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- (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
- LEWIS: 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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SHARON: Hang on, I have plenty of...
When did I ever express any lack of faith?
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LEWIS: 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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- (APPLAUSE)
- What do you think taxes are?
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That was the last great president.
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SHARON: American individualism
can't build roads.
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- An individual...
- LEWIS: Go on, get it all out.
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SHARON: Thank you,
since the question was addressed to me.
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(LAUGHTER)
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An individual can't build a school
or assemble an army...
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LEWIS: 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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LEWIS: Yes. Fine.
SHARON: Yes.
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- (SOUND FADING)
- 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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(LAUGHTER)
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SHARON: 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
if you paid your monthly fire bill?
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LEWIS: 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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LEWIS: And you cannot skip right to the army.
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(CONVERSATION FADES)
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SHARON: 0.00004% of the federal budget
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and is code for New York,
Jewish, perverted and gay.
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- MODERATOR: 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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- (LAUGHTER)
- MODERATOR: Okay.
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We'll go on to the next question.
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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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(LAUGHTER)
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Since it's been brought up,
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you've almost religiously avoided stating
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. I'll take it.
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(LAUGHTER)
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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.
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Yeah.
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How do you feel about that?
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- Jealous of the size of Jay's audience.
- (LAUGHTER)
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Are you willing to say here tonight
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...
- (LAUGHTER)
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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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MODERATOR: 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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(LAUGHTER)
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MODERATOR: 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.
James Madison was a genius.
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The Declaration of Independence is, for me,
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.
It costs airtime and column inches.
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You know why people don't like liberals?
Because they lose.
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If liberals are so fuckin' smart,
how come they lose so goddamn always?
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- Hey...
- And with a straight face
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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 UK, 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,
and one of them is
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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,
22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy,
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178th in infant mortality,
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,
number of adults who believe angels are real,
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and defense spending where we spend
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
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, 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,
and we never beat our chest.
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We built great big things,
made ungodly technological advances,
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explored the universe, cured diseases,
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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(CLEARS THROAT)
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We were able to be all these things
and do all these things
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because we were informed.
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By great men, men who were revered.
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First step in solving any problem
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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(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
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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,
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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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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DON: I'm excited to meet them, too, but...
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I'm excited to meet them, too, but not tonight.
It's just too soon.
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When did you decide that?
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I really can't pinpoint the time.
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.
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
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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(SIGHS) I've been telling them
about you for months.
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What am I supposed to say?
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- That I had to work late.
- Why?
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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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- (PHONE CHIMES)
- 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.
He thought you were his assistant.
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You have to go back to your pizza meeting,
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
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
without noticing that his staff isn't here.
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(SIGHS)
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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 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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(STAMMERS)
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Okay. Ooh!
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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.
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- Now?
- He said as soon as you come in.
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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.
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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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MAN: (OVER PHONE) You own this now,
my friend. You have bought it.
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You have paid for it and you have the receipt.
I wanna be crystal clear, this is yours.
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- You're wearing it.
- (KNOCKS)
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- Henry wants me to make sure you know that.
- CHARLIE: 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...
- (DISCONNECTS)
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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 Saint 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,
241
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and I was sitting there with a warm Coke,
watching a beautiful Vietnamese woman
242
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doing an exotic dance
right in the middle of everybody.
243
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A beautiful, beautiful woman.
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And I thought to myself,
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"I will never know what it is
to be with a woman like that."
246
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And at that exact moment,
the woman spun twice,
247
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teetered over, and fell right into my lap.
248
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That was a story about how sometimes
things fall right into your lap.
249
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Where's my staff?
250
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The answer to that question has several parts.
251
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First, we're gonna try Elliot out at 10:00.
He's starting in two weeks.
252
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Good. Thank you.
With the right EP, he'll do great at 10:00.
253
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I think so, too, and I know how much
he appreciates your lobbying hard for him.
254
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He really looks up to you.
255
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What's this got to do with my staff?
256
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- He's taking your staff.
- What are you talking about?
257
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Well, strictly speaking, he's taking your EP
and your EP's taking your staff.
258
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- Wait, Don's going with Elliot?
- Listen...
259
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- Where is he?
- There's no need...
260
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- Where is he?
- They're both...
261
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Don got everyone pizza.
They're in one of the conference rooms.
262
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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.
265
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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.
267
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- He asked to go? He asked to go?
- Yeah. Yeah.
268
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- Because of what happened?
- Absolutely not. That's over.
269
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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.
272
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Why is he leaving?
273
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Oh!
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Yeah, I get that there are moments,
small moments, infrequent moments,
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where I'm not the easiest guy to work with,
276
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- but who the hell is?
- I am.
277
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Well, it helps
that you're drunk most of the time.
278
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It certainly does. Do me a favor...
279
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This is more than unprofessional,
it's uncivilized.
280
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But more than that, it's unprofessional.
281
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- Just do me a favor, okay?
- Sure.
282
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- Try not to make a scene...
- Hey, dickless!
283
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- (KNOCKING)
- Not you. You're in a minute. You.
284
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Hey, Will.
285
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Congratulations on the show.
You're gonna do great.
286
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I'd have called you,
but I didn't know where you were staying.
287
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I kept getting an out-of-the-office reply.
288
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You're taking my executive producer?
289
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Before you go any further, I strongly objected.
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- Did you?
- For all the reasons...
291
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- I think this conversation's about me.
- Catlike instincts.
292
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I tried to get in touch with you,
but Charlie said...
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- You asked to leave?
- I did,
294
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- but we have two weeks before...
- Because of what happened?
295
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Because the second half
was a rousing call to...
296
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- It has nothing to do with what happened.
- The timing is curious.
297
00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,927
Didn't you tell him it doesn't have anything
to do with what happened?
298
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Yes, and talk to him
when you're talking to him.
299
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After all the time
we spent working side by side?
300
00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,844
I've been your EP for 13 weeks.
301
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That's the longest
I've ever worked with anybody!
302
00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,484
I mean, you were the one. You were my guy.
We were like the Everly Brothers.
303
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You'll interview some good candidates.
304
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Don, please, I'll replace you in 15 minutes.
305
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,923
You know, it wasn't
the anti-American thing, Will,
306
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or even that you aimed a profanity-laced
tirade at a college sophomore...
307
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,487
She's talking about suing the university
for mental anguish.
308
00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,006
- Talking about it to who?
- Mostly Kathie Lee and Hoda.
309
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- Guess who her lawyer is.
- If you say Gloria Allred...
310
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- It's your personality.
- What?
311
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The reason I'm leaving
and the reason the others are.
312
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I'm affable!
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To strangers, to people who watch you on TV.
You yelled at me in front of the crew.
314
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- That's what this is about.
- DON: Yes, that's what this is about.
315
00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,603
Yeah, you know, I thought
you were talking into my ear.
316
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DON: That's what I'm supposed to do.
317
00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,928
I had Stanley McChrystal
on satellite from Kandahar.
318
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He's being shot at by the fucking Taliban,
and you were yakking in my ear.
319
00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,362
I wasn't yakking.
I was telling you not to let him off the hook.
320
00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,647
Was that something
that really needed to be said four times?
321
00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,171
Yeah, because you let him off the hook,
322
00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,481
as was pointed out by everyone
with Internet access.
323
00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,961
You blew that interview,
and you took it out on me.
324
00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,371
It was two days
after the thing with the student.
325
00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,761
I thought it would be a good idea
to show deference to a three-star...
326
00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,525
You took it out on me,
you did it in front of the staff,
327
00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,807
then you took it out on the staff
the way you're doing right now.
328
00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,803
The staff isn't here!
329
00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,248
You're taking the department heads.
Who the hell knows who they're taking?
330
00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:35,481
Maggie's standing right there.
331
00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,688
Her name happens to be Ellen!
332
00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,245
DON: It's Margaret.
333
00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,291
And simply put, you are a smart,
talented guy who isn't very nice
334
00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,249
and the countdown
to your retirement from relevance...
335
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,606
- All right.
- ...started the moment you called
336
00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,170
conservatives idiots and liberals losers.
337
00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,561
- That's enough.
- A bad reaction to vertigo medicine?
338
00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:53,926
- Don.
- Did you just send that gift-wrapped
339
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,240
to every comedian in the world?
340
00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:56,765
I didn't have a lot of time to think.
341
00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,002
- Do you think maybe if you'd let me prep you!
- Don.
342
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,082
- You had a brand!
- I'm a Marine, Don!
343
00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,289
I will beat the shit out of you!
I don't care how many protein bars you eat.
344
00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,647
Hey, hey, hey, hey. All right.
345
00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,125
All right, look, I'm sorry I said all that.
346
00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,248
No, it's easier to say than the truth.
347
00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,728
- What?
- You're jumping a sinking ship.
348
00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,804
You've always been
the smartest guy around here.
349
00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,527
I appreciate you promoting me up
as fast as you did.
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00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,125
And I will work with whoever you hire
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00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,044
to make it a smooth transition
over the next two weeks.
352
00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,441
- Is that the afternoon brief?
- Yeah.
353
00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,202
I'm... I'm sorry about all this.
354
00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,727
No, no, no. Good luck with the show, man.
I'm here for whatever you need.
355
00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,408
You did let McChrystal off the hook because
you were gun-shy after Northwestern.
356
00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,482
- He was right about that.
- WILL: I didn't let him off the hook.
357
00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,961
He's a general.
He's a professional strategist, Charlie.
358
00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,565
He's schooled in evasive tactics.
359
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,244
Against armies, not journalists.
360
00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,563
Chief Brody, Hooper, and Captain Quint didn't
let Jaws off the hook is what I'm saying.
361
00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:09,721
All right.
362
00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,689
- I didn't know.
- What?
363
00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,048
I didn't know that people
didn't like working for me.
364
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,690
- Do you care?
- No.
365
00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,003
Of course I care. Anybody would care.
366
00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,364
But honestly, I don't.
367
00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,562
I do. I am a perfectly nice guy
and I have the focus group data to prove it,
368
00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,244
so maybe the problem lies not with me...
369
00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,051
- I hired a new EP for you.
- What do you mean?
370
00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,730
I hired you a new EP.
371
00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:34,527
You hi... You...
372
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,525
I'm never going on vacation again.
You hired a new EP without my meeting him?
373
00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,364
- Her.
- Without my meeting her?
374
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,044
- No, you've met her.
- Who?
375
00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:49,921
Charlie, have you hired to run my show,
without consulting me...
376
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,451
You were unreachable.
377
00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,522
Only one person knew
how to get in touch with you.
378
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,887
- It was you!
- I had to right the ship.
379
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,442
You know that for this particular job,
there's no one better.
380
00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,051
You're not talking about MacKenzie.
381
00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:03,884
I had to right the ship.
382
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,883
You're too big an asset to screw around with
383
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,043
and your focus group data
isn't saying what it said three weeks ago.
384
00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:10,884
- Charlie...
- She was in Peshawar...
385
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,883
- Oh, my God.
- For four months.
386
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:17,249
The Green Zone for a year before that.
Her guys were filing stories from caves.
387
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,928
She comes home, she wants to be
an EP again, have a normal life,
388
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,368
and there's nothing for her at CNN,
nothing for her at ABC.
389
00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,681
- I knew that.
- She's exhausted.
390
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:32,202
Not like at the end of a long day.
She's mentally and physically exhausted.
391
00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,722
She hasn't had four hours' sleep in two years.
392
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,326
She's been shot at
in three different countries.
393
00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,328
And she's been to way too many funerals
for a girl her age.
394
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,407
- She wants to come home.
- Yeah, look, I don't blame her.
395
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,405
They don't have a job for her in Atlanta,
DC, or New York.
396
00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,241
MacKenzie... Line up any 10 people,
397
00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,687
eight of them will tell you
she's the best EP in the business
398
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,489
and the other two will be stupid!
399
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,208
I'm one of the eight,
but it's not gonna happen.
400
00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:00,765
- It's happened.
- No.
401
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,605
She's coming up from DC today
with one of her people.
402
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,001
No, listen to what I'm telling you.
I can't give my approval.
403
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,367
The deal's a day away from being signed,
three years.
404
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,602
I have approval over my executive producer.
405
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,047
- You would think so, wouldn't you?
- I would, yeah.
406
00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:15,168
Business Affairs
went through your whole deal.
407
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,651
I don't have contractual approval?
408
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,768
- No. But you know what?
- I don't have contractual approval?
409
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,690
You're up for renegotiation in 18 months.
410
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,245
I'd have your agent put that clause...
411
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,289
No, I'm walking down the street
to William Morris.
412
00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:27,966
- I'm gonna renegotiate my contract right now.
- It's not gonna go your way.
413
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,681
I generate an annual profit
of $210 million on my own.
414
00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,570
That's not counting the lead-in freight
I push to 9:00 and 10:00.
415
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,291
That may be tipping money for this company,
but it's not nothing.
416
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,481
- Will.
- What?
417
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:39,971
When was the last time you saw her?
418
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,371
I don't know. About three years ago.
419
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,125
Coincidentally,
that's the last time you were a nice guy!
420
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,322
Would you like another, Mr. Skinner?
421
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,526
Yes, please.
422
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,686
Most notably Lehman's
former CEO Richard Fuld,
423
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,162
seen here testifying to the House Oversight
Committee on Capitol Hill.
424
00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,562
The 2,200 pages report a serious lapse
by top executives
425
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,086
and details the accounting gimmick
used by Lehman,
426
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,448
including the use of something
they call the Repo 105
427
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,848
to move about $50 billion
in debt off of the books.
428
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,321
They say the company withheld information.
429
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,880
They further outlined an auditor failure,
saying that
430
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,645
Ernst & Young basically was performing...
431
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,006
- Excuse me.
- Yes?
432
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,162
- I'm MacKenzie McHale.
- How can I help you?
433
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,402
I'm supposed to be meeting with Will.
434
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,851
Oh, my God! I'm sorry.
435
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,888
- You're MacKenzie.
- I am. And you are?
436
00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,405
- I'm Mag...
- Mac.
437
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,608
- Hey, Don.
- (LAUGHS)
438
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,007
(SIGHS)
439
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,361
MacKenzie gave me
my first summer internship.
440
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,848
Don't tell me you're here
to interview for my job.
441
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,530
No, I'm here to do your job.
442
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,364
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
443
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,283
- I don't understand.
- I don't understand.
444
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,089
When were you hired?
445
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,447
- Is Will in his office?
- He's not, but his agent's office
446
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,727
is just down the street,
and he should be back any minute.
447
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,162
- He's at his agent's office?
- Yes...
448
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,969
- I'm sorry. I gave too much information.
- Yep.
449
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,448
- Now I understand.
- What's your name?
450
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,170
- Maggie.
- Maggie.
451
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,290
Let me try to guess at something,
and you tell me how close I am to being right.
452
00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:11,569
This whole move was done behind Will's back
and he just found out now,
453
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,804
and he stormed off to his agent's office
to see why he doesn't have approval.
454
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,168
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
455
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,331
Okay.
456
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,528
All right, you're going to see some things.
457
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,086
I'm just gonna sit here till he gets back.
458
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,364
I'm going to sit here.
459
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,486
Good luck.
460
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,368
This still looking good to you?
461
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:45,281
(TYPING)
462
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,489
You said your name was Maggie?
463
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,483
- Yes, ma'am.
- Ma'am? How old do I look?
464
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,609
No! No, no, no.
I heard you were embedded for a while.
465
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,444
Twenty-six months.
Anything happen while I was gone?
466
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,761
- That's why I called you ma'am.
- So did the Marines.
467
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,808
You sure don't look like you've been in a war.
468
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,048
The first thing I did when I got back
was buy women's clothes.
469
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,565
I maxed out three credit cards.
470
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,881
But I figured, "Hey, the economy's booming,
so what the heck."
471
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,610
- Oh, God.
- I'm kidding.
472
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,728
- (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
- (PHONE RINGING)
473
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,209
- Oh, excuse me.
- It's all right.
474
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,806
Hi, Dad. I'm fine.
475
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,962
I left a message for you and Mom at the hotel
476
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,726
because I wanted to let you know
it'll just be the three of us for dinner tonight.
477
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,245
Don can't make it.
478
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,724
He has to work late.
479
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,967
He just does. You know, with him
running 10:00 now, he's so...
480
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,250
And he feels terrible about it.
He was really looking forward to meeting you.
481
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,727
I know, but in this case it's true.
482
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,482
So, great.
So I'll meet you guys in the lobby at 9:15.
483
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:49,925
Okay. Bye, Dad.
484
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:54,441
(TYPING)
485
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:58,481
(SNIFFLES)
486
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:00,406
You Okay?
487
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,926
Oh, I've just got an allergy.
488
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,321
To what?
489
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,651
- Oysters.
- (CONTINUES TYPING)
490
00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,522
- I hate lying to my father.
- I wasn't lying.
491
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,683
Yeah. Why won't Don go to dinner?
He thinks it's too early?
492
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,922
(STAMMERING)
493
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,765
- Don's not my boyfriend.
- He's in a picture on your desk.
494
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,044
It's with a couple of your friends
so it's not obvious,
495
00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:26,088
but it's a picture of your boyfriend.
496
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,130
- I don't care. I'm not reporting you to HR.
- Thank you.
497
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,521
Does he want you to do things in the bedroom
you're uncomfortable with?
498
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:32,931
- No.
- Damn it.
499
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,126
These are just routine questions.
500
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,089
You put that all together really fast.
501
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,969
It's not an original story.
502
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,570
My dad knew I was lying.
503
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,247
Now he's gonna hate Don,
and that's not what I wanted to happen.
504
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,040
- Oh, I'm fine.
- Your eyes are red.
505
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,005
Turn and face me.
506
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,927
When he calls you tonight at 11:00
and wants to come by,
507
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,610
don't lay on a tone of voice,
508
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,682
just tell him real nice
that you're hanging with your roommates
509
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,285
and you'll see him at work.
510
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,968
Do that three times. He'll get the idea.
511
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,849
Are you going with Don to 10:00?
512
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,843
- No.
- Why not?
513
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:19,884
It's just that I was...
514
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:25,010
Loyalty. I'm Will's assistant.
515
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,522
No, associate producer.
516
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,442
You're an associate producer now.
517
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,763
I'm crazy about loyalty.
518
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,606
- You'll report to him.
- Mac! Mac!
519
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,083
Did you know, did you know...
520
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,130
- Are you all right?
- Jim, that's Louis Vuitton luggage.
521
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,929
I'm fine, thank you.
Can I talk to you a second?
522
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,889
Sure. James Harper, this is Maggie...
523
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,445
- Margaret.
- This is Maggie Margaret.
524
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:48,965
Margaret Jordan. Maggie's fine.
525
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:50,724
Nice to meet you. Now, please.
526
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,643
- Did you hurt anything?
- Everything, I think, but please...
527
00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,567
Did you know that Will McAvoy
didn't know that you were hired as EP
528
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,489
and that he's at his agent's office right now?
529
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,847
I didn't know that when the day began,
but I know it now.
530
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,649
I quit my job for this, Mac,
531
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,802
and so did the three other people
you told me to bring.
532
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,450
Our show was canceled,
so we were out of work anyway.
533
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:11,806
I was offered any other show I wanted at CNN.
534
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,644
- I know, but I wasn't.
- That's not the point.
535
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:14,846
Excuse me.
536
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,969
It's aggravating when you rise to a position
of, you know, a certain position of...
537
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,929
I put down first and last month's rent.
538
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,082
- Do I have a job in New York?
- Yes, of course you do.
539
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,531
- You're sure?
- No.
540
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,329
I'm calling Tom Walton and begging for a job.
541
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,606
- I'll cover hurricanes.
- Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.
542
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,650
What? And why didn't you tell me there's
some kind of problem with you and Will?
543
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,769
Because that's personal.
Do you see me asking personal questions?
544
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,530
Now, when was the last time
you were in love with a woman?
545
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,840
- What?
- When was the last time
546
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,570
you had a passionate
relationship with a woman?
547
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,290
Like Hollywood love, high school love?
548
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:40,850
You know the only reason
I'm still standing here
549
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,001
is that I have nowhere else to go, right?
550
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,570
I do know that. When was the last time?
551
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,808
- Never. That's never happened.
- Right.
552
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,245
And you know
how you've always had a crush on me?
553
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:48,321
I have never had a crush on you.
554
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,050
You've always had a little crush on me.
It's been cute.
555
00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:51,360
Never had a crush on you, but go ahead.
556
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,209
The girl you just met, Maggie,
557
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,568
she's me before I grew into myself
and got hotter with age.
558
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,847
I don't understand why
you chose this moment to lose it!
559
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,888
- Just...
- Why are you afraid to see Will McAvoy?
560
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,440
- You have to tell me.
- Hey, jughead, I ain't afraid of nothing
561
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,249
except jellyfish, which is completely normal.
562
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,891
- Now look at the girl. Not a big look, stupid.
- I didn't look at ail.
563
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,043
You're right. Okay, just glance over.
564
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,451
(TYPING)
565
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,611
Cupid, bam!
566
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,804
Can we cut to the chase?
What's in this for you?
567
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,764
Now why does it have to be like that?
568
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,126
It doesn't, but it is.
569
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,841
I need Don Keefer to help me
through this transition.
570
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,083
It turns out Don's dating Maggie,
and I'm not sure he's right for her.
571
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,891
Really? After knowing them
as a couple for this long, you're not sure?
572
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,564
He's going to be threatened by you,
573
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,722
so he'll try to impress Maggie,
who's staying with Will.
574
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,404
- You understand?
- Yeah, I'm calling Walton.
575
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,926
- Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.
- What?
576
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,481
You're right.
577
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,485
You've done enough.
578
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,730
You've done everything
I've ever asked you to do
579
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,007
and a ton of stuff I'd never ask anyone to do.
580
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,246
Tell me where you want to work,
and I'll make the call.
581
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,924
- Look...
- Fly away, little bird.
582
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,651
- Jesus. You know what...
- Something great is about to happen here,
583
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,085
and you're gonna want to be a part of it.
584
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,003
Tell me what the problem is with you and Will.
585
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,366
I can't.
586
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,410
Put the phone away.
587
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,721
This is a solid promise,
we're going to do the best news on TV.
588
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,121
- Either that or...
- We'll all be filling out job applications
589
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,971
at Dave and Buster's,
but we'll be doing it together.
590
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,771
Now you just sit here a minute, all right?
591
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,446
Sure.
592
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,090
- Do you know how to flirt?
- Yes.
593
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,286
Show me.
594
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,207
Hi.
595
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,009
Okay, just sit here. We're gonna be great!
596
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,367
- Where's the rest of the staff?
- They left.
597
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,005
Hi, Will. It's good to see you.
598
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,088
This is Jim Harper, my senior producer.
599
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,810
- The others are coming up...
- Let's go in my office.
600
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:06,927
Sure.
601
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,002
Somebody wanna tell Don
the lunch party's over,
602
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,570
and I need someone on the assignment desk
603
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,041
in case there happens to be,
what do you call it, news?
604
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,085
Can I get you some coffee or anything?
605
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,128
- Water or maybe...
- WILL: We're fine.
606
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,003
(RAIN PATTERING)
607
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,283
I tried to get in touch with you
while you were on vacation.
608
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,010
Nobody seemed to know how to do that.
609
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,808
Or at least they weren't willing to say.
610
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,561
Actually, I've tried to get in touch with you
a lot of times in the last three years.
611
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:47,766
Did you get all those e-mails?
612
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:48,921
- Yeah.
- What did you think?
613
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,445
I didn't read them.
614
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,611
I understand. There's no need to apologize.
615
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,771
Thank you.
616
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,130
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
617
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,044
You look good after your vacation.
618
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,248
You look rested.
I've never been to Saint Lucia.
619
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,446
- Is it great?
- Yeah.
620
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,648
You were down there with Erin Andrews?
It's not my business.
621
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,802
You can go anywhere with anyone.
622
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:18,971
Thank you again.
623
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,641
Hey, this can work.
In fact, it's gonna work great.
624
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,162
I asked my agent to negotiate
a three-year contract.
625
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,044
You know me,
I think that's the longest contract...
626
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,043
It's not a three-year contract anymore.
627
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,442
- I'm sorry?
- It's not a three-year contract anymore.
628
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,002
It's a 156-week contract
that gives me the opportunity
629
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,721
to fire you 155 times at the end of each week.
630
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,928
We'll wait a few months
to make sure it's not a story
631
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,571
Bill Carter can shove up my ass.
We'll do it, then.
632
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,928
How did you get my contract changed?
633
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,207
I gave the network back
some money off my salary.
634
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,248
- How much money?
- A million dollars a year.
635
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,243
- You gave back a million dollars a year?
- Yeah.
636
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,800
You paid a million dollars
to be able to fire me any time you want?
637
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,168
$3 million. And not any time I want,
just the end of each week.
638
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,680
How the hell much money do you get paid?
639
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,210
- Don?
“Speaking
640
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,244
You should meet James Harper,
MacKenzie's senior producer.
641
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,243
- Jim.
- Were you with MacKenzie in Afghanistan?
642
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,766
Yeah. And Iraq.
643
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:21,209
And sometimes when you're in Afghanistan,
it turns out you're really in Pakistan.
644
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,961
- Twenty-six months.
- You ever produce from the studio?
645
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,646
For about a year in Atlanta
before MacKenzie took me out.
646
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,563
- She's crazy, you know.
- I know.
647
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,883
I've never seen anyone love
being an American so much.
648
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,008
And when you factor in
she isn't an American, it's all very...
649
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,128
Yeah, she is American, actually.
650
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,647
Her dad was Margaret Thatcher's
ambassador to the UN and she was born here.
651
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:39,801
Yeah, and immediately locked in her room
652
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,769
and shown Frank Capra movies
until she was 21.
653
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,366
She's like a sophomore
poli-sci major at Sarah Lawrence.
654
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,882
Exactly like that. Yeah.
655
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,042
I guess the only real differences
are her two Peabodys
656
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,122
and the scar on her stomach
from the knife wound she got
657
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,646
covering a Shiite protest in Islamabad.
658
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,170
Welcome.
659
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:58,766
I'm just taking your temperature.
660
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,922
On a scale of 1 to 10,
how much trouble am I in with you?
661
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,485
I'm over it.
662
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:04,766
Hey, do this to me.
663
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,525
Do this to me all you want,
but you can't do it to them.
664
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,523
- Who?
- People followed me here...
665
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,810
Jim Harper, my senior producer, bookers,
H&A producer, desk editors, field producers...
666
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,326
- They can't possibly be my problem.
- Will, come on now.
667
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,686
What do you want from me, MacKenzie?
668
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,684
They're in the process of moving.
They've put down security deposits.
669
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,649
They found roommates.
They're looking at preschools...
670
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,963
Yeah, they fucked up, Mac! They trusted you!
671
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:36,771
(BEEPING)
672
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:43,725
You've got a news alert.
673
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:46,521
(PHONE CHIMES)
674
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,850
Pardon me, Don.
675
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,850
You've got a news alert.
676
00:33:58,680 --> 00:33:59,920
It's yellow.
677
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,124
(TAPPING FINGERS)
678
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,164
There's been an explosion
off the coast of Louisiana.
679
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,767
How can there be an explosion
in the middle of the water?
680
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,524
- JIM: An oil rig.
- An oil rig.
681
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:29,641
(TYPING)
682
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,851
"Well explosion in the Gulf of Mexico."
683
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,125
(CLACKING)
684
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,766
All right, Tess, get on the assignment desk
and see if this goes anywhere.
685
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,080
Okay.
686
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,806
"Flames reach 150 feet in the air."
687
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,765
If you had read any of my e-mails
or answered my calls,
688
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,447
you'd know that I take responsibility
for everything and...
689
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,648
I already did know that,
and I already didn't care.
690
00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,370
That I'm sorry.
691
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,011
- Are you?
- Yes.
692
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,608
(SIGHS) MacKenzie, I...
693
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:10,444
I just, you have no idea how I've longed
to hear those words. I...
694
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,604
I forgive you. Can you forgive...
695
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,206
- You're being sarcastic.
- Oh, how you know me.
696
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,248
TESS: "Emergency rescue crews
arrive on location
697
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:23,121
"at burning well located 50 miles offshore.
Twelve to 15 people believed missing."
698
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,043
- It's still yellow.
- Still yellow.
699
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,567
Don, they just haven't changed the color yet.
Somebody should tell Will or at least...
700
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:33,202
I'm not knocking on Will's door right now,
and you don't work here yet.
701
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,965
- So, dude, relax. Anything new?
- MAN: No.
702
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:37,644
- There might be.
- There won't be.
703
00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,927
An oil rig in the Gulf exploded.
704
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,684
- Persian Gulf?
- No, the Gulf of Mexico.
705
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,331
- Kendra.
- KENDRA: BP Deepwater Horizon.
706
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,801
It's about 50 miles southeast
of Venice, Louisiana.
707
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,168
The Coast Guard evacuated seven people,
all of them critically injured,
708
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:51,844
and they're searching
for 11 confirmed missing.
709
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,041
Still yellow.
710
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:57,444
Isn't it possible that AP's busy right now,
and they've got an intern on the updates?
711
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,443
They may have bigger problems
than the missing crew.
712
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,444
What do you mean? What do you mean
bigger problems than the missing crew?
713
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,729
Hang on! Hang on! Listen to what he said.
714
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:07,960
What did you say?
715
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,771
I said they may have bigger problems
than the missing crew.
716
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:12,001
JIM: Why?
717
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,923
I checked out BP Deepwater Horizon.
718
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,765
That rig is drilling
at 18,000 feet below sea level.
719
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,490
There are only a couple of things
that could have failed.
720
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,244
- And if it was the wrong one...
- JIM: Pressure.
721
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,766
It would be like trying to toss a hat
on a fire hose.
722
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:23,921
What the hell are you two talking about?
723
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,246
JIM: It's more than 11 missing guys.
724
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,642
There might be a massive oil spill
50 miles off the coast of Louisiana.
725
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,200
- I'm sorry, man. Tell me who you are again.
- I'm Jim Harper.
726
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,045
And I may or may not be, but almost
definitely won't be a senior producer here
727
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,681
under MacKenzie if she still has a job, which
sounds like she probably absolutely doesn't.
728
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,649
Okay, well, whatever it is
doesn't start for two weeks,
729
00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,051
so you're still in my newsroom,
730
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,122
and you're behaving in a way
that is bothering me.
731
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,124
- Gotta be blunt.
- Got it.
732
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,721
The truck in Pasadena,
they're five blocks from the courthouse.
733
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,211
- Are they covering the Rose Bowl?
- (PHONE BUZZING)
734
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,442
And I cannot look
at the same loop of people...
735
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,244
This is Jim Harper.
736
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:55,806
All right.
737
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,324
WILL: For the moment,
your people can have their jobs.
738
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,483
Like I said, I have to wait to make the move
because there was a press release.
739
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:12,121
But when I hire the new EP,
who I will hire by hiring them myself,
740
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,726
whoever it is, is going
to get to interview the new people.
741
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,001
All right.
742
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:19,322
Well, I appreciate that.
743
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,763
They're really good, Will.
You're gonna want to keep them.
744
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,047
- Don't just dump them because of...
- They'll get a fair chance.
745
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,441
- Okay.
- I haven't started my script.
746
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,010
I'll get out of your way.
747
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,089
There's nothing
that's more important in a democracy
748
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,685
than a well-informed electorate.
749
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,723
You know you're still on this side of the door.
750
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,286
When there's no information
or, much worse, wrong information,
751
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,921
it can lead to calamitous decisions
and clobber any attempts at vigorous debate.
752
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,771
- That's why I produce the news.
- We're all grateful to you.
753
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,729
- You're spinning out of control.
- No, I'm not.
754
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,450
You're terrified
you're going to lose your audience,
755
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:00,965
and you'd do anything to get them back.
756
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,771
You're one pitch meeting away
from doing the news in 3-D.
757
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,128
This isn't nonprofit theater.
It's advertiser-supported television.
758
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,521
- You know that, right?
- I'd rather do a good show for 100 people
759
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,768
than a bad one for a million,
if that's what you're saying.
760
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,683
What is it you're talking
to me about right now?
761
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,367
I've come here to produce a news broadcast
that more closely resembles the one we did
762
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,724
before you got popular
by not bothering anyone, Leno.
763
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,122
I think Jay and I would rather be employed
if it's all the same to you.
764
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,244
It's not all the same to me, you punk.
765
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:33,566
I've come here to take your IQ and your talent
and put it to some patriotic fucking use.
766
00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:36,007
And where does it say
that a good news show can't be popular?
767
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,162
- Nielsen ratings.
- We're going to do a good news show
768
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:39,924
and make it popular at the same time.
769
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,889
- That is impossible.
- Between your brains,
770
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:45,487
- charm, looks, and affability and my...
- Refusal to live in reality.
771
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,166
- ...expertise in producing you... Ugh!
- It's impossible, Mac!
772
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:52,086
Social scientists have concluded
that the country is more polarized
773
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:56,085
than at any time since the Civil War.
The Civil War.
774
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,924
Yes, people choose the news
they want now, but...
775
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,765
People choose the facts they want now.
776
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,605
So what you've just described is impossible.
777
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,685
Only if you think an overwhelming majority
of Americans are preternaturally stupid.
778
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,000
- I do.
- I don't.
779
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,287
And if you let me, I can prove it.
780
00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:14,371
You know what you left out of your sermon?
781
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,603
That America is the only country
on the planet that, since its birth,
782
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,605
has said over and over and over
that we can do better.
783
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,768
It's part of our DNA.
784
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,126
People will want the news
if you give it to them with integrity.
785
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,124
Not everybody, not even a lot of people, 5%.
786
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,848
And 5% more of anything
is what makes the difference in this country.
787
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,287
So we can do better.
788
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:38,961
(SIGHS)
789
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,451
What?
790
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,290
I'm thinking.
791
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,326
Yeah, that whole speech did nothing for me.
792
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,480
- I'd like to talk to Don.
- Are you sure?
793
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,210
Right there.
794
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,400
JIM: Excuse me.
795
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,403
I don't mind if you sit
somewhere and observe,
796
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,528
but I mind you doing anything else.
797
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,728
You got it, but I just got a call from a source.
798
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:19,771
What kind of source?
799
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,491
I can't tell you much except that
he's an engineer with BP in London.
800
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,564
He says he's sitting in meetings
where they don't know how to cap the well.
801
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,727
- Who's the source?
- Can't tell you.
802
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:31,685
- (CLEARS THROAT) Anything else?
- A lot.
803
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,444
I got two pages of notes
from my conversation with...
804
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,000
- Oh, great.
- Okay. Yeah.
805
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:40,524
(PHONE BUZZING)
806
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:46,924
Thanks for calling back.
807
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:55,290
Yeah.
808
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,450
MACKENZIE: Now I'd like you
to listen to these words
809
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:01,047
which were written 500 years ago
by Don Miguel de Cervantes,
810
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,648
"Hear me now, O thou bleak
and unbearable world.
811
00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,644
"Thou art base and debauched as can be.
812
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:12,645
"But a knight with his banners
all bravely unfurled
813
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:15,769
"now hurls down his gauntlet to thee!"
814
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,530
That was Don Quixote.
815
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,610
Those words were written 45 years ago
by the lyricist for Man of La Mancha.
816
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:27,806
Didn't think you'd know that
817
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,888
but the point's still the same,
it's time for Don Quixote!
818
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,770
- You think I'm him?
- No, I think I'm him. You're his horse.
819
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,047
- He rode a donkey.
- Well, I can't help you there.
820
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,202
- I have to write my script.
- I'll write it for you.
821
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,244
"The volcanic eruption in Iceland
is believed to have started on March 20th
822
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,721
"and has led to a worldwide
transportation disaster.
823
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,088
"The suspension of air traffic was in no way
caused by America, which I love.
824
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,764
"You have to believe me."
825
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,888
You want me in the same shouting match
as everybody else?
826
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,008
I want you to not apologize
for saying something...
827
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,286
All right!
828
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,130
You got yourself in the shouting match
829
00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:57,720
when you took vertigo meds
and I'd have you winning it.
830
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,290
And what does winning look like to you?
831
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,806
Reclaiming the Fourth Estate,
832
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,407
reclaiming journalism
as an honorable profession,
833
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:10,691
a nightly newscast that informs a debate
worthy of a great nation,
834
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,207
civility, respect,
and a return to what's important,
835
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,523
the death of bitchiness,
the death of gossip and voyeurism,
836
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:21,047
speaking truth to stupid,
no demographic sweet spot,
837
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,805
a place where we all come together.
838
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,800
We're coming to a tipping point.
I know you know that.
839
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,121
There's gonna be a huge conversation.
840
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,603
Is government an instrument of good
or is it every man for himself?
841
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,282
Is there something bigger
we want to reach for
842
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,045
or is self-interest our basic resting pulse?
843
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,367
You and I have a chance
to be among the few people
844
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,727
who can frame that debate.
845
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,451
That's, it's...
846
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,165
Quixotic?
847
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,165
- Don.
- Jesus Christ, we're on it, okay, Jimmy Olsen?
848
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,811
Listen, we've got 55 seconds for a phoner
with the Coast Guard liaison.
849
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,928
That's not nearly enough,
and you're chasing the wrong story.
850
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,047
Oh, brother.
851
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,771
Listen, Halliburton was the contractor
on this special type of concrete...
852
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,968
Seriously, you're being disruptive now.
853
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,290
Hey, how happy is Charlie Skinner gonna be
854
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,926
when I phone this over to CBS
and he finds out you had it first?
855
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,604
All right, that's it. Get the fuck out.
856
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,126
Okay. You're right.
857
00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:20,685
Elevator's this way?
858
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,808
- God damn it.
- (KNOCKING)
859
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:27,881
What?
860
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,809
I'm sorry to interrupt.
Can I talk to Mac for just a second?
861
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,120
Your guy here is a pain in the ass.
862
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,123
An oil well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
863
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:34,964
The Coast Guard's searching
for missing crew members.
864
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,804
- I'll fill you in at the 6:00 rundown.
- JIM: There's more.
865
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,928
- He doesn't need to hear this right now.
- Let's go outside.
866
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,764
No, if Don doesn't want me to hear it,
I'd like to hear it.
867
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:41,887
Oh, blow me.
868
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:43,849
I want you to not use
that language in front of women
869
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,082
and to forever not suggest that image to me.
870
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:47,241
What's on your mind? Who are you?
871
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,607
- Jim Harper, my senior producer.
- Senior?
872
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,682
- Is he old enough to drive at night?
- What happened?
873
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,444
Two calls within five minutes of each other.
874
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,727
The first one was from a friend of mine
at BP in London saying
875
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,371
he's sitting in meetings
where they don't know how to cap the well.
876
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,090
- Jesus.
- The oil is still spilling?
877
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,685
Yeah, at a pretty alarming rate.
878
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,650
The first estimate was
about 10,000 gallons an hour.
879
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,200
My guy says it's closer to 100,000
880
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:08,805
and could get as high
as a quarter of a million.
881
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,564
Why is this well different from other wells?
882
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:12,449
The depth.
883
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:15,842
I need one of your staffers.
I don't know his name.
884
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,605
He sits in the back. He's the one with...
885
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,206
Are you trying to say
the Indian stereotype of an IT guy?
886
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,089
- Yes.
- Punjab!
887
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,003
- I don't think that's his name.
- Why not?
888
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:26,889
Punjab's a character
from Little Orphan Annie.
889
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,246
Tell him about the pressure.
890
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:33,491
Uh, Deepwater Horizon is aptly named.
They're drilling at 18,000 feet below sea level.
891
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:34,607
Is that dangerous?
892
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,603
Take the Grand Canyon,
make it three times deeper,
893
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,001
fill it with water,
and poke a hole in the bottom.
894
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,651
You can't just yank the pin out of the planet,
and that's what's happened.
895
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:43,449
How do you know all this? You're the IT guy.
896
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,205
- I'm not the IT guy. I write your blog.
- Are you kidding?
897
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,089
I think we're in the first hours
of a serious story.
898
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,527
- No. I have a blog?
- Not the time.
899
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,125
How do you know this stuff?
900
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:54,804
I made a volcano in primary school.
901
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,241
So did I. I didn't know I was supposed
to learn something from it.
902
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,209
- What was the second call?
- My guy at Halliburton.
903
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:00,884
- What the hell is going on?
- Nothing, Charlie.
904
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,566
- Can we please get back to work?
- A rig exploded in the Gulf?
905
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,721
It's yellow.
906
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,848
Not anymore. It just got bumped up to orange.
907
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:07,887
It's orange.
908
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,962
JIM: Okay, the rig was due
to be moved to its next role
909
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,486
as a semi-permanent production platform
at a new location,
910
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,801
and Halliburton was hired to seal
the well with cement.
911
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,211
- CHARLIE: Who are you?
- Jack something.
912
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:19,011
It's Jim something,
and both of my guys are identifying
913
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,481
the failure of the cement's mix
as the cause of the explosion.
914
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:26,401
But here's the thing, Halliburton performed
tests on the cement mix,
915
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:28,403
and the tests showed it was gonna fail.
916
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,608
- Holy Mother.
- Yeah, hang on, Holy Mother.
917
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,125
I need to know who your sources are.
918
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,729
Hey, I don't know you, Scooter.
919
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:40,169
Look, you don't have to trust me.
She trusts me. You just have to trust her.
920
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,767
(SCOFFS) Try another strategy.
How high up is the guy at BP?
921
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,127
High enough to be in on the meetings,
and I never said it was a guy.
922
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,089
Actually, you did.
Does he have an axe to grind?
923
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,889
- No.
- What about the guy at Halliburton?
924
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,440
I didn't say he was a guy,
but we'll call him that.
925
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,810
And he is solid.
You guys have to follow up on this, all right?
926
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,848
You're gonna wanna open
with the Coast Guard search
927
00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,968
and then pivot to this because...
928
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,451
NEAL: Neal.
JIM: Neal says...
929
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,568
It's gonna be the biggest
environmental disaster in history.
930
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,483
MACKENZIE: Oh, my God.
DON: Jesus Christ.
931
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,961
Can we please get back to work
and send the Hardy Boys to their room?
932
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,121
Neal, tell them.
933
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,726
After an explosion like that,
the first thing that's supposed to happen
934
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,804
is the underwater blowout preventer
should automatically close.
935
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:19,044
The flames are still 150 feet high,
so that obviously didn't happen.
936
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:20,446
Now when they get the fire out,
937
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,490
they're gonna send a submersible ROV
down there to turn the preventer on manually,
938
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:27,360
but my source says,
"At that depth with that much pressure,
939
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,330
"it has to be the mechanics
that failed and not the electronics."
940
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,051
In other words,
trying it manually isn't gonna work either.
941
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,885
So they're gonna have to build relief wells
and that's gonna take months.
942
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:39,965
Months of oil spilling into the Gulf
at a rate of 4.2 million gallons a day.
943
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:45,410
And just for the record, the Gulf of Mexico
contains 643 quadrillion gallons of water.
944
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:46,686
I think you may be overreacting.
945
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,205
You are dramatically underreacting.
946
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:49,964
I'm the only one who's not
dramatically doing anything.
947
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:53,487
In four days, it'll have spilled as much oil
as the Exxon Valdez.
948
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,131
It's a week before the oil
reaches Louisiana shores,
949
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,486
three days if the wind shifts.
950
00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:58,641
Is the wind gonna shift?
951
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,722
Only if Louisiana's luck
stays exactly the same.
952
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:03,402
You've gotta tell him your sources.
953
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,126
I can't.
954
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,771
He can't trust you unless you trust him.
955
00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:16,210
All right, the necessary people
go into my office, close the door.
956
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,681
- I want Mac as a witness.
- WILL: Fine.
957
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,446
The BP engineer is my college roommate.
He's a junior VP. He's been there a year.
958
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:31,364
And how do I know you're not
being fed misinformation by James O'Keefe
959
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,602
in the hope that I run with it
and make his day?
960
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,409
Who's your Halliburton guy?
961
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:40,600
My big sister.
962
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:44,123
She's got a PhD in mechanical engineering,
and she voted for McCain.
963
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,047
You're telling me you got not one
but two people to roll over
964
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,043
on their employers within five minutes?
965
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:50,690
I know, it's just lucky.
966
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,127
- WILL: How often do you get this lucky?
- This is my first time.
967
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:57,728
Um... It's a search and rescue operation
in which no one is going to be rescued
968
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,121
because Michael Phelps
with an outboard motor on his ass
969
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,647
couldn't out-swim that fire,
and you're letting a guy who you just met
970
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:07,042
and a woman who, I don't know what the hell,
spin this into the end of the world.
971
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:08,884
But forget that.
972
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,760
If you're wrong about Halliburton,
that's the first line of your bio forever.
973
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:15,605
"Isn't this the same guy
who said that Halliburton caused that spill?"
974
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,650
And, by the way, you publically accuse them
of negligent homicide
975
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:21,087
and you're wrong, they will take you to court.
976
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,925
They will win
and they will end up owning AWM.
977
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,527
They will have their own record label.
They will have theme parks.
978
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,291
Let's throw out the rundown.
979
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,567
- Attaboy.
- DON: This is out of control.
980
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,768
We're throwing out the rundown.
981
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,446
Gary, see if you can get me a spokesman
from BP on the phone.
982
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,249
- Get me anything...
- Where are you going?
983
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:46,970
I was told to put together a new show.
984
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:48,769
Guys, can I have your attention?
985
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:53,880
I'm sorry if I've been a little inaccessible
or terse lately or for several years,
986
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:57,362
but if I could just see a show of hands,
who's going with Don to 10:00?
987
00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:07,449
All right, I appreciate all the hard work.
988
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:08,851
And as a token of that appreciation,
989
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,685
I'm giving you guys two weeks' paid vacation
starting right now.
990
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,484
Hold on.
You're gonna have her run the show?
991
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:16,403
- WILL: Yeah.
- Don't do this, Will.
992
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:18,767
I just offered her
the most humiliating contract
993
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:20,285
since Antonio got a loan from Shylock.
994
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,044
She took it.
I don't know what that is, but I like it.
995
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:23,849
You're gonna do a full hour
on an environmental story,
996
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,764
and you don't wanna at least wait until
there's film of an oil-covered pelican?
997
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:28,444
It's not just an environmental story.
998
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:30,124
Everywhere I look,
people are dressed up in costume,
999
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,089
screaming about how bad government is.
1000
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:33,400
What's your position?
1001
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:34,845
That people should know
what they're screaming about.
1002
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:35,921
Are you ready to go on television and say
1003
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,970
that this well wouldn't have blown up
if there had been more government oversight?
1004
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:40,445
I'll give you my next paycheck
if it doesn't turn out
1005
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,569
that some department was defunded
or some industry was deregulated.
1006
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:45,290
He'll do it, too.
1007
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,642
I didn't buy any of that bullshit
you said in my office,
1008
00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:51,324
but can you start two weeks early?
1009
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,004
You plainly bought it a lot, and yes.
1010
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,162
- I didn't buy it at all, and go.
- Okay.
1011
00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:57,481
But it's obvious now
that you ate it up with a soup ladle.
1012
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,244
- Just go.
- Who's my booker?
1013
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:01,243
- KENDRA: Right here.
- Jim's gonna tell you who to line up.
1014
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,288
Everybody out who doesn't need to be here.
1015
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:04,725
Wait!
1016
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,011
Seriously, though, I have a blog?
1017
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,969
- Now!
- Yeah. It's Gary Cooper from News Night.
1018
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,406
I'm good. I need to speak to someone
about recent legislation.
1019
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,369
You go out around 8:20.
1020
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:17,602
We could send a crew and do that
right from the Coast Guard station.
1021
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:20,490
Hello, this is Jim Harper. I'm the senior
producer with News Night on Atlantis,
1022
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,722
and we're looking into a story
about the BP Deepwater Horizon rig
1023
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:24,040
- that just exploded in the Gulf.
- (INDISTINCT)
1024
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:25,326
This is Margaret Jordan from News Night.
1025
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:27,209
We're looking for someone
from the EPA to comment
1026
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,044
on the explosion at Deepwater Horizon.
1027
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:31,521
Take him to our studio in New Orleans.
1028
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:34,206
I'm so sorry.
Can I put you on hold? Okay.
1029
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:38,406
Hi, Mike. It's Tess Westin from News Night.
We're doing a whole hour on the explosion.
1030
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,209
I really need your input on this.
1031
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:43,011
You're on speaker with me,
MacKenzie McHale and...
1032
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:44,570
- Jim Harper.
- Jim Harper.
1033
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:46,722
- Margaret. Can you do me a favor?
- Yeah.
1034
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:50,407
There's a government agency called the MMA,
the Minerals Management Agency.
1035
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,084
They have some kind
of oversight over offshore drilling.
1036
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:53,207
I don't know anything about them.
1037
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:54,560
- Can you write me a short memo?
- Sure.
1038
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:55,801
- I'll do it.
- I can do it.
1039
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,247
You're not the only one with loyalty.
I'm here. I'm not going anywhere.
1040
00:50:58,320 --> 00:50:59,845
- I can do this.
- JIM: Can you do this?
1041
00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:01,046
You can't just look it up on Wikipedia.
1042
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:02,491
- He's right.
- I wasn't going to.
1043
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:03,721
She's Will's assistant.
1044
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:05,529
- I'm an associate producer.
- Since when?
1045
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:06,761
- MAGGIE: About two hours ago.
- That's great.
1046
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:08,126
And you're wasting my time.
1047
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,249
You guys duke it out over who my boss is,
but I'd like to get this one thing right.
1048
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:12,765
Knock it out of the park.
1049
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,844
I need a geologist.
Don, who's our go-to geologist?
1050
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:20,925
Our go-to geologist?
There's not a lot of breaking news in geology.
1051
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,891
Dr. James Morris at MIT
and Dr. Marvin Hasbrook at Stanford.
1052
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,564
Whoever answers the phone first.
1053
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,490
Is the EPA ready to comment?
1054
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,324
We're waiting for a comment from BP.
1055
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,409
Are you able to get the White House
on the phone?
1056
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,164
- Yeah.
- Then do it.
1057
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,362
Halliburton is in it, Sean. That ship has sailed.
1058
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:43,603
MAN: Studio 1-A, this is Broadcast Center.
You're up on router 3.
1059
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:44,920
Copy that, Center. Router 3.
1060
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,844
No, throw out all the remotes.
It's a whole new rundown.
1061
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:17,446
MACKENZIE; Thank you.
1062
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,569
Joey, these three are confirmed,
but you should build all five.
1063
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:41,449
- Got it.
- (TYPING)
1064
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:53,169
Will, we've confirmed these three guests.
We're waiting on two others.
1065
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:04,206
Two minutes.
1066
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:05,645
Who's our wardrobe supervisor?
1067
00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:07,210
- We don't have one.
- Get one.
1068
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:11,683
Charcoal gray, navy blue, and black.
Zegna, Armani, Hugo Boss.
1069
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:13,444
He's not gonna look like
an elite Northeastern prick?
1070
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,568
He is. Let's make that sexy again.
1071
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:16,880
Was it ever sexy?
1072
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:18,883
Ask the Kennedy brothers. Oh, Will?
1073
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,849
Don't talk to me
unless you absolutely have to, all right?
1074
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:22,001
MACKENZIE: I absolutely have to.
1075
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:24,401
I thought this would be a good time
to get a couple of things straight.
1076
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:25,527
I'm on TV in 90 seconds.
1077
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,887
I don't think this is a good time
to get a couple of things straight.
1078
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:31,043
That's funny, because I think it's the best time
to get a couple of things straight.
1079
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:32,087
Can people hear me in there?
1080
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:33,730
Not yet. Now they can.
1081
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:35,211
WILL: Take me off.
1082
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:38,523
So I did a terrible thing
and I don't expect you to forgive me.
1083
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:39,567
Take me off.
1084
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,324
You've got my contract,
but the thing you have to know
1085
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:44,722
is that between 8:00 and 9:00,
you are completely mine.
1086
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,451
For an hour, five times a week I own you.
1087
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:51,081
But in my case,
it's for your own good and for the good of all.
1088
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:53,640
Say "I understand" so I can
get these guys a sound level.
1089
00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:55,165
I don't see it working that way.
1090
00:53:55,240 --> 00:53:56,810
- You don't?
- No.
1091
00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:58,441
Okay.
1092
00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:01,368
- Where's my graphics producer?
- JOEY: Right here.
1093
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:02,921
I'm MacKenzie. What's your name?
1094
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,570
DIRECTOR: Sixty seconds.
JOEY: Jo... Joey.
1095
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:05,926
Can I get some quiet?
1096
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:07,843
Joey, could I have your seat
for just a second?
1097
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:09,410
Yes, ma'am.
1098
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:10,891
(TYPING)
1099
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:15,768
There you go. Show that to Will, please.
1100
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:17,171
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
1101
00:54:17,240 --> 00:54:19,163
Will, check out your preview screen.
1102
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:24,201
Get it off there!
1103
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:26,049
MACKENZIE: Say you understand.
DIRECTOR: Thirty seconds.
1104
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,885
Someone's gonna spill coffee on a button
and broadcast that thing. Get it off.
1105
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,691
I've got a one-week contract.
I don't have a lot to lose.
1106
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,081
I'm just glad nobody's invented a way
to digitally store images
1107
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,128
and upload them onto a free website
where anyone can see them.
1108
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:38,248
Has someone invented a way
to digitally store images?
1109
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:39,606
You Tube! You Tube!
1110
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:42,286
Now you're just the crazy guy
shouting "YouTube!"
1111
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,169
- Oh, God...
- Just say you understand.
1112
00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:46,163
- I understand!
- Good!
1113
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:48,804
You warmed up?
You wanna screw around some more?
1114
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,211
- I'm good!
- DIRECTOR: Ten.
1115
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:52,369
MAN: There's no script.
There's nothing on the prompter.
1116
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:54,442
Nothing on the prompter
is where this man eats.
1117
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,050
DIRECTOR: And rolling.
1118
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:58,047
(MUSIC PLAYING)
1119
00:54:58,200 --> 00:54:59,201
(EXHALES)
1120
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:02,564
Stand by, Joe.
1121
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:07,640
(INAUDIBLE)
1122
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:11,363
DIRECTOR: Stand by, Camera 1.
1123
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:15,369
Good evening. I'm Will McAvoy.
1124
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,647
Breaking news tonight
in what could be the biggest disaster
1125
00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:20,007
to hit the Gulf of Mexico
since Hurricane Katrina
1126
00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:22,890
and the biggest environmental catastrophe
to stain our shores
1127
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,122
since the crash of the Exxon Valdez.
1128
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:28,090
An oil rig in the Gulf,
British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon
1129
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:30,322
50 miles off Venice, Louisiana,
1130
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:34,041
exploded into flames
shortly after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.
1131
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:36,851
Seven crew members
have been evacuated to an area hospital
1132
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:38,843
where they remain in critical condition,
1133
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,924
and the Coast Guard is in the fifth hour
of a search and rescue mission,
1134
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:45,049
in the hope of finding
11 crew members still unaccounted for.
1135
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:47,009
Our coverage begins with Sherrie Stone
1136
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:49,082
at the US Coast Guard station
in Baton Rouge.
1137
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,606
- Sherrie?
- Yes, Will, the Coast Guard got...
1138
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:53,011
MACKENZIE: All right, you'll be coming back
1139
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:56,363
to Rear Admiral Loretta Hill
of the Coast Guard.
1140
00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:58,363
Just right after 3:00 p. m. Eastern time...
1141
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:00,681
The missing men may be
only the tip of this tragedy.
1142
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:04,890
ACN has learned exclusively
that senior level officials inside BP
1143
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,122
are scrambling to figure out
a way to cap the well,
1144
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,851
which, three and a half miles
below the surface of the Gulf,
1145
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,366
is pouring oil into the sea
at a rate of 125,000...
1146
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:14,886
I'm sure you'd like to see
some kind of statement on the screen.
1147
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:18,567
"Our thoughts and prayers are with
the families of the missing crew members."
1148
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,166
I can help you out with that,
but I'll also need a statement
1149
00:56:21,240 --> 00:56:24,210
that says at this hour
you don't know how to cap the well.
1150
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:25,805
You have about 25 minutes.
1151
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:31,046
Dr. Morris, this is New York.
Can you hear me? Good.
1152
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:33,726
We'll be coming to you in about two minutes.
1153
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:35,848
You've got to ask her
why there's no contingency.
1154
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:38,324
Why is there no contingency?
1155
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,721
Nancy, why are we drilling
three miles underwater
1156
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:44,407
when we don't have the technology to fix
the world's most predictable emergency?
1157
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:51,321
(STIFLED) Jim.
1158
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:52,481
Jim!
1159
00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:56,289
Jim. Jim.
1160
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,762
Jim? You have a hold button.
1161
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:00,649
- (NORMAL VOICE) Hold, please.
- (SHOUTS) Jim!
1162
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,570
- You got it?
- I...
1163
00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:08,449
- Oh, shit.
- I got it and I think a little bit more.
1164
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:11,761
- JIM: Come with me.
- Okay.
1165
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,286
DON: Take the pad.
WILL: Thank you.
1166
00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:16,966
Dr. James Morris of the US Geological Survey
1167
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,850
and Professor of Petroleum Geology at MIT.
1168
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,241
BP Deepwater Horizon is engulfed in flames
1169
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:24,800
and the search continues
for 11 missing crew members.
1170
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:26,490
We'll be right back.
1171
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:28,210
(MUSIC PLAYING)
1172
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:33,087
When we come back, it'll be Halliburton.
Are you ready?
1173
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,481
- No statement from BP?
- Don't worry about BP.
1174
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:39,167
You're going to Halliburton's
spokesperson Dick Warren.
1175
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:43,329
This is beautiful.
1176
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,085
Just sitting here, Charlie.
I'm watching the news.
1177
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:52,767
Young lady, get on your Twitter account.
1178
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,850
We're doing this whole broadcast on the fly.
1179
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:57,809
Will doesn't have a rundown,
1180
00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:00,929
it's the EP's first show,
and she's got the whole thing in her head.
1181
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,048
She's the only one who knows
where we're going next.
1182
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:07,603
It's a feat that requires incredible trust
between the anchor and the EP.
1183
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:08,966
Say all that.
1184
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:10,769
I can only use 140 characters.
1185
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:12,961
Figure it out.
1186
00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:15,168
- We are trying to gather information...
- WILL: Sir, please. Please!
1187
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:17,368
...as quickly as possible.
It isn't easy while we're being hounded.
1188
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:19,522
- Let's just take a breath.
- I'm breathing fine.
1189
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:21,210
Zoneseal 2000.
1190
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:25,171
Your company was hired
to provide Zoneseal 2000 and SCR-100,
1191
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:28,687
a synthetic, cement-like substance
meant to seal off the well, yes or no?
1192
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:31,525
- Yes, we were, but now you're saying...
- That's all I was saying.
1193
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,171
Now I'm asking if your company did tests
on the substance
1194
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,521
before installing it at the base
of Deepwater Horizon.
1195
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:38,967
We do exhaustive tests
on everything we manufacture.
1196
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:42,681
Do you have the results of these exhaustive
tests done on Zoneseal 2000?
1197
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:44,410
Now you're being unnecessarily flippant.
1198
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:47,051
Look, I am not some college student
you can shout at.
1199
00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:49,043
We're not going to commercial
till he answers your question.
1200
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:51,361
No, you're the spokesperson for Halliburton.
1201
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:53,124
And I came on this program voluntarily.
1202
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:54,361
I don't have subpoena power.
1203
00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:55,930
Everyone comes on this program voluntarily.
1204
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:58,731
Understand that this is all happening fast
1205
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:01,724
and that this is information
that isn't at our fingertips.
1206
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:03,040
You don't have the test results
at your fingertips?
1207
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:04,565
For the moment,
Halliburton's thoughts and prayers...
1208
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:06,369
All of our thoughts and prayers
are with the missing crew...
1209
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,289
Nobody's thoughts and prayers
are with the fire.
1210
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:09,725
- WARREN: Sir...
- Good to see you again, Will.
1211
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:13,600
Aren't the test results on a computer?
Are they buried in the middle of a wheat field?
1212
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:15,409
- WARREN: We will make the test results...
- It's about time.
1213
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:16,891
What's the Minerals Management Agency?
1214
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:19,440
It's the Minerals Management Service,
the MMS,
1215
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:23,081
and they have 56 inspectors
overseeing 3,500 production facilities
1216
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:26,642
that operate 35,591 wells in the Gulf region.
1217
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:29,007
That's according to the Interior Department,
not Wikipedia.
1218
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:31,401
56 inspectors for 35,000 wells?
1219
00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:34,211
- It gets better.
- We're out. Back in 90 seconds.
1220
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:36,282
- BP statement?
- Hang on.
1221
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:38,442
Inspections for drilling rigs
are required monthly,
1222
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:43,162
but Deepwater Horizon was only inspected
nine times in 2009 and six times in 2008.
1223
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:44,924
- What's coming?
- MACKENZIE: Hang on.
1224
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,527
The last inspection was done 20 days ago
by Eric Neal,
1225
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:51,251
who was sent by himself even though
he had only just started his training
1226
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:52,810
as a government inspector of drilling rigs.
1227
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:54,166
- Are you kidding me?
- No.
1228
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:55,605
- WILL: Is it the BP statement?
- Oh, my God,
1229
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:57,648
would somebody hit him with a stun gun?
1230
00:59:57,720 --> 00:59:58,721
DIRECTOR: 30 seconds.
1231
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:00,848
What I wouldn't give
to have a phone hook-up with this guy.
1232
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:02,206
- MAGGIE: You do.
- What?
1233
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:03,930
He's On hold. It's this blinking light.
1234
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,800
Maggie, I am taking you shopping!
1235
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:09,530
- Will, listen up.
- Phone graphic, Eric Neal.
1236
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:11,284
- N-E-A-L.
- Minerals Management is wildly understaffed.
1237
01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:12,600
- Jesus.
- We've got the guy on the phone.
1238
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:14,045
Give me all the numbers.
1239
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:16,530
MAGGIE: Me?
MACKENZIE: Give him the numbers.
1240
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,126
- Let's go!
- Okay. 56 inspectors.
1241
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:21,521
- DIRECTOR: 10 seconds.
- 3,500...
1242
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:23,921
(MAGGIE CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
1243
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,002
Take it easy with him.
He's gonna be scared to death.
1244
01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:28,128
In three, two...
1245
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:30,201
(MUSIC PLAYING)
1246
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:32,360
Welcome back to breaking news.
1247
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:36,201
The oil rig BP Deepwater Horizon
has exploded into flames
1248
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,288
50 miles off the coast of Louisiana,
1249
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,364
leaving 11 crew members missing
and feared dead.
1250
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:44,330
We're on the phone with Eric Neal
of the Minerals Management Service
1251
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:45,925
Thank you for joining us, Mr. Neal.
1252
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,525
ERIC: (ON PHONE) It's good to... Thank you.
1253
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:51,650
Can you confirm that the MMS employs
56 inspectors in the Gulf region?
1254
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:52,801
I believe that's correct.
1255
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:57,602
And the 56 of you oversee 35,591 wells?
1256
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:01,845
- I believe that's correct.
- That's 635 wells for each inspector.
1257
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:04,161
The wells are required
to be inspected once a month.
1258
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,163
- Is that correct?
- The drilling wells, yes.
1259
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:08,887
Is it possible with so few inspectors
and so many wells
1260
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:11,930
to properly inspect each platform
as scheduled?
1261
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:15,488
(STUTTERING) Our budget's very limited.
1262
01:01:15,560 --> 01:01:18,325
A single inspector would
have to thoroughly review two wells a day,
1263
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:19,970
six days a week for a year.
1264
01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:21,961
I know.
1265
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:24,805
Would an easy solution be
to have the oil companies themselves
1266
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:26,962
pay for the cost of a proper inspection?
1267
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:30,284
- Isn't that what car owners have to do?
- (PHONE BUZZING)
1268
01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:33,682
ERIC: Well, that isn't my field of expertise.
1269
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:35,683
- Statement from BP.
- Right here.
1270
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:39,685
Mr. Neal, you were sent to inspect
Deepwater Horizon 19 days ago,
1271
01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:41,802
April 1st, is that right?
1272
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,530
I was, yes.
1273
01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:46,410
Were you aware that dating
back to September, 2001,
1274
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:50,883
Deepwater Horizon had shown five red flags
or incidents of noncompliance?
1275
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:54,082
ERIC: Um, I'm not sure
I'm authorized to speak about that.
1276
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,891
I understand. I only have two more questions.
1277
01:01:56,960 --> 01:01:59,201
Prior to your inspection
of the rig on April 1st,
1278
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:02,966
how many inspections
had you done of offshore oil drilling rigs?
1279
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:06,483
ERIC: None.
WILL: None?
1280
01:02:06,560 --> 01:02:09,564
- Except in training.
- And how long have you been in training?
1281
01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:12,921
- Four months.
- Thank you very much.
1282
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:15,691
That was Eric Neal
with the Minerals Management Service
1283
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:18,684
- We have the statement.
- WILL: We now have a statement from BP.
1284
01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:20,489
We'll put it up on the screen for you.
1285
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,888
"The thoughts and prayers..." (CHUCKLES)
1286
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:24,610
"The thoughts and prayers of Tony Hayward
1287
01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:26,887
"and everyone at BP
are with the missing crew members
1288
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:29,566
"of the BP Deepwater Horizon
and their families.
1289
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,923
"We are looking at every possible solution
to the problem of capping the well
1290
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,401
"and will, of course,
offer our complete assistance
1291
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:37,807
"to the various US agencies
involved in repairing
1292
01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:40,850
"and cleaning up the damage done
by this terrible accident."
1293
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:44,088
So, glass half-full.
1294
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:47,088
They're offering to help clean up.
1295
01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:51,206
This is obviously just beginning.
1296
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:53,442
We'll be bringing you more
as this story develops.
1297
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:56,763
Terry Smith is coming up right now
with The Capitol Report from Washington.
1298
01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:58,842
I'm Will McAvoy. Goodnight.
1299
01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:00,608
(MUSIC PLAYING)
1300
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:04,683
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
1301
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:24,051
(NEWS ALERT BEEPING)
1302
01:03:26,840 --> 01:03:28,046
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
1303
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:38,727
WILL: Did the White House call?
1304
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,565
Gibbs wants to know what we know
and how we know it.
1305
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:43,404
We're not giving up the new guy.
1306
01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:46,529
Hey, the news alert's at red.
1307
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:48,807
- We got it right.
- We got the spill right.
1308
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:50,370
We don't know
what we're doing with Halliburton.
1309
01:03:50,440 --> 01:03:52,408
- We don't know what's gonna happen...
- God, you're a pussy.
1310
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:56,246
- You know, I'm just being...
- And it's not like you said the sorority girl
1311
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:59,005
is responsible for setting
the hemisphere on fire.
1312
01:03:59,080 --> 01:04:02,243
Give the Internet an hour.
That's exactly what it'll say we said.
1313
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:05,210
I'm too old to be governed
by fear of dumb people.
1314
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:06,606
I'm not.
1315
01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:09,329
You're older than you think.
1316
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:12,290
Don't learn that the hard way.
1317
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:18,290
You didn't bring her in to right the ship.
You brought her in to build a new one.
1318
01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:19,845
You knew Don would go with Elliot.
1319
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:22,770
- You orchestrated the whole thing.
- Yeah.
1320
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:27,845
For a long time now, I badly wanted to watch
the news on my TV at night.
1321
01:04:28,120 --> 01:04:32,045
Then it occurred to me, I run a news division.
1322
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:35,804
She's indifferent to ratings, competition,
corporate concerns,
1323
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:37,962
and, generally speaking, consequences.
1324
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:40,486
Good, 'cause you just described my job.
1325
01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:42,881
I'm Don Quixote, you can be Sancho,
1326
01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:45,725
she'll be Dulcinea,
and everyone out there is the horse.
1327
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:48,485
Donkey. How did you know
about that conversation?
1328
01:04:48,560 --> 01:04:50,369
I know everything.
1329
01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:53,330
Anchors having an opinion
isn't a new phenomenon.
1330
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,891
Murrow had one and that
was the end of McCarthy.
1331
01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:59,167
Cronkite had one and that
was the end of Vietnam.
1332
01:04:59,240 --> 01:05:02,687
- I'm not those guys.
- I'm betting all my money on you're wrong.
1333
01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:04,731
You know what, kiddo?
1334
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:09,203
In the old days of about 10 minutes ago,
we did the news well.
1335
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:13,080
You know how? We just decided to.
1336
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:23,125
Will...
1337
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:27,811
I fucking loved
what you said at Northwestern,
1338
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:30,083
and that's why I brought her here.
1339
01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:36,521
(DOOR OPENS)
1340
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:45,246
JIM: Neal.
1341
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:48,687
- Welcome to the show, mate.
- Thanks for everything.
1342
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:50,444
Take care.
1343
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:52,124
- Hey, good show.
- Good show.
1344
01:05:52,200 --> 01:05:53,486
- Welcome.
- Thanks.
1345
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:56,088
- Nice to meet you.
- GARY: Nice to meet you.
1346
01:06:04,840 --> 01:06:07,081
- Excuse me. Hey.
- Oh, hi.
1347
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:11,006
I didn't have time before to say great job.
1348
01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:12,969
Are you kidding? You were like Batman.
1349
01:06:13,040 --> 01:06:14,280
I am, actually.
1350
01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:17,728
I felt like the cape was a little campy,
but I still have the car and the utility belt.
1351
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:20,643
- Right.
- Yeah.
1352
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:23,727
I shouldn't say things.
1353
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:26,164
Well, that was huge.
1354
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:28,242
- I just answered my phone.
- Well...
1355
01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:30,846
Don, we got off on the wrong foot.
1356
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:33,321
- Can I buy you a drink?
- I appreciate that.
1357
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:35,767
Another night when I haven't
spent the day getting my ass kicked, okay?
1358
01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:37,251
You got it.
1359
01:06:37,320 --> 01:06:39,482
- Are your folks down in the lobby?
- Yeah.
1360
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:43,687
How about I come down and say hi?
We get to meet. I'll apologize in person.
1361
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:46,969
I'll come back upstairs for a couple of minutes
so it looks like I'm working.
1362
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:48,849
You call me when you're done with dinner.
1363
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:51,490
It's a compromise.
1364
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:53,686
WILL: You!
1365
01:07:00,840 --> 01:07:02,524
Your name is Margaret Jordan.
1366
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:06,365
Yes, it is.
1367
01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:09,529
That was a good show, Will.
1368
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:13,888
MacKenzie, I was wrong, you were right.
1369
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:16,769
What did everybody else run?
1370
01:07:19,040 --> 01:07:20,280
What did they run, Don?
1371
01:07:20,360 --> 01:07:23,682
Flights resumed in Europe and
the iPhone prototype that was left at a bar.
1372
01:07:24,920 --> 01:07:26,604
They all closed with the oil rig, though.
1373
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:27,920
Spill?
1374
01:07:28,120 --> 01:07:29,281
Search and rescue.
1375
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:37,880
We should go.
1376
01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:41,405
Goodnight, guys.
1377
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:44,684
Night.
1378
01:07:51,880 --> 01:07:54,884
(MOUTHING)
1379
01:07:58,000 --> 01:07:59,650
I don't know what you're miming.
1380
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:01,046
Just...
1381
01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:04,531
You're fine.
1382
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:28,767
Can I talk to you a second?
1383
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:30,842
8:00 to 9:00 is over.
1384
01:08:34,680 --> 01:08:36,728
I understand.
I just wanted to mention something.
1385
01:08:36,840 --> 01:08:39,923
Hang on.
Enough of this shit about being disengaged.
1386
01:08:42,840 --> 01:08:44,808
Guys, great job tonight.
1387
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:47,690
These things are done by teams,
and I've got the best team in television.
1388
01:08:47,760 --> 01:08:49,250
I'm gonna make sure
each and every one of you
1389
01:08:49,320 --> 01:08:51,243
knows how important you are to me.
1390
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:55,562
- This isn't our control room.
- No.
1391
01:08:55,640 --> 01:08:57,085
Then screw it.
1392
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:02,011
Will.
1393
01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:07,682
You won't remember this,
1394
01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:11,242
but the first time you met my parents,
you had flowers for my mother.
1395
01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:15,520
You took my father to an Orioles game,
and then you met us for dinner.
1396
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:17,284
And I wanted to tell you...
1397
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:22,882
That you were perfect.
1398
01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:27,001
Like I said, you wouldn't remember,
but I wanted to thank you...
1399
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:30,687
The Orioles won 4-3
on a walk-off double from Miguel Tejada
1400
01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:32,171
with runners on first and third.
1401
01:09:32,240 --> 01:09:35,164
Your father ordered a beer,
and I ordered a Diet Coke.
1402
01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:37,846
And he said, "McAvoy,
you're a Republican nitwit
1403
01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:39,729
"and every word you've ever said or
written about China
1404
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:42,280
"is incomprehensible bollocks.
1405
01:09:42,360 --> 01:09:47,207
"But for reasons passing understanding,
my MacKenzie seems to be in love with you.
1406
01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:51,729
"So you can have a pint on a hot summer's
day without earning my disapproval."
1407
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:54,002
We ended up having three.
1408
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:02,565
You two idiots were drunk
when you met us for dinner?
1409
01:10:02,680 --> 01:10:04,603
- Yeah.
- (LAUGHS)
1410
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:08,210
Your dad's feeling all right?
1411
01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:13,046
Charlie says you're physically
and mentally exhausted.
1412
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:18,122
I've been exhausted since I was 30.
Everybody's exhausted.
1413
01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:23,723
I just wanted to come back
and be in a newsroom.
1414
01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:25,404
- (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
- (DOORS OPEN)
1415
01:10:25,640 --> 01:10:27,961
Well, this one's yours for a week.
1416
01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:31,247
- Good show tonight.
- You, too.
1417
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:37,161
It wasn't vertigo medicine.
1418
01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:41,166
I thought I saw you in the audience.
That's how I got flustered.
1419
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:44,210
I thought I saw you,
but it turned out to be someone else.
1420
01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:47,845
No, wait.
1421
01:10:57,000 --> 01:10:58,843
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
1422
01:11:22,280 --> 01:11:23,281
(LAUGHS)
1423
01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:42,047
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)