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He runs to get in, but at the sight of the disheveled man
the TAXI DRIVER shuts the automatic door buttons,
locking it.
SPEAKER MANNING: Driver -- open the door!
TAXI DRIVER Get out of here, bum!
SPEAKER MANNING (shocked) What did you call me?
Under the crazed glare of the astonished Speaker of the
House, the cab speeds off.
SPEAKER MANNING: Come back here!
Incensed, the Speaker runs after the cab, and then in
frustration he takes off his shoe and throws it after the
driver. Then the Speaker hesitates.
WHAT THE SPEAKER SEES: Overhead, the city's
streetlights turn back on against the pink fleecy clouds.
STREET LIGHTS: A COMFORTING MORNING GLOW.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MANNING: Turns in a small
circle on a vast lawn to discover he stands under the silent
steady gaze of the great Lincoln Memorial.
ON THE SOUTH LAWN - WHITE HOUSE - DAWN
President Anderson, wife Maxine, daughter Chris and
grandchild are walking across the dewy grass towards
home.
From the portico, THE SECRET SERVICE DAY
CONTINGENT hurries out the porch, in obvious concern
for their President.
From the Oval Office, the liberated Chief of Staff and
