*
>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M 
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
TONIGHT, DEFIANCE IN THE STREETS
AND A PERSONAL CALL FOR ACTION.
>> I WANT JUSTICE FOR HIM.
HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
>> Adrienne: GRIEF AND ANGER 
AFTER THE PRESIDENT DOUBLED DOWN
ON THE THREAT TO TURN THE 
MILITARY AGAINST PROTESTERS. 
>> THE PRESIDENT'S MARCH IS IN 
POWER -- IN PRINCIPLE.
>> Adrienne: AND IN CANADA, A 
DIFFERENT STRUGGLE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
ALL WATCH IN HORROR AND 
CONSTERNATION WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE UNITED STATES.
>> Adrienne: HOW TO RESPOND.
>> Andrew: I'M ANDREW CHANG.
ALSO TONIGHT, COVID INFECTIONS 
ARE TRENDING DOWN IN CANADA, 
EXCEPT IN ONE PROVINCE.
>> THEY CLEARLY NEED TO DO 
THINGS DIFFERENTLY HERE.
>> Andrew: ONTARIO IS STILL 
SEEING HUNDREDS OF CASES A DAY.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
>>> AND CANADIANS ARE HEADING 
BACK TO WORK.
IS PUBLIC TRANSIT READY?
>> THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE 
THAT WE ARE WRESTLING WITH.
>> Andrew: HOW YOUR COMMUTE 
CHANGED.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
*
>> Adrienne: ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES TONIGHT, THAT UNRELENTING
PUSH FOR CHANGE CONTINUES.
THIS IS NIGHT EIGHT OF PROTESTS 
THAT STARTED AFTER GEORGE FLOYD 
WAS DETAINED AND DIED AT THE 
HANDS OF POLICE.
>> Andrew: WITH THAT COMES A 
STRUGGLE, TOO, FOR CONTROL OF 
THE STREETS.
MORE THAN 20,000 NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED IN 
VARIOUS STATES.
THIS SITE AT WASHINGTON'S 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO QUIET THE 
VIOLENCE WE'VE SEEN NIGHT AFTER 
NIGHT.
HUNDREDS OF CITIES ARE IMPOSING 
CURFEWS.
NEW YORK MOVED UP TO 8 P.M.
AND OVER ALL OF THAT HANGS 
DONALD TRUMP'S THREAT TO SEND IN
THE ARMY.
THAT AND TRUMP'S OTHER ACTIONS, 
THE TARGETS OF WIDESPREAD 
CONDEMNATION TODAY.
PAUL HUNTER IS IN WASHINGTON.
PAUL, WHAT DOES THAT CITY LOOK 
LIKE TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: CHECK IT OUT FOR 
YOURSELF.
I MEAN, THIS IS DOWNTOWN D.C. 
RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE JUST IN FRONT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE AGAIN.
IT'S ANOTHER NIGHT OF FURY AIMED
AT DONALD TRUMP.
*
OUTSIDE THE CHURCH WHERE LAST 
NIGHT DONALD TRUMP STOOD, BIBLE 
IN HAND, AFTER DEMONSTRATORS HAD
BEEN FORCED OUT TO MAKE WAY FOR 
HIM.
*
TODAY CAME CONDEMNATION.
>> IT IS CLEAR, YOU DON'T HAVE 
THE BIBLE IN YOUR HEART.
>> Reporter: IN CASE YOU MISSED 
IT . . . 
[EXPLOSION]
THE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION 
TURNED INTO THIS SO THAT THIS 
COULD HAPPEN.
TRUMP WALKING OUT OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE, DEFIANTLY TO THE VERY 
SPOT THOSE PROTESTERS HAD BEEN 
DEMANDING SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THE PRESIDENT STOOD BY THAT 
CHURCH AND HELD HIGH THAT BOOK.
>> USING TEAR GAS AND FLASH 
GRENADES IN ORDER TO STAGE A 
PHOTO OP, WE CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR
BELIEVING THE PRESIDENT'S MARCH 
IS IN POWER THAN IN PRINCIPLE. 
>> Reporter: AND ABOUT THAT 
BIBLE, SAID PRESIDENTIAL 
CHALLENGER JOE BIDEN?
>> I JUST WISH HE OPENED IT ONCE
IN A WHILE INSTEAD OF 
BRANDISHING IT.
IF HE OPENED IT, HE COULD HAVE 
LEARNED SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: AS DEMONSTRATORS 
RAGED FOR YET ANOTHER DAY 
THROUGHOUT THE U.S. IN STATE 
AFTER STATE AFTER STATE, BACK IN
THE CAPITAL, TALLER FENCING HAD 
BEEN INSTALLED AROUND THE WHITE 
HOUSE, WALLING OFF PROTESTERS 
WHO KEPT UP THEIR DEMANDS 
REGARDLESS.
SUSTAINED DEMANDS FOR SOCIAL 
JUSTICE WERE SENT TO TRUMP 
DIRECTLY BY ANOTHER CROWD 
ALONGSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL 
MOTORCADE TODAY.
THEY GATHERED WITH THEIR 
PLACARDS AND THEIR NOW 
RELENTLESS FURY AS THE PRESIDENT
VISITED THE SHRINE OF ST. JOHN 
PAUL II.
TRUMP'S ONLY PUBLIC COMMENTS 
TODAY CAME VIA TWITTER, CALLING 
PROTESTERS IN NEW YORK HOODLUMS,
THUGS AND SCUM.
AND AS THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS 
CONTINUE, TRUMP CONTINUES TO 
THREATEN TO CALL IN THE FULL 
POWER OF THE U.S. MILITARY IF 
STATES CAN'T STOP THE PROTESTS 
ON THEIR OWN.
ON THAT TODAY IT SEEMED A KIND 
OF STUNNED NEAR DISBELIEF.
>> WE DON'T THINK THAT THE 
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SHOULD BE 
USED ON AMERICAN STREETS AGAINST
AMERICANS.
BRINGING IN THE MILITARY TO DO 
POLICE WORK IS INAPPROPRIATE.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE 
CRITICISM CONTINUES, BOTH VEILED
AND OTHERWISE.
MIKE MULLEN, ONCE A TOP-RANKING 
ADVISOR TO PRESIDENTS GEORGE W. 
BUSH AND BARACK OBAMA WROTE 
ABOUT THAT WALK TO THE CHURCH 
YESTERDAY, THE CHURCH THAT'S 
JUST OVER HERE.
HE SAID IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN
A STUNT, AND HE SAID THE 
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT
THE ENEMY.
GEORGE W. BUSH DIDN'T NAME TRUMP
TODAY, BUT HE SAID NOW IS THE 
TIME FOR AMERICA TO EXAMINE ITS 
FAILURES.
MEANWHILE THE CROWD KEEPS ON 
SENDING ITS MESSAGE TO DONALD 
TRUMP.
ANDREW?
>> Andrew: PAUL HUNTER IN 
WASHINGTON, THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: NOW OUT OF ALL THE 
TENSION, THE SHOCKING SITE OF SO
MUCH CAMOUFLAGE ON U.S. STREETS,
THERE ARE SOME MOMENTS LIKE THIS
ONE.
>> CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOUR?
CAN YOU TAKE A KNEEL?
CAN YOU TAKE A KNEEL?
[ Crowd Noise ]
THANK YOU!
>> Adrienne: THIS HAPPENED IN 
LOS ANGELES TODAY.
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS, ONE BY 
ONE, THEN ALL TOGETHER TAKING A 
KNEE AS PROTESTERS CHEERED.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE FIRST TO 
ACT TO THOSE AROUND HIM, I 
ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO
PROTEST.
SUSAN ORMISTON IS IN MINNEAPOLIS
TONIGHT.
WHERE GEORGE FLOYD DIED, WHERE 
THE PROTESTS BEGAN.
THE MOOD CERTAINLY CALMER A BIT 
TONIGHT, BUT NO LESS DETERMINED.
SUSAN?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT'S CALMER, 
AND IT'S SHIFTED AGAIN.
I MEAN, THERE'S A NEW MURAL 
HERE, A DRAMATIC PIECE OF STREET
ART HERE OF GEORGE FLOYD, AND 
PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO TAKE 
SELFIES.
THERE'S SORT OF MORE OF A 
PARTYING ATMOSPHERE HERE AS THEY
FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT IT 
WON'T BE DISRUPTED.
AND OF COURSE THIS IS THE SPOT, 
AS YOU SAID, WHERE MINNEAPOLIS 
POLICE LOCKED GEORGE FLOYD UP IN
A DEATH GRIP WITH SUCH 
DEVASTATING RESULTS.
GEORGE FLOYD'S SIX-YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER GIANNA ADDED A TRAGIC 
NOTE AS HER MOTHER ROXIE 
WASHINGTON SPOKE ABOUT THEIR 
LOSS.
>> IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, SHE 
NEEDS HER DAD.
SHE DOES NOT HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: FLOYD DIDN'T LIVE 
WITH THEM.
THEY ARE FROM HOUSTON WHERE HE 
GREW UP AND WHERE TODAY A HUGE 
CROWD, TENS OF THOUSANDS, 
GATHERED OUTSIDE CITY HALL, A 
POWERFUL AND PEACEFUL SYMBOL.
SUPPORTERS CALLING FOR JUSTICE 
AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO RACISM.
>> HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS 
HAPPENED AND THEN IT GOES AWAY.
THIS TIME IT WILL NOT FADE AWAY.
>> Reporter: HOUSTON'S POLICE 
CHIEF HAS SHOWN A BOLD STREAK OF
COMMON PURPOSE WITH PROTESTERS 
ALL WEEKEND, WALKING WITH THEM, 
PRAYING WITH THEM.
>> YOU GOT HATE IN YOUR HEART 
FOR PEOPLE OF COLOUR, GET OVER 
IT.
>> YES!
>> BECAUSE THIS CITY IS A 
MINORITY MAJORITY CITY.
>> Reporter: HE CHANGED HIS 
TWITTER PROFILE PICTURE TO ONE 
OF FLOYD, AND LAST NIGHT ON CNN 
TOOK A SWIPE AT THE PRESIDENT.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE 
CHIEFS IN THIS COUNTRY, PLEASE, 
IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING 
CONSTRUCTIVE TO SAY, KEEP YOUR 
MOUTH SHUT BECAUSE YOU'RE 
PUTTING MEN AND WOMEN IN THEIR 
EARLY 20S AT RISK.
IT'S NOT ABOUT DOMINATING.
IT'S ABOUT WINNING HEARTS AND 
MINDS.
[ Chanting ]
>> Reporter: AT MINNESOTA'S 
STATE CAPITAL, AGAIN, HUNDREDS 
OF PEOPLE WITH THE GOVERNOR 
LAUNCHING AN EXTRAORDINARY CIVIL
RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST THE 
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, 
EXAMINING WHETHER THERE IS 
SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION AFTER A 
HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS OF 
EXCESSIVE FORCE TARGETING 
BLACKS.
LONG BEFORE FLOYD DIED.
>> I WANT JUSTICE FOR HIM 
BECAUSE HE WAS GOOD.
NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY THINKS, 
HE WAS GOOD.
>> Reporter: THE FLOYD FAMILY 
LAWYER NOW SAYS THAT HE'S 
CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE MORE 
CHARGES COMING WITHIN DAYS 
AGAINST THOSE OTHER THREE 
OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN FLOYD'S 
DEATH.
PREPARATIONS ARE NOW UNDER WAY 
FOR A FUNERAL MEMORIAL HERE ON 
THURSDAY.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, SUSAN, 
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> Andrew: IN NEW YORK TODAY, 
PEOPLE WERE PICKING UP THE 
PIECES AFTER RAUCOUS PROTESTS 
AND LOOTING BROKE OUT LAST NIGHT
DURING THE CITY'S FIRST CURFEW 
IN DECADES.
TONIGHT ONCE AGAIN STEVEN 
D'SOUZA IS ON THE STREETS TO 
BRING US ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS.
STEVEN, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING?
>> Reporter: WELL, ANDREW, AS 
YOU KNOW, AT THE HEART THE 
PROTESTS ARE ABOUT HEAVY 
HANDED POLICING.
WHEN THE CITY BROUGHT IN A 
EARLIER CURFEW TONIGHT, PEOPLE 
CAME OUT IN FULL FORCE READY TO 
DEFY.
WE SAW THE LARGEST CROWD WE'VE 
SEEN THROUGHOUT THE DAYS OF 
THESE PROTESTS.
AND THEY MARCHED THROUGH THE 
STREETS, AND THEY CHEERED AND 
COUNTED DOWN WHEN 8:00 CAME AND 
WENT.
BUT THEN THE POLICE SHOWED UP, 
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE 
REMNANTS OF SOME OF THEM.
THE PROTESTERS WERE DISPERSED 
BECAUSE POLICE CAME IN THE 
LARGES NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN AND 
THE LARGEST FORCE WE'VE SEEN TO 
AVOID A REPEAT OF THE VIOLENCE 
WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST NIGHTS.
THE CLEANUP WAS EXTENSIVE.
WHEN THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
LOCKED DOWN, INSTEAD IT WAS OPEN
SEASON.
WHILE MOST NEW YORK PROTESTS 
WERE PEACEFUL, HERE CROWDS TORE 
INTO AN ALREADY BOARDED UP 
MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE.
STRIKING AN ICONIC NEW YORK 
SYMBOL, THOUGH ANY STOREFRONT 
WAS FAIR GAME.
FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. 
>> GET OUT OF HERE!
>> Reporter: POLICE WERE A STEP 
BEHIND.
AND ARRESTS LIKE THIS WERE FEW 
AND FAR BETWEEN.
AN OFFICER WAS EVEN STRUCK BY A 
CAR WHILE RESPONDING TO LOOTERS.
HE WAS IN HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS 
BUT STABLE CONDITION.
LAST NIGHT'S 11 P.M. CURFEW 
SEEMED TO EMBOLDEN RATHER THAN 
DETER.
>> GET OUT OF HERE, BRO!
>> THE N.Y.P.D. AND THE MAYOR 
DID NOT DO THEIR JOB LAST NIGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT. 
>> Reporter: INSTEAD OF 8,000 
OFFICERS, GOVERNOR CUOMO SAID 
THE CITY SHOULD HAVE USED THE 
FULL FORCE, ALL 38,000, OR 
BROUGHT IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
CUOMO EVEN MUSED ABOUT 
OVER-RULING THE MAYOR.
>> I BELIEVE THE MAYOR 
UNDERESTIMATES THE SCOPE OF THE 
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT 
MOCKED BOTH LEADERS FOR LETTING 
WHAT HE CALLED LOWLIFES AND 
LOSERS RIP THE CITY APART.
NEW YORK OFFICIALS WERE UNITED 
ON ONE POINT, TRUMP'S CALLS FOR 
TROOPS AND A HEAVY HAND WERE 
POLITICAL NOT PRACTICAL. 
>> NO, THE ANSWER IS NOT INSTANT
GRATIFICATION, LET'S BRING IN 
OUTSIDE ARMED FORCES AND 
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
NO.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
IT WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE.
>> I LOVE YOU!
LET'S GO!
>> Reporter: A TOP COMMANDER 
TRIED TO REACH OUT, SAID 
OUTSIDERS ARE RUINING A GOOD 
MOVEMENT.
>> -- NEW YORK TO END THE 
VIOLENCE, GET THE INTRUDERS WHO 
ARE NOT FROM THIS CITY THE HELL 
OUT OF HERE AND GIVE US BACK OUR
CITY.
>> Reporter: BUT THOSE GESTURES 
ARE JUST DROPS IN AN OCEAN OF 
ANGER AND FRUSTRATION.
AGAIN, THE STREETS TODAY WERE 
FILLED WITH DEMONSTRATIONS WITH 
NO END IN SIGHT.
NOW IT SEEMS THE POLICE ARE 
WANTING TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BANNED CARS IN
ALL OF -- RATHER MOST OF 
MANHATTAN.
AS YOU SAW, WITH SO MUCH 
PRESSURE POLITICALLY COMING FROM
THE MAYOR, FROM THE GOVERNOR, 
EVEN THE PRESIDENT, IT'S CLEAR 
POLICE HAD TO DO SOMETHING 
TONIGHT.
THERE WERE 700 ARRESTS THE 
PREVIOUS NIGHT, AND WHEN ALL IS 
SAID AND DONE, AFTER TONIGHT, 
THAT NUMBER IS SURE TO BE 
ECLIPSED, ANDREW. 
>> Andrew: OKAY, STEVEN D'SOUZA,
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> Andrew: WE DON'T HAVE AN 
ACCURATE SENSE YET OF THE TOLL 
OF THESE PROTESTS, BUT IT HAS 
BEEN MOUNTING FOR BOTH REGULAR 
CITIZENS AND POLICE.
A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING
A PROTEST IN LOUISVILLE, 
KENTUCKY AFTER NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN REPORTEDLY HEARD SHOTS
AND FIRED BACK.
SEVERAL PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN 
HOSPITALIZED, AS WELL AS POLICE,
INCLUDING OFFICERS SHOT AND 
WOUNDED IN ST. LOUIS AND 
LAS VEGAS.
>> Adrienne: HERE IN CANADA A 
QUESTION ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S 
HANDLING OF THE U.S. PROTESTS 
STOPPED JUSTIN TRUDEAU COLD 
TODAY.
AS DAVID COCHRANE TELLS US, THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S RESPONSE DID 
NOT COME EASILY.
>> Reporter: THE PRIME MINISTER 
HAD TO KNOW THE QUESTION WAS 
COMING.
>> WE DO HAVE DONALD TRUMP NOW 
CALLING FOR MILITARY ACTION 
AGAINST PROTESTERS.
>> Reporter: BUT IT STILL SEEMED
TO CATCH HIM OFF GUARD.
>> I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU 
THINK ABOUT THAT, AND IF YOU 
DON'T WANT TO COMMENT, WHAT 
MESSAGE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE 
SENDING?
[SILENCE]
>> Reporter: FOR 21 SECONDS 
JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAID NOTHING AS 
HE GATHERED HIS THOUGHTS AND 
PICKED EVERY WORD CAREFULLY.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
ALL WATCH IN HORROR AND 
CONSTERNATION WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS A TIME TO PULL PEOPLE 
TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter: TRUDEAU SPOKE 
BROADLY ABOUT RACISM AND 
INJUSTICE, BUT NOT DIRECTLY 
ABOUT TEAR GAS AND RUBBER 
BULLETS USED AGAINST PROTESTERS 
TO CLEAR A PATH FOR A PHOTO OP.
WITH THE U.S. IN SUCH TURMOIL, 
IT'S NO SURPRISE THE GOVERNMENT 
WOULD STEER CLEAR OF PROVOKING 
TRUMP.
>> AS A CANADIAN POLITICIAN, AS 
A CANADIAN LEADER, MY FOCUS IS 
ON CANADA.
>> Reporter: THE CANADA-U.S. 
BORDER IS CLOSED, BUT STILL 
SUBJECT TO DELICATE NEGOTIATION 
THAT ALLOW FOR A STEADY SUPPLY 
OF MASKS, MEDICINE AND FOOD FOR 
CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:  
ANTI-BLACK RACISM IS HAPPENING 
HERE.
EVERYWHERE IN CANADA, EVERY 
SINGLE DAY.
>> Reporter: SO TRUDEAU AND 
OTHER LEADERS USED THE ANGUISH 
OF AMERICA TO LOOK INWARD, LED 
BY A PRIME MINISTER WHO HAS HAD 
TO PUBLICLY CONFRONT HIS OWN 
FAILINGS LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
HAVE MADE SERIOUS MISTAKES IN 
THE PAST, MISTAKES WHICH I 
DEEPLY REGRET AND CONTINUE TO 
LEARN FROM.
>> Reporter: TRUDEAU EXPRESSED 
REGRET.
OTHERS FRUSTRATION.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, PEOPLE ARE 
DONE WITH PRETTY SPEECHES, 
PARTICULARLY PRETTY SPEECHES 
FROM PEOPLE IN POWER THAT COULD 
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW 
IF THEY WANTED TO.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
HEAR YOUR CALLS FOR JUSTICE, 
EQUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> Reporter: TRUDEAU OFFERED 
COMFORT AND EXERCISES CAUTION, 
BEING CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT HE SAID
AND WHAT HE LEFT UNSAID.
DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS, 
OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: IN REGINA, A SIZABLE 
CROWD TURNED OUT TODAY IN 
SOLIDARITY WITH AMERICAN 
PROTESTERS.
[ Chanting ]
>> NORMALLY WE DO BRUSH IT OFF.
WE'RE VERY THICK SKINNED, YOU 
KNOW, VERY SECONDHAND NATURE.
AND WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, 
NO, ENOUGH'S ENOUGH.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW OUR STORIES 
AS WELL. 
>> Andrew: IN FRONT OF THE 
SASKATCHEWAN LEGISLATURE, MANY 
WEARING THEIR COVID-19 MASKS, 
CANADIANS TOOK A KNEE, SHARED 
THEIR EXPERIENCES AND DEMANDED 
RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE NAME OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PROTESTING 
ACROSS CANADA, INCLUDING IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
KAYLA HOUNSELL SPOKE WITH SOME 
BLACK CANADIANS TODAY WHO SHARED
THEIR EXPERIENCES OF RACISM AT 
AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
>> Reporter: TODAY TRAYVONE 
CLAYTON IS SHOOTING HOOPS WITH 
THE GUYS, BUT HE'S STILL 
REFLECTING ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST
NIGHT. 
>> IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME 
IN SO LONG I FELT CONNECTED WITH
NOVA SCOTIA, WITH HALIFAX, LIKE 
I FELT WELCOMED AND INVOLVED. 
-- I FELT WELCOMED AND LOVED.
>> Reporter: CLAYTON WAS AMONG 
THOUSANDS WHO PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTED AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY.
>> HEY, NO, DON'T DO THAT.
WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT.
>> Reporter: THEY TOOK A KNEE 
FOR 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS, 
THE TIME A POLICE OFFICER WAS 
SEEN ON VIDEO PRESSING HIS KNEE 
INTO GEORGE FLOYD'S NECK.
>> THE AGE OF 16 I WAS BRUTALLY 
ARRESTED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE HAD HIS 
KNEE TO THE BACK OF MY HEAD TOO.
IMAGINE IF HE HAD HELD HIS KNEE 
ON MY NECK FOR FIVE OR MORE 
MINUTES.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!
BLACK LIVES MATTER!
>> Reporter: THE REPORT RELEASED
LAST NEAR FOUND BLACK PEOPLE 
WERE STREET CHECKED AT A RATE 
SIX TIMES HIGHER THAN WHITE 
PEOPLE IN HALIFAX.
THAT'S WHEN POLICE STOP PEOPLE 
ON THE STREET AND THEN RECORD 
PERSONAL OR IDENTIFYING 
INFORMATION.
THE PRACTICE HAS NOW BEEN 
BANNED.
>> STOP LOOKING ACROSS THE 
BORDER, CANADA.
START LOOKING IN CANADA ITSELF. 
>> Reporter: NOVA SCOTIA'S FIRST
BLACK LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR SAYS 
THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS 
OVER THE YEARS, BUT SHE STILL 
LIVES WITH RACIAL PROFILING. 
>> SHOPPING WHILE BLACK, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK ABOUT 
ALL THE TIME.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE 
STRATEGIC, AND NOW WITH 
COVID-19, IF I'M WEARING A MASK,
I HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY MORE 
CAREFUL IF I GO INTO A STORE 
BECAUSE NOW I HAVE A MASK ON.
OH, THERE'S A BLACK WOMAN 
WEARING A MASK.
HMM, DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW HER A 
LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSER?
>> Reporter: TRAYVONE CLAYTON 
SAYS SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE OF ALL 
RACES GIVES HIM HOPE FOR THE 
NEXT GENERATION, HIS NEPHEW, 
THAT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WILL BE
THE TURNING POINT TO CREATE 
LASTING CHANGE.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS, 
HALIFAX.
>> Adrienne: ALL OF THESE 
PROTESTS, THOUSANDS ON THE 
STREETS, OF COURSE, HAPPENING IN
THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 92,000 
CASES OF COVID-19 IN CANADA.
QUEBEC MAKES UP MORE THAN HALF 
OF THAT TOTAL, BUT THE NUMBER OF
NEW INFECTIONS THERE HAS BEEN 
TRENDING DOWN IN RECENT DAYS.
IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY IN 
ONTARIO WHICH, AGAIN, SAW THE 
HIGHEST INCREASE IN THE COUNTRY.
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY 
IT IS EXTENDING ITS STATE OF 
EMERGENCY, BUT QUESTIONS ARE 
MOUNTING ABOUT WHY ONTARIO IS 
SUCH AN OUTLIER.
VIK ADHOPIA LOOKS INTO IT.
>> Reporter: OUTSIDE A CHURCH IN
SUBURBAN TORONTO, THEY WAIT TO 
BE TESTED AT A COVID-19 POP-UP 
SITE.
>> I'VE HAD A SORE THROAT FOR 
ABOUT TWO WEEKS NOW, AND WE JUST
FIGURED IT'S BETTER TO, YOU 
KNOW, GET TESTED. 
>> Reporter: ONTARIO IS STEPPING
UP TESTING, GOING INTO 
NEIGHBOURHOODS THAT ARE COVID 
HOTSPOTS. 
>> IF YOU DON'T DO IT, I THINK 
YOU'RE JUST BEING STUPID, TO BE 
HONEST.
>> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF DAILY
REPORTED COVID CASES DIPPED 
BELOW 300 LAST WEEK.
IT'S BEEN RISING EVER SINCE.
THIS IS THE SECOND DAY OF MORE 
THAN 400 NEW CASES.
ONTARIO'S PREMIER DOESN'T SOUND 
DISCOURAGED, CITING MORE TESTING
FOR THE RISING CASES. 
>> Premier Doug Ford: SO THE 
MORE YOU TEST, YOU ARE GOING TO 
GET A LITTLE MORE BUMP.
YOU'RE TESTING 20,000 PEOPLE 
COMPARED TO 10,000.
THERE'S 10,000 MORE PEOPLE AND 
THEY HAVE A CHANCE OF HAVING 
COVID.
IT'S JUST SIMPLE MATH. 
>> Reporter: YET THE STATE OF 
EMERGENCY REMAINS UNTIL THE END 
OF JUNE, A SIGN ONTARIO IS STILL
STRUGGLING.
>> THERE'S A DECLINE IN CASES IN
QUEBEC NOW.
IT REALLY LEAVES ONTARIO AS A 
BIT OF AN OUTLIER AS A PLACE 
THAT'S BEEN UNABLE TO GET OFF 
THE PLATEAU, AND WE CLEARLY NEED
TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY HERE.
>> Reporter: INDEED, HUNDREDS OF
CASES THAT TESTED POSITIVE FROM 
THIS TESTING SITE WERE NEVER 
COUNTED AND FOLLOWED UP ON.
ONTARIO'S MAIN HEALTH AGENCY 
BLAMES A COMMUNICATIONS 
BREAKDOWN.
OFFICIALS ARE NOW SCRAMBLING TO 
TRACK DOWN POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS
OF CONTACTS OF THOSE MISSED 
CASES.
BUT IS ONTARIO'S CONTACT TRACING
UP FOR THAT EXTRA CASELOAD?
>> I HAVE VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE
THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST SYSTEM FOR
CONTACT TRACING TO ANY DEGREE.
AND I THINK WITHOUT THAT, IT'S 
HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL 
MAKE PROGRESS IN TERMS OF BEING 
ABLE TO OPEN UP THE ECONOMY OR 
THE HEALTH CARE TO NON-COVID 
ILLNESS.
>> Reporter: AND YET THE ONTARIO
GOVERNMENT INSISTS IT'S PREPARED
TO MOVE AHEAD WITH MORE 
REOPENINGS WHEN THE TIME IS 
RIGHT.
VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: WELL, THE DOCTOR AT 
THE CENTRE OF A COVID OUTBREAK 
IN NEW BRUNSWICK SAYS HE'S 
BECOME THE TARGET OF RACIST 
VERBAL ATTACKS AND FALSE POLICE 
REPORTS.
DR. JEAN-ROBERT NGOLA RETURNED 
TO WORK AT THIS HOSPITAL A DAY 
AFTER TRAVELLING TO QUEBEC TO 
PICK UP HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER.
HE SAYS HE MADE NO STOPS AND HAD
NO CONTACT WITH ANYONE, BUT HE 
FAILED TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 
DAYS AFTERWARDS.
NOW AT LEAST A DOZEN COVID CASES
ARE LINKED TO HIM.
HE SAYS HE MADE AN ERROR IN 
JUDGMENT BUT IS NOT A CRIMINAL.
>>> WHILE CANADIANS ARE STARTING
TO PHYSICALLY RETURN TO WORK, 
BUT ARE TRANSIT SYSTEMS READY 
FOR MORE RIDERS?
>> HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
>> Andrew: AHEAD ON "THE 
NATIONAL," WE LOOK AT THE 
CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING A SAFE 
COMMUTE.
>> Adrienne: AND SOCIAL MEDIA 
FEEDS FILLED WITH BLACK SQUARES,
BUT DID BLACKOUT TUESDAY BACK 
FIRE?
>> THIS IS GOING VIRAL FOR THE 
WRONG REASON.
>> Andrew: PLUS, BLACK 
PRO-ATHLETES USING THEIR 
INFLUENCE TO SPEAK OUT AND CALL 
FOR CHANGE.
>> PEOPLE ARE JUST FED UP.
>> Andr
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK.
MILLIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS 
WERE OVERTAKEN BY A SINGLE SHADE
TODAY, BLACK, IN HONOUR OF 
PROTESTS ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
SEEMINGLY ENDLESS, FULL OF 
NOTHING.
THAT WAS THE POINT OF BLACKOUT 
TUESDAY, A PROTEST ON PLATFORMS 
LIKE INSTAGRAM AGAINST RACIAL 
INJUSTICE.
BUT BLACKOUT TUESDAY BEGAN AS 
theshowmustbepaused, AN 
INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC MOVEMENT 
STARTED BY TWO BLACK WOMEN WHO 
WORK IN MUSIC.
>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TIME 
FOR BLACK CREATORS IN THE MUSIC 
INDUSTRY TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 
EITHER REST OR SHED LIGHT ON 
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> Andrew: IT GREW FAST, IN PART
BECAUSE OF HOW SIMPLE IT WAS TO 
DO.
BUT ONE SIDE EFFECT, THIS SEA OF
SOLIDARITY, MAY JUST BE DROWNING
OUT A WEEK'S WORTH OF OTHER 
VOICES. 
>> SOME PEOPLE HAD TAGGED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER.
THE USE OF THIS HASHTAG WAS 
DROWNING OUT ACTUAL USEFUL BLACK
LIVES MATTER INFORMATION.
THE POSTING OF A BLACK SQUARE TO
ME WAS STILL TAKING UP SPACE.
IT WAS STILL TAKING UP SPACE 
RATHER THAN LEAVING THE SPACE 
FOR PEOPLE TO TALK.
>> Andrew: WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO 
BRING TO THE FORE THE ISSUES OF 
ANTI-BLACK RACISM WAS 
EFFECTIVELY OVERTAKEN PART OF 
THE CONVERSATION.
BLACKOUT TUESDAY FOLLOWED DAYS 
OF BIG CORPORATE BRANDS MAKING 
BOLD STATEMENTS RENOUNCING 
RACISM.
BUT AS JACQUELINE HANSEN TELLS 
US, SOME CANADIAN BUSINESS 
OWNERS ARE HOPING THE MESSAGES 
ARE MORE THAN JUST MARKETING.
>> Reporter: KIM WEST WANTS HER 
DAUGHTERS TO KNOW BEING BLACK IS
A GOOD THING.
AND SEEING IS BELIEVING.
HER COMPANY KIDS FLAGS SELLS 
CLOTHING, TOYS AND OTHER GEAR 
THAT CELEBRATE DIVERSITY.
>> THAT'S THE INITIAL STAGES OF 
ACTUALLY GETTING COMFORTABLE 
WITH TALKING ABOUT RACE.
>> Reporter: GEORGE FLOYD'S 
DEATH AT THE HANDS OF POLICE 
SPARKED A GLOBAL OUTCRY.
WHEN MAJOR CORPORATIONS JOINED 
THE CONVERSATION, WEST WAS 
RELIEVED.
>> THERE'S SOLIDARITY.
THEY ARE FINALLY STARTING TO 
HEAR OUR VOICE. 
>> Reporter: IN A VIDEO NIKE 
SAID DON'T PRETEND THERE'S NOT A
PROBLEM IN AMERICA.
REEBOK POSTED WE ARE NOT ASKING 
YOU TO BUY OUR SHOES.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO WALK IN 
SOMEONE ELSE'S.
NETFLIX SWEDEN, TO BE SILENT IS 
TO BE COMPLICIT.
>> IDEALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS IT 
FORCES THAT COMPANY THAT PUTS 
OUT THAT STATEMENT TO NOW BE 
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> Reporter: AND CALLS ARE 
GROWING FOR COMPANIES TO CHANGE 
FROM WITHIN.
FOR EXAMPLE, CRITICS POINT OUT 
THAT ALL OF NIKE'S EXECUTIVES 
ARE WHITE.
>> BLACK LIVES, THEY DO MATTER.
THEY MATTER EVERY DAY.
WE'RE NOT A TREND.
>> Reporter: CREATOR OF A LINE 
OF DARKER SKIN TONED BRAS AND 
PANTIES, CHANTAL CARTER SAYS 
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OTHER 
COMPANIES TO STAND WITH THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY, BUT IT CAN'T 
STOP THERE.
>> A LOT OF COMPANIES PROFIT OFF
OF US AND DON'T GIVE ANYTHING 
BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN 
HASHTAGS, MORE THAN JUST SOCIAL 
MEDIA POSTS.
>> Reporter: FASHION DESIGNER 
AURORA JAMES IS CALLING FOR 
COMPANIES TO COMMIT TO BUYING 
15% OF THEIR PRODUCTS FROM 
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES.
>> REPRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT 
EVERYWHERE.
>> Reporter: WEST DOESN'T WANT 
FEAR OF SAYING OR DOING THE 
WRONG THING TO STOP MORE PEOPLE 
FROM SPEAKING UP.
>> SILENCE IS THE ENEMY.
>> Reporter: AND SHE HOPES 
MEANINGFUL ACTION WILL FOLLOW.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: NOW THE EFFECTS OF 
THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS AREN'T
ISOLATED TO THE UNITED STATES.
THEY ARE BEING FELT ALL AROUND 
THE WORLD AS THE OUTRAGE GOES 
GLOBAL.
[ Chanting ]
TEAR GAS FILLED THE STREETS OF 
PARIS TODAY AS SEVERAL THOUSAND 
PEOPLE DEFIED PANDEMIC-RELATED 
RESTRICTIONS TO PAY HOMAGE TO 
FLOYD AND ADAMA TRAORE, A FRENCH
BLACK MAN WHO DIED IN POLICE 
CUSTODY IN 2016.
[ Chanting ]
AND THOUSANDS HELD PASSIONATE 
FOR THE PEACEFUL MARCH THROUGH 
AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST CITY.
MANY SAID THEY HAVE BEEN 
INSPIRED BY A MIXTURE OF 
SYMPATHY AND TO CALL FOR CHANGE 
IN AUSTRALIA'S TREATMENT OF ITS 
INDIGENOUS POPULATION.
AND THE IMAGE OF FLOYD HAS EVEN 
MADE IT TO A SHATTERED SYRIA 
WHERE A MURAL HAS BEEN PAINTED 
ON THE RUINS OF A BOMBED-OUT 
BUILDING IN IDLIB.
THE ARTIST SAYS HE WANTED TO 
SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH U.S. 
PROTESTERS AND CALL FOR PEACE 
AND LOVE.
>>> PROFESSIONAL BLACK ATHLETES 
ARE ALSO SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT.
>> PEOPLE ARE JUST FED UP, AND I
THINK IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.
>> Adrienne: NEXT, THE CALLS FOR
CHANGE FROM THE SPORTING WORLD 
AND THE DEMANDS FOR MORE FROM AN
INDUSTRY WITH A PLATFORM.
PLUS . . . 
>> Andrew: WHAT SHOULD YOU 
EXPECT AT A CAR DEALERSHIP IN A 
COVID-19 WORLD?
WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT IN OUR
CONTINUING SERIES ON THIS NEW 
NORMAL OF OURS.
>> Andrew: ATHLETES ARE AMONG 
THOSE CALLING FOR CHANGE IN THE 
WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH, 
AND SO MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF 
INJUSTICE OVER THE YEARS.
CAMERON MACINTOSH HAS THEIR 
MESSAGES TODAY.
>> HERE'S POWELL ON THE BREAK!
>> Reporter: STARS ON THE COURT 
TORONTO RAPTORS NORMAN POWELL 
AND FRED VANVLEET ALSO KNOW THE 
PAIN OF RACISM. 
>> PEOPLE ARE JUST FED UP, AND I
THINK IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE. 
>> I THINK PROTESTS ARE 
RIGHTFULLY SO. 
>> Reporter: TO BE AN ATHLETE, 
NO PASS FROM DISCRIMINATION. 
SAYS CFLER JUSTIN RENFROE.
>> I HAD AN INCIDENT WITH POLICE
PULLING ME OVER, PULLING GUNS, 
SAYING I STOLE THE CAR.
>> Reporter: ADD THEIR NAMES TO 
A LONG LIST OF BLACK ATHLETES 
RESPONDING TO THIS.
FLOYD MAYWEATHER IS PAYING FOR 
GEORGE FLOYD'S FUNERAL, AND 
SPEAKING OUT, MICHAEL JORDAN, 
TIGER WOODS, LeBRON JAMES, 
DEMANDS FOR CHANGE FROM THOSE 
NORMALLY APOLITICAL, AND THOSE 
SPEAKING FOR YEARS.
THIS FROM FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK
COLIN KAEPERNICK.
IT WAS HIS TAKING THE KNEE 
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOUR 
YEARS AGO THAT SHOOK THE STATES.A KNEE 
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOUR 
YEARS AGO THAT SHOOK THE STATES.
IT'S INSPIRING SOME PROTESTERS 
TO DO THE SAME NOW.
>> HIS STANCE WAS DEFINITELY 
PROPHETIC, AND THERE'S NO 
STRONGER SYMBOLISM IN OUR TIME 
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEING FELT 
AROUND THE WORLD.
IN GERMAN SOCCER, A GOAL 
CELEBRATION WITH A MESSAGE.
IN THE BRITISH PREMIERE LEAGUE, 
LIVERPOOL FC WITH A STATEMENT 
ALL ITS OWN.
ACROSS ALL SPORTS THERE HAVE 
BEEN COMPLAINTS TEAMS AND 
LEAGUES AREN'T DOING ENOUGH.
SOME WHITE PLAYERS ARE ALIGNING 
THEMSELVES.
WINNIPEG JETS CAPTAIN BLAKE 
WHEELER IS FROM MINNEAPOLIS.
>> WE HAVE TO BE AS, YOU KNOW, 
INVOLVED IN THIS AS, YOU KNOW, 
BLACK ATHLETES.
IT CAN'T JUST BE THEIR FIGHT.
>> DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE THE PERSON
THAT CAN AFFECT CHANGE IN THE 
PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
>> Reporter: SPORT HAS A 
PLATFORM TO DO THAT.
CAMERON MACINTOSH, CBC NEWS, 
CBC.
>> Andrew: LET'S BRING IN 
DONNOVAN BENNETT NOW, WRITER AND
HOST WITH SPORTSNET, TO TALK 
ABOUT THE ROLE THAT PRO-ATHLETES
CAN PLAY.
IN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST RACIAL 
INJUSTICE.
DONNOVAN, WE HEARD FROM BLAKE 
WHEELER THERE, AND THERE HAVE 
BEEN OTHERS, BUT WHEN YOU TALK 
TO WHITE ATHLETES AND YOU ASK 
THEM THE QUESTION WHY AREN'T 
MORE OF YOU SPEAKING OUT, WHAT 
DO YOU HEAR FROM THEM?
>> YEAH, I HEAR A LOT OF, YOU 
KNOW, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE, I'M NOT
VERSED IN THE INFORMATION, AND 
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT'S NOT MY 
PLACE TO SPEAK, THAT I WANT TO 
ACTUALLY STAND AT THE BACK AND 
ALLOW THE BLACK ATHLETES WHO 
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS PAIN 
TO SPEAK.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SENTIMENT,
BUT IN A WAY, THAT'S THE 
PROBLEM, THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T
FEEL THE SAME PAIN.
YOU DON'T FEEL AS CONVICTED, AND
I TOTALLY GET BEING 
UNCOMFORTABLE, AND IT IS TOUGH 
IN A TWEET OR IN A STATEMENT TO 
REALLY GET ACROSS WHAT YOU WANT 
TO SAY, BUT I'VE BEEN 
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A WHILE.
BLACK ATHLETES HAVE BEEN 
UNCOMFORTABLE PUTTING THEIR 
NECKS ON THE LINE FOR A WHILE.
GEORGE FLOYD WAS VERY 
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A KNEE IN HIS
NECK.
SO THE POINT OF BEING 
COMFORTABLE, WE ARE PAST THAT.
THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT FOR 400 YEARS.
THAT'S NOT A SMALL DATA POOL.
THAT IS A BIG SAMPLE.
AND YET STILL WE'RE HAVING THE 
SAME CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE NEED PEOPLE WITH POWER AND
PRIVILEGE AND PEOPLE WHO AREN'T 
IMPACTED BY IT EVERY DAY TO HELP
IN THE CONVERSATION.
>> Andrew: BUT YOU THINK 
ABOUT -- SO COLIN KAEPERNICK, 
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THAT 
WAS FOUR YEARS AGO THAT HE TOOK 
A KNEE.
BUT HE PAID A PRICE FOR THAT.
I MEAN, HE TOOK A KNEE AND HE 
GOT CHOPPED OUT AT THE KNEES.
THE FEAR OF RETRIBUTION FROM 
THOSE IN POWER, FROM FANS, THAT 
MUST FACTOR INTO THE EQUATION 
HERE.
>> I MEAN, I -- COLIN KAEPERNICK
PAID THAT PRICE, BUT YOU CAN'T 
TELL ME THAT PEYTON MANNING OR 
TOM BRADY OR DREW BREES OR AARON
ROGERS SAID SIMILAR THINGS, OR 
EVEN JUST STOOD ALONGSIDE WITH 
COLIN KAEPERNICK, GAVE HIM A 
LITTLE BIT OF COMFORT, THAT 
THEIR CAREERS WOULD BE 
THREATENED?
I THINK ESPECIALLY IN THIS 
MOMENT, IF BIG ATHLETES SPOKE 
OUT, NOT ONLY WOULD PEOPLE 
APPLAUD THEM, BUT I THINK SOME 
OF THE CORPORATE SPONSORS, WHICH
THEY ARE AFRAID OF JEOPARDIZING,
WOULD ACTUALLY BACK THEM, AND 
WOULDN'T THAT BE A GREAT WAY FOR
THEM TO USE THEIR POWER AND 
INFLUENCE, TO TANGIBLY WORK WITH
SOME OF THEIR BENEFACTORS TO 
HELP IN A WAY THAT'S EVEN 
GREATER THAN THEIR OWN POWER?
SO ATHLETES DO HAVE A LOT OF 
POWER.
THEY HAVE A WAY TO VOTE WITH 
THEIR VOICE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE 
A WAY TO VOTE WITH THE ROOMS 
THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO WALK IN
THAT PEOPLE LIKE, FRANKLY, 
MYSELF OR GEORGE FLOYD OR THE 
PEOPLE PROTESTING ON THE STREETS
EVERY DAY DON'T.
>> Andrew: DONNOVAN, ON A 
PERSONAL NOTE, YOU HAVE A LITTLE
ONE, RIGHT?
>> I DO, YEAH.
>> Andrew: HOW OLD IS HE?
>> HE'S JUST TURNED ONE, 13 
MONTHS.
>> Andrew: THIRTEEN MONTHS.
HE MUST FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN 
THE WAY THAT YOU SEE ALL OF 
THIS.
>> HE DOES, AND I CAN'T SAY WHY 
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS 
SPECIFIC INCIDENT IS DIFFERENT, 
BUT I CAN SAY WHY IT'S DIFFERENT
FOR ME, AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M
AT HOME QUARANTINED WITH THIS 
QUARANTINE BEARD.
IT'S BECAUSE WHEN I SEE THE 
SCENES OF GEORGE FLOYD, WHEN I 
SEE HIM PRONE ON THE PAVEMENT 
WITH A KNEE IN HIS NECK FOR 
EIGHT PLUS MINUTES, SCREAMING 
THAT HE CAN'T BREATHE, SCREAMING
FOR HIS MOTHER, I DON'T SEE 
MYSELF IN THOSE SCENES ANYMORE.
I SEE MY YOUNG SON, AND IT 
BREAKS MY TO THINK THAT ONE DAY 
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S DREAM MAY 
NOT BE REALIZED IN CONCERT WITH 
MY SON, THAT HE WON'T BE JUDGED 
BY THE CONTENT OF HIS CHARACTER 
AND THE VALUES I'M TRYING TO 
RAISE HIM WITH.
HE'S GOING TO BE JUDGED BY THE 
COLOUR OF HIS SKIN.
SO ME AS A FATHER TRYING TO 
PROTECT HIM, AT WHAT POINT DO I 
ROB HIM OF HIS INNOCENCE, ROB 
HIM OF THE FACT THAT HE LOVES TO
COME UP AND GIVE ME BIG WET 
KISSES AND HE LOVES TO LAUGH 
WHEN WE'RE ON WALKS AND LOOK AT 
LEAVES.
WHEN DO I ROB HIM OF HIS 
INNOCENCE AND LET HIM KNOW THAT 
WORLD THAT HE'S IN IS NOT FAIR, 
THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO WORK 
TWICE AS HARD TO GET HALF, AND 
EVEN WHEN HE DOES THAT, 
SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES IT'S GOING 
TO HAVE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT GEORGE FLOYD,
EVERY SINGLE TIME I THINK OF MY 
SON.
>> Andrew: DONNOVAN, I TRULY 
APPRECIATE EVERY OPPORTUNITY I 
GET TO LISTEN TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> LIKEWISE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS 
CONVERSATION.
>> Andrew: AND WHEN WE COME 
BACK, PREPARING FOR A SAFE 
COMMUTE.
>> HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
>> Andrew: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
CANADIANS HEAD BACK TO WORK AND 
RIDERS RETURN TO PUBLIC TRANSIT 
TO GET THERE?
WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE CANADA'S 
BUSIEST TRANSIT SYSTEM NEXT.
>> Andrew: WITH SECTIONS OF THE 
ECONOMY STARTING TO REOPEN, A 
BIG QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU DO 
WITH TRANSIT?
RIGHT NOW RIDERSHIP IS DOWN 
DRAMATICALLY, WHICH ALLOWS FOR 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, BUT WHAT 
HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GO BACK TO 
WORK AND SCHOOL?
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS LOOKS AT THE 
COSTLY CALCULATIONS IN AN ERA OF
COVID.
>> HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
>> Reporter: THE ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ECHO IN UNION STATION, USUALLY 
ONE OF TORONTO'S BUSIEST SUBWAY 
STOPS. 
>> PLEASE WASH AND SANITIZE YOUR
HANDS FREQUENTLY AND AVOID 
TOUCHING YOUR FACE.
>> Reporter: NOW FILLED WITH 
SIGNS TO KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE.
EASY TO DO DURING A LOCKDOWN.
BUT COMING OUT OF ONE?
SCOTT HASKELL IS THE MAN TRYING 
TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
>> THE REAL TOUGH QUESTION IS 
WHEN ARE THEY COMING BACK AND 
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE COMING BACK
AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO 
PLAN FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: HASKELL IS PART OF 
THE TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION'S
STRATEGIC TEAM, TASKED WITH 
PREDICTING THE RATE OF PASSENGER
RETURN AND MANAGING THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH RISK THAT COMES WITH IT.
PROBLEM IS THERE ARE SO MANY 
MOVING PARTS.
>> WE'RE CARRYING ABOUT 20% OF 
OUR TOTAL RIDERSHIP TODAY, BUT 
IF THAT INCREASES TO 30%, 40%, 
50, 60, 70, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY 
POSSIBLE TO CARRY PEOPLE WITH 
THAT MUCH SPACE BETWEEN THEM ON 
A LARGE FUNCTIONING BUSY TRANSIT
SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE 
THAT WE ARE WRESTLING WITH, BOTH
HERE IN TORONTO, THE T.T.C., AND
AROUND THE TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN 
CANADA.
>> Reporter: THE LOCKDOWN PLAN 
HAS BEEN SIMPLE IN COMPARISON.
THE T.T.C. IS DISINFECTING ITS 
VEHICLES MORE OFTEN, TESTING ITS
EMPLOYEES REGULARLY FOR COVID-19
SYMPTOMS.
>> HERE YOU GO. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> Reporter: AND PROVIDING THEM 
WITH PROTECTIVE GEAR AS WELL.
IT'S ALSO ENFORCED DISTANCING 
PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING MAXIMUM 
BUSLOADS OF 15 PEOPLE.
ALL AT A STAGGERING COST.
THE AGENCY IS PREDICTING A $300 
MILLION DEFICIT BY SEPTEMBER, 
AND GETTING BACK ON TRACK DURING
A PANDEMIC IS EVEN HARDER.
>> RIGHT NOW IT'S A TREADING 
WATER SITUATION, AND IT WON'T BE
ABLE TO LAST FOR MUCH LONGER.
>> Reporter: KAREN STINTZ IS A 
FORMER TORONTO CITY COUNCILLOR 
AND FORMER T.T.C. CHAIR.
SHE SAYS THE T.T.C.'S RECENT ASK
FOR FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE 
PROVINCE AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT SURVIVAL.
NOW AND GOING FORWARD.
>> EVEN THOUGH RIDERSHIP MAY BE 
LOW, THE T.T.C. IS STILL SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PIECE OF 
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY, AND
IT'S NEEDED FOR PEOPLE, 
ESSENTIAL WORKERS, FOR PEOPLE 
WHO DON'T HAVE CARS, AND FOR AS 
PEOPLE START TO MOVE AROUND, IT 
WILL BE CRITICAL THAT THEY HAVE 
THE OPTION OF THE T.T.C. BECAUSE
IN SOME CASES IT MAY ACTUALLY BE
EVEN SAFER THAN TAXIS.
OR UBERS.
>> Reporter: BUT WHILE THE 
T.T.C. CAN'T AFFORD TO RUN ON 
EMPTY FOR MUCH LONGER, PLANNING 
TO MOVE MORE COMMUTERS SAFELY IS
COMPLICATED.
A LOT DEPENDS ON PLANS THAT ARE 
STILL EVOLVING FROM HOW OR IF 
SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN TO HOW 
QUICKLY OR SLOWLY OFFICE TOWERS 
FILL BACK UP.
TORONTO'S DOWNTOWN CORE ALONE 
ACCOUNTS FOR THOUSANDS OF 
TRANSIT USERS.
>> LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE 
FORWARD. 
>> Reporter: JAN DE SILVA IS 
PRESIDENT OF TORONTO'S BOARD OF 
TRADE.
SHE'S HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL
LEVELS OF INDUSTRY.
THEY ARE ALL GRAPPLING TOO.
>> IT'S JUST THAT THERE ARE SO 
MANY UNKNOWNS, AND I THINK WHEN 
WE WENT INTO THIS WEEKS AGO IN 
MARCH WE ALL HAD THE MINDSET 
THAT WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THIS TO
BE OVER AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK 
TO NORMAL.
WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS THAT'S NOT 
GOING TO HAPPEN ANY TIME SOON, 
SO THIS IS WHY I THINK WE'RE 
GOING TO SEE BUSINESSES CONTINUE
WITH WORK-FROM-HOME ARRANGEMENTS
UNTIL THERE'S DIFFERENT 
PROTOCOLS IN TRANSIT TO HELP AND
MITIGATE THE NEED TO HAVE SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
>> Reporter: FOR THE T.T.C., 
THAT PRESENTS A PANDEMIC 
PARADOX, WITH 70% OF ITS 
OPERATING REVENUE COMING FROM 
THE FARE BOX IT NEEDS MORE 
PASSENGERS TO REMAIN VIABLE.
BUT CAN'T RUN MORE BUSES AND 
TRAINS TO MAINTAIN THE 
DISTANCING PRACTICES IN PLACE 
NOW.
>> NO TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE 
COUNTRY HAS THE CAPABILITY TO 
RUN A LOT MORE SERVICE THAN THEY
WERE RUNNING JUST BEFORE THE 
PANDEMIC.
THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE 
YOU CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE ENTERING THE STATION, BUT
FUNDAMENTALLY, AN URBAN PUBLIC 
TRANSIT SYSTEM IS NOT ONE THAT 
YOU CAN DO A LOT OF CONTROLLING 
OF WHO ENTERS IT.
>> Reporter: SO THEN WHAT?
>> SO THEN WE, AGAIN, WE DEFAULT
TO CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES 
AND THEIR SAFETY, MUST -- REALLY
MUST, SHOULD WEAR A FACE 
COVERING, AND AS BEST THEY CAN, 
THEY SHOULD TRY TO KEEP AWAY 
FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: AND ALL THAT STILL 
DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL 
ACTUALLY USE TRANSIT OR CONTINUE
TO STAY AWAY.
ONE THING FOR SURE, IT'S ANOTHER
GUESS.
-- GAMBLE.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: THESE DAYS LOTS OF 
PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN 
THEIR CARS THAN ON PUBLIC 
TRANSIT, BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE 
MARKET FOR A NEW VEHICLE, YOU 
SHOULD KNOW THAT THE CAR BUYING 
EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED SINCE THE
START OF THIS PANDEMIC.
TAKE A LOOK.
*
WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT AT A CAR 
DEALERSHIP IN A COVID-19 WORLD?
WELL, THE FIRST THING, CALL 
AHEAD TO ASK.
MANY DEALERSHIPS ARE NOW BY 
APPOINTMENT ONLY.
NOW WHEN YOU ARRIVE, YOU MAY SEE
MORE STAFF WEARING PROTECTIVE 
GEAR.
YOU MAY BE OFFERED SOME AS WELL,
AND OUTDOOR SHOWINGS MAY 
ACTUALLY BECOME THE NORM.
AIR FLOW IS A GOOD THING, BUT 
EITHER WAY, WHETHER YOU'RE 
INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, JUST KEEP IN 
MIND YOU WILL BE TOUCHING 
THINGS, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF 
THAT. 
>> EVERY TIME A CUSTOMER SITS IN
A VEHICLE, TOUCHES THE VEHICLE, 
WE LOCK THAT VEHICLE, BUT PRIOR 
TO LOCKING IT WE ACTUALLY 
DISINFECT IT. 
>> Andrew: WHAT ABOUT GETTING 
INSIDE THE CAR?
WHAT'S THE RISK OF GETTING SICK 
WHEN YOU'RE IN SUCH A CONFINED 
AIR SPACE?
>> UNLIKE THINGS LIKE MEASLES 
VIRUS WHICH CAN HANG AROUND IN 
THE AIR FOR HOURS, THERE'S NO 
EVIDENCE THAT SARS CO-V CAN DO 
THAT OUTSIDE OF VERY, VERY 
UNUSUAL EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS
THAT DON'T SEEM TO HAPPEN IN A 
BIOLOGIC WORLD.
SO WE DON'T REALLY SUSPECT IT 
HANGS IN THE AIR. 
>> Andrew: BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW 
THIS VIRUS IS SPREAD PRIMARILY 
THROUGH FRESH DROPLETS, THERE IS
A RISK OF GETTING INTO A 
CONFINED SPACE WITH A STRANGER.
SO HOW DO TEST DRIVES WORK?
WELL, SOME DEALERS WILL ACTUALLY
BRING THE CAR TO YOUR HOME AND 
YOU'LL HAVE THE OPTION OF 
DRIVING ALONE WITH THE EMPLOYEE 
FOLLOWING BEHIND YOU IN THEIR 
OWN VEHICLE.
BUT IF YOU MUST TEST DRIVE 
TOGETHER, YOU CAN LOWER THE 
WINDOWS TO GET BETTER AIR FLOW. 
>> AND YOU PROBABLY WOULD WANT 
TO HAVE THEM SIT KITTY CORNER 
FROM YOU IN THE VEHICLE SO YOU 
ARE NOT RIGHT NEXT TO EACH 
OTHER, WHICH WOULD ALSO I THINK 
BE A REASONABLE THING TO 
CONSIDER DOING. 
>> Andrew: AND ONE LAST THING.
GIVEN HOW MANY THINGS YOU'LL BE 
TOUCHING, DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE,
WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE YOU 
LEAVE, AND DRIVE SAFE.
>>> AND RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK, A
WARNING FROM THE WORLD OF 
SCIENCE.
THE DANGER AND DAMAGE FROM 
EXTREME RAINFALL.
WHY NORTH AMERICA IS GOING TO 
GET IT MORE OFTEN AND MORE 
SEVERELY UNLESS SOMETHING'S 
DONE.
>> I'M PIYA CHATTOPADHYAY.
TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS 
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER," DONALD 
TRUMP'S RESPONSE TO AN 
UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT OF CRISIS 
IN THE U.S. FROM TWEETS ABOUT 
SHOOTING LOOTERS TO THREATS TO 
DISPATCH THE MILITARY.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR 
PODCASTS.
>> Andrew: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
RESEARCHERS SAY THEY HAVE MADE A
BREAKTHROUGH BY SHOWING THE LINK
BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
EXTREME RAINFALL.
THE STUDY FROM ENVIRONMENT AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA WAS JUST 
PUBLISHED.
HERE'S TASHAUNA REID WITH WHAT 
IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE AND 
GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: IN CITIES ACROSS 
CANADA, EXTREME RAINFALL HAS 
CONTRIBUTED TO FLASH FLOODS.
IN THE LAST DECADE, WATER DAMAGE
CLAIMS AVERAGE MORE THAN HALF A 
BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, MUCH 
HIGHER THAN BEFORE.
A NEW CANADIAN REPORT WARNS 
EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THIS.
>> IN NORTH AMERICA WE HAVE SEEN
AN INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY AND
SEVERITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL 
EVENTS.
AND THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO 
GLOBAL WARMING.
>> Reporter: THE REPORT REVIEWED
50 YEARS OF DATA AND FOUND 
INCREASES IN HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
CONSISTENT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE 
MODEL PREDICTIONS.
AS WARMING CONTINUES, 
RESEARCHERS SAY EXTREME RAINFALL
WILL BE MORE FREQUENT AND MORE 
SEVERE.
>> IN A WORLD WITHOUT HUMAN 
INFLUENCE ON THE CLIMATE, A 
PRECIPITATION EVENT THAT WOULD 
OCCUR ABOUT ONCE EVERY HUNDRED 
YEARS ON AVERAGE WOULD OCCUR 
ABOUT ONCE EVERY 20 YEARS ON 
AVERAGE IN OUR CURRENT CLIMATE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST 
STUDY TO ZERO IN ON NORTH 
AMERICA.
>> THIS IS HAPPENING ON A NORTH 
AMERICAN SCALE THAT HELPS TO 
BRING THAT CLOSER TO HOME.
>> Reporter: THE IMPLICATIONS 
RANGE FROM THE SAFETY OF 
CANADIANS TO HOW BUILDINGS ARE 
DESIGNED.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE 
THOSE REPAIRS AND SO THEN THE 
BUILDING BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE 
TO MAINTAIN.
THE PROBABILITY OF A LOSS OF 
LIFE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
FLASH FLOODING BECOMES HIGHER AS
A CONSEQUENCE.
>> Reporter: AND CITIES NEEDING 
TO RE-THINK HOW THEY DESIGN 
COMMUNITIES.
>> MUNICIPALITIES ARE BEGINNING 
TO UPDATE THEIR STORM WATER 
MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES.
OFFICIAL PLANS, ZONING BYLAWS.
>> Reporter: THIS EXPERT SAYS 
CANADIANS NEED TO ADAPT QUICKLY.
>> AND I THINK THE STUDY REALLY 
UNDERSCORES THAT WE AS CANADIANS
HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF THIS AND 
INVEST IN PREPAREDNESS TO FLOOD 
EVENTS NOW, TODAY.
TIME IS NOT A LUXURY.
>> Reporter: WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT
ACTION TO CUT EMISSIONS CAUSED 
BY HUMANS, EXPERTS SAY COSTS 
WILL KEEP PILING UP.
TASHAUNA REID, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: OKAY, AND SPEAKING OF
EXTREME RAINFALL, YOU MAY HAVE 
NOTICED ADRIENNE'S DISAPPEARED 
JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A PRETTY 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HITTING 
DOWNTOWN TORONTO RIGHT NOW, SO 
JUST OUT OF SAFETY'S SAKE, IT 
MAKES MORE SENSE TO CARRY OUT 
THE REST OF THE PROGRAM FROM 
HERE INSIDE STUDIO.
BUT, ADRIENNE, I'LL SEE YOU 
TOMORROW.
>>> OKAY, NEXT ON "THE 
NATIONAL," SHE STARTED OUT AS 
THE ONLY BLACK PERSON IN HER 
MEDICAL SCHOOL.
TODAY SHE GRADUATED AS 
VALEDICTORIAN.
>> Andrew: WHEN CHIKA STACY 
ORIUWA FIRST STARTED MEDICAL 
SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
TORONTO, SHE WAS THE ONLY BLACK 
PERSON IN HER CLASS OF 259.
AND TODAY, FOUR YEARS LATER SHE 
GRADUATED AS HER CLASS 
VALEDICTORIAN.
HER POWERFUL MESSAGE TO HER 
CLASSMATES IS OUR "MOMENT."
>> HELLO, FELLOW GRADUATES.
TO THIS COHORT OF BRILLIANT 
PHYSICIANS WITH BOUNDLESS 
POTENTIAL, WE HAD A VISION OF 
2020, AND ALTHOUGH THE FUTURE 
DIDN'T QUITE TURN OUT AS CLEAR 
AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, WE 
REMAINED A CLASS OF VISIONARIES,
FILLED WITH THE FORESIGHT TO 
DEFINE THEMSELVES IN THIS WORLD 
WHO RAISE THEIR ARMS, FISTS 
CURLED IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE.
AS OUR PATIENTS ENTRUST US WITH 
THEIR LIVES, THE TIME HAS 
OFFICIALLY ARRIVED FOR US TO 
RISE TO THE OCCASION.
WE WADED INTO UNCERTAIN WATERS, 
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HOPE, 
EQUIPPED WITH KNOWLEDGE, 
COMPASSION AND OUR STETHOSCOPES,
AND THOUGH WE WILL ENCOUNTER A 
DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD, WE ARE 
UNITED BY THE THREADS OF 
ENDURANCE AND TENACITY.
WITHIN US RISE THE CAPACITY TO 
CHANGE THE WORLD.
>> Andrew: CHIKA TELLS US THAT 
SHE HAS WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR 
SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, AND
AN EXCITING NOTE HERE, 24 BLACK 
MEDICAL STUDENTS WERE ADMITTED 
TO U OF T'S FACULTY OF MEDICINE 
FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
THAT'S THE LARGEST COHORT IN 
CANADIAN HISTORY.
GOOD NEWS.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS 
JUNE 2.
GOOD NIGHT.
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