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<i>Sharon is a very funny woman,</i>

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<i>but she has less faith
in American individualism than I do.</i>

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Hang on, I have plenty of...
When did I ever express any lack of faith?

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I didn't say and never said
that Barack Obama was a socialist.

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- Seriously?
- What I said and I have always said...

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Lewis, you are begging me
to run a sound package

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Monday morning that
shows you hundreds of times

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calling the president a socialist.

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I'll read your columns on the air.

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The policies are, look up the definition,
my friend, they're socialist.

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By your definition, so were Ronald Reagan's.

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- What do you think taxes are?

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That was the last great president.

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American individualism
can't build roads.

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- An individual...
- Go on, get it all out.

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Thank you,
since the question was addressed to me.

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An individual can't build a school
or assemble an army...

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No one's talking about
disbanding the army.

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So we can agree
that the government is good for that?

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- Yes. Fine.
- Yes.

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- A fire department, good idea or bad idea?

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You are getting so worked up, Sharon.

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I'm afraid you're gonna start shooting
light out of your ass.

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Good idea or bad idea
on the fire department?

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Or should it be a private fire department

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that only comes to your burning house
if you paid your monthly fire bill?

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I am more than happy to pay
for a fire department.

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I am not happy to pay for a painting

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that I don't wanna look at,
poetry I don't wanna read.

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You can't skip right to the NEA!

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And you cannot skip right to the army.

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0.00004% of the federal budget

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and is code for New York,
Jewish, perverted and gay.

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- Will.
- Yes, sir.

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Anything to add?

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I think we'd need a more
precise definition of "perverted."

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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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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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There was a short piece
on <i>Vanity Fair's</i> 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.

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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...

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Um, you know what I mean.

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Can you say why America
is the greatest country in the world?

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Diversity and opportunity.

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Lewis.

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Freedom and freedom.
So let's keep it that way.

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Will.

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- The New York Jets.

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No, I'm gonna hold you to an answer on that.

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What makes America
the greatest country in the world?

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Well, Lewis and Sharon said it,

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diversity, and opportunity,
and freedom and freedom.

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I'm not letting you
go back to the airport

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without answering the question.

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Well, our Constitution is a masterpiece.
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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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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- 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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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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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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- 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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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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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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<i>You own this now,
my friend. You have bought it.</i>

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<i>You have paid for it and you have the receipt.
I wanna be crystal clear, this is yours.</i>

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<i>- You're wearing it.</i>

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<i>- Henry wants me to make sure you know that.</i>
- 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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<i>- Shit, how much does he know?</i>
- You're on speaker.

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I don't know anything. Who is this?

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<i>- Heh-hey, Will! How was the vaca...</i>

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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,

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and I was sitting there with a warm Coke,
watching a beautiful Vietnamese woman

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doing an exotic dance
right in the middle of everybody.

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A beautiful, beautiful woman.

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And I thought to myself,

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"I will never know what it is
to be with a woman like that."

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And at that exact moment,
the woman spun twice,

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teetered over, and fell right into my lap.

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That was a story about how sometimes
things fall right into your lap.

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Where's my staff?

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00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,760
The answer to that question has several parts.

240
00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,550
First, we're gonna try Elliot out at 10:00.
He's starting in two weeks.

241
00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,871
Good. Thank you.
With the right EP, he'll do great at 10:00.

242
00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,078
I think so, too, and I know how much
he appreciates your lobbying hard for him.

243
00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,554
He really looks up to you.

244
00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,154
What's this got to do with my staff?

245
00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,516
- He's taking your staff.
- What are you talking about?

246
00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,389
Well, strictly speaking, he's taking your EP
and your EP's taking your staff.

247
00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,233
- Wait, Don's going with Elliot?
- Listen...

248
00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,913
- Where is he?
- There's no need...

249
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,719
- Where is he?
- They're both...

250
00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,799
Don got everyone pizza.
They're in one of the conference rooms.

251
00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,036
Will!

252
00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,510
I gave him his first job on the air,
his first job on a panel,

253
00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,432
his first job as a substitute anchor.

254
00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,751
I make it known to anyone
who matters I'd like to see him at 10:00.

255
00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,594
- He poaches Don.
- Elliot didn't poach him. Don asked to go.

256
00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,672
- He asked to go? He asked to go?
- Yeah. Yeah.

257
00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,400
- Because of what happened?
- Absolutely not. That's over.

258
00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:23,914
It's not over. The story won't end.

259
00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,753
Did anybody hear
the second half of what I said?

260
00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,752
- I made a rousing call...
- It's not why Don's leaving.

261
00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,115
Why is he leaving?

262
00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,515
Oh!

263
00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,835
Yeah, I get that there are moments,
small moments, infrequent moments,

264
00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,354
where I'm not the easiest guy to work with,

265
00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,840
- but who the hell is?
- I am.

266
00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,759
Well, it helps
that you're drunk most of the time.

267
00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,433
It certainly does. Do me a favor...

268
00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,273
This is more than unprofessional,
it's uncivilized.

269
00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:43,555
But more than that, it's unprofessional.

270
00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,279
- Just do me a favor, okay?
- Sure.

271
00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,431
- Try not to make a scene...
- Hey, dickless!

272
00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,080
- Not you. You're in a minute. You.

273
00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:51,756
Hey, Will.

274
00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,718
Congratulations on the show.
You're gonna do great.

275
00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,678
I'd have called you,
but I didn't know where you were staying.

276
00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,274
I kept getting an out-of-the-office reply.

277
00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,033
You're taking my executive producer?

278
00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,317
Before you go any further, I strongly objected.

279
00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,119
- Did you?
- For all the reasons...

280
00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,920
- I think this conversation's about me.
- Catlike instincts.

281
00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:07,799
I tried to get in touch with you,
but Charlie said...

282
00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:08,950
- You asked to leave?
- I did,

283
00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,838
- but we have two weeks before...
- Because of what happened?

284
00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,479
Because the second half
was a rousing call to...

285
00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,552
- It has nothing to do with what happened.
- The timing is curious.

286
00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,916
Didn't you tell him it doesn't have anything
to do with what happened?

287
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,469
Yes, and talk to him
when you're talking to him.

288
00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,791
After all the time
we spent working side by side?

289
00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,833
I've been your EP for 13 weeks.

290
00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,474
That's the longest
I've ever worked with anybody!

291
00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,474
I mean, you were the one. You were my guy.
We were like the Everly Brothers.

292
00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,074
You'll interview some good candidates.

293
00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,231
Don, please, I'll replace you in 15 minutes.

294
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,912
You know, it wasn't
the anti-American thing, Will,

295
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,959
or even that you aimed a profanity-laced
tirade at a college sophomore...

296
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,477
She's talking about suing the university
for mental anguish.

297
00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,995
- Talking about it to who?
- Mostly Kathie Lee and Hoda.

298
00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,037
- Guess who her lawyer is.
- If you say Gloria Allred...

299
00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,079
- It's your personality.
- What?

300
00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,072
The reason I'm leaving
and the reason the others are.

301
00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:53,515
I'm affable!

302
00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,799
To strangers, to people who watch you on TV.
You yelled at me in front of the crew.

303
00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,679
- That's what this is about.
- Yes, that's what this is about.

304
00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,592
Yeah, you know, I thought
you were talking into my ear.

305
00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:03,830
That's what I'm supposed to do.

306
00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,917
I had Stanley McChrystal
on satellite from Kandahar.

307
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,118
He's being shot at by the fucking Taliban,
and you were yakking in my ear.

308
00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,351
I wasn't yakking.
I was telling you not to let him off the hook.

309
00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,636
Was that something
that really needed to be said four times?

310
00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,160
Yeah, because you let him off the hook,

311
00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,471
as was pointed out by everyone
with Internet access.

312
00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,950
You blew that interview,
and you took it out on me.

313
00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,360
It was two days
after the thing with the student.

314
00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,750
I thought it would be a good idea
to show deference to a three-star...

315
00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,514
You took it out on me,
you did it in front of the staff,

316
00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,796
then you took it out on the staff
the way you're doing right now.

317
00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,792
The staff isn't here!

318
00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,237
You're taking the department heads.
Who the hell knows who they're taking?

319
00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:35,470
Maggie's standing right there.

320
00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,677
Her name happens to be Ellen!

321
00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,234
It's Margaret.

322
00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,280
And simply put, you are a smart,
talented guy who isn't very nice

323
00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,238
and the countdown
to your retirement from relevance...

324
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,595
- All right.
- ...started the moment you called

325
00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,160
conservatives idiots and liberals losers.

326
00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,550
- That's enough.
- A bad reaction to vertigo medicine?

327
00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:53,915
- Don.
- Did you just send that gift-wrapped

328
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,229
to every comedian in the world?

329
00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:56,754
I didn't have a lot of time to think.

330
00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,991
- Do you think maybe if you'd let me prep you!
- Don.

331
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,072
- You had a brand!
- I'm a Marine, Don!

332
00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,278
I will beat the shit out of you!
I don't care how many protein bars you eat.

333
00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,636
Hey, hey, hey, hey. All right.

334
00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,114
All right, look, I'm sorry I said all that.

335
00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,237
No, it's easier to say than the truth.

336
00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,717
- What?
- You're jumping a sinking ship.

337
00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,793
You've always been
the smartest guy around here.

338
00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,516
I appreciate you promoting me up
as fast as you did.

339
00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,114
And I will work with whoever you hire

340
00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,034
to make it a smooth transition
over the next two weeks.

341
00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,430
- Is that the afternoon brief?
- Yeah.

342
00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,192
I'm... I'm sorry about all this.

343
00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,717
No, no, no. Good luck with the show, man.
I'm here for whatever you need.

344
00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,397
You did let McChrystal off the hook because
you were gun-shy after Northwestern.

345
00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,472
- He was right about that.
- I didn't let him off the hook.

346
00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,950
He's a general.
He's a professional strategist, Charlie.

347
00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,554
He's schooled in evasive tactics.

348
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,233
Against armies, not journalists.

349
00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,552
Chief Brody, Hooper, and Captain Quint didn't
let Jaws off the hook is what I'm saying.

350
00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:09,710
All right.

351
00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,678
- I didn't know.
- What?

352
00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,037
I didn't know that people
didn't like working for me.

353
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,679
- Do you care?
- No.

354
00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,992
Of course I care. Anybody would care.

355
00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,353
But honestly, I don't.

356
00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,551
I do. I am a perfectly nice guy
and I have the focus group data to prove it,

357
00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,233
so maybe the problem lies not with me...

358
00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,040
- I hired a new EP for you.
- What do you mean?

359
00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,719
I hired you a new EP.

360
00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:34,516
You hi... You...

361
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,514
I'm never going on vacation again.
You hired a new EP without my meeting him?

362
00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,353
- Her.
- Without my meeting her?

363
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,033
- No, you've met her.
- Who?

364
00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:49,910
Charlie, have you hired to run my show,
without consulting me...

365
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,440
You were unreachable.

366
00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,512
Only one person knew
how to get in touch with you.

367
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,876
- It was you!
- I had to right the ship.

368
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,431
You know that for this particular job,
there's no one better.

369
00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,040
You're not talking about MacKenzie.

370
00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:03,873
I had to right the ship.

371
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,872
You're too big an asset to screw around with

372
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,032
and your focus group data
isn't saying what it said three weeks ago.

373
00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:10,873
- Charlie...
- She was in Peshawar...

374
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,872
- Oh, my God.
- For four months.

375
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:17,239
The Green Zone for a year before that.
Her guys were filing stories from caves.

376
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,917
She comes home, she wants to be
an EP again, have a normal life,

377
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,357
and there's nothing for her at CNN,
nothing for her at ABC.

378
00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,671
- I knew that.
- She's exhausted.

379
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:32,191
Not like at the end of a long day.
She's mentally and physically exhausted.

380
00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,711
She hasn't had four hours' sleep in two years.

381
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,315
She's been shot at
in three different countries.

382
00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,317
And she's been to way too many funerals
for a girl her age.

383
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,396
- She wants to come home.
- Yeah, look, I don't blame her.

384
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,394
They don't have a job for her in Atlanta,
DC, or New York.

385
00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,230
MacKenzie... Line up any 10 people,

386
00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,676
eight of them will tell you
she's the best EP in the business

387
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,479
and the other two will be stupid!

388
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,197
I'm one of the eight,
but it's not gonna happen.

389
00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:00,754
- It's happened.
- No.

390
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,594
She's coming up from DC today
with one of her people.

391
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,990
No, listen to what I'm telling you.
I can't give my approval.

392
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,356
The deal's a day away from being signed,
three years.

393
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,591
I have approval over my executive producer.

394
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,036
- You would think so, wouldn't you?
- I would, yeah.

395
00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:15,157
Business Affairs
went through your whole deal.

396
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,640
I don't have contractual approval?

397
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,757
- No. But you know what?
- I don't have contractual approval?

398
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,679
You're up for renegotiation in 18 months.

399
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,234
I'd have your agent put that clause...

400
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,279
No, I'm walking down the street
to William Morris.

401
00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:27,955
- I'm gonna renegotiate my contract right now.
- It's not gonna go your way.

402
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,670
I generate an annual profit
of $210 million on my own.

403
00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,559
That's not counting the lead-in freight
I push to 9:00 and 10:00.

404
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,280
That may be tipping money for this company,
but it's not nothing.

405
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,470
- Will.
- What?

406
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:39,960
When was the last time you saw her?

407
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,360
I don't know. About three years ago.

408
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,114
Coincidentally,
that's the last time you were a nice guy!

409
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,311
Would you like another, Mr. Skinner?

410
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,516
Yes, please.

411
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,675
<i>Most notably Lehman's
former CEO Richard Fuld,</i>

412
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,151
<i>seen here testifying to the House Oversight
Committee on Capitol Hill.</i>

413
00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,551
<i>The 2,200 pages report a serious lapse
by top executives</i>

414
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,075
<i>and details the accounting gimmick
used by Lehman,</i>

415
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,437
<i>including the use of something
they call the Repo 105</i>

416
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,837
<i>to move about $50 billion
in debt off of the books.</i>

417
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,310
<i>They say the company withheld information.</i>

418
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,869
<i>They further outlined an auditor failure,
saying that</i>

419
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,634
<i>Ernst & Young basically was performing...</i>

420
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:18,995
- Excuse me.
- Yes?

421
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,151
- I'm MacKenzie McHale.
- How can I help you?

422
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,391
I'm supposed to be meeting with Will.

423
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,840
Oh, my God! I'm sorry.

424
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,877
- You're MacKenzie.
- I am. And you are?

425
00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,394
- I'm Mag...
- Mac.

426
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,597
- Hey, Don.

427
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,351
MacKenzie gave me
my first summer internship.

428
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,837
Don't tell me you're here
to interview for my job.

429
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,519
No, I'm here to do your job.

430
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,353
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.

431
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,272
- I don't understand.
- I don't understand.

432
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,079
When were you hired?

433
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,436
- Is Will in his office?
- He's not, but his agent's office

434
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,716
is just down the street,
and he should be back any minute.

435
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,151
- He's at his agent's office?
- Yes...

436
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,958
- I'm sorry. I gave too much information.
- Yep.

437
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,437
- Now I understand.
- What's your name?

438
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,159
- Maggie.
- Maggie.

439
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,280
Let me try to guess at something,
and you tell me how close I am to being right.

440
00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:11,558
This whole move was done behind Will's back
and he just found out now,

441
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,793
and he stormed off to his agent's office
to see why he doesn't have approval.

442
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,157
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.

443
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,320
Okay.

444
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,517
All right, you're going to see some things.

445
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,075
I'm just gonna sit here till he gets back.

446
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,353
I'm going to sit here.

447
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,475
Good luck.

448
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,357
This still looking good to you?

449
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,478
You said your name was Maggie?

450
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,472
- Yes, ma'am.
- Ma'am? How old do I look?

451
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,598
No! No, no, no.
I heard you were embedded for a while.

452
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,433
Twenty-six months.
Anything happen while I was gone?

453
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,751
- That's why I called you ma'am.
- So did the Marines.

454
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,797
You sure don't look like you've been in a war.

455
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,037
The first thing I did when I got back
was buy women's clothes.

456
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,554
I maxed out three credit cards.

457
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,871
But I figured, "Hey, the economy's booming,
so what the heck."

458
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,599
- Oh, God.
- I'm kidding.

459
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,199
- Oh, excuse me.
- It's all right.

460
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,795
Hi, Dad. I'm fine.

461
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,951
I left a message for you and Mom at the hotel

462
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,716
because I wanted to let you know
it'll just be the three of us for dinner tonight.

463
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,234
Don can't make it.

464
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,713
He has to work late.

465
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,957
He just does. You know, with him
running 10:00 now, he's so...

466
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,239
And he feels terrible about it.
He was really looking forward to meeting you.

467
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,716
I know, but in this case it's true.

468
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,471
So, great.
So I'll meet you guys in the lobby at 9:15.

469
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:49,914
Okay. Bye, Dad.

470
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:00,395
You okay?

471
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,915
Oh, I've just got an allergy.

472
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,310
To what?

473
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,640
- Oysters.

474
00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,511
- I hate lying to my father.
- I wasn't lying.

475
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,672
Yeah. Why won't Don go to dinner?
He thinks it's too early?

476
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,754
- Don's not my boyfriend.
- He's in a picture on your desk.

477
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,033
It's with a couple of your friends
so it's not obvious,

478
00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:26,077
but it's a picture of your boyfriend.

479
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,119
- I don't care. I'm not reporting you to HR.
- Thank you.

480
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,510
Does he want you to do things in the bedroom
you're uncomfortable with?

481
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:32,920
- No.
- Damn it.

482
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,116
These are just routine questions.

483
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,078
You put that all together really fast.

484
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,958
It's not an original story.

485
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,559
My dad knew I was lying.

486
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,236
Now he's gonna hate Don,
and that's not what I wanted to happen.

487
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,029
- Oh, I'm fine.
- Your eyes are red.

488
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:58,994
Turn and face me.

489
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,916
When he calls you tonight at 11:00
and wants to come by,

490
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,599
don't lay on a tone of voice,

491
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,672
just tell him real nice
that you're hanging with your roommates

492
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,274
and you'll see him at work.

493
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,957
Do that three times. He'll get the idea.

494
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,838
Are you going with Don to 10:00?

495
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,832
- No.
- Why not?

496
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:19,873
It's just that I was...

497
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:24,999
Loyalty. I'm Will's assistant.

498
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,512
No, associate producer.

499
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,431
You're an associate producer now.

500
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,752
I'm crazy about loyalty.

501
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,595
- You'll report to him.
- Mac! Mac!

502
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,072
Did you know, did you know...

503
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,119
- Are you all right?
- Jim, that's Louis Vuitton luggage.

504
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,919
I'm fine, thank you.
Can I talk to you a second?

505
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,878
Sure. James Harper, this is Maggie...

506
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,434
- Margaret.
- This is Maggie Margaret.

507
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:48,954
Margaret Jordan. Maggie's fine.

508
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:50,713
Nice to meet you. Now, please.

509
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,632
- Did you hurt anything?
- Everything, I think, but please...

510
00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,556
Did you know that Will McAvoy
didn't know that you were hired as EP

511
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,478
and that he's at his agent's office right now?

512
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,836
I didn't know that when the day began,
but I know it now.

513
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,639
I quit my job for this, Mac,

514
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,791
and so did the three other people
you told me to bring.

515
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,439
Our show was canceled,
so we were out of work anyway.

516
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:11,795
I was offered any other show I wanted at CNN.

517
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,633
- I know, but I wasn't.
- That's not the point.

518
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:14,836
Excuse me.

519
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,958
It's aggravating when you rise to a position
of, you know, a certain position of...

520
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,918
I put down first and last month's rent.

521
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,071
- Do I have a job in New York?
- Yes, of course you do.

522
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,520
- You're sure?
- No.

523
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,319
I'm calling Tom Walton and begging for a job.

524
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,595
- I'll cover hurricanes.
- Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.

525
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,639
What? And why didn't you tell me there's
some kind of problem with you and Will?

526
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,758
Because that's personal.
Do you see me asking personal questions?

527
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,519
Now, when was the last time
you were in love with a woman?

528
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,829
- What?
- When was the last time

529
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,559
you had a passionate
relationship with a woman?

530
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,279
Like Hollywood love, high school love?

531
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:40,840
You know the only reason
I'm still standing here

532
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:41,990
is that I have nowhere else to go, right?

533
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,560
I do know that. When was the last time?

534
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,797
- Never. That's never happened.
- Right.

535
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,234
And you know
how you've always had a crush on me?

536
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:48,310
I have never had a crush on you.

537
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,039
You've always had a little crush on me.
It's been cute.

538
00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:51,349
Never had a crush on you, but go ahead.

539
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,199
The girl you just met, Maggie,

540
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,557
she's me before I grew into myself
and got hotter with age.

541
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,836
I don't understand why
you chose this moment to lose it!

542
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,877
- Just...
- Why are you afraid to see Will McAvoy?

543
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,429
- You have to tell me.
- Hey, jughead, I ain't afraid of nothing

544
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,239
except jellyfish, which is completely normal.

545
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,880
- Now look at the girl. Not a big look, stupid.
- I didn't look at all.

546
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,032
You're right. Okay, just glance over.

547
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,600
Cupid, bam!

548
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,794
Can we cut to the chase?
What's in this for you?

549
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,753
Now why does it have to be like that?

550
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,115
It doesn't, but it is.

551
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,831
I need Don Keefer to help me
through this transition.

552
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,072
It turns out Don's dating Maggie,
and I'm not sure he's right for her.

553
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,880
Really? After knowing them
as a couple for this long, you're not sure?

554
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,553
He's going to be threatened by you,

555
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,711
so he'll try to impress Maggie,
who's staying with Will.

556
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,393
- You understand?
- Yeah, I'm calling Walton.

557
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,915
- Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.
- What?

558
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,470
You're right.

559
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,474
You've done enough.

560
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,719
You've done everything
I've ever asked you to do

561
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,996
and a ton of stuff I'd never ask anyone to do.

562
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,235
Tell me where you want to work,
and I'll make the call.

563
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,913
- Look...
- Fly away, little bird.

564
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,640
- Jesus. You know what...
- Something great is about to happen here,

565
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,074
and you're gonna want to be a part of it.

566
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,992
Tell me what the problem is with you and Will.

567
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,355
I can't.

568
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,399
Put the phone away.

569
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,710
This is a solid promise,
we're going to do the best news on TV.

570
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,110
- Either that or...
- We'll all be filling out job applications

571
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,960
at Dave and Buster's,
but we'll be doing it together.

572
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,760
Now you just sit here a minute, all right?

573
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,435
Sure.

574
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,079
- Do you know how to flirt?
- Yes.

575
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,276
Show me.

576
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,196
Hi.

577
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,998
Okay, just sit here. We're gonna be great!

578
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,356
- Where's the rest of the staff?
- They left.

579
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,994
Hi, Will. It's good to see you.

580
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,077
This is Jim Harper, my senior producer.

581
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,799
- The others are coming up...
- Let's go in my office.

582
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:06,916
Sure.

583
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,992
Somebody wanna tell Don
the lunch party's over,

584
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,560
and I need someone on the assignment desk

585
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,030
in case there happens to be,
what do you call it, news?

586
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,074
Can I get you some coffee or anything?

587
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,117
- Water or maybe...
- We're fine.

588
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,272
I tried to get in touch with you
while you were on vacation.

589
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:34,999
Nobody seemed to know how to do that.

590
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,797
Or at least they weren't willing to say.

591
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,550
Actually, I've tried to get in touch with you
a lot of times in the last three years.

592
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:47,756
Did you get all those e-mails?

593
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:48,910
- Yeah.
- What did you think?

594
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,434
I didn't read them.

595
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,600
I understand. There's no need to apologize.

596
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,760
Thank you.

597
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,033
You look good after your vacation.

598
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,237
You look rested.
I've never been to Saint Lucia.

599
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,436
- Is it great?
- Yeah.

600
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,637
You were down there with Erin Andrews?
It's not my business.

601
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,791
You can go anywhere with anyone.

602
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:18,960
Thank you again.

603
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,630
Hey, this can work.
In fact, it's gonna work great.

604
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,152
I asked my agent to negotiate
a three-year contract.

605
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,033
You know me,
I think that's the longest contract...

606
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,032
It's not a three-year contract anymore.

607
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,431
- I'm sorry?
- It's not a three-year contract anymore.

608
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,991
It's a 156-week contract
that gives me the opportunity

609
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,710
to fire you 155 times at the end of each week.

610
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,917
We'll wait a few months
to make sure it's not a story

611
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,560
Bill Carter can shove up my ass.
We'll do it, then.

612
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,917
How did you get my contract changed?

613
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,196
I gave the network back
some money off my salary.

614
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,237
- How much money?
- A million dollars a year.

615
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,232
- You gave back a million dollars a year?
- Yeah.

616
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,789
You paid a million dollars
to be able to fire me any time you want?

617
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,157
$3 million. And not any time I want,
just the end of each week.

618
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,669
How the hell much money do you get paid?

619
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,199
- Don?
- Speaking.

620
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,233
You should meet James Harper,
MacKenzie's senior producer.

621
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,232
- Jim.
- Were you with MacKenzie in Afghanistan?

622
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,755
Yeah. And Iraq.

623
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:21,198
And sometimes when you're in Afghanistan,
it turns out you're really in Pakistan.

624
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,951
- Twenty-six months.
- You ever produce from the studio?

625
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,635
For about a year in Atlanta
before MacKenzie took me out.

626
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,552
- She's crazy, you know.
- I know.

627
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,872
I've never seen anyone love
being an American so much.

628
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,997
And when you factor in
she isn't an American, it's all very...

629
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,117
Yeah, she is American, actually.

630
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,637
Her dad was Margaret Thatcher's
ambassador to the UN and she was born here.

631
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:39,790
Yeah, and immediately locked in her room

632
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,758
and shown Frank Capra movies
until she was 21.

633
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,355
She's like a sophomore
poli-sci major at Sarah Lawrence.

634
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,871
Exactly like that. Yeah.

635
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,031
I guess the only real differences
are her two Peabodys

636
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,112
and the scar on her stomach
from the knife wound she got

637
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,635
covering a Shiite protest in Islamabad.

638
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,160
Welcome.

639
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:58,755
I'm just taking your temperature.

640
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,911
On a scale of 1 to 10,
how much trouble am I in with you?

641
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,474
I'm over it.

642
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:04,755
Hey, do this to me.

643
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,514
Do this to me all you want,
but you can't do it to them.

644
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,512
- Who?
- People followed me here...

645
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,799
Jim Harper, my senior producer, bookers,
H&A producer, desk editors, field producers...

646
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,315
- They can't possibly be my problem.
- Will, come on now.

647
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,675
What do you want from me, MacKenzie?

648
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,673
They're in the process of moving.
They've put down security deposits.

649
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,638
They found roommates.
They're looking at preschools...

650
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,952
Yeah, they fucked up, Mac! They trusted you!

651
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:43,714
You've got a news alert.

652
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,839
Pardon me, Don.

653
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,839
You've got a news alert.

654
00:33:58,680 --> 00:33:59,909
It's yellow.

655
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,154
There's been an explosion
off the coast of Louisiana.

656
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,756
How can there be an explosion
in the middle of the water?

657
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,513
- An oil rig.
- An oil rig.

658
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,840
"Well explosion in the Gulf of Mexico."

659
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,755
All right, Tess, get on the assignment desk
and see if this goes anywhere.

660
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,069
Okay.

661
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,795
"Flames reach 150 feet in the air."

662
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,754
If you had read any of my e-mails
or answered my calls,

663
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,436
you'd know that I take responsibility
for everything and...

664
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,637
I already did know that,
and I already didn't care.

665
00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,359
That I'm sorry.

666
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,000
- Are you?
- Yes.

667
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,597
MacKenzie, I...

668
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:10,433
I just, you have no idea how I've longed
to hear those words. I...

669
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,593
I forgive you. Can you forgive...

670
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,195
- You're being sarcastic.
- Oh, how you know me.

671
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,237
"Emergency rescue crews
arrive on location

672
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:23,111
"at burning well located 50 miles offshore.
Twelve to 15 people believed missing."

673
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,032
- It's still yellow.
- Still yellow.

674
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,557
Don, they just haven't changed the color yet.
Somebody should tell Will or at least...

675
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:33,192
I'm not knocking on Will's door right now,
and you don't work here yet.

676
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,954
- So, dude, relax. Anything new?
- No.

677
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:37,633
- There might be.
- There won't be.

678
00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,916
An oil rig in the Gulf exploded.

679
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,673
- Persian Gulf?
- No, the Gulf of Mexico.

680
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,320
- Kendra.
- BP Deepwater Horizon.

681
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,790
It's about 50 miles southeast
of Venice, Louisiana.

682
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,157
The Coast Guard evacuated seven people,
all of them critically injured,

683
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:51,833
and they're searching
for 11 confirmed missing.

684
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,030
Still yellow.

685
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:57,433
Isn't it possible that AP's busy right now,
and they've got an intern on the updates?

686
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,432
They may have bigger problems
than the missing crew.

687
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,433
What do you mean? What do you mean
bigger problems than the missing crew?

688
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,718
Hang on! Hang on! Listen to what he said.

689
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:07,949
What did you say?

690
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,760
I said they may have bigger problems
than the missing crew.

691
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:11,990
Why?

692
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,912
I checked out BP Deepwater Horizon.

693
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,754
That rig is drilling
at 18,000 feet below sea level.

694
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,479
There are only a couple of things
that could have failed.

695
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,233
- And if it was the wrong one...
- Pressure.

696
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,755
It would be like trying to toss a hat
on a fire hose.

697
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:23,910
What the hell are you two talking about?

698
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,235
It's more than 11 missing guys.

699
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,631
There might be a massive oil spill
50 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

700
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,189
- I'm sorry, man. Tell me who you are again.
- I'm Jim Harper.

701
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,034
And I may or may not be, but almost
definitely won't be a senior producer here

702
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,670
under MacKenzie if she still has a job, which
sounds like she probably absolutely doesn't.

703
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,638
Okay, well, whatever it is
doesn't start for two weeks,

704
00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,040
so you're still in my newsroom,

705
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,112
and you're behaving in a way
that is bothering me.

706
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,113
- Gotta be blunt.
- Got it.

707
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,711
The truck in Pasadena,
they're five blocks from the courthouse.

708
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,200
- Are they covering the Rose Bowl?

709
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,431
And I cannot look
at the same loop of people...

710
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,233
This is Jim Harper.

711
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:55,795
All right.

712
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,313
For the moment,
your people can have their jobs.

713
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,472
Like I said, I have to wait to make the move
because there was a press release.

714
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:12,110
But when I hire the new EP,
who I will hire by hiring them myself,

715
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,715
whoever it is, is going
to get to interview the new people.

716
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:15,990
All right.

717
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:19,311
Well, I appreciate that.

718
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,752
They're really good, Will.
You're gonna want to keep them.

719
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,036
- Don't just dump them because of...
- They'll get a fair chance.

720
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,430
- Okay.
- I haven't started my script.

721
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:29,999
I'll get out of your way.

722
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,079
There's nothing
that's more important in a democracy

723
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,674
than a well-informed electorate.

724
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,712
You know you're still on this side of the door.

725
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,275
When there's no information
or, much worse, wrong information,

726
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,910
it can lead to calamitous decisions
and clobber any attempts at vigorous debate.

727
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,760
- That's why I produce the news.
- We're all grateful to you.

728
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,718
- You're spinning out of control.
- No, I'm not.

729
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,439
You're terrified
you're going to lose your audience,

730
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:00,954
and you'd do anything to get them back.

731
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,760
You're one pitch meeting away
from doing the news in 3-D.

732
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,117
This isn't nonprofit theater.
It's advertiser-supported television.

733
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,510
- You know that, right?
- I'd rather do a good show for 100 people

734
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,757
than a bad one for a million,
if that's what you're saying.

735
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,672
What is it you're talking
to me about right now?

736
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,356
I've come here to produce a news broadcast
that more closely resembles the one we did

737
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,713
before you got popular
by not bothering anyone, Leno.

738
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,111
I think Jay and I would rather be employed
if it's all the same to you.

739
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,233
It's not all the same to me, you punk.

740
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:33,555
I've come here to take your IQ and your talent
and put it to some patriotic fucking use.

741
00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:35,996
And where does it say
that a good news show can't be popular?

742
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,151
- Nielsen ratings.
- We're going to do a good news show

743
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:39,913
and make it popular at the same time.

744
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,878
- That is impossible.
- Between your brains,

745
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:45,476
- charm, looks, and affability and my...
- Refusal to live in reality.

746
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,155
- ...expertise in producing you... Ugh!
- It's impossible, Mac!

747
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:52,075
Social scientists have concluded
that the country is more polarized

748
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:56,074
than at any time since the Civil War.
The Civil War.

749
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,913
Yes, people choose the news
they want now, but...

750
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,754
People choose the facts they want now.

751
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,594
So what you've just described is impossible.

752
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,674
Only if you think an overwhelming majority
of Americans are preternaturally stupid.

753
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:08,989
- I do.
- I don't.

754
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,276
And if you let me, I can prove it.

755
00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:14,360
You know what you left out of your sermon?

756
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,592
That America is the only country
on the planet that, since its birth,

757
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,594
has said over and over and over
that we can do better.

758
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,757
It's part of our DNA.

759
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,115
People will want the news
if you give it to them with integrity.

760
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,113
Not everybody, not even a lot of people, 5%.

761
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,837
And 5% more of anything
is what makes the difference in this country.

762
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,276
So we can do better.

763
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,440
What?

764
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,280
I'm thinking.

765
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,315
Yeah, that whole speech did nothing for me.

766
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,469
- I'd like to talk to Don.
- Are you sure?

767
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,199
Right there.

768
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,389
Excuse me.

769
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,392
I don't mind if you sit
somewhere and observe,

770
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,517
but I mind you doing anything else.

771
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,717
You got it, but I just got a call from a source.

772
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:19,760
What kind of source?

773
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,480
I can't tell you much except that
he's an engineer with BP in London.

774
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,553
He says he's sitting in meetings
where they don't know how to cap the well.

775
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,716
- Who's the source?
- Can't tell you.

776
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:31,674
- Anything else?
- A lot.

777
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,433
I got two pages of notes
from my conversation with...

778
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,989
- Oh, great.
- Okay. Yeah.

779
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:46,913
Thanks for calling back.

780
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:55,280
Yeah.

781
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,439
Now I'd like you
to listen to these words

782
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:01,036
which were written 500 years ago
by Don Miguel de Cervantes,

783
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,637
"Hear me now, O thou bleak
and unbearable world.

784
00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,633
"Thou art base and debauched as can be.

785
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:12,634
"But a knight with his banners
all bravely unfurled

786
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:15,758
"now hurls down his gauntlet to thee!"

787
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,519
That was <i>Don Quixote.</i>

788
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,599
Those words were written 45 years ago
by the lyricist for <i>Man of La Mancha.</i>

789
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:27,796
Didn't think you'd know that,

790
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,877
but the point's still the same,
it's time for <i>Don Quixote!</i>

791
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,759
- You think I'm him?
- No, I think I'm him. You're his horse.

792
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,036
- He rode a donkey.
- Well, I can't help you there.

793
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,191
- I have to write my script.
- I'll write it for you.

794
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,234
"The volcanic eruption in Iceland
is believed to have started on March 20th

795
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,710
"and has led to a worldwide
transportation disaster.

796
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,077
"The suspension of air traffic was in no way
caused by America, which I love.

797
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,753
"You have to believe me."

798
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,877
You want me in the same shouting match
as everybody else?

799
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,997
I want you to not apologize
for saying something...

800
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,275
All right!

801
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,119
You got yourself in the shouting match

802
00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:57,709
when you took vertigo meds
and I'd have you winning it.

803
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,280
And what does winning look like to you?

804
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,795
Reclaiming the Fourth Estate,

805
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,396
reclaiming journalism
as an honorable profession,

806
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:10,680
a nightly newscast that informs a debate
worthy of a great nation,

807
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,197
civility, respect,
and a return to what's important,

808
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,512
the death of bitchiness,
the death of gossip and voyeurism,

809
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:21,037
speaking truth to stupid,
no demographic sweet spot,

810
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,794
a place where we all come together.

811
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,789
We're coming to a tipping point.
I know you know that.

812
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,111
There's gonna be a huge conversation.

813
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,592
Is government an instrument of good
or is it every man for himself?

814
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,271
Is there something bigger
we want to reach for

815
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,034
or is self-interest our basic resting pulse?

816
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,356
You and I have a chance
to be among the few people

817
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,716
who can frame that debate.

818
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,440
That's, it's...

819
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,154
Quixotic?

820
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,154
- Don.
- Jesus Christ, we're on it, okay, Jimmy Olsen?

821
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,800
Listen, we've got 55 seconds for a phoner
with the Coast Guard liaison.

822
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,917
That's not nearly enough,
and you're chasing the wrong story.

823
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,036
Oh, brother.

824
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,760
Listen, Halliburton was the contractor
on this special type of concrete...

825
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,957
Seriously, you're being disruptive now.

826
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,279
Hey, how happy is Charlie Skinner gonna be

827
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,915
when I phone this over to CBS
and he finds out you had it first?

828
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,593
All right, that's it. Get the fuck out.

829
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,115
Okay. You're right.

830
00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:20,674
Elevator's this way?

831
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,797
- God damn it.

832
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:27,870
What?

833
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,798
I'm sorry to interrupt.
Can I talk to Mac for just a second?

834
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,109
Your guy here is a pain in the ass.

835
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,112
An oil well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

836
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:34,953
The Coast Guard's searching
for missing crew members.

837
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,793
- I'll fill you in at the 6:00 rundown.
- There's more.

838
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,917
- He doesn't need to hear this right now.
- Let's go outside.

839
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,753
No, if Don doesn't want me to hear it,
I'd like to hear it.

840
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:41,876
Oh, blow me.

841
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:43,838
I want you to not use
that language in front of women

842
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,071
and to forever not suggest that image to me.

843
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:47,230
What's on your mind? Who are you?

844
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,596
- Jim Harper, my senior producer.
- Senior?

845
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,672
- Is he old enough to drive at night?
- What happened?

846
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,433
Two calls within five minutes of each other.

847
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,716
The first one was from a friend of mine
at BP in London saying

848
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,360
he's sitting in meetings
where they don't know how to cap the well.

849
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,079
- Jesus.
- The oil is still spilling?

850
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,674
Yeah, at a pretty alarming rate.

851
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,639
The first estimate was
about 10,000 gallons an hour.

852
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,189
My guy says it's closer to 100,000

853
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:08,794
and could get as high
as a quarter of a million.

854
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,553
Why is this well different from other wells?

855
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:12,438
The depth.

856
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:15,831
I need one of your staffers.
I don't know his name.

857
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,594
He sits in the back. He's the one with...

858
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,195
Are you trying to say
the Indian stereotype of an IT guy?

859
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,078
- Yes.
- Punjab!

860
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:24,992
- I don't think that's his name.
- Why not?

861
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:26,878
Punjab's a character
from <i>Little Orphan Annie.</i>

862
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,235
Tell him about the pressure.

863
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:33,480
Uh, Deepwater Horizon is aptly named.
They're drilling at 18,000 feet below sea level.

864
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:34,596
Is that dangerous?

865
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,592
Take the Grand Canyon,
make it three times deeper,

866
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,990
fill it with water,
and poke a hole in the bottom.

867
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,640
You can't just yank the pin out of the planet,
and that's what's happened.

868
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:43,439
How do you know all this? You're the IT guy.

869
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,194
- I'm not the IT guy. I write your blog.
- Are you kidding?

870
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,078
I think we're in the first hours
of a serious story.

871
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,516
- No. I have a blog?
- Not the time.

872
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,114
How do you know this stuff?

873
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:54,793
I made a volcano in primary school.

874
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,230
So did I. I didn't know I was supposed
to learn something from it.

875
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,198
- What was the second call?
- My guy at Halliburton.

876
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:00,873
- What the hell is going on?
- Nothing, Charlie.

877
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,555
- Can we please get back to work?
- A rig exploded in the Gulf?

878
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,710
It's yellow.

879
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,837
Not anymore. It just got bumped up to orange.

880
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:07,876
It's orange.

881
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,952
Okay, the rig was due
to be moved to its next role

882
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,475
as a semi-permanent production platform
at a new location,

883
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,791
and Halliburton was hired to seal
the well with cement.

884
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,200
- Who are you?
- Jack something.

885
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:19,000
It's Jim something,
and both of my guys are identifying

886
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,470
the failure of the cement's mix
as the cause of the explosion.

887
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:26,391
But here's the thing, Halliburton performed
tests on the cement mix,

888
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:28,392
and the tests showed it was gonna fail.

889
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,597
- Holy Mother.
- Yeah, hang on, Holy Mother.

890
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,114
I need to know who your sources are.

891
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,718
Hey, I don't know you, Scooter.

892
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:40,158
Look, you don't have to trust me.
She trusts me. You just have to trust her.

893
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,757
Try another strategy.
How high up is the guy at BP?

894
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,116
High enough to be in on the meetings,
and I never said it was a guy.

895
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,078
Actually, you did.
Does he have an axe to grind?

896
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,879
- No.
- What about the guy at Halliburton?

897
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,429
I didn't say he was a guy,
but we'll call him that.

898
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,799
And he is solid.
You guys have to follow up on this, all right?

899
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,837
You're gonna wanna open
with the Coast Guard search

900
00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,957
and then pivot to this because...

901
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,440
- Neal.
- Neal says...

902
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,557
It's gonna be the biggest
environmental disaster in history.

903
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,472
- Oh, my God.
- Jesus Christ.

904
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,950
Can we please get back to work
and send the Hardy Boys to their room?

905
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,110
Neal, tell them.

906
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,715
After an explosion like that,
the first thing that's supposed to happen

907
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,793
is the underwater blowout preventer
should automatically close.

908
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:19,033
The flames are still 150 feet high,
so that obviously didn't happen.

909
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:20,435
Now when they get the fire out,

910
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,479
they're gonna send a submersible ROV
down there to turn the preventer on manually,

911
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:27,349
but my source says,
"At that depth with that much pressure,

912
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,319
"it has to be the mechanics
that failed and not the electronics."

913
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,040
In other words,
trying it manually isn't gonna work either.

914
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,874
So they're gonna have to build relief wells
and that's gonna take months.

915
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:39,954
Months of oil spilling into the Gulf
at a rate of 4.2 million gallons a day.

916
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:45,399
And just for the record, the Gulf of Mexico
contains 643 quadrillion gallons of water.

917
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:46,675
I think you may be overreacting.

918
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,194
You are dramatically underreacting.

919
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:49,953
I'm the only one who's not
dramatically doing anything.

920
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:53,477
In four days, it'll have spilled as much oil
as the Exxon Valdez.

921
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,120
It's a week before the oil
reaches Louisiana shores,

922
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,475
three days if the wind shifts.

923
00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:58,630
Is the wind gonna shift?

924
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,712
Only if Louisiana's luck
stays exactly the same.

925
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:03,392
You've gotta tell him your sources.

926
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,115
I can't.

927
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,760
He can't trust you unless you trust him.

928
00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:16,199
All right, the necessary people
go into my office, close the door.

929
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,670
- I want Mac as a witness.
- Fine.

930
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,435
The BP engineer is my college roommate.
He's a junior VP. He's been there a year.

931
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:31,354
And how do I know you're not
being fed misinformation by James O'Keefe

932
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,591
in the hope that I run with it
and make his day?

933
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,399
Who's your Halliburton guy?

934
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:40,589
My big sister.

935
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:44,112
She's got a PhD in mechanical engineering,
and she voted for McCain.

936
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,036
You're telling me you got not one
but two people to roll over

937
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,032
on their employers within five minutes?

938
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:50,679
I know, it's just lucky.

939
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,116
- How often do you get this lucky?
- This is my first time.

940
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:57,717
Um... It's a search and rescue operation
in which no one is going to be rescued

941
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,110
because Michael Phelps
with an outboard motor on his ass

942
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,637
couldn't out-swim that fire,
and you're letting a guy who you just met

943
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:07,031
and a woman who, I don't know what the hell,
spin this into the end of the world.

944
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:08,873
But forget that.

945
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,749
If you're wrong about Halliburton,
that's the first line of your bio forever.

946
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:15,594
"Isn't this the same guy
who said that Halliburton caused that spill?"

947
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,639
And, by the way, you publically accuse them
of negligent homicide

948
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:21,076
and you're wrong, they will take you to court.

949
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,914
They will win
and they will end up owning AWM.

950
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,516
They will have their own record label.
They will have theme parks.

951
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,280
Let's throw out the rundown.

952
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,556
- Attaboy.
- This is out of control.

953
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,757
We're throwing out the rundown.

954
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,435
Gary, see if you can get me a spokesman
from BP on the phone.

955
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,239
- Get me anything...
- Where are you going?

956
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:46,959
I was told to put together a new show.

957
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:48,759
Guys, can I have your attention?

958
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:53,869
I'm sorry if I've been a little inaccessible
or terse lately or for several years,

959
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:57,351
but if I could just see a show of hands,
who's going with Don to 10:00?

960
00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:07,439
All right, I appreciate all the hard work.

961
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:08,840
And as a token of that appreciation,

962
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,674
I'm giving you guys two weeks' paid vacation
starting right now.

963
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,473
Hold on.
You're gonna have her run the show?

964
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:16,392
- Yeah.
- Don't do this, Will.

965
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:18,756
I just offered her
the most humiliating contract

966
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:20,274
since Antonio got a loan from Shylock.

967
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,033
She took it.
I don't know what that is, but I like it.

968
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:23,839
You're gonna do a full hour
on an environmental story,

969
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,754
and you don't wanna at least wait until
there's film of an oil-covered pelican?

970
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:28,433
It's not just an environmental story.

971
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:30,113
Everywhere I look,
people are dressed up in costume,

972
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,078
screaming about how bad government is.

973
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:33,389
What's your position?

974
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:34,834
That people should know
what they're screaming about.

975
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:35,910
Are you ready to go on television and say

976
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,959
that this well wouldn't have blown up
if there had been more government oversight?

977
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:40,434
I'll give you my next paycheck
if it doesn't turn out

978
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,558
that some department was defunded
or some industry was deregulated.

979
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:45,279
He'll do it, too.

980
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,631
I didn't buy any of that bullshit
you said in my office,

981
00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:51,313
but can you start two weeks early?

982
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:52,993
You plainly bought it a lot, and yes.

983
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,151
- I didn't buy it at all, and go.
- Okay.

984
00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:57,471
But it's obvious now
that you ate it up with a soup ladle.

985
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,233
- Just go.
- Who's my booker?

986
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:01,232
- Right here.
- Jim's gonna tell you who to line up.

987
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,277
Everybody out who doesn't need to be here.

988
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:04,714
Wait!

989
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,000
Seriously, though, I have a blog?

990
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,958
- Now!
- Yeah. It's Gary Cooper from <i>News Night.</i>

991
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,395
I'm good. I need to speak to someone
about recent legislation.

992
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,358
You go out around 8:20.

993
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:17,591
We could send a crew and do that
right from the Coast Guard station.

994
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:20,479
Hello, this is Jim Harper. I'm the senior
producer with <i>News Night</i> on Atlantis,

995
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,711
and we're looking into a story
about the BP Deepwater Horizon rig

996
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:24,029
- that just exploded in the Gulf.

997
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:25,315
This is Margaret Jordan from <i>News Night.</i>

998
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:27,198
We're looking for someone
from the EPA to comment

999
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,033
on the explosion at Deepwater Horizon.

1000
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:31,510
Take him to our studio in New Orleans.

1001
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:34,195
I'm so sorry. Can I put you on hold? Okay.

1002
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:38,395
Hi, Mike. It's Tess Westin from <i>News Night.</i>
We're doing a whole hour on the explosion.

1003
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,199
I really need your input on this.

1004
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:43,000
You're on speaker with me,
MacKenzie McHale and...

1005
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:44,560
- Jim Harper.
- Jim Harper.

1006
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:46,711
- Margaret. Can you do me a favor?
- Yeah.

1007
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:50,396
There's a government agency called the MMA,
the Minerals Management Agency.

1008
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,073
They have some kind
of oversight over offshore drilling.

1009
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:53,196
I don't know anything about them.

1010
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:54,549
- Can you write me a short memo?
- Sure.

1011
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:55,790
- I'll do it.
- I can do it.

1012
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,236
You're not the only one with loyalty.
I'm here. I'm not going anywhere.

1013
00:50:58,320 --> 00:50:59,834
- I can do this.
- Can you do this?

1014
00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:01,036
You can't just look it up on Wikipedia.

1015
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:02,480
- He's right.
- I wasn't going to.

1016
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:03,710
She's Will's assistant.

1017
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:05,519
- I'm an associate producer.
- Since when?

1018
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:06,750
- About two hours ago.
- That's great.

1019
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:08,115
And you're wasting my time.

1020
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,238
You guys duke it out over who my boss is,
but I'd like to get this one thing right.

1021
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:12,754
Knock it out of the park.

1022
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,833
I need a geologist.
Don, who's our go-to geologist?

1023
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:20,914
Our go-to geologist?
There's not a lot of breaking news in geology.

1024
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,880
Dr. James Morris at MIT
and Dr. Marvin Hasbrook at Stanford.

1025
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,553
Whoever answers the phone first.

1026
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,480
Is the EPA ready to comment?

1027
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,313
We're waiting for a comment from BP.

1028
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,399
Are you able to get the White House
on the phone?

1029
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,153
- Yeah.
- Then do it.

1030
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,351
Halliburton is in it, Sean. That ship has sailed.

1031
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:43,592
<i>Studio 1-A, this is Broadcast Center.
You're up on router 3.</i>

1032
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:44,909
Copy that, Center. Router 3.

1033
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,834
No, throw out all the remotes.
It's a whole new rundown.

1034
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:17,436
Thank you.

1035
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,558
Joey, these three are confirmed,
but you should build all five.

1036
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:41,438
- Got it.

1037
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:53,158
Will, we've confirmed these three guests.
We're waiting on two others.

1038
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:04,196
Two minutes.

1039
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:05,634
Who's our wardrobe supervisor?

1040
00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:07,200
- We don't have one.
- Get one.

1041
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:11,672
Charcoal gray, navy blue, and black.
Zegna, Armani, Hugo Boss.

1042
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:13,433
He's not gonna look like
an elite Northeastern prick?

1043
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,557
He is. Let's make that sexy again.

1044
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:16,869
Was it ever sexy?

1045
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:18,872
Ask the Kennedy brothers. Oh, Will?

1046
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,838
Don't talk to me
unless you absolutely have to, all right?

1047
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:21,990
I absolutely have to.

1048
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:24,390
I thought this would be a good time
to get a couple of things straight.

1049
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:25,516
I'm on TV in 90 seconds.

1050
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,876
I don't think this is a good time
to get a couple of things straight.

1051
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:31,032
That's funny, because I think it's the best time
to get a couple of things straight.

1052
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:32,076
Can people hear me in there?

1053
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:33,719
Not yet. Now they can.

1054
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:35,200
<i>Take me off.</i>

1055
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:38,512
So I did a terrible thing
and I don't expect you to forgive me.

1056
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:39,556
<i>Take me off.</i>

1057
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,313
You've got my contract,
but the thing you have to know

1058
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:44,711
is that between 8:00 and 9:00,
you are completely mine.

1059
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,440
For an hour, five times a week I own you.

1060
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:51,070
But in my case,
it's for your own good and for the good of all.

1061
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:53,629
Say "I understand" so I can
get these guys a sound level.

1062
00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:55,154
<i>I don't see it working that way.</i>

1063
00:53:55,240 --> 00:53:56,799
- You don't?
<i>- No.</i>

1064
00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:58,430
Okay.

1065
00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:01,357
- Where's my graphics producer?
- Right here.

1066
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:02,910
I'm MacKenzie. What's your name?

1067
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,559
- Sixty seconds.
- Jo... Joey.

1068
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:05,915
Can I get some quiet?

1069
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:07,832
Joey, could I have your seat
for just a second?

1070
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:09,400
Yes, ma'am.

1071
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:15,757
There you go. Show that to Will, please.

1072
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:17,160
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.

1073
00:54:17,240 --> 00:54:19,152
Will, check out your preview screen.

1074
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:24,190
<i>Get it off there!</i>

1075
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:26,039
- Say you understand.
- Thirty seconds.

1076
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,874
Someone's gonna spill coffee on a button
and broadcast that thing. Get it off.

1077
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,680
I've got a one-week contract.
I don't have a lot to lose.

1078
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,070
<i>I'm just glad nobody's invented a way
to digitally store images</i>

1079
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,117
<i>and upload them onto a free website
where anyone can see them.</i>

1080
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:38,237
Has someone invented a way
to digitally store images?

1081
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:39,595
<i>YouTube! YouTube!</i>

1082
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:42,275
Now you're just the crazy guy
shouting "YouTube!"

1083
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,158
<i>- Oh, God...</i>
- Just say you understand.

1084
00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:46,152
<i>- I understand!</i>
- Good!

1085
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:48,793
You warmed up?
You wanna screw around some more?

1086
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,200
<i>- I'm good!</i>
- Ten.

1087
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:52,358
There's no script.
There's nothing on the prompter.

1088
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:54,432
Nothing on the prompter
is where this man eats.

1089
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,040
And rolling.

1090
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:02,553
Stand by, Joe.

1091
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:11,352
<i>Stand by, Camera 1.</i>

1092
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:15,359
Good evening. I'm Will McAvoy.

1093
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,636
Breaking news tonight
in what could be the biggest disaster

1094
00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:19,996
to hit the Gulf of Mexico
since Hurricane Katrina

1095
00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:22,879
and the biggest environmental catastrophe
to stain our shores

1096
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,111
<i>since the crash of the Exxon Valdez.</i>

1097
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:28,079
<i>An oil rig in the Gulf,
British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon,</i>

1098
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:30,311
<i>50 miles off Venice, Louisiana,</i>

1099
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:34,030
exploded into flames
shortly after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.

1100
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:36,840
Seven crew members
have been evacuated to an area hospital

1101
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:38,832
where they remain in critical condition,

1102
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,913
<i>and the Coast Guard is in the fifth hour
of a search and rescue mission,</i>

1103
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:45,038
in the hope of finding
11 crew members still unaccounted for.

1104
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:46,998
Our coverage begins with Sherrie Stone

1105
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:49,072
at the US Coast Guard station
in Baton Rouge.

1106
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,595
- Sherrie?
<i>- Yes, Will, the Coast Guard got...</i>

1107
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:53,000
All right, you'll be coming back

1108
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:56,352
to Rear Admiral Loretta Hill
of the Coast Guard.

1109
00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:58,352
<i>Just right after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time...</i>

1110
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:00,671
<i>The missing men may be
only the tip of this tragedy.</i>

1111
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:04,879
ACN has learned exclusively
that senior level officials inside BP

1112
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,111
are scrambling to figure out
a way to cap the well,

1113
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,840
which, three and a half miles
below the surface of the Gulf,

1114
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,355
is pouring oil into the sea
at a rate of 125,000...

1115
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:14,875
I'm sure you'd like to see
some kind of statement on the screen.

1116
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:18,556
"Our thoughts and prayers are with
the families of the missing crew members."

1117
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,155
I can help you out with that,
but I'll also need a statement

1118
00:56:21,240 --> 00:56:24,199
that says at this hour
you don't know how to cap the well.

1119
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:25,794
You have about 25 minutes.

1120
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:31,035
Dr. Morris, this is New York.
Can you hear me? Good.

1121
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:33,715
We'll be coming to you in about two minutes.

1122
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:35,837
You've got to ask her
why there's no contingency.

1123
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:38,313
Why is there no contingency?

1124
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,710
Nancy, why are we drilling
three miles underwater

1125
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:44,396
when we don't have the technology to fix
the world's most predictable emergency?

1126
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:51,310
Jim.

1127
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:52,470
Jim!

1128
00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:56,278
Jim. Jim.

1129
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,751
Jim? You have a hold button.

1130
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:00,638
- Hold, please.
- Jim!

1131
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,559
- You got it?
- I...

1132
00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:08,438
- Oh, shit.
- I got it and I think a little bit more.

1133
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:11,750
- Come with me.
- Okay.

1134
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,275
- Take the pad.
<i>- Thank you.</i>

1135
00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:16,955
<i>Dr. James Morris of the US Geological Survey</i>

1136
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,839
<i>and Professor of Petroleum Geology at MIT.</i>

1137
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,230
<i>BP Deepwater Horizon is engulfed in flames</i>

1138
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:24,789
<i>and the search continues
for 1 1 missing crew members.</i>

1139
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:26,479
<i>We'll be right back.</i>

1140
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:33,076
When we come back, it'll be Halliburton.
Are you ready?

1141
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,470
- No statement from BP?
- Don't worry about BP.

1142
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:39,156
You're going to Halliburton's
spokesperson Dick Warren.

1143
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:43,318
This is beautiful.

1144
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,074
Just sitting here, Charlie.
I'm watching the news.

1145
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:52,756
Young lady, get on your Twitter account.

1146
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,839
We're doing this whole broadcast on the fly.

1147
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:57,798
Will doesn't have a rundown,

1148
00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:00,918
it's the EP's first show,
and she's got the whole thing in her head.

1149
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,037
She's the only one who knows
where we're going next.

1150
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:07,592
It's a feat that requires incredible trust
between the anchor and the EP.

1151
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:08,955
Say all that.

1152
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:10,759
I can only use 140 characters.

1153
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:12,950
Figure it out.

1154
00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:15,157
<i>- We are trying to gather information...</i>
- Sir, please. Please!

1155
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:17,357
<i>...as quickly as possible.
It isn't easy while we're being hounded.</i>

1156
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:19,511
- Let's just take a breath.
<i>- I'm breathing fine.</i>

1157
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:21,199
Zoneseal 2000.

1158
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:25,160
Your company was hired
to provide Zoneseal 2000 and SCR-100,

1159
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:28,677
a synthetic, cement-like substance
meant to seal off the well, yes or no?

1160
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:31,514
<i>- Yes, we were, but now you're saying...</i>
- That's all I was saying.

1161
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,160
Now I'm asking if your company did tests
on the substance

1162
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,511
before installing it at the base
of Deepwater Horizon.

1163
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:38,956
<i>We do exhaustive tests
on everything we manufacture.</i>

1164
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:42,670
Do you have the results of these exhaustive
tests done on Zoneseal 2000?

1165
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:44,399
<i>Now you're being unnecessarily flippant.</i>

1166
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:47,040
<i>Look, I am not some college student
you can shout at.</i>

1167
00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:49,032
We're not going to commercial
till he answers your question.

1168
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:51,351
No, you're the spokesperson for Halliburton.

1169
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:53,113
<i>And I came on this program voluntarily.</i>

1170
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:54,350
I don't have subpoena power.

1171
00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:55,920
Everyone comes on this program voluntarily.

1172
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:58,720
<i>Understand that this is all happening fast</i>

1173
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:01,713
<i>and that this is information
that isn't at our fingertips.</i>

1174
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:03,029
You don't have the test results
at your fingertips?

1175
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:04,554
<i>For the moment,
Halliburton's thoughts and prayers...</i>

1176
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:06,359
All of our thoughts and prayers
are with the missing crew...

1177
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,278
Nobody's thoughts and prayers
are with the fire.

1178
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:09,714
<i>- Sir...</i>
- Good to see you again, Will.

1179
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:13,589
Aren't the test results on a computer?
Are they buried in the middle of a wheat field?

1180
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:15,399
<i>- We will make the test results...</i>
- It's about time.

1181
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:16,880
What's the Minerals Management Agency?

1182
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:19,429
It's the Minerals Management Service,
the MMS,

1183
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:23,070
and they have 56 inspectors
overseeing 3,500 production facilities

1184
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:26,631
that operate 35,591 wells in the Gulf region.

1185
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:28,996
That's according to the Interior Department,
not Wikipedia.

1186
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:31,390
56 inspectors for 35,000 wells?

1187
00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:34,200
- It gets better.
- We're out. Back in 90 seconds.

1188
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:36,272
- BP statement?
- Hang on.

1189
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:38,431
Inspections for drilling rigs
are required monthly,

1190
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:43,151
but Deepwater Horizon was only inspected
nine times in 2009 and six times in 2008.

1191
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:44,913
- What's coming?
- Hang on.

1192
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,516
The last inspection was done 20 days ago
by Eric Neal,

1193
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:51,240
who was sent by himself even though
he had only just started his training

1194
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:52,800
as a government inspector of drilling rigs.

1195
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:54,155
- Are you kidding me?
- No.

1196
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:55,594
<i>- Is it the BP statement?</i>
- Oh, my God,

1197
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:57,637
would somebody hit him with a stun gun?

1198
00:59:57,720 --> 00:59:58,710
30 seconds.

1199
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:00,837
What I wouldn't give
to have a phone hook-up with this guy.

1200
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:02,195
- You do.
- What?

1201
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:03,919
He's on hold. It's this blinking light.

1202
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,789
Maggie, I am taking you shopping!

1203
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:09,519
- Will, listen up.
- Phone graphic, Eric Neal.

1204
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:11,273
- N-E-A-L.
- Minerals Management is wildly understaffed.

1205
01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:12,589
- Jesus.
<i>- We've got the guy on the phone.</i>

1206
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:14,034
Give me all the numbers.

1207
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:16,520
- Me?
- Give him the numbers.

1208
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,115
- Let's go!
- Okay. 56 inspectors.

1209
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:21,510
- 10 seconds.
- 3,500...

1210
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:25,992
Take it easy with him.
He's gonna be scared to death.

1211
01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:28,117
In three, two...

1212
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:32,349
Welcome back to breaking news.

1213
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:36,190
The oil rig BP Deepwater Horizon
has exploded into flames

1214
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,277
50 miles off the coast of Louisiana,

1215
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,353
leaving 11 crew members missing
and feared dead.

1216
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:44,319
<i>We're on the phone with Eric Neal
of the Minerals Management Service.</i>

1217
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:45,914
<i>Thank you forjoining us, Mr. Neal.</i>

1218
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,514
<i>It's good to... Thank you.</i>

1219
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:51,640
Can you confirm that the MMS employs
56 inspectors in the Gulf region?

1220
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:52,790
<i>I believe that's correct.</i>

1221
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:57,591
And the 56 of you oversee 35,591 wells?

1222
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:01,834
<i>- I believe that's correct.</i>
- That's 635 wells for each inspector.

1223
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:04,151
The wells are required
to be inspected once a month.

1224
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,152
- Is that correct?
<i>- The drilling wells, yes.</i>

1225
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:08,876
Is it possible with so few inspectors
and so many wells

1226
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:11,919
to properly inspect each platform
as scheduled?

1227
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:15,477
<i>Our budget's very limited.</i>

1228
01:01:15,560 --> 01:01:18,314
A single inspector would
have to thoroughly review two wells a day,

1229
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:19,959
six days a week for a year.

1230
01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:21,950
<i>I know.</i>

1231
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:24,794
<i>Would an easy solution be
to have the oil companies themselves</i>

1232
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:26,951
<i>pay for the cost of a proper inspection?</i>

1233
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:30,273
<i>- Isn't that what car owners have to do?</i>

1234
01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:33,671
<i>Well, that isn't my field of expertise.</i>

1235
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:35,672
- Statement from BP.
- Right here.

1236
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:39,674
Mr. Neal, you were sent to inspect
Deepwater Horizon 19 days ago,

1237
01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:41,792
April 1st, is that right?

1238
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,519
<i>I was, yes.</i>

1239
01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:46,399
<i>Were you aware that dating
back to September, 2001,</i>

1240
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:50,872
<i>Deepwater Horizon had shown five red flags
or incidents of noncompliance?</i>

1241
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:54,071
<i>Um, I'm not sure
I'm authorized to speak about that.</i>

1242
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,880
<i>I understand. I only have two more questions.</i>

1243
01:01:56,960 --> 01:01:59,191
<i>Prior to your inspection
of the rig on April 1st,</i>

1244
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:02,956
<i>how many inspections
had you done of offshore oil drilling rigs?</i>

1245
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:06,472
<i>- None.
- None?</i>

1246
01:02:06,560 --> 01:02:09,553
<i>- Except in training.</i>
- And how long have you been in training?

1247
01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:12,910
<i>- Four months.
- Thank you very much.</i>

1248
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:15,680
<i>That was Eric Neal
with the Minerals Management Service.</i>

1249
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:18,673
- We have the statement.
<i>- We now have a statement from BP.</i>

1250
01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:20,479
<i>We'll put it up on the screen for you.</i>

1251
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,877
"The thoughts and prayers..."

1252
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:24,599
"The thoughts and prayers of Tony Hayward

1253
01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:26,876
"and everyone at BP
are with the missing crew members

1254
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:29,555
"of the BP Deepwater Horizon
and their families.

1255
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,912
<i>"We are looking at every possible solution
to the problem of capping the well</i>

1256
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,390
"and will, of course,
offer our complete assistance

1257
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:37,796
"to the various US agencies
involved in repairing

1258
01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:40,839
"and cleaning up the damage done
by this terrible accident."

1259
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:44,077
<i>So, glass half-full.</i>

1260
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:47,077
<i>They're offering to help clean up.</i>

1261
01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:51,195
<i>This is obviouslyjust beginning.</i>

1262
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:53,431
<i>We'll be bringing you more
as this story develops.</i>

1263
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:56,752
<i>Terry Smith is coming up right now
with</i> The Capitol Report <i>from Washington.</i>

1264
01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:58,832
<i>I'm Will McAvoy. Goodnight.</i>

1265
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:38,716
Did the White House call?

1266
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,554
Gibbs wants to know what we know
and how we know it.

1267
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:43,393
We're not giving up the new guy.

1268
01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:46,518
Hey, the news alert's at red.

1269
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:48,796
- We got it right.
- We got the spill right.

1270
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:50,360
We don't know
what we're doing with Halliburton.

1271
01:03:50,440 --> 01:03:52,397
- We don't know what's gonna happen...
- God, you're a pussy.

1272
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:56,235
- You know, I'm just being...
- And it's not like you said the sorority girl

1273
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:58,994
is responsible for setting
the hemisphere on fire.

1274
01:03:59,080 --> 01:04:02,232
Give the Internet an hour.
That's exactly what it'll say we said.

1275
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:05,199
I'm too old to be governed
by fear of dumb people.

1276
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:06,595
I'm not.

1277
01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:09,319
You're older than you think.

1278
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:12,279
Don't learn that the hard way.

1279
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:18,280
You didn't bring her in to right the ship.
You brought her in to build a new one.

1280
01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:19,834
You knew Don would go with Elliot.

1281
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:22,759
- You orchestrated the whole thing.
- Yeah.

1282
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:27,834
For a long time now, I badly wanted to watch
the news on my TV at night.

1283
01:04:28,120 --> 01:04:32,034
Then it occurred to me, I run a news division.

1284
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:35,794
She's indifferent to ratings, competition,
corporate concerns,

1285
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:37,951
and, generally speaking, consequences.

1286
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:40,475
Good, 'cause you just described my job.

1287
01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:42,870
I'm Don Quixote, you can be Sancho,

1288
01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:45,714
she'll be Dulcinea,
and everyone out there is the horse.

1289
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:48,474
Donkey. How did you know
about that conversation?

1290
01:04:48,560 --> 01:04:50,358
I know everything.

1291
01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:53,319
Anchors having an opinion
isn't a new phenomenon.

1292
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,880
Murrow had one and that
was the end of McCarthy.

1293
01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:59,156
Cronkite had one and that
was the end of Vietnam.

1294
01:04:59,240 --> 01:05:02,677
- I'm not those guys.
- I'm betting all my money on you're wrong.

1295
01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:04,720
You know what, kiddo?

1296
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:09,192
In the old days of about 10 minutes ago,
we did the news well.

1297
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:13,069
You know how? We just decided to.

1298
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:23,114
Will...

1299
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:27,800
I fucking loved
what you said at Northwestern,

1300
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:30,072
and that's why I brought her here.

1301
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:45,235
Neal.

1302
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:48,676
- Welcome to the show, mate.
- Thanks for everything.

1303
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:50,433
Take care.

1304
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:52,113
- Hey, good show.
- Good show.

1305
01:05:52,200 --> 01:05:53,475
- Welcome.
- Thanks.

1306
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:56,077
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

1307
01:06:04,840 --> 01:06:07,071
- Excuse me. Hey.
- Oh, hi.

1308
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:10,995
I didn't have time before to say great job.

1309
01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:12,958
Are you kidding? You were like Batman.

1310
01:06:13,040 --> 01:06:14,269
I am, actually.

1311
01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:17,717
I felt like the cape was a little campy,
but I still have the car and the utility belt.

1312
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:20,632
- Right.
- Yeah.

1313
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:23,716
I shouldn't say things.

1314
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:26,153
Well, that was huge.

1315
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:28,232
- I just answered my phone.
- Well...

1316
01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:30,835
Don, we got off on the wrong foot.

1317
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:33,310
- Can I buy you a drink?
- I appreciate that.

1318
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:35,756
Another night when I haven't
spent the day getting my ass kicked, okay?

1319
01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:37,240
You got it.

1320
01:06:37,320 --> 01:06:39,471
- Are your folks down in the lobby?
- Yeah.

1321
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:43,677
How about I come down and say hi?
We get to meet. I'll apologize in person.

1322
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:46,958
I'll come back upstairs for a couple of minutes
so it looks like I'm working.

1323
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:48,838
You call me when you're done with dinner.

1324
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:51,479
It's a compromise.

1325
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:53,675
You!

1326
01:07:00,840 --> 01:07:02,513
Your name is Margaret Jordan.

1327
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:06,354
Yes, it is.

1328
01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:09,518
That was a good show, Will.

1329
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:13,877
MacKenzie, I was wrong, you were right.

1330
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:16,758
What did everybody else run?

1331
01:07:19,040 --> 01:07:20,269
What did they run, Don?

1332
01:07:20,360 --> 01:07:23,671
Flights resumed in Europe and
the iPhone prototype that was left at a bar.

1333
01:07:24,920 --> 01:07:26,593
They all closed with the oil rig, though.

1334
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:27,909
Spill?

1335
01:07:28,120 --> 01:07:29,270
Search and rescue.

1336
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:37,869
We should go.

1337
01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:41,394
Goodnight, guys.

1338
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:44,673
Night.

1339
01:07:58,000 --> 01:07:59,639
I don't know what you're miming.

1340
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:01,035
Just...

1341
01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:04,520
You're fine.

1342
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:28,756
Can I talk to you a second?

1343
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:30,832
8:00 to 9:00 is over.

1344
01:08:34,680 --> 01:08:36,717
I understand.
I just wanted to mention something.

1345
01:08:36,840 --> 01:08:39,912
Hang on.
Enough of this shit about being disengaged.

1346
01:08:42,840 --> 01:08:44,797
Guys, great job tonight.

1347
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:47,679
These things are done by teams,
and I've got the best team in television.

1348
01:08:47,760 --> 01:08:49,240
I'm gonna make sure
each and every one of you

1349
01:08:49,320 --> 01:08:51,232
knows how important you are to me.

1350
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:55,552
- This isn't our control room.
- No.

1351
01:08:55,640 --> 01:08:57,074
Then screw it.

1352
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:02,000
Will.

1353
01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:07,671
You won't remember this,

1354
01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:11,231
but the first time you met my parents,
you had flowers for my mother.

1355
01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:15,509
You took my father to an Orioles game,
and then you met us for dinner.

1356
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:17,273
And I wanted to tell you...

1357
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:22,872
That you were perfect.

1358
01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:26,991
Like I said, you wouldn't remember,
but I wanted to thank you...

1359
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:30,676
The Orioles won 4-3
on a walk-off double from Miguel Tejada

1360
01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:32,160
with runners on first and third.

1361
01:09:32,240 --> 01:09:35,153
Your father ordered a beer,
and I ordered a Diet Coke.

1362
01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:37,835
And he said, "McAvoy,
you're a Republican nitwit

1363
01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:39,718
"and every word you've ever said or
written about China

1364
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:42,269
"is incomprehensible bollocks.

1365
01:09:42,360 --> 01:09:47,196
"But for reasons passing understanding,
my MacKenzie seems to be in love with you.

1366
01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:51,718
"So you can have a pint on a hot summer's
day without earning my disapproval."

1367
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:53,992
We ended up having three.

1368
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:02,554
You two idiots were drunk
when you met us for dinner?

1369
01:10:02,680 --> 01:10:04,592
- Yeah.

1370
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:08,199
Your dad's feeling all right?

1371
01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:13,035
Charlie says you're physically
and mentally exhausted.

1372
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:18,111
I've been exhausted since I was 30.
Everybody's exhausted.

1373
01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:23,712
I just wanted to come back
and be in a newsroom.

1374
01:10:25,640 --> 01:10:27,950
Well, this one's yours for a week.

1375
01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:31,236
- Good show tonight.
- You, too.

1376
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:37,151
It wasn't vertigo medicine.

1377
01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:41,155
I thought I saw you in the audience.
That's how I got flustered.

1378
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:44,199
I thought I saw you,
but it turned out to be someone else.

1379
01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:47,834
No, wait.