Brian Williams Reports: The Reunion - The President and His Men, 20 Years After the Gulf War Page #4

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in two languages.

Excuse me.

No, no, no.

See if that helps.

Ask about the woman in the picture.

She may be in danger.

- Mama.

- Hey, kid.

Rodriguez is dead.

They tracked him down here.

You gonna sit there

and tell me you had this figured?

Leave them little pieces of cheese

to find us with?

Make it more interesting?

An FBI agent was quoted in the article.

The bureau is claiming no responsibility.

And you believe them?

I worked for them 10 years.

They'll consider it a huge failure

if they don't bring Wills back alive.

Whoever killed Rodriguez

doesn't give a damn about Wills.

Let me worry about it, will you?

Okay. But while you're worrying,

get off my computer.

It took me a month

to put in money transfers...

...and you're gonna crash it playing cards.

- All right.

If feds didn't kill Rodriguez, then who?

In the world Rodriguez lives in,

I'm sure the list is endless.

It doesnt matter, it's not connected.

Yeah. Except now Rodriguez is dead,

we're in the middle of Mexico.

We don't have the Mexican

who brought us to the dance!

We don't need him anymore.

It's all preset.

But you know what? Why don't we send

Bertram and Bermutti into town.

See if anyone

has been looking around.

Hey.

You speak Spanish, you do the talking.

What, Sam?

You saying you need me all of a sudden?

No. For some reason, you sound smarter

when I don't know what you're saying.

Hey, could you teach me?

- What?

- Spanish.

Yeah, I'll loan you the tapes.

I got it. Thanks.

- Hello.

- Can I help you?

Really? You speak English?

Theresa,

we're friends with Edgar Rodriguez.

- He said you may be able to help us.

- He's dead.

Did you know

that about your friend Edgar?

Are you police?

Gee, everybody is just paranoid

about the cops around here, aren't they?

- I guess it crosses all borders, right?

- We're not the police.

You hear anything

about the kidnapping of the American?

I can read.

If you're not police, you should leave.

Or my grandfather is going to blow

a hole through this door and ruin it.

Yup, in that case, I lied.

Just heard

Mexicans are friendly people.

I'm half Indian. We're not so friendly.

- I haven't seen Edgar in two years.

- Your picture was in his wallet.

I assure you, you won't find

a picture of him in my wallet.

- You can check.

- No, there's no need.

- She's telling the truth.

- Got a crystal ball up your ass?

- How's that fit with the horseshoe?

- I just know.

- But I can only do it with women...

- You're not a cop.

No, I'm not a cop.

I'm his brother and his brother too.

- She doesn't need to know.

- How do you know Rodriguez?

- We grew up together.

- We don't know anything...

...about your country,

but we could use some help.

There's a reward for information

leading to the return of the American.

- We'll pay an equal share.

- An equal share? Are you crazy?

- Ten percent, max.

- I want no part of it.

When I found out Edgar died,

I felt nothing.

- Lf she is lying, she's damn good.

- She's not lying.

It's time for you to leave.

See, that's great. Back to square one.

Charmed.

Sorry. We're just kind of

out of our place here.

- You're very kind. Thank you.

- Thank you very much. Okay.

Thought they take your badge

when they fire you.

I wasn't fired, I was suspended.

I keep an old badge just in case.

- Hey, kid.

- Yeah?

Rule number one in team play:

Never tell anybody anything until we talk.

Okay. Would you have

asked her for help?

- No.

- Oh, but it's completely okay...

...for you to offer a complete stranger

an equal share.

What the hell is that?

You know, theres no I in team, Sam.

Yeah, but there's an I in family,

and I'm still the oldest, so shut up.

You wanna know what's going on

in a neighborhood...

...go to a local bar.

This is the type of local bar that you go to

if you wanna get shot for no reason.

You speak the language, Leo.

They'll respect that.

You bet. How do I beg for my life in

Spanish? Just so... What are you doing?

This is how you beg for your life

in Spanish.

- Good God, Leo. You hunting a bear?

- You got a license for that?

I'm a bail bondsman,

not a kindergarten teacher.

Packing that little baby cop peashooters

of yours?

- It will do.

- All right.

You got anything you can use?

- I don't care for guns, man.

- You'll make a fine-Iooking corpse.

Tell you what, just stay here

and keep the engine running.

Yeah.

Be careful.

Yeah, it's a grande mamn.

What was that about?

You know, see what me

speaking the language does?

It turns the whole table around,

puts me in control.

And I can see how much you hate it.

It's not a competition.

You'll get your head blown off...

...in a place like this.

- All right, fair enough.

All right, basically, you want me to pretend

like you wanna buy drugs?

- When in Rome.

- Okay.

See if you can get something

from the bartender.

Hey.

Yeah.

Right.

Well...

Right? You would.

Okay.

- Crap.

- Gentlemen.

Your friend here was double-parked.

- Put your weapons on the bar.

- You heard him.

We think the American, Kyle Wills,

may be hidden here.

- You assume I've something to do with it?

- No. You have no motive.

Good.

At least you are not a stupid policeman.

- What then?

- Lf Rodriguez was to bring him here...

...he'd ask for your permission

out of respect.

Maybe good sense.

Rodriguez had no respect,

very little sense.

He worked for me. He wanted to be me.

Can you blame him?

Will the kidnappers be here

without you knowing it?

If they are here, it's because

Rodriguez knew where to hide them.

- Where I would have no concern.

- Does that place exist?

- Where people aren't afraid of you?

- To know me is to be afraid.

If within a thousand miles in any direction,

they know me.

- Is there a place of no concern to you?

- Simple.

A places where the soil is not fertile.

I am a farmer, remember?

- What about Indian land?

- Doubtful.

They have their holy places.

But there, the Indians

would have killed them by now.

Maybe the canyons.

If Wills is here, the U.S. Government

is gonna bring more heat on you...

...than you can afford.

I wanna find him first. I need your help.

Even if I had something to do with it,

your government cannot prove it.

You'll be dropped off back at your hotel.

If you're not gone in 24 hours,

you will die here.

Hey, hey.

- Who were they?

- I don't know, you pig!

You're gonna tell me,

you're gonna tell me right now.

Father, no!

I'm not getting out of this truck

without my hat.

I'm not getting out without it.

Hey! Hey! Is that necessary?

I want my hat!

- What do we do now?

- Get out of here.

Are you kidding me?

What about my money, huh?

I go back to work in three weeks.

This is ridiculous.

No. No.

Are you really gonna walk away

on this whole thing?

Three million dollars for each of us...

...but I don't get my piece without you.

- It ain't worth getting killed over.

- It is for me.

- Give it up, Leo.

- I've got nothing left!

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