they manage to sneak into the white house with the help of the white house executive chef rita (esther rolle) and make it to the executive residence only to discover that haney is giving a press conference outside. tanner traps douglas and kramer in a guest room but they utilize a secret tunnel to escape while the nsa gives chase. tanner catches up with them and is about to shoot them when he himself is killed by secret service sniper lieutenant ralph fleming (jeff yagher), who has recognized the presidents from a chance encounter at a gay pride parade during their adventure, and disobeys orders to shoot them.