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Avery:
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Jack, what brings you down to news?
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Brian Williams:
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Hey, C.N.B.C. Nightly News rules.
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Avery:
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Go break a story, Williams!
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Brian Williams:
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Jack:
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Avery, I have some information for you. But in exchange, I need you to do something for me.
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Avery:
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Okay. I told you last night, no. Why would you even want to braid my hair?
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Jack:
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Because it's romantic and I'm really good at it. But this is strictly professional. I saw Don Geiss' schedule. And you're right. There is something going on. And I know where.
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Avery:
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This is Jack Welch's address in Connecticut. But Don Geiss was seen last night at the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia.
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Jack:
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Decoys. Or he could have driven back by now.
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Avery:
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Jack:
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In return, here's how you're going to report it. ''Geiss Fights Off Buyout, ''Keeps Company Intact, Makes This Gesture''.
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Avery:
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Jack, I can't do that. Because this deal is happening. And if Don Geiss is fighting it, You should start distancing yourself from him.
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Jack:
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Distancing myself? That man is my mentor. He taught me how to command a room with my voice.
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Avery:
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Back to work! All I'm saying is, the writing's on the wall. Do you think it was easy for me to cut ties from my old mentor, Pat O'Brien, after he shaved his moustache?
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Avery:
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So this is what you do to people? You use them, and then you throw them aside?
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Avery:
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That is not fair. This is not about us.
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Jack:
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This is about us. I came here asking you to help me.
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Avery:
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And I'm trying to help you. Being Don Geiss' guy just became a liability.
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Jack:
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I have spent 30 years trying to be that guy.
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Avery:
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But you're never going to be! Because no one is! That world doesn't exist anymore! You're making me sound just like my mother!
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Jack:
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Someone like you couldn't possibly understand.
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Avery:
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Jack:
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I'm going to Connecticut. I'm going to stand by my man. Which is the song that I sang to Don at his promotion dinner.
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