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Can I assume there is no change in the status of President Hassan?

I'm afraid not. Then he is still being held by terrorists.

If Hassan dies, there is no agreement.

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were hoping for that to happen.

Jack thinks that someone inside of C.T.U. is working for the terrorists.

Jack recovered Tarin's cell phone from the crash.

If someone did call and tip him off, we can get the number off the memory.

It's Dana's phone.

I spoke to Hastings. He cleared me through, Jim.

Stay where you are and keep your hands where I can...

She just entered the parking garage.

The only reason you've got any leverage right

now is because President Hassan is alive,

so stop screwing with me!

They are gonna force him to make a statement...

and then they're going to kill him.

Just read the statement, Omar.

You will renounce the peace agreement. I will never do that.

- He's stronger than we thought. - Prepare the Internet feed.

I will tell the world of his crimes.

This man is not our president! He's an arrogant...

Jack, looks like Samir's wrapping it up.

You need to get in there right now!

I have a visual on Hassan. Ready to engage.

I'm sorry.

[Woman On Speaker] Madam President?

Yes? I have Jack Bauer on the line for you.

Put him through. Go ahead, ma'am.

Jack.

Madam President, I don't know what to say...

except that I'm sorry.

I trust there was nothing you and your team could have done differently.

No, ma'am.

President Hassan was dead before we even got there.

Then you don't owe me an apology.

I failed you, ma'am.

It was Hassan's choice to surrender himself in order to save American lives.

It was out of your hands.

Don't put this responsibility on yourself.

Madam President, you need to keep this peace agreement alive.

There can't be any agreement when the I.R.K. is without a leader, Jack.

The hard-liners there will take advantage of the vacuum...

and-and reverse all the progress we made with Hassan.

I'm gonna have to address the delegates in a few minutes...

and announce the dissolution of the peace summit...

and... and formally release them.

Ma'am, if you give up, it means they win.

I don't see another choice, Jack.

I... I wish to God I did.

Good-bye, Jack.

What's his condition?

He took a round to the shoulder, another through the abdomen, but it exited clean.

B.P. looks steady. Look, we need this guy for questioning.

Is he gonna make it or not?

Doesn't look like any vitals were hit. He'll live. All right.

We'll transport him back to C.T.U. Medical will take him from there.

Jack.

President Taylor's gonna formally announce the end of the peace conference.

Jack, you did everything you could.

It wasn't enough.

We should get back to C.T.U.

Why? The fuel rods have been recovered.

The peace conference is over.

Everybody who was responsible is either dead or in custody.

Five, 10 minutes. Cole.

What's the status on Samir? He's still

unconscious, but the E.M.T.'s say he'll make it.

Okay, good. I want you to stay with him.

I'm handing over complete authority and responsibility for his transport to you.

Are you heading back to C.T.U.? No.

We're going home. We're done.

Hastings is still probably gonna want to debrief both of you.

I'm sure he will. He knows how to find me.

I'm sorry it ended up like this, Jack. Me too.

You're a good agent, Cole. I wouldn't be standing here without you. Thank you.

I hope everything works out. I'll hand my kit up downstairs.

Madam President.

The delegates are assembled in the lounge, as you requested.

Let's get this over with.

...discontinue the peace summit...

that was to be a cornerstone of her administration.

President Hassan apparently had been kidnapped earlier and then taken...

Jamot. To this tenement building on Holland Avenue in the Bronx.

On behalf of my country,

you have our deepest sympathy for this terrible tragedy.

Though on a personal level, I imagine you have mixed feelings right now.

Beg your pardon?

Hassan had you arrested without cause during his purge of suspected enemies,

allowed you to be brutally interrogated.

I would think you have little love for the man.

President Hassan was under tremendous stress, and he lost his way,

but I never stopped believing in what he stood for.

Of course. I meant no offense.

I'm sure you didn't. Excuse me.

President Taylor.

Minister Jamot.

If you can spare a few moments, I need to speak with you.

I will be happy to sit down with you after I have addressed the other delegations.

I know you're intending to announce the end of the peace summit,

but there may be a way to prevent that from happening.

Before you do anything, I need you to hear what I have to say.

- All right. - Ma'am, what about the delegates?

Just... Just give me a moment.

Let's go in here. Please.

...not learned the identity of the terrorists in the video...

holding President Hassan hostage, federal agents knew...

that the broadcast was coming from the building. Yes.

Samir's men are all dead, thanks to the Americans.

Samir was the only one left, but I took care of him.

So, there is no connection to us? We're in the clear?

Maybe not.

There was a woman there who might have recognized me.

- What woman? - She may be C.T.U. I'm not sure.

But I've seen her face before.

Where? Six years ago,

when we were using that mobster, Vladimir Laitanan,

to smuggle military weapons out of the country,

she was with him.

- Are you sure it was her? - I don't forget faces.

- Where is she now? - In a taxicab just ahead of me...

with Jack Bauer.

Bauer? Are they going to C.T.U.?

I don't think so, no.

Then it seems unlikely she recognized you.

Better not to take the chance.

I'll take out Bauer, too, while I'm at it.

The Americans believe the I.R.K. were solely behind the recent attacks.

Killing Bauer and this woman would only alert

them to the fact that others were involved.

How long before they discover it was us?

It will take even less time if this woman remembers me.

What are my orders?

Continue to follow them, keep them in sight,

and I'll get back to you.

I don't have the words to tell you and Kayla how sorry I am.

I know you did everything in your power.

Jamot, I wasn't aware that you were here.

I only arrived a short time ago.

I want you to know that, in our last few hours together,

Omar expressed his regrets to me,

not the least of which was his treatment of you.

I appreciate that.

Mrs. Hassan, I realize our timing's intrusive,

but there's something we need to discuss privately.

Did you find him, President Taylor?

The man who killed my father?

Samir Mehran. Yes.

He was badly wounded, but he'll live to stand trial.

And believe me, he will pay dearly for what he's done.

Kayla, darling, I need to speak with President Taylor alone.

Give us a few minutes.

What is it that you wish to talk to me about?

Mrs. Hassan, as you know, for almost a year,

your husband and I worked to make this peace agreement a reality.

Now, in that time, I saw the kind of leader he was.

He managed, against difficult odds,

to bring a fractious and contentious parliament together.

But now that he's gone, your country is going to be thrown into turmoil.

I'm aware of the challenges that we are facing.

Why are you telling me this?

Clearly, someone needs to take the reins of the I.R.K. government.

Someone who believes in the same ideals and principles as Omar Hassan...

and who shares his strength.

Minister Jamot believes that that person should be you.

What?

I'm not the only one who believes it.

I've spoken to our delegation...

as well as with the other members of our cabinet back home.

You represent our best, our only real chance...

to preserve our government and your husband's agenda.

You are out of your mind!

I am no politician.

But you are a martyr's wife,

and history has proven that to be something far more powerful.

You have always been popular with the people.

The vast majority of them want peace.

They will rally around you.

The Council of Guardian will have no choice...

but to recognize you as successor to the presidency.

But I have a choice.

You assume too much of me, Jamot.

I realize that this is a lot to consider,

especially now while you're grieving.

But without a unifying figure to hold your country together,

everything your husband worked for will be for nothing.

President Taylor, my marriage to Omar was far from perfect.

We had many problems for a very long time.

I know only too well how difficult it is for a marriage...

to survive a life in politics.

But through it all, I never stopped loving him...

or sharing his desire for better relations with the West.

If it is the will of my people...

and of my government,

I will take my husband's place at the peace conference.

It will be my honor to stand with you.

We'll make the announcement together from the United Nations.

Mrs. Hassan, thank you.

She's going to do it. Oh, that's incredible news, Madam President.

I want every delegate contacted personally.

Tell them to cancel any plans to leave the country.