1 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,753 I just need to know we're off the record. 2 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,513 - That hurts me. - Hallie. 3 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,990 You believe I would violate our trust for a story? 4 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,037 I believe you'd sell me into slavery for a story. 5 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,476 - Well, that's just not true. - Say we're off the record. 6 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,075 - We're always off the record. - I need it for specifically right now. 7 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,231 - You need me to say the words? - Yes. 8 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:38,356 You really need me to say the words? 9 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,113 - Yeah, and you haven't yet. - Well played. 10 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,190 - Hallie. - Yeah? 11 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,114 - Say them. - We're off the record. 12 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:49,514 Last night, at around 1:30 in the morning, Charlie, Will and Mac all resigned. 13 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,478 Don and Maggie and I were resigning. 14 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,438 Sloan, Neal was resigning. 15 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,275 I knew you guys... I could tell you guys were gonna do that all during the depo prep. 16 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,955 Wait, you said "were." Were resigning. 17 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,680 Leona wouldn't accept their resignations. Charlie, Will and Mac. 18 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,274 - You're kidding. - No. 19 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:05,350 Why? 20 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,272 She didn't think it was the honorable thing to do. 21 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,113 - No, seriously. - Hallie, I'm telling you, 22 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,999 she won't accept their resignations and she won't settle the suit. 23 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,515 She wants to do the honorable thing. Those were her words. 24 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,798 And to her, that means standing by us and not caving to the pressure. 25 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,553 - This is unprecedented. - Yeah. 26 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,438 You have to let me quote you on this. 27 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,671 All these years, what did you think "off the record" meant? 28 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,114 - I'm saying on background. - No. 29 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,190 Shh! 30 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,679 No. There's no story until Charlie says so. 31 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,832 She'll hold you in material breach. 32 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,389 - Are you just saying that? - No, she's very serious. 33 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,870 - If we resign anyway, she'll sue us? - She'll win, too. 34 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,599 - We're trying to do the right thing. - So is she. 35 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,791 There's a mob out there with pitchforks. 36 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:44,792 - She doesn't like mobs. - What if the mob's right? 37 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,030 - They're not. - Says who? 38 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,679 Me and her. 39 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,471 We aired a story. A small story? No. A story asserting that we used... 40 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,994 - Sarin gas. - On civilians. 41 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,515 We retracted the story 48 hours later 42 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,671 because we were a little wrong? No. 43 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,831 - We aired... - A complete fiction. 44 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:03,276 - You don't have to be mean about it. - You aired a bad story. 45 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,000 - It was a great story. - If only it had been true. 46 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,874 Well, I'm sorry we didn't meet your East Coast intellectual standards. 47 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,834 - Hey, I'm not fucking around. - She's not accepting your resignations. 48 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,872 - This place is crippled. - I understand that... 49 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,555 To start with, we don't have military sources anymore. 50 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:19,394 - The DOD doesn't talk to us. - Do you think that's maybe 51 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,870 because you falsely accused them of heinous war crimes? 52 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,360 I do. I think that's the reason. 53 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,195 But that's small beer compared to our public credibility. 54 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,795 - That, your credibility... - Has disappeared? 55 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,270 - Yes. - So one less thing we have to worry about. 56 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,589 Why are you jovial? 57 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,558 I've appointed myself in charge of morale. 58 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,472 - That's what it's come to. - He's right. 59 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,793 We aired a doctored tape in support of a fake report. 60 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,759 The guy who doctored the tape is suing us. 61 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,309 The woman who's always wanted to fire us won't let us resign. 62 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,279 The unhappiest guy in the building is in charge of morale. 63 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,397 We have gone to the zoo! 64 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,073 - True story. - Yeah. 65 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,753 Which is more than we can say about the story. 66 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:57,075 - That's right. - But on the bright side... 67 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,197 There is no bright side, Father Flanagan. 68 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,636 - Don't finish that sentence. - I wasn't gonna be able to anyway. 69 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,917 Reese is having a viewing party upstairs? 70 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,992 Yeah. Look at me. 71 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,673 Why am I looking at you? 72 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,240 Because I'm dressed for the party. 73 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,993 - Got it. - I look hot. 74 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,912 - I'm gonna go upstairs... - Liquid sex. 75 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,229 I'm gonna go upstairs and... What are you saying? 76 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,239 I just described myself as liquid sex. 77 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,072 Add to the list that this is our lawyer. 78 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,159 No kidding. I'm gonna go upstairs at some point tonight. 79 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,799 - When? - When there's a minute. 80 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,553 I'm gonna go upstairs and work on Reese. 81 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,360 - You want me to help? - I'd love you to. 82 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,036 But someone has to endure the soul-swallowing humiliation 83 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,273 of having their name and face broadcast next to the ACN logo for the next six hours. 84 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,159 I can't believe you guys didn't choose him for the morale job. 85 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,075 - I'm gonna need to talk to Don Keefer. - He's pretty busy right now. 86 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:50,480 - Later, then. - Why? 87 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,230 He has attorney/client privilege, but he's not gonna be happy. 88 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,437 All right. Can I have a moment? 89 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,954 Sure. 90 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,713 I think he meant with me. 91 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,400 That wasn't made clear. 92 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,836 - MacKenzie's taking this the hardest. - She wanted it to be over. 93 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,118 She thought she was gonna be humanely put down. 94 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,511 Yeah, she's, you know... She's shaken up. 95 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,432 You can fire her. 96 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,718 You don't need Leona's permission, and I can't do it without yours. 97 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,156 - And she can't quit. - I know. I'm not firing anybody. 98 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,038 I'm not firing anybody, either. 99 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,396 I just badly need to get fired myself. 100 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,790 So you'd agree this is an unusual situation? 101 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,792 These things... 102 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,952 Why don't you just set yourself on fire instead of the cigarette? 103 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,156 One's enjoyable to me 104 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,594 - and the other would cause a lot of pain. - Oh. 105 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,070 - It's not even a choice. - Have a good show. 106 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,280 Good show. 107 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,757 - Want this back? - No. 108 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,071 There's a race for state rep in Hutchinson, Kansas, that defies cliché. 109 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,720 The Democratic incumbent, Jan Pauls, is anti-gay. 110 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,110 - Gay marriage? - Gay person, anti-gay. 111 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,715 The Democrat is the state's leading LGBT opponent. 112 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,235 She narrowly defeated her primary challenger Erich Bishop, 113 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,630 the openly gay son of a former Klan member. 114 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,872 Tonight, Jan Pauls faces off against her Republican challenger, 115 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,192 who's a pro-choice, pro-gay rights railroad conductor named Dakota Bass. 116 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,189 There's no way I'm not spending the entire night talking about this race. 117 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,716 I am. 118 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,280 - I called it. - What do you mean you called it? 119 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:31,999 - I just told you about it. - Did you call it? 120 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,396 - I... - No. Right? 121 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,312 I don't want to get in the middle of anything, 122 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,869 but I've always understood that you had to call it. 123 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,392 I did call... 124 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,474 Okay, it's obviously every man for himself out there. 125 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,516 Hey. It's time to get you guys wired. 126 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:51,829 Taylor, I know it's your first time, 127 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,718 so don't worry that you're going to be bad at this. 128 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:54,916 Not worried, not my first time. 129 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,593 If it turns out that you're bad on TV, 130 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,080 - everyone else can cover for you. - Cool. 131 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,231 I mean, you'll still have to sit there for six hours, 132 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,073 - but you'll do it silently. - Copy. 133 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,119 We open with polls closing in Kentucky, South Carolina, 134 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,510 Vermont, Virginia, Georgia, and Indiana. 135 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,398 And we can call Indiana and Kentucky for Romney. 136 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,075 - Yeah, baby. - You are to show no partisan emotion. 137 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,760 And another thing, I'm not an embed on your bus. 138 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,957 I'm the senior producer of ACN's election night coverage. 139 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,232 I brief the very important panelists, which is why I brought Maggie to brief you. 140 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,357 - Have a good show, everyone. 141 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,591 Is there an ancient grudge between your two families? 142 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,275 I called MacKenzie and told her that Jim gave away 143 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,829 a one-on-one with the candidate to another reporter on the bus. 144 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,073 And we just generally have a special relationship. 145 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,879 - Hallie. - I'm sorry? 146 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,313 Yes, he gave it to Hallie. 147 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,632 She's his girlfriend now, so he's just mad that I ratted him out. 148 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,552 - But I had to. - I'm Maggie Jordan. 149 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:47,953 - Hi. - I hate Jim, too. 150 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,474 - No, you don't. - Yes, I do. 151 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,029 - I don't hate Jim. - I do. 152 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,277 Would it bother Jim if you knew something before he did? 153 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,717 - It would a lot, yeah. - Then we can both win. 154 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,113 Talk to me. 155 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,475 Talk to me, too, sister. 156 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,632 Be less desperate for female friends. 157 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,038 I'm gonna own you out there. 158 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,837 - Have a good show tonight. - You, too. 159 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,673 This is gonna be the night when social media 160 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,911 - takes the mantle of democracy from... - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 161 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,151 Hey, did you know your book sold for $1,000? 162 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,118 - What do you mean? - At the auction. 163 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,635 - My book? - It got bid up to $1,000. 164 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,473 And you were afraid no one was gonna buy it. 165 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:36,040 - Go back for a second. 166 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,311 On Sunday, the auction Reese had for Sandy relief. 167 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,357 - I was supposed to sign a book. - You did sign a book. 168 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,033 Reese asked all the talent to contribute something. 169 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,112 Will donated a round of golf with Will. 170 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,600 Elliot's letting someone read the news. 171 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,433 And Reese wanted you to donate dinner and a movie, 172 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,273 but you said you'd sign a book. 173 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,874 Because I thought nobody bidding on a book 174 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,872 would be less embarrassing than nobody bidding on a date. 175 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,839 Do you honestly... Can I ask, do you seriously think... 176 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,718 I'm not suggesting you should have donated a date, 177 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,952 but do you really think that if you had, no one would have bid on it? 178 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,839 What I'm saying is, that would have been embarrassing. 179 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,197 So, why not just donate the money directly to Sandy? Which is what I did. 180 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,192 Well, your book went for $1,000. 181 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,193 Someone spent $1,000 on Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic: 182 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:13,879 The Economics of Post World War I Germany? 183 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,235 Hey, I'm as surprised as anyone, 184 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:16,993 but I think what they were buying was your autograph. 185 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,753 - I didn't sign it. - You did. 186 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,559 - I didn't. - I saw the inscription. 187 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,040 "I hope you shred this book"? 188 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,555 - Is that what that means? - Yes. I mean, I think. Yes. 189 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,236 Then it says, "Thank you for your generosity, Sloan Sabbith." 190 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,152 - Are you sure? - That was in English. 191 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,072 I didn't sign the book. I was supposed to leave it 192 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,117 on my desk before I left for the weekend and I didn't. 193 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,760 Somebody signed a copy for you and sent it to the auction. 194 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,196 And somebody paid $1,000 for it. 195 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:43,999 I feel terrible. I feel really bad about this. 196 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:47,750 Please don't enlist me... 197 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,674 I need you to help me find the person who bought it. 198 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,434 Four hundred and thirty-five House races tonight, 199 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,433 33 Senate races, 538 electoral votes... 200 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,432 Yeah, but this is important. 201 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,590 Got it. 202 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:08,756 Are you busy? 203 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,594 - What do you need? - Well, I have a story, but I need... 204 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:13,637 - Did you see the newest exit poll dump? - I didn't. 205 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,474 3% of voters didn't decide until today who they were voting for. 206 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:18,597 - How do they break? - 52-43 Obama. 207 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,111 So, listen, Brody in California condemned Todd Akin, right? 208 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,351 This morning. Took a special kind of courage to wait two months. 209 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,874 His pollster must have told him he had to. 210 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,792 - He had a reason not to. - What? 211 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,271 In 1990, Brody wrote in an SFA publication, 212 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,710 "It's a sad fact, but women cry rape 213 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,840 "to avoid embarrassment, to exact revenge, or just to draw attention. 214 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,276 "If we have rape exceptions to abortion laws, 215 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,795 "women could now cry rape to terminate an innocent life. 216 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,270 - "We should be able to look past the..." - Wow. 217 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,113 "Look past the mendacity. 218 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,669 "Children are conceived by love, not by rape." 219 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,398 - He condemned Akin? - This is what I'm saying. 220 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,597 - This morning on election night? - I think you're right. 221 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,831 I think he has a pollster who looked at undecided women 222 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,151 18-35 and told him he had to roll the dice. 223 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:00,674 How did you find this quote? 224 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,399 Taylor Warren pointed me to it. 225 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,392 She's a Republican. 226 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,518 - Why are you whispering that? - I love her doing the right thing. 227 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,875 It wasn't so much that 228 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,519 as wanting to give me something Jim didn't have. 229 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,512 - Ah, so, it's adorable. - Yeah. 230 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,875 I called his office for comment... 231 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,997 There's not gonna be anyone in his office. This is election day. 232 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,878 His campaign office, too, but I didn't get very high up. 233 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,395 Didn't you used to take showers with his chief of staff? 234 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,719 - John Webb? - Yeah. 235 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,393 We played tennis. 236 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:25,755 And then took showers together? 237 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,590 It's... The... 238 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,115 I'm gonna make the call, but they're individual showers. 239 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,519 - Cool. For privacy. 240 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,751 When you cut your hair, did you want to look like Joey Heatherton 241 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:37,030 and something went terribly wrong? 242 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,110 - Yep. - It's ringing. 243 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,718 - Yeah? - John, it's Don Keefer. 244 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,996 - Tell me some good news. 245 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,833 I don't have exits for you. 246 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,515 I need to ask you about something the congressman wrote 247 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,798 in a Students for America publication in 1990, okay? 248 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:01,873 - John? - Yeah? 249 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,714 He wrote, "It's a sad fact, but women cry rape." 250 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,120 - Yeah, I know it, Don. - All right. 251 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,556 Uh, first, can you confirm that it's him? 252 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,233 Okay, Don, I'm gonna call you back, all right? 253 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:11,879 We're on the air in a few minutes. 254 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,719 Can I get you to hold it till I talk to some people? 255 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,553 Why would I do that? 256 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,154 I think I can trade you something. 257 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,071 You know we're in no mood to be fucked around with, right? 258 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,276 I do know, and I'm not. 259 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,597 You have until 8:30 Eastern or we'll go on the air with 260 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:30,909 "The congressman's office declined to comment." 261 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,070 Got it. 262 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:37,512 What do you think he wants to trade? 263 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:38,636 I don't know. 264 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,830 Do you think there is any chance we just got incredibly lucky? 265 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,956 Well, our luck has been outstanding lately. 266 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,197 The first Republican governor in North Carolina since '88. 267 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,509 We have to throw it to someone. 268 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,876 We can slide five minutes to get... What's his name? Louden? 269 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,116 - Yeah. Yeah. - Is it Louden? 270 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,396 First two congressional races, Maine one for Chellie Pingree 271 00:12:58,480 --> 00:12:59,960 and New York three for Steve Israel. 272 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,396 Decision's saying we'll be able to call South Carolina four. 273 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,153 - For who? - I'm sorry? 274 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,550 - South Carolina for who? - No, we can call South Carolina four. 275 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:09,070 - Call it for who? - Costello, Abbott, 276 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,959 South Carolina fourth congressional district, Trey Gowdy. 277 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:13,474 - Got it. - Okay. 278 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,472 - Can you give us a minute? - Have a good show, guys. 279 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:17,040 - You, too. - Good luck. 280 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,154 - The lawyer said she'll hold you in breach? - Yeah. 281 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,954 - Rebecca? - Greenway from the general counsel's office. 282 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,271 Said she'd hold you and Charlie in material breach? 283 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:30,840 And invoke the non-compete clause. 284 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,320 Why don't we drop it for six hours? 285 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,516 What's Charlie gonna do now? 286 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,831 Reese is having a viewing party on the 44th floor. 287 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,475 - Charlie's gonna work on him. - The suit's gonna be filed tomorrow morning. 288 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:39,994 - Mac. - That's a public document. 289 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,117 - If we can't get this done tonight... - I understand. 290 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,476 - If she'll agree to settle tonight... - I'm with you. 291 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,552 The world doesn't have to see a list, you know? 292 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,314 A full-on description of every embarrassing thing 293 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,993 that's gone on here in the last 14 months. 294 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,639 The complaint will cover more than 14 months. 295 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,200 - But don't worry about it. - Stop saying that. 296 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,078 Six hours of literally nothing but breaking news 297 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,231 and you're the traffic cop at the intersection of all of it. 298 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,272 During light moments, only three people 299 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,835 will be speaking in your ear at once, but usually it'll be 10. 300 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:04,991 And I obviously don't have to say that we need to do well. 301 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,118 That's why my suggestion is since we can't deal with it right now, 302 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,436 not to worry about it until we're off the air. 303 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,680 - Would you do me a favor? - Anything. 304 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:17,080 - I mean this. - Me, too. 305 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,913 - I'm not fucking around. - What's the favor? 306 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,275 Say what you want to say to me. 307 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,280 - What? - Yes. 308 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:26,440 Then I'll say that I'm alarmed 309 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,716 by how little sleep you've had and that you're about to go do this. 310 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,031 - That's not what I'm talking about. - That's what I'm talking about. 311 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,033 You're the most attractive woman I have ever seen in real life 312 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,032 and I'm sticking by that statement and everything, 313 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,715 but right now you're not making it easy. Can you do this? 314 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,200 - Of course I can do this. - I'm not kidding. 315 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,953 No news producer in America's had sleep. 316 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,838 - They've had some. - Forget about that. 317 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,435 You look like you were grown in an environment where it's dark and damp. 318 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,910 Lovely, but I'm talking about Genoa. 319 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,152 Why? We're gonna be spending plenty of time talking about it. 320 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:53,833 God knows if we ever take a break, 321 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,719 The New York Times will keep talking about it for us. 322 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,871 Come on, six hours of live election coverage. 323 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,231 For you and me, that's like an orgy at a spa 324 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,232 where there are college football games on TV 325 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,789 and from the trees hang Christian Louboutins. 326 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,759 - I feel like... - All in your size, all different kinds. 327 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,356 Heels like lightsabers. Boots! Boots are hanging from the trees. 328 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,955 You feel like I'm what? 329 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,077 A bomb that hasn't detonated. 330 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,032 - You do? - And it's going to. 331 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,715 And I could live without the element of surprise, so if we could... 332 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,191 - Suede. Lots of suede. - ...Hurt Locker this thing, it'd be helpful. 333 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:27,959 I'm not a bomb that's about to explode. 334 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,599 In fact, I didn't want to brag, 335 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,672 but I've been put in charge of morale for the night. 336 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,512 - By who? - I did it. 337 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,834 This is the worst situation you've ever faced in your life, right? 338 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,798 - So far. - And you'd agree I'm responsible? 339 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,600 I 100% disagree. Jerry Dantana's responsible. 340 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:46,956 But I have an idea. I don't know if you heard, 341 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,509 but I was recently appointed director of morale for the night. 342 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,159 - Fuck it. - What do you want from me? 343 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,880 I wanted to know what the punishment's gonna be this time. 344 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,280 - This time? - I'll be in the control room. 345 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,192 What was the punishment last time? 346 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,471 - Seriously? - How have... 347 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,995 There's no one in the world... You were sleeping with... 348 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,675 - For four months you were... - I was fucking my ex-boyfriend. 349 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:07,876 ...lying. 350 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,320 And, yeah. 351 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,517 I've never heard you use that word as a verb before. 352 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,320 - I didn't like how it sounded. - Wasn't a punishment. 353 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,154 I broke up with you. You're the only person who's baffled by why. 354 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,233 I've got news for you. You're the only person who's not baffled 355 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,596 - why it's six years later. - I'm unforgiving? 356 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,717 So you'll understand my concern when it comes to Genoa 357 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,309 and wrecking your professional life, too, which, let's face it, 358 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,596 you take more seriously than your personal life anyway. 359 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,951 - I'll try to figure out why. - So what's in store? 360 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,952 You know what, hon? Can I just say fuck you? 361 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,350 - Yeah. - I've never punished you. 362 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:43,195 King George forgave America in less time than it's taking you... 363 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:44,714 What is the right amount of time? 364 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,269 You and everyone else is baffled at six years. 365 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,800 I assume you're talking about the staff. 366 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,076 How long do you guys think is the right amount of time? 367 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,992 Twenty-eight months. 368 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:55,879 You seriously came up with a number? 369 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,440 I was kidding. 370 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,074 - Time? - Yeah. 371 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,994 - I'm sorry I didn't explode for you. - It's a long night. 372 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,673 - Okay, just be ready. - Listen up. 373 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,680 We found these pictures today. 374 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,712 This is China. 375 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,234 People have their picture taken 376 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,870 pretending to cast a vote. 377 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,395 In India, they're waving flags 378 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,796 and having viewing parties to watch the coverage. 379 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,390 In South Korea, they're watching an electoral map. 380 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,870 A mock ballot box in Senegal. 381 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,355 And that's our ambassador in Hungary hosting a pizza party. 382 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,239 Our elections are the envy of the world. 383 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,833 It's critically important that we not make any mistakes tonight. 384 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,515 We all know why. 385 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,432 Top to bottom, no mistakes. 386 00:17:56,360 --> 00:18:01,594 If you make a mistake, run out of the building as fast as you can 387 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,959 and keep running till you hit water. Then swim. 388 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,714 - Here we go. Three minutes. 389 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:25,030 Let's go around the room. 390 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:27,840 Arizona House. Colorado House. Virginia House. 391 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,599 Game changer states. Critical states. 392 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,037 - I'm not seeing Washington. - Virginia, Florida, Ohio. 393 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:36,158 - There you are. - McCain won Kentucky by 16. 394 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:37,390 - Graphics. - Ready. 395 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:38,550 What's the order of that first whip-around? 396 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,040 - Field. - Standing. 397 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:41,952 - One, two, three. - Rehearsing two months. 398 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,191 - Just like rehearsal. - 60 seconds to VTR. 399 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,272 - Nothing's gone right in rehearsal. - That's defeatist, man. 400 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,750 I'll throw it to D.C. That's how you'll know you were talking too long. 401 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,832 - The fetus? - Defeatist. Defeatist. 402 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,115 You can't hit on the candidate. 403 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,634 If Virginia's Senate is going red... 404 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,074 Yes, you are. 405 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,833 There's water right there. 406 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,718 - Clear the set, please. - Thank you. 407 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:07,520 - Stand by roll-in. - Standing. 408 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,159 - Will? - Right here. 409 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,072 - You ready? - No, I need another half hour. 410 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,159 - Good luck, everyone. - Three, two, roll in. 411 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,400 Good evening from New York City. 412 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,756 I'm Will McAvoy, and ACN's primetime coverage 413 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,719 of Election Night 2012 begins right now. 414 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,760 I'm joined in the studio by ACN's Sloan Sabbith and Elliot Hirsch, 415 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,354 as well as Republican strategist 416 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,274 and former Romney campaign press advisor Taylor Warren. 417 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:41,670 Standing by in Washington is Jane Barrow 418 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,513 and her team of political analysts. 419 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,717 - It's just past 7:00 p.m. in the East... - Mac. 420 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,951 - and polls have closed in Kentucky... - Change it up. 421 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:49,036 - ...South Carolina, Vermont, 422 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:50,440 Virginia and Indiana. 423 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,912 In the battleground state of Virginia, ACN is projecting that race too close to call. 424 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,435 ACN can project that the great state of Indiana 425 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,115 and its 11 electoral votes will go to Mitt Romney. 426 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,034 We can also project that Mitt Romney will be the winner 427 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:05,351 of Kentucky's eight electoral votes. 428 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,796 We will not have a shutout, as President Obama... 429 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,553 We're calling Bernie Sanders. 430 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,472 ...three electoral votes, making this 431 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,758 the sixth presidential election in a row for the state to vote blue. 432 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,713 Look right here. Great. 433 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,393 There's a ballot initiative in L.A. County 434 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,996 that would require actors in adult films to wear condoms. 435 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:28,271 I've never been more indifferent to an issue in my life. 436 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:30,511 - Charlie. - Excuse me for interrupting. 437 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,193 You're not. This is Denise, Pam, and Connor. 438 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,078 We went to school together. This is Charlie Skinner. 439 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,629 - He's the president of ACN. - Any predictions? 440 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,154 Their phones were taken at the door. 441 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:39,913 Obama's gonna take Virginia 442 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,471 and we've been looking hard at some precincts in Ohio and Florida. 443 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,314 - Got a minute? - Excuse me. 444 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,160 - How you doing? - Hi, Reese. 445 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,993 You understand the suit's gonna be filed in the morning. 446 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,116 Yeah. 447 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,590 And you understand everyone, and I mean everyone... 448 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,037 Everyone will have a stringer waiting at the clerk's office for the complaint. 449 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:00,554 - Yes. - You've read a complaint. 450 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,031 It's a long list of grievances that go well beyond the scope 451 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:06,919 - of any rational definition of relevance. - Yes, sir. 452 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,676 Tomorrow's just an exercise in public shaming. 453 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,274 Yeah, we're gonna be painted with humiliation, 454 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:13,794 mostly you and Will and then Mac and a little bit me. 455 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,679 So you don't feel you're foggy on the reality? 456 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,911 I wish I were less aware of the reality. 457 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,150 - I'd like to be stupid right now. - Good. 458 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,674 - Charlie. - Let me finish. 459 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,632 Aren't you the final arbiter of whether a race gets called? 460 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:24,830 - Yeah. - Shouldn't you be downstairs? 461 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,559 That's how important it is 462 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,832 that I convince you to accept my resignation and Will's. 463 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,593 I think the election is pretty important. 464 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,673 We're waiting for the next exit poll dump. I've got a minute. 465 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,474 People have been fired for making much smaller mistakes than we did. 466 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,597 People have been incarcerated for making smaller mistakes. 467 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,957 So there's that, and that's bred resentment in the industry. 468 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:46,838 - But that's nothing. Forget that. - Okay. 469 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,675 Forget that everything that's gone on inside the organization 470 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,436 will be laid out on a table for everyone to scrutinize, 471 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,274 which, sure as we're standing here, is what is going to happen. 472 00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:58,555 - Forget that. - All right. 473 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,200 If a news outlet doesn't have credibility, 474 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,034 it doesn't matter what else it has. That's a fact. 475 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:08,478 There are people here from Jane Barrow, Terry Smith, 476 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,598 everyone at the D.C. bureau to Sloan Sabbith, 477 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,751 Elliot Hirsch, everyone on DaySide, 478 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,992 these people don't deserve to have a piano strapped to their back. 479 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,117 Their credibility shouldn't... 480 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,434 - When did you arrive here? - I'm stealthy. 481 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,515 I think it's commendable and pretty shocking 482 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,831 that you want to do something just because it's the right thing to do, 483 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,354 but it's not the right thing to do. 484 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:34,840 - I know. - What do you mean? 485 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,355 I think you were responsible for a massive fuckup. 486 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,238 I think Will was the face of a massive fuckup. 487 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,950 I think firing a mid-level producer appears to be an abdication of responsibility. 488 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,111 Now we're gonna have to read about Jim and Maggie and Don 489 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,078 and Jim and Maggie and Don, and Maggie and Mac and Will, 490 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:48,992 and did Sloan punch a guy in the face? 491 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,470 - Yeah. - The train, she is wrecked. 492 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,994 Why are you gleeful? 493 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,276 I'm on the right team for once and I get really paid. 494 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:58,950 Are you saying you agree? 495 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,555 I think your resignation should be accepted immediately 496 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,393 and we should write Dantana a check and get to the business 497 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,312 of rebooting this once-respected brand. 498 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,471 Then why don't you? 499 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,119 My mom says I can't. 500 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,232 - Reese! - I don't know how else to put it. 501 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,471 I talked to her for hours today. I've been talking to her all night. 502 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,240 I said, "Mom, you're gonna die and I'm gonna take over a dinged-up company." 503 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,198 And you know what she said? She said, "I'm never gonna die. 504 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,714 "And when are you gonna give me some grandchildren? 505 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,473 "Are you gay? If you're gay, that's fine. Just tell me." 506 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,153 - I said, "I'm not gay." - Look. 507 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,310 "I just haven't met the right woman yet." 508 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:25,516 She's like, "Oh, that's bullshit. 509 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,559 "You met the right woman three or four times. You just always find some problem." 510 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,154 And I was like, "You're divorced." 511 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,720 - And she said, "That's completely different." - Reese. 512 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,553 I was like, "What's your obsession with grandchildren? 513 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,034 - "Is it a chance for a do-over?" - Reese! 514 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,034 She's not taking your resignations. 515 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:44,918 She's not settling the suit. 516 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,231 - I have to go. - Charlie, I know. 517 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,793 And I tried. 518 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,997 You have to keep trying. 519 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,230 Tomorrow's too late. 520 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,992 It'd be a lot easier for me to convince my mother if you agreed with me. 521 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,197 - But I don't. - Yeah. 522 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,999 You were paying me for that whole conversation. 523 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:06,116 I know. 524 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,110 It's 7:59 in the East and we're ready to make some calls. 525 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:12,959 ACN is projecting that Governor Romney 526 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,396 is the winner in the Mountaineer State of West Virginia. 527 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,039 We can also project at this hour 528 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:21,353 that President Obama will win in Connecticut, Delaware, and Washington, D. C. 529 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:26,152 No surprise here. The 20 electoral votes from the President's home state of Illinois 530 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,312 are safely Mr. Obama's, while the 10 electoral votes 531 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,915 from Mitt Romney's home state of Massachusetts 532 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,231 are also going to, uh, Mr. Obama. 533 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,358 I apologize. I was trapped by my own sentence structure. 534 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:38,669 In Maryland... 535 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,558 Six calls plus five Senate calls. 536 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,599 You're gonna give me the calls, then a quick board on which are too close to call. 537 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,717 Forty-five seconds for the impact for the Latino vote. 538 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,360 The jobs, national security, the 47%... 539 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:49,840 We've got Elliot coming up in the top half hour. 540 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,991 D.C., are you standing by for the Senate calls? 541 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,480 That's if the Senate turns red. 542 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,358 - Just a nonviolent coup. - ... Obama off to a good start. 543 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,238 A lot of those states are starting to fill in blue. 544 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,755 We'll take care of business, do the calls, the House races, 545 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,958 and then I'll give you two minutes for the 47% after Elliot. 546 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,837 - Where is he? - He's up in his suite. 547 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,151 There's a lot of family, all the boys, grandkids. 548 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,709 - What's the general mood? - You know you've got a reporter here. 549 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:11,995 - He's busy. - So am I. 550 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:13,514 - What's the mood? - Really good. 551 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,637 It's a party here. They think they're gonna win Ohio 552 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,154 and then run the table. Are they? 553 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,833 - I don't know anything you don't know. - Bullshit. 554 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,115 Do you know anything I don't know? 555 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,395 - You'd hate that, right? - No. 556 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,153 I'd be really happy for you. Why do people think that... 557 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,039 Hey, four quick things. First, I'm gonna break news tonight. 558 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:27,873 Second, nah-nah-nah-nah. 559 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,191 - Third, hey, Hallie. - Hey, Maggie. 560 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,919 And fourth, suck it, and we're about to get a data dump. 561 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,038 - I really like your hair. - Thanks. That's sweet. 562 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,396 - Good luck tonight. - Thanks. 563 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:41,840 - I've got to go. - Wait. 564 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,070 - What? - What happened? 565 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,719 - What do you mean? - To Maggie's hair. 566 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,553 She cut it, I guess, and changed the color. 567 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,200 - You guess she changed the color? - It was a different color before. 568 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,431 Yes, it was. Do you know what color my hair is? 569 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:52,840 You're looking at it right now. 570 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,149 Your hair is the color of goodness. 571 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:55,953 - You're an idiot. - It's hazelnut. 572 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,555 That's not a... When did she cut her hair? 573 00:25:58,640 --> 00:25:59,869 - Last week. - Why? 574 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:01,952 - I didn't ask. - You should. 575 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,757 I'll put that on the list and I'll talk to you in a while. 576 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,957 - My hair's blonde. - It's really nice. 577 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,156 Goodbye. 578 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,675 - Recapping the earlier... - All right, you're up. 579 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,594 Be yourself. 580 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,077 You're a great guy and the people at home really like you. 581 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,720 - Thank you. - And you're handsome, too, 582 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,156 in a droll and expressionless way. 583 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,675 - Okay. - You're a welcome presence in our homes. 584 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,834 It's all about locating your inner cha and not tripping over any cables. 585 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,311 - Do you have to be talking right now? - Have you located the cha? 586 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,240 So we're going to show you. 587 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,789 Elliot Hirsch is standing by in our newsroom. Elliot? 588 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,759 Will, through these doors is our decision desk, 589 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,638 which is the entire brain of the operation. 590 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,680 There are eight experts. 591 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,913 PhDs in statistics, economics, and political science, 592 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,435 and they use computer models to combine raw votes, 593 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,275 exit polls, sample precincts, and early voting 594 00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,397 to project the winners in each district and state. 595 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,392 This is Kathy Ling. 596 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,278 Kathy, can you tell us anything new? 597 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,829 - No, not yet. - This is some good television. 598 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,477 The men and women in here are monitoring nearly 500 races. 599 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,235 Not as well as you think. Come with me. 600 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:25,640 Shit. 601 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,316 The reason for the seclusion is that we don't want them 602 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,517 to be influenced by calls that are being made by other networks. 603 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,160 When our team here is ready to make a call, 604 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,835 they put it into a program called iNews. 605 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,957 - Anything? - It takes a little time. 606 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,713 - Okay. Uh... - Yeah! 607 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,678 As I said, they put the information into iNews, 608 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,275 where it's picked up by one of our producers 609 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:47,955 at these two desks. 610 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:54,520 They've divided up the races alphabetically, and each is responsible for 120 races. 611 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,071 After the next commercial, we'll come back for panel. 612 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,914 18-29 is higher than expected, but so is over 65. 613 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,639 I'd say three minutes. You good? 614 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:02,949 Happy as a cat with kittens. 615 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:04,520 - You've been doing great. - Thank you. 616 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,480 Hey, MacKenzie, I didn't realize that you were president of the Oxford Union. 617 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,633 You had to have been one of the first women presidents, right? 618 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,192 - Cambridge. - I'm sorry? 619 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,033 I was president of the Cambridge Union. 620 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:19,555 Oh. Uh-oh. Sorry. That was Wikipedia. 621 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,120 Wikipedia says I went to Oxford? 622 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,192 - I think I'm remembering right. - Mac. 623 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,718 You're pitching a perfect game. Let this one go. 624 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,120 You don't think I can let it go? 625 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,520 - I wasn't challenging you. - Oh, I'll let it go. 626 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,080 Either way, it's a big honor. 627 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,799 Yes, though not either way. Just one way. 628 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,200 - Right. - Okay. 629 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,991 - Can I see you when you're done? - Sure. 630 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,719 - Gary signed your book. - Here's the thing. 631 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,075 - Yeah? - You forgot to do it 632 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,311 and I was put in charge of something for the benefit. 633 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,039 And I speak a little German, so I thought, 634 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,117 "I'll inscribe it, 'I hope you enjoy this book."' 635 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,919 And I signed your name just like you do. 636 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:51,474 I didn't put a heart over the "I" or anything. 637 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,790 Wait, is there an "I" in your name? Yes. 638 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:58,436 Yes, there is. 639 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,477 And you inscribed it, "I hope you shred this book." 640 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,313 Neal has explained that. What are the chances 641 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:03,834 that whoever bought the book speaks German? 642 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,240 What are the chances that you do? 643 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:06,959 Guys, can we move this someplace else? 644 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,157 I don't care about the German. I care about the fraud. 645 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,631 I need the name and contact information of the person who bought the book. 646 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,871 - Tonight? - You need to hurry before the trail gets cold. 647 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,590 You think the book may have been bought by a bank robber? 648 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,194 - Look at my face. - I know. 649 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,040 - Does it seem like I want to be sassed? - It does not. 650 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,919 - "Enjoy" is zerreißen. - That's still "shred." 651 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,390 We'll go back to Will McAvoy at the anchor desk. Will? 652 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,190 We'll be back with more of ACN's coverage of Election Night 2012 right after this. 653 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,034 - Out. - Two minutes back. 654 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,600 You wanted me? 655 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,114 I just wanted to check in on the site. 656 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,953 We're doing fine. Everybody's doing fine. 657 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,272 Except Sloan who's flipping out because somebody bought her book 658 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,750 at the Sandy auction on Sunday and it wasn't really signed by her. 659 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,797 It's funny the things people try to control 660 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,792 when they feel like they're not in control. 661 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,556 I wasn't really listening. 662 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,950 - I need you to change my Wikipedia page. - Sure. 663 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,953 I checked and for some reason, it says I was President of the Oxford Union. 664 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,394 - Weren't you? - No. 665 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,790 - I went to Cambridge. - Right. I knew that. 666 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,951 Do you know who else went to Cambridge? 667 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,236 John Milton, Charles Darwin, 668 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,312 Jane Goodall, Alan Turing, 669 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:09,834 E.M. Forster, Stephen Hawking, 670 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,991 the King of Jordan, Prime Minister of India, 671 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,113 and three signatories to the Declaration of Independence. 672 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,953 Mac, I wonder if you can switch me off. 673 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,793 You're screaming names of smart people in my ear. 674 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,559 - Sorry. - They teach you that at Oxford? 675 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,958 - So you'll get that fixed? - Yeah. 676 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,677 - You hear anything back yet? - No. 677 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,558 It's 8:15. They've got 15 minutes. 678 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,320 Do you really think your shower buddy has got a story or is he stalling? 679 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:34,834 I really think he has a story. 680 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:37,680 Fifteen seconds. 681 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,592 All right, we're coming back with the 47%. 682 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,640 You guys ready to have some fun? 683 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,439 - Yeah. - Okay. 684 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,558 No, no. Are you ready to have some fun? 685 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,313 - What the hell is wrong with... - I don't know. 686 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,596 In three, two, roll in. 687 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,194 Welcome back to ACN's continuing coverage of Election Night 2012. 688 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,476 Let's check in with Florida, where it's still too close to call. 689 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,670 We have 62% of the vote counted 690 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,757 and you can see the President has an advantage 691 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,800 in that very important battleground state of roughly 100,000 votes. 692 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,349 Florida, once again, too close to call at the moment. 693 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,477 Taylor Warren, what effect, if any, 694 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,195 did the 47% tape have on the Romney campaign 695 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:19,714 and on the electorate? 696 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:21,712 The biggest effect it had was on the media. 697 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:22,870 Now we're talking. 698 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,431 - Oh, hi. - Hello. 699 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,751 I was just leaving you a note that I need a minute. 700 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:36,873 - Am I being sued again? - Yeah. 701 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,070 Okay, well, what? 702 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,152 You're going to be a named defendant 703 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,233 in a separate suit filed tomorrow morning by Jerry Dantana. 704 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,631 He's seeking an additional $20 million for tortious interference. 705 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,196 What's happening? 706 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,593 Shortly after Jerry left ACN, he applied for a job at Kickstarter. 707 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,230 I'm sure he was advised to demonstrate that due to his wrongful termination here, 708 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,516 it's now impossible for him to get work elsewhere. 709 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,310 A man named Goldman, Ezra Goldman, called you 710 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,278 - about a reference for Jerry? - Mmm-hmm. 711 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:11,680 And what did you say? 712 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,355 I said, "Ezra, this is the call I've been waiting my whole life for." 713 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:15,840 - What else? - I told him the story. 714 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,151 I told him Jerry knowingly put a false story on the air 715 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,311 about Marines murdering civilians with sarin gas. 716 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:21,834 - Anything else? - Probably. 717 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:23,630 Think. 718 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,591 I said, "If your company needs a very hardworking sociopath, 719 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:27,716 "then Jerry's your man." 720 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,320 - Right there. - No, he's a hardworking guy. 721 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,120 Under New York state law, tortious interference results 722 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,715 if you intentionally interfere with a potential business relationship 723 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,314 by acting solely out of malice 724 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,074 or through improper or dishonest means. 725 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,520 - Wait. - Sure. 726 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,910 He's suing me for giving him a bad job recommendation? 727 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,434 For saying something that wasn't true. 728 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:45,840 It's not a dispute he doctored the tape. 729 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,957 And if all you said was that, you'd be fine. 730 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,474 But you called him a sociopath. 731 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,394 - He is. - Sociopath is a clinical term. 732 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,949 How much training as a psychiatric diagnostician 733 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,271 did you get at the Columbia School of Journalism? 734 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,511 - Not that much. - Yeah. 735 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,240 So, you see, you've got to talk to me before you say things. 736 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:03,879 It was plainly not... 737 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,271 I didn't say he's a sociopath. 738 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,000 - What did you say? - I said, you know... 739 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,912 I said, "Ezra, he's a sociopath." 740 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,480 - Yeah. - Why in the world... In the world! 741 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,040 ...would he put me down as a reference? 742 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:16,713 So that this would happen. 743 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:21,991 Is this a joke? You making one of your funny jokes? 744 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:23,833 If I was joking, you'd be laughing. Are you laughing? 745 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,991 - No. - Then there you have it. 746 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,151 - I just answered the phone. - It's just strategy. 747 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,232 - They want the company to settle. - How much is this gonna cost? 748 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:31,999 Well, if you lose, $20 million. 749 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:33,673 If you win, only a couple of hundred thousand. 750 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,035 I don't have a couple of hundred thousand. 751 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,715 - Do you own your apartment or rent? - I own it. 752 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,553 Second mortgage. Problem solved. 753 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,031 You are a member of a godless, soulless race of extortionists. 754 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:48,954 That's fair. 755 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,276 Okay. 756 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,956 The liberal media bias is so clear that it's not worth arguing about. 757 00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,554 What I'd like to focus on instead... 758 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,559 Hang on just a second, 'cause I don't think I can let you float an allegation 759 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,872 like that and then pretend it's so well agreed upon that it's past debate. 760 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,397 The media overwhelmingly voted for and is voting for Obama. 761 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,392 I have a hunch this isn't gonna be the last time 762 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,154 I ask you this tonight, but any evidence for that? 763 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,274 Yes. A survey conducted by the American Society of Newspaper Editors 764 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,239 showed 61% stated that they were members of 765 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,437 or shared the beliefs of the Democratic Party, 766 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,799 while 15% said that their beliefs were best supported by the Republican Party. 767 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:29,554 Can I raise what I think 768 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,313 - is an interesting example of something? - Sure. 769 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,357 In a race for the Kansas State Legislature... 770 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,671 - Oh, seriously? - ...the Democrat is an anti-gay, 771 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,871 - anti-abortion train conductor. - Nope. 772 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,839 Pardon me. The Republican is a train conductor and gay. 773 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:41,910 - No. - Guys. 774 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,878 Somebody's a train conductor, 775 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,714 somebody's gay and somebody's father is in the Klan. 776 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,234 And what's that an example of? 777 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:50,310 Elliot? 778 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:55,151 Nothing. So, Taylor, back to your point and your 15-year-old survey. 779 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,076 - Jim. - Yeah? 780 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,919 They want you at the decision desk. 781 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:08,430 Somebody need me? 782 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,113 Will called the Michigan first for Dan Benishek? 783 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,429 If you called it, he called it. 784 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,273 We didn't call it and he called it. 785 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:14,635 What are you talking about? 786 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:16,552 In the scroll, you've got Michigan one going red 787 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,791 and we haven't called Michigan one. 788 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:20,875 Hang on. 789 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:24,280 - Maggie. - Yeah? 790 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,397 You remember a few minutes ago when my iNews was overloaded 791 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,193 and I wrote down some calls on a legal pad? 792 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,636 - It's right here. - What did I say? 793 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:32,916 New Hampshire one, North Carolina three, 794 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,275 Ohio seven, Michigan one. 795 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:35,595 Can I see that? 796 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,317 That's supposed to be Mississippi. 797 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,312 - It's MI. - Yeah. 798 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,279 MI is Michigan. 799 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,431 Martin, can you get Kathy Ling out here? 800 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:49,476 You have to go in there. 801 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:50,835 I can't have this particular conversation in there. 802 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:51,950 - What happened? - Can you get her? 803 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,714 - She's not allowed out... - Blindfold her. 804 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,154 Just very quickly, my fault or your fault? 805 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:03,072 - Assigning blame isn't the productive... - Good. 806 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:04,833 - I meant Mississippi. - That's MISS. 807 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,320 - It certainly is. - Michigan's MI. 808 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,278 That's why I gave them Michigan. MI one red. 809 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:10,756 Come on. 810 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:12,069 Careful. 811 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,879 - So, Kathy. - Yes. 812 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,759 Over here. We made a small mistake. 813 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,355 We called Michigan when we meant Mississippi. 814 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,432 - You have to retract it. - I wonder... 815 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:22,510 It's not ready to call. 816 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,796 I wonder if maybe it's not necessary to retract. 817 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,078 It's both too close and too early to call. You have to retract it. 818 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,356 Let me ask you something just out of curiosity. 819 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,080 What does your data say about the Michigan first? 820 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:34,753 - Republican incumbent... - Over here. 821 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,194 - Republican incumbent... - You can just take that off. 822 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,555 Don't look at the monitors. 823 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,360 Dan Benishek will keep his seat. 824 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:44,840 - You're confident of that? - Yes. 825 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,274 - Scale of one to 10. - Ten. 826 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,194 Well, then, you know, we called it. 827 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,636 - Are you kidding? - You're confident he's going to win? 828 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:53,915 - Yes. - Then why haven't you called it? 829 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,832 It's both too close and too early to call. 830 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,310 - But you're confident Benishek is gonna win? - Benishek is going to win. 831 00:36:58,400 --> 00:36:59,595 - You're confident? - He's already won. 832 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,000 - But we can't call it? - Too close and too early. 833 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,390 I appreciate that science has a very high bar 834 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,039 for what it's willing to call a fact, but... 835 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,720 Benishek is going to win 51-49. 836 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,917 - 51-49. - That's not as close as... 837 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,997 - It's exactly as close as it sounds. - Okay. 838 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,919 Okay. You can go back. Thanks. 839 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,840 - You'll retract the call? - We will get to that, yes. 840 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:26,394 - We shouldn't... - So we called it a little early. 841 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,199 We have Joey take it off the scroll and make sure 842 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,476 that nobody mentions it again until the desk gives the green light. 843 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:31,875 - Who's going to notice? - Benishek. 844 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,599 His campaign manager. The Internet. 845 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,876 - I can steer this. - Just have Mac have Will retract the call. 846 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,112 This is the written test you have to take and pass 847 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,272 to work for the New York City Department of Sanitation. 848 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,797 And it goes to the first person who eats it tonight. 849 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,553 But so far, so good. 850 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,790 - We can't retract the call. - Yeah, I really think we can't retract. 851 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,917 It doesn't seem to me that conservatives 852 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,276 are having trouble gaining access to the airwaves. 853 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,671 And the fact that The New York Times editorial board endorsed 854 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,714 the President and not Governor Romney isn't of itself a sign of bias. 855 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,275 When the governor said, "I like to fire people," 856 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,671 not only did you know exactly what he meant, but you agreed. 857 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,911 And when the President said, "You didn't build that," 858 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,754 not only did you know exactly what he meant, you knew that's not what he said. 859 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,479 The trees are the right height. 860 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,632 The dog on the car roof. Eastwood at the convention. 861 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,393 - Okay. - And while we're on the subject, 862 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,997 ACN's star anchor is a Republican who spends an awful lot of airtime 863 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,959 reporting stories about crazy Republicans being crazy. 864 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,073 In fairness, he did anchor a report about a Democratic president 865 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,550 committing war crimes, and that wasn't even true. 866 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:39,994 Elephant in the room. 867 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,997 We're coming up on another round of poll closings 868 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,515 at the top of the hour. Let's look at where we are. 869 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,274 They are Arizona, Colorado, Kansas... 870 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:51,919 Reese is gonna work on Leona. 871 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,992 He doesn't have much time. 872 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,993 Did you ever think you'd be trying to convince someone to let you resign? 873 00:38:58,960 --> 00:38:59,950 No. 874 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,158 Will's not gonna fire you, Mac. There's no way. 875 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,916 And it would look like we were scapegoating you just like Jerry. 876 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,390 - I know. - You good? 877 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,040 - Yeah. - Mac. 878 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,231 In here. 879 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,232 - Did you change it? - I did. 880 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:16,720 - Thank you. - And they changed it back. 881 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,029 What do you mean they changed it back? 882 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,191 The original creator, the page administrator, 883 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:21,760 - reviewed and denied the changes. - Why? 884 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:23,712 - Because... Because... - Why? Why did they do that? 885 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,799 Well, I e-mailed him and explained who I was, that you were my boss 886 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,873 and that you have an expert understanding of where you did and didn't go to school, 887 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,838 - and I got a very quick reply. - Saying? 888 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,957 It's Wikipedia's policy not to use information 889 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,555 that comes directly from the source of the article. 890 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,552 - Say that again? - It's Wikipedia's... 891 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,838 - Can't anyone edit a page? - Yes. Except you. 892 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,639 - So they won't allow firsthand information? - No. 893 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,360 Seems sort of counterintuitive, doesn't it? 894 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,592 - I know how you feel. - I don't think you do. 895 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,915 Because no one's out there 896 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,879 saying you were president of the Oxford Union 897 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,917 when you were president of the Cambridge Union, 898 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,271 the greatest debating society in the history of the fucking kingdom. 899 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,750 - And that kingdom's been around a long time. - Don't I know it. 900 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,991 I don't even know if that was a sarcastic 901 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,037 geopolitical reference to colonialism or not. 902 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:08,395 - It wasn't. - Good. 903 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,551 Good, 'cause, Neal, this is it. 904 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,677 We're gonna get this right. And I'll tell you why. 905 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,474 Because. 906 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,917 Mac, I get it. 907 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,753 And I'm gonna get it fixed. 908 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:22,240 Thank you. Ruling India was wrong. 909 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,676 - It's a little late... - I know. 910 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,511 About a third of the vote now in in Virginia. 911 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:32,072 About a million votes counted, and Mitt Romney is maintaining his lead 55-43. 912 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,317 But right now, the story is in Ohio, 913 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,995 where the President has a 16-point lead over Mr. Romney 914 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:38,920 with just about a quarter of the votes counted. 915 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,238 But to be very clear, that race is still too early to call, 916 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:46,109 meaning that the experts at the decision desk do not yet have enough information. 917 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,600 We need to take a commercial break, 918 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,673 but we'll be back on the other side with the continuing primetime coverage 919 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:51,790 of Election Night 2012. 920 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,795 - You're watching ACN. 921 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,520 And clear. Four minutes back. 922 00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:58,960 Elephant in the room? 923 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,236 Even as it was coming out of my mouth, I thought it was borderline. 924 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:02,959 Can I say as a PR expert, 925 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,316 I thought it was, as a matter of fact, perfect. 926 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,238 She is an enemy of all that is good. 927 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,591 You're like a foot taller than a person's supposed to be. 928 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,114 - Right? - Yes. 929 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,477 But I apologize for bringing your personal politics into it. 930 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,711 Yeah, it's okay. But I'd appreciate it if you kept me out of it. 931 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,474 - Of course. It was stupid. - No, it wasn't. 932 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,155 - Tess, how much time do I have? - 3:30 back. 933 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:23,230 Sampat! 934 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,998 I have someone tracking down the event coordinator 935 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,311 at Continental Benefit Auctions to get the name and contact. 936 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:32,993 I'm gonna feel bad until this is fixed. 937 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,515 - It's gonna be fixed. - What if it never is? 938 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,717 What if I go on and on like this? 939 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,999 What if I keep talking in rhetorical questions until you just can't take it anymore? 940 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:43,833 - Can I go? - I'm good. 941 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:50,513 Joey, how's it going? 942 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,319 - Busy. - Yeah. 943 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,954 Can you do me a favor and take the Michigan first out of the scroll? 944 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,474 Are we taking back the call? 945 00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,598 No, we're just... We're not flaunting it. 946 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,671 - I don't think we need to tell Mac and Will... - No. 947 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,236 Don, Webb's on hold in your office. 948 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:12,515 Three minutes back. 949 00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:17,597 Michigan one, if you could just go ahead and take it off the scroll. 950 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,115 What are you doing? 951 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,918 Trying to see what's going on in Ohio. 952 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,798 The people who know are 50 feet from here. 953 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,030 They'll tell us. 954 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,435 I think it's going really well. You should enjoy it. 955 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,559 In the old days, didn't they offer you the option 956 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,075 of a shot of whiskey and a pistol? 957 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:47,435 - How old? - Like... 958 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,112 - The Holy Roman Empire. - With whiskey and pistols? 959 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,311 It wouldn't necessarily look like scapegoating. 960 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,550 - Mac. - It would look like you and Charlie 961 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,838 took the necessary and appropriate steps to address the mistake. 962 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:02,914 - Can I tell you something? - Fire me. 963 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,912 You're the only one who can do it. 964 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,034 I was a really good boyfriend. 965 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,752 I know that. I never said you weren't. 966 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,513 - You sort of did. - That's wrong. 967 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:18,110 You think... 968 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:23,154 You think I'm not firing you because it would make me look bad? 969 00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:24,754 That crossed your mind? 970 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:26,676 Give me a break, Billy. 971 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:28,433 It's not like you're indifferent to your image. 972 00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,477 You think it's... My image? 973 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,476 What have I ever done to deserve that? 974 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,870 How big a dick do you think I am and how long have you thought it? 975 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,150 I was a good guy. 976 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:48,720 I was a good guy. 977 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,039 You're fired end of the broadcast. Please don't tell anyone. 978 00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:01,195 I won't. 979 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,233 They need you. 980 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,473 He'll give us two on-the-record sources 981 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,314 if we agree to stay off just for tonight with the 1990 quote. 982 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,631 - Here's what the story is... - Wait, start again for them. 983 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,074 - 60 back. - We're there. 984 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,472 This morning in time for the local news, 985 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,200 - Brody in California condemned Todd Akin. - Yeah? 986 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,795 Taylor Warren pointed me to a speech he made in 1990 987 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,156 to a student group where he said the exact same thing, only worse. 988 00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:28,675 I called his chief of staff for a comment. A guy named John Webb. 989 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:30,638 - Webb and I know each other. - They're in love. 990 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:33,235 Just... He asked me for time 991 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:34,993 because he said he needed permission to trade me a story 992 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:36,070 he promised was much bigger. 993 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:37,230 - Did you set a deadline? - Yes. 994 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,589 - For when? - For now. He just called. 995 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:39,830 And this is where you came in. 996 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:41,752 If we agree to hold off reporting the 1990 speech, 997 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,911 he'll give us two on-the-record sources. 998 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,310 As long as it's not a potentially libelous story 999 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,120 about misconduct in the armed forces, I'm listening. 1000 00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:54,315 David Petraeus is about to resign over an extramarital affair 1001 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:58,155 with his biographer, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. 1002 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:05,831 And the commander of US forces in Afghanistan 1003 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,355 will be investigated with regard to a relationship 1004 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,033 with a Florida socialite who was receiving 1005 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:13,113 harassing e-mails from General Petraeus' mistress. 1006 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,079 I mean, what the fuck? 1007 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:44,277 Three minutes for the calls, then a 90 whip-around. 1008 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,920 And we'll go to Jane to look at the Senate. 1009 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,993 Remember what I said before about my personal politics? 1010 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,112 - Sure. - Forget it. 1011 00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:53,350 Take me apart. 1012 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:54,510 Ten seconds. 1013 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,719 In three, two...