>> GEORGE FLOYD!
>> Andrew:  ONE WEEK AFTER
GEORGE FLOYD DIED IN THIS SPOT
AT THE HANDS OF POLICE, THE
UNITED STATES REMAINS DEEPLY IN
CRISIS.
FROM PROTESTERS, CALLS FOR
JUSTICE, FOR A RECKONING OF
POLICE BRUTALITY.
>> Adrienne:  THE PRESIDENT
MAKES IT CLEAR HE'S HAD ENOUGH.
THESE ARE NOT ACTS OF PROTEST.
THESE ARE ACTS OF DOMESTIC
TERROR.
>> Adrienne:  EXTENSIVE COVERAGE
AND HOW THIS CRIE CRISIS IS
REVERBATING ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES AND HERE IN CANADA, TOO.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Adrienne:  GOOD EVENING.
I'M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
>> Andrew:  I'M AGA KHAN.
FROM THE PRESIDENT, A THREAT TO
END THE UPRISING BURNING THROUGH
THAT COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne:  STEPPING OUT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT, THE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HE WOULD
SEND SOLDIERS TO THE U.S. CITIES
TO KEEP THE PEACE IF GOVERNORS
DIDN'T ACT FIRST.
THAT IS MINUTES BEFORE A CURFEW
WENT INTO EFFECT IN WASHINGTON
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE'S
ONE IN NEW YORK CITY, TOO.
>> Andrew:  ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE
WHERE THE ACTION IS AND PAUL
HUNTER IN WASHINGTON AND SUSAN
ORMISTON IN MINNEAPOLIS AND
STEPHEN D'SOUZA IN NEW YORK
CITY.
PAUL, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING THERE?
>> Reporter:  YEAH, WHAT A
DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES COMPARED
TO THIS TIME LAST NIGHT.
A COUPLE BLOCKS NORTH OF THE
WHITE HOUSE, ALL KINDS OF
WASHINGTON IS METRO POLICE AND
THE NEXT STREET, BLACKHAWK
HELICOPTERS FLYING JUST ABOVE
ROOFTOP LEVELS AND NOT A
DEMONSTRATORS IN SIGHT, AT LEAST
NOT IN THE VICINITY OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THEY ARE MARCHING IN OTHER
STREETS OF THE CAPITAL AND ALL
OF THAT PUNCTUATED BY A FORCE FORCEFUL
MOVE FROM DONALD TRUMP.
IT WAS DEFIANCE TO BACK UP WHAT
DONALD TRUMP DENOUNCED, WALKING
INTO LaFAYETTE PARK, WHERE ALL
DAY PROTESTERS HAD GATHERED
BENEFIAGAIN TO CONTINUE THEIR MESSAGE
AIMED AT TRUMP TO SAY SOMETHING
AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE RACIAL
DIVIDE IN THIS COUNTRY.
TRUMP WALKED THROUGH THE PARK,
PASSED GIANT GRAFFITI GRAFFITI WALLS AND
WALKED TO A SMALL CHURCH ACROSS
THE PARK VANDALIZED LAST NIGHT
AND HELD UP A BIBLE AND WALKED
BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
NOT 15 MINUTES EARLIER, TRUMP
HAD BEEN IN THE ROSE GARDEN WITH
AN EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,
OPENING WITH COMMENTS AT THE
FLOYD FAMILY, THE KIND OF THING
DEMONSTRATORS WANTED.
FOR GEORGE AND HIS FAMILY,
JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.
>> Reporter:  TRUMP WAS ONLY
GETTING STARTED TURNING TO THE
DEMONSTRATIONS, REITERATED
COMMENTS MADE EARLIER, CALLING
STATE GOVERNORS WEAK, URGING
AGGRESSION AGAINST VIOLENT
PROTESTERS.
TODAY I HAVE STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED TO EVERY GOVERNOR TO
DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD IN
SUFFICIENT NUMBERS THAT WE
DOMINATE THE STREETS.
MAYORS AND GOVERNORS MUST
ESTABLISH AN OVERWHELMING LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE.
>> Reporter:  EFFECTIVELY SAYING
HE'LL DO WHAT IT TAKES IF STATES
CAN'T PUT DOWN THE
DEMONSTRATIONS ON THEIR OWN,
INCLUDING, HE SAID, CALLING IN
THE FULL POWER OF THE U.S.
MILITARY.
I AM MOBILIZING ALL AVAILABLE
FEDERAL RESOURCES, CIVILIAN AND
MILITARY TO STOP RIOTING AND
LOOTING, TO END DESTRUCTION AND
AARSON AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
LAW-ABIDING AMERICAN.
>> Reporter:  WITHOUT THIS,
THERE IS NO JUSTICE, TO LIBERTY.
AS HE SPOKE, POLICE WERE MOVING
DEMONSTRATORS AWAY FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE AREA WHERE DONALD
TRUMP WOULD SOON WALK OVER TO
THAT CHURCH, BIBLE IN HAND, TEAR
GAS LINGERING IN THE AIR.
AND STRONG REACTION QUICKLY
TONIGHT FROM THE BISHOP OF THAT
CHURCH, ANDREW, IN A QUOTE.
I DON'T WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP
SPEAKING FOR THE CHURCH.
I AM OUTRAGED.
I WAS NO GIVEN EVEN A COURTESY
CALL THEY WOULD BE CLEARING WITH
TEAR GAS TO USE ONE OF OUR
CHURCHES AS A PROP.
HOLDING A BIBLE WHEN EVERYTHING
HE HAS SAID AND DONE IS TO
INFLAME VIOLENCE.
AND THE BISHOP WENT ON FROM
THERE AND MEANTIME DEMONSTRATORS
MARCHING IN THE STREETS OF
WASHINGTON TONIGHT, ANDREW, BUT
NOT IN THE VICINITY OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> Andrew:  PAUL HUNTER IN
WASHINGTON, THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> Adrienne:  SO LET'S TURN NOW
TO THE ORIGINAL FLASH POINT OF
THESE PROTESTS, THAT'S
MINNEAPOLIS AND SUSAN ORMISTON
WITH THE LATEST TONIGHT.
>> Reporter:  THIS IS THE SPOT
WHERE THIS INCIDENT ALL STARTED,
THIS WAS THE SCENE OF THAT
TERRIBLE DEATH AND NOW HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED HERE
EVERYDAY, REALLY, TO REMEMBER
GEORGE FLOYD AND TO REMEMBER
WHAT HAPPENED HERE BUT TONIGHT,
THE CURFEW IS ON IN MINNEAPOLIS
AND THEY'RE STILL HERE, HUNDREDS
OF THEM, WAITING TO SEE WHETHER
THEY'LL BE MOVED OUT OF HERE AND
WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY
CONFRONTATION AND ALL MEMBERS
WERE HERE WHEN A MEMBER OF THE
FLOYD FAMILY CAME HERE FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
>> Reporter:  GEORGE FLOYD'S
NAME IGNITED A COUNTRY BUT TO
TEATERRANCE, HE WAS JUST A BROTHER.
GRIEVING HE ARRIVED AT THE PLACE
FLOYD WAS ARRESTED ONE WEEK AGO
WITH A MESSAGE FROM THE FAMILY.
>> IN EVERY CASE OF POLICE
BRUTALITY, THE SAME THING HAS
BEEN HAPPENING.
YOU ALL PROTEST, YOU ALL DESTROY
STUFF AND WHAT ARE YOU ALL
DOING?
YOU ALL DOING NOTHING?
>> Reporter:  URGING PEOPLE IN
THE NAME OF HIS BROTHER TO STOP.
>> HE COULDN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter:  THE FLOYD FAMILY'S
INDEPENDENT AUTOPSY INDICATED HE
DIED OF ACTS ASPHYXIATION.
>> WHAT THOSE OFFICERS DID THAT
WE SEE ON THE VIDEO IS THE CAUSE
OF HIS DEATH.
>> Reporter:  THE MEDICAL
EXAMINERS OFFICE SAYS IT WAS
HOMICIDE.
THE ONE OFFICER CHARGED WITH
MURDER IS REPORTEDLY ON INSIDE
WATCH.
LAST EVENING MORE BATTLES WITH
POLICE LINED ACROSS A HIGHWAY,
PROTESTERS TESTING THEIR
RESOLVE.
AS NIGHT FELL, POLICE FACED OFF
AND FIRING WARNINGS TO KEEP THEM
BACK WITH NO REPEAT OF THE
LOOTING AND THE FIRES HERE OVER
THE PAST WEEK.
THAT DAMAGE SO EXTENSIVE ON LAKE
STREET, WHOLE BLOCKS MAY BE
CONDEMNED.
AT THE FLOATING ROAD CAFE,
MITORI FLOMAR IS WONDERING IF
HER BUSINESS CAN SURVIVE.
>> I'M JUST DOING A BUSINESS,
DOING COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW.
THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.
THIS IS SO SAD.
>> Reporter:  THE TOLLS SO
OBVIOUS.
FOR THE HOLLOWAWAYS, A FAMILY
WHO LIVED NEARBY, FLOYD'S DEATH
EXCAVATES THEIR FEAR.
>> FOR ME, THEY'RE MY BABIES,
BUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE WITH HATRED
IN THEIR HEART, THEY'RE A THREAT
AND IT'S NOT RIGHT.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT?
>> JUSTICE AND TO BE SEEN LIKE
WE'RE HUMAN.
THERE'S NO FEAR.
>> Reporter:  BUT JUSTICE IS A
LONG WAY OFF.
>> Adrienne:  THE MEMORIAL SITE
HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A SACRED
GROUND AND WHAT WAS THE REACTION
AFTER THE POLICE ARRIVED?
>> Reporter:  JUST OVER HERE,
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A
BARRICADES AT EACH OF THE FOUR
CORNERS OF THIS SQUARE AND THIS
IS A MAKE-SHIFT BARRICADE AND
ALL PEOPLE THAT WE SHOWED YOU
RUSHED TO THIS SIDE AS THEY SAW
A CRUISER COMING UP THAT ROAD.
THE CRUISER WENT AROUND ANOTHER
SIDE AND THEY RUSHED TO THE
OTHER CORNER.
THEY'RE TESTING THE RESOLVE OF
POLICE, WHETHER THEY WILL
ENFORCE THE CURFEW OR WHETHER
THEY WILL ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO
STAY HERE, IN WHICH YOU SAY IS
SACRED GROUND.
THEY'RE NOT PROTESTING, THEY'RE
NOT DEMONSTRATING OR PROVOKING
POLICE BUT DOING WHAT THEY
BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO
DO WHICH IS REMEMBER GEORGE
FLOYD AND WHERE THIS ALL
STARTED.
SO ALTHOUGH THE TENSION HAS
LEAKED OUT SOMEWHAT, THINGS ARE
STILL TWITCHY HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
>> Adrienne:  REMARKABLE.
SUSAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW.
>> Andrew:  NEW YORK CITY IS
UNDER A CURFEW FO TONIGHT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A FEW DECADES.
CAN YOU TAKE US WHAT'S GOING ON
WHERE YOU ARE?
>> Reporter:  AS THE 11:00 HOUR
APPROACHED, THE CROWD COUNTED
DOWN YELLING ANOTHER 5-4-3-2-1.
THIS IS A CROWD LOOK FORKING
CONFRONTATION.
WE'VE SEEN BROKEN BUILDINGS,
SITUATIONS GETTING MORE INTENSE
AND A NEWSPAPE NUMBER OF STORES LOOTED
AND OUR CREW HAS BEEN
THREATENED.
THIS GROUP IS WALKING THROUGH
THE STREETS AND BEHIND US, IT'S
HARD TO SEE, THERE IS TRAFFIC
GOING BUT A LINE OF POLICE
OFFICERS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
VEHICLES FOLLOWING THIS GROUP.
11:00 IS THE CURFEW AND ALWAYS
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, WHAT WERE
THE POLICE GOING TO DO AND RIGHT
NOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
APPROACHING THIS GROUP AS OF
YET.
BUT THIS IS A GROUP NOW HEADING
TOWARDS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
THE QUESTION IS, AND IT HAS BEEN
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, HOW WILL
THINGS DEVELOP?
THIS IS A CROWD THAT EARLIER IN
THE NIGHT THE SPEAKERS WERE
SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT LOOTING
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO
DILUTE THE MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE
TRYING TO SEND.
AS WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT, PEOPLE
HAVE FALLEN OFF FROM THE CROWD
AND THE CROWD IS SMALLER AND THE
INTENSITY HAS GROWN AND SO, THEY
ARE NOW MARCHING TOWARD MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN AND SO FAR, THE
POLICE HAVE BEEN HANDS OFF, BUT
THEY'VE BEEN VERY CLOSE AND THE
MOMENT THEY SEE LOOTING OR SEEN
STORING BROKEN INTO, THEY RUSHED
IN.
FOR NOW, THEY'RE MAINTAINING
THEIR DISTANCE.
EXPECT MANY ARRESTS THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT.
>> Andrew:  CLEAR AS DAY, THIS
IS A FLUID SITUATION, BUT ABOVE
ELSE, YOU STAY SAFE.
>> Reporter:  THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne:  EVEN IF DONALD
TRUMP DOESN'T SEND IN TROOPS,
THE PLACE SPONS T POLICE RESPONSE CAN LOOK
LIKE MILITARY ACTION AND KATIE
SIMPSON HAS SOME OF THE WORST
EXAMPLES ALONG WITH SURPRISING
MOMENTS OF SOLIDARITY.
>> Reporter:  A DEMONSTRATION
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY ENDS IN
ANOTHER ACT OF EXCESSIVE FORCE
AND BODY CAM FOOTAGE CAPTURING
THE VIOLENT ARRESTS OF TWO
UNARMED COLLEGE STUDENTS LEAVING
AN ATLANTA RALLY.
IN LOUISVILLE, A BLACK
RESTAURANT OWNER WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BY POLICE WHEN THEY
RETURNED FIRE ON PROTESTERS.
>> I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR
THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST
THE POLICE.
>> Reporter:  THIS CHIEF WAS
FIRED TODAY BECAUSE HIS OFFICERS
HAD THEIR BODY CAMERAS TURNED
OFF.
AGGRESSIVE POLICE ACTIONS
WORSENED TENSES ACCORDING TO DR. JENNIFER 
KABINA.
>> THERE'S THE CULTURE OF
DISRESPECT TOWARDS BLACK LIFE
WHICH IS THE MAIN REASON PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO THE STREETS AND
PROTESTING.
>> Reporter:  IN THE LANGUAGPROTESTING.
>> Reporter:  THE BEST SHOT OF
HEALING COMES THROUGH LISTENING.
>> THERE'S OBJECTS BEING THROWN
AT THEM AND OVERTLY AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOUR BY THE PROTESTERS OR
AVERTLY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR ON
THE PART OF THE POLICE, THIS
ONLY MAKES THE SITUATION WORSE.
>> Reporter:  CONVERSATIONS
AROUND RECONCILIATION ARE
STARTING TO HAPPEN.
>> I'M HURT THE SAME WAY YOU
HURT AND LIKE EVERYBODY OUT HERE
IS HURT.
>> Reporter:  IN CHARLOTTE, AN
OFFICER AND PROTESTERS SHARE THE
SAME PAIN AND IN NEW YORK, THOSE
WITH POWER ARE CALLING FOR
REFORM.
>> THERE SHOULD BE A BAN ON
EXCESSIVE FORCE BY POLICE
OFFICERS AND A BAN ON
CHOKEHOLDS, PERIOD.
CINCINNATI, ANGER EASED WENT AN
OFFICER HOLDING THE LINE TOOK A
KNEE.
AMERICA HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE, SO
PROTESTS OF THE PAST HAVE NOT
DONE ENOUGH TO ROOT OUT THE
SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT IS SO
ENTRENCHED HERE.
>> Andrew:  THERE HAVE BEEN
SUGGESTIONS THAT THE
DEMONSTRATORS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND
OTHER U.S. CITIES ARE NOT ALL
WHO THEY SEEM.
KATIE NICHOLSON TELLS US WHO IS
MAKING THOSE CLAIMS AND HOW
CREDIBLE THEY ARE.
>> Reporter:  THE DESTRUCTION
AND DEBRIS INDISPUTABLE.
WHO WAS BEHIND IT?
THAT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.
>> THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING
THIS ARE NOT MINNEAPOLIS
RESIDENTS.
>> EVERY PERSONA PERSON WE ARRESTED LAST
NIGHT WAS FROM OUT OF STATE.
>> GROUPS FROM OUTSIDE, RADICALS
AND AGITATORS ARE EXPLOITING THE
SITUATION.
>> Reporter:  A BELIEF ECHOED ON
TWITTER BY THE PRESIDENT WHO
TWEETED 80% OF THE PROTESTERS IN
MINNEAPOLIS LAST NIGHT WERE FROM
OUT OF STATE.
THE PROBLEM IS, ACCORDING TO
PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE ARREST
RECORDS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THOSE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN
MINNEAPOLIS OVER THE WEEKEND HAD
LOCAL ADDRESSES.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE
OFFICIALS HAVE SUGGESTED OUTSIDE
ACTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROTESTS.
>> I THINK IT'S DEFINITE.
>> IT BRINGS UP MEMORIES OF A
CIVIL RIGHT'S MOVEMENT WHEN IN A
LOT OF COMMUNITIES, SHERIFFS AND
POLITICIANS WOULD RAISE THE
OUTSIDE AGITATORS TO REFLECT
FROM THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS OF
LOCAL ACTIVISTS.
>> Reporter:  THOSE WHO STUDY
THE HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS SAY
QUESTIONING WHO WAS IN TEASE
CROWDTHESECROWDS TAKES AWAY FROM WHAT THE
PROTESTS ARE TRYING TO SAY.
>> IT HAS A DAMAGING EFFECT
BECAUSE IT TAKES THE MESSAGE
AWAY FROM THE CORE ISSUE.
>> Reporter:  NO DENYING THE
ANGER ON THE STREETS IS TEMPTING
TO THOSE WITH OTHER AGENDAS.
>> WHETHER THAT'S RIGHT WING
ACCELERATIONISTS OR LEFT WING
MEMBERS AND SO THOSE PEOPLE ARE
PRESENT.
>> Reporter:  THEY MAY BE
PRESENT, BUT SO FAR, THERE IS
LITTLE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THOSE
GROUPS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
OF THE VIOLENCE.
DESPITE THAT, TONIGHT, THE
PRESIDENT SUGGESTED THE RIOTS
ARE THE WORK OF HIGHLY ORGANIZED
ANARCHISTS AND ANTIF ANTIFA ACTIVISTS
BUT DIDN'T OFFER ANY EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT THAT CLAIM.
>> Adrienne:  THE PRIME MINISTER
ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY THAT RACISM
IS A REAL PROBLEM IN CANADA,
TOO.
AND THAT THE PROTESTS SOUTH OF
THE BORDER ARE HAVING AN IMPACT
HERE AT HOME.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  TO
THE YOUNG BLACK CANADIANS, I
HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY YOU ARE
ANXIOUS AND ANGRY, WHEN YOU SAY
THAT THIS BRINGS BACK PAINFUL
EXPERIENCES OF RACISM THAT YOU
FACED.
>> Adrienne:  JUSTIN TRUDEAU
SAYS IT'S LONG PASSED TILE FOR TIME FOR
THING TO CHANGE.
CHANGE AND THE NEED FOR IT,
BLACK CANADIANS ARE SHARING
EXPERIENCES.
ALISON NORTHCOTT TELLS US WHAT A
FEW PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND
FEELING RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter:  THIS MAN SAYS HE
HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH POLICE
THAT LEFT HIM SHOCKED AND
RATTLED.
>> I WAS WALKING, LIKE,
PEACEFULLY ON THE SIDEWALK AT
NIGHT AND FOR NO REASON, THE
POLICE STOPPED ME AND THEY
ARRESTED ME, BRINGING ME TO THE
POLICE STATION.
IT WAS POLICE BRUTALITY AND
RACIAL PROFILING.
>> Reporter:  NOW HE'S A PART OF
A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE CITY OF MONTREAL.
HE SAYS THAT GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH AND THE PROTESTS AROUND IT
ARE IMPORTANT.
>> WE HAVE TO PROTEST AND FIGHT
AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THE
SYSTEM.
>> Reporter:  PEOPLE IN CANADA
HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS TO
SHOW THEIR SOLIDARITY AND TO
CALL ATTENTION TO PROBLEMS HERE.
>> WE THINK THAT BECAUSE WE'RE
CANADIAN AND NICE THAT IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, BUT IT
DOES.
>> WHEN YOU GO TO THE STORE, YOU
SEE PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU AROUND,
MAKINMAKING SURE YOU PAY FOR
EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter:  THIS AUTHOR SAYS
THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF POLICE
VIOLENCE IN CANADA.
>> BLACK PEOPLE ARE RIGHTFULLY
AFRAID OF THE POLICE AND DON'T
HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACE IN
THE SAME WAYS AS PUBLIC
CANADIANS DO.
>> Reporter:  ONTARIO'S HUMAN
RIGHT'S COMMISSION FOUND BLACK
PEOPLE IN TORONTO ARE 20 TIMES
MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE PEOPLE TO
BE SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE.
IN MONTREAL, A REPORT
ECONOMICKECOMMISSIONED BY THE CITY SAYS
BLACK PEOPLE WERE POU FOUR TO FIVE
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED
BY POLICE.
MAYNARD SAID PART IS TO SPEN SPEND
LESS ON POLICE AND MORE ON
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC TRANSIT.
SEEING PEOPLE TAKE TO THE
STREETS GIVES HIM HOPE SOMETHING
WILL CHANGE.
ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS,
MONTREAL.
>> Andrew:  PUBLIC HEALTH
EXPERTS FEAR THIS WILL SET OFF
NEW OUTBREAKS OF THE COVID-19.
BUT THE CORONAVIRUS HAS HIT
PEOPLE OF COLOUR
DISPROPORTIONATELY AND AS
CHRISTINE BIRAK EXPLAINS,
DISCRIMINATION HAS BEEN BIGGER
THAN THE PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter:  LARGE GATHERINGS
OF PEOPLE SCREAMING TO BE HEARD
AND SOME ARE BEING HE MET WITH
VIOLENCE, PEPPER SPRAY AND TEAR
GAS.
>> PEOPLE IN POVERTY, PEOPLE OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN DISSENTS HERE
IN THE U.S. ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
WILL BE HIT EITHER WAY.
>> Reporter:  IN CHICAGO LINE,
BLACK AMERICANS MAKE UP 30% OF
THE POPULATION, BUT THEY ACCOUNT
FOR NEARLY 70% OF COVID-19
DEATHS IN THAT CITY.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY?
>> Reporter:  DOCTORS SAY IN
SOME CANADIAN PROVINCES, THE
NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR.
>> WE KNOW IN ONTARIO THAT
NEARLY 70% OF COVID CASES HAVE
HAPPENED IN THE MOST ETHICALLY
DENSE COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter:  MANY DOCTORS
INSIST LONG BEFORE COVID-19 CAME
ALONG, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HAS
BEEN A PROBLEM OF COLOUR AND
AFFECTS HOW CHILDREN ARE TREATED
IN SCHOOL AND THEIR SUCCESS
LAYER ISUCCESSLATER IN THE JOB MARKET.
>> WE KNOW A DIAGNOSIS LIKE
CANCER CAN HAPPEN LATER AND IN
BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE WAY
THE MEDICAL SYSTEM TEACHERS
CLINICIANS HOW TO PICK UP
CANCERS LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter:  ER DR. NINJEE SAYS
THIS MAY BRING A WAVE OF COVID
PATIENTS IN HER HOSPITAL.
>> I CERTAINLY EMPATHIZE FOR THE
FOLKS THAT WANT TO STAND UP AND
SPEAK.
>> Reporter:  HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
THE ACTIONS OF POLICE INCLUDING
THE ACT OF TEAR GAS SHOULD BE
SCRUTINIZED.
>> SOME OF THE POLICING TACTICS
AND SAFETY TACTICS MAY BE
INAPPROPRIATE IN A TIME WHEN
THERE IS A PANDEMIC OF A
RESPIRATORY VIRUS.
>> Reporter:  PEOPLE WHO ARE
CITIZENS THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE
OBLIGATED TO PROTECT.
CHRISTINE BIRAK, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne:  HERE IN CANADA, A
PIVOTAL DAY IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S RESPONSE TO THE
PANDEMIC.
STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL.
>> HOW WAS YOUR MORNING?
>> Adrienne:  UP NEXT, THE DOORS
WERE OPEN, BUT DID STUDENTS
RETURN.
>> Andrew:  EXTENSIVE COVERAGE
FROM THE U.S.
THE CURFEWS, CRACKDOWN AND
CRITICAL 24 HOURS AHEAD.
>> Adrienne:  AND WE SPEAK WITH
THREE BLACK CANADIAN FAMILIES,
THEIR FEARS AND HOPES FOR THE
FUTURE AND THE CHILDREN.
>> HE'S STARTING TO ASK ME, WHAT
IF?
WHAT IF
>> LET'S TURN TO THE OTHER MAJOR
CRISIS GRIPPING THIS COUNTRY,
THAT'S COVID-19.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 11,000
CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
QUEBEC SAW ITS LOWEST INCREASE
IN CASES SINCE MARCH 25th, BUT
IN NEIGHBOURING ONTARIO, THE
NEWS IS NOT AS GOOD.
THE PROVINCE REPORTED OVER 400
NEW CASES.
MORE THAN 80 ARE CLIMAT LINKED TO
OUTBREAKS INCLUDING MIGRANT
FARMERS.
THE POSITIVE TESTS DATE AS FAR
BACK AS APRIL AND THAT MEANS
THOUSANDS OF CONTACTS WERE NOT
TRACED POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTING
TO WIDER SPREAD IN RECENT WEEKS.
SO B.C.'S NEWSPAPERS HAVE BEEN
MUCH LOWER, JUST 24 NEW CASES
OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS AND TODAY
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH,
FAMILIES HAD THE OPTION TO SEND
KIDS WANTIN BACK TO SCHOOL BUT MANY
CLASSROOMS WERE NEAR EMPTY.
>> Reporter:  WITH ONLY A FEW
WEEKS LEFT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR,
THIS PRINCIPAL WANTS TO MAKE THE
MOST OF THE DAYS MADE.
>> WHAT WAS IT LOOK FOR YOU
COMING IN?
>> IT WAS EXCITING, TO BE
HONEST.
WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING MOST
FORWARD TO IS SEEING THE KIDS
AND THE STAFF AND THE
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION.
>> Reporter:  INSIDE THE SCHOOL,
A MAXIMUM OF 50% OF STUDENTS ARE
ALLOWED BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AT
ONE TIME BUT MANY ARE STAYING A
WAY.
IN A CLASS THAT WOULD NORMALLY
HOLD 25 OR 30, THESE TWO WERE
THE ONLY ONES THAT SHOWED UP.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
OUR GRADE, IT'S NOT WORTH IT
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR SCHEDULE
GOING AT HOME AND DON'T KNEE TO NEED TO
GO BACK.
>> Reporter:  THIS STUDENT SAID
HE STRUGGLED WITHOUT THE
STRUCTURE OF THE CLASSROOM?
I'M LITERALLY FAILING.
>> Reporter:  ONE DAY A WEEK FOR
THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS IS TOO
LITTLE, TOO LATE.
>> WHY?
IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING
SOCIALIZATION AND GETTING THE
SALSAME WORK AT HOME, PREFERS IT,
NONE OF HIS FRIENDS ARE GOING,
NO UPSIDE FOR IT.
>> I WILL PROBABLY GO BACK TO
SCHOOL NEXT YEAR BUT FOR JUST
FOUR DAYS, WHY WOULD I?
>> Reporter:  AT ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS, IT'S A DIFFERENT
SCHEDULE WITH ADDITIONAL
STRATEGIES TO KEEP YOUNGER ONES
SAFE.
>> THEY'LL BE TAUGHT BY THEIR
TEACHERS WHAT IT IS TO PLAY ON
THE PLAYGROUND SAFELY AND HOW DO
YOU PHYSICAL DISTANCE ON THE
PLAYGROUND AND WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE?
>> Reporter:  AS FOR GRAD 2020,
FAR FROM NORMAL FOR THESE GRADE
12'S.
>> IT'S SAD WE DON'T GET TO
EXPERIENCE NORMALLY BUT THAT
WILL HAPPEN.
>> Reporter:  A GRAD TO
REMEMBER, BUT NOT FOR THE USUAL
REASONS.
GREG RASMUSSEN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne:  THE PRIME MINISTER
ANNOUNCED TODAY MORE HELP IS ON
THE WAY FOR CITIES.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  IN
RESPONSE TO COVID-19, WE WILL
MAKE AVAILABLE $2.2 BILLION FOR
MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COMING
WEEKS THROUGH YEARLY FEDERAL
SUPPORT WITH THE GAS TAX FUND.
>> Adrienne:  TO BE CLEAR, THIS
ISN'T NEW MONEY.
THIS IS MONEY THEY WOULD
NORMALLY GET IN TOO INSTALLMENTS
PAID UPFRONT ON INFRASTRUCTURE
LIKE IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER AND
NOT OPERATING COSTS.
MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY
THEY WILL NEED A LOT MORE TO
AVOID FURTHER STAFF LAYOFFS,
SERVICE CUTS AND TAX HIKES.
>> Andrew:  OTHER STORIES WE'RE
FOLLOWING TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL."
INVESTIGATORS SAY A BIRD STRIKE
MAY HAVE CAUSED THE CRASH OF A
SNOWBIRD.
IT SHOWS A BIRD TO THE CLOSE OF
THE RIGHT SIDE AIR INTAKE CLOSE
TO TAKE-OFF.
IT TOOK A STEEP NOSEDIVE
ULTIMATELY CRASHING NOT FAR FROM
THE AIRPORT.
IT KILLED CAPTAIN JEN CASEY.
THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY
WITH A FINAL REPORT LIKELY
MONTHS AWAY.
>> WE'RE NOT EVEN IN ANY WAY
SHAPE OR FORM HALFWAY THROUGH
THE MISSION.
>> Andrew:  TWO ASTRONAUTS
ARRIVED AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION ON SUNDAY ABOARD THE
FIRST EVER AMERICAN SPACECRAFT.
>> Adrienne:  NEXT, WE RETURN TO
OUR STOP STORY, THE DEVELOPMENTS
OUT OF THE UNITED STATES
TONIGHT.
PROTESTS CONTINUED AFTER THE
PRESIDENT VOWED A MILITARY
CRACKDOWN.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A LOOK
AT WHAT COULD BE A CRUCIAL 24
HOUR AHEAD.
>> WE WANT TO BE FOREBEGIN AND
WFORGIVEN ANDMAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> Andrew:  A MOMENT OF
>> Andrew:  WHAT BEGAN A WEEK
AGO IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS SPREAD TO
MORE THAN 100 CITIES AND MORE
THAN 20 STATES HAVE CALLED THIS
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
IT'S THE KIND OF UNREST NOT SEEN
IN THE U.S. IN DECADES.
TODAY IT ALL PROMPTED REMARKABLE
MOMENTS IN WASHINGTON AND THAT
IS WHERE PAUL HUNTER IS AT A
SCENE THAT TELLS A STORY.
>> Reporter:  YEAH, QUITE A
REMARKABLE SCENE FOR THE MOMENT,
ANDREW.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT.
WE ARE BEHIND POLICE LINES.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THE OWN ONLY
MEDIA IN HERE.
STEPS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS
WHERE THE BATTLING HAPPENED
BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS FROM WHERE
I AM STANDING AND POLICE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THOSE LINES.
OVER HERE, I THINK THIS IS A
LANDSCAPING BUILDING AND THIS IS
THE ONE THAT WAS ON FIRE LAST
NIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GRAFFITI ALL
OVER IT AND THIS WAS WHERE
EVERYTHING WAS GOING DOWN AND
THEN TODAY, THAT'S THE BUILDING
THAT TRUMP WALKED PASS, THE
GRAFFITI IN MY PIECE EARLIER,
OVER TO THIS CHURCH, THE YELLOW
CHURCH WHERE DONALD TRUMP STOOD
HOLDING THE BIBLE, SYMBOLICALLY
AS THE SYMBOLISM HE WAS TRYING
TO SHOW OF DEFIANCE TO THE
DEMONSTRATORS IS SAYING EARLIER,
HE WILL EFFECTIVELY DO WHATEVER
IT TAKES.
TONIGHT ALL OF THIS IS EMPTY AND
THERE ARE STILL DEMONSTRATORS
WALKING THE STREETS OF
WASHINGTON BUT NOT IN FRONT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES.
AND THIS IS THE TENSION FOR
DEMONSTRATORS BROADLY, HOW MUCH
NOISE TO MAKE.
IS VIOLENCE GOOD NOISE?
DOES THAT HELP OR HURT YOUR
CAUSE VERSUS WHAT DONALD TRUMP
IS TRYING TO DO?
HE TALKED ABOUT JUSTICE FOR THE
FAMILY BUT HE TALKED ABOUT A
FIST, HE WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES
AND WHAT IS THE WAY TO GET
THROUGH THIS?
THESE ARE THE UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS TONIGHT AND
THEORETICALLY, WE'LL GET AN
INDICATION OVER WHERE THIS GOES
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
BUT WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED LAST
NIGHT, THIS IS IT, IT'S QUIET.
>> Andrew:  PAUL, ALWAYS GOOD TO
GET YOUR INSIGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne:  THE SITUATION
COMES TONIGHT AFTER GEORGE
FLOYD'S BROTHER MADE YOU AN
EMPASSIONED CALL FOR A SHIFT, A
WAY TOWARDS PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
HERE IS MORE OF THAT MOMENT.
>> LET SWITCH IT UP, YOU ALL!
>> AMEN.
>> DO THIS PEACEFULLY.
MY BROTHER MOVED HERE FROM
HOUSTON AND I USED TO TALK TO
HIM AND HE LOVED IT HERE.
I HIGHLY DOUBT -- NO, NO, I KNOW
THAT HE WOULD NOT WANT YOU ALL
TO BE DOING THIS.
AND I'M NOT SAY THE PEOPLE
WHOEVER IS DO DOING IT, RELAX.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> LIKE REVEREND MCCOY SAID,
PEACE ON THE LEFT, JUSTICE ON
THE RIGHT.
JUSTICE ON THE RIGHT.
PEACE ON THE LEFT, JUSTICE ON
THE RIGHT.
PEACE ON LEFT, JUSTICE ON THE
RIGHT.
PEACE ON THE LEFT, JUSTICE ON
THE RIGHT.
PEACE ON THE LEFT, JUSTICE ON
THE RIGHT.
JUSTICE ON THE RIGHT, PEACE ON
THE LEFT.
RIGHT!
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN'.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
>> Adrienne:  SO SANDY HUDSON IS
AN ACTIVIST AND ONE OF FOUNDERS
OF BLACK LIVE'S MATTER CANADA
AND NOW LIVES IN LOS ANGELOS,
AMONG THE MANY CITIES OF PROTEST
IN THE U.S. AND I SPOKE WITH HER
EARLIER.
SANDY HUDSON, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US AND WERE WE HEARD
TERRANCE FLOYD THERE CALL FOR
PEACE AND JUSTICE TONIGHT.
WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK HIS
VOICE WILL HAVE?
>> I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE
FOCUS OF THAT CLIP IS
INTERESTING.
I THINK THAT THE TYPE OF PEACE
THAT WE ALL WANT PRIMARILY IS
THE PEACE FOR ALL BLACK
COMMUNITIES FOR, OF COURSE, TO
ENGAGE WITH POLICE DAY IN AND
DAY OUT.
AND TO PUT -- WHEN WE ARE
ENGAGING WITH POLICE, WE ARE PUT
IN DANGER AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS
TO STOP.
THAT'S THE PRIMARY FOCUS, I
THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE
FOCUSING ON WITH RESPECT TO
THESE UPRISINGS.
>> Adrienne:  TONIGHT SANDY,
THERE ARE CURFEWS AND CRACKDOWNS
AND EVERYTHING ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES IN PARTICULAR IS
INCREDIBLY TENSE.
HOW CRITICAL DO YOU SUSPECT THE
NEXT 24 HOURS IS?
>> I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
I JUST LEARNED THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS TALKED ABOUT TO
DEPLOY THE MILITARY ON
PROTESTERS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY AND, YOU KNOW, EITHER
GETTING NOTICES IN LOS ANGELOS
RIGHT NOW AND NOTICES ABOUT THE
CURFEW WAS JUST 40 MINUTE'S
NOTICE, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A
TACTIC TO ARREST PEOPLE WHO ARE
PROTESTING AND THAT MAKES ME
VERY, VERY NERVOUS AND, YOU
KNOW, THESE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN
OCCURRING EVERYWHER ALL THE WAY TO MIAMI
AND ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND
THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO
SEE A CHANGE TO THE INDIGNITIES
SUFFERED BY BLACK PEOPLE AT THE
HANDS OF POLICE.
AND A COUNTRY THAT IS AFRAID TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING FOR JUST
CHANGE SKID THIN.
>> Adrienne:  THESE ARE MAINLY
BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMERICAN
PROTESTS AND THIS IS NOT CLEARLY
AN AMERICAN PROBLEM.
WHAT DO YOU URGE CANADIANS AT
HOME TO CONSIDER?
>> THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE PROTESTING IN CANADA,
AS WELL, BECAUSE THE ISSUES OF
ANTIBLACK RACISM EXPERIENCED BY
BLACK COMMUNITIES AT THE HANDS
OF THE POLICE IN CANADA ARE A
SERIOUS PROBLEM, AS WELL.
WHAT DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING
FOR IS DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS LET'S
TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT HOW WE
PROVIDE SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY
IN THIS COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE
WAYS TO THINK ABOUT DEFUNDING
THE POLICE IS THE WAY THAT
POLICE RIGHT NOW ARE THE ONLY
SERVICE AVAILABLE IF SOMEBODY IS
GOING THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS.
AND IN TORONTO, WE SEE THAT
POLICE ARE NOT WELL EQUIPPED TO
DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH CRISES
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY AFFECTED
DIANDRE CAMPBELL WHO WAS JUST
KILLED.
WHY DON'T WE TAKE THAT AND
REINVEST THAT TO PROVIDE
FRONTLINE SERVICE TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING MENTAL DISTRESS MET
WITH PEOPLE WELL-TRAINED TO DEAL
WITH THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL
IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH AND THE TYPE OF
NECESSARY SERVICE THEY
IMMEDIATE, JUST AS ONE EXAMPLE.
>> Adrienne:  SANDY HUDSON,
THERE IS A CONVERSATION THA A CONVERSATION
 THAT HAS
TO CONTINUE AND THANK YOU.
>> Andrew:  SOME BLACK CANADIAN
PARENTS SHARE WHAT THEY HOPE AND
FEAR FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
>> MY FEAR IS FOR MY CHILDREN IS
NOT TO GET IN ANY PROXIMITY WITH
POLICE AT ALL.
>> CAN THEY JUST COME HOME
ALIVE?
>> Andrew:  THAT AND WHAT
THEY'RE TELLING THEIR KIDS
>> AS OUTRAINING OVER THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHERS BOILS
OVER IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS
IS NOT UNIQUE AN AMERICAN
PROBLEM, IT'S A PROBLEM IN
CANADA, TOO.
AND THE MESSAGE, WE AS A SOCIETY
NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> THIS HOLDS FELLOW CANADIANS
BACK AND WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT
SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS
IN OUR COMMUNITY FULLY
PARTICIPATE IN CANADIAN SOCIETY.
WE NEED TO CREATE THE SPACE FOR
THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE NEED
TO HEAR ABOUT THE REALITY OF
BLACK YOUTH IN OUR CENTRES, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE REALITY THAT THEY
GO THROUGH IN THE INTERACTIONS
WITH POLICE AND THE REALITY THAT
THEY GO THROUGH IN THE JOB
MARKET AND IN THE HOUSING
MARKET, THINGS I'VE PERSONALLY
EXPERIENCE.
ONCE WE CREATE THAT SPACE AND WE
HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS, THEN WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD AND THAT WILL ONLY MAKE
CANADA AN EVEN BETTER COUNTRY.
>> Andrew:  THE VIDEO OF
EMPLOYED BEING PINNED DOWN AND
THERE ARE LAYERS OF TRAUMA FOR
BLACK PARENTS AND WE SPOKE ABOUT
THEIR REACTION AND FEAR.
>> HI.
I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN
AND I HAVE THREE BOYS AND TWO
GIRLS.
WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO OF GEORGE
FLOYD'S DEATH, IT SADDEN ME AND
MADE ME LOSE HOPE IN HUMANITY A
BIT.
>> I HAVE THREE KID, TWO GIRLS
AND ONE BOY.
THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAVE
BEEN AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER,
JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS AND I
JUST FEEL SO MUCH WEIGHT ON MY
HEART AND IT'S JUST PAINFUL TO
SEE ANOTHER BLACK LIFE LOST AND
NOT THINK TO MYSELF, WOW, THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN ME.
>> I'M MELANIE CARINGTON.
I HAVE ONE 12-YEAR-OLD SON AND
HIS NAME IS A IRIDEN.
I WAS HEARTBROKEN AND FEARFUL.
THIS IS NOT NEW.
THESE IS JUST NEWSWORTHY AND
EXHAUSTING.
I'M SCARED AND I'M UPSET.
>> TO SEE MY CHILDREN CRYING FOR
SOMEBODY THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND
THE INJUSTICE GOING ON, IT
BREAKS MY HEART.
>> IT'S HARD.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEIR
INNOCENCE AWAY AND KIND OF GROW
THEM UP TOO FAST, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, I THINK THEY NEED TO
BE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
THE WORLD.
>> ANY SON HAS SEEN A LOT ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME, AS A PRETEEN, HE IS
STARTING TO ASK ME WHAT IF.
WHAT IF THAT'S ME.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR
THAT, EXCEPT TO SAY THAT HE'S
ALWAYS LOVED.
>> IF ANYBODY WERE TO CALL THE
POLICE ON THEM, IT WOULD BE MY
BIGGEST FEAR.
THEM BEING SHOT, TARGETED BY
POLICE.
>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
WHENEVER I WOULD BE LEAVING TO
GO OUT WITH FRIENDS, MY DAD
WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO ME, YOU
KNOW, IF YOU GET PULLED OVER BY
THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE
TO KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL,
RESPOND YES, OFFICER, THANK YOU,
OFFICER, AND BE SUPER POLITE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THEN THAT IT
WAS BECAUSE ANY PARENTS WANTED
ME TO COME HOME ALIVE AND NOW
BECOMING A PARENT, I FEEL THE
SAME FEARS FOR MY KIDS.
CAN THEY JUST COME HOME ALIVE.
>> MY FEAR FOR MY SON LIVED
THROUGH EACH OPPORTUNITY
SPEAKING TO TEACHERS,
PRINCIPALS, PARENTS, AND EACH
NEED TO REMIND HIM ABOUT WHAT HE
NEEDS TO SAY TO POLICE WHEN, NOT
IF, HE IS STOPPED.
>> BECAUSE I'M RAISING BLACK
CHILDREN, I DON'T LET THEM ROAM
AROUND FREELY.
IN THEY HAVE T.IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOO
L, I
DROP THEM TO SCHOOL AND BRING
THEM BACK.
THE SCHOOL IS ONLY THREE BLOCKS
AWAY.
>> I'LL TEAM THEM TO BE AWARE OF
THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND TO BE
AWARE OF THE DANGERS THAT
THEY'LL FACE BECAUSE OF THE
COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN AND
REAL-LIFE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME
WITH IT.
>> WHEN MY SON STARTED WALKING
HOME FROM SCHOOL BY HIMSELF, WE
CREATED A SCRIPT, SOMETHING HE
COULD COMMIT TO MEMORY TO BE
ABLE TO TALK TO POLICE.
ANMY NAME IS AIDEN, HE TELLS THEM
HIS AGE, I AM 12 YEARS OLD.
HE TELLS THEM WHERE HE GOES TO
SCHOOL AND HE TELLS THEM WHAT HE
IS DOING.
I JUST WANT MY KID TO BE UP TO
GROW OLD.
>> Adrienne:  WE TURN TO THE
ONGOING PANDEMIC.
AN ONTARIO HOMEOWNER FORCED TO
SELL BUT THE BANK HAD BAD NEWS.
>> ITHIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
>> Adrienne:  IN THE AGE OF
COVID-19, WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
>> WHEN THE PANDEMIC FORCED AN
ONTARIO TO SELL HER HOME, SHE
HOPED HER BANK WOULD SHOW MORE
COMPASSION BUT WHAT SHE GOT WAS
JUST MORE BAD NEWS.
ERICA JOHNSON FROM OUR GO-PUBLIC
TEAM HAS THE DETAILS.
>> Reporter:  IT WAS A DREAM
HOUSE BUT WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT,
THE OWNER, A REAL ESTATE AGENT
LOST ALL INCOME, COULDN'T PAY
THE MORTGAGE AND HAD TO SELL.
THAT'S WHEN CHRISTINA BARRY
LEARNED TD BANK WAS CHARGING HER
A HEFTY MORTGAGE PENALTY FOR
BREAKING HER CONTRACT.
>> $29,000, INTEREST RATE
PENALTY, PREPAYMENT CHARGE
PENALTY, THAT'S INSANE!
>> Reporter:  IF YOU END A FIXED
RATE MORTGAGE PREMATURELY,
THERE'S A PENALTY CALLED AN IRD,
INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIAL.
IT'S A CALCULATION THAT THEY
NEED TO BORROW MONEY TO LEND BUT
THAT PENALTY IS OFTEN HIGHER
THAN 200% TO THE BANKS.
>> THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE
AND WHY IS THE BANK ACTING THIS
WAY?
>> Reporter:  THEY HAD THE
EFFECT OF INCREASINGLY PENALTIES
FOR PEOPLE BREAKING A FIXED RATE
MORTGAGE.
THE CANADIAN MORTGAGE AND
HOUSING CORPORATION PREDICTS
THEY WILL FACE WHAT IT CALLS A
DEBT DEFERRAL CLIFF AND BE STUCK
WITH STIFF PENALTIES, A MOTHER
A MORTGAGE EXPERT SAYS DURING
THE PANDEMIC, A BANK SHOULD SHOW
LENIENCY.
>> THEY SHOULD REDUCE THE
PENALTY TO A POINT THEY'RE
COVERING THEIR COSTS AND NO
MORE.
>> Reporter:  THEY WANT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TELL BANKS
THEY CAN'T PROFIT IN THESE
SITUATIONS.
GO PUBLIC ASKED THE PRIME
MINISTER IF HE WOULD ASK THE
BANK TO EASE UP ON PENALTIES.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WE'LL MAKE SU
RE CANADIANS GET
THROUGH THIS.
>> Reporter:  IN A STATEMENT A
MORNING POINTED OUT IT OFFERED
HER A SIX-MONTH MORTGAGE PAYMENT
DEFERRAL.
THEY SAY THEY HELPING CUSTOMERS
IN OTHER WAYS BUT DIDN'T SAY WHY
THE BANK WOULDN'T REDUCE THE
PENALTY.
>> Andrew:  NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," WE RETURN TO OUR STOP
STORY.
OUR "MOMENT" IS
>> IN HOUSTON, TEXAS,
CONGREGATES FROM A LOCAL CHURCH
GATHERED IN THE SAME SPOT WHERE
GEORGE FLOYD GREW UP AND THEY
PARADE.
PRAYED.
IN THAT MOMENT OF GRACE IS OUR
"MOMENT."
>> IF YOU WOULD TAKE A KNEE AS
WE SHOW THEM OR HEARTS, THAT WE
WANT TO BE FORGIVEN AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FROM THIS POINT ON.
>> FORGIVE US FOR OUR SINS, THE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WE
LOVE AND CARE ABOUT THEM.
FORGIVE US FOR OUR SINS.
AMEN.
>> Adrienne:  NOT ONLY DID HE
GROW UP THERE, BUT THEY CHOSE
THAT PLACE AT THE PUBLIC HOUSING
COMPLEX HE GREW UP, THE
BASKETBALL COURT WHERE HE PLAYED
AND DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND THE GEOGRAPHY
MATTERS A LOT, AS WELL.
>> Andrew:  THE LOCATION IS
IMPORTANT AND THE GESTURE OF
TAKING A KNEE IS SO POWERFUL AND
THEY CALL THAT NOT A PROTEST BUT
A PRAY-TEST.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS
JUNE 1st.
