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<i>Twenty seconds to VTR.</i>

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<i>Stand by, 13-27.</i>

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<i>Joey, ready on graphics.</i>

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<i>Let's check the stack on file 102.</i>

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<i>Fifteen seconds to VTR.</i>

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<i>Stand by, roll-in, stand by, SOT 1.</i>

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<i>- Standing.
- 10 seconds.</i>

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<i>Ready, roll-in, ready, SOT 1.</i>

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<i>- Ready.
- In four, three, two, one.</i>

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<i>- Roll-in.</i>

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<i>I welcome these hearings
because of the opportunity</i>

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<i>that they provide to the American people</i>

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<i>to better understand
why the tragedy of 9/1 1 happened</i>

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<i>and what we must do
to prevent a reoccurrence.</i>

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<i>I also welcome the hearings
because it is finally a forum</i>

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<i>where I can apologize</i>

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<i>to the loved ones of the victims of 9/1 1.</i>

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<i>To them who are here in the room,</i>

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<i>to those who are watching on television,</i>

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<i>your government failed you.</i>

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<i>Those entrusted with protecting you</i>

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<i>failed you.</i>

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<i>And I failed you.</i>

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Good evening. I'm Will McAvoy.

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This is <i>News Night,</i> and that was a clip

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of Richard Clarke,
former counterterrorism chief

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to President George W. Bush,

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<i>testifying before Congress on March 24, 2004.</i>

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Americans liked that moment.

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I liked that moment.

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Adults should hold themselves
accountable for failure.

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And so tonight I'm beginning this newscast

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by joining Mr. Clarke in apologizing

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to the American people for our failure.

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The failure of this program during the time
I've been in charge of it

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to successfully inform and
educate the American electorate.

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<i>Let me be clear that I don't apologize</i>

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<i>on behalf of all broadcast journalists,</i>

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<i>nor do all broadcast journalists
owe an apology.</i>

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<i>I speak for myself.</i>

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<i>I was an accomplice to a slow
and repeated and unacknowledged</i>

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<i>and un-amended train wreck of failures</i>

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<i>that have brought us to now.</i>

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I'm a leader in an industry
that miscalled election results,

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hyped up terror scares,
ginned up controversy,

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and failed to report
on tectonic shifts in our country.

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<i>From the collapse of the financial system</i>

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<i>to the truths about how strong we are</i>

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<i>to the dangers we actually face.</i>

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<i>I'm a leader in an industry that misdirected</i>

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<i>your attention with
the dexterity of Harry Houdini,</i>

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<i>while sending hundreds of thousands</i>

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<i>of our bravest young men and women</i>

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<i>off to war without due diligence.</i>

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The reason we failed isn't a mystery.

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We took a dive for the ratings.

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<i>In the infancy of mass communication,</i>

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<i>the Columbus and Magellan
of broadcast journalism,</i>

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<i>William Paley and David Sarnoff,</i>

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<i>went down to Washington
to cut a deal with Congress.</i>

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<i>Congress would allow the fledgling networks</i>

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<i>free use of taxpayer-owned airwaves</i>

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<i>in exchange for one public service.</i>

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<i>That public service would
be one hour of air time</i>

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<i>set aside every night
for informational broadcasting,</i>

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<i>or what we now call the evening news.</i>

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<i>Congress, unable to anticipate
the enormous capacity</i>

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<i>television would have to
deliver consumers to advertisers,</i>

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<i>failed to include in its deal
the one requirement</i>

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that would have changed
our national discourse

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immeasurably for the better.

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Congress forgot to add
that under no circumstances

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could there be paid advertising

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during informational broadcasting.

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<i>They forgot to say that taxpayers
will give you the airwaves for free,</i>

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<i>and for 23 hours a day
you should make a profit,</i>

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but for one hour a night, you work for us.

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<i>And now those network newscasts,</i>

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<i>anchored through history
by honest-to-God newsmen</i>

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<i>with names like Murrow
and Reasoner and Huntley</i>

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<i>and Brinkley and Buckley
and Cronkite and Rather</i>

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<i>and Russert, now they have to
compete with the likes of me,</i>

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<i>a cable anchor
who's in the exact same business</i>

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<i>as the producers of</i> Jersey Shore.

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<i>And that business was good to us,</i>

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<i>but</i> News Night <i>is quitting
that business right now.</i>

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<i>It might come as a surprise to you</i>

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<i>that some of history's greatest
American journalists are working right now,</i>

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<i>exceptional minds with years of experience</i>

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<i>and an unshakeable devotion
to reporting the news.</i>

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But these voices are a small minority now

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and they don't stand a chance
against the circus,

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when the circus comes to town.
They're overmatched.

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I'm quitting the circus, switching teams.

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I'm going with the guys
who are getting creamed.

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<i>I'm moved they still think they can win,</i>

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<i>and I hope they can teach me a thing or two.</i>

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<i>From this moment on,
we'll be deciding what goes on our air</i>

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<i>and how it's presented to you
based on the simple truth</i>

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<i>that nothing is more important
to a democracy</i>

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<i>than a well-informed electorate.</i>

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<i>We'll endeavor to put information
in a broader context</i>

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<i>because we know that very little news is born</i>

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<i>at the moment it comes across our wire.</i>

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<i>We'll be the champion of facts</i>

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<i>and the mortal enemy
of innuendo, speculation,</i>

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<i>hyperbole, and nonsense.</i>

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<i>We're not waiters in a restaurant</i>

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<i>serving you the stories you asked for,
just the way you like them prepared.</i>

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Nor are we computers
dispensing only the facts

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because news is only useful
in the context of humanity.

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<i>I'll make no effort to
subdue my personal opinions.</i>

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<i>I will make every effort to expose you</i>

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<i>to informed opinions that
are different from my own.</i>

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<i>You may ask,
"Who are we to make these decisions?"</i>

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<i>We are MacKenzie McHale and myself.</i>

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<i>Ms. McHale is our executive producer.</i>

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<i>She marshals the resources
of over 100 reporters,</i>

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<i>producers, analysts, and technicians,</i>

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<i>and her credentials are readily available.</i>

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<i>I'm</i> News Night's <i>managing editor,</i>

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<i>and make the final decision
on everything seen</i>

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<i>and heard on this program.</i>

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Who are we to make these decisions?

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We're the media elite.

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We'll be back after this with the news.

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It would be accurate to say it started

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with his on-air apology.

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Pardon, it would be accurate to say
what started?

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Was he aware that he went on television

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and said everything his network had done

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up until that point was trash?

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I think he was fully aware of what he said

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and that he was on television when he said it.

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He also took responsibility for himself

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and not the network or the company.

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What are we talking about?

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Mmm. Hey.

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You're working late.

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Well, it was either this or go home.

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- So...
- Listen, I was at a bar.

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I saw the show tonight at a bar.

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And I may have been over served.

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I'm fine, I'm just... If I say anything...

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You want to sit down?

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How much did you have to do
with writing that opening tonight?

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Uh...

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It was something Will wanted to do.

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- He passed it around.
- I would have loved to have been part of that.

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I could have done the show
you guys want to do.

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I'm equipped for that.

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God, Don, that's...

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You can. You can.

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You guys can follow up.
You can expand, you can rebut.

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I've got a mandate.

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Bring viewers to 10:00.

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I don't, and they'll try someone else
until someone does.

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I have to cover Natalee Holloway.

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And you guys just set me up
to look like an asshole

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before I even got a chance to get started.

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- That wasn't...
- No, shut up.

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That wasn't our intent.

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And you can insist...

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You can insist on...

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That's what you were reading
on your BlackBerry, right?

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Yeah.

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I mean, it said, "Eyes only," baby.

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I've got eyes.

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The apology was a Monday.
The following Saturday

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was the Times Square bomb.

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By Tuesday, we had all the facts.

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This is the kind of story that
makes people want to turn on the news,

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so you want to take advantage of it.

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- That's News 101, right?
- What is this meeting?

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- Is it News 101?
- To artificially hype the threat of a bomb?

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You're confusing it with Douchebaggery 101.

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- And the Muslim?
- That was a borderline call,

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but they're qualified to make borderline calls.

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- What is this meeting about?
- Keep going.

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By comparison, CBS had Katie
open her show from Times Square,

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<i>while</i> News Night
<i>gave it three minutes and 20 seconds.</i>

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<i>Basically said
there was nothing to worry about</i>

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<i>and, as you said,
mentioned that one of the people</i>

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<i>who notified the police was a Muslim.</i>

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<i>That's called
squandering an opportunity.</i>

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These are the important facts.
First, it was a lone wolf.

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Shahzad was trained in Pakistan,
but he wasn't connected to a terror network.

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Second, the situation was
handled by first responders

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and law enforcement, not an army.

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And finally, the system worked.

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He was taken off the plane by a final check

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of the flight manifest by a US Customs officer.

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What about the fact he was allowed
on the plane in the first place,

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10 hours after the Feds
put him on a no-fly list?

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The airline hadn't updated its files yet,

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which is why Customs and Border Protection
does a second check.

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- That's the system working.
- Three minutes at the top.

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- Will?
- Agree.

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You understand
we're making a conscious choice now

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to do the boring version of the story?

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- That's not how I'd put it, but...
- Great.

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- Mac, there's one more thing.
- Yeah?

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Everyone's reporting that
it was a T-shirt vendor

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named Lance Orton who
spotted the smoking car and called 911.

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- It was.
- I know, but it turns out Lance Orton

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was alerted to the smoking car
by a photograph vendor named Aliou Niasse,

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- an immigrant from Senegal.
- Why haven't we heard about this guy?

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Two possible reasons.
One is that he didn't make the call.

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He said, umm...

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"I thought I should call 911,
but my English is not very good

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"and I had no credit left on my phone.

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"So I walked over to Lance, who has
a T-shirt stall next to mine and told him."

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What's the second possible reason
we haven't heard about him?

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- He's a Muslim.
- How'd you get this?

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- A Pakistani blog.

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It's not the world's most reliable source.

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I know, so I confirmed it
with the NYPD, and it's true.

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And <i>The Times of London</i> has it online.

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And I think if the religion
of the bomber is important,

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then so is the religion of
the guy who saved everyone's life.

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- So do I.
- All right.

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3:20 at the top.

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How many viewers did he lose that night?

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Well, we all know he made enemies that night

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out of Fox and right-wing radio.

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- A lot of negative press.
- How many viewers did he lose?

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People want the most
up-to-date information.

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They were getting it.

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Didn't feel like it when everyone else
was saying it's a genuine threat,

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- and he's talking about...
- It didn't feel like it?

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- How many?
- 7%.

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He gave back the gains
he made after Northwestern.

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And that's the kind of thing
that would ordinarily scare Will straight.

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But it didn't.

235
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Media Matters, Think Progress,

236
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Howard Kurtz,
and the <i>Columbia Journalism Review</i>

237
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all praised our coverage
of the Times Square bomb.

238
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Do any of them advertise on our network?

239
00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,073
I don't believe they advertise anywhere.

240
00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,476
And by any chance
was it around this time

241
00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:29,600
that Will had some kind of
epiphany about the Tea Party?

242
00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,592
The Tea Party isn't what it started out to be.

243
00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:32,796
Have you slept?

244
00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,031
I got up at 2:00 a.m.
and broke down polling data

245
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from the Republican Senate
primary race in Utah.

246
00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,198
I never heard anyone say that before.

247
00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,198
Someone faxed me the polling data.
I don't even know who.

248
00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,233
But that doesn't matter.
Bob Bennett, the most conservative member

249
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of the Senate, is going to lose
his primary race to a guy named Mike Lee

250
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,478
'cause Lee found room to the right of Bennett.

251
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You wouldn't think that was possible.

252
00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,239
Back in 1968, when Rennie Davis
and Hayden and their guys

253
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organized the SDS,
it was specifically to end the Vietnam War.

254
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But that movement
got eaten by Abbie Hoffman

255
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and Jerry Rubin and the Yippies.

256
00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,800
Hoffman and Rubin
were a lot more charismatic.

257
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Yeah, but it was impossible to define
what the Yippies were protesting.

258
00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,596
They were about giving the finger
to anyone over 30,

259
00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,478
generically hating
the American establishment,

260
00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,910
- dropping out, and getting high.
- And?

261
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That's how the progressive movement
would be painted for the next 40 years.

262
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People passing out daisies to soldiers

263
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and trying to levitate the Pentagon.

264
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- I was there. That damn near worked.
- No, it didn't.

265
00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,752
The Pentagon's a really big building.
You can't levitate it.

266
00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:25,877
How is there room to
the right of Bob Bennett?

267
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For starters, a centerpiece
of Mike Lee's stump speech

268
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is effectively eliminating
the part of the 14th Amendment

269
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that says a citizen born
in the US is a US citizen.

270
00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,671
It's an applause line, and he's
going to win his primary by double digits.

271
00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,993
Charlie, I understood the Tea Party
in the beginning,

272
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just like I understood the SDS.

273
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The Tea Party was a middle-class movement

274
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responding spontaneously to bad trends.

275
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Wages were stagnant,
jobs were disappearing,

276
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Wall Street got trillions,
and everybody was laughing at them.

277
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- But?
- They've been co-opted by the radical right,

278
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which in turn has enslaved
the Republican middle.

279
00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,156
So you think the '60s radicals and
the Tea Party are roughly the same?

280
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With one big exception.

281
00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,319
Even at the height of 1968,

282
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the Democrats wouldn't have
nominated Abbie Hoffman

283
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or Jerry Rubin for any office,

284
00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,189
and no candidate would have
sought their endorsement.

285
00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,035
Can you imagine Humphrey or Kennedy

286
00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,352
standing for a photo op with
Bernardine Dohrn or Allen Ginsberg?

287
00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:20,874
- Get there.
- Oh!

288
00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,680
- I didn't even know you were here.
- Get there.

289
00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,360
The Tea Party is being radicalized

290
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and their original
organizing principles obliterated.

291
00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,199
And no one should be laughing anymore.

292
00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:32,794
They should be scared shitless.

293
00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,920
My party's being hijacked,
and it's happening in real time.

294
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,515
How is this not our top story every night?

295
00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,479
- Thank you.
- Seriously, how did you get there?

296
00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,876
You're not gonna be
very popular with Republicans.

297
00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,633
Hoffman and Rubin weren't Democrats,

298
00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,234
and these guys aren't Republicans.

299
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It needs to be a Republican saying it.

300
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Top story every night till the plant
from <i>Little Shop of Horrors</i>

301
00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,072
goes back to its planet.

302
00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,075
I think you've got the boy coming around.

303
00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,470
You're the one who faxed him
the Utah polling data, right?

304
00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,912
In four, three, two... Rolling.

305
00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,277
<i>Your candidate Mike Lee
is a fierce supporter of the Constitution.</i>

306
00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,113
<i>That's why he's our candidate.</i>

307
00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,431
<i>Should he win in the general election,</i>

308
00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,193
<i>which seems likely since Utah
hasn't sent a Democrat</i>

309
00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:27,959
<i>to the Senate in 40 years,</i>

310
00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,351
he'll have to swear an oath
to protect and defend the Constitution.

311
00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,676
<i>And I'm looking forward
to being there when he does.</i>

312
00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,799
He's also signed a note
to Grover Norquist not to raise taxes.

313
00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:38,917
<i>- That's right.</i>
- Which oath is he bound by?

314
00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:40,394
<i>He'll be bound by both.</i>

315
00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,517
- Is that possible?
<i>- Of course it is.</i>

316
00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,717
<i>And that's how we're going to
rein in government spending.</i>

317
00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,077
<i>Do you think part of a senator's job
should include listening to experts,</i>

318
00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,193
<i>considering new information,
hearing dissenting opinions,</i>

319
00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,920
<i>- and then casting his best vote?
- I sure do.</i>

320
00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,477
If 10 Nobel Prize-winning economists
were to walk into his office

321
00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,672
and say, "This is a national emergency
and we need to increase revenue

322
00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,958
"by asking for a small sacrifice
from the wealthiest 1% of us."

323
00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,759
<i>Mike Lee wouldn't even discuss it?</i>

324
00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,840
<i>Based on his zero years
of experience in economics</i>

325
00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,118
and tax policy,
he's taken an oath not to learn anything new

326
00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,197
while a member of the US Senate?

327
00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,069
When you blur the distinction
between public and private,

328
00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,355
there are problems.

329
00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,512
Same thing when you blur the distinction
between answers and nonsense.

330
00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,239
Does a private restaurant in Kentucky

331
00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,551
have the right to
deny service to black people?

332
00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,233
What it gets into is this.

333
00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,000
If you decide that
restaurants are publicly owned.

334
00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,514
Restaurants are privately owned,

335
00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,956
and it was a yes or no question
that should be easy to answer.

336
00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,032
Does Rand Paul believe
that a private business

337
00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,158
should be allowed to discriminate
on the basis of race?

338
00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,152
Sharron Angle's angry because the press

339
00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,755
is reporting what she says to the press.

340
00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,513
The statement goes on.

341
00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,990
<i>"We needed to have the press be our friend.</i>

342
00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,551
<i>"We wanted them to ask the questions
we want to answer."</i>

343
00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,594
<i>Do not laugh.
I felt the exact same way about the bar exam.</i>

344
00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,670
Will just made a joke.

345
00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,193
<i>When did that newsroom
become a courtroom?</i>

346
00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:02,840
I was going to say the same thing.

347
00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,754
- He was a prosecutor.
- I'm sorry?

348
00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,035
Before he was an anchor,
before he was a reporter,

349
00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:11,919
before he was a speechwriter,
he was a prosecutor.

350
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,311
He graduated college at 19, law school at 21,

351
00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,359
and had signed up
with the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office,

352
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,638
where he racked up a 94% conviction record.

353
00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,554
The newsroom turned into
a courtroom, Reese,

354
00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,873
because I made the decision
that American voters need a fucking lawyer.

355
00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,560
<i>"You know, our Founding Fathers,</i>

356
00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,314
<i>"they put that 2nd Amendment
in there for a good reason,</i>

357
00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,676
"and that was for the people
to protect themselves

358
00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,672
"against a tyrannical government.

359
00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,877
<i>"I hope that's not where we're going,
but, you know,</i>

360
00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,997
<i>"if this Congress keeps going the way it is,</i>

361
00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:46,034
<i>"people are really looking towards
those Second Amendment remedies."</i>

362
00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,672
<i>Syntax problems notwithstanding,</i>

363
00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,596
that was a Republican nominee
for the US Senate

364
00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,310
saying she hasn't ruled out
a violent overthrow of her government.

365
00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,037
<i>Terry Smith is up next
with</i> The Capitol Report.

366
00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,833
I'm Will McAvoy. Good night.

367
00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,115
And we're clear.

368
00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,958
- Hello.
- Hi.

369
00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:09,793
You're dressed much too nicely to work here.

370
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,951
No, I'm meeting Will. We're going out.

371
00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,197
- You're going out?
- Yeah.

372
00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:18,392
Are you a relative of Will's? Are you related?

373
00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,040
No. No, we're going on a date.

374
00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:24,399
That's fantastic!

375
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,273
I don't know why I said that so loud.

376
00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:30,751
How do you guys know each...

377
00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,109
- How did you meet?
- Mac, I think...

378
00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,429
- Not now.
- Okay.

379
00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,354
- How do you know Will?
- I work for the Jets, and Will's a big fan.

380
00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,477
- The New York Jets?
- Yeah.

381
00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,120
- We met in the owner's...
- That's sensational.

382
00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,517
- ...suite.
- What do you do for the Jets?

383
00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,030
- I'm head of the Flight Crew.
- You're a pilot?

384
00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:49,319
I'm head of the cheerleading squad.
We're called the Flight Crew.

385
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,796
- You're a cheerleader.
- And choreographer.

386
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,315
- It pays for graduate school.
- Hey, Danielle.

387
00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,040
- Hey, dude. That was awesome.
- No.

388
00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:00,511
I was sitting watching you right there,
while you were right there.

389
00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,391
You want to hear something
that will blow your mind?

390
00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,517
In about three hours,
he'll be on TV on the West Coast,

391
00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,718
while at the same time out with you on a date.

392
00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,713
Unless he gets tired,
which happens sometimes because he's old.

393
00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,632
This is MacKenzie McHale.
She's my secretary.

394
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,837
Multiple Peabody-winning
executive producer.

395
00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,435
- I'm Danielle.
- That's a beautiful name!

396
00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,876
- Why are you shouting?
- Can I talk to you for a second?

397
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,713
Just give me a minute to change.
We'll be out of here.

398
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,957
You're going on a date with a cheerleader?

399
00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:30,997
Not a high school cheerleader.
A professional cheerleader.

400
00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,833
- That doesn't make it better.
- Can I help you?

401
00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:34,832
- She's a student.
- A graduate student.

402
00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,196
- In philosophy?
- Physical therapy.

403
00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:38,754
There are better ways to get back at me.

404
00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:40,355
I'll put up a suggestion box.

405
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:41,840
Can I warn you about something?

406
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,593
You're a rich and famous person.

407
00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,876
And for that reason only,
she may want to sleep with you.

408
00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,077
That didn't sound like something
that should come with a warning.

409
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,117
That sounded like something
that should come with balloons.

410
00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,000
I loathe you right now.

411
00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,675
- You've got ink on your face.
- I work with pens!

412
00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,150
- Get a grip.
- Yeah, I know!

413
00:19:58,640 --> 00:19:59,915
- Hello.
- Whatever!

414
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,275
- Good show tonight.
- Thank you.

415
00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,794
He was talking to me!

416
00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,113
Stay on the Tea Party.

417
00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,636
Hardcore conservatives are getting primaried.

418
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,713
In six weeks, I haven't heard
anything from the 44th floor.

419
00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,871
- How are they with this?
- Good. Good.

420
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,270
I'll tell you
when there's something to worry about.

421
00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,315
So now we've really got something
to worry about 'cause he goes out...

422
00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,591
What problem do we have? 7% drop?

423
00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,672
We lose that when the Yankees
are playing the Red Sox.

424
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,157
Brad, why did you say, "Now we've really
got something to worry about"?

425
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,799
He goes after Jim DeMint.

426
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,271
<i>Mr. Wexler, I'd like to
talk about Senator DeMint's</i>

427
00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,033
recent statements about gay marriage.

428
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,391
He said it shouldn't be legal
because of the diseases

429
00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,437
prevalent in the homosexual population.

430
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,876
- Am I mischaracterizing that?
<i>- No, sir, you're not.</i>

431
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,118
<i>By diseases, Senator DeMint
is referring to HIV and AIDS?</i>

432
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,078
- 18,000.
<i>- Exactly. Normal, God-fearing</i>

433
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,391
<i>heterosexual couples
don't spread those kinds of diseases.</i>

434
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,596
18,000.

435
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,034
<i>As a matter of fact,
the rate of contraction of HIV</i>

436
00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:53,238
<i>among gay couples is now lower
than it is among heterosexual couples.</i>

437
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,198
18,000. Nod if you copy.

438
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,239
<i>Well, if you're talking about Africa,
I'd have to see the statistics for myself.</i>

439
00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,033
<i>They're in a packet right in front of you.</i>

440
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,153
But let me ask you something.
Do you believe that the American soldiers

441
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,920
who fought in World War I
were good, moral people?

442
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,600
<i>I'm sure they were, and God bless them.</i>

443
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,000
I don't think He did bless them

444
00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:13,353
because 18,000 US troops were
sidelined by VD during that war.

445
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,669
<i>That sounds a little high to be believed.</i>

446
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,194
<i>- Did you pull those numbers out of...</i>
- I'm sorry.

447
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,556
- That number was wrong.
<i>- That's what I thought.</i>

448
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,996
It was 18,000 every day.

449
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,400
<i>So that second segment was too long.</i>

450
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,517
- Yes, it won't happen again.
- Good.

451
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:27,510
Uh-oh.

452
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,672
Let's see who we have tonight.

453
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,714
Hi.

454
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,074
You must be waiting for Will.

455
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,594
Yes, I'm Darshana Yadav.

456
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,990
MacKenzie McHale. So has he...

457
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:39,958
- Hey, Darshana.
- Hey. I caught the end.

458
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,440
- You were great.
- Oh, thank you.

459
00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,318
Do you mind waiting just a second
while I change?

460
00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,790
- Sure.
- Nice meeting you.

461
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:48,789
Spinning instructor?

462
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,678
Neurologist at Columbia Presbyterian.

463
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,672
Chief of Surgery.
That would make her a brain surgeon.

464
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,280
Literally a brain surgeon.

465
00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,598
That's not hard to be.

466
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,438
I just couldn't be less interested in WikiLeaks.

467
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,193
You're nuts.

468
00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:11,839
The open sourcing of classified information

469
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,992
is going to be an absolute game changer
for journalists of our generation.

470
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,675
All I heard was sounds
coming from the mouth of a nerd.

471
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,672
- Have you scanned the WikiLeaks cables?
- No, Neal.

472
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,674
Because I spend my time
trying to find and protect my sources.

473
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,110
This, right here, is always
the swan song of the obsolete

474
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:27,913
when you stare the future paradigm
in the face.

475
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,955
"He on the side of technology wins."
You know who said that?

476
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,475
- It was you. I was sitting right here.
- Napoleon.

477
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:35,315
Things worked out well for him.

478
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,240
Weren't there girls
standing here a minute ago?

479
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,510
Yes, you scared them off
with your WikiNerd pitch.

480
00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:01,474
Hey.

481
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,030
I've been sitting here for two-and-a-half hours
and I still don't know why.

482
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,990
It's like being in the cast of a Fellini film.

483
00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,079
Was it all GOP bashing,
or did we cover anything else?

484
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,392
We did almost three times
as many international news stories

485
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,915
as Fox and MSNBC combined.

486
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,559
And unless we're all blind,

487
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,519
the Tea Party is the one
doing the GOP bashing.

488
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,518
- Charlie, give me a break.
- Ask Bryce Delaney.

489
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,474
Bryce Delaney became
the sixth GOP incumbent

490
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,279
to be ousted by a Tea Party candidate.

491
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,274
<i>The American Conservative Union</i>

492
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:40,990
<i>gives Delaney a 97% rating
over his 10 terms in Congress.</i>

493
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,311
<i>He was a Deputy Whip, he was state co-chair</i>

494
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,079
<i>of the McCain-Palin campaign,</i>

495
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,119
and he sponsored or cosponsored
38 pieces of legislation

496
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:49,634
that were signed into law.

497
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,629
He lost his primary to a dentist,

498
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,234
72-28.

499
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,312
Congressman Delaney,
thank you for joining us.

500
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,556
<i>Thank you.</i>

501
00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,558
<i>Congressman, you have
a consistent voting record</i>

502
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,120
<i>on conservative issues,</i>

503
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,237
<i>and in the past five elections
you've won your district</i>

504
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,118
<i>by double digits. What happened?</i>

505
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,556
<i>My pollster tells me</i>

506
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,075
<i>that I gave the wrong answer
at a town hall meeting.</i>

507
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:11,515
What was the question?

508
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,275
<i>Is President Obama a socialist?</i>

509
00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:15,430
And your answer?

510
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,911
<i>My answer was that I disagree with the man</i>

511
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,912
<i>on how to run a government,</i>

512
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,550
<i>but the talk of him being
a socialist or a Marxist</i>

513
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,996
<i>or a Kenyan was a silly distraction.</i>

514
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,434
You paid a big price for that.

515
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,830
You were leading in the polls at the time.

516
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,952
<i>Will, there are brilliant conservative minds
in the Republican Party,</i>

517
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,032
<i>and the individual price we are paying</i>

518
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,238
<i>for not pretending to be crazy is nothing</i>

519
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,438
<i>compared to the price that
the country is going to pay</i>

520
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,280
<i>for not having a reasonable opposition party.</i>

521
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,234
<i>You made another mistake, too, right?</i>

522
00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:52,558
<i>- You're referring to H.R.2559.
- Yes.</i>

523
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,519
<i>- I cosponsored a bill.
- With a Democrat.</i>

524
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,157
<i>Once you're elected, you have a duty</i>

525
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,835
<i>to work with other people
who have been elected.</i>

526
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,515
<i>My friends across the aisle had been elected.</i>

527
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,429
What did H.R.2559 provide for?

528
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,397
<i>It provided for homeless veterans</i>

529
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,429
<i>to receive housing vouchers</i>

530
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,594
<i>and services such as counseling, job training.</i>

531
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,479
Thank you for your service
to your country, sir.

532
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,155
You'll be missed in Congress. Good luck.

533
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,839
<i>Thank you.</i>

534
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,151
It's not strange I'm not hearing
anything from the 44th floor?

535
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:35,879
What were you expecting?

536
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,429
It's just bizarre because
the show's taken a pretty sharp turn.

537
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,239
Big fan. Keep it up.

538
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,039
She never watched the old show.

539
00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:44,954
- What?
- Maybe once or twice.

540
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,237
Too dumbed down?

541
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,590
Has she seen the new show?

542
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,000
That's a fair question.

543
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,196
Charlie.

544
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,073
She's a Democrat. She gives money.

545
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,800
She gives money to everybody.
She bets on all the horses in the race.

546
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,350
If there was a problem, I'd have heard about it.

547
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,631
There's a retreat in Telluride
my mother and I have been invited to

548
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,911
every year for the last nine years.

549
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,231
We're not here talking about ratings, are we?

550
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,118
I wonder if what we're about to see

551
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,431
has anything to do with
why we weren't invited this year.

552
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,309
Does anybody mind if I start drinking
a lot of bourbon right now,

553
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,229
and then a little while later
put my fist through his head?

554
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,755
I think you've had enough bourbon
for one lifetime.

555
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,115
Not my lifetime.

556
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:30,277
We lost David and Charles.

557
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,913
Thank you
for staying late tonight.

558
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,719
I really want to get this one right tomorrow.

559
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:41,916
Don't we want to get them all right?

560
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,593
You know what, Hef?

561
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,593
There's a Hooters a few blocks from here
just filled with waitresses

562
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,115
who are stocked like a game fishing pond

563
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,240
for you to go out like a fish with...

564
00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,955
- You lost the thread, right?
- Yeah.

565
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,077
Let's start from the top again.

566
00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,469
Maggie.

567
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,475
Ah, the Tea Party presents itself

568
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,917
as a grassroots movement,
uh, which means

569
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,674
it should be fiercely resistant
to central control,

570
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,195
especially traditional...

571
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:14,596
Sorry. Ahem.

572
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,552
Especially traditional power structures.

573
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,195
We're joined from Manhattan, Kansas,
by Mike Lyndall,

574
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,600
a construction contractor,

575
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,399
and Sheryl Bell, a registered nurse.

576
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,479
<i>Mr. Lyndall and Ms. Bell
are the founders and co-chairs</i>

577
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,553
<i>of the Riley County Tea Party Express.
Welcome.</i>

578
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,950
They're gonna say
the Tea Party represents the voice

579
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,236
of the true owners of the United States.

580
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,233
Mike, tell us why you became involved
with the Tea Party movement.

581
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,471
<i>Well, first and foremost,
we want to take our country back.</i>

582
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,916
All right, just to be clear,
is your country my country, too?

583
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,030
<i>- Of course.</i>
- Okay.

584
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:45,793
Who do you want to
take our country back from?

585
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,076
<i>We want to take it back from
a Congress and a president</i>

586
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,675
<i>who've forgotten that government
derives its power from the consent</i>

587
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,638
<i>of the governed,
and instead is at the beck and call</i>

588
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,120
<i>of special interests and corporations.</i>

589
00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:57,239
You describe the Tea Party
as a grassroots movement, right?

590
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,551
<i>Absolutely. We have no central control,</i>

591
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,359
<i>no traditional power structure.</i>

592
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,909
<i>And that is something that
seems to confound the media.</i>

593
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,595
- I'm sorry?
<i>- That's what confounds the media.</i>

594
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,160
<i>It's what the media doesn't get.</i>

595
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,432
<i>We are not being run
by a George Soros-type figure.</i>

596
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,796
<i>We are "We the People."</i>

597
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,599
- There it is.
- They walked right into it.

598
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,509
If you follow the money,
nearly all of it eventually leads to AFP.

599
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,159
Where does your funding come from?

600
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,119
<i>What little funding we have
comes from private citizens</i>

601
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,035
<i>who mail in $5, $10, $1,
whatever they can spare.</i>

602
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,834
Okay, have either of you
ever heard the name David Koch?

603
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,277
<i>- I'm sorry?
- David Koch.</i>

604
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:34,590
<i>No.</i>

605
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,592
<i>Have you ever heard the name Charles Koch?</i>

606
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:38,156
<i>No.</i>

607
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,959
Have you ever heard
the name Koch Industries?

608
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,352
<i>Are you talking about Coca-Cola?</i>

609
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,831
K-O-C-H. Have either of you
heard of Koch Industries?

610
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,316
<i>- Nope.</i>
- I think that very soon you will.

611
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,477
Koch Industries is the second-largest

612
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,439
<i>private company in the country.
Bigger than Coca-Cola.</i>

613
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,399
<i>And the Koch brothers'
personal wealth of $50 billion</i>

614
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,870
is exceeded only
by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates,

615
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,032
and they could buy and sell
George Soros 10 times over.

616
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,998
They own dozens of
companies and industries,

617
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,800
including oil and gas, refining and chemicals,

618
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,112
minerals, fertilizer, forestry,
polymers and fibers and ranching.

619
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,551
You two both attended the Texas
Defending the American Dream Summit

620
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:14,710
over the July 4th weekend?

621
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,433
It was a Tea Party event.

622
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,876
The invitation...

623
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,036
Excuse me. The invitation read...

624
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,918
"Today, the voices of average Americans

625
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,674
"are being drowned out by lobbyists
and special interests.

626
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,956
<i>- "But you can do something about it."
- Yes.</i>

627
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,517
That summit was paid for
entirely by Americans For Prosperity,

628
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,678
AFP, which has two founders,
David and Charles Koch.

629
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,754
In the last six months,
they've bankrolled Tea Party candidates

630
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,837
in excess of $40 million.

631
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,119
Sheryl, Mike, are the Koch brothers
average Americans

632
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,750
whose voices are being drowned out
by lobbyists and special interests?

633
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,794
I'm confounded.

634
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,037
If we review the graphics package...

635
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,112
- Would you excuse me for a minute?
- Yeah.

636
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,476
- Tamara?
- Yeah.

637
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,120
Call this SS-101.

638
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,793
And I'm gonna want
these reviewed three times

639
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:02,916
once they're loaded in.

640
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,832
We screw this up,
that's all people talk about tomorrow.

641
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,513
- Excuse me.
- Yeah.

642
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:07,750
SS-101.

643
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,712
- Hey, Don.
- Yeah?

644
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,276
Have you seen Maggie?
She seemed a little funny

645
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:17,953
in the conference room,
and then she walked out.

646
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,597
Yeah, she's okay.

647
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:21,670
She gets panic attacks.

648
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,480
She starts to get dizzy and shake
and she thinks she's dying.

649
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:26,834
Is she all right?

650
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,151
She's fine. She just needs to be left alone.

651
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,238
She went out on the terrace to get some air.

652
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,915
Okay. You guys did a good show tonight.

653
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,278
I wasn't aware of what was going on
with the McRib sandwich.

654
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,596
Yeah. Go fuck yourself.

655
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,559
Do not come down on the Kochs
without checking upstairs.

656
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,950
- Do you understand?
- Get your finger out of my face, Reese.

657
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,833
- Look...
- We stand for something.

658
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,515
It's a moral obligation. Get used to it.

659
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,558
About 10 minutes ago.

660
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,916
About 10 minutes ago at a staff meeting.

661
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,640
Yeah, I have... I need to get back in there.

662
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,829
No, they're not in my pocket.

663
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,792
They're not in my purse because

664
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,356
they weren't in the medicine cabinet.

665
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,318
Lisa, the guys you bring to the apartment

666
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:17,155
have got to stop taking my Xanax.

667
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:19,720
- Shoot. Hang on a second.

668
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:20,836
But don't hang up.

669
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,713
- Sit back down.
- I'm fine.

670
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,120
Sit back down.

671
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,559
- Tell me what's happening.
- I just need a minute.

672
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:31,869
I'm gonna feel your pulse, okay?

673
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,156
You really don't need to.

674
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,758
I'm gonna ask you some questions.

675
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,274
Where are you right now?

676
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,239
Are you having trouble breathing?
Can you hear me?

677
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,034
I'm on the upper terrace of the AWM building,

678
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,555
yes, and obviously yes. Are you a nurse?

679
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,757
Some guys I was embedded with
got panic attacks.

680
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,834
- I'm gonna pass out.
- It feels like it, but you won't.

681
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,754
You're in the second stage
of the A-anxiety table

682
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,150
of Army Field Manual FM 22-51,

683
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,311
"New Infantry Adaptation
to a Threatening Situation."

684
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,239
I'm in Midtown Manhattan, Gomer Pyle.
You're in Fallujah.

685
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,511
Start breathing from your abdomen.

686
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,512
Imagine yourself in a safe place

687
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,280
or something you like. YouTube kittens.

688
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,830
I wish your face would stop moving,
so I could punch it.

689
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,510
You're here. You're part of this group.
Everyone likes you.

690
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,672
Well, except for Carla in bookkeeping
who thinks you're a rube.

691
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,396
Should get back to the meeting.

692
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,039
The meeting's over. Stay put.

693
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,351
- Did the copy for...
- Everything's done.

694
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,437
You can check it yourself later.

695
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,196
He's going after the Koch brothers.

696
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,875
If you want to panic about something,
I think it's six-to-five and pick 'em

697
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,792
this time tomorrow night
the building blows up.

698
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:41,994
Did you see a doctor?

699
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:43,799
Yeah, he prescribed Xanax.

700
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,634
- Did you take one?
- I didn't have them with me.

701
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,189
Someone like you should always have one
in your pocket or in your purse.

702
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,910
- I'll remember that.
- Keep breathing, okay?

703
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,277
You're safe. You're awesome.

704
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,551
I'm gonna check your pulse again.

705
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,474
- How is it?
- Better.

706
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,394
A minute ago, it was like
you were taking sniper fire.

707
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,036
They were good guys?
The guys you were embedded with?

708
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,033
They were the best people I've ever met.

709
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,110
You guys are a close second.

710
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,517
Don's hands are tied.

711
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,434
He got marching orders to
get the numbers up at 10:00.

712
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,318
And he's driving a different car than Mac.

713
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,598
Elliot's smart, but he can't do what Will does.

714
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,717
Plus, his salary is tied to ratings.

715
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,757
Why are you telling me this?

716
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,149
He's a great guy
and you two should be friends.

717
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,280
In the five months I've been here,

718
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,034
you two have broken up four times
and gotten together five times.

719
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:57,349
So there must be a strong connection.

720
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:58,760
- Was that sarcastic?
- No.

721
00:33:58,840 --> 00:33:59,830
- Really?
- Yeah.

722
00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,036
All right.

723
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:03,795
That was obviously sarcastic.

724
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,030
It wasn't.

725
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,760
I never knew what the word "smug" meant
until I met you.

726
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,799
You're 26 and you didn't know
what the word "smug" meant until this year?

727
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,951
- Right there.
- I wasn't being sarcastic.

728
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,717
You guys obviously have something.

729
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,957
My suggestion is stop breaking up.

730
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,160
Learn how to have a fight.

731
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,351
Go on, Dr. Phil.

732
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,992
You're breathing normally?

733
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,399
Follow my finger.

734
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,351
You've got a graphics producer
waiting in the edit bay.

735
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,159
Are you still there?

736
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,755
Yeah, that was him.

737
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,279
I think the best analogy I can use is <i>Rocky II.</i>

738
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,670
Are you sure that's the best
analogy you can use?

739
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:07,876
Hear me out.

740
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,037
I'd be very surprised
if my mother has seen <i>Rocky II.</i>

741
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,271
Mrs. Lansing, Rocky Balboa was a lefty.

742
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,194
- Rocky was political?
- Left-handed.

743
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,556
And for his rematch with Apollo Creed,

744
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,360
his trainer Burgess Meredith
makes him train as a righty.

745
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,875
And he fights round after round as a righty

746
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:24,872
until Burgess Meredith shouts, "Now,"

747
00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:27,072
and Rocky comes at him with his left.

748
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,913
What the fuck are you talking about?

749
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,111
Just that MacKenzie McHale got here,
shouted, "Now,"

750
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,157
and Will started swinging away.

751
00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:36,790
Leave...
Hey, leave Mac out of this.

752
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,111
I shouted, "Now." I'm Burgess Meredith.

753
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:42,517
This guy,
he don't just want to beat you, see?

754
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,274
He wants to murder you.

755
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,438
That was my best Burgess Meredith.

756
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,399
Is there something here that's funny?

757
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,678
Yeah. We've been talking about <i>Rocky II.</i>

758
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:55,035
Brad, wrap it up.

759
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,274
Here you go.

760
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,480
- How much do you like me?
- I'm...

761
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,433
You know, I don't know
what's happening right now.

762
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,199
- Don and Maggie broke up.
- When?

763
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:27,634
Last week.

764
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:29,757
I'm sure they've married
and divorced three times since then.

765
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,396
- No, it's real.
- What do you mean?

766
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,631
Tess told Tamara, Tamara told Kendra,

767
00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:37,871
and Kendra talked to Maggie,
who confirmed it was over.

768
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,113
So get in there.

769
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,117
- Get in there?
- Yeah.

770
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,715
- I'm not gonna "get in there."
- Why not?

771
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,038
I'm not going to swoop in
like she's a rent-controlled apartment.

772
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,032
She's probably really upset.

773
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,356
Plus, I was the one who advised her

774
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:58,635
to stay together during these times,

775
00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:00,313
so it would be pretty hypocritical of me
to suddenly...

776
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,551
- Wait.
- What?

777
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,876
You advised her to do what?

778
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,680
I told her if she wants to stay together,
she has to not break up.

779
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,713
Based on what
are you giving relationship advice?

780
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,792
It...

781
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,111
This time it was logic.

782
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,911
I know the answer to this question,
but I just want to hear you say it anyway.

783
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,673
What are you working on there?

784
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,480
The story about people voting
against their own interest.

785
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:29,833
I'm not swooping in.

786
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,759
The health care law hasn't taken effect yet.

787
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,435
TARP was signed into law
by George W. Bush.

788
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:37,840
Name me the freedoms that
you had the day before

789
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,196
President Obama was sworn in
that you don't have today.

790
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,397
What is someone supposed to do
with a bleeding Mexican?

791
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,949
What state, what city,
what county in this country

792
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,997
is in danger of falling under sharia law?

793
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,196
Tea Party candidate Allen West.

794
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:49,509
Tea Party candidate Michele Bachmann.

795
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,432
Tea Party candidate Tom Graves. Tim Griffin.

796
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,920
Sean Duffy. Jeff Duncan.

797
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,430
No, ma'am, teen pregnancy
rose over that period.

798
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,354
The largest demographic
of Americans living in poverty are children.

799
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,278
Abolishing the minimum wage
would create jobs.

800
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,589
You know what else would? Slavery.

801
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,433
The public school system has failed you,

802
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,193
as did three of your college professors.

803
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,118
It's going to come down, as it always does,

804
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,839
to who shows up.

805
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,193
And that takes us to last night.

806
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,352
<i>Here's something I want everyone
to watch at home tonight.</i>

807
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,556
All right, precincts are closing
in Kentucky and Indiana.

808
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,792
AP's already calling it for
Rogers, Pence, and Burton.

809
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,439
John Yarmuth just picked up
the Kentucky 3rd.

810
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,035
I'm looking at Patty Murray up 1% with 60 in.
Are we headed for a recount?

811
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,351
Arkansas State Secretary
just certified it for John Boozman.

812
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,477
We've still got Reid up
by 12 in Clark County.

813
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,472
Why's Sportsbook still taking bets
at even money?

814
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:33,710
- You're getting these?
- Yeah.

815
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,998
I'm looking at the exits.
Did anyone under 70 vote in this election?

816
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,590
I apologize, ma'am. Happy birthday.

817
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,320
Charlie.

818
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,392
Those polls closed 20 minutes ago.
What's going on?

819
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,192
I know he's a friend of yours.

820
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,553
He was a great public servant.

821
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,069
Call it red.

822
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,640
Maggie. Ohio 12, red.

823
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,518
We're gonna need to
pre-pro that map graphic.

824
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,637
Joey, can you get that ready
and let Jake know when it's there?

825
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:07,110
- Yes, sir.
- Two's down. I need you on Sabbith.

826
00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:08,913
We'll need a photo graphic
for the congressman-elect

827
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,354
and a baseball card of his opponent.

828
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,875
- He's getting a dropline for that.
- Sabbith, two's down.

829
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,838
No, he's back up. Okay, go wide.

830
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,789
Do me a favor.
I need you to fix 1918 and add the source.

831
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:19,991
I'm looking at the stack
and you're missing 1825.

832
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:21,720
I see it. It's just not in the stack.

833
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,520
Will, the brand-new governor
of Wisconsin just said,

834
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,000
"Tonight, I want to tell every worker,

835
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,720
"every family, and every business
big or small in this state

836
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,031
"that you have an ally
in the governor's office."

837
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,715
Isn't he the one who wants to bust
the unions? Am I mixing him up?

838
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,154
Can you get him to go to Elliot a little more?

839
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:36,674
Can you get Elliot to
say something other than

840
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,319
how beautiful it is
to see democracy in action?

841
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,676
- I'm trying.
- Easy, man.

842
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:42,910
Let's go to three.

843
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,559
Elliot, tell us what we're looking at.

844
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,873
Well, we are looking at
American democracy in action, Will,

845
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,794
and it is really a beautiful sight to see.

846
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,231
Yes, it is. Sloan Sabbith.

847
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,438
<i>We're looking at an electorate
that's older and more conservative.</i>

848
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,479
<i>Early exits suggest a quarter of all voters,
at least so far,</i>

849
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,952
were 65 and older, and 41%
identify themselves with the Tea Party.

850
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,351
Kyle, we all remember those Tea Party signs

851
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,830
that said, "Keep your government hands
off my Social Security."

852
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,480
How do you explain
people who are on Social Security

853
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,837
voting for candidates who could
well endanger Social Security?

854
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:18,756
I can't.

855
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,917
Well, they don't call you
an analyst for nothing.

856
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,754
We've got 12 minutes
before the next round of polls close.

857
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,309
We'll throw it now to Terry Smith
and her team in Washington

858
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,550
<i>and see you on the other side.</i>

859
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,439
<i>Terry, I don't know how you're gonna
follow Kyle, but give it a try.</i>

860
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,116
We're out.

861
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,956
Hey, you want to give me a break?

862
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,517
- I'm sorry.
- Jesus.

863
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,438
It was a joke.

864
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,520
Come here.

865
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,953
Get in the game, would you, please?

866
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,111
I am in there doing everything I can
to get Mac to get him

867
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:55,554
to go to you, and he is doing it.

868
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,433
He is inviting you to become a star.

869
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,877
Would you stop being so fucking enthralled
with the act of punching a ballot?

870
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,714
Get back here. Get back here.

871
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,590
Don't talk to me like that.

872
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,316
I mean, I don't know who you think I am,

873
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,871
but don't talk to me like
I am a disappointing child.

874
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,633
You got three choices.

875
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,792
One, get back together with Maggie

876
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,714
so you can be the regular prick that I like

877
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,476
and not the bonus prick
that I've been getting for the past week.

878
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,076
Two, don't get back together with Maggie

879
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:31,594
and get over it.

880
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:36,233
Three, you're fired. Choose.

881
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:38,630
Hmm.

882
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,751
Everything you just said was right.

883
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,151
Let me also say I'm not the one

884
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:48,039
who wants to be a star, Mama Rose.

885
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,750
I don't know that reference.

886
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,037
It's from <i>Gypsy.</i>

887
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,191
Ethel Merman's a stage mother
who really pushes her daughter...

888
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,351
I don't have time to explain the plot of <i>Gypsy.</i>

889
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,511
Yeah, sure, okay. Just...

890
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,639
Pretend I gave a better pep talk.

891
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,110
- Okay?
- Done.

892
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,038
I printed this hot note.
I'm adding it to your binder.

893
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,954
Lexington, Kentucky, just elected
their first openly gay mayor.

894
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:21,639
You might want to keep it in your pocket.

895
00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:24,872
Here's what the Grayson camp
sent us on his concession.

896
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,872
And I want to say something to you

897
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,679
that's both inappropriate and insubordinate.

898
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,029
What was the last one?

899
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,112
I want to say something to you
that's inappropriate,

900
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,113
insubordinate, and grounds for termination.

901
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:39,355
You could give Mac a break and
have the women meet you at the restaurant.

902
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,592
That was inappropriate and insubordinate,

903
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,000
- but I don't care.
- Thank you.

904
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,231
You should know your head's up your ass.

905
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,915
- Will, I know...
- You don't know anything, Maggie.

906
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,959
I've got the image of MacKenzie with that...
With her ex-boy...

907
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:03,830
It won't come out.

908
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:07,072
I need the team from <i>Inception</i>
to come and remove the image from...

909
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,791
Look, I'm not doing it on purpose.

910
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,314
I'm not rubbing her face in anything.

911
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,831
I'm simply not considering her feelings at all.

912
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,398
Yeah, I just heard myself say that.

913
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,840
Lexington, Kentucky,
and the Grayson statement.

914
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:35,431
The <i>Times</i> are reporting
Rick Scott spent 75 million

915
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,752
on his campaign in Florida.
That's the most ever on a gubernatorial race.

916
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:39,956
Joey, I'm sending you the quote.

917
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,111
- Make it a tear on the <i>NYT</i> background.
- Copy.

918
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,396
- You got a second?
- Are you joking?

919
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,597
I wanted to tell you that I shouldn't have...

920
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:49,320
- I wanted to apologize.
- This operation is unbelievable.

921
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,040
You guys are like air traffic controllers.

922
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,191
Honey, you're gonna tell me
if I'm in the way, right?

923
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,159
No, you're... No. Wade, this is...

924
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,875
I know who this is. I am not worthy.

925
00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:02,550
You keep kicking
the Tea Party to hell and back.

926
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,836
They won the battle, you win the war.

927
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,559
And I'll tell you what else,
it's good business, too.

928
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,270
Where would Murrow have been
without McCarthy?

929
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,670
- Good to meet you.
- This is my friend, Wade Campbell.

930
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,911
She's so British.
We're a little more than friends.

931
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,435
Mac, you want a cyber panel
next to Will or a lower-third?

932
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,671
She's not British. She's American.

933
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,314
Your call. A cyber panel. Will...

934
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,916
Mac said I could watch tonight so long
as I promised to stay out of your eye line.

935
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:27,673
She said you never come in here, so...

936
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,719
Yeah, no. I think I got lost
on my way to the men's room.

937
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:34,589
Martin, would you take Wade
and show him the decision desk?

938
00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:36,515
I would love that.

939
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:37,795
Sure.

940
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,269
We've been dating for about three months.

941
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:47,436
I'm sorry.

942
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,874
No. This is exactly
what was supposed to happen.

943
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:53,590
You're doing great in here.

944
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,160
- Thanks, Will.
- Thanks.

945
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,750
The McClatchy masthead has
to go with that 35-50 graphic.

946
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,037
- Will.
- Yes, ma'am?

947
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,793
You've got to ask the Tea Party
about the debt ceiling.

948
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,036
The debt ceiling.

949
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:20,430
Boehner'll keep them in line
on the debt ceiling vote.

950
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:21,840
They're freshmen. They sit in the back.

951
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,674
Half of them won their primaries by
beating candidates Boehner endorsed.

952
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,269
It's pro forma.
It's one sentence on one piece of paper.

953
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,272
It doesn't give the government
permission to borrow more money.

954
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:32,194
It gives the government permission
to pay back the money we already borrowed.

955
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,112
Do their constituents know that?

956
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,316
<i>- In three, two, roll in.</i>
- Fuck.

957
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,195
<i>Welcome back to ACN's
election night coverage.</i>

958
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,192
<i>If you're just joining us, the Republican Party</i>

959
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,875
<i>will be the majority party
in the House of Representatives</i>

960
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:57,758
<i>for at least the next two years.</i>

961
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,112
We're joined live now by the newest member
of the 112th Congress,

962
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,113
Frank Guidry, representing
Colorado's 8th district.

963
00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:06,072
Congressman-elect, congratulations.

964
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,715
- Thank you for joining us.
<i>- Good to be here.</i>

965
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,589
Mr. Guidry, you campaigned
on a promise of fiscal responsibility.

966
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,751
<i>And I plan to govern the same way.</i>

967
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,475
<i>Mr. Guidry, in a few months,
you'll be asked to cast</i>

968
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,314
<i>the most important vote
you'll ever cast as a member of the House.</i>

969
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,517
<i>Will you be voting to raise the debt ceiling?</i>

970
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,230
<i>Will, I will not be casting a single vote</i>

971
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,119
<i>to spend a single dollar that we do not have.</i>

972
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,954
- Sir, that's not what... That's not...

973
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,078
Mr. Guidry, this is Sloan Sabbith.

974
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:38,953
<i>That's not what the debt ceiling...</i>

975
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:40,156
<i>I'm having trouble hearing you.</i>

976
00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:41,993
<i>We've got some happy people
here behind me.</i>

977
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,959
That's not... Sir, that's not
what the debt ceiling does.

978
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,396
- Are you able to hear us?
<i>- Just barely.</i>

979
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,075
Are you aware of the consequences
of not raising the debt ceiling?

980
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:51,680
<i>I'm sorry, say that again.</i>

981
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,160
Are you aware of the consequences,

982
00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:55,800
<i>the immediate global consequences</i>

983
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:57,837
of the US defaulting on its loan payments?

984
00:46:57,960 --> 00:46:59,997
<i>I'm sorry, guys. I just can't hear you.</i>

985
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,549
<i>We'll have to pick this up another time.</i>

986
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:07,435
All right.

987
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,512
Tess, good job. Go home.

988
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:13,074
Thank you.

989
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:19,111
Martin, nice work. Get some sleep.

990
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,271
- Hey, Jim.
- Yes, sir?

991
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,672
Smart people are gonna offer you
jobs for more money.

992
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,672
Before you take one, talk to me, okay?

993
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,160
That won't be an issue, sir.

994
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:29,680
Come have a drink with Will and me.

995
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:31,991
Oh, thank you very much, but it's pretty late

996
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,356
and it's a work night and I got to be in early.

997
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,318
Oh, be a damn newsman, would you?

998
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,074
- Yes, sir.
- Kids.

999
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,353
The final tally, colon,

1000
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,478
Republicans pick up
63 seats in House, comma,

1001
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,752
six seats in Senate, comma,
and eight governorships.

1002
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,958
Colorado, Alaska, and Washington
still too close to call, period.

1003
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:55,439
This is ACN's Live Election Blog
signing off, period.

1004
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,672
I'm sorry, Dave, but I'm afraid I can't do that.

1005
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:04,035
Laugh all you want,
but Kubrick got it exactly right.

1006
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,316
HAL malfunctioned in a very realistic way.

1007
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:07,470
Stop.

1008
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:10,872
Good work tonight.

1009
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:17,470
Hey.

1010
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,314
I'm just gonna

1011
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,400
go tell her she did a good job.

1012
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:06,434
Brutal.

1013
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,678
No words.

1014
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,592
I have no words to describe what I just...

1015
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:13,036
- But you're still talking.
- No words.

1016
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,192
That's it. That's the last six months.

1017
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:20,353
- Thanks, Brad.
- Could we have the room, please?

1018
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:40,394
Moses and Jesus are playing golf.

1019
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,634
Moses steps up to the tee
and hits a beautiful shot,

1020
00:49:43,720 --> 00:49:47,714
250 yards straight down
the middle of the fairway.

1021
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:51,510
Jesus steps up to the tee
and hooks the ball into the trees.

1022
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:55,830
Jesus looks up into the heavens,
raises his arms.

1023
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:57,798
Suddenly, the sky darkens.

1024
00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:59,837
A thunderclap rings out.

1025
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:03,311
Rain pours down and
a stream rises among the trees.

1026
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,310
The golf ball, floating on top,
finds its way into the mouth of a fish.

1027
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:10,995
Then a bird flies down
and takes the fish and the ball

1028
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:15,074
out over the green,
drops it in the cup for a hole in one.

1029
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,790
Jesus turns to Moses with a satisfied grin.

1030
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,799
And Moses says, "Look,

1031
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,475
"you want to play golf
or you want to fuck around?"

1032
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:30,989
What in God's name has happened
to <i>News Night</i> over the last six months?

1033
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,276
- Leona...
- Do not laugh.

1034
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,479
Leona, the ratings have stabilized.

1035
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:39,358
We're doing a show you can be proud of.

1036
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,193
And I'll get them back
to where they used to be.

1037
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:44,000
What happened to human interest stories?

1038
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:46,720
Obesity, breast cancer, hurricanes,

1039
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:48,519
older women having babies, iPhones...

1040
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,154
He was great at that shit.

1041
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:51,799
He was sleeping during that shit.

1042
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:53,872
And whose idea was it to wake him up?

1043
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,429
- For the third time, it was mine.
- Yeah.

1044
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:59,592
I engineered a situation
wherein an executive producer

1045
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,718
with a unique ability to
bring out the very best in an anchor

1046
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,395
with a unique ability were paired

1047
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,678
to do a news broadcast
this company can and should be proud of.

1048
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:12,037
And rebrand ACN as MSNBC's
more combative brother?

1049
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:13,759
- We did the news.
- For the left.

1050
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,793
- For the center.
- Are you fucking out of your mind?

1051
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:19,759
For the center, Leona. Facts are the center.

1052
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:21,991
Facts. We don't pretend that
certain facts are in dispute

1053
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,391
to give the appearance of fairness
to people who don't believe them.

1054
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:28,200
Balance is irrelevant to me.

1055
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:32,633
It doesn't have anything to do
with truth, logic, or reality.

1056
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:36,111
He didn't go on the air
telling people to give peace a chance.

1057
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:39,477
But evolution? The jury's back on that one.

1058
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,837
He humiliated congressional candidates
on my air.

1059
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:44,957
- It's not your air, Leona.
- Excuse me.

1060
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:46,719
- He needs to continue.
- Listen to me.

1061
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:48,996
Listen to me! America just elected

1062
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:53,120
the most dangerous and
addle-minded Congress in my lifetime.

1063
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:56,193
I have business in front
of this Congress, Charlie!

1064
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:05,951
Reese, why don't you give us a minute?

1065
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,235
He can stay.

1066
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:09,753
Reese, get the fuck out.

1067
00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:17,393
I'll be right outside.

1068
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:26,353
How would you like me to respond

1069
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,796
to your unfiltered contempt for my son?

1070
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:31,315
By telling him to get a paper route.

1071
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:32,390
Look, pal...

1072
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:34,437
What the hell is his job, anyway?

1073
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:35,840
President of this company.

1074
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:37,115
Yeah, I don't know what that means.

1075
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,431
It means he's gonna have my job one day.

1076
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:41,796
Please, please let me be dead by then.

1077
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:43,712
I'd be happy to arrange it.

1078
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:47,760
So Will pissed off whoever you were
sitting next to at dinner Saturday night?

1079
00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:50,550
I thought you got where you are
by being fearless.

1080
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:55,237
No, I got where I am by knowing who to fear.

1081
00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:57,751
And the Koch brothers
are not playing around,

1082
00:52:57,840 --> 00:52:58,990
if that's what you're talking about.

1083
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,993
They drop Brink's trucks
on people they disagree with.

1084
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:04,397
You and me.

1085
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:06,915
Leona, you can't possibly expect us to tailor

1086
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:10,038
our news coverage to
what best suits our corporate...

1087
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:12,395
Let's start over.

1088
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:15,672
And this time, disabuse yourself of the idea

1089
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,877
that this is a conversation between equals,

1090
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,874
where I make an argument,
you make a counterargument,

1091
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:22,792
and we agree to disagree.

1092
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:27,114
Our cable news division
accounts for less than 3%

1093
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:29,472
of AWM's annual revenue.

1094
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:31,557
You don't make money for stockholders,

1095
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:35,031
which I have a fiduciary responsibility to do.

1096
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:38,796
Well, last night,
the voters ousted 21% of Congress,

1097
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,156
including seven members
of the House Subcommittee

1098
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:42,839
on Communications and Technology.

1099
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:47,558
Three of those seven are AWM's
most reliable friends on the Hill.

1100
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,109
Now, the congressmen that
will be replacing them

1101
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,556
are the same people that
Will has been making look

1102
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,950
like fucking morons for the last six months.

1103
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,714
They've done a pretty good job
making themselves look like morons.

1104
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,554
I have business before this Congress, Charlie.

1105
00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:02,677
And whatever you may think of these people,

1106
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,553
which is the same thing I think of them,

1107
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:07,833
they hold the keys to the future of AWM.

1108
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:11,470
Anything more than a pack of gum,
and I have to go to Congress for permission.

1109
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:14,914
I don't make the rules, but I do abide by them.

1110
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:17,515
- News organizations...
- Careful with the lectures.

1111
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:21,355
...are a public trust with an ability to inform

1112
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:24,080
and influence the national conversation.

1113
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,675
I know. That's why I bought one.

1114
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:32,912
All right,

1115
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:35,430
they're not candidates anymore.
They are congressmen,

1116
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:37,000
and he is gonna lay off.

1117
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:40,160
He's not gonna lay off anything.

1118
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:42,880
- Oh, yes, he is.
- Let me ask you something.

1119
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,429
And don't forget I've known you for 20 years.

1120
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,834
If Joe McCarthy sat on
the House Subcommittee

1121
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:50,354
for Communications and Technology,

1122
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:52,113
would you have told Murrow to lay off?

1123
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,192
- No.
- Why?

1124
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,791
Because he was a genuinely bad guy.

1125
00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,679
Michele Bachmann's called
for Congress to be investigated

1126
00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:02,195
to ferret out House members
who are un-American.

1127
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:03,794
Michele Bachmann is a hairdo.

1128
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:05,792
I'm not worried about Michele Bachmann.

1129
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:08,793
I wonder how many people
weren't worried about McCarthy.

1130
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,997
You know, Charlie, a lot of people
might argue that Will is on a witch hunt.

1131
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:17,079
And a lot of people might argue
there are witches out there.

1132
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:20,958
I'll fire him, Charlie.

1133
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:24,555
What?

1134
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:25,955
I'm not asking him to lie.

1135
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,191
I'm not asking him to cover anything up.

1136
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:31,990
But he's going to tone it down,
or I'm going to fire him.

1137
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:35,232
Well, best of luck trying
to program against him.

1138
00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:38,592
Oh, I don't have to. He's got
a non-compete clause in his contract.

1139
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,310
He's gonna have to stay off
television for three years.

1140
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:43,195
That's a death sentence.

1141
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:44,916
It is.

1142
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,117
How would you possibly explain firing

1143
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,271
the second most-watched anchor on cable?

1144
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:52,992
By creating what we call context.

1145
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,351
His firing would be viewed as a noble step

1146
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:59,719
on the part of a corporation
willing to sacrifice ratings for integrity.

1147
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:01,951
You'd manufacture a reason to do it?

1148
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,669
I've got a really good job, Charlie.

1149
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,559
Now you want to play golf
or you want to fuck around?

1150
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:16,557
Fellas, that was election coverage.
Tell 'em, Charlie.

1151
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:18,120
Where the hell are we?

1152
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:20,950
It's my understanding this is a karaoke bar

1153
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:24,670
with affordable food and drinks
that stays open late

1154
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,036
and staffers come here after work to socialize.

1155
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:29,430
When you describe it,
it really sounds like Brigadoon.

1156
00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:31,472
- Hey, you know what?
- Shut up?

1157
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:33,279
- Yeah. You know why?
- Where's MacKenzie?

1158
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:36,634
- That's why.
- I didn't meet him until tonight either.

1159
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:38,793
That's all right. I like being here.

1160
00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:41,520
Election night. Just the guys.

1161
00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:43,557
And... Yeah.

1162
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:46,917
Elliot got in trouble tonight
for saying something

1163
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,196
that was worth saying.

1164
00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:51,558
Every two years, we drive to a fire station

1165
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:53,597
and overthrow the government

1166
00:56:53,720 --> 00:56:55,040
and there isn't a policeman in the street.

1167
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:00,155
I love doing the news.

1168
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,193
Hang on.

1169
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:05,557
Who e-mails you at 2:00 a.m. during a toast?

1170
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:08,917
I think whoever it is
probably didn't know about the toast.

1171
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:12,991
Leona Lansing wants to see me at 10:00 a.m.

1172
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:14,673
on the 40th floor conference room.

1173
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:16,550
What do you think it's about?

1174
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,669
I think she wants to say good job.

1175
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:22,398
All right, to the 112th Congress.

1176
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,270
Godspeed and God bless America.

1177
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:27,439
God bless America.