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A migrant diagnosed as having a flesh-eating bacteria has been detained at the US-Mexico border.

The man was transported to a hospital in New Mexico after telling an agent that he had a growing rash on his leg.

Officials said in a statement Friday that the unidentified migrant will require extensive treatment.

Flesh-eating bacteria is a rare condition called 'necrotizing fasciitis' that spreads quickly and can be fatal.

The bacteria usually gets into the body through a minor cut or scrape and can cause a serious infection that can destroy muscle, skin and other tissue.

Sometimes surgery is needed to remove the infected area. It is rare for the infection to spread to other people. .

The man's home country was not disclosed. Meanwhile, officials say shelters in Mexico's northern border city of Tijuana are filled to overflowing with Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence.

They are also unable to cope with an expected influx of asylum seekers due to be dispatched to the city from the United States.

The policy dubbed the Migrant Protection Protocols first announced on December 20 by the administration of President Donald Trump will return non-Mexican migrants who cross the U.S. southern border back to wait in Mexico.

They will stay there indefinitely while their asylum requests are processed in U.S. immigration courts.

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Mexican Foreign Ministry spokesman Roberto Velasco said the United States was to send the first group of 20 asylum seekers back to its territory later on Friday through Tijuana.

Asylum seekers have traditionally been granted the right to stay in the United States while their cases were decided by a U.S. immigration judge, but a backlog of more than 800,000 cases means the process can now take years.

Now, the U.S. government says migrants will be turned away with a 'notice to appear' in immigration court.

They will be able to enter the United States for their hearings but will have to live in Mexico in the interim. If they lose their cases, they will be deported to their home countries.

'Shelters are at capacity and we can't receive migrants that are being deported or (Mexican) nationals that are passing through the city.

'Let's hope this doesn't happen,' said Jose Maria Garcia, who runs the Juventud 2000 shelter in Tijuana.

The U.S. policy shift is aimed at curbing the increasing number of families arriving mostly from Central America who say they fear returning to their home countries due to threats of violence.

The Trump administration says many of the claims are not valid.

The program will apply to arriving migrants who ask for asylum at ports of entry or who are caught crossing illegally and say they are afraid to return home.

Immigration advocates fear Mexico is not safe for migrants who are regularly kidnapped by criminal gangs and smugglers, and have raised concerns that applicants will not be able to access proper legal counsel to represent them in U.S. courts.

It is unclear how Mexico plans to house what could be thousands of asylum seekers for the lengthy duration of their immigration proceedings. Some Mexican border towns are more violent than the cities the Central Americans left behind.

'Asylum seekers from Central America are fleeing unspeakable violence and their journeys to the United States are dangerous and harrowing,' said Betsy Fisher, policy director for the International Refugee Assistance Project. 'For many of them, Mexico is not a safe place to stay."

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US 1981 Quarter Filled P Error - 600 Million Minted NOT A Rare United States Coin - Duration: 7:23.

Hello all you coin aficionados out there and Welcome to the DC Coin World

International Coin Channel!!! Today we have the 1981 Quarter Dollar Coin from the United States

of America and as most of you know the US quarters

don't say 25 cents anywhere on them they say quarter and they worth a quarter of

a US dollar. When we flip it over, you can actually see that at the bottom it says

right here QUARTER DOLLAR United States of America and E Pluribus Unum with the

eagle holding a band of arrows. Down underneath the arrows you can see the tail and

that's one of the ways you can tell if the coin is in very fine or above condition: the tail is really detailed and each

of the arrows is individualized. Then it's probably in Very Fine or above condition and it is certainly

going to be a better shape than this one. As you can see this quarter is not in great shape. Next we see the

wreath at the bottom. Now what

we're really interested in of course on this particular coin is the front in general and the mint mark in particular. As to the

mint mark. The Philadelphia Mint in 1981 produced a

lot of these coins 601.7 million So, more than half a billion of these

coins were made. And when you make over a half billion of anything the planchets and the stamping press strikes

at the mint make a lot of small mistakes or mini errors and this is one

of the most common ones and this is called the filled P so the 1981 filled P

so it says 1981 here you see Washington facing left Liberty at the top In God We

Trust under his chin and behind his ponytail and the ribbon holding it is a

supposed to be a P and this is called the filled P error version and so when I first

saw this I didn't know much about it so I saw oh wow this is something that

people are going to be excited to see. So I've looked it up on the

internet and they said "NAH" these filled P's you can actually get a mint sets

with these filled P's in them that came from the Philadelphia Mint so this is not

not a big error or not a big mistake coin in fact the Coin Talk websits, there was

somebody on Coin Talk when I looked at the website that said they had 10

or 20 mint sets they looked through and they were all filled Peas

now when I saw this filled P, I started saying okay well maybe that's just this

one coin. But I pulled out another old 1981 and this one's if anything this is worse

that's you you can't even really tell that there's a hole in the P on this

one but one of the things you can see on both of these coins is when they did set

it to put the P on it they did something. I think there was something in between

or something messing it up because it made a dent so can you see that little

dent right around the P as if they hit it so hard it actually indented the coin

around the P so something probably got in between the the planchette and the strike piece got some materials built up on it but

actually pushed so hard it made a little indentation now people say well they're

probably all like that aren't they. And so I want to show you a 1980 and doggone if

the 1980 isn't mostly filled also and this is a 1980 so we got all these

quarters and they're all filled what would a good P look like well a good

P would look something like this look at that can you tell the difference

between that and that our original one so see how that as the pea and it also

looks like it's bigger doesn't it it almost looks like they fixed it there's

a little bit of an indentation there still but that's clearly a P there and

this is clearly at least the letter F or maybe a letter T that got broken off but to say that

that's a letter P is is stretching it a little bit in terms of actually looking at it

and seeing the P on there and maybe if we get it to this angle looks a little

more like a P so what should it look like

well it should something like this 1985 which is a P and

clearly a P instead of a mark and probably a P and this isn't something

that happened afterwards you like I said this is a really well known error or mistake.

What is the value???? NOTHING really There's so many of these even the mint sets with the

filled P don't have much more value than a regular mint set so if you're looking

for these and you want to make the big bucks on them it's not going to happen

but if we look at this one doesn't that it's just I mean I know it's closer to

the camera but it's just a bigger different piece so I'm wondering if they

didn't actually change the P later on because this is not the same size P as

that P and let me let me switch it around so knows what you do with these is

you flip them and put the bottom one on top and see if it's just is this is

still a size difference and there still is isn't there we put this one on the

bottom further away from the camera and this was still smaller so I think what

happened was between 1981 and 1985 they actually changed it to make the P

actually come out better because they had so many from 80 in 81 83 it looked

better but see so here's 81 here's 85 and here's 83 somewhere in the middle so

it almost looks like they might have fixed it twice let's put them in order

81 83 and 85 all right so this looks like a the same version as this except

you can actually see the P so they cleaned it up and this looks just like a

different P so when you start looking at these coins you're gonna find these

errors sometimes or the mistakes that the mint made or that that just got when

they when you do something and make 601.7 million of them some of

them and those were only the ones when I say they made 601.7 million

though are the ones they put into circulation

I don't know how many of them they kept aside or recycled or whatever but

clearly they made so many kind of filled P's from 80 and 81 they just decided

we're just going to put them out anyway and they put them out and it's fun to

find them but they aren't worth anything so if you have a bunch of filled P's

like I do, use them to buy something else put them all together and use them to

buy you a more expensive more collectible coin so that's all we have

today from a DC Coin World International Coin Channel about the 1981

filled P quarter

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What's the First Thing I Thought When We Got Back to the United States? - Duration: 20:17.

when we got back the immigration guy was like, "where's home?" and we just

paused because like... so I'm working on perfecting the art of getting away with

filming in malls...I feel like my blood pressure shot up like on touchdown... how do you feel about going back to the US?

that is one good thing about this country is like we know how to...

good morning!

we are leaving

we're leaving the beach

first, breakfast

we're going back to the bakery because it's my favorite ever third time. why go anywhere

else? why go anywhere else? I have not eaten

breakfast anywhere other than this place after I had it the first time

breakfast was amazing per usual and now we are saying goodbye to Santa Teresa

okay I could not leave without just saying goodbye to the beach one more

time it's so beautiful and there's a puppy dog

hey guany-guans

enjoy your warm brick

all right we are in the car line for the ferry. Harper is asleep I want to be

asleep. The Dramamine is like

making me all kinds of foggy and weird

Jesse has gone to get our tickets for the ferry

and I think I'm gonna actually just pass out

well that didn't work. oh wait.

hey baby

okay we made it to the hotel after much-- many trials and

tribulations. our phones like stopped working thank you so much Harper has made

me a coffee so delicious thank you yummy yummy yummy our phones just

stopped connecting to the internet so we had no maps no directions we got a map

to like kind of load so we were like following our little dot and like making

guesses about which route to take took us forever to get here but we made it we

have Wi-Fi we need to find some food and there's a pool

so Harper Harper is happy and we will be happy once we eat

all right so we are

getting back on the road because we're crazy

like that. and yeah our phones are still not

working and we forgot to load the map so we're just gonna guess at the

directions to this giant mall we passed that has like a ferris wheel on the roof

like you do.

then everybody can just eat whichever ones they like best

how's it? it's good.

all right we're gonna walk the mall and they have these awesome car things for

rent so your child is happy and strapped to something it's just

genius genius is what this is. I'm working on perfecting the art of getting

away with filming in malls. The trick is okay whenever you see

security film your kid. the kid. immediately kid. you know if you don't

have kids you could just film somebody else's kid. Awkward. then you're gonna get security on you

for something else but not for filming

another tip always take pictures of the decorations if you want to talk to the

camera find a Christmas tree to talk to the camera in front of because

you look very much like a tourist. see? awesome Christmas tree.

decorations and children this is your key. husband and kid over here so I'm

really walkin on walking on the edge here but look

just taking pictures of the decorations

this place has bumper cars, a merry-go-round, a ferris wheel, a tilt-a-whirl

and an arcade

this is the craziest mall arcade I've ever seen

all right we are back from breakfast well I am back from breakfast Jesse took

Harper to the pool for like a lightning round pool session before we leave I am

repacking all the bags we have a flight to Houston today and then we have an

overnight layover so I booked just a hotel near the airport and then our next

flight is tomorrow

oh gosh why is this so heavy oh gosh no

only my husband

travels with a piano

hashtag minimalism

the reason that our flights are so ridiculous is because

they were cheaper it's always the moment when you regret saving that little extra

bit of money. and yes they're still cheaper even accounting for the hotel stay I

think the other option was like a super short layover and with a three-year-old

super short layover no. not gonna even happen.

this thing probably weighs.. like this thing weighs

almost as much as our child. but for Jesse's job he's gotta have a really good machine so

Oh

have mercy

also this is a problem

oh dear

it's been like that since Mexico City the little screws holding it in to the

camera have popped off

something that I should know but don't I'm googling can

you put toothpaste in a carry-on why don't I know that

toothpaste on a boil. ew, Google! can you put toothpaste in a dog's mouth? these

are just not helpful at all okay yeah we can bring the toothpaste. I used to be

the type who would pack everything in hand luggage and travel sized

everything I was so cool and then I had a baby and now I'm working on it working

on it

all right we're at the airport and we are checked in we are through security and

there's a giant toy store with dinosaurs so we'll be here for three hours

so I have a question for you guys I never noticed this until living in

central Mexico for a while but um people my people specifically white people

specifically white United States citizens people we dress alarmingly

badly also by the way like I am the least fashionable person on the face of

the planet so I am laughing with you not at you but just walking through the

airport I realized today like we generally look like we're either just

about to engage in a very vigorous athletic activity or we look like we're

going on Safari we really like things with pockets shirts with pockets pants

with many many pockets vests with lots of pockets why do we have so many

pockets you guys no judgment for people on airplanes because when you are about

to sit crammed into a little sardine can for however many hours comfort is first

and I've never tried to look nice at an airport and I don't think you should

either so there you go wear your athletic apparel with pride anyway do

you guys have a go-to airport outfit? I'm wearing jeans right

now which is one of my number one rules never wear jeans on a plane because

they're so outrageously uncomfortable however saves space in a suitcase

tomorrow I have sweatpants though.

okay we are on the plane I got picked

for the random extra pat down. so an

observation: now everybody's speaking English and I

do not like it because I like people a lot more when I don't understand what

they're saying there were these two guys in line behind me who were literally

complaining about the airport musician guy who was playing the

what was that? Marimba? Xylophone? Wooden xylophone? Marimba?

they were actually complaining about him and so I'm like standing in the line like

how can you be complaining about this and just feeling all kinds of grumpy

how do you...

I feel warm and in need of AC. how do you feel about going back to the US?

I have a lot to do that's all I can think about

what are you looking forward to the most?

being done with all the stuff I have to do. are you stressed about work right now

yeah. I will miss warmer weather

and the food

what will you miss?

tortas. yes you will miss tortas

all right I'm gonna buckle up now

the plane can't take off because we can't finish the safety demonstration

thing because these people will not take their seats because there was some type

of like the mix-up I think somebody sat in their seat and they can't

handle it

so we gotta wait

while they sit in their seat

oh there we go now now they're happy. oh we're clapping. good for you you got your seat

all right we're about to land

almost to the United States...of Texas

all right another day another taxi van. on the way to the hotel

okay we're in the hotel waiting for Uber Eats. it's so much more expensive here

and Harper got a nap in the airplane so... Harper are you gonna

ever go to sleep tonight you think? YEAAAHHHH! you sound exhausted

I forgot one more category of how we dress is the just got out of bed look or

the just about to get in bed look this is the look that I'm sporting today and

my favorite of all of the looks so there's the Safari there's the athlete

and there's the sleeper. I'm definitely a sleeper

thoughts about being in

the United States? I can talk very quickly in English I

understand everything it's pretty amazing I feel a little bit like a

superstar, so competent at things it's amazing. I also feel way more

stressed out I feel like my blood pressure shot up like on touchdown

things here are very Go Go Go Go Go in the airport it's like keep moving keep

moving go don't make anybody take any more time than is necessary be super

super on time like the airport shuttle from the hotel like started driving off

as I'm trying to buckle Harper's car seat I'm like wait I do not have this

ready waiting for the little tram train thing to get over to this terminal

they literally have a thing where it tells you how many seconds

you have to wait before the train comes seconds that to me is living in the

United States it's like we have to know how long we're going to wait down to the

second I will say the the nice thing is that you know what to expect and you

know when things are gonna happen and that can actually be really nice

sometimes but the flipside is that it can also be super stressful on the other

side something that I have noticed is that we really label things well here

like that is one good thing about this country is like we know how to label

things street signs airport signs everything is labeled and very clear it

feels weird to be back when we got back the immigration guy was like where's

home and we just paused because like I don't know how to answer that question

and then you know he finishes up with our passports and he's like welcome back

like okay we're back

I do like being able to ask people questions and understand their answers

and also be able to joke with people I really missed being able to do that when

I'm on these airplanes I just think about all the legroom on the buses in

Mexico and I just wanna cry.

we're here. there's snow.

the aircraft is parked at the gate and the

captain has turned off the seatbelt sign devices must remain stowed. (whispering: snow)

I feel cold just looking at it

brr! snow!

snow!

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The National for January 25, 2019 — Kingston Arrests, U.S. Government Shutdown, Queen on Brexit - Duration: 45:45.

>> Ian: ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT,

CHARGES LAID IN KINGSTON,

ONTARIO.

>> IT IS TERRORISM OFFENCES, SO

IT'S FAIR TO SAY IT'S A

TERRORISM ATTACK PLOT.

>> Ian: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE

BOMB-MAKING PLAN AND WHY

REFUGEES WORRY ABOUT A BACKLASH.

>> I WILL SIGN A BILL TO OPEN

OUR GOVERNMENT FOR THREE WEEKS.

>> Andrew: AFTER 35 DAYS, U.S.

LAWMAKERS STRIKE A DEAL TO END

THE SHUTDOWN, SO WHAT ABOUT THE

WALL THAT STARTED IT ALL?

>> I AM FALSELY ACCUSED OF

MAKING FALSE STATES.

>> Ian: A CRAZY COURTHOUSE SCENE

AFTER NEW CHARGES IN THE MUELLER

PROBE.

DOES IT MAKE COLLUSION WITH

RUSSIA MORE LIKELY?

THIS IS "THE NATIONAL".

>> Ian: THE RCMP SAID IT WAS A

NATIONAL MAJOR SECURITY

INVESTIGATION, BUT AFTER LAST

NIGHT'S RAID IN KINGSTON,

ONTARIO, THEY'RE OFFERING FEW

DETAILS OTHER THAN THE ASSURANCE

THEY ACTED IN TIME.

>> IT WAS A CONFIRMED ATTACK

PLANNED.

THERE IS MOTIVE, BUT I'M NOT

PREPARED TO COMMENT ON THAT

RIGHT NOW.

>> Ian: THAT'S ABOUT ALL THEY'D

SAY ABOUT THE PLOT.

POLICE DID CONFIRM THAT ONE OF

THE TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED LAST

NIGHT FACES TERROR-RELATED

CHARGES AND THE OTHER WAS

RELEASED WITHOUT BEING CHARGED.

DAVID COCHRANE PICKS UP THE

DETAILS.

>> Reporter: A MULTI-FORCE

OPERATION USING DOZENS OF

OFFICERS, ALL FUELLED BY A TIP

FROM U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> WE DID RECEIVE CREDIBLE

F.B.I. INFORMATION REGARDING AN

ATTACK PLOT WITH NO SPECIFIC

TIME, DATE OR LOCATION AFFIXED

TO IT.

>> Reporter: THE ATTACK PLOT,

POLICE SAY, WAS TO BUILD A BOMB

AND THEN BLOW IT UP IN A PUBLIC

PLACE.

THE PLACE AND TIME WERE UNCLEAR,

BUT THE INTENTIONS WERE OBVIOUS.

SO AFTER WEEKS OF SURVEILLANCE,

POLICE MADE THEIR MOVE.

>> THE INDIVIDUAL IS REPORTED TO

BE INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURING

OF HOMEMADE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE

DEVICES AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE

SUBJECTS OF OUR INVESTIGATION.

>> Reporter: THE INDIVIDUAL IS A

TEENAGE BOY WHOSE IDENTITY AND

PERSONAL DETAILS ARE PROTECTED

BECAUSE OF HIS AGE.

HE MADE A BRIEF COURT APPEARANCE

THIS AFTERNOON ON TERRORISM

CHARGES.

HE'LL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT

WEEK.

THE POLICE MADE THE ARREST, NOT

BECAUSE AN ATTACK WAS IMMINENT

BUT BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY HAD

ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO BLOCK OFF

STREETS AND SEARCH HOUSES.

>> AT NO TIME WAS THERE A PUBLIC

THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

NO FURTHER NEED TO PURSUE THE

INVESTIGATION AT THAT TIME.

>> Reporter: ALL OF WHICH RAISES

A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT

HAPPENED WITH THIS MAN.

20-YEAR-OLD HUSSAM EDDIN

ALZAHABI WAS ALSO TAKEN INTO

CUSTODY DURING THURSDAY'S RAIDS.

THE SYRIAN REFUGEE WAS RELEASED

FRIDAY WITHOUT CHARGE.

WELL, TONIGHT, HUSSAM EDDIN

ALZAHABI IS HOME.

HIS FATHER MAINTAINED FROM THE

BEGINNING HIS SON DID NOTHING

WRONG AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN

REUNITED AS A FAMILY AND THEY'RE

TURNING DOWN ALL INTERVIEW

REQUESTS.

>> Ian: THEY SPOKE TO THE MEDIA,

BUT REACHED OUT TO MEMBERS OF

THE KINGSTON COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY IS A

SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY.

THEY CAME HERE TWO YEARS AGO.

THEY WERE SPONSORED BY A CHURCH

GROUP AND THERE IS OBVIOUS

CONCERNS OF A BACKLASH WHEN YOU

HAVE A SYRIAN REFUGEE TIED TO A

TERRORIST BOMB PLOT.

THE POLICE HAVE BEEN REACHING

OUT TO SPECIFIC GROUPS, MUSLIM

ASSOCIATIONS AND SYRIAN REFUGEE

SUPPORT GROUPS AND OFFERING THEM

WHATEVER REASSURANCES AND

SUPPORT THEY CAN TO HELP THEM IN

THE EVENT OF A BACKLASH.

>> Ian: THANK YOU, DAVID.

DAVID COCHRANE REPORTING FROM

KINGSTON TONIGHT.

>> Ian: SO DAVID TOUCHING ON A

POSSIBLE BACKLASH AGAINST THE

MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

THESE ARRESTS HAVE ALSO RENEWED

THE DEBATE ABOUT HOW CANADA

SCREENS REFUGEES.

DEFENDED BY THE PRIME MINISTER,

CHALLENGED BY THE OPPOSITION.

KATIE SIMPSON IS ON THAT STORY.

>> Reporter: AS REPORTS EMERGED

THAT A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED

IN THE KINGSTON TERROR RAIDS

CAME TO CANADA WITH HIS FAMILY

AS A SYRIAN REFUGEE,

CONSERVATIVE LEADER ANDREW

SCHEER ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING

CANADA'S REFUGEE SCREENING

PROCESS NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY

EXAMINED.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE

WHEN WE'RE BRINGING IN PEOPLE IN

A QUICK MANNER AS WE ARE, THEY

HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SECURITY

CHECKS AND EVERYONE IS SAFE AND

SECURITY IS UTMOST OF CONCERN.

>> Reporter: BUT THE

CONSERVATIVE DEMAND FOR AN

EXAMINATION CAME HOURS BEFORE

POLICE RELEASED THAT SAME

20-YEAR-OLD MAN WITHOUT CHARGE.

>> I THINK IT'S WISER IN THESE

CIRCUMSTANCES, RATHER THAN

LEAPING TO CONCLUSIONS, LET THE

POLICE DO THEIR JOB.

LET'S GET THE FACTS ON THE

TABLE.

AND THEN WE'LL DETERMINE THE

APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION.

>> WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN THE

PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER SAYS,

IT'S TOO EARLY TO COME TO THAT

CONCLUSION?

>> I THINK IT'S FAIR, HOWEVER,

THE MINISTER HAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE

THERE HAVE BEEN LAPSES.

>> Reporter: THE CONSERVATIVES

HAVE LONG BEEN CRITICAL OF

LIBERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY,

ESPECIALLY AFTER THOUSANDS OF

ASYLUM-SEEKERS CROSSED INTO

CANADA ON FOOT.

THE PRIME MINISTER HAS TRIED TO

NEUTRALIZE THIS.

>> THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT YET AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO BE

TACKING ABOUT IN THIS UPCOMING

ELECTION, BECAUSE THERE ARE

PEOPLE TRYING TO CREATE FEAR

AROUND THE COUNTRY, AROUND

IMMIGRATION.

>> Reporter: THIS LEADER IN

KINGSTON'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY DOES

NOT WANT TO SEE THIS SPECIFIC

CASE POLITICIZED OUT OF FEAR OF

A BACKLASH.

>> WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL

NOT TO BURDEN THE REST OF THE

COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE

ACTIONS, BAD ACTIONS OF ONE OF

THEM.

WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT

TO EXPLOIT THIS IN ORDER TO MAKE

A POLITICAL POINT.

>> Reporter: SECURITY EXPERTS

ARE HESITANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS

CASE UNTIL MORE DETAILS ARE MADE

AVAILABLE.

GENERALLY, THOUGH, IT IS NOT

UNCOMMON FOR RADICALIZATION TO

OCCUR IN CANADA RATHER THAN

ABROAD.

KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.

>> Ian: TWO BIG POLITICAL

STORIES UNFOLDING IN WASHINGTON

TODAY.

GOVERNMENT WORKERS WILL SOON BE

BACK AT WORK, MAYBE NOT FOR LONG

AND SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN

THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION

>> Andrew: THE PROBE IS LOOKING

INTO TIES BETWEEN THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIAN

INTERFERENCE.

TODAY, IT ZEROED IN ON A LONG

TIME POLITICAL OPERATIVE.

F.B.I. AGENTS ARRESTED ROGER

STONE IN A RAID AT DAWN.

IT WAS ORDERED BY SPECIAL

COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER.

NOW, STONE IS A CLOSE PERSONAL

FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT.

HE'S ALSO FACING SEVEN CHARGES,

INCLUDING OBSTRUCTION, WITNESS

TAMPERING AND MAKING FALSE

STATEMENTS.

HIS INDICTMENT ALLEGES A DIRECT

LINK BETWEEN TRUMP'S SENIOR

LOYALIST AND EFFORTS TO DAMAGE

THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN WITH HACKED

E-MAILS.

IT IS A DEEP STRIKE AT THE

PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE, BUT

NOT ONE THAT IS UNANSWERED.

KEITH BOAG SHOWS US.

>> Reporter: FROM THE STEPS OF

THE FORT LAUDERDALE COURTHOUSE,

ROGER STONE GAVE A DEFIANT

SALUTE IN A MANNER OF HIS

POLITICAL HERO, THE DISGRACED

PRESIDENT, RICHARD NIXON.

THE BOOS DROWNED OUT THE

DECLARATION HE'LL FIGHT THE

CHARGES AND WIN.

HE ECHOED THE PRESIDENT.

>> THE CHARGES TODAY RELATE IN

NO WAY TO RUSSIAN COLLUSION,

WIKILEAKS COLLABORATION OR ANY

OTHER ILLEGAL CONNECTION WITH

THE 2016 CAMPAIGN.

>> Reporter: THAT IS TRUE.

THE SPECIFIC CHARGES DON'T

RELATE TO COLLUSION, WIKILEAKS

OR THE 2016 CAMPAIGN, BUT THE

STORY IN THE DOCUMENT DOES.

IT SAYS STONE LIED ABOUT HIS

EFFORTS TO GET INFORMATION FROM

JULIAN ASSANGE'S WIKILEAKS, BUT

E-MAILS SAY THAT HE STILL HAS THE

PRESIDENT'S BACK.

>> THERE IS NO CIRCUMSTANCE

WHATSOEVER UNDER WHICH I WILL

BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THE

PRESIDENT.

>> Reporter: THAT MIGHT BE COLD

COMFORT TO THE PRESIDENT.

THE INDICTMENT IS SUPPORTED BY

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.

IT INDICATES OTHER SOURCES OF

INFORMATION THAT SUGGEST THE

MUELLER INVESTIGATION MIGHT NOT

EVEN NEED STONE'S TESTIMONY.

>> Andrew: SO IS THE LINK

BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN,

WIKILEAKS AND RUSSIAN

INTERFERENCE, IS THAT THE

COLLUSION MUELLER HAS BEEN

LOOKING FOR?

>> Reporter: THE INDICTMENT

INDICATES THAT THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN THROUGH ROGER STONE WAS

TRYING TO REACH OUT TO WIKILEAKS

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT E-MAILS

STOLEN BY THE RUSSIANS IN HOPE

OF FINDING DIRT ON THE CLINTON

CAMPAIGN.

SO THE INDICTMENT MAKES STONE AN

IMPORTANT LINK IN WHAT LOOKS

MORE LIKE COLLUSION TODAY THAN

YESTERDAY.

AND ADD TO THAT WHAT WE KNEW

ABOUT PAUL MANAFORT SHARING

POLLING INFORMATION WITH A

KREMLIN CONNECTED RUSSIAN AND

WHAT WE MIGHT LEARN ABOUT THE

MEETING AT TRUMP TOWER BETWEEN

THE RUSSIANS AND THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN.

>> Andrew: ROGER STONE'S

INDICTMENT BRINGS TO 37 THE

NUMBER OF INDICTMENTS OR

FINDINGS OF GUILT TO ROBERT

MUELLER'S INVESTIGATION.

MANY OF THOSE ARE FOR LYING OR

FINANCE CRIMES.

SOME ARE FOR MEDDLING IN THE

2016 ELECTION, BUT WHEN IT COMES

TO CONNECTING THE DOTS, MOST OF

THE PEOPLE FALL INTO THREE

GENERAL GROUPS.

SOME WERE PART OF TRUMP'S

CAMPAIGN.

ONE HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

AND MANY ARE TIED TO RUSSIA.

IN THAT FIRST GROUP, AMONG THOSE

CONVICTED, PAUL MANAFORT AND

MICHAEL FLYNN.

BOTH HIGH-PROFILE ADVISORS.

ALSO PLEADING GUILTY.

MICHAEL COHEN, DONALD TRUMP'S

LONGTIME PERSONAL LAWYER.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE RUSSIANS

CONNECTED TO THE ELECTION, BUT

NOT TO TRUMP PERSONALLY.

13 PEOPLE INDICTED FOR ELECTION

MEDDLING AND 12 INTELLIGENCE

OFFICERS CHARGED FOR HACKING.

WHAT MANY ARE WAITING TO SEE,

HOW TIGHTLY MUELLER WILL TIE

THEM TO THE OTHER GROUPS, IF AT

ALL.

NOW THE STONE INDICTMENT WAS NOT

THE ONLY STRESS TEST FOR THE

PRESIDENT TODAY.

FAR FROM IT.

HE'S BEEN UNDER MOUNTING

PRESSURE TO END THE GOVERNMENT

SHUTDOWN AND TODAY, HE BACKED

DOWN.

FOR NOW.

>> President Donald Trump: I

WILL MAKE SURE IS THAT ALL

EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THEIR BACK PAY

VERY QUICKLY OR AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE.

IT WILL HAPPEN FAST.

>> Andrew: CAN'T COME SOON

ENOUGH FOR THE THOUSANDS OF

FEDERAL WORKERS WHO MISSED TWO

PAYCHEQUES OVER THE PAST FIVE

WEEKS.

PLUS, THE DEAL IS TEMPORARY.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO PROVIDE

FUNDING FOR THREE WEEKS.

AFTER 35-DAY STANDOFF, WHAT DID

EITHER SIDE GET OUT OF IT?

WHAT WAS THE POINT?

IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.

HERE'S KIM BRUNHUBER.

>> I AM VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE

TODAY THAT WE HAVE REACHED A

DEAL TO END THE SHUTDOWN AND

REOPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE SIN

NUMBERS, BUT IT'S HARD NOT TO

SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AS

PRESIDENT TRUMP CAVING.

TRUMP REOPENED THE GOVERNMENT

WITHOUT GETTING A PENNY FOR THE

WALL HE WANTS TO BUILD.

>> WE REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT

TO BUILD A POWERFUL WALL OR

STEEL BARRIER.

>> Reporter: THE SHUTDOWN HAS

STRETCHED FOR MORE THAN A MONTH,

35 DAYS WITHOUT PAY FOR HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS.

MANY, LIKE THESE TSA AGENTS IN

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA,

RESORTING TO FOOD BANKS TO MAKE

ENDS MEET.

>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT

IT, BESIDES HANG ON AND WAIT FOR

THE PAYCHEQUE.

>> ASKING ABOUT CONNECTING

FLIGHTS.

THIS IS AN ISSUE DUE TO GROUND

STOPPAGE IN LA GUARDIA.

>> Reporter: TODAY, THERE WERE

SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AT AIRPORTS

BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE OF AIR

TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

THIS DEAL TO REOPEN THE

GOVERNMENT WHILE BOTH SIDES TRY

TO DISCUSS FUNDING FOR MORE

BORDER SECURITY IS WHAT

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS

PROPOSED BEFORE THE SHUTDOWN

BEGAN.

DEMOCRATS SAY THEY HOPE THE

PRESIDENT LEARNED HIS LESSON AM

>> ULTIMATELY, THIS AGREEMENT

ENDORSES OUR POSITION.

IT REOPENS THE GOVERNMENT

WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS.

GIVES DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS

AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS BORDER

SECURITY WITHOUT HOLDING

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

AMERICAN WORKERS HOSTAGE.

>> IF WE DON'T GET A FAIR

DEAL --

>> Reporter: THE TWO PARTIES

HAVE THREE WEEKS TO STRIKE A

DEAL.

IF THEY DON'T, TRUMP IS

THREATENING A STATE OF EMERGENCY

OR PERHAPS ORDER ANOTHER

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

WITH MANY STILL WONDERING WHAT

EXACTLY THIS SHUTDOWN WAS ALL

FOR.

KIM BRUNHUBER, CBC NEWS, NEWPORT

BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

>> Andrew: AFTER THAT ALL, THAT

IS STILL THE QUESTION OF THE

STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

WE KNOW IT WON'T HAPPEN TUESDAY,

BUT HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI

AND DONALD TRUMP ARE EXPECTED TO

COME UP WITH A NEW DATE

TOGETHER.

>> Ian: HER COMMENTS MAY NOT

STRIKE YOU AS PROVOCATIVE, BUT

SOME PEOPLE IN BRITAIN ARE

WONDERING IF THE QUEEN CROSSED

THE LINE.

SHE SUGGESTED PEOPLE TREAT EACH

OTHER WITH RESPECT.

HER REMARKS ARE SEEN AS AN

ATTEMPT TO EASE TENSIONS OVER

BREXIT.

>> Reporter: THE QUEEN ARRIVED

TO DELIVER A LOW-KEY SPEECH AWAY

FROM THE CAMERAS AT A WOMEN'S

INSTITUTE.

BUT THE MESSAGE WAS HEARD RIGHT

ACROSS BRITAIN.

SHE URGED PEOPLE WITH OPPOSING

VIEWS TO COME TOGETHER, SEEK OUT

THE COMMON GROUND, NEVER LOSING

SIGHT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE.

THE QUEEN DIDN'T UTTER THE WORD

BREXIT, BUT IN A COUNTRY THIS

DIVIDED, THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE

HEARD.

A PLEA FOR THE WARRING FACTIONS

TO REACH A TRUCE.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORDS

THEMSELVES, THEY'RE GENERIC

SENTIMENTS.

>> Reporter: THIS POLITICS

WATCHER SAYS ELIZABETH IS NOT

TAKING SIDES, BUT --

>> THE CULTURE HAS BECOME TOXIC

AND IT MAY BE THAT THE QUEEN

FELT IT WAS TIME TO MAKE A RARE

INTERVETERANS.

>> Reporter: THE QUEEN DOESN'T

WEIGH IN ON POLITICS, AT LEAST

OFFICIALLY, BUT MAYBE SHE'S BEEN

DROPPING HINTS FOR A WHILE.

IT'S HARD TO NAIL DOWN WHAT HER

MESSAGE REALLY IS.

CHECK OUT THE HAT SHE WORE

DURING A SPEECH IN THE BRITISH

PARLIAMENT.

LOOKS LIKE AN EU FLAG.

>> THROUGH THE STATE VISIT --

>> Reporter: LAST FALL WITH THE

DUTCH ROYALS, SHE SPOKE OF A

POST BREXIT RELATIONSHIP.

THIS TABLOID EVEN CLAIMED THE

QUEEN BACKED BREXIT YEARS AGO,

THOUGH THAT HEADLINE WAS RULED

MISLEADING.

SOMETIMES SHE'S LESS SUBTLE,

HEARD SAYING THAT VOTERS SHOULD

THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE

FUTURE.

IN HER CHRISTMAS MESSAGE A MONTH

AGO, ANOTHER PLEA, PERHAPS ABOUT

BREXIT.

>> EVEN WITH THE MOST DEEPLY

HELD DIFFERENCES, TREATING THE

OTHER PERSON WITH RESPECT AND AS

A FELLOW HUMAN BEING IS ALWAYS A

GOOD FIRST STEP.

>> Reporter: IT'S ALL ABOUT

GETTING ALONG REALLY.

HARDLY CONTROVERSIAL, EXCEPT AT

SUCH A TENSE TIME.

THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS, LONDON.

>> Ian: BRITISH M.P.s VOTE NEXT

TUESDAY ON PRIME MINISTER

THERESA MAY'S REVISED BREXIT

DEAL.

IF THEY REJECT IT, THERE IS

INCREASED RISK THAT BRITAIN WILL

CRASH OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.

>>> HERE'S SOME OF THE OTHER

STORIES WE'RE WATCHING TONIGHT.

THE CLEANUP UNDER WAY AFTER A

POWERFUL RAINSTORM CAUSED FLASH

FLOODING AROUND SUSSEX, NEW

BRUNSWICK.

>>> HEAVY RAIN LIFTED THE

KENNEBECASIS RIVER EARLY THIS

MORNING, ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE

WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES.

PUMPS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WERE

BROUGHT IN TO PUSH THE WATER

OUT.

IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO ROADS AND

GOVERNMENT CREWS ARE WORKING TO

REPAIR.

THE CLEANUP IS EXPECTED TO TAKE

WEEKS.

>> SAVE OUR HEALTH CARE!

>> 100 PEOPLE FROM CAPE BRETON

PROTESTED WHAT THEY SAY IS THE

DIRE STATE OF HEALTH CARE.

THEY SHOWED UP AT THE OFFICE OF

THEIR PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVE.

THEY SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT

DOCTOR SHORTAGES AND THE CLOSURE

OF TWO HOSPITALS.

>> I SAW CROWDED HOSPITAL ROOMS,

CROWDED HALLWAYS AND DOCTORS RUN

OFF THEIR FEET.

>> Ian: HE TOLD THE GROUP THE

PLAN IS SPEND HALF A BILLION

DOLLARS TO UPGRADE AND EXPAND

TWO OTHER HOSPITALS.

>>> AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE TOLD

YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK.

POWER IS BEING RESTORED TO A

TORONTO APARTMENT BUILDING.

ABOUT A THOUSAND RESIDENTS HAVE

BEEN IN THE DARK AND COLD SINCE

TUESDAY WHEN A PIPE BURST IN THE

BUILDING'S ELECTRICAL ROOM.

POWER IS EXPECTED TO BE RESTORED

IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE PIPE

TO BREAK.

>> Andrew: TONIGHT, ON "THE

NATIONAL", IT'S A REAL LIFE

HORROR STORY ABOUT THE MURDER OF

A LITTLE BOY, BUT THAT BOY'S

MOTHER IS DISGUSTED BY THE

FILM'S OSCAR NOMINATION.

WE GO IN DEPTH AND ASK, WHOSE

STORY IS IT TO TELL?

>> WHY ARE PEDIATRICIANS

CHANGING THEIR ADVICE WHEN IT

COMES TO EXPOSING CHILDREN TO

ALLERGENS LIKE PEANUTS.

>> HE'S HELP PROTECT WORLD

LEADERS, BUT TODAY IS RETIREMENT

DAY.

>> IT IS A BIG DEAL FOR US IN

THE DEPARTMENT AND CERTAINLY

HIM, TO SEE HIM GO OFF TO BE

JUSCANADIANS SUFFER FROM FOOD

ALLERGIES.

THE ADVICE USED TO BE THAT

PARENTS SHOULD AVOID FEEDING

COMMON ALLERGENS, LIKE EGGS,

NUTS, COW'S MILK UNTIL THE KIDS

WERE OLDER.

IT'S CHANGED AND THEY'RE TOLD TO

INTRODUCE THE FOODS EARLIER, BUT

IT SEEMS NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING

THE MESSAGE.

BUT THE CANADIAN PEDIATRIC

SOCIETY IS STEPPING IN.

>> Reporter: COOKING AT HOME IS

ONE WAY JOSIE CAN CONTROL WHAT

HER KIDS EAT.

THEY HAVE SEVERE FOOD ALLERGIES.

WHEN THEY WERE BABIES, DOCTORS

GAVE HER ADVICE.

>> WE WERE TOLD TO AVOID THE

COMMON ALLERGENS UNTIL THEY WERE

2 OR 3 YEARS OLD.

>> Reporter: BUT YEARS LATER,

THE PEDIATRIC SOCIETY IS URGING

PARENTS TO DO THE OPPOSITE AND

START FEEDING BABIES PEANUT

BUTTER AND EGGS BETWEEN 4-6

MONTHS OLD, EVEN IF THEY HAVE A

SIBLING WITH A FOOD ALLERGY.

>> THE GOAL IS TO GIVE THE BEST

EVIDENCE TO FAMILIES AT HIGHER

RISK TO ALLOW THEM TO LIVE THE

BEST CHANCE OF AN ALLERGY-FREE

LIFE.

>> Reporter: WHAT CHANGED IN THE

YEARS SINCE JOSIE'S KIDS WERE

BORN AND NOW?

IN SHORT, BETTER UNDERSTAND OF

THE SCIENCE OF FOOD ALLERGIES.

BACK IN 2015, A U.K. STUDY THAT

FOLLOWED 600 CHILDREN FOUND 80%

REDUCTION IN DEVELOPING ALLERGY

AMONG THOSE EXPOSED TO PEANUTS

AS BABIES, COMPARED TO THOSE WHO

WEREN'T.

>> WE THOUGHT YOU BECAME

ALLERGIC THROUGH YOUR GUT.

THE THOUGHT WAS LET THE GUT

MATURE.

THE BIG CHANGE IS WE THINK YOU

BECOME ALLERGIC THROUGH YOUR

SKIN.

THE THEORY IS IF YOU EAT THE

FOOD, THE GUT IS TEACHING THE

BODY NOT TO REACT.

>> Reporter: BUT SUCH AN

ABOUT-FACE IN THINKING CAN TAKE

TIME FOR FAMILY DOCTORS AND

PEDIATRICIANS TO ADOPT AND PASS

ALONG TO PATIENTS.

>> I THINK THERE ARE PARENTS OUT

THERE THAT ARE CONFUSED IN TERMS

OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON

WHAT THEY'VE HEARD FROM THEIR

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.

>> Reporter: THE CANADIAN

PEDIATRIC SOCIETY HOPES TO CLEAR

UP THAT CONFUSION, INTRODUCE

YOUR BABY TO NUTS AND EGGS AFTER

THEY'VE STARTED EATING SOLID

FOODS.

IF THERE ARE SIGNS OF ALLERGIC

REACTION, SEE A DOCTOR.

IF THERE IS NO ALLERGIC

REACTION, GIVE BABY THOSE FOODS

REGULARLY.

THERE IS EXCEPTION.

IF BABIES HAVE SERIOUS ECZEMA,

GET MEDICAL ADVICE BEFORE

INTRODUCING THEM TO ALLERGENS.

IF THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE HAD

EXCERPTED A DECADE AGO, JOSIE

WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER BABIES NUTS

AND FOODS.

TO TRY TO PREVENT THE ALLERGIES

THEY SUFFER FROM NOW.

>> Andrew: UP NEXT ON "THE

NATIONAL", IT WAS AN INVITATION

WITH THE PROMISE OF LUXURY, BUT

WHAT THEY GOT WAS ANYTHING BUT.

TWO NEW DOCUMENTARIES.

WHAT IS OUR FASCINATION WITH THE

DUMPSTER FIRE THAT WAS THE FYRE

FESTIVAL?

>> AND WHY ARE WOMAN WHO COMPOSE

MUSIC FOR FILM A RARITY?

>> I'VE EXPERIENCED ALSO SOME

JUST SORT OF BLATANT SEXISM,

WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A

MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FILM

AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE

LUNCH YOU REALIZE, OH, WAIT,

THIS WAS

>> HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT

OSCAR NOMINATIONS, THERE WILL BE

OUTRAGE.

THIS YEAR IT'S OVER THE

NOMINATION OF "DETAINMENT".

>> IT'S THE TRUE STORY.

THE TODDLER'S MORE HAD NO IDEA

IT WAS HAPPENING.

>> USUALLY OSCAR OUTRAGE IS

POLITICAL, BUT THIS TIME IT'S

ABOUT WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO TELL

A STORY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I'M STEPHEN MARCHE.

>> I'M STACY LEE KONG.

I'M DONNOVAN BENNETT.

ART IMITATES LIFE, SO IT'S

INEVITABLE THAT REAL LIFE SEEPS

INTO ENTERTAINMENT, BUT YOU HAVE

TO BE FAIR TO THE PEOPLE OF

WHOSE STORY YOU'RE TELLING.

>> IF YOU WANT TO TELL OTHER

PEOPLE'S STORIES, YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO BETRAY THEM.

THAT'S INEVITABLE.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE ART,

OR YOU CAN HAVE VIRTUE, BUT IN

WORLD, YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH.

>> Andrew: OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT

A FILM THAT YOU LIKELY WOULD

HAVE SEEN IN THEATRES.

IT'S A SHORT FILM, 30 MINUTES

AND YOU HAVE TO SEE IT FOR

YOURSELF TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S

REALLY SET PEOPLE OFF.

WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A CLIP

AND THEN TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS

ACTUALLY MUCH BIGGER

CONVERSATION, WELL BEYOND THIS

ONE MOVIE.

>> I KNOW THE TRUTH.

I BELIEVE I KNOW THE TRUTH.

>> SO DO I.

>> I WAS THERE.

>> YOU WEREN'T.

>> ROBERT SAYS HE WAS WITH YOU

AND THAT YOU WERE THERE

TOGETHER.

>> YES, HE WAS.

>> SO YOU WERE.

>> WE NEVER!

>> Andrew: SO, LOOK, THERE ARE

REALLY POWERFUL, EVEN FRIGHTEN

PERFORMANCES IN THIS MOVIE AND

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DETAINME"DETAINMENT"

"DETAINMENT", BUT ABOUT FILMS

AND WORKS THAT USE REAL LIFE

HORROR TO TELL A STORY.

THINK OF A WAR MOVIE.

THEY NECESSARILY TAKE REAL LIFE

HUMAN SUFFERING AND THEN PROFIT

FROM IT.

IS IT ART OR IS IT A

APPROPRIATION?

TAKING WHAT IS NOT YOURS AND

THEN USING IT?

>> THAT IS WHAT ART IS, TAKING

STORIES THAT ARE NOT YOURS AND

MAKING THEM YOUR OWN.

AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY

TO ESCAPE IT.

THE ONLY WAY TO ESCAPE IT IS TO

MAKE P.R., WHERE YOU TELL THE

STORIES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE

TOLD ABOUT THEM.

ANYONE WHO DOESN'T DO THAT,

JOURNALIST, ARTIST, ANYONE WHO

TRIES TO FIND THE TRUTH INTO

REAL HUMAN DRAMAS IS GOING TO

TELL STORIES THAT SOME PEOPLE

DON'T LIKE.

SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF THE

STORIES DON'T LIKE.

>> Andrew: BUT DIDN'T THE GRIPE

ON THAT LINE?

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BLACK AND

WHITE.

YOU CAN BE COMPASSIONATE?

>> NO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE

GOOD ART, YOU HAVE TO BE CRUEL

TO GET TO THE REALITY.

IF YOU TRY AND TAKE EVERYONE'S

FEELINGS INTO ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT

ATTITUDES TO THEIR OWN STORIES

THAN THE REALITY OF THEIR STORY.

THAT'S PART OF THE HUMAN

CONDITION.

>> Andrew: THE FAMILY WASN'T

EVEN CONSULTED?

BLIND SIDED.

THE TREATMENT OF THE FILM IS ONE

THING, BUT OUGHT THE DIRECTOR

HAVE SAID, LOOK, I'M MAKING THE

FILM?

>> YEAH, HE SHOULD OF.

I CONSIDER MYSELF A CITIZEN THAT

HAPPENS TO MAKE CONTENT.

SO MY INCLINATION IS TO HAVE

EMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO IT

AFFECTS, BUT IF YOU CONSIDER

YOURSELF AS A CONTENT MAKER WHO

HAPPENS TO BE A CITIZEN, THEN

YOUR LOYALTY IS REALLY IN THE

STORY TELLING AND TO YOUR POINT,

THEY AREN'T MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

TO TELL THE BEST STORY, YOU NEED

TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO IT

IMPACTED SO YOU HAVE THEIR

PERSPECTIVE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT, BUT I

THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE IT AS

PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

>> Andrew: HERE'S THE FOLLOW

THROUGH TO YOUR POINT.

IF YOU APPROACH THE FAMILY AND

THE DIRECTOR DID THAT, I'M

MAKING A FILM, HERE'S HOW I WANT

TO DO, THEY SAY NO, WHAT DO YOU

DO?

>> SO I SEE BOTH OF YOUR POINTS

BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE IS AN

ARGUMENT TO BE MADE FOR THE

VALUE OF THIS FILM.

THERE IS AN ARGUMENT SOMEWHERE,

BUT I DO FALL ON THE SIDE OF

COMPASSION.

I FEEL LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO

TALK ABOUT A FAMILY WHOSE CHILD

WAS KILLED IN A HORRIFIC WAY,

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT

DISTANCE FROM AN AUDIENCE, YOU

CAN LOOK AT THEM AND THEY CAN

SAY, THERE IS A VALUE TO THE

FILM, BUT I DON'T KNOW I CAN

EXPECT A MOTHER WHOSE CHILD WAS

TORTURED AND MURDERED.

>> SO WE SHOULD STOP REPORTING

ON MURDER?

NO VICTIM OF MURDER WANTS

REPORTERS AROUND THEIR DOOR

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

HAPPENED.

NO TIME --

>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.

>> IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS TRUE.

YOU CAN TALK TO REPORTERS.

THEY KNOCK ON DOORS TO PEOPLE

WHO DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO THEM.

>> BUT THE POINT IS THEY KNOCKED

ON THE DOOR.

THE TIME TO SAY TO THE DIRECTOR,

MY COMPASSION TO THE FAMILY IS

NOT ON THE RED CARPET.

>> Andrew: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND WHAT THIS

IS.

>> THIS IS EVEN MUCH LESS

INVASIVE THAN A FORM OF REAL

JOURNALISM, WHICH IS ALWAYS

INVASIVE.

FICTION IS ALWAYS INVASIVE OF

MOTIVATION AND SPIRITUAL, BUT

THIS IS LITERALLY COURT

TRANSCRIPTS.

IT IS THE PERFORMANCE OF THINGS

ON THE PUBLIC RECORD.

>> MORE REASON WHY YOU SHOULD

TALK TO THE FAMILY.

YOU CAN'T DERIVE ENOUGH ABOUT

ANYONE BY READING THEIR TEXT.

>> Andrew: I WANT IT GO TO YOU,

BUT I WANT TO LET THE DIRECTOR

SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.

WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF

SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY OF THE

VICTIM, THERE IS ONLINE PETITION

WITH 160,000 SIGNATURES AGAINST

THE FILM, AGAINST THE FACT IT

WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR.

HERE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE FILM

DEFENDING NOT NOTIFYING THE

FAMILY.

>> IN HINDSIGHT, WE SHOULD HAVE

LET HER KNOW WE WERE GOING TO

MAKE IT, BUT WE NEVER IMAGINED

THE FILM WAS GOING TO GET THIS

LEVEL OF ATTENTION WHEN WE SET

OUT TO MAKE IT.

BUT ALSO, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE

PERSPECTIVE ON THE CASE.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE A FILM

THAT WAS IMPARTIAL AND FOCUSED

SOLELY ON THE FACTUAL MATERIAL

WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE

FOR 25 YEARS.

>> Andrew: STACY, DO YOU BUY

THAT?

THIS IS BASED ON FACTUAL

MATERIAL IN THE PUBLIC DO MAIN?

>> NO, FOR SO MANY REASONS.

I UNDERSTAND IN NORTH AMERICA,

WE WERE ALL AWARE OF THIS CASE,

BUT IT DIDN'T BECOME THE SAME

CULTURAL TOUCH POINT IT WAS IN

THE U.K.

>> Andrew: WHAT DO YOU FIND

CONTENTIOUS ABOUT THE FILM, BUT

ALSO THE WAY THE MATERIAL IS

TREATED?

>> I DON'T ACTUALLY -- I SEE AN

ARGUMENT FOR MAKING THE FILM.

I WENT DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF

GOOGLING THE ENTIRE CASE AND

READ THE MEDIA COVERAGE AND THE

WAY THE BOYS REPORT PORTRAYED.

THEY WEREN'T PORTRAYED AS HUMAN

BEINGS.

>> Andrew: WHAT IS THE

CONSEQUENCE OF THAT?

I MEAN, ALMOST LOOKING AT THESE

BOYS AS HUMAN?

>> ABSOLUTELY, AND IN THE CLIP,

THAT WAS A KID.

HE WAS LITTLE.

HE WAS CRYING.

HE WAS A 10-YEAR-OLD.

HE WAS NOT SOME FOREIGN THING WE

COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

I GET THE PARENTS AND THE MOTHER

SAYING I DON'T WANT THEM

HUMANIZED.

IF YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE VALUE

OF HUMANIZING THEM, WE NEED TO

GRAPPLE WITH THAT AS A SOCIETY.

>> TO HUMANIZE PEOPLE

REQUIRES -- IT REQUIRES

INSPECTION, WITH I REQUIRES --

WHICH REQUIRES SOME PEOPLE NOT

TO LIKE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

THAT'S JUST REALITY.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S

LIVES AND TAKING PERSPECTIVE ON

THEM, YOU ARE NECESSARILY

CONTROLLING A NARRATIVE.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO

LIVE IN THAT SOCIETY.

THEN THE PAPARAZZI SHOULD FOLLOW

PEOPLE AND GET IN CAR ACCIDENTS.

WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?

THERE HAS TO BE A PLACE I'M NOT

COMFORTABLE COVERING THIS FOR MY

GAIN.

>> WHAT IF PEOPLE DON'T GET

THEIR STORIES TOLD?

THAT'S A HORRIBLE WORLD.

DO WE WANT THE STORIES OR NOT

WANT THE STORIES?

I WANT THE STORIES.

>> Andrew: I WANT TO MOVE ON.

I HAVE A FEELING WE COULD TALK

ABOUT THIS FOR HOURS, NOT JUST

MINUTES.

BUT THIS IS ANOTHER SUBJECT THAT

GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING,

DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A FESTIVAL

THAT WAS BILLED AT A SORT OF

LUXURY EXPERIENCE.

IT ENDED UP BEING A GONG SHOW.

>> WE WERE WORKING AROUND THE

CLOCK, NO SLEEP.

>> BRING MORE WORKERS, WE NEED

MORE WORKERS.

>> HE WOULD NOT TAKE NO FOR AN

ANSWER.

HE KEPT PULLING MONEY IN.

>> DESPERATE PEOPLE DO DESPERATE

THINGS.

>> HE WAS LYING TO INVESTORS.

>> Andrew: THERE YOU HAVE, FYRE

FESTIVAL, THIS WAS A MAJOR

STORY, MADE HEADLINES.

IT WAS IN 2017.

THAT THIS ALL WENT DOWN.

AND IT WAS AN EVENT THAT WAS

DRIVEN ALMOST ENTIRELY BY THE

CELEBRITY SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN,

LOTS OF PEOPLE BOUGHT INTO IT,

MANY EXPENSIVE TICKETS WERE

SOLD.

IT ENDED UP SEVERELY

UNDER-DELIVERING, THERE WERE

CRIMINAL CHARGES AS YOU HEARD.

WE SEE TRAIN WRECKS ALL THE

TIME.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THIS ONE THAT

MADE IT STAND OUT?

>> IT WAS INSTAGRAM ON AN

ISLAND.

AND I SAY THAT, INSTAGRAM IS NOT

YOUR REAL LIFE.

IT'S THE HIGHLIGHT REEL OF YOUR

LIFE.

AND THIS WAS PROMOTED ON

INSTAGRAM AS BEING ONE THEY

THINK, BUT ULTIMATELY, IT

WASN'T.

AND IT SHOWS OUR CULTURE NOW.

YOU COME TO A PLACE WHERE

EVERYONE IS REALLY ENGAGED AND

NO ONE IS REALLY INFORMED,

WHETHER IT WAS THE PARTY-GOERS

OR THE PARTY PLANNERS, THEY

CARED ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND NOT

INFORMING THEMSELVES ON WHAT

THEY ACTUALLY GOT INTO.

SO THEY WERE LITERALLY SOLD

SOMETHING THAT WAS FAKE, STARTED

FAKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEY

ENDED UP BUYING INTO THAT ON

SOCIAL MEDIA ANDET BROUGHT IT

DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN WE SAW

A CHEESE SANDWICH ON SOCIAL

MEDIA AND REALIZED THAT ALL OF

THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES THEY SAW,

SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN, ALL THAT

WAS NOT REAL.

IT WAS FAKE.

SO THAT'S WHY I FIND THE THING

FASCINATIN

FASCINATING.

>> Andrew: DO YOU HAVE SYMPATHY

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT INTO

IT?

>> I HAVE A LITTLE.

BUT, OKAY, THEY WERE TARGETING

PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T NECESSARILY

PRIME TO BE THINKING CRITICALLY.

THEY'RE TARGETING YOUNG WEALTHY

PEOPLE.

>> TOO MUCH MONEY -- THAT'S

LIKE -- WOW.

>> I MIGHT HAVE TO DIAL IT BACK.

BUT IF YOU HAVE MORE MONEY THAN

FRIENDS, 99% OF ME IS LIKE, NO,

YOU DESERVE WHAT YOU GOT, BUT

THERE IS 1% THAT IS IMAGINING

WALKING UP TO THOSE JANKE TENTS

THAT WERE SOAKED AND SAYING, OH,

TEAS TERRIBLE.

>> IF A MILLIONAIRE GETS MUGGED,

IT'S STILL AWFUL.

LIKE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE

FINE.

IT'S NOT YEMEN.

YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE ARE REAL

THINGS, BUT WHAT I WONDER ABOUT,

WHY IT WAS SO SATISFYING TO

WATCH, SO DEEPLY SATISFYING TO

WATCH IT BLOW UP IN PEOPLE'S

FACES?

>> BECAUSE YOU'RE SADISTIC.

>> OR IS IT ALSO THAT LIKE, WE

ALL OPERATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN

THIS FRAUD THAT WE'RE CAUGHT AND

TO ACTUALLY SEE IT CRUMBLE AS A

REAL THING WAS JUST SO

SATISFYING.

IT'S TRULY A MUST-SEE.

>> Andrew: THAT IS THE NOTE ON

WHICH WE HAVE TO END.

WE'RE JUST SCRATCHING THE

SURFACE, I'M SURE.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> Ian: ALWAYS INTRIGUED BY

STEPHEN'S VIEW OF HUMANITY.

>> Andrew: NO KIDDING.

>> Ian: TAKE A LOOK AT OSCAR

NOMINEES FOR ORIGINAL SCORE.

ELI GLASNER LOOKS AT WHY NEXT.

>> IT'S A FEELING OF NOT BEING

TAKEN SERIOUSLY, LIKE HOW DID

SHE GET INTO THIS MEETING AND

WHY IS SHE HERE?

>> Andrew: FIRST I WANT YOU TO

MEET CONNOR CRISP, HE SEEMED TO

HAVE A PROMISING FUTURE ON THE

ICE.

THIRD ROUND DRAFT PECK FOR THE

HABS, BUT THEN SIDELINED BY

CONCUSSIONS.

IN A DOCUMENTARY ON SUNDAY,

RIGHT HERE ON "THE NATIONAL", HE

SHARES HIS EMOTIONAL JOURNEY AND

THE DIFFICULT DECISION HE WAS

FORCED TO MAKE TO RETIRE YOUNG.

>> I FEEL SUPER EXCITED, SUPER

POSITIVE SOME DAYS AND THEN OUT

OF NOWHERE, I CAN BE A BAD MOOD

AND I NEVER USED TO BE LIKE

THAT.

>> DEFINITELY MOOD SWINGS.

>> LIKE A LONG LINEUP AT TIM

HORTONS.

WE'D BE HAVING A GREAT MORNING

AND THEN --

>> I CAN IMAGINE HOW HARD IT WAS

FOR HIM TO HAVE TO HANG UP HIS

SKATES, MAKE THAT LIKE PUBLIC

ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RETIRING,

STORIES.

TWO BRITISH COLUMBIA RESIDENTS

ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE

MURDER OF A RELATIVE MADE THEIR

FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IN INDIA

FOLLOWING EXTRADITION.

ESCORTED BY POLICE, THE MOTHER

AND UNCLE OF JASSI SIDHU ARRIVED

AT THE COURTHOUSE, FACES

COVERED.

IT'S IN CONNECTION TO THE YOUNG

WOMAN'S DEATH IN 2000 AFTER SHE

REJECTED AN ARRANGED MARRIED.

INSTEAD, SHE MARRIED A RICKSHAW

DRIVER.

THREE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SERVING

SENTENCES FOR SIDHU'S MURDER.

>>> 200 PEOPLE ARE MISSING AFTER

A MINING DAM COLLAPSED IN

BRAZIL.

A MASS RESCUE EFFORT IS UNDER

WAY TO PULL SURVIVORS OUT.

DEBRIS AND MUD WAS SENT RUSHING

INTO COMMUNITIES, SWEEPING AWAY

BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES.

THE MINE IS OWNED BY THE LARGEST

MINING COMPANY, VALE.

>>> THE U.S. IS TRYING TO DRUM

UP INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR

VENEZUELA'S OPPOSITION LEADER,

JUAN GUAIDÓ.

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE

POMPEO IS EXPECTED TO URGE

MEMBERS OF THE U.N. SECURITY

COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS

VENEZUELA'S LEGITIMATE HEAD OF

STATE.

THIS ALL COMES AS VENEZUELAN

PRESIDENT, NICOLAS MADURO,

ORDERED U.S. EMBASSY STAFF TO

LEAVE VENEZUELA.

CANADA HAS ALSO DECLARED SUPPORT

FOR GUAIDÓ.

>> Andrew: THIS WEEK'S OSCAR

NOMINATIONS HAD BRIGHT SPOTS FOR

CANADIANS, BUT WOMEN WERE SHUT

OUT IN MANY CATEGORIES,

INCLUDING MUSIC.

IN THE ORIGINAL SCORE, EVERY

NOMINEE WAS MALE.

BUT THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE.

OF THE COMPOSERS CREDITED IN THE

TOP LIVE ACTION FILMS OVER THE

PAST TWO YEARS, JUST SEVEN OUT

OF 301 WERE WOMEN.

HARD TO TURN THAT AROUND, BUT

FEMALE COMPOSERS ARE STARTING TO

BE HEARD.

IN PART BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING

IT HAPPEN.

ELI GLASNER EXPLAINS.

[ * ]

>> Reporter: JANAL BECHTHOLD WAS

ASKED WHO INFLUENCED HER, AND

SHE WENT RIGHT TO THE SOURCE.

JOHN WILLIAMS, STAR WARS,

SUPERMAN AND SO MUCH MORE.

ASKED ABOUT ONE OF HER FAVOURITE

FEMALE COMPOSERS --

>> SHIRLEY WALKER.

DEFINITELY ICONIC.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WALKER'S

STIRRING THEME FROM THE ANIMATED

SUPERMAN SERIES, BUT WHILE THE

MEN SHE WORKED WITH WENT ON TO

OSCAR ACCLAIM, HER NAME IS

NOWHERE NEAR WELL KNOWN.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF WOMEN NOT

GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> Reporter: OF THE LAST YEAR,

OF THE TOP 250 FILMS, ONLY 6%

HIRED WOMEN.

>> WHEN I LISTEN TO MUSIC, I

DON'T HEAR A GENDER.

I JUST HEAR MUSIC.

WHAT IS PREVENTING WOMEN FROM

GETTING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES?

>> THERE IS JUST AN UNCONSCIOUS

BIAS.

I MEAN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,

WHEN YOU THINK OF ALL THE GREAT

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, WHO DO YOU

THINK OF?

BACH, BEETHOVEN, MOZART.

>> Reporter: A LOT OF DUDES.

NARROW THE FOCUS TO CANADA AND

THE PICTURE DOESN'T IMPROVE.

A RECENT STUDY FOUND WOMEN HERE

EARNED EIGHT TIMES LESS THAN MEN

WHILE MEN WERE TWICE AS LIKELY

TO BE HIRED FULL-TIME.

AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE WOMEN

WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY,

REPORTED DEALING WITH SEXISM AND

HARASSMENT.

BECHTHOLD SAYS IT'S MEN WHO

DON'T THINK SHE CAN HANDLE IT

OR...

>> PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A MEETING

TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FILM AND

HALFWAY THROUGH THE LUNCH YOU

REALIZE, OH, WAIT, THIS WAS

ACTUALLY A DATE.

>> Reporter: SO WOMEN ARE

HELPING THEMSELVES.

THIS IS A CELEBRATION ORGANIZED

BY THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN'S FILM

COMPOSERS.

THE PRESIDENT WAS DISAPPOINTED

BY THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS, ABOUT

YOU NOT SURPRISED.

-- BUT NOT SURPRISED.

>> IT'S NOT JUST A GLASS

CEILING, IT'S A CEMENT CEILING.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID IT'S THE

MOSTLY MALE PRODUCERS AND

AGENTS.

>> FEELING OF NOT BEING TAKEN

SERIOUSLY.

WHY IS SHE HERE?

IT'S ALMOST FELT WITH A LITTLE

BIT OF A SNEER.

IT'S A BOYS' CLUB.

>> Reporter: SO THE ALLIANCE IS

CREATING THEIR OWN CLUB TO

SUPPORT NEW VOICES.

CANADIAN CARLY PARADIS IS ONE OF

THOSE.

IN HER STUDIO, SHE SKETCHES OUT

THE SOUNDS.

>> I WAS ON A BBC PANEL FOR A

MUSIC FESTIVAL AND A LOT OF

FEMALES ASKED ME QUESTIONS.

WHEN I USED TO GO TO CONFERENCES

10, 15 YEARS AGO, I WOULD BE THE

ONLY FEMALE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE OSCARS

OVERLOOKED WOMEN THIS TIME,

PARADIS SAID IT COULD CHANGE

THINGS.

>> WE HAVE TWO FEMALE COMPOSERS

WORKING ON COMIC FILMS, JOKER

AND CAPTAIN MARVEL.

THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING THING.

I THINK IT WILL TAKE TIME.

>> Reporter: PARADIS SAYS HAVING

WOMEN COMPOSING FOR TWO OF THIS

YEAR'S MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS

SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE.

>> I'M NOT WHAT YOU THINK I AM.

ELI GLASNER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.

>> Ian: THE "MOMENT" IS UP NEXT

AND TONIGHT IT'S RETIREMENT

PARTY AT THE HALIFAX REGIONAL

POLICE FORCE.

>> THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE

IS A BIT OF A MARRIAGE OF SORTS,

SO IT'S BEEN GOOD.

IT'S BEEN NICE TO BE PART OF HIS

CAREER FROM THE BEGINNING TO TH

EFFORTS HE'S HELPED APP RE HAND

200 SUSPECTS AND PROTECTED PRIME

MINISTER TRUDEAU, PRESIDENT

BUSH.

STEELER SERVED WITH THE HALIFAX

REGIONAL POLICE CANINE UNIT FOR

8 YEARS.

ALONGSIDE WITH HIS PARTNER,

CONSTABLE PHIL MACK DO NOTLE --

MACDONALD, HE SAID GOODBYE.

THEY REMINISCED ABOUT THE JOB

AND LOOKED FORWARD TO STEELER'S

LAST CHAPTER HANGING OUT.

THIS IS OUR "MOMENT."

>> WE GO TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE

AND HE COMES HOME WITH ME AT

NIGHT.

THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE IS A

BIT OF A MARRIAGE OF SORTS.

IT'S BEEN GOOD.

IT'S BEEN NICE TO BE PART OF HIS

CAREER FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE

VERY END.

HE'S PROBABLY BEEN MY MOST

CEREBRAL DOG.

HE'S INTELLIGENT AND UNDERSTANDS

WHEN THINGS NEED TO BE TURNED ON

AND OF 0.

WHEN HE'S HOME, THAT

RELATIONSHIP CHANGES WHERE HE'S

ALLOWED TO BE HIMSELF, JUST BE A

DOG.

SO IT'S NICE THAT THAT CAN BE A

FULL-TIME THING FOR HIM NOW AS

WELL FOR ME BECAUSE THERE'S NO

REAL EXPECTATION THAT HE'S GOING

TO REMAIN FOCUSED OR ON TASK.

HE CAN JUST BE A DOG.

>> Ian: IT'S BEEN INTERESTING

FOR ME AS A REPORTER ALL THOSE

YEARS TO SEE HOW POLICE FORCES

REALIZED THE APPEAL OF DOGS AND

THAT STORY BASICALLY HAD CERTAIN

MEMBERS OF OUR SENIOR TEAM, THEY

WERE SOLD ON THE WORD DOG.

>> Andrew: AND WHEN YOU THINK

ABOUT IT, I MEAN, IT OF THE IN

BE SO -- SUCH A WEIRD FEELING TO

THINK THAT YOUR DOG HAS A JOB.

RIGHT?

THAT MUST BE SUCH A FOREIGN

FEELING.

WEIRDER STILL, THEY'RE GOING TO

RETIRE SOME DAY.

THERE YOU GO.

AND SEE WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE

AFTER THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> Ian: THESE ARE BIG QUESTIONS.

WE'LL THINK ABOUT THEM DURING

THE WEEK.

WE HAVE SOME TIME.

>>> THAT'S NATIONAL FOR THIS

JANUARY -- WHAT ARE WE?

-- 25th.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Ian: GOOD NIGHT.

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Bill Gates: I worry about US-China relations - Duration: 3:26.

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Aging in the United States - Duration: 2:14.

[MUSIC]

NARRATOR: FROM THE FIRST MOMENT OF LIFE

THE AGING PROCESS BEGINS.

IN SOME CULTURES OLDER PEOPLE HAVE CLEARLY

DEFINED ROLES WITHIN THE FAMILY UNIT.

BUT IN THE UNITED STATES, OLDER PEOPLE

OFTEN LIVE APART FROM THEIR CHILDREN AND OTHER FAMILY

MEMBERS.

AS A RESULT, THEIR LIVES MAY TAKE DIFFERENT PATHS.

PICK SOME GREEN APPLES.

NARRATOR: LIKE MANY SENIORS, PETRA VALENZUELA

AND AMELIA ACOSTA, ARE EXPERIENCING LIFE FULLY,

WORKING AT A CHILD CARE CENTER IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN INTER-GENERATIONAL STAFF.

THEY OFFER THE CHILDREN A CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

ON LIFE.

SOMETIMES THEY NEED AFFECTION.

SOMETIMES THEY NEED HELP.

AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GIVING SOMETHING TO THEM.

AND THEY APPRECIATE IT.

LET ME TELL YOU, TO ME WORKING AND HELPING THE CHILDREN

AND KNOWING THAT I'M DOING SOMETHING

FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I'M GIVING UP MYSELF.

I'LL HOLD IT FOR YOU.

AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT I'M STILL

NEEDED IN THIS WORLD.

AS LONG AS I'M GIVING I'M STILL NEEDED.

A PIG.

A TIGER.

A PIG.

A TIGER.

DID YOU SEE A TIGER?

A PIG.

YOU SAW A TIGER?

AND SHE SAW A PIG.

SI.

EACH OF YOU ALL SAW SOMETHING.

ONCE IN A WHILE YOU GET TIRED.

BUT I MEAN THERE'S A REWARD TO EVERYTHING WE DO HERE.

IT'S VERY CHALLENGE.

YEAH.

I DON'T THINK I WOULD ENJOY STAYING HOME.

FOUR WALLS, KNOW I JUST HAVE TO GET UP AND GO.

I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND TO OTHER SENIORS

TO GET OUT AND START SOMETHING.

ANY LITTLE THING THAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP IN ANY PLACE.

BE CAREFUL.

THERE IT GOES.

I'M GOING TO BE 65 JULY THE 18TH.

I'M GOING TO BE 77 OCTOBER THE 19TH, AND STILL GOING.

AND STILL GOING.

MAY GOD LEAVE ME LONGER HERE.

YES.

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Donald Trump reopens US government after longest shutdown in history hits 35th day - Duration: 7:58.

 Donald Trump  signed a bill on Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, ending the longest shutdown in US history without any funding for his proposed border wall

 The 35-day shutdown has seen 800,000 government workers being sent home or working without pay since before Christmas

 Mr Trump agreed to the three-week re-opening of government departments and to leave the issue of wall funding to future negotiations

 The decision came as government workers faced increasing hardship, many missing mortgage and car payments, airports suffered chaos, and the head of the FBI lambasted the shutdown

 Speaking in the rose garden at the White House, Mr Trump said: "I'm proud to announce we have reached a deal to reopen the federal government

" Half of the US public blame Trump for the shutdown  He praised the "extraordinary devotion" of workers who had kept turning up without pay

"You are fantastic people, incredible patriots," he said. "All Americans, and I, thank you

"  Mr Trump's decision was criticised by some supporters of the wall. Ann Coulter, the influential conservative commentator, called Mr Trump "the biggest wimp ever to serve as President of the United States"

 The president responded to criticism later, insisting it was "in no way a concession"

   Sarah Sanders, White House Press Secretary, doubled down on the statement.  "In 21 days President Trump is moving forward building the wall with or without the Democrats

The only outstanding question is whether the Democrats want something or nothing," she tweeted

 The shutdown began when Mr Trump asked Congress to authorise $5.7 billion for the wall

 Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat speaker of the House of Representatives, said her party would not agree to pay a dollar towards the structure

 Without Democrat support Republicans were unable to pass a spending bill funding the government

 Some government workers have been forced to work second jobs like Uber driving and substitute teaching

Many have been forced to get meals from food banks.  On Friday hundreds of flights were grounded or delayed in New York and Philadelphia as increasing numbers of unpaid air traffic controllers called in sick

 Fears about the on-going shutdown had included how Atlanta's airport would handle 150,000 visitors for the Super Bowl on Feb 3

 Shortly before the announcement Christopher Wray, the FBI Director, said the shutdown was "mind-boggling, short-sighted, and unfair"

Mr Wray said he was "about as angry as I've been in a long, long time".  Mr Trump had said for weeks that he would not reopen the government without money for the border wall, his signature campaign promise

 He was believed to have relented after seeing TV images of problems at airports

 Chuck Schumer, the Democrat leader in the US Senate, said: "Hopefully now the president has learned his lesson

"  He accused the president of having treated "dedicated public servants with callous indifference" and as "hostages" in an attempt to fund the wall

 Mr Trump asserted that "a barrier or walls will be an important part of the solution" in further negotiations before February 15

 A committee of Republican and Democrat politicians would be formed to consider border spending before the new deadline

 The president also suggested he was still considering taking unilateral action by declaring a national emergency, which would allow him to use the Pentagon budget to build the wall

However, that would face legal challenges.  Mr Trump said: "I have a very powerful alternative, but I didn't want to use it at this time

 "They [The Democrats] are willing to put partisanship aside, I think, and put the security of the American people first

We really have no choice but to build a powerful wall or steel barrier.  "If we don't get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shut down on February 15, or I will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and Constitution of the United States to address this emergency

"  On Thursday night at least five Republican senators had called on the president to reopen the government

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US NEWS | US to start returning asylum seekers to Mexico on Friday report USA News Al Jazeera - Duration: 3:00.

US NEWS | US to start returning asylum seekers to Mexico on Friday report USA News Al Jazeera

Some asylum seekers will be returned to Mexico to wait while their asylum requests are decided on, says spokesman.

The will return the first group of seeking asylum in the US to the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Friday, a spokesman for said on Thursday.

In a major policy change, US s administration said on December 20 it would send non Mexican migrants who cross the US southern border back to wait in Mexico while their US asylum requests are processed.

The spokesman for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors office did not specify the nationalities of those to be returned to Mexico, although the policy was aimed at helping cope with rising numbers of Central Americans in the United States.

The two countries have held two meetings to work out details of the plan to return migrants seeking US asylum across the shared border. Mexico has said it will not accept anybody facing a credible threat in Mexican territory.

Serious doubts exist over whether Mexico can keep Central American asylum seekers who are fleeing poverty and crime safe, especially in border towns that are often more violent than the cities they left.

It is unclear how Mexico plans to house what could be thousands of asylum seekers for the months or years it takes US immigration cases to be heard. A backlog of more than 800,000 cases is pending in immigration courts.

The move comes as Trump escalates his efforts to severely limit the number of migrants and refugees entering and living in the US. 

On Thursday, the US government entered its 34th day of a partial shutdown, the longest of its type in history, which started over Trumps demand for more than dollar 5bn in funding for a wall on the US Mexico border. 

Earlier this week, the Southern Poverty Law Center civil rights organisation and other groups filed a class action lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of children as "bait" to arrest undocumented people. 

Last week, the Office of Inspector General at the US Department of Health and Human Services said the US government may have separated "thousands more" migrant children from their families than previously known.

The administration of President Donald Trump implemented a "zero tolerance" policy to criminally prosecute and jail all undocumented border crossers, even those travelling with their children, leading to a wave of separations last year.

But the auditor said in a report that prior to the officially announced policy, the government had ramped up separations for other reasons related to a childs safety and well being, including separating parents with criminal records or lack of proper documents.

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US NEWS | Dangerous, bitter cold invades the Midwest - Duration: 1:26.

US NEWS | Dangerous, bitter cold invades the Midwest

Over the next week there will be two cold waves impacting the eastern half of the country. The first one will bring temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees below normal across the Midwest. The second will be the one for the record books.

Over 20 cities have the potential to break record lows Wednesday and Thursday morning. And, more than 35 cities have the potential to have their coldest high temperature on record Wednesday and Thursday.

This isnt just about records, though. The second cold blast will be very widespread, bringing below freezing temperatures all the way down to Florida. In fact, over 68 million people nearly a quarter of the US population will have a temperature fall below zero next week. Cities such as Minneapolis and Chicago are not forecast to have a high temperature above freezing for at least the next 10 days.

"Record breaking and potentially historic outbreak of cold still appears to be in the offing for the middle of next week," according to the Chicago National Weather Service. "Greater than normal degree of forecast uncertainty in temperatures, due in large part to models showing all time records being broken and in some cases shattered."

NWS Chicago also tweeted people should "ensure the car, home and your family are ready."

The forecast models the weather service is referring to have consistently shown numerous days dropping to at least minus 20 degrees or colder next week. For reference, Chicago has had only 15 days ever drop to minus 20 or colder in 150 years of record keeping.

There is also the potential that Chicago will see multiple days that fail to reach 0 for the high temperature something that has happened only twice in the past 20 years, and 22 times in the past 100 years.

Add wind to the extremely cold temperatures and much of the upper Midwest will see wind chill values of minus 35 to minus 55 during the middle of next week. These conditions make it dangerous to be outdoors for any period of time as frostbite can occur in just five to 10 minutes.

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US NEWS | I wish this never happened Republicans lament Trumps handling of the shutdown Politics - Duration: 2:05.

US NEWS | I wish this never happened Republicans lament Trumps handling of the shutdown Politics

"I dont believe that shutdowns are ever justified and I wish this never happened," Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins told CNN when asked if Trump handled the matter well. "This caused real harm to federal employees ... and to our economy at large."

Earlier Friday, Trump capitulated on his demand for dollar 5.7 billion for his campaign promise of a border wall, a stance that led to the longest federal government shutdown in US history. Pressure had mounted against the President within his own party. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke with Trump twice Thursday and Trump made the decision late Thursday that he wanted the shutdown to end, according to a source familiar with the conversations.

The first call came after a contentious Senate GOP lunch, in which, Republican senators vented frustration at Vice President Mike Pence about the lack of strategy to get out of the shutdown. McConnell told Trump that it was unclear how much longer he could get GOP senators to hold the line especially if there were another round of votes to end the shutdown.

A few hours later, Trump called McConnell back with a new perspective. Trump made clear he wanted the shutdown to end, which led to the deal that was approved by Congress on Friday.

McConnell took to the Senate floor . He flashed a quick smile at reporters as he walked off the floor to his office following the resolutions passage. When asked if anything good came out of this episode, he said, "Well, we got the government open today."

Funding for about 25 percent of the government expired on December 22, leading to hundreds of thousands of federal employees to go on furlough or to work without pay as well as the shuttering of parks, long security lines and grounding planes at the airports and a raft of other side effects.

Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, said that shutting down the government is never worth it.

"I dont like shutdowns at all," Portman said. "I dont think they are ever worth it. But Im glad we are where are," saying that there is now a structure to cut a deal over immigration while negotiations continue, calling it an "olive branch" from Trump.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and a close ally of the President, said in the moments immediately following Trumps announcement that he believes the shutdown forced progress that would not have happened otherwise.

Graham said there is "room to criticize" everyone involved, from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the President to Graham himself.

"I think Nancy Pelosi shouldve handled it differently," he said. "I think theres room to criticize the President, me, Nancy Pelosi, all of us."

"I think Trump has won on the argument that we need barriers as part of border security plan," Graham continued. "I think the shutdown is a vehicle to get it; it didnt work."

"To those who want to talk about caving, who won or who lost: the question for me is how does this end?" Graham asked, citing that the future of recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as well as Temporary Protected Status hang in the balance.

Trump still has his vocal supporters following his decision Friday. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican, said the President made a "pretty wise move" Friday in his efforts to end the shutdown.

"The President, like all of us, they see whats happening," Shelby said. "You got 800,000 people missing another paycheck, at no fault of their own. It could have a hit on our economy. Nobody is going to win out of this. And I think the President realizes and I hope the speaker of the House and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer realize that weve got to get together and out the American people first and name calling second."

While Trump left open the option that if a deal isnt reached in the next three weeks hell declare a state of emergency to build his wall, Portman called that option "problematic."

Graham also warned about the new deadline.

"So, three weeks from now, the only thing I can tell you: we all win, or we all lose."

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US NEWS | Homeowner equipment caused California wine country fire The Sacramento Bee - Duration: 4:14.

US NEWS | Homeowner equipment caused California wine country fire The Sacramento Bee

January 24, 2019 05:39 PM

In a long awaited report, state investigators said Thursday that a 2017 wildfire that killed 22 people in Northern California wine country was caused by a private electrical system, not equipment belonging to embattled Pacific Gas Electric Corp.

The state firefighting agency concluded that the blaze started next to a residence. It did not find any violations of state law.

"I eliminated all other causes for the Tubbs Fire, with the exception of an electrical caused fire originating from an unknown event affecting privately owned conductor or equipment," CalFire Battalion Chief John Martinez wrote in his report.

Some details about the property, including its owner and address, were blacked out of the report. It said the Napa County property about 3 miles 5 kilometers north of Calistoga was built in 1946 on about 10.5 acres with a wine cellar, pool and several outbuildings.

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PG E previously identified the owner of the Napa County compound as Ann Zink. In court filings, the utility said Zink had a private system to carry power to other buildings as well as equipment such as a water pump and water storage tank.

Efforts to reach her Thursday were unsuccessful.

PG E previously said it plans to file for bankruptcy protection next week, citing dollar 30 billion in potential damages from lawsuits linking its equipment to other deadly blazes for which it has been determined to be at fault.

The company said in a statement that despite Thursdays finding, it "still faces extensive litigation, significant potential liabilities and a deteriorating financial situation."

Gov. Gavin Newson said his office believes that more than half of PG Es expected damages stemmed from the wine country fire.

Newsom said his goal is to make sure victims are made whole, that the state has "safe, reliable and affordable service," and that ratepayers "are not paying the price of the neglect" by PG E established in past wildfires.

"I imagine youre going to hear a lot of folks questioning aspects of this and theyre going to be concerned and filled with some anxiety," he said. "I cant tell you what we can do in those circumstances because thats a question for lawyers, judges and potentially juries, and prospects of mediators and settlement."

Legal experts say a determination that PG E equipment was not to blame for the wildfire will probably not stop it from going ahead with its planned bankruptcy.

The company still faces billions of dollars in potential damages from other wildfires, including the Paradise fire in November that took at least 86 lives and became the deadliest on record in the U.S. in the past century.

Bankruptcy would also give the company space to formulate a plan to prevent its equipment from causing more catastrophic fires in the future.

Michael Kelly, an attorney for victims of the fire, said the findings wouldnt have much effect on the lawsuits he has filed.

"Were going to stick by our guns," Kelly said, adding that there are still questions about why PG E didnt cut power to the area despite a high fire danger. He said there is also evidence that contradicts the findings of state fire investigators.

Trading of PG E Corp. stock was halted twice after news about the cause of the fire prompted a surge of buy orders. Once trading resumed, the price rocketed up, closing up dollar 5.96, or nearly 75 percent, at dollar 13.35 a share.

Just because a private electric line caused the wine country fire does not let the utility off the hook for the role of its equipment in other devastating fires, said state Sen. Bill Dodd, a Napa Democrat and frequent critic of PG E.

"This underscores the idea that we all have a role to play in wildfire prevention," Dodd said in a statement.

PG E said in a Jan. 2 court filing that it believed a handyman performing unlicensed electrical work started the wine country fire at the Zink property. The utility said it had no responsibility to maintain or inspect the private system.

Zink, 91, told The San Francisco Chronicle in 2017 that her house was unoccupied at the time of the fire and she was at her other home in Riverside County when the blaze began.

In Thursdays report, one witness reported seeing a transformer explode. Another reported seeing the fire approach a PG E power pole.

One witness, Charlie Brown Jr. of Calistoga, said the electrical wiring leading from Zinks property had not been used in years.

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Perspective Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events

The State of the Union address has become one of the least interesting, least surprising rituals of the presidency, resisting all attempts at innovation. And yet presidents have clung to it, using the speech to claim authorship of the legislative agenda and usurping the role of Congress both physically and rhetorically in the process. 

Lawmakers have done little to resist this open challenge to their authority. Until now. 

As Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democrats combat President Trump, blocking the State of the Union address if the government had remained shut down was both a symbolic way to contest his legislative authority and a pragmatic path to dimming the media spotlight that he hopes can restore his plummeting poll numbers. Disrupting the tradition may be even more of an affront to Trump, a  almost as closely as polls. 

In , the Constitution mandates that the president shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. It does not state how or when these recommendations should be given. Rather, it introduces this expectation as part of a checks and balances system designed to hold the executive accountable to Congress for his actions. A report initially intended to help lawmakers manage oversight of the executive branch took more than a century to metastasize into the potent rhetorical weapon it now represents for presidents.

Both  and  delivered short in person addresses to Congress. Thomas Jefferson, however, introduced a precedent that would stick for 112 years. He believed that these speeches gave too much attention and power to the executive. So he opted to send the , a tactic his successors followed. 

This reflected the power dynamics between the president and Congress during the 19th century. The presidency mostly remained a small office except during the Civil War and Reconstruction, when its expansion in tandem with the growth of federal power caused controversy and even an impeachment crisis . In general, the office was considered more valuable for its patronage powers than for its ability to sway Congress to enact specific legislation. Instead, politicians used the floor of the House or the Senate to carve out influence. It was there that figures like Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and John Calhoun shaped legislative discussions about tariffs, western expansion and slavery with eloquent speeches designed to influence their peers and the broader public, who followed the debates in local newspapers. 

By the turn of the 20th century, new technology combined with pressure for political and economic reform to allow ambitious presidents like Theodore Roosevelt to remake the operations of the White House and recraft the jobs responsibilities in the popular imagination. , Roosevelt toured the country, hired advisers to help him shape news coverage and cultivated relationships with reporters to create an  that justified the expansion of a new administrative state. 

Woodrow Wilson built on that work and treated the annual message to Congress as a unique opportunity to expand his legislative presence. Known as an eloquent speaker, Wilson sought to translate his rhetoric into concrete policies. So, on April 8, 1913, he traveled down Pennsylvania Avenue with only one Secret Service guard to deliver the first live annual report to Congress since Adams. 

Wilson shocked many senators, in particular, who feared that such publicity was usurping their legislative power. . The speech set the stage for four pieces of legislation — the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Reserve Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act and the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission — that Wilson helped to pass over the next 18 months by bringing his bully pulpit to Capitol Hill.

Wilsons address to Congress soon became a presidential tradition with tremendous benefits. Appearing in person made the president the star of the legislative show, and as Wilsons successors, notably Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, expanded the powers of the executive and the role of the federal government in American life, the annual address to Congress became a tool to justify their newly assumed legislative authority. 

Consider, for example, Roosevelts most famous annual message to Congress. With war raging in Europe, Roosevelt appeared on Capitol Hill and in millions of homes, over the radio in 1941 to deliver a speech that framed the international conflict as a fight to defend the  While two of these freedoms, speech and worship, were entrenched in the Bill of Rights, the two others were introduced in his New Deal — the freedom from fear and the freedom from want. , Roosevelt deeply ingrained the notion of an active federal government, with a strong and expansive executive at its head, in both domestic and international politics. 

The introduction of television shifted even . Eager to cultivate amiable relationships with presidents and to fulfill their public interest obligation, the three commercial networks routinely cleared their entertainment programming to give the president unfiltered access to the public during major addresses. The State of the Union speech,  and first  that year , became an example of how presidents could tip the balance of power by appearing regularly on the networks. 

Having just won a landslide election, Johnson sought to advance the moral imperative behind his Great Society in the . The speech revealed Johnsons place as  and it launched an unprecedented year of congressional productivity that resulted in legislation ranging from Medicare to the Voting Rights Act to immigration reform. It also left Republicans in Congress complaining about being bullied, badgered, and brainwashed.

But growing attention on the State of the Union created an opportunity for Johnsons opponents. In 1966,  asked the networks for a chance to respond to the address. The networks complied, but aired their response five days later and late at night. Still, the GOP campaign for equal and fair coverage continued, and eventually the networks agreed to the opposition rebuttal directly after the speech, which is now ingrained in State of the Union programming. 

By the 1990s, the  was over, and with the splintering of news, sports and entertainment on cable, presidents no longer had the command of the nation the way they did during the broadcast era. This has made symbolic media events like the State of the Union even more valuable: Because of the hype surrounding the address, it may be a rare chance for the president to attract national viewership. So presidents have used invited guests to personalize their policy goals and enhance their moral authority, while lawmakers use brightly colored clothing to catch the cameras eye and aggressive rebuttals to pierce holes in White House logic. 

For Trump, the spotlight is less important than the gravitas the State of the Union conveys. The address is one of the few ritualistic ways for him to display that elusive quality of being presidential, particularly important during the shutdown crisis. By threatening that platform, Pelosi made a tactical play to keep momentum on her side. But she also made a grand strategic move: wresting back the legislative leadership that Congress handed over more than a century ago. This battle with Trump could reshape the legislative bargaining process for all of 2019.

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