Screen Directors Playhouse, Stars Ray Maland, Jan Sterling, Production, Alias Nick Beale, Director, John Farrell. This is the Screen Directors Playhouse, the Thursday night feature on NBC's All-Star Festival of Comedy, Music, Mystery and Drama. Brought to you by the makers of Anison, for a fast relief from the pain of headache, neuritis and neuralgia, and RCA Victor, world leader in radio, first in recorded music, first in television. Tonight the Screen Directors Playhouse is pleased to present an adaptation of a compelling play on good and evil. Here now is Alias Nick Beale, starring Ray Maland in his original title role, and Jan Sterling as Donna. And so to our play, Act One of Alias Nick Beale. May I introduce myself, the Reverend Dr. Thomas Garfield. As a clergyman, I might be considered as somewhat of an authority upon the subject of evil. Still I offer you the question, is there really evil in the world, or merely men whose judgments serve the male? Or are these one and the same thing? Consider. There is evil in the world and it has many names. Know them now as the thunder sings its hymn to Hades, and the lightning lashes at the soul of man. Know the names of evil, sacred in the black books of the fallen universe. Satan, Lucifer, Tamat, Siva, Arriman, Mephistopheles, Bilzebub, the devil. At year's end, might be an opportune time to consider the problem of evil. Before we do a kind of summing up, a balancing of the books of our lives, a balancing of good and bad. And since we talk of such things, I propose to tell you an experience I shared with two persons. One you know very well, the former District Attorney Joseph Foster. The other, perhaps you know him, or know him not. His name was Nick Beale. To my knowledge, Nick Beale made his first appearance in the salt mists that blanked the city's waterfront. Like steam rising from the river Styx, the fog wavered and quipped about the China coast bar.  In a way, I suppose, it was the end of the earth. And here Nick Beale was first seen. Where'd you come from? Through that door, I believe. How'd you get there? Nothing but pure and water out that way. Is there? Now look, Mr. I own this place. I want to know how'd you get in here? That I'm addressing the owner of the China coast. Yeah. Being a person of influence, perhaps you can suggest a man to do an errand for me. What kind of an errand? To deliver a message, this envelope, to a Mr. Joseph Foster. Joseph Foster? Any of the DA? He is. But your man will find him at the Central Boys Club not far from here. Well, what do I get out of it? A $20 bill. Well, let's have it. I'll see that your message gets there. He'll be in the office of the Reverend Dr. Thomas Garfield. His name is Joseph Foster, the Central Boys Club. Keep it up, son. Don't break the rhythm. A kid's good with a punching bag. They're all good kids, Slade. Joe Foster, the fighting district attorney. The apostle of decency. You don't belong here, Slade. Anything you want to say, you can say in my office. I thought you'd be anxious to hear. You really want to convict Hanson? I do. How badly? How badly? The last of our big racketeers. A suction pump hitched to every small business in the city. I want him awfully badly, Slade. That's a shame. A man like you could be governor. Could I? That's what my people have been saying. Foster's a good man with our crowd pulling for him. Who knows? Of course, Hanson would have to beat that rap you've got. Check it, Slade. With the right sponsor, you could... You would have to be out of jail. He will be. It's not this time. Yes, Foster. This time. Then why dangle the governorship at me? Because you'll try again, Foster. You'll make a real nuisance of yourself. All right, Harry. That's enough on the bag. Now, your licks, Slade. The case against Hanson is cinched. The books? Oh, don't look so surprised, Foster. I heard. You wish you'd a subpoena for some account books of his. Funny thing happened about those books. They caught fire this morning. I don't believe you. Go out fire. Destroyed. I'll send Hanson to jail, Slade, and after him... Don't threaten. You've got nothing to threaten with. I'll be seeing you. Governor? I'll lick you yet.  Oh, yes, Tom. Martha's waiting for you in the office. Oh, thanks. Dr. Garfield. What's wrong, dear? That was Slade I was talking to you out there. What was he doing? Capitulating? He burned Hanson's books or had them burned. But they were your trump card in the case. Poor clergyman, Joe, it would seem that you're in trouble.  You know, Dr. Garfield, I think my husband would rather convict Hanson than be governor. I think you phrased it very well, Martha. I'd give my soul to nail him. Your soul, Joe? Oh, I almost forgot. This message came for you, dear. Oh, thank you, Martha. It'll be good to get home and forget everything for an evening and... What is it, Joe? The note. It says, uh, if you want to nail Hanson, drop around to the China coast at eight tonight. Why, it's almost as if someone heard you. The China coast? It's a waterfront bar built on a pier. Is the letter signed? No. No, it isn't. It looks as if I've got an anonymous friend. The China coast at eight? It's a little melodramatic. Yes, yes, but so am I, Martha. So I guess I'll be there. Our name is Mr. Beale. How do you get to that door? Swim? I looked out there this afternoon. There ain't even a rowboat. On the contrary, my host, there's an entire universe out there. You'll excuse me. I have a friend to meet. Good evening, Mr. Foster. You're punctual. So are you, Mr. Er... May I introduce myself? My card. Nicholas Beale, agent. Agent for what? That depends. Possibly for you. I presume that when I read your note. Shall we strike directly to the heart of the matter, Mr. Foster? I'd like that very much. You've promised the people a clean city with your conviction of Hanson. But unfortunately, your main evidence is reported destroyed. How do you know about that? It's my business. But supposing it hasn't been destroyed, supposing the books were not... It's too late for supposing. No, Foster. It's never too late to do business with me. What if I could produce those books? And why would you be so obliging? Well, let's say I'm just a humble follower of your work. Wayward boys set right, criminals successfully prosecuted, I... Well, I admire you. But of course, I'm not completely altruistic. Of course. How much would it cost me to put my hands on those books? Well, whatever you think is fair. Well, that's an inviting proposition, Mr. Beale. Then I presume you'll accept it. I'll accept it. If you'll accompany me. Ah, it's so confounded dark in here. Here's the light. You find yourself in the offices of the Highwater Canning Company. Well... As district attorney, you might just conceivably have an interest in these ledgers. Mr. Beale, I'm interested only in the Hanson books that I... Open them. You will find Hanson's signature at the bottom of each page. Good Lord. Well, scarcely that. Well, these are the books as promised. These will convict Hanson. Beautiful and not burned, not even singed. So it appears. Shall we be going? I'm afraid so. Afraid? Well, I have no legal right to take these books, no warrants. But Foster, didn't you say I believe it was you'd give your soul to Dale Hanson? Yes, I did, but... How do you know what I said? Well, I was merely paraphrasing your enthusiasm. This is your goal, Foster. This is what you want more than anything else in the world. But I have no warrant. So an order will abide by one little law. You'll allow a vicious man to keep on breaking bigger laws. Yes, I'd have Hanson night out when you were slayed. And all you need is books, Foster. All right, Mr. Beale. We can go now. My records of the entire incident are quite complete. As you shall see later on, the affair was sufficient to take a clergyman's curiosity. And my notes indicate that Joseph Foster went immediately to his office with the books. From later research, I was able to ascertain that the person Nick Beale returned to the China Coast Bar. Teaching of steel, drinks, now stay out! Get up. Sure. He said cheap dive. That's not for you. Yeah, I'm alone. Well... I'm looking for Donna Allen. Well, that's me. Yeah. Say, what do you want anyway? It's what you want, Donna. Sapphires as green as tropic waters and silks to thrill your fingers and sable. What are you talking about? You, a girl, quite beautiful. Who are you? Nick Beale. A cop? No. Silks and sables, Donna. And sapphires. Well, what do you want with me? Why don't you come along and find out? Sure. Sure, why not? Why not? What have I got to lose? Go in, Donna. You're afraid? Look. Then go in. Gee, what a place. It's decorated with taste, Donna. You remember what taste is. It looks like a dame's apartment. It is. Well, whose? Yours. Me. Some joke. Look, Mr. What's the deal? Why do you talk like that? Like what? You. Good family, two years of college. You put on an act. What do you know about me? Who says it's an act? I do. You play a role and down and out tramp. Well, this is the new role. Feel that rug under your feet? Run your hand over the furniture. Look at yourself in the mirror and see how you'd look with the makeup scraped off. No. Now, you've got the wrong girl. Have I? A fling at the New York stage? An actor who didn't bother telling you who was married? The struggle at the top of the stairs? Accidently called. I'm going to get out of here. Just a minute, Donna. Come with me. Mr. Biel. The man in New York. The actor. Nobody knew. I met him. When? The night he died. Look, Donna. Sables. Try it on. No, no, I shouldn't. It's yours. Here, let me help you. It's so soft. Look at yourself. Yes. You, in your apartment surrounded by the things you've always wanted. I never felt a coat like this. Don't give it up, Donna. What do I have to do? Murder? No. Just the opposite. You'll help people. Who? Underprivileged youngsters in a boys' club. And a man named Forster. You're going to help him in his career. Help him to be governor. My apartment. Look out this window. I wouldn't have to go down there anymore. Not down into that jungle. Is it the deal, Donna? I think it's going to rain. Now, you're working for me? I'm working for you. The next time you suffer from pains of headache, neuritis or neuralgia, take anisone. You will bless the day you heard of this incredibly fast way to relieve these pains. Now, the reason anisone is so wonderfully fast-acting and effective is this. Anisone is like a doctor's prescription. That is, anisone contains not just one, but a combination of medically proven active ingredients and easy to take tablet form. 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As a clergyman and as a member of the reform party, I was naturally pleased. But Joe, for all his success, was forced to make a confession to his wife, Martha. Do you want to open the champagne, Joe? Quite a celebration. Well, don't you think you've earned it, dear? Martha, there's something I've been meaning to tell you about the Hanson case. I don't feel quite right about it. Not right? About putting a man like that behind bars? Yes, the end was valid enough. But the means to that end is... Well, I'm sure you've done nothing to be ashamed of, Joe. Those books, Hanson's accounts, the ones that convicted him... What about them? I stole them. Joe! I didn't have a warrant to search the cannery. Do you mind drinking with a criminal? But, Joe, you never did anything like that before. And I never will again, either. Not as long as I have a conscience and a wife. Joe, how did it happen this time? I don't really know. That Beale fellow, he made it awfully easier. Excuse me, Martha, I'll take it in the library. Remember the champagne, Joe? Hello. Oh, hello, Larry. Oh, thank you. It was a gratifying conviction. Do you consider the governorship? Well, I only hope that... What? If you consider the governorship. Oh, I haven't considered the governorship. The governorship, Joe. Well, of course I understand the nomination has to be made soon. Would you like to meet, sir? Larry, if I could lick Slade and his gang, I'd do anything. Larry, Larry, give me a little time. I'll phone you back. Thank you. You've made me very proud. Congratulations, Forster. Beale, the governorship, you're moving fast. Who let you in here? Now, is this the hospitality that friends deserve? I'm sorry. Oh, that's all right, Martha. Mr. Beale, my wife. Pleasure, Mrs. Forster. You must be very proud of your husband. He's going to be our next governor. Why, Joe? Lawrence Evans just phoned, Martha. The reform party wants me to run. Well, I suppose I should feel elated. Yes, you should. We'll discuss it later, Joe. And in the meantime, Forster, you remember the Hanson books had a price on them. Yes. Whatever we considered fair under the circumstances. I'm prepared to pay. Well, real integrity. First completely honest person I've met in a long time. That's why I'm interested in you. How much do you want, Mr. Beale? Well, let's consider the circumstances. Your friends obviously don't know how you convicted Hanson. They don't know that illegal methods were used. Is this blackmail, Mr. Beale? No, no. We're merely pointing out the facts. Actually, Forster will call it square. I'd prefer to pay. No, instead of taking money from you, I want you to take this envelope. What's in it? $25,000. I'd like to contribute to your campaign expenses. My husband hasn't decided to run. He will. And even if he does, we don't need your help. Does she run things around here, Forster? I think she's right. No strings attached? No, Mr. Beale.  The beginning is on the table, the start of your campaign. Slade controls the whole southwest part of the state. With money, you just might defeat him. Without it, you certainly won't. Martha, I... Oh, please, Joe. But if the party caucus decides it wants me to run, I'll need money. I love Martha. It's up to you, Joe. Yes, Joe, it's up to you. Yes, this is Miss Allen. I want to have some ice and up. Right away, please.  You're going to work, Donna. You give me the creeps. How do you get in here? You like it here? Of course I like it. Then do as you're told. Don't ask questions. I'm sorry. That's better. Tomorrow, you'll go to the Central Boys Club. You'll give them a check for $500. For $500. I'll give them a check for... There you are. That's a lot of money, Miss Allen. I'm sorry it isn't more. I hope it'll help you and Dr. Garfield in your work. Have no fear of that. I just hope that you'll let me work with you. You see, I've missed doing social work so much since I moved here. And, well, I'd sort of like to help, too. I think, Miss Allen, you're an answer to me. You're an answer to many prayers. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll see to the boys. Of course. Mr. Foster, there's only one condition to the gift. What's that? Well, it's rather personal, but I'd sort of like to straighten your tie. Oh, I'm afraid I'm not very presentable. Well, it doesn't quite match your personality.  Do you think so?  Now that's a date. Hello, Foster. Mr. Beale, I hear you're looking for me. Yes, yes, I called the China Coast. I wanted to, oh, pardon me. Miss Allen, this is Mr. Beale. How do you do? How do you do? I'll leave you two men to talk. Goodbye, Mr. Foster. Goodbye, Miss Allen. Mr. Beale, I want to return the money you gave me. I see. Your wife? My wife has nothing to do with this. You'll need the money for your campaign? I haven't even been nominated yet. You're holding the nomination meeting tonight, aren't you? Well, yes, but that's no sign that... You'll be nominated all right. Then we'll talk about the money. The boys are waiting. Well, who's this? My name is Nick Beale. This is my co-worker at the club, Reverend Garfield. Mr. Beale, have we... We met before. No. No, we haven't. Strange.  One of those faces? On the contrary. It's an extraordinary face. Quite medieval, like a woodcut. Something on parchment.  Ah, yes. Some time ago. Perhaps we've passed close to one another at some time, Dr. Garfield, but we've never collided, you know? I guess not. Not until now. Well, Joe, the boys are waiting outside. You see, Mr. Beale, every afternoon, someone reads a passage from the Bible. Perhaps you would do us the honor today. Me? No. No, I don't know anything about that stuff. I've marked the passage right here. It's your book. Read it yourself. Very well. Gentlemen! Today, gentlemen, we read one of the Psalms of David. The earth is the laws and the fullness thereof. The world and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded upon the seas and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Know the names of evils, sacred in the black book of the fallen universe. Satan, Lucifer, and Tamat, Deva, Aramon, Mephistopheles, Bilzebub, the Devil. The third act of the Screen Directors Playhouse presentation of alias Nick Beale continues in just a moment. But now, here's a word from RCA Victor. There's only one thing on earth more enjoyable than an RCA Victor TV set. And that's an RCA Victor TV radiophonograph combination. Just ask any family who got one for Christmas. RCA Victor packs the finest of three entertainment worlds into these magnificent combinations. You get two powerful radios, AM and FM by RCA Victor, world leader in radio. You get superb Victorophonograph with two changers to play all record speeds by RCA Victor, first in recorded music. And you get million proof TV proven in well over a million homes by RCA Victor, first in television. 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The discussion of evil in the world that I have proposed is by no means a discussion of theology. The story which I tell is a consideration of evil and it's a, what shall I say, it's more practical aspects. We have discussed certain events of the afternoon on which I first met Nick Beale. I shall continue by relating the events of that evening when Joseph Foster received a caller, a Mr. Finch. Mr. Finch, my wife and I have a social engagement. I'm afraid that I... That's all right, Mr. Foster. I haven't got much time either. I've got to get out of town. If you'll just explain it. Now look, I was the bookkeeper at the Highwater Kennery. The High... Then you must have been connected with Hanson. I just kept his books on the side, Mr. Foster. Nothing illegal. Well, then why didn't you come forward during the trial? Well, you ought to know why. You would have received police protection, Mr. Finch. Maybe, but why would you want me to testify when you knew those books were fake? Well, sure, they were fake. I burned the real ones myself. I saw every page go up in smoke. But that's impossible. Look, you sure got me in a spot. I know that you had a rig up some way getting Hanson, but now they think I didn't burn the books. I need traveling money fast. Mr. Finch, I warn you that the district attorney isn't a very safe subject for blackmail. Okay, but I'll have to have that police protection, and one way or the other, you help me or the cops help me. Is Nick Beale connected with this? I don't know anybody named Beale. Joe, the whites have arrived. Oh, I'll be right there, Martha. I can't talk further right now, Mr. Finch. Can you be in my office at 10 o'clock tonight? Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. Very well. And I'll see that Mr. Beale is there, too. Mr. Beale? Yes, Mr. Finch? Well, I did it. Did you bring what I asked for? I found the pipes, Dan, just like you said on Forster's desk. There were seven pipes. I took this one. Thank you, Mr. Finch. You may carry it. I sure can use that money you promised me. Was there any message, Mr. Finch? Well, he says he wants to meet me in his office at 10 tonight. He wants you to be there, too. Then there's nothing more to be done, is there? Just my money. Then come along, Mr. Finch, and I'll get it. You know, the way he acted, Mr. Beale, I'd sway, thought the books were the real thing, but I burned them with my own... So what? He says the books were burned, that the ones I produced in court were fake. They worked, didn't they? That's beside the point. What did the bookkeeper want? Travelling money. Shakedown? I'm not sure. Why else would he pick tonight? Tonight the party's deciding on his candidate for governor. I don't know. But I regret ever having been involved with you. I have your money here, the 25,000. Please take it back. What's the fuss over the books? What if they were faked? I'd have to admit a mistrial and set Hanson free. And blow the governorship sky-high? That doesn't matter. I've prided myself on being a man of conscience. I intend to act according to that conscience. Hello? Hey, Jake. Oh, hello, Larry. Yes, yes. I knew the committee was meeting. Oh, they... Oh, they have?  Well, please tell the committee I'd be very pleased to accept the nomination. You know, Forster, I might even see my way clear to make that $50,000. Will you check these posters, please, Miss Allen? Oh, yes, they'll be...  Well, thank you, Dr. Garfield. Oh, I'm having a wonderful time and doing a service for my state, too. Oh, Nick, I believe I'm late. Oh, hello, Donna. Hello. Hello, Miss Allen. Forster, the Evans Committee is expecting you. Oh, let them wait.  The governor was magnificent. I knew he'd be. Oh, Donna, I wish everybody had as much faith in me as you do. Everybody doesn't know you as well as I do. Thank you. Come on, Nick. Oh, Miss Allen. Yes? Don't overplay it, sugar. Coming, Forster. We've been waiting for you, Joe. Oh, sorry, Larry. What's up? We've been examining the Stafford Report. What about it? It indicates you'll run 100,000 votes short of a victory. What can we do to change that? Just keep working and hope that something happens. I think we'll have to do something more than that, Mr. Evans. And what would you suggest, Mr. Bill? Make a deal with Slade and his downstate machine. Nick, you're not serious. You want to win, don't you? I'm surprised you'd make such a suggestion. Gentlemen, shall we continue with the meeting? Forster, that's the last committee man gone. And your chances for the governor's mansion gone with it. Oh, things aren't that bad. No, no. As a matter of fact, they aren't. What do you mean? I mean whether you like the Slade deal or not, it's already made. What? I set it up yesterday. You? Slade's gonna play ball. You're as good as in. Get out of my office. All right. Sure. But first, first you're gonna listen to me. The trouble with your kind, Forster, is that you're colorblind. It's all white or black. No grays, no in-betweens. Well, if you value those ideals of yours, you better start seeing the grays. You want to give the people the state of square deal. Okay. But first you have to be governor. And first you have to be elected. And to do that, you have to pay the gray side to beat the black. Either that or the black wins. Are you through? For now, yes. Donna? Yes?  Who with? The next governor. I'll drop by your place and explain things.  How can I forget? Oh. Dr. Garfield. Mr. Beale, I've been thinking about you. Still trying to remember this face of mine? Yes. Isn't it strange? It's not you. Not your face. It's as if you were a shadow. And I'm trying to remember the substance that casts the shadow. Well, sometime we'll talk about it, just you and I. Sometime. When the shadow and the substance come together. It's you. It's me. Visit from your benefactor, Donna. What's as if you were wrong about tonight? Foster hasn't phoned. You won't phone. He'll come directly here. What makes you so sure? He's had a fight with his wife. He's told her that I've made an alliance between himself and a man named Slade. She's acted very sanctimonious. She's told Foster we best to give up the governorship. Now he's confused, alone. He remembers your sweetness and admiration. He'll come here. He's got nowhere else to go. Shall I be nice to him? You'll do exactly as I say. Listen, Donna, and remember. Yes. He'll ask your advice about the deal with Slade. I approve. Not right away. First you ask what his wife thinks. When he tells you, you'll become angry. Is she trying to wreck his career? Is she trying to wreck your career? Then he'll say he wishes that Martha felt the way you do. And that, Donna, is the cue for your big speech. Go on. I'm a quick study. And get this. Joseph, I have a confession to make. Sometimes I wish we weren't married so that we could... Oh, I've shocked you, haven't I? I've shocked you, haven't I? Then he answers, no. No, you haven't, Donna, because I have a confession of my own. Each day when I go to campaign headquarters, I'm afraid you won't be there. Then when I see you, I know everything's all right. And the times you've had lunch together, do you remember how many, Donna? Six. And each a red letter day in my life. Now you. You say Joseph don't say anymore. Joseph don't say anymore. But I have to. It's all bubbling out. Now, Donna, you. No Joseph, no one. He says, what's the matter? And you, Donna, I'm frightened. He says there's nothing to be frightened of, but you take his arm. Please, Joseph, go now. I'll see you in the morning, darling. Then he says I'll be counting the minutes. Brother, how corny can you get? Don't be a critic, Donna. Just an actress. But he isn't going to say any of those things. Your guest has arrived. Let him in, Donna. I'll wait in the other room. Donna, I... Oh, hello, Joseph. I happen to be in the neighborhood and I thought... Oh, please come in. I'm glad you came. I was lonely. Well, sit down, Joseph. Thank you. Oh, you look tired. Yes, I am. Is it that deal Nick made with the machine? Yes. Donna, what do you think about Slade? Me? Well, I shouldn't advise you, Joseph. What does Martha think? She's very much opposed to the alliance. She doesn't realize how important it is that you win. Important for the state. She accused me of... of compromising with everything I'd attested. But, Joseph, doesn't she know she's wrecking your political career? Oh, Donna, I wish Martha felt the way you do. Oh. Joseph, I have a confession to make. Sometimes I wish that you weren't married so that we could... I've shocked you, haven't I? No. No, you haven't. I have a confession of my own. Each morning, when I go to campaign headquarters, I'm afraid you won't be there. And then when I see you, everything's all right again. And the times we've had lunch... Do you remember how many? Six. Six. And each one a red letter day in my memory. Joseph, don't say anything more. What's the matter? I'm frightened. Well, there's nothing to be frightened of. Joseph, look, I'll see you in the morning. All right, Donna. I'll be counting the minutes. Goodbye. You weren't bad, Donna. Who are you? What are you? Putting speeches in people's mouths. Pushing nice old guys around. Pushing me around. You don't like it? Then get out. Back to the China coast. Oh, no. And stay in line. You're doing a good job, Donna. This is the job you were made for. He'll run for election. Buster, Dr. Garfield. Some more of your time. Thank you, Mr. Beale. Oh, Joel. Yes, Larry. It looks bad. The 21st and 22nd districts belong to the slave machine. When they come in, they're liable to swamp us right out. Well, maybe not. Listen, everybody, report for the 22nd district. Foster leads by 60,984. What? That's a miraculous margin. It should sense the election. Yes, that's slave's territory. You didn't make any arrangement with him, did you? No, Larry. I didn't. Joe? Yes, Tom. Look who just came in. That's Slade, isn't it? Yes, it is. Joe, what's the meaning of this? I'm with you, Foster. Don't get into a panic. Well, Governor. Hello, Slade. Looks like we're in business. Hello, Evans. Anything from the 21st yet? Slade. In business. What does that mean? Is what I said. I wouldn't worry about the 21st, Foster. That 50 grand you gave me will pay off about three votes to the dollar. Joe, did you give this man $50,000? I did, Larry. Where'd you get it? I gave it to him. You, Beale. I should have known. It was just a loan. I'll pay it back. Everybody, listen, everybody! The opposition just gave up. The election has been conceded. Joseph Foster's our next governor! Larry, if you'll just let me explain.  You don't have to explain to anybody. But Slade and Beale. Good night, Joseph. Don't worry, Foster. They'll come around. Have a nice celebration, everybody. Party's on me. You coming, Joe? Yes. Yes, in a minute. Donna! Darling, darling, you're governor. You did it. No, let's, let's go where we can talk alone. Here, in this, this room. Joseph, this is no time to look so gloomy. Lawrence Evans. He walked out on me tonight. The Slade deal. But it's all over now. It isn't over. I still have to justify myself. Oh, Donna, I, I want to be governor. The flattery, the authority, the prestige. I sound very egotistical, don't I? No, you don't. You sound very human. And I know you'll do the best job you can. I wonder, there's Slade and Nick Beale. Look, get away from Nick, Joseph. He's... Yes? Well, nothing. I'm just silly. Look, they're waiting for you at the celebration. You go on, I'll join you in a minute, hmm? All right, Donna. Donna. Oh. Well, Nick? That was quite a performance. He's in trouble. Yes, he is. Why don't you leave him alone? What's Foster ever done to you? Nothing. He's decent and good. Why don't you forget about him? I'll forget about him, too. You know, you and I, Nick, we could have a lot of fun together.  I'll toss you back in the gutter where you belong. Yes, you can forget Foster, and I'm taking care of him myself tonight. I'm glad you're here, Nick. I wanted to talk to you. Is this victory, Foster? The Governor sits alone in his darkened home, deserted by all but his friends. Who are my friends? Well, me for one. I'm the only friend you need. That's very funny. My wife has left me, you know. Martha? Oh, that's too bad.  It's not me, Foster. It's your reform party pals. Have you seen the late papers? No. They've been announced to you? What? They kicked the new Governor right out of the party. Eh, so it's happened. Well, I'm not surprised. I've got a lot of making up to do. We're finished, Nick. Are we? You don't know how much trouble you're in. Well, I'm afraid I do. No, you don't. You remember Mr. Finch, Hanson's bookkeeper? He's dead. They found his body at the waterfront. Remember the coroner's verdict? Yes. Accidental. Well, it isn't accidental anymore. It's murder. Why didn't I hear about this? Because somehow, Foster, the police have linked you to the killing. That's impossible. Someone tipped him that Finch was in your home the night he was killed and they found something on his body, a pipe. A pipe that's been traced to a set of seven, given to you three years ago. Ridiculous. The pipe set is right here on my desk. Count them. One, two, three, four, five, six. I guess this is going to kind of interfere with your being Governor. You know, for weeks I've had a feeling that I'd never really make it. Forget the feeling, Foster. I can pull you out of this. Oh.  You know, I'm getting a little tired of sticking out my neck and not having you chop at it. This time I'd like some protection and I'd like it in writing. Write out your terms. I already have. Here. It includes a small reward for services rendered. The post of keeper of the state seal. But that doesn't even pay a salary. I don't mind. Oh, and there's a sort of default clause too. You'd better read it. In case I fail to make the above appointment, I do hereby agree to accompany the aforesaid Nicholas Beal to the island of Almas Perdidas. Almas Perdidas? What island is that? Just an island. What difference does it make? You'll give me the state job the minute you become governor? What about your end of the bargain, the Finch affair? Sign the agreement. Hand me that pen. There you are. Fine, clear signature. Nick, the murderer, Finch. Oh, the police will come here. They'll check the pipes in your desk. Then they'll cross you off the list. How? If a pipe is missing, what... Count them, Foster. Well, I just did. Count them again. Four, five, six... Seven. Your jittery, Foster. You should be on top of the world. Yes, I... Well, this is quite a step in a man's life. Relax. In another half hour, you'll be the governor. Yes. Is it a good feeling, Foster? The governor-elect in the governor's mansion, the last delicious waiting before the inauguration? No, it's not a good feeling. But look how far you've come to the crime-busting district attorney to the governor of the state. How very far I've come. The only friend in the audience outside is Tom Garfield. Not even Donna. Oh, forget it. Oh, I wanted to tell you, Slade and the boys say they'd like a couple of additional baubles. What is it now? Two members on the power commission, two more on the marshlands committee, and the chairman of the liquor control board. Well, that's almost every keeper. Not quite. You still have the Fish and Game Commission. He is keeper of the state seal, unless you prefer the forfeit clause. You'll get what you want. I'm sure I will. Oh, and I almost forgot, the fellows think you ought to drop that 200,000 for boys clubs. No, Nick, that stays. What do you care? You've got what you wanted. This isn't the way I wanted it. Oh, cut it out, Foster. You know what's wrong with you. You still think of yourself as a reformer. I've done what I thought was right. That implies every means. But I didn't mean to. I can't be what you say I am. No. Try to change back. Just try. Oh, Mr. Foster, the ceremony's about to begin, sir. Oh, very well. Nick, Nick, you represent everything I've ever struggled against. You've made one mistake. You think I've stopped struggling. I know it. They're waiting for you, Foster. Let me hear and listen to your speech on the radio. Don't be too surprised, Nick. It is charged the duties of the office of governor according to the best of my ability. Mr. Justice, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. A few weeks ago, the reform party issued a statement renouncing me for certain political commitments I allegedly made. I never answered that statement. Because it is absolutely true. To my eternal shame, I did make alliances with various groups of corrupt figures. Now I realize those alliances will prevent me from properly serving my state. Therefore, I resign the governorship in favor of an honest man, the lieutenant governor, who was once my friend. Ladies and gentlemen, you have just heard what is certainly the most astounding inaugural address in the history of this, or, I believe, in the other state. As you heard your... How did you like my speech, Nick? Fine. Impressive. Virtue triumphant. It doesn't disappoint you. Not at all. Your plans haven't quite worked out. On the contrary, Foster, they've worked very well. What are your plans now? I intend to find my wife. But first, there's an agreement to be settled. If you were somebody such as yourself, you wouldn't ignore a contract. We can go into that later. No, Foster. Now. You fail to make me keeper of the state seal. In forfeiture, you must accompany me to the island of Almas Perdi. I have no time now. It's a short journey. My last commitment? After this, you'll be free. Free. Let's go, Nick. We'll leave by the back door. Please, Joseph, get away from Nick. Your speech, you did right. Now you're free. Donna, your clothes. Everything else belongs to Nick. I'm breaking away, Joseph. You can do it, too. Thank you, Donna. But first, I must pay a visit to the island of Almas Perditas. Come along, Foster. Our transportation's waiting on the China coast. Goodbye, Donna. Miss Allen, was Joseph here? Dr. Garfield, he just left. Through there, with Nick Biel. He's taking Joseph somewhere, somewhere terrible. Oh, my dear, you're almost hysterical. Where is this place? He called it the island of Almas Perditas. Why, that's Spanish. It means... It means the island of Lost Souls. No, he's an evil man, Dr. Garfield. He's a devil. I'm silent. Do you know where they're going from here? Yes. Nick said the China coast. Oh, why can't he drive faster? Miss Allen, you called Nick Biel a devil. Did you mean that, literally? Oh, no, not in the horns and tail kind of way. Perhaps I remember how he was afraid to read this book. The Bible? The Bible. And that's a tenet cast of countenance. The fallen angel, Lucifer. Oh, but Dr. Garfield, this is the 20th century. Nobody believes in those things anymore. Perhaps the devil also knows it's the 20th century. Oh, this is it. The China coast. Here, driver. Come on, Miss Allen. This confounded far. I think I saw something moving ahead. They might be at the end of the pier. Cards in his heaven, Donner. I'm here. Joe, you're not going with Biel. You're wrong, Garfield. He's given his word on paper, haven't you, Foster? I have. But it doesn't matter. It doesn't count. The contract cannot be broken. I don't believe there is a contract, Mr. Biel. No? Take a look. Everything is in order. My company has negotiated quite a few of these. I see. Yes. It appears that he did sign your paper. What company do you represent, Mr. Biel? A trading company. Trading in what? In people of a certain nature. I also represent a trading company, Mr. Biel. It would seem that we're competitors. But my firm has won out in this particular deal. My contract, please. Of course. Do you mind if I place it in this Bible? Now take your contract, Mr. Biel. Your contract. And the book. Now, come on, Foster. We're late. Not without the contract. Give me the Bible, Tom. Now, Nick, I'm ready, if you are. No, not with that book. The book goes with me, Nick. You've jocked me into a nice little morality play, haven't you? The same old props. It's always been bell and candle and that worn-out book of yours. Are we going? No. No, we're not going. Oh, Joseph. It's all right, Miss Allen. It's all right. You've saved yourself, Foster, just in time. You won't be going this time. Garfield's firm has won this one after all. We'll win others too. But you won't win all of them. Some of them belong to me. And perhaps Foster and Donna will meet again one day when I can be of service to you. We'll be waiting for another battle. And who'll win? Who'll win? And so ends our Screen Directors Playhouse presentation of Alias Nick Biel. Our stars will return in just a moment. Next Thursday, the Screen Directors Playhouse brings an adventure tale taken from the pages of a vivid history. Our motion picture story for the first time on the air is Prince of Foxes directed by Henry King. And in the starring role at his dashing best will be the distinguished Douglas Fairbanks. And supporting him will be the 20th Century Fox Starlet Joyce Mackenzie. And now here again are tonight's stars Ray Milland and Jan Sterling.  Well, thank you, Jan. Thank you. I learned all about that sort of thing from a devilishly fine director. Ladies and gentlemen, John Farrow, who directed Alias Nick Biel was supposed to be with us tonight. But illness has kept him at home, so I'm afraid you've been done out of an opportunity of meeting one of Hollywood's finest motion picture artists. Ray, I talked to John Farrow on the phone this afternoon and, uh, you know, he pointed out something about Alias Nick Biel that I didn't even realize. What was that, Jan? Well, that the leading man and the leading lady didn't exchange a single embrace, not a single kiss. There wasn't even a love scene. Why, Jan, I thought you knew that's the most devilish part of the story. Good night, Jan. Good night, everyone. Good night. Alias Nick Biel was presented through the courtesy of Paramount Pictures, whose current release is Mr. Music, starring Bing Crosby, who is celebrating his 20th year in show business. Ray Milland will shortly be seen in the Paramount Picture, something to live for, and Jan Sterling will soon appear in the Paramount film, Ace in the Hole. Tonight's cast included Theodore Von Elts as Joseph Foster, Herbert Butterfield as Reverend Garfield, Lois Corbett as Martha Foster, Frank Gerstle as Larry Evans, Tony Barrett as Finch, Jack Krushen as The Bartender, and Raymond Burr as Slade. Alias Nick Biel was adapted for radio by Richard Allen Simmons. This Green Director's Playhouse is produced by Howard Wiley and directed by Bill Karn. This is Jimmy Wallington speaking and inviting you to listen again next Thursday, when, for the first time on the air, we present Prince of Foxes, starring Douglas Fairbanks with Joyce Bikkenzi and Screen Director Henry King. Listen again next week through Screen Director's Playhouse, the Thursday night feature on NBC's All-Star Festival of Comedy, Music, Mystery, and Drama. Listen tomorrow evening to the one and only Duffy's Tavern, the Friday night feature of the All-Star Festival. Join Archie and the Gang and Duffy's Tavern tomorrow night on NBC.


Good afternoon and thank you. I'm Mike Farnworth, BC's Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety. Today I'm joining you from the traditional territory of the Laquungen speaking people and the Songhees and the Squimalt nations. I'm also joined by Minister Adrian Dix, the Minister of Health, as well as Dr. Sarah Henderson from the BC Centre for Disease Control. As we're all aware, a heat warning is in effect due to higher-than-expected temperatures, and we're doing a number of things to help British Columbians get through this heat wave safely. Over the past week, Emergency Management BC has been working with local communities and First Nations to ensure they have the support that they need. This includes reimbursements for cooling centres that have targeted support for vulnerable British Columbians. Transportation to and from cooling centres and communities where no scheduled public or reasonable transportation exists. Staff wages and overtime to compensate for the opening of civic facilities that would otherwise not be open and water for distribution within those facilities. Also in the interest of public safety and in order to reach a broader range of British Columbians, government is working with TV and radio stations to provide critical info during this second heat wave. In addition, we will continue posting social media updates to get out much needed information on how to find local supports. The province's Emergency Info BC website, which can be found at emergencyinfobc.ca, is a one-stop shop for information on wildfire evacuees supports, as well as information on heat wave supports, how to prepare an info on heat-related illnesses and cooling centre locations. People who are evacuated from their homes due to the wildfires are particularly vulnerable during this time, and local governments are being encouraged to let evacuees know about cooling centre locations in their area. So people should plan ahead, find out where they are, find out how you can spend time in a cool or air-conditioned place. While heat can harm anyone, older adults and children younger than five years old are particularly vulnerable to the effects of a heat wave. So I encourage all British Columbians to check with one another, especially on those people you know are living alone. Be sure to use the supports available and to take extra care of any vulnerable people and their family, friends and pets this weekend. I encourage all British Columbians from mobilising to help British Columbians stay cool and safe through this heat wave. The heat wave is a stark reminder of the impacts of climate change and the need to prepare for hotter weather and more frequent heat events as people and as government and as a health system. Thank you. As all of you know, environment Canada, heat warnings are in effect for most of the province. At least, and that this is happening, of course. At a time when many people in the province are experiencing very poor air quality from wildfires, that will affect an increasing number of people in the province this weekend. Extreme heat is dangerous. It takes a toll on people's health. It's especially risky for people who are vulnerable, like seniors and people dealing with chronic health conditions. When temperatures go up, it's time for all of us to step up and help keep people safe and to help keep people cool to help protect ourselves and our loved ones. The province has mobilized to help people during this heat alert across the health care system and across other government ministries as Minister Farnworth has said. Working together with our health authorities and local government partners, we are ready to help people and communities beat the heat. This work is already underway. We have all of our systems on emergency footing to help anyone who might experience heat or smoke-related challenges. In acute care, staff are being redeployed to emergency rooms to meet demand. And steps are in place to keep people in hospitals cool and safe. In long-term care, residents and their families will see staff taking proactive steps to keep everyone hydrated and cool. In home care, caregivers will be checking in with you with everyone to make sure that they are okay and if they need help, they will get the help that they need. In all of these sectors of the health care people, the people that we connect with regularly, we are mobilized as we have been in the past to assist. I want to add with respect to emergency health services that if you or a loved one experiences heat-related illness and you need help, please call 911. The BC ambulance service is ready to serve you. The new chief ambulance officer is taking steps to ensure people who call for help get help and get help quickly. Working with paramedics and dispatchers in every case. Provincial and emergency operations centres are now in operations in BC EHS. More clinicians are working this weekend to help the dispatchers responding to your calls to make sure the response you get is correct. Managers have stepped up to work at hospital ERs to make sure people who need immediate medical attention get out of ambulances and into care as quickly as possible. The chief ambulance officer is also taking steps to make sure paramedics are well supported. They will take care of people who take care of us with water, gatorade and permission to wear clothing that is made for summer, not a BC winter. In addition, the province is getting a big assist from the ambulance paramedics . They have been instrumental in the province's work to renew the ambulance service and they are going above and beyond this week to make sure that when people call for help, they get a response and get a response quickly. Thanks to them, we are bolstering BC's emergency response capabilities this weekend. This includes the activation of on-call rural shifts to full-time for the weekend periods. Pre-scheduling over time with a pick-up partner, pick-up time with a coach, flexibility with pairing and using EMR staff in the lower mainland from other areas by teaming them up with other paramedics. Transfer calls for 911, low acuity, staffed with EMRs. Alternate transportation being made available and redeploying community paramedics in some parts of the province.


Hold on, here we go, here we go, here we go! WAAAAAAAH! Okay, so! Uh, the game is up again! Uh, if you did not know, or, well, you probably do, I made a video saying this game had vanished, and that it wasn't coming back, and it was a bit like K.E.U. sort of thing. Uh, and that was true! For all of like, five seconds! And then it's decided to come back! They're still keeping the weird nicknames for things. Gotcha, okay, but! I want to try! I think we pick legendary time. Hell yeah, let's go! Yeeees! Look at me! I've never played this guy. Oh, we have a charge meter. Right, okay, so. Left click is just slashes. Uh, one is... Oh, multiple tail hits. Good, good, good. Two is... I think that's the grab. Gotcha, okay, so three... Oh, three is just the brawl forward. Okay. Four, I'm assuming, will be the laser beam. Oh, no, four is guard break. Oh, yeah, that's... Oh, that is deadly. And then I'm assuming F is the laser. Oh, yes! Okay, cool, cool, cool. Oh, do I even bother fighting this thing? Yes, look at this! This is awesome! Uh, I thought this was gone. I thought I'd never be able to play again. And now here we are. Look at my face! God tell I'm ewing. Got to love the memes. I want to help the chaos! Or do I? Hello, tiny me!  Oh, he's gonna... Oh, yeah, I forgot about control. Control's awesome. Yeah, there we go, there we go. That's what you need to do to be a pro player. Wow, it's interesting seeing Bieber. I don't know what he's doing in one of these games. And it's true! I'm learning. But the thing is, by the time I've reached the end of the video, I kind of know what I'm doing. Before that, I have no idea. Look, little bugger here! What are you...  Right, that's it!  Ah! Oh, okay, okay! Okay! Ah! Yes! Time to roar! Sorry, roar! Ha ha ha! That looked awesome, is he dead? Whoa, okay, there we go, there he goes. Okay, cool, cool. I need to know what combos sort of go into each other. The grab is good. And then you can do a few claws, and then you can do this one, which is like... Oh, he tried, bless him. He tried. Oh, no, he did do it! He did it in two directions!  Oh, no, sorry, that's the better one. There we go. Some damage. Yeah, that's right James, just go into it. That'll work! There we go. Hey, don't you? What are you looking at? He's gonna fire backwards, that's good, that's good. Oh, no! He did the grab right back. I too can play that game. Oh, no. Oh, God, oh, God.  Oh, God, I've really got to get used to these controls again. I think three is my charge over. Yeah, three. Ready? There we go. That was good. And then we'll just laser me again. Beautiful uninterrupted beamage! I can't grab him yet. Yes, yes, yes, you almost got him. Slap him! Yes! We did it, you B!  I should have you fired for doing something like that. There you go, see you fired. Get it, joe keys! Yeah, you want some? Yeah, I think so. Grab! Oh, that's not grab. I thought that was grab. Alright, this one. Let's go, let's go! Yeah! Oh, yes, got him! Oh, now he's afraid. Now he's running, now he's running! There we go. That's what we do, that's what we do. Easy. Oh, sorry! Run, let's burn him! Go, keep him! Look, it was an accident, okay? Oh, he's running, he's going to do his thing. You might look at me while you do it. Doesn't mean you're going to do any damage. Oh, God! Oh, oh, cheese. Oh, yeah, yeah, what else? That's right, eat him! Eat him, guys! What did they do? They're dead! What's going on with you guys? That was weird. Kind of hilarious, not going to...   What's going on? There we go, that's the one, and then we need to do three. Three is also really good into this. Go, go, go! Hold on, there we go, there we go. We need to do X for that one. Did it just get all his energy back? Somebody died! Oh, I rage quit. There's a party over there, we need to go see. Come on, dude, let's go. He's my little buddy. Ever in Godzilla, teaming up. Bestest friends. Come on, dude, let's go, let's go, let's go. Oh, sound design for that Godzilla is so freaking sweet. Also the way the laser looks. It's so good! I hope this game keeps on development. I really do, because it's so much fun to play. Oh, he's got a knife out. You got a shotgun? Come on, then, fine. Then he's like, yeah! No, we're the toxic players. No, you hate to see it. We're the 2v1. Ah, well. You live long enough to see stuff. Whatever. Get him! He's too fast! Come on, you... Please! Please, no! All the explosions! Where'd he go? Wait, where did he go? This looks like fun. Hold on. Here we go, here we go, here we go! Oh, my God! That was so good! Yes! I didn't know I did that. That was awesome! Get him! This is awesome. Hello? Don't mind me. Don't grab my face! I'll grab yours! Ah! Oh, no, not the grab again. I like how he just brings everybody into him. Like, you will all come to me. Oh, we stopped him. We stopped him from doing his laser. That's great. Oh, no! I'm usually going to predict him the tail. Because then it leads him to the grab. Oh, did I stop his grab? Look, I did! And it's time for the best move! Yeah, what's that? Oh, God, no. No, he stopped me doing my thing. That's not good. Oh, yeah, I never used four, is it? Ow, ow, ow. Why can't I move? What is going on? I'm so scared. I have no idea what's going on. Okay, well, it's time for my amazing move again.  What are you doing getting involved in here? All right, that's it. You asked for it. There we go. Happy? Got a block? No. Oh, God. I think we're going down, guys. We're going down. At least I got him. There we go. I got some hits in. That's good. Yeah, okay, I'd like to take on that infinite Godzilla, whatever he's called. Why is there just a mechazilla out here?  That's right. Oh, God. Yeah, block, block, block, block. And let's do our own three. Oh, no, he stopped me. Yes, you did. Okay, here we go. Now do four. Oh, there it is. Let's laser him. Did we do it? Oh, I don't even know. No, the grab! That's not cool, dude. Yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. There it is. And then we can do like... Oh, he's too far away. Oh, my God, break. We can do that, too. Oh, no, you know, webs. Okay, he's going to break through a little bit there. That's fine. Not looking good for Ross, though. Wait, what? What's going on with laser? Why are they going to the ground? No, Glitch! This isn't fair! There it is. There's the hit. That's a cheeky hit. That's what we want to see. Oh, damn it.  Bam! Why are you like it, huh? That's right, you don't! There we go. No sound! Super-silent laser. Why are you running away, huh? There it is, there it is, there it is, there it is. This is the attack. And then a one, then a one, then a one. Yeah, there it is. Oh, he loves that four, man. Your turn for a four! Oh, okay, okay. I think we got this. I think we got this. It's kind of even at the moment. Oh, I dropped my guard at the wrong moment there. Okay, I don't have anything. In fact, the only thing I have is my beam. Let's do that! There we go. That's good, that's good, that's good. Let's for him. Break that. Oh, he was too high. There we go, okay. Right, grab him. Yep, this is it, this is it. Keep hitting him, keep hitting him. Want him. Oh, I just got him. Just got him. That was good, that was good. Can we three him? Okay, okay, that's good, that's good. I mean, it's not really. Oh, no! Right, grab, grab. Okay, okay, here we go, here we go. And then when we hit him away for him. There it is. That's great, that's great. Yep, just get away from that, that's good. Oh, yeah, he's... Right. Oh, ah, ah! Get a little buggy in. Ooh, this is tight. This is close. Oh, ah, ah! I don't think any of us will. Particularly very good. Now it's got to take me ages to go find anyone. So what I realized, I think when you do your first left click. You can follow it with another left click. But it's better to not do that. Because then you can always combo that into another move. So maybe a left click. Then with, you know, the grab that's super close. And then when we hit him away. We could go for this. And then we could chain that into like the laser. Because then at that point he's like hit quite far away. Yeah, that could be a cool combo.  Bam! Bam! Oh, there he goes, there he goes. There's the damage. That's good, that's good. Laser time! There we go, and then to it. Then grab him. Oh my, oh my, oh my! Ah!  He just did his ultimate on me. Wait, you're attacking me? What? Right, sod you guys. You all die, no one lives. Ah! Happy?  Oh, oh, okay. Oh, he tried to grab me. It didn't work.  Nothing. Ah, you'll die. Then we grab him. Grab him. That's good, that's good. This thing we can do the other one. We can do this. Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. Then we can go into, oh. Oh, now you're on my side. Ah! There it is, he's dead. Woo! Awesome.  Oh, this is brilliant. I can go, wait, it hurt me? Oh, now we definitely need to kill him. There we go. Just some revenge, as you do. Woo. Hey, guy. And then. There we go, push him into the fire. What did he say? Haha, it's a grin. I have no idea.  Woo!  I'm not after you. Right, that's it. You're not staying back. Right, left click him, left click him, left click him. Left click. There we go. And then go for it. Not that. Hey, what's he doing? Hey, I don't know what he's doing.  And then, yeah, block this. Yeah, I don't know what he's doing that. But we'll just make sure that he can't do it. And then grab, grab, grab, grab, grab. Yep, I think we got him. Whoa! Jeez, well, we're doing something to him. Right, and this is it. This is it. He's so close, he can't get away. I'll write in his face. Right, hit him again. Can we do it? Oh, this guy. I think he's giving up, actually. Oh, the ultimate Godzilla died on Millennium, so he actually got all his health back. Sweet. Are you done? Oh, God, run. Run, run, run, run. Oh, there we go. We got out of the way. Woo, woo, woo. Oh, I knew that guy. You are smart. I'm not fighting you.  Uh-oh, uh-oh. Oh, God, I'm being hit by multiple ultimates now. Ah, right, we all die. Nobody lives. No one has fun. Oh, yeah, I forgot about four. We can do four. Yeah. Oh, okay, then, man, I can't do anything. Yeah, maybe I'll... There it is. Grab him! A bit last. Oh, no. Can we form again? Oh, we could probably... Oh, three's good. Yeah, three's good. There it is. There it is. There it is. That's how we do it. And now let's do it. Everyone's here!  Oh, almost got him. Almost got the other Godzilla. Where is he? There he is. Take my health back. Thank you.  But there's just so much damage going on here. I have no idea what's going on anymore. Holy moly. Woo. Okay, get out, get out, get out. Okay, okay, it's time to blast everybody again! Oh, mechagos.  Freaking salts. What are you like? Can't help it, can you? Yeah, I can't be killed. Yeah. Yeah. We all know. Yeah. It's like, no. I am the superior player. Loves the tail grab, like the one that's unblockable. Kind of makes sense, I suppose. Of course you'd like that move. Oh, there it is. And there's the tail again. The spammy move. I've got one health left. You want a 1v1 me. Come on, then. There's 1v1. Oh, well, that's not what a 1v1 is. Oh, right. It's just a Royal Rumble, is it? All right, Royal Rumble it is. I'll do my favorite move. Oh, God, it's ultimate. Get him. That's what you get for doing your ultimate. Get involved, everybody. What a... Beautiful. All right, I need three. Four is good. There we are. All right, hold on. Let's go. Yep, there we go. Some hits. That's good. That's good. Hit him away. Make sure there's the 1. Pew! Pew! Oh, no!   Let's go! Woo! How dare's? Oh, God. The spinnies. Oh! Ow! Nice try, dude. I don't think so. Oh, this is intense. This one. Oh, very intense. Oh! Ah, this guy! I don't even want to tag you, dude. Oh, he just took so much damage. That was like all of the Kraken's thing. And then also mine. Ah! Oh, my God. Oh, my God. It was killed by... Oh, someone died. Whee! I got a kill. I swear to God, this game going up and down, being taken on and put back off, whatever, if it's all just a ploy to get more people to play. Let me just restart Roblox. Fail to connect. Is it gone again? Yeah. Okay. So, game gone. Well, that was fun. Maybe it's the last time. Maybe it's not. Who knows? I'm just glad I got to play it one more time. Anyway, guys, bye-bye.


a very good evening viewers and aspirants welcome to the indian news analysis brought to you by shankarai's academy for the date 29th of november 2021 these are the articles that have been taken for discussion today and followed by the article discussion we have a practice question discussion also so without wasting much time let us move on to the first news article analysis so we are going to start our news analysis with this editorial article discussion this editorial article is about the important pledges or the important events that took place in 26 conference of parties to the UNFCCC convention that is the COP26 as you remember COP26 was held at Glasgow earlier this month and in this editorial author has particularly focused on global methane pledge pledge related to the deforestation and also commitments related to green energy so today let us understand these and we'll also see India's commitments regarding these and issues of India with these pledges and commitments the syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference so let us start our discussion with the global methane pledge see this pledge is an agreement to reduce global methane emissions now one of the central aims of this agreement is to cut down methane emissions by up to 30 percentage from 2020 level and this has to be cut down by the year 2030 as per the pledge and more than 100 countries have signed this global methane pledge but India is not one among them India has actually abstained from signing this pledge now why India abstained from it the major reason for this is India is the third largest emitter of methane see this methane emission in India is mainly due to the huge size of our rural economy and our largest cattle population so India doesn't want to commit to this methane pledge without knowing whether it is a feasible one now the next pledge is related to deforestation it is the Glasgow declaration on forest and land use see this declaration was initiated by united kingdom to halt deforestation and land degradation by the year 2030 and this declaration has been signed by more than 105 countries but India did not sign this declaration also India did not sign this declaration even when India is among the 10 most forest rich countries in the world so why India did not sign this declaration see according to sources there were disagreements with respect to the wordings in the declaration it is said that the declaration had mentioned about trade so it suggested that meeting the obligations under the pledge could also mean restrictions in international trade and India was against this idea of trade being interlinked with climate change and forest issues in the agreement why because trade falls under the ambit of world trade organization to which India is a member so saying that trade should not be related to climate change and forest issues India didn't sign this declaration on forest and land use so overall India did not sign the methane pledge and India did not sign the declaration on deforestation now the next pledge which we are going to discuss is related to green energy so what is this green energy it is also known as green power or clean energy this green energy is a subset of renewable energy it represents those renewable energy resources and technologies that provide the highest environmental benefit so it includes electricity produced from solar wind geothermal biogas etc and if you remember India has agreed to a commitment regarding this green energy we know that India made five important climate promises in co p26 under the tag of panchamrith and two of those commitments could be related to this green energy these commitments were to reach India's non-fossil energy capacity to 500 gigawatts by the 2030 and the next one is the meeting 50 percentage of India's energy requirements from renewable energy by the year 2030 so this is not the first time India has been promoting green energy and committing to it because even though India has not yet significantly transitioned towards renewable energy we have been promoting green energy to reduce carbon emission and one of the classic example for such promotion is the launching of international solar alliance by India along with France but according to the author of this editorial when it comes to transitioning towards green energy India has to face three major struggles so let us see what are these struggles or challenges the first major challenge is India's huge population so it is not really easy for India to depend almost entirely on green energy for satisfying the consumption needs of world's second largest population base because when we take countries like Iceland and Norway they have a small population and they also have adequate resources so they have the privilege to totally depend on green energy like hydroelectricity but this is not the case with India because we have a huge population base and our renewable energy sources are not enough to meet our needs so this is the main challenge now the second challenge is sustaining green energy the problem is that we should first have enough available renewable energy options to choose which is a challenge for India why because if you take the examples of countries that have similar populations like India for example if you take China or USA we can see that they have been relying majorly on nuclear power to cut down their carbon emissions and this was possible for these countries because they have nuclear suppliers group status that is they are member of nuclear suppliers group but India doesn't have the option of using nuclear power to the extent of how it is being used by China and USA because India is not a member of this nuclear suppliers group here we should not forget that India is the only country to receive a waiver from nuclear suppliers group because India demonstrated itself as a credential and responsible nuclear power state so in the year 2008 India was allowed access to civilian nuclear technology and fuel from other countries so this enabled India to buy power plants from the global market but still there are many other types of technologies which India is denied because it is outside this nuclear suppliers group so there is a lack of adequate option for India regarding this nuclear power which is a struggle for us and this is the reason why in the COP26 also India was pushing for NSG status see once we get this NSG status then we'll have a legal foundation for our nuclear regime and it will also provide greater confidence to the countries for investing billions of dollars in the nuclear power projects in India but unless we have this NSG status scaling up our nuclear power production is a difficult task for India and that is why sustaining green energy in our country is a challenge now apart from this the Indian renewable energy industry is also facing an immense financial challenge especially in this pandemic India is struggling with resource constraints but despite these challenges India is making efforts to promote its green energy in order to abide by its COP21 climate commitments for example India has already taken initiatives like recently government has planned to make hydrogen fuel as a better substitute of fossil fuels on a wider basis then India is also attempting to promote renewable energy like solar powered energy production by reducing tariffs but we should remember that it is not easy for India to meet the climate goals with our 1.3 billion population while we are combating the coronavirus pandemic also it is not financially sustainable for us so based on these challenges author has given one of the major suggestions that has also been put forward by other climate experts the suggestion is the need for an effective climate finance so this climate finance is important at a time when the world is increasing its commitments to cut greenhouse gases this was even stressed by prime minister during his speech at Glasgow so as part of it he asked the countries to increase the climate finance from its current 100 billion US dollars limit to about 1 trillion US dollars and if this is done then the developing countries like India will be able to achieve the targets that have been agreed to in the COP26 and according to the experts this could be the only sustainable way forward in the longer run so with these points we have come to the end of this discussion in this discussion we understood about the global methane pledge we saw about the pledge related to deforestation and finally we saw about the commitments agreed by India regarding green energy and the challenges that India faces while transitioning towards green energy now let us move on to the next discussion so our second discussion is going to be based on this news article it talks about an issue that is ongoing between the leading payment networks that is between rupee visa and mastercard so first let us understand about these three payment networks we'll see what they are and what is the difference between them and then finally we'll see the issue that is going on between them so we all use debit cards or credit cards for transactions and if you had noticed these debit cards or credit cards they have a logo at their bottom right as you can see in this representation they have the logo of rupee mastercard or visa so this helps to differentiate between these cards so what are these visa mastercard or rupee first if we see about visa and mastercard see they are payment gateway they support the payment facility to almost all the major banks from around the world actually there is no major difference between the visa and the mastercard because they both have similar functioning and they also work as an ATM card but note that both of these are not involved in extending credit or they do not issue cards but rather these mastercard and visa are the companies or the financial corporations that process the transactions made by the credit and debit cards so they process the transactions so now what about rupee see rupee is India's first payment network system and it can be used anywhere in India it facilitates electronic payment at all Indian banks and financial institutions and this rupee was mainly created to fulfill the vision of RBI to have a domestic open and multilateral system of payments and here you should remember that rupee is a product of npci that is national payments corporation of India because it is the umbrella organization that deals with retail payments in our country so now what is the difference between this rupee and the visa and mastercard see the major difference is that visa and mastercard are leading and dominating payment networks worldwide so their services are recognized and accepted in over 200 countries but on the other hand if we take rupee we saw that it is India's first payment network system which can be used anywhere in India so it is a domestic financial service that means it is accepted only in India so this limits the usage of rupee but this particular feature is advantageous for rupee because since it operates domestically it has the fastest processing speed as compared to other international services so due to this reason rupee has less processing fee or the processing cost and therefore the transactions made through rupee is cheaper compared to the mastercard and visa so now what is the actual issue between rupee and visa see it is said that in a meeting that happened between visa and the US trade representative which happened in august this year this visa company complained about rupee it complained that our Indian prime minister is making formal and informal promotion of rupee and it complained that our prime minister is using nationalism to promote this local network so this is affecting the business of visa in India so therefore visa doesn't have a level playing field in India and not only visa even mastercard has raised similar concerns privately with the USTR why they have raised concerns with the USTR because both visa and mastercard are US companies now both visa and mastercard are worried about promotion of rupee because they counted India as a key growth market so at this juncture a separate promotion of rupee is posing a challenge to both these companies in a fast growing payments market so is their allegation true we can say yes to some extent their allegations true see according to the available data rupee accounted for 63 percentage of India's 952 million debit and credit cards this was the scenario as of november 2020 so that means the remaining percentage is shared between all other companies so because of this these companies are concerned that their business is getting affected in India because of the informal and formal promotion of rupee so this is the issue that is mentioned in the news article so from this discussion you have to understand what is rupee what is mastercard and visa and what is the difference between these three and finally why we are suddenly discussing about these three payment systems so with this now let us move on to the third discussion our next discussion is going to be based on this news article it talks about rifts in opposition so today we are not going to see about the party politics but we are going to cover the role of opposition and its significance in a democracy so first of all let us see the criteria to be termed as opposition in a legislature see there may be several parties in opposition but the opposition actually means the second main party it has leaders with in-office experience and these leaders are ready when the time arises to form an alternative government for your knowledge you should note that in the current regime the Indian national congress is the principal opposition party and the central pillar of opposition and we also have a leader of opposition in the house this leader of opposition she is the leader of the largest opposition party and this largest opposition party has not less than one-tenth of seats of total strength of the house so now what is the purpose of existence of opposition opposition has an important role in a democracy we should note that the task of the leader of opposition is not as difficult as that of a leader of the house but the task of leader of opposition has some considerable importance because opposition is an essential part of democratic government and in more mature democracies this opposition is well recognized and the leader of the largest party is often given access to sensitive informations now this is done on the basis that she or he is the prime minister in waiting so sure he has to be ready to perform the role of running the country at comparatively short notice and that is why they are given access to sensitive information so mainly what is expected from an opposition is effective criticism and constructive criticism we say that government governs and opposition criticizes therefore attacks upon the government and attacks upon the administration by individual ministers are the main functions of the opposition now along with this they also have many duties like they have to check upon corruption and effective administration and then they have to watch for encroachments on the rights of minorities they have to demand debates when the government is trying to slide away without parliamentary criticism and the opposition also exercises the oversight of implementation of the law from an angle of performance and accountability that is they see how a law is performing and whether the authority under it is accountable or not and it also mainly monitors the use of finances granted to the executive for their work for example if you take the public accounts committee we know that it has the function of examining the annual audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and these audit reports are laid before the parliament by the president now the CAG that is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India submits three audit reports to the president and these are the audit report on appropriation accounts then audit report on finance accounts and then audit report on public undertakings now the point we noted is that the committee which examines these audit reports is the public accounts committee and this committee is headed by the leader of opposition so in this manner they monitor the finances granted to the executive then apart from all these functions and duties opposition parties also have certain functions outside the legislature such as they attract the attention of the press and they report their criticism of the government policy to the media and because of all these important duties and functions in our country the leaders of opposition both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha they have been accorded the statutory recognition so what we have to remember is that opposition is important in a democracy they ensure that the government is accountable and they also ensure that no arbitrary decision is taken by the government so these are some of the points that you need to keep in mind when we talk about opposition and leader of opposition so with this now let us move on to the next discussion this discussion is based on this opiate article which talks about radicalization in keshmir so in this discussion we'll understand what is radicalization first then we'll see the growth of radicalization in kashmiri youth and then we'll also see about the measures taken by the government as part of the radicalization measures the syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference see first of all let us understand the plain meaning of radicalization so first what is radical view it denotes the intent to transform or replace the fundamental principles of a society or the fundamental principles of a political system and this is normally done through social change structural change revolution or even through radical reforms so the process of adopting such radical views is termed as radicalization but now in our context radicalization refers to a phased and complex process in which an individual or a group embraces a radical ideology or belief no such ideology or belief it accepts it uses or it even condones violence and such violence also includes the acts of terrorism and these are done to reach a specific political purpose or ideological purpose so we can simply say that radicalization is the process by which an individual or group adopts extreme political social or religious views and we should also note that sometimes people self-radicalize so they self-radicalize by reading or listening to extremist literature or speakers but most commonly what happens is there may be an individual or group which actively seeks to persuade others to adopt their extremist views and that is why this process of persuasion or cohesion is also known as radicalization and we can often witness and hear news about the radicalization by ISIS so now what is the result of such radicalization here what happens is innocent people especially youth they are brainwashed by terrorist and extremist organization to join their organization and support them so that means these extremist or terrorist organizations recruit impressionable or easily influenced individuals through radicalization and ultimately people believe their ideology and participate in terrorist groups and they become terrorists militants or extremists so we can understand that why radicalization is a problem mainly because at the individual level the radicalization process often involves embracing a terrorist belief system which identifies others as enemies and it justifies engaging in violence against them and when the individuals who have relationship with others those who support terrorism that is those who support terrorism become stronger they may begin to separate themselves from those who do not share those beliefs that is they get away from the mainstream society and they become increasingly isolated and in this manner only the radicalization of keshmiri youth is a problem so now let us understand what led to the situation in keshmir see the starting point of the radicalization of youth in keshmir can be pointed out to the accession of the princely state of javan keshmir to india we know that this accession took place in terms of the india independence act and this act provided the rulers of princely states to take the final decision of whether they wished to join india or to join pakistan but we should note that in this act there was no provision for any recourse for ascertaining the wishes of the people so with respect to keshmir what was the wish of the people it is said that the issue revolved around the keshmiri identity known as keshmiri et and people were aspiring for a javan keshmir with political autonomy eventually what happened the princely state of javan keshmir acceded to india but this did not happen in a normal situation because in october 1947 pakistan sent tribal infiltrators from its side to capture keshmir so to take counter insurgency measures the maharaja harising that was who was the king of javan keshmir at that time he asked for india to help and at that time india asked maharaja harising to accede to indian union and because of this only maharaja harising acceded to indian union along with this it was also agreed that once the situation normalized that is once the tribal infiltrators were taken care of then the views of the people of jammu and keshmir will also be ascertained without any delay so this is what happened when jammu and keshmir acceded to india so here we should understand that the signatory of the offer of accession of javan keshmir to india was the ruler of the state maharaja harising now along with him a prominent political leader sheikh abdulla he also acknowledged the political leader of the state and endorsed this decision of joining the indian union we know that sheikh abdulla was the leader of national conference and according to ncrt national conference was a secular organization and this national conference under the leadership of sheikh abdulla led a popular movement in keshmir so sheikh abdulla's support to maharaja harising was a notable point in this scenario and his rationale for endorsing this accession was that if they accede to india then there is no danger of revival of feudalism and autocracy in keshmir so here we should note that pakistan has always sought to use deniable violence to achieve its objective of capturing jaman keshmir from india like what it did in october 1947 and this violence by pakistan even continued in the following decades after partition and if you remember this led to the launch of operation jibraltar by pakistan in 1965 and this operation led to the 1965 indopakistan war now one of the reasons for pakistan using violence was its dictator president muhammad zia ulak he stressed religion should be a part of the state policy and for this purpose he increased the number of madharsas in their state that is in pakistan we know that madhasa refers to the education institution of islam and it is said that through these madharsas radicalization of pakistan youth happened and this later on even spilled over to keshmir and it was a part of the low intensity conflict operations of pakistan at that time see when we say low intensity conflict it refers to the armed conflict between regular armies or the regular law enforcement agencies with the non-regular armed militias such as terrorist groups guerrilla fighters gangs rioters etc so pakistan launched low intensity conflict operations in keshmir and through that they radicalized the keshmiri indian youths so this was one of the main reasons as to why radicalization grew in keshmiri and along with this going back on the promise made by the indian government was also a reason for many youth joining such radicalization programs see we initially saw that after the tribal invasion was normalized the views of the people will be taken into account and it will be taken into account through a plebiscite we know that plebiscite is the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question and here the important public question would be whether to remain a part of indian union or not but this promise was never fulfilled so this is also one of the reasons for the increased insurgency by the youths in keshmir see we saw that they demanded political autonomy of jammu and keshmiri but this dream was shattered so these are some of the problems that led to the radicalization of keshmiri youth now let us see how exactly it infiltrated among the youth see from 1989 the insurgents began to use violent means because their aim was secession from india so they used violence as a means to achieve their goal and in the recent years especially since 1990s the main theater of pakistan sponsored activity in india has been the erstwhile state of jammu and keshmiri we all know that and according to the indian government data this pakistan sponsored terrorist activity and insurgency has led to the loss of about 27 000 lives in jammu and keshmiri but even then in the 1990s the militancy increased and it peaked in jammu and keshmiri why because the keshmiri families were facing threats from the terrorist leaders so fearing the terrorist leaders the keshmiri families sent one of their sons to be trained in pakistan and then to be deployed in keshmiri as insurgents so this led to the home ground militancy in keshmiri so that means by then keshmiri had become a place having twin challenges for the armies and alarmed police forces and for the jammu and keshmiri police these twin challenges were that first the terrorists were the main challenge because their rules of engagement were different and second challenge was the keshmiri youth who formed the bulk of the protesters and they were turning into militants so because of this the government of india had to step in and had to take control of the situation in keshmiri so let us see what were the measures taken by the indian government see first of all india took counter insurgency operations and they said that this was the beginning of dividing line between the keshmiri's and the rest of india and these operations were undertaken by using two important acts these acts were the public safety act of 1978 and the armed forces special powers act of 1958 so we know that the public safety act was enacted in the interest of security of the state and public order and under this act the authorities have the power to detain persons as part of a preventive measure that is this act allowed for preventive detention now second act that is the afspa act as we know it allowed for arrest without warrant so using these two acts indian government undertook counter insurgency operations and according to the author using of these acts at that time was justified because at that time the militants were originally from pakistan who were being sent to keshmiri so there was no involvement of local youth in militancy but after that even the local youth were being radicalized and they were being involved in terrorist activities and in militancy so at this point of time government of india realized that this situation cannot be handled with vigilante approach because the keshmiri youth are indians and they are not terrorists they do not belong to any other country and this led to the conduct of deradicalization camps for the youth by indian government and this is where the steps taken by the indian government are important for us and under these steps the first important one is the operation sadhbhavana see here the term sadhbhavana means goodwill this operation was launched in 1998 it is a unique human initiative undertaken by the indian army in the erstwhile state of jamun kishmir it was launched to address the aspirations of people who were affected by terrorism that was being sponsored and abetted by pakistan the main focus of this operation sadhbhavana was to improve the overall core social indices of education woman and youth empowerment and healthcare among all so as part of this capacity building was also carried out through implementation of community development projects and infrastructure development projects in the region and if you remember as a part of this only recently in august 2021 the indian army announced that it would subsidize the undergraduate courses and school education to selected children and youth these selected children and youth belong to jamun kishmir and laddak and they were to be enrolled in residential schools and professional colleges functioning under the army welfare education society so this measure was taken by the indian army to bring back the youth to the mainstream society along with this we should also remember another measure that was taken by jamun kishmir police in august 2018 the jamun kishmir police organized a barat darshan tour this tour was to delhi and agra for the students so that they can have an opportunity to understand the history and development of other parts of our country and along with the jamun kishmir police even the border security force has been organizing such programs since 1999 2000 period and according to the union home ministry's data more than 1500 children from jamun kishmir region have participated in these bsf sponsored barat darshan tours along with this the indian army has also been assisting in the construction of schools medical aid veterinary care and has been assisting in disaster relief as well so it was involved in building infrastructure in the region these measures are important because here the indian government has the responsibility to show the kishmiri youth that they can provide a better life to the youth than what those terrorist and insurgent organizations can provide but even then irrespective of the measures taken by the indian government and the army these initiatives did not give the decide effect and the main problem for this was that the misconception and the preconceived thoughts about the kishmiri youth see we know that kishmiri youth are mistreated in other parts of our country especially if they are kishmiri muslim youth they are particularly harassed by other people so only when we can change this misconception we can de-radicalize the youths who are involved in insurgent activities and we can bring back them and integrate them to the society so in this manner the administration there is the indian administration and the administration of union territories of jamun kishmir and ladaq they have to provide protection to the kishmiri youth and the government of india should provide protection to them when they are studying elsewhere in india because rehabilitating them and integrating them to the society is a long-term effort which cannot be done in a single day so as a public we have to change our misconceptions and the indian government should also step in to take measures to change such misconceptions then only we can achieve the desired results so these are some of the points that you can take note from this in this discussion we saw what is radicalization and we saw what events led to the radicalization of youth in kishmir and finally we saw some of the measures taken by the indian government for de-radicalization of youth in kishmir so with this discussion we are moving to the next session which is the practice questions discussion let us take up this first question it is based on india's payment network system of rupee it is a three statement question first statement is it is a product of the national payments corporation of india this statement is correct we already saw this during discussion it is a product of npci so the second statement rupee cards are issued by the reserve bank of india now this statement is incorrect because presently rupee cards are issued by more than thousand hundred banks and these include the public sector banks private sector banks regional rural banks and cooperative banks so that means this statement is incorrect now the moment you know that this statement is incorrect you can eliminate options b and d let us see the third statement it has the fastest processing speed as compared to international services this statement is also correct we saw this during discussion we saw that the processing speed of rupees is fast as compared to mastercard and visa mainly because it operates domestically so statement 3 is correct so from the remaining options we are choosing the correct answer as option one in three only because the question asks for the correct statements let us take up this question it is based on the leader of opposition the question asks us to choose the correct statements let us see the first statement the leader of the largest opposition party having not less than one tenth seats of the total strength of the house is recognized as the leader of the opposition in that house this statement is correct we saw this during discussion now the second statement leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are not accorded statutory recognition this statement is incorrect because we saw that in india leaders of opposition in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha they have been accorded statutory recognition in the salary and the allowances of leaders of opposition in parliament act 1977 there is a definition for leader of opposition in relation to the either house of the parliament it defines the leader of opposition as member of the council of states or the house of the people who is for the time being the leader in that house of the party in opposition to the government having the greatest numerical strength and recognized as such by the chairman of the council of the states or the speaker of the house of the people that is they have to be recognized by the presiding officer of the house so based on this we can say that they have been accorded statutory recognition under salary and allowances of leaders of opposition in parliament act so statement 2 is incorrect so the correct answer is question is option a one only now let us take up these two main questions one question is based on the COP 26 and the other one is based on the radicalization among Kashmiri youth you can write answers to these questions in the comment section and whenever we get time we'll respond to your answers with this session we have come to the end of today's in the news analysis if you like this video don't forget to like comment and share and to subscribe to shankar eyes academy channel for more updates related to civil services preparation thank you