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>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
ANDREW IS OFF.
>>> TONIGHT, DEVASTATION IN
BEIRUT.
>> I SAW PEOPLE WALKING LIKE
GHOSTS IN THE STREETS.
THEY WERE FULL OF BLOOD.
>> Adrienne: WITH THE DEATH
TOLL RISING, A FRANTIC SEARCH
FOR THE MISSING.
>>> AND GROWING OUTRAGE, HOW
COULD SUCH POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE
CHEMICALS BE LEFT UNSECURED FOR
SO LONG?
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DAMAGE HITS
HOME IN CANADA.
>> I LIVED THROUGH THE WAR OF
LEBANON FOR 20 YEARS.
I NEVER SAW SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> Adrienne: HOW COMMUNITIES
HERE ARE RALLYING TO HELP.
>>> OTTAWA STRIKES A DEAL FOR
MILLIONS OF DOSES OF A POTENTIAL
COVID VACCINE, BUT WILL
CANADIANS GET THE SHOT?
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE
FIRST, YOU KNOW?
>> BE KIND TO EVERYONE.
>> Adrienne: SHE'S TURNED
KINDNESS INTO A BRAND, BUT WITH
ALLEGATIONS OF A TOXIC CULTURE
BEHIND THE SCENES, CAN ELLEN'S
BRAND SURVIVE?
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
(*)
>>> RESCUERS ARE STILL DIGGING
THROUGH THE RUBBLE IN BEIRUT
TONIGHT, SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS
OF YESTERDAY'S DEADLY BLAST.
THE DAY AFTER THE DISASTER,
ANGER IS GROWING ALONG WITH
DEMANDS FOR ANSWERS.
LEBANON HAS DECLARED A TWO-WEEK
STATE OF EMERGENCY.
AT LEAST 135 PEOPLE ARE DEAD
WITH MANY MORE STILL MISSING.
MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ARE
INJURED AND ENTIRE
NEIGHBOURHOODS WERE DESTROYED,
AND THE DAMAGE ESTIMATES NOW TOP
$15 BILLION.
ALL OF THIS IN A COUNTRY THAT
WAS ALREADY STRUGGLING.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT BEIRUT
HAS A LONG ROAD AHEAD, BUT FOR
MANY RIGHT NOW THE FOCUS IS
STILL ON THE DESPERATE SEARCH
FOR MISSING LOVED ONES.
RENÉE FILIPPONE BEGINS OUR
COVERAGE TONIGHT.
[SIRENS]
>> Reporter: A DAY AFTER THE
BLAST THAT CATASTROPHICALLY
SHOOK BEIRUT, THE TRUE SCALE OF
THE DISASTER EMERGED.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY MORE BODIES
ARE PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE AND
MORE FAMILIES' FEARS ARE
CONFIRMED.
RESCUE WORKERS CONTINUE TO
SEARCH FOR THE MISSING WHILE
THEIR FAMILIES HOLD OUT HOPE.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: "WE HAVE BEEN ALL
OVER EVERY HOSPITAL IN BEIRUT,"
SAYS THE MAN RENTLESSLY LOOKING
FOR HIS 27-YEAR-OLD SON.
"WE DON'T KNOW IF HE IS DEAD OR
ALIVE."
THAT DESPERATION HAS MANY
REACHING OUT ONLINE, SHARING
IMAGES OF MISSING LOVED ONES.
LOOKING FOR ANY INDICATION THAT
THEY SURVIVED THE BLAST.
THE EXPLOSION WAS SO POWERFUL
OFFICIALS SAY THAT IT DAMAGED
HALF THE CITY.
IT WAS FUELLED BY 2,750 TONNES
OF AMMONIUM NITRATE.
TOURING THE DAMAGE, THE LEBANESE
PRESIDENT MICHEL AOUN, SAID THAT
THE CHEMICALS WERE STORED
UNSAFELY IN A WAREHOUSE FOR
YEARS.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: "WE ARE
DETERMINED TO INVESTIGATE AND
REVEAL WHAT HAPPENED AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE," HE SAYS.
SEVERAL PORT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
MIRNA HELO NAVIGATES THROUGH THE
DEBRIS INSIDE THE HOME THAT SHE
GREW UP IN.
HER MOTHER WAS INJURED DURING
THE BLAST, BUT IT'S NOTHING
COMPARED TO WHAT SHE SAW
YESTERDAY.
>> I SAW PEOPLE WALKING LIKE
GHOSTS IN THE STREETS.
THERE IS -- THEY WERE FULL OF
BLOOD.
SOME PEOPLE WERE LYING DOWN ON
THE STREETS UNABLE TO GET UP.
MAYBE THEY WERE -- MAYBE THEY
DIED, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Reporter: THE BLAST ALSO
DESTROYED A LARGE GRAIN SILO
CONTAINING CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
FOOD RESERVES.
AND THE DAMAGE LEFT HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY IS
DEALING WITH AN ONGOING
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS
AND OF COURSE, THE CORONAVIRUS.
LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE
RALLYING TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
SOME SAY THAT THEY HAVE LOST
FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT.
>> PEOPLE ARE THERE FOR EACH
OTHER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR SOME
GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO COME AND
FIX THINGS FOR US.
THEY NEVER DID FOR THE PAST 30
YEARS.
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>> Reporter: THE RESILIENCE,
THE RESIGNATION OF THE LEBANESE
PEOPLE, CAPTURED IN THIS VIDEO
OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN PLAYING
PIANO IN HER DAMAGED APARTMENT
AS GLASS IS SWEPT FROM THE ROOM.
THE WEARY CARRY ON.
THIS IS THE GRIM REALITY IN A
DEEPLY SCARRED BEIRUT.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Adrienne: THAT AMMONIUM
NITRATE, THE HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE
COMPOUND BEHIND ALL OF THAT
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, HAD BEEN
SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE FOR
YEARS.
AS THOMAS DAIGLE SHOWS US,
OFFICIALS MAY HAVE IGNORED
WARNINGS ABOUT THE RISKS.
>> Reporter: AMID THE CHAOS OF
THE BLAST CAME A CLEAR CLUE AS
TO ITS ORIGIN, THAT LINGERING
REDDISH SMOKE.
A TELL-TALE SIGN OF AMMONIUM
NITRATE, A FAIRLY COMMON
SUBSTANCE THAT THIS EXPERT SAYS
IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN DYNAMITE.
>> THIS HOUSE, YOU ONLY NEED A
SMALL AMOUNT AND IT WILL BE
DESTROYED.
>> Reporter: FARMERS USE
AMMONIUM NITRATE AS FERTILIZER.
IT'S HARMLESS WHEN STORED
PROPERLY, BUT NOT WHEN MIXED
WITH FUEL AND THEN LIT.
LIKE IN BEIRUT WHERE THAT FIRE
WAS THE FIRST SIGN OF LOOMING
DISASTER.
>> OH, MY --
>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH
TO START TO HEAT IT UP, AND THEN
TO COME INTO THIS CHAIN REACTION
EVENT THAT IS UNSTOPPABLE.
>> Reporter: IT ALL CAME FROM
THIS MALDOVIAN FLAGGED SHIP.
IT WAS FORCED TO UNLOAD THE
AMMONIUM NITRATE THAT IT WAS
CARRYING AND THEN THE CARGO WAS
STORED AT THE
PORT AND NEVER MOVED.
>> NO ONE WANTED TO TAKE THE
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> Reporter: HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVIST PENNED A LETTER THAT
APPEARS TO SHOW THAT SOME
OFFICIALS REPEATEDLY WARNED OF
THE RISKS.
IN OCTOBER 2017, THE DIRECTOR OF
LEBANESE CUSTOMS URGED A JUDGE
TO ORDER REMOVAL OF THE MATERIAL
DUE TO THE DANGER OF LEAVING
THESE GOODS IN A PLACE THEY ARE
AND TO THOSE WORKING THERE.
>> THEY DID A LOT OF I WOULD SAY
OF PAPERWORK TO COVER
THEMSELVES.
BUT NO ONE TOOK ACTION TO
PROTECT THE POPULATION.
>> Reporter: THE CHEMICAL HAS
CAUSED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
BEFORE.
THINK BACK TO THE 1995 OKLAHOMA
CITY BOMBING.
THE ATTACKER USED 2.5 TONNES OF
AMMONIUM NITRATE AS A WEAPON OF
CHOICE.
AT THE TORONTO 18 TERROR TRIAL,
POLICE DEMONSTRATED HOW JUST ONE
TONNE
OF AMMONIUM NITRATE COULD DO
DAMAGE.
NOW IMAGINE IN BEIRUT THERE WAS
A STAGGERING 2,750 TONNES IN ONE
PLACE.
IT TOOK A HUGE LOAD TO CAUSE
THIS MUCH DESTRUCTION, BUT IT
TOOK NEGLIGENCE TO CLAIM THIS
MANY LIVES.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: SO CLEARLY THE
DEVASTATION FROM THAT BLAST WAS
ASTONISHING.
AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW JUST
HOW POWERFUL THE EXPLOSION WAS.
HERE IS BEIRUT'S PORT BEFORE THE
EXPLOSION.
HERE IT IS AFTER.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLAST LEFT A
CRATER ON THE PIER.
ANOTHER SHOT OF THE PIER BEFORE
AND AFTER.
THAT'S THE GRAIN SILO JUST BELOW
THE CRATER, ALMOST TOTALLYING
DESTROYED.
AND ANOTHER VIEW, BEFORE AND
AFTER.
THE VISIBLE DAMAGE EXTENDS FAR
BEYOND THE PORT AREA.
REBECCA COLLARD IS IN THE MIDST
OF ALL OF THAT DESTRUCTION IN A
NATION WITH AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOW BEEN
MORE THAN 24 HOURS SINCE THIS
EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT.
AND VOLUNTEERS LIKE THE ONES
BEHIND ME ARE STILL TRYING TO
CLEAN UP THE STREETS, BETWEEN
THE GLASS AND THE DEBRIS OUT OF
THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
I'M ABOUT 500 METRES AWAY AND
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE PORT
THERE BEHIND ME.
THAT AREA IS COMPLETELY
FLATTENED.
BUT EVEN HERE -- EVEN 500 METRES
AWAY YOU CAN SEE 20 STOREYS UP
THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
NOW A LOT OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT
I'M TALKING TO CAME FROM ALL
OVER LEBANON TODAY TO HELP TO
CLEAN UP THE CAPITAL CITY.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY ANGRY AT
THEIR GOVERNMENT.
PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN IN THE
STREETS HERE SINCE OCTOBER AND
THOSE PROTESTS WERE IN SOME WAYS
SILENCED BY THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
BUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME
TODAY IS THAT AS SOON AS THE
RUBBLE IS CLEANED UP FROM THE
STREETS OF BEIRUT, THEY'LL BE
BACK IN THE STREETS.
AND I ACTUALLY SAW A GROUP OF
PROTESTERS FROM THE NORTHERN
CITY OF TRIPOLI COME ALONG THIS
ROAD JUST ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO.
AND WITH THE PORT DESTROYED AND
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT
LEBANON HAS BEEN SUFFERING FOR
MONTHS ALREADY, IT SEEMS
DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW THEY'LL
POSSIBLY MANAGE TO REBUILD.
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN
SEE ALL OF THE SHATTERED WINDOWS
AROUND ME.
LEBANON DOESN'T PRODUCE GLASS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IMPORT
THAT.
AND THE CURRENCY HERE HAS LOST
ALMOST 80% OF ITS VALUE.
SO EVERYBODY I'M SPEAKING TO
TODAY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY.
REBECCA COLLARD, CBC NEWS,
BEIRUT.
>> Adrienne: FOR CANADIANS
WITH ROOTS IN LEBANON, THIS HAS
BEEN HORRIBLE, SPENDING HOURS
TRYING TO CONNECT WITH RELATIVES
IN BEIRUT AND LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO HELP.
KAYLA HOUNSELL SHOWS US WHAT'S
BEING DONE.
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>> Reporter: TONIGHT THIS
LEBANESE CHURCH IS A PLACE FOR
HEALING.
FATHER MAXIMUS LEFT LEBANON TO
COME TO CANADA 30 YEARS AGO.
NOW HE SAYS THAT IT'S HIS JOB TO
HELP HIS COMMUNITY IN BOTH
COUNTRIES.
>> EVERY NIGHT I WILL HAVE A
SERVICE DEDICATED FOR LEBANON.
>> Reporter: HE'S BEEN TRYING
TO FIND SHELTER FOR PEOPLE
DISPLACED IN BEIRUT.
>> I LIVED THROUGH THE WAR OF
LEBANON FOR 20 YEARS AND I NEVER
SAW SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT
EVERYONE WANTS TO HELP.
>> ONE FAMILY YESTERDAY, THEY
TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE SAYS
THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE MEAL
A DAY AND THE SECOND ONE WE'RE
GOING TO SEND IT TO LEBANON.
THIS IS HOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING.
>> Reporter: THIS RESTAURANT
OWNER HAS BEEN IN CANADA MORE
THAN 40 YEARS.
SHE STILL HAS FAMILY IN LEBANON
AND THOUGHT OF THEM AS SOON AS
SHE HEARD THE NEWS.
>> I CALLED MY BROTHER AND SAID
WHERE ARE YOU, BECAUSE USUALLY
MY BROTHER LIVE IN THAT CITY
WHERE THE BOMB WAS GOING OFF.
AND HE SAID, DON'T WORRY, I AM
IN THE MOUNTAIN AND I AM OKAY.
>> Reporter: STILL, SHE'S
WORRIED ABOUT THE COMPOUNDING
IMPACT OF THE EXPLOSION IN A
COUNTRY ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH
COVID-19 AND AN ECONOMIC CRISIS.
>> LENTILS --
>> Reporter: SO IS THIS
TORONTO-BASED DISASTER RELIEF
ORGINISATION.
THEY'RE ALREADY PACKING UP FOOD
AND WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS.
>> WHAT REALLY CONCERNS US IS
THE FACT THAT THE GRAIN PIERS
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND I THINK
THAT THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE
DOWN TO ABOUT A 30-DAY
SUPPLY OF GRAINS AND WHEAT WHICH
WILL NOW LEAD TO GREATER FOOD
INSECURITY.
>> LET US PRAY.
>> Reporter: FATHER SAIKALI
SAYS
THAT LEBANESE-CANADIANS WILL
COME TOGETHER TO DO WHATEVER
THEY CAN.
>> WE ARE IN HEAVEN.
CANADA IS HEAVEN FOR US.
AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
DO FOR YOU GUYS.
>> Reporter: HE LEFT LEBANON A
LONG TIME AGO, BUT LIKE SO MANY
IN THIS COMMUNITY, HIS TIES TO
HIS HOME COUNTRY REMAIN VERY
STRONG.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS,
HALIFAX.
>> Adrienne: TONIGHT CANADA
PLEDGED $5 MILLION IN AID TO
HELP THE PEOPLE OF BEIRUT.
THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SAYS THAT IT'S AN
INITIAL CONTRIBUTION.
>> THIS IS ABOUT SAVING LIVES IN
THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND THEN
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE
ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SHELTER,
FOOD, HEALTH CARE AND MEDICINE.
>> Adrienne: FOR NOW THE MONEY
WILL GO TO HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES
SUCH AS THE RED CROSS.
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS ALSO
TALKING TO U.N. AGENCIES ON THE
GROUND ABOUT POSSIBLE FURTHER
AID.
>>> TURNING NOW TO A BIG
DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA'S BATTLE
AGAINST COVID-19.
TODAY THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
MAJOR DEALS WITH TWO POTENTIAL
VACCINE PROVIDERS TO SECURE
MILLIONS OF DOSES.
BIG EMPHASIS ON "POTENTIAL."
EVAN DYER LOOKS INTO THE DETAILS
AND SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
>> WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED TO
BE AMONG THE FIRST COUNTRY TO
ESTABLISH THESE AGREEMENTS.
>> Reporter: THE TWO COMPANIES
CANADA CONTRACTED WITH, PFIZER
AND MODERNA, CAN BOTH SHOW
ENCOURAGING EARLY RESULTS.
MODERNA GOT A FAVOURABLE REVIEW
IN "THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF
MEDICINE" AND PFIZER'S RESEARCH
IS ALSO PROMISING.
>> SO WE GOT INITIAL HINTS THAT
WE COULD BE ON TO A WINNING
PRODUCT.
WE'RE JUST NOT -- WE'RE JUST NOT
THERE YET.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT
ISN'T SAYING HOW MUCH IT'S
BUYING OR HOW MUCH IT'S PAYING
BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN
NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER
PROVIDERS.
BUT THE TERMS OF PFIZER'S DEAL
WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ARE
PUBLIC.
WASHINGTON WILL PAY PFIZER
NEARLY $2 BILLION U.S. FOR A
HUNDRED
MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE WITH AN
OPTION TO BUY HALF A BILLION
MORE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT CANADA HAS
ORDERED 75 MILLION SYRINGES OR
ABOUT TWO FOR EVERY CANADIAN.
>> I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE
STILL IN A BIT OF A GREY AREA IN
TERMS OF HOW MANY DOSES WE'RE
GOING TO NEED AND WHETHER OR NOT
WE'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE THAT
NEED BOOSTERS.
>> Reporter: INFECTIOUS
DISEASES SPECIALIST DR. MICHAEL
GARDAM SAYS THAT THE GOVERNMENTS
HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO COVER
THEIR BETS AS BEST AS THEY CAN.
>> LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
NINE MONTHS FROM NOW IT BECOMES
VERY CLEAR THAT A VACCINE THAT
WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE
DIDN'T PRE-ORDER, TURNS OUT TO
BE THE BEST VACCINE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE IN LINE
WITH EVERYONE ELSE TRYING TO GET
A HAND ON IT.
>> Reporter: CANADA HAS HAD
ITS FINGERS BURNED BEFORE.
IN MAY THEY WORKED TOGETHER ON A
VACCINE WITH TRIALS TO BE DONE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA HAS
SO FAR BLOCKED DELIVERY OF THAT
DRUG TO CANADA.
BY WORKING WITH
ESTABLISHED WESTERN COMPANIES
AND THE GOVERNMENT IS HOPING TO
HAVE PARTNERS THAT IT CAN RELY
ON.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, GATINEAU,
QUÉBEC.
>> Adrienne: REGARDLESS WHICH
ENTITY PROVIDES IT, A WORKING
VACCINE IS CRUCIAL TO PUTTING
COVID-19 BEHIND US.
BUT A SIZEABLE NUMBER OF
CANADIANS HAVE SERIOUS
RESERVATIONS ABOUT TAKING IT AND
SOME EVEN SAY THEY WOULD FLAT
OUT REFUSE TO.
LAUREN PELLEY LOOKS INTO WHERE
THAT RETICENCE IS COMING FROM.
>> I GET THE FLU SHOT EVERY YEAR
SO WHY WOULDN'T I GET A VACCINE
IF THERE WAS ONE?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD
CAUSE COMPLICATIONS LATER.
>> Reporter: ASK PEOPLE IF
THEY'LL BE FIRST IN LINE TO GET
A COVID-19 VACCINE --
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE
IN THE VACCINE.
>> Reporter: AND RESPONSES ARE
ALL OVER THE MAP.
>> I GUESS IS THAT YOU JUST
DON'T WANT TO BE THE
FIRST, YOU KNOW.
>> Reporter: A NEW SURVEY
FOUND THAT HALF OF CANADIANS
SAID THEY'D GET A COVID-19
VACCINATION AS SOON AS IT'S
AVAILABLE.
BUT AROUND A THIRD OF
RESPONDENTS WANT TO WAIT A
WHILE.
14% SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO GET
VACCINATED AT ALL.
>> PEOPLE WILL NEED TO WIDELY
ACCEPT IT.
AND WE KNOW FROM
OTHER VACCINES THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF DISCONTENT AND FEAR.
>> Reporter: IN THIS CASE FEAR
MAY STEM FROM JUST HOW QUICKLY
COVID VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
BEING DEVELOPED AND TESTED.
THE SURVEY FOUND AMONG THOSE
HESITANT ABOUT GETTING A
VACCINE, THREE-QUARTERS ARE
WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE SIDE
EFFECTS.
>> WILL THE CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE
MONITORING BOARDS TO REVIEW ALL
OF THE DATA TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE VACCINES ARE
SAFE?
>> Reporter: ALL VACCINES ARE
RIGOROUSLY TESTED ON THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE.
>> THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS AND IT
SHOULD ALLOW US TO GET A REALLY
GOOD HANDLE ON SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS FOR REALLY LARGE
PORTIONS OF THE POPULATION.
>> Reporter: BUT IT MAY NOT BE
ENOUGH TO REASSURE ALL
CANADIANS.
AT LEAST 70% OF PEOPLE WILL
LIKELY NEED TO BE IMMUNE TO THIS
VIRUS TO CURB INFECTIONS.
SO IF A CHUNK OF THE POPULATION
DOESN'T GET VACCINATED IT COULD
LEAVE THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO
INFECTION EVEN MORE AT RISK.
>> ELDERLY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE
NOTORIOUSLY HARD TO VACCINATE
BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS
JUST DON'T REACT AS STRONGLY AS
IT DID WHEN THEY WERE AT YOUNGER
AGES.
>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THAT
IT'S UP TO EVERYONE ELSE TO GET
A VACCINE IF WE WANT TO HAVE
WIDESPREAD IMMUNITY.
LAUREN PELLEY, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: AND FOR THE
LATEST ON THE RACE FOR A VIABLE
COVID-19 VACCINE, VISIT OUR
INTERACTIVE VACCINE TRACKER,
THAT INCLUDES UPDATES ON
RESEARCH AND TESTING HERE IN
CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD.
JUST GO TO
cbcnews.ca/VACCINETRACKER.
>>> IN THE UNITED STATES THE
COUNTRY'S TOP INFECTIOUS
DISEASES EXPERT SAYS THAT HE
EXPECTS TENS OF MILLIONS OF
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE DOSES BY THE
EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR.
>> AS WE GET INTO 2021, THE
MANUFACTURERS TELL US THAT THEY
WILL HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
AND LIKELY A BILLION DOSES BY
THE END OF 2021.
>> Adrienne: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
ALSO STRESSED THE RAPID SPEED AT
WHICH VACCINES ARE BEING
DEVELOPED, DOESN'T MEAN THAT
SAFETY IS BEING SACRIFICED.
EVEN WITH THE PROSPECTS OF A
VACCINE, COVID-19 HAS STILL
PROVEN TO BE A MAJOR DISRUPTER
IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
BOTH PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING
CONVENTIONS THIS MONTH WILL BE
MOSTLY VIRTUAL.
JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
HE'LL ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION REMOTELY.
AND DONALD TRUMP HAS HIS OWN
IDEAS.
PAUL HUNTER EXPLAINS WHY THIS IS
SO CONSEQUENTIAL.
(*)
>> Reporter: THEY ARE BY
DESIGN SPECTACLES.
THE NOMINATING CONVENTIONS OF
THE MAJOR U.S. POLITICAL
PARTIES.
AT ONCE GIANT LOVE-INS
AND FREE PRIMETIME INFOMERCIALS.
WITH THE BIG EVENT -- THE
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR THE
NOMINEE.
MILLIONS WATCHED DONALD TRUMP'S
IN 2016.
>> President Donald Trump: AND
WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN.
[Cheers and Applause]
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
[Cheers and Applause]
(*)
>> Reporter: HILLARY CLINTON'S
WAS NO DIFFERENT.
THE CONVENTIONS AND THOSE
SPEECHES RALLY PARTY
WORKERS AND MOTIVATE THE VOTERS
BIG-TIME.
SO CONSIDER THE NEWS TODAY THAT
JOE BIDEN WILL NOT BE ATTENDING
HIS CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE.
THAT BIDEN'S SPEECH WILL BE ON
VIDEO ONLY.
FROM HIS HOME STATE, DELAWARE.
WHY?
COVID.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S AN
INDICATION OF THE SERIOUSNESS
WITH WHICH HE JUDGES THE
SITUATION.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY
PELOSI TODAY APPLAUDED BIDEN FOR
STEERING CLEAR OF BIG GATHERINGS
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS JUST
DEMANDS THAT WE KEEP OUR
DISTANCES.
(*)
>> Reporter: SO WHERE WILL
TRUMP ACCEPT HIS NOMINATION?
HE TOO HAS SAID THAT IT WON'T BE
AT HIS PARTY'S CONVENTION IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
NOTING TODAY THAT HIS PREFERRED
CHOICE AS IT WAS ON THE FOURTH
OF JULY IS IN HIS OWN
SYMBOLICALLY SUPER-POWERED
BACKYARD.
>> President Donald Trump: IF
I USE THE WHITE HOUSE, WE SAVE
TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR
THE GOVERNMENT, IN TERMS OF
SECURITY AND TRAVELLING.
>> Reporter: SAY CRITICS, IT
ALSO
WRONGLY TURNS THE WHITE HOUSE
INTO A DONALD TRUMP RE-ELECTION
WEAPON.
>> BY SAYING THAT HE'LL
COMPLETELY POLITICIZE IT IS
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE
REJECTED RIGHT OUT OF HAND.
>> Reporter: WHEREVER TRUMP
ENDS UP AND IT MAY WELL BE RIGHT
HERE, BOTH CONVENTIONS ARE
CERTAIN TO BE LIKE NO OTHER.
LIKEWISE, NO DOUBT, THE
CAMPAIGNS TO FOLLOW.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: HERE IN CANADA
THERE IS GROWING PRESSURE ON THE
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT TO RETHINK
ITS BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLANS,
SPECIFICALLY SURROUNDING CLASS
SIZES.
>> Premier Doug Ford: IF IT
WAS UP TO ALL OF US WE'D HAVE
FIVE KIDS IN A CLASSROOM.
BUT IN SAYING THAT WE HAVE THE
LOWEST AMOUNT OF KIDS IN J.K. IN
THE COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne: ONE OF THE BIG
CONCERNS, KINDERGARTEN AND
ELEMENTARY CLASS SIZES.
THEY WILL NOT BE CAPPED AT 15 AS
THEY WILL BE IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE PREMIER SAYS THAT THE PLAN
IS BACKED BY LEADING HEALTH
EXPERTS AND ANYONE UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH IT CAN CHOOSE REMOTE
LEARNING.
>> I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON
SEPTEMBER 8TH, OUR CHILDREN AND
STUDENTS WILL GO BACK TO SCHOOL
IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
FULL-TIME.
>> Adrienne: P.E.I. ANNOUNCED
ITS BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN TODAY,
19,000 STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO
CLASS FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN THE
FALL.
STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO
HAVE A MASK, BUT WEARING ONE
ISN'T MANDATORY.
COHORTS WILL ALSO BE CREATED FOR
STUDENTS AND STAFF.
AND CONTACTS WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE
OF THAT GROUP WILL BE LIMITED.
>>> CANADA'S MUSEUM OF HUMAN
RIGHTS HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE A
TOXIC ENVIRONMENT, ONE WITH
PERVASIVE RACISM, SEXISM AND
HOMOPHOBIA.
ON THE HEELS OF A DAMNING
REPORT, ITS TEMPORARY C.E.O. IS
APOLOGIZING AND VOWING CHANGE.
KAREN PAULS EXPLAINS.
>> THE REPORT IS TROUBLING, IT
IS CONCERNING.
>> Reporter: PAULINE RAFFERTY
SAYS SHE WAS SHOCKED WHEN
ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM,
DISCRIMINATION AND HOMOPHOBIA
AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
ASSAULT SURFACED IN JUNE.
SHE'S THE MUSEUM'S BOARD CHAIR
AND HAS TAKEN OVER AS ACTING
C.E.O.
>> WE HAVE TO APOLOGISE
UNRESERVEDLY.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT.
WE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE HAVE NOT
BEEN A WORKPLACE THAT HOLDS UP
TO THE IDEAS OF THE CANADIAN
MUSEUM OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
>> Reporter: THE ALLEGATIONS
CAME TO LIGHT AFTER THIS RALLY
IN SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES
STARTED A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE CAME FORWARD.
>> IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S SOME
SHORTCOMINGS HERE.
>> Reporter: THE THEN C.E.O.
JOHN YOUNG FIRST APOLOGISED AND
THEN RESIGNED.
THE MUSEUM LAUNCHED AN EXTERNAL
REVIEW.
THE REPORT IS SCATHING.
RACISM WITHIN THE CANADIAN
MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IS
PERVASIVE AND SYSTEMIC.
BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOUR HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY
IMPACTED, PHYSICALLY,
EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY, BY
THEIR EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE
INSTITUTION.
44 RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE
CHANGES TO RECRUITING AND HIRING
PRACTISES, CONTENT, AND
INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.
>> THIS HAS GOT TO BE ACTION
FORWARD.
>> Reporter: RAFFERTY SAYS
THAT THE BOARD WILL IMPLEMENT
FIVE IMMEDIATELY.
IT HAS ALSO COMMITTED AT LEAST
$250,000 FOR TRAINING IN
ANTI-RACISM AND SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
THESE FORMER EMPLOYEES AREN'T
CONVINCED.
THEY STARTED THAT SOCIAL MEDIA
CAMPAIGN.
>> HEARING THINGS AND SEEING
THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT AND
THAT TRUST IS NOT GOING TO COME
BACK ON MY END UNTIL I SEE A
DIFFERENCE IN BEHAVIOUR.
THE LEAST THAT THE MUSEUM COULD
DO IS TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH
THOSE 44 RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> Reporter: THAT WOULD DEPEND
ON WHO THE NEXT C.E.O. WILL BE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
SEARCHING FOR THAT PERSON RIGHT
NOW.
KAREN PAULS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG.
>> Adrienne: AND AN ONTARIO
FAMILY IS SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT
AFTER LEARNING THAT NO ONE WILL
BE CHARGED WITH THEIR LOVED
ONE'S DEATH.
>> IT'S DISGRACEFUL.
THAT BROKE EVERYBODY IN MY
FAMILY.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," HE WAS BEATEN TO
DEATH AFTER 11 DAYS IN JAIL.
BUT THE GUARDS WON'T FACE
CHARGES.
>>> A MOMENT OF PURE JOY
SHATTERED IN AN INSTANT.
THE BEIRUT BRIDE NOW WATCHED
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENED.
AM I GOING TO DIE?
>> Adrienne: AND CAN DAYTIME
TELEVISION'S QUEEN OF NICE
SURVIVE ALLEGATIONS OF A TOXIC
WORK ENVIRONMENT?
>> I THINK THAT HER BRAND IS IN
DANGER.
>> Adrienne: WE'RE BACK IN
TWO.
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>> Adrienne: IT'S BEEN WELL
OVER THREE YEARS SINCE THE
BRUISED BODY OF AN ONTARIO MAN
WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF HIS
JAIL CELL.
CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT NO
CHARGES WILL BE LAID IN THE
MATTER AFTER A SECOND
INVESTIGATION.
THE FAMILY OF SOLEIMANI FAQIRI
WAS CRUSHED BY THE NEWS AND GAVE
THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TO
FARRAH MERALI.
>> Reporter: BELOW THE RIGHT
LAPEL OF YUSUT FAQIRI'S SHIRT,
A SMALL REMINDER OF HIS OLDER
BROTHER.
>> WHEN I SPEAK OF HIM I FEEL
MOTIVATION.
>> Reporter: SOLEIMANI FAQIRI
WAS 30 WHEN HE DIED.
HE WAS HELD IN SEGREGATION IN
THIS JAIL BLOCK.
HE WAS TREATED FOR
SCHIZOPHRENIA.
HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED
WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER A
DISPUTE WITH A NEIGHBOUR.
11 DAYS LATER HE WAS FOUND DEAD
ON THE FLOOR OF HIS CELL AFTER
AN ALTERCATION WITH SEVERAL
GUARD JAILS.
>> THEY BEAT HIM TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: AN INVESTIGATION
BY "THE FIFTH ESTATE" SHED LIGHT
ON FAQIRI'S FINAL MOMENTS.
INCLUDING AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
FROM A FORMER INMATE.
THE CORONER'S REPORT INTO
FAQIRI'S DEATH FOUND 50 SIGNS OF
BLUNT IMPACT TRAUMA BUT IT RULED
THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH
"UNASCERTAINED."
>> HE WAS ULTIMATELY
DEFENSELESS.
HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET WERE
TIED.
THERE WAS NO HELP.
>> Reporter: AFTER ALL OF THIS
TIME AND NOW TWO POLICE
INVESTIGATIONS, THE FAMILY HAD
HOPED FOR JUSTICE IN THE FORM OF
CRIMINAL CHARGES.
LAST WEEK THEY LEARNED THAT THEY
WOULDN'T GET THAT.
THE O.P.P. TOLD THEM THIS --
>> THEY ARE NOT CHARGING BECAUSE
THEY DON'T KNOW WHO HIT THE
FINAL BLOW.
THAT'S DISGRACEFUL.
>> THAT BROKE EVERYBODY IN MY
FAMILY.
>> Reporter: THE O.P.P.
CONFIRMED TO CBC NEWS THAT NONE
OF THE SIX OR MORE GUARDS WHO
RESTRAINED FAQIRI WILL BE
CHARGED.
>> THEY SAY THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY
WHO PUT THE KNEE ON THE NECK AND
WHO PUT THE SPIT ON THE FACE.
THEY CAN'T CHARGE ANYONE.
SO THE MESSAGE TO O.P.P. TO THE
WORLD HERE IS THAT IF YOU'RE
GOING TO MURDER SOMEONE, DO IT
TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THIS CRIMINAL
DEFENCE LAWYER SAYS THAT CHARGES
ARE ROUTINELY LAID IN GROUP
ASSAULTS.
>> THEY ALL WIND UP BEING
PARTIES TO THE OFFENCE -- AIDING
AND ENCOURAGING THE OFFENSE.
AND SUBJECT, THEREFORE, TO
EXACTLY THE SAME PENALTY, EACH
ONE, EVEN IF THEY NEVER STRUCK
THE BLOW.
THIS IS PRETTY ELEMENTARY.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO
CBC NEWS, THE O.P.P. SAID,
"VARIOUS POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS
EXIST FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE
INJURIES OBSERVED
AT POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION.
FOLLOWING A THOROUGH REVIEW OF
THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THIS
MATTER, CHARGES WILL NOT BE
LAID."
>> I WILL NEVER, EVER AGAIN BE
ABLE TO HEAR HIS VOICE, EVER BE
ABLE TO GIVE ME A HUG.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY'S NEXT
HOPE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY -- A
CORONER'S INQUEST INTO
SOLEIMANI'S DEATH.
BUT NO MATTER THE FINDINGS,
POLICE AREN'T OBLIGATED TO
PURSUE ANOTHER INVESTIGATION OR
CHARGES.
FARRAH MERALI, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
ARE UNDERWAY IN THE UNITED
STATES AFTER TROPICAL STORM
ISAIAS BATTLED THE EAST COAST,
LEAVING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE
DEAD.
ITS FIERCE WINDS TOPPLED TREES
AND DOWNED POWERLINES, LEAVING
MILLIONS IN THE DARK.
WITH SOME NOT EXPECTING POWER
AGAIN UNTIL THE WEEKEND.
THE STORM, WHICH IS NOW A
POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE, IS NOW
BRINGING HEAVY RAINS TO PARTS OF
QUÉBEC AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
>>> IN NORTHWEST CHINA, ROADS
COLLAPSED AND A PIPELINE
EXPLODED AFTER HEAVY RAINS.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE FORCED
OUT OF THEIR HOMES BUT NO DEATHS
WERE REPORTED.
THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY
IS DEALING WITH A POWERFUL
TYPHOON.
HEAVY RAINS CAUSED RIVERS TO
SWELL, HUNDREDS WERE STRANDED.
>> A BOMB 1500 FEET ABOVE THE
TARGET, LEAVING NO CRATER.
>> Adrienne: 75 YEARS OKAY
TODAY AN ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED
ON HIROSHIMA.
A MEMORIAL WAS
HELD IN THE JAPANESE TOWN TO
MARK THE SOMBRE ANNIVERSARY,
MORE THAN 140,000 CIVILIANS WERE
KILLED IN THE BOMBING.
ALMOST HALF OF THE CITY'S
POPULATION, MANY DYING
INSTANTLY.
OTHERS MONTHS OR YEARS LATER
BECAUSE OF THE RADIATION.
NAGASAKI WAS HIT THREE DAYS
LATER.
MORE THAN 75,000 PEOPLE WERE
KILLED THERE.
>>> AND A LITTLE LATER IN THE
SHOW WE'LL RETURN TO THE
EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT.
>>> THE BRIDAL PHOTO SHOOT NOW
WATCHED
AROUND THE WORLD.
THE BRIDE IS SAFE.
WE'LL HEAR FROM HER COMING UP.
>>> BUT, FIRST, AS CANADA BUYS
MILLIONS OF DOSES OF A POTENTIAL
VACCINE, WE ASKED WHAT COULD
HAPPEN NEXT AND WILL LIFE EVER
RETURN TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC?
THE DOCTORS ARE IN RIGHT AFTER
THE BREAK.
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>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
ALL RIGHT, THE IDEA OF WHAT WE
USED TO THINK OF AS A NORMAL
LIFE SEEMS OUT OF REACH IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, EVEN WITH
A VACCINE, DR. THERESA TAM HAS
WARNED THAT IT COULD TAKE YEARS
BEFORE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND
ALL OF THOSE MASK RULES CAN BE
RELAXED.
BUT TODAY A LITTLE HINT OF HOPE.
OTTAWA ANNOUNCED IT HAS SECURED
ACCESS TO MILLIONS OF DOSES OF
EXPERIMENTAL COVID-19 VACCINE.
SO WHERE DOES THIS PUT US IN THE
RACE TO FIND A VACCINE AND HOW
FAR ARE WE FROM RETURNING TO
LIFE AS WE ONCE KNEW IT?
JOINING ME NOW IS EPIDEMIOLOGIST
DR. RAYWAT DEONANDAN AND
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST,
DR. ISSAC BOGOCH.
SO DR. BOG BOG, LET ME START
WITH YOU.
PFIZER AND
MODERNA ARE STARTING PHASE THREE
CLINICAL TRIALS OF THEIR
VACCINES.
SO HOW SIGNIFICANT IS TODAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT?
>> I THINK THAT IT'S VERY
SIGNIFICANT.
THIS CERTAINLY IS A BIG STEP
FORWARD FOR CANADA.
WE KNOW THAT THESE VACCINES
HAVEN'T COMPLETED THEIR PHASE
THREE CLINICAL STUDIES, BUT IF
THESE VACCINES ARE SUCCESSFUL,
AND THEY SEEM TO WORK AND THEY
SEEM TO BE SAFE, THEN CANADA
WILL HAVE ESSENTIALLY DIBS TO
GET ACCESS TO THESE VACCINES.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE
ESSENTIALLY A GLOBAL SCRAMBLE TO
GET ACCESS TO THESE VACCINES
AND, LUCKILY, CANADA IS REALLY
AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
SO WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THEM IF
THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE'LL BE
ABLE TO ROLL THEM OUT IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, SO
DR. DEONANDAN WHAT THEN HAS TO
HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR A VACCINE
TO BE APPROVED AND THEN TO BE
MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE PHASE
THREE CLINICAL TRIAL DATA HAS TO
BE COMPELLING.
AS MY COLLEAGUE SAYS, YOU CAN'T
TURN PEOPLE INTO LOSERS, RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE TO BE SAFE.
AND THEN THE DATA HAS TO SUGGEST
THAT
IT DOES OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST
INFECTION.
IF HEALTH CANADA DEEMS THAT THE
DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE BENEFITS
OUTWEIGH THE RISKS, THEN
WE MOVE INTO DISTRIBUTION.
WE HAVE A VACCINE TASK FORCE IN
CANADA, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THEIR
ROLE IS AROUND THIS, BUT I
ASSUME THAT THEY'LL BE PART AND
PARCEL IN DECIDING UPON WHICH
VACCINE CANDIDATE TO ADOPT.
THE MANUFACTURING AND
DISTRIBUTION ISSUES THEN AND
-- WILL COME INTO PLAY.
CAN WE GET ENOUGH DOSES AND CAN
WE DISTRIBUTE THEM TO SCALE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Adrienne: OKAY,
DISTRIBUTION IS INTERESTING.
SO I GUESS THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE
H1N1 VACCINE, IT WAS DECIDED
THAT PRIORITY WOULD BE GIVEN TO
VARIOUS GROUPS OF PEOPLE,
PREGNANT WOMEN AND FRONTLINE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
WHAT MIGHT THE PRIORITY LIST
LOOK LIKE WHEN WE HAVE A COVID
VACCINE READY, DR. BOGOCH?
>> WELL, WE HAVE A NATIONAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
IMMUNIZATION AND THEN AGAIN WE
HAVE A VACCINE TASK FORCE AS
WELL.
AND I SUSPECT THAT IT'S GOING TO
LOOK FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, ONE,
AT GREATEST RISK FOR HAVING A
SEVERE OUTCOME FROM THIS
INFECTION.
AND, TWO, THE PEOPLE OF GREATEST
RISK OF GETTING THIS INFECTION
AS WELL.
SO IT WILL LIKELY BE FOR THOSE
IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES,
THOSE IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS,
FOR EXAMPLE AND HOMELESS
SHELTERS.
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 60.
FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
AND THOSE ARE LIKELY THE
POPULATIONS TO HAVE THE ACCESS
TO THE VACCINES FIRST.
THIN ARE THEN WE'LL LIKELY SEE
GENERAL ROLLOUT
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
AFTERWARDS.
>> Adrienne: IT'S NOT GOING TO
BE QUICK THOUGH.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE I GUESS,
DR. DEONANDAN, FOR THE HEALTH
OFFICIALS IS, CAN THEY
CONVINCE CANADIANS TO ACTUALLY
TO GET IT?
>> THIS IS THE TRILLION DOLLAR
QUESTION.
SO WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN,
EVERYONE WAS PRAYING FOR THE
SALVATION OF A VACCINE.
WHO KNEW THAT WHEN ONE IS AROUND
THE CORNER, THE BIG QUESTION IS
WOULD WE ACCEPT THE SALVATION OF
A VACCINE?
HAVE WE CONVINCED PEOPLE TO
ACCEPT IT?
I WILL BE GETTING IT IF IT'S
OFFERED TO ME, I HAVE FAITH IN
THE PROCESS.
BUT THE WAY THAT WE CONVINCE
PEOPLE IS BY ROLLING OUT OUR
MESSAGING CAMPAIGNS.
AND TRANSPARENCY IS KEY.
WE HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT
THE SAFETY PROFILE AND THE
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS AND SO
FORTH.
SO PROVING THAT IT'S SAFE IS
PARE MOUNT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO START
THAT PROCESS NOW BY EDUCATING
THE PUBLIC BY THE PROCESS BY
WHICH THE VACCINES ARE
MANUFACTURED AND THE SCIENCE
UNDERLYING THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
>> Adrienne: AND REASSURING
PEOPLE THAT ALL OF THE SAFETY
PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> Adrienne: DO YOU THINK --
EITHER OF YOU -- THAT IT'S
POSSIBLE FOR US TO RETURN TO
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT PREPANDEMIC,
DR. BOGOCH?
>> YEAH, I DO.
I REALLY DO.
I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A
GRADUAL PROCESS AS THE VACCINE
IS ROLLED OUT THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
BUT I THINK THAT AS THAT
HAPPENS, IT WILL LIKELY SLIDE
ALONG THAT SCALE TOWARDS
NORMALCY.
AND THEN I THINK THAT
AS WE WATCH THE VACCINE ROLL OUT
ON A MORE GLOBAL SCALE, WE'LL
SEE THE SLOW RETURN TO LIFE AS
WE REMEMBER PRE-COVID-19.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, LAST WORD
TO YOU DR. DEONANDAN.
>> YEAH, I AGREE.
IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE A YEAR OR
TWO.
AND I
ANTICIPATE THAT IN THAT YEAR OR
TWO WE'LL GET THE COVID VACCINE
AS PART OF THE FLU VACCINE.
IT WILL BE PART OF OUR REGULAR
PROCESS.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SOCIALIZE AND
LIFE WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL.
SO NOBODY PANIC.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, ALWAYS A
GOOD MESSAGE.
BOTH OF YOU, DOCTORS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANYTIME.
>> Adrienne: THERE ARE NOW
MORE THAN 9,000 COVID-19 RELATED
DEATHS IN CANADA.
WE'VE WITHIN TAKING YOU THROUGH
THE STORIES BEHIND THE NUMBERS
IN A SPECIAL PROJECT CALLED
"LIVES REMEMBERED."
TONIGHT WALTER DONNOVAN
REMEMBERS HIS PARTNER OF 53
YEARS, LEE HILL.
(*)
>> MY NAME IS WALTER DONNOVAN
AND MY PARTNER'S NAME WAS LEE
HILL.
WE WERE TOGETHER FOR 53 YEARS.
I LOST HIM TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS
ON APRIL 13th.
HE WAS 83.
WE MET IN FRANCE WHEN WE WERE
TEACHERS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NATIONAL DEFENCE.
WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED THERE, I
WANTED TO GO TO AMSTERDAM AND SO
I ASKED SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IS
ANYBODY DRIVING TO AMSTERDAM.
AND THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT,
BUT WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO
SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING.
I WAS INTRODUCED TO LEE AND HE
SAID THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
ME AS COMPANY.
AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
FOR ME, IT WAS THE UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE THAT HE HAD FOR ME.
I WAS OVERWHELMED BY HIS LOVE.
THE FIRST THING IN OUR
RELATIONSHIP WAS THE TWO OF US.
NOT OUR INTERESTS, AND NOT OUR
DESIRES.
WE HAD NO SECRETS.
WE WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
WE WERE BEST FRIENDS.
LEE WAS THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN.
HE WAS KIND, HE WAS GENTLE.
HE NEVER HAD A FIGHT.
HE NEVER LOST HIS TEMPER.
HE WAS RELIABLE, DEPENDABLE.
HE WAS COMMITTED TO HIS FAMILY,
HIS FRIENDS.
THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS THAT
LEE AND I DID TOGETHER.
ONE THING WAS THAT WE WANTED TO
TRAVEL THE WORLD.
AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE
DIDN'T GET TO WAS THE ARCTIC.
WE ACTUALLY CRUISED THE WORLD
AND CROSSED ALL OF THE OCEANS,
ALL THE BAYS, AND ALL OF THE
SEAS AND THEN WE DID ALL OF THE
CONTINENTS.
I LOVED HIM SO MUCH AND WHAT I
MISS SO MUCH IS TELLING HIM THAT
I LOVE HIM NOW.
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>> Adrienne: WE'VE GATHERED
MORE STORIES OF PEOPLE LOST TO
COVID-19 ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU CAN FIND THEM AT
CBC.CA/REMEMBERED.
>>> TIME FOR A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK --
>>> ANOTHER FORMER ELLEN SHOW
EMPLOYEE SPEAKS OUT.
>> WHEN I SAY BE KIND TO ONE
ANOTHER, I REALLY MEAN IT.
>> Adrienne: CAN A BRAND BUILT
ON BEING NICE SURVIVE
ALLEGATIONS OF WORKPLACE
HARASSMENT?
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
FOR DECADES ELLEN DEGENERES HAS
BUILT HER BRAND ON FUN, ON
KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY.
BUT A GROWING NUMBER OF FORMER
STAFFERS SAY THAT THE QUEEN OF
KIND RULED OVER A DOMAIN
THAT COULD BE MONSTERROUS, WITH
ALLEGATIONS OF A TOXIC WORK
ENVIRONMENT AND NOW WORSE --
THREATENING THAT BRAND.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON LOOKS AT
THE DAMAGE.
>> HE'S LIKE MY BROTHER FROM
ANOTHER MOTHER.
>> Reporter: ON THE TALK SHOW
"ELLEN" THEY TRADED
BANTER AND JOKES EVERY DAY, BUT
BEHIND THE SCENES, ANTONIO SAID
THAT HE DID EXPERIENCE AND FEEL
THE TOXICITY OF
THE ENVIRONMENT.
ELLEN DEJEN RUS' STAFF ALLEGES
THAT THE SHOW BUILT ON ITS
HOST'S "BE KIND" MOTTO WAS
ANYTHING BUT.
>> I MEAN BE KIND TO EVERYONE.
>> Reporter: CHRIS BROKE A
STORY OF DOZENS OF FORMER AND
SOME CURRENT STAFFERS OF ELLEN
DEGENERES WHO SAID THEY
EXPERIENCED A TOXIC WORK
ENVIRONMENT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
ONE STAFFER SAID THAT SHE WAS
SUBJECTED TO RACIST COMMENTS.
>> A HEAD WRITER SAID TO HER, I
DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME AND I ONLY
KNOW THE NAME OF THE WHITE
EMPLOYEES WHO WORK HERE.
AND CAME UP AGAINST A LOT OF
BARRIERS SHE SAID.
AND I SPOKE TO FORMER EMPLOYEES
WHO SAID THEY WERE FIRED AFTER
ASKING FOR BEREAVEMENT DAYS TO
ATTEND FAMILY FUNERALS.
>> Reporter: WHILE SOME
STAFFERS SAID THAT DEGENERES
HERSELF COULD BE COLD AND
BERATING, THE WORST OF THE
ALLEGATIONS WERE AGAINST
DEGENERES' EXECUTIVE TEAM, NOT
THE COMEDIENNE HERSELF.
>> A LOT OF FORMER EMPLOYEES SAY
THEY FIND IT VERY HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT ELLEN WAS
COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE
ONGOINGS ON THE SHOW.
>> ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I VEAD
KINDNESS IS
WITH MY BE KIND BOXES.
>> Reporter: IT COULD DAMAGE A
STAR, BUT ESPECIALLY ONE WHO
BUILT HER EMPIRE ON NICENESS.
>> I THINK HER BRAND IS IN
DANGER, BUT I THINK THAT SHE CAN
STILL TURN IT AROUND.
BUT SHE WILL NEED TO TRULY
DEMONSTRATE HOW SHE IS TURNING
IT AROUND.
>> Reporter: SOME CELEBRITIES
LIKE KATY PERRY AND KEVIN HART
HAVE COME TO DEGENERES' DEFENCE
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT THIS CANADIAN P.R.
STRATEGIST SAYS THAT GETTING ALL
THE BIG NAMES BACK ON HER SHOW
MIGHT BE TOUGHER NOW.
>> I WONDER AS A CELEBRITY
PUBLICIST, WOULD I BOOK MY
TALENT ON HER SHOW.
>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE SHOW
FROM MY HOUSE SINCE MARCH.
>> Reporter: ELLEN'S SHOW
RATINGS FELL IN THE LAST FEW
WEEKS.
WARNER BROTHERS IS CONDUCTING AN
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, BUT THE
NETWORK HAS NOT INDICATED ITS
DESIRE TO END THE SHOW.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT, A SMALL
TOWN IN NOVA SCOTIA GRAPPLING
WITH A VERY BIG PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: HOW HIGH WOULD
THE WATER COME?
>> THE WATER WOULD COME ALL THE
WAY UP TO WHERE WE WOULD MAKE
COFFEE.
>> Adrienne: SEA LEVELS ARE
RISING AND SO LIVERPOOL IS
SINKING.
A GROWING DILEMMA FOR COA
>> I'M JOSH BLOCH.
TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER" WE GO TO
BEIRUT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
FALLOUT OF TUESDAY'S DEVASTATING
EXPLOSION IN THE LEBANESE PORT.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS
A FEARFUL REALITY FOR LIVERPOOL,
NOVA SCOTIA.
TONIGHT WE'RE REVISITING THE
STORY OF A COASTAL COMMUNITY,
DESPERATE TO WARD OFF
FLOODWATERS THAT COME WITH
GROWING FREQUENCY AND FORCE.
AS TOM MURPHY SHOWS US, IT FEELS
A LOT LIKE LIVERPOOL IS SINKING.
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>> Reporter: OKAY, LIVERPOOL
HAS A PROBLEM, A BIG ONE.
THE OCEAN.
INCREASINGLY IT IS CONSUMING
PARTS OF THIS COASTAL TOWN.
BLAME RISING SEA LEVELS AND
STRONGER STORMS.
IT ALL MEANS WATER STREET IS,
WELL, UNDER WATER.
THE TOURISM BUREAU BECOMES AN
ISLAND.
WELCOME TO LIVERPOOL.
THE BANK SOMETIMES HAS ITS OWN
RIVER BANK.
AND AT THE MEMORIES CAFÉ THEY
HAVE BAD DREAMS EVERY TIME
THERE'S A STORM IN THE FORECAST.
HOW HIGH WILL THE WATER COME?
>> THE WATER WILL COME ALL THE
WAY UP TO WHERE WE MAKE COFFEE.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU
FEELING WHEN YOU SEE THAT?
>> PANIC.
>> Reporter: HERE'S THE
THING -- YOU THINK THAT IT'S BAD
NOW?
CONSIDER THE RECENT FINDINGS OF
SOME
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THEY SAY THAT SEA LEVELS COULD
RISE BY TWO METRES BY THE END OF
THE YEAR 2100.
AND BY SIX METRES BEFORE THINGS
BEGIN TO STABILIZE.
AT THE VERY LEAST IT GETS YOU
THINKING, DOESN'T IT?
AND THAT'S WHAT LIVERPOOL IS
DOING A LOT OF THESE DAYS.
>> THE SEAWALL AND, OF COURSE,
ONCE THAT BREACHES --
>> Reporter: DAVID BAGLEY IS
THE LOCAL MAYOR.
YOU'VE GOT A REAL PROBLEM ON
YOUR
HANDS, DON'T YOU?
>> WELL, MANY LOCATIONS IN NOVA
SCOTIA HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
WE'RE DEALING WITH IT TO THE
BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND WE'RE
HOPING TO DO IT RIGHT.
>> Reporter: NOW THIS TOWN
MEDDLED WITH NATURE BEFORE AND
IT ACTUALLY MADE THINGS WORSE.
UP THE STREET ON HIGHER GROUND
AT THE TOWN'S MUSEUM THERE'S
EVIDENCE OF THAT.
>> WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW
YOU SOMETHING.
THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE
LATE 1800s SHOWING WHAT THE
WATERFRONT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
>> Reporter: BUT THOSE PIERS
AREN'T THERE ANYMORE.
THEY INFILLED THEM?
>> THEY INFILLED THEM ABOUT THE
EARLY 1950s.
>> Reporter: IT SEEMED LIKE A
GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME?
>> IT CERTAINLY CREATED A LOT OF 
LAND BUT IT ALSO CREATED A LOT
OF PROBLEMS.
>> Reporter: LIKE THE PROBLEM
OF HOW TO HANDLE ALL OF THAT
BULGING WATER THAT NOW HAS LESS
OF A PLACE TO GO.
SO HOW DOES LIVERPOOL FIX THAT?
>> OKAY, SO PUT THAT ON AND --
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHERE
VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY COMES
IN.
>> WATER LEVELS ARE INCREASING,
AND OOP, THERE'S THE BANK,
THERE'S THE CAFÉ UNDERWATER.
>> Reporter: IF NOTHING ELSE,
IT'S SCARING PEOPLE INTO ACTION.
>> THERE YOU'RE AT PROBABLY A
THREE METRE WATER LEVEL.
>> Reporter: TIM WEBSTER HEADS
THE GEOMATICS TEAM AT THE
COLLEGE.
>> MANY PEOPLE ARE STARTLED AND,
OF COURSE, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
WHERE IS MY HOUSE, AM I
VULNERABLE.
YOU KNOW, HOW BAD CAN IT GET?
>> Reporter: AND THERE'S A
DOUBLE WHAMMY HERE, SOMETHING
CALLED SUBSIDENCE, DATING BACK
TO THE ICE AGE.
>> ONCE THAT ICE MELTED, SEA
LEVELS ROSE, OF COURSE, BUT
ACTUALLY WE WERE -- WE'RE STILL
SUBSIDING.
AND, FOR EXAMPLE, HALIFAX WHEN
WE COMPARE IT TO THE CENTRE OF
THE CONTINENT, WE'RE SUBSIDING
AT ABOUT 16 CENTIMETRES A
CENTURY.
SO WE HAVE RELATIVE SEA LEVEL
THAT'S ACTUALLY RAISING --
RISING HIGHER THAN THE GLOBAL
NUMBERS.
>> Reporter: SO LIVERPOOL IS
SINKING?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
NOT JUST LIVERPOOL BUT
ESSENTIALLY ALL OF NOVA SCOTIA.
>> Reporter: BACK ON THE
LIVERPOOL WATERFRONT, THE
COMMUNITY HIRED CONSULTANTS.
BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM -- THE
TOWN CAN'T AFFORD TO FOLLOW ALL
OF THEIR ADVICE.
>> THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM
BUILDING A PROPER SEAWALL,
RAZING THE PARKING LOT,
DEMOLISHING BUILDINGS AND
RELOCATING.
>> Reporter: IT IS THE GROWING
DILEMMA FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES,
BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO SEA
LEVEL RISE, THINGS ARE GOING TO
GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET
BETTER.
TOM MURPHY, CBC NEWS, LIVERPOOL,
NOVA SCOTIA.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," A MOMENT OF
RESILIENCE.
>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENED, AM I GOING TO DIE?
>> Adrienne: A BRIDE SHAKEN BY
THE BLAST ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN THE BEST DAY OF HER LIFE
NEXT.
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[PLAYING AULD LANG SYNE"
>> Adrienne: A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF THAT HAUNTING SCENE FROM THE
CENTRE OF THE BLAST.
78-YEAR-OLD MAY NELKI PLAYING
PIANO AMIDST THE RUBBLE OF HER
BEIRUT HOME.
AND THAT SONG -- DO YOU
RECOGNIZE IT?
IT'S "AULD LANG SYNE," MOURNFUL
NOTES IN THE MIDDLE OF MAYHEM.
A LITTLE CALM WHEN IT'S NEEDED
MOST.
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THERE ARE OTHER SCENES OF
RESILIENCE IN BEIRUT, INCLUDING
A BRIDE WHOSE WEDDING VIDEO
CAUGHT THE VERY MOMENT OF THE
BLAST.
THE FORCE SENT HER RUNNING FOR
COVER.
HER THOUGHTS TODAY ARE TONIGHT'S
"MOMENT."
THE VIDEO OF ISRAA SEBLANI'S
WEDDING DAY WENT VIRAL.
THIS MOMENT, THE STUNNING
CONTRAST OF CALM AND ELEGANCE
AND THEN OVERWHELMING CHAOS.
[BOMB SOUNDS]
>> Adrienne: YOU CAN SEE
SEBLANI IN HER WHITE GOWN BEING
RUSHED FROM THE SCENE AND ALL OF
THAT CARNAGE.
SHE IS OKAY PHYSICALLY AND HER
NEW HUSBAND IS TOO.
>> I WAS SHOCKED.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED.
AM I GOING TO DIE?
HOW I'M GOING TO DIE.
>> Adrienne: TODAY SHE SAYS
THAT SHE FELT THE NEED TO RETURN
TO THE PLACE, ONE OF HER VERY
BEST MOMENTS TURNED INTO ONE OF
HER WORST.
THAT ONCE SERENE SQUARE NOW
LITTERED WITH BROKEN GLASS AND
RUBBLE.
EVERY MOMENT THERE HER MIND ON
THE FATE OF THE PEOPLE OF
BEIRUT.
>> I FEEL SO SAD ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE.
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO LEBANON.
WHEN I WOKE UP AND I SAW THE
DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED TO BEIRUT,
I REALLY -- THE ONE THING THAT I 
SAID IS I'M HUMBLE THAT WE ARE
STILL ALIVE.
>> Adrienne: SO MANY ARE
RELIEVED THAT SHE IS OKAY, AS IS
THE PHOTOGRAPHER, MOHAMMED.
HE SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WENT
TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE IS ALL RIGHT AND THEN
HE GOT THE BRIDE AND GROOM A
LITTLE CAKE SO THAT NIGHT THEY
COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF JOY.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
AUGUST 5th.
GOOD NIGHT.
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