Air Force One Page #7

Marshall mutes the television. A quiet moment.

SHEPHERD:

* My opinion.

We can't let him get away with that

kind of language.

Marshall considers. Then decides.

MARSHALL:

It's bait. Don't take it.

SHEPHERD:

Sir, the Speaker of the House attacked

this administration on national

television. You can't afford to

leave that hanging.

MARSHALL:

(ignoring Shepherd)

Did we tape the Duke game?

AIDE:

It's waiting on the plane. The ending

was pretty...

MARSHALL:

(interrupting)

Please don't tell me. Just for once,

* let me be

surprised.

INT. AIR FORCE ONE, CORRIDOR, TRAVELING - NIGHT

Maria Mitchell escorts the Russians down the plane's length.

As they pass the galley, Maria motions up a set of stairs.

MITCHELL:

Up on the upper deck is the cockpit

and the Mission Communication Center.

The MCC, as we call it, can place

clear and secure phone calls to

anywhere on earth. We're linked to

a network of military and civilian

satellites and ground stations. We

could run the country or run a war

from there if we had to.

KORSHUNOV:

This is a remarkable aircraft.

MITCHELL:

You don't know the half of it. Did

you know this entire plane is shielded

from radiation? We could fly through

a mushroom cloud completely unharmed

if necessary.

KORSHUNOV:

A dubious distinction, no?

MITCHELL:

I guess it depends on your

perspective.

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