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>> Ian: AMATEUR VIDEO CAPTURES
TWO SNOWBIRD JETS TAKING OFF IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA TODAY.
A MISSION MEANT TO INSPIRE
CANADIANS ISOLATED AT HOME TAKES
A SICKENING TURN.
ONE JET SUDDENLY NOSEDIVING.
>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M IAN
HANOMANSING.
>>> TONIGHT A CANADIAN FORCES
SNOWBIRD IS KILLED AFTER A JET
CRASHES TO THE GROUND.
>> SO THIS ACCIDENT TODAY REALLY
SHAKES US TO OUR CORE.
>> Ian: THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS
WITNESSED.
THE QUESTIONS FOR INVESTIGATORS.
>>> CANADA'S FIRST CLINICAL
TRIAL FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE
GETS THE GREEN LIGHT.
>> THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE'RE
GOING TO
GET OUT OF THIS.
>> Ian: TRAVELLERS GROUNDED BY
THE PANDEMIC SAY THAT
THEIR INSURANCE IS USELESS.
>> I DESERVE TO GET MY MONEY
BACK.
>> Ian: CBC NEWS INVESTIGATES.
>>> AND THE NEW FACE OF THE
AMERICAN POLITICAL DIVIDE.
>> WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY OF
FREEDOM.
>> Ian: THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE
MASK.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> THE CANADIAN FORCES
SNOWBIRDS HAVE BEEN TOURING THE
COUNTRY TO RAISE SPIRITS DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
BUT TONIGHT THE SNOWBIRDS ARE
MOURNING THE DEATH OF A TEAM
MEMBER, KILLED WHEN ONE OF THEIR
JETS CRASHED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY.
CAPTAIN JENN CASEY WAS A PUBLIC
AFFAIRS OFFICER WITH THE
SNOWBIRDS.
ORIGINALLY FROM HALIFAX, NOVA
SCOTIA, A PROVINCE TOUCHED YET
AGAIN BY TRAGEDY.
TINA LOVGREEN BEGINS OUR
COVERAGE FROM KAMLOOPS TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: ALL EYES WERE
FIXATED ON THE SKY AS THE
SNOWBIRDS TOOK OFF THIS MORNING.
BUT THEN THE UNEXPECTED.
>> THERE WAS A CRASH.
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE
BARREL ROLL WAS MAYBE A TRICK
THAT THE PILOT WAS DOING.
BUT SEEING THE
PILOT EJECT AND THE PLANE TAKE A
NOSEDIVE, OBVIOUSLY, IT WASN'T A
TRICK.
>> Reporter: WITNESSES TOOK
THESE VIDEOS SHOWING TWO PUFFS
OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE
PLANE.
THEN THE JET CAME DOWN IN THE
FRONT YARD OF A HOUSE.
HALIFAX-BORN CAPTAIN JENN CASEY
WAS ON BOARD AND DIED IN THE
CRASH.
SHE JOINED THE ARMED FORCES IN
2014, AND THE SNOWBIRDS FOUR
YEARS LATER.
A FORMER JOURNALIST, SHE WORKED
HER WAY UP TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICER WITH THE SNOWBIRDS.
THE OTHER PILOT LANDED ON THE
ROOF AND SURVIVED.
>> AMAZINGLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW
HE SURVIVED THAT.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT HIS
PARACHUTE OPENED.
>> Reporter: BLOCKS AWAY DAYNA
HINGS AND HER DAUGHTER JUMPED
INTO THEIR TRUCK AND THEY WERE
ONE OF THE FIRST ON SCENE.
>> THERE WERE ALREADY TWO PEOPLE
THERE.
AND ONE WAS DOING CHEST
COMPRESSIONS.
>> Reporter: THE DEBRIS
STRETCHED OVER THREE DIFFERENT
HOMES.
>> IT WAS RATHER FLABBERGASTING
TO HEAR THE BOOM GO OFF AND COME
RUNNING OUTSIDE AND TO SEE SMOKE
BILLOWING OUT FROM HIS HOUSE AND
SO ON.
>> Reporter: DOZENS OF FIRST
RESPONDERS REACTED QUICKLY, AND
THE CITY
WAS QUICK TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.
>> THIS INCIDENT TODAY REALLY
SHAKES US TO OUR CORE BUT WE
WILL RESPOND IN EVERY WAY THAT
WE CAN.
>> Reporter: IN AN INSTAGRAM
STORY POSTED ON SATURDAY, A
SNOWBIRDS PILOT SAID THAT THE
TEAM WAS DEALING WITH SOME
ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS.
THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE WEATHER
WASN'T SUITABLE WITH SOME LOW
CLOUD COVER MAKING IT UNSAFE TO
FLY THROUGH.
WHAT CAUSED THIS CRASH IS STILL
UNKNOWN AND TO BE INVESTIGATED.
>> Ian: TINA IS JOINING US FROM
KAMLOOPS.
YOU HAVE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE
CONDITION OF THE OTHER SNOWBIRD?
>> Reporter: WE HAVE, IAN.
AND THE PRIME MINISTER OFFERED
HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES
AS WELL AS TO THE ENTIRE
CANADIAN FORCES SNOWBIRDS TEAM.
ADDING THAT FOR THE PAST TWO
WEEKS THEY'VE BEEN FLYING OVER
CANADA, UPLIFTING THE NATION'S
SPIRIT DURING THIS DIFFICULT
TIME.
AND THE OTHER MEMBER WHO WAS ON
BOARD WHO SURVIVED, WE KNOW THAT
HIS INJURIES ARE SERIOUS BUT NOT 
LIFE-THREATENING.
AND HE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
CAPTAIN RICHARD
MacDOUGALL, A 34-YEAR-OLD FROM
NEW BRUNSWICK, AND WE HOPE TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS CONDITION
IN THE COMING DAYS.
IAN?
>> Ian: TINA LOVGREEN IN
KAMLOOPS.
>>> LET'S GO NOW TO ANITA BATHE
IN VANCOUVER.
AND ANITA, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING
TO SOME TO GET INSIGHT ON WHERE
THE INVESTIGATION COULD GO FROM
HERE?
>> Reporter: A TEAM SENT FROM
OTTAWA TO LOOK INTO WHAT
HAPPENED AND KEY TO THAT COULD
BE ANY
COMMUNICATION FROM THE
AIRCRAFT IN THOSE FINAL MOMENTS.
THAT COULD SHED LIGHT ON ANY
PROBLEMS THEY MAY HAVE HAD.
AND THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT
THERE IS ONE SURVIVOR.
WELL, THAT PILOT WILL BE KEY IN
THE INVESTIGATION AS WELL.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE
TWO PLANES ARE IN FORMATION
TOGETHER AND THEN THERE'S A
PROBLEM.
AND ONE PLANE ENDS UP DOING A
STEEP CLIMB TO A HIGHER
ALTITUDE.
>> WHAT YOU'RE TRAINED TO DO IS
THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, SAY,
WITH THE ENGINE OR ON THE POWER
ON TAKEOFF, THEY'RE INSTRUCTED
TO ZOOM.
THEY'RE TO
CLIMB UP TO AS MUCH ALTITUDE AS
YOU CAN.
YOU WANT TO CONVERT YOUR AIR
SPEED INTO ALTITUDE.
AND THEN EITHER SORT THE PROBLEM
OUT, OR IF YOU HAVE TO, TO
EJECT.
>> Ian: AND IN THE LONG HISTORY
OF THE SNOWBIRDS THERE'S BEEN
OTHER CRASHES?
>> Reporter: YES, IN FACT,
BEFORE THIS THERE HAVE BEEN
EIGHT OTHER DEATHS.
THE PLANES HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE
SINCE 1963.
OVER THE YEARS THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF TALK ABOUT REPLACING THE
JETS.
IN FACT, THEY WERE ONCE SUPPOSED
TO RETIRE THIS YEAR AND THEN A
DECISION TO MODERNIZE THEM AND
KEEP THEM GOING TO 2030.
UPGRADES DO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME
AND THERE IS A RIGOROUS
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
THIS FOOTAGE THAT YOU SEE HERE
WAS POSTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
IT APPEARS TO SHOW THOSE
CHECKS HAPPENING.
I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL EXPERTS
TODAY AND SOME SAY THAT AGE HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
OTHERS SAY THAT WILL DEFINITELY
BE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.
>> THERE ARE PLANES AROUND THAT
ARE OLDER, BUT TYPICALLY THOSE
KIND OF AIRPLANES AREN'T
SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF VERTICAL
FORCES.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE THING
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A
DIFFICULT THING TO MAINTAIN
AN AIRPLANE THAT IS OLDER AND
GETTING PARTS.
THE ENGINE ITSELF, FROM WHAT I
HEAR IT HAS A RELIABLE ENGINE.
>> Reporter: NOW I ACTUALLY
SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE VICTIM
IN THIS CRASH, JENN CASEY LAST
SUMMER AT THE ABBOTSFORD
AIRSHOW.
I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER HER
TELLING ME HOW GRATEFUL SHE WAS
TO HAVE THAT JOB AND HOW MUCH
SHE LOVED THE SNOW BIRDS AND
BEING PART OF THAT TEAM.
THIS REALLY IS A COUNTRY THAT
DOES LOVE THAT TEAM AS WELL AND
PEOPLE ACROSS CANADA WILL BE
MOURNING WITH CASEY'S LOVED ONES
TONIGHT.
IAN?
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, ANITA, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS
CRASH LATER IN THE PROGRAMME.
>> FIRST ON TO OTHER NEWS AND A
GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY AT AIR
CANADA AFTER AN ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM THE AIRLINE THIS WEEKEND.
LATE ON FRIDAY AIR CANADA
REVEALING IT EXPECTS TO LAY OFF
ABOUT 20,000 EMPLOYEES THANKS
MONTH,
FALLOUT FROM THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
ASHLEY BURKE NOW WITH HOW THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK THE NEWS
AND WHAT IT'S SAYING.
>> Reporter: FOR AIR CANADA
EMPLOYEES TODAY STILL SO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY.
AFTER THE COMPANY DROPPED A
BOMBSHELL ON FRIDAY HEADING INTO
THE LONG WEEKEND.
>> DEFINITELY HISTORIC FOR US,
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: IN A MEMO, AIR
CANADA TOLD EMPLOYEES THAT THEY
PLAN TO CUT MORE THAN HALF OF
ITS
WORKFORCE TO SURVIVE.
>> IT'S GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY
FOR 15, 20 YEARS.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT
SINGLE MOMS.
IT'S GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: AIR CANADA
GROUNDED THE BULK OF ITS FLEET
AND SAYS THAT IT'S LOSING
$22 MILLION A DAY.
THE AIRLINE SAYS THAT THE CUTS
ARE A WAY TO CONSERVE CASH AND
TO DEAL WITH THE HARSH REALITY
THAT EVEN WHEN THE LOCKDOWNS
LIFT, THE DEMAND WON'T BE THE
SAME.
>> I THINK THAT AIR CANADA IS
PLAYING HARDBALL WITH THE
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: SOURCES SAY THAT
THERE'S FRUSTRATION WITHIN THE
GOVERNMENT THAT AIR CANADA
DIDN'T WARN THEM THAT CUTS WERE
IMMINENT.
EVEN AFTER WEEKS OF TALKS AND
TWO
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS IN RECENT
DAYS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THAT WORKERS ACROSS
CANADA CAN KEEP THEIR JOBS.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST
OFFERING -- BIG LOANS TO BIG
BUSINESSES.
THE SECOND, EXTENDING THE WAGE
SUBSIDY PROGRAMME THAT AIR
CANADA IS USING TO PAY WORKERS
UNTIL THE END OF THE SUMMER.
BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH.
>> THE LINE IN THE SAND HAS BEEN
DRAWN BY AIR CANADA SAYING IF
YOU WANT US TO BASICALLY
MAINTAIN OUR STATURE, MAINTAIN
THE SERVICE LEVELS, MAINTAIN THE
AIRCRAFT AND MAINTAIN THE
SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD, WE'RE
GOING TO NEED BILLIONS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN
BUSINESS.
>> Reporter: YESTERDAY THE
PRIME MINISTER DIDN'T RULE OUT A
GOVERNMENT BAILOUT, BUT DIDN'T
PROMISE ONE EITHER.
AND POINTED TO THE NEW LOANS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IT IS NOT A BAILOUT.
IT IS A LOAN THAT IS GOING TO
HELP THEM TO GET THROUGH.
BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH
COMPANIES TO SEE WHO IS TAKING
THAT UP.
>> Reporter: AIR CANADA HASN'T
SAID THAT IT WILL TAKE THE LOAN.
ANALYSTS SAY THAT IT COULD TAKE
AT LEAST THREE YEARS FOR THE
INDUSTRY TO FULLY RECOVER.
UNTIL THEN WE COULD SEE SMALLER
AIRLINES AND FEWER FLIGHTS TO
SOME COMMUNITIES.
ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Ian: WHEN FLIGHTS FIRST
STARTED GETTING CANCELLED
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE
WITH TRIP CANCELLATION INSURANCE
WERE TOLD THEY WERE THE LUCKY
ONES.
THEY WOULD GET THEIR MONEY BACK.
BUT AS "GO PUBLIC'S" ROSA
MARCHITELLI EXPLAINS, SOME
INSURANCE COMPANIES NOW SAY,
DON'T BOTHER MAKING A CLAIM.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN SIX
YEARS SINCE ART SOLEIMANIAN AND
HIS WIFE LEANNE VISITED IRELAND.
THE COUPLE WERE PLANNING TO GO
AGAIN THIS MONTH UNTIL THE
PANDEMIC HIT AND FLIGHTS WERE
CANCELLED.
SOLEIMANIAN THOUGHT THEY WERE
COVERED, THEY PAID ALMOST $300
FOR TRIP CANCELLATION INSURANCE
ON TOP OF THE $1,200 FARE FOR
THE FLIGHTS HOME ON AIR TRANSAT.
NOW HE'S WONDERING IF HE'LL EVER
SEE HIS MONEY.
>> I DESERVE TO GET MY MONEY
BACK.
>> Reporter: THE TRAVEL
INSURANCE PROVIDER MANULIFE IN
THIS CASE, SAYS IT'S NOT
COVERING CLAIMS WHEN A TRAVEL
CREDIT HAS BEEN OFFERED BY AN
AIRLINE, EVEN IF
THE POLICYHOLDER TURNS IT DOWN.
OUR INSURANCE IS THERE TO HELP
THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AN
INSURABLE LOSS AS OUTLINED IN
THE POLICY PURCHASE, THE COMPANY
TELLS "GO PUBLIC".
WHEN THE AIRLINE PROVIDES A FULL
CREDIT OR A VOUCHER, THERE'S NO
INSURABLE LOSS.
SOLEIMANIAN ISN'T THE ONLY ONE.
"GO PUBLIC" IS HEARING FROM
OTHER GROUNDED PASSENGERS
DEALING WITH OTHER INSURANCE
COMPANIES, BEING TOLD NOT TO
MAKE A CLAIM IF THEY'RE OFFERED
A TRAVEL CREDIT.
>> I DON'T SEE WHY ANYBODY
SHOULD BE HOLDING ON TO SOMEONE
ELSE'S MONEY.
>> Reporter: MARTY FIRESTONE
CALLS IT A DOMINO EFFECT.
AIRLINES REFUSE TO PAY OUT, SO
OTHER TYPES OF COMPANIES DO THE
SAME.
>> THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY
WOULD MAYBE HAVE TO REIMBURSE.
>> Reporter: 71-YEAR-OLD
SOLEIMANIAN SAYS THAT'S NO
REASON TO REFUSE COVERAGE IN A
POLICY HE BOUGHT IN GOOD
FAITH BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
>> THIS IS A NON-TRANSFERABLE,
NON-REFUNDABLE -- YOU KNOW, IF I
TAKE ILL OVER THE SUMMER AND I
CAN NEVER TRAVEL AGAIN, THESE
CREDITS ARE ABSOLUTELY USELESS
TO ME.
>> Reporter: SOLEIMANIAN IS
ALSO DEALING WITH A SECOND
SEPARATE TRAVEL CLAIM WITH
R.B.C. INSURANCE.
THAT ONE IS FOR THE FLIGHT TO
IRELAND ON AIR CANADA.
HE'S BEEN TOLD THAT CLAIM IS
BEING PROCESSED BUT IT WILL TAKE
MONTHS TO FIND OUT IF IT'S
APPROVED.
ROSA MARCHITELLI, CBC NEWS,
CALGARY.
>> Ian: THE NUMBER OF COVID-19
CASES IN CANADA INCREASED AGAIN
TODAY BUT THERE APPEAR TO BE
SOME POSITIVE SIGNS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE
THINGS STAND TONIGHT.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 77,000
CONFIRMED CASES.
AND MORE THAN 5,800 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED FROM IT.
BUT THERE ARE SIGNS OF SLOWLY
TURNING THINGS AROUND.
THE NUMBER OF NEW DAILY CASES
HAS BEEN AVERAGING LESS THAN
1,200 FOR THE PAST WEEK.
THAT'S A RATE WE HAVEN'T
SEEN SINCE EARLY APRIL.
FOR NOW A FLATTENED CURVE, BUT
EXPERTS WANT TO SEE IT
DECLINING.
ONE POSITIVE NOTE TONIGHT COME
FROM CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICER WHO SAID THAT
MORE THAN 38,000 KNOWN CASES OR
50% OF THE TOTAL HAVE RECOVERED.
A NEW MILESTONE.
SO LET'S PUT THAT IN SOME
PERSPECTIVE.
AND WE TURN TO
INFECTIOUS DISEASES EXPERT
DR. ISSAC BOGOCH.
THAT NUMBER OF RECOVERIES, THE
PERCENTAGE, KIND OF MADE
HEADLINES EARLIER TODAY.
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS IT?
>> IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT.
I MEAN, IT REALLY HELPS TO PUT
THAT 77,000 CASES IN CANADA INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT THESE
ARE NOT ALL ACTIVE CASES AND
ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE HAVE
RECOVERED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY ONE
PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER PUZZLE
BUT CERTAINLY AN ARROW POINTING
IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OF COURSE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT
OTHER METRICS AS WELL TO PAINT A
BIGGER PICTURE, LIKE THE NUMBER
OF NEW
CASES PER DAY, THE
NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
THE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE CASES
AMONGST ALL OF THE TESTS BEING
DONE.
AND TOGETHER ALL OF THOSE
MEASURES, INCLUDING THE NUMBER
OF RECOVERED PATIENTS, REALLY
PAINTS A MORE HOLISTIC PICTURE
OF HOW WE'RE DOING IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> Ian: I REMEMBER TALKING TO
YOU ABOUT THE COVID-19 STORY
WEEKS AGO, MAYBE IT WAS MONTHS
AGO.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
WERE ADVOCATING FOR AT THAT TIME
IS MORE TESTING FOR A MORE
COMPLETE PICTURE.
I ASSUME THAT YOU STILL FEEL
THAT WAY?
>> I DO.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY, MOST OF THE
PROVINCES HAVE SCALED UP
DRAMATICALLY AND IT'S MADE IT A
LOT BETTER.
BUT AS WE SORT OF END THIS
TAILEND OF THE FIRST WAVE, WE'RE
REALLY GOING TO NEED A
TREMENDOUS DIAGNOSTIC
CAPABILITIES, TREMENDOUS CONTACT
TRACING AND SURVEILLANCE IN
ORDER TO RAPIDLY TO IDENTIFY ANY
POTENTIAL NEW CASES AND QUICKLY
JUMP ON THEM BEFORE THAT SPIRALS
OUT OF CONTROL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY NEED
THAT CAPABILITY AS WE MOVE
FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN
THE PRE-VACCINE ERA.
AND, CERTAINLY, WE'VE GOT TO
JUMP ON THIS BEFORE THIS SPIRALS
OUT OF CONTROL AND STARTS A
SECOND WAVE.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, DR. BOGOCH,
THANK YOU.
>> ANYTIME.
>> Ian: WE'RE LEARNING MORE
TONIGHT ABOUT A BIG LEAP FORWARD
IN THE RACE FOR A VACCINE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
THE FIRST APPROVED TO GO TO
HUMAN TRIALS HERE IN CANADA.
JAELA BERNSTIEN EXPLAINS WHY IT
MATTERS, EVEN IF IT FAILS.
>> Reporter: IT'S A
MADE-IN-CHINA SOLUTION SOON TO
BE TESTED ON CANADIAN SOIL.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IF THESE VACCINE
TRIALS ARE SUCCESSFUL, WE CAN
PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE IT HERE
AT HOME.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TAKE
TIME AND MUST BE DONE RIGHT.
BUT THIS IS ENCOURAGING NEWS.
>> Reporter: HEALTH CANADA HAS
APPROVED THE FIRST HUMAN TRIAL
OF A COVID-19 VACCINE WITH AN
INITIAL PHASE OUT OF HALIFAX
INVOLVING JUST UNDER A HUNDRED
PARTICIPANTS.
IT'S ENCOURAGING, BUT NOT A SURE
BET.
ONE OF THE LEAD SCIENTISTS
WORKING ON THE TRIAL WARNS THAT
WHILE THE VACCINE WORKED ON
OTHER ANIMALS, WE STILL DON'T
KNOW IF IT WILL PROTECT HUMANS.
>> NOT EVERYTHING THAT GOES TO
CLINICAL TRIALS IS SUCCESSFUL.
IN FACT, MOST AREN'T.
SO ONE ALWAYS HAS TO BE VERY
CAUTIOUS ABOUT SAYING OH, THIS
IS THE ANSWER.
>> Reporter: THIS PARTICULAR
VACCINE WAS DEVELOPED BY
CanSino BIOLOGICS.
IT USES A DIFFERENT VIRUS AND
MODIFIES IT TO TRICK THE BODY
INTO PRODUCING WHAT IT NEEDS TO
FIGHT OFF CORONAVIRUS.
EVEN IF THIS PARTICULAR VACCINE
DOESN'T END UP BEING "THE ONE,"
IT'S A SIGN OF PROGRESS.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE
AND I THINK THAT HONESTLY WHAT A
VACCINE REPRESENTS TO BOTH
PHYSICIANS AND TO PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE RIGHT NOW IN THE LONG
RUN IS HOPE.
THIS REPRESENTS THE WAY THAT WE
CAN GET OUT OF THIS.
>> Reporter: AND IF THIS
VACCINE WORKS, THERE'S AN
ADVANTAGE TO HAVING CLINICAL
TRIALS HERE.
>> A COMPANY MAY SAY, OKAY,
WE'RE GOING TO PRODUCE A VACCINE
IN THE U.S. OR EUROPE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SELL IT
EVERYWHERE.
BUT THE U.S. OR THAT EUROPEAN
COUNTRY MAY SAY WELL, YOU CAN
SELL IT ELSEWHERE AFTER YOU
FULFILL OUR NEED.
WHERE IF IT'S MADE HERE, CANADA
CAN GET ACCESS AMONGST THE
FIRST, RATHER THAN HAVING TO
WAIT ITS TURN BASED ON ITS
POPULATION SIZE AND MARKET SIZE.
>> Reporter: AT LEAST 10 OTHER
VACCINES ARE IN DEVELOPMENT IN
CANADA.
WHILE THIS IS THE FIRST TO REACH
CLINICAL TESTING HERE, OTHERS
ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.
JAELA BERNSTIEN, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Ian: THIS WILL BE A BIG
REOPENING WEEK FOR TWO BIG
PROVINCES.
BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL BEGIN
PHASE TWO ON TUESDAY.
RESTAURANTS AND HAIR SALONS WILL
RESTART.
ONTARIO WILL ALSO LET SOME
RETAIL STORES OPEN AFTER THE
HOLIDAY, BUT RE-OPEN DOESN'T
MEAN BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.
RETAILERS ARE BEING FORCED TO
ADJUST THEIR POLICIES TO MEET
NEW SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
AND AS JACQUELINE HANSEN TELLS
US, THE SHOPPERS ARE HAVING TO
CHANGE THEIR OWN BEHAVIOUR TOO.
>> Reporter: DIRECTIONAL
MARKERS, HAND SANITIZER, THOSE
ARE RULES AND ROUTINES THAT
CANADIANS ARE ALREADY GETTING
USED TO.
BUT SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES AND
SHOES IN A PANDEMIC IS NEW
TERRITORY.
AT THIS MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT
CO-OP, SHOPPERS CAN'T TRY ON
ANYTHING.
>> IF THEY DO TOUCH SOMETHING WE
HAVE BINS SET UP AROUND THE
STORE WHERE THEY CAN DEPOSIT THE
BRUCT.
AND THEN WE TAKE IT FOR
DISINFECTION BEFORE WE RETURN IT
TO THE FLOOR.
>> Reporter: CLEANING,
PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND SIGNAGE
ARE NOW THE COST OF DOING
BUSINESS.
>> WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE LOWER FOOT
TRAFFIC, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO DO NOW.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CLEANING THAT
WE NEED TO GET DONE.
>> Reporter: WHEN ARITZIA
OPENED UP ITS DOORS IN VANCOUVER
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON FRIDAY,
CUSTOMERS WERE EAGER TO COME
BACK.
>> I MISS SHOPPING A LOT.
>> Reporter: THE COMPANY IS
ALLOWING SHOPPERS TO BROWSE AND
TOUCH MERCHANDISE FOR NOW.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE --
>> Reporter: AND SHOPPERS CAN
TRY ON CLOTHES.
EVERY SECOND CHANGE ROOM IS
OPEN.
BUT ALL ITEMS TRIED ON ARE
STEAMED BEFORE THEY'RE PUT BACK.
SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT THE
C.E.O. HOPES THAT WILL GIVE
CUSTOMERS CONFIDENCE.
>> IF THEY'RE NOT HAVING A GREAT
EXPERIENCE AND DON'T FEEL SAFE
IN THE STORES, OBVIOUSLY,
THEY'LL JUST CONTINUE TO SHOP
ONLINE.
>> Reporter: AS SOME RETAILERS
ADAPT, OTHERS CONTINUE TO
STRUGGLE.
U.S. RETAILER JAY CREW WAS THE
FIRST TO SEEK BANKRUPTCY
PROTECTION DURING COVID-19.
THEN MONTRÉAL-BASED SHOE CHAIN
ALDO, AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
STORE NEIMAN MARCUS AND THE
LARGEST YET, J.C.PENNEY.
AND THERE COULD BE MORE.
>> I SUSPECT THAT WE HAVE
DEPARTMENT STORE BUSINESSES IN
CANADA THAT ARE AT HIGH RISK.
>> Reporter: RETAILERS'
WEAKNESSES SUCH AS DEBT OR A
LACK OF ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE
ARE BEING EXACERBATED BY
COVID-19.
>> WE WILL RETURN TO THE MALL,
BUT THE QUESTION IS WILL THE
MALL BE A DIFFERENT PLACE WHEN
WE RETURN TO IT?
>> Reporter: THAT'S A
PARTICULAR CONCERN IN PROVINCES
WHERE IN CLOSED MALLS THEY CAN'T
OPEN YET.
SO WHILE THE FIRST WAVE OF
RETAILERS HAS AN ADVANTAGE,
THEY'RE ALSO UNDER PRESSURE TO
GET IT RIGHT.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS ALSO
BEING FORCED TO CHANGE.
CONSIDER BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THIS PROVINCE USUALLY MAKES
$7 BILLION A YEAR FROM
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.
BUT AS BRIAR STEWART TELLS US,
WITH PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS, THE
PROVINCE IS LOOKING AT A BIG
LOSS.
>> Reporter: THE SURFERS DON'T
MIND HAVING THIS TOFINO BEACH
ALL TO THEMSELVES, BUT IT'S A
DIFFERENT STORY WHEN YOU RUN A
LUXURY INN.
>> HERE WE ARE LOOKING OUT DUE
WEST AND DUE SOUTH --
>> Reporter: THIS ONE IS
CURRENTLY SHUT DOWN AND 90% OF
THE STAFF ARE LAID OFF.
>> THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE
ARE FOR SURE DAUNTING.
AND THE NEW NORMAL WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE THE NEW
NORMAL FOR THE SUMMER AT LEAST
MEANS LIKELY FEW OR NO
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.
IN 2018, THAT GROUP SPENT MORE
THAN $7 BILLION IN B.C.
MORE THAN 280 CRUISE SHIPS
DOCKED IN VANCOUVER LAST YEAR
AND IT'S ESTIMATED THAT EACH
SHIP AND ALL OF ITS PASSENGERS
PUMP ABOUT $3 MILLION INTO THE
LOCAL ECONOMY.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS
SUMMER ANY CRUISE SHIPS WILL BE
ABLE TO COME, AND THAT'S WHY THE
LOCAL ECONOMY COULD TAKE A BIG
FINANCIAL HIT.
ALFRED ESTHMIRE WON'T BE DRIVING
THESE
SHUTTLES ANYTIME SOON.
>> MY CLIENTS HAVE CANCELLED
UNTIL
THE END OF AUGUST.
>> Reporter: HE THINKS THAT HE
CAN WEATHER A SEASON WITH NO
BOOKINGS BUT WORRIES ABOUT THE
INDUSTRY OVERALL.
>> I FORESEE THAT QUITE A FEW OF
COMPANIES WON'T SURVIVE, RANGING
FROM BIG TO SMALL.
>> Reporter: DESTINATION B.C.,
A PROVINCIAL CROWN CORPORATION,
NORMALLY ENCOURAGES TOURISM.
>> BUT FOR NOW WE PAUSE, STAY
IN, AND DREAM OF LATER.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR NOW IT'S
TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME.
ONCE MORE RESTRICTIONS ARE
LIFTED, IT PLANS TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO SUPPORT LOCAL.
>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN
DO AS BRITISH COLUMBIANS TO EASE
THE PAIN THAT HAS BEEN SO SEVERE
FOR OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY.
>> PRETTY BIRD.
>> Reporter: NOT EVERY
ATTRACTION WILL BE ABLE TO WOO
LOCAL TOURISTS, BUT THE
CONSERVATORY WITH ALL OF ITS
EXOTIC BIRDS HOPES TO.
>> WHEN WE REOPEN WE'RE GOING TO
TARGET LOCAL RESIDENTS AND A LOT
OF FAMILIES LOOKING FOR THINGS
TO DO OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOMES.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS MEAN THAT MORE
PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING FOR
ADVENTURES CLOSER TO HOME.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: TO THE U.S. NOW AND
DONALD TRUMP HAS STEPPED UP HIS
WAR OF WORDS WITH BARACK OBAMA.
IN RECENT DAYS, TRUMP ACCUSED
HIS PREDECESSOR OF CRIMINAL
CONDUCT.
NOW HE'S CALLING OBAMA
INCOMPETENT.
KATIE SIMPSON TELLS US THAT IT'S
IN RESPONSE TO OBAMA'S CRITICISM
OF WHITE HOUSE PANDEMIC POLICY.
>> Reporter: NEVER ONE TO WALK
AWAY FROM A FIGHT, THE PRESIDENT
IS ESCALATING HIS FEUD WITH HIS
PREDECESSOR.
>> President Donald Trump:
LOOK, HE WAS AN INCOMPETENT
PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY,
GROSSLY INCOMPETENT.
>> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP
FIRED BACK AT BARACK OBAMA AFTER
THE FORMER PRESIDENT CRITICIZED
THE U.S. RESPONSE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS DURING A PAIR OF
COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES.
>> MORE THAN ANYTHING, THIS
PANDEMIC HAS FULLY FINALLY TORN
BACK THE CURTAIN ON THE IDEA
THAT SO MANY OF THE FOLKS IN
CHARGE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
A LOT OF THEM AREN'T EVEN
PRETENDING TO BE IN CHARGE.
>> Reporter: ATTACKS ON OBAMA
ARE NOTHING NEW FOR TRUMP, BUT
HE'S RAMPED UP CRITICISM BY
MAKING EVIDENCE-FREE ALLEGATIONS
OF WIDESPREAD CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
A MOVE THAT IS SEEN AS A
DIVERSION TACTIC AHEAD OF THE
FALL ELECTION.
>> President Donald Trump:
THIS WAS ALL OBAMA.
THIS WAS ALL BIDEN.
THESE PEOPLE WERE CORRUPT, THE
WHOLE THING WAS CORRUPT.
AND WE CAUGHT THEM.
>> Reporter: LASHING OUT WHEN
UNDER SCRUTINY IS A PATTERN FOR
THE PRESIDENT, WHICH CRITICS SAY
THAT WAS ILLUSTRATED AGAIN WITH
THE FIRING OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT
WATCHDOG.
>> THIS IS THE DISMEMBERMENT OF
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IF IT CONTINUES.
>> Reporter: STEVE LINICK WAS
REPORTEDLY INVESTIGATING WHETHER
THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE
POMPEO HAD STATE DEPARTMENT
STAFF PERFORMING PERSONAL TASKS
FOR HIM AND HIS WIFE.
TRUMP FIRED HIM AT POMPEO'S
URGING, THOUGH LITTLE ELSE IS
PUBLICLY KNOWN ABOUT WHY.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'LL
PROVIDE ANYMORE ROBUST RATIONALE
FOR WHY THEY DO IT, BUT I
UNDERSTAND IT, I DON'T DISAGREE
WITH IT.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRAT
LAWMAKERS ARE NOT AS SATISFIED
AND ARE INVESTIGATING.
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN
RETALIATION FOR SOMETHING, THAT
COULD BE UNLAWFUL.
>> Reporter: LINICK IS THE
FOURTH GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG TO BE
FIRED OR MOVED BY TRUMP IN THE
PAST THREE MONTHS.
WHILE THE PRESIDENT HAS THE
RIGHT TO HIRE OR FIRE POLITICAL
APPOINTEES, CRITICS ARGUE THAT
HE'S SETTING A DANGEROUS
PRECEDENT TRYING TO EVADE
SCRUTINY.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: DONALD TRUMP HAS YET TO
WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC AND MANY
OF HIS SUPPORTERS APPEAR TO BE
FOLLOWING HIS LEAD.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE NOT
WEARING A MASK, WHY?
>> NO, I'M NOT WEARING A MASK.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> BECAUSE I DON'T NEED A MASK.
>> Ian: NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
HOW THE MASK HAS BECOME THE
LATEST POLITICAL SYMBOL DIVIDING
AMERICA.
>>> PLUS, HOW DID QUÉBEC END UP
WITH THE WORST OUTBREAK IN
CANADA?
>> HE SEEMS TO PLAY POLITICS AND
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS HIS
ROLE.
>> Ian: WE LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS
AROUND THE GOVERNMENT STRATEGY
AND ITS CHANGE IN MESSAGING.
>>> AND LATER SHARING A MEAL A
DRIVEWAY APART.
>> CHEERS TO ALL OF MY
NEIGHBOURS.
IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
>> Ian: A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD
TRADITION FIT FOR THESE TIMES.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
(*)
(*)
>> Ian: QUÉBEC CONTINUES TO BE
THE PROVINCE HIT HARDEST BY
COVID-19, WITH ABOUT 22% OF
CANADA'S POPULATION IT HAS WELL
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL INFECTIONS
IN THE COUNTRY.
AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE
DEATHS.
TODAY WITH JUST OVER 1,100 NEW
CONFIRMED CASES REPORTED ACROSS
CANADA,
MOST PROVINCES HAVE NONE OR
RELATIVELY FEW.
ONTARIO HAS 340 NEW INFECTIONS
AND THEN THERE'S QUÉBEC.
IT HAS 737, IT'S MORE THAN
DOUBLE THAT NUMBER.
IT IS THE WORST OUTBREAK IN
CANADA.
NO OTHER PROVINCE COMES CLOSE.
TERENCE McKENNA NOW ON HOW THE
QUÉBEC GOVERNMENT HAS HANDLED
IT.
(*)
>> Reporter: HERE'S QUÉBEC
PREMIER FRANÇOIS LEGAWLTD IN THE
GOOD OLD DAYS IN THE BEGINNING
OF APRIL.
HIS APPROVAL RATING AMONG
QUÉBECERS WAS THEN 95%.
>> AS WE SAY IN ENGLISH, APRIL
SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.
>> HE WAS ANNOUNCING THAT HE
COULD SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE COVID-19 TUNNEL.
THAT THE LOCKDOWN COULD BE OVER
IN A FEW WEEKS.
THEN IT ALL WENT WRONG.
THE OUTBREAK IN QUÉBEC'S
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
EXPLODED.
HORROR STORIES APPEARED OF
RESIDENTS ABANDONED BY STAFF,
UNABLE TO GET TO THE BATHROOM
FOR DAYS, EVEN STARVING TO DEATH 
DEATH.
FATALITIES SKYROCKETED.
SEVERAL HOMES HAVE 100%
INFECTION RATES AMONG RESIDENTS
AND STAFF.
THE SITUATION HIGHLIGHTED THE
LARGE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE
QUÉBEC GOVERNMENT
PROMISED AND WHAT IT DELIVERED.
AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT LAVAL
UNIVERSITY HAS NO DOUBT WHY
QUÉBEC NOW HAS THE WORST
FATALITY RATE IN CANADA.
>> THE ANSWER IS THAT COVID-19
HAS REALLY GOT A HOLD IN
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
SO MOST OF THE DEATHS ARE COMING
FROM RESIDENTS FOR ELDERLY
PEOPLE.
THAT'S A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON.
IT DID AFFECT QUÉBEC HARDER
THOUGH.
>> Reporter: NOW PREMIER
LEGAULT'S APPROVAL RATING HAS
DROPPED 23%, CLOSER TO THE LEVEL
OF OTHER PREMIERS.
THIS WEEK HE SEEMED DEFENSIVE
WHEN FACED WITH TOUGH QUESTIONS
FROM REPORTERS.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: LE PRESS"
COLUMNISTS SAY
THAT THE PUBLIC AND JOURNALISTS
HAVE GROWN MORE SKEPTICAL ABOUT
THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT CLAIMS.
>> WHEN YOU PROMISE PEOPLE ON
MAY 1 THAT YOU WILL HAVE 14,000
TESTS BY MAY 8TH -- AND THEN TO
THIS DATE YOU CAN'T
TEST MORE THAN 7,000 ON AVERAGE
PER DAY?
THAT'S A PROBLEM.
EITHER YOU DON'T PROMISE THAT.
OR YOU PROMISE AND YOU DELIVER.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: LEGAULT HAS HAD A
NUMBER OF FLIP-FLOPS.
HE BEGAN BY DENOUNCING THE USE
OF MASKS.
THEN HIS TEAM SHOWED UP THIS
WEEK OSTENTATIOUSLY WEARING
THEM.
IN LATE APRIL, HE FLIRTED WITH
THE CONTROVERSIAL CONCEPT OF
HERD IMMUNITY, ALLOWING THE
INFECTION TO SPREAD SO THAT THE
POPULATION DEVELOPS ANTIBODIES.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: THAT WAS ON A
THURSDAY.
>> BUT ON MONDAY THEY MENTIONED
IN PASSING, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT,
HERD IMMUNITY, WE'RE NOT SURE
THAT IT'S WORKING.
SO WE'RE NOT
BASING OUR STRATEGY ON HERD
IMMUNITY.
IT WAS A SHOCKING ABOUT-FACE.
>> Reporter: IN THE EARLY
WEEKS OF THE OUTBREAK, PREMIER
LEGAULT WAS HELPED OUT BY HIS
CHARISMATIC WINGMAN, QUÉBEC'S
PUBLIC
HEALTH DIRECTOR HORACIO ARRUDA.
>> A MASK WILL MAKE YOUR HANDS
GO OVER YOUR FACE.
IT GIVES A SENSE OF FALSE
SECURITY.
>> Reporter: DR. ARRUDA
CHARMED THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC
WITH HIS FOLKSY STYLE AND
HIS COMPLEX EXPLANATIONS.
>> THIS IS IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND.
>> Reporter: BUT OVER TIME HE
SEEMED TO LEAVE SCIENCE BEHIND
AND EVEN CONTRADICT HIMSELF IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT THE
GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED PLANS.
>> BONJOUR.
>> Reporter: HE FULLY
SUPPORTED THE CONTROVERSIAL
REOPENING OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OUTSIDE OF THE ISLAND OF
MONTRÉAL, A MOVE CRITICIZED BY
THE MEDICAL EXPERTS, INCLUDING
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CHIEF
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR.
DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS, SHE
HAS SEEN NO PLAN FROM QUÉBEC.
>> [Speaking French]
>> DR. ARRUDA IS THE SCIENTIFIC
BACKBONE IN THIS GOVERNMENT
RIGHT NOW.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
EXPLAIN IN SCIENTIFIC TERMS WHY
QUÉBEC WAS ACTING THIS WAY.
HE DID NOT DO THAT.
HE ANSWERED JUST LIKE A
POLITICIAN FROM QUÉBEC WOULD
ANSWER TO A POLITICIAN FROM
OTTAWA WHOSE QUESTION HE DIDN'T
LIKE.
HE SEEMS TO PLAY POLITICS.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS
HIS ROLE.
>> BEAM ME UP, SCOTTIE.
>> Reporter: DR. ARRUDA SEEMS
A BIT TAKEN WITH HIS OWN SUDDEN
STARDOM.
(*)
HE APPEARED IN A VIDEO
PERFORMING WHAT HE CALLED A
QUARANTINE DANCE WITH A LOCAL
RAP ARTIST.
IT WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED.
"THE LE PRESS" EDITORIAL CARTOON
PORTRAYED HIM DANCING ON THE
ROOF OF A LONG-TERM CARE HOME AS
PEOPLE WERE DYING BELOW.
THIS WEEK ARRUDA MADE A TEARFUL
APOLOGY.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: STILL UNDAUNTED,
THE QUÉBEC GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
A PLAN TO REOPEN SCHOOLS IN THE
CITY OF MONTRÉAL ON MAY 25th.
EVEN AS EPIDEMIOLOGISTS'
PROJECTIONS SHOWED THAT WOULD
CAUSE A SPIKE IN COVID-19
DEATHS, UP TO 150 FATALITIES PER
DAY BY JULY.
>> IN THAT SITUATION IF YOU
ENCOURAGED THE NUMBER OF
CONTACTS BETWEEN PEOPLE IN
SOCIETY, YOU WILL GO ABOVE THE
EPIDEMIC THRESHOLD AND THEN THE
EPIDEMIC WILL GO UP AGAIN.
>> Reporter: AND UNDER A TIDAL
WAVE OF CRITICISM FOR HIS
RECKLESSNESS, LEGAULT ANNOUNCED
THURSDAY THAT MONTRÉAL
SCHOOLS WOULD NOT REOPEN AFTER
ALL UNTIL AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
THE PREMIER STILL HOPES TO
REOPEN MANY MONTRÉAL BUSINESSES
ON MAY 25th, PRAYING THAT IT
WILL NOT GO WRONG AGAIN.
TERENCE McKENNA, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: THE MESSAGE ON MASKS HAS
SHIFTED AND NOT JUST IN QUÉBEC,
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T KEEP TWO
METRES, SIX FEET APART, THEY CAN
HELP TO PREVENT THE WEARER FROM
INFECTING OTHERS.
BUT IN THE UNITED STATES
COVID-19 IS A PARTISAN ISSUE AND
THOSE MASKS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
PAUL HUNTER IS IN WASHINGTON, A
U.S. CITY STILL GRAPPLING WITH A
SERIOUS OUTBREAK.
(*)
>> Reporter: IN COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS, THE WASHINGTON, D.C.,
NEIGHBORHOOD HIT HARDEST BY
COVID, MASKS ARE EVERYWHERE.
THE ADVICE FROM EXPERTS FOR ALL?
IF YOU WANT TO HELP TO SLOW THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS HERE
OR FOR THAT MATTER ANYWHERE IN
AMERICA, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE --
PUT ONE ON.
BUT INCREASINGLY IN THIS COUNTRY
THERE'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION --
POLITICS.
TO WEAR OR NOT TO WEAR ONE OF
THESE HAS IN MANY QUARTERS
BECOME A MATTER OF NOT JUST
OF HEALTH AND SAFETY BUT A
MATTER
OF WHO DO YOU BELIEVE.
WHO DO YOU SUPPORT.
AND ARE YOU ONSIDE WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
FAMOUSLY, DONALD TRUMP HAS YET
TO WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC, EVEN
FOR SYMBOLIC VALUE.
EVEN AS HE'S REGULARLY MET BY
THOSE WHO DO WEAR ONE.
HERE TOURING A FACE MASK
DISTRIBUTION CENTRE IN
PENNSYLVANIA LAST WEEK.
LATER MEETING WITH SOME OF ITS
WORKERS, THEMSELVES, UNLIKE THE
PRESIDENT, MASKED.
AND THEN THERE'S THE TIME THAT
HE CHOSE NOT TO WEAR A MASK
WHILE GREETING ELDERLY VETERANS
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
IN THE FACE OF ADVICE FROM
EXPERTS, COUNTLESS AMERICANS
HAVE TAKEN NOTE OF TRUMP'S LEAD.
>> * CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON 
>> Reporter: WHEN WE WENT TO
PENNSYLVANIA LAST MONTH FOR ONE
OF THOSE RE-OPEN AMERICA
RALLIES, SIGNALS OF STRONG
SUPPORT FOR TRUMP WERE
EVERYWHERE.
SOME DID WEAR MASKS, MANY DID
NOT.
AMONG THOSE WHO DID, THESE THREE
WITH THEIR ASSAULT-STYLE
WEAPONRY AND A NON-COVID REASON
FOR MASKING UP.
PEOPLE ARGUE THAT IT IS A HEALTH
AND SAFETY MATTER.
YOU'RE WEARING A MASK, FOR
EXAMPLE.
>> JUST TO HIDE MY FACE.
>> OPEN UP!
OPEN UP!
>> Reporter: OTHERS SEEM TO
MAKE CLEAR CHOOSING TO BE
MASK-FREE AMID A PANDEMIC WAS A
MATTER OF POLITICS.
YOU'RE NOT WEARING A MASK, WHY?
>> NO, I'M NOT WEARING A MASK.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> I DON'T NEED A MASK.
>> Reporter: WHY?
SHE DIDN'T CITE DONALD TRUMP BUT
SHE DID BORROW HIS SLOGAN.
>> MAKE AMERICA FREE AGAIN!
>> Reporter: IT'S A
PERSPECTIVE NOW RUN RAMPANT.
ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, LAST
WEEK AS THIS REPORTER COVERED A
SIMILAR PROTEST, HE WAS TAUNTED
BY DEFIANT MASK-FREE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS.
>> I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO BACK
AWAY FROM ME.
>> NO, I HAVE
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, I'M FINE.
>> IT'S THE POLITICALIZATION OF
EVERYDAY LIFE WHEN EVERY SINGLE
SMALL GESTURE BECOMES WEIGHTED
WITH POLITICAL MEANING, THEN
IT'S HARD TO HOLD SOCIETY
TOGETHER.
AND MAYBE WE'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO
TALK TO EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: IT PERPLEXES AND
ANGERS LOUISIANA OPINION WRITER
ROD
GRIERE.
>> BUT THEY'RE MAKING MASKS INTO
A SORT OF A TO THE EM, A
CONDENSED SYMBOL OF
THEIR FEAR.
>> Reporter: HE'S A FIERCE
CONSERVATIVE, BUT NO FAN OF
TRUMP.
AND HE WORRIES WHAT ALL OF THIS
SAYS ABOUT TODAY'S AMERICA.
>> I THINK THAT WHAT THE VIRUS
HAS DONE HAS BEEN TO PULL THE
VEIL BACK FROM OVER SOME REAL
PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY, SOME
REAL DIVISIONS.
CLASS DIVISIONS.
CULTURAL DIVISIONS.
RACIAL DIVISIONS.
RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS, YOU NAME
IT.
THESE -- THESE DIVISIONS HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPING FOR QUITE SOME
TIME, BUT OUR GREAT WEALTH AND
OUR POLITICAL STABILITY HAVE
PAPERED OVER A LOT OF IT.
WELL, NOW THAT WEALTH IS GOING
AWAY.
AND WE HAVE A DEADLY VIRUS OUT
THERE.
AND WE CAN'T HIDE FROM THESE
DIVISIONS ANYMORE.
>> WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY OF
FREEDOM.
WE DON'T LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE
THE GOVERNMENT TELLS US HOW TO
TAKE CARE OF OUR HEALTH.
>> Reporter: IN A SMALL REOPENED
D.C. RALLY IN WASHINGTON LAST
WEEK, THE MASK DIVIDE WAS
UNDERLINED.
>> THEY'RE BASED ON NUMBERS THAT
ANDREW CUOMO HIMSELF GAVE.
>> Reporter: RALLY ORGANIZER
SUZANNE
MONK TELLS US WHAT SHE THINKS
EVERY TIME SHE SEES DONALD TRUMP
NOT WEARING A MASK.
>> I FEEL THAT I CAN SEE HIM
TALKING AND I APPRECIATE BEING
ABLE TO SEE MY PRESIDENT TALK
RATHER THAN NOD.
I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT HE FEELS
CONFIDENT.
SO THAT BUILDS CONFIDENCE.
BECAUSE THE MASK ACTUALLY BUILDS
FEAR.
>> THROUGH FEAR AND
INTIMIDATION.
>> Reporter: IT'S A VIEW
REINFORCED
BY BIG-TIME TRUMP PACKING
COMMENTATORS WHO HAVE TAKEN TO
SLAMMING THOSE WHO INSIST THAT
MASKS HELP.
>> BY THE WAY, THEY'LL SAY THAT
THIS MASK THING IS SETTLED
SCIENCE JUST LIKE THEY DO WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT -- AND
THEY KNOW IT.
>> THE UNITED STATES, MORE THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRY, HAS MADE THE
VIRUS A MATTER OF CULTURE.
>> Reporter: AUTHOR DAVID FRUM
IS LIKE GRIERE, A CONSERVATIVE
AND A TRUMP CRITIC.
HE SAYS FOR MILLIONS OF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS, WEARING A MASK HAS
COME TO BE SEEN AS AN UNTENABLE
BETRAYAL.
AND SO ON THAT BASIS THEY WILL
NOT.
>> IT'S AN ACT OF CRITICISM OF
THE PRESIDENT.
IT'S AN ACT THAT SUGGESTS THAT
YOU DON'T
THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING
A GOOD JOB.
IF YOU ARE A TRUMP SUPPORTER, TO
WEAR A MASK YOU NEED TO ADMIT
THAT I MADE A BIG MISTAKE IN
2016.
AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO ADMIT
THAT I MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, TRUMP
CONTINUES HIS MASK-FREE
PRESIDENCY.
>> President Donald Trump: I
THINK THAT WEARING A FACE MASK
AS A GREAT PRESIDENT, AND AS
PRIME MINISTERS AND DICTATORS,
KINGS, QUEENS, I DON'T KNOW,
SOMEHOW I DON'T SEE IT FOR
MYSELF.
>> Reporter: OTHERS, HE
UNDERLINES, CAN DO WHAT THEY
WANT, BUT THIS IS HIS CHOICE,
HIS EXAMPLE.
>> I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE
SEEING HERE IS WHAT THE WORLD
LOOKS LIKE WHEN AMERICA FAILS TO
LEAD.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IS IN UNWORTHY
HANDS.
>> IT IS DESPERATELY IMPORTANT
THAT WE BE ABLE TO STICK
TOGETHER AND TO HELP EACH OTHER
THROUGH THIS AND NOT TO BE AT
EACH OTHER'S THROATS.
WHO WOULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT
SOMETHING AS ANODYNE AS A MASK
WOULD BECOME SUCH A
FLASHPOINT.
>> Reporter: INDEED, AND FOR
THE MOMENT A FLASHPOINT IT IS.
IN A COUNTRY DIVIDED EVER MORE,
WHILE THE VIRUS RAGES.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: WHEN WE COME BACK, WE
RETURN TO OUR TOP STORY -- WHAT
WENT WRONG IN THAT DEADLY
SNOWBIRD PLANE CRASH.
WE HAVE AN EXPERT STANDING BY.
>>> AND LATER, THE LEGACY OF A
RETAIL GIANT.
WHAT THIS PANDEMIC MEANS FOR THE
>> Ian: WELCOME BACK.
WE HAVE MORE ON OUR TOP STORY,
THE SUDDEN AND DEADLY CRASH OF A
CANADIAN SNOWBIRD JET IN
KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA.
TWO PLANES TOOK OFF THIS MORNING
FROM KAMLOOPS AIRPORT JUST
OUTSIDE THE CITY.
WITHIN SECONDS, ONE WAS CLEARLY
IN TROUBLE ENTERING A STEEP
DIVE.
THE JET CRASHED INTO A QUIET
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD,
BURSTING INTO FLAMES.
WE NOW KNOW THAT ONE MEMBER OF
THE CANADIAN FORCES SNOWBIRDS
TEAM IS DEAD AND ANOTHER
INJURED.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHY THIS
ALL HAPPENED IS STILL IN THE
EARLY STAGES.
AND WE'RE JOINED ONCE AGAIN BY
MARK MILLER, AN AVIATION
JOURNALIST WHO SPENT SEVERAL
YEARS WORKING AND FLYING WITH
THE SNOWBIRDS AND HAS MADE
DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT THE TEAM.
AND, MARK, LET'S START WITH WHAT
WE CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO WHEN THE
JET STEEPLY CLIMBS.
YOU TOUCHED ON THIS WITH ANITA A
BIT.
WHAT IS LIKELY GOING ON AT THAT
MOMENT?
>> YEAH, THAT'S CALLED A ZOOM.
BASICALLY IN TAKEOFF YOU'RE IN A
KIND OF A LOW ENERGY STATE.
AND IF YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM WE
SAY IN AVIATION THAT AIR SPEED
IS LIFE AND ALTITUDE IS LIFE
INSURANCE.
AND SO BASICALLY HE WAS TRYING
TO CONVERT HIS AIR SPEED INTO
SOME EXTRA INSURANCE TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING WRONG.
AND NORMALLY AT THE TOP OF THAT
ZOOM IF YOU CAN'T GET THE
PROBLEM SORTED OUT YOU SHOULD
PUNCH OUT -- EJECT BASICALLY.
>> Ian: SO THAT ZOOM DOES TELL
US LIKELY THAT THERE WAS A
PROBLEM, THAT THE PILOT
IDENTIFIED THAT HE'S TRYING TO
GET THAT ALTITUDE.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT EJECTING.
THAT'S A SPLIT-SECOND DECISION?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE
TRAINING FOR THAT AND I HAVE
FLOWN IN F-18s AND FLOWN WITH
THE SNOWBIRDS COUNTLESS TIMES
AND I HAVE FLOWN THE JET MYSELF.
YOU DO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING
AND YOU DO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND, FORTUNATELY, I NEVER HAD TO
DO IT.
I KNOW MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD TO PUNCH OUT.
AND IT'S -- IT'S SOMETHING THAT
YOU CANNOT HESITATE TO DO.
YOU MUST DO IT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE OR THE RESULTS CAN BE
CATASTROPHIC, OBVIOUSLY.
>> Ian: AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW
THIS WAS NOT IN THE MIDST OF AN
AEROBATIC PROCEDURE, THIS WAS
TWO JETS SIMPLY TAKING OFF FROM
KAMLOOPS ON THE WAY TO COMOX ON
VANCOUVER ISLAND.
SO IT SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN A
ROUTINE TAKEOFF AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU'RE MAKING THESE
SPLIT-SECOND LIFE-AND-DEATH
DECISIONS.
>> YEAH, IT WAS JUST A TRANSIT
FLIGHT.
THEY WERE JUST MOVING FROM
KAMLOOPS UP TO COMOX WHERE MANY
OF US WERE HOPING TO MEET UP
WITH THEM AND CELEBRATE THIS
AMAZING TRIP THEY'D MADE ACROSS
CANADA.
AND IT'S TO HELP TO RAISE OUR
SPIRITS AND, OF COURSE, NOW
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT
TONIGHT.
>> Ian: YOU KNOW THE SNOWBIRD
COMMUNITY SO WELL.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THAT GROUP
OF A FATAL CRASH?
>> THERE ARE ABOUT 80 PEOPLE
IN THE SNOWBIRD TEAM RIGHT NOW
AND THAT INCLUDES TECHNICIANS
AND PILOTS.
AND EVERYBODY IS HURTING
TONIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT 80 PEOPLE ON
THE TEAM RIGHT NOW, PLUS THE
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
TEAM SINCE IT STARTED 50 YEARS
AGO.
EVERYBODY IS HURTING TONIGHT.
EVERYBODY IS THINKING ABOUT THE
FAMILIES INVOLVED.
AND THINKING ABOUT SUPPORTING
EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN AVIATION WE
ALL KNOW THE RISKS.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE ARE
ASKING, WELL, IS THIS, YOU KNOW,
WORTH IT FOR THE SNOWBIRDS TO
CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT REALLY IS.
IT INSPIRES PEOPLE.
IT INSPIRED ME AS A YOUNG BOY
WHEN I WAS 9 THE FIRST TIME THAT
I SAW THE SNOWBIRDS TO GET INTO
AVIATION AND TO PURSUE IT.
IT'S AN AMAZING, AMAZING THING
WHAT THE TEAM ACCOMPLISHES EVERY
YEAR.
>> Ian: MARK MILLER, WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHTS
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ian: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK,
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, THE
UNCERTAIN
FUTURE OF A CANADIAN
INSTITUTION.
WHAT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC COULD
MEAN FOR THE HUDSONS BAY
COMPANY.
>>> AND, LATER, SHARING SOME
PODCASTS.
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>> Ian: 2020 SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN
EPIC CELEBRATION FOR THE HUDSONS
BAY COMPANY.
CANADA'S ICONIC RETAILER IS
MARKING ITS 350th ANNIVERSARY.
BUT AS CAMERON MacINTOSH SHOWS
US, EVEN BEFORE THE STORES WERE
SHUTTERED BY COVID-19, THERE
WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
COMPANY'S FUTURE.
>> THIS SHIP REALLY WAS KIND OF
THE START OF WHAT BECAME HUDSONS
BAY COMPANY.
>> Reporter: FOR HISTORIAN
AMELIA FAYE, THE BEGINNING OF
CANADA AS WE KNOW IT.
THAT'S A REPLICA OF THE
"NONSUCH," THE VERY
FIRST SHIP OF WHAT WOULD BECOME
THE HUDSONS BAY COMPANY.
>> IF THIS SHIP HAD SUNK, THINGS
WOULD LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
AND IT
MIGHT BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
STORY.
>> Reporter: THE MANITOBA
MUSEUM HAD PLANS TO MARK
H.B.C.'S
350th ANNIVERSARY UNTIL
COVID-19.
>> IT'S A BUMMER FOR SURE.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT I
WANTED TO SAY.
>> Reporter: IN MANY WAYS THE
STORY OF THE BAY IS THE STORY OF
CANADA.
ITS EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION
OPENED UP MORE THAN A THIRD OF
THE COUNTRY, OFTEN AT THE
EXPENSE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
>> RATHER YOU LIKE THE HISTORY
OR NOT, IT'S PART OF OUR
HISTORY.
>> Reporter: THE 17th
CENTURY FUR TRADER GREW INTO A
20th CENTURY RETAIL GIANT.
>> COME ON, CANADA, MEET YOU AT
THE BAY.
>> Reporter: BUT ITS FUTURE
THIS CENTURY IS FAR FROM
CERTAIN.
STRUGGLING IN THE ONLINE WORLD,
LAST YEAR H.B.C. LOST MORE THAN
A BILLION DOLLARS.
>> BECAUSE THE MORE THAT YOU
FEEL, THE MORE YOU LIVE.
>> Reporter: IN FEBRUARY IT
WENT PRIVATE.
AND IT IS MAKING MOVES
TOWARDS BECOMING A LUXURY
RETAILER.
>> I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEE A DOWNSIZING IN THE
FOOTPRINT IN THIS CASE OF THE
HUDSON BAY COMPANY.
>> Reporter: CRAIG PATTERSON
SAYS THAT THE BRANDS ARE
VALUABLE.
THE FUTURE COULD BE IN
PARTNERING WITH OTHER RETAILERS
INSIDE OF ITS STORES.
>> HE'S LOOKING AT BASICALLY
RUNNING AS A CONCESSION BUSINESS
WHERE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
WOULD BE RUN BY DIFFERENT
VENDORS.
AND THE HUDSON BAY
COMPANY TO A DEGREE WOULD BECOME
A LANDLORD.
>> Reporter: IT'S REINVENTED
ITSELF IN TOUGH TIMES BEFORE.
AFTER ALL, IT WAS DURING THE
SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC THAT IT LAY
THE FOUNDATION OF ITS
DEPARTMENT STORE BUSINESS.
>> THAT'S KIND OF THE GREATEST
THING ABOUT THE COMPANY AND HOW
THEY WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS
LONG, I THINK IS BECAUSE THEY
DID EVOLVE.
>> Reporter: REMEMBER "THE
NONSUCH" STARTED ON ROUGH
WATERS,
THREE AND A HALF CENTURIES
LATER, THE H.B.C. HASN'T SUNK
YET.
CAMERON MacINTOSH, CBC NEWS,
WINNIPEG.
>> Ian: AFTER THE BREAK, PUTTING
A NEW TWIST ON THAT
NEIGHBOURHOOD POTLUCK.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
CONNECTIONS THAT WE NEED WITH
EACH OTHER.
>> Ian: HOW ONE STREET IS COMING
TOGETHER AT A SAFE DISTANCE.
THAT'S NEXT IN OUR "MOMENT."
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>> Ian: HAVING ALL OF YOUR
NEIGHBOURS OVER FOR DINNER MIGHT
NOT SEEM LIKE A SMART IDEA RIGHT
NOW, BUT AS THIS B.C.
NEIGHBOURHOOD SHOWS US, IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T
STILL DINE WITH THEM.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD
THE REFRAIN "STAY TOGETHER BY
STAYING APART."
ONCE A WEEK IN A COQUITLAM
NEIGHBOURHOOD PEOPLE ARE DOING
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AT ONCE AND
THEY'RE SUPPORTING OTHERS WHILE
THEY'RE AT IT.
TONIGHT THAT'S OUR "MOMENT."
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>> IT'S CONNECTING BASICALLY
WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WITH
COVID-19.
WE ALWAYS GET OUTSIDE FOR WHAT
WE CALL DRIVEWAY BEERS.
SO WE JUST KIND OF DECIDED THAT
SINCE THIS IS ALL GOING ON AND
EVERYTHING IS SHUT BACK THAT
WE'D SUPPORT SOME LOCAL
BUSINESSES.
SO ONE RESTAURANT AND ONE
BREWERY PER WEEK.
WE STARTED OFF WITH EIGHT AND
WENT TO 10 AND THEN 11, AND THIS
WEEK 15, 16 FAMILIES.
WE ALL GET OUR POTS AND PANS OUT
AND WE CELEBRATE THOSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF US.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE CONNECTION
THAT WE NEED WITH EACH OTHER.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD
COMMUNITY HERE IN COQUITLAM.
CHEERS TO ALL OF MY NEIGHBOURS.
IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
>> Ian: CHEERS TO THEM FOR SURE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM CLANGING POTS
AND PANS AT 7:00, LIKE MANY
PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD SOMEONE SETS
OFF FIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT AT
7:02.
AND THERE'S A GUY PLAYING THE
TRUMPET, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
AND IT BRINGS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
TOGETHER I THINK FOR THE MOST
PART.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAY BEERS
LIKE THE PEOPLE IN COQUITLAM, SO
GOOD FOR THEM.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
MAY 17th.
GOODNIGHT.
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