RoboCop (1987)

Leeza Gibbons: Jesse Perkins

Quotes 

• Jesse Perkins : Robocop: Who is he? What is he? Where does he come from? He is OCP"s newest soldier in their revolutionary crime management program. OCP spokesmen claim that the fearless machine has crooks on the run in Old Detroit. Today, kids at Lee Iacocca Elementary School got to meet in person what their parents only read about in comic books.

  Reporter : Robo, excuse me, Robo! Any special message for all the kids watching at home?

  RoboCop : Stay out of trouble.

• Jesse Perkins : Good evening, I'm Jess Perkins with Casey Wong. Top story: Santa Barbara. 10,000 acres of wooded residential land were scorched in an instant when a laser cannon aboard the Strategic Defense Peace Platform misfired today during routine startup tests. Casey?

  Casey Wong : Yes, it was a day of mourning for the families of 113 known dead at this hour. Among them: two former United States presidents who had retired in the Santa Barbara area. A day of mourning for a country.

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  News Crew : This is Media Break. You give us 3 minutes, and we'll give you the world.

  Casey Wong : Good morning. I'm Casey Wong, with Jess Perkins. Top story: Pretoria. The threat of nuclear confrontation in South Africa escalated today when the ruling white military government of that besieged city-state unveiled a French-made neutron bomb and affirmed its willingness to use the 3 megaton device as the city's last line of defense.

  Jesse Perkins : And the President's first press conference from the Star Wars orbiting peace platform got off to a shaky start when power failed, causing a brief but harmless period of weightlessness for the visiting President and his staff.

• Jesse Perkins : Good evening, I'm Jess Perkins with Casey Wong.Top story: Santa Barbara. 10,000 acres of wooded residential land were scorched in an instant when a laser cannon aboard the Strategic Defense Peace Platform misfired today during routine startup tests. Casey.

  Casey Wong : Yes, it was a day of mourning for the families of 113 known dead at this hour. Among them: two former United States presidents who had retired in the Santa Barbara area. A day of mourning for a country.