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YOU SEE THIS?
OWN AS THE FAVORITE.
I'M SUPPOSED TO ***'EM OUT OF THE STADIUM.
HE GOT OFF?!
JEEZ...
I USED TO PULVERIZE GUYS FOR LESS.
LEO MCGAN!
OH, OH!
EXCUSE ME.
BETTER SHOW THIS TO MIKE.
WHAT'S THE PANIC?
GUY WAS HIDING OUT IN METRO LAST YEAR.
WE BROKE THE STORY, COPS NAILED HIM.
MIKE HAD A THING WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
YOU KNOW HALEDON DEVELOPMENT?
YEAH?
THAT'S HER.
MIKE,
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE THIS.
ANYTHING ON THE SATELLITE?
I'LL CHECK WITH VTR.
PULL WHAT YOU CAN.
HAVE TONY CUT IT WITH A PIECE WE DID LAST YEAR.
SETH CAN DO AN A.V.O.
TONY'S TRYING TO FINISH THE BUS DRIVING THING.
OKAY.
WHAT IS?
LEO MCGAN'S BEEN ACQUITTED IN LONDON.
WHO'S LEO MCGAN?
ETTE HALIDAY'S FATHER.
I HAVE MORE INT'L THAN I CAN HANDLE.
IT'S LOCAL, I WANT IT ON THE FIRST BLOCK.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S LOCAL?
THE TRIAL'S IN LONDON, WE DIDN'T REPORT IT AND
NOBODY REMEMBERS WHO THE GUY IS.
THEY WILL AFTER TONIGHT.
MIKE...
WE LED WITH THE STORY AFTER THE ARREST, NOW WE LEAD WITH THE ACQUITTAL,
IT'S CALLED FINISHING WHAT YOU START.
NOBODY CARES ABOUT ACQUITTALS, THEY AREN'T INTERESTING.
THE FIRST BLOCK!
IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION
I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON T.V.
IT'S OFF THE RECORD.
YOU TALK TO MY FRIEND, HE NEVER USES YOUR NAME.
I'VE GOT THREE KIDS, I CAN'T TAKE CHANCES.
YOUR NOT TAKING A CHANCE,
LL KNOW.
DAN!
I'M DAN WATSON, LIVE AT THE TRUCKERS BLOCKADE ON HWY 8.
IT'S THE SECOND DAY OF THE PROTEST THINGS HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE.
TRAFFIC IS LINED UP ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN,
STRIKE LEADER PAUL RICHTER SAYS HE HAS NO INTENTION OF CALLING OFF HIS TROOPS.
THE UNOFFICIAL WORD IS THAT RICHTER MAY BE LOSING SUPPORT AMONG THE STRIKERS.
TROUBLE AT THE BLOCKADE - AT 6 ON 10.
ASK DAN TO FIND OUT WHY THE COPS HAVEN'T MOVED IN.
I THINK HE WANTS TO CONCENTRATE ON RICHTER.
RICHTER'D LIKE THAT.
WHAT'S WRONG?
FEED CABLE'S BUSTED.
WANT ME TO TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR PRETTY FACE I GOTTA GET A NEW ONE.
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THEY HAVE TV'S IN THE TRUCKS,
THEY'RE WATCHING US ALL THE TIME.
NO DON'T DO THAT.
DOING IT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING
AS LONG IN FRONT OF CAMERAS.
TELL HIM TO CALL A CALL TOW TRUCK.
JUST GET BURT TO SEND A TOWTRUCK.
TALK
HE WANTED TO CALL THE COPS ON RICHTER.
IT'S LIKE WHACKING AN ALLIGATOR WITH A FRYING PAN.
STANDBY STUDIO.
TELL VTR TO PUT IT IN THE 3RD BLOCK AND DO IT NOW!
SETH, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
CARL, DOES HE HAVE EARPIECE ON?
I DON'T THINK SO.
TELL HIM TO PUT IT ON PLEASE.
SETH, YOUR EARPIECE.
OH!
HE'S VISUALIZING.
HE'S WHAT?
I'VE LANDED ANN.
GOOD. I WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE...
I WAS ON A BEACH, THERE WERE SEAGULLS
I COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF WAVES CRASHING ON THE SHORE.
SETH!
I WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE LINEUP.
FINE.
TAKE THE MCGANN PIECE & MOVE IT TO THE THIRD BLOCK.
DONE.
THANK YOU.
ANN, HAVE YOU EV TRIED MEDITATING?
NO, NOT THERE.
WHAT?
WHO'S IN INVESTMENT BLAH, BLAH.
WOULD YOU RELAX, PLEASE
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMEONE?
NO, I'M TRYING TO WATCH AND LEARN.
HI, I'M ROD COPELAND, CARL'S NEPHEW.
HI, I'M...
TERRI MORGAN, I KNOW.
I GRADUATED FROM ALMA MATAR.
DGROVE TECH.
WE HAVE YOUR PICTURE ON THE WALL.
WHAT ARE YOU CUTTING?
I'M CUTTING THIS SERIES ON METRO'S BUSINESS MOGULS.
OH, I SAW THE FIRST PART LAST WEEK.
I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT.
I'LL COME BACK LATER.
A BABY JOURNALIST - AN ADORABLE , BABY JOURNALIST.
WE HAVE YOUR PICTURE ON THE WALL AND
OH, PLEASE.
IT'S ONE MINUTE TO SIX.
OH GOD, OKAY.
GOOD EVENING...
LEADING THE NEWS TONIGHT, THE TRUCKERS' BLOCKADE TO TIE UP TRAFFIC.
DAN WATSON IS ON THE SCENE, AND DAN, HOW BAD IS IT?
BAD, SETH.
DAY TWO IS NOT BETTER THAN DAY ONE...
...TRAFFIC IS BUMPER TO BUMPER. PAUL RICHTER...
...INSISTS THE STRIKERS HAVE NO CHOICE.
[RICHTER]:WHAT IT COSTS US TO HAUL A FULL LOAD, AND THE SETTLEMENT
THE UNION MAKES DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THE COSTS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF ALREADY.
WHEN THE UNION MAKES A BAD DEAL WE'RE SUPPOSE
TO ROLL OVER AND PLAY DEAD. NO WAY!
WHERE'S THE MCGANN STUFF?
CAN I TALK TO YOU PLEASE, OUTSIDE.
MACK PULLED TERRI'S PIECE TO FIT MCGANN IN.
I WANT IT WHERE I PUT IT.
I'M TRYING TO RUN SHOW, WHEN YOU SHOOT IT ALL TO HELL.
BECAUSE OF A STORY THAT COULD RUN TOMORROW...
THE GUY WAS ACQUITTED TODAY, IT RUNS TODAY.
FINE, I'LL PUT IT IN THE THIRD BLOCK.
IN THE FIRST BLOCK, ANN WHERE I PUT IT.
AM I MISSING SOMETHING?
A LITTLE SUBTEXT?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOUR SHOOTING THE SHOW TO HELL, BECAUSE OF GUILT?
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
YOU DON'T OWE BRIGETTE HALIDAY ANYTHING.
MAN
WHO GOT RICH BY WELFARE.
FIRST BLOCK!
FORGET IT! IT'S BEEN BUMPED.
PUT THE MCGANN PIECE BACK IN THE FIRST BLOCK.
JUST DO IT, MACK!
RICHTER SEEMS DETERMINED TO STAY PUT SETH,
BUT TO DO THAT, NEEDS MASSIVE SUPPORT,
OFF THE RECORD CONVERSATIONS HERE SUGGEST HE MAY NOT HAVE IT ANYMORE.
SOME OF THE TRUCKERS HERE ARE UNEASY.
THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT CONSULTED WHEN HE fúKES DECISIONS, ONE MAN
DESCRIBES HIM AS A COWBOY, RECKLESS ON THE ROAD A GUY WHO LEADS BY INTIMIDATION.
LOE WILL KEEp LEADING IS ANYONE'S GUESS.
SETH.
SOME GUYS JUST NEVER LEARN.
HANKS DAN.
AN INT'L STORY WITH A LOCAL TWIST CONCLUDED IN ENGLAND TODAY...
WHY IS HE DOING MCGANN?
HE CHANGED IT BACK.
THE CHARGES WERE LAID 8 YEARS AGO, BUT MCGANN
EVADED BRITISH AUTHORITIES UNTIL LAST YEAR, WHEN
WHEN CHANNEL 10 REVEALED HE WAS LIVING HERE IN THE METRO AREA -
UNDER AN ASSUMED IDENTITY.
THE MARK OF A GOOD ADMINISTRATOR.
ALWAYS IN A HURRY.
ANN,
ANN HILDEBRAND, MY NEPHEW, ROD.
HI.
ROD, JUST GRADUATED WITH HONOURS IN JOURNALISM.
OH, CONGRATULATIONS.
THE THING IS ANN, IT IS BLOODY DIFFICULT FOR
A WHITE MALE TO BREAK INTO T-V NEWS THESE DAYS.
WHAT THE HELL, MAYBE ANN COULD PUT HIM TO WORK FOR A WEEK,
HE'D GET SOME KIND OF REEL TOGETHER.
I THINK THE UNION WOULD HAVE
A REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THERE IS ALWAYS THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
T?
NO.
YOU'RE TERRIFIC.
THIS IS IT KID.
I LEAVE YOU IN ANN'S VERY CAPABLE HANDS.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S O-K.
YOU DON'T WANT ME, I'M OUT OF HERE,
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO KNOW WHY.
WE'LL FIND SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO.
MCGANN'S DAUGHTER, BRIDGET HALIDAY, PRES. AND CEO. OF HALEDON DEVELOPMENT,
MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL THAT HER FATHER WAS A VICTIM OF A SMEER CAMPAIGN.
TODAY'S ACQUITTAL IS A VINDICATION FOR BOTH OF THEM.
YEAH.
MIKE?
YEAH.
HI, IT'S BRIGETTE.
I SAW THE STORY YOU DID ON MY FATHER,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO THANK ME.
FRANKLY, I WAS SURPISED YOU DID THE STORY.
R.
IT WAS ONLY FAIR, CONSIDERING.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOU.
MAYBE, DRINKS OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T THINK SO.
NOTHING HEAVY.
NO, THANKS AGAIN.
YEAH.
BYE.
ARE YOU LEAVING THE JEEP HERE?
CALLAHAGN KNOWS WHERE IT IS.
WE'LL USE THE MOBILE.
MAKE LIKE A DONKEY.
THANKS FOR THE HEAVY STUFF.
HEY, CELEBRITY!
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
YOU CAN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
WITHOUT THANKING YOU?
WE'RE LEAVING, SO JUST BACK OFF.
SUCH BEAUTIFUL BODY WORK!
I'LL SHOW YOU BODY WORK!
LET'S NOT GET CRAZY AROUND HERE.
EASY, TH $80,
WE'RE LEAVING! LET HIM GO!
IF I SEE YOU OR ANYONE FROM THE STATION
NOSING AROUND AGAIN, SOMEONE WILL BE HURT!
GOT ME?
IF WE CAN COVER THE STORY DIFFERENTLY?
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BACKING DOWN.
THAT'S WHY.
COME ON!
THE STORY IS THE ROADBLOCK.
I WANT A CREW OUT THERE.
IT'S A PART OF THE STORY...
THE PART WITH ACTION.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, A
TO GET TH OLD LTESTOSTERONE FLOWING.
CHEAP SHOT.
EVERYBODY ELSE WILL BE THERE.
BECAUSE IT'S EASY.
THAT'S WHAT RICHTER DOES...
HE STAGES CHEAP THEATRE.
EVERY CAMERA IN TOWN SHOWS UP,
NOBODY COVERS THE REST OF THE STORY.
WHICH IS?
[ANN]: THE TRAFFIC JAMS,
HOW THEY AFFECT THE ECONOMY,
THE COPS, AND HOW THEY STAND AROUND AND DO NOTHING.
THE UNION, HOW'S IT'S FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS.
MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL TALK.
DAN, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GUY?
ZABROSWKI? HE'S AT THE ROADBLOCK.
[ANN]: 24 HOURS A DAY?
I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
I'LL GET KEVIN ON THE TRAFFIC JAM.
WE NEED CHOPPER FOOTAGE.
STOP GLOATING.
ABOUT WHAT?
SUPERIOR NEWS JUDGEMENT.
ARE YOU APOLOGIZING FOR LAST NIGHT?
NO.
MIKE, WE NEED TO TALK.
YOU WANT TO HAVE LUNCH?
SORRY, BOOKED.
POPULAR GUY,
MIKE, LINE 2.
YEAH.
MISS HILDEBRANDT?
YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR LETTING ME STAY IN THE MEETING.
IT WAS GOOD FOR YOU TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING WORKS.
I LEARNED A LOT.
GOOD.
REALLY I DID.
DID U.C. GET YOU A STORY?
YEAH, ENGINEERING STUDENTS DOWNTOWN
BUILT MODEL BRIDGES OUT OF POPSICLE STICKS.
GET ON IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY... REALLY.
GOOD.
I WONDER WHAT HE'S LIKE WHEN HE'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITED?
AREN'T YOU TAKING THIS HOME-RUN CONTEST A LITTLE TOO SERIOUSLY?
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF.
THEY LOB YOU THE BALL, YOU HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.
HEH, BATTER-BATTER-BATTER, WE GOT A HITTER, WE GOT A BIG HITTER, SWING BATTER!
YOU ARE NERVOUS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
M.V.P. TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
AND YOU'RE NERVOUS.
'S NERVOUS.
YEAH, GOOD FOR HIM.
SAYS HE'S NEVER HIT A BALL WITH A BAT BEFORE IN HIS LIFE.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING WITH ZABROWSKI,
DID HE GIVE YOU ANY IDEA WHERE HE LIVES?
NO, WHY?
BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND HIM.
SEE IF HE'LL TALK.
NOT A CHANCE.
IF HE WON'T MAYBE HE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO WILL.
JUST LEAVE THE KID ALONE?
[ WACK! ]
HOW'D YOU LIKE WOODGROVE?
HELLO?
WHAT?
WOODGROVE, HOW'D YOU LIKE IT?
IT WAS FINE.
WHICH JEEP?
WHICH CAMPUS?
POPSICLE STICKS CAN WAIT.
HEAD NORTH.
IS BRIGETTE HALLIDAY IN?
HAVE AN APPOINTMENT?
LUNCH DATE.
I THINK SHE'S IN A MEETING.
LET ME BUZZ HER... OH!
MAKE IT CLEAR: THE OFFER IS FINAL.
NG WITH--
HI.
LET'S FINISH LATER.
WELL, YOU WERE RIGHT.
RE
SO...
HOW ABOUT LUNCH?
THIS IS THE TRUCKERS STRIKE.
(ROD): YEAH.
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
A STORY.
ROD!
GET THE CAMERA.
, ROD, THIS IS DAN'S STORY.
GET THE CAMERA!
DY, I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS.
I WON'T TAKE THIS CRAP.
MY UNCLE'S BEEN HERE FOR 15.
TAKE OFF YOUR VEST.
SAY WHAT?
I SAID, TAKE OFF THE VEST.
WHAT THE HELL--
JUST DO IT!
OKAY.
I'M LOOKING FOR ZABROWSKI.
JACK?
JACK?
YEAH?
HOW ARE YOU?
WHO ARE YOU?
ROD COPELAND, CHANNEL TWELVE.
ROD!
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE STRIKE?
NOTHIN' TO SAY.
HOW'D YOU KNOW MY NAME?
I ASKED YOUR BUDDY.
I ALWAYS GET A NAME FIRST.
WHAT ABOUT THE STRIKE?
GET AWAY WITH THAT!
STILL BEHIND IT?
YEAH, SURE, I'M BEHIND IT.
PAUL'S A GREAT GUY... A LOT OF GUTS.
GO TALK TO SOMEBODY ELSE, OK?
ONLY TWO UNION EXECS WILL GO AGAINST RICHTER.
NOT ONE DRIVER?
WHAT A SURPRISE.
KNOW WHO I SPOKE WITH?
NO.
MARTIN CRABB.
HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY THE PROFILE GOT BUMPED.
(DAN): CAN THIS WAIT?
I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE LEO MCGANN STORY
AND HE TOLD ME THAT BRIDGET HALIDAY IS IN TROUBLE.
WHAT KIND?
THAT HALDEN BOUGHT DOWNTOWN,
WHICH SHE SAID SHE'D RECOUP AFTER SHE BUILT
THIS BIG OFFICE TOWER.
BUT CRABB TOLD ME CITY HALL WILL WITHDRAW HER PERMIT.
SURE?
HE TOLD ME.
METRO'S BIGGEST DEVELOPER IS GOING BUST!
METRO'S MEANEST.
WEGO FOR IT.
HANG ON, THIS IS A RUMOUR: GO SLOWLY.
CHECK CITY HALL, BUT BE DISCREET.
ME?
I DEFINED DISCREET.
I WANT TO SEE HER DICTIONARY.
WHEN MAN SAYS ONE THING...
UH... START AGAIN, OKAY?
ANYTIME.
WHEN A MAN SAYS ONE THING ON CAMERA, AND ANOTHER--
YOUR TIE'S CROOKED.
SAYS ONE THING OFF CAMERA...
"ON CAMERA."
WHAT?
YOU SAID "ON CAMERA" FIRST.
YOUR LUNCH IS GOING TO GET COLD.
OU CAME HERE SOMETHING.
NO.
NO...
I JUST WANTED TO SEE YOU.
SO, NOW YOU'VE SEEN ME.
YEAH.
AND I'M JUST GONNA BE PERFECTLY HAPPY
TO SIT HERE UNTIL YOU HAVE ME KICKED OUT.
THIS HAS NOWHERE TO GO, MIKE.
IS THAT BECAUSE OF LAST YEAR?
OR IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE?
BOTH.
YOU KNOW, I--
I REMEMBER YOUR HAIR... DARKER.
WATCH.
FEEL THROUGH IT.
LET YOUR BODY DO THE THINKING, NOT YOUR MIND.
YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES?
MM-HMM.
YOU HIT WITH THEM CLOSED?
YOU WANT TO FEEL HITTING THE BALL,
YOU TRY IT.ANT TO SEE IT.
I'LL STICK TO THE BATTING CAGE.
OKAY.
I'VE BEEN COACHING 30 YEARS...
27 BATTING CHAMPIONS.
YOU'RE THINKING, JOHN.
HI, I'M LOOKING FOR MIKE FENNEL.
MIKE FENNEL?
UH... I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR A WHILE.
COULD YOU PAGE HIM FOR ME?
MIKE!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
HI! BEEN WAITING LONG?
NO.
DID YOU CALL ME?
MS. HALLIDAY WANTED TO SEE YOU.
MS... I'M SORRY,
I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME?
(MIKE): ANNE HILDEBRAND.
OUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PAGE YOU FOR ME.
LET ME GET MY STUFF.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
NICE MEETING YOU.
THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO.
WHEN A MAN SAYS ONE THING ON--
UH... TRY AGAIN.
TOO CORNY, HUH?
OR, ARE YOU ALLERGIC?
YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT YOUR REPORTER.
WHAT REPORTER?
WHAT REPORTER, BRIGET?
THE BLOND.
SHE HEARD A RUMOUR THAT MY PERMIT TO BUILD
THE COMPLEX DOWNTOWN WILL BE REVOKED?
WHERE'D SHE GET THAT?
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
THERE'S AN ALDERMAN
A GRUDGE FOR TWO YEARS.
WHY?
WE HIRED HIS BROTHER'S CONCRETE COMPANY
AT .
THEY SCREWED UP: I TOSSED THEM OUT.
SOME BUSINESSMEN DON'T LIKE
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WOMEN.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE FIRED BY THEM.
THEY CAN'T REVOKE YOUR PERMIT--
HE AND HIS P NEED TO REVO
IT'S WHAT MAKES BANKERS VERY NERVOUS.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE S DOING THIS.
IF YOU SAY ON AIR I MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE,
THREE HOURS LATER, I WILL BE.
BRIGET, LOOK--
SO YOU JUST WANTED TO SEE ME, HUH?
WHAT'S THAT?
THE LEAD STORY FOR ELEVEN.
TRUCKERS' STRIKE.
I'VE GOT WATSON'S PIECE.
SITE
WHO ASSIGNED YOU TO THAT?
JUST SORT OF HAPPENED.
AN EDITED STORY JUST HAPPENED?
I SHOWED IT TO MY UNCLE.
HE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ON AIR.
I CAN'T DISAPPOINT HIM, MAC.
HI, KELLY.
IS ANNE STILL THERE?
WHAT ABOUT MIKE?
NEVER MIND... THANKS.
SHE WALTZED IN LIKE SHE OWNED THE PLACE.
I'M SURPRISED SHE DOESN'T.
AND ARROGANT!
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
SHE THINKS EVERYONE SHOULD CURTSEY TO HER.
WATER CHESTNUTS.
THIS WOMAN'S KICKED MORE PEOPLE OUT--
SHE RELOCATES THEM.
A LOT OF THEM END UP IN THE STREETS.
SHE BUILDS THOSE UGLY--
WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
WHY DOES MIKE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER?
HE PROBABLY FEELS THE SAME ABOUT US.
COME ON.
STOP SOUNDING LIKE HIS MOTHER!
WHAT?
HIS MOTHER.
I KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR HIM, SHE ISN'T.
YOU WANT A SANDWICH?
NO... I DON'T LIKE HER.
YOU T WANT A SAN
I'VE A RIGHT NOT TO LIKE HER.
FINE!... SO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS.
ING ON THAT'LL SHOW
YOU PUT TERRY ON HER CASE?
NOW THAT'S TERRIFIC.
YOU DON'T LIKE THE LADY'S STYLE,
SO YOU SICK PIRANHA-FACE ON HER.
GREAT JOURNALISM, ANN.
YEAH, GRADE A.
PIRANHA-FACE?
WHY DO MEN DEFEND WOMEN LIKE HER?
I'M NOT... YOU HAVE IT IN FOR HER--
YOU'RE LIKE MIKE--
I'M NOT DEFENDING--
YOU ARE.
OUT OF THE WAY!
I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY HOMERS ALMAN HIT.
YOU THINK THAT'S SOME JOKE.
ALL'S NOT WELLTHE HIGHWAY 8 BLOCKADE, ROD COPELAND REPORTS.
HOW DID HE GET ON THERE?
AND ANOTHER ON CAMERA,
HE'S EITHER A LIAR OR HE'S FRIGHTENED.
SE,
THIS WILDCAT STRIKE IS ALL ABOUT INTIMIDATION.
WHAT THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE'S DOING?
ZABROWSKI TOLD CHANNEL 10 YESTERDAY HE WAS WARY...
WHER PIECE CO
THE REPORTER WAS THREATENED BY SOME OF RICHTER'S MEN,
AND JACK ZABROWSKI CHANGED HIS TUNE.
TODAY, I ASKED IF HE SUPPORTED RICHTER AND THE STRIKE.
YEAH, I'M BEHIND IT.
PAUL'S A GREAT GUY, LOT OF GUTS.
PAUL RICHTER'S A MAN WHO COMMANDS THROUGH FEAR.
JACK ZABROWSKI IS HIS VICTIM, A DRIVER WHO FEARS TO DISAGREE.
HOW MANY OTHERS AT THE BLOCKADE FEEL LIKEWISE?
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE.
JAY ROD COPELAND, C-T-L-S NEWS.
OH, THAT LITTLE ***.
[ SQUEAL OF BRAKES ]
STANDING IN FRONT OF THOSE PEOPLE,
SWATTING AT THE AIR LIKE AN IDIOT.
YOU OPENED YOUR EYES.
I DID NOT.
YOU OPENED YOUR EYES.
THEY WERE LAUGHING AT ME.
27 BATTING CHAMPIONS IN 30 YEARS.
NINE-YEAR-OLDS, SIR.
IT'S OKAY FOR A NINE-YEAR-OLD TO SWING WITH HIS EYES CLOSED.
HER EYES CLOSED.
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD.
THE POINT IS--
THAT YOU'RE AN ARROGANT LITTLE TWIT.
ESS
DOES YOUR NAME ENTITLE YOU TO GO WHEREVER YOU DAMN WELL PLEASE?
DA
I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH THE RISK.
OH MY GOD!
RICHTER FIGURED I WAS THE ONE
THAT SENT THE BOSS'S NEPHEW.
YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT THEY DID TO ZABROWSKI.
HE'S STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.
YOU LITTLE--
DAN, STOP IT! DAN...
DAN.
I GOT THE STORY.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT COUNTED.
YOU DON'T STEAL--
HE!--
DON'T RISK OTHERS' LIVES
INTIMIDATE Y MUSCLE.
PEOPLE GET FIRED FOR LESS.
SO?
SO, GET OUT.
AND IF YOUR UNCLE WANTS DETAILS,
YOU TELL HIM TO COME AND SEE ME.
I JUST MIGHT DO THAT. @@
I KICKED HIM OUT.
YOU DIDN'T SEE HIS REPORT?
NO, LET'S TALK ABOUT TERRY'S STORY.
MY OFFICE.
I WANT LAST NIGHT'S NEWS REPORT... NOW.
HERE WE GO.
TERRY, FOR--
I'LL SHOW MIKE.
... I WANT MIKE TO SEE THIS.
I'VE GOT AN ALDERMAN TO CONFIRM--
GREAT, WAIT OUTSIDE.
WHAT'S HIS NAME?
FRANKS.
HE'S UNWILLING TO GO ON CAMERA, BUT HE'LL TALK.
WE CAN'T SIT ON THIS.
YES, WE CAN.
IF YOU GOING TO DESTROY HER LIFE,
HAVE SOMETHING SOLID.
HOW DO YOU PROPOSE--
@@
LEAVE IT WITH ME!
HERE WE GO.
SHE DESERVES THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
YOUR NOT LIKING HER DOESN'T DICTATE WHAT WE COVER HERE.
THE FACT THAT YOU DO DOES?
I DON'T RUN RUMOUR STORIES.
WE'LL LEAVE THE SCOOPS TO THE COMPETITION.
HERE'S RIVETING NEWS.
TRUCKERS CLOSED ALL THE LANES.
WHAT ARE THE COPS DOING, TAKING NOTES?
THEY CALLED IN TOW TRUCKS.
WE'LL DO A LIVE.
DAN CAN'T GO ON CAMERA.
KEVIN'S IN BAINBRIDGE... TERRY.
TERRY!
HEY.
UNITY FOR
YOU MEAN THE KID.
ARE YOU CALLING ME?
NO...NO, TERRY, IT'S OK.
@@
YOU LITTLE CREEP.
YOU PUT MY CONTACT IN THE HOSPITAL.
MY FRIEND LOOKS LIKE HE'S SUCKING ON A GRAPEFRUIT.
ANOTHER WORD AND YOU'LL BE A SOPRANO AGAIN.
JAKE.
I WANNA SEE YOU FOR A SECOND.
WHAT?
YOU TWO ARE GOING OUT.
WE'RE GOING LIVE FROM THE BLOCKADE.
WITH HIM?--
THINK ABOUT IT.
THINK ABOUT WHAT?
THEY'LL KILL HIM.
OR SCARE HIM TO DEATH.
COME ON, LET'S GO, WE'RE DOIN' A LIVE.
I THOUGHT--
YOU THOUGHT WHAT?!
NOTHING.
GOOD! LET'S GO!
YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD ME IT WAS HERE.
I'M NOT DOING IT.
ND AND DROP ME SOMEWHERE.
LISTEN, YOU LITTLE SUCK!
DON'T WANT TO DO THIS?
THEN WALK BACK THROUGH THEM,
OR TRY TO ACT LIKE A JOURNALIST.
THEY'LL KILL ME.
DON'T WORRY, I'LL GET GREAT CLOSE-UPS.
J.C.!
... DO WE HAVE ANYBODY AT THE BLOCKADE?
IT'S UNDER CONTROL.
OK.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT MISS HALLIDAY ISN'T GETTING
THE PERMIT BECAUSE SHE HAS SOME ENEMIES AT CITY HALL.
I THINK THE TERM IS CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO LOOK INTO IT, MR. FRANKS,
BECAUSE IT'LL FIGURE PRETTY BIG IN ANY STORY WE DO.
ABSOLUTELY, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.
YOU'LL LET ME KNOW, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?
GOOD... THANKS.
SLIME-BALL.
YOU GONNA LET ME TAKE THE BRAKES OFF?
COME ON, MAN, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!
(JAKE): WILL YOU G OVER HERE.
COME ON, LET'S GO!
OK, I WANT YOU TO STAND HERE
AND DO EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD YOU TO DO IN THE MOBILE.
HERE.
STICK IT IN YOUR EAR.
STAND BY, STUDIO, WE'RE THREE MINUTES TO AIR.
STANDBY WITH YOUR FIRST PLAYBACK FOLLOWED BY VTR #2.
WE HAVE A LIVE FEED THIS EVENING.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
IS IT SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY?
CAMERAS OK, VIDEO?
STANDBY.
(ANNE): WHAT'S HE DOING ON THERE?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
SOMEBODY TALK TO ME!
WE WANTED TO TEACH HIM A LESSON.
NOT ON MY SHOW, YOU DON'T!
EVERYBODY GET OUT NOW!
N, STAY HERE AND FEED HIM.
I DON'T THINK SO, ANNE.
DAN STOP PLAYING AND FEED HIM.
(ANCHOR): STANDOFF CONTINUED AT THE TRUCKERS' BLOCKADE.
POLICE MOVED IN ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AFTER A TRACTOR TRAILER
PARKED ACROSS ALL THREE LANES COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE ROAD.
THEY'VE CALLED IN THE TOW TRUCKS AND THEY'RE STARTING TO HAUL AWAY THE RIGS.
ROD COPELAND IS ON THE SCENE. ROD, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?
WELL, THEY'RE HAULING AWAY THE... RIGS. THE POLICE ARE.
THEY STARTED ABOUT, UH... I GUESS, UH... ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
HE'S CHOKING.
(ANCHOR): IS TRAFFIC MOVING YET, ROD?
(ANNE): ROD, I WANT YOU TO REPEAT EVERYTHING I SAY TO YOU.
REPEAT WHAT I SAY TO YOU NOW.
[IN UNISON]: ONE THING POLICE ACTION DOES IS BRING THE STANDOFF TO AN END.
THE STRIKERS HAVE FINALLY PROVOKED THE POLICE, AND THEY'RE TAKING ACTION.
THE STRIKE STARTED AS A PROTEST AGAINST A NEW AGREEMENT.
THIS INTERSECTION QUICKLY BECAME A "NO GO" AREA FOR THOSE WHO COULD AVOID IT.
THE HIGHWAY IS THE MAJOR ROUTE GOING NORTH.
THE TRAFFIC JAMS WERE HORRENDOUS.
ALDERMAN FRANKS HAS JUST CLAMMED UP ALL OF A SUDDEN.
SURPRISE.
HE SAID YOU CALLED HIM TO DISCUSS IT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.
YOU INTERFERED--
I CLAFIRIED THE STORY.
HE'S USING YOU, TERRY.
FLOAT A RUMOUR THROUGH YOU,
BRING HALLIDAY CRASHING DOWN.
YOU WANT TO BE A PARTY TO THAT?
I WANT TO INVESTIGATE THE STORY!
THEN INVESTIGATE--
I CAN'T!
YOU MADE SURE THAT I COULDN'T.
YOU GOT A CONTACT IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT?
YEAH, I DO SO WHAT!
IF THE PERMIT WAS GOING TO BE PULLED,
THEY'D KNOW ABOUT IT RIGHT?
SO CALL.
AND THAT'S THE SCENE AT THIS HOUR, SETH.
THANK YOU, ROD.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPS.
IN OTHER NEWS...
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOIN'?
WHAT STATION YOU WERE WIT
LEAVE HIM ALONE.
YOU STAY OUT OF IT.
THAT'S ASSAULT, RICHTER!
I WOULDN'T!!
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA JOIN HIM?
GET HIM OUTTA HERE.
THANKS.
DROP DEAD.
ME TOO.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D FIRED HIM.
IT WAS JUVENILE.
WORSE THAN THAT.
OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE NEWSROOM...
YOU WRITTEN YOUR OWN TICKETS, SPUD.
SPUD?
THIS'LL GO DOWN IN YOUR BIOGRAPHY AS YOUR BAPTISM BY FIRE.
[ COUGH ]
WHAT'D YOU THINK OF THIS KID?
ISN'T HE SOMETHIN'?
OH, HE'S SOMETHING.
SHOULD WE KEEP HIM?
WE COULD MAKE SPUD FEEL AT HOME.
WELL KID, WHAT'D YOU SAY?
I'D LOVE TO BUT...
THE FIRE.
THERE'S NO RUSH, THINK IT OVER.
ZAWBROSKI'S LAYING CHARGES.
GOOD, WHY DON'T YOU?
NK
RICHTER SHOULD NEGOTIATE OUR NEXT CONTRACT.
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WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IT.
...ON PAGE 27?
SPUD HITS ALLIED TELEVISION NEWS.
THE NETWORK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
HE'S FRESH OUT OF SCHOOL!
EXCUSE ME, MIKE FENNEL PLEASE.
HE'S THROUGH THERE.
THANK YO
THAT KID RADIATES STAR POWER!
[ KNOCK, KNOCK ]
I WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ACTUALLY, I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
IT'S A SMALL TOWN.
MY PERMIT PROBLEMS SEEMED TO HAVE CLEARED UP.
REALLY?
REALLY.
I WAS THINKING THAT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR THAT DRINK.
BETTER PUT THAT AWAY.
IF THE NEWSROOM SEES IT, ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE.
WHY DON'T YOU KEEP IT...
AND BRING IT TO DINNER TONIGHT?
DIDN'T YOU SAY THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE?
OMPETITIVE MIKE.
GO FOR IT.
[ WHISTLES ]
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY?
YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO RICH OR TOO THIN.
WANNA BET?
ANYBODY SEEN ALMAN?
DEEP BREATHS, JOHN.
FROM THE DIAPHRAM.
D-E-E-P.
NOW, PICTURE A BEACH.
GOT IT?
I GOT THE 30-YARD LINE IN LANSDNE PARK.
INTERCEPTED A PASS.
MADE THE WORST FUMBLE OF MY CAREER THERE.
GET OUT OF THE PARK, JOHN.
GET BACK ON THE BEACH.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
LISTEN TO THE WAVES CRASHING.
ATHING ]
SEE THE SEAGULLS.
RIGHT.