1 00:04:05,854 --> 00:04:08,465 If the doctor did not hide the heart, 2 00:04:08,552 --> 00:04:10,902 there would be no proof the people of Sverdlovsk, 3 00:04:10,989 --> 00:04:12,339 died from anthrax. 4 00:04:14,079 --> 00:04:16,168 The victims did not die from tainted meat like 5 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:18,214 the Soviet government claims. 6 00:04:18,301 --> 00:04:20,564 They were exposed to a biological weapon. 7 00:04:22,218 --> 00:04:24,525 SOKOLOV : Test it yourself. 8 00:04:24,612 --> 00:04:26,091 You see that pale area there, 9 00:04:26,178 --> 00:04:27,528 that's bacterial overgrowth, 10 00:04:27,615 --> 00:04:29,530 could be endocarditis. 11 00:04:29,617 --> 00:04:31,445 SOKOLOV : All other evidence was destroyed. 12 00:04:31,532 --> 00:04:33,098 Under whose authority? 13 00:04:33,185 --> 00:04:35,144 The Kremlin. 14 00:04:35,231 --> 00:04:38,974 And you can confirm this man was killed by an 15 00:04:39,061 --> 00:04:40,889 incident at Compound 19? 16 00:04:40,976 --> 00:04:43,544 He worked in a ceramic factory next door. 17 00:04:43,631 --> 00:04:45,937 The contaminated cloud drifted for miles, 18 00:04:46,024 --> 00:04:47,548 killed everyone in its path, 19 00:04:47,635 --> 00:04:50,812 men, women, children. 20 00:04:50,899 --> 00:04:53,205 We were lucky the wind did not head toward town or 21 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,731 300,000 people would be dead. 22 00:04:56,818 --> 00:04:58,994 What's the Russian government doing with all that anthrax? 23 00:05:00,996 --> 00:05:03,128 My understanding was to attach it to 24 00:05:03,215 --> 00:05:07,045 warheads for SS-18 ICBMs. 25 00:05:07,132 --> 00:05:09,787 LAWSON : How many pounds could you produce? 26 00:05:09,874 --> 00:05:14,488 SOKOLOV : In each year, about 300 pounds, 27 00:05:14,575 --> 00:05:16,925 aerosolized spores. 28 00:05:17,012 --> 00:05:18,666 How bad? 29 00:05:18,753 --> 00:05:21,364 RYKER: 300 pounds, that's just from one plant? 30 00:05:21,451 --> 00:05:23,410 Uh, we produce a little for vaccines but 31 00:05:23,497 --> 00:05:26,674 that amount could kill billions. 32 00:05:26,761 --> 00:05:28,719 We need to know the virulence and... 33 00:05:28,806 --> 00:05:31,331 RYKER : The location of the stockpiles. 34 00:05:31,418 --> 00:05:33,985 If they're going to offer you asylum, 35 00:05:34,072 --> 00:05:37,162 they'll need more. 36 00:05:37,249 --> 00:05:40,035 Exact formulas, locations, 37 00:05:40,122 --> 00:05:43,255 proof that Russia broke our treaty. 38 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:46,171 Of course, of course. 39 00:05:46,258 --> 00:05:49,218 But if you think that the attack will come from Russia, 40 00:05:49,305 --> 00:05:51,089 you are looking in the wrong place. 41 00:05:52,917 --> 00:05:54,571 SOKOLOV : America has many enemies. 42 00:05:54,658 --> 00:05:57,487 Soviets sell bioweapons to them because 43 00:05:57,574 --> 00:06:00,011 any enemy of America is a friend to Russia. 44 00:06:02,884 --> 00:06:06,496 I am here to warn you, an attack is inevitable. 45 00:06:48,103 --> 00:06:50,584 We're almost there. 46 00:06:54,196 --> 00:06:56,807 Difficulty breathing, vitals unstable. 47 00:06:56,894 --> 00:06:58,374 BP 60 over 40. 48 00:06:58,461 --> 00:06:59,331 0.3 milligrams of epinephrine. 49 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:00,724 Any heart issues? 50 00:07:00,811 --> 00:07:02,509 No. He's pretty active. 51 00:07:02,596 --> 00:07:04,772 I brought him in because he was vomiting all night, 52 00:07:04,859 --> 00:07:06,904 had a headache for two days, uh. 53 00:07:06,991 --> 00:07:09,037 He's been sweating a lot, drenched his clothes, 54 00:07:09,124 --> 00:07:10,560 the sheets. 55 00:07:10,647 --> 00:07:11,866 And then he got really confused and 56 00:07:11,953 --> 00:07:13,215 didn't know where he was. 57 00:07:13,302 --> 00:07:15,130 Usually when he gets the flu, 58 00:07:15,217 --> 00:07:17,349 it just passes in a day or two. 59 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,177 This doesn't present like the flu. 60 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:20,135 Get Dr. Bush down here. 61 00:07:22,093 --> 00:07:23,791 But they just took down two skyscrapers and 62 00:07:23,878 --> 00:07:26,968 public health faces a threat no one's talking about. 63 00:07:27,055 --> 00:07:27,969 They know our airport security 64 00:07:28,056 --> 00:07:30,188 has increased. 65 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:33,714 Hell, the hijackers took flight lessons in crop-dusting planes. 66 00:07:33,801 --> 00:07:35,759 Just one outfitted with a biological or 67 00:07:35,846 --> 00:07:37,979 chemical weapon could take out the whole county. 68 00:07:38,066 --> 00:07:39,981 Why aren't they grounded? 69 00:07:40,068 --> 00:07:43,288 We've got dusters flying all over this place for mosquitos. 70 00:07:48,293 --> 00:07:49,425 Excuse me a minute. 71 00:07:49,512 --> 00:07:51,122 Back to the slides. 72 00:07:51,209 --> 00:07:52,646 As you can see here, Miami Dade County should 73 00:07:52,733 --> 00:07:54,952 be expecting a spike in infections. 74 00:08:08,531 --> 00:08:09,750 This is Officer Clemons. 75 00:08:12,579 --> 00:08:14,494 From where? 76 00:08:18,323 --> 00:08:20,238 What do you think the likelihood is? 77 00:08:20,325 --> 00:08:22,153 The patient's spinal fluid showed rod-like bacteria, 78 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,111 MALECKI : Looked like bamboo sticks. 79 00:08:23,198 --> 00:08:24,939 Sally? 80 00:08:25,026 --> 00:08:27,202 MALECKI : Stain was gram positive. 81 00:08:27,289 --> 00:08:31,162 So we could be talking some lethal cereus or, or anthrax. 82 00:08:31,249 --> 00:08:33,164 And the patient? 83 00:08:33,251 --> 00:08:34,339 MALECKI : Blood pressure bottomed-out. 84 00:08:34,426 --> 00:08:35,863 Organs are failing. 85 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:37,125 Still don't have an affirmative result, 86 00:08:37,212 --> 00:08:39,475 but considering... 87 00:08:39,562 --> 00:08:40,998 MALECKI : I thought you should be in the loop. 88 00:08:41,085 --> 00:08:42,870 Does the guy work in agriculture? 89 00:08:42,957 --> 00:08:44,915 Don't know. 90 00:08:45,002 --> 00:08:47,222 I'm hoping his wife can retrace his last 48 hours for me. 91 00:08:49,050 --> 00:08:51,052 Do you think this could have been intentional? 92 00:08:51,139 --> 00:08:53,620 In a cushy retirement town? 93 00:08:53,707 --> 00:08:54,882 CLEMONS : With all the fake threats we've been fielding, 94 00:08:54,969 --> 00:08:56,623 there's a better shot it's... 95 00:08:56,710 --> 00:08:57,972 It's an infection from a natural cause. 96 00:08:59,974 --> 00:09:02,193 Look, um... 97 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,153 I hate to open the door but you better call the FBI. 98 00:09:43,887 --> 00:09:47,369 - Hey, Agent Ryker. - Hey. 99 00:09:49,414 --> 00:09:51,155 Let's get these new samples over to USAMRIID for testing 100 00:09:51,242 --> 00:09:53,288 as soon as possible. 101 00:09:53,375 --> 00:09:55,159 Thought you sent the last of the samples over days ago. 102 00:09:55,246 --> 00:09:57,161 Uh, they just finished shoring up the new section. 103 00:09:57,248 --> 00:09:59,424 I got new access. 104 00:09:59,511 --> 00:10:02,166 Well, I'm glad you're the one dealing with Copak and not me. 105 00:10:02,253 --> 00:10:03,603 But there's something new. 106 00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:05,692 We got a call from Florida. 107 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,358 The cell outside Dallas? 108 00:10:20,445 --> 00:10:22,186 We're using FISA but no specific threat 109 00:10:22,273 --> 00:10:23,971 has surfaced so far. 110 00:10:24,058 --> 00:10:25,668 What about the three in Chicago? 111 00:10:25,755 --> 00:10:27,365 We're working on flipping one member, 112 00:10:27,452 --> 00:10:29,106 brother's heading to prison so we have leverage. 113 00:10:29,193 --> 00:10:30,630 Picked up comm from Afghanistan, 114 00:10:30,717 --> 00:10:32,283 trying to trace it. 115 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:34,155 Trying? 116 00:10:34,242 --> 00:10:35,722 It was sent through a series of servers, sir. 117 00:10:35,809 --> 00:10:36,810 It makes it hard to track. 118 00:10:41,771 --> 00:10:43,120 You go home last night, Polk? 119 00:10:45,993 --> 00:10:49,474 How about you, Hale? Reilly? 120 00:10:49,561 --> 00:10:52,652 Because Mueller inherited this Charlie Foxtrot a week before 121 00:10:52,739 --> 00:10:55,437 the towers came down and I guarantee he didn't 122 00:10:55,524 --> 00:10:56,960 go home last night. 123 00:10:59,049 --> 00:11:00,834 Damn it, find a connection. 124 00:11:00,921 --> 00:11:02,487 Follow it! 125 00:11:02,574 --> 00:11:04,620 You boys need a refresher? 126 00:11:04,707 --> 00:11:08,406 Waco, Ruby Ridge? We've let this country down. 127 00:11:11,061 --> 00:11:13,890 Find these sons of bitches. 128 00:11:13,977 --> 00:11:17,415 Bring us up to speed on the suspected cell in Jersey. 129 00:11:17,502 --> 00:11:18,939 What? 130 00:11:19,026 --> 00:11:20,549 I just got a call from Florida. 131 00:11:20,636 --> 00:11:22,159 They're tracking a possible anthrax attack. 132 00:11:25,336 --> 00:11:27,164 Might not be a hoax this time. 133 00:11:27,251 --> 00:11:29,340 I was thinking I would take a team and head down there. 134 00:11:29,427 --> 00:11:31,255 You have a definitive test? 135 00:11:31,342 --> 00:11:33,954 We have a preliminary CSF stain gram-positive for 136 00:11:34,041 --> 00:11:35,346 rod-like bacteria. 137 00:11:35,433 --> 00:11:37,087 English. 138 00:11:37,174 --> 00:11:39,699 It proves it was a bacterial infection. 139 00:11:39,786 --> 00:11:41,483 That's gonna take a while before any of our labs come 140 00:11:41,570 --> 00:11:43,311 back with an actual anthrax read, 141 00:11:43,398 --> 00:11:45,269 but we don't have any time to waste if this is 142 00:11:45,356 --> 00:11:47,228 the first indicator of a biological attack. 143 00:11:47,315 --> 00:11:49,186 Like the one in Toledo? 144 00:11:49,273 --> 00:11:51,667 Turned out to be talcum powder and what was that other one? 145 00:11:51,754 --> 00:11:54,496 College jock wrote anthrax on his protein powder 146 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:55,802 so his roommates wouldn't use it. 147 00:12:00,850 --> 00:12:02,286 The patient lives in Boca Raton. 148 00:12:05,072 --> 00:12:06,595 Just 'cause two hijackers lived there 149 00:12:06,682 --> 00:12:08,118 doesn't mean there's a connection. 150 00:12:08,205 --> 00:12:10,077 That's too much of a coincidence. 151 00:12:10,164 --> 00:12:12,819 Listen, the CDC's already on its way down there. 152 00:12:12,906 --> 00:12:14,472 I need to get on the ground before 153 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,257 the press gets wind of it and stirs up panic. 154 00:12:16,344 --> 00:12:17,867 About time the CDC carried their weight on 155 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:19,695 these damn hoaxes! 156 00:12:19,782 --> 00:12:21,828 We're fielding two, 300 a week. 157 00:12:21,915 --> 00:12:26,180 Look, Ryker, these SOBs are fly-a-plane-into-a-skyscraper 158 00:12:26,267 --> 00:12:28,356 kind of terrorists. 159 00:12:28,443 --> 00:12:32,839 They're not gonna sprinkle magic dust on some guy in BFE Florida. 160 00:12:32,926 --> 00:12:34,231 We're thin here. 161 00:12:34,318 --> 00:12:35,929 Sit down. 162 00:12:36,016 --> 00:12:37,365 All right. 163 00:12:37,452 --> 00:12:39,410 Jersey, what do you got? 164 00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:41,499 Last week they bought some burner phones 165 00:12:41,586 --> 00:12:43,588 close to a dozen, sir. 166 00:12:43,675 --> 00:12:46,766 They're running their names off known watch lists as we speak. 167 00:12:46,853 --> 00:12:47,810 We're expecting to get a hit. 168 00:13:02,477 --> 00:13:04,087 Dr. Simon Kurz. 169 00:13:04,174 --> 00:13:06,263 Dr. Kurz, this is Special Agent Ryker. 170 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:10,702 Listen, uh, thanks for jumping on those Pentagon samples, but, um, 171 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:12,052 I need a favor. 172 00:13:12,139 --> 00:13:13,923 KURZ : No problem. 173 00:13:14,010 --> 00:13:15,751 I have some tissue samples being flown up to a 174 00:13:15,838 --> 00:13:17,927 few labs from Florida, one of them is coming to you and 175 00:13:18,014 --> 00:13:19,799 should arrive within the hour. 176 00:13:19,886 --> 00:13:21,801 I need you to take a look. 177 00:13:21,888 --> 00:13:22,976 KURZ : Of course, Agent Ryker. 178 00:13:23,063 --> 00:13:24,281 We'll get right on it. 179 00:13:24,368 --> 00:13:26,327 RYKER : Thanks. 180 00:13:26,414 --> 00:13:28,285 Bruce, we got some samples coming in from Florida. 181 00:13:28,372 --> 00:13:29,852 Not it! 182 00:13:29,939 --> 00:13:31,245 But they need the anthrax expert. 183 00:13:31,332 --> 00:13:32,942 Oh, I don't know. 184 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,291 This bench is getting awfully comfortable. 185 00:13:34,378 --> 00:13:35,553 If you're pulling me off of it, 186 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,164 I'm gonna need a new uniform, 187 00:13:37,251 --> 00:13:38,992 maybe a nice, new pair of Chucks. 188 00:13:39,079 --> 00:13:40,950 At least ask for Nike Shox. 189 00:13:41,037 --> 00:13:42,082 Are those all the rage? 190 00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:46,826 Yeah, no one's worn Chucks since before the three-point line. 191 00:13:46,913 --> 00:13:48,566 Really? 192 00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:51,308 It wasn't me who benched you on anthrax. 193 00:13:51,395 --> 00:13:53,354 I know that! 194 00:13:53,441 --> 00:13:55,747 It was those suits in Washington that are full of baloney, 195 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:59,403 blaming Gulf War Syndrome on everything but the Gulf. 196 00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:01,666 Easy to point fingers at a vaccine when symptoms could 197 00:14:01,753 --> 00:14:04,104 have been caused by myriad factors in the field. 198 00:14:04,191 --> 00:14:07,934 I just spent 20 years working on piddly little things called breakthroughs, 199 00:14:08,021 --> 00:14:10,675 antibiotic post-exposure prophylaxis. 200 00:14:10,762 --> 00:14:13,026 And my personal favorite, a recombinant-protective 201 00:14:13,113 --> 00:14:15,898 antigen vaccine they don't even wanna fund! 202 00:14:15,985 --> 00:14:19,293 Bruce, can you just run the test? 203 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:22,078 - Of course I can. - Thank you. 204 00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:25,516 You can just put my Nike Shox in the locker room. 205 00:14:44,579 --> 00:14:48,061 - Mrs. Stevens? - Yes. 206 00:14:48,148 --> 00:14:50,193 Do you have a minute? 207 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,632 We'd driven to see our daughter in North Carolina. 208 00:14:54,719 --> 00:14:58,680 And Bob seemed healthy before he reached Carolina? 209 00:14:58,767 --> 00:15:00,595 Completely. 210 00:15:00,682 --> 00:15:03,946 On the drive, we were planning our anniversary party. 211 00:15:04,033 --> 00:15:07,210 He was excited to have all the kids together again. 212 00:15:07,297 --> 00:15:08,777 Any stops along the way? 213 00:15:10,518 --> 00:15:14,217 A diner on Highway 26. 214 00:15:14,304 --> 00:15:18,743 Did he eat any strange food, unusual game? 215 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:21,485 Just pastrami. 216 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,532 Any other stops? 217 00:15:26,882 --> 00:15:29,363 We did a little shopping. 218 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:31,321 Some dress shoes. 219 00:15:31,408 --> 00:15:34,063 - Were they leather? - Yes. 220 00:15:36,109 --> 00:15:41,201 It's a big anniversary and I was determined 221 00:15:41,288 --> 00:15:43,203 not to have him in a suit and sneakers. 222 00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:46,467 Do you know if the shoes were handmade? 223 00:15:46,554 --> 00:15:48,643 Where they came from? 224 00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:52,125 No, but how could he have caught something from shoes? 225 00:15:52,212 --> 00:15:56,564 Bacteria in livestock can be present on byproducts, leather, wool. 226 00:15:56,651 --> 00:15:59,306 Coming into contact with those products can cause an infection. 227 00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:02,744 Did he pet any animals, 228 00:16:02,831 --> 00:16:04,267 a dog maybe? 229 00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:06,487 Walk through a pasture? 230 00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:12,014 We went for a hike with our daughter up to Chimney Rock. 231 00:16:12,101 --> 00:16:13,668 Did he eat or drink anything on the hike? 232 00:16:19,239 --> 00:16:22,503 I told him not to drink the water, 233 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:25,027 but he didn't listen. 234 00:16:25,114 --> 00:16:27,638 We'll have a local field team do a sweep of the trail on the stream, 235 00:16:27,725 --> 00:16:30,250 see if we can find the origin of the infection. 236 00:16:30,337 --> 00:16:33,427 What is this? 237 00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:35,429 The doctors haven't given me an update. 238 00:16:37,518 --> 00:16:38,867 We're not sure. 239 00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:43,567 He's going to be all right though, isn't he? 240 00:17:00,367 --> 00:17:02,108 Matthew? 241 00:17:08,157 --> 00:17:09,680 Last beer, you mind? 242 00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:11,378 Uh-uh. 243 00:17:11,465 --> 00:17:13,641 I only get them for you, so, 244 00:17:13,728 --> 00:17:16,557 usually stock up for a bi-monthly visit, 245 00:17:16,644 --> 00:17:19,473 but four nights this week. 246 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,691 Too much? 247 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,913 Just unusual. 248 00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:30,310 Eodi gasseo? 249 00:17:30,397 --> 00:17:33,661 What? 250 00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:36,968 Just looks like you have a lot going on up there. 251 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:38,579 Yeah. 252 00:17:38,666 --> 00:17:41,060 Nobody wants to talk to a lobbyist. 253 00:17:41,147 --> 00:17:46,369 I know that you're not big on chit-chat, but I could wait you out. 254 00:17:49,764 --> 00:17:51,070 What was that, um, 255 00:17:51,157 --> 00:17:53,072 thing in Korean you said earlier? 256 00:17:53,159 --> 00:17:57,467 Um, eodi gasseo? Taught you that one before. 257 00:17:57,554 --> 00:17:59,730 Where did you go? 258 00:18:01,689 --> 00:18:04,779 We had warning signs that 9/11 was going to happen. 259 00:18:07,521 --> 00:18:09,131 Matthew. 260 00:18:09,218 --> 00:18:12,830 Names, addresses even. 261 00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:14,658 The FBI, well they watch over, what, 262 00:18:14,745 --> 00:18:17,357 thousands of potential terrorists? 263 00:18:17,444 --> 00:18:20,316 A lot of these guys were flagged. 264 00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:22,405 Memos were sent at high levels back in August. 265 00:18:22,492 --> 00:18:27,280 Bin Laden might strike, likely using planes. 266 00:18:27,367 --> 00:18:29,673 There was a flight academy in Minnesota that alerted us that 267 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,546 Moussaoui was taking flying lessons. 268 00:18:32,633 --> 00:18:34,200 Jesus. 269 00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:37,028 Al-Mihdhar was on a CIA watchlist, 270 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,247 but there was an agency tug-of-war. 271 00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:41,555 The FAA wasn't warned in time. 272 00:18:41,642 --> 00:18:44,471 It's on and on. 273 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,996 They all walked right through security. 274 00:18:52,043 --> 00:18:54,655 How much of this did you know? 275 00:18:54,742 --> 00:18:57,048 I didn't. 276 00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:02,532 Hey, we are all bleeding a little, okay? 277 00:19:02,619 --> 00:19:03,751 A lot. 278 00:19:03,838 --> 00:19:05,231 After what I saw I... 279 00:19:06,971 --> 00:19:08,799 It can't happen again. 280 00:19:08,886 --> 00:19:13,413 Matthew, you are not responsible for any of this. 281 00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:17,765 You are not the only one that's supposed to see things coming. 282 00:19:17,852 --> 00:19:19,854 But what if I do this time? 283 00:19:19,941 --> 00:19:21,551 And no one listens? 284 00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:38,002 Ryker. 285 00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:39,743 I know, Robert. 286 00:19:39,830 --> 00:19:41,005 We're just overstretched and... 287 00:19:46,054 --> 00:19:49,797 Yes, yes, of course we all are. 288 00:19:57,283 --> 00:20:02,157 I was hoping to have the comm report today, but, uh... 289 00:20:03,376 --> 00:20:05,116 Team needs more time... 290 00:20:21,350 --> 00:20:22,395 Once we arrive at the Stevens house, 291 00:20:22,482 --> 00:20:23,831 we'll suit up in here. 292 00:20:23,918 --> 00:20:25,354 Then we'll go into the back door. 293 00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:27,443 The less attention we draw, the better. 294 00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:29,880 Possible contact point here. 295 00:20:34,494 --> 00:20:36,322 Okay, this surface is good. 296 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,462 Soon as we fill the first box, 297 00:20:46,549 --> 00:20:48,334 get it over to the county lab. 298 00:20:48,421 --> 00:20:50,727 We gotta see where the anthrax is reading the hottest. 299 00:20:50,814 --> 00:20:52,512 Track down its origin. 300 00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:54,470 Anthrax causes a systemic cytokine response 301 00:20:54,557 --> 00:20:56,429 called apoptosis. 302 00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:59,649 Cell death, programmed cell death. 303 00:20:59,736 --> 00:21:01,782 It uses its host as a live incubator. 304 00:21:01,869 --> 00:21:02,826 And you catch it too late, 305 00:21:02,913 --> 00:21:04,524 it's 100% lethal. 306 00:21:04,611 --> 00:21:06,787 What are the chances that you're wrong, 307 00:21:06,874 --> 00:21:09,311 that this wasn't a planned attack? 308 00:21:09,398 --> 00:21:12,662 Just a natural infection from environmental sources? 309 00:21:12,749 --> 00:21:16,449 Sure, they can lie dormant in the dirt for 100, maybe 200 years. 310 00:21:16,536 --> 00:21:18,494 But the last natural human infection on 311 00:21:18,581 --> 00:21:21,454 American soil was almost 30 years ago. 312 00:21:21,541 --> 00:21:25,458 And 95% of confirmed cases worldwide are cutaneous, 313 00:21:25,545 --> 00:21:28,722 which means it gets into a cut or someone touches it. 314 00:21:28,809 --> 00:21:33,030 But Bob Stevens inhaled it, which is insanely rare, 315 00:21:33,117 --> 00:21:36,643 unless it's aerosolized intentionally. 316 00:21:36,730 --> 00:21:38,035 Intentionally? 317 00:21:38,122 --> 00:21:39,602 What do you... 318 00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:42,388 Weaponized? Against a small beach town? 319 00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:45,042 So I looked into the hijackers from Florida. 320 00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:49,743 And one of them, al-Haznawi, 321 00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:51,614 according to a local ER doctor, 322 00:21:51,701 --> 00:21:54,748 had a cut he claimed, "Would not heal." 323 00:21:58,665 --> 00:22:02,103 The doctor also said that the skin around it 324 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:05,498 had turned black, like this. 325 00:22:05,585 --> 00:22:07,978 These are anthrax lesions. 326 00:22:08,065 --> 00:22:11,634 So probably Haznawi was handling the stuff. 327 00:22:11,721 --> 00:22:13,201 And now it strikes in the same place only 328 00:22:13,288 --> 00:22:14,985 three weeks after 9/11? 329 00:22:15,072 --> 00:22:17,727 That can't be a coincidence. 330 00:22:17,814 --> 00:22:19,642 I have to find who did this. 331 00:22:19,729 --> 00:22:21,775 And why Bob Stevens was the target. 332 00:22:31,132 --> 00:22:33,352 Do you remember the view, Bob? 333 00:22:35,136 --> 00:22:37,921 I'd never seen Fall colors so beautiful. 334 00:22:38,008 --> 00:22:38,966 Oh! 335 00:22:40,794 --> 00:22:44,363 And this, I just tripped and you grabbed my arm! 336 00:22:46,190 --> 00:22:47,366 Hey Mom, I can do that for a while, huh? 337 00:22:47,453 --> 00:22:49,324 Oh. 338 00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:51,979 Oh! 339 00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:54,982 Aw. 340 00:22:55,069 --> 00:22:57,027 I'd like to speak to herself, if that's okay? 341 00:23:11,651 --> 00:23:13,566 Who are those people? 342 00:23:13,653 --> 00:23:15,611 Hospital administration. 343 00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:17,352 Why would they... 344 00:23:17,439 --> 00:23:19,572 What's happening? 345 00:23:19,659 --> 00:23:21,704 They wanna be certain Bob's getting everything he needs. 346 00:23:23,314 --> 00:23:25,621 Is he going to survive? 347 00:23:25,708 --> 00:23:28,058 We're making every effort. 348 00:23:28,145 --> 00:23:30,539 Now I know you're going to wanna go home, 349 00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:32,759 get some rest, get something to eat. 350 00:23:32,846 --> 00:23:35,762 So they've arranged for you to have this. 351 00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:38,417 If there's any change in Bob's condition, 352 00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:42,203 the hospital will contact you immediately. 353 00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:44,161 You know what it is, don't you? 354 00:23:46,729 --> 00:23:50,385 Are you going to tell me what's really going on here? 355 00:23:50,472 --> 00:23:55,564 Bob was exposed to a bacteria called bacillus anthracis. 356 00:23:55,651 --> 00:23:57,087 Anthrax. 357 00:23:57,174 --> 00:23:58,698 I'm very sorry, Mrs. Stevens. 358 00:24:00,830 --> 00:24:06,140 Oh. When did you all know? 359 00:24:06,227 --> 00:24:09,622 We had some indications yesterday, but we wanted confirmation. 360 00:24:09,709 --> 00:24:12,407 If, if we'd been wrong, it wouldn't have been fair. 361 00:24:12,494 --> 00:24:14,757 He's my husband! 362 00:24:14,844 --> 00:24:16,890 I understand what you must be feeling. 363 00:24:16,977 --> 00:24:19,458 But the information was limited to a small circle of people. 364 00:24:22,504 --> 00:24:25,507 Well, I, I thought it only right that you know before 365 00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:27,770 everyone else finds out. 366 00:24:27,857 --> 00:24:30,207 Everyone else? 367 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:32,993 THOMPSON : Uh, the Centers for Disease Control has just 368 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,780 confirmed the diagnosis of anthrax in a patient in a Florida hospital. 369 00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:39,956 REPORTER : We were given, from what you to know, 370 00:24:40,043 --> 00:24:42,829 is there any reason to believe this is a result of terror? 371 00:24:42,916 --> 00:24:45,614 THOMPSON : It appears that this is just an isolated case. 372 00:24:45,701 --> 00:24:47,442 There's no evidence of terrorism. 373 00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:49,357 Hi, Mom. 374 00:24:49,444 --> 00:24:50,750 Hey listen, I just wanted to call and let you know that 375 00:24:50,837 --> 00:24:51,925 I'm not gonna be able to make it to 376 00:24:52,012 --> 00:24:53,622 dinner tomorrow night, uh, 377 00:24:53,709 --> 00:24:56,364 or to Devon's game. 378 00:24:56,451 --> 00:24:58,453 WOMAN : Oh! He's really gonna miss you cheering in those stands. 379 00:24:58,540 --> 00:25:01,891 You know, you have really stepped up with his dad away. 380 00:25:01,978 --> 00:25:03,850 Will you fill in for me? 381 00:25:03,937 --> 00:25:05,591 WOMAN : Of course! Is everything okay? 382 00:25:05,678 --> 00:25:06,809 I'm just in the middle of something at work. 383 00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:08,289 God, you work so hard. 384 00:25:08,376 --> 00:25:09,812 Always have. 385 00:25:09,899 --> 00:25:11,248 But listen, uh, I gotta go, uh, 386 00:25:11,335 --> 00:25:12,423 I gotta catch a plane to Florida. 387 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:14,861 I'll call you when I get... 388 00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:16,471 WOMAN : Florida? Is that about that anthrax thing? 389 00:25:16,558 --> 00:25:18,517 How did you know? 390 00:25:18,604 --> 00:25:20,997 WOMAN : The guy is talking about it on TV. 391 00:25:21,084 --> 00:25:23,522 THOMPSON : The information that we have surging that 392 00:25:23,609 --> 00:25:25,567 this took place in the State of Florida. 393 00:25:25,654 --> 00:25:28,178 I'll call you back, okay? 394 00:25:28,265 --> 00:25:31,878 THOMPSON : Information that the State of Florida has released. 395 00:25:31,965 --> 00:25:35,272 We have our CDC officials there on the ground and 396 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:36,665 they're going to go through, uh, 397 00:25:36,752 --> 00:25:38,798 the last couple of weeks. 398 00:25:38,885 --> 00:25:41,322 We've also dispatched people from CDC to North Carolina to 399 00:25:41,409 --> 00:25:42,323 the communities that... 400 00:25:42,410 --> 00:25:44,107 Dammit! 401 00:25:44,194 --> 00:25:46,588 They couldn't give us a few more hours lead time? 402 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:49,591 THOMPSON : Investigating with the FBI all known places. 403 00:25:49,678 --> 00:25:52,420 Okay, well, get what you can before every news van 404 00:25:52,507 --> 00:25:54,683 in the state descends on us. 405 00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:56,729 This soon after 9/11? 406 00:25:56,816 --> 00:25:58,295 Seems early to rule out terrorism. 407 00:25:58,382 --> 00:26:00,036 All right. 408 00:26:00,123 --> 00:26:01,255 They specifically mentioned an inhalation case. 409 00:26:01,342 --> 00:26:02,996 O'CONNOR: Mm-hmm. 410 00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:04,693 What other forms of infection are there? 411 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:07,609 And symptoms, beyond those that mimic the flu? 412 00:26:07,696 --> 00:26:10,656 I need odds of recovery, history of outbreaks. 413 00:26:10,743 --> 00:26:12,092 Everything you can get me, 414 00:26:12,179 --> 00:26:13,659 especially if it involves Al Qaeda. 415 00:26:13,746 --> 00:26:16,052 O'CONNOR: Yes, Mr. Brokaw. 416 00:26:16,139 --> 00:26:18,141 THOMPSON : We don't know that at this point in time. 417 00:26:18,228 --> 00:26:20,100 That's entirely possible. 418 00:26:20,187 --> 00:26:23,799 We do know that he drank water out of a stream, uh, 419 00:26:23,886 --> 00:26:25,540 when he was traveling to... 420 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:27,977 Oh, yeah it had to be inhalation anthrax. 421 00:26:28,064 --> 00:26:29,979 Yessiree. 422 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:32,286 Because somehow, my advanced background in science has not 423 00:26:32,373 --> 00:26:37,639 afforded me the ability to distinguish between inhaling and drinking. 424 00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:39,728 Any sixth grader can tell you, 425 00:26:39,815 --> 00:26:42,688 you can't get inhalation anthrax from sipping creek water! 426 00:26:42,775 --> 00:26:44,864 Bruce, I think you've got a future in politics. 427 00:26:44,951 --> 00:26:47,083 Or stand-up. 428 00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:48,607 Doesn't it drive you crazy hearing this kind of malarkey? 429 00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:50,347 It shocks you that the politicals on 430 00:26:50,434 --> 00:26:52,175 the Hill confused their facts? 431 00:26:52,262 --> 00:26:53,829 Chances of only one person coming down with an 432 00:26:53,916 --> 00:26:56,136 inhalation case are slim to none. 433 00:26:56,223 --> 00:26:58,660 You are absolutely correct, Jody. 434 00:26:58,747 --> 00:27:02,011 "Jodyness is next to godliness." 435 00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:04,884 We are of one mind. 436 00:27:04,971 --> 00:27:09,889 If it's in the air, there's no way this guy's the only one breathing it. 437 00:27:09,976 --> 00:27:11,804 Unless he's a total hermit. 438 00:27:11,891 --> 00:27:13,370 THOMPSON : Very aggressive. 439 00:27:13,457 --> 00:27:15,459 And I wanna point out once again, 440 00:27:15,546 --> 00:27:18,811 this is an isolated case, and it's not contagious. 441 00:27:33,173 --> 00:27:35,523 Hey, did someone just pass you guys in the hallway? 442 00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:37,220 No, didn't see anyone. 443 00:27:37,307 --> 00:27:38,874 Really? 444 00:28:20,350 --> 00:28:21,917 Jean Malecki. 445 00:28:22,004 --> 00:28:23,614 Palm Beach County Health Department. 446 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,442 Matthew Ryker, FBI Hazardous Materials. 447 00:28:25,529 --> 00:28:28,141 I'm over here. 448 00:28:28,228 --> 00:28:29,925 Any change in Stevens' condition? 449 00:28:30,012 --> 00:28:31,622 He's in a coma. 450 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,015 Don't quite know how to tell his wife 451 00:28:33,102 --> 00:28:34,930 he's not likely to come out of it. 452 00:28:35,017 --> 00:28:37,019 That press conference didn't help things. 453 00:28:37,106 --> 00:28:38,934 Well, the White House was just trying to get out 454 00:28:39,021 --> 00:28:40,980 in front of the press vultures to curb public panic. 455 00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:42,155 Good luck with that these days. 456 00:28:42,242 --> 00:28:43,243 Yeah. 457 00:28:43,330 --> 00:28:44,723 Is Stevens on Cipro? 458 00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:46,855 As soon as he was admitted, 459 00:28:46,942 --> 00:28:49,510 but the infection was pretty advanced by the time he came in. 460 00:28:49,597 --> 00:28:51,468 I'll have you there in 30. 461 00:28:51,555 --> 00:28:53,122 We're going to the hospital? 462 00:28:53,209 --> 00:28:55,821 We need to check on Stevens. 463 00:28:55,908 --> 00:28:58,388 And CDC's already testing everything at his home. 464 00:28:58,475 --> 00:29:00,739 They're not gonna find anything. 465 00:29:00,826 --> 00:29:03,524 I need you to drop me at this address. 466 00:29:03,611 --> 00:29:05,395 Leisure Village? 467 00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:07,267 I looked into Bob Stevens. 468 00:29:07,354 --> 00:29:08,834 There's absolutely nothing in his background that would 469 00:29:08,921 --> 00:29:11,837 make him a target for anything. 470 00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:14,013 Except that he works at AMI Publishing. 471 00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,536 You know, those tabloids, 472 00:29:15,623 --> 00:29:17,190 The Sun, The National Inquirer. 473 00:29:17,277 --> 00:29:19,975 We found a connection between AMI and 474 00:29:20,062 --> 00:29:22,151 two of the 9/11 hijackers. 475 00:29:22,238 --> 00:29:24,153 You think this is Al Qaeda? 476 00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:31,030 Afternoon. 477 00:29:31,117 --> 00:29:32,509 I'm Special Agent Matthew Ryker. 478 00:29:32,596 --> 00:29:35,295 Am I speaking with Gloria Irish? 479 00:29:35,382 --> 00:29:38,515 Mike! They're back again! 480 00:29:38,602 --> 00:29:40,256 Just to confirm, you're the realtor who helped with 481 00:29:40,343 --> 00:29:43,042 the apartment rental for al-Shehhi and al-Ghamdi? 482 00:29:43,129 --> 00:29:45,566 I had no idea what they were planning. 483 00:29:45,653 --> 00:29:47,220 Come on in. 484 00:29:47,307 --> 00:29:49,222 But we told the other FBI agents everything 485 00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:50,789 three weeks ago. 486 00:29:53,748 --> 00:29:55,141 Did you ever mention your husband to 487 00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:57,578 either al-Shehhi or al-Ghamdi? 488 00:29:57,665 --> 00:29:58,666 I'm sorry, I don't understand... 489 00:29:58,753 --> 00:30:00,581 I never met them. 490 00:30:00,668 --> 00:30:02,931 Uh, I don't know. 491 00:30:03,018 --> 00:30:06,326 I, I might've mentioned him. 492 00:30:06,413 --> 00:30:08,023 While you were talking, 493 00:30:08,110 --> 00:30:09,546 did you ever mention where your husband worked? 494 00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:11,984 Could you tell us what's going on? 495 00:30:12,071 --> 00:30:14,638 Bob Stevens worked for you at AMI. 496 00:30:14,725 --> 00:30:17,728 Is this about the anthrax business in the news, 497 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,730 thought they said he caught it outdoors? 498 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:22,733 Oh, well, they may have jumped the gun. 499 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,344 Did you know the two terrorists had a 500 00:30:24,431 --> 00:30:26,563 subscription to the National Inquirer? 501 00:30:26,650 --> 00:30:28,652 And the number of photos of Bin Laden your paper put on 502 00:30:28,739 --> 00:30:31,090 its front page may have prompted the attack? 503 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:35,181 You might have been the target. 504 00:30:35,268 --> 00:30:36,878 Oh my God! 505 00:30:36,965 --> 00:30:39,446 Have you received any threats recently? 506 00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:41,361 Terrorists love publicity. 507 00:30:41,448 --> 00:30:43,189 They want everyone to know whenever they're responsible. 508 00:30:43,276 --> 00:30:44,581 No. Nothing. 509 00:30:44,668 --> 00:30:46,670 I'd remember a threat like that. 510 00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:49,673 Have any other employees called out sick this past week? 511 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,240 Let me make a call. 512 00:30:58,508 --> 00:30:59,901 Yeah, Frank. Hi, it's Mike. 513 00:30:59,988 --> 00:31:01,685 Can you tell me if any one of... 514 00:31:01,772 --> 00:31:03,165 I just keep thinking what if I had noticed 515 00:31:03,252 --> 00:31:05,385 something about those men? 516 00:31:05,472 --> 00:31:07,996 Well, none of us ever wants to see the worst in people. 517 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:10,042 Yup. It's still there. 518 00:31:10,129 --> 00:31:13,219 Yeah. Okay. Bye. 519 00:31:16,178 --> 00:31:17,614 One guy is out today. 520 00:31:17,701 --> 00:31:19,486 First sick day in seven years. 521 00:31:19,573 --> 00:31:21,140 Ernesto Blanco. 522 00:32:06,011 --> 00:32:08,143 - You Agent Ryker? - Clemons? 523 00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:09,492 We spoke in June. 524 00:32:09,579 --> 00:32:10,885 CDC Infectious Diseases, right? 525 00:32:10,972 --> 00:32:13,583 Epidemic Intelligence. 526 00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:15,716 They were supposed to send you here an hour ago. 527 00:32:15,803 --> 00:32:17,239 We're in the middle of swabbing the Stevens's place... 528 00:32:17,326 --> 00:32:18,371 I know, that's gonna come up clean. 529 00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:19,938 How do you know? 530 00:32:20,025 --> 00:32:21,374 Because we found a second worker. 531 00:32:21,461 --> 00:32:23,245 This one passed out on a city bus. 532 00:32:23,332 --> 00:32:24,812 Went to the hospital a few hours ago, 533 00:32:24,899 --> 00:32:26,466 symptoms point to anthrax. 534 00:32:26,553 --> 00:32:28,294 And since I doubt that both Bob Stevens and 535 00:32:28,381 --> 00:32:30,949 Ernesto Blanco tracked anthrax into this building... 536 00:32:31,036 --> 00:32:32,254 The source of the infection is inside. 537 00:32:32,341 --> 00:32:33,995 We need to find it. 538 00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:36,955 Not just how, but whoever the hell is behind it. 539 00:32:37,042 --> 00:32:39,827 Remind your team that everything here is evidence. 540 00:32:39,914 --> 00:32:41,350 Anyone evacuate the staff? 541 00:32:41,437 --> 00:32:42,961 - Not yet. - Okay. 542 00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:44,353 Hey, hey, whoa, whoa. 543 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:45,615 No one knows what's hot in there. 544 00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:46,965 We shouldn't take any chances. 545 00:32:47,052 --> 00:32:48,357 I got a suit for you around back. 546 00:32:48,444 --> 00:32:50,272 I've had all three shots. 547 00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:52,013 And every minute that staff is inside is another minute 548 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:53,623 that they could be exposed. 549 00:32:55,277 --> 00:32:57,018 Mine's from Cindy Crawford's stalker. 550 00:32:57,105 --> 00:32:58,498 Yours any better? 551 00:32:58,585 --> 00:33:00,935 Hey, Steph, what's in your goody-bag? 552 00:33:01,022 --> 00:33:02,415 Oh. 553 00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:07,594 Oh, it's from Jason. 554 00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:09,726 He has this thing for sending me mix CDs. 555 00:33:09,813 --> 00:33:11,380 He promised me he'd get me an iPod so 556 00:33:11,467 --> 00:33:12,816 I don't have to lug this baby around anymore. 557 00:33:14,383 --> 00:33:15,819 May I have your attention! 558 00:33:15,906 --> 00:33:18,735 My name is Special Agent Ryker, FBI. 559 00:33:18,822 --> 00:33:21,695 For your safety, I need everyone to stand and 560 00:33:21,782 --> 00:33:23,871 calmly exit the building. 561 00:33:23,958 --> 00:33:25,916 Leave everything on your desks. 562 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:28,223 Do not take purses, glasses, pens. 563 00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:30,617 Everything stays. 564 00:33:30,704 --> 00:33:32,097 Oh, my God. 565 00:33:32,184 --> 00:33:33,489 Do you think this is about Bob? 566 00:33:33,576 --> 00:33:34,708 - Probably. - Oh, man. 567 00:33:34,795 --> 00:33:35,970 Okay. Let's go. 568 00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:37,363 No need to be alarmed. 569 00:33:37,450 --> 00:33:38,973 This is a precautionary measure. 570 00:33:46,328 --> 00:33:49,157 I got it over here. 571 00:33:49,244 --> 00:33:51,768 Bob Stevens' mailbox is blazing. 572 00:33:51,855 --> 00:33:55,294 Definitely looking at a letter or package as a mode of attack. 573 00:33:55,381 --> 00:33:57,078 You find anything? 574 00:33:57,165 --> 00:33:58,862 No mail with any powder residue. 575 00:33:58,949 --> 00:34:01,169 But the prelims show that a ventilation system above 576 00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:02,692 one desk contaminated with spores. 577 00:34:02,779 --> 00:34:04,085 That's Stevens, yeah? 578 00:34:04,172 --> 00:34:05,347 Uh, no, no, afraid not. 579 00:34:05,434 --> 00:34:07,480 Belonged to one of his clerks. 580 00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:10,048 What's their name? 581 00:34:10,135 --> 00:34:11,658 Stephanie Dailey. 582 00:34:26,151 --> 00:34:28,022 REPORTER : In Florida today, 583 00:34:28,109 --> 00:34:30,198 the FBI has been scouring through the offices of a 584 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:32,505 company which publishes tabloid newspapers. 585 00:34:32,592 --> 00:34:34,333 REPORTER 2 : Investigators are taking no chances. 586 00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:36,552 Going through decontamination as they try 587 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:38,554 to pinpoint the source of anthrax. 588 00:34:38,641 --> 00:34:40,339 REPORTER 2 : Hundreds of AMI workers 589 00:34:40,426 --> 00:34:42,689 are being screened for signs of bacteria. 590 00:34:42,776 --> 00:34:46,823 Yeah, we said they could invite their families in to get tested. 591 00:34:46,910 --> 00:34:48,695 Glue yourself to the health and safety manager, 592 00:34:48,782 --> 00:34:50,697 report back the second anyone tests positive. 593 00:34:50,784 --> 00:34:52,177 You got it. 594 00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:55,267 I need your help finding someone. 595 00:34:55,354 --> 00:34:56,920 You and everyone else in here. 596 00:34:57,007 --> 00:34:58,270 We're understaffed. 597 00:34:58,357 --> 00:35:00,141 We have no idea. 598 00:35:00,228 --> 00:35:02,143 You didn't wanna run this through a hospital? 599 00:35:02,230 --> 00:35:03,797 If you can find one that wants to expose 600 00:35:03,884 --> 00:35:05,973 themselves with possible anthrax contamination, 601 00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:08,106 be my guest. 602 00:35:08,193 --> 00:35:11,326 Could only get a sign-off on Boca Raton's most infamous locale. 603 00:35:14,329 --> 00:35:15,852 Do the words "hanging chads" 604 00:35:15,939 --> 00:35:17,811 mean anything to you? 605 00:35:17,898 --> 00:35:19,987 Seriously? 606 00:35:20,074 --> 00:35:22,816 This is the place they did the re-count? 607 00:35:22,903 --> 00:35:28,038 - Name? - Stephanie Dailey. 608 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,779 I'm Special Agent Matthew Ryker. 609 00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:32,913 Can I have a word, in private? 610 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,262 Yeah. 611 00:35:38,092 --> 00:35:40,050 We've been testing samples at your offices and 612 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:44,229 we found anthrax spores at your desk and the vent above it. 613 00:35:44,316 --> 00:35:45,665 Oh my God. 614 00:35:45,752 --> 00:35:47,014 Why don't you take a seat? 615 00:35:49,408 --> 00:35:52,019 First of all, it doesn't mean that you have it, okay? 616 00:35:54,326 --> 00:35:56,415 I just need to know whether you remember opening any packages or 617 00:35:56,502 --> 00:35:59,157 letters with a white powder inside. 618 00:35:59,244 --> 00:36:03,030 Um, we publish The Sun and The Enquirer. 619 00:36:03,117 --> 00:36:04,988 We always get kooky mail. 620 00:36:05,075 --> 00:36:06,120 Well, this would've been a week ago, 621 00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:07,774 two at the most. 622 00:36:09,515 --> 00:36:14,041 Um, yeah, okay, I remember one package. 623 00:36:14,128 --> 00:36:18,524 It was another proposal to J-Lo and maybe had a Star of David 624 00:36:18,611 --> 00:36:20,874 in it and some white stuff like baby powder. 625 00:36:20,961 --> 00:36:22,441 Okay, what did you do with that package? 626 00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:25,008 - I need to find it. - It's gone. 627 00:36:25,095 --> 00:36:26,401 Well, even if it went into the trash, I have a team of... 628 00:36:26,488 --> 00:36:28,621 No, I mean, it's gone, gone. 629 00:36:28,708 --> 00:36:31,711 We, we get all kinds of hate mail and 630 00:36:31,798 --> 00:36:35,410 alien hunters and too much trash, 631 00:36:35,497 --> 00:36:37,151 so they started to burn it. 632 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:39,414 AMI, they just incinerate all their mail. 633 00:36:43,723 --> 00:36:46,856 Is, um, is Bob gonna die? 634 00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:50,208 I heard on the local news that it could be engineered 635 00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:51,600 to resist penicillin. 636 00:36:51,687 --> 00:36:53,776 None of us have said that. 637 00:36:53,863 --> 00:36:56,779 But just as a precaution, we will start you on an 638 00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:58,085 antibiotic called Cipro, 639 00:36:58,172 --> 00:36:59,129 same as Bob. 640 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:00,392 Cipro. 641 00:37:00,479 --> 00:37:01,915 It's a newer drug, 642 00:37:02,002 --> 00:37:03,003 so if the anthrax has been weaponized, 643 00:37:03,090 --> 00:37:04,265 this will knock it out. 644 00:37:04,352 --> 00:37:06,746 - Okay? - Okay. 645 00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:08,965 I know this is scary. 646 00:37:09,052 --> 00:37:10,706 But I really think you're gonna be fine. 647 00:37:13,056 --> 00:37:14,841 Thank, thank you. 648 00:37:27,288 --> 00:37:28,289 Hey, you okay, mom? 649 00:37:39,779 --> 00:37:43,957 No, no, no. 650 00:38:32,832 --> 00:38:34,399 BROKAW : In tragic news, 651 00:38:34,486 --> 00:38:36,314 we've just learned that Photo Editor, 652 00:38:36,401 --> 00:38:40,013 Robert Stevens has died from his anthrax exposure, 653 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,885 the victim of what now looks to be a targeted attack on 654 00:38:42,972 --> 00:38:45,279 the media giant AMI. 655 00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:47,455 A tragic loss of life. 656 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:49,457 A senseless attack. 657 00:38:49,544 --> 00:38:52,242 Our thoughts are with the family of Robert Stevens. 658 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,593 Meanwhile, another AMI employee, 659 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,161 Ernesto Blanco is in stable condition. 660 00:38:58,248 --> 00:39:01,600 And the biggest question still looming tonight, 661 00:39:01,687 --> 00:39:04,646 who's behind this deadly attack and 662 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,431 will they strike again? 663 00:39:22,403 --> 00:39:24,623 That's Nightly News for this Thursday. 664 00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:27,843 I'm Tom Brokaw and I'll see you again tomorrow night. 665 00:39:32,892 --> 00:39:34,372 Thanks. 666 00:39:34,459 --> 00:39:36,461 Here you go, boy, there you go. 667 00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:48,037 Erin? What's wrong? 668 00:39:48,124 --> 00:39:49,909 O'CONNOR: I was doing the research you asked for anthrax 669 00:39:49,996 --> 00:39:54,914 and I don't think AMI was the only media attack. 670 00:39:55,001 --> 00:39:57,090 What do you mean? 671 00:39:57,177 --> 00:39:59,397 O'CONNOR: The doctor thought it was just a spider bite, but... 672 00:40:05,228 --> 00:40:07,230 COPAK : This is now a murder investigation! 673 00:40:07,317 --> 00:40:08,841 Domestic terrorism. 674 00:40:08,928 --> 00:40:11,321 CDC, they got no business getting in our way. 675 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:13,759 COPAK : Get them out of there! 676 00:40:13,846 --> 00:40:15,500 We're only gonna make things worse if we piss on our territory, sir. 677 00:40:15,587 --> 00:40:17,502 Let's give them a day, we're working fine down here. 678 00:40:17,589 --> 00:40:19,504 COPAK : Ry, Ryker, stop! 679 00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:21,723 We all know this didn't come from someone's pet llama. 680 00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:22,811 You called it! 681 00:40:22,898 --> 00:40:24,596 It's an attack. 682 00:40:24,683 --> 00:40:27,555 If it falls under Operation Noble Eagle now. 683 00:40:27,642 --> 00:40:29,514 This is Bush's baby and 684 00:40:29,601 --> 00:40:31,211 he'll be watching this closely. 685 00:40:31,298 --> 00:40:33,561 I need you to catch who did this. 686 00:40:33,648 --> 00:40:35,520 Bureau needs it, you got it? 687 00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:38,914 Yup. 688 00:40:48,141 --> 00:40:50,186 You can't lock us out! 689 00:40:50,273 --> 00:40:53,059 I had a team on the ground before you clowns even got here! 690 00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:56,018 You're not gonna get away with this. 691 00:40:59,152 --> 00:41:01,328 Shut out of my own investigation! 692 00:41:01,415 --> 00:41:02,677 Are you freaking kidding me? 693 00:41:02,764 --> 00:41:04,723 Yeah. CDC's off the case. 694 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:06,376 It wasn't my call. 695 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,161 Well, no, you're just enforcing it. 696 00:41:08,248 --> 00:41:10,946 You know, the samples your little windbreaker buddies 697 00:41:11,033 --> 00:41:12,513 just collected were sent to our labs. 698 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,210 I assume you're gonna want the results. 699 00:41:14,297 --> 00:41:15,777 So you're gonna hold our samples hostage? 700 00:41:17,257 --> 00:41:22,088 Come on, look. Come here. 701 00:41:22,175 --> 00:41:25,352 We both know that the CDC doesn't get into criminal cases, right? 702 00:41:27,789 --> 00:41:30,444 Have you eaten today? 703 00:41:30,531 --> 00:41:32,794 Come on, I know a place. 704 00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:36,319 Come on. 705 00:41:42,108 --> 00:41:44,327 Well, if you ask me, it feels like we're just doubling down 706 00:41:44,414 --> 00:41:47,200 on the very same mistakes that led to all this. 707 00:41:47,287 --> 00:41:49,071 We never learn. 708 00:41:49,158 --> 00:41:52,684 All these agencies jockeying for position. 709 00:41:52,771 --> 00:41:56,601 FBI, CIA, everyone's so focused on each other. 710 00:41:58,690 --> 00:42:00,779 We let the wolves slip into the backdoor. 711 00:42:03,172 --> 00:42:06,262 And now everything is under the microscope. 712 00:42:06,349 --> 00:42:09,352 Press will dig up all those red flags. 713 00:42:09,439 --> 00:42:10,876 Don't envy you guys. 714 00:42:10,963 --> 00:42:12,094 Well, we could tell everybody. 715 00:42:14,662 --> 00:42:17,970 How many times we've stopped the bad guy. 716 00:42:18,057 --> 00:42:19,449 Every day, I mean, 717 00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:22,670 thousands of lives we keep safe. 718 00:42:25,151 --> 00:42:26,979 Still. 719 00:42:31,287 --> 00:42:32,550 A lot of pressure. 720 00:42:37,032 --> 00:42:40,601 There were these two guys on one of the planes, 721 00:42:40,688 --> 00:42:41,863 and their son with them, 722 00:42:41,950 --> 00:42:43,299 three years old. 723 00:42:46,085 --> 00:42:49,479 And I can't get this picture out of my head. 724 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:54,310 That moment when you realize what's actually happening that 725 00:42:54,397 --> 00:42:56,443 you wanna keep your son safe... 726 00:42:59,011 --> 00:43:00,969 but there's nothing you can do. 727 00:43:14,896 --> 00:43:18,291 - You got kids? - No. 728 00:43:18,378 --> 00:43:21,337 I got a nephew and a niece. 729 00:43:21,424 --> 00:43:22,948 My nephew's already jaded. 730 00:43:26,908 --> 00:43:28,867 I can't blame him. 731 00:43:28,954 --> 00:43:30,564 I just wanna be someone he can look up to, 732 00:43:30,651 --> 00:43:32,740 not just another useless suit. 733 00:43:37,223 --> 00:43:38,833 Hey, I shouldn't be telling you this, 734 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,141 but the results came back. 735 00:43:44,578 --> 00:43:47,146 It's Ames. 736 00:43:47,233 --> 00:43:48,582 Ames strain? 737 00:43:52,455 --> 00:43:55,067 That hasn't appeared in decades. 738 00:43:55,154 --> 00:43:57,330 I didn't think it existed outside of high-security research labs. 739 00:43:57,417 --> 00:43:59,027 It doesn't. 740 00:46:16,251 --> 00:46:17,862 Hi, hon. 741 00:46:17,949 --> 00:46:19,733 Just beat the worst of the rain it looks like. 742 00:46:19,820 --> 00:46:21,169 There's a big storm coming. 743 00:46:21,256 --> 00:46:23,302 Oh, yeah. 744 00:46:23,389 --> 00:46:24,956 - Hi, dad. - Hey, baby. 745 00:46:27,741 --> 00:46:29,656 Sorry I'm so late. 746 00:46:29,743 --> 00:46:31,266 Everything okay at the lab? 747 00:46:31,353 --> 00:46:34,052 Yeah, you know, just more of the same. 748 00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:37,969 - Hey, buddy. - Hey, dad. 749 00:46:38,056 --> 00:46:39,492 You heard about the anthrax scare? 750 00:46:39,579 --> 00:46:41,711 Oh, that poor man and his wife. 751 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:43,148 It's just awful. 752 00:46:43,235 --> 00:46:45,715 I know. I'm gonna head down. 753 00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:47,021 Oh, okay. I'll turn off the oven. 754 00:46:47,108 --> 00:46:48,980 It's meatloaf. 755 00:46:49,067 --> 00:46:50,633 Just nuke it for two minutes when you're hungry, okay? 756 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:51,939 Okay. Will do. 757 00:48:13,716 --> 00:48:15,936 .