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Previously on 24.

Welcome to the first of three debates between President David Palmer...

and Senator John Keeler.

My office has just learned that the woman with

whom the president is currently involved,

Dr. Anne Packard, is being accused...

of helping to fabricate the results of a clinical drug trial.

Did the president know of these accusations and choose to ignore them?

Your dad's trying to break out

Salazar. When's the last time you heard from him?

About a half hour ago. He asked me

to issue a transfer order for Ramon Salazar.

- And you did it? - Yeah. He said that Salazar needed to be moved.

But now you're telling me this isn't true?

- No, Kim, I'm sorry. Your dad lied to you. - What's gonna happen to him?

The best way out of this whole situation is to find Kyle Singer.

Then your dad will give up Salazar.

Kyle, what are you doing? There's no way out of here.

If I die, the virus is dying with me.

Kyle!

I got it. A patrol car just found the truck Kyle Singer was in.

Pipe this into the teams on standby.

Assume everyone on site is contagious and use level one C.D.C. protocol.

If you wanna get out of this thing, you're gonna have to trust me.

Chase! What are you doing, Jack?

I gotta get Salazar in the air in that chopper...

in the next 60 seconds or 100,000 people will die-- You choose!

This is Warden Mitchell. I want all teams to stand down. I repeat, stand down.

Congratulations. Now you are an even bigger enemy to your country than I am.

The following takes place between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Do we have enough fuel to get to Mexico? We're not going to Mexico.

What do you mean? Why not?

If we run for the border, they'll try and force us down.

You're gonna have to trust me.

Field Ops, O'Brian. Chloe, it's Chase.

Jack disarmed his locator, but the military should have him on radar by now.

They're feeding us the stream, Chase. I'm sending it to you.

He just banked. He's heading west towards downtown.

Downtown? He knows they can't shoot him down over a populated area.

We may be able to override what he did to his

comm unit through an emergency hailing frequency.

We have to get through to him, Chloe. We gotta let him know we found Kyle Singer.

- On it. - Major Blanchard, this is Ryan Chappelle.

What's the status of your pursuit craft?

I have two helicopters that have just taken off from down here.

How quickly will they intercept?

Well, that's changed. Bauer just turned.

- He's no longer heading south toward us. - Where's he headed?

It looks like he's headed toward the city.

At his current speed, it'll take us 10 minutes before we get within range.

You've gotta force him down. Even shoot him down, if it comes to that.

But we can't do that while he's over the city

without incurring serious collateral damage.

Then you have to do it before he gets to the city.

If he lands, he'll be difficult to catch. Yes, sir.

Keep this line open. Michelle, I'm taking over for Tony.

Division wants a senior officer in charge of C.T.U. Give me an update.

We're trying to make contact with the chopper.

Now that we have Kyle Singer and the virus

has been contained, we need to contact Jack,

let him know that the escape of Salazar is pointless. Okay.

Assemble all the department heads in the

conference area. I want everyone on the same page.

What about C-band?

A SWAT chopper wouldn't be using those frequencies.

Adam. Tie up whatever you're doing. We have a briefing in the conference area in two.

Kim.

Over here.

What do you need? I need you to anchor these lists for Chloe...

while she's trying to find an admitting channel for the chopper.

I'm on it.

- I'm sorry I lost it in your dad's office. - It's okay.

- Did you tell Michelle about the drugs you found in there? - Yeah.

- What are they gonna do? - I don't know.

Everything came in right after that. So no one's had time to process.

I'm sending over the first two groups. Sure.

We'll make every attempt to communicate with Jack, try to resolve this peacefully.

But if we can't, I need everyone absolutely clear on this.

Salazar's terrorist connections are a serious threat to this country.

We cannot let him leave.

Now that we've got Singer, should it come to it,

both Salazar and Bauer are expendable.

Why aren't we focusing on other options that

would bring down the chopper without force?

Jack's not giving us any options. He's on a suicide mission either way.

Once he hands Ramon off to Hector, they'll have

no use for him. They're going to kill him.

I just got off the phone with Major Blanchard.

He has pursuit craft tracking Jack.

However, if they're not able to catch him by the time he reaches metro airspace,

then we have a whole new set of problems.

We need to coordinate with local authorities now.

Damn it!

Hector, relax. Why can't I reach Gael?

Maybe he can't get away.

I need to know what's going on with Ramon now.

The government is probably releasing him. It's just taking some time.

They're not releasing him!

- I didn't want to tell you. - Tell me what?

The plan has changed. Jack Bauer is the one who is going to deliver Ramon.

Jack Bauer? What is that, a joke?

- No. - Well, how is that possible?

I mean, Ramon would never accept help from the man who put him in prison.

Oh, no. He is accepting his help.

Bauer is now a criminal in his own country for doing this.

Hector, what's going on? How could you let Bauer come to us?

That's too dangerous. Don't worry, Claudia.

No, I am worried! Look what he's already done to us.

Shh! It's some kind of trick.

Don't worry about Jack Bauer. I have plans for him.

Yes.

I don't have a lot of time. We're in the middle of this.

Is Ramon alive?

Yes. He and Bauer have escaped in a helicopter.

Have they contacted our pilot yet? No, no. They're being pursued.

Everything will be decided in the next few minutes.

Hey, what did Chappelle say in the briefing?

He said a lot of stuff.

- Are they gonna try and shoot down my father? - If they have to, yeah.

But if they can contact him first, it won't come to that.

Chloe, where are you at? No progress on the hailing frequency.

Without that, we can't get through to Jack. Here's some new ones to try.

Use a tree search. We've gotta get through to that chopper.

Kim. Yeah.

I need to speak to you.

Sure.

Ryan and I feel you shouldn't be here until the situation with your father is resolved.

I'm qualified to handle the work, Michelle.

Your qualifications aren't at issue. Your emotions are.

I can control my emotions.

My father's doing this so that the virus won't get out.

If he knows that Kyle Singer's in custody,

he'll give Salazar back. I know, but we can't reach your father.

Not yet, but Chloe and Adam are getting there, and I can help them.

I'm a resource, Michelle. Don't do this.

Okay. Go back and help Adam.

If we have to fire on that chopper, I want her out of here.

- - Hey, what's going on?

- It's military. - How can you tell?

Their formation, rate of speed. They're gonna be on us in three to four minutes.

And then what? I assume they've got orders to shoot us out of the sky.

Chappelle. I just spoke with someone at C.T.U.

They said you authorized the use of force against the chopper.

That's right, Chase, I did.

Does President Palmer know about this? Palmer?

First of all, he's in the middle of a national

debate. And I don't need his authorization.

Bauer just helped Ramon Salazar break out of prison.

He did that to make sure Salazar's people don't release this virus.

I don't care. Look, this is my jurisdiction.

All I'm saying is that getting Palmer's authorization might be the smart play here.

Think about it. Jack Bauer has a personal relationship with the president.

He's saved his life more than once.

And Palmer has interceded on his behalf before.

Our mandate does not bend to accommodate personal relationships.

You're right, Ryan.

And after you shoot Jack down, you can personally explain that to the president.

Chappelle.

Our aircraft are about to make visual contact with Bauer.

We can be ready to fire in-- Do not fire.

Repeat-- do not fire until you hear back from me.

The president has spoken of his administration's

support for the American worker.

But I'm sure these words sound hollow to Armando Rodriguez of Galveston,

Shawnda Brown of Biloxi,

Kendall Taylor of Tampa,

and to a hundred thousand of their fellow workers who have lost their jobs...

because of trade agreements signed by President David Palmer.

It's my belief that opportunities have been missed.

I believe in the long term, the big picture. Wayne Palmer.

Mr. Palmer, Ryan Chappelle calling.

Mr. Chappelle, what's the latest on the bio-threat?

Kyle Singer, whom we believe to be the only carrier of the virus,

has been taken into custody.

So you're telling me there is no longer a risk of this virus being released?

That's what I'm saying. Oh, thank God.

Yes. We still have the Bauer situation to deal with.

What's the status on that?

Bauer has taken Salazar from the prison in a helicopter.

We have him in our sights but are unable to communicate with him.

So what do you plan on doing? Salazar can't be allowed to leave the country.

I'm afraid our only alternative is to shoot him down.

Mr. Chappelle, my brother is not gonna like that alternative.

I understand. That's why I'm calling.

I don't wanna fire on Bauer without the president's permission.

Yeah, well, the president is in the middle of a televised debate right now.

So I'm sorry, but this is gonna have to wait. It can't wait.

In a few minutes, their helicopter is going to be over downtown L.A.,

and we'll be unable to shoot it down without

risking significant civilian casualties.

Let me get back to you, Ryan. Soon, Mr. Palmer.

Otherwise, Bauer will be able to land that chopper...

and disappear with Salazar into the population.

Yeah. But by the fourth quarter,

economic experts are predicting that not only

will those hundred thousand jobs be regained,

a similar number will be created. Senator Keeler.

Whose economic experts, the administration's?

Well, I for one cannot accept the blurred numbers...

being projected by the so-called economic experts of this administration.