KENNY
No way.
The President spins on him, unsure he heard correctly.
KENNY (CONT´D)
I´m not calling and cancelling on Daly.
You call and cancel on Daly.
THE PRESIDENT
You´re scared to cancel on Daly.
KENNY
Damn right I´m scared.
The President pauses, looks at Bobby. Bobby shakes his head:
don´t look at me.
THE PRESIDENT
Well, I´m not.
BOBBY
Then you´ll call, right?
INT. HALLWAY - SHERATON-BLACKSTONE HOTEL - NIGHT
SUPER: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19TH. DAY 4
THEN SUPER: CHICAGO
Kenny threads his way through the host of SECRET SERVICE
AGENTS and ADVANCE MAN cramming the hallway on the floor of
the hotel they´ve taken over. From one of the rooms emerges
Salinger.
SALINGER
Kenny, all right. What´s going on here?
There´s rumors going around an exercise
in the southeast is related to Cuba.
I´m the Press Secretary. I can´t do my
job if I don´t know what´s going on. So
what´s going on?
KENNY
What are you telling them?
SALINGER
The truth: I don´t know.
KENNY
(deadly serious)
Tell ´em you´ve looked into it, and all
it is is an exercise. And Pierre --
(beat, loaded)
The President may have a cold tomorrow.
Kenny stares at him, and the light dawns on Pierre.
Something big is going on and he´s been cut out of it. He
stalks off.