know that.
you can do it, baby.
ready!