The West Wing Season 5 Episode 12 Slow News Day 2003
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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: 2004-02-04
- Runtime: 45 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Joshua Malina
- Director: Thomas Schlamme, Patrick Ward, Kristin Harms, Llewellyn Wells, Alexa Junge
