1 00:00:12,909 --> 00:00:15,643 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 2 00:00:16,409 --> 00:00:18,443 (SCRAPING) 3 00:00:21,343 --> 00:00:23,876 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 4 00:00:34,143 --> 00:00:35,476 TOM BEASLEY: If our civilization, 5 00:00:35,543 --> 00:00:36,576 the lights go off 6 00:00:36,643 --> 00:00:38,609 and the lights never come back on, 7 00:00:38,676 --> 00:00:41,476 for all intents and purposes, it's going back to dust, 8 00:00:41,543 --> 00:00:44,243 we will turn it back into the Stone Age eventually. 9 00:00:44,709 --> 00:00:46,209 Um... 10 00:00:46,276 --> 00:00:50,109 Because without that power this lifestyle stops. 11 00:00:50,209 --> 00:00:52,676 And you will be back working with clay. 12 00:00:52,743 --> 00:00:56,543 You will be back dealing with one of these. (LAUGHS) 13 00:00:56,609 --> 00:00:59,543 ♪ (ROUSING SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 14 00:01:04,709 --> 00:01:07,376 SALLY MOORE: I happen to be on a year 2000 project 15 00:01:07,443 --> 00:01:09,376 for the company that I work for 16 00:01:09,443 --> 00:01:11,343 in making sure that their systems 17 00:01:11,409 --> 00:01:13,576 are going to make it across the millennium. 18 00:01:13,643 --> 00:01:14,676 (CLICKS TONGUE) 19 00:01:16,143 --> 00:01:19,143 We just can't get it all and so... 20 00:01:19,209 --> 00:01:20,243 INTERVIEWER: And so you're here? 21 00:01:20,308 --> 00:01:21,808 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. 22 00:01:26,009 --> 00:01:28,243 ♪ (MUSIC TURNS UPBEAT) ♪ 23 00:01:36,109 --> 00:01:38,308 JIM WATKINS: Computer buffs have known about it for years, 24 00:01:38,376 --> 00:01:40,876 but the rest of us, well, we're just finding out 25 00:01:40,943 --> 00:01:42,443 about a glitch you might say 26 00:01:42,509 --> 00:01:44,243 in the way most computers are programmed. 27 00:01:44,308 --> 00:01:45,476 There could be a meltdown 28 00:01:45,543 --> 00:01:48,676 when we cross from the year 1999 into 2000. 29 00:01:48,743 --> 00:01:50,609 And even if you don't own a computer, 30 00:01:50,676 --> 00:01:52,876 this is going to affect you in a big way. 31 00:01:52,943 --> 00:01:55,743 ♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 32 00:01:57,709 --> 00:01:59,409 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 33 00:01:59,476 --> 00:02:01,143 COMMUNITY MEMBER: I feel like it could be the beginning 34 00:02:01,209 --> 00:02:02,809 of the end of the world. 35 00:02:02,876 --> 00:02:05,009 I feel like our days could be numbered. 36 00:02:05,076 --> 00:02:06,943 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 37 00:02:07,009 --> 00:02:08,843 I feel like nuclear bombs could go off, 38 00:02:08,908 --> 00:02:11,809 nuclear plants could melt down, we could suffer famine. 39 00:02:11,876 --> 00:02:14,676 And I don't wanna go through this alone. 40 00:02:14,743 --> 00:02:18,209 ♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 41 00:02:20,576 --> 00:02:21,709 (INAUDIBLE) 42 00:02:28,676 --> 00:02:30,009 (GUNSHOT) 43 00:02:30,843 --> 00:02:32,509 LEONARD NIMOY: Y2K. 44 00:02:32,576 --> 00:02:36,709 How can we prepare individually? How can we work together? 45 00:02:36,776 --> 00:02:41,009 And how can we, humankind, utilize Y2K 46 00:02:41,076 --> 00:02:43,409 as an opportunity to look at ourselves, 47 00:02:43,476 --> 00:02:45,376 to analyze where we've been, 48 00:02:45,443 --> 00:02:48,643 and to adjust our sights for the future. 49 00:02:48,709 --> 00:02:51,743 ♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 50 00:03:36,176 --> 00:03:37,943 ♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ 51 00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:40,409 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) 52 00:03:45,909 --> 00:03:47,209 STAFFER: Watch your feet, watch your feet, 53 00:03:47,276 --> 00:03:48,343 watch the cable. 54 00:03:53,509 --> 00:03:54,543 (CAMERA BEEPS) 55 00:03:56,976 --> 00:03:58,309 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 56 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,843 CAMERAMAN: Thank you, both. 57 00:04:03,909 --> 00:04:06,809 -CAMERAMAN: Thank you. -Now, you go on up, go on up. 58 00:04:06,876 --> 00:04:08,143 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -And, uh... 59 00:04:08,243 --> 00:04:09,676 STAFFER: Yeah. That's okay. Yeah. This is good. 60 00:04:09,743 --> 00:04:10,709 This is good. 61 00:04:10,776 --> 00:04:13,309 BILL CLINTON: Today in California 62 00:04:13,376 --> 00:04:18,409 we are installing six million feet... 63 00:04:18,476 --> 00:04:23,776 Six million feet of computer cables and plugs. 64 00:04:23,843 --> 00:04:25,409 We are putting the future 65 00:04:25,476 --> 00:04:28,343 at the fingertips of your children. 66 00:04:28,409 --> 00:04:30,543 All of you know that the information 67 00:04:30,609 --> 00:04:32,343 and technology explosion 68 00:04:32,409 --> 00:04:33,709 will offer to you 69 00:04:33,776 --> 00:04:36,443 and to the young people of the future, 70 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:38,343 more opportunities and challenges 71 00:04:38,409 --> 00:04:42,009 than any generations of Americans has ever seen. 72 00:04:42,109 --> 00:04:44,343 (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) 73 00:04:45,809 --> 00:04:47,209 RON BROWN: (ON CALL) Good morning, Mr. President. 74 00:04:47,276 --> 00:04:49,643 AL GORE: Come down, you can see it on the camera there. (LAUGHS) 75 00:04:49,709 --> 00:04:51,476 RON: Good morning, Mr. Vice President. 76 00:04:51,543 --> 00:04:53,143 -CLINTON: Morning, Ron. -GORE: Hey, Mr. Secretary. 77 00:04:53,209 --> 00:04:54,543 -STAFFER: Oh, hold on. -(MOUSE CLICKS) 78 00:04:54,609 --> 00:04:56,643 -STAFFER: So now you can say it. -CLINTON: Good morning, Ron. 79 00:04:57,909 --> 00:04:59,443 GORE: How's it going there, Ron? 80 00:04:59,509 --> 00:05:01,443 (INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER) 81 00:05:01,509 --> 00:05:03,843 STAFFER: We gotta wait for them to send back audio. 82 00:05:03,909 --> 00:05:05,943 Takes a few seconds here. Come on. 83 00:05:07,776 --> 00:05:10,776 RON: It's great here. We're at Freeport Elementary School. 84 00:05:10,843 --> 00:05:12,576 We got a fully wired school 85 00:05:12,643 --> 00:05:14,643 hooked into the information superhighway 86 00:05:14,709 --> 00:05:16,509 just like you, Mr. President, 87 00:05:16,609 --> 00:05:18,576 the vice president promised to be. 88 00:05:18,643 --> 00:05:21,343 You know, the vice president and I... 89 00:05:21,409 --> 00:05:24,476 have communications like this, uh, 90 00:05:24,543 --> 00:05:26,576 at the Pentagon with all of our military leaders 91 00:05:26,643 --> 00:05:27,709 around the world. 92 00:05:27,776 --> 00:05:29,509 I'm really glad to see that you've got 93 00:05:29,576 --> 00:05:32,076 this kind of communication for education. 94 00:05:32,143 --> 00:05:34,875 If more people can communicate directly like this 95 00:05:34,943 --> 00:05:37,343 and look at each other face to face, 96 00:05:37,409 --> 00:05:40,076 that will, I think, reduce the need 97 00:05:40,143 --> 00:05:43,176 for military confrontation. I think it'll bring 98 00:05:43,243 --> 00:05:44,576 people together all over the world. 99 00:05:44,643 --> 00:05:48,576 And it's really exciting to see us here looking at you 100 00:05:48,676 --> 00:05:50,576 and have this conversation. 101 00:05:50,676 --> 00:05:53,109 I hope you all are as excited about it as we are. 102 00:05:53,176 --> 00:05:55,576 RON: Everybody's excited here, Mr. President. 103 00:05:55,643 --> 00:05:56,776 Why don't we give a big cheer 104 00:05:56,843 --> 00:05:58,943 and let's show him how excited we are, all right? 105 00:05:59,009 --> 00:06:01,576 (VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENTS APPLAUDING) 106 00:06:01,643 --> 00:06:04,809 ♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 107 00:06:29,143 --> 00:06:31,309 SHOPPER 1: I like this, does it-- 108 00:06:31,375 --> 00:06:33,176 -SHOPPER 2: Top of the range. -SHOPPER 1: Does it? Let's see. 109 00:06:33,243 --> 00:06:34,276 Car cord. 110 00:06:34,343 --> 00:06:35,509 SHOPPER 2: I can take it in the car! 111 00:06:35,576 --> 00:06:36,709 SHOPPER 1: Three-inch screen. 112 00:06:37,375 --> 00:06:38,643 SHOPPER 2: I like this one, hun. 113 00:06:38,709 --> 00:06:40,609 SHOPPER 1: It can do batteries too. 114 00:06:40,676 --> 00:06:42,076 SHOPPER 3: You mean you can take a movie 115 00:06:42,143 --> 00:06:43,443 and they'll put it on the hard drive 116 00:06:43,509 --> 00:06:44,776 and you can show it back. 117 00:06:44,843 --> 00:06:45,909 EMPLOYEE: Mm-hmm. Yeah. 118 00:06:45,976 --> 00:06:47,276 -Oh, c'mon. -EMPLOYEE Yeah, yeah. 119 00:06:47,343 --> 00:06:48,875 There it is right here. 120 00:06:48,943 --> 00:06:50,176 (SHOPPER 4 LAUGHS) 121 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,709 (INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER) 122 00:06:51,776 --> 00:06:53,209 SHOPPER 3: You guys, Bill, cut it all out. 123 00:06:53,276 --> 00:06:55,375 -SHOPPER 4: You cut it. -(ALL LAUGH) 124 00:07:01,176 --> 00:07:03,376 STEVE JOBS: We humans are tool builders 125 00:07:03,443 --> 00:07:06,676 and we can fashion tools that amplify 126 00:07:06,743 --> 00:07:08,743 these inherent abilities that we have 127 00:07:08,809 --> 00:07:12,576 to spectacular magnitudes. And so for me, 128 00:07:12,643 --> 00:07:15,776 a computer has always been a bicycle of the mind. 129 00:07:15,843 --> 00:07:17,843 Something that takes us far beyond 130 00:07:17,909 --> 00:07:19,676 our inherent abilities. 131 00:07:19,743 --> 00:07:21,743 (BOTH LAUGH) 132 00:07:27,609 --> 00:07:31,809 PETER JENNINGS: Microsoft will be the most powerful company 133 00:07:31,875 --> 00:07:34,375 in the 21st century. Do you see that? 134 00:07:34,443 --> 00:07:36,143 No, I really don't. 135 00:07:36,209 --> 00:07:39,109 Uh, we're a company that makes tools. 136 00:07:39,176 --> 00:07:43,375 But so many people are dependent on those tools. 137 00:07:43,443 --> 00:07:45,009 No, they're not dependent on us. 138 00:07:45,076 --> 00:07:46,576 Once they have those things... (CHUCKLES) 139 00:07:46,643 --> 00:07:48,143 -(JENNINGS LAUGHS) -...they can use them 140 00:07:48,209 --> 00:07:49,843 and do whatever they choose. 141 00:07:54,976 --> 00:07:56,676 I think a millennia from now 142 00:07:56,743 --> 00:07:57,909 people are gonna look back and say, 143 00:07:57,976 --> 00:07:59,109 "Wow, the late 20th century 144 00:07:59,176 --> 00:08:01,709 was really a great time to be alive on this planet." 145 00:08:06,409 --> 00:08:07,976 Now that I've gone on the internet, 146 00:08:08,043 --> 00:08:10,809 I'd rather be on my computer than doing just about anything. 147 00:08:13,143 --> 00:08:14,776 JOHN PERRY BARLOW: Any human being can say 148 00:08:14,843 --> 00:08:16,943 whatever he or she wants 149 00:08:17,009 --> 00:08:18,809 and nobody can shut them up. 150 00:08:18,875 --> 00:08:20,476 It means that all of those 151 00:08:20,543 --> 00:08:22,776 wonderful things that have been gelling 152 00:08:22,843 --> 00:08:24,576 in human consciousness all this time, 153 00:08:24,643 --> 00:08:26,843 that were too far out on the fringes, 154 00:08:26,909 --> 00:08:29,676 suddenly get a chance to be part of the mix. 155 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:31,276 And I think that's a good thing. 156 00:08:38,576 --> 00:08:40,243 MAN: I think it's no accident 157 00:08:40,943 --> 00:08:43,409 that the tremendous speed 158 00:08:43,476 --> 00:08:45,743 that we're seeing and development 159 00:08:45,809 --> 00:08:48,443 of this new cyber culture 160 00:08:48,509 --> 00:08:50,243 which is evolving right in front of our eyes, 161 00:08:50,309 --> 00:08:51,876 right around this millennium time. 162 00:08:51,943 --> 00:08:53,009 Why is that? 163 00:08:53,943 --> 00:08:55,643 It's not happening by accident. 164 00:08:55,708 --> 00:08:57,876 It's the actual millennium itself 165 00:08:57,943 --> 00:09:00,509 making this happen. It's like an energy. 166 00:09:01,576 --> 00:09:02,609 It's like a magnet 167 00:09:02,676 --> 00:09:05,443 that the closer you get to it the more it speeds up. 168 00:09:05,509 --> 00:09:07,043 It's almost like a black hole. 169 00:09:07,109 --> 00:09:10,176 So as you hit it right on the year 2000, 170 00:09:10,243 --> 00:09:13,743 the culture is moving at almost maximum speed. 171 00:09:13,809 --> 00:09:17,776 I want to get online. I need a computer! 172 00:09:23,676 --> 00:09:26,276 As ironies go, add this to the list. 173 00:09:26,343 --> 00:09:28,943 Computers that can handle millions of numbers a minute 174 00:09:29,009 --> 00:09:32,708 may spend years stymied by a single one, 175 00:09:32,776 --> 00:09:35,343 the date of the year 2000. 176 00:09:35,409 --> 00:09:37,843 It's a problem called the Millennium Bug 177 00:09:37,909 --> 00:09:40,009 and it will be biting soon. 178 00:09:40,076 --> 00:09:41,576 We can't see the electronic calendar 179 00:09:41,676 --> 00:09:43,376 inside a computer, but if we could, 180 00:09:43,476 --> 00:09:45,208 it would look something like this. 181 00:09:45,276 --> 00:09:47,676 The first two digits of the year, the 19, 182 00:09:47,743 --> 00:09:49,376 are assumed by the computer, 183 00:09:49,443 --> 00:09:52,409 chiseled in stone as far as its memory is concerned. 184 00:09:52,476 --> 00:09:56,708 To save precious storage space, only the last two digits change. 185 00:09:56,776 --> 00:10:00,609 So when the year 1999 ends, virtually all computer calendars 186 00:10:00,676 --> 00:10:02,643 are going to flip over to the next year, 187 00:10:02,709 --> 00:10:05,976 which the computers will read as 1900. 188 00:10:07,509 --> 00:10:08,943 Our systems are broken. 189 00:10:12,509 --> 00:10:14,543 And they're going to fall asunder 190 00:10:14,609 --> 00:10:16,709 when you start entering into them, 191 00:10:16,776 --> 00:10:18,809 data from the 21st century. 192 00:10:20,143 --> 00:10:23,109 There is no debate about that anymore. 193 00:10:23,176 --> 00:10:24,743 REPORTER: Peter de Jager calls himself 194 00:10:24,809 --> 00:10:26,609 a computer age Paul Revere, 195 00:10:26,676 --> 00:10:28,909 trotting all over the globe to warn companies 196 00:10:28,976 --> 00:10:31,243 and governments that "the zeros are coming, 197 00:10:31,309 --> 00:10:32,509 the zeros are coming." 198 00:10:32,576 --> 00:10:33,976 INTERVIEWER: We won't be in a situation, 199 00:10:34,043 --> 00:10:37,343 will we or will we, where cities virtually grind 200 00:10:37,409 --> 00:10:39,743 to a halt on that January 1? 201 00:10:39,809 --> 00:10:43,309 If we don't fix the programs, that's what happens. 202 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:45,476 Now you're asking me to predict the future. 203 00:10:45,543 --> 00:10:48,776 If everybody listens to us, we'll bypass this. 204 00:10:48,876 --> 00:10:50,476 If everybody starts working on it, 205 00:10:50,543 --> 00:10:53,309 focuses all their energies, we will bypass it. 206 00:10:53,376 --> 00:10:55,276 What you have just communicated to me 207 00:10:55,343 --> 00:10:57,143 is that half this room has no better 208 00:10:57,208 --> 00:10:58,376 than a 50 percent chance 209 00:10:58,443 --> 00:11:00,443 of delivering this project on time. 210 00:11:00,509 --> 00:11:03,576 Do you understand that? Do you realize that? 211 00:11:06,609 --> 00:11:10,009 ♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 212 00:11:10,076 --> 00:11:13,209 In 1977, I started as an operator with IBM. 213 00:11:13,276 --> 00:11:15,343 First day on the job, I noticed that our systems 214 00:11:15,409 --> 00:11:16,543 were using two-digit years. 215 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:17,843 When I brought it up to management, 216 00:11:17,909 --> 00:11:19,443 management said, "Don't worry about it, 217 00:11:19,509 --> 00:11:24,043 it isn't gonna happen for another 23 years, so relax." 218 00:11:24,109 --> 00:11:25,109 I did. 219 00:11:28,043 --> 00:11:30,109 In 1989, 220 00:11:30,176 --> 00:11:33,543 I saw a show, Connections with James Burke. 221 00:11:33,609 --> 00:11:36,409 And the first show was about how in 1965 222 00:11:36,476 --> 00:11:38,543 the entire Skyline went black 223 00:11:38,609 --> 00:11:40,909 because of one single electrical switch. 224 00:11:45,276 --> 00:11:47,476 NEWSREEL NARRATOR: It can't happen here, well it did. 225 00:11:48,543 --> 00:11:51,443 And the question asked by 25 million people 226 00:11:51,509 --> 00:11:54,509 living in the affected area of 80,000 square miles 227 00:11:54,576 --> 00:11:56,976 was simply, how could it happen? 228 00:11:59,409 --> 00:12:01,509 And no one had an immediate answer. 229 00:12:05,109 --> 00:12:08,009 It was that single device failing, 230 00:12:08,076 --> 00:12:10,243 -causing this huge effect. -(CLICKS) 231 00:12:12,443 --> 00:12:15,443 PETER DE JAGER: That made me realize that the year 2000 problem, 232 00:12:15,509 --> 00:12:16,609 these date calculations 233 00:12:16,676 --> 00:12:18,776 in every one of these organizations, 234 00:12:18,843 --> 00:12:20,676 would have a similar impact. 235 00:12:26,609 --> 00:12:28,143 ♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ 236 00:12:28,543 --> 00:12:32,543 (ALARM BLARING) 237 00:12:32,609 --> 00:12:34,809 So if we all know there's gonna be this giant problem 238 00:12:34,876 --> 00:12:36,208 and exactly when it's going to happen, 239 00:12:36,276 --> 00:12:37,676 why on earth can't we fix it? 240 00:12:37,743 --> 00:12:40,876 -Here's ABC's Gina Smith. -Just how big is the problem? 241 00:12:40,943 --> 00:12:43,708 Well, imagine someone told you you had to find and replace 242 00:12:43,776 --> 00:12:45,576 every bolt in the Brooklyn Bridge. 243 00:12:45,643 --> 00:12:47,509 That's daunting, but doable. 244 00:12:47,576 --> 00:12:49,076 -Now imagine you have to find... -(HELICOPTER THRUMS) 245 00:12:49,143 --> 00:12:51,943 ...and replace every bolt in every bridge in the world, 246 00:12:52,009 --> 00:12:54,309 and you only have 21 months to do it. 247 00:12:54,376 --> 00:12:57,243 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 248 00:12:58,708 --> 00:13:00,009 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 249 00:13:00,909 --> 00:13:02,609 Computers talk to one another, 250 00:13:02,709 --> 00:13:06,576 information is transferred from one system to another. 251 00:13:06,643 --> 00:13:10,476 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 252 00:13:12,743 --> 00:13:15,076 KEN RUSSELL: And if one computer doesn't understand 253 00:13:15,143 --> 00:13:16,443 the change of date, 254 00:13:16,509 --> 00:13:19,009 then other computers are affected by that. 255 00:13:24,776 --> 00:13:27,776 What Y2K is about really is the pervasiveness 256 00:13:27,843 --> 00:13:28,976 of computer technology, 257 00:13:29,043 --> 00:13:30,843 information processing technology, 258 00:13:30,909 --> 00:13:33,076 in our everyday lives. 259 00:13:33,143 --> 00:13:35,509 And personal computers are really the least of it. 260 00:13:35,609 --> 00:13:38,276 It's the big fragile systems, the brittle systems 261 00:13:38,343 --> 00:13:40,609 that are most vulnerable. 262 00:13:40,676 --> 00:13:43,676 Things like power, electric communications, 263 00:13:43,743 --> 00:13:46,309 air traffic control, banking. 264 00:13:47,343 --> 00:13:48,376 MARK KINGWELL: These are the things 265 00:13:48,443 --> 00:13:51,208 that we don't think about because they're invisible. 266 00:13:51,276 --> 00:13:53,576 They're transparent in our daily interactions. 267 00:13:53,643 --> 00:13:55,743 But they are in fact computer systems. 268 00:14:00,376 --> 00:14:01,976 It's not just the computer systems 269 00:14:02,043 --> 00:14:03,109 that are interconnected. 270 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,776 It's the economies of the countries 271 00:14:04,843 --> 00:14:07,176 and the individual businesses that are interconnected. 272 00:14:07,243 --> 00:14:08,876 You can have a company like General Motors 273 00:14:08,976 --> 00:14:12,176 that has been working very, very hard on this issue, 274 00:14:12,243 --> 00:14:14,643 but they're dependent upon tiers of suppliers. 275 00:14:14,709 --> 00:14:17,343 And if you can't get the widget that goes into the seat 276 00:14:17,409 --> 00:14:18,976 that goes into the car, 277 00:14:19,043 --> 00:14:20,876 their assembly line is gonna stop. 278 00:14:25,409 --> 00:14:27,243 It's almost like a nightmare. 279 00:14:27,309 --> 00:14:29,409 Uh, literally science fiction. 280 00:14:29,476 --> 00:14:32,208 Computers which control defense missile systems. 281 00:14:32,276 --> 00:14:35,343 Computers which control public transportation systems 282 00:14:35,409 --> 00:14:36,843 are at risk for failure. 283 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:40,043 -(MONITOR BEEPING) -♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 284 00:14:40,109 --> 00:14:42,143 But this is much worse than we thought 285 00:14:42,243 --> 00:14:45,009 because billions of computer chips out there 286 00:14:45,076 --> 00:14:47,976 have a time sequence as part of their programs. 287 00:14:48,043 --> 00:14:51,176 Imagine how many things are now run with computer chips 288 00:14:51,243 --> 00:14:52,543 and are connected 289 00:14:52,609 --> 00:14:55,276 to so many other things run by computer chips. 290 00:14:56,943 --> 00:15:01,176 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC BUILDS) ♪ 291 00:15:05,943 --> 00:15:09,009 -♪ (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY) ♪ -(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 292 00:15:15,976 --> 00:15:19,809 It seems unbelievable, but it's only 535 days from now. 293 00:15:20,709 --> 00:15:21,976 At the stroke of midnight, 294 00:15:22,043 --> 00:15:24,376 when we will usher in a new year, 295 00:15:24,443 --> 00:15:27,343 a new century, a new millennium. 296 00:15:28,576 --> 00:15:31,876 It is a complex test that requires us all 297 00:15:31,943 --> 00:15:33,809 to work together. 298 00:15:33,876 --> 00:15:36,009 Every government agency, every university, 299 00:15:36,076 --> 00:15:39,476 every hospital, every business large and small, 300 00:15:40,143 --> 00:15:42,276 with millions of hours needed 301 00:15:42,343 --> 00:15:45,309 to rewrite billions of lines of code 302 00:15:45,376 --> 00:15:49,009 and hundreds of thousands of interdependent organizations. 303 00:15:49,109 --> 00:15:50,376 This is clearly one of the most 304 00:15:50,443 --> 00:15:53,643 complex management challenges in history. 305 00:15:55,543 --> 00:15:58,309 More than anything else, the year 2000 problem 306 00:15:58,376 --> 00:16:03,009 has revealed how interconnected and interdependent 307 00:16:03,076 --> 00:16:04,443 we have become. 308 00:16:05,109 --> 00:16:06,176 Earlier this year, 309 00:16:06,243 --> 00:16:09,109 the president established the President's Council 310 00:16:09,176 --> 00:16:13,276 on the Year 2000 Conversion and appointed John Koskinen 311 00:16:13,343 --> 00:16:18,109 to head up this effort, having been a part of the effort 312 00:16:18,176 --> 00:16:19,743 to persuade him to come back... 313 00:16:19,809 --> 00:16:21,443 (CHUCKLES) ...out of retirement and take this on, 314 00:16:21,543 --> 00:16:22,976 I wanna really lay it on thick 315 00:16:23,076 --> 00:16:24,209 because he's really... (CHUCKLES) 316 00:16:24,276 --> 00:16:26,376 -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING) -He's done a great job. 317 00:16:26,443 --> 00:16:29,209 Why don't you stand up, John, we appreciate what you're doing. 318 00:16:29,276 --> 00:16:30,309 (CHUCKLES) 319 00:16:30,376 --> 00:16:33,843 ♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 320 00:16:40,109 --> 00:16:43,443 We are at the White House. We're here with John Koskinen. 321 00:16:43,509 --> 00:16:45,343 This is the apex of our trip. 322 00:16:46,943 --> 00:16:50,576 You've been known in papers and articles as the Y2K czar. 323 00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:51,976 How do you react to that? 324 00:16:52,043 --> 00:16:54,476 JOHN KOSKINEN: Well, I'd say, in a way, I suppose, 325 00:16:54,543 --> 00:16:57,376 of focusing on responsibility. But as I said, 326 00:16:57,476 --> 00:16:59,276 it's one of the world's great bag holding jobs. 327 00:16:59,343 --> 00:17:00,709 If it all goes well, nobody will care. 328 00:17:00,776 --> 00:17:02,043 And if it doesn't go well, they'll say 329 00:17:02,109 --> 00:17:03,976 -what was the name of that guy? -Who was that czar? 330 00:17:04,043 --> 00:17:06,043 Has to be a fair amount of pressure, though, you must admit 331 00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:07,208 when the president says, 332 00:17:07,276 --> 00:17:08,343 "Okay, you're my guy to do this." 333 00:17:09,309 --> 00:17:10,376 Not only is it getting 334 00:17:10,443 --> 00:17:11,876 the government itself up to speed, 335 00:17:11,943 --> 00:17:14,575 it's the nation... how to inform the people. 336 00:17:14,642 --> 00:17:16,609 -♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 337 00:17:16,676 --> 00:17:19,208 We're still a ways away from the end of next year 338 00:17:19,276 --> 00:17:21,708 and we don't know how much work is actually gonna get done. 339 00:17:21,776 --> 00:17:23,708 All you can say for sure right now 340 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:25,043 is that there's potential 341 00:17:25,109 --> 00:17:27,309 for significant disruptions around the world. 342 00:17:27,376 --> 00:17:29,443 But also there are a lot of people working very hard 343 00:17:29,543 --> 00:17:30,876 to avoid that problem. 344 00:17:30,943 --> 00:17:33,776 Uh, so at this stage, all you can do is make guesses 345 00:17:33,843 --> 00:17:37,209 or very broad-based estimates about what might happen. 346 00:17:37,276 --> 00:17:38,709 Uh, but I think at this point, 347 00:17:38,776 --> 00:17:40,609 it's very difficult to know for sure. 348 00:17:40,676 --> 00:17:43,276 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 349 00:17:47,676 --> 00:17:49,876 REPORTER 1: Four million gallons of raw sewage 350 00:17:49,943 --> 00:17:52,609 spilled out during a failed Y2K test. 351 00:17:52,676 --> 00:17:54,543 They were testing what would happen 352 00:17:54,609 --> 00:17:55,943 if the plant lost power 353 00:17:56,009 --> 00:17:59,243 once the calendar reads January 1st, 2000. 354 00:17:59,309 --> 00:18:02,509 Computer unexpectedly shut our input gate 355 00:18:02,609 --> 00:18:04,676 and didn't tell us that it did that, 356 00:18:04,743 --> 00:18:06,009 shut one of our input gates, 357 00:18:06,076 --> 00:18:07,943 and it backed up the sewer into the park. 358 00:18:11,243 --> 00:18:12,309 (WATER BURBLING) 359 00:18:15,509 --> 00:18:17,476 REPORTER 2: Regulatory reports reveal 360 00:18:17,543 --> 00:18:18,709 that early last month 361 00:18:18,776 --> 00:18:20,643 the Peach Bottom nuclear facility 362 00:18:20,709 --> 00:18:24,109 near York, Pennsylvania experienced a serious glitch 363 00:18:24,176 --> 00:18:25,943 when operators tried to fix 364 00:18:26,009 --> 00:18:27,509 a Y2K problem. 365 00:18:27,576 --> 00:18:30,309 When workers advanced clocks to the year 2000, 366 00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:32,109 both the primary and backup 367 00:18:32,176 --> 00:18:34,476 plant monitoring system computers shut down 368 00:18:34,543 --> 00:18:37,309 for seven hours, resulting in a major loss 369 00:18:37,376 --> 00:18:39,276 of emergency assessment capability, 370 00:18:39,343 --> 00:18:41,776 according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 371 00:18:41,843 --> 00:18:44,109 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 372 00:18:44,176 --> 00:18:46,009 I keep on hearing a lot of things 373 00:18:46,076 --> 00:18:50,609 that there's gonna be mass chaos and confusion in the year 2000. 374 00:18:50,676 --> 00:18:52,909 Right now I'm just studying all the facts 375 00:18:52,976 --> 00:18:55,909 and just see what companies are really prepared for. 376 00:18:55,976 --> 00:18:59,343 I just assumed in America, we'll figure it out. (CHUCKLES) 377 00:18:59,409 --> 00:19:02,976 I can't believe that in this present day and age 378 00:19:03,043 --> 00:19:05,443 with all the modern technology 379 00:19:05,509 --> 00:19:07,743 that everything's gonna collapse. 380 00:19:07,809 --> 00:19:12,543 A lot of people are gonna panic and stockpile things, not fly. 381 00:19:12,609 --> 00:19:14,209 I think it's all a hoax anyway. 382 00:19:14,276 --> 00:19:15,743 REPORTER 3: You think it's a hoax? 383 00:19:15,809 --> 00:19:19,009 I do. I think it was started by computer programmers. 384 00:19:19,076 --> 00:19:22,176 They must be working on it, are they? 385 00:19:22,243 --> 00:19:23,443 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ 386 00:19:23,509 --> 00:19:25,809 REPORTER 4: This is the real frontline, 387 00:19:25,876 --> 00:19:28,209 programmers scouring computer codes. 388 00:19:28,276 --> 00:19:30,043 -(KEYBOARD CLACKING) -(COMPUTER BEEPS) 389 00:19:30,109 --> 00:19:33,209 STEVE KROFT: And to understand exactly what they're doing, 390 00:19:33,276 --> 00:19:34,476 you have to be one. 391 00:19:34,543 --> 00:19:36,243 PROGRAMMER: It'd be a D3M because there's hyphens. 392 00:19:36,309 --> 00:19:37,443 I've got to tell you 393 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:38,609 I don't understand a word you said. 394 00:19:38,676 --> 00:19:40,343 But what you pick up immediately 395 00:19:40,409 --> 00:19:42,109 is that the process of fixing 396 00:19:42,176 --> 00:19:46,343 a single computer program is tedious and time consuming. 397 00:19:46,409 --> 00:19:47,843 Every one is unique 398 00:19:47,909 --> 00:19:50,643 and you have to go through them line by line 399 00:19:50,709 --> 00:19:54,176 to find and fix and test potential problems. 400 00:20:03,709 --> 00:20:06,876 -(TELEPHONE RINGING) -(KEYBOARD CLACKING) 401 00:20:15,043 --> 00:20:16,876 Well actually, I was gonna try to get into something 402 00:20:16,943 --> 00:20:17,976 where you can actually 403 00:20:18,043 --> 00:20:20,143 see me doing something useful here. 404 00:20:20,209 --> 00:20:22,443 (INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER) 405 00:20:22,509 --> 00:20:23,709 (WHISPERS) Let's see... 406 00:20:26,776 --> 00:20:28,943 This is a fairly straightforward case. 407 00:20:30,143 --> 00:20:35,143 Uh, it's a field in a program just called YR for year. 408 00:20:35,209 --> 00:20:37,109 And the 99 means 409 00:20:37,176 --> 00:20:39,943 it's two numeric possible values. 410 00:20:41,743 --> 00:20:44,143 So these are the kinds of things that the various tools 411 00:20:44,209 --> 00:20:46,276 that we're using help us find. 412 00:20:46,343 --> 00:20:48,309 Just about everything we do 413 00:20:48,409 --> 00:20:52,043 depends on knowing the date something happened, 414 00:20:52,109 --> 00:20:54,009 the date someone was born, 415 00:20:54,076 --> 00:20:57,509 the date they got married, the date they died, 416 00:20:57,576 --> 00:20:59,709 the date they became disabled, 417 00:20:59,776 --> 00:21:02,276 we have to worry about all those things. 418 00:21:02,343 --> 00:21:04,143 -There it is. -(KEYBOARD CLACKS) 419 00:21:04,209 --> 00:21:09,043 (INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES) 420 00:21:09,109 --> 00:21:11,409 INTERVIEWER: The whole business of the Millennium Bug 421 00:21:11,476 --> 00:21:12,676 is a bit odd, isn't it? 422 00:21:12,743 --> 00:21:15,709 We can put a tiny little machine on Mars to roam around 423 00:21:15,776 --> 00:21:17,743 and we've got a problem with a couple of digits. 424 00:21:19,009 --> 00:21:20,476 Doesn't make much sense, does it? 425 00:21:20,543 --> 00:21:22,843 (LAUGHS) I mean, who were the programming geniuses 426 00:21:22,943 --> 00:21:25,743 who decided that we only needed two digits 427 00:21:25,809 --> 00:21:26,976 instead of four. 428 00:21:27,043 --> 00:21:28,443 Programmers have been telling management 429 00:21:28,509 --> 00:21:29,543 right from the start, 430 00:21:29,609 --> 00:21:31,643 this will not work in the year 2000. 431 00:21:31,709 --> 00:21:33,409 And management said that is outside 432 00:21:33,476 --> 00:21:36,343 my six-year timeframe 433 00:21:36,409 --> 00:21:38,176 for financial analysis and, you know, 434 00:21:38,243 --> 00:21:39,809 reports to shareholders, 435 00:21:39,876 --> 00:21:41,609 so we're not going to worry about it. 436 00:21:41,676 --> 00:21:43,576 ♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 437 00:21:43,643 --> 00:21:47,109 The kind of computer power you can now get on a laptop 438 00:21:47,176 --> 00:21:50,476 used to require a system that was so large it literally 439 00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:52,876 had to be housed in its own building. 440 00:21:52,943 --> 00:21:55,909 So, the sheer expense of computing 441 00:21:56,009 --> 00:21:57,543 began to really add up. 442 00:22:11,709 --> 00:22:14,243 That's when major businesses and government institutions 443 00:22:14,309 --> 00:22:16,176 began finding ways to cut corners. 444 00:22:16,243 --> 00:22:18,509 And one of the most fateful cost-cutting measures 445 00:22:18,576 --> 00:22:20,009 was to deliberately 446 00:22:20,076 --> 00:22:23,576 leave out the first two digits of the year date. 447 00:22:23,643 --> 00:22:27,509 ♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 448 00:22:31,043 --> 00:22:33,676 (BEEPING, ECHOING BUZZING) 449 00:22:34,876 --> 00:22:37,009 DE JAGER: Using two digits rather than four 450 00:22:37,076 --> 00:22:38,909 made good economic sense. 451 00:22:38,976 --> 00:22:40,976 It was a choice, worldwide. 452 00:22:41,643 --> 00:22:43,509 Sort of like the original sin. 453 00:22:49,176 --> 00:22:50,809 BOB CRINGELY: If we dig still deeper, 454 00:22:50,876 --> 00:22:53,009 beyond the technical explanations, 455 00:22:53,076 --> 00:22:56,243 we could probably start with a name, Grace Hopper, 456 00:22:56,309 --> 00:22:58,309 coiner of the term "bug." 457 00:23:03,676 --> 00:23:04,976 GRACE HOPPER: I was very fortunate 458 00:23:05,043 --> 00:23:06,943 the Navy ordered me to the first big computer 459 00:23:07,009 --> 00:23:08,843 in the United States, Mark One at Harvard. 460 00:23:08,909 --> 00:23:11,009 How did you know so much about computers then? 461 00:23:11,076 --> 00:23:12,543 -I didn't. -How did you-- 462 00:23:12,609 --> 00:23:13,809 -It was the first one. -Yeah. 463 00:23:13,876 --> 00:23:17,743 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING) 464 00:23:18,876 --> 00:23:22,476 ♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 465 00:23:22,543 --> 00:23:25,709 GRACE: We were building Mark Two the summer of 1945. 466 00:23:25,776 --> 00:23:29,543 It was a hot summer in Cambridge and Mark Two stopped. 467 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:31,343 We finally located the failing relay. 468 00:23:31,409 --> 00:23:33,543 It was one of the big signal relays. 469 00:23:33,609 --> 00:23:35,276 And inside the relay, 470 00:23:35,376 --> 00:23:37,176 beaten to death by the relay contacts 471 00:23:37,243 --> 00:23:38,843 was a moth about this big. 472 00:23:39,809 --> 00:23:41,609 So the operator got a pair of tweezers 473 00:23:41,676 --> 00:23:43,876 and very carefully fished the moth out of the relay. 474 00:23:44,409 --> 00:23:45,709 Put it in the logbook, 475 00:23:45,776 --> 00:23:47,543 put scotch tape over it. 476 00:23:47,609 --> 00:23:50,409 And below it he wrote, "First actual bug found." 477 00:23:50,476 --> 00:23:52,176 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 478 00:23:52,243 --> 00:23:54,143 INTERVIEWER: You wrote something somewhere. 479 00:23:54,209 --> 00:23:55,443 You don't do anything in the Navy 480 00:23:55,509 --> 00:23:56,743 without a piece of paper. 481 00:23:56,809 --> 00:23:59,143 -GRACE: Mm-hmm. -They all come out of computers. 482 00:23:59,209 --> 00:24:00,809 Same thing's true with your big companies. 483 00:24:00,876 --> 00:24:03,109 If those computers stopped, this whole country 484 00:24:03,176 --> 00:24:04,709 would come to a screeching halt. 485 00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:06,009 GRACE: Mm-hmm. 486 00:24:06,076 --> 00:24:08,943 People are scared of computers, just as I can remember. 487 00:24:09,043 --> 00:24:10,576 There were people who were scared to death 488 00:24:10,643 --> 00:24:11,676 of telephones. 489 00:24:12,776 --> 00:24:13,976 Wouldn't go near them. 490 00:24:16,709 --> 00:24:19,576 There were people who thought gas light was safe, 491 00:24:19,643 --> 00:24:22,176 but electric light wasn't very safe. 492 00:24:22,243 --> 00:24:24,843 We've always gone through this with every change. 493 00:24:24,909 --> 00:24:28,276 ♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 494 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:42,009 Fulfilling absolute decree in casual simplicity. 495 00:24:42,109 --> 00:24:44,776 ♪ (MUSIC TURNS UPBEAT) ♪ 496 00:24:50,376 --> 00:24:53,043 MAN: All of this is designed to free men and women 497 00:24:53,109 --> 00:24:56,276 from the drudgery and monotony of pushing paper. 498 00:24:59,776 --> 00:25:02,409 JOBS: Certainly not a 1984-ish vision at all. 499 00:25:02,476 --> 00:25:04,309 Uh, it's just gonna be very gradual 500 00:25:04,376 --> 00:25:06,176 and very human and will seduce you 501 00:25:06,243 --> 00:25:07,543 into learning how to use it. 502 00:25:10,443 --> 00:25:13,176 NARRATOR 1: In just two decades, the speed of computers 503 00:25:13,243 --> 00:25:15,476 has improved over 100 times. 504 00:25:18,043 --> 00:25:20,043 NARRATOR 2: At the core of our society, 505 00:25:20,109 --> 00:25:24,443 a world of accelerating change, irreversible change. 506 00:25:28,509 --> 00:25:30,809 NARRATOR 3: For just as the Industrial Revolution 507 00:25:30,876 --> 00:25:33,476 replaced man's muscles as an economic asset, 508 00:25:33,543 --> 00:25:34,943 so the computer threatens 509 00:25:35,009 --> 00:25:37,509 to make valueless the menial mentality. 510 00:25:41,743 --> 00:25:43,076 NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000, 511 00:25:43,143 --> 00:25:45,009 computers will invade our privacy, 512 00:25:45,076 --> 00:25:48,709 on a scale hardly imaginable. They will be interconnected 513 00:25:48,776 --> 00:25:51,043 and unless prevented by new legislation, 514 00:25:51,109 --> 00:25:53,143 will be able to sell information. 515 00:25:55,243 --> 00:25:58,143 Everybody knows what's happening in every part of the world 516 00:25:58,209 --> 00:25:59,509 within seconds. 517 00:25:59,576 --> 00:26:03,409 And it's affecting every part of our lives. 518 00:26:03,476 --> 00:26:04,876 It's something-- We can't get away from it. 519 00:26:04,943 --> 00:26:06,576 I think we will have to just... 520 00:26:06,643 --> 00:26:09,076 I don't know, I don't know what's gonna happen. 521 00:26:09,143 --> 00:26:13,076 TV HOST: It is, ironically, that we're too well-informed, 522 00:26:13,143 --> 00:26:14,576 we know too much. 523 00:26:15,109 --> 00:26:16,876 We've lost forever, 524 00:26:16,943 --> 00:26:20,009 the opportunity to live in innocence 525 00:26:20,076 --> 00:26:23,709 about how our society works, or doesn't work. 526 00:26:26,243 --> 00:26:28,009 TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us closer together 527 00:26:28,076 --> 00:26:29,809 or will it drive us further apart? 528 00:26:29,876 --> 00:26:32,609 It's gonna do both, ironically. 529 00:26:32,676 --> 00:26:34,676 It can bring the world closer together, 530 00:26:34,743 --> 00:26:37,476 but you can also use it to avoid human contact. 531 00:26:40,309 --> 00:26:42,376 MAN: We have become very, very dependent 532 00:26:42,443 --> 00:26:44,376 on computer technology. 533 00:26:44,443 --> 00:26:46,743 We are going to be stress tested 534 00:26:46,809 --> 00:26:48,876 by the year 2000 problem. 535 00:26:48,943 --> 00:26:52,176 ♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 536 00:27:01,943 --> 00:27:04,743 (KEYBOARD CLACKING) 537 00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:27,109 ♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ 538 00:27:32,109 --> 00:27:35,309 NIMOY: How could the omission of two simple digits 539 00:27:35,376 --> 00:27:37,643 affect the destiny of all humankind? 540 00:27:37,709 --> 00:27:38,809 ♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 541 00:27:38,876 --> 00:27:42,309 Y2K? What does it mean? 542 00:27:42,376 --> 00:27:46,076 How will it affect you, your family, your community, 543 00:27:46,543 --> 00:27:47,543 your nation, 544 00:27:48,143 --> 00:27:49,143 our world? 545 00:27:51,976 --> 00:27:56,343 In a very real way, we're all responsible for Y2K. 546 00:27:56,409 --> 00:27:59,076 And there's no one to blame, morally or otherwise. 547 00:27:59,143 --> 00:28:01,776 We've all benefited from the technologies 548 00:28:01,876 --> 00:28:03,509 which have improved our lives. 549 00:28:03,576 --> 00:28:05,109 And we have therefore encouraged 550 00:28:05,176 --> 00:28:07,343 those same technologies to develop 551 00:28:07,409 --> 00:28:10,043 at ever more accelerated rates. 552 00:28:10,109 --> 00:28:13,309 And yes, perhaps we are now realizing 553 00:28:13,376 --> 00:28:15,609 that we've taken them a bit for granted 554 00:28:15,676 --> 00:28:17,276 and have indeed become too dependent 555 00:28:17,343 --> 00:28:20,143 upon the by-products of our collective innovations. 556 00:28:24,309 --> 00:28:27,076 How fragile do we now find ourselves 557 00:28:27,143 --> 00:28:29,876 before the juggernaut of our own inventions. 558 00:28:33,076 --> 00:28:37,676 However, our individual and collective response to Y2K 559 00:28:37,743 --> 00:28:41,543 is actually far more important than Y2K itself. 560 00:28:47,009 --> 00:28:49,609 -♪ (DREAMY MUSIC FADES) ♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 561 00:28:57,743 --> 00:29:02,176 We know that Y2K is not about computers alone. 562 00:29:02,243 --> 00:29:04,309 Y2K is about connection. 563 00:29:04,809 --> 00:29:05,809 And it's a metaphor 564 00:29:05,876 --> 00:29:07,676 for us being connected with each other. 565 00:29:09,176 --> 00:29:10,609 This group started with a group of people 566 00:29:10,676 --> 00:29:11,709 who got together and said, 567 00:29:11,776 --> 00:29:14,743 "Well, what can we do to promote community preparedness 568 00:29:14,809 --> 00:29:17,243 for Y2K and beyond?" 569 00:29:17,309 --> 00:29:19,943 "What do we do to create the kind of community 570 00:29:20,009 --> 00:29:22,009 that America is known for?" 571 00:29:22,076 --> 00:29:25,976 Those small communities where you walk down the street, 572 00:29:26,043 --> 00:29:29,143 you say, "Hi, how are you, Stalone?" 573 00:29:29,209 --> 00:29:30,376 "How you doing Bill?" 574 00:29:30,443 --> 00:29:33,409 "How you doing, Suzie? Good to see you again, Jim." 575 00:29:33,476 --> 00:29:35,676 We all know that we've got a community like that. 576 00:29:35,743 --> 00:29:37,276 ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 577 00:29:37,343 --> 00:29:39,543 COMMUNITY LEADER: Mother Teresa once said that America 578 00:29:39,609 --> 00:29:41,676 was the loneliest country in the world 579 00:29:41,776 --> 00:29:44,909 and it's because we don't have community anymore. 580 00:29:44,976 --> 00:29:45,976 And if... 581 00:29:47,043 --> 00:29:48,609 if this is what comes out of this 582 00:29:48,676 --> 00:29:50,643 and there isn't a problem, 583 00:29:50,709 --> 00:29:53,009 but we've learned how to work together. 584 00:29:53,776 --> 00:29:54,976 I don't think that's... (SCOFFS) 585 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:58,443 You know, I don't think that's a waste, um, 586 00:29:58,509 --> 00:30:01,776 'cause I know a lot of us feel that the way we've been living 587 00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:03,609 isn't totally satisfying. 588 00:30:03,676 --> 00:30:07,043 So, I think personally, Y2K is more of a catalyst 589 00:30:07,109 --> 00:30:08,109 of a lot of things 590 00:30:08,176 --> 00:30:10,276 that's been going on for a long time. 591 00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:13,509 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 592 00:30:14,976 --> 00:30:16,809 COMMUNITY MEMBER: If I have my supply of food, 593 00:30:16,909 --> 00:30:19,909 but the people next to me don't have food, 594 00:30:19,976 --> 00:30:21,709 it's not gonna serve me well. 595 00:30:21,776 --> 00:30:24,176 So everybody has to be provided for. 596 00:30:24,243 --> 00:30:26,043 So that's why I think it's a collective problem, 597 00:30:26,109 --> 00:30:27,076 it's a social problem. 598 00:30:27,143 --> 00:30:28,809 It's no longer a technological problem. 599 00:30:28,876 --> 00:30:30,276 It's a social problem. 600 00:30:39,643 --> 00:30:41,109 ♪ (SOFT MUSIC FADES) ♪ 601 00:30:41,176 --> 00:30:42,676 What do you guys think about all the myths 602 00:30:42,743 --> 00:30:44,476 going around about the Y2K 603 00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:46,943 as far as, like, computers shutting down? 604 00:30:47,009 --> 00:30:49,576 My perspective of it is that if man made it, 605 00:30:49,676 --> 00:30:52,343 it can fall apart. I mean, you know what I mean? 606 00:30:52,409 --> 00:30:55,143 So I think that if we do our responsibility 607 00:30:55,209 --> 00:30:56,976 of making sure that our things are safe, 608 00:30:57,043 --> 00:30:58,309 making sure that our families' things are safe 609 00:30:58,376 --> 00:31:00,276 and making sure that things in our neighborhood are compliant. 610 00:31:00,343 --> 00:31:02,976 Then if everyone did that, then we will be able to operate 611 00:31:03,043 --> 00:31:05,143 and function even if something did go wrong. 612 00:31:05,209 --> 00:31:08,143 I think it's everybody's responsibility 613 00:31:08,209 --> 00:31:09,743 to look out for everybody. 614 00:31:09,809 --> 00:31:11,743 The whole process with, you know, 615 00:31:11,809 --> 00:31:14,209 "It's Y2K, I'm gonna make sure that, 616 00:31:14,276 --> 00:31:16,543 you know, my neighborhood has a power generator, 617 00:31:16,609 --> 00:31:19,309 but, you know, that neighborhood over there. 618 00:31:19,376 --> 00:31:20,776 I don't know, that's not me. 619 00:31:20,843 --> 00:31:22,643 I don't have to worry about it, it's not my problem." 620 00:31:22,743 --> 00:31:24,909 You know? I think, you know, it's everybody's problem. 621 00:31:24,976 --> 00:31:26,643 If it's a problem at all. 622 00:31:26,709 --> 00:31:28,976 I think that our governments are paranoid 623 00:31:29,043 --> 00:31:31,043 probably just as much as any other person 624 00:31:31,109 --> 00:31:32,409 -on the street is... -Mm-hmm. 625 00:31:32,476 --> 00:31:34,209 ...because nobody knows what's gonna happen. 626 00:31:34,276 --> 00:31:35,809 Nobody knows 627 00:31:35,876 --> 00:31:38,009 what the outcome of that is gonna be. 628 00:31:38,076 --> 00:31:40,643 I hope, really, I pray 629 00:31:40,709 --> 00:31:42,976 that people don't panic, you know? 630 00:31:43,043 --> 00:31:44,409 'Cause I think-- I think panic 631 00:31:44,476 --> 00:31:46,976 is gonna be the worst problem of the Y2K. 632 00:31:47,043 --> 00:31:50,376 ♪ (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 633 00:32:15,909 --> 00:32:18,609 REPORTER: Scott Olmstead led us more than 100 miles 634 00:32:18,676 --> 00:32:19,776 into the desert. 635 00:32:29,276 --> 00:32:30,909 (ALARM BEEPING) 636 00:32:31,576 --> 00:32:34,576 (KEYPAD BEEPING) 637 00:32:34,643 --> 00:32:36,643 REPORTER: His hideaway is a secret retreat 638 00:32:36,709 --> 00:32:38,276 known only to his family. 639 00:32:39,309 --> 00:32:40,843 But Scott Olmsted is not a member 640 00:32:40,909 --> 00:32:42,876 of some fringe survivalist group. 641 00:32:42,943 --> 00:32:45,343 He's a well-paid computer programmer 642 00:32:45,409 --> 00:32:48,743 who says he's seen the potential for disaster firsthand. 643 00:32:50,476 --> 00:32:54,976 I could see a lot of crime, I could see looting and arson, 644 00:32:55,043 --> 00:32:57,676 burning, the kinds of things that happened in the LA riots. 645 00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:01,209 I could see a lot of desperate people 646 00:33:01,309 --> 00:33:02,909 who don't have food, 647 00:33:03,009 --> 00:33:04,376 maybe they don't have water, 648 00:33:04,443 --> 00:33:06,009 maybe they don't have electricity. 649 00:33:06,076 --> 00:33:09,109 Um, maybe they've lost all their savings, 650 00:33:09,176 --> 00:33:10,943 because the banks have collapsed 651 00:33:11,009 --> 00:33:13,076 or the stock market has collapsed. 652 00:33:13,143 --> 00:33:14,909 All those things are possibilities. 653 00:33:14,976 --> 00:33:17,543 ♪ (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 654 00:33:23,009 --> 00:33:25,743 SCOTT OLMSTEAD: We are making preparations for ourselves 655 00:33:25,809 --> 00:33:28,043 and for some family members. 656 00:33:28,109 --> 00:33:30,409 There is no way that we can feed 657 00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:34,976 or otherwise help, you know, dozens or hundreds of people. 658 00:33:35,076 --> 00:33:37,776 And it's just best if we not 659 00:33:37,843 --> 00:33:39,876 be put in that position of having to decide 660 00:33:39,943 --> 00:33:41,676 who comes and who stays... 661 00:33:41,743 --> 00:33:43,043 (CHUCKLES) ...and who can't come. 662 00:33:47,743 --> 00:33:48,843 ♪ (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC FADES) ♪ 663 00:33:48,909 --> 00:33:51,409 At first I thought he was really exaggerating 664 00:33:51,476 --> 00:33:55,776 and that it couldn't be as bad as he was making it out to be. 665 00:33:56,143 --> 00:33:57,309 And frankly, 666 00:33:57,376 --> 00:33:59,276 I went through all of those stages. 667 00:33:59,343 --> 00:34:02,276 I was angry. I was in denial. 668 00:34:02,343 --> 00:34:03,443 And then I realized 669 00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:06,176 once I started reading all of these things 670 00:34:06,243 --> 00:34:08,276 that were being printed from the internet 671 00:34:08,376 --> 00:34:10,242 and mainstream articles 672 00:34:10,343 --> 00:34:13,608 that there really was a problem and it wasn't going to go away. 673 00:34:13,675 --> 00:34:16,309 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 674 00:34:34,009 --> 00:34:35,643 BOBBIE BATTISTA: Ask these Y2K experts 675 00:34:35,709 --> 00:34:38,242 how much of the problem is real and how much is hype? 676 00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:39,443 Well, I think, um, 677 00:34:39,509 --> 00:34:41,776 most of what you've heard so far is real. 678 00:34:43,876 --> 00:34:45,608 WENDY MESLEY: "Worst scenario, radiation problems 679 00:34:45,675 --> 00:34:47,543 make Three Mile Island look like a picnic." 680 00:34:47,608 --> 00:34:50,209 "And likely to happen, some battlefield equipment 681 00:34:50,276 --> 00:34:51,476 is junked rather than fixed." 682 00:34:51,543 --> 00:34:52,976 WENDY: Yeah, but, I mean, the overall impression-- 683 00:34:53,043 --> 00:34:54,143 "High-tech systems get more attacks..." 684 00:34:54,209 --> 00:34:55,175 We didn't say the worst scenario. 685 00:34:55,242 --> 00:34:56,209 The worst scenario 686 00:34:56,276 --> 00:34:58,376 is what the consultants are saying. 687 00:34:58,443 --> 00:34:59,776 Joining us from Toronto, 688 00:34:59,843 --> 00:35:01,576 computer consultant Peter de Jager. 689 00:35:01,643 --> 00:35:04,476 REPORTER: Paloma O'Reilly is a computer expert. 690 00:35:04,543 --> 00:35:06,976 JONATHAN MANN: Some experts say airplanes may fall from the sky, 691 00:35:07,043 --> 00:35:09,476 the world financial system could melt down. 692 00:35:09,543 --> 00:35:11,009 Mm, I might pull out some money 693 00:35:11,076 --> 00:35:12,776 just in case the computers go down. 694 00:35:12,843 --> 00:35:13,909 (CHUCKLES) I mean, you know. 695 00:35:13,976 --> 00:35:15,409 A lot of people saying there's gonna be nothing 696 00:35:15,509 --> 00:35:17,143 that's gonna be wrong. There's a lot of people saying 697 00:35:17,209 --> 00:35:18,576 there's gonna be something wrong. 698 00:35:18,643 --> 00:35:20,609 Well, I won't be flying anytime, 699 00:35:20,676 --> 00:35:22,543 beginning of January or February. 700 00:35:22,609 --> 00:35:24,709 So I'll make sure I don't. 701 00:35:24,776 --> 00:35:25,776 -I wanna make-- -REPORTER: Why? 702 00:35:25,843 --> 00:35:26,843 Because I'm afraid. 703 00:35:26,909 --> 00:35:29,676 I just hope that-- that... 704 00:35:29,743 --> 00:35:33,676 all the nuclear stockpiles are under control. 705 00:35:33,743 --> 00:35:35,109 NEWS ANCHOR: According to a TIME/CNN poll, 706 00:35:35,176 --> 00:35:36,843 the level of concern about Y2K, 707 00:35:36,909 --> 00:35:39,643 somewhat/very concerned, 59 percent. 708 00:35:39,709 --> 00:35:41,876 Americans willing to move to a rural area, 709 00:35:41,943 --> 00:35:43,676 like you Scott, 12 percent. 710 00:35:43,743 --> 00:35:45,909 So you're mainstream, for once in your life, Scott. 711 00:35:45,976 --> 00:35:47,976 Hey, I'm not so far out as I thought. 712 00:35:48,076 --> 00:35:50,843 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 713 00:35:56,509 --> 00:35:59,209 There's so much information clutter on this whole topic. 714 00:35:59,276 --> 00:36:00,443 And it does scare people. 715 00:36:00,509 --> 00:36:02,076 "In the garage, you can't get your car started 716 00:36:02,143 --> 00:36:03,309 because its front panel detects 717 00:36:03,376 --> 00:36:04,443 that the car hasn't been serviced 718 00:36:04,509 --> 00:36:05,609 in almost a century." 719 00:36:05,676 --> 00:36:08,576 I mean, that's pretty specific. Where did that come from? 720 00:36:08,643 --> 00:36:10,976 Well, that came from de Jager actually. 721 00:36:11,043 --> 00:36:13,576 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ 722 00:36:13,643 --> 00:36:15,709 Mr. Jager, good evening, welcome to Crossfire. 723 00:36:15,776 --> 00:36:17,643 Can I ask you a personal question first? 724 00:36:17,709 --> 00:36:19,776 -Sure. -BILL PRESS: I just have to notice this. 725 00:36:19,843 --> 00:36:20,843 -I mean... -(LAUGHS) 726 00:36:20,943 --> 00:36:22,576 ...is this a doomsday tie 727 00:36:22,676 --> 00:36:23,843 -that you're wearing? -No. It's actually 728 00:36:23,909 --> 00:36:24,876 just a sense of humor. 729 00:36:24,943 --> 00:36:26,476 I mean, if you can't laugh at this, 730 00:36:26,543 --> 00:36:27,976 then we may as well all just slit our wrists. 731 00:36:28,043 --> 00:36:29,976 Well, I mean, you're like a walking billboard 732 00:36:30,043 --> 00:36:31,243 for Doomsday. 733 00:36:31,309 --> 00:36:32,509 Peter, let me ask you this. 734 00:36:32,576 --> 00:36:34,709 I mean, is... Let's be real honest here. Okay? 735 00:36:34,776 --> 00:36:36,243 I mean, I've looked a little bit into you 736 00:36:36,309 --> 00:36:39,643 and you got this book out. I mean, you got a website 737 00:36:39,709 --> 00:36:42,176 where you're selling everything from videotapes 738 00:36:42,243 --> 00:36:45,509 for 75 bucks to watches, to-- 739 00:36:45,576 --> 00:36:47,476 Maybe even to ties, I don't know, 740 00:36:47,543 --> 00:36:49,009 to handbooks dealing with this. 741 00:36:49,076 --> 00:36:51,043 I mean, you're a one-man gloom and doom industry. 742 00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:52,376 You don't want this problem to go away 743 00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:53,609 'cause you'd be out of a job. 744 00:36:53,676 --> 00:36:56,376 On the contrary, and I rej-- I really resent that. 745 00:36:56,476 --> 00:36:58,309 This has to be solved. 746 00:36:58,376 --> 00:36:59,976 What we want is for it to solve. 747 00:37:00,043 --> 00:37:02,709 What we want is for people to take this thing seriously. 748 00:37:02,776 --> 00:37:04,543 What we want is on January 1st 749 00:37:04,609 --> 00:37:06,076 for you to get me back on the show and say, 750 00:37:06,143 --> 00:37:08,376 "Peter nothing happened," and my job will be done 751 00:37:08,443 --> 00:37:10,843 and the jobs of several hundred other people. 752 00:37:10,909 --> 00:37:13,576 The reality is that the IRS, for example, 753 00:37:13,643 --> 00:37:15,476 is spending a billion dollars. 754 00:37:15,543 --> 00:37:16,676 Why are they spending that money? 755 00:37:16,743 --> 00:37:20,409 Because I'm a good speaker. Come on! Give them some credit. 756 00:37:20,476 --> 00:37:22,976 Well, I mean, I've read that you get 7,500 dollars for a speech, 757 00:37:23,043 --> 00:37:24,509 -that's more than... -DE JAGER: How much do you get? 758 00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:25,876 -Don't give me that. -...Novak and Buchanan. 759 00:37:25,943 --> 00:37:27,209 PRESS: But look at this. Here's this page, 760 00:37:27,276 --> 00:37:29,709 half a page ad that you yourself 761 00:37:29,809 --> 00:37:31,209 -took out promoting... -DE JAGER: No, no, no. 762 00:37:31,276 --> 00:37:33,043 PRESS: ...your own self in The Wall Street Journal. 763 00:37:33,109 --> 00:37:34,509 It's got your website here and everything. 764 00:37:34,576 --> 00:37:35,576 DE JAGER: Please. Let's not-- 765 00:37:35,643 --> 00:37:37,809 You're selling yourself as Dr. Doom aren't you? 766 00:37:37,876 --> 00:37:39,676 Let's get the facts right. 767 00:37:39,743 --> 00:37:41,543 Let's not do another sarin on air. 768 00:37:41,609 --> 00:37:43,409 -This was paid for by-- -PRESS: (LAUGHS) Touché. 769 00:37:43,476 --> 00:37:45,576 This was paid for by The Wall Street Journal. 770 00:37:45,643 --> 00:37:47,343 -This is not an ad I took out. -PRESS: But... But-- 771 00:37:47,409 --> 00:37:49,009 They... And they gave me a byline. 772 00:37:49,076 --> 00:37:50,476 PRESS: All your information is up here right? 773 00:37:50,543 --> 00:37:52,443 -Absolutely! -PRESS: But aren't you making a living 774 00:37:52,509 --> 00:37:53,909 -by scaring people to death? -Yes! 775 00:37:53,976 --> 00:37:56,209 I'm making a living by telling them the truth. 776 00:37:56,276 --> 00:37:57,609 Now if the truth scares them, 777 00:37:57,676 --> 00:37:59,976 -please don't shoot the messenger. -PRESS: All right. 778 00:38:00,043 --> 00:38:03,309 -(BIRDS CHIRPING) -(ROOSTER CROWING) 779 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:07,643 (COW MOOING) 780 00:38:08,476 --> 00:38:11,876 -(PIG OINKS) -(CHICKEN CLUCKS) 781 00:38:11,943 --> 00:38:14,943 (DOG PANTING) 782 00:38:15,009 --> 00:38:17,576 INTERVIEWER: Is this your outfit for Y2K? 783 00:38:17,643 --> 00:38:19,776 It sure is. I'm Farmer Jane now. 784 00:38:21,976 --> 00:38:24,209 -How you doing? -(CHICKENS CLUCKING) 785 00:38:26,609 --> 00:38:29,576 Got any eggs for me today? Let's see. 786 00:38:30,943 --> 00:38:36,276 I felt like when my congressman laughed at my inquiries, 787 00:38:36,343 --> 00:38:37,876 and the mayors 788 00:38:37,943 --> 00:38:41,543 and the local media wouldn't report it seriously, 789 00:38:42,609 --> 00:38:43,909 that it was pretty hopeless. 790 00:38:44,743 --> 00:38:46,743 Because Peter de Jager said 791 00:38:46,809 --> 00:38:50,509 that if you didn't get going in '89, 792 00:38:50,576 --> 00:38:52,043 it was gonna be hopeless. 793 00:38:53,076 --> 00:38:55,309 And so, uh... 794 00:38:55,376 --> 00:38:58,676 I put my business up for sale. 795 00:38:59,876 --> 00:39:03,809 So, it's not going to be easy for us financially 796 00:39:03,876 --> 00:39:06,243 if Year 2K doesn't happen 797 00:39:06,309 --> 00:39:09,409 because we have sold off our assets. 798 00:39:09,509 --> 00:39:14,009 But it's much more important for us to have this cash now 799 00:39:14,076 --> 00:39:16,376 and put it in our Year 2K preparations. 800 00:39:16,443 --> 00:39:18,476 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 801 00:39:22,909 --> 00:39:24,076 CANDACE TURNER: In a year from now, 802 00:39:24,143 --> 00:39:27,243 I anticipate the home will be full of the smell 803 00:39:27,309 --> 00:39:29,843 of fresh bread and the wood stove. 804 00:39:29,909 --> 00:39:33,443 We'll have some sewing to be doing, 805 00:39:33,509 --> 00:39:37,809 um, fresh eggs, the animals to feed, 806 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:41,843 and it'll be time to just really connect, 807 00:39:41,943 --> 00:39:44,709 brush up on my piano skills. 808 00:39:46,009 --> 00:39:47,643 INTERVIEWER: Do you think of yourself 809 00:39:47,709 --> 00:39:52,376 as a Y2K survivalist or... 810 00:39:53,109 --> 00:39:55,276 -In terms of Y2K? -Well, I'm-- 811 00:39:55,343 --> 00:39:58,576 I'm a grandma turned Year 2K-er 812 00:39:58,643 --> 00:40:03,943 and when I couldn't get my local community to listen, 813 00:40:04,009 --> 00:40:07,076 I found that there was thousands of people on the internet 814 00:40:07,143 --> 00:40:09,609 that wanted information about rural living. 815 00:40:09,676 --> 00:40:11,676 And so I set up a website 816 00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:15,176 and we've had thousands that have visited it, 817 00:40:15,276 --> 00:40:17,476 and we're just trying to encourage people here 818 00:40:17,543 --> 00:40:21,576 that rural living can be fun and you can make the adjustment. 819 00:40:21,643 --> 00:40:24,543 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 820 00:40:30,609 --> 00:40:32,476 You can use it with either hot water, 821 00:40:32,543 --> 00:40:34,643 you can fix it with cold water, 822 00:40:34,709 --> 00:40:36,243 or if you had to, you can even eat it raw. 823 00:40:36,309 --> 00:40:37,576 Now I don't recommend eating it raw. 824 00:40:37,643 --> 00:40:39,576 I mean, it'll... (CHUCKLES) ...it'll swell up. 825 00:40:39,643 --> 00:40:41,209 You can make anything solar, 826 00:40:41,276 --> 00:40:42,909 any flashlights, any radio you have, 827 00:40:42,976 --> 00:40:44,409 you can make it with a solar battery charger. 828 00:40:44,476 --> 00:40:46,643 -You can make anything solar. -I see. 829 00:40:49,243 --> 00:40:51,409 Um... Okay. 830 00:40:52,609 --> 00:40:54,809 -Why don't I go ahead with that. -Okay. 831 00:40:57,809 --> 00:40:59,543 SHOPPER 1: There's a lot more books being written, 832 00:40:59,609 --> 00:41:01,143 -a lot more on the internet. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 833 00:41:01,209 --> 00:41:05,376 And I think that there is a potential problem 834 00:41:05,443 --> 00:41:08,476 that might occur, and no one knows, 835 00:41:08,543 --> 00:41:10,976 but I'd rather be prepared for my family 836 00:41:11,043 --> 00:41:13,943 and if there isn't a problem then we're set. 837 00:41:14,009 --> 00:41:15,576 You know, and that's just less shopping 838 00:41:15,643 --> 00:41:16,909 I'll have to do next year. 839 00:41:16,976 --> 00:41:19,409 ♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 840 00:41:24,043 --> 00:41:26,409 ROBERT ROSKIND: In the past, these shows drew survivalists 841 00:41:26,476 --> 00:41:29,109 who were here for political or religious views 842 00:41:29,176 --> 00:41:30,376 about their survival. 843 00:41:30,443 --> 00:41:31,843 Now you're seeing a whole new group 844 00:41:31,909 --> 00:41:33,043 of people come out. 845 00:41:42,109 --> 00:41:45,276 All that Crisco makes my chicken taste oh, so good. 846 00:41:45,343 --> 00:41:47,409 Here, would anybody like a great big old lick? 847 00:41:48,109 --> 00:41:49,176 Nobody would. 848 00:41:52,243 --> 00:41:55,476 ♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 849 00:42:10,276 --> 00:42:12,076 It's not so much the computers failing, 850 00:42:12,143 --> 00:42:14,209 it's that I'm worried about what the people are gonna panic 851 00:42:14,276 --> 00:42:15,943 before the year. 852 00:42:16,009 --> 00:42:18,109 I think we're going to be the problem. 853 00:42:25,243 --> 00:42:27,209 (DART WHOOSHING) 854 00:42:27,309 --> 00:42:28,909 VENDOR: It not only brings your knife out 855 00:42:29,009 --> 00:42:30,143 in an open position, 856 00:42:30,209 --> 00:42:33,076 but also you can present your blade closed. 857 00:42:41,443 --> 00:42:43,843 This is the sheet that you need to go by very carefully 858 00:42:43,909 --> 00:42:46,376 to keep from being set up entrapped, et cetera. 859 00:42:46,443 --> 00:42:48,576 So many people already have been in America. 860 00:42:48,643 --> 00:42:51,609 -♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 861 00:42:52,876 --> 00:42:54,943 ANNOUNCER: Please welcome the godfather 862 00:42:55,009 --> 00:42:57,576 of the militia movement, Mr. John Trochmann. 863 00:42:59,409 --> 00:43:01,376 REPORTER: Trochmann is appearing at what is called 864 00:43:01,476 --> 00:43:03,309 a preparedness expo. 865 00:43:03,409 --> 00:43:05,109 It's on our videotape over there too. 866 00:43:05,176 --> 00:43:06,509 REPORTER: Distrust of the government 867 00:43:06,576 --> 00:43:09,143 has increased considerably, says Trochmann. 868 00:43:09,209 --> 00:43:11,176 JOHN TROCHMANN: The bombs of Oklahoma went off. 869 00:43:11,243 --> 00:43:14,276 For the next three months after that, we doubled in size. 870 00:43:14,343 --> 00:43:18,043 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 871 00:43:21,509 --> 00:43:23,043 (TELEPHONE LINE RINGING) 872 00:43:23,109 --> 00:43:25,209 Good morning. Militia of Montana. 873 00:43:25,276 --> 00:43:27,809 REPORTER: From this tiny office, John Trochmann 874 00:43:27,876 --> 00:43:30,376 says he and his followers are leading a revolution. 875 00:43:30,443 --> 00:43:33,576 They're now arming themselves against the federal government. 876 00:43:33,643 --> 00:43:35,109 TROCHMANN: I don't think they leave us a choice 877 00:43:35,209 --> 00:43:36,476 if they continue on like this. 878 00:43:36,543 --> 00:43:38,009 They're the ones that will bring war to us. 879 00:43:38,076 --> 00:43:40,509 We will never bring war to them, they will bring it to us. 880 00:43:45,843 --> 00:43:47,476 MAN: Promoting that kind of paranoia, 881 00:43:47,543 --> 00:43:49,643 conspiracy theory, vigilantism, 882 00:43:49,709 --> 00:43:51,976 take things into your own hands by force. 883 00:43:52,043 --> 00:43:54,976 While the leaders of it might be very sincere 884 00:43:55,043 --> 00:43:57,209 in believing that they will never be the ones 885 00:43:57,276 --> 00:43:59,476 to pull the trigger and shoot somebody. 886 00:43:59,543 --> 00:44:03,943 They nonetheless fuel the fires and create a climate 887 00:44:04,009 --> 00:44:06,443 in which some of their followers well might. 888 00:44:06,509 --> 00:44:09,709 -(GUN COCKS) -(GUNSHOTS) 889 00:44:09,776 --> 00:44:11,343 REPORTER: Some militia groups now worry 890 00:44:11,409 --> 00:44:14,076 that the US government, aided by foreign countries, 891 00:44:14,143 --> 00:44:17,643 could use the computer collapse as an excuse to grab more power. 892 00:44:17,709 --> 00:44:18,843 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC FADES) ♪ 893 00:44:18,909 --> 00:44:21,176 ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL RENDITION OF "AULD LANG SYNE" PLAYING) ♪ 894 00:44:21,643 --> 00:44:23,043 (TICKING) 895 00:44:52,143 --> 00:44:53,543 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 896 00:44:53,609 --> 00:44:57,243 -(CUCKOO) -(CLOCK CHIMING) 897 00:44:57,309 --> 00:45:00,843 Greetings folks. In the spring of 1997, 898 00:45:00,909 --> 00:45:02,643 we produced a video production called 899 00:45:02,709 --> 00:45:05,109 America's Judgments, What Lies Ahead. 900 00:45:05,176 --> 00:45:07,309 We were aware of Y2K, but at the time, 901 00:45:07,376 --> 00:45:08,776 we did not take it serious enough 902 00:45:08,843 --> 00:45:10,343 to put it in our video. 903 00:45:10,409 --> 00:45:12,143 Not until we did our own investigation 904 00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:16,076 did we realize how serious it actually could be. 905 00:45:16,143 --> 00:45:17,643 Don't take my word for it. 906 00:45:17,709 --> 00:45:20,209 Let us share with you the documentation 907 00:45:20,276 --> 00:45:21,609 that we have here. 908 00:45:21,676 --> 00:45:23,509 And you can make up your own minds. 909 00:45:23,576 --> 00:45:25,876 On December 3rd, 1998. John Koskinen, 910 00:45:25,943 --> 00:45:30,476 which is the Y2K guru for President Clinton, said, 911 00:45:30,543 --> 00:45:32,309 "In a crisis and emergency situation, 912 00:45:32,376 --> 00:45:34,109 the free market may not 913 00:45:34,176 --> 00:45:36,709 be the best way to distribute resources." 914 00:45:36,776 --> 00:45:40,643 "If there is a point in time where we have to take resources 915 00:45:40,709 --> 00:45:42,643 and make a judgment on an emergency basis, 916 00:45:42,709 --> 00:45:45,409 we will be prepared to do that." 917 00:45:45,476 --> 00:45:49,143 So folks, now that we perceive there may be a problem with Y2K 918 00:45:49,243 --> 00:45:52,209 and their dirty little tricks, 919 00:45:52,276 --> 00:45:54,343 what do you think the government is doing about it? 920 00:45:54,409 --> 00:45:56,109 Perhaps we ought to have a look. 921 00:45:56,176 --> 00:45:59,043 ♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 922 00:46:10,143 --> 00:46:11,776 We have increasing confidence 923 00:46:11,843 --> 00:46:14,476 that the basic infrastructure in the United States will hold. 924 00:46:14,543 --> 00:46:15,776 The grid will hold. 925 00:46:15,843 --> 00:46:18,176 I think major telecommunication systems will hold. 926 00:46:18,243 --> 00:46:20,076 We're increasingly confident 927 00:46:20,143 --> 00:46:21,909 that the basic infrastructure will hold. 928 00:46:22,009 --> 00:46:23,643 There's no evidence that we're gonna have 929 00:46:23,709 --> 00:46:24,843 a national catastrophe. 930 00:46:24,909 --> 00:46:25,876 Mission critical systems 931 00:46:25,943 --> 00:46:27,109 of the federal government are gonna work. 932 00:46:27,176 --> 00:46:28,809 So we're in pretty good shape. 933 00:46:28,876 --> 00:46:30,543 ♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ 934 00:46:30,609 --> 00:46:33,376 I guess I'll start off with the criticism 935 00:46:33,909 --> 00:46:35,909 from the Y2K community, 936 00:46:36,843 --> 00:46:39,309 maybe because you represent the government. 937 00:46:39,376 --> 00:46:40,476 But the criticism has been 938 00:46:40,543 --> 00:46:42,309 that you've been overly optimistic 939 00:46:42,376 --> 00:46:44,076 about your assessments. 940 00:46:44,143 --> 00:46:46,709 I think what you have to do is take with a grain of salt, 941 00:46:46,776 --> 00:46:48,409 uh, those people who are concerned about 942 00:46:48,476 --> 00:46:50,943 whether we were over optimistic or under optimistic. 943 00:46:51,009 --> 00:46:53,309 The ultimate rumor I would like to dispel 944 00:46:53,376 --> 00:46:55,276 is that somehow we have information 945 00:46:55,376 --> 00:46:57,343 in the federal government or in the President's Council 946 00:46:57,409 --> 00:46:59,243 that we're not sharing with the public. 947 00:46:59,309 --> 00:47:02,243 And there is no evidence, 948 00:47:02,309 --> 00:47:03,576 nobody's ever been able to establish 949 00:47:03,643 --> 00:47:04,876 something we know that we haven't told. 950 00:47:04,943 --> 00:47:07,909 And in fact, our strategy, for now going on to two years, 951 00:47:07,976 --> 00:47:09,243 has been to share with the public 952 00:47:09,309 --> 00:47:11,076 everything we have as we get it. 953 00:47:11,143 --> 00:47:13,109 So the-- As I said, I think the rumor 954 00:47:13,176 --> 00:47:14,876 that there's this secret information 955 00:47:14,943 --> 00:47:16,943 that we're somehow afraid to release 956 00:47:17,009 --> 00:47:18,309 is just that, a rumor. 957 00:47:18,376 --> 00:47:20,376 Do you think that on the other side, 958 00:47:20,443 --> 00:47:22,943 that there are areas or people 959 00:47:23,009 --> 00:47:27,676 that are actually contributing to panic? 960 00:47:27,743 --> 00:47:30,543 Well, there are clearly those from the start, 961 00:47:30,609 --> 00:47:32,209 over the last three to four years, 962 00:47:32,276 --> 00:47:34,043 who have, for one reason or another, 963 00:47:34,109 --> 00:47:36,009 been predicting the end of the world as we know it. 964 00:47:36,076 --> 00:47:38,709 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 965 00:47:47,609 --> 00:47:49,109 REPORTER: Surf through the internet these days 966 00:47:49,176 --> 00:47:53,576 and you keep coming across a strange new word, TEOTWAWKI. 967 00:47:53,643 --> 00:47:54,843 The word stands for 968 00:47:54,909 --> 00:47:57,243 "The End Of The World As We Know It." 969 00:48:00,876 --> 00:48:04,443 For a growing number of people, the year 2000 is not a milestone 970 00:48:04,509 --> 00:48:08,509 as much as it is a sign of some sort of impending chaos. 971 00:48:09,843 --> 00:48:11,509 LEANDER HARRIS: We're reaching a climax 972 00:48:11,576 --> 00:48:13,843 where things have become so evil 973 00:48:13,909 --> 00:48:16,943 and the world has become in such a state 974 00:48:17,009 --> 00:48:21,709 that it's ushering in the entrance of Christ. 975 00:48:21,776 --> 00:48:25,243 The last time this happened 1,000 years ago, the year 1000. 976 00:48:25,309 --> 00:48:26,843 Man, there were end of the world cults 977 00:48:26,909 --> 00:48:28,376 and all sorts of doomsday stuff 978 00:48:28,443 --> 00:48:29,509 and people were going around 979 00:48:29,576 --> 00:48:30,676 hitting themselves with whips and stuff. 980 00:48:30,743 --> 00:48:32,243 Do you think that's gonna happen this year? 981 00:48:32,309 --> 00:48:33,509 I hope not. 982 00:48:34,909 --> 00:48:37,809 BUSTA RHYMES: I don't feel like the exact year 2000 983 00:48:37,876 --> 00:48:39,743 is the year all hell breaks loose. 984 00:48:39,809 --> 00:48:42,343 But I just feel like in every holy scripture, 985 00:48:42,409 --> 00:48:44,076 it has been predicted that this time 986 00:48:44,143 --> 00:48:46,709 would be a significant time. You know what I'm saying? 987 00:48:48,976 --> 00:48:52,443 GERSHOM GORENBERG: The concept of the millennium is a Christian concept. 988 00:48:52,509 --> 00:48:56,543 People in general have a sense that the world 989 00:48:56,609 --> 00:48:59,009 isn't the way they'd want the world to be. 990 00:49:00,076 --> 00:49:02,609 An event which focuses that energy 991 00:49:02,676 --> 00:49:05,276 takes out a magnifying glass and puts it above the tinderbox. 992 00:49:10,009 --> 00:49:11,943 ORLEAN KOEHLE: The ten hours that my son stays 993 00:49:12,009 --> 00:49:13,443 in front of the computer, 994 00:49:13,509 --> 00:49:16,809 it's almost become an idol. So it's maybe only just 995 00:49:16,876 --> 00:49:19,676 that this idol comes crashing down. 996 00:49:21,209 --> 00:49:24,143 JERRY FALWELL: The question I ask myself is this... 997 00:49:25,443 --> 00:49:28,609 "Could this be God's way to bring revival to America?" 998 00:49:31,776 --> 00:49:34,109 REPORTER: Now all of this should come as no surprise 999 00:49:34,176 --> 00:49:36,176 considering a recent Newsweek poll 1000 00:49:36,243 --> 00:49:38,043 saying 40 percent of Americans 1001 00:49:38,109 --> 00:49:41,143 believe the world will end as Revelation describes. 1002 00:49:41,243 --> 00:49:43,443 I have the feeling that something terrible 1003 00:49:43,509 --> 00:49:45,509 is going to happen. (LAUGHS) 1004 00:49:45,576 --> 00:49:47,043 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 1005 00:49:47,109 --> 00:49:48,309 PAMELA WALLIN: "The end of the world." 1006 00:49:48,376 --> 00:49:49,809 "A guide to millennium madness." 1007 00:49:49,876 --> 00:49:53,909 How much of this is that the fear of Y2K 1008 00:49:53,976 --> 00:49:56,709 may now be bigger than Y2K? 1009 00:49:56,776 --> 00:49:58,376 It's not just that. 1010 00:49:58,443 --> 00:50:00,176 It's that there are now two camps. 1011 00:50:00,243 --> 00:50:01,976 There are the people like myself who are saying 1012 00:50:02,043 --> 00:50:04,076 we have a technical problem, let's deal with it. 1013 00:50:04,143 --> 00:50:05,476 And then quite frankly, 1014 00:50:05,543 --> 00:50:07,543 there are people in the far right 1015 00:50:07,609 --> 00:50:10,776 on the fringe elements of the religious area, 1016 00:50:10,843 --> 00:50:15,109 who are deliberately predicting the very, very worst. 1017 00:50:15,176 --> 00:50:19,743 The message is getting mixed, and that both dilutes my message 1018 00:50:19,809 --> 00:50:23,343 -and amplifies this stuff. -PAMELA: Yes, this kind of... 1019 00:50:23,409 --> 00:50:24,943 DE JAGER: And this is one of the reasons 1020 00:50:25,009 --> 00:50:26,409 why the far right 1021 00:50:26,476 --> 00:50:29,476 have seized upon year 2000, because it is a problem. 1022 00:50:29,543 --> 00:50:30,909 And they can point to the newspaper 1023 00:50:30,976 --> 00:50:32,776 every single day and say, "See, I told you. 1024 00:50:32,843 --> 00:50:34,176 -I told you." -PAMELA: Yeah. 1025 00:50:34,243 --> 00:50:35,543 And that's what's getting people 1026 00:50:35,609 --> 00:50:38,009 who don't understand technology very, very frightened. 1027 00:50:38,076 --> 00:50:40,809 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1028 00:50:42,809 --> 00:50:44,143 (EXPLOSION) 1029 00:50:48,576 --> 00:50:50,376 -♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES) ♪ -Hello, friends, 1030 00:50:50,443 --> 00:50:53,509 we are going to be discussing one of the most serious topics 1031 00:50:53,576 --> 00:50:56,143 that we have ever attempted to bring to you. 1032 00:50:56,209 --> 00:50:58,343 Jack, in fact, you've been so burdened... (CHUCKLES) 1033 00:50:58,409 --> 00:51:01,143 ...about this huge problem, 1034 00:51:01,209 --> 00:51:05,143 that this is an emergency video that we're making, actually. 1035 00:51:06,143 --> 00:51:09,943 After studying 250 to 300 major reports 1036 00:51:10,009 --> 00:51:12,843 from experts globally, 1037 00:51:12,909 --> 00:51:18,076 I can honestly say I'm shocked, startled, and stunned. 1038 00:51:18,876 --> 00:51:21,243 If these men are right, 1039 00:51:21,309 --> 00:51:24,409 this whole world is going to rock and roll, 1040 00:51:24,476 --> 00:51:26,976 it's going to reel to and fro. 1041 00:51:28,243 --> 00:51:30,309 What am I to do about this? 1042 00:51:30,376 --> 00:51:35,109 Well, God says my job is to warn you. 1043 00:51:35,176 --> 00:51:37,209 Let's narrow it right down there, Jack. 1044 00:51:37,276 --> 00:51:41,809 How's the Y2K problem connected with the Lord's return? 1045 00:51:41,876 --> 00:51:43,643 Satan, who's the God of this world, 1046 00:51:43,709 --> 00:51:46,209 2nd Corinthians 4:4, is in control 1047 00:51:46,276 --> 00:51:48,276 of heavens one and two. 1048 00:51:49,676 --> 00:51:52,476 "He is the prince of the power of the air." 1049 00:51:52,543 --> 00:51:53,509 Of the airwaves. 1050 00:51:53,576 --> 00:51:56,376 Yes, the electricity and the currents. 1051 00:51:56,476 --> 00:51:58,309 Well, you know, certainly Satan could take advantage 1052 00:51:58,376 --> 00:52:01,143 of such a situation because he wants man's confusion 1053 00:52:01,209 --> 00:52:03,209 just prior to the return of the Lord. 1054 00:52:03,276 --> 00:52:09,176 I am literally amazed at the accuracy of this book. 1055 00:52:09,243 --> 00:52:12,543 Listen to this. "The passages are stopped 1056 00:52:12,609 --> 00:52:15,376 and the men of war are frightened." 1057 00:52:16,276 --> 00:52:17,443 What? 1058 00:52:17,509 --> 00:52:21,643 The passages, the means of communication, computers... 1059 00:52:23,543 --> 00:52:24,576 are stopped. 1060 00:52:26,409 --> 00:52:27,743 It's so near. 1061 00:52:29,076 --> 00:52:30,943 Are you ready? 1062 00:52:31,009 --> 00:52:33,176 NARRATOR: It's the night on everyone's mind. 1063 00:52:33,243 --> 00:52:36,109 This could affect half the continental United States. 1064 00:52:36,176 --> 00:52:37,476 CROWD: Three, two... 1065 00:52:37,543 --> 00:52:39,376 NARRATOR: The night they warned us about. 1066 00:52:39,443 --> 00:52:41,276 Now we're starting to see some problems. 1067 00:52:41,809 --> 00:52:42,976 KID: Happy New Year! 1068 00:52:43,043 --> 00:52:44,276 NARRATOR: What if they're right? 1069 00:52:44,343 --> 00:52:45,776 My God. 1070 00:52:45,843 --> 00:52:47,543 We have to start the evacuation. 1071 00:52:47,609 --> 00:52:48,876 NARRATOR: The survival of millions 1072 00:52:48,943 --> 00:52:50,309 hangs in the balance. 1073 00:52:50,376 --> 00:52:52,176 -We've lost this puppy. -Go! Everybody out! 1074 00:52:52,243 --> 00:52:55,176 NARRATOR: Just tell yourself it's only a movie. 1075 00:52:55,243 --> 00:52:58,476 And now, Y2K: The Movie. 1076 00:52:58,543 --> 00:53:01,343 ♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1077 00:53:01,443 --> 00:53:03,976 Our age of anxiety is truly the millennial age. 1078 00:53:04,043 --> 00:53:05,476 All the dread about AIDS, 1079 00:53:05,543 --> 00:53:08,076 nuclear weapons, ecological disasters, 1080 00:53:08,143 --> 00:53:11,309 point to a fear of an apocalyptic future. 1081 00:53:11,376 --> 00:53:14,009 And at the same time, the dream of ending disease, 1082 00:53:14,076 --> 00:53:16,743 of genetically altering crops to grow in the desert, 1083 00:53:16,809 --> 00:53:18,576 of populating other planets, 1084 00:53:18,643 --> 00:53:21,543 all point to a hope for a perfect future. 1085 00:53:21,609 --> 00:53:23,643 That's what the Millennium Myth is all about. 1086 00:53:23,709 --> 00:53:26,043 That the human journey is one with a goal, 1087 00:53:26,109 --> 00:53:29,176 an ultimate end of some sorts, a climax. 1088 00:53:29,243 --> 00:53:31,143 And tonight we're going to examine that myth 1089 00:53:31,209 --> 00:53:33,709 and how it's playing out in our high-tech culture. 1090 00:53:33,776 --> 00:53:36,543 ♪ (DREAMY MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 1091 00:53:46,743 --> 00:53:49,476 I think popular culture, you know television, films, 1092 00:53:49,543 --> 00:53:51,843 I think it is interesting to look at those 1093 00:53:51,909 --> 00:53:54,343 and see what shape they take on at particular times. 1094 00:53:54,409 --> 00:53:56,009 It's never arbitrary. 1095 00:53:56,076 --> 00:53:58,809 MORPHEUS: The world as it was at the end of the 20th century. 1096 00:54:00,043 --> 00:54:03,909 It exists now only as part of a neural interactive simulation 1097 00:54:03,976 --> 00:54:05,276 that we call the Matrix. 1098 00:54:07,376 --> 00:54:10,843 (SCREAMS) 1099 00:54:10,909 --> 00:54:12,043 MARK: This kind of anxiety 1100 00:54:12,109 --> 00:54:14,276 is not restricted to the fringes, 1101 00:54:14,343 --> 00:54:17,543 -not restricted to Christians. -(INDISTINCT CLAMOR) 1102 00:54:18,743 --> 00:54:20,743 -What in the hell is that? -(SCREAMS) 1103 00:54:20,809 --> 00:54:21,809 MARK: It's everywhere. 1104 00:54:22,243 --> 00:54:23,609 (SCREAMS) 1105 00:54:26,643 --> 00:54:28,343 MARK: The culture comes under the influence 1106 00:54:28,409 --> 00:54:30,743 of this force of expectation. 1107 00:54:30,809 --> 00:54:33,109 (TICKING) 1108 00:54:36,643 --> 00:54:38,976 MARK: And it's now focused, intensified 1109 00:54:39,043 --> 00:54:40,576 by reaching this deadline. 1110 00:54:44,609 --> 00:54:45,809 Time's up. 1111 00:54:47,576 --> 00:54:51,176 ♪ (DREAMY MUSIC BUILDS) ♪ 1112 00:55:00,809 --> 00:55:03,609 (LOUD RUMBLING) 1113 00:55:07,209 --> 00:55:10,943 ♪ (DREAMY MUSIC FADES) ♪ 1114 00:55:12,309 --> 00:55:15,009 Now, I got a story for you. A few years ago, 1115 00:55:15,109 --> 00:55:17,776 when all was quiet throughout the countryside, 1116 00:55:17,843 --> 00:55:19,309 everyone had the general knowledge 1117 00:55:19,376 --> 00:55:22,076 that the turn of the century was at hand, the year 2000. 1118 00:55:22,143 --> 00:55:23,509 You like this, don't you? The year 2000 1119 00:55:23,576 --> 00:55:25,743 would soon be upon us, who would have thought? 1120 00:55:25,809 --> 00:55:27,443 And who would've thought that our next guest 1121 00:55:27,509 --> 00:55:28,709 would come to the forefront. 1122 00:55:28,776 --> 00:55:30,209 We welcome Peter de Jager. 1123 00:55:30,276 --> 00:55:32,109 Tonight, he is not gonna try to scare us. 1124 00:55:32,176 --> 00:55:33,376 Thank you so much for coming down. 1125 00:55:33,443 --> 00:55:34,609 -You're welcome. -TV HOST: Tell me this, 1126 00:55:34,676 --> 00:55:37,009 how do you put yourself in a situation where at first 1127 00:55:37,076 --> 00:55:38,109 you were one of the ones saying 1128 00:55:38,176 --> 00:55:39,743 -watch out for Y2K, and then... -DE JAGER: Absolutely. 1129 00:55:39,809 --> 00:55:41,009 ...if I understand you correctly, 1130 00:55:41,076 --> 00:55:42,843 now you're saying to everyone, 1131 00:55:42,909 --> 00:55:45,609 "Don't panic, calm down. It's not gonna be that bad." 1132 00:55:45,676 --> 00:55:47,343 -What's the difference? -DE JAGER: In the beginning, 1133 00:55:47,409 --> 00:55:48,643 when we started to speak about this, 1134 00:55:48,743 --> 00:55:50,309 myself and many others, 1135 00:55:50,376 --> 00:55:52,109 there had been very little work done, 1136 00:55:52,176 --> 00:55:55,043 and very little attention or respect paid to this problem. 1137 00:55:55,109 --> 00:55:56,876 So there was a huge risk that if we didn't fix it, 1138 00:55:56,943 --> 00:55:58,643 there would be consequences. 1139 00:55:58,709 --> 00:56:02,076 Today, you know, five, six, seven years later down the line, 1140 00:56:02,143 --> 00:56:03,909 the banks and the insurance companies, 1141 00:56:03,976 --> 00:56:06,243 governments and power companies have all done 1142 00:56:06,309 --> 00:56:08,043 a tremendous amount of work, you know, 1143 00:56:08,109 --> 00:56:10,243 hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent 1144 00:56:10,309 --> 00:56:11,776 on this problem worldwide. 1145 00:56:11,843 --> 00:56:14,743 And we have averted many of the scenarios, 1146 00:56:14,809 --> 00:56:17,576 the disaster scenarios that we first came up with, 1147 00:56:17,643 --> 00:56:20,109 that we used to convince people that they should pay attention. 1148 00:56:20,176 --> 00:56:21,643 They have paid attention. 1149 00:56:21,743 --> 00:56:22,676 (GUN COCKS) 1150 00:56:22,776 --> 00:56:25,109 That's a sound that gets your attention real quick. 1151 00:56:25,176 --> 00:56:28,043 Well, the end of the year is bringing a big increase in, 1152 00:56:28,109 --> 00:56:29,809 of all things, gun sales. 1153 00:56:29,876 --> 00:56:32,709 And it's apparently being sparked at least in part 1154 00:56:32,776 --> 00:56:35,109 by fear that the coming of the new year 1155 00:56:35,176 --> 00:56:37,209 will bring a new wave of violence. 1156 00:56:37,276 --> 00:56:39,876 (GUNSHOTS) 1157 00:56:39,943 --> 00:56:42,476 Y2K gun buyers say they're afraid of everything 1158 00:56:42,543 --> 00:56:44,843 from terrorism to 911 failures. 1159 00:56:44,909 --> 00:56:47,376 I just wanted to be prepared in case, 1160 00:56:47,443 --> 00:56:49,009 you know, anything happens for Y2K 1161 00:56:49,076 --> 00:56:52,109 just to have an ounce of prevention, you know? 1162 00:56:52,176 --> 00:56:53,476 DIANA OLICK: Sharon is not alone. 1163 00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:55,743 Mandatory gun background checks this month 1164 00:56:55,843 --> 00:56:58,309 are up 20 percent from last December 1165 00:56:58,376 --> 00:57:00,709 and last Thursday set the record. 1166 00:57:00,776 --> 00:57:03,776 Sixty-seven thousand checks in one day. 1167 00:57:03,843 --> 00:57:07,409 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1168 00:57:07,476 --> 00:57:08,976 News organizations in this country, 1169 00:57:09,043 --> 00:57:11,209 including this one, are trying to avoid 1170 00:57:11,276 --> 00:57:14,276 causing any kind of panic with reports about terrorism 1171 00:57:14,343 --> 00:57:15,609 and the coming new year. 1172 00:57:15,676 --> 00:57:19,043 Tonight fear avoidance is getting rather difficult. 1173 00:57:19,109 --> 00:57:20,776 I'm concerned about the terrorism. 1174 00:57:20,843 --> 00:57:23,276 I don't have any intention to leave my house. 1175 00:57:23,343 --> 00:57:24,576 REPORTER 1: The principal concern, 1176 00:57:24,643 --> 00:57:25,776 Osama bin Laden. 1177 00:57:25,843 --> 00:57:27,876 A flurry of activity by his followers 1178 00:57:27,943 --> 00:57:30,843 leads experts to believe he is planning another attack. 1179 00:57:31,909 --> 00:57:33,943 REPORTER 2: The threat of homegrown terrorism 1180 00:57:34,009 --> 00:57:35,376 suddenly became clear 1181 00:57:35,443 --> 00:57:37,243 with the arrest of two men linked 1182 00:57:37,309 --> 00:57:40,043 to anti-government militias near Sacramento. 1183 00:57:40,109 --> 00:57:42,409 (SIREN WAILING) 1184 00:57:42,476 --> 00:57:45,143 REPORTER 3: In New York City, officials scoffed at the idea 1185 00:57:45,209 --> 00:57:48,043 of canceling New Year's Eve in Times Square. 1186 00:57:48,109 --> 00:57:51,009 We are literally doing everything we possibly can 1187 00:57:51,076 --> 00:57:53,443 to make it as safe as we can make it. 1188 00:57:58,243 --> 00:57:59,876 We're coming here a little bit early 1189 00:57:59,943 --> 00:58:01,509 to kind of be a part of it 1190 00:58:01,576 --> 00:58:04,143 even though we're not coming in on New Year's Eve. 1191 00:58:04,209 --> 00:58:05,676 -REPORTER 4: You're not coming to Times Square? -Nah. 1192 00:58:05,743 --> 00:58:06,943 I'm not coming to Times Square, 1193 00:58:07,009 --> 00:58:08,809 I'm just gonna watch it from television at home. 1194 00:58:08,876 --> 00:58:10,176 -I'm exhausted. -REPORTER 5: Mm-hmm. 1195 00:58:10,243 --> 00:58:12,076 I don't wanna hear another thing about Y2K. 1196 00:58:13,476 --> 00:58:15,243 NICK CARTER: What are we doing on New Year's Eve? 1197 00:58:15,309 --> 00:58:17,243 We'll be hiding somewhere. 1198 00:58:17,309 --> 00:58:18,443 In case the world ends or something. 1199 00:58:18,509 --> 00:58:19,609 (NICK CHUCKLES) 1200 00:58:19,676 --> 00:58:21,076 -AJ MCLEAN: You know? -But we're very optimistic. 1201 00:58:21,143 --> 00:58:22,709 In case everything just goes... (BLOWS RASPBERRY) 1202 00:58:24,743 --> 00:58:26,243 REPORTER 6: These computer programmers 1203 00:58:26,309 --> 00:58:29,109 have been hired to double check line after line 1204 00:58:29,176 --> 00:58:30,309 of computer code. 1205 00:58:30,376 --> 00:58:32,609 Clients are still sending us code 1206 00:58:32,676 --> 00:58:34,609 to be inspected for Y2K 1207 00:58:34,709 --> 00:58:36,809 and we are definitely still finding errors. 1208 00:58:40,609 --> 00:58:42,076 REPORTER 7: Tonight, by one estimate, 1209 00:58:42,143 --> 00:58:45,276 seventy percent of Americans buying emergency supplies 1210 00:58:45,343 --> 00:58:46,776 to welcome the new year. 1211 00:58:48,143 --> 00:58:51,009 Basically, they don't know what to expect. 1212 00:58:51,076 --> 00:58:52,909 Planes will fall out of the sky 1213 00:58:52,976 --> 00:58:55,376 and all the world's nuclear weapons will explode, 1214 00:58:55,443 --> 00:58:57,109 annihilating the entire planet. 1215 00:58:57,509 --> 00:58:58,776 No! 1216 00:59:01,209 --> 00:59:03,609 We're more concerned with people problems 1217 00:59:03,676 --> 00:59:05,543 as opposed to technology failures 1218 00:59:05,609 --> 00:59:06,709 on New Year's Eve. 1219 00:59:08,976 --> 00:59:11,243 TEEN: They're hiring more police officers 1220 00:59:11,309 --> 00:59:13,409 because they think there might be some riots. 1221 00:59:13,476 --> 00:59:15,409 Well, I hope those police officers don't, 1222 00:59:15,476 --> 00:59:17,109 you know, encourage the violence. 1223 00:59:17,176 --> 00:59:19,909 Oh, my, yes! (GRUNTS) 1224 00:59:19,976 --> 00:59:22,509 You bastard! That's better. 1225 00:59:22,576 --> 00:59:24,276 First thing that's gonna happen when the electric goes off, 1226 00:59:24,343 --> 00:59:27,209 people are gonna panic, because fear's gonna set in. 1227 00:59:27,276 --> 00:59:29,076 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 1228 00:59:31,909 --> 00:59:34,509 CANDACE: First the lights will go out in Asia. 1229 00:59:34,576 --> 00:59:37,743 And as the time slips by here in the Midwest, 1230 00:59:37,809 --> 00:59:39,943 we'll see the lights go out in New York City. 1231 00:59:43,409 --> 00:59:46,309 At the end of every major piece of time, 1232 00:59:46,376 --> 00:59:49,776 it's a paranoid and pathological time. 1233 00:59:49,843 --> 00:59:52,309 Lots of weird stuff happens all over the world. 1234 00:59:55,876 --> 00:59:57,643 MAN: We're turning over another 1,000 years, 1235 00:59:57,709 --> 01:00:00,943 it's not like we're turning over a year, ten years, 100 years. 1236 01:00:01,009 --> 01:00:04,076 We're talking another 1,000. We're talking the 21st century. 1237 01:00:04,676 --> 01:00:06,643 So it's, I mean... 1238 01:00:06,709 --> 01:00:09,409 I think more than anything, you gotta celebrate it. 1239 01:00:09,476 --> 01:00:11,276 And as long as you have a lot of people out there, 1240 01:00:11,343 --> 01:00:13,209 you can expect anything and everything to happen. 1241 01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:14,609 ♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ 1242 01:00:14,709 --> 01:00:16,676 (HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING) 1243 01:00:18,476 --> 01:00:20,076 -REPORTER: Where you going? -MAN: Home. 1244 01:00:20,143 --> 01:00:21,809 REPORTER: Did you have any idea about this? 1245 01:00:21,876 --> 01:00:22,976 -No. What is it? -What is it? 1246 01:00:23,043 --> 01:00:25,376 REPORTER: It's a concert, uh, for the millennium, 1247 01:00:25,443 --> 01:00:27,476 -a group called Fish. -Oh, jeez. 1248 01:00:32,409 --> 01:00:33,543 JENNINGS: Good morning and welcome 1249 01:00:33,609 --> 01:00:35,509 to the very edge of the 21st century. 1250 01:00:35,576 --> 01:00:38,043 Good morning, you hearty souls, I should say. 1251 01:00:38,109 --> 01:00:41,076 It's a little before 5:00 a.m. here in Times Square. 1252 01:00:41,143 --> 01:00:43,543 And for the next 24 hours, we're going to try to share 1253 01:00:43,609 --> 01:00:45,409 this extraordinary occasion 1254 01:00:45,476 --> 01:00:47,443 with much of the rest of the world. 1255 01:00:47,509 --> 01:00:50,809 So let us now go and have a look at Kiribati in the Pacific, 1256 01:00:50,876 --> 01:00:52,709 the closest island, this morning, 1257 01:00:52,776 --> 01:00:54,209 to the International Date Line, 1258 01:00:54,276 --> 01:00:56,843 the first celebration of the millennium. 1259 01:00:56,909 --> 01:00:59,109 ♪ (SINGING IN GILBERTESE) ♪ 1260 01:01:21,376 --> 01:01:23,676 (IN ENGLISH) We're covering breaking news this morning. 1261 01:01:23,743 --> 01:01:26,143 We're getting word out of Russia, out of Moscow, 1262 01:01:26,209 --> 01:01:28,343 that there is a big change in store 1263 01:01:28,409 --> 01:01:29,543 for the Russian leadership. 1264 01:01:29,609 --> 01:01:31,409 We go now to CNN's Eileen O'Connor, 1265 01:01:31,476 --> 01:01:33,509 who's standing by in Moscow with the very latest on this. 1266 01:01:33,576 --> 01:01:34,676 Eileen. 1267 01:01:34,743 --> 01:01:38,109 Well, right now, Boris Yeltsin has just announced 1268 01:01:38,176 --> 01:01:39,576 that he is going to cede 1269 01:01:39,643 --> 01:01:41,309 the reins of power to the presidency 1270 01:01:41,376 --> 01:01:43,576 to his prime minister, Vladimir Putin, 1271 01:01:43,643 --> 01:01:45,809 effective, he says, immediately. 1272 01:01:45,876 --> 01:01:47,909 Now, this does come as a surprise, 1273 01:01:47,976 --> 01:01:50,843 but Vladimir Putin is a very popular prime minister, 1274 01:01:50,909 --> 01:01:53,576 he is known as a person who wants a strong Russia. 1275 01:01:53,643 --> 01:01:55,509 He took great pains, by the way, Leon, 1276 01:01:55,609 --> 01:01:58,909 to say that that does not mean an overbearing, imperial Russia. 1277 01:01:58,976 --> 01:02:00,809 It means a stable Russia. 1278 01:02:00,876 --> 01:02:02,809 CNN's Eileen O'Connor reporting live 1279 01:02:02,876 --> 01:02:04,343 from Moscow. Colleen. 1280 01:02:04,409 --> 01:02:05,643 It is 18 hours 1281 01:02:05,709 --> 01:02:07,776 before the new year in New York City. 1282 01:02:07,843 --> 01:02:09,543 Carol, what's going on in the heart of the Big Apple 1283 01:02:09,609 --> 01:02:11,276 -right now? -(CROWD CHEERING) 1284 01:02:11,343 --> 01:02:13,043 CAROL LIN: Colleen, what is about to happen 1285 01:02:13,109 --> 01:02:15,776 is that they're gonna light up the new crystal ball 1286 01:02:15,843 --> 01:02:21,209 and it will begin its ascension up a 77-foot flagpole at the top 1287 01:02:21,276 --> 01:02:23,276 of the One Times Square building. 1288 01:02:23,343 --> 01:02:26,776 -♪ (ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -(CROWD CHEERING) 1289 01:02:26,843 --> 01:02:27,843 JENNINGS: There it goes, 1290 01:02:27,909 --> 01:02:30,709 this magnificent Waterford Crystal Ball. 1291 01:02:30,776 --> 01:02:33,276 -They've pulled the switch. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1292 01:02:33,343 --> 01:02:34,609 JENNINGS: They've lighted it up. 1293 01:02:36,876 --> 01:02:40,343 An elaborate hardware and software system 1294 01:02:41,443 --> 01:02:44,909 descending into this square which is... 1295 01:02:44,976 --> 01:02:48,543 in itself all about electronic hardware now, 1296 01:02:48,609 --> 01:02:50,243 selling products all over the world. 1297 01:02:50,309 --> 01:02:53,876 (CROWD CHEERING) 1298 01:02:53,943 --> 01:02:55,309 REPORTER: You're looking at a live picture 1299 01:02:55,376 --> 01:02:56,576 of Auckland, New Zealand, 1300 01:02:56,643 --> 01:02:59,809 where the year 2000 is just about a minute away. 1301 01:02:59,876 --> 01:03:02,076 ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1302 01:03:02,176 --> 01:03:05,376 REPORTER: Now, New Zealand is one of the first big tests 1303 01:03:05,443 --> 01:03:08,776 of the possible effects of the Y2K computer bug, 1304 01:03:08,843 --> 01:03:10,443 officials in the US 1305 01:03:10,509 --> 01:03:12,543 are watching New Zealand very closely. 1306 01:03:12,609 --> 01:03:15,276 ♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1307 01:03:19,076 --> 01:03:24,009 -(CROWD CHEERING) -(FIREWORKS EXPLODE) 1308 01:03:24,076 --> 01:03:25,176 Let there be light. 1309 01:03:25,243 --> 01:03:29,309 And there is light behind us. The electricity is A-okay. 1310 01:03:35,943 --> 01:03:38,143 REPORTER 1: Inside the government's command center, 1311 01:03:38,209 --> 01:03:41,476 computer experts report a stable situation so far, 1312 01:03:41,543 --> 01:03:43,376 with no Y2K glitches, 1313 01:03:43,443 --> 01:03:46,076 starting with the US territory of Guam. 1314 01:03:46,143 --> 01:03:47,976 A plane landed and a baby was born, 1315 01:03:48,043 --> 01:03:50,776 so that business continues as normal. 1316 01:03:50,843 --> 01:03:53,309 (BELL RINGING) 1317 01:03:53,376 --> 01:03:55,709 REPORTER 2: Across Japan, a million office workers 1318 01:03:55,776 --> 01:03:56,776 sat at their desks 1319 01:03:56,843 --> 01:03:58,876 and nervously watched their computers 1320 01:03:58,943 --> 01:04:00,843 as midnight came and went. 1321 01:04:00,909 --> 01:04:03,809 There were minor problems at two nuclear power plants. 1322 01:04:03,876 --> 01:04:07,076 Officials are probing for any Y2K bugs. 1323 01:04:07,143 --> 01:04:09,743 Neither plant's operation was affected. 1324 01:04:09,843 --> 01:04:11,676 I am standing at ground zero, 1325 01:04:11,743 --> 01:04:14,209 in case of any accidental nuclear missile launch. 1326 01:04:14,276 --> 01:04:15,676 And just a few miles from here, 1327 01:04:15,743 --> 01:04:18,843 Russian military officers are sitting side by side 1328 01:04:18,909 --> 01:04:20,943 with American military officers, 1329 01:04:21,009 --> 01:04:24,009 working to fight a common enemy, the Y2K menace. 1330 01:04:31,776 --> 01:04:33,343 While we are encouraged 1331 01:04:33,409 --> 01:04:36,043 by the positive reports thus far, uh, 1332 01:04:36,109 --> 01:04:37,709 we should all remember 1333 01:04:37,776 --> 01:04:40,376 that we have many miles to go before we sleep. 1334 01:04:42,309 --> 01:04:44,809 For the time being, no news is good news. 1335 01:04:44,876 --> 01:04:46,243 So far, so good. 1336 01:04:48,209 --> 01:04:50,176 So far, so good on the Y2K Watch. 1337 01:04:50,243 --> 01:04:53,409 Good news all around so far in terms of that Y2K bug. 1338 01:04:55,243 --> 01:04:57,009 -So far, so good. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1339 01:04:59,043 --> 01:05:00,743 TOM BROKAW: You're looking live, once again as the crowds 1340 01:05:00,809 --> 01:05:02,343 who gathered in Times Square 1341 01:05:02,409 --> 01:05:04,909 could reach two million people before midnight tonight. 1342 01:05:04,976 --> 01:05:06,876 Obviously, they're not worried about terrorism 1343 01:05:06,943 --> 01:05:09,176 or Y2K computer bugs. 1344 01:05:09,243 --> 01:05:11,776 (CROWD CHEERING) 1345 01:05:11,843 --> 01:05:14,743 ANN CURRY: The excitement among the crowd is palpable. 1346 01:05:14,809 --> 01:05:17,543 This crowd has been shouting, "Three, two, one," 1347 01:05:17,609 --> 01:05:19,209 -it seems every hour... -(CROWD CHEERING) 1348 01:05:19,276 --> 01:05:21,043 ...as the millennium has been breaking 1349 01:05:21,109 --> 01:05:22,476 all across the planet. 1350 01:05:22,543 --> 01:05:23,509 You'd think that by now 1351 01:05:23,576 --> 01:05:24,876 these people would be tuckered out, 1352 01:05:24,943 --> 01:05:28,076 but in fact, it seems the excitement is growing. 1353 01:05:28,143 --> 01:05:31,909 -(CROWD CHEERING) -♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1354 01:05:31,976 --> 01:05:34,176 REPORTER: A lot of very happy people right now. 1355 01:05:34,243 --> 01:05:36,209 Amazingly, a very small percentage 1356 01:05:36,276 --> 01:05:37,409 of these people are New Yorkers. 1357 01:05:37,476 --> 01:05:38,876 These people are from all over the world. 1358 01:05:38,943 --> 01:05:42,109 These folks, California, Washington, what other states? 1359 01:05:42,176 --> 01:05:44,509 Florida, Oklahoma. Unbelievable turnout. 1360 01:05:44,576 --> 01:05:45,643 You having a good time? 1361 01:05:45,709 --> 01:05:48,209 Oh! I'm lovin' it. I am lovin' it. 1362 01:05:48,309 --> 01:05:50,909 RADIO ANCHOR: The big moment is just a few hours away 1363 01:05:50,976 --> 01:05:52,543 from us here in the United States. 1364 01:05:52,609 --> 01:05:55,076 And while the rest of New York is partying, maybe all-- 1365 01:05:55,143 --> 01:05:57,343 They're all tourists out in Times Square tonight, 1366 01:05:57,409 --> 01:05:59,676 the rest of Silicon Alley and Wall Street and whatever, 1367 01:05:59,743 --> 01:06:01,109 the computer experts 1368 01:06:01,176 --> 01:06:02,576 will all be there at their terminals. 1369 01:06:02,643 --> 01:06:06,776 ♪ (SERENE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1370 01:06:13,276 --> 01:06:14,876 RADIO ANCHOR: Liz in Escondido, California. 1371 01:06:14,943 --> 01:06:16,376 -Hi, Liz. -LIZ: Hi. 1372 01:06:16,443 --> 01:06:19,576 Um, I'd just like to observe that initially, 1373 01:06:19,643 --> 01:06:22,543 the Y2K kind of started off as this global fear, 1374 01:06:22,643 --> 01:06:25,609 maybe subconscious fear, of technology, kind of like, 1375 01:06:25,676 --> 01:06:28,809 you know, Frankenstein had at the rise of industrialism. 1376 01:06:28,876 --> 01:06:32,076 But what I see it turning into is kind of just an awareness 1377 01:06:32,143 --> 01:06:34,576 of how connected everyone is globally. 1378 01:06:34,643 --> 01:06:36,209 And if you're tuned into the TVs at all, 1379 01:06:36,276 --> 01:06:39,676 I mean, we're watching the celebrations, you know, 1380 01:06:39,743 --> 01:06:41,509 roll over each time zone 1381 01:06:41,576 --> 01:06:45,443 and it's really more, uh, kind of a global 1382 01:06:45,509 --> 01:06:46,909 love-in or something. 1383 01:06:46,976 --> 01:06:49,043 RADIO ANCHOR: You think this is a unifying experience 1384 01:06:49,109 --> 01:06:51,309 -versus a divisive one? -LIZ: Yeah. Yeah. 1385 01:06:51,376 --> 01:06:52,609 Because, uh, I-- 1386 01:06:52,676 --> 01:06:55,876 We're all now more aware of how connected we are. 1387 01:06:55,976 --> 01:06:59,543 ♪ (MUSIC TURNS UPBEAT) ♪ 1388 01:07:08,509 --> 01:07:10,176 REPORTER: This crowd size, as we can see 1389 01:07:10,243 --> 01:07:11,276 from the tenth floor 1390 01:07:11,343 --> 01:07:13,809 of the Marriott Marquis hotel here, is big. 1391 01:07:15,476 --> 01:07:17,743 Interestingly enough, you at home 1392 01:07:17,809 --> 01:07:19,876 probably are in the majority this year 1393 01:07:19,943 --> 01:07:22,109 because they ran a poll recently 1394 01:07:22,176 --> 01:07:26,243 and Americans staying home this year are 72 percent. 1395 01:07:26,309 --> 01:07:30,043 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(PARTY HORN BLOWS) 1396 01:07:30,143 --> 01:07:31,709 CAMERAMAN: Freakin' New Year, dude! 1397 01:07:31,776 --> 01:07:33,476 -Freakin' New Year! -CAMERAMAN: Yeah. 1398 01:07:35,043 --> 01:07:36,943 Are you taking a photograph or a video? 1399 01:07:37,009 --> 01:07:38,743 MAN 1: It does both. 1400 01:07:38,809 --> 01:07:40,909 -WOMAN 1: Is that digital? -MAN 1: Uh-huh. 1401 01:07:40,976 --> 01:07:43,743 Yeah. So it takes a picture. I can send it to you. 1402 01:07:43,809 --> 01:07:45,409 It's a video! 1403 01:07:45,476 --> 01:07:48,276 -Happy New Year! -MAN 2: Happy New Year! 1404 01:07:50,009 --> 01:07:51,676 I feel like part of the global village. 1405 01:07:51,743 --> 01:07:53,876 I feel connected to the rest of humanity. 1406 01:07:53,943 --> 01:07:57,243 I'm ready for the aliens to land. (LAUGHS) 1407 01:07:58,443 --> 01:08:00,776 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1408 01:08:00,843 --> 01:08:03,309 WOMAN 2: What is your New Year's resolution? 1409 01:08:03,409 --> 01:08:05,543 -I don't know! -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1410 01:08:05,609 --> 01:08:09,743 My New Year's resolution is to collect all 100-- 1411 01:08:09,809 --> 01:08:11,876 all the Pokémon cards 1412 01:08:11,943 --> 01:08:14,376 that they've ever came out with. Whoo! 1413 01:08:14,443 --> 01:08:17,509 My New Year's resolution would be to study more and... 1414 01:08:18,643 --> 01:08:19,743 be a better example 1415 01:08:19,808 --> 01:08:21,109 for the people that are around me. 1416 01:08:21,176 --> 01:08:23,109 I'm doing everything right, don't need to change anything, 1417 01:08:23,176 --> 01:08:24,709 just even keel. 1418 01:08:24,776 --> 01:08:27,243 Yeah, live life to its fullest, of course, 1419 01:08:27,308 --> 01:08:30,209 and to just take life for what it's worth, 1420 01:08:30,276 --> 01:08:31,442 a wonderful gift. 1421 01:08:31,509 --> 01:08:34,709 2000 is gonna be wonderful, I'm looking forward to it. 1422 01:08:34,808 --> 01:08:37,808 Um, there's nothing I want more right now 1423 01:08:37,875 --> 01:08:40,576 than for the entire world to explode. 1424 01:08:40,643 --> 01:08:41,843 MAN 1: Well, here it comes. 1425 01:08:41,909 --> 01:08:43,343 -Here it is. -MAN 2: 11:51. 1426 01:08:43,409 --> 01:08:45,709 -MAN 1: Digital bug. -MAN 2: Here it is. 1427 01:08:45,776 --> 01:08:47,776 -MAN 3: Cheers. -MAN 4: Happy millennium! 1428 01:08:47,843 --> 01:08:49,609 ALL: Cheers! 1429 01:08:49,676 --> 01:08:51,509 DAN RATHER: Especially at the end of the century, 1430 01:08:51,576 --> 01:08:53,109 it's always good to take stock. 1431 01:08:54,009 --> 01:08:56,909 We split the atom, invented jazz and rock, 1432 01:08:56,976 --> 01:08:59,676 launched airplanes and landed on the moon, 1433 01:08:59,743 --> 01:09:02,308 concocted a general theory of relativity, 1434 01:09:02,375 --> 01:09:04,009 devised the transistor, 1435 01:09:04,076 --> 01:09:06,308 and figured out how to etch millions of them 1436 01:09:06,375 --> 01:09:08,308 on tiny microchips. 1437 01:09:08,409 --> 01:09:11,543 We discovered penicillin and the structure of DNA, 1438 01:09:11,609 --> 01:09:16,276 defeated fascism and communism, developed cinema and television, 1439 01:09:16,343 --> 01:09:20,109 built fantastic highways, and wired the world. 1440 01:09:20,176 --> 01:09:22,576 We ponder these things in joy, 1441 01:09:22,643 --> 01:09:24,576 but also in prayerful humility. 1442 01:09:24,643 --> 01:09:26,609 As we now move into the challenge 1443 01:09:26,676 --> 01:09:29,676 and the danger of a new unknown. 1444 01:09:29,743 --> 01:09:32,043 The dawn of the 21st century. 1445 01:09:32,808 --> 01:09:34,375 Okay, now everyone sit like this... 1446 01:09:34,442 --> 01:09:35,576 (CHEERING OVER TV) 1447 01:09:35,643 --> 01:09:37,176 ...and wait for the lights to go out. 1448 01:09:38,442 --> 01:09:39,942 WOMAN: I know, this is shit... 1449 01:09:40,009 --> 01:09:42,308 MAN: What if everything just went out right now? 1450 01:09:42,409 --> 01:09:43,476 Here we go. 1451 01:09:44,076 --> 01:09:45,709 (CROWD CHEERING) 1452 01:09:45,776 --> 01:09:47,942 REPORTER: You were wise to stay at home. In one minute, 1453 01:09:48,009 --> 01:09:50,643 the ball will drop and you will see pandemonium. 1454 01:09:56,143 --> 01:09:59,143 The ball is beginning to move. They can feel it. 1455 01:09:59,209 --> 01:10:04,176 -(ECHOING TICKING) -(CROWD CHEERING) 1456 01:10:09,009 --> 01:10:10,576 Happy New Year! 1457 01:10:13,243 --> 01:10:15,243 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1458 01:10:15,876 --> 01:10:19,909 (ECHOING TICKING CONTINUES) 1459 01:10:23,676 --> 01:10:24,943 MAN: Well, you gotta watch the show. 1460 01:10:25,009 --> 01:10:26,409 I think they're gonna do something. 1461 01:10:28,076 --> 01:10:29,476 Hi! 1462 01:10:29,543 --> 01:10:31,209 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1463 01:10:32,376 --> 01:10:35,409 The lights are gonna go on, everybody's gonna go crazy. 1464 01:10:35,476 --> 01:10:37,243 Behind the clock. 1465 01:10:38,576 --> 01:10:39,843 (EXCITED CHATTER) 1466 01:10:39,909 --> 01:10:41,043 REPORTER: Ten seconds. 1467 01:10:41,109 --> 01:10:45,576 ALL: Nine, eight, seven, six, five, 1468 01:10:45,643 --> 01:10:48,943 four, three, two, one. 1469 01:10:49,943 --> 01:10:51,376 (FIREWORKS EXPLODE) 1470 01:10:51,443 --> 01:10:56,776 -REPORTER: Happy 2000! -(CROWD CHEERING) 1471 01:10:56,843 --> 01:11:02,609 ♪ ("AULD LANG SYNE" BY KENNY G PLAYING) ♪ 1472 01:11:19,509 --> 01:11:21,843 It's the biggest thrill of my life 1473 01:11:21,943 --> 01:11:25,009 and I made so many new friends to carry on the next millennium. 1474 01:11:25,076 --> 01:11:26,109 It's awesome! 1475 01:11:26,176 --> 01:11:27,643 -ANN: In this crowd? -Oh, yeah. 1476 01:11:27,709 --> 01:11:28,876 The people are so nice. 1477 01:11:28,943 --> 01:11:30,876 There's such good energy about this crowd. 1478 01:11:30,943 --> 01:11:32,243 Nothing bad at all. 1479 01:11:32,309 --> 01:11:33,709 POLICE OFFICER: We didn't fall asleep. 1480 01:11:33,776 --> 01:11:35,543 They're a good crowd, best crowd yet. 1481 01:11:36,643 --> 01:11:38,009 MAN 1: This is disgusting. 1482 01:11:40,309 --> 01:11:43,109 -Oh, Louise! -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1483 01:11:43,176 --> 01:11:45,743 (LAUGHS) 1484 01:11:46,443 --> 01:11:49,843 ALL: Happy New Year! 1485 01:11:49,909 --> 01:11:52,576 MAN 2: The lights are on, Bill. (LAUGHS) 1486 01:11:52,643 --> 01:11:54,276 MAN 3: I know. Everything's still working. 1487 01:11:54,376 --> 01:11:55,843 Everything's still working! 1488 01:11:58,043 --> 01:11:59,243 (YELLS) 1489 01:12:01,009 --> 01:12:03,576 All right, is that enough pictures of the cake, you guys? 1490 01:12:03,643 --> 01:12:05,576 B-roll of the cake, right? That's right. 1491 01:12:05,643 --> 01:12:07,009 REPORTER: What do you hope for the New Year? 1492 01:12:07,076 --> 01:12:10,909 Peace in the world. Peace. Yeah, that's all. 1493 01:12:10,976 --> 01:12:12,676 -Wave to the camera. -Say, "Happy New Year." 1494 01:12:12,743 --> 01:12:13,909 Wave! Happy New Year. 1495 01:12:13,976 --> 01:12:15,009 Wave, Carol. 1496 01:12:15,076 --> 01:12:17,309 They're tired. Oh, thank you. (LAUGHS) 1497 01:12:17,376 --> 01:12:20,009 Happy New Year's to everybody. 1498 01:12:20,076 --> 01:12:22,309 ♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 1499 01:12:36,109 --> 01:12:38,709 -♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1500 01:12:54,509 --> 01:12:56,576 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 1501 01:13:07,809 --> 01:13:10,709 (DOGS BARKING) 1502 01:13:13,543 --> 01:13:15,809 WOMAN: This is a very new time for us. 1503 01:13:18,743 --> 01:13:21,876 We were confronted by these interdependent systems 1504 01:13:21,943 --> 01:13:25,876 we had created and realized that we are dependent on people 1505 01:13:25,943 --> 01:13:27,276 we don't even know. 1506 01:13:28,843 --> 01:13:31,409 And that's the great lesson from Y2K. 1507 01:13:31,476 --> 01:13:33,309 That no one can go through any 1508 01:13:33,376 --> 01:13:36,743 of the current dilemmas facing us alone. 1509 01:13:44,276 --> 01:13:45,443 MAN: The news. 1510 01:13:58,476 --> 01:13:59,576 (GROANS) 1511 01:14:00,276 --> 01:14:02,143 Nothing happens. 1512 01:14:03,743 --> 01:14:05,276 Well, we made it. 1513 01:14:05,343 --> 01:14:07,543 The dire predictions of the last several months 1514 01:14:07,609 --> 01:14:10,643 dissolved in a potent mix of joy and celebration 1515 01:14:10,709 --> 01:14:12,676 all around the globe last night, 1516 01:14:12,743 --> 01:14:15,376 and that dreaded bug didn't bite. 1517 01:14:15,443 --> 01:14:18,109 ♪ (SERENE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1518 01:14:18,176 --> 01:14:21,109 (ALL CHEERING) 1519 01:14:25,509 --> 01:14:30,976 We feel that we have come to a new planet, 1520 01:14:31,043 --> 01:14:32,876 uh, to a new planet 1521 01:14:32,943 --> 01:14:35,943 where there's peace, and there's no confusion. 1522 01:14:36,676 --> 01:14:38,243 (CRIES) 1523 01:14:55,376 --> 01:14:57,376 Some people are questioning now whether 1524 01:14:57,443 --> 01:14:58,443 all of this was overkill. 1525 01:14:58,509 --> 01:15:00,009 What do you have to say about that? 1526 01:15:00,076 --> 01:15:02,209 I say that no one who worked on this problem thinks that. 1527 01:15:02,276 --> 01:15:05,543 They all understand, after several years of work 1528 01:15:05,609 --> 01:15:07,543 and spending hundreds of millions of dollars, 1529 01:15:07,609 --> 01:15:09,409 that we averted a major disaster 1530 01:15:09,476 --> 01:15:11,476 by successfully attacking the problem. 1531 01:15:11,543 --> 01:15:14,276 You said today that this may be your last briefing. 1532 01:15:14,376 --> 01:15:15,909 Are things going that well? 1533 01:15:16,009 --> 01:15:17,209 Things are actually going very well. 1534 01:15:17,309 --> 01:15:19,109 And we're delighted with the progress 1535 01:15:19,176 --> 01:15:20,476 that's been made. 1536 01:15:20,543 --> 01:15:22,876 It now appears very clear that the United States 1537 01:15:22,943 --> 01:15:25,776 and most of the world, in fact, all of world at this time 1538 01:15:25,843 --> 01:15:27,309 have made a successful transition 1539 01:15:27,376 --> 01:15:29,109 into the 21st century. 1540 01:15:30,809 --> 01:15:34,143 ♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1541 01:15:37,309 --> 01:15:39,909 So now that Y2K and other anxieties 1542 01:15:39,976 --> 01:15:41,243 have subsided, 1543 01:15:41,309 --> 01:15:43,476 the time has come when at least some Americans 1544 01:15:43,543 --> 01:15:46,209 will actually start to sit up and take notice of the fact 1545 01:15:46,276 --> 01:15:49,009 that there's a presidential campaign going on 1546 01:15:49,109 --> 01:15:51,509 and the first big contest is coming up fast. 1547 01:15:54,343 --> 01:15:56,176 REPORTER: The man who warned us about Y2K 1548 01:15:56,243 --> 01:15:57,376 says it's a lesson about 1549 01:15:57,443 --> 01:15:59,609 how much we depend on technology, 1550 01:15:59,676 --> 01:16:03,276 and how it's not as infallible as we'd like to think. 1551 01:16:03,343 --> 01:16:05,409 DE JAGER: I don't believe that we as a human race, 1552 01:16:05,476 --> 01:16:07,809 learn from our mistakes. We don't learn from history. 1553 01:16:09,343 --> 01:16:10,276 Every 100 years, 1554 01:16:10,343 --> 01:16:12,843 we'll have exactly the same type of situation. 1555 01:16:12,909 --> 01:16:15,009 And it'll be someone else raising the alarm. 1556 01:16:17,043 --> 01:16:20,176 That people all over the planet could experience the same events 1557 01:16:20,243 --> 01:16:21,576 at the same time, 1558 01:16:21,676 --> 01:16:23,376 would have been impossible for anyone 1559 01:16:23,476 --> 01:16:26,476 to imagine 1,000 years ago, even 100. 1560 01:16:27,243 --> 01:16:28,809 Yet the growing interconnectedness 1561 01:16:28,876 --> 01:16:31,643 of the world today, thanks to a global economy 1562 01:16:31,709 --> 01:16:33,876 and technologies like the internet, 1563 01:16:33,943 --> 01:16:37,276 is more than just a mark of how far we've come, 1564 01:16:37,343 --> 01:16:40,243 it's the key to understanding where we're going. 1565 01:16:43,009 --> 01:16:44,709 JENNINGS: When you talk about the millennium, 1566 01:16:44,776 --> 01:16:46,776 you sure mean something different than most of us. 1567 01:16:46,843 --> 01:16:50,543 Well, a millennium is such a small slice of time 1568 01:16:50,609 --> 01:16:52,443 in the spectrum of the universe. 1569 01:16:52,509 --> 01:16:54,309 -(HUMMING BOOM) -NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: We've got the big bang 1570 01:16:54,376 --> 01:16:56,576 happening 13 billion years ago, 1571 01:16:56,643 --> 01:16:59,109 you know, what's 1,000 years between friends? 1572 01:16:59,176 --> 01:17:00,176 The timeline that we create 1573 01:17:00,243 --> 01:17:02,243 is about the length of a football field. 1574 01:17:02,309 --> 01:17:03,743 The thickness of hair, 1575 01:17:03,809 --> 01:17:05,309 on the sheet that you're holding up, 1576 01:17:05,376 --> 01:17:08,076 represents all of cultural history 1577 01:17:08,143 --> 01:17:09,509 of human beings on Earth. 1578 01:17:13,909 --> 01:17:15,809 KID: Instead of the world ending, 1579 01:17:15,876 --> 01:17:18,676 it's going to kind of begin all over again, 1580 01:17:18,743 --> 01:17:20,676 but not literally. 1581 01:17:20,743 --> 01:17:25,643 Not like another big bang or whatever caused the universe. 1582 01:17:26,309 --> 01:17:28,276 But like... 1583 01:17:28,376 --> 01:17:31,376 I think it's gonna be like a fresh start for everybody 1584 01:17:31,443 --> 01:17:33,676 to try and get along. 1585 01:17:33,743 --> 01:17:38,076 We're gonna start to dive into the... 1586 01:17:38,143 --> 01:17:42,176 to dive into the world of technology and... 1587 01:17:43,343 --> 01:17:45,009 try to survive there. 1588 01:17:45,076 --> 01:17:47,876 If we keep digging and using all this oil, 1589 01:17:47,943 --> 01:17:49,476 plastic, et cetera, et cetera, 1590 01:17:49,543 --> 01:17:52,443 I mean, how far are these supplies gonna go? 1591 01:17:52,509 --> 01:17:54,309 You can't assure that they'll be here forever. 1592 01:17:55,109 --> 01:17:56,176 Think of us... 1593 01:17:57,609 --> 01:17:59,043 as a midpoint... 1594 01:18:00,243 --> 01:18:03,409 between no tolerance... 1595 01:18:04,543 --> 01:18:06,576 and between very... 1596 01:18:08,076 --> 01:18:09,609 loving everyone. 1597 01:18:09,676 --> 01:18:12,809 This hasn't been a great century. 1598 01:18:13,676 --> 01:18:15,376 Fix the world, don't screw it up. 1599 01:18:16,809 --> 01:18:19,876 ♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪