The following takes place between midnight and 1am. Events occur in real time.
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12:00
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After agreeing to turn himself over to the terrorists president Bartlett walked back to the meeting room and asked to speak to his entire cainet within five minutes. Secretary Vinnick was still meeting with Deby and Bashir, others would also have to do this through this through closed-circuit television. Meanwhile Jack Bauer officially meets Abdul Shariff and his two bodyguards. He introduces himself as Frank Flynn. Audrey has taken off, she figures she should be back at the White House to help control potential blowback.
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Jack: Nice to meet you. My name is Frank Flynn. I'll be happy to take you and your friends anywhere you want to go, in exchange for $50,000.
Shariff: It will be wired into your account before the flight is over. Mr Jenkins said he had a family emergency. Do you know the nature of this emergency?
Jack: He just asked me to fill in, he didn't give me any other details, figured it was none of my business.
Shariff: Very well. We should leave, time is an issue.
Jack: Yes sir, let's get a move on.
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As the did this president Bartlett speaks to his cabinet.
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Bartlett: As you know, the terrorists who have my daughter ordered me to turn myself over to them. I just agreed to do this within the hour. I realie I cannot let them hold a sitting president hostage. Therefore, I am invoking the 25th amendment to our constitution. This says that if the vice-president, and the majority of the cabinet, feel that the president is unable to fulfill the duties of the office, he is temporarily removed from office, and the vice-president becomes acting president. I do not need a unanimous vote on this, but I want one. We need to show the world that we still have a functioning government. Let's begin.
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Hellar seemed hesitant to become president like this. But, whether he even allowed Bartlett to leave the White House after this, he seemed in no condition to make important decisions right now. Hellar invoked the 25th amendment, and the cabinet unanimously voted to make James Hellar acting president. Meanwhile Jack Bauer took off from the airport, with his three terrorist passengers. He assumed that if Shariff was taking the time to bring these two bodyguards back to Qumar, they knew of their employers' terrorist actions. Shariff would plan further terrorist attacks, unless Jack Bauer ended his life tonight.
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12:12