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to protect the western coastline

of Mississippi.

I'm sorry to call

on your personal line, sir,

but you did say to reach out

if there's an emergency.

You haven't heard what's been going on?

What's wrong, sir?

I'm going to put you in touch

with my friend, Dave Erikson,

President of Plaquemines Parish.

He'll be able to help you.

Bernadette, you're on in three...

Over the weekend,

calls for a resignation

have intensified with statements

from the House Minority Leader

and National Committee Chair.

Both said a temporary

leave of absence is not enough.

This has become a sensational story,

a symbol to many of everything

that's wrong in Washington.

Louisiana simply can't afford

to face this disaster

with a scandal that could distract

from the real problems at hand.

Price couldn't even attend

his own claims fair.

- Thank you, Jimmy.

- All right, sir.

Long time, Pryce.

Oh, how's the wife, Stan?

- Busting my balls as usual.

- That's what they do.

- Mm-hmm. Got anything for me?

- How's your son doing? Is he going to resign?

Did he know she was

the fisherman's wife?

Just remember this, folks,

Louisiana has always been

one big family.

And we don't abandon our family

when they make a mistake.

I wouldn't be standing here today

if that truth failed to exist.

- Thank you.

- Mr. Pryce!

Now, Moulay Ismail, that Moroccan ruler,

fathered 900 children

with his concubines.

900 children.

Genghis Khan, well,

he made old Ismail look barren.

One out of every 200 men

on this planet has a direct line

stretching back to that son of a b*tch.

- Is that right?

- Yeah.

- What's your point, Dad?

- Point is, a lot of powerful men,

JFK, FDR, Clinton, behave the same way.

Now, I was never much

of a philanderer when I was in office,

but I get where you're coming from.

No offense, Miss Deborah.

All right, that's enough.

What am I doing here?

I haven't heard from you

for over a year,

now you want me

to be a part of this fiasco?

I didn't invite you.

Rayne, seeing as how you're uniquely

qualified on the subject of scandals,

why don't you give your son some advice?

Want my advice?

F*** them.

F*** the party. F*** the administration.

Hell, f*** the people.

This spill will be over soon,

and they'll forgive you.

You just got to fight

through it like a man.

- Something funny about what I said?

- Like a man?

We're in the middle of a disaster here.

People are suffering

and I can't even leave my house.

I've already left

these people out to dry.

This ain't about you doing your job...

Of course not.

It was never about that for you.

- I was the best mayor this city ever had.

- And then you lost again and again.

Why are you here? Why is he here?

Colin, I understand you're under

an enormous amount of pressure,

but you need to think about yourself,

and you need to think about us.

Colin, look at me.

Look at me!

You're not going to resign.

I've decided to resign.

I think you're doing the right thing.

I need you to help me get through this.

Why? It's over.

I'm not retiring.

We'll miss the Senate run,

I know that, but...

after the spill's over.

Look, I can't name anyone

who has come back

after a resignation

and been elected again.

You need to think about doing

something else with your life.

You remember why I hired you?

Because my father worked for your father

and you thought he was a miracle worker?

No, that's why I sought you out.

Why'd I hire you?

- What'd I tell you when we met?

- Colin, please.

What'd I say?

That I don't have my head up my ass

like those other Beltway pricks.

I trust you, Kate.

You want some free advice?

Stay out of the press.

Stay out of the press for a long time.

Give people time to forgive you.

How long are we talking?

I don't know.

You are in unchartered waters.

Congressman, the public would like

to hear your side of the story!

Congressman Pryce,

when will you step down?

I don't know what hurts more...

The fact that you're stepping down

or that I wasn't

the first person you told.

This isn't about the spill.

Or the people or you not

being able to do your job.

You're just scared.

You're just scared everyone

will stop loving you.

Your whores, your father,

your constituents.

- It's all the same.

- Stop.

Would you just stop?

I don't care about this city anymore.

If you resign...

I'm going to leave you.

Good afternoon.

Let's get some reaction

now to what we've been hearing

from Senator Tom Owens of Louisiana,

whose state, of course,

has been the hardest hit.

What's your immediate reaction, Senator?

Hallelujah. Let's hope that the spill

has indeed been contained.

Let's hope this cap holds

and they can finally

- kill that well and stop the flow of oil.

- 87 days.

That's, of course, how long

this has all been unfolding.

Give us a little bit of a sense of what

the Gulf Coast residents

are feeling right now.

Well, there is a sense of relief, sure.

But what you have to understand is

right now folks are concerned

with where their next paycheck

is coming from,

How they're going to pay their mortgage,

how they're going

to put food on the table.

For us right now this is only the beginning

of a long rebuilding process.

And we're all just

a little numb right now.

But yes, this is

certainly good news, Wolf.

Colin, it's me. Pick up if you're there.

I'm reminding you about your 9:00 a.m.

With Grandalf's Fisherman's Co-op.

I'm hoping you're already on your way.

Please don't be late again.

Anyway, I'll see you at the foundation.

We try shrimping,

but since the spill,

there ain't nothing out there.

And I could have a boat

on the water for three hours,

it comes back with barely enough

to make a gumbo with.

People think it don't hurt

because they capped the well

and they cleaning up and all that,

but I ain't never seen the water

this dead before.

I sympathize, Mr. Provich, I do.

But Louisiana National simply

isn't in a position to help.

Seems to me this is a matter you should

take up with the claims fund BP set up.

Claims process is f***ed.

Excuse my English.

Ain't none of us got a penny from BP

- since the emergency funding back in May.

- I'm sorry to hear that,

- but we have a policy...

- A policy?

I've had to lay off half my workers.

We've been clients

of National for 15 years.

We just looking for a little help.

Please, let's all calm down.

Sorry I'm late.

I'd like a word with Mr. Musgrave

if it's all right with y'all.

Now, Bill, over the past few months,

my organization has been providing

legal counsel to the cooperative.

Forgive me, Mr. Pryce,

I'm not familiar with your organization.

It's a New Orleans

based nonprofit, pro bono

for small business owners

affected by the spill.

I'm their attorney.

Now, this is our proposal

to uniformly restructure

the co-op's boat

and real estate mortgages.

This is BP's obligation, not ours.

You know damn well these men aren't getting

any payments from the GCCF anytime soon.

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