1 00:00:01,203 --> 00:00:04,078 _ 2 00:00:04,104 --> 00:00:06,255 _ 3 00:00:06,281 --> 00:00:08,001 _ 4 00:00:08,461 --> 00:00:10,406 Previously on The Hot Zone: Anthrax... 5 00:00:10,432 --> 00:00:13,544 Usually when you gets the flu, it just passes in a day or two. 6 00:00:13,570 --> 00:00:14,687 This doesn't present like a flu. 7 00:00:14,713 --> 00:00:16,763 Bruce, we got some samples coming in from Florida. 8 00:00:16,789 --> 00:00:17,843 Not it! 9 00:00:17,869 --> 00:00:19,328 We need an anthrax expert. 10 00:00:19,354 --> 00:00:21,601 Patient's spinal fluid showed rod-like bacteria. 11 00:00:21,627 --> 00:00:23,179 You better call the FBI. 12 00:00:23,588 --> 00:00:26,026 Anthrax uses its host as a live incubator 13 00:00:26,052 --> 00:00:29,438 and 95% of confirmed cases worldwide are cutaneous, 14 00:00:29,464 --> 00:00:32,648 which means it gets into a cut where someone touches it. 15 00:00:32,674 --> 00:00:35,468 But Bob Stevens inhaled it, 16 00:00:35,494 --> 00:00:37,835 which is insanely rare unless it's aerosolized. 17 00:00:37,861 --> 00:00:40,130 I don't think AMI was the only media attack. 18 00:00:40,156 --> 00:00:42,453 - What do you mean? - The doctor thought it was just a spider bite. 19 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:43,531 And tragic news, 20 00:00:43,557 --> 00:00:46,210 we've just learned that photo editor Robert Stevens 21 00:00:46,236 --> 00:00:48,351 has died from his anthrax exposure. 22 00:00:48,377 --> 00:00:50,103 Results came back. It's Ames. 23 00:00:50,129 --> 00:00:51,267 Ames stream? 24 00:00:51,301 --> 00:00:53,460 I didn't think it existed outside a high-security research labs. 25 00:00:53,486 --> 00:00:54,697 It doesn't. 26 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:03,990 Hey, did somebody just pass you guys on the hallway? 27 00:01:04,298 --> 00:01:05,810 No, didn't see anyone. 28 00:01:05,836 --> 00:01:07,272 Really? 29 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,196 _ 30 00:01:20,221 --> 00:01:23,962 _ 31 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,334 _ 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,946 _ 33 00:01:48,282 --> 00:01:49,970 Shelly, get out of there! 34 00:01:49,996 --> 00:01:51,686 Come on, the plane just hit the World Trade Center. 35 00:01:51,712 --> 00:01:53,454 We got to go now. We could be next. 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,178 Come on people, get out of there, go, go, go. 37 00:01:55,204 --> 00:01:57,048 Everybody out. Come on, we got to evacuate. 38 00:01:57,074 --> 00:01:58,381 We need shelter, get off the phone. 39 00:01:58,407 --> 00:02:01,040 New York City is under attack. Some plane just hit the World Trade Center, all right. 40 00:02:01,066 --> 00:02:03,228 They're alerting all military bases. We could be next. 41 00:02:03,254 --> 00:02:05,174 Come on guys, get out, guys! Go! Go ahead, just leave your stuff. 42 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:06,540 Out, out, out, out, right out. 43 00:02:06,566 --> 00:02:09,252 Move, move, move, move, move. 44 00:02:09,654 --> 00:02:13,749 For us to tell exactly how large an aircraft it is there 45 00:02:13,775 --> 00:02:16,260 or whether or not that was intentional... 46 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:18,557 Go ahead, I'm sorry. 47 00:02:18,583 --> 00:02:20,898 FAA is banning all departures nationwide 48 00:02:20,924 --> 00:02:22,846 for any flights heading through NYC airspace. 49 00:02:22,872 --> 00:02:25,077 And what about the 3,300 flights already in the air? 50 00:02:25,103 --> 00:02:26,460 Who's got NORAD on their line? 51 00:02:26,486 --> 00:02:28,510 - What do we know? - Passenger list is already in, 52 00:02:28,536 --> 00:02:29,791 names of interest are being looked into, 53 00:02:29,817 --> 00:02:31,377 but we're still waiting on the cargo manifests. 54 00:02:31,403 --> 00:02:33,322 These guys wouldn't have any check luggage. 55 00:02:33,348 --> 00:02:35,346 Anything they need they would already had on them. 56 00:02:35,549 --> 00:02:38,046 Still, we can't rule out the potential of a bio-agent. 57 00:02:38,072 --> 00:02:40,320 These planes could've been used as a method of dispersal. 58 00:02:40,346 --> 00:02:43,049 Hit the highest point in the city, let gravity do the rest. 59 00:02:43,075 --> 00:02:45,101 Get the Hazmat units mobilized. 60 00:02:45,127 --> 00:02:47,377 I'll start running it up the chain. 61 00:02:47,697 --> 00:02:49,908 As reports came in, that the first hijack. 62 00:02:49,995 --> 00:02:52,916 Yeah, this is Ryker. We're on the road. We're on our way to New York. 63 00:02:53,744 --> 00:02:55,393 No, you have to wait. 64 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:57,445 No. Until I can get a team on the ground, 65 00:02:57,471 --> 00:02:59,374 we can't rule out some sort of biological threat. 66 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,007 Both towers of the World Trade Center have been hit by large... 67 00:03:02,094 --> 00:03:03,603 You got to be kidding me. 68 00:03:03,678 --> 00:03:05,260 Come on, let's move! 69 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:09,140 Yes, extreme heat can destroy a toxin like botulinum, 70 00:03:09,166 --> 00:03:12,080 but the spores that produce the toxic are heat resistant. 71 00:03:12,175 --> 00:03:13,219 Yes. 72 00:03:23,064 --> 00:03:24,291 Oh, my God. 73 00:03:24,587 --> 00:03:26,455 - It's headed right for... - The Pentagon. 74 00:03:35,884 --> 00:03:37,721 _ 75 00:03:37,746 --> 00:03:40,666 _ 76 00:03:40,692 --> 00:03:41,932 _ 77 00:04:08,394 --> 00:04:10,946 Sir, I need you to please return to your seat. 78 00:04:10,972 --> 00:04:12,278 Sorry. 79 00:04:22,653 --> 00:04:25,546 You can't even stretch your legs on a flight anymore. 80 00:04:26,849 --> 00:04:29,171 Terrorists brought us all right to the edge. 81 00:04:35,372 --> 00:04:36,881 So you think it's related? 82 00:04:37,420 --> 00:04:39,645 This new anthrax case at NBC? 83 00:04:40,249 --> 00:04:43,152 Related to what, 9/11 or the anthrax in Florida? 84 00:04:43,178 --> 00:04:44,233 Florida. 85 00:04:44,569 --> 00:04:48,225 Already know the answer to Al-Qaeda is a big old yes. 86 00:04:48,952 --> 00:04:51,371 Well, there hasn't been a case of inhalational anthrax 87 00:04:51,397 --> 00:04:54,718 since 1976 and suddenly you start seeing them? 88 00:04:55,084 --> 00:04:56,650 It's all got to be connected. 89 00:04:56,870 --> 00:04:58,394 So that's an affirmative? 90 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:02,266 No. That's a working hypothesis. 91 00:05:02,292 --> 00:05:04,116 Start with the obvious but... 92 00:05:04,350 --> 00:05:06,874 can't know more until we get some actual evidence. 93 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,913 Osama Bin Laden continues to make threats against America 94 00:05:13,939 --> 00:05:16,327 and our allies all over the world. 95 00:05:16,522 --> 00:05:19,389 But it has not hampered the military's response. 96 00:05:19,494 --> 00:05:22,952 Tonight, correspondent Michael Smith has this report. 97 00:05:23,428 --> 00:05:27,613 After the airing of two shocking tapes made by Bin Laden, 98 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:29,942 and then another by his followers, 99 00:05:29,968 --> 00:05:33,463 the administration has asked the networks for restraint 100 00:05:33,489 --> 00:05:35,333 in coverage of this crisis. 101 00:05:35,646 --> 00:05:37,417 Thanks for agreeing to see me. 102 00:05:37,443 --> 00:05:40,107 I'm Dr. Marci Layton from the Department of Health. 103 00:05:41,021 --> 00:05:42,676 How are you doing Ms. O'Connor? 104 00:05:42,702 --> 00:05:44,660 How do you think? 105 00:05:46,084 --> 00:05:49,588 The guy in Florida, he died in days, didn't he? 106 00:05:49,614 --> 00:05:51,082 Unfortunately, yes. 107 00:05:51,307 --> 00:05:55,434 However, I understand you went to see your doctor a week ago? 108 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:57,896 Thought it was a spider bite, put you on Cipro? 109 00:05:58,371 --> 00:05:59,769 Okay. That's good. 110 00:06:00,141 --> 00:06:04,207 If it is anthrax, Cipro is our best defense against it. 111 00:06:07,261 --> 00:06:10,535 In five, four, three... 112 00:06:10,561 --> 00:06:12,691 Intelligence related to terrorism. 113 00:06:12,717 --> 00:06:15,939 After six years serving as Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, 114 00:06:15,965 --> 00:06:18,150 Tom Ridge has retired. 115 00:06:18,176 --> 00:06:21,587 Do you remember opening any mail or a package 116 00:06:21,613 --> 00:06:24,238 that may have contained some sort of a powder? 117 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:28,160 Uh, the mail in question likely arrived a week or two ago. 118 00:06:28,594 --> 00:06:31,050 Casey and I open mail all day. 119 00:06:31,076 --> 00:06:33,512 I can't, I can't remember if... 120 00:06:34,652 --> 00:06:37,816 Memory could be a tricky thing, just take a breath, okay? 121 00:06:40,219 --> 00:06:42,743 If there was a piece of mail that was flagged, 122 00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:45,439 something seemed off or threatening, 123 00:06:45,465 --> 00:06:47,387 who would you have alerted? 124 00:06:48,180 --> 00:06:49,926 I would... 125 00:06:51,551 --> 00:06:53,871 - I'd contact security. - Okay. 126 00:06:54,035 --> 00:06:56,745 Now think back to the last time you called security 127 00:06:56,771 --> 00:06:58,894 about something suspicious, 128 00:06:59,128 --> 00:07:01,008 maybe there was a... 129 00:07:01,628 --> 00:07:04,613 particular phrase, or message, 130 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:06,605 a color? 131 00:07:09,191 --> 00:07:11,667 A green bag. The... 132 00:07:12,011 --> 00:07:15,367 Yeah, the last time I called security on a letter, 133 00:07:15,393 --> 00:07:18,183 they took it away in a green shopping bag. 134 00:07:27,159 --> 00:07:29,248 - Agent Ryker? - Yes. 135 00:07:29,808 --> 00:07:31,128 - Agent Moore? - How's it going? 136 00:07:31,154 --> 00:07:34,855 I'm Dr. Layton, New York's Public Health Director of Communicable Diseases. 137 00:07:35,324 --> 00:07:37,113 Apologies for the rushed retrieval 138 00:07:37,139 --> 00:07:39,667 but with one nightmare scenario after another, 139 00:07:39,693 --> 00:07:41,949 didn't have time to wait around for your baggage claim. 140 00:07:41,975 --> 00:07:44,699 So, I saw O'Connor's wound. 141 00:07:45,597 --> 00:07:47,527 - Necrotic eschars? - Yeah. 142 00:07:47,561 --> 00:07:50,191 It sure looks like cutaneous anthrax lesion to me. 143 00:07:50,217 --> 00:07:52,105 Okay. Did they find the letter or the envelope, 144 00:07:52,131 --> 00:07:53,675 however the anthrax was delivered? 145 00:07:53,701 --> 00:07:56,102 No, not yet. But it's been flagged. 146 00:07:56,128 --> 00:07:57,652 - It should be in the building. - Good. 147 00:07:57,678 --> 00:07:59,409 We need to get our hands on it. 148 00:07:59,638 --> 00:08:02,480 All the mail at AMI was incinerated. 149 00:08:03,404 --> 00:08:07,785 Info on 30 Rock, it's where NBC News is located. 150 00:08:07,811 --> 00:08:09,798 It's not your typical office building, 151 00:08:09,824 --> 00:08:12,870 massive tourist destination, iconic landmark. 152 00:08:12,917 --> 00:08:15,574 When were you first alerted to the situation over at NBC? 153 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:16,941 Late last night. 154 00:08:16,967 --> 00:08:20,714 Took Tom Brokaw calling half New York to get the situation taken seriously. 155 00:08:22,792 --> 00:08:24,402 Ground Zero. 156 00:08:29,899 --> 00:08:31,294 30 days. 157 00:08:35,445 --> 00:08:36,880 Still burning. 158 00:08:39,625 --> 00:08:41,279 We call it Hell's Chimney. 159 00:09:03,195 --> 00:09:06,741 www.subtitulamos.tv 160 00:09:08,076 --> 00:09:10,967 The United States Government says you should be on alert 161 00:09:10,993 --> 00:09:13,943 because new terror attacks could come at any moment. 162 00:09:13,969 --> 00:09:16,988 The enemy is hidden, the enemy is very often 163 00:09:17,014 --> 00:09:18,537 right here within our own country. 164 00:09:18,563 --> 00:09:20,211 Law enforcement nationwide 165 00:09:20,237 --> 00:09:22,187 has been put on the highest state of alert. 166 00:09:22,213 --> 00:09:24,789 National Guard troops are stationed throughout the airport. 167 00:09:24,815 --> 00:09:27,523 - Operation enduring. - I want justice. 168 00:09:27,549 --> 00:09:28,992 Kill and demoralized. 169 00:09:29,018 --> 00:09:31,193 Front lines in Northern Afghanistan, 170 00:09:31,219 --> 00:09:33,352 direct hit from laser guided bombs. 171 00:09:33,378 --> 00:09:36,140 Explosions were heard near the Kabul Airport. 172 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:38,984 Wanted dead or alive. 173 00:09:41,984 --> 00:09:46,922 _ 174 00:09:51,512 --> 00:09:52,664 Hello? 175 00:09:52,690 --> 00:09:55,986 Bruce, I know you put in a long day, but we need you. 176 00:09:56,073 --> 00:09:57,988 Biopsy came in for testing. 177 00:09:58,014 --> 00:09:59,236 I'll be right there. 178 00:10:33,710 --> 00:10:34,937 Diane? 179 00:10:35,976 --> 00:10:37,258 Sweetheart? 180 00:10:37,921 --> 00:10:38,935 Di. 181 00:10:39,351 --> 00:10:40,367 Di. 182 00:10:41,127 --> 00:10:43,109 I have to go. The lab needs me. 183 00:10:43,484 --> 00:10:44,592 Okay. 184 00:10:55,594 --> 00:10:57,499 _ 185 00:11:02,414 --> 00:11:03,820 What's the status? 186 00:11:03,846 --> 00:11:06,709 Status is its too damn dark outside for you to be so awake. 187 00:11:06,857 --> 00:11:09,033 Sue me for wanting to help stop the bad guys. 188 00:11:09,059 --> 00:11:10,861 So, where did this biopsy come from? 189 00:11:10,887 --> 00:11:12,367 The city that never sleeps. 190 00:11:12,454 --> 00:11:13,716 See you in there. 191 00:11:13,748 --> 00:11:14,812 Okay. 192 00:11:15,046 --> 00:11:17,534 Who's towel is this? Am I your maid? 193 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:18,882 Put it in the bin. 194 00:11:21,070 --> 00:11:24,171 _ 195 00:11:24,901 --> 00:11:28,179 Layton says they can't keep up with all the hoax letters that are coming in. 196 00:11:28,601 --> 00:11:30,106 You really think we'll find this thing? 197 00:11:30,132 --> 00:11:32,476 We need to. It's just a matter of tracking it. 198 00:11:32,502 --> 00:11:33,851 Assuming it's just one. 199 00:11:33,877 --> 00:11:36,401 - Are you with the FBI? - Yes. 200 00:11:36,974 --> 00:11:40,047 I need a microbiologist. Dr. Layton said he was on his way over. 201 00:11:40,073 --> 00:11:42,945 You're talking to him, Mr. Brokaw. I'm Special agent Matthew Ryker. 202 00:11:43,093 --> 00:11:46,140 Oh, Agent Ryker, my assistant called authorities days ago. 203 00:11:46,227 --> 00:11:48,804 And apparently testing is log-jammed 204 00:11:48,967 --> 00:11:51,534 and I'm... for the life of me, trying to figure out 205 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:53,846 why it is that this is not a higher priority. 206 00:11:53,872 --> 00:11:56,013 Well, it's my understanding that the CDC's 207 00:11:56,039 --> 00:11:57,460 been swamped with samples from Florida. 208 00:11:57,486 --> 00:12:00,499 Now listen, I've had enough of that, okay? And no action. 209 00:12:00,525 --> 00:12:03,726 I've got a sick employee upstairs and and we've had enough of the runaround. 210 00:12:03,906 --> 00:12:06,552 We still don't know what Erin has. 211 00:12:06,578 --> 00:12:08,195 Well, I just flew in from D.C. 212 00:12:08,221 --> 00:12:09,901 I've only been on the ground a couple of hours 213 00:12:09,927 --> 00:12:12,012 but we have the best minds in the field working on it. 214 00:12:12,038 --> 00:12:13,497 I've pulled them out of bed to do it. 215 00:12:13,523 --> 00:12:15,513 And Dr. Layton will make sure the CDC's on it. 216 00:12:15,539 --> 00:12:17,421 You should have results by tomorrow. 217 00:12:18,445 --> 00:12:20,242 Well, I'm trusting you agent 218 00:12:20,393 --> 00:12:23,351 because my next call is to Ashcroft. 219 00:12:23,377 --> 00:12:24,552 Excuse me. 220 00:12:28,672 --> 00:12:30,845 You think he's just worried about his assistant? 221 00:12:30,871 --> 00:12:32,485 No, he's right. 222 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:35,146 But this thing will start going sideways fast 223 00:12:35,172 --> 00:12:37,951 if we start taking special consideration to big titles. 224 00:12:38,149 --> 00:12:39,495 Copy that. 225 00:12:39,644 --> 00:12:41,711 Elevators are just around the corner. 226 00:12:42,772 --> 00:12:45,922 Until we find a source, we need to shut down the entire building. 227 00:12:46,212 --> 00:12:48,563 I thought you just said we were just here as a specialist. 228 00:12:48,589 --> 00:12:51,157 As a specialist, I'm telling you we need to shut the building down. 229 00:12:51,183 --> 00:12:52,649 On whose authority? 230 00:12:53,047 --> 00:12:55,404 Just tell everyone this investigation now falls under 231 00:12:55,430 --> 00:12:57,110 Operation Noble Eagle. 232 00:12:57,646 --> 00:13:00,127 Hey, uh, should we call Copak first? 233 00:13:00,214 --> 00:13:01,975 I mean, if we're gonna be pulling the Presidential card? 234 00:13:02,001 --> 00:13:03,438 If not now, then when? 235 00:13:03,464 --> 00:13:06,849 Listen Sergeant, somewhere in this building is a lethal agent 236 00:13:06,875 --> 00:13:09,226 and we cannot let anyone else be exposed. 237 00:13:13,632 --> 00:13:15,921 - Which way? - Uh, it's up here to the right. 238 00:13:16,077 --> 00:13:19,226 Thousands of employees, acres of office space. 239 00:13:19,546 --> 00:13:22,952 Any idea how much mail must come through a building like this? 240 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,023 Single letter is like finding a needle in a... 241 00:13:29,896 --> 00:13:31,757 I'd prefer a haystack. 242 00:13:32,413 --> 00:13:34,577 I take it you're the agent asking for me? 243 00:13:35,045 --> 00:13:36,452 What can I do for you? 244 00:13:37,085 --> 00:13:38,976 What's your hate mail protocol? 245 00:13:39,304 --> 00:13:41,559 I wouldn't call it much of a protocol. 246 00:13:41,646 --> 00:13:44,819 Any threatening letters get funneled down through here. 247 00:13:45,202 --> 00:13:47,437 So you fellas collect it for testing. 248 00:13:48,514 --> 00:13:51,517 It's a little backed up right now because of Ground Zero. 249 00:13:53,929 --> 00:13:57,694 Chris, clear out this whole area and let's get a Hazmat team in here. 250 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,976 We're gonna go through every single piece of mail. 251 00:14:00,002 --> 00:14:02,273 That letter's got to be in here somewhere. 252 00:14:17,214 --> 00:14:19,260 Check everything carefully. 253 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:21,843 The letter Erin opened has to be here 254 00:14:21,913 --> 00:14:24,951 and if you find anything with powder, stop immediately. 255 00:14:24,977 --> 00:14:27,304 We need to preserve all the source as we can. 256 00:14:27,330 --> 00:14:28,968 This one has a flagged corner. 257 00:14:29,398 --> 00:14:30,782 That's on the right. 258 00:14:30,808 --> 00:14:32,027 Right. 259 00:14:32,797 --> 00:14:33,936 Copy that. 260 00:14:35,554 --> 00:14:37,872 We're almost halfway through the mail here, sir, 261 00:14:37,898 --> 00:14:39,226 still nothing. 262 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,403 What the hell? 263 00:14:57,023 --> 00:14:58,119 Hey. 264 00:14:59,509 --> 00:15:00,603 Hey. 265 00:15:00,713 --> 00:15:02,648 This building is contaminated. 266 00:15:02,674 --> 00:15:04,773 Why are people flooding in here like it's any other Friday? 267 00:15:04,799 --> 00:15:07,658 - Agent Ryker, it wasn't my call. - Then whose was it? 268 00:15:07,684 --> 00:15:09,374 Not that it's your business. 269 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,869 Mayor Giuliani. 270 00:15:10,924 --> 00:15:12,346 The call was mine. 271 00:15:12,372 --> 00:15:14,200 No one is shutting down 30 Rock. 272 00:15:14,978 --> 00:15:17,313 - Mr. Mayor, you're not hearing me. - Really? 273 00:15:17,674 --> 00:15:19,744 Because it seems you're not hearing me. 274 00:15:20,283 --> 00:15:22,609 You're not the acting superior in this jurisdiction. 275 00:15:22,635 --> 00:15:24,736 Erin O'Connor is infected. 276 00:15:24,846 --> 00:15:26,882 Not only are all of her colleagues at risk 277 00:15:26,908 --> 00:15:29,617 but so is every person who steps into the building. 278 00:15:29,773 --> 00:15:32,521 We need to evacuate, we need to get a hazmat team in there 279 00:15:32,547 --> 00:15:34,300 so we can scan every inch of the place. 280 00:15:34,326 --> 00:15:35,711 Do you have a positive test, 281 00:15:35,875 --> 00:15:38,585 - a confirmation on the victim? - No, not yet. 282 00:15:38,614 --> 00:15:40,273 Any other sick workers? 283 00:15:40,712 --> 00:15:42,015 Any proof? 284 00:15:42,593 --> 00:15:46,467 I'm talking absolute that anthrax is in this building. 285 00:15:46,672 --> 00:15:49,961 - That's why we're searching. - Just because one person who might have it, 286 00:15:49,987 --> 00:15:52,206 might've been exposed weeks ago, uh, 287 00:15:52,603 --> 00:15:55,833 is already being treated and nobody else is showing symptoms, 288 00:15:55,859 --> 00:15:58,263 yet you're trying to shut down one of the, 289 00:15:58,289 --> 00:15:59,732 the busiest buildings in my city. 290 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:00,922 Sir, with all due respect. 291 00:16:00,948 --> 00:16:03,179 You're here looking through a microscope 292 00:16:03,205 --> 00:16:04,911 but I've got to see the big picture. 293 00:16:04,937 --> 00:16:06,742 Okay. Well here's an image, 294 00:16:06,898 --> 00:16:09,490 anthrax spores do not die off. 295 00:16:09,577 --> 00:16:11,709 They settle, they lie in wait. 296 00:16:11,796 --> 00:16:14,538 What we are talking about is a ticking time bomb. 297 00:16:14,914 --> 00:16:17,054 Mayor Giuliani, please. 298 00:16:20,804 --> 00:16:23,357 Plenty of twisted pricks get their rocks off 299 00:16:23,383 --> 00:16:24,672 by scaring people. 300 00:16:24,893 --> 00:16:27,070 If they shut down every building that had a hoax, 301 00:16:27,461 --> 00:16:30,047 wouldn't be a building open come Christmas. 302 00:16:30,898 --> 00:16:34,263 Do you have any idea what the good people of this city have been through these last weeks? 303 00:16:34,289 --> 00:16:35,469 - I understand. - Hell, 304 00:16:35,573 --> 00:16:37,414 the city gets threats every day. 305 00:16:39,138 --> 00:16:41,125 I need at least the third floor. 306 00:16:41,414 --> 00:16:44,445 NBC and its adjacent offices. 307 00:16:44,568 --> 00:16:46,992 Look, I can use the freight entrance. 308 00:16:47,863 --> 00:16:52,531 Mr. Mayor, you haven't seen what this bacteria does to a body. 309 00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:06,938 Clear the entrance. Let's move, guys, move. 310 00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,165 Just make sure it's taped off. 311 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:12,770 Block that corner off. 312 00:17:13,141 --> 00:17:15,469 And you guys got to rotate it out of the suit. 313 00:17:15,495 --> 00:17:17,036 We've only got the third floor, 314 00:17:17,062 --> 00:17:18,594 but make sure you swab everything. 315 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:19,954 Copy that. 316 00:17:44,251 --> 00:17:46,212 _ 317 00:18:01,985 --> 00:18:06,001 Didn't they say the subject had a lesion indicating cutaneous anthrax? 318 00:18:06,495 --> 00:18:07,852 It's negative. 319 00:18:08,934 --> 00:18:10,153 Negative? 320 00:18:19,454 --> 00:18:21,381 I think maybe we should test it again. 321 00:18:21,407 --> 00:18:23,205 We tested it twice, Bruce. 322 00:18:23,231 --> 00:18:24,743 Are you in a hurry to get out of here? 323 00:18:24,769 --> 00:18:27,771 After 20-plus hours of straight lab work? 324 00:18:27,797 --> 00:18:29,670 Yes, Bruce, I am. 325 00:18:29,696 --> 00:18:33,068 I don't know about you, but if I'm gonna do that again, I'm gonna need some sleep. 326 00:18:33,295 --> 00:18:34,766 Hey, Simon. 327 00:18:35,842 --> 00:18:37,664 Did you open my... 328 00:19:12,990 --> 00:19:14,155 I'll call you back. 329 00:19:15,014 --> 00:19:16,807 There's a flight leaving at 12:25. 330 00:19:16,894 --> 00:19:18,483 Great. Get me on it. 331 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:27,202 Morning, sir. 332 00:19:27,327 --> 00:19:30,049 Wasn't trying to be nosy, but I was looking for you earlier. 333 00:19:30,075 --> 00:19:32,350 Susan said you were up in the Director's office. 334 00:19:33,042 --> 00:19:34,085 Yeah. 335 00:19:34,738 --> 00:19:36,967 Lot of heads rolling this morning. 336 00:19:37,785 --> 00:19:40,295 Just a friendly reminder 337 00:19:40,873 --> 00:19:43,545 that we either get out front of this story 338 00:19:43,868 --> 00:19:46,655 or we become the story. 339 00:19:47,834 --> 00:19:49,893 Locking horns right out of the gate? 340 00:19:49,919 --> 00:19:53,530 With the Director? No. We go back. 341 00:19:54,850 --> 00:19:56,170 Princeton, right? 342 00:19:56,756 --> 00:20:00,895 Yeah. Before the bronze star, Purple Heart. 343 00:20:01,217 --> 00:20:04,334 He took the law firm, Attorney General route and 344 00:20:04,678 --> 00:20:07,206 I dedicated my life to the bureau. 345 00:20:07,701 --> 00:20:09,053 My mistake. 346 00:20:09,469 --> 00:20:11,873 Always easier climbing new stairs 347 00:20:11,899 --> 00:20:14,584 than the ones you've been slogging up for years. 348 00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:16,504 Well, Van Harp's keeping me busy, 349 00:20:16,530 --> 00:20:18,842 but if you need extra hands on the anthrax case. 350 00:20:19,202 --> 00:20:20,560 Ryker's on it. 351 00:20:21,561 --> 00:20:24,246 I know the cells in our AOR better than anyone, sir. 352 00:20:24,272 --> 00:20:26,574 If I start pulling agents off 9/11 353 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,808 without confirmation this is an attack. 354 00:20:28,834 --> 00:20:30,542 Of course, sir. But if it is, 355 00:20:30,568 --> 00:20:32,428 this whole thing could blow wide open. 356 00:20:45,274 --> 00:20:47,256 We went through everything in there. 357 00:20:48,450 --> 00:20:49,905 Did you find the letter? 358 00:20:50,327 --> 00:20:53,842 I thought we had something but it was just a hoax. 359 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,186 I don't know what to tell you. There's no anthrax letter in that room. 360 00:20:57,212 --> 00:20:58,920 That makes no sense. 361 00:20:59,061 --> 00:21:01,871 That lesion on Erin O'Connor's shoulder is no hoax. 362 00:21:01,897 --> 00:21:03,824 - That letter's gotta be here somewhere. - About that, 363 00:21:03,850 --> 00:21:06,050 they just brought in O'Connor's biopsy. 364 00:21:06,076 --> 00:21:07,225 And? 365 00:21:08,257 --> 00:21:10,858 - Tested negative. - What? 366 00:21:18,771 --> 00:21:21,064 Actually, O'Connor's been on Cipro for days. 367 00:21:21,192 --> 00:21:23,806 Once Cipro is established in the bloodstream, 368 00:21:23,832 --> 00:21:27,197 I'm thinking it could result in a false gram-negative. 369 00:21:27,738 --> 00:21:30,077 Dr. Zaki over at the CDC is working on 370 00:21:30,103 --> 00:21:32,961 an experimental strip to expedite gram-positive testing. 371 00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:34,541 It'll be more conclusive. 372 00:21:34,670 --> 00:21:36,587 - Give them a call. - Yeah. 373 00:21:38,388 --> 00:21:39,892 Things are good. 374 00:21:40,482 --> 00:21:42,588 Lately with Diane and the kids, 375 00:21:43,252 --> 00:21:44,798 everything's clicking. 376 00:21:45,730 --> 00:21:48,681 I mean, the only stressful thing is... 377 00:21:49,157 --> 00:21:51,244 And how has work been lately? 378 00:21:52,368 --> 00:21:55,181 And other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln? 379 00:21:56,001 --> 00:21:57,746 Do you want to expand on that? 380 00:21:57,772 --> 00:21:59,705 Stressful. I mean... 381 00:22:00,048 --> 00:22:03,106 You know, we're at the epicenter of this anthrax business and... 382 00:22:03,787 --> 00:22:05,341 the country under attack. 383 00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:07,392 Haven't been able to see the kids much lately. 384 00:22:07,736 --> 00:22:11,068 It's quite common to pull away when there is stress in the workplace. 385 00:22:11,094 --> 00:22:13,595 There is nothing common about my work. 386 00:22:14,134 --> 00:22:15,572 What's happening there? 387 00:22:15,917 --> 00:22:17,970 What's adding anxiety? 388 00:22:31,323 --> 00:22:32,410 Bruce? 389 00:22:33,450 --> 00:22:34,967 Where did you just go? 390 00:22:35,122 --> 00:22:36,153 Sorry. 391 00:22:40,718 --> 00:22:43,025 I know 9/11 really rattled you, 392 00:22:43,175 --> 00:22:45,888 but it's good that you've come here for more support. 393 00:22:49,146 --> 00:22:52,112 My work at USAMRIID, dealing with DOD, 394 00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:53,919 it's high clearance stuff. 395 00:22:55,654 --> 00:22:58,310 These conversations are confidential. 396 00:23:06,254 --> 00:23:09,458 Since the situation in Florida, things have been... 397 00:23:10,805 --> 00:23:12,325 unhinged. 398 00:23:13,210 --> 00:23:14,924 And now with New York, 399 00:23:16,185 --> 00:23:19,388 the samples keep flooding in and it's up to us 400 00:23:20,074 --> 00:23:22,974 to separate the hoaxes from the real deal. 401 00:23:24,530 --> 00:23:27,521 We're this line of defense nobody even knows exists. 402 00:23:29,199 --> 00:23:31,474 Would you say you feel under-appreciated? 403 00:23:32,787 --> 00:23:34,927 What? No. 404 00:23:35,374 --> 00:23:36,809 What I'm saying 405 00:23:37,427 --> 00:23:40,419 is that it's just us in there, this select group of scientists, 406 00:23:40,445 --> 00:23:42,316 some of us barely know each other. 407 00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:45,630 Even in a vacuum, how do you trust someone with something so 408 00:23:46,536 --> 00:23:49,411 paramount as the safety of our nation? 409 00:23:50,388 --> 00:23:53,499 Bruce, do you suspect someone at work 410 00:23:53,525 --> 00:23:55,570 is possibly involved? 411 00:24:08,088 --> 00:24:09,229 This way. 412 00:24:15,612 --> 00:24:18,065 They're still working on those contaminants as well. 413 00:24:18,182 --> 00:24:19,488 Yeah, they are. 414 00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:14,122 _ 415 00:25:17,013 --> 00:25:18,177 _ 416 00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:43,411 _ 417 00:25:47,068 --> 00:25:49,677 _ 418 00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:56,651 I assure you, this won't get blown out of proportion. 419 00:25:56,677 --> 00:25:59,216 Better not. I asked for a babysitter and was promised 420 00:25:59,242 --> 00:26:00,950 you'd have an iron grip on the situation. 421 00:26:01,029 --> 00:26:02,169 Mayor. 422 00:26:03,452 --> 00:26:04,503 Sir. 423 00:26:04,677 --> 00:26:07,827 We just got results from Erin O'Connor's latest biopsy. 424 00:26:08,059 --> 00:26:10,167 She's positive for anthrax. 425 00:26:10,598 --> 00:26:12,439 Her first test was a false negative 426 00:26:12,465 --> 00:26:13,997 because she'd already been on Cipro. 427 00:26:14,023 --> 00:26:15,851 Didn't I already give you what you asked for? 428 00:26:15,877 --> 00:26:18,497 We need to do a lot more than close off one floor. 429 00:26:18,552 --> 00:26:20,056 Anthrax is here. 430 00:26:20,143 --> 00:26:23,356 - Who ran the test? - CDC. Brand new testing method. 431 00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:26,128 And by new, is that some sort of experimental thing? 432 00:26:26,286 --> 00:26:27,525 And? 433 00:26:29,151 --> 00:26:32,229 Unless you have any new proof that she got it here at 30 Rock... 434 00:26:32,255 --> 00:26:34,625 How is a positive biopsy result not enough? 435 00:26:34,651 --> 00:26:35,550 Ryker. 436 00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:36,885 I'll take that as a no. 437 00:26:36,911 --> 00:26:38,823 Mayor Giuliani, the press is ready for you. 438 00:26:38,849 --> 00:26:40,660 And Assistant Director Mawn is standing by. 439 00:26:40,686 --> 00:26:41,846 Thank you. 440 00:26:44,058 --> 00:26:45,612 You gotta understand, 441 00:26:45,789 --> 00:26:48,604 the local team is doing everything by the book. 442 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:50,647 They're good. 443 00:26:50,890 --> 00:26:52,849 But they need more to go on. 444 00:26:52,875 --> 00:26:55,312 Conjecture is the enemy here. 445 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,440 You get an attack letter in an evidence bag 446 00:26:58,466 --> 00:27:01,721 and hold it up in front of the cameras, I can get us anything we want. 447 00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:04,042 We went through every inch of that mailroom. 448 00:27:04,814 --> 00:27:06,947 Erin knows she handed the letter off. 449 00:27:06,973 --> 00:27:09,768 Then you jumped a step when you retraced it. 450 00:27:10,948 --> 00:27:14,292 The truth is never about what should have happened. 451 00:27:18,017 --> 00:27:19,674 Thank you all for coming. 452 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,922 I just wanna be clear that we're, we're, we're talking with you today 453 00:27:24,948 --> 00:27:27,190 because we're being overly cautious. 454 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:30,422 All employees, as well as areas of the building 455 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:33,406 that may have been exposed will be tested. 456 00:27:33,432 --> 00:27:35,262 We're missing something. 457 00:27:35,349 --> 00:27:37,776 We've been through every piece of hate mail twice. 458 00:27:39,048 --> 00:27:41,643 Mailroom doesn't bag them, though, do they? 459 00:27:42,143 --> 00:27:45,221 No. I think security guards collect potential threats from each floor. 460 00:27:45,247 --> 00:27:47,682 Which guard handles the mail from NBC? 461 00:27:48,471 --> 00:27:50,886 After a long talk with the CDC, 462 00:27:50,973 --> 00:27:53,331 the chances that this is contained, uh... 463 00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:56,276 What do you need, pal? 464 00:27:56,540 --> 00:27:57,697 FBI. 465 00:27:58,502 --> 00:28:01,248 We're looking for a letter that was addressed to Tom Brokaw, 466 00:28:01,274 --> 00:28:04,160 came in a green plastic bag. Seen anything like that? 467 00:28:04,589 --> 00:28:07,487 I don't know. It can be anywhere in here. 468 00:28:07,958 --> 00:28:09,206 Start over there. 469 00:28:12,339 --> 00:28:14,736 While the powder in the letter, uh, 470 00:28:14,823 --> 00:28:17,073 proved negative for anthrax, 471 00:28:17,370 --> 00:28:20,002 a skin biopsy did test positive. 472 00:28:20,370 --> 00:28:25,753 And since this incident could date back as early as September 25th, 473 00:28:26,128 --> 00:28:29,354 there's a decent shot that anyone who might have been exposed, 474 00:28:29,380 --> 00:28:30,917 would be by now. 475 00:28:30,943 --> 00:28:32,268 That is our hope. 476 00:28:33,907 --> 00:28:36,518 I encourage everyone not to overreacting. 477 00:28:36,979 --> 00:28:40,664 NBC's in control of the situation and cooperation 478 00:28:40,690 --> 00:28:42,706 with governmental agencies, 479 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,923 that's including the CDC and the FBI. 480 00:28:45,985 --> 00:28:49,023 If anyone receives any suspicious mail, 481 00:28:49,049 --> 00:28:50,737 the best thing to do, 482 00:28:51,536 --> 00:28:54,494 contact the police or FBI. 483 00:29:09,241 --> 00:29:10,452 Get out. 484 00:29:10,860 --> 00:29:12,366 Leave the sandwich. 485 00:29:14,472 --> 00:29:15,616 Chris, 486 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:18,224 stay back. 487 00:29:19,186 --> 00:29:21,811 I'm vaccinated, but you need to leave. 488 00:29:21,881 --> 00:29:24,084 And get that guy on Cipro. 489 00:29:31,733 --> 00:29:33,475 Excuse me, Mr. Giuliani. 490 00:29:33,501 --> 00:29:35,605 Can you clarify what the CDC told you today? 491 00:29:35,631 --> 00:29:38,568 Exactly how safe is 30 Rock right now? 492 00:29:38,897 --> 00:29:42,608 The CDC and the FBI have informed us 493 00:29:42,634 --> 00:29:46,022 that the chances that this is contained are very good. 494 00:29:47,865 --> 00:29:49,794 Any connection to 9/11? 495 00:29:52,029 --> 00:29:54,281 I'll let our local Assistant Director Mawn answer that. 496 00:29:54,307 --> 00:29:56,302 - Mawn? - Thank you, Mayor. 497 00:29:56,420 --> 00:30:01,404 At this moment, we see absolutely zero link to 9/11. 498 00:30:10,061 --> 00:30:13,037 _ 499 00:30:13,063 --> 00:30:15,662 _ 500 00:30:20,529 --> 00:30:22,221 _ 501 00:30:22,247 --> 00:30:23,823 So it is terrorists. 502 00:30:23,864 --> 00:30:25,562 Our forensics might find more, 503 00:30:25,649 --> 00:30:28,391 but I'm not seeing any identifiers, Dr. Layton. 504 00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:31,917 And there's no obvious fingerprints, there's no hair. 505 00:30:32,263 --> 00:30:34,401 The envelope has been taped, not licked, 506 00:30:34,427 --> 00:30:36,591 so we're not gonna pull any DNA evidence. 507 00:30:36,747 --> 00:30:38,830 The letter itself is photocopied, 508 00:30:38,856 --> 00:30:40,946 so we're not gonna get any ink samples. 509 00:30:40,972 --> 00:30:43,364 They did leave us something to go off of, 510 00:30:43,389 --> 00:30:44,872 postmark. 511 00:30:45,364 --> 00:30:47,823 Maybe it could be traced back to the point of origin. 512 00:30:47,849 --> 00:30:49,869 Right. And track it down to where it was first dropped off. 513 00:30:49,895 --> 00:30:51,371 Yeah. Follow up with the postal service. 514 00:30:51,397 --> 00:30:52,615 Okay. Got it. 515 00:30:54,504 --> 00:30:56,208 If this is a match for Florida, 516 00:30:56,234 --> 00:30:59,248 we've got a full-blown bioweapons attack on our hands. 517 00:30:59,335 --> 00:31:02,888 Question is, who else is a target? 518 00:31:03,052 --> 00:31:06,185 Well letters were sent to AMI and NBC. 519 00:31:06,334 --> 00:31:09,224 I'm starting to think this is an attack on the media. 520 00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:13,903 First showed up over a week ago. 521 00:31:14,063 --> 00:31:16,317 My doctor prescribed antibiotics. 522 00:31:16,591 --> 00:31:18,441 He said it was a spider bite. 523 00:31:18,895 --> 00:31:20,443 But it's not, is it? 524 00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:23,142 What's important is that it looks to be resolving. 525 00:31:23,583 --> 00:31:25,448 We'll need to run some tests, though. 526 00:31:25,474 --> 00:31:27,620 Whatever you need to do to take down the cowards 527 00:31:27,646 --> 00:31:29,224 who are doing this. 528 00:31:31,507 --> 00:31:34,771 Do you remember opening any suspicious mail? 529 00:31:35,022 --> 00:31:37,503 Something that might look similar to this letter here. 530 00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:44,184 I remember an envelope just like this. 531 00:31:47,740 --> 00:31:49,466 I didn't open it, though. 532 00:31:50,043 --> 00:31:51,231 What do you mean? 533 00:31:51,388 --> 00:31:53,677 The letter, I never opened it. 534 00:31:55,391 --> 00:31:57,424 We got a case at the Post. 535 00:31:57,450 --> 00:31:59,791 A woman with a cutaneous wound on her finger. 536 00:31:59,817 --> 00:32:01,823 And I just got word that Dan Rather's assistant 537 00:32:01,849 --> 00:32:03,841 over at CBS tested positive. 538 00:32:03,867 --> 00:32:06,065 She noticed the lesion a couple of days ago. 539 00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:07,795 Did you find any letters at CBS? 540 00:32:07,882 --> 00:32:10,088 No, but we did find spores, 541 00:32:10,114 --> 00:32:11,940 some of them at Rather's desk. 542 00:32:11,966 --> 00:32:14,341 Look, uh, I'm at ABC News right now. 543 00:32:14,489 --> 00:32:16,474 I got a lot of newsrooms to sweep. 544 00:32:16,513 --> 00:32:18,315 What about you? What's your status? 545 00:32:18,341 --> 00:32:20,755 I'm heading into the mail facility in Trenton now. 546 00:32:21,052 --> 00:32:22,766 I'll let you know if the postmark gets us anywhere. 547 00:32:22,792 --> 00:32:24,755 - Good. Thanks. - _ 548 00:32:25,575 --> 00:32:27,674 All right, uh... Rest assured, 549 00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:31,974 the tests we will be performing are just a precaution. 550 00:32:32,591 --> 00:32:35,182 Several employees at other news outlets 551 00:32:35,208 --> 00:32:37,549 have tested positive for anthrax, 552 00:32:37,575 --> 00:32:42,177 so we wanna make sure that everyone here at ABC News is safe. 553 00:32:42,467 --> 00:32:44,426 Special Agent Ryker. 554 00:32:44,817 --> 00:32:47,471 As Assistant Director Copak may have mentioned, 555 00:32:47,497 --> 00:32:50,069 we will need to know the names of anyone who came to visit you 556 00:32:50,095 --> 00:32:52,599 here at work over the past two weeks. 557 00:32:54,459 --> 00:32:57,888 Everyone, please, please, let's, let's stay calm. 558 00:33:03,546 --> 00:33:05,749 - Hey, honey. - Is he any worse? 559 00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:07,585 Getting pretty fussy. 560 00:33:09,022 --> 00:33:12,718 He's, he's little owie is looking kind of ugly. 561 00:33:15,895 --> 00:33:17,585 Is everything okay? 562 00:33:19,747 --> 00:33:21,359 Excuse me, ma'am. 563 00:33:21,660 --> 00:33:23,882 Hi, my name is Agent Moore. I'm with the FBI. 564 00:33:23,908 --> 00:33:25,624 I'm just looking for your floor manager. 565 00:33:25,843 --> 00:33:28,038 Quinton? What'd he get himself into? 566 00:33:28,267 --> 00:33:31,270 No, he's not in any trouble. I just got a couple of questions for him. 567 00:33:31,724 --> 00:33:34,379 Quinton! Feds are looking for ya! 568 00:33:36,454 --> 00:33:37,889 He's right in there. 569 00:33:38,295 --> 00:33:39,343 Thanks. 570 00:33:42,833 --> 00:33:45,038 - You see these hash marks down here? - Right. 571 00:33:45,064 --> 00:33:48,652 That big metal beast out there doing all the clanking stamps the code, 572 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:51,570 then sends it on down the line to the others to be sorted accordingly. 573 00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:54,851 Okay. Meaning the code then serves as a, sort of, 574 00:33:54,877 --> 00:33:56,741 road map for the letter's journey? 575 00:33:57,093 --> 00:33:59,483 This one, after leaving here was dispatched 576 00:33:59,509 --> 00:34:01,413 to our route that covers 30 Rock. 577 00:34:02,068 --> 00:34:03,343 Okay. 578 00:34:03,546 --> 00:34:06,044 And where might the letter been dropped off before 579 00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:08,030 it made its way to this facility? 580 00:34:08,324 --> 00:34:10,311 Could have been any box in our region. 581 00:34:10,561 --> 00:34:12,702 One of our blue boxes, if I had to guess. 582 00:34:12,789 --> 00:34:14,897 Blue boxes? Okay. 583 00:34:15,178 --> 00:34:17,147 How many of those blue boxes are we talking? 584 00:34:17,583 --> 00:34:18,921 Over 600. 585 00:34:42,497 --> 00:34:44,178 Thought you went home already? 586 00:34:46,041 --> 00:34:48,321 Got called back in. You? 587 00:34:48,616 --> 00:34:50,022 Yeah. Same. 588 00:34:50,048 --> 00:34:53,303 You know, I'm practically drowning in samples that need testing, 589 00:34:53,329 --> 00:34:56,585 and now word is, we're about to get new spores from the New York letter. 590 00:34:56,731 --> 00:34:59,311 How much you wanna bet if it turns out to be Ames 591 00:34:59,337 --> 00:35:00,991 just like the Florida strain. 592 00:35:01,229 --> 00:35:02,850 You sound pretty confident. 593 00:35:02,876 --> 00:35:04,841 Well, you wanna know what worries me? 594 00:35:05,067 --> 00:35:08,686 If it is Ames, only advanced labs have it. 595 00:35:14,177 --> 00:35:16,115 Then how'd Al-Qaeda get ahold of it? 596 00:35:16,288 --> 00:35:17,506 Exactly. 597 00:35:21,781 --> 00:35:25,248 This thing, this thing could get messy. 598 00:35:38,233 --> 00:35:39,559 You heading out? 599 00:35:39,592 --> 00:35:42,045 Yeah. I just have some things to finish up first. 600 00:35:44,623 --> 00:35:45,756 Well... 601 00:35:47,733 --> 00:35:49,037 suit yourself. 602 00:35:49,063 --> 00:35:51,092 - Goodnight, Bruce. - Good night. 603 00:36:35,392 --> 00:36:37,295 We tried administrating oral antibiotics 604 00:36:37,321 --> 00:36:39,240 but little Joey keeps spitting them up. 605 00:36:39,428 --> 00:36:41,180 We're running out of options. 606 00:36:41,756 --> 00:36:43,790 How long has the infection been active? 607 00:36:44,056 --> 00:36:46,334 I can't tell you any more than the father did. 608 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,032 He said his wife and the baby came by the office a few days ago. 609 00:36:49,345 --> 00:36:51,709 We don't have many options to stave off the spread 610 00:36:51,735 --> 00:36:52,985 of the infection in an infant. 611 00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:55,170 Anthrax isn't something you stave off. 612 00:36:55,196 --> 00:36:56,462 If it's already systemic, 613 00:36:56,488 --> 00:36:58,491 which this is, this boy needs to be on Cipro. 614 00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:01,783 - I told you, he can't keep them down. - No, no, not oral, intravenously. 615 00:37:01,809 --> 00:37:03,123 It's his only shot. 616 00:37:03,149 --> 00:37:05,696 Agent, this is my ICU, my call. 617 00:37:06,149 --> 00:37:08,616 Do not mistake this update as anything more 618 00:37:08,642 --> 00:37:11,123 - than a professional courtesy. - Before today, 619 00:37:11,149 --> 00:37:13,506 I was one of only a handful of people in this country 620 00:37:13,532 --> 00:37:15,755 to have ever seen a case of anthrax in a human. 621 00:37:15,781 --> 00:37:17,095 And babies? 622 00:37:18,552 --> 00:37:21,008 Ever seen an anthrax case in an infant before? 623 00:37:21,108 --> 00:37:24,084 You wanna take a guess at the odds of a human weighing less than 20 pounds 624 00:37:24,110 --> 00:37:26,376 surviving that much Cipro intravenously? 625 00:37:26,402 --> 00:37:28,079 Is it better than zero? 626 00:37:28,237 --> 00:37:31,665 Because those are Joey's odds if we don't kill the anthrax. 627 00:37:38,386 --> 00:37:40,127 Oh, you're up late. 628 00:37:40,665 --> 00:37:43,124 Correction, I'm up early. 629 00:37:43,150 --> 00:37:45,671 You, my friend, are the one that's up late. 630 00:37:45,697 --> 00:37:48,353 Well, you know, can't sleep. 631 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,093 What's new? So I got your text. 632 00:37:51,119 --> 00:37:53,517 So, what's got you up before the dawn? 633 00:37:53,747 --> 00:37:55,525 The Patriot Act Bill, 634 00:37:56,470 --> 00:37:59,134 has everyone on Capitol Hill scrambling right now. 635 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:00,975 Half the groups I lobby for don't even know 636 00:38:01,001 --> 00:38:02,876 which way they want this vote to go. 637 00:38:03,601 --> 00:38:07,074 Turns out that allowing the FBI to freely spy on Americans, 638 00:38:07,171 --> 00:38:08,986 makes some folks uneasy. 639 00:38:10,001 --> 00:38:12,072 You know this isn't public, 640 00:38:12,098 --> 00:38:14,017 but the anthrax we found, 641 00:38:14,805 --> 00:38:17,594 all signs point to it leading back to Florida. 642 00:38:17,673 --> 00:38:20,126 Well, you're afraid that'd be the case. 643 00:38:20,205 --> 00:38:23,236 Only it's worse. Several victims. 644 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:25,751 One's an infant. 645 00:38:26,048 --> 00:38:28,244 Jesus, Matthew. 646 00:38:29,642 --> 00:38:31,452 I know word around D.C. 647 00:38:31,478 --> 00:38:34,050 is that it's terrorist that's behind these letters. 648 00:38:34,137 --> 00:38:35,634 Is that what you're thinking? 649 00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:38,853 Well, Al-Qaeda declared war on 9/11. 650 00:38:38,980 --> 00:38:41,765 No reason to think they'd stop with the first strike. 651 00:38:52,331 --> 00:38:53,626 You still there? 652 00:38:55,879 --> 00:38:56,899 Matthew? 653 00:38:59,150 --> 00:39:00,555 Yeah, I'm still here. 654 00:39:02,103 --> 00:39:05,255 Why don't we talk more once I get back to D.C., okay? 655 00:39:05,420 --> 00:39:06,664 Yeah, sure. 656 00:39:07,693 --> 00:39:09,330 Call me when you land. 657 00:39:14,611 --> 00:39:16,327 _ 658 00:39:16,353 --> 00:39:20,103 _ 659 00:39:58,265 --> 00:40:02,874 ? Nearer, my God, to Thee ? 660 00:40:03,096 --> 00:40:07,679 ? Nearer to Thee ? 661 00:40:08,188 --> 00:40:13,236 ? E'en though it be a cross ? 662 00:40:13,323 --> 00:40:18,085 ? That raiseth me ? 663 00:40:18,328 --> 00:40:23,508 ? Still all my song shall be ? 664 00:40:23,595 --> 00:40:28,687 ? Nearer, my God, to Thee ? 665 00:40:28,774 --> 00:40:30,480 ? Nearer... ? 666 00:40:30,506 --> 00:40:35,579 Bruce, do you suspect someone at work is possibly involved? 667 00:40:40,937 --> 00:40:43,661 The other night I swabbed a few places around USAMRIID 668 00:40:43,687 --> 00:40:45,766 looking for something peculiar. 669 00:40:46,001 --> 00:40:47,609 Peculiar, meaning... 670 00:40:47,635 --> 00:40:50,844 Connected to the anthrax attacks obviously. 671 00:40:52,375 --> 00:40:53,609 And? 672 00:40:56,262 --> 00:40:57,836 Inconclusive. 673 00:41:01,505 --> 00:41:02,692 Bruce... 674 00:41:03,629 --> 00:41:06,549 at minimum, this is a massive burden 675 00:41:06,575 --> 00:41:08,466 you've taken upon yourself, 676 00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:11,213 and worst case a matter of National Security. 677 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,114 Yes, I'm aware. 678 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:16,533 Have you considered as a means of lifting this burden 679 00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:18,112 contacting the authorities? 680 00:41:18,138 --> 00:41:20,543 - Possibly the FBI? - What if I'm wrong? 681 00:41:20,806 --> 00:41:23,887 What if this colleague is innocent, I could destroy his entire world. 682 00:41:26,437 --> 00:41:27,481 No. 683 00:41:29,443 --> 00:41:31,442 Not without something concrete. 684 00:41:32,674 --> 00:41:34,872 I understand your trepidation. 685 00:41:34,973 --> 00:41:38,332 Will you at least consider it, please? 686 00:41:49,746 --> 00:41:51,961 No need to wait around on our account. 687 00:41:52,396 --> 00:41:54,224 I was just heading to the field office. 688 00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:56,664 I thought I'd stop by and check in on your son. 689 00:42:02,824 --> 00:42:04,957 Doctors still won't say much. 690 00:42:04,983 --> 00:42:07,515 Though from what they have said, 691 00:42:08,931 --> 00:42:12,453 it sounds like making it through the night was a pretty major milestone. 692 00:42:14,178 --> 00:42:16,250 So, thank you for that. 693 00:42:16,453 --> 00:42:18,867 - No need to thank me. I didn't do any... - Don't. 694 00:42:19,406 --> 00:42:22,492 The pediatrician said you talked him into the intravenous treatment. 695 00:42:24,389 --> 00:42:25,881 I'm happy to help. 696 00:42:30,156 --> 00:42:31,505 Excuse me. 697 00:42:34,195 --> 00:42:35,415 - Dr. Layton? - Hey. 698 00:42:36,529 --> 00:42:38,270 Our teams got their hands on that letter 699 00:42:38,296 --> 00:42:40,078 that infected the woman at the Post. 700 00:42:40,179 --> 00:42:41,828 Here's the troubling thing, 701 00:42:41,854 --> 00:42:43,867 the letter is still sealed. 702 00:42:44,069 --> 00:42:45,351 No one opened it, 703 00:42:45,804 --> 00:42:47,695 not even ripped a corner or something? 704 00:42:48,023 --> 00:42:51,453 No. The powder must've worked its way around the seal. 705 00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:54,657 The things is we've been operating under the assumption 706 00:42:54,683 --> 00:42:57,599 that just a few spores couldn't infect anyone. 707 00:43:00,181 --> 00:43:01,677 To know how to do this, 708 00:43:01,703 --> 00:43:05,445 make sure that they don't link up with people like Osama bin Laden 709 00:43:06,039 --> 00:43:08,591 for not panicking in the situation. 710 00:43:08,629 --> 00:43:10,979 I think most of what we're going to see... 711 00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:13,573 Hey, any leads on the letter? 712 00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:16,164 Not yet. It's with the CDC now. 713 00:43:16,389 --> 00:43:18,046 Get a load of this. 714 00:43:18,072 --> 00:43:20,375 News got their hands on some tidbit 715 00:43:20,401 --> 00:43:23,187 and it's blowing up all over the airwaves. 716 00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:26,942 Should we be concerned that Iraq may be able to do that? 717 00:43:26,968 --> 00:43:29,935 I have always been concerned about Iraq. 718 00:43:29,961 --> 00:43:34,390 I share the concern about Iraq's biological weapons program. 719 00:43:34,484 --> 00:43:37,609 Uh, I found it very curious indeed that Saddam... 720 00:43:37,635 --> 00:43:38,898 Iraq? 721 00:43:38,924 --> 00:43:40,929 No, no, this is... 722 00:43:41,046 --> 00:43:44,781 I've had a couple of calls from Washington already. 723 00:43:45,636 --> 00:43:47,725 Fumbled my way through. 724 00:43:47,843 --> 00:43:49,851 It's like talking to people about a party 725 00:43:49,877 --> 00:43:52,138 they think you were invited to. 726 00:43:52,265 --> 00:43:54,038 Is Al-Qaeda even in Iraq? 727 00:43:54,570 --> 00:43:58,051 Iraq's bioweapons capabilities were shut down after the war. 728 00:43:58,726 --> 00:44:01,242 As far as you and I have been told. 729 00:44:01,268 --> 00:44:06,578 Mr. Bin Laden is a man who's... an evil man. 730 00:44:06,604 --> 00:44:10,508 FBI investigators are frantically searching for leads in the case 731 00:44:10,664 --> 00:44:13,127 and the CDC has been quick to provide 732 00:44:13,153 --> 00:44:15,646 testing and laboratory services. 733 00:44:18,889 --> 00:44:22,094 You have reached the Federal Bureau of Investigation tip line. 734 00:44:22,224 --> 00:44:25,123 If you are calling in regards to an open investigation, 735 00:44:25,193 --> 00:44:26,443 press one. 736 00:44:26,591 --> 00:44:29,544 Infections in humans and especially... 737 00:44:36,998 --> 00:44:38,451 - Hey. - Hi. 738 00:44:39,389 --> 00:44:40,608 Who are you calling, Bruce? 739 00:44:40,634 --> 00:44:42,466 Oh, just work stuff. 740 00:44:42,750 --> 00:44:43,888 All right. 741 00:44:54,052 --> 00:44:58,076 In five, four, three... 742 00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:00,873 Good evening. 743 00:45:00,998 --> 00:45:03,503 Tonight we find ourselves in the unusual 744 00:45:03,529 --> 00:45:07,310 and unhappy position of reporting on one of our own. 745 00:45:07,574 --> 00:45:10,974 Anthrax, war, terror and threats of more, 746 00:45:11,138 --> 00:45:15,435 the USA is in an understandable state of anxiety. 747 00:45:15,461 --> 00:45:18,602 It is concern in the county about anthrax as a weapon. 748 00:45:18,628 --> 00:45:20,500 How does the FBI find out 749 00:45:20,587 --> 00:45:22,894 who is responsible for sending out anthrax? 750 00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,526 We don't have enough information to know 751 00:45:25,552 --> 00:45:27,761 whether this could be related to terrorism. 752 00:45:27,787 --> 00:45:31,511 Reinforced by the President that more terror attacks could be coming. 753 00:45:31,598 --> 00:45:34,347 In Rockefeller Center, an anthrax case in NBC. 754 00:45:34,373 --> 00:45:36,995 But NBC was not the only target. 755 00:45:37,373 --> 00:45:41,147 Anthrax spores were also found on the desk of my colleague 756 00:45:41,173 --> 00:45:43,130 Dan Rather at CBS. 757 00:45:43,419 --> 00:45:47,396 Other news outlets including ABC and the New York Post 758 00:45:47,422 --> 00:45:49,419 were targeted as well. 759 00:45:49,912 --> 00:45:53,441 And today anthrax attack victim Robert Stevens 760 00:45:53,467 --> 00:45:55,349 was laid to rest in Florida. 761 00:45:55,616 --> 00:45:57,738 Our thoughts are with his family. 762 00:45:58,199 --> 00:46:01,301 The other two original victims from Florida are recovering. 763 00:46:02,496 --> 00:46:05,371 But now with multiple attacks along the Eastern Seaboard and 764 00:46:05,397 --> 00:46:07,699 and no suspect yet identified, 765 00:46:07,725 --> 00:46:10,535 our nation is gripped with fear. 766 00:46:10,644 --> 00:46:13,635 We can only hope there will be no more victims. 767 00:46:13,661 --> 00:46:15,527 _ 768 00:46:24,222 --> 00:46:27,337 _ 769 00:46:27,363 --> 00:46:30,572 _ 770 00:46:36,979 --> 00:46:40,204 _ 771 00:46:40,230 --> 00:46:43,423 _ 772 00:46:43,449 --> 00:46:46,632 _ 773 00:46:46,658 --> 00:46:54,032 www.subtitulamos.tv