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>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M 
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
ANDREW IS AWAY.
TONIGHT, NO NIGHT OF HOCKEY IN 
CANADA.
NHL PLAYERS JOIN NBA PROS 
SITTING OUT FOR CHANGE.
>>> MOST THESE GUYS HAVE NEVER 
LIVED THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF 
THAT BLACK ATHLETES HAVE. 
>> Adrienne: BUT HOW MUCH POWER 
CAN A PLAYER BOYCOTT HAVE?
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>>> DONALD TRUMP GETS THE FINAL 
SAY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
>>> THE PLANE HAS NOT LEFT THE 
GATE AND SOMEBODY REFUSED TO 
WEAR A MASK, WE WILL RETURN TO 
THE GATE.
>> Adrienne: TOUGH NEW MEASURES 
COMING FOR WESTJET PASSENGERS.
>>> AND AFTER LAURA SLAMS 
ASHORE. 
>> I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE ARE ALL
ALIVE.
THAT'S IT. 
>> Adrienne: WE'RE IN THE REGION
WITH A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> ANGER OVER SUNDAY'S POLICE 
SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN IN 
WISCONSIN HAS GRIPPED THE 
HIGHEST LEVELS OF NORTH AMERICAN
SPORT WITH A WAVE OF BOYCOTTS ON
THE COURT, THE FIELD AND THE 
ICE.
NBA PLAYERS LED THE WAY LAST 
NIGHT AND ARE SITTING OUT THEIR 
GAMES AGAIN THIS EVENING.
THEY HAVE BEEN JOINED BY OTHERS 
FROM THE WNBA TO MAJOR LEAGUERS,
AND TONIGHT BY PLAYERS FROM THE 
NHL.
EARLIER THIS EVENING THE LEAGUE 
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED ALL GAMES 
SET FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW 
HAVE BEEN CALLED DOWN, AND 
THAT'S WHERE DEVIN HEROUX STARTS
OUR COVERAGE.
>> Reporter: ONE BY ONE, THE 
PLAYERS JUST KEPT COMING, 
STANDING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY.
>> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AROUND 
THIS ROOM, THERE'S A LOT OF 
WHITE ATHLETES IN HERE, BUT FOR,
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ATHLETES IN 
HERE TO TAKE A STAND AND SAY, 
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SEE THE 
PROBLEM TOO.
>> Reporter: A FAR CRY FROM 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
>> RACISM HAS BEEN EMBEDDED IN 
OUR SOCIETY FOR FAR TOO LONG.
>> Reporter: A BRIEF MOMENT OF 
REFLECTION MANY FELT DIDN'T GO 
FAR ENOUGH, AND WHILE NBA PROS 
SAT OUT, THEY DROPPED THE PUCK.
>> I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE 
HERE.
I THINK THE NHL SHOULD POSTPONE 
THE GAMES.
>> Reporter: AND SO, TONIGHT, 
THE NHL HUB CITIES ARE QUIET.
BUT . . . 
>> IS THERE GOING TO BE A 
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 
REALLY ABYSMAL DIVERSITY RECORD 
IN MANAGEMENT?
IF NOT, IS IT JUST PERFORMANCE?
>> Reporter: AMIRA ROSE DAVIS 
SAYS IF THE NHL IS GOING TO 
EFFECT CHANGE, MORE IS NEEDED.
>> IT WOULD REQUIRE WHITE 
ATHLETES TO BE VOCAL.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A REAL 
ENGAGEMENT THAT THAT LEAGUE HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN HESITANT TO DO.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THOSE 
WHITE ATHLETES STOOD WITH THEIR 
FEW BLACK TEAMMATES AND 
OPPONENTS.
>> MOST THESE GUYS HAVE NEVER 
LIVED THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF 
THAT BLACK ATHLETES HAVE.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT 
UNDERSTANDING RUNS DEEP IN THE 
WNBA AND THE NBA WITH PLAYERS 
STEPPING AWAY FROM THE COURT FOR
A SECOND NIGHT.
>> THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE 
SOLUTION.
THEY WANT TO HELP.
THEY WANT JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: THAT RALLYING CRY 
IN AN EXHAUSTING WEEK FOR MANY 
AND TAKING A VISIBLE TOLL.
>> YEAH, IT WAS A LONG DAY FOR 
ME.
SO . . . 
>> Reporter: ATHLETES SEEM READY
FOR A RECKONING, BUT THE GAMES 
START UP AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.
DEVIN HEROUX, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: WE'LL HAVE MORE ON 
THE PLAYER BOYCOTTS LATER THIS 
HOUR.
OUR PANEL IS STANDING BY TO 
DISCUSS THE DECISION NOT TO PLAY
AND WHAT ACTIONS THAT MIGHT LEAD
TO.
THAT'S IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
>>> THOSE ATHLETES ARE 
RESPONDING TO THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
IT'S A SHOOTING THAT SPARKED 
PROTESTS ON THE STREETS OF
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
WELL, TODAY, TWO COUNTS OF 
MURDER FOR A 17-YEAR-OLD WHO TWO
DAYS AGO FIRED HIS GUN THERE.
NEW VIDEO HAS EMERGED OF HIM ON 
THE NIGHT IT HAPPENED.
SUSAN ORMISTON HAS THE DETAILS.
>> Reporter: IN KENOSHA, 
MESSAGES OF HOPE. 
>> WHAT THIS SMALL TOWN IS 
REALLY ABOUT IS OUR COMMUNITY 
COMING TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: REBUILDING WILL BE 
EASIER THAN RESTORING TRUST IN 
THIS MULTIRACIAL CITY, BUT IT'S 
A START.
>> THE PROTESTS WERE SUPER CALM 
LAST NIGHT.
HOPEFULLY ALL THIS STUFF CALMS 
DOWN. 
>> THE CROWDS LAST NIGHT WERE 
SMALL.
IT WAS A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE, AND
THEY WALKED PEACEFULLY THROUGH 
KENOSHA AND THEY DID EXACTLY 
WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AS FAR AS
THE PROTEST AND MAKE PEOPLE KNOW
THEIR CONCERNS, BUT THEY DID IT 
WITHOUT VIOLENCE. 
>> Reporter: BUT THIS STICKS.
KYLE RITTENHOUSE, A 17-YEAR-OLD 
COMING WITH A RIFLE TO KENOSHA, 
HE SAYS ON THIS VIDEO THAT NIGHT
TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
>> PEOPLE ARE GETTING INJURED, 
AND OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THEM, 
AND PART OF MY JOB IS 
[INDISCERNIBLE] NOBODY HURT AND 
I'M RUNNING INTO HARM'S WAY.
THAT'S WHY [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> Reporter: ON FACEBOOK, 
INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK, BEFORE HIS
POSTS WERE SCRUBBED, HE SAID A 
LOT ABOUT HIS PASSIONS, GUNS, 
POLICE AND TRUMP.
>> LET'S GET THIS DONE!
>> Reporter: HE MADE A TIKTOK 
VIDEO OF A TRUMP RALLY IN 
JANUARY FROM HIS FRONT ROW SEAT.
HE NOW FACES SIX CHARGES, TWO 
FOR HOMICIDE.
JACOB BLAKE, WHO SURVIVED THIS 
SHOOTING ON SUNDAY, WHICH KICKED
OFF SO MUCH RAGE, IS TONIGHT IN 
HOSPITAL AND HIS DAD SAYS HE'S 
HANDCUFFED TO THE BED WITH NO 
EXPLANATION.
AS THE SHOOTING REVERBERATES, 
THRUST INTO A CHARGED POLITICAL 
CLIMATE.
>> SEVEN TIMES IN THE BACK IN 
BROAD DAYLIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS 
THREE YOUNG SONS.
AS VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN PUT IT, 
THE SHOTS FIRED AT MR. BLAKE 
PIERCED THE SOUL OF OUR NATION.
>> THE VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING 
DEATH OF JACOB BLAKE. 
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TODAY BRUSHED OFF A QUESTION 
ABOUT JACOB BLAKE WHILE 
CONDEMNING THE OVERALL VIOLENCE 
IN KENOSHA.
SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: RACIAL DIVISIONS, 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS, ACTS OF 
VIOLENT VANDALISM.
THEY ARE FRONT AND CENTRE IN 
U.S. POLITICS, INCLUDING AT THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
WHICH ENDED TONIGHT.
PAUL HUNTER LOOKS AT HOW DONALD 
TRUMP FRAMES THEM IN HIS BID FOR
RE-ELECTION.
>> Reporter: AS THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND SOMEWHERE INSIDE IT DONALD 
TRUMP TONIGHT PREPARED FOR HIS 
BIG SPEECH, IT WAS AMID ECHOES 
OF WHAT'S PLAYING OUT IN 
WISCONSIN, AND AS WELL, THE 
CLEAR MESSAGING ON THAT FROM 
REPUBLICANS AT THEIR CONVENTION 
THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON.
THE HEADLINE, FEAR.
>> DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING OVERRUN 
BY VIOLENT MOBS.
PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD TO FLEE 
HAVE FLED, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT 
CAN'T -- GOOD, HARD-WORKING 
AMERICANS -- ARE LEFT TO FEND 
FOR THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: AND GOES THE 
SUGGESTION THE ONLY WAY TO STAY 
SAFE IS WITH TRUMP.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE 
LAW-AND-ORDER PRESIDENT, FROM 
OUR BORDERS TO OUR BACKYARDS. 
>> THE HARD TRUTH IS YOU WON'T 
BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA.
>> Reporter: FAR BEHIND IN THE 
POLLS, IT MAY WELL BE THE 
VIOLENCE IN WISCONSIN, IN A 
SUMMER OF HEATED PROTEST, PLAYS 
TO TRUMP'S BID FOR RE-ELECTION.
FEAR HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A 
POWERFUL WEAPON IN U.S. 
POLITICS.
EVEN TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE 
FRAMED WISCONSIN THIS WAY. 
>> THE MORE CHAOS AND ANARCHY 
AND VANDALISM AND VIOLENCE 
REIGN, THE BETTER IT IS FOR THE 
VERY CLEAR CHOICE ON WHO'S BEST 
ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW AND 
ORDER. 
>> Reporter: BEFORE THE COVID 
PANDEMIC, MOST EXPECTED TRUMP TO
HIGHLIGHT A HEALTHY U.S. ECONOMY
AS THE BASIS FOR A SECOND TERM.
THAT'S NOW GONE.
AND WITH A LITTLE OVER TWO 
MONTHS UNTIL VOTING DAY, FEAR 
COULD DRAW BACK VOTERS WHO HAVE 
DRIFTED OVER TO JOE BIDEN.
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT. 
>> Reporter: SAID BIDEN TODAY, 
IT WON'T WORK.
BESIDES, HE SAID, TRUMP'S ONLY 
MAKING THINGS WORSE.
>> HE JUST KEEPS POURING FUEL ON
THE FIRE.
HE'S ENCOURAGING THIS.
HE'S NOT DIMINISHING IT AT ALL.
THIS IS HIS AMERICA NOW, AND YOU
WANT TO END WHERE WE ARE NOW, 
WE'VE GOT TO END HIS TENURE AS 
PRESIDENT.
>> Adrienne: SO PAUL, CLOSING 
OUT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION TONIGHT, THE SPEECH 
BY DONALD TRUMP, WHAT STOOD OUT 
TO YOU?
>> Reporter: IT'S ONE OF THOSE 
NIGHTS IN WASHINGTON, ADRIENNE, 
YOU KNOW, FROM WHERE I STAND, 
YOU CAN HEAR JUST OVER THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU CAN
HEAR THE GIANT MOSTLY MASKLESS 
CROWD, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, 
CHEERING ON DONALD TRUMP.
MEANWHILE, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU
CAN HEAR COMING FROM THE OTHER 
DIRECTION OUT JUST PAST THE NEW 
FENCE BLACK LIVES MATTER 
DEMONSTRATORS TRYING TO SHOUT 
DOWN THE PRESIDENT.
DONALD TRUMP DID ADDRESS THAT 
ISSUE IN HIS SPEECH TONIGHT.
HERE'S A CLIP ON HOW HE TRIED TO
FRAME THE STAKES IN THE COMING 
ELECTION.
>> President Donald Trump: YOUR 
VOTE WILL DECIDE WHETHER WE 
PROTECT LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS OR
WHETHER WE GIVE FREE REIN TO 
VIOLENT ANARCHISTS AND AGITATORS
AND CRIMINALS WHO THREATEN OUR 
CITIZENS, AND THIS ELECTION WILL
DECIDE WHETHER WE WILL DEFEND 
THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE OR 
WHETHER WE WILL ALLOW A RADICAL 
MOVEMENT TO COMPLETELY DISMANTLE
AND DESTROY IT.
>> Reporter: INDEED, ADRIENNE, 
IT SEEMS CLEAR TRUMP IS BETTING 
FEAR WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE
COMING CAMPAIGN.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, PAUL, 
THANKS VERY MUCH.
PAUL HUNTER AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
TONIGHT.
>>> FOR THE SECOND TIME DURING 
THE PANDEMIC, QUEBEC IS 
REOPENING SCHOOLS.
IN THE SPRING, THE EXCEPTION WAS
IN MONTREAL.
THIS TIME IT'S PROVINCE-WIDE, 
AND AS ALISON NORTHCOTT FOUND 
OUT, PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE 
THEIR DOUBTS.
>> Reporter: EVA GOMEZ-BRIDGEO 
IS STARTING GRADE THREE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, 
AND I'M GOING TO SEE MY FRIENDS 
AND IT'S GOING TO BE, LIKE, NEW 
TEACHERS AND I'M GOING TO BE SO 
HAPPY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A BACK TO 
SCHOOL NO ONE IS USED TO.
>> NOT FOR ME, BUT GREAT BECAUSE
IT'S A NEW START FOR THEM. 
>> Reporter: A MIX OF EXCITEMENT
AND NERVES. 
>> HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MANAGE 
THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY THE -- 
LIKE, THE FIRST YEAR?
THEY DON'T WEAR MASK. 
>> I WAS LOOKING IN THE U.S. HOW
MANY KIDS GOT INFECTED AFTER 
THEY WENT BACK TO SCHOOL.
THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY HIGH.
>> Reporter: SOME STUDENTS 
OUTSIDE MONTREAL WENT BACK IN 
MAY.
BUT FOR THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, ALL
OF THIS IS NEW.
THERE'S SCHEDULED HANDWASHING, 
FULL CLASS BUBBLES WITH NO 
DISTANCING FOR STUDENTS IN THE 
SAME CLASS, AND MASKS FOR GRADES
FIVE AND UP, BUT NOT IN THE 
CLASSROOM.
ALREADY, THOUGH, SIGNS OF HOW 
COVID WILL COMPLICATE THINGS.  
AFTER A PARENT TESTED POSITIVE 
ABOUT 30 STUDENTS AT THIS 
PRIVATE SCHOOL WERE SENT HOME, 
BUT THE PROVINCE SAYS ONLY THAT 
PARENT'S CHILD SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
QUEBEC SAYS IT'S CONFIDENT IN 
ITS BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN BUT SOME
TEACHERS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS 
AND PARENTS SAY THE MEASURES 
FALL SHORT.
THIS PARENT IS PART OF A LAWSUIT
TO TRY TO FORCE THE PROVINCE TO 
OFFER REMOTE LEARNING TO EVERY 
STUDENT.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN
SO FORCEFULLY INSIST THAT PEOPLE
HAND OVER THEIR CHILDREN ON A 
HOPE AND A PRAYER WITHOUT ALSO 
CONVINCING THEM THAT YOU'VE 
REALLY DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN 
TO MAKE THAT SPACE SAFE.
>> WE NEED TO ERR ON THE MOST 
PRUDENT SAFETY MEASURES 
POSSIBLE.
IT MAY EVEN BE TOO MUCH ONE DAY 
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS IN 
RETROSPECT. 
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE 
PROVINCE SHOULD ENCOURAGE 
SCHOOLS TO ADD EXTRA MEASURES 
THAT MEET THEIR NEEDS TO TRY TO 
STAVE OFF OUTBREAKS AND KEEP 
SCHOOLS OPEN.
ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS, 
MONTREAL.
>> Adrienne: UNIONS FOR ONTARIO 
TEACHERS ARE THREATENING TO 
COMPLAIN TO THE PROVINCE'S 
LABOUR BOARD.
THEIR CONCERNS OVER SCHOOL 
CONDITIONS GOT A RESPONSE TODAY 
FROM PREMIER DOUG FORD.
>> Premier Doug Ford: IT'S TIME 
THE TEACHERS STEP UP.
EVERYONE ELSE HAS SACRIFICED, 
AND I DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE 
GREAT TEACHERS WE HAVE IN THIS 
PROVINCE VERSUS THE TEACHERS 
UNION.
>> Adrienne: ONTARIO WOULD 
QUALIFY FOR ABOUT $760 MILLION 
FROM A $2 BILLION FEDERAL FUND 
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK.
THE MONEY MUST BE SPENT ON 
SCHOOL SAFETY.
>>> WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE 
SCHOOLS IN ONTARIO, THE DEADLINE
TO GET THEM READY FOR STUDENTS 
IS APPROACHING FAST.
TODAY CBC NEWS GOT A LOOK AT HOW
IT'S GOING IN A COUPLE OF 
TORONTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ALI CHIASSON TAKES US ON THE 
TOUR.
>> I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE 
WEARING A MASK.
COMING TO SCHOOL WITH A MASK.
DID YOU DO YOUR PRE-SCREENING 
BEFORE ENTERING THE SCHOOL?
>> YES, I DID.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE'S GOT A 
ROLE. 
>> COUGH?
FEVER?
ANY SORT OF SORE THROAT?
WE NEED ALL OF US AS A TEAM TO 
COME TOGETHER TO DO THIS WORK SO
EVERYBODY FEELS SAFE.
>> Reporter: WHILE TEACHERS KEEP
AN EYE ON THE HALLS FOR PHYSICAL
DISTANCING, OTHER STAFFERS, EVEN
THE PRINCIPAL, CAN BE ON 
SCREENING DUTY.
>> HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> IT WILL BE TROUBLESHOOTING, A
GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLESHOOTING. 
>> Reporter: ESPECIALLY WHEN IT 
COMES TO CLASSROOMS. 
>> THIS IS A TYPICAL HISTORY 
CLASSROOM FOR US. 
>> Reporter: NEXT WEEK TEACHERS 
WILL BE IN TO REARRANGE SEATING 
AND TAKE NOTE OF ANY CHALLENGES.
>> THESE DESKS DON'T LOOK SIX 
FEET APART. 
>> YEAH, SO THAT'S THE PIECE 
THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'RE 
GOING TO -- SOME OF THESE DESKS 
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANOEUVRE
OUT OF HERE. 
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOU 
CAN FIT A FULL AMOUNT OF 
STUDENTS?
>> ALL WE NEED IS 15 IN ONE 
CLASS.
I THINK SPACING IT PROPERLY AND 
MOVING THESE DESKS OUT, WE 
SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 
HAVE A SIMILAR SETUP, EVEN 
THOUGH MONITORING HUNDREDS OF 
YOUNG GRADE SCHOOLERS FOR 
SPACING AND MASK WEARING IS A 
MUCH DIFFERENT TASK.
SO TEACHERS ARE WORKING IT INTO 
THE CURRICULUM.
>> COVID 50, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, 
-- 
>> COVID SAFETY, YEAH, 
ABSOLUTELY.
THAT HAS TO BECOME THE NEW NORM,
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, 
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT KIDS NOW 
HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH AND
LEARN ABOUT.
BECAUSE IT'S GOING 
TO LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO 
ADJUST, BUT WE KNOW OUR KIDS ARE
RESILIENT AND THEY WILL FIGURE 
IT OUT.
>> Reporter: HOW ARE YOU FEELING
ABOUT HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL 
THIS YEAR?
>> I'M VERY EXCITED TO COME BACK
TO SCHOOL. 
>> Reporter: YEAH?
WHY?
>> WELL, BECAUSE AT HOME THERE'S
NOT MUCH TO DO AND THE ONLINE 
LEARNING, FOR ME PERSONALLY, WAS
A LOT HARDER THAN DOING IT IN 
SCHOOL. 
>> Reporter: COMING BACK TO 
SCHOOL AFTER WHAT'S FELT LIKE 
THE LONGEST MARCH BREAK EVER IS 
GOING TO FEEL WEIRD IN EVERY 
WAY.  
NO LOCKERS, NO CAFETERIA.
FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS, AT LEAST, 
HALF DAYS IN CLASS, THE REST OF 
THE DAY ONLINE.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE 
CLASSES WITH OUR FRIENDS 
PROBABLY.
LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST 
LIKE A FEW KIDS AND THERE'S NOT 
ALWAYS, LIKE, THE CHANCE THAT 
YOUR FRIENDS CAN BE IN THAT. 
>> Reporter: ARE YOU GOING TO 
MISS THE OLD WAY?
>> OH, YEAH.
OH, MY GOSH, I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT
TO GO BACK, BUT IT'S SO MUCH 
BETTER TO BE HERE THAN JUST 
SITTING AT HOME.
>> Reporter: ALI CHIASSON, CBC 
NEWS, TORONTO. 
>> Adrienne: WELL, ELECTIONS 
CANADA IS RAMPING UP 
PREPARATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE 
ELECTION HERE AS EARLY AS THIS 
FALL.
THE AGENCY SAYS THAT GIVEN THE 
CURRENT MINORITY GOVERNMENT, A 
VOTE COULD TAKE PLACE AT ANY 
TIME, SO IT IS MAKING 
PREPARATIONS FOR A PANDEMIC 
ELECTION, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE
VOTING OVER THE TWO DAYS OF A 
WEEKEND TO HELP MAINTAIN 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING AS WELL AS 
AN UPTAKE IN MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 
MEANING SOME RESULTS COULD BE 
DELAYED. 
>>> NOW TO ALBERTA WHERE THE 
GOVERNMENT SAID TODAY IT IS 
WRACKING UP ITS LARGEST DEFICIT 
IN HISTORY.
USUALLY A MAJOR DRIVER OF 
CANADA'S PROSPERITY, THE 
PROVINCE HAS BEEN LAID LOW BY 
COVID-19 AND A DRASTIC SLUMP IN 
OIL PRICES.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN LOOKS AT THE 
IMPACT AND THE OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: THESE DAYS, THE 
ONLY SMALL TALK IN THIS BOOKSHOP
IS BETWEEN THE OWNERS.
>> WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT, 
LIKE, LESS OF A CHANCE TO 
INTERACT WITH CUSTOMERS.
>> Reporter: SINCE THE PANDEMIC 
HIT IN MARCH, THEY'VE MOVED TO 
THIS WAREHOUSE AND A PICK-UP AND
DELIVERY MODEL. 
>> IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, JUST SORT OF FIGURING OUT 
WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN. 
>> Reporter: JUST ONE SIGN OF 
THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN 
ALBERTA.
>> FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, WE'RE 
PROJECTING A DEFICIT OF $24.2 
BILLION. 
>> Reporter: A RESULT, IT SAYS, 
OF COVID-19 AND AN OIL WAR THIS 
SPRING BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND 
RUSSIA THAT POUNDED THE PRICE OF
CRUDE.
>> A SPECIAL DEBATE -- 
>> Reporter: THE OFFICIAL 
OPPOSITION HAS WARNED FOR MONTHS
ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S BIG BET 
ON OIL TO BALANCE THE BOOKS.
TODAY THE N.D.P. RAISED THE 
SPECTRE OF SPENDING CUTS.
>> SO WHAT IS GOING TO BE CUT?
WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING?
>> Reporter: PUBLIC SECTOR 
UNIONS HAVE BEEN AT ODDS WITH 
THE PROVINCE OVER CUTS ALREADY 
ANNOUNCED.
TODAY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT 
RULE OUT MORE OF THEM.
>> WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO LOOK
FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BRING 
THE COST OF DELIVERING SERVICES 
TO ALBERTANS DOWN. 
>> Reporter: THE BOOKSTORE'S 
OWNERS HAVE ANOTHER IDEA.
NEARLY TABOO IN ALBERTA.
>> WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR A SALES 
TAX.
I THINK THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, 
HELP ELIMINATE A LARGE PORTION 
OF THE GAP IN THE DEFICIT. 
>> Reporter: IF NOT, THERE ARE 
OTHER OPTIONS, SAYS THIS 
ECONOMIST. 
>> WE CAN THINK ABOUT INCREASES 
IN GASOLINE TAXES, LIQUOR 
MARKUPS. 
>> Reporter: BUT THE PROVINCE 
HAS NO PLANS FOR ANY REVENUE 
INCREASE.  
JUST MONTHS AGO IT HAD PLANNED 
TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN TWO 
YEARS.
NOW IT HAS SCRAPPED THAT 
DEADLINE AND HASN'T OFFERED 
ANOTHER.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS, 
EDMONTON.
>> Adrienne: NOW FROM PROVINCIAL
FINANCES TO HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS, 
MANY OF THOSE ALSO UNBALANCED BY
COVID-19.
ANOTHER RENT DAY LOOMS, JUST 
FIVE DAYS FROM NOW AND EVICTION 
NOTICES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PILING
UP.
KATIE NICHOLSON LOOKS AT HOW 
TENANTS AND LANDLORDS ARE 
SUFFERING.
>> I HAD PAY BY SEPTEMBER 7, AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE CALLING MY 
TERMINATION DATE.
>> Reporter: IN THE TEN YEARS 
SHE'S LIVED IN HER DOWNTOWN 
APARTMENT, PATRICIA HOLDER NEVER
MISSED A RENT PAYMENT, UNTIL 
COVID-19, WHICH PUT THE DOG 
WALKER AND MASSAGE THERAPIST OUT
OF BUSINESS. 
>> I EITHER PAID MY RENT OR THE 
MASS AMOUNT OF OTHER BILLS THAT 
I HAD TO PAY.
>> Reporter: THE BILLS WON OUT.
NOW SHE OWES $7500 IN RENT AND 
NEEDS TO BE EARNING AGAIN TO PAY
IT BACK.
ONTARIO'S EVICTION BAN WAS 
LIFTED IN LATE JULY, AND TIME IS
RUNNING OUT. 
>> IT'S NOT A DEBT I'M WALKING 
AWAY FROM.
IT'S JUST THAT RIGHT NOW 
[INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> LANDLORDS ARE LOOKED TO BE 
THE EVIL, GREEDY RICH LANDLORDS,
AND REALLY WE'RE JUST LIKE 
REGULAR PEOPLE, JUST TRYING TO 
MAKE A LIVING. 
>> Reporter: THIS LANDLORD GROUP
SAYS THEY TOO ARE HURTING.
>> SINCE COVID, WE'RE ACTUALLY 
LOOKING LIKE A MASS EXODUS THAT 
IS HAPPENING WHERE LANDLORDS ARE
GETTING OUT OF THE GAME BECAUSE 
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO 
HOLD ON TO PROPERTIES. 
>> Reporter: THOSE WHO ARE STILL
IN THE GAME ARE FRUSTRATED BY 
THE LACK OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 
WHEN THEIR TENANTS CAN'T OR 
SIMPLY WON'T PAY.
>> IT FEELS THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
IS ASKING ME TO PROVIDE HOUSING 
FREE OF CHARGE, AND THEY ARE 
HANDCUFFING ME.
I HAVE NO ABILITY TO CONTROL MY 
OWN PROPERTY.
>> Reporter: ABOUT 10% OF HER 
RENTERS ARE BEHIND OR HAVEN'T 
PAID A CENT IN MONTHS, AND SHE'S
FRUSTRATED.
>> WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
TO US IS US NOT BEING ABLE TO 
PAY OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND OUR 
INSURANCE AND OTHER BILLS THAT 
COME UP.
>> Reporter: KEEP THE RENT 
BANNERS DOT THIS TORONTO 
NEIGHBOURHOOD WHERE RENTER 
ADVOCATE COLE WEBBER WORKS.
HE SAYS HIS AGENCY KNOWS OF 
ROUGHLY 6,000 EVICTION NOTICES 
AND EXPECTS THOUSANDS MORE IN 
SEPTEMBER.
>> SO COLE, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO 
PEOPLE WHO ARE SCARED, FACING 
EVICTION?
>> Reporter: DON'T MOVE.
ORGANIZE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS 
AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE LANDLORD
TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 
EVICTION.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER MONTH 
DEEPER IN DEBT, ANOTHER MONTH 
CLOSER TO THE EDGE.
KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: HURRICANE LAURA HAS
LEFT A TOTAL MESS IN ITS WAKE.
>> I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE ARE ALL
ALIVE.
THAT'S IT.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE 
NATIONAL," WE'RE ON THE GROUND 
TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE.
>>> EXCLUSIVE DETAILS ON 
WESTJET'S TOUGH NEW PLAN FOR 
PASSENGERS WHO REFUSE TO WEAR 
MASKS.
>> IT'S LIKE CHOOSING NOT TO 
WEAR A SEAT BELT.
>> Adrienne: AND A NEW VICTIM OF
COVID-19, THE FIGHT AGAINST 
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.
>> LITERALLY THEY PUT EVERY ITEM
IN ITS OWN BAG, SO IT WAS GIVING
ME, LIKE, ANXIETY.
>> Adrienne: WE'RE BACK IN TWO
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
IN LOUISIANA TONIGHT, THE 
AFTERMATH OF A POWERFUL 
HURRICANE THAT TOUCHED DOWN THIS
MORNING.
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE ARE DEAD, 
MOST KILLED BY FALLING TREES.
THE DESTRUCTION IS STARTLING, 
AND OUR STEVEN D'SOUZA IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT.
SO, STEVEN, CAN YOU GIVE US A 
SENSE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE THERE?
>> Reporter: ADRIENNE, JUST TO 
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE SHEER 
FORCE OF THE WIND, THE ENTIRE 
FRONT OF THIS STORE IS JUST 
COMPLETELY RIPPED DOWN AND IN 
THE CORNER YOU MAY BE ABLE TO 
SEE THERE WAS A CAR THERE WHEN 
THE WALL CAME DOWN, AND IN FRONT
OF THAT CAR ON THE GROUND HERE 
THERE'S A GREEN PIECE OF METAL 
AND GLASS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE TOP OF A BUS
SHELTER, AND THE SHELTER IS 
ABOUT 20 METRES AWAY.
IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW 
STRONG THE WIND IS, AND WE'RE 
SEEING THIS SCENE UP AND DOWN 
THE MAIN STRIP HERE IN LAKE 
CHARLES WHICH WAS REALLY AT THE 
BRUNT -- TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE 
STORM.
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WAS ONE 
HURRICANE THAT HIT THIS PLACE.
IT'S MORE LIKE A DOZEN TORNADOS.
HURRICANE LAURA HIT THE GULF 
COAST WITH THE FEROCITY NOT SEEN
IN DECADES. 
>> THERE IT GOES. 
>> Reporter: WINDS UP TO 240 
KILOMETRES AN HOUR AN HOUR.
>> GET BACK!
>> Reporter: FORECASTERS HAD 
WARNED OF AN UNSURVIVABLE STORM 
SURGE THAT COULD SEND WATER AS 
FAR AS 60 KILOMETRES INLAND, BUT
AS THE SUN ROSE, IT WAS CLEAR 
THAT SURGE NEVER CAME, AND IT 
WAS THE WIND THAT DID THE 
DAMAGE.
LAKE CHARLES TOOK THE BRUNT OF 
THE HIT. 
>> SEEING A TRAIN COMPLETELY 
DERAILED, LONG TRAIN, A BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT HOUSES AND BUSINESSES 
AND FARMS, YOU KNOW, DESTROYED 
OR MISSING ROOFS, OR SHEET METAL
JUST THROWN ALL OVER FIELDS.
IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE TORNADO 
DAMAGE. 
>> Reporter: WITH THE STREETS 
LITTERED WITH GLASS, PARTS OF 
ROOFTOPS AND DEBRIS CARRIED BY 
THE STORM, THOSE WHO CAME TO 
SURVEY THE DAMAGE TRIED TO 
REMAIN CALM. 
>> I GOT BUMPED IN THE HEAD AND 
I'M TRYING TO, LIKE, GET BACK 
HOME.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT. 
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH 
MORNING. 
>> IT HAS, AND YOU KNOW, I'M 
JUST GLAD THAT WE ARE ALL ALIVE.
>> Reporter: THE REGION WEST OF 
NEW ORLEANS IS DOTTED WITH 
CHEMICAL AND GAS PLANTS.
A CHEMICAL FIRE AT A CHLORINE 
PLANT FORCED THOSE WHO HAD JUST 
WEATHERED THE STORM TO STAY 
INDOORS AND SHELTER FROM THE 
TOXIC FUMES.
MEANWHILE, THE STORM CONTINUED 
NORTH, LOSING STRENGTH AND 
DOWNGRADING TO A TROPICAL STORM.
>> WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND 
THOUSANDS OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS
WHOSE LIVES ARE UPSIDE DOWN 
BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESSES AND/OR 
THEIR HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.
>> Reporter: LOUISIANA'S 
GOVERNOR DID AN AERIAL TOUR OF 
THE LAKE CHARLES AREA.
BUT ALONG THE COAST PLACES LIKE 
CAMERON PARISH ARE ALMOST 
INACCESSIBLE ON THE GROUND, MOST
OF THE RESIDENTS THERE 
EVACUATED, BUT OFFICIALS SAY 150
PEOPLE REFUSED TO LEAVE, THEIR 
FATE IS UNCLEAR.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, SO THIS IS A 
LOT FOR PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH 
THERE.
WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR 
TOMORROW, STEVEN?
>> WELL, THE RED CROSS SAYS 
THAT THERE'S UPWARDS OF 10,000 
PEOPLE WHO EVACUATED AND WENT 
INTO SHELTERS, AND THEN 
THERE'S -- NOT COUNTING ALL OF 
THE PEOPLE WHO WENT IN TO STAY 
WITH RELATIVES IN PLACES LIKE 
TEXAS OR JUST FURTHER NORTH FROM
HERE, AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO 
HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE RETURNING 
TO THIS AREA TO LITERALLY FIND 
NOT MUCH LEFT, AND THEY'RE GOING
TO BE PICKING UP THE PIECES.
AND FOR STOREOWNERS LIKE THIS 
ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG AND
VERY DIFFICULT RECOVERY.
>>> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE WERE LEFT HOMELESS BY 
THAT EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT EARLIER
THIS MONTH.
WELL, TODAY CANADA OFFERED TO 
HELP WITH LEBANON'S 
INVESTIGATION INTO THE BLAST AS 
LONG AS IT IS CREDIBLE AND 
TRANSPARENT.
MARGARET EVANS IS IN BEIRUT 
WHERE CANADA'S FOREIGN MINISTER 
IS WITNESSING THE IMMENSE NEED 
FIRST-HAND.
>> Reporter: LEBANON IS STILL 
DESPERATE FOR THE GAZE OF THE 
OUTSIDE WORLD.
ITS PEOPLE NEED IT, ABANDONED AS
THEY FEEL, BY THEIR OWN 
GOVERNMENT.
TODAY IT WAS CANADA'S TURN TO 
LOOK IN.
FRANÇOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE 
VISITING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION 
SITE AND CANADIAN AID AT WORK.
HE ANNOUNCED THAT OTTAWA WILL 
MATCH THE $8 MILLION CANADIANS 
HAVE ALREADY RAISED FOR LEBANON.
>> IF YOU'RE READY, WE ARE 
READY.
>> Reporter: THERE IS GRATITUDE,
SAYS ALI HAYDER, 23 AND WORKING 
WITH A LOCAL CHARITY. 
>> YOU KNOW, LEBANON BEFORE THE 
EXPLOSION WAS LIVING A HUGE 
DISASTER ECONOMICALLY, 
POLITICALLY, SECURITY-WISE, YOU 
KNOW, AND THE EXPLOSION WAS, 
LIKE, THE KNOCKOUT.
>> Reporter: IT TOOK THIS 
WOMAN'S HOME AND SAYS SHE'S 
NEVER HAD TO BEG BEFORE.
ALL THE ONES IN POWER IN LEBANON
ARE TO BLAME, SHE ANSWERS, ALL 
OF THEM.
EARLIER CHAMPAGNE VISITED THE 
LEBANESE PRESIDENT MICHEL AOUN, 
PRESIDING FROM HIS PALACE OVER A
BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM AND 
ACCUSED OF TRYING TO PRESERVE 
IT.
CANADA IS OFFERING TO BE PART OF
AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION 
INTO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED 
HERE, A MOONSCAPE WHERE ONCE 
THERE WAS LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD.
PARTS OF THIS CRUCIAL PORT HAVE 
BEGUN WORKING AGAIN, SLOWLY.
CHAMPAGNE SAYS CANADA WILL KEEP 
HELPING AND KEEP FAITH WITH 
LEBANESE DEMANDING CHANGE, 
ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH.
>> I THINK THEY HAVE SPOKEN LOUD
AND CLEAR ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONS
THEY WANT, THE REFORMS THEY 
EXPECT.
>> Reporter: RESILIENCE THERE 
MAY BE, BUT THERE IS ALSO 
DESPAIR, AND THE FLIGHT FROM THE
COUNTRY FOR SO MANY HAS ALREADY 
BEGUN.
>> NOW THE LEBANESE, EUROPE LOOK
AT LEBANON, AND HOPELESS.
WE ARE LITERALLY HOPELESS.
>> Reporter: NOW IS NOT THE TIME
TO LOOK AWAY.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS, 
BEIRUT.
>> Adrienne: NEXT, WESTJET'S NEW
PLAN TO CRACK DOWN ON PASSENGERS
WHO WON'T WEAR A MASK.
>> IT'S LIKE CHOOSING NOT TO 
WEAR A SEAT BELT.
THERE IS NO COMPELLING LOGIC TO 
SAY THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE 
WEARING MASKS IN AN ENCLOSED 
ENVIRONMENT. 
>> Adrienne: EXCLUSIVE DETAILS 
FROM THE AIRLINE'S CEO RIGHT 
AFTER THE BREAK.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, TRAVELLERS, 
HERE'S AN EARLY HEADS UP.
STARTING IN SEPTEMBER THE 
PENALTY FOR NOT FOLLOWING 
PANDEMIC MASK RULES ON ONE MAJOR
CANADIAN AIRLINE WILL GET A LOT 
MORE HARSH.
CAROLYN DUNN HAS THE DETAILS 
FROM "THE NATIONAL"'S EXCLUSIVE 
INTERVIEW WITH WESTJET CEO. 
>> Reporter: WESTJET IS ADDING 
SOME TOUGH NEW MEASURES TO 
FEDERALLY MANDATED MASK RULES.
TRANSPORT CANADA REQUIRES MASKS 
FOR EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF TWO
ON A FLIGHT, UNLESS THEY HAVE A 
DOCTOR'S NOTE.
NOW IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 
WITH CBC NEWS, WESTJET'S 
PRESIDENT AND CEO, ED SIMS, SAYS
ANYONE WHO DOESN'T COMPLY WILL 
BE GIVEN TWO WARNINGS, 
THEN . . . 
>> IF THE PLANE HAS NOT LEFT THE
GATE AND SOMEBODY REFUSED TO 
WEAR A MASK, WE WILL RETURN TO 
THE GATE.
>> Reporter: IN EXTREME 
CIRCUMSTANCES, A PLANE ALREADY 
IN THE AIR COULD TURN AROUND.
SOME U.S. AIRLINES HAVE BEEN 
KICKING PEOPLE OFF PLANES FOR 
REFUSING TO WEAR MASKS ON BOARD.
IN ADDITION TO BEING PREPARED TO
DO THE SAME, WESTJET SAYS IT 
WILL BAN NON-COMPLIANT 
PASSENGERS FROM FLYING ON THE 
AIRLINE FOR A YEAR.
>> I HAVE AN OBLIGATION AND A 
DUTY OF CARE TO OUR STAFF.
I ALSO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO 
EVERY OTHER GUEST, SO MY FOCUS 
IS ON THE 99% OF GUESTS WHO 
CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS. 
>> Reporter: AIR CANADA ALSO HAS
ITS OWN GRADED APPROACH FOR 
THOSE WHO REFUSE TO WEAR A MASK,
UP TO AND INCLUDING A BAN ON ITS
FLIGHTS.
THIS INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
SPECIALIST AGREES THAT THE LACK 
OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING ON PLANES
MAKE TOUGH RULES ESSENTIAL.
>> WE NEED TO BRING IN THOSE 
OTHER LAYERS OF PROTECTION, SUCH
AS WEARING A MASK, TO AVOID 
DROPLETS SPREADING TO THE PEOPLE
NOT ONLY NEAR YOU BUT PERHAPS 
CIRCULATING IN THE AIR AND EVEN 
GETTING TO DISTAL ROWS ON THE 
PLANE. 
>> Reporter: BEGINNING NEXT 
WEEK, WESTJET WILL ALSO REQUIRE 
PASSENGERS TO GIVE CONTACT 
INFORMATION SO THEY CAN BE 
TRACED IF THERE'S A POSITIVE 
CASE ON THEIR FLIGHT.
THE AIRLINE IS ALSO DEVISING A 
PILOT PROJECT WITH THE VANCOUVER
AIRPORT AND RESEARCHERS TO TEST 
PASSENGERS ON CERTAIN FLIGHTS 
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS, IN THE 
HOPES THAT RESEARCH CAN AID 
PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES.
CAROLYN DUNN, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Adrienne: SO MASKS ARE MEANT 
TO PROTECT PEOPLE, BUT 
CONVINCING PASSENGERS THAT 
FLYING IS SAFE RIGHT NOW IS A 
WHOLE OTHER CHALLENGE.
AS WESTJET CEO TOLD IAN.
>> SOME OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING 
ARE SAYING TO THEMSELVES THAT 
THEY MAY BE FEELING RELUCTANT TO
EVEN GO TO THE LOCAL MALL, AND 
MAYBE CAN'T IMAGINE THEMSELVES 
GETTING ON A PLANE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> SO THE NUMBER ONE OBJECTIVE 
THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT SIX 
MONTHS IS REASSURANCE.
IT'S REASSURANCE OF THE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS WE SPENT ON 
PROTECTIVE GEAR.
SO FOR THOSE GUESTS WHO STILL 
FEEL THAT SOMEHOW GETTING ON AN 
AIRCRAFT IS MORE WORRYING THAN 
GOING TO THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET, 
TIMES HAVE CHANGED. 
>> Adrienne: IAN'S EXCLUSIVE 
INTERVIEW WITH WESTJET'S CEO ED 
SIMS TOMORROW ON "THE NATIONAL."
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL 
RETURN TO OUR TOP STORY.
NEXT OUR PANEL LOOKS AT THIS 
MOMENT OF RECKONING IN SPORTS
>> Adrienne: THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC
HALTED PRO SPORTS THIS PAST 
MARCH, BUT WHEN THE NBA RETURNED
IN A BUBBLE, PLAYERS DEMANDED A 
PLATFORM TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT 
RACIAL INJUSTICE AND POLICE 
BRUTALITY WITH MESSAGES ON 
JERSEYS, ON COURTS, AND PLAYERS 
KNEELING DURING ANTHEMS, A SCENE
ECHOED ACROSS THE SPORTS WORLD.
ON SUNDAY, WHEN ANOTHER BLACK 
MAN, JACOB BLAKE, WAS SHOT BY 
POLICE, THIS TIME IN KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, ANGER AND FRUSTRATION
ERUPTED AGAIN.
>> WE ARE SCARED AS BLACK 
PEOPLE.
>> Adrienne: THIS UNPRECEDENTED 
SEASON TOOK ANOTHER TWIST AS 
BASKETBALL PLAYERS UPPED THE 
STAKES AND BOYCOTTED THEIR OWN 
GAMES. 
>> WE ARE CALLING FOR JUSTICE 
FOR JACOB BLAKE AND DEMAND THE 
OFFICERS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT 
BASKETBALL. 
>> Adrienne: A SHOW OF 
SOLIDARITY THAT TONIGHT HAS 
SPREAD ACROSS THE SPORTING WORLD
IN THE HOPES OF SEEING 
MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
ALL RIGHT, SO FOR MORE ON HOW 
THESE BOYCOTTS ARE PLAYING OUT 
AND THE RESPONSE SO FAR, I'M 
JOINED BY DONNOVAN BENNETT, 
WRITER AND HOST AT SPORTSNET.
KAYLA GREY IS AN ANCHOR AT TSN 
SPORTS CENTRE, AND
MORGAN CAMPBELL IS A SENIOR 
CONTRIBUTOR AT CBC SPORTS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO GET TO.
KAYLA, I'D REALLY LIKE TO START 
OFF WITH YOU.
I'M JUST REALLY CURIOUS.
WHAT COURSED THROUGH YOU THE 
MOMENT LAST NIGHT WHEN YOU HEARD
THAT, YOU KNOW, AN NBA GAME WAS 
NOT BEING PLAYED, CLEARLY A CALL
OF THE PLAYERS. 
>> YEAH, I THINK AS A BLACK 
WOMAN, AS A BLACK PERSON, PRIDE,
BUT ALSO SADNESS BECAUSE IT JUST
LET ME KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL 
HERE.
LISTEN, WE HAVE TO BE VERY 
CLEAR, IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THE 
NBA PLAYERS WENT INTO THE BUBBLE
THINKING THAT VISUAL MESSAGING 
ON THE COURT, THE MESSAGES THAT 
THEY HAD ON THEIR BACK WERE 
GOING TO BE IT, WERE GOING TO 
SOLVE RACISM.
THEY HAD BIGGER PLANS.
THE ISSUE WAS IS THAT THE 
MESSAGE JUST WASN'T GETTING 
AROUND AND ACROSS CLEAR ENOUGH, 
AND I THINK IN CONVERSATIONS 
THERE WAS THIS AWARENESS THAT 
THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES IN 
IT.
THERE WAS NO OWNERSHIP INVOLVED.
THERE WAS NO, YOU KNOW, OTHER 
HAND THAT NEEDED TO REALLY PLAY 
A BIG PART, AND SO I THINK 
PLAYERS AT THAT POINT IN TIME 
WERE, LIKE, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
IF WE ARE HERE AND WE'RE GOING 
TO BE A SPEAKING PIECE, IF WE'RE
GOING TO BE REVISITING OUR 
TRAUMA DURING OUR INTERVIEWS TO 
HELP PUT OUT A MESSAGE, 
OWNERSHIP, LEAGUE, NBA, Y'ALL 
GOT TO PULL UP AS WELL.
>> Adrienne: RIGHT, SO THIS WAS 
THEIR CALL.
AND THEN, DONNOVAN, AS THE NIGHT
UNFOLDED AND WE SAW MORE SPORTS,
MORE BOYCOTTS, YOU KNOW, LITTLE 
BIT, TENNIS, SOCCER, MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL, I'M WONDERING 
WHERE YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS 
GOING.
>> I MEAN, IT WASN'T REALLY 
SURPRISING BECAUSE BASKETBALL 
HAS BEEN A LEADER, HAS BEEN 
PROGRESSIVE, HAS BEEN 
INTENTIONAL.
WE LOOK TO COVID-19 AND THE FACT
THAT THE NBA SHUT DOWN.
THE OTHER SPORTS LEAGUES TOOK 
NOTICE, AND THEN THE WORLD TOOK 
NOTICE.
BUT REALLY, CONSPICUOUS IN THEIR
ABSENCE WAS THE NHL WHO HAD A 
MOMENT OF REFLECTION IN ONE GAME
AND NOT ALL AND NOT REALLY SURE 
WHAT THEY WERE REFLECTING ON.
THEY HAD ON THEIR SCREENS ENDING
RACISM AND SKATE FOR BLACK 
LIVES.
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 
TIME TO NOT SKATE FOR BLACK 
LIVES, AND MAYBE TO ADD ANOTHER 
WORD TO THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE 
"MATTER" AND SAY FOR THE FIRST 
TIME THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER, 
AND SO TO ME MY THOUGHTS WERE 
JUST A JUXTAPOSITION, BOTH ON 
THE PLAYERS IN THE NBA AND THE 
PLAYERS IN THE NHL AND BASICALLY
THE LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S WHY 
YOU SEE A JUXTAPOSITION ON WHAT 
THE FAN BASES LOOK LIKE.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT HOCKEY, THEN, BECAUSE 
IT -- THERE'S NO QUESTION IT 
TOTALLY STANDS OUT, AND MORGAN, 
I GUESS -- I GUESS ARGUABLY THAT
ANAEMIC MOMENT OF SILENCE 
YESTERDAY, AND THEN THE 
POSTPONING OF THE GAMES THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY, DOES THAT -- DOES 
THAT FALL INTO THE OKAY GOOD 
MOVE OR TOO LITTLE TOO LATE 
CATEGORY?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THE NHL REMINDS
ME -- THE NHL POSTPONING GAMES 
NOW REMINDS ME OF, REMEMBER 
BASEBALL 2015, JOSE BAUTISTA HIT
THAT BIG HOME RUN LATE IN THE 
GAME AGAINST THE TEXAS RANGERS, 
AND HE FLIPPED THE BAT, RIGHT?
AND THEN LATER ON JOHN TORY IS 
AT NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE, SOME 
CEREMONY, AND HE HAS A BAT AND 
HE FLIPS IT TOO, RIGHT?
SO ONE OF THESE WAS STAGED AND 
BORING AND LAME AND ONE OF THESE
WAS SUPER AND AWESOME AND 
AUTHENTIC.
THE NHL IS LIKE JOHN TORY COMING
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WITH THE 
STAGED BAT FLIP.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, I'M NOT 
NECESSARILY UPSET WITH THE NHL 
ONLY BECAUSE ALL OF THESE OTHER 
LEAGUES ARE TAKING CREDIT FOR 
POSTPONING GAMES EVEN THOUGH IT 
WAS THE PLAYERS THAT DECIDED 
THEY WEREN'T PLAYING.
SO THESE LEAGUES DIDN'T MAKE A 
CHOICE TO POSTPONE GAMES.
THE PLAYERS SAID WE'RE 
NOT PLAYING, WE'RE WITHHOLDING 
OUR LABOUR, AND THE LEAGUES HAD 
NO CHOICE BUT TO POSTPONE.
SO WHAT THIS TELLS YOU IS THAT 
UNLIKE THE NBA AND THE NFL, WHEN
THE DETROIT LIONS DIDN'T 
PRACTICE, AND UNLIKE SELECTED 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS 
WHICH YOU DID NOT HAVE IN THESE 
NHL LOCKER ROOMS WAS A CRITICAL 
MASS OF PLAYERS WHO FELT 
STRONGLY ENOUGH CONNECTED TO 
THIS ISSUE TO SIT OUT FOR A 
GAME.
>> Adrienne: SO WHAT DO YOU DO, 
THEN?
LIKE, WHAT BECOMES THE TAKEAWAY 
FROM THE DECISION OF, SAY, THE 
NBA TO RESUME THE PLAYOFFS?
KAYLA?
>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 
BIG QUESTION RIGHT NOW OF WHAT 
COMES NEXT, AND I THINK WHY THIS
IS SO IMPACTFUL AND IMPORTANT IS
BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO WAKE UP 
TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S NOT A 
QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD BE 
ASKING PLAYERS.
THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN ASKING OURSELVES, AND 
SO WITH THE PLAYERS COMING BACK,
LISTEN, IT WAS NO EASY THING TO 
DECIDE TO DO, BUT YOU HAVE TO 
IMAGINE THAT FOR THEM TO COME 
BACK, THERE IS A LIST OF DEMANDS
THAT THEY ARE HOPING OWNERSHIP 
MEETS, BUT ALSO THE ONUS IS ON 
US, AS MEDIA, THE STORIES THAT 
WE TELL, HOW WE TELL THEM.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE WAY THAT
WE'RE PUTTING OUT THESE QUOTES, 
WE'RE DOING IT IN THE SAME 
BREATH THAT WE'RE RE-TWEETING 
THESE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT WE'RE NOT 
PUTTING OR APPLYING ANY PRESSURE
ON INSTITUTIONS, AND IF 
JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY IS AT OUR
CORE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE 
SHOULD BE DOING.
SO I THINK IT FLIPS THE MIRROR 
BACK AT US.
IT FLIPS THE QUESTION BACK AT US
IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO 
CONTRIBUTE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IF MAYORS 
ARE SO HAPPY TO MAKE BETS ON 
PLAYOFFS AND SERIES AND THEY'RE 
GOING TO DO THIS AND THAT, IF 
SOMEONE WINS OR LOSES, THEY GOT 
TO BRING THAT SAME ENERGY TOO 
WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THEY 
STAND ON ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND 
POLICE BRUTALITY.
CALL UP YOUR PEOPLE.
CALL UP YOUR FELLOW MAYORS.
PUT SOME PRESSURE.
OWNERSHIP, YOU HAVE BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS, MONEY CAN MOVE, MONEY 
CAN MAKE CHANGE, AND SO I THINK 
THAT THIS JUST PUT THE BALL IN 
EVERYBODY ELSE'S COURT BECAUSE 
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE CANNOT 
LOOK AT NBA PLAYERS, A 
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK LEAGUE, TO 
SHOULDER ALL OF THIS, TO 
SHOULDER THE DECISION AND PLAN 
MAKING FOR PROBLEMS THAT THEY 
DID NOT CREATE.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, SO GOOD POINT
ABOUT THE OWNERS, AND DONNOVAN, 
WHERE ARE THE OWNERS NOW?
WHERE ARE THE SPONSORS NOW?
>> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN BY 
THEMSELVES.
THESE PEOPLE ARE OFTEN MOVED BY 
PROFIT MARGINS, AND WHEN THEY 
MOVE, AND WE SAW THE WASHINGTON 
FOOTBALL TEAM, THEIR NAME 
CHANGED WHEN THEY HAD SOME 
PRESSURE FROM THEIR SPONSORS WHO
HAD PRESSURE FROM THEIR 
CONSUMERS, AND THE NBA HAS MORE 
POWER THAN IT LETS ON.
THEY DID NOT BRING THEIR 
ALL-STAR GAME A COUPLE OF YEARS 
TO CHARLOTTE BECAUSE THEY FELT 
OPPOSED TO THE HB2 BATHROOM BILL
THAT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THE 
LGTBQ+ COMMUNITY.
GUESS WHAT, THAT BILL CHANGED 
AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY CAME 
WITH THEIR ALL-STAR GAME AND 
THEIR ECONOMY AND THEIR MONEY.
IF THEY CARE AS MUCH ABOUT THIS 
ISSUE, INSTEAD OF PUTTING BLACK 
LIVES MATTER ON THE COURT AND 
SAYINGS ON JERSEYS, THE MEN WHO,
TOGETHER, THE OWNERS, WHO HAVE 
BILLIONS WITH A "B" DOLLARS, 
MORE THAN THAT, THEY HAVE SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL CAPITAL, THEY CAN 
USE THAT TO CHANGE LEGISLATION 
LAWS AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY 
CULTURE AS WELL.
>> Adrienne: SO THIS LONG 
HISTORY OF ATHLETES STEPPING UP 
FOR JUSTICE IN HUMAN RIGHTS, 
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK ATHLETES, 
MUHAMMAD ALI, VIETNAM WAR, TOMMY
SMITH,
BLACK POWER PODIUM SALUTE, CAN 
YOU GIVE ME A SENSE, MORGAN, OF 
WHERE YOU THINK THIS MOMENT 
STANDS IN RELATION TO THOSE?
>> YEAH, WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME 
IS THAT THIS IS A GROUP OF
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES LEVERAGING
THEIR POWER, AND MAKING IT KNOWN
THAT THESE GAMES HAPPENED ON 
THEIR SAY SO, NOT ON SOMEBODY 
ELSE'S SAY SO.
ALL REPORTS SAY THAT LeBRON AND 
THE LAKERS, KAWHI AND THE 
CLIPPERS, THEY WERE READY TO 
LEAVE BECAUSE THEY KNEW IF THOSE
TWO TEAMS LEAVE THE BUBBLE, 
THERE IS NO PLAYOFFS.
YOU CANNOT PLAN AROUND A LeBRON 
JAMES.
YOU CANNOT PLAN AROUND A KAWHI 
LEONARD AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN RECENTLY 
PRO-ATHLETES PUT THEIR 
IDENTITIES AS BLACK PEOPLE 
BEFORE THEIR IDENTITIES AS 
BASKETBALL PLAYERS TO MAKE 
SOMETHING HAPPEN FOR BLACK FOLKS
IN GENERAL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE 
SAW LAST NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: ONE LAST QUESTION 
VERY QUICKLY TO EACH OF YOU.
WE'LL START WITH YOU,
MORGAN, DONNOVAN AND END WITH 
KAYLA, WHAT IS THE PLACE AND THE
ROLE IN THIS MOMENT FOR THE FAN?
>> THE PLACE AND THE ROLE IN 
THIS MOMENT FOR THE FAN?
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FANS IS
THE SAME THING I WOULD LIKE TO 
SEE MEMBERS OF THE MAINSTREAM 
MEDIA DO, WHICH I DON'T FEEL I 
SEE ENOUGH, WHICH IS TO RESPECT 
THESE ATHLETES AS HUMAN BEINGS 
FIRST, NOT AS ROBOTS PROGRAMMED 
TO ENTERTAIN.
AND NOT AS ONE PERSON THAT'S 
INTERCHANGEABLE WITH THE NEXT 
THAT'S INTERCHANGEABLE WITH THE 
NEXT IN TERMS OF HIS OR HER 
OPINIONS ON BLACK LIBERATION.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE 
IS FOR US IN THE MEDIA, YOU 
KNOW, TO STOP ASKING PLAYERS 
WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK THEY 
HAVE DONE ENOUGH.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, DONNOVAN?
>> YEAH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON 
THAT POINT, ATHLETES ARE THE 
ONLY PEOPLE WHO WE ASK TO BOTH 
EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN AT THE 
SAME TIME.
WE DON'T DO THAT TO COMEDIANS OR
ACTORS OR MUSICIANS, AND I'M NOT
REALLY SURE WHY WE'RE ASKING THE
OPPRESSED TO FIGURE OUT 
SOLUTIONS FOR THE OPPRESSOR.
REALLY OUR GAZE SHOULD BE ON THE
OWNERS, AND THEY SHOULD BE THE 
ONES WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE BOTH TO
THE FANS BUT ALSO TO US AS THE 
MEDIA AS WELL. 
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, LAST 
WORD TO YOU, KAYLA. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THIS.
IF YOU SHOW UP FOR WHAT ATHLETES
DO, YOU BETTER BE SHOWING UP FOR
WHO ATHLETES ARE.
I'M TIRED OF, FRANKLY, HEARING 
FANS TALKING AND PUTTING OUT 
THEIR HASHTAGS AND THIS, THAT 
AND THE THIRD, TALK ABOUT 
ALLYSHIP AND LISTENING AND 
LEARNING.
APPLICATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, KAYLA 
GREY, DONNOVAN BENNETT, MORGAN 
CAMPBELL, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE 
NATIONAL," A NEW SIDE EFFECT OF 
COVID-19.
>> LITERALLY THEY PUT EVERY ITEM
IN ITS OWN BAG, SO IT WAS GIVING
ME, LIKE, ANXIETY.
>> Adrienne: WHY CANADIANS ARE 
CHANGING THEIR TUNE WHEN IT 
COMES TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.
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>> Adrienne: SO HERE IS ONE WAY 
OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY 
THE PANDEMIC.
THERE IS A LOT MORE PLASTIC, BUT
AS PHILIPPE DE MONTIGNY 
EXPLAINS, THE FIGHT AGAINST 
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS IS LOSING A 
LOT OF GROUND WITH CANADIANS.
>> Reporter: PLASTICS USE HAS 
SHOT UP DURING THE PANDEMIC.
MASKS, GLOVES, TAKEOUT 
CONTAINERS, AND LOTS OF OTHER 
PACKAGING AS ONLINE ORDERS SOAR.
>> AT THE BEGINNING, I WAS 
DOING, LIKE, WALMART GROCERY 
DELIVERY, AND LITERALLY THEY PUT
EVERY ITEM IN ITS OWN BAG, SO IT
WAS GIVING ME, LIKE, ANXIETY, 
HAVING SO MUCH PLASTIC.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A NEW 
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY SURVEY, 
NEARLY A THIRD OF CANADIANS SAY 
THEY BOUGHT MORE GOODS PACKAGED 
IN PLASTIC SINCE THE PANDEMIC 
BEGAN.
SUPPORT FOR STRONGER REGULATION 
TO CURB THE USE OF THROW-AWAY 
PLASTICS DROPPED FROM 90% IN MAY
2019 TO 79% LAST MONTH.
SUPPORT FOR AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON 
THINGS LIKE BAGS, STRAWS AND 
CUTLERY FELL FROM 70% TO 58%.
THIS RESEARCHER SAYS RIGHT NOW 
PEOPLE ARE LESS WILLING TO PAY 
EXTRA FOR ECO-FRIENDLY 
ALTERNATIVES. 
>> GIVEN THE FACT THAT FOOD 
PRICES ARE ACTUALLY GOING UP 
RIGHT NOW, THE LAST THING THEY 
WANT IS ANOTHER REASON TO 
INCREASE PRICES BECAUSE THEY ARE
FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE OR 
FINANCIALLY THEY ARE VERY 
VULNERABLE. 
>> Reporter: THE FIGHT AGAINST 
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS HAS BEEN 
SIDELINED BY COVID-19, SOME 
SAYING IT'S BEEN SET BACK YEARS,
BUT ENVIRONMENTALISTS AREN'T 
GIVING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MANY 
NON-PLASTIC-RELATED WAYS OF 
HAVING YOUR SHOPPING DONE AND 
HAVING YOUR PRODUCE WRAPPED, AND
THEY ARE JUST NOT ACCESSIBLE.
AND ALSO YOU WALK INTO A STORE, 
AND YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE 
CHOICE ANYMORE.
YOU ARE FULL OF PLASTIC AGAIN. 
>> Reporter: THIS ENVIRONMENTAL 
ADVOCATE HOPES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WON'T FURTHER DELAY 
ITS PROPOSED BAN ON SINGLE-USE 
PLASTICS.
THIS SHOPPER SAYS PUBLIC HEALTH 
AND THE HEALTH OF THE PLANET 
MUST GO HAND IN HAND.
>> I THINK THAT KIND OF COMES 
DOWN TO GROCERY STORES AND 
GOVERNMENTS MAKING SURE THAT THE
ACTUAL PACKAGING WE GET OUR 
THINGS IN IS REDUCED AS BEST AS 
IT CAN BE WHILE STILL BEING 
SANITARY.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE 
SURVEY, MORE THAN HALF OF 
CANADIANS WOULD RATHER WAIT 
UNTIL AFTER THE PANDEMIC IS 
RESOLVED BEFORE IMPLEMENTING ANY
NEW MEASURES.
PHILIPPE DE MONTIGNY, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO. 
>> Adrienne: A CALGARY WALKING 
GROUP DECIDES TO TAKE IT UP A 
NOTCH AND DO A CROSS-COUNTRY 
WALK, SORT OF.
NEXT IN OUR "MOMENT."
>> Adrienne: SO THESE CALGARY 
SENIORS DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, 
LET'S WALK ACROSS CANADA, WELL, 
THEORETICALLY, OF COURSE.
THEY COULDN'T ACTUALLY LEAVE 
THEIR HOME BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP 
THEM FROM WALKING.
THEY MAPPED THE STEPS IT WOULD 
TAKE TO GO FROM COAST TO COAST 
TO COAST, AND SO THEY DID IT, 
AND THAT IS OUR "MOMENT."
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>> WE STARTED IN APRIL, 
MEASURING OUR STEPS IN THE SNOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> MAKING IT A VIRTUAL WALK 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ADDED A 
LITTLE INTEREST TO IT.
>> AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK THAT 
WE WALKED FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN
ACROSS OUR WHOLE COUNTRY AND TO 
ACTUALLY DIP OUR TOES IN THE 
ATLANTIC OCEAN, I MEAN, THAT'S 
PRETTY AMAZING FOR A LOT OF -- 
JUST A BUNCH OF SENIORS WHO WERE
TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING 
POSITIVE HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF 
THE -- OUR LOCKDOWN. 
SO AS WE COLLECTED STEPS, WE 
MARKED THEM ACROSS THE WALL.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS RATHER NICE 
TO GET THAT FAR AND TO HELP THE 
PEOPLE IN HERE HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF FUN AS WE LIVED THROUGH THIS 
TERRIBLE PANDEMIC.
>> Adrienne: AND THESE PEOPLE 
ARE ORGANIZED, SO THEY HAVE 
TRACKERS FOR THEIR STEPS.
THEY HAD SPREADSHEETS TO MARK 
THEIR DISTANCE.
THEY HAD A PICTURE OF A COD SO 
THEY COULD ALL SORT OF KISS THE 
COD AND MOST APPARENTLY MARION 
-- MOST IMPORTANTLY, MARION,
WHO YOU MET THERE HAPPENED TO 
HAVE A 20-YEAR-OLD BOTTLE OF 
SCREECH FROM NEWFOUNDLAND.
WHAT MORE DO YOU REALLY NEED?
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR 
AUGUST 27.
GOOD NIGHT.
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