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>> ADRIENNE: IT IS THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 7TH.
AND THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
TONIGHT, PROTEST AND CLASHES
AFTER TRUMP RECOGNIZED JERUSALEM
AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL.
WHY THERE IS FEAR THE VIOLENCE
COULD SPREAD TOMORROW.
>> JUSTIN TRUDEAU LEAVES CHINA
WITHOUT A DEAL TO START FREE
TRADE TALKS.
WHAT DID HE ACCOMPLISH?
AT ISSUE WEIGHS IN.
>> ANDREW: WE BEGIN IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> THE FIRE BLEW THROUGH HERE.
THERE WAS NOTHING ANYONE COULD
DO.
>> THERE IS A POINT YOU
HAVE TO PACK UP AND GO.
>> THE BRUSH BURNING INDEX.
THAT IS THE NUMBER WE RATE THE
THREAT OF A BRUSH FIRE IS 296.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER I
HAVE SEEN IN MY CAREER.
>> ANDREW: 5,000 FIREFIGHTERS
ARE BATTLING NOT ONE BUT TWO
UNFORGIVING ENEMIES IN
CALIFORNIA.
FIRE, AND WIND.
TOGETHER THEY ARE LAYING SIEGE
TO
HIGHWAYS AND COUNTLESS HOMES.
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRES ARE FUELLED BY STRONG
WINDS.
THE OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED HOW
DANGEROUS AND POWERFUL THEY MAY
YET
BECOME, THEY RAISE THE MAXIMUM
THREAT LEVEL UP.
FROM RED TO A BRAND NEW
DESIGNATION.
PURPLE.
THEY SAID WIND GUSTS COULD REACH
HURRICANE STRENGTH, UP TO 130
KM/H.
PUSHING THE FLAMES FASTER AND
FURTHER ACROSS SOME OF THE MOST
DENSELY POPULATED PARTS OF THE
STATE.
FORTUNATELY THINGS ARE NOT THAT
BAD YET.
IT IS A MAJOR STRUGGLE FOR
FIREFIGHTERS.
CONSIDER THIS, IN JUST FOUR
DAYS, THE LARGEST WILDFIRES IN
THE STATE BURNED THROUGH ALMOST
500 SQUARE KILOMETRES.
TRIGGERING EVACUATION ORDERS
AFFECTING 200,000 PEOPLE.
THEY DESTROYED MORE THAN 300
-- 4 HUNDRED
BUILDINGS.
INCLUDING MANY HOMES AND THERE
ARE
THOUSANDS MORE UNDER THREAT.
THE BIGGEST FIRE IS THE ONE NEAR
CITY OF
VENTURA WHERE THE FLAMES JUMPED
A COASTAL HIGHWAY OVERNIGHT.
SHUTTING IT DOWN FOR HOURS.
ONE BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN A
BURN AREA.
IN LOS ANGELES, TWO FIRES ARE
BURNING IN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND THE AUTHORITIES WERE SO
CONCERNED, THEY SENT AN
EMERGENCY TEXT TO 12 MILLION
PEOPLE, TELLING THEM TO BE READY
TO GET OUT.
THAT IS THE SINGLE WIDEST TEXT
ALERT ISSUED IN STATE HISTORY.
KIM BRUNHUBER WENT TO AN LA
NEIGHBOURHOOD LEFT SCORCHED BY
FIRE.
WHERE HE FOUND BOTH HOPE AND
DESPAIR.
SIDE-BY-SIDE.
>> REPORTER: IT IS AN UNNERVING
FEELING WALKING THROUGH THE
ASHES OF SOMEONE'S HOME.
.
>> JUST CLIMBED UP THE HILLSIDE
AND
WITH THE WIND, WE DIDN'T HAVE A
CHANCE.
>> REPORTER: EARLY THIS MORNING,
THE FLAMES CREPT AND SPRANG UP
THE HILL, ALMOST TRAPPING HER
HUSBAND STEVE INSIDE THEIR HOME.
>> INTERVIEW: WHEN I OPENED THE
DOOR, AMBERS FLEW IN.
IT WAS TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE.
>> REPORTER: DO YOU THINK YOU
WILL BE OKAY?
>> Interview: NO, I HAVE TO GO
SIT DOWN
FOR A WHILE.
SEE IF I CAN GET THIS OUT OF ME.
>> REPORTER: THE HOUSE IN THE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, NORTHWEST
OF LOS ANGELES IS ONE OF
HUNDREDS THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED
BY A SERIES OF FIRES.
THIS, THE CREEK FIRE HAS HEADED
NORTH.
THE WINDS DROVE IT TO THE HILLS
AWAY FROM THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD OF
SHADOW HEIGHTS FOR NOW.
ALL OVER, THERE IS STILL HOT
SPOTS.
>> I WAS WALKING PAST THIS HILL,
AND I SAW THE FIRE SPRING UP IN
THE BUSH HERE.
>> REPORTER: I THREW DIRT ON IT.
HOPING THE SMOKE WOULD ATTRACT
NEARBY FIREFIGHTERS.
ACROSS FROM THE SANDERS' HOME,
SHE IS WATERING HER PROPERTY.
SHE SURVIVED THE GENOCIDE IN
CAMBODIA TO ALMOST PARISH 40
YEARS LATER IN CALIFORNIA.
THE FIRE WAS SO CLOSE TO HER
HOUSE, THE FENCE IS CHARRED, AND
HER PATIO FURNITURE IS MELTED.
THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE BUSY AT
SANDERS, SHE HAD TO TRY TO DOUSE
THE FLAMES HERSELF FROM ABOVE.
>> INTERVIEW: I CLIMBED UP THE
TREE.
I ALMOST BURNED MYSELF TO DEATH.
>> REPORTER: YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE
TREE YOU WERE IN WAS ACTUALLY
BURNING STATEMENT?
-- AT THE SAME TIME.
>> INTERVIEW: GOOD SAVED MY
-- GOD SAVED MY
LIFE.
I WILL SERVE HIM THE REST OF MY
LIFE FROM NOW ON.
>> REPORTER: SHE CAN SEE HER
NEIGHBOURS, SITTING IN THE
RUBBLE OF THE HOME.
COVERED IN SOOT.
COUGHING.
WONDERING WHERE TO GO FROM HERE.
KIM BRUNHUBER, CBC NEWS.
>> ANDREW: THE FIRES ARE NOT
LIMITED TO JUST THE LA AREA.
PART OF THE NORTHERN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY WAS THE LATEST CASUALTY
WITH SOME PEOPLE BARELY ESCAPING
AHEAD OF THE FLAMES.
THIS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WAS
ORDERED TO FLEE AROUND
LUNCHTIME.
HOURS LATER, 20 HOMES BURNED TO
THE GROUND.
AND THERE IS ONE MORE SCENE.
WE WANT TO SHARE FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE OF A MAN
TRYING TO RESCUE A RABBIT.
FROM A WALL OF FLAMES.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
THE VIDEO HAS BEEN WATCHED AND
SHARED AROUND THE WORLD.
A MOMENT OF HUMANITY IN THE
INFERNO.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE MAN IS,
THOUGH.
>> ADRIENNE: I AM HERE IN
JERUSALEM, A CITY ON EDGE.
IT IS EARLY FRIDAY HERE.
A HOLY DAY OF PRAYER FOR
MUSLIMS.
PEOPLE HERE ARE WAITING AND
WATCHING WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.
AFTER DONALD TRUMP CHANGED THE
DECADE LONG COURSE OF U.S.
POLICY, RECOGNIZING JERUSALEM AS
ISRAEL'S CAPITAL.
NOW, HE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE
ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED TO
TALK.
BUT TODAY, NOT MANY HAVE HEARD
THAT.
IN THE WEST BANK, THIS IS THE
CONVERSATION.
THE CRACK OF GUNFIRE, THE
CAUSTIC SMOKE OF BURNING FIRE.
BATALIONS OF SOLDIERS ARE MOVED
IN, WERE BRACING FOR THIS.
THERE WERE SOME INJURIES, MOSTLY
MINOR.
IT IS THE PROSPECT OF
COMMUNICATION THAT ARE REALLY
HURTING NOW.
A SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH THE
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD
ABAS SAID
A LONG SCHEDULED MEETING WITH
THE U.S. VICE PRESIDENT IS OFF.
MIKE PENCE IS "UNWELCOME."
MANY ISRAELIS DON'T FEEL A
PRESSING NEED FOR TALKS.
THE U.S. MOVED DECIDEDLY INTO
THEIR CORNER.
THIS IS A VICTORY.
>> INTERVIEW: WE ARE VERY
EXCITED.
I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC.
>> INTERVIEW: HISTORIC.
DEFINITELY HISTORIC.
>> Adrienne: ONE SIDE'S VICTORY
IS
ANOTHER'S HUMILIATION ALMOST
ALWAYS.
THAT LEAVES SOME PALESTINIANS TO
RETREAT AND SOME TO LASH OUT.
HAMAS WANTS A FULL SCALE
UPRISING, IN THE MIDDLE, PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS COMING
NOW.
DEREK STOFFEL SPENT THE DAY OUT
THERE WATCHING.
>> REPORTER: THE CITY AT THE
CENTER OF A GLOBAL STORM TODAY
WAS CALM.
MANY SHOPS SHUT.
STREETS OF THE OLD CITY NEARLY
EMPTY.
PALESTINIAN LEADERS CALLED FOR A
GENERAL STRIKE AND PEOPLE
LISTENED.
THE PALESTINIANS WHO LIVE IN THE
ISRAELI OCCUPIED WEST BANK, HIT
THE STREETS.
HUNDREDS DEMONSTRATED IN
RAMALLAH, INCLUDING THIS
16-YEAR-OLD.
>> INTERVIEW: WE ARE SO ANGRY
TODAY AND ALL OF THE
PALESTINIANS STOP THE WORK.
THEY DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL.
JUST
TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT WE
ARE HERE AND WE WILL KEEP GOING
AND WE WILL NOT STOP.
>> REPORTER: THE DEMONSTRATORS
WANT TO ESTABLISH THE CAPITAL OF
THEIR FUTURE STATE IN EAST
JERUSALEM.
THEY WORRY THAT THE DECLARATION
MADE BY THE UNITED STATES WILL
HARM THAT EFFORT.
THE DEMONSTRATORS HAVE MARCHED
FROM THE CENTER OF RAMALLAH HERE
TO THE EDGE OF TOWN WHERE SOME
OF THE YOUNG MEN IN THE GROUP
HAVE ENGAGED IN CLASHES WITH
THE ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES.
THE PALESTINIANS THREW STONES.
ISRAELI POLICE RESPONDED WITH
TEAR-GAS.
AND RUBBER BULLETS.
WATCHING IT ALL, THE PALESTINIAN
CANADIAN WHO SAID THE
DEMONSTRATIONS ARE THE ONLY WAY
THE PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
>> INTERVIEW: BECAUSE OUR
GOVERNMENT IS TOO WEAK.
WE DON'T HAVE LIKE...
THIS IS A STATEMENT.
>> REPORTER: AT TIMES THE
MESSAGE WAS INTERRUPTED.
TEAR-GAS.
TEAR-GAS HAS BEEN FIRED HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE CROWDS RUNNING
THIS WAY.
THESE DEMONSTRATIONS ACCORDING
TO THE PALESTINIANS ARE JUST THE
BEGINNING.
DEREK STOFFEL, CBC NEWS,
RAMALLAH.
>> ADRIENNE: THIS CITY,
JERUSALEM, HAS HAD THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT CO-EXISTENCE
IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR
MILLENNIA.
IT HAS RARELY BEEN EASY.
IT JUST GOT A LOT WORSE.
OUTSIDE THE GATES OF THE OLD
CITY, THE WHOLE CRISIS IN ONE
SWIFT SPAT.
TO THE PALESTINIANS CHANTING
ABOUT BEING BORN TO BE FREE AS
ARAB JERUSALEM, ALONG COMES
A GROUP OF
ISRAELIS, GETTING IN THEIR FACE.
THERE IS NO PALESTINE, THE
ISRAELIS TELL THEM.
WHERE THE TWO GROUPS MEET, THERE
IS NO MIDDLE GROUND.
FOR THEM, JERUSALEM IS ALL OR
NOTHING.
FORGET SHARING.
SHARING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
STRETCH HERE.
AMONG CHRISTIANS, THE IN FIGHTS
AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY
SEPULCHRE HAS BEEN ACUTE.
FOR 7 CENTURIES, THE ONE KEY TO
THE CHURCH HAS BEEN HELD BY THE
SAME FAMILY.
NO ONE ELSE.
THIS MAN HAS BEEN OPENING AND
CLOSING
THE DOORS FOR DECADES.
THE FAMILY HAS A LEGACY OF
COOPERATION AND SOOTHING THE
ROUGHEST OF WATERS.
WORKING CLOSELY WITH ISRAELI
OFFICIALS TOO.
NAVIGATING YESTERDAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT THOUGH FLOORS HIM.
>> INTERVIEW: WE CHOOSE TO
BELIEVE AMERICA TRIED TO
MAKE --...
IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
THEY ARE COMING.
>> REPORTER: HE HAD A SENSE
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND THE
PRESIDENT VISITED THE CHURCH NOT
LONG AGO.
AN ODD THING HAPPENED.
>> WE SHOWED HIM THE KEY OF THE
CHURCH.
HE LOOKED AT THE KEY OF THE
CHURCH AND THEN HE TAKE IT AND
HE LOOKED AT IT AND PUT IT IN
HIS POCKET.
I SAID GIVE IT BACK.
WE THOUGHT WE GAVE IT TO HIM AS
A SOUVENIR.
WE WERE SURPRISED HE THOUGHT IT
WAS A GIFT.
>> REPORTER: APROPOS OF NOTHING,
EXCEPT HE HAD A FEELING OTHER
POLITICIANS AND DIGNITARIES
UNDERSTOOD THE SENSITIVITY OF
THE CITY AND THIS PLACE.
HE WASN'T SURE ABOUT TRUMP.
HIS DAUGHTER CARRYING THE FAMILY
TRADITION OF COOPERATING WANTS
PEOPLE TO STAY CALM NOW.
SHE SAID HER FRIENDS DO NOT
AGREE WITH HER.
>> INTERVIEW: THEY THINK
EVERYBODY SHOULD GO OUT AND
FIGHT AND BE ON THE STREETS.
>> WE HAVE NEW LEADERS.
THEY ARE
FANATIC.
>> REPORTER: DO YOU THINK PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE TO THE STREETS
TOMORROW OR DO YOU THINK THEY
SHOULD...
>> INTERVIEW: EVERYBODY SHOULD
HEAR THE VOICE OF THE
PALESTINIANS.
YOU SHOULD TALK.
>> REPORTER: WHERE WILL HE BE
TOMORROW?
RIGHT THERE AT THE AL-AQSA
MOSQUE ABOVE THE WESTERN WALL
WHERE
JEWS PRAY.
THE MOSQUE IS DARK NOW.
LIGHTS OFF.
TOMORROW, IT WILL LOOK VERY
DIFFERENT.
ALL THIS TALK OF DAYS OF RAGE,
OF LAUNCHING ANOTHER UP RISING
IS UNFOLDING AS ISRAELIS AND
PALESTINIANS APPROACH A
MILESTONE.
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW OF
WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST
INTAFADA.
IN DECEMBER OF 1987, PALESTINIAN
YOUTH ACROSS THE TERRITORIES
TOOK TO THE STREET.
FACING ARMED ISRAELI SOLDIERS
WITH ROCKS.
NO ONE EXPECTED IT.
EVEN THE PMO WAS BLINDSIDED.
SCRAMBLING TO CLAIM THE UP
RISING AS ITS OWN.
ONE FORMER ISRAELI FOREIGN
MINISTER PUT IT...
>> THE DESPAIR AND THE
FRUSTRATION ARE HOME-GROWN.
AND THE RESULT FROM THE
FEELING -- THE FIRST TIME THAN
EVERY OTHER AVENUE OF GRIEVANCE
AND PROTEST AND DEMONSTRATION IS
CLOSED.
>> ADRIENNE: PROTESTERS DIED BY
THE DAY AND THE SPECTACLE
CHANGED ISRAEL.
IT LASTED TO 1991.
>> WE COME TO MADRID ON A
MISSION OF HOPE.
>> Adrienne: POLITICAL PRESSURE
LED TO A PEACE CONFERENCE
IN MADRID.
THE SECOND INTAFADA STARTED IN
2000 AND HARD CORE MILITANTS
QUICKLY SEIZED CONTROL OF IT.
IT BECAME A SAVAGE CYCLE OF
SUICIDE BOMBS AND MILITARY
OPERATIONS THAT KILLED HUNDREDS
OF ISRAELIS, THOUSANDS OF
PALESTINIANS BEFORE IT FADED IN
2005.
OTHER ERUPTIONS OF PROTEST AND
VIOLENCE SINCE HAVE LAID CLAIMS
TO THE MANTLE OF INTAFADA.
SO FAR,
NONE HAVE HAD THE SCALE OR
STAYING POWER.
AND WE HEARD THIS CALL FOR A
THIRD INTAFADA.
IT IS FAR FROM CLEAR IT WILL
HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW,
WE WILL WATCH THE MOOD TOMORROW
CLOSELY.
I KNOW YOU ARE TRACKING THE
POLITICAL FALLOUT TO A HIGH
PROFILE RESIGNATION IN THE
STATES.
>> ROSEMARY: WE ARE.
SENATOR
AL FRANKEN IS STEPPING DOWN
HE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT.
NOT BEFORE TAKING A SHOT AT
DONALD TRUMP.
>> I OF ALL PEOPLE AM AWARE
THERE IS SOME IRONY IN THE FACT
THAT I AM LEAVING WHILE A MAN
WHO HAS BRAGGED ON TAPE ABOUT
HIS HISTORY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
SITS IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND A
MAN WHO REPEATEDLY PREYED ON
YOUNG GIRLS CAMPAIGNS FOR THE
SENATE WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF
HIS PARTY.
>> ROSEMARY: THOSE TWO MEN, THE
TWO MEN HE IS TALKING ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP AND ROY MOORE.
THEY ARE BOTH REPUBLICANS.
A POINT NOT LOST ON THE
DEMOCRATS.
PAUL HUNTER HAS MORE FROM
WASHINGTON.
>> REPORTER: UNDER GROWING
PRESSURE TO STEP ASIDE, THE END
CAME ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> IN THE COMING WEEKS, I WILL
BE RESIGNING AS MEMBER OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
>> REPORTER: IN SO DOING, ON
ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT, HE NOT ONLY
SIGNALLED A DEGREE OF
DEFIANCE...
>> SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST ME ARE SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
OTHERS, I REMEMBER VERY
DIFFERENTLY.
>> REPORTER: BUT AS WELL, HE
UNDERLINED THE IRONY THAT
DESPITE THAT INFAMOUS ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD VIDEO...
>> GRAB THEM BY...
>> REPORTER: DONALD TRUMP IS
STILL PRESIDENT.
AND DESPITE ALLEGATIONS OF
MISCONDUCT INVOLVING YOUNG
GIRLS, REPUBLICAN ROY MOORE
BACKED BY TRUMP MAY WELL BE
ELECTED U.S. SENATOR NEXT WEEK
IN ALABAMA.
IT IS CLEAR, AL FRANKEN WANTS
AMERICANS TO CONSIDER THE
POLITICAL DYNAMIC AT PLAY HERE
AS WELL.
HIS MOVE TODAY MEANS DEMOCRATS
ARE FREE TO STEP UP THE PRESSURE
AGAINST MOORE WITHOUT FEAR OF
BEING LABELLED HYPOCRITES.
NOT TO MENTION...
>> I WOULD HOPE THAT MAYBE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
MIGHT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS
GOING ON AND ALSO THINK ABOUT
RESIGNING.
>> REPORTER: NOT THAT THAT IS
LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
ABOUT THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE
SAID THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY...
>> THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE
COMMENTS BACK DURING THE
CAMPAIGN.
WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE PEOPLE
OF THIS COUNTRY ALSO ADDRESSED
THAT WHEN THEY ELECTED DONALD
TRUMP TO BE PRESIDENT.
>> REPORTER: WHAT DID TRUMP
THINK OF FRANKEN'S COMMENTS
CALLING HIM OUT?
>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I
DIDN'T HEAR THEM.
>> REPORTER: AS FOR FRANKEN,
ACCUSED BY MULTIPLE WOMEN OF
GROPING OR FORCIBLY KISSING THEM
WITHOUT CONSENT...
>> THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH FEW
WEEKS FOR ME.
>> REPORTER: HE WILL BE REPLACED
BY AN APPOINTED DEMOCRAT.
EXPECTED TO BE THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA.
A WOMAN.
TINA SMITH.
>> ROSEMARY: A REPUBLICAN LAW
MAKER WILL RESIGN TOO AFTER AN
ETHICS INVESTIGATION INTO HIS
BEHAVIOUR.
TWO WOMEN WHO FORMALLY WORKED
FOR ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN TRENT
FRANKS MADE
COMPLAINTS.
IN A CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH
THEM
ABOUT SURROGATE PARENTING MADE
THEM UNCOMFORTABLE.
IN A STATEMENT, FRANK SAID HE
DEEPLY REGRETS THE INSENSITIVE
CONVERSATION.
>>> MANITOBA PREMIER BRIAN
PALLISTER IS UNDER FIRE FOR SOME
OFF THE CUFF COMMENTS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE STATE OF THE
PROVINCE SPEECH.
>> I WANT TO THANK JOANNA FOR
DRESSING UP.
I WANT TO THANK HER FOR THOSE
HEELS.
I NOTICE THEY ARE A FOOT HIGH.
>> ROSEMARY: HE BROKE HIS ARM IN
NEW MEXICO LAST MONTH CONTINUED
ON TO THANK THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE CHAIRWOMAN FOR CUTTING
HIS MEAT AT THE LUNCHEON.
GIVEN THE BROKEN ARM.
THE CHAMBER SAID THE REMARKS
WERE INAPPROPRIATE.
MR. PALLISTER SAID THE COMMENTS
ABOUT THE HIGH HEALS WERE INDEED
AWKWARD.
BUT WERE MISCONSTRUED BECAUSE OF
HIS OWN HEIGHT.
HE IS 6 FOOT 8.
SAYING...
>>> LONG TIME GYMNASTICS COACH
MICHEL ARSENAULT IS BANNED FROM
ALL OFFICIAL COMPETITION AND
TRAINING
CAMPS IN THE COUNTRY.
THE GOVERNING BODY TOOK ACTION
AFTER A CBC RADIO CANADA
INVESTIGATION REVEALED LAST
NIGHT ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT WITH YOUNG FEMALE
GYMNASTS DATING BACK TO THE
1980S.
>>> TODAY, THE HEAD OF
GYMNASTICS CANADA SAID
PROTECTIONS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE
THEN.
AND MORE IS BEING DONE.
>> INTERVIEW: WELL, WHEN I SAY
EDUCATION, I MEAN MORE THAN ON
THE COACHING SIDE.
THE EDUCATION WOULD GO TOWARD
THE ATHLETES AND THE PARENTS.
SO THEY CAN HAVE THOSE
DISCUSSIONS AND KNOW THAT IF
THEY ARE PUT IN WHAT SITUATION
-- A SITUATION
THAT IS NOT CORRECT, HOW DO I
BRING THAT FORWARD.
I SHOULD KNOW IT WILL NOT IMPACT
ME AS AN ATHLETE.
THAT
I AM REPORTING SOMETHING THAT IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> ROSEMARY: MICHEL ARSENAULT
HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME
AND DID NOT ANSWER OUR MULTIPLE
REQUESTS FOR A RESPONSE.
>> ANDREW: AHEAD, A B.C. COUPLE
WEIGHS RISK AND REWARD.
WHY THEY SPENT $100,000 TO SET
UP A BITCOIN MINING OPERATION.
>> ROSEMARY: AND IT IS AT ISSUE.
ANDREW AND CHANTAL AND JASON
ARE
HERE TO PREVIEW THE MONDAY
FOUR BYELECTIONS.
>> ARE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
ADDICTED TO GAMBLING REVENUE.
THE FIFTH ESTATE INVESTIGATION
REVEALS
PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP
PROBLEM
GAMBLERS MAY BE A CRAP SHOOT.
>> HOW MUCH HAVE YOU LOST?
>> I ESTIMATED A SHORT TIME AGO,
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>> ON THE NATIONAL, POLICE IN
HAMILTON SAID THE MAN SUSPECTED
OF KILLING A GOOD SAMARITAN IS
NOW IN CUSTODY.
19-YEAR-OLD DALE KING WAS
ARRESTED TODAY.
IN A TOWN
ABOUT 40 MINUTES DRIVE FROM
HAMILTON.
KING IS CHARGED WITH SECOND
DEGREE MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING
OF YOSIF AL-HASNAWI.
19 YEARS OLD.
THE POLICE BELIEVE YOSIF
AL-HASNAWI WAS SHOT AFTER
INTERVENING AND TRYING TO STOP
AN ALTERCATION.
>> TODAY IS A HISTORIC DAY FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY IN AN
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING.
ONE OF THE LARGEST --
>> ANDREW: A WHITE, NOW FORMER
POLICE OFFICER IS HEADED TO
PRISON.
FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF AN
UNARMED BLACK MAN.
MICHAEL SLAGER WAS SENTENCED TO
20 YEARS BEHIND BARS.
IN 2015, HE SHOT WALTER SCOTT IN
THE BACK AS HE FLED A TRAFFIC
STOP.
A PASSERBY CAUGHT IT ON VIDEO
AND FUELLED INTENSE PROTESTS IN
THE U.S. AGAINST HOW POLICE
TREAT BLACK PEOPLE THERE.
HERE IS WALTER SCOTT'S BROTHER
OUTSIDE OF COURT TODAY.
>> WE FEEL WE HAVE GOTTEN
JUSTICE.
WE FEEL WE HAVE MOVED ON.
NOT ONLY DID WE GET JUSTICE
TODAY, BUT THE TRUTH WAS TOLD.
>> ANDREW: CANADIANS SPEND ABOUT
$13 BILLION A YEAR IN GOVERNMENT
REGULATED CASINOS.
PROVINCES DEPEND ON THAT
REVENUE.
BUT EXPERTS BELIEVE A BIG CHUNK
COMES FROM PROBLEM GAMBLERS.
THE FIFTH ESTATE CHECKED OUT A
PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO KEEP
ADMITTED ADDICTS OUT OF ONTARIO
CASINOS.
AS MARK KELLEY TELLS US, THE
ODDS DO NOT LOOK GREAT.
>> THE SLOTS AND CASINOS.
>> REPORTER: NO MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE IN CANADA, IT IS TOUGH TO
GO THROUGH A DAY WITHOUT AN AD
FOR THE CASINO.
IT IS ESTIMATED
THE GOVERNMENT REGULATED CASINOS
SPENT HALF A BILLION DOLLARS ON
GAMBLING ADS AND PROMOTIONS LAST
YEAR.
CONSIDER THIS, IN 2016, THE
ALBERTA GOVERNMENT GOT MORE
REVENUE FROM CASINOS THAN IT DID
FROM OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES.
UNLIKE ONE POPULAR ADVERTISING
SLOGAN, FUN DOESN'T ALWAYS WIN
EVERY TIME FOR GAMBLERS.
JUST ASK THIS MAN.
>> HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU THINK
YOU LOST GAMBLING?
>> I ESTIMATED A SHORT TIME AGO,
I WOULD SAY BETWEEN 2 AND
$3 MILLION.
>> REPORTER: ABOUT 3% OF
CANADIANS ARE
PROBLEM GAMBLERS.
THAT IS SOME 860,000 PEOPLE.
WHO PUMP PLENTY INTO THE CASINO
COFFERS.
>> 15%, 50% OF GAMBLING REVENUE
COMES FROM THAT 1% TO 4% OF
PROBLEM GAMBLERS.
>> REPORTER: THIS MAN PROMOTES
RESPONSIBLE GAMING AT THE
ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING
CORPORATION.
>> WE DO NOT WANT PROBLEM
GAMBLERS.
IN OUR KASZ KNOWS -- CASINOS, IF
YOU ARE DETENTED,
YOU WILL BE REMOVED.
>> REPORTER: THERE IS A SELF
EXCLUSION PROGRAM.
WHERE GAMBLERS CAN VOLUNTARILY
BAN THEMSELVES FROM CASINOS.
THE PLAYERS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED AND
FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE
AT
CASINO ENTRANCES IS SUPPOSED TO
DETECT THEM.
WE PUT THAT SECURITY SYSTEM TO
THE TEST.
OUR PRODUCER SCOTT ANDERSON PUT
HIMSELF ON THE EXCLUSION LIST
AND THEN HEADED FOR THE CASINOS.
HE WALKED IN, PAST THE CAMERAS
AND SECURITY STAFF.
AND PLAYED AT NOT ONE, BUT FOUR
DIFFERENT OLG CASINOS IN ONE
DAY.
UNDETECTED.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
WE SHOWED THE VIDEO TO THE OLG.
>> WE DETECT OVER 3,000 PEOPLE
EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE IMPROVED THE NUMBER.
WE WILL LOOK HOW TO IMPROVE IT.
>> REPORTER: THE TORONTO LAWYER
SAID CASINOS HAVE A VESTED
INTEREST IN KEEPING PROBLEM
GAMBLERS COMING BACK.
>> INTERVIEW: THERE IS NO DOUBT
THEY EXPLOIT ADDICTED GAMBLERS.
I MEAN,
IT IS THE STOCK AND TRADE.
>> REPORTER: GAMBLING REVENUES
FOR GOVERNMENTS HAVE QUADRUPLED
IN CANADA OVER THE PAST 20
YEARS.
THERE IS NO QUESTION, GAMBLING
ADDICTS HAVE HELPED FUEL THE
INCREASE.
WHAT IS UP FOR DEBATE, IS WHO IS
ADDICTED MORE.
THE GAMBLERS OR THE GOVERNMENT.
MARK KELLEY, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> ANDREW: AND YOU CAN WATCH THE
FULL
EPISODE, GAMBLING ON ADDICTION
TOMORROW NIGHT.
IT AIRS AT 9 P.M. ON CBC
TELEVISION.
9:30 IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
>> THE PRIME MINISTER IS BACK IN
CANADA FROM HIS WEEK LONG TRIP
TO CHINA.
HE CAME HOME WITHOUT STARTING
FREE TRADE TALKS WITH THE SECOND
LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
AT ISSUE WILL WEIGH IN ON THAT.
SEASONED --
AND MORE AFTER THE BREAK.
>>> LATER, THIS TORONTO MAN
WOUND UP WITH A 160 YEAR PRISON
SENTENCE IN THE U.S.
HOW HE BECAME A FREE MAN AND SET
FOOT BACK HERE ON CANADIAN SOIL.
>> Interview: SHE
SHE SAID WELCOME HOME.
>> YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
LET'S GO.
KATHERINE ASKS ME HOW HAVE YOU
FOUND YOUR TRANSITION ON CBC
NEWS, LOVE YOUR TWITTER FEED.
THANK YOU.
HOW HAVE I FOUND THE TRANSITION,
I WORK A LOT LONGER HOURS.
AND MUCH LATER AT NIGHT.
MOSTLY, IT IS GOING WELL.
THE SHOW IS GETTING BETTER EVERY
DAY.
WE ARE GETTING INTO A GROOVE.
I WILL GET MY VOICE BACK AND
THAT WILL BE FUN.
ANOTHER KATHERINE.
WHAT MOMENTS HAVE MOST IMPACTED
YOU SINCE YOU TOOK ON THE ROLE
AS CO-HOST OF THE NATIONAL.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE STORY I DID
BEFORE THIS VERSION OF THE
NATIONAL STARTED.
WHICH AIRED IN THE SECOND WEEK.
WHEN I WENT UP TO A FIRST NATION
IN NORTHERN ONTARIO.
I SAT WITH A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED
SERENA ON HER BED AND SHE TOLD
ME ABOUT SOME OF THE -- SHE
DIDN'T TELL ME, SHE TOLD ME
SOMETHING RACIST WAS SHOUTED AT
HER ON THE STREETS OF THUNDER
BAY AND WOULD NOT REPEAT IT TO
ME AND DID NOT TELL HER MOM.
THAT REMINDED ME OF THE
CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
IN THE COUNTRY.
AND BEING UP THERE WITH THE --
IT IS IMPORTANT, WE SOMETIMES
FORGET ABOUT HOW SOME REMOTE
COMMUNITIES ARE LIVING.
THE STATE THEY ARE LIVING AND
HOW HARD IT IS TO LIVE THAT FAR
AWAY FROM MAJOR CENTERS.
THAT WAS A GOOD THING TO REMIND
MYSELF OF.
WENDY ASKS THIS, HOW ARE YOU
ENJOYING -- THIS IS MY LAST
QUESTION.
WENDY ASKS HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING
YOUR ANCHOR POSITION ON THE NEW
NATIONAL NEWS TEAM.
YOU LOOK GREAT THIS EVENING.
I LOVE YOUR SWEATER.
IT IS A BLAZER.
BUT THANK YOU.
I LIKE MY NEW POSITION.
IT IS DIFFERENT THAN MY OTHER
ONE.
I DON'T GET TO BE IN CHARGE OF
EVERYTHING.
BUT I LIKE THE TEAM.
AND I THINK WE ARE DOING
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
I THINK YOU WILL GET TO SEE ME
DO INTERESTING THINGS LIKE
ADRIENNE IS DOING IN JERUSALEM.
NOT THAT I WILL GO THERE.
BUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT WILL BE GOOD.
BRITTNEY SMITH, WHY DO YOU THINK
CBC FAILS TO HOLD ISRAEL TO THE
SAME SCRUTINY FOR THE HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSES AS OTHER STATES.
I DON'T THINK I SHOULD ANSWER
THAT BECAUSE I AM NOT AN EXCERPT
EXPERT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
IT IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM, I
WOULD SAY AND COMPLAINTS COMING
FROM BOTH SIDES WE ARE NOT
BALANCED.
I WOULD ARGUE WE ARE AND WE DO A
GOOD JOB.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER MENTORING THE
INDIGENOUS TEENAGER FROM THAT
STORY?
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD TEACH
HER THINGS.
SHE HAD A VERY GOOD FAMILY.
SHE LIVED WITH HER COUSIN.
AND HER AUNT IN THUNDER BAY.
SHE WAS DOING WELL IN SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW SHE NEEDS
MENTORING.
I THINK THE STORIES ARE GOOD
ENOUGH TO PUT OUT THERE AND MAKE
SURE THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE AWARE
OF THE THINGS THAT SOME
CANADIANS ARE DEALING WITH.
THIS FELLOW WANTS TO KNOW DO YOU
SEE YOURSELF AS PART OF THE TEAM
20 YEARS FROM NOW?
I WILL BE OLD 20 YEARS FROM NOW,
DAVID.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THE TIME OF ANCHORS FOR
HAVING THE JOB FOR 30 YEARS AS
PETER IS PROBABLY NOT AROUND
ANYMORE.
30 SECONDS LEFT.
BRAD WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS YOUR
FAVOURITE HOBBY, READING
FICTION.
AND THE I THINK THAT IS -- WE
ARE OUT OF TIME.
ONE MORE.
15 SECONDS.
I DON'T THINK SO.
I HOPE IT WAS INTERESTING.
>> PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN
TRUDEAU: THAT'S WHY I AM PUSHING
FOR TRADE DEALS THAT BENEFIT
CITIZENS AND NOT JUST
MULTINATIONALS OR A COUNTRY'S
BOTTOM LINE.
BUT THE ACTUAL CITIZENS.
IS THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD,
CONSTRUCTIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY
IN AN INCREASINGLY GLOBALIZED
WORLD.
THE ALTERNATIVE TO TRADE DEALS
THAT FOCUS ON CITIZENS IS NO
TRADE DEALS AT ALL.
>> ROSEMARY: THAT WAS JUST THIS
MORNING IN CHINA WHERE JUSTIN
TRUDEAU WRAPPED UP THE TRIP
THERE TODAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MIXED
REVIEWS AT HOME.
BECAUSE HE IS COMING BACK WITH
NO TRADE TALKS OR DEAL AT ALL.
TRUDEAU MADE NO AGREEMENT WITH
CHINA OFFICIALS TO START THE
PROCESS.
AT ISSUE HAPPY TO TALK TRADE.
ANDREW COYNE IS IN TORONTO.
CHANTAL IN MONTREAL.
AND JOINING US FOR THE FIRST
TIME, WE WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST
HIM.
FROM MACLEAN'S.
IN CALGARY.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
I WILL START WITH YOU, CHANTAL,
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT
THAT TRUDEAU WENT OVER THERE AND
THERE SEEMED TO BE AN
EXPECTATION, IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO
IT WAS CREATED BY THE GOVERNMENT
OR MEDIA OR OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT
THE IDEA OF GETTING THE FREE
TRADE DEAL.
AND HE DOESN'T HAVE IT.
HE IS COMING BACK WITHOUT IT.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL US ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH TO TRADE
OR MAYBE MORE SPECIFICALLY THE
APPROACH TO CHINA?
>> THAT TELLS ME SOMETHING ABOUT
THE GOVERNMENT'S MANAGEMENT OF
EXPECTATIONS POSSIBLY.
RATHER THAN THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH TRADE.
I WILL TRY TO SET UP A FEW
THINGS THAT ARE DISTINCT TO THE
ERA AND THE GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN A
GOVERNMENT THAT HAS HAD SO MANY
RESOURCES ON SO MANY TRADE
FRONTS AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT IS UNIQUE.
WE HAVE NEGOTIATED FREE TRADE
AGREEMENTS.
MAJOR ONES WITH THE U.S., WITH
EUROPE IN THE PAST.
WE TENDED TO DO THEM ONE AT A
TIME.
AND NOT PLAY ON TWO OR THREE
FRONTS AT THE SAME TIME.
I THINK PART OF THAT
MULTIPLICATION ACCOUNTS FOR SOME
OF THE PROBLEMS.
I THINK THAT THE NEGOTIATION OF
A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA IS
EASIER SAID THAN DONE
POLITICALLY.
IN CASE NO ONE NOTICED, THE
BUSINESS SECTOR IN CANADA
CERTAINLY DID, THE LIBERALS ARE
THE MOST LIKELY TO STRIKE A DEAL
WITH CHINA.
THE CONSERVATIVES ARE NOT.
AND TO THAT, THEY ARE SUSPICIOUS
OF THAT DEAL.
THE N.D.P. IS NOT EITHER.
IT IS NOT THAT EASY A SELL IF
YOU ARE GOING TO GO DOWN THAT
ROAD.
>> ROSEMARY: ANDREW?
>> IT IS TRUE THEY HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT MAJOR SETS OF
NEGOTIATIONS ON AT THE SAME
TIME.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE MAKING TOO
MUCH HEADWAY IN ANY OF THEM.
WE HAD BEFORE THIS, WE HAD THE
DEBACLE OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC
PARTNERSHIP, THE TALKS IN
VIETNAM.
NOT ONLY AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES WERE PUT OUT BY
THE PERFORMANCE THERE.
WE HAVE THE TALKS IN NAFTA WHICH
ARE GOING STEADILY NOWHERE, A
LOT OF BLAME TO BE THROWN AROUND
FOR THAT.
WHAT DOES SEEM TO BE THE CASE,
PART OF WHAT MAKES THE
GOVERNMENT DIFFERENT AS WELL IS
THEY HAVE RATHER DIFFERENT
CONCEPTION OF WHAT FREE TRADE
SHOULD ENTAIL, INCLUDING THE
CHAPTERS TO DO WITH INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS OR GENDER RIGHTS AND
CLIMATE CHANGE, ET CETERA.
WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE A GOOD
IDEA.
IT IS RUNNING INTO HEAD WIND
WITH THE OTHER COUNTRIES AND WE
GO AND PUSH CHINA INTO ACCEPTING
THIS IS MORE THAN FANCYFUL.
>> ROSEMARY: I WONDER, JASON,
WHETHER IT WAS WILEY ON THE
GOVERNMENT'S PART, WHETHER THERE
IS A NEGOTIATING STRATEGY I
DON'T UNDERSTAND OR AS ANDREW
POINTS OUT, THEY ARE MAYBE NOT
THAT GOOD AT IT.
>> THERE IS A NEGOTIATING
STRATEGY NOT BEING DISCUSSED.
IT DOES SOUND RIDICULOUS ON THE
FACE OF IT.
I MEAN,
THIS IS NOT A VERY FULLY
ADVANCED FREE MARKET ECONOMY.
I MEAN BASICALLY ASKING THEM TO
OBEY GENDER RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS
LIKE ASKING A GRADE 10 STUDENT
TO HAND IN THE UNDER GRADUATE
THESIS.
THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH AND NEED
TO GET INTO A GOOD TRADE DEAL IS
SIMPLE
THINGS LIKE PATENT PROTECTION,
PROPER MARKET ACCESS,
PREDICTABILITY, RULE OF LAW.
WERE JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYING WE
ARE NOT GETTING THESE THINGS,
THAT WOULD RAISE THE HACKLES OF
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WHICH ARE
EASY TO RAISE AS WE HAVE SEEN.
>> ROSEMARY: CHANTAL?
THE LAST WORD ON THAT.
>> I MEAN IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS
HARD TO SELL BUT TO NEGOTIATE A
FREE TRADE DEAL WITH THE UNITED
STATES THAT HAS SOME COMPARABLE
STANDARDS TO CANADA, IMAGINE
WHAT IT MEANS TO DO SO WITH THE
CHINESE.
AND TO DO SO FROM A POSITION OF
INFERIORITY.
THERE IS A REASON WHY NO G7
COUNTRY NEGOTIATED ONE YET.
AND THAT WE WOULD BE THE FIRST
IF WE GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
IT IS NOT JUST THAT THE OTHERS
ARE NOT INTERESTED.
THE OBSTACLES.
>> ROSEMARY: LET'S TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO THE BYELECTIONS.
BYELECTIONS CAN MEAN EVERYTHING
OR NOTHING.
DEPENDING WHETHER
YOU WIN THEM.
THEY ARE END OF THE YEAR ONE.
THEY ARE INTERESTING, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE WHERE THEY ARE HAPPENING
AND WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE
TESTING.
ANDREW, YOU CAN GO WHERE YOU
WANT.
THE ONE IN SURREY, B.C. IS THE
CLOSEST RACE AND SEEMS TO HAVE
THE MOST
IMPORTANCE TO ALL THE PARTIES.
GIVE ME YOUR TAKE.
>> IT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU
CAN
REASONABLY EXPECT THERE IS A
CHANCE OF IT BEING A CHANGE OF
HANDS.
MAYBE IN SCARBOROUGH.
THE LIBERALS HAVE TO DO POOR IN
ONTARIO FOR THAT TO CHANGE
HANDS.
IF A RIDING DOES NOT CHANGE
HANDS, YOU CAN LOOK HOW THE VOTE
OF THE PARTY COMPARES TO HOW IT
DOES LAST TIME.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN READ TEA
LEAVES.
WE IN THE MEDIA TEND TO BE
RATHER OVER INVESTED IN THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE THINGS.
IF THE ONE IN B.C., IF IT GOES
LIBERAL, THAT IS ENCOURAGING FOR
THE LIBERALS IN B.C.
THEY HAVE BEEN SAGGING IN MOST
OF THE COUNTRY EXCEPT IN QUEBEC
AND B.C.
IF THEY TAKE THE RIDING FROM THE
CONSERVATIVES, IT WOULD BE A
FEATHER IN THE CAP.
>> ROSEMARY: CHANTAL?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT ANDREW SCHEER,
THE FIRST BYELECTION SEASON,
LOST A SEAT IN QUEBEC, COULD
LOSE A SEAT IN B.C.
IF YOU CANNOT WIN A SEAT IN B.C.
THAT YOU HELD OR IN QUEBEC THAT
YOU HAD FOR A
DECADE, YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK
REALLY HARD AT BEING COMPETITIVE
IN THE NEXT FEDERAL ELECTION.
>> ROSEMARY: JASON?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> THE WEST ONE, CONSERVATIVE,
REFORM,
ALLIANCE, THEY HAVE ALL HELD
THIS SURREY SEAT.
IT HAS NOT GONE LIBERAL SINCE
THE '70S OR POSSIBLY '60S.
THIS IS NOT A BELWETHER RIDING
FOR B.C. OR THE LOWER MAINLAND,
THIS IS MORE WHITE, AFFLUENT.
THIS IS NOT A COMMUNITY WHERE
THE TRANSMOUNTAIN PIPELINE OR
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS MAY WEIGH
HEAVILY IN.
THE PERSON HOPES TO GET
SOMETHING AND HAS OPPORTUNITY
IS THE N.D.P.'S JAGMEET SINGH,
THE FIRST BYELECTION WHERE HE
MAY PLAY.
IN FACT, GETTING MAYBE 17% IN
ONE OF THE RIDINGS MAY BE A
VICTORY FOR HIM.
>> ROSEMARY: LET'S TALK ABOUT
HIM FOR A MINUTE.
EVERYTHING I READ ABOUT THE
BYELECTION, THE N.D.P. IS TRYING
TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS.
SAYING,
THIS IS NOT A PLACE WE NORMALLY
WIN.
IF THE N.D.P. WANTS TO PICK UP
ANY
SUPPORT, IT HAS TO BE IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
IT SEEMS IF THIS IS A TEST FOR
SCHEER, IT MUST BE FOR SINGH.
CHANTAL?
>> I LOOK AT THE SCARBOROUGH
RIDING IF YOU WANT TO TEST FOR
SINGH.
NOT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE
LIBERALS.
BUT TO MAKE INROADS IN THE
CULTURAL COMMUNITIES WHERE THE
LIBERALS FIND A LOT OF STRENGTH
IN ONTARIO.
I MEAN SCARBOROUGH IS NOT ALL
THAT FAR FROM WHERE MR. SINGH'S
BASE IS.
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE VERY
DIFFERENT.
IF HE CAN'T INCREASE THE SCORE
OF THE PARTY THERE, THEN THE
ZONE OF INFLUENCE WILL COME
ACROSS AS FAIRLY LIMITED.
>> ROSEMARY: ANDREW?
>> IF ANDREW SCHEER HAS NOT SET
HEARTS ON FIRE, JAGMEET SINGH,
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE
OF EXCITEMENT AROUND HIM.
I SAW THE POLL OF BEST PRIME
MINISTER WAS 6%.
HE IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING HIS
NAME IN THE NEWS AND GETTING THE
FACE TIME.
GETTING THE EXCITEMENT GOING.
I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF THE
N.D.P. HAS A STRONG SHOWING
THERE.
>> ROSEMARY: I WILL LEAVE IT
WITH YOU JASON.
IT LEAVES ME TO WONDER.
I KNOW THEY MADE A BIG DEAL
ABOUT JACK LAYTON.
NOT RUNNING IN A BYELECTION TO
GET INTO THE HOUSE.
I DON'T SEE JAGMEET SINGH
ANYWHERE.
I WONDER THAT IS DAMAGING HIM
AND THE BYELECTION MAY BE A SIGN
OF THAT.
>> WE HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH FROM
HIM.
WE WILL NOT SEE HIM IN QUESTION
PERIOD.
QUESTION PERIOD IS WHERE TOM
MULCAIR CERTAINLY RAISED HIS
PROFILE.
>> ROSEMARY: THAT'S RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>>> GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO
LIKE POLITICS AS WE DO.
THE AT ISSUE PANEL IS A PODCAST.
LOOK FOR IT ON ITUNES AND
ANY MANY PODCAST APP, AND OUR
WEBSITE.
CBCNEWS.CA/THENATIONAL.
>> FOR EQUALITY, FOR LOVE, IT IS
TIME FOR MORE MARRIAGES.
>> ROSEMARY: AUSTRALIA TODAY WAS
THE 26TH COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE
SAME SEX MARRIAGE.
CONFIRMING THE STRONG SUPPORT
BY THE PUBLIC
SHOWN IN A NATIONAL REFERENDUM
LAST MONTH.
IT IS NOT BINDING BUT WENT
AHEAD WITH IT ANYWAY.
THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
CELEBRATED IN SONG.
>> TRADING AT A FEW HUNDRED
DOLLARS A PIECE.
IT WAS RELATIVELY EASY TO BRUSH
OFF BITCOIN A FEW YEARS AGO.
TRY TO IGNORE THIS.
19,300 USD.
AT ONE POINT, THAT WAS THE GOING
RATE FOR A SINGLE BITCOIN TODAY.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD IT DESCRIBED
AS A REVOLUTIONARY
CRYPTO-CURRENCY, AT ITS CORE, IT
IS ABOUT TRUST.
WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH TRUST
IN IT?
WELL, FROM START TO FINISH,
EVERYTHING IS OUT IN THE OPEN.
EVERY TRANSACTION IS PUBLIC
INFORMATION.
BITCOINS ARE ALSO RARE.
THERE IS A STRICT SYSTEM IN
PLACE LIMITING HOW THEY ARE
CREATED.
AND THERE CAN ONLY BE 21 MILLION
OF THEM.
THINK DIAMONDS.
A NEW BITCOIN IS LIKE A BURIED
DIAMOND WITH MINERS GOING AFTER
THE SAME ONE.
IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF DIGGING
TO GET THERE.
AND IF YOU GET THERE FIRST, YOU
HAVE TO PROVE YOU DID THE
DIGGING.
OTHER MINERS SPEND THEIR TIME
INVESTING WHAT -- VERIFYING WHAT
YOU DID.
AND IF EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT,
YOU EARN COIN.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER TWIST,
EVERY DIAMOND OR BITCOIN IS
HARDER TO FIND.
BURIED DEEPER AND DEEPER.
TRACKING EVERY TRANSACTION AND
UNEARTHING NEW BITCOIN BECOMES
MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.
>>> TO BE TOTALLY FAIR, THE
MINING ANALOGY IS AN OVER
SIMPLIFICATION.
AT ITS CORE, BITCOIN MINING IS
ESSENTIALLY DOING COMPLICATED
MATH TO KEEP THE INCREASINGLY
COMPLICATED CURRENCY SYSTEM
RUNNING.
AND THEN BEING PAID FOR IT.
AS JACQUELINE HANSEN FOUND,
THERE ARE SOME CANADIANS HOPING
TO GET IN ON THE GOLD RUSH.
>> REPORTER: TUCKED AWAY, A
HOME-GROWN BITCOIN OPERATION.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
-- HAVE
TEMPORARILY SET UP.
>> REPORTER: RATHER THAN BUY THE
CURRENCY, HE IS MINING IT.
AND OTHERS.
USING THESE MACHINES.
AND A LOT OF ELECTRICITY.
>> I PRETTY MUCH MAXED OUT THE
POWER I HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE
HOUSE.
>> REPORTER: AND MAXED OUT HIS
SAYINGS.
EACH UNIT COSTS ABOUT $2,000.
HOW MUCH MONEY IS THIS?
>> RIGHT NOW, I GO WITH AN
AVERAGE, ROUGHLY ABOUT $10 A
DAY IS WHAT IT BRINGS IN.
HERE IS THE NEW ARRIVED MINERS.
>> Reporter: IN A FEW MONTHS, HE
HAS INVESTED MORE
THAN $100,000 IN A FEW MONTHS.
>> Interview: GOOD LUCK TO TRY
TO TALK YOUR WIFE TO
SPEND 100 GRAND.
>> REPORTER: THE ENTREPRENEURS
AT HEART, HE AND HIS WIFE SEE
REAL POTENTIAL IN THIS SOMEWHAT
COMPLICATED WORLD OF
CRYPTO-CURRENCY.
>> IF WE TELL THEM WE ARE
MINING, THEY THINK WE ARE WITH A
LIGHT ON AND WE HAVE A PICKAXE
AND WHERE IS YOUR STAKE AND
YOUR CLAIM.
>> REPORTER: BITCOIN MINING IS
DIGITAL.
THE MACHINES USE HIGH LEVEL
COMPUTING POWER TO TRY TO SOLVE
COMPLEX EQUATIONS.
THE REWARD IS BITCOIN.
THERE ARE MASSIVE MINING
OPERATIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE
WORLD.
BUT
INGRIM AND RYELAND COULD NOT
COMPETE WITH ON THEIR OWN.
THEY TEAM UP WITH MINERS IN AN
ONLINE POOL AND GET A SMALL PART
OF WHAT IS EARNED EVERY DAY.
>> IF I LOOKED FOR A GET RICH
QUICK, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT
BITCOIN AND SAT THERE AND
CROSSED MY FINGERS.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY TAKING A
CHANCE.
I LOOKED FOR SOMETHING MORE
STABLE.
>> REPORTER: BITCOIN HAS BEEN
ANYTHING BUT STABLE.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, IT HAS
SURGED MORE THAN 1600%.
WITH SUDDEN EXTREME DROPS ALONG
THE WAY.
IT ATTRACTED BELIEVERS AND
SKEPTICS ON WALL STREET.
>> BITCOIN IS A BUBBLE.
>> IT CAN BE AT 40,000 AT THE
END OF 2018.
>> IF YOU ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO
BUY IT, YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE
FOR
IT ONE DAY.
>> THIS IS THE MANIA OF OUR
TIME.
YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, IT DWARFS
FIG BEFORE -- ANYTHING BEFORE
IT.
EVEN THE.COM DOUBLE.
-- BUBBLE.
>> REPORTER: THE CANADIAN OR
U.S. DOLLARS ARE WATCHING THESE
CURRENCIES.
THEY ARE LIKE A COMMODITY THAN
CASH.
>> THE TRANSACTION COSTS ARE TOO
HIGH, IT FAILED AS A CURRENCY.
IT IS TOO SLOW.
>> INTERVIEW: THE FIRST MINERS
ARE
IN THE BUILDING.
>> REPORTER: INGRIM SAID MINING
IS A CALCULATED RISK.
HE IS EXPANDING TO A WAREHOUSE
WHERE HE HAS ACCESS TO MORE AND
CHEAPER POWER.
HE WILL SOON HAVE 70 MACHINES UP
AND RUNNING HERE.
>> WHO KNOWS WHERE IT WILL TAKE
US.
>> Reporter: A HOBBY, A
RETIREMENT FUND, OR
MAYBE JUST A GAMBLE.
>> THE TRANSFORMER.
IT WILL GO DOWN AS THE
RISKIEST GAMBLE I TOOK IN MY
LIFE.
I AM OKAY WITH THAT.
IF IT WORKS OUT, IT WILL WORK
OUT GREAT.
IF NOT...
IT IS JUST 100 GRAND.
>> REPORTER: THE COST OF CHASING
A DIGITAL GOLD RUSH THAT MAY OR
MAY NOT PAN OUT.
>> YOU NEED TO PLAY THE NUMBERS
GAME.
>> Reporter: JACQUELINE HANSEN,
CBC NEWS
LANGLEY, B.C.
>> ANDREW: JUST 100 GRAND.
YOU HEARD JACQUELINE MENTION A
FEW TIMES HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY
BITCOIN MINERS USE.
THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY
STAGGERING.
ACCORDING TO A WEBSITE THAT
TRACKS CRYPTO-CURRENCY,
PROCESSING EACH BITCOIN
TRANSACTION USES ENOUGH
ELECTRICITY TO POWER THE AVERAGE
CANADIAN HOME FOR ABOUT 8 DAYS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
TRANSACTIONS HAPPENING.
MORE THAN 400,000 OF THEM PER
DAY.
YOU CAN POWER MORE THAN 3
MILLION HOMES WITH THAT KIND OF
ENERGY.
>> ROSEMARY: I STILL DON'T GET
IT.
I DON'T.
>>> IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
JOURNEY HOME FOR A CANADIAN
MAN WHO SPENT DECADES INSIDE A
U.S. PRISON.
>> INTERVIEW: IT IS A RIDICULOUS
SENTENCE.
YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU SAY NO WAY POSSIBLE.
RELEASED IN
2056.
I WILL NOT BE ALIVE.
IT CAN'T BE RIGHT.
>> ROSEMARY: DEREK TWYMAN WAS
ORIGINALLY
SENTENCED TO 160 YEARS FOR A
STRING OF NON-VIOLENT BREAK AND
ENTERS WHEN HE WAS IN HIS EARLY
20S.
WE GO THROUGH HOW HE MANAGED TO
SERVE JUST 30 YEARS BEHIND BARS.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> REPORTER: THE FIRST TIME IN
ALMOST 40 YEARS, DEREK TWYMAN
SETS FOOT ON CANADIAN SOIL.
>> I CAME THROUGH AND SHE SAID
WELCOME HOME.
IT WAS NICE.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET HERE
FOR A WHILE.
>> REPORTER: THE 54-YEAR-OLD AND
HIS FAMILY MOVED TO NORTH
CAROLINA FROM OAKVILLE, ONTARIO.
AS A TEENAGER.
STRUGGLING TO FIT IN, HE FELL IN
WITH THE WRONG CROWD.
TWYMAN WAS SENTENCED TO 160
YEARS IN PRISON.
FOR A SERIES OF NON-VIOLENT HOME
ROBBERIES.
THE JUDGE IS ON RECORD SAYING HE
KNEW SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE
HOMES WERE BROKEN INTO.
TWYMAN THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER
GET OUT UNTIL THE LAWYERS AND
JUDGES IN ONTARIO, NOVA SCOTIA,
NEWFOUNDLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA
TOOK AN INTEREST IN THE CASE.
>> HI, HOW ARE THINGS IN THE
LEGAL
WORLD.
>> REPORTER: A HUMAN RIGHTS
LAWYER IN TORONTO WAS JUST A LAW
STUDENT IN NEW BRUNSWICK WHEN HE
AND TWYMAN FIRST WROTE EACH
OTHER TEN YEARS AGO.
HE LOBBIED POLITICIANS AND
HE STARTED A POSTCARD CAMPAIGN,
EVEN HAD TWYMAN CALL IN A NUMBER
OF TIMES ON THE CAMPUS RADIO
SHOW.
>> TO THINK FOR COMPLETELY
NON-VIOLENT PROPERTY RELATED
OFFENCE, THAT SOMEONE COULD DIE
IN PRISON, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST
THING.
>> REPORTER: IT WAS THE WORK OF
A LOCAL LAWYER IN NORTH CAROLINA
WHO PUT IN THE FINAL PUSH.
HE CALLED THE JUDGE WHO
SENTENCED TWYMAN ALL THOSE YEARS
AGO WHO HAD A CHANGE OF HEART.
>> INTERVIEW: HE FOUND THE
PEOPLE OUT OF THIN AIR KIND OF
THING AND THEY READ THE STORIES
AND READ THE COMMUNICATIONS AND
FELT THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO
GET INVOLVED.
YOU COULDN'T BUY THE SUPPORT HE
HAS AT THIS POINT.
>> REPORTER: NOW HE IS FREE, HE
HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.
FINDING A PLACE OF HIS OWN AND A
JOB TO START.
>> I TOOK GRAPHIC DESIGN, TAUGHT
ESL, I WAS A SYSTEM EDITOR OF A
NEWSLETTER AT A PRISON.
A TEACHERS AID WHERE THEY MADE
THE CLOTHES FOR THE PRISON.
PEOPLE WILL SAY THIS GUY HAS
BEEN IN PRISON FOR 30 YEARS.
WE DON'T WANT HIM.
NOT OVER THIS GUY WHO GOT OUT OF
COLLEGE.
I NEED A STARTING POINT.
>> REPORTER: DESPITE ALL THIS,
IT IS HIS OUTLOOK THAT HAS THE
TEAM THAT SUPPORTED ALL THESE
YEARS CONVINCED THAT IF
ANYONE CAN SUCCEED, IT IS HIM.
>> INTERVIEW: I DON'T, PROBABLY
-- I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY
JUST THE WAY I WAS BROUGHT UP.
HE GAVE ME A SENTENCE AND I
DISAGREED WITH THE SENTENCE, I
CANNOT FAULT HIM FOR THAT.
>> REPORTER: ONCE HE SETTLED,
TWYMAN WANTS TO START A
NON-PROFIT TO HELP OTHERS LIKE
HIM.
CANADIANS IN PRISON ABROAD,
WANTING A FRESH START.
CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> ROSEMARY: AHEAD, THREE
FEMALE
BOBSLEDDERS ON TRACK TO MAKE
HISTORY AS NIG
>> WE CANNOT FORGET FOR EVEN
ONE SECOND THAT EACH AND
EVERYONE OF THESE NUMBERS IS A
PERSON.
SOMEONE WHO IS LOVED BY THEIR
FAMILY.
>> ON "THE NATIONAL" TONIGHT,
ONTARIO'S GOVERNMENT IS
PLEDGING MORE SUPPORT AFTER A
SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
DYING OF OPIOID OVERDOSES.
NEW FIGURES SHOW 336 PEOPLE
DIED IN ONTARIO BETWEEN MAY AND
JULY THIS YEAR, THAT'S A 68%
INCREASE FROM THE SAME TIME
LAST YEAR.
TO HELP DEAL WITH THE CRISIS
THE PROVINCE SAID IT'S
EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF
OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES AND
EQUIPPING FRONT LINE EMERGENCY
WORKERS WITH NALOXONE KITS.
IN ALBERTA A JUDGE IS GRANTED
AN INJUNCTION TO STOP SUNCOR
FROM CONDUCTING RANDOM DRUG AND
ALCOHOL TESTS ON ITS WORKERS AT
A SITE NEAR FORT MCMURRAY.
THEY CITED IT WAS SAFETY ISSUE
BUT THE UNION SAID IT WAS A
PRIVACY ISSUE.
WE WILL CONTINUE WATCHING ONE
OF OUR TOP STORIES, THE
REACTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AFTER THE U.S. RECOGNIZED
JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF
ISRAEL.
ADRIENNE?
>> ANDREW, A COUPLE THINGS TO
PAY ATTENTION TO, IT'S THE 30th
ANNIVERSARY, FRIDAY IS ALWAYS
AN IMPORTANT DAY OF PRAYER BUT
MANY ARE CALLING FOR TOMORROW
TO BE WHAT THEY CALL A DAY OF
RAGE, SO THERE'S EVERY
EXPECTATION AS SOON AS PRAYERS
ARE OVER AT THE MOSQUE AND
THROUGHOUT HERE IN THE OLD CITY
THAT THERE MAY VERY WELL BE
PROTESTS AND POTENTIALLY SOME
CLASHES.
ANDREW?
>> ADRIENNE, WE WILL BE
WATCHING.
>> THREE FEMALE BOBSLEDDERS ARE
TO MAKE HISTORY IF THEY
MAINTAIN THEIR POSITIONS UNTIL
JANUARY THEY WILL BE THE FIRST
TEAM FROM NIGERIA TO QUALIFY
FOR A WINTER OLYMPICS.
ALL THREE ARE PROFESSIONAL
TRACK ATHLETES.
WHO DECIDED TO GIVE BOBSLEDDING
A TRY IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A GRAND
IDEA TO PURSUE A DEGREE AND
BOBSLED.
FIGURE OUT WHAT I COULD BUILD
TO KEEP MYSELF IN THE LINE, SO
I ENDED UP GRABBING A DOLLY AND
DRAWERS AND WOODEN HANGERS AND
PUT TOGETHER THIS BOBSLED WE
CALL THE MAY FLOWER.
I ALWAYS ASPIRE TO INSPIRE
OTHERS.
YOUR SUCCESS CAN ONLY BE
MEASURED BY THE LEGACY YOU
LEAVE.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS, WE ARE
BASICALLY TRYING TO DO, WE ARE
TRYING TO EMPOWER OTHERS
TOWARDS EXCELLENCE AND THAT
HAPPENS ON A CONTINUUM, IF
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PROJECT
ONTO OTHERS, NOT BE HINDERED BY
THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AND
KNOW THE IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING
I THINK WE HAVE DONE VERY WELL.
>> I HOPE THEY KNOW SNOW
DOESN'T USUALLY ACT LIKE THAT.
AND IF YOU TRAIN IN HOUSTON
TEXAS, ANDREW, THE REAL SNOW
THING WILL BE A SHOCK TO THE
SYSTEM.
>> ONE OF MANY THINGS I'M SURE
THEY ARE LEARNING ALONG THE WAY.
BUT I FEEL THEY ARE MAKING THAT
LOOK EASIER THAN IT ACTUALLY
WAS.
I'M PRETTY SURE IF I TRIED TO
BUILD MYSELF A BOX ON WHEELS
AND PARLAY THAT INTO A BOBSLED
--
>> Rosemary: THAT'S "THE
NATIONAL" FOR DECEMBER 7th.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
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