we should have the president secure within minutes. do we know who these terrorists are or where they're going?
does your office have anything to add, mr. dean?
if we're dealing with an airborne hostage situation what's our procedure?
okay, gentlemen, we'll take no action until we confirm that the president is off the plane.  lee, go huddle with the d.o.d. i want an options paper on this in 20 minutes.
you heard me. you. congress and cabinet heads.
yes?
thank you, colonel. have a seat.
find that voice for me, i want to know who we're dealing with. and get president petrov on the phone.
empty?
play back that call.
but not the president. not the president.
and if he's dead? do you really think they'd risk telling us?
so what are you saying?
mr. dean, may i remind you that the president is not 19 anymore.
yes. you've made yourself quite clear.
by then i'll be president.
i don't like any of these. from, did you brief general northwood?
can we do that?
but they start executing hostages in
okay. also, i want you to put our bases in turkey on alert, and have the kitty hawk prepare a retaliatory air strike.
i've not discounted your theory hr.
eight percent is better than zero.
would someone get the press secretary!
my intention is not to escalate the situation, but it's a contigency that must be considered. hang on.  what?
put it through down here. hang on, toni.
what's going on in the background?
it's him. he is alive.
do it.
they're still alive, but the loyalists plan to start killing hostages in forty minutes.
and if that means negotiating.
but this is different, sir. you're the president.
please, mr. president. you're going to get yourself killed. is that your solution?
i'm sure we can strike some sort of arrangement. land the plane and we'll trade you hostages for fuel.
are you confident you can take the facility?
let's get it going.
they still have the president, it's past their deadline and they haven't called. what do you think it means?
how close are they?
if challenged, our fighters are to state that they are on a rescue mission.
if fired upon, tell our fighters that they are ordered to engage.
the chief justice? what on earth for?