24

Previously on 24.

This is Air Force One. We are declaring an emergency.

We're not gonna make it. I have to put it down now.

Chloe, what's happening?

Air Force One, you copy? Chloe!

Air Force One is down.

This may be him. Mr. President!

He's still alive. I repeat, the president is alive.

Marwan has to be within a 50-mile radius. Jack!

There's a higher priority than Marwan.

What is it? Recovering the nuclear football.

Didn't it go down with Air Force One?

The missile inflicted enough damage that the plane left a trail of debris.

A lot of things were sucked out, including the football.

That case contains the codes and locations of our entire nuclear arsenal.

What's the location of the football?

40 miles northeast of here in the desert.

Air Support, football is in the lead Jeep headed north. Take it out.

I'm in possession of the football. Three hostiles are down, one escaped--

I'm not positive, but I think it was Marwan.

There's some pages missing. Tell me what the contents are of the missing pages.

Jack, it's the red section which contains warhead locations and activation codes.

If they get ahold of a warhead and a matching activation code,

we will not be able to stop them.

Mr. Vice President, President Keeler is alive,

but he's in critical condition.

Sir, I recommend you invoke the 25th Amendment...

and take control of things as soon as possible.

You're worried about him. I am.

He seems unsure of himself.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office...

of the President of the United States--

Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Mr. President, I've just received a phone call from C.T.U.

Part of the nuclear football has fallen into the hands of terrorists.

The following takes place between 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m.

Vice President Logan has been sworn into office.

He is now president of the United States.

His office called. They want an update from us in 15 minutes.

We're working on several protocols related to the plane crash.

What is he gonna wanna focus on?

How a stealth fighter was stolen from one of our air bases--

And more to the point, how it was able to take down Air Force One...

with one of our own missiles.

Has he been briefed on Marwan?

He knows Marwan is the mastermind behind today's events,

yes, but he's gonna want more specifics on the football.

Where are we on that? Jack's at the debris field outside Indio.

He's trying to reconstruct the red chapter of the playbook that was stolen by Marwan.

How's he doing that? He's working with Fred Laughton...

from the Department of Defense.

He wrote the code, so he'll know what's missing.

Good. Who's going to run point on this update?

You and Tony.

All right, everyone. We don't have a lot of time,

so we're going to have to fast-track this.

Double-source all intel...

through Homeland Security and C.I.A.

Skip the usual request procedures.

Tie into their data directly. Yes?

Ms. Dessler, I've got Jack Bauer on the line.

Put him through.

Go ahead, Jack. Michelle, are you still in briefing?

Yes, Jack. You're on speaker. What have you found?

Fred Laughton and I just finished a rough reconstruction of the red chapter.

- We're getting that over to you now. - Jack, it's Bill Buchanan.

Summarize our exposure. What information,

exactly, does Marwan have in his possession?

Well, the red chapter lays out the location of our domestic nuclear arsenal.

The inventory's in the thousands. Many of the weapons are in transit...

as part of our standard shift operations.

Why can't D.O.D. just secure these weapons?

Because a number of the weapons are in between checkpoints.

It would take over an hour to account for all of them.

Listen, everyone, we've gotta remember-- Marwan only needs one.

All right, Jack. We'll get on this immediately.

Get back here as soon as you can and help Audrey liaison with D.O.D.

We need to account for every single weapon documented in that chapter.

I'm on my way.

The coordinates for the third one are:

Latitude, 37 degrees, 14 minutes.

Longitude, 115 degrees, 21 minutes.

There it is. Jefferson City, Iowa.

When is the warhead due to arrive?

7:00 a.m., local time. Five hours from now.

That puts it somewhere 200 miles east.

It's still in Illinois.

We can intercept it anywhere from this point to here.

All right. Let's put our people in place.

The warheads that are in transit because of the daily shift-and-hide operations...

pose the biggest problem.

We can verify military traffic in the coastal areas from here.

Why don't we find out what D.O.D. has in the Midwest.

Yeah, that's already underway. Audrey said she should have it in a few minutes.

Look, Tony--

- Am I interrupting something? - No, Chloe. What is it?

Are you logged on to Division 3? Yeah.

Look at this. Fifteen minutes ago, the credit card of Eric Murphy...

was used at Western gas station in Torrance.

- Who's Eric Murphy? - His real name is Yosik Khatami.

He's a terrorist affiliated with Marwan.

How do we know that? From a watch list.

We put out a net asking for anybody connected to the name Habib Marwan.

We didn't expect any hits so soon.

Why was he so careless? Maybe he wasn't. Maybe he's some sort of decoy.

It wouldn't be much of a decoy because we don't know where he is...

or what direction they're traveling in.

This was a mistake. Did the gas station have a surveillance camera?

Yes, he's driving a black Lexus LS 430.

Are we hooked into satellite? Yes, we're monitoring them now.

If this guy's still on the road, we'll find him.

Who do we have in the area to run point?

Curtis just left Division. He's headed over here right now.

Divert him to Western. Have field ops meet him there.

All right.

This is Audrey. Hey, it's me.

Hey, are you on your way back here?

Yeah. How much of the weaponry has been accounted for so far?

Seventy-two percent. We're having problems getting confirmations from the Midwest.

Why? There are several convoys...

shipping weapons to be dismantled...

in accordance with the arms reduction treaty.

A lot of them were rerouted after the train bombing this morning.

Just use local channels. All weapons transports...

have to check in with regional substations.

- Just call them directly. - All right. I'll do that.

- How're you holdin' up? - I'm okay.

What have the doctors told you about Paul?

They're having a hard time keeping him stable.

Just hang in there. He'll fight through it.

Yeah.

Tell Michelle I'll be there in 20 minutes.

All right. Will do. Bye.

- Yes. - Marwan, it's me.

- Is everything all right? - No. No, it's not.

I-- I made a stupid mistake.

They're gonna find me.

What happened? I stopped to get gas.

While I was driving away I realized I used the wrong credit card.

The one with the name "Eric Murphy."

- The one you gave me. - I told you to get rid of that one.

I was in a hurry, Habib. I had to make arrangements for delivery of the warhead.

When that transaction gets flagged, they'll be searching the highways.

I know. That's why I'm not on the highway.

- Where are you? - Inglewood.

I'm on my way to Prado's now.

You're closer to the marina. Go straight there. I'll have him meet you.

Prado will help you get out of the country.

Thank you, Habib. Thank you.

Mr. President, it may be precipitous moving to the bunker now.

Working from the Oval Office might exhibit a greater sense...

of confidence in our abilities to handle this crisis.

The purpose of the bunker is to protect the president...

in times of crises, is it not?

Yes, sir. Well,

I feel it is always wiser to take the prudent course.

Will I be able to function at a hundred percent down here, Mike?

Absolutely, Mr. President.

What kind of protection does this bunker afford?

Total.

You're 200 feet below the surface.

If the White House suffers a direct hit, everyone in the bunker would be safe,

as would the communication infrastructure to the rest of the country.

Let's hope that's not needed.

Yes? Mr. Buchanan is on the line, sir.

Mr. President, Bill Buchanan from C.T.U. is on the line.

Hello, Bill. What do you have for me?

Mr. President, I'm here with Michelle Dessler,

director of C.T.U., Los Angeles, and Tony Almeida, heading up Tactical.

Good. Let's get started.

Have all of our armaments referenced in the red chapter been secured?

Not completely, Mr. President, but we're working with D.O.D. on that.

What else do we know?

The man who choreographed today's events, Habib Marwan,

is still at large.

Most likely, he is in possession of the red chapter.

What are we doing to find him? We just picked up a thread, sir.

We have a location where one of Marwan's associates...

was detected 20 minutes ago.

That sounds promising.

- What else? - We're sifting through all our intel now.

We're hoping to put together a pursuit scenario soon.

You're confident you'll be able to catch this terrorist--

this Habib Marwan-- before he strikes again?

It's not an exact science, sir. All we can do is maximize the probability for success.

There are no guarantees. Of course! I understand that.

We need to get control of the situation.

I can't run the government from down here indefinitely,

but I'm not going upstairs until it's safe.

Sir, I think their time is better spent working up what they have.

I recommend we let them get back to it.

Okay. Bill, call us when you have something more concrete.

Yes, sir. I will.

All right. Let's get back to it.

Wait a second. Does anybody else feel uneasy about what we just heard here?

In what way?

Logan's supposed to be the man who speaks to the people of this country...

and exudes confidence, not fear.

Air Force One was just attacked. President Keeler is in critical condition.

Logan was just sworn in. Give him time.