Man, those boys can't breath. I told you, no gold. Man, that's my brother. You ain't your brother. Man, you better keep my head back, punk.
He ain't no punk.
Ah, that's my bad leg.
I'm sorry. I-I-Is that right?
I told you I'm gonna make fun of him.
Get down! Get down!
Ah, that old boy, that's the death train.
They shoot at us, the men and women. They don't like us trespassing.
We cool, man?
Go put this hand in your pocket.
Yeah, we like ice, man.
You're in too much.
Yeah, but let's see you sinking from frequently.
Back, baby. Give me that hand.
Uh-uh. This ain't no three points. Three points is back here.
Cootie!
Ain't no way. Ain't no way.
Money. Money.
Man, you were smooth. Looked just like Michael Jordan.
Yeah, he the best, ain't he?
Better than Dominique Wilkins?
Hey, where you from?
Intermantleman, Mississippi.
I should've stayed there.
Levy, I'm tired. When are we going home?
I told you we weren't ready. Quit aggravating.
Why we take a long way home anyway?
Because only a fool gonna cross diamonds.
Now go!
What's this?
Money?
Bring your money!
What's this?
Money?
Bring your money!
Money!
Give that to me.
Give me that.
How are we doing?
Uh-uh.
Uh-uh?
Uh-uh.
All right.
Are you hitting me on my booty?
What's the deal with that, you know?
You liking me alone?
Take it easy.
Yes, you do.
Hey, what's up?
Come on.
Man.
What's up, man? Can I talk to him?
He know I'm good for money, man.
He know I'm gonna give him his money.
What's up, Green Pete?
This my little brother. See, I'm a family man.
Talk to him.
You coming home for dinner tonight?
Maybe, man.
Mama Shaw would like to see you. You know today be special.
Well, maybe I'll come, but for now, get out of here.
Come on, man.
Monday, okay? I'm gonna give him his properties.
You know it, man.
Come on, you two kids.
You been knowing me ever since. Man, we was shorty.
Hey, man, come here.
I'll give you the great late thunder, little bro.
Dark man's the name.
Somebody want to talk to you.
Jay Stone want to talk to you, man.
Who's that?
The governor.
What's up?
We out here.
Don't you ever get down with that, you hear me?
I won't.
Promise?
I promise.
All right.
The real ain't setting no good example for you, but I am.
Hey.
Mama, what's the place?
Hey, Mr. Potter.
Hey, Lani.
Oh, man.
Hey, Mr. Potter, how you feeling?
Yeah, it's nice.
Hey.
Yeah.
Surprise!
That's why we couldn't come home.
Happy birthday, Agave.
I love you in a place where there's no space or time.
I love you for my life
because you're a friend of mine.
And now we're alone
and I'm singing this song to you.
Mama.
Make a wish.
God, please.
Untie my tongue.
You know what?
Candles don't matter because God hears everything.
All I want is to talk straight.
Man, you see that?
J. Stone wouldn't give Daryl the time of day,
but he talked to me like that.
Guess he can see how really bad I am, huh?
I heard J. Stone don't talk to nobody.
Man, I don't bad-alla nobody.
That's why he gave my brother some junk.
How did he look?
Like a Stone Cold original gangster.
Tell you what, I had to do shit.
Really?
Yeah. When you were saved, you cool like that.
You were saved?
I will be next week.
That's when I'm getting initiated.
Homie, I'm getting blessed.
Right about now, me and Jessie, just like me and Juan.
Juan's the only shit I can count on.
She's faithful, she's family,
and that's what J. Stone is now.
That's just the cold, man.
When they like you, they take care of you.
Man, you sure you can hang out?
Yeah.
What?
Your mama don't worry about you anymore or something?
Yeah, but you know, my stepfather just got a house.
I thought I'd just give him some room.
Not that I'm gonna weigh anything,
but I just thought I might be cool.
You think they're making some more babies?
You never know, man.
Come on, man, let's take the quick way to my house.
Yo, man, we can't cross the dam.
Man, what you talking about?
It ain't no sweat, I protect the size of the truth going on.
Hey, what up with that shorty?
Now you better turn that head straight, boy.
What?
Why you talking your stuff from over there?
Because I know you don't want to fight.
Out with all y'all ass.
What you want to do?
Come on, come on.
You want to mess with Dog Man and get your butt kicked?
What you got a belt for?
If you're going to be a savior, you'll fight me head up.
Shut up.
You ain't nothing, savers ain't jacked no way.
Why you talking your stuff from over there?
You think I'm going to be scared of you shorty?
Come on.
Man, I'm a little ma.
Why you taking your gun off?
You want to give me a whooping or something?
Do it.
Get you. Do it.
One, two, three.
Lafayette!
Thank God it wasn't none of my...
Durell.
Girl, Durell been on the streets long enough to know how to take care of himself.
You're right.
He yours.
Hey cat, you got me my own cat?
Yeah, his name is useless.
And that is just what he is.
Banana, look at him.
Yeah, I guess he is kind of precious.
But I'm glad I don't have to live here with him.
Why don't you take your sisters and you all go play?
Stone.
Girl, I don't know how you stand that thing.
I really ain't got much of a choice, Lafayette.
Mama, you know what?
I'm going to buy you a brand new one.
Mama, do you hear me?
Yeah, I hear you, baby.
I'm going to buy you a brand new everything.
Just as soon as I get out of college.
Oh, I know you will.
And one day,
there's going to be piles to the sky
of five dollar bills.
See?
This is to prove it.
Where'd you get this?
Stadium.
Mama, you made
all my favorites.
And why wouldn't I since it's one of my
favorite days.
Pinch me quick, I must be dreaming.
Come on in here, Darrell.
I hope you hungry, child.
We got plenty of food. Ain't you going to say
happy birthday to your brother?
Look what Lafayette got me. Me useless.
Happy birthday.
Mama.
Mama, could you spot me a dime?
Come on, y'all. We having us a family
dinner. I ain't got nothing but plenty
of food. Mama, I see you
stuffing money in your pocket. Mama, come on. Now I'm hurting.
Honey, that's Lafayette's money.
All I got is some good old juicy ham.
You know I'm good for it.
Yeah, I know.
Good for nothing.
I'll get it. Rochelle.
Here.
This is all I got.
Now, what you want to eat. Sit down.
A dollar and fifty-eight cents, Mama.
Now I'm your son and you're going to give me a dollar
and fifty-eight cents.
Do you want to give me
a stroke?
This is Pharaoh's day, Darrell.
And I'm going to give you a dollar
and fifty-eight cents.
Do you want to give me
a stroke?
This is Pharaoh's day, Darrell.
And you know it. This ain't your
day. You act like it.
Mama, I gotta go.
This dog, man.
What is wrong?
Lafayette's dog.
What is wrong?
Lafayette's dog.
Take care.
Oh.
Lafayette's dog.
The truce is over.
Ellie, come on.
Come on, Wanda.
Come on.
This house is going to kill me.
What am I supposed to do?
Send this behind the back side of your mouth.
I'll leave you first. Leave me?
I'll leave you in a hot second.
Get out. Don't you touch me again.
It ain't nothing. My stepfather
is still getting used to having me around.
I guess I'll sit out here for a while.
Wanda's probably hurting real bad right now.
Come on.
Lafayette,
we're walking on, man.
Can I tell you that I sent in to go
to music college?
Don't look back, Lafayette.
Listen to me. Did you hear me?
Look, Lafayette, don't look back, all right?
Why does it got to be like this?
I don't know, man.
It's just the way it is, all right?
Mama?
Yeah, baby?
Is Dog Man going to be all right?
Yeah, he's going to be just fine
because he's going to heaven.
They got stores in heaven.
No, honey.
Then how do you eat these?
Would you just shut up?
You don't know what you're talking about.
Well, you can eat
because everything in heaven is for free.
Dog Man got shot
because he was in the games, right?
Shut up!
You can't tell me to shut up?
Yes, I can because you're studying, you stupid.
Lafayette.
All right, baby.
That's okay.
I know that's not funny.
No, you don't.
You talk just fine.
Mama,
if everything in heaven be free,
why don't we move there?
Get down, Vanessa!
Vanessa!
Why can't you just get us out of here?
If you don't, somebody's going to get killed.
I can feel it.
Why can't you just get us out of here?
I will, baby.
Let's go.
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It's a dream.
There's nobody
who can beat me.
I'm screaming.
Oh, I'm singing.
I'm singing.
It's an adventure.
Super, super, super
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It appears...
I'll see if you're glad that she's dead.
the world of high fashion...
Drag me down here for this.
has taken a stumble.
And it seems...
She was fighting. Tell her.
the glamour and gloss...
I don't think I can handle it anymore.
is only skin deep.
The price they have to pay.
I'll make it worth your while.
The rules they have to break.
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And the lies they have to tell.
I'm a believer in fate, Ms. Spencer.
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Models, Inc. Tuesday.
Hey, check it out.
FD Queen.
Put it out.
Hi, mister.
Thank you.
Thank you, mister.
Thank you, ma'am.
You got a real pretty lady here.
She don't need to ride no car
with no stereo.
I'll watch the car for five dollars.
I'm negotiable.
Your car's in good hands.
Hey, look there.
Step to it, little bro.
How you havin'?
Fine.
You gettin' paid tonight?
You know who I am?
Who don't?
Boy, smile. That's right.
I used to work this same.
There's a better way, little brother.
You know that, don't you?
How much you got?
Four dollars.
Four dollars?
You can make five times that in one hour working for me.
Well, I gotta give back to watching cars
because I give all my customers a guarantee.
Yo, little brother.
When you're ready to get on the set,
you look me up.
Mrs. Rivers?
Yes.
Are you still married to John Paul Rivers?
Yes.
But he no longer lives with you?
He only comes by to get mail.
We have evidence that your husband,
who is employed, claims your residence as his home.
We have joint income tax returns
in both your names from 1987 onward.
Did you report this to the agency?
No, I didn't.
You didn't?
No.
He received unemployment benefits for 38 weeks
at your apartment.
His driver's license indicates a stress
as your apartment.
He's been served a court summons at your apartment.
Do you disagree with any of these statements?
No.
Fraud.
Do you know that word, Mrs. Rivers?
It's a crime.
I'm sorry.
We have no choice but to cut off your benefits.
Do you have any questions?
How am I supposed to feed my children?
John Paul!
John Paul Rivers!
What are you doing here?
Wanting to get sick?
They want to be, and they starve to death.
They're cutting off my benefits
because they think you're living with us.
Did you tell them I'm just using it as a mailing address?
I told them.
They didn't believe me.
Can't this wait till later?
It's always later for you, my children.
Hungry now.
Look, why are you going to come on my job talking to me like this?
I just got this job.
I got two hours of work left.
Do you think they're going to give you your welfare benefits back in two hours?
I'm so sick and tired of you.
You're trying to make life better for your children.
What are you doing?
In case you didn't notice, I'm trying to work.
I know that I've got to pull my own weight.
I know I've got to put food on my children's table.
The hell you do.
Your children get no support from you at all.
And you ain't even going to keep this job.
You know...
I love a sister who supports her man.
My man!
I come around, don't I?
At least my kids know who their daddy is.
Which is more than I can say for most of those kids that I love.
Let's go!
Take away your children.
I'm not going to let you get away with this.
Take away your children's welfare.
They've been off without a daddy!
Ain't no money coming in.
What am I supposed to do?
What am I supposed to do now?
I'll do the worrying, okay?
Okay.
I'll be worrying for you.
May I have this dance?
Mm-hmm.
Maybe I'll quit school.
Mama.
Don't you even think about it.
Diploma would be the first step toward getting our welfare.
And you're going to take that first step.
You're going to be somebody.
Mama.
Tell me how I used to be.
Well...
This building was like a...
...castle.
Brand new red brick and...
...walls so clean...
...they sparkled.
Windows too.
All the lights...
...were none of them blown out.
Elevators worked and people weren't scared to get on them.
Walked down the hallway.
I remember we moved here.
Outside it was the greenest grass...
...I'd ever seen.
It looked like a garden.
It was the greenest grass...
...I'd ever seen.
Little bitty old red flowers.
We was the first people to move in.
The Rivers family.
Wasn't even hearting no street lights.
And people were nice.
No!
He was tossing cars left and right.
Toe up the table.
All right.
My toilet broke right now and I couldn't afford a pot to piss in.
My pockets are bare.
I made enough to feed my babies for about three days.
If you keep that up every night you'll be making your benefits animal.
Well, gotta lose some time, Rochelle.
Just hope this last I figure out what to do next.
Your luck won't quit.
Would you get over this pity packing?
Talk about Mr. Parker.
Mr. Parker, who's he?
Worked for the housing authority.
Early got Benita Charles out.
He's the one that got Benita Charles out to projects.
Got to introduce me.
No!
Girl, you must be tripping.
My hair ain't working, my face ain't fixing.
I couldn't even grease these heels back on my swollen feet.
And you know I don't talk to no man without my heels.
Besides, it's too late.
Probably going to another fancy meeting.
I could see me driving that car.
Fine.
I'll introduce myself.
Mr. Parker!
I know this seems strange.
I'm not a strange woman.
I'm a mother with five kids.
I live here in Horner.
I need to talk to you.
Excuse me, Miss...Rivers.
What about?
I heard what you did for Benita Charles.
And?
I need you to do the same thing for me, Mr. Parker.
I need you to get me the head of that housing list.
I know it's going to cost me.
I know it's unfair, but we got to get out of here.
There's a hundred dollar registration fee.
I got eighty-seven fifty.
Not a hundred dollars, Miss Rivers.
Now this isn't easy, and there are administrative fees.
I have it.
Just tell me when.
I'll give you a balance.
Bless you, Mr. Parker.
Bless you.
So when you hear the good news?
Twelve noon today, man.
Went to the mailbox of another brother in Horner.
Came back a college freshman.
So what's up, man?
Can I come visit?
Sure, man.
Yo, check this out.
This one for you, all right?
I love doing it on Fridays.
Watch me, Mom. It's the Percolator.
Go ahead.
You're going to let your little brother show you up.
Come on out here and dance.
Come on, chicken leg.
I want to dance. I want to look.
Come on, lady. Let's dance.
Dance, loppy. Dance, loppy.
Dance, loppy.
Who is this?
Come on now, who is this? I ain't played this game since I was a child.
You're still a child to me.
What are you doing here?
I'm sorry.
No, really. I told you. So what?
Shh.
Just dance with me.
I can't dance to this fast old music.
We'll dance slow.
To this music?
Oh, shit.
Shit.
Where you going?
I ain't having no fun no more.
An impropriety.
Two of you were carrying on a romantic liaison during the trial.
Snares Tommy and the lady judge.
I'll see you in court.
Arnie defends his honor.
My desire for spiritual guidance was sincere.
Yes. I want to see you naked.
Converted. I have sexual desire.
The converted.
I'm curious about doing things that good Christian girls don't do.
While Daniel is caught.
You gotta let them do this.
Between a rock and a hard place.
I know you're innocent.
L.A. Law, 8.30 Thursday on 10.
Oh, no.
Mmm.
My husband needs carpeting.
Well, it's La Corne's. Adelaide's biggest range.
From $19 a meter.
Oh, no. We only have the best.
That's Feltex. Pure New Zealand wool.
Expensive.
Normally yes, but La Corne's Feltex is near half price.
Feltex? Half price?
What's wrong with it?
La Corne's bought 3,000 meters, nearly half price.
I'll ask my husband.
Feltex, half price. He'll take it.
And by the way, he's my ex-husband.
Oh.
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Oh, my God. And here's the house.
You can go by and see it tomorrow.
You want it? I do. I do.
Good, good, good.
Now, we just need one more thing.
Anything you say.
Your public aid information?
Now, you are a recipient, aren't you?
Good, good.
Now, just be sure and have your case number
with you when you go.
A CHA representative will meet you at the house
for verification of your status.
Okay?
All right.
You're all set.
Let's go.
Where you been?
Staying.
I made seven dollars this afternoon
and ten last night.
At this rate, we're gonna be moving out of here real soon.
Scaring people into letting you watch
their cars then leaving.
There's gotta be a better way.
But I really do watch their cars, Miss Rochelle.
Y'all stop on that lift!
Y'all better use this
or in a minute, I mean it.
Or go on back into your tent. Camp ain't over yet.
Now, that is a fruitcake.
Where's the money?
Would y'all stop me?
Where's the money, Miss Rochelle?
Should be where your mama always keep it.
Were y'all messing with this picture?
No. No.
Somebody stole it.
What's up?
Welcome back, John Paul.
John Paul.
Hi, John Paul.
Are you gonna live with us?
John Paul, John Paul.
Damn, y'all make a man feel loved.
You too, knucklehead.
Don't let him fool you.
Who you talking about?
If that money doesn't show up, I'm gonna snap.
At who you gonna snap on, huh?
Huh?
Who you talking about?
It's probably around the house. I suggest that you look for it.
Come on, kids. Let's go play.
You took your deal.
Took what?
The money we've been saving.
I'll be needing your money.
You'll be needing that money. You wanna go to the liquor store and hang with all them other drunks.
John Paul, no!
Mama, tell him to stay out of the house.
Tell him I'm the man out of the house.
Jo.
You better put him in his place before I do.
Make him leave, Mama.
He stole our money.
You know I wouldn't take nothing from this house.
You lying. You ain't nobody lying drunk.
I told you to watch your mouth.
What happened to the money, damn, Mama?
I spent it.
You spent the money we've been saving.
And didn't even tell me.
We ain't ever gonna get out of here.
Always.
I spent it on hope, Lafay.
Lafay, I spent...
Hope.
What are you doing here?
I lost my job.
I need a place to stay for a few days.
A few days?
Turn into a few weeks.
A few weeks turn into a few months.
I ain't doing it, JP.
Look, it's just for a few days.
You can stay.
But you sure is pitiful.
No wonder your children don't call you daddy.
Patience.
P
A
S
T I
E
N
C E
Patience.
Real good.
Now, go get your pajamas on.
And see if the twins are still asleep or whether they're up.
My boy.
Everybody in this house can walk.
We don't need more crutches.
What is wrong with you?
Stop it. Stop it, JP.
Come on now. Stop it.
This is your solution to everything.
You smell like cheap wine.
Oh, this wine got me feeling fine.
Mmm.
Smells so sweet. Make a man remember.
My perfume, about the only thing around here,
ain't changed.
I remember us sitting out on the lawn when
Horner was a different place.
That is showing off history.
Well, it's still clear in my mind.
We'll just be looking up at the stars
and the moon,
tossing wishes God's way.
I remember you used to say we had
our own window in the universe.
Yeah.
We'll just be
dreaming about our family.
You wishing for a backyard full of gold.
You always said your children deserve to play
in a field of daisies.
They still do.
You wanted your own box of bank.
My life is full of coda bins.
Just like me and you, baby.
Whatever happened to us?
I realized I couldn't trust a drunk.
Jo!
Get that glass up.
Bad habits done. Cut my children open.
Listen to the way you talk to me. That guy's never nothing to you.
And you wonder why I drink.
Don't throw on me the burden of your sinful ways.
Ain't no talking to you, LaJo Rivers.
Never was!
You okay, JP?
Going back inside.
Don't be sad.
You'll get your job back.
Come here.
Hey!
JP?
Why do you drink? What do you get out of it?
I guess it makes me feel happy.
Don't we make you feel happy?
Yeah.
Then you can stop drinking.
It bothers you that much, honey?
You are something else, you know that?
You know, I want so much for you all.
It just seems I can't get you nothing.
It makes me feel dead.
Cold and dead.
I love you, Daddy.
I love you too.
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An innocent baby.
She needs a home.
Abandoned by her mother.
She needs a family.
Rejected by society.
No one wants a baby who's going to die.
Sentenced to death.
Nobody wants her.
I want her.
Academy Award winner, Sissy Spacek.
What do I have to do to be a foster mother?
Mary Louise Parker.
I don't want her calling me mama. I'm her mother.
And Joan Plower.
Who's this child have AIDS?
A compelling movie premiere.
You're one beautiful kid.
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A-D-A-M-A-N-C. Admit.
Correct.
Adjust.
Adjust. A-D-J-U-S-T.
Correct.
Endurance.
Take your time, Pharaoh. You can do it.
E-N-D-U.
What's wrong?
Your record scratch?
Class, please.
I gotta go.
Okay, bye, Lassie.
What's up, aggravating?
Why are you squeezed up against the wall?
They make fun of me laughing.
They think I'm stupid.
You ain't stupid.
It's just that your brain thinks so fast,
your mouth can't keep up.
And you make straight A's, now don't you?
All right, then.
See, you a genius.
You just gotta start toughening up.
You got to.
But I don't know how.
No.
Punch.
Lassie, there gotta be a better way.
Harder.
I ain't never gonna fight.
I'm gonna be nice to people.
Being nice to people don't matter.
Harder.
No.
You know what they did to Darmin?
They killed him.
I don't want to know this.
I'm too young to know this.
You don't gotta worry about no gangs, aggravating.
I promise.
I'm gonna take care of you.
That's all right, man.
Maybe next time.
Come on, dog.
Come on.
Come on, baby.
Hey.
Oh, no.
Move, fellas.
Get out.
Save us in the house.
We're out.
You know.
Come on, baby.
Hey.
Oh, no.
Move, fellas.
Get out.
Save us in the house.
We're out.
You know.
Come on, baby.
All right.
Do it.
All right.
Come on, please.
Come on, baby.
Come on.
Come on, baby.
Stay right here, OK?
Don't move.
I'll teach you what bad is.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Oh, man, you bombed me.
Bombed me.
Who you trying to impress, huh?
We have what you only can save us time.
Hey, he taught you how to jet.
Michael Jordan himself.
I'll teach y'all some moves.
Yo, lock, throw me my ball.
Man, Michael Jordan will go no farther.
Throw me my ball, man.
Throw me my ball.
To me, bro.
I'm pushing on you.
Loud.
I told you, man.
Loud.
I told you before.
I'm telling you.
Go on.
Do you let these gangs get you?
Come on.
They ain't worth it.
I thought you were stiff, but you ain't.
You just like them.
Hold up.
Come here, man.
Hold up.
So why you fighting your friends, huh?
I ain't got no friends.
I just got associates.
Oh.
Oh, is that all I am is an associate?
No, but you leaving.
Kevin.
Take care of her, all right?
Come on.
Man, do you know what this is called?
This is called graffiti, man.
You can get busted.
Look, chill.
Man, why you tripping?
Come on, man.
Let's go.
Now, they gonna know I'm coming.
Yeah.
Man, what you talking about?
What you bring me up here for anyway?
Come here, man.
Come here.
What is this?
It's the city.
No, not just the city.
The world.
I want you to know I'm not just leaving you live.
I'm showing you where you can go, man.
But what if I never get there?
I hate this place.
I can get aced out tomorrow.
I can't even cross Damon without you.
I can't do nothing.
You lucky that gives you respect.
You don't want that respect.
You don't need that respect.
You be your own man, all right?
You walk to your own base beat.
I'm trying to say you a trip, G.
You have to learn the painful way,
just like too many other brothers,
because nobody took the time out to teach me.
You went to jail?
Yeah.
It wasn't nothing like it, man.
I saw brothers dying, La.
Man, they was dying inside.
I tell you, I'll put a gun in my own head
before I go back there again.
So you see, man, I was trying to say you a trip, G.
No day is gonna come.
It's gonna come, La, but until it do,
I want you to take the long way home, all right?
Come here, man.
All right, go.
Don't tell nobody I did that.
All right.
Mama, if there's a surprise,
if there's a surprise over there, what is it?
Hold on.
Get on the sidewalk.
Vanessa, get out of them people's yard.
Come on here.
Y'all stay together.
Wow, Mama, it is beautiful here.
It sure is.
Now, anybody go asking about our benefits,
you let me do the talking, okay?
Okay.
Excuse me, sir, could you tell us
where 8131 Marquette Street is?
Well, this is 8129.
There is no 8131.
If there were, it would be there.
Come on.
Come on, let's go, let's go.
The surprise must be over there.
The surprise is over here.
You done lost the money, didn't you?
It's gone, ain't it?
You done spent the money on something.
It must be a mistake.
It ain't no mistake, Mama.
Look.
What's the use of trying to do right?
We ain't ever gonna be nothing.
What's the use, huh?
Mama, where's the surprise?
Where is it?
There ain't no surprise.
Where's the surprise?
Luffy?
Where's the surprise?
Hush up, come on.
Where is it?
Where's the surprise?
What's wrong?
Where's the surprise?
Are you gonna be all right, Mama?
What's the matter?
Something happen to Luffy?
Can I speak to Mr. Parker, please?
Oh.
Mr. James Parker.
He's got to work.
What do you mean he doesn't?
Mr. James Parker.
Fine.
Oh, by myself.
Slowly.
I can't do this.
I can't.
Not the preserves.
That is pretty good.
Mama, don't give up on us.
Why would you think I'd do a thing like that?
I don't know.
Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
God, please, make everything better.
I notice people's praise every night,
and you probably got a whole bunch of things you got to do,
but please, don't forget about us.
People's getting real sad around here,
and I just want you to make them smile
when you get a chance.
Amen.
That was beautiful, Farrah.
That was really beautiful.
Did you pray tonight, Mama?
Always.
Then we don't have nothing to worry about,
because God hears everything.
Remember?
Yeah, remember.
Night, Mama.
Night, baby.
Hey, Luffy, man, what's up?
Look, man, don't say nothing to me, all right?
Man, that's whack. You're my boy.
Why you dissing me, man?
You like my ride?
Come on, check it out, man.
I'll check you.
So where you going?
Secret.
Man, lose, pig.
Come on, let's go grab some fries.
I ain't got no money.
You see this?
I tried to put some money in your pocket.
I picked this up just last night.
I was saying to buy my mama a refrigerator.
I already got a freezer.
Come on, we got lots to talk about.
Soon we'll go grab some fries,
and I'll tell you all about the money-making, boy.
This day, boys being boys,
but when a lucky punch
ends in tragedy...
Is he dead, Jerry?
Yeah.
Friendships are put to the test.
You arrest me, you arrest me in front of our friends.
...while a drive-by murder...
Bullets got to have come from another car.
...raises Andy's suspicions.
You know more about your wife's death
than you've told me about your husband.
You know more about your husband's death
than you've told me about your husband.
You know more about your husband's death
than you've told me about your husband.
You know more about your wife's death
than you've told the police.
And Kelly rekindles an old flame.
I've been thinking about you a lot.
Has all been forgiven?
I didn't feel like I had any other choice
but to do what I did.
NYPD Blue, 930 Thursday.
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He called me.
Preparation.
P-R-E-P-O-R.
Hi, Mrs. Denfri.
What are you doing?
Studying the dictionary.
I figure if I know my words and I study them real hard,
then I won't get nervous or I won't stutter when I try to spell.
I think you might be on this thing.
I think so, too.
Where's your brother been lately?
I don't think he likes school no more.
I don't think he likes nothing no more.
Lucky it's gonna be fine, Cheryl. You just keep studying.
You've got a lot to get prepared for.
Really? Like what?
Graduation.
You're number one in the fourth grade English class.
That means you've got to give the motivational speech.
Me? I'm gonna make graduation real loud.
Sometimes it takes me ten minutes just to get one word out.
Well, I think we'll be right on schedule.
And you know what else?
What?
I want you to write that speech.
Try, try, try, try.
That's good useless, right?
I thought so.
What you working on?
Graduation speech.
Graduation's over a month away.
I know, but I better start now.
Hey, mister! How you doing?
Can we watch the car while you go see the gang?
No.
I sure hit buff something that happened to your truck, mister.
What?
Are you trying to scare me into paying you?
Forget it.
Dad! Come and check out all these tapes he gave.
Dad!
I ain't seen that meanin' station in one place except for the record store.
That music, too.
White boy must be down. I bet he got some gin.
Come on, they're here.
I ain't got, girl.
Success comes to those who ain't given a chance.
Do their very best and work hard to advance.
Here it comes.
Hold it, hold it, hold it.
Okay, just stand back.
All right, it's clear, it's coming in.
Okay.
Joy, Joy!
He wave it at me.
He wave at you, he wave at me.
Shut up, punk, he wave at me.
He want me to do wave at him, please.
He got something.
Come on, come on, come on, come on.
Hey, you, stop!
Come on, man, run, run.
I'll be out, man.
Come on, run, run.
Right, right, right.
You're right behind me.
You got me, man.
Oh, well, I don't want to get caught, man.
Come on, run like a pro.
Come on, run.
I'll be out, man.
Oh, well, I don't want to get caught, man.
Come on, run like a pro.
Quiet.
I ain't do nothing.
Quiet.
I ain't do nothing.
These people obviously don't know how to listen, do you, my boy?
When I say quiet, I mean quiet.
I asked the man in the park, Scott, and he said no.
So I just moved on.
So you didn't break into the car?
No.
So how'd you come by that radio part they found on you?
I didn't have no radio part.
The officer testified that he found a part of the truck's radio on your person.
Oh, that part.
That part belonged to me.
It was mine.
I had bought it at the store.
And what store was that?
I can't remember.
No further questions, Your Honor.
You may step down.
Any further evidence?
The defense rests, Your Honor.
Counselors, would you and your clients please approach the bench?
The cars at the stadium are broken into all the time.
The children always deny they are involved.
I have no doubt whatsoever that these miners broke into that car and took the radio.
In fact, I think they're a big threat to the public.
The sentencing date on all four is July the 18th.
Next case, please.
What about me?
Give me the Bible.
Swim me in.
Let me testify.
What about me?
Mama.
He didn't tell him, Mama.
He didn't tell him that we wasn't there.
Since you was a little boy, I've been trying to teach you.
What now, Mama?
Do I got a case?
No, baby.
You got a record.
What if they lock me up, Mama?
What's going to happen to me?
You ain't got no money for no bail.
I don't need none.
How you know that?
They can just keep me there behind them bars.
They did it to Darrell.
Baby, you and Darrell is two different people.
Is it really, Mama?
Really.
I'm not seeing Craig over there.
Why don't you go talk to him?
Okay.
What's up, baby?
What's up, man?
Check this out.
I'm getting out money.
You need to whip his ass.
I'm alive and free.
He ain't done nothing wrong.
He's innocent.
Innocent?
I know you're going to come to the Talishah, right?
That's what you said about your love.
I know you got to set my system up, man.
You never been around long enough to know nothing about me.
Why don't you check this out?
My new mix.
You was man enough before.
You never wanted to hear what I had to say.
And I don't want to hear it now.
You can't force yourself back into these children's lives.
Why?
Oh, man, I was dope.
Why don't you tell me something I don't know?
I miss you and Lee.
Well, man, I knew that.
You're going to be all right, man.
Just one thing you got to do.
Just get rid of that gold.
Oh, man, that ain't for real.
I ain't any like Elliot.
He been blessed.
Look, if you ain't careful, you could be next.
I want you to think about it, all right?
All right?
All right.
It's about time you got out of my house.
Your house?
That's what I said, ain't it?
I ain't stutter.
Listen to me.
You's my son.
I never thought I'd put my hand on you.
But I'm the man of this house.
I'm the father here.
You're just JP, a drunk who needs a bottle as a walking can.
Now you think you're bad, huh?
Here, because you got a gold cap on you.
You think you're bad, huh?
Where is it?
Jump off!
Let him go!
That's what you want to do with your life?
Let him go!
That's what you want to be?
That's what you want to do with your life?
That's what you want to do, huh?
JP!
Baby, you need to stop fighting your family
and get out here and fight these streets.
All right?
Yeah.
You want to hold it there?
What do you got in the bag?
Your name Craig?
Yes.
Aw, yeah.
Let's give it up for the Henry Hooter Drumming Yubicoor.
I see all the friends came out tonight, huh?
Try and chill out for a little bit.
What's up with your man Craig?
It is late, that's all.
Late?
Damn.
He goes to be late for their own funeral.
We have to put him on at the end of the show.
That's cool.
You want to come with us?
Why?
Sir, just get in the car.
Stop.
Hold it right there.
Freeze!
You're under arrest.
Up ahead.
I'm going to get you.
You're under arrest.
Up against the car.
Dred!
I'll call it in.
Don't worry, you'll be okay.
It was an accident.
My God, what have I done?
I didn't mean to.
Chicago 2951, we got shots fired.
Shots fired, suspect down.
Chicago 2951, what's your 20?
We're at Roosevelt and Halstead.
Paramedics in the back.
We copy, 2951.
Get up, Dred.
What's wrong?
You hit it.
Get up.
You're on your way, Frank.
Come on, Dred, get up.
Come on.
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Comes a killing on the catwalk.
We've got five potential murderers.
The world of high fashion turns deadly.
Yeah, I thought about killing him.
Was it the scheming brother, the bitchy supermodel, or the wife out for revenge?
Sounds to me like you've got your work cut out for you.
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You're strained till you think that you'll burst.
You sure got a force.
A hard-earned thirst needs a big cold beer.
And the best cold beer is Bic.
You're leaving a man or a shovel and sand?
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Matter of fact, I got it now.
A hard-earned thirst needs a big cold beer.
And the best cold beer is Bic.
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This about the hungry jacks.
We've got an offer you really have to be quick to catch.
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There's a different car each week.
So hurry in for your telecom rally Australia cars.
They're going fast at Hungry Jacks.
You know what I like best about the Royal Show?
What? Watching all the funny people that come here.
Yeah.
You wouldn't think there were so many different sorts, really, would you?
Show me, show me, show me, show me, show me.
Oh, look at that one over there.
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Oh, I was playing squash with Peter
and winning and the next minute I was on the ground.
I've torn all the ligaments in my ankle.
How'd you get out?
Oh, I was carried out. I couldn't walk, I couldn't even move.
Such bad luck.
Yeah, well, it's lucky I'm in MBF.
I mean, it's not just the ankle. I could be up for three months physio.
Oh, I'd hate to be paying for that.
You're in MBF, aren't you?
Robin, I don't need it.
I don't think I needed it either.
Robin, I don't need it.
You're in MBF, aren't you?
Actually, I'm not.
Catherine, why don't you get on to MBF
and they'll work out the right cover for you and your budget.
OK, you've twisted my arm.
Oh!
I couldn't tell them games off because I'm constipated.
Oh, sure, I could have taken a chemical laxative or a pill.
Then hope it didn't hit me out here.
But I found a better solution.
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It's natural, soluble fibre, not a harsh chemical like some.
And now it also comes in a new smooth texture formula
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That's important to me.
And to the team.
Amen.
I was going to tell you how death is a part of living.
I was going to tell you that we should rejoice
because Craig has gone to a better place.
I was going to tell you that everything in this crazy world
happens for a reason.
But I can't help but feel that some things are just unfair.
It's unfair that a young life has been taken.
It's unfair that a mother won't see her son tomorrow.
It's unfair that policemen pull their guns
thinking they're right.
It's unfair that a young man has been taken.
They pull their guns thinking they're right.
And then call it a mistake when they slip and fall
and take a young man's life.
It's unfair that we have been forced to say goodbye.
Many things are unfair.
But for justice, for justice I look not to the bad.
For justice I look up to the Lord.
Last time we were alone in church
was the day I baptized you.
That was a long time ago.
Sure was, but it seemed like yesterday to me.
I must have sat here for hours just rocking you, rocking you,
waiting for the Lord to fill up your cup with goodness.
You know, that's what a child is, an empty cup.
Things have changed.
Some things never change, the joke.
Children will always need their mothers.
Children will always need God.
God don't seem too interested.
What?
God put food on your table?
A little, but enough.
God give you strong, healthy children.
And you ready to throw up your hands and say he's not interested?
Child, look how different we've become.
Come on.
I want you to see something.
Look, look up there.
Now most of my life I have lived here in Horner.
And two things have never changed.
The sun has always risen and it has always set.
It shines everywhere, everywhere LaJo.
It shines in the Gold Coast and it shines right here in Horner.
Everybody gets a little bit of sunlight.
It's not where you live, it's how you live.
And if you don't have enough strength to look up, look up.
And point it out to your own children.
They will live forever in darkness.
Now look at it.
Look at that.
There are dark places in this world.
I've been in some of them.
I've been lost.
So lost in the night I forgot about the light of day.
I've been numb.
I've been cold.
And if there was a blanket I could give to take away the chill, baby I would.
At times I felt despair too.
At times I wished I was deaf.
You're not going to be a juvenile for heaven.
So I couldn't hear all the shooting and screaming.
Thomas, you've got to stop this.
I know it ain't pretty.
Hey, that ain't no big deal.
They're going to put you in jail for a week.
I know, I know.
Three months, right?
Hey, that's cool with me.
You got a roof over my head, three hats and a cut.
You be left with nothing.
You kidding?
I think it's pretty dope.
Come on, let's go.
What would Craig say to you?
I don't want to talk about Craig.
Everything that's right don't stay right.
But everything that's wrong just keeps going wrong.
Maybe if you just looked at him.
Maybe if you just...
He's your friend.
He could be the answer.
The only friend I got now is Elliot.
He the only one who understands.
The only one I can trust.
I ain't got nobody else.
Loffy.
Baby, it's all right to be scared.
I ain't scared of nothing.
I can go to jail.
I can get hurt.
I ain't got no control over my life.
I could be dead too, mama, any minute.
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Thank you, doctor.
Are there any comments, children?
Mr. Blunt?
As head of the Federal Intelligence Agency,
I certainly don't mean to question the background of these fine gentlemen.
But frankly, I don't think the answer to this problem
lies in trinkets and gadgets.
This is man versus vegetable.
Mr. Dixon, I've been authorized to assign you
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Man, we can sell these damn for five dollars a pop.
Yeah, that's it.
Sell these videos at five dollars.
That's thirty-five dollars.
Win the money.
Word, and they didn't even notice,
because it's as quick as light.
One minute you see, one minute you don't.
Hey, brother, check these out.
Man, we score big time.
I'll be damned sick.
Come on, Agave, and I'll walk you home.
What are you talking about? What are you going to do if somebody jumps?
I don't know.
All right, then. Come on. If anything happens, I'll help.
I don't be needing your help.
Fine. Go home by yourself, then.
That's what I'm going to do.
Barrow, you better not tell nobody.
Come on, Loffey.
Here I come.
Close that door.
Where you been, Loffey?
Out.
Stealing videos again?
What the hell do you care?
You listen to me.
For twelve years I cared.
For twelve years I've been trying to teach you the difference between right and wrong,
and you're going to throw it all away for a gold cap?
What did you expect?
The only hope we had
was a hole in a wall.
And you just gave it away, Mama.
God's going to make a way.
God ain't got nothing to do with this.
So you just going to give up, huh?
You just going to give up and become a thief and a liar?
At least I'm getting paid.
Somebody around this house got to work.
You empty your pockets.
No.
No?
I said empty your pockets.
No!
Give it to me.
Fairo.
Go and throw this in the toilet.
No, Mama, that's twenty-three dollars.
Am I that cheap?
We may be poor,
but we're going to be rich.
We may be poor,
but we ain't selling our soul to the devil today.
Now you get that hat off your head
and go and put on your suit.
Come with me.
I'm sorry, but you promised me
I wouldn't have to worry about no gangs
and now you're one of them.
Hey, Mama, you look beautiful.
I don't feel no beautiful. How you doing?
Mama, I'm hurt. I'm real sick.
You ain't sick. You just strung out.
You don't know what it's like in here, Mama.
It ain't no good.
Well, I done told you, when you do roam,
there's a price you got to pay.
I didn't rob that bar.
My public defender said...
Public defender said, if you plea bargain,
you get out of here in eight years instead of sixteen.
And that's exactly what you going to do.
Mama, I'm going to die if you leave me in here.
You got to get me out, Mama. You got to.
It's all the help I can give.
Mama, see, you don't understand.
Okay? You don't understand.
You don't know what it's like in here.
I don't want to know either.
That's why I try to live a life that's right and decent.
You listen to me, Darrell.
I done lost you to the streets.
I ain't intending to lose you to this jail
for sixteen years.
Now you done roam.
And they going to let you out of here in eight years
while you still a young man.
And maybe when you do get out,
you can start to act like one.
I don't even know why you come down here.
He was once my child too.
Come on in.
What if I'm gay?
The only way we'll really know
is if we try.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Heaven, when you touch me, baby.
Honey, you want to find another lover.
I just wanted you.
Touch me, baby.
When you touch me, baby.
Heaven, when you touch me, baby.
I'm in heaven.
What's that fragrance you're wearing?
Exclamation.
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That'd be helping you with your stuttering.
Why?
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Nah, I gotta do it myself.
What is it?
Shanika!
Shanika! Shanika!
Shanika!
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Miss Smith, have you seen Farrell?
No.
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Ain't no J. Stone here.
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Move on out of here.
You looking for me?
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Your son?
Lafayette.
He's just a child.
You'll leave him alone.
He's made his own decisions.
Decisions?
Look, how's he gonna make decisions?
He doesn't even know what that is.
He's just 12 years old.
You let my boy come home.
This is his home.
We his family.
He's got a family.
And I'll kill somebody around here
before I let you take another one of my children.
Hold up.
If he was ever a real father,
your son wouldn't be mine to have.
My brother.
Try.
That's what special left means.
And when you put your best foot forward,
it really...
Try.
You all ready?
Farrow.
You don't wanna be late.
Farrow,
is this what you're looking for?
You sure is handsome.
Come on.
We've got to hurry.
I saw you standing there and talking to her.
Get off me.
Farrow.
I saw you standing there and talking to her.
Get off me.
You're all in my face.
I saw you standing there and seeing some men.
You're all in my face.
Hey, you know what?
Can they run away?
Huh?
Come on, come on.
Man.
Look, I don't want to talk to you.
I'm telling you.
You don't know what I'm going to do.
Come here.
I'm trying to come back here.
Come here.
Hey, yo.
I don't care.
I don't want to talk to you.
Hey, what are you doing here, man?
Come on.
Where your cap at?
You're supposed to be wearing your cap at all times.
You know that?
Yo, man, homie trippin'.
He must be on that rock or something.
Aw, man.
What's up with you, man?
Why you ain't talking?
Where your cap?
This hat make no spin.
I cap my family.
Hey, man, you can't just walk away like that.
Ain't what two sizes got to take one of.
Without this hat, you ain't getting no protection.
Without this hat, you're just another nigga waiting to get ate.
Once a savior, always a savior.
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Can't nothing hurt me.
Because I knows where I'm going.
You're messing up, Loppy.
You're making a mistake, Loppy.
Man, you're making a big mistake.
Good evening.
Coming up shortly in the late night news,
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An alarming national survey reveals many Australians see nothing wrong with taking drugs every day.
A Melbourne doctor cleared of the deaths of his two wives.
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And now it's time for our honor ceremony.
It is the tradition here to begin this part of the program
with a motivational speech,
delivered by our outstanding student in the English class.
And this year, that student is Pharoah Rivers.
Pharoah?
Try.
That's...
What?
Try, try, try, try.
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Do you believe today I've got a bit of something?
Nice poem, Farrow.
Farrow here should know about special effort.
I'm here to present his ribbons for special effort
in math and reading.
Thank you.
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his sister Vanita, who started first grade this year,
gets three ribbons.
His sister Vanessa gets a ribbon for outstanding student
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Behind every wonderful child is a wonderful mother,
and she too deserves her moment.
Mrs. LaJo Rivers, please stand.
Daddy, look what I got.
Okay, okay, come on.
I got a ribbon, but I fell in math.
I got a ribbon, but me too, daddy, me too.
Oh, yeah?
I bet your nana made a cake.
I'm real proud of you, son.
Thank you, daddy.
I'm talking to you, son.
I heard what you did.
I'm real proud of you.
Thanks.
I can't believe I talked straight.
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Why?
Because you didn't give up,
and that's one thing this family ain't never going to do.
One thing I learned out of these last few weeks
is that the only person you can trust to do things is you.
Time for sleep.
Good night, mom.
Good night, Vanessa.
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I do believe this is the first time
I ever wondered where it's going.
I think we're going on an expedition tomorrow.
Really, where?
To our own Magic Island.
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Good night, little bro.
I was going to the bus stop,
and some boys, they tried to take my coat.
And then they was choking me.
I was trying to fight back.
I was trying to defend myself.
And I always think.
I really do.
Unless you want a top floor and stuff,
and they use it for drugs and stuff.
So if you want a top floor,
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I can't play outside because everybody
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So I peeked out the bathroom door,
and I saw my brother, my first brother.
He got shot and got scoped in the head.
And my other one got shot in the toe and the hip and the arm.
A boy, he was playing with a water gun,
and he shot the man's baby.
And then the man came out with a real gun and shot him.
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and I ducked down and I crawled out of the kitchen.
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there was a lot of shooting going on.
When I wake up in the morning,
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their life.
When I wake up in the morning,
I feel like I'm going to change my life.
I wish my mama would come home.
I had to take the airplane all day.
I wish the police would make the gangbang and stop shooting.
I mean, I wish somebody would block me
before somebody would shoot me.
I wish for my dad to get out of jail.
I wish to see my father.
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The buildings are safe,
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They're not safe.
I'm scared of gangs because they can shoot me.
I'm not going to join no gang.
I want to be somebody.
I want to be a boxer because they make good money,
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I want to be a doctor and a nurse and a lawyer,
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This is 10's Late Night News.
Heading tonight's bulletin,
opposition leader Alexander Downer
hoping to win with things he thinks matter.
Prime Minister Keating urges the Japanese
to take on a wider role in world affairs.
And a prominent Melbourne doctor
cleared over the deaths of his two wives.
But first, a man believed to be a member
of the New South Wales Parliament
has been shot dead outside his home at Cabramatta
in Sydney's west tonight.
Major crime squad police are at the scene
investigating the shooting,
but have not yet released the man's name.
We'll have more details as soon as they become available.
Things that matter.
They're what opposition leader Alexander Downer
hopes will restore his collapsing fortunes.
And it's the title of his
do-or-die policy direction statement.
At its core, a commitment to full employment,
although there's no indication of how long
or how much that might cost.
Alexander Downer today was the visionary
who would worry about the bill later.
His priority, silence his critics
and re-establish his claim
as the alternative Prime Minister.
We believe that our statement today
on the things that matter
will strike a chord that will resonate
around this country.
Downer coalition government is committed
to providing a job for anybody who wants one.
The family will have its own
Commonwealth Department and Cabinet Minister.
And the present flag stays.
There was no timetable for any of the promises,
no hard and fast costings
to translate goals into realities.
That detail will be provided chapter and verse
at a time of our choosing
closer to the next election.
A program called Linking Australia
will upgrade roads, rail and all transport
with private funding encouraged.
A 10-point job strategy is strong on tax incentives,
union baiting and Australians working smarter and harder.
And there'll be no goods and services tax.
But there's still a lot of work to be done
translating his vision into saleable policies.
And Mr Downer knows it,
especially if the Prime Minister
is tempted to rush off to the polls.
We'll have to work very fast
if he calls a snap poll from Japan this afternoon.
From Tokyo, the Prime Minister was scathing
about the document's lack of substance.
I was able to knock over most of this
and then still finish off my sushi within 25 minutes.
So is he tempted to an early poll.
He has released it in my absence.
Well, I'll just say this to Mr Downer.
Don't get too tricky with me, Mr Downer.
We can all be tricky.
Paul Bongiorno, 10 News.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Paul Keating
has just ended a meeting in Tokyo
with Japanese leader Tomichi Maruyama.
He's trying to persuade Japan
to embrace an ambitious regional free trade policy
and to move towards a more embracing role
in world affairs in line with her superpower status.
Just before the talks, Mr Keating said
he was confident Japan would change.
This visit to Prime Minister Maruyama's official residence
is Paul Keating's only appointment
away from his hotel room.
It is a program without formality, sightseeing or fanfare
designed to keep the agenda concentrated on trade.
Mr Keating wants Mr Maruyama
to embrace an ambitious 25-year free trade strategy
under the APEC umbrella.
And he doesn't share pessimistic predictions
that Japan will be a reluctant starter.
Japan's been right on board the APEC bus from day one.
But still, Japanese officials worry
that this country is still feeling the pain inflicted
when it backed the GATT global agreement on trade.
And they say it's asking a lot of Japan
to embrace another free trade agreement so soon.
Though Mr Keating believes self-interest
will keep Japan on the APEC bus.
My view was put to me a few years ago
that in terms of APEC and any liberalised trade,
Japan would be the first beneficiary.
And I think that's right.
And I think Japan sees that too.
So if Paul Keating is right and Japan falls in line
with Australia on free trade in the region,
then the APEC organisation is about to move
onto a much higher plane.
And the next APEC meeting in Indonesia in November
could be a truly historic event.
Barry Cassidy in Tokyo, 10 News.
Back home, a national survey has found
many Australians see nothing wrong
with people using drugs every day.
The Salvation Army, which commissioned the study
as part of its Alcohol Awareness Week,
says it proves the government has got
its drug education priorities all wrong.
Whether it's drinking, smoking or using drugs
like marijuana and heroin,
many Australians apparently believe
using them daily is OK.
The Salvation Army says its survey
of more than 1,200 Australians aged over 14
shows an alarming acceptance of drugs.
We're more than alarmed, we're frightened.
When you get 33% saying it's all right
to inject heroin every day,
you begin to wonder where all this money's going
in the education campaigns.
The survey found 33% believe
injecting heroin daily is not harmful.
37% think smoking marijuana daily is safe.
Nearly half believe a cigarette a day is OK,
and 77% think drinking every day is not harmful.
Speed catches up with you.
The Salvos say government education programs
on drug use are giving young Australians
the wrong message.
The whole thrust of education in respect to drugs
is saying to people, don't abuse drugs.
We've been saying for a long time,
we should be saying to young people,
don't use drugs.
It's a difficult subject.
There's no such thing as a safe drug, of course.
Drug and alcohol expert Dr Andrea Mant
says prohibition doesn't work,
but carefully targeted advertising does.
While we don't particularly want people to use drugs,
it's probably more important that general public health
and the health of those individuals
is the main concern.
Dr Mant says tobacco and alcohol
are still by far Australia's biggest drug problems,
but with consumption of both steadily declining,
public health education programs do appear to be working.
Sean Murphy, 10 News.
A prominent Victorian doctor has been cleared
in the deaths of his two wives.
Melbourne's acting coroner said he was disturbed
the doctor's reputation had been so publicly questioned
when he had no involvement.
The coroner found 36-year-old Burgut Munro
died from acute toxic enderocolitis
or a bacterial infection.
Despite a pathologist's report,
he found no cause of death even after conducting an autopsy.
The coroner said nothing had been revealed
which could either directly or indirectly
implicate Ms Munro's husband, Dr Neil Boyce.
Dr Boyce's solicitor said his client,
who was not at court today,
had been traumatised by the inquest and was relieved
it was all over.
He suffered a great deal from the death of his wife
and the subsequent investigations.
He feels completely vindicated by the finding of the coroner.
The court heard there had been a detailed
and thorough investigation by the homicide squad,
but the coroner said the suspicion and innuendo
raised by some witnesses is based on circumstantial
and hearsay evidence lacking rational and probative force.
He said he did not believe the Munro family
was motivated by a desire to discredit Dr Boyce,
but by a desire to assist in finding the cause
of their daughter's death,
saying any loving family would do no less.
He said the family should not be criticised
for wanting answers to which it was entitled,
but it was disturbing the reputation of Dr Boyce,
whose first wife died when three months pregnant in 1982,
had been so publicly questioned.
He makes no criticism of the coroner.
I mean, he understands that the coroner's got a job down here to do
and he's got to take evidence wherever he can get it.
Dr Boyce is still a consulting physician
practising next to St Vincent's Hospital.
Mrs Munro released a statement about her daughter
to reporters this morning, saying,
"'Burgit's sudden and tragic death has shattered us all.
To be without Burgit will take us a long time
to come to terms with.'
Jane Phillips, 10 News.
Still ahead, the Irish peace process continues
despite sporadic violence
and a wedding with a marine flavour
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The moves towards peace in Ireland continues
despite the bombing of an office
of the IRA's political wing, Sinn Fein.
A Protestant group, the outlawed paramilitary
Ulster Volunteer Force,
said it left the car bomb outside the Sinn Fein building.
It caused extensive damage to surrounding buildings,
but nobody was injured.
The attack is seen as a test of the IRA's commitment
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Churchgoers of both communities in Northern Ireland
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There are prayers for peace every Sunday,
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In Protestant congregations like these,
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after the IRA ceasefire.
At mass in Catholic West Belfast,
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For many Catholics, the IRA ceasefire offers hope
for an end to violence.
If only the loyalists will follow.
The other side would do the same.
You would know when your son and daughter's going out at night
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In the Protestant Shankill District,
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although some are still wary about the ceasefire.
Seen is believing, or believing is seen, really.
I think the best thing to do is actually to wait
and not to make hasty reactions.
At a rally in Belfast, the Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
spoke of mobilizing nationalists in peaceful demonstrations.
Outside Londonderry, Sinn Fein supporters were already
protesting at a border checkpoint
previously bombed by the IRA.
Sinn Feins say they want to reestablish all border crossings
closed for security reasons.
Today, nationalists have been reopening two crossings
sealed off by the Army.
In the past, the security forces would have closed the roads again.
Whether this border crossing is allowed to stay
will be a measure of how much tensions have eased.
In New York, Cuban and American negotiators are about
to resume talks in a bid to break the deadlock
over stopping the flood of refugees from Cuba.
Today's talks collapsed after barely two hours
when Cuban delegates broke off to consult with authorities in Havana.
They've refused to make any comment on the discussions
or whether progress is being made.
American officials admit there's a huge gap between the two sides
and a warning against any speculation about an agreement.
In the United States, a frightening experience
for one hot air balloon pilot and her two passengers.
It happened in Colorado when the balloon grounded in a field
and one passenger fell out.
As the pilot tried to grab that passenger,
she became tangled in a rope and fell about 12 metres.
The balloon took off again with the other woman passenger alone
screaming, what do I do now?
She finally pulled an emergency cord and landed two blocks away.
All three women suffered only minor injuries.
Also in Colorado, a freak hailstorm
left parts of the country looking like a polar landscape.
15 vehicles were cocooned on highways
made to look like glaciers by the freak storm.
Rescue crews were kept busy all night
digging out six people stuck in cars embedded in the ice.
Fire crews also rescued many people
who were trapped in their cars by flash flooding.
The Vatican has welcomed European proposals
to alter references to abortion
at the UN's International Conference on Population Control.
Just hours before the thousands of delegates
are due to begin their week-long meeting,
Catholic and Muslim leaders were still condemning the gathering.
On the eve of the conference here,
there are objections from two of the world's major religions
to the language on the agenda.
Pope John Paul repeated today his concern
that the Cairo Conference would encourage premarital sex
and help women seeking abortions.
The Catholic Church has found an unlikely ally in Islam.
Many Muslims worry that the conference might promote
not only abortion but premarital sex and homosexuality.
Five Islamic nations, including Saudi Arabia,
have refused to attend in protest.
Egyptian police have detained hundreds
of suspected Muslim radicals in the past week.
The government's main concern is security
for 15,000 delegates from 180 countries gathering here.
The politics are overshadowing the message
the conference wants to send to the world.
The Earth's population, currently 5.7 billion, is surging,
and without action now could more than double
by the end of next century.
Most scientists fear that surge is endangering the planet.
Food. Consumers are growing faster than supplies.
In sub-Saharan Africa, for example,
per capita grain production has fallen 12% since 1981.
Water. It's limited.
China, for example, is already pumping from aquifers
faster than they can be replenished.
Water levels have dropped as much as 250 feet.
Rainforests.
In Brazil alone, about 8,000 square miles of it
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and that could help lead to global warming.
If we do not voluntarily stabilize population in a humane way,
it will be done for us by nature, whether we wish it or not,
and it will be done brutally,
and it will bring widespread human misery.
The conference will be in session for a week.
One of its main concerns will be the allocation of $17 billion
in funds to developing countries
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A romance that blossomed in an oceanarium
has reached its conclusion at the same park.
The couple first met at a flipper park
and later decided to have their wedding there
among special friends.
Four dolphins played in the background,
one even serving as official ring bearer at the ceremony.
And as they embraced, the dolphins made no secret of their approval.
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Well, I am now.
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You find the house, we'll come to the party.
The highway...
of the future...
will have no speed limit.
Shouldn't you be driving the fastest machine on the road?
Power Macintosh is here,
and the future is better than you expected.
Being a mum these days really can be expensive.
You do have to shop around for value.
That's why it's great the mum comes in a refill now.
The 24-hour protection of mum dry roll-on now in a value refill.
So you really can't goodbye without your mum.
Tuesday.
Drug deal gone bad.
When the sordid underworld of New York.
Do we have a motive?
Claims another victim.
I believe she's with God.
It seems like an open and shut case.
You know the words.
You're under arrest.
But when it comes to drugs.
Not guilty.
Nothing's ever simple.
She stole my mum's wedding ring.
And none...
She had a gun.
She aimed it at me.
...is ever as it seems.
How did the gun get into his hands in the first place?
Just how far...
My baby.
...would a mother go for her family?
Let's hope you're wrong about this.
Law and Order, 9.30 Tuesday on 10.
And returning to our main story.
A New South Wales Labor parliamentarian
has been shot dead in a house at Cabra Matter in Sydney's West.
It's understood the dead man is 47-year-old John Newman.
Mr Newman is an outspoken campaigner
against gang violence in Cabra Matter.
Dozens of police are at the scene to investigate the shooting
that happened at 9.30 tonight.
The search for a man missing
after a light plane crashed into the sea northwest of Adelaide
has been called off until dawn tomorrow.
The body of the Victorian woman pilot was recovered today
as were some parts of the small plane.
The Melbourne couple had chartered the Piper Arrow PA-28 last week
planning to travel to Alice Springs and Coober Pedy
before returning to Victoria.
Police say the plane left Seduna
on South Australia's far west coast late yesterday.
It was flying at approximately 1,000 feet
on approach to Adelaide Airport
when it disappeared off radar screens
about a quarter to seven last night.
At this stage, we know that the aircraft are ditched,
but for the reason we don't know as yet.
I believe there was no May Day call.
Emergency services immediately began an air and sea search
which continued through the night.
Several pieces of wreckage from the plane were found,
but there was no sign of survivors.
The search for the 23-year-old pilot
and her 25-year-old passenger
continued this morning off Middle Beach
about 40 kilometres north of Adelaide.
The police helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft,
and more than 20 boats as well as a hovercraft were involved.
The woman's body was found about midday.
Her name hasn't been released.
A senior pilot with the company which owns the aircraft
says the woman was an experienced pilot.
She had a rating to fly at night,
and in the aircraft that has disappeared,
she's had some 80 hours of experience.
The search for the woman's companion
and the main part of the aircraft is continuing.
Unless the plane is recovered,
it may never be known what caused the crash.
The accident is the third time aircraft have ditched
off South Australia in the past 12 months.
Neil Cross, 10 News.
The man once hailed as Australia's most promising young actor
has launched a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for compensation.
Former Restless Years star John Blake,
then tipped as the next Mel Gibson,
suffered permanent brain damage in a car smash seven years ago.
Severe brain damage has left John Blake permanently disabled
and with no prospect of ever working again.
The actor's promising career came to a sudden end in December 1986
when he was involved in a serious car accident
40 kilometres from Port Augusta in South Australia.
Blake rose to prominence in the Channel 10 soapy The Restless Years
and starred in 11 programs including Anzacs and Patrol Boat.
On the day of the accident, the young star was heading home
after filming the final scene of the war film Light Horseman.
Then 28, Blake was seriously injured when his hire car crashed
into the back of a utility truck at 100 kilometres an hour.
The actor had swerved to avoid a head-on collision with another vehicle
stopped on the wrong side of the road with its headlights switched off.
John Blake's mother is suing the driver of the stationary car,
claiming his negligence caused her son's crash.
In court, John Blake was described as Australia's next Mel Gibson,
a man on the verge of international stardom
with an earning potential of $64 million.
Since the accident, Blake's mother has spent $1.4 million caring for him.
The judge is expected to take secret evidence on Blake's lost earnings
from leading Hollywood actors.
Peter Lloyd, 10 News.
Finance news now, and our stock market fell victim to fears
of higher American inflation and its effects here.
The all-ordinaries followed Wall Street down.
Our index lost 11.5 points.
After posting a 9% drop in annual net profit,
Foster's Brewing fell 2 cents.
Poseidon Gold reported a 9% jump in profits,
taking its shares up 4 cents, and News Corp eased 6.
The Australian dollar tonight is on 73.87 US cents,
47.68 pence and 73.21 yen.
Gold in London rose $1.20 and the FT100 closed up 13.2.
The Hang Seng finished 61 points higher and the Nikkei fell by 244.
And hoping for big bucks from the box office
are the producers of the movie The Flintstones,
which had its Australian premiere in Sydney.
Cartoon characters Barney and Fred have been brought to life on the silver screen.
And flesh and blood stars lined up to see them,
including Jeannie Little and sirens lead Kate Fisher,
complete with a bam bam bone in her hair.
Bedrock has all the mod cons Stone Age man enjoys,
but it seems garbage disposal broke down even way back then.
Alright, you spit it out!
Looks fun.
Coming up in a moment, the latest weather news,
a look at a really mobile vacuum cleaner,
and Russell Fairfax with sports tonight.
In a moment, the opening of the NFL season,
that wild brawl in the west causing image problems for the AFL,
the rugby union player of the year,
and in Ireland, the grand final of the hurling championships.
It's an unforgettable showdown between O'Falley and Limerick.
See you soon.
There are over a billion stars in the cosmos.
A billion stars drifting through the infinite vastness of space.
But there's only one computer that can run Windows, DOS, and Macintosh software.
Our Macintosh is here,
and the future is better than you expected.
Hi. What's this?
Plans for my house.
Took me and the builder ten weeks to draw them up.
Got everything.
What's this?
Plans for my house.
Took me and my ANZ manager about ten minutes to draw it up.
It's got everything.
Interest rates, fees,
tells me exactly what I can borrow,
and shows me how to apply for the loan.
The ANZ housing loan quote tells you all you need to know
to plan your ideal home loan.
What I've got to do now is find the house.
Did you consider having a swimming pool?
Well, I am now.
The ANZ housing loan quote.
You find the house, we'll come to the party.
Five nights in Singapore will be a nice, quiet holiday, Mum.
In case you get hungry, Gran.
Maybe relax with a nice cuppa at Raffles.
Singapore was a wonderful idea for a holiday.
Well, at least you'll be able to put a feet up.
At Suzanne, we're coordinating great looks for summer from $29.
This goes with that at Suzanne.
Any fresher, you'd have to catch it yourself.
Rock Lobster Cafe.
Goodyear Street and down at the bay.
Rock Lobster Cafe.
For decades, Western Australians have dreamed of vast mineral processing plants
in northwestern Australia.
But the sums have never stacked up.
One of the problems in the last ten years has been the agreement
which the WA government used to launch the Northwest Shelf Gas Project,
which effectively gave the state a monopoly over gas sales and set a high price.
Since then, a lot more gas has been found,
and now the WA government plans to deregulate the market,
which will lower gas prices.
And as a result,