The West Wing S5E12 - Slow News Day
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Toby gets Jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save Social Security, but is hampered by Jed's mandate to keep the operation under wraps; desperate to feed the press corps beast on a glacially slow news day, C.J. meets with an attache to discuss cabbage imports, and has a little fun with a particularly dense reporter; Josh's brainstorm to help Will burnish Bob Russell's presentation problems and a persistent reporter endanger Toby's attempts to broker a deal on the Hill; Rina finds a friend in Donna, and Josh isn't too happy about it; Toby is saved from having to fall on his sword when Josh and Jed devise a plan to rescue his deal from certain disaster.
| Released | Sep 22, 1999 |
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| Runtime | min |
| Genre | Drama |
| Actor | Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, John Spencer |
| Director | Aaron Sorkin |
| Production | John Wells Productions |