The National for Monday December 18, 2017 - Train derailment, Trump, Sherman deaths

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>> Rosemary: IT'S MONDAY,
DECEMBER 18th AND THIS IS "THE
NATIONAL."
>> Ian: TONIGHT... FALLOUT FROM
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT SCANDALS
STRETCHES BEYOND HOLLYWOOD.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT'S
AFFECTING CANADIAN JOBS.
>> Rosemary: DONALD TRUMP
UNVEILS A NEW SECURITY STRATEGY
AND CALLS RUSSIA A RIVAL YET NO
MENTION OF ELECTION
INTERFEERPBSZ.
>> Ian: BUT WE BEGIN IN
WASHINGTON STATE, A HIGH-SPEED
TRAIN RUNS INTO A DEADLY
DERAILMENT ON TO A HIGHWAY.
>> AMTRAK 501, EMERGENCY,
EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY.
WE ARE ON THE GROUND.
WE NEED E.M.S. ASAP.
>> Ian: THE TRAIN'S CONDUCTOR IS
IMMEDIATELY CALLING FOR HELP BUT
IT WAS PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLES
BLOCKED BY THE ACCIDENT WHO
COULD SEE HOW SERIOUS IT WAS AND
WHO FIRST RUSHED TO THE SCENE.
>> Interview: I DIDN'T REALLY
WANT TO SEE WHAT I KNEW.
IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO
GO BECAUSE I KNEW THAT IF I WAS
PINNED OR TRAPPED I WOULD WANT
SOMEONE TO COME HELP ME OR
RESCUE ME.
I HAD NEVER SEEN A DECEASED
PERSON AND I
SAW THINGS THAT I WILL PROBABLY
NEVER FORGET.
>> Ian: AND IT WAS INDEED AS
AUTHORITIES CALL IT A MASS
CASUALTY EVENT AND TONIGHT THE
OFFICIALS SAY THAT THREE PEOPLE
DIED IN THAT TANGLED MESS AND
MORE THAN 100 WERE TAKEN TO
HOSPITAL.
IT HAPPENED JUST SOUTH OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE
WASHINGTON STATE COMMUNITY OF
DUPONT.
AS THE TRAIN WAS MAKING ITS VERY
FIRST TRIP ON A FASTER ROUTE
FROM SEATTLE TO PORTLAND.
IT WAS ENTERING A CURVE AND
CROSSING OVER THE MAIN
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND GOING
DOWN THE U.S. WEST COAST WHEN
THE TRAIN WENT OFF THE RAILS.
>> HEY, GUYS, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WE WERE COMING
AROUND THE CORNER TO TAKE THE
BRIDGE OVER I-5 THERE, RIGHT
NORTH INTO NISQUALLY, AND WENT
INTO THE GROUND.
>> OKAY, UM, IS EVERYBODY OKAY?
>> I'M STILL FIGURING THAT OUT.
WE GOT CARS EVERYWHERE AND DOWN
ON THE HIGHWAY.
>> Ian: OF THE TRAIN'S 12 CARS
AND TWO
ENGINES, 13 JUMPED THE TRACKS
AND SOME LANDING ON VEHICLES
BELOW, INCLUDING FIVE CARS AND
TWO SEMIS.
>> Interview: WE KNOW THAT WE
HAVE MULTIPLE FATALS IN THE
TRAIN.
NO FATALS ON THE ROADWAY.
>> Interview: I JUST GRABBED
ON THE CHAIR IN FRONT OF ME FOR
DEAR LIFE AND MY LAPTOP WENT
FLYING AND PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING
AND IT WAS CRAZY.
>> Ian: WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT
CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.
EXCESSIVE SPEED AND AN OBJECT ON
THE TRACKS, A STRUCTURAL
PROBLEM?
ALL THINGS THAT MAY BE
INVESTIGATED BY THE 20 U.S.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
BOARD OFFICIALS THAT HAVE BEEN
SENT TO THE SCENE.
AND OUR BRIAR STEWART IS AT THE
SCENE WITH MORE FROM THE
SURVIVORS AND THE DIFFICULTIES
THAT THE RESCUE WORKERS HAD TO
REACH SOME OF THEM.
>> Reporter: THE IMAGES OF THE
TWISTED AFTERMATH GIVES YOU A
SENSE OF JUST WHAT IT MUST HAVE
BEEN LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE
PASSENGERS
ON THIS INAUGURAL TRAIN RIDE AND
AS SOME EMERGED FROM THE
WRECKAGE THEY DESCRIBED JUST HOW
SUDDENLY IT ALL WENT HORRIBLY
WRONG.
>> Interview: THINGS JUST
STARTED TO TIP OVER AS IT WAS
GOING AROUND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
ENDED UP ON ITS SIDE AND
EVERYTHING WENT DARK.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST SOME
DIDN'T GRASP JUST HOW SERIOUS IT
WAS.
>> Interview: IT FELT LIKE --
LIKE IT WAS A TRAIN THAT CAME
OFF THE TRACKS OR SOMETHING AND
IT WAS GOING TO JUST SLIDE AND
NOT BE A BIG DEAL BUT THEN THE
SECOND PART OF THE ACCIDENT WAS
LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST A RICOCHET
FROM THERE ON THAT POINT AND WE
WERE TURNING AND SPINNING AND
THE TRAIN BEHIND US HIT US.
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE A WHOLE LOT
GOING ON.
>> Reporter: A FEW OF THE RAIL
CARS PLUNGED OFF THE BRIDGE,
CRASHING ON TO THE TRAFFIC
BELOW.
OTHERS WERE LEFT DANGLING
PRECARIOUSLY ABOVE.
SOME CARS WERE STREWN ACROSS THE
TRACKS AND PASSENGERS WERE
TRAPPED INSIDE.
>> Interview: THE ONE GUY
PUSHED OUT THE WINDOW AND I
HELPED HIM TO GET DOWN AND HE
HELPED ME TO GET DOWN AND WE
CRAWLED UNDERNEATH THE TRAIN AND
I COULD HEAR PEOPLE SCREAMING
AND STUFF IN THE OTHER PARTS.
>> Reporter: THIS FREEWAY,
WHICH RUNS FROM CANADA TO
MEXICO,
IS WASHINGTON'S BUSIEST
INTERSTATE AND THIS MORNING IT
WAS PACKED WITH DRIVERS.
A FEW OF THEM RUSHED TOWARDS THE
MANGLED CARS TO HELP.
>> Interview: AND THEN AS I
GOT FURTHER IN WHERE THE TRAINS
HAD KIND OF CAPSIZED AND THE
ROOFS HAD BEEN TORN OFF AND
PEOPLE HAD BEEN DUMPED
UNDERNEATH THE TRAIN AND WERE
PINNED, THE INJURED WERE MUCH
MORE SEVERE.
>> Reporter: IN FACT, EVEN
AFTER THE FIRST RESPONDERS
ARRIVED THERE WERE SOME CARS
THAT SIMPLY WERE TOO DANGEROUS
TO ENTER AT FIRST.
>> Interview: IT WASN'T EASY
FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS TO GET
THROUGH AND THEY'RE USING JAWS
OF LIFE AND THEY WERE USING AIR
CHISELS.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE REPORTS
THAT THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING AS
FAST AS 128 km/h ON A CURVE
WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS LESS
THAN 50 km/h.
AMTRAK WOULDN'T COMMENT ON
WHETHER SPEED WAS TO BLAME.
>> Interview: I CAN TELL YOU
THAT IT'S BEING INVESTIGATED BY
NTSB AND ANYTHING BEYOND THAT
RIGHT NOW, UNTIL THEY'RE
FINDINGS ARE OUT, IS PURE
SPECULATION.
>> Ian: BRIER IS JOINING US FROM
THE SCENE OF THE DERAILMENT.
DESCRIBE TO US WHAT'S GOING ON
THERE.
>> Reporter: WELL, IAN, I'M
JUST NORTH OF WHERE THE TRAIN
WENT OFF THE TRACKS AND YOU CAN
TELL FROM THE FLASHING LIGHTS
BEHIND ME THAT THE
SOUTHBOUND LANES ARE STILL
CLOSED AND THEY WILL STAY THAT
WAY FOR HOURS, POSSIBLY DAYS, AS
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
TONIGHT OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEARCH ALL
OF THE RAIL CARS LOOKING FOR
PASSENGERS AND THAT CRANES ARE
BEING BROUGHT IN TO REMOVE THE
WRECKAGE FROM THE SITE.
>> Ian: WE MENTIONED THAT THIS
WAS THE FIRST TRIP ON A NEW
FASTER ROUTE BETWEEN THE CITIES
OF SEATTLE AND PORTLAND AND SO
HOW MUCH TESTING WAS DONE ON THE
LINE BEFORE TODAY?
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS WITH
AMTRAK SAY THAT THERE WERE
INSPECTIONS DONE AND TRIAL RUNS
AND THAT ALL OF THE RECORDS WILL
BE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.
WE KNOW THAT OFFICIALS WITH THE
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
BOARD WERE ON-SITE.
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT THE
PAYING PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD
BUT ON FRIDAY DIGNITARIES AND
POLITICIANS RODE THE ROUTE.
I SHOULD ALWAYS MENTION, AS BAD
AS THIS DERAILMENT WAS, IT COULD
HAVE BEEN WORSE BECAUSE THERE
WERE ABOUT 80 PASSENGERS ON
BOARD AND THE TRAIN WAS NOWHERE
NEAR FULL.
>> Ian: BRIAR STEWART IS SOUTH
OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TONIGHT.
>>> JOINING US IS A SAFETY
IS IAN NAISH, A CONSULTANT AND A
FORMER
CONSULTANT WITH CANADA'S
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.
IAN, WE'RE HEARING VARIOUS
THEORIES FROM MEDIA AND SOURCES
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF
THOSE, THE POSSIBILITY, FIRST OF
ALL, THAT THIS TRAIN MAY HAVE
HIT SOMETHING ON THE TRACK.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO CREATE A
DERAILMENT LIKE THIS?
>> Interview: DEPENDING ON THE
SPEED OF THE TRAIN AND I THINK
THAT IT WAS AROUND 130-140
kilometres an hour, something
the size of a
highway vehicle like a jeep, for
example, would probably derail
it.
And the railways do use highway
maintenance vehicles about that
size or
bigger which could be on the
tracks.
And there was a case in
California I believe about 20
years ago where somebody parked
a jeep across the tracks and got
hit by a commuter train and I
believe that derailed then.
>> Ian: YOU MENTIONED SPEED AND
A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL
AND REPORTS THAT THIS TRAIN WAS
GOING ABOUT 130 TO 140
KILOMETRES AN HOUR ON A STRAIGHT
STRETCH.
COMING UP TO A CURVE WHERE THE
SPEED LIMIT WAS ABOUT 50
KILOMETRES AN HOUR, IT WOULD
SEEM KIND OF OBVIOUS THAT AN
ENGINEER WOULD SLOW DOWN FOR
THAT CURVE, BUT IT DOESN'T
ALWAYS HAPPEN?
>> Interview: NO, THIS IS A
NEW TRACK, I BELIEVE, AND A NEW
ROUTE AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE
ENGINEER WAS NOT EXPERIENCED ON
THE ROUTE AND A POSSIBILITY OF
DISTRACTION.
THERE WAS A CASE IN SPAIN WITH A
SIMILAR TRAIN ABOUT FIVE YEARS
AGO WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT
CHANGED AND THE GUY CAME AROUND
THE CURVE ROUNDABOUT THE SAME
SPEED AND DERAILED AND HIT AN
APARTMENT.
SO THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN,
UNFORTUNATELY.
>> Ian: ONE LAST THING THEY WANT
TO ASK YOU ABOUT, A PHRASE THAT
A LOT OF US ARE HEARING IS
"POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL."
A SYSTEM THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
WANTS THE TRAIN COMPANIES TO
BRING IN AND THEY'RE RELUCTANT
AS I UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE OF
THE COST AND IN THIS CASE THE
TRAIN DID NOT HAVE THAT SYSTEM
IMPLEMENTED.
WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE
HERE?
>> Interview: IF THE ISSUE WAS
THE ISSUE OF SPEED IT WOULD
HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
INDICATION OF THE BRAKES IF THE
ENGINEER HAD NOT APPLIED THE
BRAKE BECAUSE OF THE SPEED
RESTRICTION ON THE CURVE.
IF THERE WAS A LARGE OBJECT ON
THE TRACK THAT WAS NOT DETECTED
BY THE TRACK SIGNAL CIRCUITS IT
WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE,
THERE WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN A
COLLISION.
>> Ian: WE HAVE THE DATA
RECORDER HERE AND WE HAVE LOTS
OF
INVESTIGATORS ON THE SCENE AND A
LOT OF WITNESSES SO WE'LL GET
ANSWERS VERY SOON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS.
>> Interview: YOU'RE VERY
WELCOME.
>> Ian: AND WE WILL KEEP
WATCHING FOR
DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT HERE ON THE WEST COAST
AND, ROSIE, YOU HAVE DETAILS OF
THE DEATHS LAST WEEK OF A
BILLIONAIRE TORONTO COUPLE?
>> Rosemary: YES, IAN, IT'S A
MYSTERY
THAT IS GRIPPING A LOT OF
CANADIANS AND CERTAINLY GRABBING
HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD AND
TONIGHT INFORMATION WAS GATHERED
FROM THE HOME SECURITY SYSTEM AT
BARRY AND HONEY SHERMAN'S
MANSION IN THE HOPE THAT IT
MIGHT PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS.
AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE
CONFIRMED FOR LATER THIS WEEK
FOR THURSDAY.
JOHN LANCASTER WALKS US THROUGH
WHAT WE KNOW.
>> Reporter: FOR A THIRD
STRAIGHT DAY FORENSIC OFFICERS
COMBED THE BILLIONAIRE'S HOME
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, ANYTHING,
THAT MAY DETERMINE WHO KILLED
BARRY SHERMAN AND HIS WIFE,
HONEY.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS QUESTIONS,
BUT HERE'S WHAT WE DO KNOW...
BARRY SHERMAN DESCRIBED BY MANY
AS WORK OBSESSED DIDN'T SHOW UP
AT THE OFFICE ON THURSDAY.
A REAL ESTATE AGENT FOUND THEIR
BODIES FRIDAY MORNING IN THEIR
SPRAWLING MANSION IN TORONTO'S
NORTH END.
POLICE HAVE SAID LITTLE SO FAR,
ONLY THAT THE COUPLE DIED FROM
LIGATURE COMPRESSIONS ON THEIR
NECKS.
>> Interview: WE ARE NOT
CURRENTLY SEEKING OR LOOKING FOR
AN OUTSTANDING SUSPECT.
>> Reporter: POLICE HAVE NOT
SAID ANYTHING MORE SINCE.
THE SHERMANS' FRIENDS SAY THAT
THERE'S NO WAY THAT THIS COULD
BE A MURDER-SUICIDE.
>> Interview: THEY WERE MADLY
IN LOVE WITH EACH AND THEY STILL
WALKED HAND-IN-HAND AND THEY HAD
EVERYTHING IN LIFE TO BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO.
>> Reporter: THE COUPLE, AMONG
CANADA'S WEALTHIEST, WERE
GENEROUS PHILANTROPISTS AND
DONATING MILLIONS TO CHARITIES
AND CAUSES HELPING THE SICK AND
LESS FORTUNATE.
>> Interview: THEY WERE RICH
BEYOND ANYBODY'S WILDEST DREAMS
AND THEY WERE ALWAYS ROOTED IN
COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: MUCH OF THE
FORTUNE CAME FROM APOTEX, THE
GENERIC
DRUG MANUFACTURING COMPANY
FOUNDED BY BARRY SHERMAN.
LAST SUMMER APOTEX LOST A
SUPREME COURT DECISION
CHALLENGING ITS PRACTISE OF
MANUFACTURING
CHEAPER GENERIC DRUGS PATENTED
BY OTHER COMPANIES AND WITH THAT
THE POTENTIAL
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR
APOTEX.
TODAY HONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO FLY
TO THE COUPLE'S WINTER HOME NEAR
MIAMI.
BARRY WAS SET TO JOIN HER LATER
THIS WEEK AND SO WAS THEIR
FRIEND FRED WAKS AND HE SAID
THAT THE COUPLE HAD PLENTY TO
LOOK FORWARD TO, INCLUDING A
DAUGHTER'S WEDDING.
>> Interview: THEY JUST HAD A
GRANDCHILD FROM ANOTHER DAUGHTER
TWO WEEKS BEFORE.
NOT EXACTLY EVENTS THAT WOULD
SADDEN ANYBODY.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY
THEY'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN
THE COMING DAYS.
JOHN LANCASTER, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Rosemary: U.S. PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP TOOK HIS AMERICA
FIRST POLICY GLOBAL TODAY...
>> President Donald Trump: OUR
RIVALS ARE TOUGH, THEY'RE
TENACIOUS AND COMMITTED TO THE
LONG TERM, BUT SO ARE WE.
WITH THE STRATEGY THAT I'M
ANNOUNCING TODAY WE ARE
DECLARING THAT AMERICA IS IN THE
GAME AND AMERICA IS GOING TO
WIN.
>> Rosemary: TRUMP UNVEILED
HIS ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
FOCUSED HEAVILY ON
PROTECTIONISM.
IN WHAT TRUMP CALLED "A NEW ERA
OF COMPETITION."
BUT THERE IS ONE PIECE OF THAT
POLICY THAT DOESN'T REALLY
SQUARE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S
PERSONAL OPINIONS, THE PART ON
RUSSIA.
KEITH BOAG TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S
SPEECH WAS CAST AS A RETURN TO
COLD WAR HAWKRY WITH A FOCUS ON
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
DONALD TRUMP IS NO STRANGER TO
TOUGH TALK BUT IN THIS CASE THE
TALK WAS TEPID...
>> President Donald Trump: WE
ALSO FACE RIVAL POWERS, RUSSIA
AND CHINA, THAT SEEK TO
CHALLENGE AMERICAN INFLUENCE
VALUES AND WEALTH.
WE WILL ATTEMPT TO BUILD A GREAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE AND WITH
OTHER
COUNTRIES BUT IN A MANNER THAT
ALWAYS PROTECTS OUR NATIONAL
INTERESTS.
>> Reporter: HARDLY A BATTLE
CRY, THE TOUGHEST PART WAS THIS
VAGUE PROMISE...
>> President Donald Trump: WE
WILL STAND UP FOR OURSELVES AND
WE WILL STAND UP FOR OUR COUNTRY
LIKE WE HAVE NEVER STOOD UP
BEFORE.
[Applause]
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: THE U.S. HAS, OF
COURSE, STOOD UP FOR ITSELF IN
TWO WORLD WARS AND THE COLD WAR
AND PERHAPS RECKLESSLY IN
RESPONSE TO THE 9/11 ATTACKS,
STILL, TRUMP'S COMMENTS TODAY
WERE SOMEWHAT STRONGER THAN HIS
FOREIGN POLICY TWEETS ABOUT
RUSSIA.
"WHEN WILL ALL OF THE HATERS AND
FOOLS OUT THERE REALIZE THAT
HAVING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
RUSSIA IS A GOOD THING, NOT A
BAD THING.
THEY'RE ALWAYS PLAYING
POLITICS -- BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
I WANT TO SOLVE NORTH KOREA,
SYRIA, UKRAINE, TERRORISM AND
RUSSIA CAN GREATLY HELP," HE
TWEETED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SO IT MAKES FOR A CURIOUS
QUESTION -- HOW DID THE FINER
PRINT OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY
STRATEGY DOCUMENT WIND UP SAYING
THIS ABOUT RUSSIA.
"ALTHOUGH THE MENACE OF SOVIET
COMMUNISM IS GONE, NEW THREATS
TEST OUR WILL.
RUSSIA IS USING SUBVERSIVE
MEASURES TO WEAKEN THE
CREDIBILITY OF AMERICA'S
COMMITMENT TO EUROPE, UNDERMINE
TRANSATLANTIC UNITY AND WEAKEN
EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND
GOVERNMENTS.
RUSSIA CONTINUES TO INTIMIDATE
ITS NEIGHBOURS WITH THREATENING
BEHAVIOUR, SUCH AS NUCLEAR
POSTURING AND THE FORWARD
DEPLOYMENT OF OFFENSIVE
CAPABILITIES."
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NEVER SAID
ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE THAT IN
PUBLIC, MAYBE HE REALLY DOES
RECOGNIZE THE THREAT OF RUSSIA.
MORE LIKELY THAT'S THE WORK OF
THE MILITARY AND FOREIGN POLICY
MINDS WHO
HAVE TAKEN OVER THE KEY ROLES IN
TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE.
KEITH BOAG, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Rosemary: ONE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S PICKS FOR FEDERAL JUDGE
HAS WITHDRAWN HIS NOMINATION.
MATTHEW PETERSEN WAS WIDELY
RIDICULED LAST WEEK AFTER A
VIDEO WENT VIRAL OF HIM
STRUGGLING TO ANSWER SOME PRETTY
BASIC LEGAL QUESTIONS AT HIS
CONFIRMATION HEARING.
>> UM... HAVE YOU EVER TRIED A
JURY TRIAL?
>> I HAVE NOT.
>> CIVIL?
>> NO.
>> CRIMINAL?
>> NO.
BENCH?
>> NO.
>> STATE OR FEDERAL COURT?
>> I HAVE NOT.
ROISES PETERSEN, WHO WAS
UP FOR A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT ON
THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT SENT A
LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING
THAT HE WAS HONOURED TO HAVE
BEEN NOMINATED BUT HE DID NOT
WANT TO BECOME A DISTRACTION FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION.
TRUMP TODAY ACCEPTED PETERSEN'S
DECISION TO WITHDRAWAL HIS
NOMINATION.
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>> Ian: THE LIST JUST KEEPS
GROWING, POWERFUL MEN THROWN OUT
OF WORK OVER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT,
BUT IN ALMOST EVERY CASE OTHER
PEOPLE, INNOCENT PEOPLE,
SUDDENLY PAY A PRICE FOR SOMEONE
ELSE'S SCANDAL.
ELI GLASNER TRACKED DOWN SOME OF
THEM.
>> Reporter: THE ANIMATORS AT
THIS VANCOUVER STUDIO HAD A
DREAM JOB -- WORKING ON A NEW
CARTOON FROM COMEDIAN LOUIS C.K.
BUT THEN...
>> COMEDIAN AND ACTOR LOUIS C.K.
HAS JUST RESPONDED TO
ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT.
>> Reporter: LOUIS C.K.
ADMITTED TO MASTURBATING IN
FRONT OF WOMEN.
>> Interview: IT WAS A PRETTY
BIG SHOCK TO EVERYONE.
I MEAN, WE FOUND OUT THE NEWS AS
THE SAME TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE
ON A FRIDAY, ABOUT THE STORY
DROPPING AND WE ALL SPENT THE
WEEKEND WORRYING AND WONDERING
WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: BY MONDAY THEY
GOT THE CALL, THE SERIES WAS
CANCELLED.
>> Interview: IT WAS UPSETTING
BECAUSE YOU DO PUT ALL OF THIS
TIME AND EFFORT INTO SOMETHING
AND THEN ONE DECISION SUDDENLY
ERASES IT.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 50
PEOPLE LOST MONTHS OF WORK WITH
ANOTHER 50 IN LOS ANGELES
SCRAMBLING TO FIND JOBS.
THAT'S THE FALLOUT FROM JUST ONE
OF MANY SCANDALS ROCKING
HOLLYWOOD.
>> Interview: THE MINUTE I SAW
THE ALLEGATIONS I WORRIED.
>> Reporter: TORONTO FILMMAKER
BARRYAVRICH HAD JUST SOLD A
DOCUMENTARY TO THE WEINSTEIN
COMPANY WHEN NEWS BROKE ABOUT
THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PRODUCER
HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
>> Interview: MY PLAN WAS TO
GET THE FILM BACK AS QUICKLY AS
I COULD AND IT SHOULD NOT BE IN
THE HANDS OF THE WEINSTEIN
COMPANY.
>> Reporter: AVRICH DID GET
THE FILM BACK BUT MANY OTHER
PROJECTS ARE STILL
TRAPPED IN LEGAL LIMBO.
THE WAVE OF SEXUAL ALLEGATIONS
HAS WIPED OUT OR THREATENED
DOZENS OF PROJECTS.
>> MY CHILD IS A PRISONER...
>> Reporter: FOR "SHEER DRAMA
DRAMA,"
NOTHING IS CLOSE TO SAVING ALL
OF THE MONEY IN THE WORLD.
>> HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY TO
RELEASE YOUR GRANDSON IF NOT
$17 MILLION?
>> NOTHING.
>> Reporter: WITH KEVIN SPACEY
STARRING AS A BILLIONAIRE, "ALL
OF THE MONEY IN THE WORLD" HAD
BEEN EXPECTED TO BE
AN OSCAR CONTENDER AND THEN
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SPACEY PUT
THE PROJECT IN PERIL.
>> Interview: AND THEN I WENT,
OH, NO.
HERE WE GO.
THE WORLD WILL OPEN UP AND
SWALLOW UP WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND
THE FILM IS SO GOOD THAT I FELT
THAT IT COULD NOT BE LEFT TO
DIE.
>> Reporter: IT COST
$10 MILLION TO RESHOOT SPACEY'S
SCENES USING CANADA'S
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER.
>> IF I PAY RANSOMS I'LL HAVE 14
KIDNAPPED GRANDCHILDREN.
>> Interview: IT'S NOT A
TERRIBLE HIT ON THE BUDGET.
IT WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE.
HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR NOTHING.
>> Reporter: WHEN OFFERED THE
PART, PLUMMER NEVER HESITATED.
>> Interview: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT DOES HAPPEN ON STAGE A LOT
AND SO ONE IS USED TO IT, BUT
NOT ON FILM.
YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S EXTRAORDINARY
HOW RARE IT HAPPENS IN CINEMA.
>> Reporter: AFTER A WHIRLWIND
OF 18-HOUR
DAYS THEY PULLED IT OFF.
>> WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO
FEEL SECURE?
>> MORE.
>> Reporter: "ALL OF THE MONEY
IN THE WORLD" HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED THREE GOLDEN GLOBE
NOMINATIONS.
A RARE RESCUE STORY IN AN
INDUSTRY WHERE COLLATERAL DAMAGE
CONTINUES TO MOUNT.
ELI GLASNER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Rosemary: STILL AHEAD
TONIGHT ON "THE NATIONAL"...
THEY LOST THEIR FARMLAND AND
THEIR LIVESTOCK IN A FIRE THAT
STARTED IN A NEARBY MILITARY
BASE SO WHY THREE MONTHS LATER
ARE THEY STILL LEFT ASKING FOR
COMPENSATION?
>> Ian: AND MANY CANADIANS SAY
THEY SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO FILL
THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS.
WE'LL LOOK AT STICKER SHOCK AT
THE
PHARMACY AND HOW DOCTORS COULD
HELP TO SOFTEN THE BLOW.
>> Rosemary: AND LATER ON THE
"NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY," WHY ONE
MUSICIAN WAS MOVED TO TRAVEL TO
THE MARITIMES AND SING THE BLUES
TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED.
>> Interview: EXCUSE ME... SO
TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
LESS FORTUNATE OR NEED A HAND,
IT'S A REALLY COOL THING
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>> Ian: ON "THE NATIONAL"
TONIGHT, VINDICATION FOR LINDSAY
SHEPHERD.
THE UNIVERSITY TEACHING
ASSISTANT AT THE CENTRE OF A
DEBATE ABOUT FREE SPEECH ON
CAMPUS.
THE SCHOOL'S PRESIDENT SAYS THAT
SHE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN
SCOLDED FOR PLAYING A CLIP IN
CLASS OF A CONTROVERSIAL U OF T
PROFESSOR WHO REFUSES TO USE
GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUNS.
SHEPHERD WAS TOLD THAT A STUDENT
HAD COMPLAINED AND THAT SHE HAD
CREATED A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT BUT
AN INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT
A FORMAL COMPLAINT WAS NEVER
MADE.
>>> IT IS NOW ILLEGAL TO HUNT
GRIZZLY BEARS IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
THIS SWEEPING NEW BAN TAKES
EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND EXPANDS
ON THE DECISION LAST SUMMER TO
STOP HUNTERS FROM KILLING THE
BEARS FOR SPORT.
UNDER THE NEW RULES NO GRIZZLY
CAN BE HUNTED IN B.C. BUT
THERE IS AN EXEMPTION -- FIRST
NATIONS PEOPLE ARE STILL ALLOWED
TO HUNT THE BEAR FOR FOOD,
SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL PURPOSES.
>>> AND SOME SHOCKING NEW
NUMBERS WERE RELEASED TODAY ON
THE GROWING TOLL OF THE OPIOID
CRISIS.
AT LEAST 1,460 PEOPLE DIED OF
OPIOID RELATED OVERDOSES IN THE
FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
A SPECIAL COMMITTEE SET UP TO
MONITOR THE EPIDEMIC SAYS THAT
CANADA COULD SEE MORE THAN 4,000
OPIOID RELATED DEATHS BY THE END
OF THE YEAR.
IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN IT WOULD
BE A STAGGERING INCREASE FROM
LAST YEAR WHEN OPIOIDS CLAIMED
JUST UNDER 2,900 LIVES.
>> Rosemary: THREE MONTHS GO
AN OUT-OF-CONTROL GRASS FIRE
RIPPED THROUGH CANADA'S LARGEST
MILITARY BASE, SPARKED BY A
TRAINING EXERCISE, THE FLAMES
SPREAD QUICKLY AND KILLING
LIVESTOCK AND DEVASTATING
LIVELIHOODS.
AS BRYAN LABBY REPORTS TONIGHT,
RANCHERS ARE NOW STILL WAITING
FOR COMPENSATION.
>> Reporter: THE FIRE DEVOURED
AN AREA NEARLY HALF THE SIZE OF
CALGARY.
IT WAS HOT, DRY AND WINDY, AT
-- A FIRE BAN WAS IN PLACE FOR
MOST OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
AT
C.F.B. SUFFIELD, THEY WERE
BLOWING UP BOMBS AND GRENADES
AND SHELLS AND THE FIRE SPREAD
TO NEARBY FARMS AND KILLED 160
HEAD OF CATTLE.
IVAN SCHLAHT LOST 100.
>> Interview: I FOUND 120 THAT
WERE STILL
ALIVE AND STRUGGLING AND HAD TO
BE PUT DOWN.
>> Reporter: THE FLAMES
DESTROYED A HOUSE, A BARN,
OUTBUILDINGS AND TRUCKS AND
TRACTORS.
THIS USED TO BE A FARMHOUSE
WHERE AN 89-YEAR-OLD MAN HAD TO
BE RESCUED MOMENTS BEFORE THE
FLAMES ROARED THROUGH.
>> Interview: HIS HOUSE IS
GONE AND HIS WHOLE LIFE IS
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
SO THEY KNOW CHANGES HAVE TO BE
MADE AND THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO
BE NEIGHBOURS LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE C.F.B.
SUFFIELD, THE MILITARY BASE
WHERE SOLDIERS HAVE SPARKED MANY
FIRES DURING TRAINING EXERCISES
OVER THE YEARS.
>> Interview: WE STARTED A
FIRE THAT WAS ON THE BASE AND WE
LOST CONTROL OF IT AND IT GOT
OFF THE BASE AND IT CAUSED
DAMAGE, THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: THE QUESTION FOR
MANY VICTIMS IS WHY THEY'RE
STILL WAITING FOR COMPENSATION.
SWENSON SAYS HE'S SPENT $60,000
TO REPLACE WINTER FEED FOR HIS
ANIMALS AND FENCING MATERIALS
THAT WERE DESTROYED.
>> Interview: IN ABOUT TWO
MONTHS IF WE AREN'T SEEING
ANYTHING BY THEN WE'LL START
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ACTIONS I
GUESS, WHETHER IT BE LEGAL OR
WHATEVER.
>> Reporter: ONIEU SAYS THAT
THE
COMPENSATION PROCESS IS OUT OF
HIS HANDS.
MORE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY IN EDMONTON ARE MAKING
THOSE DECISIONS.
>> Interview: THIS FIRE HAS
GARNERED ATTENTION RIGHT UP TO
THE TOP OF NATIONAL DEFENCE.
>> Reporter: ONIEU IS
PROMISING TO SHARE SOME OF THE
FINDINGS OF THE MILITARY
INVESTIGATION WITH PROPERTY
OWNERS NEXT MONTH.
BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE MUCH
LONGER BEFORE THEY SEE ANY
COMPENSATION.
BRYAN LABBY, CBC NEWS, SUFFIELD,
ALBERTA.
>> Rosemary: NOW AN UPDATE ON
A FORMER HALIFAX FIREFIGHTER AND
HER 12-YEAR BATTLE OVER
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT AND GENDER
DISCRIMINATION.
CBC IS FOLLOWING THIS STORY
CLOSELY AND TODAY LIANNE TESSIER
RECEIVED A FORMAL PUBLIC APOLOGY
FROM THE NOVA SCOTIA HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION AND CITY
OFFICIALS.
>> Interview: FIREFIGHTING HAS
HISTORICALLY BEEN A
MALE-DOMINATED CAREER.
IN HALIFAX AND, IN FACT, IN MANY
OTHER FIRE SERVICES ACROSS OUR
NATION, THIS HAS LED TO SYSTEMIC
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER.
FOR THIS I EXTEND AN APOLOGY ON
BEHALF OF THE HALIFAX REGIONAL
FIRE AND EMERGENCY TO LIANNE
TESSIER, ONE OF OUR FORMER
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, AND ANY
OTHER FEMALE FIREFIGHTER WHO HAS
EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION
WITHIN THIS ORGINISATION.
>> Rosemary: TESSIER SAYS THAT
SHE WAS THE TARGET OF ABUSIVE
AND DEMEANING BEHAVIOUR ON THE
JOB BUT FOR YEARS HER COMPLAINTS
WERE DISMISSED.
SHE NOW HOPES THAT HER STORY
WILL EFFECT REAL CHANGE IN
FIREHALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Interview: IF YOU CARE
ABOUT WOMEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE
LIKE THEY CLAIM THEY DO, DO THE
RIGHT THING AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
OBVIOUS GENDER DISCRIMINATION
THAT IS HAPPENING TO WOMEN SO
THEY CAN SPEAK OUT AND FEEL
SAFE.
>> Rosemary: THE APOLOGIES
WERE PART OF A SETTLEMENT
REACHED WITH TESSIER.
SHE WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN
UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL"... THE CANADIAN COUPLE
WHO HAVE EARNED THEIR PLACE IN
THE HISTORY BOOKS.
YOU WILL MEET THE FIRST HUSBAND
AND WIFE TO COMMAND THE SAME
WARSHIP.
>> Rosemary: BUT, FIRST, WHY
MANY CANADIANS ARE BEING FORCED
TO WALK AWAY FROM THE PHARMACY
WITHOUT THEIR PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
>> Interview: THEY CAME OVER
AND SAID THAT IT WAS LIKE $5,100
FOR A ONE-MONTH SUPPLY.
AND I WAS LIKE,
>> Interview: I WAS VERY MAD
AND UPSET AT THE GOVERNMENT, AT
THE DOCTOR, THE WHOLE BIT.
>> Ian: AND SHE'S NOT ALONE.
MANY CANADIANS ARE REELING OVER
THE HIGH COSTS OF PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS AND ACCORDING TO A RECENT
NATIONAL SURVEY STICKER SHOCK AT
THE PHARMACY IS LEAVING MANY
CANADIANS TO SIMPLY WALK OUT
WITHOUT THEM.
PART OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT
DOCTORS RARELY TALK ABOUT DRUG
PRICES.
AS CHRISTINE BIRAK REPORTS,
THERE'S NOW A PUSH TO USE
TECHNOLOGY TO CHANGE THAT.
>> Interview: MY DAILY
ROUTINE...
>> Reporter: SINCE BEING
DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA IN 2001,
SHARON DENNIS DEPENDS ON HER
MEDICATIONS.
A RETIRED ENGINEER, SHE HAS
INSURANCE.
>> Interview: THESE ARE MY
MORNING PILLS...
>> Reporter: BUT ONE
PRESCRIPTION TURNED HER LIFE
UPSIDE DOWN.
>> Interview: SO I WENT TO THE
PHARMACY AND GAVE IT TO THE
PHARMACIST AND THEY SAID, OH,
YOU REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT
COVERED AND I SAID, OH, OKAY.
AND THEN THEY CAME OVER AND THEY
SAID THAT IT WAS LIKE $5,100 FOR
ONE MONTH'S SUPPLY.
AND I WAS, WOW!
>> Reporter: HER PHYSICIAN
NEVER MENTIONED THE COST AND
THERE'S NO WAY THAT SHE COULD
AFFORD IT.
PART OF THE PROBLEM?
DOCTORS AREN'T IN THE HABIT OF
TELLING PATIENTS THE PRICE OF
THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS.
THE MOST RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY
SHOWED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR MORE
THAN ONE IN FIVE CANADIANS SAID
THEY OR SOMEONE IN THEIR
HOUSEHOLD DIDN'T TAKE THEIR MEDS
AS PRESCRIBED, IF AT ALL,
BECAUSE OF THE COST.
>> Interview: JUST FOR THESE
LITTLE PILLS RIGHT HERE...
>> Reporter: DENNIS WENT FOUR
MONTHS WITHOUT CANCER MEDICATION
WHILE FIGHTING TO GET THOSE
LITTLE GOLDEN CAPSULES COVERED.
>> Interview: BEING SICK IT
MAKES YOU MORE SICK.
YOU CAN'T SLEEP AND YOU JUST
WORRY, WORRY, WORRY.
>> Reporter: THIS PHARMACIST
SEES IT ALL FIRSTHAND, PATIENTS
STANDING AT CASH REGISTERS
EMBARRASSED AND UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> Interview: OFTEN THE
CONVERSATION IS NOT THAT I CAN'T
FILL IT, IT'S MORE LIKE, OH,
THAT'S HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO
COST?
OKAY, WELL, LET ME THINK ABOUT
IT AND THEN THE MOMENT THEY WALK
OUT OF THAT DOOR I KNOW THAT I
PROBABLY WON'T SEE THEM AGAIN
FOR THAT SPECIFIC PRESCRIPTION.
>> Reporter: WHICH MAY LAND
THEM IN A HOSPITAL BED SOONER
THAN LATER AND WHEN DOCTORS
DON'T TALK ABOUT PRICES, TADROUS
SAYS
THAT PATIENTS ARE DENIED CHEAPER
OPTIONS.
>> Interview: THIS IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE HERE, RIGHT, BECAUSE
THIS DRUG IS A COMBINATION OF
TWO DRUGS GENERICALLY AVAILABLE
AND NOW THE DOCTOR MAY THINK
THAT THEY'RE DOING THEM A FAVOUR
BY GIVING THEM
SOMETHING THAT IS TWO PILLS IN
ONE BUT THIS IS NOT COVERED BY
ALL INSURANCE PLANS.
SO THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND THEY
HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
COVERED AND THEY HAVE TO PAY
OUT-OF-POCKET BUT NOT JUST THAT
BUT IT'S THREE TIMES THE PRICE.
>> Interview: MY DAD TOLD ME
ONE TIME, LIFE IS EXPENSIVE AND
YOU JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO PAY FOR IT.
>> Reporter: A SELF-EMPLOYED
MASSAGE THERAPIST, HEIDI BAUER
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AT 38.
WITH NO INSURANCE, PAYING WAS
PAINFUL.
SHE WORKED WHILE UNDERGOING
CANCER TREATMENTS,
SO HER YOUNG FAMILY COULD AFFORD
TO LIVE.
>> Interview: I THINK THAT I
WISH THAT I HAD -- I KNOW THAT I
WISH I HAD HAD MORE TIME FOR MY
BODY TO HEAL THE WAY THAT IT WAS
ASKING TO HEAL.
BUT I HAD TO COME BACK TO WORK.
>> Interview: LET'S OPEN UP
THE DIALOGUE...
>> Reporter: A FAMILY
PHYSICIAN IRIS GORFINKEL WANTS
TO
CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
SHE SAYS THAT MOST DOCTORS DON'T
KNOW THE PRICES OF DRUGS AND
LEAVING PATIENTS WITH STICKER
SHOCK.
>> Interview: THAT'S NOT PART
OF THE HEALING PROCESS AND NOT
PART OF THE TRANSPARENCIY AND
NOT PART OF ENSURING THAT THE
PATIENTS GET ADEQUATE CARE.
>> Reporter: DR. GORFINKEL
SAYS THAT DOCTORS CAN DO BETTER.
>> Interview: PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT THIS AS AN ISSUE, THAT IT
MATTERS AS AN ISSUE.
>> Reporter: SHE'S PETITIONING
THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT FOR A
ELECTRONIC FIX.
WHEN DOCTORS ENTER A
PATIENT PRESCRIPTION, THE SYSTEM
BRINGS
UP THE PRICE THEY'D PAY ALONG
WITH OTHER DRUG OPTIONS.
>> Interview: SO IT'S REALLY
EXCITING AND IT'S A SMALL IDEA
BUT IT TRANSLATES INTO BIG
CHANGE.
>> Reporter: CRACKING OPEN THE
DOOR ON DRUG TRANSPARENCY,
HOPING THAT OTHERS WILL FOLLOW.
CHRISTINE BIRAK, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: SO WHERE DO WE STAND
WHEN IT COMES TO GLOBAL DRUG
PRICES?
THE SHORT ANSWER IS RIGHT NEAR
THE TOP.
CANADA HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST
PRESCRIPTION DRUG RATES IN THE
WORLD BEHIND ONLY THE UNITED
STATES AND SWITZERLAND.
THAT IS APPARENTLY FOR A COUPLE
REASONS.
CANADIAN FIRMS SPEND
COMPARATIVELY LITTLE ON RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE DRUGS
AND LOWER PRICES OVER TIME AND
FOR DECADES OUR PRICES WERE
PARTLY TIED TO THOSE IN THE
UNITED STATES WHERE THE DRUGS
ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
NEW GOVERNMENT CHANGES TO FIX
THAT HAVEN'T YET HAD AN IMPACT.
>> Rosemary: MAJOR CELLPHONE
PROVIDERS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE
WAGING A PRICE WAR, OFFERING
CONSUMERS MAJOR DEALS ON DATA
PLANS JUST IN TIME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
CANADA STILL HAS SOME OF THE
WORLD'S HIGHEST CELLPHONE RATES
SO PEOPLE ARE JUMPING AT THIS
DEAL.
ROGERS, FIDO, BELL, VIRGIN,
TELUS, KOODO, AND FREEDOM MOBILE
ARE ALL OFFERING 10 GIGABYTES OF
DATA FOR $60 PER MONTH FOR
CUSTOMERS WHO ALREADY HAVE THEIR
OWN PHONE.
THE PROMOTIONAL RATE IS
UNPRECEDENTED IN RECENT YEARS
AND IT'S ABOUT $65 LESS THAN
REGULAR PRICING BUT GOOD LUCK
TRYING TO GET THE DEAL.
[BUSY SIGNAL SOUNDS]
IN FACT, SO MANY CANADIANS ARE
INTERESTED IN THE PLANS...
WEBSITES ARE CRASHING AND
CARRIERS HAVE A TOUGH TIME TO
KEEP UP WITH THE CALLS COMING
INTO THEIR CALL CENTRES, URGING
PEOPLE TO GO IN PERSON INSTEAD.
>> Interview: WE ARE NOT ABLE
TO ANSWER YOUR CALL AT THIS
TIME.
IF YOU ARE CALLING ABOUT THE
LATEST BELL MOBILITY PROMOTION,
PLEASE VISIT A BELL STORE.
>> Interview: I CALLED BUT
THEN VERY BUSY.
>> Interview: CRAZY BUSY.
>> Rosemary: THOSE WHO DID
MANAGE TO GET THE DEAL SAY IT'S
WORTH THE WAIT.
>> Interview: I PAY $56 RIGHT
NOW FOR TWO GIGABYTES SO IT'S AN
EXTRA EIGHT GIGABYTES FOR $4
EXTRA.
>> Rosemary: THE PROMOTION WAS
TO EXPIRE TODAY BUT SOME
CARRIERS HAVE ALREADY EXTENDED
THE OFFER.
NEVER MIND DATA PLANS THOUGH,
SOME CANADIANS STRUGGLE JUST TO
GET ENOUGH TO EAT.
UP NEXT ON OUR "NATIONAL
DOCUMENTARY," ONE MAN'S MISSION
TO HELP OUT THE HUNGRY.
>> Interview: IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME AS A CANADIAN
AND AS A NEW BRUNSWICKER TO BE
HERE TONIGHT.
* I HEAR THE TRAIN COMING
* IT'S COMING AROUND THE BEND
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
>> Rosemary: WELL, THAT WILL
PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE FOOD
BANKS SEE A SHARP RISE IN DEMAND
SO A NEW BRUNSWICK MUSICIAN
DECIDED TO HARNESS THE BLUES AND
HELP TO FEED THE HUNGRY.
AS NICK PURDON DISCOVERED THE
MAN CALLED "MATCHSTICK" MIKE
KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HELP
OTHERS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
MUCH YOURSELF.
(*)
>> SEVEN SHOWS TONIGHT OF 17
SHOWS IN 10 DAYS PLAYING THE
BLUES ACROSS THE MARITIMES AND
RAISING FUNDS AND FOOD FOR THE
LESS FORTUNATE
PEOPLE AT THE FOOD BANKS.
(*)
* THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS FOR
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...
>> Reporter: WITH TONIGHT'S
SHOW OVER MIKE BIDLAKE, OR
"MATCHSTICK MIKE" AS HE LIKES
TO BE CALLED, CAN FINALLY RELAX.
(*)
STILL, OUT COMES THE GUITAR.
(*)
* I'M JUST A MAN
* I ROAM THE OPEN ROAD
>> Reporter: THE ROAD THAT
MATCHSTICK IS ON IS A 17 SHOW,
16 NIGHT, MUSICAL ODYSSEY.
>> * MY LIFE IS SIMPLE MY
DREAMS ARE SIMPLE *
>> Reporter: ALL TO RAISE
MONEY FOR FOOD BANKS.
>> Interview: IT FEELS REALLY
GREAT TO BE TIRED AT THE END OF
THE DAY WITH A SORE THROAT AND
SORE FINGERS.
IT FEELS GOOD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT
I'M TIRED BECAUSE I WAS TRYING
TO HELP SOMEBODY.
HELP PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: AS WE KEEP
CHATTING, I WONDER WHAT MAKES
MIKE, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LOT
HIMSELF, WANT TO HELP OTHERS SO
MUCH.
>> Interview: POVERTY IMPACTS
ME HUGELY.
I JUST HAVE THIS SORT OF -- I
JUST TAKE IT ON, YOU KNOW?
>> Reporter: BUT CAN A MAN AND
HIS GUITAR REALLY HELP PEOPLE IN
ONE OF THE POOREST PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY?
>> * SUNDAY I GET UP AND GO TO
CHURCH AND I GET DOWN ON MY
KNEES *
* AND THEN I PRAY
(*)
>> SEE IF I CAN PLAY THIS WHILE
MOVING.
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MORNING
MATCHSTICK AND HIS BUDDY TRAVIS
FURLONG ARE ON THE WAY TO
MIRAMICHI, NEW BRUNSWICK.
TRAVIS HAS HIT THE OTHER SIDE OF
50.
HE'S BASICALLY A BLUES SONG
HIMSELF, HAVING BEEN PLAYING FOR
MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> Interview: WE'VE KNOWN EACH
OTHER FOR YEARS AND RAN INTO
EACH OTHER FOR YEARS.
I LOOK AT MIKE AS REALLY THE
ENERGETIC DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
A LOT OF THIS TOUR.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE TOUR ISN'T
EXACTLY GLAMOROUS, MIKE AND
TRAVIS DRIVE THEMSELVES TOWN TO
TOWN, BAR TO BAR.
AND HALFWAY THROUGH THEY HAVE
RAISED A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.
CHARITY DOESN'T GET MORE LOCAL
THAN THESE GUYS.
THE REASON THAT MIRAMICHI IS A
STOP ON THE TOUR IS SIMPLE --
THIS IS A TOUGH PLACE TO MAKE A
GO OF IT.
IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THE LOCAL
MINE CLOSED AND SO DID ONE OF
THE MILLS.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL HERE
ARE RESILIENT BUT SOME OF THEM
NEED HELP.
JEAN MATCHIT IS THE FOOD BANK
DIRECTOR HERE AND SHE SAYS OUT
OF THE 17,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
MIRAMICHI ABOUT 10% USE THE FOOD
BANK EVERY MONTH.
THAT'S JUST ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT
THIS PLACE IS.
>> Interview: PEOPLE DON'T
WANT TO BE AT THE FOOD BANK AND
PEOPLE DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE
TO KNOW THEY'RE AT THE FOOD BANK
BUT WHEN THEY LEAVE YOU SEE THE
DIFFERENT ATTITUDE ON THEIR
FACE.
I JUST MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME.
THEY'RE FRIENDS AND THEY'RE PART
OF MY FAMILY.
(*)
* WHEN I WAS JUST A BABY
* MY MOMMA TOLD ME SON
>> Reporter: SO ON THIS NIGHT
JEAN IS COUNTING ON MIKE FOR
HELP.
* MOVING DOWN THE LINE
>> Reporter: BUT THE THING IS
THAT MIKE WASN'T ALWAYS INTO
GIVING BACK.
IN HIS 20s HE WANTED TO GET
RICH.
MIKE WENT WEST AND LANDED IN
CALGARY AND HE WORKED IN THE
HIGH STAKES HIGH STRESS WORLD OF
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.
>> Interview: A LOT OF THINGS
WERE HAPPENING AT THAT POINT IN
MY LIFE.
I WAS DRINKING A LOT AND THERE
WAS A THEME THROUGH A LOT OF MY
LIFE, YOU KNOW, THIS ALCOHOL
THING.
I REALISED THAT NO MATTER HOW
MUCH MONEY I MADE THAT I WASN'T
GOING TO BE HAPPY.
>> THANK YOU, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MATCHSTICK MIKE.
>> Reporter: SO MIKE CAME BACK
HOME TO THE MARITIMES TO PURSUE
HIS MUSIC DREAM AND NOW HE'S
SOBER AND FOCUSED ON HELPING
OTHER PEOPLE.
>> Interview: ABOUT TO GO
TABLE-TO-TABLE TO LOOK FOR
DONATIONS.
>> Reporter: HE MEETS A COUPLE
WITH THEIR OWN STORY.
>> Interview: WHEN WE WERE A
YOUNG COUPLE AND WE HAD A YOUNG
FAMILY, IT HURT MY PRIDE
TO GO TO THE FOOD BANK BUT WE
USED THE FOOD BANKS BECAUSE WE
HAD TO AND NOW EVERY TIME WE GO
TO THE GROCERY STORE I ALWAYS
GIVE BACK EVERY TIME.
>> Interview: THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR COMING OUT, RIGHT ON,
APPRECIATE IT.
>> Reporter: FOR JEAN, THIS IS
IT.
>> Interview: $20s FIRST...
>> Reporter: THE FINAL COUNT
$425.
>> Interview: I KNOW THAT THE
PEOPLE OF MIRAMICHI ARE VERY
GENEROUS, I SEE THAT EVERY DAY,
SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME TO SEE
PEOPLE HERE DOING IT.
>> Interview: IT WORKED, IT
WORKED.
>> Interview: THANKS.
>> Interview: IT WAS TOLD TO
ME
AT A VERY YOUNG AGE THAT WE TAKE
CARE OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T
NECESSARILY HELP THEMSELVES, YOU
KNOW?
I REMEMBER MY DAD, WE DIDN'T
HAVE A LOT OF MONEY EITHER AND
MY DAD ONE TIME GETTING AN
INCOME TAX CHEQUE BACK AND HE
TOOK
MY SISTER AND I TO GET ICE
CREAM, WE WERE ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD
AND WE WERE HAVING ICE CREAM AT
DAIRY QUEEN AND THIS GUY KNOCKS
ON THE DOOR AND HE SAYS, HEY,
BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE A SMOKE.
AND MY DAD SAYS, SORRY, PAL, I
DON'T SMOKE.
AND THE WINDOW ROLLED UP AND DAD
SAID, I WILL GO BUY A PACK OF
SMOKES AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
AND HE RAN IN AND THERE WAS A
CIGARETTE MACHINE AND IT STUCK
WITH ME MY WHOLE LIFE, YOU KNOW.
EXCUSE ME.
TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
LESS FORTUNATE OR NEED A HAND,
IT'S A VERY COOL THING.
(*)
>> Reporter: BEFORE THE SHOW
IN BATHURST I LEARNED HOW
PERSONAL THE TOUR IS FOR TRAVIS
TOO.
HE TELLS ME ABOUT HIS LIFE WHEN
HE FIRST GOT MARRIED.
>> Interview: WE DIDN'T HAVE
GREAT BIG PAYING JOBS AND I WAS
A MUSICIAN AND SHE WAS WORKING
AT A CALL CENTRE.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS
MEET AS BEST WE COULD AND BEING
PRACTICAL, YOU KNOW, AND JUST
COULDN'T DO IT.
SO WE FOUND OURSELVES AT THE
FOOD BANK.
AND THAT WAS A VERY HUMBLING
THING FOR ME BECAUSE I GREW UP
IN A FAMILY THAT THERE WAS
ALWAYS ENOUGH TO EAT.
AND WHEN I WENT TO THE FOOD BANK
STANDING IN LINE AT THE FOOD
BANK, I FELT LIKE A FAILURE.
WHEN YOU'RE WORKING HARD AND
DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN
AND YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT TO GET
SOME HELP, THERE'S NO SHAME IN
THAT.
THIS GUITAR IS MY THING THAT
CUTS THROUGH THE CRAP IN LIFE
AND IF I'M NOT FEELING COMPLETE,
I'M NOT FEELING GOOD, I CAN
GRAB A GUITAR AND STRAP IT ON OR
JUST SIT LIKE I'M DOING RIGHT
NOW AND JUST...
(*)
>> Reporter: IT STRIKES ME
JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT MUST BE
FOR TRAVIS THAT THE BLUES FOR
FOOD TOUR IS A SUCCESS.
>> HOW IS IT GOING, EVERYBODY!
BATHURST!
GIVE YOURSELVES A BIG ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR COMING OUT AND
SUPPORTING THE FOOD BANK HERE IN
BATHURST.
EACH SHOW GOES TO THE FOOD BANK
IN THAT TOWN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> * FOR THE RICH
>> Reporter: BUT THINGS AREN'T
GOING WELL AT LOUS.
THE PLACE IS HALF-EMPTY AND THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, MOST HAVE
NEVER HEARD OF BLUES FOR FOOD.
BUT LIKE TRUE PROS, MATCHSTICK
AND TRAVIS GRIND OUT THEIR SET.
>> * WALKING UP TO HEAVEN
* DON'T LET NOBODY TURN YOU
AROUND *
>> $22, $23.
WAIT, A QUARTER.
I'LL THROW IT IN THERE TOO.
THERE WAS A QUARTER LEFT IN
THERE...
>> Reporter: AFTER ALL OF THE
DRIVING AND THE SINGING OF HIS
HEART OUT, THAT'S IT, $23.25.
>> Interview: $23 RIGHT HERE
AND WE'LL THROW THAT IN THE BOX.
>> Reporter: YOU HAVE TO
WONDER HOW MIKE STAYS POSITIVE?
>> Interview: HOW MUCH?
>> Interview: AWESOME.
>> Reporter: BUT THEN SELEME
THE WAITRESS DONATES HER TIPS
FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT, ALL $210.
>> Interview: HIGH-FIVES!
THIS GIRL GETS A BIG HUG FROM
EVERYBODY IN THE JOINT, MAN.
BEAUTIFUL.
>> Interview: I'M A MOM OF
FOUR KIDS AND THERE'S A LOT OF
FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT
AND IT'S HARD THIS TIME OF THE
SEASON AFTER SCHOOLING AND AFTER
THE FALL AND THE WINTER AND
EVERYTHING, I HAVE MYSELF THAT
HAS A HARD TIME WITH THE KIDS
AND I HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO
PAYCHEQUE TO PAYCHEQUE AND
SOMETIMES NOT EVEN PAYCHEQUE TO
PAYCHEQUE AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE
TO HAVE A HANDOUT AND THE FOOD
BANK WAS THERE FOR US AND IT WAS
THERE FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES.
* I WAS JUST A MAN
* OUT ROAMING THE OPEN ROAD
* I HAVE BEEN LIVING AND
DRAGGING ON HOME *
>> Reporter: WHAT HITS ME AT
LOU'S PUB IS THAT IF PEOPLE ON
THE
EDGE OF NEEDING HELP THEMSELVES
CAN GIVE SO MUCH, THEN THE BLUES
FOR FOOD TOUR SHOULD BE AN
INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US.
NICK PURDON, CBC NEWS, BATHURST,
NEW BRUNSWICK.
(*)
>> Ian: AHEAD ON "THE NATIONAL,"
MEET THE CANADIAN HUSBAND AND
WIFE WHO TAG TEAM ON EVERYTHING
FROM RAISING KIDS TO DEFENDING
THE COUNTRY AT SEA.
>> Interview: WHEN I FIRST
TALKED TO HIM, I SAID, YOU KNOW,
CONGRATULATIONS, SCRATCH MY
PAINT.
>> Interview: THAT'S FRIENDLY
NAVAL
>> The internet says
you're dead.
>> What is the source
of this falsehood?
And what photo are the using?
* [inspiring]
* I need tonight
* together we'll conquer
* crash through the walls
* We're the wheels on fire
*
*
>> Ian: ON "THE NATIONAL"
TONIGHT, PUERTO RICO'S GOVERNOR
HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF HOW MANY
PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF
HURRICANE MARIA.
THE OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL SITS AT
64, BUT U.S. MEDIA SAY IT'S
LIKELY HIGHER.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" FOUND THAT
1,000 DEATHS COULD BE LINKED TO
THE HURRICANE.
>>> FORMER N.D.P. LEADER TOM
MULCAIR WILL RESIGN HIS SEAT IN
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN JUNE.
HE SAID HE PLANS UP TO
PARTICULAR A POSITION AT A
CANADIAN UNIVERSITY, BUT HAS NOT
REVEALED WHICH UNIVERSITY HE
WILL JOIN.
>>> AND SPECULATION IS RUNNING
RAMPANT OVER THE NEW N.D.P.
LEADER'S LOVE LIFE AFTER A
SERIES OF PHOTOS APPEARED
ON-LINE.
THEY'RE FROM AN EVENT THAT TOOK
PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND IN
BRAMPTON, ONTARIO.
ONE CAPTION DESCRIBED IT WAS A
ROCCA CEREMONY, A PREWEDDING
EVENT.
THE N.D.P.'S OFFICE SAID THAT IT
WASN'T A WEDDING CELEBRATION,
BUT THAT THE FAMILIES WERE
MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>>> TO A COUPLE THAT IS
DEFINITELY MARRIED AND SEEMS TO
HAVE THE BEFORE BALANCE OF WORK
AND FAMILY LIFE, AT HOME AND
DEFENDING THE COUNTRY AT SEA AND
MADE HISTORY DOING IT AS
CANADA'S FIRST MARRIED COUPLE AT
THE HELM OF THE SAME WARSHIP.
KAYLA HOUNSELL HAS THE STORY OF
THE HUSBAND AND WIFE COMMANDERS.
>> Reporter: WHEN LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER CHRIS DEVITA HAD
ACHIEVED HIS DREAM OF COMMANDING
A WARSHIP, HE WAS EXCITED, THEN
HE REALISED HE HAD BIG SHOES TO
FILL -- HIS WIFE.
>> I FOUND OUT BEFORE HIM THAT
HE WAS TAKING OVER COMMAND OF
GLACE BAY.
I SAID, "CONGRATULATIONS.
DON'T SCRATCH MY PAINT."
>> THAT'S FRIENDLY NAVAL OFFICER
RIVALRY.
>> Reporter: VICTORIA DEVITA
JOINED THE MILITARY IN 1995, BUT
BY 2013, SHE WAS AT THE HELM OF
HMCS GLACE BAY AS IT INTERCEPTED
DRUG DEALERS IN THE CARIBBEAN.
SHE'S ONLY THE FOURTH WOMAN IN
CANADA TO COMMAND A WARSHIP.
>> IT'S A GREAT THING FOR WOMEN
TO KNOW THAT NOT ONLY HAVE WE
REACHED THAT GLASS CEILING AND
PASSED THAT, BUT IT'S NOW
BECOMING MORE AND MORE
COMMONPLACE FOR WOMEN TO TAKE IN
THE SENIOR POSITIONS.
>> WHAT HAS CHANGED IN HERE?
>> FOR THE MOST PART, THE
PLANT'S THE SAME, BUT A FEW
MODIFICATIONS.
>> Reporter: THE DEVITAS MET IN
BASIC TRAINING AND HAVE BEEN
MARRIED 20 YEARS.
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, 11- AND
13-YEAR-OLDS.
THEY'VE TAKEN TURNS FOCUSING ON
THEIR CAR EERS.
>> THE TRADITIONAL ROLES OF WHAT
A MAN DOES AT HOME AND A WOMAN
DOES AT HOME GOES OUT THE
WINDOW, AS IT SHOULD.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU'RE BOTH AT
HOME, WHO COMMANDS THE SHIP AT
HOME?
>> WELL, I KNOW WHAT HIS ANSWER
WOULD BE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY IT'S A EQUAL ROLE.
>> Reporter: A DIPLOMATIC
ANSWER, BUT THEY AGREE THAT THEY
HELP EACH OTHER WHEN IT COMES TO
ADVICE AT HOME AND ADD SEA.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS,
HALIFAX.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S A GREAT
STORY.
MARGARET EVANS, STEPHANIE JENZER
AND RICHARD DEVIE DESERVED
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> PEACE DEALS PROPPED UP AND
FALLING APART.
>> Rosemary: THEY'VE WON AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL'S 2017 AWARD FOR
MARGARET'S IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF
SOUTH SUDAN, WHICH AIRED EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
IT LOOKED AT THE CRISIS
ENGULFING THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST
COUNTRY SINCE CONFLICT BROKE OUT
THERE IN 2013.
THE STORY IS FAR FROM OVER.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT TEAM.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR
DECEMBER 18.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Ian: GOOD NIGHT.
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