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>> Andrew: ON THIS TUESDAY
NIGHT...
>> I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.
>> Andrew: OTTAWA ANNOUNCES
HELP FOR THE OILPATCH BUT IT'S
NOT WHAT ALBERTA HAD IN MIND.
>> WHAT WE ASKED FOR WAS FOR
THEM TO REMOVE THE HANDCUFFS.
>> Andrew: SO WILL IT REALLY
HELP WORKERS?
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>> Adrienne: A DRAMATIC TWIST
FOR MICHAEL FLYNN.
WHY TRUMP'S FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER IS AGAIN FACING
TIME
BEHIND BARS.
AND OUR PANEL INSIDERS ON THE
MANY
INVESTIGATIONS TARGETING THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> IT WAS LIKE A VEIL HAD
LIFTED.
I HEAR THAT.
>> Ian: A 6-MONTH-OLD BABY IS
MARKING A MAJOR MILESTONE --
HEARING SOUND FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME.
THE LIFE-CHANGING TEST FOR
NEWBORNS.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Andrew: ANGER IN ALBERTA
HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR WEEKS,
GROWING PROTESTS, DEMANDS FOR A
PIPELINE, CALLS FOR OTTAWA TO DO
SOMETHING TO HELP THE OIL AND
GAS INDUSTRY.
WELL TODAY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RESPONDED PLEDGING
$1.6 BILLION.
>> WELL, THE AVAILABILITY OF
CAPITAL AT A TOUGH TIME IS
ESSENTIAL FOR THE LONG-TERM
VIABILITY OF BUSINESSES AND
PARTICULARLY IN THE OIL AND GAS
SECTORS.
>> Andrew: THAT'S THE OFFICIAL
LINE.
BUT HERE'S THE THING -- MOST OF
THE MONEY WILL COME IN THE FORM
OF LOANS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BELIEVES
THAT IT WILL HELP COMPANIES TO
STAY AFLOAT BY ALLOWING THEM TO
MAKE NEW INVESTMENTS, LIKE
BUYING NEW
EQUIPMENT AND TO ALSO FIND
POTENTIAL NEW MARKETS AT A TIME
WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR BACKLOG
GETTING CANADIAN OIL TO U.S.
REFINERIES.
BUT TELL THAT TO ALBERTA'S
PREMIER.
>> SO WE DON'T NEED HELP FINDING
MORE MARKETS, WE NEED HELP
MOVING OUR PRODUCT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD HAVE
BEEN MUCH MORE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
>> Andrew: RACHEL NOTLEY IS
NOT MINCING WORDS.
AND AS DAVID COCHRANE SHOWS US,
SHE HAS A LOT MORE THAN TO SAY
SUGGESTING THAT
OTTAWA JUST DOESN'T GET IT.
>> Reporter: AMERJEET SOHI IS
A RARITY, AN ELECTED LIBERAL IN
ALBERTA WHERE THE ANGER IN THE
OILPATCH THREATENS TO MOVE HIM
FROM RARE TO ENDANGERED.
>> I AM AN ALBERTAN.
I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 34 YEARS.
I KNOW PEOPLE STRUGGLING.
>> Reporter: TO HELP WITH THAT
STRUGGLE SOHI UNVEILED A
CARBON COPY OF THE AID PACKAGE
THAT OTTAWA ROLLED OUT FOR STEEL
AND ALUMINUM COMPANIES WHEN THE
U.S. HAMMERED THEM WITH TARIFFS.
THE OILPATCH IS LARGER BUT THE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE SMALLER AND
CONSIST MOSTLY OF LOANS.
>> WE MADE AN ASK TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND WE DIDN'T ASK FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FURTHER
INTO DEBT AS A MEANS OF
ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM.
WHAT WE ASKED FOR WAS FOR THEM
TO REMOVE THE HANDCUFFS.
>> Reporter: A PIPELINE IS THE
ULTIMATE HANDCUFF KEY BUT THAT'S
YEARS AWAY AT BEST.
IN THE SHORTER TERM, NOTLEY
WANTS FEDERAL MONEY TO BUY RAIL
CARS TO GET OIL TO MARKET.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THAT TODAY.
>> WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF NOTICE
FOR IT AND I SUSPECT THAT THE
REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THEY
EXPECTED THAT WE WOULD NOT BE
ENTIRELY SATISFIED.
SO AS I SAY MY EXPECTATION IS
THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TO
COME.
>> Reporter: MAYBE, BUT OTTAWA
HAS REFUSED TO EVEN HINT THAT IT
WOULD BUY INTO THE RAIL PLAN,
SUGGESTING THAT THE BILLIONS
IT IS SPENDING ON THE
MOUNTAIN PIPELINE IS THE BETTER
OPTION.
>> THE GOVERNMENT IS CAUGHT IN A
DIFFICULT SPOT WHERE THEY NEED
TO DEMONSTRATE THEY'RE DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT NOW WHILE
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE
LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.
>> Reporter: SO TO SAVE HIS
JOB, SOHI HAS TO SAVE MANY OIL
JOBS BY FINDING LONG-TERM
SOLUTIONS TO A LONG-TERM
PROBLEM, SO HE IS EAGER TO PIN
ON THE FORMER GOVERNMENT.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION,
THAT FRUSTRATION GROWS BECAUSE
OF THE PIPELINE CAPACITY THAT IS
NOT THERE TO GET OUR RESOURCES
TO THE U.S. AND NON-U.S.
MARKETS.
BUT THE BLAME LIES CLEARLY AT
THE FEET OF THE CONSERVATIVE
GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: IT'S EASY FOR THE
LIBERALS TO SAY THIS IS NOT
THEIR FAULT --
>> BUILD THAT PIPE!
>> Reporter: BUT AS PROTESTS
SHOW, IT IS DEFINITELY THEIR
PROBLEM.
DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: SO LET'S GO
DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE AFFECTED.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF ANGER FROM
THE OILPATCH IN THE PAST FEW
TRANSYEARS.
AND AS RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN
SHOWS US, IT MAY NOT BE GOING
AWAY.
>> Reporter: YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO GO FAR TO FIND OIL FIELD
WORKERS TAKING IN OTTAWA'S
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
A FEW EVEN SHOWED UP RIGHT THERE
TO TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WHAT THEY THOUGHT.
>> SO YOU GOT TWO PROVINCES THAT
ARE REFUSING THE PIPELINE, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
AND YOU TRY TO BLAME THE P.C.
GOVERNMENT FOR NOT GETTING IT
DONE?
WHY DO YOU GUYS WAIT UNTIL
ALMOST YOUR LAST YEAR OF BEING
IN POWER TO BRING IT UP?
>> Reporter: KURT GRIMES RUNS
A COMPANY THAT SERVICES OIL
WELLS.
BETWEEN THE TRANS MOUNTAIN
PIPELINE EXPANSION STALLED ON
COURT ORDER AND A TANKER BAN ON
B.C.'S NORTH COAST, HE'S NEVER
HAD SUCH LITTLE WORK TO SPREAD
AMONG HIS EMPLOYEES BEFORE.
>> IT'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF
MONEY IN THIS INDUSTRY AND WHAT
WE NEED IS ACCESS TO THE EXPORT
FILE, THESE PIPELINES, AN EAST
PIPELINE AND A WEST PIPELINE OR
A
NORTHWEST PIPELINE.
AND THIS TANKER ISSUE NEEDS TO
GET RE-LOOKED AT.
>> Reporter: CHAD MILLER
AGREES.
THE PIPELINE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN
OUT OF WORK FOR A MONTH.
HE'S BEEN TRYING TO HELP OTHER
OILPATCH WORKERS WHO LOST THEIR
JOBS.
>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE NEWS
OF IT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
FOR.
I WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD START
CONSULTATIONS AND WHATNOT ON
GETTING TRANS MOUNTAIN BACK TO
TRACK TO GET SOME SHOVELS IN THE
GROUND.
BUT NOW HEARING WHAT IT'S GOING
TO,
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF
US IN THE IMMEDIATE -- IN THE
IMMEDIATE FACTOR, RIGHT?
>> BUILD OUR FUTURE!
>> Reporter: IT'S FRUSTRATION
THAT HAS BOILED OVER INTO ANGER
IN ALBERTA.
THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
DEMONSTRATIONS IN CALGARY IN
RECENT WEEKS.
IT'S NO SURPRISE FOR THIS
INDUSTRY WATCHER WHO SAYS THAT
OTTAWA'S
MONEY WON'T AMOUNT TO MUCH.
>> LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT
INVOLVED $1.5 BILLION, THAT'S A
LOT OF MONEY WHICH,
UNFORTUNATELY, WOULDN'T NEED TO
BE SPENT IF WE HAD ADDRESSED THE
PROBLEM OF PIPELINE CAPACITY
MORE EFFECTIVELY EARLIER.
>> Reporter: AND UNTIL THAT
PROBLEM GOES AWAY, IT'S LIKELY
THAT THE ANGER WILL JUST KEEP
GROWING.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS,
EDMONTON.
>> Ian: WELL, JUST IN TIME FOR
THE HOLIDAY SEASON THERE IS A
NEW PUSH TO GET IMPAIRED DRIVERS
OFF THE ROAD.
BIG CHANGES TO THE CRIMINAL CODE
CAME INTO EFFECT TODAY.
>> IF YOU'RE STOPPED BY A POLICE
OFFICER NOW ANYWHERE IN CANADA,
EXPECT THE DEMAND TO BE MADE OF
YOU TO PROVIDE A BREATH SAMPLE.
>> Ian: OFFICERS CAN NOW DEMAND
A BREATH TEST FROM ANYONE THEY
LAWFULLY PULL OVER.
THEY NO LONGER NEED EVIDENCE OF
A REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT THE
PERSON WAS DRINKING.
AND MAXIMUM PRISON TERMS FOR
MANY IMPAIRED DRIVING OFFENSES
HAVE BEEN INCREASED FROM FIVE
YEARS TO 10.
OF COURSE, THE INTENTION IS TO
MAKE IT SAFER, BUT AT WHAT COST?
AS JAELA BERNSTIEN TELLS US,
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE
TARGETED.
>> DOING A RIDE SPOT CHECK
TONIGHT.
ANY ALCOHOL FOR YOU AT ALL?
>> Reporter: A QUESTION THAT
IS PERHAPS INNOCUOUS IF YOU'RE
SOBER.
BUT FOR VISIBLE
MINORITIES, INTERACTION WITH
POLICE CAN BE A MINEFIELD.
>> I HAVE PEOPLE AROUND ME,
ESPECIALLY MEN, THEY HAVE BEEN
STOPPED WHILE DRIVING IN THEIR
LIFE 30 OR 40 TIMES.
THEY ARE NOT CRIMINALS AND THEY
DON'T HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD.
SO THE EVERYDAY REALITY OF A
BLACK PERSON THAT DRIVES.
>> Reporter: SHE IS WORRIED
ABOUT HOW POLICE WILL USE THEIR
NEW POWERS.
>> EVERY TIME A PERSON OF COLOUR
IS STOPPED FOR NO REASON IT
LEAVES A TRACE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE INCIDENT IN
ITSELF, IT'S SOMETIMES THE
VIOLENCE OF THOSE INCIDENTS.
>> DID YOU SMOKE WEED?
>> Reporter: A STUDY BASED ON
DATA COLLECTED BY OTTAWA POLICE
FOUND THAT THE OFFICERS
DISPROPORTIONATELY PULLED OVER
PEOPLE THEY PERCEIVED AS MIDDLE
EASTERN
AND BLACK, SOMETHING THAT
ADVOCATES FEAR WILL GET WORSE
UNDER THE NEW LAW.
>> IT'S YET ANOTHER TOOL IN THE
POLICE ARSENAL THAT IS NOT BASED
ON ANY REQUIREMENT THAT THE
POLICE OFFICER HAVE A SUSPICION
THAT A PERSON HAS DONE ANYTHING
WRONG AT ALL.
>> Reporter: OTTAWA ISN'T
BLIND TO THOSE CONCERNS.
THAT'S WHY THE SENATE TACKED ON
AN AMENDMENT REQUIRING THE
GOVERNMENT TO REPORT BACK IN
THREE YEARS ON WHETHER VISIBLE
MINORITIES ARE BEING
DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED.
>> THE DIFFICULTY HERE WILL BE
TO HAVE RELIABLE DATA.
IT'S NOT EASY TO HAVE POLICE
OFFICERS REPORT ON WHY THEY
STOPPED SOMEONE OR IS THE PERSON
FROM A RACIAL MINORITY OR NOT.
>> ANYTHING TO DRINK TODAY?
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THEY
NEED MORE TOOLS TO DETECT
IMPAIRED DRIVING.
IT'S NOT ABOUT VIOLATING
PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, THEY SAY, BUT
ABOUT SAVING LIVES.
>> IF YOU'RE OPERATING A MOTOR
VEHICLE ON THE ROAD I FEEL THAT
IT'S REASONABLE THAT THERE WOULD
BE AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU NOT
HAVE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IN YOUR
BODY.
SO TO EXPECT SOMEBODY TO HAVE TO
PROVE THAT, I DON'T SEE THAT AS
BEING OVERREACHING NECESSARILY.
>> Reporter: AS POLICE
EXERCISE THOSE NEW POWERS, MANY
WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE HOW
THEY'RE APPLIED AND TO WHOM.
JAELA BERNSTIEN, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Ian: SO THE NEW LAW IS
CONTROVERSIAL, BUT WILL IT BE
EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF IMPAIRED DRIVERS?
CANADA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
RATES OF DRIVING DEATHS LINKED
TO ALCOHOL IN THE DEVELOPED
WORLD.
ADVOCATES SAY THAT IT'S PARTLY
DUE TO THE LACK OF SO-CALLED
MANDATORY BREATH TESTS.
IN FACT, MANY COUNTRIES ALREADY
HAVE MANDATORY TESTING
PROGRAMMES IN PLACE.
AFTER AUSTRALIA FIRST INTRODUCED
IT
IN THE LATE 1970s, THE NUMBER
OF DEATHS ON THE ROAD DROPPED BY
20%.
IN SWITZERLAND WHERE MANDATORY
SCREENING STARTED IN 2005,
DRIVERS TESTING POSITIVE FOR
ALCOHOL FELL FROM ABOUT 25% TO
ABOUT 7%.
HERE IN CANADA IMPAIRED DRIVING
HAS STEADILY DECREASED OVER THE
PAST THREE DECADES BUT IT STILL
REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
CRIMINAL OFFENSES TODAY.
AND HOW OFTEN PEOPLE DRINK AND
DRIVE SEEMS TO DEPEND WHERE YOU
LIVE.
LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE
POPULATION LIVE IN RURAL CANADA,
FOR EXAMPLE, BUT ACCOUNT FOR
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL OF
IMPAIRED DRIVERS REPORTED BY
POLICE LAST YEAR AND IT
REPRESENTS TWO-THIRDS OF CASES
OF IMPAIRED DRIVING CAUSING
DEATH.
THAT'S LIKELY BECAUSE MORE
PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS HAVE CARS,
HAVE TO DRIVE LONGER DISTANCES,
AND DON'T HAVE EASY ACCESS TO
TRANSIT.
>> Adrienne: FOR MICHAEL FLYNN
TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE END
OF A LONG JOURNEY.
AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS, FLYNN, A
KEY WITNESS FOR THE MUELLER
PROBE, WAS GOING TO BE SENTENCED
FOR THE CRIME OF LYING TO THE
F.B.I. BUT AS KEITH BOAG
EXPLAINS HIS CASE JUST TOOK A
DRAMATIC UNEXPECTED TURN.
>> Reporter: FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER MIGHT HAVE
THOUGHT THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS
FACING THIS MORNING, HE DID NOT.
INSTEAD OF THE EXPECTED LIGHT
SENTENCE OF ZERO TO SIX MONTHS
RECOMMENDED BY THE PROSECUTORS,
MICHAEL FLYNN GOT A DRESSING
DOWN.
JUDGE EMMET SULLIVAN ADMONISHED
HIM FOR A CRIME THAT HE HADN'T
ACTUALLY BEEN CHARGED WITH --
FAILING TO REGISTER AS A PAID
LOBBYIST FOR A FOREIGN
COUNTRY -- TURKEY.
"ALL ALONG YOU WERE AN
UNREGISTERED AGENT OF A FOREIGN
COUNTRY WHILE SERVING AS THE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER," HE
SAID.
"ARGUABLY YOU HAVE SOLD YOUR
COUNTRY OUT."
FLYNN'S LAWYER HIS PRESENTED THE
JUDGE WITH A WRITTEN
STATEMENT A FEW DAYS EARLIER.
THEY ARGUED THAT FLYNN HAD BEEN
TRICKED BY THE F.B.I. TO LIE
ABOUT CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, THE ONE
RELATIVELY MINOR CRIME.
SULLIVAN INSISTED THAT FLYNN
ADMIT TO THE COURT THAT HE LIED
TO THE F.B.I., KNOWING FULL WELL
THAT HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW,
AND FLYNN DID.
BUT THE JUDGE MIGHT ALSO HAD
BEEN IRKED BY THE FACT THAT
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA HAVE ALREADY
BEEN RUNNING WITH THE FLYNN HAS
BEEN FRAMED STORY, SUPPORTED BY
LEGAL SCHOLAR ALAN DERSHOWITZ.
>> I HOPE THAT THE JUDGE
UNDERSTANDS WHEN HE HAS THE CASE
TOMORROW THAT FLYNN DID NOT
COMMIT A CRIME BY LYING.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
CONTINUES TO SAY THAT FLYNN HAS
BEEN BADLY TREATED.
>> THE F.B.I. BROKE STANDARD
PROTOCOL IN THE WAY THEY CAME IN
AND AMBUSHED GENERAL FLYNN AND
IN THE WAY THEY QUESTIONED HIM.
>> Reporter: FLYNN LEFT COURT
AFTER THE JUDGE TOLD HIM THAT HE
COULD GO TO JAIL TODAY OR
POSTPONE HIS SENTENCING FOR
THREE MONTHS AND MAYBE NOT GO TO
JAIL AT ALL.
HIS NEW PREDICAMENT IS THAT HE
MUST CONTINUE TO COOPERATE WITH
MUELLER KNOWING NOW THAT
MUELLER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR
LENIENCY DOESN'T GUARANTEE HIM
ANYTHING.
AS FOR THE PRESIDENT HE WISHED
MICHAEL FLYNN GOOD LUCK IN COURT
TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HE WHO
FIRED FLYNN ALLEGEDLY FOR
TELLING THE VICE PRESIDENT THE
SAME LIES THAT HE TOLD TO THE
F.B.I.
KEITH BOAG, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: AND FOR THE
PRESIDENT, ANOTHER LEGAL TWIST
TODAY -- HIS CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION HAS AGREED TO SHUT
DOWN ITS REMAINING FUNDS GIVEN
TO OTHER COURT-APPROVED
NONPROFITS AS THE LAWSUIT
AGAINST IT CONTINUES.
THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL
ACCUSES THE TRUMP FOUNDATION OF,
QUOTE "SHOCKING ILLEGALITY."
FUNCTIONING AS A CHEQUEBOOK FOR
THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S BUSINESS
AND POLITICAL INTERESTS IN.
SHORT THAT TRUMP'S CHARITY WAS
ABOUT GIVING BACK TO HIMSELF.
>> MY WHOLE LIFE I HAVE BEEN
GREEDY, GREEDY, GREEDY, I HAVE
GRABBED ALL OF THE MONEY THAT I
CAN GET, I'M SO GREEDY.
BUT NOW I WANT TO GREEDY FOR THE
UNITED STATES AND I WANT TO GRAB
ALL OF THAT MONEY.
I WANT TO BE GREEDY FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
>> Adrienne: THAT INCLUDES
DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN, TRUMP ALLEGEDLY
SOLICITED FOR HIS CAMPAIGN IN
IOWA.
HIS CAMPAIGN THEN DECIDED WHICH
LOCAL CHARITIES GOT THOSE BIG
NOVELTY CHEQUES.
THAT WAS JUST DAYS AHEAD OF
IOWA'S VOTE ON THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE.
LAWYERS FOR THE FOUNDATION SAY
THAT ANY INFRACTIONS WERE MINOR
BUT THE LAWSUIT AGAINST HIS
FOUNDATION IS JUST ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES FOR TRUMP.
HIS COMPANY IS ALSO UNDER
SCRUTINY.
SO IS HIS INAUGURAL COMMITTEE,
THERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS INTO
HIS CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING FOR
THOSE HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS.
AND, OF COURSE, THE MUELLER
INQUIRY IS ALSO LOOKING INTO THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY ITSELF.
FROM THOSE INVESTIGATIONS TO
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH CHINA
AND MORE, THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY
WILD FEW WEEKS IN WASHINGTON.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL OF IT WITH
OUR U.S. POLITICAL PANEL IN
ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
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* SHE'LL BE WEARING RED PYJAMAS,
WEARING RED PYJAMAS, SHE'LL BE
WEARING RED PYJAMAS WHEN SHE
COMES SCRATCH SCRATCH *
>> Andrew: OKAY, HOW IS THAT
FOR A BLAST FROM THE PAST?
THIS IS FROM A COUPLE MONTHS AGO
BUT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT
SOUND FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD.
SHARON AND BRAM STILL PERFORM
TODAY.
THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
FAREWELL TOUR ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THAT WILL STRETCH INTO THE NEW
YEAR.
BUT THEY'VE HIT A BIG SNAG, ONE
THAT HAS PUT A PRETTY SOUR NOTE
ON THINGS.
ERIC RANKIN EXPLAINS FOR US.
SKINNY MARINKY DINKY DINK SKINNY
MARINKY DINKY DOO *
>> Reporter: FOR FOUR DECADES
SHARON, LOIS AND BRAM
ENTERTAINED KIDS AND PARENTS
ALIKE.
* SKINNY MARINKY DINKY DINK
SKINNY MARINKY DINKY DOO *
AFTER LOIS' DEATH IN 2015,
SHARON AND BRAM SOLDIERED ON.
>> * WHO STOLE THE COOKIES
>> Reporter: NOW SHARON AND
BRAM ARE WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED
TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THEY SAY
THAT THEY'RE OWED FOR THE B.C.
LEG OF THEIR FINAL NATIONAL
TOUR.
>> IT WAS KIND OF A DISASTER.
LEG OF THEIR FINAL NATIONAL
TOUR.
>> IT WAS KIND OF A DISASTER.
THE MONEY TO US IS SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE IT'S HOW WE MAKE OUR
LIVING.
>> I SUSPECT THAT WE'RE AT ABOUT
$15,000.
>> Reporter: SHARON AND BRAM'S
B.C. PROMOTER PUT THEM IN SMALL
TOWNS INSTEAD OF VANCOUVER AND
VICTORIA.
AND WHILE THEY SAY THEY DID GET
AN INITIAL PAYMENT, THAT UNPAID
$15,000 WAS TO COVER FLIGHTS AND
THE SALARIES OF THEIR
THREE-MEMBER BAND.
INSTEAD THE DUO, NOW IN THEIR
70s, HAD TO PAY THOSE EXPENSES
THEMSELVES.
>> WELL, THE AUDIENCES HAVE
NEVER FAILED US.
THE PROMOTER --
THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
>> Reporter: HE'S MADE HIS
NAME HOSTING
HIGH-PROFILE DEBATES BETWEEN
INTELLECTUALS AND PHILOSOPHERS.
BUT IN NUMBER HIS COMPANY
PANGBURN PHILOSOPHY FOLDED.
AND SOME TICKET BUYERS WHO HAD
SPENT AS MUCH AS $500 EACH SAY
THEY'VE NEVER GOT A REFUND.
AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT SHARON
AND BRAM WERE WAITING FOR THEIR
MONEY.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S RUN INTO
SOME TROUBLE AND I THINK THAT HE
HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: PANGBURN DECLINED
TO BE INTERVIEWED BUT IN AN
EMAIL WROTE...
SHARON AND BRAM SAY THEIR SHOWS
WERE WELL ATTENDED.
>> IT MAKES ME FEEL SAD AND IT
MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT
BEATEN UP.
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* IT GOES LIKE THIS
>> Reporter: DESPITE THE
SETBACK, SHARON AND BRAM HOPE TO
RETURN TO B.C. IN THE NEW YEAR
WITH A NEW PROMOTER AND SAY
GOODBYE ONE MORE TIME.
ERIC RANKIN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: HERE ARE SOME OF THE
OTHER STORIES THAT WE'RE
WATCHING TONIGHT...
>> THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MORE
POPULAR POLICE OFFICER IN THIS
PROVINCE THAN RON TAVERNER.
>> Ian: THAT IS ONTARIO PREMIER
DOUG FORD DEFENDING THE
APPOINTMENT OF A FAMILY FRIEND
AS THE NEXT CHIEF OF THE ONTARIO
PROVINCIAL POLICE.
AS THE INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER
CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THERE WILL
BE AN INQUIRY INTO THE ISSUE.
CRITICS ACCUSE FORD OF
INTERFERING IN THE PROCESS THAT
SELECTED RON TAVERNER FOR THE
JOB.
THE OPPOSITION IS CALLING FOR A
PUBLIC INQUIRY.
>> I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC
SHOULD BE RELIEVED THAT
MR. MILLARD WILL NOT BE OUT, OF
COURSE.
>>> CONVICTED KILLER DELLEN
MILLARD IS GIVEN A THIRD LIFE
SENTENCE TO BE SERVED
CONSECUTIVELY.
THIS MEANS THAT HE'LL HAVE TO
SERVE AT LEAST 75 YEARS IN
PRISON AND HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO APPLY FOR PAROLE UNTIL HE WAS
102 YEARS OLD.
THE 33-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND GUILTY
EARLIER THIS YEAR OF
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH
OF HIS FATHER.
MILLARD IS ALREADY SERVING TIME
FOR KILLING A STRANGER, TIM
BOSMA AND A FORMER GIRLFRIEND,
LAURA BABCOCK.
HE'S FILED APPEALS IN BOTH OF
THOSE CASES.
>>> GOOD NEWS IF YOU HOPE TO GET
A PACKAGE IN THE MAIL BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.
CANADA POST NOW SAYS THAT IT'S
CAUGHT UP ON MOST OF ITS PARCEL
DELIVERY.
THE BACKLOG WAS CREATED BY
ROTATING WALKOUTS BY ITS
EMPLOYEES WHO WERE LEGISTATED
BACK-TO-WORK LAST MONTH.
NORMAL HOLIDAY DELIVERY SERVICE
GUARANTEES THAT HAS BEEN
RESTORED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
EXCEPT IN VANCOUVER.
>> Andrew: LUCKY VANCOUVER.
NATIONAL," A LITTLE GIRL HEARS
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THAT'S THANKS TO A NEW TEST THAT
COULD CHANGE LIVES.
>> Adrienne: AND SHE WAS A
TRAILBLAZER AND A REAL
COMEDIENNE.
WE LOOK AT THE LIFE AND LEGACY
OF PENNY
MARSHALL.
>> Ian: FIRST, COMPANIES ARE
CRACKING DOWN ON FRAUDULENT
CLAIMS.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW PEOPLE DO
IT.
WE GO UNDERCOVER.
>> I MEAN, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
THAT THIS IS A FACILITY THAT
WOULD SUPPLY ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT OR ORHEAD TOICS OR
COMPRESSION SOCKS, THAT TYPE OF
THING, YET WE HAVE CLAIMS COMING
FROM THI
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>> Ian: CANADA'S INSURANCE
COMPANIES ARE FACING AN
INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM
AND IT COULD BE COSTING YOU AS
WELL.
FRAUD IS APPARENTLY RUNNING
RAMPANT TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR.
NOW AS DIANNE BUCKNER SHOWS US,
INVESTIGATORS ARE STEPPING UP
THEIR EFFORTS TO CRACK DOWN.
>> WE ARE SUSPICIOUS OF THE
PLACE...
>> Reporter: GARY ASKIN HAS
SEEN IT ALL.
>> THIS PLACE RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S
ANYBODY THERE.
>> Reporter: A FORMER
COMMANDER WITH THE WATERLOO
POLICE FORCE, ASKIN NOW WORKS AS
A FRAUD
INVESTIGATOR FOR SUNLIFE,
TRACKING DOWN CASES WHERE
COMPANY BENEFIT PLANS ARE PAYING
FOR DESIGNER SUNGLASSES, iPADS
AND OTHER ILLEGITIMATE GOODIES.
>> SOMETIMES CASH, SOMETIMES
CASH CARDS, SHOES, PURSES,
COATS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
>> Reporter: TODAY HE'S AT AN
ADDRESS THAT WE CAN'T REVEAL BUT
IT COULD BE A BASE FOR FALSE
CLAIMS.
>> SO THERE APPEARS TO BE
NOTHING GOING ON AT ALL.
I MEAN THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT
THIS IS A FACILITY THAT WOULD
SUPPLY ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT OR COMPRESSION SOCKS,
THAT TYPE OF THING.
YET WE HAVE CLAIMS COMING FROM
THIS PARTICULAR UNIT.
>> YOU WERE APPRECIATED AND SOON
TO BE REWARDED WITH A PROMOTION
AND RAISE.
BUT YOU THREW IT ALL AWAY.
>> Reporter: IT'S CALLED
"BENEFITS FRAUD" AND INSURERS
ESTIMATE THAT BOGUS CLAIMS ARE
COSTING AS MUCH AS $600 MILLION
A YEAR.
>> SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
FALSIFYING YOUR HEALTH OR DENTAL
CLAIM, THINK AGAIN.
>> Reporter: THE PENALTIES FOR
FRAUD CAN BE STIFF.
EARLIER THIS YEAR A TORONTO
FIREFIGHTER WAS SENTENCED TO SIX
MONTHS IN JAIL FOR FORGING
MEDICAL INVOICES.
TORONTO'S TRANSIT COMMISSION
FIRED 200 EMPLOYEES, ALL WERE
INVOLVED IN A SCAM RELATED TO
ORTHOTICS.
THE CLINIC OPERATOR GOT TWO
YEARS IN JAIL.
>> THEY'RE STEALING FROM THE
WALLET OF MONEY, IF YOU CAN
THINK OF IT THAT WAY, THAT IS
USED TO PAY FOR YOUR HEALTH CARE
AND THE HEALTH CARE OF YOUR
FAMILY AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AND
FRIENDS AT WORK.
>> Reporter: AT SUNLIFE HEAD
OFFICE A TEAM OF CLOSE TO A 100
INVESTIGATORS, INCLUDING DATA
SCIENTISTS AND FORMER POLICE
OFFICERS, WORK TO IDENTIFY FRAUD
SCHEMES.
>> IN 2017, WE CAUGHT 1,500
PRACTITIONERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THAT MANY?
>> 1,500 AND GROWING.
>> Reporter: THIS HIDDEN
CAMERA VIDEO WAS RECORDED BY AN
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR WITH
INSURER GREEN SHIELD CANADA.
THE INVESTIGATOR WAS OFFERED
FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR INSTEAD OF
THE COMPRESSION SOCKS THAT WERE
PRESCRIBED.
GREEN SHIELD'S VICE PRESIDENT
SAYS THAT NOT JUST MONEY IS AT
STAKE, BUT FRAUD CAN HURT HONEST
EMPLOYEES.
>> THERE'S LIFE-SAVING DRUGS
AVAILABLE UNDER THESE PLANS THAT
CAN COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS AND EMPLOYERS CAN'T
AFFORD TO PAY HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR CLAIMS
THAT AREN'T REAL.
>> HIS SCAM IS BASICALLY
CREATING A FAKE CLINIC.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS
LIKE GARY ASKIN SAY THAT FRAUD
SCHEMES ARE MORE SOPHISTICATED
THAN EVER BUT SO ARE THE
ANALYTICS AVAILABLE TO HELP TO
DETECT THEM.
>> THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT I
WOULD HAVE DIED FOR IN POLICING
BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE DATA
SCIENTISTS WORKING FOR SUNLIFE
THAN ANY POLICE SERVICE IN THE
COUNTRY PROBABLY, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE MOUNTIES.
>> Reporter: MOST EMPLOYEES,
OF COURSE, DON'T SCAM THE
SYSTEM.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE INSURANCE
INDUSTRY TO THOSE WHO DO?
THINK AGAIN.
DIANNE BUCKNER, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL"... OUR PANEL OF U.S.
POLITICAL INSIDERS IS HERE FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C., AFTER THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS TO THE MANY
ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF GROUND TO
COVER.
>> Andrew: AND MEET FRANCESCA,
THE BABY WHO IS EXPERIENCING A
FEW FIRSTS, INCLUDING HER FIRST
SOUNDS. [BEEPING SOUNDS]
>> OKAY, SO THAT WAS A 2.
>> IT WAS JUST SUBTLE.
AND IT WAS LOOKING DOWN AND THEN
LOOKING UP.
(*)
>> IT'S BEEN ABOUT A MONTH SINCE
THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS.
>> IT FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME.
>> THINGS HAVE BEEN INTENSE.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK
ABOUT.
>> A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE.
>> FIGHTS IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
>> THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION.
>> A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA.
>> WE'RE NOW HALFWAY THROUGH
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS GEARING UP
FOR MAJOR CONFRONTATION.
>> AND AMERICA IS DIVIDED.
>> I'M JAI CHABRIA, A FORMER
SENIOR ADVISOR TO
OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH.
>> I'M PATTI SOLIS DOYLE, I'M A
DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL STRATEGIST.
I HAVE WORKED FOR HILLARY
CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA AND JOE
BIDEN.
AND I HAVE BEEN IN POLITICS FOR
30 YEARS.
>> ISLAND DAVID FRUM, EIGHT
WRIER FOR "THE ATLANTIC" AND
A FORMER AIDE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> Adrienne: SO LAST TIME WE
SAW YOU THREE WEREING WAS THE
SAW YOU THREE WAS THE
NIGHT OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
I KNOW THAT IT FEELS LIKE TWO
YEARS AGO BUT IT WASN'T THAT
LONG AGO.
THE HOUSE IS CONTROLLED BY THE
DEMOCRATS, MORE THAN 40 SEATS,
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS
WINNING IN WHAT WERE PREVIOUSLY
TRUMP STATES.
DOES ANY OF THIS MAKE A WHIT OF
DIFFERENCE TO HOW THE BUSINESS
OF GOVERNMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED
NEXT YEAR.
PATTI?
>> I CERTAINLY THINK THAT
DEMOCRATS IN
CONGRESS HAVE BETTER CARDS TO
PLAY WHEN NEGOTIATING WITH
REPUBLICANS.
BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING WILL THE
DEMOCRATS BE AGAINST TRUMP?
ALMOST 99% OF THE TIME -- YES.
WILL THE REPUBLICANS TURN A
BLIND EYE TO THE CHAOS AND THE
POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
CONDUCTED BY THE PRESIDENT?
99% OF THE TIME -- PROBABLY.
I THINK THAT THE BIG, BIG
DIFFERENCE NOW IS HOW DEMOCRATS
CONTROL THE HOUSE AND THAT GIVES
THEM THE POWER OF SUBPOENA AND
THE POWER TO INVESTIGATE AND TO
ACTUALLY TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER
THE PRESIDENCY AND THAT'S GOING
TO BE THE BIGGEST CHANGE.
>> 100%, THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE,
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL NOW
THE CONGRESS THEY HAVE THE
SUBPOENA POWER AND THEY HAVE THE
GAVEL AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL
HAVE A LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS.
THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE HOW
IS ANYTHING GOING TO GET DONE IN
D.C.
AND MY PREDICTION TO YOU AND I
KNOW THAT WE'LL DO PREDICTIONS
LATER, THERE WON'T BE MUCH DONE.
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THERE
WILL BE INVESTIGATIONS AND
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WORD OF
THE DAY IN WASHINGTON.
SO HOW DOES THINGS CHANGE IN
WASHINGTON?
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
IS THAT MORE OF THE SAME?
I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT THERE
WERE POLICIES IMPLEMENTED IN THE
LAST TWO YEARS, WHETHER THE
DEMOCRATS LIKE THEM OR NOT, THEY
WERE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE FAR
RIGHT -- I MEAN, PRETTY
CONSERVATIVE POLICIES.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
ANYMORE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
>> Adrienne: DO YOU AGREE THAT
NOTHING IS REALLY GOING TO
CHANGE?
>> THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE
AND NOT MUCH IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, I WOULD BE
SPECULATING, WITH A SECOND TAX
CUT IN 2019 -- THAT WON'T
HAPPEN.
AND THE DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR,
ASSUMING THAT THE ECONOMY STAYS
STRONG IS GOING TO BE VERGING ON
A TRILLION DOLLARS.
AND I SOUND LIKE DR. EVIL, HOW
MUCH IS THAT?
BUT
BUT IN TIMES OF COMPARATIVE
PEACE AND PROSPERITY, THE UNITED
STATES IS ABOUT TO RUN A BIGGER
DEFICIT THAN IT RAN DURING THE
MOST VIOLENT DAYS OF THE IRAQ
WAR.
SO THAT'S A GIGANTIC DEFICIT.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE
ADDRESSED.
THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO OVERIMAGINES
HIS CHARM AND APPEAL I THINK
WILL LOOK FOR WAYS TO WORK WITH
DEMOCRATS AND THEN DISCOVER THAT
IS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
THEN HE'LL REACT WITH TREMENDOUS
EMOTIONAL PETULENCE WHEN HE
DISCOVERS THAT HIS VARIOUS IDEAS
FOR WINNING THEM OVER IS NOT SO
EASY.
>> Adrienne: WHAT ARE WE TO
MAKE FOR THE TURNOUT?
IT TOOK A WHILE TO FIGURE THIS
OUT BUT IT NOW LOOKS LIKE
IT WAS THE HIGHEST TURNOUT FOR
MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN A CENTURY,
50.1%.
WHO IS WINCING AND WHO IS
CELEBRATING THAT, DAVID?
>> WELL, DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN
OF 2016 WAS PREMISED ON
EXTREMELY LOW TURNOUT.
HE GOT -- IN A CONTEXT IN WHICH
YOUNG PEOPLE DIDN'T SHOW UP AND
AFRICAN AMERICANS VOTED AT LOWER
LEVELS THAN THEY HAD IN 2008 AND
2012, HE WAS ABLE TO EKE IT OUT.
WHAT HE HAS NOW DISCOVERED IS
THAT HE'S GOT THIS GALVANIZED
COUNTRY AND WHAT IS ESPECIALLY
GALVANIZED ARE EDUCATED WOMEN IN
THE SUBURBS.
THE WOMEN THAT GO TO P.T.A.
MEETINGS, THEY SHOW UP.
AND THEY HAVE MADE UP THEIR MIND
ABOUT HIM IN A WAY THAT IS QUITE
IRREVOCABLE.
HE FACES A PROBLEM AS HE GOES
TOWARDS 2020 THERE'S ALMOST
NOTHING THAT HE CAN DO TO SAVE
HIMSELF.
HE HAS TO WAIT FOR THE DEMOCRATS
TO MAKE MISTAKES.
AND THIS IS A VERY DESPERATE
SITUATION, BECAUSE IF HE LOSES
OFFICE IN 2020 AND
IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN IN 2021,
HE'S SUDDENLY EXPOSED TO
INDICTMENT.
THE PREVAILING THEORY IS THAT
THE PRESIDENT, A SERVING
PRESIDENT CANNOT BE INDICTED BUT
AN EX-PRESIDENT CAN BE.
SO FOR HIM ALL OF THE MARBLES
ARE ON THE TABLE IN THE ELECTION
IN 2020, IT WILL BE A PRETTY
NASTY BUILD-UP.
>> Adrienne: BUT DOES THAT
TURNOUT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
ACTUALLY WORRY THE REPUBLICANS
IN YOUR VIEW?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS
ELECTION WAS VERY MIXED.
I KNOW THAT
THERE'S A THEME OUT THERE THAT
THE DEMOCRATS WON EVERYTHING.
AND THE REPUBLICANS INCREASED
THEIR MARGINS IN THE SENATE AND
THEY WON IN KEY STATES LIKE
FLORIDA AND OHIO.
PLACES THAT DEMOCRATS NEED FOR
THE 2020 ELECTION.
SO TO ME WHEN I LOOK AT A HIGH
ELECTORAL TURNOUT, THE
REPUBLICANS FARED FAIRLY WELL
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
PRESIDENTIAL LENS AND THAT
PRETENDS GOOD THINGS FOR THEM IN
THE FUTURE.
>> AND IN 2010, HUGE REPUBLICAN
YEAR, THE REPUBLICANS GOT ABOUT
45 MILLION VOTES.
2018, TERRIBLE REPUBLICAN YEAR
AND THEY GOT 49 MILLION VOTES.
THEY GOT FOUR MILLION MORE.
SO YOU HAVE MUTUAL
MOBILIZATION --
>> BUT THE DEMOCRATS GOT EIGHT
MILLION PLUS MORE VOTES THAN
THAT.
>> IT WASN'T ENOUGH, OBVIOUSLY.
IT WASN'T ENOUGH.
BUT THIS POINT IS THIS MASSIVE
MOBILIZATION.
>> THE TURNOUT QUESTION IS THAT
HILLARY CLINTON SUFFERED FROM AN
ENTHUSIASM GAP.
WHAT WE SAW IN 2016 AND 2018 IS
THAT ENTHUSIASM FOR DEMOCRATS
CAME BACK IN A VERY, VERY BIG
WAY.
SO I THINK THAT YOU CAN ARGUE
HIGH TURNOUT IS GOOD FOR BOTH
PARTIES, BUT I THINK THAT
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR DEMOCRATS IN
2018.
WE SORT OF GOT OUR MOJO BACK.
>> Adrienne: SO, I MEAN,
THERE'S A LONG TIME IN POLITICS
BETWEEN NOW AND 2020.
SO AS THE DEMOCRAT AT THE TABLE,
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR
PARTY HAS TO BE CAREFUL IN THE
NEXT FEW, CAREFUL NOT TO DO?
>> I THINK OVERREACHING,
BASICALLY.
WE NOW CONTROL THE POWER OF THE
SUBPOENA
AND THE POWER OF INVESTIGATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALREADY
SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT JUST MUELLER.
WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
WE'VE GOT THE NEW ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN NEW YORK SAYING THAT
SHE'S IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE
HIS TAXES AND HIS BUSINESSES.
AND PEOPLE TEND TO CONFLATE THEM
ALL.
SO FOR THE CONGRESS -- AND THEY
WILL -- THEY WILL HAVE SOME
INVESTIGATIONS, BUT FOR THAT TO
BE THEIR SOLE FOCUS IS A BIG
MISTAKE.
THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON
LEGISTATING AND ACTUALLY DOING
THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE.
OTHERWISE I THINK THAT VOTERS IN
GENERAL WILL BE LIKE -- THROW
THEIR HANDS UP IN THE AIR.
>> Adrienne: SO OVERREACHING
IS ONE CAUTION.
WHAT IS YOURS?
>> I THINK THAT OVERREACHING IS
ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THERE.
BUT GOING ALONG WITH THAT TOO IS
NOT FINDING A MESSAGE THAT
APPEALS TO DISENFRANCHISED
VOTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IF THEY CAN'T DO THAT IN 2020,
DONALD TRUMP WILL BE RE-ELECTED.
>> I WILL SAY THAT DEMOCRATS
LIKE GOVERNING, THEY WANT TO
GOVERN AND DO THINGS.
THEY ONLY CONTROL ONE HOUSE OF
CONGRESS AND YOU CAN'T DO THINGS
FROM THAT BASIS.
SO THE REPUBLICANS IN THIS
SITUATION THINK MORE
POLITICALLY, PREPARING THE CHEST
WAR FOR THE BATTLE OF 2020.
AND THE DEMOCRATS MAY BE TEMPTED
TO TRY TO PICK UP LITTLE WINS
ALONG THE WAY
WHICH THEY MAY PAY TOO HIGH A
PRICE, INCLUDING IMPUNITY IN HIS
WRONG DID DOING.
>> Adrienne: SO DON'T TRY TO
DO TOO MUCH.
AND SO THERE'S A BIG STORY
CONSUMING CANADA AT THE MOMENT
AND IT'S ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE UNITED STATES AND
CHINA.
THIS IS WITH THE ARREST OF THE
C.F.O. OF HUAWEI.
JAI, IT FEELS TO CANADIANS
THEY'RE BEING PLAYED HERE AND
THEY'RE STUCK BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND CHINA AND THERE'S
NOTHING THEY CAN DO.
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN PLAY HERE?
>> SO THIS SHOULD COME AS NO
SURPRISE, THIS BATTLE AGAINST
CHINA.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE
DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS
PRESIDENCY.
HE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT CHINA
MORE THAN ANY
OTHER SUBJECT IN HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PRESIDENT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STEVE
BANNON INSTITUTED IN THE EARLY
DAYS, THE FIGHT AGAINST STEALING
INTELLECTUAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND THE FIGHT OF THE SECURITY OF
CHINA.
AND SO THIS IS NOT REALLY A
SURPRISE.
DOWN SOUTH OF THE BORDER, THE
AMERICAN MEDIA PAYS NO
ATTENTION.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S NO
SURPRISE TO US.
>> I KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG DEAL
HERE.
SO IT'S NOT ON THE FOREFRONT
THERE.
BUT THE FIGHT BETWEEN CHINA AND
THE UPCOMING BATTLE, THAT SHOULD
NOT BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.
>> Adrienne: WHAT CAN CANADA
DO HERE?
>> CANADIANS AND GOVERNMENT NEED
TO REACH OUT TO RESPONSIBLE
ACTORS IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL
SYSTEM TO CIRCUMVENT THE
PRESIDENT.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM -- THE TRUE
DEMOCRATIC INTEREST IN THIS
MATTER IS GLOBAL RULES AND
MAKING IT CLEAR WHEN YOU GET A
LEGAL SERVICE IT'S A LEGAL
EVENT, NOT A POLITICAL EVENT.
THE CHINESE INTEREST HAS
DISCREDITED THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF
DEMOCRACY AND REDUCED IT TO
THEIR OWN LEVEL AND
SAYING THERE IS NO LAW, AND
THERE'S ONLY POLITICS.
IT MAKES IT HARD TO GET A
SATISFACTORY SOLUTION.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE ON BOARD
AROUND THIS, THE LAW IS THE LAW
IS THE LAW.
AND CANADA LEFT ALONE AGAINST
CHINA CANNOT WIN, THEY DON'T
HAVE THE CLOUT.
SO THERE HAS TO BE UNITY BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
AGAIN, THAT MEANS WORKING AROUND
THE PRESIDENT WHO CAN NEVER BE
UNITED WITH ANY ALLY, ONLY HIS
ENEMIES FOR AMERICA.
>> Adrienne: WHAT IS THE
INCENTIVE THEN?
>> HE HAS NO INCENTIVE.
YOU RELY ON FORGETFULNESS AND
PROCRASTINATION.
I'M INSPIRED BY GARY COHN
SNATCHING ANPROCRASTINATION.
I'M INSPIRED BY GARY COHN
SNATCHING AN ORDER OFF OF
TRUMP'S DESK.
AND THERE'S A POINT IN A
TODDLER'S LIFE WHERE, YOU KNOW,
YOU TEACH IT PEEK-A-BOO BUT
MOMMY IS STILL THERE.
TRUMP NEVER MASTERED THAT, WHEN
YOU PUT PEEK-A-BOO OVER HIS EYES
HE THINKS THAT MOMMY DOESN'T
EXIST ANYMORE.
IF YOU TAKE THE PAPER OFF HIS
DESK HE FORGETS THAT IT WAS
THERE IN FIRST PLACE.
>> Adrienne: YOU WILL KNOW
THAT PEOPLE WILL HEAR YOU AND
SAY THAT THERE YOU GO AGAIN
INFANT LIEZS THE PRESIDENT.
>> IT WAS HIS CHIEF ECONOMIC
ADVISOR THAT BELIEVES IF I TAKE
THE PAPER OFF THE PRESIDENT'S
DESK THE PRESIDENT WILL FORGET
THAT IT'S THERE, NOT ME.
>> Adrienne: OKAY.
OKAY.
ANOTHER BIG SUBJECT HERE IS THE
MUELLER INVESTIGATION.
LOOK, AS AN OUTSIDER WHO LIVES
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, IT'S REALLY
HARD TO STAY UP TO SPEED ON
THIS.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW --
THERE'S, WHAT, 17 INVESTIGATIONS
AND NOT INCLUDING THE
CONGRESSIONAL ONES AND I DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO WATCH FOR NEXT.
SO CAN YOU HELP US?
>> THIS IS WHY THEY INVENTED THE
SPREADSHEET.
>> IT'S TRUE, IT'S VERY
COMPLICATED.
BUT HERE'S WHAT I THINK, AT
LEAST THE AMERICAN VOTERS
UNDERSTAND -- THEY UNDERSTAND
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO JAIL.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN INDICTED AND THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS BEEN IMPLICATED IN FELONIES.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE
STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT MUELLER
KNOWS.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN HE'LL BE
FINISHED.
AND IT'S SORT OF DIFFICULT TO
IMAGINE WHAT CAN HAPPEN NEXT
UNTIL THAT REPORT IS COMPLETE.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, TANGIBLY,
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR?
>> WELL, TANGIBLY -- ONE OF THE
MOST INTERESTING PIECES IS THE
"NATIONAL ENQUIRER" PIECE.
SO BASICALLY "THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER" HAS NOW COME TO TERMS
WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND
THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THEM
AND OFFERING UP THE FACTS
BEHIND THIS.
AND WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THAT
IS GOING TO BE TELLING TOO OF
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS ALMOST OUT
OF TIME FOR COUNTER MOVES, BUT
HAVING TALKED ABOUT HIS
DEFICIENCIES, THE PRESIDENT IS A
SURVIVOR.
HE'S VERY TACTICAL.
HE'S VERY FIERCE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO
STOP THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF COMING
AFTER HIM, BUT IF HE DOESN'T
STOP THEM THEY'LL COME AFTER
HIM.
SO WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THE
SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME AND THE
DWINDLING
RESOURCES THAT HE HAS GOT.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE WATCHING.
>> Adrienne: IN 10 DAYS' TIME
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE YEAR IN
2019, SO AROUND THE TABLE IN ONE
SENTENCE WHAT IS YOUR
PREDICTION?
>> I FEARFULLY ANTICIPATE A
SOFTENING GLOBAL ECONOMY AND
WORSENING
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
>> Adrienne: ALWAYS SO
CHEERFUL.
PATTI?
>> I PREDICT THAT THERE WILL BE
20 PLUS PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THE
NOMINATION IN 2019.
>> Adrienne: ALSO A NIGHTMARE.
>> I THINK THAT FOR EVERY ONE OF
THOSE DEMOCRATS WE'LL HAVE A NEW
NICKNAME ON DONALD TRUMP'S
TWITTER FEED.
[laughter]
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN 10 DAYS' TIME.
>> Andrew: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL", SHE WAS BORN WITH
HEARING LOSS BUT NOW AT SIX
MONTHS, SOUNDS HAVE BECOME
CLEARER.
HOW THEY FIXED IT AND HOW THEY
CAUGHT THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST
PLACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
BREAK.
>> I HEAR THAT.
YEAH.
>> IT WAS NEAT TO SEE ALMOST A
NEW WORLD OPEN UP FOR HER.
(*)
>> Ian: FIRST THOUGH A LOOK AT A
STORY THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT.
WHEN THEY FLED SYRIA FOR
CANADA THEY WERE FORCED TO LEAVE
FAMILY BEHIND, THAT IS, UNTIL
NOW.
SUSAN ORMISTON IS THERE AS THEY
FINALLY REUNITE AT THE AIRPORT.
HERE'S A PREVIEW...
>> Reporter: ON ARRIVAL DAY,
SHE IS WAITING WITH ZANAI, THE
TRIP FROM LEBANON HAS TAKEN TWO
DAYS AND THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN
TWICE DELAYED.
THEN FINALLY AFTER A THREE-YEAR
WAIT, MOHAMMED TAMBARI AND AIDA
ABDELKARIM EMERGE.
GREETING THEIR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
MEETING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, WHO
BARELY REMEMBER THEM -- AND NOW
IT'S YOUR GRANDFATHER, SHE SAYS.
KIENAN, AGE 9, WAS RAISED BY THE
GRANDPARENTS AND HE'LL JOIN HIS
COUSINS.
THIS SPONSORSHIP GROUP IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST YEAR
OF SETTLING IN AND ZAINAI IS
GRATEFUL AND SO ARE THE
GRANDPARENTS.
(*)
(*)
(*)
>> THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS HAS
GOT TO RECEIVE THE ATTENTION
THAT IT MERITS.
>> Ian: SHARP WORDS FROM MEMBERS
OF THE U.S. CONGRESS AFTER A
TOUR OF SEVERAL BORDER
FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE ONE
WHERE A 7-YEAR-OLD GUATEMALAN
GIRL DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY.
THE LAWMAKERS ARE ASKING FOR AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
THE CHILD'S DEATH.
THEY'RE ALSO SEEKING THE
RESIGNATION OF THE HEAD OF THE
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL.
>> THE INTERSECTION IS SHUT DOWN
AND THEY'RE DOING DONUTS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
>> Ian: A WILD VIDEO IS JUST
RELEASED BY POLICE IN ONTARIO,
TAKEN BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED VEHICLES
BLOCKING AN INTERSECTION IN
PICKERING, EAST OF TORONTO.
POLICE TRIED TO BREAK UP THE
GROUP BUT SOME PEOPLE SPED OFF.
ONE VEHICLE WAS BOXED IN BY
POLICE AT A GAS STATION.
THE 24-YEAR-OLD DRIVER IS FACING
SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING
DANGEROUS OPERATION OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE AND FAILING TO STOP FOR
POLICE.
>>> AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
TONIGHT -- A LITTLE EMPTY.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE DESKS WHERE
THE M.P.s SIT HAVE BEEN MOVED
TO WEST BLOCK WHERE QUESTION
PERIOD WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING
NEXT YEAR.
IT'S WHILE THE CENTRE BLOCK
BEGINS RENOVATIONS THAT WILL
TAKE 10 YEARS.
>> Andrew: TALK ABOUT A
COMPLETE 180 FOR A FAMILY IN
TORONTO.
THEY'RE LEARNING THAT THEIR BABY
DAUGHTER CAN NOW DO WHAT SO MANY
OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED -- SHE
CAN HEAR MUSIC, LAUGHTER, AND
THE WORLD AROUND HER.
FRANCESCA WAS BORN WITH A RARE
CONDITION THAT LEFT HER WITH
HEARING LOSS, BUT THANKS IN PART
TO A NEW PROVINCIAL SCREENING
PROGRAMME SHE WON'T MISS A
THING.
OUR TAYLOR SIMMONS HAS HER
STORY.
>> I HEAR THAT!
YEAH.
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T THAT
LONG AGO THAT JULIA TIRABASSO
WORRIED THAT
HER DAUGHTER, FRANCESCA, WOULD
NEVER HEAR ANYTHING.
THAT IS, UNTIL ONE WEEK AGO WHEN
DOCTORS SWITCHED ON THIS GREEN
LIGHT AND GAVE HER THE ABILITY
TO HEAR.
>> [BEEPING SOUNDS]
>> OKAY, SO THAT WAS A 2.
>> IT WAS JUST SUBTLE.
IT WAS LOOKING DOWN AND THEN
LOOKING UP AND IT WAS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> IT WAS NEAT TO SEE ALMOST A
NEW WORLD OPEN UP FOR HER.
>> YES.
>> AND THE WAY THAT SHE LOOKED
UP.
>> Reporter: FRANCESCA WAS
BORN WITH CONGENITAL
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS.
IT'S AN INFECTION THAT IS
CONTRACTED DURING PREGNANCY THAT
CAN CAUSE HEARING LOSS.
>> IT'S ONLY IN THAT DEGREE OF
EXPOSURE.
SO WHEN MOMS GET IT WHEN THEY'RE
PREGNANT, THEN IT CAN BE PASSED
ON TO THE CHILD IN A WAY THAT
CAN CAUSE HEARING LOSS AMONGST
OTHER THINGS.
>> Reporter: FRANCESCA IS THE
FIRST BABY TO HAVE THE VIRUS
DETECTED THROUGH A NEW
PROVINCIAL SCREENING PROGRAMME.
IF A NEWBORN FAILS THEIR INITIAL
HEARING TEST, DOCTORS CAN NOW
SEND A BLOOD SAMPLE TO TEST FOR
THE VIRUS.
THEY SAY THAT THE EARLIER THEY
CATCH IT THE BETTER.
>> THE BABIES, WHEN THEY HAVE
NORMAL HEARING THEY HEAR IN
UTERO.
SO THE BEGINNING OF THE SPEECH
AND LANGUAGE FOUNDATION HAPPEN
RIGHT AWAY.
>> Reporter: ABOUT 900 BABIES
IN ONTARIO ARE EXPOSED TO THE
VIRUS EACH YEAR AND ONE IN FIVE
OF THEM EXPERIENCE IT AS HEARING
LOSS.
AND IN FRANCESCA'S CASE, THE
DOCTORS DECIDED TO FIT HER WITH
A COCHLEAR IMPLANT, ATTACHING
SMALL ELECTRODES TO THE INSIDE
OF HER EARS.
ALREADY HER PARENTS CAN SEE THE
DIFFERENCE.
>> SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT MADE
A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE SO THE
FIRST TIME IT WAS QUITE
INCREDIBLE.
>> Reporter: NOW FRANCESCA
WILL GROW UP JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
BABY.
>> SANTA CLAUS WAS VERY GOOD TO
US THIS YEAR AND WE COULDN'T
HAVE ASKED FOR ANYTHING BETTER.
I HEAR THAT!
>> Reporter: A SPECIAL GIFT
JUST IN TIME FOR FRANCESCA TO
RING IN HER FIRST CHRISTMAS.
TAYLOR SIMMONS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: UP NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL"... IT WAS A NOVA
SCOTIA COUPLE'S HOLIDAY MISSION
AND IT'S OUR "MOMENT."
>> WE HAD NOTHING TO GO ON
EXCEPT HIS AGE AND A LIGHT BLUE
JEEP-LIKE VEHICLE.
THAT WAS ALL THAT WE HAD TO GO
ON.
>> Adrienne: BUT FIRST
TRAILBLAZING ACTRESS AND
DIRECTOR
PENNY MARSHALL HAS DIED.
PERHAPS STILL KNOWN BEST FOR
"LAVERNE & SHIRLEY", SHE PROVED
THAT SINGLE WORKING-CLASS WOMEN
IN A CHANGING AMERICA COULD BE
AS POPULAR AS ANYTHING ELSE ON
TV.
AND MAYBE WHAT MADE LAVERNE SO
RELATABLE WAS THAT IN A LOT OF
WAYS IT WAS JUST PENNY MARSHALL
BEING HERSELF.
>> WHY WOULD A DOCTOR BE
UNEMPLOYED, HMM?
>> HE WAS SO GOOD THAT HE CURED
EVERYBODY.
[laughter]
>> Adrienne: SHE WAS LOUD,
NEUROTIC, OFTEN INAPPROPRIATE.
SHE WAS SMART, STRONG,
INDEPENDENT AND SO FUNNY.
>> I'M TERRIBLE.
>> YOU ARE FINE.
>> NO, I'M TERRIBLE.
>> YOU'RE FINE.
>> NO, I NEVER ACTED BEFORE IN
MY LIFE.
>> Adrienne: PENNY MARSHALL
STRUGGLED TO FIND GOOD TV WORK
AT FIRST BUT IN 1975, BIG
BROTHER AND "HAPPY DAY'S"
CREATOR GARY MARSHALL CAST HER
AND HER FRIEND CINDY WILLIAMS IN
ROLES THAT CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
"LAVERNE & SHIRLEY" FIRST
APPEARED AS LOVE INTERESTS FOR
FONZI AND RITCHIE.
THE AUDIENCE ADORED THEM SO ABC
LAUNCHED THE HIT SPINOFF THAT
RAN FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
MARSHALL THEN PARLAYED THAT INTO
SUCCESS
BEHIND THE CAMERA.
WITH 1988'S "BIG" SHE WAS THE
FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR TO CRACK
$100 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE.
AND A STRING OF HITS FOLLOWED,
"AWAKENING"
AND "A LEAGUE OF HER OWN" WHICH
IS THE HIGHEST GROSSING BASEBALL
MOVIE OF ALL TIME AND "THE
PREACHER'S WIFE," A REMAKE OF AN
OLD CARY GRANT CLASSIC.
75-YEAR-OLD PENNY MARSHALL DIED
AT HER HOME
IN LOS ANGELES DUE TO
COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES.
>> Ian: A NOVA SCOTIA COUPLE WAS
TRYING TO DO A GOOD DEED,
HELPING A MAN FIND HIS CAR
DRIVING AROUND A BUSY PARKING
LOT.
HE LEFT HIS HOLIDAY SHOPPING IN
THEIR CAR.
THE LENGTH THEY WENT TO TO
REUNITE HIM WITH HIS CHRISTMAS
GIFTS, OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY."
>> OH, YOU WERE SHOPPING, TOO.
WHAT DID YOU BUY ME?
HE WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT BELONGS TO THAT GUY.
WE COULDN'T FIND HIM.
SO WE STARTED TO POST, PRESIDENT
HELP, PLEASE SHARE, ON FACEBOOK.
I RECEIVED TWO INBOX MESSAGES
AND BOTH MEN KNEW THE GUY.
HE SPOKE WITH MY HUSBAND AND HE
-- HE WAS JOKING ABOUT IT.
I WAS SO PROUD OF JUST EVERYBODY
AND THE STEPS THAT THEY TOOK.
>> Adrienne: SO WHERE DID ALL
THIS KINDNESS HAPPEN?
IN DARTMOUTH.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE NEW TO
THE AREA, BUT HER HUSBAND IS A
TALKER, SO IT WAS VERY MUCH LIKE
HIM TO START CONNECTING WITH
PEOPLE AND HELP SOMEBODY OUT.
>> Andrew: FROM THE MOMENT
THINGS STARTED GOING WRONG,
THINGS HAD TO GO RIGHT.
THE COUPLE WERE APPARENTLY
IMPRESSED/SURPRISED THAT NO ONE,
FOR EXAMPLE, TRIED TO FALL IN
AND FALSELY CLAIM THE SHOPPING
AS THEIRS.
AND JUST THINK -- IF ANYONE ELSE
HAD BEEN IN THEIR POSITION,
MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE JUST TAKEN
THE, WHAT WAS IT, EDDIE BAUER
SHOPPING BAG, AND KEPT IT FOR
HEMSELVES.
>> Ian: AND ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS ABOUT THIS MOMENT, WE
LIVE IN GEOGRAPHICALLY A BIG
COUNTRY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK
AT THIS MODERN ERA WITH OUR
FACES BURIED IN OUR SMART PHONES
AS BEING A COLD TECHNOLOGICAL
AGE, BUT THIS IS A SMALL TOWN
THING, EVEN IN A CITY LIKE
HALIFAX, WHERE THEY GOT THE WORD
OUT AND FOUND THE GUY THAT LEFT
HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS IN THE
CAR.
THAT'S A VERY SWEET MOMENT FOR
US TO END ON.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR
DECEMBER 18.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: GOOD NIGHT.
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