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The following takes place between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.

Cell phone. Try your cell phone now.

I can't reach 'em.

Help me. I can't move.

There's three more trapped inside that one.

Help me. I-I can't move. Oh, my God.

- Come on. Give me a hand here. -

Can't get out.

Hurry, over here.

Sarah, save what you're doing and log out. I need you on something now.

What is it? I just heard from one of our sources.

There's a high probability that someone from our F.B.I. watch list...

was spotted in Los Angeles yesterday.

Tomas Sherek. Who is he?

He's done work with several terror cells outside Istanbul.

Suspected of coordinating several suicide bombings last summer.

Istanbul.

There was some chatter this morning about a possible attack by a group out of Turkey.

Here it is. From Ankara. What was the target?

East Coast. New York or D.C. But the time window passed.

Passed? The targeted time is for 8:00 a.m.

It's already past 10:00 on the East Coast.

What if they got the target wrong, and it's West Coast time?

Then it's gonna go down within the hour.

Tell Curtis. I'll take this to Driscoll. I can take it to her.

Why? Well, I thought you wanted to keep working it up.

You know, you're really transparent, Sarah.

Stop trying to be Driscoll's pet. She doesn't like you.

Have you had voice confirmation from anyone on the train?

No. The signals just confirmed a bomb.

We're trying to get in contact now.

It's in a remote area, but local police are heading to the scene.

All right. We have discretionary authority out of Point Mugu.

Have them direct one of their patrol aircraft over the area.

Put the pilot in contact with our people.

- Should we monitor emergency services? - No. County will cover that.

A truck loaded with C-4 just derailed a train in Santa Clarita.

Free up some of your people. Division's gonna send over data.

- That could be related to what we just found downstairs. - What'd you find?

Two things. First, there was intelligence indicating the possibility of an attack...

at 8:00 this morning. Bombing was at 7:00.

That's within an hour of your intel. What's the second thing?

A Turkish national on the F.B.I. watch list...

by the name of Tomas Sherek, was last seen in the city.

- He could be related to the bombing. - Okay.

Open up channels with Division, start investigating this bombing.

Work up what you have on Sherek. We'll brief in a few minutes.

What about the Defense Department meeting? It's in a half hour.

- Who's Secretary Heller sending? - Jack Bauer.

Jack? You sure?

Yeah. He hasn't been back, well, since you fired him.

Is it going to be uncomfortable? What?

Going back to C.T.U. Seeing Driscoll again.

I don't blame her for her decision.

How can that be? She forced you out of C.T.U.

She didn't want an ex-junkie on her staff. That's not unreasonable.

You weren't a junkie. You were doing your job.

I was addicted to heroin. It didn't matter why.

Do you miss your old job?

I could have joined other agencies if I still wanted to do fieldwork.

But I didn't.

I wanted something different from my life.

Mmm.

It might not seem like a lot to you,

but for me,

to be able to have this kind of a connection with someone--

I couldn't do that before.

I'm glad you can now.

We better go.

Yeah.

Secretary Heller's gonna be in the lobby in five minutes.

"Secretary Heller"?

Yeah. I called him "Dad" once in a press conference,

so I decided then and there to use his title all the time.

Audrey,

your father's a very perceptive man.

I would like to tell him about us before he finds out on his own.

Look--

my dad is kind of old-fashioned.

Even though Paul and I are separated, he-- he still considers us married.

I understand that, and I don't want your father to draw the wrong conclusion...

and think that I had anything to do with the breakup between you and Paul.

Yeah, but you didn't.

Please, Jack, let's just give it a little more time.

I'm gonna tell you something, and I don't want you to panic.

I'm falling in love with you.

Look, I don't want you to say anything,

and I don't need you to feel the same way.

I just wanted you to know.

I will see you downstairs. Yeah.

All right. This is what we have.

A known terrorist named Tomas Sherek managed to enter the country undetected.

We believe there's a likelihood Sherek helped

organize the train attack in Santa Clarita.

If he did, he's gonna get out of the country as fast as he can.

Which means we have a small window of opportunity here.

Who's covering airports and customs?

I am. I've issued a mandate to L.A.X., Long Beach and Ontario.

As usual, Edgar, we can't hear you. Where's your laptop in case you need to pull data?

I'm sorry. I'll speak up, and, uh,

I don't need my laptop. I have everything memorized.

What I was saying is I've contacted the airports

and asked them to add a layer of security.

- Do we have any local contacts for Sherek? - I'm looking into those now.

All right. Promote everything we receive up to Division.

Let's find Sherek before he leaves the city. Let's go.

Excuse me, Ms. Driscoll, do you think it's a mistake...

to assume that Sherek is on his way out of Los Angeles? No.

But the timing on the intel doesn't quite match.

It said 8:00 a.m., and the train bombing happened around 7:00.

Just focus on finding Sherek.

Yes. It's Tomas.

Did Dar get the briefcase? Yes. He's on his way to you now.

Good. You did well, Tomas.

What about Maurice? He's waiting for you.

He has everything you need.

- Behrooz, are you eating with us? - I'll be right down, Mom.

- I'm concerned about him. - Concerned? Why?

I think he's still seeing this American girl, Debbie.

You said you'd talk to him. I did.

I told him he was no longer allowed to have contact with her.

And he agreed, right? Mm. Yes.

But I think he's still seeing her behind our backs.

- I'll speak to him. - No. I'll take care of it.

Look for the valleys to be cold with strong winds--

Behrooz, we're sitting down to eat.

Behrooz? I'm on the phone.

Get off and come down now.

We'll be back with traffic in just a moment,

but first, our in-studio guest this morning is the author of-- Who is he talking to?

- I don't know. - Sorry.

- Who were you on the phone with? - My friend Scott.

You were talking to that American girl.

No. I told you. I don't see her anymore.

Don't lie to me, Behrooz! I hear your phone calls at night. I read your e-mails.

You read my e-mails? That's my business.

Don't you raise your voice to your father.

While you live under my roof, there is no such thing as your business.

No more communications with that girl. Do you understand me?

Don't look at her. You're talking to me.

Yes, sir. I'm standing here in the Santa Clarita Valley...

where a horrible tragedy struck just a short time ago.

An early morning commuter train collided with a pickup truck...

that was apparently crossing the tracks.

Reports are coming in that most of the passengers were severely injured.

Casualty estimates as high as 30.

N.T.S.B. agents have arrived on the scene and are investigating the cause.

At this time, the authorities are not saying whether this was an accident...

or a targeted attack, but as you can see, there has been--

So far, everything is on schedule.

- Have you spoken to Tomas? - Yes. The briefcase is on its way to us now.

When it gets here, you'll take it to the warehouse.

Why doesn't Dar take it there directly?

He doesn't need to know where our people are working.

That's the safest way.

Behrooz, if your father seems severe,

it's because our job here is a difficult one.

If we are to succeed, it's important that we are of a single mind.

I understand.

What we will accomplish today will change the world.

We're fortunate that our family has been chosen to do this.

We cannot fail.

Yes, Father.

...said he's coming in though.

See that new game, man? Morning, Jennifer.

What are you doing here so early? I'm not here early.

You've been here all night? Yeah.

- What are you working on? - Nothing right now.

I'm just stealing some software from Adobe and Microsoft.

You're gonna get caught one of these days.

Hey, Melanie. Don't tell anybody or I'll have to kill you.

What the hell is this?

Whoa.

Melanie, come look at this.

Looks like someone's trying to corrupt the Internet.

Yeah, but it hasn't started propagating yet.

They're just placing the nodes.

Look at this.

This thing could tank every system in the world.

You've gotta tell somebody. If I-- If I call

the feds from here, they'll trace the call.

They'll know I was stealing code. Then do it from a pay phone.

Yeah.

Need a rundown? No. I'm up to speed on the train bombing.

How many confirmed dead? Thirty-two.

I didn't know that. Call Carl.

I will. Thanks, Al. Thirty-two dead.

What's the initial assessment? An act of terrorism.

When you get to C.T.U., I want you to find out all the details and call me.

Yes, sir. And, listen,

I don't want anyone except the two of you to know about this meeting with Richard.

Of course.

I tried to get ahold of you last night. Where were you?

- I had dinner with a friend. - Oh. Anyone I know?

No.

Jack. Sir.

I'll call you when I get to C.T.U.