All language subtitles for Up Close and Personal 1996 1080p AMZN WEB-DL DDP5 1 H 264-ABM

Let's get ready to rock and roll.

Tally Atwater, affiliate promo, stand by, take 1.

Ok, people, let's get it together.

Gimme Tally on 1.

I want to hear the announce.

We'll take the announce and Tally.

Let me hear the announce ... Testing 1, 2, 3.

This is Tom Orr.

Testing 1, 2, 3.

We got Tally on 1.

You know those faces.
You remember those stories.

They were the men and women who made IBS news ...

Ok, ok, that's enough on Tom Orr.

Let's go to Tally.

Tally, could you give us a level on your Mike, please?

What we in the news business can never forget ...

One second. Raise her gain a little bit.

Again, Tally. Testing 1, 2, 3.

What we in the news business can never forget ...

You're picking up shadow on her face.

Tally, I need to see you right at camera here, please.

I'll make sure we get food in here.

Add some side light, please?

What we in the news business can never forget

is we're only as good as the stories we tell.

Guys, guys, you still got the shadow.

A little more fill, please.

If you could just talk a little bit
about how you got started, Tally.

A few bio bites that, you know, we can play with.

Let's ... Let's shoot this.

Let's see.

I guess I always pretty much knew what I wanted to do.

Sally Ann knew exactly what she wanted.

And what she wanted was to be number one ...

In neon lights.

The sister comes down to two bites, Max.

Something cute about how you got started ...

What, you went to college?

I temped, waited tables ...

The minute I was old enough, I dealt craps.

Craps.

I wanted to deal baccarat,
because you could make more money on tips,

but where we were living
in a little mining town in the west

you have to be connected to deal baccarat,

and the only person I was connected to
was my little sister Luanne.

I was going to community college at night,

doubling up on communications courses,

making up for lost time ...

Everyone said: "You want to get a job in television,

you have to make a demo tape."

So I made a demo tape.

You might ask, out of the thousands of young women

that send you tapes, why hire Sally?

I sent it to 37 stations.

WMIA Miami, was the only answer I got.

So I said good-bye to Luanne

and got on a American connection
to Dallas with a 4-hour layover to Miami.

I wanted it to be 4 days ...
I was so scared of getting there.

So ... You're Sally.

Sally Atwater.

That's Sally with an "s," right?

Do you think I'm overdressed?

No. Not in the least.

I didn't know if they'd be dressy or cool ...

Warren, miss Atwater is here.

OK. Go up those stairs,

and Warren's in the control booth.

I'm Ned.

I'm Sally.

You majored in communications.

Yeah, Vic, listen ...

Wrap Patty, go to Rob.

For now, Rob, back to you in the studio.

Thank you, Patty, for that report.

You, over here.

Rob, you're running long.

Further developments as they occur
on the situation at Tamiami middle school ...

Further developments as they occur
in the situation at Tamiami middle school ...

13-year-old still holds his math
class hostage with an a-k...

Still holds his math class hostage ...

Full coverage at 6:00 from
the award winning channel 9 news team ...

Full coverage at 6:00 from the award winning ...

This is Rob Sullivan with his touchy-feely tag ...

Good-bye. Be of good cheer.

Good-bye. Be of good cheer.

I might get sick.

Get me the 6:00 report.

Come on.

Warren, about the Anders thing ...

- I think the way we play it
- Coming, sweetheart?

it is by calling attention to a public servant
violating the voters' trust.

No, Harvey, we play it straight ...

Harvey Harris reporting from the dade county courthouse

where today seminole school principal Lee Anders

was found guilty of banging
the 10th grade class president.

No more, no less. Got it?

More on that accident in homestead ...

Sweetheart, will you keep up?

Sally.

Excuse?

I said Sally, not sweetheart.

Got it.

Vic, Sally.

Sally's our new desk assistant.

Do not call her sweetheart.

There's got to be a kid trapped in the wreckage

before we do a break-in.

No kid. Dad, mom, grandma in one car.

The driver, his wife or girlfriend in the pickup.

There's some discrepancy there.

Run that discrepancy by me.

Lady calls, says the woman in the pickup
was her husband's whore, quote, unquote.

Warren, Trish again on 2.

Trish?

Yeah. We'll send you references.

Yes.

Weren't you and Trish ...

You know, if you don't mind my asking ...

I do mind. Who you got on homestead?

Nobody ... unless you want to fire Trish.

We don't, we don't usually wear
our credentials in the newsroom.

Oh, sorry.

I'm so sorry.

That's good.

I'm sorry.

I'm from Nevada.

OK. Here's the rundown.

We'll have the kid hostage story live ...

No, not live. By 6:00 it'll be "what does it all mean?"

Have Lou do it.

OK. Consuela's doing the PBA endorsing
the mayor for a second term.

Bury that before the first commercial.

Harvey's doing Anders

and there's the cocoa plum housekeeper killing.

Lead with that. Because ...

Come on, let's have it.

The golden rule of local news ... if it ...

I don't ...

... bleeds, it leads.

- Your predecessor ...
- Trish.

Trish didn't think the desk
had a whole lot to teach her.

How about you?

I think the desk can teach me.

What?

Everything.

Everything?

So that later when I'm ...

So when I'm ready, I'll be able to do a story.

Excuse me a second.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

This is a great honor and ...

Already a seasoned newswoman.

She covered the crucial California youth forum ...

Crucial California youth forum election?

You might ask, out of the thousands
of young women that send you tapes,

why hire Sally?

Because I'm Sally

and I'm going to be a star.

If this is to tell me I have a lot to learn,

I already know that.

I'm going to learn it.

Noted.

Meanwhile, you answer the phones, work the database,

get the reporters what they need
addresses, numbers, who, what, when, where ...

and you see that Mr. Coffee machine over there?

I like it strong.

Ileana, cancel my dinner.
We're gonna have to go late.

You used to cover the white house.

Are you gonna tell me you watched me in high school?

No. You were the one who asked
George Bush how, as former CIA director,

he didn't know Noriega was on the CIA payroll.

And Bush said: "No questions at photo op."

and Marlin Fitzwater said: "Pull the lights."

And you put the whole thing on the air.

It was in a course I took.

Right. You still get the coffee.

I could probably get the coffee.

Good.

Otherwise, you just had the shortest career
in WMIA channel 9 history,

news heartbeat of the American riviera.

Sugar, no cream.

Do you always wear that much makeup?

Turning to the weather front ...

Newsroom.

Can I have your name, please?

What is the name of the hospital?

Does this person have a name?

No. I am trying to help you.

No, ma'am, I do not remember Miami
before there were Haitians.

Thank you, ma'am.

Happy Halloween to you, too.

Looks like you're getting the hang of it.

I am. Yes.

Actually, I've been getting the hang
of it since at least July.

Here you go, Warren.

Thanks. Good, Ned.

This is not a criticism.

It's more of an observation.

You don't have a weather person.

I fired her.

I don't like weather persons.

But having the anchor do the weather
reduces his credibility as anchor.

Credibility? Rob?

If you wanted someone to do it ...

You think you might be ready to ...

- Take on a little more ...
- Responsibility?

Exactly.

I'm ready.

You know what you are ready for?

Stop tomorrow morning on your way in ...

my cleaning ... Shun li.

You want a ride home?

Otherwise I have just had the shortest career

in the history of WMIA channel 9,

news heartbeat of the American riviera.

The ride home is optional.

I opt no, thank you.

You want Rob to wear that?

You know, weather is a sponsored spot.

Well, what if it's not raining, Dan?

Any other costume ideas on tap?

I was thinking maybe big sunglasses.

Shit. Warren, 3 has happy weather.

Do you know what kind of an operation 3 is?

The night the Gulf war started,

They led with the bal-harbor
winter wonderland shop-a-thon.

And 3 was then and still is
the top-rated station in this market.

What could it cost to try this? Come on ...

It would cost you nothing.

Gimme a second.

I said I wanted them boxed.

They still don't come boxed.

Listen ...

I was watching the news last night ...

Is that unusual?

And I have an idea about something.

I was rethinking the weather spot.

Yeah. Everybody is.

I could do it. I could do the weather.

I could do the desk and the weather, same salary.

If I could restate my point ...

I got your point.

Salary to one side, Sally.

I did some weather in Reno.

I wanted to hire a regular weather,
an Arnie poole type.

San Francisco's got Arnie Poole.

We've got Rob.

All I ask is to let Rob try this.

The weather in Reno ...

Let's see they ... they must get some genuine weather?

Big-time.

Warren, you prove me wrong, I'm easy.

Dan ...

Meet our new weather person.

Really?!

Really?

This is Dan Duarte, our station manager and my boss.

I go through life with a smile,

try to spread a little goodness.

Some people in this business get jaded,

because it's always the same awful stories.

And it is the same stories,

but they're happening to different people.

Our new weather gal seems to be under the weather.

30 seconds, Rob.

OK, now we're clearing ...

Focus on spreading that goodness.

What is this?

OK, come on, get up.

Come on ... Now, what is it?

I can't do it.

Come on, you've done this before.
What's wrong?

If you're Sally, I want you in makeup now, please.

Not now.

Stay outside.

Hey ... Say: "Sally Atwater."

Sally ...

Sally ...

Say it.

- Sally At...
- Say it again.

No, I can't do it!

Then don't do it.

You don't have to do it.

Yes, I do.

What?

Yes, I do.

OK. I'll get you through it.

Hello, miss. My name is Octavio.
I'm your floor manager.

You're going to be in camera the entire time.

Welcome to WMIA.
OK, everybody, happy weather in 15, 14 ...

OK, everybody.

Keep on your toes.

Let's do this one for Uncle Dan.

Can we have it quiet in here, please?

Rob, check the prompter.

And now with the weather, here's Sa...

Tally Atwater.

Tally?

Come on, that's your new name ... Tally.

It's easy to say.
Don't look at me, look at the camera.

You got 29 seconds to commercial.

Look straight into the camera,

talk straight into the red light.

You'll find you've got a new best friend.

Tally?

Come on, baby.

Tally ...

Thanks, Rob.

How long was that?
OK, we need to take ...

You won't need this.

What an idea.

You will want these...

Another good idea, Dan.

We're looking at an expected high of 98 ...

Those glasses don't seem silly on 7.

Does she come out next with a banana?

Look for a balmy low of 86.

Pick it up.

More high pressure moving in means
that this system is definitely staying with us.

Pace yourself.

Don't look at me. Look at the camera.

And so the 5-day forecast is
more, more, more, hot, hot, hot.

Stay ...

Stay inside, cuddle up.

Cuddle up and enjoy the air conditioning, Rob.

Thanks, Tally ...

You made your point, Warren.
This is a nonstarter.

She eats the lens.

That does it for now.
This is Rob Sullivan saying,

for Adela Simms and myself and all
of us here at channel 9 news.

Good night. Be of good cheer.

Won't want this.

Will need these.

Not to worry, Dan.

Uncle Rob was there to step in if it got any worse.

Good job, Sally.

I was betting she'd pee on the air.

OK, guys, we'll do it again tomorrow, OK? Thanks.

You don't have to put up with him, Lu.

Luanne ... I hear it, I hear it.

No, it is not the guy from the sweepstakes.

Nobody but you believes in the guy from the sweepstakes.

It's like the tooth fairy.

Don't hang up. I want to talk to you.

Still feeling sorry for yourself?

What are you doing here?

NBC's million dollar baby and how she got there.

No Miami Herald, no Washington Post,
no Wall Street Journal?

You getting a cheap rush from this?

- You know the demo tape I sent you?
- Yeah.

I faked it.

I didn't do any of those things I said I did.

I went to East Reno community college at night.

I wasn't valedictorian.

I didn't even graduate.

I faked the whole graduation.

I rented a cap and gown, I did the camera myself,

I even threw the confetti myself.

No crucial California youth forum elections?

Big-time weather? Freelance?

Once when I was working at ... Cal-neva,

it got snowed in, and a Reno station asked for some ...

Reports ... phone reports, and I did one.

- It was 40 seconds long.
- I know all that.

You think I didn't check it out?

So fire me.

I figure if you're hungry enough to fake it,

you might be hungry enough to do it.

The weather is not gonna work.

- You don't think I know that?
- You come across on camera.

You made a save.

I'm giving you a shot as a reporter.

That's what I came by to tell you.

Thought I came by to fuck you, didn't ya?

Lu.

I think I just got promoted.

Actually, this is a set-aside.

Harvey's belle-glade piece tells me a story.

Yours doesn't.

Miami's beautiful people got an eyeful today ...

What's the story?

The story is ...

The fashion industry comes to South beach.

It came ... It went.

We did that story. It's gone.

OK, now, let's lay in b-roll.

See if we can't salvage this thing.

Some of the finest cigarmakers exiled from Cuba

are making profitable businesses here in little Havana.

As I quickly learned, it's not as easy as it looks ...

What's the story here?

Is it the Cuban,
or are you getting cute with the cigar?

This is Tally Atwater, channel 9 news, Little Havana.

The Cuban, of course.

Then you should have found out

that this particular exiled cigarmaker

is not a cigarmaker from Havana,

but a Batista officer.

- Just do it better.
- Right.

Harvey's truck is down.

What?

On his way to ...

How long would it take us to get to Miami beach?

I thought we'd be doing this bullshit boat show

until you detoured onto Connie's jewelry.

No, no. This is a much better story. How long?

Half an hour.

Vic, yeah, Tally.

Listen, Ned and I are moments from this Harvey story.

Yeah ...

Harvey's truck is down.

I know it's down.

I'm covering till he gets here. Ned?

But if he doesn't get here,
you'll need an on-camera reporter.

What?

You've never done a live feed.

You don't even know what the story is.

Get the boat, get the cables, get the balconies ...

Get the spokesman ...

Then tell me what the story is.

OK.

Show me what you got.

Get in there.

Jam the damn Mike in his face, get in.

Wait a minute.

Positive I.D. First.

And how do you do that, sheriff?

Metro dade, missy.

I said how do you make a positive I.D.?

I know she's never done a live feed, Vic,

but I've done live feeds,

so if she can't cut it, I'll do it, OK?

We can call this one Juan Doe.

His name is Juan Doe?

Or is that your way of suggesting
that this particular John Doe,

or unidentified person,
is or was Spanish speaking?

Cute, missy.

All right, now, listen,

I'm gonna ask you all just to bear
with us and be patient here ...

First thing ... stay upwind.

Which way is upwind?

Away from the stink.

Floaters stink because their stomachs fill with gas.

That's what brings them up.

Sometimes they pop.

We can shoot right here.

But ... but they're over there ...

OK. Raul Sota, Domingo Katz.

Colombians. Deckhands on
the S.S. Bolivar out of Berenchia.

They jumped ship.

I called the harbormaster.

Calling the harbormaster is what reporters do.

They just don't show up on the scene.

Raul Sota and Domingo Katz.

We're still too close.

The storm that slammed into Miami yesterday ...

Not yesterday. Yesterday's history.

News happens today.

Today. Forget yesterday.

Today. OK.

Show her face in camera ...

I think I'm gonna faint. Where's upwind?

Not where you're at.

Vic, are you with me?

- How much time have we got?
- No.

OK.

A minute and 12 seconds
to come up with a lead-in.

OK. Now, what are you doing?

This isn't about lipstick.

This is about them ...

Raul Sota, Domingo Katz.

Two guys jump ship for the land of plenty

and they drown 25 feet from getting it.

People like Raul Sota and Domingo Katz
don't get taught how to swim.

That's what this story's
about, not makeup.

Vic? One minute.

In the blue water off Miami today ...

Miami beach today.

Raul Sota, Domingo Katz ...

What did they die for? What did they want?

In the blue water off Miami beach today, divers ...

Hold the divers, hold the divers.

Lead with Raul Sota and Domingo Katz.

I'll tell you what to say.

I know what to say.

Well, then say it!

Raul Sota and Domingo K...

Raul Sota and Domingo ...

25 feet from the big enchilada.

25 feet from the promised land.

25 feet from walking down Collins Avenue

and a job bussing dishes at the blue.

Do you have any idea what it's
like to want something that bad?

10 seconds, Warren.

Answer me. Do you?

Yes.

Then show me.

Rob can't stretch.

She's on in 7 seconds ... 6 ...

Tell me a story.

4 ... 3 ... 2 ...

Two men drowned today off Miami beach.

Raul Sota and Domingo Katz

did not belong in the luxurious cabanas

that line this stretch of the beach.

They jumped ship.

They wanted to come to America and they died ...

25 feet from what they must
have seen as the promised land.

Were these men seeking asylum, Tally?

All we know, Rob, is that a pilgrimage to El Norte

that began in berenchia, Colombia,

spelled death today for Raul Sota and Domingo Katz.

This is Tally Atwater on Miami beach.

Yes!

Girl's got chops.

Thank you.

I was wondering if you could say that.

That was nice work on the aliens.

Thanks.

It made me reflect on ...

how many of them every day actually get in.

Food for thought.

I've never thought of it that way, Rob.

A little advice from Uncle Rob.

Watch Warren.

Don't let him bring you along too fast.

You feel you need a mentor ...

Rob-erino.

Thanks.

OK.

On tonight's assignment earth ...

Selling dirty air.

Entiende usted ...

Entiende ...

Me falta practica.

When Oriana Falacci interviewed Fidel Castro,
she did it in Spanish.

Well, before you set up your one-on-one with fidel,

you might want to get a new jacket or two.

We have a consultant that we use ... Inez Cifuentes.

OK.

We have a budget for it.

We don't want the look to get in the way.

Now, Warren said to keep a little edge.

Thank you.

It's a "when did you stop beating your wife" kinda deal.

Diaz isn't going to admit he's taking money,

so if you can get him not
answering the question on camera.

Well, then you've told the story.

And another thing ... well, that's nice.

Edgy enough for you?

Inez, you can do something about the hair?

I'm not cutting my hair.

Ned, come on. Get ahead of me.

Sorry. Excuse me.

We'll win, we'll win.

Congressman, how do
you answer allegations

that you profited from drug money?

That is no longer an issue.

Isn't it true that your campaign received

sizable contributions from at
least one foreign-based individual?

Congressman.

Congressman.

Would you like to take this opportunity
to clear up these allegations?

Just tell him I got the mother of the sex change boy.

Probably because donahue was a sex change boy.

Yeah, I know she's a second-tier.

I also know she's available.

200 years of a free press

and we're down to the mother of a sex change boy.

No, there's no point in trying to get local color here.

Tell him that. Just get me into Havana on Thursday.

3, 2, 1.

Behind those smoke-glass windows
in downtown Miami today ...

Bet that one's yours.

You win.

Got it?

Asshole Diaz.

Tally Atwater, Joanna Kennelly.

Joanna's my ex-wife.

Well, one of them.

The one that left me in Washington

as opposed to the one that left me in New Orleans.

Joanna's on her way to Havana.

Why don't you come with me?

Well, you could think about it.

Do you really expect to get a statement from Diaz?

Tally, let me show you the beauty of television news.

I expected to get him on camera, and I did.

Of course you did.

Get plenty of ambient noise, OK?

And balloons.

How would you do it?

Perfectly.

I love balloons.

- Here, look at this.
- Congressman, congressman.

Watch this.

And you dissolve from the window ...

To you, like this.

Then ...

Lay in the sound.

Behind those smoke-glass windows in downtown Miami today

is congressman Jorge Diaz, who was ...

So ...

- You and Joanna ...
- Joanna ...

Thought I was a capitol hill insider,
which at the time I was.

We were a cute couple on the Sunday shows for a while.

But being around in the morning ...

Isn't my long suit.

See, you got your questions,

got your ambient noise at the rally.

Can't imagine it's your long suit, either.

Maybe not.

So we keep it loose,

we keep it open,

and if we get lucky ...

Gold.

We hear you.

You and Joanna have any children?

No.

- Iris and I had ...
- Iris?

Yeah, my first wife.

We had a little girl.

She lived a week, 8 days.

You have family?

A sister.

You close?

I raised her after my mother died.

Our mom totaled the car on mount Rose highway.

She always wanted to sing in a lounge,
but she never did.

She had this whole Patti Page set.

She was OK.

Look ...

I've been here before.

So have I.

Newsroom. Justice.

Just a minute.

For you.

For me?

This is Tally.

Hi.

I'll call you when I get home.

I need to take a few days off.

Something wrong?

No. Nothing's wrong.

But you have to take some days off.

It's personal, OK?

It's OK. It's OK.

It's gonna be all right, Luanne.

I'll get the money. I'm here.

It's not about economic chaos or political uncertainty.

Tonight at 6:00, the channel 9 news team ...

- About that omega-7 story ...
- Did it make a seventh parole hearing?

Yeah.

Let Steve do it.

And if Tally's back tomorrow afternoon,
she can do an action wrap-up.

I wouldn't count on that.

You want me to get accounting
to wire her the cash advance?

No.

I'll take care of it.

Tell Dan I hear Arnie Poole's
contract's up in San Francisco

and I just might get him a new weatherman.

1, 20, 40, 60, 80, 2 ... 75.

It's not my problem if her boyfriend
skips out on her and steals her money.

I want the rent n-o-w, now.

I'll get it to you tomorrow.

I mean in full.

I told her that or else I gotta get the marshal in.

I'll get the rest of it tomorrow.

Tomorrow's today. Pay up or out luanne goes.

How much?

What are you doing here?

I'm on my way to San Francisco to buy
Dan some happy weather. How much?

She's 550 short.

Extra goes on account.

Let's go.

- Did you interview you any celebrities?
- Yes.

Come on.

You still get a rush out of humiliating me.

I didn't come here for a rush.

Then what did you come here for?

- I had a hunch.
- You had a hunch?

You had a hunch you could walk in here
and get the story on me and my sister.

I have no interest in your sister.
I don't even know your sister.

I just met her a few minutes ago.

Why don't you get her in depth

washing her underwear in the bathroom
sink next to the chemical toilet?

Look, you asked for cash. I provided it.

Over and out.

You provided it?

What exactly do you take me for?

No, wait a minute.
You come here and you spread bills around

like you picked me up in some bar off
fremont street in front of that asshole!

You have no business here.

Hold a minute. Hold on.

You work for me.

You announce you're taking off.

You forget about the part if it's ok with me.

You shoot off a fax demanding cash.

I'm not allowed to wonder why?

And you figured you'd do me
this big favor and I'd owe you.

Well, that was my mistake.

Every girl I grew up with ended up
thinking she owed some guy.

This doesn't interest me.

I was gonna get us out of here.

I remember telling Luanne

we'll get an apartment on the upper West Side

because I read in some magazine
that said Diane Sawyer lived there.

I didn't know the upper West Side of what.

I just knew ...

I had to get us there.

That's what happens.

Some guy comes along and ...

No more upper West Side.

Does that interest you?

That interests me.

I need another couple of days

to make sure she's all right.

If that's ok with you.

It's perfectly OK with me.

Attention, passengers,

this is the final boarding call

for flight 804 to San Francisco.

All remaining passengers should board now.

So take as long as you need.

I didn't want you to see any of this.

So what?

We've completely ignored the fact that this is
a society divided by fear, hatred and violence.

Not true.

We haven't discussed ...

"Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken"
Jonathan swift once said.

And the president's environmental package
today resembled so much cherry pie crust.

A South vietnamese plane struck the wrong
target here today their own village.

Napalm burned a group
of civilians running for their lives.

Here is what we do not know

on this day where over 200 U.S. marines were killed

with the death toll still rising.

We do not know why there was no perimeter defense
set up that might have stopped the suicide bomber.

We do not know what role these marines
were supposed to play in this war-ravaged city.

We do not know why they were even here.

And so at the end of this terrible day,

what we do know is that over
200 marines died without knowing why.

This is Warren Justice,
IBS news, Beirut, Lebanon.

Warren Justice stepped down today
as chief white house correspondent for IBS.

An award-winning journalist,

Justice has been a prominent figure at IBS ...

So, what is it like working at the network?

You think you get to the network and
look back at everybody that made you eat it

and say: "up yours," but it's not like that.

What is it like?

It's hard.

Fun.

Why did you leave?

It stopped being fun.

Tell me about these dumb contests
you used to enter with ... Tawny.

Tawny Button.

Why don't you tell me why it stopped being fun.

You like a contest?

- The contest.
- Contest.

Miss state line, miss truckee,

miss Tahoe, miss Sierra Logger.

I'll tell you a secret.

I'd keep Sierra Logger a secret.

No. The secret is in not one of them

did I finish in the top 5.

So what'd you do for talent?

Did you by any chance sing feelings?

No. For your information,
I did not by any chance sing feelings.

Phone sex is on the rise.

Yeah, let hard copy do it.
Warren won't touch that.

Alaskan wolves.

As in the slaughter of?

We have tape of a wolf caught in a trap.

- You got tape on that?
- Yes.

Run it at 6:00.

Well, Metro-dade reports tourists
robbery complaints are up 8 %.

It's not a story this town's talking about.

Dan and I were ...

Correction: It's not a story
this town wants to talk about.

I don't think Tally has her pulse on the finger
of the community the way I do, Warren.

I think you mean finger
on the pulse of the community, Rob.

Anyway ... Let's get people talking about it.

Harvey, why don't you get into that?

Look at it as your first step towards the peabody award.

Somebody gonna make me happy?

Wait, wait.

Here's a cross-dresser from Tallahassee

who gets all the way to the finals
in the miss Florida contest.

Boring.

Tally, maybe you want to handle that.

Oh, no.

No, I have a hunch you ...

You could do a real in-depth piece on it.

I think I'll pass.

But think of it, a cross-dresser from Tallahassee:
"Who dreams the impossible dream."

Who you cannot be trusted.

Ok. Anything else?

So, this is where I live.

- It's ...
- What?

Possible 502.

Vehicle registered to skylight limo.

Do you keep this on all the time?

I find it soothing.

The sound of human iniquity.

Know what a 502 is?

D.W.I. Driving while intoxicated.

Skylight limo's the one the rockers use.

Probably a drug bust.

Controlled substances.

Tally Atwater reporting live.

You better get going.

The night we did the Diaz story

in the editing room ...

I didn't know you then.

I'm not gonna be the guy that goes ...

No more upper West Side.

So how about it?

First on the scene, one-on-one with the lead guitar?

It's what you want, isn't it?

What do you want?

I knew you'd go.

This is Tally Atwater saying happy
new year from WMIA channel 9,

news heartbeat of the American riviera.

You give us 30 minutes and we give you Miami,

y El mundo.

We're back in Times Square ...

Have you ever met Bucky Terranova?

Agents are for babes, Tal, not for grunts.

He's coming to Miami next week for a panel.

So is Joanna Kennelly.

You know, you and Warren ...

You guys aren't having a ...

You know ...

Thing, are you?

No.

That's what I thought.

The usual deal is somebody ends up crying.

Nobody's going to end up crying.

And it's usually not Warren.

Happy new year to all of you.

OK, did you got the baby?

OK, now, you get me, OK?

OK.

Fernando, you were convicted in July
of armed robbery, your third felony conviction.

No.

Four.

So, you get free baby clothes, toys,

diaper service for a year, all for ...
what are you calling the baby?

Fernandito.

I always really wanted to name him Fernando after me.

Lo felicito por su hermoso bebe.

Gracias.

And so Fernando Buttanda
heads north to Holmsberg prison,

leaving behind his wife Augustina
and their 5 children ...

Here's something from the booth.

And Rosalio Bota, who at 12:02 this morning

gave birth to his son Fernando Jr.,

Miami's first baby of the new year.

Sad story, Tally.

It is, Rob.

One with a new year's twist.

I was just informed that the local
merchant's association decided that

because of the unusual circumstances,

the firstborn layette should
be awarded instead to little ...

Tiffany Polachek.

Born 12:59 A.M. at Kaiser hospital ...

You might have cleared this with me.

Back to the 2-shot. Take.

Tiffany was the second born, Rob.

The layette was supposed to go to the first.

I think I see the merchants' point.

Arguing on the air.

I'm not surprised you do, Rob.

Happy new year. Go to commercial.

No go. 30 seconds till the credits.

After all, Mr. Buttanda is an habitual offender

and the woman has had 2 other children out of wedlock.

After all what, Rob?

Guys, cut it out.

I don't think we need to go into that, Tally.

You got 2 cameras on them.
Get one on something else.

What else is there.

It's a runaway train.

Rob ...

In the spirit of the new year
and the whole idea of firstborn,

I'm sure WMIA would be delighted

to honor Miami's true firstborn, Fernandito Buttanda.

She can't do that.

She just did it.

15 seconds to credits.

That's all for tonight.

I'm Rob Sullivan.

Tally will surely join me in saying be of good cheer

and happy new year from all
of us at the channel 9 news team.

Go. Add it.

All right, we gotta hold this for 15.

Kill their Mikes.

This is the last time you sit here.

I didn't know you'd been appointed
commissar of public morality.

He's a criminal and she's a whore.

If you can't understand that.

Only whores have babies out of wedlock?

Warren, your protégée is out of line.

Protégée. Does that mean whore, too?

Tally, shut up and smile.

Rob, we're still on air.

Keep smiling.

Warren, we've got to talk.

You saw tonight.

She doesn't have the maturity.

You're pushing her too fast.

Your protégée doesn't have the maturity.

Is that what you mean?

If you think that pompadour gives you maturity,

you need professional help, Rob.

That's enough, Tally.

Rob, handling the unexpected is what we call television.

- She has no right ...
- To what.

Tell the truth or change copy to something safe?

Warren, you know as well as
I do she's off the reservation.

- And it's up to you to ...
- To what, rope her in?

Cut her down to size, Dan?

What size do you want her? Your size?

Warren, I'm warning you.

That's a wrap. Thank you.

That's unbelievable. Unbelievable!

I've never seen such childlike, amateurish behavior.

They would have fired her when I was in St. Louis.

- Right, Rob. Tough shop, St. Louis.
- I'm taking this to Dan.

If you don't, I will.

Listen ...

Next time you want to embarrass the station, quit first.

You want me to quit?

Yeah, that's what I want.

You'd better get it through your head,
you don't go around changing station policy on air!

I'm the one that has to get it through my head?!

This is a team!

But I'm not part of the team, am I?

Because no matter what I do,
I will always be written off

as the news director's protégée!

So, fine!

I am perfectly capable of finding a job

where I am nobody's protégée.

Feliz año nuevo.

You're right.

My sister has a baby.
Her live-in has a record.

That make her a whore?

Right again.

He's just stupid.

He's an anchor.

Mr. Terranova, Mr. Terranova.

Mr. Terranova, one photo, please.

Joanna Kennelly.

Mr. Terranova.

Tally.

- Bucky, one last shot.
- Joanna Kennelly. We've met before.

Yes. Hello.

- Excuse me, miss Kennelly.
- Sure.

This way, Mr. Terranova.

Have you known Bucky for long?

No, I don't actually know him.

But you want to.

Bucky, come here.

Excuse me.

Very good.

Tally Atwater, Mr. Bucky Terranova.

News heartbeat of the American riviera,

you give us 30 minutes, we'll give you El mundo?

I was wondering when you'd walk into my life.

Please.

I'm gonna need a suite at the Wilshire

and a floor pass at the forum.

It hasn't got to do with that.

Just tell him it's for the day
that the Lakers play the Phoenix ...

- What ... what are they ...
- Suns.

Suns. No, I'll call you back.

Sex and drugs, the downside of
basketball's instant millionaires.

A Joanna Kennelly in-depth report.

Well, those tall millionaires in shorts will love you.

You still got a nice ass.

But it's not this year's ass, is it?

Not even last year's.

I am 7 years and 3 dozen asses back.

The next time I see you ...

It'll be 4 dozen.

Unless you're gonna tell me this one's different.

Wait a minute ...

Has somebody finally got to you?

This is not what you think.

Just good friends. That is novel.

What's it feel like?

It feels ... Good.

You gonna go with her when she makes her move?

You need a year or two in a major market.

Preferably at an o-and-o. Heavy face time.

What's your feeling about Philadelphia?

What?

A large city in Pennsylvania.
I can put you there.

It's the number 4 market.

It's doable.

They're looking for a fresh face.
Lucky timing.

Your voice ...

is full of money.

Anybody ever tell you that?

- I was having ...
- I know where you were

and I know where you're going.

I'll bet he said your voice was full of money.

It's what he always says.

He's famous for it.
He even said it to Joanna.

You know, it's actually not even his line.

It's from a novel.

"Her voice was full of money.

That was the inexhaustible charm

that Rose and fell on it."

Hemingway, right?

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Cheap shot.

It's the right move.

Nobody ever called Bucky dumb.

I guess it's even the right time.

We had some fun, you and I.

Didn't we?

What is it you want?

You know what I want.

You want to go to Philadelphia.

No.

So, he says to me:

"If you need a mentor ..."

Rober-ito.

- Rober-ito?
- Rober-ito.

- Will you do me favor?
- Rober-ito, but he was serious.

Don't ever say that again.

You could come with me.

First prize: a week in Philadelphia.

Second prize: two weeks in Philadelphia.

It's an old joke.

I've already been where you're going.

You could go back.

No.

- Why not?
- I already told you.

Yeah, all you told me is that it stopped being fun.

It was a good run while it lasted.

Then I made a mistake.

What kind of mistake?

I had a source and I trusted the source.

And I went with the story and I got burned.

The source did what sources do.

I should have picked up
the signals and I missed them.

You're allowed to make a mistake once in a while.

Not really.

If you choose not to play on the team,

you can't afford mistakes.

Why didn't we do this before?

Because it was always going to be this hard to stop.

You know, we have some time before you go.

I don't want to go.

Sure, you do.

You know something, I never got a chance ...

What do you got here? For me?

Miss Sierra Logger.

My God.

You better go.

Go.

Up next, shocking new information
about a nursing home sex scandal.

Stay with us.
We'll be back in a moment.

John ...

Whoever wrote that copy about
the nursing home should be fired.

It's silly, it's wrong and I won't say it.

Well, then wing it, Marcia,
you're up to speed on the story.

Real war horse, Marcia.

I thought we'd get together for a drink after the show

so you two kids could get to know each other.

John.

Would you mind having your guest move?

She's in my eye line.

I'm sorry.

Here we go again.

John, have you any idea how little coverage

we actually devote to substantive
discussion of public policy?

You an issues wonk, too, Tally?

I agree, it's an important point.

What is?

The need for substenant ...

Bucky told me ...

Bucky? Bucky who?

Bucky Terranova, my agent ...

- Said that Tom Orr told him that ...
- Tom?

You know Tom?

- Well, not exactly, but according to Bucky ...
- Well, Tom is just about the worst offender.

Well, I have two charity auctions to attend tonight.

That actually a banana daiquiri?

Yeah.

Spring break, lauderdale.

Good night, Tally.

Good night.

Ready, V.T. One ...

Time again for 90 years young.

Today we're blessed with twins.

Go, V.T. One.

It's a cute segment.

What's cute about it, Dan?

To the active things they did in their younger days.

These lovely ladies grew up in the mountains ...

You think it's cute to be condescending to people
just because they happen to be older than you?

You gonna think it's cute when you're 98,

fighting to hang onto your dignity and there's
Rob Sullivan out of the blue with some cheap

birthday cake calling you a beautiful youngster?

I don't want to argue about this, Warren.

There are people fighting out there for this spot.

And any time I have a spot that advertisers
are willing to fight for, then, no problema.

- This is a good spot.
- Is that what we're doing?

Is that how we're programming evening news now, Dan?

Asking the advertisers what they want?

Say an advertiser wants a laugh
track on the evening local.

What about that, Dan? No problema?

Like it or not, Warren, this is a business.

Yeah, it's a business.

The entertainment business.

The hell with the news. The hell with the truth.

Where have all the good times gone?

Philadelphia.

Off this ambulance driver's strike,

we could get into the whole crisis in emergency care.

Emergency rooms are so crowded,
hospitals are turning ambulances away.

They don't have the beds.

What hospitals, Tally?

County general, for one.

Queen of angels? St. Matthew's?

How many hospitals?

Tally, you said "hospitals" - plural.

Which hospitals? When?
How many people turned away? Why?

I have a call in to the ...

Paramedics association.

Well, when you have the statistics,
I think you should definitely reintroduce it.

- OK.
- Shall we move on?

If you could find him, Ileana,
I only have a minute. Thanks.

Warren!

So ...

I saw on the weather channel it's 95 down there.

Actually, I ...

I just didn't want to forget
what your voice sounded like.

No, I haven't forgotten what you look like.

Stop right there. We have to feed.

I miss you, too.

Rape has become an ugly fact of life in Philadelphia

and in just a moment we'll be hearing
from Tally Atwater on that subject.

Some statistics may convey the idea, Marcia.

According to recent studies,

the median age of men who commit
rape in Philadelphia is 23.

Half have a prior arrest record.

9 % of these have been previously arrested for rape.

Sobering, but don't you think, Tally,

that statistics can seem,

in the face of real human outrage,

worse than irrelevant?

Right, Marcia.

Coming up next, Bernie platt with the weather.

You want some coffee or something?

Well, I thought I owed you a talk.

We've got these marketing consultants upstairs.

They run focus groups ...

You know, say they invite
20 citizens in for cold cuts,

see what they like and don't like.

And I thought it might be constructive

if we had a look-see at what
they had to say about Tally Atwater.

Very helpful, John.

I don't like her.

I hit the refrigerator when she comes on.

You know, she looks like ...

A bush-league Marcia.

If you ask me, it's her hair.

Why is it women always go with the hair?

Hair is character.

Nobody from nowhere.

Well, that's enough of that.

Tally, I hired you.

I still think you have real potential,

but there's a feeling that you're not ...

Making ...

Contact.

Right.

Yeah.

Well said.

But I want to leave this on a positive note.

I think what you ought to do is talk
to the consultants who run these deals

and just see what they have to say, OK?

- OK.
- Great.

Something up? Anything wrong?

No, no reason at all. I just, I mean ...

I mean, why should anything be wrong?

I just happen to be so busy and I just hit a break.

So, been busy?

You need a break?

Well, I saw these consultants ...

Consultants on what?

I had a makeover.

A makeover? What do you mean, a makeover?

It seems that I was a little too edgy for Philly,

but Marcia couldn't be nicer.

She's a ... Super girl.

Super?

Marcia McGrath?

Tal ...

You OK? Anything I can do?

No, everything's great.

It's just that I ...

It's just that I ...

I ...

Wanted to say hi.

Hi.

Hi.

You want to say hi again, I'm here.

Bye.

Hablo inglés?

Bucky Terranova.

So, Warren, how long's it been?

R.F.K. Stadium. Owners' box.

Redskins, giants.

I wanted to leave Washington.

You said you didn't handle people on the way down.

Redskins won.

So what brings you to Miami?

Stone crab?

Try again.

Well, the fact is, Warren,
I have a client in a certain amount of ...

Distress.

A client with whom you have a special relationship.

It occurred to me, you might want
to be up there for a period of time.

Last I heard, I still had a job here.

Yes, and I see that it keeps you very busy.

What if I can arrange a leave?

Wait a minute.

I'm seeing daylight out of this.

I bring Mel Casey down from Atlanta to sub for you.

He's got a young wife and he wants the spot jobs.

Meshugena. But it's his life.

You already laid this on Dan, haven't you?

You, too, could use the time off.

This isn't about you and me.

She's in trouble.

Think it over.

What's up?

I was just wishing I was driving down the Keys with you

and we were already picking up Havana on the radio.

How long can you stay?

Long enough.

Hey, what the ...

John. Long time no see.

Warren.

John and I covered the D.E.A. together in New Orleans.

Just ... Left my appointment book here

and I'm on my way.

I didn't think you were coming back.

I think he figured that out, tal.

Tally. Warren.

Fabian, here you are, back home in the town

where you were discovered on your
own front steps when you were only 14 ...

Everybody loved that piece.
We got a huge response.

How do you justify ... I mean ... Considering.

What about that guy who chose to murder that woman?

That was a terrific idea.

It just wasn't ...
Contemporary music today ...

It wasn't quite executed.

You and your children have been here for 7 weeks now.

- Well ... When ...
- Yeah. I was ...

I was really off that day, but there is
some good stuff with her children ...

The S.R.O. Housing corporation of course
being the city agency responsible ...

No, no. You didn't get to the stuff with the children.

I don't need to.

- No, but it's good.
- It's shit.

- It was what?
- It was all shit.

Why was she in the hospital?

The social worker told her she
couldn't get her kids back unless what?

Did you listen to one word that woman was saying

or were you too busy worrying
about impressing the viewers

with how much policy jargon you could spout?

Come here.

Tell me something.

Who the hell is this?

What the hell happened to you?

Where's Tally Atwater?

You tell me. You should know. You invented her!

Well, I did one lousy job.

You come up here, you take one look at
Marcia McGrath's uptown eastern act and you fold.

If I was into inventing people, believe me,

I would have invented somebody a hell
of a lot tougher than you turned out to be.

I am exactly the way you made me.

Do it this way, do it that way, do it my way,

until I don't even know how to do it without you!

Bullshit! I dressed you, I pointed
you toward the camera, but you did it.

You told the story and you know how to do it

and you're going to start doing it on your own.

I can't.

Look at this, because when you get to the network ...

- Don't even talk to me about ...
- I said when you get to the network.

20 million people are going to be depending on you ...

I don't care.

You goddamn well will care because before they
trust you they have to know you're listening to them.

And you can't listen to them unless
you damn well know who you are.

You see?

It's not all Marcia McGrath country up here,

so give them Tally Atwater.

When I asked you how long you could stay

and you said long enough ...

How long is that?

- When we're not together ...
- Everything shuts down.

As councilman for this district,

you were influential in securing the permits and waivers

that allowed Patriot Hill to begin construction.

Yes, yes. I cut through some of
the red tape for the developers.

That was me.

When Patriot Hill was still called Dog Bottom,

these same developers bought up
the neighborhood for Dog Bottom prices.

Well, they also are in business.

Big business, from what I understand.

Evacuations continue at the Holly ball,
the scene of the suspicious fire.

Tally, what's the latest?

Whether the chandelier went down before
or after 911 got called, nobody is saying.

But this has to be one of the most incendiary affairs

of what social register types here call "the season."

Well, Tally, the Holly ball is one of
our prettiest and most traditional events.

How do you suppose such a thing happened?

Just kids with too much time
and nothing to do with it, Marcia.

Bored silly and dressed to kill.

Is that your opinion, Tally?

No, Marcia. That is observable fact.

Thank you, Tally.

Bucky ...

John, can I talk to you a minute, please?

Right. She is looking good.

I'd like to sit down with you sometime this week.

So, the ratings are up,

the research says it's Tally.
I owe you one.

I hadn't thought that she was
going to need her hand held.

Bucky, you make your living off of
people that need their hands held.

She can go all the way, can't she?

Assuming she doesn't go wiggy again.

Does a first-rate job,
makes a few breaks for herself ...

IBS is the shot. Very fluid lineup.

Plus Wendy Chan shows more
than she's been showing.

How long?

A year, 2 years, 18 months.

Time out to decode.

You up for the duration?

No comment, read yes.
Miami know this?

Dan and I don't put each other on speed dial.

Yeah, if Dan hears you're even thinking about it,
you've seen your last moon over Miami.

From the point of view of the guys who do the hiring,
Warren, you don't exactly read user-friendly.

You left too much scorched earth on the last pass.

What is this, Bucky? Tough love?

Try Pete Raymond.

Last time I saw Pete Raymond,

I told him the only story I'd be interested in
watching him cover was his own retirement.

Funny. That's funny.

But you see the problem.

I got it.

IncidenTally, I didn't mention
to Tally I was seeing you tonight.

Still doing it your way, I see.

You got leverage now.

Tell Merino if he wants to keep her happy,
there's a cameraman in Miami.

He's a good man.

Tally.

Ned!

What are you doing here?

Warren pulled a few strings.

- Really?
- It's me.

Hell of a temptation, Warren,
having you back on the market.

Never thought you'd leave Miami.

But, end of the day, you're a hard-news guy.

We recently did a 5-parter on nannies.

5-parter on nannies.

Right off the charts, response-wise.

Is that right?

OK.

You don't do nannies.

You don't take prisoners.

You ought to pitch somebody
you don't have a history with.

There's a hot young kid at 4 in Baltimore.

Cord Otavio.

Hold all my calls.

So ...

Tell me something about yourself ...

Warren.

You first ... Cord.

Talked to Bucky today, mentioned your being here.

He already knew it.

Asked how you were.

So, how are you?

I never thought a partial eclipse
would get to be my idea of a good time.

You know what I wish?

That this eclipse would move faster.

I wish you didn't have to go back to Miami.

It's Warren Justice calling for Pete Raymond again.

No, no, not Mr. Warren. Mr. Justice.

Look at it this way.
If Mr. Raymond doesn't know who I am,

he doesn't have to call me back.

Marcia, you may be overreacting.

She takes my broadcast.

A broadcast with which I am identified

and for which I am responsible

and she makes my broadcast, and by
extension, me, the object of vulgar innuendo.

The object is not you. It's me.

- If you want to talk about the D.J., nobody ...
- Just forget about the D.J.

We've got an election coming up here.

I'd hate to waste Marcia.

She knows more about state politics than the pols do,
so I offer her senior political correspondent

and director of campaign coverage, I don't know,
whatever the hell title she wanted and she ...

Well, passed.

I want you to take over some of her duties.

Is that what this is all about?

Yeah.

Is she staying?

She has an offer in Cincinnati. Anchor.

It's a nice market for her.

You don't use 20?

My red 28. You should use 29.

This and a quick comb-out and I'm ready
to go on air tomorrow night in Cincinnati.

Quelle irony.

I was offered a job at WMIA this week.

Yeah. Chris Rice wanted me to
come in and coanchor with Rob Sullivan.

Chris Rice?

Yeah, Chris Rice of Chicago.
Dynamite news guy.

What's he doing at WMIA?

Getting along with Dan,

which is more than Warren ever bothered to do.

Well, I'm reasonable.
A chiquita banana for me, but ...

Chris is really shaking things up down there.
I actually ...

considered blowing off Cincinnati,
streaking my hair and ...

Going down to work with Chris, but you get to be 42,
you know what it costs to jump off the high board.

You didn't know it was Chris who replaced Warren?

What does it take to jump off the high board?

You get to be 42, you don't have to ask.

It's not your fault. You know that.

It's not anybody's fault.

This is the way it works.

Actually ... I'm 44.

Not even Bucky knows that.

It's been a while, Buford.

Good times.

Good times.

You're looking for a job, aren't you?

Shit, Warren, you got a habit
of calling a horse's ass a horse's ass.

We got some folks around that
shop just don't appreciate that.

You mean like Gabe Lawrence,
vice president of infotainment?

Yeah. What was it you said
about Gabe's Grenada coverage?

Blood, sweat and Perrier.

He never even made the invasion.

It coincided with an unbreakable
periodontal appointment.

The flossers are in charge now, Warren.

I'm just a noble fucking savage
they trot out to the affiliate meetings.

Are your sources at the Pentagon still good?

I think so. Why?

You might want to ask them about South of here.

Yeah?

1999, we got to give back the Panama canal

and I just can't see that happening without
a whole bunch of people running a whole lot of blades.

This intuition, or you hear something?

I heard the usual people were interested.

You got anybody on it?

Old Gabe don't think there's a story.

You go down there, you'd own it.

Kind of wanted to stay around here for a while.

Is she worth it?

Deep down, she wants to shoot up the town.

Hell, I'm always good for lunch.

You've heard all my stories, Buford.

Take care of yourself.

You, too.

I've been trying to call you all day.

I should've let you know.
I went up to New York.

To do what?

Nothing much. You should've been up there.

There's a street fair

on one of these incredible New York days.

See anybody you know?

All these little kids running around
with cotton candy on their face.

What?

Anything happen up there?

Yeah. Yeah. Here's a news break.

- I got a cabdriver that could find penn station ...
- Wait a second now.

What?

Is there something you don't want to tell me?

- You ask a lot of questions.
- I don't get a lot of answers.

A lot of reporters think their job in
Washington is to cover their bets.

Warren didn't.

He thought he was there to tell the story,

which didn't make him widely popular.

He ever tell you why he left the network?

He said he made a mistake on a story.

He trusted the source and he shouldn't have.

That's what he told me.

He trusted the source because I was the source.

I took a year off from the Washington
bureau to run briefings for state.

Warren and I had a deal.

I did what I had to do, he did what he had to do.

Never dreamed for a minute he'd buy that story.

But he did.

Yeah, he did.

In the overall scheme of things,
it shouldn't have mattered, but it did matter,

because the network was looking for
an excuse and now they had an excuse.

They saw him as a wild card to begin with.

They got him to sit down at
lunch at 21 with buford sells.

Buford Sells put it to him,

play it the network's way or take
the highway and our Warren took the highway.

Buford used to be his best friend.

So, you see, it took a lot for him to ask Bu for a job.

You do a lot of things for a lot of people.

There can't be many people in this
business who don't owe you a favor.

Now you're going to collect one.

You're going to collect it for me.

What am I doing?

You did this to me, Terranova!

Put my back against the wall,
tell me I got to hire these guys.

I don't have to hire these guys!

I already worked with Warren Justice.

He worked down in new Orleans with the D.E.A.

Almost got me killed ...
Not now!

Whatever's good for the governor,
I'll make myself available.

We do a series of backgrounders
on the news before it becomes news.

We start with the governor hanging his
re-election campaign on prison reform.

McBride's up 24 points in the polls

because the public thinks cutting
inmate privileges is the tough way to go.

- We ask the questions.
- "We"?

You and me.

Look, it's "we", why don't you ask me how I saw it?

How do you see it?

See what the prison professionals think,
you talk to the warden, you talk to the guards.

McBride thinks he's being tough,
my bet is he's just being butch.

Then you'll do it?

We could see each other all day long ...

God, you want something, you don't give up.

There's something else I want.

You've already got me doing one thing I don't want.

What other things you got in mind?

Marry me.

What?

Marry me.

I've been married.

Twice. Bad idea.

Twice.

I want you around in the morning.

You already have me around in the morning.

How, I don't know, but you do.

I want to know you're legally required to be there.

By the power vested in me,
I now pronounce you man and wife.

You may kiss your bride.

Thanks.

Going into some office and getting the rotary
lunch speech from the warden won't do it.

But if we could show how McBride's reforms are affecting
just one inmate in one prison, a day in the life ...

That would tell the story.

You listening to me or not?

I thought this was supposed to be our night off.

My wife the candy ass.

Does our night off end at midnight?

Remember Fernando Buttanda?

What?

The father of the new year's baby.

Miami. Layette.

Rob and I fighting on the air?

Hey ... They sent him up here.

From Holmsberg.

He's the day in the life.

Full-screen headline ...
"governor signs prison reform act".

Cut to McBride. Smash into his campaign bites.

Holmsberg is a prison. It's not a resort.

"Holmsberg works", etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

Meantime, over each bite, we show
the jump that he gets in the polls.

And then we have this one prisoner ...

And the effect on him when McBride orders all
the TV sets and laptops taken out of each cell.

And also defunded all rehab and vocational training.

What else?

What do you mean "what else"?

Well, I just get the sense you may
be coming down heavy on McBride.

If you think it's heavy to say that
McBride has been peddling nitro

to get himself re-elected,
then we're coming down heavy.

Look ... Do I think the crime issue
is manipulated for political ends?

Absolutely.

Then what are we talking about?

Do I think that large numbers
of people want to hear this?

Not necessarily.

John's concern is ...

I know what John's concern is.

John's feeling is that ...

He wants us to tell the viewers
what he thinks they want to hear.

Did you ever entertain any idea you
didn't get from a focus group, John?

Shit. You know, Warren, you stake out the moral
high ground, everybody else gets altitude sickness.

John ...

You think I want this kind of shit,
think I even wanted this project?

John!

She wanted it.

You know, you talk about what you want,
she's the one who's out there on the line

and the only reason she's out there
is to give you something to do!

Actually, I've got something to do.

Look, Tally, he'll show up ...

You move down ...

It's a great story ...

He's a professional.

Fine stuff like that.

Let's go in and set up.

Warren Justice for colonel Peters.

Barry?

Are you ... Long time, right.

Barry, you still covering Panama for the Pentagon?

Oyeme ...

I was working in the infirmary all day

with ... I don't know, how do you say ...

Los locos?

The disturbed.

And ... I like it.

And they go and Chuck out the program ...

And when they shut down this gym,
like they say they will do ...

Everybody in here, man, is going to be a ...

A loco ... Disturbed.

Actually, I'll be in Washington later today.

Maybe we could just ...

No, no, maybe we could just sit down, chew the fat.

About this and that.

Specifically?

I'll call you when I get there.

If you need anything more,

this TV is light duty, so call me.

Thank you so much.

OK, thank you.

You get over there! Don't go out!

All units, especially those in
the vicinity of Holmsberg prison.

The prisoners have taken control
of the gymnasium and 2 cell blocks.

Unconfirmed, they're holding 10 to 12 hostages.

A crew from channel 7

apparently had been filming when the riot broke out.

I got guards in there.

You tell the public, they're dead.

I'm telling you, stop chickenshitting around and go in.

The warden's got ... governor's got ...

What's the governor got to do with it?

The mayor and the commissioner ...

Get the commissioner on the phone!

Anything on the channel 7 news crew?

Gary Logan, IBS.

The warden's going to be briefing me.

Warden?

Excuse me.

Warden ...

Warden, I have information there's
a channel 7 reporter still inside.

Can you confirm whether or not she's alive?

We won't know until we go in.

I'm getting something on the line.

It may be Tally trying to feed.

Is Ned shooting this?

Somebody is. Roll a production tape.

Tal?

Are you there?

Tal?

Tal, it's me. Are you there?
Are you hearing me?

Tal, can you hear me?

I hear you!

Stay against the wall.
Watch your back.

OK, you've got one thing going for you.

You've got the camera.

Whatever you do, do it on-air.

It's the only weapon you've got.

You're their chance to tell the world
what's going on in there.

Use the camera.

I'm not on-air!

They don't know that and before they do, you will be.

Keep it out there. It's gonna protect you.

Keep it in his face.

This is Tally Atwater, live from
the gymnasium at Holmsberg ...

Man, just tape it. It's not gonna be perfect.

Yeah, yeah! First of all we demand all our TV back!

We're feeding. They can see us.

We're now feeding live.

We'll try now to go to Tally Atwater
for a channel 7 exclusive report. Tally?

This is Tally Atwater reporting live
in Holmsberg prison.

At approximately 4:15 this afternoon,

the whistle sounded ...

That, all across this country, means "guard in trouble".

Tally, can you tell us what precipitated this incident?

OK, Warren, coming back in 30.

Tal, in 30 seconds, you're back on-air.

There's something happening in "C" block.

We're gonna try and get closer after this next feed.

How you doing?

I'm so tired.

You know what I keep thinking about?

That time you tried to teach
me to bone fish in the Keys.

I was really terrible, wasn't I?

You were OK.

10 seconds.

Tal, the tac teams are here.

They're taking up positions.

- Back to the studio. Doug?
- Thank you, Rhonda.

As you know, channel 7's Tally Atwater

and cameraman Ned Jackson remain inside Holmsberg,

where they have been reporting for WFIL ...

Merino.

The channel 7 news team was inside the prison,

interviewing inmates for a special
report, when the riot broke out.

The network wants to go live, national.

It's your show.

Let's try to go live once again to Tally Atwater.

Tally, what can you tell us?

We have been told that tactical assault teams
are taking up positions outside even as I speak.

Should there be an onslaught, prisoners ...

Tal? Tal, can you hear me?

Goddamn it!

What's going on?

Signal's gone.

Come on.

Can't raise ...

Warren? Warren, what's happening?

Tal, do you hear me?

- They're gone.
- Tal?

We're right here in front of Holmsberg prison
where the S.W.A.T. team has come in ...

Philadelphia, hang on.
New York, yeah, what?

No, not yet. No. I don't have audio, either.

Stand by. When we do, we'll let you know. Stand by.

Tom ...

Look, if we get it, when we get it,
we're gonna go national.

That's right.

Civil rights attorney

and prisoner advocate, Gary Mandanak.

Gentlemen, thank you for joining
us at this very late hour.

Did the warden give the green light ...

Wait a minute. We're get ... I got something.

Tal?

Fernando?

- That's her.
- Tal, can you hear me?

Where is she?

Open this door! Open it! Open it!

Tal, can you hear me?

Are you OK?

I'm OK.

Fernando, can I talk to you?

Do you have this situation under control?

- Under control.
- How is that possible?

Tom, they're claiming control.
Ask her about that.

Tally, we're getting word that
the situation there is under control.

You're feeding live, Tal ... national.

Well, it's under control, Tom,

- but the inmates have control ...
- Which inmates?

Or, more accurately, one group of inmates has control.

This has not been good news for other inmates.

Of the 8 men I can confirm have been killed today,

none ... repeat ... none have been guards.

One of the 8 dead inmates,

one was, apparently, shot by tower guards.

The other 7, it appears, were victims
of continuing racial vendettas here ...

No! No more gang shit, Tally.

Fernando ...

How much more time do you have left on your sentence?

Madre ...

I got 15 months and then I come up for parole.

You know what's going to happen
when the guards come in.

You could end up dead.

I could end up dead on biscayne boulevard.

It is now 2 A.M.

The riot has been underway for close to 10 hours.

We're back live with WFIL Philadelphia's Tally Atwater,

who is inside Holmsberg prison.

Tally's been keeping us informed
from her bird's-eye view of the riot.

What's the mood?

Describe the scene, can you, Tally?

The mood here, Tom, is ominous.

Inmates are prepared for what they believe
will be the final assault, probably before dawn.

- These inmates have weapons.
- Are they armed?

They give every indication
they will fight

because to fight is a way of life.

It's a way of life learned on the streets.

To see the faces inside this prison
is to remember that on such streets,

crime is just a way of taking care of business.

This is Tally Atwater inside Holmsberg prison.

Shut it down.

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! ...

You're watching live footage of the riot
that broke out earlier at Holmsberg prison.

Wfil's Tally Atwater and cameraman
Ned Jackson are inside the prison.

As you can see by these dramatic pictures that
we're getting, the tac team has entered the prison.

In the next minutes and hours,
the matter will be resolved.

The only question is: How high the price?

Tal?

Can you hear me, Tal?

You can see they're chaining them in the area.

Hold onto that shot, guys.

Stand by. We've lost, Tal.

We're still feeding. When we get
her back, we'll let you know.

24 hours ago, I came to Holmsberg prison

to report on how governor George McBride's new
"get tough" prison policies were affecting one convict.

It was meant to be a day in
the life of Fernando Buttanda.

Fernando Buttanda was not
a good man by society's standards.

He was not even a good man
by his own standards.

Recently, however, in a job
training program here at Holmsberg,

Fernando began to learn nursing skills.

He volunteered to work in the prison hospital,

at some risk to himself, with violent patients.

He was good at it. He liked doing it.

A month ago, governor George McBride
who is campaigning for reelection

on the pledge to reform other Pennsylvania prisons,

as he has reformed Holmsberg, canceled this program.

"A prison is about punishment."

He added: "It is not about another chance."

During the next hours and weeks, we'll hear
a lot about what prisons should and should not be:

A lot of opinions as to why this
riot occurred in this place at this time.

Many fixes will be proposed, many answers formulated.

Inside Holmsberg prison last night,

answers were hard to come by.

What we do know is that 15 prisoners died,

including Fernando Buttanda.

This is Tally Atwater,

WFIL news, Holmsberg prison.

Thank you, Tally.
And we'll be recapping ...

You were good.

No.

You were great.

Tally Atwater for Mark Lindner.

This is as far as I go.

One floor up, first door on your left.

Ms. Atwater, I'm Mark Lindner.

It's good of you to come and see us.

Would you like some coffee,
a soft drink, mineral water?

No, thank you. I'm fine.

Karen, you know what calls to put through.

This is Buford Sells.

How do you do? It's a real pleasure.

- Hello.
- And Gabe Lawrence.

How are you?

Have a seat.

For better or worse, we're the three
musketeers who run the news division.

That was quite a job you did for us at Holmsberg.

Thank you.

Don't get up.

So.

So.

Tell me what they said.

Washington bureau ...

Weekend anchor, evening news.

I said I'd think about it.

Can I help you?

We'll wait. Sure.

Weekend anchor?

What's to think about?

Well ...

actually, what I think is we make a pretty good team.

It's no good that way.

We tried it. It doesn't work.

We did Holmsberg. It worked.

No. You did Holmsberg.

And you did it yourself and you were terrific.

I've been making some calls and I think
there's a story in Panama nobody's telling.

I have a hunch ...

that some people would like to
see us get into a war down there

because they're not that enthusiastic
about turning over the canal in '99.

We can do Panama.

Networks aren't interested.

We can make them interested.

I can go into Panama City,
spend a few days, pick up a local crew ...

And head out.

You already set this up.

Tally ...

I've gotta do this by myself.

Do you see that?

Wasn't the whole idea for us to be together?

It was,

but it can't be me putting wine on ice
while you wrap up the evening news.

And it can't be you turning down a story
because you don't wanna leave me at loose ends.

Do you wanna be with me?

So much it hurts.

I don't wanna be anywhere
where I can't see you or touch you.

I don't wanna be anywhere where I can't hear your voice

or tell you a story and see this great smile.

But I've got a narrow-but-very-definite
window of opportunity ...

And ... If I can get this ...

And if ...

If you get lucky ...

- Gold.
- Gold.

Do you really want this?

You made me want it.

Flight 811 to Miami, Belize and Panama

is in its final boarding process.

All passengers should be aboard.

We haven't had enough time.

Every day we have is one day more than we deserve.

I'm gonna tell you the best story you've ever heard.

Darling?

Been a while since I've done this.

Have fun.

Stay upwind.

To explore possible repercussions to our economy.

Meanwhile, the dollar continued its free
fall against the yen and the deutsche Mark.

We'll be discussing this latest run on the dollar

tomorrow night on American notebook
with treasury secretary Willis Barry.

This is Tom Orr.
I'll see you then.

Tally, how are you?

Go on, sit down. It won't bite.

And, Tally ...

Don't get too attached to that chair.
You know, I call it "home".

Have you got the uplink?

We're gonna try out a new stringer.

Just chat him along.
We got a couple of minutes.

That one?

Satellite time costs money, boys!

Run him out here.

Here he is.

That has to be the dirtiest,

scruffiest-looking excuse for
a reporter I have ever seen.

My God. It's the anchor person.

New hairdo, I'll bet. Shoes shined ...

Hey, Buford ...

Get the hell outta there.
I wanna talk to my wife without you listening in.

Miss me?

Occasionally.

When are you coming home?

I got a few more days in the boonies ...

Then I can wrap this up.

Did you get it?

Yeah, I got it.

I nailed it.

You look so good.

Sorta glad I can't see you.

The mind ...

it's a wonderful, dirty thing.

Wait.

Just one more thing I wanted to tell you.

God, I'm having fun.

Speech! Speech! Speech! Come on.

OK. First of all ...

I'm gonna try not to cry.

This is for Warren, who couldn't quite make the party,

but is definitely on his way back home
from what he calls "hog heaven."

To Warren. To Warren. To Warren!

And Ned, who is one of two people

who knows what I really look like in the morning.

Where is he?

Ned?

What are you doing?

The reports are sketchy,

but we are receiving word that in a remote
section of Panama near the Colombia border,

a freelance news crew came under
heavy fire within the past 24 hours.

The group included at least one American.

We still don't know if the survivors ...

Enough of those Bulgarians bulshit.

I've liberated the hard liquor!

We can now confirm by this startling unedited footage

that the American traveling with this crew

is former IBS newsman Warren Justice.

- He's not ... It's OK.
- Come on. I'm not for sure.

Get down!

It's now definitely been confirmed that
at least 2 crew members survived this fire.

He's OK. He made it.

We are trying to technically enhance these pictures

so we can confirm exactly what we are seeing.

We still don't know what motivated this attack.

Information is contradictory,

but it appears to indicate that an ambush took place

at this remote airstrip near the
Colombian border in Southern Panama.

We are hearing via telephone
hookup with sources in Panama

that Justice was investigating
reports about the arming of groups

violently opposed to turning over the Panama canal.

His shoes ...

Excuse me.

We've now confirmed that the
American traveling with this group,

former IBS newsman Warren Justice,

was killed today in Panama.

Warren Justice was a seasoned
journalist and a good friend.

No, he can't be dead ...

As we continue ...

To sort this out,

we'll take a short break to allow
our stations to identify themselves.

We'll have more on this breaking
story in Panama when we return.

No...

This is the IBS evening news.
I'm Tom Orr.

Questions emerging from information

uncovered by former IBS newsman Warren
Justice before his death in Panama

are beginning to seem uncomfortably close to home

to some people in Washington.

This network is just now editing tape
obtained by Justice in the days before his death.

Information in this tape seems to change the face ...

You know those faces.

You remember those stories.

They were the men and women who made IBS news,

this year, number one in 5 of your 12 top markets.

Next year, you can count on this:

We're going to be even better

because the IBS news team just
acquired a stealth weapon.

You may not have caught her at WMIA,

you may have missed her at WFIL,

but none of us will soon forget
her award-winning coverage

of the riots at Holmsberg prison.

What we in the news business must never forget is

we are only as good as the stories we tell.

She arrived in our business from smalltown, U.S.A.

You could say that Sally Ann knew exactly what she
wanted and what she wanted was to be number one.

And "Sally Ann"... as her family liked to call Tally ...

wouldn't take no for an answer.

Everyone said:

"You want a job in television,
you have to make a demo tape."

So ... I made a demo.

Why hire Sally?

Because I'm Sally and I'm going to be a star.

So she walks into my office that first day in Miami ...

skinny, God-awful clothes,

not much going for her,
wanting to be anybody but herself ...

and I make her get my shirts,
I make her get the coffee ...

I shoot down all of her stories ...

But she was tougher than me.

She was already something.

She was already the sun and the moon ...

All by herself.

We at IBS hold a special place in our hearts

for that honored handful of newsmen and women

whose lives and careers,
in the course of bringing home the news,

have been cut tragically short.

We salute them.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time
to begin a new generation at IBS ...

Tally Atwater.

Panama turned out to be a big story for IBS.

It didn't start that way.

It started with one reporter who had a hunch.

He had a hunch and he went
out alone and he did all the legwork

and at the end of the day, he got it.

Which is what doing this is all about.

I ... I didn't always think that I thought
if I ever stood up at something like this,

it would be about glory or ...

showing people.

It's different.

I know that now.

I'm only here for one reason:

To tell the story.

My husband told me that not so long ago.