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