24 (TV Series)

Day 8: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m. (2010)

Cherry Jones: President Allison Taylor

Quotes 

• President Omar Hassan : I was told you have my brother, what happened?

  President Allison Taylor : He called CTU and surrendered himself

  President Omar Hassan : I don't understand

  President Allison Taylor : The men that Farhad was working with turned against him and they have taken the nuclear rods: he believes they intend to construct a dirty bomb to attack this city. Now "apparently", these men are members of your covert operations here in the United States

  President Omar Hassan : [Surprised]  I find that hard to believe

  President Allison Taylor : Your brother has no reason to lie. By turning himself in, he's facing the death penalty. We have to "assume" his telling the truth, I need for you to give us intelligence files for every asset you have in this country, so Farhad can identify these terrorists

  President Allison Taylor : [after he doesn't respond]  I have given you a great deal of latitude to sort out your domestic "situation" and now there's a threat to my homeland and I need your cooperation

  President Omar Hassan : I suggest you turn Farhad over to me and let my people question him, we'll get the answers you need

  President Allison Taylor : There's no time for that: there's a CTU team moving on Farhad as we speak, they need to question on site. I need those files

  President Omar Hassan : What you're asking is a serious breach of our security

  President Allison Taylor : I understand that but you need to understand that if this radiological attack takes place, I will be forced to retaliate

  President Omar Hassan : You would attack my country?

  President Allison Taylor : I will have no choice. I need those files and I need them now

  President Omar Hassan : [after thinking it over]  I'll call my head of security, you'll get those files in a few minutes

• President Allison Taylor : [Over the speakerphone]  I'm here with Rob Weiss, I was told you have urgent news?

  Brian Hastings : Yes ma'am, we've received a call from Farhad Hassan

  President Allison Taylor : Farhad?

  Brian Hastings : Yes, as we suspected, he was trying to smuggle the nuclear rods of the country: the people his working with turned against him

  President Allison Taylor : What do we know?

  Brian Hastings : Well, Farhad believes they want to use the rods to construct a dirty bomb and set it off somewhere in New York City

  President Allison Taylor : Why would they do this?

  Brian Hastings : Between Hassan's crackdowns and CTU, we've backed them into a corner: this is their "response"

  Rob Weiss : Do you believe him?

  Brian Hastings : Yes I do. Farhad's turning himself in, his agreed to help us prevent this attack

  Rob Weiss : Where is Farhad now?

  Brian Hastings : His in a warehouse just outside the city in Forest Hills, I've enlisted Jack Bauer to lock him down. Now madam President, the men who turned against Farhad are covert assets for the IRK, if we can get access to the IRK intelligence files, Farhad may be able to help ID these men: it'll put us that much closer in tracking him down

  Rob Weiss : Those files are the lifeblood of Hassan's intelligence operations, he'll never hand them over, especially in his current frame of mind. Hell, the man's gone off the "deep end"

  President Allison Taylor : Maybe this will pull him out of it. Tell Hassan we've found his brother and I need to speak to him immediately: contact Tim Woods at Homeland, have him put together a briefing, I need to know exactly what we're facing, God forbid this attack happens

• President Allison Taylor : [Through teleconference]  good evening gentlemen

  Tim Woods : Madam President, Brian Hastings over at CTU has brought us up to speed and we're ready to review some "specifics" with you

  President Allison Taylor : Good, I'm listening

  Tim Woods : If you would refer to your monitor: it's a diagram of Midtown Manhattan. According to CTU, the stolen nuclear rods have a maximum explosive yield of three hundred pounds: that's enough radiological material to contaminate approximately one square mile. If the device were detonated in a more density populated area of Manhattan, we could be looking at casualties in the tens of thousands. Doctor Landry?

  Ben Landry : Most of the deaths would be from severe radiation poisoning: the remainder of the victims would "expire" from radiation induced illness, primarily leukemia and other cancers

  Admiral John Smith : We also have to consider the infected area would be rendered uninhabitable for approximately forty years

  Rob Weiss : [Sitting next to Taylor]  obviously a citywide evacuation is out of the question?

  Tim Woods : That's right, there are millions of people on this island with a few points of egress: it would take days to get them out, not to mention that going public with this information would cause mass panic

  President Allison Taylor : [Nods]  I agree we need to keep this threat from the public for now, focus on our efforts this attack never happens

  Tim Woods : CTU still believes the nuclear rods are outside the city, so their fortifying radiation detection efforts at the bridges and tunnels. We are also "hardening" high value targets, such as the financial district, landmarks, and subways

  Rob Weiss : We can't ignore the the UN may also be a target. Given the danger I think we should evacuate the entire building, we can resume the conference from a safe location

  President Allison Taylor : [after thinking it over, concluding the briefing]  alright, inform the delegates of the situation, thank you gentlemen

• Tim Woods : A delegation is preparing to head to Fort McGuire Air Force Base: we'll setting up a temporary OP center there where we'll be able to monitor the situation

  President Allison Taylor : And the other delegates?

  Tim Woods : UN security will coordinate the evacuation: everything should go "smoothly"

  Tim Woods : [after her seeing her distracted]  can I get you anything Madam President?

  President Allison Taylor : No, thank you. You've done more than enough, I'm just sorry your first few months on the job have been so "challenging"

  Tim Woods : I wouldn't have it any other way

• President Omar Hassan : I spoke to my aids: they told me my brother's... dead

  President Allison Taylor : I'm afraid so

  President Omar Hassan : When CTU is finished with their operation, I would like Farhad's remains returned to my country: personally, I don't care where his body rots, but my mother would want a proper burial

  President Allison Taylor : I'll see that it's done but right now Mr. President, we need to evacuate the UN

  President Omar Hassan : I am not leaving now, I'm staying here

  President Allison Taylor : I don't understand

  President Omar Hassan : My daughter Kayla is missing

  President Allison Taylor : Missing?

  President Omar Hassan : Kayla is romantically involved with my former head of security: she's run off with him

  President Allison Taylor : Tell me what we can do to help

  President Omar Hassan : I appreciate that but my security teams are searching for her now

  President Allison Taylor : I understand how worried you must be but there is nothing you can do to help her by staying here: please come where you'll be safe

  President Omar Hassan : I can't madam President, she's somewhere in the city and has no idea a nuclear threat exists. I won't go anywhere until she's been found

  President Allison Taylor : [while shaking hands]  alright, I understand. I will talk to you very soon

  President Omar Hassan : Thank you