enterprise to tantalus colony. woman: tantalus. i'd like to speak to dr. adams. stand by, enterprise. captain kirk, dr. adams here. dr. adams, regarding your escaped man-- t? and your people-- no injuries? no casualties, sir. this man is... dr. simon van gelder? yes, of course. you're certain he's all right? we've been very concerned. in the violent state he's in-- no harm to him, sir. he'd been doing some experimental work, captain, an experimental beam we'd hoped might rehabilitate incorrigibles. van gelder felt he hadn't the moral right to expose another man to something he hadn't tried on his own person. tragedy, doctor. jim... that doesn't quite ring true. uh, dr. adams... please stand by. explain. i don't believe him. i can't explain n , but the more i study that patient-- you don't believe him and you can't explain it. bones, are you aware that in the e st 20 years, dr. adams has done more to revolutionize, to humanize prisons and the treatment of prisoners than all the rest of humanity had done in 40 centuries? i've been to those penal colonies since they

shall i activate the tantalus field? s. i hate this thing. it's not that bad. of course not. it made you captain. how many enemies have you simply wiped out of existence by the touch of a button? 50, 100? now, i always thought that was funny-- the great, powerful captain kirk who owes everything to some unknown alien scientist and a plundered laboratory. well, if you don't take advantage of your opportunities... you don't rise to the command of a starship... or even higher. that magnificent mind of his. i press it and he dies. now-- you really mean it. it doesn't matter. if spock fails his order, he'll be killed anyway. i'll see to it that the circumstances of his failure will clear him. you're not even afraid of starfleet command. can your scheme bring you that much power... so quickly? and what about me? how does marlena fit in? scotty. scotty here, sir. we have to get out of here within three hours. spock has orders to kill me unless i complete the military mission. we've got another deadline too, sir. explain. the two-way matter transmission affected the local field densi

oh, captain, there was a message from tantalus colony, sir. it was from van gelder. the equipment destroyed. thank you. it's hard to believe that a man could die of loneliness. not when you've sat in that room. take us out of orbit, mr. spock. ahead warp factor one. acknowledged, captain. up creased prices. come up -- coming up, the latest on the impact in our state. >>> it is the time of the election when big names swarm the battleground states and they don't get much bigger than the president of the united states. thank you for joining us. i'm deborah morgan. >> i'm david crabtree. >> expect to see heavy hit are both parties lobbying for votes up until the polls close on tuesday night. wral's capital bureau chief laura leslie has covered many of these events for us. laura joins us now live from chapel hill where president obama led the charge this affect. >> reporter: the fire marshal tells us that about 16,000 people packed into hooker field today to hear president barack obama speak. i can tell thought lines to just get into the event was over a mile long if can

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