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Iran is bracing for a second round of US sanctions, which will take effect on

Monday they are being described as the most stringent set of punitive measures since Washington withdrew from the 2015

Landmark nuclear deal that was sealed under the Obama

Administration for more on this and other news from around the world. Let's turn to our NOAA realm

So Adam, tell us more

Well, Martha sanctions are mostly aimed at financial and shipping sectors

but the most significant measures prohibits purchases of Iranian oil which provides

80% of Tehran's tax revenue all countries and

businesses that buy oil from Iran risk secondary sanctions from the United States and the administration has

vowed to pursue offenders aggressively

But eight countries will be able to continue importing Iranian oil for a limited time at lower levels in order to avoid

Upsetting the global crude markets Washington has not named those countries, but Turkey has revealed

It is one of them and South Korea China and Japan are also thought to be on that waiver list

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said they tried to pull all the Iranian imports

But they were unable to do so by Monday's deadline. He added that he would not rule out the Trump administration

Extending the waivers beyond six months the sanctions

Meanwhile, also aim are aimed at cutting off Iran's banking sector from the global market

However, Treasury secretary Stephen minuchin had said Iran will still be able to maintain limited access to the international financial

Transaction system most commonly known as Swift but only for humanitarian purposes Tehran has remained defiant

Saying it can deal with the impacts of these sanctions, but Iranian citizens are anxious of the country's

fluctuating currency and rising prices of goods

thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran on Sunday to protest against the US sanctions with the crowd chanting coach death to

America as well as some other slogans the government organized rallies or coincided with the

39th anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran and they were broadcast live on state TV

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US Politics in 60 Seconds - November 5, 2018 - Duration: 1:37.

Hi it's Ben White chief economic correspondent for POLITICO with your final pre-midterm elections

US Politics in just 60 Seconds!

Got a lot to cover in a short period of time.

So let's start the clock and go fast!

For early returns, look at Kentucky's 6th. Democrat Amy McGrath, a retired marine fighter pilot

trying to beat GOP incumbent Andy Barr. if she wins there it's a good night for Democrats.

Florida governor is huge.

If Andrew Gillum wins, big for Dems in 2020.

She probably will. Winning cures a lot of ills. If she can help Democrats retake the House.

There's not an obvious heir apparent.

I think Pelosi gets the speakership back.

Democrats look set up for a good night particularly if they win Florida.

They've got chances in the Midwest in Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa could be a big night for Democratic governors.

Not hugely if Republicans hold the House and the Senate.

They could try to pass another tax cut but that's gonna be really hard.

Democrats win.

Maybe there's a deal on infrastructure but I doubt it.

No they haven't.

Twitter and Facebook still filled with trolls, filled with fake news, a massive problem we'll

have to deal with.

Heading into the 2020 elections all right.

That's US Politics in just 60 Seconds.

Enjoy the midterms.

I'm Ben White from Politico.

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S. Korea, U.S. resume joint marine exercise - Duration: 0:41.

South Korea and the United States have resumed their joint maritime exercises

which had been suspended since May in a bid to ease tensions with North Korea

the two allies Marine Forces began joint training earlier on this Monday near the

southeastern port city of Pohang and for the next two weeks

some 500 troops will conduct the Korea Marine exercise program so in Washington

suspended this year's major joint military exercises including HD freedom

Guardian in the summer and vigilant Asus later for the summer they are expected

to decide on the course of the next year's large-scale drills before

December 1st

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Second round of U.S. sanctions on Iran takes effect Monday - Duration: 2:16.

Iran is bracing for a second round of US sanctions which will take effect on

Monday u.s. time they are being described as the most stringent set of

punitive measures since Washington withdrew from the 2015 landmark nuclear

deal which were sealed under the previous Obama administration for more

nests and other news from around the world let's turn to our no iramsterdam

Tara tell us more well Marty sanctions are mostly aimed at financial and

shipping sectors but the most significant Mitch measures prohibit

purchases of Iranian oil which provides roughly 80% of Tehran's tax revenue all

countries and businesses that buy oil from Iran risk secondary sanctions from

the United States and the Trump administration has vowed to pursue

offenders aggressively but eight countries will be able to continue

importing Iranian oil for a limited time at lower levels in order to avoid

upsetting global crude markets Washington has not named those countries

but turkey has revealed it is one of them and South Korea China and Japan are

also thought to be on that waiver list Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said they

tried to pull all Iranian imports but were unable to do so by Monday's

deadline he added that he would not rule out the trump administration extending

the waivers beyond six months I mean all the sanctions are also aimed at cutting

off Iran's banking sector from the global market

however Treasury secretary Stephen minuchin had Sir Darren we'll still be

able to maintain limited access to the international financial transaction

system which is more commonly known as Swift but only for humanitarian purposes

Tehran has remained defiant saying it can deal with the impacts of sanctions

but Iranian citizens are anxious of the country's fluctuating currency and price

rising prices of goods thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran on Sunday to

protest against the sanctions with the crowd chanting death to America the

government organized rallies coincided with the 39th anniversary of the seizure

of the US Embassy in Tehran and they were broadcast live on

a TV

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U.S. expresses grave concern over N. Korea's human rights abuses against women - Duration: 0:51.

the United States has expressed as grave concerns about North Korea's human

rights issues in response to last week's damning report by the us-based Human

Rights Watch the report contains testimonies from North Korean women and

how widespread sexual violence is in the north voice of America on Monday

reported that a State Department official said that Washington continues

to call attention to abuses against women in North Korea by amplifying the

voice of women survivors the official said that Trump administration has been

very clear about defending human rights and will continue working with the

international community to resolve the issue the official also highlighted that

President Trump raised the regime's dire human rights record during his Singapore

summit when Kim jong-un in June

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US Elections vs German Elections - Duration: 12:16.

alright guys that was a lot of information! hey guys! what's up? it's

Kelly again and welcome back to my channel! many of you are probably aware

that we have a very, very important election coming up in the US which is

called our midterm election. we call it the midterm election or just midterms

for short because they come in the middle of the president's term... very

creative, I know. in light of this event, I decided to do a video to discuss with

all of you guys the differences between German elections and US elections... so put

on your boots and let's go back to civics class together. I'm sorry I won't

make any more jokes. Germany holds parliamentary elections or

Bundestagswahlen every four years in order to determine the 598 seats of

Parliament or the Bundestag. When Germans go to the polls they cast two different

votes- the first vote or erststimme and the second vote or zweitstimme. i know,

these are very creative names. each vote decides on half of the seats within the

Bundestag or parliament. the first vote is for a candidate running in the voter's

local constituency and there are 299 constituencies in Germany which makes up

299 seats within the Bundestag. for those of you who aren't great at math like me,

I will tell you that that is half of the Bundestag. and the second vote isn't for

a candidate at all, but rather a political party. the vote will go toward

deciding how many seats each political party will receive within the Bundestag

so long as they receive at least 5% of the total vote. the people who actually

fill these seats are chosen by the political parties in each federal state

of Germany and by the way there are over 40 different political parties in

Germany although there are only a handful that are actually represented

within the Bundestag because of that 5% rule I just told you about.

The Chancellor or Bundeskanzler is elected by the members of the Bundestag

so it's easy to realize that whatever political party has the most seats

within the Bundestag will have the most votes within the Bundestag and therefore

will be able to elect whoever they want to be the Bundeskanzler. However, it's

not so common for one political party to have fifty percent or more of the seats

within the Bundestag and so the political parties are having to work

together to build a coalition through concessions in order to breach that

fifty percent threshold and effectively elect a Bundeskanzler. and there are

no term limits for the Bundeskanzler. In fact, there are no term limits for

anyone sitting on the Bundestag. the president of Germany holds more of a

ceremonial role so nobody really cares about him. in the US, we have elections

every two years. The entire House of Representatives is up for election every

two years, one third of the Senate is up for election every two years to make up

six-year terms, and the president is up for election every four years and is

restricted to serving only two four-year terms.

and unlike Germany's parliamentary system, in the US the president kind of a

big deal. there are a hundred senators, two per state, and 435 representatives, the

number of which per state varies by population. DC and the five US

territories are represented each and only by a delegate in the House who is

very limited in power and I can't really speak to how citizens of the five

territories feel about that because I've never lived there nor have I really

talked to anyone from there about it but I will say that the majority of

residents in DC are quite upset with this. in fact, even the DC license plate

has a slogan about it. the president is elected through the electoral college

whereas Congress which is the Senate and the House together, is directly elected

by voters. and very unlike Germany's 40 political parties, the US has a two-party

political system which is dominated by the Republican Party and the Democratic

Party. alright, that's enough background let's move on to this stuff I really

want to talk about which is that what is it really like for a US voter

versus a German voter. well for starters, in the US, it seems like election

season never ends because we have these elections every two years so you're

always seeing signs posts along the road or in people's yards, you're always

getting phone calls from campaign offices wanting to talk to you about

their candidate, and you're always seeing and hearing political ads on the radio

or on TV. and these ads are usually in a very aggressive attack format just like

launching offensive at their opponent or the opposition party. and this of course

ramps up the closer you get to an election like we are right now, but it

truly never ends. and these campaigns can cost up to millions of dollars.

In Germany, it is so very different. campaign season is legally restricted to last

only six short weeks ahead of the Bundestagwahl which probably sounds

like a paradise to many americans right now like me who are just a little tired

of being inundated with campaigns. and while there are ads on TV and radio in

Germany, they're not in this attack style like you see in the US but they're

rather much more cordial. campaign signs and posters play a much more prominent

role in German elections and it seemed to me like these signs wallpapered

entire cities in Germany ahead of last year's Bundestagswahl. and I noticed that

these campaign signs were quite a bit different from what I'm used to seeing

in the US. for example there was always a picture of the candidate next to their

name whereas here you're usually just getting the candidate's name. and then

there were some very, very different signs put up by the AFD political party

with extremely provocative slogans and photos and thoughts.. something that I

never have seen in the US put up by a campaign office. also, campaigns in Germany are

also far less costly than US campaigns. every German citizen who is at least 18

years old has the right to vote in the Bundestagswahl and actually at age 16

Germans are able to start voting in provincial elections.

there's no voter registration process because every German is

is automatically registered and whenever they show up to the polls they just have

to show their German national ID. and the German national idea is compulsory for

every German who is at least 16 years old so it is guaranteed for every German

to have one. there are very very few restrictions for who is eligible to vote

in Germany to include those who have a legal guardian or the very rare case of

a judge taking away someone's right to vote temporarily because they were

convicted of committing a politically motivated crime but other than that

everybody maintains their right to vote. in the US you have to be at least 18 to

be allowed to vote in any election and you have to go through a voter

registration process ahead of your specific state's designated registration

deadline and unlike Germany, it isn't required for a US citizen to have a form

of identification nor is there any sort of standardized form of identification

so in order to register to vote or to go to the polling station on Election Day

and cast your vote you have to have a form of ID that is accepted by your

specific state such as a US driver's license, a passport, a military ID and

some states will even accept things like a hunting license or a utility bill or

something like this. the right to vote for the president is not extended to

those residents of the five US territories and 48 out of 50 states do

not allow their felons who are currently serving time to vote but beyond that, ex-felon

and prisoner rights really vary state by state but in 2016 there were

6.1 million people who were ineligible to vote because of felon convictions and

just to circle back to Germany, felons maintain their right to vote whether

they're out of jail or currently serving time. there is also plenty of literature

and news stories out there talking about US voter suppression that goes beyond

what I just mentioned. in Germany you receive a letter in the mail telling you

where your polling station is based on your residential address and election

day is usually held on a Sunday. for anyone familiar with Germany then you

know that Sunday's are very very quiet- usually all the stores are closed,

obviously it's not a workday and so it is really easy for Germans to be able to

go to the polling stations and vote. in fact, a lot of Germans will make it sort

of a family activity where the whole family will go to the polling station,

everyone who's eligible to vote will cast their vote, and then they'll go out

to eat together as a family for this special occasion. and the elections must

be held between 46 and 48 months after the first Bundestag sitting and so the

date of the election can really vary even by the month. in the US, your polling

station is also determined by your residential address but they are not

standardized. it can be a fire hall or a parish center or a recreation center or a

school and so on and Election Day in the US. is always held on a Tuesday which

is a workday which obviously presents some issues. some employers will allow

their employees time off to go to the polling stations and vote but these

accommodations are in no way guaranteed and so in order to combat this there are

37 states who allow early voting so that people can go to the polls far in

advance of the actual Election Day and vote in accordance with a time that's

more appropriate for their schedule. and I know I didn't mention it earlier but

Germany does not have this early voting thing. Both Germany and the US. have

absentee ballots or letter ballots so that citizens who are unable to get to

their polling station are still able to cast their vote as long as it's for an

approved reason. the voting process in Germany is done entirely by paper and is

standardized across the country whereas in the US, there is no sort of standard

and each state can choose its own method and some states even have multiple

methods that they employ district by district. now please correct me if I'm

wrong in the comments but I did not see nor am i aware of any Germans receiving

a "I voted" sticker at their polling station

after voting. in the US this is like a really popular thing and on election day,

you will see people wearing their "I voted" sticker around, posting it on

Facebook or Instagram, and there are even a lot of bars and restaurants here in DC

who are offering specials and discounts for people who are wearing their "I voted"

sticker on election day. it is a huge deal and this is all sort of a marketing

campaign to try to encourage people to go out and vote because we have a

history of really low voter turnout. alright guys, that was so much information

I know but I hope you found it as interesting as I did. I'm really curious

to see what you guys have to say in the comment section especially if you think

that there is one system that works way better than the other system. don't

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The National for Sunday November 4, 2018 — U.S. midterms & John A. MacDonald's controversial legacy - Duration: 46:46.

(*)

>> Rosemary: ON THIS SUNDAY

NIGHT...

>> President Donald Trump: SO

YOU WANT MORE CARAVANS AND YOU

WANT MORE CRIME -- VOTE

DEMOCRAT.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

>> THE REPUBLICANS DON'T CARE

ABOUT YOUR BOOS.

BUT THEY CARE ABOUT YOUR VOTE.

>> Rosemary: THEY'RE NOT UP

FOR ELECTION BUT THEY'RE

FIGHTING FOR EVERY VOTE, EVEN IN

REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS.

>> Adrienne: WHAT IS IT ABOUT

TENNESSEE

THAT YOU THINK THAT MAKES IT

STILL TRUMP COUNTRY?

>> BECAUSE WE LOVE AMERICA AND

WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT

AGAIN.

>> Rosemary: WILL IT MAKE THE

DIFFERENCE IN THE TIGHTEST

RACES?

>> THIS MIGHT HAVE MADE A

DIFFERENCE FOR THE 16 YOUNG MEN

AND WOMEN IN THE HUMBOLDT CRASH.

>> Rosemary: TRANSPORT CANADA

HAS KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT COACH

BUSES WITHOUT SEATBELTS WERE

DEADLY, SO WHY DIDN'T THEY ACT?

"A FIFTH ESTATE" INVESTIGATION.

>> I WAS DEVASTATED, TO TELL YOU

THE TRUTH.

>> Rosemary: HER HUSBAND HAD A

STROKE AND SHE WAS LEFT WITH HIS

CREDIT CARD BILLS.

NOW SHE'S "GOING PUBLIC."

IS CREDIT CARD INSURANCE WORTH

IT?

>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."

(*)

>> Rosemary: WELL, THE U.S.

MIDTERMS ARE NOW JUST A DAY AWAY

FOR DEMOCRATS AND A CHANCE TO

RECLAIM SOME POWER.

FOR REPUBLICANS IT'S ALL ABOUT

HOLDING OFF THAT SO-CALLED BLUE

WAVE.

ALL 435 SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES ARE UP FOR GRABS

ALONG WITH SOME 35 SENATE SEATS.

AND WHILE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY

WHAT WILL HAPPEN, WE DO KNOW

THAT VOTERS, THEY'RE ENGAGED.

SOME 30 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE

ALREADY CAST EARLY BALLOTS, SO

TONIGHT WE'LL LOOK AT THE

LAST-DITCH EFFORT ON BOTH SIDES

TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT AND THE

POLITICAL STAR POWER THEY'RE

USING TO DO IT.

PAUL HUNTER HAS THAT ANGLE FROM

WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: HIS NAME ISN'T ON

ANY BALLOT THIS TUESDAY BUT

DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF

ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY THAT HE

ACCEPTS THAT THESE MIDTERMS ARE

INDEED A REFERENDUM ON HIM.

>> President Donald Trump: I

SEE HEADLINES IN "THE NEW YORK

TIMES" AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT ME

AND IT'S NOT REALLY, BUT I'LL

ACCEPT THAT.

>> Reporter: WITH CONTROL OF

CAPITOL HILL AT STAKE, THE

MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE THE FIRST

CHANCE FOR AMERICANS TO WEIGH IN

ON THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AT THE

BALLOT BOX.

(*)

* I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN

>> Reporter: TRUMP WAS

CAMPAIGNING HARD AGAIN TODAY,

THIS RALLY WAS IN GEORGIA,

TRYING TO ENERGIZE REPUBLICAN

VOTERS.

AND HE AGAIN SAID THAT HE'D

BLOCK THAT CARAVAN OF MIGRANTS

HEADING TOWARDS THE U.S. THROUGH

MEXICO.

MIGRANTS THAT TRUMP REGULARLY

DENOUNCES AS A THREAT TO

AMERICAN SECURITY.

>> President Donald Trump:

DEMOCRATS WANT TO INVITE CARAVAN

AFTER CARAVAN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS

TO POUR INTO OUR COUNTRY.

THESE ARE THE SAME CARAVANS THAT

HAVE VIOLENTLY OVERRUN MEXICAN

SOLDIERS AND POLICE.

YOU SAW THIS, WE'RE NOT DEALING

WITH BABIES HERE, FOLKS.

[Cheers and Applause]

>> Reporter: COUNTERPUNCHING

TODAY AT A DEMOCRATIC RALLY IN

INDIANA, THE MAN THAT TRUMP

REPLACED IN THE WHITE HOUSE,

BARACK OBAMA.

>> WHEN YOU HEAR THESE

REPUBLICANS BRAG ABOUT LOOK HOW

GOOD THE ECONOMY IS... WHERE DO

YOU THINK THAT STARTED?

[Cheers and Applause]

>> Reporter: LIKE TRUMP, OBAMA

HAS BEEN CAMPAIGNING A LOT

LATELY.

HIS MESSAGE, REPUBLICANS WILL

THREATEN U.S. HEALTH CARE.

>> GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA.

>> Reporter: TODAY SLAMMING

THAT PARTY FOR DIVISIVE POLITICS

AND SPREADING LIES.

>> UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE, I DON'T

JUST MAKE STUFF UP WHEN I'M

TALKING.

[Cheers and Applause]

I'VE GOT FACTS TO BACK ME UP.

>> Reporter: SO GO VOTE, HE

URGED, BRING CHANGE, ECHOING HIS

OWN CAMPAIGN SLOGAN A DECADE

AGO.

SAID OBAMA, IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE

HOPE OVER FEAR.

>> Rosemary: OKAY, SO WHAT IS

THE LATEST THINKING?

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THINGS CAN

CHANGE, BUT WHAT'S THE LATEST

THINKING ON HOW THE VOTE WILL

ACTUALLY GO ON TUESDAY, PAUL?

>> Reporter: WELL, THE LATEST

POLLS SUGGEST -- AND EVEN TRUMP

SEEMED TO AGREE TODAY -- WHILE

THE

REPUBLICANS MAY HANG ON TO THE

SENATES THE DEMOCRATS ARE POISED

TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES.

IF SO IT WILL BE A WHOLE NEW

WORLD IN WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY

MORNING WITH EMBOLDENED AND

EMPOWERED DEMOCRATS SUDDENLY

ABLE TO TAKE ON TRUMP.

AND THEN AGAIN POLLS HAVE BEEN

WRONG BEFORE.

WHO CAN FORGET 48 HOURS BEFORE

TRUMP WAS NAMED PRESIDENT-ELECT

IN 2016, HILLARY CLINTON WOULD

HAVE BEEN POLISHING HER

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.

AND SO IN THE BATTLE OF THE

PRESIDENTS TODAY BOTH TRUMP AND

OBAMA REMINDED AMERICANS THAT NO

MATTER THE POLLS IT'S UP TO

VOTERS TO GET OUT AND DO IT --

CAST THOSE BALLOTS FOR THE KIND

OF AMERICA THEY WANT.

>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT,

THANKS, PAUL.

CBC'S PAUL HUNTER IS IN

WASHINGTON TONIGHT.

OBAMA WASN'T THE ONLY PRESIDENT

OFFERING FAMILIAR MESSAGES

TONIGHT.

A MOMENT AGO YOU HEARD DONALD

TRUMP AT HIS RALLY IN GEORGIA,

ONCE AGAIN DRUMMING UP

FEARS ABOUT BORDER SECURITY.

HE STRUCK THAT NOTE AGAIN IN

CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

>> President Donald Trump:

THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR

HEALTH CARE.

AND THEY WANT TO IMPOSE

SOCIALISM ON OUR COUNTRY.

>> BOO!

>> President Donald Trump: AND

THEY WANT TO ERASE AMERICA'S

BORDERS.

DEMOCRATS WANT TO INVITE CARAVAN

AFTER CARAVAN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS

TO POUR INTO OUR COUNTRY.

I DON'T THINK SO.

AND THAT'S AN INVASION.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THE FAKE MEDIA

SAYS, THAT'S AN INVASION OF OUR

COUNTRY.

[Cheers and Applause]

>> Rosemary: OUR ADRIENNE

ARSENAULT IS IN TENNESSEE RIGHT

NOW AS PART OF OUR IN-DEPTH

MIDTERM COVERAGE.

TOMORROW SHE'LL

GIVE US A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS

SURPRISINGLY TOUGH SENATE RACE

AND WHAT IT MEANS, ESPECIALLY

FOR THE DEMOCRATS, BUT EARLIER

TODAY SHE SPOKE TO PEOPLE AHEAD

OF THAT TRUMP RALLY.

HERE'S WHAT SHE FOUND...

>> Adrienne: TENNESSEE JUST

ISN'T ONE OF THOSE PLACE WHERE

IS YOU WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE

WOULD BE A NEED FOR A RALLY FROM

PRESIDENT TRUMP, YET THIS IS HIS

SECOND ONE HERE.

THIS IS A STATE THAT HE WON IN

2016, 61% OF THE ELECTORATE

VOTED FOR HIM.

THIS IS A STATE THAT'S DOING

WELL.

IT IS GROWING, GROWING

ECONOMICALLY, AND IT'S GROWING

IN CONSERVATIVE

WHITE VOTERS.

AND IN THE CONSERVATIVE SOUTH,

TENNESSEE IS REALLY

CONSERVATIVE.

AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE KEY TO

HOW THE PRESIDENT IS CHOOSING

THE LOCATIONS FOR HIS RALLIES.

11 STOPS IN EIGHT STATES, ALL

PLACES THAT HE WON FIRMLY.

AND THE POINT OF THAT SEEMS TO

BE SO THAT HE CAN SOAK UP THEIR

ENTHUSIASM AND HE CAN SOAK IN

THEIRS.

SO I GOT THAT CORRECT?

>> YEP.

>> Adrienne: SO WHAT IS IT

ABOUT TENNESSEE THAT YOU THINK

MAKES IT STILL TRUMP COUNTRY?

>> BECAUSE WE LOVE AMERICA AND

WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT

AGAIN.

>> Adrienne: IS YOUR LIFE

BETTER?

>> YES, MY HUSBAND JUST GOT A

RAISE.

AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE BRINGING

HOME MORE MONEY IN

OUR PAYCHEQUES SO, YES, IT IS

BETTER.

>> I LOVE THIS COUNTRY.

>> Adrienne: BUT THE THING IS

THAT TRUMP'S BUMP THE SIZE OF

THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED HERE IN

TENNESSEE BECAUSE THE RACE

PERCENTAGE IN THIS STATE HAS

BECOME ONE OF THE TIGHTEST, ONE

OF THE NASTIEST, ONE OF THE

COSTLIEST RACES IN THIS ENTIRE

COUNTRY.

AND AT ONE LEVEL IT MAKES NO

SENSE BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATE -- THIS WOMAN NAMED

MARSHA BLACKBURN -- SHOULD BE

ABLE

TO PRACTICALLY PHONE IT IN, AND

YET SHE'S NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.

THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IS A

FORMER GOVERNOR AND HE'S TRYING

TO KEEP IT LOCAL AND SO FAR THE

POLLS, FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE

WORTH, ARE SUGGESTING THAT THIS

STATE IS AN ACTUAL TOSS-UP,

MAKING TENNESSEE ONE THAT YOU

HAVE TO WATCH.

>> Rosemary: AWESOME TO SEE

ADRIENNE OUT THERE AND YOU'LL

HEAR MORE FROM HER TOMORROW.

AND THE PRESIDENT IS ZEROING IN

ON TIGHT RACES, PARTICULARLY IN

THE MIDWEST.

ONE DAY TO GO AND IT WILL BE A

BUSY ONE.

TRUMP THE HIT THREE STATES

TRYING TO TIP THE SCALES AGAINST

THREE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT

SENATORS.

TRUMP'S FIRST STOP IS CLEVELAND,

OHIO, TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THEN IT'S OFF TO FORT WAYNE,

INDIANA, FOR ANOTHER RALLY.

AND THE LAST STOP IS CAPE

GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, WHERE HE'S

JOINED BY CONSERVATIVE

BROADCASTER SEAN HANNITY AND

RUSH LIMBAUGH.

WE RECENTLY WENT TO OHIO, WITH A

RACE SO CLOSE THAT WE THOUGHT

THAT IT WOULD BE THE PERFECT

PLACE TO BRING TOGETHER SIX

ORDINARY AMERICANS FOR A VERY

CANDID CONVERSATION ABOUT THE

ELECTION, THEIR PRESIDENT, THE

GREAT POLITICAL DIVIDE IN THE

U.S.

WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION

TOMORROW NIGHT AND HE'S HERE'S A

PREVIEW.

SO MARY YOU'RE OVER HERE AND

DAVID YOU'RE BESIDE ME AND STEVE

ON THE END AND ROLAND IN THE

MIDDLE.

TOM IS HERE.

WE DID DIVIDE YOU IN YOUR SPOTS.

IT WOULD BE EASIER TO FOLLOW

ALONG.

>> ALL RIGHT, TEAM, TAKE FOUR.

>> Rosemary: SO, OBVIOUSLY,

WE'VE SPLIT YOU UP SORT OF INTO

NOT SUCH A BIG FAN OF THE

PRESIDENT AND FAN OF THE

PRESIDENT.

SO, TOM, I'LL START WITH YOU.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT HE'S BEEN

DOING IN THIS FIRST COUPLE

YEARS?

>> I THINK THAT HE'S DOING A

VERY GOOD JOB.

ONE, HE'S DOING WHAT HE SAID HE

WAS GOING TO DO.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO

REFORM TAXES, HE REFORMED TAXES.

HE SAID THAT HE'D DEREGULATE AND

HE DEREGULATED AND OUR ECONOMY

IS THRIVING BECAUSE OF THAT.

>> Rosemary: OKAY, YOU'RE NOT

A BIG FAN.

>> NOT AT ALL.

>> Rosemary: NO.

SO HOW DO YOU THINK THAT HE'S

DOING IN THE JOB?

>> MY GREATER CONCERN IS WHAT I

THINK IS HAPPENING TO THE PEOPLE

IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND HE IS INCREDIBLY POLARIZING.

>> Rosemary: WATCH FOR THAT

CONVERSATION TOMORROW NIGHT HERE

ON "THE NATIONAL" AS WE COUNT

DOWN TO THE U.S. MIDTERMS.

OUR COVERAGE ON TUESDAY STARTS

AT 8:00 p.m. EASTERN ON CBC

NEWS NETWORK AND, OF COURSE,

WE'LL BE LIVE ON CBC TELEVISION

THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

AT 10:00 p.m., AND, OF COURSE,

10:30 IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND

LABRADOR.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE TONIGHT ON

"THE NATIONAL"... HER HUSBAND

PAID FOR

CREDIT CARD INSURANCE FOR YEARS

SO WHY DIDN'T SHE GET THE HELP

SHE NEEDED WHEN HE HAD A STROKE?

A "GO PUBLIC" INVESTIGATION.

>>> AND DRAKE CLAIMS A CASE OF

RACISM WHEN HE WAS TURNED AWAY

AT A B.C. CASINO.

WE LOOK AT THE NEW RULES FOR

HIGH ROLLERS, BUT, FIRST, THE

WARNING WAS THERE NEARLY TWO

DECADES AGO, WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO

LONG TO MAKE SEATBELTS HAND TORO

COACH BUSESES?

"THE FIFTH

ESTATE" UNCOVERED DOCUMENTS

SHOWING THAT BUREAUCRATS WERE

WELL AWARE THAT LIVES COULD BE

LOST IF SEATBELTS WERE NOT

REQUIRED ON COACH BUSES.

POLITICIANS KNEW IT TOO.

AND THAT WAS LONG BEFORE THE

FATAL CRASH THIS APRIL WITH THE

HUMBOLDT BRONCOS' TEAM BUS.

KAREN PAULS TAKES A DEEPER LOOK.

>> Reporter: ALMOST TWO

DECADES BEFORE THE HUMBOLDT

TRAGEDY THIS FATAL CRASH IN NEW

BRUNSWICK.

ELAINE ALPERT'S SON, STEPHEN,

DIED.

>> THEN I HEARD THAT THERE WERE

FATALITIES AND THE PHONE STARTED

RINGING.

>> Reporter: A CORONER'S

INQUEST RECOMMENDED THAT

SEATBELTS BE INSTALLED AND

ENFORCED ON MOTOR COACHES.

AN INTERNAL TRANSPORT CANADA

REPORT ALSO CONCLUDED THAT COACH

BUSES WITHOUT SEATBELTS MAY PUT

PASSENGERS AT UNNECESSARY RISK

OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES.

STILL, IT DID NOTHING.

THE REPORT WAS NEVER MADE PUBLIC

UNTIL NOW.

AFTER "THE FIFTH ESTATE" GOT IT

THROUGH AN ACCESS TO INFORMATION

REQUEST.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS

EXISTED.

>> Reporter: ALPERT SAID IF

TRANSPORT CANADA HAD ACTED

THEN --

>> IT MIGHT HAVE MADE A

DIFFERENCE FOR THE 16 YOUNG MEN

AND WOMEN IN THE HUMBOLDT CRASH.

AND OTHERS IN BETWEEN.

>> Reporter: LIKE THIS ONE IN

B.C.... 43 PEOPLE WERE

CRITICALLY INJURED.

THE HEAD OF CANADA'S COACH BUS

INDUSTRY WROTE AN URGENT LETTER

TO LISA RAITT, THEN TRANSPORT

MINISTER IN THE HARPER

GOVERNMENT.

"WHILE THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS

KILLED IN THIS INCIDENT IT'S

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE

THERE IS ANOTHER FATAL

INCIDENT."

>> I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I ASKED

FOR INFORMATION AND MY TEAM, MY

STAFF, WOULD HAVE RECEIVED

BRIEFINGS AS WELL.

AND THE INFORMATION THAT I GOT

BACK WAS A COUPLE THINGS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, MINISTER, IT

TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET

REGULATIONS GOING.

>> Reporter: INSTEAD IT TOOK

16 DEATHS AND 13 INJURIES FOR

OTTAWA TO FINALLY ANNOUNCE ALL

NEW COACH BUSES MUST HAVE

SEATBELTS BY SEPTEMBER 2020.

>> AND IT IS MY NUMBER ONE

PRIORITY.

AND I AM WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE

ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AS

SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: EVERY PROVINCE

HAS A LAW THAT SAYS IF THERE ARE

SEATBELTS ON A BUS THEY MUST BE

USED.

BUT IT'S UP TO THE BUS DRIVER TO

ENFORCE.

THERE WERE SEATBELTS ON THE

HUMBOLDT BRONCOS BUS BUT NOBODY

WAS WEARING THEM.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO

WAIT.

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

>> Reporter: CHRIS JOSEPH'S

SON, JACKSON, DIED IN THAT CRASH

AND HE SAYS THAT OTTAWA STILL

ISN'T ACTING FAST ENOUGH.

>> I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT

NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS BEFORE

THEN.

>> Reporter: SO JOSEPH AND

OTHER FAMILIES HAVE LAUNCHED A

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

#BUCKLEUPFORTHEBRONCOS.

>> YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE

PUSHBACK, BUT I THINK

EVENTUALLY, LIKE HELMETS ON

BICYCLES AND LIKE ANYTHING,

PEOPLE WILL START TO ACCEPT IT

AS THE NORM.

>> Reporter: HUMBOLDT BRONCOS'

FAMILIES WANT IT TO BECOME THE

NORM JUST LIKE SEATBELTS USED IN

CARS BEFORE THE NEXT TRAGIC BUS

CRASH.

KAREN PAULS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG.

>> Rosemary: SOME OTHER

STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING TONIGHT

ON "THE NATIONAL," INCLUDING A

DEADLY MID-AIR COLLISION

INVOLVING TWO SMALL

PLANES OVER OTTAWA.

>> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE

AT THE SITE.

WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE

WRECKAGE.

WE WANT TO TAKE THE AIRCRAFT TO

THE LABORATORY AND TO THE T.S.B.

LAB.

>> Rosemary: ONE OF THE PLANES

CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA IN THE

CITY'S WEST END AND ONE PERSON

ABOARD THAT CESSNA WAS

PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE SECOND PLANE LANDED SAFELY

AT THE

OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

SHORTLY AFTER.

NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE OF THE

CRASH BUT THE PILOT OF THE

SECOND PLANE DID REPORT TO AIR

TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS THAT THE

FIRST AIRCRAFT HIT THE BOTTOM OF

HIS PLANE.

>> COOL.

>> DID YOU GET PICTURES?

>> YOU COULD ELECTROCUTED IN

HERE.

>> Rosemary: THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER

AFTER A FIERCE WINDSTORM BLEW

THROUGH ATLANTIC CANADA THIS

WEEKEND, MOST IN NEW BRUNSWICK,

WHERE SOME COULD REMAIN IN THE

DARK FOR DAYS.

AT THIS POINT FREDERICTON'S

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS ONLY

FUNCTIONAL DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS

HOURS.

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR SAW

WIND GUSTS OF 115 km/h TODAY.

AND THE CONFEDERATION BRIDGE WAS

CLOSED TO MOTORCYCLES AND

HIGH-SIDED VEHICLES LIKE BUSES

AND TRUCKS.

THIS DRIVER SPENT SATURDAY NIGHT

IN HIS RIG NEAR THE BRIDGE WHEN

THE STORM WAS AT ITS PEAK.

>> I WAS WONDERING IF I WAS

GOING TO WAKE UP WITH THE WHEELS

DOWN OR IF YOU WERE GOING TO

FIND ME SOMEWHERES OVER HERE

UPSIDE DOWN ON MY ROOF.

>> Rosemary: ANOTHER DRIVER

FROM LAS VEGAS DESCRIBES HIS

EXPERIENCE.

>> YOU GUYS CALL IT TIMMYS AND

THE COFFEE IN THIS PART OF THE

WORLD IS REALLY GOOD.

SO THERE'S NO PROBLEM OTHER THAN

THAT I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO

BLOW OVER.

>> Rosemary: THE BRIDGE HAS

SINCE REOPENED TO ALL TRAFFIC

WHILE THE POWER CREWS ACROSS

THE REGION ARE STILL WORKING TO

GET

THE LIGHTS BACK ON.

>>> AND ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER

SURVEYED WEATHER RELATED

DEVASTATION IN SICILY TODAY.

MUCH OF THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN HIT

BY HIGH WINDS AND TORRENTIAL

RAIN FOR DAYS.

DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

KILLED.

AT LEAST 15 OF THOSE IN SICILY

ALONE, INCLUDING TWO FAMILIES

WHO DROWNED INSIDE A HOUSE NEAR

POLARMO AFTER A RIVER BURSTS IT

BANKS.

THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IS

EXPECTED TO

DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY

THIS WEEK.

>>> WELL, DRAKE WAS IN VANCOUVER

THIS WEEKEND FOR A COUPLE SHOWS

BUT HIS VISIT TO A LOCAL CASINO

ENDED ON A SOUR NOTE.

(*)

BUT, FIRST, HE PUT ON THIS

IMPROMPTU SHOW AT THE FORTUNES

SOUND CLUB ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND

THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE CASINO.

HERE'S WHAT HE POSTED TO HIS

50 MILLION INSTAGRAM

FOLLOWERS... "PARQ CASINO IS THE

WORST RUN BUSINESS I HAVE EVER

WITNESSED, PROFILING ME AND NOT

ALLOWING ME TO GAMBLE WHEN I HAD

EVERYTHING THEY ORIGINALLY ASKED

FOR."

IN A STATEMENT THE CASINO SAID,

"WE ARE OPERATING IN

ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX, HIGHLY

REGULATED INDUSTRIES."

AND ONE OF THOSE REGULATIONS

REQUIRES THAT ANYONE PLAYING

WITH MORE THAN $10,000 TO PROVE

WHERE IT CAME FROM.

BRIAR STEWART EXPLAINS WHY.

>> Reporter: PARQ VANCOUVER IS

A $600 MILLION HOTEL AND CASINO

COMPLEX.

IT OPENED LAST YEAR AND LIKE

THE REST OF B.C. CASINOS... IT

NOW TO KEEP MORE RECORDS ON

ANYONE WHO TURNS UP WANTING TO

PLAY WITH $10,000 OR MORE.

IT'S PART OF WHAT IS BEING

BILLED AS A CRACK DOWN ON MONEY

LAUNDERING.

>> CASINOS SERVED AS LAUNDROMATS

FOR THE PROCEEDS OF ORGANIZED

CRIME.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR

A REPORT FOUND THAT $100 MILLION

HAD

BEEN FUNNELLED THROUGH B.C.

CASINOS.

>> BUNDLES OF $20 BILLS, AND

TRANSACTIONS IN EXCESS OF

$250,000.

>> Reporter: SURVEILLANCE

VIDEO SHOWED PEOPLE WALKING INTO

B.C. CASINOS WITH BAGS FULL OF

CASH, SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS

THAT WERE PART OF WHAT WAS

DESCRIBED AS A COMPLETE SYSTEM

FAILURE.

>> I THINK THAT IT'S A

COMBINATION MUCH LAX REGULATION

BY THE

GOVERNMENT AND NOT WILLING TO

FOLLOW THE RULES BY THE CASINOS.

IT WENT ON FOR QUITE A FEW

YEARS.

>> Reporter: IN JANUARY ALL

CASEENOS WERE ORDERED TO DEMAND

THAT GAMBLERS WHO TURNED UP WITH

MORE THAN $10,000 IN CASH OR

CHEQUE, TO SHOW WHERE THE

MONEY CAME FROM.

THEY NEED A BANKING RECEIPT WITH

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION'S

BRANCH AND ACCOUNT NUMBER.

>> THIS IS JUST A BLANKET RULE

THAT APPLIES TO ANYBODY.

SO YOU COULD ARGUE THAT IT'S

UNBALANCED IN THAT SENSE.

>> Reporter: SHE SPECIALIZES

IN FINANCIAL CRIME.

SHE SAYS THAT WHILE THE RULE IS

EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING SOME

MONEY LAUNDERING THAT IT'S TOO

BROAD.

>> OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU ARE VERY

WEALTHY AND YOU'RE A

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE IT'S A LITTLE

BIT ONEROUS TO PROVE THAT

$10,000 IS LEGITIMATELY EARNED

BY YOU AND YOU GOT IT FROM YOUR

BANK.

>> Reporter: BUT AS IT STANDS

THOSE RULES APPLY TO EVERYONE,

NO MATTER HOW HIGH PROFILE YOU

ARE AND WHERE YOUR MONEY CAME

FROM.

BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS,

VANCOUVER.

>> Rosemary: AHEAD TONIGHT ON

"THE NATIONAL"... WE TAKE AN

IN-DEPTH LOOK AT A DIVISIVE

ISSUE -- WHAT

TO DO ABOUT SIR JOHN A.'S

COMPLICATED LEGACY AND THE

STATUE THAT SOME SAY NEED TO BE

TAKEN DOWN.

>>> FIRST THOUGH A "GO PUBLIC"

INVESTIGATION.

HER HUSBAND PAID FOR CREDIT CARD

INSURANCE FOR YEARS BUT WHEN HE

SUFFERED A STROKE SHE SAID THAT

SHE WAS TOLD TO PAY UP.

>> I WAS DEVASTATED TO TELL YOU

THE TRUTH.

I THOUGHT, WHY?

BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS MAKING

PAYMENTS HE NEVER MISSED A

PAYMENT AND HE WAS NEVER LATE.

(*)

(*)

>> Rosemary: IF YOU CARRY A

BALANCE ON A CREDIT CARD YOU'RE

NOT ALONE.

THE AVERAGE CARD HAS MORE THAN

$3,000, SO WHAT IF YOU GET SICK

OR LOSE YOUR JOB?

THERE'S BALANCE PROTECTION

INSURANCE FOR THAT BUT AN

ONTARIO WOMAN IS "GOING PUBLIC"

TONIGHT SAYING THAT IT DIDN'T

QUITE WORK OUT THE WAY THAT SHE

EXPECTED.

SHE TOLD THE STORY TO ERICA

JOHNSON.

>> COME HERE, SWEETIE.

>> Reporter: IT'S A HARD TIME

FOR JO GRAVES.

LAST FEBRUARY HER HUSBAND HAD A

MAJOR STROKE.

FOR YEARS HE PAID INSURANCE TO

COVER DEBT ON HIS CANADIAN TIRE

MASTERCARD.

>> HE HAD TOLD ME THAT HE WAS

GETTING THIS INSURANCE JUST IN

CASE ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO

HIM.

>> Reporter: GEORGE GRAVES'

STRUCK LED TO DEMENTIA.

HIS CREDIT CARD BALANCE WENT

UNPAID.

THEY STARTED CALLING HIS WIFE

FOR MONTHS DEMANDING THAT THE

DEBT BEING PAID.

>> I WAS DEVASTATED TO TELL YOU

THE TRUTH.

I THOUGHT, WHY?

BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS MAKING

PAYMENTS HE NEVER MISSED A

PAYMENT, HE WAS NEVER LATE.

>> Reporter: GRAVES ASSUMED

THE INSURANCE WOULD KICK IN BUT

SAYS THAT CANADIAN TIRE TOLD HER

THAT HER HUSBAND HAD TO FILE THE

CLAIM.

"GO PUBLIC" REQUESTED AN

INTERVIEW WITH CANADIAN TIRE,

THEY DECLINED, BUT IN A LETTER

TO JO GRAVES, A SENIOR

REPRESENTATIVE WROTE "CANADIAN

TIRE BANK HAS PROCESSES IN PLACE

TO MAKE CUSTOMERS AWARE OF HOW

THEIR CREDIT PROTECTION

INSURANCE COVERAGE COULD APPLY.

AND THAT THESE PROCESSES WERE

FOLLOWED."

>> IF YOU THINK THAT IT WILL

COVER YOUR TOTAL BALANCE, YOU

HAVE TO THINK AGAIN.

>> Reporter: IN GENERAL

PROTECTION INSURANCE ISN'T WORTH

HAVING.

>> BECAUSE THESE POLICIES ARE

VERY NARROW IN SCOPE.

IF YOU GET SICK THE FINANCIAL

INSTITUTION MIGHT HAVE A VERY

NARROW SCOPE OF HOW YOU QUALIFY

UNDER SICKNESS OR DISABILITY.

>> Reporter: AND SHE SAYS THAT

IT'S PRICEY.

CANADIAN TIRE CHARGES $1.10 FOR

EVERY $100 ON YOUR BALANCE SO

CUSTOMERS WITH AN AVERAGE

BALANCE OF $2,500 ARE PAYING

$27.50 A MONTH OR $330 A YEAR

PLUS TAXES.

AFTER WE CONTACTED CANADIAN TIRE

A SPOKESPERSON REACHED OUT TO JO

GRAVES, APOLOGIZED FOR THE

PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO GET HER TO

PAY HER HUSBAND'S BILL AND

SETTLED THE DISPUTE.

>> Rosemary: ERICA IS JOINING

US NOW.

CREDIT CARD INSURANCE IS PRICEY

AND THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF

LOOPHOLES WITH COVERAGE.

WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS IF YOU'RE

WORRIED ABOUT YOUR DEBT THOUGH?

>> Reporter: WELL, A LOT OF

FINANCIAL EXPERTS THAT WE SPOKE

TO SAID THAT THE FIRST THING

THAT YOU SHOULD DO, ROSIE, GET

OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD STATEMENT

TO SEE IF YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS

INSURANCE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THEY

HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.

DURING OUR BANK INVESTIGATION

STORIES ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE HAD

A LOT OF BANK EMPLOYEES WRITE TO

US AND SAY THEY WOULD SECRETLY

TACK ON THIS PRODUCT BECAUSE IT

EARNED THEM SALES REVENUE.

SO CHECK THOSE CREDIT CARD

STATEMENTS AND SEE IF YOU'RE

PAYING FOR IT.

>> Rosemary: OKAY.

AND WHAT ABOUT TIPS IN TERMS OF

HOW YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID SOME

OF THIS AND BETTER PROTECT

YOURSELF?

>> Reporter: YEAH, IF YOU WANT

TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A SAFETY

NET, FINANCIAL EXPERTS THAT WE

SPOKE TO SAID THAT YOU SHOULD

INVEST IN GOOD LIFE INSURANCE OR

DISABILITY INSURANCE THAT'S

UNDERWRITTEN.

SO YOU'RE ASKED THINGS LIKE YOUR

GENDER AND YOUR AGE AND THE TYPE

OF WORK THAT YOU DO, ETC.

AND THEN ALSO THEY SUGGEST THAT

YOU CREATE AN EMERGENCY FUND IF

YOU'RE ABLE TO, A SORT OF A CASH

POOL THAT YOU CAN DIP INTO IF

NEED BE TO PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT

CARD IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB OR IF

YOU'RE TEMPORARILY SICK.

>> Rosemary: BUT I WOULD

IMAGINE THAT THE BEST ADVICE, AT

LEAST THE ADVICE THAT MY PARENTS

WOULD GIVE ME, JUST DON'T CARRY

A BALANCE ON THAT THING.

>> Reporter: YES, DEFINITELY,

PAY OFF THAT PUPPY EVERY MONTH,

THAT'S THE BEST THING THAT YOU

CAN DO, IF POSSIBLE.

>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, ERICA.

I APPRECIATE IT.

A REMINDER THAT ERICA AND HER

TEAM GET THEIR STORIES FROM YOU,

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO "GO

PUBLIC" EMAIL US AT

GOPUBLIC@CBC.CA.

>>> UP NEXT, A DEBATE ABOUT

STATUES OF SIR JOHN A.

MacDONALD AND SOME OF THE

PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

>> IT WAS SOME VERY HURTFUL

MESSAGES, DEATH THREATS THAT

WERE LEFT ON THE TELEPHONE.

>> Reporter: YOU GOT DEATH

THREATS?

>> YEAH.

>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD THEY

SAY?

>> YOU WANT TO WATCH YOUR BACK,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING

(*)

(*)

>>> Rosemary: SIR JOHN A.

MacDONALD IS CALLED THE FATHER

OF CONFEDERATION BUT MANY

CANADIANS FEEL THAT HE SHOULD BE

SCORNED FOR POLICIE POLICIES THAT

PROFOUNDLY HURT INDIGENOUS

PEOPLES.

LAST YEAR THIS MONTRÉAL STATEUE

WAS PAINTED BLOOD RED AND IT'S

HAPPENED AGAIN THIS YEAR.

OTHER TRIBUTES ACROSS THE

COUNTRY HAVE BEEN CALLED INTO

QUESTION.

IN AUGUST VICTORIA TOOK THE

UNPRECEDENTED STEP OF REMOVING

THAT CITY'S PUBLIC MacDONALD

STATUE.

WHILE SOME APPLAUDED AND OTHERS

OBJECTED.

MORE THAN 200 YEARS AFTER HIS

BIRTH, SIR JOHN A. STIRS

PASSIONATE REACTIONS IN THIS

COUNTRY.

CBC'S NICK PURDON SOUGHT TO FIND

OUT HOW THIS POLARIZING FIGURE

FROM HISTORY CAN FIT INTO

CANADA'S FUTURE.

>> JOHN A.!

JOHN A.!

>> Reporter: ARE YOU WONDERING

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT?

>> I WANTED TO CONFRONT YOU!

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE

INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: THINK OF THIS AS

AN HISTORIC SHOWDOWN.

IN THE CORN WE HAVE LOUIS RIEL,

A HERO FOR THE REBELLION AGAINST

THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.

>> THE WORLD TURNS WITHOUT US.

>> Rosemary: I>> Reporter: IN THE OTHER

CORNER SIR JOHN A. MacDONALD,

AND THE ARCHITECT OF CANADA'S

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS.

>> AFTER YOU HAD ME KILLED...

>> Reporter: IT'S WORTH

MENTIONING THAT SIR JOHN A. HAD

RIEL EXECUTED JUST STEPS AWAY

FROM THIS EXACT SPOT IN REGINA.

HENCE THE NOOSE AND THE HOOD.

THAT IS MÉTIS ARTIST AND

UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DAVID

GARNEAU.

>> THIS STATUE ALWAYS ARRESTS ME

AND COMES AS A SHOCK BECAUSE

THERE ISN'T ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT

IN THE PROVINCE.

WHY WOULD CITIZENS DECIDE TO PUT

JOHN A. MacDONALD STATUE HERE

IN THE PLACE WHERE RIEL WAS

HUNG?

THAT SHOCKS ME.

IT'S A PROVOCATION.

>> Reporter: WHAT IS THE

PROVOCATION?

>> THE PROVOCATION IS TO REMIND

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT, SHUT UP,

REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE

LAST GUY WHO STOOD UP?

SO I THINK THAT IT'S

DELIBERATELY THERE TO REMIND

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AN IN THE REGINA

AREA ABOUT JOHN A. AND LOUIS

RIEL.

>> Reporter: GARNEAU SAYS THAT

HE'S COMPELLED TO CONFRONT SIR

JOHN A. BECAUSE HIS

GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS PART

OF THE MÉTIS RESISTANCE.

>> HE WAS ARREST AND THE PUT IN

JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS AND

THREATENED WITH HANGING.

SO I GREW UP WITH THAT IDEA THAT

THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

AND IT LED TO WHAT I CALL THE

GREAT SILENCE.

YOU KNOW, MÉTIS PEOPLE JUST WENT

UNDERGROUND AT THAT POINT TO

ASSIMILATE.

>> Reporter: THINGS WERE QUIET

FOR SIR JOHN A. TOO, THAT IS,

UNTIL PRETTY RECENTLY.

IT USED TO BE THAT SIR JOHN A.

MacDONALD WAS JUST THE FATHER

OF THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL.

NOBODY REALLY QUESTIONED HIS

LEGACY.

WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LOT MORE

COMPLICATED.

SIR JOHN A. STARTED THE

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, FOR

EXAMPLE, SO HE CAN BE SEEN AS A

NATION BUILDER BUT ALSO AS A

RACIST.

AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE

ON BOTH SIDES.

SO THE QUESTION IS HOW SHOULD WE

REMEMBER HIM?

IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WHERE SIR

JOHN A. GREW UP AND SPENT MOST

OF HIS LIFE IT'S LIKE THIS --

HE'S UP THERE -- WAY UP THERE --

IN A PLACE OF HONOUR.

UNTIL RECENTLY A CROWD GATHERED

HERE ON HIS BIRTHDAY EVERY YEAR

TO TOAST HIM.

WARREN EVERETT WHO HAS BEEN PART

OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEVER

MISSED A GATHERING.

IS HE SOMEONE THAT YOU'D LOVE TO

MEET?

>> OH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A

DRINK WITH HIM BUT I DON'T THINK

THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT

NOW.

HE IS THE FATHER OF

CONFEDERATION AND IT WAS HIS

DRIVE AND AMBITION AND VIGOROUS

APPROACH TO THIS THAT STOPPED

THIS FROM BEING A COLONY AND

BECAME A DOMINION.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE WOULD BE

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HIM.

>> Reporter: WARREN

UNDERSTANDS THAT SIR JOHN A.'S

POLICIES TOWARDS INDIGENOUS

PEOPLE HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS BUT

HE ALSO INSISTS --

>> HE SHOULDN'T BE THE LIGHTNING

ROD BECAUSE SO IF HE IS AND SO

IS LAURIER AND BENNETT AND UP TO

PEARSON.

WHILE THEY MAY NOT HAVE STARTED

IT THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T STOP

IT.

>> Reporter: SO YOU ARE

WORRIED THAT IF IT STARTS WITH

MacDONALD WHERE DOES IT END?

>> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

I THINK THAT IF THIS STATUE CAME

DOWN YOU JUST START TO ERODE THE

LEGACY AND THE HERITAGE OF THE

COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THERE YOU HAVE

IT, MacDONALD'S FANS WANT TO

KEEP HONOURING HIM.

THE OTHER SIDE WANTS HIM GONE.

AND IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS

JUST SOME ABSTRACT DEBATE THAT

DOESN'T AFFECT REAL PEOPLE MEET

PAUL FORTIER.

PAUL OWN THIS IS PUB IN

KINGSTON.

IT USED TO BE NAMED AFTER SIR

JOHN A. MacDONALD.

AND THEN PROTESTERS ARRIVED.

>> SO THEY HAD SIR JOHN A. SORT

OF HANGING ON A STICK WITH A

NOOSE AROUND HIS NECK.

AND THEY DIDN'T BURN IT HERE BUT

THEY TOOK IT IN THE PARK AND SET

THAT ON FIRE.

>> Reporter: THEY WERE AFRAID

FOR THE BAR AND FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY HEARD PROTESTERS DENOUNCING

THE WAY THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

WERE TREATED BY SIR JOHN.

>> THEY CAME AND THEY CHANTED

AND THEY YELLED AT THE CUSTOMERS

WHO WERE COMING IN AND OUT OF

THE PUB.

>> Reporter: WHAT DID THEY

YELL?

>> OH, THINGS LIKE YOU'RE

SUPPORTING A COLONIAL BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: PAUL THOUGHT THAT

THE BEST THING TO DO WAS TO

LISTEN TO THE PROTESTERS.

SO HE CHANGED THE NAME OF HIS

PUB FROM SIR JOHN'S PUBLIC HOUSE

TO JUST "THE PUBLIC HOUSE."

BUT THAT WASN'T THE END OF IT.

AFTER THAT THE SUPPORTERS OF SIR

JOHN A. WERE AN ANGRY.

>> PEOPLE WERE COMING INTO THE

PUB AND SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T

HAVE DONE THIS AND THAT WE HAD

CAVED TO THE SORT OF

LIBERAL-MINDED INDIVIDUALS.

IT WAS SOME VERY HURTFUL

MESSAGES.

DEATH THREATS THAT WERE LEFT ON

THE TELEPHONE.

>> Reporter: YOU GOT DEATH

THREATS?

>> YEAH.

>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD THEY

SAY?

>> YOU WANT TO WATCH YOUR BACK,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING

TO HAPPEN BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE

GONE.

>> Reporter: DEATH THREATS?

HOW IS IT THAT PEOPLE ARE SO

PASSIONATE ABOUT SIR JOHN A.

MacDONALD THAT THEY'LL DO

THINGS LIKE THAT?

WELL, LET'S FIND OUT.

BACK IN REGINA I MEET PATRICK

JOHNSON.

AND PATRICK IS UP ON CRIMINAL

MISCHIEF CHARGES FOR SOME OF THE

THINGS HE'S DONE TO SIR JOHN A.

>> I BROUGHT THE SLEDGEHAMMER IN

AND I GAVE IT THREE WHACKS ON

THIS SIDE AND THREE WHACKS ON

THE OTHER AND NOTHING REALLY

MOVED.

IT WAS JUST LIKE A BIG DIN, LIKE

A BELL RINGING.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT PATRICK

BROUGHT A SLEDGEHAMMER DOWN HERE

AND TRIED TO KIL DESTROY THE STATUE.

>> IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I

NEEDED TO DO.

>> Reporter: PATRICK DOESN'T

LIKE THE WAY THAT INDIGENOUS

PEOPLE ARE TREATED TODAY.

>> FOR ME IT'S APPALLING THAT WE

CELEBRATE OUR COUNTRY, CANADA,

AS BEING CIVILIZED AND YET WE

LET A CERTAIN PORTION OF OUR

PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY, WITHOUT

CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND WITHOUT

ADEQUATE HOUSING AND EDUCATION.

>> Reporter: THEN AS WE'RE

TALKING THE DEBATE OVER SIR JOHN

ERUPTS AND A MAN RIDES BY AND

RECOGNIZES PATRICK AND YELLS

THAT HE'S A VANDAL.

SO YOU FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH THAT

WE WERE TALKING TO PATRICK AND

YOU RODE BY AND YELLED THAT OUT.

>> YEP.

>> Reporter: IS THERE ANYTHING

THAT YOU WANT TO SAY TO PATRICK?

>> I JUST DISAGREE WITH HIS

PROTESTS.

I AM REALLY NOT INTO VANDALISM

AND I JUST SAW THAT AS VAPPED

VANDALISM.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL BUT I THANK

IT'S JUVENILE AND I DON'T THINK

THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT

THERE'S BETTER WAYS TO HAVE

THOSE DEBATES.

>> YOU KNOW, REALLY, THE STATUE

IS THE SURFACE OF IT.

AND I'M TRYING TO BRING LIGHT --

>> THEN WHY WOULD YOU ARGUE THAT

IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN?

>> I FEEL THAT IT'S A THREAT TO

PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SUPPORT THIS

IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

>> I DON'T THINK --

>> BUT YOU KNOW IT'S OKAY THAT

YOU DON'T BECAUSE YOU'RE FROM A

WHITE SOCIETY AND YOU'RE NOT

IMAGINING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE

FIRST NATIONS, SIR.

>> BUT YOU'RE ALSO ASSUMING THAT

I'M INCAPABLE OF HAVING EMPATHY

FOR THESE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: LISTENING TO THE

ARGUMENT I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER

HOW IS IT THAT SIR JOHN A.

MacDONALD HAS BECOME THE MOST

CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE IN THE

COUNTRY?

AND WHAT ARE WE REALLY ARGUING

ABOUT WHEN WE ARGUE ABOUT IT?

THOSE SOUND LIKE QUESTIONS FOR A

HISTORIAN.

MEET JIM DASHIER.

>> SIR JOHN A. IS THE FATHER OF

CANADA.

HAVING DONE 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH

INTO INDIGENOUS HISTORY AND THE

RELATIONSHIP TO INDIGENOUS

PEOPLE AND THE CANADIAN STATE

HE'S ALSO THE FATHER OF THE

DYSFUNCTIONAL COUNTRY THAT WE

LIVE IN TODAY.

HIS POLICIES HAVE A DIRECT

REVERBERATION INTO THE PRESENT.

>> Reporter: JIM SEES A

WARNING IN THE DEBATE OVER THE

STATUE.

>> SO IF WE CAN'T HAVE A

DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATUE,

ABOUT THE LEGACY OF

MacDONALD'S POLICIES, WE'RE

NOT READY TO DEAL WITH JUSTICE

ISSUES AND TRANSFER OF LAND AND

WEALTH AND EDUCATION AND HEALTH.

THOSE THINGS ARE REAL AND THEY

NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO IF, LIKE, IF WE CAN'T DEAL

WITH THE STATUE IN A PARK IN,

YOU KNOW, IN A SPIRIT OF

UNDERSTANDING, I'M NOT REALLY

SEEING RECONCILIATION, YOU KNOW,

IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> Reporter: MAYBE HE IS

RIGHT.

>> THEY DON'T WANT YOU HERE!

>> Reporter: IT IS TEMPTING TO

DISMISS THE CONFLICT OVER THE

STATUE AS BEING ABOUT THE PAST.

BUT MAYBE IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT

THE FUTURE AND WHERE CANADA IS

HEADED.

>> JUST DOWN THE ROAD IS A

RETIREMENT HOME.

FOR ME THAT STATUE IS LIKE A

MESSAGE FROM THE PAST DELIVERED

TO THE PRESENT AND ON TO THE

FUTURE AND IT'S IN A POSITION OF

AN OLD WILL.

AND WE CAN DECIDE TO ACCEPT OR

REJECT IT, AS WE WOULD ANYTHING.

>> LET'S GO.

LET'S GO!

>> Reporter: DAVID GARNEAU

DOESN'T WANT TO DESTROY SIR JOHN

A.'S STATUE, HE WANTS TO RETIRE

IT.

HE WANTS IT SET UP IN A MUSEUM

SO THAT SIR JOHN IS REMEMBERED

BUT FOR THE GOOD THINGS HE DID

AND THE BAD.

[Applause]

NICK PURDON, CBC NEWS, REGINA.

>> Rosemary: UP NEXT ON "THE

NATIONAL"... THE GRASSROOTS

MOVEMENT TO SAVE SOME OF

CANADA'S BIGGEST AND OLDEST

TREES USING SOCIAL MEDIA.

SEVEN YEARS AGO YOU WERE DOING,

CLIMBING THROUGH THE TREES LIKE

WE DID EARLIER HERE?

>> YES.

AND IT WAS AN INTACT OLD GROWTH

FOREST, SOME OF THE MOST

SPECTACULAR THAT EXISTED

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

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>> Rosemary: HERE ARE SOME OF

THE OTHER STORIES THAT WE'RE

FOLLOWING ON "THE NATIONAL" THIS

WEEK...

>>> A PAROLE HEARING IS SET FOR

WEDNESDAY FOR MARCO RUSSO WHO

KILLED THREE YOUNG CHILDREN AND

THEIR GRANDFATHER WHILE DRIVING

DRUNK.

IN THE SPRING OF 2016 HE WAS

SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON.

RUSSO IS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR DAY

PAROLE BUT HE CAN CHOOSE TO WAVE

OR TO POSTPONE THE HEARING.

>> Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau: IT IS OUR HOPE THAT

THIS LONG OVERDUE APOLOGY WILL

BRING AWARENESS TO OUR FAILINGS

AS WE VOW TO NEVER LET HISTORY

REPEAT ITSELF.

>> Rosemary: ON WEDNESDAY THE

PRIME MINISTER WILL MAKE ANOTHER

FORMAL APOLOGY INSIDE OF THE

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THIS TIME THOUGH FOR CANADA'S

DECISION TO TURN AWAY A

PASSENGER SHIP FULL OF JEWISH

REFUGEES FLEEING NAZI GERMANY IN

1939.

THERE WERE 907 PEOPLE ON BOARD

THE M.S. ST. LOUIS WHEN IT WAS

FORCED TO RETURN TO EUROPE.

MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THOSE

PEOPLE ENDED UP DYING IN THE

HOLOCAUST.

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>>> AND, OF COURSE, SUNDAY IS

REMEMBRANCE DAY.

WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE

CEREMONY AT THE NATIONAL WAR

MEMORIAL HERE IN OTTAWA.

I ALSO RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH

THIS YEAR'S SILVER CROSS MEDAL

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IT'S A

MOTHER WHO LOST A CHILD TO

SUICIDE.

ANITA'S SON TOOK HIS OWN LIFE

THREE MONTHS AFTER RETURNING

FROM AFGHANISTAN.

>> SINCE THOMAS' DEATH, I ALSO

ESPECIALLY THINK OF THE SOLDIERS

WHO HAVE COME HOME WITH WOUNDS

THAT WE CAN'T SEE AND THAT THEY

DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.

AND FOR THE INJURED, FOR THE

ONES WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED

FROM THE ONLY LIFE THEY'VE KNOWN

KNOWN.

FOR THE STRUGGLES THAT THEY

FACE.

>> Rosemary: SHE FOUGHT HARD

TO MAKE SURE THAT HER SON

RECEIVED FULL MILITARY HONOURS

AFTER HIS DEATH.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR

CONVERSATION ON SUNDAY ON "THE

NATIONAL."

>>> BRITISH COLUMBIA'S VANCOUVER

ISLAND IS HOME TO SOME OF THE

WORLD'S MOST ANCIENT TEMPERATE

RAINFOREST.

MANY OF THESE TREES ARE MORE

THAN A THOUSAND YEARS OLD AND

THAT'S WHY SOME

ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE CALLED ON

THE B.C. GOVERNMENT TO BAN OLD

GROWTH LOGGING OF THE REMAINING

FOREST.

BUT AS RENÉE FILIPPONE FOUND

OUT, DECIDING HOW TO PROTECT

THIS ECOSYSTEM ISN'T CLEAR CUT.

>> WHEN YOU COME IN...

>> Reporter: ARMED WITH A

CAMERA, THE MISSION IS TO TRACK

DOWN GIANTS.

>> THE HUNT IS ON!

THAT ONE IS PRETTY BIG.

>> Reporter: IN THIS NEARLY

UNTOUCHED FOREST ON VANCOUVER

ISLAND.

>> I CAN ALREADY SEE ANOTHER

BIGIE OVER HERE.

>> Reporter: KEN WU AND T.J.

WATT ARE OUR GUIDES IN SEARCH OF

BIG TREES.

AFTER ONLY A COUPLE MINUTES

TREKKING IN THE WOODS...

>> THIS IS ABOUT SIX FEET WIDE.

>> Reporter: WE FIND THIS ONE.

>> PRETTY AMAZING FOR A WESTERN

HECHEMLOCK.

>> THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL TREE.

>> Reporter: THESE WON'T BREAK

ANY RECORDS BUT THEY'RE STILL

SOME OF CANADA'S BIGGEST AND

MOST THREATENED TREES.

>> THESE GIANTS HERE HAVE BEEN

THE GREEN GOLD OF THE OLD GROWTH

LOGGING INDUSTRY.

THEY HAVE PROPPED UP THE

INDUSTRY FOR A COUPLE DECADES

NOW BUT THEY'RE COMING TO AN

END.

23 FEET AND 3-INCHES.

>> Reporter: FOR WU IT'S NOT

JUST ABOUT THE GIANT TREES BUT

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY

SUPPORT IN HERE.

>> THIS IS CERTAINLY AN AMAZING

LOOKING ORGANISM.

>> Reporter: LIKE THIS CORAL

ORGANISM.

IS THAT A DOUGLAS FIR?

AT 19, WU WAS PART OF THE WAR IN

THE WOODS TO END LOGGING IN

CLAPWOOD SOUND.

25 YEARS ON HE'S STILL FIGHTING

HERE, BUT HIS STRATEGY HAS

CHANGED.

>> WE SPEND A LOT MORE TIME

PROTESTING THEN, WHICH NEEDS TO

BE DONE AS WELL, BUT TODAY WE

SPEND MORE TIME HIGHLIGHTING THE

BEAUTY OF THESE PLACES.

>> Reporter: THEY DO IT BY

CAPTURING IMAGES, SHOWCASING THE

BEAUTY OF THE FORESTS AND

DOCUMENTING THEIR DEMISE.

THE PICTURES AND VIDEO ARE

SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TRYING

TO SHAME THE GOVERNMENT INTO

ENDING OLD GROWTH LOGGING.

SEVEN YEARS AGO YOU WERE

DOING -- CLIMBING THROUGH THE

TREES LIKE WE DID EARLIER HERE?

>> YES.

AND IT WAS AN INTACT OLD GROWTH

FOREST, SOME OF THE MOST

SPECTACULAR THAT EXISTED

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

IT'S DEVASTATION, BUT

DEVASTATION THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO

HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE'S A SECOND

GROWTH ALTERNATIVE.

>> Reporter: MOST OF THE

FORESTS ARE SECOND GROWTH,

LOGGED AND THEN REPLANTED AFTER

50 YEARS THEY CAN BE CUT AGAIN.

THE MARKS OF THE INDUSTRY ARE

CLEAR ON VANCOUVER ISLAND AND

FOR WU IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

>> THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DINE

OUR THINKING, INCLUDING BY THIS

GOVERNMENT AT THIS POINT IN

TIME.

BUT IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE IN THE

END, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO

LOSE THESE ANCIENT ECOSYSTEMS.

>> SO YOU CAN SEE THE DARK GREEN

THAT'S ALL RESERVE, THAT'S NEVER

GOING TO BE TOUCHED.

>> Reporter: THE LOGGER

ASSOCIATION OF B.C. TOOK US UP

IN THEIR HELICOPTER AND POINTING

OUT WHICH AREAS ARE ALREADY

PROTECTED.

>> THAT'S A FIR.

>> Reporter: THAT'S HUGE.

>> YEAH.

>> Reporter: ZOLTAN SCHAFFER

SAYS THEY FOLLOW THE PROVINCE'S

LEAD TO DETERMINE WHAT'S ON THE

CHOPPING BLOCK.

THAT MEANS THAT THESE LOGS EQUAL

BIG MONEY WORTH TWICE AS MUCH AS

SECOND GROWTH WOOD, PROFIT THAT

SUPPORTS THOUSANDS OF JOBS ON

THE ISLAND.

>> I THINK THAT THERE IS A

BALANCE AND I THINK THAT IT'S

BEING DONE.

IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

SATISFY EVERYBODY, YOU NEVER

ARE.

BUT I THINK THAT THE LOGGERS DO

CARE, THE ONES THAT I HAVE DEALT

WITH AND WORKED WITH, WE ALL TRY

TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

>> THIS IS OLD GROWTH FIBRE THAT

YOU'RE LOOKING AT...

>> Reporter: FORESTRY IS IN

HIS BLOOD.

>> WE'RE PLANTING RED CEDAR

RIGHT NOW...

>> Reporter: HE TOOK OVER THIS

MILL FROM HIS FATHER AND WORRIES

THAT IT COULD CLOSE IF OLD

GROWTH LOGGING CAME TO A

GRINDING HALT.

>> WELL, THIS PLACE WOULD

PROBABLY SHUT DOWN NEXT WEEK,

HOW'S THAT?

REALLY WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO

THE POINT WHERE WE SEE, YOU

KNOW, THERE WILL BE A DAY THAT

IT WILL BE LESS AND LESS.

>> Reporter: TRANSITIONING TO

SECOND GROWTH MEANS RETOOLING

THIS MILL THAT.

WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY AND

TAKE TIME.

AND FOR T.J. WATT TIME IS

RUNNING OUT.

>> ONCE I SAW THIS I KNEW THAT

IT WAS TRULY A SPECIAL PLACE.

>> Reporter: THIS PROTECTED

FOREST WAS CLEVERLY NAMED AVATAR

GROVE, YES, AFTER THE

BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE.

WATT'S PHOTOS HELPED TO SAVE IT.

>> AVATAR GROVE IS A PERFECT

EXAMPLE OF HOW POSITIVE CHANGE

IS POSSIBLE.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR

PLACES TO VISIT...

>> Reporter: HE WANTS MORE

PLACES LIKE THIS PROTECTED

ACROSS THE ISLAND.

>> DEFINITELY FEEL THAT WE'RE IN

A RACE WITH THE LOGGING

COMPANIES.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING

THAT THEY ARE BUT THEY HAVE WAY

MORE PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND BETTER

TECHNOLOGY.

BUT WE'RE OUT THERE TO CAPTURE

AND DOCUMENT THE FOREST BEFORE

IT'S TOO LATE.

>> Reporter: FOR NOW IT'S A

BATTLE TO FRAME THESE FORESTS

AND TO DEFINE THEIR VALUE I AND

THE FUTURE OF LOGGING HERE.

RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS, PORT

RENFREW, B.C.

>> Rosemary: NEXT ON "THE

NATIONAL," AN ARTIST ASKS

NEWFOUNDLANDERS TO LEND THEIR

FACES TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO

FOUGHT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

>> THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT

INDIVIDUALS AND PORTRAITS OF THE

DESCENDANTS THAT CAME TO THE

FOUNDRY AND HAD THEIR LIKENESS

CAST IN BRONZE.

IN ESSENCE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS

THEY'RE STANDING IN FOR THEIR

LOVED ONE OR THEIR DESCENDANT

THAT FOUGHT IN THE FIRST WORLD

WAR.

>> Emily>> Rosemary: THERE'S FAMILIAR

FACE THERE IS TOO AND THAT'S

COMING UP IN OUR "MOMENT OF THE

DAY."

BUT FIRST, IN CASE YOU MISSED

IT...

>> ISN'T IT IRONIC THAT SOMEBODY

WHO IS YELLING IN THE AMBULANCE

AND IN THE HOSPITAL "I WANT TO

KILL ALL THE JEWS" IS TAKEN CARE

OF BY A JEWISH NURSE?

>> Rosemary: IT WAS A STORY OF

COMPASSION AND PROFESSIONALISM

THAT RESONATED WITH SO MANY

AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTING

RAMPAGE AT A PITTSBURGH

SYNAGOGUE.

NOW THAT NURSE HAS BROKEN HIS

SILENCE IN A HEARTFELT POST ON

FACEBOOK.

"I AM THE JEWISH NURSE.

YES, THAT JEWISH NURSE."

HE WROTE.

"I'M SURE THAT HE HAD NO IDEA

THAT I WAS JEWISH.

HE POINTS OUT THAT HIS FATHER

WAS A RABBI AND HE EXPERIENCED

ANTI-SEMITISM A LOT AS A KID.

"THE GUNMAN THANKED ME FOR

SAVING HIM, FOR SHOWING HIM

KINDNESS AND FOR TREATING HIM

THE SAME WAY I TREAT EVERY OTHER

PATIENT."

MAHLER DIDN'T SAY A WORD ABOUT

HIS RELIGION AND INSTEAD "I

WANTED HIM TO FEEL COMPASS.

I CHOSE TO SHOW HIM EMPATHY.

I FELT THAT THE BEST WAY TO

HONOUR HIS VICTIMS FOR A JEW TO

PROVE HIM WRONG.

LOVE, THAT'S WHY I DID IT.

LOVE AS AN ACTION IS MORE

POWERFUL THAN WORDS AND LOVE IN

THE FACE OF EVIL GIVES OTHERS

HOPE.

IF MY ACTIONS MEAN ANYTHIN

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>> Rosemary: A NEWFOUNDLAND

ARTIST IS USING IMAGES OF THE

LIVING TO COMMEMORATE THE DEAD.

MORGAN MCDONALD CAST THE FACES

OF 100 DESCENDANTS OF MEN WHO

FOUGHT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN

BRONZE.

HE THEN HUNG THEM IN AN OVAL

FRAME, REMINISCENT OF THE

PICTURE FRAMES THAT HELD IMAGES

OF THOSE SAME MEN AS THEY WENT

OFF TO WAR.

HIS SCRIPTURUR SCULPTURE WAS UNVEILED TODA Y

IN ST. JOHN'S AND THAT IS OUR

"MOMENT" TODAY.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A HUNDRED

PORTRAITS OF DESCENDANTS OF

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE

FIRST WORLD WAR.

IN ESSENCE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS

THEY'RE STANDING IN FOR THEIR

LOVED ONE OR THEIR DESCENDANT

THAT FOUGHT IN THE FIRST WORLD

WAR.

IT WAS VERY EASY TO FIND

VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE THESE STORIES

EXIST AND THEY'RE OUT THERE IN

THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT WAS JUST A COUPLE YEARS

AGO THAT I REALISED THAT I HAD A

GREAT UNCLE J.J. TOBIN, WHO DIED

OVERSEAS.

A MEMBER OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND

REGIMENT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

AND SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME

TO BE ONE OF THE FACES THAT GOT

TO REPRESENT HIM.

>> FOR ME IT'S A MEMORY OF MY

GREAT UNCLE GORDON BASTO WHO

DIED IN WORLD WAR I.

AND I TOOK PART IN HAVING THE

FACE MASK DONE AND PURELY FOR

THE COMMEMORATION FOR GORDON.

>> IN THIS YOU SEE THE OVAL

FRAME AND THAT IS HOW WE WOULD

SEE THE PICTURES OF OUR

ANCESTORS ON THE WALL OFTENTIMES

COVERED UNDER A BLANKET OF DUST

AND FORGOTTEN.

SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE

ALL OF THESE PEOPLE COMING

FORWARD.

THESE ARE THE FACES OF PEOPLE

WHO ARE LOST SOME TIME AGO,

REPRESENTED BY THE FACES OF

THOSE STILL LIVING AND HOPING TO

TELL THE STORY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE

THE JUDGE TO BE BORN.

>> Rosemary: OF COURSE THIS

REMEMBRANCE DAY MARKS THE

100th ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE

END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

AND SO MANY NEWFOUNDLANDERS WERE

SACRIFICED IN THAT WAR AT

BEAUMONT AND NOW HUNDREDS WERE

DEAD AND HUNDREDS MORE INJURED.

>>> THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR

NOVEMBER 4th.

GOODNIGHT, THANK YOU FOR

WATCHING.

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South Korea and the United States have resumed their joint maritime and Marine

exercises which had been suspended since May in a bid to ease tensions with North

Korea the two allies Marine Forces began joint training earlier on this Monday

near the southeastern port city of Pohang for the next two weeks some 500

troops will conduct the Korea Marine exercise program

Seoul and Washington suspended this year's major joint military exercises

including Ulchi freedom Guardian in the summer and vigilant eights that was

slated for December they are expected to decide on the course of next year's

large-scale drills before December 1st

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Mary Keitany of Kenya resumed her dominance of the women's division of the New York City Marathon, winning for the fourth time as American Shalane Flanagan, the race's defending champion, finished third Sunday

On the men's side, Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa, 28, edged his training partner, Shura Kitata, by two seconds, winning with an unofficial time of 2:05:59

Keitany, 36, who won the race in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and finished second to Flanagan last year, easily outpaced the field, winning in an unofficial time of 2 hours 22 minutes and 49 seconds

Flanagan's unofficial time was 2:26:21, more than 30 seconds faster than her winning time last year when Keitany was second

Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot placed second this year with an unofficial time of 2:26:01

Flanagan, the four-time Olympian who became the first American winner of the race in 40 years in 2017, mouthed "I love you" to the crowd in what may be her final marathon at 37

"I just am so appreciative of being here today," she said on ESPN2. "I felt so much love on the course

" U.S. Olympians Molly Huddle and Des Linden finished fourth and sixth, putting three American women in the top six for the first time in 40 years

Keitany also won the 2017 London Marathon and finished fourth in the event in London's 2012 Olympics

Grete Waitz has won the most NYC marathons, with nine. On the men's side, Geoffrey Kamworor, the men's defending champion, was third in an unofficial time of 2:06:26 as Desisa was edging Kitata

Daniel Romanchuk became the first American to win the men's wheelchair race, beating three-time winner Marcel Hug of Switzerland by one second in 1:36:21

Romanchuk, 20, also became the youngest male winner in New York history. Manuela Schar of Switzerland repeated in the women's wheelchair division, pulling away from 17-time Paralympic medalist and five-time New York winner Tatyana McFadden by 21 seconds in 1:50:27

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What are the 2018 midterm elections and why do they matter? US news

If Democrats win control of Congress, they could hamper Trump's agenda and begin impeachment proceedings

If Democrats win control of Congress, they could hamper Trump's agenda and begin impeachment proceedings

Americans head to the polls on Tuesday for their first chance to pass judgment on Donald Trump's presidency since he took the White House in 2016.

Will Republicans will be able to keep control of both chambers of Congress? Or will Democrats win one, or both, thus gaining more power to limit Trump's policy agenda?

Here's what you need to know:

The US votes for a president in a general election every four years.

Midterm elections take place halfway through a president's term (hence the name, midterm) and are often seen as a referendum on the current administration.

They're different from state and local elections, which happen every year.

All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives

One third (35) of all seats in the US Senate

Thirty-six state governors' offices, and three US territory governors' offices

Many city mayors' offices and local officials

Numerous ballot measures. In Florida alone, voters will decide on 13 issues, which range from whether to ban vaping in indoor workplaces, to restoring the voting rights of former felons.

The Senate and the House of Representatives make up the upper and lower chambers of Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government, and is responsible for making laws.

Republicans currently have a majority in both chambers.

51 seats or more are needed to control the Senate

218 seats will secure a majority in the House

To take control of the Senate, Democrats need to keep all the seats they currently hold, and take two further seats, which is harder than it sounds. To win a majority in the house, they need a net gain of 23 seats.

Republicans also currently hold 26 of the 36 governor's seats that are up for grabs. If the Democrats can increase the number they hold, it will offer them more opportunities to frustrate Trump's agenda outside Washington.

Historically, voter turnout for midterm elections tends to be lower than for general elections, but that doesn't mean they aren't important.

With a Senate majority, the Democrats would be able to block cabinet and supreme court appointments. With a House majority, Democrats can significantly hamper the Trump administration's ability to implement its programs and could also begin impeachment proceedings against Trump, though they would need a two-thirds majority in the Senate to remove him from office.

According to polls, Democrats are currently forecast to win the House but not the Senate. But as we saw in 2016, polls can get it wrong, and surprises do happen…

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Voters across America will decide who will control the House, Senate and numerous statehouses in what will also serve as a referendum on Trump

Voters across America will decide who will control the House, Senate and numerous statehouses in what will also serve as a referendum on Trump

The midterm elections on Tuesday will shape the future of US politics over the next two years. The key question in these elections is: will Republicans be able to keep control of both chambers of Congress?

Historically the party of the president has lost seats in the House of Representatives in midterm elections. In 2010, two years after Barack Obama was first elected, Democrats lost 63 seats in the House.

Polling suggests Democrats are unlikely to win the Senate – and may even lose seats.

But in the House, Democrats need to flip 23 Republican-held seats to take control, which would restrict Trump's ability to act on some of his key election promises, like the border wall. It would also be a major embarrassment to Trump, given he has spent months campaigning for Republicans around the country. Trump's miserable approval rating – 42% – gives Democrats reason to be hopeful.

As well as a potential late-night Trump Twitter meltdown, there's plenty more to watch out for on Tuesday. More women are running in the midterm elections than ever before, and three states could elect African American governors for the first time.

Most polling places will close between 7pm ET and 11pm ET. But in Alaska and Hawaii most will shut at midnight ET. Of the states with earlier closures, Florida, Pennsylvania and New York have a number of House seats which Democrats consider winnable.

Early – as soon as the polls close. But remember 2016? Once convinced a Democrat is going to win, twice shy. So it's best to wait until actual results come in.

It won't be straight away. The size of some states, the high number of absentee ballots, the predicted high turnout at the polls, and the expected closeness of some of the races all mean that many results won't come out until the small hours of Wednesday morning at the earliest.

But given that some key districts should be called relatively early in the evening, we could have an idea of who will control the House by midnight. In the 2014 midterms the Associated Press called the Senate for the GOP at 11.25pm

That means there is likely to be a tense wait before we know who will control the House, in particular, for the next two years.

In 2014 it took two weeks for California to announce the winners of two House elections. And then there is the added complication of some states requiring the winner to get more than 50% of the vote. If they don't, the top two candidates enter a runoff, and people have to vote all over again.

The Guardian will be live-blogging all night and throughout the next day. We'll have up-to-the minute information on results and updates from our correspondents in all the key districts.

ABC News, CBS News, C-Span, and PBS all plan to broadcast live coverage, while NPR will be live from 8pm ET. Of the cable channels, CNN and MSNBC will have chin-stroking gurus poring over maps of the US, while Fox News will boast typically considered coverage featuring Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.

As of Friday the Cook Political report rated 17 Republican-held seats as likely to flip to the Democratic party, or leaning towards the Democrats.

Some of the races attracting attention include Sharice Davids, a Kansas lawyer and former MMA fighter, who would become one of the first Native American women elected to Congress. (Deb Haaland, who is also Native American, could win election in New Mexico.)

In New York's 19th district Republican incumbent John Faso is running neck-and-neck in the polls with Antonio Delgado. The campaign has been marked with racist overtones, as GOP groups have used loaded attacks against Delgado, who is African American, over his former rap career.

Steve King, a long-serving Iowa Republican, could lose his re-election bid. King, known for his inflammatory beliefs and statements, has plunged in the polls as attention has been drawn to his relationships with European far-right parties and endorsement of politicians with ties to neo-Nazi groups.

Republicans have their eyes on Montana's Jon Tester, a former farmer, in a state which Trump won by 20 points in 2016. Heidi Heitkamp, Democratic senator for North Dakota, is also vulnerable.

Many are following Democrat Beto O'Rourke in Texas, who is hoping to oust Republican Ted Cruz – a 2016 presidential candidate – from the Senate. O'Rourke has drawn large crowds, and plenty of press attention, but is running behind Cruz in the traditionally red state.

If elected, Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum and Ben Jealous would become the first African American governors of Georgia, Florida and Maryland.

Abrams and Gillum, who has faced racially charged comments from his opponent, are in tight races, while Jealous – a progressive backed by Bernie Sanders – looks to be more of a long-shot.

In Vermont, the Democratic candidate Christine Hallquist would become the first ever transgender governor if she defeats Phil Scott, but is behind in polling.

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Breaking News - DC United's Wayne Rooney reunited with family in America - Duration: 1:36.

DC United striker Wayne Rooney has been joined by his wife Coleen and children Kai, Klay, Kit and Cass in the United States

Rooney uploaded a picture of the reunion to his Instagram on Monday afternoon. The caption read: 'Hard to get everyone looking but we're back together

Worth the wait!' The 32-year-old moved to the Washington-based outfit this summer and has hit the ground running

He has scored four goals and provided six assists in 12 MLS matches so far this season

Rooney and his eldest son Kai were visited by two of Brazil's senior team on Sunday

Brazil beat USA in an international friendly at the MetLife Stadium in New York on Saturday

Neymar and Andreas Pereira both joined Rooney a day on from Brazil's 2-0 victory

Rooney's son, Kai, couldn't resist an Instagram photo opportunity with Neymar and his dad's former Manchester United team-mate Pereira

All four posed for the camera with Neymar and Pereira both in Brazil training kit

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Keller @ Large: State House News Reporters On Elizabeth Warren's Senate Race, Possible Presidential - Duration: 4:04.

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Republican race baiting dominates debate as midterm elections loom US news - Duration: 3:09.

Republican race baiting dominates debate as midterm elections loom US news

As the final countdown begins to Tuesday's midterm elections, an already rancorous battle for Congress that will determine the fate of the Trump presidency has erupted into open name-calling over Republican efforts to mobilise voters through racially tinged propaganda.

When polling stations open on America's eastern seaboard at 6am on Tuesday, the stakes could not be higher. With all 435 seats of the House of Representatives up for grabs, the Democrats look well-placed to gain the 23 they need to take back control and put a spoke in the wheel of Trump's ambitions.

A much tougher challenge faces the party in the Senate, where 26 Democratic seats are in play compared with only nine Republican. But with 33 million votes already counted in early voting, and with turnout on track to be the largest in a midterm election for more than 50 years, few pundits are daring to make firm predictions.

As an indication of the intensity of the fight, exacerbated by the contentious anti-immigration rhetoric deployed by Trump, the Sunday political talk shows were dominated by cantankerous disputes over race-baiting. Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told CNN's State of the Union: "What you see in the closing argument is dog-whistle politics, appeals to racists, just the worst of America."

The show's host, Jake Tapper, engaged in a feisty to-and-fro with Perez's Republican counterpart, Ronna McDaniel. He put to her a racially provocative attack ad made for the Trump campaign and shared on social media by the president last week, which accused Democrats of allowing into the US an undocumented migrant who went on to murder two police officers in California.

In fact, Luis Bracamontes most recently entered the country during the administration of George W Bush, a Republican. The advert was widely condemned, including by the outgoing Republican senator from Arizona, Jeff Flake, who described it as "sickening".

Tapper asked the RNC chair if she had any concerns about the flagrant inaccuracy of the ad as well as its blatant racist tone. She avoided replying directly, saying: "Regardless. We didn't want [Bracamontes] in the country. He killed police. That's not good."

"Is that the Democrats' fault?" Tapper pressed.

"It's a systemic failure."

When Tapper said that suggested both main parties were responsible, not just the Democrats as alleged in the ad, McDaniel replied: "Who's the party saying, 'Let's fix it'? Who's the party fixing all the problems?"

With so much riding on the results on Tuesday night, Trump and Republican leadership have resorted to increasingly extreme language. A return to Democratic control of the House would allow liberals to block much of the president's agenda, as well as to investigate him aggressively in committees wielding subpoena power.

In addition, 36 state governors are up for re-election and the Democrats hope to win back hundreds of seats in state legislatures.

Despite highly favorable economic indicators that put unemployment at 3.7%, its lowest level in 49 years, and wage growth at its best since 2009, Trump has taken a big gamble in prioritizing his tough anti-immigration policies rather than a booming economy in his closing message to the American people. On Friday at a rally in West Virginia, he said: "We have the greatest economy in the history of our country. But sometimes it's not as exciting to talk about the economy."

The president has promised in strikingly lurid terms a raft of anti-immigrant measures, from sending thousands of troops to the border with Mexico, to making it harder to claim asylum and putting an end to so-called "birth citizenship", whereby anyone born in the US is automatically American. His incendiary talk has been matched by others in his administration.

On Saturday, agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue spoke in Lakeland, Florida. He was trying to buoy up the chances of Ron DeSantis becoming governor instead of the African American Democrat, Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum. Even had the neck-and-neck race not involved a black candidate, Perdue's words would have been explosive.

"Public policy matters," he said. "Leadership matters. And that is why this election is so cotton-pickin' important to the state of Florida. I hope you all don't mess it up."

Florida joined the US in 1845 as a slave state, with half its enslaved black population working on cotton and sugar plantations.

Race is also a big issue in neighbouring Georgia, where Stacey Abrams is vying to become the first black woman to be governor of any state and the first Georgia governor not to be a white man. Her opponent, Brian Kemp, is in charge of overseeing elections as secretary of state, but in that role has been accused of attempting to prevent thousands of legitimate, largely African American residents from voting through voter suppression measures.

Abrams was asked by CNN on Sunday what she thought about Perdue's "cotton-pickin" comment. She said: "I think there is certainly a throwback element to the language coming out of the Republican party that is unfortunately disparaging to communities. It may be unintentional, but it signals a deeper misinformation about what Andrew Gillum can accomplish, what I can accomplish."

End-of-campaign polls continue to indicate that Democrats have a significant lead nationwide, though after the embarrassment to pollsters of election night in 2016 any such figures must be handled with extreme caution. The last poll before election day from the Wall Street Journal/NBC News showed the Democrats up by seven points, 50% of those surveyed saying they wanted Democrats to lead Congress to 43% Republicans.

Trump's low approval rating – CNN puts it at 44% – also continues to be a challenge. In 2010 his predecessor, Barack Obama, had an approval rating of 46%. He lost 63 House seats.

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Harry Styles Sings National Anthem Of U.S On ARTE America TV (Lyrics) - Duration: 2:21.

Oh say, can you see,

by the dawn's early light,

What so proudly we hailed

at the twilight's last gleaming,

Whose broad stripes and bright stars,

through the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched,

were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare,

the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof thru the night

that our flag was still there.

Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free

and the home of the brave?

Then conquer we must,

when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto:

"In God is our trust!"

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free

and the home of the brave!