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​Stream BOSS (Season 1), the gripping, hard-hitting 2011 Hollywood political drama series that won Kelsey Grammer a Golden Globe for his powerhouse performance.
​Plot Summary:
Mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer) sits like a spider at the center of Chicago’s web of power. Effective, ruthless, and feared, he knows exactly how backroom politics are played and isn't afraid to use any means necessary to get things done. But Kane is hiding a crushing secret: he has just been diagnosed with a degenerative brain disorder (Lewy Body Dementia) that is slowly ripping away his memory, mind, and control.

​Originally released in 2011, this premium series follows Kane as he conceals his fatal condition from his estranged wife Meredith (Connie Nielsen), his staff, and his political allies. As the upcoming election intensifies, Kane must navigate cutthroat media storms, betrayal, and his own failing mind to protect his empire.

​If you love raw, gritty political thrillers like House of Cards or Succession, this 2011 masterpiece is a must-watch!
​✨ Cast & Crew:
​Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen, Kathleen Robertson, Hannah Ware, Jeff Hephner

​Directed by: Gus Van Sant (Pilot)
* Genre: Political Drama, Crime, Suspense, Psychological Thriller

​Original Release Year: 2011
​Original Network: Starz
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00:03This problem at O'Hare, the mayor's announcement about the waste, should we be concerned?
00:08I believe it's all as it seems.
00:11What's going on that we're not supposed to see?
00:14Blood test and biopsy found high red cell count, almost seven million per microliter,
00:18and traces of TCE in his liver and kidneys.
00:20TCE, that's trichloroethylene.
00:24I don't know where the exposure came from.
00:26The area in question was used by the previous administration for the disposal of toxic waste.
00:31You don't know whether something's the lead of a lifetime or just beer jumping.
00:35There's a different view of the world from the one you have.
00:39If you want to see it, there's a certain group of people in Chicago I'd like you to meet.
00:44Talking you and me leading the church?
00:47I'm talking you simply joining a groundswell already in motion.
00:53I came to say that if you really want to make this work, we should try.
00:58Is there something else I should know?
01:00No.
01:01I know he's been to see you.
01:02Why does he want to speak to you?
01:05And these are, uh, expensive.
01:07Sure it isn't a problem.
01:10Yeah, my guy says some pretty powerful shit.
01:12Who's it for?
01:25Satan, your kingdom must come down.
01:31Satan, your kingdom must come down.
01:36I heard the voice of Jesus crying, Satan, your kingdom must come down.
01:45Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
02:19slow down slow down
02:26stop stop
02:29you okay yeah i'm sorry i'm sorry
02:34no it's okay it's all right
02:46what
02:49it's just i can't imagine you before this moment like right now
02:59but you you don't know me
03:04i want to why
03:13i don't know i'm sorry
03:21i've sat through a lot of talking a lot of searching a lot of
03:28picking and needling and people with diplomas listening to me and
03:33asking me to share and
03:39bear myself for deliberate humiliation looking for some moment of catharsis
03:46there's nothing there's there's no way to explain it's
03:51it's just surrender to what's up there or
03:54it's
03:57everything else
03:57what
04:00that's
04:02it's
04:03you
04:07trying to explain you
04:11and i have no idea what you're talking
04:21it's
04:22it's it's difficult to make it make sense
04:26pain plays a
04:27a game with you until you
04:29run out of whatever it is you were
04:32using
04:33using to fight it with
04:34there's no stopping point
04:37you don't care
04:39who you hurt
04:42what you break
04:43what you take
04:46you don't care
04:47you don't care
04:51you don't care
04:52you don't care
05:18if i cry out
05:19don't slow down
05:21don't stop
05:33it hit the blogs last night
05:35and above the fold this morning on the sentinel in the sun times
05:38you can never stay far enough ahead
05:41no
05:44who's fucking me
05:45the circle was small
05:47who
05:49someone with knowledge
05:50access
05:52files are 20 years old
05:54had to be someone close
06:07we need to make it a friday
06:08three days
06:09we spin the story right
06:10and we hope it fades over the weekend
06:14mr. mayor
06:15mr. mayor
06:16mr. mayor
06:20sir what do you have to say
06:21at the cynical prevention bill
06:26for more on the story
06:28we go to
06:29kendra simmons live at city hall
06:31thank you dana the document that shows
06:33then sanitation director
06:35thomas kane authorized the dump
06:37of trichloroethylene at a site near
06:39o'hare airport
06:40was made public by a blogger
06:43who goes by the name chump bait
06:45though there are concerns about
06:47the effect the scandal will have
06:49on the o'hare expansion project
06:51the mayor's office insists
06:52the project will continue as planned
06:54started getting calls about your 89 tax returns
06:56earlier this morning i assume they find a release
06:59yes
06:59give them hard copies nothing gets to the internet
07:02this mayor and his minions
07:05have proven themselves again
07:06and again to be purveyors of lies
07:09and deceit
07:11all right first things first
07:13i want to keep the fifth floor cleared
07:15no press i need to breathe up here
07:18yes sir
07:21no
07:24ideas
07:25we make it all about mayor rutlidge
07:27his administration his problem you were just following orders
07:30won't be hard to get them chasing that i can plant that
07:32in a nepotism angle at the next gaggle
07:33that's fine but that by itself doesn't get us to friday
07:35okay then we push harder make it so rutlidge bears all the blame
07:38we have five networks to manage they're not all going to chase the same angle for more than a day
07:42we need to give them something more to work with
07:44what about the document itself we raised doubts that it's
07:46even real
07:47no stay away from the document
07:50we need to fan the flames
07:52and then control the burn
07:54fan the flames
07:55there's a piece of paper with a signature on it
07:58it's damning it links us to fucking cancer
08:00that is not going away
08:02we've got three days to the weekend
08:04three cycles in which something
08:06has to play out
08:07and as long as it's about cane
08:09or chicago we lose
08:11okay so what do we do
08:12three prongs
08:13one your rutlidge angle
08:15that needs to become fact that it was the old man who started this whole thing
08:18wrong two
08:19this current shit show
08:20we move it to bensonville
08:22well because we don't have voters in bensonville
08:24no because one way or another a story needs to be told
08:28we make it so it's not about us
08:30who ordered what
08:31we make it so it's about how a small town
08:34chicagoans drive by to get to the airport
08:36deals with the end of the world
08:39people will watch
08:40because it's fucking horrifying
08:42come friday
08:43every one of those kyrens will read bensonville
08:47i'll have to tear the place apart to pull it off
08:51and come monday if i'm still alive
08:54prong three
08:55you step in to help a neighbor in need
08:59good
09:01let's move
09:03bensonville
09:04mayor greg sir
09:07yeah
09:09should get on the phone with him
09:10as a courtesy
09:17chump bait
09:18tell me that isn't you
09:23it's a damn shame where we've ended up
09:25i mean these guys these bloggers
09:28where the fuck is journalism am i right
09:30i mean this is some real unstoppable
09:33no time to fact check truth be damned eyeball getting cowboy bullshit
09:39is it not
09:40what are you worried about
09:42because if we're about to chat about circulation
09:46i'm not interested
09:47why is mayor king aware of the illegal disposal of the parking waste
09:51get out
09:53just get out
09:56go
10:06deep press at eleven full briefing at three
10:10what
10:11you can direct that
10:13you can direct that to the commissioner's office
10:15um
10:16as i understand it we uh
10:19we are in search for such documentation
10:21but
10:23it was long before my tenure
10:25so i can't speak to its existence
10:29we absolutely are releasing them
10:32you get them at three o'clock
10:34look we're talking 1989 here
10:36i don't know what to tell you they're 20 year old tax returns
10:38it's not like i can just email them over
10:40i'm trying to do you a favor here
10:42you get them at three o'clock with everybody else dan
10:44because that's where the story is
10:45doesn't matter how many times you ask
10:47has the groundwater in bensonville been tested
10:49have wells been contaminated
10:50why is no one asking these questions
10:53why does it matter when it helps me
10:57email that to me i need to get it out now
10:58we go after the union on a cost of living increase
11:01we table the freeze
11:02couple hundred baggage handlers out of work in the process
11:05does the federal authority know about this
11:06i don't know
11:07this is one of those things i need you to trust me
11:09but the deal is all but done
11:11i'm just asking for us to take another look at it
11:13how long will that take one day
11:14no you're pushing for a strike as a diversion
11:16that's what this is
11:17one day maybe two
11:18mayor greg bensonville on the phone
11:20this is crazy even for you guys
11:21look we both know
11:22this has nothing to do with our contracts
11:24and everything to do with what's on the god damn cd
11:26gary i gotta call you back
11:27alright so my team and the entire city of chicago stand behind you in the village of bensonville
11:45Whatever resources you or your administration may need, just ask.
11:51I appreciate it, Tom. This is all rather unpleasant, but I'm confident that we've got the situation under control.
11:56I've been here before, Chuck. It's going to get worse before it gets better. How can I help you?
12:01Well, you're incredibly generous, but there's just no immediate need for help.
12:04You know, we've been discussing the optics here of a joint press conference.
12:09That could be a real help to you. Weathering this.
12:12A press conference? Yeah, well, I'm just not sure...
12:15At least I can do. Well, I thank you, sir.
12:18I would, but I've got a very full day here, and I really believe we can ride this out on
12:22our own.
12:22But please know how grateful I am for the offer.
12:24And that offer will stand, should you ever need it later.
12:29I'll sleep better knowing that. Thank you.
12:31Take care, Chuck. You too, Tom.
12:35Feig. Yeah? He's on his way in.
12:39What's he saying? What we already know.
12:42He says he has no idea where the document came from.
12:44He's shredded everything after he finished the job.
12:47What do you think?
12:49He's out of the game.
12:50His kids are set.
12:52He was never proud.
12:54He's got no reason to lie.
12:56I was the only one who knew what was on those trucks.
13:02You told me to keep it tight.
13:04I did.
13:05It was what?
13:0618, 19 years ago?
13:0922.
13:11It was sparse over there back then.
13:14Open fields.
13:16No one saw us go in.
13:17No one saw us come out.
13:19I hired a small crew, all of them well compensated.
13:22No one at the company today even knows that field was a dump site.
13:34How are the kids?
13:35Who cares about them?
13:37It's the grandkids now.
13:39Yeah.
13:40Ali's off to Northwestern in the fall,
13:42and Jack has a couple more years at St. Catharines.
13:46Smart kids.
13:50That's a good thing there, Alan.
13:52I hope you know how thankful I am, Tom,
13:57for everything that you've done for us.
14:04You look after that family.
14:10If you need anything,
14:12anything at all,
14:14I'm here for you.
14:15I've always been
14:16and always will be.
14:34Okay, everybody, listen up.
14:36Listen up.
14:37Listen up.
14:38Before I take any questions,
14:40I want to address something up front.
14:43Now, many have insinuated
14:45that Mayor Cain received his position
14:47as sanitation director
14:49as some sort of family favor.
14:51I want to state unequivocally
14:53that those assertions are misguided.
14:55He received the appointment
14:56because he was eminently qualified.
14:59Mayor Cain has been
15:01and will continue to be
15:02a faithful servant of the city of Chicago.
15:05When he has been asked to lead,
15:07he has led,
15:07and when he has been asked to follow,
15:09he has done that as well.
15:10Are you still trying to lay all this off
15:11on Mayor Rutledge?
15:12Look, I'm only saying,
15:14Tom Cain was an employee
15:15working for the city
15:17like any other.
15:18The suggestions that he received
15:20his first government appointment
15:21because he was married
15:22to the mayor's daughter
15:24are completely false.
15:28All right.
15:29I'll take your questions.
15:30Ron.
15:31I just want to assure you
15:33that the entire 30th and I
15:34are behind you 100%.
15:36100%.
15:37Considering past events,
15:39I felt it inherently
15:39my responsibility
15:40to come to you
15:41without being asked
15:42to reassure you
15:43after making
15:44all the appropriate inquiries
15:46that no one on my staff
15:48nor anyone else
15:48that I have contracted
15:49has anything to do
15:50with this latest
15:52mishap at O'Hare.
15:54Mishap?
15:55Scandal.
15:57Leak?
16:02Considering past events.
16:04Ruiz and the
16:06Potawatomi problem.
16:14I...
16:16Yeah, I'm listening.
16:19I just want to assure you
16:21that my house is in order.
16:36Well, I know
16:36that you're a busy man.
16:40I'll let you get
16:40on to your business.
16:43Yeah, uh, thanks, Lolo.
16:50It's good enough
16:51that I can count on you.
16:54Tom?
16:55Anything else?
16:56No, that's it.
16:59If you'll excuse me.
17:12I know this is unexpected,
17:14but times are tough.
17:15Everybody's got to take a haircut,
17:16including the baggage
17:17handlers union.
17:18I don't understand
17:19how O'Hare thinks
17:20this is going to fly.
17:22Rescinding a standard
17:23cost of living increase
17:24after we already
17:25agreed on it?
17:26Have they lost their minds?
17:27It's all about
17:28their bottom line.
17:29They've run the numbers,
17:29and here we are.
17:31Ezra, this is a guaranteed
17:32strike.
17:33You know that, right?
17:34Everyone's clear on that.
17:35There has to be
17:36something you can do.
17:37The mayor...
17:38Look, look,
17:39why don't we all
17:39try to get on the phone,
17:41see if there isn't
17:42a last-minute compromise
17:43to be made.
17:43I hope we can.
17:44My men want to work,
17:46but they're not just
17:47going to bend over
17:48like this.
17:49I hear you.
17:50We'll set it up.
17:51...may remain buried
17:52forever.
17:53...about the areas
17:54that have already
17:54been contaminated.
17:56Mayor Keane's
17:57administration has been
17:58removing the hazardous
17:59waste late at night
18:00and in secret.
18:02Cost of the removal
18:03and reclamation
18:04is estimated to be
18:05in the millions
18:06of dollars.
18:07Three autonomous
18:08environmental agencies
18:09arrange citywide forums
18:11to answer questions
18:12about the cleanup effort.
18:14Chicagoans arrived
18:15in droves
18:15to express outrage
18:17during the three
18:18town hall sessions.
18:21There are growing fears
18:22tonight about the
18:23groundwater in Bensonville,
18:25where researchers'
18:26findings thus far
18:27have unleashed a stream
18:28of speculation
18:29from scientists.
18:30Take a look at
18:31WLOZ's exclusive graphic.
18:33As you can see,
18:34rainwater mixes
18:35with the very toxic
18:36chemicals and seeps
18:38into the groundwater
18:38that acts as
18:39Bensonville's main
18:40water supply.
18:41Contaminated water
18:43is then pumped up
18:44into Bensonville homes.
18:45We now go to
18:46Kendra Simmons
18:47in Bensonville.
18:48For as long
18:49as they can remember,
18:51the Robinsons say
18:52there's been a strange
18:53tang to the water.
18:56The village of Bensonville
18:57assured them
18:58that all chemicals
18:59detected were within
19:01the levels deemed
19:02safe by the EPA.
19:03The Robinsons
19:04trusted this assessment,
19:06but now wonder
19:07really, what are
19:09they drinking?
19:09EPA levels for water
19:11and...
19:21WBSK, channel 3.
19:22Dan Pratt, please.
19:24Just one moment.
19:27Hello, this is Dan.
19:29Dan, hey, it's Kitty.
19:31Oh, yeah, you saw that?
19:33I thought it was a nice
19:34touch doing it
19:35from the kitchen.
19:36Yeah, no kidding.
19:37If I lived in that
19:37neighborhood, I'd be
19:38stocking up on
19:39Poland Springs.
19:44Listen, um,
19:46this is off the record,
19:47but Mayor Greg's
19:49been in the loop
19:49on the cleanup efforts
19:50from the get-go.
19:51He's been warned
19:52about the potential
19:53danger of gases
19:53rising up from the
19:54water table
19:55and into homes.
19:56You haven't?
19:57Well, you'll have
19:58to ask him that.
20:06Though Kane was active
20:08in his local war
20:09throughout his youth,
20:10many who knew him
20:10then say it was
20:11his relationship
20:12with Meredith Rutledge
20:13that launched
20:14his political career.
20:15His rise through
20:16the ranks in City Hall
20:17closely paralleled
20:18their relationship
20:19shortly after their
20:20wedding in May of 19...
20:24Yes?
20:25Chumpbait.com.
20:26It's Miller, sir.
20:27Sam Miller from
20:28the Sentinel.
20:29How do you know?
20:31Looks like he wasn't
20:31trying too hard
20:32to cover it up.
20:33Get Bentley in here.
20:34Yes, sir.
20:37Find him, Tom.
20:39Sir?
20:50Take a seat.
21:07All this predates you.
21:12Yes, sir.
21:13How much did you
21:14know about it?
21:15Just what we worked
21:17on.
21:17The cleanup.
21:18Yeah.
21:20You had dinner yet?
21:22No, sir.
21:23Uh, did you...
21:24Desk boy.
21:26Brought me a muffin
21:27a while ago.
21:29Worst thing I ever tasted.
21:33Some kind of
21:34gluten-free something
21:35or other.
21:37You know what I want
21:38to know?
21:40No, sir.
21:43Why bother with the muffin?
21:46Eat a cracker.
21:51I don't like half-assed.
21:54That's what I'm saying.
21:58Somebody's coming at me
21:59and I'd just as soon
22:00get hit all at once.
22:03Yes, sir?
22:05This guy Miller.
22:08Somebody gave him
22:09that document.
22:11Yes, sir.
22:13Do you know
22:15who?
22:18No, sir.
22:36Yeah.
22:37Stone, sir.
22:42Send him in.
22:47O'Hare's on board
22:48with the strike.
22:50I'll get on the phone
22:51with everyone tomorrow.
22:52Make it look like
22:53we tried to broker
22:54a deal.
22:55It's gonna work.
22:57They'll be able
22:57to keep things moving
22:58with management
22:59and...
22:59Find it.
23:01...non-union
23:01support staff.
23:03And they put the
23:04cost of living increase
23:05back on the table
23:05and settle
23:06over the weekend.
23:07We'll approve
23:08a few million
23:08more in bond money
23:09for the construction
23:11of all of them.
23:13That would go
23:13a little bit of losses
23:14in the town this morning.
23:16There are a couple
23:17hundred baggages
23:18in the back
23:19that's well
23:20here.
23:21I don't know
23:21what I'm actually
23:21in this
23:22in the instant
23:23attention.
23:24I don't know
23:24what I'm going to
23:24do.
23:25I think it's
23:26starting to
23:27That's 50 cents
23:28for a
23:29state of
23:30the wage.
23:31The baggage
23:32will be out
23:33for 23 hours
23:34a day.
23:37We've got to
23:38find him, Tom.
23:50Tom.
23:52You okay
23:52with that?
23:55Yeah.
24:16I'll get on
24:16the phone
24:17with everyone
24:17tomorrow
24:18make it look
24:18like we tried
24:19to broker a deal.
24:21It's going to work.
24:23They'll
24:24be able to get
24:25by for a couple
24:26of days
24:26with management
24:27and non-union
24:28support staff
24:29and they'll
24:31put the cost
24:32of living
24:32increase back
24:32on the table
24:33and settle
24:33over the weekend.
24:35It's going to work.
24:37They'll
24:38be able to get
24:39by for a couple
24:40of days
24:41with management
24:42and non-union
24:43support staff
24:44and they'll
24:45put the cost
24:46of living
24:46increase back
24:47on the table
24:47and settle
24:48over the weekend.
24:55As of 9 o'clock
24:57this morning
24:57the village
24:58of Bensonville
24:58was completely
24:59sold out
25:00of bottled water.
25:01Reports from
25:01Franklin Park
25:02and Addison
25:03suggest that
25:03they too
25:04are low
25:04on supplies.
25:06Though store
25:06owners are
25:07grateful for
25:07the business
25:08consumers find
25:09the extra expense
25:10for something
25:10most take for
25:11granted
25:11an insult
25:12to injury
25:13in a community
25:13already hit hard
25:15by the foreclosure
25:15crisis.
25:16Reporting from
25:17Bensonville
25:18I'm Jackie Mullins.
25:19We need to get
25:20them looking
25:20at property values.
25:23Long term
25:24you mean?
25:27No.
25:27Today.
25:28Right now.
25:29Well doesn't
25:29it take weeks
25:30if not months
25:31for a decline
25:32in the real estate
25:33market to become
25:33statistically apparent?
25:35Go get some
25:36for sale signs
25:37and plaster a couple
25:37blocks in Bensonville.
25:39Put them right
25:39on the edge
25:39of each property line.
25:41Make sure you
25:42pick nice houses
25:42okay?
25:44Yes.
25:45Channel 6.
25:46Liz Shaw.
25:47News desk.
25:47Without cars
25:48in the driveway.
25:49No cars.
25:51Liz.
25:52Hey.
25:53It's Kitty.
25:54Question.
25:56Have you looked
25:57at the relation
25:57of Bensonville schools
25:58to the dump site?
26:01It's a concern.
26:13Fucking Socratic
26:15symposium.
26:17Christ.
26:18to
26:28you
26:30you
26:33you
26:34you
26:34you
26:35you
26:54everybody's got a button he's not gonna reveal his source time let me deal with how i get it
26:59out of him but i need something to go on i didn't hear that yes you did what do you
27:05think we've had
27:05going here i'll give you some words since you're in the business of them cozy convenient mutually
27:13understanding you've got numbers to hit i've understood that helped where i can yes you have
27:18and call me nostalgic but i like having an actual paper in the city but this is where it works
27:25its
27:25way back to me even if there was a chance miller would crack which he won't doesn't make a difference
27:30now you've got every network swarming all over this thing around the clock it makes a difference
27:38i'm sorry tom can't help you
27:49something you should know this guy has a real fucking bee in his bonnet for you
27:54and he has a tendency to take a real long view on things
28:04it's not done until it's done well i've got guys ready to walk that's all i'm going to tell you
28:10right now hey guys guys can i just get in here for a second gary how much are we talking
28:16about
28:16it's another 12 million a year give or take
28:19you guys just issued 18 billion in new bonds for construction
28:23how are we arguing over 12 million you already promised us
28:27we're talking about people's fucking livelihood
28:30never a promise that was something we were talking about it was on the table but it was never a
28:33promise
28:34well we have to have it the people need to get the cost of living
28:38when it increases even if they don't get a phone
28:42how's it looking man's got a point
28:45it's thursday pushing as hard as i can
28:49have you got too much on your plate
28:51nope
29:05sorry about this gary
29:08one of the major concerns with trichloroethylene
29:11is the leaking of toxic gases up from the water table and into structures above
29:16though there is no official confirmation on whether or not a chemical plume exists in the
29:21groundwater below bensonville scientists contacted by channel 6 news posit there could be a potential
29:27flow moving underneath a local elementary school there was no comment from mayor greg's office
29:33bensonville residents have seen trucks driving from the o'hare expansion site late at night
29:38they never thought too much of it they were a trusting community with this recent toxic waste scandal
29:44that has changed
29:46mayor's office
29:46yeah uh did you get me the numbers for the people at channel 9 and channel 12
29:50still working on it
29:51time's up
29:52yes
30:09so how long are we gonna go on like this if you wanted to waste my time you could have
30:14just done
30:14it over the phone
30:17it'll be just another minute yeah you know i've counted those we're doing good 27 so far
30:23i figure we can go in batches of five now what do you think
30:34anything said in this room is off the record
30:38in this room i want a name okay how about dr ella harris your source a name
30:53how about rosebud i need to know where that document came from mr miller
31:00i'm a man you want owing you a favor
31:06yeah i don't know somehow a favor from a disgraced former mayor just doesn't seem that valuable to me
31:24what kind of medication did dr harris prescribe and have you seen her i have so many questions yes
31:29yes i know thank you
32:10yes
32:10tom i didn't hear you come in what are you looking for tom files
32:17from his administration 85 to 92 where the are they you sent for those already yesterday
32:31tom who sent for them i don't know somebody who works with you that's what they said they said
32:39that you needed them i thought you knew who did you talk to i i told you i don't know
32:43who the fuck who the fuck who the fuck are you talking
32:47oh
32:47It's what's out here!
33:28Uh, I appreciate the extra effort, but how is it conceivable that it ended up here?
33:33It did what they were told. What you said you wanted.
33:39Uh, okay, sir.
33:41If you'll permit me, we asked you to buy up a truckload of bottled water from Bensonville,
33:46not to pile its steps from...
33:50And with the microscope we're under right now, Jesus...
33:52I don't care. I don't care!
33:56I did you a favor with this.
33:57I understand. You can see...
33:58You don't like the way I'm handling it.
33:59I can easily tell my guys to take it all back to Bensonville.
34:03Wait, you could?
34:05Yes, absolutely, but I assure you, while this may seem like something more,
34:10it's just a bump in the road.
34:12We've weathered for us.
34:14I'm going into a meeting with him right now.
34:16I will share your concerns.
34:19McGantra, just now.
34:21Bane, Hofstetter, all day I've been talking to all of them.
34:25You're here. Again.
34:27Tom, stop.
34:29I'm dealing with it.
34:30Don't talk to me like I'm the rest of them.
34:32Clearly you're not.
34:34What's happening?
34:35It's on the news.
34:37Who's doing this to you?
34:39I don't know.
34:41Yet.
34:43I don't understand how you're handling this.
34:45How it's playing out there.
34:48It's like a team of five-year-olds mobbing a soccer ball.
34:50I'll be sure to tell the staff you said so.
34:55You're not going to make it, Tom.
34:57Come Monday, this is over.
35:02What happens if it is?
35:04What?
35:06What difference does it make?
35:08I don't understand.
35:10What do you mean?
35:12Monday.
35:13Four days from now.
35:17This.
35:18All of it.
35:21Gone.
35:23Gone.
35:29What happens?
35:31It can't.
35:34We can't.
35:35Why?
35:42This is what I do, Tom.
35:44I protect us.
35:47I protect you.
35:49And everything we've built.
35:51From anything that can come in our way.
35:55And I'm protecting you right now when I tell you.
35:58I don't understand you when you talk like this.
36:02You have to stop.
36:04Or help me get what's going on with you.
36:09Who leaked that document?
36:14Someone with excess knowledge.
36:17As soon as I know who, this will all be resolved.
36:23Why now?
36:25I don't know.
36:27You tell me.
36:46You let me know how it turns out.
36:53You said you said you said you said you have to not see anything.
36:57I don't know how it turns out.
37:00I don't know how it turns out.
37:03You said you said you have to go and go and pull down.
37:04You said you it.
37:05God bless all my bad luck.
37:13What do you mean?
37:22It's just something.
37:23It's alright. It's alright.
37:25It's alright. It's alright.
37:27I'm here.
37:30Everything's gonna be fine.
37:34Meredith.
37:38I'm sick.
37:40Oh, God.
37:45Oh, oh, it's okay.
37:53Oh, God.
38:04Oh.
38:08Oh.
38:12Oh.
38:15Oh.
38:29From what I can tell, this is a copy of the report
38:32before the official version went out.
38:34Hence the redactions.
38:42I know it's been a long time.
38:46People are still getting sick.
38:57Dr. Reyes, I can't imagine what sort of burden
39:00you've been carrying around with you all these years,
39:02but if you've ever wanted to lay it down,
39:04now is the time.
39:24How do I live?
39:25I can feel your name.
39:25And here's the most important incarnation.
39:25Had to be saat sağled,
39:25The main fel ٜ representing the country
39:34at last century was the Magna Islands.
39:35The Ruggs administration confirmed today that Bensonville has received a large quantity of bottled water donated from Mayor Tom Kane.
39:41Staff have been overwhelmed with patients concerned about exposure to trichloroethylene.
39:46Parents of students at nearby McGuire Elementary are concerned that the location of the school puts it in great danger.
39:53The Mayor's office continues to deflect requests.
39:55They've produced documentation proving former Mayor Rutledge ordered the disposal of the toxic waste.
40:01How much do the people dumping our waste really know about its contents?
40:04And possible toxicity.
40:06We will provide you all the information we can, as it becomes available.
40:10In what is shaping up to be another long week of protracted negotiations between the baggage handlers union and O
40:15'Hare Airport,
40:16the sudden announcement a day of a strike action by the union means travelers can expect to wait an average
40:20of 33 minutes longer than usual for their luggage.
40:23We go now to Jane Hayes in Bensonville.
40:25In Bensonville, the suddenness of this strike action has left many reeling in this one industry town,
40:31adding additional woe to an already hard-hit populace.
40:34Real shame it had to come to this.
40:36You know, we gave them pretty much everything they asked for.
40:38Sometimes you need to put your foot down, you know?
40:41Well, do you have anything you'd like to say to the management at O'Hare?
40:44Yeah.
40:45We can hold out as long as it takes, you know, until we get what we deserve, what we were
40:49promised.
40:50Wait.
40:51Well, what about the travelers who may be affected by your strike?
40:55Well, I am sorry about that.
40:57I know that can be a real hassle, but I would like them to think about their own family, you
41:02know, and what it means to be able to provide for them.
41:05And really, there's nowhere I'd rather be right now than with my kids, you know?
41:08Well, it's like the end of days out here.
41:14You can't drink the water, there's toxic gas in the schools.
41:19I'm glad I can be home to, you know, make sure we're safe.
41:24Baggage handler unit officials will determine...
41:33They'll be back to work on Monday.
41:38How did you know that that guy was going to say that?
41:41I didn't.
41:46But people always remember what they see with their hearts and not their heads.
41:50And a guy like that, apply the right kind of pressure nine times out of ten, he will break your
41:56heart.
41:58I haven't put a face to this whole thing.
42:08Should I put in a call to Greg's office?
42:15Kitty and Moretti are there now working on press availability.
42:18Can they contact Greg's people again?
42:20No need.
42:28Chuck.
42:29Hi, Tom.
42:30Thanks for taking my call.
42:32How are you holding up?
42:33Well, I just wanted to call and thank you and the city of Chicago for those pallets of water you
42:37sent over.
42:38Ha!
42:38Had a hell of a time getting them off my front lawn and to the folks who need them.
42:41But what's one more adventure in a week like this, right?
42:46Indeed.
42:48Like I said the other day, Chuck, we are here for you, whatever it takes.
42:52You did say that.
42:53Yes.
42:54You know, you mentioned some idea for some sort of joint press event.
42:58And, well...
42:59Yes, I remember.
43:00Well, Tom, we could use something like that down here.
43:03Sooner the better.
43:04My team would take care of the details, wouldn't take up much of your time.
43:07Sure we can work something out.
43:08Yes, sir.
43:10And listen, while I have you, you've been so incredibly generous, I hate to even bring this up.
43:15Speak your mind.
43:16There's still an incredible amount of research and testing to be done.
43:19Determining which wells are contaminated and whether or not the supposed plume the press seems to be so concerned about
43:25even exists.
43:25But at an absolute minimum, we're going to have to connect a couple of hundred homes to municipal water supply.
43:31And, well, I was hoping that maybe...
43:35Sounds like one hell of an undertaking.
43:37Well, yes, it is.
43:39It most certainly...
43:40I hope you'll be accepting bids from contractors here in Chicago.
43:43Oh, of course.
43:44Absolutely.
43:46But unfortunately, we don't have the general funds for this sort of thing.
43:49Well, maybe we better cross that bridge a little further down the road.
43:52Yes, sir.
43:55Thank you, Chuck.
43:57Mr. Mayor?
44:17You're lucky you got your mother's hands.
44:20Fat fingers.
44:23Can't handle child-proof caps.
44:27Well, I can get you whatever you need.
44:42I'm...
44:43I'm sorry for what you're going through right now.
44:48Occupational hazard.
44:50Nothing new.
44:53Dad...
44:54I'm sorry.
44:59We didn't...
44:59No.
45:00I'm sorry.
45:15Well, I'm sorry.
45:17I know.
45:18I nice to hear the Cleanse...
45:18Okay. Me,child.
45:24... I know.
45:26Bunun... Up. How do
45:26you hear?
45:26I get the elevator...
45:26You make the elevator drop.
45:27it's my sister... I can't wait. If you
45:27have hair. Yes,
45:28you do. I can't
45:37I don't know.
46:07Mr. Mayor, I want to thank you for coming here today to stand with me and assuring the residents of
46:13Bensonville that our community is safe.
46:15It's a pleasure to do it, Mr. Mayor.
46:17Shall we?
46:18Yes.
46:38We're all very grateful to Mayor Cain's administration.
46:41Now, I can't speak to what happened here 20 years ago, but I do know that Tom Cain has been
46:46a great ally of mine and the citizens of Bensonville.
46:48Our offices have been coordinating for months, trying to clean up this dump site quietly in order to avoid just
46:53this sort of unfounded panic.
46:55And when, in the midst of all the mayhem and hardship, many others lost their heads and their hearts, Tom
47:02Cain personally stepped up to offer help.
47:05His compassion, his advice, and most importantly, his friendship.
47:14You can squint at this right. You come out looking like a hero.
47:18This side.
47:19We're nearing the end of the cleanup process, sir. I'll confirm, but I think we have another week of work
47:23out there.
47:24We should probably start talking about how to handle it when it's done.
47:33This statement, I will not be taking questions.
47:38Twelve years ago, I led a team of researchers at Chicago Children's Memorial.
47:44We were commissioned to conduct a two-year report about the grounds at O'Hare Adjunct by the City Council's
47:51Committee on Health and Welfare.
47:52Our results determined conclusively that there was a direct link between elevated levels of trichlorolethylene in the soil and statistically
48:03abnormal incidences of cancer and liver disease in children at the local municipality.
48:09Shortly before the report was submitted, I was approached by a member of Mayor Cain's staff and told in no
48:16uncertain terms that any reference to trichlorolethylene was to be redacted from the report.
48:23I could have stood strong, but I did not.
48:28Alongside Mayor Cain, I did wrong.
48:31I was party to perpetrating a fraud.
48:34I have carried this burden, but no more.
48:39It is time that we all take responsibility for the crimes we have committed.
48:47Thank you very much.
48:48Dr. Ray, Dr. Ray, Dr. Ray, what did Mayor Cain give you in return?
49:02It's the weakest he's been since he took office.
49:04Fifteen years, I've never seen him this vulnerable.
49:07Chances now.
49:08We can't afford to blow it.
49:09This isn't about the primary.
49:11If Cain stays in office, the next governor, whoever he or she may be, will continue to be under his
49:17thumb.
49:18Business as usual.
49:20City's run by one man who answers to no one.
49:23The rest of us are too scared to lose our contracts or worse, our next election.
49:28Consul's a kennel, and we're left begging for scraps.
49:33And we've been doing it Cain's way for so long now, most folks have forgotten there are other options.
49:38But there are options.
49:39And is it betrayal to stop him by any means necessary, when he himself has betrayed every covenant that should
49:47hold between a leader and those who elected him?
49:49I'm not going to tell you a fairy tale about speaking to the better angels of this fine city, offering
49:54them hope, not fear.
49:56All of that is your business with them out there.
49:58But what I can tell you is that Tom Cain is finished.
50:03We're going to see to it that he is.
50:06And someone new will come along with fresh ideas.
50:10A leader who maybe can find better ways to do things.
50:17Now, this is not a story that can be told from the governor's mansion.
50:22A year from now, the mayor runs for re-election.
50:26Drop out of the governor's race, and next year you'll have the organizational support you need to take him on
50:32and take him down.
50:34Men in this room can guarantee you 27 wards.
50:37When the others see which way the wind is blowing, they'll be right there beside you.
50:43Whoa, whoa, whoa!
50:44Go!
50:44Go!
50:45Hey, I thought you two jitterbugs told me.
50:47Come here, little man.
50:48Arrgh!
50:48Sorry.
50:49Now.
50:51Go on now.
50:51Hey, go on, go on, go on.
50:52Hey, I'll tuck you on in a minute now.
50:54Go on.
50:59If we're going to move on this, we have to do it soon.
51:03Timing is everything.
51:21So?
51:24What do you say?
52:00What do you say?
52:27What do you say?
52:31What do you say?
52:32What is the story?
52:43What do you say?
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