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>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M 
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT. 
>> Andrew: AND I'M ANDREW CHANG.
TONIGHT KIDS, COVID AND BACK TO 
CLASS.
CALL IT ANXIETY 101.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY SON ON
THE FRONT LINES.
>> Andrew: A PATCHWORK OF 
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLANS LEAVES 
PARENTS IN A TOUGH SPOT. 
>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE A 
DECISION WHEN THINGS ARE 
CHANGING SO RAPIDLY.
>> Adrienne: JOE BIDEN MAKES HIS
PICK FOR V.P. AS SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS BREAKS BARRIERS.
THE FIRST BLACK AND THE FIRST 
SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN ON A MAJOR 
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.
WHY HER?
WHY NOW?
>> Andrew: WITH THE DRAMA OF A 
SPACE LAUNCH, RUSSIA SAYS IT'S 
DONE IT, A VACCINE FOR COVID, 
BUT DON'T ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES 
JUST YET.
>>> THAT'S CRAZY, MAN.
>> Adrienne: FLEEING THE FLAMES.
A RAGING FOREST FIRE IN 
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO FORCES 
THOUSANDS TO PACK UP AND GET 
OUT.
>> FEELS LIKE IT'S STRAIGHT OUT 
OF A HORROR MOVIE RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: THIS IS "THE 
NATIONAL."
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>> Andrew: HISTORIC NEWS FROM 
THE UNITED STATES TONIGHT.
THE FIRST BLACK AND THE FIRST 
SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN ON A MAJOR 
PARTY TICKET.
>> Adrienne: SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS WILL BE JOE BIDEN'S 
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE.
[CROWD NOISE]
BIDEN ANNOUNCED HIS FORMER 
DEMOCRATIC RIVAL EARLIER TODAY 
ON TWITTER.
HARRIS WAS AN EARLY FAVOURITE 
AMONG THE BELTWAY BETTING CROWD,
BUT HER SELECTION WAS NOT A 
FOREGONE CONCLUSION.
THE TWO CLASHED SHARPLY DURING 
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN, EVEN 
WHILE PROFESSING RESPECT FOR 
EACH OTHER'S COMMITMENT TO 
PUBLIC SERVICE.
KAMALA HARRIS IS SEEN AS A 
NATURAL CHOICE BY MANY, A WOMAN 
OF COLOUR WITH STRONG 
CREDENTIALS IN BOTH GOVERNMENT 
AND THE LAW.
SUSAN ORMISTON LOOKS MORE 
CLOSELY AT THE WOMAN WHO MIGHT 
SOON BE THE SECOND-MOST POWERFUL
PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: SHE'S THE ONE, 
CATAPULTED INTO HISTORY AS THE 
FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND SOUTH 
ASIAN AMERICAN ON A MAJOR U.S. 
TICKET.
>> THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO -- 
>> Reporter: SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS, VETTED AND TESTED 
ALREADY IN A BID TO BE THE 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
SHE DROPPED OUT LAST DECEMBER. 
>> I AM SUSPENDING OUR CAMPAIGN 
TODAY.
>> Reporter: AND GOT BEHIND 
BIDEN, A STRATEGIC CHOICE. 
>> THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> Reporter: HE CONFIRMED HIS 
DECISION WITH HER IN A LAPTOP 
CHAT IN THESE SURREAL TIMES.
HARRIS WAS AN OBVIOUS FRONT 
RUNNER, A SENATOR, A FORMER 
ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT THE TIMING
WAS KEY.
THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROTESTS OVER
GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER AND BLACK 
LIVES MATTER MADE CHOOSING A 
BLACK WOMAN PARAMOUNT.
BIDEN WAS UNDER PRESSURE.
IT MEANT HE AND SHE HAD TO MAKE 
AMENDS AFTER SHE TOOK HIM ON 
OVER SCHOOL DESEGREGATION.
>> YOU ALSO WORKED WITH THEM TO 
OPPOSE BUSING, AND YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO WAS PART OF THE 
SECOND CLASS TO INTEGRATE HER 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND SHE WAS 
BUSED TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, AND 
THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME.
>> Reporter: BIDEN DESCRIBES HER
AS TOUGH, A FIGHTER, AND SHE'LL 
NEED TO BE.
>> VOTERS REJECTED HARRIS.
THEY SMARTLY SPOTTED A PHONEY. 
>> Reporter: THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
WAS READY.
>> President Donald Trump: I 
THOUGHT SHE WAS THE MEANEST, THE
MOST HORRIBLE, MOST 
DISRESPECTFUL OF ANYBODY IN THE 
U.S. SENATE.
>> Reporter: THE TWO DEMOCRATS 
WILL BE TOGETHER TOMORROW AT A 
FUNDRAISER AS THIS PANDEMIC 
CAMPAIGN FINALLY SHIFTS INTO 
GEAR.
WITH HARRIS, BIDEN HAS CHOSEN A 
KIND OF ELECTORAL INSURANCE, A 
V.P. 20 YEARS YOUNGER WHO 
BRIDGES THE RACIAL DIVIDE AND 
HAS BUILT-IN EXPERIENCE.
ONE UNIQUE FACT, HARRIS WENT TO
HIGH SCHOOL IN MONTREAL WHEN HER
MOTHER WAS TEACHING AT MCGILL 
UNIVERSITY.
SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: TO HELP ANALYZE THE
MEANING OF THIS MOMENT, I'M 
JOINED BY LONG-TIME DEMOCRATIC 
INSIDER DANIELLE MOODIE.
HI, DANIELLE.
FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU, IT'S 
ONLY BEEN A FEW HOURS, BUT HOW 
ARE YOU GAUGING THE RESPONSE SO 
FAR?
>> I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT 
OF EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR RIGHT 
NOW.
I THINK THAT THIS IS EXACTLY THE
KIND OF HOPE AND ENERGY THAT THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN NEEDED AND THAT 
AMERICA NEEDS, FRANKLY.
>> Adrienne: SO WHAT DO YOU 
THINK THE CALCULATION BIDEN WAS 
MAKING IN CHOOSING KAMALA 
HARRIS?
>> I THINK THAT HE NEEDED 
SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE
TO PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP.
SHE IS A SENATOR THAT IS ON THE 
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
WE SAW HER IN ACTION AGAINST 
BRETT KAVANAUGH, THE SCOTUS 
NOMINEE FROM DONALD TRUMP.
WE SAW HER IN ACTION AGAINST 
THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, 
WILLIAM BARR.
KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT AFRAID OF 
CONFLICT, AND I THINK THAT'S THE
KIND OF ENERGY THAT WE NEED IN 
THIS MOMENT AGAINST THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Adrienne: SO I'M HEARING YOU 
SAY CHOSEN TO HELP A BIT WITH 
ENTHUSIASM AND ALSO FOR SOME 
OOMPH, BUT IS IT YOUR GUT, 
REALLY, THAT THIS WAS A GOOD 
CALL?
>> I THINK THAT THIS WAS THE 
BEST CALL.
I THINK IT WAS A SMART CALL, AND
IT SIGNALS THE FUTURE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE FUTURE 
OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, THANK 
YOU.
DEMOCRATIC INSIDER DANIELLE 
MOODIE JOINING US FROM LONG 
ISLAND, NEW YORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Andrew: WHILE MANY IN THE 
U.S. FOCUS ON NOVEMBER, HERE IN 
CANADA PARENTS ARE PRE-OCCUPIED 
WITH A MUCH CLOSER DATE, WHEN 
THEIR KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST WEEKS AWAY, BUT 
POLICIES FOR DOING IT IN A 
PANDEMIC ARE STILL BEING SET, 
AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THE 
CORONAVIRUS AFFECTS CHILDREN IS 
STILL EVOLVING.
IT ALL HAS PARENTS MAKING SOME 
TOUGH, FAST DECISIONS.
ULTIMATELY THAT'S SOMETHING 
QUITE CRITICAL FOR THEIR KIDS' 
WELL-BEING.
WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A 
MOMENT, BUT FIRST, SUSANA DA 
SILVA WITH WHAT THE SCIENCE IS 
TELLING US.
>> Reporter: IN B.C. TODAY, A 
SHIFT IN BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLANS TO
GIVE MORE TIME FOR TEACHERS TO 
GET READY.
>> WORKING TOGETHER AT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, 
AND THEN SOME KIND OF GRADUAL 
RE-INTRODUCTION OF STUDENTS.
>> Reporter: EXACTLY WHEN KIDS 
WILL GO BACK ISN'T CLEAR.
ANOTHER COVID UNCERTAINTY IN A 
TIME WHEN WE'RE STILL LEARNING 
JUST HOW THE VIRUS AFFECTS 
CHILDREN.
ONE CONSTANT, CHILDREN DO GET 
COVID, BUT WITH GENERALLY MUCH 
MILDER SYMPTOMS THAN ADULTS, BUT
THERE IS A LOT WE DON'T KNOW, 
LIKE WHY A SMALL NUMBER DEVELOP 
A RARE INFLAMMATORY DISEASE.
>> STARTS OFF WITH FEVER, 
SOMETIMES HAVING A RASH, AND 
THEN VERY QUICKLY THE KIDS HAVE 
ALL KINDS OF SYMPTOMS WHERE WE 
SEE HUGE SIGNS OF INFLAMMATIONS 
IN THE BLOOD. 
>> Reporter: AND THEN THERE'S 
THE ISSUE OF TRANSMISSION.
A RECENT STUDY IN THE PEDIATRIC 
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION FOUND CHILDREN UNDER
FIVE HAVE MORE COVID GENETIC 
MATERIAL IN THEIR NOSES THAN 
ADULTS.
>> YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY 
WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT THAT 
VIRUS AT A REASONABLY EFFICIENT 
RATE TO OTHERS.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THAT.
>> Reporter: THE AMERICAN 
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS FOUND THAT
MORE THAN 97,000 CHILDREN IN THE
U.S. CONTRACTED THE VIRUS IN THE
LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY ALONE, A 
40% JUMP IN THE CITIES AND 
STATES THEY LOOKED AT.
BUT CANADIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS 
CAUTION CANADA'S SITUATION IS 
DIFFERENT, POINTING OUT THE 
W.H.O. RECOMMENDS A TESTING 
POSITIVITY RATE OF LESS THAN 5%,
LIKE CANADA'S, TO REOPEN 
SCHOOLS, A RECOMMENDATION NOT 
ALL U.S. STATES ARE ADHERING TO.
>> WE WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE 
GETTING AS MANY CASES YOU MIGHT 
HAVE WITH SCHOOL REOPENINGS IN 
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 
>> Reporter: AND THOSE U.S. 
CASES MAY PROVIDE VITAL 
INFORMATION.
>> UNTIL WE HAVE THAT DATA, WE 
ARE NOT AS SCIENTIFICALLY 
REASSURED THAT WE'RE RIGHT IN 
WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL 
ALONG.
>> I THINK WE'LL HAVE SIMILAR 
OPPORTUNITIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
WORKS AND WHAT WORKS BEST, 
ESPECIALLY WITH EFFECTIVELY TEN 
DIFFERENT POLICIES ACROSS 
CANADA.
>> Reporter: WHICH MEANS 
CANADIANS WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE 
TO BE NIMBLE AS THIS PANDEMIC 
PROGRESSES.
SUSANA DA SILVA, CBC NEWS, 
VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne: PROVINCIAL 
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLANS DIFFER 
WIDELY WHEN IT COMES TO SOME KEY
ELEMENTS.
ONE OF THEM, MASKS.
SOME PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
DON'T REQUIRE STUDENTS TO WEAR 
THEM.
OTHERS DO, BUT EVEN THEN, 
GENERALLY NOT THE YOUNGEST 
STUDENTS, AND SOMETIMES NOT 
INSIDE CLASSROOMS.
AS FOR WHERE STUDENTS DO THEIR 
LEARNING, MANY PROVINCES ARE 
PLANNING A FULL RETURN TO 
IN-CLASS INSTRUCTION, OFTEN WITH
COHORTS OR CHANGES TO CLASS 
SIZES.
OTHERS ARE PLANNING A MIX OF 
IN-CLASS AND DISTANCE LEARNING.
BUT THE THOUGHT OF STUDENTS 
GOING BACK AT ALL RIGHT NOW IS 
UNSETTLING FOR MANY PARENTS.
AS KAREN PAULS SHOWS US, THAT 
HAS SOME TURNING TO OTHER 
POTENTIALLY PRICEY SOLUTIONS.
>> Reporter: DAWNIS KENNEDY 
PULLED HER 7-YEAR-OLD SON KENNY 
OUT OF CLASS ONE WEEK BEFORE 
SCHOOLS CLOSED IN MARCH.
>> CUT UP ALL THE OTHER ONES. 
>> Reporter: HE'S BEEN LEARNING 
FROM HOME EVER SINCE. 
>> WE USUALLY DO SOMETHING IN 
READING, AND THEN HE'LL DO 
SOMETHING IN MATH.
>> Reporter: COME FALL, 
MANITOBA'S ELEMENTARY STUDENTS 
WILL BE BACK IN CLASS FULL TIME,
SO THE KENNEDYS HAVE ALREADY 
DECIDED IF THEIR ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL DOESN'T SUPPORT THEM IN 
REMOTE LEARNING, THEY'LL HOME 
SCHOOL THEIR SON, GOING DOWN TO 
PART-TIME WORK TO DO IT.
IT'S PARTLY TO PROTECT HIM.
HE HAS ASTHMA.
PARTLY TO PROTECT THE ELDERS IN 
HIS LIFE.
>> THEY ARE STILL RECOMMENDING 6
FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING.
I'M THINKING EVEN MORE INSIDE 
BECAUSE ENCLOSED SPACES, CROWDED
SPACES, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT 
MY SON ON THE FRONT LINES.
>> SO I THOUGHT TODAY WE'D TALK 
ABOUT PER CENT CHANGE. 
>> Reporter: ANOTHER OPTION FOR 
SOME PARENTS, PRIVATE TUTORING 
TO HELP THEIR KIDS NAVIGATE 
ONLINE LEARNING.
>> AND IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY THE 
SAME FORMULA.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TRYING, BUT 
THE SYSTEM CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH 
REMOTELY. 
>> Reporter: BUT THAT COSTS 
MONEY, AND THIS TUTOR IS WORRIED
ABOUT ALL THE STUDENTS WHOSE 
PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD IT.
>> SOME STUDENTS WILL ADAPT OKAY
AND WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP.
BUT THOSE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE 
STUDENTS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING TO SLIDE
BEHIND. 
>> Reporter: EDUCATION IS A 
PROVINCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT 
THERE ARE GROWING CALLS FOR THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN 
AND BRIDGE THE GAP.
>> WE HAVE TO THINK OF THIS AS A
NATIONAL ISSUE, NOT JUST 
EVERYBODY THINKING OF IT 
INDIVIDUALLY BY PROVINCE.
>> Reporter: THIS ADVOCATE SAYS 
OTTAWA RESPONDED TO THE ECONOMIC
CRISIS.
NOW IT NEEDS TO DO THE SAME FOR 
THE EDUCATION CRISIS.
>> HOW IN CANADA ARE WE GOING TO
ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS ALL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY FROM COAST TO COAST 
TO COAST ARE GETTING WHAT THEY 
NEED, NOT JUST TO SURVIVE THIS 
MOMENT BUT TO THRIVE.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE THE RIPPLE 
EFFECTS OF THIS PANDEMIC WILL 
AFFECT OUR CHILDREN FOR DECADES 
TO COME.
KAREN PAULS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG.
>> Andrew: WELL, CANADA'S 
LARGEST SCHOOL BOARD IS RIGHT 
NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 
MANY OF ITS STUDENTS WILL SHOW 
UP WHEN CLASSES START NEXT 
MONTH.
AS DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON TELLS 
US, THAT HAS PARENTS WEIGHING 
THE RISK AND THEIR OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: SAVHANA DOWNES IS 
STILL WAITING FOR HER CALL FROM 
THE TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL 
BOARD ABOUT WHETHER SHE'LL BE 
SENDING HER SON BACK TO CLASS IN
SEPTEMBER.
BUT SHE ALREADY KNOWS HER 
ANSWER.
THEY'RE STICKING TO ONLINE 
LEARNING AT HOME. 
>> I THINK BEING BACK AT SCHOOL 
AFTER SIX MONTHS, CRAVING, YOU 
KNOW, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO GO ABOUT IT AS 
NORMAL IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE 
DETRIMENTAL TO HIS LEARNING. 
>> Reporter: CATCHING COVID IS 
ALSO A CONCERN. 
>> I WOULD HATE TO BRING 
ANYTHING HOME, AND JUST BECAUSE 
I WORK IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY 
AS WELL, I WOULD HATE TO EXPOSE 
ANYBODY.
>> Reporter: STARTING TODAY, ALL
TDSB PARENTS ARE GETTING A CALL 
WITH THIS RECORDED SURVEY: 
>> QUESTION ONE, WILL YOUR CHILD
BE RETURNING TO SCHOOL IN 
SEPTEMBER IF THERE IS A REGULAR 
SCHOOL DAY MODEL WITH NORMAL 
CLASS SIZES?
>> Reporter: A QUESTION MANY 
PARENTS, LIKE SARAH LAZAROVIC, 
DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER. 
>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE A 
DECISION WHEN THINGS ARE 
CHANGING SO RAPIDLY, AND I'M 
LEANING TOWARDS PUTTING MY 
CHILDREN BACK IN SCHOOL BECAUSE 
I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE 
NORMALIZE THEIR LIVES, BUT I 
HAVE CONCERNS.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE BIG 
CONCERNS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
CLASS SIZES ARE STAYING AT A 
PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL.
IT'S SOMETHING PREMIER DOUG FORD
HAS FACED INCESSANT CRITICISM 
ABOUT.
>> Premier Doug Ford: WE'RE 
PUTTING $30 MILLION INTO A FUND 
THAT THEY CAN HIRE MORE 
TEACHERS, AND IF THEY NEED MORE 
THAN 30 MILLION, WE'LL PUT MORE 
THAN 30 MILLION IN.
>> Reporter: THE TDSB SURVEY 
ALSO ASKED ABOUT SMALLER CLASS 
SIZES. 
>> THE RESULTS REALLY HELP US 
WITH STAFFING LEVELS, CLASS 
SIZES, CLASS CONFIGURATIONS.
IF YOU HAVE A CLASS OF 25, FOR 
EXAMPLE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT SIX 
AREN'T COMING, YOU HAVE A CLASS 
OF 19.
>> Reporter: A MAJOR ISSUE FOR 
PARENTS, ONCE THEY MAKE THEIR 
CHOICE, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE IF 
THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER COMPLICATING 
FACTOR FOR PARENTS IN A YEAR 
FULL OF TOUGH CHOICES AND 
COMPROMISES.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: OF COURSE SO MANY 
OF THOSE PLANS JUST HINGE ON THE
NUMBERS, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
TODAY.
THE COUNTRY MARKED 289 NEW CASES
TODAY, THE MAJORITY OF THEM IN 
QUEBEC.
ONTARIO REGISTERED JUST 33 NEW 
CASES.
THAT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER SINCE 
MID MARCH.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 4600 PEOPLE 
WITH ACTIVE CASES OF COVID IN 
CANADA.
>> Andrew: AND WHILE CANADA HAS,
TO A LARGE DEGREE, MANAGED TO 
GET A HANDLE ON COVID, THE 
GLOBAL PICTURE IS PRETTY 
ALARMING.
MORE THAN 20 MILLION CONFIRMED 
INFECTIONS TO DATE.
IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, MORE 
THAN 700,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, 
AND THE COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST 
CASES STILL SEEM TO BE ON THIS 
RUNAWAY COVID TRAIN.
IT'S HARD TO OVERSTATE THE NEED 
FOR A VACCINE.
NOW AS SCIENTISTS AND 
GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD 
RACE TO CREATE ONE, TODAY RUSSIA
SAYS IT'S ALREADY THERE, BUT AS 
PAUL HUNTER TELLS US, THERE ARE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY CUT
CORNERS TO REACH THE FINISH 
LINE.
>> Reporter: TESTING ON A SMALL 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAS BEEN UNDER 
WAY IN RUSSIA FOR LESS THAN TWO 
MONTHS, AND THERE'S BEEN NO 
SCIENTIFIC DATA MADE PUBLIC ON 
ANY OF IT.
NONETHELESS, FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN
TODAY, A STUNNER.
>>[Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: RUSSIA, HE SAID, 
HAS APPROVED THE FIRST VACCINE 
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.
NICKNAMED SPUTNIK V FOR SPUTNIK 
VACCINE AFTER THE RUSSIAN SPACE 
SATELLITE THAT IN 1957 BEAT THE 
WORLD INTO ORBIT, RUSSIA EVEN 
PUT OUT THIS VIDEO TODAY 
REFERENCING THE NAMESAKE, BUT 
THERE ARE MYRIAD QUESTIONS AND 
CONCERNS ALREADY.
A VACCINE SO QUICKLY AND FROM A 
COUNTRY NOTORIOUS FOR PROPAGANDA
AND DECEPTION HAS MANY WORRYING,
NOT ONLY DOES IT WORK, BUT IS IT
SAFE.
THE VACCINE'S BEEN CHECKED, SAID
PUTIN, ADDING: 
>>[Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: ONE OF MY OWN 
DAUGHTERS WAS SUBJECT TO THE 
VACCINE.
SHE FEELS WELL.
IF IT'S THE REAL DEAL, WHAT A 
BREAKTHROUGH.
WITH THE PANDEMIC STILL WELL OUT
OF CONTROL ON THIS PLANET, 
ESPECIALLY IN AMERICA, RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS SAID TODAY THE WORLD 
IS ALREADY LINING UP FOR 
SPUTNIK.  
TWO DOZEN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING 
SOME COMPANIES IN THE U.S., ARE 
SAID TO BE INTERESTED.
>> WE ALREADY RECEIVED TENTATIVE
INTEREST AND PRELIMINARY 
REQUESTS FOR 1 BILLION DOSES OF 
RUSSIAN VACCINE.
>> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION IS WATCHING WITH 
KEEN INTEREST, BUT FROM 
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JARBAS 
BARBOSA TODAY, A CAUTION.
>>[Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: THE W.H.O., HE 
SAID, CAN'T RECOMMEND THE 
VACCINE UNTIL IT'S ANALYZED ALL 
THE INFORMATION AND DATA.
SO HAS RUSSIA REALLY WON THE 
RACE ON THIS?
MASS PRODUCTION OF SPUTNIK IS 
SET TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH WITH 
SHIPMENTS BY OCTOBER.
STILL, CRITICAL TESTING 
CONTINUES.
PHASE THREE TRIALS WITH TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE SET TO 
BEGIN TOMORROW.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON.
>> Andrew: SO WITH DATA BEHIND 
THE VACCINE BEING CLEAR AS MUD, 
LET'S BRING IN INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES SPECIALIST DR. ISAAC 
BOGOCH.
SO, DR. BOGOCH, NO DATA MEANS WE
KNOW NOTHING, BUT IN YOUR MIND, 
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL HARM HERE?
>> THERE'S A FEW.
THE FIRST IS THAT WE DON'T 
REALLY HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT THE SAFETY PROFILE IS.
SO IT'S NOT QUITE CLEAR WHAT THE
COMMON OR UNCOMMON SIDE EFFECTS 
OF THE VACCINE ARE GOING TO BE.
THERE'S NO REAL UNDERSTANDING 
ABOUT WHAT THE BENEFITS OF THE 
VACCINE ARE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA IF IT 
ACTUALLY WORKS.
AND THE THIRD IS A LOSS OF TRUST
IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
IF THIS GOES SIDEWAYS, CERTAINLY
THERE CAN BE MISTRUST IN PUBLIC 
HEALTH, WHICH CAN HAVE RIPPLE 
EFFECTS WELL BEYOND COVID-19.
BUT THEY REALLY ARE PLAYING A 
GAME OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE.
>> Andrew: OKAY, SURE, FAIR 
ENOUGH, BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS:
DOES RUSSIA HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE 
THIS QUICKLY?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S TREMENDOUS CAPACITY IN 
THE COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE PHENOMENAL SCIENTISTS 
AND THEY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
TO DO SO.
BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE 
PHASE THREE CLINICAL TRIALS TO 
REALLY HAVE A BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING OF THE VACCINE 
BEFORE YOU START INTEGRATING 
THIS INTO COMMUNITY VACCINATION 
PROGRAMS.
>> Andrew: ALL RIGHT, DR. ISAAC 
BOGOCH, ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO 
YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> Adrienne: IN OTTAWA, M.P.s 
SPENT HOURS QUESTIONING SENIOR 
CIVIL SERVANTS AND MINISTERS 
OVER THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR 
CONTRACT AWARDED TO THE We 
CHARITY.
>> IT DID NOT OCCUR TO ME THAT 
THERE WAS A PRIVATE INTEREST 
HERE BECAUSE THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S INTEREST AND 
INVOLVEMENT AND HISTORY WITH We 
WAS ANYTHING BUT PRIVATE.
>> Adrienne: CANADA'S TOP PUBLIC
SERVANT SAID HE BELIEVES THE DUE
DILIGENCE WAS SUFFICIENT BUT 
CONCEDED CLOSER SCRUTINY COULD 
HAVE HAPPENED.
>>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THESE 
REPRESENT SERIOUS REFORMS THAT 
WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH. 
>> Adrienne: THAT'S MAYOR JOHN 
TORY ANNOUNCING THE START OF 
WHAT HE CALLS SWEEPING REFORMS 
TO THE TORONTO POLICE SERVICE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWING A 
REPORT THAT OUTLINED MORE THAN 
80 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS 
SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN THE 
FORCE, INCLUDING NON-POLICE 
ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITIES AND
SOME FORCE ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> Andrew: AND AT LEAST ONE 
PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CANADIAN 
VESSEL SANK OFF THE COAST OF 
WASHINGTON STATE.
THREE PEOPLE WERE ON A 
COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT NEAR 
CAPE FLATTERY WHEN IT STARTED 
TAKING ON WATER AT ABOUT TWO 
THIS MORNING.
THE U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUED ONE
PERSON WHILE ANOTHER IS STILL 
MISSING.
>>> POLICE IN ALBERTA HAVE LAID 
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ASSAULT 
CHARGES IN THE GRUESOME KILLING 
OF A DOCTOR AT A WALK-IN CLINIC 
IN RED DEER.
THE RCMP SAY THE ATTACK WAS 
TARGETED, THAT THE ACCUSED KNEW 
THE DOCTOR.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN TELLS US 
MORE.
>> Reporter: ALMOST NON STOP 
TODAY AT THE CLINIC, VISITORS 
HERE BECAUSE OF ONE TERRIBLE 
VISIT YESTERDAY.
>> I WAS DEVASTATED.
I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS CAN HAPPEN TO SUCH A 
WONDERFUL MAN.
>> Reporter: THE RCMP SAY 
DR. WALTER REYNOLDS WAS 
ASSAULTED AND KILLED WITH A 
WEAPON.
A WITNESS TELLS CBC THE ALLEGED 
ATTACKER WIELDED A HAMMER AND A 
MACHETE.
HE THEN CONFRONTED THE DOCTOR IN
AN EXAMINATION ROOM.
WITNESSES THEN HEARD SCREAMING.
ALTHOUGH POLICE ARRIVED WITHIN 
MINUTES, IT WAS TOO LATE TO SAVE
THE DOCTOR.
>> I COULDN'T EVEN SLEEP LAST 
NIGHT AND JUST WALKING IN THE 
HOUSE, GOING AROUND EVERYWHERE 
AND JUST THINKING WHY HE'S GONE 
AND WHAT HE DID WRONG.
>> Reporter: REYNOLDS USED TO 
TREAT RESHMI LATA'S 10-YEAR-OLD 
SON FOR ASTHMA. 
>> HE IS KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT 
THE DOCTOR TOO, THAT WHICH 
DOCTOR IT WAS, BUT I COULDN'T 
EXPLAIN HIM THE DOCTOR WHO WAS 
ALWAYS LOOKING AFTER YOU, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: THE RCMP IS BEING 
TIGHT-LIPPED ON DETAILS.
THEY HAVE ARRESTED 54-YEAR-OLD 
DENG MABIOUR AND CHARGED HIM 
WITH ASSAULT AND FIRST-DEGREE 
MURDER.
>> THE INDIVIDUAL WENT IN WITH A
GOAL, AND SO IT WASN'T A RANDOM 
ATTACK.
THE INDIVIDUAL WENT INTO THE 
CLINIC FOR THAT PURPOSE.
>> Reporter: DID THEY KNOW THE 
DOCTOR?
>> THEY KNEW EACH OTHER THROUGH 
THE CLINIC, YES. 
>> Reporter: POLICE WON'T 
CONFIRM MABIOUR WAS A PATIENT OR
WHAT THE CONNECTION WAS BETWEEN 
THE TWO MEN.
WORKERS ARRIVED AT THE CLINIC 
TODAY STILL TRYING TO PROCESS 
THE IMMENSE LOSS, WORRIED ABOUT 
THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN 
PLACE.
IT'S TOO SOON.
I WILL REMEMBER HIM AS BEING 
FULL OF LIFE AND THE LOVE HE 
HAD. 
>> Reporter: REYNOLDS LEAVES A 
WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS BEHIND, 
NO DOUBT HOPING FOR MORE ANSWERS
WITH THE SUSPECT DUE IN COURT 
TOMORROW.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS, 
RED DEER.
>> Adrienne: HONG KONG MEDIA 
TYCOON, JIMMY LAI, A PROMINENT 
SUPPORTER OF THE PRO-DEMOCRACY 
MOVEMENT, HAS BEEN RELEASED ON 
BAIL.
[CROWD NOISE]
LAI WAS DETAINED MONDAY MORNING 
OVER SUSPICION OF COLLUSION WITH
FOREIGN FORCES.
HIS ARREST LED TO WIDESPREAD 
INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION, AND 
IT CAME IN THE WAKE OF NEW 
NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS THAT GIVE
BEIJING SWEEPING POWERS OVER 
HONG KONG.
>>[Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Adrienne: THAT IS BELARUS 
OPPOSITION LEADER SVETLANA 
TIKHANOVSKAYA, SEEMINGLY DENYING
SHE WAS FORCED TO FLEE TO 
NEIGHBOURING LITHUANIA.
SHE SAYS SHE DID IT FOR THE SAKE
OF HER CHILDREN.
IT'S UNCLEAR IF SHE WAS UNDER 
PRESSURE TO MAKE THAT VIDEO.
FOR THE THIRD NIGHT IN A ROW 
THERE WERE VIOLENT PROTESTS IN 
THE STREETS OF BELARUS.
DEMONSTRATORS ACCUSE THE 
COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT OF CHEATING 
IN SUNDAY'S ELECTION AND 
ORCHESTRATING AN INTERNET 
BLACKOUT.
>> Andrew: BEIRUT MARKED A WEEK 
TODAY SINCE A DEADLY EXPLOSION 
SHATTERED THE CITY.
FOR MANY, THE DISASTER WAS THE 
LAST STRAW IN A CRISIS OVER THE 
COLLAPSE OF THE ECONOMY AND 
A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, AND THEY 
ARE DEMANDING CHANGE.
MARGARET EVANS HAS THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: DAY'S END IN 
BEIRUT, ANOTHER DIFFICULT ONE 
FOR THE LEBANESE CAPITAL, 
REMEMBERING THOSE WHO DIED A 
WEEK AGO TODAY IN AN EXPLOSION 
THAT HAS MARKED TIME WITH A 
BEFORE AND AFTER FOR SO MANY.
MASKED AND GRIEVING, ARM IN ARM,
THOUSANDS MARCHED THROUGH A 
SHATTERED CITY TO BEIRUT, NOW 
CRATERED FORT, THE ONLY BUILDING
STILL STANDING, THE GRAIN SILO, 
GAPING.
WHERE CROWDS RE-LIVED THAT 
FATEFUL DAY.
>> WE ARE HERE, COMING FROM 
TRIPOLI TO SAY -- TO EXTEND A 
MESSAGE TO BEIRUT PEOPLE THAT 
OUR HEARTS -- THAT OUR HEARTS 
ARE BEATING WITH YOU.
>> Reporter: THERE WERE OTHER 
MESSAGES TOO.
THE RESIGNATION OF HASSAN DIAB'S
GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY, CLEARLY 
NOT ENOUGH. 
>> WE ARE COMING HERE TO PROTEST
AND TO DECLARE IT THAT WE WANT 
FOR PARLIAMENT TO RESIGN.
>> Reporter: AND THAT'S WHERE 
THE CROWDS HEADED NEXT, THE 
MEMORIAL NOW A PROTEST.
PEOPLE WANT NEW ELECTIONS, AND 
THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT MICHEL 
AOUN TO GO TOO.
BOTH AOUN AND DIAB WERE WARNED 
OF THE DANGER LURKING AT THE 
PORT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, 
ACCORDING TO RECENT REPORTS.
IT TWISTS A KNIFE FOR THOSE IN 
MOURNING.
PIERRE KARAM'S COUSIN CHARBELLE 
DIED FIGHTING THE INITIAL FIRE 
AT THE PORT.
>> HE SUFFOCATED BECAUSE OF THE 
PEOPLE AND THE CORRUPTION 
SENDING HIM TO A FIRE FROM 
AMMONIUM NITRATE.
>> Reporter: KARAM IS A CHEMIST 
WHO DID HIS PHD IN MONTREAL AND 
PLANS TO RETURN, BUT HE COULDN'T
CONVINCE HIS COUSIN TO JOIN HIM.
>> THE BEST PEOPLE ARE DYING 
HERE, THE PUREST PEOPLE ARE JUST
DYING SLOWLY.
>> Reporter: SOME DARE TO HOPE 
THAT THE DRUMBEAT OF REAL 
CHANGE IS ON THE HORIZON FOR 
LEBANON, THE PROTESTS CROSSING 
SECTARIAN LINES, BUT THERE ARE 
OTHERS WHO KNOW JUST HOW DEEP 
THAT SECTARIAN GRIP RUNS IN THE 
COUNTRY.
A NEW DAY FOR LEBANON IS STILL A
LONG WAY OFF.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS, 
LONDON.
>> Adrienne: 4,000 PEOPLE ARE 
OUT OF THEIR HOMES AS A WILDFIRE
RAGES IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO.
>> WE BARELY HAD TIME TO THINK.
WE JUST HAD TO GET EVERYTHING IN
THE CAR AND GO.
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT, THE RACE 
TO GET OUT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST
THE FLAMES.
>> Andrew: PLUS, HOW THE POLICE 
RESPONDED IN THE FIRST MOMENTS 
OF THEIR DEADLY ENCOUNTER WITH 
GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WE JUST THINK THE ENTIRE 
SYSTEM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
>> Andrew: A U.S. JUDGE ORDERS 
THE RELEASE OF POLICE BODY CAM 
FOOTAGE.
>> Adrienne: PLUS, WHAT MEGHAN 
WHISPERED TO HARRY RIGHT BEFORE 
THIS MOMENT, AND BIG BROTHER 
WILL'S DATING ADVICE.
WE'VE GOT THE DETAILS FROM THE 
NEW BOOK ABOUT THE SUSSEXES.
>> MANY OF THE PEOPLE AROUND 
THEM WANTED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO 
SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
>> Adrienne: WE'RE BACK IN TWO.
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
FOR MUCH OF ONTARIO, THIS SUMMER
HAS OFFERED A BIT OF A RESPITE 
FROM COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, BUT 
FOR THOUSANDS IN THE HEAVILY 
FORESTED NORTHWEST, IT'S A TIME 
TO FLEE.
ELLEN MAURO LOOKS AT THE RAPIDLY
GROWING RED LAKE WILDFIRE THAT'S
DRIVING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES.
>> Reporter: THE FIRE'S FURY 
LAPPING AT THE SIDE OF THE 
HIGHWAY AS SO MANY FLED.
>> WE WENT FROM NO FIRE TO FIRE 
TO WE GOT TO GET OUT.
WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME -- WE 
BARELY HAD TIME TO THINK.
WE JUST HAD TO GET EVERYTHING IN
THE CAR AND GO.
>> Reporter: COURTNEY ASTON AND 
HER BOYFRIEND LOGAN CHIABATI 
DROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT AFTER 
PACKING FRANTICALLY.
THE COUPLE SLEPT IN THEIR CAR AS
THEY ESCAPED TO WINNIPEG.
>> CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF THIS
IS THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GONNA 
SEE YOUR HOME. 
>> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
>> AND THAT'S DEFINITELY VERY 
HARD THING TO COPE WITH.
>> Reporter: THE FIRE STARTED 
JUST A DAY AGO, BUT FUELLED BY 
HIGH WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS, 
IT'S GROWN RAPIDLY, BEARING DOWN
NOW ON RED LAKE, A TOWN OF 4,000
IN NORTHWEST ONTARIO.
>> THIS PARTICULAR FIRE IS IN 
PROXIMITY TO LIVES AND PROPERTY 
AND RESOURCES THAT MAKE IT A 
REAL PRIORITY.
>> Reporter: WATER BOMBERS ARE 
BATTLING THE FLAMES, RACING 
AGAINST TIME TO PROTECT THE 
TOWN.
>> VERY TIRED.
>> Reporter: THIS GROUP OF 
FRIENDS LEFT TOGETHER, SAFE NOW,
BUT THEIR MINDS BACK IN RED LAKE
WHERE SOME OF THEIR HUSBANDS ARE
FIRST RESPONDERS.
>> WE'RE JUST KIND OF TRYING TO 
TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT, LIKE, 
ANY ANXIETY THAT WE'RE HAVING 
AND JUST REASSURE EACH OTHER 
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY. 
>> GOOD TO BE OUT OF THAT CAR. 
>> Reporter: SO ARE ASTON AND 
CHIABATI, WHO HAVE WITH THEM 
AT LEAST ONE COMFORT OF HOME. 
>> YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT, BUT WE'RE HOPING FOR THE
BEST.
>> IT'S KIND OF A ONE DAY AT A 
TIME KIND OF SITUATION.
>> Reporter: AND IN THE COMING 
DAYS, A POSSIBLE REPRIEVE WITH 
THOSE GUSTING WINDS EXPECTED TO 
DIE DOWN.
ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: WHEN WE COME BACK, 
THE VIDEO SHOWING THE KILLING OF
GEORGE FLOYD GALVANIZED A GLOBAL
PROTEST MOVEMENT.
NOW WE KNOW MORE OF WHAT 
HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THOSE 
TERRIBLE MOMENTS.
A JUDGE HAS RELEASED POLICE BODY
CAM VIDEO.
NEXT, EXPERTS BREAK DOWN THE 
POLICE RESPONSE. 
>> WE ALWAYS USED TO SAY WHY 
INTERJECT THE PISTOL INTO A 
PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T NEED IT.
>> Adrienne: PLUS, BLACK PARENTS
IN THIS COUNTRY TELL US WHAT 
THIS MOMENT MEANS FOR THEM AND 
HOW THEY TALK TO THEIR KIDS 
ABOUT INJUSTICE.
WE'RE BACK IN 
>> IT'S A PERSONAL ISSUE FOR ME 
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THEY'RE 
KILLING LOOK LIKE ME, AND IT 
COULD HAPPEN TO ME ANY DAY.
IT'S SCARY THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO 
BE AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES.
>> Andrew: GEORGE FLOYD'S 
KILLING BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE 
CONTINUES TO REVERBERATE ACROSS 
THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE
WORLD.
WE HAVE SEEN PROTESTS, DEBATE 
ABOUT THE ROLE OF POLICE AND 
GROWING RECOGNITION OF SYSTEMIC 
ANTI-BLACK RACISM.
NOW BY ORDER OF A MINNEAPOLIS 
JUDGE, POLICE BODY CAM FOOTAGE 
OF FLOYD'S TRAGIC FINAL MOMENTS 
IS NOW OUT THERE FOR THE WORLD 
TO SEE, AS ARE THE ACTIONS OF 
THE FOUR OFFICERS CHARGED IN HIS
DEATH.
THEIR FIRST TRIAL EXPECTED TO 
BEGIN THIS COMING MARCH.
NOW THE FOOTAGE GIVES US A 
FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED 
ON MAY 25 IN MINNEAPOLIS WHEN 
POLICE FIRST APPROACHED FLOYD.
STEVEN D'SOUZA TAKES US THROUGH 
IT, AND WE NEED TO WARN YOU, THE
LANGUAGE IS GRAPHIC AND THE 
VIDEO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO 
WATCH.
>> LET'S SEE YOUR HANDS.
>> Reporter: FROM THE MOMENT 
OFFICER THOMAS LANE APPROACHED 
GEORGE FLOYD TO WHEN HE DRAWS 
HIS GUN, LESS THAN 15 SECONDS.
>> BOTH HANDS.
>> I DIDN'T DO NOTHING.
>> GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS UP 
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE TWO NEWLY 
RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEOS ARE 
HALF AN HOUR EACH.
THEY SHOW FLOYD'S DIFFICULT 
FINAL MOMENTS FROM THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF OFFICER LANE AND 
OFFICER ALEXANDER KUENG.
BOTH ARE CHARGED WITH AIDING AND
ABETTING SECOND-DEGREE MURDER 
AND SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER.
THE FOOTAGE FILLS IN THE GAPS 
LEFT BY BYSTANDER AND SECURITY 
CAMERAS.
IT SHOWS FLOYD'S SHAKEN AND 
EMOTIONAL REACTION TO BEING 
APPROACHED.
>> DANG, MAN, MAN, I GOT 
[INDISCERNIBLE].
>> Reporter: IT ALSO CAPTURES 
THE EXTENT OF THE STRUGGLE, JUST
OVER THREE MINUTES AS OFFICERS 
TRY TO GET FLOYD INTO THEIR 
VEHICLE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GO IN THERE.
>> Reporter: THEY THEN PUT HIM 
ON THE GROUND.
>> RELAX.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> YOU'RE DOING FINE.
YOU'RE TALKING FINE.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE. 
>> Reporter: THE VIDEO SHOWS 
OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN KNEELING 
ON FLOYD FOR ALMOST NINE AND A 
HALF MINUTES, LONGER THAN THE 8 
MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS THAT'S 
BECOME A RALLYING CRY.
A KEY QUESTION FROM THE VIDEOS, 
DID THE USE OF FORCE MATCH THE 
ALLEGED CRIME, PASSING A 
COUNTERFEIT BILL?
>> WHAT'S THE RUSH?
WHAT'S THE RUSH?
COUNTERFEIT BILL, AGITATED.
WE ALWAYS USED TO SAY WHY 
INTERJECT A PISTOL INTO A 
PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T NEED IT?
>> Reporter: AS IS OFTEN ARGUED 
IN COURT, WHAT'S IN THE 
OFFICER'S MIND IS KEY. 
>> AN OFFICER'S USE OF FORCE 
DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY KNEW AND 
WHAT THEY PERSONALLY PERCEIVED 
AT THE TIME.
A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS BELIEVE
THAT SOMEONE IS TALKING THEN 
THEY CAN BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY SAYS THE
VIDEO PROVES WHAT THEY ALREADY 
KNOW.
>> MOM, I LOVE YOU.
>> WE JUST THINK THE ENTIRE 
SYSTEM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
>> Reporter: BUT EXPERTS SAY 
PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT THEY WANT 
IN THE VIDEO.
>> PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE, THEIR 
KNOWLEDGE, THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR
BIASES, ALL OF THESE LEAD THEM 
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHETHER IT
BE VIEWING THE SAME TYPE OF 
INCIDENT.
>> Reporter: ULTIMATELY, THE 
EXPERTS SAY, IT WILL BE UP TO A 
COURT TO DECIDE.
STEVEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK.
>> Andrew: MUCH HAS CHANGED IN 
THE 78 DAYS SINCE GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH, AND MUCH HAS NOT.
ANTI-BLACK RACISM REMAINS, AS 
DOES DISTRUST OF POLICE IN MUCH 
OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF 
THIS TRAGEDY, WE SPOKE TO BLACK 
CANADIANS ABOUT HOW THEY 
EXPLAINED THIS STORY TO THEIR 
KIDS AND HOW THEY EDUCATE THEM 
ON POLICE ENCOUNTERS.
>> HI, I'M CANDACE MASSAM, AND 
I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN.
I HAVE THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS.
WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO OF GEORGE 
FLOYD'S DEATH, IT SADDENED ME.
IT MADE ME LOSE HOPE IN HUMANITY
A BIT.
>> MY NAME IS JASON QUAMMIE, AND
I HAVE THREE KIDS, TWO GIRLS AND
ONE BOY.
THE PAST COUPLE DAYS HAVE BEEN 
AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER, 
JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF 
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
I JUST FEEL SO MUCH WEIGHT ON MY
HEART.
IT'S JUST PAINFUL TO SEE ANOTHER
BLACK LIFE LOST AND NOT THINK TO
MYSELF, WOW, THAT COULD HAVE 
BEEN ME.
>> MY NAME IS MELANIE 
CARRINGTON.
I HAVE ONE 12-YEAR-OLD SON AND 
HIS NAME IS AIDEN.
I WAS HEARTBROKEN AND FEARFUL.
THIS IS NOT NEW.
THIS IS JUST NEWSWORTHY, AND 
IT'S EXHAUSTING.
I'M SCARED.
I'M UPSET.
>> TO SEE MY CHILDREN CRYING FOR
SOMEBODY THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN 
KNOW AND THE INJUSTICE THAT'S 
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.
>> MY SON HAS SEEN A LOT ABOUT 
WHAT HAPPENED, AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME AS A PRETEEN HE'S STARTING 
TO ASK ME WHAT IF, WHAT IF 
THAT'S ME.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR 
THAT EXCEPT TO SAY THAT HE IS 
ALWAYS LOVED.
>> IF ANYBODY WERE TO CALL THE 
POLICE ON THEM WOULD BE MY
BIGGEST FEAR, THEM BEING SHOT, 
BEING TARGETED BY POLICE.
>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, 
WHENEVER I'D 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, 
YOU KNOW, RESPOND "YES, OFFICER,
THANK YOU, OFFICER, OKAY, 
OFFICER."
BE SUPER POLITE.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THEN THAT 
IT WAS BECAUSE MY 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 HAS LIVED 
THROUGH EACH OPPORTUNITY 
SPEAKING WITH TEACHERS, 
PRINCIPALS, PARENTS.
EACH NEED TO REMIND HIM ABOUT 
WHAT HE NEEDS TO SAY TO POLICE, 
WHEN, NOT IF, HE'S STOPPED.
>> BECAUSE I'M RAISING BLACK 
CHILDREN, I DON'T LET THEM ROAM 
AROUND FREELY.
IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL, I 
DROP THEM TO SCHOOL.
I WAIT FOR THEM AFTER SCHOOL AND
BRING THEM BACK.
THE SCHOOL IS ONLY THREE BLOCKS 
AWAY. 
>> I'LL TEACH THEM TO BE AWARE 
OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS, TO BE 
AWARE OF THE DANGERS THAT 
THEY'LL FACE BECAUSE OF THE 
COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN AND THE 
REAL-LIFE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME
WITH IT.
>> WHEN MY SON STARTED WALKING 
HOME FROM SCHOOL BY HIMSELF, WE 
CREATED A SCRIPT, SOMETHING THAT
HE COULD COMMIT TO MEMORY TO BE 
ABLE TO TALK TO POLICE.
MY NAME IS AIDEN.
HE TELLS THEM HIS AGE.
I AM 12 YEARS OLD.
HE TELLS THEM WHERE HE GOES TO 
SCHOOL.
HE TELLS THEM WHAT HE IS DOING.
I JUST WANT MY KID TO GROW UP, 
TO BE OLD.
>> Adrienne: WHEN WE COME BACK, 
INSIDE ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST 
SCRUTINIZED RELATIONSHIPS.
>> THIS IS THE COUPLE THAT 
REALLY WEREN'T AFRAID TO SHARE 
THEIR GRIEVANCES.
>> Adrienne: A NEW BOOK 
DIVULGING DETAILS ABOUT MEGHAN 
AND HARRY'S MARRIAGE AND THEIR 
SPLIT FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY, 
NEXT. 
PICK, CALIFORIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE BRINGS
TO THE TICKET.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR 
PODCASTS.
 >> Andrew: THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS
REMOVED PRINCE ANDREW'S SOCIAL 
MEDIA ACCOUNTS FROM ITS WEBSITE.
THE PRINCE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 
DUKE OF YORK, STEPPED BACK FROM 
PUBLIC DUTIES LAST NOVEMBER OVER
HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH CONVICTED 
SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND
ACCUSATIONS OF HAVING HAD SEX 
WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL.
THE ACCOUNTS OF HARRY AND MEGHAN
ALSO TAKEN DOWN.
IN JANUARY, THE COUPLE QUIT 
THEIR ROYAL DUTIES, SAYING THEY 
WANTED A MORE PRIVATE LIFE, BUT 
A REVEALING NEW BOOK RELEASED 
TODAY DELVES INTO THE DETAILS OF
THEIR CONTROVERSIAL EXIT AND 
THINGS GET PRETTY PERSONAL.
RENÉE FILIPPONE REPORTS.
>> Reporter: MOMENTS BEFORE 
WALKING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS 
AT THEIR ENGAGEMENT PHOTO OP, 
MEGHAN WHISPERS IN HARRY'S EAR 
"YOU GOT THIS."
IT'S DETAILS LIKE THIS THE 
BOOK'S AUTHORS SAY THEY 
UNCOVERED FROM INTERVIEWS WITH 
100 SOURCES CLOSE TO THE ROYAL 
FAMILY.
>> THIS WAS A COUPLE THAT WAS 
REALLY ON THE RECEIVING END OF 
SOME COVERAGE THAT BEING SO FAR 
FROM REALITY, AND MANY OF THE 
PEOPLE AROUND THEM WANTED TO 
HAVE A CHANCE TO SET THE RECORD 
STRAIGHT. 
>> Reporter: THE BOOK DESCRIBES 
PRINCE WILLIAM AS UNSUPPORTIVE 
OF HARRY AND MEGHAN'S 
RELATIONSHIP, REVEALING THAT 
EARLY ON HE TOLD HARRY TO TAKE 
IT SLOW WITH "THIS GIRL."
IT ALSO SAYS MEGHAN WAS 
DISAPPOINTED KATE DIDN'T HAVE 
HER BACK.
>> THIS WAS THE COUPLE THAT 
REALLY WEREN'T AFRAID TO SHARE 
THEIR GRIEVANCES ABOUT WHAT WAS 
GOING ON.
THEY FELT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE 
ENOUGH SUPPORT.
>> Reporter: THIS ROYAL 
CORRESPONDENT WAS SURPRISED BY 
THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THE BOOK,
LIKE THE KIND OF EMOJIS HARRY 
WOULD SEND MEGHAN AND THAT THE 
COUPLE FIRED A NANNY IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
>> THIS IS A COUPLE WHO ARE SO 
FIERCELY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR 
PRIVACY TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU 
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE CURRENTLY 
LITIGATING ON MULTIPLE FRONTS.
>> Reporter: THE U.K. MEDIA HAVE
BEEN COMPARING IT TO A MUCH MORE
EXPLOSIVE BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN 
ABOUT PRINCESS DIANA IN 1992, 
DISCLOSING HER EATING DISORDER 
AND INFIDELITY.
IT WAS REVEALED YEARS LATER THE 
AUTHOR HAD BEEN INTERVIEWING HER
IN PRIVATE.
THE SUSSEXES SAY THEY DID NOT 
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOOK, BUT 
ROYAL WATCHERS SAY IT WILL ADD 
FRICTION TO THE FAMILY ANYWAY.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING
TO HEAL PRETTY DEEP WOUNDS OVER 
MEGXIT AND HARRY AND MEGHAN 
LEAVING THE ROYAL FAMILY TO GO 
TO AMERICA.
>> Reporter: THE BOOK REFERENCES
A PRIVATE CONVERSATION BETWEEN 
THE QUEEN AND HARRY, WHERE SHE 
REPORTEDLY MADE IT CLEAR THEY 
WERE ALWAYS WELCOME TO RETURN TO
THEIR ROYAL DUTIES.
BUT IT APPEARS AT LEAST FOR NOW 
THEY HAVE MOVED ON TO THEIR NEXT
CHAPTER.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS, 
LONDON.
>> Adrienne: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," A HAPPY ENDING TO A 
BIT OF A NERVE-WRACKING STORY. 
>> I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS GOING 
TO FALL.
HE KEPT TRYING AND WIGGLING 
AROUND. 
>> Adrienne: THE STORY OF A 
LITTLE RACCOON WHO CLIMBED HIS 
>>> WE'RE UNDER WAY AT SAHLEN 
FIELD.
JONATHAN VIAR LEADING IT OFF FOR
THE MARLINS.
HE IS THEIR SHORTSTOP, HITTING 
0.195 ON THE SEASON.
>> Adrienne: AND THERE IT IS, 
TONIGHT THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS 
FINALLY HELD THEIR 2020 HOME 
OPENER.
NOT AT HOME, NOT EVEN IN THE 
COUNTRY.
THE TEAM HAS SETTLED INTO 
BUFFALO AFTER ROGERS CENTRE WAS 
RULED OUT BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO WHO COULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT 
FIVE MONTHS AGO TONIGHT?
THAT, BY THE WAY, WAS MARCH 11, 
THE DAY THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION DECLARED THE 
OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 A PANDEMIC.
THE WEEK THAT FOLLOWED WAS A 
RAPID AND STRANGE SERIES OF 
EVENTS LEADING TO WHERE WE ARE 
NOW.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE WEEK OUR 
WORLD CHANGED.
>> OUR WEATHER, 6° IN VANCOUVER 
RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: CONSIDER WHAT 
CANADA LOOKED LIKE ON THE 
MORNING OF MARCH 11.
IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE MARCH 
BREAK IN MOST OF THE COUNTRY.
SCHOOLS OPEN, PLANES FLYING, 
STREETS BUSY.
CANADA'S FIRST COVID DEATH HAD 
BEEN A FEW DAYS EARLIER.
TOTAL CASES HERE, 100.
TOTAL CASES IN THE U.S., A 
THOUSAND.
TOTAL CASES IN ITALY, 10,000.
THAT COUNTRY, THE ADVANCE 
WARNING OF WHAT WAS COMING.
MAYBE THAT MORNING COVID-19 FELT
DISTANT TO YOUR LIVES.
THAT WOULD CHANGE BY NIGHTFALL.
THAT DAY, THE W.H.O. DECLARED IT
A PANDEMIC.
>> WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED.
>> Adrienne: THEN EVERYTHING 
MOVED QUICKLY AND STRANGELY.
AN NBA GAME AT AROUND 8:40 P.M. 
WAS ABRUPTLY CANCELLED. 
>> THE GAME TONIGHT HAS BEEN 
POSTPONED.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE ORDERED 
OUT BECAUSE UTAH JAZZ PLAYER 
RUDY GOBERT HAD TESTED POSITIVE.
HE, BY THE WAY, IS THE PLAYER 
PROVOCATIVELY TOUCHING ALL THE 
REPORTERS' RECORDING DEVICES TWO
DAYS EARLIER, A JOKE, HE SAID.
NOT FUNNY.
*
OVER ON ANOTHER CHANNEL, THE 
FORMER VICE-PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE SARAH PALIN WAS 
RAPPING AS A PINK BEAR ON "THE 
MASKED SINGER." 
>> President Donald Trump: MY 
FELLOW AMERICANS --
>> Adrienne: A PERFORMANCE 
INTERRUPTED IN THE U.S. BY A 
PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT AROUND 9 
P.M., A TRAVEL BAN FROM EUROPE.
>> President Donald Trump: THIS 
IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND 
COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO CONFRONT
A FOREIGN VIRUS IN MODERN 
HISTORY.
>> Adrienne: AND JUST AS THE 
WORLD WAS DIGESTING THAT, A 
QUICK REMINDER ANYONE CAN GET 
THE VIRUS.
TOM HANKS AND HIS WIFE DECLARED 
THEY HAD COVID-19.
>> THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF 
"THE NATIONAL." 
>> Reporter: STRANGE NIGHT, THE 
PENNY HAD OFFICIALLY DROPPED.
CONSIDER THE PACE OF THE NEXT 
FEW DAYS.
MARCH 12, SOPHIE GREGOIRE 
TRUDEAU TESTS POSITIVE FOR 
CORONAVIRUS, THE NHL SUSPENDS 
THE SEASON, AND CANADA WAS 
GETTING TO KNOW THE NAMES, FACES
AND MEASURED COMPASSIONATE 
THOUGHTS OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS
OF HEALTH, CLEARLY WORRIED ABOUT
WHAT WAS COMING.
>> I JUST KNOW HOW STRESSFUL IT 
IS FOR OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, 
FOR MY COLLEAGUES, AND FOR 
FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH 
THIS.
>> Reporter: THE COME HOME THEN 
STAY PUT MESSAGE STARTED 
COURSING THROUGH THE COUNTRY ON 
FRIDAY THE 13TH, OF ALL DAYS.
>> TODAY MY ADVICE IS TO 
POSTPONE OR CANCEL ALL 
NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF 
CANADA. 
>> Reporter: WHILE NEARLY HALF A
MILLION CANADIANS ABROAD STARTED
WORKING ON TRYING TO GET HOME, 
SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES HERE 
STARTED SHUTTING DOWN.
FOR A MOMENT, AT LEAST FOR THE 
KIDS, THE IDEA OF CANCELLED 
CLASSES FELT LIKE A NOVELTY. 
>> I GET TO GO TO MY 
GRANDPARENTS'. 
>> Adrienne: ANXIETY HAD 
CERTAINLY CREPT IN FOR THE 
ADULTS.
MONDAY, MARCH 16, A DECLARATION 
THAT WOULD HAVE SEEMED 
UNTHINKABLE WEEKS EARLIER. 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
WILL BE DENYING ENTRY TO CANADA 
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CANADIAN 
CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS.
[BELL RINGING]
>> Adrienne: AND THE ECONOMIC 
COSTS OF COVID WERE MOVING IN 
HARD.
THE DOW JONES LOST NEARLY 13%, 
THE BIGGEST ONE-DAY DROP SINCE 
THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1987. 
DID WE GRASP A FEW WEEKS AGO 
THAT THE ECONOMY WOULD GET SO 
BAD SO FAST, THAT THE INFECTION 
NUMBERS WOULD CLIMB SO FAST?
THAT MONDAY MORNING, CANADA HAD 
425 CASES.
THE UNITED STATES, 4,000.
ITALY?
25,000.
DID WE REALIZE ON THE 
ST. PATRICK'S DAY WITHOUT 
PARADES AND A SCHEDULE WITHOUT 
SPORTS THAT WE WERE LEARNING HOW
TO CHEER FOR A NEW TEAM?
THIS WAS THE WEEK WE FIRST GOT 
OUT THE POTS AND PANS FOR THE 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
THINK OF WHAT THAT RITUAL HAS 
BECOME.
THAT'S THE WEEK COVID-19 BECAME 
A PRISM THROUGH WHICH WE NOW 
LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
SCIENCE SOARED IN RESPECT.
TRAFFIC, WHERE'D THAT GO?
AND GENEROSITY?
MAYBE WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT WELL 
WAS DEEP IN CANADA.
ONE COVID LEGACY LET'S HOPE 
LINGERS.
OKAY, SO LET'S SEE HOW IT ALL 
STACKS UP NOW, AND WITH THE HELP
OF A LITTLE COMPARISON.
FIVE MONTHS AGO TODAY THE TOTAL 
CASES IN CANADA, 100.
IN THE UNITED STATES, 1,000.
TODAY THIS COUNTRY HAS JUST OVER
120,000 CASES.
THE UNITED STATES IS NORTH OF 5 
MILLION, AND HERE ARE TWO MORE
NUMBERS FOR COMPARISON.
IN CANADA, JUST OVER 9,000 
PEOPLE HAVE DIED SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC WAS DECLARED.
THAT'S LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF 
AMERICANS WHO HAVE DIED JUST IN 
THE LAST TEN DAYS.
>> Andrew: OKAY, WHEN WE COME 
BACK, THE HIGH-WIRE ACT THAT 
CAPTIVATED TORONTO. 
>> IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY HOW 
EMOTIONALLY INVESTED I WAS IN 
HIS OUTCOME.
>> Andrew: I SUPPOSE RACCOONS 
ARE TORONTO'S UNOFFICIAL MASCOT,
AND THE CITY WAS CERTAINLY 
ROOTING FOR THIS LITTLE GUY.
HOW HE GOT DOWN IS OUR "MOMENT."
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>> Adrienne: WELL, THIS LITTLE 
GUY HAS HAD QUITE THE 
STAYCATION.
HE IS THE RACCOON WHO HAD A LOT 
OF TORONTONIANS PRETTY WORRIED 
ABOUT HIM YESTERDAY AFTER 
SCALING A MASSIVE CRANE.
HE TOOK HIS TIME COMING DOWN, 
EARNED A FEW FANS AND THE ANGST 
OF SOME CONCERNED CITIZENS ALONG
THE WAY, AND THAT IS OUR 
"MOMENT."
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>> ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID 
THERE'S A RACCOON IN THE CRANE, 
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 
WEST-FACING CONDO, SO ONCE I SAW
IT, I WAS VERY VESTED BECAUSE WE
CAN LOOK RIGHT OUT.
WE'RE ON THE 19TH FLOOR, SO WE 
BASICALLY LOOKED RIGHT OUT ON 
THE RACCOON.
THERE WAS A POINT DURING THE DAY
WHERE I WANTED TO CLOSE OUR
BLINDS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO 
SEE IT ANYMORE.
I WAS SO SCARED IT WAS GOING TO 
FALL.
IT WAS LIKE 11 P.M. AT NIGHT, 
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 
RACCOON, AND ME AND MY 
BOYFRIEND, WE WERE LIKE, OH, WE 
SHOULD GRAB A GLASS OF WINE AND 
SIT OUTSIDE ON OUR BALCONY AND 
WATCH THE RACCOON.
AND THEN I LOOKED OVER AT THE 
RACCOON BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS
NAPPING, AND HE STARTED TO MOVE.
>> IF HE FALLS, I WILL BE SO 
SAD.
>> AND THEN HE KEPT GOING ALL 
THE WAY DOWN.
WE ALMOST RAN DOWN TO TRY TO SEE
IF HE GOT TO THE GROUND, BUT WE 
WERE SO HAPPY WE SAW HIM, 
BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T, I WOULD 
HAVE THOUGHT HE FELL.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Andrew: SO WHERE IS HE NOW?
THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR 
QUESTION, RIGHT?
>> Adrienne: WELL, THEY ARE 
MAGIC.
>> Andrew: I GUESS SO. 
>> Adrienne: AND PEOPLE WERE 
VERY WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY TO GRAB 
HIM.
WHAT IF HE FALLS.
THEY WERE VERY CLEVER.
THEY PUT A TRAP WITH FOOD AT THE
VERY TOP, BUT RACCOONS ARE MORE 
CLEVER.
HE GRABBED THE FOOD AND LEFT THE
TRAP.
>> Andrew: RIGHT, AND APPARENTLY
THEY HAVE SET TRAPS AT THE BASE 
OF THE CRANE AS WELL, JUST TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WHEREVER HE IS, 
IF HE'S STILL NEARBY, HE WON'T 
GO BACK UP. 
>> Adrienne: YEAH, HE'S LONG 
GONE. 
>> Andrew: I HOPE SO.
>> Adrienne: THAT IS "THE 
NATIONAL" FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 
11.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Andrew: GOOD NIGHT.
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