Up Close and Personal 4 Page #3

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I know she's never done a live feed.

So, if she can't cut it, I'll do it.

- 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, or

was Spanish speaking?

Cute, missy. I'm gonna ask y'all to

bear with us and be patient here.

- First thing, stay upwind.

- Which way is upwind?

Away from the sting. Floaters stink

because their stomach's full of gas.

That's what brings them up. Sometimes

they pop. We can shoot right here.

But they're over there...

Raul Sota, Domingo Katz. Colombians.

Deck hands on the S.S. Bolivar out of

Barranquilla. They jumped ship.

I called the harbor master. Calling

the harbor master what reporters do.

- Raul Sota and Domingo Katz.

- We're still too close.

The storm that slammed

into Miami yesterday...

Forget yesterday. Yesterday's

history. News happens today.

- Forget yesterday. Today, okay.

- Shoulder facing camera so Ned can...

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

- Not where you're at. Vic?

Are you with me?

How much time have we got?

A minute and twelve seconds to come

up with the lead-in, okay?

This isn't about lipstick. This is

about them. Two guys jumped ship...

for the land of plenty, and they

drown 25 feet from getting it.

People like Sota and 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. Lead with Sota and

Katz. I'll tell you what to say.

- I know what to say.

- Well, then say it!

Raul Sota and Domingo Ka...

25 feet from the big enchilada.

25 feet from the promise land.

25 feet from walking down Colliens

Avenue and a job bussing dishes.

- Did you want something that bad?

- Ten seconds.

- Answer me. Do you?

- Yes!

- Then show me.

- She's on in seven seconds. Six.

- Tell me a story.

- Five. Four. Three...

Two men drowned today off Miami Beach.

Raul Sota and Domingo Katz...

didn't belong in the luxurious cabanas

that line this 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?

All we know is that a pilgrimage...

to El Norte that began in

Barranquilla, Columbia...

spelled death today for

Raul Sota and Domingo Katz.

This is Tally Atwater

on Miami Beach.

Girl's got chops.

Thank you.

I was wondering if you could say that.

- It 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'd 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...

- Roberino.

- Thanks.

On tonight's Assignment Earth,

"Selling Dirty Air."

When Oriana Fallaci interviewed

Fidel Castro, she did it in Spanish.

Before you set up your

one-on-one with Fidel...

you might wanna get a new

jacket, or two.

We have a consultant that

we use, Inez Cifuentes.

We have a budget for it. We don't

want the look to get in the way.

Warren said to keep a little edge.

It's a when-did-you-stop-beating-

your-wife kind of deal.

Diaz isn't doing to admit

he's taking money from Cali.

If you can get him not answering the

question, then you've told the story.

Another thing, if...

Well, that's nice.

Edgy enough for you?

Inez, you can do something

about the hair?

I'm not cutting my hair.

Ned, run, get ahead of me.

Excuse me.

Toda la familia...

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...

Do you have vaginal or

clitoral orgasms?

Isn't it true you prefer fellatio

although you're a practicing lesbian?

Would you like to clear

up these allegations?

Tell him I got the mother

of the sex-change boy.

Because Donahe has the sex-change boy.

I know she's a second-tier get.

I also she's available.

200 years of a free press and we've

down to the sex-change boy?

There's nothing big here.

Just get me into Havana on Thursday.

Three, two, one.

Behind those smoked glass windows

in downtown Miami today...

I bet that one's yours.

- You win.

- Got it?

A**hole Diaz.

Tally Atwater, Joanna Kennelly.

Joanna's my ex-wife.

Well, one of them.

The one that left me in Washington,

not in New Orleans.

- Joanna's on her way to Havana.

- Why don't you come with me?

- Do you expect to talk to Diaz?

- Let me show the beauty of news.

- I wanted to get him on camera. I did.

- Of course you did.

Get plenty of ambient noise, okay?

And balloons.

- How would you do it?

- Oh, perfectly.

I love balloons.

- Here, look at this.

- Congressman!

Is it true you prefer fellatio?

Watch this.

And you dissolve from the window...

to you, like this.

And then...

I'm gonna lay in the sound.

Behind those smoked glass windows

in downtown Miami today...

is Congressman Jorge Diaz...

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.

So, you got your questions...

you got your ambient noise

at the rally.

I don't imagine

it's your long suit either.

Maybe not.

So we keep it loose...

and we keep it open.

And if we get lucky...

gold.

Okay, here you go.

You and Joanna have any children?

- No. Iris and I had...

- Iris?

My first wife. We had a little girl.

She lived a week. Eight days.

You have family?

- My 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 okay.

Look...

I've been here before.

So have I.

Newsroom.

Just a minute.

- For you.

- For me?

This is Tally.

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, okay?

Lt's okay.

It's gonna be all right, Luanne.

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

It's not about economic chaos

or political uncertainty.

- Today at six, The Channel Nine...

- About that Omega Seven story.

The Omega Seven parole hearing?

Let Steve do it.

And if Tally's back tomorrow,

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 Pooles

contract's up in San Francisco.

And I just might get

him a new weatherman.

One seventy-five.

It's not my problem if her boyfriend

skips out on her and steals her money.

- I want the rent now.

- I'll get it to you tomorrow.

I need it in full. I told her that,

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