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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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U.S. Embassy In Venezuela In Immediate Danger of Being Overrun, Emergency Warning… - Duration: 4:18.

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US 1981 Quarter Filled P Error - 600 Million Made? 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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U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Venezuela - Duration: 0:58.

[TEXT: We have watched Venezuelans suffer for far too long. - Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, January 24, 2019]

[TEXT: Under Maduro's failed socialist regime]

[TEXT: 90% of Venezuelan families can't afford enough food]

[TEXT: 88% of hospitals are experiencing medicine shortages]

[TEXT: 3,000,000 have left Venezuela]

[TEXT: The United States is ready to provide more than $20 million in initial humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela.]

[Sectary Pompeo:] "As a friend of the Venezuelan people,

we stand ready to help them even more, to help them begin the process of rebuilding their country and their economy

from the destruction wrought by the criminally incompetent and illegitimate Maduro regime."

#Venezuela

#EstamosUnidosVe

Produced by the U.S. Department of State

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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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World War 3: US taunts China as it sends two warships through the Taiwan Strait - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 5:11.

World War 3: US taunts China as it sends two warships through the Taiwan Strait

THE United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait as it increases activity

through the strategic waterway amid increasing tensions with China.

The voyage risks further heightening tensions with China, which considers Taiwan its own

and has not ruled out the use of force to bring the self-ruled island under its control.

Taiwan's defence ministry said in a statement late on Thursday the ships were moving in

a northerly direction and their voyage was in accordance with regulations.

It said Taiwan closely monitored the operation to "ensure the security of the seas and regional

stability".

The operation - the first in 2019 - will likely be viewed in Taiwan as a sign of support from

US President Donald Trump's government amid growing friction between Taipei and Beijing.

China's foreign ministry responded by urging the United States to abide by its "one China"

principle.

Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks at a regular briefing, adding that

China closely followed the US warships' passage through the Strait.

China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since President Tsai Ing-wen, from the pro-independence

ruling party, took office in 2016.

It has regularly sent military aircraft and ships to circle the island on drills in the

past few years.

Beijing sent several bombers and aircraft through the Bashi Channel, which separates

Taiwan from the Philippines, earlier on Thursday, Taiwan's defence ministry said in a separate

statement.

A similar Chinese operation was conducted on Tuesday, the ministry said, and both were

monitored closely, with Taiwan making use of new Rui Yuan drones to obtain footage.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in early January China reserves the right to use force

to bring Taiwan under its control.

In response, Tsai vowed to defend the island's democracy and called for international support

to protect Taiwan's way of life.

Mr Trump recently signed into law the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act reaffirming the

US commitment to Taiwan, including arms sales.

Washington has no formal ties with Taiwan but is bound by law to help it defend itself

and is its main source of arms.

The decision to dispatch the warships comes days after US navy chief Admiral John Richardson

visited Beijing to discuss ways of avoiding a military "miscalculation", with him

saying afterwards: "We don't see any kind of limitation on whatever type of ship could

pass through those waters."

Tensions in the region have been mounting in recent months, with China's military

build-up in the South China Sea prompting concern within the international community.

In August a US Navy P-8A Poseidon jet flying at 16,500 feet in the area last August was

warned six times to "leave immediately".

In March 2018, UK defence secretary Gavin Williamson sent anti-submarine frigate HMS

through the South China Sea on its way to Australia as a way of asserting Britain's

freedom of navigation rights.

The UK is also planning to build a new Asian naval base, probably in Brunei or Singapore,

with Xu Liping, a professor at the China-funded think tank the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies,

describing the move as "a muscle-flexing gesture".

Professor Michael Cullinane of the University of Roehampton told Express.co.uk last week:

"China supposedly has this 1,000 year history of not invading places but this is anything

but that – this is old school imperialism.

"This is looking more and more like a 19th century world we are living in, where power

talks, and that's largely why Donald Trump was elected of course.

"China is doing so many things at the moment - and investing in so many countries, from

the Mauritius Islands to Nigeria to Pakistan.

"And Taiwan and the South China Sea is a flashpoint, and a test of how far China is

willing to go."

US-based think-tank the Center for the National Interest has suggested China is planning for

the possibility of war with the US over Taiwan.

A blog written by Ian Easton said: "Understanding China's military buildup means understanding

that the PRC is preparing for a dangerous war of aggression against Taiwan, and, by

way of extension, the United States and its allies."

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The National for January 24, 2019 — John McCallum, Venezuela and U.S. Government Shutdown - Duration: 45:47.

(*)

(*)

>> Rosemary: ON THIS THURSDAY

NIGHT AN AMBASSADOR WALKS BACK

CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BUT

KEEPS HIS CHANGE.

>> Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau: MAKING A CHANGE BE

WOULD NOT HELP TO RELEASE THOSE

CANADIANS.

>> Rosemary: HOW MUCH DAMAGE

DID JOHN McCALLUM DO?

"AT ISSUE" IS HERE TO BREAK IT

ALL DOWN.

>> STANDING IN SUPPORT OF AN

ILLEGAL COUP IS SHAMEFUL AND

UNACCEPTABLE.

>> Andrew: HOW THE TURMOIL IN

VENEZUELA IS TURNING CANADIAN

POLITICS.

CAN THE N.D.P. FIND A UNIFIED

MESSAGE?

>> IT'S A MADE-UP VALUE.

>> Ian: AND DOES THE WIND CHILL

FACTOR REALLY HELP TO MEASURE

HOW COLD IT IS?

THE HOTTEST DEBATE OF THE

WINTER.

>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."

(*)

>>> BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A

BREAKING STORY FROM KINGSTON,

ONTARIO.

THE RCMP AND LOCAL POLICE HAVE

RAIDED MULTIPLE RESIDENCES AND

HAVE MADE ARRESTS IN WHAT IS

BEING CALLED A NATIONAL SECURITY

INVESTIGATION.

WE'VE BEEN DIGGING FOR THE

DETAILS AND SOME ARE EMERGING.

LET'S BRING IN OUR NATIONAL

AFFAIRS EDITOR CHRIS HALL.

CHRIS, WHAT DO WE KNOW TO THIS

POINT?

>> WELL, IAN, THE INVESTIGATION

IS STILL ONGOING AND THERE WAS A

BRIEFING ON WHAT THE NEXT STEPS

WILL BE.

WE KNOW THIS -- THAT TWO PEOPLE

ARE UNDER ARREST AND ONE IS A

MINOR.

THERE WERE RAIDS ON A NUMBER OF

HOMES AS YOU NOTED IN THE

INTRODUCTION.

POLICE SAY THAT THE SITUATION IS

CONTAINED AND THAT THERE'S NO

IMMINENT THREAT TO CANADIANS AND

THAT THE THREAT LEVEL FOR THE

COUNTRY REMAINS UNCHANGED AT

MEDIUM.

TONIGHT PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER

RALPH GOODALE PUT OUT THIS

STATEMENT.

HE SAID... "CANADIANS CAN BE

CONFIDENT THAT WHENEVER CREDIBLE

INFORMATION IS OBTAINED ABOUT A

POTENTIAL THREAT, THE RCMP AND

C.S.I.S. AND OTHER POLICE AND

SECURITY AGENCIES TAKE THE

APPROPRIATE STEPS TO ENSURE THE

SECURITY OF THIS COUNTRY AND THE

SAFETY OF ITS CITIZENS."

NOW AS FOR THIS PARTICULAR

INVESTIGATION, CANADIAN

OFFICIALS TELL US THAT IT'S BEEN

GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND LED BY

THE RCMP IN CONJUNCTION WITH

KINGSTON POLICE AND THE F.B.I.

THAT THERE WAS AERIAL

SURVEILLANCE BY AN RCMP PLANE

AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT WAS

FLYING SO LOW AND IT WAS SO LOUD

THAT NEIGHBOURS BEGAN TO

COMPLAIN.

AND ONE OF THEM TOOK A PHOTO OF

IT THAT CAPTURED ON THE RADAR

THE CALL LETTERS ON THE BACK OF

THE PLANE THAT INDICATED THAT IT

WAS AN RCMP PLANE BEING USED IN

THIS INVESTIGATION.

>> Ian: IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS YOU

POINTED OUT THAT THERE'S NO

IMMINENT THREAT, SAYS THE

GOVERNMENT.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT HERE?

>> Reporter: WELL, THERE'S

GOING TO BE A NEWS CONFERENCE

ABOUT MID-DAY TOMORROW WHEN

WE'LL I ASSUME LEARN WHO IS

CHARGED AND THE EXACT NATURE OF

THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT

THREATS OR WHAT CONCERNS THERE

WERE.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE RCMP

IS PLANNING TO PUT OUT ANOTHER

RELEASE IN THE MORNING.

BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW WE'RE

STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT JUST

WHAT EXACTLY THE NATURE OF THIS

INVESTIGATION IS AND WHAT WAS

THE CONCERN THAT LED TO THESE

ARRESTS TONIGHT.

>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,

CHRIS.

OUR NATIONAL AFFAIRS EDITOR,

CHRIS HALL IN OTTAWA.

AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE

FOLLOWING THIS STORY THROUGHOUT

THE NIGHT LIGHT HERE ON "THE

NATIONAL."

>> Rosemary: CANADA'S

AMBASSADOR TO CHINA TOOK BACK

REMARKS ABOUT MENG WANZHOU'S

EXTRADITION CASE, COMMENTS THAT

CAUSED A STIR IN OTTAWA AND IN

WASHINGTON AND IN BEIJING.

JOHN McCALLUM HAS NOW

APOLOGIZED.

AND THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THAT

HE HAS NO PLANS TO FIRE

McCALLUM DESPITE CALLS FOR HIM

TO DO JUST THAT.

>> Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau: AND AS I SAID THAT I

THINK THAT MISS MENG HAS QUITE A

STRONG CASE.

>>> Reporter: OVER 40 MINUTES

ON TUESDAY, CANADA'S AMBASSADOR

TO CHINA REPEATEDLY ADVOCATED

FOR MENG WANZHOU'S RELEASE.

NOW HE'S TRYING TO WALK BACK

THOSE COMMENTS AND SAYING THAT

IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE.

IN A STATEMENT JOHN McCALLUM

WROTE...

>> Reporter: McCALLUM'S

EARLIER COMMENTS UNDERMINED THE

PRIME MINISTER WHO FOR WEEKS HAS

SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO

POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN MENG'S

CASE.

STILL, JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS

STANDING BY HIS EMBATTLED

AMBASSADOR.

>> Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau: OUR FOCUS IS ENTIRELY

ON GETTING THOSE CANADIANS HOME

SAFE AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF

THEIR RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED AND I

DON'T SEE -- AND MAKING A CHANGE

WOULD NOT HELP RELEASE THOSE

CANADIANS A DAY SOONER.

>> Reporter: MENG'S ARREST IN

DECEMBER AT THE REQUEST OF THE

U.S. HAS TRIGGERED A SEVERE

BACKLASH FROM CHINA.

TWO CANADIANS HAVE BEEN DETAINED

AND A THIRD ORDERED EXECUTED

OVER DRUG CHARGES.

WHILE THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO

EASE THOSE TENSIONS, CALLS ARE

GETTING LOUDER FOR TRUDEAU TO

REPLACE McCALLUM.

>> BUT WHAT I THINK MIGHT HAPPEN

AND SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT THE

GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO ITS BULLPEN

AND IT LOOKS TO THE NEXT

AMBASSADOR AND THAT MAYBE THERE

IS AN EARLY TRANSFER IN THE LATE

SPRING OR THE SUMMER.

>> Reporter: THE POLITICAL

FALLOUT SO FAR IS QUITE HARSH,

BUT THIS EXTRADITION EXPERT SAYS

THAT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT

THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE

U.S. CASE AGAINST MENG HAS BEEN

TAINTED.

>> I THINK THAT IT'S SIMPLY AS I

SAID AT THE BEGINNING A

COMMONSENSICAL VIEW OF THE FACTS

AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.

IT'S A VERY WEAK EXTRADITION

CASE.

BUT, OF COURSE, THAT HAS TO BE

TESTED IN THE COURT.

>> Reporter: CANADA IS NOW

WAITING FOR U.S. AUTHORITIES TO

FILE THE PROPER PAPERWORK AHEAD

OF MENG'S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE

IN FEBRUARY.

ROSIE?

>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT, KATIE,

ARE WE GETTING A SENSE AT THIS

POINT WHETHER THE AMERICANS ARE

UPSET OR ANGRY ABOUT JOHN

McCALLUM'S COMMENTS?

>> Reporter: AFTER

McCALLUM'S COMMENTS REALLY

STARTED PICKING UP TRACTION, A

SENIOR SOURCE TELLS ME THAT THE

CANADIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON

URGENTLY STARTED REACHING OUT TO

SENIOR AMERICAN OFFICIALS TO TRY

TO REASSURE THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION THAT CANADA'S

OFFICIAL POSITION HAD NOT

CHANGED.

EMPHASIZING THAT CANADA IS A

RULE OF LAW COUNTRY AND THAT

THERE WOULD BE NO POLITICAL

INTERFERENCE IN THIS CASE.

SO FAR THERE ARE NO EXPLICIT

COMPLAINTS FROM THE AMERICANS TO

REPORT.

ROSIE?

>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT, KATIE

SIMPSON TRACKING THIS STORY YET

AGAIN TONIGHT HERE IN OTTAWA.

THANK YOU.

>> Reporter: THANKS.

>> Rosemary: WE HAVE NEW

DETAILS TODAY ON THE CASE OF A

CANADIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH LAST

WEEK IN CHINA ON DRUG SMUGGLING

CHARGES.

ROBERT SCHELLENBERG'S LAWYER

TOLD CBC NEWS THAT HE'LL APPEAL

THAT SENTENCE THIS COMING

SUNDAY, ONE DAY BEFORE TIME RUNS

OUT.

HIS LAWYER SAYS THAT

SCHELLENBERG HAS REMAINED CALM

SINCE RECEIVING THE VERDICT AND

HE WAS ABLE TO MEET CANADIAN

CONSULAR OFFICIALS TWO DAYS AGO.

THE APPEAL THOUGH COULD TAKE

MONTHS.

SO WHAT CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO TO

HELP THESE CANADIANS IN CHINA?

WHAT CAN WE READ INTO

McCALLUM'S MIXED MESSAGES?

CHANTAL AND ERIC AND ANDREW ARE

HERE FOR "AT ISSUE."

>> TO THE U.S. THOUGH WHERE THE

ONLY CERTAINTY ON DAY 34 OF THE

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN STANDOFF IS

THAT IT WILL GO INTO A 35th

DAY.

EVEN AS DONALD TRUMP SEEMED TO

SIGNAL A POSSIBLE COMPROMISE ON

THAT KEY STICKING POINT --

FUNDING FOR THE MEXICO BORDER

WALL.

>> President Donald Trump: ONE

OF THE IDEAS SUGGESTED IS THEY

OPEN IT AND THEY PAY SORT OF A

PRO--RATED DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE

WALL, WHICH I

THINK THAT PEOPLE AGREE THAT YOU

NEED.

>> Rosemary: NANCY PELOSI

CALLED IT "UNREASONABLE" SO THE

U.S. SENATE VOTED ON TWO

COMPETING BILLS TO REOPEN THE

GOVERNMENT -- ONE DEMOCRATIC AND

ONE REPUBLICAN.

BOTH OF THEM THOUGH DEFEATED.

AND AS KEITH BOAG TELLS US,

CONCERNS ARE MOUNTING THAT

GETTING A DEAL TO FLY COULD BE A

MATTER OF LIFE-AND-DEATH.

>> Reporter: AFTER 34 DAYS,

AIR SAFETY IS A MAIN TALKING

POINT --

>> WHEN DO WE WANT IT?

>> NOW!

>> Reporter: -- IN THE

GOVERNMENT

SHUTDOWN.

>> NO ONE WILL GET OUT OF THIS

UNSCATHED IF WE DO NOT STOP THIS

SHUTDOWN.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OF

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS'

ASSOCIATION IS WARNING SOMETHING

TRAGIC COULD HAPPEN IF THE

GOVERNMENT IS NOT SOON RETURNED

TO ITS FULLY UPRIGHT POSITION.

>> LEADER McCONNELL, YOU CAN

FIX THIS TODAY.

>> Reporter: SEVERAL POLLS

HAVE FOUND THAT AMERICANS

OVERWHELMINGLY BLAME MITCH

McCONNELL'S SENATE REPUBLICANS

AND PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE

SHUTDOWN.

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND THE

PILOTS AND AIR TRAFFIC

CONTROLLERS AND THE AIRPORT

SECURITY PEOPLE ALL WARNING THAT

THE SHUTDOWN ENDANGERS THE

PUBLIC.

AND THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION HASN'T HELPED

ITSELF BY SOUNDING DEAF TO THE

OTHER REALITIES OF ORDINARY

LIVES MUCH.

>> AM I OUT OF TOUCH?

I DON'T THINK THAT I'M OUT OF

TOUCH.

I AM ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.

I HAVE MET WITH MY INDIVIDUAL

STAFF MEMBERS AND, GOD BLESS

THEM, THEY'RE WORKING FOR FREE

THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING.

>> Reporter: MR. SECRETARY,

THERE ARE SOME REPORTS

THAT THERE'S SOME FEDERAL

WORKERS GOING TO HOMELESS

SHELTERS TO GET FOOD?

>> WELL, I KNOW THEY ARE AND I

DON'T REALLY QUITE UNDERSTAND

WHY.

THERE IS NO REAL REASON WHY THEY

SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET A LOAN

AGAINST IT.

>> Reporter: ALL OF THAT HAD

THE TOP DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE

REFERENCING MARIE ANTOINETTE.

>> IS THIS THEM "LET THEM EAT

CAKE" ATTITUDE?

OR CALL YOUR FATHER FOR MONEY?

>> Reporter: THE SENATE

DEFEATED TWO BILLS TO RE-OPEN

THE GOVERNMENT THIS AFTERNOON

BUT THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT HE

HAD EXPECTED THAT.

>> President Donald Trump: I

HAVE OTHER ALTERNATIVES IF I

HAVE TO AND I WILL USE THOSE

ALTERNATIVES IF I HAVE TO.

>> Reporter: CNN IS REPORTING

TONIGHT THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS

ALREADY DRAFTED A PROCLAMATION

DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY

AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER AND

A PLAN, TO BY-PASS GOVERNMENT

AND TO DIVERT $7 BILLION FROM

VARIOUS GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO

BUILD A WALL.

TOMORROW THE ALREADY RECORD LONG

SHUTDOWN WILL SET A NEW RECORD.

KEITH BOAG, CBC NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

>> Rosemary: SO WHILE

PARALYSIS CONTINUES IN

WASHINGTON, ANDREW, IT SEEMS

THAT THERE'S A NEW KIND OF

STALEMATE TONIGHT IN VENEZUELA?

>> Andrew: YEAH, ROSIE, BUT

IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH WAY IT

WILL TIP.

IT'S BEEN A DAY SINCE TENS OF

THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS

AND THE OPPOSITION LEADER

DECLARED HIMSELF PRESIDENT BUT

NICOLÁS MADURO REMAINS IN

CHARGE.

MILITARY MEMBERS ARE FIRMLY

BEHIND HIM.

AND HIS RIVAL, THE MAN WHO WOULD

BE PRESIDENT, JUAN GUIADÓ,

IS OFF THE RADAR AND APPARENTLY

FEARING ARREST.

THE REST OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING

CANADA, HAS CHOSEN SIDES IN THIS

STANDOFF AND WE'LL EXPLAIN WHICH

SIDES AND WHY.

BUT FIRST WE TURN TO PAUL HUNTER

WHO TAKES US INSIDE OF A COUNTRY

DIVIDED, UNCERTAIN AND UNEASY.

>> Reporter: THE REMNANTS OF

YESTERDAY'S MEGA-ANTI-GOVERNMENT

DEMONSTRATIONS IN CARACAS --

BURNT VEHICLES, SHATTERED

STOREFRONTS AND EVER LINGERING

FURY AND FRUSTRATION.

>> [SPEAKING SPANISH]

>> Reporter: THE COUNTRY IS

WAKING UP SAD TODAY, SAID THIS

MAN.

MOST VENEZUELANS SAY THAT MADURO

IS ILLEGITIMATE.

NICOLAS MADURO REMAINS THE

PRESIDENT TODAY, AT LEAST IN HIS

EYES, BUT FOR COUNTLESS WHO DEEM

HIS ELECTION LAST YEAR RIGGED,

WHO BLAME

HIM FOR THE COUNTRY'S EXTREME

ECONOMIC MISERY, THE KEY MOMENT

IN YESTERDAY'S PROTESTS WHEN THE

OPPOSITION LEADER JUAN GUIADÓ

DECLARED HIMSELF ACTING

PRESIDENT.

QUICKLY RECOGNISED BY CANADA,

THE U.S. AND OTHERS, BUT

SIGNIFICANTLY NOT BY VENEZUELA'S

POWERFUL MILITARY.

ON VENEZUELAN TV TODAY MULTIPLE

PLEDGES OF SUPPORT FOR MADURO.

SAID THE DEFENCE MINISTER...

>> [SPEAKING SPANISH]

>> Reporter: WE ARE HERE TO

AVOID CONFRONTATION.

THIS IS AS TENSIONS WITH THE

U.S. GROW.

VENEZUELA TODAY CLOSED ALL OF

ITS DIPLOMATIC OFFICES IN THE

U.S.

AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS MADE

CLEAR TODAY, LABELLING HIM

PROFOUNDLY CORRUPT THAT IT WANTS

MADURO GONE.

THE QUESTION IS HOW.

>> President Donald Trump: WE

HAVE WORKED CLOSELY ON

VENEZUELA.

VERY CLOSELY.

>> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP HAS

NOT RULED OUT MILITARY ACTION

BUT FOR NOW THE FOCUS IS

ECONOMIC PRESSURE, INCLUDING

DIVERTING MONEY FOR VENEZUELAN

OIL AWAY FROM MADURO AND INTO

THE HANDS OF GUIADÓ, IF THAT IS

POSSIBLE.

>> WE THINK THAT CONSISTENT WITH

OUR RECOGNITION OF JUAN GUIADÓ

AS THE CONSTITUTIONAL INTERIM

PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA THAT

THOSE REVENUES SHOULD GO TO THE

LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE THOSE

PROTESTS YESTERDAY UNDERLINE THE

REAL FEAR IN CARACAS TONIGHT

THAT ALL OF THIS MAY SOON ONLY

GET WORSE.

PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

>> Andrew: NOW MANY COUNTRIES

HAVE PICKED THEIR SIDE IN THE

VENEZUELAN CRISIS -- RUSSIA,

TURKEY, SYRIA, CHINA.

THEY ALL CONTINUE TO BACK

NICOLAS MADURO.

MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT DOES AS WELL

FOR THE TIME BEING, ACCORDING TO

ITS STATEMENT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, CANADA, THE

U.S. AND SEVERAL COUNTRIES

THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA, THEY

OPENLY SUPPORT JUAN GUIADÓ.

THE EUROPEAN UNION IS MORE

CAUTIOUS, NOT BACKING GUIADÓ

EXPLICITLY BUT INSTEAD SAYING

THEY SUPPORT THE COUNTRY'S

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND DEMOCRATIC

FORCES IN THE COUNTRY.

NOW CANADA'S DECLARATION OF

SUPPORT FOR GUIADÓ WAS SWIFT,

UNEQUIVOCAL, AND CONTENTIOUS.

BECAUSE SOME ARE WONDERING WHY

HIM, WHAT CLAIM DOES HE REALLY

HAVE?

EVAN DYER EXPLORES HOW THAT

DECISION WAS MADE.

>> Reporter: CANADA SAYS THAT

GUIADÓ HAS MORE LEGITIMACY

THAN THE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED

IN EMBASSY BECAUSE HE'S THE MOST

SENIOR ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE

COUNTRY THAT CAN TRACE HIS

MANDATE BACK TO THE MORE OR LESS

FREE ELECTION.

THAT VOTE PRODUCED A LARGE

OPPOSITION MAJORITY, AND THE

OPPOSITION FOUND ITS VICTORY AT

THE POLLS WAS SHORT-LIVED.

THE MADURO GOVERNMENT WAS NOT

WILLING TO LIVE WITH THE

LEGISLATURE.

THEY STRIPPED THE ASSEMBLY OF

ITS POWER.

AND THE AMBASSADOR AT CARACAS AT

THE TIME?

...

>> VENEZUELA HAS NOT HAD A

CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER SINCE ABOUT

JULY 2017 WHEN THE PRESIDENT --

PRESIDENT MADURO SUSPENDED THE

EXISTING CONSTITUTION BY

CREATING ANOTHER BODY AND GIVING

THEM ABSOLUTE POWERS.

>> Reporter: MADURO HAD

ANOTHER PROBLEM TO FIX -- HIS

OWN TERM AS PRESIDENT WAS

ENDING.

>> SO HE ESSENTIALLY DIRECTED

HIS OWN RE-ELECTION IN 2018.

AND THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE DIDN'T

BUY IT.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP IN THE

POLLS.

THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 20%

TURNOUT BECAUSE IT WAS SO

OBVIOUSLY A FARCE TO THE PEOPLE

OF VENEZUELA.

>> Reporter: THE CONSTITUTION

SAYS THAT IF THE PRESIDENCY IS

VACANT THE PRESIDENT OF THE

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TAKES OVER

UNTIL NEW ELECTIONS.

THAT IS JUAN GUIADÓ.

THAT IS WHERE GUIADÓ IS

PRESENTING A PROBLEM FOR THE

N.D.P.

>> THIS GUY WHO SHOWS UP IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE AND SAYS I

AM NOW THE PRESIDENT OF

VENEZUELA -- I MEAN, THIS IS

ABSURD AND IT IS OFFENSIVE.

AND I'M ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT

THAT IT'S JUST ONE MORE IN A

LONG LITANY OF ATTEMPTS BY THE

UNITED STATES TO RUN THE SHOW.

THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THE BIGGEST

OIL RESERVES IN THE WORLD IN

VENEZUELA.

IS THAT PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON?

YOU BET IT IS.

>> Reporter: N.D.P. LEADER

JAGMEET SINGH SENT OUT A

NONCOMMITTAL MESSAGE THAT DIDN'T

ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF WHOM CANADA

SHOULD RECOGNIZE.

BUT M.P.s AND CANDIDATES WERE

ALREADY GOING ROGUE.

THEY WERE TWEETING

OUT MESSAGES OF HANDS OFF

VENEZUELA.

BY DAY'S END THE PARTY CLARIFIED

THEY CONSIDER MADURO A THUG BUT

WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO

RECOGNIZE HIM.

EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.

>> Andrew: FOR ALL OF THOSE

COUNTRIES TAKING SIDE, LOTS

AREN'T AND JUST LOOK FOR THE

SUPPORT FOR REGIME CHANGE IN

THAT COUNTRY.

IT'S MESSY.

AND WASHINGTON SUPPORTED HIM,

AND A POPULAR COUP SENT THEM

PACKING TO MIAMI AND BROUGHT

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT TO

VENEZUELA.

AND IN THE 1990s, THE ELECTED

GOVERNMENT'S AUSTERITY

PROGRAMMES WERE DEEPLY

UNPOPULAR.

A LITTLE KNOWN MILITARY OFFICER

AT THE TIME BY THE NAME OF HUGO

CHAVEZ TRIED AND FAILED TO SEIZE

POWER IN 1992.

THE U.S. OPPOSED THAT COUP.

>> THIS MILITARY COUP ATTEMPT IS

FIRMLY CONDEMNED.

>> Andrew: A DECADE LATER

CHAVEZ WAS THE ELECTED PRESIDENT

OF VENEZUELA.

HE WAS POPULAR BUT DIVISIVE.

TOP MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY

STAGED A COUP BUT WITHIN HOURS

LOWER-RANKING OFFICERS HELPED TO

RESTORE HIM TO POWER.

>> [SPEAKING SPANISH]

>> Andrew: THIS TIME AROUND

THE U.S. WOULD HAVE CLEARLY

PREFERRED THAT THE COUP SUCCEED.

>> THE CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT

PROVOKED THIS CRISIS.

>> Andrew: WITH CHAVEZ THEN,

AND MADURO NOW, FOREIGN SUPPORT

FOR CHANGE WILL LIKELY ONLY GO

SO FAR.

IT'S WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF THE

COUNTRY THAT WILL BE DECISIVE.

AND ONE LAST NOTE ON THIS, JUAN

GUIADÓ DID SPEAK TODAY FROM AN

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION.

FOR THOSE WILLING TO ABANDON

MADURO HE PROMISED AMNESTY.

>> Ian: WE'RE LIVE HERE TONIGHT

ON "THE NATIONAL," FOLLOWING A

NUMBER OF

DEVELOPING STORIES.

OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT WHAT CAUSED A DOZEN

PASSENGERS TO FALL ILL AFTER

BOARDING A PLANE IN QUÉBEC CITY

THIS MORNING.

THERE WERE 185 PASSENGERS ON

BOARD THE FLIGHT BOUND FOR

FLORIDA.

IT WAS STILL ON THE GROUND BEING

DE-ICED WHEN SOMETHING WENT

WRONG WITH THE VENTILATION

SYSTEM.

12 PEOPLE STARTED FEELING SICK

AND SOME WERE NAUSEOUS AND

VOMITING.

AND OTHERS SAID THAT THEIR EYES

AND THROATS WERE BURNING.

THE PLANE WAS EVACUATED AND 10

PASSENGERS WERE SENT TO

HOSPITAL.

THE AIRLINE SAYS THAT IT'S

INVESTIGATING.

>>> A MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN

MONTRÉAL TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE

FATAL SHOOTING OF A REAL ESTATE

DEVELOPER LINKED TO THE MAFIA.

IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT A

BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE

VICTIM BUT

MULTIPLE SOURCES HAVE TOLD CBC

THAT IT WAS TONY MAGI.

HE'S SURVIVED NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS

ON HIS LIFE BEFORE, INCLUDING A

SHOOTING IN 2008.

NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

>> Andrew: AHEAD TONIGHT ON

"THE NATIONAL"... WE WILL

CONTINUE OUR SERIES ON SLEEP

WITH A SOLUTION IF YOU'RE

TOSSING AND TURNING.

YOU WILL MEET A CANADIAN WRITER

WHO VERY MUCH WANTS HIS STORIES

TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP.

>> Rosemary: OH, EXCELLENT.

FIRST THOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO

THE FORECAST DO YOU RELY ON THE

WIND CHILL TO FIGURE OUT HOW

COLD IT'S GOING TO BE?

WHY SOME METEROLOGISTS SAY

THAT'S NOT WORTH YOUR TIME.

WHATEVER!

>> Ian: AND A TERRIFYING MORNING

FOR A FAMILY IN TORONTO.

THEY WOKE UP TO FIND THEIR

BASEMENT APARTMENT WAS FLOODING.

THE WATER WAS RISING FAST.

>> AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO

DO.

MY DAUGHTER, SHE CRIED OUT,

THERE'S WATER IN THE HOUSE.

BY THE TIME SHE CRIED THAT THE

WATER REACHED

(*)

>> Andrew: WELL, YOUR TYPICAL

JANUARY ALWAYS HAS PLENTY OF

WAYS TO MAKE LIFE MISERABLE,

RIGHT?

BUT ONE TORONTO FAMILY IN

PARTICULAR HAS BEEN THROUGH A

WRINGER AFTER A BROKEN WATER

MAIN EFFECTIVELY TURNED THEIR

HOME INTO A SINKING SHIP.

>> I SEE MY KIDS' LIVES IN FRONT

OF ME, JUST TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.

I DON'T KNOW, I'M SO TRAUMATIZED

RIGHT NOW.

>> Andrew: THE GILBERTS LIVE

IN THE BASEMENT APARTMENT OF A

WEST END HIGH RISE AND WHEN

THEIR HOME SUDDENLY FLOODED

OVERNIGHT THEY WERE LUCKY TO

ESCAPE BECAUSE THEY HAD NO IDEA

THAT IT WAS EVEN HAPPENING UNTIL

TINA GILBERT GOT UP TO USE THE

BATHROOM AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING.

>> IT WAS COLD AND THE WATER WAS

RIGHT HERE WHEN I WOKE UP.

>> Andrew: THE ADULTS WERE

ABLE TO GET TO THE CHILDREN'S

ROOM AND WAKE THEM UP BUT NOT

BEFORE THE WATER HIT WAIST

LEVEL, FORCING THE ENTIRE FAMILY

TO WRIGGLE OUT THROUGH A STREET

LEVEL WINDOW.

>> WHEN WE ARRIVED WE COULDN'T

EVEN OPEN UP THE DOOR BECAUSE

THE WATER LEVEL WAS SO HIGH IN

THE

APARTMENT THAT THE PRESSURE WAS

KEEPING THE DOOR CLOSED.

>> Andrew: HAD THE CREWS NOT

QUICKLY CUT THE POWER THE FAMILY

COULD HAVE BEEN ELECTROCUTED.

>> BUT WE ARE OUT WITH OUR LIFE.

WE ARE HERE, YEAH, THAT IS IT.

>> Andrew: THE FAMILY HAS A

TEMPORARY UNIT TO STAY IN BUT

NOW THEY'RE WEIGHING THEIR

OPTIONS.

NOW TORONTONIANS ARE FAR FROM

THE ONLY ONES STRUGGLING WITH

MISERABLE WEATHER.

MONTRÉALERS COULD HARDLY KEEP

THEIR HEADS ABOVE WATER, SO TO

SPEAK.

AFTER A WINTER THAW, DOZENS OF

SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED WHILE THE

WORKERS TRIED TO CLEAR THE

SLUSHY WATER.

DRIVING WAS ESPECIALLY TRICKY,

EVEN FOR LARGE TRANSIT VEHICLES.

AND IT'S ALL EXPECTED TO TAKE

ANOTHER PUNISHING TURN TOMORROW.

FROM A HIGH OF 3° TODAY THE

TEMPERATURE IS EXPECTED TO DROP

TO ABOUT -17° WITH THE WIND

CHILL.

WHICH WILL TURN ALL OF THIS BACK

INTO ICE, CREATING MORE CHAOS

AND MAYBE MORE SCHOOL CLOSURES.

NOW ABOUT THAT WIND CHILL, WE

ALL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, RIGHT?

THE IDEA THAT WHATEVER THE

TEMPERATURE IS, THAT THE WIND

CAN

MAKE IT FEEL COLDER.

IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR ALMOST

TWO DECADES AND IT'S A WAY TO

GET A BETTER SENSE OF HOW MANY

EXTRA LAYERS THAT WE SHOULD PUT

ON WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE.

BUT AS CAMERON MacINTOSH

EXPLAINS, SOME EXPERTS SAY THAT

IT'S INACCURATE AND MISLEADING.

>> Reporter: ON A BRIGHT AND

COLD WINTER DAY WHEN MOST ARE

HAPPY TO BE INSIDE... GERLENE

KARR IS LEARNING TO SKATE IN THE

DEAD OF HER FIRST CANADIAN

WINTER.

HOW COLD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?

>> IT'S VERY COLD.

>> Reporter: WHAT IS THE

TEMPERATURE?

>> -27°.

>> Reporter: CLOSE, -26°.

THE FIRST RULE OF LIFE IN A REAL

WINTER CITY?

CHECK THE FORECAST.

>> AS LONG AS YOU'RE DRESSED

APPROPRIATELY IT'S GREAT.

>> Reporter: HERE AT THE FORKS

IN WINNIPEG, ENVIRONMENT

CANADA'S WEATHER STATION IS

READING A TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW

OF -26°.

HOWEVER, THERE'S ANOTHER NUMBER

THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED

ON -33°.

THAT'S THE WIND CHILL, A MEASURE

THAT MANY METEROLOGISTS JUST

AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH.

>> WIND CHILL IS NOT ACTUALLY

MEASURABLE.

WIND CHILL IS DERIVED FROM THE

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND THE

WIND MEASUREMENT.

SO IT'S A

MADE-UP VALUE.

>> Reporter: WIND CHILL IS A

COMPLEX EQUATION FACTORING WIND

CHILL AND TEMPERATURE, WITH A

HEAT LOSS THAT OFTEN SOUNDS MUCH

COLDER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.

>> * 15 BELOW

>> Reporter: SO CONTRARY TO

FOLKLORE AND RANDY BACHMANN,

PORTAGE AND MAIN MAY

FEEL LIKE -50° BUT IT'S NEVER

HIT ACTUALLY -50°.

METEROLOGIST SCOTT KEHLER IS

CALLING FOR A DIFFERENT MEASURE.

>> THE TIME THAT IT TAKES SKIN

TO FREEZE IS MAKING MORE SENSE.

>> Reporter: ENVIRONMENT

CANADA'S DAVID PHILLIPS ARGUES

THAT IT'S RELATABLE.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING

ABOUT -38°.

>> TO ME THAT WILL SCARE THE

BEJEEBIES OUT OF PEOPLE.

AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO

THAT AND PROVIDE CANADIANS WITH

MAYBE AN IMPERFECT BUT A USEFUL

MEASURE SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO

MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

>> Reporter: IN KAUR'S CASE,

THAT MEANS WEARING MORE CLOTHES

THAN, WELL, EVER.

AND FOCUSING ON THE SKATING

LESSON RATHER THAN A SCIENCE

LESSON.

AFTER ALL, AT SOME POINT COLD IS

JUST COLD.

CAMERON MacINTOSH, CBC NEWS,

WINNIPEG.

>> Ian: I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT

LEAVES US.

I HAVE BEEN IN -30° WITH WIND

AND WITHOUT WIND AND IT'S

DIFFERENT WITH WIND.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT

MEASURE THAT.

>> Andrew: WELL, COLD IS JUST

COLD, I THINK HE GOT IT RIGHT.

>> Ian: AHEAD ON "THE

NATIONAL"... IT TURNS OUT ASK

AND YOU

YOU JUST MIGHT RECEIVE.

HOW A HALIFAX MAN LANDED ON

STAGE WITH BRYAN ADAMS LAST

NIGHT.

>> Rosemary: COOL.

FIRST THOUGH IT'S "AT ISSUE"

NIGHT, AND ANDREW AND CHANTAL

AND ERIC ARE ALL HERE WITH JOHN

McCALLUM'S MIXED MESSAGES ON

CHINA.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

(*)

(*)

>> Ian: WE'RE LIVE ON "THE

NATIONAL" WITH AN UPDATE ON

NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA'S DEADLY WILDFIRES.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT A PRIVATE

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS TO BLAME

FOR THE TUBBS FIRE THAT KILLED

22 PEOPLE AND CHARRED NEARLY

15,000 HECTARES.

THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE

BELEAGUERED FACILITY, PACIFIC

GAS AND ELECTRIC, THAT HAS BEEN

LINKED TO

17 OTHER BLAZES ACROSS THE STATE

THAT YEAR AND IT MAY FILE FOR

BANKRUPTCY.

>> I AM INNOCENT OF ANY

CRIMINALITY WHATSOEVER.

>> Ian: SCOTLAND'S FORMER FIRST

MINISTER ALEX SALMOND IS CHARGED

WITH MULTIPLE SEX OFFENSES,

INCLUDING ATTEMPTED RAPE.

THE 64-YEAR-OLD LED THE SCOTTISH

GOVERNMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS AND

WAS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND

SCOTLAND'S 2014 BID FOR

INDEPENDENCE.

SALMOND HAS BEEN UNDER

INVESTIGATION FOR MONTHS

FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS THAT HE

INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED FEMALE

GOVERNMENT STAFFERS.

(*)

>> I THINK THAT MISS MENG HAS

QUITE A STRONG CASE.

I NEVER EXPECTED THAT WE WOULD

HAVE THIS PROBLEM THROWN AT US.

>> Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau: OUR FOCUS IS ENTIRELY

ON GETTING THOSE CANADIANS HOME

SAFE AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF

THEIR RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED.

>> Andrew Scheer: IF I WERE

PRIME MINISTER I WOULD HAVE

FIRED JOHN McCALLUM.

>> Rosemary: OKAY, MIXED

MESSAGES ON CHINA.

CANADA'S

AMBASSADOR MAKES BOLD STATEMENTS

AS YOU HEARD THERE AND THEN

TAKES THEM BACK.

SO DID JOHN McCALLUM GO ROGUE?

AND HOW ARE THESE BIG ISSUES

LIKE THAT THIS FEUD WITH CHINA

CONTINUING TO MAKE LIFE

DIFFICULT FOR THE GOVERNMENT?

"AT ISSUE" IS HERE TO TACKLE

THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE,

CHANTAL HEBERT IS IN MONTRÉAL,

AND ANDREW COYNE IS IN OTTAWA

TONIGHT.

AND ÉRIC GRENIER IS ALSO IN

OTTAWA.

OKAY, LET'S START WITH JOHN

McCALLUM AND THE APOLOGY.

I JUST WANT TO READ VIEWERS A

PART OF IT THAT STRUCK ME.

HERE'S WHAT HE SAID IN HIS

STATEMENT.

HE SAYS, "I MISSPOKE.

THESE COMMENTS DO NOT

ACCURATELY REPRESENT MY POSITION

ON THIS ISSUE.

AS THE GOVERNMENT HAS

CONSISTENTLY MADE CLEAR, THERE

HAS BEEN NO POLITICAL

INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PROCESS."

UM, ANDREW, DO YOU BUY THAT?

>> WELL, IT'S DIFFICULT TO

BELIEVE THAT IT DOESN'T

REPRESENT HIS POSITION.

I SUPPOSE THE QUESTION IS DOES

IT REPRESENT THE GOVERNMENT'S

POSITION?

THERE'S THREE POSSIBILITIES

HERE.

ONE IS THAT HE WAS COMPLETELY

GOING ROGUE AND AT ODDS WITH THE

GOVERNMENT.

AND THE SECOND IS THAT HE WAS

SPEAKING FOR GOVERNMENT AND THIS

IS THE MESSAGE THAT THEY

INTENDED TO HAVE.

AND THEY NOW DENY THAT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING IN THE

GOVERNMENT'S THINKING THEY

RATHER NOT TO BE DISCUSSED

PUBLICLY.

I THINK THAT IS WORTH CONTINUING

TO EXPLORE.

IF THE SUGGESTION -- LEAVE ASIDE

THE IMPUNING THE INTEGRITY OF

THE -- OF THE EXTRADITION

PROCESS AND

SEEMING TO LINE UP WITH THE

ARGUMENTS OF THE CHINESE

GOVERNMENT, EVEN AS THEY'RE

HOLDING THREE CANADIAN HOSTAGES.

IF THE SUGGESTION WAS -- AND I

THINK THAT IT WAS -- THAT AT THE

END OF THE DAY AFTER THE COURT

HAS RULED AND WHEN IT COMES

ACROSS THE MINISTER'S DESK WHO

HAS FINAL SAY ON THE EXTRADITION

TREATY THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME

DEAL THAT WE'D BE WILLING TO

STRIKE WHERE WE WOULD REFUSE TO

EXTRADITE -- OR THOUGH SHE WAS

OTHERWISE WORTHY TO BE

EXTRADITED, SOLELY TO GET THOSE

HOSTAGES BACK -- THAT SEEMS TO

ME TO BE DOING THE DEAL UNDER

THE THREAT.

THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE PAYING

RANSOM FOR HOSTAGES, WHICH IS

SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK

THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE

DOING.

SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE STILL

MORE

QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED HERE WHO

HE WAS SPEAKING FOR HERE.

>> Rosemary: JUST TO BE CLEAR,

WHEN ANDREW IS TALKING ABOUT

HOSHOSTAGES, HE IS TALKING ABOUT

THE TWO MEN DETAINED UNDER

CHARGES THAT WE DO NOT KNOW.

THERE'S BEEN NO DUE PROCESS.

AND THEN A THIRD MAN WHO HAS NOW

BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THAT

CASE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.

CHANTAL, YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON ALL

OF THIS?

>> I TEND TO BELIEVE THAT

McCALLUM WENT OFF MESSAGE,

THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS SHOCKED

THAT HE WAS ON A MISSION TO SAY

THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE THE

DECKS ARE NOT STACKED AGAINST

THE PERSON THAT IS BEING ASKED

TO BE EXTRADITED.

BUT THAT HE GOT CARRIED AWAY AND

UNVEILED HIS CARDS.

THE REASON THAT I DON'T BUY THAT

HE WAS ON A MISSION TO SEND A

MESSAGE THAT HE'S NOW WALKING

BACK IS THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF

THING AS AN AMBASSADOR THAT

SPEAKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF

CANADA HE COULD HAVE SAID

PRIVATELY TO THE CHINESE

AUTHORITIES.

HE DID NOT NEED TO GO TO MARKHAM

TO CALL IN SOME CHINESE SPEAKING

REPORTERS TO, TA-DA, UNVEIL THIS

POSITION.

IT MAY REFLECT SOMETHING THAT

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IS

READY TO DO, BUT IN ANY EVENT,

THE VENUE DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT

THAT IS WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE

HAPPENED.

>> Rosemary: IN THE VERY LEAST

IT REFLECTS HOW DIFFICULT THE

FILE IS, ERIC, THAT YOU CAN'T,

YOU KNOW, THAT IF YOU MAKE ONE

MIS-STEP ON THESE ISSUES WITH

CHINA THAT YOU CAN BE IN BIG

TROUBLE?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT AN ISSUE LIKE

THIS I TEND TO SEE IT AS I SEE A

LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGH

THE

PRISM OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE

DOMESTIC CONSIDERATIONING THAT

MIGHT HAVE GONE THROUGH

McCALLUM'S DECISION TO DO

THIS, AND GO ROGUE AS ANDREW

SAID, IS ONE OF THE

POSSIBILITIES.

OR IF THIS WAS SOMEHOW IN

CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT

OR THE LIBERAL PARTY, YOU KNOW,

FOR McCALLUM TO INVITE

CHINESE-LANGUAGE MEDIA BOTH FROM

CHINA AND FROM CANADA, AND TO GO

TO MARKHAM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A

MEDIA OUTLET AND THOSE MEDIA

OUTLETS HAVE A HUGE REACH ACROSS

THE COUNTRY.

AND THE CHINESE-CANADIAN

COMMUNITY IS AN IMPORTANT

ELECTORATE FOR THE LIBERALS AND

FOR THE CONSERVATIVES.

THERE ARE 19 RIDINGS WHERE

THEY MAKE UP AT LEAST 20% OF THE

POPULATION.

THEY'RE ALL IN THE BATTLE

GROUNDS IN VANCOUVER AND

TORONTO.

JOHN McCALLUM BECAUSE HE WAS A

FORMER LIBERAL M.P. FOR THE

MARKHAM AREA HE HAS A LOT OF

CREDIBILITY ON THIS FILE.

AND HE'S NOT ONLY SOMEBODY WHO

IS

SPEAKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT BUT

SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE SEEN AS

SPEAKING AS A LIBERAL.

NOT JUST AS SOME PUBLIC SERVANT.

SO I THINK THAT THAT

CONSIDERATION

HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS

WELL.

THAT McCALLUM MIGHT HAVE FELT

OR THE LIBERALS MIGHT HAVE FELT

THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN

COMING OFF AS SYMPATHETIC TO

MISS

MENG'S PLIGHT.

AND FOR A LOT OF VOTERS,

CHINESE-CANADIANS THAT DO NOT

HAVE A UNIFORM VIEW ON THIS,

THAT MISS MENG WAS PUT SOMEHOW

IN THE MIDDLE MUCH A SPAT

BETWEEN THE

UNITED STATES AND CHINA.

THAT THEY ARE INDICATING THAT

THE GOVERNMENT UNDERSTOOD THAT.

>> I DON'T DOUBT FOR A SECOND

THAT McCALLUM MUST HAVE RUN

THROUGH HIS MEETING WITH THOSE

JOURNALISTS SOMEWHERE.

BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY -- AND I'M

NOT TERRIBLY FASCINATED BY HOW

THE ELECTORAL CALCULATIONS OF

THE LIBERALS ON THIS, EXCEPT TO

NOTE THAT A WEEK AFTER THEY LOST

THE CANDIDATE TO APPEALING TO A

SPECIFIC COMMUNITY, IT'S A BIT

RICH TO THEN GO BACK TO THE

ELECTORAL DRAWING BOARD AND USE

YOUR AMBASSADOR WHO IS THE

POINTS PERSON IN A MAJOR FOREIGN

POLICY DISPUTE TO SPREAD THE

GOOD WORD OF THE LIBERAL

GOVERNMENT.

BUT I AM INTERESTED IN THE

QUESTION OF WHAT DOES IT SAY

ABOUT JOHN McCALLUM THE

AMBASSADOR, THAT HE CANNOT

FULFILL A MISSION AND NOT CROSS

THE LINE IN A BRIEFING WITH

JOURNALISTS IN

MARKHAM?

>> WE PAY DIPLOMATS TO BE

DISCREET.

I THINK WHAT IS AS SIGNIFICANT

AS TO WHO WAS INVITED IS WHO

WASN'T INVITED WHICH IS THE

ENTIRE NATIONAL MEDIA.

AND WHY EXACTLY -- I DON'T

KNOW -- BUT THAT'S ANOTHER

QUESTION THAT I THINK HAS TO BE

ANSWERED IN THIS AFFAIR.

WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT

HE INTENDED TO SIGNAL IS AN

INTERESTING QUESTION.

I THINK

THAT CHANTAL MAKES A GOOD CASE

THAT MAYBE HE WASN'T INTENDING

TO SIGNAL AS MUCH AS HE DID.

BUT WHAT HE UNINTENTIONALLY

SIGNALLED IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

WHAT IT SIGNALS ABOUT WHAT THE

GOVERNMENT IS THINKING IS

SIGNIFICANT AND WORTH DIGGING

INTO.

BUT ALSO WHAT UNINTENDED SIGNAL

THIS MIGHT BE SENDING TO THE

CHINESE.

WHAT IS REALLY WORRISOME WITH ME

ON THIS IS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE

REALLY TENSION SITUATIONS -- I'M

NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CALLS THESE

PEOPLES HOSTAGES, IT'S THE

CONSENSUS OF THE FOREIGN POLICY

COMMUNITY THAT THESE -- THIS IS

ESSENTIALLY HOSTAGE

DIPLOMACY THAT CHINA IS

PRACTISING.

IT'S AT SUCH A MOMENT TO SEND

SUCH CONFUSED SIGNALS FROM THE

GOVERNMENT ADVERTENTLY OR

INADVERTENTLY IS REALLY

TROUBLESOME.

AND IF HE WAS GIVEN

AUTHORIZATION TO SAY ANY OF

THIS, THAT'S TROUBLESOME IN ONE

WAY.

AND IF HE DID IT ON HIS OWN,

THAT IS ALSO TROUBLESOME AND IT

CERTAINLY CALLS INTO

QUESTION WHETHER HE SHOULD BE

OUR AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.

>> Rosemary: SO THE

RETRACTION, IS THAT ENOUGH TO

PUT THINGS RIGHT HERE AND CAN HE

GO BACK TO CHINA AND RETURN TO

THE WORK THAT HE WAS DOING TO

TRY TO GET THESE CANADIANS

RELEASED?

ERIC, YOU GO FIRST.

>> WELL, I MEAN, I REALLY CAN'T

SAY IF IT WILL BE ENOUGH.

WHEN YOU SEE HOW GOVERNMENT WAS

REACTING FIRST TO McCALLUM'S

COMMENTS WHERE IT WAS VERY HARD

TO GET A STATEMENT OUT OF THE

PRIME MINISTER WHEN HE WAS ASKED

ABOUT IT.

WHEN WE SAW HIM, I BELIEVE THAT

IT WAS EARLIER TODAY, NOT

EXACTLY

GIVING McCALLUM A COMPLETE

SUPPORT.

IT SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT

IS STILL PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE

ABOUT THIS.

AND TO SAY THAT HE MISSPOKE WHEN

HE WENT ON -- IT WAS A 40-MINUTE

SESSION WITH

THE MEDIA, I MEAN, IT'S HARD

TO -- IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT

McCALLUM HIMSELF WOULD HAVE

BEEN, UM, REALLY THE ONE WHO

REALLY WANTED TO GET OUT THERE

AND MAKE THIS STATEMENT.

>> Rosemary: YEAH, I MEAN, I

CAN'T

REMEMBER -- I MEAN, MY MEMORY IS

PROBABLY NOT AS GOOD AS EVERYONE

ELSE'S -- BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER A

TIME THAT AN AMBASSADOR HAD TO

DO THAT KIND OF THING -- TO WALK

BACK PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AN ISSUE

THAT IS THIS DELICATE WITH

ANOTHER COUNTRY.

THAT SEEMS TO ME PRETTY

INCREDIBLE.

>> AND IF THIS IS THE PREVIEW --

AND I DON'T KNOW -- BUT IF THIS

THE PREVIEW OF THE PRETEXT OF

THE ARGUMENTS THAT THE

GOVERNMENT WOULD MAKE FOR THE

MINISTER NIXING THE

EXTRADITION, OH, THAT WE DON'T

SUPPORT THE SANCTIONS PROCESS,

FOR EXAMPLE --

>> Rosemary: RIGHT, FOR THE

JUSTICE MINISTER AT THE END OF

THE EXTRADITION PROCESS TO SIGN

OFF ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YEP.

>> BUT THAT'S THE OTHER THING.

IS THAT THE ARGUMENTS THAT THE

AMBASSADOR WAS TROTTING OUT HERE

ARE THIN AND CONTENTIOUS AT

BEST.

I THINK THAT I LOT OF PEOPLE

WOULD SAY THAT THEY

DON'T ACTUALLY STAND UP TO

ANALYSIS.

THEY'RE ARGUABLE BUT NOT

AIRTIGHT BY ANY MEANS.

IF THESE ARE THE ARGUMENTS TO

COVER UP WHAT WOULD BE A FAIRLY

TRANSPARENT DEAL THEN THAT

DOESN'T SPEAK WELL TO THIS

GOVERNMENT'S REASONING OR ITS

UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW FOR

ITSELF, FOR EXAMPLE.

>> IT ALSO PUTS THE NEW JUSTICE

MINISTER -- LUCKY HIM --

MR. LAMETTI, IN A MORE DIFFICULT

POSITION.

IT'S GOING TO BE AWFULLY HARD

WHICHEVER WAY HE COMES DOWN NOW

TO CONTINUE TO ARGUE THAT THIS

IS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION.

THAT HE'S ONLY FOLLOWING THE

PROCESS.

AND THAT NOW THAT THE COURTS

HAVE SAID THAT IS WHAT IS GOING

TO HAPPEN AND SAID YES TO THE

U.S. APPLICATION FOR

EXTRADITION, THEN HE CAN'T SEE A

REASON NOT TO GO AHEAD WITH IT.

OR IN THE REVERSE, BLOCKING IT.

THESE WORDS WILL CONTINUE TO

HANG OVER WHATEVER HAPPENS AT

THE END OF THAT PROCESS.

>> Rosemary: I ONLY HAVE LIKE

A BUCK 30 LEFT AND LET'S SEE IF

WE CAN DO IT.

BECAUSE CHINA WASN'T THE ONLY

ISSUE.

I JUST WANT TO DO ONE QUICK GO

AROUND

ON THE ISSUE OF VENEZUELA.

CANADA HAD A PRETTY CLEAR

POSITION WITH THE UNITED STATES

AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND

THE WORLD TODAY AROUND THE

SELF-ENDORSED LEADER, BUT THE

N.D.P. HAD A VERY DIFFERENT VIEW

AND IT WAS MANIFESTED IN A

NUMBER OF WAYS TODAY.

HERE'S THE NEW N.D.P. CANDIDATE,

SVEND ROBINSON.

>> IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THE

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND JUSTIN

TRUDEAU IS LINING UP WITH

DONALD TRUMP, WITH THE

AUTHORITARIAN THUG PRESIDENT OF

BRAZIL AND IS, IN FACT,

RECOGNISING A COUP.

>> Rosemary: OKAY, VERY

QUICKLY -- SO JAGMEET SINGH'S

POSITION, NOT EXACTLY AS EXTREME

AS THAT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT WHAT

THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION IS.

AND NIKI ASHTON, FAIRLY OUT

THERE AS WELL AND JUST A QUICK

GO AROUND ON WHAT YOU THINK OF

THE STRATEGY.

CHANTAL?

>> I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE THAT THE

CANDIDATES AND M.P.s NOW SPEAK

BEFORE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS

CRITIC OR THE LEADER ON A MAJOR

FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE.

AND I DO NOTE THE DISTANCE

BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT

FROM SINGH AND THOSE STATEMENTS

THAT WE JUST HEARD.

AND TO ME THAT SUGGESTS THAT

MAYBE THE POSITION WITHIN THE

CAUCUS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM

SVEND ROBINSON IS NOT AS

UNANIMOUS OR AS STRONG AS WHAT

HE EXPRESSED.

>> Andrew: ANDREW?

>> IT MAY BE LEADERSHIP POLITICS

ALREADY REARING ITS HEAD IN THE

N.D.P. RANKS.

IT'S POLICY THAT YOU'VE GOT

PEOPLE ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE

N.D.P. WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOFT

ON THE CHAVEZ REGIME AND NOW THE

MADURO REGIME IN VENEZUELA WHICH

IS A DICTATORSHIP AND A

KLEPTOCRACY AND REJECTED BY

MILLIONS OF VENEZUELANS.

LOOK, NOBODY LIKES TO LINE UP

WITH DONALD TRUMP.

NINE OR 10 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE

ORGINISATION OF AMERICAN STATES

AND THE LIMA GROUP WHICH IS A

PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUP IN SOUTH

AMERICA THAT WE ARE PART OF AND

THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT --

THIS ISN'T

LINING UP WITH DONALD TRUMP,

THIS IS LINING UP WITH THE

PRO-DEMOCRACY FORCES IN THAT

REGION.

>> Rosemary: ERIC QUICKLY.

>> YEAH, NOT JUST IN THE WESTERN

HEMISPHERE, GERMANY AS WELL

RECOGNISING THAT NEW LEADER.

AND I THINK THAT IT EXPOSES TWO

THINGS.

ONE, THE DIVIDES STILL IN THE

N.D.P. BETWEEN THE FURTHER LEFT

FLANK AND MAYBE THE MORE

CENTRIST FLANK.

AND ALSO JUST THE WEAKEST OF THE

LEADERSHIP AND THE CAUCUS, THE

RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT

LEADERSHIP THAT THEY CAN'T GET A

SINGLE MESSAGE OUT.

AND WERE NOT

REALLY ABLE TO PUT ANYBODY OUT

IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA WHO COULD

EXPRESS THE PARTY'S ACTUAL

POSITION ON THIS FILE.

>> Rosemary: AND SINGH DIDN'T

BROTHER TO DO IT HIMSELF IN

FRONT THE CAMERA.

OKAY, THANKS, EVERYBODY.

BEFORE WE GO, SUBSCRIBE TO "AT

ISSUE" THE PODCAST.

EXTRA CONTENT THIS WEEK.

WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE

UPCOMING SESSION OF PARLIAMENT,

LAST ONE BEFORE THE ELECTION

PROBABLY.

LOOK FOR IT IN iTUNES AND ANY

PODCAST APP.

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>> Ian: STRAIGHT AHEAD ON "THE

NATIONAL"... A SOLUTION FOR

THOSE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.

WHY THIS AUTHOR WANTS HIS

STORIES TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP.

>> IT'S RELAXING FOR THEM AND

IT'S GETTING OUT OF THEIR HEAD

AND OUT OF THEIR ANXIOUS

THOUGHTS.

>> Reporter: SHOULD IT BE

BORING?

>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S QUITE

ABOUT BEING BORING SPECIFICALLY.

(*)

(*)

>> HOW OFTEN DO WE PONDER THE

DEPTH OF THE PRESENT MOMENT, THE

ONE WE'RE IN?

I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DO WE REALLY

FEEL WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN AND

AROUND US?

>> Ian: THE VELVETY TONES OF

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY IN A SLOW

CIRCULAR STYLE UNTIL IDEALLY YOU

DRIFT OFF.

JUST ONE OF THE CELEBRITIES

EMPLOYED BY A CALIFORNIA

SOFTWARE COMPANY TO READ YOU TO

SLEEP.

FOR $80 A YEAR.

AND IN A SLEEP-DEPRIVED AGE,

BUSINESS IS BOOMING.

STRESS, DIET, ECONOMIC

UNCERTAINTY AND STARING AT

SCREENS, THE NUMBER OF POWERFUL

FORCES CONSPIRE TO KEEP US AWAKE

AT NIGHT.

AND TOO OFTEN THEY'RE WINNING.

TONIGHT AS PART OF OUR

CONTINUING SERIES ON SLEEP, NICK

PURDON MEETS ONE OF THE CREATIVE

MINDS WHO THINKS THAT HE HAS A

CALM AND RELAXING FIX TO THE

PROBLEM.

(*)

>> FAR IN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN

THE TREES AND BEYOND THE ROOFS

THERE WAS A NARROW GLIMPSE OF AN

ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING

MOUNTAIN.

>> I LOVE IT, I LOVE THE TONE

AND I LOVE THE SOFTNESS.

TAKE YOUR TIME MORE.

LIKE YOU CAN TOTALLY SLOW IT

DOWN.

THE WHOLE POINT IS TO BE SLOW

AND FLOWING AND RHYTHMIC.

>> Reporter: CHRIS ADVANSUN IS

WORKING ON A BRAND-NEW STORY

THAT HE

HOPES THAT WILL REALLY PUT

PEOPLE TO SLEEP.

THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.

CHRIS IS A SLEEP WRITER.

HE'S ENLISTED ACTOR PAREEK TO

READ TO HIM TO SEE IF IT WORKS.

>> DRAPED WITH POWDER WHITE, A

FRONTIER EARTH IS DESCENDING

FROM THE LAND AND DISAPPEARING

INTO THE FOG.

>> Reporter: THE STORY IS

CALLED "THE CLOUD MOUNTAIN."

NOT A LOT HAPPENS.

AND THAT'S THE POINT.

IT'S PART OF A NEW VEIN OF

WRITING CALLED "SLOW LIT,"

STORIES THAT PUT YOU UNDER.

>> THE SKIP OF THE HEART THAT

YOU FEEL IN RARE MOMENTS WHEN

THE UNIVERSE SHOWS A FLICKER OF

ITS FULLNESS.

SIERRA TURNED OFF THE IGNITION.

GO OUT OF THE CAR AND CLICK THE

DOOR SHUT.

>> [PHONE RINGING]

>> Reporter: BUT WRITING SLEEP

STORIES ISN'T EASY.

IT TAKES WORK.

AT THIS COMMUNAL WORKSPACE IN

TORONTO IS WHERE CHRIS POLISHES

HIS MANUSCRIPTS.

I MEET HIM TO FIND OUT JUST HOW

A SLEEP STORY WORKS.

>> WE ALL REMEMBER BEING TOLD A

BEDTIME STORY WHEN WE WERE KIDS

TO FALL ASLEEP.

AND THAT IDEA IS ANCIENT.

WE PICKED UP ON THE IDEA TO

WRITE STORIES SPECIFICALLY FOR A

GROWN-UP AUDIENCE.

SO WE KIND OF THINK OF IT AS

BEDTIME STORIES FOR

GROWNUPS.

>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK

ARE KEYS TO GOOD SLEEP STORIES?

>> WE AVOID ANYTHING THAT WILL

JAR THE ATTENTION OF THE

LISTENER AND JOSTLE THEM AWAKE.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE -- IT'S A

BALANCE.

YOU WANT TO KIND OF HOOK THE

ATTENTION OF THE LISTENER BUT I

THINK OF HOLDING IT REALLY

GENTLY.

AND THE IDEA IS THAT THE

EXPERIENCE IS AN UNWIND FOR

THEM, IT'S RELAXING FOR THEM AND

IT'S GETTING OUT OF THEIR HEAD

AND OUT OF THEIR ANXIOUS

THOUGHTS.

>> Reporter: SHOULD IT BE

BORING?

>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S QUITE

ABOUT BEING BORING SPECIFICALLY.

I THINK THAT IT'S ABOUT NOT

BEING TOO EXCITING.

>> Reporter: I MEAN, WHAT IS

THE GOAL ULTIMATELY OF THE SLEEP

ARE?

>> THE GOAL OF THE STORY IS TO

GUIDE THE LISTENER TO SLEEP, TO

REALLY KIND OF SOOTHE AND LULL

THEM OFF TO A PEACEFUL SLEEP.

>> Reporter: SO IS THERE AN

ENDING THEN?

DO THEY GET TO THE END?

>> THE GOAL IS FOR THE LISTENER

TO NOT GET TO THE END WHICH AS A

WRITER OF STORIES IS A LITTLE

STRANGE.

>> Reporter: SO YOU PUT PEOPLE

TO SLEEP FOR A LIVING?

>> I PUT PEOPLE TO SLEEP FOR A

LIVING, YES.

NON-CHEMICALLY INDUCED SLEEP AND

AN IMAGINATIVE JOURNEY THAT IS

JUST BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL.

>> Reporter: OKAY.

HOW ABOUT WE GIVE IT A TRY?

I ASKED CHRIS IF HE WERE TO

WRITE A SLEEP STORY ABOUT

HIMSELF HOW WOULD IT GO?

>> I WOULD THINK ABOUT A

SITUATION AND SOME KIND OF

SIMPLE JOURNEY AND JUST HAVE AN

EXPERIENCE THAT MAYBE CONNECTS

WITH NATURE.

I THINK THAT I WOULD SET OFF ON

A HIKE TO START MY OWN SLEEP

STORY.

>> Reporter: THAT IS ABOUT THE

LEVEL OF DRAMA AND ACTION IN A

TYPICAL SLEEP STORY.

AND THE THING IS THAT CHRIS

STARTED HIS CAREER AS A

SCREENWRITER.

YOU KNOW, CAR CHASES AND

EXPLOSIONS.

>> I CERTAINLY DIDN'T SET OUT TO

WRITE STORIES TO PUT PEOPLE TO

SLEEP.

BUT I HAVE SORT OF FALLEN INTO

IT AND I ADORE IT.

>> Reporter: AND HE'S VERY

GOOD AT IT TOO.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE

DOWNLOADED CHRIS' STORIES.

>> AFTER LINGERING FOR A LONG

WHILE, SIERRA CLIMBED BACK INTO

HER CAR AND CONTINUED TOWARDS

THE MOUNTAIN.

>> Reporter: I GET IT -- BY

NOW I

SHOULD BE ASLEEP.

SO THEN HOW DOES A SLEEP STORY

END?

>> IN MANY OF THE STORIES THE

END -- THE RESOLUTION OF THE

STORY IS THAT THE CHARACTER

FALLS ASLEEP.

>> Reporter: HOW DOES THE

STORY THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON

TODAY, HOW DOES IT END?

>> YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO FIND

OUT AND MAYBE YOU WON'T, YOU

WILL NEVER FIND OUT, I DON'T

KNOW.

>> Reporter: I REALIZED THAT

CHRIS AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE

MUCH IN COMMON.

YOU KNOW, I WANT PEOPLE TO GET

TO THE END OF MY STORIES.

IN FACT, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE

STILL WITH ME.

NICK PURDON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.

>> Ian: OUR SLEEP SERIES

CONTINUES ON MONDAY NIGHT.

WE'LL LOOK AT HOW MANY YOUNG

CANADIANS AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH

SLEEP.

SEVERAL TEENAGERS SHARED THEIR

STORIES WITH US.

TAKE A LOOK...

>> I HAD PROBLEMS WITH ALMOST

FALLING ASLEEP IN CLASS.

I'D BE LISTENING TO LIKE WHAT

THEY WRITE UP ON THE BOARD AND I

JUST FEEL MY HEAD DIP AND I'D

SHOOT RIGHT BACK UP.

IT WAS PRETTY BAD.

>> LIKE YOUR BRAIN ISN'T AWAKE

TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AND

THEN THEY CALL ON YOU AND YOU

DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

AND THEN YOU JUST KIND OF

FREEZE.

>> SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN GO,

LIKE, I WILL FAKE SICK AND I'LL

STAY IN BED ALL DAY.

I DON'T FUNCTION PROPERLY AND I

DON'T DO ANYTHING IN CLASS.

I FALL ASLEEP AND I SNAP AT

PEOPLE.

IT'S NOT GOOD.

>> Ian: IN THE MEANTIME IF YOU

MISSED ANY OF OUR STORIES THIS

WEEK YOU CAN FIND OUR SERIES ON

OUR YouTube PAGE.

THAT'S AT "CBC THE NATIONAL."

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH

TONIGHT'S "MOMENT."

>> Andrew: WHEN WILL GUTHRO

HEARD BRYAN ADAMS WAS PLAYING IN

HALIFAX HE DECIDED TO TAKE A

CHANCE.

HAVING LEARNED HOW TO PLAY

"SUMMER OF 69" YEARS AGO BRUSHED

UP ON THE

CHORDS AND PUT TOGETHER A

BRISTOL BOARD SIGN THAT READ

"BRYAN, CAN I PLAY GUITAR ON

SUMMER OF 69"?

WELL, BRYAN ADAMS SAW THE SIGN

AND INVITED GUTHRO UP TO PLAY.

SO NATURALLY WE WANTED TO KNOW

WHAT THAT WAS LIKE, AND SO WE

CAUGHT UP WITH HIM -- GUTHRO,

THAT IS, AND THAT IS OUR

"MOMENT."

(*)

(singing).

>> I WENT YOU UP TO THE FRONT

WITH THE SIGN AND HE READ IT.

AND I SAID BRYAN, CAN I PLEASE

PLAY GUITAR ON "SUMMER OF 6"?

AND THIS IS FINE, I GOT A CHANCE

TO RAP WITH BRYAN ADAMS, THAT

WAS AMAZING.

AND AT THE END OF THE SONG I AM

ON STAGE SHAKING BRYAN ADAM'S

HAND AND GETTING READY TO PLAY

"SUMMER OF 69".

I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR ABOUT

15 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS ONE OF

THE EARLY SONGS THAT I LEARNED

AND I WAS JUST INCREDULOUS.

IT WAS SO SURREAL.

I WASN'T EVEN THINKING -- I GOT

ON AUTO PILOT TO REMEMBER THE

CHORDS.

IT BECAME SO

COMFORTABLE AFTER A FEW MINUTES.

THE BAND AND BRYAN WERE SO

GRACIOUS AND THEY MADE SURE THAT

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN FOR ME UP

THERE.

* ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY

LIFE *

>> Ian: SO I HAVE WATCHED BRYAN

ADAMS LOTS OF TIMES IN CONCERT

AND HE'S TERRIFIC.

HE OFTEN BRINGS SOMEONE UP

THERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU NEEDED A

SIGN THOUGH TO IMPROVE YOUR

CHANCES.

BUT LET ME STOP TALKING BECAUSE

ANDREW WANTS TO SHARE A WEIRD

ANXIETY.

>> Andrew: IT'S NOT WEIRD.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT ALL I

COULD THINK ABOUT WHEN I WATCHED

THAT -- BECAUSE I SOMETIMES HAVE

THE SAME SORT OF FANTASY IS THAT

I'M GOING TO GET UP THERE, AND I

KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE SONG, BUT

THE PERFORMER WANTS TO PLAY

IN A DIFFERENT KEY THAN I KNOW

IT AND THEN WHAT?

>> Ian: ALMOST AS ODD AS THE

PILLOW THING.

>> Andrew: MUSICIANS WOULD

UNDERSTAND.

ANYWAY...

>> Rosemary: YOU GUYS SHOULD

JUST KEEP TALKING BECAUSE I'M

FALLING ASLEEP HERE.

ONE OF THOSE SLEEP STORIES.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING!

THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR

JANUARY 24th.

GOODNIGHT.

>> Andrew: GOODNIGHT.

>> Ian: GOODNIGHT.

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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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U.S. Embassy In Venezuela In Immediate Danger of Being Overrun, Emergency Warning… - Duration: 4:22.

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US NEWS | GOP sends message Get on board with Trump in 2020 CNNPolitics - Duration: 3:16.

US NEWS | GOP sends message Get on board with Trump in 2020 CNNPolitics

The Republican National Committee is poised to express its "undivided support for President Donald J. Trump and his effective Presidency" as the committees members conclude their annual winter meeting here on Friday. The resolution a symbolic yet unusual step is just the latest indication of GOP officials closing ranks around Trump even as the Presidents national approval rating has slumped and the prospects of a GOP primary challenge become more real.

More significantly, the public articulation of support comes on the heels of an unprecedented merger between Trumps re election campaign and the RNC, which GOP officials were briefed on during the three day New Mexico retreat. The merger will bring the Trump re election campaign and the RNCs field organizing and fundraising efforts under one roof, dedicating party resources to re electing Trump before he is officially renominated.

Trump campaign officials here touted the merger as "revolutionary" and said it was largely aimed at streamlining the Trump re election effort in 2020. But GOP officials also described the effort as a way to dissuade would be primary challengers, forging ahead as though Trump would face no intra party challenge.

The RNC resolution, supporters said, would amplify that message.

"I think the RNC passing this resolution sends a clear and distinct message to all potential primary opponents that theres no room for you with the base of our party and that theres no oxygen for any candidacy in its infancy to get off the ground," said David Bossie, the Presidents former deputy campaign manager and an RNC committeeman.

Even as prominent Republicans have voiced concerns, and some even outright opposition, to Trump, that brewing insurgency was nowhere to be seen among the RNCs 168 voting members pulled from each state and US territory.

"I support it," said Jim Dicke, the Republican committeeman from Ohio, of the resolution. "Look, if Ronald Reagan didnt take the nomination away from Gerald Ford, and Ted Kennedy couldnt take the nomination away from Jimmy Carter, there is no way that a sitting president in the 21st century is going to be denied the nomination for a second term from his party if he wants it."

And Trump campaign officials are eager to maintain that status quo in anticipation of the partys 2020 nominating convention next year in Charlotte, North Carolina. The re election campaign has already dedicated a team of operatives to focus on heading off any potential cracks in support for the President at the state party level. Ohio GOP Chairwoman Jane Timken said she had been contacted by the team in December and was impressed by the campaigns early focus on convention delegates.

Headed by former White House officials Bill Stepien and Justin Clark, the small team plans to lay the groundwork to ensure the 2020 nominating convention is as drama free and pro Trump as possible.

The coalescing drew discontented grumbles from the anti Trump wing of the party.

Drawing inspiration from Trumps own talk of "rigged" elections in 2016, Defending Democracy Together, a conservative nonprofit organization, launched an ad on Fox News "Fox Friends" urging the party not to "rig" the GOP primary contest.

John Weaver, an adviser to potential GOP presidential primary challenger John Kasich, echoed that message.

"Rigging the system internally wont sit well with some voters," he argued.

And the effort from party officials to close ranks around Trump, he added, indicates that the Presidents allies are concerned about his standing.

"Is it signaling strength or weakness if you feel like you need to do something like this?" Weaver said. "The fact that theyre walking around wringing their hands, feeling like they have to do something, doesnt strike me like they feel very confident in their position."

But RNC committee members, Trump campaign aides and top RNC officials dismissed the criticism, touting the consolidation as a sign of the partys support for Trump, whose approval rating among Republicans remains stalwart even as he is losing ground with independents.

"President Trump has incredible support amongst Republican voters and the full support of the RNC," said RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a statement. "Our unprecedented relationship with the President and his campaign will be key to his re election and ensuring we continue this great American comeback."

Carolyn McLarty, the RNC committeewoman from Ohio who introduced the resolution, insisted her aim was simply "to encourage the President."

"We stand behind him as the RNC. We represent the grass roots from across the country, and with all the media and attacks and things that have been going on, it was time for us to stand up and say we support you, youre doing a good job," McLarty said.

She rebuffed suggestions from both the Presidents supporters and his opponents that the resolution is aimed at dissuading primary challengers.

"Theyre wrong," she said.

For more infomation >> US NEWS | GOP sends message Get on board with Trump in 2020 CNNPolitics - Duration: 3:16.

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U.S. Embassy In Venezuela In Immediate Danger of Being Overrun, Emergency Warning… - Duration: 4:25.

For more infomation >> U.S. Embassy In Venezuela In Immediate Danger of Being Overrun, Emergency Warning… - Duration: 4:25.

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US NEWS | GOP sends message Get on board with Trump in 2020 CNNPolitics - Duration: 3:16.

US NEWS | GOP sends message Get on board with Trump in 2020 CNNPolitics

The Republican National Committee is poised to express its "undivided support for President Donald J. Trump and his effective Presidency" as the committees members conclude their annual winter meeting here on Friday. The resolution a symbolic yet unusual step is just the latest indication of GOP officials closing ranks around Trump even as the Presidents national approval rating has slumped and the prospects of a GOP primary challenge become more real.

More significantly, the public articulation of support comes on the heels of an unprecedented merger between Trumps re election campaign and the RNC, which GOP officials were briefed on during the three day New Mexico retreat. The merger will bring the Trump re election campaign and the RNCs field organizing and fundraising efforts under one roof, dedicating party resources to re electing Trump before he is officially renominated.

Trump campaign officials here touted the merger as "revolutionary" and said it was largely aimed at streamlining the Trump re election effort in 2020. But GOP officials also described the effort as a way to dissuade would be primary challengers, forging ahead as though Trump would face no intra party challenge.

The RNC resolution, supporters said, would amplify that message.

"I think the RNC passing this resolution sends a clear and distinct message to all potential primary opponents that theres no room for you with the base of our party and that theres no oxygen for any candidacy in its infancy to get off the ground," said David Bossie, the Presidents former deputy campaign manager and an RNC committeeman.

Even as prominent Republicans have voiced concerns, and some even outright opposition, to Trump, that brewing insurgency was nowhere to be seen among the RNCs 168 voting members pulled from each state and US territory.

"I support it," said Jim Dicke, the Republican committeeman from Ohio, of the resolution. "Look, if Ronald Reagan didnt take the nomination away from Gerald Ford, and Ted Kennedy couldnt take the nomination away from Jimmy Carter, there is no way that a sitting president in the 21st century is going to be denied the nomination for a second term from his party if he wants it."

And Trump campaign officials are eager to maintain that status quo in anticipation of the partys 2020 nominating convention next year in Charlotte, North Carolina. The re election campaign has already dedicated a team of operatives to focus on heading off any potential cracks in support for the President at the state party level. Ohio GOP Chairwoman Jane Timken said she had been contacted by the team in December and was impressed by the campaigns early focus on convention delegates.

Headed by former White House officials Bill Stepien and Justin Clark, the small team plans to lay the groundwork to ensure the 2020 nominating convention is as drama free and pro Trump as possible.

The coalescing drew discontented grumbles from the anti Trump wing of the party.

Drawing inspiration from Trumps own talk of "rigged" elections in 2016, Defending Democracy Together, a conservative nonprofit organization, launched an ad on Fox News "Fox Friends" urging the party not to "rig" the GOP primary contest.

John Weaver, an adviser to potential GOP presidential primary challenger John Kasich, echoed that message.

"Rigging the system internally wont sit well with some voters," he argued.

And the effort from party officials to close ranks around Trump, he added, indicates that the Presidents allies are concerned about his standing.

"Is it signaling strength or weakness if you feel like you need to do something like this?" Weaver said. "The fact that theyre walking around wringing their hands, feeling like they have to do something, doesnt strike me like they feel very confident in their position."

But RNC committee members, Trump campaign aides and top RNC officials dismissed the criticism, touting the consolidation as a sign of the partys support for Trump, whose approval rating among Republicans remains stalwart even as he is losing ground with independents.

"President Trump has incredible support amongst Republican voters and the full support of the RNC," said RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a statement. "Our unprecedented relationship with the President and his campaign will be key to his re election and ensuring we continue this great American comeback."

Carolyn McLarty, the RNC committeewoman from Ohio who introduced the resolution, insisted her aim was simply "to encourage the President."

"We stand behind him as the RNC. We represent the grass roots from across the country, and with all the media and attacks and things that have been going on, it was time for us to stand up and say we support you, youre doing a good job," McLarty said.

She rebuffed suggestions from both the Presidents supporters and his opponents that the resolution is aimed at dissuading primary challengers.

"Theyre wrong," she said.

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Wait Just a Minute: US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi - Duration: 1:26.

I think one of the biggest challenges that we have is how do we protect democracies,

and how do we protect those who might be somehow adversely affected by the authoritarian regimes

that are popping up around the world.

I think everybody shares a belief that countries like China really are engaging in unfair trade practices.

Now, we have to figure out, if we go down the tariff route, where does this end?

Further discuss climate change, which is a global issue not only involving the environment,

but also trade, and commerce, and the economies of the world.

I just finished up a really good book called "Start-Up Nation."

It's the story of how Israel is home to an unusually large concentration of start-up companies in the world.

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HOT | U.S. officials to start pushing asylum seekers back across the border Los Angeles Times - Duration: 6:24.

HOT | U.S. officials to start pushing asylum seekers back across the border Los Angeles Times

U.S. border officials finalized plans Thursday to require asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are considered in the United States, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administrations immigration crackdown.

Border officers will start pushing asylum applicants back across the border as soon as the implementation becomes operational on Friday, beginning at the San Ysidro port of entry in California, a Homeland Security official said on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.

Until now, most migrants seeking asylum were released from detention into the United States while awaiting a court hearing, a process that can take years due to backlogs.

Migrant advocates say implementing the plan will put asylum seekers at risk by requiring them to wait in Mexican border cities with some of the deadliest homicide rates in the world.

On Dec. 20, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the to force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico, hailing the measure as historic. Operations did not change over the last month, however.

On Wednesday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials briefed asylum workers on how to interview individuals affected under the new policy, saying it would be rolled out imminently, according to a federal employee who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the internal planning.

Arturo Rocha, a spokesman for Mexicos foreign ministry, said Thursday that U.S. officials had not informed the Mexican government that they were beginning to implement the policy.

We have not been officially notified by the U.S. government of their intention to implement today, Rocha told The Times.

Mexican officials said in December, when Nielsen announced the plan, that they would cooperate on a temporary basis, allowing non Mexican migrants to remain in Mexico for humanitarian reasons.

It wasnt clear Thursday how Mexico would respond to U.S. officials pushing asylum seekers back, however.

The crackdown comes as President Trump continues to clash with Congress over his demands for dollar 5.7 billion for a border wall, a dispute that led to a partial government shutdown on Dec. 22.

On Saturday, Trump said he would consider a deal to end the impasse that would include temporary deportation relief for some immigrants already in the United States. Democrats have said they will negotiate after Trump agrees to reopen the government.

The new asylum policy could directly affect thousands of migrants from Central America who are stuck on the Mexican side of the border, or are now approaching it in hopes of seeking asylum.

In Tapachula, on Mexicos southern border with Guatemala, to head north, and the group continues to grow.

I actually think they encourage the caravans because they want to get rid of the people from their country, Trump said of Central American countries on Wednesday at a White House meeting with conservatives to discuss his immigration proposal.

We have a lot of very dangerous people that want to come into our country, he added. And were not letting them in.

Since December, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services personnel have been stationed at the San Ysidro crossing and other Border Patrol stations in California, and a recent recruitment effort added to their ranks.

They will be charged with carrying out the new policy and conducting interviews to determine whether asylum seekers will be returned to Mexico.

A Homeland Security official said Customs and Border Protection personnel will take applicants who they determine must wait in Mexico to a gate at San Ysidro typically used for deportations.

In her Dec. 20 announcement, Nielsen said the Trump administration had decided on its own to change longstanding immigration policy that enabled most asylum seekers to be released in the U.S while awaiting a hearing.

U.S. officials have provided few details about the new plan or how it will be implemented.

On Wednesday, a reminder went out to Citizenship and Immigration Services employees not to leak documents or information, saying it would risk harm to our operations, create confusion, threaten the safety of the American public and law enforcement, and may even provide an opening to individuals to exploit those seeking to access our immigration system and programs,

Before the asylum applicants are released from U.S. custody and returned to Mexico, they will get a date for their hearing on a notice to appear.

There will be a hotline they can call for updates on the status of their cases, and the policy of returning applicants to Mexico will not be applied to unaccompanied minors or other vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women or migrants who are ill, the Homeland Security official said.

Asylum processing at the San Ysidro port of entry, between San Diego and Tijuana, appeared normal early Thursday.

U.S. officials accepted 39 asylum seekers, fewer than on a typical day. Families from Mexico, a family from Russia and a man from Eritrea were among those taken in vans by Mexican officials to make their claims for asylum in the U.S.

Violence is on the rise in all the Mexican border states and a record number of people were victims of homicide last year in Tijuana more than any city in Mexico.

With 133 killings for every 100,000 people, the sprawling border metropolis now ranks as more violent than the capitals of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, the countries that most migrants who arrive at the southern border are fleeing.

Kate Morrissey contributed from Tijuana.

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