WEBVTT 00:00:01.697 --> 00:00:02.567 Previously on Alaska Daily... 00:00:02.567 --> 00:00:04.047 Ezra Fisher? 00:00:04.047 --> 00:00:05.266 Can I speak with you? 00:00:05.266 --> 00:00:06.397 What's this about? 00:00:06.397 --> 00:00:07.529 Gloria Nanmac. 00:00:07.529 --> 00:00:09.574 - Yeah? I remember Gloria. - You knew her? 00:00:09.574 --> 00:00:11.141 Last place she was known to be alive 00:00:11.141 --> 00:00:13.361 was at a house belonging to Clarence Redding. 00:00:13.361 --> 00:00:15.145 Skeeter. Yeah. I know him. 00:00:15.145 --> 00:00:16.712 If you were looking for drugs 00:00:16.712 --> 00:00:18.801 or just about anything else, you'd go to Skeeter's. 00:00:18.801 --> 00:00:21.238 How did your custody mediation thing go this morning? 00:00:21.238 --> 00:00:23.153 - Kinda intense. - You deserve better. 00:00:24.589 --> 00:00:25.551 Do I? 00:00:25.698 --> 00:00:27.308 Good morning, Mr. Crenshaw. 00:00:27.308 --> 00:00:29.615 You're being charged with murder in the first degree 00:00:29.615 --> 00:00:32.096 in the death of Gloria Nanmac. How do you plead? 00:00:32.096 --> 00:00:32.888 Not guilty, Your Honor. 00:00:33.088 --> 00:00:35.090 Look, Toby's case isn't unusual. 00:00:35.090 --> 00:00:36.962 The cops get a young guy in the box without a lawyer, 00:00:36.962 --> 00:00:38.964 he's pressured into confessing and signing a statement. 00:00:38.964 --> 00:00:40.226 Does that mean you're gonna take the job 00:00:40.226 --> 00:00:41.575 at The New York Times? 00:00:41.575 --> 00:00:43.098 If I'm being honest, I haven't decided. 00:00:43.098 --> 00:00:44.535 Your turn. Getting an offer 00:00:44.535 --> 00:00:46.972 from The Washington Post ain't no small feat. 00:00:46.972 --> 00:00:50.279 I always thought I'd jump at it, but now... I don't know. 00:00:50.279 --> 00:00:52.934 Special delivery. The records for Gloria's burner phone. 00:00:52.934 --> 00:00:55.241 Look at the date of the last call she made. 00:00:55.241 --> 00:00:56.938 To 911. 00:00:56.938 --> 00:00:58.113 There has to be a recording. 00:00:58.113 --> 00:00:59.811 And we gotta hear it. 00:01:04.485 --> 00:01:07.358 911, what's your emergency? 00:01:07.358 --> 00:01:09.621 Help. 00:01:09.621 --> 00:01:10.926 Please help. 00:01:10.926 --> 00:01:13.494 Ma'am, I can't hear you. 00:01:13.494 --> 00:01:15.757 I don't want to die. 00:01:15.757 --> 00:01:17.498 Can you tell me your name? 00:01:17.498 --> 00:01:20.632 Gloria. My name is Gloria. 00:01:20.632 --> 00:01:21.937 Where are you, Gloria? 00:01:21.937 --> 00:01:23.635 Are you alone? 00:01:23.635 --> 00:01:25.767 GLORIA [distorted]: I don't know. 00:01:25.767 --> 00:01:27.769 Ezra, please... 00:01:28.770 --> 00:01:30.642 She said "Ezra." 00:01:30.642 --> 00:01:32.034 You're sure this date is correct? 00:01:32.034 --> 00:01:34.646 Yeah, if that's what it says, that's what it is. 00:01:34.646 --> 00:01:37.431 That was more than 24 hours after she was reported missing. 00:01:37.431 --> 00:01:39.390 How could she have survived out on the tundra 00:01:39.390 --> 00:01:40.695 with all those injuries? 00:01:40.695 --> 00:01:42.523 Maybe that old boat where they found her, 00:01:42.523 --> 00:01:44.090 maybe she used it for shelter. 00:01:44.090 --> 00:01:45.657 Why didn't anyone look for her? 00:01:45.657 --> 00:01:47.398 We never got her location. 00:01:47.398 --> 00:01:49.878 You're 911. Isn't it your job to figure it out? 00:01:51.010 --> 00:01:52.968 This call came from Meade, right? 00:01:52.968 --> 00:01:54.666 That's 500 miles from here, 00:01:54.666 --> 00:01:57.712 and we cover five times that square mileage every day. 00:01:58.191 --> 00:02:01.455 Over that distance, the call gets relayed so many times, 00:02:01.455 --> 00:02:03.675 we lose the location data. 00:02:03.675 --> 00:02:06.678 Didn't the previous governor have a plan to fix that? 00:02:06.678 --> 00:02:08.375 Yeah, that's been the promise for years, 00:02:08.375 --> 00:02:10.638 but getting a promise from the governor 00:02:10.638 --> 00:02:13.728 and funds from the state are two very different things. 00:02:14.207 --> 00:02:16.688 Cops in Meade never heard this recording, did they? 00:02:16.688 --> 00:02:19.125 I can almost guarantee it. 00:02:35.010 --> 00:02:37.143 She said "Ezra." No question. 00:02:37.143 --> 00:02:38.884 But with no context. 00:02:38.884 --> 00:02:40.625 But we do know he left the party with her. 00:02:40.625 --> 00:02:42.235 He was the last one to see her alive. 00:02:42.235 --> 00:02:44.933 Well, still, the recording doesn't link him to her murder. 00:02:46.195 --> 00:02:47.545 So what do we do? 00:02:48.197 --> 00:02:49.460 We should report on this, 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:50.809 see if it shakes something loose. 00:02:50.809 --> 00:02:52.854 We'll say that newly released 911 records 00:02:52.854 --> 00:02:54.160 reveal that Gloria was alive 00:02:54.160 --> 00:02:56.162 for more than a day after she went missing. 00:02:56.162 --> 00:02:58.033 The lack of spending on the village infrastructure 00:02:58.033 --> 00:03:00.079 is the reason why she couldn't reach the Meade cops. 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:03.604 If she had, they could have saved her life. 00:03:05.171 --> 00:03:06.738 Do we drop Ezra's name? 00:03:06.738 --> 00:03:08.609 Yeah. We'll print the recordings. 00:03:08.609 --> 00:03:10.176 Public record. 00:03:10.176 --> 00:03:11.438 Wish we had more. 00:03:11.438 --> 00:03:13.048 I asked Gabriel to call the other numbers 00:03:13.048 --> 00:03:14.223 on Gloria's phone. 00:03:14.223 --> 00:03:16.051 We'll see if that gives us something. 00:03:16.051 --> 00:03:18.793 It better. Toby's hearing is in two days. 00:03:19.881 --> 00:03:23.058 Hey. Did you get that list of family law firms I sent you? 00:03:23.058 --> 00:03:24.625 I did, thanks. 00:03:24.625 --> 00:03:27.106 I got a meeting on the books with Lisa Battle, 00:03:27.106 --> 00:03:28.499 mostly 'cause I liked the name. 00:03:32.198 --> 00:03:36.071 I got a call from Marcilena from The Wasilla Gazette. 00:03:36.071 --> 00:03:37.203 - You know her? - Yeah, I do. 00:03:37.203 --> 00:03:39.074 Marci's cool. Good reporter. 00:03:39.074 --> 00:03:40.206 - What does she want? - To meet. 00:03:40.206 --> 00:03:41.642 Sounded urgent. 00:03:41.642 --> 00:03:42.904 More layoffs. 00:03:42.904 --> 00:03:44.079 Ah, could be, yeah. 00:03:44.079 --> 00:03:45.516 Hey, you want me to pick you something up? 00:03:45.516 --> 00:03:47.518 No, it's okay. I brought my own lunch. 00:03:47.518 --> 00:03:49.215 Oh. Brown bagging it. 00:03:49.215 --> 00:03:50.651 Respect. 00:03:50.651 --> 00:03:52.087 All right, see you in a bit. 00:03:53.872 --> 00:03:56.831 It's happening, isn't it? 00:03:57.745 --> 00:03:59.007 Totally happening. 00:03:59.007 --> 00:04:00.792 I knew it was happening. 00:04:00.792 --> 00:04:02.663 I'm kvelling. 00:04:02.663 --> 00:04:03.708 Wait, hold on. How do we kvell? 00:04:03.708 --> 00:04:05.144 Wait, what's kvell? 00:04:05.144 --> 00:04:07.233 You kvell when something makes you proud and happy. 00:04:07.233 --> 00:04:08.800 - It's from Yiddish. - Oh, yeah. 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:10.279 I'm not sure if we can say that without being Jewish. 00:04:10.279 --> 00:04:11.933 I'm pretty sure anyone can kvell. 00:04:11.933 --> 00:04:14.980 I don't know. I dated this guy from Iceland. 00:04:14.980 --> 00:04:18.026 He was nearly destroyed for saying he wanted a siesta. 00:04:18.026 --> 00:04:20.115 He was always tired. 00:04:20.115 --> 00:04:21.552 So I can't kvell anymore? 00:04:21.552 --> 00:04:22.814 Why can't you kvell? 00:04:22.814 --> 00:04:24.163 Apparently because I'm not Jewish. 00:04:24.163 --> 00:04:25.947 Oh, you can kvell all you want. 00:04:25.947 --> 00:04:27.558 What are you kvelling about? 00:04:27.558 --> 00:04:28.950 - Nothing. - Nothing. 00:04:28.950 --> 00:04:31.257 Oh, well, carry on kvelling. 00:04:31.257 --> 00:04:32.606 Just no kvetching. 00:04:32.606 --> 00:04:33.955 But not because it's appropriating. 00:04:33.955 --> 00:04:35.566 I just don't like complainers. 00:04:35.566 --> 00:04:36.828 Copy that. 00:04:36.828 --> 00:04:39.570 Yuna, have you filed the school voucher story? 00:04:39.570 --> 00:04:42.007 I did. Just waiting on some fact-checking questions. 00:04:42.007 --> 00:04:43.835 Okay, but you're late, right? 00:04:45.227 --> 00:04:47.621 - Right. - When in doubt, leave it out. 00:04:47.621 --> 00:04:48.883 Get the damn story in. 00:04:51.799 --> 00:04:52.844 That's not about you. 00:05:06.858 --> 00:05:07.859 How you doing, Bob? 00:05:08.337 --> 00:05:09.556 I'm okay. Why? 00:05:09.556 --> 00:05:11.079 Just checking in. 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:14.213 If this is about Yuna, she needs to respect deadlines. 00:05:14.213 --> 00:05:16.128 This isn't the first time she's blown through one. 00:05:16.781 --> 00:05:19.000 Okay, but we all miss deadlines. 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:20.567 Maybe we shouldn't. 00:05:20.567 --> 00:05:23.004 Maybe this place would be in better shape if we didn't. 00:05:23.004 --> 00:05:24.223 Just 'cause the world's falling apart 00:05:24.223 --> 00:05:25.659 doesn't mean we don't have a job to do. 00:05:26.225 --> 00:05:28.662 Is it? Falling apart? 00:05:29.881 --> 00:05:32.057 I have to take this. If you'll excuse me. 00:05:33.058 --> 00:05:34.755 Sure. 00:05:34.755 --> 00:05:38.063 But if you need... anything, just ask. 00:05:48.178 --> 00:05:50.877 I appreciate you meeting me on such short notice. 00:05:50.877 --> 00:05:52.618 Yeah, what's going on? 00:05:52.618 --> 00:05:56.143 You think you can put in a word at The Daily Alaskan? 00:05:56.143 --> 00:05:57.405 I need a job. 00:05:58.232 --> 00:05:59.625 You know, I gotta be honest, 00:05:59.625 --> 00:06:03.019 it's pretty tight at the Alaskan right now. 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:04.369 I thought you guys were doing okay. 00:06:04.891 --> 00:06:07.459 Yeah, I thought so, too, but, um, 00:06:07.459 --> 00:06:09.199 half the newsroom got axed this morning. 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:10.723 My God. 00:06:10.723 --> 00:06:12.594 Yeah, I mean, nobody was getting rich or anything, 00:06:12.594 --> 00:06:15.205 but they gathered us together this morning 00:06:15.205 --> 00:06:17.599 and told us the paper's been sold. 00:06:17.599 --> 00:06:19.166 - To who? - They wouldn't say. 00:06:19.166 --> 00:06:21.473 Just, "We're sold." 00:06:21.473 --> 00:06:23.213 Then they pulled half of us into the conference room 00:06:23.213 --> 00:06:25.172 to tell us-- as a group-- 00:06:25.172 --> 00:06:28.480 we were being laid off, effective immediately. 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:30.177 - Classy. - Yeah. 00:06:30.177 --> 00:06:32.614 Uh, was it Horizon Capital, by chance? 00:06:32.614 --> 00:06:34.181 They tried to buy us. 00:06:34.181 --> 00:06:35.878 You know, I-- 00:06:35.878 --> 00:06:38.185 I don't know. Um, listen, 00:06:38.185 --> 00:06:42.189 I don't mean to be pushy, but could you ask today? 00:06:42.189 --> 00:06:45.061 I mean, I've got a kid and a mortgage, 00:06:45.061 --> 00:06:48.630 and... I'm worried. 00:06:48.630 --> 00:06:50.676 I'll ask as soon as I'm back. I promise. 00:06:52.939 --> 00:06:53.940 And, Marci, 00:06:55.594 --> 00:06:57.073 I'm sorry. 00:06:57.073 --> 00:06:58.553 Thanks. 00:06:58.553 --> 00:06:59.859 That's good. 00:06:59.859 --> 00:07:02.644 Uh, lose that, I think. 00:07:02.644 --> 00:07:04.080 Yeah. 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:05.734 Good. Done. 00:07:05.734 --> 00:07:07.083 Great. Send it to Stanley. 00:07:07.083 --> 00:07:08.563 Tell him to give us a strong headline. 00:07:08.563 --> 00:07:09.912 We need to grab eyes. 00:07:09.912 --> 00:07:12.785 Like 911 is broke as hell and killing people? 00:07:12.785 --> 00:07:14.134 Something like that. 00:07:15.265 --> 00:07:17.659 Hey, I think I got a hit on those phone numbers 00:07:17.659 --> 00:07:19.531 you asked me to check from Gloria's phone. 00:07:19.531 --> 00:07:22.229 - Yeah? - Yeah, so most of them are names you've reported on-- 00:07:22.229 --> 00:07:24.971 Alice, Toby Crenshaw, Gallahorn, 00:07:24.971 --> 00:07:29.541 but this number is for a Clarence Redding. 00:07:29.541 --> 00:07:30.542 I didn't know that name. 00:07:30.542 --> 00:07:31.717 Holy crap. 00:07:31.717 --> 00:07:33.545 - Holy crap good? - Holy crap very good. 00:07:33.545 --> 00:07:34.589 We know Clarence Redding. 00:07:34.589 --> 00:07:35.895 Yeah, we do. 00:07:35.895 --> 00:07:36.983 We call him Skeeter. 00:07:47.559 --> 00:07:49.125 Hello? 00:07:49.125 --> 00:07:51.127 Oh, um, I'm sorry. 00:07:51.127 --> 00:07:53.739 Uh, I thought this was Skeeter's number? 00:07:53.739 --> 00:07:56.698 This is his old number. Who's this? 00:07:56.698 --> 00:07:58.613 Uh, my name is Roz Friendly. 00:07:58.613 --> 00:08:00.615 This is the only number I had. 00:08:02.008 --> 00:08:03.618 I live in Anchorage, and I thought 00:08:03.618 --> 00:08:05.838 that I saw him on the street the other day. 00:08:05.838 --> 00:08:07.709 Yeah, he lives there now. 00:08:07.709 --> 00:08:09.276 Well, in Palmer. 00:08:09.276 --> 00:08:10.712 You from Meade? 00:08:10.712 --> 00:08:12.845 No. Um, Southeast. 00:08:12.845 --> 00:08:14.150 Is this his sister? 00:08:14.150 --> 00:08:15.630 His niece. 00:08:15.630 --> 00:08:16.849 Sarah. 00:08:16.849 --> 00:08:18.154 Hey, Sarah. 00:08:18.154 --> 00:08:19.286 Do you have his new number? 00:08:19.286 --> 00:08:20.592 I'd love to reach out. 00:08:20.592 --> 00:08:22.637 I would, but Skeeter told me 00:08:22.637 --> 00:08:24.160 not to pass on his new number 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.162 when he gave me his phone. 00:08:26.162 --> 00:08:27.729 I get that. Sure. 00:08:27.729 --> 00:08:31.733 Well, if you talk to him, let him know Roz said hi. 00:08:31.733 --> 00:08:33.648 It was really nice to see him, 00:08:33.648 --> 00:08:36.738 and, uh, you have my number if you'd like to give it to him. 00:08:36.738 --> 00:08:38.000 Okay. 00:08:39.785 --> 00:08:41.613 Bye, Sarah. Have a great day. 00:08:41.613 --> 00:08:42.918 You, too. 00:08:44.833 --> 00:08:46.356 Should I have told her I was a reporter? 00:08:46.356 --> 00:08:48.750 Mm, wouldn't have helped. You played it well. 00:08:56.062 --> 00:08:58.064 It's her. 00:08:58.064 --> 00:09:00.066 "You sounded nice." 00:09:01.589 --> 00:09:03.635 We have his number and his address. 00:09:03.635 --> 00:09:06.333 Like I said, you played it well. 00:09:06.333 --> 00:09:07.900 Let's go to Palmer. 00:09:32.838 --> 00:09:33.839 Can I help you? 00:09:33.839 --> 00:09:35.231 Hi, there. Uh, Roz Friendly, 00:09:35.231 --> 00:09:38.104 Eileen Fitzgerald with The Daily Alaskan. 00:09:38.104 --> 00:09:40.019 Are you Skeeter? 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:41.847 I go by Clarence now. 00:09:44.719 --> 00:09:46.286 We can talk outside. 00:09:51.204 --> 00:09:53.249 We were hoping to talk to you about a woman 00:09:53.249 --> 00:09:56.078 we're reporting on, Gloria Nanmac. 00:09:56.078 --> 00:09:57.297 Do you remember her? 00:09:59.038 --> 00:10:00.648 Yeah. I do. 00:10:00.648 --> 00:10:02.084 Several people we talked to placed her 00:10:02.084 --> 00:10:03.259 at your house the night she went missing. 00:10:03.259 --> 00:10:04.652 Is that true? 00:10:05.827 --> 00:10:08.090 Why are you asking about Gloria? 00:10:08.090 --> 00:10:09.962 Thought they got Toby Crenshaw for her murder. 00:10:09.962 --> 00:10:11.311 Isn't that all over? 00:10:11.311 --> 00:10:13.269 We're just filling out a timeline for a story. 00:10:13.269 --> 00:10:15.837 Just tying up loose ends. 00:10:15.837 --> 00:10:18.971 Yeah. She came by that night. 00:10:18.971 --> 00:10:20.320 Bunch of other people, too. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.627 Including Ezra Fisher? 00:10:24.803 --> 00:10:26.282 Yeah, he was there. 00:10:26.282 --> 00:10:28.110 Was his son, Jackson, there, too? 00:10:30.722 --> 00:10:31.940 Yeah. 00:10:34.116 --> 00:10:36.336 Ezra told us that he left your house that night 00:10:36.336 --> 00:10:39.295 to get Jackson and never came back. 00:10:39.295 --> 00:10:42.124 Why would he lie about that? 00:10:42.124 --> 00:10:44.866 Yeah, um, I don't know. 00:10:44.866 --> 00:10:46.781 It was a long time ago. 00:10:46.781 --> 00:10:48.478 Hard to remember everything, you know? 00:10:48.478 --> 00:10:50.089 Do you remember what happened to your home? 00:10:50.089 --> 00:10:51.177 'Cause we couldn't find it. 00:10:52.918 --> 00:10:54.702 I sold it to my buddy's brother. 00:10:54.702 --> 00:10:57.139 He put it on a sled and moved it down to Nasiq, 00:10:57.139 --> 00:10:58.880 next village over. 00:10:58.880 --> 00:10:59.968 Why did you leave Meade so quickly 00:10:59.968 --> 00:11:01.187 after Gloria disappeared? 00:11:03.058 --> 00:11:04.799 Nancy got pregnant. 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:06.671 She wanted to leave, so we did. 00:11:07.802 --> 00:11:09.369 Look, I... 00:11:12.198 --> 00:11:14.243 They changed my life. 00:11:14.243 --> 00:11:16.071 I'm not that guy anymore. 00:11:17.812 --> 00:11:19.727 I believe that. 00:11:19.727 --> 00:11:22.251 But Toby Crenshaw is about to go to prison for a long time, 00:11:22.251 --> 00:11:25.472 and we both know he didn't kill Gloria. 00:11:25.472 --> 00:11:27.213 Are you okay with that? 00:11:29.432 --> 00:11:31.347 Uh, I just... 00:11:31.347 --> 00:11:33.741 I'm done talking about this. 00:11:33.741 --> 00:11:35.264 Just leave me alone. 00:11:40.400 --> 00:11:42.184 He knows more than he's telling us. 00:11:42.184 --> 00:11:43.751 Yeah. 00:11:43.751 --> 00:11:45.231 - So we come back? - We have to. 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:48.930 Excuse me. 00:11:48.930 --> 00:11:51.933 Are you the ones that wrote that article today? 00:11:51.933 --> 00:11:53.369 About the 911 recordings? 00:11:53.369 --> 00:11:55.807 Yeah. We did. 00:12:03.771 --> 00:12:04.990 Just tell them, Clarence. 00:12:08.384 --> 00:12:11.518 Look, you got a-a good life here, Clarence. 00:12:11.518 --> 00:12:13.999 I understand why you left your crowd back in Meade, 00:12:13.999 --> 00:12:16.958 but, you know, if you know anything 00:12:16.958 --> 00:12:19.744 about what happened to Gloria, you're gonna * all this up. 00:12:20.875 --> 00:12:23.051 Just tell them. 00:12:23.051 --> 00:12:24.270 Just tell us what? 00:12:26.011 --> 00:12:28.056 She said Ezra's name in the 911 recording. 00:12:28.056 --> 00:12:29.405 They're going to get him. 00:12:29.405 --> 00:12:30.580 Stop it. 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:32.974 I'm no lawyer, but if you know something 00:12:32.974 --> 00:12:35.411 and you come clean, there's always a deal to be made. 00:12:35.411 --> 00:12:37.022 I don't need a deal. 00:12:37.022 --> 00:12:38.197 You sure about that? 00:12:38.197 --> 00:12:39.589 You could go to the DA, 00:12:39.589 --> 00:12:42.070 ask for immunity in exchange for your testimony. 00:12:42.070 --> 00:12:44.986 But if Ezra talks first and throws you under the bus, 00:12:44.986 --> 00:12:47.119 it's gonna be bad. 00:12:47.119 --> 00:12:48.598 Tell them. 00:12:48.598 --> 00:12:51.166 You shouldn't have to keep his secrets anymore. 00:12:56.432 --> 00:13:00.436 Ezra left his kid in my bedroom 00:13:00.436 --> 00:13:04.310 when he took off with Gloria, and she was pretty out of it. 00:13:04.310 --> 00:13:05.833 Where did they go? 00:13:05.833 --> 00:13:07.008 I don't know. 00:13:07.008 --> 00:13:08.575 He said he was just dropping her home, 00:13:08.575 --> 00:13:10.446 but he didn't come back for hours, 00:13:10.446 --> 00:13:13.188 and when he did, he told me to start a burn barrel. 00:13:14.494 --> 00:13:15.887 What did he want to burn? 00:13:15.887 --> 00:13:19.891 A bag of clothes, uh, his clothes. 00:13:19.891 --> 00:13:23.024 Was he wearing different clothes when he came back to your house? 00:13:23.024 --> 00:13:25.461 He changed. Yeah. 00:13:25.461 --> 00:13:29.509 He told me that he'd kill me if I told anyone. 00:13:30.945 --> 00:13:33.469 And then he left with Jackson. 00:13:33.469 --> 00:13:37.212 So you burned his stuff and went to bed? 00:13:38.213 --> 00:13:39.432 Yeah. 00:13:40.694 --> 00:13:43.218 But, um... 00:13:43.218 --> 00:13:45.917 not everything burned. 00:13:45.917 --> 00:13:47.309 What didn't burn? 00:13:47.309 --> 00:13:50.356 I figured I needed some kind of security. 00:13:51.444 --> 00:13:54.316 So I hid them in the house. 00:13:54.316 --> 00:13:57.189 In the house we couldn't find? 00:13:57.189 --> 00:13:59.191 What didn't burn, Clarence? 00:14:29.090 --> 00:14:30.352 I'll be blunt. 00:14:30.352 --> 00:14:32.528 You're *ing me here. 00:14:32.528 --> 00:14:35.575 Getting things to you that early is deeply problematic. 00:14:35.575 --> 00:14:38.534 - Stanley, I realize-- - To state the obvious, 00:14:38.534 --> 00:14:41.363 we're the biggest printing job in Anchorage. 00:14:41.363 --> 00:14:42.669 So, why is this happening? 00:14:42.669 --> 00:14:45.106 There's a new player in town. 00:14:45.106 --> 00:14:47.108 They have lots of money and lots of demands. 00:14:47.108 --> 00:14:49.110 - Who is this new player? - I can't say. 00:14:49.110 --> 00:14:51.243 Not until the deal is closed. 00:14:51.243 --> 00:14:52.331 I'm sorry, Stanley. 00:14:52.331 --> 00:14:53.593 You've always been a good partner, 00:14:53.593 --> 00:14:55.551 but it's just too much money. 00:14:58.511 --> 00:15:00.382 Who's taking our 9:00 p.m.? 00:15:00.382 --> 00:15:01.949 I'm trying to find out. 00:15:01.949 --> 00:15:05.039 A 7:00 p.m. print deadline means we have to file at 3:00 p.m. 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.606 We won't be able to report half the day's news. 00:15:06.606 --> 00:15:08.564 Yeah. We'll be in trouble. 00:15:08.564 --> 00:15:10.088 I mean, why would they... 00:15:10.088 --> 00:15:12.133 We've been the only daily paper in this town since-- 00:15:12.133 --> 00:15:14.005 Since the last daily paper went out of business? 00:15:14.005 --> 00:15:16.398 - Is there a new daily paper? - Apparently. 00:15:16.398 --> 00:15:18.618 They're gonna try and poach our public notices and inserts. 00:15:18.618 --> 00:15:21.316 Not to mention, if they do have deep pockets, 00:15:21.316 --> 00:15:24.015 they can subsidize their losses and bleed us dry. 00:15:24.015 --> 00:15:25.581 I just saw Marci from The Wasilla Gazette. 00:15:25.581 --> 00:15:27.018 She said they got bought. 00:15:27.018 --> 00:15:28.454 - By who? - She didn't know. 00:15:28.454 --> 00:15:30.369 Circle back with her. 00:15:30.369 --> 00:15:32.197 See if she knows anything else. 00:15:32.197 --> 00:15:33.328 Will do. 00:15:33.328 --> 00:15:34.590 There was a group out of Juneau 00:15:34.590 --> 00:15:36.418 sniffing around the paper a few years ago, 00:15:36.418 --> 00:15:38.594 funded by that guy who owns the Heavy Equipment chain. 00:15:38.594 --> 00:15:41.162 Yeah. Uh, Victor Bernard? 00:15:41.162 --> 00:15:42.511 Yeah. That's him. 00:15:42.511 --> 00:15:44.426 Bernard. Bad dude. 00:15:44.426 --> 00:15:46.298 - Yuna, look into it. - Okay. 00:15:46.298 --> 00:15:47.603 I've known Frank Lester for years. 00:15:47.603 --> 00:15:49.083 - I'll give him a call. - Who's that? 00:15:49.083 --> 00:15:50.302 Editor of the Gazette. 00:15:50.302 --> 00:15:52.043 - I'll put out some feelers too. - Okay. 00:15:52.043 --> 00:15:54.088 - Let me know if I can help. - Yeah. 00:16:15.805 --> 00:16:18.460 You seeing this, ladies? 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.679 We're seeing it. 00:16:21.507 --> 00:16:22.899 McKENNA: Two crutches. 00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:25.206 I'll hand them off to Trooper Wilson. 00:16:25.206 --> 00:16:26.512 He'll keep chain of custody intact, 00:16:26.512 --> 00:16:28.079 bring them to Anchorage. 00:16:28.079 --> 00:16:29.123 Quyanaq, Chief. 00:16:29.123 --> 00:16:30.820 Absolutely. Quyanaq. 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:33.562 Glad I could be of help. 00:16:33.562 --> 00:16:35.477 The proverbial smoking crutches. 00:16:35.477 --> 00:16:36.652 Right. 00:16:36.652 --> 00:16:38.393 Skeeter was on the record, right? 00:16:38.393 --> 00:16:39.873 He was. 00:16:39.873 --> 00:16:41.570 How long before Toby Crenshaw's plea change hearing? 00:16:41.570 --> 00:16:42.919 36 hours. 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:44.486 We need to publish again, try and move the needle. 00:16:44.486 --> 00:16:46.227 - Definitely. - Okay, what do we have? 00:16:46.227 --> 00:16:49.535 We have Clarence saying that Ezra left with Gloria 00:16:49.535 --> 00:16:51.798 and returned hours later with her crutches 00:16:51.798 --> 00:16:53.321 and wearing different clothes. 00:16:53.321 --> 00:16:54.888 After Ezra threatened him, 00:16:54.888 --> 00:16:57.064 Clarence burned the clothes that Ezra was wearing that night 00:16:57.064 --> 00:16:59.110 and hid Gloria's crutches in the wall of his house. 00:16:59.110 --> 00:17:00.459 It's him, Stanley. 00:17:00.459 --> 00:17:01.808 Ezra killed Gloria. 00:17:01.808 --> 00:17:04.506 He did. We got him. 00:17:04.506 --> 00:17:06.117 Write it up. 00:17:09.729 --> 00:17:11.165 Thanks, Frank. 00:17:11.165 --> 00:17:13.080 And thanks for calling me back. 00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:15.343 I know it's a tough time. 00:17:15.343 --> 00:17:17.389 The Gazette deserves better. 00:17:17.389 --> 00:17:19.173 You deserve better. 00:17:20.522 --> 00:17:21.741 Take care. 00:17:29.749 --> 00:17:31.490 Did you follow up with Marci? 00:17:31.490 --> 00:17:33.274 I did. She didn't know anything else. 00:17:33.274 --> 00:17:34.754 - Mm. - Said the vibe's really weird. 00:17:34.754 --> 00:17:36.364 A lot of rumors swirling. 00:17:36.364 --> 00:17:37.539 Nothing about Victor Bernard? 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:39.193 No. Well, at least not yet. 00:17:39.193 --> 00:17:40.847 I did a deeper dive on him. 00:17:40.847 --> 00:17:42.544 He's scary. 00:17:42.544 --> 00:17:44.851 He got indicted twice on racketeering charges. 00:17:44.851 --> 00:17:47.114 Yep. That's who we want running a daily newspaper. 00:17:47.114 --> 00:17:49.160 I just heard Victor's in D.C. right now. 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:50.857 I wonder if that has something to do with the sale. 00:17:50.857 --> 00:17:53.903 - Mm. - Well, if it's Victor, he's got big plans. 00:17:53.903 --> 00:17:55.601 I just got off the phone with Frank Lester. 00:17:55.601 --> 00:17:57.342 And? 00:17:57.342 --> 00:17:59.866 Not only is the new owner rebranding the Gazette, 00:17:59.866 --> 00:18:01.172 they're expanding. 00:18:01.172 --> 00:18:02.869 Wait, so they're laying people off, 00:18:02.869 --> 00:18:04.175 but they're expanding? 00:18:04.175 --> 00:18:05.219 With who? 00:18:05.219 --> 00:18:06.655 Frank didn't know. 00:18:06.655 --> 00:18:10.181 How does the editor not know who's buying them? 00:18:10.181 --> 00:18:11.486 Because he was fired. 00:18:11.486 --> 00:18:13.314 He got canned, too? 00:18:13.314 --> 00:18:15.534 - Who replaced him? Does he know? - Oh, he knows. 00:18:17.927 --> 00:18:19.581 Dennis Gibson is replacing him. 00:18:19.581 --> 00:18:21.192 Dennis Gibson?! 00:18:21.192 --> 00:18:23.324 He's a blogger, not an editor. 00:18:23.324 --> 00:18:25.326 And he hates us. All he does is attack us. 00:18:25.326 --> 00:18:27.459 Well, he's about to have a much larger platform 00:18:27.459 --> 00:18:29.417 from which to do so. 00:18:34.248 --> 00:18:37.295 So... Ezra did it? 00:18:38.470 --> 00:18:40.167 We think so. 00:18:40.167 --> 00:18:41.908 Yes. 00:18:41.908 --> 00:18:44.476 So can I go? 00:18:44.476 --> 00:18:47.218 No, Toby, you-- you can't go. 00:18:47.218 --> 00:18:50.264 But I'm not gonna have to change my plea to guilty, right? 00:18:50.264 --> 00:18:52.788 This guy Ezra did it. They're gonna let me out. 00:18:52.788 --> 00:18:54.790 You're sure as hell not gonna plead guilty, 00:18:54.790 --> 00:18:58.620 but whatever happens is gonna take a minute. 00:18:58.620 --> 00:19:00.361 I don't understand. 00:19:00.361 --> 00:19:03.930 The DA has to be willing to act on Clarence Redding's statement 00:19:03.930 --> 00:19:05.845 and the evidence found in his house. 00:19:05.845 --> 00:19:07.368 We need the DA to believe 00:19:07.368 --> 00:19:09.240 that he can build a winnable case against Ezra. 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:12.373 - But... - You signed a confession. 00:19:12.373 --> 00:19:13.679 That's a cakewalk for them. 00:19:16.551 --> 00:19:18.510 The DA is lazy. 00:19:18.510 --> 00:19:20.512 We have to make it easy for them. 00:19:20.512 --> 00:19:21.948 But here's the good news. 00:19:21.948 --> 00:19:23.819 Our reporter friends here have dug up 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:26.213 a lot of reasonable doubt. 00:19:26.213 --> 00:19:28.607 So if they don't charge Ezra Fisher and exonerate you, 00:19:28.607 --> 00:19:30.652 we'll have to go to trial, but now, 00:19:30.652 --> 00:19:33.525 we have a pretty good chance of getting an acquittal. 00:19:33.525 --> 00:19:35.179 A good chance? 00:19:36.354 --> 00:19:37.529 But what about bail? 00:19:37.529 --> 00:19:39.487 I can't stay in here anymore. 00:19:39.487 --> 00:19:40.662 Can you get me out on bail? 00:19:40.662 --> 00:19:42.229 Not without a hearing. But I... 00:19:42.229 --> 00:19:43.839 Look, I can file for one. It's just... 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:45.406 It's gonna take a minute. 00:19:49.976 --> 00:19:52.979 The Eagle has totally revamped their site. 00:19:52.979 --> 00:19:54.415 None of those small, niche ads 00:19:54.415 --> 00:19:56.417 for apocalypse supplies or whatever. 00:19:56.417 --> 00:19:58.332 Some major legit advertisers now. 00:19:58.332 --> 00:19:59.420 It has begun. 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:01.335 - The rise of Dennis Gibson. - Hmm. 00:20:01.335 --> 00:20:02.989 No wonder he's been dodging my calls. 00:20:02.989 --> 00:20:05.252 He's too big for us now. 00:20:05.252 --> 00:20:06.906 How did you find out where he lives? 00:20:06.906 --> 00:20:08.603 We do book club at his house. 00:20:11.563 --> 00:20:13.913 Roz. Uh, she had it. 00:20:13.913 --> 00:20:16.568 Paid him a visit while Eileen and Gabriel were held hostage. 00:20:17.917 --> 00:20:19.527 And here we are. 00:20:27.927 --> 00:20:30.016 And there goes Dennis. 00:20:31.931 --> 00:20:33.019 On it. 00:20:56.521 --> 00:20:58.392 What's he doing? 00:20:58.392 --> 00:21:00.351 Yeah, why's he doing it here? 00:21:00.351 --> 00:21:03.484 These are the old Harlan Oil offices. 00:21:03.484 --> 00:21:05.356 Yeah. 00:21:05.356 --> 00:21:07.358 Do you want to approach him? 00:21:07.358 --> 00:21:09.098 Let's give it a minute. 00:21:09.098 --> 00:21:10.535 Curious. 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:15.496 Your story's number three and climbing. 00:21:15.496 --> 00:21:17.063 People are reading it. 00:21:17.063 --> 00:21:18.543 Let's hope the DA has. 00:21:18.543 --> 00:21:19.848 Did you e-mail him? 00:21:19.848 --> 00:21:21.415 And everyone else in his office. 00:21:21.415 --> 00:21:24.471 Hey, there are people gathering outside the DA's office. 00:21:24.671 --> 00:21:26.542 - Demonstration? - Looks that way. 00:21:26.542 --> 00:21:28.283 I'm heading that direction. I'll take a look. 00:21:28.283 --> 00:21:30.372 Maybe I'll give him a call, see if he wants to comment 00:21:30.372 --> 00:21:32.113 - on the growing foot traffic. - Good idea. 00:21:32.113 --> 00:21:33.680 Anything to keep the pressure on. 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:35.203 We gotta flush him out. 00:21:35.203 --> 00:21:36.596 DA just announced a press conference. 00:21:37.466 --> 00:21:39.033 Consider him flushed. 00:21:41.122 --> 00:21:42.558 The State of Alaska 00:21:42.558 --> 00:21:44.560 has decided to drop the charges 00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:46.301 of murder in the first degree, 00:21:46.301 --> 00:21:48.129 *ual assault in the first degree, 00:21:48.129 --> 00:21:51.263 and aggravated assault against Toby Crenshaw. 00:21:52.742 --> 00:21:56.442 Ezra Fisher of Anchorage was arrested a few minutes ago 00:21:56.442 --> 00:21:59.749 for the murder of Gloria Nanmac. 00:21:59.749 --> 00:22:03.188 Now, Governor Thacker would like to make a brief statement. 00:22:05.190 --> 00:22:07.235 Good afternoon. 00:22:07.235 --> 00:22:11.718 I can say with certainty that Alaska is safer for all women 00:22:11.718 --> 00:22:14.373 since the arrest of Ezra Fisher. 00:22:14.373 --> 00:22:17.071 The system may be imperfect, but today, it worked. 00:22:17.071 --> 00:22:20.640 To see it continue working, the Department of Public Safety 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:24.122 will be put under review, and adjustments will be made. 00:22:25.210 --> 00:22:28.039 But I want to make one thing very clear... 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.518 Thacker found his scapegoat. 00:22:29.518 --> 00:22:31.085 ...that suggestions from the media 00:22:31.085 --> 00:22:33.609 over the past few months that the State of Alaska 00:22:33.609 --> 00:22:36.612 is somehow responsible for the death of Gloria Nanmac 00:22:36.612 --> 00:22:39.311 are both false and offensive. 00:22:39.311 --> 00:22:41.356 It's fake news, folks. 00:22:41.356 --> 00:22:44.751 The truth is, Ezra Fisher and Ezra Fisher alone 00:22:44.751 --> 00:22:48.537 killed Gloria, and for that, he will pay. 00:22:48.537 --> 00:22:50.452 No questions at this point. 00:22:50.452 --> 00:22:51.627 Governor! 00:22:51.627 --> 00:22:53.629 This guy. 00:22:53.629 --> 00:22:55.066 - Yeah. - Let's file this. 00:23:01.325 --> 00:23:02.935 I like stakeouts with you. 00:23:05.590 --> 00:23:07.592 Do we have to tell Stanley? 00:23:09.594 --> 00:23:11.378 You mean that we're involved? 00:23:11.378 --> 00:23:13.380 There are rules about this stuff. 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:16.383 I mean, are we supposed to inform HR? 00:23:16.383 --> 00:23:18.429 That's only if there's a power differential. 00:23:18.429 --> 00:23:19.996 Is there? 00:23:19.996 --> 00:23:23.260 I mean, I am a bit senior to you, 00:23:23.260 --> 00:23:25.001 but we're both reporters, 00:23:25.001 --> 00:23:27.177 and you do scare the hell out of me. 00:23:27.177 --> 00:23:29.179 Fear is good. 00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:30.484 Keeps things honest. 00:23:30.484 --> 00:23:32.704 Well, definitely gonna tell HR you said that. 00:23:32.704 --> 00:23:34.662 You do, and I'll destroy you. 00:23:37.404 --> 00:23:39.580 Look. 00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:42.061 Okay. Here we go. 00:23:46.022 --> 00:23:49.155 Well, cue the bad-guy music. 00:24:02.255 --> 00:24:04.649 No... 00:24:04.649 --> 00:24:06.259 Way. 00:24:10.655 --> 00:24:12.352 Hey, Stanley. 00:24:12.352 --> 00:24:14.615 Are you still in Anchorage? 00:24:14.615 --> 00:24:17.183 Yeah, I had some work to finish up. What's up? 00:24:17.183 --> 00:24:19.751 We just found out who's financing the new daily in town. 00:24:19.751 --> 00:24:21.405 It's your father. 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:26.323 My father? 00:24:26.323 --> 00:24:28.760 He's merging the Anchorage Eagle Blog 00:24:28.760 --> 00:24:31.110 with The Wasilla Gazette, 00:24:31.110 --> 00:24:33.330 and they're setting up their new office 00:24:33.330 --> 00:24:35.985 in the old Harlan Oil building. 00:24:38.857 --> 00:24:40.641 Aaron, I'd like to believe 00:24:40.641 --> 00:24:42.121 that this is just business, but-- 00:24:42.121 --> 00:24:43.427 It's not. 00:24:45.168 --> 00:24:46.647 It's personal. 00:24:46.647 --> 00:24:49.128 If I know my father, he's gonna come after us 00:24:49.128 --> 00:24:50.695 with everything he's got. 00:24:51.609 --> 00:24:53.785 That's how he works. 00:24:53.785 --> 00:24:56.222 You cut him, he destroys you. 00:24:56.222 --> 00:24:58.311 Understood. 00:25:00.705 --> 00:25:02.315 Thanks for calling, Stanley. 00:25:02.315 --> 00:25:03.360 You got it. 00:25:20.116 --> 00:25:22.031 What's up? 00:25:25.164 --> 00:25:27.732 They freed Toby and arrested Ezra. 00:25:29.386 --> 00:25:31.823 Why don't I feel any better? 00:25:31.823 --> 00:25:34.521 They're just symptoms, not the disease. 00:25:34.521 --> 00:25:36.393 We're not done yet. 00:25:42.834 --> 00:25:46.142 So, the moment of truth. 00:25:46.142 --> 00:25:48.187 Are you staying or going? 00:25:48.187 --> 00:25:51.060 Anchorage or New York? 00:25:52.887 --> 00:25:54.498 You first. 00:25:57.457 --> 00:25:59.198 I'm staying. 00:26:00.765 --> 00:26:04.464 The Post is a great paper. Love to live in D.C. 00:26:04.464 --> 00:26:07.554 But this is my community. 00:26:07.554 --> 00:26:09.252 I still have a lot of work to do here. 00:26:11.776 --> 00:26:13.778 The Alaskan is lucky to have you. 00:26:15.649 --> 00:26:17.521 Your turn. 00:26:21.307 --> 00:26:23.744 Saved by the DM. 00:26:23.744 --> 00:26:25.355 And it's a doozy. 00:26:25.355 --> 00:26:27.748 From someone called "Disillusioned." 00:26:27.748 --> 00:26:31.578 "You've shined a light in dark places, but you're not done yet. 00:26:31.578 --> 00:26:35.321 LRS192. Happy hunting." 00:26:35.321 --> 00:26:38.411 LRS192? What the hell's that? 00:26:38.411 --> 00:26:41.327 Um, all I'm getting is waste management, 00:26:41.327 --> 00:26:43.764 health services... 00:26:43.764 --> 00:26:45.505 road services. 00:26:45.505 --> 00:26:47.638 Ask them what we missed. 00:26:47.638 --> 00:26:49.379 "What do you mean, we're not done yet? 00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:50.945 What did we miss?" 00:26:53.252 --> 00:26:55.689 "They knew what to do. They just didn't do it." 00:26:55.689 --> 00:26:56.908 Who's they? 00:26:56.908 --> 00:26:59.780 "Who is they?" 00:27:01.478 --> 00:27:03.610 "Do your job. Investigate." 00:27:07.571 --> 00:27:08.789 Listen up, gang. 00:27:08.789 --> 00:27:11.705 Does anyone know what LRS192 means? 00:27:11.705 --> 00:27:13.272 Competition or a riddle? 00:27:13.272 --> 00:27:15.231 Both. Anyone? 00:27:15.231 --> 00:27:17.189 LRS192. 00:27:18.495 --> 00:27:20.497 Legislative Research Services. 00:27:20.497 --> 00:27:22.455 Ugh. I hate not winning. 00:27:22.455 --> 00:27:24.979 They publish reports for the Alaska Legislature. 00:27:24.979 --> 00:27:26.938 - Michael for the win. - He's right. 00:27:26.938 --> 00:27:28.287 Damn you, Michael. 00:27:28.287 --> 00:27:30.246 Anyone know where those records are kept? 00:27:30.246 --> 00:27:33.510 The Legislative Information Office on Minnesota and Benson. 00:27:33.510 --> 00:27:35.816 Got it. Thanks, guys. 00:27:45.217 --> 00:27:47.524 Uh, there is no report 192. 00:27:47.524 --> 00:27:50.309 No report 192? At all? 00:27:50.309 --> 00:27:52.224 Nope. Checked twice. 00:27:52.224 --> 00:27:55.401 Is there a report 191? 00:27:58.274 --> 00:28:00.319 Yep. Right here. 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.713 What about report 193? 00:28:05.846 --> 00:28:07.326 Yep. Got it. 00:28:07.326 --> 00:28:09.415 So it's only report 192 that's missing? 00:28:09.415 --> 00:28:10.895 Yep. Weird. 00:28:10.895 --> 00:28:12.984 Sorry. 00:28:12.984 --> 00:28:14.899 Thanks. 00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:16.292 It's me. 00:28:16.292 --> 00:28:18.642 - LRS192 is missing. - Hm. 00:28:18.642 --> 00:28:21.384 Maybe we pay one more visit to our old buddy Brenda. 00:28:23.603 --> 00:28:25.257 Commissioner Haynes will see you. 00:28:25.257 --> 00:28:26.345 She has five minutes. 00:28:26.345 --> 00:28:27.912 Should be enough. 00:28:34.310 --> 00:28:35.659 Maybe I should just have a standing appointment 00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.921 for you two. 00:28:36.921 --> 00:28:38.357 Thanks for squeezing us in. 00:28:38.357 --> 00:28:40.446 Well, actually, I'm just curious. 00:28:40.446 --> 00:28:41.795 What else could you possibly want? 00:28:41.795 --> 00:28:44.581 How about file LRS192? 00:28:44.581 --> 00:28:45.886 What is that? 00:28:45.886 --> 00:28:49.586 Legislative Research Service Report 192. 00:28:49.586 --> 00:28:52.328 We'd like to take a look at it, but it's missing. 00:28:52.328 --> 00:28:54.112 Files go missing. 00:28:54.112 --> 00:28:56.462 It might be missing 'cause someone didn't want it to be seen. 00:28:56.462 --> 00:28:57.898 We think this is important. 00:28:57.898 --> 00:29:00.336 - Are you familiar with it? - No, I'm not. 00:29:00.336 --> 00:29:02.729 It had something to do with the MMIW crisis. 00:29:02.729 --> 00:29:05.906 - Look, we have a-- - Task force. We know. 00:29:05.906 --> 00:29:07.604 Did you bury the report? 00:29:07.604 --> 00:29:10.694 Did you erase it from the LRS servers? 00:29:10.694 --> 00:29:13.392 You have no idea how this system works. 00:29:13.392 --> 00:29:14.741 So tell us. 00:29:14.741 --> 00:29:16.613 Look, Thacker just threw you under the bus 00:29:16.613 --> 00:29:17.875 at the press conference. 00:29:17.875 --> 00:29:19.572 This isn't the time to be a good soldier. 00:29:19.572 --> 00:29:21.792 The Governor and I have a great relationship. 00:29:21.792 --> 00:29:23.359 Do you? 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.708 I have a source in Juneau that tells me 00:29:24.708 --> 00:29:26.623 Thacker's shopping your job. 00:29:26.623 --> 00:29:28.059 Don't pull that crap with me. 00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.974 Brenda. 00:29:29.974 --> 00:29:32.063 This is one of those times in life. 00:29:32.063 --> 00:29:33.499 Do the right thing here. 00:29:33.499 --> 00:29:35.588 Be on the right side of history. 00:29:37.677 --> 00:29:39.505 I'm sorry, but I have another appointment. 00:29:39.505 --> 00:29:42.378 Mm. So am I. 00:29:47.513 --> 00:29:50.473 - Love that woman. - She's just the best. 00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.954 She didn't give it to you? 00:29:53.954 --> 00:29:55.652 Nope. 00:29:55.652 --> 00:29:57.393 You're Disillusioned. 00:29:57.393 --> 00:29:59.612 You DM'd me, didn't you, Mary Anne? 00:29:59.612 --> 00:30:00.874 I thought if I gave her the chance 00:30:00.874 --> 00:30:03.529 to do the right thing, she would. 00:30:03.529 --> 00:30:05.009 What's in the report? 00:30:07.577 --> 00:30:10.406 Real solutions to solve the MMIW crisis, 00:30:10.406 --> 00:30:11.798 and they just ignored it. 00:30:11.798 --> 00:30:13.409 Can you get us a copy? 00:30:13.409 --> 00:30:15.846 - No. - Who has it? 00:30:17.587 --> 00:30:19.850 Not sure. A lot of people saw it. 00:30:19.850 --> 00:30:22.374 The Governor's chief of staff, probably. 00:30:24.463 --> 00:30:25.986 She has one. 00:30:25.986 --> 00:30:28.598 But even if I could, I-I wouldn't give it to you. 00:30:28.598 --> 00:30:30.817 So you're a loyal whistleblower? 00:30:32.732 --> 00:30:34.038 Yeah. 00:30:34.038 --> 00:30:35.909 Guess I'm pretty messed up, huh? 00:30:38.738 --> 00:30:40.436 Don't stop, okay? 00:30:44.614 --> 00:30:48.400 So you think they created this report and then they ditched it? 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.794 - Why? - Money. Politics. 00:30:50.794 --> 00:30:52.448 Apathy. Racism. 00:30:52.448 --> 00:30:54.014 - All of the above. - Stay on it. 00:30:54.014 --> 00:30:56.016 It feels like this is at the heart of our reporting 00:30:56.016 --> 00:30:58.018 on the systemic problems. 00:30:58.018 --> 00:30:59.585 We need somebody to go on the record. 00:30:59.585 --> 00:31:01.021 - We go back to Mary Anne. - Doubt it. 00:31:01.021 --> 00:31:02.806 She's busted, and not in a good way. 00:31:02.806 --> 00:31:05.025 Is there a good version of busted? 00:31:05.025 --> 00:31:06.853 Me? 00:31:07.941 --> 00:31:09.421 I need caffeine. Anyone? 00:31:09.421 --> 00:31:11.423 - Always. Black. - All right. 00:31:15.558 --> 00:31:17.124 Eileen. 00:31:26.569 --> 00:31:29.528 Commissioner. Are you stalking me? 00:31:29.528 --> 00:31:31.791 My assistant quit today. 00:31:31.791 --> 00:31:35.447 She told me she's leaving public service altogether. 00:31:35.447 --> 00:31:38.798 Well, if it helps, she wouldn't turn on you. 00:31:38.798 --> 00:31:42.062 She told me she got into politics because of me. 00:31:42.062 --> 00:31:45.065 And I was also the reason she was leaving. 00:31:45.065 --> 00:31:46.763 Mary Anne cared. 00:31:46.763 --> 00:31:49.505 She believed she could make a difference. 00:31:49.505 --> 00:31:51.071 Now she doesn't. 00:31:51.071 --> 00:31:53.465 That's tough. I'm sorry. 00:31:58.122 --> 00:31:59.558 This is the report. 00:32:06.130 --> 00:32:09.263 Brenda, this is only good if we know who made it go away. 00:32:09.263 --> 00:32:11.657 - We need a-- - Bad guy? 00:32:11.657 --> 00:32:13.267 There isn't just one. 00:32:13.267 --> 00:32:16.836 An assistant or deputy or department head 00:32:16.836 --> 00:32:20.274 or chief of staff or deputy chief. 00:32:20.274 --> 00:32:23.930 Any one or all of them could have pulled it off the server. 00:32:23.930 --> 00:32:27.107 You don't need a bad guy when you've got a bad culture. 00:32:27.107 --> 00:32:29.240 We still need a reason. 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:31.764 You know the reason. 00:32:31.764 --> 00:32:34.550 It just wasn't a priority. 00:32:34.550 --> 00:32:36.116 It should have been. 00:32:36.116 --> 00:32:37.596 On the record? 00:32:39.293 --> 00:32:40.947 Yeah. 00:32:40.947 --> 00:32:43.559 On the damn record. 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.821 Thanks. 00:32:57.224 --> 00:32:59.444 "Two years ago, Gloria Nanmac's body 00:32:59.444 --> 00:33:01.533 was discovered under an overturned boat 00:33:01.533 --> 00:33:05.537 on the tundra three miles outside the village of Meade. 00:33:05.537 --> 00:33:07.713 Why her murder went unsolved for so long 00:33:07.713 --> 00:33:10.542 is a story of a broken system that has failed to protect 00:33:10.542 --> 00:33:14.198 Alaska Native women and men for centuries. 00:33:14.198 --> 00:33:16.722 The Daily Alaskan acquired a copy of a report 00:33:16.722 --> 00:33:19.899 delivered to Governor Thacker's administration that provided 00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:23.729 a litany of solutions for this broken system. 00:33:23.729 --> 00:33:26.906 They are straightforward. 00:33:26.906 --> 00:33:30.780 Improved healthcare access for Alaska Natives, 00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:34.131 increased trained policing for rural communities, 00:33:34.131 --> 00:33:39.789 investments in a DNA database to track repeat offenders, 00:33:39.789 --> 00:33:42.705 a functioning 911 system. 00:33:42.705 --> 00:33:45.577 The report was abandoned. 00:33:45.577 --> 00:33:48.580 Yet if any of these solutions had been implemented, 00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:51.931 Gloria Nanmac could be alive today." 00:33:52.628 --> 00:33:55.587 Let's get a read from Bob, then it goes to legal and copy. 00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:59.156 Guys, she's here. 00:34:08.992 --> 00:34:11.516 I'm sorry to interrupt your day, 00:34:11.516 --> 00:34:13.605 but I just wanted to take a moment 00:34:13.605 --> 00:34:15.520 to express my gratitude. 00:34:18.175 --> 00:34:20.612 When Eileen approached me 00:34:20.612 --> 00:34:24.181 about reporting on the murder of my daughter, Gloria, 00:34:24.181 --> 00:34:25.965 I slammed the door in her face. 00:34:28.098 --> 00:34:32.189 And then she returned with Roz, and I would have done the same, 00:34:32.189 --> 00:34:34.626 except there was no door to slam. 00:34:36.846 --> 00:34:40.980 So, I listened and watched 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:44.723 with growing admiration and awe 00:34:44.723 --> 00:34:46.638 as these two women, 00:34:46.638 --> 00:34:50.599 with your support, sought the truth. 00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:55.168 And just as the whale gives itself to us 00:34:55.168 --> 00:34:59.695 when our intentions are right, the truth gave itself to them. 00:35:02.045 --> 00:35:06.353 One or two people cannot land the mighty Agviq. 00:35:06.353 --> 00:35:09.966 It takes a committed crew. 00:35:09.966 --> 00:35:14.797 God willing, your work will prevent more of our women 00:35:14.797 --> 00:35:18.844 and men from suffering the same fate as my Gloria. 00:35:21.020 --> 00:35:24.067 Quyanaqpauraq uummatinmiñ. 00:35:24.067 --> 00:35:26.809 Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 00:35:29.376 --> 00:35:30.726 Quyanaq. 00:35:31.944 --> 00:35:33.816 Aaá. 00:35:35.382 --> 00:35:36.601 Quyanaq. 00:35:44.609 --> 00:35:45.958 Quyanaq. 00:35:45.958 --> 00:35:47.743 Thank you. Thank you. 00:36:57.987 --> 00:37:01.164 - I feel like... - Mm-hmm. Cheers. 00:37:15.004 --> 00:37:16.222 More! More, please! 00:37:19.356 --> 00:37:21.445 Tonight feels like a good night. 00:37:21.445 --> 00:37:23.316 Doesn't every night at the Beard? 00:37:23.316 --> 00:37:25.101 Definitely not. 00:37:25.101 --> 00:37:26.798 No. 00:37:26.798 --> 00:37:28.321 So, we going up tomorrow? 00:37:28.321 --> 00:37:30.802 I'd love to. Got a destination in mind? 00:37:30.802 --> 00:37:33.152 No, I'm not really much of a destination guy. 00:37:33.152 --> 00:37:36.242 You're more of a journey guy? 00:37:36.242 --> 00:37:39.898 No, I'm more of a "I'll do anything to spend more time with you" kind of guy. 00:37:39.898 --> 00:37:42.118 You got guts, Pilot Poet. 00:37:42.118 --> 00:37:43.728 And you're cute. 00:37:43.728 --> 00:37:45.121 Good combo. 00:37:45.121 --> 00:37:47.732 You guys Instagram official now? 00:37:47.732 --> 00:37:49.299 Insta-what? 00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:51.954 Just remember where it all started, Eileen from New York. 00:37:51.954 --> 00:37:53.825 How could I forget, Karla from Houston? 00:37:53.825 --> 00:37:55.827 Do you guys need anything else? 00:37:55.827 --> 00:37:57.742 I'll take a beer. On the rookie. 00:37:57.742 --> 00:37:59.396 You heard the lady. 00:37:59.396 --> 00:38:01.137 Coming right up. 00:38:01.137 --> 00:38:02.747 Welcome. 00:38:02.747 --> 00:38:05.141 Nice to see you two on, uh, Planet Earth. 00:38:05.141 --> 00:38:07.143 Yeah, we're Instacart officials. I don't know if you heard. 00:38:07.143 --> 00:38:08.361 It's very exciting. 00:38:08.361 --> 00:38:09.972 - Not even close. - No? 00:38:09.972 --> 00:38:11.538 - No. - Okay. 00:38:11.538 --> 00:38:13.149 Jamie, would you excuse us for a minute? 00:38:13.149 --> 00:38:16.239 I have some unfinished business with Ms. Fitzgerald. 00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:17.980 Uh, yeah. Sure. 00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:19.764 Due at the pool table anyway. 00:38:23.028 --> 00:38:25.770 So, it's time. 00:38:25.770 --> 00:38:26.945 What are you doing? 00:38:26.945 --> 00:38:28.860 Are you staying or are you going? 00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:30.862 Okay. 00:38:30.862 --> 00:38:32.211 You want an answer? 00:38:33.473 --> 00:38:35.562 I'll give you one. 00:38:35.562 --> 00:38:37.086 I'm sorry, Roz, but... 00:38:39.349 --> 00:38:40.567 ...I'm staying. 00:38:40.567 --> 00:38:43.396 I knew it. 00:38:43.396 --> 00:38:45.398 You can't live without me. 00:38:45.398 --> 00:38:47.792 That, and I feel like this place 00:38:47.792 --> 00:38:50.229 can use all the help it can get. 00:38:50.229 --> 00:38:52.536 Uh, hey, everybody. 00:38:52.536 --> 00:38:55.800 First official press release from the Anchorage Eagle. 00:38:57.454 --> 00:38:59.804 Compliments of Conrad Pritchard. 00:39:02.111 --> 00:39:03.895 "Coming in three months, 00:39:03.895 --> 00:39:06.811 the daily paper Alaskans deserve. 00:39:06.811 --> 00:39:09.814 In print and online, The Anchorage Eagle." 00:39:11.337 --> 00:39:13.122 Okay, well, say what you guys want. 00:39:13.122 --> 00:39:15.428 The Pritchard family keeps things interesting. 00:39:15.428 --> 00:39:17.430 Yes, we do. 00:39:18.910 --> 00:39:20.433 You should get down now. 00:39:20.433 --> 00:39:22.044 - Yeah, that's good advice. - Yeah, very. 00:39:24.524 --> 00:39:26.570 Well... 00:39:26.570 --> 00:39:29.268 To address the elephant in the room, 00:39:29.268 --> 00:39:31.357 the rumors are true. 00:39:31.357 --> 00:39:34.056 My father is creating a paper to rival ours. 00:39:35.884 --> 00:39:38.147 It's personal for him. He wants a war. 00:39:38.147 --> 00:39:39.888 That's how he operates. 00:39:41.150 --> 00:39:43.152 And as your publisher, I will tell you right now, 00:39:43.152 --> 00:39:44.936 he will not get one. 00:39:46.329 --> 00:39:51.856 Instead, we are gonna continue to do what this paper does best. 00:39:51.856 --> 00:39:56.905 We will pursue the truth fearlessly, without favor. 00:39:58.080 --> 00:39:59.951 We will give voice to the voiceless, 00:39:59.951 --> 00:40:03.607 and we will shine a light on crime and corruption. 00:40:03.607 --> 00:40:05.478 If we make a mistake, 00:40:05.478 --> 00:40:08.264 we'll correct it and learn from it. 00:40:11.310 --> 00:40:14.966 But we will not back down. 00:40:14.966 --> 00:40:17.012 And we will never, ever quit. 00:40:18.361 --> 00:40:20.885 Huzzah! 00:40:23.018 --> 00:40:24.149 Huzzah! 00:40:30.416 --> 00:40:32.897 I didn't know this was still a thing. 00:40:32.897 --> 00:40:34.551 Once in a while. 00:40:34.551 --> 00:40:37.554 When a story reminds me why I became a journalist. 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:42.298 Thanks for showing up in my lobby. 00:40:42.298 --> 00:40:45.301 The most reckless thing I've ever done. 00:40:45.301 --> 00:40:46.519 Ditto. 00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:48.217 And that's saying something. 00:40:48.217 --> 00:40:50.654 But I never doubted it. 00:40:50.654 --> 00:40:52.090 I did. 00:40:56.573 --> 00:40:59.271 What is it about this place, Alaska? 00:40:59.271 --> 00:41:05.321 It's huge and empty and dark and bright and... 00:41:05.321 --> 00:41:08.324 like nowhere else, 00:41:08.324 --> 00:41:12.284 yet somehow, I still feel like... 00:41:14.547 --> 00:41:16.071 Like you're part of something? 00:41:17.637 --> 00:41:21.380 Yeah. That. It's nice. 00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:23.556 Good story, guys. 00:41:23.556 --> 00:41:25.210 Chuck. Thank you. 00:41:25.210 --> 00:41:26.385 Anytime. 00:41:29.954 --> 00:41:31.390 Still warm. 00:41:39.485 --> 00:41:41.574 Sure looks good. 00:41:41.574 --> 00:41:44.055 It does. 00:41:44.055 --> 00:41:45.230 And so does that.