joined in with his entry the political drama "house of cards." he plays a house majority whip who has been passed up for secretary of state. a slight to tease up the conflict to come. he didn't like being treated like this. let's watch. >> is the president-elect running late? >> no, he couldn't make it. i'll brief him though. >> okay. this is the memo i've drafted on our middle east drafted on our middle east policy we've been drafting. i'd lucky to borrow from reagan. i'm going to coin the phrase trickle down -- >> i'm going to stop you there. we're not nominating you secretary of state. i know he made you a promise, but circumstances have changed. >> the nature of promises, linda, is that they remain immune to changing circumstances. >> i love that face. joining me the executive producer of "house of cards", kevin spacey. i was thinking of john kerry because i thought john kerry was going to be secretary of state and then susan rice. >> right. >> i couldn't tell if there had been some internation from the