1 00:00:09,531 --> 00:00:15,885 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:27,897 --> 00:00:34,251 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:39,517 [speaking in native language] 4 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:49,005 [speaking in native language] 5 00:00:58,971 --> 00:01:03,324 [speaking in native language] 6 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:24,736 ♪ ♪ 7 00:01:43,451 --> 00:01:49,457 ♪ ♪ 8 00:01:58,944 --> 00:02:01,512 [coughing] 9 00:02:01,599 --> 00:02:08,258 [speaking in native language] 10 00:02:38,767 --> 00:02:42,814 [speaking in native language] 11 00:02:53,173 --> 00:03:00,005 ♪ ♪ 12 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:25,030 [speaking in native language] 13 00:03:38,522 --> 00:03:45,312 ♪ ♪ 14 00:03:45,399 --> 00:03:47,052 [speaking in native language] 15 00:04:01,763 --> 00:04:05,767 ♪ ♪ 16 00:04:05,854 --> 00:04:08,465 SOKOLOV: If the doctor did not hide the heart, 17 00:04:08,552 --> 00:04:10,902 there would be no proof the people of Sverdlovsk, 18 00:04:10,989 --> 00:04:12,339 died from anthrax. 19 00:04:14,079 --> 00:04:16,168 The victims did not die from tainted meat like 20 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:18,214 the Soviet government claims. 21 00:04:18,301 --> 00:04:20,564 They were exposed to a biological weapon. 22 00:04:22,218 --> 00:04:24,525 SOKOLOV [over TV]: Test it yourself. 23 00:04:24,612 --> 00:04:26,091 RYKER: You see that pale area there, 24 00:04:26,178 --> 00:04:27,528 that's bacterial overgrowth, 25 00:04:27,615 --> 00:04:29,530 could be endocarditis. 26 00:04:29,617 --> 00:04:31,445 SOKOLOV [over TV]: All other evidence was destroyed. 27 00:04:31,532 --> 00:04:33,098 LAWSON: Under whose authority? 28 00:04:33,185 --> 00:04:35,144 SOKOLOV: The Kremlin. 29 00:04:35,231 --> 00:04:38,974 LAWSON: And you can confirm this man was killed by an 30 00:04:39,061 --> 00:04:40,889 incident at Compound 19? 31 00:04:40,976 --> 00:04:43,544 SOKOLOV: He worked in a ceramic factory next door. 32 00:04:43,631 --> 00:04:45,937 The contaminated cloud drifted for miles, 33 00:04:46,024 --> 00:04:47,548 killed everyone in its path, 34 00:04:47,635 --> 00:04:50,812 men, women, children. 35 00:04:50,899 --> 00:04:53,205 We were lucky the wind did not head toward town or 36 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,731 300,000 people would be dead. 37 00:04:56,818 --> 00:04:58,994 LAWSON: What's the Russian government doing with all that anthrax? 38 00:05:00,996 --> 00:05:03,128 SOKOLOV: My understanding was to attach it to 39 00:05:03,215 --> 00:05:07,045 warheads for SS-18 ICBMs. 40 00:05:07,132 --> 00:05:09,787 LAWSON [over TV]: How many pounds could you produce? 41 00:05:09,874 --> 00:05:14,488 SOKOLOV [over TV]: In each year, about 300 pounds, 42 00:05:14,575 --> 00:05:16,925 aerosolized spores. 43 00:05:17,012 --> 00:05:18,666 AGENT: How bad? 44 00:05:18,753 --> 00:05:21,364 RYKER: 300 pounds, that's just from one plant? 45 00:05:21,451 --> 00:05:23,410 Uh, we produce a little for vaccines but 46 00:05:23,497 --> 00:05:26,674 that amount could kill billions. 47 00:05:26,761 --> 00:05:28,719 We need to know the virulence and... 48 00:05:28,806 --> 00:05:31,331 RYKER [over speaker]: The location of the stockpiles. 49 00:05:31,418 --> 00:05:33,985 LAWSON: If they're going to offer you asylum, 50 00:05:34,072 --> 00:05:37,162 they'll need more. 51 00:05:37,249 --> 00:05:40,035 Exact formulas, locations, 52 00:05:40,122 --> 00:05:43,255 proof that Russia broke our treaty. 53 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:46,171 SOKOLOV: Of course, of course. 54 00:05:46,258 --> 00:05:49,218 But if you think that the attack will come from Russia, 55 00:05:49,305 --> 00:05:51,089 you are looking in the wrong place. 56 00:05:52,917 --> 00:05:54,571 SOKOLOV [over TV]: America has many enemies. 57 00:05:54,658 --> 00:05:57,487 Soviets sell bioweapons to them because 58 00:05:57,574 --> 00:06:00,011 any enemy of America is a friend to Russia. 59 00:06:02,884 --> 00:06:06,496 I am here to warn you, an attack is inevitable. 60 00:06:08,716 --> 00:06:15,505 [theme music playing] 61 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:35,743 [rustling leaves] 62 00:06:35,830 --> 00:06:38,049 [tires screeching] 63 00:06:41,139 --> 00:06:43,228 [tires screeching] 64 00:06:48,103 --> 00:06:50,584 STEVENS: We're almost there. 65 00:06:50,671 --> 00:06:54,109 [radio chatter] 66 00:06:54,196 --> 00:06:56,807 TECH: Difficulty breathing, vitals unstable. 67 00:06:56,894 --> 00:06:58,374 BP 60 over 40. 68 00:06:58,461 --> 00:06:59,331 DOCTOR: 0.3 milligrams of epinephrine. 69 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:00,724 Any heart issues? 70 00:07:00,811 --> 00:07:02,509 STEVENS: No. He's pretty active. 71 00:07:02,596 --> 00:07:04,772 I brought him in because he was vomiting all night, 72 00:07:04,859 --> 00:07:06,904 had a headache for two days, uh. 73 00:07:06,991 --> 00:07:09,037 He's been sweating a lot, drenched his clothes, 74 00:07:09,124 --> 00:07:10,560 the sheets. 75 00:07:10,647 --> 00:07:11,866 And then he got really confused and 76 00:07:11,953 --> 00:07:13,215 didn't know where he was. 77 00:07:13,302 --> 00:07:15,130 Usually when he gets the flu, 78 00:07:15,217 --> 00:07:17,349 it just passes in a day or two. 79 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,177 DOCTOR: This doesn't present like the flu. 80 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:20,135 Get Dr. Bush down here. 81 00:07:20,222 --> 00:07:22,006 [trembling] 82 00:07:22,093 --> 00:07:23,791 MALECKI: But they just took down two skyscrapers and 83 00:07:23,878 --> 00:07:26,968 public health faces a threat no one's talking about. 84 00:07:27,055 --> 00:07:27,969 They know our airport security 85 00:07:28,056 --> 00:07:30,188 has increased. 86 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:33,714 Hell, the hijackers took flight lessons in crop-dusting planes. 87 00:07:33,801 --> 00:07:35,759 Just one outfitted with a biological or 88 00:07:35,846 --> 00:07:37,979 chemical weapon could take out the whole county. 89 00:07:38,066 --> 00:07:39,981 Why aren't they grounded? 90 00:07:40,068 --> 00:07:43,288 We've got dusters flying all over this place for mosquitos. 91 00:07:48,293 --> 00:07:49,425 Excuse me a minute. 92 00:07:49,512 --> 00:07:51,122 MAN: Back to the slides. 93 00:07:51,209 --> 00:07:52,646 As you can see here, Miami Dade County should 94 00:07:52,733 --> 00:07:54,952 be expecting a spike in infections. 95 00:07:59,696 --> 00:08:05,833 [phone ringing] 96 00:08:08,531 --> 00:08:09,750 CLEMONS: This is Officer Clemons. 97 00:08:12,579 --> 00:08:14,494 From where? 98 00:08:18,323 --> 00:08:20,238 What do you think the likelihood is? 99 00:08:20,325 --> 00:08:22,153 MALECKI: The patient's spinal fluid showed rod-like bacteria, 100 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,111 MALECKI [over phone]: Looked like bamboo sticks. 101 00:08:23,198 --> 00:08:24,939 CLEMONS: Sally? 102 00:08:25,026 --> 00:08:27,202 MALECKI [over phone]: Stain was gram positive. 103 00:08:27,289 --> 00:08:31,162 CLEMONS: So we could be talking some lethal cereus or, or anthrax. 104 00:08:31,249 --> 00:08:33,164 And the patient? 105 00:08:33,251 --> 00:08:34,339 MALECKI [over phone]: Blood pressure bottomed-out. 106 00:08:34,426 --> 00:08:35,863 MALECKI: Organs are failing. 107 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:37,125 Still don't have an affirmative result, 108 00:08:37,212 --> 00:08:39,475 but considering... 109 00:08:39,562 --> 00:08:40,998 MALECKI [over phone]: I thought you should be in the loop. 110 00:08:41,085 --> 00:08:42,870 CLEMONS: Does the guy work in agriculture? 111 00:08:42,957 --> 00:08:44,915 MALECKI: Don't know. 112 00:08:45,002 --> 00:08:47,222 I'm hoping his wife can retrace his last 48 hours for me. 113 00:08:49,050 --> 00:08:51,052 Do you think this could have been intentional? 114 00:08:51,139 --> 00:08:53,620 CLEMONS: In a cushy retirement town? 115 00:08:53,707 --> 00:08:54,882 CLEMONS [over phone]: With all the fake threats we've been fielding, 116 00:08:54,969 --> 00:08:56,623 there's a better shot it's... 117 00:08:56,710 --> 00:08:57,972 CLEMONS: It's an infection from a natural cause. 118 00:08:59,974 --> 00:09:02,193 Look, um... 119 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,153 I hate to open the door but you better call the FBI. 120 00:09:10,593 --> 00:09:15,772 [machines hammering] 121 00:09:18,296 --> 00:09:21,909 [overlapping chatter] 122 00:09:21,996 --> 00:09:28,480 [machines hammering] 123 00:09:35,662 --> 00:09:36,663 [grunts] 124 00:09:43,887 --> 00:09:47,369 MOORE: Hey, Agent Ryker. RYKER: Hey. 125 00:09:49,414 --> 00:09:51,155 Let's get these new samples over to USAMRIID for testing 126 00:09:51,242 --> 00:09:53,288 as soon as possible. 127 00:09:53,375 --> 00:09:55,159 MOORE: Thought you sent the last of the samples over days ago. 128 00:09:55,246 --> 00:09:57,161 RYKER: Uh, they just finished shoring up the new section. 129 00:09:57,248 --> 00:09:59,424 I got new access. 130 00:09:59,511 --> 00:10:02,166 MOORE: Well, I'm glad you're the one dealing with Copak and not me. 131 00:10:02,253 --> 00:10:03,603 But there's something new. 132 00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:05,692 We got a call from Florida. 133 00:10:05,779 --> 00:10:12,612 [overlapping chatter] 134 00:10:12,699 --> 00:10:18,530 [overlapping chatter] 135 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,358 COPAK: The cell outside Dallas? 136 00:10:20,445 --> 00:10:22,186 POLK: We're using FISA but no specific threat 137 00:10:22,273 --> 00:10:23,971 has surfaced so far. 138 00:10:24,058 --> 00:10:25,668 COPAK: What about the three in Chicago? 139 00:10:25,755 --> 00:10:27,365 REILLY: We're working on flipping one member, 140 00:10:27,452 --> 00:10:29,106 brother's heading to prison so we have leverage. 141 00:10:29,193 --> 00:10:30,630 Picked up comm from Afghanistan, 142 00:10:30,717 --> 00:10:32,283 trying to trace it. 143 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:34,155 COPAK: Trying? 144 00:10:34,242 --> 00:10:35,722 POLK: It was sent through a series of servers, sir. 145 00:10:35,809 --> 00:10:36,810 It makes it hard to track. 146 00:10:40,248 --> 00:10:41,684 [sighs] 147 00:10:41,771 --> 00:10:43,120 COPAK: You go home last night, Polk? 148 00:10:45,993 --> 00:10:49,474 How about you, Hale? Reilly? 149 00:10:49,561 --> 00:10:52,652 Because Mueller inherited this Charlie Foxtrot a week before 150 00:10:52,739 --> 00:10:55,437 the towers came down and I guarantee he didn't 151 00:10:55,524 --> 00:10:56,960 go home last night. 152 00:10:59,049 --> 00:11:00,834 Damn it, find a connection. 153 00:11:00,921 --> 00:11:02,487 Follow it! 154 00:11:02,574 --> 00:11:04,620 You boys need a refresher? 155 00:11:04,707 --> 00:11:08,406 Waco, Ruby Ridge? We've let this country down. 156 00:11:11,061 --> 00:11:13,890 Find these sons of bitches. 157 00:11:13,977 --> 00:11:17,415 Bring us up to speed on the suspected cell in Jersey. 158 00:11:17,502 --> 00:11:18,939 What? 159 00:11:19,026 --> 00:11:20,549 RYKER: I just got a call from Florida. 160 00:11:20,636 --> 00:11:22,159 They're tracking a possible anthrax attack. 161 00:11:25,336 --> 00:11:27,164 Might not be a hoax this time. 162 00:11:27,251 --> 00:11:29,340 I was thinking I would take a team and head down there. 163 00:11:29,427 --> 00:11:31,255 COPAK: You have a definitive test? 164 00:11:31,342 --> 00:11:33,954 RYKER: We have a preliminary CSF stain gram-positive for 165 00:11:34,041 --> 00:11:35,346 rod-like bacteria. 166 00:11:35,433 --> 00:11:37,087 COPAK: English. 167 00:11:37,174 --> 00:11:39,699 RYKER: It proves it was a bacterial infection. 168 00:11:39,786 --> 00:11:41,483 That's gonna take a while before any of our labs come 169 00:11:41,570 --> 00:11:43,311 back with an actual anthrax read, 170 00:11:43,398 --> 00:11:45,269 but we don't have any time to waste if this is 171 00:11:45,356 --> 00:11:47,228 the first indicator of a biological attack. 172 00:11:47,315 --> 00:11:49,186 COPAK: Like the one in Toledo? 173 00:11:49,273 --> 00:11:51,667 Turned out to be talcum powder and what was that other one? 174 00:11:51,754 --> 00:11:54,496 SYKES: College jock wrote anthrax on his protein powder 175 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:55,802 so his roommates wouldn't use it. 176 00:11:55,889 --> 00:11:57,064 [laughs] 177 00:11:57,151 --> 00:11:58,152 [clears throat] 178 00:12:00,850 --> 00:12:02,286 RYKER: The patient lives in Boca Raton. 179 00:12:05,072 --> 00:12:06,595 COPAK: Just 'cause two hijackers lived there 180 00:12:06,682 --> 00:12:08,118 doesn't mean there's a connection. 181 00:12:08,205 --> 00:12:10,077 RYKER: That's too much of a coincidence. 182 00:12:10,164 --> 00:12:12,819 Listen, the CDC's already on its way down there. 183 00:12:12,906 --> 00:12:14,472 I need to get on the ground before 184 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,257 the press gets wind of it and stirs up panic. 185 00:12:16,344 --> 00:12:17,867 COPAK: About time the CDC carried their weight on 186 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:19,695 these damn hoaxes! 187 00:12:19,782 --> 00:12:21,828 We're fielding two, 300 a week. 188 00:12:21,915 --> 00:12:26,180 Look, Ryker, these SOBs are fly-a-plane-into-a-skyscraper 189 00:12:26,267 --> 00:12:28,356 kind of terrorists. 190 00:12:28,443 --> 00:12:32,839 They're not gonna sprinkle magic dust on some guy in BFE Florida. 191 00:12:32,926 --> 00:12:34,231 We're thin here. 192 00:12:34,318 --> 00:12:35,929 Sit down. 193 00:12:36,016 --> 00:12:37,365 All right. 194 00:12:37,452 --> 00:12:39,410 Jersey, what do you got? 195 00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:41,499 SYKES: Last week they bought some burner phones 196 00:12:41,586 --> 00:12:43,588 close to a dozen, sir. 197 00:12:43,675 --> 00:12:46,766 They're running their names off known watch lists as we speak. 198 00:12:46,853 --> 00:12:47,810 We're expecting to get a hit. 199 00:12:47,897 --> 00:12:53,990 [phone line ringing] 200 00:12:54,077 --> 00:13:00,257 [phone ringing] 201 00:13:02,477 --> 00:13:04,087 KURZ: Dr. Simon Kurz. 202 00:13:04,174 --> 00:13:06,263 RYKER: Dr. Kurz, this is Special Agent Ryker. 203 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:10,702 Listen, uh, thanks for jumping on those Pentagon samples, but, um, 204 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:12,052 I need a favor. 205 00:13:12,139 --> 00:13:13,923 KURZ [over phone]: No problem. 206 00:13:14,010 --> 00:13:15,751 RYKER: I have some tissue samples being flown up to a 207 00:13:15,838 --> 00:13:17,927 few labs from Florida, one of them is coming to you and 208 00:13:18,014 --> 00:13:19,799 should arrive within the hour. 209 00:13:19,886 --> 00:13:21,801 I need you to take a look. 210 00:13:21,888 --> 00:13:22,976 KURZ [over phone]: Of course, Agent Ryker. 211 00:13:23,063 --> 00:13:24,281 KURZ: We'll get right on it. 212 00:13:24,368 --> 00:13:26,327 RYKER [over phone]: Thanks. 213 00:13:26,414 --> 00:13:28,285 KURZ: Bruce, we got some samples coming in from Florida. 214 00:13:28,372 --> 00:13:29,852 IVINS: Not it! 215 00:13:29,939 --> 00:13:31,245 KURZ: But they need the anthrax expert. 216 00:13:31,332 --> 00:13:32,942 IVINS: Oh, I don't know. 217 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,291 This bench is getting awfully comfortable. 218 00:13:34,378 --> 00:13:35,553 If you're pulling me off of it, 219 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,164 I'm gonna need a new uniform, 220 00:13:37,251 --> 00:13:38,992 maybe a nice, new pair of Chucks. 221 00:13:39,079 --> 00:13:40,950 HALL: At least ask for Nike Shox. 222 00:13:41,037 --> 00:13:42,082 IVINS: Are those all the rage? 223 00:13:42,169 --> 00:13:44,345 [laughs] 224 00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:46,826 HALL: Yeah, no one's worn Chucks since before the three-point line. 225 00:13:46,913 --> 00:13:48,566 IVINS: Really? 226 00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:51,308 KURZ: It wasn't me who benched you on anthrax. 227 00:13:51,395 --> 00:13:53,354 IVINS: I know that! 228 00:13:53,441 --> 00:13:55,747 It was those suits in Washington that are full of baloney, 229 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:59,403 blaming Gulf War Syndrome on everything but the Gulf. 230 00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:01,666 Easy to point fingers at a vaccine when symptoms could 231 00:14:01,753 --> 00:14:04,104 have been caused by myriad factors in the field. 232 00:14:04,191 --> 00:14:07,934 I just spent 20 years working on piddly little things called breakthroughs, 233 00:14:08,021 --> 00:14:10,675 antibiotic post-exposure prophylaxis. 234 00:14:10,762 --> 00:14:13,026 And my personal favorite, a recombinant-protective 235 00:14:13,113 --> 00:14:15,898 antigen vaccine they don't even wanna fund! 236 00:14:15,985 --> 00:14:19,293 KURZ: Bruce, can you just run the test? 237 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:22,078 IVINS: Of course I can. KURZ: Thank you. 238 00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:25,516 IVINS: You can just put my Nike Shox in the locker room. 239 00:14:25,603 --> 00:14:27,562 [laughs] 240 00:14:27,649 --> 00:14:34,134 [beeping] 241 00:14:35,962 --> 00:14:37,528 [door opens] 242 00:14:40,053 --> 00:14:41,402 [door closes] 243 00:14:44,579 --> 00:14:48,061 MALECKI: Mrs. Stevens? STEVENS: Yes. 244 00:14:48,148 --> 00:14:50,193 MALECKI: Do you have a minute? 245 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,632 STEVENS: We'd driven to see our daughter in North Carolina. 246 00:14:54,719 --> 00:14:58,680 MALECKI: And Bob seemed healthy before he reached Carolina? 247 00:14:58,767 --> 00:15:00,595 STEVENS: Completely. 248 00:15:00,682 --> 00:15:03,946 On the drive, we were planning our anniversary party. 249 00:15:04,033 --> 00:15:07,210 He was excited to have all the kids together again. 250 00:15:07,297 --> 00:15:08,777 MALECKI: Any stops along the way? 251 00:15:10,518 --> 00:15:14,217 STEVENS: A diner on Highway 26. 252 00:15:14,304 --> 00:15:18,743 MALECKI: Did he eat any strange food, unusual game? 253 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:21,485 STEVENS: Just pastrami. 254 00:15:21,572 --> 00:15:22,834 [sighs] 255 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,532 MALECKI: Any other stops? 256 00:15:24,619 --> 00:15:26,795 [sighs] 257 00:15:26,882 --> 00:15:29,363 STEVENS: We did a little shopping. 258 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:31,321 Some dress shoes. 259 00:15:31,408 --> 00:15:34,063 MALECKI: Were they leather? STEVENS: Yes. 260 00:15:36,109 --> 00:15:41,201 It's a big anniversary and I was determined 261 00:15:41,288 --> 00:15:43,203 not to have him in a suit and sneakers. 262 00:15:43,290 --> 00:15:44,944 [laughs] 263 00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:46,467 MALECKI: Do you know if the shoes were handmade? 264 00:15:46,554 --> 00:15:48,643 Where they came from? 265 00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:52,125 STEVENS: No, but how could he have caught something from shoes? 266 00:15:52,212 --> 00:15:56,564 MALECKI: Bacteria in livestock can be present on byproducts, leather, wool. 267 00:15:56,651 --> 00:15:59,306 Coming into contact with those products can cause an infection. 268 00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:02,744 Did he pet any animals, 269 00:16:02,831 --> 00:16:04,267 a dog maybe? 270 00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:06,487 Walk through a pasture? 271 00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:12,014 STEVENS: We went for a hike with our daughter up to Chimney Rock. 272 00:16:12,101 --> 00:16:13,668 MALECKI: Did he eat or drink anything on the hike? 273 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:17,280 [slurping] 274 00:16:19,239 --> 00:16:22,503 STEVENS: I told him not to drink the water, 275 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:25,027 but he didn't listen. 276 00:16:25,114 --> 00:16:27,638 MALECKI: We'll have a local field team do a sweep of the trail on the stream, 277 00:16:27,725 --> 00:16:30,250 see if we can find the origin of the infection. 278 00:16:30,337 --> 00:16:33,427 STEVENS: What is this? 279 00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:35,429 The doctors haven't given me an update. 280 00:16:37,518 --> 00:16:38,867 MALECKI: We're not sure. 281 00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:43,567 STEVENS: He's going to be all right though, isn't he? 282 00:16:47,789 --> 00:16:52,446 [bottles rattling] 283 00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:56,363 [coins rattling] 284 00:16:56,450 --> 00:17:00,280 [jet engine humming] 285 00:17:00,367 --> 00:17:02,108 SHEILA: Matthew? 286 00:17:08,157 --> 00:17:09,680 RYKER: Last beer, you mind? 287 00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:11,378 SHEILA: Uh-uh. 288 00:17:11,465 --> 00:17:13,641 I only get them for you, so, 289 00:17:13,728 --> 00:17:16,557 usually stock up for a bi-monthly visit, 290 00:17:16,644 --> 00:17:19,473 but four nights this week. 291 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,691 RYKER: Too much? 292 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,913 SHEILA: Just unusual. 293 00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:30,310 Eodi gasseo? 294 00:17:30,397 --> 00:17:33,661 RYKER: What? 295 00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:36,968 SHEILA: Just looks like you have a lot going on up there. 296 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:38,579 RYKER: Yeah. 297 00:17:38,666 --> 00:17:41,060 SHEILA: Nobody wants to talk to a lobbyist. 298 00:17:41,147 --> 00:17:46,369 I know that you're not big on chit-chat, but I could wait you out. 299 00:17:49,764 --> 00:17:51,070 RYKER: What was that, um, 300 00:17:51,157 --> 00:17:53,072 thing in Korean you said earlier? 301 00:17:53,159 --> 00:17:57,467 SHEILA: Um, eodi gasseo? Taught you that one before. 302 00:17:57,554 --> 00:17:59,730 Where did you go? 303 00:18:01,689 --> 00:18:04,779 RYKER: We had warning signs that 9/11 was going to happen. 304 00:18:07,521 --> 00:18:09,131 SHEILA: Matthew. 305 00:18:09,218 --> 00:18:12,830 RYKER: Names, addresses even. 306 00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:14,658 SHEILA: The FBI, well they watch over, what, 307 00:18:14,745 --> 00:18:17,357 thousands of potential terrorists? 308 00:18:17,444 --> 00:18:20,316 RYKER: A lot of these guys were flagged. 309 00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:22,405 Memos were sent at high levels back in August. 310 00:18:22,492 --> 00:18:27,280 Bin Laden might strike, likely using planes. 311 00:18:27,367 --> 00:18:29,673 There was a flight academy in Minnesota that alerted us that 312 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,546 Moussaoui was taking flying lessons. 313 00:18:32,633 --> 00:18:34,200 SHEILA: Jesus. 314 00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:37,028 RYKER: Al-Mihdhar was on a CIA watchlist, 315 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,247 but there was an agency tug-of-war. 316 00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:41,555 The FAA wasn't warned in time. 317 00:18:41,642 --> 00:18:44,471 It's on and on. 318 00:18:44,558 --> 00:18:46,037 [sighs] 319 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,996 They all walked right through security. 320 00:18:52,043 --> 00:18:54,655 SHEILA: How much of this did you know? 321 00:18:54,742 --> 00:18:57,048 RYKER: I didn't. 322 00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:02,532 SHEILA: Hey, we are all bleeding a little, okay? 323 00:19:02,619 --> 00:19:03,751 A lot. 324 00:19:03,838 --> 00:19:05,231 RYKER: After what I saw I... 325 00:19:06,971 --> 00:19:08,799 It can't happen again. 326 00:19:08,886 --> 00:19:13,413 SHEILA: Matthew, you are not responsible for any of this. 327 00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:17,765 You are not the only one that's supposed to see things coming. 328 00:19:17,852 --> 00:19:19,854 RYKER: But what if I do this time? 329 00:19:19,941 --> 00:19:21,551 And no one listens? 330 00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:31,257 [phone ringing] 331 00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:38,002 Ryker. 332 00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:39,743 COPAK: I know, Robert. 333 00:19:39,830 --> 00:19:41,005 We're just overstretched and... 334 00:19:41,092 --> 00:19:42,398 [knocking] 335 00:19:46,054 --> 00:19:49,797 Yes, yes, of course we all are. 336 00:19:57,283 --> 00:20:02,157 I was hoping to have the comm report today, but, uh... 337 00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:03,289 [knocks] 338 00:20:03,376 --> 00:20:05,116 Team needs more time... 339 00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:18,652 ♪ ♪ 340 00:20:21,350 --> 00:20:22,395 CLEMONS: Once we arrive at the Stevens house, 341 00:20:22,482 --> 00:20:23,831 we'll suit up in here. 342 00:20:23,918 --> 00:20:25,354 Then we'll go into the back door. 343 00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:27,443 The less attention we draw, the better. 344 00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:29,880 MAN: Possible contact point here. 345 00:20:34,494 --> 00:20:36,322 MAN 2: Okay, this surface is good. 346 00:20:38,062 --> 00:20:43,633 [overlapping chatter] 347 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,462 CLEMONS: Soon as we fill the first box, 348 00:20:46,549 --> 00:20:48,334 get it over to the county lab. 349 00:20:48,421 --> 00:20:50,727 We gotta see where the anthrax is reading the hottest. 350 00:20:50,814 --> 00:20:52,512 Track down its origin. 351 00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:54,470 RYKER: Anthrax causes a systemic cytokine response 352 00:20:54,557 --> 00:20:56,429 called apoptosis. 353 00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:59,649 Cell death, programmed cell death. 354 00:20:59,736 --> 00:21:01,782 It uses its host as a live incubator. 355 00:21:01,869 --> 00:21:02,826 And you catch it too late, 356 00:21:02,913 --> 00:21:04,524 it's 100% lethal. 357 00:21:04,611 --> 00:21:06,787 COPAK: What are the chances that you're wrong, 358 00:21:06,874 --> 00:21:09,311 that this wasn't a planned attack? 359 00:21:09,398 --> 00:21:12,662 Just a natural infection from environmental sources? 360 00:21:12,749 --> 00:21:16,449 RYKER: Sure, they can lie dormant in the dirt for 100, maybe 200 years. 361 00:21:16,536 --> 00:21:18,494 But the last natural human infection on 362 00:21:18,581 --> 00:21:21,454 American soil was almost 30 years ago. 363 00:21:21,541 --> 00:21:25,458 And 95% of confirmed cases worldwide are cutaneous, 364 00:21:25,545 --> 00:21:28,722 which means it gets into a cut or someone touches it. 365 00:21:28,809 --> 00:21:33,030 But Bob Stevens inhaled it, which is insanely rare, 366 00:21:33,117 --> 00:21:36,643 unless it's aerosolized intentionally. 367 00:21:36,730 --> 00:21:38,035 COPAK: Intentionally? 368 00:21:38,122 --> 00:21:39,602 What do you... 369 00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:42,388 Weaponized? Against a small beach town? 370 00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:45,042 RYKER: So I looked into the hijackers from Florida. 371 00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:49,743 And one of them, al-Haznawi, 372 00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:51,614 according to a local ER doctor, 373 00:21:51,701 --> 00:21:54,748 had a cut he claimed, "Would not heal." 374 00:21:58,665 --> 00:22:02,103 The doctor also said that the skin around it 375 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:05,498 had turned black, like this. 376 00:22:05,585 --> 00:22:07,978 These are anthrax lesions. 377 00:22:08,065 --> 00:22:11,634 COPAK: So probably Haznawi was handling the stuff. 378 00:22:11,721 --> 00:22:13,201 RYKER: And now it strikes in the same place only 379 00:22:13,288 --> 00:22:14,985 three weeks after 9/11? 380 00:22:15,072 --> 00:22:17,727 That can't be a coincidence. 381 00:22:17,814 --> 00:22:19,642 I have to find who did this. 382 00:22:19,729 --> 00:22:21,775 And why Bob Stevens was the target. 383 00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:26,997 [beeping] 384 00:22:31,132 --> 00:22:33,352 STEVENS: Do you remember the view, Bob? 385 00:22:35,136 --> 00:22:37,921 I'd never seen Fall colors so beautiful. 386 00:22:38,008 --> 00:22:38,966 Oh! 387 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:40,707 [laughs] 388 00:22:40,794 --> 00:22:44,363 And this, I just tripped and you grabbed my arm! 389 00:22:44,450 --> 00:22:46,103 [laughs] 390 00:22:46,190 --> 00:22:47,366 CASEY: Hey Mom, I can do that for a while, huh? 391 00:22:47,453 --> 00:22:49,324 STEVENS: Oh. 392 00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:51,979 Oh! 393 00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:54,982 Aw. 394 00:22:55,069 --> 00:22:57,027 MALECKI: I'd like to speak to herself, if that's okay? 395 00:22:59,639 --> 00:23:06,428 [beeping] 396 00:23:11,651 --> 00:23:13,566 STEVENS: Who are those people? 397 00:23:13,653 --> 00:23:15,611 MALECKI: Hospital administration. 398 00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:17,352 STEVENS: Why would they... 399 00:23:17,439 --> 00:23:19,572 What's happening? 400 00:23:19,659 --> 00:23:21,704 MALECKI: They wanna be certain Bob's getting everything he needs. 401 00:23:23,314 --> 00:23:25,621 STEVENS: Is he going to survive? 402 00:23:25,708 --> 00:23:28,058 MALECKI: We're making every effort. 403 00:23:28,145 --> 00:23:30,539 Now I know you're going to wanna go home, 404 00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:32,759 get some rest, get something to eat. 405 00:23:32,846 --> 00:23:35,762 So they've arranged for you to have this. 406 00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:38,417 If there's any change in Bob's condition, 407 00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:42,203 the hospital will contact you immediately. 408 00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:44,161 STEVENS: You know what it is, don't you? 409 00:23:46,729 --> 00:23:50,385 Are you going to tell me what's really going on here? 410 00:23:50,472 --> 00:23:55,564 MALECKI: Bob was exposed to a bacteria called bacillus anthracis. 411 00:23:55,651 --> 00:23:57,087 Anthrax. 412 00:23:57,174 --> 00:23:58,698 I'm very sorry, Mrs. Stevens. 413 00:24:00,830 --> 00:24:06,140 STEVENS: Oh. When did you all know? 414 00:24:06,227 --> 00:24:09,622 MALECKI: We had some indications yesterday, but we wanted confirmation. 415 00:24:09,709 --> 00:24:12,407 If, if we'd been wrong, it wouldn't have been fair. 416 00:24:12,494 --> 00:24:14,757 STEVENS: He's my husband! 417 00:24:14,844 --> 00:24:16,890 MALECKI: I understand what you must be feeling. 418 00:24:16,977 --> 00:24:19,458 But the information was limited to a small circle of people. 419 00:24:22,504 --> 00:24:25,507 Well, I, I thought it only right that you know before 420 00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:27,770 everyone else finds out. 421 00:24:27,857 --> 00:24:30,207 STEVENS: Everyone else? 422 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:32,993 THOMPSON [over TV]: Uh, the Centers for Disease Control has just 423 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,780 confirmed the diagnosis of anthrax in a patient in a Florida hospital. 424 00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:39,956 REPORTER [over TV]: We were given, from what you to know, 425 00:24:40,043 --> 00:24:42,829 is there any reason to believe this is a result of terror? 426 00:24:42,916 --> 00:24:45,614 THOMPSON [over TV]: It appears that this is just an isolated case. 427 00:24:45,701 --> 00:24:47,442 There's no evidence of terrorism. 428 00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:49,357 RYKER: Hi, Mom. 429 00:24:49,444 --> 00:24:50,750 Hey listen, I just wanted to call and let you know that 430 00:24:50,837 --> 00:24:51,925 I'm not gonna be able to make it to 431 00:24:52,012 --> 00:24:53,622 dinner tomorrow night, uh, 432 00:24:53,709 --> 00:24:56,364 or to Devon's game. 433 00:24:56,451 --> 00:24:58,453 WOMAN [over phone]: Oh! He's really gonna miss you cheering in those stands. 434 00:24:58,540 --> 00:25:01,891 WOMAN: You know, you have really stepped up with his dad away. 435 00:25:01,978 --> 00:25:03,850 RYKER: Will you fill in for me? 436 00:25:03,937 --> 00:25:05,591 WOMAN [over phone]: Of course! Is everything okay? 437 00:25:05,678 --> 00:25:06,809 RYKER: I'm just in the middle of something at work. 438 00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:08,289 WOMAN: God, you work so hard. 439 00:25:08,376 --> 00:25:09,812 Always have. 440 00:25:09,899 --> 00:25:11,248 RYKER: But listen, uh, I gotta go, uh, 441 00:25:11,335 --> 00:25:12,423 I gotta catch a plane to Florida. 442 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:14,861 I'll call you when I get... 443 00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:16,471 WOMAN [over phone]: Florida? Is that about that anthrax thing? 444 00:25:16,558 --> 00:25:18,517 RYKER: How did you know? 445 00:25:18,604 --> 00:25:20,997 WOMAN [over phone]: The guy is talking about it on TV. 446 00:25:21,084 --> 00:25:23,522 THOMPSON [over TV]: The information that we have surging that 447 00:25:23,609 --> 00:25:25,567 this took place in the State of Florida. 448 00:25:25,654 --> 00:25:28,178 RYKER: I'll call you back, okay? 449 00:25:28,265 --> 00:25:31,878 THOMPSON [over TV]: Information that the State of Florida has released. 450 00:25:31,965 --> 00:25:35,272 We have our CDC officials there on the ground and 451 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:36,665 they're going to go through, uh, 452 00:25:36,752 --> 00:25:38,798 the last couple of weeks. 453 00:25:38,885 --> 00:25:41,322 We've also dispatched people from CDC to North Carolina to 454 00:25:41,409 --> 00:25:42,323 the communities that... 455 00:25:42,410 --> 00:25:44,107 CLEMONS: Dammit! 456 00:25:44,194 --> 00:25:46,588 They couldn't give us a few more hours lead time? 457 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:49,591 THOMPSON [over TV]: Investigating with the FBI all known places. 458 00:25:49,678 --> 00:25:52,420 CLEMONS: Okay, well, get what you can before every news van 459 00:25:52,507 --> 00:25:54,683 in the state descends on us. 460 00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:56,729 BROKAW: This soon after 9/11? 461 00:25:56,816 --> 00:25:58,295 Seems early to rule out terrorism. 462 00:25:58,382 --> 00:26:00,036 All right. 463 00:26:00,123 --> 00:26:01,255 They specifically mentioned an inhalation case. 464 00:26:01,342 --> 00:26:02,996 O'CONNOR: Mm-hmm. 465 00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:04,693 BROKAW: What other forms of infection are there? 466 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:07,609 And symptoms, beyond those that mimic the flu? 467 00:26:07,696 --> 00:26:10,656 I need odds of recovery, history of outbreaks. 468 00:26:10,743 --> 00:26:12,092 Everything you can get me, 469 00:26:12,179 --> 00:26:13,659 especially if it involves Al Qaeda. 470 00:26:13,746 --> 00:26:16,052 O'CONNOR: Yes, Mr. Brokaw. 471 00:26:16,139 --> 00:26:18,141 THOMPSON [over TV]: We don't know that at this point in time. 472 00:26:18,228 --> 00:26:20,100 That's entirely possible. 473 00:26:20,187 --> 00:26:23,799 We do know that he drank water out of a stream, uh, 474 00:26:23,886 --> 00:26:25,540 when he was traveling to... 475 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:27,977 IVINS: Oh, yeah it had to be inhalation anthrax. 476 00:26:28,064 --> 00:26:29,979 Yessiree. 477 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:32,286 Because somehow, my advanced background in science has not 478 00:26:32,373 --> 00:26:37,639 afforded me the ability to distinguish between inhaling and drinking. 479 00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:39,728 Any sixth grader can tell you, 480 00:26:39,815 --> 00:26:42,688 you can't get inhalation anthrax from sipping creek water! 481 00:26:42,775 --> 00:26:44,864 HALL: Bruce, I think you've got a future in politics. 482 00:26:44,951 --> 00:26:47,083 KURZ: Or stand-up. 483 00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:48,607 IVINS: Doesn't it drive you crazy hearing this kind of malarkey? 484 00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:50,347 KURZ: It shocks you that the politicals on 485 00:26:50,434 --> 00:26:52,175 the Hill confused their facts? 486 00:26:52,262 --> 00:26:53,829 HALL: Chances of only one person coming down with an 487 00:26:53,916 --> 00:26:56,136 inhalation case are slim to none. 488 00:26:56,223 --> 00:26:58,660 IVINS: You are absolutely correct, Jody. 489 00:26:58,747 --> 00:27:02,011 "Jodyness is next to godliness." 490 00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:04,884 We are of one mind. 491 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. 492 00:27:09,976 --> 00:27:11,804 Unless he's a total hermit. 493 00:27:11,891 --> 00:27:13,370 THOMPSON [over TV]: Very aggressive. 494 00:27:13,457 --> 00:27:15,459 And I wanna point out once again, 495 00:27:15,546 --> 00:27:18,811 this is an isolated case, and it's not contagious. 496 00:27:24,077 --> 00:27:30,866 ♪ ♪ 497 00:27:33,173 --> 00:27:35,523 IVINS: Hey, did someone just pass you guys in the hallway? 498 00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:37,220 OFFICER: No, didn't see anyone. 499 00:27:37,307 --> 00:27:38,874 IVINS: Really? 500 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:47,796 ♪ ♪ 501 00:27:56,370 --> 00:28:03,203 ♪ ♪ 502 00:28:20,350 --> 00:28:21,917 MALECKI: Jean Malecki. 503 00:28:22,004 --> 00:28:23,614 Palm Beach County Health Department. 504 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,442 RYKER: Matthew Ryker, FBI Hazardous Materials. 505 00:28:25,529 --> 00:28:28,141 MALECKI: I'm over here. 506 00:28:28,228 --> 00:28:29,925 RYKER: Any change in Stevens' condition? 507 00:28:30,012 --> 00:28:31,622 MALECKI: He's in a coma. 508 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,015 Don't quite know how to tell his wife 509 00:28:33,102 --> 00:28:34,930 he's not likely to come out of it. 510 00:28:35,017 --> 00:28:37,019 That press conference didn't help things. 511 00:28:37,106 --> 00:28:38,934 RYKER: Well, the White House was just trying to get out 512 00:28:39,021 --> 00:28:40,980 in front of the press vultures to curb public panic. 513 00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:42,155 MALECKI: Good luck with that these days. 514 00:28:42,242 --> 00:28:43,243 RYKER: Yeah. 515 00:28:43,330 --> 00:28:44,723 Is Stevens on Cipro? 516 00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:46,855 MALECKI: As soon as he was admitted, 517 00:28:46,942 --> 00:28:49,510 but the infection was pretty advanced by the time he came in. 518 00:28:49,597 --> 00:28:51,468 I'll have you there in 30. 519 00:28:51,555 --> 00:28:53,122 RYKER: We're going to the hospital? 520 00:28:53,209 --> 00:28:55,821 MALECKI: We need to check on Stevens. 521 00:28:55,908 --> 00:28:58,388 And CDC's already testing everything at his home. 522 00:28:58,475 --> 00:29:00,739 RYKER: They're not gonna find anything. 523 00:29:00,826 --> 00:29:03,524 I need you to drop me at this address. 524 00:29:03,611 --> 00:29:05,395 MALECKI: Leisure Village? 525 00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:07,267 RYKER: I looked into Bob Stevens. 526 00:29:07,354 --> 00:29:08,834 There's absolutely nothing in his background that would 527 00:29:08,921 --> 00:29:11,837 make him a target for anything. 528 00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:14,013 Except that he works at AMI Publishing. 529 00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,536 You know, those tabloids, 530 00:29:15,623 --> 00:29:17,190 The Sun, The National Inquirer. 531 00:29:17,277 --> 00:29:19,975 We found a connection between AMI and 532 00:29:20,062 --> 00:29:22,151 two of the 9/11 hijackers. 533 00:29:22,238 --> 00:29:24,153 MALECKI: You think this is Al Qaeda? 534 00:29:25,894 --> 00:29:29,637 [doorbell rings] 535 00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:31,030 RYKER: Afternoon. 536 00:29:31,117 --> 00:29:32,509 I'm Special Agent Matthew Ryker. 537 00:29:32,596 --> 00:29:35,295 Am I speaking with Gloria Irish? 538 00:29:35,382 --> 00:29:38,515 GLORIA: Mike! They're back again! 539 00:29:38,602 --> 00:29:40,256 RYKER: Just to confirm, you're the realtor who helped with 540 00:29:40,343 --> 00:29:43,042 the apartment rental for al-Shehhi and al-Ghamdi? 541 00:29:43,129 --> 00:29:45,566 GLORIA: I had no idea what they were planning. 542 00:29:45,653 --> 00:29:47,220 MIKE: Come on in. 543 00:29:47,307 --> 00:29:49,222 But we told the other FBI agents everything 544 00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:50,789 three weeks ago. 545 00:29:53,748 --> 00:29:55,141 RYKER: Did you ever mention your husband to 546 00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:57,578 either al-Shehhi or al-Ghamdi? 547 00:29:57,665 --> 00:29:58,666 GLORIA: I'm sorry, I don't understand... 548 00:29:58,753 --> 00:30:00,581 MIKE: I never met them. 549 00:30:00,668 --> 00:30:02,931 GLORIA: Uh, I don't know. 550 00:30:03,018 --> 00:30:06,326 I, I might've mentioned him. 551 00:30:06,413 --> 00:30:08,023 RYKER: While you were talking, 552 00:30:08,110 --> 00:30:09,546 did you ever mention where your husband worked? 553 00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:11,984 MIKE: Could you tell us what's going on? 554 00:30:12,071 --> 00:30:14,638 RYKER: Bob Stevens worked for you at AMI. 555 00:30:14,725 --> 00:30:17,728 MIKE: Is this about the anthrax business in the news, 556 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,730 thought they said he caught it outdoors? 557 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:22,733 RYKER: Oh, well, they may have jumped the gun. 558 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,344 Did you know the two terrorists had a 559 00:30:24,431 --> 00:30:26,563 subscription to the National Inquirer? 560 00:30:26,650 --> 00:30:28,652 And the number of photos of Bin Laden your paper put on 561 00:30:28,739 --> 00:30:31,090 its front page may have prompted the attack? 562 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:35,181 You might have been the target. 563 00:30:35,268 --> 00:30:36,878 GLORIA: Oh my God! 564 00:30:36,965 --> 00:30:39,446 RYKER: Have you received any threats recently? 565 00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:41,361 Terrorists love publicity. 566 00:30:41,448 --> 00:30:43,189 They want everyone to know whenever they're responsible. 567 00:30:43,276 --> 00:30:44,581 MIKE: No. Nothing. 568 00:30:44,668 --> 00:30:46,670 I'd remember a threat like that. 569 00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:49,673 RYKER: Have any other employees called out sick this past week? 570 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,240 MIKE: Let me make a call. 571 00:30:58,508 --> 00:30:59,901 Yeah, Frank. Hi, it's Mike. 572 00:30:59,988 --> 00:31:01,685 Can you tell me if any one of... 573 00:31:01,772 --> 00:31:03,165 GLORIA: I just keep thinking what if I had noticed 574 00:31:03,252 --> 00:31:05,385 something about those men? 575 00:31:05,472 --> 00:31:07,996 RYKER: Well, none of us ever wants to see the worst in people. 576 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:10,042 MIKE: Yup. It's still there. 577 00:31:10,129 --> 00:31:13,219 Yeah. Okay. Bye. 578 00:31:16,178 --> 00:31:17,614 One guy is out today. 579 00:31:17,701 --> 00:31:19,486 First sick day in seven years. 580 00:31:19,573 --> 00:31:21,140 Ernesto Blanco. 581 00:31:22,619 --> 00:31:29,061 ♪ ♪ 582 00:31:32,847 --> 00:31:34,631 [grunts] 583 00:31:34,718 --> 00:31:35,719 [coughing] 584 00:31:35,806 --> 00:31:36,764 [bell rings] 585 00:31:36,851 --> 00:31:41,551 [coughing] 586 00:31:41,638 --> 00:31:45,860 [throwing up] 587 00:31:56,958 --> 00:32:00,092 [tires screeching] 588 00:32:06,011 --> 00:32:08,143 CLEMONS: You Agent Ryker? RYKER: Clemons? 589 00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:09,492 We spoke in June. 590 00:32:09,579 --> 00:32:10,885 CDC Infectious Diseases, right? 591 00:32:10,972 --> 00:32:13,583 CLEMONS: Epidemic Intelligence. 592 00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:15,716 RYKER: They were supposed to send you here an hour ago. 593 00:32:15,803 --> 00:32:17,239 CLEMONS: We're in the middle of swabbing the Stevens's place... 594 00:32:17,326 --> 00:32:18,371 RYKER: I know, that's gonna come up clean. 595 00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:19,938 CLEMONS: How do you know? 596 00:32:20,025 --> 00:32:21,374 RYKER: Because we found a second worker. 597 00:32:21,461 --> 00:32:23,245 This one passed out on a city bus. 598 00:32:23,332 --> 00:32:24,812 Went to the hospital a few hours ago, 599 00:32:24,899 --> 00:32:26,466 symptoms point to anthrax. 600 00:32:26,553 --> 00:32:28,294 And since I doubt that both Bob Stevens and 601 00:32:28,381 --> 00:32:30,949 Ernesto Blanco tracked anthrax into this building... 602 00:32:31,036 --> 00:32:32,254 CLEMONS: The source of the infection is inside. 603 00:32:32,341 --> 00:32:33,995 RYKER: We need to find it. 604 00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:36,955 Not just how, but whoever the hell is behind it. 605 00:32:37,042 --> 00:32:39,827 Remind your team that everything here is evidence. 606 00:32:39,914 --> 00:32:41,350 Anyone evacuate the staff? 607 00:32:41,437 --> 00:32:42,961 CLEMONS: Not yet. RYKER: Okay. 608 00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:44,353 CLEMONS: Hey, hey, whoa, whoa. 609 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:45,615 No one knows what's hot in there. 610 00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:46,965 We shouldn't take any chances. 611 00:32:47,052 --> 00:32:48,357 I got a suit for you around back. 612 00:32:48,444 --> 00:32:50,272 RYKER: I've had all three shots. 613 00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:52,013 And every minute that staff is inside is another minute 614 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:53,623 that they could be exposed. 615 00:32:55,277 --> 00:32:57,018 MILLS: Mine's from Cindy Crawford's stalker. 616 00:32:57,105 --> 00:32:58,498 Yours any better? 617 00:32:58,585 --> 00:33:00,935 Hey, Steph, what's in your goody-bag? 618 00:33:01,022 --> 00:33:02,415 DAILEY: Oh. 619 00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:07,594 Oh, it's from Jason. 620 00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:09,726 He has this thing for sending me mix CDs. 621 00:33:09,813 --> 00:33:11,380 He promised me he'd get me an iPod so 622 00:33:11,467 --> 00:33:12,816 I don't have to lug this baby around anymore. 623 00:33:12,903 --> 00:33:14,296 [phones ringing] 624 00:33:14,383 --> 00:33:15,819 RYKER: May I have your attention! 625 00:33:15,906 --> 00:33:18,735 My name is Special Agent Ryker, FBI. 626 00:33:18,822 --> 00:33:21,695 For your safety, I need everyone to stand and 627 00:33:21,782 --> 00:33:23,871 calmly exit the building. 628 00:33:23,958 --> 00:33:25,916 Leave everything on your desks. 629 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:28,223 Do not take purses, glasses, pens. 630 00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:30,617 Everything stays. 631 00:33:30,704 --> 00:33:32,097 MILLS: Oh, my God. 632 00:33:32,184 --> 00:33:33,489 DAILEY: Do you think this is about Bob? 633 00:33:33,576 --> 00:33:34,708 MILLS: Probably. DAILEY: Oh, man. 634 00:33:34,795 --> 00:33:35,970 Okay. Let's go. 635 00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:37,363 RYKER: No need to be alarmed. 636 00:33:37,450 --> 00:33:38,973 This is a precautionary measure. 637 00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:43,238 [overlapping chatter] 638 00:33:43,325 --> 00:33:46,241 [camera clicking] 639 00:33:46,328 --> 00:33:49,157 WOMAN: I got it over here. 640 00:33:49,244 --> 00:33:51,768 RYKER: Bob Stevens' mailbox is blazing. 641 00:33:51,855 --> 00:33:55,294 Definitely looking at a letter or package as a mode of attack. 642 00:33:55,381 --> 00:33:57,078 You find anything? 643 00:33:57,165 --> 00:33:58,862 CLEMONS: No mail with any powder residue. 644 00:33:58,949 --> 00:34:01,169 But the prelims show that a ventilation system above 645 00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:02,692 one desk contaminated with spores. 646 00:34:02,779 --> 00:34:04,085 RYKER: That's Stevens, yeah? 647 00:34:04,172 --> 00:34:05,347 CLEMONS: Uh, no, no, afraid not. 648 00:34:05,434 --> 00:34:07,480 Belonged to one of his clerks. 649 00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:10,048 RYKER: What's their name? 650 00:34:10,135 --> 00:34:11,658 CLEMONS: Stephanie Dailey. 651 00:34:20,754 --> 00:34:26,064 ♪ ♪ 652 00:34:26,151 --> 00:34:28,022 REPORTER [over TV]: In Florida today, 653 00:34:28,109 --> 00:34:30,198 the FBI has been scouring through the offices of a 654 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:32,505 company which publishes tabloid newspapers. 655 00:34:32,592 --> 00:34:34,333 REPORTER 2 [over TV]: Investigators are taking no chances. 656 00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:36,552 Going through decontamination as they try 657 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:38,554 to pinpoint the source of anthrax. 658 00:34:38,641 --> 00:34:40,339 REPORTER 2 [over TV]: Hundreds of AMI workers 659 00:34:40,426 --> 00:34:42,689 are being screened for signs of bacteria. 660 00:34:42,776 --> 00:34:46,823 RYKER: Yeah, we said they could invite their families in to get tested. 661 00:34:46,910 --> 00:34:48,695 Glue yourself to the health and safety manager, 662 00:34:48,782 --> 00:34:50,697 report back the second anyone tests positive. 663 00:34:50,784 --> 00:34:52,177 MOORE: You got it. 664 00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:55,267 RYKER: I need your help finding someone. 665 00:34:55,354 --> 00:34:56,920 MALECKI: You and everyone else in here. 666 00:34:57,007 --> 00:34:58,270 We're understaffed. 667 00:34:58,357 --> 00:35:00,141 We have no idea. 668 00:35:00,228 --> 00:35:02,143 RYKER: You didn't wanna run this through a hospital? 669 00:35:02,230 --> 00:35:03,797 MALECKI: If you can find one that wants to expose 670 00:35:03,884 --> 00:35:05,973 themselves with possible anthrax contamination, 671 00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:08,106 be my guest. 672 00:35:08,193 --> 00:35:11,326 Could only get a sign-off on Boca Raton's most infamous locale. 673 00:35:14,329 --> 00:35:15,852 Do the words "hanging chads" 674 00:35:15,939 --> 00:35:17,811 mean anything to you? 675 00:35:17,898 --> 00:35:19,987 RYKER: Seriously? 676 00:35:20,074 --> 00:35:22,816 This is the place they did the re-count? 677 00:35:22,903 --> 00:35:28,038 MALECKI: Name? RYKER: Stephanie Dailey. 678 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,779 I'm Special Agent Matthew Ryker. 679 00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:32,913 Can I have a word, in private? 680 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,262 DAILEY: Yeah. 681 00:35:38,092 --> 00:35:40,050 RYKER: We've been testing samples at your offices and 682 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:44,229 we found anthrax spores at your desk and the vent above it. 683 00:35:44,316 --> 00:35:45,665 DAILEY: Oh my God. 684 00:35:45,752 --> 00:35:47,014 RYKER: Why don't you take a seat? 685 00:35:49,408 --> 00:35:52,019 First of all, it doesn't mean that you have it, okay? 686 00:35:52,106 --> 00:35:54,239 [trembles] 687 00:35:54,326 --> 00:35:56,415 I just need to know whether you remember opening any packages or 688 00:35:56,502 --> 00:35:59,157 letters with a white powder inside. 689 00:35:59,244 --> 00:36:03,030 DAILEY: Um, we publish The Sun and The Enquirer. 690 00:36:03,117 --> 00:36:04,988 We always get kooky mail. 691 00:36:05,075 --> 00:36:06,120 RYKER: Well, this would've been a week ago, 692 00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:07,774 two at the most. 693 00:36:09,515 --> 00:36:14,041 DAILEY: Um, yeah, okay, I remember one package. 694 00:36:14,128 --> 00:36:18,524 It was another proposal to J-Lo and maybe had a Star of David 695 00:36:18,611 --> 00:36:20,874 in it and some white stuff like baby powder. 696 00:36:20,961 --> 00:36:22,441 RYKER: Okay, what did you do with that package? 697 00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:25,008 - I need to find it. - DAILEY: It's gone. 698 00:36:25,095 --> 00:36:26,401 RYKER: Well, even if it went into the trash, I have a team of... 699 00:36:26,488 --> 00:36:28,621 DAILEY: No, I mean, it's gone, gone. 700 00:36:28,708 --> 00:36:31,711 We, we get all kinds of hate mail and 701 00:36:31,798 --> 00:36:35,410 alien hunters and too much trash, 702 00:36:35,497 --> 00:36:37,151 so they started to burn it. 703 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:39,414 AMI, they just incinerate all their mail. 704 00:36:43,723 --> 00:36:46,856 Is, um, is Bob gonna die? 705 00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:50,208 I heard on the local news that it could be engineered 706 00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:51,600 to resist penicillin. 707 00:36:51,687 --> 00:36:53,776 RYKER: None of us have said that. 708 00:36:53,863 --> 00:36:56,779 But just as a precaution, we will start you on an 709 00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:58,085 antibiotic called Cipro, 710 00:36:58,172 --> 00:36:59,129 same as Bob. 711 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:00,392 DAILEY: Cipro. 712 00:37:00,479 --> 00:37:01,915 RYKER: It's a newer drug, 713 00:37:02,002 --> 00:37:03,003 so if the anthrax has been weaponized, 714 00:37:03,090 --> 00:37:04,265 this will knock it out. 715 00:37:04,352 --> 00:37:06,746 RYKER: Okay? DAILEY: Okay. 716 00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:08,965 RYKER: I know this is scary. 717 00:37:09,052 --> 00:37:10,706 But I really think you're gonna be fine. 718 00:37:13,056 --> 00:37:14,841 DAILEY: Thank, thank you. 719 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:27,201 [pager buzzing] 720 00:37:27,288 --> 00:37:28,289 CASEY: Hey, you okay, mom? 721 00:37:28,376 --> 00:37:33,555 [pager buzzing] 722 00:37:33,642 --> 00:37:36,515 [pager buzzing] 723 00:37:39,779 --> 00:37:43,957 STEVENS: No, no, no. 724 00:37:44,044 --> 00:37:48,091 [crying] 725 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:59,973 [crying] 726 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:03,672 [crying] 727 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:26,478 ♪ ♪ 728 00:38:32,832 --> 00:38:34,399 BROKAW [over TV]: In tragic news, 729 00:38:34,486 --> 00:38:36,314 we've just learned that Photo Editor, 730 00:38:36,401 --> 00:38:40,013 Robert Stevens has died from his anthrax exposure, 731 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,885 the victim of what now looks to be a targeted attack on 732 00:38:42,972 --> 00:38:45,279 the media giant AMI. 733 00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:47,455 A tragic loss of life. 734 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:49,457 A senseless attack. 735 00:38:49,544 --> 00:38:52,242 BROKAW: Our thoughts are with the family of Robert Stevens. 736 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,593 Meanwhile, another AMI employee, 737 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,161 Ernesto Blanco is in stable condition. 738 00:38:58,248 --> 00:39:01,600 And the biggest question still looming tonight, 739 00:39:01,687 --> 00:39:04,646 who's behind this deadly attack and 740 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,431 will they strike again? 741 00:39:16,484 --> 00:39:22,316 ♪ ♪ 742 00:39:22,403 --> 00:39:24,623 That's Nightly News for this Thursday. 743 00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:27,843 I'm Tom Brokaw and I'll see you again tomorrow night. 744 00:39:32,892 --> 00:39:34,372 Thanks. 745 00:39:34,459 --> 00:39:36,461 Here you go, boy, there you go. 746 00:39:36,548 --> 00:39:39,072 [knocking] 747 00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:48,037 Erin? What's wrong? 748 00:39:48,124 --> 00:39:49,909 O'CONNOR: I was doing the research you asked for anthrax 749 00:39:49,996 --> 00:39:54,914 and I don't think AMI was the only media attack. 750 00:39:55,001 --> 00:39:57,090 BROKAW: What do you mean? 751 00:39:57,177 --> 00:39:59,397 O'CONNOR: The doctor thought it was just a spider bite, but... 752 00:40:05,228 --> 00:40:07,230 COPAK [over phone]: This is now a murder investigation! 753 00:40:07,317 --> 00:40:08,841 COPAK: Domestic terrorism. 754 00:40:08,928 --> 00:40:11,321 CDC, they got no business getting in our way. 755 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:13,759 COPAK [over phone]: Get them out of there! 756 00:40:13,846 --> 00:40:15,500 RYKER: We're only gonna make things worse if we piss on our territory, sir. 757 00:40:15,587 --> 00:40:17,502 Let's give them a day, we're working fine down here. 758 00:40:17,589 --> 00:40:19,504 COPAK [over phone]: Ry, Ryker, stop! 759 00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:21,723 We all know this didn't come from someone's pet llama. 760 00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:22,811 You called it! 761 00:40:22,898 --> 00:40:24,596 It's an attack. 762 00:40:24,683 --> 00:40:27,555 COPAK: If it falls under Operation Noble Eagle now. 763 00:40:27,642 --> 00:40:29,514 This is Bush's baby and 764 00:40:29,601 --> 00:40:31,211 he'll be watching this closely. 765 00:40:31,298 --> 00:40:33,561 I need you to catch who did this. 766 00:40:33,648 --> 00:40:35,520 Bureau needs it, you got it? 767 00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:38,914 RYKER: Yup. 768 00:40:40,829 --> 00:40:46,444 [waves crashing] 769 00:40:48,141 --> 00:40:50,186 CLEMONS: You can't lock us out! 770 00:40:50,273 --> 00:40:53,059 I had a team on the ground before you clowns even got here! 771 00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:56,018 You're not gonna get away with this. 772 00:40:59,152 --> 00:41:01,328 Shut out of my own investigation! 773 00:41:01,415 --> 00:41:02,677 Are you freaking kidding me? 774 00:41:02,764 --> 00:41:04,723 RYKER: Yeah. CDC's off the case. 775 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:06,376 It wasn't my call. 776 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,161 CLEMONS: Well, no, you're just enforcing it. 777 00:41:08,248 --> 00:41:10,946 You know, the samples your little windbreaker buddies 778 00:41:11,033 --> 00:41:12,513 just collected were sent to our labs. 779 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,210 I assume you're gonna want the results. 780 00:41:14,297 --> 00:41:15,777 RYKER: So you're gonna hold our samples hostage? 781 00:41:17,257 --> 00:41:22,088 Come on, look. Come here. 782 00:41:22,175 --> 00:41:25,352 We both know that the CDC doesn't get into criminal cases, right? 783 00:41:27,789 --> 00:41:30,444 Have you eaten today? 784 00:41:30,531 --> 00:41:32,794 Come on, I know a place. 785 00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:36,319 Come on. 786 00:41:38,104 --> 00:41:42,021 ♪ ♪ 787 00:41:42,108 --> 00:41:44,327 Well, if you ask me, it feels like we're just doubling down 788 00:41:44,414 --> 00:41:47,200 on the very same mistakes that led to all this. 789 00:41:47,287 --> 00:41:49,071 We never learn. 790 00:41:49,158 --> 00:41:52,684 CLEMONS: All these agencies jockeying for position. 791 00:41:52,771 --> 00:41:56,601 RYKER: FBI, CIA, everyone's so focused on each other. 792 00:41:58,690 --> 00:42:00,779 We let the wolves slip into the backdoor. 793 00:42:03,172 --> 00:42:06,262 CLEMONS: And now everything is under the microscope. 794 00:42:06,349 --> 00:42:09,352 Press will dig up all those red flags. 795 00:42:09,439 --> 00:42:10,876 Don't envy you guys. 796 00:42:10,963 --> 00:42:12,094 RYKER: Well, we could tell everybody. 797 00:42:12,181 --> 00:42:14,575 [laughs] 798 00:42:14,662 --> 00:42:17,970 How many times we've stopped the bad guy. 799 00:42:18,057 --> 00:42:19,449 Every day, I mean, 800 00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:22,670 thousands of lives we keep safe. 801 00:42:25,151 --> 00:42:26,979 Still. 802 00:42:31,287 --> 00:42:32,550 CLEMONS: A lot of pressure. 803 00:42:32,637 --> 00:42:36,945 ♪ ♪ 804 00:42:37,032 --> 00:42:40,601 RYKER: There were these two guys on one of the planes, 805 00:42:40,688 --> 00:42:41,863 and their son with them, 806 00:42:41,950 --> 00:42:43,299 three years old. 807 00:42:46,085 --> 00:42:49,479 And I can't get this picture out of my head. 808 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:54,310 That moment when you realize what's actually happening that 809 00:42:54,397 --> 00:42:56,443 you wanna keep your son safe... 810 00:42:59,011 --> 00:43:00,969 but there's nothing you can do. 811 00:43:08,368 --> 00:43:10,022 [clears throat] 812 00:43:14,896 --> 00:43:18,291 CLEMONS: You got kids? RYKER: No. 813 00:43:18,378 --> 00:43:21,337 I got a nephew and a niece. 814 00:43:21,424 --> 00:43:22,948 My nephew's already jaded. 815 00:43:23,035 --> 00:43:24,471 [laughs] 816 00:43:26,908 --> 00:43:28,867 I can't blame him. 817 00:43:28,954 --> 00:43:30,564 I just wanna be someone he can look up to, 818 00:43:30,651 --> 00:43:32,740 not just another useless suit. 819 00:43:37,223 --> 00:43:38,833 Hey, I shouldn't be telling you this, 820 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,141 but the results came back. 821 00:43:44,578 --> 00:43:47,146 It's Ames. 822 00:43:47,233 --> 00:43:48,582 CLEMONS: Ames strain? 823 00:43:52,455 --> 00:43:55,067 That hasn't appeared in decades. 824 00:43:55,154 --> 00:43:57,330 I didn't think it existed outside of high-security research labs. 825 00:43:57,417 --> 00:43:59,027 RYKER: It doesn't. 826 00:44:03,858 --> 00:44:10,604 ♪ ♪ 827 00:44:13,215 --> 00:44:17,045 [keyboard clicking] 828 00:44:32,278 --> 00:44:33,496 [door slams] 829 00:44:43,463 --> 00:44:48,468 ♪ ♪ 830 00:44:48,555 --> 00:44:50,775 [door opens] 831 00:44:50,862 --> 00:44:52,124 [door closes] 832 00:45:07,617 --> 00:45:09,141 [door opens] 833 00:45:21,283 --> 00:45:28,116 ♪ ♪ 834 00:45:39,519 --> 00:45:46,047 ♪ ♪ 835 00:45:56,101 --> 00:46:02,760 [breathing heavily] 836 00:46:08,504 --> 00:46:09,767 [locks door] 837 00:46:16,251 --> 00:46:17,862 DIANE: Hi, hon. 838 00:46:17,949 --> 00:46:19,733 Just beat the worst of the rain it looks like. 839 00:46:19,820 --> 00:46:21,169 There's a big storm coming. 840 00:46:21,256 --> 00:46:23,302 IVINS: Oh, yeah. 841 00:46:23,389 --> 00:46:24,956 AMANDA: Hi, dad. IVINS: Hey, baby. 842 00:46:27,741 --> 00:46:29,656 Sorry I'm so late. 843 00:46:29,743 --> 00:46:31,266 DIANE: Everything okay at the lab? 844 00:46:31,353 --> 00:46:34,052 IVINS: Yeah, you know, just more of the same. 845 00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:37,969 - Hey, buddy. - ANDREW: Hey, dad. 846 00:46:38,056 --> 00:46:39,492 IVINS: You heard about the anthrax scare? 847 00:46:39,579 --> 00:46:41,711 DIANE: Oh, that poor man and his wife. 848 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:43,148 It's just awful. 849 00:46:43,235 --> 00:46:45,715 IVINS: I know. I'm gonna head down. 850 00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:47,021 DIANE: Oh, okay. I'll turn off the oven. 851 00:46:47,108 --> 00:46:48,980 It's meatloaf. 852 00:46:49,067 --> 00:46:50,633 Just nuke it for two minutes when you're hungry, okay? 853 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:51,939 IVINS: Okay. Will do. 854 00:47:09,304 --> 00:47:16,094 ♪ ♪ 855 00:47:35,330 --> 00:47:40,727 ♪ ♪ 856 00:47:40,814 --> 00:47:44,035 [lights buzzing] 857 00:47:57,135 --> 00:47:58,745 [gun clicks] 858 00:48:01,356 --> 00:48:08,015 [gunfire] 859 00:48:13,716 --> 00:48:15,936 [music plays through credits]. 860 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:47,272 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.