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Sharon is a very funny woman,
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but she has less faith in
American individualism than I do.
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Hang on, I have plenty of...
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When did I ever express
any lack of faith?
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I didn't say and never said that
Barack Obama was a socialist.
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- Seriously?
- What I said and I have always said...
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Lewis, you are begging me
to run a sound package
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Monday morning that
shows you hundreds of times
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calling the president
a socialist.
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I'll read your columns
on the air.
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The policies are... look up the definition,
my friend... they're socialist.
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By your definition,
so were Ronald Reagan's.
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What do you think taxes are?
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That was the last
great president.
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American individualism
can't build roads.
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- An individual...
- Go on, get it all out.
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Thank you, since the question
was addressed to me.
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An individual can't build a school
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or assemble an army...
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No one's talking
about disbanding the army.
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So we can agree that
the government is good for that?
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- Yes. Fine.
- Yes.
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A fire department: Good idea or bad idea?
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You are getting
so worked up, Sharon.
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I'm afraid you're gonna start
shooting light out of your ass.
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Good idea or bad idea
on the fire department?
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Or should it be
a private fire department
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that only comes
to your burning house
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if you paid your
monthly fire bill?
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I am more than happy
to pay for a fire department.
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I am not happy to pay
for a painting
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that I don't wanna look at,
poetry I don't wanna read.
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You can't skip
right to the NEA!
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And you cannot
skip right to the army.
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00004%
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of the federal budget
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and is code for New York,
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Jewish, perverted, and gay.
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- Will.
- Yes, sir.
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Anything to add?
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I think we'd need a more
precise definition of "perverted."
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- You, sir.
- My name's Steven.
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I'm a junior and my question
is for Will McAvoy.
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Do you consider yourself a Democrat,
a Republican, or Independent?
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I consider myself
a New York Jets fan, Steven.
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Since it's been brought up,
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you've almost religiously
avoided stating
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or even implying
a political allegiance.
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Is that because
as a news anchor
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you feel the integrity of your broadcast
would be compromised?
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That sounds like a good answer.
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I'll take it.
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There was a short piece
on Vanity Fair's website
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by Marshall Westbrook...
you probably saw it...
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where he calls you
the "Jay Leno of news anchors."
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- You're popular because you don't bother anyone.
- Yeah.
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How do you feel about that?
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Jealous of the size of Jay's audience.
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Are you willing
to say here tonight
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whether you lean right or left?
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I've voted for candidates
run by both major parties.
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Let's move on
to the next question.
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- Go ahead.
- Hi. My name is Jenny.
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I'm a sophomore,
and this is for all three of you.
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Can you say in one sentence or less...
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Um, you know what I mean.
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Can you say why America is
the greatest country in the world?
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Diversity and opportunity.
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Lewis.
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Freedom and freedom.
So let's keep it that way.
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Will.
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The New York Jets.
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No, I'm gonna hold you
to an answer on that.
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What makes America
the greatest country in the world?
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Well, Lewis
and Sharon said it...
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diversity and opportunity
and freedom and freedom.
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I'm not letting you
go back to the airport
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without answering the question.
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Well, our Constitution
is a masterpiece.
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James Madison was a genius.
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The Declaration
of Independence is, for me,
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the single greatest piece
of American writing.
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You don't look satisfied.
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One's a set of laws and
the other's a declaration of war.
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I want a human moment from you.
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What about the people?
Why is America...
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It's not the greatest country
in the world, Professor.
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That's my answer.
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- You're saying...
- Yes.
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- Let's talk about...
- Fine. Sharon, the NEA is a loser.
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Yeah, it accounts for a penny
out of our paycheck,
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but he gets to hit you
with it any time he wants.
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It doesn't cost money,
it costs votes.
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It costs airtime
and column inches.
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You know why people
don't like liberals?
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Because they lose.
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If liberals
are so fuckin' smart,
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how come they lose
so goddamn always?
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- Hey...
- And with a straight face you're gonna tell students
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that America is
so star-spangled awesome
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that we're the only ones
in the world who have freedom?
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Canada has freedom.
Japan has freedom.
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The U.K., France, Italy,
Germany, Spain, Australia.
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Belgium has freedom!
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207 sovereign states in the world,
like 180 of them have freedom.
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- All right...
- And, yeah, you, sorority girl.
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Just in case you accidentally wander
into a voting booth one day,
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there are some things
you should know,
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and one of them is there is
absolutely no evidence
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to support the statement that we're
the greatest country in the world.
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We're seventh in literacy,
27th in math,
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22nd in science,
49th in life expectancy,
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178th in infant mortality,
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third in median
household income,
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number four in labor force,
and number four in exports.
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We lead the world
in only three categories:
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Number of incarcerated
citizens per capita,
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number of adults who believe
angels are real,
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and defense spending
where we spend
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more than the next
26 countries combined,
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25 of whom are allies.
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Now, none of this is the fault of
a 20-year-old college student,
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but you nonetheless
are without a doubt
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a member of the worst period
generation period ever period.
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So when you ask what makes us
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the greatest country
in the world,
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I don't know what the fuck
you're talking about.
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Yosemite?
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We sure used to be.
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We stood up for what was right.
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We fought for moral reasons.
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We passed laws,
struck down laws for moral reasons.
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We waged wars on poverty,
not poor people.
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We sacrificed.
We cared about our neighbors.
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We put our money
where our mouths were
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and we never beat our chest.
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We built great big things,
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made ungodly
technological advances,
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explored the universe,
cured diseases,
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and we cultivated
the world's greatest artists
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and the world's
greatest economy.
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We reached for the stars,
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acted like men.
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We aspired to intelligence.
We didn't belittle it.
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It didn't make us
feel inferior.
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We didn't identify ourselves
by who we voted for in the last election
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and we didn't...
we didn't scare so easy.
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Huh.
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Ahem, we were able to be
all these things
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and do all these things
because we were informed.
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By great men,
men who were revered.
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The first step
in solving any problem
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is recognizing there is one.
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America is not the greatest
country in the world anymore.
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Enough?
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- What the fuck was that?
- Are you out of your mind? That was a kid.
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I'm sorry!
I'm taking medicine for vertigo
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and I think it works
because I've got it.
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You're in trouble, man.
You can't talk to me like that.
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- Do you need a doctor?
- Jesus Christ.
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Listen, listen!
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What did I say out there?
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Sync, corrected by icephoenix
www.addic7ed.com
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I'm excited to meet them,
too, but...
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I'm excited to meet them,
too, but not tonight.
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- It's just too soon.
- When did you decide that?
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I really can't
pinpoint the time.
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I have to get back
into my meeting.
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It's not a meeting,
it's a party.
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- There's pizza.
- We've been dating for four months
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and I think that's too soon
to meet her parents.
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That's like level three stuff.
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We're at level two.
Can I get a ruling?
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When your conversation
started in front of my desk,
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I was concerned
that I'd been caught
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in the middle
of something personal,
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but I can see now that
I was worried for nothing.
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I think it's too soon
to meet your parents.
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I'm not comfortable with it.
Can you respect that?
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I've been telling them
about you for months.
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- What am I supposed to say?
- That I had to work late.
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- Why?
- Why does anybody ever have to work late?
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They don't.
They're usually lying.
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That's true, but I know
that you can sell it.
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Now why would you make
a dumb decision when I'm offering...
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Loyalty... I'm making
a dumb decision out of loyalty.
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You're making a smart one
out of ambition.
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Yeah.
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He can't remember your name,
Maggie, and I'm the asshole.
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I was an intern and he
promoted me to his assistant.
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He didn't promote you, honey.
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He thought you were
his assistant.
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You have to go back
to your pizza meeting,
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but could you do me a favor
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and not talk about us
in front of...
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Everybody here knows.
Nobody here cares.
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They will once we start fighting
in the middle of the newsroom
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and one of us
is gonna get fired.
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Do you think it's gonna be the
hotshot EP out of Columbia J-school
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or you think it's gonna
be the intern
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who got accidentally
promoted to assistant?
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You're making a mistake.
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I'm used to them by now.
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- Loyalty?
- Yep.
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He just walked into his office
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without noticing
that his staff isn't here.
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Text me when you're done
with your parents tonight.
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Where's...
where is everybody?
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Welcome back, man.
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Thanks.
Where is everybody?
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You gotta go up to see Charlie.
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Okay.
Where is everybody?
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I have strict orders
from Charlie
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not to say anything until
he's talked to you first.
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I've got a meeting.
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What's going on?
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Okay.
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- Ooh!
- Couldn't say the answer from over there?
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- Welcome back.
- Thank you.
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- Charlie Skinner needs to see you in his office.
- Now?
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- He said as soon as you come in.
- What's... You're Ellen?
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- Maggie... Margaret.
- What's going on?
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We know as little as you do.
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- Really?
- Almost as little as you do.
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What's the part that
you know that I don't?
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- You should talk to Charlie Skinner.
- Where's Karen?
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- There's no one who works here named Karen.
- My assistant.
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- I'm your assistant.
- You're Ellen.
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- Margaret.
- Okay.
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Uh, I'll let his secretary know
you're on your way.
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- Her name is Karen.
- No one's named Karen. No one.
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- All right.
- I'll call up for you.
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Angela, hi.
It's Maggie from downstairs.
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- You can go on in. He's waiting for you.
- Thank you.
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You own this now, my friend.
You have bought it.
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You have paid for it
and you have the receipt.
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I wanna be crystal clear:
This is yours.
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You're wearing it.
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- Henry wants me to make sure you know that.
- Wait.
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Mr. Will McAvoy has just
stepped into my office,
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so I need to walk him
through this.
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- Shit, how much does he know?
- You're on speaker.
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I don't know anything.
Who is this?
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Heh-hey, Will!
How was the vaca...
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Welcome back.
You look great.
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I don't know what
just happened there.
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Two weeks in St. Lucia was
just what the doctor ordered, literally.
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- You've got pictures?
- No.
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Don't worry about it.
TMZ does.
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- You were down there with Erin Andrews.
- There's a picture?
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No, that was a trap,
but I knew you were seeing her.
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- All right, seriously, what the hell's going on?
- Something exciting.
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Hardly anybody who works for me
is where they usually are.
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- I was in a bar in Da Nang.
- Just now?
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1969.
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I was embedded with
the 144th Artillery for UPI,
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and I was sitting there
with a warm Coke,
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watching a beautiful
Vietnamese woman
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doing an exotic dance
right in the middle of everybody.
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A beautiful, beautiful woman.
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And I thought to myself,
"I will never know
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what it is to be
with a woman like that."
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And at that exact moment,
the woman spun twice,
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teetered over,
and fell right into my lap.
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That was a story
about how sometimes
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things fall
right into your lap.
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Where's my staff?
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The answer to that question
has several parts.
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First, we're gonna try
Elliot out at 10:00.
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He's starting in two weeks.
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Good. Thank you.
With the right EP, he'll do great at 10:00.
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I think so, too,
and I know how much
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he appreciates your
lobbying hard for him.
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He really looks up to you.
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What's this got to do
with my staff?
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- He's taking your staff.
- What are you talking about?
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Well, strictly speaking,
he's taking your EP
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and your EP's
taking your staff.
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- Wait, Don's going with Elliot?
- Listen...
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- Where is he?
- There's no need...
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- Where is he?
- They're both... Don got everyone pizza.
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They're in one
of the conference rooms.
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Will!
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I gave him his first job on the air,
his first job on a panel,
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his first job
as a substitute anchor.
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I make it known to anyone who matters
I'd like to see him at 10:00.
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- He poaches Don.
- Elliot didn't poach him. Don asked to go.
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- He asked to go? He asked to go?
- Yeah. Yeah.
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- Because of what happened?
- Absolutely not. That's over.
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It's not over.
The story won't end.
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Did anybody hear
the second half of what I said?
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- I made a rousing call...
- It's not why Don's leaving.
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- Why is he leaving?
- Oh!
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Yeah, I get that
there are moments,
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small moments,
infrequent moments,
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where I'm not the easiest
guy to work with,
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- but who the hell is?
- I am.
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Well, it helps that you're drunk
most of the time.
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It certainly does.
Do me a favor...
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This is more than unprofessional,
it's uncivilized.
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But more than that,
it's unprofessional.
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- Just do me a favor, okay?
- Sure.
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- Try not to make a scene...
- Hey, dickless!
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Not you.
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You're in a minute.
You.
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- Hey, Will.
- Congratulations on the show. You're gonna do great.
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I'd have called you,
but I didn't know where you were staying.
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I kept getting
an out-of-the-office reply...
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You're taking
my executive producer?
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- Before you go any further, I strongly objected.
- Did you?
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- For all the reasons...
- I think this conversation's about me.
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Catlike instincts.
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- I tried to get in touch with you, but Charlie said...
- You asked to leave?
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- I did, but we have two weeks before...
- Because of what happened?
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- No.
- Because the second half was a rousing call to...
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- It has nothing to do with what happened.
- The timing is curious.
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Didn't you tell him it doesn't have
anything to do with what happened?
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00:16:15,584 --> 00:16:18,185
Yes, and talk to him
when you're talking to him.
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00:16:18,220 --> 00:16:20,722
After all the time we spent
working side by side?
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I've been your EP for 13 weeks.
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That's the longest I've ever
worked with anybody!
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I mean, you were the one.
You were my guy.
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We were like
the Everly Brothers.
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You'll interview
some good candidates.
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Don, please,
I'll replace you in 15 minutes.
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00:16:32,933 --> 00:16:34,434
You know, it wasn't
the anti-American thing, Will,
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or even that you aimed a profanity-laced
tirade at a college sophomore...
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00:16:37,905 --> 00:16:41,073
She's talking about suing the university
for mental anguish.
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- Talking about it to who?
- Mostly Kathie Lee and Hoda.
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- Guess who her lawyer is.
- If you say Gloria Allred...
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00:16:45,812 --> 00:16:48,814
- It's your personality.
- What?
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00:16:48,849 --> 00:16:50,883
The reason I'm leaving
and the reason the others are.
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00:16:50,917 --> 00:16:52,385
I'm affable!
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To strangers, to people
who watch you on TV.
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00:16:54,721 --> 00:16:56,521
You yelled at me
in front of the crew.
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- That's what this is about.
- Yes, that's what this is about.
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00:16:59,358 --> 00:17:01,292
Yeah, you know, I thought
you were talking into my ear.
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00:17:01,326 --> 00:17:02,660
That's what I'm supposed to do.
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00:17:02,695 --> 00:17:04,628
I had Stanley McChrystal
on satellite from Kandahar.
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00:17:04,662 --> 00:17:06,430
He's being shot at
by the fucking Taliban
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00:17:06,464 --> 00:17:08,065
and you were yakking in my ear.
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00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:09,967
I wasn't yakking. I was telling you
not to let him off the hook.
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00:17:10,002 --> 00:17:12,436
Was that something that really
needed to be said four times?
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00:17:12,470 --> 00:17:14,071
Yeah, because you
let him off the hook,
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as was pointed out by everyone
with Internet access.
348
00:17:16,308 --> 00:17:18,509
You blew that interview
and you took it out on me.
349
00:17:18,543 --> 00:17:20,143
It was two days after the thing
with the student.
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00:17:20,177 --> 00:17:22,612
I thought it would be a good idea to
show deference to a three-star...
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00:17:22,646 --> 00:17:25,282
You took it out on me,
you did it in front of the staff,
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00:17:25,316 --> 00:17:27,951
then you took it out on the staff
the way you're doing right now.
353
00:17:27,985 --> 00:17:29,552
The staff isn't here!
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00:17:29,586 --> 00:17:31,354
You're taking
the department heads.
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00:17:31,389 --> 00:17:32,923
Who the hell knows
who they're taking?
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00:17:32,957 --> 00:17:34,190
Maggie's standing right there.
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00:17:34,225 --> 00:17:36,525
Her name happens to be Ellen!
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00:17:38,461 --> 00:17:39,861
It's Margaret.
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00:17:39,896 --> 00:17:41,931
And simply put,
you are a smart,
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00:17:41,965 --> 00:17:44,133
talented guy
who isn't very nice
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00:17:44,167 --> 00:17:46,001
and the countdown to your retirement
from relevance...
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00:17:46,036 --> 00:17:47,336
- All right.
- ..Started the moment
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00:17:47,370 --> 00:17:48,971
you called conservatives idiots
and liberals losers.
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00:17:49,005 --> 00:17:51,205
- That's enough.
- A bad reaction to vertigo medicine?
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00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,007
- Don.
- Did you just send that gift-wrapped
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00:17:53,042 --> 00:17:54,142
to every comedian in the world?
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00:17:54,176 --> 00:17:55,643
I didn't have a lot
of time to think.
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00:17:55,677 --> 00:17:57,711
- Do you think maybe if you'd let me prep you...
- Don.
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00:17:57,746 --> 00:17:59,680
- You had a brand!
- I'm a Marine, Don!
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00:17:59,714 --> 00:18:01,182
I will beat the shit
out of you!
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00:18:01,216 --> 00:18:03,318
I don't care how many
protein bars you eat.
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00:18:03,352 --> 00:18:06,720
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
All right.
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00:18:08,656 --> 00:18:12,759
All right, look,
I'm sorry I said all that.
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00:18:12,793 --> 00:18:15,095
No, it's easier to say
than the truth.
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00:18:15,129 --> 00:18:17,630
- What?
- You're jumping a sinking ship.
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00:18:17,665 --> 00:18:20,633
You've always been
the smartest guy around here.
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00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:27,239
I appreciate you promoting me up
as fast as you did.
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00:18:27,274 --> 00:18:28,907
And I will work
with whoever you hire
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00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,978
to make it a smooth transition
over the next two weeks.
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00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:37,183
- Is that the afternoon brief?
- Yeah.
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00:18:42,855 --> 00:18:44,755
I'm...
I'm sorry about all this.
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00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:47,092
No, no, no.
Good luck with the show, man.
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00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:48,994
I'm here for whatever you need.
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00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:54,499
You did let McChrystal
off the hook
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because you were gun-shy
after Northwestern.
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00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:58,268
- He was right about that.
- I didn't let him off the hook.
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00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:00,904
He's a general.
He's a professional strategist, Charlie.
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00:19:00,938 --> 00:19:02,339
He's schooled
in evasive tactics.
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00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:04,074
Against armies,
not journalists.
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00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:05,842
Chief Brody, Hooper,
and Captain Quint
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00:19:05,877 --> 00:19:09,113
- didn't let Jaws off the hook is what I'm saying.
- All right.
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00:19:09,147 --> 00:19:11,580
- I didn't know.
- What?
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00:19:11,615 --> 00:19:13,782
I didn't know that people
didn't like working for me.
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00:19:13,817 --> 00:19:15,784
- Do you care?
- No.
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00:19:15,819 --> 00:19:18,421
Of course I care.
Anybody would care.
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00:19:18,455 --> 00:19:20,556
But honestly, I don't.
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00:19:20,590 --> 00:19:22,558
I do.
I am a perfectly nice guy
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00:19:22,592 --> 00:19:24,360
and I have the focus group
data to prove it,
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00:19:24,395 --> 00:19:25,628
so maybe the problem
lies not with me...
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00:19:25,662 --> 00:19:29,631
- I hired a new EP for you.
- What do you mean?
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00:19:29,665 --> 00:19:33,235
- I hired you a new EP.
- You hi... you...
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00:19:33,269 --> 00:19:34,736
I'm never going
on vacation again.
403
00:19:34,770 --> 00:19:37,172
You hired a new EP
without my meeting him?
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00:19:37,206 --> 00:19:39,074
- Her.
- Without my meeting her?
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00:19:39,108 --> 00:19:41,809
- No, you've met her.
- Who?
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00:19:43,745 --> 00:19:47,314
Charlie, have you hired
to run my show,
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00:19:47,349 --> 00:19:48,782
without consulting me...
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00:19:48,816 --> 00:19:50,284
You were unreachable.
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00:19:50,318 --> 00:19:51,985
Only one person knew
how to get in touch with you.
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00:19:52,020 --> 00:19:54,555
- It was you!
- I had to right the ship.
411
00:19:54,589 --> 00:19:58,325
You know that for this particular job,
there's no one better.
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00:19:59,427 --> 00:20:00,927
You're not talking
about Mackenzie.
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00:20:00,961 --> 00:20:02,595
I had to right the ship.
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00:20:02,629 --> 00:20:04,797
You're too big an asset
to screw around with
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00:20:04,831 --> 00:20:07,733
and your focus group data isn't saying
what it said three weeks ago.
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00:20:07,768 --> 00:20:09,536
- Charlie...
- She was in Peshawar...
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00:20:09,570 --> 00:20:11,837
- Oh, my God.
- ..For four months.
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00:20:11,872 --> 00:20:13,773
The Green Zone
for a year before that.
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00:20:13,807 --> 00:20:15,674
Her guys were filing
stories from caves.
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00:20:15,708 --> 00:20:17,176
She comes home,
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00:20:17,210 --> 00:20:19,644
she wants to be an EP again,
have a normal life,
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00:20:19,679 --> 00:20:23,248
and there's nothing for her at CNN,
nothing for her at ABC.
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00:20:23,283 --> 00:20:26,218
- I knew that.
- She's exhausted.
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00:20:26,252 --> 00:20:28,587
Not like at the end
of a long day.
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00:20:28,621 --> 00:20:31,056
She's mentally
and physically exhausted.
426
00:20:31,090 --> 00:20:34,358
She hasn't had four hours' sleep
in two years.
427
00:20:34,393 --> 00:20:37,661
She's been shot at
in three different countries.
428
00:20:37,696 --> 00:20:41,065
And she's been to way
too many funerals for a girl her age.
429
00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:44,235
- She wants to come home.
- Yeah, look, I don't blame her.
430
00:20:44,269 --> 00:20:48,271
They don't have a job for her in Atlanta,
DC, or New York.
431
00:20:48,306 --> 00:20:50,907
Mackenzie... line up
any 10 people,
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00:20:50,941 --> 00:20:53,477
eight of them will tell you
she's the best EP in the business
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00:20:53,511 --> 00:20:55,745
and the other two
will be stupid!
434
00:20:55,779 --> 00:20:57,847
I'm one of the eight,
but it's not gonna happen.
435
00:20:57,881 --> 00:20:59,349
- It's happened.
- No.
436
00:20:59,383 --> 00:21:02,219
She's coming up from DC today
with one of her people.
437
00:21:02,253 --> 00:21:04,653
No, listen to what I'm telling you...
I can't give my approval.
438
00:21:04,687 --> 00:21:06,955
The deal's a day away from
being signed... three years.
439
00:21:06,990 --> 00:21:09,325
I have approval over
my executive producer.
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00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:11,793
- You would think so, wouldn't you?
- I would, yeah.
441
00:21:11,828 --> 00:21:13,729
Business Affairs went
through your whole deal.
442
00:21:13,763 --> 00:21:15,397
I don't have
contractual approval?
443
00:21:15,432 --> 00:21:17,733
- No. But you know what?
- I don't have contractual approval?
444
00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:20,502
You're up for renegotiation
in 18 months.
445
00:21:20,536 --> 00:21:21,936
I'd have your agent
put that clause...
446
00:21:21,970 --> 00:21:24,139
No, I'm walking down the street
to William Morris.
447
00:21:24,173 --> 00:21:26,707
- I'm gonna renegotiate my contract right now.
- It's not gonna go your way.
448
00:21:26,742 --> 00:21:30,411
I generate an annual profit
of $210 million on my own.
449
00:21:30,446 --> 00:21:33,281
That's not counting the lead-in freight
I push to 9:00 and 10:00.
450
00:21:33,315 --> 00:21:35,949
That may be tipping money for
this company, but it's not nothing.
451
00:21:35,983 --> 00:21:36,983
- Will.
- What?
452
00:21:37,018 --> 00:21:38,619
When was the last time
you saw her?
453
00:21:38,653 --> 00:21:40,120
I don't know.
About three years ago.
454
00:21:40,155 --> 00:21:42,822
Coincidentally, that's the last time
you were a nice guy!
455
00:21:45,893 --> 00:21:47,861
Would you like another,
Mr. Skinner?
456
00:21:47,895 --> 00:21:49,696
Yes, please.
457
00:21:49,730 --> 00:21:52,331
Most notably Lehman's
former CEO Richard Fuld,
458
00:21:52,366 --> 00:21:55,868
seen here testifying to the House
Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill.
459
00:21:55,902 --> 00:21:59,272
The 2,200 pages report a serious
lapse by top executives
460
00:21:59,306 --> 00:22:01,874
and details the accounting
gimmick used by Lehman
461
00:22:01,908 --> 00:22:05,178
including the use of something
they call the repo 105
462
00:22:05,212 --> 00:22:08,613
to move about $50 billion
in debt off of the books.
463
00:22:08,648 --> 00:22:11,183
They say the company
withheld information.
464
00:22:11,217 --> 00:22:13,585
They further outlined
an auditor failure, saying that
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00:22:13,619 --> 00:22:16,221
Ernst & Young basically
was performing...
466
00:22:16,255 --> 00:22:17,790
- Excuse me.
- Yes?
467
00:22:17,824 --> 00:22:19,725
- I'm Mackenzie McHale.
- How can I help you?
468
00:22:19,759 --> 00:22:22,061
I'm supposed to be
meeting with Will.
469
00:22:23,063 --> 00:22:24,528
Oh, my God!
I'm sorry.
470
00:22:24,563 --> 00:22:26,597
- You're Mackenzie.
- I am. And you are?
471
00:22:26,631 --> 00:22:28,099
- I'm Mag...
- Mac.
472
00:22:28,133 --> 00:22:31,736
Hey, Don.
473
00:22:31,770 --> 00:22:33,604
Mackenzie gave me
my first summer internship.
474
00:22:33,638 --> 00:22:36,473
Don't tell me you're here
to interview for my job.
475
00:22:36,508 --> 00:22:38,109
No, I'm here to do your job.
476
00:22:38,143 --> 00:22:39,810
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
477
00:22:39,844 --> 00:22:41,812
- I don't understand.
- I don't understand.
478
00:22:41,846 --> 00:22:43,814
When were you hired?
479
00:22:43,848 --> 00:22:45,916
- Is Will in his office?
- He's not, but his agent's office
480
00:22:45,950 --> 00:22:48,351
is just down the street and
he should be back any minute.
481
00:22:51,555 --> 00:22:55,625
- He's at his agent's office?
- Yes...
482
00:22:55,659 --> 00:22:57,927
- I'm sorry. I gave too much information.
- Yep.
483
00:22:57,961 --> 00:23:00,162
Now I understand.
484
00:23:00,197 --> 00:23:01,163
What's your name?
485
00:23:01,198 --> 00:23:02,664
- Maggie.
- Maggie.
486
00:23:02,699 --> 00:23:04,166
Let me try to guess
at something
487
00:23:04,201 --> 00:23:06,602
and you tell me how close
I am to being right.
488
00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:10,172
This whole move was done behind
Will's back and he just found out now,
489
00:23:10,207 --> 00:23:11,873
and he stormed off
to his agent's office
490
00:23:11,907 --> 00:23:14,609
to see why he doesn't
have approval.
491
00:23:14,643 --> 00:23:18,613
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
492
00:23:18,647 --> 00:23:20,381
Okay.
493
00:23:21,851 --> 00:23:24,619
All right, you're going
to see some things.
494
00:23:27,123 --> 00:23:30,290
I'm just gonna sit here
till he gets back.
495
00:23:30,324 --> 00:23:32,860
I'm going to sit here.
496
00:23:32,894 --> 00:23:34,494
Good luck.
497
00:23:35,797 --> 00:23:38,198
This still looking good to you?
498
00:23:48,142 --> 00:23:49,842
You said your name was Maggie?
499
00:23:49,877 --> 00:23:52,178
- Yes, ma'am.
- Ma'am? How old do I look?
500
00:23:52,212 --> 00:23:53,679
No! No, no, no.
501
00:23:53,713 --> 00:23:55,181
I heard you were
embedded for a while.
502
00:23:55,215 --> 00:23:57,116
26 months.
Anything happen while I was gone?
503
00:23:57,151 --> 00:23:59,418
- That's why I called you ma'am.
- So did the Marines.
504
00:23:59,452 --> 00:24:01,352
You sure don't look like
you've been in a war.
505
00:24:01,387 --> 00:24:03,789
The first thing I did when I got back
was buy women's clothes.
506
00:24:03,823 --> 00:24:05,390
I maxed out three credit cards.
507
00:24:05,424 --> 00:24:07,392
But I figured, "Hey, the economy's booming,
so what the heck?"
508
00:24:07,426 --> 00:24:09,194
- Oh, God.
- I'm kidding.
509
00:24:11,530 --> 00:24:13,031
Oh, excuse me.
510
00:24:13,065 --> 00:24:14,866
It's all right.
511
00:24:14,901 --> 00:24:18,468
Hi, Dad.
I'm fine.
512
00:24:18,503 --> 00:24:20,771
I left a message for you
and Mom at the hotel
513
00:24:20,806 --> 00:24:22,239
because I wanted
to let you know
514
00:24:22,274 --> 00:24:24,574
it'll just be the three of us
for dinner tonight.
515
00:24:24,609 --> 00:24:27,544
Don can't make it.
516
00:24:27,578 --> 00:24:29,413
He has to work late.
517
00:24:29,447 --> 00:24:30,848
He just does.
518
00:24:30,882 --> 00:24:33,549
You know, with him running
10:00 now, he's so...
519
00:24:33,583 --> 00:24:35,084
And he feels terrible about it.
520
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:38,788
He was really looking forward
to meeting you.
521
00:24:38,823 --> 00:24:41,724
I know,
but in this case it's true.
522
00:24:43,694 --> 00:24:47,263
So, great. So I'll meet you guys
in the lobby at 9:15.
523
00:24:47,298 --> 00:24:49,164
Okay. Bye, Dad.
524
00:24:56,206 --> 00:24:59,174
You okay?
525
00:24:59,209 --> 00:25:03,878
- Oh, I've just got an allergy.
- To what?
526
00:25:03,912 --> 00:25:05,880
Oysters.
527
00:25:09,784 --> 00:25:12,220
- I hate lying to my father.
- I wasn't lying.
528
00:25:12,254 --> 00:25:14,188
Yeah. Why won't
Don go to dinner?
529
00:25:14,223 --> 00:25:17,358
He thinks it's too early?
530
00:25:17,392 --> 00:25:20,693
- Don's not my boyfriend.
- He's in a picture on your desk.
531
00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,695
It's with a couple of your friends
so it's not obvious,
532
00:25:22,730 --> 00:25:24,497
but it's a picture
of your boyfriend.
533
00:25:24,531 --> 00:25:25,765
I don't care.
534
00:25:25,799 --> 00:25:27,600
- I'm not reporting you to HR.
- Thank you.
535
00:25:27,634 --> 00:25:30,036
Does he want you to do things in the
bedroom you're uncomfortable with?
536
00:25:30,071 --> 00:25:31,537
- No.
- Damn it.
537
00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:32,839
These are just
routine questions.
538
00:25:32,874 --> 00:25:34,374
You put that all together
really fast.
539
00:25:34,408 --> 00:25:37,142
It's not an original story.
540
00:25:40,513 --> 00:25:42,147
My dad knew I was lying.
541
00:25:42,182 --> 00:25:45,851
Now he's gonna hate Don,
and that's not what I wanted to happen.
542
00:25:53,125 --> 00:25:56,194
- Oh, I'm fine.
- Your eyes are red.
543
00:25:56,228 --> 00:25:58,196
Turn and face me.
544
00:25:59,932 --> 00:26:02,666
When he calls you tonight
at 11:00 and wants to come by,
545
00:26:02,701 --> 00:26:04,202
don't lay on a tone of voice...
546
00:26:04,236 --> 00:26:06,504
Just tell him real nice that you're
hanging with your roommates
547
00:26:06,538 --> 00:26:08,372
and you'll see him at work.
548
00:26:08,406 --> 00:26:12,309
Do that three times.
He'll get the idea.
549
00:26:12,343 --> 00:26:14,244
Are you going
with Don to 10:00?
550
00:26:14,279 --> 00:26:16,746
- No.
- Why not?
551
00:26:16,781 --> 00:26:19,149
It's just that I was...
552
00:26:20,351 --> 00:26:22,019
Loyalty.
553
00:26:22,053 --> 00:26:24,120
I'm Will's assistant.
554
00:26:24,154 --> 00:26:26,923
No, associate producer.
555
00:26:26,957 --> 00:26:29,926
You're an associate
producer now.
556
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,395
I'm crazy about loyalty.
557
00:26:32,429 --> 00:26:33,963
- You'll report to...
- Mac!
558
00:26:33,997 --> 00:26:35,464
- ..him.
- Mac!
559
00:26:35,498 --> 00:26:38,801
Did you know...
Did you know...
560
00:26:38,835 --> 00:26:40,568
- Are you all right?
- Jim, that's Louis Vuitton luggage.
561
00:26:40,602 --> 00:26:42,737
I'm fine, thank you.
Can I talk to you a second?
562
00:26:42,771 --> 00:26:44,605
Sure. James Harper,
this is Maggie...
563
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,107
- Margaret.
- This is Maggie Margaret.
564
00:26:46,142 --> 00:26:47,575
Margaret Jordan.
Maggie's fine.
565
00:26:47,609 --> 00:26:49,978
Nice to meet you.
Now, please.
566
00:26:50,012 --> 00:26:53,448
- Did you hurt anything?
- Mm-hmm, everything, I think, but please...
567
00:26:55,584 --> 00:26:57,684
Did you know that Will McAvoy
568
00:26:57,718 --> 00:26:59,353
didn't know that
you were hired as EP
569
00:26:59,387 --> 00:27:00,988
and that he's at his
agent's office right now?
570
00:27:01,022 --> 00:27:03,623
I didn't know that when the day began,
but I know it now.
571
00:27:03,658 --> 00:27:05,191
I quit my job for this, Mac,
572
00:27:05,225 --> 00:27:07,427
and so did the three other people
you told me to bring.
573
00:27:07,462 --> 00:27:08,995
Our show was canceled,
so we were out of work anyway.
574
00:27:09,029 --> 00:27:10,430
I was offered any other show
I wanted at CNN.
575
00:27:10,465 --> 00:27:12,365
- I know, but I wasn't.
- That's not the point.
576
00:27:12,399 --> 00:27:14,367
- Excuse me.
- It's aggravating when you rise to a position of...
577
00:27:14,401 --> 00:27:16,536
You know,
a certain position of...
578
00:27:16,571 --> 00:27:18,472
I put down first
and last month's rent.
579
00:27:18,506 --> 00:27:20,940
- Do I have a job in New York?
- Yes, of course you do.
580
00:27:20,975 --> 00:27:22,275
- You're sure?
- No.
581
00:27:22,309 --> 00:27:24,010
I'm calling Tom Walton
and begging for a job.
582
00:27:24,044 --> 00:27:25,644
- I'll cover hurricanes.
- Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.
583
00:27:25,679 --> 00:27:26,846
What? And why
didn't you tell me
584
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,481
there's some kind of problem
with you and Will?
585
00:27:28,515 --> 00:27:31,317
Because that's personal.
Do you see me asking personal questions?
586
00:27:31,352 --> 00:27:33,853
- When's the last time you were in love with a woman?
- What?
587
00:27:33,887 --> 00:27:36,355
When was the last time you had a passionate
relationship with a woman?
588
00:27:36,389 --> 00:27:38,023
Like Hollywood love,
high school love?
589
00:27:38,057 --> 00:27:39,491
You know the only reason
I'm still standing here
590
00:27:39,525 --> 00:27:40,725
is that I have
nowhere else to go, right?
591
00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:42,194
I do know that.
When was the last time?
592
00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:44,296
- Never. That's never happened.
- Right.
593
00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:45,930
And you know how you've always
had a crush on me?
594
00:27:45,965 --> 00:27:48,800
- I have never had a crush on you.
- Yeah, it's been cute.
595
00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:50,068
Never had a crush on you,
but go ahead.
596
00:27:50,103 --> 00:27:51,970
The girl you just met,
Maggie...
597
00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:54,938
she's me before I grew into myself
and got hotter with age.
598
00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:57,341
I don't understand why you chose
this moment to lose it!
599
00:27:57,376 --> 00:27:59,643
- Just...
- Why are you afraid to see Will McAvoy?
600
00:27:59,677 --> 00:28:01,945
- You have to tell me.
- Hey, jughead, I ain't afraid of nothing
601
00:28:01,980 --> 00:28:03,814
except jellyfish,
which is completely normal.
602
00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:06,617
- Now look at the girl. Not a big look, stupid.
- I didn't look at all.
603
00:28:06,651 --> 00:28:10,120
You're right.
Okay, just glance over.
604
00:28:12,723 --> 00:28:15,492
Cupid, bam!
605
00:28:15,526 --> 00:28:18,428
Can we cut to the chase?
What's in this for you?
606
00:28:18,462 --> 00:28:20,397
Now why does it
have to be like that?
607
00:28:20,431 --> 00:28:21,664
It doesn't, but it is.
608
00:28:21,698 --> 00:28:24,633
I need Don Keefer to help me
through this transition.
609
00:28:24,667 --> 00:28:26,268
It turns out
Don's dating Maggie
610
00:28:26,302 --> 00:28:27,969
and I'm not sure
he's right for her.
611
00:28:28,004 --> 00:28:30,572
Really? After knowing them
as a couple for this long, you're not sure?
612
00:28:30,606 --> 00:28:32,141
He's going to be
threatened by you,
613
00:28:32,175 --> 00:28:34,376
so he'll try to impress Maggie,
who's staying with Will.
614
00:28:34,411 --> 00:28:36,078
- You understand?
- Yeah, I'm calling Walton.
615
00:28:36,112 --> 00:28:39,181
- Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.
- What?
616
00:28:41,517 --> 00:28:43,384
You're right.
617
00:28:46,388 --> 00:28:48,523
You've done enough.
618
00:28:50,559 --> 00:28:52,360
You've done everything
I've ever asked you to do
619
00:28:52,394 --> 00:28:54,728
and a ton of stuff
I'd never ask anyone to do.
620
00:28:58,199 --> 00:29:00,900
Tell me where you want to work
and I'll make the call.
621
00:29:00,935 --> 00:29:02,635
- Look...
- Fly away, little bird.
622
00:29:02,670 --> 00:29:05,138
- Jesus. You know what...
- Something great is about to happen here
623
00:29:05,173 --> 00:29:06,873
and you're gonna want
to be a part of it.
624
00:29:06,907 --> 00:29:10,243
- Tell me what the problem is with you and Will.
- I can't.
625
00:29:12,879 --> 00:29:14,480
Put the phone away.
626
00:29:16,783 --> 00:29:18,350
This is a solid promise:
627
00:29:18,385 --> 00:29:20,119
We're going to do
the best news on TV.
628
00:29:20,153 --> 00:29:22,688
- Either that or...?
- We'll all be filling out job applications
629
00:29:22,722 --> 00:29:25,558
at Dave & Buster's,
but we'll be doing it together.
630
00:29:25,592 --> 00:29:30,128
- Now you just sit here a minute, all right?
- Sure.
631
00:29:30,162 --> 00:29:31,662
- Do you know how to flirt?
- Yes.
632
00:29:31,697 --> 00:29:34,832
- Show me.
- Hi.
633
00:29:34,866 --> 00:29:37,302
Okay, just sit here.
634
00:29:37,336 --> 00:29:38,669
We're gonna be great!
635
00:29:38,704 --> 00:29:41,506
- Where's the rest of the staff?
- They left.
636
00:29:53,284 --> 00:29:56,620
Hi, Will.
It's good to see you.
637
00:30:00,290 --> 00:30:02,691
This is Jim Harper,
my senior producer.
638
00:30:02,726 --> 00:30:04,460
- The others are coming up...
- Let's go in my office.
639
00:30:04,495 --> 00:30:07,696
- Sure.
- Somebody wanna tell Don the lunch party's over
640
00:30:07,731 --> 00:30:09,298
and I need someone
on the assignment desk
641
00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:11,501
in case there happens to be...
what do you call it... news?
642
00:30:11,535 --> 00:30:13,802
Can I get you
some coffee or anything?
643
00:30:13,837 --> 00:30:16,238
- Water or maybe...
- We're fine.
644
00:30:28,618 --> 00:30:31,953
I tried to get in touch with you
while you were on vacation.
645
00:30:31,987 --> 00:30:33,654
Nobody seemed to know
how to do that.
646
00:30:33,688 --> 00:30:36,890
Or at least they weren't
willing to say.
647
00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:43,330
Actually, I've tried
to get in touch with you
648
00:30:43,365 --> 00:30:45,232
a lot of times
in the last three years.
649
00:30:45,267 --> 00:30:46,367
Did you get
all those e-mails?
650
00:30:46,401 --> 00:30:47,601
- Yeah.
- What did you think?
651
00:30:47,636 --> 00:30:50,303
- I didn't read them.
- I understand.
652
00:30:50,337 --> 00:30:52,305
There's no need to apologize.
653
00:30:53,974 --> 00:30:55,808
Thank you.
654
00:31:05,785 --> 00:31:07,686
You look good
after your vacation.
655
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:08,720
You look rested.
656
00:31:08,754 --> 00:31:09,988
I've never been
to St. Lucia.
657
00:31:10,022 --> 00:31:11,223
- Is it great?
- Yeah.
658
00:31:11,257 --> 00:31:12,691
You were down there
with Erin Andrews?
659
00:31:12,725 --> 00:31:14,059
It's not my business.
660
00:31:14,093 --> 00:31:15,661
You can go anywhere
with anyone.
661
00:31:15,695 --> 00:31:17,962
Thank you again.
662
00:31:19,265 --> 00:31:21,365
Hey, this can work.
663
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,767
In fact, it's gonna work great.
664
00:31:23,802 --> 00:31:25,936
I asked my agent to negotiate
a three-year contract.
665
00:31:25,970 --> 00:31:27,538
You know me... I think
that's the longest contract...
666
00:31:27,573 --> 00:31:29,707
It's not a three-year
contract anymore.
667
00:31:29,741 --> 00:31:33,143
- I'm sorry?
- Not a three-year contract anymore.
668
00:31:33,178 --> 00:31:36,879
It's a 156-week contract
that gives me the opportunity
669
00:31:36,914 --> 00:31:40,183
to fire you 155 times
at the end of each week.
670
00:31:40,218 --> 00:31:42,385
We'll wait a few months
to make sure it's not a story
671
00:31:42,420 --> 00:31:45,188
Bill Carter can shove up my ass.
We'll do it, then.
672
00:31:45,223 --> 00:31:47,490
How did you get
my contract changed?
673
00:31:47,525 --> 00:31:49,892
I gave the network back
some money off my salary.
674
00:31:49,927 --> 00:31:51,861
- How much money?
- A million dollars a year.
675
00:31:51,895 --> 00:31:54,062
- You gave back a million dollars a year?
- Yeah.
676
00:31:54,097 --> 00:31:56,265
You paid a million dollars to be
able to fire me any time you want?
677
00:31:56,299 --> 00:31:59,901
$3 million. And not any time I want,
just the end of each week.
678
00:32:02,606 --> 00:32:05,407
How the hell much money
do you get paid?
679
00:32:05,442 --> 00:32:07,909
- Don?
- Speaking.
680
00:32:07,944 --> 00:32:10,612
You should meet James Harper,
Mackenzie's senior producer.
681
00:32:10,646 --> 00:32:13,147
- Jim.
- Were you with Mackenzie in Afghanistan?
682
00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:15,450
Yeah.
And Iraq.
683
00:32:15,484 --> 00:32:18,119
And sometimes
when you're in Afghanistan,
684
00:32:18,153 --> 00:32:20,221
it turns out you're
really in Pakistan.
685
00:32:20,256 --> 00:32:22,423
- 26 months.
- You ever produce from the studio?
686
00:32:22,458 --> 00:32:25,191
For about a year in Atlanta
before Mackenzie took me out.
687
00:32:25,226 --> 00:32:27,594
- She's crazy, you know.
- I know.
688
00:32:27,629 --> 00:32:29,496
I've never seen anyone love
being an American so much.
689
00:32:29,530 --> 00:32:31,732
And when you factor in she isn't
an American, it's all very...
690
00:32:31,766 --> 00:32:33,800
Yeah, she is American,
actually.
691
00:32:33,834 --> 00:32:37,103
Her dad was Margaret Thatcher's
Ambassador to the UN and she was born here.
692
00:32:37,138 --> 00:32:38,538
Yeah, and immediately
locked in her room
693
00:32:38,573 --> 00:32:40,406
and shown Frank Capra movies
until she was 21.
694
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,608
She's like a sophomore poli-sci major
at Sarah Lawrence.
695
00:32:42,643 --> 00:32:45,645
Exactly like that.
Yeah.
696
00:32:45,679 --> 00:32:47,913
I guess the only real differences
are her two Peabodys
697
00:32:47,947 --> 00:32:49,882
and the scar on her stomach
from the knife wound she got
698
00:32:49,916 --> 00:32:52,951
covering a Shiite protest
in Islamabad.
699
00:32:53,987 --> 00:32:55,588
Welcome.
700
00:32:55,622 --> 00:32:57,522
I'm just taking
your temperature.
701
00:32:57,556 --> 00:32:59,758
On a scale of 1-10,
how much trouble am I in with you?
702
00:32:59,792 --> 00:33:01,693
Oh, I'm over it.
703
00:33:01,727 --> 00:33:03,227
Hey, do this to me.
704
00:33:03,262 --> 00:33:06,130
Do this to me all you want,
but you can't do it to them.
705
00:33:06,165 --> 00:33:08,232
- Who?
- People followed me here...
706
00:33:08,267 --> 00:33:10,201
Jim Harper, my senior producer,
707
00:33:10,235 --> 00:33:12,569
bookers, H&A producer,
desk editors, field producers...
708
00:33:12,604 --> 00:33:14,905
- They can't possibly be my problem.
- Will, come on now.
709
00:33:14,939 --> 00:33:16,473
What do you want from me,
Mackenzie?
710
00:33:16,508 --> 00:33:17,941
They're in the process
of moving.
711
00:33:17,975 --> 00:33:19,476
They've put down
security deposits.
712
00:33:19,511 --> 00:33:21,312
They found roommates.
They're looking at preschools...
713
00:33:21,313 --> 00:33:25,316
Yeah, they fucked up, Mac!
They trusted you!
714
00:33:40,731 --> 00:33:42,998
You've got a news alert.
715
00:33:47,870 --> 00:33:49,705
Pardon me, Don.
716
00:33:49,739 --> 00:33:51,707
You've got a news alert.
717
00:33:57,112 --> 00:33:58,913
It's yellow.
718
00:34:16,767 --> 00:34:19,057
There's been an explosion
off the coast of Louisiana.
719
00:34:21,068 --> 00:34:23,035
How can there be an explosion
in the middle of the water?
720
00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:25,338
- An oil rig.
- An oil rig.
721
00:34:29,777 --> 00:34:32,345
"Well explosion
in the Gulf of Mexico."
722
00:34:36,015 --> 00:34:37,349
All right, Tess,
get on the assignment desk
723
00:34:37,384 --> 00:34:39,518
- and see if this goes anywhere.
- Okay.
724
00:34:40,587 --> 00:34:44,523
"Flames reach 150 feet
in the air."
725
00:34:47,694 --> 00:34:50,428
If you had read any of my e-mails
or answered my calls,
726
00:34:50,462 --> 00:34:54,098
you'd know that I take responsibility
for everything and...
727
00:34:54,132 --> 00:34:56,401
I already did know that
and I already didn't care.
728
00:34:56,435 --> 00:34:57,735
That I'm sorry.
729
00:34:57,770 --> 00:35:00,471
- Are you?
- Yes.
730
00:35:01,973 --> 00:35:04,508
Mackenzie, I...
731
00:35:04,542 --> 00:35:07,977
I just... You have no idea how
I've longed to hear those words.
732
00:35:08,012 --> 00:35:10,246
I...
733
00:35:10,281 --> 00:35:12,181
I forgive you.
Can you forgive...
734
00:35:12,216 --> 00:35:14,751
- You're being sarcastic.
- Oh, how you know me.
735
00:35:14,786 --> 00:35:16,920
"Emergency rescue crews
arrive on location
736
00:35:16,954 --> 00:35:20,089
at burning well
located 50 miles offshore.
737
00:35:20,124 --> 00:35:21,924
12 to 15 people
believed missing."
738
00:35:21,958 --> 00:35:23,759
- It's still yellow.
- Still yellow.
739
00:35:23,794 --> 00:35:25,694
Don, they just haven't
changed the color yet.
740
00:35:25,729 --> 00:35:27,262
Somebody should
tell Will or at least...
741
00:35:27,297 --> 00:35:29,799
I'm not knocking
on Will's door right now,
742
00:35:29,833 --> 00:35:31,600
and you don't work here yet.
743
00:35:31,635 --> 00:35:34,637
- So, dude, relax. Anything new?
- No.
744
00:35:34,671 --> 00:35:36,271
- There might be.
- There won't be.
745
00:35:36,306 --> 00:35:38,205
An oil rig
in the Gulf exploded.
746
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,374
- Persian Gulf?
- No, the Gulf of Mexico.
747
00:35:40,409 --> 00:35:42,911
- Kendra.
- BP Deepwater Horizon.
748
00:35:42,945 --> 00:35:45,447
It's about 50 miles southeast
of Venice, Louisiana.
749
00:35:45,481 --> 00:35:47,315
The Coast Guard
evacuated seven people,
750
00:35:47,349 --> 00:35:48,750
all of them critically injured,
751
00:35:48,784 --> 00:35:50,552
and they're searching
for 11 confirmed missing.
752
00:35:50,586 --> 00:35:54,455
- Still yellow.
- Isn't it possible that AP's busy right now
753
00:35:54,489 --> 00:35:56,022
and they've got
an intern on the updates?
754
00:35:56,057 --> 00:35:58,024
They may have bigger problems
than the missing crew.
755
00:35:58,059 --> 00:36:01,027
What do you mean? What do you mean
bigger problems than the missing crew?
756
00:36:01,062 --> 00:36:05,098
Hang on! Hang on!
Listen to what he said.
757
00:36:05,132 --> 00:36:07,768
- What did you say?
- I said they may have
758
00:36:07,802 --> 00:36:09,469
bigger problems
than the missing crew.
759
00:36:09,503 --> 00:36:12,572
- Why?
- I checked out BP Deepwater Horizon.
760
00:36:12,606 --> 00:36:15,407
That rig is drilling at 18,000 feet
below sea level.
761
00:36:15,442 --> 00:36:16,909
There are only a couple of things
that could have failed.
762
00:36:16,944 --> 00:36:18,778
- And if it was the wrong one...
- Pressure.
763
00:36:18,812 --> 00:36:21,280
It would be like trying
to toss a hat on a fire hose.
764
00:36:21,314 --> 00:36:22,615
What the hell are you two
talking about?
765
00:36:22,649 --> 00:36:24,283
It's more than 11 missing guys.
766
00:36:24,317 --> 00:36:25,617
There might be
a massive oil spill
767
00:36:25,651 --> 00:36:27,418
50 miles off the coast
of Louisiana.
768
00:36:27,453 --> 00:36:29,955
- I'm sorry, man. Tell me who you are again.
- I'm Jim Harper.
769
00:36:29,989 --> 00:36:32,791
And I may or may not be, but almost
definitely won't be a senior producer here
770
00:36:32,825 --> 00:36:34,325
under Mackenzie
if she still has a job,
771
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,561
which sounds like she
probably absolutely doesn't.
772
00:36:36,596 --> 00:36:38,429
Okay, well, whatever it is
doesn't start for two weeks,
773
00:36:38,464 --> 00:36:39,831
so you're still in my newsroom
774
00:36:39,866 --> 00:36:41,832
and you're behaving in a way
that is bothering me.
775
00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:44,067
- Gotta be blunt.
- Got it.
776
00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:46,236
The truck in Pasadena,
they're five blocks from the courthouse.
777
00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:47,938
Are they covering the Rose Bowl?
778
00:36:47,973 --> 00:36:50,207
And I cannot look
at the same loop of people...
779
00:36:50,241 --> 00:36:53,076
This is Jim Harper.
780
00:36:53,111 --> 00:36:55,145
All right.
781
00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:03,853
For the moment,
your people can have their jobs.
782
00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:07,089
Like I said, I have to wait to make the
move because there was a press release.
783
00:37:07,124 --> 00:37:08,590
But when I hire the new EP,
784
00:37:08,625 --> 00:37:10,726
who I will hire
by hiring them myself...
785
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,362
whoever it is is going to get to
interview the new people.
786
00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:15,697
All right.
787
00:37:15,732 --> 00:37:19,135
Well, I appreciate that.
788
00:37:19,169 --> 00:37:21,336
They're really good, Will.
You're gonna want to keep them.
789
00:37:21,370 --> 00:37:23,571
- Don't just dump them because of...
- They'll get a fair chance.
790
00:37:23,605 --> 00:37:26,541
- Okay.
- I haven't started my script.
791
00:37:26,575 --> 00:37:28,910
I'll get out of your way.
792
00:37:39,787 --> 00:37:41,788
There's nothing that's more important
in a democracy
793
00:37:41,822 --> 00:37:43,323
than a well-informed
electorate.
794
00:37:43,358 --> 00:37:45,592
You know you're still
on this side of the door.
795
00:37:45,626 --> 00:37:47,928
When there's no information or,
much worse, wrong information,
796
00:37:47,962 --> 00:37:49,530
it can lead
to calamitous decisions
797
00:37:49,564 --> 00:37:51,565
and clobber any attempts
at vigorous debate.
798
00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:54,233
- That's why I produce the news.
- We're all grateful to you.
799
00:37:54,268 --> 00:37:56,001
- You're spinning out of control.
- No, I'm not.
800
00:37:56,036 --> 00:37:57,970
You're terrified you're going to
lose your audience
801
00:37:58,004 --> 00:37:59,605
and you'd do anything
to get them back.
802
00:37:59,639 --> 00:38:02,341
You're one pitch meeting away
from doing the news in 3-D.
803
00:38:02,376 --> 00:38:03,842
This isn't nonprofit theater.
804
00:38:03,877 --> 00:38:05,644
It's advertiser-supported
television.
805
00:38:05,679 --> 00:38:08,146
- You know that, right?
- I'd rather do a good show for 100 people
806
00:38:08,181 --> 00:38:10,348
than a bad one for a million,
if that's what you're saying.
807
00:38:10,383 --> 00:38:12,250
What is it you're talking
to me about right now?
808
00:38:12,285 --> 00:38:14,286
I've come here to produce
a news broadcast
809
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,121
that more closely
resembles the one we did
810
00:38:16,155 --> 00:38:20,392
before you got popular
by not bothering anyone, Leno.
811
00:38:20,426 --> 00:38:23,895
I think Jay and I would rather be employed,
if it's all the same to you.
812
00:38:23,929 --> 00:38:27,030
It's not all the same to me,
you punk.
813
00:38:27,065 --> 00:38:29,433
I've come here to take
your IQ and your talent
814
00:38:29,468 --> 00:38:32,035
and put it to some
patriotic fucking use.
815
00:38:32,070 --> 00:38:34,538
And where does it say that a good
news show can't be popular?
816
00:38:34,573 --> 00:38:36,773
- Nielsen ratings.
- We're going to do a good news show
817
00:38:36,808 --> 00:38:38,609
and make it popular
at the same time.
818
00:38:38,643 --> 00:38:40,477
- That is impossible.
- Between your brains,
819
00:38:40,511 --> 00:38:44,013
- charm, looks, and affability and my...
- Refusal to live in reality.
820
00:38:44,047 --> 00:38:46,116
- ..expertise in producing you...
- It's impossible, Mac!
821
00:38:46,150 --> 00:38:48,751
- Ugh!
- Social scientists have concluded
822
00:38:48,785 --> 00:38:50,720
that the country
is more polarized
823
00:38:50,754 --> 00:38:52,722
than at any time
since the Civil War.
824
00:38:52,756 --> 00:38:56,391
- The Civil War.
- Yes, people choose the news they want now, but...
825
00:38:56,426 --> 00:38:59,194
People choose the facts
they want now.
826
00:38:59,229 --> 00:39:02,297
So what you've just described
is impossible.
827
00:39:02,332 --> 00:39:04,866
Only if you think an overwhelming
majority of Americans
828
00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:06,335
are preternaturally stupid.
829
00:39:06,369 --> 00:39:07,702
- I do.
- I don't.
830
00:39:07,737 --> 00:39:09,904
And if you let me,
I can prove it.
831
00:39:09,939 --> 00:39:12,906
You know what you left out
of your sermon?
832
00:39:12,941 --> 00:39:16,244
That America is the only country
on the planet that, since its birth,
833
00:39:16,278 --> 00:39:20,348
has said over and over and over
that we can do better.
834
00:39:20,382 --> 00:39:22,150
It's part of our DNA.
835
00:39:22,184 --> 00:39:26,020
People will want the news
if you give it to them with integrity.
836
00:39:26,054 --> 00:39:28,988
Not everybody,
not even a lot of people... 5%.
837
00:39:29,023 --> 00:39:32,359
And 5% more of anything is what
makes the difference in this country.
838
00:39:32,393 --> 00:39:35,028
So we can do better.
839
00:39:38,566 --> 00:39:40,400
What?
840
00:39:41,469 --> 00:39:43,270
I'm thinking.
841
00:39:46,206 --> 00:39:49,041
Yeah, that whole speech
did nothing for me.
842
00:39:59,553 --> 00:40:02,153
- I'd like to talk to Don.
- Are you sure?
843
00:40:03,622 --> 00:40:05,256
Right there.
844
00:40:08,427 --> 00:40:09,827
Excuse me.
845
00:40:09,861 --> 00:40:12,263
I don't mind if you sit
somewhere and observe,
846
00:40:12,298 --> 00:40:14,365
but I mind you doing
anything else.
847
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,500
You got it, but I just got
a call from a source.
848
00:40:16,534 --> 00:40:18,335
What kind of source?
849
00:40:18,369 --> 00:40:21,271
I can't tell you much except that
he's an engineer with BP in London.
850
00:40:21,306 --> 00:40:24,308
He says he's sitting in meetings where
they don't know how to cap the well.
851
00:40:24,342 --> 00:40:28,111
- Who's the source?
- Can't tell you.
852
00:40:28,145 --> 00:40:30,347
- Ahem, anything else?
- A lot.
853
00:40:30,381 --> 00:40:32,182
I got two pages of notes
from my conversation with...
854
00:40:32,216 --> 00:40:35,050
- Oh, great.
- Okay. Yeah.
855
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,794
Thanks for calling back.
856
00:40:52,101 --> 00:40:54,035
Yeah.
857
00:40:54,069 --> 00:40:56,204
Now I'd like you
to listen to these words
858
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:57,839
which were written
500 years ago
859
00:40:57,873 --> 00:41:00,842
by Don Miguel de Cervantes:
860
00:41:00,876 --> 00:41:04,545
"Hear me now, O thou bleak
and unbearable world.
861
00:41:04,579 --> 00:41:07,348
Thou art base
and debauched as can be.
862
00:41:07,382 --> 00:41:11,184
But a knight with his banners
all bravely unfurled
863
00:41:11,219 --> 00:41:15,088
now hurls down
his gauntlet to thee!"
864
00:41:17,459 --> 00:41:19,493
That was Don Quixote.
865
00:41:20,961 --> 00:41:23,329
Those words were written
45 years ago
866
00:41:23,364 --> 00:41:25,097
by the lyricist
for "Man of La Mancha."
867
00:41:25,132 --> 00:41:26,666
Didn't think you'd know that,
868
00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:28,501
but the point's still the same...
it's time for Don Quixote!
869
00:41:28,535 --> 00:41:31,237
- You think I'm him?
- No, I think I'm him. You're his horse.
870
00:41:31,272 --> 00:41:33,506
- He rode a donkey.
- Well, I can't help you there.
871
00:41:33,540 --> 00:41:35,941
- I have to write my script.
- I'll write it for you.
872
00:41:35,976 --> 00:41:38,910
"The volcanic eruption in Iceland
is believed to have started on March 20th
873
00:41:38,944 --> 00:41:41,346
and has led to a worldwide
transportation disaster.
874
00:41:41,381 --> 00:41:42,614
The suspension of air traffic
875
00:41:42,649 --> 00:41:44,949
was in no way caused
by America, which I love.
876
00:41:44,984 --> 00:41:46,351
You have to believe me."
877
00:41:46,386 --> 00:41:48,453
You want me in the same
shouting match as everybody else?
878
00:41:48,488 --> 00:41:52,190
- I want you to not apologize for saying something...
- All right!
879
00:41:52,224 --> 00:41:53,891
You got yourself
in the shouting match
880
00:41:53,925 --> 00:41:56,294
when you took vertigo meds
and I'd have you winning it.
881
00:41:56,328 --> 00:41:57,928
And what does winning
look like to you?
882
00:41:57,962 --> 00:42:00,298
Reclaiming the Fourth Estate.
883
00:42:00,332 --> 00:42:03,901
Reclaiming journalism
as an honorable profession.
884
00:42:03,935 --> 00:42:06,236
A nightly newscast
that informs a debate
885
00:42:06,271 --> 00:42:09,238
worthy of a great nation.
886
00:42:09,273 --> 00:42:12,809
Civility, respect, and a return
to what's important.
887
00:42:12,843 --> 00:42:15,845
The death of bitchiness,
the death of gossip and voyeurism.
888
00:42:15,879 --> 00:42:18,348
Speaking truth to stupid.
889
00:42:18,382 --> 00:42:19,882
No demographic sweet spot.
890
00:42:19,917 --> 00:42:22,819
A place where we all
come together.
891
00:42:24,854 --> 00:42:26,355
We're coming
to a tipping point.
892
00:42:26,389 --> 00:42:27,523
I know you know that.
893
00:42:27,557 --> 00:42:29,658
There's gonna be
a huge conversation.
894
00:42:29,693 --> 00:42:31,860
Is government
an instrument of good
895
00:42:31,894 --> 00:42:34,530
or is it every man for himself?
896
00:42:34,564 --> 00:42:36,799
Is there something bigger
we want to reach for
897
00:42:36,833 --> 00:42:40,635
or is self-interest
our basic resting pulse?
898
00:42:40,669 --> 00:42:43,204
You and I have a chance
to be among the few people
899
00:42:43,238 --> 00:42:45,506
who can frame that debate.
900
00:42:45,541 --> 00:42:51,379
- That's... It's...
- Quixotic?
901
00:42:51,413 --> 00:42:54,882
- Don.
- Jesus Christ, we're on it, okay, Jimmy Olsen?
902
00:42:54,916 --> 00:42:57,484
We've got 55 seconds for a phoner with
the Coast Guard liaison.
903
00:42:57,518 --> 00:42:59,653
That's not nearly enough
and you're chasing the wrong story.
904
00:42:59,687 --> 00:43:01,521
- Oh, brother.
- Listen, Halliburton was the contractor
905
00:43:01,556 --> 00:43:02,856
on this special type
of concrete...
906
00:43:02,890 --> 00:43:05,692
Seriously,
you're being disruptive now.
907
00:43:07,962 --> 00:43:09,830
Hey, how happy
is Charlie Skinner gonna be
908
00:43:09,864 --> 00:43:11,164
when I phone this over to CBS
909
00:43:11,198 --> 00:43:12,732
and he finds out
you had it first?
910
00:43:12,766 --> 00:43:14,132
All right, that's it.
Get the fuck out.
911
00:43:14,167 --> 00:43:17,403
Okay.
You're right.
912
00:43:17,437 --> 00:43:18,904
Elevator's this way?
913
00:43:22,409 --> 00:43:24,109
God damn it.
914
00:43:25,679 --> 00:43:27,145
- What?
- I'm sorry to interrupt.
915
00:43:27,180 --> 00:43:28,613
Can I talk to Mac
for just a second?
916
00:43:28,647 --> 00:43:29,814
Your guy here
is a pain in the ass.
917
00:43:29,849 --> 00:43:31,883
An oil well exploded
in the Gulf of Mexico.
918
00:43:31,917 --> 00:43:33,651
The Coast Guard's searching
for missing crew members.
919
00:43:33,686 --> 00:43:35,553
- I'll fill you in at the 6:00 rundown.
- There's more.
920
00:43:35,588 --> 00:43:37,522
- He doesn't need to hear this right now.
- Let's go outside.
921
00:43:37,556 --> 00:43:39,491
No, if Don doesn't want me to hear it,
I'd like to hear it.
922
00:43:39,525 --> 00:43:42,460
- Oh, blow me.
- I want you to not use that language in front of women
923
00:43:42,495 --> 00:43:44,428
and to forever not suggest
that image to me.
924
00:43:44,462 --> 00:43:45,796
What's on your mind?
Who are you?
925
00:43:45,830 --> 00:43:48,198
- Jim Harper, my senior producer.
- Senior?
926
00:43:48,232 --> 00:43:50,367
- Is he old enough to drive at night?
- What happened?
927
00:43:50,402 --> 00:43:52,168
Two calls within five minutes
of each other.
928
00:43:52,203 --> 00:43:54,405
The first one was from a friend of mine
at BP in London saying
929
00:43:54,439 --> 00:43:56,840
he's sitting in meetings where
they don't know how to cap the well.
930
00:43:56,875 --> 00:43:58,942
- Jesus.
- The oil is still spilling?
931
00:43:58,976 --> 00:44:00,443
Yeah, at a pretty
alarming rate.
932
00:44:00,477 --> 00:44:03,345
The first estimate was
about 10,000 gallons an hour.
933
00:44:03,380 --> 00:44:05,681
My guy says
it's closer to 100,000
934
00:44:05,716 --> 00:44:07,517
and could get as high
as a quarter of a million.
935
00:44:07,551 --> 00:44:09,251
Why is this well different
from other wells?
936
00:44:09,286 --> 00:44:11,053
The depth.
937
00:44:11,087 --> 00:44:12,922
I need one of your staffers.
938
00:44:12,956 --> 00:44:14,457
He's... I don't
know his name.
939
00:44:14,491 --> 00:44:17,158
He sits in the back.
He's... he's the one with...
940
00:44:17,192 --> 00:44:19,861
Are you trying to say
the Indian stereotype of an IT guy?
941
00:44:19,896 --> 00:44:21,463
- Yes.
- Punjab!
942
00:44:21,497 --> 00:44:23,598
- I don't think that's his name.
- Why not?
943
00:44:23,633 --> 00:44:25,500
Punjab's a character
from "Little Orphan Annie."
944
00:44:25,535 --> 00:44:26,935
Tell him about the pressure.
945
00:44:26,969 --> 00:44:29,871
Uh, Deepwater Horizon
is aptly named.
946
00:44:29,906 --> 00:44:32,040
They're drilling at 18,000 feet
below sea level.
947
00:44:32,074 --> 00:44:35,242
- Is that dangerous?
- Take the Grand Canyon, make it three times deeper,
948
00:44:35,276 --> 00:44:37,377
fill it with water,
and poke a hole in the bottom.
949
00:44:37,412 --> 00:44:40,247
You can't just yank the pin out of the
planet, and that's what's happened.
950
00:44:40,281 --> 00:44:42,015
How do you know all this?
You're the IT guy.
951
00:44:42,050 --> 00:44:44,718
- I'm not the IT guy. I write your blog.
- Are you kidding?
952
00:44:44,753 --> 00:44:46,587
I think we're in the first hours
of a serious story.
953
00:44:46,621 --> 00:44:49,221
- No. I have a blog?
- Not the time.
954
00:44:49,256 --> 00:44:50,657
How do you know this stuff?
955
00:44:50,691 --> 00:44:53,426
I made a volcano
in primary school.
956
00:44:53,461 --> 00:44:55,762
So did I. I didn't know I was
supposed to learn something from it.
957
00:44:55,796 --> 00:44:57,831
- What was the second call?
- My guy at Halliburton.
958
00:44:57,865 --> 00:44:59,499
- What the hell is going on?
- Nothing, Charlie.
959
00:44:59,533 --> 00:45:02,068
- Can we please get back to work?
- A rig exploded in the Gulf?
960
00:45:02,102 --> 00:45:05,270
- It's yellow.
- Not anymore. It just got bumped up to orange.
961
00:45:05,304 --> 00:45:08,373
- It's orange.
- Okay, the rig was due to be moved to its next role
962
00:45:08,407 --> 00:45:11,142
as a semipermanent production
platform at a new location,
963
00:45:11,177 --> 00:45:13,378
and Halliburton was hired
to seal the well with cement.
964
00:45:13,412 --> 00:45:14,813
- Who are you?
- Jack something.
965
00:45:14,848 --> 00:45:17,783
It's Jim something,
and both of my guys are identifying
966
00:45:17,817 --> 00:45:20,185
the failure of the cement's mix
as the cause of the explosion.
967
00:45:20,219 --> 00:45:24,722
But here's the thing... Halliburton
performed tests on the cement mix,
968
00:45:24,756 --> 00:45:26,991
and the tests showed
it was gonna fail.
969
00:45:27,025 --> 00:45:29,259
- Holy Mother.
- Yeah, hang on, Holy Mother.
970
00:45:29,294 --> 00:45:30,995
I need to know
who your sources are.
971
00:45:32,430 --> 00:45:34,331
Hey, I don't know you, Scooter.
972
00:45:34,366 --> 00:45:36,867
Look, you don't
have to trust me.
973
00:45:36,901 --> 00:45:38,869
She trusts me.
You just have to trust her.
974
00:45:38,903 --> 00:45:42,305
Ha, try another strategy.
How high up is the guy at BP?
975
00:45:42,339 --> 00:45:44,674
High enough to be in on the meetings,
and I never said it was a guy.
976
00:45:44,709 --> 00:45:46,643
Actually, you did.
Does he have an axe to grind?
977
00:45:46,677 --> 00:45:48,411
- No.
- What about the guy at Halliburton?
978
00:45:48,445 --> 00:45:51,280
I didn't say he was a guy,
but we'll call him that.
979
00:45:51,315 --> 00:45:52,748
And he is solid.
980
00:45:52,782 --> 00:45:54,550
You guys have to follow up on this,
all right?
981
00:45:54,584 --> 00:45:56,852
You're gonna wanna open
with the Coast Guard search
982
00:45:56,887 --> 00:45:58,420
and then pivot
to this because...
983
00:45:58,454 --> 00:46:00,055
- Neal.
- Neal says...
984
00:46:00,089 --> 00:46:02,157
It's gonna be the biggest
environmental disaster in history.
985
00:46:02,191 --> 00:46:04,126
- Oh, my God.
- Jesus Christ.
986
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,629
Can we please get back to work and
send the Hardy Boys to their room?
987
00:46:06,663 --> 00:46:08,763
- Neal, tell them.
- After an explosion like that,
988
00:46:08,797 --> 00:46:10,364
the first thing
that's supposed to happen
989
00:46:10,399 --> 00:46:13,467
is the underwater blowout preventer
should automatically close.
990
00:46:13,502 --> 00:46:15,537
The flames are still
150 feet high,
991
00:46:15,571 --> 00:46:17,605
so that obviously
didn't happen.
992
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:19,140
Now when they get the fire out,
993
00:46:19,174 --> 00:46:20,642
they're gonna send
a submersible ROV
994
00:46:20,676 --> 00:46:22,176
down there to turn
the preventer on manually,
995
00:46:22,210 --> 00:46:25,879
but my source says
"at that depth with that much pressure,
996
00:46:25,914 --> 00:46:28,982
it has to be the mechanics
that failed and not the electronics."
997
00:46:29,017 --> 00:46:31,585
In other words, trying it manually
isn't gonna work either.
998
00:46:31,619 --> 00:46:34,655
So they're gonna have to build relief wells
and that's gonna take months.
999
00:46:34,689 --> 00:46:36,389
Months of oil spilling
into the Gulf
1000
00:46:36,424 --> 00:46:38,692
at a rate of 4.2 million
gallons a day.
1001
00:46:38,726 --> 00:46:40,660
And just for the record,
the Gulf of Mexico
1002
00:46:40,694 --> 00:46:43,829
contains 643 quadrillion
gallons of water.
1003
00:46:43,864 --> 00:46:45,397
I think you may be
overreacting.
1004
00:46:45,432 --> 00:46:46,999
You are dramatically
underreacting.
1005
00:46:47,034 --> 00:46:48,768
I'm the only one who's not
dramatically doing anything.
1006
00:46:48,802 --> 00:46:50,770
In four days,
it'll have spilled as much oil
1007
00:46:50,804 --> 00:46:52,204
as the Exxon Valdez.
1008
00:46:52,238 --> 00:46:54,173
It's a week before the oil
reaches Louisiana shores,
1009
00:46:54,207 --> 00:46:56,108
three days if the wind shifts.
1010
00:46:56,142 --> 00:46:59,377
- Is the wind gonna shift?
- Only if Louisiana's luck stays exactly the same.
1011
00:46:59,411 --> 00:47:01,746
You've gotta tell him
your sources.
1012
00:47:03,115 --> 00:47:04,515
I can't.
1013
00:47:04,550 --> 00:47:07,484
He can't trust you
unless you trust him.
1014
00:47:11,155 --> 00:47:13,123
All right, the necessary people
1015
00:47:13,157 --> 00:47:14,858
go into my office,
close the door.
1016
00:47:14,893 --> 00:47:17,995
- I want Mac as a witness.
- Fine.
1017
00:47:22,967 --> 00:47:24,734
The BP engineer
is my college roommate.
1018
00:47:24,768 --> 00:47:26,769
He's a junior VP.
He's been there a year.
1019
00:47:26,804 --> 00:47:30,073
And how do I know you're not being
fed misinformation by James O'Keefe
1020
00:47:30,107 --> 00:47:32,274
in the hope that I run
with it and make his day?
1021
00:47:32,309 --> 00:47:33,943
Who's your Halliburton guy?
1022
00:47:37,179 --> 00:47:38,914
My big sister.
1023
00:47:38,948 --> 00:47:41,516
She's got a PhD
in mechanical engineering
1024
00:47:41,550 --> 00:47:42,851
and she voted for McCain.
1025
00:47:42,885 --> 00:47:45,120
You're telling me you got
not one but two people
1026
00:47:45,154 --> 00:47:47,656
to roll over on their employers
within five minutes?
1027
00:47:47,690 --> 00:47:49,290
I know, it's just lucky.
1028
00:47:49,325 --> 00:47:51,559
- How often do you get this lucky?
- This is my first time.
1029
00:47:51,594 --> 00:47:54,662
Um, it's a search
and rescue operation
1030
00:47:54,696 --> 00:47:56,463
in which no one
is going to be rescued
1031
00:47:56,498 --> 00:47:58,666
because Michael Phelps with
an outboard motor on his ass
1032
00:47:58,700 --> 00:48:02,269
couldn't outswim that fire,
and you're letting a guy who you just met
1033
00:48:02,303 --> 00:48:04,005
and a woman who...
I don't know what the hell...
1034
00:48:04,039 --> 00:48:05,706
spin this into the end
of the world.
1035
00:48:05,741 --> 00:48:07,374
But forget that.
1036
00:48:07,408 --> 00:48:09,275
If you're wrong
about Halliburton,
1037
00:48:09,309 --> 00:48:11,210
that's the first line
of your bio forever.
1038
00:48:11,245 --> 00:48:14,147
"Isn't this the same guy who said
that Halliburton caused that spill?"
1039
00:48:14,181 --> 00:48:17,316
And, by the way, you publically
accuse them of negligent homicide
1040
00:48:17,351 --> 00:48:19,619
and you're wrong,
they will take you to court.
1041
00:48:19,654 --> 00:48:22,588
They will win and they
will end up owning AWM.
1042
00:48:22,623 --> 00:48:24,223
They will have
their own record label.
1043
00:48:24,258 --> 00:48:26,291
They will have theme parks.
1044
00:48:33,432 --> 00:48:34,833
Let's throw out the rundown.
1045
00:48:34,868 --> 00:48:37,469
- Attaboy.
- This is out of control.
1046
00:48:37,503 --> 00:48:39,304
We're throwing out the rundown.
1047
00:48:39,338 --> 00:48:42,106
Gary, see if you can get me
a spokesman from BP on the phone.
1048
00:48:42,141 --> 00:48:43,875
- Get me anything...
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where are you going?
1049
00:48:43,909 --> 00:48:45,376
I was told to put
together a new show.
1050
00:48:45,410 --> 00:48:47,244
Guys, can I have
your attention?
1051
00:48:47,279 --> 00:48:49,480
I'm sorry if I've been
a little inaccessible
1052
00:48:49,514 --> 00:48:52,583
or terse lately
or for several years,
1053
00:48:52,617 --> 00:48:53,985
but if I could just see
a show of hands...
1054
00:48:54,019 --> 00:48:56,154
who's going
with Don to 10:00?
1055
00:49:04,528 --> 00:49:06,029
All right, I appreciate
all the hard work.
1056
00:49:06,064 --> 00:49:08,231
And as a token of that appreciation,
I'm giving you guys
1057
00:49:08,265 --> 00:49:10,533
two weeks' paid vacation
starting right now.
1058
00:49:10,568 --> 00:49:13,468
- Hold on. You're gonna have her run the show?
- Yeah.
1059
00:49:13,503 --> 00:49:15,071
Don't do this, Will.
1060
00:49:15,105 --> 00:49:17,439
I just offered her
the most humiliating contract
1061
00:49:17,473 --> 00:49:18,974
since Antonio got
a loan from Shylock.
1062
00:49:19,009 --> 00:49:20,475
She took it.
I don't know what that is, but I like it.
1063
00:49:20,510 --> 00:49:22,745
You're gonna do a full hour
on an environmental story
1064
00:49:22,779 --> 00:49:25,514
and you don't wanna at least wait until
there's film of an oil-covered pelican?
1065
00:49:25,548 --> 00:49:27,016
It's not just
an environmental story.
1066
00:49:27,050 --> 00:49:28,850
Everywhere I look,
people are dressed up in costume,
1067
00:49:28,884 --> 00:49:30,852
screaming about
how bad government is.
1068
00:49:30,886 --> 00:49:33,421
- What's your position?
- That people should know what they're screaming about.
1069
00:49:33,455 --> 00:49:35,289
Are you ready to go
on television and say
1070
00:49:35,324 --> 00:49:37,291
that this well wouldn't have blown up if
there had been more government oversight?
1071
00:49:37,326 --> 00:49:38,927
I'll give you my next paycheck
if it doesn't turn out
1072
00:49:38,961 --> 00:49:42,396
that some department was defunded
or some industry was deregulated.
1073
00:49:42,431 --> 00:49:44,265
He'll do it, too.
1074
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,435
I didn't buy any of that bullshit
you said in my office,
1075
00:49:48,469 --> 00:49:49,803
but can you start
two weeks early?
1076
00:49:49,838 --> 00:49:51,338
You plainly bought it a lot,
and yes.
1077
00:49:51,372 --> 00:49:53,707
- I didn't buy it at all, and go.
- Okay.
1078
00:49:53,742 --> 00:49:56,076
But it's obvious now that you
ate it up with a soup ladle.
1079
00:49:56,111 --> 00:49:57,878
- Just go.
- Who's my booker?
1080
00:49:57,912 --> 00:49:59,880
- Right here.
- Jim's gonna tell you who to line up.
1081
00:49:59,914 --> 00:50:01,848
Everybody out who doesn't
need to be here.
1082
00:50:01,882 --> 00:50:03,249
Wait!
1083
00:50:04,885 --> 00:50:06,585
Seriously, though,
I have a blog?
1084
00:50:06,620 --> 00:50:09,455
- Now!
- Yeah. It's Gary Cooper from News Night.
1085
00:50:09,489 --> 00:50:12,191
I'm good. I need to speak to someone
about recent legislation.
1086
00:50:12,226 --> 00:50:13,993
You go out around 8:20.
1087
00:50:14,027 --> 00:50:16,362
We could send a crew and do that
right from the Coast Guard station.
1088
00:50:16,396 --> 00:50:18,964
Hello, this is Jim Harper. I'm the senior
producer with News Night on Atlantis,
1089
00:50:18,998 --> 00:50:21,633
and we're looking into a story about
the BP Deepwater Horizon rig
1090
00:50:21,667 --> 00:50:22,768
that just exploded in the Gulf.
1091
00:50:22,802 --> 00:50:24,169
This is Margaret Jordan
from News Night.
1092
00:50:24,203 --> 00:50:25,937
We're looking for someone
from the EPA to comment
1093
00:50:25,972 --> 00:50:27,939
on the explosion
at Deepwater Horizon.
1094
00:50:27,974 --> 00:50:29,908
Take him to our studio
in New Orleans.
1095
00:50:29,942 --> 00:50:32,910
I'm so sorry.
Can I put you on hold? Okay.
1096
00:50:32,944 --> 00:50:35,412
Hi, Mike. It's Tess Westin
from News Night.
1097
00:50:35,446 --> 00:50:37,181
We're doing a whole hour
on the explosion.
1098
00:50:37,215 --> 00:50:39,049
I really need
your input on this.
1099
00:50:39,084 --> 00:50:41,518
You're on speaker with me,
Mackenzie McHale and...
1100
00:50:41,552 --> 00:50:43,120
- Jim Harper.
- Jim Harper.
1101
00:50:43,155 --> 00:50:44,288
Margaret.
1102
00:50:44,322 --> 00:50:45,555
- Yeah.
- Can you do me a favor?
1103
00:50:45,590 --> 00:50:47,557
There's a government agency
called the MMA,
1104
00:50:47,592 --> 00:50:49,125
the Minerals Management Agency.
1105
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:50,526
They have some kind of oversight
over offshore drilling.
1106
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:51,727
I don't know
anything about them.
1107
00:50:51,762 --> 00:50:53,062
- Can you write me a short memo?
- Sure.
1108
00:50:53,097 --> 00:50:54,430
- I'll do it.
- I can do it.
1109
00:50:54,464 --> 00:50:55,665
You're not the only one
with loyalty.
1110
00:50:55,699 --> 00:50:56,800
I'm here.
I'm not going anywhere.
1111
00:50:56,834 --> 00:50:58,567
- I can do this.
- Can you do this?
1112
00:50:58,602 --> 00:51:00,136
- You can't just look it up on Wikipedia, Maggie.
- He's right.
1113
00:51:00,171 --> 00:51:02,071
- I wasn't going to.
- She's Will's assistant.
1114
00:51:02,106 --> 00:51:04,040
- I'm an associate producer.
- Since when?
1115
00:51:04,074 --> 00:51:05,540
- About two hours ago.
- That's great.
1116
00:51:05,574 --> 00:51:06,809
And you're wasting my time.
1117
00:51:06,843 --> 00:51:08,277
You guys duke it out
over who my boss is,
1118
00:51:08,311 --> 00:51:09,611
but I'd like to get
this one thing right.
1119
00:51:09,645 --> 00:51:11,113
Knock it out of the park.
1120
00:51:12,448 --> 00:51:15,350
I need a geologist.
Don, who's our go-to geologist?
1121
00:51:15,384 --> 00:51:17,052
Our go-to geologist?
1122
00:51:17,086 --> 00:51:19,587
There's not a lot
of breaking news in geology.
1123
00:51:19,622 --> 00:51:21,455
Dr. James Morris at MIT
1124
00:51:21,489 --> 00:51:23,357
and Dr. Marvin Hasbrook
at Stanford.
1125
00:51:23,391 --> 00:51:25,559
Whoever answers
the phone first.
1126
00:51:27,662 --> 00:51:29,096
Is the EPA ready to comment?
1127
00:51:29,131 --> 00:51:30,965
We're waiting
for a comment from BP.
1128
00:51:32,868 --> 00:51:34,836
Are you able to get
the White House on the phone?
1129
00:51:34,870 --> 00:51:36,603
- Yeah.
- Then do it.
1130
00:51:36,638 --> 00:51:38,839
Halliburton is in it, Sean.
That ship has sailed.
1131
00:51:38,873 --> 00:51:40,941
Studio 1-A,
this is Broadcast Center.
1132
00:51:40,975 --> 00:51:43,576
- You're up on router 3.
- Copy that, Center. Router 3.
1133
00:51:43,610 --> 00:51:46,746
No, throw out all the remotes.
It's a whole new rundown.
1134
00:52:14,907 --> 00:52:16,941
Thank you.
1135
00:52:35,093 --> 00:52:36,761
Joey, these three
are confirmed,
1136
00:52:36,795 --> 00:52:38,228
but you should build all five.
1137
00:52:38,263 --> 00:52:41,131
Got it.
1138
00:52:48,972 --> 00:52:50,440
Will, we've confirmed
these three guests.
1139
00:52:50,474 --> 00:52:52,008
We're waiting on two others.
1140
00:53:01,885 --> 00:53:02,785
Two minutes.
1141
00:53:02,819 --> 00:53:04,386
Who's our wardrobe supervisor?
1142
00:53:04,421 --> 00:53:05,621
- We don't have one.
- Get one.
1143
00:53:05,655 --> 00:53:08,023
Charcoal gray,
navy blue, and black.
1144
00:53:08,057 --> 00:53:09,991
Zegna, Armani, Hugo Boss.
1145
00:53:10,026 --> 00:53:12,561
- He's not gonna look like an elite Northeastern prick?
- He is.
1146
00:53:12,595 --> 00:53:15,430
- Let's make that sexy again.
- Was it ever sexy?
1147
00:53:15,464 --> 00:53:17,365
Ask the Kennedy brothers.
Oh, Will.
1148
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:19,567
Don't talk to me unless
you absolutely have to, all right?
1149
00:53:19,601 --> 00:53:21,669
I absolutely have to.
I thought this would be a good time
1150
00:53:21,703 --> 00:53:23,138
to get a couple
of things straight.
1151
00:53:23,172 --> 00:53:24,872
I'm on TV in 90 seconds.
1152
00:53:24,907 --> 00:53:26,541
I don't think this is a good time to
get a couple of things straight.
1153
00:53:26,575 --> 00:53:28,076
That's funny,
because I think it's the best time
1154
00:53:28,110 --> 00:53:29,144
to get a couple
of things straight.
1155
00:53:29,178 --> 00:53:30,411
Can people hear me in there?
1156
00:53:30,445 --> 00:53:31,845
Not yet.
Now they can.
1157
00:53:31,879 --> 00:53:32,947
Take me off.
1158
00:53:32,981 --> 00:53:35,149
So I did a terrible thing
1159
00:53:35,183 --> 00:53:37,017
and I don't expect you
to forgive me.
1160
00:53:37,052 --> 00:53:40,054
- Take me off.
- You've got my contract, but the thing you have to know
1161
00:53:40,088 --> 00:53:43,290
is that between 8:00 and 9:00,
you are completely mine.
1162
00:53:43,325 --> 00:53:46,059
For an hour,
five times a week I own you.
1163
00:53:46,093 --> 00:53:49,528
But in my case, it's for your own good
and for the good of all.
1164
00:53:49,563 --> 00:53:52,332
Say "I understand" so I can
get these guys a sound level.
1165
00:53:52,366 --> 00:53:53,866
I don't see it
working that way.
1166
00:53:53,900 --> 00:53:55,801
- You don't?
- No.
1167
00:53:55,836 --> 00:53:57,770
Okay.
1168
00:53:57,804 --> 00:53:59,805
- Where's my graphics producer?
- Right here.
1169
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:01,507
I'm Mackenzie.
What's your name?
1170
00:54:01,541 --> 00:54:03,408
- 60 seconds.
- Jo... Joey.
1171
00:54:03,443 --> 00:54:06,278
- Can I get some quiet?
- Joey, could I have your seat for just a second?
1172
00:54:06,312 --> 00:54:09,647
Yes, ma'am.
1173
00:54:12,051 --> 00:54:13,952
There you go.
Show that to Will, please.
1174
00:54:13,987 --> 00:54:15,920
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
1175
00:54:15,955 --> 00:54:18,022
Will, check out
your preview screen.
1176
00:54:20,592 --> 00:54:22,726
Get it off there!
1177
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:24,561
- Say you understand.
- 30 seconds.
1178
00:54:24,596 --> 00:54:27,531
Someone's gonna spill coffee on a button
and broadcast that thing.
1179
00:54:27,565 --> 00:54:30,301
- Get it off.
- I've got a one-week contract. I don't have a lot to lose.
1180
00:54:30,335 --> 00:54:32,436
I'm just glad nobody's invented
a way to digitally store images
1181
00:54:32,471 --> 00:54:34,704
and upload them onto a free website
where anyone can see them.
1182
00:54:34,738 --> 00:54:36,506
Has someone invented a way
to digitally store images?
1183
00:54:36,540 --> 00:54:38,274
YouTube!
YouTube!
1184
00:54:38,309 --> 00:54:40,843
Oh, now you're just the crazy guy
shouting "YouTube!"
1185
00:54:40,878 --> 00:54:43,013
- Oh, God...
- Just say you understand.
1186
00:54:43,047 --> 00:54:45,048
- I understand!
- Good!
1187
00:54:45,082 --> 00:54:47,484
You warmed up?
You wanna screw around some more?
1188
00:54:47,518 --> 00:54:48,618
- I'm good!
- 10.
1189
00:54:48,652 --> 00:54:49,785
There's no script.
1190
00:54:49,820 --> 00:54:51,186
There's nothing
on the prompter.
1191
00:54:51,221 --> 00:54:53,155
Nothing on the prompter
is where this man eats.
1192
00:54:53,189 --> 00:54:55,224
And rolling.
1193
00:54:59,262 --> 00:55:02,398
Stand by, Joe.
1194
00:55:07,702 --> 00:55:09,937
Stand by, Camera 1.
1195
00:55:12,007 --> 00:55:13,607
Good evening.
I'm Will McAvoy.
1196
00:55:13,642 --> 00:55:14,975
Breaking news tonight
1197
00:55:15,010 --> 00:55:16,444
in what could be
the biggest disaster
1198
00:55:16,478 --> 00:55:18,579
to hit the Gulf of Mexico
since Hurricane Katrina
1199
00:55:18,613 --> 00:55:21,416
and the biggest environmental
catastrophe to stain our shores
1200
00:55:21,450 --> 00:55:23,817
since the crash
of the Exxon Valdez.
1201
00:55:23,852 --> 00:55:26,820
An oil rig in the Gulf,
British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon
1202
00:55:26,855 --> 00:55:28,923
50 miles off Venice, Louisiana,
1203
00:55:28,957 --> 00:55:32,526
exploded into flames
shortly after 2:00 PM Eastern time.
1204
00:55:32,561 --> 00:55:35,696
Seven crew members have been
evacuated to an area hospital
1205
00:55:35,730 --> 00:55:37,497
where they remain
in critical condition,
1206
00:55:37,532 --> 00:55:39,165
and the Coast Guard
is in the fifth hour
1207
00:55:39,199 --> 00:55:40,667
- of a search and rescue mission...
- Tape 2 up.
1208
00:55:40,701 --> 00:55:43,670
In the hope of finding 11 crew members
still unaccounted for.
1209
00:55:43,704 --> 00:55:46,039
Our coverage begins
with Sherrie Stone
1210
00:55:46,073 --> 00:55:47,707
at the US Coast Guard Station
in Baton Rouge.
1211
00:55:47,741 --> 00:55:50,109
- Sherrie?
- Yes, Will, the Coast Guard got...
1212
00:55:50,143 --> 00:55:51,778
All right, you'll be coming back
1213
00:55:51,812 --> 00:55:54,780
to Rear Admiral Loretta Hill
of the Coast Guard.
1214
00:55:54,814 --> 00:55:56,782
Just right after
3:00 PM Eastern time...
1215
00:55:56,816 --> 00:55:59,250
The missing men may be
only the tip of this tragedy.
1216
00:55:59,285 --> 00:56:03,421
ACN has learned exclusively
that senior level officials inside BP
1217
00:56:03,456 --> 00:56:05,657
are scrambling to figure out
a way to cap the well,
1218
00:56:05,692 --> 00:56:08,526
which, three and a half miles
below the surface of the Gulf,
1219
00:56:08,561 --> 00:56:11,095
is pouring oil into the sea
at a rate of 125,000...
1220
00:56:11,129 --> 00:56:13,664
I'm sure you'd like to see some kind of
statement on the screen.
1221
00:56:13,699 --> 00:56:15,199
"Our thoughts and prayers
1222
00:56:15,233 --> 00:56:17,134
are with the families
of the missing crew members."
1223
00:56:17,168 --> 00:56:19,804
I can help you out with that,
but I'll also need a statement
1224
00:56:19,838 --> 00:56:22,974
that says at this hour you don't
know how to cap the well.
1225
00:56:23,008 --> 00:56:25,309
You have about 25 minutes.
1226
00:56:26,877 --> 00:56:28,311
Dr. Morris, this is New York.
1227
00:56:28,345 --> 00:56:29,746
Can you hear me?
Good.
1228
00:56:29,780 --> 00:56:32,215
We'll be coming to you
in about two minutes.
1229
00:56:32,249 --> 00:56:34,618
You've got to ask her
why there's no contingency.
1230
00:56:34,652 --> 00:56:36,920
Why is there no contingency?
1231
00:56:36,954 --> 00:56:39,188
Nancy, why are we drilling
three miles underwater
1232
00:56:39,223 --> 00:56:40,657
when we don't have
the technology
1233
00:56:40,691 --> 00:56:43,058
to fix the world's
most predictable emergency?
1234
00:56:48,498 --> 00:56:49,865
Jim.
1235
00:56:49,899 --> 00:56:51,066
Jim!
1236
00:56:51,101 --> 00:56:54,937
Jim. Jim.
1237
00:56:54,971 --> 00:56:57,239
Jim? You have
a hold button.
1238
00:56:57,273 --> 00:56:59,841
- Hold, please.
- Jim!
1239
00:57:01,610 --> 00:57:03,678
- You got it?
- I, uh...
1240
00:57:03,712 --> 00:57:07,681
- Oh, shit.
- I got it and I think a little bit more.
1241
00:57:09,184 --> 00:57:10,518
- Come with me.
- Okay.
1242
00:57:10,552 --> 00:57:12,986
- Take the pad.
- Thank you.
1243
00:57:13,021 --> 00:57:15,789
Dr. James Morris
of the US Geological Survey
1244
00:57:15,823 --> 00:57:18,292
and Professor of Petroleum
Geology at MIT.
1245
00:57:18,326 --> 00:57:20,927
BP Deepwater Horizon
is engulfed in flames
1246
00:57:20,962 --> 00:57:23,663
and the search continues
for 11 missing crew members.
1247
00:57:23,697 --> 00:57:26,366
We'll be right back.
1248
00:57:28,935 --> 00:57:31,671
When we come back,
it'll be Halliburton. Are you ready?
1249
00:57:31,705 --> 00:57:34,274
- No statement from BP?
- Don't worry about BP.
1250
00:57:34,308 --> 00:57:38,043
You're going to Halliburton's
spokesperson Dick Warren.
1251
00:57:39,945 --> 00:57:41,913
This is beautiful.
1252
00:57:41,947 --> 00:57:45,684
Just sitting here, Charlie.
I'm watching the news.
1253
00:57:48,821 --> 00:57:51,356
Young lady, get on
your Twitter account.
1254
00:57:51,391 --> 00:57:54,425
We're doing this
whole broadcast on the fly.
1255
00:57:54,459 --> 00:57:58,095
Will doesn't have a rundown,
it's the EP's first show,
1256
00:57:58,129 --> 00:57:59,697
and she's got the whole thing
in her head.
1257
00:57:59,731 --> 00:58:01,432
She's the only one who knows
where we're going next.
1258
00:58:01,466 --> 00:58:05,969
It's a feat that requires incredible trust
between the anchor and the EP.
1259
00:58:06,004 --> 00:58:07,471
Say all that.
1260
00:58:07,506 --> 00:58:09,372
I can only use 140 characters.
1261
00:58:09,407 --> 00:58:11,608
Figure it out.
1262
00:58:11,642 --> 00:58:13,510
- We are trying to gather information...
- Sir, please. Please!
1263
00:58:13,544 --> 00:58:15,945
As quickly as possibly.
It isn't easy while we're being hounded.
1264
00:58:15,979 --> 00:58:18,248
- Let's just take a breath.
- I'm breathing fine.
1265
00:58:18,282 --> 00:58:19,916
Zoneseal 2000.
1266
00:58:19,950 --> 00:58:23,620
Your company was hired to provide
Zoneseal 2000 and SCR-100,
1267
00:58:23,654 --> 00:58:27,155
a synthetic, cement-like substance
meant to seal off the well... Yes or no?
1268
00:58:27,190 --> 00:58:30,259
- Yes, we were, but now you're saying...
- That's all I was saying.
1269
00:58:30,293 --> 00:58:32,761
Now I'm asking if your company
did tests on the substance
1270
00:58:32,795 --> 00:58:35,097
before installing it at the base
of Deepwater Horizon.
1271
00:58:35,131 --> 00:58:37,533
We do exhaustive tests
on everything we manufacture.
1272
00:58:37,567 --> 00:58:41,536
Do you have the results of these
exhaustive tests done on Zoneseal 2000?
1273
00:58:41,570 --> 00:58:43,037
Now you're being
unnecessarily flippant.
1274
00:58:43,071 --> 00:58:45,607
Look, I am not some college
student you can shout at.
1275
00:58:45,641 --> 00:58:47,609
We're not going to commercial
till he answers your question.
1276
00:58:47,643 --> 00:58:49,944
No, you're the spokesperson
for Halliburton.
1277
00:58:49,978 --> 00:58:51,912
And I came on this program
voluntarily.
1278
00:58:51,947 --> 00:58:53,013
I don't have subpoena power.
1279
00:58:53,048 --> 00:58:54,782
Everyone comes on this program
voluntarily.
1280
00:58:54,816 --> 00:58:57,118
Understand that this is
all happening fast
1281
00:58:57,152 --> 00:58:59,819
and that this is information
that isn't at our fingertips.
1282
00:58:59,854 --> 00:59:01,855
- You don't have the test results at your fingertips?
- For the moment,
1283
00:59:01,889 --> 00:59:03,323
Halliburton's thoughts
and prayers are with...
1284
00:59:03,358 --> 00:59:04,924
All of our thoughts and prayers
are with the missing crew...
1285
00:59:04,959 --> 00:59:06,760
Nobody's thoughts and prayers
are with the fire.
1286
00:59:06,794 --> 00:59:08,194
Good to see you again, Will.
1287
00:59:08,229 --> 00:59:10,430
Sir, aren't the test results
on a computer?
1288
00:59:10,465 --> 00:59:12,165
Are they buried in the middle
of a wheat field?
1289
00:59:12,199 --> 00:59:13,966
- We will make the test results...
- It's about time.
1290
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:15,301
What's the Minerals
Management Agency?
1291
00:59:15,335 --> 00:59:17,936
It's the Minerals Management Service,
the MMS,
1292
00:59:17,971 --> 00:59:21,607
and they have 56 inspectors
overseeing 3,500 production facilities
1293
00:59:21,642 --> 00:59:25,077
that operate 35,591 wells
in the Gulf region.
1294
00:59:25,111 --> 00:59:27,946
That's according to the Interior
Department, not Wikipedia.
1295
00:59:27,981 --> 00:59:29,814
56 inspectors for 35,000 wells?
1296
00:59:29,848 --> 00:59:32,751
- It gets better.
- We're out. Back in 90 seconds.
1297
00:59:32,785 --> 00:59:34,552
- BP statement?
- Hang on.
1298
00:59:34,587 --> 00:59:36,954
Inspections for drilling rigs
are required monthly,
1299
00:59:36,989 --> 00:59:38,856
but Deepwater Horizon
was only inspected
1300
00:59:38,891 --> 00:59:41,726
nine times in 2009
and six times in 2008.
1301
00:59:41,761 --> 00:59:43,395
- What's coming?
- Hang on.
1302
00:59:43,429 --> 00:59:46,730
The last inspection was done
20 days ago by Eric Neal,
1303
00:59:46,765 --> 00:59:49,633
who was sent by himself even though
he had only just started his training
1304
00:59:49,668 --> 00:59:51,302
as a government inspector
of drilling rigs.
1305
00:59:51,336 --> 00:59:53,236
- Are you kidding me?
- No.
1306
00:59:53,271 --> 00:59:56,139
- Is it the BP statement?
- Oh, my God, would somebody hit him with a stun gun?
1307
00:59:56,149 --> 00:59:56,947
30 seconds.
1308
00:59:56,971 --> 00:59:58,942
What I wouldn't give to have
a phone hook up with this guy.
1309
00:59:58,976 --> 01:00:00,377
- You do.
- What?
1310
01:00:00,412 --> 01:00:02,412
He's on hold.
It's this blinking light.
1311
01:00:02,446 --> 01:00:06,382
Maggie...
I am taking you shopping!
1312
01:00:06,417 --> 01:00:08,017
- Will, listen up.
- Phone graphic: Eric Neal.
1313
01:00:08,051 --> 01:00:09,652
- Minerals Management is wildly understaffed.
- N-E-A-L.
1314
01:00:09,687 --> 01:00:11,086
- Jesus.
- We've got the guy...
1315
01:00:11,121 --> 01:00:13,356
Give me all the numbers.
1316
01:00:13,390 --> 01:00:14,857
- M-me?
- Give him the numbers.
1317
01:00:14,891 --> 01:00:17,426
- Let's go!
- Okay. Uh, 56 inspectors.
1318
01:00:17,460 --> 01:00:19,160
- 10 seconds.
- 3,500...
1319
01:00:22,398 --> 01:00:24,599
Take it easy with him.
He's gonna be scared to death.
1320
01:00:24,634 --> 01:00:26,868
In three, two...
1321
01:00:29,305 --> 01:00:30,806
Welcome back to breaking news.
1322
01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:34,642
The oil rig BP Deepwater Horizon
has exploded into flames
1323
01:00:34,676 --> 01:00:36,877
50 miles off the coast
of Louisiana,
1324
01:00:36,911 --> 01:00:39,814
leaving 11 crew members missing
and feared dead.
1325
01:00:39,848 --> 01:00:42,683
We're on the phone with Eric Neal
of the Minerals Management Service.
1326
01:00:42,718 --> 01:00:44,352
Thank you for joining us,
Mr. Neal.
1327
01:00:44,375 --> 01:00:45,987
It's good to... Thank you.
1328
01:00:46,021 --> 01:00:47,922
Can you confirm
that the MMS employs
1329
01:00:47,956 --> 01:00:49,957
56 inspectors
in the Gulf region?
1330
01:00:49,992 --> 01:00:51,426
I believe that's correct.
1331
01:00:51,460 --> 01:00:56,063
And the 56 of you
oversee 35,591 wells?
1332
01:00:56,098 --> 01:01:00,434
- I believe that's correct.
- That's 635 wells for each inspector.
1333
01:01:00,468 --> 01:01:02,603
The wells are required
to be inspected once a month.
1334
01:01:02,637 --> 01:01:04,704
- Is that correct?
- The drilling wells, yes.
1335
01:01:04,739 --> 01:01:07,307
Is it possible with
so few inspectors and so many wells
1336
01:01:07,342 --> 01:01:10,477
to properly inspect
each platform as scheduled?
1337
01:01:11,679 --> 01:01:14,014
Our...
Our budget's very limited.
1338
01:01:14,048 --> 01:01:16,049
A single inspector would
have to thoroughly review
1339
01:01:16,083 --> 01:01:18,584
two wells a day,
six days a week for a year.
1340
01:01:18,619 --> 01:01:20,486
I know.
1341
01:01:20,521 --> 01:01:23,356
Would an easy solution be to
have the oil companies themselves
1342
01:01:23,390 --> 01:01:25,125
pay for the cost
of a proper inspection?
1343
01:01:25,159 --> 01:01:27,694
Isn't that what
car owners have to do?
1344
01:01:27,728 --> 01:01:32,164
Well, that isn't my
field of expertise.
1345
01:01:32,198 --> 01:01:34,066
- Statement from BP.
- Right here.
1346
01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:35,600
Mr. Neal, you were sent
1347
01:01:35,635 --> 01:01:38,370
to inspect Deepwater Horizon
19 days ago...
1348
01:01:38,404 --> 01:01:39,905
April 1st, is that right?
1349
01:01:39,939 --> 01:01:42,141
I was, yes.
1350
01:01:42,175 --> 01:01:44,977
Were you aware that dating
back to September 2001,
1351
01:01:45,011 --> 01:01:47,378
Deepwater Horizon
had shown five red flags
1352
01:01:47,412 --> 01:01:50,114
or incidents of noncompliance?
1353
01:01:50,149 --> 01:01:52,750
Um, I'm not sure
I'm authorized to speak about that.
1354
01:01:52,785 --> 01:01:55,219
I understand.
I only have two more questions.
1355
01:01:55,253 --> 01:01:57,621
Prior to your inspection
of the rig on April 1st,
1356
01:01:57,656 --> 01:02:01,458
how many inspections had you
done of offshore oil drilling rigs?
1357
01:02:02,527 --> 01:02:04,795
- None.
- None?
1358
01:02:04,829 --> 01:02:08,765
- Except in training.
- And how long have you been in training?
1359
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:11,435
- Four months.
- Thank you very much.
1360
01:02:11,469 --> 01:02:14,104
That was Eric Neal with the
Minerals Management Service.
1361
01:02:14,138 --> 01:02:17,208
- We have the statement.
- We now have a statement from BP.
1362
01:02:17,242 --> 01:02:19,075
We'll put it up
on the screen for you.
1363
01:02:19,109 --> 01:02:21,411
"The thoughts and prayers..."
1364
01:02:21,445 --> 01:02:23,012
"The thoughts and prayers
of Tony Hayward
1365
01:02:23,046 --> 01:02:25,381
and everyone at BP are with
the missing crew members
1366
01:02:25,416 --> 01:02:28,150
of the BP Deepwater Horizon
and their families.
1367
01:02:28,185 --> 01:02:29,952
We are looking at
every possible solution
1368
01:02:29,986 --> 01:02:31,421
to the problem
of capping the well
1369
01:02:31,455 --> 01:02:33,889
and will, of course,
offer our complete assistance
1370
01:02:33,924 --> 01:02:36,391
to the various US agencies
involved in repairing
1371
01:02:36,426 --> 01:02:40,061
and cleaning up the damage done
by this terrible accident."
1372
01:02:40,096 --> 01:02:43,265
So, glass half-full.
1373
01:02:43,299 --> 01:02:45,800
They're offering
to help clean up.
1374
01:02:48,238 --> 01:02:49,738
This is obviously
just beginning.
1375
01:02:49,772 --> 01:02:51,939
We'll be bringing you more
as this story develops.
1376
01:02:51,973 --> 01:02:53,574
Terry Smith
is coming up right now
1377
01:02:53,609 --> 01:02:55,543
with the Capitol Report
from Washington.
1378
01:02:55,577 --> 01:02:57,445
I'm Will McAvoy.
Good night.
1379
01:03:34,847 --> 01:03:37,283
Did the White House call?
1380
01:03:37,317 --> 01:03:40,151
Gibbs wants to know what we know
and how we know it.
1381
01:03:40,185 --> 01:03:41,919
We're not giving up
the new guy.
1382
01:03:41,953 --> 01:03:44,855
Hey, the news alert's at red.
1383
01:03:44,890 --> 01:03:47,292
- We got it right.
- We got the spill right.
1384
01:03:47,326 --> 01:03:49,093
We don't know what we're doing
with Halliburton.
1385
01:03:49,127 --> 01:03:51,061
- We don't know what's gonna happen...
- God, you're a pussy.
1386
01:03:51,096 --> 01:03:54,898
- You know, I'm just being...
- And it's not like you said the sorority girl
1387
01:03:54,932 --> 01:03:57,768
is responsible for setting
the hemisphere on fire.
1388
01:03:57,802 --> 01:03:58,935
Give the Internet an hour.
1389
01:03:58,969 --> 01:04:00,737
That's exactly
what it'll say we said.
1390
01:04:00,772 --> 01:04:04,474
- I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.
- I'm not.
1391
01:04:05,876 --> 01:04:08,144
You're older than you think.
1392
01:04:09,113 --> 01:04:11,347
Don't learn that the hard way.
1393
01:04:12,516 --> 01:04:14,383
You didn't bring her in
to right the ship.
1394
01:04:14,418 --> 01:04:16,819
You brought her in
to build a new one.
1395
01:04:16,853 --> 01:04:18,321
You knew Don
would go with Elliot.
1396
01:04:18,355 --> 01:04:22,124
- You orchestrated the whole thing.
- Yeah.
1397
01:04:22,158 --> 01:04:24,360
For a long time now,
I badly wanted to watch
1398
01:04:24,394 --> 01:04:26,594
the news on my TV at night.
1399
01:04:26,629 --> 01:04:30,565
Then it occurred to me...
I run a news division.
1400
01:04:30,599 --> 01:04:33,468
She's indifferent to ratings,
competition,
1401
01:04:33,502 --> 01:04:36,371
corporate concerns, and,
generally speaking, consequences.
1402
01:04:36,405 --> 01:04:38,906
Good, 'cause you just
described my job.
1403
01:04:38,941 --> 01:04:41,343
I'm Don Quixote,
you can be Sancho,
1404
01:04:41,377 --> 01:04:44,244
she'll be Dulcinea,
and everyone out there is the horse.
1405
01:04:44,278 --> 01:04:47,047
Donkey. How did you know
about that conversation?
1406
01:04:47,081 --> 01:04:48,682
I know everything.
1407
01:04:48,717 --> 01:04:52,486
Anchors having an opinion
isn't a new phenomenon.
1408
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:55,456
Murrow had one and that
was the end of McCarthy.
1409
01:04:55,490 --> 01:04:57,591
Cronkite had one and that
was the end of Vietnam.
1410
01:04:57,625 --> 01:05:01,227
- I'm not those guys.
- I'm betting all my money on you're wrong.
1411
01:05:01,261 --> 01:05:03,262
You know what, kiddo?
1412
01:05:03,296 --> 01:05:05,832
In the old days
of about 10 minutes ago,
1413
01:05:05,866 --> 01:05:07,734
we did the news well.
1414
01:05:07,768 --> 01:05:11,537
You know how?
We just decided to.
1415
01:05:19,879 --> 01:05:21,913
Will...
1416
01:05:21,947 --> 01:05:26,518
I fucking loved what
you said at Northwestern,
1417
01:05:26,552 --> 01:05:29,721
and that's why
I brought her here.
1418
01:05:42,434 --> 01:05:44,802
Neal.
1419
01:05:44,836 --> 01:05:49,005
- Welcome to the show, mate.
- Thanks for everything. Take care.
1420
01:05:49,039 --> 01:05:50,507
- Hey, good show.
- Good show.
1421
01:05:50,541 --> 01:05:51,908
- Welcome.
- Thanks.
1422
01:05:51,942 --> 01:05:54,277
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
1423
01:06:03,286 --> 01:06:05,387
- Excuse me. Hey.
- Oh, hi.
1424
01:06:05,422 --> 01:06:09,291
I didn't have time before
to say great job.
1425
01:06:09,325 --> 01:06:11,460
Are you kidding?
You were like Batman.
1426
01:06:11,494 --> 01:06:12,661
I am, actually.
1427
01:06:12,695 --> 01:06:14,496
I felt like the cape
was a little campy,
1428
01:06:14,531 --> 01:06:16,565
but I still have the car
and the utility belt.
1429
01:06:16,599 --> 01:06:19,867
- Right.
- Yeah.
1430
01:06:19,902 --> 01:06:22,603
I shouldn't... say things.
1431
01:06:22,638 --> 01:06:24,539
Well, that was huge.
1432
01:06:24,573 --> 01:06:26,374
- I just answered my phone.
- Well...
1433
01:06:26,409 --> 01:06:29,411
Don, we got off
on the wrong foot.
1434
01:06:29,445 --> 01:06:31,479
- Can I buy you a drink?
- I appreciate that.
1435
01:06:31,513 --> 01:06:34,082
Another night when I haven't spent the day
getting my ass kicked, okay?
1436
01:06:34,116 --> 01:06:35,615
You got it.
1437
01:06:35,650 --> 01:06:38,552
- Are your folks down in the lobby?
- Yeah.
1438
01:06:38,586 --> 01:06:40,354
How about I come down
and say hi?
1439
01:06:40,388 --> 01:06:42,323
We get to meet.
I'll apologize in person.
1440
01:06:42,357 --> 01:06:44,091
I'll come back upstairs
for a couple of minutes
1441
01:06:44,125 --> 01:06:45,659
so it looks like I'm working.
1442
01:06:45,693 --> 01:06:47,694
You call me when
you're done with dinner.
1443
01:06:47,728 --> 01:06:49,363
It's a compromise.
1444
01:06:51,098 --> 01:06:53,032
You!
1445
01:06:59,173 --> 01:07:00,873
Your name is Margaret Jordan.
1446
01:07:03,410 --> 01:07:05,144
Yes, it is.
1447
01:07:06,213 --> 01:07:08,213
That was a good show, Will.
1448
01:07:10,149 --> 01:07:12,150
Mackenzie, I was wrong,
you were right.
1449
01:07:13,086 --> 01:07:15,053
What did everybody else run?
1450
01:07:16,956 --> 01:07:18,590
What did they run, Don?
1451
01:07:18,624 --> 01:07:22,827
Flights resumed in Europe and the
iPhone prototype that was left at a bar.
1452
01:07:22,862 --> 01:07:24,828
They all closed with the oil rig,
though.
1453
01:07:24,863 --> 01:07:28,199
- Spill?
- Search and rescue.
1454
01:07:34,939 --> 01:07:37,341
We should go.
1455
01:07:37,376 --> 01:07:39,742
Good night, guys.
1456
01:07:41,412 --> 01:07:43,313
Night.
1457
01:07:56,159 --> 01:07:57,726
I don't know
what you're miming.
1458
01:07:57,760 --> 01:07:59,728
Just...
1459
01:08:01,231 --> 01:08:03,565
You're fine.
1460
01:08:25,087 --> 01:08:27,187
Can I talk to you a second?
1461
01:08:27,221 --> 01:08:29,289
8:00 to 9:00 is over.
1462
01:08:32,793 --> 01:08:35,628
I understand.
I just wanted to mention something.
1463
01:08:35,663 --> 01:08:38,898
Hang on. Enough of this shit
about being disengaged.
1464
01:08:41,001 --> 01:08:43,336
Guys, great job tonight.
1465
01:08:43,371 --> 01:08:46,138
These things are done by teams,
and I've got the best team in television.
1466
01:08:46,173 --> 01:08:47,907
I'm gonna make sure
each and every one of you
1467
01:08:47,942 --> 01:08:50,109
knows how important
you are to me.
1468
01:08:51,879 --> 01:08:54,113
- This isn't our control room.
- No.
1469
01:08:54,147 --> 01:08:56,148
Then screw it.
1470
01:08:59,086 --> 01:09:01,053
Will.
1471
01:09:03,923 --> 01:09:06,825
You won't remember this,
but the first time
1472
01:09:06,859 --> 01:09:10,260
you met my parents,
you had flowers for my mother.
1473
01:09:10,295 --> 01:09:12,129
You took my father
to an Orioles game
1474
01:09:12,163 --> 01:09:14,098
and then you met us for dinner.
1475
01:09:14,132 --> 01:09:16,000
And I wanted to tell you...
1476
01:09:19,404 --> 01:09:21,538
that you were perfect.
1477
01:09:23,108 --> 01:09:25,541
Like I said, you wouldn't remember,
but I wanted to thank you...
1478
01:09:25,576 --> 01:09:29,212
The Orioles won 4-3 on a walk-off double
from Miguel Tejada
1479
01:09:29,246 --> 01:09:30,747
with runners
on first and third.
1480
01:09:30,781 --> 01:09:33,717
Your father ordered a beer
and I ordered a Diet Coke.
1481
01:09:33,751 --> 01:09:36,285
And he said, "McAvoy,
you're a Republican nitwit
1482
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:38,387
and every word you've ever said
or written about China
1483
01:09:38,422 --> 01:09:40,956
is incomprehensible bollocks.
1484
01:09:40,991 --> 01:09:43,258
But for reasons
passing understanding,
1485
01:09:43,292 --> 01:09:45,527
my Mackenzie seems to be
in love with you.
1486
01:09:45,561 --> 01:09:47,362
So you can have a pint
on a hot summer's day
1487
01:09:47,396 --> 01:09:50,332
without earning
my disapproval."
1488
01:09:50,366 --> 01:09:52,501
We ended up having three.
1489
01:09:58,107 --> 01:10:00,908
You two idiots were drunk
when you met us for dinner?
1490
01:10:00,943 --> 01:10:04,145
Yeah.
1491
01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:08,049
Your dad's feeling all right?
1492
01:10:08,083 --> 01:10:11,718
Charlie says you're physically
and mentally exhausted.
1493
01:10:13,354 --> 01:10:15,088
I've been exhausted
since I was 30.
1494
01:10:15,123 --> 01:10:16,990
Everybody's exhausted.
1495
01:10:19,961 --> 01:10:22,062
I just wanted to come back
and be in a newsroom.
1496
01:10:23,865 --> 01:10:27,233
Well, this one's
yours for a week.
1497
01:10:27,268 --> 01:10:29,802
- Good show tonight.
- You, too.
1498
01:10:33,540 --> 01:10:36,575
It wasn't vertigo medicine.
1499
01:10:36,609 --> 01:10:38,510
I thought I saw you
in the audience.
1500
01:10:38,545 --> 01:10:39,912
That's how I got flustered.
1501
01:10:39,946 --> 01:10:43,082
I thought I saw you,
but it turned out to be someone else.
1502
01:10:45,084 --> 01:10:47,218
No, wait.
1503
01:11:23,061 --> 01:11:27,617
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